Each generation of Samsung’s Galaxy devices comes preloaded with a fresh new take on “Over the Horizon”, Samsung’s signature, six-note groove. To craft this year’s rendition, Samsung teamed up with Grammy Award-winning artist Jacob Collier – a leading light among millennial musicians – to compose a tune that’s as unique and inventive as the devices themselves
Stunning talent, what can he not play if anything?
OT Sort of:
I haven’t noticed this here but:
IIUC all of Mr. Young’s music is available for streaming, for free (for now), at the highest resolution possible (if you’re set up for it—CD or MP3 quality if you’re not). I’m not a huge fan but I figure there are a few here.
re: #3 Joe Bacon 🌹
Almost flawless but could use a Confederate flag in the background.
Re-upping for the Christmas season: Which do you prefer? The candid shot of Gorka and Sessions or the posed?
Bonus: This is the post that got me blocked by Gorka’s account. pic.twitter.com/V5IJxFTDDB— Nell Scovell (@NellSco) December 3, 2017
re: #4 Eclectic Cyborg
Almost flawless but could use a Confederate flag in the background.
They had to take it down so their new Dish can bring them Fox News.
Oh a nice timeline. I love timelines.
Remember when the GOP complained about the ACA being “rushed through?”
Well, here is what a truly rushed legislative process looks like. pic.twitter.com/T0QoyPro36— Michael Linden (@MichaelSLinden) December 4, 2017
re: #7 JordanRules
Motherfucker. I knew the GOP was bad news, but that is insane.
I’m really getting tired of pedantic bullshit. Kamala Harris is rightfully advocating for NN and the Bros are whining at her about something she did as CA’s AG. If Libertarians want to know why most of us want nothing to do with them, it’s because they leave no room for compromise or mistakes with other people’s candidates but we’re supposed to ignore the Libertarian movement’s history of being at the very least indifferent to institutionalized racism because hey the private sector can do no wrong.
Beware of men who feel like the only way to not be a sexual predator is to be 300 feet away from women pic.twitter.com/aEDGohnIM6
— gentlelady from ohio (@kashmirVIII) December 3, 2017
Gentle reminder that archaeology is a social science and thus can offer valuable comments on present social discourse. pic.twitter.com/wb1TDv1uYi
— Jens Notroff (@jens2go) December 3, 2017
re: #13 teleskiguy
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If that movie came out know, the alt-right would cry that it was unfair to make the Nazis the bad guys.
During the Grammy’s earlier this year, Samsung ran a commercial highlighting using its phone to record video and audio. If you watch, you’ll see Jacob in it.
re: #14 HappyWarrior
If that movie came out know, the alt-right would cry that it was unfair to make the Nazis the bad guys.
Indy and BJ Blazkowicz would get along real damn well, that’s for sure.
Big cold air mass on the move north of me. It’s windy as fuck (gusts up to 50 mph) at my twenty, and also still in the mid 50s temperature-wise. Lows are supposed to be in the single digits tomorrow night. Still, not expecting any significant snow. 👿
re: #17 teleskiguy
Big cold air mass on the move north of me. It’s windy as fuck (gusts up to 50 mph) at my twenty, and also still in the mid 50s temperature-wise. Lows are supposed to be in the single digits tomorrow night. Still, not expecting any significant snow. 👿
We’re sorry!
re: #16 Citizen K
Indy and BJ Blazkowicz would get along real damn well, that’s for sure.
Now there’s a crossover!
re: #17 teleskiguy
Big cold air mass on the move north of me. It’s windy as fuck (gusts up to 50 mph) at my twenty, and also still in the mid 50s temperature-wise. Lows are supposed to be in the single digits tomorrow night. Still, not expecting any significant snow. 👿
Today’s high here in DFW was the mid 70s. Tomorrow, it will be near 80. After that, 50s and 60s for highs. Part of that front makes it through here, so it’ll once again feel like autumn.
re: #18 retired cynic
We’re sorry!
Dog seems to like it. Even with the deck furniture blowing all around, he refuses to come in.
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re: #21 teleskiguy
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I called the dog in because it’s finally getting colder and the damn wind is howling. He was having none of it. Minutes later he’s squeaking and scratching at the back door. Fine! He’s coming back in in 15 minutes whether he wants to or not, and he’ll want to go back out I’m sure. With that big fur coat I’m sure he likes the cooler weather and wind.
re: #23 teleskiguy
Maybe he’s hearing something on the wind you can’t hear? Wild critters talking?
re: #16 Citizen K
Indy and BJ Blazkowicz would get along real damn well, that’s for sure.
I was gonna say, we had a Wolfenstein game come out recently and the Nazis were all, “why are the Nazis the enemies?” Well, because it’s Wolfenstein, you numbnuts.
Damn! Temperature has dropped 15 degrees in the last half hour or so.
re: #25 mmmirele
I was gonna say, we had a Wolfenstein game come out recently and the Nazis were all, “why are the Nazis the enemies?” Well, because it’s Wolfenstein, you numbnuts.
And they call us snowflakes.
I’m going out in the morning to picket the offices of Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake. They’re across the street from each other, on Camelback Rd. in Phoenix. I figure I’ll be out there between 7:30 am and 8 am, so that I can catch the staff coming in to work as well as rush hour traffic.
Here’s my signs. I had something more bland about how McCain and Flake favored the rich over the rest of us, but then I read an article about how CHIP funding had expired and decided to go with that.
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Things that make you go AWW! This Cat And Dog Love Travelling Together, And Their Pictures Are Absolutely Epic https://t.co/a6IawJzalv via @boredpanda
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) December 4, 2017
re: #10 HappyWarrior
I’m really getting tired of pedantic bullshit. Kamala Harris is rightfully advocating for NN and the Bros are whining at her about something she did as CA’s AG. If Libertarians want to know why most of us want nothing to do with them, it’s because they leave no room for compromise or mistakes with other people’s candidates but we’re supposed to ignore the Libertarian movement’s history of being at the very least indifferent to institutionalized racism because hey the private sector can do no wrong.
Well a powerful and charismatic personality is what is required. Smart and a woman too, right this cultural minute? Do you recall how it looked around Obama early Senate days? And this one has fight in her. Prosecutorial methodological fire. Watch.
re: #28 mmmirele
I’m going out in the morning to picket the offices of Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake. They’re across the street from each other, on Camelback Rd. in Phoenix. I figure I’ll be out there between 7:30 am and 8 am, so that I can catch the staff coming in to work as well as rush hour traffic.
Here’s my signs. I had something more bland about how McCain and Flake favored the rich over the rest of us, but then I read an article about how CHIP funding had expired and decided to go with that.
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re: #30 Unshaken Defiance
Well a powerful and charismatic personality is what is required. Smart and a woman too, right this cultural minute? Do you recall how it looked around Obama early Senate days? And this one has fight in her. Prosecutorial methodological fire. Watch.
Exactly. I’m tired of shooting down good potential leaders because of shallow bs. Meanwhile these same people constantly whine about the two party system while offering no real solutions. I like Harris a lot.
Name a bitch badder than Taylor Swift 😍😛😤 pic.twitter.com/AkSyQBUIME
— Nutella (@xnulz) November 10, 2017
During WWI my grandmother chased a German soldier out of her kitchen by repeatedly hitting him over the head with a frying pan. https://t.co/erk7rtCUOZ
— Luc Sante (@luxante) December 3, 2017
Back to this, I wonder how many of our granny’s or elder women ancestors had to beat some man upside the head with an old school cast iron frying pan? https://t.co/DPgMjnGe1d
— Reagan Gomez (@ReaganGomez) December 4, 2017
My grandma once knocked some guy trying to get into her home all the way out with one of those old coal heated clothes irons … she threw it at him while he was struggling with the screen door … she was thirteen years old.
— Frankincensed (@goddamnedfrank) December 4, 2017
El tiempo detenido en Morovis:
0 luz, poca agua, poco teléfono. Pocas cosas han cambiado desde María. Mi reportaje de hoy https://t.co/y8SrKQbSso— B. Torres Gotay 🇵🇷 (@TorresGotay) December 3, 2017
Zero light, little water, little telephone service. Little has changed after Maria.
re: #32 HappyWarrior
By the way California has moved the primary up. I’d like to think that will be good for all 50. Edit. Unless I heard wrong…
That was it.
dailynews.com
Yeah wishful thinking.
Them robots comin for EVERYBODY job pic.twitter.com/sHYVt88Zta
— whomst’veatlantavegas (@Namastaywoke) December 3, 2017
re: #36 goddamnedfrank
.@Namastaywoke There is no NOPE big enough to even begin. I mean Roomba have a great time while I’m out…
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) December 4, 2017
re: #36 goddamnedfrank
I used to think I would enjoy technological change until I died of old age. Shoot me now. ///
re: #33 goddamnedfrank
Lotta tough ladies. My grandmother’s great aunt raised two boys alone after her husband died and then raised my grandmother and her sisters after their mother, Great Aunt Molly’s niece died.
re: #39 HappyWarrior
Lotta tough ladies. My grandmother’s great aunt raised two boys alone after her husband died and then raised my grandmother and her sisters after their mother, Great Aunt Molly’s niece died.
I’m think the most shy pioneer wife has it all over Taylor Swift or pretty much any of us first world types.
re: #40 Unshaken Defiance
I’m think the most shy pioneer wife has it all over Taylor Swift or pretty much any of us first world types.
Absolutely.
Just think, We made this! #StandProudAmerica!
— Argyle Von Bargle 🐘🐘🐘🐘 (@DaveoutofAustin) December 4, 2017
Mature and beautiful MAGA girls want to party with you enter social security number to own libs
— Snack Christman (@cushbomb) December 4, 2017
#JustSayNoToBernie
Just no— Argyle Von Bargle 🐘🐘🐘🐘 (@DaveoutofAustin) December 4, 2017
re: #44 Dave In Austin
I don’t believe it; GO AWAY!
I think the worst of the wind is over now. It’s 20 degrees cooler than it was just 90 minutes ago and skies are clear. And the dog still doesn’t want to come in. He looks at me when I check on him like “dude, can’t you see I’m perfectly comfortable out here? Shut that damn light, the moon is bright enough as it is!”
