John Mulaney: There’s a Horse Loose in a Hospital
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‘Oh Hello’ star John Mulaney has a metaphor for Trump’s presidency that you probably haven’t heard before.
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re: #281 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
I’ve been CL’ed. I’m so excited….
YO DAWG I HEARD YOU LIKE SKULLS! pic.twitter.com/7OeAng4ETj
— 🏴☠️ Swamp Boatswain Peyote Frank 🏴☠️ (@goddamnedfrank) May 13, 2018
“The loose horse in the hospital just fired the Horse Catcher.”
Not bad.
But I think a better analogy might be “The loose germ in the hospital just fired the human who is in charge of disinfecting the hospital.”
When we were in the UK earlier this spring, people were like “Trump?”
And we were like “Theresa May? Boris Johnson?” People in England rolled their eyes and were basically of the opinion that we were all fucked.
But while that went over well in England, it kind of tanked in Scotland, where Theresa and Boris are generally looked upon as little greasy, smelly turd-like objects deserving of contempt. If Brexit goes through, they are out of the Union. Northern Ireland is also pissed as shit, as much as they don’t want to join the Republic.
If the Tories don’t reverse Brexit, they will reap the whirlwind by alienating their real base, which is the haves and the have-mores. And the UK will cease to exist.
All biker jewelry is like this for some reason. The entire genre is basically the Spam skit from Monty Python except with skulls.
— 🏴☠️ Swamp Boatswain Peyote Frank 🏴☠️ (@goddamnedfrank) May 13, 2018
.@MickMulvaneyOMB: “You have to have a freedom to speak in a private meeting to speak candidly. We’ve all said things in private, esp. in smaller groups that we work with, that we’d never say publicly…I’m really disappointed that someone would undermine @POTUS by leaking it.” pic.twitter.com/MtBw4ImfTK
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 12, 2018
This is NOT about a leak. This is about a culture within the White House that not only allows views like this to be “joked” about but also refuses to apologize for them. https://t.co/jIydQhCMGL
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) May 12, 2018
Donald Trump is the Michael Jordan of political nicknameshttps://t.co/z5HD9HE8qj
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) April 3, 2018
One month ago you lauded Trump as the Michael Jordan of political nicknames. See the thing is you’re directly responsible for incubating the diseased culture and cheerleading the exact same depraved, low class behavior you’re now suddenly complaining about https://t.co/SqSr2nQ6NV
— 🏴☠️ Swamp Boatswain Peyote Frank 🏴☠️ (@goddamnedfrank) May 13, 2018
Night all!
It’s relegation Sunday tomorrow in the Premier League. Swansea would have to win, Southampton would have to lose, and Swansea would have to overcome a nine goal differential in scoring in the last game. Virtually impossible. Still, a lot of placement games are taking place, with big money at stake.
Sweet dreams. See you all tomorrow.
Feds blocks government archaeologists from speaking at a major science conference https://t.co/8BwNUcvl3G
— Jacqueline Keeler (@jfkeeler) May 12, 2018
“You have to have a freedom to speak in a private meeting to speak candidly. We’ve all said things in private, esp. in smaller groups that we work with, that we’d never say publicly…I’m really disappointed that someone would undermine POTUS by leaking it.”
I do make a distinction between private and public utterances. Does not mean that I do not think that he is an asshole, but I knew that he was a dick before I heard about his utterance.
re: #10 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The whole excuse is bogus.
First off, the meeting was a workplace. A government workplace. This was no “private” meeting.
Secondly, I deny the allegation. I don’t go around making fun of dying people in secret.
re: #11 freetoken
The whole excuse is bogus.
First off, the meeting was a workplace. A government workplace. This was no “private” meeting.
Secondly, I deny the allegation. I don’t go around making fun of dying people in secret.
That is true. I say a lot of things in private company that I would never say in public or at work, especially if I were working for the US government.
Trump’s utterances belittling McCain’s military record were public statements and that sums it up entirely.
Oh Emm Gee!
I just checked to see that I have passed 100K in karma while I was asleep
Thanks to all your Lizards!
Now I can slow down and stop posting so frantically
When do I get my Soros Bitcoins?
The eastern long-necked turtle. 🐢 pic.twitter.com/zaFwkTpfRL
— Nature is Amazing 🌴 (@AMAZlNGNATURE) May 12, 2018
Fissure #17
#HVO #KilaueaVolcano May 12 evening update (7:07PM HST): New outbreak reported at 6:00 pm ~0.5 mile northeast from end of Hinalo Road, very close to fissure 16 Lava is actively spattering and degassing but no flow has yet formed. https://t.co/7sDZqcx8dU #KilaueaErupts pic.twitter.com/Lea1b41NSo
— USGS Volcanoes🌋 (@USGSVolcanoes) May 13, 2018
Religion in America isn’t receding – just the opposite. Faith is gaining new life with every passing day.
— Vice President Mike Pence (@VP) May 12, 2018
allahu akbar. https://t.co/T1iPSYMCqD
— Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) May 13, 2018
re: #16 goddamnedfrank
Baghdad Bob Pence we ought to call him.
I was reading a paper just the other day on the “nones” and religion in America. Of course Pence is telling just the opposite of the truth.
And as others have noted, Pence explicitly wrote “church”, not temple, not mosque. He wrote “Bible”, not “Torah” or “Koran” (or even Chi Chi sticks).
Pence and Trump are the most explicit examples of gas lighting perhaps in the history of politics, at least as far as democracies go.
re: #15 Single-handed sailor
I just finished watching “10.5 Apocalypse” as it is on Amazon Prime and Amazon put it up as a recommendation: amazon.com
It’s from 2006 and I was out of the country at the time so I missed it, which is all the better as it’s a stupid movie.
If one looks at it as some sort of homage to Irwin Allen then perhaps it can work as an ironic comedy.
Anyway, as an IMDB review put it, a lot of good actors thrown at a bad story.
imdb.com
Basically, the writers throw out reality for setting up catastrophes in which to pit human drama.
There is no concept of scale. This is a problem with almost all “sci-fi” movies, and disaster movies tend to be the worst at it (ignoring comic-book adaptations, which are pure fantasy.)
So much wrong in a single three-part TV movie.
Oh, I mentioned that movie because it is about cracks. Just like now in Hawaii, but in the movie the lava never spews out of the cracks, one of a zillion things wrong with the movie.
Amazon tends to hide some gems in their Prime video catalog. At least they never show up on recommendations for me.
Example: Celebrity Bowling, from 1970: amazon.com
re: #18 freetoken
There was a spate of such apocalyptic movies, each as ludicrous as the last one, between 1999 and 2012. Quite a few played on the millennialism being pushed by the Fundies, but also the “alternative histories” promulgated by the woo-woo fringe, If it wasn’t a ginormous earthquake, it was a climatic disaster, a supervolcano, an immense solar flare, an asteroid strike, or some other “act of God.” Any actual science was thrown out as unnecessary to the plot, which generally had billions die while a select few manage to survive.
I watch these kind of flicks just so I can debunk them for friends (or students) who take them as documentaries, and not complete fantasies.
re: #22 wheat-dogg
I watch these kind of flicks just so I can debunk them for friends (or students) who take them as documentaries, and not complete fantasies.
this is another basic flaw in education, along with failing to teach the scientific method, the historical method or basic civics, namely that we do not explain the difference between literary genres: the difference between a work of science or history, a textbook, a biography, a testament or a work of fiction.
There are people who really take works of historical or even speculative fiction as history.
Not to mention people who take the Old Testament as a science and history textbook.
And as much as i enjoyed The Man in the High Castle (both novel and TV series), it was more a work on the mutable nature of reality than alternate history: Japan never intended to nor was it in any position to occupy the USA except perhaps Hawaii, they just wanted access to oil and other resources.
And World War Z (he novel, not the god-awful film) is not so much a zombie story but a parable about how humanity almost always falls flat on its face when dealing with a crisis: first by ignoring it, then denying, it, then trying to cover it up, all of which make it even worse so that when it really breaks out, we are totally unprepared for it.
re: #23 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It’s not so much that these sort of movies don’t get the details of science right. I really don’t expect people (writers, producers, directors) who have not studied in various disciplines to know the subjects.
Rather, the nature of these movies are much more insulting than that.
I just sped through another Amazon Prime offering, “Meteor”. It’s just as bad as 10.5 Apocalypse, but not quite as campy.
These movies:
1) are very, very USA-centric;
2) offer unreasonable heros that somehow can conquer nature;
3) totally ignore the most obvious problems with breaking reality;
4) and generally have very stupid dialogue, speech that no real humans speak.
And they do this because these disaster movies are playing into the most basic of human needs: salvation.
Save me, Mr. military.
Save me, Mr. scientist.
Save me, Mr. President.
Save me, God-in-the-box.
Save me, Mr. America.
re: #24 freetoken
It’s not so much that these sort of movies don’t get the details of science right. I really don’t expect people (writers, producers, directors) who have not studied in various disciplines to know the subjects.
Rather, the nature of these movies are much more insulting than that.
On those occasions when a work of fiction or film has any redeeming artistic or philosophical qualities, I see that as an extra bonus, because the main calculation behind these movies/novels is simply whether the film studio/publisher can make more money from them than they cost to produce.
There are occasionally other considerations, but that is the bottom line.
Sarah Sanders refused to apologize for the Staffer who made fun of the fact that War Hero, Senator John McCain, is likely dying.
Meanwhile we should be pissed off that a comedian poked fun at her eye makeup with a compliment.
And we are the “Snowflakes”??— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) May 13, 2018
re: #27 DodgerFan1988
We were never ticked off or offended about Ms. Wolf’s pointed jokes. This administration deserves much more ridicule and mockery than it has gotten.
re: #24 freetoken
Oh, yeah, Meteor was another stinker.
They are more akin to 1950s science fiction movies (bugeyed monsters from beyond the black lagoon) than more modern SF flicks, which still mostly depend on the Western model of a hero somehow overcoming many obstacles to triumph in the end.
As for the scientific accuracy or lack thereof, if you peruse the credits of these flicks, most will include a “science consultant” or “science advisor,” a thankless job that basically requires the person to tell the filmmakers what they don’t want to hear, and will ignore anyway.
For instance, in Meteor, a comet (which are mostly “dirty snowballs”) supposedly shatters an asteroid (which are mostly stony or metallic) into many pieces, all of which somehow make a bee-line for Earth. Science advisor guy probably said, “Now wait a minute!” right about there. Setting aside the comet smashing an asteroid problem, orbital dynamics would suggest few if any of those pieces would come anywhere near the Earth, mostly because space is really big and the Earth quite small. But the writers needed some sort of cheap dramatic device to keep the audience in suspense, and what better way than to have a series of smaller impacts precede the big one?
Another trope of these flicks is that the Government always seems to have some kind of secret superweapon or spacecraft just lying about to deal with the pending disaster. See also, Independence Day.
Again, “He’s dying already” was a comment that was made in an internal meeting and not a public comment. That does not make it any less offensive in its nature, just less of a cause for commotion.
But “He’s not a war hero. He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren’t captured.” was a public statement that would have derailed the campaign or even the career or any “normal” politician, it is a sign of how fucked up the GOP is that DT was able to continue on after such an utterance.
re: #29 wheat-dogg
Oh, yeah, Meteor was another stinker.
They are more akin to 1950s science fiction movies (bugeyed monsters from beyond the black lagoon) than more modern SF flicks, which still mostly depend on the Western model of a hero somehow overcoming many obstacles to triumph in the end.
As for the scientific accuracy or lack thereof, if you peruse the credits of these flicks, most will include a “science consultant” or “science advisor,” a thankless job that basically requires the person to tell the filmmakers what they don’t want to hear, and will ignore anyway.
Yunno, even as a teenager, I had a similar approach to esotericism: I was terribly interested in stuff like The Golden Bough, From Ritual to Romance and Ouspensky, but only as a source of imagery and creative inspiration, certainly not as a philosophy or a way of life.
I wound up parting company with a few people who started taking it all way too seriously for my taste.
re: #22 wheat-dogg
There was a spate of such apocalyptic movies, each as ludicrous as the last one, between 1999 and 2012. Quite a few played on the millennialism being pushed by the Fundies, but also the “alternative histories” promulgated by the woo-woo fringe, If it wasn’t a ginormous earthquake, it was a climatic disaster, a supervolcano, an immense solar flare, an asteroid strike, or some other “act of God.” Any actual science was thrown out as unnecessary to the plot, which generally had billions die while a select few manage to survive.
I watch these kind of flicks just so I can debunk them for friends (or students) who take them as documentaries, and not complete fantasies.
2012 was the best of them. Roger Ebert put it quite nicely:
It’s not so much that the Earth is destroyed, but that it’s done so thoroughly. “2012,” the mother of all disaster movies (and the father, and the extended family) spends half an hour on ominous set-up scenes (scientists warn, strange events occur, prophets rant and of course a family is introduced) and then unleashes two hours of cataclysmic special events hammering the Earth relentlessly.
This is fun. “2012” delivers what it promises, and since no sentient being will buy a ticket expecting anything else, it will be, for its audiences, one of the most satisfactory films of the year. It even has real actors in it. Like all the best disaster movies, it’s funniest at its most hysterical. You think you’ve seen end-of-the-world movies? This one ends the world, stomps on it, grinds it up and spits it out.
He gave it three and a half out of four stars.
re: #32 Dr Lizardo
2012 was the best of them. Roger Ebert put it quite nicely:
He gave it three and a half out of four stars.
I felt much the same about “The Day After”: it delivered what it promised in the way of dramatic cataclysm which more or less made up for what it lacked in other areas.
re: #31 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Yunno, even as a teenager, I had a similar approach to esotericism: I was terribly interested in stuff like The Golden Bough, From Ritual to Romance and Ouspensky, but only as a source of imagery and creative inspiration, certainly not as a philosophy or a way of life.
I wound up parting company with a few people who started taking it all way too seriously for my taste.
Every decade seems to have a work of literature that inspires people to say and do stupid shit. The Secret was one. A Course in Miracles. Any of Deepak Chapra’s tomes. The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho. Atlas Shrugged. The list goes on.
re: #34 wheat-dogg
Every decade seems to have a work of literature that inspires people to say and do stupid shit. The Secret was one. A Course in Miracles. Any of Deepak Chapra’s tomes. The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho. Atlas Shrugged. The list goes on.
Yes, I went for the Inspiration to do Stupid Shit from the early 20th century; a matter of preference, just like some guys like Gene Harlowe better than Marilyn Monroe.
re: #33 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The Day After Tomorrow? The Day After was that TV movie about a nuclear missile strike in the Midwest.
re: #36 wheat-dogg
The Day After Tomorrow? The Day After was that TV movie about a nuclear missile strike in the Midwest.
The Day After was that 80’s TV drama that started to wake people up to the Madness of Mutually Assured Destruction, The Day After Tomorrow was a 2004 feature film about disastrous consequences of global warming.
re: #35 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Yes, I went for the Inspiration to do Stupid Shit from the early 20th century; a matter of preference, just like some guys like Gene Harlowe better than Marilyn Monroe.
My rule is to assume anything described as “seminal”, “a testament for the ages,” or “life changing” as none of the above.
My ex was really into A Course in Miracles, which I tried to read and could not take at all seriously. It was BS. We went to some discussion groups about it. There were people there who genuinely believed it to be Jesus’ own words. After a while, I think even my ex realized it was all a lot of hoohah.
re: #37 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The Day After was that 80’s TV drama that started to wake people up to the Madness of Mutually Assured Destruction, The Day After Tomorrow was a 2004 feature film about disastrous consequences of global warming.
I was just curious which one you were referring to.
re: #32 Dr Lizardo
2012 was the best of them. Roger Ebert put it quite nicely:
He gave it three and a half out of four stars.
Never saw that movie, but thought this looked like a great scene.
re: #41 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Dear god. That music.
Flat Earthing is a case where Poe’s Law is writ big: you cannot tell when people are just putting on an elaborate piss-take because they like getting a reaction out of people (which in itself might be an enormous piss-take).
