Trump plans hang with NoKo gang, TBA
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Tonight’s big news: Trump is apparently going to meet with Kim Jong Un.
(Disclaimer: does not give me a warm fuzzy feeling.)
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The man who throws a Russian flag at Paul Manafort and calls him a Traitor as he exits his court appearance is a patriot and a hero. I could watch this all damn day. 👊🇺🇸pic.twitter.com/5WE7B1XZYo
— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) March 9, 2018
I wonder if Trump will offer to give California to North Korea as part of one of his great deals
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 9, 2018
re: #2 Kragar
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Whatever Trump says during this meeting, the White House will be walking it back within hours.
It’s the Big Bang in Pyongyang…. bigger, bolder, and dumber.
That’s Trump in a nutshell.
Oh, and did I mention that Tillerson’s already trying to walk this all back?
Yeah, he did.
And that’s right - Fox has to drag out Gorka and Ollie North to tout this as a win for Trump?
More nonsensical ramblings from Fox.
Meanwhile, Sec. State Tillerson is already walking back Trump: https://t.co/MbVYMfZ2cn— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 9, 2018
How beloved is Mark Hamill? Throngs of fans take over Hollywood Blvd. to watch the Star Wars icon honored with a star on the Walk of Fame. https://t.co/d5i9MdLwfs pic.twitter.com/GnmyIxGQub
— ABC News (@ABC) March 8, 2018
More people showed up to see @HamillHimself get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame than came to @realDonaldTrump’s inauguration. https://t.co/b6I0TxR4Jy
— Kara Calavera (@KaraCalavera) March 8, 2018
Tonight’s North Korea announcement is the quintessential Trump WH news event. It’s definitely news! It’s surprising! It could be a big deal! But who knows if it means anything at all?
Remains a challenge to figure out how best to cover.— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) March 9, 2018
BREAKING: White House says meeting between Trump and North Korean leader will be held ‘at a place and time to be determined’
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 9, 2018
This should go swimmingly. https://t.co/XklPsiWEpM
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) March 9, 2018
Crazy Dennis Rodman is saying I wanted to go to North Korea with him. Never discussed, no interest, last place on Earth I want to go to.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 8, 2014
There’s a goddamned tweet for every situation Trump now finds himself in…. https://t.co/hs5J9SckiN
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 9, 2018
No person on planet earth has done more to legitimatize North Korea and Kim Jong-un than Donald Trump.
Until they prove otherwise I’m just going to assume Trump and Stormy aborted their love child. I’ll hold Trump to the same standard of evidence he held Obama’s birth certificate to. #abortionism
— Devin Nunes’ Mom (@DevinNunesMom) March 9, 2018
My first reaction to this news is that I’ll believe the North Korea meeting when I see it.
My second reaction was is Russia somehow orchestrating this. I hate going tinfoil hat like that, but for Kim Jong Un to suddenly be willing to talk about disarmament? Makes no sense.
re: #11 Mattand
Hell, NK will promise anything like they always do.
re: #8 lawhawk
Fuckface Von Clownstick sent that tweet on my birthday four years ago.
This is interesting.
On this Seychelles meeting where Erik Prince acted as a conduit for Trump:
The server connecting the Trump Organization with Russia ran through a company owned by Betsy Devos’ husband.
Erik is Betsy’s brother.
Doesn’t seem so crazy anymore, does it? https://t.co/VgxTSLMXKs— Adam Jentleson (@AJentleson) March 8, 2018
re: #7 teleskiguy
Hmmm…now where have I heard this before? Oh, yeah….. https://t.co/yWx6t5yaff
— TheMajor (@TheMajorsViews) March 9, 2018
Now this is pretty fucking bonkers - at least to me….
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Killing with drones produces queer moments of disorientation. Drawing on queer phenomenology, I show how militarized masculinities function as spatiotemporal landmarks that give killing in war its “orientation” and make it morally intelligible. These bearings no longer make sense for drone warfare, which radically deviates from two of its main axes: the home-combat and distance-intimacy binaries. Through a narrative methodology, I show how descriptions of drone warfare are rife with symptoms of an unresolved disorientation, often expressed as gender anxiety over the failure of the distance-intimacy and home-combat axes to orient killing with drones. The resulting vertigo sparks a frenzy of reorientation attempts, but disorientation can lead in multiple and sometimes surprising directions - including, but not exclusively, more violent ones. With drones, the point is that none have yet been reliably secured, and I conclude by arguing that, in the midst of this confusion, it is important not to lose sight of the possibility of new paths, and the “hope of new directions.”
re: #14 goddamnedfrank
From May 4 until September 23, the Russian bank looked up the address to this Trump corporate server 2,820 times — more lookups than the Trump server received from any other source.
As noted, Alfa Bank alone represents 80% of the lookups, according to these leaked internet records.
Far back in second place, with 714 such lookups, was a company called Spectrum Health.
Spectrum is a medical facility chain led by Dick DeVos, the husband of Betsy DeVos, who was appointed by Trump as U.S. education secretary.
Together, Alfa and Spectrum accounted for 99% of the lookups.
re: #14 goddamnedfrank
This is interesting.
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Was Betsy appointed before or after Seychelles meeting? I don’t know the dates.
nytimes.com
Former President Barack Obama is in advanced negotiations with Netflix to produce a series of high-profile shows that will provide him a global platform after his departure from the White House, according to people familiar with the discussions.
RWNJ boycott of Netflix incoming.
Trump’s “great friend“‘s actions cost the company Wynn previous led:
re: #19 Semper Fi
Was Betsy appointed before or after Seychelles meeting? I don’t know the dates.
After. The meeting took place on January 11th, 2017, before the inauguration.
It’s such a trashy business, no wonder Trump was involved in it:
re: #7 teleskiguy
Only two conditions. Trump has to own it and Kim has to play golf with Trump.
If I were NoKo this would be the ideal time to take advantage of Trump. He’s so desperate for distractions and simultaneously so poorly advised.
I wonder how the Evangelicals can lie to themselves so much in regards to Trump, who has to be the trashiest person to ever hold the office of President.
re: #26 freetoken
I wonder how the Evangelicals can lie to themselves so much in regards to Trump, who has to be the trashiest person to ever hold the office of President.
Its just another lie on top of the mountain of bullshit they already believe.
re: #26 freetoken
I wonder how the Evangelicals can lie to themselves so much in regards to Trump, who has to be the trashiest person to ever hold the office of President.
They’ve been backing adulterers, thieves and conmen for decades. Trump isn’t that big a leap.
“God works in mysterious ways.”
Jackson Hole.
Big Red Cabin 1, Tower 5, big cliffs, Jackson Hole, WY.
Alta Chutes as seen from the Sublette chair at Jackson Hole. Steep. pic.twitter.com/7BTcFqnwpM
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) March 8, 2018
Jackson, WY town square with its famous antler arches, at night.
re: #22 goddamnedfrank
After. The meeting took place on January 11th, 2017, before the inauguration.
Thank you. My slow search revealed Trump nominated Betsy in Nov ‘16 and she was confirmed by the Senate 51-50 with Pence breaking the tie.
re: #14 goddamnedfrank
This is interesting.
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What do you do when all the string connecting all of the conspiracies turns out to be true?
re: #26 freetoken
I wonder how the Evangelicals can lie to themselves so much in regards to Trump, who has to be the trashiest person to ever hold the office of President.
A lot of them aren’t lying to themselves. Most of them just believe what they’re told. The ones who come up with the lies that get fed down the pipeline, they probably know how bad Trump is, but they think he’s better than the alternatives, because a pro-choicer is automatically worse than a serial adulterer. Their ranking of sins is so fucked up.
re: #30 Semper Fi
Thank you. My slow search revealed Trump nominated Betsy in Nov ‘16 and she was confirmed by the Senate 51-50 with Pence breaking the tie.
That was Feb ‘17.
re: #31 Belafon
What do you do when all the string connecting all of the conspiracies turns out to be true?
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Invest in string.
re: #28 Kragar
They’ve been backing adulterers, thieves and conmen for decades. Trump isn’t that big a leap.
“God works in mysterious ways.”
Plus they all laid hands on him. So, all is forgiven, he has received the Holy Spirit and is the new Christian leader.
Or, they are all just snake handlers.
I have no problem with Trump going to North Korea.
Its his coming back that I take issue with.— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 9, 2018
re: #39 goddamnedfrank
“He’s in a better place.”
“Oh God…”
“I put him in this robot.”
re: #10 Kragar
We know President Obama was born in the US. We don’t know if Trump impregnated Stormy. I understand the sentiment but don’t see how the situations are comparable.
It’s amazing that between Trump and President Obama, Trump is the one who is idolized by Evangelicals.
re: #38 Kragar
Well, NK is known to imprison foreigners. Just saying.
Rode this contraption six times today.
My favorite favorite ski lift. 😍 pic.twitter.com/RoowXABZvn
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) March 8, 2018
re: #42 Patricia Kayden
It’s amazing that between Trump and President Obama, Trump is the one who is idolized by Evangelicals.
If only we knew the white answer to this.
re: #43 Patricia Kayden
My question is do they know how to burn a steak? Do they even know what steak is?
This is what’s worrying Trump tonight.
re: #46 Skip Intro
Korean bbq is probably rare in NK, but they’ve been eating dead cows for a long time in Asia.
I think the real question is where exactly Trump thinks he’s going to meet Kim.
re: #47 freetoken
I think the real question is where exactly Trump thinks he’s going to meet Kim.
Trump National Doral Miami.
re: #20 VegasGolfer
ERs across the country prepare for an onslaught of rage induced aneurysms.
I like the “what if it’s part of a legal investigation” follow up like our first assumption might be that it’s for a quinceanera GTFOH
— MC 555 nanometer Jesus (@goddamnedfrank) March 9, 2018
re: #52 goddamnedfrank
“The case took a further turn last December when the detective, David E. Abbott Jr., was accused of molesting two young boys and killed himself as police moved to arrest him at his Gainesville townhouse.”
washingtonpost.com
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Saw this ad on my FB feed…I don’t even have back hair. But jesus, this poor fucker does… pic.twitter.com/gYgWrlDOio
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) March 9, 2018
re: #55 darthstar
Dude, spoiler that shit fuck lol
Guns don’t kill people, bullets do. The guns just make the bullets go faster.
— Floppy Boot Stomp (@the_edwin_mix) March 9, 2018
I just got done watching the new Tick series yesterday, so this whole thread is great. :)
(What’s Walter’s deal with the super-asskicking in the last episode? Saving some cool secrets for next season? There is going to be another season, right?)
