Awesome Live Performance: Phoebe Bridgers, “Motion Sickness”
Phoebe Bridgers performs “Motion Sickness” on our March 10, 2018 broadcast
Website: phoebefuckingbridgers.com
Phoebe Bridgers performs “Motion Sickness” on our March 10, 2018 broadcast
Website: phoebefuckingbridgers.com
Satellite photo of the march in Washington:
This high-resolution satellite image of the March for Our Lives rally in Washington, D.C. was captured by DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-2 satellite at 11:59 a.m. EDT on Saturday. Image: @DigitalGlobe pic.twitter.com/cp10gRXJbV
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 24, 2018
Not a single public word from the Trump-thing today about millions of people in the streets. His advisers are probably doing their best tonight to keep him from lashing out and tweeting something embarrassing.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 25, 2018
Man, from the size of these crowds at #MarchForOurLives, every single freaking “crisis actor” in the whole damn world is here. pic.twitter.com/v77SfSRJPE
— Ana Navarro (@ananavarro) March 24, 2018
Lotta busted brackets out there…
Loyola-Chicago is headed to the Final Four for the 2nd time in school history and the 1st time since it won the national title in 1963. #MarchMadness2018 pic.twitter.com/F3wvWWbOAs
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) March 25, 2018
Bolton planning to fire White House officials who have been disloyal to Trump: report https://t.co/kOfM6a0iz6 pic.twitter.com/CQING2C0HJ
— The Hill (@thehill) March 24, 2018
This is Scaramucci all over again. Either Bolton or Kelly will be gone by the end of April. https://t.co/8frly3QJIF
— MC 555 nanometer Jesus (@goddamnedfrank) March 25, 2018
re: #4 Backwoods_Sleuth
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We had to blow up the budget to get enough money to guarantee all the contracts.
The boy came up to me after the March and said that his sister is in kindergarten and it makes him sad that she has to have shooting drills. He cried and hugged me and said that he was the only one who walked out of his school on the 14th. He is the future. #marchforourlives pic.twitter.com/J2KmmDr8rY
— Chondi🌙#NEVERAGAIN (@_omg_chondi_) March 24, 2018
OK I finally watched Emma’s speech. I didn’t want to but I knew I had to. It was pretty amazing.
re: #10 BigPapa
OK I finally watched Emma’s speech. I didn’t want to but I knew I had to. It was pretty amazing.
It was.
All that silence was the most powerful thing this afternoon.
(well, that and when Samantha Fuentes vomited and then continued speaking)
re: #3 Charles Johnson
Look at it like this, he is in there seething, frustrated and silent. I’d hate to be his waiter at Mar A Lago tonight. A redder shade of orange rage
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) March 25, 2018
re: #12 Unshaken Defiance
Trump has to be looking like the fucking Sun right now.
re: #9 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I hate it too buddy. You’re a good big brother and a better man than many in our society and government.
An emotional Emma González (@Emma4Change) concluded the #MarchForOurLives by standing in silence for 6 minutes and 20 seconds, the amount of time it took a gunman to kill 17 of her classmates at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. https://t.co/ZmVma1l4WI
— Twitter Moments (@TwitterMoments) March 24, 2018
If you’ve ever been a public speaker, you’ll know it takes nerves of steel to hold a silence this long in front of a crowd this large.
Emma Gonzalez has quite a life ahead of her.
I’m grateful she’s still with us. https://t.co/qOqDhQjdvO— Kaz Weida (@kazweida) March 25, 2018
re: #15 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I’m proud we’ve gotten to know these kids. It was tough for me to speak in front of family when my Nana died at 92, can’t imagine speaking to the world after losing friends to gun violence.
re: #12 Unshaken Defiance
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With his comment about the younger Trump coming back to tell him not to run for President, maybe it is all getting to him. Good. I want him under so much pressure he makes some glaring mistakes that help force him out.
Hair Furor wouldn’t know the first thing about self-defense, short of his legal team…. pic.twitter.com/4m9amUTjzj
— TheMajor (@TheMajorsViews) March 25, 2018
re: #12 Unshaken Defiance
Surely Fox is soothing him.
re: #19 Skip Intro
Surely Fox is soothing him.
Fox doesn’t have the March for our Lives anywhere on its main page.
It’s still the top story on all other major networks.
re: #21 Eclectic Cyborg
Fox doesn’t have the March for our Lives anywhere on its main page.
It’s still the top story on all other major networks.
And this surprises you….how, exactly?
re: #22 The Major
And this surprises you….how, exactly?
I don’t think it’s a surprise, merely a weary statement of fact.
Repost from downstairs:
Quran is the best reference and source. No need to read any genetics text books . May Allah Guide you to righteousness (Ameen)
— MR Mughal (@MrMughal9) March 24, 2018
Imbeciles like you give Muslim bashers more ammunition 🖕🏽 https://t.co/SCOTVynZCI
— دانیال (@danja84) March 24, 2018
re: #21 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m sure FAUX is continuing with the endless “expose” of Uranium One…
re: #24 electrotek
As a lowly dervish…… @danja84 pic.twitter.com/9QJbiaeJa5
— TheMajor (@TheMajorsViews) March 25, 2018
re: #25 Joe Bacon 🌹
I’m sure FAUX is continuing with the endless “expose” of Uranium One…
Apparently running the same bullshit every day of the year still gets them an audience.
Port Arthur was a set up by the Government to expedite gun legislation. A professional sniper was contracted to do the job.
— Neets (@anilousto) March 25, 2018
Holy shit, Australia got Alex Jones too! https://t.co/jwQsFDfJSD
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 25, 2018
A rare “double front page” for Sunday’s @NYDailyNews #MarchForOurLives pic.twitter.com/QsADUUe9kQ
— David Beard (@dabeard) March 25, 2018
Bought and sold.#MarchForOurLives #MEpolitics #NotOneMore #NeverAgain #ENOUGH #ArtistsRapidResponseTeam pic.twitter.com/53UAEWlELF
— LumenARRT! (@LumenARRT) March 25, 2018
You just got played by @realDonaldTrump! Enjoy, suckers….
— TheMajor (@TheMajorsViews) March 25, 2018
re: #31 The Major
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We told you he was a lying pos, you called us snowflakes. You deserve him.
Somebody doesn’t understand history…..
BZZZZZZT! Wrong answer, thanks for playing.
— TheMajor (@TheMajorsViews) March 25, 2018
re: #33 The Major
Somebody doesn’t understand history…..
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It’s a Russiabot. Blocked.
Justy a sample of what NRA supporters are doing to teenagers who survived a massacre (real picture on the right). pic.twitter.com/czX7IHD8ur
— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) March 25, 2018
*spit*
re: #33 The Major
Somebody doesn’t understand history…..
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Which is why they went after the German Social Democratic Party and German Communist Party. And North Korea is democratic because it has democratic in its name.
re: #31 The Major
If Trump was “betrayed” then why did he sign it? Is he weak?
re: #39 Skip Intro
If Trump was “betrayed” then why did he sign it? Is he weak?
The wingnuts are confused about that.
re: #39 Skip Intro
If Trump was “betrayed” then why did he sign it? Is he weak?
They’re dealing with the cognitive dissonance by declaring that the problem doesn’t lie with Trump, it’s with Republicans who’ve “betrayed” their base and thus the “populist” movement must remake Congress in his image.
But if you ask them why he signed a bill that he didn’t agree with, you get (at best) a bunch of muttering about how he “had no choice.”
re: #35 Backwoods_Sleuth
It was a Russian bot that posted the image on the left.
Account now suspended. Most likely a bot (the eight digits in the name is a tell apparently - thx @RiffChick). Original post one of the first to come up when under #EmmaGonzalez. Again, things would be a lot easier if @twitter blocked bots in the first place. pic.twitter.com/MFKZpyJZBa
— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) March 25, 2018
I almost wish these people who attack these kids would experience first hand the tragedy of gun violence and then see. How cavalier they’d be about victims of gun violence.
re: #44 Targetpractice
They’re dealing with the cognitive dissonance by declaring that the problem doesn’t lie with Trump, it’s with Republicans who’ve “betrayed” their base and thus the “populist” movement must remake Congress in his image.
But if you ask them why he signed a bill that he didn’t agree with, you get (at best) a bunch of muttering about how he “had no choice.”
Reminds me of how O’Neill gets blamed for Reagan’s fuckups.
re: #45 teleskiguy
It was a Russian bot that posted the image on the left.
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re: #46 HappyWarrior
I almost wish these people who attack these kids would experience first hand the tragedy of gun violence and then see. How cavalier they’d be about victims of gun violence.
Some of them did, though. You forget how recently the Republicans were attacked by a gunman at softball practice. And yet, these dickheads are still too beholden to the almighty gun lobby to vote against them, despite literally getting shot at. Steve Scalise is, fortunately for him, available for comment.
re: #44 Targetpractice
They’re dealing with the cognitive dissonance by declaring that the problem doesn’t lie with Trump, it’s with Republicans who’ve “betrayed” their base and thus the “populist” movement must remake Congress in his image.
But if you ask them why he signed a bill that he didn’t agree with, you get (at best) a bunch of muttering about how he “had no choice.”
He had no choice because he painted himself into a corner with that ridiculous budget and the threat of a veto that would have put the shutdown entire on only him
Sometimes the anti-Muslim nutjobs discredit themselves. pic.twitter.com/afSb4chMj3
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 25, 2018
re: #49 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Some of them did, though. You forget how recently the Republicans were attacked by a gunman at softball practice. And yet, these dickheads are still too beholden to the almighty gun lobby to vote against them, despite literally getting shot at. Steve Scalise is, fortunately for him, available for comment.
Has Scalise gone after the kids directly? I know he still pushes the NRA party line but I haven’t seen him belittle the kids yet.
re: #46 HappyWarrior
Steve Scalise was shot and he’s still a complete NRA humping asshole. Nothing is going to change these people; they’re broken.
re: #49 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Some of them did, though. You forget how recently the Republicans were attacked by a gunman at softball practice. And yet, these dickheads are still too beholden to the almighty gun lobby to vote against them, despite literally getting shot at. Steve Scalise is, fortunately for him, available for comment.
Fuck, Scalise was almost killed and he is still kissing the NRA’s ass, last I heard.
re: #48 Backwoods_Sleuth
They sure do know how to push Trumper buttons, don’t they. And we’ve got an election coming up in November.
*sigh*
re: #52 HappyWarrior
Has Scalise gone after the kids directly? I know he still pushes the NRA party line but I haven’t seen him belittle the kids yet.
No, not yet, but he also hasn’t said a damn thing against the Republicans that have been.
Because I’m a thread behind, I’m bringing this over:
re: #310 JordanRules
I don’t want to raise the kids up on a pedestal, because that’s dangerous for them and what they stand for, but I do think this is a great response to “thoughts and prayers”:
They offered up thoughts and prayers and God raised up these children.
— Im a frayed knot (@Imafrayedknot1) March 24, 2018
re: #46 HappyWarrior
They should have to watch surgeries trying to save gunshot victims. Make them look at photos of war dead too. Fuck their feelings.
re: #51 Charles Johnson
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Oh my God, they let adherent Muslims work at airports! Next they’ll allow them in the military and Congress.// it’s almost like religious freedom is for Muslims and not merely imbred right wing assholes.
I wonder if that permit for filming in the Mall was legit. Anyone know if a film crew was out on the Mall today?
re: #56 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
No, not yet, but he also hasn’t said a damn thing against the Republicans that have been.
True point. F that guy.
re: #58 A Mom Anon
They should have to watch surgeries trying to save gunshot victims. Make them look at photos of war dead too. Fuck their feelings.
I want my wingnut friend to be one of them tbh with you.
re: #55 teleskiguy
They sure do know how to push Trumper buttons, don’t they. And we’ve got an election coming up in November.
*sigh*
they are playing all sides pretending to be whatever will piss off people, doesn’t matter who.
re: #64 jaunte
Gather the SuperSoakers full of bacon grease! IT’S ON!
re: #53 Skip Intro
Steve Scalise was shot and he’s still a complete NRA humping asshole. Nothing is going to change these people; they’re broken.
You’re correct. Makes one real cynical about a good part of our population but I’m glad to see the NRA finally on the defensive on the issue.
Well fwiw I was downtown to converse and listen more than photograph or video. I sought out the school aged people, often introducing myself to a Mom or Dad first, asking for permission to take a pic.
None of the kids I spoke to sounded like anti gun nuts. Everyone I spoke to was friendly and reasonable. I did see some echoes of Occupy. Some of the same organizers with immigration or anti Trump groups. Anti Fascist etc. Not Antifa as in black bandanas. Saw some good speakers using the old mic check/crowd repetition of short phrases. That’s a very powerful tool in a crowd.
re: #65 Backwoods_Sleuth
they are playing all sides pretending to be whatever will piss off people, doesn’t matter who.
I notice in my little social media bubble that wingers tend to get triggered more easily than the moonbats. I agree, though, that the damn Russian troll farms are non-partisan.
re: #56 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
No, not yet, but he also hasn’t said a damn thing against the Republicans that have been.
re: #62 HappyWarrior
True point. F that guy.
Even with what Scalise personally experienced, he still knows who butters his bread and doesn’t want to piss them off, even if it means not calling out fellow Republicans that are being complete dicks to the Parkland kids.
Seriously, fuck that guy.
re: #53 Skip Intro
Steve Scalise was shot and he’s still a complete NRA humping asshole. Nothing is going to change these people; they’re broken.
Changing means admitting they were wrong
re: #67 HappyWarrior
You’re correct. Makes one real cynical about a good part of our population but I’m glad to see the NRA finally on the defensive on the issue.
One of the great things about these kids is they aren’t corrupted by cynicism. They have decided it’s time to get the job done.
re: #71 dangerman
Changing means admitting they were wrong
Which frankly is a psychological thing with conservatism. Liberals are more flexible to that because by ideological nature, we are far more open to admitting past ideological wrongs.
re: #59 HappyWarrior
Oh my God, they let adherent Muslims work at airports! Next they’ll allow them in the military and Congress.// it’s almost like religious freedom is for Muslims and not merely imbred right wing assholes.
I didn’t know you could tell those things just from a picture
Wouldn’t it be great if he was actually a church deacon or a zen buddhist…
re: #73 Belafon
One of the great things about these kids is they aren’t corrupted by cynicism. They have decided it’s time to get the job done.
