Two Great Clips From Stephen Colbert: Fox News Struggles to Cover Trump’s Attempted Firing of Mueller, and Trump’s Climate Change Derpitude
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Thanks. I am preferring to get my news from comedians these days because it offsets the gravity of the abomination that is the state of our union.
Important point on how broadening the scope of what constitutes racism coupled with wielding the charge indiscriminately has pushed conservatives away from the mainstream and towards extreme, outrage-oriented media sources pic.twitter.com/enhExHHlnm
— Shadi Hamid (@shadihamid) January 30, 2018
RWers have gone off the deep end because progress follows an exponential curve, and thus they are decompensating (unable to adapt) at rapidly increasing rates. https://t.co/K74x1195Ds
— Inkzilla ✒️ (@chemoelectric) January 30, 2018
re: #2 jaunte
In other words, there seems to be literally no way of getting these folks to own up to their racism and trying will simply make them literally more racist out of spite.
And they’re FUCKING WINNING ON THIS.
re: #3 Citizen K
They can’t hold back the changes they fear, but they’re going to give it a shot.
re: #4 jaunte
They can’t hold back the changes they fear, but they’re going to give it a shot.
They’re doing a damn good job of it as it is. They hold all the fucking cards and power and seem completely dead set on making it impossible to exist as a non-white person in America without literally becoming a second-class citizen, complete with the loss of vote, just, you know, without actually ‘losing’ the vote in the technical sense. Not until they own enough fucking states to crack open the constitution like they’ve wanted to forever.
EDIT: The problem is that, with the way Trump has been allowed to stack the judiciary, combined with the way the GOP has prevented Dems from filling vacancies themselves, we’re going to be living with the consequences of Trump legally for a generation, if not two. That means a lot of laws ensuring their vaunted white supremacy remains, and meaning we may not even get the elections we deserve because hey, fuck them, they’re not white, they’re literally lesser people by law according to the courts!!
The Law and Order party and their “Blue Lives Matter” supporters are currently talking about purging the FBI and DOJ for investigating a hostile foreign government’s tampering with our elections, and then claiming that they’re “patriots” for doing it.
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) January 30, 2018
re: #5 Citizen K
They’re doing a damn good job of it as it is. They hold all the fucking cards and power and seem completely dead set on making it impossible to exist as a non-white person in America without literally becoming a second-class citizen, complete with the loss of vote, just, you know, without actually ‘losing’ the vote in the technical sense. Not until they own enough fucking states to crack open the constitution like they’ve wanted to forever.
They won an important battle, for sure (and they won it because we - royal we - thought we’d won) but the war’s not over. And if we don’t stop them, it won’t be just non-whites. There are plenty of non-male or non-Christian or non-cheating-on-your-wife types in this country.
re: #2 jaunte
RWers have gone off the deep end because progress follows an exponential curve, and thus they are decompensating (unable to adapt) at rapidly increasing rates.
“they” cannot stand the concept of seeing another point of view because that might mean adjusting theirs and that would mean they were wrong in the first place
After retweeting this, I’m getting a swarm of sad Nazis lecturing me about Christianity in muh mentions.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 30, 2018
Because who knows more about what Jesus would have wanted than an outright Nazi?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 30, 2018
I can’t even.
THEN versus NOW. I’m proud to have a president that’s putting #AmericaFirst and investing here at home. pic.twitter.com/E05G6hMBkW
— Markwayne Mullin (@RepMullin) January 30, 2018
re: #2 jaunte
It’s a irresponsible and stupid article. Calling someone a motherfucker doesn’t make him go and have carnal relations with his mother. As so many other writers do, the author claims that if liberals were only more selective with the label of bigot, conservatives would somehow feel less attacked.
This is utter bullshit.
The article does not entertain the possibility that conservative cultists feel more outraged and bigoted because the safe media environs they seek out tell them to be so. It fails to realise that giving bigots safe spaces where their beliefs won’t be attacked is exactly what perpetuates bigotry in the first place - failing to challenge long-held beliefs. Conservative cultists are told constantly that their prejudices are normal and to be angry at liberals for attacking them, whether those attacks are real or imagined. Just like Nazis, they will be angry and hateful whether you punch them or simply protest quietly.
It is in the nature of an arsehole to double down on being so when that belief is challenged or shamed. I submit that it is a phenomenon unique to those in privileged positions, whether that be by virtue of wealth or skin colour. If you have been treated with undeserved privilege your entire life, your natural response to being challenged is going to be to snap back, rather than self-reflection. That’s too bad, but it doesn’t mean that we should continue to coddle the tender fee-fees of bigots and other scum.
re: #9 Charles Johnson
The goddamned Nazi is complaining that Jews are pointing out that he’s a goddamned Nazi.
That’s rich.
re: #10 GlutenFreeJesus
Obama inherits the Great Recession.
Trump inherits the Obama economy.
Yeah, they’re exactly the same.
re: #10 GlutenFreeJesus
I can’t even.
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im running out of patience
if i tweeted:
“you must be just a plain liar because no one could be this stupid”
re: #9 Charles Johnson
I’m waiting on their new Nazi Bible to be published where Jesus sports a swastika tattoo and and wears khakis and a white polo shirt.
I guess we now have members asking others to think there is no hope in doing anything about Trump. I don’t get it.
See the last thread, comments #442, 446 and my question in 449. I gotta run.
JFC
Mike Cernovich, the right-wing lifestyle guru and self-proclaimed journalist, is offering $500,000 in cash for Gawker’s assets https://t.co/1Kt5RDjAc6
— Nieman Lab (@NiemanLab) January 30, 2018
re: #4 jaunte
They can’t hold back the changes they fear, but they’re going to give it a shot.
Literally.
re: #13 lawhawk
Obama inherits the Great Recession.
Trump inherits the Obama economy.
Yeah, they’re exactly the same.
I mean, how the fuck do you reach through to people that support ones like this?
re: #2 jaunte
Put more simply, there’s a reason they fear being called a bigot: the positions they’ve adopted/adapted as their own, are bigoted.
Their stance on bathroom usage? It’s government so small it fits in the bathroom stall (the very opposite of small government and limited government).
Abortion rights? The same - and it deprives women of their rights all to force women to give birth at same time GOP are depriving millions of access to health coverage.
Racial discrimination? GOP treats it as though it doesn’t even exist, especially police engaging in discriminatory acts.
Title IX in colleges? DeVos is trying to eliminate reporting requirements so abuse and harassment can continue.
Pointing out that Trump is affirmatively quoting white supremacists, KKK, Nazis? Yeah, that makes you the bigot, not Trump. Trump’s the one who thinks the Nazis and the persons protesting them are equal.
Trump’s the one who is recycling Nazis talking points - the America First slogan is straight out of the anti Semitic playbook.
America First is a xenophobic and nativist position that white supremacists and KKKers are espousing along with the Nazis.
Essentially throttling legal immigration while moving to deport millions who have overstayed visas? Yeah, that too is xenophobic and nativist.
Build a wall? The same.
Everywhere you look, this administration is pursuing a hateful agenda.
re: #20 lawhawk
It’s too bad there aren’t hate detox centers. In lots of ways these people act like addicts. The denial, lying, getting agitated or violent when confronted with their shit, etc.
re: #19 GlutenFreeJesus
I mean, how the fuck do you reach through to people that support ones like this?
you write. them. off.
from the last thread, rephrased (jo nesbo the original):
a person should not be punished for showing no consideration towards an idiot behaving like an idiot
there are two ways to build “market share” as it were
1 take from the other guy (reach these people)
2 expand the pie - reach the unaffiliated and non-participating
two is way way easier
has way way more potential
because its both way way bigger and they are in fact “reachable”
On top of that, GOP elected to the WH a self admitted sex predator who is accused by more than a dozen women of sexual harassment, assault, or more.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 30, 2018
re: #2 jaunte
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“By being so mean to bigots and racists, you make conservatives feel bad and internalize their anger!”
“So, what’s the solution?”
“Internalize your anger so conservatives don’t feel like you’re picking on them for being racists and bigots!”
FFS
re: #2 jaunte
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If conservatives are so afraid of being called bigots, they could stop ya know being bigots. Not all conservatives are bigots but many are and show it through their own words.
re: #26 HappyWarrior
I’m all for pointing and out of control laughter when people say flat out stupid shit like this.
