‘Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House’ author Michael Wolff takes Stephen through some of the biggest bombshells of his bestseller.
Governor Greitens admits to extramarital affair https://t.co/omhWCcSfbz #kmov
— KMOV (@KMOV) January 11, 2018
The Trump-supporting, former Navy SEAL governor of Missouri having an affair isn’t the story here. He allegedly photographed his mistress naked to *blackmail* her. That ends his career. https://t.co/7lTgVUPVwK
— Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) January 11, 2018
Arpaio Running For Senator Of 2009
Controversial former Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Wednesday called former President Barack Obama’s birth certificate a “phony document” in an interview on CNN.
re: #2 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
Arpaio Running For Senator Of 2009
Controversial former Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Wednesday called former President Barack Obama’s birth certificate a “phony document” in an interview on CNN.
Man Obama’s re-election is doomed now.
For some reason, as soon as this new article came up, my browser keeps locking up.
Are we winning yet?
Canada Files WTO Complaint Against USA Over Trade Rules (BBC)
Canada has filed an expansive complaint with the World Trade Organization accusing the US of breaking international trade rules.
The complaint challenges the ways that the US investigates products for subsidies and below-cost sales.
The US called the claims “unfounded”.
The action comes amid disputes between the two countries over areas such as dairy, aircraft sales and lumber as well as efforts to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Canada’s 32-page complaint cites US investigations of products from countries around the world, with decisions that date back to 1996.
Among other charges, Canada says the US improperly calculates rates and restricts parties from presenting evidence to defend themselves, with a cut-off for supplying information that comes too early in the process.
It also accuses the US International Trade Commission of being biased since disputes over which the body’s six commissioners are evenly divided automatically result in a finding for the US.
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re: #5 TedStriker
Inorite?
Like the gig is up man. Now that Sheriff Joe is on the case. Okay joking aside, I bet Trump endorses him against the wishes of the GOP establishment and gives us a bigger shot there.
And while Lindsey Graham makes a total ass of himself, our other senator, Tim Scott, who, of course, supports offshore drilling, totally has his finger on the pulse of the state:
Scott said he wanted communities in coastal parts of his state “engaged more in the process” before proceeding.
“I have said I’m willing to wait until we get more buy in from our coastal folks,”
Oh wait—
In August, 2017—A bipartisan group of 32 state legislators sent a sharply-worded letter opposing efforts to open offshore drilling and exploration for oil and gas along the Atlantic coast…
More than 24 municipalities and counties formally oppose offshore drilling, the letter said. Additionally, it is opposed by the S.C. Small Business Chamber of Commerce and more than 400 business owners…
Opposition to Offshore Drilling and Exploration in the Atlantic Ocean—SC communities, per Oceana:
Atlantic Beach, SC: Passed 9/14/2015 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Beaufort, SC: Passed 2/10/2015 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Briarcliffe Acres, SC: Passed 10/19/2015 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Charleston, SC: Passed 3/24/2015 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Charleston County, SC: Passed 5/5/2015 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Columbia, SC: Passed 5/5/2015 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Edisto Beach, SC: Passed 5/8/2014 (seismic blasting)
Folly Beach, SC: Passed 3/10/15 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Georgetown, SC: Passed 4/16/2015 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Georgetown County, SC: Passed 7/25/2017 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Hilton Head, SC: Voted to send letter to BOEM 3/25/2015 (offshore drilling); Voted to send letter to state department of health and environmental control 3/19/2015 (seismic blasting)
Horry County, SC: Passed 8/22/2017 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Isle of Palms, SC: Passed 2/17/2015 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
James Island, SC: Passed 3/19/2015 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Kiawah Island, SC: Passed 5/5/15 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
McClellanville, SC: Passed 5/4/2015 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Mt. Pleasant, SC: Passed 5/13/2015 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Myrtle Beach, SC: Passed 8/11/2015 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
North Myrtle Beach, SC: Passed 8/17/2015 (offshore drilling)
Pawleys Island, SC: Passed 9/14/2015 (offshore drilling, proclamation)
Port Royal, SC: Passed 2/11/2015 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Rockville, SC: Passed 4/20/2015 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Seabrook Island, SC Mayor and Councilmembers: Voted to send letter 5/8//2015 (Offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Sullivan’s Island, SC: Passed 3/17/2015 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Surfside Beach, SC: Passed 9/22/2015 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Yeah, good to know Tim’s paying attention, in between his photo ops with the yam. SPIT.
re: #1 JordanRules
I cannot complete that satellite-mounted vasectomy laser fast enough.
re: #10 BeachDem
Perhaps you ought to send this list to Senator Scott as a reminder?
re: #12 Anymouse 🌹
Perhaps you ought to send this list to Senator Scott as a reminder?
You assume he would listen.
whiddly whoodala wooo! chit chit squeek-a squeek-a wheoooo
— Korben the Budgie (@korbenisabird) January 11, 2018
re: #13 austin_blue
You assume he would listen.
Well, there’s that. I presume he’s the same as my representative (I only represent Republicans) then.
re: #10 BeachDem
And while Lindsey Graham makes a total ass of himself, our other senator, Tim Scott, who, of course, supports offshore drilling, totally has his finger on the pulse of the state:
Scott said he wanted communities in coastal parts of his state “engaged more in the process” before proceeding.
“I have said I’m willing to wait until we get more buy in from our coastal folks,”Oh wait—
In August, 2017—A bipartisan group of 32 state legislators sent a sharply-worded letter opposing efforts to open offshore drilling and exploration for oil and gas along the Atlantic coast…
More than 24 municipalities and counties formally oppose offshore drilling, the letter said. Additionally, it is opposed by the S.C. Small Business Chamber of Commerce and more than 400 business owners…
Opposition to Offshore Drilling and Exploration in the Atlantic Ocean—SC communities, per Oceana:
Atlantic Beach, SC: Passed 9/14/2015 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Beaufort, SC: Passed 2/10/2015 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Briarcliffe Acres, SC: Passed 10/19/2015 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Charleston, SC: Passed 3/24/2015 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Charleston County, SC: Passed 5/5/2015 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Columbia, SC: Passed 5/5/2015 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Edisto Beach, SC: Passed 5/8/2014 (seismic blasting)
Folly Beach, SC: Passed 3/10/15 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Georgetown, SC: Passed 4/16/2015 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Georgetown County, SC: Passed 7/25/2017 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Hilton Head, SC: Voted to send letter to BOEM 3/25/2015 (offshore drilling); Voted to send letter to state department of health and environmental control 3/19/2015 (seismic blasting)
Horry County, SC: Passed 8/22/2017 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Isle of Palms, SC: Passed 2/17/2015 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
James Island, SC: Passed 3/19/2015 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Kiawah Island, SC: Passed 5/5/15 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
McClellanville, SC: Passed 5/4/2015 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Mt. Pleasant, SC: Passed 5/13/2015 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Myrtle Beach, SC: Passed 8/11/2015 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
North Myrtle Beach, SC: Passed 8/17/2015 (offshore drilling)
Pawleys Island, SC: Passed 9/14/2015 (offshore drilling, proclamation)
Port Royal, SC: Passed 2/11/2015 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Rockville, SC: Passed 4/20/2015 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Seabrook Island, SC Mayor and Councilmembers: Voted to send letter 5/8//2015 (Offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Sullivan’s Island, SC: Passed 3/17/2015 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)
Surfside Beach, SC: Passed 9/22/2015 (offshore drilling and seismic blasting)Yeah, good to know Tim’s paying attention, in between his photo ops with the yam. SPIT.
Your state has such a beautiful coastline- my folks honeymooned at Myrtle. Really pathetic that Scott would be okay damaging the tourist industry for generations just so the oil industry can get a quick fix.
re: #16 HappyWarrior
Your state has such a beautiful coastline- my folks honeymooned at Myrtle. Really pathetic that Scott would be okay damaging the tourist industry for generations just so the oil industry can get a quick fix.
Perhaps sending that letter to the Charleston, Columbia, and Myrtle Beach papers as an op-ed might help.
re: #17 Anymouse 🌹
Perhaps sending that letter to the Charleston, Columbia, and Myrtle Beach papers as an op-ed might help.
That’s up to BD. They’re not going to print an out of stater like me. I’m big on ocean conservation. I care more about deep sea exploration than interplanetary tbh.
re: #17 Anymouse 🌹
Perhaps sending that letter to the Charleston, Columbia, and Myrtle Beach papers as an op-ed might help.
Trust me—there is a HUGE, committed band of people who have been working nonstop for several years in opposition to offshore drilling. Meetings with legislators, articles in the papers, conferences, press gatherings, events like Hands Across the Sand—Oceana and SODA are massive, engaged organizations.
re: #1 JordanRules
He’s apparently joined the ranks of the “forgiven by God” so, even in the absence of an actual letter from God confirming it, he’s good.
— miika (@MoonWolf95) January 11, 2018
re: #21 HappyWarrior
Right. Never Bill Clinton though.
re: #20 Kragar
Lemme go check God’s twitter because I don’t believe this weirdo!
I’ve spent the day with a ski guide in Canada who pays 14 dollars a month for health insurance. In Canada’s, if you make under 35k a year, you get healthcare for free. What I’m the fuck is wrong with our country and why can’t we take care of our own people?
— Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) January 10, 2018
re: #21 HappyWarrior
Funny how God always forgives Republican adulterers.
It’s the evangelical Republican voters who forgive every moral sin committed by Republicans. All you have to do is be anti-choice, and they will line up to vote for you regardless of your flaws.
re: #23 JordanRules
I’m going to have to see a notarized copy of God’s forgiveness
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) January 11, 2018
re: #22 JordanRules
Right. Never Bill Clinton though.
Yep. Honestly I don’t give a shit about the adultery, that’s between him and Mrs. Greitens but the holier than thou bullshit.
re: #25 Hecuba’s daughter
It’s the evangelical Republican voters who forgive every moral sin committed by Republicans. All you have to do is be anti-choice, and they will line up to vote for you regardless of your flaws.
Trust me I know, I was being silly.
re: #29 JordanRules
Heh. Documentation needed!
Definitely. With this guy, the blackmail should be leading the story.
Yeah the blackmail and then being pronounced forgiven. These people.
I still remember the fainting couches in the Lewinsky scandal. I was only 12 & I thought it was absurd and obviously this was before I knew about Hasert’s dirty secret.
Eric Greitens has always been a terrible, vicious, fork-tongued sociopath. His gov campaign was pure post-Ferguson white revanchism. He cut millions from MO nursing homes. He’s had his eyes on the WH for years while posing as a maverick outsider. Fire him into the fucking sun
— Chase Woodruff (@dcwoodruff) January 11, 2018
God only speaks Hebrew and Latin. If you’re forgiven in English, Someone’s fucking with you.
re: #1 JordanRules
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Lmao That douche is in the “Thanks Madigan!” ad that’s been airing here in IL.
re: #34 GlutenFreeJesus
Lmao That douche is in the “Thanks Madigan!” ad that’s been airing here in IL.
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Damn Rauner!
This document now compiles a year of authoritarian behavior by Trump. Reading through it is chilling. https://t.co/OD4kkobbFD pic.twitter.com/jIFp0QQEtZ
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) January 11, 2018
Not surprisingly, Mother Jones did a great job here. You could make a calendar!
This one is worth saving as your ‘not normal’ receipts.
I’m reading it in chunks.
Creepiest quote from the Greitens’ story: When Gov Greitens tells this blindfolded, tied up woman that she’ll stay quiet, or else. “He said, ‘you’re never going to mention my name, otherwise there will be pictures of [you] everywhere.’”
Seems unlikely this was his first outing. https://t.co/tmYVKYnsRn— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) January 11, 2018
To put it mildly:
@EricGreitens You should resign. You have disgraced our state, your office, and yourself.
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) January 11, 2018
re: #36 JordanRules
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Not surprisingly, Mother Jones did a great job here. You could make a calendar!
This one is worth saving as your ‘not normal’ receipts.I’m reading it in chunks.
I mean I sure as hell don’t like Bannon obviously but the POTUS should not be calling for anyone to be fired. Trump isn’t cut out to be President for so many reasons and it’s going to take a long time if ever to repair the damage he’s done.
re: #37 Interesting Times
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This is an abuser of women. I hope his wife takes him for every penny he’s got but the RR won’t care because he’s one of them and they forgive all who sin as long as he is one of them.
re: #39 HappyWarrior
This is an abuser of women. I hope his wife takes him for every penny he’s got but the RR won’t care because he’s one of them and they forgive all who sin as long as he is one of them.
He may be faking “being one of them” but he can’t be, any more than DT can.
re: #40 retired cynic
He may be faking “being one of them” but he can’t be, any more than DT can.
I don’t know - given the average morality of the American Religious Right, he seems to totally be one of them.
re: #40 retired cynic
He may be faking “being one of them” but he can’t be, any more than DT can.