As long as these people are not promoted to positions of authority at NASA, (as has happened at NOAA or USGS and DOE with creationists and AGW deniers)…
re: #43 I cannot.
Dear god. That music.
Inorite. Chubby white guys rapping — nothing good can come from it.
re: #45 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Inorite. Chubby white guys rapping — nothing good can come from it.
Cultural appropriation gone horribly wrong.
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY LIZARDIA!
Let me recount the Mother’s Day loot.
Son #5 sent a bouquet of flowers last week (before the price went up)
Son #2 send a gif of a flower bouquet on WhatsApp
Daughter #3 send “Happy Mothers Day!” in a text message
Son #4 send “hmd” in a text message.
re: #48 The Vicious Babushka
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY LIZARDIA!
Let me recount the Mother’s Day loot.
Son #5 sent a bouquet of flowers last week (before the price went up)
Son #2 send a gif of a flower bouquet on WhatsApp
Daughter #3 send “Happy Mothers Day!” in a text message
Son #4 send “hmd” in a text message.
Obviously son # 5 is the wise one.
Son #1 “Happy Mother’s Day!” text message
re: #49 I Would Prefer Not To
Son #2…probly gets a gif of challah bread in reply
Son #6 “happy mother’s day” text message
How to show your mother you really love her, send her a text message. This is the future of holiday greetings. Happy Mother’s Day to all of the LGF mothers and their families.
re: #54 The Vicious Babushka
I can only echo what William said: that’s pretty!
I sent my youngest daughter some cookbooks for Mother’s Day that she hinted she wanted (i.e. sent me Amazon links) so the pie tradition can continue.
Son #3 and Daughter #2 are coming for the holiday next week (Shavuot) so I’m baking vegan challah for my daughter-in-law.
Happy Mother’s Day!!! pic.twitter.com/zw71dnT7TJ
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 13, 2018
I got yer motherf… right here, you pissed-off looking moron.
re: #41 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Well, this video suggestion popped up in Alerts on my iPad this morning:
Think I’m in love.
My wife frequently converses with Jacklyn Glenn. I’ll have my wife pass along your declaration to her if you wish. /s
“Militant atheists” (that is, those of us who speak up for our rights) are a rather small group, so we have this secret cabal where we all talk with each other. /s
Miss Glenn’s father is actually a gospel singer. They’ve done a number of videos together of music, as Jacklyn is quite a good singer (she used to sing gospel music with him).
She does parodies of religious contemporary music, such as this:
re: #23 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
this is another basic flaw in education, along with failing to teach the scientific method, the historical method or basic civics, namely that we do not explain the difference between literary genres: the difference between a work of science or history, a textbook, a biography, a testament or a work of fiction.
There are people who really take works of historical or even speculative fiction as history.
Not to mention people who take the Old Testament as a science and history textbook.
And as much as i enjoyed The Man in the High Castle (both novel and TV series), it was more a work on the mutable nature of reality than alternate history: Japan never intended to nor was it in any position to occupy the USA except perhaps Hawaii, they just wanted access to oil and other resources.
And World War Z (he novel, not the god-awful film) is not so much a zombie story but a parable about how humanity almost always falls flat on its face when dealing with a crisis: first by ignoring it, then denying, it, then trying to cover it up, all of which make it even worse so that when it really breaks out, we are totally unprepared for it.
I now confess that I actually kind of enjoyed the movie. I mean, I always find the cgi in those movies dreadful. (They’re zombies! They didn’t suddenly gain the ability to climb Jerusalem’s fucking security wall, for crying out loud).
re: #59 Backwoods_Sleuth
If I were a mom I would not want a greeting from that person.
re: #45 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Inorite. Chubby white guys rapping — nothing good can come from it.
lol! It’s not that bad. Reminds me of the Beastie Boys.
re: #62 PhillyPretzel
If I were a mom I would not want a greeting from that person.
He has obvious problems reading the teleprompter and there is absolutely nothing resembling happiness or sincerity in his expression. Matter of fact, he looks like he’s ready to spit and start hitting people.
Son #1 send a bunch of flower emojis in a text message.
Daughter #2 send “Happy mother’s day!” in a text message.
re: #61 steve_davis
I now confess that I actually kind of enjoyed the movie. I mean, I always find the cgi in those movies dreadful. (They’re zombies! They didn’t suddenly gain the ability to climb Jerusalem’s fucking security wall, for crying out loud).
It has almost nothing to do with the book except the title and the zombies
Chain saws starting up again in town … Mother’s Day, the day you send Mom out to clean up from a tornado.
I broke a leg for my wife and mom. :) Top that.
Before this had happened, I went to the store and got flowers and cards for both of them. The card I got for my wife was from the dad. One of the quotes in it was “Do I have to pick up the kids?” The fact that it’s me whining will fit right in.
Happy Mother’s Day to all the LGF mothers. If you’re a Netflix subscriber, I recommend Bob Odenkirk’s small comedy Girlfriend’s Day.
re: #65 The Vicious Babushka
Son #1 send a bunch of flower emojis in a text message.
Daughter #2 send “Happy mother’s day!” in a text message.
Well, you got more than I did for Mother’s Day. /s
Happy Mom’s Day to everyone who is a mother, might be a mother, has a mother, might know a mother, &c at LGF.
The Flat Earthers are the real conspirators. Everyone knows that Earth is a cube.
I asked my 4-year-old daughter this morning whether she thought it would be more fun to have a job or be a mommy. She said, “To be a mommy, so I can cuddle my babies.” Clearly, she has already been victimized by the patriarchy.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) May 13, 2018
I asked my daughter what she wanted to be when she grew up and she said she wanted to fucking topple the patriarchy. https://t.co/rQsAFRHyQd
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) May 13, 2018
We should make all our life decisions at the age of 4.
re: #41 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Well, this video suggestion popped up in Alerts on my iPad this morning:
Think I’m in love.
My wife just told her of you being smitten with Miss Glenn. You’ll probably have to take a number though.
Like being a mommy is NOTHING like having a job…
House Speaker Paul Ryan thinks Trump will be an asset to GOP candidates in states like Wisconsin this fall, but Ryan is warning fellow Republicans that a “blue wave” could wipe out advancements made under Trump: https://t.co/bju0pQYInX
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) May 13, 2018
re: #73 I Would Prefer Not To
We should make all our life decisions at the age of 4.
“I’m only gonna eat ice cream when I grow up!!!”
re: #75 Backwoods_Sleuth
Like being a mommy is NOTHING like having a job…
Especially when you have a job and are a mommy at the same time.
My mother says since before she entered school (so four maybe?) she wanted to join the Navy. She did.
I ruined her career, since back then if a woman became pregnant, over the quarterdeck you went.
Judge Jeanine: Trump fulfilled biblical prophecy by moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem. pic.twitter.com/p5vVKvM0xp
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 13, 2018
Historically, when a cheating, abusive, self-aggrandizing bully’s supporters claim he’s the fulfillment of biblical prophecy you get a David Koresh or a Jim Jones. But we didn’t elect them President. https://t.co/R23VL0sidl
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) May 13, 2018
.@hogangidley45: “We are now respected, we are now feared, we are now beloved because of this president.” pic.twitter.com/iYWDYETvCu
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 13, 2018
No, you moron.
re: #71 Anymouse 🌹
The Flat Earthers are the real conspirators. Everyone knows that Earth is a cube.
re: #72 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Dude stop using your daughter that way. No liberal is against women being mothers if they want to be. It’s about choice.
re: #72 Backwoods_Sleuth
I asked my 4-year-old daughter this morning whether she thought it would be more fun to have a job or be a mommy. She said, “To be a mommy, so I can cuddle my babies.” Clearly, she has already been victimized by the patriarchy.
If you believe in a patriarchal society in which having babies and having a job are mutually exclusive…
re: #74 Anymouse 🌹
My wife just told her of you being smitten with Miss Glenn. You’ll probably have to take a number though.
I am a patient man.
Pompeo: “I think Chairman Kim [Jong Un] shares the objectives with the American people, I am convinced of that,” secretary of state says on @FoxNewsSunday
— Lucas Tomlinson (@LucasFoxNews) May 13, 2018
Bizarro World Sunday
re: #80 Backwoods_Sleuth
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No, you moron.
Uh no. Maybe if you left your safe space, you’d see otherwise.
Does your daughter know that the day she was born you were on Twitter all day cursing out President Obama?
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) May 13, 2018
re: #85 jaunte
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Bizarro World Sunday
They’re going to get played big time or already have.
My niece is Ben’s daughter’s age. My brother teased me by saying I was a mommy too and she laughed at that. I’m sure Ben’s daughter wants to be a mother. Little kids like that can be very nurturing but it says a lot that Ben used a cute quip by her to bitch about liberals but as VB said he did spend her birth bitching about Obama on Twitter.
re: #85 jaunte
Bizarro World Sunday
No kidding. In what world does the DPRK’s statements such as “we’re going to rain nuclear fire upon your country” constitute “the interests of the American people?”
Perhaps Mr. Pompeo is jealous of Kim Jong-Un’s dictatorial powers, such as shooting political enemies with an anti-aircraft gun?
re: #79 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m pretty damn certain the USA isn’t mentioned anywhere in Revelations.
re: #80 Backwoods_Sleuth
“We are now respected, we are now feared, we are now beloved because of this president.”
Fear is what drives conservatives.
I don’t want to live in a nation where other nations “fear us.” The second they stop fearing us, we’re done.
Good morning Lizards.
Moved the cats to the new apartment this morning. The Feline Overlords are not pleased. Two are still hiding under the bed. The third is exploring the place, but growling and hissing a lot in displeasure. (Not that any of this is going to get me to move them back.)
Daughter #2 and Son #3 just called on the phone, in addition to the text messages they sent earlier.
re: #62 PhillyPretzel
If I were a mom I would not want a greeting from that person.
From a man that raped the mother of one of his sons? His tongue should catch fire just trying to say it.
re: #87 The Vicious Babushka
Shapiro is still spewing conservaderp:
Happy Legal Caretaker of Unspecified Gender Day! Or, if you prefer, Happy Female Suppressed By The Patriarchy Into Giving Up Her Independence And Dreams Day!
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) May 13, 2018
Ben Shapiro is very offended by your sensitivity towards different domestic situations. It hurts his feelings deeply. https://t.co/bHWkUefv55
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) May 13, 2018
re: #63 Patricia Kayden
lol! It’s not that bad. Reminds me of the Beastie Boys.
Oh no. Please don’t disrespect the Beastie Boys this fine Sunday morning. LOL
moron has no freaking idea how things work in real life
President Xi of China, and I, are working together to give massive Chinese phone company, ZTE, a way to get back into business, fast. Too many jobs in China lost. Commerce Department has been instructed to get it done!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 13, 2018
re: #97 Anymouse 🌹
Shapiro is still spewing conservaderp:
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re: #94 Feline Fearless Leader
Le Chat Noir does not look happy. It always takes time for cats to get used to a new place.
re: #99 Backwoods_Sleuth
President Xi of China, and I, are working together to give massive Chinese phone company, ZTE, a way to get back into business, fast. Too many jobs in China lost. Commerce Department has been instructed to get it done!
He is concerned with creating jobs in China?
re: #102 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
He is concerned with creating jobs in China?
inorite???!!
ben shapiro’s only joke is to pretend to be an “sjw” complaining about something no one on the left is actually complaining about but the worst part is there are always a dozen teens in his replies saying shit like “the snark is strong with this one”
— mark (@kept_simple) May 13, 2018
Engage 👏 seriously 👏 with 👏 his 👏 ideas https://t.co/pTfocUEPgT
— the reasonably limited gauntlet (@jesseltaylor) May 13, 2018
The heads of the NSA, FBI, and CIA are concerned that ZTE may be using their technology to spy on U.S. consumers. https://t.co/fDPu7nWHtE pic.twitter.com/gEqOAlqd1F
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 13, 2018
Our dog has arthritis, so I made a bus for him 🚌 pic.twitter.com/ZvV1GmaK5E
— The Invisible Man (@invisibleman_17) May 12, 2018
President Xi of China, and I, are working together to give massive Chinese phone company, ZTE, a way to get back into business, fast. Too many jobs in China lost. Commerce Department has been instructed to get it done!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 13, 2018
I’ve tried. What the frigging hell is this? How are his MAGA heads okay with OUR Commerce Department assisting a Chinese company to bring back Chinese jobs? Aren’t they all America First-ers? https://t.co/4MKFO6gOka
— Nicole Belle (@NicoleBelle) May 13, 2018
The Red Hats will say: Trump helps China —> China deals with Pyongyang —> Trump wins the Nobel Peace Prize —> MAGA! https://t.co/zJDB8TXYbE
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) May 13, 2018
re: #104 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #101 PhillyPretzel
Le Chat Noir does not look happy. It always takes time for cats to get used to a new place.
He at least is looking around. The other two went from the carriers to under the bed and have not come out yet. (Oh wait. Tuxedo Cat sighting… and two of them are now growling at each other.) All of them a bit on edge. But that’s not really surprising given the level of disruption.
Plan for the day is to hang around, unload boxes, and keep an eye on them. They don’t get access to the basement for a few days either.
List of President Trump’s accomplishments keeps growing pic.twitter.com/rhe7ISzjyu
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) May 13, 2018
• Moving an embassy is a decision, not an accomplishment
• Leaving the Iran Deal was catastrophic for us and the entire world
• Approval ratings are not accomplishments
• If he made those judges rebuke Mueller, it’s obstruction
• The economy was made great again by Obama https://t.co/bTdY0HSMun— Andrew Wortman (@AmoneyResists) May 13, 2018
re: #102 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
He is concerned with creating jobs in China?
He (and/or friends) probably own stock in ZTE.
.@TomiLahren: “You don’t just come into this country with low skills, low education, not understanding the language and come into our country because someone says it makes them feel nice. That’s not what this country is based on.” @WattersWorld pic.twitter.com/Dux0cABHar
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 13, 2018
Friedrich Trumpf came to America at 16, with no skills, not speaking English, and became quite successful. Those stories are EXACTLY what this country was based on. Look it up, sometime, Tammy. https://t.co/mYp0PkGO9h
— VoteVets (@votevets) May 13, 2018
re: #98 JordanRules
Oh no. Please don’t disrespect the Beastie Boys this fine Sunday morning. LOL
Sorry. Only knew their “Fight for the Right to Party” song.
re: #101 PhillyPretzel
Le Chat Noir does not look happy. It always takes time for cats to get used to a new place.
Every cat is different. When we had to move three times in four years, our cats (who had never known any other home) reacted completely differently. Pumpkin (R.I.P.) was like transplanting a cactus. He was totally opposed to change of any kind. Killer, OTOH, as long as his folks (of whatever species they may be) are there, he couldn’t care less where he is.
re: #59 Backwoods_Sleuth
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The anti-moron!
Happy Mother’s Day to every mom out there, especially the remarkable moms in my life, @MichelleObama and my mother-in-law, Marian Robinson. pic.twitter.com/n65fyWg7O8
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) May 13, 2018
re: #114 Patricia Kayden
Sorry. Only knew their “Fight for the Right to Party” song.
All good! Just messing with ya! ;)
Ah memories of Pitt in the Mid 70’s when WDVE in Pittsburgh celebrated Mother’s Day by only playing Frank Zappa’s records…
re: #112 Backwoods_Sleuth
Who is she to determine who gets to come into this country? We need an immigration process which doesn’t discriminate based on irrelevant factors. There are probably millions of migrants who came here with little or no education and who couldn’t speak English but have gone on to become great Americans and better citizens than Tammy and her bigoted ilk.
WATCH: Graham says Trump should apologize for aide’s “disgusting” joke mocking McCain’s cancer https://t.co/RLTrpptRzD pic.twitter.com/nwtkoPfKk4
— The Hill (@thehill) May 13, 2018
This like asking a tree to make an omelette. https://t.co/tNFYrxBkCb
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) May 13, 2018
re: #112 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #116 JordanRules
The anti-moron!
