Jim dissects the toxic ideology of self-described “incels,” or “involuntary celibates,” who condone misogynistic violence and feel women owe them sex.
The Jim Jefferies Show airs Tuesdays at 10:30/9:30c on Comedy Central.
Why is there so little compassion for the ‘have nots’ when it comes to the unequal distribution of sex? It must be because the ‘victims’ of this type of discrimination are nearly all male, says @toadmeisterhttps://t.co/KUPogJIEaQ
— The Spectator (@spectator) May 5, 2018
This is asinine. Men aren’t entitled to sex.
There are plenty of women who aren’t getting laid and still aren’t going on murder sprees, ffs https://t.co/aybpIVbXIO— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) May 5, 2018
you’re right- no one is entitled to it.
but I’m seeing a little bit of where some men are coming from who constantly see women screwing every other guy and bragging about it but won’t engage with the guy that really truly wants to have a legit sexual encounter https://t.co/apK57zAoz9— 🌈 What’s in a Name? (@EvntHorizons141) May 6, 2018
Maybe if you worried less about what women were doing and spent some time unfucking yourself, you would notice this take is idiotic https://t.co/vvvMsOGO4m
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 6, 2018
This is the second time I’ve seen that rando today and … pic.twitter.com/oQSqVgJVou
— 🏴☠️ Swamp Boatswain Peyote Frank 🏴☠️ (@goddamnedfrank) May 6, 2018
Wait, men are guaranteed sex? I must have missed that in my copy of the bill of rights.
re: #4 Eclectic Cyborg
Wait, men are guaranteed sex? I must have missed that in my copy of the bill of rights.
Hey, how are you feeling?
re: #3 goddamnedfrank
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Men brag about tons of sex yet there isn’t a movement of women raging against them. This shit is absurd. Amusing as hell seeing right wingers take a “socialist “ position on sex.
re: #5 retired cynic
Hey, how are you feeling?
Better today than I have in awhile. Still on the mend, everything going as well as could be expected but I still have a few weeks left until I am 100%.
re: #8 Eclectic Cyborg
Well, take care, and enjoy the jaunt!
These “Incel” losers are beyond sick.
The Week In Garbage Men: Incels Sympathizers Make Case For Redistribution Of Vaginas
wonkette.com
🎈😽🎈😻🎈🐕🎈😽🎈😻🎈
“Sometimes … I think … he exaggerates”
Via https://t.co/IlJNoH9kWh
🐾🐾🐾🐾 pic.twitter.com/Z4nY8FLL79— The Cult Cat (@Elverojaguar) May 5, 2018
re: #4 Eclectic Cyborg
Wait, men are guaranteed sex? I must have missed that in my copy of the bill of rights.
There’s no guarantee if you voided the warranty.
I think Planned Parenthood should be funded for Fleshlights for mentally imbalanced men who can’t get laid because they’re insufferable douches. Call it the ‘Get Fucked’ program.
re: #11 CriticalDragon1177
These “Incel” losers are beyond sick.
The Week In Garbage Men: Incels Sympathizers Make Case For Redistribution Of Vaginas
wonkette.com
*Rage building*
This guy was taking photos of wild gorillas when a WHOLE FAMILY of them decided to gather around and pet him ❤️ pic.twitter.com/fdx9FCJ0cY
— The Dodo (@dodo) May 5, 2018
His face like:
“Beeeeeesttt daaaaaayy evaaaaaaa”
♡— Sir Vifa Valenciana (@Liukalen) May 5, 2018
“If he [the bear] visits, it’s turned over,” said one man who has lived in Leatherwood for 82 years. https://t.co/Fhu4QhqsD3
— WYMT (@WYMT) May 6, 2018
people who live in bear country should know better than to leave tasty pickanick baskets/garbage cans outdoors at night.
What is this Australian dude talking about the tender feelings of a group of American men?
He doesn’t understand American sexual dynamics and where Incels fit into them.
In fact he might just be one of the problems…what with that accent and being funny and entertaining and shit.
Pres back at WH. Spent nearly 5 hrs at his Sterling, VA golf club.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) May 6, 2018
Stand back. Here come the tweets. https://t.co/I710W5iT2j
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 6, 2018
re: #21 ObserverArt
What is this Australian dude talking about the tender feelings of a group of American men?
He doesn’t understand American sexual dynamics and where Incels fit into them.
In fact he might just be one of the problems…what with that accent and being funny and entertaining and shit.
Oh yeah. He’s a total Chad.
re: #22 Charles Johnson
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Staff knew they needed to keep him away from the tv today.
So I was on a conference call the other day and there were multiple folks with the same first name, causing a bit of confusion.
I suggested we could reduce the confusion by referring to one person as good looking Bob (name changed to protect the innocent), one as handsome Bob and one as drop dead gorgeous Bob. One of the Bob’s immediately claimed the title of drop dead gorgeous Bob. When asked to justify that claim, he said “Well, when I was dating all the women called me the diminutive form of that name, i.e. “Drop dead”.
He won the argument.
Kate McKinnon’s imitation of Giuliani on @nbcsnl last night was almost as funny as Giuliani’s imitation of a lawyer on @ThisWeekABC this morning
— Ken Olin (@kenolin1) May 6, 2018
re: #26 Backwoods_Sleuth
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My digital signal for local over the air TV (local NBC is not available with Directv Now…grrr) dropped last night and I missed the opening of SNL. I had to rescan local DTV signals to get it back, but it was well into the show.
So, first thing this morning I had to find video of it.
Kate nailed it. She is one heck of comedic actress with great caricatures of people. I did not expect her to be Rudy, but as soon as I saw her on camera I was like why not Kate McKinnon? She had the bug eyes down.
Not related, but I just uploaded my first LGF post in a very very long time.
MostAmazingTop10 - Top 10 Dumbest Flat Earth Arguments ( Video )
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re: #26 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Or as Michael Avenatti described it:
…what we witnessed by Rudy Giuliani may be one of the worst TV appearances by any attorney on behalf of a client in modern times.”
re: #18 CriticalDragon1177
I can imagine.
My 13 and 15 year old boys rushed to be the first one to tell me what an incel is. They were depressed when I said I already knew.
Their judgement of the whole thing? “They’re idiots.”
Then the 15 year-old claimed that 85% of the boys in his high school are incels.
All is well.
“If I could speak directly to any incels watching—I follow Tosh, so I know there are lots of you….” LOL.
re: #3 goddamnedfrank
but I’m seeing a little bit of where some men are coming from who constantly see women screwing every other guy and bragging about it but won’t engage with the guy that really truly wants to have a legit sexual encounter
slut = a girl who fucks every guy except you
I will admit, I have been in the situation of having been chatting up a woman all night, thinking we were hitting it off, going to get her a drink at last call and then seeing her float out the door with some guy who shows up at the end of the night and winks at her…
some fellows have that magical ability, I never did
I had a roommate who was like that: he had no trouble pulling chicks, his problems came in trying to get rid of them afterwards…
for that, I have broken a few hearts of a few women who wanted me but did just not do anything for me, and I am not one for fucking someone I am not interested in for the sake of sex
GOP candidate Don Blankenship is surging on eve of W. Virginia primary in spite of racist ads and criminal conviction related to deaths of 29 coal miners. https://t.co/nChhflrEuh pic.twitter.com/80DZFGFSn3
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) May 6, 2018
On the eighth anniversary of the worst American mine disaster in half a century, Don Blankenship was camped out at a diner in Elizabeth, West Virginia, explaining to an audience of two why his recently completed stint in federal prison made him more appealing to voters.
The trip to B-Bopp, a ’40s-themed joint about the length of a Mack truck, had been advertised as a chance to throw questions at the man whose campaign for US Senate has thrown Republican operatives into crisis mode. But only a pair of white-haired men had stuck around for lunch with Blankenship and his entourage. “We was told we come down here, we’re gonna eat,” said one of them, a bespectacled activist with a Trump hat and a prospector beard.
Offer of free food and only a couple of old-fart trumpsters showed up?
Quite the “surging” happening…
Please slap me in the face if I ever refer to myself as an “Incel”.
re: #35 Eclectic Cyborg
Please slap me in the face if I ever refer to myself as an “Incel”.
Is the adjective then “incelent”?
