I’m sure they will miss the cheeseburgers.
— Roger Dorn (@TheeAIsSilent) April 21, 2018
People need to stop encouraging this self promoting tin foil hat wearing carnival barker aka Looney Loomer. She is the right’s version of AL SHARPTON. Count on her to show up EVERYWHERE looking for attention. Her intellectual knowledge on issues is a mile wide and an inch deep. pic.twitter.com/Bf74U32aWK
— David A. Clarke, Jr. (@SheriffClarke) April 19, 2018
Loves me some hot wingnut on wingnut action, my jam. https://t.co/w2Pbm0PyHM
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) April 20, 2018
re: #1 Backwoods_Sleuth
The same people who will cheer this because Trump’s being “tough” would be the first to whine if any Democrat, but especially Obama, had done the same.
Anthropogenic climate change is a theory. Like gravity.
— Brody Leven (@brodyleven) April 20, 2018
Massive Attack’s Mezzanine—their defining document—turns 20 years old today https://t.co/UcM7EzvJiY pic.twitter.com/6xDb8uj8Cz
— Pitchfork (@pitchfork) April 20, 2018
re: #2 teleskiguy
Someone needs to teach conservatives the proper use of “Destroy”.
Trump shifts teen-pregnancy prevention funding to abstinence programs https://t.co/VLrmxBCA9U pic.twitter.com/CWWrFekezR
— The Hill (@thehill) April 21, 2018
Not sure who is the more ironic Ambassador of Abstinence … @realDonaldTrump or Bristol Palin, two christian conservatives best know for their lack of abstinence. https://t.co/tDauEvIbIe
— Col. Morris Davis (@ColMorrisDavis) April 21, 2018
re: #10 teleskiguy
Duel of carnival barkers.
Just back from Dem convention dinner. (Convention is tomorrow.) Alison Lundergan Grimes was FABULOUS.. Had the crowd on its feet. Left before Tim Ryan spoke. Tomorrow starts early. Jeff merkley is the main speaker. Hope to be headed home before the final speaker who is going to be Nina fucking Turner. Thanks but no thanks.
I’ll make this simple for the Cable News folks.
Unless Bernie Sanders is announcing he’s going to live out the rest of his days in a cave, I don’t give one flying fuck what that addplepated SOB has to say.— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) April 21, 2018
Some feel good stuff.
Meet Maureen and her pup Marley! As dedicated members of the #POOCH program at #CedarsSinai, this pair provides love and support to patients who need it most. 🐶 #VolunteerWeek #FacesOfCedarsSinai pic.twitter.com/vx7wcZs5Vh
— Cedars-Sinai (@CedarsSinai) April 20, 2018
So proud of my pup nephew Marley… he’s an Irish wolfhound / poodle mix & a wonderful therapy dog for Cedars-Sinai hospital. My sister in law Maureen & Marley are an incredible team. https://t.co/dte6Ed56sI
— Joel Cummins (@goldlikejoel) April 20, 2018
re: #15 teleskiguy
I agree. That is great feel good stuff. :)
Lily update for Balloon Juice readers: Lily made kind of a last second recovery last night. She’s still very sick, so John hasn’t brought her home yet. Even the vets don’t really know what’s going to happen. One thing for sure is that John is facing thousands of dollars worth of veterinary bills.
A Texas charter school gave eighth-grade students a homework assignment to list positive aspects of slavery. The school has since apologized. https://t.co/XxK1Yi5jLw pic.twitter.com/BkEanxCybC
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) April 21, 2018
A change in wording might have avoided this kerfuffle. “What did the cruel drunken inbred slave-holder class and its cruel drunken inbred supporters regard as the positive aspects of slavery?”
This jackass still can’t even spell “counsel” right. pic.twitter.com/q0aPxoVF0q
— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) April 21, 2018
James Comey illegally leaked classified documents to the press in order to generate a Special Council? Therefore, the Special Council was established based on an illegal act? Really, does everybody know what that means?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 21, 2018
The document he leaked was not classified, as shown when released yesterday by Congress https://t.co/CGDCN1YiF2
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) April 21, 2018
re: #22 allegro
Whoa. A web address? Who knew.
No. Charles’s parser just turns any close text separated by two dots into a url. If you clock on it, it’s invalid.
Thanks and apologies to @DarthPutinKGB.
Yes, this is a genuine official comment from the Kremlin: Putin did not tell Trump Russia has the most beautiful hookers in the world, says Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. “President Putin could not say such things and did not say it to President Trump,” Peskov said.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) April 20, 2018
Do not believe it until the Kremlin denies it. https://t.co/22yokgbMsq
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) April 20, 2018
Emma in New York:
The Fearless Girl is going to be moved soon, but she knows she’s got a whole nation of strength behind her 🧡 pic.twitter.com/0WC7KKhQIe
— Emma González (@Emma4Change) April 20, 2018
re: #19 jaunte
Doesn’t “soviet” cover the -cil word and the -sel word equally? Maybe he should use that and see how it flies….
re: #26 Belafon
Teenager wearing a Beatles tshirt 48 years after the band broke up.
That band did something.
I guess it’s becoming a Democratic thing:
It’s time to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level. It’s time to stop repeating the same mistakes of the past.
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) April 20, 2018
re: #28 teleskiguy
Teenager wearing a Beatles tshirt 48 years after the band broke up.
That band did something.
We’re watching A Series of Unfortunate Events. “I liked it better before Yoko showed up” cracked me up.
re: #28 teleskiguy
Teenager wearing a Beatles tshirt 48 years after the band broke up.
That band did something.
My dad raised me on classic rock, including the Beatles. Once in awhile, I’ll put ‘em again. Same goes for Elvis Presley.
Also, I’ve gotten my 8 year old nephew into Queen.
re: #28 teleskiguy
Teenager wearing a Beatles tshirt 48 years after the band broke up.
That band did something.
I have a T-shirt sold by a Chinese clothing line (Metersbonwe) with the cartoon Beatles on it. One of my middle school students was wearing one, and he was 14 at the time. He bought it because it was cute-looking, not because he knew who the cartoon figures were.
I had to explain that, and also why his American teacher was so excited to see the shirt.
re: #30 Belafon
We’re watching A Series of Unfortunate Events. “I liked it better before Yoko showed up” cracked me up.
People blame Yoko for the break-up, and while she may have a contributing factor, the boys were not really getting along very well together leading up to the split. Now Sir Paul and Sir Richard (Ringo) seem wistful about it all.
re: #29 Belafon
I just sent this to the gal I want to be the Democratic candidate to defeat our Republican congressperson in CO District 3.
@RepDMB More and more Democratic politicians at high levels are adamant about their stance on cannabis. I think you should campaign in Colorado’s 3rd District as a pro-cannabis candidate. Cannabis is something that easily bridges partisan divides, you’d be surprised!
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) April 21, 2018
The caucus is in June, and guess what! Colorado passed a law in 2016 that allows people to participate in caucuses and primaries regardless of your registered political affiliation. I voted no because I thought it would result in mucho ratfucking in how parties choose their representatives. Well, there were plenty of third party Bernie Jill fuckos in Colorado that thought that open primary voting was a great idea. Rush fucking Limbaugh came up with this shit on the radio in 2008, he called it Operation Chaos. He urged his listeners to switch parties and vote for Hillary against Obama in the primaries. In Colorado, thanks to the voters, it doesn’t matter. Republican, Democratic, independent, you can participate in primary/caucus elections.
re: #31 Eclectic Cyborg
My dad raised me on classic rock, including the Beatles. Once in awhile, I’ll put ‘em on for awhile. Same goes for Elvis Presley.
My dad took me to a Grateful Dead show at Mile High Stadium when I was seven, a Rolling Stones show (again, at Mile High Stadium) when I was twelve, and that Metallica show he and I went to when I was 16…
Yeah, my pops has done a good job destroying my ears.
re: #29 Belafon
I guess it’s becoming a Democratic thing:
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I’d love to see the GOPers maneuvered into an all out defense of Reefer Madness policy. Sessions and some others seem headed that way.
re: #36 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I’d love to see the GOPers maneuvered into an all out defense of Reefer Madness policy. Sessions and some others seem headed that way.