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It’s impossible for any picture to truly capture what my mother, Marian, has meant to me. Happy #MothersDay to all of the moms out there, and especially to my own. pic.twitter.com/GfJdJJ8oPR
— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) May 13, 2018
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Bolton tells Europeans: “It’s possible” we’ll sanction you for doing business with Iran https://t.co/o2TLA0K3P1 pic.twitter.com/aQ6eciceY4
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) May 13, 2018
“Skilled” people weren’t leaving for America because life was better at home but poor peasant tenant farmers like my family yeah they left. Tomi really should read a history book. This is stuff you learn about in middle school or if you’re like me from our grandparents or even parents.
Did this get posted today?
Remember when several groups & the @NYT attacked me for pointing out the potential role of school discipline policy in #Parkland tragedy? But now evidence grows by the day that the shooter should have been dealt with long before that horrible day. #Sayfie https://t.co/3en6G5Figo
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) May 13, 2018
Remember when people pointed out the role of guns in the mass shooting and you rolled over for the NRA? Evidence grows by the day you have no spine or moral core. https://t.co/BDY7eA7lou
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 13, 2018
re: #71 Anymouse 🌹
The Flat Earthers are the real conspirators. Everyone knows that Earth is a cube.
Time Cube!
really excellent video of mammatus clouds.
Either there were some eerie mammatus clouds on Friday or we’re re-living a scene out of Ghostbusters. pic.twitter.com/H7dwil58Bz
— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) May 13, 2018
re: #128 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #120 Backwoods_Sleuth
Has Graham ever voted against anything Trump has proposed? He needs to shut up and stop acting as if he opposes Trump on any issue. Can’t stand him.
Happy Legal Caretaker of Unspecified Gender Day! Or, if you prefer, Happy Female Suppressed By The Patriarchy Into Giving Up Her Independence And Dreams Day!
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) May 13, 2018
Ben Shapiro is very offended by your sensitivity towards different domestic situations. It hurts his feelings deeply. https://t.co/bHWkUefv55
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) May 13, 2018
Does Ben have a driver’s license yet? Is he shaving yet? https://t.co/YIGhO29rZ5
— Don Millard (@OTOOLEFAN) May 13, 2018
Wishing all the moms a happy Mother’s Day! pic.twitter.com/9SM1yrRpr4
— NY Wolf Center (@nywolforg) May 13, 2018
re: #126 HappyWarrior
“Skilled” people weren’t leaving for America because life was better at home but poor peasant tenant farmers like my family yeah they left. Tomi really should read a history book. This is stuff you learn about in middle school or if you’re like me from our grandparents or even parents.
my grandparents were all sent over from europe around 1900 as children to stay with relatives because their families could not afford to keep them.
DACA doodle doo
re: #123 Backwoods_Sleuth
Awwwww. Michelle looks pretty much the same.
Russian state TV’s flagship news show has called Donald Trump’s decision to pull US out of Iran nuclear deal “petty tyranny” and concluded: “From now on, all signed agreements with America are worthless, if Trump thinks he can break them.” pic.twitter.com/95M9ZyWACK
— Steve Rosenberg (@BBCSteveR) May 13, 2018
Not that anybody asked, but @JeffBezos’ 130-Billion dollars, laid end-to-end, can circle Earth 200 times then reach the Moon & back 15 times then, with what’s left over, circle Earth another 8 times.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) May 12, 2018
Just to be clear, if you carefully removed, and laid end-to-end, all the veins, arteries, and capillaries of your body, you will die.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) May 12, 2018
re: #133 Backwoods_Sleuth
Ben loves a rousing celebration of Straw Woman Day.
I asked my 4-year-old daughter this morning whether she thought it would be more fun to have a job or be a mommy. She said, “To be a mommy, so I can cuddle my babies.” Clearly, she has already been victimized by the patriarchy.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) May 13, 2018
Did you tell her that, if she gets a job, she could afford to move out? https://t.co/aUgsBguuoo
— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) May 13, 2018
re: #138 Anymouse 🌹
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Jeez, Neil—that joke’s older than you are!
President Xi of China, and I, are working together to give massive Chinese phone company, ZTE, a way to get back into business, fast. Too many jobs in China lost. Commerce Department has been instructed to get it done!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 13, 2018
The Commerce Dept banned exports to ZTE because it repeatedly violated U.S. sanctions limiting exports of U.S. technology to Iran and North Korea. Of the 380 admitted violations, 96 were “evasion” violations meant to frustrate U.S. investigations. Make Obstruction Great Again! https://t.co/GNkA47td1g
— Max Kennerly (@MaxKennerly) May 13, 2018
re: #141 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Jeez, Neil—that joke’s older than you are!
Made me LMAO. 🤣😂
re: #127 Teukka
Did this get posted today?
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There are not even close to enough nopes for that. All memes are inadequate.
The unnecessary risk of death that haunts American moms has to be seen as a consequence of the success of a political movement that is passionately pro-fetus while being almost equally anti-mother.https://t.co/5KFZgw0PYa
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) May 13, 2018
re: #32 Dr Lizardo
2012 was the best of them. Roger Ebert put it quite nicely:
He gave it three and a half out of four stars.
This remixed trailer for 2012, done in the style of 1970’s movies is one of the best trailers ever: 
“The reason for the change is that a decision from the current administration administrative officials has requested that all monitors, under our control, on the White Oak Campus, display FOX news” https://t.co/njTjhE3Bqm
— Robbie Gramer (@RobbieGramer) May 13, 2018
Fox is the only option on Air Force One now too. https://t.co/pcP1xelVl9
— Andrew Beatty (@AndrewBeatty) May 13, 2018
President Xi of China, and I, are working together to give massive Chinese phone company, ZTE, a way to get back into business, fast. Too many jobs in China lost. Commerce Department has been instructed to get it done!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 13, 2018
Uh, US companies were banned from selling to ZTE because it violated sanctions with Iran, which this administration claims is such a threat that it just imposed new sanctions. https://t.co/4PK5PmJSyP
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) May 13, 2018
re: #148 Backwoods_Sleuth
Didn’t the US military just ban to possession of ZTE phones at all bases and facilities due to security concerns?
— WB Young 🍕🐀 (@FormerDirtDart) May 13, 2018
Someone needs to photoshop Trump’s tweets so they look like they came from Hillary Clinton, to watch the MAGA crowd explode. Imagine if HRC sent the “we must help my friend President Xi expert more of the tech FBI/CIA/NSA are warning us about so China can have jobs” tweet.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 13, 2018
re: #142 Backwoods_Sleuth
So that’s how easily foreign interests overcome American interests in your view. You will be seeing that tweet a lot on opposition and resistance ads this season. Enjoy your golf game.
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) May 13, 2018
re: #152 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
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Only thing worse than a Trinidad Scorpion is a Carolina Reaper, which has been described as “having a fruity taste, with the initial bite being sweet and then immediately turning to molten lava”…
Poor sod ._.
re: #149 stpaulbear
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What drove me crazy about the 2012 hysteria was the “End of the Mayan Calendar” bullshit. No, it was the end of the 13th baktun, and the beginning of the 14th. Oooh, scary!
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To:
A Tesla Model S sedan equipped with a semi-autonomous Autopilot system plowed into a truck stopped at a Utah traffic light Friday night, though it remains unknown if the Autopilot was in use during the crash.
The Tesla’s female driver suffered a broken ankle and there was extensive damage to the car, according to police. Authorities are still investigating and have contacted the National Transportation Safety Board, The Associated Press reported.
Tesla’s Autopilot system uses cameras and computers to regulate speed, change lanes and automatically stop cars. But drivers are instructed to keep their hands on the wheel and their eyes and attention on the road. (more)
re: #152 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
I can’t believe he went for that 2nd bite. Ouch!
re: #142 Backwoods_Sleuth
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The mask fell clear to the floor today.
President Xi of China, and I, are working together to give massive Chinese phone company, ZTE, a way to get back into business, fast. Too many jobs in China lost. Commerce Department has been instructed to get it done!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 13, 2018
@Green_Footballs @teleskiguy I’m so old I remember when the worst President so far was inept or working for Americas interests in a bad direction. Contrast with this. https://t.co/wN8kd2q5Oo
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) May 13, 2018
Sorry had to delete and put up an edited tweet
re: #152 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
My wife makes hot sauce and salsa from ghost peppers, but they are dried so they lose some punch.
When I’m canning her salsa though, the fumes get so bad in the house you have to open all the windows and doors to try to get air through.
re: #162 Anymouse 🌹
My wife makes hot sauce and salsa from ghost peppers, but they are dried so they lose some punch.
When I’m canning her salsa though, the fumes get so bad in the house you have to open all the windows and doors to try to get air through.
and I learned that you must wash your hands BEFORE going to the restroom, and not try to wipe your eyes…
re: #158 Anymouse 🌹
Wired has taken this topic on again given the release of a recent big study about soaring pedestrian fatalities. SUV’s are more likely to kill. 40 mph vs 30 mph is 5.5 times more likely to kill a pedestrian when struck. Crosswalks are too far apart on large boulevards, thus encouraging jaywalking. All of those things can be fixed for a lot less than automating the cars.
Those things don’t decouple the driver from situational awareness like automation does. Which gets to my objection.
WH Nat’l Security Adviser John Bolton tells @MarthaRaddatz having a meeting between Pres. Trump and Kim Jong Un “without months, and months, and months” of preparation is advantageous: “President Trump will be able to size Kim Jong Un up, and see whether the commitment is real.” pic.twitter.com/bJYZUiOIxX
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) May 13, 2018
His THIRD National Security Advisor in a li’l over a year says Trump’s really good at judging people. https://t.co/L6WMWbi3Do
— Jeffrey Wright (@jfreewright) May 13, 2018
re: #163 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
and I learned that you must wash your hands BEFORE going to the restroom, and not try to wipe your eyes…
The hard way?
re: #163 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
and I learned that you must wash your hands BEFORE going to the restroom, and not try to wipe your eyes…
That’s true even with peperoncinis. Trust me.
If they start doing this crap at the Veterans Administration, I’m going to have to figure out a way to get medical care somewhere else on my tiny budget. The VA has always made a point of not displaying any news channels (or in the case of State Media, propaganda) because it upsets patients.
“The reason for the change is that a decision from the current administration administrative officials has requested that all monitors, under our control, on the White Oak Campus, display FOX news” https://t.co/njTjhE3Bqm
— Robbie Gramer (@RobbieGramer) May 13, 2018
My local VA clinic has the Weather Channel on.
😂😂😂😂😂 https://t.co/zOeKq5oyNb
— Tangela Ekhoff (@tangelaekhoff) May 13, 2018
re: #169 Anymouse 🌹
If they start doing this crap at the Veterans Administration, I’m going to have to figure out a way to get medical care somewhere else on my tiny budget. The VA has always made a point of not displaying any news channels (or in the case of State Media, propaganda) because it upsets patients.
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re: #166 Teukka
The hard way?
roommates had to take me upstairs and rinse my eyes out with contact solution
So, they’re going to invest their tax cuts in North Korea?
That seems pretty much the opposite of the administration’s justification for the “massive” tax cuts.— WB Young 🍕🐀 (@FormerDirtDart) May 13, 2018
re: #164 Unshaken Defiance
Wired has taken this topic on again given the release of a recent big study about soaring pedestrian fatalities. SUV’s are more likely to kill. 40 mph vs 30 mph is 5.5 times more likely to kill a pedestrian when struck. Crosswalks are too far apart on large boulevards, thus encouraging jaywalking. All of those things can be fixed for a lot less than automating the cars.
Those things don’t decouple the driver from situational awareness like automation does. Which gets to my objection.
Scottsbluff slowed its traffic down by doing some of the things traffic engineers suggest: cutting lanes, adding barriers at the corners, putting up radar speed limit signs along the main streets (your speed is X), &c.
The state sent a suggestion to our village board that it would like to raise the speed limit on Guthrie St (US-26) from 35 to 50 mph. We cordially voted that suggestion down (since pedestrians cross that street at two crosswalks), and invited them instead to reduce the speed limit to 25 and install a pedestrian traffic light.
(Let’s see about conservatives and their ad copy about “local control” by local governments. I’ll bet they reject our request to reduce the speed limit in town. We are not allowed to set the speed limit on US-26 or NE-92. Village streets are 20 mph.)
re: #176 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
“What Chairman Kim will get from America is our finest. Our entrepreneurs. Our risk takers. Our capital providers. Not our taxpayers,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Face The Nation
wow. creating jobs for North Koreans and Chinese, ruining US businesses with import tariffs and cancelled visas and they still vote for him
Here’s the CNN story. Aside from the pure doublethink of it all, that ZTE tweet is the like furthest thing imaginable from ‘America First.’ https://t.co/vsKIwwAHsp
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) May 13, 2018
re: #179 jaunte
Hikvision, huge maker of cameras, 42% ownership by Chinese government.
re: #165 jaunte
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re: #182 Joe Bacon 🌹
Watch what happens when Europe imposes sanctions on us…
The Dollar will be under a lot of pressure if it is no longer the universal reserve currency…
re: #179 jaunte
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OK, so “CIA, FBI and NSA say don’t buy smartphones from Huawei or ZTE”
Wonder how long it will take some wingnut site to start bleating about “Deep State Conspiracy!!!1!!!11!??
Seriously, this is the Admin’s big PR push in front of the BFD “Korea Summit”?? Bolton disparaging the need for preparation, while Pompeo seems to be talking up, what? Business opportunities in North Korea? WTF are those “entrepreneurs” gonna entreprene in a totalitarian Communist basket-case-economy like NK? Or are these “opportunities” going to be some sort of front for paying off L’il Kim’s nuclear blackmail?
re: #183 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The Dollar will be under a lot of pressure if it is no longer the universal reserve currency…
I’ve been predicting that the rest of the world is going to dump the dollar as the reserve currency AND they will no longer buy our Treasury securities to finance our out of control deficits.
On #CNNSOTU @AmbJohnBolton says US sanctions on European companies are ‘possible’ https://t.co/Gl8tvql7ac
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 13, 2018
Just another reminder: Putin’s prevailing goal is to weaken NATO. Trump is doing that work for him, driving a very real wedge between the US and its European allies. https://t.co/MwP11fv5kN
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) May 13, 2018
re: #185 Joe Bacon 🌹
I’ve been predicting that the rest of the world is going to dump the dollar as the reserve currency AND they will no longer buy our Treasury securities to finance our out of control deficits.
If Trump insists on sanctioning European banks over Iran, they are all but asking for it.
From Anne Applebaum today in the Washington Post, documenting the decline of the American Empire:
In retrospect, the era of American hegemony — the moment of the “sole superpower,” when the United States was the “essential” country — was remarkably brief. It began in 1991, with the collapse of the Soviet Union, probably peaked just before 9/11, and for the past decade — under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama — it has been drawing slowly and unevenly to an end. Even while it lasted, this hegemony was partly a game of smoke and mirrors. It depended on perceptions: belief in American wealth, fear of American military power, admiration for American values. It depended on the absence of opponents: the collapse of the Soviet Union, the relative weakness of China.
Perhaps unexpectedly, Trump’s abrupt withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal exposed America’s weak hand. For we left — but then what? In different circumstances — after negotiations, after obtaining proof that Iran was in violation of the deal — it might have been possible to recreate the international coalition that imposed sanctions so successfully in the first place. In different circumstances, it might also have been possible to change the deal: That’s what the French president and German chancellor were offering during their recent visits to Washington, though their efforts were rebuffed. In different circumstances, it might even have been possible to threaten Iran militarily — not a position I advocate, but I can imagine how it could be done.
Instead, we are now in the worst of all possible worlds. We have broken the agreement with Iran, but we are unable to impose a new sanctions regime in its place. Instead of making a diplomatic investment, we are shouting and barking orders. Just after Trump’s announcement, the American ambassador to Germany issued a threat on Twitter: “German companies doing business in Iran should wind down operations immediately.” As a result, European leaders are not talking about Iran. They are talking about how they can protect their companies from American sanctions, and how they might retaliate.
re: #184 Jay C
OK, so “CIA, FBI and NSA say don’t buy smartphones from Huawei or ZTE”
Wonder how long it will take some wingnut site to start bleating about “Deep State Conspiracy!!!1!!!11!??