‘Incelation’: wearing attire that makes you unfuckable ex: MAGA hat
re: #37 BigPapa
‘Incelation’: wearing attire that makes you unfuckable ex: MAGA hat
not enough updings for that gem
A Pyrenean desman is the 8,000th species to board the National Geographic Photo Ark. The desman, a rare insectivore, leads a largely aquatic life, using its webbed feet for swimming and a trunk-like nose for sensing prey and snorkeling. pic.twitter.com/LfoOvVgliN
— Joel Sartore (@joelsartore) May 4, 2018
How am I only just finding out about this amazing thing now? I am a fully grown adult and not once has someone told me to google a Desman. smh https://t.co/YKwbdYN4nZ
— Officer Edith (@OfficerEdith) May 6, 2018
re: #27 ObserverArt
My digital signal for local over the air TV (local NBC is not available with Directv Now…grrr) dropped last night and I missed the opening of SNL. I had to rescan local DTV signals to get it back, but it was well into the show.
So, first thing this morning I had to find video of it.
Kate nailed it. She is one heck of comedic actress with great caricatures of people. I did not expect her to be Rudy, but as soon as I saw her on camera I was like why not Kate McKinnon? She had the bug eyes down.
Kate is one of the most funny performers SNL has had in awhile. I love her versatility and willingness to take risks.
re: #37 BigPapa
‘Incelation’: wearing attire that makes you unfuckable ex: MAGA hat
I regret I only have one upding to give for my country, etc.
In thinking about this I realized I know someone who would fall in the incel category. A friend of my best friend.
He’s angry. Just angry at women. The ones who have been interested were not attractive enough. But only a swimsuit model is attractive enough.
He thinks he is entitled to a female that meets his standards.
He is not attractive in looks, but more than that, his sarcasm, contempt, and anger are very offputting. Many women look past a man’s looks. But you can’t look past something like that. He oozes it.
He has no clue how to talk to a woman, none. He managed to pull off a conversation with me because I’m married, but even then he couldn’t look me in the eye.
My friend has suggested he try online dating. “Only losers do that.” He’s had one girlfriend, in college, that left him. We are now 45 years old.
This is the kind of man that would identify with that group. He may not be in it but he definitely has it down.
If one of these guys finally gets laid, does that make him an “excel”?
re: #43 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
If one of these guys finally gets laid, does that make him an “excel”?
In his own crowd, probably yeah….
re: #41 HappyWarrior
Kate is one of the most funny performers SNL has had in awhile. I love her versatility and willingness to take risks.
McKinnon’s blobfish mermaid is a scream.
Like a boss. pic.twitter.com/uq2sRNfsvm
— Awesome Stuff (@_Amazingstuff__) May 6, 2018
re: #42 BlueGrl21
I regret I only have one upding to give for my country, etc.
In thinking about this I realized I know someone who would fall in the incel category. A friend of my best friend.
He’s angry. Just angry at women. The ones who have been interested were not attractive enough. But only a swimsuit model is attractive enough.
He thinks he is entitled to a female that meets his standards.
He is not attractive in looks, but more than that, his sarcasm, contempt, and anger are very offputting. Many women look past a man’s looks. But you can’t look past something like that. He oozes it.
He has no clue how to talk to a woman, none. He managed to pull off a conversation with me because I’m married, but even then he couldn’t look me in the eye.
My friend has suggested he try online dating. “Only losers do that.” He’s had one girlfriend, in college, that left him. We are now 45 years old.
This is the kind of man that would identify with that group. He may not be in it but he definitely has it down.
He could try money laundering for Russians using real estate. Might be able to snag a trophy wife.
re: #43 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
If one of these guys finally gets laid, does that make him an “excel”?
Yes, we need to get to the bottom of this important subject.
Seriously, if you want to get laid that bad, save up for a legal brothel. But don’t be unfuckable, it might cost you more.
re: #49 BigPapa
Yes, we need to get to the bottom of this important subject.
Seriously, if you want to get laid that bad, save up for a legal brothel. But don’t be unfuckable, it might cost you more.
it’s cheaper than dating and if sex is the ultimate motivation, then the results will be more satisfying.
something for Stanley:
The seagulls in Blackpool are ruthless 😀 pic.twitter.com/c1yEgG3iSE
— Norma Bracegirdle (@NBracegirdle) May 4, 2018
I don’t think sex is the main motivation. Being able to capture and control access is.
Those of us in the real world want consent, if not actual attraction.
Incel-ism is a tepid whiny ‘well, actually’ strain of PUA culture.
re: #54 BigPapa
I don’t think sex is the main motivation. Being able to capture and control access is.
Those of us in the real world want consent, if not actual attraction.
Incel-ism is a tepid whiny ‘well, actually’ strain of PUA culture.
To quote Kevin Spacey’s character in House of Cards: “Everything is about sex. Except sex. Sex is about power.”
No wonder he was able to deliver lines like that so convincingly…
re: #53 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
It looks like someone needs a proof reader.
re: #53 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
re: #55 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
To quote Kevin Spacey’s character in House of Cards: “Everything is about sex. Except sex. Sex is about power.”
And that was an ad lib.
re: #56 PhillyPretzel
It looks like someone needs a proof reader.
yes, it should read “methbumblebee” the condition of being so cranked up that you hear a beehive in your head…
Ad Freud? Just spitballin here. Like Trump’s last sixth every lawyer.
This Chu guy seems pretty smart.
Call a lie a lie. Call a money launderer a money launderer. Call a racist statement a racist statement. That’s what language is FOR.
— Emily Nussbaum (@emilynussbaum) May 6, 2018
Isn’t this the whole Trunchbull strategy
Do things that are actually so outrageous that anyone reporting honestly on them sounds unhinged and vindictive https://t.co/RUZLrNu4kF— Arthur Chu (@arthur_affect) May 6, 2018
re: #54 BigPapa
I don’t think sex is the main motivation. Being able to capture and control access is.
Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner!
Hey y’all:
Just got down reviewing the latest Rudy G. meltdown on ABC this morning.
I know there’s at least one lawyer who posts regularly here. My question is this: isn’t Giuliani just basically confessing that Trump is guilty of everything he’s been accused of at this point?
I’m not a lawyer, but I’m not stupid, either. Every time Rudy opens his mouth, it seems like it’s “Yeah, Don did that. No biggie.” I watched Maddow’s interview with other lawyers and prosecutors the other day, but WTF am I missing here? Is there a “Confess to our sins because our base refuses to believe in reality”?
re: #54 BigPapa
I don’t think sex is the main motivation. Being able to capture and control access is.
Those of us in the real world want consent, if not actual attraction.
Incel-ism is a tepid whiny ‘well, actually’ strain of PUA culture.
I read a very interesting op-ed today about Ross Douthat’s opinion piece in the NY Times.
She makes the case that the incel narrative isn’t really about having sex, or lack thereof, as such. The “sexual hierarchy” is really about social values. As a gay man, I can understand this line of argument.
Being at the bottom of a sexual hierarchy does not mean you don’t have sex.
This is another point that should be obvious but has, apparently, been lost in the vacuous prattle that followed the Toronto killings. Society has hegemonic norms, but people violate them constantly and form microcultures. As an autistic transgender woman with non-white features, I’m certainly on the “wrong” side of a few beauty hierarchies in this society and I pay a price for that; I still have sex and two very committed partners with whom I share very deep connections.Sexual hierarchies can be fluid and micrological. In some communities, they may even be reversed outright. This doesn’t even begin to grapple with how your individual notions of attractiveness, honed over the years by uniquely personal experiences, may affect things. Hierarchies of desirability do have an impact, but not necessarily on the practical outcome of whether or not you have sex. It may affect your ability to feel sexy, and hurt your self-esteem of course; goddess knows I’ve been there. But that’s less about your ability to have sex, than it is how you feel about yourself and what struggles emerge from that. Through it all, people from every position on the “hierarchy” still manage to frequently find meaningful and exciting relationships.
Even a casual glance in your own social circles will reveal many happily bonded people who, in one way or another, are considered socially undesirable or “unattractive” by the ruthless metrics of conventional beauty standards. Meanwhile, our media is saturated with the image of “unattractive” men who are loved deeply by conventionally attractive women; it’s the conceit of a dozen and one sitcoms and it does reflect a partial reality where men who look like, say, Kevin James are quite capable of finding loving relationships. (I say “partial” because, naturally, it fails to reflect what life is like for women of all shapes and sizes.)
In short…
Sexual hierarchies aren’t really about sex.
They’re wired in to all manner of socio-economic and political mores, certainly, but bear only a passing relationship to your actual ability to find dates and slap your genitals against someone else’s. Rather, they are norms about social value which determine other aspects of your reality that are untethered to your sex life. For women, those who are seen as conventionally attractive will have to endure constant imprecations about their careers — ”is she sleeping her way to the top?” will haunt her every step, and her beauty will be taken as blanket consent for everything from drawing porn of her against her will to dismissing her point of view to undervaluing her accomplishments.