But, but, but…it’s on a throw pillow! HE WAS ARRESTED FOR OUR SINS!!! (Too bad the f*ker couldn’t be bothered to vote during the Civil Rights era, when people were being beaten and died fighting for the right.) #Fauxgressive #FindABetterRoleModel pic.twitter.com/TsqvHXYnQD
— 🔥TFT / TRE 🔥 (@treshaus) December 4, 2017
re: #49 Single-handed sailor
Heh, Musk says Tesla car will fly on first Falcon Heavy launch
Not just any Tesla, but supposedly Musk’s own Roadster.
With the Tesla’s stereo blaring Bowie’s “Space Oddity” at launch.
re: #50 TedStriker
Not just any Tesla, but supposedly Musk’s own Roadster.
With the Tesla’s stereo blaring Bowie’s “Space Oddity” at launch.
Honestly this irritates the shit out of me, it’s the worst aspect of Musk’s personality. He’s a brilliant man who when it comes to marketing the forward thinking technology his companies come up with far too often reverts back to acting like a fucking middle schooler.
Caltech could almost certainly whip together a satellite observatory from the spare parts sitting around at JPL right now and he could launch that but instead he’s gonna go with this bullshit stunt.
Just so y’all know, @benshapiro, who was recently profiled by The @nytimes, is a racist piece of shit who thinks anyone of Arab descent are murderers and rapists and thus should be eliminated. https://t.co/XEIyAfU5vO
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) December 4, 2017
re: #51 goddamnedfrank
Honestly this irritates the shit out of me, it’s the worst aspect of Musk’s personality. He’s a brilliant man who when it comes to marketing the forward thinking technology his companies come up with far too often reverts back to acting like a fucking middle schooler.
Caltech could almost certainly whip together a satellite observatory from the spare parts sitting around at JPL right now and he could launch that instead but instead he’s gonna go with this bullshit stunt.
I wouldn’t be too hard on Musk; he and SpaceX started a tradition, where, in their crafts’ maiden “full-up” flights, they launch it with the goofiest payload they can think of. For the Dragon capsule’s first flight in 2010, they launched it with a big wheel of cheese as a nod to Monty Python’s “Cheese Shop” sketch. There’s also another very important reason the Falcon Heavy’s first flight won’t have a more traditional scientific payload:
SpaceX founder Elon Musk has said he intends to launch the “silliest thing we can imagine” on the maiden launch of the Falcon Heavy. This is partly because the rocket is experimental—there is a non-trivial chance the rocket will explode on the launch pad or shortly after launch. It is also partly because Musk is a master showman who knows how to grab attention.
It’s still a test vehicle, so I rather Musk put his Roadster (or whatever he does decide to launch) on top instead of having a bonafide scientific payload that had even a modicum of time and money put into it go up in smoke if the rocket fails.
re: #51 goddamnedfrank
The most blatantly sexist moments I’ve encountered space reporter were at a SpaceX launch & when damn near every woman space reporter was excluded from Blue Origin press trip. But this? This is next-level bullshit.
— Mika McKinnon (@mikamckinnon) December 2, 2017
Morning café here in Southern France. The big US news — made the front page of our local rag — is the US pulling out of the UN Migration Compact. If you guys were here you’d be shocked at the animus it generated. Trump is really turning your country into a world pariah.
re: #54 teleskiguy
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OK, that Twitter thread makes some very good points why Musk’s Roadster shouldn’t get launched, least of which is that a very expensive car could get blown up in a very visible display of “conspicuous consumption” of a sort.
Definitely not a good idea, but I’m still good with a silly payload that’s not so “charged”.
re: #55 Lupin
Morning café here in Southern France. The big US news — made the front page of our local rag — is the US pulling out of the UN Migration Compact. If you guys were here you’d be shocked at the animus it generated. Trump is really turning your country into a world pariah.
Yeah, we know…it’s gonna take a long time to even address it (and the other fuckups going on) after Trump’s gone, if anyone will ever trust us again.
re: #46 teleskiguy
In the documentary “The Vietnam War” one of the most wrenching moments for me was when Marine John Musgrave described his descent into near-suicide. The only thing that kept him from blowing his brains out with a pistol was that his dog was scratching at his door, dog needed to be let in. And that one moment kept him from killing himself when he was a very young man, a man who had been grievously wounded in Vietnam in 1967 and still survived.
re: #58 teleskiguy
I can relate to the dog needing to be let in.
re: #55 Lupin
Trump is really turning your country into a world pariah.
America: the world’s greatest pariah!!!
re: #60 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
America: the world’s greatest pariah!!!
BIGLY!!!
re: #52 teleskiguy
“It’s not even true that bullying causes suicide…”
Wisdom from millennial conservative hero @benshapiro.— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) December 4, 2017
I know people IRL that think Ben is some kind of smart intellectual dude who slays libtards. OK. I guess this is where I say “I welcome Trump’s America wholeheartedly! Please let me know when you’re going to shoot me in the head with a gun.”
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) December 4, 2017
Ben Shapiro has almost a million followers on Twitter. His message resonates. His message? Donald Trump. And that message is quite popular.
say what you will, “vote for me and i’ll piss off the people who think you’re stupid” has proven to be a pretty effective message
— jeremiah st cyr (@MiahSaint) December 2, 2017
re: #60 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
America: the world’s greatest pariah!!!
Astonishingly, even on the center-right newspaper LE FIGARO, generally always pro-US, the tone of the article and the comments below are scathing. The mood can be roughly summed up as “those f*ckers who have caused world disorder with their wars now refuse to bear the consequences. They should be forced to take their responsibilities.”
Big news here.
re: #65 Lupin
Astonishingly, even on the center-right newspaper LE FIGARO, generally always pro-US, the tone of the article and the comments below are scathing. The mood can be roughly summed up as “those f*ckers who have caused world disorder with their wars now refuse to bear the consequences. They should be forced to take their responsibilities.”
Big news here.
Being Great is about making other people deal with the consequences while you walk away…
re: #64 teleskiguy
Ben Shapiro has almost a million followers on Twitter. His message resonates. His message? Donald Trump. And that message is quite popular.
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As I wrote yesterday, the real problem is that roughly 1/3rd of your population is unhinged, and I don’t see a cure for that on the horizon. The chickens of your disastrous education policies, your slovenly media and stubborn refusal in tackling hate speech have finally come home to roost.
re: #67 Lupin
As I wrote yesterday, the real problem is that roughly 1/3rd of your population is unhinged, and I don’t see a cure for that on the horizon. The chickens of your disastrous education policies, your slovenly media and stubborn refusal in tackling hate speech have finally come home to roost.
and we have a senate and electoral system that gives that unhinged 1/3rd a disproportionate share of representation.
re: #68 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Our government is supposed to be representative of the people, right?
Garbage in, garbage out. I’ve believed this all of my adult life.
re: #55 Lupin
That’s the scary thing, isn’t it? Even if the US gets its act together and elects a government of adults, the rest of us will always be wondering “How long before those hillbillies decide to burn it all down again?”
… You know, assuming there is a next election. Or a future.
re: #68 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
and we have a senate and electoral system that gives that unhinged 1/3rd a disproportionate share of representation.
Very true.
As I have pointed out in the past, the founding document of the current French 5th Republic, our present Constitution, has been amended 24 times (last in 2008) since 1958.
To amend the Constitution here requires a bill approved by both houses of Parliament, then by Congress (a special joint session of both houses); or alternatively, the bill can be submitted to a popular referendum (like De Gaulle did, unsuccessfully, in 1969.)
In a modern democracy, it is necessary to amend one’s Constitution to tackle changes in society, politics, the law, etc, etc. That you are unable to do so, virtually “frozen” in the 19th century, is another indictment of your system, which is now collapsing. The Russians are having the last laugh, after all.
I love my country. I hate the ignorant racist sexist hateful fuckin’ denizens I know in my country that occupy the same space, I wish those fuckers would fuckin’ THINK and maybe *read a fuckin’ book.*
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) December 4, 2017
Between over-representation of rural states and gerrymandering in more populous states, the GOP has a larger share of Congressional seats than its actual total of votes would indicate.
Which is a major reason we are so fucked. They know that is not likely to change.
And now their tax bill will give enough middle-income people enough short-term tax relief that they will continue to vote GOP.
Another episode in the War on Christmas…
…all the reindeer used to laugh and call him names…so he killed them. All of them. pic.twitter.com/9YhY0zVSr1
— Christian (@dolantalks) November 9, 2017
ATTENTION VICIOUS BABUSHKA, the gauntlet has been thrown down:
This Woman Makes The Most Beautiful Pies That Will Seriously Leave You In Awe https://t.co/TNEPHjTcVa pic.twitter.com/h8l3P3bmXl
— BuzzFeed Food (@BuzzFeedFood) November 27, 2017
re: #75 wheat-dogg
ATTENTION VICIOUS BABUSHKA, the gauntlet has been thrown down:
food should not be a competitive sport
re: #78 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
Good morning, fellow Lizardoids.
The only Trump supporters I could even begin to understand (although not agree with) are the ones who felt that since our whole economy and society are going to collapse anyway, it is best to elect Trump and just get it over with so we can start rebuilding.
Erick Son of Erick took a Jesuit (!) to task about taxation, and now a rabbi is schooling Erick about teh Bible and stuff.
The US will soon face the consequences of a #TaxBill that takes money from the poor to give to the rich. Those who voted for it will face consequences later, when they are judged. Do you think Jesus’s words about being judged on how we care for the poor don’t apply? Think again.
— James Martin, SJ (@JamesMartinSJ) December 2, 2017
The Bible teaches it is an individual responsibility to help the poor. Shame on those who’d pass off their personal obligation to the government. https://t.co/WMEUgEIOWl
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) December 2, 2017
If the Bible is so against systemic solutions to poverty, why is a jubilee year declared that releases people from debt to alleviate intergenerational poverty? What is leket, skikhah, pe’ah, and maasar if not taxes meant to create a safety net for those in need? 1/ https://t.co/NmHs3NMrld
— Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg (@TheRaDR) December 3, 2017
re: #80 wheat-dogg
The Bible teaches it is an individual responsibility to help the poor. Shame on those who’d pass off their personal obligation to the government.
that is a total Free Market Jesus interpretation. Where does the Bible say that we cannot mandate the government to help the poor in our name?
re: #81 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
that is a total Free Market Jesus interpretation. Where does the Bible say that we cannot mandate the government to help the poor in our name?
