Seth takes a closer look at Senator Al Franken’s resignation amid a growing sexual harassment scandal and how Donald Trump Jr. testified in the Russia investigation and refused to answer some questions on the basis of attorney-client privilege.
No, it’s not an illusion. The US gov’t is devolving into an authoritarian regime, aided & abetted by the Republican Party which is becoming more fascist by the day
— Bree Newsome (@BreeNewsome) December 8, 2017
re: #1 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
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The forgot to include on the Grand Old Pervert’s side Trent’s Tiny Frank along with the two Tex Ass Holes—Farenthold and Barton!
Rep Trent Franks resign effective Jan 31. Admits asking female staff to be surrogate moms for his children
— Erik Wasson (@elwasson) December 7, 2017
Ryan promises Medicaid, Medicare spending cuts in 2018 to “tackle the deficit” https://t.co/Ii5My0hEjd pic.twitter.com/kO5RUc68fz
— The Hill (@thehill) December 7, 2017
Step one: Explode the deficit with a big stupid tax bill
Step two: Rob the old and sick for funsies
Step three: Wonder why there’s a revolution and you’re up against a wall https://t.co/VQlW82TB4s— John Scalzi (@scalzi) December 7, 2017
You should read this entire thread in all of its banana pants glory and then thank me and also YOU’RE VERY WELCOME!
Earlier today, due to looking something else up, I discovered that the official state folk dance of Illinois is SQUARE DANCE. “That’s weird! We are not the South!” I thought. So I went to Wikipedia.
— Robyn Pennacchia (@RobynElyse) December 7, 2017
This is the proper, more formal way of saying “Barrow Alaska has warmed so rapidly in recent years it fooled our algorithms into thinking the station had moved or changed.” I’ll write this up for @NOAAClimate Beyond the Data Thursday. pic.twitter.com/365mNoPuBx
— Deke Arndt (@DekeArndt) December 7, 2017
This is nuts. https://t.co/VQCgcHV0cM
— Peter Jacobs (@past_is_future) December 8, 2017
Now I realize why Trump hasn’t nominated people to fill all those empty slots in his administration—he’s waiting for Republicans who lose their Congressional seats to fill all those vacancies…
re: #7 HappyWarrior
Hey you work for me, so no pressure; I just want to use your reproductive parts for awhile.
re: #4 jaunte
Rep Trent Franks resign effective Jan 31. Admits asking female staff to be surrogate moms for his children
— Erik Wasson (@elwasson) December 7, 2017
Hey there young underling, I can’t help but notice your ample birthing hips and um I know this isn’t really in your official job description but would you mind letting my wife and I put our sperm and eggs inside you for like nine months?
Oh, you DO mind?
Well, this is awkward. https://t.co/889PArmGcl— Frankincensed (@goddamnedfrank) December 8, 2017
EXCLUSIVE: “You want to fuck with me tonight?”—horror stories of groping, forced kisses and lurid-catcalls from the Texas capitol, with new accusations against two prominent Dems https://t.co/NdZQrxchUA
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) December 7, 2017
Prediction: No legislator named here will resign and there may be no apology, either.
Also: The Texas press corps will fail to do any public self-reflection about how all of this went unreported for many years. https://t.co/VXSrutXIBP— Forrest Wilder (@Forrest4Trees) December 7, 2017
re: #6 goddamnedfrank
That thread brought me to a Rule 34. Quicksand porn.
For those of you still really wondering about the quicksand porn, yes it’s real, there’s a studio where you can go to and film your own, and there is, indeed, quicksand clown porn. pic.twitter.com/TgNF8v1ein
— Robyn Pennacchia (@RobynElyse) December 8, 2017
re: #11 goddamnedfrank
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I naively assumed he meant surrogate parents and in vitro fertilization. Creepy to ask staffers to do it, but worth resigning over?
Someone pointed out that Franks is an extreme pro-lifer. And they hate IVF.
So he was asking ‘em to be surrogate mothers the “Handmaid’s Tale” way.
re: #6 goddamnedfrank
That is bizarre, and answers a question I’ve had since junior high: “why do we square dance in the gym when it’s basketball season?”
re: #11 goddamnedfrank
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I still have severe doubts that it’s as simple as “asked a staffer.” Considering the shit that other Republicans are being allowed to slide on, querying a staffer about possibly being a surrogate seems way too tame to be “I must suddenly spend more time with my family” worthy.
BREAKING: Arizona Rep. Trent Franks’ resignation for asking women who work for him to serve as surrogate mothers leaves men confused about when it’s OK to ask female colleagues to be vessels for their man-seed
— Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) December 8, 2017
re: #16 Targetpractice
I still have severe doubts that it’s as simple as “asked a staffer.” Considering the shit that other Republicans are being allowed to slide on, querying a staffer about possibly being a surrogate seems way too tame to be “I must suddenly spend more time with my family” worthy.
I have no doubts at all. He may have done that too but that isn’t why he’s resigning.
The GOP has spent decades create a country where its easier to get guns than healthcare, and now they’re coming to take your healthcare.
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) December 8, 2017
Trent Franks? There’s tapes. Of what? I don’t think I want to know.
re: #16 Targetpractice
I still have severe doubts that it’s as simple as “asked a staffer.” Considering the shit that other Republicans are being allowed to slide on, querying a staffer about possibly being a surrogate seems way too tame to be “I must suddenly spend more time with my family” worthy.
See my note at #14. We’re used to surrogate mothers being impregnated via in vitro fertilization. Franks is a hardcore pro-lifer, and they absolutely despise IVF.
He was asking to fuck them ‘til they got pregnant, then adopt the babies after they gave birth.
re: #19 Kragar
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There’s never a deficit that prevents them from starting another war or increasing defense spending in the latest budget, but if there’s a deficit of $1, then we (by which they mean “you poors and working stiffs”) need to tighten our belts.
re: #21 scottslemmons
See my note at #14. We’re used to surrogate mothers being impregnated via in vitro fertilization. Franks is a hardcore pro-lifer, and they absolutely despise IVF.
He was asking to fuck them ‘til they got pregnant, then adopt the babies after they gave birth.
Maybe one accepted and when the baby was born with problems he was “nah” not that one. See ya.
Rachel Bell at Buzzfeed is tired of Ben’s shit and isn’t taking it anymore.
This tweet is so bewildering and disappointing, I legitimately don’t even know where to start.
I keep trying to tell myself it’s just trolling, and then realizing that doesn’t make me feel better. Like…Jesus Christ.— 🎄rachel bell rachel bell rachel bell rock🎄 (@the_rewm) December 8, 2017
You act like you’re the first person to ask this question, like we don’t already know how this plays out from cable news, and also like anyone would actually effectively “challenge” him.
— 🎄rachel bell rachel bell rachel bell rock🎄 (@the_rewm) December 8, 2017
Is this to say you think you/we *are* prepared?
— 🎄rachel bell rachel bell rachel bell rock🎄 (@the_rewm) December 8, 2017
TBH, after our conversation about the Roger Stone piece and the shitty media men post, I’m pretty tapped out, and I’m not sure I have it in me to be talked over for 30 minutes and then ultimately dismissed.
I’ll pray on it tonight though.— 🎄rachel bell rachel bell rachel bell rock🎄 (@the_rewm) December 8, 2017
re: #24 goddamnedfrank
“Anyway, happy to pick it up in the office.”
A short masterpiece in passive aggression.
re: #24 goddamnedfrank
Ben got to where he is by endearing himself with the Mark Halperins and Glenn Thrushs of the world through Politico. I’m sure he treats his women staff with respect.
*spit*
re: #14 scottslemmons
I naively assumed he meant surrogate parents and in vitro fertilization. Creepy to ask staffers to do it, but worth resigning over?
Someone pointed out that Franks is an extreme pro-lifer. And they hate IVF.
So he was asking ‘em to be surrogate mothers the “Handmaid’s Tale” way.
Yes, it’s unbelievably inappropriate to ask your employees if you can rent their bodies. If someone can’t see that red line and crosses it then there’s probably all kinds of other lines they aren’t seeing. The fact that he’s an extreme pro-lifer makes it even worse because imagine how he might react if something goes bad and the surrogate has to choose between her own health / safety and continuing the pregnancy.
Twin Cities Lizards, if this guy is your accountant, I’d think of taking my business elsewhere.
I’m Michael Sabre. On 10/5/16 I gave $200 to @realDonaldTrump. I live in Minneapolis, MN. I work as an Accountant at Mount Yale.
— Every Trump Donor (@EveryTrumpDonor) December 8, 2017
re: #5 Charmingly Persistent
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And the brainwashed Trumpettes will continue to vote Republican because they’re dumb enough to believe that colored people, gays and Muslims will have their benefits taken away…
re: #16 Targetpractice
I still have severe doubts that it’s as simple as “asked a staffer.” Considering the shit that other Republicans are being allowed to slide on, querying a staffer about possibly being a surrogate seems way too tame to be “I must suddenly spend more time with my family” worthy.
I think it’s pretty well established the “reason for resigning” is the least the Predator/Congressman could possibly admit without having the constituents back home greet him waving pitchforks and torches.
The most likely reason is sexual assault or actual forcible rape of a staff member or a staff member of another Congresscritter, or a civilian. R’s don’t scurry off for deniable he said/she saids.
That would be a “misunderstanding”. Somebody got seriously brutalized and Ryan said he had to go because they couldn’t sweep it under the rug.
And night all. What a fucked up world we live in. Sleep well, and Stanley Sea, keep your ears up! Good luck, dear lizard.
re: #16 Targetpractice
I still have severe doubts that it’s as simple as “asked a staffer.” Considering the shit that other Republicans are being allowed to slide on, querying a staffer about possibly being a surrogate seems way too tame to be “I must suddenly spend more time with my family” worthy.
However pure a person’s intentions are they simply can’t ever ask one of their employees something like that without the employee inferring that their answer might have consequences for their career. It is sexual (ie reproductive) harassment deconstructed into the coldest and most clinical terms. The fact that he wouldn’t have derived pleasure through direct interpersonal contact doesn’t really change anything important.
You can’t ask your employees to be fuck buddies, and you can’t ask them to be test tubes.
Good grief, I know that the general rule is not to talk politics around family but wow.
My brother had left leaning views about two years ago. Not anymore. He was in town today, and we started chatting it up. I thought it was going to be a safe conversation.
What. In. The. Utter. Fuck.
Unfortunately, I can now relate to other people here about losing family members to things like right wing radio or television.
In this case, he’s turned into a complete conspiracy loon. Apparently the CIA controls everything. They control MSNBC, CNN, and Fox so as to keep the population fighting among themselves. Also, Alex Jones is a CIA agent.
My brother is now a pod person it seems.
Considering my screen name, I am kind of concerned for him now. I hope he’s not losing it. It does run in the family. This behavior is completely bizarre.
re: #31 goddamnedfrank
That is an excellent paragraph.
…but I wouldn’t put it past a fucker like that to enjoy what he’s doing, because it’s still a way of exercising sexualized power.
re: #34 The Ghost of a Flea
That’s is an excellent paragraph.
…but I wouldn’t put it past a fucker like that to enjoy what he’s doing, but it’s still a way of exercising sexualized power.
Thanks, that’s high praise coming from the best writer on this board.
re: #31 goddamnedfrank
However pure a person’s intentions are they simply can’t ever ask one of their employees something like that without the employee inferring that their answer might have consequences for their career. It is sexual (ie reproductive) harassment deconstructed into the coldest and most clinical terms. The fact that he wouldn’t have derived pleasure through direct interpersonal contact doesn’t really change anything important.
Well, when you put it like that…
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I admit, the events of the past few weeks have colored my views on what is and isn’t “acceptable” among Republicans these days vis-à-vis sexual misconduct.
re: #33 alloutofcrazyhere
I lost my favourite cousin to the election as well.