Seriously, this is the Admin’s big PR push in front of the BFD “Korea Summit”?? Bolton disparaging the need for preparation, while Pompeo seems to be talking up, what? Business opportunities in North Korea? WTF are those “entrepreneurs” gonna entreprene in a totalitarian Communist basket-case-economy like NK? Or are these “opportunities” going to be some sort of front for paying off L’il Kim’s nuclear blackmail?
All the Democratic Senators should send a letter to Kim saying that any agreement he signs isn’t worth the paper it’s written on, because as soon as the GOP is out of power, they’ll toss it out.
How do you suppose that’d go over?
Still makes me smile because of course you would.
re: #189 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
All the Democratic Senators should send a letter to Kim saying that any agreement he signs isn’t worth the paper it’s written on, because as soon as the GOP is out of power, they’ll toss it out.
How do you suppose that’d go over?
Treason!!!
re: #184 Jay C
OK: a slightly better-fleshed-out synopsis of Sec’y Pompeo’s “business plans” re NK: (from BBC)
The US may allow private companies to invest in North Korea, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday.
In an interview on Fox News, he clarified that this would be conditional on the country’s full denuclearisation.
He said US investors could help build its energy grid.
This comes after his trip to Pyongyang last week and ahead of President Donald Trump’s meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore.
The US announced its offer to help rebuild the North Korean economy on Friday, but Mr Pompeo has now given more details on the proposal.
“This will be Americans coming in - private sector Americans, not the US taxpayer - private sector Americans coming in to help build out the energy grid. They need enormous amounts of electricity in North Korea,” he said.
He also suggested agricultural investment, so North Koreans “can eat meat and have healthy lives”.
I dunno: maybe it’s just general Trump Cynicism, but I’m still not seeing what the attraction is going to be for investment in NK, and how American (vs., say, South Korean or Chinese) businesses are going to be able to get a good-enough deal without some sort of government (ours) guarantee. Am I missing something here?
Considering how he’s been stacking sacked staff like cord wood for over a year, the idea that Donny can successfully size up Kim at these talks and determine if he’s being truthful is absolutely hysterical. Everybody in the entire fucking administration argues they had no idea that Flynn was lying to them about calling Russia, BUT Cheeto Benito is gonna walk into these talks and size up Kim right away.
It’s getting harder to type with all these tears in my eyes from laughing.
Okay so lemme get this straight. The Trump administration is going to tear up the Iranian Deal and allow private companies to invest in NK. And these are the same people who condemned Obama’s Cuba policy too.
re: #192 Jay C
OK: a slightly better-fleshed-out synopsis of Sec’y Pompeo’s “business plans” re NK: (from BBC)
I dunno: maybe it’s just general Trump Cynicism, but I’m still not seeing what the attraction is going to be for investment in NK, and how American (vs., say, South Korean or Chinese) businesses are going to be able to get a good-enough deal without some sort of government (ours) guarantee. Am I missing something here?
Personally, I’m just shaking my head at how Republicans will not be stuck arguing that US businesses “investing’ in NK is a-okay because they’re now our “friends,” but despite the thawing of relations we still can’t trust the Cubans not to just grab up any investments and thus must maintain the embargo.
re: #189 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
All the Democratic Senators should send a letter to Kim saying that any agreement he signs isn’t worth the paper it’s written on, because as soon as the GOP is out of power, they’ll toss it out.
How do you suppose that’d go over?
I think they should take the letter the repubs sent and just change the country names and relevant specific information but leave all other wording the same.
re: #193 Targetpractice
Considering how he’s been stacking sacked staff like cord wood for over a year, the idea that Donny can successfully size up Kim at these talks and determine if he’s being truthful is absolutely hysterical…
These are all matters of faith that only make sense to the faithful
re: #192 Jay C
OK: a slightly better-fleshed-out synopsis of Sec’y Pompeo’s “business plans” re NK: (from BBC)
I dunno: maybe it’s just general Trump Cynicism, but I’m still not seeing what the attraction is going to be for investment in NK, and how American (vs., say, South Korean or Chinese) businesses are going to be able to get a good-enough deal without some sort of government (ours) guarantee. Am I missing something here?
I’m not either. Maybe Trump wants a hotel in Pyongyang.
re: #156 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
What drove me crazy about the 2012 hysteria was the “End of the Mayan Calendar” bullshit. No, it was the end of the 13th baktun, and the beginning of the 14th. Oooh, scary!
From:
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I used to joke about that, when they finally deciphered the last part it said “Start carving another calendar’
Computer died again, lemon, new computer. Left my new movie in old computer and now it’s gone forever. Ordered another copy.
Christ I’m old and senile.
Sigh.
re: #195 Targetpractice
Personally, I’m just shaking my head at how Republicans will not be stuck arguing that US businesses “investing’ in NK is a-okay because they’re now our “friends,” but despite the thawing of relations we still can’t trust the Cubans not to just grab up any investments and thus must maintain the embargo.
Yep makes no sense at all.
re: #198 HappyWarrior
I’m not either. Maybe Trump wants a hotel in Pyongyang.
Coming: The Kimchee Fart Tapes…
re: #202 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Coming: The Kimchee Fart Tapes…
Sounds painful but you know Trump would only eat kimchi with ketchup.
.@TomiLahren: “You don’t just come into this country with low skills, low education, not understanding the language and come into our country because someone says it makes them feel nice. That’s not what this country is based on.” @WattersWorld pic.twitter.com/Dux0cABHar
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 13, 2018
“Xenophobic Rage Barbie” pic.twitter.com/G5wyF9Eglg
— WB Young 🍕🐀 (@FormerDirtDart) May 13, 2018
re: #204 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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That’s literally how our country was built but I can’t expect Tomi to know actual history.
re: #199 Unshaken Defiance
I used to joke about that, when they finally deciphered the last part it said “Start carving another calendar’
“We’re gonna need more walls”
re: #152 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
His mistake wasn’t “my mistake was to swallow it” —his mistake was sticking it in his mouth and then chewing on it.
re: #189 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
All the Democratic Senators should send a letter to Kim saying that any agreement he signs isn’t worth the paper it’s written on, because as soon as the GOP is out of power, they’ll toss it out.
How do you suppose that’d go over?
Better: Send them a letter saying any agreement made with Trump must be in the form of a treaty and must be submitted to the Senate for ratification, otherwise it is worthless and will be abrogated the moment a Dem is in the White House. The following mass whiplash suffered by the GOP will be gloriously hilarious.
re: #199 Unshaken Defiance
I used to joke about that, when they finally deciphered the last part it said “Start carving another calendar’
After October 12, 4772 = 19.19.19.17.19 9 Kawak 12 Yaxk’in, when there’s no larger unit than a baktun to go to, we’ll see what happens.
re: #210 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
After October 12, 4772 = 19.19.19.17.19 9 Kawak 12 Yaxk’in, when there’s no larger unit than a baktun to go to, we’ll see what happens.
OK, we’ll mark our calendars….
Who cares about jobs lost in China? AMERICA FIRST!!
— Joey M. (YourVoice™ America) (@JTMYVA) May 13, 2018
Maybe it’s short side of me, because only Trump knows why this is a problem for America… If Trump does it, I’m sure it’s the right move.
— Joey M. (YourVoice™ America) (@JTMYVA) May 13, 2018
Joey is confused.
re: #210 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
After October 12, 4772 = 19.19.19.17.19 9 Kawak 12 Yaxk’in, when there’s no larger unit than a baktun to go to, we’ll see what happens.
In the year 2525…
re: #210 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
After October 12, 4772 = 19.19.19.17.19 9 Kawak 12 Yaxk’in, when there’s no larger unit than a baktun to go to, we’ll see what happens.
re: #213 Targetpractice
In the year 2525…
In the year 4545
You ain’t gonna need your teeth, won’t need your eyes
You won’t find a thing to chew
Nobody’s gonna look at you
An Unarmed Minuteman III ICBM is scheduled to be launched from Vandenberg AFB on MAY 14 between 0821z - 1521z. The ICBM will splash down in waters near Kwajalein Atoll pic.twitter.com/l8XsJbVg2C
— Aircraft Spots (@AircraftSpots) May 12, 2018
BTW, the Mayan calendar calculator is halfway down this page.
ancientscripts.com is apparently offline, so I had to go to the Wayback Machine. I couldn’t believe the embedded calculator still worked!
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) May 13, 2018
re: #215 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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When they quote something like a “Circular Error Probable” of 600 ft., that means over the very well-mapped gravitational anomalies from Vandenberg to Kwajalein. If they fire these missiles from anywhere else to anywhere else, they’re going to get a surprise. WTH is the point of “testing” missiles on the same trajectory all the time?
re: #196 Eventual Carrion
I think they should take the letter the repubs sent and just change the country names and relevant specific information but leave all other wording the same.
An Open Letter to the Leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea:
It has come to our attention while observing your nuclear negotiations with our government that you may not fully understand our constitutional system. Thus, we are writing to bring to your attention two features of our Constitution—the power to make binding international agreements and the different character of federal offices—which you should seriously consider as negotiations progress.
First, under our Constitution, while the president negotiates international agreements, Congress plays the significant role of ratifying them. In the case of a treaty, the Senate must ratify it by a two-thirds vote. A so-called congressional-executive agreement requires a majority vote in both the House and the Senate (which, because of procedural rules, effectively means a three-fifths vote in the Senate). Anything not approved by Congress is a mere executive agreement.
Second, the offices of our Constitution have different characteristics. For example, the president may serve only two 4-year terms, whereas senators may serve an unlimited number of 6-year terms. As applied today, for instance, President Trump will leave office in ? 20??, while most of us will remain in office well beyond then—perhaps decades.
What these two constitutional provisions mean is that we will consider any agreement regarding your nuclear-weapons program that is not approved by the Congress as nothing more than an executive agreement between President Trump and Kim Jong-un.
The next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen and future Congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time.
We hope this letter enriches your knowledge of our constitutional system and promotes mutual understanding and clarity as nuclear negotiations progress.
Sincerely,
Sane America
re: #217 HappyWarrior
What the.
that is someone reorganizing their world view in real time because his Dear Leader changed his mind.
re: #194 HappyWarrior
Okay so lemme get this straight. The Trump administration is going to tear up the Iranian Deal and allow private companies to invest in NK. And these are the same people who condemned Obama’s Cuba policy too.
This is what late-stage capitalism looks like. Hence the smash-and-grab on the US Treasury in the tax bill.
Democratic republics in history are rare, and easily broken when the voters get ideas other than protecting their democracy. The GOP has been working since Goldwater to enact policies which are economically damaging and racist. It is instructive to note that our economy almost always falters under conservative governance.
This is not new, which is why I find the litany of “I didn’t leave the GOP, they left me” so maddening. The GOP has been like this all my life.
re: #220 Eventual Carrion
An Open Letter to the Leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea:
It has come to our attention while observing your nuclear negotiations with our government that you may not fully understand our constitutional system. Thus, we are writing to bring to your attention two features of our Constitution—the power to make binding international agreements and the different character of federal offices—which you should seriously consider as negotiations progress.
First, under our Constitution, while the president negotiates international agreements, Congress plays the significant role of ratifying them. In the case of a treaty, the Senate must ratify it by a two-thirds vote. A so-called congressional-executive agreement requires a majority vote in both the House and the Senate (which, because of procedural rules, effectively means a three-fifths vote in the Senate). Anything not approved by Congress is a mere executive agreement.
Second, the offices of our Constitution have different characteristics. For example, the president may serve only two 4-year terms, whereas senators may serve an unlimited number of 6-year terms. As applied today, for instance, President Trump will leave office in ? 20??, while most of us will remain in office well beyond then—perhaps decades.
What these two constitutional provisions mean is that we will consider any agreement regarding your nuclear-weapons program that is not approved by the Congress as nothing more than an executive agreement between President Trump and Kim Jong-un.
The next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen and future Congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time.
We hope this letter enriches your knowledge of our constitutional system and promotes mutual understanding and clarity as nuclear negotiations progress.Sincerely,
Sane America
Tehran Tom’s head would pop from the sheer level of hypocrisy.
re: #212 Ace-o-aces
The Force cognitive dissonance is strong in this one.
Hmmm…….I wonder what Mr. Avenatti is referring to here.
Warning ignored. So here it goes.
December 12, 2016 - Trump Tower. Details to follow… pic.twitter.com/aEuuhRHB4a— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) May 13, 2018
re: #221 KGxvi
that is someone reorganizing their world view in real time because his Dear Leader changed his mind.
Conservatism is a religion, and Trump is a cult leader.
re: #218 Ace-o-aces
I just figured it out… this administration is the guy in his first year of grad school that never had to study in high school or college, and for the first time in his life he’s matched against people as smart (or smarter) than him and he can’t just wing it and set the curve.
You either learn very quickly that you have to do things differently, or you crash and burn.
Trump Forgets To Mention Melania Trump In His Mother’s Day Address https://t.co/UfuiS20bUa via @politicususa
— shondi99 (@shondi99) May 13, 2018
One month before the Korea summit, Trump’s preparations are “intense,” said his national security advisor, John Bolton, on CNN (this morning Trump, dressed in a white polo and red hat, is at the golf course) #poolduty pic.twitter.com/wVSHMcRO0Y
— Tara McKelvey (@Tara_Mckelvey) May 13, 2018
INTENCE PREPARATION! https://t.co/Nkb50wGCPh
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) May 13, 2018
re: #229 Ace-o-aces
The golf course is central to the new Trump International Pyongyang Hotel and Golf Resort
re: #153 HappyWarrior
Don’t like Nichols but this is spot on.
Nichols whines about Trump, but what is he doing about him?
He has a bit of a platform to use to speak up. Does he?
He has conservative connections, start getting people talking about the rot in your party Tom. Then maybe when you cry about liberals being nothing but Trump haters you’ll understand why?
re: #231 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
HAPPY MOTHERS DAY! TODAY I OFFER YOU A BOUQUET OF COCK. #happymothersday #RONTOURAGE pic.twitter.com/K7IDu92Gdz
— Ron Jeremy (@RealRonJeremy) May 13, 2018
re: #225 Dr Lizardo
Hmmm…….I wonder what Mr. Avenatti is referring to here.
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Ha.
I’m sure one feature of investing in North Korea that appeals to Trump is that they still have slave labor.
re: #232 ObserverArt
Nichols whines about Trump, but what is he doing about him?
He has a bit of a platform to use to speak up. Does he?
He has conservative connections, start getting people talking about the rot in your party Tom. Then maybe when you cry about liberals being nothing but Trump haters you’ll understand why?
That’s a great question for sure. They wrongly expect us to bend our principles to acccomdate them.
re: #192 Jay C
He said US investors could help build its energy grid.
NK’s energy grid is more important than Puerto Rico’s?
Fuck that bullshit
I asked my 4-year-old daughter this morning whether she thought it would be more fun to have a job or be a mommy. She said, “To be a mommy, so I can cuddle my babies.” Clearly, she has already been victimized by the patriarchy.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) May 13, 2018
His wife works as a doctor, so there may be some passive aggressive subtext here.
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) May 13, 2018
re: #225 Dr Lizardo
Hmmm…….I wonder what Mr. Avenatti is referring to here.
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Interesting. I’m thinking whoever the rather sullen, swarthy looking dudes in the elevator behind Cohen have something to do with it.
re: #239 ObserverArt
Interesting. I;m thinking whoever the rather sullen, swarthy looking dudes in the elevator behind Cohen have something to do with it.
Could well be.
Gonna call it a day; have a good one, Lizards.
re: #226 Anymouse 🌹
Conservatism is a religion, and Trump is a cult leader.
Trump may be the freakin’ anti-Christ that was always predicted to take over a powerful nation and wreak havoc on the world.
Yeah, I went there. Someone check the fucker for the mark of the beast…
re: #238 Ace-o-aces
In fairness, having a “job” does tend to suck. Having a particular kind of job, particularly if it’s something you love to do, could be amazing… but for most of us, work is something you can do so that you can do the stuff you actually love to do.
