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just overheard 2 guys talking about superheroes and one said: “i’d be spider-man because i’d have a mask and i could do whatever the fuck i want”
buddy that’s not spider-man that’s just a mask. you can go buy a mask— normal guy, regular (@punished_picnic) June 1, 2018
glad these days are over MAGA!!!
Presidents and their administrations have been talking to North Korea for 25 years, agreements made and massive amounts of money paid……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 7, 2017
re: #2 De Kolta Chair
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I’m afraid to ask what all is going on in that cartoon. Trump looks like Caligula.
If you haven’t voted in my poll yet, please do!
How do you think Fuckface Von Clownstick and his goons disposed of Melania’s body?
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) May 31, 2018
Over $80 to go from E to F on my truck this morning
Gas prices are at crazy levels—fire Obama!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 22, 2012
Oh look at this crybaby
.@charliekirk11: “The left has killed comedy.” @WattersWorld https://t.co/4nQiNXqkTs pic.twitter.com/q7ujElpvIk
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 3, 2018
re: #6 b.d. (Witch Hunt!!)
A month ago it cost about $30 for my little Toyota. Today it’s closer to $40. One morning I saw the gas prices jump seven cents from the night before.
This @FBI agent was dancing at a Denver bar on Saturday night. Did a back flip, gun falls. He picks it up and a round is fired, hitting a man (he’ll be ok.) @DenverPolice investigating. #9News pic.twitter.com/MwV1WpNzAQ
— Ryan Haarer (@RyanHaarer) June 3, 2018
WTF?!?!
re: #5 teleskiguy
If you haven’t voted in my poll yet, please do!
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Not a member of Twitter anymore so I can’t vote but I wanna vote for her being moved to an upstate farm where she can play the rest of her life with other discarded Trump wives.
re: #5 teleskiguy
Why is this not a bigger story? First Ladies don’t just drop off the face of the fucking earth. This is weird. Something weird is going on.
re: #6 b.d. (Witch Hunt!!)
Over $80 to go from E to F on my truck this morning
Yikes. I bought gas for my car yesterday; four gallons of ethyl cost me fifteen dollars. ($15 in the past would be a fill-up.)
re: #7 The Vicious Babushka
Oh look at this crybaby
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Hello there!
Night encounter in Yellowstone National Park. pic.twitter.com/lNPRlG1RtZ
— Welcome To Nature (@welcomet0nature) June 2, 2018
re: #11 Ace-o-aces
Why is this not a bigger story? First Ladies don’t just drop off the face of the fucking earth. This is weird. Something weird is going on.
It is very weird indeed. She just went under for surgery and we haven’t seen her since then. I don’t want to CT this but man this administration has a lot strange goings on.
News of the Weird as I sign out for the night …
Nuclear Bunker, 200 Feet of Tunnels and a Fire Lead to a Murder Charge in Maryland (New York Times, more at the link):
A man in Maryland has been charged with murder after his secretive project to build an underground nuclear bunker ended with the death of a worker hired to dig the network of tunnels.
The man, Daniel L. Beckwitt, 27, “was concerned about the increase in international tensions, and in particular North Korea’s acquisition of long-range ballistic missiles, and he was in the process of building a secure location for himself,” said his lawyer, Robert C. Bonsib.
Mr. Beckwitt was indicted on Thursday on charges of involuntary manslaughter, which can be punished by up to 10 years’ imprisonment in Maryland, and second-degree murder, which can be punished by up to 30 years’ imprisonment. Mr. Bonsib said he expected Mr. Beckwitt to post his $100,000 bail by Monday, adding that he would contest the charges.
re: #3 b.d. (Witch Hunt!!)
glad these days are over MAGA!!!
I am so glad that my late father Jake, a Marine who took 40 years to get over three years in that nightmarish shit he always sarcastically called “the Korean Conflict,” didn’t live to see this asshole as president.
Hey all you tech gurus at @twitter, where’s the fucking edit button? @Green_Footballs figured it out years ago with his blog. Only allow a small window (less than 10 minutes?) to edit tweets for typos and such, then you can never edit tweets again. Simple.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) June 3, 2018
re: #7 The Vicious Babushka
I subscribed to Bee’s YouTube channel. Hope she keeps her show and stays sharp. We need all hands on deck to resist this regime.
As many have pointed out, Trump invited Nugent to the White House AFTER Nugent called Secretary Clinton a c*nt. Let’s keep it real.
re: #8 teleskiguy
A month ago it cost about $30 for my little Toyota. Today it’s closer to $40. One morning I saw the gas prices jump seven cents from the night before.
2013 F150, I live 1.2 miles from my office in Ft. Worth and typically ride my bike so I don’t have to fill up rarely at all but had to make a couple of trips to Dallas last week.
I was shocked this morning when it just kept going and going and going.
re: #11 Ace-o-aces
Why is this not a bigger story? First Ladies don’t just drop off the face of the fucking earth. This is weird. Something weird is going on.
There are probably several reasons.
Some media probably feel like focusing on Melania might appear to be picking on her.
Also, there could be hush-hush rumors going around the pubs and diners of DC about what is really going on some may want to respect Melania’s privacy.
Others - just don’t care.
re: #17 De Kolta Chair
I am so glad my late father, a Marine who took 40 years to get over three years in that nightmarish shit he always called “the Korean Conflict,” didn’t live to see this asshole as president.
My Dad’s Dad died right before Reagan became President and dismantled a lot of the work men had done like him ot make the government a fair arbitrator between labor and management. Dad has a memory of when Reagan primaried Ford. Dad’s Dad said he’d move to Canada if Reagan got elected. I don’t know how serious it was but I know he’d hate Trump not just for his policies for how he treats people. Not surprised then that all my cousins, aunts, and uncles who loved my grandfather aren’t Trump fans.
re: #5 teleskiguy
If you haven’t voted in my poll yet, please do!
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Can’t vote because don’t tweet. Plus I don’t know how she went down. But my guess as to where is about ten miles east of Mar-a-Lago.
re: #17 De Kolta Chair
I am so glad my late father Jake, a Marine who took 40 years to get over three years in that nightmarish shit he always called “the Korean Conflict,” didn’t live to see this asshole as president.
If your father had seen Donald’s bone spurs he’d understand….
re: #10 b.d. (Witch Hunt!!)
Pretty sure you don’t need a Twitter account to vote. The bigger the sample size, the better!
re: #22 HappyWarrior
From the previous thread:
I got to know my father’s mother’s mother, the only great-grandparent I knew in person; I fear my children will envy that, since all of their great-grandparents passed years ago (my son was barely 2 years old when my last grandmother passed). My grandmothers lived on opposite sides of the same small American town, so there was no real contrast between them aside from age and lineage. We joked at my father’s mother’s funeral that my mother’s mother, who had passed some 10 years prior, was waiting in heaven and when my father’s mother finally arrived, she was sitting at a table with a jigsaw puzzle, asking, “What took you so damn long?”
Miller grew up surrounded by self-righteous, hypocritical liberal orthodoxy in California; I had the same experience in Massachusetts. It *does* make you trollish, and to want to puncture the smug liberalism of people that you know are NIMBY liberals. I was that way as a teen. /2
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) June 3, 2018
Read the whole thread. It’s very good.
re: #23 whitebeach
Can’t vote because don’t tweet. Plus I don’t know how she went down. But my guess as to where is about ten miles east of Mar-a-Lago.
She’s now besties with Natalee Holloway
re: #28 b.d. (Witch Hunt!!)
Sounds like y’all are all about the cement shoes.
re: #26 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
From the previous thread:
I got to know my father’s mother’s mother, the only great-grandparent I knew in person; I fear my children will envy that, since all of their great-grandparents passed years ago (my son was barely 2 years old when my last grandmother passed). My grandmothers lived on opposite sides of the same small American town, so there was no real contrast between them aside from age and lineage. We joked at my father’s mother’s funeral that my mother’s mother, who had passed some 10 years prior, was waiting in heaven and when my father’s mother finally arrived, she was sitting at a table with a jigsaw puzzle, asking, “What took you so damn long?”
We always say that my Dad’s parents are having martinis whereever they are. It was sad when she left us but I did feel some peace for her since I believed and you know what to an extend still do despite my agnosticism united with those she had lost like her brother, parents, husband, and old friends. We mourned her loss for sure and I cried that day but I did feel she had found peace. I’d do anything to see and talk to her again though. A cousin’s wife shared with me a letter she wrote to her. Apparently she helped her out on researching her husband(My grandfather’s nephew)’s family and thus my own. I just wish she were still here so I could ask more question and man I wish she could meet my niece and my niece her.
The reality about the Trumps, all of them, is that everything is a show, a facade.
When faced with real work, real decisions, and real pressure, we see what happens - confusion, idiocy, hiding.
I suspect that Melania finally decided she needed a break.
re: #29 teleskiguy
Sounds like y’all are all about the cement shoes.
Shark chum is also a possibility.
re: #27 DodgerFan1988
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Read the whole thread. It’s very good.
Although I come from a liberal family, I grew up in a fairly moderate area. A lot of my close friends and their families were pretty conservative. Honestly, I think Miller’s just a dick who has never grown up. It’s got nothing to do with smug liberals. He was being a dick in high school when most of us don’t care about the difference between left and right.
re: #16 Anymouse 🌹
News of the Weird as I sign out for the night …
Nuclear Bunker, 200 Feet of Tunnels and a Fire Lead to a Murder Charge in Maryland (New York Times, more at the link):
The man, Daniel L. Beckwitt, 27, “was concerned about the increase in international tensions, and in particular North Korea’s acquisition of long-range ballistic missiles, and he was in the process of building a secure location for himself,” said his lawyer, Robert C. Bonsib.
This is just fucking maddening. The zeal of the US government to imply that NK has actual, usable nuclear weapons and missiles that could reach the US (fucking Maryland, ferchrissakes?) even empty, and the news media parroting and hyperventilating over these ridiculous exaggerations, have now killed a man. And they’ll never stop, ‘cause it sells ads. Grrrrrr!!!!
re: #30 HappyWarrior
We always say that my Dad’s parents are having martinis whereever they are. It was sad when she left us but I did feel some peace for her since I believed and you know what to an extend still do despite my agnosticism united with those she had lost like her brother, parents, husband, and old friends. We mourned her loss for sure and I cried that day but I did feel she had found peace. I’d do anything to see and talk to her again though. A cousin’s wife shared with me a letter she wrote to her. Apparently she helped her out on researching her husband(My grandfather’s nephew)’s family and thus my own. I just wish she were still here so I could ask more question and man I wish she could meet my niece and my niece her.
Despite the tension between my dad’s family and my mom’s family, the grandmothers wound up getting along famously later in life. It was a family tradition that they would get together over Christmas at the family estate and put together a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle. When my mom’s mother passed in 2006-2007, it was the beginning of the end for my dad’s mother, who had lost her jigsaw partner and one of her best friends. She had retired from city work in the same time frame, so when she discovered she had pancreatic cancer a few years later, the end was unfortunately brief.
re: #26 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
From the previous thread:
I got to know my father’s mother’s mother, the only great-grandparent I knew in person; I fear my children will envy that, since all of their great-grandparents passed years ago (my son was barely 2 years old when my last grandmother passed). My grandmothers lived on opposite sides of the same small American town, so there was no real contrast between them aside from age and lineage. We joked at my father’s mother’s funeral that my mother’s mother, who had passed some 10 years prior, was waiting in heaven and when my father’s mother finally arrived, she was sitting at a table with a jigsaw puzzle, asking, “What took you so damn long?”
I knew my mother’s mother’s mother’s mother (great-great grandmother who died in 1978), my mother’s mother’s mother (who died in 1993), and my father’s mother’s mother (who died in 1984).
My son only met his my mother’s grandmother above as a baby and doesn’t remember her. He has no children.
My mother and I are now first and second-oldest in the family.
re: #31 freetoken
The reality about the Trumps, all of them, is that everything is a show, a facade.
When faced with real work, real decisions, and real pressure, we see what happens - confusion, idiocy, hiding.
I suspect that Melania finally decided she needed a break.
That’s what I tried to get at when I posted about Ivanka. I think Ivanka is probably the most phony of all the Trumps. With Donald and the older boys, while they’re not honest at all abut politics and that stuff, they do make it pretty clear that they’re shitty people. Ivanka though. Why she smiles, she’s even attractive to look at, and to quote Michelle Wolf doesn’t look she farts in the elevator.
re: #35 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
My dad’s mom died 2 weeks shy of my daughter’s birth, and also never lived to see me uncover the family mystery around our lineage and history. I regret not following up before she died and being able to tell her the amazing story.
re: #27 DodgerFan1988
Miller grew up surrounded by self-righteous, hypocritical liberal orthodoxy in California; I had the same experience in Massachusetts. It *does* make you trollish, and to want to puncture the smug liberalism of people that you know are NIMBY liberals. I was that way as a teen. /2
Good?
No.
re: #35 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Despite the tension between my dad’s family and my mom’s family, the grandmothers wound up getting along famously later in life. It was a family tradition that they would get together over Christmas at the family estate and put together a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle. When my mom’s mother passed in 2006-2007, it was the beginning of the end for my dad’s mother, who had lost her jigsaw partner and one of her best friends. She had retired from city work in the same time frame, so when she discovered she had pancreatic cancer a few years later, the end was unfortunately brief.