Conventionally “unattractive” women, meanwhile, will be ruthlessly mocked and derided by men (including incels — just look at what they say about women they deem undesirable, impervious to irony as reactionary bigots often must be). Such women may be ignored outright or deemed unworthy of making even professional connections with, seen as uncharismatic, unhealthy, or shamed for what they look like.
This is all, indeed, a function of the sexual hierarchy; but it’s markedly unrelated to one’s sex life as such. Which brings me to the final point…
Sex will not cure these extremists.
More here…
re: #54 BigPapa
I don’t think sex is the main motivation. Being able to capture and control access is.
Those of us in the real world want consent, if not actual attraction.
Incel-ism is a tepid whiny ‘well, actually’ strain of PUA culture.
It’s much worse than that. We’re talking about it because one of them went on a murder spree and is being hailed for it by many in that group. Then too many in the media ran with it and tried to paint it with enough credibility to justify their bullshit columns. It’s dangerous and violent and should always be identified as such.
re: #66 Alephnaught
Being at the bottom of a sexual hierarchy does not mean you don’t have sex.
“alpha male” simply describes the position a creature occupies in the hierarchy, it is not determinative in nature. In fact, lower-ranking males have been observed advantage of alphas fighting each other for dominance to gain access to females…
summary: social interaction is complicated stuff
re: #32 Barefoot Grin
“If I could speak directly to any incels watching—I follow Tosh, so I know there are lots of you….” LOL.
That shit right there is funny as hell. 🤣😂😭
re: #43 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
If one of these guys finally gets laid, does that make him an “excel”?
It’s makes them incredibly, incredibly lucky.
re: #47 Joe Bacon 🌹
Let’s all agree that this guy ain’t no “Chad”!
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He ain’t no Ted, either (right Raphael?)
Worth bearing in mind when reflecting on loyalty of DJT support:
- In 1932, in teeth of Great Depression, with discredited Herbert Hoover running against ascendant FDR, Hoover still got FORTY PERCENT of the popular vote!
There is, and always has been, such a thing as “the base.”— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) May 5, 2018
re: #33 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
slut = a girl who fucks every guy except you
I will admit, I have been in the situation of having been chatting up a woman all night, thinking we were hitting it off, going to get her a drink at last call and then seeing her float out the door with some guy who shows up at the end of the night and winks at her…
some fellows have that magical ability, I never did
I had a roommate who was like that: he had no trouble pulling chicks, his problems came in trying to get rid of them afterwards…
for that, I have broken a few hearts of a few women who wanted me but did just not do anything for me, and I am not one for fucking someone I am not interested in for the sake of sex
they already knew each other // 1/2
re: #64 Mattand
Hey y’all:
Just got down reviewing the latest Rudy G. meltdown on ABC this morning.
I know there’s at least one lawyer who posts regularly here. My question is this: isn’t Giuliani just basically confessing that Trump is guilty of everything he’s been accused of at this point?
I’m not a lawyer, but I’m not stupid, either. Every time Rudy opens his mouth, it seems like it’s “Yeah, Don did that. No biggie.” I watched Maddow’s interview with other lawyers and prosecutors the other day, but WTF am I missing here? Is there a “Confess to our sins because our base refuses to believe in reality”?
His base doesn’t care about anything he does because they filter everything through the RW prism. They will justify any action he takes because they are all true believers. They literally do not care if he actually conspired with Russia, laundered money for the Russian mob, or shot someone on 5th avenue. As long as the RW media support him, they will continue to worship him.
I cannot tell you how many times my brother has denied that Trump was mocking the disabled reporter; what he sees is very different from what any objective observer would see.
re: #73 dangerman
they already knew each other // 1/2
she did not even know his name, but he is the guy she followed home last week…
re: #67 JordanRules
It’s much worse than that. We’re talking about it because
onetwo of them went on a murder spree and is being hailed for it by many in that group. Then too many in the media ran with it and tried to paint it with enough credibility to justify their bullshit columns. It’s dangerous and violent and should always be identified as such.
That we know of for sure.
This incel movement is probably the best example yet of the internet’s ability to empower fringe dwellers and isolated crazy people. People who used to harangue passers by in the public parks or mutter to themselves as they walked down the street can now make contact with the like-minded and empower themselves through the exchange of ideas and through collective advocacy.
These guys, dangerously frustrated woman-haters, have have always existed but except for the occasional sex crimes trial, their ideas and attitudes never saw the light of day. We have seen this with flat Earthers, Moon landing denialists, Walmart tunnel* spotters, and conspiracy proponents of every sort. These ideas have been around a long time, but their exposure was limited by the professional media. The latter, in their admittedly imperfect and sometimes deficient way, served as gatekeepers for consensus reality. If Time or CBS News thought you were a crank, you were consigned to the Outer Darkness or mocked in a light-hearted human interest story. Now though, CBS and Time don’t matter at all, the reality challenged crazies are the mainstream.
Trump’s election, and the conspiracist right’s reflexive, visceral hatred of professional media, are obviously connected with this trend.
*A nation-wide grid of secret tunnels featured in the conspiracy stories that circulated in the then-small network of fundamentalist churches in the 1970s.
re: #72 Belafon
James Fallows
✔
@JamesFallows
Worth bearing in mind when reflecting on loyalty of DJT support:
- In 1932, in teeth of Great Depression, with discredited Herbert Hoover running against ascendant FDR, Hoover still got FORTY PERCENT of the popular vote!
There is, and always has been, such a thing as “the base.”
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Hoover was a good man who erred in the response to the economic catastrophe he was facing. He saved millions from starvation in Russia; he was a real hero. There is no comparison between Hoover and Trump.
re: #67 JordanRules
It’s much worse than that. We’re talking about it because one of them went on a murder spree and is being hailed for it by many in that group. Then too many in the media ran with it and tried to paint it with enough credibility to justify their bullshit columns. It’s dangerous and violent and should always be identified as such.
sex sells
if it bleeds, it leads
put the two together and you are going to hear no end of it…
re: #78 Hecuba’s daughter
Hoover was a good man who erred in the response to the economic catastrophe he was facing. He saved millions from starvation in Russia; he was a real hero. There is no comparison between Hoover and Trump.
exactly. he was a tried-and-true public servant, but his ideas and methods of dealing with the crisis were outdated and ineffective.
re: #76 allegro
That we know of for sure.
Weren’t the Fort Hood murderer and the Virginia tech murderer also men who could be classified as incels, but before there was an official incel movement
re: #81 Hecuba’s daughter
Weren’t the Fort Hood murderer and the Virginia tech murderer also men who could be classified as incels, but before there was an official incel movement
I think we will find sexual frustration as a contributing factor in a lot of such instances.
re: #74 Hecuba’s daughter
His base doesn’t care about anything he does because they filter everything through the RW prism. They will justify any action he takes because they are all true believers. They literally do not care if he actually conspired with Russia, laundered money for the Russian mob, or shot someone on 5th avenue. As long as the RW media support him, they will continue to worship him.
I cannot tell you how many times my brother has denied that Trump was mocking the disabled reporter; what he sees is very different from what any objective observer would see.
Do you mean he tells you what he sees?
Because I think people see the bad in an action, but accept it because there is a benefit. You get to rile up a lefty, you get to protect your guy and maybe you like the bad action because you would do it too. Screw that disabled reporter.
You have to turn a blind eye. But that doesn’t mean you didn’t see it. It means you are willfully deciding to deny what you saw, turn away from it and build your own vision.
Which is exactly what Trump is doing too. He has been all along. He ran his campaign that way. He ‘governs’ that way and he covers his ass on everything the same way too.
You did not see that. Fake News. Alternative Facts. Deep State!
re: #74 Hecuba’s daughter
I cannot tell you how many times my brother has denied that Trump was mocking the disabled reporter; what he sees is very different from what any objective observer would see.
or that his inauguration crowd was the biggest ever
re: #80 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
exactly. he was a tried-and-true public servant, but his ideas and methods of dealing with the crisis were outdated and ineffective.
My father always hated Roosevelt; he voted for Hoover in 1932. He believed that Hoover was planning on implementing the very program that Roosevelt put into place on his election.
re: #78 Hecuba’s daughter
Hoover was a good man who erred in the response to the economic catastrophe he was facing. He saved millions from starvation in Russia; he was a real hero. There is no comparison between Hoover and Trump.
