Comedians Speaking Truth About Liars: Colbert on Donald Trump Jr.’s Congressional Testimony
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The apple doesn’t fall far from the Apple computer on which illegal emails were likely sent.
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Female aides said Franks suggested intercourse to impregnate them https://t.co/6BrZDPocoq
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) December 8, 2017
re: #2 freetoken
It’s for the 9 months with child too.
HANDMAID’S FAIL
— Ariel Edwards-Levy (@aedwardslevy) December 8, 2017
Wouldn’t it be powerful if tomorrow the 33 US Senators who called on Al Franken to resign called a press conference and called for Senate hearings on allegations of sexual assault by Donald Trump.
— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) December 7, 2017
re: #2 freetoken
$5 million seems a bit high to pay for a couple of nights of sex.
Just sayin…
Depends on the effectiveness of the contraceptive.
Any solicitation for sex could be portrayed as an offer for surrogacy.
“Honest officer! I was checking her out for surrogacy!!”
re: #1 JordanRules
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The icky creep factor on Franks is way, way, way out of the stratosphere.
Also makes is very clear he considers us breeders, not much else. These were, I presume, somewhat intelligent female Congressional staff members being asked to carry a child for him.
The old fashioned way.
ICK. BLECH. Nope, nope, nope.
In case you’re wondering how Franks was able to afford to offer $5 million.https://t.co/D9mxhD75p0
— PhoenixNewTimes (@phoenixnewtimes) December 8, 2017
Is there anyone in the world who actually likes auto-playing videos on news sites? On YouTube, no problem. On news sites and other sites, annoying as hell.
re: #11 Charles Johnson
Absolutely hate it. USA Today bought the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and they do it all the time now.
re: #9 BlueGrl21
The icky creep factor on Franks is way, way, way out of the stratosphere.
Also makes is very clear he considers us breeders, not much else. These were, I presume, somewhat intelligent female Congressional staff members being asked to carry a child for him.
The old fashioned way.
ICK. BLECH. Nope, nope, nope.
That was how I saw it too. What a creep.
We’re expect insane stuff from Newt Gingrich. But even for Newt this is insane and dangerous. pic.twitter.com/94W1dEWG5t
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 8, 2017
re: #11 Charles Johnson
Is there anyone in the world who actually likes auto-playing videos on news sites? On YouTube, no problem. On news sites and other sites, annoying as hell.
Autoplay on any site not dedicated to playing videos is the DEVIL.
Trent Franks said African-Americans were better off under slavery because of abortion & was one of only 33 House Republicans to vote against renewing Voting Rights Act in 2006 https://t.co/1Xq99Ax2GY
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) December 8, 2017
re: #2 freetoken
$5 million seems a bit high to pay for a couple of nights of sex.
Just sayin…
SOB probably shoots blanks…… LET’S KEEP TRYING!!
The closer Mueller gets to Trump, the louder Republicans will scream about imaginary “corruption,” while ignoring the blatant systemic corruption of Trump and his gang.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 8, 2017
BREAKING Washington (AP)—AP Exclusive: Former aide says GOP Rep. Trent Franks offered her $5 million to carry his child.
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) December 8, 2017
MORE From @politico: Female aides said Franks suggested intercourse to impregnate them. https://t.co/yog3iVv8gx
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) December 8, 2017
I’m excited to watch the inevitable Law & Order: SVU episode about Trent Franks. https://t.co/UyJdh8PeMt
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) December 8, 2017
re: #16 dangerman
“if hillary had not lost….”
she did
next
They wish she had won. Defending the indefensible is harder.
re: #22 JordanRules
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“Indecent Proposal” starring Trent Franks. Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 0% favorability rating.
re: #22 JordanRules
I really hope his wife is OK. I doubt she was consulted about this.
re: #11 Charles Johnson
Is there anyone in the world who actually likes auto-playing videos on news sites? On YouTube, no problem. On news sites and other sites, annoying as hell.
ESPN started doing it. Gah. It basically says “Our site’s annoying. Don’t come to it.”
“Discussions of surrogacy” now enters the Euphemism Hall of Fame right next to “hiking the Appalachian Trail”.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) December 8, 2017
Don’t forget the wide stance. https://t.co/CqQdOWbSTw
— Niels Lesniewski (@nielslesniewski) December 8, 2017
re: #26 A Mom Anon
I really hope his wife is OK. I doubt she was consulted about this.
I doubt too especially if she’s sick. Franks is yet another goo hypocrite busted.
“A former staffer also alleged that Franks tried to persuade a female aide that they were in love by having her read an article that described how a person knows they’re in love with someone, the sources said.” https://t.co/DFqFvP3pF3
— Matt Berman (@Mr_Berman) December 8, 2017
re: #26 A Mom Anon
They have a history with fertility issues and surrogacy so it’s a really curious situation.
Wow! The latest Trent Franks bombshell makes me wonder just how bad this GOP freak show is going to get before it finally ends. This is what comes from allowing the political system to fall into the hands of people whose stated beliefs are little better than rank superstition by any rational standard. The local witch doctor is scamming us? Whoduthunkit?
US policy:
• Jerusalem is part of Israel
• Is being part of Israel is the same as being *in* Israel? We are neutral on this and cannot say.
• East Jerusalem is part of Jerusalem, but not part of Israel, even though Jerusalem is part of Israel
Got it?— Max Fisher (@Max_Fisher) December 8, 2017
re: #11 Charles Johnson
Is there anyone in the world who actually likes auto-playing videos on news sites? On YouTube, no problem. On news sites and other sites, annoying as hell.
Hate hate hate hate it. At work, I can’t use the neato-keen feature of Chrome to click on the offending tab and shut off the noise. Instead I either have to turn off my computer’s sound, close the window suddenly to shut off the sound or just not go to news websites.
re: #32 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
Wow! The latest Trent Franks bombshell makes me wonder just how bad this GOP freak show is going to get before it finally ends. This is what comes from allowing the political system to fall into the hands of people whose stated beliefs are little better than rank superstition by any rational standard. The local witch doctor is scamming us? Whoduthunkit?
I’ve been suspecting it’s only a matter of time before a GOP legislator or candidate gets caught with a basement full of dead kids — and still get reelected.
re: #35 scottslemmons
I’ve been suspecting it’s only a matter of time before a GOP legislator or candidate gets caught with a basement full of dead kids — and still get reelected.
I can see Trump now saying so and so is tough on crime.
re: #22 JordanRules
This year has been a fucking godsend for SVU writers. Every script is like:
Act 1: Benson’s kid in danger
Act 2-4: Reprint WaPa front page with names changed
Act 5: Rollins is a hot mess— aceoaces (@aceoaces) December 8, 2017
With all the high-profile grabbers, pinchers, and molesters on the grill, I’m glad to see that lower ranking perverts aren’t being overlooked in the great roundup of 2017:
It’s actually worse than the headline:
Venne was charged with four counts of secret surveillance, two counts of possession of child pornography, and two counts of posing/exhibiting a child in a nude/lascivious pose.
re: #35 scottslemmons
I’ve been suspecting it’s only a matter of time before a GOP legislator or candidate gets caught with a basement full of dead kids — and still get reelected.
“So, can you PROVE he did something illegal?”
///
re: #11 Charles Johnson
Gannett publishing (owns USAT, North Jersey, etc.) sucks royally for autoplaying everything they push. It makes it impossible to want to visit. It’s like they’ve gone out of their way to make as unpleasing an experience visiting to get news as possible.
They have hit upon the perfect strategy to get people to ignore the news they produce and kill the value of their websites by autorunning those videos.
re: #40 Sir John Barron
“So, can you PROVE he did something illegal?”
///
NYT:? Bill Clinton once saw a dead body.
re: #35 scottslemmons
I’ve been suspecting it’s only a matter of time before a GOP legislator or candidate gets caught with a basement full of dead kids — and still get reelected.
You libtards got no proof! All your witnesses are dead!
re: #11 Charles Johnson
Hate that shit. I’m stuck here is the boonies at the ass end of a long ADSL loop and I don’t have the bandwidth to wait 2 minutes watching the loading wheel spin for 30 seconds of video. They are often as not failing to provide a transcript that I could read and be done in 10.
Who are you?
— Lisa York (@lisayorkSFL) December 8, 2017
I’m Batman. https://t.co/upXpqpstyb
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 8, 2017
Looks like Sean Hannity is about to be implicated in the #TrumpRussia probe. #FireHannity
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) December 8, 2017
Here’s more info on it belowYou can read the suit here: https://t.co/r7AgwtooNZhttps://t.co/tIh1cXB9OU
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) December 8, 2017
re: #45 Charles Johnson
Who, who. Who, who.
— Billy Batts (@BillyBatts1970) December 8, 2017
re: #18 bill d. (b.d.)
SOB probably shoots blanks…… LET’S KEEP TRYING!!
ive been thinking this for two days
did not want to be the one to say it out loud
it just gets creepier….
re: #46 Ace-o-aces
Looks like Sean Hannity is about to be implicated in the #TrumpRussia probe.
I fucking knew. I hope that putz loses his goddamn shirt.
re: #50 makeitstop
I fucking knew. I hope that putz loses his goddamn shirt.
eeeeewwwww, no. please.
re: #46 Ace-o-aces
The story’s from last August.
re: #40 Sir John Barron
“So, can you PROVE he did something illegal?”
///
Those kids were no angels.
With the temps in Houston today risen to a balmy 43 degrees after a day of rain and night of snow (!) I decided to warm up the innards with a dinner of macaroni and cheese with bacon and chilis and home-made minestrone. Add toasted English muffins and dessert of pumpkin pie tarts. Soup is simmering now and my house smells sooo yummy.
re: #24 HappyWarrior
They wish she had won. Defending the indefensible is harder.
oh sure
all things being equal we know that most of what they’d be hammering her for would not be true or would be the most twisted spin possible.
trump et al are being hammered for what they do. i.e. their actual actions.
lgf:
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
jerusalem
and now wells fargo
let alone gaffe after gaffe after…
etc etc etc
re: #46 Ace-o-aces
Hannity is about the stupidest person they could have colluded with in this shit fest. I’m surprised Putin hasn’t started doing mercy killings on Trump’s behalf. And Hannity’s stupid enough to publicly state shit on his show that will be used against him…and others.
re: #29 HappyWarrior
I doubt too especially if she’s sick. Franks is yet another goo hypocrite busted.
honey, cover me….
re: #55 allegro
Woke up this morning (Conroe) and my backyard was all white.
re: #35 scottslemmons
I’ve been suspecting it’s only a matter of time before a GOP legislator or candidate gets caught with a basement full of dead kids — and still get reelected.
DesJarlais…
re: #41 lawhawk
Gannett publishing (owns USAT, North Jersey, etc.) sucks royally for autoplaying everything they push. It makes it impossible to want to visit. It’s like they’ve gone out of their way to make as unpleasing an experience visiting to get news as possible.
They have hit upon the perfect strategy to get people to ignore the news they produce and kill the value of their websites by autorunning those videos.