Especially since even nearly 2/3 of Texans support legalization.
One of the comics I occasionally read is Questionable Content. I thought you guys might enjoy this one for the punch line:
Wait a sec, if the DNC adopts pot legalization as a party plank, then whatever will the Green and Libertarian Parties run on?
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re: #36 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I’d love to see the GOPers maneuvered into an all out defense of Reefer Madness policy. Sessions and some others seem headed that way.
They might chill out about weed if we let them ban race music and miscegenation.
Toke as much as you want, but you will be stopped at random to make sure you’re rolling on some Toots and the Maytals or, God forbid, the truly heavy shit like Howlin’ Wolf.
re: #40 The Ghost of a Flea
Little Walter. All that Willie Dixon shit.
It could be so much better. Oddly enough, in my experiences, the closer you are to the ski area, the better the public transportation and bike paths.
How was your commute to work this morning?#GreetingsFromAmsterdam
20.04 08:45https://t.co/4AQ16xuBQq #Amsterdam #cycling #bikeAMS #livablecities #placemaking pic.twitter.com/20ilZHujCi— Thomas Schlijper (@schlijper) April 20, 2018
Sigh. https://t.co/tkLD2zudpW
— David Roberts (@drvox) April 21, 2018
re: #39 Targetpractice
Wait a sec, if the DNC adopts pot legalization as a party plank, then whatever will the Green and Libertarian Parties run on?
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They’ll complain that they were first or something like this. I’m glad to see the Dems doing this not just because I like to light up but because it’s a serious criminal justice issue.
I really had the funnest time tonight. Turned out to be a most excellent blend of people - well all 6 of us with me being the only common contact - 2 decades old friends, 3 neighbors. Weed being the common interest. Two of the neighbors I don’t know that well but had enough contact with to feel comfortable inviting. I was kinda jaw-dropped when one looked like he was headed for some real racist shit in talking to my old friend, a South African. Her husband plowed right into that at the start, telling him in an admirably diplomatic way that he was full of shit and stop now. I was all :D at that. Guy totally backed off and was a sweetheart retired architect after that… but now I know who he is.
After that it was all joy. We talked, we sang, we laughed.
To bring it to the topic at hand, what we had in common was weed. It’s a winning issue.
re: #44 allegro
Cannabis is totally social, much like alcohol is. Except different, and safer, and more laughter.
4,5 and 6 trains are being held in stations in both directions because of an unauthorized person on the tracks at 14 St-Union Square.
— NYCT Subway (@NYCTSubway) April 21, 2018
4, 5 and 6 train service has resumed. You may experience delays in both directions as congestion clears. https://t.co/vevyrzhlPr
— NYCT Subway (@NYCTSubway) April 21, 2018
re: #46 meteor
4,5 and 6 trains are being held in stations in both directions because of an unauthorized person on the tracks at 14 St-Union Square.
— NYCT Subway (@NYCTSubway) April 21, 2018
If it was an authorized person it would have been OK?
re: #47 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Maybe.
re: #45 teleskiguy
Cannabis is totally social, much like alcohol is. Except different, and safer, and more laughter.
And now political. Maybe even intensely so. Dems need to embrace this, aggressively. It crosses lines like nothing else.
Again, He needs to “Go the Fuck to Sleep” H/T@SamuelLJackson This seems to be a thing lately with the late nite tweeting.
— 🦈🦈Dave’s Not Believing this Crap🦈🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) April 21, 2018
Political correctness is a weapon used by those who wish to silence the truth
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) April 21, 2018
Only bigots whine about “political correctness” silencing them https://t.co/mVjSQpxkWW
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) April 21, 2018
Probably my favorite conservative confirmation bias is the idea that Trump is a genius who is deliberately acting like a dumbfuck to own the libs.
Wendy Wassermann Schultz is now trending. It is amazing how this keeps working for @realDonaldTrump every time. @ScottAdamsSays
— Robert Barnes (@Barnes_Law) April 20, 2018
re: #51 Kragar
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Yawn. Find new material Charlie. Your kind have been whining about PC while being very PC yourselves for years.
re: #51 Kragar
There are so many stupid responses to that Tweet.
Political correctness is simple treating people with respect.
No one has a problem with telling the truth. It’s the bigotry that’s not OK anymore. Bigots had centuries of abusing the good people they hate. Those days are over.— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) April 21, 2018
re: #1 Backwoods_Sleuth
Trump breaks tradition, invites no Democrats to first state dinner
He is so scared that they wouldn’t show up - coward as well as a moron.
I thought the Internet would bring in an age of education and understanding.
Instead people use it to lie to each other to radicalize themselves.
That persecution complex is part of being a right-wing alt-Christian. It’s cult-like. Christianity isn’t the problem. Bigotry is. Mainstream Christians don’t celebrate bigotry like too many on the right do.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) April 21, 2018
re: #57 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
The progressive won’t stop until evangelical Christians are completely silenced.
— Christian Thinker (@ThinkersSociety) April 21, 2018
Buddy, you’ve had your 15 minutes. Climb off the cross and let another whackjob have his turn. https://t.co/JuF4Mx0HyO
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) April 21, 2018
#SexSoVanilla Mike Pence approves of it.
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) April 21, 2018
>I don’t ever use the “n” word or at least out loud = You try to keep your terrible racism on the DL.
>everyone being treated the same is extremely dangerous. = You hate American values.
You’ve been radicalized, and need to come home and act like an American.— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) April 21, 2018
These people are fucking crazy.
re: #28 teleskiguy
Teenager wearing a Beatles tshirt 48 years after the band broke up.
That band did something.
I remember reading how a lot of Civil War generals were very big into the Romantic movement, which was something I associated with the early 1800’s…and then remembered how the Beatles are still the Biggest Band in the World 50 years later.
re: #33 wheat-dogg
People blame Yoko for the break-up, and while she may have a contributing factor, the boys were not really getting along very well together leading up to the split. Now Sir Paul and Sir Richard (Ringo) seem wistful about it all.
The Beatles had a rule about No Women in the Studio, but John and Yoko violated that.
Women and music, I can tell you a lot of stories about that, having spent 17 years of my life married to or in a relationship with fiddle players…
re: #45 teleskiguy
Cannabis is totally social, much like alcohol is. Except different, and safer, and more laughter.
except that when I am stoned, I am totally non-interactive, just wanna be off in my own little brain world and generally find it a great deal of effort to socialize
— Jeff Drummond (@DrummondJeff) April 21, 2018
I know you’ll find this shocking, but Roosevelt never said this https://t.co/1R8ASIfjNj
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) April 21, 2018
New Post: Steve King shared a right-wing meme with what appears to be a Nazi soldier in it today, April 20th, which is… let me check… oh yeah, Hitler’s birthday #IA04 https://t.co/xUwmZjcVaA
— Iowa Starting Line (@IAStartingLine) April 20, 2018
re: #67 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
beyond that, tweets and memes are not a way to discuss politics in any nuanced manner, they are just a way of tossing talking points back and forth.
re: #66 Kragar
Why was it “dumb” of King to do that?
He’s just signalling his base, who keeps reelecting him.
re: #69 freetoken
Why was it “dumb” of King to do that?
He’s just signalling his base, who keeps reelecting him.
And we really exist in a climate where White supremacism and fascism are seen merely as points along the political spectrum and not as something anathema to everything America stands for and things that Americans have fought and bled to prevent.
Happy 4/20 everyone! pic.twitter.com/rpd2NEN0pi
— 70s Dinner Party (@70s_party) April 20, 2018
Let me suggest that most people who vote for Steve King know exactly for what they are voting.
New church in South Africa celebrates drinking alcohol and holds enthusiastic, whiskey-fueled services in bars. https://t.co/4s4zCVDi51
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 21, 2018
ORANGE FARM, South Africa (AP) — Dressed in a red robe and a gold-trimmed bishop’s miter, the clergyman pours whiskey into his cupped hand and anoints the forehead of the man sitting before him.
“You are hereby invested as a minister … This is a double tot,” he says of the remaining whiskey in the chalice. He hands it to the new minister, who downs it.
“Hallelujah!” shout the congregation members who erupt in singing and dancing, swigging from bottles of beer.
