Royal weddings are so different these days…
End song: “Modify” by Kniles YouTube
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CAPRICORN ONE ANYONE?!https://t.co/NJvaOMaOwS
— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) May 24, 2018
Why can’t these Danish right-wing pricks leave us alone?
Denmark’s immigration minister, who celebrated the country’s increasingly strict entry laws by posting a Facebook picture of herself with a cake, said that Muslims fasting for Ramadan should stay home from work “to avoid negative consequences for the rest of Danish society.”
— Fuad Alakbarov (@DrAlakbarov) May 23, 2018
Good 🤨. Don’t come to countries and try and change their culture. Shouldn’t ban something due to your religion.
— 🇺🇸nyc🇮🇹4trump in twatter jail again (@tifftosc) May 23, 2018
Why did you come to Iraq to do precisely that, nimrod? https://t.co/oQf5OqSY4H
— دانیال (@danja84) May 24, 2018
Jesus Christ, you got a few drops of water on you. Suck it up snowflake!
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) May 24, 2018
Finally confirmed - “The Meeting” is really 2 briefings at DOJ tomorrow - one at noon with Reps. Nunes/Gowdy and then followed by Gang of 8 + Gowdy at 2pm; if you are wondering why Nunes is carved out then you haven’t been paying attention; Rosenstein in attendance for all
— Laura Jarrett (@LauraAJarrett) May 24, 2018
Two meetings, two hours apart. Either these individuals are doing the same thing twice rather inefficiently, or they’re doing something different in the first meeting than they are in the second meeting. https://t.co/FxLGYBP2Ew
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 24, 2018
I’ll let you in on a secret, @PressSec
There is a really easy way to fix this.
Stop lying.
https://t.co/oU5OicJeIK via @HuffPostPol— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 24, 2018
What’s wrong here? pic.twitter.com/bdDwBFt2nP
— Stone Cold (@stonecold2050) May 22, 2018
Say their names…
The NFL’s call is unAmerican https://t.co/3H7XABjZg9
An early look at Thursday’s front… pic.twitter.com/lm5eucXVrU— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) May 24, 2018
US trade partners prepare to unveil $3.5 billion in retaliatory tariffs https://t.co/E25bTgme4b pic.twitter.com/3JXGyqidI5
— The Hill (@thehill) May 24, 2018
So much winning… https://t.co/Vk1dPD8B6X
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 24, 2018
re: #9 Kragar
The world is calling Trump’s bluff. I suppose he expected everyone to kneel before the USA. That ship left dock long ago.
re: #9 Kragar
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You ain’t seen nothin’ yet! Wait till the world dumps the dollar as the reserve currency…
re: #11 Joe Bacon 🌹
You ain’t seen nothin’ yet! Wait till the world dumps the dollar as the reserve currency…
I’ve been hearing that prediction for decades.
former Dir of National Intelligence James Clapper says he’s personally concluded Russians not only influenced but DECIDED outcome of 2016 election: “80 thousand votes in 3 states” @NewsHour tonight
— Judy Woodruff (@JudyWoodruff) May 23, 2018
America, the former Director of National Intelligence believes the current President is illegitimate.
Are you awake? https://t.co/Cuak8gNGeD— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) May 24, 2018
re: #8 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Why is mike brown missing?
So Vegas Golden Knights going to play for the Stanley Cup. I am totally torn weather to root for them. (I’m an LA Kings fan),I have Knights season tix, but the owner is a totally a rwnj. I know it’s gonna. be history if they win.
re: #14 Stanley Sea
Why is mike brown missing?
There isn’t enough room for all the names honestly. Sandra Bland immediately comes to mind. There are so many. I think the point was still well made.
Motion to stop calling them incels and start calling them junk male.
— OhNoSheTwitnt (@OhNoSheTwitnt) May 23, 2018
re: #16 JordanRules
There isn’t enough room for all the names honestly. Sandra Bland immediately comes to mind. There are so many. I think the point was still well made.
Her name is there. Bottom center.
Well well. I can’t read this, I’ve met my limit and won’t give the NYT a nickel.
A NYT review of emails and documents show that Michael Cohen and Columbus Nova CEO Andrew Intrater, who paid Cohen $500,000 in 2017, were more closely linked than previously known. https://t.co/1FrvMkMCrp
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 24, 2018
re: #18 MsJ
Hey babe is there. Bottom center.
D’oh! Didn’t see it. Thanks eagle eye!
Also, thanks for that lovely response to David Hogg’s tweet. It was tough reading that he had a tough day but yours and others responses were so gracious and necessary.
#SteveBannon has dangerously and erroneously co-opted my father’s name, work and words.
Bannon’s assertion that my father, #MLK, would be proud of Donald Trump wholly ignores Daddy’s commitment to people of all races, nationalities, etc. being treated with dignity and respect.— Be A King (@BerniceKing) May 24, 2018
re: #20 JordanRules
D’oh! Didn’t see it. Thanks eagle eye!
Also, thanks for that lovely response to David Hogg’s tweet. It was tough reading that he had a tough day but yours and others responses were so gracious and necessary.
I so love that kid. He’s smart and he’s going to be someone some day. He’ll he might even be president.
It hurt me to see him down. All these fucking assholes attacking him. I cannot imagine his day-to-day. It has to be horrific.
Curry will be joined by leaders from Christian churches who say they are concerned about the “moral and political crises at the highest levels of political leadership.” https://t.co/JewRx8WHg9
— CNN (@CNN) May 22, 2018
WINCH HUT
https://t.co/xl6kU3QCD9— Kevin Murphy (@kwmurphy) May 24, 2018
Good morning Scotland! PLEASE #DriveCarefully and #TakeCareGetThere pic.twitter.com/6HIuIwZFm9
— Traffic Scotland (@trafficscotland) May 24, 2018
jbkyL3Cz76Va3azByq4em5Ay3RpWkiuDgX5mEceHEzfnXlkeWDfwEZGFzgl3MCzKUY4n5TWJJfHRYzq15GQ1OGznjv71SBju
re: #25 meteor
What a cool image with that tweet
“John Malkovich to Play Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie’s ‘The ABC Murders’” https://t.co/YO4BwW78FT #cinema #feedly
— Michael T Ford III (@MTFIII) May 23, 2018
I’m still processing this one.
re: #28 JordanRules
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I’m still processing this one.
I believe you mean “exercising the little grey cells”.
“Do not speak to that silly beast.”
“I was just looking at your parrot, Hercule.”
“I was talking to the parrot.”
It is well known that Poirot scorns all but the gravest afflictions!
So, Road House is a movie about a magic karate man who goes to an extremely well-lit bar the size of a city block and turns everyone into Pizza Hut employees. pic.twitter.com/cKAFHxmQCT
— Jennifer Wright (@JenAshleyWright) May 24, 2018
re: #37 Single-handed sailor
Vent 22 is still going strong.
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I’ve gotten a few of my students addicted to that live feed, LOL.
On a side note, there is a volcanic area not far from me, and one of these days here, I’m going to have go check it out.
I increasingly get the sense that, although Trump himself will not be indicted or impeached (I see him ending his days mired in dementia in Mar-a-lago), his empire is going to go down in flames, and likely his sons and son in law too.
It does seem likely that the Cohen enterprise is linked to, if not a direct part of the Trump organization, and either or both are up to their necks in all hinds of gangsterish business.
When the authorizes are finished investigating the criminal enterprise that is the Trump Organization, it will will be razed to the ground, and most of Trump’s money will be gone, eaten up in fine, legal fees, RICO, whatever.
And politically there is nothing he can do.
Maybe worse than impeachment, that will be the best punishment for him: see his empire destroyed.
I did a 2 day raft trip on the Kern River from the bottom of Lake Isabella. All along the river the first day there were hot springs and people parked on the road sitting in the springs along the river. I want to go back and find these springs.
re: #40 Lupin
A fair enough point; impeachment would probably serve to make him into some kind of GOP martyr and of course, his deluded supporters would certainly consider a victim of a colossal frame-up - indeed, I’m fairly sure they already do.
When the authorizes are finished investigating the criminal enterprise that is the Trump Organization, it will will be razed to the ground, and most of Trump’s money will be gone, eaten up in fine, legal fees, RICO, whatever.
And politically there is nothing he can do.
Maybe worse than impeachment, that will be the best punishment for him: see his empire destroyed.
A fitting punishment….and for Trump, a fate worse than jail - or even death.
re: #40 Lupin
I increasingly get the sense that, although Trump himself will not be indicted or impeached (I see him ending his days mired in dementia in Mar-a-lago), his empire is going to go down in flames, and likely his sons and son in law too.
It does seem likely that the Cohen enterprise is linked to, if not a direct part of the Trump organization, and either or both are up to their necks in all hinds of gangsterish business.
When the authorizes are finished investigating the criminal enterprise that is the Trump Organization, it will will be razed to the ground, and most of Trump’s money will be gone, eaten up in fine, legal fees, RICO, whatever.
And politically there is nothing he can do.
Maybe worse than impeachment, that will be the best punishment for him: see his empire destroyed.
In my opinion, he has no money—at least he had no money when he was elected. I’m sure the grifting since then has yielded millions, but he undoubtedly owes more than could be paid off even in four years of robbing the country blind.
re: #40 Lupin
I increasingly get the sense that, although Trump himself will not be indicted or impeached (I see him ending his days mired in dementia in Mar-a-lago), his empire is going to go down in flames, and likely his sons and son in law too.
It does seem likely that the Cohen enterprise is linked to, if not a direct part of the Trump organization, and either or both are up to their necks in all hinds of gangsterish business.
When the authorizes are finished investigating the criminal enterprise that is the Trump Organization, it will will be razed to the ground, and most of Trump’s money will be gone, eaten up in fine, legal fees, RICO, whatever.
And politically there is nothing he can do.
Maybe worse than impeachment, that will be the best punishment for him: see his empire destroyed.
Him being definitively unbranded would be the type of ego injury to really hurt him and I’d love that. But his empire was always a paper tiger so if something really consequential and important is to happen it should involve the real power and muscle behind all of this global corruption too. And whew… that’s a tall order.
He needs to go ASAP based on the fascism alone but we’ve uncovered a whole lot in looking at how he was installed and we certainly shouldn’t ignore that.
Look how things have turned around on the Criminal Deep State. They go after Phony Collusion with Russia, a made up Scam, and end up getting caught in a major SPY scandal the likes of which this country may never have seen before! What goes around, comes around!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 23, 2018
This is exactly what a dictator would say and do toward a state apparatus trying to reign him in. Having already attacked the ethnic minorities the next step typically involves jailing the dissidents. https://t.co/S8VD5HT1Vc
— jelani cobb (@jelani9) May 23, 2018
re: #43 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
In my opinion, he has no money—at least he had no money when he was elected. I’m sure the grifting since then has yielded millions, but he undoubtedly owes more than could be paid off even in four years of robbing the country blind.
IIRC, Deutsche Bank reckoned that Trump was worth a little shy of $800 million - but that was in 2005, which was pretty much at the height of the real estate bubble.
re: #46 Dr Lizardo
IIRC, Deutsche Bank reckoned that Trump was worth a little shy of $800 million - but, that was in 2005, which was pretty much at the height of the real estate bubble.
I think it’s fair to point out that it was in their interest to validate a substantial sum of wealth for him. They were one of the few traditional western banking institutions that was still willing to deal with him. It was dirty then and it’s even dirtier in hindsight. We’ve learned a lot about both entities since then.
Would be nice if we could examine his taxes.
re: #13 JordanRules
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— Judy Woodruff (@JudyWoodruff) May 23, 2018
Data to personally identify 80 thousand susceptibles in battlegrounds are for sale on the open market. Marketing surveillance to surround them with tailored propaganda is for sale on the open market. Weapons-grade information warfare infrastructure is for sale on the open market. https://t.co/MAfFY8jV6f
— David Carroll 🦅 (@profcarroll) May 23, 2018
Shit shit shit shit shit shit.
I just got this news via Facebook, but here’s the news article about it.
Danny Alvarez, 43, had just won the primary for district court judge in Louisville, KY. He suddenly died yesterday.
Danny was one of my students and one of the nicest guys you’d ever meet. He would have made a terrific judge.
re: #49 wheat-dogg
Shit shit shit shit shit shit.
I just got this news via Facebook, but here’s the news article about it.
Danny Alvarez, 43, had just won the primary for district court judge in Louisville, KY. He suddenly died yesterday.
Danny was one of my students and one of the nicest guys you’d ever meet. He would have a made a terrific judge.
Sorry to hear that. He sounds like he was a terrific person. 43 is too young.
re: #50 HappyWarrior
Sorry to hear that. He sounds like he was a terrific person. 43 is too young.
No kidding. My students are supposed to die AFTER I do. We are not sure of the cause of death yet.
re: #49 wheat-dogg
Shit shit shit shit shit shit.
I just got this news via Facebook, but here’s the news article about it.
Danny Alvarez, 43, had just won the primary for district court judge in Louisville, KY. He suddenly died yesterday.
Danny was one of my students and one of the nicest guys you’d ever meet. He would have made a terrific judge.
Sorry to hear. A good man passes away but ol’ Mitch is still around to continue destroying this country.
re: #54 Joe Bacon 🌹
Sorry to hear. A good man passes away but ol’ Mitch is still around to continue destroying this country.
One piece of good news in Kentucky, as the teacher backlash struck; the Kentucky House GOP leader lost his primary to a math teacher. kentucky.com
It’s official: GOP sabotage to blame for double-digit premium increases https://t.co/kxrgGuyc2F
— Shareblue Media (@Shareblue) May 24, 2018
Interesting analysis of Mueller and team:
My favorite line:
‘It’s like mud-wrestling with a pig. You’re both going to get dirty. The difference is that the pig likes it.’ But the very fact that Mueller refuses to respond to the most outrageous criticisms and claims is the reason the pig is wrestling with itself in its own mud.”
re: #9 Kragar
Good. If Trump wants to play the fool, there should be severe consequences. The whole world doesn’t have to play his game.
re: #59 Dizzy
Interesting analysis of Mueller and team:
My favorite line:
Mueller is refusing to play their game.
Just an FYI:
Pierogi Lady chow wagon will be here at work at lunch!!!
Today in the papers: Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Spygate, Trump, Trump, Kushner, Spygate.
Somebody yesterday said they thought by the weekend the media would be using Spygate.
WRONG!
It took less than 12hours.
re: #63 Skip Intro
Today in the papers: Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Spygate, Trump, Trump, Kushner, Spygate.
Somebody yesterday said they thought by the weekend the media would be using Spygate.
WRONG!
It took less than 12hours.
Wow. A spygate with no spies.
re: #63 Skip Intro
Today in the papers: Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Spygate, Trump, Trump, Kushner, Spygate.
Somebody yesterday said they thought by the weekend the media would be using Spygate.
WRONG!
It took less than 12hours.
Which is what I expected from a corrupted media.
You are not required to literally use the words that the President uses. You are not required to carry his message far and wide when it’s propaganda. You are not required to treat a lie like a live controversy.
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) May 24, 2018
A message to the court stenographers posing as “journalists”… https://t.co/QwJxIP4dpQ
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) May 24, 2018
re: #64 Belafon
Which two are those?
Three actually. My local rag, the SF Chronicle, and the WaPo. Those are the ones I read.
Trump could claim he pees 24k gold and the media would have a balanced discussion about it instead of ridiculing him to the rafters. I’m sure the columnists will tear into him for his self admitted cynical invention of Spygate, but for now it’s out the in the legitimate press. I imagine Trump will be screaming DEEP STATE WITCH HUNT on his favorite propaganda channel this morning, making it a True Fact to the 40+% of the country that believes everything he says.
re: #65 Weaselone
Wow. A spygate with no spies.
The are plenty of spies. They all work the help the Republicans.
Morning!
At least it is a nice cooler lower humidity morning…like an actual spring day.