Don’t forget about the part where they deliberately drive away loyal print readers by spiking subscription rates through the roof while making deadlines earlier and the print products ever thinner and more useless.
They have a very sophisticated multi-platform suckage strategy.
re: #33 FormerDirtDart
US policy:
• Jerusalem is part of Israel
• Is being part of Israel is the same as being *in* Israel? We are neutral on this and cannot say.
• East Jerusalem is part of Jerusalem, but not part of Israel, even though Jerusalem is part of Israel
Got it?
c.f. the current admin re: Puerto Rico
re: #35 scottslemmons
I’ve been suspecting it’s only a matter of time before a GOP legislator or candidate gets caught with a basement full of dead kids — and still get reelected.
look it all happened over 40 years ago….
BTW, I said if Franken resigned he should run for his seat again - because he will have paid the price already so coming back SHOULDN’T be a problem ( but he’s a Democrat, so it will). On Tweety’s show, one of his guests pointed out that 2/3 of elected officials who resign(in disgrace or otherwise) and then return have won their seats back.
re: #1 JordanRules
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posted at the end of the last thread…
wondering how much he would be willing to pay a sperm donor to have intercourse with his wife if the reproductive problem was at his end, so to speak…
re: #47 Ace Rothstein
Who are you?
Billy Batts
@BillyBatts1970
Who, who. Who, who.
in that case it’s “who the fuck are you?”
from down near the last chorus
(ok im done)
re: #43 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
You libtards got no proof! All your witnesses are dead!
They’ve been dead 40 years!
So, in addition to not inviting April Ryan because she’s black, the Trump White House has also not invited any LGBT reporters.
re: #68 Backwoods_Sleuth
posted at the end of the last thread…
wondering how much he would be willing to pay a sperm donor to have intercourse with his wife if the reproductive problem was at his end, so to speak…
Depends.
Does he get to watch?
//ish
Observations on the Trent Frank horrorshow:
1. VOMITING FOREVER.
2. Note the pre-emptive resignation came paired with critical omission of detail. Expect this in future.
3. This is a prime fucking example of how a culture of sexual “purity” and fetishization of reproduction as the value of women perfectly dovetails with predatory behavior. “Male” authority figures get to discount the autonomy of women—“consent” emanates from the nearest male authority figure, but what if you have “authority” because you have social and spiritual capital… (a dick is also a major part of this calculation). Not a coincidence. Entirely in sync with the way sex abuse plays out in churches, reparative therapy camps, et cetera et cetera et cetera.
4. That the proposition was framed in terms of reproduction doe not mean that (a) it isn’t a sexualized abuse of power, (b) that he wasn’t getting off on it. “Acquire permanent bond to woman by impregnating her” is standard, if horrifying, intersection of erotism and power. Foucaultian power/sex dystopia is definitely a fucking thing now.
5. Double down bet: his wife had zero fucking clue about this “surrogacy” offer.
6. STILL VOMITIING.
re: #11 Charles Johnson
Is there anyone in the world who actually likes auto-playing videos on news sites? On YouTube, no problem. On news sites and other sites, annoying as hell.
Not a big fan of all the flyouts from top sides and bottom either. Some sites are just insane.
Just because you have all these tricks doesn’t mean you have to use all of them.
Keep it simple and fast. People are smart enough now to navigate on their own. And when they get to click on something they see, they are already more interested.
They don’t need to be assaulted.
Jesus Chuck Todd is insufferable. I had middle school students when I was a teacher who read aloud better than he does. @MeetThePress
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) December 8, 2017
That’s absurd. Get a grip, and stop feeling persecuted over imaginary nonsense.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 8, 2017
Tired of people invoking Muslims in the same-sex wedding cake case. Muslims regularly sell you alcohol, drive you home when you’re drunk, and open their hotels to unmarried couples without imposing their beliefs on you.
— Shahed Amanullah (@shahed) December 6, 2017
re: #14 Charles Johnson
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Can we start a go-fund-me to buy some plane tickets to Russia? I think Newt needs to get out of this highly corrupt country and see how others do things.
Fucking asshole. Pay me, I’ll say anything.
re: #16 dangerman
“if hillary had not lost….”
she did
next
You are just not good with Republican fantasy are you?
: )
re: #76 ObserverArt
Not a big fan of all the flyouts from top sides and bottom either. Some sites are just insane.
Just because you have all these tricks doesn’t mean you have to use all of them.
Keep it simple and fast. People are smart enough now to navigate on their own. And when they get to click on something they see, they are already more interested.
They don’t need to be assaulted.
autoplay and everything you mentioned above are not for, ahem, us.
they are spoon feeding for the, ahem, less sophisticated, to further microtarget and focus what they see. it’s forced junk mail / spam cloaked in respectability due to the “source” page behind it
Hey everybody, here’s a SCOOP on what the NRA is doing in the Alabama Senate race.https://t.co/wRVvBb781l
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) December 8, 2017
re: #83 FormerDirtDart
Is Dana Mah Gunz doing another hysterical video?
Damn. I should have gone into building closets for Republicans. Obviously it’s a very lucrative business what with all the demand, the numbers and sizes needed. Can’t possibly be enough Republican closets.
His staffers knew there was something weird going on when they all got name tags that read, “OfTrent”
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) December 8, 2017
“He didn’t take any initiative on his own without campaign approval” and was “everything but a coffee boy,” George Papadopoulos’ fiancee says in a rebuttal of claims from President Trump’s team https://t.co/Cm4xXFrPF5 pic.twitter.com/EVtSe3XLXa
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) December 8, 2017
Ricks got his troll on….
New rule: every time a “news” organization produces fake news name the controlling oligarchs (or CEOs)
NBC = Brian L. Roberts
CBS = Redstones
CNN = J Zucker+J Bewkes (CEOs)
New Yorker/Reddit/Wired = Newhouses
Daily Beast = Diller
FOX/WSJ = Murdochs
NYT = Sulzbergers
WaPo = Bezos— Julian Assange 🔹 (@JulianAssange) December 8, 2017
How about every time you tweet you acknowledge Putin’s hand is so far up your ass he could give you a tonsil massage, rapey? https://t.co/8EtUZJXpZW
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 8, 2017
re: #55 allegro
With the temps in Houston today risen to a balmy 43 degrees after a day of rain and night of snow (!) I decided to warm up the innards with a dinner of macaroni and cheese with bacon and chilis and home-made minestrone. Add toasted English muffins and dessert of pumpkin pie tarts. Soup is simmering now and my house smells sooo yummy.
I hear you: with temps in the Scenic Berkshires (tm) forecast to dip to what (I believe) professional meteorologists call “freeze-ass cold snowstorm” all day tomorrow, I spent today shopping for enough food (i.e. plenty) to make sure I didn’t have to go out: but could rather spend all of tomorrow idling around, cooking a “real” dinner, and watching Netflix (connections depending). A nice prospect, except for the possible lack of heating oil: oh well, FIrst World Problems…..
My blood runs cold through my veins. Behold the purest evil. pic.twitter.com/0sOy6HmpjV
— Black Metal Cats (@evilbmcats) December 8, 2017
re: #81 ObserverArt
You are just not good with Republican fantasy are you?
: )
in case it’s not obvious in how i write, i’m a cut to the chase, black and white kind of guy.
so, no. ;-)
re: #75 The Ghost of a Flea
Observations on the Trent Frank horrorshow:
1. VOMITING FOREVER.
2. Note the pre-emptive resignation came paired with critical omission of detail. Expect this in future.
3. This is a prime fucking example of how a culture of sexual “purty” and fetishization of reproduction as the value of women perfectly dovetails with predatory behavior. “Male” authority figures get to discount the autonomy of women—“consent” emanates from the nearest male authority figure, but what if you have “authority” because you have social and spiritual capital… (a dick is also a major part of this calculation). Not a coincidence. Entirely in sync with the way sex abuse plays out in churches, reparative therapy camps, et cetera et cetera et cetera.
4. That the proposition was framed in terms of reproduction doe not mean that (a) it isn’t a sexualized abuse of power, (b) that he wasn’t getting off on it. “Acquire permanent bond to woman by impregnating her” is standard, if horrifying, intersection of erotism and power. Foucaultian power/sex dystopia is definitely a fucking thing now.
5. Double down bet: his wife had zero fucking clue about this “surrogacy” offer.
6. STILL VOMITIING.
Even though this is extremely revolting to any civilized person, it is manifestly inadequate to provoke an instant resignation of a GOP House Representative. There’s more to this story and it is much worse.
re: #45 Charles Johnson
Who are you?
— Lisa York (@lisayorkSFL) December 8, 2017
Charles Johnson? Isn’t he that trollish ‘alt right’ bottom feeder and noted floor poop aficionado?
(ducks and runs away)
re: #91 Backwoods_Sleuth
That is my new favorite on Facebook.
re: #48 dangerman
ive been thinking this for two days
did not want to be the one to say it out loudit just gets creepier….
And it is not over by a long stretch.
I have a feeling there’s going to be one huge Spring Cleaning in DC this upcoming year. It will start right after New Years when Congress reconvenes and it will last all through November 2018.
Everyone bring buckets and rags.
re: #96 ObserverArt
And it is not over by a long stretch.
I have a feeling there’s going to be one huge Spring Cleaning in DC this upcoming year. It will start right after New Years when Congress reconvenes and it will last all through November 2018.
Everyone bring buckets and rags.
steam cleaning pressure washers.
re: #96 ObserverArt
And it is not over by a long stretch.
I have a feeling there’s going to be one huge Spring Cleaning in DC this upcoming year. It will start right after New Years when Congress reconvenes and it will last all through November 2018.
Everyone bring buckets and rags.
And long rubber gloves and hip boots.
re: #74 ipsos
Depends.
Does he get to watch?
//ish
I held off on saying that. But I had a feeling it would come up so to say.
Lt. Gov. Tina Smith isn’t a done deal to replace Al Franken yet.
Gov. Mark Dayton said Friday morning that he will name a new U.S. senator “in a couple days” but declined to talk about who it might be.
“I won’t have any comments on it until I have an announcement to make, it will be in a couple days and that’s where I’m going to leave it for now,” Dayton told reporters Friday morning after he spoke at a Final Four-related event in Minneapolis.
Democratic sources have told the Star Tribune that Dayton’s most likely choice for the Senate seat is Lt. Gov. Tina Smith, a longtime DFL insider and trusted ally to Dayton. The idea is that Smith would hold the seat only until the end of 2018, and not run in next November’s special election to fill it. That would leave an open field that could draw names from both the Minnesota DFL and GOP.
But Dayton was unwilling to talk in depth about his thought process.
“I want someone who will be a great United States senator for Minnesota and there are a number of people who fit that bill,” Dayton said.If Dayton were to pick Smith, then a Republican state senator would become the new lieutenant governor. Sen. Michelle Fischbach of Paynesville, a 20-year veteran of the Legislature, currently holds the position of Senate president, which is first in the line of succession if the lieutenant governor quits.