Welcome to Gabola Church, which celebrates the drinking of alcohol. The South African church was started eight months ago and has found an enthusiastic following.
“We are a church for those who have been rejected by other churches because they drink alcohol,” Gabola’s founder and self-declared pope, Tsietsi Makiti, told The Associated Press. “Gabola Church is established to redeem the people who are rejected, who are regarded as sinners. We drink for deliverance. We are drinking for the Holy Ghost to come into us.”
Others in South Africa are outraged by Gabola, saying it is not a church at all.
“Gabola has nothing to do with the word of God. Those are not church services,” said Archbishop Modiri Patrick Shole, director of the South African Union Council of Independent Churches. “They are using the Bible to promote taverns and drinking liquor. It is blasphemous. It is heresy and totally against the doctrines.” He said his organization intends to see that authorities close Gabola for breaking municipal regulations that say churches should not be located near bars.
welp…
re: #74 Backwoods_Sleuth
“Gabola has nothing to do with the word of God. Those are not church services,” said Archbishop Modiri Patrick Shole, director of the South African Union Council of Independent Churches. “They are using the Bible to promote taverns and drinking liquor. It is blasphemous. It is heresy and totally against the doctrines.” He said his organization intends to see that authorities close Gabola for breaking municipal regulations that say churches should not be located near bars.
Meanwhile American evangelical Christians overwhelmingly vote for a casino owner…
re: #74 Backwoods_Sleuth
All they need now is blackjack and hookers, and they’ll conquer the world. Step aside, all you saints and prophets - there’s a new preacher in town.
“She’s a total fox.”
I don’t see “fox” as a compliment coming back soon.
Maggie learned this morning the price of access journalism in the Trump era:
The New York Times and a third rate reporter named Maggie Habberman, known as a Crooked H flunkie who I don’t speak to and have nothing to do with, are going out of their way to destroy Michael Cohen and his relationship with me in the hope that he will “flip.” They use….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 21, 2018
….it means lying or making up stories. Sorry, I don’t see Michael doing that despite the horrible Witch Hunt and the dishonest media!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 21, 2018
re: #81 Targetpractice
Maggie learned this morning the price of access journalism in the Trump era:
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Maggie’s a total fox.
re: #66 Kragar
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I’ve seen a lot of people post that meme. Had no idea it was a Nazi tho. I agree with FT tho, the people who vote for him know exactly what they’re getting.
re: #81 Targetpractice
Maggie learned this morning the price of access journalism in the Trump era:
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Someone change his diaper, that’s you General Kelly.
re: #81 Targetpractice
Wait…
So Trump is actually saying his lawyer is trying to be made to “flip”?
Why would someone be so concerned about their lawyer flipping???
re: #85 freetoken
Wait…
So Trump is actually saying his lawyer is trying to be made to “flip”?
Why would someone be so concerned about their lawyer flipping???
The Evil Deep State Leftist Media will brainwash Cohen into lying?
re: #81 Targetpractice
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Maggie being Maggie, she’ll still carry water for him. I truly do not understand the NYT this century.
re: #86 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
But why would an innocent person be so concerned about their lawyer flipping??
re: #85 freetoken
Wait…
So Trump is actually saying his lawyer is trying to be made to “flip”?
Why would someone be so concerned about their lawyer flipping???
Because in TrumpSpeak, flipping means “lying” about their client. Trump is a perfect exemplar of Orwell’s 1984, where truth is whatever the leader says at the time they say it
re: #88 freetoken
But why would an innocent person be so concerned about their lawyer flipping??
you just answered your own question: “flipping” means “spilling the beans”…
re: #90 Barefoot Grin
Looks like he deleted it.
I don’t think so. I just saw this in my TL.
The New York Times and a third rate reporter named Maggie Haberman, known as a Crooked H flunkie who I don’t speak to and have nothing to do with, are going out of their way to destroy Michael Cohen and his relationship with me in the hope that he will “flip.” They use….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 21, 2018
….it means lying or making up stories. Sorry, I don’t see Michael doing that despite the horrible Witch Hunt and the dishonest media!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 21, 2018
re: #85 freetoken
Wait…
So Trump is actually saying his lawyer is trying to be made to “flip”?
Why would someone be so concerned about their lawyer flipping???
As was noted the other day by another lizard, the wingnut belief is that Mueller and his “witch hunt” are manufacturing evidence to pressure Trump’s associates into lying under threat of long prison sentences. So in their fantasy world, the biggest worry is that Cohen will be forced (like Flynn and Gates) to make a false confession against his bestest bud in the whole world to avoid jail.
re: #92 MsJ
I don’t think so. I just saw this in my TL.
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Who’s the ‘drunk/drugged up loser’ he mentions here?
re: #93 Targetpractice
As was noted the other day by another lizard, the wingnut belief is that Mueller and his “witch hunt” are manufacturing evidence to pressure Trump’s associates into lying under threat of long prison sentences. So in their fantasy world, the biggest worry is that Cohen will be forced (like Flynn and Gates) to make a false confession against his bestest bud in the whole world to avoid jail.
This will remain his talking point long after he has left office and everything comes out…
re: #92 MsJ
I don’t think so. I just saw this in my TL.
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Those are the corrections, because he originally referred to her as “Maggie Habberman.”
re: #92 MsJ
I don’t think so. I just saw this in my TL.
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Oh. I saw Matthew Miller refer to it, and the tweet was gone. Maybe it was something else.
re: #92 MsJ
I don’t think so. I just saw this in my TL.
…it means lying or making up stories. Sorry, I don’t see Michael doing that despite the horrible Witch Hunt and the dishonest media!
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And here it is in his own words. He has redefined “flip”. If we don’t stop him soon, we will be trapped in “1984”.
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He is worried that Cohen will spill the beans so now he wants to tell us that the beans are tainted?
Got it…these people are not cooperating out of their sense of self-preservation, they are doing it because they are being threatened with trumped-up charges (so to speak) and have no choice…
Confession: I’m in that place where I’ve been thinking nonstop about North Korea all week and I’m on the hook to blog Trump’s tweets and it took me a few tries to figure out which former aide he’s calling a “drugged up loser.”
— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) April 21, 2018
I read that as a reference to Sam Nunberg https://t.co/FsCVwAUgLV
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) April 21, 2018
re: #99 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
He is worried that Cohen will spill the beans so now he wants to tell us that the beans are tainted?
Got it…
Pretty much. It’s the only defense that he can seem to come up with now: “ANYBODY WHO TESTIFIES AGAINST ME IS A LIAR AND A FRAUD!”
re: #101 Targetpractice
Pretty much. It’s the only defense that he can seem to come up with now: “ANYBODY WHO TESTIFIES AGAINST ME IS A LIAR AND A FRAUD!”
Recall the defense attorney at the Stalinist show trials who got up and said that because of the heinous nature of the crimes in question, no defense could be offered?
re: #99 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
He is worried that Cohen will spill the beans so now he wants to tell us that the beans are tainted?
Got it…
It does look like he’s expecting Mr Cohen to talk, so he’s getting his excuses in early, doesn’t it?
re: #100 Barefoot Grin
Well, Nunberg is kinda nuts. So is Page. Listening to a lot of people in his orbit, including him, there is a lot of insanity there.
re: #103 Alephnaught
It does look like he’s expecting Mr Cohen to talk, so he’s getting his excuses in early, doesn’t it?
He’s trying to thread the needle by arguing that Cohen is a great guy and friend, so if he flips then anything he says will totally be lies forced upon them by Mueller. Any defense attorney worth his salt would be drinking heavily right now if this were their client.
I love when people try to interpret insanity.
….non-existent “sources” and a drunk/drugged up loser who hates Michael, a fine person with a wonderful family. Michael is a businessman for his own account/lawyer who I have always liked & respected. Most people will flip if the Government lets them out of trouble, even if….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 21, 2018
This tweet is very interesting:
1. Creates distance between him and Cohen (“a businessman for his own account”)
2. Says that it’s common for people to make up stories to secure deals from the gov’t https://t.co/GA00rEVhIB— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) April 21, 2018
re: #105 Targetpractice
He’s trying to thread the needle by arguing that Cohen is a great guy and friend, so if he flips then anything he says will totally be lies forced upon them by Mueller. Any defense attorney worth his salt would be drinking heavily right now if this were their client.