You have a kid their age iirc. How I wish my own youngest brother were more on board with them.
re: #51 Charles Johnson
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re: #74 HappyWarrior
Which frankly is a psychological thing with conservatism. Liberals are more flexible to that because by ideological nature, we are far more open to admitting past ideological wrongs.
Just like the WFB quote referenced last thread: “A conservative is someone who stands athwart history, yelling “Stop!”“’
re: #72 TedStriker
And conservatives are never, ever wrong.
Yep when I called out my wingnut friend for posting a lie about Liz Warren, he tried to deflect by blaming Snopes for having been wrong about something else even though I see him repeatedly get much more factually wrong than Snopes ever does.
re: #1 Anymouse 🌹
Satellite photo of the march in Washington:
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Much less people than the Trump inauguration. Sad.
Michelle and I are so inspired by all the young people who made today’s marches happen. Keep at it. You’re leading us forward. Nothing can stand in the way of millions of voices calling for change.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 24, 2018
I stand with Former President Obama and the youth of our nation as we hear the millions of voices calling for change. When elected to service #NC08. I will amply the voices of my district in Washington DC. #BlueWave2018 #NCResists #veteransforcongress #Veterans https://t.co/iCWhAxCZES
— Scott Huffman NC08 (@ElectScottNC08) March 25, 2018
I’m out
Today was a good day for all
Tommorow is a brand new day
Carpe some damn diem
re: #78 TedStriker
Just like the WFB quote referenced last thread: “A conservative is someone who stands athwart history, yelling “Stop!”“’
Difference is WFB saw that as a positive. WFB never imagined life as any thing other than a heterosexual white Christian conservative male of his generation.
re: #75 dangerman
I didn’t know you could tell those things just from a picture
Wouldn’t it be great if he was actually a church deacon or a zen buddhist…
They often get Sikhs and Muslims confused. Ends up in general consternation because they don’t understand the concept of a person wearing a turban/beard and not being a dirty ebil terrorist.
re: #74 HappyWarrior
Which frankly is a psychological thing with conservatism. Liberals are more flexible to that because by ideological nature, we are far more open to admitting past ideological wrongs.
Humans, by and large, have trouble admitting they’re wrong. Liberals are more likely, but, right now, when a lot of us are wrong, we’re corrected by people on our side, which makes it easier. The Right, right now, is an echo chamber, meaning a large number on the right won’t even believe they could be wrong, and being told by someone outside their tribe just won’t get through.
re: #77 Jay C
Well, judging by the “jihadi’s” outfit, he works for Southwest Airlines: probably in some position where - OMG - he actually has access to airplanes! Maybe Guandolo ought to inform Corporate that they have this sinister subversive
workingininfiltrating their organization?
That was, I think, the problem-there was this guy! Doing his job! Presumably helping him get safely from Point A to Point B. The Horror!
re: #85 Belafon
Humans, by and large, have trouble admitting they’re wrong. Liberals are more likely, but, right now, when a lot of us are wrong, we’re corrected by people on our side, which makes it easier. The Right, right now, is an echo chamber, meaning a large number on the right won’t even believe they could be wrong, and being told by someone outside their tribe just won’t get through.
Definitely.
re: #23 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I don’t think it’s a surprise, merely a weary statement of fact.
Bingo.
OK, I’ve read way too much of oglaf since someone mentioned it this morning, but this one, oglaf.com (barely NSFW, cartoon breasts), does make the whole covering yourself up thing from Genesis a bit pervy.
Local wingnuts got pissed at me tonite when I kept referencing to them as Trumpists. They did not like that. They also don’t like the Repub Party referenced as “Party of Trump”.
re: #84 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
They often get Sikhs and Muslims confused. Ends up in general consternation because they don’t understand the concept of a person wearing a turban/beard and not being a dirty ebil terrorist.
I remember the religious right flipping out over Norquist’s beard and using his Muslim wife as proof. Fuck Grover for many reasons but being bearded as I was until Thanksgiving for two years and being married to a Muslim aren’t factors in why he sucks.
re: #90 Dave In Austin
Local wingnuts got pissed at me tonite when I kept referencing to them as Trumpists. They did not like that. They also don’t like the Repub Party referenced as “Party of Trump”.
Thought they were proud of him.//
To those who marched here in Canada for an end to gun violence, we hear you - and this week we introduced a plan for common sense gun control that will keep our communities safer. ICYMI: https://t.co/SMbdpnLIbj
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) March 25, 2018
re: #82 dangerman
I’m out
Today was a good day for all
Tommorow is a brand new day
Carpe some damn diem
SEIZE THE FISH!
re: #33 The Major
Somebody doesn’t understand history…..
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We will never stop until you’re all gone. pic.twitter.com/oSRvsEW8Hd
— Black Metal Cats (@evilbmcats) March 25, 2018
re: #93 JordanRules
Canada already has strong anti-gun laws but this is good to hear. There’s always room for improvement, I guess.
Busses of marchers for #MarchForOurLives https://t.co/9JunjS1tlc
— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) March 24, 2018
There’s gotta be over 100 buses in downtown DC today all specifically for this ridiculous #MarchForOurLives protest.
Don’t tell me any of this is organic. IT IS HIGHLY FUNDED BY RADICAL LEFT WING GROUPS. https://t.co/j3btJ7kTIC— 🇺🇸MFLYNNJR🇺🇸 (@mflynnJR) March 24, 2018
Or we could talk about the Mercer’s financing Cambridge Analytica, if you actually feel like visiting the real world for a while… https://t.co/uDGsvi5VOF
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 25, 2018
re: #96 Patricia Kayden
Why are today’s Rightwingers so supportive of Nazis then?
Some of these hacks cough Shapiro excuse the alt right as really being “leftists” but yes.
re: #101 Stanley Sea
Cobain.
That’s a great weird vid. Love it.
The song will catch up.
Some very Bowie-esque touches in both the song and the video.
Dude knows how to write a hook.
re: #93 JordanRules
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This is great news! We finally got the government and president to listen…Wait. What Trudeau is not the president? Aw…fuck.
If this was sooooo set up by the left, why not after Columbine, why not after Virginia Tech, why not after Sandy Hook. These people are petrified of a real, grassroots movement unlike the AstroTurf NRA.
re: #51 Charles Johnson
I’m trying to figure out what makes this young man a Muslim.
re: #107 Patricia Kayden
I’m trying to figure out what makes this young man a Muslim.
Do we gotta bring up the skin-color card?
re: #107 Patricia Kayden
I’m trying to figure out what makes this young man a Muslim.
The beard obviously.// because what Christian would be bearded.//
re: #104 terraincognita
This is great news! We finally got the government and president to listen…Wait. What Trudeau is not the president? Aw…fuck.
I too dreamed he was talking to us.
Le sigh.
re: #90 Dave In Austin
Local wingnuts got pissed at me tonite when I kept referencing to them as Trumpists. They did not like that. They also don’t like the Repub Party referenced as “Party of Trump”.
This is somehow reassuring.
RIght?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
re: #109 Belafon
Do we gotta bring up the skin-color card?
He looks like someone who would attend any of the churches I’ve visited over the years.
re: #110 HappyWarrior
Hmmm. Alrighty then.
I hope the young man can sue that idiot if he’s subjected to violence because of that tweet.
re: #108 Stanley Sea
He looks like James Harden ffs.
Sheeeiit. That brotha is rocking his beard and fade at a much better level than James. LOL
re: #115 Patricia Kayden
Hmmm. Alrighty then.
I hope the young man can sue that idiot if he’s subjected to violence because of that tweet.
I hear ya. Looks like any other guy. I wonder if people would think I were Muslim with a thicker beard.
Here in Austin too! They love their ‘Don’t Tread on Me’ flag, I love kids not getting killed in school. pic.twitter.com/qUgXfbSG4n
— Anne Bolynn #BOYCOTTNRA🚫 (@RedAnneBolynn) March 25, 2018
re: #103 makeitstop
Some very Bowie-esque touches in both the song and the video.
Dude knows how to write a hook.
I just watched again. So yeah.
re: #116 JordanRules
Sheeeiit. That brotha is rocking his beard and fade at a much better level than James. LOL
Yeah but he can’t ball like Harden so it’s a push.
re: #33 The Major
“Our adopted term ‘Socialist’ has nothing to do with Marxian Socialism.”
Adolf Hitler, Sunday Express, 28 September 1930; cited. in The Rise of Fascism by F.L. Carsten, p. 137
re: #119 Eclectic Cyborg
All I see is a black dude with a nice beard.
/
That’s all I saw too. Just a dude with a beard who probably made this dbag’s trip a bit safer.
Imagine if these people ever met Bosnians then again South Slavic people are fairly dark by European standards so they’d probably assume Serbs or Croats are too.
“I’m supposed to be recovering … and I can’t do that if these things are still going to be happening.”
Using cell phones, six Parkland survivors chronicled their lives in the weeks after the shooting. Their stories tonight, 9p ET on CNN #ParklandDiaries https://t.co/FHVLh5RY5K pic.twitter.com/7NBh50lY3Z— CNN (@CNN) March 23, 2018
re: #128 jaunte
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re: #117 Dave In Austin
Can you *eat* that behemoth?
my friend @leeleepitts just shared this photo. I like it #MarchForOurLives pic.twitter.com/31Pvm4VIV1
— Meredith Salenger (@MeredthSalenger) March 25, 2018
You know, when these little bastards tell me I have blood on my hands, especially after how I’ve served this country and its citizens, they can go to hell.
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) March 25, 2018
They r kids. They don’t know the sacrifices made by military and their families. That’s why I won’t put them on radio or TV. They are just kids. God knows what I said at 17. Look past them to the issue:We don’t want nutters/fanatics w/ guns. How to prevent consistent w/ 2nd A ? https://t.co/C8Pd9QTxx5
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) March 25, 2018
We are #VetsVsTheNRA, Hugh. And the kids understand a lot more than you give them credit for. That’s why we stand with them.
Feel free to scroll through our tweets, today, to see the stories of other vets who are with #MarchForOurLives https://t.co/p4DADzcl70— VoteVets (@votevets) March 25, 2018
re: #132 Backwoods_Sleuth
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At least Kurt is honest about being a shitty person rather than being a condescending jerk like Hugh.
Crazy stat: “…rallies took place in 390 of the country’s 435 congressional districts.”https://t.co/Syditfe5ge #MarchForOurLives
— ɐpoqoʌs ʎɐɾ (@jaysvoboda) March 25, 2018
re: #132 Backwoods_Sleuth
You know, when these little bastards tell me I have blood on my hands, especially after how I’ve served this country and its citizens, they can go to hell.
Imagine teenagers who can conceive of both things being true.
re: #135 jaunte
Imagine teenagers who can conceive of both things being true.
Imagine being Kurt and being that impotent with rage all the time.
That young woman said more in 6 minutes by saying nothing than trump has with all of his verbal diarrhea in 14 months.
— Robert Makin (@Thurgood76) March 24, 2018
re: #138 Backwoods_Sleuth
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She’s a brave kid. I’d be proud to call her friend or family so I’ll settle on fellow human.
re: #118 HappyWarrior
You may be too light skinned for them to make that association although if I recall correctly many Bosnians, who are White Europeans, are Muslims.
re: #90 Dave In Austin
“Local wingnuts got pissed at me tonite when I kept referencing to them as Trumpists. They did not like that. They also don’t like the Repub Party referenced as “Party of Trump”“.
They are what they are. It’s way too late for them to try distancing themselves from him at this point. Trump=Them.
We pride ourselves on our People-focused Culture fostered by the most caring and loving Employees in the world, and the Southwest Family stands strong with our Employee who was the target of this cruel and inappropriate post.
— Southwest Airlines (@SouthwestAir) March 25, 2018
re: #142 Patricia Kayden
You may be too light skin for them to make that association although if I recall correctly many Bosnians, who are White Europeans, are Muslims.
I’m quite Slavic looking but they’d probably assume not since I have bright blue eyes but my hair is almost black.
JUST IN: Justice Dept cancels school safety studies on same day as March for Our Lives https://t.co/Pl9sOgG7fg pic.twitter.com/kt5NJfnEQP
— The Hill (@thehill) March 24, 2018
In case anyone was wondering if the GOP actually gave a damn about students being slaughtered. https://t.co/bvrlm4KoyB
— Kevin Smith (@kevinbsmithjr) March 25, 2018
re: #120 Backwoods_Sleuth
“Gun control is racist”. Really, Dude? As if your side cares one whit about racism. NRA said nada when Philando Castile was shot by cops while legally armed.
You know, when these little bastards tell me I have blood on my hands, especially after how I’ve served this country and its citizens, they can go to hell.
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) March 25, 2018
Says the guy who writes porn about ambushing US troops and police officers and killing liberals https://t.co/J4JhVWafDn
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 25, 2018
re: #147 Patricia Kayden
“Gun control is racist”. Really, Dude? As if your side cares one whit about racism. NRA said nada when Philando Castile was shot by cops while legally armed.
The Philando Castile incident was a complete fucking travesty. He had a gun and he was shot dead, and the cops were acquitted because they were able to instill reasonable doubt about whether they felt threatened. I thought the wild north country was above that kind of bullshit; for weeks after that, I carried my cell phone openly whenever I saw St. Paul Police on the street, just in case.
re: #147 Patricia Kayden
“Gun control is racist”. Really, Dude? As if your side cares one whit about racism. NRA said nada when Philando Castile was shot by cops while legally armed.
That was the most pathetic group of losers I’ve seen in one place this year.
re: #74 HappyWarrior
Which frankly is a
psychologicalreligious thing with conservatism. Liberals are more flexible to that because by ideological nature, we are far more open to admitting past ideological wrongs.
Conservatism is a religion. That is why it doesn’t change and cannot admit it’s wrong.
It has it’s god (Ronald Reagan), its prophets (Goldwater, Buckley, Laffer, &c), its pulpit pimps, its unchanging dogma that can’t be challenged. Inconveniences or contradictions in their theology (Reagan implemented gun control laws in California, Nixon signed the EPA into law, &c) are ignored.
re: #149 Kragar
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Kurt would love Nazi Germany with his fantasies of terrorizing dissidents.
re: #46 HappyWarrior
I almost wish these people who attack these kids would experience first hand the tragedy of gun violence and then see. How cavalier they’d be about victims of gun violence.