Michelle Fischbach. Barf.
re: #88 FormerDirtDart
Oh… if the fiance says so. Surely no conflict of interest there. 🙄
— JessEls46 (@jessels46) December 8, 2017
This annoys the hell out of me. NO. there is no conflict because they are on the same side. She is his fiance. Her interests are his interests. What part of the word ‘CONFLICT’ do you not fucking understand?
re: #97 Backwoods_Sleuth
steam cleaning pressure washers.
Yeah…probably gonna need some industrial cleaning supplies. DC’s a mess.
re: #100 stpaulbear
Lt. Gov. Tina Smith isn’t a done deal to replace Al Franken yet.
Michelle Fischbach. Barf.
To those who basically said it’d be a cakewalk to fill Franken’s seat after frogmarching him out of the Senate, just because MN has a Dem governor, this is but one reason why a bunch of us disagreed.
Think about it: Franken leaves, Dayton appoints Smith as his replacement, something happens to Dayton (IIRC, he’s already had some health scares in office) and he has to step down. Now, MN’s governorship has flipped from Democratic to Republican without a vote on the matter.
So Hope Hicks was in the Hot Seat
Hope Hicks met with Mueller’s team Thursday AND Friday. https://t.co/JxmfcFhxfF
— Annie Karni (@anniekarni) December 8, 2017
RICK GATES in 9/2016 emailed MANAFORT arguments to push-back on scrutiny of their work for Russia-aligned Ukrainians. MUELLER just released them in court. They include:
>”Never took cash payments”
>Ukrainian gov’t is “in bed with Clinton”
>”Never worked in Russia or for Russians” pic.twitter.com/hvZR4mvuD1— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) December 8, 2017
That’s not a ton of evidence…it’s a fuckin’ megaton.
JUST IN: Fed prosecutors say that by Monday they expect to have shared with attorneys for Manafort and Gates the following items, per court filing:
• 400,000 e-mails, financial/corporate records
• 2,000 “hot” documents
• 36 electronic devices collected
• 15 search warrants— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 8, 2017
I really don’t know what’s going on with this brouhaha over Russian offer of emails and decryption key to Jr. that has now turned into a nothingburger (apparently), but if Trump rants about it tonight it was coordinated and CNN took the bait.
MANAFORT’s Ukrainian ally said Manafort had “absolutely nothing to do with” an op-ed in @KyivPost defending Manafort.
MANAFORT’s tracked changes version of the op-ed, filed just now in court by MUELLER, proves otherwise. pic.twitter.com/EiuaCfOEX7— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) December 8, 2017
re: #96 ObserverArt
And it is not over by a long stretch.
I have a feeling there’s going to be one huge Spring Cleaning in DC this upcoming year. It will start right after New Years when Congress reconvenes and it will last all through November 2018.
Everyone bring buckets and rags.
I wish you are right, OA: but I have a sinking feeling that the prospect of the “cleaning” that is (as I wholeheartedly agree) necessary in DC is going to be dealt with in the usual Republican manner, i.e.:
1. What dirt/smell?
2. Why do you keep bringing up this “Fake News” BS about dirt/smell?
3. The “Liberal Media” keeps bringing up these marginal dirt/smell issues - why do they hate America?
4. OK: even if the dirt issue is malodorous, it’s still fake, because Democrat X smells worse
5. Why won’t the “Liberal Media” call for the execution of Democrat X for [his/her] dirt/smell issues??
6. All this just goes to PROVE point 1( “what dirt/smell??”)
7. And the corollary to this all this is that Democrats/”Libruls” are Awful Enemies Of America - QED…..
Next question?
Yooooo @Acosta is NOT with the shits lmfaoooooo pic.twitter.com/YpAAFF23WM
— D.K. Uzoukwu (@DKuzLA) December 8, 2017
re: #103 TedStriker
To those who basically said it’d be a cakewalk to fill Franken’s seat after frogmarching him out of the Senate, just because MN has a Dem governor, this is but one reason why a bunch of us disagreed.
Think about it: Franken leaves, Dayton appoints Smith as his replacement, something happens to Dayton (IIRC, he’s already had some health scares in office) and he has to step down. Now, MN’s governorship has flipped from Democratic to Republican.
Yep. Exactly. Dayton shouldn’t do anything to put us at risk putting Fischbach in charge with both the house and senate in republican hands.
Bite me, mediocre white nationalist trash. pic.twitter.com/pX8YV7xi0G
— Popehat Needs A Babymamma (@Popehat) December 8, 2017
I wasn’t gonna run because I’m too busy fuckin’ armadillos to chase after young women, but then I saw that thing about slavery being a great time in our country from Roy Moore and thought, Why the hell not?
Former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio ‘strongly considering’ Senate run: https://t.co/kO2cpvT4DQ pic.twitter.com/h25fPxjXkp
— World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) December 8, 2017
re: #115 darthstar
I wasn’t gonna run because I’m too busy fuckin’ armadillos to chase after young women, but then I saw that thing about slavery being a great time in our country from Roy Moore and thought, Why the hell not?
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He’d be 93 when his term was over, should he win, which he will not, even if he does run.
re: #115 darthstar
I wasn’t gonna run because I’m too busy fuckin’ armadillos to chase after young women, but then I saw that thing about slavery being a great time in our country from Roy Moore and thought, Why the hell not?
I guarantee Moore was indeed the catalyst for Arpaio even considering a Senate run at this point. If a fellow lawless “law-and-order” type is still in the running for a Senate seat, even after all of what’s come out against him, then Arpaio must figure he’s still got a better-than-average shot himself.
More fuel for the pandemic fire:
re: #115 darthstar
Who’s a Good Boy???? Oh, wait a minute…….. pic.twitter.com/SW4FXgixOl
— Argyle Von Bargle 🐘🐘🐘🐘 (@DaveoutofAustin) December 8, 2017
re: #108 Barefoot Grin
I really don’t know what’s going on with this brouhaha over Russian offer of emails and decryption key to Jr. that has now turned into a nothingburger (apparently), but if Trump rants about it tonight it was coordinated and CNN took the bait.
I guess it was just sloppy reporting. We don’t need this.
The host of NPR’s “On Point” (produced at WBUR in Boston) is the latest to be suspended…
re: #10 JordanRules
As the saying goes: “(Business) Incest is best when you keep it in the family”….
— TheMajor (@TheMajorsViews) December 8, 2017
re: #28 FormerDirtDart
Too bad I didn’t see a plaque next to the bathroom at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport where the “wide stance” took place….
— TheMajor (@TheMajorsViews) December 8, 2017
re: #35 scottslemmons
I’ve been suspecting it’s only a matter of time before a GOP legislator or candidate gets caught with a basement full of dead kids — and still get reelected.
Ah, yes the infamous Edwin Edwards quote - when down in Louisiana, they actually had bumper stickers that said: “Vote for The Crook - It’s important” as he was facing off against “Dr.” David Duke….
Movie pitch: a remake of Stephen King’s “Creepshow,” set in Congress. The horror never stops.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 8, 2017
re: #109 Stanley Sea
MANAFORT’s Ukrainian ally said Manafort had “absolutely nothing to do with” an op-ed in @KyivPost defending Manafort.
MANAFORT’s tracked changes version of the op-ed, filed just now in court by MUELLER, proves otherwise.
Seriously, do these people not understand how the whole digital realm works?
re: #46 Ace-o-aces
Couldn’t have happened to a nicer useful idiot than @seanhannity and the propaganda arm of the @GOP, @FoxNews… pic.twitter.com/wXK8WxVIBF
— TheMajor (@TheMajorsViews) December 8, 2017
WaPo opinion piece:
Who are you?
— Lisa York (@lisayorkSFL) December 8, 2017
Does she work for the Vorlons?
re: #120 Barefoot Grin
I guess it was just sloppy reporting. We don’t need this.
According to CNN, Raju had multiple sources who confirmed the date. I’m thinking ratfuck, and as always, when that happens I say you burn the sources to the ground.
re: #132 gocart mozart
I really wanna know!
SOURCES: @CNN and @washingtonpost working on exposing 20-30 congressional members 4 sexual harassment. #DC
— Michael Trujillo (@mikehtrujillo) December 7, 2017
Hearing the total may top 40. https://t.co/SIRQ9B4YLE
— Neil King (@NKingofDC) December 7, 2017
Last one to leave please turn out the lights.
re: #135 Blind Frog Belly White
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Last one to leave please turn out the lights.
I would believe many more than that are guilty.
I concur with Norm
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
What an embarrassment https://t.co/tuigSrVYf5
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) December 8, 2017
Something weird here, to see Lindsey go all in for Trump and autocracy. Do they have something on him? https://t.co/GuY3Gq3Xl4
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) December 8, 2017
Ugh and another one.
From @mattzap: Prominent appeals court Judge Alex Kozinski accused of sexual misconduct https://t.co/oXcbhi8qMS
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) December 8, 2017
POST: “[S]ix women — all former clerks or externs in the 9th Circuit — who alleged to The Washington Post in recent weeks that Kozinski, now 67 and still serving as a judge on the court, subjected them to a range of inappropriate sexual conduct or comments.” https://t.co/Kp6K7aC3U8
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) December 8, 2017
re: #132 gocart mozart
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Fun Game: Guess Keith Moon’s B.A.C.
I think he ran a steady .20.
re: #89 Dave In Austin
You’re trapped like the rat you are because of your own hubris. And the “Cannot Forgive, Cannot Forget” speech on the embassy balcony earlier in the year? Give it a rest, already…. pic.twitter.com/zgHo4zh9Y3
— TheMajor (@TheMajorsViews) December 8, 2017
re: #140 The Major
That may be true for him (Karma), but not for everyone. Sorry. That hit me wrong.
re: #133 Blind Frog Belly White
According to CNN, Raju had multiple sources who confirmed the date. I’m thinking ratfuck, and as always, when that happens I say you burn the sources to the ground.
As with the Bob Ross thing.
re: #140 The Major
You’re trapped like the rat you are because of your own hubris. And the “Cannot Forgive, Cannot Forget” speech on the embassy balcony earlier in the year? Give it a rest, already….
he’s not trapped
he asked for asylum
he can leave any time
he chooses not to because he doesnt want to face his situation
no one has an inherent right to not be accused of something
Evening Lizards:
Masterpiece Cakeshop Case Declared Mistrial After Clarence Thomas Tampers With Evidence https://t.co/eL9Ghd3sjB pic.twitter.com/aUZIUk6CrK
— The Onion (@TheOnion) December 5, 2017
re: #143 Barefoot Grin
As with the Bob Ross thing.
Oh, you mean BRIAN Ross!
Bob Ross is the ‘happy little trees’ guy.
Shhhh….. Lindsey. Your flailing and it’s really not becoming of you.
The Pres is eventually going down and you know it. Do the right thing and help this along. You’re better than this type of deflection Lindsey. Do the next right thing.— Argyle Von Bargle 🐘🐘🐘🐘 (@DaveoutofAustin) December 8, 2017
Here comes the Trump purge…I was hoping this wouldn’t happen, but the 9th circuit is going to be one of his primary targets.