Erick is as usual full of shit, and he’s been taken to town by Christians and Jews alike.
His original tweet was in response to a Jesuit’s tweet about the tax scam bill. Erick should know not to get into a debate with a Jesuit.
Or an evangelical
The US will soon face the consequences of a #TaxBill that takes money from the poor to give to the rich. Those who voted for it will face consequences later, when they are judged. Do you think Jesus’s words about being judged on how we care for the poor don’t apply? Think again.
— James Martin, SJ (@JamesMartinSJ) December 2, 2017
The Bible teaches it is an individual responsibility to help the poor. Shame on those who’d pass off their personal obligation to the government. https://t.co/WMEUgEIOWl
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) December 2, 2017
This is a common teaching in evangelicalism that has absolutely no basis in fact. From Hebrew Scripture to the N.T., care for the poor is described in communal terms. Entire nations are judged by it. https://t.co/3lFC6n8OCk
— Rachel Held Evans (@rachelheldevans) December 3, 2017
re: #81 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
that is a total Free Market Jesus interpretation. Where does the Bible say that we cannot mandate the government to help the poor in our name?
To paraphrase Monty Python:
A collection of semi anonymous texts selected through political compromise by a bunch of Greeks and Byzantines is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical Apocrypha.
Picking a Biblical difference of opinion with an active member of The Society of Jesus should prove to be interesting. You need to think out of the box Erick son of Erick.
— Argyle Von Bargle 🐘🐘🐘🐘 (@DaveoutofAustin) December 4, 2017
POOP TWEET!!!!!
— Argyle Von Bargle 🐘🐘🐘🐘 (@DaveoutofAustin) December 4, 2017
re: #84 Dave In Austin
Or ya know, let’s just say that most people pretty much have no money to give once they’ve paid bills and fed their families. We don’t consider that poor, but an individual can only do so much, churches too. And if you make sure, via mean and stupid policies, that more people end up poor, where’s all this individual help supposed to come from? Churches and individuals can’t profile consistent and ongoing help. Food, clothing, shelter and medical care are just the basics. There’s also education and work that pays a living wage to consider. Erick and his buddies never have an answer to how we solve problems of poverty and loss . Everything with them involves punishment and shame.
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re: #88 Dave In Austin
Seems like it would be easier to make the French toast and sausages separately, and then eat them separately. But that’s just me.
re: #89 wheat-dogg
Seems like it would be easier to make the French toast and sausages separately, and then eat them separately. But that’s just me.
it is more about pleasing the eye, yes.
Well, those quizzes aren’t going to grade themselves. BBIAB.
Morning. Spent way too much time writing yesterday. Little sleep. Must stagger through the work day. :)
re: #52 teleskiguy
Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama
@teleskiguy
Just so y’all know, @benshapiro, who was recently profiled by The @nytimes, is a racist piece of shit who thinks anyone of Arab descent are murderers and rapists and thus should be eliminated. static.currentaffairs.org …
1:32 AM - Dec 4, 2017The Cool Kid’s Philosopher
Ben Shapiro’s fans apparently think he is very smart. It is not clear why.
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A friend who had been an ardent Bernie supporter with an intense dislike of Hillary but who did vote for her shares this hatred of Arabs and believes that Obama was anti-Israel, despite his financial aid to the nation. My friend does not share any of Ben’s other views. He was not happy with my suggestion that Netanyahu was responsible for Trump’s victory since so many in the Orthodox community (not all — see VB) voted for him only because they would vote for whomever Netanyahu wanted.
OH HAI.
I am back at work now. We finally got into Detroit at 4:00PM after our flight from Toronto was delayed for 5 hours. We could have rented a car and drove back in less time!
Anyway I threw my clothes in the washer, myself into the shower and then slept for 15 hours.
I am still jet-lagged as fuck. Yesterday lasted for 31 hours!
re: #80 wheat-dogg
Eric son of Eric’s twisted interpretation of how to care for the poor is similar to how they have twisted the story of Sodom and Gomorrah to be about sexual deviance rather than what it was really about, per Ezekiel 16:49-50 -
49 This was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy. 50 They were haughty, and did abominable things before me; therefore I removed them when I saw it.
This is as clear as it gets, Eric son of Eric.
re: #93 Hecuba’s daughter
A friend who had been an ardent Bernie supporter with an intense dislike of Hillary but who did vote for her shares this hatred of Arabs and believes that Obama was anti-Israel, despite his financial aid to the nation. My friend does not share any of Ben’s other views. He was not happy with my suggestion that Netanyahu was responsible for Trump’s victory since so many in the Orthodox community (not all — see VB) voted for him only because they would vote for whomever Netanyahu wanted.
Ben Shapiro is a stupid little fuckhead & Israelis think Trump is a stupid bigly fuckhead but Bibi supports him because he thinks Cheeto can be manipulated.
re: #55 Lupin
Morning café here in Southern France. The big US news — made the front page of our local rag — is the US pulling out of the UN Migration Compact. If you guys were here you’d be shocked at the animus it generated. Trump is really turning your country into a world pariah.
I’m aware of the situation thanks to my French friends. They’ve been e-mailing me all the “love” that President Mange Merde is spreading around the world.
As I posted before, ol’ Pruneface Reagan loved to bullshit about America being the “City on a Hill”. Trump has turned America into a giant sewer pouring its’ narcissistic garbage out on the rest of the world. And now the World is turning on us…
.@GOPLeader on the alternative minimum tax: “I think the AMT has to be eliminated altogether.” pic.twitter.com/G6g45VUXqZ
— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 4, 2017
Why not just require the poor & middle class to send Tributes to the annual Hunger Games?
The odds are never in our favor!#TheResistance #GOPTaxScam https://t.co/w5V0CKWZWn— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) December 4, 2017
re: #81 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
that is a total Free Market Jesus interpretation. Where does the Bible say that we cannot mandate the government to help the poor in our name?
Gosh that attitude is in every page of the holy texts of Erick’s goddess Ayn Rand!
re: #98 Joe Bacon 🌹
I’m aware of the situation thanks to my French friends. They’ve been e-mailing me all the “love” that President Mange Merde is spreading around the world.
As I posted before, ol’ Pruneface Reagan loved to bullshit about America being the “City on a Hill”. Trump has turned America into a giant sewer pouring its’ narcissistic garbage out on the rest of the world. And now the World is turning on us…
The only differences between Trump and Reagan are that Reagan was not a Russian asset, he actually was devoted to wife, he was not a misogynist, and he knew how to behave with decorum. His style differed from Trump’s but on substance (except for Russia), there is not much distinction.
The new defense of the Flynn-FBI tweet from the Trump camp? John Dowd tells Axios the “President cannot obstruct justice because he is the chief law enforcement officer” under the Constitution. https://t.co/EsUb3CHpWt
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 4, 2017
Trump’s speedrun of the Nixon Administration has officially reached ‘If the president does it, it’s NOT illegal’ part. He flirted with it, but having a lawyer make such an unequivocal statement is…yeah.
he’s still a maroon
Putting Pelosi/Schumer Liberal Puppet Jones into office in Alabama would hurt our great Republican Agenda of low on taxes, tough on crime, strong on military and borders…& so much more. Look at your 401-k’s since Election. Highest Stock Market EVER! Jobs are roaring back!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 4, 2017
With the great vote on Cutting Taxes, this could be a big day for the Stock Market - and YOU!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 4, 2017
A must watch: Legal Scholar Alan Dershowitz was just on @foxandfriends talking of what is going on with respect to the greatest Witch Hunt in U.S. political history. Enjoy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 4, 2017
What a time to be alive! pic.twitter.com/WQrkrBC8A1
— Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) December 4, 2017
Complications emerged in a Kentucky couple’s pregnancy as a new law banned abortions at 20 weeks. They had to decide: Schedule an abortion or wait for a miscarriage https://t.co/YSXDQlEuZz pic.twitter.com/zCWYHKxAi6
— CNN (@CNN) December 4, 2017
You get what you deserve.
“I wouldn’t want to be a Russian leader. They never know when they’re being taped.” https://t.co/cmBSFBIdee
— J.M. Berger (@intelwire) December 4, 2017
Geezer Disgustus just left for Utah. Why? To announce that irresponsible, toxic mining companies can blow #BearsEars to kingdom come for coal. #Resist #CoalKills
— BobKincaid (@BobKincaid) December 4, 2017
Tell me why I like Mondays! Encouraged after my phone call with Taoiseach @campaignforleo on progress on #Brexit issue of Ireland. Getting closer to sufficient progress at December #EUCO.
— Donald Tusk (@eucopresident) December 4, 2017
Astonishing change in EU tone over the last 24 hours. https://t.co/aS38wrMhZ4
— Nick Gutteridge (@nick_gutteridge) December 4, 2017
Reaction to today’s events from an unhappy Nigel Farage: ‘This is a bitter betrayal of 17.4 million people. It is a concession too far, for it will lead to endless problems in Scotland and it damages the integrity of the United Kingdom.’
— Nick Gutteridge (@nick_gutteridge) December 4, 2017
It’s early for Christmas, but an unhappy Farage is a good start.#wato https://t.co/kjEVwJ17kG
— Ed Wilson (@eddwilson) December 4, 2017
If one part of UK can retain regulatory alignment with EU and effectively stay in the single market (which is the right solution for Northern Ireland) there is surely no good practical reason why others can’t.
— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) December 4, 2017
Stir stir stir. Expect this is not the last we’ve heard of this argument… https://t.co/VUB63qBQua
— Nick Gutteridge (@nick_gutteridge) December 4, 2017
re: #103 Backwoods_Sleuth
he’s still a maroon
“We’re going to be tough on crime with a child molesting judge who can’t follow the law.”
re: #110 Belafon
Gotta borrow that a minute…
Seen today… GOP-“We’re going to be tough on crime with a child molesting judge who can’t follow the law.”
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) December 4, 2017
re: #110 Belafon
“We’re going to be tough on crime with a child molesting judge who can’t follow the law.”