President Xi of China, and I, are working together to give massive Chinese phone company, ZTE, a way to get back into business, fast. Too many jobs in China lost. Commerce Department has been instructed to get it done!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 13, 2018
Trumps concern for Chinese jobs for phones that the DoD banned & US intelligence says can be intercepted/turned into listening devices indicates there is money changing hands here we have yet to uncover. https://t.co/CvwZGUDWi7
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) May 13, 2018
re: #238 Ace-o-aces
aceoaces
@aceoaces
His wife works as a doctor, so there may be some passive aggressive subtext here.
Interesting. So Ben is home with the daughter all day while the wife puts in long hours, and the daughter is still associating the mom with providing the love and affection. Ben must be a really shitty internet-addicted dad.
I almost hate to put it this way…but this somehow isn’t even the whitest thing to happen this week. But it’s still galling and a perfect case of folks being punished for existing while black:
So….dude takes her seat, blatantly blocks her in the aisle, then gets her kicked off the flight solely on his say-so of ‘pungent odor’…and the flight crew takes his side every step of the way.
I don’t know what to fucking say #ThisIsNotNormal https://t.co/UVBULYEAaF— Citizen K Calls BS (@Citizen_Kryptik) May 13, 2018
re: #241 ObserverArt
Trump may be the freakin’ anti-Christ that was always predicted to take over a powerful nation and wreak havoc on the world.
Yeah, I went there. Someone check the fucker for the mark of the beast…
We already had the Antichrist in the Oval Office!
Ronald = 6
Wilson = 6
Reagan = 6
re: #225 Dr Lizardo
Hmmm…….I wonder what Mr. Avenatti is referring to here.
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What amazes me is that Avenatti has been on Twitter for 7+ years, has a total of 731 tweets, and has the attention of the world. Talk about economy of words!
President Xi of China, and I, are working together to give massive Chinese phone company, ZTE, a way to get back into business, fast. Too many jobs in China lost. Commerce Department has been instructed to get it done!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 13, 2018
This is so insanely wrong on so many levels, I don’t even know where to start. The whole world is in danger while he’s in office. https://t.co/qgWBCWFsXn
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 13, 2018
I hope people are paying attention to this. Nothing in politics is inevitable or automatic. https://t.co/H7Rxwhi0Wh
— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) May 13, 2018
So Republicans are talking about allowing trade with North Korea now? Jesus Christ, am I reading this right?
re: #249 BeachDem
What amazes me is that Avenatti has been on Twitter for 7+ years, has a total of 731 tweets, and has the attention of the world. Talk about economy of words!
A sure display of how getting involved in such a case can elevate your career. There have been a few lawyers that have picked a case that might not bring the money but certainly brings the attention that brings the real money later.
Journalists on Twitter are getting all gushy about Trump’s Mother’s Day video. I can’t even.
re: #252 Mattand
So Republicans are talking about allowing trade with North Korea now? Jesus Christ, am I reading this right?
As someone pointed out nearly right away, NK is getting the Iran deal.
Video of a racist tirade against three Afghani-Canadians by a woman from British Columbia in a Denny’s restaurant in Lethbridge, Alberta.
Huffington Post also has this article, but the video is taken by the men. The CBC’s is from a third party, and clearly shows the woman attempting to climb over her chair to assault the men and her husband restraining her.
The HuffPo CA article is full of American conservative commentators making excuses for her, bashing her employer (a car dealership) for firing her over the incident, claiming this is “mob justice” from liberals/multiculturalists (attacking Canadians defending the men) &c.
The HuffPo comments section is a Dumpster fire of American conservaderp, so I won’t link their article.
re: #254 Charles Johnson
Journalists on Twitter are getting all gushy about Trump’s Mother’s Day video. I can’t even.
You have more reach with journalists than we do. Perhaps you might remind them Trump didn’t mention any of the multiple mothers of his children, Mr. Johnson.
re: #257 BeachDem
We’ve pretty much seen what is under the hair sculpture.
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Needs a Photoshop of a “666” on the scalp.
The idea that Trump voters are really decent folks who were provoked into a backlash by liberal criticism is abject stupidity. But it’s also condescending; it removes all agency from these people. They KNEW who they were voting for and chose Trump because they agree with him.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 13, 2018
Betsy DeVos ends the group at the Department of Education that investigates for-profit schools for fraud.
re: #239 ObserverArt
Interesting. I’m thinking whoever the rather sullen, swarthy looking dudes in the elevator behind Cohen have something to do with it.
They are only there to discuss adoptions…
The mission of the United States Department of Commerce is to use American tax dollars to send jobs to China? You are full of surprises.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) May 13, 2018
re: #264 Backwoods_Sleuth
The mission of the United States Department of Commerce is to use American tax dollars to send jobs to China? You are full of surprises.
His people are already spinning this to present the reasons why this is good for American workers…
re: #264 Backwoods_Sleuth
Shaub is surprised? I am not. This is what DT has been doing all along. It is amazing that so many people have been taken in by a con-man.
obama wins in 2008, dems run govt in 2009
media: democrats need to reach across the aisle
trump wins in 2016, gop runs govt in 2017
media: democrats need to reach across the aisle
hey, guys, i think something smells here.— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 13, 2018
Problem is, the media fundamentally cannot process the fact that one party is objectively, empirically crazier, more corrupt, and more incompetent than the other.
So they react to Republican craziness with the impulse that on some level, Democrats did something to cause it. https://t.co/uIWDNMYCMx— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) May 13, 2018
re: #267 jaunte
The mainstream media, held by corporations, has always been fixed on “conservative-normal, liberal-abberation.”
As Les Moonves of CBS noted, he didn’t think Trump would be good for America but would be good for CBS.
Checking in on Jim Wright to see what he thinks of this ZTE deal.
Yup, he’s pissed.
President Xi of China, and I, are working together to give massive Chinese phone company, ZTE, a way to get back into business, fast. Too many jobs in China lost. Commerce Department has been instructed to get it done!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 13, 2018
If Obama had suggested that he was working with a his pal, a foreign despot, to help a Chinese phone company, Republicans would have marched on Washington howling in rage and waving their guns, screaming “COMMIE! COMMIE!” https://t.co/VeWe8jntFm
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) May 13, 2018
re: #267 jaunte
Look of course they don’t. You misunderstand what they react to. Ratings, clicks and follows. They are not here to calm or fix, quite the opposite in fact.
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) May 13, 2018
OK, I have FINALLY seen Avengers: Infinity War…I have problems.
First, the movie ended, which means the whole “Infinity War” thing was false advertising. I fell for it in Neverending Story, but I was 9 then.
Actual problems in spoil box.
1: The casualty count felt too high
2: EVERYTHING seemed to go Thanos’ way
3: It should be a trilogy…some stuff should have worked out for the heroes this time, Thanos wins in the middle of the second movie, and then the remainder start trying to fix it.
— CTO1 Wm “Chip” Nagel (@CTO1ChipNagel) May 13, 2018
This “backlash” idea has been a talking point of the right wing media for many years - it didn’t just start this weekend. It’s how the right deflects criticism, and absolves themselves of responsibility.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 13, 2018
This is Cooper. He decided to go back to school later in life. Just graduated with his dogtorate. Never too old to fur-ther your education. 13/10 #SeniorPupSaturday pic.twitter.com/gqoGV4esHn
— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) May 12, 2018
Parkland student celebrates finally being free of shrapnel https://t.co/hUR5PJhvoa pic.twitter.com/9HFOei5Ibq
— The Hill (@thehill) May 13, 2018
Waiting for new NRA president Ollie North to explain how this makes her a traitor to America. Guessing real Americas would keep the shrapnel and sell guns to our enemies. https://t.co/BkQWKTsVsQ
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) May 13, 2018
Upon which, thousands of them immediately embraced the name, proudly declared, “Yes, I AM deplorable!” and proceeded to prove it.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 13, 2018
re: #271 I cannot.
OK, I have FINALLY seen Avengers: Infinity War…I have problems.
First, the movie ended, which means the whole “Infinity War” thing was false advertising. I fell for it in Neverending Story, but I was 9 then.
Actual problems in spoil box.
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Maybe it’s just me, but when a whole lot of people proudly announce to the world that they’re “deplorable,” I’m going to take them at their word.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 13, 2018
re: #260 Charles Johnson
The idea that Trump voters are really decent folks who were provoked into a backlash by liberal criticism is abject stupidity. But it’s also condescending; it removes all agency from these people. They KNEW who they were voting for and chose Trump because they agree with him.
I dealt with that this weekend on Facebook. A friend was wondering out loud when it became okay to shit on veteran and former POW McCain had a couple of MAGAs reply back. One fucker actually repeated the “McCain confessed under torture” lie, and the other one made racist noise about Trump is refusing to bow to the interest of “minorities”.
I pushed back, but I checked out as I didn’t want my friend’s FB page to turn into a war zone, which is where I was headed. I wrote her back on Messenger and pointed out the the racist fuckwits who responded pretty much answered her question.
I really don’t know how we come back from this as a country. A sizable chunk of our fellow citizens are straight out want a Putin-style dictatorship/kleptocracy, and the fucking idiot “independents” who could sway the election are either too stupid or too chickenshit to deal with reality.
“TRUMP’s business dealings in China and other emerging markets…were substantial and involved the payment of large bribes and kickbacks which, were they to become public, would be potentially very damaging to their campaign.” pic.twitter.com/I4gZxRGRen
— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) May 13, 2018
This is eventually going to come out. Bribery is a high crime in the Constitution. https://t.co/5vgYDlFclT
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) May 13, 2018
re: #274 Charles Johnson
Also, it’s not like Republican haven’t called liberals and Dems every terrible thing under the sun. We’ve been called ‘traitors’ since at 9/11 at the very least. And that didn’t make us want to go out and undermine our country to aid a foreign power.
Republicans did that well enough all by themselves.
re: #280 Mattand
I dealt with that this weekend on Facebook. A friend was wondering out loud when it became okay to shit on veteran and former POW McCain had a couple of MAGAs reply back. One fucker actually repeated the “McCain confessed under torture” lie, and the other one made racist noise about Trump is refusing to bow to the interest of “minorities”.
I pushed back, but I checked out as I didn’t want my friend’s FB page to turn into a war zone, which is where I was headed. I wrote her back on Messenger and pointed out the the racist fuckwits who responded pretty much answered her question.
I really don’t know how we come back from this a country. A sizable chunk of our fellow citizens are straight out want a Putin-style dictatorship/kleptocracy, and the fucking idiot “independents” who could sway the election are either too stupid or too chickenshit to deal with reality.
Or maybe they’re just not really ‘independent’ and only barely have enough shame to realize they’re on the wrong side (but not enough to actually change their position).
re: #282 Citizen K
Also, it’s not like Republican haven’t called liberals and Dems every terrible thing under the sun. We’ve been called ‘traitors’ since at 9/11 at the very least. And that didn’t make us want to go out and undermine our country to aid a foreign power.
Republicans did that well enough all by themselves.
Not even that but RW hosts like Limbaugh insulting us for years.
re: #284 HappyWarrior
Not even that but RW hosts like Limbaugh insulting us for years.
Oh yeah, the actual Republican/conservative condescension has been all over the place. And it’s just…accepted, because it’s somehow taken as an article of faith that it’s impossible to be a “real American” if you’re liberal or Democrat. And any attempt to fight back against it is treated as the greatest sin in the history of forever.
So, any word on how the Trumpaholics are responding to Make China Great Again?
re: #283 Citizen K
Or maybe they’re just not really ‘independent’ and only barely have enough shame to realize they’re on the wrong side (but not enough to actually change their position).
I know a few like that. I also know a few who pulled the “Hillary is as bad as Trump” bullshit and refused to vote. To make matters worse, those idiots were in PA, where every vote counted.
re: #285 Citizen K
Oh yeah, the actual Republican/conservative condescension has been all over the place. And it’s just…accepted, because it’s somehow taken as an article of faith that it’s impossible to be a “real American” if you’re liberal or Democrat. And any attempt to fight back against it is treated as the greatest sin in the history of forever.
They act shocked if they find out we respect our family who are vets or are vets ourselves. Not to mention the constant stupid memes about what we are. Anyhow if we’ve condescended to them, maybe they goddamned earned it from years of calling liberals moochers who worship Marx.
re: #280 Mattand
I really don’t know how we come back from this as a country. A sizable chunk of our fellow citizens are straight out want a Putin-style dictatorship/kleptocracy
and theocracy. Except Fundamentalist Protestant instead of Orthodox Catholic.
moron is full of shit
China and the United States are working well together on trade, but past negotiations have been so one sided in favor of China, for so many years, that it is hard for them to make a deal that benefits both countries. But be cool, it will all work out!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 13, 2018
The logic of numbskull @nytopinion editorials like this, blaming liberals for people becoming more racist, is the logic of alcoholic families: “Daddy drinks because you cry.” I feel sorry for this guy’s students. https://t.co/tlR9sW5bDg
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) May 13, 2018
“be cool”…
who says that anymore, except morons like Kanye.
re: #278 Belafon
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re: #293 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
You mean like in the DARVO spouse-beaters do habitually?
*WHACK* “Now look what you made me do?”— Teo (@Teukka72) May 13, 2018
re: #290 darthstar
And this, from 4 years ago today, just popped up on my feed…what are the odds?
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BFM
(Before Fuckin Merle)
re: #290 darthstar
And this, from 4 years ago today, just popped up on my feed…what are the odds?
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Very impressive levitation skills.
re: #277 Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson ✔
@Green_Footballs
Upon which, thousands of them immediately embraced the name, proudly declared, “Yes, I AM deplorable!” and proceeded to prove it.3:06 PM - May 13, 2018
And since they took the name to heart and are currently acting out in a deplorable manner, Hillary was on the mark. They have more then proven her correct.
Maybe the media and political pundits need to discuss why that is all the way it is.
It wasn’t Hillary.
She was just being observant.
Avenatti re: #297 Stanley Sea
BFM
(Before Fuckin Merle)
Fuckin’ Merle is a hell of a lot of dog. I got him into a place called Happy Tails doggy daycare. It’s been a godsend. So much mellower after herding other dogs for eight hours.
The gal at the ranch where he goes (Banjo goes too) says he runs at full throttle pretty much all day.
re: #277 Charles Johnson
Her comment cost her the election proving the authors point not yours.
— 1WMCSC (@1WMCSC) May 13, 2018
Yeah, no. None of the people who put “deplorable” in their Twitter handles or Facebook feeds were going to vote for Hillary Clinton. Moreover, she said “half of Trump supporters,” not all of them.
And a good chunk of “deplorable” names were foreigners stoking the flames of conservative voters.
re: #300 darthstar
Avenatti
Fuckin’ Merle is a hell of a lot of dog. I got him into a place called Happy Tails doggy daycare. It’s been a godsend. So much mellower after herding other dogs for eight hours.
The gal at the ranch where he goes (Banjo goes too) says he runs at full throttle pretty much all day.
Your house is happy.
re: #293 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
The logic of numbskull @nytopinion editorials like this, blaming liberals for people becoming more racist, is the logic of alcoholic families: “Daddy drinks because you cry.” I feel sorry for this guy’s students. www.
There are people who are too quick to use terms like “fascist”, “racist” or “sexist” for things they dislike, but that is not an excuse to be a fascist, racist sexist.
There are times when the context of a statement is overlooked.
But there are plenty of times when the context is quite clear.
Carrying a torch, giving a nazi salute is one of them. that is not just an alternative opinion or a spot on the acceptable scale of public opinion, it is something that is against everything america stands for and something that americans have fought and died to prevent.
Trump administration axes project to generate power from plutonium https://t.co/hSyD6flSAs pic.twitter.com/gdS6rO1hqv
— Reuters U.S. News (@ReutersUS) May 13, 2018
How come when folks get told that b/c they’re liberal & live in a city, they’re somehow not ‘Real America’ & ‘hate Real Americans’ or even ‘godless heathens’, that’s ok? Maybe because they’re s fuck-huge double standard that treats us as invalid and untrustworthy from the start?
— Citizen K Calls BS (@Citizen_Kryptik) May 13, 2018
This doesn’t even get into the compounding issue of ‘identity politics’, the supposed invalidating thing where it’s ok to make laws that hurt a specific ‘identity’ b/c they’re a minority group, but if they advocate for themselves on that basis, that’s somehow the real bigotry?
