Sara Bareilles and Jason Mraz sing “It Only Takes A Taste” from Waitress The Musical!
Sara Bareilles is picking up a second shift in Waitress The Musical starting January 16th for 6 weeks only! She’ll be joining Jason Mraz for 2 weeks before she takes on the role of Jenna for 4 more weeks!
Tickets available at WaitressTheMusical.com
Buzzfeed attended Cernovich’s hateful event last night & wrote a puff piece about how respectful everyone was to Chelsea Manning, who is transgender, when she crashed it. It’s irresponsible reporting. And they made no mention of the content of the speeches. Here’s a quick sample: pic.twitter.com/GiGHvq8Dn1
— Vic Berger IV (@VicBergerIV) January 21, 2018
Yikes! https://t.co/e4n5JFLp8b
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 22, 2018
Reposting from earlier
A few thoughts on Chelsea Manning:
- said both parties are the same
- declares as Dem
- chooses to run against solid Democrat instead of going after Republicans
- hangs out with AltRight/RWNJs
Conclusion: HARD PASS— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) January 21, 2018
Jesus fucking Christ, buzzfeed pic.twitter.com/GRR0T2LUSt
— defiant POTUS who thinks he can ‘overfeed fish’ (@thetomzone) January 21, 2018
I first saw Jason Mraz waaaay back.
Love him & have seen many of his shows.
This is perfect for him, he is so talented.
“Serious.” pic.twitter.com/EG67MMYCpK
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) January 22, 2018
Chelsea Manning repeatedly parties with racist nazis, who now say they “never met her.” Time for the far left to wake the hell up and realize they’re being played by a claque of nihilistic mercenaries rat-fucking our democracy for fascist Republicans. pic.twitter.com/EK3XSFrFLy
— Photon Herder (@goddamnedfrank) January 22, 2018
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*I crashed the white supremacist hate party so I could protest the people I’ve previously socialized with, who are also totally my enemies, and confront them face-to-face* says the white lady who by all accounts was warmly received, mingled amicably and refused to make a scene.
— Photon Herder (@goddamnedfrank) January 22, 2018
Sigh. Chelsea Manning’s fans are now spreading lies about me that originated at a far right anti-Muslim hate site run by psychos who’ve been stalking me all over the web for more than 10 years — that mass murderer Anders Breivik “admired me.”
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 22, 2018
This evil smear is ABSOLUTELY FALSE. Breivik never wrote a single word about me. Here’s what Breivik really included in his manifesto, written by white supremacist blogger “Fjordman.” pic.twitter.com/lDlrOXdqVA
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 22, 2018
I can’t fucking stand bigots.
I don’t care who the fuck you are. If you use the term “real man” or “real woman” to mock or deride a trans person (any trans person), I’m blocking your ass.
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) January 22, 2018
re: #2 Kragar
My Conclusion: Avoid like the Plague/Ed Sheeran*.
*I’ve got nothing against people being successful, It’s just everything I’ve heard of his is awful.
It’s 6:10 p.m. Monday in Tokyo and snowing fit to beat the band.
The commute home is going to be horrific, to say the least.
FEETSIES STOPPED WORKING pic.twitter.com/xpnrlQaAcL
— VIDEO CATS 💙 (@videocats) January 22, 2018
re: #7 Charles Johnson
The Princes of Darkness, Satan / Lucifer MorningStar is mentioned in the Christian Bible, yet none feel the need to state his mention wasn’t in his/its positive favour.
re: #14 Scout
It’s 6:10 p.m. Monday in Tokyo and snowing fit to beat the band.
The commute home is going to be horrific, to say the least.
It snows in Tokyo? Why do I not know this at my age?
re: #17 Single-handed sailor
It snows in Tokyo? Why do I not know this at my age?
Generally, one good snowfall a year (meaning the snow sticks to the ground).
re: #18 Scout
Generally, one good snowfall a year (meaning the snow sticks to the ground).
We had one once in SF bay area, back in 1975-76.
re: #17 Single-handed sailor
Well you know now!
(I knew it could snow in Tokyo, yet I’ve never seen snow IRL. Frak, if it can snow in Tel Aviv, it can snow anywhere, bar where I am.)
re: #17 Single-handed sailor
It snows in Tokyo? Why do I not know this at my age?
Same latitude as Raleigh or Santa Fe
I just started re-watching old episodes of DS9 on Netflix so this especially funny to me.
Trump Casinos- shutdown
Trump Airlines- shutdown
Trump University- shutdown
Trump Steaks- shutdown
Trump Vodka- shutdown
Trump Mortgage- shutdown
Trump Magazine- shutdown
Trump 1st Marriage- shutdown
Trump 2nd Marriage- shutdown
Trump government- shutdown#TrumpShutDown— Chris Taylor 🌊 (@christophurious) January 20, 2018
The man has no lobes https://t.co/tlDpAVw5M6
— Armin Shimerman (@ShimermanArmin) January 20, 2018
re: #13 Aussie Apocalypse
My Conclusion: Avoid like the Plague/Ed Sheeran*.
*I’ve got nothing against people being successful, It’s just everything I’ve heard of his is awful.
I cannot say awful, but it not impressed me at all.
re: #14 Scout
It’s 6:10 p.m. Monday in Tokyo and snowing fit to beat the band.
The commute home is going to be horrific, to say the least.
We have not had a proper snowfall, as in one that sticks around for more than a day or two, here in the Middle Rhine Valley for some years now.
Don’t Worry, You Can Still Buy a Gun During a Government Shutdown
FBI background checks will continue while send workers home.
bloomberg.com
re: #26 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines
Don’t Worry, You Can Still Buy a Gun During a Government Shutdown
FBI background checks will continue while send workers home.
bloomberg.com
Firearms subject to background checks performed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation can still be purchased during the government shutdown, which began Saturday morning after Republicans and Democrats were unable to agree on a funding deal.
at first, I read “were unable to agree on a fucking deal.”
re: #23 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Potayto / Potahto. I seldom listen to radio, only hearing current popular music infrequently. Sheeran isn’t ear-drum bleeding but I’d never choose to listen to his music. Ed himself doesn’t seem like a bad guy, so I can’t hate/ dislike him. His music isn’t for me, so not direct hate is warranted.
Here on the west coast of the US the snow latitudes end about 40 degrees North latitude. South of Eureka, California you don’t see snow near sea level on the coast except in rare instances. Our winter snow level rarely drops below 3,000 feet.
re: #29 Aussie Apocalypse
Potayto / Potahto. I seldom listen to radio, only hearing current popular music infrequently. Sheeran isn’t ear-drum bleeding but I’d never choose to listen to his music. Ed himself doesn’t seem like a bad guy, so I can’t hate/ dislike him. His music isn’t for me, so not direct hate is warranted.
only reason he even gained my attention was the kerfuffle over him allegedly plagiarizing a Tom Petty song: “Stay With Me”/”Won’t Back Down”
re: #31 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
You never saw the pearl-clutching over Eddy being in a scene of “Game Of Thrones”? I don’t think he had any spoken dialogue, but It did annoy someone somewhere.
re: #32 Aussie Apocalypse
You never saw the pearl-clutching over Eddy being in a scene of “Game Of Thrones”? I don’t think he had any spoken dialogue, but It did annoy someone somewhere.
Ex- GF and I (with whom I would watch most anything together) started watching the first two episodes of GoT and never had any interest in watching any further.
re: #33 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
My Dad watched/ still does GoT (On DVD) and it seems (from what I’ve seen) the sexual stuff has been removed in the more recent seasons. (Sexual violence has always been distasteful to me. I don’t know why, it is probably a bit too real. I do vaguely remember playing the demos of Quake II (still one of the best FPS games of all times) when I was 8 or 9, so I’m probably use to Violence, just not of the Sexy variety.)
From what I hear, the sex/rape was a bit phoned in; i.e. Didn’t really seem to have a purpose, or reason other than to show female T and A.
re: #35 Aussie Apocalypse
I’ve only seen the first episode of GoT, and only half at that, as when they started to throw in the midget sex it became clear to me it wasn’t a show for my tastes.
re: #36 freetoken
I can’t say I’ve seen an entire episode, but Midget sex IS niche.
*P.S. It does have to be said that Peter Dinklage has managed to keep his dignity (as an actor) throughout his tenantry as Tyrion. It could be I see him as a Troll-Slayer (In NeverWinter Nights/ Dungeons and Dragons terms), not only as someone who is a shorty.
re: #36 freetoken
I’ve only seen the first episode of GoT, and only half at that, as when they started to throw in the midget sex it became clear to me it wasn’t a show for my tastes.
I had no issue with rapey midget sex or anything, it just did not appeal to me as entertainment, I am a fan of Lord of the Rings, but in general not big into fantas;, I prefer historical fiction or alternative historical fiction (loved Man in the High Castle both as novel and series) but too many dungeons and dragons leave me cold.
re: #38 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I had no issue with rapey midget sex or anything, it just did not appeal to me as entertainment, I am a fan of Lord of the Rings, but in general not big into fantas;, I prefer historical fiction or alternative historical fiction (loved Man in the High Castle both as novel and series) but too many dungeons and dragons leave me cold.
GoT is a slightly fantasized version of historical dynastic struggles. I think Martin used the War of the Roses as one source. The actual magic in GoT is subdued, and within the universe largely forgotten. There were dragons, but they are believed to be extinct. There were zombies called white walkers, not seen in centuries and considered mythical. An ancient elf-like people called the Children of the Forest have all but disappeared, and are also mythical. Skin walkers exist, but they are rare. One of the themes of GoT is the growing realization of some of the people that there really are forces beyond their imagination, and if they don’t pull together, all humans will eventually become extinct, too.
Parallels with real-life climate change may be purely coincidental.
re: #38 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I can’t say I’ve given GoT a chance, but I find Fantasy (novels, and their TV versions ) hard to enjoy, Bar Pratchett. I liked some his book “series” (they aren’t really series but a common thread) but I’ve enjoyed all of the television works, animated and live-action.
It is easier to swallow high violence fantasy; Rogue Halflings cutting the throats of assassination targets as the sleep or Berserk Barbarians dual-wielding Great-axes Slaying the creatures of the Keep (At least that’s my memories of NeverWinter Nights.) It probably helps I spent my early years playing Diablo II.
I tend to find Fantasy hard to get into, Bar Tolkien and most Pratchett. they somehow keep my attention.
Shit, now I have the notion to watch Game of Thrones from the beginning. Curses!
re: #40 Aussie Apocalypse
I can’t say I’ve given GoT a chance, but I find Fantasy (novels, and their TV versions ) hard to enjoy, Bar Pratchett. I liked some his book “series” (they aren’t really series but a common thread) but I’ve enjoyed all of the television works, animated and live-action.
I picked up the Discworld series in the middle, which is good, had I started from the beginning, I probably would have abandoned it, as it was still too close in style to standard fantasy.