And the who prosecuted Eric Rudolph and the killers of the four little girls in Birmingham is SOFT! // Sad thing is Moore is still favored simply by being a Republican. Oh Alabama.
You guys were talking about Shapiro earlier. He’s what I call an old man in a young man’s body. He’s got so much anger and I just don’t get why. He’s not particularly stupid like a Jim Hoft. Not as intelligent as he and his fans think and definitely not insightful. I don’t get his appeal at all. The biggest secret about Ben is he’s a big bore. Just another pathetic attempt to make being a wingnut “cool.”
sad trombone:
Trump tells reporters on the South Lawn that Michael Flynn lied and “they ruined his life,” calls it very unfair: “I feel very badly for General Flynn.” pic.twitter.com/lTPIE5wuPb
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 4, 2017
re: #81 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
that is a total Free Market Jesus interpretation. Where does the Bible say that we cannot mandate the government to help the poor in our name?
It doesn’t. In fact it specifically says that the government is anointed by God to do good, so we should all obey the law and pay our damn taxes.
Huge ramifications for London if Theresa May has conceded that it’s possible for part of the UK to remain within the single market & customs union after Brexit. Londoners overwhelmingly voted to remain in the EU and a similar deal here could protect tens of thousands of jobs.
— Mayor of London (@MayorofLondon) December 4, 2017
re: #115 Big Beautiful Door
It doesn’t. In fact it specifically says that the government is anointed by God to do good, so we should all obey the law and pay our damn taxes.
Also, those who are blessed with wealth have an OBLIGATION to support the poor and specifically, widows, children and “strangers” (i.e. FOREIGNERS).
re: #114 Backwoods_Sleuth
sad trombone:
Who among us hasn’t lied to the FBI and taken thousands from a foreign government to go after a thorn in said government’s said.
Here’s the Tip of the Day: when you hear a question that is purely speculation, like “will Mueller indict President Trump?” - turn the TV set off. Don’t subject yourself to partisan fools. Go for facts - check out https://t.co/rryWmyXe7C.
— Bill O’Reilly (@BillOReilly) December 2, 2017
here’s a better Tip of the Day — don’t take advice from someone who had to pay #32million in hush money to 1 victim for sexual harassment https://t.co/Axx8GAd1vH
— Gretchen Carlson (@GretchenCarlson) December 3, 2017
re: #115 Big Beautiful Door
It doesn’t. In fact it specifically says that the government is anointed by God to do good, so we should all obey the law and pay our damn taxes.
Person: Look I took care of these three people.
God: You could have done more with your fellow citizens, as I directed.
Person: But then I wouldn’t have stood out from others.
God: Then you already received your reward.
re: #118 HappyWarrior
Who among us hasn’t lied to the FBI and taken thousands from a foreign government to go after a thorn in said government’s said.
Or ran a fake university, raped the wife, or turned emoluments into a for profit division of White House operations.///
Protestors spell “Go Home Trump” on lawn of Utah State Capitol ahead of Trump visit https://t.co/uokJGxbZtk pic.twitter.com/Gc3oTrVWbs
— The Hill (@thehill) December 4, 2017
re: #106 makeitstop
You get what you deserve.
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Exclusive: Trump lawyer claims the “President cannot obstruct justice”https://t.co/2M7gx0S5vO
— Justin Green (@JGreenDC) December 4, 2017
You know who would never say something like this? A President who did NOT break the law. https://t.co/pfNJPKgP78
— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) December 4, 2017
Trump lawyer John Dowd trying a new line: “The president cannot obstruct justice because he is the chief law enforcement officer…and has every right to express his view of any case.” via @axios pic.twitter.com/5CbarHfYDX
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) December 4, 2017
The Nixon argument: if the president does it, it’s not a crime. https://t.co/yirwecJsQc
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) December 4, 2017
re: #94 The Vicious Babushka
OH HAI.
I am back at work now. We finally got into Detroit at 4:00PM after our flight from Toronto was delayed for 5 hours. We could have rented a car and drove back in less time!
Anyway I threw my clothes in the washer, myself into the shower and then slept for 15 hours.
I am still jet-lagged as fuck. Yesterday lasted for 31 hours!
I know that feeling. I couldn’t sleep on planes (sleep apnea), so on trips to China and back I would be awake over 24 hours.
re: #124 Backwoods_Sleuth
Uh huh. If the President does it, it’s not illegal! At least Nixon waited until after he left office to give that gem.
Stock market rolling this morning toward record high this morning. Tax bill effect? Informed analysts are saying it was my @TBN show this weekend—yes, it’s THAT good!
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) December 4, 2017
The world’s bestest Christian demonstrates how not to Proverbs 16:18
“Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall” https://t.co/SPo4b9vbne— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) December 4, 2017
re: #103 Backwoods_Sleuth
Putting Pelosi/Schumer Liberal Puppet Jones into office in Alabama would hurt our great Republican Agenda of low on taxes, tough on crime, strong on military and borders…& so much more. Look at your 401-k’s since Election. Highest Stock Market EVER! Jobs are roaring back!
— Donald J. Trump
Leaving aside that during the campaign Dumpster called the stock market highs a ‘bubble’, the whims of the stock market seems like a dicey thing to try to hitch one’s star to.
re: #103 Backwoods_Sleuth
he’s still a maroon
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Trump is right about one thing; the stock market is way up today. At least my 401(k) is benefiting, for now. At least until Trump crashes the economy.
re: #130 Big Beautiful Door
Trump is right about one thing; the stock market is way up today. At least my 401(k) is benefiting, for now. At least until Trump crashes the economy.
Wall Street is still in the honeymoon phase with Trump.
re: #129 Sir John Barron
Leaving aside that during the campaign Dumpster called the stock market highs a ‘bubble’, the whims of the stock market seems like a dicey thing to try to hitch one’s star to.
We’re talking about someone who also claimed the real unemployment rate was around what it was during the Depression or worse. It’s not that Trump lies, it’s that he lies on an epic level.
re: #110 Belafon
“We’re going to be tough on crime with a child molesting judge who can’t follow the law.”
“Tough on crime” is dog whistle for shooting and jailing ni-CLANGS!.
A small-town Alabama newspaper takes a stand on Roy Moore. A very careful one. … My column from eastern Alabama https://t.co/oQyIfy8Ec4
— Margaret Sullivan (@Sulliview) December 3, 2017
Top editor at local paper: “I would have bullet holes in my windows” if we endorsed Doug Jones. https://t.co/a7LVefrGTb
— Dan Zak (@MrDanZak) December 4, 2017
re: #132 HappyWarrior
We’re talking about someone who also claimed the real unemployment rate was around what it was during the Depression or worse. It’s not that Trump lies, it’s that he lies on an epic level.
And he lies about things that are demonstrably false. It’s like he has built his own version of “reality”
re: #116 Backwoods_Sleuth
PM May might have just opened a can of worms.
re: #136 Dr Lizardo
PM May might have just opened a can of worms.
indeed
The idea that Wales can’t have the same special status as NI “because it voted for Brexit” makes no sense - the SM and CU were not on the ballot paper, our Government has explicitly stated it wants access to both, and polls show the Welsh public agrees 🏴
— Dan Roberts (@danroberts11) December 4, 2017
re: #128 Backwoods_Sleuth
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This is because everyone knows the massive tax giveaway to corporations is going to go to stock buy-backs and not investment. This only helps people who own stocks; it is massively tilted in favor of the wealthy. I have some in my 401K so I’ll make thousands off of it; but the wealthy will rake in tens and hundreds of millions.
re: #80 wheat-dogg
Erick Son of Erick took a Jesuit (!) to task about taxation, and now a rabbi is schooling Erick about teh Bible and stuff.
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A female rabbi
re: #134 JordanRules
Law abiding Democrat is worse than a Pedo judge who has been removed twice. Yep the GOP bass is deplorable.
re: #113 HappyWarrior
You guys were talking about Shapiro earlier. He’s what I call an old man in a young man’s body. He’s got so much anger and I just don’t get why. He’s not particularly stupid like a Jim Hoft. Not as intelligent as he and his fans think and definitely not insightful. I don’t get his appeal at all. The biggest secret about Ben is he’s a big bore. Just another pathetic attempt to make being a wingnut “cool.”
I think Shapiro’s problem is that he got his start as a Professional Adorable Republican Preteen. His parents told him what to say, and he got adoration from the wingnuts because he was a little kid. He’s never matured beyond where he was as a kid.
And his career post-childhood hasn’t actually been very impressive. He couldn’t hack it as a lawyer, and he’s despised by the people he wants to love him because they’re Nazis and he’s Jewish.
And while I’m sure he makes millions as a Wingnut Welfare recipient, he’s still just a weirdo who goes on Twitter to say ignorant shit to racist maniacs. He’s never going to be accepted as the intellectual titan he wishes he was, and his advancement in the party has a very low ceiling. He probably doesn’t get invited to frou-frou cocktail parties, and any other gatherings he attends are eventually going to descend into people sig-heiling him to his face once enough alcohol is consumed.
re: #141 HappyWarrior
Law abiding Democrat is worse than a Pedo judge who has been removed twice. Yep the GOP bass is deplorable.
You mean a Democrat who is “registering convicted felons”?
AL Republicans have a very different idea about what constitutes “law abiding”.
re: #142 scottslemmons
I think Shapiro’s problem is that he got his start as a Professional Adorable Republican Preteen. His parents told him what to say, and he got adoration from the wingnuts because he was a little kid. He’s never matured beyond where he was as a kid.
And his career post-childhood hasn’t actually been very impressive. He couldn’t hack it as a lawyer, and he’s despised by the people he wants to love him because they’re Nazis and he’s Jewish.
And while I’m sure he makes millions as a Wingnut Welfare recipient, he’s still just a weirdo who goes on Twitter to say ignorant shit to racist maniacs. He’s never going to be accepted as the intellectual titan he wishes he was, and his advancement in the party has a very low ceiling. He probably doesn’t get invited to frou-frou cocktail parties, and any other gatherings he attends are eventually going to descend into people sig-heiling him to his face once enough alcohol is consumed.