I’m pretty sure most of those Americans stuck with Hoover because of the R, not saving Russians from starvation.
re: #85 Hecuba’s daughter
My father always hated Roosevelt; he voted for Hoover in 1932. He believed that Hoover was planning on implementing the very program that Roosevelt put into place on his election.
I remember when the Roosevelt 10-cent stamp came out and a lot of old people joked about how they did not know which side to spit on…
Challah pic.twitter.com/PRWK0TefyE
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) May 6, 2018
re: #75 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
she did not even know his name, but he is the guy she followed home last week…
a “scam” run in The Color Of Money, and others
(no danger, just you)
re: #86 Belafon
I’m pretty sure most of those Americans stuck with Hoover because of the R, not saving Russians from starvation.
and because they believed that his ideas were still right, the economic problems were the fault of Jewish bankers, negroes and immigrants
re: #85 Hecuba’s daughter
My father always hated Roosevelt; he voted for Hoover in 1932. He believed that Hoover was planning on implementing the very program that Roosevelt put into place on his election.
Similar to those that want to believe that the South was going to end slavery on its own.
re: #82 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I think we will find sexual frustration as a contributing factor in a lot of such instances.
Toxic masculinity more than sexual frustration. Sexual frustration is just the mask it’s wearing that day.
re: #81 Hecuba’s daughter
Weren’t the Fort Hood murderer and the Virginia tech murderer also men who could be classified as incels, but before there was an official incel movement
Could be.
re: #92 JordanRules
Toxic masculinity more than sexual frustration. Sexual frustration is just the mask it’s wearing that day.
and an inability to understand that their toxicity is the cause of their frustration
re: #83 ObserverArt
Do you mean he tells you what he sees?
Because I think people see the bad in an action, but accept it because there is a benefit. You get to rile up a lefty, you get to protect your guy and maybe you like the bad action because you would do it too. Screw that disabled reporter.
You have to turn a blind eye. But that doesn’t mean you didn’t see it. It means you are willfully deciding to deny what you saw, turn away from it and build your own vision.
Which is exactly what Trump is doing too. He has been all along. He ran his campaign that way. He ‘governs’ that way and he covers his ass on everything the same way too.
You did not see that. Fake News. Alternative Facts. Deep State!
My brother claims that we are not watching the full video or the right video or something along those lines. He also rants about the Deep State and how Mueller and Comey are going to jail. Brainwashing is brainwashing.
The next time that my brother, in response to my denunciation of Putin, asks whether I want to see WWIII, I think I’m going with the “Oh, so Trump is Chamberlain?” response.
re: #81 Hecuba’s daughter
Weren’t the Fort Hood murderer and the Virginia tech murderer also men who could be classified as incels, but before there was an official incel movement
The Virginia Tech loon for sure.
re: #96 Hecuba’s daughter
My brother claims that we are not watching the full video or the right video or something along those lines. He also rants about the Deep State and how Mueller and Comey are going to jail. Brainwashing is brainwashing.
The next time that my brother, in response to my denunciation of Putin, asks whether I want to see WWIII, I think I’m going with the “Oh, so Trump is Chamberlain?” response.
Which is sad, because it was a campaign event. The whole video is available somewhere.
re: #89 dangerman
a “scam” run in The Color Of Money, and others
(no danger, just you)
Do you wanna look at my car?
re: #78 Hecuba’s daughter
Hoover was a good man who erred in the response to the economic catastrophe he was facing. He saved millions from starvation in Russia; he was a real hero. There is no comparison between Hoover and Trump.
re: #80 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
exactly. he was a tried-and-true public servant, but his ideas and methods of dealing with the crisis were outdated and ineffective.
Also: by most objective historical analysis, Hoover DID eventually come to grasp the dimensions of the Great Depression, and realize what had to be done to (at least try) to ameliorate it, but found himself a prisoner of:
1) a non-interventionist laissez-faire mentality that he could neither totally junk or adequately side-step, and (more importantly)
2) a Republican-dominated Congress that studiously and determinedly attempted to ignore or minimize the economic crisis swallowing up the country, and flatly rejected Hoover’s (or anyone else’s) proposals for government action to try to help the nation out.
3) the incredible bad press from siccing Regular troops on the Bonus Army in the summer of 1932.
Of course, Hoover’s post-Presidential career wasn’t helped by the fact that he became a near-fanatical opponent of Roosevelt and the New Deal, and cemented his reputation as a bitter old reactionary.
Hello, lizards, please send thoughts, prayers, good vibes to the people of the Big Island! Our folks’ water is compromised, they gotta go.
re: #91 Belafon
Similar to those that want to believe that the South was going to end slavery on its own.
Hey — that’s the line my brother was spouting yesterday!! Especially after my calling Robert E Lee a traitor. He prefaced it by saying how many Americans were killed during the war — and also how many shootings there were in Chicago. I’m not sure but he may have come around to believing that African Americans were better off in slavery. There remains something toxic in the states that were part of the confederacy. It can poison the minds of others who should know better.
— minor grammar edit
No more love, no more life. I remain cold and dead deep inside. pic.twitter.com/3ICwSS96J4
— Black Metal Cats (@evilbmcats) May 5, 2018
re: #100 Jay C
Also: by most objective historical analysis, Hoover DID eventually come to grasp the dimensions of the Great Depression, and realize what had to be done to (at least try) to ameliorate it, but found himself a prisoner of:
1) a non-interventionist laissez-faire mentality that he could neither totally junk or adequately side-step, and (more importantly)
2) a Republican-dominated Congress that studiously and determinedly attempted to ignore or minimize the economic crisis swallowing up the country, and flatly rejected Hoover’s (or anyone else’s) proposals for government action to try to help the nation out.
3) the incredible bad press from siccing Regular troops on the Bonus Army in the summer of 1932.Of course, Hoover’s post-Presidential career wasn’t helped by the fact that he became a near-fanatical opponent of Roosevelt and the New Deal, and cemented his reputation as a bitter old reactionary.
So it appears that when it comes to economics, the Republicans may always have been as terrible as today. It was only in social and cultural issues that there was a sea-change in their outlook.
re: #85 Hecuba’s daughter
My father always hated Roosevelt; he voted for Hoover in 1932. He believed that Hoover was planning on implementing the very program that Roosevelt put into place on his election.
Hoover lived longer after leaving office than any President before Jimmy Carter, 31+ years. He was still a public figure when I became aware of politics in the late 50s and was present at JFK’s inauguration in 1961.
re: #103 dangerman
“You get the check, I got the tip.”
It’s a good movie, though it’s downright criminal it took that long for Newman to get an Oscar.
Yo pienso muy importante escuchar toda la gente de Texas. RT y vean la entrevista completo con @jorgeramosnews. pic.twitter.com/JVyK8WmAQC
— Beto O’Rourke (@BetoORourke) May 6, 2018
re: #105 Hecuba’s daughter
So it appears that when it comes to economics, the Republicans may always have been as terrible as today. It was only in social and cultural issues that there was a sea-change in their outlook.
They’ve been the party of “Big Business” since the late 1800’s. The social issues really are just a GOTV mechanism to them. When Latinos become the largest group in this country, the entire party will tout the advantages of knowing Spanish.
Here’s the link to my full interview with @MichelleObama at the @USOWomen Summit yesterday. What an honor and privilege it was! #USOW2018https://t.co/qNSbSIzMqk
— Tracee Ellis Ross (@TraceeEllisRoss) May 6, 2018
when the north koreans play diplomacy better than you
North Korea calls U.S. claims about upcoming summit “misleading”
The North’s official news agency quoted a Foreign Ministry spokesman warning the claims are a “dangerous attempt” to ruin a budding detente on the Korean Peninsula after Kim’s summit late last month with South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
what they could have said and how they could have said it!
Baby Gang™ pic.twitter.com/b4hFncdNkh
— Blue Heron Farm (@BlueHeronFarmTX) May 6, 2018
re: #111 dangerman
when the north koreans play diplomacy better than you
North Korea calls U.S. claims about upcoming summit “misleading”
what they could have said and how they could have said it!
Ask Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, and Obama what they have to say about your “diplomacy”, Donnie.