But I learned with TP that if I got more than three pages without discovering a cleverly crafted and well hidden pun, that I should go back as I had obviously missed something.
A good TP novel always winds up with me flinging the book at the wall and screaming out loud at least once over the way he walks you right down the garden path…
Another fellow who carries on in that tradition is Jasper Fforde (The Eyre Affair and its series of sequels). He has puns that make me want to rip the wall out and throw it at the book.
re: #42 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I’ve tried reading some Discworld novels and getting bored and stopping, can’t remember which books though. I Love the Samuel Vimes Saga (Starting with Guards! Guards!), It maybe that Vimes is just very likable, the individual guard-persons are great and one wants to read more about them (Captain Carrot, Nobby Nobbs, Littlebottom, Colon and Detritus) and what Vetinari is letting come what maybe, knowing doing nothing is the best outcome for him, and for all.
re: #1 Charles Johnson
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These guys are assholes. I know Manning is gullible but JFC.
Morning Joke is laying the seeds for Dufus to fire Miller (which he should).
re: #48 Dave In Austin
Morning Joke is laying the seeds for Dufus to fire Miller (which he should).
Should have never been hired. But Kelly shares Miller’s views.
re: #49 HappyWarrior
Mangop hasn’t tweeted yet this morning which to me is always suspect. Joe is giving him no quarter this morning and it’s all pointed at Miller. “The fact that “the President” would allow himself to be led around by the nose by a 35 yr old.” You know that Asshole is has the big 3 on.
From late yesterday…
re: #222 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Late reply, but. Latest studies out are indicating that repeated head bashing can lead to TBI, no concussion required. So, basically, the game is unsafe to play, period. Pretty sure I don’t have to say this here, but parents, do not let your children play football!
re: #48 Dave In Austin
Morning Joke is laying the seeds for Dufus to fire Miller (which he should).
Admittedly, this would make a lot of sense, and be good politics (which is why I doubt Trump will do it, unless talked into it by - probably- Kelly). I think even in the Trump WH, it’s starting to dawn on them that their obsessive anti-immigrant policies - even though they’re the last even-remotely “popular” part of The Yam’s agenda- might be reaching a point of diminishing returns: especially as the Admin seems so far, to have failed in its attempt to push all the blame for the government shutdown onto the Democrats. Between the competing narratives of “cracking down on illegal aliens” vs. “deporting kids who’ve been here all their lives”, the latter seems, so far, to be proving more persuasive. Maybe.
re: #50 Dave In Austin
Mangop hasn’t tweeted yet this morning which to me is always suspect. Joe is giving him no quarter this morning and it’s all pointed at Miller. “The fact that “the President” would allow himself to be led around by the nose by a 35 yr old.” You know that Asshole is has the big 3 on.
Yeah I think Trump if he’s up is watching Fox. It’s an interesting tactic that Joe is using, appealing to Trump’s vanity.
Rare interview with Charlie Kushner. When asked how Jared is qualified to oversee Middle East peace process, Charlie said he gave his children a “lot of responsibility at young ages.”https://t.co/Y7EFuvsdQy
— Gabriel Sherman (@gabrielsherman) January 22, 2018
re: #52 Jay C
Admittedly, this would make a lot of sense, and be good politics (which is why I doubt Trump will do it, unless talked into it by - probably- Kelly). I think even in the Trump WH, it’s starting to dawn on them that their obsessive anti-immigrant policies - even though they’re the last even-remotely “popular” part of The Yam’s agenda- might be reaching a point of diminishing returns: especially as the Admin seems so far, to have failed in its attempt to push all the blame for the government shutdown onto the Democrats. Between the competing narratives of “cracking down on illegal aliens” vs. “deporting kids who’ve been here all their lives”, the latter seems, so far, to be proving more persuasive. Maybe.
The stories about the family men whether the Polish-American doctor and the Mexican-American family man, and the GOP’s attempt to blame any violence on Dems could be backfiring but the thing is they need their base to keep them in, and their base is still hateful. I saw the idiotic gumball meme this morning already.
Up early today because I’m going to an event for the local Dems.
re: #31 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Stay With Me is by Sam Smith.
re: #55 HappyWarrior
The stories about the family men whether the Polish-American doctor and the Mexican-American family man, and the GOP’s attempt to blame any violence on Dems could be backfiring but the thing is they need their base to keep them in, and their base is still hateful. I saw the idiotic gumball meme this morning already.
Yeah: that’s the thing: that “base” has, so far been the (mangy) tail that’s wagged the (sick, fleabitten) dog in the GOP: but on a national level, they are going to need more than that. In my estimation - in my authoritative capacity as Some Random Guy On The Internet - the political dynamics in 2018 are that Trump’s base of support is very deep, but narrow: the “Opposition”/”Resistance” is very wide but shallow. Which side is going to have more momentum/motivation going into the midterms is going to be of vital importance.
re: #59 Jay C
Yeah: that’s the thing: that “base” has, so far been the (mangy) tail that’s wagged the (sick, fleabitten) dog in the GOP: but on a national level, they are going to need more than that. In my estimation - in my authoritative capacity as Some Random Guy On The Internet - the political dynamics in 2018 are that Trump’s base of support is very deep, but narrow: the “Opposition”/”Resistance” is very wide but shallow. Which side is going to have more momentum/motivation going into the midterms is going to be of vital importance.
As long as Trump can continue to fool his base into thinking he’s winning, they’ll support him. But once he founders, all but the very loyal will turn on him. Already, people who have lost jobs or haven’t seen the immediate return of coal and factory jobs are pissed at Trump for betraying them.
re: #47 HappyWarrior
The far left has terrible judgment in characters.
Idealists are easy to manipulate.
re: #54 JordanRules
You know, I had a lot of responsibility at a young age too. So much so that I spent a huge portion of that time as a caretaker instead of being a kid. More than any kid should have to. And guess what? I am more qualified than Jared, but still nowhere close to being up to that task.
At what point does too much money make you stupid? I think this crew has reached the maximum allowable.
re: #60 wheat-dogg
As long as Trump can continue to fool his base into thinking he’s winning, they’ll support him. But once he founders, all but the very loyal will turn on him. Already, people who have lost jobs or haven’t seen the immediate return of coal and factory jobs are pissed at Trump for betraying them.
On NPR not long after tRumps election I listened to them talk to a couple people that voted for tRump. They were saying they pretty much gave him 18 months to show if he could do anything. Like he had some kinda new way to do things that no one had ever thought of. But some tRump voters are going to be looking at their choice without the rose-colored glasses soon, many may be already.
re: #41 wheat-dogg
Shit, now I have the notion to watch Game of Thrones from the beginning. Curses!
Hubby and I just started doing that. It’s great. Really love the story and intrigue. We fast forward through the sex. Looking forward to next year’s final season when (hopefully) all the strings are tied up.
re: #62 A Mom Anon
At what point does too much money make you stupid? I think this crew has reached the maximum allowable.
Too many people are still sold on the notion that being rich automatically means you are smarter and better at everything.
re: #63 Eventual Carrion
On NPR not long after tRumps election I listened to them talk to a couple people that voted for tRump. They were saying they pretty much gave him 18 months to show if he could do anything.
I would like to know what share of the participants in the recent Women’s Marches were former Trump supporters/voters.
re: #64 Patricia Kayden
Hubby and I just started doing that. It’s great. Really love the story and intrigue. We fast forward through the sex. Looking forward to next year’s final season when (hopefully) all the strings are tied up.
Next years season has been put off for a year… Unless that is what you meant by next year?
After salivating fans have been left on tenterhooks for the overdue seventh season, which was delayed so filming took place over the winter, Game of Thrones’ concluding run might not be hitting screens until 2019.
re: #65 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Too many people are still sold on the notion that being rich automatically means you are smarter and better at everything.
Yeah, I had someone in a bar awhile back try that one me. I said tRump was a moron. He says, “How did he get so rich?”. And I said, “Because his parents fucked. Doesn’t take a lot of business acumen to fuck. Fly’s fuck. Everything he has ever tried on his own has gone into the business world shitter.”
Bars are a bad place to get into such interactions. Don’t even get me started on the back and forth I had Saturday with a mental midget conspiracy nut job over the jobs numbers for the past year in comparison to the last few previous years. He was laughing that I believed the job numbers coming from the government. I told him that business people depend on those reported numbers to make hiring decisions and wage decisions, and they would be royally pissed if those numbers were being messed with. When the facts can offhandedly be ignored as fake, it pretty much isn’t worth discussing anymore. So I just quit the conversation at that point and I’m sure he went away figuring he had won. Oh well.
re: #69 Eventual Carrion
Yeah, I had someone in a bar awhile back try that one me. I said tRump was a moron. He says, “How did he get so rich?”. And I said, “Because his parents fucked. Doesn’t take a lot of business acumen to fuck. Fly’s fuck. Everything he has ever tried on his own has gone into the business world shitter.”
Somebody pointed out that if Trump had simply taken his inheritance and invested it in a stock market fund, he would be worth twice what he claims to be worth today.
But then he would have had to finance his own presidential campaign instead of having it provided nearly free of charge by the news networks.
re: #71 Dave In Austin
Unruly mob……..
Of course. Blue Jay’s are pricks. I love when a group of Finch have had enough and you see 6 or 7 Finches chasing off a Blue Jay.
re: #68 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Yes I know that it will be shown next year. Kind of disappointed because I have free HBO until April. Oh well.
re: #64 Patricia Kayden
Hubby and I just started doing that. It’s great. Really love the story and intrigue. We fast forward through the sex. Looking forward to next year’s final season when (hopefully) all the strings are tied up.
It’s interesting to see how the writers prefigure later events. I just finished the first episode, and I could see how decisions or statements made then had more meanings than I had picked up the first time I watched it.
Spoiler warning:
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re: #68 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Next years season has been put off for a year… Unless that is what you meant by next year?
I follow Emilia Clarke on Instagram. She posted she was exhausted from filming several episodes at once, like making a movie.
There is a lot of stuff that has been put off a little longer than usual. The BBC series “TABOO” is going to start filming a second season this year.
The editing job I now have requires me to read some very over-the-top melodramatic pastoral prose in the manner of European writers of the Renaissance — the kind of writing Cervantes satirizes in Don Quijote. But it’s normal for Chinese literature, and I am going to have to fight my natural inclination to hack it to shreds. I’m only proofreading it, not being a literary critic.
I’d offer examples of what I mean, but I agreed not to share anything on the Internet before publication. Sadly, I fear it will be published, because that’s how the Chinese publishing world operates. Traditional Chinese lit tends to be long-winded and flowery, and this book seems to want to imitate that style.
I should have doubled my rates, but I’ve already been paid half. Too late now.
Time to start a new hashtag!