Where’s Rudy? 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
I really want to see this go to trial now just to see Cobb present their theory in open court that Mueller’s entire case is based upon fabrications, that all his witnesses are liars who were coerced into offering false confessions, and there is no need to offer a defense because it’s obvious the whole case against his client is fraudulent and Mueller should immediately be indicted.
re: #108 Targetpractice
And then the judge flips out and screams “BAILIFF ARREST THAT MAN!”, Cobb thinks he’s won, until the bailiffs are pulling him out of the courtroom on the mother of all contempt citations.
I’m not sure who I want to see in prison more;
Trump
Jarvanka
Donny Jr.
Nunes
Farentold
Stone
“All of them, Katie!”
re: #108 Targetpractice
I really want to see this go to trial now just to see Cobb present their theory in open court that Mueller’s entire case is based upon fabrications, that all his witnesses are liars who were coerced into offering false confessions, and there is no need to offer a defense because it’s obvious the whole case against his client is fraudulent and Mueller should immediately be indicted.
The “NO, YOU!!” defense. Prominently taught in fine law schools everywhere.
Morning!
Trying to get caught up around here.
Do I have this right; this morning Donny T is tweeting about Maggie H and trying to blow smoke to cloud the relationship with his “businessman” friend Cohen?
And, he is not crowing about North Korea supposedly halting their nuke testing for which you would expect him to take credit for and be boasting for days???
Dang, if Cohen is getting more of Donny’s attention then North K’s Kim Jong Un, things with all the investigations, suits and indictments are getting to him.
re: #112 ObserverArt
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And, he is not crowing about North Korea supposedly halting their nuke testing for which you would expect him to take credit for and be boasting for days???
Dang, if Cohen is getting more of Donny’s attention then North K’s Kim Jong Un, things with all the investigations, suits and indictments are getting to him.
maybe donnie is even listening to his advisers on this point: if NK can goad donnie into exercising his “walk” option and then resume testing, it will really leave him looking like a full-on hapless idiot.
re: #110 MsJ
I’m not sure who I want to see in prison more;
Trump
Jarvanka
Donny Jr.
Nunes
Farentold
Stone“All of them, Katie!”
Definitely Nunes. No one else has done nearly so much to poison the well of functional democracy. The Trump families are merely grifters elevated to the top by idiots and haters, and Stone has always been an apparatchik with delusions of grandeur. Nunes has utterly destroyed any pretense of bipartisanship, has utterly discarded the rule of law, has utterly betrayed his oath, and in doing so has turned congressional oversight into a weapon to be actively, brutally used by the majority.
…ugh, it’s too early in the weekend to get this mad.
I mean, what does she have against bagels and coffee? Like why even bring that into? Girl, are you hungry?
— LvilleClinicEscorts (@LouClinicEscort) April 21, 2018
these people…
re: #110 MsJ
Can we just start with the Mercers and work our way down?
Playing John Cash’s “God’s gonna cut you down” outside the clinic #notcounseling #protectthezone
— LvilleClinicEscorts (@LouClinicEscort) April 21, 2018
Gods wrath bluegrass should be it’s own genre #notcounseling #protectthezone
— LvilleClinicEscorts (@LouClinicEscort) April 21, 2018
re: #114 NetworkKed
Definitely Nunes. No one else has done nearly so much to poison the well of functional democracy. The Trump families are merely grifters elevated to the top by idiots and haters, and Stone has always been an apparatchik with delusions of grandeur. Nunes has utterly destroyed any pretense of bipartisanship, has utterly discarded the rule of law, has utterly betrayed his oath, and in doing so has turned congressional oversight into a weapon to be actively, brutally used by the majority.
…ugh, it’s too early in the weekend to get this mad.
Nunes is a problem, but let’s not forget who lets him get away with it all.
Paul Ryan.
Ryan may not say it, but by not reigning in Nunes he fully supports it or it is all Ryan and Nunes is his stooge.
The Speaker of the House rules over all committees.
Good point.
Seems like Giuliani’s unpaid position as Trump legal advisor means they can meet & talk extensively w/o ppl wondering why the guy w/ inside contacts at SDNY FBI field office is mtg w/ guy whose personal lawyer was just raided by SDNY FBI agents. @jaketapper @maddow @matthewjdowd
— Cheri Jacobus (@CheriJacobus) April 20, 2018
re: #118 ObserverArt
Nunes is a problem, but let’s not forget who lets him get away with it all.
Paul Ryan.
Ryan may not say it, but by not reigning in Nunes he fully supports it or it is all Ryan and Nunes is his stooge.
The Speaker of the House rules over all committees.
Wait — what about McConnell? He really started it with his campaign to make Obama a one term president and then his refusal to even have hearings on Garland.
I’ve come up with a new metaphor to use with my brother the next time he rants about the “Deep State” : the “Deep State” is the white blood cells trying to fight off a foreign invader, and if they lose, the body will die.
re: #119 MsJ
Good point.
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Yep, but I gotta think at this point that Trump has seriously pissed off the FBI, and the New York branches favorite boogiewoman is gone.
From another place I read:
To those questioning why our database focuses on the number of children present at schools during shootings, rather than just the dead and the wounded, here’s what terrified kids in one Florida class did this morning after they heard a shot. pic.twitter.com/aBuI3cNaje
— John Woodrow Cox (@JohnWoodrowCox) April 20, 2018
Follow and read the thread. It’s all too much a sign of the times…
Anne over at Balloon Juice has done the yeoman’s work of collecting tweets and stuff about the DNC suit. Here’s something about the firm they have hired:
The firm has an international human rights practice, through which it has extensive experience suing foreign governments using the Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act.
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) April 21, 2018
And an important point:
Discovery in a civil suit won’t have nearly the investigative reach that Mueller has, but it’s a lot better than nothing.And, at some margin, it protects Mueller and Rosenstein just because it reduces the payoff to firing them.
— Jacob T. Levy (@jtlevy) April 20, 2018
As brain bleach, may I offer:
a live Tokyo anime nightclub stream. This week is mostly just straight opening/ending themes, first saturdays are remixed content, fourth saturdays are general-interest house.
re: #120 Hecuba’s daughter
Wait — what about McConnell? He really started it with his campaign to make Obama a one term president and then his refusal to even have hearings on Garland.
I’ve come up with a new metaphor to use with my brother the next time he rants about the “Deep State” : the “Deep State” is the white blood cells trying to fight off a foreign invader, and if they lose, the body will die.
I was commenting on NetworkKed’s #114.
He was concentrating on Nunes for all the crazy crap the House Select Committee on Intelligence is pulling with all memos, side investigations, Comey note release, etc.
Mitch has no part in that. That would be all allowed by Paul Ryan.
I am not saying Mitch isn’t responsible for much of the mess, just commenting on the actual points being made.
So far, the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hasn’t been doing the stupid stuff Nunes’ group is doing. They seem to even be upset with Nunes and his House committee. And that would be under Mitch.
re: #108 Targetpractice
I really want to see this go to trial now just to see Cobb present their theory in open court that Mueller’s entire case is based upon fabrications, that all his witnesses are liars who were coerced into offering false confessions, and there is no need to offer a defense because it’s obvious the whole case against his client is fraudulent and Mueller should immediately be indicted.
Amusing as this would be, it is worth noting that this is pretty much exactly what might happen. And that it has a chance of success, because 40% of the country believes exactly that, and if it were presented, every single American would see or read pundits, politicians, and people they know talking about it as if it were a totally valid point of view.
Ridiculous as it sounds, all it would take for it to succeed would be for one particular judge to watch a lot of FOX or to be successfully threatened.
re: #124 NetworkKed
As brain bleach, may I offer:
a live Tokyo anime nightclub stream. This week is mostly just straight opening/ending themes, first saturdays are remixed content, fourth saturdays are general-interest house.
My kid has to go somewhere, but he now wants to watch to see if he can find an anime he knows.
re: #128 Belafon
It’s really just started - the show runs all night. 11 PM until the trains start running at 5 AM local. Usually the best DJs are in the middle hours. Or maybe it’s the DJ’s that play things I recognize - haven’t really been in the scene for a decade.
re: #129 NetworkKed
Wow that is at least as intense on the senses as any club I ever went to. I used to go to all of em over in Hollywood and West Hollywood. But never Asia.