“Jesus Fucking Christ, Gomer! You gave away the farm without them even asking for it!”
naps are awesome
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) May 6, 2018
So are history books… https://t.co/RvrZ1rAkPd
— UnsilentMajority 🌹 (@The_UnSilent_) May 6, 2018
YOU think your story is fabulous? I got a picture with him! pic.twitter.com/QUwsN12TcM
— Post-Walsh Flop Takes (@JoeWalshHotTake) May 6, 2018
re: #114 Belafon
.@donaldglover is the prototype for people like me who find the Drakes and Michael B. Jordans of the world a little too clean-cut and remain unmoved by the bad-boy swagger of rappers like Future and Travis Scott https://t.co/myPhdjS8DN
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) May 5, 2018
I honestly feel bad for people who have such a limited view of blackness. https://t.co/sW475IeOxR
— KB (@KaraRBrown) May 6, 2018
Donald Glover Hosted SNL Last Night, Debuted A Commercial & Premiered Two New Songs & Video As Childish Gambino: https://t.co/97pFWZGyG1 pic.twitter.com/zk5KbroRxz
— Karen Civil (@KarenCivil) May 6, 2018
re: #110 JordanRules
I’ve known who Tracee Ellis Ross is, but not enough until just now to find out that her mom is Diana Ross.
.@KellyannePolls: “The President told me just yesterday that when he said “no” on Air Force One last month, he’s talking about when the payment occurred — that he was not aware of the payment to Ms. Daniels when the payment occurred.”
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) May 6, 2018
Hard to believe, @KellyannePolls. But does that mean he was not aware of the NDA which covered the $130K payment? If so, that would mean the NDA is not valid, right? https://t.co/lg3tfmpHWe
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) May 6, 2018
re: #117 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I don’t need a reason to like someone, and we don’t always have to put people into categories.
OTOH, I believe you have to have reasons to hate people, and people like Trump make it easy to find reasons.
Edit: I am going to qualify this with a “it’s helpful to read the article.”
yikes!
Dramatic video shows man clinging to vehicle being swept down the street amid flash flooding in Turkey. Several people have been reported injured. https://t.co/U5sjBlvj17 pic.twitter.com/Vm81r7qcQW
— ABC News (@ABC) May 6, 2018
— James Fridman (@fjamie013) May 6, 2018
re: #14 BigPapa
I think Planned Parenthood should be funded for Fleshlights for mentally imbalanced men who can’t get laid because they’re insufferable douches. Call it the ‘Get Fucked’ program.
I’m updinging this based on the courage it took you to use “fleshlights” correctly in context.
Big news in Red Lake Falls this spring - a pair of owlets nesting on the old railroad bridge over the Red Lake River pic.twitter.com/oXuMjyFWPl
— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) May 6, 2018
I am not a real fan of graffiti; but whoever tagged this freight train has some real talent! 😂 I truly hope it passes through the ‘heartland’ of America! #Resist 👊🏽 pic.twitter.com/WP8jX4a2hF
— Tris Resists 🌊 (@TrisResists) May 6, 2018
There really is a Trump Train!
— Big Al (@visaliaal) May 6, 2018
re: #29 Archangelus
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Yeah, you’re coming in at probably 5,000 feet a second, but putting your arms against the counter is definitely gonna help.
Trump’s entire argument is that the NDA was like Schrödinger’s contract, he wants total deniability and wants it to be enforced at the same time. It’s complete bullshit.
Then he didn’t know about the contract, didn’t sign it and therefore couldn’t be held to the NDA or be legally expected to honor the representations and warranties it made on his behalf. So the whole deal was void from the get go.
— 🏴☠️ Swamp Boatswain Peyote Frank 🏴☠️ (@goddamnedfrank) May 6, 2018
re: #129 steve_davis
Yeah, you’re coming in at probably 5,000 feet a second, but putting your arms against the counter is definitely gonna help.
Bracing for impact works in plane crashes, and the Enterprise is just a giant space plane, right?
Rudy Giuliani’s Saturday Fox comment that Jeff Sessions should step up and dismiss “the entire investigation” seems to have gone unnoticed. SDNY US Atty Giuliani would have denounced this kind of violation of DOJ independence & the rule of law.
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) May 6, 2018
A Giant Sculpture Crawls Out Of The Ground In Public Square Of Budapest pic.twitter.com/iHlpd7zYiS
— Architecture (@archpics) May 6, 2018
“The pure ideal of American freedom has been twisted and distorted—perverted by the elites of the political class and media class that longs for their own utopia—far removed from the dreams of our Founders.” —#NRA’s Wayne LaPierre pic.twitter.com/axNkglPvzA
— NRATV (@NRATV) May 6, 2018
Wayne LaPierre made $5,000,000 last year as an @NRA lobbyist, lives inside the beltway, and was the mastermind of a decades-long strategy to sell hundreds of millions of guns by loosening gun laws. This quote is only accurate if he’s talking about himself. https://t.co/0q29MzQYx4
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) May 6, 2018
re: #130 goddamnedfrank
Trump’s entire argument is that the NDA was like Schrödinger’s contract, he wants total deniability and wants it to be enforced at the same time. It’s complete bullshit.
This would have been water under the bridge had Trump accepted the NDA (sorry, don’t remember the correct terminology here).
The Trump team still has the same mindset as before becoming a politician. They still think that they can bluff their way out of situations. That can work when dealing with people who can or have to stay quiet, especially if there are bigger fish to catch.
This is Riley. He’ll be your chauffeur this evening. Hopes you don’t mind if he drives with his shoulders. 13/10 would pay with pats pic.twitter.com/VBtMLHCqRM
— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) May 2, 2018
Here’s a wild idea: How about some jazz musicians for a change?
— Antonio Sanchez (@AntonioDrumsX) May 6, 2018
re: #137 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Yeah, Wynton Marsalis? Michael Buble? Herbie Hancock?
There must be living jazz artists who could headline a jazz festival. Sheesh.
A long time ago when I started dating my father told me to watch how men treated waitresses, you could learn a lot about how they’ll eventually treat you!
— Merle Greene (@BinxMerle) May 5, 2018
OMG…..you are missing a most necessary comma. 🤭😂 https://t.co/hK8D4QC5oX
— Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) May 5, 2018
And semi-colon.
re: #139 Barefoot Grin
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I met a guy through Match some years ago. An attorney, smart, good looking. We went out once. He was so rude to the waitress I was embarrassed. I couldn’t stop thinking what a prick he was.
Three rules for judging a guy: The beer he drinks, the shoes he wears, the amount he tips.
re: #141 Ace Rothstein
Three rules for judging a guy: The beer he drinks, the shoes he wears, the amount he tips.
I’m solid on 2/3. But I wear flops a lot with socks.
re: #141 Ace Rothstein
Three rules for judging a guy: The beer he drinks, the shoes he wears, the amount he tips.
I always tip big whenever I go places. I started doing that a while back, but discovered the value in it when I started going places with my former bosses. They were instantly recognized by the staff at just about every place they would take us, because they were genuinely friendly and immensely generous.
re: #140 MsJ
I met a guy through Match some years ago. An attorney, smart, good looking. We went out once. He was so rude to the waitress I was embarrassed. I couldn’t stop thinking what a prick he was.
I cooked in a restaurant that this prick visited from time to time. His order was always the same and specific: the hamburger should barely touch the griddle for a couple of seconds on each side and must never come into contact with onions. The first time I cooked for him I read the order and couldn’t believe it, so I let the burger sit for about 30 seconds per side. Not soon after, the waitress came back with the order crying. He had berated her for my mistake and had poured water on the floor in anger. I give you former Illinois representative Tim Johnson.
so, what’s going on with the yam only tweeting once (to thank Cleveland) in almost 48 hours?
A. There’s a medical emergency
B. They hid his phone again
C. Junk Food Coma!
D. Staff brought out the heavy duty tranquilizer darts
re: #141 Ace Rothstein
Three rules for judging a guy: The beer he drinks, the shoes he wears, the amount he tips.
Because everybody knows brown shoes don’t make it.
So it appears my 7 or 8 year old iMac might have just had the big crash. It had been running slower than I’d prefer, but it was still getting the job done (mostly random web browsing and occasional iPhone back up).
Need to figure out if I can salvage the pictures and a few documents that are on it.
re: #146 Single-handed sailor
Because everybody knows brown shoes don’t make it.
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re: #146 Single-handed sailor
Because everybody knows brown shoes don’t make it.
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Brown shoes only when wearing a brown suit. Or if they are some sort of work boots.
Will tRUmp bludgeon R. House and Senate members as well as Any Ex. staff that want to attend the #McCainFuneral? @TheRickWilson
— 🦈🦈Dave’s Not Believing this Crap🦈🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) May 6, 2018
Just opened a bottle of 2007 Chateau Musar, a red from Lebanon. Not bad out of the bottle, but definitely needs a decant.
re: #144 Barefoot Grin
I cooked in a restaurant that this prick visited from time to time. His order was always the same and specific: the hamburger should barely touch the griddle for a couple of seconds on each side and must never come into contact with onions. The first time I cooked for him I read the order and couldn’t believe it, so I let the burger sit for about 30 seconds per side. Not soon after, the waitress came back with the order crying. He had berated her for my mistake and had poured water on the floor in anger. I give you former Illinois representative Tim Johnson.