Btw that study sorta takes the snow out of snowflakes and safe spaces eh?
Shot:
Prediction: no matter who the D nominee is in 2020, Trump and GOP will say he/she is a criminal and try to get the FBI to open an investigation.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) January 30, 2018
Chaser:
Um…. https://t.co/ettHewzpCp pic.twitter.com/G52z6T0biS
— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) January 30, 2018
The President is reportedly considering asking his AG to *prosecute* a special counsel who is investigating his administration. Would immediately plunge the country into constitutional crisis. https://t.co/RWJe6DTDIn
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) January 30, 2018
In anticipation of Stephen Miller’s State of the Union address, I wrote about Miller is part of a long line of immigration policymakers who were super racist and motivated by racism.
For 41 years, America’s immigration policy was set by the Ku Klux Klan.https://t.co/cbxFhazMlq— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) January 30, 2018
And 2 day laters Fox is still ranting….
HRC makes a 5 second appearance on TV and the entire Trumptarder cult lose their minds. The snowflakes are so easily TRIGGERED.
— Hope and Pray GOP Nazis/Alt-Right Get Ball Cancer (@DrMatthew) January 30, 2018
re: #30 Scottish Dragon
Shot:
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Sadly, all the talk about a “constitutional crisis” at this point seems…well, pointless because the GOP is making pretty clear they’re prepared to tear apart the country to keep an unpopular, criminal president* in office. Even suggesting that his “enemies” be purged from federal law enforcement agencies.
re: #25 Targetpractice
“By being so mean to bigots and racists, you make conservatives feel bad and internalize their anger!”
“So, what’s the solution?”
“Internalize your anger so conservatives don’t feel like you’re picking on them for being racists and bigots!”
Indeed. Today’s “conservatives” are (in true IMAX-projection mode) the very thing they purport to despise: whiny, entitled, hypersensitive snowflakes. Waaah! You called me a racist, so now, I’m totally going to become one! That’ll show YOU!!1!!
It’s like the discussion in a thread here yesterday, about how all these “this is why trump won” takes make trump voters look like horrendously childish and spiteful sociopaths with a permanent case of oppositional-defiant disorder.
re: #30 Scottish Dragon
Shot:
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Related- Jerome Corsi will have a shitty book and D’Sousa will have an equally shitty movie.
re: #24 lawhawk
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from that same story and apropos of weinstein v wynn
.. RNC Chair Ronna Romney McDaniel has stated that the organization would return the million dollars, or more, of donations by billionaire Wynn once he has had “due process,” though it is unclear what that would actually entail, or if he would ever even see a day in court.
Additionally, McDaniel had this to say regarding Harvey Weinstein’s donations to the DNC back when he was embroiled in a sexual misconduct controversy:
“Weinstein lined Democrat pockets with millions of dollars,” she wrote in October. “If the DNC truly stands up for women like they say they do, then returning Weinstein’s dirty money should be a no-brainer.”
my bolds and italics
re: #31 jaunte
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My mom’s parents fortunately just missed the cut off. Who knows how many Holocaust victims we condemned to death with the 1924 Act.
re: #20 lawhawk
Put more simply, there’s a reason they fear being called a bigot: the positions they’ve adopted/adapted as their own, are bigoted.
Case in point: Rod Dreher’s meltdown at his blog a couple days ago when Sarah Jones at The New Republic reviewed some of his work, and provided numerous quotes from him to back her analysis up….
re: #38 Scottish Dragon
Case in point: Rod Dreher’s meltdown at his blog a couple days ago when Sarah Jones at The New Republic reviewed some of his work, and provided numerous quotes from him to back her analysis up….
Didn’t the American Conservative used to be the honorable Republican magazine?
re: #17 Charles Johnson
JFC
And Rage Furby, the real reason why Gawker was brought to its knees, isn’t mentioned once in that article! LIBEL!
re: #40 scottslemmons
Didn’t the American Conservative used to be the honorable Republican magazine?
Pat Buchanan has been there for years, so probably not.
I happen to be reading Jo Nesbo’s “Nemesis” and the topic of narcissim just came up:
‘Freud introduced the concept of a narcissist to psychology, a person with an exaggerated sense of uniqueness, obsessed by the dream of boundless success. For the narcissist the need for revenge against those who have affronted him or her is often greater than all other needs. It is called the”narcissist’s rage”. The American psychoanalyst Heinz Kohut has described how such a person would seek to avenge the affront-which may seem a mere bagatelle to us-with whatever means they have at their disposal. For instance, what would seem on the surface to be a standard rejection might result in the narcissist working tirelessly, with a compulsive determination, to redress the balance, causing death if necessary.’
‘Death to whom?’ Harry asked.
‘To all.’
‘That’s insane,’ Beate burst out.
‘In fact, that’s what I’m saying,’ Aune said drily.
as usual, bolds and itals mine
do i have to point out who i think this refers to?
re: #43 dangerman
with whatever means they have at their disposal
“Ask your wife how it feels being a loser.”
I love this photo! It shows the Jew in it’s best possible state.
— Efficient Propaganda (@ScmrabledNmae) January 30, 2018
Hello @TwitterSafety, @FBI, this neo-Nazi calls Jews “genetically inferior” https://t.co/58nFezCkUn, dead Dachau inmates “scrawny typhus ridden rats” https://t.co/vxX7WCufGv and says they represent “Jew in it’s best possible state” https://t.co/iZ1YMC8fxy What r u doing about it?
— Sergey Romanov (@S_ergeyR_omanov) January 30, 2018
No. It wouldn’t. There’d be no one stopping Trump from doing this -
the GOP have fully bought into this addled and insane worldview and are enabling Trump at every step. There are no sane GOPers left, not when even Ryan’s touting Nunes nonsense. @BrendanNyhan— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 30, 2018
The entire American enterprise rests on a knife edge; Trump keeps picking the autocratic route to consolidate power to him, all by demanding absolute loyalty to him and perverting the use of law enforcement to investigate his enemies (while they are currently investigating him.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 30, 2018
Answering the Toady Call:
Sitting in the aisle to score a sweet, sweet handshake with POTUS approximately
4 and a half hours prior to the speech are:
-Matt Gaetz
-Billy Long
-Mark Walker
-Louie Gohmert
-Mike Johnson— Joe Perticone (@JoePerticone) January 30, 2018
re: #38 Scottish Dragon
Case in point: Rod Dreher’s meltdown at his blog a couple days ago when Sarah Jones at The New Republic reviewed some of his work, and provided numerous quotes from him to back her analysis up….
Rod Dreher fancies himself a Christian. I think he needs to have a chat with the crucified Jew from a Roman-occupied land about his overwhelming racism. And then work on his sexism, and, while he’s at it, work on his heterosexual privilege.
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God deleted the tweet, it was a joke about Jesus.
Did you know that God follows only one twitter account and it is Justin Beiber
‘The FBI Is Trumpland’ https://t.co/ZNiipJOcSD via @politicalwire
— Taegan Goddard (@politicalwire) November 3, 2016
When you’re attacking FBI agents because you’re under criminal investigation, you’re losing https://t.co/SIoAxatCjp
— Sarah Sanders (@SarahHuckabee) November 3, 2016
This one never gets! https://t.co/h29pEBr6JI
— Hope and Pray GOP Nazis/Alt-Right Get Ball Cancer (@DrMatthew) January 30, 2018
re: #48 mmmirele
Rod Dreier fancies himself a Christian. I think he needs to have a chat with the crucified Jew from a Roman-occupied land about his overwhelming racism. And then work on his sexism, and, while he’s at it, work on his heterosexual privilege.
That will never happen. Dreher is the kind of bigot whose ‘religion’ has no other purpose than to rationalize his bigotry.
re: #32 Dr. Matt
And 2 day laters Fox is still ranting….
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Don’t you know, Hillary is the reason the Grammy ratings were down as well. Those 5 seconds had a hell of an effect.
re: #51 EPR-radar
That will never happen. Dreher is the kind of bigot whose ‘religion’ has no other purpose than to rationalize his bigotry.
But, his religion does have other purposes than to rationalize his bigotry.