The Utah Senate just passed legislation requiring pregnant women to watch an anti-abortion video, and making it a crime for a provider to fail to show it. Vote: 21-5. Only 5 dems just aren’t enough to 🛑 the interference w/women’s rights. Passed House, en route to Gov.
— Dr. Kathie Allen (@kathieallenmd) March 7, 2018
Why do people purchasing guns not have to watch graphic videos of school shootings? 🤔 https://t.co/hbMSOUAth5
— William LeGate 🦅 (@williamlegate) March 8, 2018
@beardedstoner gets it. This is what I expect from the Don & Kim show as well. pic.twitter.com/Ev4C7QZiet
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) March 9, 2018
Why just last month the right was having a tantrum about CNN, NYT and WaPo normalizing Kim Jong-Un’s sister at the Winter Games.
Today? LOL!
Shrewd!— Gus Ironic Colonialist™ (@Gus_802) March 9, 2018
I suppose there was mention earlier of Mississippi banning abortion after 15 Weeks?
re: #66 Eclectic Cyborg
I suppose there was mention earlier of Mississippi banning abortion after 15 Weeks?
So when will Mississippi require men to have a full prostate exam, a 72 hour waiting period and be required to watch a video about failing to pay child support before a doctor is allowed to prescribe Viagra or Cialis?
re: #67 Joe Bacon 🌹
Don’t get me started on this backwards state…
And let me add: I am not super pro abortion but I think the issue would be better combated with appropriate sex ed and easy access to contraceptives.
That said, I understand that it is, ultimately, a womans choice.
Probably the most pointed pic yet from @TrumpsTies
The Kim-Trump summit feels “less like a diplomatic gathering between two world leaders than a much-anticipated pay-per-view professional wrestling match between two longtime rivals”https://t.co/8oUbe1DehY
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) March 9, 2018
Chris Cillizza was a cartoon leech we developed as a mascot for the Hoover Corporation, but he sucked too much and we had to flush him into the sewers where he thrives today. https://t.co/Re2hVOdOsW
— MC 555 nanometer Jesus (@goddamnedfrank) March 9, 2018
As we were all observing earlier:
Pro-Trump Pastor: ‘Thou Shalt Not Have Sex With A Porn Star’ Doesn’t Apply Here
I actually took a screenshot of my favorite troll a couple days ago. I laughed so hard I couldn’t even respond. When someone can’t even insult you correctly ( you’re all welcome. Enjoy) pic.twitter.com/KcTGns82xw
— Stormy Daniels (@StormyDaniels) March 9, 2018
Stacey Dash says she’s ‘not here to judge’ neo-Nazis in first TV interview since declaring Congressional bid https://t.co/rUcl2nHUfs pic.twitter.com/nbG5pHPrPK
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) March 9, 2018
re: #75 darthstar
I need thoughts and prayers. Aacckkkkkk!!!!
so much depends
upon
the fucking
midterms
glazed with
stupidity
beside the white
morons
re: #77 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
…sound of snapping fingers…
re: #72 freetoken
As we were all observing earlier:
Pro-Trump Pastor: ‘Thou Shalt Not Have Sex With A Porn Star’ Doesn’t Apply Here
i hear a lot of that from wingnuts
seems character doesn’t matter after all
New from me: Mueller witness helped broker controversial $4.2 billion Iraq-Russia arms deal, Iraqi sources say https://t.co/nWRxenCqYn
— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) March 8, 2018
re: #78 Eclectic Cyborg
…sound of snapping fingers…
like, i’m hep, man…
my apologies to william carlos williams
So, Trump is selling his marks the idea that he’s going to increase steel and aluminum production in the US.
The whole trade-tariff-war connections have been written about extensively.
But what gets little attention is what Trump’s goals mean in the physical world, of atoms and molecules.
Put simply: steel and especially aluminum refining and manufacturing is energy intensive.
Besides having few bauxite deposits in the US, the real problem with aluminum is the very high energy needed to do refining.
Iron and many alloys take less energy, but since the consumption is so much higher than aluminum, the energy requirements will be higher.
Historically, the energy for smelting and driving various industries for these things has come from … coal.
Besides climate change, which Trump has stated he believes is a hoax, the additional problems of supply and cost are being totally ignored by Trump and his supporters.
And while natural gas is used too, the US production of natural gas has increased in order to replace coal, and to increase natural gas liquid production.
The latter is important because the production of traditional high-quality crude in this country peaked long ago, and only with high oil prices were difficult-to-produce sources brought online in this country the past 10 years.
And since the past couple of years the crude oil prices relaxed, guess what - investment in producing these difficult-to-produce resources has declined.
Now climate-change activists want to believe that CO2 production is being curtailed, but the world’s energy tracking experts are forecasting (as is their habit) slow increases in petroleum/liquids/tar production.
This is the deadly dance that Trump is doing with his marks and with American and world: he is damning future generations by lying to his marks in the US rust belt and Appalachia.
It is possible to increase US carbon fuel production as long as one accepts:
1) increased pollution; and
2) increased costs.
Trump’s marks seem ready to accept (or simply deny) the former, but they are clueless about the latter.
For your reference:
US Annual Coal Report:
Tradeoff in coal production versus natural gas: Future coal production depends on resources and technology, not just policy choices
Historical US petroleum and liquids production: eia.gov
which includes natural gas liquids (which account for the recent spike, along with increased production of petroleum from hard-to-produce sources). See defintions: eia.gov
World “oil” demand has been on a rather steady increase of late: iea.org
Future expectations in petroleum and similar products, supply and demand:
(in which one finds that Canada is expected to continue to increase production from tar, and that increase is headed to the US.)
It’s all a lot of reading, but if you want to know what is really going on, and what is behind everything from Putin to Qatar to Venezuela, and why the Trump marks are utterly clueless about how the real world works, it is required reading.
Gun reform work on the ground. You won’t see this in the media, but it’s happening all over. They’ll catch up later.
Typical attendance for Boston @MomsDemand monthly meeting: 30 people
Tonight in a snowstorm at Old South Church: Nearly 1,000 new volunteers #mapoli pic.twitter.com/I91xPLdFqb— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) March 9, 2018
More snapshots from around the country behind the button!
.@MomsDemand Action Western Wake NC New Members Meeting was a big success. 107 in attendance. Promoting Good #GunSense one Mom at a time. pic.twitter.com/zXyALRGhGH
— John Yalch (@yalch1) March 9, 2018
Last year, 100 women showed up for the @MomsDemand Colorado Advocacy Day.
This year, participation was near 400: https://t.co/bj2BzGc8U6 pic.twitter.com/e045ga3z6t— A Plus (@aplusapp) March 8, 2018
.@MomsDemand continues to grow- in #NJ we went from 9 local groups to 15 IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS!! This issue will not go away- we expect our NJ lawmakers to do the right thing! Thank you for your support, @GovMurphy and @RepBonnie! #KeepGoing! #njleg #EndGunViolence #NotOneMore pic.twitter.com/mYeRY6dW4I
— PerSister 🇺🇸❄️ 🕉 (@Rbhol1) March 8, 2018
Thank you @FrankPallone for meeting with Asbury Park High School students and @MomsDemand reps to talk about gun violence prevention. #MomsDemandAction #NeverAgain #EndGunViolence pic.twitter.com/ezZPnM5fXZ
— Theresa Turner (@tt63_turner) March 8, 2018
Watch us work. 500+ TN @MomsDemand at the Capitol today. #ExpectUs pic.twitter.com/xJq4w1MwHg
— Aimee Tavares (@aimeetavares) March 8, 2018
Volunteers with Nebraska @momsdemand recognized and applauded from the floor by @MattHansenNE during our Advocacy Day #neleg #ExpectUs pic.twitter.com/jdSXX2tYOX
— Laura (@powertobeheard) March 7, 2018
Little Rock, Arkansas @MomsDemand showed up en masse to hear @ChrisKingsby talk about the @AMarch4OurLives AR! #arleg #neveragain pic.twitter.com/0NwMEAgxR0
— eve (@evesuzanne) March 6, 2018
I am so proud of the Maryland @MomsDemand volunteers who showed up to support HB1646 at the House hearing. This bill will disarm convicted domestic abusers. Maryland, let’s pass this bill! Thanks to @VAtterbeary @Willcsmithjr #MDGA18 pic.twitter.com/YjXzU1UjGR
— Egreynol (@egreynol) March 6, 2018
Another packed house last night for our March meeting. Big thanks to @momwholuvsjovi for speaking about her hard work creating a Warsaw chapter of @MomsDemand! pic.twitter.com/2WHxqxYiY0
— K. C. Democrats (@KosciuskoDems) March 6, 2018
This is Kosciusko County, Indiana. Eighty percent of the County’s votes went to Trump in the 2016 election. #inlegis https://t.co/ainiiPoVAT
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) March 6, 2018
AZ @MomsDemand Gun Sense in Gilbert tonight! Yes!! Go get it East Valley! #ThrowThemOut pic.twitter.com/TVQV2jACNl
— Annie Lamoureaux (@Ann1eLaM) March 6, 2018
Hey #NRA - check out two of our newest @momsdemand chapters: Searcy, AR and Seguin, TX. #ExpectUs pic.twitter.com/1pnYTN1tKJ
— jane (@moderatemama) March 6, 2018
The anti-Semitic term “globalist” has been used at the White House at least three times this week in reference to Gary Cohn the #Jewish #Trump administration official who resigned https://t.co/z95liS9auv
— David Leopold (@DavidLeopold) March 8, 2018
Fourteen year-old California boy arrested for impersonating a sheriff’s deputy.
He fitted out his great-grandmother’s SUV with police lights, pulled over a driver, went to two homes claiming he was responding to domestic disturbances.
He apparently had a real pistol with him.
The police went through his bedroom and found a full sheriff’s deputy uniform, ballistic vests, various firearms, &c.
He was on probation for a previous crime, so was booked into the local juvenile detention centre.
Team Trump admits it’s not prepared to stop Russia meddling in 2018 midtermshttps://t.co/agse07ZHRF
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) March 9, 2018
This thread broke my heart.
This is devastating. Her name was Yeweinisht Mesfin, she was a @Disney employee who lived and died in her car.
The company that owns the $14 Billion dollar MCU somehow can’t afford to pay their employees a livable wage?https://t.co/Rap8rVv8wu via @left_voice— Jermaine 🏳️🌈 (@jermainedesign) March 9, 2018
It would seem Kim Kardashian and Pink are getting dragged on Twitter for their International Women’s Day posts.
Kim Kardashian launched a “line” of so-called Women’s Empowerment Emojis, and Pink posted upper frontal nudity photos on Twitter.