#FireStevenMiller#FireStevenMiller#FireStevenMiller#FireStevenMiller#FireStevenMiller#FireStevenMiller#FireStevenMiller#FireStevenMiller
— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) January 22, 2018
That’s awesome. I have sooo many trash birds. A colony of English house sparrow lives in a Poplar tree next door
re: #80 Colère Tueur de Lapin
I can never understand what they are saying, with their cockney accent and all.
/
re: #59 Jay C
Yeah: that’s the thing: that “base” has, so far been the (mangy) tail that’s wagged the (sick, fleabitten) dog in the GOP: but on a national level, they are going to need more than that. In my estimation - in my authoritative capacity as Some Random Guy On The Internet - the political dynamics in 2018 are that Trump’s base of support is very deep, but narrow: the “Opposition”/”Resistance” is very wide but shallow. Which side is going to have more momentum/motivation going into the midterms is going to be of vital importance.
According to the WaPo, the gov shutdown will be blamed on Dems in heavily Trump supporting states. Which makes me wonder…how many of those are left? He barely won several states, so, is this “Dems are at fault” from these “Heavily Trump States” like…two states? AL elected a democrat. Likely due to Moore and his kiddy-diddling ways, but…what states remain heavily in Trump’s favor?
Whitewashing know-nothingism:
John Coleman, Weather Channel founder and climate change heretic, dies at 83
John Coleman, the “Good Morning America” forecasting icon who co-founded The Weather Channel, died Saturday.
The 83-year-old Coleman, in his later years, may have become best known for championing skepticism about the human role in climate change.
[…]
Coleman was no “heretic”, as climatology is not a religion.
Coleman exploited the ignorance of those who prefer atavism and know-nothing politics.
re: #20 Aussie Apocalypse
Well you know now!
(I knew it could snow in Tokyo, yet I’ve never seen snow IRL. Frak, if it can snow in Tel Aviv, it can snow anywhere, bar where I am.)
My daughter-in-law is from Australia, lived in California for a while. When she married my son they live in Florida and came to visit us in Michigan. It snowed that night. My DIL saw all the nice fluffy snow on the ground and she was like OMG WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!
EDIT: She freaked out because, being from Florida, her kids had no winter coats or boots.
re: #77 wheat-dogg
Romance of the Three Kingdoms level? Flowery that is.
re: #83 freetoken
Coleman was no “heretic”, as climatology is not a religion.
1.
a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church.
2.
Roman Catholic Church. a baptized Roman Catholic who willfully and persistently rejects any article of faith.
3.
anyone who does not conform to an established attitude, doctrine, or principle.
re: #31 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
only reason he even gained my attention was the kerfuffle over him allegedly plagiarizing a Tom Petty song: “Stay With Me”/”Won’t Back Down”
Maybe late to the party here, but was that that Sam Smith guy?
(I could be wrong, don’t really pay attention to either of them)
It’s so much fun going to work wondering how long you’re going to have to wait for your next paycheck…
re: #50 Dave In Austin
Mangop hasn’t tweeted yet this morning which to me is always suspect. Joe is giving him no quarter this morning and it’s all pointed at Miller. “The fact that “the President” would allow himself to be led around by the nose by a 35 yr old.” You know that Asshole is has the big 3 on.
I just know he is beside himself to Tweet an insult at Tammy Duckworth for calling him “Cadet Bonespurs” but even his lizard brain is telling him that is a bad idea.
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Tomorrow is National Pie Day. What should I bake? I haven’t done a Lemon Meringue Pie in a while.
re: #79 jeffreyw
Man, I got those as well…….. Lots of Cards this year. You should try this.
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But that same question reveals an enormous political divide. In the summer of 2017, 84 percent on the Democratic side agreed that immigrants were a strength, compared with 42 percent on the Republican side — a gap of 42 points.
As recently as a decade ago, Democrats were leery of looking too permissive on immigration, and anxious to avoid election-year attacks over giving government benefits to the undocumented.
The Democratic stance on immigration is now defined from the increasingly impatient left. Protesters who support a path to citizenship have in recent years made their mark by disrupting events by leaders like President Barack Obama and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
“It is a remarkable shift to see Democrats are leaning into the issue,” said Frank Sharry, the leader of America’s Voice, a liberal organization that supports a path to citizenship for the undocumented. “The Democratic Party is seeing people of color as full and equal parts of the coalition rather than communities that are more important come election time and less important when it comes to legislation.”
re: #63 Eventual Carrion
On NPR not long after tRumps election I listened to them talk to a couple people that voted for tRump. They were saying they pretty much gave him 18 months to show if he could do anything. Like he had some kinda new way to do things that no one had ever thought of. But some tRump voters are going to be looking at their choice without the rose-colored glasses soon, many may be already.
Nah. They’ll just blame “obstructionist” Democrats. Far easier than admitting you were wrong.
re: #91 The Vicious Babushka
Tomorrow is National Pie Day. What should I bake? I haven’t done a Lemon Meringue Pie in a while.
A picture of anything you bake will put a smile on my face!
re: #89 The Vicious Babushka
I just know he is beside himself to Tweet an insult at Tammy Duckworth for calling him “Cadet Bonespurs” but even his lizard brain is telling him that is a bad idea.
Please be nice to lizard brains as they are undeserving of the connection.
Law making is hard, and its unintended consequences on home building.
One wild card is the U.S. tax overhaul, which could cut both ways for homebuilders. They got a lower corporate rate, and many of their consumers will benefit from the doubling of the standard deduction. But it also caps the mortgage deduction at $750,000 instead of $1 million and limits deductions of property taxes, which might hurt expensive markets such as New York, New Jersey and California.
As a result of the tax plan and an expected gradual rise in mortgage rates, existing-home sales will be flat this year and prices will rise only 1 or 2 percent, said Lawrence Yun, the chief economist for the National Association of Realtors, which opposed the tax bill.
“The housing market has been doing relatively well during the recovery,” Yun said. “But 2018 will be a year where we begin to see some change.”
1/ Lukasz Niec, a Mich. doctor “who has been living in America for nearly 40 years[,] finds himself in jail after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents took him from his home in handcuffs”
Gonna be deported to Poland (doesn’t speak Polish)https://t.co/gd2MRXn4ei pic.twitter.com/Sm3NFh6W0A— Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) January 21, 2018
ICE is playing on slopes Trump manicured, and destroying families for sport. To hell with you if you’re complicit in this. https://t.co/eRqas5ydEU
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) January 21, 2018
re: #85 William Lewis
Romance of the Three Kingdoms level? Flowery that is.
Yeah, women covering their lovers in flowers, sealing their lips with kisses, pledging their undying love — an overly romanticized description of local courtship practices among the minority groups.
Shoot me now.
re: #81 Shropshire Slasher
I can never understand what they are saying, with their cockney accent and all.
/
I knoweth what thee cullionly
Hello Monday, fwiw.
My email advice to the powers that be is play this for the mid terms. It’s chess, not checkers. A majority of Dems trumps Trump post mid term. The non fascist side has got to unify more often like this weekend. Not easy, but truly essential. Occupy taught certain lessons, Tea party taught some others.
re: #98 Belafon
ICE is playing on slopes Trump manicured, and destroying families for sport. To hell with you if you’re complicit in this
they will insist that they are just enforcing the letter of the law, which is true to at least a certain extent.
I had that discussion about Obama and immigration and how he cannot just pick and choose which laws to enforce and which to ignore. I pointed out that GW Bush just loved his signing ceremonies where he announced which parts of the laws that he was about to sign would not be enforced by his administration.
re: #102 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
That doesn’t explain the doctor arrested over the weekend. It also doesn’t explain buses being boarded, on trips inside the US, asking people for papers.
re: #103 Belafon
That doesn’t explain the doctor arrested over the weekend. It also doesn’t explain buses being boarded, on trips inside the US, asking people for papers.
As I said, only to a certain extent. And it disregards practices that have been in place for decades, ones that were applied under GOP administrations. But now we are seeing just what we elected.
Bruce Springsteen lyrics run through the English to Shakespearean translator:
The screen doth’r slams
mary’s dresseth waves
liketh a vision the lady dances across the p’rch
as the radio plays
roy orbison singing f’r the lonely
ho yond’s me and i wanteth thee only
turneth not me home again
i just can’t visage myself high-lone again
runneth not backeth inside
ladybird, thee knoweth just what i’m h’re f’r
so thou art afeard and thou art bethinking
yond haply we ain’t yond young anym’re
re: #105 Eventual Carrion
Bruce Springsteen lyrics run through the English to Shakespearean translator:
The screen doth’r slams
mary’s dresseth waves
liketh a vision the lady dances across the p’rch
as the radio playsroy orbison singing f’r the lonely
ho yond’s me and i wanteth thee only
turneth not me home again
i just can’t visage myself high-lone againrunneth not backeth inside
ladybird, thee knoweth just what i’m h’re f’r
so thou art afeard and thou art bethinking
yond haply we ain’t yond young anym’re
Not a very good translation. No offense.
re: #106 wheat-dogg
Thee has’t did insult me, i dare thee to a duel of the wits
howev’r, i has’t cometh, unarm’d!
re: #92 Dave In Austin
Man, I got those as well…….. Lots of Cards this year. You should try this.
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We make something similar with peanut butter and lard and stuff.
re: #105 Eventual Carrion
Bruce Springsteen lyrics run through the English to Shakespearean translator:
Wylde Thynge, thou dost move my hearte to song
Wylde Thynge, thou dost embrace the totality of all being
Wylde Thynge: methinks thou dost move me,
But I would vouschafe to ascertain with surety.
re: #91 The Vicious Babushka
Tomorrow is National Pie Day. What should I bake? I haven’t done a Lemon Meringue Pie in a while.
Make it blueberry with a crumble top, please, and make a pie chart out of it, and thank you!
Offered without comment aside from Bouie’s own.
barely paraphrased rod dreher: “i hate the poor and you do too, don’t pretend like you don’t”https://t.co/aJ8P61hGOu pic.twitter.com/XNauFrwCn4
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) January 22, 2018
re: #111 Citizen K
Jesus Christ would have said exactly the same thing. Thanks Rod for being so clear about your hatefulness. This is what Christianity has become in the good ole U.S.A.
re: #106 wheat-dogg
Not a very good translation. No offense.
None taken. I was just goofing with it.
Last Monday my car was plowed in and I had to take the day off and dig it out.
This Monday it seems to be April. 50F and raining.
re: #107 Shropshire Slasher
Repeat after me:
I, me, my (mine)
Thou, thee, thy (thine)
He, him, his
She, her, her
…
[/grammar nazi]
re: #115 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
Repeat after me:
I, me, my (mine)
Thou, thee, thy (thine)
He, him, his
She, her, hers
…[/grammar nazi]
Shouldn’t you be a grammar inquisitor?
re: #48 Dave In Austin
Morning Joke is laying the seeds for Dufus to fire Miller (which he should).