Mom’s Mom and Dad’s Mom got along but I wouldn’t say they were friends. Just two totally different women as I got at downstairs. They did have some stuff in common of course besides my parents and brothers, they were and are both staunch Democrats, heavily influenced by the church they grew up in, loving to their children, and wiling to lend out a helping hand.
re: #40 HappyWarrior
Mom’s Mom and Dad’s Mom got along but I wouldn’t say they were friends. Just two totally different women as I got at downstairs. They did have some stuff in common of course besides my parents and brothers, they were and are both staunch Democrats, heavily influenced by the church they grew up in, loving to their children, and wiling to lend out a helping hand.
My mom and dad told me that his family was not allowed to come to the wedding because they disapproved of her. My dad’s mom bitterly regretted that decision to the end, and she was so glad that she got to make friends with my mom’s mom and to get to know my mom and pass on the family recipes. My dad’s dad was a stubbornly proud man, and as much as I am honored to be a son of the family, that is the one thing I hold against him.
re: #39 MsJ
Good?
No.
I’d love to know what liberal orthodoxy would make someone do the stuff I read Miller did as a high school student.
re: #41 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
My mom and dad told me that his family was not allowed to come to the wedding because they disapproved of her. My dad’s mom bitterly regretted that decision to the end, and she was so glad that she got to make friends with my mom’s mom and to get to know my mom and pass on the family recipes. My dad’s dad was a stubbornly proud man, and as much as I am honored to be a son of the family, that is the one thing I hold against him.
Damn I can’t imagine.
re: #43 HappyWarrior
Damn I can’t imagine.
It heavily colored my parents’ decision to bless my union to Mrs. Fish. She’s not what you call traditional, as you might expect; but they refused to be like their parents, and as long as I was happy and sure that she would be right for me, they wanted to be there for me. In that moment, I have never been prouder to be their son.
re: #44 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
It heavily colored my parents’ decision to bless my union to Mrs. Fish. She’s not what you call traditional, as you might expect; but they refused to be like their parents, and as long as I was happy and sure that she would be right for me, they wanted to be there for me. In that moment, I have never been prouder to be their son.
What I’m most proud as a son is how my parents have shown a willingness to grow as people. Although my Dad is definitely liberal, he sometimes has an Archie Bunker moment or too but I think he really does embrace the changes that have happened to our country.
re: #42 HappyWarrior
I’d love to know what liberal orthodoxy would make someone do the stuff I read Miller did as a high school student.
That’s exactly what I was thinking.
Shitting on the custodial staff in front of the whole school at an assembly or whatever? Nah, that doesn’t track to me.
re: #42 HappyWarrior
I’d love to know what liberal orthodoxy would make someone do the stuff I read Miller did as a high school student.
It’s horseshit. Nichols is blaming liberals for Miller (and he, himself) being an asshole.
Everything else he said beyond that is irrelevant. I stopped reading.
Own it, you fucking dickbag. You own trump because you created it with shit like that…for 20+ years of bullshit.
re: #41 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
My mom and dad told me that his family was not allowed to come to the wedding because they disapproved of her. My dad’s mom bitterly regretted that decision to the end, and she was so glad that she got to make friends with my mom’s mom and to get to know my mom and pass on the family recipes. My dad’s dad was a stubbornly proud man, and as much as I am honored to be a son of the family, that is the one thing I hold against him.
I lost both in my parents when I was a young adult but we never talked about who either one was voting for, that was a personal matter.
Funny how things that once were hidden now become defining.
And we have another example of MAGA bigotry as a TexAssHole makes a fool of himself.
re: #37 HappyWarrior
That’s what I tried to get at when I posted about Ivanka. I think Ivanka is probably the most phony of all the Trumps. With Donald and the older boys, while they’re not honest at all abut politics and that stuff, they do make it pretty clear that they’re shitty people. Ivanka though. Why she smiles, she’s even attractive to look at, and to quote Michelle Wolf doesn’t look she farts in the elevator.
She looks to me like she farts in the elevator and then says, “Oooh, smell that jasmine!”
re: #48 b.d. (Witch Hunt!!)
I lost both in my parents when I was a young adult but we never talked about who either one was voting for, that was a personal matter.
Funny how things that once were hidden now become defining.
It all came out when I was dating my first girlfriend. My dad told me the whole story about how his mom wasn’t allowed to come to his wedding and she sent someone to represent the family in her stead, and how she regretted that decision up until the day my dad introduced her to my mom’s family and brought her into the fold (I don’t know when that happened, presumably before I was born). My dad was telling me all this so that I would feel comfortable choosing the right woman, even if he or my mom didn’t approve, because the same thing happened to him when he was a college-age student deeply in love with a woman his parents didn’t approve of. It profoundly reshaped my understanding of my parents and grandparents, and despite the fact that they are all complete fucking wingnuts, I can’t help but respect them for it.
re: #18 teleskiguy
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re: #34 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
This is just fucking maddening. The zeal of the US government to imply that NK has actual, usable nuclear weapons and missiles that could reach the US (fucking Maryland, ferchrissakes?) even empty, and the news media parroting and hyperventilating over these ridiculous exaggerations, have now killed a man. And they’ll never stop, ‘cause it sells ads. Grrrrrr!!!!
Saddam Hussein, WMDs, etc.
We’ve been down this road before.
re: #49 Joe Bacon 🌹
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His son must be so proud.
re: #48 b.d. (Witch Hunt!!)
I lost both in my parents when I was a young adult but we never talked about who either one was voting for, that was a personal matter.
Funny how things that once were hidden now become defining.
As they should. Doesn’t rule out redemption and re-defining tho.
re: #47 MsJ
It’s horseshit. Nichols is blaming liberals for Miller (and he, himself) being an asshole.
Everything else he said beyond that is irrelevant. I stopped reading.
Own it, you fucking dickbag. You own trump because you created it with shit like that…for 20+ years of bullshit.
Yeah I’m tired of conservatives blaming us for the way they are. I didn’t become a liberal because I thought Rush Limbaugh was a turd. I became a liberal because I really do believe in what I believe but Nichols and Miller seem to be just about own the libz.
re: #54 Eclectic Cyborg
Saddam Hussein, WMDs, etc.
We’ve been down this road before.
Fear is the mind killer.
It is also the vote getter.
re: #46 JordanRules
That’s exactly what I was thinking.
Shitting on the custodial staff in front of the whole school at an assembly or whatever? Nah, that doesn’t track to me.
Miller’s mother’s family is from the same town in Pennsylvania as my mom’s. Used to be a reliably Democratic area for a long time until about 2000. Now it’s one of the reasons why PA went for Trump. I don’t know what child reads Rush Limbaugh and thinks YEAH THAT’S WHAT I WANT TO BE but that’s not a product of liberal orthodoxy or whatever Nichols is saying. Guys like Nichols and Miller became conservatives for the same reason Reagan became conservatives, they resented that they’d have to share the pie with someone else.
re: #47 MsJ
Tom Nichols is one of those Never Trumpers who will crack open some old scotch the minute they find out Mike Pence becomes president after Fuckface Von Clownstick is removed and they’ll go back to being entitled aging white shitbags, like William Kristol, David Frum, Jennifer Rubin, etc.
Nichols has a point, though, about money and politics. He says he had a hardscrabble early adulthood, working, and being with real people, because he wasn’t rich, and that “made him a better person” (I put that in quotes because I’m paraphrasing and calling bullshit). Stephen Miller has never had to worry about money in his life, ever. His parents co-signed on a $1.5 million condo in Washington D.C., where he now lives. He saw power in being a troll when he was a teenager, and he’s been a fucking destructive fucking (dare I say it) cunt ever since, and our whole country is paying the price.
The thing is conservatives are just as smug in their own way and libertarians definitely are. I’m not saying liberals can’t be smug but the smug liberal bs is just that. And a lot of what Tom would consider smug and hypocritical is rightfully pointing out truths that conservatives like him are uncomfortable with.
re: #51 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
It all came out when I was dating my first girlfriend. My dad told me the whole story about how his mom wasn’t allowed to come to his wedding and she sent someone to represent the family in her stead, and how she regretted that decision up until the day my dad introduced her to my mom’s family and brought her into the fold (I don’t know when that happened, presumably before I was born). My dad was telling me all this so that I would feel comfortable choosing the right woman, even if he or my mom didn’t approve, because the same thing happened to him when he was a college-age student deeply in love with a woman his parents didn’t approve of. It profoundly reshaped my understanding of my parents and grandparents, and despite the fact that they are all complete fucking wingnuts, I can’t help but respect them for it.
That is tough, sorry for that story….damn….Realistic religious folks have become saner while the conservative takes on religion have gotten even more oppressive.
The closest I come to that was my parents saying that they couldn’t go to an uncle’s wedding when it happened because he was a catholic marrying a protestant…
re: #42 HappyWarrior
I’d love to know what liberal orthodoxy would make someone do the stuff I read Miller did as a high school student.
Just read the “Vanity Fair” article about Miller. He was always an awful person. He once told a high school friend that they could no longer hang out because the friend was Latino. Who the hell does that?
re: #52 goddamnedfrank
The edit button works here because of the very active monitoring. Twitter has a long ways to go in making their community safer and more welcoming to minorities before they should start handing out tools that let people troll more effectively.
God damn it, goddamnedfrank, that’s a goddamned excellent point.
Three minute edit window? Just spitballin’
re: #61 HappyWarrior
The thing is conservatives are just as smug in their own way and libertarians definitely are. I’m not saying liberals can’t be smug but the smug liberal bs is just that. And a lot of what Tom would consider smug and hypocritical is rightfully pointing out truths that conservatives like him are uncomfortable with.
Yeah. I find lots of folks project smug on liberals when they know we’re fucking right and have nothing left. They could step back and re-evaluate their position but they double down.
re: #62 b.d. (Witch Hunt!!)
That is tough, sorry for that story….damn….Realistic religious folks have become saner while the conservative takes on religion have gotten even more oppressive.
The closest I come to that was my parents saying that they couldn’t go to an uncle’s wedding when it happened because he was a catholic marrying a protestant…
It was an eye-opener because my parents, for obvious reasons, weren’t real open about it up until the point where I started dating. Once my dad opened up to me, though, it suddenly made sense where they were coming from. That made the decision to marry Mrs. Fish so much easier. Yeah, she was a wild shieldmaiden of the North, but she was The Right One, and they even liked her from the start, which made it that much easier.
re: #60 teleskiguy
Agreed. Right now, some Never Trumpers are simply embarrassed at Trump’s shenanigans, idiocy and out loud bigotry. Had Cruz or Rubio been elected, they would have been fine with the same exact policies being implemented. I expect that they’ll part ways with us officially in 2020.
re: #65 JordanRules
Yeah. I find lots of folks project smug on liberals when they know we’re fucking right and have nothing left. They could step back and re-evaluate their position but they double down.
Telling us we just want free stuff and holy shit the condescending talk about how we don’t understand economics.
And don’t get me started on the condescending jokes Reagan threw at Democrats in the name of humor.
My big problem with conservatism as an ideology is how self full of self-rationalizing it is. I can worship capitalism and I can claim to be following Christ. I can claim to be for limited government while pushing restrictions on choice, bathroom laws, etc. I don’t like libertarians but they don’t have the same nauseating hypocrisy. What they do unfortunately have instead if a smugness based off of reading economic theory and being convinced they’re right without understanding economic reality differs from economic theory. Marxists often act the same way.
Rival my ass! 19-2!!!!
Serena Williams sets up fourth-round showdown at French Open vs. longtime rival Maria Sharapova https://t.co/qmFUgOxZ93 pic.twitter.com/RimXDtTpuw
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) June 3, 2018
I don’t know how someone who hasn’t beaten you since 2004 is a rival but anyway yay Serena. 🤷🏾♀️ https://t.co/057BKquY8l
— Stacey E. Singleton (@staceyNYCDC) June 3, 2018
re: #71 JordanRules
Rival my ass! 19-2!!!!
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re: #73 b.d. (Witch Hunt!!)
Unseeded Williams…
Right! And one of the commentators spoke about their “absences” as if they were the same, completely unqualified.
Ummm…one was suspended for PEDs and the other was bringing a whole ass human into the world. SMDH
I can’t tekl you how much it annoys me to see stupid memes talking down to “socialist” millennials” and how Bernie has brainwashed them against capitalism. The reason why more millennials have a dimmer view on capitalism is because of right wing policies that hurt people like them that the people whom push those dumb memes benefited from.
re: #71 JordanRules
Rival my ass! 19-2!!!!
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I don’t know how someone who hasn’t beaten you since 2004 is a rival but anyway yay Serena.
I guess “long-time whipping girl” just doesn’t sound the same as “long-time whipping boy”.
re: #76 HappyWarrior
I can’t tekl you how much it annoys me to see stupid memes talking down to “socialist” millennials” and how Bernie has brainwashed them against capitalism. The reason why more millennials have a dimmer view on capitalism is because of right wing policies that hurt people like them that the people whom push those dumb memes benefited from.
Millennials are pissed off at capitalism because so many of them are saddled in college loan debt and, to a lesser degree, medical debt from the crappy insurance plans they’ve been stuck with. Starting one’s professional career $100k+ in the hole is no laughing matter. That takes a lot of time to pay off, unless you happen to be a fucking sports star.
re: #78 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Millennials are pissed off at capitalism because so many of them are saddled in college loan debt and, to a lesser degree, medical debt from the crappy insurance plans they’ve been stuck with. Starting one’s professional career $100k+ in the hole is no laughing matter. That takes a lot of time to pay off, unless you happen to be a fucking sports star.