Namely, his view of women.
re: #47 jaunte
Answering the Toady Call:
Sitting in the aisle to score a sweet, sweet handshake with POTUS approximately
4 and a half hours prior to the speech are: -Matt Gaetz
-Billy Long
-Mark Walker
-Louie Gohmert
-Mike Johnson
i wonder how much they’ve paid
re: #52 BeachDem
Don’t you know, Hillary is the reason the Grammy ratings were down as well. Those 5 seconds had a hell of an effect.
And people knew, before they watched, that she was going to be on.
Today, Congressman Paul Gosar contacted the U.S. Capitol Police, as well as Attorney General Jeff Sessions, asking they consider checking identification of all attending the State of the Union address and arresting any illegal aliens in attendance.
— Rep. Paul Gosar, DDS (@RepGosar) January 30, 2018
Sr Congressional source says request of GOP AZ Rep Gosar to check legal status of those in attendance tonite would be a “distraction” and take away from the core mission of security personnel at the Capitol: the safety of the President, Members of Congress and continuity of gov’t
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) January 30, 2018
I’d love to see Gosar try and get a US Servicemember whose status is questioned removed.
Trump and the GOP were intent on doing just that.
re: #55 Belafon
And people knew, before they watched, that she was going to be on.
But of course—they’re all prescient! (Most of them are barely sentient)
re: #55 Belafon
And people knew, before they watched, that she was going to be on.
…so they didnt watch!
nielsen et al track ratings throughout the show - ie in real time - ratings are not a yes/no did someone watch or not at all
the reporting is, the actual ratings arent - just like any other poll, its in the details
re: #56 Belafon
Their noses are brown.
Probably the only way Gaetz can make sure he doesn’t get a dui on the way to the venue.
re: #36 dangerman
from that same story and apropos of weinstein v wynn
my bolds and italics
Republicans get due process, democrats are instantly guilty.
re: #50 Dr. Matt
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The reality for this nation is that the GOP care about only one thing: power. Specifically the accumulation and retention of power. Trump is giving them a taste of power that they have fantasized about for decades, of a party that can weather a major political scandal due to public indifference and political malaise combining to drive down voter participation. Even those who aren’t openly supporting him are prepared to go to bat for him for fear that they will anger the base. For all the talk during the previous 8 years about how Dems viewed Obama as a “messiah,” Reps are prepared to elevate Trump to God-Emperor if it means unrestricted power.
re: #57 lawhawk
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The GOP’s new slogan: “Where are your papers? Show me your papers!”
Concise @normative summary of one big reason it’s hard to take the #ReleaseTheMemo crew at face value https://t.co/HAPHteYQ07 pic.twitter.com/BDdLZ8FWw2
— David A. Graham (@GrahamDavidA) January 30, 2018
Yep, Nunes, King, Gaetz and DeSantis who are running around about FISA abuses also voted to extend Section 702, whose database of surveillance allows warrentless queries on Americans too, plus they all voted down amendment requiring a warrant for queries pertaining to Americans https://t.co/cvZYfCAxIc
— Adam Khan (@Khanoisseur) January 30, 2018
I forgot to mention this but over the weekend Dana Perino followed me ??!!
Who me? Cold? Of course not! ⛄️ @dailybriefing is LIVE from DC - I’ll be joined by Majority Leader McConnell, Senator Cory Gardner, and EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. @SenateMajLdr @SenCoryGardner @EPAScottPruitt @FoxNews pic.twitter.com/R4efYua82O
— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) January 30, 2018
I have no fucking idea why. My most famous follower and it’s a Fox News personality/Bush professional liar.
Surprised they were able to get the “original Jesus”, dude doesn’t come back too often and especially for movie sequels.
— Floppy Boot Stomp (@the_edwin_mix) January 30, 2018
re: #23 dangerman
you write. them. off.
from the last thread, rephrased (jo nesbo the original):
there are two ways to build “market share” as it were
1 take from the other guy (reach these people)
2 expand the pie - reach the unaffiliated and non-participatingtwo is way way easier
has way way more potential
because its both way way bigger and they are in fact “reachable”
Unfortunately, they vote. Just like we do.
I’d give about 10:1 odds a fistfight will break out among attendees at SOTU tonight.
re: #70 Eclectic Cyborg
I’d give about 10:1 odds a fistfight will break out among attendees at SOTU tonight.
Now there’s an event that PaddyPower missed.
re: #30 Scottish Dragon
You assume the party in power cares about the Constitution.
— This place is infested with Nazis. (@efuseakay) January 30, 2018
re: #53 freetoken
But, his religion does have other purposes than to rationalize his bigotry.
Namely, his view of women.
Dreher’s religion is completely patriarchal. So that is totally consistent with the ‘For Dreher, religion = rationalizing his bigotry’ thesis.
If you’re watching the #SOTU tonight, here’s a nifty bingo card you can use to make the experience a little more bearable. pic.twitter.com/aDmbb2f9Hn via @justicedems #TrumpclusterfuckistanianSOTU
— Kathryn Brusco (@KathrynBruscoBk) January 30, 2018
This is how Trump spends his mornings
https://t.co/eBQhumvwut— Floppy Boot Stomp (@the_edwin_mix) January 30, 2018
re: #74 jaunte
I admit I no longer find Trump funny. We’re in deep shit and it’s not a joking matter.
ok……….
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour arrested with loaded handgun at security checkpoint in airport.
— Ken Thomas (@KThomasDC) January 30, 2018
re: #63 fern01
Republicans get due process, democrats are instantly guilty.
and in this one small area the dems never learn
these days it’s unfortunate that what might be “the right thing to do” can also be terrible politics
re: #67 gocart mozart
I forgot to mention this but over the weekend Dana Perino followed me ??!!
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I have no fucking idea why. My most famous follower and it’s a Fox News personality/Bush professional liar.
best you behave yourself
jeebus
College tennis player suspended after telling black opponent ‘at least I know my dad’ during match https://t.co/Ci7lKrfrwZ pic.twitter.com/kAHLjG43ni
— NY Daily News Sports (@NYDNSports) January 30, 2018
…. balls
Russia’s Sanctioned Spy Chief Reportedly Met CIA Director in the U.S.
per dailybeast
I’m getting heart burn from all this shit.
re: #69 GlutenFreeJesus
Unfortunately, they vote. Just like we do.
yes they do
im saying the pie is not “voters” the pie is eligible voters
there arent enough of “them” to convert, and the work required (the cost per) to get the few is very high
there is a much riper and larger market in solidifying the voting of registered left / left leaners who stray third party or protest or abstain AND the population of non registered voters
Banned from Uber, cleared to work a senior post at a federal agency. Via @KFILE https://t.co/3tZiCKC8N1
— eli m. rosenberg (@emrosenberg) January 30, 2018
State of our union? Shiny coins being thrown all over to distract from efforts to consolidate power and erode our fragile democracy while Trump unilaterally pays back the leader who got him here, Putin.
— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) January 30, 2018
re: #81 Backwoods_Sleuth
jeebus
College tennis player suspended after telling black opponent ‘at least I know my dad’ during match
he was probably losing
re: #82 CongoJack
I dont trust the CIA - the FBI sure - but the CIA and Pompeo as its lead. I smell a rat.
I don’t what this is right now on CNN but it makes me want to puke.
re: #76 Skip Intro
Felt that way the moment he “won”.
re: #90 plansbandc
Felt that was at the debates when he opined about starting WW3.
I can’t link from my phone, but Wonkette has quite the disgusting profile(with links) of Paul Manafort.
He’s an even bigger piece of shit than I thought.
re: #90 plansbandc
Felt that way the moment he “won”.
Back then I still had some hope the GOP would contain him. That didn’t last long.
I heard on my local alternative radio station an ad for a Stormy Daniels show at a local strip club, !
re: #81 Backwoods_Sleuth
Reply should have been, “That’s not what your mom told me last night!”
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) January 30, 2018
Could have stopped after word four.
— Greg Chernack (@GChernack) January 30, 2018
re: #96 Ace-o-aces
You realize the black player probably would’ve gotten expelled if he did that, right, knowing trends?
So I’m saying there will be at least 15 mentions of Hillary tonight in the speech.
re: #99 Eclectic Cyborg
So I’m saying there will be at least 15 mentions of Hillary tonight in the speech.