So, is Nunes and The Freedumb Caucus gang going to get away with their BS today, or will Rosenstein and the DOJ manage to hold them off?
Maybe Rosenstein can give them a big box of documents, all they could have hoped for, and then Nunes and gang dig in only to find they are all redacted with big blocks of black nothingness all over.
They get the documents the rest of the public get to see right now as the investigation goes on.
Hey, you got the documents you requested. Now buzz off and STFU!
re: #61 Belafon
Mueller is refusing to play their game.
The article does mention that Mueller’s approach is antiquated, I agree somewhat, but I think it is the best possible way to proceed without getting slimed by the feces that trumpland flings.
re: #68 Interesting Times
Brian and Sarah get it.
re: #69 Skip Intro
Three actually. My local rag, the SF Chronicle, and the WaPo. Those are the ones I read.
Trump could claim he pees 24k gold and the media would have a balanced discussion about it instead of ridiculing him to the rafters. I’m sure the columnists will tear into him for his self admitted cynical invention of Spygate, but for now it’s out the in the legitimate press. I imagine Trump will be screaming DEEP STATE WITCH HUNT on his favorite propaganda channel this morning, making it a True Fact to the 40+% of the country that believes everything he says.
Last night when I got back in from visiting some friends I flipped on MSNBC as I had missed the news yesterday and Bryan Williams has just said “Spygate” and then proceeded to mock it. So, while it was used last night after 11:00 PM, it was at least put into proper context; just more Trump made-up bullshit meant to distract and deceive. Just like everything he does.
re: #74 Joe Bacon 🌹
Maggie and her pal Glenn don’t.
They never will because they don’t want to.
Why does Trump hate the Times? It’s busting it’s ass for him. Every single day.
re: #3 electrotek
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I went to the WaPo website to see if I could find a title with SpyGate in it. I’ll have to keep looking, but I found this:
Two sisters wed two brothers. Sibling rivalry and a grudge led to murder.
Long story short: One of the sisters was jealous of the other sister, and felt that the other sister had gotten more of an inheritance than her, so she shot the other one. She had hoped to kill herself, but her brother-in-law got the gun from her. She was convicted of premeditated murder.
Wow, this sure builds my confidence in the Armed Forces guarding our nuclear arsenal!
One airman said he felt paranoia. Another marveled at the vibrant colors. A third admitted, “I absolutely just loved altering my mind.”
Meet service members entrusted with guarding nuclear missiles that are among the most powerful in America’s arsenal. Air Force records obtained by The Associated Press show they bought, distributed and used the hallucinogen LSD and other mind-altering illegal drugs as part of a ring that operated undetected for months on a highly secure military base in Wyoming. After investigators closed in, one airman deserted to Mexico.
“Although this sounds like something from a movie, it isn’t,” said Capt. Charles Grimsley, the lead prosecutor of one of several courts martial.
re: #79 Joe Bacon 🌹
Fear and Loathing in Los Alamos.
re: #40 Lupin
When the authorizes are finished investigating the criminal enterprise that is the Trump Organization, it will will be razed to the ground, and most of Trump’s money will be gone, eaten up in fine, legal fees, RICO, whatever.
And politically there is nothing he can do.
Maybe worse than impeachment, that will be the best punishment for him: see his empire destroyed.
He will walk, everyone associated with him will lose everything and he will enjoy a lucrative a career as a spokesperson for the rabid right.
because this is America
re: #81 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
He will walk, everyone associated with him will lose everything and he will enjoy a lucrative a career as a spokesperson for the rabid right.
because this is America
I fully expect Trump to pardon all his pals including himself. He will get away with it the same way that Nixon got away with Watergate, Pruneface got away with fleecing the Savings & Loans, Old Fart Bush got away with Iran-Contra and Dumbya got away with lying us into two wars.
We now live in Idiotcracy IOKIYARland.
BBC Breaking News alert - the US/North Korea summit is off.
But Marky Mark isn’t off the hook yet!
A company suing Facebook in a California court claims the social network’s chief executive “weaponised” the ability to access data from any user’s network of friends - the feature at the heart of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
A legal motion filed last week in the superior court of San Mateo draws upon extensive confidential emails and messages between Facebook senior executives including Mark Zuckerberg. He is named individually in the case and, it is claimed, had personal oversight of the scheme.
That’s correct. There should absolutely NOT be a special pathway to citizenship for #DACA recipients. We have rules in place for a reason and each person who wants to become an American citizen must go through the same legal process as everyone else.
— Rep. Roger Williams (@RepRWilliams) May 24, 2018
A letter from the President to Chairman Kim Jong Un: “It is inappropriate, at this time, to have this long-planned meeting.” pic.twitter.com/3dDIp55xu1
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 24, 2018
re: #83 Dr Lizardo
BBC Breaking News alert - the US/North Korea summit is off.
“Another great win for MAGA as Dear Leader successfully thwarts attempts by libtards to make him have conference with brutal dictator.”
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re: #83 Dr Lizardo
BBC Breaking News alert - the US/North Korea summit is off.
Maggie and Glenn are already spinning this as a victory for the Tangerine Turd.
re: #86 Bubblehead II
You didn’t break up with me, I broke up with you!
re: #83 Dr Lizardo
BBC Breaking News alert - the US/North Korea summit is off.
Welp, there goes that Nobel. Easy come, easy go.
re: #79 Joe Bacon 🌹
Wow, this sure builds my confidence in the Armed Forces guarding our nuclear arsenal!
One airman said he felt paranoia. Another marveled at the vibrant colors. A third admitted, “I absolutely just loved altering my mind.”
Meet service members entrusted with guarding nuclear missiles that are among the most powerful in America’s arsenal. Air Force records obtained by The Associated Press show they bought, distributed and used the hallucinogen LSD and other mind-altering illegal drugs as part of a ring that operated undetected for months on a highly secure military base in Wyoming. After investigators closed in, one airman deserted to Mexico.
“Although this sounds like something from a movie, it isn’t,” said Capt. Charles Grimsley, the lead prosecutor of one of several courts martial.
FE Warren AFB is in the middle of Cheyenne. It is not a “highly secure Air Force Base.” You get on FE Warren the same way you get on any other military base: Show your ID card. You can bring guests on the base like any other base.
I’ve never had my car inspected there, never been searched, &c.
re: #90 makeitstop
Welp, there goes that Nobel. Easy come, easy go.
But he made them destroy their nuke test site.
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re: #91 Anymouse 🌹
FE Warren AFB is in the middle of Cheyenne. It is not a “highly secure Air Force Base.” You get on FE Warren the same way you get on any other military base: Show your ID card. You can bring guests on the base like any other base.
I’ve never had my car inspected there, never been searched, &c.
Another case study where the AP didn’t do its’ homework…
re: #86 Bubblehead II
This is not a letter written by diplomats. It’s a business letter written by a potential employer to an unsuccessful job candidate or partner. “Please do not hesitate to call or write me.”
WTF is responsible for this piece of trash?
re: #88 Joe Bacon 🌹
Maggie and Glenn are already spinning this as a victory for the Tangerine Turd.
“Drumpf refuses demand by NK for a summit.”
/
On the bright side, canceling the summit means Trump can’t screw it up and give North Korea whatever it asks for.
Well, what are they going to do now with all the souvenir coins and shit?
re: #96 wheat-dogg
On the bright side, canceling the summit means Trump can’t screw it up and give North Korea whatever it asks for.
And now Anne Graham Cracker is crying crocodile tears because her dream of North Korea nuking San Francisco and Hollywood isn’t coming to pass…
re: #83 Dr Lizardo
BBC Breaking News alert - the US/North Korea summit is off.
But what about The Nobel???
Can they take it back?
Heh.
I usually post the Kosh meme, but I figure I should change it up a bit…https://t.co/7RbFMB2FwH
— jay (@random__name) May 24, 2018
re: #99 ObserverArt
But what about The Nobel???
Can they take it back?
Heh.
Looks like the Tangerine Turd slipped off that glass mountain of success…
re: #94 wheat-dogg
This is not a letter written by diplomats. It’s a business letter written by a potential employer to an unsuccessful job candidate or partner. “Please do not hesitate to call or write me.”
WTF is responsible for this piece of trash?
I take it you also noticed the not so thinly veiled threat of nuclear retaliation.
JFC
MORE: “You talk about your nuclear capabilities, but ours are so massive and powerful that I pray to God they will never have to be used,” Pres. Trump says in letter to Kim Jong Un. https://t.co/BoeS0OO2m6 pic.twitter.com/nTO1OTsEcz
— ABC News (@ABC) May 24, 2018
re: #93 Joe Bacon 🌹
Another case study where the AP didn’t do its’ homework…
Yup. And it’s not even difficult. “Highly secure military bases” generally don’t have two exits off the Interstate that go straight to the gates.
google.com (main gate of FE Warren)
re: #97 The Vicious Babushka
Well, what are they going to do now with all the souvenir coins and shit?
Now 20% off on the Trump web store!
Order in the next 10 minutes and we’ll double your order!!!
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That’s your spin? pic.twitter.com/HAOQnrCWpw
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) May 24, 2018
re: #83 Dr Lizardo
BBC Breaking News alert - the US/North Korea summit is off.
won’t someone think of the commemorative coins?!?!?
re: #107 b.d. (Witch Hunt!!)
won’t someone think of the commemorative coins?!?!?
They’ll probably just melt them down.
Gotta admit, I’m almost tempted to buy one, just so I can look at it from time to time and laugh at Trump’s delusions of grandeur.
Almost tempted.
re: #103 The Vicious Babushka
JFC
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My Button is Bigger than your Button.
Back to this, are we?
What a douche canoe.
re: #109 austin_blue
My Button is Bigger than your Button.
Back to this, are we?
What a douche canoe.
Does any Republican have the ability to negotiate?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 2, 2013
re: #97 The Vicious Babushka
Well, what are they going to do now with all the souvenir coins and shit?
They’ll be melted down to reclaim the zinc.
re: #110 b.d. (Witch Hunt!!)
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— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 12, 2015
re: #105 makeitstop
Now 20% off on the Trump web store!
Order in the next 10 minutes and we’ll double your order!!!
/
I think I’ll wait until next month when they will be 50 cents at the local flea markets.
re: #97 The Vicious Babushka
Well, what are they going to do now with all the souvenir coins and shit?
They will be attached to the Mexican paid for border wall as mile markers
re: #97 The Vicious Babushka
Well, what are they going to do now with all the souvenir coins and shit?
They will be used as napkin presses at I’m A Logo this weekend.
re: #55 Big Beautiful Door
One piece of good news in Kentucky, as the teacher backlash struck; the Kentucky House GOP leader lost his primary to a math teacher. kentucky.com
Infuriating. Voter ignorance. Shell is the guy who lost.
John East, a Lancaster resident who farms and works at a factory, said he voted for Shell. He said he did not know a lot about the pension issue and that it was not a significant factor in how he voted.
Tommy Robison and his wife Karla Robison, a retired special education teacher, said they didn’t like the process used to get the pension changes through, but both voted for Schell, in part because they know him and didn’t know Brenda.
Tommy Robison said its appears Shell got used by other lawmakers in the pension debate. “He’s a good guy. I’ll give him one more chance,” he said.
If only Trump was this good at pulling out 40 years ago. pic.twitter.com/Txw7cT2Whh
— KennyHerzog🌊 (@KennyHerzog) May 24, 2018
Praise the Flying Spaghetti Monster! I’m not blocked anymore!
So much winning! pic.twitter.com/ihwzLyukYC
— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) May 24, 2018
re: #121 Joe Bacon 🌹
That’ll be a “NO bel” prize
So, does this mean Trump will be sitting down for a nice little chat with Mueller sometime soon? Considering he was using this summit as a means to postpone any interview.
Yeah, I know.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
re: #83 Dr Lizardo
BBC Breaking News alert - the US/North Korea summit is off.
So, does anyone else get nervous & freak out when you get four or five notifications on your phone - and before it recognizes you to show you those notifications - you’re afraid you’re about to read that we initiated a nuclear strike on some country?
This is now my world.— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) May 24, 2018
This tweet was a result of getting a bunch of notification on the summit being off.
re: #121 Joe Bacon 🌹
Praise the Flying Spaghetti Monster! I’m not blocked anymore!
I expect a deluge of sardonic tweets at Mr. Trump if everyone gets unblocked.
Vincente Fox already went after him:
Yass! @realDonaldTrump, I just want to say: every step you take, every move you make … I’ll be watching you. https://t.co/aIDBaxYvU7
— Vicente Fox Quesada (@VicenteFoxQue) May 23, 2018
In all seriousness, I feel awful for Moon Jae-In and the people of South Korea that this is the American partner they have to work with.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) May 24, 2018
re: #79 Joe Bacon 🌹
“Although this sounds like something from a movie, it isn’t,” said Capt. Charles Grimsley, the lead prosecutor of one of several courts martial.
It was: “this grass makes tai-stick taste like oregano, lay you out flat man.”
re: #125 MsJ
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So, does anyone else get nervous & freak out when you get four or five notifications on your phone - and before it recognizes you to show you those notifications - you’re afraid you’re about to read that we initiated a nuclear strike on some country?
Tell yourself you’re about to read that Mueller’s indicted Trump.
re: #125 MsJ
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This tweet was a result of getting a bunch of notification on the summit being off.
I’m only signed up for BBC news alerts, so I figured it was either
1) Queen Elizabeth II had passed away.
2) Trump said/did something shockingly stupid.
Trump boasts he will meet one-on-one with Kim.
North Korea threatens to back out of meeting with Trump.
North Korea blows up nuclear installation.
Trump cancels meeting.
World breathes sigh of relief.
RELAX & CHILL
Passaic, NJ - Magical Jewish Dentist Takes Internet By Storm With Viral Video https://t.co/pWyLv1nHyi
— VosIzNeias (@VINNews) May 24, 2018
re: #130 Dr Lizardo
I’m only signed up for BBC news alerts, so I figured it was either
1) Queen Elizabeth II had passed away.
2) Trump said/did something shockingly stupid.
Hopefully BBC would know enough not to deluge their followers every time DJT does the stupid thing.
Mr. Trump would like to announce that these coins are now redeemable for a free rail drink at any Trump casino. pic.twitter.com/2GTSkLhRmR
— Anonymous Fed (@EvilBobJ) May 24, 2018
Of course, Trump just had to release that letter while a whole bunch of America journalists were in NK (for the destruction of the nuclear test facilities). I’m sure that was well thought out.
WITCH HUNT!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 23, 2018
One, two, Robert Mueller’s coming for you.
Three, four, Better stop tweeting.
Five, six, grab a crucifix.
Seven, eight, Gonna stay up late.
Nine, ten, Never sleep again…. https://t.co/mEOSaq8VZt— Vicente Fox Quesada (@VicenteFoxQue) May 23, 2018
This is precisely my question.
former Dir of National Intelligence James Clapper says he’s personally concluded Russians not only influenced but DECIDED outcome of 2016 election: “80 thousand votes in 3 states” @NewsHour tonight
— Judy Woodruff (@JudyWoodruff) May 23, 2018
Pretty soon it’s going to be an unavoidable conclusion that Trump’s collusion with Russia swung the election his way.
And then we’re going to have some tough choices to make as a country. https://t.co/8i1ZUi4kIT— Adam Jentleson (@AJentleson) May 23, 2018
Still very few considering the illegitimacy of every EO, every law signed, every administrative rule, every appointment (including Gorsuch). Do these judges just get to stay there for decades even though they were appointed by someone who would not have won w/out Russian help? https://t.co/fuSwhTC0gX
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) May 24, 2018
Seriously, I can’t get over this point. Trump spent that much effort freeing three US hostages from N Korea, but he now cancels WITH AMERICANS STILL IN NORTH KOREA NOW. What a fucking heartless moron.
— T.K. of AAK! (@AskAKorean) May 24, 2018
re: #139 LastYearsMan
Yes, Trump is a heartless moron. But let’s not forget that he is an absolute moron about everything.