Yeah I forgot his origins as a Republican kid star. I think you’re absolutely right. He’s a plain old mediocrity as you’re getting at. He’s certainly not elected office material because the only people who might really like him are those who like because he preaches to the choir.
re: #143 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
You mean a Democrat who is “registering convicted felons”?
AL Republicans have a very different idea about what constitutes “law abiding”.
True, true.
This week the #Senate will confirm the nomination of Kirstjen Nielsen to be Secretary of @DHSgov, pass a clean, two-week CR and go to conference with the House on the #TaxReform bill.
— STEW 🇺🇸🐶 (@StewSays) December 4, 2017
Looks like no Alexander-Murray health bill attached to CR like Susan Collins wanted… https://t.co/Dpu8wBZYsc
— Erik Wasson (@elwasson) December 4, 2017
I am shocked, so shocked, that Susan Collins got played. #mepolitics https://t.co/RM9d5nO5Qy
— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) December 4, 2017
The president’s lawyer claims he drafted the president’s tweet, and then sent it to White House social media director to publish as the president.
When asked for the original email he sent to aide, the president’s lawyer claimed he dictated it orally. https://t.co/FA9Pu1UmoY— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) December 4, 2017
re: #146 Backwoods_Sleuth
She should be voted out for being that stupid alone.
re: #140 dangerman
A female rabbi
[Baby Whiplash]MEEH what does she know, a female Reform rabbi, she’s not even Jewish![/Baby Whiplash]
Actually she has it exactly right. The Bibles does talk about these things and they are actual laws codified in the Talmud.
re: #138 Backwoods_Sleuth
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If the Tories had any sense, they’d just say “to hell with it, we’re cancelling Article 50 and nullifying this whole Brexit thing because it was an utterly stupid thing to do and if you don’t like that, well, go fuck yourselves” but they won’t because
1) The Tories would implode - Brexit is the direct result of a long-running internal party feud on the UK’s place in the EU and the wider world
2) They’re British. They’ll go down with the ship, in full dress uniform, happily whistling “Rule Brittania”.
re: #142 scottslemmons
I think Shapiro’s problem is that he got his start as a Professional Adorable Republican Preteen. His parents told him what to say, and he got adoration from the wingnuts because he was a little kid. He’s never matured beyond where he was as a kid.
And his career post-childhood hasn’t actually been very impressive. He couldn’t hack it as a lawyer, and he’s despised by the people he wants to love him because they’re Nazis and he’s Jewish.
And while I’m sure he makes millions as a Wingnut Welfare recipient, he’s still just a weirdo who goes on Twitter to say ignorant shit to racist maniacs. He’s never going to be accepted as the intellectual titan he wishes he was, and his advancement in the party has a very low ceiling. He probably doesn’t get invited to frou-frou cocktail parties, and any other gatherings he attends are eventually going to descend into people sig-heiling him to his face once enough alcohol is consumed.
You would think that The Jew Who Gets The Most Anti-Semitic Abuse On Twitter would see that as a wake-up call but nah.
The thing though is the right always has people like this to try to make their message more palatable to people who aren’t in their base. Rubio tried being the “cool, hip” Republican by talking about how he likes rap and Tupac just as Ryan did with his Ratm fandom. The best phrase for guys like this is they’re an old person’s idea of a young person, I forgot who said it was but it was used on Rubio. Even Milo is wearing out his welcome with everyone but virulent racist shitbags.
Remember, politicians are all talk and NO action. Our country is a laughing stock that is going to hell. The lobbyists & donors control all!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 13, 2015
re: #149 The Vicious Babushka
[Baby Whiplash]MEEH what does she know, a female Reform rabbi, she’s not even Jewish![/Baby Whiplash]
Actually she has it exactly right. The Bibles does talk about these things and they are actual laws codified in the Talmud.
Yup schooled by a woman (as if it matters)
For him and Erick that’s gotta sting worse
re: #151 The Vicious Babushka
You would think that The Jew Who Gets The Most Anti-Semitic Abuse On Twitter would see that as a wake-up call but nah.
He just blames the left for antisemitism. Kid has a lot of issues. I would too I guess if I claimed to speak for the Jewish people with the arrogance he does.
re: #153 bill d. (b.d.)
A tweet for all seasons.
re: #148 HappyWarrior
She should be voted out for being that stupid alone.
She knew all along; she just had to say something to justify her yes vote, which is all about paying back the donors.
re: #152 HappyWarrior
The thing though is the right always has people like this to try to make their message more palatable to people who aren’t in their base. Rubio tried being the “cool, hip” Republican by talking about how he likes rap and Tupac just as Ryan did with his Ratm fandom. The best phrase for guys like this is they’re an old person’s idea of a young person, I forgot who said it was but it was used on Rubio. Even Milo is wearing out his welcome with everyone but virulent racist shitbags.
Republicans always seem to have the strange, disconnected, Madison Ave. version of minority outreach. Newt is the dumb man’s impression of a genius. Ben is the old man’s impression of a millennial, Ryan is the ideologue’s impression of a wonk, Milo the homophobe’s impression of a gay man, etc.
They dabble in stereotypes and think that’s enough to get people on their side. The problem is that those demographics are almost never really their target. Their real target is the base who indulges in said stereotypes too and look for the ‘good ones’ to be the exception to the rule they have in their heads.
re: #157 Big Beautiful Door
She knew all along; she just had to say something to justify her yes vote, which is all about paying back the donors.
And a nice cushy parachute to land on if they lose reelection or renomination.
re: #158 Citizen K
Republicans always seem to have the strange, disconnected, Madison Ave. version of minority outreach. Newt is the dumb man’s impression of a genius. Ben is the old man’s impression of a millennial, Ryan is the ideologue’s impression of a wonk, Milo the homophobe’s impression of a gay man, etc.
They dabble in stereotypes and think that’s enough to get people on their side. The problem is that those demographics are almost never really their target. Their real target is the base who indulges in said stereotypes too and look for the ‘good ones’ to be the exception to the rule they have in their heads.
Nailed it.
re: #151 The Vicious Babushka
You would think that The Jew Who Gets The Most Anti-Semitic Abuse On Twitter would see that as a wake-up call but nah.
He’d have to be able to grow beyond who he was at 13 getting praised for repeating what Daddy told him to say. He’ll never be able to do that.
re: #161 scottslemmons
He’d have to be able to grow beyond who he was at 13 getting praised for repeating what Daddy told him to say. He’ll never be able to do that.
My 13-year-old grandson who just celebrated his Bar Mitzvah is a zillion times more mature and intelligent than Baby Whiplash will ever be.
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One of the greatest rhetorical coups the GOP has managed is making people believe that ‘poor people are lazy and entitled’ isn’t elitism, but ‘people deserve equal rights and voice across the board’ is.
— Citizen K Sez “Ban Nazis!” (@Citizen_Kryptik) December 4, 2017
re: #162 The Vicious Babushka
My 13-year-old grandson who just celebrated his Bar Mitzvah is a zillion times more mature and intelligent than Baby Whiplash will ever be.
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re: #163 Citizen K
Agreed. Remember when Santorum called Obama snob for wanting affordable post high school education for all students.
NEW: Trump today claimed HRC lied to the FBI.
FACT CHECK: In July 2016, then-FBI Director Comey told House Oversight Committee: “We have no basis to conclude that she lied to the FBI.”— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) December 4, 2017
re: #166 Backwoods_Sleuth
Doesn’t matter. Trump said it, therefore it’s the literal unvarnished truth from God’s lips Himself, according to Republicans. Even those that hate Trump will repeat it because ‘take that libz’ and ‘lock her up’.
BREAKING: Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim powerful ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh has been killed.
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 4, 2017
If true, this will lead to a catastrophic downward spiral in the civil war. Only U.S. leadership can save Yemen now. https://t.co/imWOB1xfAl
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) December 4, 2017
How will women respond to Roy Moore?
Roy Moore is committed to a culture that believes women are not men’s equals. He supports the view that women should not be permitted to run for office and that when they do, people have a moral obligation to vote against them.
re: #168 JordanRules
BREAKING: Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim powerful ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh has been killed.
If true, this will lead to a catastrophic downward spiral in the civil war. Only U.S. leadership can save Yemen now.
Yeah, Yemen’s totally fucked then.
re: #171 Dr Lizardo
BREAKING: Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim powerful ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh has been killed.
If true, this will lead to a catastrophic downward spiral in the civil war. Only U.S. leadership can save Yemen now.
Yeah, Yemen’s totally fucked then.
Thoughts and prayers Yemen, thoughts and prayers…
re: #171 Dr Lizardo
BREAKING: Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim powerful ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh has been killed.
If true, this will lead to a catastrophic downward spiral in the civil war. Only U.S. leadership can save Yemen now.
Yeah, Yemen’s totally fucked then.
Somebody call Jared!!!! ///
re: #153 bill d. (b.d.)
Remember, politicians are all talk and NO action. Our country is a laughing stock that is going to hell. The lobbyists & donors control all!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 13, 2015
Priceless. As 6,000 lobbyists helped write the GOP tax scam bill that gives tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans while raising taxes on Trump’s poor white trash base.
We cannot allow different parts of the UK to be more favourably treated than others. If one part of the UK is granted continued participation in the Single Market & Customs Union, then we fully expect to be made the same offer.
— Carwyn Jones (@fmwales) December 4, 2017
Starting to laugh hysterically. https://t.co/zCyP9i4e3y
— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) December 4, 2017
re: #175 Backwoods_Sleuth
Yeah this is a mess. Self inflicted Ms. May.
re: #176 JordanRules
The own-goal theory of politics seems to be the way with the Tories of late.
The areas in YELLOW voted to REMAIN in the European Union so will continue to TRADE FREELY within the EU. There will be a HARD BORDER between the YELLOW and BLUE areas, who voted to LEAVE. The RED LINES represent a SERIES OF ELABORATE ZIPWIRES to transport PEOPLE and GOODS. pic.twitter.com/VS5ylmrXCD
— James (@jrawson) December 4, 2017
The 80s renditions certainly ring true for me.