And at least 2 hours on CNN at least about Hillary ‘refusing to go away’ as a result, probably.
re: #81 Backwoods_Sleuth
Wonder who he voted for…
re: #92 A Mom Anon
I can’t link from my phone, but Wonkette has quite the disgusting profile(with links) of Paul Manafort.
He’s an even bigger piece of shit than I thought.
re: #76 Skip Intro
I admit I no longer find Trump funny. We’re in deep shit and it’s not a joking matter.
I can feel that, but remember, Trump feeds on indignation and pain. He can’t stand being mocked.
re: #97 Ace-o-aces
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*sigh* Let me guess, he’s been pushing for the release of this memo for no other reason than Faux News is calling for its release.
Here comes your Amazon delivery.
Watch professional pilots with the @droneraceleague guide their aircraft around mountains and through obstacle-ridden warehouses at up to eighty miles per hour. pic.twitter.com/El9veC0YUc
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) January 30, 2018
re: #22 A Mom Anon
It’s too bad there aren’t hate detox centers. In lots of ways these people act like addicts. The denial, lying, getting agitated or violent when confronted with their shit, etc.
The thing about addicts is there really isn’t anything you can do to help them until they decide to change.
Shit. The analogy holds up there too.
re: #77 Backwoods_Sleuth
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour arrested with loaded handgun at security checkpoint in airport.
— Ken Thomas (@KThomasDC) January 30, 2018
Someone is going to lose their pre-TSA status…..
….but he’ll continue to be able to legally own firearms…..because ‘Merica.
1. Denial 2. Guilt 3. Anger 4. Depression 5. Acceptance pic.twitter.com/CH3t5z2WAs
— Full Frontal (@FullFrontalSamB) January 30, 2018
Bad news regarding Korea. WH has apparently withdrawn Victor Cha’s nomination to be ambassador to Korea … because he was too dovish about possible strikes against the North. Bad bad bad.
Victor Cha reportedly objects to possible “bloody nose” strike on NK and tearing up KORUS… and may no longer be nominee for Ambassador. The days grow darker, Asia-watching friends. https://t.co/ltdphe1Y0d
— Mira Rapp-Hooper (@MiraRappHooper) January 30, 2018
I had concluded that the talk of striking North Korea was a bluff. It made no sense; the risk of unintended nuclear war was too high.
But this story makes me think I was wrong, and that Trump is really planning to do it. https://t.co/fT4xaJMW6W— Max Fisher (@Max_Fisher) January 30, 2018
re: #47 jaunte
Part of me would love to see someone on the aisle refuse to shake Trump’s hand. Another part of me (or perhaps the same part of me) would love to see some member of Congress just walk out of the speech when he says something particularly terrible. In part because I don’t think Trump would handle that well.
re: #110 FormerDirtDart
What happened to the one response from Kennedy? I know Sanders came in to bigfoot on it, but where are the other 3 coming from?
re: #111 LastYearsMan
Bad news regarding Korea. WH has apparently withdrawn Victor Cha’s nomination to be ambassador to Korea … because he was too dovish about possible strikes against the North. Bad bad bad.
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I totally expect that strike to happen before November, because the GOP feels that the “rally ‘round the flag” effect is their best way to rapidly build public support.
The first non-Fox pundit that calls Trump “presidential” should be publicly mocked and shamed and banned from public view forever. #SOTU
— Hope and Pray GOP Nazis/Alt-Right Get Ball Cancer (@DrMatthew) January 30, 2018
re: #114 Targetpractice
I totally expect that strike to happen before November, because the GOP feels that the “rally ‘round the flag” effect is their best way to rapidly build public support.
After 17 years of near constant war, I’m guessing the public would not respond the way the GOP thinks it would.
re: #116 KGxvi
After 17 years of near constant war, I’m guessing the public would not respond the way the GOP thinks it would.
What’s really going to hurt the GOP is not the constant warfare, but the subsequent leveling of Seoul as well as the potential for a shooting war with China. This isn’t some hypothetical strike on Iran where the worst we have to worry about is pissing off the locals. We’re talking the potential for plunging the entire region into a state of open warfare when we are in no real position to prosecute such a war.
Evening Lizardim. How go things among the lizardfolk?
And speaking of assholes, Bibi thinks Jared is “the man” to bring peace in the middle east due to his real estate prowess. And then he called on the Palestinians to “stop kvetching.”
Ugh.
re: #97 Ace-o-aces
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Right…like Trump will actually read the memo (but he’ll say that he knows all about it, “better than most, actually”), and he will ignore or override anyone that suggests it shouldn’t be released.
re: #119 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Evening Lizardim. How go things among the lizardfolk?
I think the general consensus is we’re doomed.
re: #114 Targetpractice
I totally expect that strike to happen before November, because the GOP feels that the “rally ‘round the flag” effect is their best way to rapidly build public support.
It may also be that Trump simply will not fill the South Korean ambassadorship, considering the trade pissing match he’s put us in with them.
Trump has been busy trying to destroy the effectiveness of the State Department, and South Korea is an important ally.
re: #122 allegro
I think the general consensus is we’re doomed.
Welp, better make sure I get some tonight then.///
OT:
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re: #111 LastYearsMan
Bad news regarding Korea. WH has apparently withdrawn Victor Cha’s nomination to be ambassador to Korea … because he was too dovish about possible strikes against the North. Bad bad bad.
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Oh dear! There is really only one solution in the current political climate: Kim and his South Korean rivals need to set aside their many disputes, recognize their common interest in staying alive, and pool their resources to buy their own Republican shills and agents of influence. Congressmen or a national network like Fox might be prohibitively expensive, but any number of bloggers, conspira-liars and Texas school boards could be bought in car-load lots, achieving saturation by weight of numbers.
re: #113 Citizen K
What happened to the one response from Kennedy? I know Sanders came in to bigfoot on it, but where are the other 3 coming from?
There’s a Spanish language response, via Elizabeth Guzman, former Democratic Maryland Rep. Donna Edwards will also speak on behalf of the Working Families Party, Maxine Waters is issuing a response on a BET special Wednesday
re: #122 allegro
I think the general consensus is we’re doomed.
We were all born doomed. The questions are: How will we spend our time, and what price will we exact?
re: #127 FormerDirtDart
There’s a Spanish language response, via Elizabeth Guzman, former Democratic Maryland Rep. Donna Edwards will also speak on behalf of the Working Families Party, Maxine Waters is issuing a response on a BET special Wednesday
And therein lies the problem.
re: #118 Targetpractice
What’s really going to hurt the GOP is not the constant warfare, but the subsequent leveling of Seoul as well as the potential for a shooting war with China. This isn’t some hypothetical strike on Iran where the worst we have to worry about is pissing off the locals. We’re talking the potential for plunging the entire region into a state of open warfare when we are in no real position to prosecute such a war.
Something something land war in Asia something something
On a more serious note, yeah, you’re right. My sense is that nobody (except possibly Trump) wants a war in Asia, including North Korea. The Kim regime has always been about self-preservation, and there’s a legitimate argument to be made that pursuit of nuclear weapons is an action for self-preservation. Nations with nuclear weapons don’t get invaded, instead they seem to get a seat at the table (at least regionally). North Korea also has to know if it launches a war, China is more likely to cut them loose than to support them. But on the flip side, we should know that if we start a fight, China is likely to support North Korea - and it would devastate our relationships with just about everyone in the region, in particular South Korea and Japan, two of our better trade partners.
Conservatives focusing on the important stuff by wasting time and money.
Dear South Carolina Governor McMaster: My service was to the Constitution, that piece of parchment conservatives pray to and then ignore, just like the Bible. That includes the pesky part in the I Amendment that starts “Congress shall make no law… .”
Take your proclamation and your fake patriotism and dig around in the couch cushions for some roubles.
I ask that all South Carolinians show the world our state’s resolute commitment to supporting our troops by standing for the national anthem wherever you watch the Super Bowl with your loved ones this Sunday. #IStand pic.twitter.com/x5pK3zPNTO
— Henry McMaster (@henrymcmaster) January 30, 2018
re: #133 Anymouse 🌹
Conservatives focusing on the important stuff by wasting time and money.
Dear South Carolina Governor McMaster: My service was to the Constitution, that piece of parchment conservatives pray to and then ignore, just like the Bible. That includes the pesky part in the I Amendment that starts “Congress shall make no law… .”