TheDailyBeast seems to be working toward that goal as well.
thedailybeast.com
re: #115 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
Repeat after me:
I, me, my (mine)
Thou, thee, thy (thine)
He, him, his
She, her, hers
…[/grammar nazi]
Now do trans pronouns. When Manning was in the military, was he abusive, or was she abusive?
re: #115 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
Repeat after me:
I, me, my (mine)
Thou, thee, thy (thine)
He, him, his
She, her, her
…[/grammar nazi]
There are people on “our” side who would insist that list’s inadequacies tend to nazi. I find the addenda somewhat unmanageable.
re: #114 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Last Monday my car was plowed in and I had to take the day off and dig it out.
This Monday it seems to be April. 50F and raining.
And here in the wild north country, we are braced for a snowpocalypse. 6-10” by the end of the day, supposedly.
Can’t engage right now, I’m busy finding a used car dealer who won’t lie to me.
re: #122 Decatur Deb
Can’t engage right now, i’m busy finding a used car dealer who won’t lie to me.
Have you thought about just getting a unicorn?
Well, we might see the shutdown end today, but it’s heavily dependent on getting a solid agreement from Mitch McConnell, a man who has repeatedly gone back on agreements the moment the immediate crisis was past.
re: #122 Decatur Deb
Can’t engage right now, I’m busy finding a used car dealer who won’t lie to me.
I went to autotrader.com to find my son a car. Then I only looked at those that had CarFax reports. I walked into the dealer wanting to drive the car.
re: #122 Decatur Deb
Can’t engage right now, I’m busy finding a used car dealer who won’t lie to me.
Have you tried CarMax? Bought my last two cars from them (one new and one used) and they’re pretty good.
Did anybody see the bit from the Stormy Daniels transcript where Trump orders a pizza with little pizzas on top, then starts singing to her about it?
Someone sent me a link to it, but I’m having a hard time believing that’s real. I mean, Trump’s a weird guy, but is he really that weird?
re: #124 Targetpractice
Well, we might see the shutdown end today, but it’s heavily dependent on getting a solid agreement from Mitch McConnell, a man who has repeatedly gone back on agreements the moment the immediate crisis was past.
Can they reach a deal that Trump will sign if Cotton, Perdue and Miller get into Trump’s ear again? I doubt it.
re: #113 Eventual Carrion
None taken. I was just goofing with it.
LOL.
If we want the really real thing, here’s Sonnet 2 from 1609
WHen fortie Winters ſhall beſeige thy brow,
And digge deep trenches in thy beauties field,
Thy youthes proud liuery ſo gaz’d on now,
Wil be a totter’d weed of ſmal worth held:
Then being askt,where all thy beautie lies,
Where all the treaſure of thy luſty daies;
To ſay within thine owne deepe ſunken eyes,
Were an all-eating ſhame,and thriftleſſe praiſe.
How much more praiſe deſeru’d thy beauties uſe,
If thou couldſt anſwere this faire child of mine
Shall ſum my count,and make my old excuſe
Proouing his beautie by ſucceſſion thine.
This were to be new made when thou art ould,
And ſee thy blood warme when thou feel’ſt it could.
re: #128 Patricia Kayden
Can they reach a deal that Trump will sign if Cotton, Perdue and Miller get into Trump’s ear again? I doubt it.
According to Bob Costas, the Dems are asking for a firm commitment to a DACA vote by Feb 8th, which is when the new CR would expire. Personally, what I see happening is Ryan (in the interest of keeping his gavel) insisting that the only bill the House will consider is the one House wingnuts are banging together.
re: #131 Targetpractice
Dems have no reason to trust that Republicans will act on any “firm commitment” to a DACA vote in February. Plus, a vote doesn’t mean that it will be passed in the Senate and the House. That’s not good enough.
re: #131 Targetpractice
Bob Costas, the NBC sports guy? ;-)
re: #132 Patricia Kayden
Dems have no reason to trust that Republicans will act on any “firm commitment” to a DACA vote in February. Plus, a vote doesn’t mean that it will be passed in the Senate and the House. That’s not good enough.
A vote back when Trump first changed the DACA rules wasn’t guaranteed to pass. Part of the reason any action was blocked was so that Republicans wouldn’t have to prove they want to kick them out of the country.
re: #133 wheat-dogg
Bob Costas, the NBC sports guy? ;-)
Shit, I meant Costa, as in Costa Reports. Times I hate auto-correct.
re: #126 Patricia Kayden
Have you tried CarMax? Bought my last two cars from them (one new and one used) and they’re pretty good.
This article explains why I’d be deeply reluctant to buy a used car here in the Czech Republic:
Buying used cars in the Czech Republic has long been considered a risky proposition and sadly checks by the Czech Trade Inspection Authority (CITA), a government bureau under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, has found the situation has not much improved.
From May to October last year the office’s inspectors checked conditions at 65 used-car car dealers with very poor findings: in 57 percent of cases misleading practices were uncovered, including tampering with vehicles’ tachometers to make it appear they had been used less often. They also found numerous cases in which sellers had failed to mention a vehicle has been involved in a crash, according to Czech Radio.
Everyone has heard the lie about the car only driven by a little old lady on Sundays but tampering with odometers or failing to disclose serious information about a car’s history is something else entirely. CITA spokesman Jiří Fröhlich confirmed for that the situation last year hardly improved since 2016: the bureau zeroed in on some 27 vehicles which were then assessed by expert witnesses: in nine cases, tachometers read a lower number of kilometres than had actually been driven. Only on Sundays, indeed!
One vehicle on sale, highlighted by the inspection authority, was a Volkswagen Passat 1.9 TDi, where the odometer read 210,616 kilometres; an assessment by an expert, however, put the real mileage at 276,135 kilometres in September 2015. The kilometre reading was reduced by at least 65, 519 km. Another example was a Škoda Octavia 1.8 combi (station wagon) 4x4 where the odometer was off by more than 50,000 kilometres.
Not reassuring for those looking for a vehicle on the used-car market. Inspectors, Czech Radio reported, found in the case of eight cars that the vehicles had been repaired after traffic accidents. This information, however, was reportedly completely withheld by the sellers. As a result of all of the findings, 24 auto bazaars of received fines amounting to a total of 860, 000 crowns.
re: #135 Targetpractice
Shit, I meant Costa, as in Costa Reports. Times I hate auto-correct.
No worries. I knew who you meant. My problem is sorting out Bob Cesca and Robert Costa. I see Costa’s tweets and think they’re coming from Cesca.
We need to tell these three guys to change their names. //
re: #132 Patricia Kayden
Dems have no reason to trust that Republicans will act on any “firm commitment” to a DACA vote in February. Plus, a vote doesn’t mean that it will be passed in the Senate and the House. That’s not good enough.
Unfortunately that’s the situation as it stands, there’s no real way to leverage this shutdown against Ryan as the bill passed the House and did so with some Dems voting for it. Pressuring the House to give it a vote is something we may have to visit on Feb 8th.
re: #136 Dr Lizardo
And to point out, Czechs use the word “tachometer” to mean “odometer”. I have on idea why that is.
Even in private life, Clinton Derangement Syndrome is still strong among the Nazis.
re: #140 Dr. Matt
And yet they claim that it’s Dems and liberals who are somehow obsessed with Hillary and bringing her up every single time.
re: #31 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
only reason he even gained my attention was the kerfuffle over him allegedly plagiarizing a Tom Petty song: “Stay With Me”/”Won’t Back Down”
Morning.
Reading through the thread and I saw this.
Wendell…You are getting Ed Sheeran mixed up with Sam Smith. Smith had the hit with “Stay with me.”
I can see how all that syrupiness can confuse. Other differences between the two, Ed uses a sampler and is a one man band. Sam has a soulful backing band.
Neither is my cup of tea…and both are wildly successful. Such is life.
Outside that…it’s Monday. It’s warm and melting all the snow. I think I am going to run out to a quarter car wash and blast my car all over to rid it of salt residue. It will probably stay clean for 1/4 mile after I drive off the car wash lot…but it will be salt free.
Oh yeah…the pressure is on Trump, Miller and Kelly. May they all rot in hell after they are removed from the White House.
Bedtime here. Carry on the good fight, people!
re: #129 Decatur Deb
re: #129 Decatur Deb
Doing everything we can online. Because I was totalled, the insurance is giving me 5 days of rental to find a new one. Dealers are thin on the ground here.
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re: #142 ObserverArt
Not a big fan of Ed Sheeran or Sam Smith; I have no idea why they’re as popular as they are.
And yet the now-defunct Japanese band Cigaretteman? Virtually no one’s ever heard of them outside Japan, certainly not here in Europe.
re: #144 BlueSpotinAL
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Sen. Tom Cotton says he doesn’t hear anything new in what McConnell is assuring on immigration, beyond what he’s been saying for weeks.
— Sean Sullivan (@WaPoSean) January 22, 2018
This is why many Democrats remain wary of McConnell’s position https://t.co/zygPMbTrdd
— Robert Costa (@costareports) January 22, 2018
re: #63 Eventual Carrion
On NPR not long after tRumps election I listened to them talk to a couple people that voted for tRump. They were saying they pretty much gave him 18 months to show if he could do anything. Like he had some kinda new way to do things that no one had ever thought of. But some tRump voters are going to be looking at their choice without the rose-colored glasses soon, many may be already.
I think this is somewhat ‘rose-coloured glasses’ itself. Remember, if you will, the horrors of the election alone. I realise it’s hard to do, with so many awful things since, but these are people who convinced themselves that it was just fine to vote for a man who abused women, bullied grieving parents, openly called for racism and violence, and mocked the disabled, all the while preening constantly in front of the camera and bragging about his penis size. These voters thought that this man should be president. They didn’t do so with a plan ‘to see how things go for 18 months’. They didn’t do so because ‘it was time for a change’. They thought Donald fucking Trump should be king.
That’s not a considered opinion, weighing the pros and cons. That’s not a bad decision you make in the heat of the moment. These people voted for him because, on some level, they liked the bullying. They liked the racism, they liked the freedom to hate. Some might be a little ashamed of that now, but again, they were willing to pull the lever for Donald fucking Trump. Since then they have been given pass after pass by the media, chance after chance to excuse their sin by pretending it was just about economic anxiety, pretending it was just ‘to see how things go for 18 months’. Most have proudly doubled down and screamed from the rooftops that yes, they really want to hate, and fuck you for not liking it. Perhaps a few have opted to take the free pass the media has given them, and now want us to think that they pulled the lever for Donald fucking Trump with that plan in mind and he wasn’t quite up to their standards, so how dare we be such typical fascist lefties and associate them with Nazis.
Well, fuck you. All of you. And the horses you rode in on.