The 9th Circuit > > https://t.co/upNzlKBpTH
— Arthur Schwartz (@ArthurSchwartz) December 8, 2017
re: #146 Blind Frog Belly White
Oh, you mean BRIAN Ross!
Bob Ross is the ‘happy little trees’ guy.
Oh, damn. Thanks.
re: #142 gocart mozart
Wanna see a snuff film? A cold blooded murder by AZ finest jack booted fascist scum.
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the proximate cause of the man’s death was the police asking him to move after he was kneeling in place with his hands up
hallway or not they could have covered him and cuffed him in place
what are juries doing?
re: #137 gocart mozart
I concur with Norm
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re: #147 Dave In Austin
I will be challenging Rs and Ds on Senate Judiciary Committee to support a Special Counsel to investigate ALL THINGS 2016 — not just Trump and Russia.
lindsey, where’s the conflict?
why a special counsel?
re: #151 dangerman
What’s the fun in that. The proximzate cause of death was the willfull intential killing of someone with malice of forthought. The cop went in there hoping for a chance to wack someone. This is 1st degree murder.
re: #150 bill d. (b.d.)
He is not better than that at all.
Just appealing to his southern sensibilities and not being an asshole about it. Noo doubt the jackass can be large with this one. At least he’s not another Gohmert.
re: #152 Hecuba’s daughter
Live boy or dead girl. Hmmmm — tough one ///
Homosexual/heteronecrophiliac three-way.
If I get one more request from a Doug Jones surrogate today, I am going to scream…. Can’t they at least wait a day before sending new pleas? I contributed again this morning and have gotten 6 additional requests since.
re: #151 dangerman
the proximate cause of the man’s death was the police asking him to move after he was kneeling in place with his hands up
hallway or not they could have covered him and cuffed him in place
what are juries doing?
Jurors throughout the country appear to be members of Black Lives Don’t Matter. This isn’t new with Trump, but he certainly gave voice to every bigot out there.
re: #159 Hecuba’s daughter
Jurors throughout the country appear to be members of Black Lives Don’t Matter. This isn’t new with Trump, but he certainly gave voice to every bigot out there.
Wasn’t the victim in this case white?
This is your periodic reminder that you can’t believe Scott Dworkin. (I don’t know why I bother, because people insist on falling for every fake story he pushes out there.)
re: #142 gocart mozart
Wanna see a snuff film? A cold blooded murder by AZ finest jack booted fascist scum.
Watched that earlier today. Then watched about 40 minutes of whimsical pet videos to calm down.
Evening Lizardim from the - wait, no, the wild north country is cold, and snowy… and 8000 miles from my current location. It is, in fact, early morning here in the middle of the Indian continent, and pleasantly cool. How have things been in my absence?
re: #160 Weaselone
Wasn’t the victim in this case white?
You are right. My bad. I cannot watch the video at work and made a mistaken assumption. So this shows that the police are willing and able to kill anyone regardless of race.
re: #144 dangerman
he’s not trapped
he asked for asylum
he can leave any time
he chooses not to because he doesnt want to face his situationno one has an inherent right to not be accused of something
From Wiki:
Although free to leave the Embassy, it is likely that he would then be arrested for the criminal offence of breaching his bail conditions.[10] The Metropolitan Police have indicated that an arrest warrant is still in force for Assange’s failure to surrender himself to his bail.[11]
re: #164 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
This punk is the shooter, Philip Brailsford.
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I can’t watch but read all about it.
Is the murderer the same one who was giving all the impossible commands? Cross your left ankle over your right?
I think they are 2 different cops & the one giving the orders should be fired/also charged.
Sold her soul
Before Ronna Romney McDaniel took over as Republican National Committee chairwoman earlier this year, President Trump had a request: Would she be willing to stop using her middle name publicly?
Trump followed up by saying in a lighthearted way that McDaniel, the niece of Mitt Romney, could do what she wanted, according to two people familiar with the comments. But the change was soon plain for all to see. Though she had used her maiden name for years in Michigan, where her grandfather had been governor, McDaniel dropped “Romney” from most official party communications and has rarely used it since.
Trump’s White House essentially planned entire trip to Utah to keep Hatch in the race — and Romney out. And he asked RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel if she’d kindly keep Romney out of her name. https://t.co/jCJNjVyMSR
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) December 8, 2017
Fox News updates story after inaccurately reporting Moore accuser forged yearbook entry https://t.co/Y6JJseYMC1 pic.twitter.com/isiAKl0FHM
— The Hill (@thehill) December 8, 2017
Incorrectly reporting my foot. They lied to make their pedophile and Predator look better. Incorrectly reporting lol. Yea, okay. 😂😂😂 https://t.co/Mg42jmxRv1
— Ricky Davila 🇵🇷 (@TheRickyDavila) December 8, 2017
re: #166 The Major
From Wiki:
Although free to leave the Embassy, it is likely that he would then be arrested for the criminal offence of breaching his bail conditions.[10] The Metropolitan Police have indicated that an arrest warrant is still in force for Assange’s failure to surrender himself to his bail.[11]
i realize we’re playing semantics to an extent
he wont leave because he doesnt want to face the consequences of his own actions
not because he’s “trapped”
re: #164 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
Bet he is a closet Nazi. This won’t be his last murder.
Please Retweet:
.@maddow has a special tonight on “The Dossier” at 9 PM Eastern. Don’t miss it. It will likely “piss” you off. #maddow #TheResistance #VetsResistSquadron #VeteransResist #DossierGate #UniteBlue pic.twitter.com/zFjJZDOTaC— USAF #VeteransResist (@Goss30Goss) December 8, 2017
re: #167 Stanley Sea
I can’t watch but read all about it.
Is the murderer the same one who was giving all the impossible commands? Cross your left ankle over your right?
I think they are 2 different cops & the one giving the orders should be fired/also charged.
Another officer, an older man, is visible in part of the video. He was probably the one giving the commands. The voice sounds older and he calls Shaver “young man” but the shooter, Brailsford, was actually younger than the victim.
MUST WATCH: Guys, if you do one thing tonight aside from keeping warm, watch this hilarious stand off between Trump protestors and his supporters. Unreal. #Trump pic.twitter.com/sxF07Doc5a
— Christopher Harress (@Charress) December 8, 2017
Steve King, did you know Ajay Bhatt tracked down 70 human rights violators living illegally in the U.S. and coordinated their removal to face justice for crimes including murder, torture and ethnic cleansing.
Can your tweet track down torturers?https://t.co/PwTfRfpygb— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) December 8, 2017
Big march protesting Trump’s Jerusalem announcement making its way towards Trump Tower pic.twitter.com/9tjhMkwAaf
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) December 8, 2017
re: #161 Charles Johnson
This is your periodic reminder that you can’t believe Scott Dworkin. (I don’t know why I bother, because people insist on falling for every fake story he pushes out there.)
Thought he was dead. Or was that Plissken?
FYI members of the media at Trump rally: Mike Pence’s nephew, John Pence, is supposedly working with the venue to adjust wifi bandwith so that regular media is throttled and a right-wing pro-Trump YouTube page is prioritized. If your internet is slowing down, this is why.
— Angelo Carusone (@GoAngelo) December 8, 2017
You might say: “But Angelo, how can you possibly know this?”
And that’s because Trump’s incompetent team was talking about it while their stream was still live streaming. Truly the dumbest people. https://t.co/HNgPufWpkt— Angelo Carusone (@GoAngelo) December 8, 2017
A digital billboard on the side of a truck, across the street from Trump’s rally tonight in Pensacola, FL pic.twitter.com/6BaDOAf90o
— Henry J. Gomez (@HenryJGomez) December 8, 2017
re: #169 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Fox News issues correction after inaccurately reporting Moore accuser forged yearbook signature https://t.co/WmD44ukpJh pic.twitter.com/ZwTzcrB41N
— The Hill (@thehill) December 8, 2017
After deliberately reporting false information, knowing that their viewers won’t believe the correction. https://t.co/H7mVSBm9VT
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) December 9, 2017
House Speaker Paul Ryan told Franks to resign after hearing “credible claims of misconduct” that Franks “did not deny.” https://t.co/OoUrIYnaiV via @alexis_levinson
— Sarah Mimms (@SarahMMimms) December 8, 2017
GOP is basically the Republic of Gilead. #HandmaidsTale https://t.co/Mf1JHjY0P6
— Jose Gutierrez (@fbjag) December 8, 2017
I HAVE WINE!
Been a long week and longer day. ThIs fact makes me happier than it should. :)
re: #100 stpaulbear
Lt. Gov. Tina Smith isn’t a done deal to replace Al Franken yet.
Michelle Fischbach. Barf.
The idea is that Smith would hold the seat only until the end of 2018, and not run in next November’s special election to fill it.
This seems really stupid to me. Why wouldn’t he appoint someone who will run and get the benefits of incumbency, however brief? Maybe Democrats really are playing to lose. :-(
re: #181 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Ayep, and their aspire to expand their fiefdom to all of the US, just as soon as they can find the right trigger to do so.
re: #182 allegro
I HAVE WINE!
Been a long week and longer day. ThIs fact makes me happier than it should. :)
I went to Specs and loaded up.
SCOOP: Charles Koch spent over $50 million on ideological, free-market higher ed programs last year, crushing his previous record. https://t.co/XWFoIcmqfC
— Alex Kotch (@alexkotch) December 8, 2017
re: #100 stpaulbear
Lt. Gov. Tina Smith isn’t a done deal to replace Al Franken yet.
Michelle Fischbach. Barf.
So even the fig leaf of “We’ll get a female replacement” turns out to be a lie. I honestly cannot fathom a worse scenario than the one playing out, where a woman gets Franken’s seat not because of an election but because she fell into it, and only on a promise that she’ll vacate it for (likely) another man come next November. Whatever value she had as a symbol of the party “taking sexual harassment seriously” just went up in smoke.
Fox? They’ll probably be PROMOTED.
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) December 9, 2017
“Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.” - Edmund Burke (1730-1797)
— James Comey (@Comey) December 9, 2017
As Trump prepares to hold a rally of his supporters, Comey tweets that “applause is the …end and aim of weak minds.” https://t.co/TKoTL1rmlk
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) December 9, 2017
Whenever Nikki Haley talks, her lips never move. She’s like a ventriloquist.
re: #103 TedStriker
To those who basically said it’d be a cakewalk to fill Franken’s seat after frogmarching him out of the Senate, just because MN has a Dem governor, this is but one reason why a bunch of us disagreed.
Think about it: Franken leaves, Dayton appoints Smith as his replacement, something happens to Dayton (IIRC, he’s already had some health scares in office) and he has to step down. Now, MN’s governorship has flipped from Democratic to Republican without a vote on the matter.
Appointing Smith, who says she won’t run again, it just about the stupidest move the governor could make. Why are Democrats so dumb?
re: #116 wrenchwench
He’d be 93 when his term was over, should he win, which he will not, even if he does run.
Same age as Diane Feinstein.