— Citizen K Calls BS (@Citizen_Kryptik) May 13, 2018
So fuck the folks like @bariweiss and @nytimes that peddle and normalize this gaslighting abusive spouse-like bullshit with constant apologist claptrap. They might have Stockholm Syndrome, doesn’t mean we have to follow along. #JustSaying #gaslighting
— Citizen K Calls BS (@Citizen_Kryptik) May 13, 2018
I’m just fucking exhausted. This feels like the arguments of the Bush era magnified severalfold.
We’ve somehow raced back into ‘torture maybe is morally good’ and the full on persecution complex of the GOP treating the presence of a liberal thought ever as the greatest oppression ever. And with the media fully enabling all of it.
Apparently we’re just not worthy enough to be treated like actual fucking Americans anymore.
And to be clear - by “warning ignored” I am referring to the refusal of various parties to come clean and the failure of various parties and news outlets to stop with the personal attacks on our side. Keep pushing us. #consequences #basta
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) May 13, 2018
Pull out. That’s what your dad should have done. pic.twitter.com/4YuaJkHA9q
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) May 13, 2018
oh
Israelis basked in national pride and pro-American fervour as tens of thousands marched in Jerusalem, ahead of the controversial US embassy move to the disputed city https://t.co/bhziLQaPNB pic.twitter.com/mrNS5JiY7V
— AFP news agency (@AFP) May 13, 2018
Israeli motorcycle club, Samson Riders, led a convoy from the current location of the American embassy in Tel Aviv towards the new location in Jerusalem pic.twitter.com/mI3l5abCac
— AFP news agency (@AFP) May 13, 2018
re: #308 Backwoods_Sleuth
Jerusalem’s primary soccer team, Beitar Jerusalem, has renamed the squad after President Donald Trump, the team announced on Facebook, @OrenCNN reports. The team will now be called “Beitar Trump Jerusalem” for the President’s “courageous move.”
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 13, 2018
No words.
The fever is real.
re: #305 Citizen K
I’m just fucking exhausted. This feels like the arguments of the Bush era magnified severalfold.
We’ve somehow raced back into ‘torture maybe is morally good’ and the full on persecution complex of the GOP treating the presence of a liberal thought ever as the greatest oppression ever. And with the media fully enabling all of it.
Apparently we’re just not worthy enough to be treated like actual fucking Americans anymore.
The phrase has been around as long as I’ve been alive. I can’t seem to find a source for the phrase, but it’s been a consistent dogwhistle for conservatives to mean either “not liberal” or “white” for my fifty-odd years.
On the other hand, the Oxford English Dictionary traces the slur “Democrat Party” all the way back to 1890, to a GOP congressman from New Hampshire addressing a crowd in Michigan.
it begins…
TROPICAL UPDATE: @NHC_Atlantic is giving the current low in the gulf a moderate chance of further development over the next 5 days. Regardless of further formation, the key will be a lot of heavy rain to spread north over the next several days. #FLwx pic.twitter.com/vv70w6SpZN
— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) May 13, 2018
re: #305 Citizen K
Re: “Liberal Condescension”, where the fuck was this all when the GOP and conservatives mounted campaigns after campaigns tarring liberals as somehow not being ‘real Americans’? We’ve been considered traitors since 9/11 at the latest and told we ‘hate America’ forever.
fuck your (non-liberal) feelings
And honestly, the picture these pundits are painting of the Republican base is pretty awful if you stand back and look at it: reactionary, thin-skinned, angry people who do and say awful things just to piss off liberals because their feelings were hurt.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 13, 2018
“We believe that the best of America is in the small towns that we get to visit, and in the wonderful little pockets of what I call the real America, being here with all of you hard-working, very patriotic, very pro-America areas of this great nation,” she said.
“This is where we find the kindness and the goodness and the courage of everyday Americans,” Palin added.
“Happy Mother’s Day everyone!” pic.twitter.com/3Ln5bxdk5L
— Fluff Society (@FluffSociety) May 13, 2018
re: #314 BeachDem
“This is where we find the kindness and the goodness and the courage of everyday Americans,” Palin added.
That’s where things have gone wrong. They’ve managed to sell hate and suspicion as ‘kindness’, contrarian morality as ‘goodness’, and pants-wetting fear and paranoia as the utmost of ‘courage’.
They’ve successfully sold ‘up’ as ‘down’ to the majority of America. How do you come back from that?
re: #282 Citizen K
Exactly. Why is the fact that Conservatives/Republicans call liberals/progressives demeaning names all the time, including unpatriotic and un-American never discussed? When Dr. King and Black people stood up to Jim Crow, they were called Communists.
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— The Trump Organization (@Trump) April 26, 2018
Trump Hotel robes are imported from China.
And guess what?
These robes are exempt from Trump’s China tariffs.
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RT if you agree that this so-called “president” is exploiting public office to personally profit. This is the height of corruption. https://t.co/AUXlWs3K5f— The Hummingbird 🐦 (@SaysHummingbird) May 13, 2018
re: #316 Citizen K
That’s where things have gone wrong. They’ve managed to sell hate and suspicion as ‘kindness’, contrarian morality as ‘goodness’, and pants-wetting fear and paranoia as the utmost of ‘courage’.
They’ve successfully sold ‘up’ as ‘down’ to the majority of America. How do you come back from that?
a) They’re not the majority, they’re just louder.
b) You outvote them.
re: #318 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #317 Patricia Kayden
Exactly. Why is the fact that Conservatives/Republicans call liberals/progressives demeaning names all the time, including unpatriotic and un-American never discussed? When Dr. King and Black people stood up to Jim Crow, they were called Communists.
Conservative hagiography is endlessly mutable.
a) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was really a Republican.
b) Democrats started the Klan and supported Jim Crow (invoking the Dixiecrat Fallacy)
c) Compassion=weakness, progress=socialism, freedom=slavery, ignorance=strength.
d) Democrats are tax and spend (ignoring Republicans are borrow and spend)
e) Any fear-based position this week is the ‘Murican one.
(Tossed in a bit of 1984 there)
The part they leave out? Conservatism (for politicians and businesses anyway) is always about gaining and maintaining power.
I forget who it was here who noted the best focus group message was a generic one that said “my opponent is interested in dividing us so he can help make his friends and lobbyists rich, while I want to expand opportunity for us all” or words to that effect.
re: #320 BeachDem
And a poorly folded white robe photographed against a white background—Ivanka’s backwards jewelry org must use the same photographer.
They had to hide the white hood that it comes with for PR reasons.
7 reasons not to confirm Gina Haspel as CIA director:https://t.co/K0dsFKVprP
— Libertarian Party (@LPNational) May 12, 2018
re: #318 Backwoods_Sleuth
And the blatant grifting continues. And Republicans in Congress say nothing. Hell, I’m not even hearing Democrats saying anything about this. Saying that President Obama or President Hillary Clinton couldn’t get away with this is becoming redundant.
Cap is now #Antifa? WTF, @Marvel? Why do you hate #CaptainAmerica so much? What on earth made you think for one minute that an America-hating racist like Ta-Nehisi Coates would do a good job with this book? pic.twitter.com/AWXdDNBBXL
— Boom San Agustin (@RoundUpBoom) April 18, 2018
Imagine - just imagine - being shocked or even surprised that Captain America is anti-fascist. https://t.co/944wwte7nx
— Fight fascism now! (@LondonerAlex) May 13, 2018
re: #320 BeachDem
And a poorly folded white robe photographed against a white background—Ivanka’s backwards jewelry org must use the same photographer.
I suspect it’s intended to offer the subliminal message that you have shucked the robe and slippers in order to enjoy sexual congress with an extremely attractive … nah, it’s just a lousy photo.
JFC…moron alternate reality:
Remember how badly Iran was behaving with the Iran Deal in place. They were trying to take over the Middle East by whatever means necessary. Now, that will not happen!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 13, 2018
re: #324 Patricia Kayden
And the blatant grifting continues. And Republicans in Congress say nothing. Hell, I’m not even hearing Democrats saying anything about this. Saying that President Obama or President Hillary Clinton couldn’t get away with this is becoming redundant.
President Xi of China, and I, are working together to give massive Chinese phone company, ZTE, a way to get back into business, fast. Too many jobs in China lost. Commerce Department has been instructed to get it done!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 13, 2018
Our intelligence agencies have warned that ZTE technology and phones pose a major cyber security threat. You should care more about our national security than Chinese jobs. https://t.co/7Ygh7805jg
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) May 13, 2018
re: #324 Patricia Kayden
And the blatant grifting continues. And Republicans in Congress say nothing. Hell, I’m not even hearing Democrats saying anything about this. Saying that President Obama or President Hillary Clinton couldn’t get away with this is becoming redundant.
mercurynews.com
Democratic Party files lawsuit alleging racketeering to influence the election (April 20)
bloomberg.com
200 Democrats tell judge Emoluments Clause applies to Trump (April 30)
You’re not hearing it primarily because fascist-curious outlets like the New York Times are still busy interviewing every Trump voter in the USA. Pretty soon they’ll go interview Russian trolls in St. Petersburg.
re: #320 BeachDem
And a poorly folded white robe photographed against a white background—Ivanka’s backwards jewelry org must use the same photographer.
Poorly folded because they had to get the Trump name in. Good enough for the fools that would buy it.
re: #328 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Except the 1930 census says Tomi’s 3x great-grandmother had been here for 41 years and still spoke German.
Her 2nd great-grandmother had been here for 10 yrs. Spoke no English.
Her great-grandfather’s 1895 baptism from MN? Recorded in Norwegian.#resistancegenealogy #receipts pic.twitter.com/rIySFu6fvL— Jennifer Mendelsohn (@CleverTitleTK) May 13, 2018
Well, I could go out today and clean up the tornado debris in my yard, but someone at the National Weather Service scheduled us for another round of thunderstorms with a tornado risk in central Nebr.
The tornado risk on the 10th was in central Nebr. The two tornadoes were the southwest and here.
I figure I can just ride out another tornado and it will blow all the debris away, saving me the trouble.
More poor little trump voters nonsense. Who cares. pic.twitter.com/VOGuL3yNpa
— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) May 13, 2018
re: #329 Anymouse 🌹
In the racketeering lawsuit, Wikileaks, the Russian Federation, and the Trump campaign are all named as the alleged perpetrators.
In the case of Russia, the Dems argue Russia does not enjoy sovereign immunity, because it trespassed on private property (the Democratic Party servers which were hacked).
From the San Jose Mercury-News article linked in #329:
The lawsuit echoes a similar legal tactic that the Democratic Party used during the Watergate scandal. In 1972, the DNC filed suit against then President Richard Nixon’s reelection committee seeking $1 million in damages for the break-in at Democratic headquarters in the Watergate building.
The suit was denounced at the time by Nixon’s attorney general, John Mitchell, who called it a case of “sheer demagoguery” by the DNC. But the civil action brought by former DNC chair Lawrence F. O’Brien was ultimately successful, yielding a $750,000 settlement from the Nixon campaign that was reached on the day in 1974 that Nixon left office.
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Oh but comments a comedian made at a fucking ROAST?! Those were out of line!
— This place is infested with Nazis. (@efuseakay) May 13, 2018
PBS and Masterpiece Theater are showing Little Women. Here is my page on tonight’s TV show.
littlegreenfootballs.com
re: #336 GlutenFreeJesus
Repeating myself from earlier:
I don’t buy the assertion. It was not just a “private” conversation. It was a workplace meeting. A government workplace meeting.
And I deny the assertion that I too go around secretly making fun of dying people.
I went back several threads to read the comments when the tornado was bearing down on our village and our power was cut off.
I truly thank you all for your concern for my wife and me. I am sorry I was unable to see those comments as they were posted.
Backwoods Sleuth posted a tweet to the radar picture of what slugged us here. By the time the storm was in that place in the radar photo, we were already without power.
I went to the tweet and captured the radar photo and posted it to my photo array article in the right hand column. Just looking at that radar picture I’m amazed we still have a town at all.
re: #329 Anymouse 🌹
True. Democrats may need to hire a Communications Specialist or Publicist because they seem mostly mute in the face of Trump’s million and one scandals. If Republicans and Democrats were in reverse positions, Republicans would be screaming bloody murder every single second.
re: #336 GlutenFreeJesus
This place is infested with Nazis.
@efuseakay
Oh but comments a comedian made at a fucking ROAST?! Those were out of line!4:41 PM - May 13, 2018
She should have kept that quiet in public and said it only at some private liberal party.
But really, Mulvaney is just being honest about what has been suspected. Conservatives keep it quiet and hide how much they hate everybody and everything.
The hate is fine, just do not mention it. It leaves a bad impression of conservatives even if it is the truth.
re: #340 Patricia Kayden
True. Democrats may need to hire a Communications Specialist or Publicist because they seem mostly mute in the face of Trump’s million and one scandals. If Republicans and Democrats were in reverse positions, Republicans would be screaming bloody murder every single second.
The difference is that if Republicans say something, it becomes amplified throughout the US media. Democrats saying something is either ignored, or is challenged by guest counterarguments for balance.
By extension, this is also Grandmother’s day.
re: #342 Renaissance_Man
So how do we get our message out there? I keep hearing “serious” people in the media saying stuff like, “Democrats can’t win if all they talk about is how bad Trump is”. It gets frustrating because talking about how bad Trump is should be enough for us to win. Plus, when Democrats do talk about issues like healthcare, education, immigration, etc., the media shrugs and continues to focus on Republican lies.
I listen to Iheart radio and their news is basically a recitation of Trump claims.
re: #340 Patricia Kayden
True. Democrats may need to hire a Communications Specialist or Publicist because they seem mostly mute in the face of Trump’s million and one scandals. If Republicans and Democrats were in reverse positions, Republicans would be screaming bloody murder every single second.
The Democrats are trying real hard to look like they are not just against Trump in this election season. The media already hammers them for it anyway.
The Democrats are trying to run on the issues Trump is causing and on the reality of his results and how they hurt people.
It is a strangely tricky battle line the Democratic party has to walk. You can thank the media for much of it as they build the narratives.
Rubble rubble
Version 2.0.
By popular demand. pic.twitter.com/BoSVZm78Zl— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) May 13, 2018
.@SecPompeo says sanctions relief dependent on North Korea getting rid of its chemical biological weapons program (CBW), & no longer holding America at risk via its “nuclear weapons arsenal” & missiles @FaceTheNation
— margaret brennan (@margbrennan) May 13, 2018
This would be far less than the Obama Administration got from Iran in the deal Trump said didn’t go far enough.
This would leave North Korea with nukes. https://t.co/1D7u6s4v1c— Zac Petkanas (@Zac_Petkanas) May 13, 2018
re: #333 Anymouse 🌹
I believe when I first moved to Southern Maryland, we had a tornado in the neighboring town. Sounds scary, tbh. Stay safe.
.@kathygriffin proud of attacking @mschlapp, @mercedesschlapp at @WhiteHouse dinner’s @MSNBC after-partyhttps://t.co/nSGnCOSgy0
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 13, 2018
Unlike your swampy friends, I’m not gonna cozy up to horrible people behind the scenes. I’m going to tell them exactly what I think of them. If I say it in my act, I’m going to say it to their face. https://t.co/3kAANwW7QN
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) May 13, 2018
re: #112 Backwoods_Sleuth
She’s right. Some, like her, are born here that way.
— This place is infested with Nazis. (@efuseakay) May 13, 2018
re: #254 Charles Johnson
Journalists on Twitter are getting all gushy about Trump’s Mother’s Day video. I can’t even.
He read in a monotone from a teleprompter like he never saw words before.
re: #342 Renaissance_Man
The difference is that if Republicans say something, it becomes amplified throughout the US media. Democrats saying something is either ignored, or is challenged by guest counterarguments for balance.
The best example of that is Sunday political shows. The needle is fixed to “Republican.” Good luck getting someone like Sherrod Brown or Elizabeth Warren on one of those shows.