Somebody done fucked up.
#SignsYouHaveScrewedUp
You’re Michael… pic.twitter.com/KzoAcLnVbu— Cory Bridgmon (@cbridgmon) April 21, 2018
I don’t know if any of you are on nextdoor.com for your neighborhood, but people in mine are having a debate in it over the walkouts that occurred yesterday. Rockwall High School actually did one, which really shocked me. Well, lots of oldies are angry, and by oldie I mean any old enough to be on the website. There were two I had to respond to.
The first was some guy saying that back in the 60s, college kids protested. We know that’s false because it was suspensions in Des Moines that led to the Supreme Court decision that kids could wear attire for a political statement. But I told him that of course college students did, they were being sent to fight. Now, it’s school kids that are being shot at, and they have the right to protest if no one else is going to seriously solve it.
The second was a guy posting this video,
, and stating that David’s a false leader because how would you let any kid that talk’s that way be a leader (and his kid would get a size 12 boot up the butt for talking like that). I had to remind him that:If Trump never talks with Maggie Haberman, how did she manage to sneak into the Oval Office and get this picture with him? pic.twitter.com/jCfx9v0cLX
— Roland Scahill (@rolandscahill) April 21, 2018
re: #134 Backwoods_Sleuth
If Trump never talks with Maggie Haberman, how did she manage to sneak into the Oval Office and get this picture with him?
She changed her name to Habberman and he failed to notice.
re: #135 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
She changed her name to Habberman and he failed to notice.
Those are Clark Kent glasses, though I’m not sure if they can hide a reporter.
Harley-Davidson seeks 8 interns to ride motorcycles for the summer and document experience https://t.co/rMjuivBzv5 pic.twitter.com/GWx5CvlKko
— Enquirer (@Enquirer) April 21, 2018
The interns, which Harley hopes to select by mid-May, will be given bikes and taught to ride. Then, throughout the summer, they will attend motorcycle events across the country, and maybe overseas, documenting everything through social media.
Eight students, expected to be college juniors and seniors and at least 18 years old, will be chosen for the 12-week, paid summer internships.
The program is open to any student looking to pursue a career in social media, communications, public relations or marketing.
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In addition to a salary, and riding experiences, the interns will spend some time at Harley’s headquarters learning about marketing and other functions at the world’s largest manufacturer of heavyweight motorcycles.
And, of course, they get to keep the bike they rode through the summer.
“We think that really sweetens the deal,” Skinner said.
re: #136 Belafon
Those are Clark Kent glasses, though I’m not sure if they can hide a reporter.
She was hiding behind the Constitution. He never looks there.
— Chris Beneke (@historyball) April 21, 2018
Why isn’t “Chihuahua” spelled “CHEWwawa?”
Watching two of these spastic little freaks for my brother-in-law. They’re like midget demon bat dogs.
I mean as long as I’ve already insulted Prius drivers, might as well go all in this morning.— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) April 21, 2018
re: #126 ObserverArt
I was commenting on NetworkKed’s #114.
He was concentrating on Nunes for all the crazy crap the House Select Committee on Intelligence is pulling with all memos, side investigations, Comey note release, etc.
Mitch has no part in that. That would be all allowed by Paul Ryan.
I am not saying Mitch isn’t responsible for much of the mess, just commenting on the actual points being made.
So far, the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hasn’t been doing the stupid stuff Nunes’ group is doing. They seem to even be upset with Nunes and his House committee. And that would be under Mitch.
Probably because unlike Senators, Republican Representatives have to face the voters on a regular basis - and their campaigns are more localized, and thus more dependent on backing from GOP Big Money (and also more likely to have obsessive wingnut blocs in their districts). It makes it easier for a House member to go along with the nuttery like it or not. Senators have always been more “independent”. Mostly.
re: #117 Backwoods_Sleuth
Gods wrath bluegrass should be it’s own genre
Yep.
Best part of the whole film, IMO.
OT I went to the Apple Store this morning. Within 30 minutes my computer was cleaned up. Thank G-d for Apple and their wonder staff and stores.
re: #81 Targetpractice
Maggie learned this morning the price of access journalism in the Trump era:
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Doesn’t matter. Maggie will do what she always does—go back to kissing Trump’s ass.
I went back and forth with one of them a few times on nextdoor.com. The guy finally got to his point of “Why aren’t the parents protesting? Do the kids rule the roost?” In other words, if those parents would control their kids we wouldn’t be having these protests, not do we need gun control.
And it hit me what the ultimate response is: “My kids do not need your permission to stand up for themselves.”
omg. The Special CounSEL was appointed because you fired the freaking FBI DIRECTOR, conned people into writing memos to rationalize it, then went on national television and admitted that you obstructed justice. This is *your* hot mess, pal. GO TO BED. pic.twitter.com/7X34ZofQOM
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) April 21, 2018
Avenatti trolls Says Who…
My Dear Friend: Don’t you remember how I demeaned you to others and made you look like a fool? How I always over-charged you for the real estate? How I never defended you? How I abandoned you when I won and blew you off? Now that is true love Michael, and you know it! Now shush.
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) April 21, 2018
Anyone have a clue as to what the deleted tweet was:
‘Donald goes out of his way to treat [Cohen] like garbage,’ Roger Stone told @maggieNYT, which got Trump going this morning. https://t.co/BueDn9EG0U
— Trip Gabriel (@tripgabriel) April 21, 2018
re: #148 Belafon
I have no clue as to what the tweet said but if it was deleted it must have been interesting.
Melania got invited, but Dotard didn’t?
Heading to the Southern White House to watch the Funeral Service of Barbara Bush. First Lady Melania has arrived in Houston to pay our respects. Will be a beautiful day!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 21, 2018
re: #150 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
At today’s funeral for Mrs. Bush, the plan is for @FLOTUS Melania Trump to be seated next to @BarackObama and the Obamas are expected to be seated next to @BillClinton @HillaryClinton pic.twitter.com/6pjUiwIqFH
— Kelly O’Donnell (@KellyO) April 21, 2018
Having @potus there was not something the Bushes wanted. https://t.co/McfSGObvjC
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 21, 2018
Though, as it was pointed out in some other tweet, presidents typically don’t go to First Lady’s funerals. Obama didn’t go to Nancy’s. But Gingrich trashed him over it.
re: #150 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Heading to the Southern White House to watch the Funeral Service of Barbara Bush. First Lady Melania has arrived in Houston to pay our respects. Will be a beautiful day!
Bushes did not like Trump and vice versa
re: #151 Belafon
At today’s funeral for Mrs. Bush, the plan is for FLOTUS Melania Trump to be seated next to Barack Obama and the Obamas are expected to be seated next to Bill and HillaryClinton
pure coincidence and not intended to be a dig at DT for being a dick
re: #153 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Bushes did not like Trump and vice versa
I’d hope that every former president and first lady would stipulate that the Trumps aren’t allowed at their funerals.
First lady Melania Trump sits beside the Clintons and Obamas, attending the funeral of former first lady Barbara Bush. https://t.co/mCAWjSVdBS pic.twitter.com/D28cwdAfYS
— ABC News (@ABC) April 21, 2018
re: #150 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Melania got invited, but Dotard didn’t?
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He probably did get invited but decided to send her instead. Don’t want to miss that tee time…
Is that Clinic escorts account real or satire?
re: #149 PhillyPretzel
I have no clue as to what the tweet said but if it was deleted it must have been interesting.
See the tweets in MsJ’s #106. That might be a clue.
re: #153 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Bushes did not like Trump and vice versa
Barb probably told the family ‘If you let that asshole anywhere near my funeral I will haunt you forever.’
re: #160 Eclectic Cyborg
Is that Clinic escorts account real or satire?
After what I went through when I went with a coworker whose boyfriend beat her when she told him she was pregnant to the clinic and we had to walk through the gauntlet of ignorant Christians—it’s not satire. It’s real. Including at the end when the Catholic priest spit in my face…the same priest was later convicted of child molestation…
Well, at least one NYT reporter is feeling pangs of guilt today.