In the summer last year, after we traveled to the places in Canada we wanted to see, we went over a thousand miles out of the way to go to Michigan to visit her and my aunt (who is the same age as my mother but is in poor health).
My cousin was all in voting for Jill Stein, and the Bernie Sanders sticker on my car (though by that time Sanders was essentially out but I hadn’t removed it yet) sent her into the stratosphere. When I told her I was voting for Hillary Clinton (aside from the issue I thought she’d make an excellent president, I viewed Donald Trump as a clear and present danger), she was done with me.
We haven’t spoken since. I’ve tried a few times to call, and have written her several postal letters. Nothing.
My aunt, just as non-political as my mother before this election, is quite saddened that a lifetime friendship with my cousin went up in smoke over my car bumper sticker. I don’t know if or how my aunt voted, but she thinks Stein is a dingbat.
re: #33 alloutofcrazyhere
You are not alone. I know that kind of encounter with family members all too well.
Obvious Russian bot is obvious.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) December 8, 2017
re: #37 Anymouse 🌹
Sadly, it seems to be a familiar story these days. I just never figured him for a loon. I can’t believe I am hoping for mental illness at this point.
I guess it didn’t help me calling him an intellectual coward for trying to play the bothsiderism/sitting on the fence because I am smarter than you act.
re: #37 Anymouse 🌹
So sorry to hear, fella. I know the feeling all too well…
I think my adventures in healthcare has really left me without a mental filter these days. Basically, I am very bitter.
As the cool kids say, I am all out of fucks to give at this point.
Anger seems to be the only consistent emotion that I have left. I at least try to turn that outrage around into something positive. If something pisses me off, I try to use that energy to at least enact meaningful change.
The weed store gave me some free weed today. I just found out why it was free, tastes like ass!
Just checked my weather station before going to bed. Showing 6% humidity here in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
Gonna be another rough windy night…
US news reporter Tucker Carlson said to be energetic investigator of “taints.” pic.twitter.com/juOsrsuCQP
— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) December 8, 2017
WATCH: Sessions gets into heated exchange with Justice Dept interns over marijuana, police brutality https://t.co/xDZNATyT2g pic.twitter.com/sWcTlIaseO
— The Hill (@thehill) December 8, 2017
re: #40 alloutofcrazyhere
Sadly, it seems to be a familiar story these days. I just never figured him for a loon. I can’t believe I am hoping for mental illness at this point.
I guess it didn’t help me calling him an intellectual coward for trying to play the bothsiderism/sitting on the fence because I am smarter than you act.
I even went to the trouble of sending print photos of the eclipse from my yard.
I didn’t call my cousin a coward or anything else; I didn’t even question her choice of candidate. She queried me over the Sanders sticker, then Clinton, and went off the rails against me.
I regarded her (aside from being the only cousin who still would talk to me; the others long ago disowned me, one for me coming home from leave and showing my photos of Paris - that cousin was jealous that an uneducated boob like me - she is an RN - could go to Paris and she couldn’t, the rest disowned me for being an atheist) as my closest friend.
It is a deep lasting hurt that she won’t talk to me any more … more than fifty years of friendship and family deep-sixed over a freakin’ political position I hold.
re: #47 Anymouse 🌹
I probably stepped over the line, but I am just shocked that he could be influenced by others in such a way. I always regarded him as a very rational, careful, and balanced person.
I am now suspecting that he is starting to suffer from what I have. He was talking a mile a minute, as well as he was very engaged in the conversation. He’s usually very subdued, quiet, and never expresses an opinion.
I have suspected for years that he has what I have, just a lesser form of it. Perhaps it’s starting to rear its ugly head.
re: #11 goddamnedfrank
There is no way just asking his staff to serve as brood mares is enough to secure an instant resignation of a serving GOP federal elected official. There has to be at least dead boys or live animals in the sordid tale.
Edited to add, because such things must be spelled out in this depraved era: Asking your staff to serve as brood mares is completely and totally unacceptable.
There is an almost 100% likelihood that the ninja turtles are uncircumcised
— Breakfast Haver (@weedguy420boner) December 7, 2017
Attention @snopes https://t.co/wHdScal1j4
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) December 8, 2017
ATTN MEN: Being suddenly scared all the time is no excuse for reduced productivity. If you’re unsure how to balance work and fear ask a woman for help.
— Taylor Ortega (@taylor_ortega) December 7, 2017
I’m off to bed … US-CERT sends me an E-mail that both Firefox and Windows 10 have security updates. I guess that’s a chance to shut down my computer anyway. /s
Has there ever been a politician
Whose name you wish they would not mention?
Who find himself a place to preen
On every single TV screen?
You turn it off when he comes on?
Because you know that he’s a con?
Who shucks and jives and lies and panders?
STFU Bernie Sanders.— Bravenak Wonderbitch is not a Susan Sarandon Fan (@bravenak) December 6, 2017
re: #54 Kragar
we have long since dissolved the line between politics, news and entertainment
Chinese tech goddess has made the LA Times:
Many thinks to @jessicameyers for the article and thank you for your comments @SherryHuss👭 https://t.co/Agqdd07EHa
— Naomi Wu (@RealSexyCyborg) December 8, 2017
It seems that the GOP have a set of rules for themselves, and another set for democrats & the latter go along with that because …. nice people.
The US is about to become a dictatorship and congress is watching it happen.
re: #58 fern01
It seems that the GOP have a set of rules for themselves, and another set for democrats & the latter go along with that because ….
nice people.they are the party of God
re: #58 fern01
It seems that the GOP have a set of rules for themselves, and another set for democrats & the latter go along with that because …. nice people.
The US is about to become a dictatorship and congress is watching it happen.
GOP: Because tax cuts
Dem: Because if you don’t hold at least one House, you have no power.
It’s snowing at my house! I live in Corpus Christi btw.
re: #61 Flying Squirrel Girl
It’s snowing at my house! I live in Corpus Christi btw.
snow flurries here on the Rhine
I haven’t been able to even for over a year.
.@LawrenceBJones3: “Black unemployment is at a 20-year low. Under President Obama, it was double the national average. Black businesses are soaring right now. Food stamps for black folks are decreasing.” pic.twitter.com/lz1ttgXejR
— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 8, 2017
re: #64 The Vicious Babushka
Trump has called Black NFL players “sons of bitches”, he referred to White Supremacists as “good”, he insulted a Black widow by telling her that her husband knew what he was doing, he called Senator Warner “Pocahontas” during a meeting with Native American heroes and he’s still pushing a Muslim ban (unfortunately just rendered enforceable by SCOTUS). Every decent person of conscience should boycott his visits wherever they are.
Sessions has been awful for civil rights and there is no doubt that Trump is not a civil rights proponent.
re: #64 The Vicious Babushka
Black unemployment has always been well above the national average, especially for young blacks.
As is the incarceration rate and the rate at which unarmed blacks are killed by LEOs…
AAAAND the walkbacks & damage control commences:
Jerusalem - Israeli Minister Sees Trump ‘Hint’ At Jerusalem Partition With Palestinians https://t.co/10b5qw9pNd
— VosIzNeias (@VINNews) December 8, 2017
#BREAKING Tillerson says Jerusalem embassy move probably not for two years
— AFP news agency (@AFP) December 8, 2017
good morning, campers.
here’s a wonderful chart from axios on the change in trumps approval ratings.
in an administration proud of firsts, there’s the obvious first: No president has ever been this low since polling began
and the first among all firsts - he’s lost ground in every single category. (i’ll not split hairs wrt hispanics or mod/libs. i am sure there’s rounding in there… ;-)
now that is quite an achievement
I predicted this long before Trump took office. If Trump wins, he would take credit for the progress Obama made and Republicans would buy it. The only surprising thing is that I expected more Democrats and independents to fall for it as well.
re: #69 Weaselone
I predicted this long before Trump took office. If Trump wins, he would take credit for the progress Obama made and Republicans would buy it. The only surprising thing is that I expected more Democrats and independents to fall for it as well.
christ, I had a trumpista friend touting the carrier refrigeration jobs deal as proof that his policies were working when even the most cursory research shows that the deal had been finalized in 2014 under Obama
and now even that has fallen through, so I guess that makes it Obama’s fault
Exclusive: Donald Trump, Trump Jr. and others in the Trump Organization got an email in September 2016 offering a decryption key and link for hacked WikiLeaks documents https://t.co/hEJLhtiYKm pic.twitter.com/DCCMNhtzge
— CNN (@CNN) December 8, 2017
re: #69 Weaselone
The U.S. economy created 228,000 jobs in November while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.1 percent, according to a Labor Department report Friday.
Take it easy on Trump, he will be getting a physical today, I have the x-ray…
economics > all other social sciences
— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) December 8, 2017
The rest of us>Sen. Sasse https://t.co/8pV9Gw0Soq
— Soledad O’Brien (@soledadobrien) December 8, 2017
Opinion: The Republican tax bill is a fiscally irresponsible, loophole-ridden mistake https://t.co/f8fx3hsphB
— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) December 6, 2017
Opinion: These are facts https://t.co/SKWIaiYhJQ
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) December 8, 2017
re: #74 JordanRules
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Yeah Ben and your party can’t be trusted on economics. Oh and you gave Flake a hard time for donating to the pro choice Jones. And also it’s easy for you to say that because policy doesn’t limit your rights as a white dude.
- Signed another white dude who is tired of your lame straddling act.
re: #72 JordanRules
The email had a decryption key and website address offering these documents. It also included an offer for the hacked Colin Powell emails TEN days before they became public. The person offering emails, Mike Erickson, could not be found - and Hill doesn’t know who he is.
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) December 8, 2017
Hmmm…
re: #64 The Vicious Babushka
I haven’t been able to even for over a year.
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That’s the typical manipulation of stats by the right. When he says “Black unemployment is at a 20-year low. Under President Obama, it was double the national average.” the two things could both be true, right? Meanwhile, you could also probably say that under President Obama Black unemployment was at (or at least very near) a 20 year low, and is now double the national average.
re: #78 lizardofid
That’s the typical manipulation of stats by the right. When he says “Black unemployment is at a 20-year low. Under President Obama, it was double the national average.” the two things could both be true, right? Meanwhile, you could also probably say that under President Obama Black unemployment was at (or at least very near) a 20 year low, and is now double the national average.
Not to mention most of the economic goings on are a direct result of Obama and not Trump policy at the moment. And most importantly the raw economic numbers don’t mean shit if Trump is the most racist president in a long time.
Moore to an African American asking when he last thought America was “great”: “I think it was great at the time when families were united. Even though we had slavery, they cared for one another…. Our families were strong, our country had a direction.” https://t.co/5mZdWGauHH
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) December 7, 2017
I don’t know how I can say to any minority voter that they should join the GOP right now. https://t.co/LYYb3M7fUV
— Doug Heye (@DougHeye) December 8, 2017
So don’t. Accept that your party has a fundamental, institutional animus against minorities
— Citizen K Sez “Ban Nazis!” (@Citizen_Kryptik) December 8, 2017
GOP strategist laments Moore making it hard for minority outreach. Excuse my eyeroll.
re: #6 goddamnedfrank
You should read this entire thread in all of its banana pants glory and then thank me and also YOU’RE VERY WELCOME!
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So that is why I had to square dance in gym class! Also clown quicksand porn.
re: #80 Citizen K
I do wish that, somehow, Samuel L. Motherfuckin’ Jackson was the person asking the question…
re: #80 Citizen K
Admitting when you’re wrong is just not in the wingnut DNA. Even when your wrong is beating the shit out of you and making life miserable and difficult. Liberals have been so caricatured and demonized these fools would rather live in shit than make better choices.
We’re seriously unimpressed 😡.