True. Honestly what’s always bothered me about the RR is how they just disregarded Carter for Reagan. I mean be conservative all you want but don’t tell me that Reagan was a moral example while Carter wasn’t.
How do alligators deal with the cold? Video shows the cold-blooded reptiles staying warm beneath ice in North Carolina by entering a hibernation-like state. https://t.co/SakK041ncZ pic.twitter.com/YWmXIr0jkd
— ABC News (@ABC) January 10, 2018
This is the equivalent of poking your mouth out of a tiny Gap in the blankets https://t.co/KX0Dvg9Sa2
— Gabe the Magnificent (@Mongotheball) January 10, 2018
re: #41 Renaissance_Man
I don’t know - given the average morality of the American Religious Right, he seems to totally be one of them.
Indeed. Lots of dastardly people in the RR circles.
re: #45 HappyWarrior
Imagine seeing a bunch of them peeking out. Eek!
INTERESTING: A lot of alligator snouts visible @OIBSwampPark in Ocean Isle Beach. Gators are hibernating in frozen water, but stick their snouts up through the ice to breathe. Animal experts say the alligators are doing great! #iceicegator #wral pic.twitter.com/SEbuOZXtrz
— Renee Chou (@chouchoutv) January 9, 2018
Heh
I have a truly Pavlovian response to Trump flip-flopping on immigration issues now.
Trump goes soft on DACA. I go straight to Ann Coulter’s page.
Her bitter tears are just so. freaking. delicious. pic.twitter.com/HVw25hUlhZ— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) January 11, 2018
re: #46 JordanRules
Imagine seeing a bunch of them peeking out. Eek!
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Alligator farm. Just wait till spring comes and they blossom!
re: #48 wheat-dogg
Alligator farm. Just wait till spring comes and they blossom!
Makes me wonder how far north they can spread with climate change. I’m expecting kudzu any day now.
re: #47 BeachDem
Wait, Ann Coulter is invoking Ronald Reagan’s “Tear down this wall” statement? But she’s fine with Donald Trump trying to put one up?
re: #51 Anymouse 🌹
Wait, Ann Coulter is invoking Ronald Reagan’s “Tear down this wall” statement? But she’s fine with Donald Trump trying to put one up?
Brown people. Different thing.
re: #51 Anymouse 🌹
Wait, Ann Coulter is invoking Ronald Reagan’s “Tear down this wall” statement? But she’s fine with Donald Trump trying to put one up?
She never makes sense. Remember her views on suffrage would prohibit Trump himself from voting.
re: #54 HappyWarrior
She never makes sense. Remember her views on suffrage would prohibit Trump himself from voting.
They would also prohibit her from voting.
re: #54 HappyWarrior
She never makes sense. Remember her views on suffrage would prohibit Trump himself from voting.
And her too.
re: #55 Anymouse 🌹
They would also prohibit her from voting.
She had an immigrant parent or grandparent or are you referring to her being okay with taking away the right to vote for women? She doesn’t care in anyway. She wants anything possible that would allow a white right wing dominance and if it meant taking away her own rights.
How many other women has #EricGreitens blackmailed in the past?
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) January 11, 2018
re: #58 Kragar
I can not wait for that pompous ass to quit over this. He has to.
This winter has been awful for skiers in the west, Exhibit Eleventy Million. Bogus Basin CLOSED Due To “Catastrophic” Conditions, Will Reopen Friday https://t.co/JK3vaHv85M via @UnofficialNet
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) January 11, 2018
Asshole snowboarder not aware of his surroundings.
Jerry walked into the chairlift. Then things got real. We confirmed the girl is ok btw #butterflyeffect #comeonJerry // (https://t.co/0AeT1ZxRAr) pic.twitter.com/OkiA7u4Xj7
— Jerry of the Day (@jerryoftheday) January 6, 2018
Thankfully, the little girl is okay.
re: #59 prairiefire
I can not wait for that pompous ass to quit over this. He has to.
Counter-example: Donald Trump.
He’ll be forgiven by Christian conservative voters by the end of the week.
I’m off to bed … g’night y’all.
Hello. pic.twitter.com/1gBbhaJBFP
— Presuming Ed (@JamesOldham) January 11, 2018
I’ve a strong suspicion that, should Trump leave office without resigning or being criminally charged, he’ll end up being treated by the wingnuts as the very sort of “unperson” that Dubya became. That he wasn’t the “God-Emperor” that they truly believed he would be and thus they’re still on their search for a “true conservative.”
re: #36 JordanRules
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This one is worth saving as your ‘not normal’ receipts.I’m reading it in chunks.
Thanks for the link!
re: #1 JordanRules
“The Trump-supporting, former Navy SEAL governor of Missouri having an affair isn’t the story here. He allegedly photographed his mistress naked to *blackmail* her. That ends his career. “
Nope, no it won’t. It will only endear him to those in Missouri who voted for him. We saw how “conservatives” rallied to Moore’s side in Alabama in spite of a series of women alleging that he is a pedophile. I saw a pic of him and his wife as he was responding to the allegations. She looked miserable standing beside him, but that didn’t keep her from claiming that they’re working on their marriage, and the incident is now a matter between them and God. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. This is his second marriage. His first wife divorced him in 2003. He married the current one in 2011 and has two kids. Since he had the affair in 2015, four years into their marriage, it appears to me that he didn’t take his vows seriously. It makes me wonder whether his inability to remain faithful was a factor in his first wife divorcing his behind. What pisses me off the most is how RW pols like him present themselves as ‘holier than thou” and proceed to stick their d*mn noses into everybody else’s bedrooms while they’re doing the same things, or worse things, than those they’re condemning others for. They need to sit their butts down somewhere, STFU, and get their own lives in order before they intervene in others’ personal lives.
The 11th Doctor was the Doctor at his best.
This is the hill I am willing to die on. pic.twitter.com/llvINvKOID— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) January 11, 2018
re: #2 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
Arpaio Running For Senator Of 2009
Controversial former Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Wednesday called former President Barack Obama’s birth certificate a “phony document” in an interview on CNN.
This is all about the running. And grifting. He is as prepared for being Senator as Trump was for being President.
.@ezraklein read that new Fuckface Von Clownstick book “Fire and Fury” by @MichaelWolffNYC, and he wrote this excellent summary and analysis of the book. Please read. https://t.co/7U6rG91WZU
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) January 11, 2018
re: #21 HappyWarrior
Funny how God always forgives Republican adulterers.
but will never forgive Democrat baby-killers, because they do not know how to tearfully repent and beg forgiveness.
Styx the “centrist” explaining the Holocaust pic.twitter.com/dKrFuSpvxJ
— PeterNorway (@classiclib3ral) January 11, 2018
@Styx666Official
ZyklonB is a harmless substance?
It releases hydrogen cyanide when exposed to heat and water.
Gee, like you’d find in a shower
You’re either misinformed or purposely lying. It doesn’t matter, but you should retract this patently false statement https://t.co/i3GSrTIfPW— SteelToedBootLiberal (@CehBeachActual) January 11, 2018
re: #72 Kragar
Maybe this historical expert would be willing to put his conjecture about ZyklonB to the test and try breathing some.
re: #73 wheat-dogg
Maybe this historical expert would be willing to put his conjecture about ZyklonB to the test and try breathing some.
it is scary what sort of hideous excesses are being “normalized” in the name of revisionism
re: #74 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
it is scary what sort of hideous excesses are being “normalized” in the name of revisionism
Something is not being taught in the schools.
re: #75 wheat-dogg
Something is not being taught in the schools.
I understand the value of a critical approach to history, but this is simply contrarian, selective thinking
re: #72 Kragar
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I don’t know what’s wrong with those people.
Le Monde article (in French)
re: #65 Targetpractice
I’ve a strong suspicion that, should Trump leave office without resigning or being criminally charged, he’ll end up being treated by the wingnuts as the very sort of “unperson” that Dubya became. That he wasn’t the “God-Emperor” that they truly believed he would be and thus they’re still on their search for a “true conservative.”
I don’t think so; IMHO I think Trump will end up like Reagan, but on meth. Canonized by his nazi base while dying from dementia in a gold-plated asylum.
re: #70 teleskiguy
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A superlatively excellent analysis by Ezra Klein, but for one thing.
I have dealt with people afflicted with cognitive (and/or deep emotional) issues and I used to say, “it’s hard to think insane.” Klein, understandably, finds it difficult to think outside the twin boxes of reason and reality, whereas Trump is not so shackled.
For instance, if he doesn’t want to talk to Mueller, he won’t. If he is subpoenaed , he’ll ignore it. And under the current system, who is going to arrest him? Trump is, to a large extent, quite invulnerable because he ignores or doen’t accept everything that binds all of us.
re: #79 Lupin
Trump is, to a large extent, quite invulnerable because he ignores or doen’t accept everything that binds all of us.
And his party, the only people with the power to force him to comply, are unwilling to do so.
There is enough evidence out there to convict him on Emoluments Clause violations, conflicts of interest and obstructing justice, but the political will is lacking
The latest development in our ever continuing story of Fuck the Poor.
Trump administration to allow work requirements for Medicaid recipients, a major shift that could bring legal challenges
The new guidance will enable states to deny benefits to able-bodied adults unless they have jobs or participate in work-related activities or “community engagement.”
Such requirements, long pushed by conservatives, represent a tectonic change for the Medicaid program — which for more than a half-century has been a pillar of the nation’s social safety net. Critics say they contradict the objectives of the program and vow to sue.
re: #81 wheat-dogg
The latest development in our ever continuing story of Fuck the Poor.
Trump administration to allow work requirements for Medicaid recipients, a major shift that could bring legal challenges
keep your government hands off my medicaid!
It’s awake.
Disproven and paid for by Democrats “Dossier used to spy on Trump Campaign. Did FBI use Intel tool to influence the Election?” @foxandfriends Did Dems or Clinton also pay Russians? Where are hidden and smashed DNC servers? Where are Crooked Hillary Emails? What a mess!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 11, 2018
re: #83 Bubblehead II
remove question marks and you have current RW talking points
re: #84 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
remove question marks and you have current RW talking points
It’s all they have.
re: #33 Decatur Deb
God only speaks Hebrew and Latin. If you’re forgiven in English, Someone’s fucking with you.
Not Latin. Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.
moron…
“House votes on controversial FISA ACT today.” This is the act that may have been used, with the help of the discredited and phony Dossier, to so badly surveil and abuse the Trump Campaign by the previous administration and others?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 11, 2018
re: #87 Backwoods_Sleuth
“House votes on controversial FISA ACT today.” This is the act that may have been used, with the help of the discredited and phony Dossier, to so badly surveil and abuse the Trump Campaign by the previous administration and others?
this is not completely moronic: it is phrased to create the impression that Obama was somehow illegally spying on his campaign
Having Trump as President is little different from having John Gotti as President. He is putting true criminals into the Justice Department and throughout the administration, giving them the opportunity to see government evidence against them and allowing organizations such as Deutsche Bank to escape punishment for their criminal activities and to continue engaging in such behavior. This may be irreparable damage to our institutions.
re: #80 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
And his party, the only people with the power to force him to comply, are unwilling to do so.
There is enough evidence out there to convict him on Emoluments Clause violations, conflicts of interest and obstructing justice, but the political will is lacking
It’s not just the political will in Congress. If at the end of the day, Trump refuses to budge, I’m not sure the police or army will want to get involved, and if they do, you’ll have an armed insurrection of your hands.
re: #89 Hecuba’s daughter
Having Trump as President is little different from having John Gotti as President. He is putting true criminals into the Justice Department and throughout the administration, giving them the opportunity to see government evidence against them and allowing organizations such as Deutsche Bank to escape punishment for their criminal activities and to continue engaging in such behavior. This may be irreparable damage to our institutions.
It’s actually worse than that because, within the context of the US of A, there were powers greater than Gotti to which he was forced to submit; there is literally no power greater than Trump.
You’re playing Monopoly by the rules. A player brazenly grabs a bunch of cash from the bank. All the other players tell him to put it back. He refuses. The only options left are game over or fisticuffs.
The pontificating naifs interviewing Michael Wolff last week-end have no clues of what mess you’re really in.
re: #89 Hecuba’s daughter
Having Trump as President is little different from having John Gotti as President. He is putting true criminals into the Justice Department and throughout the administration, giving them the opportunity to see government evidence against them and allowing organizations such as Deutsche Bank to escape punishment for their criminal activities and to continue engaging in such behavior. This may be irreparable damage to our institutions.
It’s totally different. John Gotti was efficient, had a loyal/reliable staff, made an effort to avoid public outbursts that might embarrass his supporters, and donated significant sums to charity.
re: #91 Lupin
It’s actually worse than that because, within the context of the US of A, there were powers greater than Gotti to which he was forced to submit; there is literally no power greater than Trump.