Trump is a know-nothing of epic proportions.— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) May 24, 2018
Michael Cohen Prison Oddsmaker For May 23, 2018: Today’s Chances Are LOL!
https://t.co/pq9Sydu2we by @commiegirl1— Wonkette (@Wonkette) May 24, 2018
The Freepers are peddling the line that the canceled NK/US talks is a master stroke of deal making by Donnie.
smh
Malcolm @MalcolmNance just suggested co-opting Spygate as it absolutely describes what the Kremlin orchestrated in 2016. Quite brilliant, actually.
— AlwaysAFedcase (@ChristinLuvsSno) May 24, 2018
Now THAT is true. Let’s all use “Spygate” to describe what the Kremlin did with Trump’s approval. https://t.co/OLFIBEkyxg
— John Aravosis (@aravosis) May 24, 2018
Someone posted a message at HuffPost saying any hope for a summit was scuppered by Bolton’s “Libya model” gaffe.
Seems plausible to me.
re: #96 wheat-dogg
On the bright side, canceling the summit means Trump can’t screw it up and give North Korea whatever it asks for.
On the dark side, John Bolton is going to want to bomb something. But with the test site gone, what would he bomb?
re: #144 Scout
Someone posted a message at HuffPost saying any hope for a summit was scuppered by Bolton’s “Libya model” gaffe.
Seems plausible to me.
Qadaffi, duck!
re: #141 Anymouse 🌹
I wish I could take credit for this, but alas, a Redditor came up with it:
(to the tune of ‘Hotel California’)
On a dark Russian highway, cool wind in my “hair”
Warm smell of paid coitus, rising up through the air
The hookers stood in the doorway;
I heard the dinner bell
And I was thinking to myself
‘This could be KFC or Taco Bell’
Then she pissed on the bedspread and she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor,
I thought I heard them say
“Welcome to the Hotel Mar a Lago”
I guess Big Biz wanted the traitor in chief to get his Nobel Peace Prize. NK summit off - Stocks fall off cliff. Maybe he can send jared back to the Middle East & get his prize that way. @realDonaldTrump Maybe if U ask nicely President Obama will let you see and hold his!
— Bruce Resch (@Reschzoo) May 24, 2018
re: #142 b.d. (Witch Hunt!!)
The Freepers are peddling the line that the canceled NK/US talks is a master stroke of deal making by Donnie.
smh
“Slitting Melania’s throat on live tv will sure piss those libs off.”
re: #138 MsJ
This is precisely my question.
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Yeah I don’t know what we’re going to do either. Agh this sucks so much.
re: #145 Big Beautiful Door
On the dark side, John Bolton is going to want to bomb something. But with the test site gone, what would he bomb?
Pyongyang.
re: #145 Big Beautiful Door
On the dark side, John Bolton is going to want to bomb something. But with the test site gone, what would he bomb?
Iran. Bolton’s wet dream.
re: #144 Scout
Someone posted a message at HuffPost saying any hope for a summit was scuppered by Bolton’s “Libya model” gaffe.
Seems plausible to me.
North Korea’s vice Foreign Minister specifically cited Bolton’s statement.
It was not a gaffe. Gaffes are accidental.
BREAKING: Trump cancels summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, saying “if he wants to talk, he needs to show he’s serious, like the Chinese with their $500 million for me or Qatar with their billion for Jared.”
— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) May 24, 2018
re: #142 b.d. (Witch Hunt!!)
The Freepers are peddling the line that the canceled NK/US talks is a master stroke of deal making by Donnie.
smh
Canceling the Summit you arranged to own the libs.
re: #145 Big Beautiful Door
On the dark side, John Bolton is going to want to bomb something. But with the test site gone, what would he bomb?
Surely, NK must have hospitals and day care centers.
.@EPAScottPruitt may have barred my office from attending the @EPA’s #PFAS summit, but he can’t silence me or my constituents.
The public has a right to know what is happening inside their government. https://t.co/PgGiGN4jfO— Rep. Dan Kildee (@RepDanKildee) May 24, 2018
re: #138 MsJ
This is precisely my question.
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Yes, they do stay. Trump was selected by a majority of the electors, and he is the President, for better or worse (worse, of course), at least until he is removed or his term ends.
re: #142 b.d. (Witch Hunt!!)
The Freepers are peddling the line that the canceled NK/US talks is a master stroke of deal making by Donnie.
smh
Master stroke, huh? By even agreeing to meet at all, it gave Kim legitimacy. This is a victory in every sense for NK.
And that letter to Kim? Sweet jeebus.
This is the idiocy we are dealing with.
Because they weren’t conspiring with Russian agents, Matt
— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) May 23, 2018
Actually Hillary is the only one so far proven to have conspired with the Russians. https://t.co/SlOlXgpY1E
— Robert Meyne (@RobMeyne) May 24, 2018
HA!
Back to whose nuclear button is bigger: “You talk about your nuclear capabilities, but ours are so massive and powerful that I pray to God they will never have to be used,” Trump tells Kim in letter.
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) May 24, 2018
On the bright side, there were no spelling errors. https://t.co/WQKBcDo2IC
— Ron Perlman (@perlmutations) May 24, 2018
re: #142 b.d. (Witch Hunt!!)
The Freepers are peddling the line that the canceled NK/US talks is a master stroke of deal making by Donnie.
smh
Now Kim will come begging The Donald for a Summit at any price! Masterstroke in the Art of the Deal!//
re: #97 The Vicious Babushka
Well, what are they going to do now with all the souvenir coins and shit?
Maybe they’ll be worth more now?
re: #161 gocart mozart
This is the idiocy we are dealing with.
I missed that. When? And if you bring up Uranium, you have to show that she participated in the talks, since it’s known she didn’t.
Good morning
Cover of Michelle Obama’s book - out this fall. pic.twitter.com/iq5UAZtLN9
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) May 24, 2018
South Korea’s presidential Blue House seems blind-sided by Trump’s cancelation of the summit: “We are attempting to make sense of what, precisely, President Trump means,” says spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom.
— Anna Fifield (@annafifield) May 24, 2018
re: #166 Stanley Sea
Good morning
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Good for her. Are wingnuts going to protest reading now ? :) because she got a book.
Sounds familiar.
South Korea’s presidential Blue House seems blind-sided by Trump’s cancelation of the summit: “We are attempting to make sense of what, precisely, President Trump means,” says spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom.
— Anna Fifield (@annafifield) May 24, 2018
re: #148 MsJ
I cannot remember a time when the world markets were so volatile. Even in major recessions the volatility was less than it has been for the past 12 months. Trump seems to cause a rise/fall every time he tweets. It seems insane that one person can have this type of power. I find it hard to believe that US business interests are in favor of this administration.
re: #168 HappyWarrior
Good for her. Are wingnuts going to protest reading now ? :) because she got a book.
They do that now. They hate reading unless it’s specifically conservative bullshit and then they only read the headlines.
(TBH, too many people only read headlines and accept it as god’s word.)
re: #171 fern01
I cannot remember a time when the world markets were so volatile. Even in major recessions the volatility was less than it has been for the past 12 months. Trump seems to cause a rise/fall every time he tweets. It seems insane that one person can have this type of power. I find it hard to believe that US business interests are in favor of this administration.
Don’t forget he signed a massive tax cut for them, and if the GOP can retain control of Congress, they might get another round of tax cuts next year.
re: #171 fern01
I cannot remember a time when the world markets were so volatile. Even in major recessions the volatility was less than it has been for the past 12 months. Trump seems to cause a rise/fall every time he tweets. It seems insane that one person can have this type of power. I find it hard to believe that US business interests are in favor of this administration.
They are in favor of whatever makes them money. Tax law? You betcha.
There is no concept of what that does overall to the economy. There is no concept of a strong middle class able to spend money or own houses or what have you…you know, basic economic concepts. It’s all ME and NOW and screw everything else.
re: #169 JordanRules
All 7.5 billion people on the planet ought to have learned by now to not trust Trump.
re: #159 Big Beautiful Door
Yes, they do stay. Trump was selected by a majority of the electors, and he is the President, for better or worse (worse, of course), at least until he is removed or his term ends.
It is bizarre that you could literally break the law to gain the presidency and yet
- as you say above and
- maybe even have the power to pardon yourself for that very crime
(I don’t happen to think so…that would be perverse)
re: #167 Stanley Sea
South Korea’s presidential Blue House seems blind-sided by Trump’s cancelation of the summit: “We are attempting to make sense of what, precisely, President Trump means,” says spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom./blockquote>
welcome to the club
re: #172 MsJ
They do that now. They hate reading unless it’s specifically conservative bullshit and then they only read the headlines.
(TBH, too many people only read headlines and accept it as god’s word.)
I know. I’m being a wiseass.
re: #167 Stanley Sea
South Korea will be the first to pay the price for the trump b.s. surrounding NK. They should be worried - as well as confused.
re: #173 Big Beautiful Door
Don’t forget he signed a massive tax cut for them, and if the GOP can retain control of Congress, they might get another round of tax cuts next year.
That, and he’s tearing up regulations left and right, which will allow corporations to make even more money.
Today, above anything else, Trump proved that Kim Jong Un is a more savvy and competent world leader than the current President of the United States. Congrats, master negotiator
— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) May 24, 2018
re: #176 dangerman
It is bizarre that you could literally break the law to gain the presidency and yet
- as you say above and
- maybe even have the power to pardon yourself for that very crime(I don’t happen to think so…that would be perverse)
Its never been tested in the courts because no-one, not even Nixon, ever tried to pardon themselves. Trump, of course, would do it in a New York minute.
re: #173 Big Beautiful Door
Don’t forget he signed a massive tax cut for them, and if the GOP can retain control of Congress, they might get another round of tax cuts next year.
So many large companies pay few taxes anyway - they have ways and means of “legally” avoiding same. Not knowing if and when you will be the next company to be attacked by trump should be somewhat chilling - but maybe I just live in hope that the moron loses support he thinks he has locked in.
Fire your headline writer, @axios , since almost nothing here comports with reality.
— HawaiiDelilah (@HawaiiDelilah) May 24, 2018
re: #167 Stanley Sea
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No one warned them this was coming!?
Our Ally. South Korea. Where our troops are
re: #174 MsJ
They are in favor of whatever makes them money. Tax law? You betcha.
There is no concept of what that does overall to the economy. There is no concept of a strong middle class able to spend money or own houses or what have you…you know, basic economic concepts. It’s all ME and NOW and screw everything else.
Until it’s them being screwed or losing 90% of their market value. Sad part of that is the middle class they take down with them. A society that thinks only ME and NOW is not going to survive long term - maybe that is a good thing??
re: #184 JordanRules
Please.
I’m entirely sure North Korea has another nuclear test site ready to go, or at the very least, they’re damn close to it.
re: #161 gocart mozart
This is the idiocy we are dealing with.
That meeting at Clinton Tower with the Russian reps who wanted to provide dirt on DJT was a bruiser. And then President Hillary lied and said it was about “adoptions”.
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re: #185 dangerman
No one warned them this was coming!?
Our Ally. South Korea. Where our troops are
You see, that’s what happens when a mercurial autocrat is in charge.
just your typical gun rights advocacy pic.twitter.com/Gv0zvbwN7J
— Brandt (@UrbanAchievr) May 23, 2018
re: #161 gocart mozart
Actually Hillary is the only one so far proven to have conspired with the Russians.
Because they weren’t conspiring with Russian agents, Matt
— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) May 23, 2018
— Robert Meyne
But if DJT did conspire, collude with, Russians, that would have been fine, too. Not illegal. Not a crime.
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re: #182 Big Beautiful Door
Its never been tested in the courts because no-one, not even Nixon, ever tried to pardon themselves. Trump, of course, would do it in a New York minute.
True
And I do make the distinction that Nixon would have bgeen for crimes while in office. A different kettle of fish than “stealing” the actual election then usinf the pardon power you “illegally,” obtained and don’t shouldn’t have a legitimate right to
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if only someone with experience at international diplomacy had been on the ballot and received most of the votes pic.twitter.com/K4laYxG6kn
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 24, 2018
Aw man.
16 women come forward to allege sexual harassment by Morgan Freeman https://t.co/M0nLysSE0E
— Sam Stein (@samstein) May 24, 2018
pence’s feelings are so delicate.
Flynn lies to him and Flynn is fired, NK says mean things about him and the “summit” is canceled.
Poor little snowflake.
re: #191 JordanRules
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You guys do know that you support Trump who claimed he was Swedish rather than German for years, right? Elizabeth Warren believed an old family myth to be true. And BTW what the hell does this shit have to do with guns? Oh I get, you’re just a bunch of sutpid right wing hacks who care only about aiding the far right.
re: #197 HappyWarrior
…Trump who claimed he was Swedish rather than German for years…
Honestly, I’d never heard of that.
What a bizarre and utterly trivial thing to lie about. But then again, it’s Trump we’re talking about, so I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised.
Off-topic: My insurance company just called. They are fine with the roofer’s assessment of the tornado damage to our house. They will not require a second opinion.
(Moreover, the roofer is local, so they know who to go after. That said, they’ve worked with that company before and are satisfied with their work and prices.)
The weirdest part of this great George Conway profile is that he became disillusioned by Trump’s handling of DOJ after winning. Did he not listen to anything he said in the campaign? https://t.co/9WRhnRORoc
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) May 24, 2018
he meant to trash the north korea summit. his twitter typos are part of a grand plan. honestly, its like watching branch davidians justify david koresh. this is a cult, and its spreading.
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 24, 2018
“Trump triggered a global nuclear war as part of his long-view strategic approach. The rise of the Lizard People was expected, and in fact is welcomed.”
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 24, 2018
re: #200 Anymouse 🌹
Off-topic: My insurance company just called. They are fine with the roofer’s assessment of the tornado damage to our house. They will not require a second opinion.
(Moreover, the roofer is local, so they know who to go after. That said, they’ve worked with that company before and are satisfied with their work and prices.)
That’s fabulous! When are they going to get the repair work done?
Trump’s #NorthKoreaSummit commemorative coin is now a “Deal of the Day” at the White House Gift Shop. h/t @typingelbow pic.twitter.com/QaHyAnyl9B
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) May 24, 2018
re: #202 JordanRules
Oh, Trumpism certainly is a cult.
His followers hang on every word and justify his every deed. Their spray-tanned Messiah is not to be questioned.
re: #199 Dr Lizardo
Honestly, I’d never heard of that.
What a bizarre and utterly trivial thing to lie about. But then again, it’s Trump we’re talking about, so I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised.
There was a Hogan’s heroes episode where they capture one of the Nazi generals in uniform. He realizes he is screwed and he says “I am Swiss.. I have always been Swiss. I will always be Swiss” all in that German accent
re: #206 dangerman
There was a Hogan’s heroes episode where they capture one of the Nazi generals in uniform. He realizes he is screwed and he says “I am Swiss.. I have always been Swiss. I will always be Swiss” all in that German accent
There was a similar issue with Alsatians and Saarlanders soldiers from the German-speaking border provinces of France. The population doubled with German claiming they were from there so they could be released from Allied prison camps and repatriated,
re: #207 b.d. (Witch Hunt!!)
I almost want one of those coins now…
I’m telling y’all
Scarce quantity
Watch the price go up
Then trump sees this and floods the market with thousands more
And the price plummets like a sheep in a tree trying to fly
Want. pic.twitter.com/f5FbqPMQYG
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) May 24, 2018
This will go down as the “Mission Accomplished” banner of the Trump Administration. https://t.co/u0zQmhLvee
— mieke eoyang (@MiekeEoyang) May 24, 2018
— darth™ (@darth) May 24, 2018
re: #204 JordanRules
Trump’s #NorthKoreaSummit commemorative coin is now a “Deal of the Day” at the White House Gift Shop.
re: #203 MsJ
That’s fabulous! When are they going to get the repair work done?