I think this, from The New York Times’ Amy Chozick, is the most detailed and direct admission from someone on the 2016 Clinton beat that journalists were played by Russia. https://t.co/rJI6GmYiqG pic.twitter.com/MYzuUA0rhI
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) April 20, 2018
re: #154 scottslemmons
I mostly dislike Zach Snyder as a director, but that intro is very fine, and his intro for “Watchmen” is similarly fine.
It’d be interesting to make a list of the films with the best credits intros…
Snyder’s intro for Watchmen is extraordinary. Another great recent one is from Luc Besson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. The opening sequence is genuinely beautiful sci-fi.
Hell, I’d love to see a movie about this.
re: #148 Belafon
Anyone have a clue as to what the deleted tweet was:
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He spelled Haberman “Habberman.”
re: #160 Eclectic Cyborg
Is that Clinic escorts account real or satire?
it’s real…clinic escorts in Louisville, Kentucky
re: #163 Interesting Times
She looks far more relaxed in that screenshot than she ever does with Dotard.
Because she’s with adults.
re: #165 makeitstop
Can you tell @owillis that? Just kidding (kind of).
— Amy Chozick (@amychozick) April 20, 2018
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) April 20, 2018
Bad tone. It’s inappropriate politicization of an agency. @CIA’s tweet is thug-like. Other Trump agencies have issued similarly un-American sounding thug-like statements. But it’s especially unseemly for the CIA, which has been accused of torturing, killing and drugging people.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) April 21, 2018
Heading to the Southern White House to watch the Funeral Service of Barbara Bush. First Lady Melania has arrived in Houston to pay our respects. Will be a beautiful day!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 21, 2018
way to shamlessly plug your property … so disgraceful how you blatantly use your office to enrich yourself … so much conflict-of-interest all-the-while #GOP does nothing, turns a blind eye and enables corruption. Things will be very different in #2019 https://t.co/CsSlVmcmoC
— Kurt Bardella (@kurtbardella) April 21, 2018
and his constant inappropriate use of the word “beautiful” is beyond annoying.
re: #165 makeitstop
Well, at least one NYT reporter is feeling pangs of guilt today.
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Too little and too late from that presstitute.
re: #172 Belafon
She’s has no reason to be afraid of any of them.
This makes it even more obvious:
What an image given the tweets statements, and speeches in the past 445 days. Wonder what President Obama just said to Mrs. Trump…. pic.twitter.com/lnI0GGpX7n
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) April 21, 2018
Has she ever looked like that with her tweetaholic husband?
James Comey illegally leaked classified documents to the press in order to generate a Special Council? Therefore, the Special Council was established based on an illegal act? Really, does everybody know what that means?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 21, 2018
“Really, does everybody know what that means?” What if Doddering Gramps is seriously asking because he has no clue what it means? https://t.co/2oRmpEbf1L
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) April 21, 2018
BTW—Is Cheetolini hitting the golf course right now?
re: #177 Joe Bacon 🌹
He went earlier, so he could watch the funeral.
The president, again, has frequent difficulty with time. He left Key West on Thursday, was not there yesterday. pic.twitter.com/2bqWqZDbf0
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 21, 2018
re: #175 Interesting Times
This makes it even more obvious:
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Has she ever looked like that with her tweetaholic husband?
Nope. That’s a genuine smile, not the pinched, forced smile she wears when Preznit Baby is in the same room with her.
re: #178 Jenner7
I mean, wasn’t that so nice of him? ;)
The President of the United States is spending Saturday morning fretting publicly over whether his lawyer will flip on him.
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) April 21, 2018
re: #166 Dr Lizardo
Snyder’s intro for Watchmen is extraordinary. Another great recent one is from Luc Besson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. The opening sequence is genuinely beautiful sci-fi.
Hell, I’d love to see a movie about this.
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That one is glorious. :)
I’ve also always wished there was an Academy Award for Best Trailer. A lot of them are significantly better than the movies themselves. Some of them are works of art all by themselves. Just about every trailer for “Mad Max: Fury Road” was spectacular, and the “Sin City” is still something I go back to and watch from time to time…
re: #175 Interesting Times
This makes it even more obvious:
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Has she ever looked like that with her tweetaholic husband?
She actually looks comfortable.
NRATV blames Obama for the Parkland because he didn’t put students under Secret Service protection https://t.co/wHzj5CBJnl pic.twitter.com/9E5ZW80ytm
— Media Matters (@mmfa) April 21, 2018
Even for the NRA this is amazingly stupid. https://t.co/cbxdzmGQzY
— Karoli (@Karoli) April 21, 2018
re: #173 Backwoods_Sleuth
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and his constant inappropriate use of the word “beautiful” is beyond annoying.
I highlighted the most important word in your sentence. It really is a singular word that describes so much about the whole of Donald J. Trump.
Inappropriate.
He is at all times, in all cases…inappropriate.
re: #175 Interesting Times
This makes it even more obvious:
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Has she ever looked like that with her tweetaholic husband?
Poor @FLOTUS, we rarely see her smile around @realDonaldTrump…😐
But she can’t contain it-even at a funeral-when @BarackObama and @MichelleObama are around!
We understand Melania, they make US smile too.😁#BarbaraBushFuneral pic.twitter.com/F2STE4Qufb— iKnowWrite (@latricah) April 21, 2018
re: #186 Backwoods_Sleuth
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If this doesn’t this discredit the NRA, nothing else will, this is profoundly stupid even for them. God I hate that stupid organization. And yet they’re the ones who speak politically for the gun owners in our country.
re: #187 ObserverArt
I highlighted the most important word in your sentence. It really is a singular word that describes so much about the whole of Donald J. Trump.
Inappropriate.
He is at all times, in all cases…inappropriate.
.@POTUS… before you send out your next unconscionable tweet, look at this photo….& think about the grieving man who is saying goodbye to his wife of 73 years. Think of what he and his family are going through today. Make your tweets about them, not you… #Trump #BarbaraBush pic.twitter.com/KkXeuIETXS
— Andy Ostroy (@AndyOstroy) April 21, 2018
The Bushes relationship with Obama is an interesting one. Obama rightfully so was critical of President Bush as both a Senator and a candidate but there seems to be no personal animosity between the two families. I have to say, the more I learn about George and Barbara’s granddaughters, Jenna and Barbara, the more I like them especially comparing them with Trump’s adult kids but also Romney’s, Palin’s, and even McCain’s daughter Meaghan (won’t comment on McCain’s sons since I know nothing about them) but Jenna and Barbara seem like kind, compassionate young women who despite growing up first as the granddaughters as POTUS and then daughters as POTUS have a good head on their shoulders.
re: #186 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I’d like Mr. Tiny Pee Pee to explain how an Ex-President can order Secret Service protection for a school!
BTW—continually complaining to Apple about their NRA TV app & requesting its’ removal.
If Trump sees that tweet with Barack and Melania all comfortable and relaxed he is going to be steaming.
I feel sorry for her, she is probably going to have to hear about it.
I mean, Obama. Shhhhhheeeeeeeeeeiiiiittttttt…’bout to hit the fan.
re: #190 Backwoods_Sleuth
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He really could have used the moment to talk about perspective. The Bushes were together longer than he’s been alive. Never would have voted for H.W. but there’s something deeply beautiful about that. My own grandparents- Dad’s parents met in middle and high school. They weren’t together as long as the Bushes since my grandfather was only 66 when he died but there definitely was the same love there.
That’s the thing. The Bushes know if Trump came to the funeral it would be a fucking sideshow and he’d still somehow try and make it all about him.
So Donny is using being snubbed by the Bushes as another excuse to retreat to Mar-a-Lago, as if he needs excuses by this point. Look forward to reports from staff that he spent the time watching the coverage and raging at the lack of press about his absence from the proceedings.
re: #196 Eclectic Cyborg
That’s the thing. The Bushes know if Trump came to the funeral it would be a fucking sideshow he’d still somehow try and make all about him.