The New York Times and the entire US media have bent over backwards to give them an excuse and a chance to go back to hiding their hate just enough so we can all pretend that it’s normal again. All that means is that they will feel perfectly justified, the next time the media hammers on abut some artificial Democrat scandal, to vote Trump again. All that means is that they will feel totally justified voting for the next Nazi that comes along that isn’t a crude, drooling moron.
America cannot go on relying on the good faith of people who were willing to vote for Donald fucking Trump. Expecting them to change their vote is folly. Even if a few do change their vote, they will have done so only because they convinced themselves they had an excuse, and they will vote for the next Nazi without hesitation. These people are lost. Do not think of them as potential swing votes, or as a demographic to be persuaded. Think of them only as a number, a sum to be overcome. They have shown us who they are, and that is pro-Nazi, pro-bullying, pro-fascism. That is where their loyalties lie.
Oh, and if like nobody outside of the Beltway, you were wondering where the “dealmaker” is in all this:
Asked a person close to President Trump what he’s up to right now. Their reply: he’s *very* eager to get involved. But so far — as of 11:16 a.m — he’s sticking to Twitter as talks continue, the person said
— Robert Costa (@costareports) January 22, 2018
$20 says if there is an agreement tonight and the shutdown ends tomorrow, Cheeto Benito will be taking credit.
Asked a person close to President Trump what he’s up to right now. Their reply: he’s *very* eager to get involved. But so far — as of 11:16 a.m — he’s sticking to Twitter as talks continue, the person said— Robert Costa
This guy
re: #149 Targetpractice
Oh, and if like nobody outside of the Beltway, you were wondering where the “dealmaker” is in all this:
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$20 says if there is an agreement tonight and the shutdown ends tomorrow, Cheeto Benito will be taking credit.
Trump does little else but tweet, eat Big Macs, shit (while tweeting), ogle women and play golf.
4 years ago: “Obama needs to get these guys in his office and hammer out a deal! That’s leadership! This shutdown is all his fault!”
Today: “This shutdown is all on Congress! Democrats are to blame for it! They need to accept the CR and let the government reopen!!!”
re: #148 Renaissance_Man
I think I need a smoke after that one.
NEW: One victim hospitalized, male suspect in custody after shooting at a Texas school south of Dallas. https://t.co/Wad1SNGJ8F
— ABC News (@ABC) January 22, 2018
Our new national poll, conducted over the weekend, finds 52% blame Donald Trump and the Republicans in Congress for the shutdown, to 43% who blame the Democrats in Congress: https://t.co/CDCA1OFLP6
— PublicPolicyPolling (@ppppolls) January 22, 2018
This seems like a not-great poll for Democrats, who had a larger edge on the shutdown-blame question last week.
They may have started out with the more sympathetic position, but I’m not sure they’ve had the stronger messaging. Could use more polls, though. https://t.co/7zE4XBX12O— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) January 22, 2018
Seriously. No amount of good messaging will help when news outlets and media continue to treat the GOP position as the default truth no matter what, even when their mendacity is proven in triplicate on the exact issue in question.
— K-ble Genius (@Citizen_Kryptik) January 22, 2018
“We were in bipartisan, earnest, good-faith DACA negotiations before the shutdown,” Ryan said on “Fox & Friends,” referring to talks over how to resolve the status of immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
re: #157 FormerDirtDart
Prepare for InfoWars conspiracies. It appears the school has a FEMA Dome
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Looks more like a Shariah Law mosque thing. False flag!
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re: #158 Sir John Barron
Looks more like a Shariah Law mosque thing. False flag!
/
with retractable minarets to fool the infidels
A white guy allegedly detonated 2 IEDs at a mall and the pro-Trump media shrugged https://t.co/IKHIBTMsWs pic.twitter.com/UvorYC6i5o
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) January 22, 2018
IEDs explode at Florida mall, police say - police say they’re looking for a middle-aged white man with a heavy build who was wearing a gray shirt and hat, as a person of interest. https://t.co/lctGrEifJm
— Nada Bakos (@nadabakos) January 22, 2018
re: #160 FormerDirtDart
Good think it happened at JC Penney or a customer could have been there to be hurt
/j
In other news, the city of Falköping here in Sweden had a 2.3 today. Same region had a 4.8 back in ‘86. Waiting for the news to percolate through to English language Swedish News sites.
Update. Victim and assailant ages reported
LATEST: 15-year-old female hospitalized, 16-year-old male in custody after shooting in a cafeteria at a Texas school. https://t.co/Wad1SNGJ8F
— ABC News (@ABC) January 22, 2018
JUST IN: There are enough votes to reopen the government, sources tell @kasie
— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) January 22, 2018
An FBI spokesman says the bureau has requested a copy of the House Intelligence committee-penned memo on purported FISA abuses. “To date, the request has been declined,” FBI says.
— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) January 22, 2018
re: #164 FormerDirtDart
Good news I guess, but I’m sitting in my federal office this morning waiting for a bus home. Those of us not scheduled to telework today were supposed to come in, sign off on some documents, wrap up any last minute things, then go back home. The uncertainty has been annoying.
re: #164 FormerDirtDart
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I’m sad to say I’m grateful if only because my folks will only (potentially) lose one day’s wages.
re: #165 FormerDirtDart
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That’s not shady at all. Nope not at all. Its normal. Yep… normal.
(no / needed i hope).
Wait, if they’re “powerless” how are they shutting down the government?
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) January 22, 2018
re: #165 FormerDirtDart
RELEASE THE MEMO! BUT NOT TO THE LYING TRAITORS AT FBI
With absolutely no basis, the hugely irresponsible right-wing website Gateway Pundit, granted credentials by the Trump admin, is trying to link the deaths of Toronto’s Barry and Honey Sherman to the Clintons, somehow. pic.twitter.com/kGQMlQvvor
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 22, 2018
re: #169 Ace-o-aces
Monday morning is a little early for any of us to try to understand the yam’s reasoning.
re: #171 Ace-o-aces
If Republicans will let Republicans release the Republican MEMO this will all be sorted out.
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This is 15 y.o. Emma Ann Miller. She says she was assaulted by Nassar a week before he was fired. pic.twitter.com/P89FqEs1ND
— Dan Murphy (@DanMurphyESPN) January 22, 2018
Murphy adds “Miller says she thinks she might be the last child Nassar will ever assault. MSU Sports Clinic is still attempting to bill her family for that appointment.”
Madness.#FireEverybodyAtMSU https://t.co/1pLOMkmTo6— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) January 22, 2018
re: #165 FormerDirtDart
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“Interesting” framing here: if this is the same #ReleaseTheMemo doc I’m thinking of, it’s NOT a “House intelligence committee-penned memo”, but a fact-free rant Rep. Devin Nunes (of said Committee) churned (excreted) out on his own. It’s no wonder they “declined”; but this makes it sound like it is some sort of official release.
Isn’t that the same time Trump shows up for work in the Oval Office?
Maybe they’re biologically connected, only one can function at a time.
Explains all the “executive time”— WB Young (@FormerDirtDart) January 22, 2018
re: #131 Targetpractice
According to Bob Costas, the Dems are asking for a firm commitment to a DACA vote by Feb 8th, which is when the new CR would expire. Personally, what I see happening is Ryan (in the interest of keeping his gavel) insisting that the only bill the House will consider is the one House wingnuts are banging together.
My right wing nutbar rep, Andy Biggs, says he won’t vote on DACA until the wall is built. At that point, I called him a racist, because I was tired of his bullshit. I prefaced that by pointing out that Bush’s fence has been tangled up in litigation for nearly 12 years, so Biggs was saying he’d never vote for it.
I see Democrats are going after the Congresscritters for trying to get McConnell to promise a vote, knowing that he’s reneged before. But, here’s the thing: We’ve gone 4+ months with no vote. We can’t make Republicans hold a vote, and even if we could, we can’t make them pass it. All we can do is show everyone that they can’t be trusted. If we somehow gain control of both chambers at the end of this year, we can only send a bill to Trump, we can’t make him sign it.
Stop being pissed at Democrats for trying to get a solution. Be pissed at Republicans for not taking care of people.
#IStillHaventFound a conservative who mentions oppression of women in foreign countries except when they use it to complain that liberals aren’t talking about it.
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) January 22, 2018
1. I hate the shutdown because it harms people.
2. I’m glad the Democrats refused to do anything without doing something about DACA and CHIP, forcing a shutdown.
3. All Democrats can do is get Republicans to show their true colors.
4. We, the people, will have to do what we can about the Republican attacks on our country.
re: #179 Belafon
Eh. I might be willing to take the promise of a clean vote on DACA and CHIP this time given the level of publicity for the promise should be far higher than it was previously. I’d also make it clear to the turtle that if he reneges on the promise this time, I’m going to cold cock him on the floor of the Senate at a time of my choosing.
Wow, it’s almost like a deflationary currency is not economically viable. If only there was some example form history that would have let us know this!
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) January 22, 2018
Citing terror concerns, TSA is implementing a stricter screening program for air cargo arriving to the United States from five countries in the Middle East — Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates https://t.co/lIxgFwxNZD pic.twitter.com/kpA5VYCc1W
— CNN (@CNN) January 22, 2018
re: #181 Belafon
after a run through the spin cycle:
1. I hate the Democrat shutdown because it harms people.
2. I’mgladupset the Democrats refused to do anythingwithoutdoing somethingto get those illegals staying here through DACA out of here and those freeloaders off CHIP, forcing a shutdown.
3. All Democrats can do is get Republicans to showtheirthat they are truecolorspatriots.
4. We, the people, will have to do what we can about theRepublican
liberal attacks on our country.
re: #185 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Not really necessary here. You could have saved yourself from typing by saying “I’m going to run this through my pessimism filter.” :)
OK, now I’m pretty sure the right move is to pass a CR today
Bernie Sanders votes no on govt funding deal
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) January 22, 2018
Her favourite stick! @corvidresearch @corvidaeinc @BBCSpringwatch pic.twitter.com/AkiWjJZKxT
— Wulfgnar (@Wulfgnar) January 22, 2018
Schumer says they have a deal.
re: #130 wheat-dogg
LOL.
If we want the really real thing, here’s Sonnet 2 from 1609
Note that one is old at 40. Bless science.
I CAN’T NOPE ENOUGH.
Gwyneth Paltrow wants you to squirt coffee up your asshole using this $135 glass jar https://t.co/fK634XxJwU pic.twitter.com/hvyQP6pR0v
— Boing Boing (@BoingBoing) January 22, 2018
And:
The bill the Senate is about to vote on includes a 6-year extension of the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
— Sarah Kliff (@sarahkliff) January 22, 2018
I was going to let my co-worker going nuts last week go, but I got called into my manager’s office this morning about it because other people had told management. I asked him to go easy on the guy and not refer him to HR. The co-worker is in there now.
re: #191 The Vicious Babushka
I CAN’T NOPE ENOUGH.