As far as nudity goes, I think conservatives are wound up too tightly.
Oh my stars, BEWBS, think of the children!!!one!1!!uno!!!dos!!!
Maybe it’s just because I grew up in a family full of women where I was the only male after age seven. I don’t give a flip what women do any more than what men do.
(NSFW in comment thread for upper frontal nudity in Pink’s comment thread, if that sort of thing bothers you).
— P!nk (@Pink) March 9, 2016
Holy crap! Calling credit card company. Have to go through adverts of things I don’t want first: Direct TV, switch cell providers for cell service I don’t have, answer a survey about dating singles in my area (!), WTF CitiBank?
I really hate automated saccharine recorded matronising women running me through menus when I want to talk to a real person… .
Aaaaand now I’m mad at well somebody, finally got through to a real person (in another country, but at least a real person), and she could not hear me (though I could hear her), and CitiBank hung up on me.
Going through the adverts again to switch cell service, the dating service survey for singles in my area again, and Viola! (or Bass Violin!) I finally get through to Citi.
Did Citi buy a dating service and a cell company?
Something for Teleskiguy:
Skiing Blind: ‘I Crashed at 70 mph’ (goes to the BBC, with looping video of the nearly-blind woman skiing shown from her helmet’s camera)
Fist bump. Ritual. A whispered chant from Irish band, The Script: “You could be the greatest, you can be the best, you can be the King Kong banging on your chest.”
Into the gates. “Three, two, one.” Wild pushes off. “Go.” Knight follows.
The mountain falls away.
The cut of skis on snow and the intense exchange of instructions is all that can be heard as Wild shouts out the course. Spectators stand silent, forbidden to make noise.
Knight only has 5% vision. It is peripheral and blurry but she catches glints of Wild’s orange jacket, which keeps her on track.
Twists and turns. Rhythmic. And then the final stretch, downhill, skis straight, body tucked. All out until they’re over the line.
The mountain’s silence is broken by cheering.
Knight and Wild have become champions in the World Para Alpine Skiing Championships. It’s a first for Britain at such an event.
But Knight fails to stop. She crashes at 115km/h.
(more)
re: #93 Anymouse 🌹
Something for Teleskiguy:
Skiing Blind: ‘I Crashed at 70 mph’ (goes to the BBC, with looping video of the nearly-blind woman skiing shown from her helmet’s camera)
(more)
Is there also a blind winter biathlon?
Interesting timing. Erik Prince will reportedly host a fundraiser this month for Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher. https://t.co/9EJsO8lpGl
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 8, 2018
re: #94 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Is there also a blind winter biathlon?
I don’t know. I know less than nothing about Olympic skiing (or the biathlon with shooting). Possibly.
The article talks about the young woman’s long psychological road back to the slopes, and she will be competing in the Paralympics in South Korea. (She got back on the slopes in Aspen and in Canada, winning medals, then went to the United Kingdom’s training camp in Chile.)
She has a guide who is in the Royal Navy, and is on two year’s furlough from the Navy while she competes. They required him to sign a nine-month extension to his enlistment contract for the furlough, and give him partial pay while he working with her.
His furlough is almost up; she hopes winning a gold medal in PeyongChang will convince the RN to give him an extension on the furlough.
NEW: The White House is refusing the House Oversight Committee’s request for information on how Rob Porter was allowed to work with an interim security clearance despite multiple, credible allegations of domestic abuse.https://t.co/zzEXCyStc9
— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) March 9, 2018
Oversight Committee: “We need some information about Rob Porter.”
White House: “We’d rather not.”
Oversight Committee: “Oh well. Can’t say we didn’t try.” **closes case**https://t.co/jUsBPCUiFS— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) March 9, 2018
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re: #96 Anymouse 🌹
I don’t know. I know less than nothing about Olympic skiing (or the biathlon with shooting). Possibly.
The article talks about the young woman’s long psychological road back to the slopes, and she will be competing in the Paralympics in South Korea. (She got back on the slopes in Aspen and in Canada, winning medals, then went to the United Kingdom’s training camp in Chile.)
She has a guide who is in the Royal Navy, and is on two year’s furlough from the Navy while she competes. They required him to sign a nine-month extension to his enlistment contract for the furlough, and give him partial pay while he working with her.
His furlough is almost up; she hopes winning a gold medal in PeyongChang will convince the RN to give him an extension on the furlough.
My two-year-old daughter and I were watching women’s biathlon during the 2000 Winter Olympics. I recall that was when she uttered her fist fully grammatical sentence: “I want to have a gun!”
I told her that was fine, but she would have to learn to ski first.
re: #98 SteelPH
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re: #72 freetoken
Jeffress has said that kneeling NFL players should be shot in the head, according to that link. Let that sink in.
re: #97 Anymouse 🌹
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Makes sense. Republicans aren’t interested in investigating their President. They’ll protect him at all costs.
The most disappointing thing about this isn’t that Trump has agreed to meet with North Korea or that his Administration is playing this up as some sort of victory, it’s how the media is covering it.
The media has literally covered the situation on the Korean peninsula for decades. One would think that at this point, they would have developed at least a miniscule amount of expertise on the subject, or be able to dig a file out of a cabinet or laptop somewhere that outlined the basic playbook used by previous administrations.
The big story here is that Trump has agreed to meet with NK which breaks with the US position held by at least the last 4 administrations that direct talks not take place until North Korea gave up its nuclear ambitions. The media chatter should be focused around that. Whether it’s a good thing, bad thing, likely repercussions, etc. If they feel the need to tongue bathe Trump, they could praise his boldness in breaking with past administrations and bringing his huuuuge deal making expertise into play.
Instead, the pundits are gibbering about whether NK wanting a meeting is some huge win for Trump and a validation of his tough guy act. Any expert brought on has to spend a big chunk of their time cutting through that BS before they can even begin discussing the implications of Trump agreeing to this meeting.
re: #103 Weaselone
Instead, the pundits are gibbering about whether NK wanting a meeting is some huge win for Trump and a validation of his tough guy act. Any expert brought on has to spend a big chunk of their time cutting through that BS before they can even begin discussing the implications of Trump agreeing to this meeting.
Excellent point: we are going to hear tons about this, and almost nothing of substance.
The Trump Presidency could not have come about without a climate of total media amnesia and apathy towards anything outside the immediate sensation of Trump as a celebrity personality.
re: #103 Weaselone
Not to mention the fact that, in practical terms, the sole way North Korea might EVER be induced to even slightly limit their nuclear program is for them to be bribed -massively - to do so. Emphasis on the “massively”. IOW, exactly the same policy that had, in the past, limited, or at least slow-tracked, the Norks’ bomb-building; the policy that Bush 43 kibished in 2003, in favor of tough-talk absolutism, and which US Aministrations since have stuck to. And which the Trump Adminstration, at least so far, has clung to as well.
It has been recognized for years that North Korea’s nuke program is fundamentally a national-level, long-con extortion racket: what to me is the most disgusting thing about the whole affair is that Trump is most likely going to give in to the gouge - probably by trying to get the South Koreans to foot most of the bill - and the Administration will hysterically spin the result as a glorious “victory” for Dear Leader’s (ours, not theirs) brilliant “tough” diplomacy. Which spin, of course, the media will breathlessly repeat.
re: #100 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I only get to wee them on their school holidays.
I’m certain that’s meant to be see, you may want to edit that.
Commentary from the inverted Cloud Cuckoo-land that passes for a major political party:
If DJT and KJU were to play golf together, it would be the first time 2 players made 18 holes in one!
The North Korea thing is a set up. Pure political theater meant to boost Trump’s creds in advance of the 2018 mid-terms. Don’t believe it for a second.
re: #107 Aussie Apocalypse
I’m certain that’s meant to be see, you may want to edit that.
I left it private for a reason
re: #110 darthstar
The North Korea thing is a set up. Pure political theater meant to boost Trump’s creds in advance of the 2018 mid-terms. Don’t believe it for a second.
I turned that into a mini rant.
The North Korea thing is a set up. Pure political theater meant to boost Trump and make him less of an anchor in advance of the 2018 mid-terms. Don’t believe it for a second.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) March 9, 2018
Marshal Kim Jong-Un said to be choosing appropriate ring for US president Donald Trump to kiss.
— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) March 9, 2018
re: #112 darthstar
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Arguably it is as treasonous as his aid and comfort to the Russian government.
re: #110 darthstar
The North Korea thing is a set up. Pure political theater meant to boost Trump’s creds in advance of the 2018 mid-terms. Don’t believe it for a second.
It is a win-win for him: if he brings back results, it shows him as a Presidential dealmaker, if he does not, then he is a Presidential Tough Guy who will not be intimidated.
And the clueless press will play along with it.
Well, if Trump does manage to kill the rest of Obamacare, at least we’ll still have an affordable option for colonoscopies. pic.twitter.com/lsOaHQVT3C
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) March 9, 2018
The tallest building in Frankfort, Kentucky (a state government office building) is going to be imploded on Sunday. Governor Bevin is holding a “blow up the bureaucracy” raffle, because of course he is. At least the proceeds will go to a good charity.
So I guess this means he’s not going to England in May after all? Wasn’t that planned?
re: #118 Big Beautiful Door
The tallest building in Frankfort, Kentucky (a state government office building) is going to be imploded on Sunday. Governor Bevin is holding a “blow up the bureaucracy” raffle, because of course he is. At least the proceeds will go to a good charity.
because nothing the government ever does is any good
that is a matter of RW belief
leaving State Department positions is okay because it is saving taxpayer money
dismantling the Consumer Protection Agency or the FDA is fine because it saves taxpayer money
sick fucking approach.
re: #119 darthstar
So I guess this means he’s not going to England in May after all? Wasn’t that planned?
never thought of that, what a good excuse to duck out of that
re: #115 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It is a win-win for him: if he brings back results, it shows him as a Presidential dealmaker, if he does not, then he is a Presidential Tough Guy who will not be intimidated.
And the clueless press will play along with it.
They’re not clueless. They’re complicit.
An anecdote to reinforce this tweet. The company I work for, an international organization with initiatives in artificial intelligence, IT security, Internet Of Things (IOT), robotics, etc, has significantly ramped-up it’s China team, while keeping the US team static or slightly reduced.
.@IgnatiusPost: “While our economic competitors in China move to seize the commanding heights of technology, in AI, quantum computing & robotics, Trump is trying to protect jobs in steel, coal and other industries that have been in decline for 50 years.” https://t.co/K1WGH4bhQS
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) March 9, 2018
re: #98 SteelPH
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I know what Dotard will be tweeting about soon. The BLS is reporting that 313k new jobs were created in February, which will be the best month of jobs gained since 2014, if it doesn’t get revised downward (which is entirely possible). December and January job numbers were also revised upward by 54k, but the unemployment rate remained steady as 806k people joined the labor force. Wage gains remained moderate, at 2.6% over the last year.