One of my life’s proudest moments (though I certainly didn’t entirely appreciate that at the time) was when I was a server at a Big Boy restaurant when I was in college. It was like 1am, had a table of about 8 drunk people and one guy in the party was a supreme asshole. By the time I had gotten their orders he had insulted me several times, tried to pinch my tit, and slapped my ass as I walked away. When their order was up, I served everyone at the table as usual, planting his order in front of him in a To Go bag. Everyone (but him) at the table laughed their asses off. He flew into a rage and demanded to see the manager, screaming that he would see me fired. The manager’s response: LOLno yer outa here.
re: #149 KGxvi
Brown shoes only when wearing a brown suit. Or if they are some sort of work boots.
Cheney is wearing brown work boots/hiking shoes (hard to tell which) with a suit and tie.
What an eejit.
re: #153 allegro
One of my life’s proudest moments (though I certainly didn’t entirely appreciate that at the time) was when I was a server at a Big Boy restaurant when I was in college. It was like 1am, had a table of about 8 drunk people and one guy in the party was a supreme asshole. By the time I had gotten their orders he had insulted me several times, tried to pinch my tit, and slapped my ass as I walked away. When their order was up, I served everyone at the table as usual, planting his order in front of him in a To Go bag. Everyone (but him) at the table laughed their asses off. He flew into a rage and demanded to see the manager, screaming that he would see me fired. The manager’s response: LOLno yer outa here.
That. is. great!
One time when I was a server, this redneck ordered his prime rib well done (sigh, I know). It came out well done, and he promptly yelled at me that it wasn’t burnt to a crisp or something and stuffed the prime rib in his mug of beer. I laughed so hard at him, he got up in a rage and slipped an fell on the beer he spilled from the stuffing. I’m gonna take a wild guess and assume he voted for Trump years later.
re: #150 Dave In Austin
WH staff and Executive Branch people, definitely (unless or, probably especially if) they had any personal connections with McCain or his family: Congress? Meh: he has nothing to hold over them….
Wow
Incredible footage shows the lava flow during this morning’s fissure eruption on the east side of Hawaii’s Big Island. More than 1,800 residents have been evacuated from their homes. https://t.co/c4jmm3rMcv pic.twitter.com/aMEtfEHnmF
— ABC News (@ABC) May 6, 2018
So, MrBWS is up in Michigan restoring power.
He called yesterday and said they were in Port Huron Township where there was no cast iron skillet fried chicken, ice cream or blueberry pie.
He had major sadz.
re: #159 Backwoods_Sleuth
So, MrBWS is up in Michigan restoring power.
He called yesterday and said they were in Port Huron Township where there was no cast iron skillet fried chicken, ice cream or blueberry pie.He had major sadz.
Sorry, us northerners aren’t exactly known for our fabulous cuisine. Unless you’re into hotdish and lutefisk, that is.
Watching @msnbc with jaw on floor as opposition to the WAR CRIME OF TORTURE is portrayed as a leftist position, which will come as a shock to John McCain.
— Allan Brauer (@allanbrauer) May 7, 2018
re: #160 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Sorry, us northerners aren’t exactly known for our fabulous cuisine. Unless you’re into hotdish and lutefisk, that is.
it’s just that VB promised him said victuals should he be sent to Detroit.
which he was not.
re: #162 Backwoods_Sleuth
it’s just that VB promised him said victuals should he be sent to Detroit.
which he was not.
Ah, see, that’s what I get for missing the inside joke.
Now Jeremy Bash is sticking up for Haspel.
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) May 7, 2018
On destroying evidence, Bash says she was just following orders.
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) May 7, 2018
re: #163 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Ah, see, that’s what I get for missing the inside joke.
yeah…VB’s power went out Friday, but the blueberry pie was already baked.
However, dinner had to be cast iron skillet fried chicken.
Then, as she was relaxing on the porch using the free outdoor wifi she remembered there was a LOT of ice cream in the garage freezer.
Thus the offer made to MrBWS.
Is volcano insurance available to those homeowners in the volcano zones? Since I live on top of the Pacific Rim I have earthquake coverage for my home. It’s a few hundred dollars per year and has a 20% deductible but I think it’s worth it.
Browsing around Apple Music today I stumbled across “Going for the One” by Yes. Man, that brought back memories … of how absolutely awful the album was. This was the record where something went horribly wrong.
re: #144 Barefoot Grin
I cooked in a restaurant that this prick visited from time to time. His order was always the same and specific: the hamburger should barely touch the griddle for a couple of seconds on each side and must never come into contact with onions. The first time I cooked for him I read the order and couldn’t believe it, so I let the burger sit for about 30 seconds per side. Not soon after, the waitress came back with the order crying. He had berated her for my mistake and had poured water on the floor in anger. I give you former Illinois representative Tim Johnson.
Reminds me of the time I was at Cassell’s Burgers here in Los Angeles when Mr. Cassell was still running it. John Travolta came in, ordered a burger, took it to the buffet table and dabbed Roquefort dressing on it, took a bite and then loudly complained about the burger not being filet mignon.
He demanded another burger. Mr Cassell fried it himself. Travolta wanted it well done. Travolta once again dabbed the roquefort on the burger, took a bite and whined again that it wasn’t well done.
Mr. Cassell pointed to the door and told Travolta to get his sleazy ass out of his place.
No doubt Johnny fled to the $¢ientology ¢elebrity ¢enter for another OT Rundown to recover from the thetan-infested burgers…
It sounds bad, the playing is sloppy, the songs are like laughable parodies of Yes trying to be more commercially acceptable. I remember being SO disappointed by this record as the biggest Yes fan in Hawaii.
uploading this here so you guys actually understand how insane this whole thing in hawai’i is pic.twitter.com/RmZY4cJdSo
— nahloo | nalu (@OGNahloo) May 5, 2018
I promise not to whine tomorrow morning when there are delays on the 2 train. https://t.co/DTYWn50bXO
— David Simon (@AoDespair) May 7, 2018
no words
A scene from the @NRA annual meeting in Dallas. 5,790 American children receive medical treatment each year for a gun-related injury; 21% of those injuries are unintentional. About 1,300 children die annually from a gun-related injury in the US. #NRAAM pic.twitter.com/6ONVhlJytG
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) May 6, 2018
re: #170 Backwoods_Sleuth
Imagine that coming up under your house.
TFW you’ve seized the means of production & aren’t sure what comes next pic.twitter.com/hdpR0o1LWO
— bax 📚 (@baxbooksdeux) November 4, 2017
For the guy terrified that wiping his ass isn’t a masculine act: pic.twitter.com/3DyQ9azoak
— Kashana (@kashanacauley) May 6, 2018
re: #144 Barefoot Grin
I cooked in a restaurant that this prick visited from time to time. His order was always the same and specific: the hamburger should barely touch the griddle for a couple of seconds on each side and must never come into contact with onions. The first time I cooked for him I read the order and couldn’t believe it, so I let the burger sit for about 30 seconds per side. Not soon after, the waitress came back with the order crying. He had berated her for my mistake and had poured water on the floor in anger. I give you former Illinois representative Tim Johnson.
Heh. When I was on the line at the steakhouse, we’d have this guy come in every week. He’d order the 64 oz. tomahawk Ribeye. “11 seconds on each side.” he’d demand. He was never a dick if it went for 12 seconds, but he had sent a few back over the years. Some people, man.
re: #167 Charles Johnson
Browsing around Apple Music today I stumbled across “Going for the One” by Yes. Man, that brought back memories … of how absolutely awful the album was. This was the record where something went horribly wrong.
“Going for the One” was utter genius compared to Tormato though or worse the cosmic silliness of “Tales from Topographic Oceans”… My ex dearly loves all of Yes but I’ll take “Fragile”, “The Yes Album” & “90125” and forget the rest.
“Donald & Melania Trump’s remarkably separate daily routines begin w him getting up around 5:30 am watching cable news shows & tweeting.
She wakes in her own bedroom a bit later… She then readies their 12-year-old son for school…” https://t.co/Diza1Zv7yk— Laffy (@GottaLaff) May 7, 2018
Thanks to everyone at SNL last night for making my wildest dream come true. I had so much fun! I think I’m still in shock.
— Stormy Daniels (@StormyDaniels) May 6, 2018
It’s even more frustrating that a bigoted buffoon was elected instead of an immensely qualified woman and that became an indictment on *the woman*, instead of society at-large.