Five of our firefighters were tied up for an hour this afternoon, freeing a YouTube pranker whose head had been ‘cemented’ inside a microwave oven. Read more: https://t.co/6bZReGuKQX (Photos © West Midlands Fire Service) pic.twitter.com/2ch2UhszeH— West Midlands Fire (@WestMidsFire) December 7, 2017
re: #80 Citizen K
Families were united…Families were literally torn apart by our peculiar institution. When the master wasn’t violating both the sanctity of his marriage and your own by raping your wife, he was selling your children.
re: #83 A Mom Anon
Admitting when you’re wrong is just not in the wingnut DNA. Even when your wrong is beating the shit out of you and making life miserable and difficult. Liberals have been so caricatured and demonized these fools would rather live in shit than make better choices.
Well, look at the current situation. Refusing to admit they’re wrong, no matter what, has been a political winner for the GOP by all bounds. We’re in a state where admitting guilt is more damning than being caught red-handed and still lying about it, even with video evidence.
re: #20 teleskiguy
Trent Franks? There’s tapes. Of what? I don’t think I want to know.
I hope its quicksand clown porn.
re: #80 Citizen K
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GOP strategist laments Moore making it hard for minority outreach. Excuse my eyeroll.
Maybe that’s on your party Doug. Democrats we live in the 21st century. Meanwhile Moore can’t even join the 20th.
re: #86 Citizen K
Political winner, sure. But outside of that? Not so much. They’d still rather be covered in shit and fire ants than admit they’re wrong in real life too. That ruins families and communities. They do not care.
Morning!
After seeing post #5 about Paulie Ryan already yapping about going after Medicaid and Medicare to bring down the deficit they just increased, I started the day out with a nice little contact to Robby Portman.
Ready to start my day now.
Good morning from the land of snow, home fries in the frying pan, eggs waiting to scramble & bread waiting to toast. Fortunately, the cuppa tea is already to hand.
TAKE MY TEARS AND THAT’S NOT NEARLY ALL pic.twitter.com/CWTt45dIqZ
— Popehat-Client Privilege (@Popehat) December 8, 2017
Tucker Carlson and Soft Cell in the same tweet. Check, please.
The Tea Partiers are about to learn a hard lesson. They’ve taught the Republicans over the past 8 years to only pay attention to and serve the people that got them elected. Well, as far as most Republican Congresspeople are concerned, that’s the super-wealthy.
re: #93 William Lewis
Snowing in Atlanta too. Cold and gray and blah. How are you doing these days?
re: #93 William Lewis
Good morning right back. Waking up to much better air here today. Wife went back to work. Sylmar is opening up after the Creek fire, so gonna take a look at the burn area at the range tomorrow.
re: #94 makeitstop
Tucker Carlson and Soft Cell in the same tweet. Check, please.
Or Gloria Jones if you’re old school.
Epic plea to save the “house party”!
Video of the year by far! Omg pic.twitter.com/B4Cjds8mOc
— Bob Menery (@BobMenery) December 7, 2017
re: #91 A Mom Anon
Political winner, sure. But outside of that? Not so much. They’d still rather be covered in shit and fire ants than admit they’re wrong in real life too. That ruins families and communities. They do not care.
The problem there is that it doesn’t happen in a vacuum. They have a horrific tendency to accept a bad lot in life by making everyone else’s lots even worse.
You know, trickle-down.
re: #66 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Black unemployment has always been well above the national average, especially for young blacks.
As is the incarceration rate and the rate at which unarmed blacks are killed by LEOs…
Black unemployment is down this year because Trump hasn’t screwed up Obama’s economy yet. He’s still threatening to abrogate NAFTA.
re: #96 A Mom Anon
Snowing in Atlanta too. Cold and gray and blah. How are you doing these days?
Oh, peachy. About the same as ever…
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re: #100 Citizen K
Malcom Nance was on Stephanie Miller yesterday and said they are weaponizng decency against us. He’s not wrong.
re: #103 A Mom Anon
Malcom Nance was on Stephanie Miller yesterday and said they are weaponizng decency against us. He’s not wrong.
Could be worse. At least Democrats aren’t vulnerable to both decency and Kryptonite.
I don’t think it’s real, but maybe it should be.
There’s no fool like an old fool, senator.
Susan Collins tells Maine TV station @WABI_TV5 that she is “absolutely certain” that the GOP tax package won’t trigger Medicare cuts.
“I have it in writing from both the Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and also Senator Mitch McConnell.” pic.twitter.com/qYO5NYzYx2— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) December 8, 2017
The cuts are automatic. The letter she refers to is not a promise. https://t.co/vJmXrYcgVT
— Soledad O’Brien (@soledadobrien) December 8, 2017
re: #102 William Lewis
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The polls are close so Crooked Hillary is getting out of bed and will campaign tomorrow.Why did she hammer 13 devices and acid-wash e-mails?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 4, 2016
On the day that Trump and Trump Jr were emailed the Wikileaks encryption key, he accused HRC of email impropriety https://t.co/FN9pdFLzW1
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) December 8, 2017
re: #105 I Would Prefer Not To
As a raging alcoholic for 19 years, I never understood novelty gifts like a beer belt buckle holder, or beer can coolers because I never put the beer down, and I never had a beer long enough to get warm.
re: #108 JordanRules
I’d really like to know how Trump has turned acid wash, a treatment for denim jeans, into an IT term.
OTOH, maybe I don’t.
re: #110 wheat-dogg
I’d really like to know how Trump has turned acid wash, a treatment for denim jeans, into an IT term.
OTOH, maybe I don’t.
BleachBit. Also, he’s a fucking idiot.
New imaging finds crescent-shaped eye damage in a woman who tried to view the total solar eclipse in August https://t.co/hEOGASKliN pic.twitter.com/ZweBUNOZIy
— CNN (@CNN) December 8, 2017
re: #93 William Lewis
Good morning from the land of snow, home fries in the frying pan, eggs waiting to scramble & bread waiting to toast. Fortunately, the cuppa tea is already to hand.
Food porn!
re: #103 A Mom Anon
Malcom Nance was on Stephanie Miller yesterday and said they are weaponizng decency against us. He’s not wrong.
Not wrong at all, no.
re: #107 A Mom Anon
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What in the entire pantheon of fucks is this shit?!?
When Trump refers to himself in the third person, is he expressing not a personality disorder but an intuitive grasp of the subtlest Buddhist teachings? https://t.co/8iwLcuTpQL
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) December 8, 2017
re: #115 William Lewis
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What’s that you say? How did I foresee the investment opportunity? Well, I certainly wasn’t just hiring a hitman, if that’s what you’re implying.
— Shane (@Shanehasabeard) December 8, 2017
re: #112 The Vicious Babushka
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It’s almost like they tell you not to look at the sun directly during the eclipse for a reason…
re: #74 JordanRules
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I see the SASSHOLE is Tweeting just like his pal in the White House.
re: #116 JordanRules
When Trump refers to himself in the third person, is he expressing not a personality disorder but an intuitive grasp of the subtlest Buddhist teachings?
we are not amused
re: #119 Citizen K
It’s almost like they tell you not to look at the sun directly during the eclipse for a reason…
But that’s just a theory, you know, and scientists have been wrong about their theories all the time…
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re: #116 JordanRules
What in the entire pantheon of fucks is this shit?!?
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re: #117 A Mom Anon
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re: #116 JordanRules
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When Trump refers to himself in the third person, is he expressing not a personality disorder but an intuitive grasp of the subtlest Buddhist teachings?
No
Secret meetings between unnamed participants at undisclosed locations. Quiet Swiss mediation. And nostalgia for the good ol’ 90s. Here’s what you need to know about diplomacy that might really end the Middle East’s woes.https://t.co/oumpnNWVTI
— Akbar Shahid Ahmed (@AkbarSAhmed) December 8, 2017
Quiet track II dialogue happening between #Saudi & #Iran with Swiss mediation: https://t.co/feXz4IpEqM
— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) December 8, 2017
Was Hannibal Lecter just commenting on the state of contemporary cuisine?
re: #125 dangerman
No
Dalai Lama? Great guy. He’s very rich you know. Did you know he’s from Tibet. Many people don’t know that.
re: #127 Belafon
Was Hannibal Lecter just commenting on the state of contemporary cuisine?
you are who you eat
The Clintons live rent free in their heads.
.@BernardGoldberg: “I think [@SenGillibrand’s] real target is Donald J. Trump. @BillClinton was the poster boy for sexual misconduct. If you don’t go after him, you can’t go after anybody.” pic.twitter.com/OQahtWMOlS
— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 8, 2017
re: #131 The Vicious Babushka
The Clintons live rent free in their heads.
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Cough Clarence Thomas. What the hell more do they want? Clinton was impeached, disbarred even. Really pathetic to say this crap on FN but then again it should be expected.
re: #131 The Vicious Babushka
The Clintons live rent free in their heads.
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Uh they “went after” bill Clinton
It was in all the papers
re: #133 dangerman
Uh they “went after” bill Clinton
It was in all the papers
He was literally investigated for sexually harassing Paula Jones. What more the hell do they want? Let’s talk about someone else here, Barack Obama. No harassment compliants about him. Plenty against people on FNC tho.
re: #116 JordanRules
What in the entire pantheon of fucks is this shit?!?
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Forget it Jake, It’s the New York Times…
re: #134 HappyWarrior
He was literally investigated for sexually harassing Paula Jones. What more the hell do they want? Let’s talk about someone else here, Barack Obama. No harassment compliants about him. Plenty against people on FNC tho.
They’re counting in people being stupid, having short or non memory or just not caring what the truth really is/was
re: #135 Joe Bacon 🌹
Forget it Jake, It’s the New York Times…
I don’t recognize the nyt anymore. Sad.
re: #64 The Vicious Babushka
I haven’t been able to even for over a year.
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Can you say sell out?
I know you can.
Amazing in less than a year Black unemployment went from double the national average to a 20 year low. And all was Obama’s fault and none of Obama’s effort. How does that work?
Another version of “I’ll Say Anything if You Pay Me Enough - Minority Edition”
re: #131 The Vicious Babushka
The Clintons live rent free in their heads.
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Bernie Goldberg? That old hack is still consuming oxygen?
He’s the guy we can all thank for the myth of the ‘liberal media.’
re: #124 William Lewis
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Grand finale @AdyBarkan tells @JeffFlake this is his chance to be the American hero and #killthebill the #GOPTaxScam and help him live and save millions of Americans. #flakesonaplane pic.twitter.com/BObnURTu5w
— Liz - We’re doing it (@lizjaff) December 8, 2017
re: #138 ObserverArt
Can you say sell out?
I know you can.
Amazing in less than a year Black unemployment went from double the national average to a 20 year low. And all was Obama’s fault and none of Obama’s effort. How does that work.
Another version of “I’ll Say Anything if You Pay Me Enough - Minority Edition”
It’s still double the national average.
There’s lies, damn lies and statistics.
re: #136 dangerman
They’re counting in people being stupid, having short or non memory or just not caring what the truth really is/was
Yep that’s their bread and butter.
re: #138 ObserverArt
Can you say sell out?
I know you can.
Amazing in less than a year Black unemployment went from double the national average to a 20 year low. And all was Obama’s fault and none of Obama’s effort. How does that work.
Another version of “I’ll Say Anything if You Pay Me Enough - Minority Edition”
And this is the real problem with “the media”. No follow up. No one then asks please explain. Or anything.
So it becomes like Twitter or whatever. The claim stands by itself. The rebuttal and comments are buried as not applicable
re: #131 The Vicious Babushka
The Clintons live rent free in their heads.
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re: #142 A Mom Anon
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re: #146 dangerman
And this is the real problem with “the media”. No follow up. No one then asks please explain. Or anything.