SCOOP: Saudi Arabia is spending up to *$450,000* per month to lobby the Trump admin on uranium enrichment (for a nuclear program).
The money is going to a law firm that represents Trump’s real estate empire.
My latest: https://t.co/wyzJiFtB0S pic.twitter.com/HrHjVTXx6u— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) March 8, 2018
re: #49 makeitstop
The other one per cent - Mueller or Schneiderman?
Why not both? There’s around 36 connections left.
re: #14 goddamnedfrank
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BREAKING: Former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg has arrived at federal court in Washington for expected grand jury appearance
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) March 9, 2018
Particularly good news from the labor report is that the employment to population ratio among prime age workers (25-54) increased to 79.3%, the highest rate since the Great Recession crushed employment. So the economy is drawing people back into the workforce, and the Fed doesn’t have to get more aggressive in raising interest rates.
re: #132 lawhawk
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re: #132 lawhawk
Can you plead the fifth at a grand jury? I wonder if Nunberg even knows how.
re: #135 Belafon
Can you plead the fifth at a grand jury? I wonder if Nunberg even knows how.
Yes, you can.
re: #133 Big Beautiful Door
Yes, this was a good jobs report.
It’s also a jobs report that will be overshadowed by the collapse of Toys R Us and the 64,000 employed there. Those job losses will start working their way in over the next month.
re: #136 Big Beautiful Door
Yes, you can.
Thanks. I wanted to make sure. I’m just thinking that Nunberg sounds like someone who won’t know how to shut up. Maybe Mueller should offer him some alcohol to calm his nerves.
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SQUIRREL!
re: #138 Belafon
Thanks. I wanted to make sure. I’m just thinking that Nunberg sounds like someone who won’t know how to shut up. Maybe Mueller should offer him some alcohol to calm his nerves.
Good morning Mr. Nunberg, would you like some cocaine with your coffee?
re: #139 darthstar
That’s always been my favorite pic from the passed out wookies thing that was a thing back when things were things.
re: #137 lawhawk
Yes, this was a good jobs report.
It’s also a jobs report that will be overshadowed by the collapse of Toys R Us and the 64,000 employed there. Those job losses will start working their way in over the next month.
Its a tragedy for the employees of Toys R Us of course, but people are still going to buy toys, more than ever as the economy continues to improve, so in the greater scheme of things the collapse of one retailer just isn’t that significant.
re: #128 makeitstop
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Only difference is somehow this will get excused and Foxy Hammity will tell everyone why this is good and they will be doing another hour special why Hillary is bad.
Well fuck.
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re: #132 lawhawk
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Preet Bharara said the other day that because of Nunberg’s performance and antics early this week he’s possibly made himself an unreliable witness (in his opinion). But he was around in the early days before the campaign, so I think he might be valuable (as someone who hasn’t even stayed at a Holiday Inn Express).
re: #143 Big Beautiful Door
Its a tragedy for the employees of Toys R Us of course, but people are still going to buy toys, more than ever as the economy continues to improve, so in the greater scheme of things the collapse of one retailer just isn’t that significant.
The bad thing about Toys R Us is that it’s collapse was entirely caused by vulture companies that use these to make a much of money by loading the company with debt and then turning it lose to have to deal with it. Toys R Us is/was the biggest single entity in toys. Its closing further strengthens Walmart and Amazon.
re: #146 Barefoot Grin
Unreliable yes, useless no.
Nunberg: So, we went here
Mueller to the side: Go look here…
Mueller to Next Guy: So you say you didn’t go there…
Next Guy: Never went there.
Mueller: Nunberg says you did.
Next Guy: Yah but he’s crazy.
Mueller: I. HAVE. RECEIPTS. LITERALLY.
Giving some free advice about the state of our politics to the Parkland kids
You shouldn’t look to find a middle ground between the firefighters and the arsonists.
— Floppy Boot Stomp (@the_edwin_mix) March 9, 2018
Guitar fan stuff inside.
I’ve been buying guitars for a long time now, and I feel like I’ve got everything I could possibly want save one thing - a guitar built in my birth year. Since the usual Les Pauls and Telecasters built in that year are pretty cost-prohibitive, I’ve been looking at other more reasonably priced models. I was poking around one reverb.com last night, and not one but two of these have shown up:
It’s a 1953 Gibson CF 100-E, probably the first flat-top acoustic designed with a cutaway. These were in production from 1951 until the early Sixties. It’s basically the same guitar as the J-160 (made famous by that Lennon fellow in that British band), only with a cutaway. As the J-160 got more popular, this model fell by the wayside, despite actually being a better-built guitar.
It’s got a lot of mileage on it - stress cracks, finish crazing, some wear around the sound hole, but it is about to turn 65 years old! There’s one out in Brooklyn that’s every bit as beat up as this one, but they’re asking a pretty ridiculous amount for it. The one in the pic is in Yorba Linda, CA, and is priced much more reasonably for a guitar of this vintage.
Hopefully it won’t disappear right away and I’ll have time to pitch the wife, as any gear purchases are subject to her approval. There aren’t a lot of guitars that really get me excited, but this is one of them.
re: #150 makeitstop
Guitar fan stuff inside.
Nice. I did not know they made such a model with a pickup like that. Good luck in the negotiations.
re: #148 I cannot.
Unreliable yes, useless no.
Nunberg: So, we went here
Mueller to the side: Go look here…Mueller to Next Guy: So you say you didn’t go there…
Next Guy: Never went there.
Mueller: Nunberg says you did.
Next Guy: Yah but he’s crazy.
Mueller: I. HAVE. RECEIPTS. LITERALLY.
yeah, but what about Hillary?
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re: #149 gocart mozart
Giving some free advice about the state of our politics to the Parkland kids
As John Cole described it, a choice between Italian, and anthrax and tire rims.
re: #151 ObserverArt
Nice. I did not know they made such a model with a pickup like that. Good luck in the negotiations.
re: #150 makeitstop
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Pretty. I was fantasizing about this one earlier this week but it’s for another lifetime I suppose :)
“Ibanez Artcore AS7312 Electric 12-String
A beautiful 12-string semi-hollow electric from Ibanez’s Artcore series, the AS7312 features an all-maple body, set-neck construction, and a pair of ART humbucking pickups.”
re: #155 William Lewis
Pretty. I was fantasizing about this one earlier this week but it’s for another lifetime I suppose :)
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yes, this is some real wet dream material..just looking at it I can hear the riff to Pretty Persuasion coming out of it
Well fuck
GOP senator: Anthony Kennedy will retire from Supreme Court this summer https://t.co/sMHVE50DxD pic.twitter.com/tWo3uOma7Z
— The Hill (@thehill) March 9, 2018
re: #147 Belafon
The bad thing about Toys R Us is that it’s collapse was entirely caused by vulture companies that use these to make a much of money by loading the company with debt and then turning it lose to have to deal with it. Toys R Us is/was the biggest single entity in toys. Its closing further strengthens Walmart and Amazon.
Is this all due to the toxic effects of Ayn Rand on the thinking of so many in the business and political communities?
re: #157 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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re: #155 William Lewis
Pretty. I was fantasizing about this one earlier this week but it’s for another lifetime I suppose :)
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That’s really nice. Ibanez does make some fine guitars.
And that Gibson is pretty much in the fantasy stage for me, too. I just got an email from Reverb saying someone made an offer on it. I figured it wouldn’t be around for long, that’s a pretty rare guitar.
My backup plan is a non-cutaway model, like an ES-125. There are a lot more of those out in the wild, and they go for a lot less dough.
re: #69 Eclectic Cyborg
And let me add: I am not super pro abortion but I think the issue would be better combated with appropriate sex ed and easy access to contraceptives.
That said, I understand that it is, ultimately, a womans choice.
Having children defines a lifestyle. Having an unplanned child alone usually leads to a poverty lifestyle full of condemnation and little real support for the woman who is forced for moral & legislative reasons to have that child.
Terminating a pregnancy is not ultimately a woman’s choice it should always be first, last and forever a woman’s choice. Those who would take this choice away from women have no interest in educating them on sex and contraceptives, they consider a life of poverty for the mother & child to be just punishment for their sins.
President Obama put contraception front & center in the ACA and for his support of women he got abused by the GOP and many religious groups whose members gave up supporting “no contraception” over 50 years ago. Birth control and abortion should be as easy to obtain as the flu injection in winter and women should not be subjected to this never ending discussion of their right to control their own lives and bodies.
re: #157 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Is that confirmed or just some daydreaming on the part of the GOP Senator?
re: #158 Big Beautiful Door
Could just be wishful thinking, I hope.
Heller. Apparently Kennedy has hired clerks already. So Heller is trying to scare.
re: #165 Dr Lizardo
Is that confirmed or just some daydreaming on the part of the GOP Senator?
Phew, it does sound like the latter. Heller says he believes Kennedy will step down and that will motivate the GOP base.
re: #166 Stanley Sea
Heller. Apparently Kennedy has hired clerks already. So Heller is trying to scare.
Yep. Good catch.
re: #164 fern01
Having children defines a lifestyle. Having an unplanned child alone usually leads to a poverty lifestyle full of condemnation and little real support for the woman who is forced for moral & legislative reasons to have that child.
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It is not about lifestyle, it is about controlling women and returning them to their status as chattel
re: #166 Stanley Sea
Whew. Thanks for saving my blood pressure for the weekend!
re: #163 makeitstop
That’s really nice. Ibanez does make some fine guitars.
And that Gibson is pretty much in the fantasy stage for me, too. I just got an email from Reverb saying someone made an offer on it. I figured it wouldn’t be around for long, that’s a pretty rare guitar.
My backup plan is a non-cutaway model, like an ES-125. There are a lot more of those out in the wild, and they go for a lot less dough.
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The president of the steelworkers union is rallying Conor Lamb supporters today. More on unions’ ground game in #PA18: https://t.co/lCsK4dug5o
— Bridget Bowman (@bridgetbhc) March 9, 2018
Wow. This description of #Brexit by an Irish Times reader is one of the most cutting I’ve ever seen pic.twitter.com/6ZdHC6zI1Z
— Paul O’Donoghue (@paulodonoghue93) March 7, 2018
re: #171 William Lewis
That 125 would be a sweet guitar. I do love my Casino Coupe for many of these reasons. It’s not a big sounding acoustic but it’s enough that even though my amp is in pawn I can still play reasonably and I like that it’s not quite as big as the 335’s.