— Sarah Lerner (@SarahLerner) May 6, 2018
“Hey, 2016 me. 2018 is going to be a wild year. Sorry, but Trump’s going to be president. The upside is you’ll retweet a porn star and it won’t be about her movies.”
WATCH: Another whiplash week of headlines. And to think it started out so calm…
Featuring some of our amazing @MSNBC team @kasie @mitchellreports @NicolleDWallace @11thHour @maddow @AliVelshi @chrislhayes @Lawrence @chucktodd @AymanM @HallieJackson @SRuhle @GeoffRBennett pic.twitter.com/eSvN82r0rp— Kasie DC (@KasieDC) May 7, 2018
Yeah, NO. (And how long is she going to milk that judge title she held for all of two years 25 years ago?)
This is Jeanine Pirro’s book cover for her upcoming pro-Trump book. pic.twitter.com/b88wJ3zahY
— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) May 7, 2018
re: #153 allegro
One of my life’s proudest moments (though I certainly didn’t entirely appreciate that at the time) was when I was a server at a Big Boy restaurant when I was in college. It was like 1am, had a table of about 8 drunk people and one guy in the party was a supreme asshole. By the time I had gotten their orders he had insulted me several times, tried to pinch my tit, and slapped my ass as I walked away. When their order was up, I served everyone at the table as usual, planting his order in front of him in a To Go bag. Everyone (but him) at the table laughed their asses off. He flew into a rage and demanded to see the manager, screaming that he would see me fired. The manager’s response: LOLno yer outa here.
You should send that in to C.A. Pinkham at Off The Menu.
re: #171 Backwoods_Sleuth
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So 79% of gun injuries to children are intentional?
re: #169 Charles Johnson
It sounds bad, the playing is sloppy, the songs are like laughable parodies of Yes trying to be more commercially acceptable. I remember being SO disappointed by this record as the biggest Yes fan in Hawaii.
Charles my Home Pod can’t doctor up that album to make it sound better…
re: #183 BeachDem
Strange how, just reading that book cover, I can hear her shouting the title and subtitle.
re: #183 BeachDem
Yeah, NO. (And how long is she going to milk that judge title she held for all of two years 25 years ago?)
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Liars - Trump and the GOP
Leakers - The rest of the administration
Liberals - Everyone left over.
re: #177 William Lewis
“Going for the One” was utter genius compared to Tormato though or worse the cosmic silliness of “Tales from Topographic Oceans”… My ex dearly loves all of Yes but I’ll take “Fragile”, “The Yes Album” & “90125” and forget the rest.
I had wiped “Tormato” out of my memory, but now I have to go rediscover how terrible it was.
re: #185 allegro
So 79% of gun injuries to children are intentional?
As part of mass shootings in the home, I’m assuming.
re: #162 Backwoods_Sleuth
it’s just that VB promised him said victuals should he be sent to Detroit.
which he was not.
And it’s all eated up now.
And I suspect a large percentage of those unintentional shootings are siblings, too young to know better, getting a hold of an unsecured gun.
re: #189 Charles Johnson
I had wiped “Tormato” out of my memory, but now I have to go rediscover how terrible it was.
Er, sorry about that. She was listening to it recently when I visited our son otherwise I’d have not remembered it either. Shudder.
When I waited tables, I eminently preferred the drunk young men that came in packs on Friday nights. They would dump their change into their water glasses for the tips. Fishing out the tips was eminently preferably to the straitlaced churchy types who left tracts for tips. No man, a tract is not gonna pay my bills.
Stormy Daniels’ attorney @MichaelAvenatti calls Giuliani’s interview with @GStephanopoulos, “an absolute, unmitigated disaster for Rudy Giuliani and the president… I think it is obvious to the American people that this is a cover-up; that they are making it up as they go along.” pic.twitter.com/cURpRlV3Ce
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) May 6, 2018
I would urge the public to watch Mr. Giuliani’s full interview on @ThisWeekABC. An unmitigated disaster. This is what happens when you can’t keep your lies straight. #basta https://t.co/kuWTjkLT5B
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) May 6, 2018
Dear @realDonaldTrump: I’m feeling charitable today, so I’m going to do you a favor by giving you the following number. Call [no phone numbers allowed]. That’s the toll free number for LegalZoom. Any attorney there can do a better job for you than Rudy Giuliani. https://t.co/ddhTyvvnuq
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) May 6, 2018
re: #198 Backwoods_Sleuth
“Yeah, Mr. President. After hearing your case, I recommend you resign. And move to Russia.”
re: #183 BeachDem
She has the face of a serial killer. Dead eyes and her expression tells you she’s wondering what your liver would taste like served with fava beans and a nice Chianti.
Rudy Giuliani Thinks His Media Blitz is Going Great: ‘Everybody’s Reacting to Us Now’ https://t.co/srK5XE56Hh pic.twitter.com/XtiTkQ8Trz
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) May 7, 2018
Everybody is certainly reacting to you, Rudy. Like everybody reacts to poison ivy. https://t.co/wD1EgKW8yC
— LaneBrooks (@lanebrooks) May 7, 2018
re: #179 Belafon
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Somehow I never thought a porn star’s _wildest_ dream would be to appear on SNL. I must say I’m a bit disappointed - so much for my adolescent fantasies…
Because I still have more to learn:
Shook by how fast I caught this reference. I haven’t seen a Jim Crow picture in years. Donald Glover did not come to play with y’all today. #ThisIsAmerica pic.twitter.com/5Xq4tLSJ7P
— Nichia (@nicky_furiosa) May 6, 2018
re: #202 Dizzy
Somehow I never thought a porn star’s _wildest_ dream would be to appear on SNL. I must say I’m a bit disappointed - so much for my adolescent fantasies…
Nah. Your fantasies are still good. Your fantasies are Stormy Daniels’ day job.
Someone needs to dig up that audio of Giuliani losing his shit over ferrets when he was mayor of New York. That was epic. Then we could compare.
ETA one of my IRC friends found it. Except the last part is a paean to Ron Paul.
I think Rudy sounds more unhinged now.
WHOOOT! Good History being Made!
Under Pressure, Tronc Recognizes ‘Chicago Tribune’ Union
The troubled Tronc media company agreed Sunday evening to recognize unions to represent journalists in negotiations at its Chicago-area publications, including its iconic Chicago Tribune, heading off a looming confrontation involving federal regulators, NPR has learned.
It is a notable reversal for Tronc, historically known in various corporate iterations for its hostility to organized labor.
Tronc struck a conciliatory tone in a statement to NPR Sunday night, saying that it looked forward to productive conversations with union representatives.
“As we move ahead, we need to be united as one organization with an important purpose — to help the company transform and thrive as a business, and to serve our readers world class journalism,” the statement read.
This is the second time in four months that a major Tronc newsroom has successfully gone the union route.
In January, Tronc was badly defeated in a federally overseen labor vote at its dominant paper, The Los Angeles Times, despite a concerted management campaign to thwart the unionizing effort.
Both the Chicago and Los Angeles papers have anti-union editorial traditions stretching back more than a century. Now, both will have unions.
This is the most lovely & important Union news in ages.
THE TRUMPBURGER.
This burger comes with a 24-karat gold bun 😱 pic.twitter.com/lxsoT8cwsi
— FOOD INSIDER (@InsiderFood) May 6, 2018
re: #183 BeachDem
Yeah, NO. (And how long is she going to milk that judge title she held for all of two years 25 years ago?)
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For the rest of her life, probably…..
And this, her latest magnum opus? It has the unmistakable aura of “conservative best-seller” about it: i.e., printed in a minimum lot, “sold” to “conservative book clubs” in bulk, shipped off (likewise in bulk) to the pulping mill in a few months’ time.
About the only recycling business Republicans diligently support.
re: #207 The Vicious Babushka
Oh, and here I thought it was going to be Burger Jones’s White Trash Burger.
re: #209 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Oh, and here I thought it was going to be Burger Jones’s White Trash Burger.
that is just WRONG…
Your have got to be kidding me. Seven BILLION??
The IRS says Robert Mercer, the big Trump donor, owes $7,000,000,000 in back taxes. https://t.co/3cN4BURxWd
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 4, 2017
7 Billion https://t.co/MPlEza4Igp
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) May 6, 2018
re: #210 Backwoods_Sleuth
that is just WRONG…
I’ve had one once. It is disgustingly good. Also, don’t plan on eating anything else the entire day.
re: #171 Backwoods_Sleuth
no words
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Note that the kid’s name is “Maverick.” They should have picked “Rexall Ranger” instead since that could at least be shortened to “Rex.”
re: #211 MsJ
Your have got to be kidding me. Seven BILLION??