And that is what allows DT to play the media like a fiddle. Whatever else you can say about his abilities and capacity to govern, he is a master at yanking the media about by the collar.
re: #143 JordanRules
Crying. That guy is a hero.
re: #116 JordanRules
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— Frankincensed (@goddamnedfrank) December 8, 2017
re: #149 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
He hasn’t mastered shit from my view. He just benefits from media and systemic dysfunction that exists independent of him.
Without the money and the media he’d be doing the same self-promotional, button pushing bullshit on a YouTube channel or street corner.
re: #150 Flying Squirrel Girl
I know, isn’t it amazing. I just happened to be cutting onions when I first saw it late last night.
re: #143 JordanRules
It’s too bad he has to rely on someone like Jeff Flake.
re: #149 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
And that is what allows DT to play the media like a fiddle. Whatever else you can say about his abilities and capacity to govern, he is a master at yanking the media about by the collar.
Exactly. He Yanks. They do nothing
It’s worse than silence
Makes everyone who doesn’t offer a follow up complicit
re: #85 Weaselone
Families were united…Families were literally torn apart by our peculiar institution. When the master wasn’t violating both the sanctity of his marriage and your own by raping your wife, he was selling your children.
No, no. You misunderstood. Moore meant white families were together. He doesn’t think black families count and so ignored that part.
re: #156 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
Mm hmm. That’s exactly how I perceived it.
re: #137 dangerman
I don’t recognize the nyt anymore. Sad.
It is an Opinion piece…so in a way it is out of their normal screwed up control of what they publish.
We all have to realize old media is not what it used to be. Just the other day I saw someone from the NYTimes say their subscriptions are way up and their online memberships are booming.
So, as bad as many of us see them, they are not going to change what appears to work for them.
re: #148 William Lewis
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re: #146 dangerman
And this is the real problem with “the media”. No follow up. No one then asks please explain. Or anything.
So it becomes like Twitter or whatever. The claim stands by itself. The rebuttal and comments are buried as not applicable
As Chuck Toad of Meat the Chuck fame said (more or less)…we can’t ask the hard questions because they will not answer and never come on the show again.
It is not just Fox either…they are all doing this crap. A couple shows on MSNBC do some drilling down, but if you notice they never have many if any Republican politicians on their shows taking questions.
We The People seem to be allowing this to happen. We The People need to step up and demand more.
The G.O.P. Is Rotting #FridayFeeling #snowintexas #snowinalabama #AlabamaSenateRace #PraiseTheLord WikiLeaks pic.twitter.com/Jdz2UN5WxY
— Spread It 🌈 (@PutinsMyPapi) December 8, 2017
re: #160 ObserverArt
….
We The People seem to be allowing this to happen. We The People need to step up and demand more.
Someone smarter than me needs to figure a way to monetize confrontation in media in a positive way
re: #161 bill d. (b.d.)
I forgave Roy Moore but I can never forgive baby-killing Democrats!
re: #152 JordanRules
He hasn’t mastered shit from my view. He just benefits from media and systemic dysfunction that exists independent of him.
Without the money and the media he’d be doing the same self-promotional, button pushing bullshit on a YouTube channel or street corner.
Donny Trump without Fred Trump Money - New York Street Corner any day during the late 20th Century.
“Step up and play don’t be shy…look at all the money this man has won just this morning. All you need to do is watch the cups and where the marble is. Win Bigly. Big Money, this I can tell you. Come one Come all. Hey you over there, I know you can beat me, you look like a smart guy, right, you’re a smart guy!”
he’s off and ranting…
Big crowd expected today in Pensacola, Florida, for a Make America Great Again speech. We have done so much in so short a period of time…and yet are planning to do so much more! See you there!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 8, 2017
LAST thing the Make America Great Again Agenda needs is a Liberal Democrat in Senate where we have so little margin for victory already. The Pelosi/Schumer Puppet Jones would vote against us 100% of the time. He’s bad on Crime, Life, Border, Vets, Guns & Military. VOTE ROY MOORE!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 8, 2017
Fines and penalties against Wells Fargo Bank for their bad acts against their customers and others will not be dropped, as has incorrectly been reported, but will be pursued and, if anything, substantially increased. I will cut Regs but make penalties severe when caught cheating!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 8, 2017
I guess this is a good thing. I just don’t want too many super-centrists pushing the party away from true reforms that were already beginning to take shape….
#RoyMoore was the last straw, I’m throwing in with the #Democrats via @USATODAY @USATOpinion https://t.co/283hRC1z0V
— Kurt Bardella (@kurtbardella) December 8, 2017
It’s about 80 years overdue, I’d say, but good news.
Bill Finger, the long-unacknowledged co-creator Of Batman, posthumously gets a street in the Bronx with his granddaughter and stepson present pic.twitter.com/84EcWr5Irk
— Abraham Riesman (@abrahamjoseph) December 8, 2017
POTUS is rallying for a racist Senate candidate & attending opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum ON THE SAME TRIP. And he doesn’t see the problem.
— Rep. Joe Kennedy III (@RepJoeKennedy) December 8, 2017
re: #164 ObserverArt
Donny Trump without Fred Trump Money - New York Street Corner any day during the late 20th Century.
“Step up and play don’t be shy…look at all the money this man has won just this morning. All you need to do is watch the cups and where the marble is. Win Bigly. Big Money, this I can tell you. Come one Come all. Hey you over there, I know you can beat me, you look like a smart guy, right, you’re a smart guy!”
He’d be selling $19.99 Rolex watches in Port Authority.
William:
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Los Alamitos cancels Friday thoroughbred racing slate after #LilacFire claims an unknown number of horses at the San Luis Rey training center in Bonsall on Thursday. https://t.co/CpAsCZuycY
— OC Register Sports (@OCRegSports) December 8, 2017
re: #164 ObserverArt
With this picture you painted…seems like a much more natural and suitable environment for him.
re: #165 Backwoods_Sleuth
he’s off and ranting…
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This reminds me…I heard Donny said to the Pearl Harbor gentlemen he hoped they would be around for the next 7 years.
One, he again made a ceremony about himself.
Two, he thinks he has got two terms coming.
Arrogant Asshole needs to go down…now. Grrr.
What realistic President talks about two terms when their first year isn’t over, let alone one that has now set a new low (and probably go-going lower) in approval ratings?
re: #165 Backwoods_Sleuth
His team is moving to reduce the penalties. Period.
They’ve undermined the penalty and enforcement across multiple agencies, from the IRS to the CFPB (which picked up responsibilities for administering and oversight on mortgages), and Trump’s just flat out lying that they’re going to hike the penalties here.
It’s transparently a lie.
re: #170 wheat-dogg
He’d be selling $19.99 Rolex watches in Port Authority.
That’s after lunch. Afternoon shift.
Do the hustle!
One more thing before I get to lurk mode and get busy…
I heard a report the recent tax cuts are taking away deductions for both wild fire and earthquake recovery/rebuilding.
I wonder who that is directed at??? Any guesses?
And it went on to claim 8 California Congresscritters voted for it.
Apple will get a staggering $47 billion windfall from the GOP tax bill, none of which will go to investment. Its all going to go to shareholders (mostly rich people). But the GOP can’t find any money for CHIP.
President Trump’s attendance and his hurtful policies are an insult to the people portrayed in this civil rights museum. After President Trump departs, we encourage all Mississippians and Americans to visit this historic civil rights museum. https://t.co/cXo11eGHZw
— John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) December 8, 2017
re: #177 ObserverArt
One more thing before I get to lurk mode and get busy…
I heard a report the recent tax cuts are taking away deductions for both wild fire and earthquake recovery/rebuilding.
I wonder who that is directed at??? Any guesses?
And it went on to claim 8 California Congresscritters voted for it.
A good chunk of the tax bill is aimed at punishing liberal states for doing better than Republican ones.
re: #177 ObserverArt
Yeah, GDF posted about it one of the last threads. He overlaid a map of one of the districts and the fire maps.
He’s voting against relief for HIS district, WHILE IT IS CURRENTLY ON FIRE.
Pathetic.
What a round of golf that must have been!
It’s long past time for a Special Counsel to investigate Clinton email scandal, Uranium One, role of Fusion GPS, and FBI and DOJ bias during 2016 campaign.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) December 8, 2017
In demanding Al Franken’s resignation, Democrats are atoning for their bad history https://t.co/RlDEcT829Z
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) December 8, 2017
ffs, NYT says Franken story is really abt….Clinton https://t.co/0XgYIpcUxg
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) December 8, 2017
So the Times continues to remain a dumpster fire.
Sporting news…from ESPN reports.
Hope Solo announced she is running for the presidency of the U.S. Soccer Federation.
Let the fireworks ensue!
re: #183 Citizen K
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So the Times continues to remain a dumpster fire.
As I said above, “Forget it Jake, It’s the New York Times!”
You can always count on them to treat the Clintons as their own personal litter box!
“interesting” doesn’t even begin to describe this thread.
I’m bemused that it happened to Nancy French.
Janet Porter, Roy Moore’s spokesperson, has been in the news for being – well - horrible. But I just realized I once ran into her… and remember it 10 years later. /1
— Nancy French (@NancyAFrench) December 8, 2017
This is a very interesting thread https://t.co/OtsTsm28Is
— Adam Serwer 🍝 (@AdamSerwer) December 8, 2017
SMH
Ex-Police Officer Philip Mitchell Brailsford ACQUITTED in Fatal Arizona Hotel Shooting of Unarmed Man Who Begged for His Life. #DanielShaver https://t.co/m1zNW3VFeA pic.twitter.com/eZ7QlU2dVu
— Shomari Stone (@shomaristone) December 8, 2017
re: #182 JordanRules
Pathetic.
What a round of golf that must have been!
OFFS. Lindsay drank the Kool-Aid.
And, seriously, he wants to investigate FBI bias in the 2016 campaign?
re: #188 Sir John Barron
Flexing his DARVO skills.
re: #165 Backwoods_Sleuth
Fines and penalties against Wells Fargo Bank for their bad acts against their customers and others will not be dropped, as has incorrectly been reported, but will be pursued and, if anything, substantially increased. I will cut Regs but make penalties severe when caught cheating!
wow. does he even hear what he is saying
“Far-right media sites are doing Moore a big favor: They’re giving voters an alternate version of reality, so they don’t have to admit they support someone accused of child molestation.”
What a proud line of work that must be.https://t.co/NPZYUpvyAU— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) December 8, 2017
re: #6 goddamnedfrank
Quicksand clown porn. I learn something valuable and new from LGF every day.
re: #188 Sir John Barron
OFFS. Lindsay drank the Kool-Aid.
And, seriously, he wants to investigate FBI bias in the 2016 campaign?
They are all Trump now. He should just say “I am Trump.” They claim to be “saviors” after all.
re: #64 The Vicious Babushka
I haven’t been able to even for over a year.
It’s a Donald Trump miracle.
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re: #182 JordanRules
Pathetic.
What a round of golf that must have been!It’s long past time for a Special Counsel to investigate Clinton email scandal, Uranium One, role of Fusion GPS, and FBI and DOJ bias during 2016 campaign.
uh, lindsey, this wouldnt need a special counsel, but ok, you go with that
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re: #171 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
William:
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re: #188 Sir John Barron
OFFS. Lindsay drank the Kool-Aid.
And, seriously, he wants to investigate FBI bias in the 2016 campaign?
It won’t go anywhere…but after seeing that tweet I had to contact Graham. It was done in a hurry might not even be good, but damn it…this shit pisses me off. Fuck Graham.
Mr Graham,
I just saw a tweet from you saying: It’s long past time for a Special Counsel to investigate Clinton email scandal, Uranium One, role of Fusion GPS, and FBI and DOJ bias during 2016 campaign.
What the hell has happened to you? At one time you sold yourself as a moderate thinking and reasonable Republican.
Now you are as crazy a loon as the rest of your party. I suggest too much Fox viewing has caused brain disease.