Exactly. The people who post shitty memes ignore how different the economy was back then. Oh and I wanted to smack Romney for his borrow money from your parents and start a business crack.
re: #71 JordanRules
Didn’t know Maria was playing again. I guess that drug suspension is over.
re: #79 HappyWarrior
Exactly. The people who post shitty memes ignore how different the economy was back then. Oh and I wanted to smack Romney for his borrow money from your parents and start a business crack.
Jesus fuck. I mean, my parents are well off, but that’s because they’re saving money for, umm, you know, TAKING CARE OF THEMSELVES IN RETIREMENT. I’m not going to see much of their nest egg, and that’s by design, it’s so that they aren’t burdening me with having to pay their debts once they’re gone. Whatever happens to be left is just a bonus for my sister and I. Borrow money to start a business, are you fucking kidding me?
re: #72 HappyWarrior
Those are Steelers-Browns like numbers. Wowie
Interestingly, the 1980s was the decade with the greatest parity between them.
Capitalism isn’t evil but the right’s vision of it certainly is.
The balls on these guys I swear.
National media pays scant attention to Reality Winner’s plight, and many advocates from the left to the center of the political spectrum — all of whom should have ample reason to loudly protest the many injustices in her case — have been largely silent. https://t.co/LQEVLaPdVz
— The Intercept (@theintercept) June 2, 2018
She was YOUR confidential source and you burned her. She’s in jail right now because your inexcusable, unprofessional goddamned bungling outed her to the authorities. You are a bunch of fucking ass clowns and nobody should ever trust you to protect their identities in the future. https://t.co/xIoncc0iy2
— goddamnedfrank (@goddamnedfrank) June 3, 2018
re: #82 JordanRules
Interestingly, the 1980s was the decade with the greatest parity between them.
Yep. Another reason to hate that decade :)
re: #67 Patricia Kayden
Agreed. Right now, some Never Trumpers are simply embarrassed at Trump’s shenanigans, idiocy and out loud bigotry. Had Cruz or Rubio been elected, they would have been fine with the same exact policies being implemented. I expect that they’ll part ways with us officially in 2020.
Exactly why I refuse to give Schmidt and Wallace a pass for anything.
All these never trumpers lied their address of for years; with those two giving us Palin.
No passes to be granted. Not by me. Not ever.
re: #71 JordanRules
Rival my ass! 19-2!!!!
An old skool serve and volley fan, I’ve been saying for eons that I don’t care for the Williams sisters’ bang-bang style of play.
Like it fricking matters. Those gals kick major league arse!
re: #87 De Kolta Chair
An old skool serve and volley fan, I’ve been saying for eons that I don’t care for the Williams sisters’ bang-bang style of play.
Like it fricking matters. Those gals kick major league arse!
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, there’s no denying that Venus and Serena own the current iteration of “modern womens’ tennis”.
re: #84 goddamnedfrank
The balls on these guys I swear.
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I’m getting really tired of an apologist for Russia, Greenwald and friends telling me what I should and should not be doing as a liberal.
re: #89 JordanRules
Ha, ha!!!!
And remember I was born that decade and my parents married in the 80’s too but culturally and sportswise and politically, meh!
Granted, Steve Schmidt was instrumental in foisting Sarah Palin on the U.S. political scene in 2008. Still, of all the Never Trumpers, this guy is backing his convictions up with words, and I see a political operative genuinely trying to make amends for his bonehead decisions of his past.
I mean, the guitarist and songwriter for Bad Religion posted a Steve Schmidt thread to his Twitter timeline!
A clear line has been drawn with the release of Trumps legal memo. Make no mistake, it is a direct attack on the rule of law and a declaration of absolute power on the part of the President. It’s thesis must be attacked relentlessly. The American Republic is worth fighting for.
— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) June 2, 2018
Please retweet! https://t.co/Zes61yTW6H
— Brett Gurewitz (@BrettGurewitz) June 3, 2018
re: #84 goddamnedfrank
To be honest, I feel that Glenn purposely turned her over to the authorities since his disdain of Russian interference stories is well known. I wish she had sent her info to Washington Post instead.
re: #63 Patricia Kayden
Just read the “Vanity Fair” article about Miller. He was always an awful person. He once told a high school friend that they could no longer hang out because the friend was Latino. Who the hell does that?
Racists, that’s who.
Dickbag racists.
re: #87 De Kolta Chair
An old skool serve and volley fan, I’ve been saying for eons that I don’t care for the Williams sisters’ bang-bang style of play.
Like it fricking matters. Those gals kick major league arse!
And I’ve seen such arguments from aficionados and experts in about every sport and I have no problem with it as long as you respect the talent and don’t carry that sentiment into the voting booth. LOL
re: #78 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Millennials are pissed off at capitalism because so many of them are saddled in college loan debt and, to a lesser degree, medical debt from the crappy insurance plans they’ve been stuck with. Starting one’s professional career $100k+ in the hole is no laughing matter. That takes a lot of time to pay off, unless you happen to be a fucking sports star.
Millenials were sold a bill of goods. There are a lot of good blueish collar jobs in the construction and building trades that eventually pay 6 figures but those are not he jobs that those guys are training for or even know exist.
They are not glamorous, advertised or even known to exist but there is a huge hole in the ladder. The folks bitching about immigrants can’t see the opportunity staring them right in the face. They don’t start off at huge salaries but they are careers, that is what this country used to be about.
re: #78 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Millennials are pissed off at capitalism because so many of them are saddled in college loan debt and, to a lesser degree, medical debt from the crappy insurance plans they’ve been stuck with. Starting one’s professional career $100k+ in the hole is no laughing matter. That takes a lot of time to pay off, unless you happen to be a fucking sports star.
It keeps them from participating in the economy. Can’t buy a house. Maybe can hehe car payments. Vacations? Maybe on a credit card, if at all. Debt. Debt. Debt.
They go ahead but never get ahead. I’d be pissed, too.
I have a case by case view of the Never Trumpers. Some of them I give absolutely no respect or attention to like Shapiro who I don’t consider a real Never Trumper anyhow. Nichols is in that category. Others are in the category “Okay, I can appreciate what you’re saying but you still suck”, Kristol I’d say fits that role. And then there are others I have some general wariness like Schmidt or George Will. And others that I may be willing to give a choice since they not only criticize Trump but the whole Republican Party under Trump i.e. Navarro and Rubin.That said, I have no desire to cater to their whims. It’s up to them to either fix what passes for conservatism in this country or let it die a miserable death and be honest that movement conservatism has always been a deeply flawed movement long before Trump but I ain’t holding my breath on that because so many of these men and women made their bones pushing that which is why I know many of you don’t trust them and I don’t blame you.
re: #97 MsJ
It keeps them from participating in the economy. Can’t buy a house. Maybe can hehe car payments. Vacations? Maybe on a credit card, if at all. Debt. Debt. Debt.
They go ahead but never get ahead. I’d be pissed, too.
Right, instead we’re treated to condescending bullshit about how we’re the participation trophy generation by the same people who gave us the trophies.
I’d put Frum in the Kristol category though I know as a speechwriter he wasn’t active in the actual implementation of the Bush administration mistakes. I guess my problem with the Never Trump conservatives is they refuse to see why their ideology and party and not liberalism was so easy for Trump to use to get power. They lie to us and themselves by saying things like that Reagan would never do that and indeed there are things that Trump has done that Reagan would not do but other things including things that define Trump like running a racist campaign are things Reagan would do. Alienating our allies? That is something Bush did.
Didn’t realize that Bernie and Shaun King were having a rally in downtown Los Angeles. Sure would have been nice if Bernie urged people to get out and vote…but he uttered the same old bullshit…
So sometimes I think back on election night and remember how deep down in my bones I knew something wasn’t right. Oh I also knew how racist and misogynistic our country was and still I felt something else was at play.
I couldn’t lean into that feeling right away because it would look really tin foil hat-ish but now….27 indictments (and counting) later…yeah, the bones knew.
re: #102 Joe Bacon 🌹
Didn’t realize that Bernie and Shaun King were having a rally in downtown Los Angeles. Sure would have been nice if Bernie urged people to get out and vote…but he uttered the same old bullshit…
I really dislike Bernie in large part because I think for all his flaws he could actually be effective but he’s incredibly ineffective in practice.
re: #103 JordanRules
So sometimes I think back on election night and remember how deep down in my bones I knew something wasn’t right. Oh I also knew how racist and misogynistic our country was and still I felt something else was at play.
I couldn’t lean into that feeling right away because it would look really tin foil hat-ish but now….27 indictments (and counting) later…yeah, the bones knew.
I still can’t believe it. I drank a lot of beer that day expecting it would be a celebration. Ended up being a numbing next day at the office. It has inspired me to do more political work but man it really has disillusioned me about a lot of our country.
re: #102 Joe Bacon 🌹
Didn’t realize that Bernie and Shaun King were having a rally in downtown Los Angeles. Sure would have been nice if Bernie urged people to get out and vote…but he uttered the same old bullshit…
Ugggh. He always tells on himself. His true motives are always revealed by what he focuses on and more importantly, what he doesn’t.
Go away!!!!!!!
re: #88 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, there’s no denying that Venus and Serena own the current iteration of “modern womens’ tennis”.
Here here! Sweet dreams and Go Fed! ;-)
re: #98 HappyWarrior
I have a case by case view of the Never Trumpers.
Most of them are enemies of our enemies. Useful, but not allies. They tend to remind you from time to time that they aren’t on our side, so keep aware of it.
If you play video games, this is easier to understand. Let the evil mercenaries fight it out with the zombie hordes in the courtyards, and mop up the winners. Because the winners will turn on you the instant the other threat is gone.
re: #106 JordanRules
Ugggh. He always tells on himself. His true motives are always revealed by what he focuses on and more importantly, what he doesn’t.
Go away!!!!!!!
I really want more people to call him on his shit. I want his rock star status on the left to die a painful death.
re: #78 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Millennials are pissed off at capitalism because so many of them are saddled in college loan debt and, to a lesser degree, medical debt from the crappy insurance plans they’ve been stuck with. Starting one’s professional career $100k+ in the hole is no laughing matter. That takes a lot of time to pay off, unless you happen to be a fucking sports star.
When I got out of college had problems paying off the $8,250 I borrowed. When I started at Pitt in 1973 Tuition and Room & board were both $405. Now they are 15X as much!
in 2016 we hired kids in our office whose college debt approached $100K. It’s f’n insane. But this is part of the Republican Master Plan to dumb down the masses.
re: #108 ericblair
Most of them are enemies of our enemies. Useful, but not allies. They tend to remind you from time to time that they aren’t on our side, so keep aware of it.
If you play video games, this is easier to understand. Let the evil mercenaries fight it out with the zombie hordes in the courtyards, and mop up the winners. Because the winners will turn on you the instant the other threat is gone.
Yep, some more often than not. Nichols certainly does when he engages in his sexist screeds against Hillary and Pelosi. Jeb did it recently when he praised DeVos’s education reclrd.
re: #98 HappyWarrior
I have a case by case view of the Never Trumpers. Some of them I give absolutely no respect or attention to like Shapiro who I don’t consider a real Never Trumper anyhow. Nichols is in that category. Others are in the category “Okay, I can appreciate what you’re saying but you still suck”, Kristol I’d say fits that role. And then there are others I have some general wariness like Schmidt or George Will.
The thing is with Mighty Ben Shapiro and George Will is that they don’t strive to be better than the average decent human, their goal is to be better than the average republican.
They can always look down at their own party and get a nod from the “moderate” media always looking for a voice of balance.
re: #110 Joe Bacon 🌹
When I got out of college had problems paying off the $8,250 I borrowed. When I started at Pitt in 1973 Tuition and Room & board were both $405. Now they are 15X as much!
in 2016 we hired kids in our office whose college debt approached $100K. It’s f’n insane. But this is part of the Republican Master Plan to dumb down the masses.
Exactly, you get how things have changed for the American college student but unfortunately many conservatives either do not or don’t want to listen.
re: #109 HappyWarrior
I really want more people to call him on his shit. I want his rock star status on the left to die a painful death.
It was a packed house downtown with crowds outside the theater…Should make Manafort’s partner in crime Tad Devine very happy…
re: #112 b.d. (Witch Hunt!!)
The thing is with Mighty Ben Shapiro and George Will is that they don’t strive to be better than the average decent human, their goal is to be better than the average republican.
They can always look down at their own party and get a nod from the “moderate” media always looking for a voice of balance.
Correct. I do like Will more than Shapiro since I think he’s actually intelliegnt rather than Shapiro who is just a stupid person’s idea of a smart person.
re: #112 b.d. (Witch Hunt!!)
The thing is with Mighty Ben Shapiro and George Will is that they don’t strive to be better than the average decent human, their goal is to be better than the average republican.
They can always look down at their own party and get a nod from the “moderate” media always looking for a voice of balance.
I’d never thought about it like that! Really good observation.
re: #114 Joe Bacon 🌹
It was a packed house downtown with crowds outside the theater…Should make Manafort’s partner in crime Tad Devine very happy…
Agh. I really hope he’s pretty much a non entity but I am not so sure. His son is even worse than he is.
I TBH don’t know how Bernie can act like he’s for transparency when he refuses to release his own taxes. It’s a little easier to push back against that now since Trump hasn’t but there are fair questions about his financial ethics from what I understand and there would be IMO even if there wasn’t the scandal with Jane. I’ll tell you why I really hate the idea of Sanders in 2020 though. And it’s simple. We’er supposed to be a party about change and freshness. An 80 year old guy whose arguments are stuck in the 50’s isn’t the solution. I don’t know what draws so many young people, mostly white tbh to people like him and Ron Paul, they’re not revolutioanry at all. In fact, they’re fighting the 19th century century.
re: #116 JordanRules
I’d never thought about it like that! Really good observation.