The 125’s not as sexy as that CF 100, but the ones I’ve seen seem to have survived pretty well.
I’ve been looking at a few New York Epiphones as well. Those are even more reasonable price wise, unless you go for the top of the line for the early years. Epi’s Century model is essentially an ES-125, and they go for about half of what the 125s go for nowadays.
re: #177 HappyWarrior
A Dubliner would have a way with words. Well played.
Because even though they had nothing to do with it, it leaves them well foocked.
re: #178 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Because even though they had nothing to do with it, it leaves them well foocked.
I was actually referencing the many great Irish writers especially Joyce but yeah it does fuck them especially in the parts of Ulster that border Northern Ireland.
re: #176 makeitstop
The 125’s not as sexy as that CF 100, but the ones I’ve seen seem to have survived pretty well.
I’ve been looking at a few New York Epiphones as well. Those are even more reasonable price wise, unless you go for the top of the line for the early years. Epi’s Century model is essentially an ES-125, and they go for about half of what the 125s go for nowadays.
I know you’re looking at classics, but there are some very nice guitars being made by Epiphone currently in this category too. You might consider them?
re: #169 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It is not about lifestyle, it is about controlling women and returning them to their status as chattel
For the women it is about living in poverty with a child - the sheer hell of not being able to support someone you love - I call that lifestyle. Despite major doubts I continue to hope there is a hell where those who pass these laws are forced to spend eternity.
re: #179 HappyWarrior
I was actually referencing the many great Irish writers especially Joyce but yeah it does fuck them especially in the parts of Ulster that border Northern Ireland.
The deal the Brexiteers want, which is to close the border, except the Irish border, and not be governed by the EU, but still get to be part of the EU’s common market, is an impossible fantasy. The question is what is going to happen once the deadline is upon them and reality has to be confronted. A hard Brexit is the worst possible outcome, especially in Ireland.
re: #173 JordanRules
Bridget Bowman
@bridgetbhc
The president of the steelworkers union is rallying Conor Lamb supporters today. More on unions’ ground game in #PA18: rollcall.com …10:09 AM - Mar 9, 2018
Well, that is good to see after yesterday’s tariffs brought out the head of the United Steelworkers union to give Trump a positive for doing something for the industry.
I hope they can pull it off.
re: #182 Big Beautiful Door
The deal the Brexiteers want, which is to close the border, except the Irish border, and not be governed by the EU, but still get to be part of the EU’s common market, is an impossible fantasy. The question is what is going to happen once the deadline is upon them and reality has to be confronted. A hard Brexit is the worst possible outcome, especially in Ireland.
It’s almost as the Dubliner said the unprepared for the uninformed. The stupidity of British xenophobes is really going to screw people over.
re: #180 William Lewis
I know you’re looking at classics, but there are some very nice guitars being made by Epiphone currently in this category too. You might consider them?
Oh, I know that Epiphone is building some incredible guitars nowadays. I’ve got a Les Paul Custom that is killer. And I was really interested in the Sorrento reissue they put out a few years ago. Beautiful guitar.
I’m looking for a guitar built in my birth year, at which point I’d probably be done with buying guitars. I go looking at guitars now and there isn’t a whole lot that interests me that isn’t going to cost an arm and a leg.
I like the idea of a guitar that’s aging along with me. :)
re: #183 ObserverArt
Well, that is good to see after yesterday’s tariffs brought out the head of the United Steelworkers union to give Trump a positive for doing something for the industry.
I hope they can pull it off.
I really hope so too. My great uncle was a steelworker. I like to think he would have been disgusted by Trump.
re: #147 Belafon
The bad thing about Toys R Us is that it’s collapse was entirely caused by vulture companies that use these to make a much of money by loading the company with debt and then turning it lose to have to deal with it. Toys R Us is/was the biggest single entity in toys. Its closing further strengthens Walmart and Amazon.
The thing is, most companies don’t get involved with the vulture capitalists unless they already have serious problems and have run out of other options. Most of these companies are in a death spiral for a long time before private equity get’s involved.
re: #181 fern01
For the women it is about living in poverty with a child - the sheer hell of not being able to support someone you love - I call that lifestyle. Despite major doubts I continue to hope there is a hell where those who pass these laws are forced to spend eternity.
Yes, family values means valuing families. The Dignity of Labor that Conservatives like to tout involves the dignity of being able to support one’s family and offer them a chance at a better life.
Also units from explosive ordnance disposal group (Royal Logistic Corps) deployed to Salisbury to assist operation in securing vehicles and objects from the area
— Julia Macfarlane (@juliamacfarlane) March 9, 2018
re: #181 fern01
For the women it is about living in poverty with a child - the sheer hell of not being able to support someone you love - I call that lifestyle. Despite major doubts I continue to hope there is a hell where those who pass these laws are forced to spend eternity.
If “pro-lifers” were really pro-life instead of forced birth, they would support universal healthcare, including access to contraceptives, a UBI to lift all children out of poverty, weeks of paid parental leave, universal access to daycare, and fully funded education including Head Start and tuition free college. If they offered that, I would consider accepting a ban on abortion after 24 weeks except in cases of rape, incest and risk to health of the mother.
re: #190 Big Beautiful Door
If “pro-lifers” were really pro-life instead of forced birth, they would support universal healthcare, including access to contraceptives, a UBI to lift all children out of poverty, weeks of paid parental leave, universal access to daycare, and fully funded education including Head Start and tuition free college. If they offered that, I would consider accepting a ban on abortion after 24 weeks except in cases of rape, incest and risk to health of the mother.
Yep but they’re not. They’re just for forced birth.
re: #190 Big Beautiful Door
If “pro-lifers” were really pro-life instead of forced birth, they would support universal healthcare, including access to contraceptives, a UBI to lift all children out of poverty, weeks of paid parental leave, universal access to daycare, and fully funded education including Head Start and tuition free college. If they offered that, I would consider accepting a ban on abortion after 24 weeks except in cases of rape, incest and risk to health of the mother.
No go. Women are expected to remain abstinent, then get married to a husband who can afford to support a wife and children on his salary while wife stays home and raises (or even schools) their quiverfull of children.
Heh.
Bald eagle named First Lady has not laid an egg, possibly because her mate, Mr. President, is distracted by presence of a second female. I mean, how many metaphors does nature have to throw at us? from @postmetrogirl https://t.co/G4DKA5GVaz
— JohnKelly (@JohnKelly) March 9, 2018
re: #185 makeitstop
Oh, I know that Epiphone is building some incredible guitars nowadays. I’ve got a Les Paul Custom that is killer. And I was really interested in the Sorrento reissue they put out a few years ago. Beautiful guitar.
I’m looking for a guitar built in my birth year, at which point I’d probably be done with buying guitars. I go looking at guitars now and there isn’t a whole lot that interests me that isn’t going to cost an arm and a leg.
I like the idea of a guitar that’s aging along with me. :)
Gotcha.
re: #190 Big Beautiful Door
If “pro-lifers” were really pro-life instead of forced birth, they would support universal healthcare, including access to contraceptives, a UBI to lift all children out of poverty, weeks of paid parental leave, universal access to daycare, and fully funded education including Head Start and tuition free college. If they offered that, I would consider accepting a ban on abortion after 24 weeks except in cases of rape, incest and risk to health of the mother.
ProLifer after having read your comment: Whoa now, let’s not get carried away here! I just wanna save little beebees!
re: #195 Big Beautiful Door
What is this about?
The chemical attack that so far has killed an ex-Russian spy and injured his daughter and first responders
re: #196 ObserverArt
ProLifer after having read your comment: Whoa now, let’s not get carried away here! I just wanna save little beebees!
Who gives a fuck what happens to them after they are born, right?//
re: #198 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
I think it’s like 21 folks being treated due to the attack.
re: #198 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
The chemical attack that so far has killed an ex-Russian spy and injured his daughter and first responders
I am surprised how little traction this story has gotten. It should be major news, and I’m only reading about it here.
re: #162 HappyWarrior
Fuck. Get ready for an epic SCOTUS battle.
By whom? The GOP can do this all by themselves, and they will.
re: #201 Big Beautiful Door
I am surprised how little traction this story has gotten. It should be major news, and I’m only reading about it here.
Too complicated for our media. It’s MARCH MADNESS TIME!!!!
re: #187 danarchy
The thing is, most companies don’t get involved with the vulture capitalists unless they already have serious problems and have run out of other options. Most of these companies are in a death spiral for a long time before private equity get’s involved.
Also the biggest toy distributor in the world is McDonalds.
re: #201 Big Beautiful Door
I am surprised how little traction this story has gotten. It should be major news, and I’m only reading about it here.
It’s on the hourly news report every hour on NPR.
re: #201 Big Beautiful Door
I am surprised how little traction this story has gotten. It should be major news, and I’m only reading about it here.
But if they reported this then they would have to talk about the fact that the Russians are the enemy of the democratic West and that they are attacking our elections and all the rest they have to ignore to keep “ACCESS” to the Moron In Chief.
re: #198 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
The chemical attack that so far has killed an ex-Russian spy and injured his daughter and first responders
Thankfully he has not died.
Interesting to remember the spy trade that got him sent to the UK and the fact that Medvedev had actually pardoned him.
re: #201 Big Beautiful Door
It got tons of play when it broke a couple days ago and I’m still seeing a lot as it develops.
Remember His Majestic the Cat Emperor?
Well, there’s a whole collection of pics of him
“His Majestic the Cat Emperor touring a local fish market” pic.twitter.com/70XzKi6g68
— Fluff Society (@FluffSociety) March 8, 2018
re: #207 JordanRules
Thankfully he has not died.
Interesting to remember the spy trade that got him sent to the UK and the fact that Medvedev had actually pardoned him.It got tons of play when it broke a couple days ago and I’m still seeing a lot as it develops.
Thanks for the clarification. Last report I heard he was still alive. Though I wonder how they will both be long term should they pull through.
re: #201 Big Beautiful Door
I am surprised how little traction this story has gotten. It should be major news, and I’m only reading about it here.
Excellent point made here. Has Putin bought off everyone?
Imagine the massive, massive reaction if ISIS or al Qaeda deployed a nerve agent in a European city.
Because someone did. Will there be similar consequences?— Aki Peritz (@AkiPeritz) March 8, 2018
re: #201 Big Beautiful Door
I am surprised how little traction this story has gotten. It should be major news, and I’m only reading about it here.