The Brutal Police Execution of Daniel Shaver
Sadly I’ve studied 100s of videos of American police executing non-violent, unarmed people. This is one of the worst I’ve ever witnessed.
This happened in January of 2016, but the judge just released the video.
A grave injustice. pic.twitter.com/O3UjLb3mZJ— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) December 8, 2017
The culture of impunity for police killings coupled with heavily militarized law enforcement and permissive use-of-force policies lead to such senseless execution-style killing. If Daniel Shaver was shot in a war zone, his killing would probably amount to a war crime. https://t.co/s0Z995CC76
— Jamil Dakwar (@jdakwar) December 8, 2017
re: #185 Ace Rothstein
I went to Specs and loaded up.
Still on my list & I don’t have snow.
I’m still getting emails from work.
I try to close at 3 on Fridays for dog’s sake.
re: #187 Targetpractice
So even the fig leaf of “We’ll get a female replacement” turns out to be a lie. I honestly cannot fathom a worse scenario than the one playing out, where a woman gets Franken’s seat not because of an election but because she fell into it, and only on a promise that she’ll vacate it for (likely) another man come next November. Whatever value she had as a symbol of the party “taking sexual harassment seriously” just went up in smoke.
Here’s a companion story that went along with that earlier one I posted.
Tension between Minnesota, D.C. on how to fill Franken’s seat, sources say
On Wednesday night, high-ranking Minnesota Democratic sources said the governor was likely to appoint Lt. Gov. Tina Smith, someone who would not run for the seat permanently. That would give both parties equal time to mount campaigns for the historic election next November in which both Senate seats would be on the line.
A Washington political analyst who tracks the Senate said Franken’s decision to resign in a few weeks — rather than immediately — “really raised a lot of eyebrows around here today.”
Jennifer Duffy, senior editor at the Washington-based Cook Political Report, which provides nonpartisan political analysis, said Franken’s timing is generous to his staff, who are all likely to be out of work when he resigns, but also gives Dayton more time to settle on a replacement and hear from those with opinions on how to fill it.
She said top Senate Democratics like Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., would much rather have a replacement who can immediately begin campaigning and raising money. Ultimately, Dayton will decide which way to go.
Former Fox News anchor Juliet Huddy said Trump tried to kiss her in an elevator around the time he married First Lady Melania, Page Six reports. https://t.co/aQ1JNqGRiL
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 9, 2017
So. I know some of you here still play Pokémon Go whether you want to admit it or not. ;)
Today is a big day. Local weather effects and the start of the Gen 3 roll-out. Don’t like this post because then you’ll be outing yourself.
So instead of having a popular incumbent running for the MN seat in 2020 in what could very well be a big year for the DNC, we instead will have a free-for-all brawl next year for that seat in a competitive state during a midterm where poor turnout is the norm rather than the exception.
Brilliant strategy, Napoleon.///////
Oh hell no.
Speaker at Trump rally: the soon coming King is coming back to Jerusalem because President Trump declared Jerusalem to be capital of Israel
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) December 9, 2017
re: #195 stpaulbear
She said top Senate Democratics like Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., would much rather have a replacement who can immediately begin campaigning and raising money. Ultimately, Dayton will decide which way to go.
yeah, because that’s how we expect our elected representatives to spend the majority of their time once in office…
*spit*
re: #194 Stanley Sea
Still on my list & I don’t have snow.
I’m still getting emails from work.
I try to close at 3 on Fridays for dog’s sake.
You got fire. Hey! We’re living Game of Thrones!
re: #200 Backwoods_Sleuth
yeah, because that’s how we expect our elected representatives to spend the majority of their time once in office…
*spit*
Yeah, kinda hard to build that record we were assured would help the incumbent win next year if they have to spend the year on the campaign trail instead.
re: #178 JordanRules
What Ajit Pai’s FCC has in store for all of us, once he rams the repeal of net neutrality rules through the commisions, public opinion be damned.
re: #198 Targetpractice
So instead of having a popular incumbent running for the MN seat in 2020 in what could very well be a big year for the DNC, we instead will have a free-for-all brawl next year for that seat in a competitive state during a midterm where poor turnout is the norm rather than the exception.
Brilliant strategy, Napoleon.///////
but there will be all of those independent women flocking to the Democratic party…
re: #193 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
Trump’s America.
re: #193 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
Y’all libtards are hard to please. Ya complain our cops are shooting too many unarmed Black kids, and when we shoot a White one ya still piss and moan.
Source has told me Trump plans to go “off script” tonight.
I rarely watch these rallies, but will tonight.
Link will be live at @RSBNetworkhttps://t.co/R8DgP1vOco— Mike Cernovich 🇺🇸 (@Cernovich) December 8, 2017
This disgusting freak actually does talk to people in the Trump administration so this is probably true.
re: #190 Ace Rothstein
Whenever Nikki Haley talks, her lips never move. She’s like a ventriloquist.
Her lips don’t move and not a coherent thought goes through her empty head.
re: #208 Charles Johnson
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This disgusting freak actually does talk to people in the Trump administration so this is probably true.
My bet? Miller.
squeek-ooo squeek-a WA! squeek-ooo pbbbbbb whoo whoo
— Korben the Budgie (@korbenisabird) December 9, 2017
Another batch of reasons to hate Taylor Swift, publicly financed stadiums, and the current state of the music and concert industry in general:
Minnesota fans’ mad love for Taylor Swift is turning into bad blood in some cases now that early tickets to her Sept. 1 U.S. Bank Stadium concert are on sale and causing widespread sticker shock.
Many die-hards and/or giving parents who got in on the singer’s Verified Fan pre-sale program — ostensibly a means to fight ticket scalpers — faced the dilemma of paying $795 or $447 for VIP packages with tickets in prime locations, or else $87-$153 plus fees for seats in the upper bowels of the 65,000-capacity stadium.
Just getting the first crack at buying Swift’s tickets cost a lot of time and energy. The singer’s Ticketmaster-generated Verified Fan program required several weeks of jumping through different hoops to get “boosted” to the front of the virtual line. Fans could earn boosts for buying her album in different formats, watching her videos, posting Swift-related selfies and handing over their mobile number to marketers.
After all that, the verified Swift fans were given a specific one-hour window to log on to buy tickets starting this week. And that’s when they first got a load of the complexities and prices.
“I guess my teenage girls are going to be disappointed,” said Lance Schwartz of Mankato, who was given a buying window Thursday night. Schwartz said he was unwilling to play the “silly games” and was left with the option of buying the $447-plus VIP package or paying $150 for “obstructed view seats.” He opted not to buy anything.
A fan who did play along and said she spent “hours upon hours” trying to get boosted in the Verified Fan program, Alyssa Pelish joined the chorus of complaints on Twitter about the results. “Wasn’t the idea of this so that ticket scalpers couldn’t do this to fans that have been there since the beginning?” Pelish tweeted as @AlyssaRelish, noting that the $795 “pit ticket” near the stage was half her monthly salary.
“And unless you’re shelling out $800, everywhere else in the stadium sounds awful,” tweeted Stefanie Deal (@StefDeal), referring to the new $1 billion Minneapolis football stadium’s reputation for bad acoustics.
re: #212 stpaulbear
Another batch of reasons to hate Taylor Swift, publicly financed stadiums, and the current state of the music and concert industry in general:
Makes me glad that I go to cheaper venues that charge less. I recently got Dropkick Murphys tickets for D.C.’s new venue for only 35 bucks each.
Ron Paul joins @ASavageNation: Trump’s Jerusalem Decision Is Not “America First” https://t.co/p3u4wwvlZk pic.twitter.com/4BkklahBlu
— Ron Paul (@RonPaul) December 9, 2017
re: #212 stpaulbear
Another batch of reasons to hate Taylor Swift, publicly financed stadiums, and the current state of the music and concert industry in general:
That stadium should be occupied by none but crickets and roaches when she comes on stage. This is unconscionable.
re: #214 FormerDirtDart
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re: #214 FormerDirtDart
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Ron Paul….I remember him….guess all those Ron Paul guys are either wearing MAGA hats or BernieBros.
By the way, not that I like the decision but this is what gets Ron Paul talking about Trump? Where the hell was “Uncle Liberty” during the travel bans?
re: #218 bill d. (b.d.)
Ron Paul….I remember him….guess all those Ron Paul guys are either wearing MAGA hats or BernieBros.
They definitely attracted the same kind of fanatic following.
God damn it. Anybody remember Sherman Adams? I do, even though I was just a kid. It was that big a deal. Adams was Eisenhower’s chief of staff. Some business guy who could profit from a word in Ike’s ear gave Adams a coat. A vicuna coat. Ike fired him.
No, I’m not saying how great the good old days were, because plenty was seriously shitty back then. All I’m saying was that there was once a time in America when, if you got caught doing something shady and it could be proved, you were gone.
It was a long time ago no matter what. But since Nov. 2016 it seems flat-out prehistoric.
Steve Martin’s worst performance
re: #199 JordanRules
Oh hell no.
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Speaker at Trump rally: the soon coming King is coming back to Jerusalem because President Trump declared Jerusalem to be capital of Israel
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) December 9, 2017
I saw a tweet, maybe here, that said the rapture did happen and the only ones who got called up were David Bowie, Prince and Tom Petty.
sigh….
re: #223 bill d. (b.d.)
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I saw a tweet, maybe here, that said the rapture did happen and the only ones who got called up were David Bowie, Prince and Tom Petty.
sigh….
JFC these people are nutso.
re: #219 HappyWarrior
By the way, not that I like the decision but this is what gets Ron Paul talking about Trump? Where the hell was “Uncle Liberty” during the travel bans?
Brown People.
re: #222 gocart mozart
One of the greatest albums ever made, turned into one of the worst movies ever made.
Moments Ago: @POTUS Donald Trump arrives in Pensacola, Florida ahead of his rally. #TheStory pic.twitter.com/RbOpIyL9BN
— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 9, 2017
Just arrived at the Pensacola Bay Center. Join me LIVE on @FoxNews in 10 minutes! #MAGA https://t.co/RQFqOkcpNV
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 9, 2017
This should be interesting. And by “interesting” I mean “damaging.” https://t.co/29nUnOL7xr
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) December 9, 2017
Biff just said GDP during Obama was “dingo.”
We’re making up words now.— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) December 9, 2017
So the theme of Trump’s rally tonight is Christmas and pedophiles, I guess. pic.twitter.com/L3Wohz1qK7
— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) December 9, 2017
re: #208 Charles Johnson
He is evil. He makes my skin crawl.
CNN is showing a live feed of the yam, sound off.
Anderson Cooper is having his regular show on a split screen.
burn
Trump arrives before speech, will still manage to be late for it.
re: #229 jaunte
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Not going to watch Hair Furor but I am eagerly awaiting dementia updates, these rallies get worse and worse.
He is reimbursing the Govt. for the cost of taking him to these political rallies….right?
lol, no seriously!
// I know better, I don’t expect for him to pay for his future jail cell either.
re: #235 Targetpractice
Trump arrives before speech, will still manage to be late for it.
You think that’s an accident? That’s a total dominance move.