1 out of 30 observations by me might be worth a crud…thanks!
Crayola needs your help naming its newest blue crayon: https://t.co/FhR8eErqF7 pic.twitter.com/09KohoMY2k
— Creators (@CreatorsProject) May 31, 2017
This is how the world’s newest blue pigment was accidentally created, by the way: https://t.co/6L7C6IQrlE
— Creators (@CreatorsProject) May 31, 2017
Blue Flame!
There is a strip club in Atlanta named The Blue Flame but I promise I wasn’t thinking about that. The color just seems very intense and oddly fiery to me.
re: #121 JordanRules
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Blue Flame!
There is a strip club in Atlanta named The Blue Flame but I promise I wasn’t thinking about that. The color just seems very intense and oddly fiery to me.
Cookie Monster poop.
re: #123 JordanRules
ROFL
The kids would love that name!!!
Oh, I like this one, but I’d expand it to Congress.
2018 House Blue
— Margaret Buckingham (@marg_buckingham) May 31, 2017
That blue is an amazing pigment, but the things I wanted to know were artsy type things—can it be used in paints or fabric coloring? Apparently it can be, but right now it’s about six times the price of cobalt blue (according to Gamblin, a paint maker). And anyone who has ever looked at artists’ paints seriously (or, in my case, sold them) knows that cobalt blue is up there in the “most expensive paint” category. So I don’t see it becoming a paint for artists any time soon.
re: #127 mmmirele
That blue is an amazing pigment, but the things I wanted to know were artsy type things—can it be used in paints or fabric coloring? Apparently it can be, but right now it’s about six times the price of cobalt blue (according to Gamblin, a paint maker). And anyone who has ever looked at artists’ paints seriously (or, in my case, sold them) knows that cobalt blue is up there in the “most expensive paint” category. So I don’t see it becoming a paint for artists any time soon.
On the subject of a name, though, how about “Pandoran powder-puff”?
re: #127 mmmirele
That blue is an amazing pigment, but the things I wanted to know were artsy type things—can it be used in paints or fabric coloring? Apparently it can be, but right now it’s about six times the price of cobalt blue (according to Gamblin, a paint maker). And anyone who has ever looked at artists’ paints seriously (or, in my case, sold them) knows that cobalt blue is up there in the “most expensive paint” category. So I don’t see it becoming a paint for artists any time soon.
Well it is going to be a crayon so at least it will be widely accessible to children.
A pithy summary for today…
In case you’ve been off Twitter today, here’s a catch-up:
A guy who says he is innocent had his lawyers write a 20-page letter on why he refuses to explain how innocent he is.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) June 2, 2018
re: #110 Joe Bacon 🌹
When I got out of college had problems paying off the $8,250 I borrowed. When I started at Pitt in 1973 Tuition and Room & board were both $405. Now they are 15X as much!
in 2016 we hired kids in our office whose college debt approached $100K. It’s f’n insane. But this is part of the Republican Master Plan to dumb down the masses.
I was kinda lucky with my daughters. They each spent ~3 years at a junior college and working part time, I paid for their junior year, oldest at UCB, and youngest starts as a junior at Mills College this year, but in their senior year they qualify on their own wages because of their age, so get free or reduced tuition based on their income.
The Latest: Officials have identified two climbers who died when they fell from El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. https://t.co/3xv0ddELmU
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 3, 2018
Officials have identified two climbers who died when they fell from El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.
The climbers named Saturday were 46-year-old Jason Wells of Boulder, Colorado, and 42-year-old Tim Klien of Palmdale, California.
Rangers received multiple 911 calls that two climbers had fallen while climbing the Freeblast Route.
This investigation is ongoing and no further details were immediately available.
It was the second fatal incident in Yosemite National Park in a little over a week.
Last week, a hiker fell to his death while climbing the iconic granite cliffs of Half Dome in rainy conditions
My condolences to their kin and friends.
Crayola needs your help naming its newest blue crayon: https://t.co/FhR8eErqF7 pic.twitter.com/09KohoMY2k
— Creators (@CreatorsProject) May 31, 2017
Tobias Fünke https://t.co/sDLIeKrnGN
— Daily Trix (@DailyTrix) June 3, 2018
teenagers loaded up on nazi hate propoganda
And so far your midterm election ball is red. Funny how that works when your political extremist party pushes for tax increases, illegal alien rights and supports MS13 and Hamas.
re: #15 HappyWarrior
I don’t want to CT this but man this administration has a lot strange goings on.
I don’t want to CT Melania’s status either…..but fuck it’s fucking weird. It would be weird with just Melania not being seen in public for weeks, but there are at least two instances of Trump trying to cover up her disappearance.
On May 25, responding to reporters’ questions about the first lady’s wellbeing, President Trump gestured toward a White House window and said, “She’s doing great. She’s looking at us right there.” As reported at the Washington Post, there was no sign of Melania in any of the windows. The remark may well have been an off-hand comment not meant to be taken literally.
That is fucking weird.
I see the media is working overtime speculating where I am & what I’m doing. Rest assured, I’m here at the @WhiteHouse w my family, feeling great, & working hard on behalf of children & the American people!
— Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) May 30, 2018
A husband sending a “proof of life” tweet for his missing wife? That’s REALLY fucking weird.
About the only thing I would rule out is her being dead, as I’m pretty sure the secret service would report that……but something like Trump beating the crap out of her? That’s something the SS would probably help keep secret.
re: #136 Danack
I don’t want to CT Melania’s status either…..but fuck it’s fucking weird. It would be weird with just Melania not being seen in public for weeks, but there are at least two instances of Trump trying to cover up her disappearance.
That is fucking weird.
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A husband sending a “proof of life” tweet for his missing wife? That’s REALLY fucking weird.
About the only thing I would rule out is her being dead, as I’m pretty sure the secret service would report that……but something like Trump beating the crap out of her? That’s something the SS would probably help keep secret.
It’s certainly weird. Maybe she had cosmetic surgery and things didn’t go so well, or alternatively, maybe it went well but she needs a bit more time to heal. She’s only one year younger than me and as we get older, it takes longer to heal - just one of those facts of biology.
It’s definitely……..odd.
re: #138 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Time of the false prophets, anyone?
When the President does it, it’s not Capitalization.
— Sam Spiegel (@UNSEATpac) June 2, 2018
Did you hear about the mathematician who’s afraid of negative numbers?
She’ll stop at nothing to avoid them…#GeekJoke— Beth Jarosz (@DataGeekB) June 1, 2018
Trump has spent more visiting Mar-a-Lago than Mueller has on the Russia probe: report https://t.co/X11HPlC4mJ pic.twitter.com/cT65PM9W1I
— The Hill (@thehill) June 3, 2018
re: #141 Dave In Austin
I can appreciate some gun porn. There are a lot of gorgeous killing devices* out there; that, thing, is not one of them. Holy hell, that is ugly as all fuck.
* — disclosure, I collect knives and swords.
re: #145 Colère Tueur de Lapin
It’s a Ben Garrison cartoon chambered in .45 ACP.
EDIT: Wait…no, its a .22 LR.
re: #141 Dave In Austin
I’m not a gun connoisseur, but lord that is one ugly piece of metal.
I wonder if it will be made from foreign steel.
Just got back from a short walkabout the farm.
Deer are raising a ruckus up in the woods.
It sounds like a gang fight ready to start up.
something for Shiplord:
Intense storm damage in Ralls, TX after @NWSLubbock estimated peak winds associated with storms reached 80 to 90 mph.
Video courtesy of @fox34. pic.twitter.com/H80YogIAFz— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) June 3, 2018
This is a funny omission in Trump’s lawyers’ memo to Mueller.
They claim Don Jr offered “full public disclosure” about the Trump Tower meeting.
In reality, this only came *after* reporters obtained Don Jr’s emails proving original statement drafted with Trump’s help was bogus. pic.twitter.com/tYObN1JJdx— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) June 3, 2018
Ohio Governor John Kasich scolds GOP leaders for thinking “they have to ask permission from the president to do anything” https://t.co/3PMIPZi5Mm pic.twitter.com/csQ5cwADva
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 3, 2018
re: #151 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I’ll have to check up on Lubbock. Ralls is just a few miles east of there.
oh…
Syria’s Assad says will visit North Korea, news agency reports https://t.co/QUVIOFISNj pic.twitter.com/4LViZoP85g
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) June 3, 2018
re: #154 Backwoods_Sleuth
Must be the annual meeting of the Brutal Despot Club.
Think my girlfriend’s still angry at me. Just a feeling. pic.twitter.com/sjZogg4kUD
— Stansaid Airport (@StansaidAirport) June 3, 2018
re: #148 wheat-dogg
I’m not a gun connoisseur, but lord that is one ugly piece of metal.
I wonder if it will be made from foreign steel.
It’s made by Carl Walther Sportswaffen, apparently in Germany. During World War II, Walther used slave labor at the Neuengamme concentration camp, and operated its own factory at the camp.
re: #158 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
It’s made by Carl Walther Sportswaffen, apparently in Germany. During World War II, Walther used slave labor at the Neuengamme concentration camp, and operated its own factory at the camp.
Sooo, is it safe to presume that this will be one German product that will not have a tariff applied?
moron is awake
Jesse Watters “The only thing Trump obstructed was Hillary getting to the White House.” So true!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 3, 2018
Is any one else worried that Trump is now taking advice from the Cardassians? That went very badly for the Bajorans…
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) June 3, 2018
re: #162 PhillyPretzel
I see we have another entry for Philly Pretzel’s thread killers. Sigh.
I’m still here. Just puzzling over a computer issue
I’m also marveling at how that face on the pistol grip looks not at all like Trump.
re: #141 Dave In Austin
Guaranteed to make your hands look tiny.
The United States must, at long last, be treated fairly on Trade. If we charge a country ZERO to sell their goods, and they charge us 25, 50 or even 100 percent to sell ours, it is UNFAIR and can no longer be tolerated. That is not Free or Fair Trade, it is Stupid Trade!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 2, 2018
It’s POSSIBLE he’s really this ignorant, but I assume he’s describing tariffs incorrectly to avoid admitting he just imposed a huge tax hike on American consumers. https://t.co/cxSDR4b6iW
— Julian Sanchez (@normative) June 3, 2018
re: #152 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Okay I know a lot of us don’t like or trust Kasich but I’ll give him credit here.
re: #156 wheat-dogg
Must be the annual meeting of the Brutal Despot Club.
More likely the 2018 Pyongyang Missile Show and Illegal Arms Expo: like a regular gun show, except held in secret, and with a very restricted ticket list…
re: #171 wheat-dogg
“We should have been told! Why was I responsible for vetting!!!”
Our lawless president is using twitter this morning to signal to Manafort, just in case Manafort missed the point of the D’Souza pardon and the Blagojevich teaser. The continuing failure of congressional leaders to defend democracy is a shocking betrayal of our nation.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) June 3, 2018
He has no sense of personal responsibility at all. I’m so sick of his whining.
He’s so obviously guilty. Hopefully Mueller gets him put away. I hate that we may have to see a President in jail but we’ve had governors, members of Congress, judges, & cabinet members. Trump is a criminal.
Ivanka now has an alias, it seems.
Sukie @FroggyBottomPnd
Attention @Steinmart shoppers! This is a deception. And by the way Steinmart has blocked me on their Twitter acount for speaking out, ,so please retweet this on my behalf. Ivanka’s fashion line as been quietly relabled Adrienni Vittadini. pic.twitter.com/gmjWs3JRu7— WonderWoman934 (@WonderWoman934) June 2, 2018
re: #174 HappyWarrior
This is what you get when you shield a child with money and never tell them no and give in to every demand. He’s been like this his whole life, ask people who live in NYC, hell, he’s even admitted a lot of it. He never had to learn a fucking thing because no one ever cared enough to make sure he turned out to be a decent human being. Now we all get to pay.
re: #176 wheat-dogg
Ivanka now has an alias, it seems.
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Her own brand has gone toxic…
re: #178 Backwoods_Sleuth
The rebranding occurred last year, because the Ivanka label was not selling. The Adrienni Vittadini label is more well known and respected, maybe.
re: #177 A Mom Anon
This is what you get when you shield a child with money and never tell them no and give in to every demand. He’s been like this his whole life, ask people who live in NYC, hell, he’s even admitted a lot of it. He never had to learn a fucking thing because no one ever cared enough to make sure he turned out to be a decent human being. Now we all get to pay.
Exactly. This is such a nightmare. As I said the other day, cleaning up after him is going to be the difficult part.
“Nice to be with you, Todd….I mean Chris.” -Rudy G on MTP.
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re: #177 A Mom Anon
This is what you get when you shield a child with money and never tell them no and give in to every demand. He’s been like this his whole life, ask people who live in NYC, hell, he’s even admitted a lot of it. He never had to learn a fucking thing because no one ever cared enough to make sure he turned out to be a decent human being. Now we all get to pay.
The demon child all grown up.