You’re playing Monopoly by the rules. A player brazenly grabs a bunch of cash from the bank. All the other players tell him to put it back. He refuses. The only options left are game over or fisticuffs.
The pontificating naifs interviewing Michael Wolff last week-end have no clues of what mess you’re really in.
Except all the other players aren’t asking him to put it back. Half the players are either ignoring his behavior or accusing you of violating the rules. If the GOP wanted him to go, he would be gone.
re: #90 Lupin
It’s not just the political will in Congress. If at the end of the day, Trump refuses to budge, I’m not sure the police or army will want to get involved, and if they do, you’ll have an armed insurrection of your hands.
It is just the political will in Congress, plus whatever Mueller files.
If the legislative and judicial branches are in agreement, the executive is hosed. The military, including Kelly and McMaster, will absolutely force him to budge. And the Secret Service won’t try to stand in their way. Remember also that the intelligence services really dislike this President. There’s a lot of information they haven’t released, but they could.
Eric Prince could make it messy, but even he doesn’t have enough firepower to defeat all of the above. And if he were stupid enough to try, Treasury could take everything he owns.
re: #93 Hecuba’s daughter
Except all the other players aren’t asking him to put it back. Half the players are either ignoring his behavior or accusing you of violating the rules. If the GOP wanted him to go, he would be gone.
There is enough out there without an FBI investigation. Point of Mueller is to present a case that makes it difficult for them not to react to it.
Which is the reason behind these ongoing attempts to discredit the FBI and the rule of law in general, to give them an excuse to ignore Mueller’s findings.
re: #96 Decatur Deb
“Ego te absolvo.”
I see!! Mea Maxima Culpa!! But don’t tell the evangelicals that.
Here’s a breakdown chart of our new Trumpian workforce:
Majority of People Covered by Medicaid, and Similar Programs, are Children, Older Adults, or Disabled
re: #92 sagehen
It’s totally different. John Gotti was efficient, had a loyal/reliable staff, made an effort to avoid public outbursts that might embarrass his supporters, and donated significant sums to charity.
And any of his staff who dissed him would be joining Jimmy Hoffa.
FoxNews should start a program called “Commander in Tweets”, featuring nonstop coverage of Trump’s tweets, and air it around 10:55am. Trump would never start his day of “work”, and would just get sucked into an endless feedback loop.
re: #67 majii
“The Trump-supporting, former Navy SEAL governor of Missouri having an affair isn’t the story here. He allegedly photographed his mistress naked to *blackmail* her. That ends his career. “
Nope, no it won’t. It will only endear him to those in Missouri who voted for him. We saw how “conservatives” rallied to Moore’s side in Alabama in spite of a series of women alleging that he is a pedophile. I saw a pic of him and his wife as he was responding to the allegations. She looked miserable standing beside him, but that didn’t keep her from claiming that they’re working on their marriage, and the incident is now a matter between them and God. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. This is his second marriage. His first wife divorced him in 2003. He married the current one in 2011 and has two kids. Since he had the affair in 2015, four years into their marriage, it appears to me that he didn’t take his vows seriously. It makes me wonder whether his inability to remain faithful was a factor in his first wife divorcing his behind. What pisses me off the most is how RW pols like him present themselves as ‘holier than thou” and proceed to stick their d*mn noses into everybody else’s bedrooms while they’re doing the same things, or worse things, than those they’re condemning others for. They need to sit their butts down somewhere, STFU, and get their own lives in order before they intervene in others’ personal lives.
The entire evangelical groove is “repentence leads to salvation”. They reach ecstasy whenever someone gives their “testimony” of how they “once were lost but now are found”. If you don’t have a dramatic “story” to tell about what a wretched sinner you were, you are of lesser value. This goes back to all the tent meetings and Billy Graham “crusades” where they called all the “sinners” to come and accept jeebus. For a good conman, they make perfect marks. They’ll love you while you screw them over and lie to them. Just have a good story to share.
Nova had an AMAZING show last night on black holes. They presented it in a very easy to understand (even this dumbass) format. I recommend it highly.
re: #87 Backwoods_Sleuth
so badly surveil and abuse the Trump Campaign
This is the part that sticks out to me. Such whining very victim.
re: #102 Old Liberal
The entire evangelical groove is “repentence leads to salvation”. They reach ecstasy whenever someone gives their “testimony” of how they “once were lost but now are found”. If you don’t have a dramatic “story” to tell about what a wretched sinner you were, you are of lesser value. This goes back to all the tent meetings and Billy Graham “crusades” where they called all the “sinners” to come and accept jeebus. For a good conman, they make perfect marks. They’ll love you while you screw them over and lie to them. Just have a good story to share.
That’s all fine and great for the fake “Christians”. But blackmail is illegal. Their “god” might forgive them but the courts will not.
re: #102 Old Liberal
The entire evangelical groove is “repentence leads to salvation”. They reach ecstasy whenever someone gives their “testimony” of how they “once were lost but now are found”. If you don’t have a dramatic “story” to tell about what a wretched sinner you were, you are of lesser value.
Which is why any child molester or wife abuser can fall on his knees and be forgiven, but those liberal baby killers must stay outside God’s glory until they repent their ways and concede that a woman’s body belongs to her fetus and not the other way around.
If that’s how he treats his lover, how would he treat his POWs?
Trump mentioned her three times yesterday when talking about Russia and also Green Energy. Pull your fucking heads out of your asses, you three.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 11, 2018
Twitler tricked by Fox News to oppose the very surveillance bill his administration supports.
re: #102 Old Liberal
The entire evangelical groove is “repentence leads to salvation”. They reach ecstasy whenever someone gives their “testimony” of how they “once were lost but now are found”. If you don’t have a dramatic “story” to tell about what a wretched sinner you were, you are of lesser value. This goes back to all the tent meetings and Billy Graham “crusades” where they called all the “sinners” to come and accept jeebus. For a good conman, they make perfect marks. They’ll love you while you screw them over and lie to them. Just have a good story to share.
Greitens is Jewish — so he may not escape political retribution. No repentance that clears away your sins.
re: #103 Shropshire Slasher
Nova had an AMAZING show last night on black holes. They presented it in a very easy to understand (even this dumbass) format. I recommend it highly.
Best moment: Physicist describing the gravity wave-induced time shift on a laser interferometer as “itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie”.
re: #113 Hecuba’s daughter
Greitens is Jewish — so he may not escape political retribution. No repentance that clears away your sins.
He’s described as a protege of Pence. Perhaps he converted, like his conversion from Democrat to Republican.
re: #112 Decatur Deb
Derp State—easy mistake.
A couple of quick witted housekeepers could become unsung heroes by simply planting ideas in his head as he moves from room to room.
“Good morning Mr. President you’re so right off shore oil drilling should be suspended.”
“Here’s your diet coke Mr. President and may I commend you on calling for a clean DACA bill and firing Betsy DeVos.”
re: #108 jeffreyw
When I awoke, a dire wolf, six hundred pounds of sin, was grinning at my window, all I sad was “come right in.”
re: #113 Hecuba’s daughter
Greitens is Jewish — so he may not escape political retribution. No repentance that clears away your sins.
Didn’t know that……is he a Messianic Jew? Jews for jeebus? For the evangelicals, that is like three cherries on the slot machine. Trump’s lawyer Sekulow has been making bank on that.
re: #117 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
When I awoke, a dire wolf, six hundred pounds of sin, was grinning at my window, all I sad was “come right in.”
Don’t murder me
I beg of you don’t murder me
Ple-ease don’t murder me…
Thanks for the ear worm.
i’m not going to read f&f. i’ve read some of the commentary and the new york magazine excerpt and some others. and i thank all of you who have read and reported on it. i really cant be bothered.
here’s a thought question:
Has trump “ruined” the presidency?
has his ascension, behavior, etc, changed the presidency forever for which there is no “going back”?
can’t the next person more or less simply pick up with statesmanship, decorum, curiosity, interest, organization etc?
sure he may have affected some things - some standards, assumptions, conventions.
and he’s been abetted by a willing republican congress.
my opinion, for whatever it’s worth is that while he has left an indelible mark (hopefully always shown with an asterisk), his singular boorish behavior not change the nature of the presidency in any permanent way
Someone got to him.
With that being said, I have personally directed the fix to the unmasking process since taking office and today’s vote is about foreign surveillance of foreign bad guys on foreign land. We need it! Get smart!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 11, 2018
re: #121 darthstar
Someone got to him.
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Second tweet is unclear enough that I wonder if he really understood what he was writing.
This slate article highlights a point I have been making for a long time:
they know that we will go off endlessly about his latest gaffe, his mental state, or his threats to start a nuclear war.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch…
Dreamers, Chip beneficiaries, unparalleled corruption, etc., etc…. Great job sticking to your principles, Bernie supporters.
re: #125 Barefoot Grin
Dreamers, Chip beneficiaries, unparalleled corruption, etc., etc…. Great job sticking to your principles, Bernie supporters.
Bernie supporters are just like Trump supporters: they really think Hillary was a demon.
re: #113 Hecuba’s daughter
Greitens is Jewish — so he may not escape political retribution. No repentance that clears away your sins.
Repentance clears away your sins against G-D, for example if you neglected to pray or you violated the Sabbath or you ate non kosher food.
Sins committed against another human being can’t be forgiven by G-D, they can only be forgiven by the person who was sinned against.
re: #120 dangerman
i’m not going to read f&f. i’ve read some of the commentary and the new york magazine excerpt and some others. and i thank all of you who have read and reported on it. i really cant be bothered.
here’s a thought question:
Has trump “ruined” the presidency?
has his ascension, behavior, etc, changed the presidency forever for which there is no “going back”?can’t the next person more or less simply pick up with statesmanship, decorum, curiosity, interest, organization etc?
sure he may have affected some things - some standards, assumptions, conventions.
and he’s been abetted by a willing republican congress.my opinion, for whatever it’s worth is that while he has left an indelible mark (hopefully always shown with an asterisk), his singular boorish behavior not change the nature of the presidency in any permanent way
The permanency is that American’s voted for this dolt. How does any other nation state (our allies) trust what America says or does when we, as a populace, voted for this moron? That’s the permanency I see.
With that being said, I have personally directed the fix to the unmasking process since taking office and today’s vote is about foreign surveillance of foreign bad guys on foreign land. We need it! Get smart!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 11, 2018
Yabbut, what if you get caught talking to those foreign bad guys on foreign land, about stuff like, oh I dunno, them messing in the election on your behalf.
re: #126 Hecuba’s daughter
Bernie supporters are just like Trump supporters: they really think Hillary was a demon.
there were also those who insisted there was no difference between the two
The Trump White House at 7:33 a.m. vs. 9:14 a.m. pic.twitter.com/rw2UnO5JXs
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 11, 2018
pliable genius https://t.co/fZ6ZNvS5US
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) January 11, 2018
re: #126 Hecuba’s daughter
Bernie supporters are just like Trump supporters: they really think Hillary was a demon.
Please don’t discount all the ratfucking that went on. I don’t think the majority of Bernie supporters were BernieBros. The majority of them voted for Clinton. But enough people (with Russian ratfucking) voted for Stein.
I greatly dislike Bernie and have since the start, but I don’t think his voters were MOSTLY that stupid. Of course, in my eyes, Bernie did a bit of his own ratfucking by staying in the primary as he did for so long. But that’s a different story.
re: #132 MsJ
Please don’t discount all the ratfucking that went on. I don’t think the majority of Bernie supporters were BernieBros. The majority of them voted for Clinton. But enough people (with Russian ratfucking) voted for Stein.
I greatly dislike Bernie and have since the start, but I don’t think his voters were MOSTLY that stupid. Of course, in my eyes, Bernie did a bit of his own ratfucking by staying in the primary as he did for so long. But that’s a different story.
You are right — I should have qualified my remarks by limiting them to BernieBros. As you said, most Bernie supporters voted for her.
re: #127 The Vicious Babushka
Repentance clears away your sins against G-D, for example if you neglected to pray or you violated the Sabbath or you ate non kosher food.
Sins committed against another human being can’t be forgiven by G-D, they can only be forgiven by the person who was sinned against.
Though too many don’t like to see it, there is an element of this doctrine still in Christianity. In the Lord’s Prayer to God, He says “Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.” We are expected to forgive those who have done us ill and if we don’t, we are not to expect forgiveness from God. Unfortunately this is more often used as a weapon to bludgeon people into behaving the way the rich and powerful want which is not the same as the way God wants.
re: #124 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
This slate article highlights a point I have been making for a long time:
they know that we will go off endlessly about his latest gaffe, his mental state, or his threats to start a nuclear war.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch…
No doubt. What can people like us do to block these things? What can Democrats in Congress do about it? Not being defeatist, asking serious question. In some ways, it seems more effective to focus on the clownshow to get unengaged people more engaged. A lot of the clownshow matters too. We’re in the Kardashain epoch.