We The People no longer need old unreasonable Republican goats like you in politics. You and your party have lost the plot. From screwing us on healthcare to this stupid tax reform, and now to cover for the Orange Mess in the White House by bringing up Hillary investigations again and again. It’s craven BS. And I even hear some of you nitwits crying about moving on. What a joke you are.
You sir are worthless. Please resign. This country needs good politicians.
Well, it’s gonna be pretty damn sickening having to endure Trumps gloating when Moore gets elected on Tuesday
Beverly Young Nelson admits to adding date and place to alleged Roy Moore inscription in her yearbook. Gloria Allred initially attributed that writing to Moore. Nelson stands by rest of her story. https://t.co/ui3xR2JfMC
— michaelscherer (@michaelscherer) December 8, 2017
NEW AD UP IN MAINE: “Republican leaders promised her they would fix things. Now, we know they lied to her - and Mainers will suffer the consequences. Tell her to vote no on any final tax bill that repeals our health care.” #mepolitics https://t.co/AD2b5jo5S1
— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) December 8, 2017
Oh look hear is a SPESHUL SNOWFLAIK:
Today marks the start of the 8th year of my illegal detention without charge in the UK. https://t.co/t0PCJksQzA
— Julian Assange 🔹 (@JulianAssange) December 7, 2017
re: #202 dangerman
when i resolved to play every video, i guess i didnt think through all the possibilities
(though i didnt say i’d necessarily watch em all
and i’m still counting on all y’all playing fair with me ;-)
re: #206 dangerman
Counting on us? Silly Danger!
Exclusive: Donald Trump, Trump Jr. and others in the Trump Organization got an email in September 2016 offering a decryption key and link for hacked WikiLeaks documents https://t.co/hEJLhtiYKm pic.twitter.com/DCCMNhtzge
— CNN (@CNN) December 8, 2017
It. Does. Not. End. https://t.co/sJtq8Kf5s6
— Kate Brannen (@K8brannen) December 8, 2017
re: #205 The Vicious Babushka
Oh look hear is a SPESHUL SNOWFLAIK:
Today marks the start of the 8th year of my illegal detention without charge in the UK. iamwikileaks.org
asylum = illegal detention
whoda thunkit?
I’m sick of the rapists and liars and traitors and kleptocrats and warmongers and white supremacists and the fact that all the descriptors in this tweet can apply to one person and he runs the USA
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) December 8, 2017
re: #200 William Lewis
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re: #211 Interesting Times
At least…we have it all compacted into one efficient package?
re: #212 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
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what is this horse shit
Some Dems really seem to think that eight women are being paid to come forward by right wing conspirators who hoped to…what? Get a different Dem appointed to the Senate?
— Noah Berlatsky (@nberlat) December 8, 2017
Watch these DOJ interns school Jeff Sessions on his marijuana, guns and transgender policies — right to his face pic.twitter.com/ChlgKdClPt
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) December 8, 2017
Wow! This is excellent. It gives me hope to see these young lawyers challenge Sessions’ ridiculous, unsafe, and racist policies to his face. https://t.co/gGX5gnLNnE
— Midwin Charles (@MidwinCharles) December 8, 2017
re: #194 Shropshire Slasher
Random song on the radio:
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Inspired by Ernie Kovacs’ Nairobi Trio!
re: #219 Joe Bacon 🌹
Inspired by Ernie Kovacs’ Nairobi Trio!
I wondered what was so familiar about that vid when it came out.
re: #207 William Lewis
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re: #216 The Vicious Babushka
what is this horse shit
Since I can’t explore that person’s timeline, I’ll say this: Running a congressman out of office is not out of the realm of possibility with Republicans; heck, we got rid of Newt when he was Speaker. And Franken was becoming one of the strongest voices in the party. But, without more proof that I don’t have, I don’t see any reason to think this was a highly coordinated effort.
somewhat ot: i was reading a thread over at politicalwire.com. im not a discus member so i couldnt comment. the thread was about mulvaney and the wells fargo penalties. then it morphed into clinton / sanders etc and — well you know
i came up with this and as usual, probably over obvious and many of you probably thought this long ago (im often slow to conclusion and late for dinner if not called)
if today, you think everything:
the cabinet
education
civil rights
racism
supreme court
federal judges
department of energy
coal
the state of the state department and our foreign relations
the tax bill
ryans stated medicare/medicaid cuts for 2018 (to fix that deficit)
EPA
national parks
russiagate
and now wells fargo
let alone gaffe after gaffe after…
etc etc etc
at this moment, would have been much much worse under clinton, then yes, you were right not to vote for her
Some western states Lizards mentioned getting gas masks to help with particulates from the wildfires. This showed up in an ad from my favorite weird technology junk source. It will work, and uses the easily-replaced NATO 40mm filter pack. NOTE: if you go that route, you really need to get good information/training. People have killed themselves with improperly-worn NBC masks.
Ooops: Mask might use an older canister (60mm), but will still be good for one long evacuation or excursion.
re: #221 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
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@Green_Footballs @FurlingtonJeff If they (GOP) can’t admit they are wrong about Roy Moore, forever set aside the idea they will make any admission, do anything but double down on Trump. And that is increasingly dangerous. See Intifada.North Korea. America First. Vets deported.
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) December 8, 2017
re: #209 FormerDirtDart
I wondered why he was rage tweeting this morning.
I do not know these artists but I hope it helps GOTV.
Jason Isbell (!) performing GOTV concert for Doug Jones tomorrow in Huntsville.
St. Paul & the Broken Bones doing one in Birmingham.— Alex Seitz-Wald (@aseitzwald) December 8, 2017
re: #229 JordanRules
I do not know these artists but I hope it helps GOTV.
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Look em up especially Jason.
re: #229 JordanRules
Well, here’s a great song from Jason Isbell, formerly of the Drive-By Truckers:
re: #229 JordanRules
I do not know these artists but I hope it helps GOTV.
Roy Moore is going to get an 90’s tribute band to perform for him: Girls to Men
re: #225 William Lewis
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re: #232 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Roy Moore is going to get an 90’s tribute band to perform for him: Girls to Men
Shouldn’t that be Girls for Men?
re: #232 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Roy Moore is going to get an 90’s tribute band to perform for him: Girls to Men
Kids Bop is also performing for him.
#Russia’s state TV: MP Zhirinovsky says that Trump is purposely inflaming tensions around Jerusalem in order to secure more favorable media coverage — because, Zhirinovsky says, most of the U.S. media that is hammering Trump daily is controlled by the Jews.
[Stay classy, Russia.] pic.twitter.com/Eq74uOeVQ8— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) December 8, 2017
#Jerusalem update:
•Protests across Arab World, Turkey, 1 death reported in Gaza, >50 injured
•Israel intercepts Rocket from Gaza
•Azhar leader in Egypt snubs meeting w VP Pence on 20 Dec.
•UNSC meeting underway, EU FMs + UK oppose Trump decision— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) December 8, 2017
re: #236 Backwoods_Sleuth
And the juice are so eager for unrest in Jerusalem.
re: #233 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
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Well, time to get some lunch then off to work. See you wonderful folks later this evening. I”m done at 6 cst so till then, keep the fascists running.
re: #236 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Oh the people the religious right like more than their fellow Americans.
Woman sues after being attacked by a police dog. I am not going to watch the video. If that was me or you we would have to had the dog put down, and all sorts of other things. I hope she wins her case.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson comments on Jerusalem during his remarks with #France’s Foreign Minister @JY_LeDrian in #Paris. pic.twitter.com/dyRvlhXgLi
— Department of State (@StateDept) December 8, 2017
Today in #Paris, Secretary Tillerson emphasized that @POTUS decision to move the U.S. Embassy in #Israel does not indicate any final status for #Jerusalem. The final status will be left for the two parties to negotiate and decide. https://t.co/6UOqwQOLyg
— Heather Nauert (@statedeptspox) December 8, 2017
Trump’s State Department makes explicit that his Jerusalem speech was all bluster with no substantive change in US policy on the ultimate status of the city. His national security spokesman said the same thing yesterday. https://t.co/uxFcoLAQEp
— (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) December 8, 2017
Howard Cosell announces the shocking news that John Lennon has died on Monday Night Football, 1980. #RIP #JohnLennon pic.twitter.com/kpCp9Ro9MV
— Classic Rock Videos (@crockvideos) December 8, 2017
re: #238 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
And the juice are so eager for unrest in Jerusalem.
The American Christian Fundies have a hard on for the Apocalypse and this brings us one step closer
DNC Unity Reform Commission beginning its super delegate debate livehttps://t.co/3Lmc3um0xI
— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) December 8, 2017
There appear to be more people who want to fight about it on Twitter than want to sit and watch it live.
I’m en route, shaking my fist at Delta all the way. https://t.co/ZKpFABvWdY— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) December 8, 2017
re: #245 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The American Christian Fundies have a hard on for the Apocalypse and this brings us one step closer
Nobody scares the Shaving Cream out of me more than that wacko John Hagee who preaches that the end result of Armageddon will result in the death of all Jews except for 144,000 male virgins who will convert to Christianity at the battle.
In other words, Hagee wants to finish what Hitler started and now Trump is enabling his sick fantasy…
re: #243 The Vicious Babushka
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re: #246 FormerDirtDart
All I have to say is if you’re not a Democrat, you don’t get to decide.
re: #248 Decatur Deb
Such BS. The Tel Aviv complex securely supports around 600 people and their families in many buildings. Moving it temporarily pending a future resolution would cost many millions/billion.
Not to mention… making 600 families move to a city where there’s not a lot of available housing.
The constitution includes requirements for how long you have to have been in the US recently to run for office (14 consecutive years for president). Democrats should require at least those many years of tax returns be made public to run for any national office to be endorsed by the party.
re: #250 sagehen
Yeah but the Christian Right feels appeased so s’all good.
re: #250 sagehen
Not to mention… making 600 families move to a city where there’s not a lot of available housing.
Has DT ever sweated any of these sorts of details before making a “sweeping” policy announcement?
re: #244 meteor
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He played some audio of the back ‘n’ forth debate between Cosell and Frank Gifford debating if they should interrupt the game with the announcement. Cosell, strangely, was a bit hesitant and Gifford was all you have to do it.
Apparently ABC News had the info but were trying to decide how to announce it and they relayed the info to the Monday Night Football crew since at the time, that was probably going to reach more people.
Very interesting historical take there…and one of the reasons many mornings I have Dan and The Danettes chattering away in the background. They are not all about sports all the time.
And in Honor of John on this tragic date…one of my favorites for so many reasons. Heck, it also goes out as a good question to so many of our current politicians, especially the big duff in the White House.
ACTION THREAD, PLS READ & RT
Trump has admitted on tape to sexually harassing & assaulting women & underage girls. Al Franken resigned for much less. We can’t accept a sexual predator in the Oval Office. #TrumpToo 1/9— Emily L. Hauser (@emilylhauser) December 8, 2017
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re: #244 meteor
Howard Cosell announces the shocking news that John Lennon has died on Monday Night Football, 1980. #RIP #JohnLennon pic.twitter.com/kpCp9Ro9MV
— Classic Rock Videos (@crockvideos) December 8, 2017
When I first heard the news, I just assumed that John had fallen victim to some kind of random street crime. 1980 was one of the peak years for the US crime rate, almost twice what it is today (Fox news hysteria not withstanding). It did not cross my mind that someone might have targeted him specifically.
re: #255 Charmingly Persistent
Trump has admitted on tape to sexually harassing & assaulting women & underage girls. Al Franken resigned for much less. We can’t accept a sexual predator in the Oval Office.
Donald Trump is the Anti-Politician, the wet dream of every enraged contratrian who ever voted.
That is why he is immune to the consequences of what he does and says, even though these things would wreck the campaign or the career of any professional politician
re: #115 William Lewis
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re: #229 JordanRules
I do not know these artists but I hope it helps GOTV.