When it happens to them, they just say that god had other plans and the deceased in a better place now. They don’t learn. It was just meant to be.
re: #144 JordanRules
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Wow. So Southwest DID hear about Guandolo’s (heh: spellcheck suggested “Guano”) asinine tweet. I wonder what the ratio was between “ why are you employing a terrorist?” and “why are you letting this asshole insult your employee”?
My guess is about 1-100….
re: #152 Anymouse 🌹
Conservatism is a religion. That is why it doesn’t change and cannot admit it’s wrong.
It has it’s god (Ronald Reagan), its prophets (Goldwater, Buckley, Laffer, &c), its pulpit pimps, its unchanging dogma that can’t be challenged. Inconveniences or contradictions in their theology (Reagan implemented gun control laws in California, Nixon signed the EPA into law, &c) are ignored.
I think it’s psychological. We approach things different because we’re liberals and they’re not.
re: #155 stpaulbear
When it happens to them, they just say that god had other plans and the deceased in a better place now. They don’t learn. It was just meant to be.
I’m afraid you’re rifhtz
re: #90 Dave In Austin
Local wingnuts got pissed at me tonite when I kept referencing to them as Trumpists. They did not like that. They also don’t like the Repub Party referenced as “Party of Trump”.
Snowflakes. You could try the Party of Snowflakes.
Maybe this is why Mr. Gorilla Mindset freaked out about the upcoming midterms…
In 2016:
70% of 18-29 year olds DID NOT vote
60% of 30-44 yearolds DID NOT vote
Only 38% of 45-64% did not vote & just 15% of 65+ citizens did not vote
There is a reason America isn’t progressing. It’s because the people who care about progress don’t care about voting
VOTE!!— Brian Krassenstein🐬 (@krassenstein) March 25, 2018
re: #146 Backwoods_Sleuth
Malevolent
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adjective
adjective: malevolent
having or showing a wish to do evil to others.
“the glint of dark, malevolent eyes”
synonyms:
malicious, hostile, evil-minded, baleful, evil-intentioned, venomous, evil, malign, malignant, rancorous, vicious, vindictive, vengeful; More
re: #161 Interesting Times
Maybe this is why Mr. Gorilla Mindset freaked out about the upcoming midterms…
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Absolutely.
re: #157 HappyWarrior
I think it’s psychological. We approach things different because we’re liberals and they’re not.
Why not both? Religion is psychological, I’ll go with that. But psychology by itself does not explain saints, acolytes, dogma, &c. Those are features of religions.
Psychology explains why people can be resistant to change, or open to it.
Religion explains statements such as “Conservatism cannot fail, it can only be failed.” It explains why someone is cast out and shunned as a “RINO” if they stray too far from the dogma.
re: #164 Anymouse 🌹
Why not both? Religion is psychological, I’ll go with that. But psychology by itself does not explain saints, acolytes, dogma, &c. Those are features of religions.
Psychology explains why people can be resistant to change, or open to it.
Religion explains statements such as “Conservatism cannot fail, it can only be failed.” It explains why someone is cast out and shunned as a “RINO” if they stray too far from the dogma.
It can be sure.
This elephant was caught on camera tidying up trash: pic.twitter.com/IxKT6ZZvPM
— Roberto Alonso González Lezcano (@robertoglezcano) March 23, 2018
re: #161 Interesting Times
Powerful. That tweet needs to go viral.
Holy shit, the quote accompanying the photo on tomorrow’s NYDN cover pic.twitter.com/w80dOFP1gm
— TBogg - Totally King of New New California (@tbogg) March 25, 2018
re: #144 JordanRules
I approve the Sentiment, but they have a very eighteenth-century Attitude toward Capitalization.
re: #170 Kragar
Is the News a conservative outlet?
“… overthrow or abolish the government”
“Thousands” of marchers verses “hundreds of thousands” or “millions.”
LumenARRT represents:
Bought and sold.#MarchForOurLives #MEpolitics #NotOneMore #NeverAgain #ENOUGH #ArtistsRapidResponseTeam pic.twitter.com/53UAEWlELF
— LumenARRT! (@LumenARRT) March 25, 2018
re: #173 Anymouse 🌹
What building is that? It looks like the WI state capitol in Madison.
Today in Dallas, my 16 yr old niece was fucking WOKE. I couldn’t be there due to work, but thankfully my family took her to the March and she gets this movement in a way she didn’t before. I’m so proud of my family who took her and showed her what this is all about.
re: #174 stpaulbear
What building is that? It looks like the WI state capitol in Madison.
It appears to be Maine, based on the hashtag MEpolitics embedded in the tweet.
#VetsVsTheNRA #VetsForGunReform #MarchForOurLives pic.twitter.com/JkmR9BbGSo
— T3nac1ousE (@T3nac1ousE) March 25, 2018
The system, based on relatively new high-surface-area materials called metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), can extract potable water from even the driest of desert air, the researchers say, with relative humidities as low as 10 percent. Current methods for extracting water from air require much higher levels - 100 percent humidity for fog-harvesting methods, and above 50 percent for dew-harvesting refrigeration-based systems, which also require large amounts of energy for cooling. So the new system could potentially fill an unmet need for water even in the world’s driest regions.
By running a test device on a rooftop at Arizona State University in Tempe, Wang says, the team “was field-testing in a place that’s representative of these arid areas, and showed that we can actually harvest the water, even in subzero dewpoints.”
The test device was powered solely by sunlight, and although it was a small proof-of-concept device, if scaled up its output would be equivalent to more than a quarter-liter of water per day per kilogram of MOF, the researchers say. With an optimal material choice, output can be as high as three times that of the current version, says Kim. Unlike any of the existing methods for extracting water from air at very low humidities, “with this approach, you actually can do it, even under these extreme conditions,” Wang says.
Not only does this system work at lower humidities than dew harvesting does, says Rao, but those systems require pumps and compressors that can wear out, whereas “this has no moving parts. It can be operated in a completely passive manner, in places with low humidity but large amounts of sunlight.”
re: #172 Anymouse 🌹
Is the News a conservative outlet?
“… overthrow or abolish the government”
“Thousands” of marchers verses “hundreds of thousands” or “millions.”
Actually I think the use of the quote from the Declaration is meant complimentary imo.
re: #176 Anymouse 🌹
It appears to be Maine, based on the hashtag MEpolitics embedded in the tweet.
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re: #178 HappyWarrior
Actually I think the use of the quote from the Declaration is meant complimentary imo.
Perhaps it was my perception, but with a picture of today’s protestors and “abolish the government” along with the scaling down by a factor of 1000 (thousands versus millions) struck me as a smear.
Your mileage may vary of course.
We wanted to work with you, we realized that some changes may be needed, even some changes the NRA opposes, that is until you labeled us as monsters & murderers, photoshopped our hands in blood, & accused us of caring about our guns more than we do about our children.
— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) March 25, 2018
Really enjoying the “well I was going to help kids not get shot in school but then they said mean things about me” reaction from the right.
Not petty, unprincipled or pathetic in the least. https://t.co/jXAreZfoqj— Nunca Trump (@NeverTrumpTexan) March 25, 2018
re: #180 Anymouse 🌹
Perhaps it was my perception, but with a picture of today’s protestors and “abolish the government” along with the scaling down by a factor of 1000 (thousands versus millions) struck me as a smear.
Your mileage may vary of course.
I’m going by what I know about NYDN and their past headlines. And it said thousands for DC. Millions marched nationally. I think it’s a compliment because they’re saying that the current elected government has failed on the issue and needs to be replaced by one who will do something. My opinion anyhow.
re: #182 HappyWarrior
I’m going by what I know about NYDN and their past headlines. And it said thousands for DC. Millions marched nationally. I think it’s a compliment because they’re saying that the current elected government has failed on the issue and needs to be replaced by one who will do something. My opinion anyhow.
Fair enough.
#MarchForOurLives
Frankfurt, Germany pic.twitter.com/HSnBR0SCEZ— Carpe Noctem (@CarpeNoctem1200) March 24, 2018
re: #181 jaunte
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Bullshit. You mock us as socialists and just wanting free stuff then cry we won’t work with you.
re: #175 Flying Squirrel Girl
She was blown away by the fact that the march was led by students. The first speaker was a freshman who was affected by gun violence and she turned to my sister and said , “She’s younger than me!” It all hit home for her after that.
Someone tried to register her today vote and she was super stoked until she found out she was too young. But she will definitely be registered and voting as soon as she is eligible. Girl is WOKE.
re: #181 jaunte
How many years has Reagan Battalion had to work on gun legislation with Republicans? Who are they fooling?
re: #187 Patricia Kayden
How many years has Reagan Battalion had to work on gun legislation with Republicans? Who are they fooling?
They didn’t give two shits when the NRA mocks Americans who choose not to join their cult.
re: #90 Dave In Austin
Local wingnuts got pissed at me tonite when I kept referencing to them as Trumpists. They did not like that. They also don’t like the Repub Party referenced as “Party of Trump”.
Send your local wingnuts a link to this WaPo story posted this evening:
re: #189 stpaulbear
Send your local wingnuts a link to this WaPo story posted this evening:
Shit I remember when the GOP promoted CAFTA, now the party line is protectionist.
We wanted to work with you, we realized that some changes may be needed, even some changes the NRA opposes, that is until you labeled us as monsters & murderers, photoshopped our hands in blood, & accused us of caring about our guns more than we do about our children.
— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) March 25, 2018
We never counted on Republicans any way. You’re weak. https://t.co/ZtzHfLQvfR
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 25, 2018
re: #181 jaunte
We wanted to work with you, we realized that some changes may be needed, even some changes the NRA opposes, that is until you labeled us as monsters & murderers, photoshopped our hands in blood, & accused us of caring about our guns more than we do about our children.
— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) March 25, 2018
You are NOT the goddamned victims here and this is a perfect example of how even so-called “sane” Republicans cannot be trusted. https://t.co/L6WkfcfoMR
— MC 555 nanometer Jesus (@goddamnedfrank) March 25, 2018
This right here is why the herp derp, good guy with gun!!1!! goobers can go stuff it:
Read and weep…#MarchForOurLives pic.twitter.com/yM029vBFnI
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) March 24, 2018
re: #193 Interesting Times
This right here is why the herp derp, good guy with gun!!1!! goobers can go stuff it:
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Which could kill several people. It’s why the Hurr hurr whyvdonr you ban knives!
re: #194 HappyWarrior
Which could kill several people. It’s why the Hurr hurr whyvdonr you ban knives!
Sorry. It’s why hurr hurr why don’t you ban knives is nonsense.
re: #172 Anymouse 🌹
Is the News a conservative outlet?
“… overthrow or abolish the government”
Perhaps read more closely before you misquote.
The wording is “…alter or abolish…”
I would hazard a guess that they are saying they approve.
re: #196 CleverToad
Perhaps read more closely before you misquote.
The wording is “…alter or abolish…”
I would hazard a guess that they are saying they approve.
Yep it’s a compliment.
re: #196 CleverToad
Perhaps read more closely before you misquote.
The wording is “…alter or abolish…”
I would hazard a guess that they are saying they approve.
You are correct, the proper word is “alter.”
re: #198 Anymouse 🌹
You are correct, the proper word is “alter.”
It’s both. The DoI says alter or abolish in that segment.
Children: We are being slaughtered by your insane gun policies.
Moderate Sane Republicans: You just hurt our feelings so that means WE are the real victims here.— MC 555 nanometer Jesus (@goddamnedfrank) March 25, 2018
Guccifer 2.0 is a Russian Intelligence Officer. Does That Mean Trump Team Colluded?(The Daily Beast)
Sam Nunberg, a former Trump campaign member, has recently stated that during questioning by Mueller’s team, he was asked questions about Stone. It seems likely that Mueller is closely examining the relationship between Stone and Guccifer 2.0, which could provide the link he has been seeking to fulfill his mandate. And if other members of the campaign participated in the decision to release the emails, then they could find themselves named in an indictment along with Guccifer 2.0.
re: #200 goddamnedfrank
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Reminds me of someone we know here who tried to both sides the issue while parroting the NRA party line.
Dyed-in-the-wool conservatives will not ever give up their guns.
Thread (and I rarely do them).
A 17 year old, possibly with PTSD, says a politician (Rubio) has literally put a price tag on children’s lives to rake money from a lobby (NRA). This is unfair on the facts and gross as an insinuation.
I call it demagoguery.
Freak out ensues.— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) March 25, 2018
Jonah’s going to take yet more shit for this, but he’s right. https://t.co/cRUdLeFITm
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) March 25, 2018
re: #203 teleskiguy
Doughy Pantload is the same disingenuous douche who was previously best known for durr hurr libz are teh real fascists!!1!! No better than “goat fucker / Imma shoot the census-taker with mah wife’s shotgun” Erick Erickson.
re: #203 teleskiguy
Dyed-in-the-wool conservatives will not ever give up their guns.
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Got a question for you Jonah, who was your magazine’s founder to defend Apartheid in writing. These kids are citizens too. They have a right to express their views about it and it’s beyond exhausting to see patronize right wing douches like you who know none of the horrors they experienced to tell them they’re just traumatized kids who are too stupid to know that the NRO/A line on guns us the only acceptable line.
re: #205 Interesting Times
Doughy Pantload is the same disingenuous douche who was previously best known for durr hurr libz are teh real fascists!!1!! No better than “goat fucker / Imma shoot the census-taker with mah wife’s shotgun” Erick Erickson.
He and all the NRO babies are a joke.
I drove Dad up to Santa Barbara today and the (I can only assume) yuppie monsters that bought the old beautiful 1950’s craftsman that I used to rent in Montecito have built an addition made entirely out of modern cubist architectural cancer.
re: #203 teleskiguy
The great thing about you people is that you prove over and over how right those kids are about you.
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) March 25, 2018
re: #202 HappyWarrior
Reminds me of someone we know here who tried to both sides the issue while parroting the NRA party line.
It’s been a journey for most of us. Hell, I still like guns and even found a Browning Twelvette today that I wanted to buy.
re: #209 Belafon
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He does. The thing is Jonah would be treating them like Saints if they parroted his line. NRO is always happy to look for right wing kids to promote to their old readers to give them hope.
re: #203 teleskiguy
Dyed-in-the-wool conservatives will not ever give up their guns.