Gimme an executive order on X to sign.
We don’t want to change X.
Gimme something to sign.
“I hereby declare existing policy shall exist, but here are some more words saying it shall exist.”— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 11, 2018
Whoa Schiff asks for the 702 surveillance bill to be withdrawn from consideration today given Trump tweets
— Charlie Savage (@charlie_savage) January 11, 2018
John Tyler, America’s tenth president, was born in 1790. He has two living grandchildren.
Yes, grandchildren. pic.twitter.com/ZHrXrEBJr1— Matt Smethurst (@MattSmethurst) January 10, 2018
Another way to think about this: There are people who could look at you today, in 2018, and say: “Yeah, my dad was 8 years old when the war started.”
“World War 2?”
“Ha, nope.”
“Oh wow, World War 1?”
“The Civil War.”— Matt Smethurst (@MattSmethurst) January 10, 2018
Fascinating article.
Who the hell is @RVAwonk and how is she cracking the Kremlin’s code? https://t.co/02kOxfG4Gu via @NatObserver
— Jeannie Hartley (@Jeannie_Hartley) January 11, 2018
re: #139 darthstar
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Yep. Makes me feel less weird for being 30 with a great grandfather born before the centennial.
re: #129 The Vicious Babushka
With that being said, I have personally directed the fix to the unmasking process since taking office and today’s vote is about foreign surveillance of foreign bad guys on foreign land. We need it! Get smart!
— Donald J. Trump
Does dotard know what “the unmasking process” is? Does anyone?
re: #128 MsJ
The permanency is that American’s voted for this dolt. How does any other nation state (our allies) trust what America says or does when we, as a populace, voted for this moron? That’s the permanency I see.
i think to a large extent that depends on how the next election(s) go.
who gets nominated - who the candidates are and how they act
how the voting public acts and reacts
to a lesser extent, how the media behaves
the world will see we are again serious and deserve respect if we are serious and earn respect
“Executive time” pic.twitter.com/wv4nRkEYPB
— Kiss My Asterisk (@_MissNomer) January 11, 2018
re: #25 Hecuba’s daughter
It’s the evangelical Republican voters who forgive every moral sin committed by Republicans. All you have to do is be anti-choice, and they will line up to vote for you regardless of your flaws.
Example “A” Scott DesJarlais forces his mistresses to have abortions. He votes for every piece of antiabortion legislation he can get his hands on. When he gets caught about what he made his mistresses do he yells “Jesus Forgives Me” and the brainwashed crackers in his district re-elect him by a landslide…
re: #146 Joe Bacon 🌹
Example “A” Scott DesJarlais forces his mistresses to have abortions. He votes for every piece of antiabortion legislation he can get his hands on. When he gets caught about what he made his mistresses do he yells “Jesus Forgives Me” and the brainwashed crackers in his district re-elect him by a landslide…
It’s the selective bs that pisses me off. Kind of like you know Kim Davis refusing to issue same sex marriage applications and being held up as an example of moral virtue despite her own past.
re: #135 Old Liberal
No doubt. What can people like us do to block these things? What can Democrats in Congress do about it? Not being defeatist, asking serious question. In some ways, it seems more effective to focus on the clownshow to get unengaged people more engaged. A lot of the clownshow matters too. We’re in the Kardashain epoch.
That is the point; they know that we would rather chase these squirrels than sit down and discuss the issues that are really shaping our nation and our lives.
re: #139 darthstar
Another way to think about this: There are people who could look at you today, in 2018, and say: “Yeah, my dad was 8 years old when the war started.”
“World War 2?”
“Ha, nope.”
“Oh wow, World War 1?”
“The Civil War.”
My dad was born the year that WW1 started
My oldest sis was born the year that WW2 started
re: #143 Sir John Barron
Does dotard know what “the unmasking process” is? Does anyone?
It sounds sinister, like something that Batman does to the Riddler…
re: #147 HappyWarrior
It’s the selective bs that pisses me off. Kind of like you know Kim Davis refusing to issue same sex marriage applications and being held up as an example of moral virtue despite her own past.
again, if they beg for forgiveness for something they did, that is fine. but democrat baby killers can never be forgiven until they knuckle down and admit that a woman belongs to her fetus and not the other way around
re: #151 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
again, if they beg for forgiveness for something they did, that is fine. but democrat baby killers can never be forgiven until they knuckle down and admit that a woman belongs to her fetus and not the other way around
I know. I’m just saying that it’s the selective bs that pisses me off.
Confused Trump tricked by Fox News into opposing his own surveillance bill https://t.co/9rtDvGeR6U pic.twitter.com/WI1YYHvJmJ
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) January 11, 2018
In @foxandfriends defense, they don’t know what the fuck they’re talking about 90% of the time either. https://t.co/qZTPHut0Cs
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 11, 2018
re: #148 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
That is the point; they know that we would rather chase these squirrels than sit down and discuss the issues that are really shaping our nation and our lives.
Their followers don’t want to talk about substantive issues. I know, I keep trying. And most of them around here don’t think it will affect them.
re: #141 MsJ
Related
With release of #RussiaReport, @washingtonpost outlines everything we know so far about Russian election meddling in Europe, citing recent @AtlanticCouncil analysis: https://t.co/vejWHXa86o
READ NOW → The Kremlin’s Trojan Horses 2.0: https://t.co/JD2TwqEhZD pic.twitter.com/12f3WH4KLh— Eurasia Center (@ACEurasia) January 11, 2018
re: #148 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
That is the point; they know that we would rather chase these squirrels than sit down and discuss the issues that are really shaping our nation and our lives.
But where are we going to sit down? Who is going to sit down? Maybe I am misunderstanding, but you seem to be implying that there is some available option that we are refusing to access, a place where people are dying to discuss policy and the media hungers to cover it. Please tell me where, and I’ll be there.
re: #126 Hecuba’s daughter
Bernie supporters are just like Trump supporters: they really think Hillary was a demon.
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re: #156 Old Liberal
But where are we going to sit down? Who is going to sit down? Maybe I am misunderstanding, but you seem to be implying that there is some available option that we are refusing to access, a place where people are dying to discuss policy and the media hungers to cover it. Please tell me where, and I’ll be there.
Actually, it’s right over here by the…SQUIRREL!!!!
OMG Twitter is shadow banning!
Go to Drudge if you want the down low, from project veritas. I won’t click on it. I am sure there will be an exam on it later. I am sure it will be completely unfounded.
re: #148 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
That is the point; they know that we would rather chase these squirrels than sit down and discuss the issues that are really shaping our nation and our lives.
We need to do both, IMO. And both are being done, and in a limited way, achieving results.
Were it not for people pointing out over and over again Trump’s insanity as regards his conduct as president, how many casual observers would have accepted that conduct as business as usual? Maybe not enough people have caught on at this point, but that’s why we need to keep ringing that bell.
Democrats hammered the administration incessantly on ACA, and what do you know - even being in the minority and working against a media stacked against them, they got the message out that Trumpcare was a scam.
Meanwhile, people like Maddow, Melber, O’Donnell and others are discussing the issues day in and day out, and people are beginning to listen. As many as we’d like? Probably not. Enough to stop odious legislation like the tax scam? Unfortunately not.
But the (small) success there is that the record shows that the tax scam is a giveaway to the rich. As much as Trumpers would have liked to run roughshod over that message and kill it, they were unable to. And it will cost them. Today? No. In the mid-terms? Absolutely, provided we do the work to get people out to vote.
This is, for lack of a better term, a multi-front war. We cannot neglect any aspect of how Trump is fucking this country over. ‘Chasing the squirrels’ and educating people about bad legislation and illegalities are of a piece here. We must continue to do both.
re: #149 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
My dad was born the year that WW1 started
My oldest sis was born the year that WW2 started
My grandpa died in the Spanish flu pandemic. My dad was born 6 months later.
re: #162 The Vicious Babushka
My grandpa died in the Spanish flu pandemic. My dad was born 6 months later.
My mom was born in June 1918, right in the midst of it. I guess it is good fortune that she survived that…
Are twitter embeds broken? Can’t click on the twitter box to go to the twitter page. Only the links embedded in the twitter box.
It is possible that our admins have also done gone and broken something on this end. Running Google Chrome on an OS that is mostly Win7.
re: #155 wheat-dogg
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Very interesting. Mueller doesn’t have jurisdiction to look at their payrolls. That’d be a very interesting read. Most of these seem to be far right euroskeptic parties rather than center right I.e the Tories in the UK. CDU in Germany, or Sarkozy’s in France whose party name escapes me in France.
re: #160 Shropshire Slasher
Since I am a moran and don’t know what shadow banning is:
Shadow banning (also called stealth banning, ghost banning or comment ghosting) is the act of blocking a user or their content from an online community such that the user does not realize that they have been banned.
Oldest grandparent born 1912. Youngest born 1929.
re: #164 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Oh, and nothing other than words.
Smart move by Schiff.
.@RepAdamSchiff just recommended that the FISA bill be withdrawn for now, “in light of the irresponsible and inherently contradictory messages coming out of the White House today.” https://t.co/kL8mTMwdFI pic.twitter.com/q6ENkHXooE
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) January 11, 2018
Trump bucked his own White House on high-stakes surveillance law after watching Fox News https://t.co/kL8mTMwdFI pic.twitter.com/BE4914ACUy
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) January 11, 2018
I find myself wondering more and more of Trump is just easily conned or being blackmailed by the Kremlin.
Hates the media. Based his decisions on what FNC says. Sounds legit.
re: #173 HappyWarrior
Hates the media. Based his decisions on what FNC says. Sounds legit.
But Fox is always, always canny enough to build a rhetorical wall between themselves and ‘the media.’
It’s always mystified me how folks can crow about Fox kicking everyone’s ass in the ratings, yet not be able to recognize a media leader as being part of the media. That’s a massive disconnect.
re: #172 HappyWarrior
I find myself wondering more and more of Trump is just easily conned or being blackmailed by the Kremlin.
They loaned him a lot of money after the 2008 crisis. Now if you followed the latest Fargo series, it involved a businessman that did the same, and the creditors, it turns out, are not interested in being paid back, they instead come back and demand a piece of the company.
I see a similar thing happening here with DT’s businesses.
re: #172 HappyWarrior
I find myself wondering more and more of Trump is just easily conned or being blackmailed by the Kremlin.
Why not both?
re: #174 makeitstop
But Fox is always, always canny enough to build a rhetorical wall between themselves and ‘the media.’
It’s always mystified me how folks can crow about Fox kicking everyone’s ass in the ratings, yet not be able to recognize a media leader as being part of the media. That’s a massive disconnect.
Yeah same. I love how FNC especially Hannity brags about their ratings yet tries to act like they’re not the media. They ain’t journalists but they are the media.
re: #175 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They loaned him a lot of money after the 2008 crisis. Now if you followed the latest Fargo series, it involved a business that did the same, and the creditors, it turns out, are not interested in being paid back, they instead come back and demand a piece of the company.
I see a similar thing happening here with DT’s businesses.
Yeah I figure its money involved.
re: #179 HappyWarrior
Yeah I figure its money involved.
he is in their debt in ways that he cannot comprehend
re: #174 makeitstop
But Fox is always, always canny enough to build a rhetorical wall between themselves and ‘the media.’
It’s always mystified me how folks can crow about Fox kicking everyone’s ass in the ratings, yet not be able to recognize a media leader as being part of the media. That’s a massive disconnect.
yeah and talk radio isn’t “the media” and hundreds of conservative local papers aren’t “the media” and all the wingnut evangelical cable stations aren’t “media” etc.
re: #182 Sir John Barron
yeah and talk radio isn’t “the media” and hundreds of conservative local papers aren’t “the media” and all the wingnut evangelical cable stations aren’t “media” etc.
And they are all part of the Republican 24/7 Bullshit Machine!
Promising.
BREAKING: In the next 48 hours, the Trump Administration is planning to issue policy on how states can stop people from receiving Medicaid coverage if they don’t have a job.
And they plan to put this in action in their first state— Kentucky.— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) January 10, 2018
BREAKING: Yesterday, I shared that the Trump Administration would issue policy to states on requiring certain people to work to keep getting Medicaid.
The policy is out.
Will add it to this tweet. Follow if interested.1/ https://t.co/tpBSsCuXjN— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) January 11, 2018
re: #166 Shropshire Slasher
Since I am a moran and don’t know what shadow banning is:
I got shadow banned from a subReddit, I didn’t have a clue why none of the pictures I was posting were getting any views, let alone updings. I messaged the mods because I thought there was some kind of glitch on their end.