Having an early 80s childhood meant thinking the devil looked like Max Von Sydow and thinking Jesus was a dead ringer for Kenny Loggins. #80s
— Michael W. Twitty (@KosherSoul) December 3, 2017
@KosherSoul Having a late 60s childhood meant the devil looked like Vincent Price & Jesus was a dead ringer for Max Von Sydow (or Jeffrey Hunter)… #60s https://t.co/xi7b9msJi3
— Ellen FernandezSacco (@efsacco) December 4, 2017
Someone is going to get fired for this. American Airlines reached an agreement with its pilots to pay them double so that all its flights during the holiday season don’t get canceled.
re: #180 Big Beautiful Door
Someone is going to get fired for this. American Airlines reached an agreement with its pilots to pay them double so that all its flights during the holiday season don’t get canceled.
a lot of low-level people will get fired, but the upper-level managing directors will just take their severance packages and move on…
JFC.
If Gabby Giffords had been a quicker draw, legal gun owners wouldn’t be subjected to hers and Paul Ryan’s tyrannous regs. #2A #NoNICSfix pic.twitter.com/8EpU6xotsG
— Paul Nehlen (@pnehlen) December 2, 2017
Spread the word!
We’re not backing down! Folks are bussing in to DC today and tomorrow to storm the Capitol and demand that Congress reject the Republican tax bill.
Join → https://t.co/2FRiF42pEi pic.twitter.com/XRwguAw2vp— Tax March (@taxmarch) December 4, 2017
After the #GOPtaxscam passing in the Senate, wondering what you can do to take action this week? We’ve got you covered👇https://t.co/5GK4FC0sQB
— Indivisible Guide (@IndivisibleTeam) December 4, 2017
re: #174 Dr. Matt
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Priceless. As 6,000 lobbyists helped write the GOP tax scam bill that gives tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans while raising taxes on Trump’s poor white trash base.
The Trumpers I know are not poor though white describes most of them. They are devout believers that everything from Trump’s mouth is the truth, the tax plan will lead to 4% economic growth, and Flynn will lead to Hillary’s indictment.
re: #184 Hecuba’s daughter
Translation: They are fucking idiots and white trash regardless of their paystubs….just like their Dotard.
re: #182 GlutenFreeJesus
This is the guy that’s going to run against Paul Ryan.
Paul Ryan bot count: Now over 3.1m, 60% fake.
Look at these profiles.
Bot army assembled and activated to push his terrible #GOPTaxScam, which will end in gutting Medicare and Social Security.
Be prepared. pic.twitter.com/aZk5kWbo4x— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) December 4, 2017
‘All other rejection letters can stand down, we have a winner’ https://t.co/bqqe6fihTh h/t @LettersOfNote pic.twitter.com/43QrkK8nOW
— The Poke (@ThePoke) December 4, 2017
“The #Saudi elites have realized, perhaps for the first time, that they too can be subject to the same unjust, lawless prosecutions previously reserved mostly for political dissidents and terrorism suspects,” - @sarahleah1 https://t.co/KpXfpuo05X
— Mona Eltahawy (@monaeltahawy) December 4, 2017
This is something I keep thinking about. The perils of ignoring injustice because you aren’t in the line of fire. Until you are. https://t.co/vwlHaHBIJW
— Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) December 4, 2017
Just taped a special Michael Flynn episode of Stay Tuned. It will drop later today. Hope you’ll listen: https://t.co/af3fhPzfcs
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) December 4, 2017
re: #186 GlutenFreeJesus
This is the guy that’s going to run against Paul Ryan.
I think he did last time. If I remember correctly, he was suggesting we round up all the Muslims. He’s one of Trump’s “very fine people.”
resisting the obvious joke…
Wall Street executive killed by tiger shark while scuba diving off Costa Rica https://t.co/Se2Z8pe7hm
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 4, 2017
Asked by fawning “interviewer” what he has learned from the campaign, Roy Moore says: “I think immorality has sunken to a new low.” https://t.co/eWYv3RZgHf
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) December 4, 2017
re: #191 Big Beautiful Door
I think he did last time. If I remember correctly, he was suggesting we round up all the Muslims. He’s one of Trump’s “very fine people.”
Yep he did. I remember the name.
re: #191 Big Beautiful Door
I think he did last time. If I remember correctly, he was suggesting we round up all the Muslims. He’s one of Trump’s “very fine people.”
He’s the guy trying to primary Paul Ryan. Not Randy Bryce, the Democrat trying to unseat him.
re: #193 Backwoods_Sleuth
Rich coming from a guy who went after high school girls.
hahahahahahahahahahahahaha pic.twitter.com/sLmzByiNLr
— Jared Holt (@jaredlholt) December 4, 2017
re: #196 Hecuba’s daughter
He’s the guy trying to primary Paul Ryan. Not Randy Bryce, the Democrat trying to unseat him.
Yeah that’s what was meant.
In which case, why did the lawyer say Trump’s tweet was “my mistake”? What was the mistake, if the content was accurate? https://t.co/RWDHCm2Ojg
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) December 4, 2017
re: #193 Backwoods_Sleuth
Isn’t OAN supposed to be even worse than Fox? After all, Fox has a couple semi-“legitimate” journalists.
re: #196 Hecuba’s daughter
He’s the guy trying to primary Paul Ryan. Not Randy Bryce, the Democrat trying to unseat him.
Yes I think he tried to primary Ryan last time, and Ryan got 80% of the vote in the primary.
re: #192 Backwoods_Sleuth
Wall Street executive killed by tiger shark while scuba diving off Costa Rica
What ever happened to professional courtesy?
re: #201 Hecuba’s daughter
Isn’t OAN supposed to be even worse than Fox? After all, Fox has a couple semi-“legitimate” journalists.
Yes…
re: #201 Hecuba’s daughter
Isn’t OAN supposed to be even worse than Fox? After all, Fox has a couple semi-“legitimate” journalists.
Sarah Palin wasn’t outrageous enough for OAN.
re: #191 Big Beautiful Door
I think he did last time. If I remember correctly, he was suggesting we round up all the Muslims. He’s one of Trump’s “very fine people.”
I was more right than I knew. Nehlen retweeted a tweet of the tiki torch marchers in Charlottesville describing it as an “incredible moment for white people.”
Oof. Trump says Japan will soon “easily” intercept DPRK long-range missiles. Compares to Saudi Patriot intercept https://t.co/gpikuvW2E5 pic.twitter.com/HdBIXoFjIl
— Kingston Reif (@KingstonAReif) November 6, 2017
Fact-checked previously as worthy of Four Pinocchios: https://t.co/vuAd3487Yo https://t.co/cDdOdp8Gr2
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) December 4, 2017
re: #200 JordanRules
In which case, why did the lawyer say Trump’s tweet was “my mistake”? What was the mistake, if the content was accurate?
he made the mistake of getting caught
re: #193 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #206 Big Beautiful Door
I was more right than I knew. Nehlen retweeted a tweet of the tiki torch marchers in Charlottesville describing it as an “incredible moment for white people.”
JFC
I found the story about Paul Nehlen asking, “Why do we have Muslims in this country?”
OK, this meme wins the internets today!#Trump #Biden #Obama #Time #PersonOfTheYear pic.twitter.com/UnhCZaKXhg
— John Lundin (@johnlundin) November 25, 2017
re: #212 Big Beautiful Door
I found the story about Paul Nehlen asking, “Why do we have Muslims in this country?”
Same reason we have any group. Religious freedom. These guys.
As long as Trump is raising questions about the political motivations of FBI agents, it’s worth revisiting that time Giuliani implied the FBI was leaking him information about Hillary Clinton because they were “outraged” that she hadn’t been charged. https://t.co/x7wzXRu4OI
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) December 4, 2017
Now that you mention it, Natasha - where is Saint 9/11?
He seems to have gone to ground. Ankara, perhaps?
Texas A&M officially announces hiring of Jimbo Fisher to 10-year, $75 million deal & no state-appropriated funds used to pay the salary. Translation: our donors have deep pockets
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) December 4, 2017
Some people fritter away their money on booze and women and movies, others invest frugally in college football coaches https://t.co/vveeplR1qd
— lil kneeass (@jesseltaylor) December 4, 2017
re: #182 GlutenFreeJesus
Good Lord. That actually made me gasp.
My former Representative (FL 3rd then 5th)
BREAKING: Sentences for ex-U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown and conspirators:
Brown - 5 years; 3 years of probation.
Ronnie Simmons (former chief of staff) - 4 years; 3 years probation.
Carla Wiley (started fake charity all three used as slush fund) - 1 year, 9 months; 3 years probation.— Nate Monroe (@NateMonroeTU) December 4, 2017
#CorrineSentenced https://t.co/VGy2IVL8fc
— Florida Times-Union (@jaxdotcom) December 4, 2017
Until recently, only a “little” gerrymandered…
It got a “little” better recently
re: #134 JordanRules
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“Hell,” responded James Claborn, “we’d paint it green.”
Thanks, Obama! pic.twitter.com/pT4ZtpjRqO
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) December 4, 2017
Greets and saluts from the Resistance in the NYC metro area.
Trump’s busy bitching about Hillary Clinton again, and how his poor beleaguered incompetent administration is beset on all sides by investigations, indictments, and plea deals.
Trump’s complaining again about how Clinton is the one who needs to be investigated (ignoring that she already was - and that the investigations by FBI, GOP in Congress turned up no criminal wrongdoing). In fact, that’s all they kept turning up. Nothing.
That’s not good enough for Trump, who wants to prosecute his political enemies all while his allies, minions, and his own admin is engaging in criminal conduct that is indictable and resulted in guilty pleas.
The president’s lawyer claims he drafted the president’s tweet, and then sent it to White House social media director to publish as the president.
When asked for the original email he sent to aide, the president’s lawyer claimed he dictated it orally. https://t.co/FA9Pu1UmoY— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) December 4, 2017
The lies within the lies. Trump can’t keep his story straight. His advisers and lawyers can’t keep their own stories straight, adding layers to the lies.
This is what happens when you have an incompetent and reactionary know nothing in the WH. https://t.co/RxodyrDfMs— lawhawk (@lawhawk) December 4, 2017
Who’s president here and lying every day about what he did or didn’t do? Trump can’t even remember what he did yesterday. Flynn’s life isn’t destroyed by anyone other than Flynn lying for Trump and corrupt admin/transition.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) December 4, 2017
Manafort and Gates indicted for criminal wrongdoing during campaign. Papadopoulos guilty plea for lying to FBI. Flynn guilty plea for lying to FBI.