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Why do you think he was willing to spend 5% of that on Trump?
re: #212 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I’ve had one once. It is disgustingly good. Also, don’t plan on eating anything else the entire day.
yeppers…I could hear my arteries clogging just reading the description.
re: #214 Belafon
Why do you think he was willing to spend 5% of that on Trump?
Apparently, paying taxes really IS for the little people. This infuriates me.
re: #214 Belafon
re: #211 MsJ
Your have got to be kidding me. Seven BILLION??
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Why do you think he was willing to spend 5% of that on Trump?
“‘Quirky’ billionaire”???
re: #212 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I’ve had one once. It is disgustingly good. Also, don’t plan on eating anything else the entire day.
first review on the page had this tidbit:
For a casual burger joint, I thought the food was really good , however I wouldn’t come here looking for something healthy.
indeed
Trump has no public events tomorrow, according to the W.H. schedule.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 7, 2018
I shouldn’t be busier than the president. https://t.co/bHb1wB6zt7
— John Dingell (@JohnDingell) May 7, 2018
re: #219 Backwoods_Sleuth
No public appearances but plenty of tweets.
re: #220 PhillyPretzel
No public appearances but plenty of tweets.
Yes and then Hucky Boo Boo will do her usual shtick in the White House Press Stenographers Room
re: #220 PhillyPretzel
No public appearances but plenty of tweets.
I dunno. It’s been tweet silence since yesterday late afternoon.
heh
The California GOP is trying to break a losing streak on marquee state offices. But division among convention delegates stalled an endorsement in the race for governor. https://t.co/PvV4VXBGM9
— AP West Region (@APWestRegion) May 7, 2018
re: #203 Belafon
Because I still have more to learn:
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Reading through the comments in that tweet. A lot of his moves and facial expressions are derived from what went on in 19th century minstrel shows.
In the real Texas ranching culture (as opposed to Hollywood fantasy), “Rex” (for “Rexall Ranger”) is still a fairly common nickname/epithet for enthusiastic but unskilled wannabe cowboys.
Edited for spelling.
re: #225 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
In the real Texas ranching culture (as opposed to Hollywood fantasy), “Rex” (for “Rexrall Ranger”) is still a fairly common nickname/epithet for enthusiastic but unskilled wannabe cowboys.
how embarrassing for Tillerson…
re: #223 Backwoods_Sleuth
heh
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Looks like this will be the first time since 1914 that Republicans fail to be on the November California ballot for Governor and Senator.
And that’s a good thing…
re: #212 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I’ve had one once. It is disgustingly good. Also, don’t plan on eating anything else the entire
dayYEAR.
ftfy
re: #147 KGxvi
So it appears my 7 or 8 year old iMac might have just had the big crash. It had been running slower than I’d prefer, but it was still getting the job done (mostly random web browsing and occasional iPhone back up).
Need to figure out if I can salvage the pictures and a few documents that are on it.
OH, don’t say that! Mine is getting up there!
Rango is enjoying the hell out of his current diet of canned food. You put a bowl of it down and he acts like it’s the best thing in the goddam world! Sorry, dude - it’s too expensive and messy to feed you this stuff forever.
re: #223 Backwoods_Sleuth
heh
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Yeah, right, guys: “anger at high gas taxes and illegal immigration”: a real winning message (///) - along with praise for Donald Trump, even though, as quoted in the AP piece:
Independent polling shows most Californians cringe at the mention of his name.
I notice, btw, that AP concentrates on the (FAIL-worthy) Governor’s race, and skips over the CA GOP’s Senate prospects: failing to point out that their leading candidate for DiFi’s seat is a frothing nutbar antisemite…..
re: #229 retired cynic
OH, don’t say that! Mine is getting up there!
My “early 2009” polycarbonate MacBook is working like a champ—so keep your hopes up!
Would be more appropriately named an Abyss rather than a summit.
— Matt H (@heddm) May 7, 2018
I have some doubts pic.twitter.com/VB0v5aKlaa
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) May 7, 2018
re: #233 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
My “early 2009” polycarbonate MacBook is working like a champ—so keep your hopes up!
Mine is a mid-2011 iMac with a lot of juice, and I’ve upped the RAM. Have been thinking I should start planning for a breakdown and/or a new one, since I live and work on it.
oh my goddddd this is what Manul kittens look like
I need to lie down pic.twitter.com/wnVrgVPFtT— Naomi ✨ (@nayhomes) May 6, 2018
re: #232 Jay C
Yeah, right, guys: “anger at high gas taxes and illegal immigration”: a real winning message (///) - along with praise for Donald Trump, even though, as quoted in the AP piece:
I notice, btw, that AP concentrates on the (FAIL-worthy) Governor’s race, and skips over the CA GOP’s Senate prospects: failing to point out that their leading candidate for DiFi’s seat is a frothing nutbar antisemite…..
And if they don’t end up with a candidate for governor in the general election (it’s top 2 in the primary regardless of party) then Republicans may stay home on election day.
Giuliani: I’m ‘focused on the law more than the facts right now’ https://t.co/oLiSgSXFGb
— John Weaver (@JWGOP) May 6, 2018
They sort of go together https://t.co/4iQO35pLKF
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) May 7, 2018
Sending condolences to klys, if she’s lurking, on tonight’s sportspuck results.
(But I got to see the Golden Knights in one of their first-round playoff games at home, and there is something very magical going on in that arena this year.)
re: #241 ipsos
Sending condolences to klys, if she’s lurking, on tonight’s sportspuck results.
(But I got to see the Golden Knights in one of their first-round playoff games at home, and there is something very magical going on in that arena this year.)
I’m gonna go have a sad gin and tonic and ignore the world for a while.
— sylk (@sylk) May 7, 2018
6000 years-old baobab tree in Senega. pic.twitter.com/PRGpwYy2Xm
— Pure Nature (@PureNature17) May 6, 2018
This tree is One Creationism years old. https://t.co/N8DhCIqXoH
— Selena Adera🍩 (@Selena_Adera) May 6, 2018
re: #237 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I saw this on a clickbait site off dKos (OK: I confess, sucker for cute-kitten pictures): “Siberian Farmer Rescues What He Thought Were Kittens”; they turn out to be a litter of manulsLink instead - at what seemed to be an outlier of their normal range. He ended up having to send them to a reserve, where they apparently have learned to survive in the wild. There are, apparently, more species of wild cats around than we think (well, me, anyway): the “Pallas’s cat” is listed as “threatened”, so the survival of those little guys is a Good Thing.
re: #240 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I think Rudy’s more at the “pound the table” stage of his defense.
Trump has no public events tomorrow, according to the W.H. schedule.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 7, 2018
Tomorrow, 2.8 million federal employees and 1.2 million U.S. troops will go to work for the American people. The President is taking Monday off. https://t.co/TK6chQnFp8
— Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) May 7, 2018
re: #246 jaunte
On the other hand, the less he works, the better off we’re all likely to be.
re: #247 calochortus
A full day of executive time, I’m sure.
re: #246 jaunte
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maybe he’s been heavily sedated and it won’t wear off anytime soon
re: #249 Backwoods_Sleuth
Supposedly it was golf today. I wonder what tomorrow’s excuse will be?
Pointed essay (first of several) on hecatedemeter: Three. Women. EVERY. Day.
Three women a day are killed by their intimate partners, and it seems to be just a statistic.
A follow-up, based on responses to the first: Actually, Women’s Lives DO Matter.
From the WaPo Rudy story:
And after all of these media appearances and statements, the only thing that is clear is how little has been cleared up…
Kathleen Clark, a law professor at Washington University in St. Louis and an expert in legal ethics, said Giuliani’s interview Sunday reminded her of a garden hose that was whipping around wildly because nobody had a handle on it yet: “Just erratic, unpredictable, aimless…”
re: #154 Backwoods_Sleuth
Cheney is wearing brown work boots/hiking shoes (hard to tell which) with a suit and tie.
What an eejit.
It’s a Wyoming thing. It keeps your dress shoes from getting ruined by snow, ice and mud during the winter. Hard to say where he was when that photo was taken though.
re: #231 Blind Frog Belly White
Rango is enjoying the hell out of his current diet of canned food. You put a bowl of it down and he acts like it’s the best thing in the goddam world! Sorry, dude - it’s too expensive and messy to feed you this stuff forever.
Good luck going back now.
re: #255 Blind Frog Belly White
I was looking for spewing lava….
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