A mod was all pissy as he explained that I was posting pics from my Flickr account (this was pre-Imgur). I was all WTF? Yeah, dude, they host all my pictures.
He said “They are all *your* pictures”! That seemed a tautology that left me bereft of a good explanation. “This is a community, post someone else’s pictures”, he explained.
re: #172 HappyWarrior
I find myself wondering more and more of Trump is just easily conned or being blackmailed by the Kremlin.
while it could be either, or both, in general he’s just an uninquisitive idiot
he’s not a genius. He’s not “crazy like a fox.” He’s not a master strategist.
he keeps stepping in shit because he doesnt learn from one minute to the next
re: #186 Sir John Barron
That’ll teach the poors.
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But it will create jobs!!!! Need paperwork to prove jobs. Paperwork to prove you tried to find a job!!!!!!! Paperwork to cut you off for not presenting sufficient paperwork!!!!!!! So much winning paperwork. Oh, and emergency room paperwork too. And paperwork for hospitals to charge everyone else more to cover for the not-covered emergency room visits. Jobs in the pulp wood industry, and the copy machine industry.
re: #169 Shropshire Slasher
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Thanks Obama
UPDATE: There is currently no plan to pull the FISA bill from the floor, multiple House GOP leadership sources tell @NBCNews. - @AlexNBCNews
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 11, 2018
Thanks Obama
Trump brags about poll that shows more people credit Obama with good economy than him: https://t.co/tSR3gtkLnD pic.twitter.com/vqni4OrEmt
— The Hill (@thehill) January 11, 2018
re: #161 makeitstop
Well said.
I hate the “distraction” argument so much.
There was a major news day a while back, and not major in the sense that every day is now a major news day. It was a day when 2 mega stories broke. The jokes about which one was distracting from which was just the perfect way to put it.
It’s all bad. It’s all part of it. It’s all worth talking about.
re: #188 Old Liberal
But it will create jobs!!!! Need paperwork to prove jobs. Paperwork to prove you tried to find a job!!!!!!! Paperwork to cut you off for not presenting sufficient paperwork!!!!!!! So much winning paperwork. Oh, and emergency room paperwork too. And paperwork for hospitals to charge everyone else more to cover for the not-covered emergency room visits. Jobs in the pulp wood industry, and the copy machine industry.
Are there no workhouses? Are there no smoky coal mines?
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re: #193 Sir John Barron
Are there no workhouses? Are there no smoky coal mines?
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Are there no Dollar Stores? Walmarts?
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re: #64 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Catching up from last night. This photo is fabulous!
But CL gave me my avatar so I’m never going to change it
re: #168 Colère Tueur de Lapin
All is fine for me in Chrome Colère.
People in glass coffee houses shouldn’t throw scones.
re: #192 JordanRules
Well said.
I hate the “distraction” argument so much.There was a major news day a while back, and not major in the sense that every day is now a major news day. It was a day when 2 mega stories broke. The jokes about which one was distracting from which was just the perfect way to put it.
It’s all bad. It’s all part of it. It’s all worth talking about.
Not to get too meta here, but worrying about distractions becomes a distraction in itself.
I always take the view that all we can do is simply persist, call them out on everything. While it seems overwhelming and sometimes futile, it’s hard to gauge progress when you’re inside a struggle. But the messaging on ACA worked. The messaging on the tax scam worked - even though they got it passed, the ‘giveaway to the rich’ idea has stuck.
It might seem like a pollyanna-ish approach to some, but I’m old and I lived through Watergate. For about 90% of that fight, it was fucking bleak. It seemed as though CREEP and their minions had a stranglehold on the narrative and Nixon would skate.
And then one day everybody realized that we had beaten that monolith. I refuse to abandon the belief that this current group of schmoes can also be beaten, because we beat Nixon, and he had smart people running the show.
Hoarse Whisperer’s moniker ‘Stupid Watergate’ is right on the money.
📺DEBUT: ‘The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross’ premiered 35 years ago today, January 11, 1983 pic.twitter.com/s1U6JJ7Xa1
— RetroNewsNow (@RetroNewsNow) January 11, 2018
I watch the old shows on Netflix.
Another media outlet should follow up on this. I know SHS will lie and he’ll just be dumb, but it should still be formally addressed and on the record.
Left, Fox & Friends, 6:46 am
Right, Trump, 7:33 am pic.twitter.com/hvxAc93EyK— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) January 11, 2018
Disturbing thread on Trump dependence on Fox & Friends. Policy and foreign relations potentially hinge on what this show promotes.
Worse, Trump has been tricked by a fake Fox & Friends Twitter account before. This situation seems dangerously easily to manipulate. https://t.co/S3bCqs7BBE— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) January 11, 2018
re: #164 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Are twitter embeds broken? Can’t click on the twitter box to go to the twitter page. Only the links embedded in the twitter box.
It is possible that our admins have also done gone and broken something on this end. Running Google Chrome on an OS that is mostly Win7.
im having this problem in chrome as well - no pictures
closed, reopened, rebooted, etc. no joy — well, no pictures
‘Stable genius’ Donald Trump doesn’t actually have an MBA from Wharton: report https://t.co/iTMtgGmuzY
— Raw Story (@RawStory) January 11, 2018
Could Wharton have awarded him an honorary MBA?
— WB Young (@FormerDirtDart) January 11, 2018
so much bullshite
Great news, as a result of our TAX CUTS & JOBS ACT! pic.twitter.com/SLvhLxP3Jl
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 11, 2018
Ecuador grants citizenship to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been living in asylum at the nation’s embassy in London for more than five years. https://t.co/zMSr2EbwUt
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 11, 2018
re: #204 Backwoods_Sleuth
so much bullshite
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re: #199 makeitstop
Agree with everything here. I am somewhat intrigued why ACA repeal failed. I know there was a lot of pressure, but it came down to Murkowski, Collins, and (surprise) McCain. Lost all three of them on the tax bill. Lost Collins in her fake “deal with McConnell” over healthcare in the tax bill. The only thing I can imagine is that Collins & Murkowski were confronted with real people who were going to suffer/die if ACA went away, and they just couldn’t bring themselves to do it, while the others are totally cold-blooded. McCain’s no vote? Can’t figure that one out.
re: #199 makeitstop
I saw a Watergate special on MSNBC a couple weeks ago. I did not live thru it. Seeing how much Republicans were willing to dismiss initially surprised me.
Oliver Wilson has called it Stupid Watergate for a while. I don’t think Hoarse is his secret account or anything but I do wonder whose account it is.
re: #204 Backwoods_Sleuth
so much bullshite
Great news, as a result of our TAX CUTS & JOBS ACT! pic.twitter.com
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 11, 2018
that fast?
it’s like a miracle
re: #207 Backwoods_Sleuth
I may be easily confused…but why would the actual jobless claims number, which is larger, be BETTER/”good news” than the estimated number?
He just sees FNC praising his sorry ass and that’s all that matters.
re: #149 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
My dad was born the year that WW1 started
My oldest sis was born the year that WW2 started
My father was born in 1906, I came along in 1954. 47+ year gap.
re: #209 JordanRules
I saw a Watergate special on MSNBC a couple weeks ago. I did not live thru it. Seeing how much Republicans were willing to dismiss initially surprised me.
Oliver Wilson has called it Stupid Watergate for a while. I don’t think Hoarse is his secret account or anything but I do wonder whose account it is.
I lived through it. Still makes me sick when I think about it, as the fear feelings come back. Were it not for Mark Feldt, Nixon may have won. That’s how thin it was.
New: Trump spoke to House Speaker Paul Ryan after his first FISA tweet, below, and before his second FISA tweet, which walked back the first one, source confirms to @AlexNBCNews pic.twitter.com/3Ch0bD8qRi
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) January 11, 2018
re: #215 Old Liberal
I lived through it. Still makes me sick when I think about it, as the fear feelings come back. Were it not for Mark Feldt, Nixon may have won. That’s how thin it was.
and as i keep reminding, “it reached everywhere”
re: #208 Old Liberal
Agree with everything here. I am somewhat intrigued why ACA repeal failed. I know there was a lot of pressure, but it came down to Murkowski, Collins, and (surprise) McCain. Lost all three of them on the tax bill. Lost Collins in her fake “deal with McConnell” over healthcare in the tax bill. The only thing I can imagine is that Collins & Murkowski were confronted with real people who were going to suffer/die if ACA went away, and they just couldn’t bring themselves to do it, while the others are totally cold-blooded. McCain’s no vote? Can’t figure that one out.
For lack of a better explanation, I chalk up McCain’s vote as a stick in Trump’s eye.
Too bad his thirst for vengeance wasn’t enough to carry over to the tax bill.
re: #215 Old Liberal
I lived through it. Still makes me sick when I think about it, as the fear feelings come back. Were it not for Mark Feldt, Nixon may have won. That’s how thin it was.
He was a hero for what he did. I’m afraid John Dean was right though, Nixon would have survived Watergate if FNC was around then.
Trump lauded delivery of F-52s to Norway. The planes only exist in “Call of Duty.” https://t.co/A0KP3uGFTV
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 11, 2018
“The F-52 is a fictional jet only available to fly if you’re a gamer at the controls of ‘Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.’” https://t.co/jtorARdbFq
— Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) January 11, 2018
re: #212 HappyWarrior
He really has no idea how policy actually works.
Realize the savings we’ll bring you tomorrow yesterday!
re: #144 dangerman
i think to a large extent that depends on how the next election(s) go.
who gets nominated - who the candidates are and how they act
how the voting public acts and reacts
to a lesser extent, how the media behavesthe world will see we are again serious and deserve respect if we are serious and earn respect
“Americans always do the right thing. Eventually. After they’ve tried everything else.”
—Winston Churchill.
re: #220 FormerDirtDart
I had this argument yesterday,.
Yes it does pic.twitter.com/DgawypiYjG
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 11, 2018
re: #223 darthstar
I had this argument yesterday,.
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Look at all the crap I have open on my phone…no wonder it’s so slow.
Got council…smarter than Carter Page at least.
New with @woodruffbets and @swin24: Steve Bannon has lawyered up in advance of a House Intel interview next week, and he plans to “fully cooperate” https://t.co/GMgYxRGtYh
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) January 11, 2018
re: #223 darthstar
Hmm, what covert fighter program is this F-52, am sure @FG_STrim, @ValerieInsinna , @LeighGiangreco , @JamesDrewNews, @laraseligman or @RAeSTimR have the answer to this one https://t.co/Ebu2ZfcvI5
— Dzirhan Mahadzir (@DzirhanDefence) January 11, 2018
F-52 BiglyFortress #avgeek pic.twitter.com/vnrTdf9QMa
— Tim Robinson (@RAeSTimR) January 11, 2018
Dale Brown gonna be suing people for copyright infringement, and theft of intellectual property…#FlightOfTheOldDog
— WB Young (@FormerDirtDart) January 11, 2018
re: #171 makeitstop
Natasha Bertrand
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@NatashaBertrand
Trump bucked his own White House on high-stakes surveillance law after watching Fox News businessinsider.com …10:09 AM - Jan 11, 2018
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More proof of the Wolff book and what many have said about Trump. He has the attention and retention span of a nat. It also proves he has no idea what anyone else is doing at any given time.
Ah, but what a “show.” he can put on.
Acting!
re: #225 JordanRules
Got council…smarter than Carter Page at least.
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re: #172 HappyWarrior
I find myself wondering more and more of Trump is just easily conned or being blackmailed by the Kremlin.
Would he know either way?
re: #200 JordanRules
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I watch the old shows on Netflix.
I used to watch his show and I never figured out how he did it.
re: #213 ObserverArt
My father was born in 1906, I came along in 1954. 47+ year gap.
My dad was born in 1904 and I was born in 1953, so I have you beat by a tiny bit. His father was born in 1868. That side of the family was a teensy bit slow getting around to the fatherhood thing.
re: #174 makeitstop
But Fox is always, always canny enough to build a rhetorical wall between themselves and ‘the media.’
It’s always mystified me how folks can crow about Fox kicking everyone’s ass in the ratings, yet not be able to recognize a media leader as being part of the media. That’s a massive disconnect.
Part of this thread is about Evangelism.
Fox is a religion, not media. You gotta believe. They are a way to the truth. Other media is not, they sin with misleading alternate facts.
Yeah, I do think it is that simple.
re: #231 calochortus
My dad was born in 1904 and I was born in 1953, so I have you beat by a tiny bit. His father was born in 1868. That side of the family was a teensy bit slow getting around to the fatherhood thing.
It’s always amused me how many youngest sons and daughters I’m descended from.
My winter resident…. She was at the feeder at 15’.
Daily Rufous 11118: https://t.co/b3Xo717T2A via @YouTube
— Argyle Von Bargle 🐘🐘🐘🐘 (@DaveoutofAustin) January 11, 2018
re: #235 Dave In Austin
Cute little bird. Thanks for making me smile.