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re: #242 Shropshire Slasher
That’s horrifying. I really hope she’s OK and wins her case.
re: #246 FormerDirtDart
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— Peace4all (@Peace4all17) December 8, 2017
With all of these stories, I figured one part might fall apart. And Moore’s supporters were looking for that one thread to pull the whole thing apart. Which is why I’ve been saying focus on the batshit crazy stuff he’s said on Muslims, gays & 9/11. The sex stuff wasn’t sticking.
— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) December 8, 2017
Amateurs every day
The White House Daily Guidance and Press Schedule has AF1 traveling to “West Balm Peach” tonight 🍑🍑🍑 pic.twitter.com/slWOmO5kUn
— John R Parkinson (@jparkABC) December 8, 2017
WEST BALM PEACH!! https://t.co/RtA3jOxFrk
— Michael Del Moro (@MikeDelMoro) December 8, 2017
When a bloody shirt went missing as evidence, an L.A. County deputy tried to replace it by putting taco sauce on another shirt. He kept his job. And his name is on a secret list of 300 deputies with a history of misconduct that prosecutors can’t see: https://t.co/puFHKRAQAe
— Matt Pearce 🦅 (@mattdpearce) December 8, 2017
re: #115 William Lewis
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There is more snow on the ground in Texas and Mississippi this morning than the Upper Midwest and Plains! A look at totals so far and how much more will fall from the South to the Middle Atlantic and Northeast:
https://t.co/kMPgbcrg08 pic.twitter.com/B8Fiu1SdAG— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) December 8, 2017
BREAKING: We just filed papers in federal court to block @realDonaldTrump and @MickMulvaneyOMB from sabotaging the @CFPB. pic.twitter.com/VColzZK59s
— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) December 8, 2017
I can’t decide if the Trump crew was exceedingly arrogant or extremely stupid to think they could get away with this.
— Christine Galea (@chrisgalea) December 8, 2017
That’s a Venn diagram with a lot of overlap. https://t.co/61EjsMcd0H
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 8, 2017
re: #268 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #271 ObserverArt
Damn. Here in central Ohio it is cold…28°…but not a flake of snow in sight.
23F here in TheBackwoods…snow is supposed to arrive in the morning.
Do you know why there aren’t any viral videos of cats going mad seeing snow for the first time?
Because we’re not idiots and stay indoors, where it’s warm.— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) December 8, 2017
re: #270 Backwoods_Sleuth
Christine Galea
@chrisgalea
I can’t decide if the Trump crew was exceedingly arrogant or extremely stupid to think they could get away with this.
10:02 AM - Dec 8, 2017
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Christine…go with arrogantly stupid. I use it all the time for the Trumps. It actually in combination is more dangerous than either singularly.
re: #267 Decatur Deb
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12-Year Study Of 3 Million People Finds That Having A Dog Adds Years To Your Life https://t.co/lz3nIHxtpS via @Fox Time
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 8, 2017
re: #272 Backwoods_Sleuth
23F here in TheBackwoods…snow is supposed to arrive in the morning.
Even that is odd when you think of it. We should be colder than you being a good 200 miles north or so.
We are supposed to see some snow showers tomorrow afternoon/evening. But they seems to have backed off the 1” accumulation. Already seeing long range forecasts that look warmer and dry late next week.
re: #259 Broad With Sass
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My take away is: HRC would have won if she had merely said “fuck your fucking interest in my fucking emails.”
— ShmishtrShlishfil (@MrBlifil) December 8, 2017
re: #266 Stanley Sea
Would you Page that? There is that and when a sharp skilled forensic expert found laws at the gun lab, he was dismissed from a famous case. Honest man screwed for blowing that whistle.
Here a bit north of Atlanta we’ve had about 3 inches of snow in the last 4 hours or so. Really wet and heavy, temp a bit above freezing. Miss Dog is loving it.
re: #266 Stanley Sea
Just another in a long line of LAPD/LASD scandals that continually go on unchecked here in Los Angeles…
JUST IN: Trump admin scraps Obama-era rules requiring airlines disclose baggage fees https://t.co/ONSEwd4mA8 pic.twitter.com/S0ut7ZZZxN
— The Hill (@thehill) December 8, 2017
Why? There’s literally no reason for this other than the fact that Donald Trump is mad we have a black president. https://t.co/KVXbqPBuQd
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) December 8, 2017
re: #283 Backwoods_Sleuth
And that, Matt, is the only reason Trump needs.
Add to the “not even hiding their racism anymore” files.
Diversity is not our strength. Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban, “Mixing cultures will not lead to a higher quality of life but a lower one.” https://t.co/ZlMXzcc87w
— Steve King (@SteveKingIA) December 8, 2017
re: #273 Backwoods_Sleuth
There was a video the other day of a cat, inside, seeing now the first time, chasing the snowflakes as they came down the window.
The horse community is coming together to support those affected by the #LilacFire. Please donate below to provide aid to humans and horses in need: https://t.co/UfmiNKaRPj pic.twitter.com/xQfXzPwiTV
— Breeders’ Cup (@BreedersCup) December 8, 2017
People everywhere. Tables set up to sign in volunteers, food and beverages set up to feed volunteers. pic.twitter.com/UjRk3EcbTP
— Jeremy Balan (@BH_JBalan) December 8, 2017
People loading carrots into buckets pic.twitter.com/BM5g5Rq3w7
— Jeremy Balan (@BH_JBalan) December 8, 2017
re: #285 Ace-o-aces
Add to the “not even hiding their racism anymore” files.
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For fuck sake man, you’re in Hungary.
Okay—I have been a hard sell on Jennifer Rubin’s conversion to sanity, but her latest may have finally won me over:
Journalists: Forget the Rust Belt diners. Head for the suburban yoga classes.
Ivy League-educated journalists donned flannel shirts, rented American-made cars and headed for the Rust Belt. They poked and prodded their subjects, hung out at diners and auto body shops. With furrowed brows they set out to learn the mysteries of the non-college-educated white males, the core of President Trump’s base. Readers vicariously traveled to Youngstown, Ohio, and western Michigan (you wonder whether the reporters didn’t stumble over one another in their quest for “the forgotten man and woman”)…
Now that Trump has been shown to be just as ignorant, unhinged, racist, incompetent, authoritarian and unfit as his critics said, the Trump voters (sporting an uncanny willingness to deny reality or just lie) don’t seem so interesting; they just sound wacky. Rather than the repositories of moral truth, they sound mean-spirited and selfish. They can’t see the real victims in society because they are convinced they’re the real victims…
Instead of spending more time studying this tribe of Americans, maybe the media should climb into Volvos, pack their Starbucks travel mugs and head for college-educated suburbia. There they will find another tribe of Americans, bigger than the non-college-educated male contingent. This group of voters may be the subject of next year’s most important political science study project. Meet the college-educated women.
More at washingtonpost.com
re: #283 Backwoods_Sleuth
JUST IN: Trump admin scraps Obama-era rules requiring airlines disclose baggage fees
free market, hidden fees. all makes sense if you remember that OBAMA SUPPORTED IT
re: #272 Backwoods_Sleuth
23F here in TheBackwoods…snow is supposed to arrive in the morning.
30s on LI, no snow yet. That may be subject to change tomorrow (predictions are swinging wildly).
re: #177 ObserverArt
One more thing before I get to lurk mode and get busy…
I heard a report the recent tax cuts are taking away deductions for both wild fire and earthquake recovery/rebuilding.
I wonder who that is directed at??? Any guesses?
And it went on to claim 8 California Congresscritters voted for it.
California GOPers are no different than Alabama GOPers.
This is my new favorite shop. Not at all safe for work.
re: #288 HappyWarrior
For fuck sake man, you’re in Hungary.
These ex Soviet Bloc countries all presented an “international” face under communism, but that has since degenerated to the most ugly xenophobic nationalism all over Eastern Europe.
Sleuth… I just got a chance to read that tweet you posted in #186.
I did not know that whack-a-doodle Janet Porter, the Moore Spokesnut, was from Ohio. Uggh. Reading her Wiki page makes me think I have probably seen or heard about her at some time or another being she is big on the Ohio Heartbeat Bill.
I must have forced the trauma out of my mind.
Damn, way too many zanies running around all over these days.
re: #292 Skip Intro
California GOPers are no different than Alabama GOPers.
This is very true. There used to be regional differences. Now all of them are full blown RWNJs.
re: #293 Eclectic Cyborg
Hungary, Hungary Bigots
Heh I was pointing more to the fact that Hungary historically is filled with Magyars, Slavs, Germans, Hees, Romani.
re: #182 JordanRules
Pathetic.
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Trump must have photos from inside Lindsey’s closet.
re: #278 William Lewis
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re: #295 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
These ex Soviet Bloc countries all presented an “international” face under communism, but that has since degenerated to the most ugly xenophobic nationalism all over Eastern Europe.
I know.
re: #298 HappyWarrior
Oh yeah, multiculturalism is more of a strength than a weakness. I don’t see Canada falling apart.
re: #302 Eclectic Cyborg
Oh yeah, multiculturalism is more of a strength than a weakness. I don’t see Canada falling apart.
I’m literally in a new restaurant now with people of all backgrounds waiting for Tex mex :)
I am a christian and love the Bible and Christmas, but I would much prefer to hang out with atheists who refuse to say Merry Christmas but care for others, than with evangelical “christians” who spew hate and don’t have christmas in their hearts.
— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) December 8, 2017
So Texas prisoners are allowed to read David Duke and Adolf Hitler, but not “A Charlie Brown Christmas”? GOOD GRIEF! #BannedBooks https://t.co/2jG8HQ1nka pic.twitter.com/KUg28I0YQ2
— PEN America (@PENamerican) December 8, 2017
I don’t think atheists refuse to say Merry Christmas but rather understand why HH is said.
re: #302 Eclectic Cyborg
Oh yeah, multiculturalism is more of a strength than a weakness. I don’t see Canada falling apart.
Clearest indication yet that Canada will outlast all other Western liberal democracies. pic.twitter.com/cF1zVIHqmN
— Asif Hossain (@asifintoronto) December 18, 2016
Alabama:
Columbiana/Chelsea area. Almost 5” accumulation so far! @spann pic.twitter.com/IeVYLOMQvL
— Steven Clinkscales (@TweetClink) December 8, 2017
Copious columns of gray-brown smoke pour off the edge of California’s coast in this image of wildfires taken by our @NASAEarth satellites on December 7: https://t.co/gnZxhGy3s3 pic.twitter.com/JvYBaPlEj0
— NASA (@NASA) December 8, 2017
re: #296 ObserverArt
Sleuth… I just got a chance to read that tweet you posted in #186.
I did not know that whack-a-doodle Janet Porter, the Moore Spokesnut, was from Ohio. Uggh. Reading her Wiki page makes me think I have probably seen or heard about her at some time or another being she is big on the Ohio Heartbeat Bill.
I must have forced the trauma out of my mind.
Damn, way too many zanies running around all over these days.
The Heartbeat Bill is how I knew of her Ohio roots, as I helped write an opposition speech for one of my friends to give at the statehouse. Porter is a mean-spirited, loud-mouthed zealot.
hey Art!
Bundle up tomorrow morning! Wind chill values will drop into the single digits to start the day. pic.twitter.com/8EUhXvkHvJ
— NWS Wilmington OH (@NWSILN) December 8, 2017
Jerry Sandusky’s son sentenced to 3½ to 6 years in prison for sexual abuse of teen girls. Story: https://t.co/jvYf2yqtny pic.twitter.com/2vrbjgm6yd
— AP Eastern US (@APEastRegion) December 8, 2017
re: #280 Unshaken Defiance
Would you Page that? There is that and when a sharp skilled forensic expert found laws at the gun lab, he was dismissed from a famous case. Honest man screwed for blowing that whistle.