Nor will they give up punching down at children.
This is who @TomArnold calls a hero. What Nazi designer dressed this chick? She’s such a doll, right Tom? pic.twitter.com/5B3pI3Xwyv
— AJ Benza (@realajbenza) March 24, 2018
re: #199 HappyWarrior
It’s both. The DoI says alter or abolish in that segment.
Yep, but it doesn’t say ‘overthrow.’ Including the possibility of alteration gives a different tone.
I’m hoping that we can get some alterations this fall, and hoping more that these new voters grasp that it’s going to take several election cycles to bend the arc back towards justice. If they see from first-hand experience that their voices and their votes count, maybe they’ll keep voting, and some of them will start running for office as soon as they can.
re: #210 goddamnedfrank
It’s been a journey for most of us. Hell, I still like guns and even found a Browning Twelvette today that I wanted to buy.
Well I was talking about the supposedly moderate GOPers who who can’t take criticism of the NRA. You never defended the NRA, Frank. Nothing wrong with liking guns since you and other lizards who do respect those who don’t.
re: #212 Anymouse 🌹
Nor will they give up punching down at children.
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Because they’re assholes.
Comparing these kids to the Nazis is fucking vile. Don’t want to hear conservatives complain about us calling you Nazis, hypocritical right wing bastards.
re: #211 HappyWarrior
He does. The thing is Jonah would be treating them like Saints if they parroted his line. NRO is always happy to look for right wing kids to promote to their old readers to give them hope.
Ben Shapiro started out as a right wing wunderkind. Same with Ben Domenech. More recently there’s been Jonathan Krohn, Benji Backer and CJ Pearson. The far right is always seeking to find the next articulate young true believer to help convince older conservatives that they aren’t facing intergenerational near extinction.
re: #217 goddamnedfrank
Ben Shapiro started out as a right wing wunderkind. Same with Ben Domenech. More recently there’s been Jonathan Krohn, Benji Backer and CJ Pearson. The far right is always seeking to find the next articulate young true believer to help convince older conservatives that they aren’t facing intergenerational near extinction.
Precisely. I remember Ben in the lead up to the Iraq War. Curious how he couldn’t bother to enlist. At least, many of the right wing hawks I grew up with later put their money to their mouths.
I like how the NRA whines about Hollywood elites. I forget guys, who was that spokesman you had for years? Nothing wrong with Heston having been an actor but the Hollywood elite line lol.
re: #214 HappyWarrior
Well I was talking about the supposedly moderate GOPers who who can’t take criticism of the NRA. You never defended the NRA, Frank. Nothing wrong with liking guns since you and other lizards who do respect those who don’t.
In the past I’ve given some passing thought to joining but for unfortunately for my entire adult life the NRA has been an extremist cult.
re: #220 goddamnedfrank
In the past I’ve given some passing thought tojoining but for unfortunately for my entire adult life the NRA has been an extremist cult.
Yeah I think HW Bush left when they started going after federal leo.
I’m ready to change America and save lives are you?
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) March 24, 2018
Canadian ice cream chain “Sweet Jesus” is planning on expanding into the USA.
The chain received a petition by thirty thousand Americans to “change their blasphemous name” before they do.
“The company’s name and logo are seriously offensive,” the petition on Christian site Return To Order says. “The first S in the word Jesus is a lightning strike, reminiscent of the Nazi style used by the SS, [note: actually, no either he’s blind or he’s lying] and the T in “SWEET” is often shown as an inverted Cross on the company’s various products … We cannot remain silent while Our Lord is blasphemed!”
More at Huffington Post Canada:
Pretty good turnout in Lubbock today, with Viet Nguyen torching some popular strawmen in this clip:
Dave from San Diego is out here not only protesting gun violence in schools but also in churches, malls, and all the other public places where people get shot. He has children and grandkids. “I feel like I owe it to them.” #MarchForOurLives pic.twitter.com/rXFu2Q25JL
— Nathalie Baptiste (@nhbaptiste) March 24, 2018
re: #223 Anymouse 🌹
Canadian ice cream chain “Sweet Jesus” is planning on expanding into the USA.
The chain received a petition by thirty thousand Americans to “change their blasphemous name” before they do.
More at Huffington Post Canada:
Aren’t these the same people who mock Muslims for being too sensitive? On a related note, I’ve had a beer called Sweet Baby Jesus that was quite good.
So much beige. pic.twitter.com/EVXKsbrs9r
— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) March 25, 2018
Firearm safety rule 1) Treat every weapon as if it were loaded https://t.co/NlPZoCGoLT
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 25, 2018
re: #228 Kragar
Hey folks! Talky Tomi from the Twilight Zone just won a Darwin Award!
re: #232 Joe Bacon 🌹
Hey folks! Talky Tomi from the Twilight Zone just won a Darwin Award!
Hey, who else would have a 9mm clit piercing?
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re: #190 HappyWarrior
Shit I remember when the GOP promoted CAFTA, now the party line is protectionist.
I just started reading The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy. Guess how it started breaking apart?
re: #228 Kragar
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Possibly the shittiest rig I’ve ever seen, the gun is going to fall out onto the ground the second Toboggan Logjam bends over.
re: #236 goddamnedfrank
Possibly the shittiest rig I’ve ever seen, the gun is going to fall out onto the ground the second Toboggan Logjam bends over.
LOL …
re: #232 Joe Bacon 🌹
Hey folks! Talky Tomi from the Twilight Zone just won a Darwin Award!
I was thinking her stimulation technique seems off target.
re: #238 wheat-dogg
I was thinking her stimulation technique seems off target.
It seems a vibrator would be a lot cheaper.
re: #239 Anymouse 🌹
It seems a vibrator would be a lot cheaper.
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Less likely to cause serious injury or death, as well.
re: #90 Dave In Austin
Local wingnuts got pissed at me tonite when I kept referencing to them as Trumpists. They did not like that. They also don’t like the Repub Party referenced as “Party of Trump”.
Someone here awhile back called them “Branch Trumpidians” which I think totally nails it.
LYRICS:
Everyone once in a while you meet a special kind man
A needle in a haystack, a diamond in a pile of shit
A man who’s never written music but thinks he can
A republican crypto currency guy like Dan
Thank you, digital accountant Dan
For explaining how to write a song
I wouldn’t have known to choose a topic
Before you, you, Dan, you came along
Thanks for telling me to write down my thoughts
And send them all to you
So you can make sure it doesn’t offend
The conservative point of view
You say it’s time to pop my liberal bubble
And reach across the aisle
Find levity in relatable things
That can make the red and blue states smile
Because comedy should be inclusive
And connect with the other half
It should make us all feel comfortable
So both sides can laugh
Well, I’m going to take your advice, computer Dan
And write something bipartisan
So here’s my song
VERSE 1:
Don’t you hate it when you’re liberal and you’re stuck in traffic
Now I’m late for my big meeting
Don’t you hate it when you’re conservative and your inlaws are here
Oh brother what’s your mother gonna say
Don’t you hate it when you’re liberal and you lose your glasses
How can I find my glasses without my glasses
Or when you’re a conservative and your gun control policies enable constant, senseless, devastating mass shootings
Isn’t it great when both sides can laugh
Hahahahahahaha
We’re really not that different
We should come together as one
With easy, pleasing, breezy jokes
You know comedy can just be fun
CHORUS:
So let’s all get together
And embrace the other half
With this song
Where both sides can laugh
VERSE TWO:
Don’t you hate it when you’re liberal and a song’s in your head
Maureen I’m not a theater person
Or when you’re conservative and your podcast won’t load
It’ll only play an ad from blue apron
Don’t you hate when you’re liberal and you can’t stop crying
Boo hoo I want civil rights
Or when you’re conservative and your pussy grabbing liar threatens nuclear annihilation on twitter
Isn’t it great when both sides can laugh
Hahahahahahaha
In this time of political turmoil
I should ignore it and be polite
It’s more comfortable for all of us
If I don’t pick between left and wrong
CHORUS:
So let’s all get together
And embrace the other half
With this song
Where both sides can laugh
BRIDGE:
If I want a ceasefire to transpire
Stop preaching to the whining lefty choir
Embrace the climate change denier
Give every joke a qualifier
With harmless, responsible comedy
Where we all feel good about our choices
That recognizes everyone
As equally valid political voices
Comedians should be on the medians
And put a premium on obedience
Be through with mental acuity
Find unity through ambiguity
All this complaining and exaggerating
Is actually just exacerbating
The futility and hypocrisy
Of the left wing aristocracy
Let go of the same old blue shtick
Stop trying to skew shit
I sound like a mouthy shrew chick
Acoustic music isn’t psychotherapeutic
I need to get a clue quick
If I want to accrue new YouTube clicks
Subdue this taboo shit I spew
Find a new, more palatable point of view
Well you underestimated me
Cause I don’t look like the enemy
My tentacles are venom-y
A musical comedy sea anemone
But I should say it’s okay
That no matter the cost, you want your little pistol
And it’s fine that voted for Voldemort
As long as your reasons were purely fiscal
Oh, you’re just greedy, I didn’t realize, that’s fine
CHORUS:
So let’s all get together
And embrace the other half
With this song
Where both sides can laugh
CODA:
What do you think, Dan, how did I do
I can’t believe I used to write songs that had point of view
Being general’s always better for comedy it’s true
Thank god for you, Dan, thank only Christian god for you
Woman crashes her SUV into a cement lamppost to prove to her two small children “God is real” and would protect them from harm if they believed (according to police interviewing the children and the mother). The children said she closed her eyes and accellerated toward the pole across the highway.
She was released on bond, charged with two counts of child cruelty, in Gwinnett County, Ga.
(with video from a surveillance camera and police cameras, 2:13)
“You think she did it on purpose?” the officer asks.
“Yeah because she turned. Her eyes was closed and she was saying, blah, blah, blah, ‘I love God,’” one daughter said. “She didn’t want us to just have a car accident. She wanted us to know that God is real.”
The police credited the seat belts for saving lives.
Lots of gun-nut memes being repeated by the usual crowd at Facebook.
Some of them are rather upset at all the positive attention today’s marches got.
re: #245 freetoken
Lots of gun-nut memes being repeated by the usual crowd at Facebook.
Some of them are rather upset at all the positive attention today’s marches got.
I’m glad the marches got positive attention somewhere … they got no attention here. The regional newspaper is ignoring the march that happened here. No coverage.
re: #246 Anymouse 🌹
I stand corrected … they now have an article up, lowballing the figures of the total number of marchers and such. They still didn’t cover the local march, only covering Washington, Boston, &c.
breitbarts freeeeking out over trump signing the omnibus bill
Unfortunately it is time to look for a new nominee in the 2020 presidential election. Donald Trump didn’t keep his promises and needs to be shown the door in 2021. I’m hunting for someone who will carry out the will of the American people. Any suggestions? I’m thinking we should look n the Freedom Caucus for our next president.
We just lost …….now I’m freakin’ hopping mad at ……well just about EVERYONE - ALL America-haters, obama supporters, ALL commie dems, the Rinos but most of all, I am so disappointed with Trump… he capitulated, gave up, surrendered……and for the first time in my adult life, I am ‘ASHAMED’ of my country.
still can’t believe he signed that spending bill. Please wake me from this nightmare. Trump is now all alone. I fear he will turn to the Democrats for help. Trump just lost congress and will not get re-elected. Conservatives remember. The Republican party is NOT my party anymore. I was raised a Democrat and left. I have voted GOP since 1994. Now that is gone. Just a man with no party. I will not vote for anyone who is not conservative. Period!
re: #249 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
breitbarts freeeeking out over trump signing the omnibus bill:
I’m hunting for someone who will carry out the will of the American people.
you mean a candidate who gets neither a majority nor even a plurality of the votes but still prevails in the EC?
WATCH: Tucker Carlson slams Florida shooting survivors as “extremist” https://t.co/k3NarDjl2h pic.twitter.com/x6LFaanjZ2
— The Hill (@thehill) March 25, 2018
re: #252 Kragar
I note the headline is fear-mongering and wildly inaccurate. The people are protesting against being shot by guns that shouldn’t be freely available.
Fell down the Wikipedia rabbit hole, and came up with a nice coincidence.
Our textbook has an article about the inventor of the karaoke machine, Daisuke Inoue. In the article, he says his two favorite songs to sing are “I Can’t Stop Loving You” and “Love Is a Many Splendored Thing.” So, I figured I’d find those on YouTube to share with the class.
The second song was the theme for the 1955 movie of the same name, which was based in turn on the 1952 novel, A Many-Splendored Thing, by Han Suyin.
Ms Han was born in 1917 in Xinyang, which is about an hour from here.
Her father was Chinese and her mom Belgium. Han Suyin lived to be 95, was a physician, wrote several books, married three times (to a Chinese, a Brit and an Indian), and had a notable love affair with an Australian journalist between husband 1 and 2. The love affair was the inspiration for the novel and the movie.
Some of my students are from Xinyang, so they might be interested in hearing about her.
re: #252 Kragar
WATCH: Tucker Carlson slams Florida shooting survivors as “extremist”
These guys seem unable to alter and adapt their standard tactics of attack, defame and distract.
And they do not seem to notice that those tactics are no longer working like they used to.
re: #254 wheat-dogg
Fell down the Wikipedia rabbit hole, and came up with a nice coincidence.
Our textbook has an article about the inventor of the karaoke machine, Daisuke Inoue. In the article, he says his two favorite songs to sing are “I Can’t Stop Loving You” and “Love Is a Many Splendored Thing.” So, I figured I’d find those on YouTube to share with the class.
Brings back memories, my parents were big fans of both movie and song.
re: #256 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Brings back memories, my parents were big fans of both movie and song.
Covered by many musicians, including Nat King Cole, Old Blue Eyes, Connie Francis, The Four Aces, to name a few.
Freedom costs a buck oh-five
Thanks to Parkland Teens, One Number Will Now Be Associated With Marco Rubio: $1.05
The reason the religious right and the gun-nuts have hooked up so strongly is that as the landscape of American politics is changed by increasing those who are not going to accept the passivity required for religious indoctrination, similarly the acceptance of the permanence and infallibility of the 2A will fall away.