Bannon is getting a show on MSNBC
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For anyone wondering: Fox News and CNN say they will not consider hiring Bannon as a contributor; Newsmax says they have no plans to do so; MSNBC is declining to comment.
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) January 11, 2018
re: #237 FormerDirtDart
Bannon is getting a show on MSNBC
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Steve Bannon yells at kids to leave him alone, he used to be big?
BREAKING: Trump administration is allowing states to terminate automatic, guaranteed Medicaid coverage for people with disabilities, the medically frail, and people who can’t find jobs. This is truly savage. https://t.co/5bVPUZCACM
— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) January 11, 2018
re: #237 FormerDirtDart
Who wants an alcoholic slob on TV? Oh … Yeah :(
re: #237 FormerDirtDart
Bannon is getting a show on MSNBC
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I guess the makeup department will be expanding, then. Gonna need…specialists.
His tenure as Gov is one of the most pleasantly surprising things I’ve been wrong about in politics.
McAuliffe’s official portrait has him working on enfranchising felons; he wants this to be known as defining move of his governorship, it appears. https://t.co/VNFQoj0mQ6 pic.twitter.com/G1EweoyE6W
— Taniel (@Taniel) January 11, 2018
re: #239 DodgerFan1988
I really can’t see how Trump is planning on getting re-elected when he’s apparently going to kill a sizeable chunk of his voter base.
re: #200 JordanRules
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I watch the old shows on Netflix.
Did you know there was a similar show on TV prior to that. I used to watch it. In some ways it got me pushing a pencil at a very early age. I guess that is right when I knew I was going to be an artist.
Learn to Draw with Jon Nagy
re: #242 JordanRules
His tenure as Gov is one of the most pleasantly surprising things I’ve been wrong about in politics.
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Ditto that. I met his wife. Very gracious and humble woman. The McAuliffes deserve props.
re: #127 The Vicious Babushka
Repentance clears away your sins against G-D, for example if you neglected to pray or you violated the Sabbath or you ate non kosher food.
Sins committed against another human being can’t be forgiven by G-D, they can only be forgiven by the person who was sinned against.
I was raised as a Methodist, but this sure comes close to the way I think and feel.
re: #243 Dr Lizardo
I really can’t see how Trump is planning on getting re-elected when he’s apparently going to kill a sizeable chunk of his voter base.
As long as he finds a scapegoat by the election, he knows many will go along.
re: #237 FormerDirtDart
Bannon is getting a show on MSNBC
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A FoodNetwork show where he rates booze that comes in plastic bottles.
re: #247 retired cynic
I was raised as a Methodist, but this sure comes close to the way I think and feel.
Yes, this.
re: #202 dangerman
im having this problem in chrome as well - no pictures
closed, reopened, rebooted, etc. no joy — well, no pictures
Ahhhh. The Twitter Jitters!
Dependency. : )
Saudi Arabia to allow unaccompanied women tourists over the age of 24https://t.co/w01XFUlQRK pic.twitter.com/qKmLA9dFQU
— The National (@TheNationalUAE) January 11, 2018
re: #243 Dr Lizardo
I really can’t see how Trump is planning on getting re-elected when he’s apparently going to kill a sizeable chunk of his voter base.
After 2016, I’ll never overestimate the intelligence and commonsense of the American electorate.
re: #249 bill d. (b.d.)
Reminder to give PBS more money so they can continue to have good cooking shows.
I see no problem with giving felons the right to vote back. No need to make someone a second class citizen for crimes they’ve already been convicted and served time for. And yeah as much as I dislike guns, I feel that way about non violent felons and guns too.
re: #256 plansbandc
Disarming a mine. Oh my God.
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Many questions, but the main one is, how many people blew themselves up attempting to learn how to disarm a mine? And holy crap. That is one godforsaken profession.
What’s a job I’ll never want, Alex?
Dude’s running against Sherrod Brown.
Good puppy.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 11, 2018
re: #243 Dr Lizardo
I really can’t see how Trump is planning on getting re-elected when he’s apparently going to kill a sizeable chunk of his voter base.
Trump is planning nothing - he lacks the capacity to plan even minutes into the future. Someone said he has the attention span of a rat, but that’s untrue, because a rat can find its way through a maze, and it’s fairly clear that he can’t.
As far as FOX is planning, though, they may or may not be planning on winning the presidency again in 2020. They are well positioned no matter what, as their dominance over the US media and the American people won’t change regardless.
re: #244 ObserverArt
Did you know there was a similar show on TV prior to that. I used to watch it. In some ways it got me pushing a pencil at a very early age. I guess that is right when I knew I was going to be an artist.
Learn to Draw with Jon Nagy
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I remember seeing Nagy’s adverts in comic books when I was a kid.
re: #235 Dave In Austin
My winter resident…. She was at the feeder at 15’.
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Wow. You got her to actually stop flapping those wings, and settle down for a long draw. Nice.
re: #200 JordanRules
Thank you. I always enjoyed watching Bob Ross. Maybe that is why I enjoy PBS so much.
re: #220 FormerDirtDart
So, he is getting some of his advice from Barron.
re: #248 HappyWarrior
As long as he finds a scapegoat by the election, he knows many will go along.
“But, but illegals!”
re: #244 ObserverArt
That’s cool!
I love that we have and can so easily share early video like this!
re: #256 plansbandc
Disarming a mine. Oh my God.
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Many questions, but the main one is, how many people blew themselves up attempting to learn how to disarm a mine? And holy crap. That is one godforsaken profession.
one of my favorite (dated) series: Danger UXB
ww2 and london
available around youtube
re: #257 HappyWarrior
I see no problem with giving felons the right to vote back. No need to make someone a second class citizen for crimes they’ve already been convicted and served time for. And yeah as much as I dislike guns, I feel that way about non violent felons and guns too.
In Canada they are always considered citizens and vote from prison. You know, civilized like.
re: #257 HappyWarrior
I see no problem with giving felons the right to vote back. No need to make someone a second class citizen for crimes they’ve already been convicted and served time for. And yeah as much as I dislike guns, I feel that way about non violent felons and guns too.
while i agree with this, i think anyone who screws up w/r/t guns etc, should permanently lose that privilege
re: #270 MsJ
In Canada they are always considered citizens and vote from prison. You know, civilized like.
Maybe we could compromise and only give the vote back to the white ones.
re: #259 darthstar
Dude’s running against Sherrod Brown.
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— Stacy (@LaikaSpaceDog) January 11, 2018
re: #271 dangerman
while i agree with this, i think anyone who screws up w/r/t guns etc, should permanently lose that privilege
Violent felons? Sure.
re: #260 Renaissance_Man
Trump is planning nothing - he lacks the capacity to plan even minutes into the future. Someone said he has the attention span of a rat, but that’s untrue, because a rat can find its way through a maze, and it’s fairly clear that he can’t.
As far as FOX is planning, though, they may or may not be planning on winning the presidency again in 2020. They are well positioned no matter what, as their dominance over the US media and the American people won’t change regardless.
Thankfully, Fox has a dying demographic. Nowhere near enough younger people to fill up the ratings as the older folks meet their makers.
re: #270 MsJ
In Canada they are always considered citizens and vote from prison. You know, civilized like.
Way I look at is this, most people behind bars are going to get out, why punish them forever? I hate our tough on crime culture which btw is why I could never work as a DA despite my great empathy for victims of crime.
re: #259 darthstar
Dude’s running against Sherrod Brown.
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re: #277 HappyWarrior
Way I look at is this, most people behind bars are going to get out, why punish them forever? I hate our tough on crime culture which btw is why I could never work as a DA despite my great empathy for victims of crime.
I prefer the Canadian version. Prisoners are still citizens, and what happens still affects them. Our model is there to disenfranchise minorities.
If they don’t like the idea of convicted people voting for Democrats, they should not make so many convicts.
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re: #277 HappyWarrior
Way I look at is this, most people behind bars are going to get out, why punish them forever? I hate our tough on crime culture which btw is why I could never work as a DA despite my great empathy for victims of crime.
Anyone who is denied the vote after they’ve served their time, should also be exempt from paying taxes. Americans traditionally reject taxation without representation.
re: #279 Belafon
I prefer the Canadian version. Prisoners are still citizens, and what happens still affects them. Our model is there to disenfranchise minorities.
If they don’t like the idea of convicted people voting for Democrats, they should not make so convicts.
Yep I have to agree.
They never were funny.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 11, 2018
re: #280 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Anyone who is denied the vote after they’ve served their time, should also be exempt from paying taxes. Americans traditionally reject taxation without representation.
That’s too much common sense.
Aint it funky now!
The “Purple Snow” collection chronicles the evolution of the Twin Cities funk scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s, described as a “purple launchpad” https://t.co/SoHjVi5q08
— Atlas Obscura (@atlasobscura) January 11, 2018
re: #282 darthstar
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re: #274 HappyWarrior
Violent felons? Sure.
anyone who demonstrates they cant be minimally responsible enough to control their weapon(s) at all times,
“lose control” in its use, misuse, lending, sale, storage, transport, etc., lose the privilege. no second chances (as it were)
re: #286 dangerman
anyone who demonstrates they cant be minimally responsible enough to control their weapon(s) at all times,
“lose control” in its use, misuse, lending, sale, storage, transport, etc., lose the privilege. no second chances (as it were)
That’s reasonable imo.
Public Service Announcement: Yesterday, I got a phishing email attempting to get my PayPal password. It said my Password had been changed, and looked like one of those emails you get when you change your password at sites. Clicking on the “click here if you didn’t change it” took me to a website that looked exactly like the PayPal login screen, but the address was completely wrong. I went to PayPal and logged in with my current password.
I reported it to PayPal.
re: #202 dangerman
im having this problem in chrome as well - no pictures
closed, reopened, rebooted, etc. no joy — well, no pictures
the problem seems to be chrome
i just logged in with internet explorer and images display fine
re: #285 HappyWarrior
Oh come on, didn’t you laugh when he used Judge Curiel’s ethnic background to drive the cultists crazy.
I’m just surprised the media stopped laughing before one of Trump’s followers starting killing reporters.
re: #289 Belafon
Public Service Announcement: Yesterday, I got a phishing email attempting to get my PayPal password. It said my Password had been changed, and looked like one of those emails you get when you change your password at sites. Clicking on the “click here if you didn’t change it” took me to a website that looked exactly like the PayPal login screen, but the address was completely wrong. I went to PayPal and logged in with my current password.
I reported it to PayPal.
Good move. I think it always best to ignore emails. Like you did, if you get a notice, go to the site and use your login as you always do. Links in emails are a no-will-do for me.
edit to add: A lot of times your spam protection should find it as spam. It should have looked at the links to see they didn’t go to PayPal and then end up in spam folder.
re: #200 JordanRules
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I watch the old shows on Netflix.
Many episodes are on the official Bob Ross channel on YouTube.
Do you know why bible literacy classes are a bad idea in public schools? You probably don’t want me teaching it to your children. https://t.co/8TQO6VYmOQ
— Joe Gerth (@Joe_Gerth) January 11, 2018
re: #289 Belafon
Public Service Announcement: Yesterday, I got a phishing email attempting to get my PayPal password. It said my Password had been changed, and looked like one of those emails you get when you change your password at sites. Clicking on the “click here if you didn’t change it” took me to a website that looked exactly like the PayPal login screen, but the address was completely wrong. I went to PayPal and logged in with my current password.
I reported it to PayPal.
I got one that I actually fell for (my first time). I got an “invoice” from “Apple” for an obscure app I bought a long time ago. When I clicked on the link it took me to what I thought was an Apple site. After not being able to log in, I immediately called Apple and we reset the password and I put all three credit reporting agencies on a Hold. Just in case.
Trump (later): We also need to all start taking Abilify because I saw them do a fascinating segment on it on Fox & Friends.
Kellyanne: That was a commercial.— Hayden Black (@haydenblack) January 11, 2018
re: #289 Belafon
Public Service Announcement: Yesterday, I got a phishing email attempting to get my PayPal password. It said my Password had been changed, and looked like one of those emails you get when you change your password at sites. Clicking on the “click here if you didn’t change it” took me to a website that looked exactly like the PayPal login screen, but the address was completely wrong. I went to PayPal and logged in with my current password.
I reported it to PayPal.
I got an email today that said “lonely Russian women looking for boyfriends”. Looked legit, so I clicked on the link.
re: #294 Backwoods_Sleuth
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It’s just a bad idea aside from being unconstitutional.
re: #292 ObserverArt
Good move. I think it always best to ignore emails. Like you did, if you get a notice, go to the site and use your login as you always do. Links in emails are a no-will-do for me.
edit to add: A lot of times your spam protection should find it as spam. It should have looked at the links to see they didn’t go to PayPal and then end up in spam folder.