Don’t want to make Russia look bad…
re: #211 makeitstop
Excellent point made here. Has Putin bought off everyone?
makes you wonder if journalists are not just too afraid to go into it in any depth
re: #211 makeitstop
Excellent point made here. Has Putin bought off everyone?
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Well ISIS and al Qaeda are non state actors. You can talk tough (or even retaliate) to them and there will be (little to) no repercussions. You do the same thing to a nation and you inch closer to a hot war. This could be why there is a slow walk on pointing fingers for the attack… for now.
re: #211 makeitstop
Excellent point made here. Has Putin bought off everyone?
We first had to get enough proof that 9/11 was caused by al Qaeda before we could do something. The British will have to get enough evidence to prove where it came from.
re: #213 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
makes you wonder if journalists are not just too afraid to go into it in any depth
If they are afraid of anything, they are afraid of losing one reader or view. I think everyone’s margins for keeping operations going and people paid in the new age of media are that thin.
re: #215 Belafon
Ack! Bad flashback.
Hopefully they are smart enough to not go to war with Iraq.
re: #214 CongoJack
Well ISIS and al Qaeda are non state actors. You can talk tough (or even retaliate) to them and there will be (little to) no repercussions. You do the same thing to a nation and you inch closer to a hot war. This could be why there is a slow walk on pointing fingers for the attack… for now.
That’s a good point.
Anyone in the MSM bother pointing this out, or were they too busy gushing about “presidential” trump? e_e
Americans remain in North Korean custody. Trump could have at least insisted on their release before agreeing to a summit.
— Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) March 9, 2018
Trump loves dictators. Do you think that is why he is so enthusiastic about meeting Kim? The new Axis of Evil — dictators and dictator wannabes — developing an alliance to control the world.
re: #202 Skip Intro
By whom? The GOP can do this all by themselves, and they will.
True. It’s moot though given Heller was merely spectaculating about Kennedy retiring.
re: #219 Interesting Times
Anyone in the MSM bother pointing this out, or were they too busy gushing about “presidential” trump? e_e
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re: #221 HappyWarrior
True. It’s moot though given Heller was merely spectaculating about Kennedy retiring.
People have been saying Kennedy was going to retire since the Bush Administration. I suspect he’s like Ginsburg and Rehnquist before them - he’s going to go out on his back.
JOBS, JOBS, JOBS! #MAGA pic.twitter.com/YAaqRcA7ZS
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2018
Reminder; According to this administration, THIS is an OFFICIAL White House statement. https://t.co/hVb5gBQpYY
— Mohammed Markstein - Antifa Media Liaison (@aceoaces) March 9, 2018
re: #223 KGxvi
People have been saying Kennedy was going to retire since the Bush Administration. I suspect he’s like Ginsburg and Rehnquist before them - he’s going to go out on his back.
Scalia you mean. RBG is still with us but you’re right. I think Heller was engaging in some wishful thinking and the media went with the bait and I fell or it.
re: #220 Hecuba’s daughter
Trump loves dictators. Do you think that is why he is so enthusiastic about meeting Kim? The new Axis of Evil — dictators and dictator wannabes — developing an alliance to control the world.
I think it has more to do with Trump believing he’s a dealmaker and wanting to do something that none of his predecessors did (with good reason) - meet directly with the leader of North Korea.
This is going to end badly.
re: #225 HappyWarrior
Scalia you mean. RBG is still with us but you’re right. I think Heller was engaging in some wishful thinking and the media went with the bait and I fell or it.
Scalia’s death was something of a surprise, so yes. But I don’t think Ginsburg is going to retire, I’m not sure she’s wired that way. And Rehnquist was someone else that they kept saying was going to retire and he never did.
re: #229 KGxvi
Scalia’s death was something of a surprise, so yes. But I don’t think Ginsburg is going to retire, I’m not sure she’s wired that way. And Rehnquist was someone else that they kept saying was going to retire and he never did.
Oops sorry but yeah.
re: #230 retired cynic
What the heck? I guess you have to click on the image partial to see the image in a new window. It’s cute, anyway!
re: #201 Big Beautiful Door
I am surprised how little traction this story has gotten. It should be major news, and I’m only reading about it here.
Long story short - someone (right now, Russia is strongly suspected) staged a WMD attack in the UK.
Yes…..you read that right. A goddamn WMD attack using an apparently unknown (for now) nerve agent.
Yeah…….you think that’d be big news.
Tennessee GOP running smear campaign against Democratic challenger for state senate seat in special election next week.
They are specifically going after her for being an atheist, including all the things Christians normally do attacking atheists (lying about us, quote-mining her, &c).
Gayle Jordan is running for State Senate District 14. If you wish to send her campaign a few Ameros:
She is running on issues she feels matter to the voters in the district. The GOP is running on her atheism.
The Friendly Atheist link above includes pictures of some of the mailers sent out to attack her, all attacking her atheism.
Sadly, the district leans heavily conservative, so her chances aren’t good. Attacking her because she doesn’t believe the way her opponent does is the icing on the cake for a conservative.
re: #225 HappyWarrior
Scalia you mean. RBG is still with us but you’re right. I think Heller was engaging in some wishful thinking and the media went with the bait and I fell or it.
Nevertheless, that GOTV for November is critical - as was noted last time, “It’s the Supreme Court, stupid.” A Senate flip would be mighty helpful in preventing nutbars from getting on the court, and Ginsburg and Kennedy aren’t going to live forever.
re: #236 Anymouse 🌹
Nevertheless, that GOTV for November is critical - as was noted last time, “It’s the Supreme Court, stupid.” A Senate flip would be mighty helpful in preventing nutbars from getting on the court, and Ginsburg and Kennedy aren’t going to live forever.
Of course. I’m meeting a Congressional candidate soon. Our district went for HRC but Comstock still won re-election and Kaine is up too. No rest here in Va.
re: #234 Dr Lizardo
Long story short - someone (right now, Russia is strongly suspected) staged a WMD attack in the UK.
Yes…..you read that right. A goddamn WMD attack using an apparently unknown (for now) nerve agent.
Yeah…….you think that’d be big news.
If I had to guess which agent, due to the time it took to take effect (particularly with the police officer who was subsequently injured), my guess would be Tabun.
Your mileage may vary; I am not a chemist or weapons specialist.
re: #220 Hecuba’s daughter
Trump loves dictators. Do you think that is why he is so enthusiastic about meeting Kim? The new Axis of Evil — dictators and dictator wannabes — developing an alliance to control the world.
Since he’s decided being ruler for life is cool he’s meeting with all the people who have done it for tips.
Emails you say…
Trump lawyer Michael Cohen used his Trump Organization email while arranging to transfer money into an account at a Manhattan bank before he wired $130,000 to Stormy Daniels to buy her silence, NBC News reports. https://t.co/14kxfWpz1A
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 9, 2018
Michael Cohen also regularly used the same email account during negotiations with Stormy Daniels before she signed a nondisclosure agreement, a source familiar with the discussions told NBC News. https://t.co/KBC6krVbJ5
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 9, 2018
Yet they bring up adultery as a reason why they opposed Martin Luther King Day.
“Evangelicals knew they weren’t voting for an altar boy when they voted for Donald Trump.” https://t.co/TohTQtnF5C
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) March 9, 2018
re: #242 DodgerFan1988
Yet they bring up adultery as a reason why they opposed Martin Luther King Day.
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Or their opposition to Bill Clinton, the Kennedys, etc. Jeffries, Falwell Jr, & all these guys are complete frauds.
re: #238 Anymouse 🌹
Interesting - that’s the stuff Speer claimed he wanted to use to kill Hitler in early 1945.
re: #146 Barefoot Grin
That’s what Trump’s lawyers and all the other soon to be indicted Trumpworld people are going to point to: lots of unreliable types who are not exactly trustworthy.
The problem is that no one can trust anyone else in Trumpworld either. They’re all shady con artists who are intent on saying/doing anything to avoid prison and will throw everyone else under the bus.
Prosecutors will use whatever they can get to help other cases. It’s also helpful that everyone seems to have a paper trail a mile long.
re: #242 DodgerFan1988
Yet they bring up adultery as a reason why they opposed Martin Luther King Day.
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re: #246 lawhawk
That’s what Trump’s lawyers and all the other soon to be indicted Trumpworld people are going to point to: lots of unreliable types who are not exactly trustworthy.
The problem is that no one can trust anyone else in Trumpworld either. They’re all shady con artists who are intent on saying/doing anything to avoid prison and will throw everyone else under the bus.
Prosecutors will use whatever they can get to help other cases. It’s also helpful that everyone seems to have a paper trail a mile long.
Many convictions are based on the testimony of people who aren’t exactly trustworthy. Fortunately I’m pretty sure Mueller’s team is finding lots of corroborating evidence.
re: #246 lawhawk
That’s what Trump’s lawyers and all the other soon to be indicted Trumpworld people are going to point to: lots of unreliable types who are not exactly trustworthy.
Never practiced criminal law, but I’m guessing that’s probably not the defense you want to go with… Was I lying? Maybe, but everyone else definitely was because you can’t trust anyone over there!
re: #225 HappyWarrior
Scalia you mean. RBG is still with us but you’re right. I think Heller was engaging in some wishful thinking and the media went with the bait and I fell or it.
Outside of our Cheap Justice Roberts and newbie Gorsuch, who is beholden, I wonder if even someone like Kennedy is leery of Trump since he is such an asshole. At least the older justices have a feel for how the American political system used to work.
— Mohammed Markstein - Antifa Media Liaison (@aceoaces) March 9, 2018
I shouldn’t be enjoying another human beings suffering this much…but I am.
re: #251 ObserverArt
Outside of our Cheap Justice Roberts and newbie Gorsuch, who is beholden, I wonder if even someone like Kennedy is leery of Trump since he is such an asshole. At least the older justices have a feel for how the American political system used to work.
I definitely think Kennedy is wary of Trump. Gorsuch is awful as I expected. Just another cheap Scalia clone.
re: #252 Ace-o-aces
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I shouldn’t be enjoying another human beings suffering this much…but I am.
Hard to pity someone like him. I’m saving mine for those who deserve it.
re: #227 KGxvi
I think it has more to do with Trump believing he’s a dealmaker and wanting to do something that none of his predecessors did (with good reason) - meet directly with the leader of North Korea.
This is going to end badly.
You know that is what it is. He sold himself as the Big Deal Maker and this is his chance to show up Obama and others.
With the press blowing smoke up his butt his ego is going to kick in and he is going to jump right in. And we’ve heard how he is at studying his data and his opponents history, etc. so he’ll go in pants down and show everyone.