Trump is now eating his burgers with only half a bun (but still well-done). https://t.co/64P1y4s2Gj pic.twitter.com/OYP6HeBRfU
— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) May 13, 2018
Trump literally half-assing his diet while Rudy vacantly offers obsequious praise is a metaphor for his entire Presidency. https://t.co/VrMzVktD30
— 🏴☠️ Swamp Boatswain Peyote Frank 🏴☠️ (@goddamnedfrank) May 13, 2018
re: #344 Patricia Kayden
So how do we get our message out there? I keep hearing “serious” people in the media saying stuff like, “Democrats can’t win if all they talk about is how bad Trump is”. It gets frustrating because talking about how bad Trump is should be enough for us to win. Plus, when Democrats do talk about issues like healthcare, education, immigration, etc., the media shrugs and continues to focus on Republican lies.
I listen to Iheart radio and their news is basically a recitation of Trump claims.
I don’t know, but I think it has to be through communications that don’t go through the gates of the mainstream US media. Facebook and Twitter and the like have promise, but their current model allows them to be swamped by volume of lies.
The problem is that traditional media outlets are able to choose their content in order to drive a particular narrative. That narrative is chosen to keep one particular demographic exalted above all others - specifically, white rural people. At this time, that demographic has overwhelmingly been turned into evil fascists by targeted propaganda, but that demographic continues to be pandered to and coddled by all major branches of US media. Non-traditional media doesn’t have to favour any particular narrative or demographic, but is vulnerable to interference and incoherence.
re: #345 ObserverArt
The Democrats are trying real hard to look like they are not just against Trump in this election season. The media already hammers them for it anyway.
The Democrats are trying to run on the issues Trump is causing and on the reality of his results and how they hurt people.
It is a strangely tricky battle line the Democratic party has to walk. You can thank the media for much of it as they build the narratives.
Especially when people like Alex Burns says shit like this—liberal hubris/arrogance; uh huh, because there’s NO hubris or arrogance coming the vulgar talking yam. Spit.
“And a backlash against liberals — a backlash that most liberals don’t seem to realize they’re causing — is going to get President Trump re-elected.”
https://t.co/UHV6bNfuxb— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) May 13, 2018
A better argument: liberal hubris/arrogance has prevented Dems from making the tactical overtures to the center/center-right that the US political system demands
But economy & North Korea probably do a lot more to explain Trump’s modestly improved job approval than Michelle Wolf https://t.co/A9rvbdaHKQ— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) May 13, 2018
President Xi of China, and I, are working together to give massive Chinese phone company, ZTE, a way to get back into business, fast. Too many jobs in China lost. Commerce Department has been instructed to get it done!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 13, 2018
I’ve been thinking about this tweet for a couple hours and the only way it makes sense is if Trump is being blackmailed by China, because it’s literally poison to his brand. https://t.co/MELRlzS4LZ
— 🏴☠️ Swamp Boatswain Peyote Frank 🏴☠️ (@goddamnedfrank) May 13, 2018
re: #332 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I love it when genealogical research schools ignorant fuckwits like Tomi and Kelly.
*officially puts @MichaelAvenatti on the (short) list of lawyers I do not under any circumstances want on my six*
— Teo (@Teukka72) May 13, 2018
For Midsomers Murders fans, Acorn dot TV has the new Series 20 (6 episodes) available for viewing.
re: #356 BeachDem
Especially when people like Alex Burns says shit like this—liberal hubris/arrogance; uh huh, because there’s NO hubris or arrogance coming the vulgar talking yam. Spit.
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I’m so sick of this shit. Burns acts as if Trump and his supporters are paradigms of modesty and never talk down to anyone.
Avenatti may not be a good lawyer, he may be great. But in the court of opinion he’s Johnny freaking Cochran. He’s trolling hard.
Everyone has a mother.
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You know what’s arrogance? Doing a bunch of fluff stories about how Trump supporters “feel betrayed” by Trump while ignoring that children of color especially immigrant ones have been bullied and some of them have even eben separated from their families.
Don’t know if this has been posted here yet but foaming bigot Robert Jeffress is giving the invocation at the opening of the US new embassy in Jerusalem
Hear me, Lord. Cleanse these heathens with holy fire! Free your Holy Land of their taint and return it to the True Christians of America!
That will go over well with the Israelis.
re: #356 BeachDem
Especially when people like Alex Burns says shit like this—liberal hubris/arrogance; uh huh, because there’s NO hubris or arrogance coming the vulgar talking yam. Spit.
It’s almost like the “liberal” media WANTS to keep Trump and the GOP on Capital Hill in power, because it sure fucking seems like it to me; drama and shit-stirring from the WH on down makes the media, not just the WHPC, much more money from eyeballs on the screen/page than having “no-drama” Democrats like Obama and Hillary in charge ever could.
Michelle Wolf was and is dead-on right when she said that the media created Trump as he currently is and that he’s made them (including the WHPC) a lot of money; they’ll never willingly turn on him to any real degree precisely because of the dollars. They’re Quislings, willing collaborators, symbiotes with the Trump administration and the GOP in Washington…and they should be treated by the Democratic Party and Democrats as such, hostile agents of a lawless administration the likes Nixon could only dream about.
re: #365 HappyWarrior
You know what’s arrogance? Doing a bunch of fluff stories about how Trump supporters “feel betrayed” by Trump while ignoring that children of color especially immigrant ones have been bullied and some of them have even eben separated from their families.
and 1,500 of those are missing
re: #72 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I asked my 4-year-old daughter this morning whether she thought it would be more fun to have a job or be a mommy. She said, “To be a mommy, so I can cuddle my babies.” Clearly, she has already been victimized by the patriarchy.
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I asked my daughter what she wanted to be when she grew up and she said she wanted to fucking topple the patriarchy.I asked my 4-year-old daughter this morning whether she thought it would be more fun to have a job or be a mommy. She said, “To be a mommy, so I can cuddle my babies.” Clearly, she has already been victimized by the patriarchy.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) May 13, 2018
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Hey Ben, Why don’t you ask Tammy Duckworth about that? A hero and motherwho is contributing more to our society every day than you have done in your lifetime to date.
re: #367 TedStriker
Proving yet again Samuel Clemen’s observation that not only does everyone have a price but that price is often shockingly low.
re: #368 Backwoods_Sleuth
and 1,500 of those are missing
Yep but let’s shit on liberals for knowing what the media already knows about Trump and that’s that he’s an ignorant fool who played even more ignorant fools.
Most powerful photobomb?
The giveaway is that the mushroom cloud is identical to a famous image of the Upshot-Knothole-Grable test in 1953.
Yeah but that’s the other side of the same coin. Obviously he wants China’s help in pressuring North Korea but this is such a flagrant and out of character move that it feels like the involuntary result of coercive force.
— 🏴☠️ Swamp Boatswain Peyote Frank 🏴☠️ (@goddamnedfrank) May 13, 2018
re: #369 Hecuba’s daughter
Hey Ben, Why don’t you ask Tammy Duckworth about that? A hero and motherwho is contributing more to our society every day than you have done in your lifetime to date.
The sad thing is he thinks he’s clever but it really is a recycled joke not to mention a stupid representation of what feminists actually believe.
re: #356 BeachDem
It’s at the point I’m fucking terrified for November now, since it seems like there’s simply no fucking way to get a message out that doesn’t get twisted into “TRUMP IS GOD, DEMS HAVE BECOME THE LITERAL ANTICHRIST” bullshit. And there are clearly enough wishy washys to ratfuck us in the end if this continues on.
It’s like so much screaming into the wind while their alternate reality gets treated like the only real reality.
re: #124 A Mom Anon
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re: #374 HappyWarrior
The sad thing is he thinks he’s clever but it really is a recycled joke not to mention a stupid representation of what feminists actually believe.
Also abusively using his child as a political prop while ostensibly presenting her with an image of life as false dichotomy.
If Mueller has Flynn singing and Avenatti has a photo of Flynn and Cohen outside Trump Tower with the guy who bribed Flynn … Cohen may well be clearing his throat. And the big guy will be producing more and more distractions.
re: #377 goddamnedfrank
Also abusively using his child as a political prop while ostensibly presenting her with an image of life as false dichotomy.
Yeah it’s just a little girl showing her nurturing side. Ben is a stupid jerk who needs to get the fuck over himself.
For Mother’s Day: several months ago a pretty feral tortoiseshell kitty showed up at my house out in the country. I couldn’t get within miles of her, but started putting food out on the front porch, and calling her the same way every time. Now she comes when I call, and let’s me stand on the inside of the front door while she is there.
I couldn’t help it; I named her Chica after Stanley’s pretty girl. (I hope I have the right LGF’er!)
So call her Chica Too. So Friday, looking out the kitchen window, I realize Chica is actually Three. She has three kittens: black, black and white, and orange and white.
And a black and white young tom cat has joined the throng. Counting the three interior senior citizens, I think that’s enough!
re: #380 retired cynic
For Mother’s Day: several months ago a pretty feral tortoiseshell kitty showed up at my house out in the country. I couldn’t get within miles of her, but started putting food out on the front porch, and calling her the same way every time. Now she comes when I call, and let’s me stand on the inside of the front door while she is there.
I couldn’t help it; I named her Chica after Stanley’s pretty girl. (I hope I have the right LGF’er!)
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So call her Chica Too. So Friday, looking out the kitchen window, I realize Chica is actually Three. She has three kittens: black, black and white, and orange and white.
And a black and white young tom cat has joined the throng. Counting the three interior senior citizens, I think that’s enough!
A Chica is a good girlfriend!
re: #353 Single-handed sailor
I’m off to a late start after finding out I didn’t clean the smoker out after the last 2 uses, but it’s firing up right now. Going to smoke some baby back ribs for about 5 hours.
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We just used the Instant Pot my wife got for christmas from her sisters and mother for the first time. Did a beef roast and red, garlic/parsley potatoes and carrots. Came out pretty good. Did it at high pressure (after saute browning of the roast on all sides) for 60 minutes. Might go 65 - 70 next time. Meat came out good and juicy, taters and carrots could have maybe used a little more time.
One recipe I read had you putting the potatoes and carrots right in the broth with the meat. Another said they put the potatoes and the carrots, with garlic and parsley plus butter, in foil all together. Then put package on top of meat to cook. I went with the package deal. Might try it other way next time. Suggestions?
re: #382 Stanley Sea
A Chica is a good girlfriend!
Speaking of Chica… how is she doing with hotel life now? She relaxed some with it?
Vegan Maple Challah pic.twitter.com/KaEVbpskHX
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) May 13, 2018
re: #385 The Vicious Babushka
Mmmm. Those look great.
re: #383 Eventual Carrion
One recipe I read had you putting the potatoes and carrots right in the broth with the meat. Another said they put the potatoes and the carrots, with garlic and parsley plus butter, in foil all together. Then put package on top of meat to cook. I went with the package deal. Might try it other way next time. Suggestions?
My vote is for in the broth.
That’s how we do it with ours.
re: #369 Hecuba’s daughter
I can’t wait for Benjy to deal with his future teenage daughter - maybe she’ll want to date a non-Jewish boy (or girl)…
— TheMajor (@TheMajorsViews) May 13, 2018
Carlos Lozada had a double book review in the Washington Post: “The Soul of America” by Jon Meacham and “Our Towns” by James and Deborah Fallows. Meacham had an hour with Terry Gross on Fresh Air recently, and I enjoyed it a lot, so was interested to see how this review turned out. Good.
After reading these journeys across time and geography, I would offer but one amendment: The American experiment is not just worth the fight — it is the fight. With passion always strained, the pursuit of prosperity, freedom and belonging is an endless battle, an enterprise in equal measures exhausting and exhilarating.
re: #384 allegro
Speaking of Chica… how is she doing with hotel life now? She relaxed some with it?
Not really. I climbed over the bed to figure out her hiding place & it’s a 4” gap between the bed platform & the wall. She’s there all day. At night I see her in the window looking down (3rd floor) then when I wake up she’s staring at me. I’ve got to figure out her flight this week. Trauma for both of us.
re: #218 Ace-o-aces
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John Bolton tells @ThisWeekABC that an advantage of Trump meeting Kim “without months and months and months of preparation” is he’ll be able to “size [Kim] up.” pic.twitter.com
Size someone up without knowing the language, culture, or history? Good luck with that. I thought warmonger Bolton was supposed to be intelligent? I guess not.
More illnesses reported as salmonella outbreak traced to eggs grows
A salmonella outbreak that led to the recall of 207 million eggs has worsened — with 35 people reported ill in several states, federal health officials said.
The number of illnesses is a dozen more since the initial recall notice was issued last month.
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207 million eggs in nine states recalled over salmonella fears
The outbreak is linked to Rose Acre Farms, whose eggs were distributed to restaurants or sold at major grocery stores such as Walmart and Food Lion.At least 11 people have been hospitalized due to complications, but no deaths have been reported, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday.
States and brands affected
The eggs were sold in Colorado, Florida, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.Brands affected include Country Daybreak, Coburn Farms, Sunshine Farms, Great Value and Glenview. Consumers can check the Food and Drug Administration’s website for a full list of recalled brands.
This occurred in a regulated industry so obviously less regulation will solve the problem./// (GOP/Trump/Randian logic)
re: #375 Citizen K
It’s at the point I’m fucking terrified for November now, since it seems like there’s simply no fucking way to get a message out that doesn’t get twisted into “TRUMP IS GOD, DEMS HAVE BECOME THE LITERAL ANTICHRIST” bullshit. And there are clearly enough wishy washys to ratfuck us in the end if this continues on.
It’s like so much screaming into the wind while their alternate reality gets treated like the only real reality.
Take a look at who’s actually been winning elections since 2016 and chill.
re: #358 HappyWarrior
I love it when genealogical research schools ignorant fuckwits like Tomi and Kelly.
Yeah, well, I doubt these assclowns have actually been “schooled” much. The unspoken subtext here (at least as far as my cynical sense goes) is “white”. Replace “Norwegian” with “Nigerian” or “Nicaraguan” - “Swedish” with “Syrian” or “Salvadoran”, and I’m sure their attitudes would be quite different….
re: #394 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
More illnesses reported as salmonella outbreak traced to eggs grows
Cook the damned eggs and there is no problem.
re: #396 Jay C
Yeah, well, I doubt these assclowns have actually been “schooled” much. The unspoken subtext here (at least as far as my cynical sense goes) is “white”. Replace “Norwegian” with “Nigerian” or “Nicaraguan” - “Swedish” with “Syrian” or “Salvadoran”, and I’m sure their attitudes would be quite different….
True that.
re: #397 Backwoods_Sleuth
True. And hard-boiling them would be even better.
re: #389 Danack
It works because most pop songs follow the same basic structure. Some people on Twitter are suggesting Glover wrote his song deliberately to take advantage of that fact.
re: #379 HappyWarrior
Yeah it’s just a little girl showing her nurturing side. Ben is a stupid jerk who needs to get the fuck over himself.
I doubt she’s showing her nurturing side — she’s showing her brainwashed side. Her father is inculcating into her that a woman cannot simultaneously have a career and be a mother. I wonder how longer before Shapiro’s wife joins Chuck’s wife and seeks a divorce.
re: #399 PhillyPretzel
True. And hard-boiling them would be even better.
But set some aside to use raw to make homemade mayonnaise for egg salad!
What? Full of Salmonella?
Oh. That’s very different, then.
Of all the arguments of AGW deniers, this is, without a doubt, the stupidest. So, of course, Charlie Kirk thinks he’s a fucking genius to use it…
Wait let me get this straight, people who can’t predict the weather 24 hours in advance are now telling us what global temperatures will be in 10 years? 🤔
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) May 12, 2018
I may not be able to tell you the exact temperature tomorrow, but I’m pretty sure I can guess that it’ll be warmer than the average temperature in January, shithead. Now, how would I know that?
I’m kinda tripping. Will be at hotel 1 mo on 5/18. Staying till 6/30. Sick of take out. Sooo much is wasted. Nothing is thrilling to “cook” on the 2 burner. No oven. Microwave dinners = meh. Went to store for coffee & wandered the aisles. got one of those mozzarella prosciutto basil rolls & crackers for dinner.