I normally do, but this one was convincing enough that I wanted to put in the extra effort to report it as phishing, and to make sure others know. A lot of the people around me aren’t always paying enough attention to not get hooked.
This is Frisco. He’s simply a majestic boy. Planning to place these at the front of his modeling pupfolio. 13/10 would sign pic.twitter.com/r9SlaBa6ut
— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) January 11, 2018
re: #294 Backwoods_Sleuth
Do you know why bible literacy classes are a bad idea in public schools? You probably don’t want me teaching it to your children.
he is being a bit snarky about it, but he has a valid point: on one hand, you have people who will feel compelled to use those courses to spread the Word of God, which will upset one group of people, and those who would be highly critical and objective, which would offend another group
“House votes on controversial FISA ACT today.” This is the act that may have been used, with the help of the discredited and phony Dossier, to so badly surveil and abuse the Trump Campaign by the previous administration and others?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 11, 2018
Someone should tell Trump that when judges sign FISA warrants to authorize surveillance, they make a finding that the target of the surveillance was acting on behalf of a foreign power. https://t.co/r32MaCqDQT
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) January 11, 2018
re: #289 Belafon
I got a letter from a company called TIO. They were telling me that my bank account information was breached. I asked my credit union and they confirmed that it was probably a scam to get information. I think I will take the letter to the Post Office and let them deal with it. I know if there is any breach Life Lock and my credit union will help me.
re: #301 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
he is being a bit snarky about it, but he has a valid point: on one hand, you have people who will feel compelled to use those courses to spread the Word of God, which will upset one group of people, and those who would be highly critical and objective, which would offend another group
And then there’s the third group:
Lesson 1: Talking about disowning your family and friends who don’t follow God’s law.
Lesson 2: Training left-handers to be assassins.
Lesson 3: Discussion of what the “wet door handle” in Song of Solomon really means.
Meanwhile, anti-feminist scumbag Katie Roiphe was all set to dox the creator of the Shitty Media Men list, created a Twitter account to respond to criticism, and is getting ratio’d clear to hell and back.
To keep perspective: the list itself is a very small part of long piece that has not yet closed. The question of who created the list was not in any way important to the piece.
— Katie Roiphe (@katherineroiphe) January 11, 2018
Harper’s should feel embarrassed to be giving this creep a place to publish.
re: #302 Backwoods_Sleuth
Telling Trump things doesn’t help. He’s just echoing what he saw on Fox “News’” 2nd craziest propaganda show. We have a senile, Fox-addicted president who understands nothing.
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) January 11, 2018
re: #303 PhillyPretzel
I got a letter from a company called TIO. They were telling me that my bank account information was breached. I asked my credit union and they confirmed that it was probably a scam to get information. I think I will take the letter to the Post Office and let them deal with it. I know if there is any breach Life Lock and my credit union will help me.
With emails, you can also forward them to the FBI. The Post Office is probably a good start for physical mail.
Lre: #306 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
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re: #304 Belafon
And then there’s the third group:
Lesson 1: Talking about disowning your family and friends who don’t follow God’s law.
Lesson 2: Training left-handers to be assassins.
Lesson 3: Discussion of what the “wet door handle” in Song of Solomon really means.
In any case, Biblical literature classes are fine at a high school or university level, but leave it out of the Public grade schools
re: #225 JordanRules
Got council…smarter than Carter Page at least.
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And I believe 99% of Bannon’s testimony will be against Jared and Ivanka, because I think he really hates those two with the heat of a thousand suns.
Fine by me. They’re part of the problem.
re: #312 Dr. Matt
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She apologized unlike Trump who attacked a sitting judge as a presidential nominee. And since when does FNC care about slurs?
Twitter is very nice some days pic.twitter.com/DqFFnRN7Zj
— Sam Sanders (@samsanders) January 11, 2018
.@BarackObama White House’s lavish gifts from foreign friends revealed https://t.co/lqQ8mZlcuA
— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 11, 2018
Headline is grossly misleading if not an outright lie. These gifts were turned over to the US government as required by law. This issue was in my portfolio when I was in the White House and I can tell you that Obama scrupulously followed the rules (as Fox admits in fine print) https://t.co/mSbvoEN051
— Norm Eisen (@NormEisen) January 11, 2018
Disappointed the House just passed Nunes FISA Act reauthorization bill that will give Trump the power to spy on Americans without a warrant.
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) January 11, 2018
re: #289 Belafon
Public Service Announcement: Yesterday, I got a phishing email attempting to get my PayPal password. It said my Password had been changed, and looked like one of those emails you get when you change your password at sites. Clicking on the “click here if you didn’t change it” took me to a website that looked exactly like the PayPal login screen, but the address was completely wrong. I went to PayPal and logged in with my current password.
I reported it to PayPal.
I got a notice that I had made a Netflix purchase on PayPal followed my an email from “PayPal” telling me what to do in case of questions. I checked my credit card and have no activity with Netflix. I don’t have a PayPal account.
Dana Mining of Pennsylvania LLC will permanently close its 4 West Mine near Mt. Morris, PA.
400 workers will lose their jobs.
Didn’t Trump promise to make coal great again?
I think the market is being more realistic about coal’s future. pic.twitter.com/D8E0V79ibk— Red T Raccoon (@RedTRaccoon) January 11, 2018
Also…that sign!
Does the mine have so many accidents that a separate sign indicating an ambulance entrance is needed?
re: #321 Backwoods_Sleuth
Also…that sign!
Does the mine have so many accidents that a separate sign indicating an ambulance entrance is needed?
And just think, PA will be able to cut off Medicaid to these “slackers”.
They didn’t want to be trained for a new job.
re: #324 Belafon
And just think, PA will be able to cut off Medicaid to these “slackers”.
They didn’t want to be trained for a new job.
That’s what pisses me off. I’m sorry that the job they had for years is gone but they refused retraining.
re: #325 HappyWarrior
That’s what pisses me off. I’m sorry that the job they had for years is gone but they refused retraining.
they were convinced that all we needed to do was elect someone to cut health, safety and environmental regulations and the well-paid jobs with benefits jobs would come booming back, without the need of unions
re: #302 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Someone should tell Trump that when judges sign FISA warrants to authorize surveillance, they make a finding that the target of the surveillance was acting on behalf of a foreign power.“House votes on controversial FISA ACT today.” This is the act that may have been used, with the help of the discredited and phony Dossier, to so badly surveil and abuse the Trump Campaign by the previous administration and others?
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Wait — Doesn’t that mean he opposes the legislation because a FISA warrant could be used to prove that he was acting on behalf of a foreign power?
It seems our ambassador to the Netherlands is still having problems:
“If you’re truly an honest and wise man, could you please take back the remark about burned politicians or name the politician that was burned in the Netherlands?” [Roel] Geeraedts asked.
An uncomfortable silence followed the question.
“Thank you,” Hoekstra said, before trying to call on someone else over the clamor of the reporters in the room.
“Excuse me, I asked you a question,” Geeraedts said.
Another journalist jumped in.
“Mr. Ambassador, can you mention any example of a Dutch politician who was burned in recent years?”
Again, silence, as Hoekstra stared around the room.
“This is the Netherlands, you have to answer questions,” another reporter said.
re: #317 Backwoods_Sleuth
.@BarackObama White House’s lavish gifts from foreign friends revealed foxnews.com
— Fox News
GFY, FoxNews
re: #329 Belafon
It seems our ambassador to the Netherlands is still having problems:
RESPECT ARE MAGA DIPLOMATS
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SCOOP: DARRELL ISSA, who said yesterday he won’t seek reelection in CA’s 49th district, is talking about running in DUNCAN HUNTER’S neighboring San Diego district, w/@KatieBoWill https://t.co/hm4IB63ftY
— Scott Wong (@scottwongDC) January 11, 2018
Kentucky’s sane voice in Congress:
My statement on @realDonaldTrump’s decision to approve work requirements for Medicaid coverage: pic.twitter.com/D9BfPufFkw
— Rep. John Yarmuth (@RepJohnYarmuth) January 11, 2018
re: #329 Belafon
“This is the Netherlands, you have to answer questions,” another reporter said.
and that, in a nutshell, is the problem we face with our press at home
“But all the snow in Charlotte forced them to close the airport for daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaays”
//— WB Young (@FormerDirtDart) January 11, 2018
Question for people paying more attention to me: Where are all of the “What do Trump voters think now” pieces coming from? Are they all NYT now? I know there have been some earlier ones done by others, but I wonder what the trend has been.
Check out “Executive Time,” my new recurring feature on presidential livetweeting, this morning at @mmfa.
Left, Fox & Friends, 6:06 am
Right, Trump, 6:33 am pic.twitter.com/Phe8IWs26O— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) January 11, 2018
Thread@MattGertz has matched up Trump’s tweets to Fox&Friends
Don’t think for one second foreign agencies haven’t noticed this. So have our own security people
Trump is hugely vulnerable to manipulation. He’s our greatest National Security vulnerability https://t.co/jirL4TS2gL— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) January 11, 2018
re: #339 Backwoods_Sleuth
I bet ad spots on Fox and Friends cost a ton these days.
re: #339 Backwoods_Sleuth
MMfA, or anyone else for that matter, should create an app or website that has 24/7 live, real-time side-by-side coverage of Fox “news” and Shitler’s twitter feed. I’m sure the results would be frightening and expected.
Oklahoma jury convicts woman of killing her 33-year-old daughter by forcing a crucifix and medallion down her throat because she believed the woman was possessed by the devil. https://t.co/YVi3WKI10Z
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 11, 2018
I think I saw this movie a long time ago…
re: #342 Backwoods_Sleuth
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she probably did, too, thought it was a documentary
re: #174 makeitstop
But Fox is always, always canny enough to build a rhetorical wall between themselves and ‘the media.’
It’s always mystified me how folks can crow about Fox kicking everyone’s ass in the ratings, yet not be able to recognize a media leader as being part of the media. That’s a massive disconnect.
We should start referring to them as Fox News Media
Since a FISA warrant can only be obtained when there’s evidence the recipient has acted on behalf of a foreign power against the US: Congratulations @realDonaldTrump on YOUR CONFESSION IN THIS TWEET that your campaign conspired with a foreign government #Dimbulb pic.twitter.com/gXT8bLVgUS
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) January 11, 2018
:D
Stormtroopers walking down the stairs followed by Darth Vader. pic.twitter.com/LoQhOtdkpq
— Sam Kalidi (@samkalidi) January 11, 2018
YAY!!!
TBS just announced: @FullFrontalSamB “has been renewed for two new seasons by TBS…”
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 11, 2018
SHOCK: Former Obama Official Hints Admin Warned Terrorist That Israel Was Going To Assassinate Him https://t.co/xwPNUSygFu
— The Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) January 11, 2018
Steve Bannon protege @benshapiro should be embarrassed to have published this. At no point did I confirm this story. I didn’t even work at the White House when it is alleged to have happened. This is why Breitbart was garbage before Bannon made it Nazi garbage. https://t.co/HOpsEZqPgq
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) January 11, 2018
Ben Shapiro, displaying the journalistic excellence that Andrew Breitbart taught him.
re: #317 Backwoods_Sleuth
You’re trying to mislead your audience with a headline meant to spark outrage in the people who fail to read the article, to keep them from noticing that the law is closing in on old-man Trump.
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) January 11, 2018
Here are the political appointees Trump hired at USDA, including Sam Clovis - who was unable to get confirmed by the Senate but is still working there: https://t.co/A6NGxb9uEO
— American Oversight (@weareoversight) January 11, 2018
Cramer told me a few days ago: “Certainly, the President urged me to run. He’s encouraged me to run. He has for sometime.”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 11, 2018
re: #348 Ace-o-aces
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We are talking about someone who smeared Hagel as a Hamas fan. Shapiro only turned on the sky right because they hate him for being Jewish.
Watch out - right wingers are losing their minds again over yet another phony, deceptive @JamesOKeefeIII scam video. Now he’s attacking Twitter.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 11, 2018
The constant theme of O’Keefe’s scams is that conservatives are being persecuted for their “views,” instead of the reality: facing consequences for spreading hatred and conspiracy theories.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 11, 2018
And I see Drudge Report is dutifully helping hype O’Keefe again with a huge screaming headline. They do love their persecution complexes.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 11, 2018
I have lots of criticism about the way Twitter does things, but the idea that they “censor” conservatives just for their beliefs is pure garbage. All you have to do is use your eyes to see that right wing hate speech is ALL OVER the network.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 11, 2018
“One of the cinnamon rolls has a fucking erection.”