I have to give a call back to the roofing company to get it scheduled.
re: #199 Dr Lizardo
Honestly, I’d never heard of that.
What a bizarre and utterly trivial thing to lie about. But then again, it’s Trump we’re talking about, so I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised.
It’s even more absurd since Trump certainly would have known his grandfather was German.
re: #201 MsJ
From the article:
By keeping its collective mouth shut, the Federalist Society—a nationwide network of conservative lawyers with its power base in D.C.—has amassed huge influence in the Trump administration, essentially hand-selecting not only Gorsuch but recruiting ultraconservative judges to fill vacancies on appellate courts on down. It’s a status the organization does not want to jeopardize through rash tweets or the signing of petitions that might make one feel good on issues that matter less to them than a complete reorientation of the federal bench.
The executive vice president of the Federalist Society, Leonard Leo, has called around to prominent lawyers and funders in town, warning them not to get on the wrong side of the Trump administration, according to a source who was briefed on the calls. After all, Leo expects to play a lead role in at least one more Supreme Court pick during Trump’s tenure. (Leo did not return calls for comment.)
At times, the society has even broken with the mainstream of the conservative legal establishment in its effort to stand with the administration. On Friday, for instance, the Federalist Society is hosting a call “examining the legality of the Mueller Investigation.” The featured speaker is Steven Calabresi, a law professor and co-founder of the organization who has argued that Mueller’s probe is unconstitutional. Calabresi also happens to be a friend of Conway’s—it’s a small, Federalist Society world, after all.
….
“This is not Mary Matalin and James Carville,” said former Harvard University Law professor Alan Dershowitz, a lifelong Democrat who has become one of Trump’s main legal defenders on cable news. “These are both conservative Republicans. One of them has a job to do, and she has to only say positive things. He doesn’t have a job to do. Each one has to be judged by the job, and the context. I could see someone saying, ‘My wife does this, so I’m going to keep my mouth shut.’ But he’s not that kind of guy.”
Dershowitz doesn’t know George Conway personally, only by way of reputation. But as someone with a similar contrarian streak, Dershowitz said he understands why George Conway can’t just shut up. “I have friends who say, ‘Everything you say is right, but you should shut the fuck up,’” said Dershowitz. “The answer to that is, people like Conway and me, we can’t. Part of being married is being an independent person.”
How do you stay married to someone like that? I can’t even imagine remaining married to someone who could vote for trump. While I love my husband, I would have divorced him for it would have shown that our values are completely at odds with each other. That’s not something I could live with.
re: #204 JordanRules
God help me…I almost want to get one.
As the parent of a three year-old I’m very familiar with the idea of offering exuberant praise for banal accomplishments but it’s legitimately odd how many people want to apply that philosophy to the President of the United States.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) May 24, 2018
Transcript of my exclusive interview with @ArmsControlWonk pic.twitter.com/OtZSo7MrV5
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 24, 2018
I have yet to read the letter released by the WH. I assume it is the typical jumble of nonsense
“We are attempting to make sense of what, precisely, President Trump means,” said government spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom. https://t.co/zwXySArl4T
— Catherine Valentine (@CNNValentine) May 24, 2018
What a coincidence. So are we! https://t.co/Ya03eQWqvc
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) May 24, 2018
re: #215 MsJ
From the article:
How do you stay married to someone like that? I can’t even imagine remaining married to someone who could vote for trump. While I love my husband, I would have divorced him for it would have shown that our values are completely at odds with each other. That’s not something I could live with.
I’ve heard they essentially live separate lives. That’s just the word on the curb from someone who knows someone. Not sure how true, but seems very plausible.
re: #221 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
I have yet to read the letter released by the WH. I assume it is the typical jumble of nonsense
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To sum up: Trump’s nuclear penis is much more massive than Kim’s, so he better watch himself!
re: #27 Eclectic Cyborg
What a cool image with that tweet
The Kelpies sculptures at Falkirk
They are absolutely fabulous at night.
re: #222 JordanRules
I’ve heard they essentially live separate lives. That’s just the word on the curb from someone who knows someone. Not sure how true, but seems very plausible.
Could you imagine living with, and being married to, someone who lies as easily as breathing? How could you ever trust anything - ever - that they say?
I simply cannot wrap my head around that. I just can’t.
re: #218 JordanRules
As the parent of a three year-old I’m very familiar with the idea of offering exuberant praise for banal accomplishments but it’s legitimately odd how many people want to apply that philosophy to the President of the United States.
a bit OT, but as a parent, I find that kids do not need praise, just recognition:
“Wow! You drew a house, and there’s smoke coming out the chimney and blue flowers just like the ones mommy’s garden!” rings better than any praise in their little ears.
Sr. Admin. Official tells me:
1- door is still open to talks if conditions change.
2- insult of Pence was proximate cause of cancellation.
3- however, concerns were growing prior to insult about distance apart on key issues. #NorthKoreanSummit— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) May 24, 2018
Insult of Pence! https://t.co/5eB1n0FAOB
— John Aravosis (@aravosis) May 24, 2018
Can someone explain to me why Alan Dershowitz is important?
I missed this part :
North Korea BLASTS Mike Pence as a ‘political DUMMY’
Choe (an NK dipomat) said:
I cannot suppress my surprise at such ignorant and stupid remarks gushing out from the mouth of the US vice president” and called Pence a “political dummy”
.
Oy.
NK officials didn’t give any official comment, but immediately got up and left, right after @willripleyCNN read them the letter from POTUS canceling the summit. This happened on the train following dismantling of nuclear test site.
— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) May 24, 2018
The letter seems to have been released without first informing the NKs. Big, needless, mistake. https://t.co/dNa8oRWNog
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 24, 2018
re: #226 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
a bit OT, but as a parent, I find that kids do not need praise, just recognition:
“Wow! You drew a house, and there’s smoke coming out the chimney and blue flowers just like the ones mommy’s garden!” rings better than any praise in their little ears.
Interesting theory.
re: #228 Anymouse 🌹
Can someone explain to me why Alan Dershowitz is important?
Well, see…uhm…actually…
Nope. Sorry.
re: #226 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
a bit OT, but as a parent, I find that kids do not need praise, just recognition:
“Wow! You drew a house, and there’s smoke coming out the chimney and blue flowers just like the ones mommy’s garden!” rings better than any praise in their little ears.
“… just like the one’s in Mommy’s garden!” is praise for a toddler. Toddlers idolize their parents, so to be compared to a parent is great praise.
re: #231 JordanRules
Interesting theory.
proven in real life. my kids are proud of their accomplishments and appreciate praise but do not require it
re: #228 Anymouse 🌹
Can someone explain to me why Alan Dershowitz is important?
You mean, apart from having at one time been tagged as a liberal, and now being happy to serve on Fox News as ‘Even The Liberal Alan Dershowitz”?
Disclaimer, on White House Gift Shop website, for those who ordered $24.95 Trump-Kim summit coins. pic.twitter.com/zlrfFUJINX
— Steve Inskeep (@NPRinskeep) May 24, 2018
re: #235 Anymouse 🌹
“… just like the one’s in Mommy’s garden!” is praise for a toddler. Toddlers idolize their parents, so to be compared to a parent is great praise.
exactly, but it does not involge gushing about how wonderful or special it all is…
re: #226 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
a bit OT, but as a parent, I find that kids do not need praise, just recognition:
“Wow! You drew a house, and there’s smoke coming out the chimney and blue flowers just like the ones mommy’s garden!” rings better than any praise in their little ears.
re: #225 MsJ
Could you imagine living with, and being married to, someone who lies as easily as breathing? How could you ever trust anything - ever - that they say?
I simply cannot wrap my head around that. I just can’t.
The first casualty of any definition of morality is truth
re: #228 Anymouse 🌹
Can someone explain to me why Alan Dershowitz is important?
Because he is a “liberal” which insulates him from being accused of naked partisanship in defending Trump.
re: #99 ObserverArt
But what about The Nobel???
Can they take it back?
Heh.
He’s still up for the No Bail prize.
Ex-Trump aide: “Who’s the idiot” who ordered commemorative coins for cancelled Trump-North Korea summit? https://t.co/tIjZnf5wTf pic.twitter.com/dDUS6jsmIT
— The Hill (@thehill) May 24, 2018
re: #227 MsJ
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“We were prepared and planned this all along,”
re: #237 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
proven in real life. my kids are proud of their accomplishments and appreciate praise but do not require it
Cool!
re: #245 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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The idiot you thought was going to be a good President and that you worked for?
— David Alan Brass (@DavAlan57) May 24, 2018
re: #239 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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The theme is “coming closer to peace” and here’s the coin that proves I did so I still deserve the nobel
Trump’s bluster about how “massive” his penis nuclear force is misses a major point that Kim is well aware of. Kim doesn’t need thousands of missiles to deter us. If he has a handful of ICBMs that can hit Chicago, Seattle and Honolulu, he’s got all the deterrence he needs to defend himself from a US attack, regardless of how many times we can make the rubble of Pyongyang bounce.
re: #230 MsJ
The letter seems to have been released without first informing the NKs. Big, needless, mistake.
Playing to the cheap seats.
They really have no clue at all how to conduct foreign policy. They did this to impress the rubes.
re: #239 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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Well, at least somebody at the WH is on-the-ball enough to put a positive spin on the cancelled-summit crap show. Typical, though, that it seems to be the gift-shop manager….
Ivanka?
I asked @SpeakerRyan if he has any concerns at all that @realDonaldTrump is doing lasting damage to FBI or DOJ
No, he said— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) May 24, 2018
Refusing to protect the institutions and heroes who defend America every day may end up being Paul Ryan’s most lasting legacy. @FBI @TheJusticeDept https://t.co/JwimvY6cxy
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) May 24, 2018
Good!
Pelosi says Adam Schiff will be attending both DOJ meetings today
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) May 24, 2018
re: #245 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Ex-Trump aide: “Who’s the idiot” who ordered commemorative coins for cancelled Trump-North Korea summit?
Why, the idiot in chief, of course.
re: #257 MsJ
Good!
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Well that removes one layer of my gastrointestinal nervousness today.
I am in Seoul this week, meeting with our allies. I can report that this announcement takes ROK COMPLETELY by surprise. They had NO INKLING that Trump was about to pull the plug on the summit. So once again, damage done (serious harm) to US credibility as an ally.
— Frank Jannuzi (@FrankJannuzi) May 24, 2018
re: #256 JordanRules
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Who knew that an Ayn Rand fan boy would be such a douchebag. Who I ask oyu.
OK, this is something
This is a very odd letter on a critical issue .
1.@realDonaldTrump says he’s decided the summit can’t take place now then adds that if #KimJongUn changes his mind, he should call or write. Change his mind on what since Trump cancelled it? pic.twitter.com/NOPpojegJR— Rob Malley (@Rob_Malley) May 24, 2018
re: #260 JordanRules
“Vlad, did I do it properly?”
“Yes, Donnie, yes you did.”
Below is a motion we will be filing shortly seeking to lift the stay in light of the conduct/statements by Mr. Trump and Mr. Giuliani. It is now clear that Mr. Cohen’s invocation of the 5th Amend has no bearing on our ability to depose Mr. Trump. #Bastahttps://t.co/sTw2eYu4gU
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) May 24, 2018
re: #259 CongoJack
Well that removes one layer of my gastrointestinal nervousness today.
I will remove that layer after it happens.
Off-topic: With the green light from my insurance company, I made the call to the roofing company to schedule the work. (Got their answering machine … they’ve been pretty busy since May 10.)
Heh.
The Trump-NoKo Summit coin is now the Chuck E. Cheese token of presidential keepsakes. pic.twitter.com/SDqMNwAPEU
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) May 24, 2018
Read @nktpnd on the chain reaction: Bolton, Trump, Pence, North Korea, and now Trump’s letter. https://t.co/2Nu36E9fAC via @thedailybeast pic.twitter.com/yVijYdAqCL
— Jeffrey Prescott (@jeffreyprescott) May 24, 2018
re: #268 makeitstop
Heh.
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The latter is worth more. You can still use that Chuck E Cheese token in Sheboygan to play skeeball.
He can’t answer cause he has no idea.
Pompeo declines to say whether the US gave South Korea and Japan advance warning that POTUS was backing out of the summit.
— Nicholas Wadhams (@nwadhams) May 24, 2018
Goat rodeo!
Transcript of my exclusive interview with @ArmsControlWonk pic.twitter.com/OtZSo7MrV5
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 24, 2018
TBH, I’d probably pay money to see a goat rodeo.
re: #228 Anymouse 🌹
Can someone explain to me why Alan Dershowitz is important?
He’s the unquestioned master of appellate hearings; he can find the tiniest little nit-picky procedural reasons for throwing out a verdict.
re: #273 makeitstop
Goat rodeo!
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TBH, I’d probably pay money to see a goat rodeo.
Id go even lower to ‘mutton bustin’ (where in cartoons the kids ride sheep in a rodeo for the bemusement of the adults).
re: #272 JordanRules
He can’t answer cause he has no idea.
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Exactly; Pompeo most likely has no idea whatsoever. This is a goddamn clownshow being run by a mercurial autocrat who possesses all the maturity of an ill-tempered toddler.
Worth remembering that in Trump’s world, a canceled meeting sometimes still happens. He canceled and then uncanceled a visit to the @nytimes shortly after the 2016 election.
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) May 24, 2018
Not an expert but my feeling is these aren’t similar things https://t.co/TS4GQZkcEI
— Ian Boudreau (@iboudreau) May 24, 2018
Trump is speaking on North Korea. Calls the cancellation “a tremendous setback for North Korea, and indeed, a setback for the world.” Says the U.S. military is “ready.” Says Japan and South Korea will pay the costs of any necessary U.S. military operation.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 24, 2018
Tornado siren going off …
Tends to make me nervous now. It’s just the regular Thursday test.
“Who ever heard of a system where you put people through trials?” - The President of the United States pic.twitter.com/jsSLfmOquR
— Bobby Lewis (@revrrlewis) May 24, 2018
re: #279 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Japan and South Korea will pay all right … but not with money… .
re: #276 CongoJack
Id go even lower to ‘mutton bustin’ (where in cartoons the kids ride sheep in a rodeo for the bemusement of the adults).
It’s not just in cartoons; it’s a real thing, for kids who are too young for bull-riding.
LOL!
CNN’s Will Ripley is in North Korea and just witnessed the destruction of a nuclear site. “Being inside this country hours after they blow up the nuclear site and learning of this, it was a very awkward and uncomfortable moment.” https://t.co/MI9LeqZWLj
— Meg Wagner (@megwagner) May 24, 2018
Holy hell, he released the Dear Kim letter without getting all those American journalists out of North Korea first. https://t.co/ygBPk3iQPS
— shauna (@goldengateblond) May 24, 2018
Dear Kim, I wrote you but still ain’t callin’
I left my cell, my pager, and my home phone at the bottom
I sent two letters back in autumn, you must not-a got ‘em
There probably was a problem at the post office or somethin’
Sometimes I scribble addresses too sloppy when I jot ‘em https://t.co/9eMwhpM2MV— Charlotte Clymer🏳️🌈 (@cmclymer) May 24, 2018
re: #273 makeitstop
Goat rodeo!
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TBH, I’d probably pay money to see a goat rodeo.
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A chaotic situation, often one that involves several people, each with a different agenda/vision/perception of what’s going on; a situation that is very difficult, despite energy and efforts, to instill any sense or order into
“Management’s nuts. By the time each of them has his say and policy gets to us, it’s a goat rodeo.”
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A situation that is hopelessly fucked up. The worst of three stages of goat-ness. First is the Goat Rope, defined else where.
Then there is the utilitraian Goat Fuck. This normally requires a serious amount of work to unfuck.
A situation that is hopelessly fucked up. The worst of three stages of goat-ness. First is the Goat Rope, defined else where.
Then there is the utilitraian Goat Fuck. This normally requires a serious amount of work to unfuck.