[trump] IN ALABAMA WE’LL BE SAYING “MERRY CHRISTMAS LITTLE GIRL WOULD YOU HELP ME LOOK FOR MY LOST PUPPY” AGAIN [/trump]
Trump: Any Hispanics here?
Room goes silent.— Ethan Klapper (@ethanklapper) December 9, 2017
re: #235 Targetpractice
In before “There are thousands waiting outside who can’t get in.”
💣BOOM💣
THREAD: the FBI warned Hope Hicks earlier this year about repeated attempts by #Russian🇷🇺operatives to make contact with her during the presidential transition‼️1/https://t.co/bp9ffY8e8y— Dr. Dena Grayson (@DrDenaGrayson) December 8, 2017
How loyal are you Hope?
Sorry, if this was posted earlier, just getting online. How in the world do you justify something like this?
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
Also, Trump just said hello to the “Blacks for Trump” guy who was once charged with two murders.
This make America great rally in Fla. happening right now, is a Klan rally without the hoods. #Truth
— The Fucking Cat (@TheFuckingCat) December 9, 2017
re: #244 Ace Rothstein
WTF?
Trump: Any Hispanics here?
Room goes silent.— Ethan Klapper (@ethanklapper) December 9, 2017
Trump chose Pensacola for a reason. It’s basically Alabama. https://t.co/hRhLftjWHD
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) December 9, 2017
re: #245 HappyWarrior
It’s his idea of “minority outreach.”
We was going to tell them he liked Coco.
re: #244 Ace Rothstein
WTF?
I would say that he couldn’t have said that but……..ya know…….the new normal and all.
re: #246 Backwoods_Sleuth
Trump chose Pensacola for a reason. It’s basically Alabama.
it’s alabama with plausible deniability re: moore
Trump now alleging that wages are going up for the first time in 20 years.
This is what is known among economists as a “absurd lie as told by a moron”.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) December 9, 2017
“Forty years ago in Alabama, there’s a lot of mamas and daddies that’d be thrilled that their 14-year-old was getting hit on by a district attorney.”
Watch @FrankLuntz’s full panel of Alabama voters on VICE News Tonight, 7:30PM EST on @HBO pic.twitter.com/IVrHnRcX0v— VICE News (@vicenews) December 8, 2017
oh god oh god oh god https://t.co/vHwvXd07L1
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) December 8, 2017
re: #241 JordanRules
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How loyal are you Hope?
soooooooooooooooooo loyal.
I pray enough to be locked up.
re: #250 Backwoods_Sleuth
Wages are not going up. Technically, barely, but any increase is being eaten alive by rising health care costs.
re: #251 Backwoods_Sleuth
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You gotta love wingnut voters like these. They claim that gay men pray on children and here they are condoning this kind of crap. I’m sorry but I’m really starting to get disgusted with a large part of our country and it erally makes em sick that I have to share a country with them. And that’s total bullshit anyhow.
re: #37 HappyWarrior
I can see Trump now saying so and so is tough on crime.
Bill Hicks on the death of Jesse Helms:
“Anyone, you know when Jesse Helms finally dies, he’s going to commit suicide first of all, out back behind a pecan tree. He’s going to slash his wrists and write in blood, “I’ve been a bad boy.” But you know they’re going to find the skins of young children drying in his attic. Swarms of horseflies going in and out of the eaves, and on CNN over and over his wife going, “I always wondered about Jesse’s collection of little shoes.” Anyone that far to the right is fuckin hiding a deep dark secret.”
My retired former colleague seems proud of playing devil’s advocate here. But this is no game. I think he should be deeply ashamed of helping legitimate the closest thing we have to the Devil Incarnate with so absurd and dangerous an argument https://t.co/dZYuu4HTw9
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) December 7, 2017
re: #255 austin_blue
Bill Hicks on the death of Jesse Helms:
“Anyone, you know when Jesse Helms finally dies, he’s going to commit suicide first of all, out back behind a pecan tree. He’s going to slash his wrists and write in blood, “I’ve been a bad boy.” But you know they’re going to find the skins of young children drying in his attic. Swarms of horseflies going in and out of the eaves, and on CNN over and over his wife going, “I always wondered about Jesse’s collection of little shoes.” Anyone that far to the right is fuckin hiding a deep dark secret.”
HEh such a shame that Bill left us so young and Jesse well lived a long time. I do wish Jesse had lived just long enough to see Obama elected though because it would have been his entire career in politics ruined to see a black man attain the highest office in the land.
re: #256 gocart mozart
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It’s because his theory is bullshit. Dershowitz is far from a stupid man but he’s become a huge apologist for the worst of right wing excesses which is even worse.
I won’t leak parts of my book w/ @JoshuaMatz8 before it’s ready, but I challenge @AlanDersh to debate me in May 2018 on the Q:
Can a president commit crimes or impeachable offenses by using his Art. 2 powers to obstruct justice by covering up his unlawful acts w/foreign powers? https://t.co/yWw04T9vAQ— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) December 8, 2017
Here is the proposed debate topic: Can a president’s exercise of his article 2 powers to pardon and fire be criminalized by proof of corrupt intent? I say no. Tribe says yes. Will he debate? Or will he just continue to tweet?
— Alan Dershowitz (@AlanDersh) December 8, 2017
I’ll gladly debate anyone on this impeachment-related issue, @AlanDersh, when my book on this topic comes out in 5/18, but I’ll keep my comments to tweet-length till then per my agreement with my publisher, Basic Books. I don’t crave earlier attention. Do you accept my challenge? https://t.co/JtQmzpTWQr
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) December 8, 2017
I don’t know how anyone can stand listening to this incoherent rambling racist egomaniacal president any more. I really don’t. What kind of damaged human being thinks this disgusting freak is speaking for them?
I can’t. I just can’t.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 9, 2017
@TheDemocrats got cocky forging @BarackObama birth certificate.
Thought they could slip phony #AllredYearbookFraud by on @MooreSenate.
Sad!!#ALSEN #alpolitics— Corey Stewart (@CoreyStewartVA) December 9, 2017
Neither of those were forged, you human hangnail. https://t.co/HoASsLiWbo
— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) December 9, 2017
re: #259 gocart mozart
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Hoenstly I’m sick of these stupid debates and town halls that CNN has. I get that they’re trying to bring stuff closer to the people but it’s usually just dumbing down a lot of shit and just publicity for the parties involved.
re: #251 Backwoods_Sleuth
“But if it was a Democrat doin’ it, dag nab it, we’d run his liberal ass outta town!”
re: #148 darthstar
Here comes the Trump purge…I was hoping this wouldn’t happen, but the 9th circuit is going to be one of his primary targets.
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Kozinski is a problem with a capital P. His former clerk, Heidi Bond (who writes romance novels under the pen name of Courtney Milan), had more to say on her website. I’d strongly advise people to read what she has to say, to understand what kind of an impact his behavior had on her mental and physical well-being.
This is hard, because Kozinski is an eloquent defender of the First Amendment, but when I read what Bond had to say, I wanted to weep tears of rage for her sake. I am trying to understand why men (and I’m sure women but for sure some men) do these things. It’s not necessary.
re: #261 jaunte
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This nutjob could well be the Virginia nominee for Senator next fall. He only barely lost to Gillespie this spring. Me? I hope they run him and I hope Kaine ends his misery once and for all and he finally realizes his Neo-Confederate bullshit has no place in Virginia.
It wasn’t that long ago that most of the mainstream media outlets were telling us Birtherism was debunked, dead and gone, so long.
Now the King Birther is in charge of the United States nuclear arsenal.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 9, 2017
Woah. Roy Moore on George Soros: “No matter how much money he’s got, he’s still going to the same place that people who don’t recognize God and morality and accept his salvation are going. And that’s not a good place.” cc: @RJC @AriFleischer
— Jonathan Weisman (@jonathanweisman) December 5, 2017
Roy Moore, not a fan of Jews, apparently —> https://t.co/ZmWTXQn47U
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) December 5, 2017
Roy Moore: the racist, homophobic, sexist, theocratic, antisemitic, constitutionally illiterate child molester — Will the Senate’s GOP caucus really accept him as a member? Will Alabama’s voters opt to be represented by this jerk? https://t.co/ck3Jeb8NEE
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) December 7, 2017
re: #267 gocart mozart
In response to Mr. Tribe, yes and yes.
Is anyone else watching The Crown on Netflix?
I’m reading that season 2 ep 1&2 have dropped, but all I see is season 1.
I’m so handicapped, cannot figure out.
Democrat Rep. Ted Lieu: “The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. It’s pretty clear now that Trump Jr. lies just about as much as his father” https://t.co/UImB8Nl5Y4
— CNN Tonight (@CNNTonight) December 8, 2017
Trump is doing a “greatest hits” show tonight.
Afghanistan is safer than Chicago!
He has a new phrase “chain migration.” He’ll now go out in the yard and play with it.
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) December 9, 2017
re: #267 gocart mozart
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re: #271 bratwurst
Trump is doing a “greatest hits” show tonight.
Afghanistan is safer than Chicago!
JFC. I get sick of Chicago bashing and I’ve only stepped foot in the city on a layover. I’m so sick of the bashing of it by assholes who have never been there and just want to use it to attack minorities.
Some of us were trying to sound the warning for years, because we saw this day coming.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 9, 2017
Nine women came forward with sexual misconduct accusations against Roy Moore. These Alabama voters think they were paid to lie. @FrankLuntz spoke to them on VICE News Tonight.
(via @HBO) pic.twitter.com/dPcb1Ux652— VICE News (@vicenews) December 9, 2017
Alabama, making Florida look sane. #resist https://t.co/2FHIdTRMAQ
— HGTomato 🍅 (@HGTomato) December 9, 2017
re: #276 Charles Johnson
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I thought it was bad but I didn’t know we’d go and elect King Birther.
re: #269 Stanley Sea
I’m not, but I have friends that started S2 so it was there.
re: #277 Backwoods_Sleuth
This video has me feeling sorry for Frank Luntz. I never thought I’d live to say that.
This whole Trent Franks things is fucking gross. I bet he has a dungeon for his butler to impregnate kidnapped women so he can sell the babies to lesbian couples after the surrogate dies in childbirth. What, you’ve never seen the film “Pink Flamingos?”
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) December 9, 2017
re: #274 HappyWarrior
They accept Steve King right now too.
re: #283 JordanRules
They accept Steve King right now too.
That’s technically the House but yes. Steve King who has Nuremberg Laws ideas of citizenship and these motherfuckers have the nerve to call us Nazis.
re: #277 Backwoods_Sleuth
Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, you have to watch what happens starting at 4:36.
re: #279 HappyWarrior
I thought it was bad but I didn’t know we’d go and elect King Birther.
I don’t think I ever really appreciated Marlowe’s “Doctor Faustus” until just recently:
Faustus: Where are you damned?
Mephistopheles: In hell.
Faustus: How comes it then that thou art out of hell?
Mephistopheles: Why this is hell, nor am I out of it.
re: #286 JordanRules
True, true.