Take your proclamation and your fake patriotism and dig around in the couch cushions for some roubles.
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It’s South Carolina. Which flag are they standing for?
re: #133 Anymouse 🌹
Conservatives focusing on the important stuff by wasting time and money.
Dear South Carolina Governor McMaster: My service was to the Constitution, that piece of parchment conservatives pray to and then ignore, just like the Bible. That includes the pesky part in the I Amendment that starts “Congress shall make no law… .”
Take your proclamation and your fake patriotism and dig around in the couch cushions for some roubles.
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I got news for the Governor: The outdoor temperature at kickoff is going to be in the single digits. Anyone you see outside the stadium who happens to be standing will be frozen stiff.
re: #133 Anymouse 🌹
Conservatives focusing on the important stuff by wasting time and money.
Dear South Carolina Governor McMaster: My service was to the Constitution, that piece of parchment conservatives pray to and then ignore, just like the Bible. That includes the pesky part in the I Amendment that starts “Congress shall make no law… .”
Take your proclamation and your fake patriotism and dig around in the couch cushions for some roubles.
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I fully intend to watch the Superbowl the way God intended: With my ass firmly planted to the couch until the final second ticks down, with the only exception being a bathroom break during half-time.
re: #112 KGxvi
Part of me would love to see someone on the aisle refuse to shake Trump’s hand. Another part of me (or perhaps the same part of me) would love to see some member of Congress just walk out of the speech when he says something particularly terrible. In part because I don’t think Trump would handle that well.
Or jerk Trump’s arm toward themselves - LOL.
re: #137 Targetpractice
The only people standing for the anthem at home will be assholes filming it for social media to prove how “patriotic” they are.
re: #133 Anymouse 🌹
South Carolina, the state that flew the confederate battle flag over it’s statehouse for the second half of the 20th century and the first decade and a half of the 21st century… yeah, we don’t need to hear about patriotism from you.
Gov. McMaster is getting hammered on his Twitter feed over his post, especially from veterans.
re: #119 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Evening Lizardim. How go things among the lizardfolk?
About 3 weeks to Planet Comic Con.
re: #139 Anymouse 🌹
That’s really, really, great.
re: #140 Decatur Deb
I don’t get it, but there is no answer to that.
re: #146 meteor
I don’t get it, but there is no answer to that.
Everyone dies. How long it takes to get there is partially under our control.
re: #144 prairiefire
About 3 weeks to Planet Comic Con.
Our comic con got canceled this year. I has a major sad. We are looking for alternative cons in the area to attend.
re: #143 Anymouse 🌹
Gov. McMaster is getting hammered on his Twitter feed over his post, especially from veterans.
Good! I’m damn near tempted to actually sign up for Twitter just to add my (checks bank account… Hmm) (2 Canadian Dollars I found on the floor?) to the pile-on.
re: #142 KGxvi
South Carolina, the state that flew the confederate battle flag over it’s statehouse for the second half of the 20th century and the first decade and a half of the 21st century… yeah, we don’t need to hear about patriotism from you.
And just in case anyone dares to applaud Icky Nikki for her bold action in taking the flag down after the Charleston massacre, I just want this on the record:
re: #148 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Everyone dies. How long it takes to get there is partially under our control.
I like that. A new quote to put in my prayer book :)
re: #153 William Lewis
I like that. A new quote to put in my prayer book :)
And shockingly enough, I totally pulled it out of my own head. Though I also doubt I’m the first to say it.
re: #151 William Lewis
Good! I’m damn near tempted to actually sign up for Twitter just to add my (checks bank account… Hmm) (2 Canadian Dollars I found on the floor?) to the pile-on.
I have CAN$150 in my wallet, but you’ll have to come to Nebraska to get it. Can you get here on $2?
re: #138 BlueSpotinAL
Or jerk Trump’s arm toward themselves - LOL.
A congressperson making the jerk off motion getting caught on camera would automatically be my favorite for 2020, regardless of party or record.
re: #155 meteor
Okay, I give up. Thread’s too depressing.
Swansea beat Arsenal, so there’s that if you’re a Swansea fan.
re: #112 KGxvi
Part of me would love to see someone on the aisle refuse to shake Trump’s hand. Another part of me (or perhaps the same part of me) would love to see some member of Congress just walk out of the speech when he says something particularly terrible. In part because I don’t think Trump would handle that well.
Imagine a “YOU LIE!” That’s what I want to see. He’ll lose his shit. Completely. No teleprompter in the world would help him.
re: #116 KGxvi
After 17 years of near constant war, I’m guessing the public would not respond the way the GOP thinks it would.
Especially if there’s a retaliatory strike.
re: #158 Barefoot Grin
Swansea beat Arsenal, so there’s that if you’re a Swansea fan.
Not so good for us Gooners though ;)
re: #159 MsJ
Imagine a “YOU LIE!” That’s what I want to see. He’ll lose his shit. Completely. No teleprompter in the world would help him.
“Punch him in the face…I’ll pay the bills!”
re: #148 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Everyone dies. How long it takes to get there is partially under our control.
..as is what we do with our time along the way
re: #161 William Lewis
Not so good for us Gooners though ;)
Yeah, we’re followers in this household. Poor Petr Cech.
re: #159 MsJ
Imagine a “YOU LIE!” That’s what I want to see. He’ll lose his shit. Completely. No teleprompter in the world would help him.
Out to be enough pissed off Dems to do it as a 4-part rondo.
re: #162 Barefoot Grin
“Punch him in the face…I’ll pay the bills!”
“GET HIM OUT OF HERE!!! THIS IS MY SPEECH!!!”
re: #166 Targetpractice
“GET HIM OUT OF HERE!!! THIS IS MY SPEECH!!!”
Nope. He sold it to his listed donors.
re: #163 dangerman
..as is what we do with our time along the way
Unless you’re a conservative, then God and those meddlesome religious nutjobs are all up in your business.
re: #122 allegro
I think the general consensus is we’re doomed.
Nah, not doomed, just royally fucked for the next few years. The damage can and will be fixed. It will take time, but (royal) we will survive this.
— Natalie G. Borden (@NatalieGBorden) January 30, 2018
I’ll be watching Grace and Frankie while the yam bloviates and the pundits cream their jeans, thank you very much.
Short summary.
There is a country whose leader is being investigated by an agency that’s being investigated secretly by a legislator who was on the leader’s transition team, which that agency is investigating for colluding with a nation that’s subject to sanctions the leader refuses to enforce.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) January 30, 2018
re: #141 A Mom Anon
The only people standing for the anthem at home will be assholes filming it for social media to prove how “patriotic” they are.
And those taking a wiz off of their back porch.
I guess I have to watch this damned State of the Union speech by Pumpkin Pinochet, don’t I? TFW you know you’re going to be infuriated and depressed by something, but can’t avoid it.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 31, 2018
Can’t watch. I get triggered by his stupid hand gestures and puckerhole.
We came up with a drinking game for the State of the Union, here’s how you play:
-Don’t
-You’ll die— Super Deluxe (@superdeluxe) January 30, 2018
re: #175 Charles Johnson
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I’m watching the Knicks game. If I’m going to get disappointed and angry, it might as well be over something I actually like.
Pre-speech highlights from the White House:
Full SOTU excerpts as released by the White House pic.twitter.com/dIFABDM2D5
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) January 30, 2018
What’s the old line about using many words to say nothing? I’m actually kind of interested what a state of the union sounds like with no new policies. Not necessarily enough to watch or listen but still…
re: #179 De Kolta Chair
Executive Producer: V. Putin.
In other news…
THE MASTER APPROVES! On this day: Manos The Hands of Fate first aired on MST3K.https://t.co/y4H1G97gwF pic.twitter.com/0Tp5Ou6aK3
— RiffTrax (@RiffTrax) January 30, 2018
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it now - I’m sorry! https://t.co/Xpy5UkO4pw
— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) January 30, 2018
re: #180 KGxvi
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What’s the old line about using many words to say nothing? I’m actually kind of interested what a state of the union sounds like with no new policies. Not necessarily enough to watch or listen but still…
“Full excerpts”? Is that like giant shrimp or honest Republicans?
re: #175 Charles Johnson
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Can’t watch that smug a-hole. I’ll get the highlights for days for sure.