In China, they call little kids who are handed everything by parents and more often grandparents, “little emperors,” because the kids are stupendously bratty. The rich ones are much worse.
rudy, rudy, rudy…
Asked about shifting explanations for statement on Trump Tower meeting, Rudy Giuliani tells @GStephanopoulos:
“This is the reason you don’t let the president testify. Our recollection keeps changing, or we’re not even asked a question and somebody makes an assumption.” pic.twitter.com/Ya0dK1KenB— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) June 3, 2018
Rudy Giuliani to @GStephanopoulos: “Congress is going to impeach somebody for lying to the press? Come on. They do more lying to the press than anybody.” https://t.co/LiqljGHBPk #ThisWeek pic.twitter.com/rYeoSCFGBE
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) June 3, 2018
Giuliani to @ThisWeekABC: “For every one these things he did, we can write out five reasons why he did it. Four of them are completely innocent, and one of them is your assumption that it’s a guilty motive, which the president would deny.” https://t.co/vacScgTMOf pic.twitter.com/ZOGAfnE2RO
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) June 3, 2018
re: #183 wheat-dogg
The demon child all grown up.
In China, they call little kids who are handed everything by parents and more often grandparents, “little emperors,” because the kids are stupendously bratty. The rich ones are much worse.
Makes it all the more amazing how he’s become the hero of so many schmos. I think that illustrates how keenly prejudice is rooted in parts of our culture though.
re: #184 Backwoods_Sleuth
rudy, rudy, rudy…
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I liked Rudy better when his name was Lionel Hutz and he was representing Homer Simpson in his lawsuit against The Frying Dutchman.
I am hoping against all hope that the family gathering (sans Melania) over the weekend at Camp David means something bigly is going to break this week, and The Donald was telling his kids to stand ready.
Or, he told them that Mel and he were now splitsville, or that Mel has “disappeared” along with all those other illegal aliens.
Trump team now acknowledges Trump “dictated” son’s misleading statement about Russian lawyer meeting. But after WaPo reported last July that Trump “personally dictated” it aboard Air Force One, Trump’s team denied. https://t.co/VLrzUH4r9q
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) June 3, 2018
This really is a huge admission. Among other things, the fact that this was a leak timed for Saturday afternoon would suggest it’s Trump’s team trying to get a damning tidbit out on its own terms. https://t.co/goAJLyglG3
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) June 3, 2018
jeebus
.@jonkarl tells @gstephanopoulos the summit between Pres. Trump and Kim Jong Un is “entirely different” from past diplomatic efforts.
“It may just be that Donald Trump is the one human being uniquely positioned to get a deal with North Korea.” #ThisWeek pic.twitter.com/5Aa5pPr7TK— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) June 3, 2018
re: #185 HappyWarrior
Makes it all the more amazing how he’s become the hero of so many schmos. I think that illustrates how keenly prejudice is rooted in parts of our culture though.
It makes me wonder why we never hear anything about Trump from his former classmates or teachers. Did the fam make all of them sign NDAs?
re: #189 Backwoods_Sleuth
“A Deal” is a uniquely vague goal.
Rudy G just said that Trump is not going to attempt to pardon himself. Which means that Trump is going to pardon himself.
I have never physically cringed as hard as when I read this in Serena’s transcript. Wow. pic.twitter.com/60wnSWG6En
— Jeff Donaldson (@jddtennis) June 2, 2018
re: #191 jaunte
“A Deal” is a uniquely vague goal.
Don’t you remember the Deal of Versailles? Or the Nuclear Disarmament Deal? All great leaders work out deals. It is known.
//
So many people eager to put training wheels on this presidency.
heh
I’d just like to set the record PERFECTLY straight here for Basketball Twitter:
Serena isn’t the Lebron of tennis.
Lebron is the Serena of basketball.— Jeff Donaldson (@jddtennis) June 1, 2018
re: #193 Backwoods_Sleuth
I would have decked that reporter. Serena is stronger than I, in many ways.
re: #191 jaunte
“A Deal” is a uniquely vague goal.
He’ll get that Pyongyang McDonalds yet, just you wait and see!
Todd: “What do you feel the president wants from you in putting these tariffs out.”
Trudeau: “I don’t know.”pic.twitter.com/TvTJYsSlWR— Resistbot (@resistbot) June 2, 2018
By simply being reasonable and coherent, Canada’s Trudeau illustrates just how ashamed we should be of our “president” and his self-defeating tariffs. https://t.co/SP0by24p15
— Drew Emery (@InlawsOutlaws) June 3, 2018
Trump is such a great deal-maker, the people on the other side of the table can’t understand what he wants.
LOL
NEWS ALERT: Fox News has obtained exclusively a letter President @realDonaldTrump’s legal team sent to Mueller in January outlining many reasons why the President should not sit down for an interview with Mueller. pic.twitter.com/ORhxqwMuWp
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 2, 2018
News flash, @FoxNews. When another outlet has already obtained a document and published a story on it, it’s not your “exclusive” when you later get the same document. In this case, it was @maggieNYT’s exclusive.
Come on, Fox, you know better than that. https://t.co/QAjNtekd2q— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) June 3, 2018
I watched Lawrence Tribe on C-Span this morning. He was patient and clear and not overly partisan. The calls were shocking. Every “democrat” who called in said they’d voted for Trump and he should be left alone to do the job he was elected to do. I suspect there was a lot of bad faith in the calls, but there really is a sizable segment of the population that have believed Trump’s lies from the beginning and any attempt to bring him to justice will be seen as the culmination of a witch hunt. There will be no catharsis.
Asked about shifting explanations for statement on Trump Tower meeting, Rudy Giuliani tells @GStephanopoulos:
“This is the reason you don’t let the president testify. Our recollection keeps changing, or we’re not even asked a question and somebody makes an assumption.” pic.twitter.com/DLQsGbfGhA— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) June 3, 2018
This is why I love it every time Mr. Giuliani speaks. He just acknowledged that BEFORE he joined Mr. Trump’s team on Apr. 19, Trump was aware of the repayment to Cohen and lied about it. Rudy: under the law that’s called an “admission” and it’s very damaging. Pls keep talking. https://t.co/DJYMhYb0uh
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) June 3, 2018
Morning!
I see there were opportunities taken to trash the Cleveland Browns last night.
I have a long memory.
Trying to watch the local politics show on NBC and one thing stands out…no matter what is going wrong with the Republican party it is very important for any Republican to mention both sides do it. And if you have to, just mention something that isn’t even a fair comparison…Democrats do it too.
This all comes from the current mess in the Ohio Senate and House where things are in what can be called political constipation due to all the resignations of criminal Republicans.
There is no current Ohio House Speaker because Republicans can’t agree on who it should be and the Democrats are just standing back and watching the implosion. Of course that is made out to be the Democrats are not helping by not working with the Republicans.
Just like the US Congress…Ohio Republicans are the majority and can’t work with each other. So, blame it on Democrats.
Arrrrrrgh!
Coming in late, and didn’t check to make sure someone hasn’t already said this. What if this Melania thing is another distraction? An ever larger amount of public and media attention is being given to it, and it keeps that attention off of things DT would rather we not notice. Or not. //
Now off to mow grass before it gets too hot!
Perhaps Melania never really existed?
re: #205 I Would Prefer Not To
If Trump marries someone, and they never speak, did it happen?
When your friends get their food served before you pic.twitter.com/YkClLBsnnb
— 🐶Puppies🐶 (@Standardpups) June 2, 2018
re: #205 I Would Prefer Not To
Perhaps Melania never really existed?
Oh no. Does this mean Trump has the Infinity Time Stone and the Reality Stone?
Back in April 2016, one person close to the Trump campaign said of Trump: “He’s calling Manafort like 20 times a day.” https://t.co/qGJErOPXdP pic.twitter.com/3V6esODWBE
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 3, 2018
re: #209 Backwoods_Sleuth
Notice that he doesn’t mention that Sleazy Paul was his campaign manager.
I give exams tomorrow morning, so I bid you all adieu as I head to bed.
Patricia Blagojevich: “The same people that…went after Mr. D’Souza are the same people that went after my husband, the same people that are going after the @POTUS now.” @JudgeJeanine https://t.co/lJ2UByx7s9 pic.twitter.com/ir5a6zXD5U
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 3, 2018
Pirro is pretty sympathetic to Blagojevich here, saying he was just doing “politics.” So, out of curiosity, I did a Nexis search and… https://t.co/QwRe4hdHxn
— Adam Smith (@asmith83) June 3, 2018
In 2008, Pirro said of the charges against Blago: “this is just base, disgusting politics.” What changed you think? pic.twitter.com/Oyg237ICmW
— Adam Smith (@asmith83) June 3, 2018
*that’s from the December 9, 2008 episode of Gretchen Carlson’s show, to be exact.
— Adam Smith (@asmith83) June 3, 2018
re: #212 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Pirro has no ideology except I hate the Clintons and love Trump. She has no ethics at all.
re: #191 jaunte
“A Deal” is a uniquely vague goal.
As I noted previously, “a deal” is all the shit-head cares about. It doesn’t matter if it’s bad for the US (and, he will “negotiate” a bad one), it’s a “deal” and he got it done.
We, as a nation, are soooo fucked.
re: #187 wheat-dogg
I am hoping against all hope that the family gathering (sans Melania) over the weekend at Camp David means something bigly is going to break this week, and The Donald was telling his kids to stand ready.
Or, he told them that Mel and he were now splitsville, or that Mel has “disappeared” along with all those other illegal aliens.
I think he’s getting more and more scared and I don’t think he can hold his mud long enough to get indicted to pardon himself—I think he’s getting set to preemptively pardon himself. I’m sure he believes he can do that.
re: #189 Backwoods_Sleuth
Man, it would be nice if there was some counterpoint to be had on shows like this. It’s almost like there’s a whole other political party that could provide a different perspective to this. But where could the Sunday show bookers find them?
Hrm…well, while they think of that, time for more hagiographies of Trump from his political allies!!
A Trump Employee Said He Knew Of Misconduct At The Company. Then He Claimed His Family Was Assaulted https://t.co/pND2tPiUWZ
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) June 3, 2018
“…Donald Trump’s security guards once shoved, threatened, and held a 12-year-old boy and his mother against their will after her husband promised to go public with damaging allegations against the Trump Organization, according to the family’s account in FBI records and court filings.”
re: #217 jaunte
That story is from August 2017.
re: #199 jaunte
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Trump is such a great deal-maker, the people on the other side of the table can’t understand what he wants.
That seems to be due to the fact there may not really be anything Trump wants, he is just mouthing off and sounding tough on trade to his base.
He’s got nothing, but he talks tough like he does. The base eats it up. The rest of the world is left in the lurch trying to figure out what the hell is going on.
Trump looks good to his base. America looks stupid to the world. Great!
re: #219 Ace Rothstein
Yes, and he got away with kidnapping and intimidation.
re: #220 ObserverArt
That seems to be due to the fact there may not really be anything Trump wants, he is just mouthing off and sounding tough on trade to his base.
He’s got nothing, but he talks tough like he does. The base eats it up. The rest of the world is left in the lurch trying to figure out what the hell is going on.
Trump looks good to his base. America looks stupid to the world. Great!
Hey the libtards hate it and Frenchy Trudeau hates it, it must be great! It’s almost funny how a lot of Turmp’s economic policies are going to hit some of his core supporters the hardest.
re: #218 jaunte
“…Donald Trump’s security guards once shoved, threatened, and held a 12-year-old boy and his mother against their will after her husband promised to go public with damaging allegations against the Trump Organization, according to the family’s account in FBI records and court filings.”
Cosa Nostra has more class than this. At least they don’t go after kids.
re: #222 HappyWarrior
Hey the libtards hate it and Frenchy Trudeau hates it, it must be great! It’s almost funny how a lot of Turmp’s economic policies are going to hit some of his core supporters the hardest.
If it triggers the libs, it must be an unmitigated and objective good!! That’s just facts, you stupid snowflake SJWs!!!
re: #220 ObserverArt
That seems to be due to the fact there may not really be anything Trump wants, he is just mouthing off and sounding tough on trade to his base.
He’s got nothing, but he talks tough like he does. The base eats it up. The rest of the world is left in the lurch trying to figure out what the hell is going on.
Trump looks good to his base. America looks stupid to the world. Great!
And when his trade fuckups screw his base even worse than they’re already being screwed, they’ll believe him when he tells them it’s M0AR AND M0AR ILL EAGLES TAKIN’ ARE JERBS!!!! BUILD THE WALL!!!!
Parkland seniors prepare for a bittersweet graduation without 4 of their classmates https://t.co/jJJPo40xb6 pic.twitter.com/LQMen2xidK
— CNN (@CNN) June 2, 2018
If you are going to remind us:
It’s six, not four.#NeverAgain #MSDStrong https://t.co/cVRkFrX8Ou— Ryan Deitsch (@Ryan_Deitsch) June 3, 2018
re: #193 Backwoods_Sleuth
Who was the person doing the questioning? That was…odd.
re: #225 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
And when his trade fuckups screw his base even worse than they’re already being screwed, they’ll believe him when he tells them it’s M0AR AND M0AR ILL EAGLES TAKIN’ ARE JERBS!!!! BUILD THE WALL!!!!
Absolutely right and the cycle will go on and we’ll continue to hear about economic anxiety and how all their troubles are liberal elites fault. They support a man who doesn’t give a fuck about them except as a cynical political tool.
re: #227 MsJ
Who was the person doing the questioning? That was…odd.
That was Bill Simons of Inside Tennis.
— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) June 2, 2018
According to Ben who is a tennis reporter and think was there says it was Bill simons. https://t.co/YcWLGSGPAc
— Nioka (@blacknsassy) June 3, 2018
re: #221 jaunte
Of course he did. Sorry, my point was if it didn’t make a dent in August, it won’t make a dent now. That’s where we are now as a country.