Lastly, there is the Goat Rodeo. The worst of the three, it is beyond even profanity. It describes a situation that involves many individuals screw ups, and implies that the fuck up is already well underway, meaning that there is no hope in stopping the mess. Usually said with a defeated tone:
Yay. More golf!
Giuliani on how cancelling North Korea summit helps him on potential Trump interview w/Mueller: “Obviously, this gives us more time now to scope out whether he should do it”
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) May 24, 2018
re: #279 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Says Japan and South Korea will pay the costs of any necessary U.S. military operation
I always love this part where he sticks the knife in the back of our allies for no reason at all.
/
President Trump tells Kim that if he changes his mind about a summit, “Please do not hesitate to call me or write.”
Trump once wrote me a letter saying the same thing. I called him. He never called back. pic.twitter.com/Xgpw197UoK— Gregory Korte (@gregorykorte) May 24, 2018
Unfortunate that summit in Singapore called off, but more unfortunate if Kim Jong Un thinks @realDonaldTrump is same as dealing w/ Pres Obama. Li’l Kim needs more time at negotiating table and less time at his table at the Golden Corral.
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) May 24, 2018
Holy. Shit.
I mean, HOLY SHIT.
This tub of lard, bird-brained moron makes fun of someone else’s weight.
Holy. Fucking. Shit. https://t.co/oceXr1AM7J— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) May 24, 2018
This smells a lot like breaking up with a girl after you haven’t seen her in a few weeks and she hasn’t returned your calls or texts… But Trump canceled it? Bruh, it was effectively canceled already.
— ◈※⚄ ɐɟ ɟ oH uoΛ ⚁※◈™ (@Hoffa777) May 24, 2018
“I didn’t want to take you to the prom anyway, BITCH.” https://t.co/ERursIrsiG
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) May 24, 2018
Ryan, Nunes and Gowdy arrive at DOJ pic.twitter.com/OEzxcyjCt1
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) May 24, 2018
Rep. Adam Schiff has driven himself to DOJ for start of classified meeting pic.twitter.com/a0wKXmNKRa
— Eric Tucker (@etuckerAP) May 24, 2018
re: #287 Sir John Barron
I always love this part where he sticks the knife in the back of our allies for no reason at all.
/
There’s a reason … he’s working for his allies, which are not the same allies as our country’s.
/s not required.
“We’re gonna build that smoking crater, and Japan and South Korea are gonna pay for it!”
Trump is speaking on North Korea. Calls the cancellation “a tremendous setback for North Korea, and indeed, a setback for the world.” Says the U.S. military is “ready.” Says Japan and South Korea will pay the costs of any necessary U.S. military operation.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 24, 2018
re: #293 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Ryan, Nunes and Gowdy arrive at DOJ pic.twitter.com
— Ryan J. Reilly
Let the real witch hunt begin.
re: #292 Big Beautiful Door
Just like Mexico will pay for The Wall.
Who will pay for the commemorative coins?
I thought Ryan was skipping the ceremony for fundraising.
re: #290 MsJ
Unfortunate that summit in Singapore called off, but more unfortunate if Kim Jong Un thinks @realDonaldTrump is same as dealing w/ Pres Obama. Li’l Kim needs more time at negotiating table and less time at his table at the Golden Corral.
— Gov. Mike Huckabee
There tweet contains not one ounce of sense.
re: #298 MsJ
I thought Ryan was skipping the ceremony for fundraising.
He is skipping the second, “gang of eight” meeting.
re: #280 Anymouse 🌹
Tornado siren going off …
Tends to make me nervous now. It’s just the regular Thursday test.
Remember in the 60s when siren meant air raid then they’d blast the siren every day at noon?
re: #149 Belafon
Ummm… no. Not even as sarc, please.
re: #300 Sir John Barron
There tweet contains not one ounce of sense.
It’s Huckabee, what the fuck do you expect?
:p
re: #293 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Too bad those 3 assholes didn’t walk into a set of handcuffs.
So the Freepers have a CO branch, I see.
**LOOKING TO GET A GROUP OF THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST TOGETHER TO INVADE NORTH KOREA**
Location: P.F. Chang’s pic.twitter.com/r8VKbY5UaI— Best of Nextdoor (@bestofnextdoor) May 23, 2018
re: #302 dangerman
Remember in the 60s when siren meant air raid then they’d blast the siren every day at noon?
One damn signal I never want to hear. Nor the 30 tone 15 silence repeated one.
re: #302 dangerman
Remember in the 60s when siren meant air raid then they’d blast the siren every day at noon?
And sitting in the hall of my school with a book over my neck, away from the windows so a nuclear flash wouldn’t burn us (though the shock wave would level the school).
lol, oh Ron, don’t ever change….
As predicted, neocon warmongers have stifled the summit with Kim Jong-un: https://t.co/dvlJlo6LEz
— Ron Paul (@RonPaul) May 24, 2018
re: #306 Skip Intro
So the Freepers have a CO branch, I see.
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Macron doth protest too much.
“There is absolutely intention of creating a Paris-Moscow axis to balance Washington.”
(«Il n’est évidemment pas question d’opposer à Washington un axe Paris-Moscou»)
The word of the day (week?) re Trump is “caprices”, as in “how to deal with…”
re: #145 Big Beautiful Door
On the dark side, John Bolton is going to want to bomb something. But with the test site gone, what would he bomb?
Their breeder reactor.
The signatures match pic.twitter.com/Ddg3Oj3DIo
— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) May 24, 2018
re: #278 JordanRules
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Keep clapping Peter! TInkerbell is dying!
— Tom (@Fawkesquez) May 24, 2018
re: #278 JordanRules
A NYT reporter who’s an idiot? What a shocking surprise.
re: #316 Sir John Barron
Holy crap, he’s still alive?
Yeah this is actually the first time I’ve seen him comment on the Trump administration.
This from Week 80 is why the media should stop giving Giuliani air-time:
“Giuliani changed his position on whether Trump would speak to Mueller - telling the WSJ he opposed it, then WAPO he was for it. Giuliani later told BuzzFeed he and Trump last talked a “couple weeks ago.”— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) May 24, 2018
re: #322 Dr Lizardo
Tactical dog helmets, people! This doggo is living in the year 3126!
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re: #210 dangerman
I’m telling y’all
Scarce quantity
Watch the price go up
Then trump sees this and floods the market with thousands more
And the price plummets like a sheep in a tree trying to fly
Prices kept going up in the Beanie Baby craze. Up and up…some were limited to make them even more rare.
How much are they worth today?
— Patrick Henry Revisited at 2021 (@2021_free) May 24, 2018
Trump got no Nobel Prize but Kim got U.S. commemorative coin calling him Supreme Leader.
This is called #Winning— Mike Signorile (@MSignorile) May 24, 2018
the voices keep speaking to him…
Not surprisingly, the GREAT Men & Women of the FBI are starting to speak out against Comey, McCabe and all of the political corruption and poor leadership found within the top ranks of the FBI. Comey was a terrible and corrupt leader who inflicted great pain on the FBI! #SPYGATE
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 24, 2018
Stormy Gets Key to the City - West Hollywood, CA @StormyDaniels @WeHoCity @MichaelAvenatti @ChiChiLaRues https://t.co/ucR1GvY1qX pic.twitter.com/bgCc36GJU3
— XBIZ (@XBIZ) May 24, 2018
re: #327 Backwoods_Sleuth
the voices keep speaking to him…
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re: #327 Backwoods_Sleuth
the voices keep speaking to him…
I hate relying on the fact that the FBI is going to circle its wagons, but that’s where we are right now.
re: #228 Anymouse 🌹
Can someone explain to me why Alan Dershowitz is important?
Probably already answered….but he got a ton of mileage being part of the OJ Simpson team that got OJ off murder charges.
Trump people probably hope he can rub some of that BS magic on Trump and save his presidency.
And Fox helps keep him in the mix.
Just going to leave some tweets here, for no particular reason at all. pic.twitter.com/lLOvzBGbvk
— Centrism Fan Acct 🔹 (@Wilson__Valdez) May 24, 2018
— Centrism Fan Acct 🔹 (@Wilson__Valdez) May 24, 2018
I admire this guy’s commitment. The Peace Candidate til we die. pic.twitter.com/m9TfwozNNJ
— Centrism Fan Acct 🔹 (@Wilson__Valdez) May 24, 2018
re: #331 ObserverArt
Probably already answered….but he got a ton of mileage being part of the OJ Simpson team that got OJ off murder charges.
Trump people probably hope he can rub some of that BS magic on Trump and get save his presidency.
And Fox helps keep him in the mix.
Believe he also was Claus von Bulow’s defendant and he’s written a lot of stuff. IIRC he was a fairly decent civil libertarian prior to 9/11 and before he decided anyone who criticized Israel deserved to have their life ruined.
re: #327 Backwoods_Sleuth
Not surprisingly, the GREAT Men & Women of the FBI are starting to speak out against Comey, McCabe and all of the political corruption and poor leadership found within the top ranks of the FBI. Comey was a terrible and corrupt leader who inflicted great pain on the FBI! #SPYGATE
— Donald J. Trump
Like who?
Some senators seem unclear about what happened today.
Senator Gardner (R-CO): “I hope the North Korean people understand what Kim walked away from.”
Senator Portman (R-OH): “Given the nature of the regime it’s not surprising that they canceled.”— Conrad Chaffee (@conradchaffee) May 24, 2018
Trump: “The dialogue was good until recently.” He says he thinks he understands why, but won’t say it now, but will eventually and then someone can write it in a book.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 24, 2018
re: #335 JordanRules
Maybe Portman was talking about Trump.
re: #333 HappyWarrior
Believe he also was Claus von Bulow’s defendant and he’s written a lot of stuff. IIRC he was a fairly decent civil libertarian prior to 9/11 and before he decided anyone who criticized Israel deserved to have their life ruined.
Reversal of Fortune remains one of my all-time favorite films. Not just for Jeremy Irons’ portrayal of Claus von Bülow, but the late Ron Silver’s portrayal of Dershowitz was pretty much spot-on.
re: #274 Eventual Carrion
We all are Kim, we all are.
Your comment brings home a point.
Trump just made Kim sympathetic. He made Kim the good guy trying to negotiate.
Way to go Mr. Art of the Deal.
re: #338 Dr Lizardo
Reversal of Fortune remains one of my all-time favorite films. Not just for Jeremy Irons’ portrayal of Claus von Bülow, but the late Ron Silver’s portrayal of Dershowitz was pretty much spot-on.
Love Ron Silver. He was a great actor.
‘Brieing’ Is a New Trend Where Middle-Aged Women Eat MDMA Wrapped in Cheese (Vice, more at the link):
If you’re a middle-aged woman with a tremendous amount of disposable income, it’s so hard to be satisfied, you know? Like, how does one find fulfillment, especially in those empty hours between riding your Peloton and obsessively refreshing the New Arrivals section on the Eileen Fisher website? Apparently, the answer is drugs!
To be fair, the answer to that question is usually drugs, but instead of shaking a couple of their son’s Adderalls out into their impeccably moisturized hands, a group of upper class British women have started dosing themselves with MDMA… wrapped in cheese.
A 50-year-old, self-described businesswoman confessed to Metro that she’s started hosting MDMA parties in her London home, evenings when her friends come over and they pop party drugs that they’ve crammed into pieces of Brie. (Apparently, this woman treats her friends like they’re Cavalier King Charles Spaniels who have to be tricked into taking their heartworm pills.)
Greets and saluts from the Resistance in the NYC metro area.
Trump cancelled the summit with North Korea. He did so without consulting our allies in the region. South Korea was blindsided by the move.
South Korea’s presidential Blue House seems blind-sided by Trump’s cancelation of the summit: “We are attempting to make sense of what, precisely, President Trump means,” says spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom.
— Anna Fifield (@annafifield) May 24, 2018
Trump doesn’t consult allies or partners and just acts without any input from advisers who know anything.
He just does stuff and puts the nation at greater risk of conflict and undermines our national security. https://t.co/oWC8dNhWjg— lawhawk (@lawhawk) May 24, 2018
What a surprise.
Trump is entirely reactionary and doesn’t give any thought to the consequences of his actions.
That’s how he got into this mess in the first place, and that’s how he got to where we are now.
He acted without consulting his experts before agreeing to a summit with North Korea without getting North Korea to agree to first dismantle their nuclear program before the talks. Now, he walks away without telling South Korea first.
Trump’s foreign policy is a nonstop bulkshit dump that helps no one but our rivals and enemies while ceding US leadership on the world stage to dictators, despots, and rivals to the US.
re: #341 Anymouse 🌹
‘Brieing’ Is a New Trend Where Middle-Aged Women Eat MDMA Wrapped in Cheese (Vice, more at the link):
Sheesh, where were they during the Hacienda Nightclub era? Aka ‘Madchester’ and ‘acid house’
re: #338 Dr Lizardo
Reversal of Fortune remains one of my all-time favorite films. Not just for Jeremy Irons’ portrayal of Claus von Bülow, but the late Ron Silver’s portrayal of Dershowitz was pretty much spot-on.
I need to see that.
re: #278 JordanRules
Peter Baker ✔
@peterbakernyt
Worth remembering that in Trump’s world, a canceled meeting sometimes still happens. He canceled and then uncanceled a visit to the @nytimes shortly after the 2016 election.11:17 AM - May 24, 2018
What the hell is in the New York Times building that is causing this brain rot?
Do they not have a feel for how much they are damaging their already down in the dirt reputations? What a joke, and they have no idea they are.
Trump’s actions elevated Kim to an equal by signaling he was open to direct talks while dropping the precondition that NK first get rid of its nukes. Trump gave North Korea what it’s wanted and North Korea gave up nothing in return.
Now Trump cancels the summit and North Korea can claim that the US sabotaged the summit and that North Korea was open to talks.
Trump’s managed the triple Lindy of negotiating himself into a paper bag and being unable to extricate himself from same. He’s undermined US national security, elevated a security threat in North Korea to being a greater menace in the region, screwed our allies, and left a leadership vacuum in one fell swoop.
re: #346 lawhawk
Trump’s actions elevated Kim to an equal by signaling he was open to direct talks while dropping the precondition that NK first get rid of its nukes. Trump gave North Korea what it’s wanted and North Korea gave up nothing in return.
Now Trump cancels the summit and North Korea can claim that the US sabotaged the summit and that North Korea was open to talks.
Trump’s managed the triple Lindy of negotiating himself into a paper bag and being unable to extricate himself from same. He’s undermined US national security, elevated a security threat in North Korea to being a greater menace in the region, screwed our allies, and left a leadership vacuum in one fell swoop.
So spot on.
BREAKING: Trump writes to Kim Jong-un cancelling June 12 meeting.
“I feel it is inappropriate, at this time, to have this long-planned meeting.” pic.twitter.com/4EHv4O83JA— Ben Riley-Smith (@benrileysmith) May 24, 2018
I’ve never seen anything quite like this. Especially the “please don’t hesitate to call me if you change your mind”, which isn’t exactly the norm in Head of State communications on grave issues of peace and security… https://t.co/ljcJVxNGYS
— Peter Ricketts (@LordRickettsP) May 24, 2018
This letter will surely be studied in diplomatic academies everywhere - as an example of really bad letter-writing https://t.co/kHFHSW3TPX
— Wolfgang Ischinger (@ischinger) May 24, 2018
The chairman of the Munich Security Conference and former German diplomat on Trump letter to Kim Jong Un cancelling planned June 12 summit in Singapore: https://t.co/Yy6Sh3Nypn
— Matt Lee (@APDiploWriter) May 24, 2018
Winning!!!
re: #335 JordanRules
Some senators seem unclear about what happened today.
Senator Gardner (R-CO): “I hope the North Korean people understand what Kim walked away from.”
Senator Portman (R-OH): “Given the nature of the regime it’s not surprising that they canceled.”— Conrad Chaffee (@conradchaffee) May 24, 2018
For some reason, a bunch of Republicans think that Un canceled the NK supposed talks.