All they’re doing is lying - if there was no underlying wrongdoing, why lie.
Trump and GOP can’t answer any of it because they’re all lying to cover their own asses, and Trump can’t keep his own story straight, so it’s lies all the way down.
The GOP hopes to take advantage of the chaos in the WH to pass this tax scam bill while attentions are focused everywhere and nowhere at the same time.
I was just explaining to the kitten how there was actually a kitten much like him, born in a manger a long time ago. Now, say what you will, it is much more plausible that a kitten was born in a manger. And, it would make way more sense that the 3 wise men were wise cats. Anyway.
— The Fucking Cat (@TheFuckingCat) December 4, 2017
At his trial in 1649, Charles I defended himself: “”No learned lawyer will affirm that an impeachment can lie against the King… one of their maxims is, that the King can do no wrong.” The great-grandfathers of the authors of the Constitution cut off Charles’ head for that.
— David Frum (@davidfrum) December 4, 2017
Tsk, tsk. Poor Bill O
Breaking: Woman who reached a settlement with O’Reilly over harassment allegations sued him and Fox News for defamation and breach of contract, saying that statements he and the network made violated the settlement and portrayed her as a liar and extortionist. Story to come.
— Emily Steel (@emilysteel) December 4, 2017
re: #224 FormerDirtDart
Tsk, tsk. Poor Bill O
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Here’s hoping she pulls down another $32 mil.
re: #225 makeitstop
Here’s hoping she
pulls down another $32 milowns FOX afterwards.
…the fuck??
I’m only 2 paragraphs into this Lewandowski excerpt and can barely contain myself https://t.co/jNtCTFzext pic.twitter.com/RVM59tKDYA
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) December 4, 2017
re: #192 Backwoods_Sleuth
resisting the obvious joke…
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Disheartening… What happened to professional courtesy? :P
re: #228 Sea Mexican!
Disheartening… What happened to professional courtesy? :P
I busted that one out already. :)
It’s getting windy here already (SoCal inland)
My bamboo fencing on my patio may be in a precarious position…..
re: #230 makeitstop
I busted that one out already. :)
Ah, sorry. I didn’t see it (damn post before reading whole thread).
Give me 2017 in one image: pic.twitter.com/lSfnR0PldJ
— Thomas de Groot (@ThomasDamsko) December 3, 2017
Remember that time less than two weeks ago when Trump retweeted the Britain First woman’s anti-Muslim propaganda? https://t.co/DDkZGhIkTU
— Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman) December 4, 2017
re: #227 makeitstop
Lewandowski’s trying to spin things as though Manafort is evil, and insulating himself from the fallout of the indictments.
It’s all so much bullshit.
Lewandowski might not have known who Manafort was, but Trump did. He’s known Manafort for decades, along with Stone. They all have residences in Trump Tower.
Manafort turned around the campaign for all of a couple of weeks because Manafort got Trump off the cameras where he’d spew nonsense daily, but then Lewandowski makes it out to be that Manafort didn’t know what he was doing and was throwing Lewandowski under the bus.
Reality is Manafort was a liability - but he also knows what he’s doing, especially compared to the idiots around Trump. Lewandowski may get to avoid indictments but only by sheer dumb luck.
Trump’s an expert on life? He was born with a gold plated spoon in his mouth, was bailed out by his dad, and then let his creditors take baths repeatedly as he bankrupted his businesses outside of real estate. Trump’s always been a con artist, and he still cons people who should know better. Those who don’t know better think they win with Trump - but they’re the ones getting screwed the most.
re: #150 Dr Lizardo
There was a very good article on the UK and Brexit in a local paper this weekend; Fool Britannia.
The parallels between what happened in Britain and what happened in the US are quite noticeable.
Sen. McConnell says it’s “impossible” to guarantee tax cut for everyone in middle class https://t.co/XNxycOsdOP pic.twitter.com/e0e3qXea8n
— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 4, 2017
This is nuts. It’s possible. You just don’t throw the middle class under the bus so millionaires like Trump get their tax breaks.
Priorities. The GOP’s priorities are about giving millionaires tax breaks and screwing everyone else. https://t.co/wDIt9aAlSU— lawhawk (@lawhawk) December 4, 2017
Roy Moore on role in the Senate: “I think I could help with the judiciary committee. Because I do understand the Constitution. I do understand what judges do & when they put themselves above the Constitution. I think I could make a difference.”
— Vaughn Hillyard (@VaughnHillyard) December 4, 2017
Roy Moore, to be clear, was twice fired as a judge for not following the law and violating judicial ethics code https://t.co/vy1qvoYfml
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) December 4, 2017
re: #216 Backwoods_Sleuth
Texas A&M officially announces hiring of Jimbo Fisher to 10-year, $75 million deal & no state-appropriated funds used to pay the salary. Translation: our donors have deep pockets
but money’s fungible
so they keep telling us re planned parenthood etc
re: #237 lawhawk
well gee, maybe if they could find out who writes the laws and had control of the rules that determine who pays what then maybe they could find a way… :-)
these guys make me happy that I live so far away or else I’d be entertaining fantasies of my swing a baseball bat against their shins…
heh
Time for the first entry in our top 10 funniest Donald Trump videos of the year (Send us your nominations!) https://t.co/VWz54Rafla #DonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/OOS7JjAter
— The Poke (@ThePoke) December 4, 2017
The campaign says President Trump ended his call with Roy Moore this morning saying “go get ‘em, Roy!”
— Steve Brusk (@stevebruskCNN) December 4, 2017
Get who https://t.co/YTqSjwfwmz
— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) December 4, 2017
did the yam tell moore to head to the nearest mall?
re: #242 Backwoods_Sleuth
Going for the group discount?
Doug Jones should hold a town hall in the mall where Moore was banned.
re: #232 Sea Mexican!
Ah, sorry. I didn’t see it (damn post before reading whole thread).
Great minds think alike. And so do we, apparently! :)
“The volume of questions about Kushner in their interviews surprised some witnesses.” https://t.co/Ok8eTOJIbK
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) December 3, 2017
re: #237 lawhawk
Sen. McConnell says it’s “impossible” to guarantee tax cut for everyone in middle class cbsn.ws
as you say - piece of cake
define middle class wherever you will
drop those rates
touch nothing else
what mitch means is with this bill we just passed, it’s impossible to guarantee a tax cut to everyone in the middle class
unless he just doesnt understand how the tax law works
#Utah is ready!
Chants of Deport Trump.
Event doesn’t start for another 30 minutes. #SaveGrandStaircase #StandWithBearsEars pic.twitter.com/z1m9gw8GzZ— Jamie Carter #Resist (@JCTheResistance) December 4, 2017
In the past several weeks, Mueller’s operation has reached out to new witnesses in Trump’s circle, telling them they may be asked to come in for an interview. One person who was recently contacted said it is hard to find a lawyer available for advice on how to interact with the special counsel because so many Trump aides have already hired attorneys…People familiar with the Mueller team said they convey a sense of calm that is unsettling.
“These guys are confident, impressive, pretty friendly — joking a little, even,” one lawyer said. When prosecutors strike that kind of tone, he said, defense lawyers tend to think: “Uh oh, my guy is in a heap of trouble.”
h/t Balloon Juice
As cold air pushes over the Great Lakes later this week, the lake effect snow machine will fire up. Winter Storm Watches have already been issued in New York near Lake Erie and Lake Ontario https://t.co/sGl8OdIawg pic.twitter.com/7dC0z4AcGm
— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) December 4, 2017
Sounds legit. #GOPTaxScam #TaxScamBill #TheResistance pic.twitter.com/hAynRsTKxj
— James Reader (@JamesReader_RP) December 4, 2017
re: #249 Belafon
There’s a reason for that. Mueller brought on some of the smartest and best prosecutors in the nation to work through this - from multiple angles, from white collar crime, fraud, national security grounds, RICO, etc.
They know the law better than all of Trump’s lawyers, let alone Trump’s advisers who are all lawyered up to the point where Trump lawyers are themselves getting lawyers (many of whom are actually higher quality/caliber than Trump’s direct lawyers).
Watching the Roy Moore re-endorsements I’m reminded of the many, many times I’ve seen white people on cable news arguing black culture is excessively tolerant of criminal behavior.
— Adam Serwer 🍝 (@AdamSerwer) December 4, 2017
re: #254 Backwoods_Sleuth
Re-endorsements? What I’m blazes
#LockHimUp chants starting now!
Hey @realDonaldTrump
Utah hates you! pic.twitter.com/y1v1TDBA8v— Jamie Carter #Resist (@JCTheResistance) December 4, 2017
President Trump’s personal attorney, John Dowd, claims the President cannot be guilty of obstructing justice https://t.co/Ki6XxXg0a5 pic.twitter.com/VtnNZPnvUp
— CNN (@CNN) December 4, 2017
White House is now really desperate. They realize Trump committed Obstruction of Justice. So they are using defense that @POTUS is above the law. Except the central lesson of Watergate is no one is above the law. First Article of Impeachment for Nixon was Obstruction of Justice. https://t.co/969KbwJCpP
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) December 4, 2017
re: #254 Backwoods_Sleuth
Trump takes that to the extreme - going out of his way to claim chaos and death and mayhem when Muslims, blacks, minorities (including illegal aliens) commit crimes, but turn blind eye when white folks do same or worse.
Look no further than the Nazi who killed Heather Hayer in Charlottesville, or the Las Vegas or Texas church massacres. White guys both responsible for both - with more than 100 killed and 100s injured in the rampages. Trump barely spent a moment on that, but has gone on endlessly about the trial outcome in SF finding an illegal alien not guilty in the murder of a woman (who was white).
It’s all bigotry - xenophobia/Islamophobia - all the time with Trump and the GOP.
Preach, Mr. President.