It just makes me sick that there are people like this in elected office. His constituents must be lovely.
re: #287 whitebeach
I don’t think I ever really appreciated Marlowe’s “Doctor Faustus” until just recently:
Faustus: Where are you damned?
Mephistopheles: In hell.
Faustus: How comes it then that thou art out of hell?
Mephistopheles: Why this is hell, nor am I out of it.
Never read any Marlowe but I like that.
re: #281 Ace Rothstein
This video has me feeling sorry for Frank Luntz. I never thought I’d live to say that.
That video proves the success of Luntz’s tactics…..let that guy suffer with the rest of it….he is an gold digging enabler who is partly to blame.
re: #285 Ace Rothstein
Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, you have to watch what happens starting at 4:36.
I wonder how Luntz feels about selling a party brand to a bunch of people who thikn he’s he’s hellbound for being Jewish.
re: #290 bill d. (b.d.)
That video proves the success of Luntz’s tactics…..let that guy suffer with the rest of it….he is an gold digging enabler who is partly to blame.
It’s why I don’t feel bad for Romney. Romney courted Trump’s support when he ran in 2012 and I still remember his smug grin the day Benghazi happened.
Jeb’s another. Different reasons given the way he dragged Terry Schiavo’s husband Michael through the mud and got that poor guy death threats.
GAH!!!
Jesus H. Christ Trump is loathsome. On wind power: “What happens when the wind stops blowing and we need energy?”
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) December 9, 2017
re: #294 teleskiguy
GAH!!!
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With you around Donnie, we’ll always have enough wind because you’re a windbag.
re: #275 HappyWarrior
JFC. I get sick of Chicago bashing and I’ve only stepped foot in the city on a layover. I’m so sick of the bashing of it by assholes who have never been there and just want to use it to attack minorities.
I’ve been there, because I used to live nearby for years. It’s not the happiest place on earth, but it’s not like it’s a war-torn post-apocalyptic murder playground. I mean, hell, one time I was there was with about 50 stupid white teenagers on a high school Spanish class field trip, and none of us managed to get shot, so it can’t be as bad as Afghanistan where that happens on a daily basis.
re: #285 Ace Rothstein
Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, you have to watch what happens starting at 4:36.
these are not informed, educated people
this is brainwashing
re: #294 teleskiguy
It’s the argument the GOP spews, ignoring that there are these things called batteries that smooth power flow - allowing generation of power when the wind blows - using the excess to power batteries - and then use the batteries when wind is low. Same with solar.
re: #285 Ace Rothstein
Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, you have to watch what happens starting at 4:36.
SOROS ASSASSINS!!!11!!!!
re: #294 teleskiguy
How can there be flashlights without a cord to plug them in to the wall?
re: #294 teleskiguy
GAH!!!
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Why do I get the feeling that this man would be lost if he ever had to drive a car himself? “Isn’t it just supposed to come on? It always does when I climb in the back…”
re: #296 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I’ve been there, because I used to live nearby for years. It’s not the happiest place on earth, but it’s not like it’s a war-torn post-apocalyptic murder playground. I mean, hell, one time I was there was with about 50 stupid white teenagers on a high school Spanish class field trip, and none of us managed to get shot, so it can’t be as bad as Afghanistan where that happens on a daily basis.
I do go to D.C. a bit, another place that ignorant wingnuts think is a hellhole. It’s just so frustrating seeing an American city used this way. And if Trump and these wingnuts think Chicago is so awful, why aren’t they supporting efforts for urban renewal? Why do wingnuts loathe community organizers like the the n young Barack Obama? You don’t have to answer that. We both know the answer.
A lot of Alabama has been taken over by a political cult.
re: #298 lawhawk
It’s the argument the GOP spews, ignoring that there are these things called batteries that smooth power flow - allowing generation of power when the wind blows - using the excess to power batteries - and then use the batteries when wind is low. Same with solar.
plus, other forms of power generation will not totally disappear
Honestly, I still can’t believe this screeching nincompoop is the president.
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) December 9, 2017
re: #287 whitebeach
I don’t think I ever really appreciated Marlowe’s “Doctor Faustus” until just recently:
Faustus: Where are you damned?
Mephistopheles: In hell.
Faustus: How comes it then that thou art out of hell?
Mephistopheles: Why this is hell, nor am I out of it.
Marlowe is the great unknown of English theater. It is unfortunate that he spent more time spying than scribing…
“Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscribed In one self place, for where we are is hell, And where hell is there must we ever be. ” or “While money doesn’t buy love, it puts you in a great bargaining position.” or “O, thou art fairer than the evening air clad in the beauty of a thousand stars.”
Live feed from Trump’s Pensacola rally… pic.twitter.com/ctpdcCb8lg
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) December 9, 2017
“I can’t believe that Arnold Schwarzenegger bombed so badly on ‘The Apprentice.’ My poor beautiful show.” - President Trump.
— Ken Thomas (@KThomasDC) December 9, 2017
Mike Flynn Was Always a Fraud
Mike Flynn was never the savvy intelligence intellectual he pretended to be, which explains why his directorship at DIA was such a disaster. While a competent tactical intelligence guy, Flynn had no idea how the big game was played inside the Beltway, so he dropped the ball when he was let on the field. This also explains how Flynn seemed to have no idea that his calls to the Russian embassy might be intercepted by the FBI, an astonishing ignorance for a career intelligence officer. Then again, there’s a lot that Mike Flynn ought to have known but somehow didn’t.
re: #298 lawhawk
They did not teach that in Sunday school so therefore it does not exist. Those so-called people make me so angry. I am using solar powered batteries and it works very well. I even bring my battery to the polling place on Election Day so that everyone can keep their phones and tablets going.
So, if you’re keeping score at home, America is imperiled by Latino Muslim mid-westerners whose relatives kinda want to live here too.
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) December 9, 2017
He’s a goddamned idiot, with a horde of goddamned idiot followers who have no critical thinking skills. Our president.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 9, 2017
He is working too hard to form words. Something is wrong with this man.
They better get this guy a full medical. This is not a well man.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) December 9, 2017
Trump tells the crowd at his rally in Florida to vote for Roy Moore. Funnily enough, his last rally was in Alabama in September, when he was stumping for Moore’s former opponent, Luther Strange.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) December 9, 2017
re: #315 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Like his followers, Trump is a full party-over-country guy: He will support anything Republican and will oppose anything Democrat, regardless of whether it actually makes sense to do so.
re: #285 Ace Rothstein
Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, you have to watch what happens starting at 4:36.
Well fuck that was depressing. I can’t even express my horror at what I’m feeling right now.
re: #310 gocart mozart
Everyone in Trump’s orbit has no clue what they’re doing. Even the career military guys are circling the drain with their actions/inactions and general incompetence at the role they’re in.
Flynn was fired for cause, and with good reason. Obama warned Trump. Trump ignored the warning anyways, because anything Obama says is inherently bad in Trumpworld.
So of course Obama is right - and was right all along about Flynn. Trump still backs the self-admitted felon.
re: #313 Charles Johnson
The pettiness is the appeal.
What he does is how they wish they could deal with other people. DeSadean enjoyment of power.
re: #310 gocart mozart
Mike Flynn Was Always a Fraud
He was a total dick at DIA. I have that from a very reliable source.
re: #316 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Like his followers, Trump is a full party-over-country guy: He will support anything Republican and will oppose anything Democrat, regardless of whether it actually makes sense to do so.
Which is why the idea that Trump “isn’t really a Republican” is a bs.
re: #316 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
He’s primarily a Trump over Country guy.
Secondarily we get, Anything over Obama as a motivation.
Florida rally cheers when Republican predicts Trump’s Jerusalem embassy decision may usher in Armageddon https://t.co/0eI1nBvJPx
— Raw Story (@RawStory) December 9, 2017
I used to read a lot of books on North Korea. In an attempt, I think, to understand how North Koreans could possibly believe the things they believe, how they could so enthusiastically revere leaders who, by every objective measure, are pathetic and laughable and cruel.
— Susan Simpson (@TheViewFromLL2) December 9, 2017
I’m really wondering how the GOTV operation is set up for Doug.
I hope so much that we don’t know, but will be gleeful when we find it was like VA.
Is he still talking? CNN still has him silent/split screen.
Trump has entirely abandoned his speech. He is quite literally replaying the 2016 election.
He’s spinning like Beetlejuice in a manic word salad of random stats about how big the crowd was in Michigan one night in 2016 and how much Hillary spent.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) December 9, 2017
re: #323 Kragar
Florida rally cheers when Republican predicts Trump’s Jerusalem embassy decision may usher in Armageddon https://t.co/0eI1nBvJPx
— Raw Story (@RawStory) December 9, 2017
I wish these people would hurry up and just rapture on out of here.
re: #328 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
It’s not so much they want to be in heaven, but they want to see their enemies in hell.
And while the asshole in chief runs his vulgar mouth, the house committee on natural resources is going after a private company.
.@Patagonia doesn’t want #MonumentsForAll, they just want your money #BearsEars pic.twitter.com/2nuvfS0imZ
— Natural Resources (@NatResources) December 8, 2017
The official Twitter account of a Congressional committee is being used to attack a private company https://t.co/2THnYHqJm2
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) December 9, 2017
We are so fucked.
re: #328 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
I wish these people would hurry up and just rapture themselves on out of here and leave the rest of us alone.
re: #330 BeachDem
Stop lying about Patagonia’s actions when GOP and Trump made it clear that GOP wants companies to exploit the land by mining it while Patagonia wants to protect it for future generations.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) December 9, 2017
re: #213 HappyWarrior
Makes me glad that I go to cheaper venues that charge less. I recently got Dropkick Murphys tickets for D.C.’s new venue for only 35 bucks each.
We saw Greta Van Fleet in NYC for $25 each the other night. By the time the tickets got to StubHub (and people started noticing that the band was the real deal), they were going for over ten times that amount.
The GOP does not give a flying motherfuck about deals they make. They will walk back saving their own parents’ lives if it makes their lobbyists keep giving them money. FUCK the @GOP, and fuck any @TheDemocrats that make deals with them. Vote. Them. All. Out. pic.twitter.com/V68w4xuM3y
— Athena ‘🎄🍪👑’ Hollow [10 days til Nazis go] (@athenahollow) December 9, 2017
Republicans are fucking monsters, and they have been since they allowed Donald Trump to be their party lead. Fuck every single Republican politician AND their supporters. Fucking white supremacist nazi pieces of shit.
— Athena ‘🎄🍪👑’ Hollow [10 days til Nazis go] (@athenahollow) December 9, 2017
— TinyFingeredFuhrer (@TinyFingerTrump) December 9, 2017
re: #215 gocart mozart
Oh this movie is in my RAZZIE® Holy of Holies box along with other gems like The Apple, The Lonely Lady, Battlefield Earth, The Lonely Lady, Freddy Got Fingered, I Know Who Killed Me, Can’t Stop The Music, Rhinestone and Shaghai Surprise!
re: #306 William Lewis
Marlowe is the great unknown of English theater. It is unfortunate that he spent more time spying than scribing…
“Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscribed In one self place, for where we are is hell, And where hell is there must we ever be. ” or “While money doesn’t buy love, it puts you in a great bargaining position.” or “O, thou art fairer than the evening air clad in the beauty of a thousand stars.”