In other words, the religious right tries to promulgate the idea that the US’s founding documents are somehow inspired by God and immutable. Strange as that idea would be to traditional (pre 20th century) Protestants and Catholics both, that is where 21st century fundamentalists Christians in America have landed ideologically.
The gun nuts love this because they don’t want to change their own 18th century views about whatever.
Once a citizen understands that the Constitution is just the mutual agreement by all the citizens on how a government should be structured, and is not some sort of divine word, then the idea of changing (even radically) the Constitution is straightforward.
This is why marches like yesterday’s are important. The bandwagon of politics is swayed by masses, and if, as proposed by the gun-fetishists, the 2A means anyone can own whatever they want as far as guns are concerned, then it becomes clear that the Constitution will need to be changed.
And mass marches illustrate the political will is there to do so.
In my opinion, this path was decided long ago, when courts began to interpret the 2A as being about something other than militias. If it had been interpreted as only pertaining to militias then laws controlling individual ownership, and even of production and distribution of certain arms, would have stood, and as a nation we’d be better off today.
I see a lot of common ground and overlap between the NRA and the Religious Right: both are composed of cynical manipulators and gullible masses.
For the RR, it is pulpit pimps taking advantage of people who insist on a subjective, selective and literal interpretation of Scriptures, for the NRA it is weapon merchants and lobbyists who take advantage of people who insist on a subjective, selective and literal interpretation of the 2A.
They have had the upper hand in public discourse by appealing to “American values”. We are seeing that influence erode in the light of recent events, and I can only welcome the changes.
Just came over the newswires.
Former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont, sought with an arrest warrant by Spain, has been detained Sunday in Germany, his lawyer announced.
International arrest warrants for Puigdemont, who fled to Belgium in October, and five other fugitive Catalan politicians, were activated by a Spanish judge on Friday amid the recent crackdown on Catalan separatists.
Puigdemont was visiting Finland when the warrant was issued, but both his lawyer, Jaume Alonso-Cuevillas, and Finnish parliament member Mikko Karna, who had invited him to visit, told The Associated Press that Puigdemont left the country on Friday evening.
Karna previously said he believed Puigdemont had returned to Brussels.
America, land of the hyper-religious….
From a website of the (considered mainstream news outlet) Dallas Morning News, we find this article:
These 5 trees take you on a biblical journey of grace and growth
So what? You may ask, pointing out that Texas is full of religious people so of course a Texas newspaper will be full of religion articles.
Except that article is placed under “gardening”.
Gardening.
I always looked at gardening sections to be full of adverts for the local nursery, and seasonal articles on topics such as the need of mulching, how to trim roses, etc.
But not in America. Nope. Gardening sections are for religious indoctrination.
Confessing their end intentions, using a supposed-life story of a young female convert that sounds like it is tightly constructed propaganda, the article ends clearly stating:
Speaker presents plan for Christian school
[…]
Watson proposes making a private school system which is run by pastors, employs some teachers, and relies heavily on community volunteer teachers. This, she said, would run down the cost of running the school, while teaching kids subjects they will find fun and interesting, such as sewing or the second amendment.
Those volunteers would not work 40 hours a week, but rather when they could (once a year, for example), replacing some of the teachers. The school would require 180 people to fill up a year, “free staff,” Watson stated.
The school would start at kindergarten level, siphoning public school students and eventually shutting down one school district. Watson claimed that there is already money to pay for this proposal. She listed statistics for how much money Americans spend on charities, animals, and other amenities a year. If people, instead, invested their money in this system, then it could work and shut down that one district.
They would then encourage students to attend the schools, stating that most parents want their children to attend private schools. This should be the “conservative movement,” Watson said, and all of their energy should be dedicated to this, instead of spread out among several different issues. “The Right” has to focus, and Watson believes that dismantling public schools and instating private Christian schools is a good way to begin.
Same Watson, from 2016:
‘I’m black and a former liberal’: She’s voting for Trump because of education
re: #264 freetoken
Confessing their end intentions, using a supposed-life story of a young female convert that sounds like it is tightly constructed propaganda, the article ends clearly stating:
A different teacher a day?! She’s bug nuts if she thinks that can even work, and even if she can find 180 teachers, the revolving door teacher model will mean the kids will learn absolutely nothing — even less than at a regular fundie school.
Do these conservatives secretly huff paint thinner, because they all seem mentally impaired.
re: #235 wheat-dogg
I just started reading The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy. Guess how it started breaking apart?
One the best and most important books on WWII in the past 50 years. No joke. By destroying the myths surrounding the German economy and showing that they literally could not win WWII - no matter what they did. The day the war began they lost. Plus destroying the myth of Speer is another great thing that book does.
re: #267 William Lewis
One the best and most important books on WWII in the past 50 years. No joke. By destroying the myths surrounding the German economy and showing that they literally could not win WWII - no matter what they did. The day the war began they lost. Plus destroying the myth of Speer is another great thing that book does.
No spoilers!!
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re: #264 freetoken
Watson proposes making a private school system which is run by pastors, employs some teachers, and relies heavily on community volunteer teachers. This, she said, would run down the cost of running the school, while teaching kids subjects they will find fun and interesting, such as sewing or the second amendment.
We have handed America over to people who think government should be run like a business.
Well, to a business, things like education, health care, work safety and environmental protection are all costs that should be minimized, and not as investments in a healthy, educated and prosperous society.
There are private Sunday schools run by volunteers or paid for by private donations if you want to teach religious indoctrination.
re: #269 wheat-dogg
No spoilers!!
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go ahead.
Hitler had a famous quote: “My generals understand nothing about war economy!”
But Hitler obviously understood nothing about economic war.
re: #266 wheat-dogg
She’s bug nuts…
Yes, she is.
Which is why I linked to the 2016 article with her declaring her allegiance to Trump.
re: #266 wheat-dogg
A different teacher a day?! She’s bug nuts if she thinks that can even work, and even if she can find 180 teachers, the revolving door teacher model will mean the kids will learn absolutely nothing — even less than at a regular fundie school.
Do these conservatives secretly huff paint thinner, because they all seem mentally impaired.
Sounds unpractical to say the least. I honestly enjoyed building relationships with my teachers. Even saw one of them yesterday since he’s got a book out and we remembered old times. Conservatives don’t understand how important educators are as role models.
still a moron
France honors a great hero. Officer died after bravely swapping places with hostage in ISIS related terror attack. So much bravery around the world constantly fighting radical Islamic terrorism. Even stronger measures needed, especially at borders!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 25, 2018
Because of the $700 & $716 Billion Dollars gotten to rebuild our Military, many jobs are created and our Military is again rich. Building a great Border Wall, with drugs (poison) and enemy combatants pouring into our Country, is all about National Defense. Build WALL through M!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 25, 2018
Much can be done with the $1.6 Billion given to building and fixing the border wall. It is just a down payment. Work will start immediately. The rest of the money will come - and remember DACA, the Democrats abandoned you (but we will not)!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 25, 2018
Many lawyers and top law firms want to represent me in the Russia case…don’t believe the Fake News narrative that it is hard to find a lawyer who wants to take this on. Fame & fortune will NEVER be turned down by a lawyer, though some are conflicted. Problem is that a new……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 25, 2018
….lawyer or law firm will take months to get up to speed (if for no other reason than they can bill more), which is unfair to our great country - and I am very happy with my existing team. Besides, there was NO COLLUSION with Russia, except by Crooked Hillary and the Dems!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 25, 2018
Picnicking Birds pic.twitter.com/p3yVWFXUaP
— jeffreyw (@imjeffreyw) March 25, 2018
If you’re looking for long-term power and relevance in the U.S., getting on the wrong side of kids, women and racial minorities is probably not the best idea. The NRA understands this. The group has been making left-footed attempts in recent days to show it’s hipper than you think, even featuring NRA spokesman Colion Noir, who is black, taking offense at the white privilege of the kids who survived the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida and have become leaders in the gun-safety cause. Black lives (suddenly) matter; just don’t expect support from the NRA if your black son gets shot by a thug or a cop.
The NRA remains a powerful organization. But it’s less powerful today than it was yesterday. It’s less powerful in 2018 — which has already seen a spate of gun regulations passed, even in gun-crazed Florida — than it was in 2017. Blue states across the nation have been enacting aggressive gun regulations without the slightest fear of the gun lobby. California and Hawaii, two states that look more like the American future than the American past, are among the leaders.
And now the gun lobby is facing a countervailing movement. Anxiety, it turns out, is not the exclusive purview of old white men uneasy about the empowerment of women and the racial composition of the nation. People afraid of being shot, or losing their children, willy-nilly because any fool can get a gun are also anxious. The marches helped ease their symptoms but with a side effect: It caused trembling in the gun lobby.
re: #264 freetoken
She’s delusional. Is there a reason we should worry about her idiotic opinion? While a significant percentage of wingnuts are probably nodding their heads to her suggestions, most Americans would recoil in horror at her ridiculous ideas. She doesn’t strike me as a real threat to public education unless Betsy DeVos adopts her way of thinking.
re: #278 Patricia Kayden
She’s delusional. Is there a reason we should worry about her idiotic opinion? While a significant percentage of wingnuts are probably nodding their heads to her suggestions, most Americans would recoil in horror at her ridiculous ideas. She doesn’t strike me as a real threat to public education unless Betsy DeVos adopts her way of thinking.
Her program is Betsy DeVos’ dream.
re: #275 Backwoods_Sleuth
still a moron
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You’re going to find out, Trump, that your lawyers and staff have been lying about the state of Mueller’s investigation.
re: #277 Belafon
Does Noir forget that Dana Loesch blamed Philando Castile for his own death? As for elites, I can think of nothing more elitist than the NRA honchos who have never experienced tragedy with firearms telling people who have that their opinions are invalid because of their age.
re: #265 freetoken
Same Watson, from 2016:
‘I’m black and a former liberal’: She’s voting for Trump because of education
Can anyone argue with a straight face that Trump has improved public education via Secretary DeVos?
re: #279 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I’m sure DeVos would love to implement a radical anti-public school agenda but I don’t think that Ms. Watson’s nonsense could be implemented without massive resistance. Reads more like a pipe dream.
Thinking about American history, change really does require the young to lead it. The American Revolution, the 50s and 60s Civil Rights Movement, and now this, if the young don’t take up a cause, there isn’t going to be change. They’re the only group not committed to things like needing to go to work to earn the next paycheck, getting kids to school, etc.
So, go kids!
re: #275 Backwoods_Sleuth
still a moron
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The NRA is full out going after victims of shootings. Think about that. It’d be one thing if they were disagreeing without the pathetic insults but they’re not but what do you expect from such a trash organization?
re: #286 HappyWarrior
The NRA is full out going after victims of shootings. Think about that. It’d be one thing if they were disagreeing without the pathetic insults but they’re not but what do you expect from such a trash organization?
The NRA is seriously rattled by this; they’re getting increasingly shrill and it seems to me like they really don’t know how to respond to this. Added into that is probably the NRA’s fear of a potential Democratic wave election this November and it strikes me they’re genuinely spooked.
Good.
re: #287 Dr Lizardo
The NRA is seriously rattled by this; they’re getting increasingly shrill and it seems to me like they really don’t know how to respond to this. Added into that is probably the NRA’s fear of a potential Democratic wave election this November and it strikes me they’re genuinely spooked.
Good.
again, they have certain standard tactics of attacking and defaming victims, branding opponents as terrorist sympathizers who would abandon our country to criminals, terrorists and tyranny and then going off on rants about technical details about magazines and clips until the next mass shooting occurs, after which it is “too early to politicize this unfortunate event”
re: #287 Dr Lizardo
The NRA is seriously rattled by this; they’re getting increasingly shrill and it seems to me like they really don’t know how to respond to this. Added into that is probably the NRA’s fear of a potential Democratic wave election this November and it strikes me they’re genuinely spooked.
Good.
I’m glad to see it. They have bullied legislators and would be legislators for too damn long.
Gotta keep pushing back against president’s gaslighting.
Much can be done with the $1.6 Billion given to building and fixing the border wall. It is just a down payment. Work will start immediately. The rest of the money will come - and remember DACA, the Democrats abandoned you (but we will not)!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 25, 2018
1) The bill you signed actually limits what the “wall” money can be used for.
2) *You* ended DACA. *You* were offered full wall funding by the Democrats in exchange for permanent protections for the dreamers. *You* turned that down. https://t.co/Vq3OFIphvl— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) March 25, 2018
CUTTYCRUMBING is an old Scots dialect word for the purring of a cat.
— Haggard Hawks (@HaggardHawks) March 25, 2018
re: #1 Anymouse 🌹
Satellite photo of the march in Washington:
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I see they’ve finally found a decent photo of Trump’s inauguration crowd.
I wake up, and there’s Fish Lips (Mnuchin) on my TV.
re: #293 Ace Rothstein
Go back to bed.
Mnuchin just told Wallace that Congress can pass a line-item veto even though the Supreme Court has already ruled it unconstitutional, and Wallace called him out on it. Mnuchin then said they could still do it. These fucking people.
re: #295 Ace Rothstein
Mnuchin just told Wallace that Congress can pass a line-item veto even though the Supreme Court has already ruled it unconstitutional, and Wallace called him out on it. Mnuchin then said they could still do it. These fucking people.
Now imagine if an Obama official had said that but yeah Trumpers, you just love love the Constitution dontcha. //
re: #295 Ace Rothstein
Mnuchin just told Wallace that Congress can pass a line-item veto even though the Supreme Court has already ruled it unconstitutional, and Wallace called him out on it. Mnuchin then said they could still do it. These fucking people.
Fucking activist cabinet members.
sometimes Frum can be really funny
Many lawyers and top law firms want to represent me in the Russia case…don’t believe the Fake News narrative that it is hard to find a lawyer who wants to take this on. Fame & fortune will NEVER be turned down by a lawyer, though some are conflicted. Problem is that a new……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 25, 2018
President explains that he easily could have gotten a prom date, if he’d really wanted one https://t.co/keu0vbpBow
— David Frum (@davidfrum) March 25, 2018
re: #298 Backwoods_Sleuth
sometimes Frum can be really funny
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This would be sad shit if he weren’t President, that the POTUS is tweeting like this, man, just man.
it’s proclamation day, apparently.
anything to distract from tonight’s 60 Minutes…
Happy National #MedalOfHonorDay to our HEROES. We love you! pic.twitter.com/6euI31R4Gz
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 25, 2018
“President Donald J. Trump Proclaims March 25, 2018, as Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy” https://t.co/GwSJ2UK2xD pic.twitter.com/GltMwxINA2
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 25, 2018
re: #260 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I see a lot of common ground and overlap between the NRA and the Religious Right: both are composed of cynical manipulators and gullible masses.