Conservative voters care about “sticking it to the libs”. Liberal voters care about policies that work for people in this country. That’s the biggest difference between the two mindsets.
re: #231 HappyWarrior
Conservative voters care about “sticking it to the libs”. Liberal voters care about policies that work for people in this country. That’s the biggest difference between the two mindsets.
Unfortunately, Hate and Spite continue to prove to be the two single most powerful forces in politics, by far.
re: #175 HappyWarrior
He’s so obviously guilty. Hopefully Mueller gets him put away. I hate that we may have to see a President in jail but we’ve had governors, members of Congress, judges, & cabinet members. Trump is a criminal.
I wouldn’t hate to see Trump in jail. That’s the one thing that will restore America’s standing in the world: if we can prove that noone is above the law and that includes the piece of garbage who now thinks he’s king.
re: #233 ericblair
I wouldn’t hate to see Trump in jail. That’s the one thing that will restore America’s standing in the world: if we can prove that noone is above the law and that includes the piece of garbage who now thinks he’s king.
I know. What I mean is I’d hate that we’d have to be at that point where a POTUS would be in jail but he needs to for the reasons you say.
re: #232 Citizen K
Unfortunately, Hate and Spite continue to prove to be the two single most powerful forces in politics, by far.
Yep people in the middle of nowhere voting for a New York douchebag real estate mogul who definitely looks down on them because they share his hatred of people they’ve never met.
My sister spoke to me last night, asking about Steve King of Iowa. (She’s in California.)
She asked what I knew of him … I pointed out his stance against “anchor grandbabies.”
She never uses coarse language at all. I’ve never heard her utter one coarse word. Her response was, “Our father was a first generation American. Fuck that guy.”
re: #225 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
And when his trade fuckups screw his base even worse than they’re already being screwed, they’ll believe him when he tells them it’s M0AR AND M0AR ILL EAGLES TAKIN’ ARE JERBS!!!! BUILD THE WALL!!!!
And he’ll screw up those of us who are not his supporters either who live in red states.
If it gets bad enough, someone tell me where the airlift point is to escape.
re: #236 Anymouse 🌹
My sister spoke to me last night, asking about Steve King of Iowa. (She’s in California.)
She asked what I knew of him … I pointed out his stance against “anchor grandbabies.”
She never uses coarse language at all. I’ve never heard her utter one coarse word. Her response was, “Our father was a first generation American. Fuck that guy.”
He’s quite honestly the most vile Republican in the House. And I’m including Nunes. King’s views are literally akin to Nazi Germany.
There was an article I read on Mother Jones about the man challenging King. I like what I’ve read. He’s pointing out that King is nothing but a Trump stooge who does nothing to actually help farmers that comprise a lot of the district.
re: #236 Anymouse 🌹
“…King noted that his position was not about race but, rather, “our stock, our country, our culture, our civilization,” and that “we need to have enough babies to replace ourselves.” Yes, because there is a crazy baby shortage going on in America that has him deeply concerned that the human race will become extinct.
Oh, that’s right, there is no baby shortage! Babies are fine. America has never had a problem procreating.”
theroot.com
King, taking the position that Americans are livestock.
re: #241 jaunte
King, taking the position that Americans are livestock.
He is a racist. He’s always been one.
Shit. Tho apparently not terrorism.
Large number of armed police at ongoing incident at Berliner Dom. #berlin #berlinerdom pic.twitter.com/SLP6voUI1A
— Arjan Koenders (@ArjanKoenders1) June 3, 2018
On the heels of that $4 “award” in Florida for being in your own garage while black:
Dr. Covey Banks, a physician, and her family were vacationing in Florida when they were attacked in a hotel pool.
In a Facebook post with video of the family yelling and calling her a “black b*tch” and “n*gger,” Banks described an encounter that started because she dared point the direction of the restroom to a woman who wanted a child to simply pee in the pool at the Omni luxury hotel.
The family came back and became belligerent—in the video, a man holding a can of Miller Lite and slurring his speech tells her to “get back in the pool” and “don’t come to Florida” as she shoots video of the women attacking her—splashing Banks and her family and then finally escalating into intense verbal abuse.
What’s worse, when Banks asked hotel security to act they refused to immediately remove the family from the hotel.
“My niece saw them going into their room, which was in the same building and on the same floor as ours and my kids were frightened when we seen them at the pool later Sunday evening,” Banks writes.
Banks then called the police, who were also unhelpful in her telling, telling her that if she wanted to press charges they would both be charged.
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Tell me again why I should spend a dime of my money in Dixie? I’m white enough nothing like this would likely happen to me, but I told my son years ago that as long as he lives in Jacksonville I will not come to visit.
re: #241 jaunte
re: #236 Anymouse 🌹
“…King noted that his position was not about race but, rather, “our stock, our country, our culture, our civilization,” and that “we need to have enough babies to replace ourselves.” Yes, because there is a crazy baby shortage going on in America that has him deeply concerned that the human race will become extinct.
Oh, that’s right, there is no baby shortage! Babies are fine. America has never had a problem procreating.”
theroot.com
King, taking the position that Americans are livestock.
The way I read this comment, it sounds more like Rep. King is using “stock” in its old-fashioned (as in 19th-Century-eugenics-type Old-fashioned) usage: basically code for “white folks just like us” -i.e. “English-speaking white Protestants of [accepted-varieties-of] European descent”
The next rhetorical step is “purebred” vs. “mongrel”, which just MAY be a trope too far even for Steve King, but it’s an election year, who knows?
re: #245 Jay C
King, taking the position that Americans are livestock.
They I read this comment, it sounds more like Rep. King is using “stock” in its old-fashioned (as in 19th-Century-eugenics-type Old-fashioned) usage: basically code for “white folks just like us” -i.e. “English-speaking white Protestants of [accepted-varieties-of] European descent”
The next rhetorical step is “purebred” vs. “mongrel”, which just MAY be a trope too far even for Steve King, but it’s an election year, who knows?
That’s how I read it too. He clearly means WASPs. Tough shit for him. This is country just as much as it yours Steve.
re: #245 Jay C
All connected to the “divine right” of kings and their blood relatives. Concepts of “blood” and “stock” are antithetical to American values of equality under the law.
Watching Trump supporters on tv and Twitter trying to defend the crimes of crooked Democrat Rod Blagojevich pic.twitter.com/HFsClDNwC9
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 3, 2018
Ok I honestly think this tweet may be remembered as the beginning of the death of the republic. https://t.co/rgixUSPBWq
— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) June 3, 2018
re: #244 Anymouse 🌹
On the heels of that $4 “award” in Florida for being in your own garage while black:
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Tell me again why I should spend a dime of my money in Dixie? I’m white enough nothing like this would likely happen to me, but I told my son years ago that as long as he lives in Jacksonville I will not come to visit.
Cause the same shit happens in the other regions of the country.
re: #245 Jay C
King, taking the position that Americans are livestock.
The way I read this comment, it sounds more like Rep. King is using “stock” in its old-fashioned (as in 19th-Century-eugenics-type Old-fashioned) usage: basically code for “white folks just like us” -i.e. “English-speaking white Protestants of [accepted-varieties-of] European descent”
The next rhetorical step is “purebred” vs. “mongrel”, which just MAY be a trope too far even for Steve King, but it’s an election year, who knows?
I would like to think that the people of IA-4 (that includes the Iowa’s suburbs of Omaha) are sick of this guy and toss him, but he already had one Democratic challenger withdraw from her campaign over death threats.
There are three Democrats vying for the June 5 primary. There is a Republican woman challenging Steve King in the Republican Primary.
Maybe Barack Obama can make a Netflix show about how he time traveled 20 years into the future, when we’re ready for him. https://t.co/xNbW3JF7LA
— Maureen Dowd (@maureendowd) June 2, 2018
remember that @maureendowd wrote what seemed like 147 columns abt Bill Clinton’s single controversial pardon. Now she goes silent on Trump https://t.co/KCMa3kLhDT
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) June 3, 2018
.@TomiLahren: Obama’s family is untouchable, but every single day the Trump family is attacked – aren’t the media sick and tired of their own dirty tricks? pic.twitter.com/7SB8SvpRJX
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) June 3, 2018
Maybe Toompa Loompa is too young to remember that Trump led the “Birther” brigade, that Obama was attacked by Hannity for wearing a tan suit & putting mustard on his burger, & Michelle Obama was accused of being a man. Ya think? #resist https://t.co/zdL9nvDmIP
— The Feckless Babushka (@viciousbabushka) June 3, 2018
U.S. Ambo to Berlin Richard Grenell: “I absolutely want to empower conservatives throughout Europe, other leaders. I think there is a groundswell of conservative policies that are taking hold because of the failed policies of the left.”
https://t.co/U6BCrLGRYn via @BreitbartNews— C. Stelzenmüller (@ConStelz) June 3, 2018
A reminder that this was the Bannon plan.
And also that Grenell worked as an unregistered foreign agent for a human trafficker. Who continues to employ lobbyists in Washington.
cc @20committee https://t.co/VNBolWAJrd— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) June 3, 2018
re: #249 JordanRules
Cause the same shit happens in the other regions of the country.
If I find myself in Dixie, I’ll do my best to find black-owned businesses and do business with them.
(I think if that white family pulled that in CA, they’d be more likely to be charged.)
Watch: @TomiLahren claims nobody ever attacked Obama’s wife and family. Guess what comes next. pic.twitter.com/20nN2l9auj
— Tommy Christopher (@tommyxtopher) June 3, 2018
Marshfield High School graduate Tyler Solomon is stunned as he receives his diploma and is reunited with his father, who made a surprise return trip from a year-long deployment overseas. The entire Solomon family had no idea he would be there until he appeared on the field. pic.twitter.com/iiETnxutl0
— Marshfield Student Broadcasting (@MSBtv) June 2, 2018
re: #252 The Vicious Babushka
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“Tearing down” Melania?
How? By demanding proof-of-live video?
re: #253 JordanRules
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He shouldn’t get too excited - IIRC, the German government can revoke his credentials if he proves to be too much of a pain in the ass.
re: #141 Dave In Austin
Are you ready?
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Good lord I was hoping that was satire…but it’s not. The same company also offers this thing:
re: #254 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
If I find myself in Dixie, I’ll do my best to find black-owned businesses and do business with them.
(I think if that white family pulled that in CA, they’d be more likely to be charged.)
That’s a great idea! If you ever want any recommendations, I have some good resources for some of the southern states.
re: #252 The Vicious Babushka
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First off, they have been attacked, secondly you are the media, & thirdly you notice that Tiffany isn’t criticized because she’s not part of the administration like Ivanka and the boys. Fourthly, shut up for once.
re: #253 JordanRules
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You’re Ambassador for the United States not for Conservatism, also Chancellor Merkel is a conservative just not a Brownshirt.
re: #259 Eclectic Cyborg
Good lord I was hoping that was satire…but it’s not. The same company also offers this thing:
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re: #249 JordanRules
Cause the same shit happens in the other regions of the country.
It does, though Florida seems to take the cake (the woman who had a restraining order against her husband and jailed for “standing her ground,” Trayvon Martin, &c).
That $4 award (reduced to 4¢ by the judge) was far more insulting by the jury and judge than the jury simply finding that the plantiff’s had not met their burden-of-proof. That award was the jury and judge punishing the family for daring to bring a case.
Their lawyer stated they would appeal. (I don’t know how appeals go for civil suits.)
re: #260 JordanRules
That’s a great idea! If you ever want any recommendations, I have some good resources for some of the southern states.
Miami hotel, Miami airport food provider? (Will be there in transit overnight.)
re: #252 The Vicious Babushka
Obama’s family is untouchable, but every single day the Trump family is attacked -
aren’tisn’t the media sick and tired of their own dirty tricks?
You’re welcome, Tami Lowrent.
re: #121 JordanRules
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Blue Flame!
There is a strip club in Atlanta named The Blue Flame but I promise I wasn’t thinking about that. The color just seems very intense and oddly fiery to me.
Smurf.
re: #247 jaunte
All connected to the “divine right” of kings and their blood relatives. Concepts of “blood” and “stock” are antithetical to American values of equality under the law.
Quite right, but those concepts have also been part of the “cultural” aspects of American “nationalism” since the beginning: e.g., Ben Franklin grumping about the immigration of poor Germans into Pennsylvania in the 18th C. or the general reaction of “natives” to the influx of the Irish in the 1840s, etc. Not even to mention racial obsessions.
Yes, America has always professed a dedication to the values of “equality under the law” - but there has always been (still is) a non-trivial bloc of the citizenry who are only too prone to define said values as “equality for those who deserve it” [insert Orwell quote HERE] : “deserving”, of course, by definitions we can all imagine.
Good morning from sunny Los Angeles. Extra strong coffee after a long day yesterday, which by the way featured short lines and very pleasant agents at TSA. LAX and Vegas.
So it’s time to fill out my mail in ballot. *snip snip of tape*
Who got top billing? John H. Cox. Yeah, the no comment then yes I do, then endorsed by the tyrant child king guy.
Who got dead last literally on the second page? John Chiang. Maybe best described as the “mainstream” protest candidate if you don’t like Antonio V or Gavin Newsom.
To be fair California has a system for this
Statewide Office
Names of candidates for offices voted on statewide rotate by Assembly district… etc.
Defending Rosanne Barr’s comments against Valerie Jarrett, Marco Rubio campaign volunteer and ex-legislator says Barack Obama looks like a monkey.
re: #121 JordanRules
Ultra Cyan or Deep Royal Blue.
re: #265 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
Miami hotel, Miami airport food provider? (Will be there in transit overnight.)