You please! I’m buried with work & browsing LGF.
re: #314 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Sad ending chapter as he himself was abused by his dad.
re: #314 Backwoods_Sleuth
When he gets out he can run for senator in Alabama.
— Peter Daou Is A Douchebag 🌹 (@vlcupper) December 8, 2017
Sheriff: NM school shooter was 21 year old former student, planned shooting #AztecSchoolShooting
— Russell Contreras (@RussContreras) December 8, 2017
re: #316 HappyWarrior
Sad ending chapter as he himself was abused by his dad.
Different son—I believe that was Matt.
The amount of not giving a fuck is amazing.
Whew. The brazenness.
MSNBC’s @KenDilanianNBC reports the Trump campaign was “on notice” about suspicions that WikiLeaks was cooperating Russia around the time that sources say they received an email promising access to hacked documents. pic.twitter.com/ogOc9emR8u
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 8, 2017
The Latest: FBI says online comments made last year by a gunman who killed two students at a New Mexico high school had led them to conduct an investigation. https://t.co/C7BO6zGanj
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 8, 2017
BREAKING: San Juan County law enforcement identified William Atchison, 21, as the Aztec High School shooter. He was a former student. #AztecSchoolShooting https://t.co/1oT33oaTXL pic.twitter.com/c2ugZU9EjZ
— Intl. Business Times (@IBTimes) December 8, 2017
BREAKING: Newly released documents show Mulvaney raked in huge cash from payday loan CEOs just days before he pressured government regulators to back off payday lending rules https://t.co/dYRP0dXnxE
— David Sirota (@davidsirota) December 8, 2017
Oopsie CNN
BREAKING: That WikiLeaks email was actually from Sept. 14, not Sept. 4 — which means it is far less significant https://t.co/kMON9rQT7m
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) December 8, 2017
re: #313 Backwoods_Sleuth
hey Art!
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It’s already getting windy. I ran my recyclables bin out to the garage to dump in the city’s collection bin and about froze.
I did have to stop and marvel at one thing though. Yesterday when I was going out to the garage, I came out around the side of my house and scattered what must have been 75 starlings out of my yard. They jumped to the trees and the utility wires in the alley. They must have waited til I was gone to the store and got back to lunch.
I just discovered that nature, the birds, do lawn aeration! I swear, just about every inch of my lawn has a beak hole in it. Must have been a lot of grubs near the surface since it was still mild weather. And two days before I buzzed my lawn short for the winter.
The pack of starlings must have been on the move. Not a one visible today.
When Trump refers to himself in the third person, is he expressing not a personality disorder but an intuitive grasp of the subtlest Buddhist teachings? https://t.co/8iwLcuTpQL
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) December 8, 2017
When I refer to myself in the first person and the New York Times as being above the rank whoredom of internet clickbait, do rhesus monkeys wearing tuxedos fly out of my ass? https://t.co/EuKEMiRmMK
— David Simon (@AoDespair) December 8, 2017
Today, we are serving notice that we will not remain silent while the basic institutions of our democracy are undermined. #PoorPeoplesCampaign https://t.co/EYM9MrCGeB
— Rev. Dr. Barber (@RevDrBarber) December 8, 2017
re: #326 JordanRules
Oopsie CNN
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There you go…more fake news.
These networks have to sharpen up. They feed the Fox wingnut BS and Trump gets to keep claiming it is fake.
They are not helping.
.@realDonaldTrump’s constant strategy is to divide and conquer, that’s why his recent statements only provoke hate and division. The only thing an authoritarian fears is unity, I call out America and the world: don’t fear him, we’re stronger together.
— Vicente Fox Quesada (@VicenteFoxQue) December 8, 2017
SCOOP: Dina Powell, deputy national security adviser, to depart Trump White House. The story with @jdawsey1 —> https://t.co/W1fP0wmaKF
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) December 8, 2017
Dina Habib Powell, only Arab American in administration to leave White House. That’s 1/3 of “Peace Process” team https://t.co/7c4tQp0dRg
— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) December 8, 2017
re: #326 JordanRules
CNN says this email was sent on September 4. WaPo says it was September 14, a day after the public release of the docs. Not much can be said til that discrepancy is resolved. https://t.co/LCOwupWooC
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) December 8, 2017
rep steve king, senior trump official michael anton, david duke, and gavin mcinnes pic.twitter.com/4jNc0jdIlw
— John Whitehouse (@existentialfish) December 8, 2017
— John DiMaggio (@TheJohnDiMaggio) December 8, 2017
Per pooler at the WH Hanukkah party, there are no visible Hanukkah decorations or menorah in the East Room, but there are four large Christmas trees
— Ali Rogin (@AliABCNews) December 8, 2017
This GOPer flounce rates an A for sincerity, D for conciseness:
Roy Moore is the last straw, you can now call me a Democrat
Well, this is fucked up. Let’s talk to some of those Trump voting waitresses and ask them what they think. https://t.co/9oGdlQw3j7
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) December 8, 2017
re: #341 Decatur Deb
This GOPer flounce rates an A for sincerity, D for conciseness:
Roy Moore is the last straw, you can now call me a Democrat
Thought I remembered his name. He’s the guy who left Breitbart with Fields.
re: #343 HappyWarrior
Thought I remembered his name. He’s the guy who left Breitbart with Fields.
Hey, didn’t Ginger Snapped stalk this guy while he was walking with Fields?
re: #342 darthstar
They’d just spend those tips on booze, women and movies anyway…they’re not investors or job creators…
re: #342 darthstar
Because we tip, which is supposed to encourage hard work, some of the waiters are making above minimum wage. If that happens, they might move up out of their station in life.
re: #346 darthstar
They’d just spend those tips on booze, women and movies anyway…they’re not investors or job creators…
Won’t someone think about Papa John’s yacht maintenance?
re: #344 HappyWarrior
Tip owners… what in the.
As someone who survived his 20s on tips, this is fuckin’ huge. I remember when they started estimating tips as taxable income under Reagan. Any time someone tipped less than 15% it actually cost the waiter money in taxes as they were taxed on that as income.
re: #347 Belafon
Because we tip, which is supposed to encourage hard work, some of the waiters are making above minimum wage. If that happens, they might move up out of their station in life.
Workers shouldn’t have to rely on charity for their wages. Raise the minimum wage above a survival level.
re: #349 darthstar
As someone who survived his 20s on tips, this is fuckin’ huge. I remember when they started estimating tips as taxable income under Reagan. Any time someone tipped less than 15% it actually cost the waiter money in taxes as they were taxed on that as income.
I hear ya DS, my folks were servers when they met. Mom was an undergrad putting herself through school as many still are.
re: #350 Decatur Deb
Workers shouldn’t have to rely on charity for their wages. Raise the minimum wage above a survival level.
Now that I agree on but till then.
re: #345 Joe Bacon 🌹
Hey, didn’t Ginger Snapped stalk this guy while he was walking with Fields?
I think so.
re: #350 Decatur Deb
Workers shouldn’t have to rely on charity for their wages. Raise the minimum wage above a survival level.
I have pointed out to my conservative acquaintances who whine about the “welfare state” and the fact that many do not pay income tax that a simple and really obvious solution to both is to raise the minimum wage to a livable wage. The typical response is a sputter and quick change of subject.
re: #186 Backwoods_Sleuth
“interesting” doesn’t even begin to describe this thread.
I’m bemused that it happened to Nancy French.
Her and her husband still insult trans people by refusing to use their preferred gender pronouns.
re: #354 allegro
I have pointed out to my conservative acquaintances who whine about the “welfare state” and the fact that many do not pay income tax that a simple and really obvious solution to both is to raise the minimum wage to a livable wage. The typical response is a sputter and quick change of subject.
Yep!
From today’s @JamesPindell email blast: The numbers keep rising: 410 women are now running in for US House or Senate in 2018. 73 are running for governor in their state. Unprecedented numbers for other statewide & state legislative seats, too. The wave is coming. pic.twitter.com/iZ4XF9VD77
— Al Giordano (@AlGiordano) December 8, 2017
re: #355 Scottish Dragon
Her and her husband still insult trans people by refusing to use their preferred gender pronouns.
Not surprised.
re: #349 darthstar
As someone who survived his 20s on tips, this is fuckin’ huge. I remember when they started estimating tips as taxable income under Reagan. Any time someone tipped less than 15% it actually cost the waiter money in taxes as they were taxed on that as income.
ALWAYS TIP IN CASH. (Even if the gratuity is included in the bill)
re: #355 Scottish Dragon
Her and her husband still insult trans people by refusing to use their preferred gender pronouns.
she and her husband are just all-around horrible people.
re: #360 The Vicious Babushka
ALWAYS TIP IN CASH. (Even if the gratuity is included in the bill)
Put congressmen on minimum wage, and we can make up the difference for them by tipping for good service.
re: #363 Decatur Deb
Put congressmen on minimum wage, and we can make up the difference for them by tipping for good service.
If this rule change is instituted, I will do just that.
JUST IN: FCC refuses to turn over documents in New York AG’s probe into fake net neutrality comments https://t.co/Hw57kjvyIw pic.twitter.com/znBLBIb5ri
— The Hill (@thehill) December 8, 2017
NEW: Donald Trump Jr. was offered access to hacked Democratic data during campaign. A source who received the email in question tells CBS News there were about 20 people cc’d on the email. https://t.co/wIfYc2SQTs pic.twitter.com/NjADeycV19
— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 8, 2017
re: #365 FormerDirtDart
Well, that should make for an interesting court fight.
We always tip the wheelchair pushers at the airport. However the wheelchair attendant at Schiphol (Amsterdam) refused to accept the tip, saying “Here we are paid a living wage!”
Moore’s law professor saw him not as fungus but as fruit. “Fruit salad.” https://t.co/lwFzTnDGaO
— Emily Green (@chanceofraincom) December 8, 2017
I was supposed to do a press tour on @SIRIUSXM on teusday but I’m no longer doing it because I can’t bring myself to appear on the same service that has decided to support Steve Bannon. Apologies to the shows I had to cancel. And fuck Steve Bannon.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) December 8, 2017
Neil Finn’s “Out of Silence” is on permanent rotation here in the plansbandc universe.
His music soothes my angry heart.
I blame Charles for reigniting my Finn obsession. <3
an odd and idle thought
a lot of my music library consists of mp3s converted from cassettes that were recorded from vinyl. also i used to own a turntable that connected to my pc and i recorded a lot of vinyl directly that way. and i’ve bought cds and converted them too mp3. so it’s a big mp3 library.
when i listen to music at home i use windows media player
if it’s an album, and i’m posting it here, i’ll find a youtube for the embed
why dont i just listen to the youtube?
i never even thought about it until today - probably “cause i’ve always done it that way”
Even in the deepest heart chamber of red-state Texas, it would seem possible for a Democrat to be elected to Congress on the mere claim that he had never owned and never will own such pajamas. pic.twitter.com/eijYvOEmQD
— David Simon (@AoDespair) December 8, 2017
re: #370 jeffreyw
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sausage, potatoes, onions?, greenbeans
anything else?
oh, and cornbread
re: #365 FormerDirtDart
Federalism for me, not for thee.
JFC…they’re just winging it now…
“The unemployment rate remains at a 17-year low of 4.1%. The unemployment rate in manufacturing dropped to 2.6%, the lowest ever recorded. The unemployment rate among Hispanics dropped to 4.7%, the lowest ever recorded…”@SecretaryAcosta @USDOL pic.twitter.com/vou28s0yHN
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 8, 2017
LOLOLOLOLOLOL
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! pic.twitter.com/64a93S07s7
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 8, 2017
re: #380 Backwoods_Sleuth
JFC…they’re just winging it now…
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The latkes were fried and the kosher lamb chops were prepared on Thursday, just as in past years, for the first White House Hanukkah party of the Trump era. But there was one prominent break with tradition: President Trump did not invite Democratic lawmakers.