He’ll get taken…and be as successful as he was with all his “art of the deals.”
here’s this week’s New York Magazine’s Approval Matrix
where the Rage Furby represents it in the “lowbrow, despicable” quadrant
(nope, i dont post his picture)
re: #243 HappyWarrior
Or their opposition to Bill Clinton, the Kennedys, etc. Jeffries, Falwell Jr, & all these guys are complete frauds.
It’s easy to put in context when you consider they’re all about white supremacy.
re: #233 retired cynic
What the heck? I guess you have to click on the image partial to see the image in a new window. It’s cute, anyway!
That’s a heavy kitteh.
re: #252 Ace-o-aces
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I shouldn’t be enjoying another human beings suffering this much…but I am.
I hope Shkreli’s judge shows him the same mercy that he has shown unto others.
re: #257 Belafon
It’s easy to put in context when you consider they’re all about white supremacy.
Yep. They’re racists.
re: #234 Dr Lizardo
Long story short - someone (right now, Russia is strongly suspected) staged a WMD attack in the UK.
Yes…..you read that right. A goddamn WMD attack using an apparently unknown (for now) nerve agent.
Yeah…….you think that’d be big news.
Not enough deaths. It pales in comparison to the almighty gun tolls in America.
(Sorry for the cynicism. Too much bad reality does that to me.)
re: #261 ObserverArt
Not enough deaths. It pales in comparison to the almighty gun tolls in America.
(Sorry for the cynicism. Too much bad reality does that to me.)
Go play a few violent video games.
Ontario court overrules a lower court which took a foster family’s children away from them.
The lower court ruled that the couple was required to lie about the existence of the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus.
The couple argued that the Children Aid Society (the agency) required them to tell the children that the Easter Bunny in fact brings chocolate to homes. When they refused (on the grounds of religious faith), the CAS took the children out of the home.
The couple said the Easter Bunny was at the core of the dispute and argued telling children in their care the character was real was a violation of their religious beliefs — a position Superior Court Judge A.J. Goodman agreed with.
“There is ample evidence to support the fact that the children were removed because the Baars refused to either tell or imply that the Easter Bunny was delivering chocolate to the Baars’ home,” Goodman wrote in a decision released Tuesday. “I am more than satisfied that the society actions interfered substantially with the Baars’ religious beliefs.”
Court heard that CAS support worker Tracey Lindsay had visited the Baars and acknowledged that the girls looked well cared for in all respects.
However, the Baars argued Lindsay told them it was part of their duty as foster parents to teach the girls about the Easter Bunny, court documents show.
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How come Obama would never agree to meet with our enemies?
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re: #264 Sir John Barron
How come Obama would never agree to meet with our enemies?
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He was busy fighting the war on the Easter Bunny in Ontario.
re: #264 Sir John Barron
How come Obama would never agree to meet with our enemies?
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You jest but someone on FNC will ask that.
re: #224 Ace-o-aces
JOBS, JOBS, JOBS! #MAGA pic.twitter.com
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
An ALL CAPS tweet. Such presidential very leadership.
re: #265 Anymouse 🌹
He was busy fighting the war on the Easter Bunny in Ontario.
But only after he finished The War on Christmas™…
re: #266 HappyWarrior
You jest but someone on FNC will ask that.
And the answer is “Because North Korea was required to give up their nuclear program first. Thanks to Trump, that is no longer required.”
re: #268 ObserverArt
But only after he finished The War on Christmas™…
We are always it war with Christmas.
re: #266 HappyWarrior
You jest but someone on FNC will ask that.
I’m old enough to remember that the RW crazies lost their collective brain cell when Candidate/President Obama said he would talk to Iran/N. Korea given the correct conditions for direct diplomacy.
But for some reason tRump gets a pass (the Rs would be impeaching Clinton if she did the same thing).
re: #264 Sir John Barron
How come Obama would never agree to meet with our enemies?
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They literally and figuratively lost their cotdam shit when Obama negotiated the nuclear deal with Iran.
re: #266 HappyWarrior
You jest but someone on FNC will ask that.
Obama was always apologizing for America sucking up to our allies and being mean to our enemies.
re: #271 CongoJack
I’m old enough to remember that the RW crazies lost their collective brain cell when Candidate/President Obama said he would talk to Iran/N. Korea given the correct conditions for direct diplomacy.
But for some reason tRump gets a pass (the Rs would be impeaching Clinton if she did the same thing).
Exactly.
re: #269 Belafon
And the answer is “Because North Korea was required to give up their nuclear program first. Thanks to Trump, that is no longer required.”
And because Trump is so smart he’s playing eleventy-dimension chess.
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Nice to know we have to learn about our police brutality cases from other countries.
Time to weed out white supremacist officers, N.C. councillor says after police beating
A city councillor in the North Carolina city where a police officer was caught on camera beating a black man accused of jaywalking says it’s time to screen police officers for “the pathology of hatred.”
The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into Christopher Hickman, a white police officer in Asheville, N.C., shown on body camera footage shocking 33-year-old Johnnie Jermaine Rush with a stun gun and repeatedly punching him on Aug. 25, 2017.
Hickman resigned in January. The case became public after the Citizen-Times newspaper published footage last week.
(More at CBC Radio with video of the beating)
re: #275 Sir John Barron
And because Trump is so smart he’s playing eleventy-dimension chess.
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Anyone think Trump can tell you what the three dimensions are?
I’d bet he hasn’t a clue. Basic knowledge seems to have escaped him.
re: #277 ObserverArt
Anyone think Trump can tell you what the three dimensions are?
I’d bet he hasn’t a clue. Basic knowledge seems to have escaped him.
Big, huge, terrific.
re: #276 Anymouse 🌹
Nice to know we have to learn about our police brutality cases from other countries.
Time to weed out white supremacist officers, N.C. councillor says after police beating
(More at CBC Radio with video of the beating)
I caught it at DK, which linked to the NYT: dailykos.com.
Headline News was discussing the Women’s March leadership’s relationship with Farrakhan.
So, Scott Kelly’s DNA changed while he was in space:
Scott Kelly has spent over 500 days in space overall, but a huge chunk of that came with a single mission which had him stay aboard the International Space Station for 342 days. His brother Mark, who is a retired astronaut, is his identical twin and has the same DNA. This provided a never-before-possible opportunity for NASA to study how long-term space travel affects the human body and the genes that make us who we are. As it turns out, space really does change us, and upon Scott’s return to Earth it was discovered that his DNA has significantly changed.
“Scott’s telomeres (endcaps of chromosomes that shorten as one ages) actually became significantly longer in space,” NASA explains. “While this finding was presented in 2017, the team verified this unexpected change with multiple assays and genomics testing. Additionally, a new finding is that the majority of those telomeres shortened within two days of Scott’s return to Earth.”
…
Another interesting finding concerned what some call the “space gene”, which was alluded to in 2017. Researchers now know that 93% of Scott’s genes returned to normal after landing. However, the remaining 7% point to possible longer term changes in genes related to his immune system, DNA repair, bone formation networks, hypoxia, and hypercapnia.
re: #277 ObserverArt
Anyone think Trump can tell you what the three dimensions are?
I’d bet he hasn’t a clue. Basic knowledge seems to have escaped him.
[trump] DIANA ROSS, DIONNE WARWICK AND SOME OTHER BROAD[/trump]
Dear Fiona,
My name is Timothy. I have seen you on the internet at the @CincinnatiZoo & you are the most beautiful hippo I have ever seen! Perhaps we can meet someday and be boyfriend and girlfriend? I am single and available. #HippoSwipeRight #TeamFiona
Sincerely,
Timothy pic.twitter.com/jaUoNZdbFg— San Antonio Zoo and Zoo School🦏 (@SanAntonioZoo) March 8, 2018
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swallow
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“A Sanders-Warren ticket could win big in 2020” https://t.co/qbTZnizPNL pic.twitter.com/qpMFug6h6l
— The Hill (@thehill) March 9, 2018
IT’S ONLY A DRILL! East High’s school resource officer fires blanks inside the school to simulate an active shooter. Training teaches students what gunfire sounds like. pic.twitter.com/ytnOhO0L6Q
— Heather Hintze (@HeatherHintze) March 6, 2018
totally normal https://t.co/ZhYhvhufWU
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) March 9, 2018
re: #284 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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And it could also blow up spectacularly when minorities realize their being sidelined again.
re: #277 ObserverArt
Anyone think Trump can tell you what the three dimensions are?
I’d bet he hasn’t a clue. Basic knowledge seems to have escaped him.
rick perry could possibly get 2 of them
re: #284 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
You owe me a new monitor.
In related news, I hurt my hand when I punch my monitor
re: #284 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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What are they smoking over at The Hill
re: #284 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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That can only help the Grand Old Russia Party.
re: #284 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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Yeah that’s not a good ticket. Two people who will be over 70 upon election. Even if I liked them as presidential material, I’d say it was a bad idea.
re: #293 William Lewis
That can only help the Grand Old Russia Party.
I think we’ll need one governor or at least non senator.
Apple Strudel pic.twitter.com/IdzYt8Xd4c
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) March 9, 2018
re: #284 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Put down your coffee/drink
swallow
click“A Sanders-Warren ticket could win big in 2020”
as independents they’d get creamed
as democrats, well first they both have to be democrats
Half the log on the right is already eated.
re: #298 The Vicious Babushka
Half the log on the right is already eated.
Wish i were there to help. Love a good strudel.
re: #296 The Vicious Babushka
[Apple Strudel]
My monitor does not taste very good. Did I say that out loud?
re: #295 HappyWarrior
I think we’ll need one governor or at least non senator.
No one here is a senator (I assume). Who wants to volunteer?
I’m not sure why the Democratic party keeps listening to a guy who (1) is not a Democrat and (2) was supported by Russia in the 2016 election. The FSB was smart enough to recognize Sanders as a divisive and potentially damaging figure, so why is Democratic leadership so clueless?
— Kara Calavera (@KaraCalavera) March 9, 2018
re: #301 Anymouse 🌹
No one here is a senator (I assume). Who wants to volunteer?
Ok, fine, I’ll do it.
re: #301 Anymouse 🌹
No one here is a senator (I assume). Who wants to volunteer?
I’m not eligible until 2024 and I’m taking a Sherman pledge on any office.
US Ambassador to Panama resigns.