For the RR, it is pulpit pimps taking advantage of people who insist on a subjective, selective and literal interpretation of Scriptures, for the NRA it is weapon merchants and lobbyists who take advantage of people who insist on a subjective, selective and literal interpretation of the 2A.
They have had the upper hand in public discourse by appealing to “American values”. We are seeing that influence erode in the light of recent events, and I can only welcome the changes.
Part of what gives the RR their power is that the evangelical subculture is deliberately vehement about restricting information and ideas from outside the bubble. Their children are not allowed to listen to music, or see movies or read books other than what’s sold in Christian bookstores. They’re like the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, they go out into the world as adults who’ve had no exposure to popular culture for their entire childhood or adolescence.
Democrats in disarray in must-win House race https://t.co/w5ytXuHOgN via @davidsiders pic.twitter.com/PTLSrPm4Uq
— POLITICO (@politico) March 25, 2018
I read this article looking for the details of the Democratic disarray and discover it’s a quote from the local Republican Party leader. I get the whole trying to provide “balanced” news but a GOP Rep unexpectedly resigning and lots of Dems running in a primary is not “disarray”. https://t.co/bjl4ZnEmiS
— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) March 25, 2018
re: #295 Ace Rothstein
Mnuchin just told Wallace that Congress can pass a line-item veto even though the Supreme Court has already ruled it unconstitutional, and Wallace called him out on it. Mnuchin then said they could still do it. These fucking people.
I could never make a good interviewer because after he said that, I’d be yelling at him “The Supreme Court has ruled it unconstitutional. What the fuck is wrong with you? Are you stupid or something?”
re: #302 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Meanwhile the Republicans have been losing Senate seats in Alabama but yeah let’s have another “Dems in disarray” fluffer.
re: #287 Dr Lizardo
The NRA is seriously rattled by this; they’re getting increasingly shrill and it seems to me like they really don’t know how to respond to this. Added into that is probably the NRA’s fear of a potential Democratic wave election this November and it strikes me they’re genuinely spooked.
Good.
The NRA doesn’t fear a Democratic wave. They want Democrats in power - Democrats means more fear, means more gun sales.
This reaction is about power and control, much like most of modern Republicanism. These kids are speaking out against them, so they must be put down and destroyed. This reaction is also about creating a target to be hated, so their cult has something to hate, just like they would if Democrats were in power.
re: #303 Dr Lizardo
I could never make a good interviewer because after he said that, I’d be yelling at him “The Supreme Court has ruled it unconstitutional. What the fuck is wrong with you? Are you stupid or something?”
Yeah I’d probably lose my shit with the spin that reporters have to deal with from people like Mnunchin.
Mr President- lawyer recommendation for you. His name is Saul. He’s one of the most famous lawyers & only represents the richest. pic.twitter.com/lDaUJUbohj
— Clint Watts (@selectedwisdom) March 25, 2018
And he’s on TV, which means he must be smart! https://t.co/QIdEB17PPG
— J.M. Berger (@intelwire) March 25, 2018
re: #284 Belafon
Thinking about American history, change really does require the young to lead it. The American Revolution, the 50s and 60s Civil Rights Movement, and now this, if the young don’t take up a cause, there isn’t going to be change. They’re the only group not committed to things like needing to go to work to earn the next paycheck, getting kids to school, etc.
So, go kids!
They’re also not committed to things having to be the way they are
ALWAYS assume the gun is loaded
ALWAYS keep the gun pointed in a safe direction
ALWAYS use the proper ammo, holster, and accessory equipment.
Tucking a gun into your elastic waistband violates all of these rules and illustrates AGAIN why these people should have guns pic.twitter.com/3GXhqueeD9— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 25, 2018
re: #309 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Why, it’s almost like they’re posing with guns as if they’re toys and not machines that can end lives.
re: #309 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Jim fixed the typo:
ALWAYS assume the gun is loaded
ALWAYS keep the gun pointed in a safe direction
ALWAYS use the proper ammo, holster, and accessory equipment.
Tucking a gun into your elastic waistband violates all of these rules and illustrates AGAIN why these people should NOT have guns pic.twitter.com/asdPGsiMT6— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 25, 2018
Every time I see a wingnut try to gunsplain to me, I see photos of the same people being totally inappropriate with them. I admit, I’m no gun expert but I know how responsible gun owners act and the dimwits I see on Twitter aren’t.
re: #311 Backwoods_Sleuth
Plaxico Burress knows a lot about this.
re: #311 Backwoods_Sleuth
Jim fixed the typo:
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Control your weapon at all times
A gun tucked into your waist band is not under control
Tomi Lahren is a cheap Coulter wannabe. At least Coulter has some and I emphasize this, some intelligence.
re: #314 dangerman
Control your weapon at all times
A gun tucked into your waist band is not under control
It sounds like a painful groin injury waiting to happen. I think she just wants to arouse the ammosexuals who are more aroused by her gun than her.
Told line-item veto was ruled unconstitutional, Mnuchin says: “Congress can pass a rule that allows them to do it.” Told Congress would have to pass a constitutional amendment, Mnuchin says on Fox: “We don’t need to get into a debate … There are different ways of doing this.”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 25, 2018
Facebook post by a comic shop owner who met some of the Parkland students recently. Very hard to read but I’m glad I did. pic.twitter.com/Cuq8rvs6Ea
— Tres @ C2E2 AA #T14 (@tresdcomics) March 24, 2018
re: #316 HappyWarrior
It sounds like a painful groin injury waiting to happen. I think she just wants to arouse the ammosexuals who are more aroused by her gun than her.
Prob not even loaded
Wingnuts are so funny. A wingnut cousin posted, “Why aren’t they marching in Chicago.” So a little search came up. 85,000 people in Hyde Park yesterday. It’s sad seeing people repeat the most lamest talking points.
re: #320 dangerman
Prob not even loaded
I’d be shocked if she actually knows how to use it. I’d be shocked if most of the people who pose with guns like they’re Billy or Billie Badass do.
re: #317 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Told line-item veto was ruled unconstitutional, Mnuchin says: “Congress can pass a rule that allows them to do it.” Told Congress would have to pass a constitutional amendment, Mnuchin says on Fox: “We don’t need to get into a debate … There are different ways of doing this.”
Whoa Steve!!!!
Does this apply to guns too???
Told line-item veto was ruled unconstitutional, Mnuchin says: “Congress can pass a rule that allows them to do it.” Told Congress would have to pass a constitutional amendment, Mnuchin says on Fox: “We don’t need to get into a debate … There are different ways of doing this.”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 25, 2018
I know it’s a crowded field, but Mnuchin’s fecklessness as a cabinet officer has been under-appreciated. https://t.co/wxNGtumJPM
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) March 25, 2018
Constitutional nihilism.
re: #319 jaunte
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They’re going through a lot. They’re stronger than I was at that age.
re: #325 HappyWarrior
Everyone is putting a lot of weight on them; I hope they’ll be ok.
re: #326 jaunte
Everyone is putting a lot of weight on them; I hope they’ll be ok.
I do too. They can’t do it all. We have to do our part too. Later on today, I’m going canvassing.
Morning.
I was wondering, has Decatur Deb been around? I usually see him on Saturdays and Sundays. I hope he is well.
Imagine a world where Tammy stuck with the water park.https://t.co/75ntx4ABxD
— Schooley (@Rschooley) March 25, 2018
re: #307 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
And don’t forget he’s a CRIMINAL…lawyer. A perfect fit.
re: #329 ObserverArt
Morning.
I was wondering, has Decatur Deb been around? I usually see him on Saturdays and Sundays. I hope he is well.
You’re right! I miss him, and hope everything is alright with him and his family.
re: #329 ObserverArt
Morning.
I was wondering, has Decatur Deb been around? I usually see him on Saturdays and Sundays. I hope he is well.
hmmm…his last post:
littlegreenfootballs.com
re: #331 plansbandc
And don’t forget he’s a CRIMINAL…lawyer. A perfect fit.
I wish Phil Hartman were still here. I’d love to see a clip of Lionel Hutz defending Trump.
Ahh, nothing like a MTP with Chucky interviewing Corey Lewandowski.
And there is nothing like Lewandowski saying the leaks regarding Trump’s Putin conversations are part of The Deep State.
Chucky then asks if the Deep State is right there in Trump’s White House. Corey agrees.
Whut?
POTUS has said a lot of things since taking office that indicate his lack of service or understanding for American military culture.
This is one of the least informed.
The “Military” is not “rich.” The cost of our security commitments is high. Little goes to those who serve. pic.twitter.com/mKK2LSDiC3— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) March 25, 2018
yesterday i got a renewed sense of, i dont know, pride, confidence, maybe hope that this is how america really works. like the sleeping giant that’s been woken up
not just about guns
about voter registration, districting, census
november 2018 and turning government back in a human and progressive direction
its gonna be messy. it’s gonna take time and hard work
and we’re gonna come out of whatever it is that we’re in
re: #333 Backwoods_Sleuth
hmmm…his last post:
littlegreenfootballs.com
Ohhh. Dang.
I wonder if he was upset with some of the latest debate over the student protests and no longer liked some of the “tone” of the discussions.
re: #339 ObserverArt
Ohhh. Dang.
I wonder if he was upset with some of the latest debate over the student protests and no longer liked some of the “tone” of the discussions.
I hope not. He’s been here a long time and LGF wouldn’t be the same without DD.
re: #339 ObserverArt
Ohhh. Dang.
I wonder if he was upset with some of the latest debate over the student protests and no longer liked some of the “tone” of the discussions.
I could be wrong, but I thought he posted that he was traveling.
re: #339 ObserverArt
Ohhh. Dang.
I wonder if he was upset with some of the latest debate over the student protests and no longer liked some of the “tone” of the discussions.
Not his style. I’m optimistic, just a necessary break.
re: #341 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
I could be wrong, but I thought he posted that he was traveling.
I hope so. He is a get out the vote warrior around these parts and an inspiration for campaign work.
WHAT IS THIS WITCHCRAFT!
When your cameras frame rate is synced to the helicopters rotor… this happens 😳 pic.twitter.com/w9Du2qvcXD— Amateur Photographer (@AP_Magazine) March 25, 2018
No chaos! You’re the chaos!
Breaking News: President Trump won’t be hiring 2 lawyers he named just days ago in the Mueller inquiry, indicating new upheaval on his legal team https://t.co/BHIRZVBGC3
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 25, 2018
A friend just introduced me to thisiscolossal.com.
Two posts among the many that hit my eye:
Ancient Ruins Reconstructed with Architectural GIFs
and
Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours: a Pre-Photographic Guide for Artists and Naturalists
(used by Darwin on the HMS Beagle)
re: #346 Ace Rothstein
No chaos! You’re the chaos!
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I just laughed so hard I hurt myself
Forget “just days ago”
Today’s tweets
I just read em
Up thread even
I think I got a hernia
re: #346 Ace Rothstein
No chaos! You’re the chaos!
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Ha. And Chuck Todd was talking about Joseph diGenova early in his show. You can’t even plan bad TV political shows with Trump around.
No one controls Trump. Not even Trump.
NYC yesterday #MarchForOurLives @agreatbigcity @NYCRobyn @MSNBC @GottaLaff @morgfair @jeffpearlman pic.twitter.com/96VStrTMgD
— andrew dallos (@adallos) March 25, 2018
re: #346 Ace Rothstein
No chaos! You’re the chaos!
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— Mr. Web & Lovely Lady Nash (@ScanticAntiques) March 25, 2018
Because of the $700 & $716 Billion Dollars gotten to rebuild our Military, many jobs are created and our Military is again rich. Building a great Border Wall, with drugs (poison) and enemy combatants pouring into our Country, is all about National Defense. Build WALL through M!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 25, 2018
Asked WH 90 minutes ago if POTUS wants to reprogram Pentagon $ to DHS for border wall program. (Would require congressional appropriators’ approval.) No response. “Build wall through M!” Is “M” short for military? https://t.co/vCSVydPTMs
— John T. Bennett (@BennettJohnT) March 25, 2018
NEW: Fox News Poll show strong support for stronger gun control pic.twitter.com/u2yrbDMOXN
— FoxNewsSunday (@FoxNewsSunday) March 25, 2018
I’ve been covering lopsidedly pro-gun-control polls like this for ten years. Republicans don’t give shit about any of it, even in the aftermath of Sandy Hook, as long as the NRA checks keep arriving. https://t.co/XFWLiNXxIW
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) March 25, 2018
Because of the $700 & $716 Billion Dollars gotten to rebuild our Military, many jobs are created and our Military is again rich. Building a great Border Wall, with drugs (poison) and enemy combatants pouring into our Country, is all about National Defense. Build WALL through M!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 25, 2018
Jesus, Biff, what did the English language do to you to deserve this? https://t.co/y1IEZsZEEv
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) March 25, 2018
I’ve got a loaded gun and it’s pointed right at my vagina. pic.twitter.com/4CEAs4kDYu
— Stable G (@jbied) March 25, 2018
No Tomi, he said “GRAB em by the…” not “shoot yourself in the…” https://t.co/f75BYkGMxT
— Tim Wise (@timjacobwise) March 25, 2018
re: #346 Ace Rothstein
No chaos! You’re the chaos!
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But I thought there were lawyers lining up to be on the team.
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That Tomi Lahren pic almost make it look like she is showing off a gun baby…maybe that was the point.
re: #357 Eclectic Cyborg
But I thought there were lawyers lining up to be on the team.
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Maybe Gomez Adams is available
Hes a lawyer
And has a (sorta) good tv presence
US Army Cyber Command, through the Army Cyber Institute at West Point, is producing comics.
PS Magazine gone all dark graphic novel
Dark Hammer
Silent Ruin
re: #302 Backwoods_Sleuth
Once again, Tiger Beat On The Potomac publishes propaganda from a Republican stenographer who has snorted too much of the Magic Balance Fairy Dust!
— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) March 25, 2018
UPDATE: 4 defense attorneys at different large law firms have been approached to join Trump’s legal defense team in recent weeks. All 4 turned him down.
— Katelyn Polantz (@kpolantz) March 22, 2018
“what about dersh”
“he has indicated he is not interested mr president”
“how about s…”
“no do not even ask again mr president scott baio is not really a lawyer it was a tv show”
“what about scott baio”
“sir” https://t.co/62ylhYutZi— darth™ (@darth) March 22, 2018
NEW: Trump’s new attorney, Joe diGenova, is no longer joining the president’s legal team. Scoop by @jdawsey1 + @CarolLeonnig. https://t.co/PDwPD2WBbY
— Ashley Parker (@AshleyRParker) March 25, 2018
“Why should you go to jail for a crime someone else noticed?”
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) March 25, 2018
apparently “fame & fortune” is kinda easy for most lawyers to turn down when the yam is involved…
“The Democrats don’t believe in that” says the President of the military.
— Phil Elliott (@Philip_Elliott) March 23, 2018
I didn’t literally risk life and limb serving in our military because I’m a Democrat—I risked everything for my country and my fellow Americans because I’m an American https://t.co/GNYkxPuSvT
— Tammy Duckworth (@SenDuckworth) March 24, 2018
re: #362 Backwoods_Sleuth
Serial killers have an easier time getting a defense attorney. So post arrest the court will assign him one… Voila!
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) March 25, 2018
Overheard:
7yo: What’s privilege?
5yo: I think it’s when some ppl can eat candy every day. They don’t have to even ask. They get it. And some people can’t get any even if they ask nicely.
7yo: that is… so sad.
5yo: SO sad#MindBlown— Aisha Saeed (@aishacs) March 23, 2018
re: #363 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Your family doesn’t believe in that Donald. Meanwhile I can go back to the War of 1812 and find family members who served. Fuck you.
re: #364 Unshaken Defiance
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You’re entitled to a criminal defense lawyer
Not necessarily the one you want…
This asshole….
Santorum: Instead of calling for gun laws, kids should take CPR classes https://t.co/nGO4Aay6ll
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) March 25, 2018
“Can I get my pillow?” “Nooooooo!” pic.twitter.com/kCcEbdHEta
— Ernie and Berti (@Berti_and_Ernie) March 25, 2018
re: #368 makeitstop
This asshole….
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Ok Rick
A cpr class is a 4 hour morning
Can we do guns that afternoon?
Report: Portions of West Texas are sinking – and fast. https://t.co/OY5knpWpUR pic.twitter.com/QRxr0WL0K7
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) March 25, 2018
re: #368 makeitstop
CPR ain’t much help when a kid has a sucking chest wound
— WB Young 🍕🐀 (@FormerDirtDart) March 25, 2018
re: #367 dangerman
You’re entitled to a criminal defense lawyer
Not necessarily the one you want…
“Better Call S…”
re: #368 makeitstop
This asshole….
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Frothy forgets that CPR classes were mandated in Pennsylvania high schools.
re: #367 dangerman
You’re entitled to a criminal defense lawyer
Not necessarily the one you want…
Waiting for Trump to contact Denny Crane…
I’m soooo eager to open this fan mail! pic.twitter.com/jIxqaPmDSz
— Nate Beeler (@natebeeler) March 22, 2018
re: #371 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Them Texans just got to double down on them prayers to JC and his Sonshine Band!
Question for our graphic arts experts here… I’m working on a video from the march. Video, stills, tweets from Trump etc. Have you guys seen a more clever way to show a tweet thread than just screen grabs?
I’ll bet the hardest part of the presidency for Trump is he can’t control the endless streams of unflattering photographs. pic.twitter.com/nKbS0AMhIp
— Schooley (@Rschooley) March 25, 2018
My what now? pic.twitter.com/9HqXbStMjm
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 25, 2018
You got nuked? How does it feel?
— Gerry Rhoades #BoycottNRA (@MTbicyclist) March 25, 2018
I got better. https://t.co/AotEsI5Za6
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 25, 2018
re: #368 makeitstop
This asshole….
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Does anyone anywhere care what Rick Santorum thinks about anything anymore.
Go away Rick. America hates you, even your own party.
re: #368 makeitstop
This asshole….
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Santorum: Instead of calling for gun laws, kids should take CPR classes https://t.co/nGO4Aay6ll
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) March 25, 2018
You see this, right? The natural extrapolation?
Flood the streets with military grade weapons. Arm the teachers. Train kids as combat medics…
These people want to live in a dystopian science fiction move. https://t.co/hW83LF5muq— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 25, 2018
Good afternoon OH… pic.twitter.com/s1UWXO3iTJ
— MadDogPAC (@maddogpac) March 25, 2018
Hiya @Jim_Jordan
Here’s your sign…no really here’s your sign courtesy of @maddogpac & their supporters https://t.co/BF8Uyga9i4— SpicyFiles (@SpicyFiles) March 25, 2018
By refusing common sense gun laws, theyre forcing people to elect an overwhelmingly anti-gun senate and Congress to get things done. The result might be way worse than common sense gun laws, might even get the votes to modify second amendment.
— John E. Hooper (@JohnEHooper) March 25, 2018
Ah, finally. Somebody gets it https://t.co/YW7OvF43nS
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 25, 2018
Aerial footage shows the turnout at various March for Our Lives across the US today https://t.co/50KflY3S4X pic.twitter.com/MVxCufnaIQ
— CNN (@CNN) March 24, 2018
You’re losing, @NRA.
We will win this fight. https://t.co/rVktyQ72WT— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) March 25, 2018
Nearly three dozen African-American women are running for office as Democrats in deep-red Alabama.
It’s an unprecedented number, according to Democratic party officials. And many are running for the first time. https://t.co/LudNisgcXo (1/7) pic.twitter.com/gGiaZLeGQD— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 23, 2018
re: #377 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Calling someone a “Trump hater” or “anti-Trump cartoonist” is not an insult. The majority of Americans are not pro-Trump. When will Trump apologists figure that out? Perhaps in November if Democrats take over Congress.
re: #384 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I had never heard of Mad Dog PAC. But if they are against Jim Jordan, I’m in.
Check out their website. Fun mission statement. Gonna do a little digging to see who is behind it.
ABOUT MAD DOG
MAD DOG PAC, is the Political Action Committee that solicits contributions from concerned citizens to fund billboards on against Treasonweasel House GOP candidates across the country. We are also the initiators of Anti-Trump Billboards with Impeachment Now, in addition to Attacking the NRA. Our billboard campaigns have also expanded to retail, for both Impeachment Now and Anti-NRA hats, tee shirts, lawn signs, bumper stickers and other swag.
re: #371 Backwoods_Sleuth
Rio Grande to become Lago Grande.
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAAHAHAHAAAAHHAHAAAAAAAAAAA
.@realDonaldTrump, the legal system is rigged. You should represent yourself and Don Jr. You’ll do a tremendous job. Judges and juries will LOVE you. You’re so likeable and smart. Lawyers are liars and will throw you under the bus. Don’t trust any of them. #RepresentYourself
— Kimberley Johnson (@AuthorKimberley) March 25, 2018
Why Paul McCartney marched: ‘One of my best friends was killed in gun violence’
I wonder when we’ll get a Trump tweet about how The Beatles are so overrated?
re: #388 Patricia Kayden
Calling someone a “Trump hater” or “anti-Trump cartoonist” is not an insult. The majority of Americans are not pro-Trump. When will Trump apologists figure that out? Perhaps in November if Democrats take over Congress.
To back your statement…The Columbus Dispatch is a deeply Republican Conservative Newspaper. They did not endorse Trump. I don’t get the paper any longer after 45 years or so…but I doubt Beeler is some raving lefty. They would never hire someone like that.
re: #391 Backwoods_Sleuth
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAAHAHAHAAAAHHAHAAAAAAAAAAA
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Is she trolling or serious?
Just now…
KIMBERLEY A. JOHNSON: Did you see the tweet by that guy who hates Trump — he used to get everything wrong?
ME: Bill Kristol?
KIMBERLEY: Yes!— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) March 25, 2018
re: #398 retired cynic
IMO, that is excellent trolling!
Is it trolling when it might well be what The Big Orange Oaf is thinking?
re: #398 retired cynic
IMO, that is excellent trolling!
That is some seriously next-level trolling right there. I am impressed.
re: #399 ObserverArt
Is it trolling when it might well be what The Big Orange Oaf is thinking?
lol, it’s like talking your friend into eating a ghost pepper.
Reminder that CNN pays Rick Santorum good money for his endless wisdom.
— BWD 🤢 You People Replaced Obama With This (@IrisRimon) March 25, 2018
re: #392 stpaulbear
Why Paul McCartney marched: ‘One of my best friends was killed in gun violence’
I wonder when we’ll get a Trump tweet about how The Beatles are so overrated?
Yes, unlike himself, they were never bigger than Jesus…
It is very unusual for lawyers to turn down rich and powerful clients, especially the President. But it is difficult to withdraw as someone’s lawyer, so if you see potential ethical problems—or an unwillingness to pay bills—it’s better to say no. https://t.co/0exqUV6LGz
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) March 25, 2018
re: #401 bill d. (b.d.)
lol, it’s like talking your friend into eating a ghost pepper.
Or surströmming.
Also doesn’t pay his bills
— Melissa Schwartz (@MSchwartz3) March 25, 2018
Speaking of those under-rated Beatles - today’s the day I get with a few guys from a few other bands out here and do our annual Beatles show. We first did it on the 50th anniversary of their first Ed Sullivan appearance, and the club has had us back every year since.
Six guys, 50 Fabs tunes, and a pretty good beer selection. I’ve seen worse ways to spend a Sunday in March.
re: #407 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Scads of lawyers want to represent Trump. The only problem is that they:
(a.) Only speak Russian,
(b.) Are not members of the bar in any U.S. jurisdiction,
(c.) Have names like Igor, Boris and Natasha,
(d.) Cannot obtain visas to legally enter the United States.— Gordon Titcomb (@leGordn) March 25, 2018
re: #409 Backwoods_Sleuth
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And are unfamiliar with concepts like “rule of law,” “evidence,” and “presumed innocence.”
Hollywood Agent’s Office:
SECRETARY: “Central Casting called. They’re looking for a Damien, Children of the Corn, Hitler Youth-type to cast in a flick about an Orwellian future where fear and emotionalism is used to subjugate a free people.”
AGENT: “Nailed it!” @davidhogg111 pic.twitter.com/66mPEdxAsv— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) March 25, 2018
Uh huh. A shitty, unfunny Lt. Hauk-level joke comparing a child survivor of a school massacre to Nazis, knowing that your own voting bloc is loaded with real Nazis. Step away from the jokes and maybe stick with being a feckless troll, Bill. https://t.co/FYq5cbTrrW
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) March 25, 2018
MORE: Chris Ruddy on @ABC says White House sources tell him Veterans Affairs Sec. David Shulkin is expected to depart the cabinet “very soon.” https://t.co/GRbkNeFUmm
— ABC News (@ABC) March 25, 2018
re: #411 Backwoods_Sleuth
If they’re feeling subjugated, maybe they should use all those guns they’re so certain will prevent tyranny. Or have we finally found a problem that guns won’t solve?
re: #411 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #373 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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Icelan: I…I understand that you flew in ‘Nam, Frank?
Frank Murphy: That’s right.
Icelan: Two tours, was it?
Murphy: One-and-a-half.
Fletcher: Why the foreshortened tour, Frank?
Murphy: Well, you know what they say about a sucking chest wound…it’s nature’s way of telling you it’s time to go home.
re: #408 makeitstop
Speaking of those under-rated Beatles - today’s the day I get with a few guys from a few other bands out here and do our annual Beatles show. We first did it on the 50th anniversary of their first Ed Sullivan appearance, and the club has had us back every year since.
Six guys, 50 Fabs tunes, and a pretty good beer selection. I’ve seen worse ways to spend a Sunday in March.
Wish I was there!
re: #411 Backwoods_Sleuth
Hollywood Agent’s Office:
SECRETARY: “Central Casting called. They’re looking for a Damien, Children of the Corn, Hitler Youth-type to cast in a flick about an Orwellian future where fear and emotionalism is used to subjugate a free people.”
AGENT: “Nailed it!”
Again, we see that their standard tactics of attack and vilify are backfiring badly when used against these kids.
Quoting a tweet:
11% of Republicans believe that Stormy Daniels’ story has merit. That means 89% of Republicans believe Trump is suing her for 20M because she breached an agreement to say nothing about nothing.
These people are allowed to drive y’all.
Many lawyers and top law firms want to represent me in the Russia case…don’t believe the Fake News narrative that it is hard to find a lawyer who wants to take this on. Fame & fortune will NEVER be turned down by a lawyer, though some are conflicted. Problem is that a new……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 25, 2018
Dear @realDonaldTrump - to ensure accurate reporting, will you please share the names of these top lawyers/law firms wishing to represent you? Wachtell? Cravath? Gibson Dunn? Kirkland Ellis? Latham? Happy to make any correction needed. https://t.co/XIw7QEGGuK
— Stephanie Ruhle (@SRuhle) March 25, 2018
re: #408 makeitstop
Speaking of those under-rated Beatles - today’s the day I get with a few guys from a few other bands out here and do our annual Beatles show. We first did it on the 50th anniversary of their first Ed Sullivan appearance, and the club has had us back every year since.
Six guys, 50 Fabs tunes, and a pretty good beer selection. I’ve seen worse ways to spend a Sunday in March.
Post up a video if you get one together, or link if you put it up on your band site. Would like to hear ‘em.
I never miss Juanita Jean’s weekly Friday Toons roundup. There are usually some I have not seen.
Michael Cohen was not reimbursed by the Trump campaign for his $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels! He used his $10 million zero interest no payments for 100 years home equity line of credit from the Cyprus Bank of Kremlin.
— Donald J. Drumpf (@RealDonalDrumpf) March 23, 2018
re: #419 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“They all want to represent me! Just like all the girls wanted to go with me to the prom, but I had to turn them all down!”
re: #412 Backwoods_Sleuth
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So, to judge by that tweet (probably accurate) our Moron-in-Chief says he’s “perplexed” by reports of “White House Chaos” - in the very same tweet where he moots even MORE personnel changes??