Obama, bringing the 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Obama to French leaders: “We have a temporary absence of American leadership” https://t.co/Gs6TMLvO2F #MondayMotivation— Holly O’Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) December 4, 2017
Welcome to Salt Lake City, UT Mr. President! We hope you enjoy your visit and our Utah hospitality. @POTUS #TrumpUtah #GOP @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/vcxJmMD6Fm
— UtahGOP (@UtahGOP) December 4, 2017
Here is the DesNews editorial saying Trump “oozes evil”https://t.co/XjryLiJUiT #utpol https://t.co/lmc9X69vBt
— Pat Bagley (@Patbagley) December 4, 2017
re: #259 makeitstop
Preach, Mr. President.
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The problem is that the current leadership seems intent on making it as permanent as all possible, either through vote fuckery or simply destroying the institutions scorched-earth style.
NEW: A Top Netflix Executive Told A Woman That They Don’t Believe Danny Masterson’s Rape Accusers, Then She Told Him She Was One Of His Accusers. https://t.co/MgIhQfYl0Y
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) December 4, 2017
re: #260 HappyWarrior
He’s right. We do.
It has yet to be proved how “temporary” that absence may be.
Today, President Trump undermines the permanent protections of our national monuments authorized under Teddy Roosevelt’s Antiquities Act, rendering meaningless the words “permanent” and “protection.” #SaveBearsEars #SaveGrandStaircase pic.twitter.com/Bev2heiYkt
— Keith Maley (@KeithMaley) December 4, 2017
Sigh, continued…
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Most likely will be Kim Jong Un
just one woman on the shortlist for time person of the year (if you don’t count the metoo movement) https://t.co/1Qz2quOsnn
— Elahe Izadi (@ElaheIzadi) December 4, 2017
Still hoping for…
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: #192 Backwoods_Sleuth
resisting the obvious joke…
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THIS THREAD IS WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR FUCKING WORLD! A HUMAN GOT MAULED! A HUMAN BEING YOU GUYS DON’T EVEN KNOW. SOMEONE IS DEAD, NOT AT THE HANDS OF ANOTHER HUMAN, ILLNESS OR TERRORISM, YET THERE IS STILL A GROUP OF SOCIOPATHS WHO DON’T GAF THAT THIS WOMAN HAD A FAMILY!
— marnie (@marnie23) December 4, 2017
Digest in peace
re: #228 Sea Mexican!
Disheartening… What happened to professional courtesy? :P
What a shame; his estate won’t be able to take advantage of the estate tax repeal.
re: #269 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
Digest in peace
I don’t see how comparing Wall Street executives and sharks got us Trump or the tax bill.
re: #269 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
One does wonder though, did Marnie of the hotel quality sheets, get quite so incensed about the tax plan or health care or anything else?
re: #272 Colère Tueur de Lapin
One does wonder though, did Marnie of the hotel quality sheets, get quite so incensed about the tax plan or health care or anything else?
If the Wall Street executive died by murder, illness, or terrorism, jokes would be okay?
Maybe we shouldn’t be in a world where it’s easy to compare Wall Street and sharks. I’d be all for that.
re: #273 allegro
If the Wall Street executive died by murder, illness, or terrorism, jokes would be okay?
Utterly irrelevant to my question. And, please don’t ascribe intent to my post, I haven’t commented one way or the other, I simply asked a question. Many more are going to die from the health care issues that are cropping up. It’s a fair question.
re: #275 Colère Tueur de Lapin
My apologies. I wasn’t directing that at you, just used your post to kick off what I was thinking.
“It has become clear that it is the Republican Party — as an institution, as a movement, as a collection of politicians — that has done unique, extensive and possibly irreparable damage to the American political system.” https://t.co/TyrKUOD64T
— Saahil Desai (@Saahil_Desai) December 4, 2017
Islamophobia has no bounds.Texas teacher calls the police claiming her student, a 6-year-old Muslim boy with Downs Syndrome, is a terrorist: https://t.co/ov3b3O3r9J pic.twitter.com/1KB4HRPL0F
Pearland, Texas (Houston suburb) Christianists are getting frisky.
re: #276 allegro
My apologies. I wasn’t directing that at you, just used your post to kick off what I was thinking.
Okies. It’s all good.
The substitute teacher mentioned should be named, so she can’t abuse any more children.
re: #277 Kragar
Their actions are going to require us to codify into law norms that every president and representative used to follow formally. We will be somewhat different, in the same way that breaking your arm changes the bone and the person.
re: #281 jaunte
The substitute teacher mentioned should be named, so she can’t abuse any more children.
Name and shame. No district should hire her.
Another one from last year:
“Were in the class watching a movie,” explained Waleed, “and I was just laughing at the movie and the teacher said, ‘I wouldn’t be laughing if I was you.’ And I said why? She said, ‘because we all think you’re a terrorist.”
Waleed says the class was watching Bend it Like Beckham after their STAAR tests and that after that comment other students started making fun of him.
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GA governor David Perdue claiming taxes from Georgia subsidize California. Man, watching my local FOX affiliate is bizarre as hell.
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) December 4, 2017
This seems like a pretty regular trend. Is there some kind of longer pattern of sovcits getting plum sentences or sympathetic juries to skirt on this kind of stuff lately?
— Citizen K Sez “Ban Nazis!” (@Citizen_Kryptik) December 4, 2017
That’s how I feel like it should be, but it seems like there’s a disturbing degree that sovcits, especially in the Bundys, seem to be getting sympathetic soft hands.
— Citizen K Sez “Ban Nazis!” (@Citizen_Kryptik) December 4, 2017
The judge-is-a-softie-and-juries-are-suckers-for-nullification thing is new. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that it started during the recent Presidential elections. We live in weird times.
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) December 4, 2017
Again, the collateral of this administration…
re: #281 jaunte
The substitute teacher mentioned should be named, so she can’t abuse any more children.
Her accusation is so nuts and pathological she should be court-ordered into mental treatment.
Whoopsies!
LOL! Senate Republicans accidentally set both the corporate tax AND the corporate alternative minimum to 20%. Which would make every single corporate deduction unusable! #GOPTaxScam https://t.co/fLrYj6kIwJ
— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) December 4, 2017
re: #277 Kragar
Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, used the filibuster to stymie initiatives by President Barack Obama.
Opinion | How the Republicans Broke Congress
We used to blame both parties for our poisonous political environment. Not anymore.
nytimes.com
So, uh, they’re going to knock it off with BOFFSIDES!? I’ll believe it when I see it. Dog to its vomit.
re: #288 Kragar
LOL! Senate Republicans accidentally set both the corporate tax AND the corporate alternative minimum to 20%. Which would make every single corporate deduction unusable! #GOPTaxScam nymag.com …
…aaand here we go. This won’t be the last complete fuckup in this bill. From what I understand about the conference committee, they can’t just start making stuff up. Anything in the final bill has to be from the House or Senate bill, not anything new. So they’re going to have to replace this text with the House text. Which wasn’t meant to “work” with the rest of the Senate text, and I’m guessing is going to blow through the reconciliation limits. Which means they have to take out another Senate goodie, and so on. With any luck this piece of shit will be completely unworkable and radioactive when it has to go through the House and Senate again.
re: #247 dangerman
as you say - piece of cake
define middle class wherever you will
drop those rates
touch nothing elsewhat mitch means is with this bill we just passed, it’s impossible to guarantee a tax cut to everyone in the middle class
unless he just doesnt understand how the tax law works
Bullshit. Sen. McConnell understands exactly how the tax law works: he’s merely trying - desperately - to spin this awful bill as something other than the giveaway-to-the-wealthy/take-it-out-on-the-middle-class legislative abortion that it is. And that he jammed through the Senate in defiance of virtually every custom of that Chamber’s standards of debate and review.
F*ck you, Mitch, and the jackass you rode in on……
re: #289 ericblair
So, uh, they’re going to knock it off with BOFFSIDES!? I’ll believe it when I see it. Dog to its vomit.
looked like a guest editorial to me, not the nyt itself
re: #294 Jay C
Bullshit. Sen. McConnell understands exactly how the tax law works: he’s merely trying - desperately - to spin this awful bill as something other than the giveaway-to-the-wealthy/take-it-out-on-the-middle-class legislative abortion that it is. And that he jammed through the Senate in defiance of virtually every custom of that Chamber’s standards of debate and review.
F*ck you, Mitch, and the jackass you rode in on……
apologies
i was setting him up as “are you just lying or are you stupid as well?”
- i always forget the long string of required “////////”
re: #296 dangerman
- i always forget the long string of required “////////”
Heh. I hear you: blog-commenting in the Trump Era is a tricky thing to master……
Off to the next thread.
re: #285 Kragar
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The population of Los Angeles county is the same as the state of georgia.
Per capitia income LA County, 42K, per capitia income Georgia, 26K
Not even gonna mention more stats to prove the man is full of crap.
re: #292 ericblair
…aaand here we go. This won’t be the last complete fuckup in this bill. From what I understand about the conference committee, they can’t just start making stuff up. Anything in the final bill has to be from the House or Senate bill, not anything new. So they’re going to have to replace this text with the House text. Which wasn’t meant to “work” with the rest of the Senate text, and I’m guessing is going to blow through the reconciliation limits. Which means they have to take out another Senate goodie, and so on. With any luck this piece of shit will be completely unworkable and radioactive when it has to go through the House and Senate again.
This shitshow is exactly as designed.
It’s my understanding that they can reconcile the problem by hiking the corporate rate to 22 or 23% and leaving the AMT at 20%. But that means that they’ll want to make cuts elsewhere, and the math blows up even then.
Actually, that’s the problem.
The GOP doesn’t do math, and none of this adds up. That’s why it’s a mess, and all the crayon markings on napkins amid the grease spots doesn’t help matters.
re: #51 goddamnedfrank
Honestly this irritates the shit out of me, it’s the worst aspect of Musk’s personality. He’s a brilliant man who when it comes to marketing the forward thinking technology his companies come up with far too often reverts back to acting like a fucking middle schooler.
Caltech could almost certainly whip together a satellite observatory from the spare parts sitting around at JPL right now and he could launch that but instead he’s gonna go with this bullshit stunt.
My wife will occasionally get annoyed when I get too focused on something. But, as I remind her, she enjoys the benefits that focus have generated for us in terms of income. You can’t have one without the other. I don’t think you could have Elon Musk the forward thinking without the showoffness. At least his launching a car isn’t threatening North Korea. Plus, what happens if the thing blows up?
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