US ambassador to Panama resigns:
“I resigned because the traditional core values of the US, as manifested in the president’s NSS and his foreign policies, have been warped and betrayed. I could no longer represent him personally and remain faithful to…” https://t.co/4u9Ju2jhl0— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) March 9, 2018
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Because he is popular with many Democrats. I don’t disagree with her accessment fwiw but many Democrats do genuinely like him.
re: #302 Kragar
In fairness Sanders was “supported” by the Russians because he was “not Hillary Clinton.” Had someone other than Trump secured the Republican nomination, the Russians would have done shit to help that person as well. It just wouldn’t have been as blatant as:
re: #302 Kragar
I’m not sure why the Democratic party keeps listening to a guy who (1) is not a Democrat and (2) was supported by Russia in the 2016 election. The FSB was smart enough to recognize Sanders as a divisive and potentially damaging figure, so why is Democratic leadership so clueless?
i would award all my future updings if i could
re: #284 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
I see they’ve already got a plan in place to guarantee four more years of Trump.
re: #308 KGxvi
In fairness Sanders was “supported” by the Russians because he was “not Hillary Clinton.” Had someone other than Trump secured the Republican nomination, the Russians would have done shit to help that person as well. It just wouldn’t have been as blatant as:
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That’s true.
Judge sentences Shkreli to two years as White House Communications Director
— Tom Gara (@tomgara) March 9, 2018
re: #308 KGxvi
And maybe that person’s campaign manager worked with Manafort too.
re: #314 I Would Prefer Not To
How long is that in Scaramuccis?
re: #306 Anymouse 🌹
US Ambassador to Panama resigns.
That was one of the interesting subplots in Black Panther: Do you serve or save your country when the leadership is bad?
They keep trying to deflect from the real problem.
A leading Republican contender running to be the next governor of Maine said in a radio interview Monday that teachers could use fire extinguishers to combat an active shooter in a school.
Shawn Moody, a state university system trustee who also ran in 2010, told a radio interviewer he supports gun rights, and that the mental health system and law enforcement had failed to prevent the shooting at a Parkland, Fla., high school.
But, he said, instead of passing new restrictions on gun rights, teachers could use fire extinguishers that are already in every school.
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re: #315 JordanRules
And maybe that person’s campaign manager worked with Manafort too.
That is true. Davine does have that.
re: #319 Anymouse 🌹
They keep trying to deflect from the real problem.
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Have any of these people actually stepped foot in a school?!?!?
re: #317 Belafon
That was one of the interesting subplots in Black Panther: Do you serve or save your country when the leadership is bad?
Traditionally, civil servants have been able to do both when the leadership is the sort they don’t disagree with. Despite W’s Misadventures in Mesopotamia (and elsewhere), you didn’t see this sort of attrition. Trump is a categorically different thing, there’s nobility in staying and fighting for what’s right; but if the political leaders won’t heed your warnings, then leaving and forcing their hand may be required.
re: #322 HappyWarrior
Have any of these people actually stepped foot in a school?!?!?
They know, they somehow just know that if they find the right combination, anyone can overcome someone firing large amounts of bullets and save the day.
re: #322 HappyWarrior
Have any of these people actually stepped foot in a school?!?!?
Not since parent teacher conferences 15 years ago, apparently.
PS: To be clear — we need to talk to North Korea. But Kim is not inviting Trump so that he can surrender North Korea’s weapons. Kim is inviting Trump to demonstrate that his investment in nuclear and missile capabilities has forced the United States to treat him as an equal.
— Jeffrey Lewis (@ArmsControlWonk) March 9, 2018
This is literally how the North Korean film “The Country I Saw” ends. An American President visits Pyongyang, compelled by North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs to treat a Kim as an equal. (3/3)https://t.co/l3TqT2v8KL
— Jeffrey Lewis (@ArmsControlWonk) March 9, 2018
re: #314 I Would Prefer Not To
Judge sentences Shkreli to two years as White House Communications Director
“Your Honor, can I serve 10 years in ADX Florence instead? Please?!”
Just a little reminder that #SamNunberg is testifying in front of the grand jury right now. #TrumpRussia #RogerStone #Assange
— Bandit Aléatoire (@BanditRandom) March 9, 2018
re: #317 Belafon
That was one of the interesting subplots in Black Panther: Do you serve or save your country when the leadership is bad?
Regrettably, I won’t see the movie. Theatres are all too far away.
The Fox Theatre in Sidney is playing “Wrinkle in Time” (a Disney film).
re: #319 Anymouse 🌹
They keep trying to deflect from the real problem.
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Uh…believe me…I actually look to see if a fire extinguisher is in a classroom when I walk into it for the first time.
And it isn’t for fires. :(
re: #281 Belafon
So, Scott Kelly’s DNA changed while he was in space:
EPIGENETICS!!
This is even better than the mouse/cherry study.
(Mice generally have no opinions about cherries, pro or con. But when a few mice undergo Pavlovian conditioning to be taught to fear it, by wafting the scent through their test cage while being shocked… then the offspring of those mice are born fearing that scent.)
re: #329 Anymouse 🌹
Regrettably, I won’t see the movie. Theatres are all too far away.
The Fox Theatre in Sidney is playing “Wrinkle in Time” (a Disney film).
Try to see Annihilation if you can before it is gone.
re: #322 HappyWarrior
Have any of these people actually stepped foot in a school?!?!?
Just run out in the passageway where there is a shooter with a rifle through crowds trying to get away from him or her, grab the fire extinguisher, and throw it at the shooter? To be effective you would have to get right up to a shooter (while that person is shooting) to use the extinguisher.
Something I’d love to see a reporter ask Trump Org about:
1) Cohen formed EC LLC on Oct 17 2016
2) The contract provided for EC LLC to pay Stormy $130K by Oct 27 2016
3) Between Oct 17 & Oct 25, the Trump campaign made payments to Trump Org properties that add up to $129,999.72. pic.twitter.com/CMAxgl3Vn4— Susan Simpson (@TheViewFromLL2) March 8, 2018
re: #319 Anymouse 🌹
They keep trying to deflect from the real problem.
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Gee
I wonder what’s been stopping them up to now
re: #337 dangerman
Gee
I wonder what’s been stopping them up to now
Something something you don’t take a fire extinguisher to a gunfight. And you damn sure don’t bring more guns into a school.
re: #338 Anymouse 🌹
Something something you don’t take a fire extinguisher to a gunfight. And you damn sure don’t bring more guns into a school.
We should heed the advice of the man in black:
re: #296 The Vicious Babushka
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It looks delicious!
Years back I worked in a shop near a little cafe in Toledo called Budapest. Some days we would walk over mid morning for a coffee, and the ladies would have sheets and sheets of paper thin dough laid out, (it seems like it was laying on linen) preparing strudel. It looked like a huge amount of work.
It really made me appreciate it when sampling it later!
re: #340 lizardofid
It looks delicious!
Years back I worked in a shop near a little cafe in Toledo called Budapest. Some days we would walk over mid morning for a coffee, and the ladies would have sheets and sheets of paper thin dough laid out, (it seems like it was laying on linen) preparing strudel. It looked like a huge amount of work.
It really made me appreciate it when sampling it later!
Preparing hand-stretched strudel dough is hard work. I used to do it years ago because it was so worth it, but now I’m old and I have arthritis so I use prepared phyllo sheets or frozen puff pastry dough.
🚨 🚨 BREAKING ——>
Shkreli is sentenced to 7 years in prison@eelarson— David S. Joachim (@davidjoachim) March 9, 2018
“Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli broke down at his sentencing, sobbing as he begged New York court for “your honor’s mercy.” https://t.co/X4tBKcnO0n pic.twitter.com/OWCes43Po6
— ABC News (@ABC) March 9, 2018
🚨 🚨 BREAKING ——>
Shkreli is sentenced to 7 years in prison@eelarson— David S. Joachim (@davidjoachim) March 9, 2018
re: #342 Scottish Dragon
Some sort of artificial gravity needs to be investigated. centrifugal spinning ship or part of the ship like you see on The Martian.
rotating part of the ship would cause the other parts of the ship to rotate in the opposite direction
re: #330 KGxvi
I really can’t wait to see this film:
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I’m just old enough to remember Andre’s final run post Wrestlemania III. But that was basically Mays with the Mets or Jordan with the Wizards.
I’ve never been a wrestling fan, but I do love The Princess Bride.
re: #345 Kragar
rotating part of the ship would cause the other parts of the ship to rotate in the opposite direction
That’s just spin
re: #344 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Tough shit, Marty.
Everyone please send your prayers & love to Anthony Borges, a 15-year-old Marjory Stoneman Douglas student, who was shot 5 times while saving 20 classmates. He is now in critical condition. @NeverAgainMSD @Everytown @AMarch4OurLives
Anthony’s GoFundMe:https://t.co/KTKGybeF7w pic.twitter.com/O6ak4LLnTR— Mandy Gonzalez (@_mandygonzalez) March 9, 2018
re: #281 Belafon
So, Scott Kelly’s DNA changed while he was in space:
We will adapt for space. Well or poorly is the question. Long term I suspect we will require gravity to have long lives. Future stations will need spin gravity sections and radiation shielding like we just don’t have now.
2 races subspecies of humanity someday.
re: #345 Kragar
rotating part of the ship would cause the other parts of the ship to rotate in the opposite direction
Counter torque is fairly easy to generate.
re: #344 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Mercy is the suspension of justice. Too bad, Marty.
re: #252 Ace-o-aces
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I shouldn’t be enjoying another human beings suffering this much…but I am.
Should have charged him $900 for the tissue.
re: #284 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Put down your coffee/drink
swallow
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Awww…Hell NO!
I don’t want either of them.
Liz screwed the pooch falling for the Donna Brazile bullshit.
And Bernie is past his “best by date” if he ever had one.
re: #351 Unshaken Defiance
We will adapt for space. Well or poorly is the question. Long term I suspect we will require gravity to have long lives. Future stations will need spin gravity sections and radiation shielding like we just don’t have now.
2 races of humanity someday.
What if gravity is what makes us age?
re: #356 KGxvi
What if gravity is what makes us age?
Then we could reverse aging if we came up with an anti-gravity source.
Synchronicity
Oh FFS, @MSNBC. Stop giving Scaramucci a platform. He’s a shill and lasted 10 days in the White House. 10 days.
— JackiSchechner (@JackiSchechner) March 9, 2018
re: #98 SteelPH
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re: #355 ObserverArt
Awww…Hell NO!
I don’t want either of them.
Liz screwed the pooch falling for the Donna Brazile bullshit.
And Bernie is past his “best by date” if he ever had one.
Neither of them is going to get the nod — unless the Russians play their game again, which is certainly possible given that Trump and the whole Republican party (at least those in Washington) are Putin stooges and traitors.
re: #185 makeitstop
I indulged that urge, too, and have 1 guitar from my birth year. I do think that Melody Maker has put most of those years to better use than I have…
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