I seriously question the provenance of the “bargaining position” quotation. It appears in many places on the web, but I’ve yet to see a specific work cited, the language is too modern for the Elizabethan era, and the measure bears no resemblance to Marlowe’s characteristic ringing iambic pentameter.
This sort of sums up the general feeling on sexual harassment allegations at the Pensacola Bay Center tonight pic.twitter.com/AvjM0OfrZv
— grace wyler (@grace_lightning) December 9, 2017
Fucking scum. https://t.co/0omAfzZDy7
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) December 9, 2017
re: #329 jaunte
It’s not so much they want to be in heaven, but they want to see their enemies in hell.
They would hate being stuck in a heaven that didn’t allow them to see people suffering in hell. It’s all about judgement, not redemption.
re: #333 makeitstop
Hey. How’d your MS casino gig go?
re: #332 lawhawk
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— Ben Goldey (@BenGoldey) December 8, 2017
His whole timeline is obnoxious bullshit.
re: #316 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Like his followers, Trump is a full party-over-country guy: He will support anything Republican and will oppose anything Democrat, regardless of whether it actually makes sense to do so.
Actually I don’t think so. Trump has no loyalty to any party except himself. He aligns himself with the Republicans for two reasons only: Their priorities are such as will benefit him and his grotesque family, and Obama was a Democrat.
re: #342 whitebeach
Actually I don’t think so. Trump has no loyalty to any party except himself. He aligns himself with the Republicans for two reasons only: Their priorities are such as will benefit him and his grotesque family, and Obama was a Democrat.
Three reasons. They’re morons.
re: #343 allegro
Three reasons. They’re morons.
Not far enough. They’re bible thumping, propagandized rube morons.
@realDonaldTrump killing it with speech in FLORIDA. #brilliant. #maga
— Jeanine Pirro (@JudgeJeanine) December 9, 2017
Assuming you mean rational thought. https://t.co/Ke6xtQlBRW
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) December 9, 2017
.@Patagonia doesn’t want #MonumentsForAll, they just want your money #BearsEars pic.twitter.com/2nuvfS0imZ
— Natural Resources (@NatResources) December 8, 2017
When a federal government official publicly calls you a liar on an official social media account, without any due process whatsoever, the first thing you should do is call a lawyer. The second thing you should do is find out the name of the official who posted this tweet. https://t.co/0D7Doj6dkk
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) December 9, 2017
Off to breakfast and a meeting, then perhaps I will be back. Later lizards.
re: #345 Kragar
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I was going to say either “human decency,” “coherency,” or “all connections to objective reality.”
re: #346 Backwoods_Sleuth
When a federal government official publicly calls you a liar on an official social media account, without any due process whatsoever, the first thing you should do is call a lawyer. The second thing you should do is find out the name of the official who posted this tweet.
…
if it’s the president?
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re: #340 nines09
Hey. How’d your MS casino gig go?
Yeah, I missed the report & the hopefully lizard meet-up
Bruh. pic.twitter.com/XjwKYx0Hgv
— T-Knowledge (@EbonyWaldo) December 8, 2017
.@JudgeJeanine @realDonaldTrump *Sigh*
That moment when the President makes you wonder why you insist on paying attention to the President ever again.— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) December 9, 2017
jeebus
.@POTUS: “We will starting buying American…And we will start hiring American. And we will stay American, and we will be proud of it.” https://t.co/23mOEGfkvK pic.twitter.com/rV7TKeD9FY
— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 9, 2017
re: #353 Unshaken Defiance
That moment when the President makes you wonder why you insist on paying attention to the President ever again.
i dont
and i wont
im glad there are others who do so i dont have to
#pensacola - Am I missing something? Looks like a few empty seats at the #Trump rally. Or is this the Christmas Tree Lighting? pic.twitter.com/Z4pOSkA1qt
— John Lundin (@johnlundin) December 9, 2017
Lots of empty seats at Trump’s pro-pedophilia rally in Pensacola, probably because parents didn’t feel safe bringing their kids https://t.co/yq8mTdhBFv
— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) December 9, 2017
Just In: Mueller has issued 15 search warrants related to Manafort case & has obtained 116,000+ pages of financial records, according to new court filings. pic.twitter.com/SpqKfxPYKd
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 8, 2017
re: #330 BeachDem
Not that I expect anything, but I sent Ratcliffe an email stating that he might want to explain the first amendment to his fellow member.
re: #354 Backwoods_Sleuth
jeebus
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Perfect stop frame in the video.
he’s a fucking clown
re: #354 Backwoods_Sleuth
jeebus
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So much for jobs, jobs, jobs in America. @RealDonaldTrump’s and GOP’s #TaxScam encourages companies to ship jobs overseas. We must defeat this disastrous scheme! pic.twitter.com/04Je03Er1M
— Senator Jeff Merkley (@SenJeffMerkley) December 8, 2017
— Grey_Obelisk (@Grey_Obelisk) December 8, 2017
re: #342 whitebeach
Actually I don’t think so. Trump has no loyalty to any party except himself. He aligns himself with the Republicans for two reasons only: Their priorities are such as will benefit him and his grotesque family, and Obama was a Democrat.
He really does not care about any supposed Republican values: religion, abortion, anti-environment, anti-global warming. The only true values he holds are that he is racist to the core and that he is authoritarian. He knew he could not run as a Democrat because his history of racism would not appeal to their core constituency. And Democrats tend to favor candidates who actually know something about issues.
re: #356 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Thank you so much for posting that picture. That there are so few people there gives me a bit of hope. I was just about to fly into a rant to end all rants. It gave me a breath.
re: #354 Backwoods_Sleuth
jeebus
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“Now watch as I sign a tax bill that encourages companies to ship more jobs overseas.”
FUN FACT: Jesus said “Go and sin no more”, not “Go and sin, Roy Moore.”#RoyMoore
— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) December 8, 2017
— Jolee Bindo 🇺🇸 (@RealJoleeBindo) December 8, 2017
re: #298 lawhawk
It’s the argument the GOP spews, ignoring that there are these things called batteries that smooth power flow - allowing generation of power when the wind blows - using the excess to power batteries - and then use the batteries when wind is low. Same with solar.
So you’re saying my solar panels will still allow me to flip a light switch AT NIGHT!?!
Truly we live in a wondrous age.
re: #341 BeachDem
Ben’s also replying to Walter Shaub:
re: #346 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s clear we disagree with their statement that “The President Stole Your Land.” Feel free to email me for further comment.
— Ben Goldey (@BenGoldey) December 9, 2017
this is the strat I played on Sheik Yerbouti, Lodger, Remain In Light, the Tom Tom Club, Discipline, Lone Rhino and others in the 80’s. pic.twitter.com/50JZtadlOC
— adrian belew (@THEadrianbelew) October 28, 2017
re: #363 Hecuba’s daughter
He really does not care about any supposed Republican values: religion, abortion, anti-environment, anti-global warming. The only true values he holds are that he is racist to the core and that he is authoritarian, and a greedy self promoter. He knew he could not run as a Democrat because his history of racism would not appeal to their core constituency. And Democrats tend to favor candidates who actually know something about issues.
re: #351 Stanley Sea
I’ve been on the DL, not really here as often as I was. I’m always logged in. Just not at the keyboard. Hello to you Stanley. Hope all is well. My attitude has gone to shit, and I’d much rather not sit in my own fry pan. I sat here and typed, and then cleared a load of thoughts. Some days lighter, some days….
re: #356 Backwoods_Sleuth
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A suggestion to everyone: Keep this tweet. Remind yourself of how popular Trump is. Remind yourself that while we have a lot of work to do, there are a whole lot of people who do not like Trump.
re: #356 Backwoods_Sleuth
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That’s a big fucking sign.
Plus the polls today.
He’s definitely firing the new event manager, and freaking the fuck out.
Wonder how many times he asked Hope what she said?
Pile on Friday for the yam
re: #269 Stanley Sea
Is anyone else watching The Crown on Netflix?
I’m reading that season 2 ep 1&2 have dropped, but all I see is season 1.
I’m so handicapped, cannot figure out.
I have other ways to watch them.
re: #371 teleskiguy
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I know I’ve mentioned it before, but I got to play volleyball with Adrian a couple of times when he had games for musician/sound guys in a park near his home in Urbana, Il. Also saw him in a smaller venue in Bloomington, IN in the early ’90s—so great.
re: #378 Barefoot Grin
I know I’ve mentioned it before, but I got to play volleyball with Adrian a couple of times when he had games for musician/sound guys in a park near his home in Urbana, Il. Also saw him in a smaller venue in Bloomington, IN in the early ’90s—so great.
Last post before a new thread. Good! I’ll get to tell my stupid story again someday.
re: #306 William Lewis
Marlowe is the great unknown of English theater. It is unfortunate that he spent more time spying than scribing…
“Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscribed In one self place, for where we are is hell, And where hell is there must we ever be. ” or “While money doesn’t buy love, it puts you in a great bargaining position.” or “O, thou art fairer than the evening air clad in the beauty of a thousand stars.”
Wow - that last one!
re: #373 nines09
I’ve been on the DL, not really here as often as I was. I’m always logged in. Just not at the keyboard. Hello to you Stanley. Hope all is well. My attitude has gone to shit, and I’d much rather not sit in my own fry pan. I sat here and typed, and then cleared a load of thoughts. Some days lighter, some days….
Mr. 9
I and all of us I would guess, are your fellow travelers. If it’s not only the politics bugging you - BIG peace to you.
I may have missed it, but there was supposed to be a lizard meet up over music.
re: #381 Stanley Sea
Mr. 9
I and all of us I would guess, are your fellow travelers. If it’s not only the politics bugging you - BIG peace to you.
I may have missed it, but there was supposed to be a lizard meet up over music.
Yes. I missed it too. I was just curious. Seemed like a nice gig, hoped it went well.
Yes, this is an oasis. And I’m glad to have met the people I have spoke with here. Just my altruistic nature coming around to devour me. JFC. It never ends. Have a great evening Stanley, and it’s just nines. No Mistah. Or 09.
Thanks.
re: #340 nines09
Hey. How’d your MS casino gig go?
It went well, thanks for asking! The folks at the venue were very hospitable, the crowd was great, the food was amazing, the stage crew were total pros and made everything easy. They’re already talking about having us back in the Spring.
The only things I can complain about are the weather (hoped it would be warmer), and I got the full TSA treatment when I got back to New Orleans. Full pat-down, hand swab, the works. That kinda sucked after I got put into pre-scan on the way out of NY. That’s show biz, I guess.
And I have to work on traveling lighter as far as gear. I had to take a Line 6 Pod XT Live, and I wanted to just leave it in Gulfport. I’m thinking Santa might be bringing me a Tech21 Fly Rig for Christmas, though. That’ll come in handy for a string of Florida gigs I gotta do in January.
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