Thread, eight tweets.
Once again: You see how disingenuous this is, right?
They’re going to release the Nune’s Memo tonight after the State of the Union Address.
1/ pic.twitter.com/GdspTHYrX4— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) January 30, 2018
re: #186 Anymouse 🌹
Thread, eight tweets.
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Ya know, if the FBI is lame enough to let a chump like Trump take them down then maybe they freaking deserve it.
Impress me guys.
re: #141 A Mom Anon
The only people standing for the anthem at home will be assholes filming it for social media to prove how “patriotic” they are.
and will have a beer in hand…
Trump’s behavior reminds me very much of what I have read about the English kings of old…assumes he has unlimited power (they did, Trump just thinks he does), demands of unfettered loyalty, and then there’s Mueller…”Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest!”
re: #189 Ace Rothstein
According to the NY Daily News twitter feed, the Klan kid beat him 6-1, 6-1.
re: #187 bill d. (b.d.)
Ya know, if the FBI is lame enough to let a chump like Trump take them down then maybe they freaking deserve it.
Given that the FBI has been setting up traps for so-called terrorists who really aren’t, this might be a form of poetic justice. But right the fuck now? Hopefully the Secret Service might be able to drag this whole cabal down….
My. God.
Stunning. Two people familiar w/the situation said the White House stopped returning calls from Victor Cha after he expressed concern in a December meeting about a plan to warn #NorthKorea through a military strike. https://t.co/KtPU4rQOut
— Suzanne DiMaggio (@suzannedimaggio) January 30, 2018
Cha was asked by officials whether he was prepared to help manage the evacuation of American citizens from South Korea..The two people said Mr Cha had expressed his reservations about any kind of military strike. https://t.co/oP9hRSpEZ5
— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) January 30, 2018
.@AriFleischer: “Every single [2020 Democrat] is going to try to get to the left of one another until they fall off the face of the Earth because the Earth is flat if you’re that far left.” #SpecialReport pic.twitter.com/QUxIArHfly
— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 30, 2018
When Republicans try to do science https://t.co/lzOAmJ6ks3
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) January 30, 2018
The price of eggs has more than doubled in the past few months. I’m sure the president will address the issue of rising food prices tonight. I’m also sure Kevin Spacey will make a huge comeback this year.
Holocaust denier and floor-pooping Rage Furby Chuck C. Johnson has announced on white supremacist social network Gab•ai that he’s going to be attending the SOTU.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 31, 2018
I don’t know if this has been mentioned yet, but I alluded to it in my earlier post. The weather over the Superb Owl weekend here in Minneapolis is supposed to be bitterly cold; the lows are supposed to be at or below 0 degrees F (-17.7 degrees C) both Saturday and Sunday. If you’re in town, don’t be stupid. Also, have some pity on the poor fools who are going to be flooding out of the stadium into the bitterly cold night, some of them disappointed, many of them drunk, almost all of them likely to be unprepared for the potential danger.
HuffPo must have the A-team of headline writers on today:
PANDER EXPRESS: Big Biz Puts on a Show For Trump
RNC Troubled By Wynn Sexual Allegations, Plans to Keep His Money Anyway
Paul Ryan Urges GOP Not to Use Memo Attacking Trump Probe to Attack Trump Probe
Teleprompter Trump To Give His Big Speech. Twitter Trump Likely To Step All Over It
re: #197 Charles Johnson
So who invited the Internet troll?
He probably got a ticket through his pal Rep. Dana Rohrabacher.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 31, 2018
re: #195 Anymouse 🌹
I’ve made the mistake of reading some flat earth stuff on instagram (a profile showed up once in my “you might like” section and I couldn’t help myself). There is a full cubic tonne of crazy in flat earther circles, but they all seem driven my religious beliefs, and in particular a literal reading of the scriptures… those are the sorts of people who tend not to be of the left if they’re voters.
Heh
.@POTUS speech-writing team. pic.twitter.com/XrkeIVU0F8
— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 30, 2018
Also, the four stages of male hair loss. https://t.co/h6yIw7PQcC
— J. Elvis Weinstein (@JElvisWeinstein) January 30, 2018
re: #202 Charles Johnson
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You’d think Capitol Police would have something to say about this.
re: #201 Targetpractice
An act of war is not a “warning.”
Did you notice the bit abut evacuating Americans?
re: #205 De Kolta Chair
Judging by that cast, I’m pretty sure the phrase Fox was looking for was “White and Optimistic”
For a few months now, reports have circulated that Trump is considering a limited “bloody nose” strike on North Korea to set back its missile program & bolster coercive diplomacy. The threat could be real or a bluff. I’ve argued it is real. https://t.co/cMf2Z4cAxR 1/10 — Colin Kahl (@ColinKahl) January 30, 2018
re: #205 De Kolta Chair
There’s a joke in there, but I just can’t get past C+ Santa Monica fascist Stephen Miller being a real person with access to power.
re: #205 De Kolta Chair
Heh
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So it’s going to be a speech long on empty platitudes, full of empty promises, with a lot of scaremongering, and a lot of hedging about how thoroughly they’re trying to fuck over federal law enforcement.
re: #208 Citizen K
Judging by that cast, I’m pretty sure the phrase Fox was looking for was “White and Optimistic”
The Immigration Department announced today that the quota for White On Rice will be precipitously increased this year.
re: #212 Targetpractice
So it’s going to be a speech long on empty platitudes, full of empty promises, with a lot of scaremongering, and a lot of hedging about how thoroughly they’re trying to fuck over federal law enforcement.
And Nazis—don’t forget the Nazis.
Now for a comedy break:
Sorry about the biblical delays. Runway lights are back on, my phone’s charged.
— Stansaid Airport (@StansaidAirport) January 30, 2018
“So, we meet again, Ms. Blofeld”
After gleefully championing the butcher of thousands of women in Libya and fueling the rise of ISIS, Hillary Clinton does the outrageous, and covers up for a sexual impropriety towards a member of the same class that writes American newspaper columns. https://t.co/Vh6I38FlSF
— Julian Assange ⌛ (@JulianAssange) January 30, 2018
Tonight, Shitler is going to read a speech filled with lies and falsehoods. He will say things that sound reasonable, but won’t mean any of them. Pundits will declare him to be Super Totally Presidential For Real This Time. Do not be fooled. He is a liar, a racist, and a disgrace
— Wil ‘Get rid of the Nazis’ Wheaton (@wilw) January 30, 2018
Keep your eye on the prize; the prize being impeachment and conviction.
Fired YatesFired Comey.Tried to fire Mueller.Tried to fire Sessions.Forced out McCabe.Trying to oust Rosenstein.Y’know. Like an innocent guy.#SOTU
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) January 30, 2018
re: #223 I Would Prefer Not To
The congressman from russia
Which one? There seems to be so many of them nowadays: The USA seems to have more oblasts than states.
Why? They couldn’t find someone supporting Trump who wasn’t accused of abuse/harassment of women?@NicoleEggert can’t be reached for comment instead?
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 31, 2018
re: #221 Anymouse 🌹
So, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down more than three hundred points. Trump’s going to open with that, right?
And it’ll get buffo laffs from one side of the chamber.
re: #217 De Kolta Chair
The hell is this happy horseshit.
Hillary is literally getting crucified for something 10 years ago that almost everyone in the GOP has failed to do in the same situation, and their contemporaries in NYT failed to do with fucking Glenn Thrush? Like…
…no, totally believable. Why should I expect any better from our fucking political climate.
I’m still waiting on my Hydrogen powered car that George W Bush promised me during one of his SOTU addresses.
re: #227 Citizen K
The hell is this happy horseshit.
Hillary is literally getting crucified for something 10 years ago that almost everyone in the GOP has failed to do in the same situation, and their contemporaries in NYT failed to do with fucking Glenn Thrush? Like…
…no, totally believable. Why should I expect any better from our fucking political climate.
It’s the New York Times. It’s what they do. At least my conservative regional paper is honest about their political leanings.
The worst part of this nightmarish SOTU is going to be all the cable news talking heads praising Trump for not dropping a deuce at the podium.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 31, 2018
Meh, I’ll take my chances with this guy. I’m sure he is some kind of demon but what they hay!