Hilton Cabana Miami Beach, might be too far for an overnight.
You can use the service Innclusive for AirBnB like options too.
Still waiting for my other Florida friend to chime in on any airport vendors. Will let you know!
Just a reminder. The only thing leftists offer is hating DJT. That’s it.
— Gordy (@GordyDBOWitz) June 3, 2018
This year Democrats introduced proposals for universal health care, student loan reform, a jobs guarantee program, postal banking, return-free filing, and marijuana legalization.
We’re the *only* party that is offering policy ideas. Your only idea is “do whatever Trump says.” https://t.co/2W4F3o7Tju— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) June 3, 2018
re: #274 JordanRules
Thanks, Might also try Fort Lauderdale.
Apropos of nothing…maybe
🎬’WarGames’ starring Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy & Dabney Coleman premiered in theaters 35 years ago today, June 3, 1983 pic.twitter.com/lMk1EQCZmb
— RetroNewsNow (@RetroNewsNow) June 3, 2018
If you ever pretended to care about “small government” and “individual liberty” and are watching a Republican president of the United States assert that he is above any law without anything but absolute rage, congratulations on being exactly who we knew you were.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) June 3, 2018
Also, most of the best black owned businesses in the South will be restaurants and barber shops.
Goebbels would have been invited to be on cable news three times a day.
— William K. Wolfrum (@Wolfrum) June 2, 2018
re: #259 Eclectic Cyborg
Isn’t using his image and the flag in an ad illegal?
Racoooooooon… THIEF is wayyy smooth… 😈😈😈😅😅😅😎😎😎 pic.twitter.com/Za7JHBpdHD
— Wina (@wawinaApr) June 3, 2018
Trump: GIVE UP YOUR NUKES
Kim: lol wut
Trump: FINE, THE SUMMIT IS OFF
Kim:
Trump:
Kim:
Trump:
Kim:
Trump: I miss us
Kim: pay my hotel bill
Trump: ok— Jeff Tiedrich (@jefftiedrich) June 3, 2018
re: #283 Skip Intro
Isn’t using his image and the flag in an ad illegal?
It violates the US Flag Code. The Code has no enforcement mechanism.
That said, it’s just another conservative who claims he is patriotic and respects the flag, but doesn’t know crap about the Flag Code.
(It’s interesting in my town the leftiest person in town is chair of the Flag Committee.)
Nice title USA Today!
Never has a modern president of the United States so carefully avoided pointed questions, and never has a president had so much to answer for.https://t.co/cWOcWzKHxf
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) June 3, 2018
re: #283 Skip Intro
Isn’t using his image and the flag in an ad illegal?
4 U.S. Code § 8 - Respect for flag
(i) The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever. It should not be embroidered on such articles as cushions or handkerchiefs and the like, printed or otherwise impressed on paper napkins or boxes or anything that is designed for temporary use and discard. Advertising signs should not be fastened to a staff or halyard from which the flag is flown.
re: #251 JordanRules
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Dana Milbank WaPo wrote about that column (in a more correct, less snarky, way): washingtonpost.com
Kevin McCarthy, in intvw with @DanaBashCNN, takes no issue with Trump pardons of political allies, saying he has the power to do so under the Constitution
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 3, 2018
McCarthy is heir apparent and likely to become Speaker if we don’t take back the House. https://t.co/COzg6Ms31W
— golden state warrior blond (@goldengateblond) June 3, 2018
Did you know that a galaxy can be so massive it warps the fabric of space-time? This can force light to travel along curved paths like the greenish streak seen in the lower center of this @NASAHubble image. Take a look: https://t.co/nPLWTFcdmi pic.twitter.com/YSI4ogkPup
— NASA (@NASA) June 3, 2018
Trump team now acknowledges Trump “dictated” son’s misleading statement about Russian lawyer meeting. But after WaPo reported last July that Trump “personally dictated” it aboard Air Force One, Trump’s team denied. https://t.co/VLrzUH4r9q
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) June 3, 2018
Why is this not a bigger deal? Directly contradicts the story Truml told at the time. https://t.co/KzJolp3Iyf
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) June 3, 2018
If only Chris knew someone with regular access to one of the largest news organizations in the world https://t.co/BZuSpVWuJ9
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) June 3, 2018
re: #289 retired cynic
Dana Milbank WaPo wrote about that column (in a more correct, less snarky, way): washingtonpost.com
I liked it all except for this:
Now we’re seeing a mirror effect among Trump’s opponents that is deepening the racial divide. As Sean McElwee wrote in the New York Times recently , Democratic voters, particularly white Democrats, are shifting left in their views about race.
If whites are on both sides of the line, it’s not a racial divide, its a bigot divide.
One of the things I have worried about is that a not-insignificant number of those on the left would really start buying into the idea that we just need to take care of whites first. I’m actually glad that whites on the left are sliding more left on the race issue.
re: #267 sagehen
Smurf.
Oh no! Don’t start that! It could turn into Boaty McBoatFace v2.0 before we know it!
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“The avg. IQ of a black person is about 20 points lower than the avg. IQ of a white person.” –White nationalist candidate Arthur Jones
“I went to Harvard.” -@MorganRadford
“Alright, and you’ve got a lot of white blood in you, too.” –Jones pic.twitter.com/ajnAPZ5WBZ— TODAY (@TODAYshow) June 1, 2018
For any candidate for whom you’re thinking of voting, first google their name with “white nationalist” (and “nra”/“gun control” while you’re at it) and see what comes up. Make sure you’re not voting for one of these Nazis by accident. https://t.co/CkxXZnLblL
— Justine Bateman (@JustineBateman) June 3, 2018
re: #277 JordanRules
Apropos of nothing…maybe
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re: #9 JordanRules
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WTF?!?!
I’m going to suggest this get corrected to “ex-FBI agent.” I doubt you shoot someone accidentally while dancing in a bar and retain the confidence of the FBI.
re: #297 Backwoods_Sleuth
While you’re at it, search for the candidate’s name and “pedophile.” (See VA-10 candidate, Michigan state senate candidate, &c)
LOL
John Goodman marries Phylicia Rashad after both of their spouses die in explosions. The Conner and Huxtable families merge Brady Bunch style.
— Ian Boothby (@IanBoothby) June 2, 2018
re: #297 Backwoods_Sleuth
I wonder what excuse they would use for someone for Neil DeGrasse Tyson?
re: #302 PhillyPretzel
I wonder what excuse they would use for someone for Neil DeGrasse Tyson?
Exception who proves the rule.
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Dragging the press in ten tweets:
I’ve been obsessing a bit over Melania’s disappearance - and that’s what it is. First Ladies don’t just drop out of sight; they go to Memorial Day wreath layings, for example. Or accompany their husbands to Camp David. They are *in* the public view.
— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) June 1, 2018
re: #301 JordanRules
John Goodman marries Phylicia Rashad after both of their spouses die in explosions. The Conner and Huxtable families merge Brady Bunch style.
Der Baader Meinhof Conner-Huxtable Komplex.
“Jay Sekulow was uninformed” about who wrote Trump Tower stmt, Giuliani tells @MeetThePress.
Uninformed here is code for misinformed. As in, Trump told Sekulow he had no part in it. Good reminder that Trump doesn’t just lie to the public, he also lies to his lawyers.— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) June 3, 2018
I concur. No way Sekulow goes out and makes such a definitive statement last summer without talking first to Trump. This is why they don’t want the President to testify. https://t.co/mH6jaMNyQp
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) June 3, 2018
re: #301 JordanRules
LOL
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You know, I’d watch that…and both Roseanne and The Cosby Show were Carsey-Werner shows.
A Georgia teen with no record was just sentenced to 5 years in prison and 10 years probation for stealing a pair of Nike sneakers. https://t.co/yOfOPrfqto pic.twitter.com/EdDujq0WLT
— AJ+ (@ajplus) June 1, 2018
And Rudy Giuliani’s daughter was sentenced to one day of community service for shoplifting $100 worth of make up from Sephora.https://t.co/NrVbQlqDnq https://t.co/14lf74lgES
— Mark Elliott (@markmobility) June 3, 2018
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) June 3, 2018
Lost in space reference?
— James (@JamesSNYC) June 3, 2018
I am so confused and so so so entertained.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 3, 2018
re: #292 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s not anti-Clinton. Chris isn’t interested.
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) June 3, 2018
re: #283 Skip Intro
Isn’t using his image and the flag in an ad illegal?
Probably, but since when do these people fucking care?
My #adorables in bow ties. (What? Is this weird?) Ryan, on the left, was our foster puppy rescued from a high-kill shelter. He found his forever family last night.
pic.twitter.com/klC6KfCrAh — Alanna Cotch (@alanna_cotch) June 3, 2018
re: #308 Backwoods_Sleuth
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No White Privilege to see here, folks. Move along, move along.
re: #297 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I saw that interview when it was shown on the Today show. I thought Morgan was going to kill that white nationalists with her stare. She kept her cool. I would have punched him.
Morgan is very quiet about her father and background. As far as I can tell, she doesn’t mention her father at all. I’m guessing she doesn’t because he was never involved in her life.
They say she is of Cuban and African American background. I think that makes her very suspect to any stupid white nationalists crap.
One thing, she seems very intelligent and diverse in what she likes to cover and do. More power to her.
I do know one thing…she is very attractive.
And as far as the white nationalist Arthur Jones running for Congress, that fool has apparently been running for political offices forever. The RNC is not backing him as he is too toxic. For some reason no one else contested as a Republican in Illinois district #3.
I don’t know Chicago…but what is going on in that district that this old fart is all that ran for the seat as a Republican? Is it a strictly Democratic area and Republicans shy away from contesting it?
re: #313 DodgerFan1988
No White Privilege to see here, folks. Move along, move along.
The argument in that thread appears to be that the teen in question who stole the shoes was accompanied by another person who pulled a firearm out during the robbery.
If that is so, then the teen is also guilty of armed robbery (even though he didn’t have a weapon).
🙃🙃🙃 pic.twitter.com/Z5drckOhXY
— Snezana🌷 (@SnezanaJevticBg) June 3, 2018
re: #311 Eclectic Cyborg
I think it’s hilarious that lay away is available.
re: #305 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Does anyone actually believe anything Jay Sekulow says then, now or in the future???
I don’t.
I think he is just another ‘fixer’ for the Don. He is the one that acts lawyerly where Cohen is the heavy. The old good lawyer/bad lawyer if you will. With Trump you can’t accept anything he or his “best” people say or do.
It’s worth noting that despite constant GOP assertions during Obama’s presidency that he was a “tyrant,” only two presidents have actually made legal claims that they were above the law: Nixon and Trump, both Republicans. pic.twitter.com/Dej5WiF7rB
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) June 3, 2018
FUN FACT: Trump hasn’t tweeted about Paul Manafort in 7 months. This mornin’ he’s already tweeted about him twice.
— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) June 3, 2018
when a dog is better at pool than most humans pic.twitter.com/wCaieXjeLB
— laney (@misslaneym) June 3, 2018
….Paul Manafort came into the campaign very late and was with us for a short period of time (he represented Ronald Reagan, Bob Dole & many others over the years), but we should have been told that Comey and the boys were doing a number on him, and he wouldn’t have been hired!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 3, 2018
Manafort picked your VP https://t.co/OuaHqixKKt
— Capitán Colombia (@dannyboi965) June 3, 2018
tariffs
looking up articles by mainstream analysts about when the next recession will hit, the consensus seems to be 2020 at the latest
i’ve never seen a president do so much to make it easy for people to blame him for any economic problems
thread re: how NYT has now basically locked out Congressional Dems from commenting on Trump news.
Number of Dems quoted: 0. https://t.co/vmdhM2gcDc— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) June 2, 2018
re: #320 Anymouse 🌹
FUN FACT: Trump hasn’t tweeted about Paul Manafort in 7 months. This mornin’ he’s already tweeted about him twice.
Maybe Manafort’s flipped.
You may see this poll bandied about, but…
Yes, Mr. Trump now captures the approval of many of the < 25% of voters who still register as Republicans. The question is whether, in the process, he is shrinking the party even further. But no worries for our GOP — gerrymandering and voter suppression can still save the day.
— M C (@classicalfan) June 3, 2018
An Egyptian floor mosaic depicting a dog and a knocked-over gold vessel. c. 200-100 BC pic.twitter.com/nBtyL0ghD6
— Museum Archive (@TheHiddenWorId) January 15, 2017
dog-shaming Ptolemy edition https://t.co/EgQ2E1r06X
— Mere Smith (@EvilGalProds) June 3, 2018
A Democratic president taking a shit in the woods and wiping his ass with leaves is just like a Republican president taking a shit on the oval office carpet and wiping his ass with the constitution. Its like GG isn’t even trying any more.
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) June 3, 2018
The next time someone waxes all patriotically about how the Oval Office has always been occupied by morally righteous and noble men, show them this amazing passage from Sy Hersh’s great new book, “Reporter,” about what LBJ did to the NYT’s Tom Wicker after an article he disliked pic.twitter.com/ZkirXVjj3G
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) June 2, 2018
Nobody has ever said that, in history. Glenn’s just mad that we all recognize Trump is EVEN MORE ignoble than all previous occupants, because it doesn’t fit his “hate Hillary” shtick. https://t.co/qVotGuGcPT
— Rebecca Schoenkopf, Wonkette Editrix, King Of You (@commiegirl1) June 3, 2018
There.
Is.