You’re not doing it right, VB. You should offer a $134 glass jar.
re: #192 Belafon
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Ayep, we know that the GOP is gonna continue to fuck over Dreamers and we can’t truly trust whatever the terms of deal are, but we get a 6-year extension of CHIP and that makes me feel like this was a good move. We’ve still got a month to get shit done on DACA.
Better to move things forward while taking a bargaining chip off the table.
re: #195 Targetpractice
Ayep, we know that the GOP is gonna continue to fuck over Dreamers and we can’t truly trust whatever the terms of deal are, but we get a 6-year extension of CHIP and that makes me feel like this was a good move. We’ve still got a month to get shit done on DACA.
Better to move things forward while taking a bargaining chip off the table.
Yep. As I saw somewhere else, Democrats are getting a vote on DACA. Where did they cave?
I have decided on a Lemon Meringue pie for National Pie Day. I haven’t made it in a while and I’m really craving one.
re: #197 The Vicious Babushka
I have decided on a Lemon Meringue pie for National Pie Day. I haven’t made it in a while and I’m really craving one.
My favorite.
McConnell and Graham’s current position seems to be “we are positively chomping at the bit to make concessions on DACA/CHIP but Stephen Miller is stopping us.” Does this sound like ass-covering bullshit to anyone else?
re: #199 AaronFromToronto
McConnell and Graham’s current position seems to be “we are positively chomping at the bit to make concessions on DACA/CHIP but Stephen Miller is stopping us.” Does this sound like ass-covering bullshit to anyone else?
The buck never stops.
re: #199 AaronFromToronto
McConnell and Graham’s current position seems to be “we are positively chomping at the bit to make concessions on DACA/CHIP but Stephen Miller is stopping us.” Does this sound like ass-covering bullshit to anyone else?
That’s another thing this whole episode has accomplished: It’s furthered the divide between the White House and Congressional Republicans. The latter is making noises that they want a vote on DACA, the former is scared shitless of “giving too much away.” Eventually something is going to give and I think today we saw the sign that it will be Congressional Republican support for Comrade Combover.
Greets and saluts from the Resistance in the NYC metro area. Work keeps me from appearing here regularly these days, but the resistance is still strong despite whatever hiccups may come from the ongoing GOP shutdown and efforts to try and paint Schumer as either the obstructionist or capitulating to GOP demands in exchange for empty promises.
I get the need for Democrats to find someone to blame when they don’t get everything they want, but the fact is that Democrats have had a weak position - mostly because they don’t have the numbers in Congress to stop the GOP efforts to dismantle the safety net.
So we get pieces about Schumer, or even that Democrats aren’t going to primary Menendez when prosecutors are going to retry him on corruption charges (not likely to end any differently than the first attempt, which failed because the US Supreme Court has all but gutted the federal corruption law in the US by defining official acts so broadly as to make it laughable).
The focus has to be on retaking Congress - the House is within grasp, with the Senate a long shot due to the predominantly Democrat seats at risk in this cycle.
Midterms are only a few short months away, and Democrats need to make it a priority.
So, what happens? Democrats get pissed at Gottheimer on voting with the GOP in the House? Gottheimer unseated a hard right extremist in Garrett who has held that seat for years. He can’t just flip to a hard left and hope to retain the seat. It’s a sop to the fact that his district is purple - moving towards blue, but it’s still up for grabs.
To me, there’s a lot of purity ponies at work here, all while the GOP continues to attack all Democrats as devil spawn (encouraging illegal immigration, attacking the military, etc.), when none of it is true.
Sure. I mean, just because his first two marriages ended because of infidelity and the fact we literally have several decades worth of him bragging about his sexual conquests is no reason to think these accusations are true.
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) January 22, 2018
re: #203 Ace-o-aces
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Baseless? You say that word, I do not think you know what it means.
re: #203 Ace-o-aces
Sure. I mean, just because his first two marriages ended because of infidelity and the fact we literally have several decades worth of him bragging about his sexual conquests is no reason to think these accusations are true.
character counts but money counts louder
im late to the party today
anything monumental or just the usual suspects?
re: #206 dangerman
im late to the party today
anything monumental or just the usual suspects?
Senate Dems agreed to a 3 week CR; CHIP gets funded for 6 years, and DACA vote is promised.
re: #207 lawhawk
Senate Dems agreed to a 3 week CR; CHIP gets funded for 6 years, and DACA vote is promised.
All around, I’d consider that a good deal. I don’t expect the GOP to hold to the promise without fucking with it in some way, but if they do then we’re back again in 3 weeks with proof that they forced a new shutdown.
re: #201 Targetpractice
That’s another thing this whole episode has accomplished: It’s furthered the divide between the White House and Congressional Republicans. The latter is making noises that they want a vote on DACA, the former is scared shitless of “giving too much away.” Eventually something is going to give and I think today we saw the sign that it will be Congressional Republican support for Comrade Combover.
What I find most interesting is that by blaming Miller they’ve found a way to pass the blame to the white house without blaming Trump himself. So I don’t see this as a sign that their support for Trump is wavering.
re: #209 AaronFromToronto
What I find most interesting is that by blaming Miller they’ve found a way to pass the blame to the white house without blaming Trump himself. So I don’t see this as a sign that their support for Trump is wavering.
Fair point, it could be seen as an extension of their “the President has been led astray” storyline for why the man continually keeps fucking over his party.
re: #207 lawhawk
Senate Dems agreed to a 3 week CR; CHIP gets funded for 6 years, and DACA vote is promised.
i should be late more often.
Guarantee not a single possible 2020 Pres candidate will be a yes on this vote.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) January 22, 2018
How this plays out:
-Senate and House vote to reopen govt thru Feb. 8.
-Another CR passes (either before or after another shutdown).
-Senate passes DACA bill.
-House passes its own DACA bill.
-Standoff between House and Senate.
-Another shutdown until one side caves.— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) January 22, 2018
re: #209 AaronFromToronto
What I find most interesting is that by blaming Miller they’ve found a way to pass the blame to the white house without blaming Trump himself. So I don’t see this as a sign that their support for Trump is wavering.
it does support the narrative that trump is insulated, detached, or clueless, or puppetmastered
re: #191 The Vicious Babushka
I CAN’T NOPE ENOUGH.
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— Boing Boing (@BoingBoing) January 22, 2018
Paltrow puts coffee up her ass and steams her vagina.
Woman is a goddamned espresso machine. Better be careful sneezing, she’s liable to crank out a caramel macciato on the sidewalk https://t.co/DpcrTPsNvS— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) January 22, 2018
re: #215 Backwoods_Sleuth
Does it blow smoke up there, too?
🔥Kamala Harris on McConnell: “I don’t believe he made any commitment whatsoever and I think it would be foolhardy to believe he made a commitment.”
Cc: Democratic leadership— Tal Kopan (@TalKopan) January 22, 2018
Cory Booker: No
— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) January 22, 2018
re: #151 Dr Lizardo
Trump does little else but tweet, eat Big Macs, shit (while tweeting), ogle women and play golf.
Don’t be so hard on Trump. He also watches hours and hours of TV.
re: #215 Backwoods_Sleuth
Proving yet again that Gwynnie is a crackpot.
And that “Implant O’Rama” for $135? Please…..that can’t run more than $25 at a medical supply store. It’s simply a glass container with a silicon hose with a pinch and a squeeze bulb.
One party just got CHIP re-funded.
— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) January 22, 2018
Exactly. Dems freed 9 million hostages. Republicans have to negotiate without the CHIP kids locked in the basement next time. And if the moderates fail to get a veto-proof bill, we’ll be right back at #TrumpShutdown on February 8th at 11:59 p.m. https://t.co/HKUCFOwN5S
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) January 22, 2018
Well, the final Senate vote on the CR seems to have been 81-18: so it’s time to move on to the next crisis stage:
Most of the “No” votes, as noted,re: #218 JordanRules
were from Dems
re: #224 Jay C
Well, the final Senate vote on the CR seems to have been 81-18: so it’s time to move on to the next
crisisstage:Most of the “No” votes, as noted,
were from Dems
Now watch Trump, under the influence of the last person who had his ear, throw a monkeywrench into the whole thing.
re: #225 I Would Prefer Not To
From what I understand, Cage is pretty much up to his eyeballs in debt, having squandered something like $100 million on absolutely stupid shit; as a result, he’ll take any role he can get to pay it off.
re: #221 Dr Lizardo
Proving yet again that Gwynnie is a crackpot.
And that “Implant O’Rama” for $135? Please…..that can’t run more than $25 at a medical supply store. It’s simply a glass container with a silicon hose with a pinch and a squeeze bulb.
Maybe they say words over it before shipping
re: #229 dangerman
Maybe they say words over it before shipping
Heh…..maybe there’s a “healing crystal” in the cap.
re: #214 dangerman
it does support the narrative that trump is insulated, detached, or clueless, or puppetmastered
I’ve been reading Fire and Fury, and the man has no knowledge of or interest in any subject except himself and what people are saying about him.
re: #221 Dr Lizardo
Proving yet again that Gwynnie is a crackpot.
And that “Implant O’Rama” for $135? Please…..that can’t run more than $25 at a medical supply store. It’s simply a glass container with a silicon hose with a pinch and a squeeze bulb.
One of the great things about capitalism is you’re not required to pay the minimum price.
re: #232 Belafon
One of the great things about capitalism is you’re not required to pay the minimum price.
Another is that you don’t have to buy it at all
re: #228 Dr Lizardo
From what I understand, Cage is pretty much up to his eyeballs in debt, having squandered something like $100 million on absolutely stupid shit; as a result, he’ll take any role he can get to pay it off.
Yeah, he’s an article on what he’s blown all his money on. To give an idea of how bad his finances are, he owes $6.3 million in property taxes to the IRS.
re: #226 Dr Lizardo
Now watch Trump, under the influence of the last person who had his ear, throw a monkeywrench into the whole thing.
This time, I think not: The Orange Anus likes nothing more than to look like The Great Hero Statesman: the WH has got to know that most people in the country (despite the GOP’s frantic messaging) have thought of this as The Trump Shutdown: I think he’s more likely to want to “look good” here: issue congratulations all around (and, doubtless, a hefty helping of self-congratulations for himself), sign whatever they send up, go golfing, and set up another shitshow for Feb. 8th: probably around “Building The Wall”
re: #217 JordanRules
Tal Kopan
✔
@TalKopan
🔥Kamala Harris on McConnell: “I don’t believe he made any commitment whatsoever and I think it would be foolhardy to believe he made a commitment.”
Cc: Democratic leadership12:44 PM - Jan 22, 2018
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Got that right Kamala. Don’t trust McConnell one bit.
Democrats need to ride McConnell hard on his promise. I think they should do a clock web site or something that has daily updates on all of McConnells efforts or lack of same while the clock ticks down.