I decided to make the damn pizza dough cinnamon rolls in Mario Batali’s apology letter. https://t.co/4TehIpCv26
— Geraldine (@everywhereist) January 11, 2018
re: #336 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
re: #329 Belafon
“This is the Netherlands, you have to answer questions,” another reporter said.
and that, in a nutshell, is the problem we face with our press at home
I noticed, though, that while most of the (justifiable) uproar was related to Amb. Hoekstra’s refusal to answer/clarify his statement(s) when asked directly, the content of those statements seems almost secondary - though it’s the same stale old Islamophobic canards (“no-go zones”, etc.) : does he think he’s playing to the Geert Wilders fringe??
re: #356 Jay C
I noticed, though, that while most of the (justifiable) uproar was related to Amb. Hoekstra’s refusal to answer/clarify his statement(s) when asked directly, the content of those statements seems almost secondary - though it’s the same stale old Islamophobic canards (“no-go zones”, etc.) : does he think he’s playing to the Geert Wilders fringe??
That’s probably exactly what he’s doing. He’s also the senate candidate who had the racist Asian ad.
re: #356 Jay C
I noticed, though, that while most of the (justifiable) uproar was related to Amb. Hoekstra’s refusal to answer/clarify his statement(s) when asked directly, the content of those statements seems almost secondary - though it’s the same stale old Islamophobic canards (“no-go zones”, etc.) : does he think he’s playing to the Geert Wilders fringe??
The point is, that when the press allows these statements to go unchallenged, a lot of people just assume that they actually have some merit
re: #312 Dr. Matt
Fox “news” has found a new woman to attack. Expect Trump to follow suit very soon.
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BREAKING: immigrant rights leader and ED of @NewSanctuaryNYC Ravi Ragbir has been detained and is being transported in an ambulance. Allies are demanding his release #IStandwithRavi #OurNY pic.twitter.com/YF8SkqCv4C
— New York Immigration Coalition (@thenyic) January 11, 2018
All while the Trump admin is calling on Iran to release its political prisoners. https://t.co/v5x6oCWGDr
— Frederick Douglass (@gettinnoticedmo) January 11, 2018
I’m pretty sure Shapiro lacks the capability to be embarrassed, judging from his history.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 11, 2018
we’re seeing non-stop coverage/discussion of the Wall this week. basically zero refs to fact it represents a monumental Trump lie.
a Dem potus would never get away w/ that.— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) January 11, 2018
ICE has just detained Ravi Ragbir, immigrant rights activist & community leader. We need your help to stop his deportation! #IStandWithRavi pic.twitter.com/caXX6coHOM
— Immigrant Defense Project (@ImmDefense) January 11, 2018
Everyone, Ravi Ragbir has been detained by @ICEgov. Ravi is a husband, father, and nationally-recognized immigrant rights activist. Please help spread the word to stop his deportation. @ImmDefense Thank you for telling people how they can help! #IStandWithRavi https://t.co/GXoQMrxmdR
— Eliza Orlins (@eorlins) January 11, 2018
Reporters to Trump ambassador: ‘This is the Netherlands — you have to answer questions’ https://t.co/VT3g4p1zgQ
— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) January 11, 2018
The time when James O’Keefe attended a white nationalist conference.
re: #354 Charles Johnson
Amazing how credibly this dude and his scam organization continue to be treated by media after being busted for BS time and time again.
re: #366 DodgerFan1988
The time when James O’Keefe attended a white nationalist conference.
I still remember when the right tried to make him a modern muckraker for the ACORN stunt. He’s a pathetic bigoted asshole.
re: #364 FormerDirtDart
Hoekstra struck dumb by a straightforward question about his dishonest and false claim, and tries to treat it as Trump would.
Check out “Executive Time,” my new recurring feature on presidential livetweeting, this morning at @mmfa.
Left, Fox & Friends, 6:06 am
Right, Trump, 6:33 am pic.twitter.com/Phe8IWs26O— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) January 11, 2018
We all suspected that Trump is a puppet but OMG! Steve Doocey is the puppeteer!!!!!!!!! https://t.co/xHWfMFZ1S8
— Floppy Boot Stomp (@the_edwin_mix) January 11, 2018
Frankly, I wish O’Queef’s story was true and twitter was blocking Nazis/Conservatives. They don’t deserve a platform to spew their hatred.
re: #365 HappyWarrior
Props to the Dutch journalists.
Also: props to NBC (at least one reporter, anyway) for highlighting the incident. I’m not sure we’ll be seeing a report on the Nightly News, though I guess Fox will be sure to bring up how mean all those nasty foreign reporters were to Poor Old Pete for “telling the truth” about what a Eurabian hellhole The Netherlands is…..
re: #370 jaunte
Hoekstra struck dumb by a straightforward question about his dishonest and false claim, and tries to treat it as Trump would.
“Cut to commercial, cut to commercial! Welcome back to the studio! I got letters upon letters for how good my nonresponse was!”
re: #374 Sir John Barron
I hope the Dutch press makes Hoekstra’s stay there an endless reiteration of the question.
re: #368 HappyWarrior
I still remember when the right tried to make him a modern muckraker for the ACORN stunt. He’s a pathetic bigoted asshole.
And it wasn’t hardly a month back when Veritas got veritas busted for trying to BS the Wash Post, send in a liar to spy.
Woot!
Lots of hugs on the Democratic side of the #Virginia House as a record number of women are sworn in @nbcwashington pic.twitter.com/uTlhePPoyL
— Julie Carey (@JulieCareyNBC) January 10, 2018
re: #303 PhillyPretzel
I got a letter from a company called TIO. They were telling me that my bank account information was breached. I asked my credit union and they confirmed that it was probably a scam to get information. I think I will take the letter to the Post Office and let them deal with it. I know if there is any breach Life Lock and my credit union will help me.
Not a scam:
PayPal’s recently-acquired payment processor TIO Networks has revealed that up to 1.6 million customers have had their information stolen in a recent data breach.
Last week, the Vancouver, Canada-based TIO Networks said that following the suspension of operations, evidence has been uncovered of a data breach due to “unauthorized access.”
In a statement, the company said that unknown attackers were able to gain access to “locations that stored personal information of some of TIO’s customers and customers of TIO billers.”
In total, up to 1.6 million customers may have had their information leaked, which could include personally identifiable information (PII) or potentially financial data.
No details on the type of information exposed have yet been revealed; however, PayPal says the unauthorized access was “ongoing.”
TIO runs (or, rather, ran, since Paypal apparently shut the TIO network completely down in November when they found out about this; Paypal just bought TIO back in July) bill payment machines (they’re big and orange, about the size of an ATM) installed in convenience stores, pharmacies, and other places; here in Nashville, they’re usually in Exxon stations, so if you’ve ever made bill payments through them, that’s why you got the letter. Me, I’ve used them in the past, but never tied my bank account to my TIO account; I always paid cash at the machines.
I admire this shopper, well I admire her chutzpah.
A crazy shopper returned her Christmas tree to Costco this January for a refund — because it was “dead.”
Bizarrely, the woman apparently managed to get her money back in full despite taking the battered fir back a full 10 days after Dec. 25.
re: #379 Shropshire Slasher
Her first clue should have been the lack of roots.
re: #379 Shropshire Slasher
I admire this shopper, well I admire her chutzpah.
There was a dad of one of the kids my oldest had karate with who said he never paid for light bulbs. He would record when he started using a bulb, and when it went out, and then would go to the store arguing that the bulb hadn’t lasted as long as it should have based on the numbers on the box. I don’t think he knew all that much about statistics, but the customer service people at the store did not.
There are seats open for the Bitcoin Blockchain Initial Coin offerings conference. Have your credit card ready, they don’t accept bitcoin for payment
Due to network congestion and manual processing, we have closed ticket payments using Cryptocurrencies — Hopefully, next year there will be more unity in the community about scaling and global adoption becomes reality.
re: #379 Shropshire Slasher
A crazy shopper returned her Christmas tree to Costco this January for a refund — because it was “dead.”
I tried to do the “recycling” thing and buy Xmas trees in a bucket of dirt so we could then plant them out in the back yard. I thought that a row of Xmas trees along the back fence might be a nice touch.
But two issues:
replanting a tree in the spring will generally kill it, they need to be replanted in the fall and they cut back the roots so much to fit in the planting pot that the tree is pretty much a goner already, only alive enough to last into January.
re: #381 Belafon
There was a dad of one of the kids my oldest had karate with who said he never paid for light bulbs. He would record when he started using a bulb, and when it went out, and then would go to the store arguing that the bulb hadn’t lasted as long as it should have based on the numbers on the box. I don’t think he knew all that much about statistics, but the customer service people at the store did not.
I feel like I should do this. When I bought my house six years ago I replaced all of the bulbs I could with LEDs and thought It would be a decade before I had to replace any of them. 6 years in and I have had to replace more than half of them and some of those I had to replace in the first year. For the average lifetime to work out the remaining ones will all have to last another 20+ years.
Bipartisan group of senators reach deal on immigration to protect younger people brought to the U.S. illegally as children. https://t.co/4IVqml1sz2
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 11, 2018
re: #387 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I tried to do the “recycling” thing and buy Xmas trees in a bucket of dirt so we could then plant them out in the back yard. I thought that a row of Xmas trees along the back fence might be a nice touch.
But two issues:
replanting a tree in the spring will generally kill it, they need to be replanted in the fall and they cut back the roots so much to fit in the planting pot that the tree is pretty much a goner already, only alive enough to last into January.
Try a hydroponic system with some rooting hormone in the mix.
re: #390 danarchy
I feel like I should do this. When I bought my house six years ago I replaced all of the bulbs I could with LEDs and thought It would be a decade before I had to replace any of them. 6 years in and I have had to replace more than half of them and some of those I had to replace in the first year. For the average lifetime to work out the remaining ones will all have to last another 20+ years.
Water under the bridge. order a bunch of IKEA LED bulbs and replace when required. Buggers are so cheap (and good) now it’s just not worth the hassle.
If you picked ‘em up 6 years ago at then current prices I can see how it’d peeve you off, though.
re: #390 danarchy
I feel like I should do this. When I bought my house six years ago I replaced all of the bulbs I could with LEDs and thought It would be a decade before I had to replace any of them. 6 years in and I have had to replace more than half of them and some of those I had to replace in the first year. For the average lifetime to work out the remaining ones will all have to last another 20+ years.
I’ve never had to replace an LED bulb, and have had them for years. Maybe they were cheap bulbs, or there’s something up with your electrical supply.
re: #393 ThomasLite
Water under the bridge. order a bunch of IKEA LED bulbs and replace when required. Buggers are so cheap (and good) now it’s just not worth the hassle.
If you picked ‘em up 6 years ago at then current prices I can see how it’d peeve you off, though.
They’ve gotten pretty cheap at Home Depot as well: A box of 10 for $14: homedepot.com.
re: #329 Belafon
It seems our ambassador to the Netherlands is still having problems:
see? followup questions and keeping the interviewee on point are not that hard
re: #375 jaunte
I noticed an article on NLtimes, Hoekstra claimed: During Wednesday’s press conference, when asked by AD if after the commotion he had considered withdrawing as a contender for the embassy position, he replied, “The president chose me because he considers me the right men for the job. The senate has confirmed my appointment. One interview has no impact on that.” Seems they are still annoyed about his refusal to correct his claim that a politician was set on fire. article
The Dutch take a dim view of politicians making false or inflammatory statements. I assume Hoekstra thinks he has diplomatic immunity and can say and do as he pleases. He wouldn’t be the first ambassador to get tossed out of the Netherlands.
re: #379 Shropshire Slasher
I admire this shopper, well I admire her chutzpah.
this happens in sofla a lot
before a hurricane people buy all the plywood and generators from HD, etc.
they use the generators, put up the plywood with screws and drills etc
then they return it all after the hurricane passes and hd, lowes etc tend to take most of it back
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March FavoritesYou've seen these all already but looking back, just because. These are my favorite shots of this last month. That 1937 Zeiss Sonnar is such a gloriously wonderful bit of glass. Thanks for looking.
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Russia’s New Combat Robots Blown Up by Drones Near Avdiivka When we landed on the moon, I thought about how science fiction had become real. Now, the robot wars have begun. It's more poignant somehow on the ground than in the missile wars we have in the air as ...
Rightwingconspirator
Why Did More Than 1,000 People Die After Police Subdued Them With Force That Isn’t Meant to Kill? An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that, over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blows and other force not intended to be lethal. More: Why ... CheechakoKGxvi
Abortions Outside Medical System Increased Sharply After Roe Fell, Study Finds The number of women using abortion pills to end their pregnancies on their own without the direct involvement of a U.S.-based medical provider rose sharply in the months after the Supreme Court eliminated a constitutional right to abortion, according ... Cheechako
Once Praised, the Settlement to Help Sickened BP Oil Spill Workers Leaves Most With Nearly Nothing When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months — and tens of thousands of ordinary people were hired ... Cheechako
Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ... Cheechako