Mr. Trump, who prizes loyalty and seldom forgets a slight, left Democratic members of Congress off his Hanukkah list this year, according to congressional aides tracking the invites. He also did not invite Reform Jewish leaders who have been critical of him or progressive Jewish activists who have differed with him publicly on policy issues.
re: #381 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Bragging about polling below 50% is just sad especially when it’s a Republican friendly pollster.
People are not poor b/c they spend their money on ‘women & booze,’ @ChuckGrassley. Working people are poor b/c we inherited an unjust distribution of wealth & ppl like you work to keep it that way.
— Rev. Dr. Barber (@RevDrBarber) December 8, 2017
Judge Roy is having a little problem setting up his Monday shindig in Our Fair City. Seems it wasn’t a totally good idea to schedule it at a venue owned by the head of the local child sex abuse advocacy center.
re: #382 HappyWarrior
Thanks Obama? You said unemployment was depression levels just last year, you dillhole.
I’m particularly amused about the unemployment in manufacturing percentage…let’s talk about actual manufacturing job numbers over the past 17 years and see how that unemployment number fits into the big picture.
re: #372 JordanRules
I understand this, but people do know there’s a progressive/liberal channel they could throw support at, right? Progress is channel 127. They need our support, could someone mention that to Seth? I bet Stephanie Miller would love to have him on her show. If we pull all support from Sirius XM then we give another outlet away to conservatives and we barely have media infrastructure as it is.
re: #378 dangerman
sausage, potatoes, onions?, greenbeans
anything else?oh, and cornbread
Onions for sure, all of the above in mild chicken broth. The sausage is Johnsonville brand andouille but it’s nothing like andouille should be. Still, and all, it’s a decent tasting sausage for the price. Too homogeneous in texture, more like a hot dog.
re: #387 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m particularly amused about the unemployment in manufacturing percentage…let’s talk about actual manufacturing job numbers over the past 17 years and see how that unemployment number fits into the big picture.
No kidding. He has no understanding of economics.
re: #335 JordanRules
CNN says this email was sent on September 4. WaPo says it was September 14, a day after the public release of the docs. Not much can be said til that discrepancy is resolved.
therefore the entire investigation is invalid and should be suspended. case closed
re: #392 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
therefore the entire investigation is invalid and should be suspended. case closed
If I were a betting man, I’d place my wager on WaPo.
CU Boulder is letting people pay off their parking fines by donating food…
re: #394 JordanRules
More clarity on today’s WikiLeaks story https://t.co/GfZREMWMjt
— David Greenwald (@davidegreenwald) December 8, 2017
CNN and CBS say date is Sept 4.
NBC and WaPo say Sept 14, and that CNN is wrong.
Anyone gonna clear this up? https://t.co/jEofOqF5Va— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) December 8, 2017
MUELLER has issued FIFTEEN search/seizure warrants related to MANAFORT case & has obtained 116,000+ pages of financial records, per new court filing. pic.twitter.com/8peHwvAnwm
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) December 8, 2017
we have a new story on Trent Franks coming out shortly.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) December 8, 2017
To sum up:
NYT: Dear potential freelancers don’t say anything online or we won’t hire you.
NYT: A member of the publisher’s family has, TOTALLY THROUGH MERIT, written an op-ed about whether Trump’s a Buddhist.— David M. Perry (@Lollardfish) December 8, 2017
Trent Franks is resigning from Congress after asking female staffers to be a surrogate for his child. Here are some stories we have covered on him in the past. @RepTrentFranks 1/
— PhoenixNewTimes (@phoenixnewtimes) December 7, 2017
BREAKING: Trent Franks has resigned EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. He says his wife was admitted to the hospital in D.C. https://t.co/tgM4ztnfgn
— PhoenixNewTimes (@phoenixnewtimes) December 8, 2017
re: #390 jeffreyw
Onions for sure, all of the above in mild chicken broth. The sausage is Johnsonville brand andouille but it’s nothing like andouille should be. Still, and all, it’s a decent tasting sausage for the price. Too homogeneous in texture, more like a hot dog.
Johnsonville does make awesome brats, though.
In 1834 Jarm Logue escaped slavery. 26 years later, his “mistress” demanded $1000 in compensation.
“I will send you your bill of sale. Direct your letter to Bigbyville, Maury County, Tennessee. You had better comply with my request.”https://t.co/aGuP7ExLnR— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) December 7, 2017
“Where are my poor bleeding brothers and sisters?” pic.twitter.com/FAgo531BwS
— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) December 7, 2017
re: #400 JordanRules
NEW: Rep. Trent Franks says he’s resigning effective today, rather than January 31, after his “wife was admitted to the hospital in Washington, D.C. due to an ongoing ailment.” https://t.co/n7TqA3E2wo pic.twitter.com/UtmMNq7aoy
— ABC News (@ABC) December 8, 2017
“@tanehisicoates has just come out with [“We Were Eight Years in Power]. Who’s the “we”? … We were in power for eight years? My God. Maybe he and some of his friends might have been in power, but not poor working people.”
— @CornelWest to @nytimes— AFRICA IS A COUNTRY (@africasacountry) December 4, 2017
come on, g. it’s literally on the first page.
like grapes of wrath ain’t a novel about carnivorous fruit…and Moby Dick ain’t a work of erotic fiction…
and Black Reconstruction ain’t a Afrocentric home repair manual… https://t.co/5Rqwb94NeE— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) December 4, 2017
Coates is awesome. He understands history and itd implications for us.
I will add that @annafifield’s piece on North Korean escapees (like her, I prefer that term to “refugees” is Pulitzer-worthy and one of the most heart-breaking stories you can read. Back to satire tomorrow.https://t.co/2CNR6MCAUl
— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) December 8, 2017
Last thread had a posting of a tweet from the Reagan Battalion showing Moore calling America evil:
https://twitter.com/ReaganBattalion
The clip was from an interview in the Guardian. The clip starts around the 6:40 mark.
It’s pretty astounding. The interviewer points out Reagan calling the USSR the focus of evil, and Moore comes back with “you could say that very well about America”. And why is Moore equating America with the Communist dictatorship? Supporting gay marriage. It’s completely gratuitous — Moore could have pointed out that Reagan wasn’t talking about present day Russia, but he couldn’t control his hatred of a gay-accommodating America.
I am completely and utterly gobsmacked. What’s up with this???
BREAKING: AP Exclusive: Former aide says GOP Rep. Trent Franks offered her $5 million to carry his child.
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 8, 2017
re: #411 mmmirele
I am completely and utterly gobsmacked. What’s up with this???
Wingbots already saying “Not illegal! Where’s the harassment?! Isn’t any!!!”
re: #411 mmmirele
I am completely and utterly gobsmacked. What’s up with this???
BREAKING: AP Exclusive: Former aide says GOP Rep. Trent Franks offered her $5 million to carry his child.
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 8, 2017
I’m not sure what the going rates are for surrogacy, but, that seems excessive
GOP Gov Rick Snyder of Michigan says the special election to replace Democratic Rep. John Conyers won’t take place for 11 MONTHShttps://t.co/c3zlt4Q7LG
— Laura Litvan (@LauraLitvan) December 8, 2017
Republicans pulling a Merrick Garland heist on the House. Obscene. https://t.co/HGUBEG6LRf
— Ben Wikler (@benwikler) December 8, 2017
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re: #411 mmmirele
I am completely and utterly gobsmacked. What’s up with this???
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And that is the real reason House of Cards wasn’t renewed.
re: #357 JordanRules
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Emerge is doing good work as well:
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(208 women as of December 2017)
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re: #416 BeachDem
They definitely have! I’ve been following them and am really impressed.
re: #413 FormerDirtDart
I’m not sure what the going rates are for surrogacy, but, that seems excessive
Have you seen the guy?
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re: #374 dangerman
Some videos can be compressed and harsh, but yeah I find myself more and more just streaming from youtube.
Heh, called it
AP Exclusive: Former aide says GOP Rep. Trent Franks offered her $5 million to carry his child.
— Jon Passantino (@passantino) December 8, 2017
MORE COMING from me & @JakeSherman: These ex-staffers got the impression Franks may have wanted to impregnate them via intercourse… https://t.co/XXgKQ6VL5l
— Rachael Bade (@rachaelmbade) December 8, 2017
re: #414 JordanRules
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WTF is this.
re: #420 FormerDirtDart
AP Exclusive: Former aide says GOP Rep. Trent Franks offered her $5 million to carry his child.
— Jon Passantino (@passantino) December 8, 2017
Again, the relevant info re this surrogacy narrative is that @RepTrentFranks espouses a view of the reproductive process that does NOT allow any form of indirect or “artificial” insemination. So we can ass-u-me intercourse would have been involved. Unless he’s a hypocrite. 🤔 https://t.co/f6pcO9DmuZ
— Only4RM (@Only4RM) December 8, 2017
re: #413 FormerDirtDart
I’m not sure what the going rates are for surrogacy, but, that seems excessive
If surrogacy request was during Obama administration then obviously that was before Trumpy MAGA…
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re: #414 JordanRules
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But Republicans would never interfere with replacing a representative that resigned. I’ve been told so.
re: #413 FormerDirtDart
I’m not sure what the going rates are for surrogacy, but, that seems excessive
I’m guessing there were, ummm, conditions.
Female aides said Franks suggested intercourse to impregnate them https://t.co/6BrZDPocoq
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) December 8, 2017
re: #420 FormerDirtDart
Heh, called it
These women misunderstood or were set up by Soros so they must be undermined.
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re: #420 FormerDirtDart
Heh, called it
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And people thought I was being weird yesterday for suggesting this sounded more like “The Handmaid’s Tale” than your standard surrogacy via IVF, donor egg, donor sperm…
McMullin puts his money where his mouth is…
New: @Evan_McMullin’s group buys $500,000 (!) of ads in Alabama to stop Roy Moore. #ALSen https://t.co/pczUQiTRh7
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) December 8, 2017
re: #374 dangerman
an odd and idle thought
a lot of my music library consists of mp3s converted from cassettes that were recorded from vinyl. also i used to own a turntable that connected to my pc and i recorded a lot of vinyl directly that way. and i’ve bought cds and converted them too mp3. so it’s a big mp3 library.
when i listen to music at home i use windows media player
if it’s an album, and i’m posting it here, i’ll find a youtube for the embedwhy dont i just listen to the youtube?
i never even thought about it until today - probably “cause i’ve always done it that way”
When I am working on my house inside, I use my Samsung tablet on the house WiFi, go to YouTube and then plug in some self powered speakers to the tablet. Music all damn day long…well until the tablet needs a recharge. And it’s all portable as long as I have somewhere to plug in the speakers.
re: #386 Decatur Deb
Judge Roy is having a little problem setting up his Monday shindig in Our Fair City. Seems it wasn’t a totally good idea to schedule it at a venue owned by the head of the local child sex abuse advocacy center.
Dammit…I asked the damn mothers!!!
That is the godly way.
WELP. Female aides said Franks suggested intercourse to impregnate them https://t.co/vGmBkLS4p0 via @politico
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) December 8, 2017
re: #413 FormerDirtDart
I’m not sure what the going rates are for surrogacy, but, that seems excessive
I’m guessing most of that would have been hush money.
re: #433 Ace-o-aces
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kinda wondering how much he would pay a sperm donor to have intercourse with his wife…
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Family friend had a farm where they grew nothing but Kentucky Wonder string beans. I was always amazed going to see the bean plants on long poles. Cooked those fresh picked beans and put a pat of butter, sprinkle Old Bay seasoning on them…DEE-LISH!!!
re: #434 HappyWarrior
Noun, the Animal House character.
I knew that silly! I was having fun with the verb/language.
re: #300 makeitstop
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