This has got to be made into a thing big enough it holds McConnell and the GOP pols responsible and is followed and remembered by the media and US voters so it can be used as campaign material later this year.
re: #203 Ace-o-aces
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That’s just right up there with GWB looking into Putin’s eyes and seeing a good heart…
re: #203 Ace-o-aces
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Pence tells The Associated Press in an interview in Jerusalem that he “knows the president’s heart.”
Shriveled and corroded?
re: #241 SteelPH
Shriveled and corroded?
You should see what happens to a heart when you soak it in that much Diet Coke. //
re: #209 AaronFromToronto
What I find most interesting is that by blaming Miller they’ve found a way to pass the blame to the white house without blaming Trump himself. So I don’t see this as a sign that their support for Trump is wavering.
Support for Trump?! Loyalty to anything but their own asses and bank balances? They think (probably correctly) that they can’t afford to be seen as not supporting DT, since they need his base (which already hates them — they blame Congressional Rethuglicans for DT’s failures).
are “mcconnell promises” going to become another way of saying “lies”?
The crux issue, it seemed, was whether the majority leader could be trusted to keep his word. Democrats have not forgiven Mr. McConnell for blocking the Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garland for almost a year pending the election of a Republican to the White House. And Mr. McConnell’s promises to Republican Senators Flake and Susan Collins of Maine for votes on health care and immigration in exchange for their support of the tax cut have yet to materialize.
Well it only reopens the government for two and a half weeks, so getting 6 years of CHIP funding for that seems like a good deal to me.
re: #236 Jay C
This time, I think not: The Orange Anus likes nothing more than to look like The Great Hero Statesman: the WH has got to know that most people in the country (despite the GOP’s frantic messaging) have thought of this as The Trump Shutdown: I think he’s more likely to want to “look good” here: issue congratulations all around (and, doubtless, a hefty helping of self-congratulations for himself), sign whatever they send up, go golfing, and set up another shitshow for Feb. 8th: probably around “Building The Wall”
That’s a good point.
re: #245 Big Beautiful Door
Well it only reopens the government for two and a half weeks, so getting 6 years of CHIP funding for that seems like a good deal to me.
That was essentially the same deal that was on the table Friday night though, give or take a few days.
re: #245 Big Beautiful Door
Well it only reopens the government for two and a half weeks, so getting 6 years of CHIP funding for that seems like a good deal to me.
And puts pressure on McConnell on DACA.
Mcconnell ain’t gonna do shit on DACA, I guarantee it.
The pragmatic side of me sees what Schumer and the Senate Dems are trying to do and understands their reasoning.
The other side of me?https://t.co/ljOywyFnqR— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) January 22, 2018
Breaking news: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court said the state’s congressional map was so partisan it violated the state’s constitution. Map is blocked for 2018 and they want it redrawn ahead of the primary.
Profoundly consequential win against partisan gerrymandering— Sam Levine (@srl) January 22, 2018
This is huge news out of PA.
The GOP gerrymandered congressional map is so awful the Court wants it redrawn ASAP ahead of the primary: https://t.co/qvKqvMdNJO— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 22, 2018
re: #249 dangerman
I meet (and work with) Dreamers who were deported from the US regularly here in Mexico. Foot stomping and yelling about tactics isn’t going to hasten their return nor slow the deportations. We have another window coming up on February 8 to win this one. Focus, people, focus.
— Al Giordano (@AlGiordano) January 22, 2018
re: #250 Eclectic Cyborg
Mcconnell ain’t gonna do shit on DACA, I guarantee it.
Of course not. He doesn’t see Dreamers as people.
re: #250 Eclectic Cyborg
Mcconnell ain’t gonna do shit on DACA, I guarantee it.
So, who are you going to be angry at?
USA Gymnastics announces the resignation of 3 key board members while sexual assault victims of the former team doctor spoke for a fifth day. https://t.co/XmaCnJ4SXM
— AP Central U.S. (@APCentralRegion) January 22, 2018
re: #250 Eclectic Cyborg
Mcconnell ain’t gonna do shit on DACA, I guarantee it.
He has the whole nation watching him now. The Dems just need to keep reminding everyone of that at every opportunity. I think they can get most of the media on their side because DACA enjoys good polling. Just need to make this a thing.
Is Mitch a liar? Tune in to find out.
.@SenTedCruz : “I have consistently opposed shut downs”
— Andrew Rafferty (@AndrewNBCNews) January 22, 2018
I just had to share this bit of woowoo regarding those “Body Vibe” stickers from their website…..
Body Vibes contain frequencies believed to have various harmonizing effects on human bodies. Of course, not all human bodies are the same, so the effects may be different for each person. Through a proprietary technology, frequencies are recorded, condensed, and stored within the sticker, in much the same way that you would save a file to your computer’s hard drive. When the sticker is properly applied to your skin, it begins broadcasting the stored frequencies, which may influence the cells in your body. This interchange of frequencies is believed to have balancing effects on particular systems within the body.
and….
Body Vibes should be worn close to the left side of your heart and above it. For proper positioning, please view our How to Vibe guide, email customer service, or call our customer support line.
Key Placements: For best results, Body Vibes may be placed on your left shoulder, upper back, upper left arm and chest. For those more sensitive to changes in their homeostasis, the recommended placement is inside the lower arm above the wrist or on the right side of the body. The exact placement of the Body Vibes may vary for each individual user.
Optimize Results: Drink at least eight 8-ounce glasses of water per day, as it increases the body’s natural conductivity.
*headdesk*
re: #258 ObserverArt
He has the whole nation watching him now. The Dems just need to keep reminding everyone of that at every opportunity. I think they can get most of the media on their side because DACA enjoys good polling. Just need to make this a thing.
Is Mitch a liar? Tune in to find out.
It helps to look at it this way: If we’re back here in 3 weeks, it will be easier to argue that the GOP is responsible for having agreed to a DACA vote and failed to hold one.
re: #259 Kragar
There’s some Orwellian speak from a guy who forced one during Obama’s presidency.
re: #253 lawhawk
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Excellent; since their ruling is based on the Pennsylvania Constitution, it pretty much can’t be reversed by SCOTUS.
re: #264 Belafon
There’s some Orwellian speak from a guy who forced one during Obama’s presidency.
Remember, in Ted’s mind, it was totally Obama who caused that shutdown. Tailgunner Ted wanted so badly to keep the government open, but Obama forced it to shut by not giving into GOP demands.
re: #228 Dr Lizardo
From what I understand, Cage is pretty much up to his eyeballs in debt, having squandered something like $100 million on absolutely stupid shit; as a result, he’ll take any role he can get to pay it off.
He’s got years of back taxes to cover; the IRS agreed to let him stay out of prison on condition that he work at least 280 days a year at whatever kind of work he can get.
re: #203 Ace-o-aces
Of course. Trump has never cheated on his wife, and paid off the porn-star for altruistic reasons. Pence is a Trump enabler, and must never hold office again.
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) January 22, 2018
re: #267 sagehen
He’s got years of back taxes to cover; the IRS agreed to let him stay out of prison on condition that he work at least 280 days a year at whatever kind of work he can get.
I didn’t know that part of it…….I guess we’ll soon see Cage hawking Charmin toilet paper. He can be the new Mr. Whipple - and damn, that would be amazeballs!
re: #262 Dr Lizardo
I just had to share this bit of woowoo regarding those “Body Vibe” stickers from their website…..
and….
*headdesk*
They got into a spot of trouble when they first started selling the stickers because they claimed they were made from the same material as NASA space suits. NASA was all like, nope, they have nothing in common with our space suits, and even if they did our space suits have no special healing properties.
Also they made some claims about treating cancer which had to be removed.
We’ve spent 20+ years now dumping billions into “border security” with the promises that once that is done, we’ll get immigration reform, but the GOP keeps moving the goal posts. We need reform before we give them one more dime.
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) January 22, 2018
Remember the good ol’ days when congress passed a budget that funded the government for a whole year?
re: #253 lawhawk
Won’t Gorsuch and his backup singers just block this change until after the next election as well?
re: #272 Woods Witch
Remember the good ol’ days when congress passed a budget that funded the government for a whole year?
Functioning government. What a concept
re: #253 lawhawk
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This is the 2011 map (because lazy-ass Dems didn’t vote in the 2010 midterms) that’s been rejected;
A map that in 2012, D’s got 53% of the vote statewide and R’s got 13 out of 18 Congressional seats.
re: #250 Eclectic Cyborg
Mcconnell ain’t gonna do shit on DACA, I guarantee it.
But Chuck Schumer most certainly IS: The Dems drew blood with the issue (albeit only a few drops, but still…) they’re not going to let it go.
re: #257 JordanRules
#BREAKING USA Gymnastics board of directors resigns in wake of abuse scandal
— AFP news agency (@AFP) January 22, 2018
They should have been gone a long time ago (and more than a few indicted for covering up the sex abuse they knew had been going on for years). https://t.co/aUZhfeB7Oq
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 22, 2018
re: #270 danarchy
They got into a spot of trouble when they first started selling the stickers because they claimed they were made from the same material as NASA space suits. NASA was all like, nope, they have nothing in common with our space suits, and even if they did our space suits have no special healing properties.
Also they made some claims about treating cancer which had to be removed.
That’s some major woowoo BS. I genuinely had no idea.
And yet there’s tons of people out there who buy into it. I guess I shouldn’t be amazed - like I’ve pointed out, Czechs are really into homeopathy, which makes things interesting ‘round these parts during a major flu outbreak (like we’re having right now) and a sizeable chunk of the population thinks that Oscillococcinum* is gonna cure them.
*sigh*
re: #273 Weaselone
Won’t Gorsuch and his backup singers just block this change until after the next election as well?
Issue was decided by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court under the Pennsylvania Constitution. They’re the final arbiters of the state law and constitution, not the US Supreme Court.
That’s the final decision - the US Supreme Court has no say on this particular issue. The state legislature has to redraw the lines for the primaries.
re: #277 lawhawk
Yes. So many more heads need to roll and strong institutional punishments should be put in place.
I hope the Democrats are ready to start asking Republicans why they agree so strongly with Steven Miller, Richard Spencer, and David Duke in early February.
re: #280 JordanRules
This is a sport-wide problem.
Imagine if the Sandusky scandal were across the entire NCAA/USA Gymnastics and there were people in the Joe Paterno AD role who knew that doctors were abusing female athletes but turned a blind eye because they were getting wins.
That’s the analogy that should apply here.
re: #279 lawhawk
Can the decision help in other States’ cases or is it so tightly bound to the PA Constitution that it’s unlikely to be useful elsewhere?
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— David A. Clarke, Jr. (@SheriffClarkeTC) January 22, 2018
re: #278 Dr Lizardo
That’s some major woowoo BS. I genuinely had no idea.