Including, perhaps yet another Cabinet post?
Man, the room-on-fire “This is Fine” dog’s got nothing on Donny (but hopefully Robert Mueller does….)
Parkland student Sam Fuentes at #MarchForOurLives: “I just threw up on international television, and it feels great!” https://t.co/LLGEspkZrV pic.twitter.com/KMLGryvMci
— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) March 24, 2018
She got shot, she watched her friends die, she stood up in front of millions, threw up out of nerves, laughed about it, then finished her speech. #SamFuentes, there are no words ❤️ https://t.co/orbD7laaRm
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 25, 2018
“Yes, I am a Parkland survivor and an MSD student. But before this, I was a regular black girl and, after this, I am still black and and I am still regular and I will fight for all of us.” #MarchforOurLives pic.twitter.com/R4SS2KYuNb
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) March 25, 2018
Many lawyers and top law firms want to represent me in the Russia case…don’t believe the Fake News narrative that it is hard to find a lawyer who wants to take this on. Fame & fortune will NEVER be turned down by a lawyer, though some are conflicted. Problem is that a new……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 25, 2018
Your elephant sized ego will be your true downfall. I can’t believe people can take you seriously when you spout BS like this. “Fame and Fortune”? The truth is that most lawyers don’t like to lose. https://t.co/zXJTUEBSH5
— Ed Asner (@TheOnlyEdAsner) March 25, 2018
re: #411 Backwoods_Sleuth
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But Billy…isn’t fear and emotionalism what the Republicans have been using for a long long time?
Here is the thing Bill. If these students were out doing the very same style of messaging about something true to a conservative’s thinking you wouldn’t be saying thing.
Amirite?
So how about not attacking the students and go after the message.
What’s that you say?
Oh right, you have to attack the students because their message is powerful and they are winning the gun control discussion.
You’re slime Bill.
re: #371 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I’m not surprised. I passed through there about 4 years ago, and I remember how the whole region smelled like a gas oven from all the petro business.
re: #418 retired cynic
Quoting a tweet:
Oh, that’s right. I forgot tonight is Stormy night on 60 Minutes. I don’t usually watch, but I think I’ll make an exception because I have a feeling this is gonna be something.
Not sure what, but something.
Since hundreds of thousands of soon-to-be and current voters marched worldwide yesterday against sociopaths’ penile-extenders, the conservative response is, of course:
1. CONSPIRACY!!! SOROS AND HOILLYWOOD PAID THEM TO DO IT!!
2. SHUT UP!!! You’re too young to want to live!— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) March 25, 2018
WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER pic.twitter.com/Zho4zZFe3S
— The Woke Berserkir 🐻 (@barefootboomer) March 25, 2018
re: #423 Targetpractice
“They all want to represent me! Just like all the girls wanted to go with me to the prom, but I had to turn them all down!”
There was just not enough Trump to go around!
(If you know what I mean…)
— mare dos anjos (@camzbeatlex) March 24, 2018
And, in the end… https://t.co/UES3ii8ZgG
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) March 25, 2018
“Excuse me…do you know where the library is?” pic.twitter.com/5o93UfnlJZ
— Fluff Society (@FluffSociety) March 25, 2018
“Excuse me, have you seen Sherman?
Young man, tends to get himself in a bit of trouble quite often.” pic.twitter.com/cgkfvJgG78— WB Young 🍕🐀 (@FormerDirtDart) March 25, 2018
re: #388 Patricia Kayden
Calling someone a “Trump hater” or “anti-Trump cartoonist” is not an insult. The majority of Americans are not pro-Trump. When will Trump apologists figure that out? Perhaps in November if Democrats take over Congress.
Good point. I was thinking the letter could be accolades from a fellow traveler.
We had one in Fort Myers. You can see his flag on the left. He had to have police protection. Wimp pic.twitter.com/2tTIOEPbMP
— Gail.48 (@48Gailschwerdt) March 25, 2018
re: #420 ObserverArt
Post up a video if you get one together, or link if you put it up on your band site. Would like to hear ‘em.
I’ll encourage the crowd to take videos and post them to FB. I get so preoccupied with getting ready to play that I totally forget trying to make videos. The closest I got was a pretty decent digital recording two years ago.
CFPB Dir. Mick Mulvaney has decided not to sue a payday loan collector and is weighing whether to drop cases against 3 payday lenders, 5 people with direct knowledge tell Reuters.
The four cases aimed to return more than $60,000,000 to consumers. https://t.co/dYTCcX9u42— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 25, 2018
re: #439 Backwoods_Sleuth
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
re: #153 HappyWarrior
Kurt would love Nazi Germany with his fantasies of terrorizing dissidents.
Rod Dreher really hates dissidents also, unless they are conservative Christians who are looking for a cross to nail themselves to.
re: #439 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Heard from CFPB meeting: “Why is paying in company scrip such a bad thing?”
Former GOP Sen. Rick Santorum suggests students protesting for gun control would be better served by taking CPR classes https://t.co/kJYpX0luSu pic.twitter.com/EVXd6li1K7
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) March 25, 2018
People protesting against abortion would be better served by taking infant CPR classes.
PUT ME ON TV. https://t.co/qefbOq4Bo3— David Waldman, LLC (@KagroX) March 25, 2018
re: #408 makeitstop
Speaking of those under-rated Beatles - today’s the day I get with a few guys from a few other bands out here and do our annual Beatles show. We first did it on the 50th anniversary of their first Ed Sullivan appearance, and the club has had us back every year since.
Six guys, 50 Fabs tunes, and a pretty good beer selection. I’ve seen worse ways to spend a Sunday in March.
More underrated Beatles. A couple of weeks ago, it was Mother’s Day in Glasgow, and I was treating my Mum to afternoon tea in this cafe, and we were hearing this tune being played over the music system. We were looking at each other: it’s not a tune we know, but it sounds so familiar- it’s 60s, it’s very English in tone, maybe it’s The Kinks? So i Shazam’d it, and it came up with a result I couldn’t quite believe, so I checked with the staff, and it was correct.
The tune was The Beatles: “Your Mother Should Know”. As soon as we found that out, both my Mum and I cracked up laughing.
EDIT: Woo, comment #444!
Santorum providing yet another demonstration about how wingnuts are totally reactionary creatures, believing that the only way to deal with shootings is to plan for the aftermath rather than being pro-active.
LOL
Amid speculation that HUD Secretary Ben Carson is next on the Trump chopping block, Carson adviser Armstrong Williams tells me: “Whatever narrative is out there, it is entirely manufactured by the media. Not a shred of truth to it. Quote me on that.”
— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) March 25, 2018
“i didnt even know i had a dining room why would i order a dining room table” https://t.co/aNvv1ACsco
— darth™ (@darth) March 25, 2018
Fighting gun violence takes courage. After I was shot in 2011, I didn’t know what the next day would bring, but I knew I had to push on. Our fight does not end at the #MarchForOurLives. We need to keep speaking out. We need to organize. We need to vote! #VoteCourage #VoteThemOut pic.twitter.com/hyI4qyOusE
— Gabrielle Giffords (@GabbyGiffords) March 24, 2018
re: #446 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOL
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Trump won’t fire Carson, because he needs at least one token in his cabinet.
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Melania will stay at Mar-a-Lago for spring break while president travels back to DC https://t.co/asF1oi8wdz pic.twitter.com/o10oHTUYel
— The Hill (@thehill) March 25, 2018
The 3rd Mrs Trump will not be watching Stormy Daniels with Mr Trump tonight. https://t.co/Ksf9NswR3n
— Lawrence O’Donnell (@Lawrence) March 25, 2018
re: #442 Targetpractice
Heard from CFPB meeting: “Why is paying in company scrip such a bad thing?”
“You know what leads to wage slavery? Wages!!!”
Melania will stay at Mar-a-Lago for spring break while president travels back to DC https://t.co/asF1oi8wdz pic.twitter.com/o10oHTUYel
— The Hill (@thehill) March 25, 2018
The 3rd Mrs Trump will not be watching Stormy Daniels with Mr Trump tonight. https://t.co/Ksf9NswR3n
— Lawrence O’Donnell (@Lawrence) March 25, 2018
re: #450 jaunte
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Not heard from wingnuts: Suggestions that Melania should kick Donny’s ass to the curb for cheating on her, and that if she stands with him then she’s disrespecting all women who’ve been victims of sexual predators.
re: #454 Targetpractice
Not heard from wingnuts: Suggestions that Melania should kick Donny’s ass to the curb for cheating on her, and that if she stands with him then she’s disrespecting all women who’ve been victims of sexual predators.
Yeah: maybe they could recycle some of their old pieces from the ’90s: you know, the stuff they directed at Hillary Clinton when SHE was First Lady….
re: #455 Jay C
Yeah: maybe they could recycle some of their old pieces from the ’90s: you know, the stuff they directed at Hillary Clinton when SHE was First Lady….
They’ll never do that because we all know IOKIYAR. Trump could come out tomorrow and admit he’s been banging porn actresses for years, even while married to Melania, and the wingnut response would be “At least he’s honest about it!”
re: #456 Targetpractice
They’ll never do that because we all know IOKIYAR. Trump could come out tomorrow and admit he’s been banging porn actresses for years, even while married to Melania, and the wingnut response would be “At least he’s honest about it!”
We cannot forget Trump also was absolved of all sins by the rich and powerful Evangelical ministers once he became President.
Which is a new concept on born again.
This is the scene at Camden Yards for #ArmyNavy baseball. We have a snow delay pic.twitter.com/HWCY2uQlmW
— Navy Athletics (@NavyAthletics) March 25, 2018
re: #448 Targetpractice
Trump won’t fire Carson, because he needs at least one token in his cabinet.
He could replace him with an Asian guy…
Here is John Bolton, in his memoir, admitting that he supported talks with North Korea in 2002 only because he expected them to fail, which he could then use to discredit diplomacy and pursue more hawkish policies on North Korea. pic.twitter.com/6nVcDuUuzW
— Jeffrey Lewis (@ArmsControlWonk) March 25, 2018
re: #421 retired cynic
I never miss Juanita Jean’s weekly Friday Toons roundup. There are usually some I have not seen.
One of the things that bothers me about the Stormy Daniels reporting is that it is mainly focused on the affair—from the Fox “why bother with something that happened ten years ago?” to the MSNBC “will this move his evangelical supporters?”—instead of timing and method of the payoff and the physical threat. Her story could have had implications for the election if it had gotten out. Rarely is that mentioned now.
Just saw some Formula 1 Grand Prix racing political humor.
There is one American team in F1, HAAS Racing. In today’s (early morning 1:00 AM) season opening race in Australia they had trouble changing tires on their cars during the one pit stop they each took. Mechanical failure of the air guns, the tires came undone and both cars were out of the race.
Saw a Tweet: Irony: the American F1 team has a gun problem!
All the world is aware.
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re: #444 Alephnaught
More underrated Beatles. A couple of weeks ago, it was Mother’s Day in Glasgow, and I was treating my Mum to afternoon tea in this cafe, and we were hearing this tune being played over the music system. We were looking at each other: it’s not a tune we know, but it sounds so familiar- it’s 60s, it’s very English in tone, maybe it’s The Kinks? So i Shazam’d it, and it came up with a result I couldn’t quite believe, so I checked with the staff, and it was correct.
The tune was The Beatles: “Your Mother Should Know”. As soon as we found that out, both my Mum and I cracked up laughing.
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EDIT: Woo, comment #444!
I love that story! Yes, the Fab Four were vaudeville, too! The same band could match Little Richard and Chuck Berry on their own tunes, and do this. They really were quite good.
re: #464 Unshaken Defiance
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Rick Santorum is a piece of shit. But then, we already knew that.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 25, 2018
Still pluggin away she is.
Women from all political spectrums can win this thing. Mothers and their daughters of all ages need to get on the phone to their friends and change this thing. Don’t worry about Rep. men. They have all lost their collective minds. Women will take this home.
— 🦈🦈Dave’s Not Believing this Crap🦈🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) March 25, 2018
re: #462 Barefoot Grin
One of the things that bothers me about the Stormy Daniels reporting is that it is mainly focused on the affair—from the Fox “why bother with something that happened ten years ago?” to the MSNBC “will this move his evangelical supporters?”—instead of timing and method of the payoff and the physical threat. Her story could have had implications for the election if it had gotten out. Rarely is that mentioned now.
Because the intricacies of campaign financing isn’t as “juicy” a story as “Trump banged a porn star!” Plus they’re still giving him the benefit of the doubt, trying to keep the payoff limited to Cohn in an over-cautionary effort to avoid being “burned” by possible revelations later.
Wow…read this article:
6 Minutes and 20 Seconds that Could Change the World: https://t.co/JiouAMMNNg
— The Nation (@thenation) March 25, 2018
…and this quote:
The movement, Gonzalez tells reporters, “is probably gonna be years, and at this point, I don’t know that I mind. Nothing that’s worth it is easy. We’re going against the largest gun lobby. We could very well die trying to do this. But we could very well die not trying to do this, too. So why not die for something rather than nothing?”
When someone holds and lives that belief, there really is nothing that can stop them (not even death, because the movement they spawned would live on). Indeed, what she says reminds me of another young person who took a stand despite the tremendous personal risk:
“How can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to give himself up individually to a righteous cause?” Sophie said. “Such a fine, sunny day, and I have to go,” she continued, “but what does my death matter, if through us thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action?”
re: #414 Targetpractice
The hilarious bit, of course being that if he was pro-gun, they’d be outraged at any suggestion that he looks like a Hitler Youth and whining about being called Nazis.
there are guns in david’s house
apparently his father was fbi
and david is fine with that
i saw an interview clip yesterday, i dont have a link
re: #425 Backwoods_Sleuth
This sign, Ms. Rowling. Credit to @susanlash at the March in Cleveland. pic.twitter.com/4ZBI2UdS7D
— (((Melanie See))) (@seemomster) March 25, 2018
re: #414 Targetpractice
The hilarious bit, of course being that if he was pro-gun, they’d be outraged at any suggestion that he looks like a Hitler Youth and whining about being called Nazis.
But he does have awesome cheekbones.
OMG, I’m way too old for that to be an appropriate thing for me to think/say about him.