WH says @SecretarySonny is tonight’s “designated survivor.” As Ag Secretary, he is 9th in the presidential line of succession. He will spend the evening at an undisclosed location under @SecretService protection in case of a catastrophe at the Capitol. pic.twitter.com/rH4KqLnRxn
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) January 30, 2018
re: #230 Anymouse 🌹
Yes, but the column was from the Post (and unlike what I expected, not from Ass-sange himself). I’ve come to expect the Times to be utter shit at this point. But I’m amazed how successful this deflection toward the ‘08 Hillary campaign thing has been, even beyond the pundit class’s usual anti-Hillary mania.
re: #231 Charles Johnson
Even if he did, they’d praise him for ‘clearly staking his claims and marking his territory, unlike presidents before him’.
— Citizen K (@Citizen_Kryptik) January 31, 2018
Guess what doesn’t get you banned from Twitter, or even cost you your blue checkmark? Being a congressional candidate who compiles a list of Jewish enemies:https://t.co/fgF44rkJw8Hello @TwitterSupport or @TwitterSafety? What the fuck is going on here?
— Clay C. (@ClayC1969) January 31, 2018
If you have a moment, can you click on and report the offending tweet? It probably doesn’t do any real good except making me feel like I am not the only person deeply disturbed by this. Thanks.
The #SOTU address is the undercard. The main event will be later tonight when Stormy Daniels tells Jimmy Kimmel all about Trump’s tiny… hands.
— Candidate Romney (@MoMoneyMitt) January 30, 2018
re: #231 Charles Johnson
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If he drop a deuce at the podium, the press would enthuse about the firmness and rich odor of it, truly the product of a presidential man!
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A bad day to (pick your Airplane) reference to quit doing someting
re: #233 Citizen K
Yes, but the column was from the Post (and unlike what I expected, not from Ass-sange himself). I’ve come to expect the Times to be utter shit at this point. But I’m amazed how successful this deflection toward the ‘08 Hillary campaign thing has been, even beyond the pundit class’s usual anti-Hillary mania.
Missed that. What’s up with the Washington Post? Are they trying preserve precious “access” as well?
It’s frustrating I know, but I want Mueller and his team to take their time and nail this son of a bitch.
— Mickey Bitsko (@BitskoMickey) January 31, 2018
My two cents (Mickey Bitsko is my Twitter handle. If anyone knows how I can change it to De Kolta Chair, I’d love to hear it).
“This is what the American people wanted when they voted for Trump, a president unafraid to take a big, steaming shit on live TV! This is the sort of man the Republican base voted for, a man totally secure in himself and willing to show America just how brave he is.”
re: #205 De Kolta Chair
@realDonaldTrump couldn’t write his own speech if his life depended on it. Hell, he’d be lucky if he could even read the teleprompter, that fat fuck….
— TheMajor (@TheMajorsViews) January 31, 2018
It’s almost time for President Trump to address the nation… which means State of the Union bingo cards are here! Print one or two (or all!) of them out and play along, beginning at 9 p.m. ET. #SOTUbingo #SOTU2018 pic.twitter.com/bqm7KhwkqF
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) January 30, 2018
This is the one I’m going with:
I’ve got my #SOTUbingo card courtesy of @youngdems @DCYDTN #REUNITE pic.twitter.com/6Rboc5EX2U
— Dennis Potvin (@DennisPotvinDem) January 30, 2018
Proposed header for the SOTU thread:
“Let’s do it”
—G.Gilmore
I’m watching Pink Flamingos because I’d rather laugh at a singing asshole than cry from watching a talking one.
re: #217 De Kolta Chair
@POTUS and his Treasury Secretary don’t care - they’re like the Honey Badger. So what are you going to do about it?
— TheMajor (@TheMajorsViews) January 31, 2018
I’m going to watch The Crown on Netflix.
re: #240 De Kolta Chair
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My two cents (Mickey Bitsko is my Twitter handle. If anyone knows how I can change it to De Kolta Chair, I’d love to hear it).
Click on on the “Edit Profile” button on your Twitter home page.
re: #246 The Major
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Try to get people angry. There’s not much else she can do except make noise.
Hmm. Star Wars 2 or a Victoria episode or Sense and Sensibility? So many choices.
So how many Tinder matches will Melania get tonight?
re: #248 Belafon
Thanks Belofon, I had a feeling it was that simple. Keep in mind you’re dealing with someone who knows Word inside and out but still prefers to use WordPerfect. ;-)
re: #250 PhillyPretzel
Hmm. Star Wars 2 or a Victoria episode or Sense and Sensibility? So many choices.
You could watch Nonsense and Senility with the rest of us.
re: #253 Decatur Deb
You could watch Nonsense and Senility with the rest of us.
I’m watching Idiocracy. Oh wait….
re: #245 Joe Bacon 🌹
I’m watching Pink Flamingos because I’d rather laugh at a singing asshole than cry from watching a talking one.
I’m watching Van Helsing. It sucks, but not as bad as watching Anus-face McWeirdGestures.
re: #253 Decatur Deb
I am afraid watching it would destroy my grey matter. I do not want to lose that.
Instead of watching the SoTU I’m taking my Dad out to a screening of Dunkirk at the fancy drinky theater. Gonna order a bloody mary then watch people endure and survive a Nazi assault.
So, basically the same thing.— Photon Herder (@goddamnedfrank) January 31, 2018
I guarantee you Trump will go off script tonight.
re: #250 PhillyPretzel
Hmm. Star Wars 2 or a Victoria episode or Sense and Sensibility? So many choices.
I’m thinking of rewatching either “Girls Und Panzer Der Movie” or “Cowboy Bebop: Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”
re: #259 Eclectic Cyborg
That is why I will be watching something else.
re: #259 Eclectic Cyborg
I guarantee you Trump will go off script tonight.
If not, he’ll shit onto Twitter first thing in the morning.
A little humor before the shit show about to come
“Nothing to see here, folks, move along…” — Paul Ryan, Mike Pence, et alia
BREAKING: Russian News Outlet TASS reports that the Russian Spy Chief, Sergey Naryshkin, who is under US sanctions, entered the US w/ Trump’s approval.no US officials have mentioned this visit & it appears that TASS released this info to retaliate against Trump’s sanctions list
— Brian Krassenstein🐬 (@krassenstein) January 30, 2018
re: #247 The Vicious Babushka
I’m going to watch The Crown on Netflix.
I’m going to catch up on episodes of The Good Place
re: #263 Woods Witch
A little humor before the shit show about to come
The Little Singers of the Cross of Wood could be considered my “first” concert (1956).
re: #260 William Lewis
I’m thinking of rewatching either “Girls Und Panzer Der Movie” or “Cowboy Bebop: Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”
“Ilsa, She-Wolf of the SS?”
I’m going to watch more “One Day at a Time” and maybe a bit of the Avalanche game. I cannot listen to the orange bag o’shit. What’s left of my mental health needs to be preserved.
re: #268 plansbandc
I’m going to watch more “One Day at a Time” and maybe a bit of the Avalanche game. I cannot listen to the orange bag o’shit. What’s left of my mental health needs to be preserved.
We’ll be eating dinner shortly. My wife bought a pork roast at the butcher shop yesterday, and it’s been all day roasting with a recipe that is so secret she cannot remember what she did.
re: #270 Anymouse 🌹
We’ll be eating dinner shortly. My wife bought a pork roast at the butcher shop yesterday, and it’s been all day roasting with a recipe that is so secret she cannot remember what she did.
Classification: Destroy Before Reading (DBR)
re: #270 Anymouse 🌹
We’ll be eating dinner shortly. My wife bought a pork roast at the butcher shop yesterday, and it’s been all day roasting with a recipe that is so secret she cannot remember what she did.
damn, sounds great.
I’m gonna post the live video. You don’t have to watch but I will because I’m hoping to get a screenshot of the Rage Furby sitting in the gallery, so I can embarrass the fuck out of whoever invited him.
So Melania went in a separate car to the SOTU…the plot thickens…
UPDATE on yesterday’s story about the Toronto cops who ate marijuana edibles on duty, then freaked out so much they called the cops on themselves.