I did bust some dudes outside today smoking weed all clandestinely. I was like, I’m cool!!
Thanks, I just had to give my periodic whine.
re: #403 Unshaken Defiance
So I guess it’s a bad day for that home made Caesar Salad?
unless you raise your own chickens and handle the eggs sensibly.
re: #400 wheat-dogg
It works because most pop songs follow the same basic structure. Some people on Twitter are suggesting Glover wrote his song deliberately to take advantage of that fact.
Not quite true - while certain structures are common, that is a plural for a reason. Chordal progressions as well as rhythmic considerations are also very much in play. It is common for multiple songs to use the same structure but a song that is built on the vi-IV-I-V structure like Toto’s “Africa” or Joan Osborne’s “One of Us” is still going to be very different from a song built on the I-V-vi-IV progression such as The Rolling Stones’s “Beast of Burden” or Green Day’s “When I Come Around”.
This is one of the main reasons Fake Books work after all.
This particular synchronicity is at the VIDEO level that it amazes me, not the song. That’s really where it gets almost Jungian.
So we’re going to let ZTE off the hook for violating sanctions to thank China for its help in reaching a deal where we take sanctions off North Korea and they keep their nuclear weapons?
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) May 13, 2018
re: #406 Backwoods_Sleuth
unless you raise your own chickens and handle the eggs sensibly.
No refrigeration & don’t wash the membrane off? That’s what my friends do
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re: #365 HappyWarrior
You know what’s arrogance? Doing a bunch of fluff stories about how Trump supporters “feel betrayed” by Trump while ignoring that children of color especially immigrant ones have been bullied and some of them have even eben separated from their families.
And our Corporate Censored Conservative Press doesn’t do one single article interviewing Hillary voters!
re: #406 Backwoods_Sleuth
unless you raise your own chickens and handle the eggs sensibly.
I have instructions somewhere for “cooking” eggs so they’re safe, but still usable in recipes that call for raw eggs. When I get home..
It would appear that people who know incriminating things about Team Trump are now turning to Avenatti as a trustworthy outlet to leak info to…
Avenatti appears to have inadvertently carved out a space as a Wikileaks for the powers of good.
This is gonna get interesting.
2/2— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) May 13, 2018
re: #405 Stanley Sea
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re: #415 Joe Bacon 🌹
That’s a hell of a lot more accurate than that dumb meme with Trump at the resolute desk with Jesus “guiding him,” FFS.
re: #401 Hecuba’s daughter
I doubt she’s showing her nurturing side — she’s showing her brainwashed side. Her father is inculcating into her that a woman cannot simultaneously have a career and be a mother. I wonder how longer before Shapiro’s wife joins Chuck’s wife and seeks a divorce.
I think she just said she would like to have babies of her own and Ben twisted that to push his stupid tweet.
re: #407 William Lewis
Not quite true - while certain structures are common, that is a plural for a reason. Chordal progressions as well as rhythmic considerations are also very much in play. It is common for multiple songs to use the same structure but a song that is built on the vi-IV-I-V structure like Toto’s “Africa” or Joan Osborne’s “One of Us” is still going to be very different from a song built on the I-V-vi-IV progression such as The Rolling Stones’s “Beast of Burden” or Green Day’s “When I Come Around”.
This is one of the main reasons Fake Books work after all.
This particular synchronicity is at the VIDEO level that it amazes me, not the song. That’s really where it gets almost Jungian.
I understand the chord progressions can be different. I was thinking more about the verse-chorus structure, which is pretty common among pop songs. I’m not enough of a musician to express what I mean very well, but it’s similar to how you can sing Stairway to Heaven to the tune of Gilligan’s Island (or vice versa).
But I gotta admit, hearing the Carly Mae Jepson song superimposed over the video is rather disturbing. I’m reasonably sure Glover had that in mind when he created his song and the video to go with it.
Evening Lizardim. Happy Mother’s Day to the mothers in the crowd. How go things?
re: #404 Blind Frog Belly White
Of all the arguments of AGW deniers, this is, without a doubt, the stupidest. So, of course, Charlie Kirk thinks he’s a fucking genius to use it…
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I may not be able to tell you the exact temperature tomorrow, but I’m pretty sure I can guess that it’ll be warmer than the average temperature in January, shithead. Now, how would I know that?
Climate you idiot. Climate. We learned the difference between the two in grade school.
It’s that time again. Monday morning classes. See you all later!
Tonight I used the shiny new butchers scissors the wife bought. Butterflied a fresh chicken. Now so many flavor choices on how to cook it. Oven roast or BBQ?
re: #411 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
Cook’s Illustrated recommends microwaving the raw yolks first for 15 - 20 seconds until they bubble then whisking them and then microwaving them again for 5 seconds. The entire recipe is found at the July 2013 issue of Cook’s Illustrated.
re: #423 Unshaken Defiance
Tonight I used the shiny new butchers scissors the wife bought. Butterflied a fresh chicken. Now so many flavor choices on how to cook it. Oven roast or BBQ?
BBQ.
re: #421 HappyWarrior
Climate you idiot. Climate. We learned the difference between the two in grade school.
Well, some of us did. Some people were obviously too busy sniffing glue.
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re: #423 Unshaken Defiance
Tonight I used the shiny new butchers scissors the wife bought. Butterflied a fresh chicken. Now so many flavor choices on how to cook it. Oven roast or BBQ?
Oven roast, olive oil coat everything and sprinkle with your favorite herbs - mine being the classic Provencal mix. Preheat to 450 & start your bird for 10 minutes then kick it down to 350 for an hour. Since it’s cut up, flip the bits halfway through. I love oven fried taters with it since they can go in at the same time. Salad alongside and a dry white wine too.
:D
I laid down for a nap, then did some embroidery for a while on my profane pillowcase, and then I checked Twitter.
Josh Marshall had posted yesterday about something Jeanine Pirro said. (Not going to call her judge, not not not.)
So I responded with a tart theopolitical observation. (It used to be 10 words, but I somehow managed to get it down to eight. I don’t know what I removed.)
I couldn’t figure out what I did to get a bunch of likes on it, until I saw that Marshall had retweeted it.
*headdesk* “Israel must exist so Jesus can come back” is not a viable foreign policy.
— (((Deana “M32 is 2 million ly away” Holmes))) (@mmmirele) May 13, 2018
Lot of people are bucking for visas https://t.co/dwCo8quYW5
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 13, 2018
But seriously, folks, our foreign policy with regards to the Middle East is being driven by a bunch of Rapture nuts who think Jesus is going to come back Really Soon Now. This is not foreign policy, this is madness.
re: #431 William Lewis
Oven roast, olive oil coat everything and sprinkle with your favorite herbs - mine being the classic Provencal mix. Preheat to 450 & start your bird for 10 minutes then kick it down to 350 for an hour. Since it’s cut up, flip the bits halfway through. I love oven fried taters with it since they can go in at the same time. Salad alongside and a dry white wine too.
:D
Winner. Long time since I went French dinner. Thanks!
re: #433 Unshaken Defiance
Winner. Long time since I went French dinner. Thanks!
I’m a farm boy; I know peasant food :D
re: #432 mmmirele
I laid down for a nap, then did some embroidery for a while on my profane pillowcase, and then I checked Twitter.
Josh Marshall had posted yesterday about something Jeanine Pirro said. (Not going to call her judge, not not not.)
So I responded with a tart theopolitical observation. (It used to be 10 words, but I somehow managed to get it down to eight. I don’t know what I removed.)
I couldn’t figure out what I did to get a bunch of likes on it, until I saw that Marshall had retweeted it.
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But seriously, folks, our foreign policy with regards to the Middle East is being driven by a bunch of Rapture nuts who think Jesus is going to come back Really Soon Now. This is not foreign policy, this is madness.
Yeah it’s insane.
I take it you finished school before the ’80s? “You are a special snowflake” was part of the self-esteem movement, to tell kids that they were all unique and that was a good thing. Basically, the exact opposite of what fascists want individuals to see themselves as.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) May 14, 2018
re: #428 Joe Bacon 🌹
Food Break—Went to Nick’s Coffee Shop on Pico in Los Angeles for lunch.
Their Denver Omelette is tasty!!!!!!
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re: #438 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
It’s not on a pizza, is it?
On an omelette.
Sameish.
Of all the dishes posted by Joe……
re: #432 mmmirele
The whole rapture fallacy invented by John Darby is the single most evil error infesting Christianity right now. Combine it with the Calvinist garbage of the “prosperity gospel” and you get the poisonous fake that is so much of Christianity in modern America.
re: #437 Stanley Sea
No one is commenting on the pineapple?
The proper garnish for a Denver Omelette is a grilled pineapple ring!
Actually a couple grilled ones were there but I could not resist their siren call for consumption!
re: #375 Citizen K
It’s at the point I’m fucking terrified for November now, since it seems like there’s simply no fucking way to get a message out that doesn’t get twisted into “TRUMP IS GOD, DEMS HAVE BECOME THE LITERAL ANTICHRIST” bullshit. And there are clearly enough wishy washys to ratfuck us in the end if this continues on.
It’s like so much screaming into the wind while their alternate reality gets treated like the only real reality.
And the best way to get around that is GOTV, which is what Perez is concentrating on.
re: #442 Belafon
And the best way to get around that is GOTV, which is what Perez is concentrating on.
He has his work cut out for him since the stacked courts are upholding Voter ID and suppression.
And Perez has to face the continual faction fighting from the Berniebots while the Jill Shills are getting more Greens on the ballot to split the vote.
re: #439 Stanley Sea
On an omelette.
Sameish.
Of all the dishes posted by Joe……
One of these days I’ll find a dish of pierogis topped with pineapple…
re: #444 Joe Bacon 🌹
One of these days I’ll find a dish of pierogis topped with pineapple…
Oh hell no.
re: #445 HappyWarrior
Oh hell no.
I’m with you! Browned butter, caramelized onions and a little sour cream. I’m a traditionalist.
Bill Kristol’s TL is scary. It reminds me of the strange collection of absolute sycophants left on Little Green Footballs after the great purge of conservatives.
— Jimmy Levy (@JimmyLevy15) May 14, 2018
re: #415 Joe Bacon 🌹
Lol!!! Can’t stop laughing.
re: #440 William Lewis
The whole rapture fallacy invented by John Darby is the single most evil error infesting Christianity right now. Combine it with the Calvinist garbage of the “prosperity gospel” and you get the poisonous fake that is so much of Christianity in modern America.
I completely agree with you here. Which is probably why I feel more comfortable standing outside a church on a Sunday with a sign asking for an independent investigation of a coverup of pedophilia within a tiny charismatic Calvinist-infused denomination instead of actually going to church.
Name….
Why was Ahmed Al-Rumaihi meeting with Michael Cohen and Michael Flynn in December 2016 and why did Mr. Al-Rumaihi later brag about bribing administration officials according to a sworn declaration filed in court?
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) May 13, 2018
re: #446 ObserverArt
I’m with you! Browned butter, caramelized onions and a little sour cream. I’m a traditionalist.
Yep. The way Baba would make em.
re: #409 Stanley Sea
No refrigeration & don’t wash the membrane off? That’s what my friends do
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yes…and general common sense cleanliness/sanitary mindset in the kitchen and the coop.
“Strange Collection of Absolute Sycophants” is a great band name.
“Great Purge of Conservatives” is also pretty good. pic.twitter.com/X4eWsnnUGR— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 14, 2018
Infinity War scored $200M in China on opening weekend.
I just showed my wife “This is America.” She looked up the cars at the end, the one thing we were still curious about. What people are saying is that a lot of the cars have their driver’s door open, thus symbolizing the killing of black drivers by police. That would also explain the age of the cars since minorities tend to own older cars.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) May 14, 2018
re: #457 Backwoods_Sleuth
you are a very good fur mom
Dayum, then I’m a total loser—no mom, no kids, no pets (no living plants).
(But I do support a lot of charities and causes, so there’s that.)
re: #418 wheat-dogg
I understand the chord progressions can be different. I was thinking more about the verse-chorus structure, which is pretty common among pop songs. I’m not enough of a musician to express what I mean very well, but it’s similar to how you can sing Stairway to Heaven to the tune of Gilligan’s Island (or vice versa).
But I gotta admit, hearing the Carly Mae Jepson song superimposed over the video is rather disturbing. I’m reasonably sure Glover had that in mind when he created his song and the video to go with it.
This will make you throw up in your mouth.
He peeped on all these girls while they were naked.
re: #124 A Mom Anon
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re: #449 mmmirele
I completely agree with you here. Which is probably why I feel more comfortable standing outside a church on a Sunday with a sign asking for an independent investigation of a coverup of pedophilia within a tiny charismatic Calvinist-infused denomination instead of actually going to church.
It is certainly more Christian than the pretense of worship inside.
A good long read over at The Guardian: The unwelcome revival of Race Science
And the conservative wing is ramming that down everybody’s throats as if it were a real science….
Andrew Sullivan deserves a special place in hell for bringing “The Bell Curve” to any prominence.
-spit-
Not to be misunderstood, no regrets at ALL for no motherhooding human life.
My kit is enough. She’s on the window sill in the sun. First time I’ve seen during the day!! She must have felt my dismay when I was typing about her 4” space. Plus treats.
re: #447 Charles Johnson
Nice that Kristol is getting on the LGF bandwagon!
Whenever someone says I shouldn’t mock Sarah Sanders, I think of all the closeted gay kids with crap parents who eat up that homophobic bullshit she and her inbred family have been pushing for years and I’m like, f*ck that femme Quasimodo and her dog killing bro too.
— Marie Connor (@thistallawkgirl) May 11, 2018
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Resting Picasso Face has earned our loathing, as they all have.
That is just cruel. And accurate.
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Resting Picasso Face has earned our loathing, as they all have.That is just cruel. And accurate.
Agreed.
re: #256 Anymouse 🌹
Wow. I’ve heard that Alberta is a conservative province but hope that that woman isn’t representative of its populace.
The moron needs to just STFU
So sad to see the Terror Attack in Paris. At some point countries will have to open their eyes & see what is really going on. This kind of sickness & hatred is not compatible with a loving, peaceful, & successful country! Changes to our thought process on terror must be made.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 14, 2018
re: #470 Backwoods_Sleuth
Changes like bringing back torture and Muslim bans, right Donny?
Well this will make you puke:
Va. election officials assigned 26 voters to the wrong district. It might’ve cost Democrats a pivotal race.
It was the Yancey/Simonds election decided by picking the name out of a bowl.
Now, a review of voter registration records and district maps by The Washington Post has found more than two dozen voters — enough to swing the outcome of that race — cast ballots in the wrong district, because of errors by local elections officials.
The misassigned voters lived in a predominantly African American precinct that heavily favored Democrats in the fall, raising the possibility that they would have delivered the district to Simonds had they voted in the proper race.
Looks like it was not a malicious error, but crikey—maybe Virginia should hire the WaPo to organize their voter info.
re: #470 Backwoods_Sleuth
The moron needs to just STFU
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Considering you suck off the NRA after every gun tragedy, Shut the fuck up Donny.
re: #472 BeachDem
Well this will make you puke:
Va. election officials assigned 26 voters to the wrong district. It might’ve cost Democrats a pivotal race.
It was the Yancey/Simonds election decided by picking the name out of a bowl.
Now, a review of voter registration records and district maps by The Washington Post has found more than two dozen voters — enough to swing the outcome of that race — cast ballots in the wrong district, because of errors by local elections officials.
The misassigned voters lived in a predominantly African American precinct that heavily favored Democrats in the fall, raising the possibility that they would have delivered the district to Simonds had they voted in the proper race.
Looks like it was not a malicious error, but crikey—maybe Virginia should hire the WaPo to organize their voter info.
Fuck.
re: #469 Patricia Kayden
Wow. I’ve heard that Alberta is a conservative province but hope that that woman isn’t representative of its populace.
I thought the New Democratic Party kicked out the Tories in their last provincial election.
And I’m at my favorite The Crown ep. S1E9
(2nd favorite was the baby bird crunch in France)
Winston Churchill (John Lithgow) gets his portrait painted. The dialog is exceptional. So excited to watch again.
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