Turning a eulogy into a campaign speech is definitely something they would want to avoid.
re: #195 HappyWarrior
My grandparents were married 62 years. Gramps passed in 2011. Granny turns 91 in a few weeks. She’s still doing okay all things considered. Misses Gramps dearly but earlier this year she did fulfil a wish and live to see a great grandbaby.
re: #195 HappyWarrior
He really could have used the moment to talk about perspective. The Bushes were together longer than he’s been alive. Never would have voted for H.W. but there’s something deeply beautiful about that. My own grandparents- Dad’s parents met in middle and high school. They weren’t together as long as the Bushes since my grandfather was only 66 when he died but there definitely was the same love there.
Did you hear his first comments on her passing the other day?
I can’t quote exactly but he said something to the effect of “Can you believe they’ve been married for 73 years? I am never going to make that record.”
He even took the greatness of the Bushes being together for 73 years and sullied it with his own sleaziness, yet about himself.
Inappropriate.
re: #199 Eclectic Cyborg
My grandparents were married 62 years. Gramps passed in 2011. Granny turns 91 in a few weeks. She’s still doing okay all things considered. Misses Gramps dearly but earlier this year she did fulfil a wish and live to see a great grandbaby.
Nana was widowed for 26 years. During that time my brothers and I were born and many of her great grandchildren. I never got to see her at her happiest. The love my grandparents had for each other I think really was one of the most romantic things I’ve seen. My other grandmother has been widowed for nine. Like yours she recently became a great grandmother.
We know how Trump will console himself…
Grow, Trumpy Donald, fatter, fatter
Pile the Bic Macs on your platter
Listen to me, ‘cause I’m your buddy
We just adore you plump and chubby
We got a letter from the state, now
You’re gonna need a license plate, Wow!
Our little elephant joke come true
Chew, Trumpy Donald, chew!
re: #200 ObserverArt
Did you hear his first comments on her passing the other day?
I can’t quote exactly but he said something to the effect of “Can you believe they’ve been married for 73 years? I am never going to make that record.”
He even took the greatness of the Bushes being together for 73 years and sullied it with his own sleaziness, yet about himself.
Inappropriate.
He’s the oldest elected President. He could have used that moment about perspective instead of being a grandstanding jerk.
Sadly, Melania can look forward to coming home to a very angry and petulant child…oh, and Barron as well. Donny is gonna see those images of her with a smile on her face while sitting next to the Obamas and assume that they were joking at his expense. She never shows that smile when she’s around him, never looks that happy when they’re in public, so she must have been glad to be away from him. And it’s going to eat into his paper-thin ego.
re: #203 HappyWarrior
He’s the oldest elected President. He could have used that moment about perspective instead of being a grandstanding jerk.
He believes he’s handsome and slim. Asking Comey if he looked like he needed hookers is proof of that.
Perspective is a foreign concept to him.
Melania: you’re one of the five people I follow on twitter
Obama: you know that upsets him
Melania: LOL yeah pic.twitter.com/I1VclKJESs— laney (@misslaneym) April 21, 2018
re: #205 makeitstop
He believes he’s handsome and slim. Asking Comey if he looked like he needed hookers is proof of that.
Perspective is a foreign concept to him.
Take it that one notch higher on the volume nob makeitstop.
Reality is a foreign concept to him.
11!!!
I mean, according to Gingrich, Trump is “sending his contempt” for the Bush presidency and “his hostility” to Bush’s ideology by not attending, right? Right, @newtgingrich, you braying fart of a human?
— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) April 21, 2018
re: #205 makeitstop
He believes he’s handsome and slim. Asking Comey if he looked like he needed hookers is proof of that.
Perspective is a foreign concept to him.
I’m gonna go there and say that Comey probably looked at Donny’s current marriage and immediately concluded he’s the sort of guy who pays for sex these days.
re: #209 Targetpractice
Or has someone else, likely with a name ending in -vich or -ski do the paying for him…
Ft Worth:
A young woman stood up to her classmates who were carrying the Confederate flags when they tried to disrupt a peaceful vigil against gun violence.pic.twitter.com/Poupwt2KpP
— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) April 21, 2018
re: #206 Backwoods_Sleuth
She looks human there. Trump is nothing but a life force sucking demon.
re: #210 I cannot.
Or has someone else, likely with a name ending in -vich or -ski do the paying for him…
Carrying forward with that thinking, considering his change in attitude during his “tour” of Asia, Donny is likely the kinda guy who is used to receiving “gifts” during business negotiations.
— R.K. Hayes (@RK_Hayes) April 21, 2018
Hey @POTUS -
How’s golf? pic.twitter.com/fah0ik6cK0— andy lassner (@andylassner) April 21, 2018
The optics on this are amazing and by amazing I mean, real bad. https://t.co/SxaokA1KDH
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) April 21, 2018
re: #196 Eclectic Cyborg
That’s the thing. The Bushes know if Trump came to the funeral it would be a fucking sideshow and he’d still somehow try and make it all about him.
If he were there, he’d want to give a eulogy. And if he spoke, he’d have to make it about himself, and that means rehashing the 2016 election. Remember his speech at the Al Smith dinner?
re: #212 Skip Intro
She looks human there. Trump is nothing but a life force sucking demon.
Not meant as a criticism, but keep in mind, this is the same woman who looked at Trump and said “That inhumane lump of congealed evil passing as a human is what I want to marry and have a child with.”
She also is a birther.
Melania is just as evil as every other adult in that horde.
At least 4 people say they’ve been threatened during disputes w/ Trump
“If you keep fucking with Mr. Trump, we know where you live,” one caller warned a lawyer
The FBI traced call to payphone outside David Letterman’s theater, where Trump was that dayhttps://t.co/JISFTgekvk— Eric Umansky (@ericuman) April 21, 2018
Remember when Stormy Daniels revealed on 60 Minutes that she was threatened in Las Vegas by someone likely associated with Trump, and male pundits were soooo bored? Well, this seems to be an established pattern.
You paying attention now, dudes? https://t.co/CrUFF6iFDn— Sarah Lerner (@SarahLerner) April 21, 2018
In other news, my car is having a manual swap done while in Japan before it’s exported to the states:
Irresponsible, short-sighted, and entirely unnecessary. The U.S. is already producing more oil and gas than ever before in our history. It makes no sense to jeopardize the Arctic’s indigenous communities or fragile ecosystem. Period. #ANWR https://t.co/kaiLEHB7Vq
— Senator Ben Cardin (@SenatorCardin) April 21, 2018
re: #219 electrotek
In other news, my car is having a manual swap done while in Japan before it’s exported to the states:
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So, they open the glove box, take out the old Japanese manual, and replace it with one written in English?
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I look at that picture and I remember the way the press lost their shit when Obama attended Mandela’s funeral. “ZOMG! He’s smiling! And taking selfies! Doesn’t he realize this is a funeral where you’re supposed to look solemn and sad?!”
re: #221 Blind Frog Belly White
rofl. Even someone like me knows it is the transmission.
re: #221 Blind Frog Belly White
So, they open the glove box, take out the old Japanese manual, and replace it with one written in English?
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hahahahahahaha I sure hope so!
. @FLOTUS personally invited George Hannie, former White House maitre d, and Buddy Carter, current White House usher — both of whom worked for and adored Barbara Bush — to join her on the flight to Houston so the two could attend today’s memorial.
— Kate Bennett (@KateBennett_DC) April 21, 2018
Here’s a couple more:
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🔥Customers Parts🔥 Brand spanking new Toyota JZX110 R154 manual transmission! @1jzedbias #jzx90 #r154 #r154swap #r154transmission #jzx110 #rasty #jdm #trd #toyota #tourerv
Man’s best friend indeed pic.twitter.com/DM2EeZ7m83
— laney (@misslaneym) April 21, 2018
re: #223 PhillyPretzel
rofl. Even someone like me knows it is the transmission.
You get out your wrench and put in a stick.
Or so I’ve heard.
/no motor no motors
re: #222 Targetpractice
I look at that picture and I remember the way the press lost their shit when Obama attended Mandela’s funeral. “ZOMG! He’s smiling! And taking selfies! Doesn’t he realize this is a funeral where you’re supposed to look solemn and sad?!”
IIRC, it wasn’t even a funeral, it was a memorial service.
Hey, at least Obama gets invited, because he knows how to behave himself.
re: #222 Targetpractice
I look at that picture and I remember the way the press lost their shit when Obama attended Mandela’s funeral. “ZOMG! He’s smiling! And taking selfies! Doesn’t he realize this is a funeral where you’re supposed to look solemn and sad?!”