Our government is absolutely broken.
And Republicans do not care, will not act, and are abdicating their responsibility to the American people and the US Constitution. https://t.co/tCgzuxTLVR— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) May 24, 2018
HODOR!
Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize
Nobel Prze
Noel Prze
Noel Pre
Nol Pre
No Pre
No Pe
Nope— Jay Kirell (@JasonKirell) May 24, 2018
Say goodbye to the USD/JPY exchange rate, Goddammit.
re: #349 MsJ
Asian’s generally list their surname first, in his case it’s Kim, not Un.
This letter is very strange, and its implications are significant. Some thoughts:
pic.twitter.com/8p4EO76M5c — Abraham M. Denmark (@AbeDenmark) May 24, 2018
Click for the thread
2) The reason for cancelling the summit is vague. Is it because they said something mean about the Vice President, or previous statements about their (unsurprising) unwillingness to denuclearize?
— Abraham M. Denmark (@AbeDenmark) May 24, 2018
4) To my mind, them blame for killing diplomacy lies with Bolton. His talk of the “Libya Model” was (intentionally or unintentionally) the perfect way to maximize North Koren fees and spark a reaction that justified cancellation.
— Abraham M. Denmark (@AbeDenmark) May 24, 2018
6) China is likely to more openly back North Korea. Sanctions enforcement will soften, and I expect high-level contacts will continue. If US returns to talk of attach, expect Beijing to be more explicit in its willingness to intervene.
— Abraham M. Denmark (@AbeDenmark) May 24, 2018
8) Ultimately, this cannot just go back to how it was before the Winter Olympics. North Korea is in a stronger position, Kim has far more legitimacy, China is more engaged, South Korea has invested a lot into diplomacy, and the US role is more circumscribed.
— Abraham M. Denmark (@AbeDenmark) May 24, 2018
re: #333 HappyWarrior
Believe he also was Claus von Bulow’s defendant and he’s written a lot of stuff. IIRC he was a fairly decent civil libertarian prior to 9/11 and before he decided anyone who criticized Israel deserved to have their life ruined.
True, but OJ made him popular to a whole hell of a lot of America that would no absolutely nothing about what you wrote. Sadly.
re: #354 ObserverArt
True, but OJ made him popular to a whole hell of a lot of America that would no absolutely nothing about what you wrote. Sadly.
Oh yeah. O.J. made him a household name. Absolutely true.
re: #352 Belafon
Asian’s generally list their surname first, in his case it’s Kim, not Un.
Written by an American for other Americans.
I iz stupids.
re: #356 MsJ
Written by an American for other Americans.
I iz stupids.
It is confusing so I don’t blame you. When I first took Chinese history, I was confused by that as well.
re: #353 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Trump screws the diplomatic pooch.
He gives North Korea leverage they don’t deserve.
He gives them a better negotiating posture without gaining something for the US.
He gives them a better military posture than they had before.
He gives Jong Un a domestic win with treatment as an equal/parity on international stage.
He gives Jong Un a win with China, because he looks reasonable compared to Trump.
He screws South Korea and Japan, who are well within range of North Korean artillery/missiles/nukes.
Yeah, so much winning.
re: #356 MsJ
Written by an American for other Americans.
I iz stupids.
What can be fun is that they will be courteous to us Americans when they come here and swap the order for us, but then I know the rule and can’t tell if they’ve done it or not (the general rule is that the surname is short, but sometimes the first name is, too).
ROK was NOT informed in advance. They had either no notice, or virtually no notice (e.g. perhaps a phone call 1 minute in advance of public release….). This is diplomatic malpractice. THERE WAS NO REASON TO RUSH. I remind, it is 11:41 pm here….Moon had to jerk his cabinet.
— Frank Jannuzi (@FrankJannuzi) May 24, 2018
I got call from SK official who was totally blindsided. From start, Trump surprised SK at every turn, incl when he burst into aides’ meeting with SK officials in March and accepted invite to meet with Kim on spot, then sent the SK delegation into WH driveway to announce it https://t.co/J2h5pZ6sDg
— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) May 24, 2018
re: #355 HappyWarrior
Oh yeah. O.J. made him a household name. Absolutely true.
That’s where I heard of Dershowitz before. Thanks.
The below statements are not what @SecPompeo said literally just 24 hours earlier at the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing yesterday. He said the timing was right for North Korea Summit happening on June 12. https://t.co/zOOK0PvepS
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) May 24, 2018
re: #355 HappyWarrior
Oh yeah. O.J. made him a household name. Absolutely true.
Didn’t OJ also make the following go into a public light:
Kardashians (sp - I dont care to google their name).
Nancy Grace
Greta VanwhywereyouonMSNBC
Trying to think of who else was in the orbit of OJ (or his murder case) that are now nationally known.
re: #356 MsJ
Written by an American for other Americans.
I iz stupids.
I was just offering a PSA. I don’t think most Americans know it.
re: #362 Anymouse 🌹
That’s where I heard of Dershowitz before. Thanks.
I imagine that was true for most of the country. I first heard of him after 9/11 but you gotta remember I was just a kid during the O.J trial. I did remember Cochran though and Judge Ito.
re: #364 CongoJack
Didn’t OJ also make the following go into a public light:
Kardashians (sp - I dont care to google their name).
Nancy Grace
Greta VanwhywereyouonMSNBCTrying to think of who else was in the orbit of OJ (or his murder case) that are now nationally known.
Definitely the Kardashians. Not sure about Greta Van TalksLikeCheney and Nancy Grace. Can’t stand Nancy Grace. I understand why trials are personal for her given her personal experience but she has a terrible habit of prejudging people’s guilt. Not fond of Greta either.
re: #364 CongoJack
Didn’t OJ also make the following go into a public light:
Kardashians (sp - I dont care to google their name).
Nancy Grace
Greta VanwhywereyouonMSNBCTrying to think of who else was in the orbit of OJ (or his murder case) that are now nationally known.
Barry Scheck
re: #349 MsJ
Some senators seem unclear about what happened today.
Senator Gardner (R-CO): “I hope the North Korean people understand what Kim walked away from.”
Senator Portman (R-OH): “Given the nature of the regime it’s not surprising that they canceled.”
— Conrad Chaffee
So Drumpf sent NK a letter saying NK canceled the talks? Is that what these R senators are saying?
re: #366 HappyWarrior
I imagine that was true for most of the country. I first heard of him after 9/11 but you gotta remember I was just a kid during the O.J trial. I did remember Cochran though and Judge Ito.
Seconded. Think I was in 6th grade - watched the verdict in the classroom.
re: #363 jaunte
That was before the NK made drumPf send a letter canceling the summit on behalf of NK.
/
re: #366 HappyWarrior
I imagine that was true for most of the country. I first heard of him after 9/11 but you gotta remember I was just a kid during the O.J trial. I did remember Cochran though and Judge Ito.
It was only because of the film Reversal of Fortune that I first heard of Dershowitz - I wound reading the book of the same name that Dersh wrote after seeing the movie (the film is based off it).
re: #349 MsJ
Senator Portman (R-OH): “Given the nature of the regime it’s not surprising that they canceled.”
True. The Drumpf regime is quite a shambles.
re: #371 CongoJack
Seconded. Think I was in 6th grade - watched the verdict in the classroom.
Yeah I’m a few years younger. I remember it being talked about a lot. I think what I remember about Judge Ito was that he was an Asian guy with a full beard lol and of course how Johnnie later had the Chewbacca defense on South Park. The big trial I remember was the Clinton Impeachment one. That was 6th grade for me. I split with a lot of my friends in thinking Bill did not deserve to be removed from office over it. Looking back on it, I know he perjured himself but I don’t think it was right to be asking a President under oath about a consensual affair that had no exchange of money or intimidation like we do with Trump and Stormy.
re: #373 Dr Lizardo
It was only because of the film Reversal of Fortune that I first heard of Dershowitz - I wound reading the book of the same name that Dersh wrote after seeing the movie (the film is based off it).
I forget was he at Harvard or wahtever before or after RoF?
He’s such a dumbass.
Kim Jun Un, in the words of a wise man “Congratulations, you just played yourself”. Withdrawing from talks with #NKorea is 100% the right decision. #KJU doesn’t want a deal. He has deliberately sabotaged the talks over the last two weeks & was setting us up to take the blame.
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) May 24, 2018
The thing about Dershowitz is he’s not unintelligent but like so many of Trump’s apologists, he lacks any basic scruples.
Media (probably): Some people say the WH canceled the Summit. Some people say NK canceled it.
re: #368 HappyWarrior
Definitely the Kardashians. Not sure about Greta Van TalksLikeCheney and Nancy Grace. Can’t stand Nancy Grace. I understand why trials are personal for her given her personal experience but she has a terrible habit of prejudging people’s guilt. Not fond of Greta either.
Side note about Nancy Grace.
I watched her show when I was in my early 20s (when she was on HLN). And they were talking about the story when the husband on the honeymoon apparently pushed his wife off the cruise ship they were on etc etc. The thing they got stuck on was absinthe (that they were apparently drinking during this event). Nancy didn’t know what it was though she brought it up and didn’t do any research. It is the first and only time I’ve ever emailed a news show - just to tell her how horrible she was that if she was going to act smart that she should do her damn research before the show.
I cheered when Nancy was kicked off TV for being horrible.
re: #377 JordanRules
He’s such a dumbass.
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re: #364 CongoJack
Didn’t OJ also make the following go into a public light:
Kardashians (sp - I dont care to google their name).
Nancy Grace
Greta VanwhywereyouonMSNBCTrying to think of who else was in the orbit of OJ (or his murder case) that are now nationally known.
Ryan Seacrest made the Kardashians. They were peripherally attached to OJ through their dad who died.
re: #376 HappyWarrior
I forget was he at Harvard or wahtever before or after RoF?
Yeah, he was a professor at Harvard Law School during the von Bülow trial.
re: #369 Big Beautiful Door
Barry Scheck
I have a hard time giving Barry Scheck a hard time since he started the Innocence Project.
Schiff confirmed he will be at both meetings.
Pelosi pressured leadership to do so— Jeff Farias (@jefffarias) May 24, 2018
re: #380 CongoJack
Side note about Nancy Grace.
I watched her show when I was in my early 20s (when she was on HLN). And they were talking about the story when the husband on the honeymoon apparently pushed his wife off the cruise ship they were on etc etc. The thing they got stuck on was absinthe (that they were apparently drinking during this event). Nancy didn’t know what it was though she brought it up and didn’t do any research. It is the first and only time I’ve ever emailed a news show - just to tell her how horrible she was that if she was going to act smart that she should do her damn research before the show.
I cheered when Nancy was kicked off TV for being horrible.
Damn I hadn’t heard about that. Good on you writing. I can’t stand her either.
re: #385 MsJ
I have a hard time giving Barry Scheck a hard time since he started the Innocence Project.
I think the question was more or less who’s become more prominent as a result of the OJ Trial. I don’t think BBD or CJ have anything against Barry Scheck.
PornHub noted that there was a massive worldwide drop in traffic during the Royal Wedding in the United Kingdom.
Every time Cal Poly sells naming rights to one of its stadiums something like this happens.
A yacht, cocaine, prostitutes: SLO vintner’s Napa winery sued after fundraiser event
This story has everything:dope, sex, Devin Nunes, and Russians.
re: #384 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, he was a professor at Harvard Law School during the von Bülow trial.
Yeah that’s right.
re: #389 Anymouse 🌹
PornHub noted that there was a massive worldwide drop in traffic during the Royal Wedding in the United Kingdom.
Bollocks. //
re: #383 MsJ
Ryan Seacrest made the Kardashians. They were peripherally attached to OJ through their dad who died.
Ray-J and Paris Hilton made Kim and you get the rest of the klan from there.
re: #380 CongoJack
Side note about Nancy Grace.
I watched her show when I was in my early 20s (when she was on HLN). And they were talking about the story when the husband on the honeymoon apparently pushed his wife off the cruise ship they were on etc etc. The thing they got stuck on was absinthe (that they were apparently drinking during this event). Nancy didn’t know what it was though she brought it up and didn’t do any research. It is the first and only time I’ve ever emailed a news show - just to tell her how horrible she was that if she was going to act smart that she should do her damn research before the show.
I cheered when Nancy was kicked off TV for being horrible.
She is still on TV being terrible, just another show, another station.
re: #383 MsJ
Ryan Seacrest made the Kardashians. They were peripherally attached to OJ through their dad who died.
I thought their step brother Brody appearing on MTV did that.
re: #370 Sir John Barron
So Drumpf sent NK a letter saying NK canceled the talks? Is that what these R senators are saying?
Conservatives are lying to their voters. They know who cancelled the talk. They are trying to confuse the issue in the press, as propaganda is a helluva drug.
By evening it will be all across conservative social media, and probably on FOX.
re: #388 HappyWarrior
I think the question was more or less who’s become more prominent as a result of the OJ Trial. I don’t think BBD or CJ have anything against Barry Scheck.
I wasn’t meaning to imply that. The OJ lawyers did what they were supposed to do. That’s our justice system. Lawyers are supposed to provide an aggressive defense.
re: #394 JordanRules
Ray-J and Paris Hilton made Kim and you get the rest of the klan from there.
Kim became fucking famous.
re: #389 Anymouse 🌹
PornHub noted that there was a massive worldwide drop in traffic during the Royal Wedding in the United Kingdom.
I wonder about right after?
re: #394 JordanRules
Ray-J and Paris Hilton made Kim and you get the rest of the klan from there.
That’s right. I forgot about the sex tape.
re: #398 MsJ
I wasn’t meaning to imply that. The OJ lawyers did what they were supposed to do. That’s our justice system. Lawyers are supposed to provide an aggressive defense.
Oh absolutely. I don’t get why people hate defense attorneys. I know sometimes their clients are horrible people but even horrible people deserve a defense.
re: #334 Sir John Barron
Like who?
Right. Name a name
Oh I couldn’t do that
But you want to out an “informant”?
re: #396 HappyWarrior
I thought their step brother Brody appearing on MTV did that.
I am pretty sure that Jordan was right. It was the sex tape that made her famous. Then the reality show shot her into infamy.
re: #385 MsJ
I have a hard time giving Barry Scheck a hard time since he started the Innocence Project.
Not giving him a hard time; just noting that the OJ trial is what brought him national recognition. he has done great work since then.
re: #397 Anymouse 🌹
Conservatives are lying to their voters. They know who cancelled the talk. They are trying to confuse the issue in the press, as propaganda is a helluva drug.
By evening it will be all across conservative social media, and probably on FOX.
A senior official said the threat of nuclear war from North Korea in the latest statement calling Pence a dummy was the final straw for the U.S. ahead of the summit, saying it could have “never worked under these circumstances.”
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) May 24, 2018
I’m sorry but this is pretty standard North Korean rhetoric. Who knew that we had such thin skin. To advance US national security interests, you have to get down in the mud sometimes. https://t.co/7p6MQkHvlW
— Kelly Magsamen (@kellymagsamen) May 24, 2018
re: #402 HappyWarrior
Oh absolutely. I don’t get why people hate defense attorneys. I know sometimes their clients are horrible people but even horrible people deserve a defense.
That’s precisely why people hate defense attorneys.
re: #404 MsJ
I am pretty sure that Jordan was right. It was the sex tape that made her famous. Then the reality show shot her into infamy.
I think that’s correct. I just Brody being one of those MTV reality shows and my one brother and I thinking he was an obnoxious bro douche.
Trump believes that North Korea is showing “tremendous anger.” He doesn’t get that it’s just an act. They’re moving a chess piece with a straight face. They’ve done this for 60 years, the same game as their leaders change. The only emotions swirling around are his.
— JRehling (@JRehling) May 24, 2018
Damn, I’m envious of US servicemembers stationed overseas. I had no idea that shipping from APO to APO was free for them. That works out so well if you’re stationed in Japan and shipping car parts, holy crap!
re: #401 MsJ
That’s right. I forgot about the sex tape.