The update: when backup arrived, one of them was in a tree. https://t.co/ikGCxxLvBg— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) January 31, 2018
re: #277 Joe Bacon 🌹
In a break with tradition.
Yeah, that’s totally surprising.
No, who am I kidding. That’s entirely predictable.
What I’d like to see tonight: Some measure of resistance from Congressional Dems, such as getting up to leave during the speech, standing up and turning their backs, or even shouting “You lie!”
What I expect: A whole bunch of stone-faced old folks sitting in their seats, continuing to act under the delusion that if they refuse to clap or show any support for the man at the podium, they’ll look like the “adults” in the room. When the reality is that most people won’t be watching the speech, but will instead see the highlight reel tomorrow morning on their way out the door to work, catching snippets of the speech that media will hail as “presidential” while the most coverage given to Dems will be snide remarks or “analysis” about how they need to “meet Trump halfway” on his empty promises if they want to win reelection.
re: #279 Scottish Dragon
I am watching Phantom Menace currently.
Judging from the excerpts I’ve seen it’s going to be empty platitudes all the way. Trump’s shooting for that “tonight he truly became president” take from the cable news talking heads.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 31, 2018
Thanks for the retweet, or paraphrase, or whatever the kids are calling it these days, of the Peter Lorre comment, Charles. I just might be famous yet!
re: #260 William Lewis
I’m thinking of rewatching either “Girls Und Panzer Der Movie” or “Cowboy Bebop: Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”
Cowboy BeBop is hard to beat.
re: #276 Charles Johnson
You are our brave leader. Bless you. I’m so sorry you have to watch that shit.
re: #277 Joe Bacon 🌹
So Melania went in a separate car to the SOTU…the plot thickens…
She doesn’t even have the same bedroom as Trump. That is a first in my lifetime that the first couple didn’t share a bedroom.
re: #244 Decatur Deb
Proposed header for the SOTU thread:
“Let’s do it”
—G.Gilmore
Have the rifles been cleaned?
Why ya gotta tease me like that, CNN chyron operator. pic.twitter.com/NN8EwDNuke
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) January 31, 2018
re: #254 lawhawk
I’m watching Idiocracy. Oh wait….
I’m going with Grace and Frankie, ‘cause I want to see some 70-somethings who make sense.
re: #275 Decatur Deb
One reason I enjoy LGF….the obscure, nerdy references
re: #289 Targetpractice
No. I was watching it on the way home from work so I will finish watching it at home. Then something else during the SOTU.
re: #260 William Lewis
I’m thinking of rewatching either “Girls Und Panzer Der Movie” or “Cowboy Bebop: Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”
I’d probably watch GUP, mostly because after the last few days, I’d need something lighthearted.
re: #276 Charles Johnson
I’m gonna post the live video. You don’t have to watch but I will because I’m hoping to get a screenshot of the Rage Furby sitting in the gallery, so I can embarrass the fuck out of whoever invited him.
Criswell Bacon predicts that the Guilty Party is Dana Roherbacher
re: #283 PhillyPretzel
I am watching Phantom Menace currently.
Jar Jar Binks or Donald J. Trump…hmm…
Nah, I’ll just shoot myself in the head.
Not that anybody asked, but one-third (95 out of 289) of all American Nobel Prizes in the Sciences have been earned by Immigrants to the United States. pic.twitter.com/DC9Nvnt9rP
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) January 30, 2018
re: #298 Joe Bacon 🌹
Criswell Bacon predicts that the Guilty Party is Dana Roherbacher
Good luck embarrassing Roherbacher.
re: #276 Charles Johnson
UpChuck is in D.C. for the big speech?!? Oh brother.
Newt Gingrich tells Tucker Carlson he thinks SOTU will be about America
— Betsy Woodruff (@woodruffbets) January 31, 2018
The night is young and the takes are hot! https://t.co/y1LKnpLVuw
— Allison Nielsen (@AllisonNielsen) January 31, 2018
re: #297 Targetpractice
I’d probably watch GUP, mostly because after the last few days, I’d need something lighthearted.
yeah, true that. Plus it’s funny watchin a Pershing, a PzIVF2 & a Tiger repeatedly violate the laws of physics :D
But I’ll probably go for Cowboy BeBop for the fact that it’s a pure good guy win in the end.
re: #302 teleskiguy
UpChuck is in D.C. for the big speech?!? Oh brother.
He’ll be easy to spot, he brought his own torch.
Now I wish I hadn’t taken the time yesterday to catch up on ST: Discovery. Some bad Star Trek writing would be preferable tonight.
Trump may actually be late for the SOTU. Because that’s how incompetent he is.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 31, 2018
re: #302 teleskiguy
UpChuck is in D.C. for the big speech?!? Oh brother.
Yes, he announced it on white supremacist hellhole Gab[dot]ai.
re: #286 Scottish Dragon
Cowboy BeBop is hard to beat.
Adult Swim seems to be dumpster-diving as of late - Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star, Ghost In The Shell 2nd Gig?…..
re: #310 ObserverArt
Newt just get in from the local bar?
He’s only there while other folks are buying.
re: #309 The Major
Adult Swim seems to be dumpster-diving as of late - Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star, Ghost In The Shell 2nd Gig?…..
They gotta draw people back now that Rick & Morty is gone for another long hiatus.
If the owner of the National Inquirer wasn’t a fellow bacchanalian of Trump’s, visits to the Rite Aid cash register would be a lot more fun, and a lot more truthful.
Melania Trump does not ride with the president to his #SOTU address, a break with tradition https://t.co/1FShtib2t8
— New York Post (@nypost) January 31, 2018
What a shocker. First of the night. Just kidding. This is entirely predictable. https://t.co/uJwW6KMbYI
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 31, 2018
I’ll be binge-watching The Good Place (not for the first time).
It looks like Charles is the only one who will be watching it — thanks, Charles, for taking the hit for us all!
re: #309 The Major
Adult Swim seems to be
dumpstertop-shelf-diving as of late - Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star, Ghost In The Shell 2nd Gig?…..
;)
Wish they’d run Witch Hunter Robin.
Jared and Ivanka have never looked more like eerie replicants.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 31, 2018
Newsmax has Bill O’Reilly live from his house. Probably wise not to let him into a studio, where there are women. pic.twitter.com/ShFMic0bWf
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) January 31, 2018
re: #207 Scottish Dragon
Did you notice the bit abut evacuating Americans?
probably only “certain Americans”…
re: #317 bratwurst
Sorry Bill, no matter how many 4 Non Blondes cd’s you have, they’re still not calling you.
Poland and Israel are in a spat over Poland’s 2018 amendment to its Holocaust law.
The amendment passed the Sejm a couple days ago and has moved on to the Polish Senate.
The amendment would criminalise (except for artistic, historic, or scientific work) using terms similar to “Polish death camps” to refer to the German Nazi regime’s death camps built in Poland or other Nazi crimes committed on Polish soil while Poland was under occupation.
Israel and (some) American Jewish groups are condemning the bill, claiming that many Polish people were complicit in Nazi Germany’s crimes. Yad Vashem also condemns the amendment.
Poland for many years has argued that Nazi Germany was the real actor and pushes back any time it sees “Polish Death Camp” in a news outlet or government document.
Poland notes that while the phrase is geographically correct (they were situated in Poland), the phrase is a slander on Poland and gives Holocaust deniers ammunition (see Germany didn’t do it, Poland did).
As part of a strategy of education, Radio Poland has set up an information Website on German death camps. They have an article about it:
thenews.pl (in English)
Complicating matters, amongst the Righteous Amongst the Nations listed at Yad Vashem, Poles outnumber people from any other country.
re: #15 A Mom Anon
I’m waiting on their new Nazi Bible to be published where Jesus sports a swastika tattoo and and wears khakis and a white polo shirt.
There was a movement in Germany, mostly in the Lutheran Church, to promote a new, Arayanized version of Christianity more in keeping with Nazi ideology.
Many of those motherfuckers remained in the church and one was even appointed pastor to a local village and served well into the 1970’s.
re: #133 Anymouse 🌹
I ask that all South Carolinians show the world our state’s resolute commitment to supporting our troops by standing for the national anthem wherever you watch the Super Bowl with your loved ones this Sunday.
The Super Bowl is a private event put on by a private corporation. But the SC governor has conflated it with a public ceremony with religious overtones.
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