The people who said that have obviously never attended a wake before. Yeah we mourn the departed but we celebrate the life lived too.
re: #230 makeitstop
IIRC, it wasn’t even a funeral, it was a memorial service.
Hey, at least Obama gets invited, because he knows how to behave himself.
I think the older Bushes thought highly of the Obamas.
re: #233 HappyWarrior
I think the older Bushes thought highly of the Obamas.
W has a crush on Michelle, I think. And Michelle genuinely seems to like him back.
re: #222 Targetpractice
And they have never sat shiva either.
Ain’t it tragic when you realize Donald Trump is more congenial to Kim Jong Un, a murderous Dictator, than he is to John McCain, a bond-fide American war hero?
— Elements Matter (@ElementsMatter) April 21, 2018
Sadly true.
re: #234 makeitstop
W has a crush on Michelle, I think. And Michelle genuinely seems to like him back.
I never thought I’d say this ten years ago but I like GWB as a man. I admire how he overcame alcoholism and he seems to be a good father and grandfather. Policy wise? A failure imo and I can’t forgive that but I like the guy as a person. He doesn’t seem to hold grudges or pettiness towards the people who criticized him and he deserved a lot of criticism.
re: #237 Unshaken Defiance
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Sadly true.
Indeed. He’s more friendly with despots than small letter d, Democrats.
re: #212 Skip Intro
My friend said that every time she sees Hair Furor and Melania together, it looks like Melania is being held hostage, like in hostage videos…
re: #241 The Major
Don’t smile so the focus is on me (DT). That is what almost every photo of the two of them together looks like.
re: #242 PhillyPretzel
Don’t smile so the focus is on me (DT). That is what almost every photo of the two of them together looks like.
Yeah.
My brother said my nephew got married last summer in the same church Barbara Bush’s funeral is being held in (St. Martin’s Episcopal). This is the same nephew who didn’t bother to invite me to his wedding because of my politics. (Not that I could have gone anyway, someone had to stay home to watch our menagerie.) *shrug* That’s probably the ritziest church in Houston.
re: #212 Skip Intro
She looks human there. Trump is nothing but a life force sucking demon.
She’s sitting with a real President. Even at a funeral, that’s going to be an amazing moment in her life.
re: #246 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
She’s sitting with a real President. Even at a funeral, that’s going to be an amazing moment in her life.
Not just a real President but a decent man too.
With this criminal in the White House, there’s a new scandal EVERY SINGLE DAY. With Obama, the only scandals were the tan suit, the mustard on the cheeseburgers, and Malia smoking weed at Lollapalooza.
re: #248 Ace Rothstein
With this criminal in the White House, there’s a new scandal EVERY SINGLE DAY. With Obama, the only scandals were the tan suit, the mustard on the cheeseburgers, and Malia smoking weed at Lollapalooza.
Also arugula.
Do NOT tweet this photo to @realDonaldTrump. He’ll hate knowing that the first time Melania cracked a smile in years was during a quiet chat with Obama. pic.twitter.com/4JwBHGUcP5
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) April 21, 2018
re: #248 Ace Rothstein
Oh hey you run Nikon right? How is the 4k DSLR codec thing going with those? Canon seems to have a huge issue with SD cards.
re: #251 Unshaken Defiance
No clue. I’ve never shot one second of video with my D4s’s.
Greets and saluts from the Resistance in the NYC metro area. It’s finally feeling like spring today, after the first half of the month felt like January redux.
Then again it’s been Groundhog Day around here since 1/20/2017, when Trump took office amid scandal and it’s been one scandal after another.
Trump can’t be bothered by spelling, and the spelling is the least of his problems. Wharton wants their degree back because Trump doesn’t know basic economics. He doesn’t care about facts, and he ignores logic while rejecting anything that shows his addled worldview or beliefs is wrong.
The problem starts with fact that his supporters share his addled worldview and Fox is a huge part of that misinformation/agitprop campaign.
It’s all they do - hour after hour of misinformation spewed by people like Newt, “Diamond and Silk”, Gorka, Lewandowski, Conway, and assorted other smear merchants and liars.
Heck, Newt was among those who called Mueller a great pick for Special Counsel, right up to the moment he started indicting people all around Trump. That’s when he claimed Mueller was out of control.
The fact is Mueller could indict - and get guilty pleas as quickly and from as many people as he has to date - is that Trumpworld is compromised, complicit, and criminal.
All the years of investigating Clinton and her family yielded nothing but nonstop innuendo and conspiracy theory. Congressional GOPers even got their wish and got her testifying under oath on Capitol Hill for 11 hours. After that, they had to admit they had nothing, but still think another investigation will find criminal conduct. That’s where the GOP is now - hoping that the DOJ launches another investigation into Clinton, Sessions, Comey, Obama, etc., hoping someone among them engaged in criminal wrongdoing.
Well, I can make it simple for them: Sessions perjured himself in his confirmation hearing. The GOP didn’t care and confirmed him anyways. But it doesn’t make the perjury any less of a crime.
They’ll stop at nothing to deflect attention from Trumpworld criminality.
Even Trump can’t help but admit that he’s got criminal conduct going on because he thinks Cohen’s going to flip (or wont flip). There’d be no reason for someone who is innocent to flip - that assumes criminal conduct. Everyone seems to think Cohen’s going to get indicted, even Cohen’s lawyers. The only question is which investigation and how many charges.
Even the GOP seems to know this - but doesn’t care and continues enabling the regime, even those most maverick-y of mavericks like Flake and McCain.
But if you want to know the state of trumpworld, it’s this: Barbara Bush funeral ceremony is being held and other living presidents and first ladies are in attendance. Trump is not.
It’s not because he’s a disruption (every other president is in the same room).
It’s because not a single one of the former presidents, especially the Bush family, can stand the vulgarian Trump. Barbara made that explicitly known.
Trump saves par on the 9th at #MarALago, says he really felt Barbara Bush watching over him as he sank the putt. #barbarabushfuneral
— Richard Hine (@richardhine) April 21, 2018
re: #248 Ace Rothstein
With this criminal in the White House, there’s a new scandal EVERY SINGLE DAY. With Obama, the only scandals were the tan suit, the mustard on the cheeseburgers, and Malia smoking weed at Lollapalooza.
Not according to Republicans and especially Radical Xtians who endlessly trashed anything Obama did. According to them Obama was the most corrupt President ever. And they forgive every trespass of Trump because he’s such a Gawdly man…
A few things - Trump is referring to @NunbergSam in his tweet. He’s too aware of what Stone could do to him to be that direct. Also, Trump has been abusive to all his staffers at various points, but continues to greet @CLewandowski_ better than most https://t.co/coxNMRVCUl
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 21, 2018
Donald Trump is afraid of Roger Stone? https://t.co/0pqSQu1LRK
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) April 21, 2018
A few things - Trump is referring to @NunbergSam in his tweet. He’s too aware of what Stone could do to him to be that direct. Also, Trump has been abusive to all his staffers at various points, but continues to greet @CLewandowski_ better than most https://t.co/coxNMRVCUl
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 21, 2018
Donald Trump is afraid of Roger Stone? https://t.co/0pqSQu1LRK
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) April 21, 2018
For years https://t.co/IdvM2QP1j4
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 21, 2018
Absolutely. https://t.co/aUZLmA7Ly8
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) April 21, 2018
re: #254 jaunte
I had to go verify that was fake.
re: #258 Belafon
It’s hard to know for sure, isn’t it?
re: #257 Joe Bacon 🌹
So we see that Alex Jones gets off on this Dick pic…
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Nothing says I oppose the Deep State like being a Nixon groupie.
Roger Stone, unrepentant criminal since the Nixon Administration.
It genuinely disturbs me to think I’m from a country where a vast majority of men think so lowly of women.
— Zahra Haider (@zarahaider) April 21, 2018
Just to disturb you even further. Sorry. I’m saddened and disappointed at the misogyny, lack of empathy and plain stupidity in this country. #Metoo #MeeshaShafi pic.twitter.com/svhGiOAlnL
— Khurram Qureshi (@stringerclifton) April 21, 2018