Yup, then of course Seacest and Kris Jenner did their thing and took it all to eleventy-billion.
Kim and Ray-J still get a fat check every year off residuals from that tape.
re: #408 MsJ
That’s precisely why people hate defense attorneys.
Exactly but someone’s gotta do it. Glad it’s not me mind you but if I were on trial for my life, I’d want to summon Clarence Darrow himself if I could.
re: #400 JordanRules
I wonder about right after?
(Xbiz is a news source on the adult film and publishing industry)
Traffic stalled by 21 percent, the adult brand said, while the U.S. saw a 6 percent drop.
“Across the U.K., traffic during the ceremony was down -21 percent in England, -19 percent in Wales, -15 percent in Scotland and -14 percent in Northern Ireland,” according to Pornhub’s Insight’s division. “Traffic remained below average throughout the rest of the day, with a further drop of -17 percent in England around 5 p.m.”
Pornhub noted it was surprised to see that France was the country with the biggest traffic drop of -23 percent during the ceremony.
“Traffic in Chile was down -20 percent, -19 percent in Italy and -18 percent in New Zealand, The Netherlands and Turkey,” Pornhub said. “Commonweath countries Australia and Canada were down -17 percent and -16 percent respectively.
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re: #409 HappyWarrior
I think that’s correct. I just Brody being one of those MTV reality shows and my one brother and I thinking he was an obnoxious bro douche.
He is also the least famous Kardashian. Even Rob gets more press.
re: #401 MsJ
That’s right. I forgot about the sex tape.
It was the sex tape that made Kim Kardashian a household name.
re: #395 Sir John Barron
She is still on TV being terrible, just another show, another station.
Damn it.
re: #412 JordanRules
Yup, then of course Seacest and Kris Jenner did their thing and took it all to eleventy-billion.
Kim and Ray-J still get a fat check every year off residuals from that tape.
No shit? I did not know that.
re: #389 Anymouse 🌹
PornHub noted that there was a massive worldwide drop in traffic during the Royal Wedding in the United Kingdom.
The British Monarchy knows how to put on a show, and with the perfect weather the scenery outside was absolutely gorgeous. Its kind of a shame there won’t be another British royal wedding for decades until Will and Kate’s kids grow up and get hitched.
[trump] I’ll get world peace and the Nobel Peace Prize if I have to nuke every country on the planet to get it! [/trump]
re: #369 Big Beautiful Door
Barry Scheck
Barry Scheck was at Cardozo law and heads the Innocence Project that uses DNA evidence to exonerate those who are incarcerated who did not commit crimes but were convicted on circumstantial evidence that didn’t include DNA testing.
re: #353 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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re: #411 electrotek
Damn, I’m envious of US servicemembers stationed overseas. I had no idea that shipping from APO to APO was free for them. That works out so well if you’re stationed in Japan and shipping car parts, holy crap!
That’s because as long as it remains within the APO/FPO system, it is not using the Post Office. The military is shipping packages using military logistics.
That said, mail ranks last on military shipments, as military needs all outrank the mail.
re: #414 Anymouse 🌹
Pornhub noted it was surprised to see that France was the country with the biggest traffic drop of -23 percent during the ceremony.
The French are known for being lovers. And the pomp and circumstance surrounding this wedding? Off. The. Charts. Why this would surprise PornHub I do not know.
re: #424 Anymouse 🌹
That’s because as long as it remains within the APO/FPO system, it is not using the Post Office. The military is shipping packages using military logistics.
That said, mail ranks last on military shipments, as military needs all outrank the mail.
There’s always tradeoffs. Especially if you’re stationed in the UK and have a Japanese car to buy parts for and have a friend or two stationed in either Okinawa or Kanagawa Prefecture to ship the parts over to you and avoid VAT charges that way.
re: #343 electrotek
Sheesh, where were they during the Hacienda Nightclub era? Aka ‘Madchester’ and ‘acid house’
They were probably there.
And now they’re 25 years older.
(p.s. Konspiracy was better than Hacienda.)
re: #427 sagehen
They were probably there.
And now they’re 25 years older.
(p.s. Konspiracy was better than Hacienda.)
Oh my, how did I ever evade Konspiracy all this time? I was always stuck in the Hacienda hype, dammit
Trump doing the important work of the day…he pardoned Jack Johnson posthumously.
re: #410 jaunte
I believe that Kim was looking for whatever it took to get out of this. But, the way Trump did it, unlike the way every other president has, he managed to give Kim enormous credibility. Now Trump looks like the fool and the US looks weakened. I bet if Kim had known insulting Pence would have ended it, NK would have done it sooner.
Sheesh…I mention the OJ trial made Dershowitz famous and ‘mouse thanks Happy and the rest move past Dershowitz and go off on the Kardashians and sex tapes.
And now we all know how Trump got elected…or something.
(Joking!)
Even coffee shop hipster liberals are marveling at President Trump’s success with North Korea
— Jacob Wohl (@JacobAWohl) April 20, 2018
Need coffee, brb
re: #422 lawhawk
Barry Scheck was at Cardozo law and heads the Innocence Project that uses DNA evidence to exonerate those who are incarcerated who did not commit crimes but were convicted on circumstantial evidence that didn’t include DNA testing.
Yes, one of the most important steps forward in criminal justice in a long time.
re: #431 ObserverArt
Sheesh…I mention the OJ trial made Dershowitz famous and ‘mouse thanks Happy and the rest move past Dershowitz and go off on the Kardashians and sex tapes.
And now we all know how Trump got elected…or something.
(Joking!)
We are people for whom multi-tasking is second nature. We can follow shallow celebrities (including our *resident) and intricate political discourse at the same time.
re: #431 ObserverArt
Sheesh…I mention the OJ trial made Dershowitz famous and ‘mouse thanks Happy and the rest move past Dershowitz and go off on the Kardashians and sex tapes.
And now we all know how Trump got elected…or something.
(Joking!)
My apologies OA. Scrolling up, it was you who first mentioned that.
re: #432 b.d. (Witch Hunt!!)
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Is this what having a lobotomy is like?
re: #425 MsJ
The French are known for being lovers. And the pomp and circumstance surrounding this wedding? Off. The. Charts. Why this would surprise PornHub I do not know.
They may be stereotyping their viewers as primarily male who wouldn’t be that interested in a wedding.
I am told by two officials that Emmet Flood and John Kelly joined the beginning of the meeting at DOJ about an FBI informant, and left after making some initial comments.
— Nicholas Fandos (@npfandos) May 24, 2018
This seems inappropriate… https://t.co/ZTbRGLw3K1
— jennifer holton (@jenniferholton7) May 24, 2018
re: #436 Skip Intro
Is this what having a lobotomy is like?
I’d say Jacob there has had a complete brainectomy.
re: #435 Anymouse 🌹
My apologies OA. Scrolling up, it was you who first mentioned that.
No need to apologize. I was just poking for fun. I was just a bit amazed at how fast it all shifted on OJ.
It does show the power of TV personality and Hollywood star reporting type shows.
But I wasn’t really kidding about “now we know how Trump got elected.”
That type of TV certainly had a whole hell of a lot to do with where we are today with Trump as the very first Cheap Celebrity President.
My puppy has decided that the place I prop my damaged leg - under my desk - is now her domain. #BostonTerrier #BossiesRule pic.twitter.com/dpzKmnhEj3
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) May 24, 2018
re: #364 CongoJack
Didn’t OJ also make the following go into a public light:
Kardashians (sp - I dont care to google their name).
Nancy Grace
Greta VanwhywereyouonMSNBCTrying to think of who else was in the orbit of OJ (or his murder case) that are now nationally known.
People v OJ Simpson: 11 TV Personalities Who Got Their Big Break Covering the Case
re: #442 Dr Lizardo
I’d say Jacob there has had a complete brainectomy.
Jacob makes some of the other young wingnuts I see like him look intelligent. Most successful business man in history? That must explain why I can find Trump steaks in my grocery store and Trump vodka at my liquor store. And the most successful diplomat hahaha. The kid needs to get off Trump’s balls for once and actually look at Trump’s record rather than being a pathetic sycophant.
re: #446 BeachDem
People v OJ Simpson: 11 TV Personalities Who Got Their Big Break Covering the Case
Lotta big names. Didn’t know that about Spitzer btw.
re: #447 HappyWarrior
He’s operating the successful rwnj enterprise: tell an obvious lie or say something ridiculous, wait for replies in protest, announce that he’s winning by triggering the libs; as a result gain followers, ad dollars, and sell a useless book or op-ed.
Emmet Flood, WH attorney dealing with the Russia probe, attended the the start of the DOJ meeting on confidential FBI source, I am told. He left meeting shortly after. He was spotted by @LauraAJarrett leaving DOJ with John Kelly
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) May 24, 2018
🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨
Holy shit. It’s confirmed.
Trump’s PERSONAL lawyer attended the classified briefing on the investigation.
This is beyond abuse of power.
It’s flat out corruption. https://t.co/yOvIk9FVf0— Zac Petkanas (@Zac_Petkanas) May 24, 2018
re: #432 b.d. (Witch Hunt!!)
Even coffee shop hipster liberals are marveling at President Trump’s success with North Korea
— Jacob Wohl (@JacobAWohl) April 20, 2018
How are people this fucking stupid and delusional and still manage to breathe on their own? https://t.co/cDOSFsz16r
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) May 24, 2018
former Dir of National Intelligence James Clapper says he’s personally concluded Russians not only influenced but DECIDED outcome of 2016 election: “80 thousand votes in 3 states” @NewsHour tonight
— Judy Woodruff (@JudyWoodruff) May 23, 2018
This staggering conclusion by nonpartisan former DNI James Clapper should be a headline as big and bold as the attack on Pearl Harbor. Instead it’s buried in an unending stream of so-called “breaking news.” https://t.co/VnAwy1lZrC
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) May 24, 2018
re: #450 MsJ
I can’t keep track of all of Donny’s lawyers. Didn’t even recognize this name.
In case you missed it: Students in Texas sent this letter to Governor Abbott. It appeared yesterday as a full page ad in the Houston Chronicle. Paige, Marcel, Madie, Sophie, Azhalia, and all the others… I’m so proud of you for standing up for what you believe in. pic.twitter.com/0Np66xb2rz
— Benjamin Hernandez (@BenjaminTX09) May 23, 2018
Reminder that Sarah Sanders said Tuesday that no WH officials would attend briefing - but it appears two did for at least part of the time: John Kelly and Flood
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) May 24, 2018
the fix is in. hey, democrats, maybe say something? https://t.co/hfEttpBAxq
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 24, 2018
re: #444 ObserverArt
No need to apologize. I was just poking for fun. I was just a bit amazed at how fast it all shifted on OJ.
It does show the power of TV personality and Hollywood star reporting type shows.
But I wasn’t really kidding about “now we know how Trump got elected.”
hat type of TV certainly had a whole hell of a lot to do with where we are today with Trump as the very first Cheap Celebrity President.
What got trump elected, and continues to this day:
59% of the population do not know that the TrumpRussia thing has garnered guilty pleas and indictments.
They are unaware.
re: #453 Sir John Barron
I can’t keep track of all of Donny’s lawyers. Didn’t even recognize this name.
He was signed on about two or three weeks ago just after Ty Cobb was shown the door (or quit…you never know with Trump).
Flood isn’t a WH official.
Flood is Trump’s personal lawyer who took over for Ty Cobb.
He’s not part of the administration or the US government. He’s trying to defend Trump against the accusations raised by the very investigation the FBI was holding the briefing on.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) May 24, 2018
re: #457 Sir John Barron
“We give you the best information we have at the time that we think you’ll put up with.”
re: #454 JordanRules
What’s the gist of the letter?
re: #456 MsJ
What got trump elected, and continues to this day:
59% of the population do not know that the TrumpRussia thing has garnered guilty pleas and indictments.
They are unaware.
Or if they are, they buy Trump’s lies about witch hunts.
re: #450 MsJ
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Maybe they showed up, the DoJ and FBI told them to get the fuck outta here, and they left? Can one wish that is what happened? I hope that is what happened instead of the nefarious thoughts.
re: #457 Sir John Barron
“OK, no WH officials would attend briefing except those two.”
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FLOOD ISN’T A WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL, HE’S TRUMP’S PERSONAL LAWYER! STUPID LIBTARD!!!
re: #462 HappyWarrior
Or if they are, they buy Trump’s lies about witch hunts.
I didn’t see the raw data behind the poll. If anyone has, please share.
re: #461 Belafon
What’s the gist of the letter?
Good gun sense advocacy, nothing that would surprise you.
re: #466 MsJ
I didn’t see the raw data behind the poll. If anyone has, please share.
Oh I’m just saying. Even some people aware of the pleas just buy Trump’s lies.
re: #463 rhuarc
Maybe they showed up, the DoJ and FBI told them to get the fuck outta here, and they left? Can one wish that is what happened? I hope that is what happened instead of the nefarious thoughts.
Or Schiff.
re: #463 rhuarc
Maybe they showed up, the DoJ and FBI told them to get the fuck outta here, and they left? Can one wish that is what happened? I hope that is what happened instead of the nefarious thoughts.
One can hope.
I do not have much hope.
re: #467 JordanRules
Good gun sense advocacy, nothing that would surprise you.
Good to see it though. Abbott needs to be defeated.
re: #467 JordanRules
Good gun sense advocacy, nothing that would surprise you.
Except doing that here in Texas is still a big deal.
re: #359 lawhawk
Trump screws the diplomatic pooch.
He gives North Korea leverage they don’t deserve.
He gives them a better negotiating posture without gaining something for the US.
He gives them a better military posture than they had before.
He gives Jong Un a domestic win with treatment as an equal/parity on international stage.
He gives Jong Un a win with China, because he looks reasonable compared to Trump.He screws South Korea and Japan, who are well within range of North Korean artillery/missiles/nukes.
Yeah, so much winning.
Any bets as to whether we look back on this day as when we started down the road to catastrophe?
re: #472 Belafon
Except doing that here in Texas is still a big deal.
There was an article in the WaPo about a high school student advocating it in Wyoming. Very brave young woman.
re: #457 Sir John Barron
“OK, no WH officials would attend briefing except those two.”
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Actual excerpt transcribed from tapping Trump’s unsecured phone.
[flood] I’m back from the meeting [/flood]
[trump] Do they know about the dead Moscow hookers? [/trump]
[flood] They mentioned some St. Petersburg ones [/flood]
[trump] But not any Moscow ones? [/trump]
three suspected shoplifters drive away to escape the cops, the cops fire into the car (at *shoplifters*) and kill one of the suspects, at which point they arrest the two others for felony murder https://t.co/MX0wBFV9GJ
— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) May 24, 2018
The only thing missing from Dotard’s embarrassing letter is:
“P.S. I miss you. Please reconsider taking me back. xoxoxox”
re: #477 b.d. (Witch Hunt!!)
lol, has Flood quit yet?
Need a few angry tweets by King Orange saying how happy he is with his team of lawyers first.
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re: #476 MsJ
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A teenager tried as an adult under Alabama’s accomplice liability law was sentenced to 65 years in prison Thursday after rejecting an earlier plea… https://t.co/kTSgmB3aLJ
— PrisonReformMovement(#August21) (@PrisonReformMvt) April 6, 2018
re: #476 MsJ
As they were driving away.
Silva’s family has questioned why he was shot. The Orlando Police Department has a policy against firing into vehicles, though police Chief John Mina has said he believed the officers were in fear for their lives when they opened fire.
Fucking police and their Get Out Of Murder card.
re: #482 MsJ
As they were driving away.
Fucking police and their Get Out Of Murder card.
Justified if he was driving directly at them. But forgive me for being highly skeptical of cops’ self-serving statements.
Oh no Lennox and Sly. Don’t inhale the sulfur.