And yet there’s tons of people out there who buy into it. I guess I shouldn’t be amazed - like I’ve pointed out, Czechs are really into homeopathy, which makes things interesting ‘round these parts during a major flu outbreak (like we’re having right now) and a sizeable chunk of the population thinks that Oscillococcinum* is gonna cure them.
*sigh*
I was planning on brewing a pumpkin ale once and forgot to pick up the pumpkin. So I went ahead and brewed it anyway and just called it Homeopathic pumpkin ale.
Purity ponies gotta purity pony:
dailykos.com
The writer is complaining about Sen. Schumer dealing with the GOP re: DACA, insisting this will ruin turnout for the election. Other commentators are arguing we should just sacrifice all red-state Democrats, since that would work so well apparently in gaining a majority.
I tried to smack some sense into the writer over there. I imagine I will have no impression.
.@SenTedCruz : “I have consistently opposed shut downs”
— Andrew Rafferty (@AndrewNBCNews) January 22, 2018
Ah, yes. Just as I have consistently opposed naps and Hostess CupCakes. https://t.co/SQSCKGeK0m
— John Dingell (@JohnDingell) January 22, 2018
re: #278 Dr Lizardo
Oh and another thing - the Czechs who don’t fall for homeopathy during flu season? Yeah, they demand antibiotics from their doctors….this, despite the fact that antibiotics are not useful for treating viral illnesses such as influenza. Antibiotics should only be used if there are bacterial complications such as bacterial pneumonia , an ear infection, or maybe sinusitis. Antibiotics often have side effects and worse yet, misuse of antibiotics can easily lead to the development of antibiotic resistance.
But of course, no one here wants to hear that shit. And when I tell them, they’re like, “Yeah, but you’re not a doctor” and hand-wave it away, despite the fact that such information can be easily found with a cursory search on Google or whatnot.
re: #284 JordanRules
Can the decision help in other States’ cases or is it so tightly bound to the PA Constitution that it’s unlikely to be useful elsewhere?
It’ll apply only to PA directly.
Other people challenging in other states could use the rationale/justifications in the PA case as persuasive evidence, but it isn’t controlling legal authority. It just bolsters the case that there is partisan gerrymandering and that when the turnout and votes show one way, but the other political party wins the bulk of the seats, something is seriously wrong with how the maps are drawn.
Frankly, at this point, computers (GIS programs) can draw up the maps in such a way to be neutral - giving both parties equal chances to win the elections.
re: #273 Weaselone
Won’t Gorsuch and his backup singers just block this change until after the next election as well?
No, because its based on the Pennsylvania Constitution, which SCOTUS has no say in interpreting.
re: #287 Anymouse 🌹
Purity ponies gotta purity pony:
dailykos.comThe writer is complaining about Sen. Schumer dealing with the GOP re: DACA, insisting this will ruin turnout for the election. Other commentators are arguing we should just sacrifice all red-state Democrats, since that would work so well apparently in gaining a majority.
I tried to smack some sense into the writer over there. I imagine I will have no impression.
These are the same assholes who wouldn’t support Doug Jones because he refused to commit to a national $15/hr minimum wage and Medicare-For-All.
No recognition that Alabama is Alabama, and there’s no path to victory for an Alabama candidate who insists on positions more suited to San Francisco/Vermont/UWS-Manhattan.
re: #289 Dr Lizardo
Oh and another thing - the Czechs who don’t fall for homeopathy during flu season? Yeah, they demand antibiotics from their doctors….this, despite the fact that antibiotics are not useful for treating viral illnesses such as influenza. Antibiotics should only be used if there are bacterial complications such as bacterial pneumonia , an ear infection, or maybe sinusitis. Antibiotics often have side effects and worse yet, misuse of antibiotics can easily lead to the development of antibiotic resistance.
But of course, no one here wants to hear that shit. And when I tell them, they’re like, “Yeah, but you’re not a doctor” and hand-wave it away, despite the fact that such information can be easily found with a cursory search on Google or whatnot.
This is where doctors need to stand up and tell their patients no.
re: #176 Jay C
“Interesting” framing here: if this is the same #ReleaseTheMemo doc I’m thinking of, it’s NOT a “House intelligence committee-penned memo”, but a fact-free rant Rep. Devin Nunes (of said Committee) churned (excreted) out on his own. It’s no wonder they “declined”; but this makes it sound like it is some sort of official release.
I’m not on Twitter but don’t we need an “#ImprisonNunesForTreason” hashtag?
re: #290 lawhawk
Thanks!
It just bolsters the case that there is partisan gerrymandering and that when the turnout and votes show one way, but the other political party wins the bulk of the seats, something is seriously wrong with how the maps are drawn.
Was hoping for some marginal benefit like this.
re: #284 JordanRules
Can the decision help in other States’ cases or is it so tightly bound to the PA Constitution that it’s unlikely to be useful elsewhere?
It won’t have any precedential value in other states, but lawyers in other states would do well to see if their state constitutions can by broadly interpreted to reach the same result.
re: #294 Hecuba’s daughter
I’m not on Twitter but don’t we need an “#ImprisonNunesForTreason” hashtag?
Shorter hashtags are better hashtags. Try #JailForNunes for a start.
re: #293 danarchy
While I agree 100%, the only problem is that about half the doctors will take antibiotics themselves if they get the flu - indeed, I know a couple of doctors who have.
These are doctors. One of them is a damn cardiac surgeon.
Of course, he believes in all manner of twaddle and conspiracy theory nonsense so I guess I shouldn’t be shocked or anything.
Totally get it @JoyAnnReid Main question is not whether McConnell can be trusted - of course not. It’s a strategy question. We can’t lose sight that the more he renegs on a popular issue, the worse he and GOP look. High stakes for D’s too but we must persist.
— John Albanese (@jfalbanese) January 22, 2018
Correct. Kaine essentially indicating they have 30 votes that if they stick together could defeat any nutter bill (think Cotton’s 1924 redux), which means they can also force McConnell to do what he said. That’s IF they stick together. https://t.co/iUGk5O6Ny8
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) January 22, 2018
Well, gonna call it a night. Have a good one, Lizards.
re: #289 Dr Lizardo
Oh and another thing - the Czechs who don’t fall for homeopathy during flu season? Yeah, they demand antibiotics from their doctors….this, despite the fact that antibiotics are not useful for treating viral illnesses such as influenza. Antibiotics should only be used if there are bacterial complications such as bacterial pneumonia , an ear infection, or maybe sinusitis. Antibiotics often have side effects and worse yet, misuse of antibiotics can easily lead to the development of antibiotic resistance.
But of course, no one here wants to hear that shit. And when I tell them, they’re like, “Yeah, but you’re not a doctor” and hand-wave it away, despite the fact that such information can be easily found with a cursory search on Google or whatnot.
im not a doctor either. still i can understand
antibiotic - bacteria
antiviral - viruses (influenza)
re: #292 sagehen
These are the same assholes who wouldn’t support Doug Jones because he refused to commit to a national $15/hr minimum wage and Medicare-For-All.
No recognition that Alabama is Alabama, and there’s no path to victory for an Alabama candidate who insists on positions more suited to San Francisco/Vermont/UWS-Manhattan.
They also initially supported Heath Mello for mayor of Omaha, then threw him under a bus when a compromise abortion bill he wrote here surfaced at Kos, depressing D turnout and reëlecting Jean Stothert (who is now trying to shut down Planned Parenthood in Omaha).
re: #292 sagehen
These are the same assholes who wouldn’t support Doug Jones because he refused to commit to a national $15/hr minimum wage and Medicare-For-All.
No recognition that Alabama is Alabama, and there’s no path to victory for an Alabama candidate who insists on positions more suited to San Francisco/Vermont/UWS-Manhattan.
your second para kind of goes to the heart of it.
alabama is a state. so is california. so is vermont, and new york.
senators represent states.
states have different population makeups, problems, challenges, etc
this is like civics .0001
re: #238 ObserverArt
Got that right Kamala. Don’t trust McConnell one bit.
Democrats need to ride McConnell hard on his promise. I think they should do a clock web site or something that has daily updates on all of McConnells efforts or lack of same while the clock ticks down.
This has got to be made into a thing big enough it holds McConnell and the GOP pols responsible and is followed and remembered by the media and US voters so it can be used as campaign material later this year.
AMERICA HELD HOSTAGE!
re: #28 Scout
This is outside my office right now (central Tokyo):
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It was all snow yesterday in Glasgow.
Here we go again! #snow #photo #iphoneography
Today, the temperatures went up into single figures, and the rain washed it all away….
re: #176 Jay C
“Interesting” framing here: if this is the same #ReleaseTheMemo doc I’m thinking of, it’s NOT a “House intelligence committee-penned memo”, but a fact-free rant Rep. Devin Nunes (of said Committee) churned (excreted) out on his own. It’s no wonder they “declined”; but this makes it sound like it is some sort of official release.
re: #294 Hecuba’s daughter
I’m not on Twitter but don’t we need an “#ImprisonNunesForTreason” hashtag?
my understanding (i could find a link if i had to) is a group of committee staffers wrote it. Not even Nunes himself.
re: #278 Dr Lizardo
That’s some major woowoo BS. I genuinely had no idea.
And yet there’s tons of people out there who buy into it. I guess I shouldn’t be amazed - like I’ve pointed out, Czechs are really into homeopathy, which makes things interesting ‘round these parts during a major flu outbreak (like we’re having right now) and a sizeable chunk of the population thinks that Oscillococcinum* is gonna cure them.
*sigh*
LOL…I love it:
The preparation is derived from duck liver and heart, diluted to 200C—a ratio of one part duck offal to 10400 parts water
Jesus was a jew.
— 💖TRUTHMATTERS💖WE THE PEOPLE ⌛️ (@pamelaisfree) January 21, 2018
Jesus is the Messiah. He is One with the Father and the Holy Ghost.Jews (and others) who do not acknowledge this fact will burn in hell. https://t.co/gs2wBPqyKs
— Paul Nehlen (@pnehlen) January 21, 2018
Kill one Messiah and the pissy little bastards never let it go. Mel Brooks, the polio vaccine and rugelach puts us even, fucknuts. https://t.co/8f2e6mvoWI
— David Simon (@AoDespair) January 22, 2018
Technically it was my people, the Italians, who killed Christ. For some reason the Jews took the rap.
— Floppy Boot Stomp (@the_edwin_mix) January 22, 2018
In them days, we stoned our heretics. Can you imagine a world of Christians with gold pebbles hanging around their necks?
— David Simon (@AoDespair) January 22, 2018
The followers of the next messiah will wear a little gold electric chair around their neck, or perhaps a tiny gold syringe.
— Floppy Boot Stomp (@the_edwin_mix) January 22, 2018
re: #308 gocart mozart
Hell is imaginary, and if real, would indicate that your god, and everyone who wants to go to heaven while others are tortured in hell, is evil. You can only frighten children and idiots with that nonsense.
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) January 22, 2018
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