“We righted a wrong,” said @POTUS of his pardon. “Jack Johnson was not treated fairly and we have corrected that.” pic.twitter.com/5XFWlGkzgQ
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) May 24, 2018
daily reminder: “spy” brigade (Gowdy, Nunes etc) same misfits who ran Benghazi charade.
what did they learn from Benghazi charade? there’s ZERO downside to lying, fabricating, making stuff up.
DC press will ALWAYS take them seriously— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) May 24, 2018
We’re a year and a half into Trump’s administration and he hasn’t accomplished a single thing which benefits the country.
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 24, 2018
And you’ll just report it without any corroboration, right?
— Daily Trix (@DailyTrix) May 24, 2018
You have GOT to be kidding me.
Trump threatens war against North Korea — and says South Korea and Japan will pay for it https://t.co/gJjMirTazy
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) May 24, 2018
re: #479 Big Beautiful Door
Its not the shoplifters who should be charged with murder.
But the officers feared for their lives according to the chief, and wtf is “resisting arrest without violence?” They shoplifted clothes from Marshall’s (probably some on sale Ivanka crap) and now they’re not sure the value of what was shoplifted rises to the grand theft level to even make it a felony. What a total load of crap.
re: #465 b.d. (Witch Hunt!!)
Remember when dems got in trouble for “massaging” the truth?
This isn’t massaging the truth.
This is murder on 5th Avenue with the applause and delight of the Fox crowd.
re: #451 MsJ
I would say this has to be a Poe, but I know it isn’t.
I’m guessing Flood left because with Nunes present, Flood was surplus to requirements.
Or, alternatively, he wanted to make sure that Nunes would take good notes.
re: #483 Big Beautiful Door
Justified if he was driving directly at them. But forgive me for being highly skeptical of cops’ self-serving statements.
Here is video of the incident. He wasn’t driving at them, but one of the cops almost got crushed against another car as he tried to pull away.
WATCH: Tapper lists conspiracy theories promoted by Trump: “I could go on, but this is just an hour show” https://t.co/dkNseP7wZQ pic.twitter.com/cjSKPfUdBZ
— The Hill (@thehill) May 24, 2018
re: #488 MsJ
You have GOT to be kidding me.
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I used to just be every damn day. Now it’s dozens of time every damn day.
o.O
Jeffrey Epstein: https://t.co/8t12X3OQue
— FBI Records Vault (@FBIRecordsVault) May 24, 2018
Interesting timing on this tweet, FBI… https://t.co/sPhuwpjNkL
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) May 24, 2018
re: #473 Scottish Dragon
Any bets as to whether we look back on this day as when we started down the road to catastrophe?
There is only one date and it covers all.
November 8, 2016
re: #494 jaunte
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Some of these really aren’t even conspiracy theories. They’re made up bullshit that he says to go after his critics. He has no moral compass at all.
re: #496 Interesting Times
Avenatti may have more on that DVD.
re: #497 ObserverArt
There is only one date and it covers all.
November 8, 2016
Yep. Worst decision we’ve ever made collectively as a nation. I wear my Don’t Blame Me shirt with pride.
re: #431 ObserverArt
Sheesh…I mention the OJ trial made Dershowitz famous and ‘mouse thanks Happy and the rest move past Dershowitz and go off on the Kardashians and sex tapes.
And now we all know how Trump got elected…or something.
(Joking!)
Another Dershowitz connection not mentioned yet: Rage “Dersh Was My Mentor” Furby.
Russian armed forces were directly responsible for shooting down MH17. A war crime based on an illegal incursion into a sovereign neighbour’s territory. https://t.co/p165vppAAJ
— David Aaronovitch (@DAaronovitch) May 24, 2018
It’s taken four years for much of the world to speak this plain truth about the murder of 298 civilians by Putin’s invading forces in Ukraine. Now what will be done? Another four years to think about it? https://t.co/SEMi6v8HXX
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) May 24, 2018
I did not watch this originally, but saw it replayed last night on MSNBC’s 11th hour.
Pretty good righteous rant from Chris “Tweety” Matthews. I guess this was the close of Hardball last night.
. @realDonaldTrump is praising the new NFL policy that bans kneeling during the national anthem.
He also says ‘maybe you shouldn’t be in the country’ if you don’t stand for the anthem.
Full update: https://t.co/14OGY65J1S pic.twitter.com/tX6umiCL0y— AP NFL (@AP_NFL) May 24, 2018
The NFL’s new anthem policy prompted one critic to call it ‘white supremacy’ and a bid to silence the voices of black athletes. Player reaction was decidedly mixed.
More from @jessejholland: https://t.co/lfRFcFC6tp pic.twitter.com/M31nLjOx48— AP NFL (@AP_NFL) May 24, 2018
re: #502 Backwoods_Sleuth
Another Dershowitz connection not mentioned yet: Rage “Dersh Was My Mentor” Furby.
That’s right.
re: #505 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Freedom of speech. I know you wouldn’t understand, Donald since you learned civics from Putin.
Gaetz is Rep for the Fla 1st known by locals in the Panhandle as LA, Lower Alabama or the Redneck Riviera. The reddest district in the US. Gerrymandered district ensures reelection. Brought White Supremicist to the State Of The Union.
— Bill Spilman (@wrs_willoughby) May 24, 2018
Yes, Bill, I know. I FUCKING LIVE HERE. https://t.co/C1Z3pQKPWF
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) May 24, 2018
Dear You,
I’m breaking up with you.
If you decide you weren’t going to break up with me, call me and we can try again. Really we can.
But, yeah, I’m breaking up with you.
XXXXXOOOO
Me— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) May 24, 2018
re: #508 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Gaetz isn’t that old. He can sign up still. He’s younger than Jimmy Stewart was when he enlisted I believe.
BREAKING: Trump replaces Kim with Trump on redesigned peace talks challenge coin https://t.co/6ElhCwEGUo pic.twitter.com/5xh3RFONDC
— Duffel Blog (@DuffelBlog) May 24, 2018
What is going on today - the lawlessness, the chaos, the foreign policy danger, is the fault of the party running the government. It is NOT one of those “my goodness Washington is so dysfunctional!” situations.
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) May 24, 2018
re: #512 JordanRules
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I really like this Senator. Good to see he’s part of the leadership.
Sure, so you can formulate a good bullshit excuse for it.
GRAHAM to me: “why he (the president’s lawyer - Emmet Flood) is there (in these classified briefings), I don’t know. That is a bit odd. If the president’s lawyer is there, I’d like to know why.”
— Lisa Desjardins (@LisaDNews) May 24, 2018
re: #505 Backwoods_Sleuth
For once I agree with an Eagle player.
They’re right. The league is knuckling to Trump and lying about why those protests are ongoing. They are protesting police brutality and discrimination against minorities.
They aren’t protesting the flag. They seek justice.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) May 24, 2018
I stopped watching football over CTE.
That the league shows that they’re run by a bunch of white guys who don’t want to upset the bigot in chief and will penalize players who kneel in protest of racial discrimination and police brutality only reinforces the fact that the league is in deep denial.
They deny that there are real problems in society and that the white owners don’t give a shit about the players who are majority black. They’re interchangeable cogs who can be replaced when they break down.
re: #489 BeachDem
But the officers feared for their lives according to the chief, and wtf is “resisting arrest without violence?” They shoplifted clothes from Marshall’s (probably some on sale Ivanka crap) and now they’re not sure the value of what was shoplifted rises to the grand theft level to even make it a felony. What a total load of crap.
And the $300 threshold for felony grand theft is ridiculously low; no way that should raise to a felony.
After cancellation US/North Korea summit being shopped to NETFLIX and HULU with the CW as a possible wildcard.
— Masked Scheduler (@maskedscheduler) May 24, 2018
re: #515 lawhawk
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I stopped watching football over CTE.
That the league shows that they’re run by a bunch of white guys who don’t want to upset the bigot in chief and will penalize players who kneel in protest of racial discrimination and police brutality only reinforces the fact that the league is in deep denial.
They deny that there are real problems in society and that the white owners don’t give a shit about the players who are majority black. They’re interchangeable cogs who can be replaced when they break down.
Chris Long and his brother Kyle and father Howie are good people. Kyle befriended a kid in the Chicago area who was bullied. And Chris is absolutely right that this is just about not angering Trump. I’m really disappointed by this. I know the league’s got other problems but this reinforces it.
After seeing Ohio Senator Rob Portman’s response to Trump’s letter to Kim cancelling the summit in North Korea, where Portman seemed to say North Korea cancelled, I had to once again contact ol’ Rob.
My comment is behind private tag if you want to read.
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re: #520 ObserverArt
He’s not the only one… there’s a bunch of GOPers who think North Korea who ended the summit - not Trump.
They’re substituting their own opinions for facts.
im calling fake news on Tomi Lahren getting water thrown at her.
if it was real, why didn’t she melt?
crisis actor.— m i t h (@ManInTheHoody) May 23, 2018
re: #522 lawhawk
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I like how she cries about it yet she also loves to mock “snowflakes.” I’m waiting for Tomi’s fifteen minutes to finally end. She’s one of the most useless right wing hacks out there and damn that’s saying something.
re: #515 lawhawk
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I stopped watching football over CTE.
That the league shows that they’re run by a bunch of white guys who don’t want to upset the bigot in chief and will penalize players who kneel in protest of racial discrimination and police brutality only reinforces the fact that the league is in deep denial.
They deny that there are real problems in society and that the white owners don’t give a shit about the players who are majority black. They’re interchangeable cogs who can be replaced when they break down.
I think most of the NFL and team execs agree with Trump.
re: #523 HappyWarrior
I like how she cries about it yet she also loves to mock “snowflakes.” I’m waiting for Tomi’s fifteen minutes to finally end. She’s one of the most useless right wing hacks out there and damn that’s saying something.
Being young and pretty extends her shelf life.
This is ridiculous. @SerenaWilliams is a formidable athlete (best ever!) and loving new mother. No person should ever be penalized professionally for having a child! The #WTA should change this rule immediately. #FrenchOpen.https://t.co/W5jQ5aEUXm
— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) May 24, 2018
Today is be nice to Black people day in the Trump WH.
A day after Trump signed a law greenlighting anti-Black discrimination in auto lending that Pres. Obama outlawed.
Queen Rena & working mothers don’t need someone who supports gutting the ACA & equal rights making their case. https://t.co/Xi1LNI4kqt— 🇺🇸🇭🇹 Only4RM 🇭🇹🇺🇸 (@Only4RM) May 24, 2018
All Trump had to do is wait two days. Wait just fucking two days, and all the US journos would have been come out of NK, bringing with them valuable intel about the status of the Punggye-ri nuclear testing site. Trump would have achieved the exact same thing AND got more info.
— T.K. of AAK! (@AskAKorean) May 24, 2018
re: #504 ObserverArt
I did not watch this originally, but saw it replayed last night on MSNBC’s 11th hour.
Pretty good righteous rant from Chris “Tweety” Matthews. I guess this was the close of Hardball last night.
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re: #527 JordanRules
Famous black folks be different. The rich and famous are the only people any Trump cares about.
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) May 24, 2018
Coach Dave is providing some pre-emptive cover for a massive onslaught of RWNJ terrorism.
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re: #514 JordanRules
Sure, so you can formulate a good bullshit excuse for it.
Almost got to “very concerned” there, Mister Graham.
Anyone familiar with this dolt?
Bret Weinstein describing himself as a member of the “Intellectual Dark Web” to the House Oversight Committee is one of the most embarrassing things I’ve ever seen pic.twitter.com/Gb1zizBLm2
— PeterNorway (@classiclib3ral) May 24, 2018
re: #533 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Coach Dave is providing some pre-emptive cover for a massive onslaught of RWNJ terrorism.
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This guy’s a fucking idiot.
re: #515 lawhawk
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I stopped watching football over CTE.
That the league shows that they’re run by a bunch of white guys who don’t want to upset the bigot in chief and will penalize players who kneel in protest of racial discrimination and police brutality only reinforces the fact that the league is in deep denial.
They deny that there are real problems in society and that the white owners don’t give a shit about the players who are majority black. They’re interchangeable cogs who can be replaced when they break down.
I am an auto racing fan, but I have never been a big NASCAR stock car racing fan.
In the 90s NASCAR grew to huge ratings and attendance. They even caught the attention of GW Bush who campaigned to get the votes of the NASCAR dads. They couldn’t enlarge facilities enough. Areas around the tracks were able to charge ridiculous hotel rates and raise costs in the area for things like gas and food. They couldn’t sell NASCAR rated crap fast enough.
And then they started to mess with their product. They changed rules to what amounted to Pro Wrestling BS. Then the economy took a downturn and people no longer could afford all those high prices.
Today…NASCAR has a hard time getting their venues 1/4 full in attendance. Their TV viewings are way down.
It has recently been stated the France family (owners of NASCAR and a lot of the tracks) have it up for sale. 20 years ago they would never have considered it.
Sure the reasons are different but the outcomes may not be; the NFL is in danger of ending up like NASCAR.
The average fan may just say screw all this BS. Screw the rules changes, the costs, the politics…just screw it. And then they move on to something else.
Good luck NFL. You may have just killed a lot of your fan base. That would be Blacks and the people that are sympathetic to their kneeling stand about injustice.
Kiss Trumps ass…suffer the consequences.
And I heard yesterday; the top 50 TV markets for the NFL do not care one bit about the flag bullshit. It is the little markets in the rural states that are bitching. You gonna cater to them and Trump and make your biggest group of customers consider giving up on pro football?
You are.
re: #531 MsJ
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It’s got nothing to do with “be nice to black people”, or standing up for mothers.
It’s because Serena’s husband is CEO of Reddit.
re: #538 sagehen
It’s got nothing to do with “be nice to black people”, or standing up for mothers.
It’s because Serena’s husband is CEO of Reddit.
Aha. Good catch.
re: #538 sagehen
It’s got nothing to do with “be nice to black people”, or standing up for mothers.
It’s because Serena’s husband is CEO of Reddit.
I’m not following?
re: #538 sagehen
It’s got nothing to do with “be nice to black people”, or standing up for mothers.
It’s because Serena’s husband is CEO of Reddit.
I didn’t know that.
Reddit. That’s enough to be embarrassed about.
re: #533 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Coach Dave is providing some pre-emptive cover for a massive onslaught of RWNJ terrorism.
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Dangerous rhetoric that will lead to violence.
Gah. Today is junk mail to my business email day.
I’d shoot the fuckers who put my business email address out there if I knew who it was.
I would likely be acquitted, too.
re: #535 JordanRules
Anyone familiar with this dolt?
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“evolutionary theorist and “professor-in-exile”.
I want to know who invited him to testify.
re: #432 b.d. (Witch Hunt!!)
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Need coffee, brb
They could put the New Horizons probe into orbit around your head and find no trace of intelligent life!
— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) May 24, 2018
re: #535 JordanRules
Anyone familiar with this dolt?
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…Bari Weiss’ New York Times op-ed/fawning profile, “Meet the Renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web.” Weiss uses the nation’s paper of record to introduce audiences to a group of people whose voices are supposedly being kept out of mainstream institutions, but who for some reason I seem to hear about all the damn time.
The “intellectual dark web” is neither on the dark web nor comprised of intellectuals. It is a phrase coined by one of Peter Thiel’s deputies to describe a group of people who share the following traits in common: (1) they are bitter about and feel persecuted by Leftist Social Justice Identity Politics, which they think is silencing important truths and (2) they inhabit the internet, disseminating their opinions through podcasts, YouTube, Patreon, etc. The group includes: Eric Weinstein, the aforementioned Thiel subordinate; vacuous charlatan Jordan Peterson; cool kids’ philosopher Ben Shapiro; deferential interview host Dave Rubin; ex-neuroscientist Sam Harris; former Man Show host Joe Rogan; American Enterprise Institute scholar Christina Hoff Sommers; and former Evergreen State University professors Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying.
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Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ... Cheechako