A.
Trump.
Tweet.
For.
EVERYTHING!
Paul Manafort edition.
Trump just tweeted that “Paul Manafort came into the campaign very late and was with us for a short period of time.”
This time the #NostraDumbass is Sean Hannity.#SundayMorning pic.twitter.com/KhJTglLRww— Holly Figueroa O’Reilly 🌊 BWCS (@AynRandPaulRyan) June 3, 2018
Doofus.
Giuliani calls Chuck Todd “Todd” then corrects himself and calls him “Chris” pic.twitter.com/xcUmwg3Xw6
— Aidan McLaughlin (@aidnmclaughlin) June 3, 2018
moron watching tv again
Mark Penn “Why are there people from the Clinton Foundation on the Mueller Staff? Why is there an Independent Counsel? To go after people and their families for unrelated offenses…Constitution was set up to prevent this…Stormtrooper tactics almost.” A disgrace!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 3, 2018
re: #302 PhillyPretzel
I wonder what excuse they would use for someone for Neil DeGrasse Tyson?
Obviously an extra terrestrial
After all, if a guy shoves a note in front of a bank teller that says ‘PUT THE MONEY IN THE BAG’ he may be speaking in the broadest terms about how women use their purses. pic.twitter.com/tHdDZ1V8za
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) June 3, 2018
re: #311 Eclectic Cyborg
Probably, but since when do these people fucking care?
Well, yeah, there’s that.
re: #326 The Major
Sekulow got his infamous start as the original chief legal counsel of the ACLJ - that’s all one needs to know…
Yeesh. I did know he was associated with freakin’ Pat Robertson. And then I see he is a follower of Messianic Judaism. What the hell is that? Wait, I don’t think I want to know. Seems like confusion to me.
Mark Penn “Why are there people from the Clinton Foundation on the Mueller Staff? Why is there an Independent Counsel? To go after people and their families for unrelated offenses…Constitution was set up to prevent this…Stormtrooper tactics almost.” A disgrace!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 3, 2018
Reminder: Only one person at Mueller’s team, while at WilmerHale, was a partner on the defense team representing the Clinton Foundation in a lawsuit. WilmerHale has also represented Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort, son-in-law Jared Kushner and daughter Ivanka Trump. https://t.co/RRuFoIBbWQ
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) June 3, 2018
re: #337 ObserverArt
Yeesh. I did know he was associated with freakin’ Pat Robertson. And then I see he is a follower of Messianic Judaism. What the hell is that? Wait, I don’t think I want to know. Seems like confusion to me.
Messianic Judaism is a religious view of certain Jews who claim Jesus as the Messiah. (Which kind of makes them no longer Jewish but Christians following Jewish laws.)
re: #337 ObserverArt
Yeesh. I did know he was associated with freakin’ Pat Robertson. And then I see he is a follower of Messianic Judaism. What the hell is that? Wait, I don’t think I want to know. Seems like confusion to me.
“Messianic Judaism” = a Jew who has converted to Christianity.
re: #339 Anymouse 🌹
Messianic Judaism is a religious view of certain Jews who claim Jesus as the Messiah. (Which kind of makes them no longer Jewish but Christians following Jewish laws.)
I wonder what the current count is of ‘religions’ is in the world right now?
As a Catholic schooled person, we were of course always taught it was the one true religion built upon St. Peter as a direct linage to Jesus Christ. Sounded good. They had plenty of books to back that up.
First grade in Catholic school and I was already confused by that teaching because all my neighborhood friends were of other religions. They seemed fine to me.
There was only 11 more years of confusion to go. But it did teach me a lot about religions and man.
re: #340 The Vicious Babushka
“Messianic Judaism” = a Jew who has converted to Christianity.
How do devout Jews see that use of “Judaism” if they are Christians? Do they acknowledge them as Jews at all, or ignore them as non-Jews?
re: #341 dangerman
He shoulda gone with “I said average”. /s
He obviously is unfamiliar with the definition.
The ball-design for this year’s @FIFAWorldCup is called the @adidas “Telstar 18”. Nice. Telstar: World’s first communication satellite, launched in 1962 by @NASA for @ATT Bell Labs. Dead but still up there, inspiring spheres the world over. pic.twitter.com/Kjf6LNnHYb
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) June 3, 2018
re: #342 ObserverArt
I wonder what the current count is of ‘religions’ is in the world right now?
As a Catholic schooled person, we were of course always taught it was the one true religion built upon St. Peter as a direct linage to Jesus Christ. Sounded good. They had plenty of books to back that up.
First grade in Catholic school and I was already confused by that teaching because all my neighborhood friends were of other religions. They seemed fine to me.
There was only 11 more years of confusion to go. But it did teach me a lot about religions and man.
The National Catholic Register attempts to answer that question on Protestant denominations. The 33,000 figure has been widely debunked in many places. NCR holds there are hundreds or thousands.
They have an interesting article on that:
ncregister.com
re: #343 ObserverArt
How do devout Jews see that use of “Judaism” if they are Christians? Do they acknowledge them as Jews at all, or ignore them as non-Jews?
They are regarded as apostates.
This does not apply to Jewish atheists, who are regarded as simply non-observant.
Robert Mueller needs to ‘man up,’ avoid pulling ‘another Comey’ as Russia probe wraps up, Giuliani says https://t.co/fpgGFOr8hv
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 3, 2018
re: #347 The Vicious Babushka
They are regarded as apostates.
This does not apply to Jewish atheists, who are regarded as simply non-observant.
I was reading some of the Wiki page on Messianic Judaism and it seems they are all over the place in thinking.
I guess I’ll mark that down as a cafeteria religion. Pick and choose what you believe or reject and pile it on your tray.
re: #343 ObserverArt
How do devout Jews see that use of “Judaism” if they are Christians? Do they acknowledge them as Jews at all, or ignore them as non-Jews?
From pasr expereince I think it involves the word “shonde”.
re: #340 The Vicious Babushka
“Messianic Judaism” = a Jew who has converted to Christianity.
I think many of then are Christians pretending that they were once Jewish.
re: #286 Anymouse 🌹
It violates the US Flag Code. The Code has no enforcement mechanism.
This would be a fun thing for Democrats to try to fix when we return to power.
Granted, there would be significant First Amendment issues, but watching the opposition pretzel itself into logical twists would be worth the price of admission.
The malevolent religion makes people come up with all sorts of excuses for their bad behavior:
If y’all recall, yesterday I wrote about the problem of the wife of the former chief of staff of Patterson, who published private letters.
Well, now she has printed this excuse:
Note in the first claim she says she did nothing wrong because she was given copies of the private letters but did not handle the private letters herself.
As if publishing copies of private letters is different than publishing private letters herself. It’s still unethical.
Colter (and you) have no conscience if you think it is ethical to publish private letters. The wrongness of such an act has nothing to do whether Colter made the physical copies herself. That she feels no remorse is testimony to her depravity.
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) June 3, 2018
Then she goes on to justify her actions because she is defending Patterson, who she still thinks did nothing wrong.
It’s exactly this type of searing of the conscience that allows these people to support Trump.
Thought of tweeting this:
Donald Trump is the Chinese water torture of presidents.
re: #346 Anymouse 🌹
The National Catholic Register attempts to answer that question on Protestant denominations. The 33,000 figure has been widely debunked in many places. NCR holds there are hundreds or thousands.
They have an interesting article on that:
ncregister.com
I guess I now have another way to think about what the Tower of Babel story really means.
re: #322 Backwoods_Sleuth
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- we didn’t vet him
- we didn’t hire only the best people
re: #303 Anymouse 🌹
Exception who proves the rule.
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(Which is a very not normal thing, but that’s our new reality)
re: #353 freetoken
I for one have no problem with the members of the Southern Baptist Convention stabbing each other in the back over this. That organisation has exercised far too much power over our political discourse.
re: #343 ObserverArt
How do devout Jews see that use of “Judaism” if they are Christians? Do they acknowledge them as Jews at all, or ignore them as non-Jews?
If you’re born a Jew, the only way to become Not A Jew is to affirmatively, deliberately, become a Christian or Muslim.
There are Buddhist Jews, we’re fine with that. Atheist Jews, not a problem. There’s “we’re ashamed of them and embarrassed by them and wish they weren’t Jews but we’re stuck with them” Jews (e.g., Madoff), still Jews.
But anyone who declare for Team Jesus or Team Muhammed… is no longer a Jew.
re: #358 Anymouse 🌹
The whole “I seek God’s approval alone” is the clincher about that person (i.e., wife of Patterson’s c.o.s.). That phrase is a clear sign that one is dealing with someone in conflict with their society but unwilling to own up to it.
re: #357 ipsos
Well, we know why the supermarket tabloids are treating her with kid gloves - they are owned by AMI, which is a staunch Trump ally.
(Which is a very not normal thing, but that’s our new reality)
Well, there is other stuff.
Weekly World News has the top-hitting story today:
National Mud Day (more at the link):
President Trump declares April 14th - National Mud Day!
Thousands of of kids across America celebrated President Trump’s first National Mud Day.
The President thought it would be fun for kids across America if they could play in the mud for a few days.
British tabloids have found a story that interests them about America:
Where’s Melania? Concerns for Donald Trump’s wife as she’s not seen for 23 days
I’m withholding judgement over this whole Melania thing, as to why she went dark, until she actually appears, or speaks for herself (and those tweets are not her.)
Trump to host his first-ever Ramadan dinner after breaking decades-long tradition last year https://t.co/9iCCgpmeJw pic.twitter.com/OTWGA6I49i
— The Hill (@thehill) June 3, 2018
Why do I imagine he’ll serve something wrapped in bacon? https://t.co/1kNtfhTv79
— Milt Shook (@MiltShook) June 3, 2018
re: #351 I Would Prefer Not To
I think many of then are Christians pretending that they were once Jewish.
I find my understanding of Christianity and Jesus teaching to be profoundly influenced by what I have learned about Judaism (torah, mishnah, pirke avot, a Jewish commentary on the New Testament) but that does not make me Jewish. I am just another Christian. The man who I consider the messiah was a good Jew though. I hope that makes a bit of sense?
re: #315 Anymouse 🌹
The argument in that thread appears to be that the teen in question who stole the shoes was accompanied by another person who pulled a firearm out during the robbery.
If that is so, then the teen is also guilty of armed robbery (even though he didn’t have a weapon).
Yes, the two cases are apples and oranges. I think we have to be consistent about gun violence. But, the problem here is that the young man was 15 years old and charged as an adult.
His age should have been more of a consideration with some harsh consequence but alternative to prison time. I think had he been a white kid, the results would have been more of a slap on the wrist, which is sad…See: school shooters. Almost always white male teens. Also, Giuliani’s daughter was a grown woman at 21. One day Community service? Yeah, rich white privilege.
re: #362 freetoken
Agreed. If she is feeling good, why not record a brief video for everyone to calm down the speculation?
Or a quick photo op or something.
Winner, Winner pic.twitter.com/N4sxChqdjK
— jeffreyw (@imjeffreyw) June 3, 2018
re: #360 freetoken
I seek God’s approval alone
“Yeah, don’t blame God for your being a horrible human being.”
re: #365 blueraven
Yes, the two cases are apples and oranges. I think we have to be consistent about gun violence. But, the problem here is that the young man was 15 years old and charged as an adult.
His age should have been more of a consideration with some harsh consequence but alternative to prison time. I think had he been a white kid, the results would have been more of a slap on the wrist, which is sad…See: school shooters. Almost always white male teens. Also, Giuliani’s daughter was a grown woman at 21. One day Community service? Yeah, rich white privilege.
I don’t know enough about the case of the stolen shoes to have an informed opinion, nor of Giuliani’s daughter’s case. I do know there are vast disparities in sentencing around the country for equivalent crimes.
I’m pretty sure, for example, that a written warning I got for speeding on US-30 one mile inside Nebraska from Wyoming (75 in a 60) probably would have been far worse If I wasn’t white, local resident, with Gold Star Family plates on my car and “veteran” on my license (despite my long hair and trilby hat).
re: #366 Eclectic Cyborg
Agreed. If she is feeling good, why not record a brief video for everyone to calm down the speculation?
Or a quick photo op or something.
THEY LOVE TO FUCK WITH US.
They also want to say that the press is always wrong and therefore Trump is not guilty, etc, etc.
In local news, a La Grange, Wyoming sixth grader won the National Cursive Writing Competition.
re: #373 Belafon
Anyone else catch FLCL Progressive last night?
I got it recorded, I still need to set myself down and watch it though.
It’s been about a month since the last obligatory liberal letter in my regional newspaper. Time to limber up my “letter to the editor pen” over this bit of derp:
Sadly, as we honor the real heroes of America, the men and women who gave their lives for this country, the NFL leaders got it wrong again.
The league, once again, refused to strap on their backbone and take control of player behavior during the playing of the national anthem.
Instead of fining and banning the overpaid disrespects of our flag and our country from the game, the league opted to fine the team owners. How stupid is that?
If they really want to get the “players” attention, fine them heavily at the first offense, and ban them from the “game” at the second.
Yeah, dude, you don’t speak for the men and women who gave their lives for the country.
I’m getting very tired of the dishonesty of conservatives over the meaning of the protests.
re: #372 I Would Prefer Not To
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re: #375 Anymouse 🌹
It’s been about a month since the last obligatory liberal letter in my regional newspaper. Time to limber up my “letter to the editor pen” over this bit of derp:
Yeah, dude, you don’t speak for the men and women who gave their lives for the country.
I’m getting very tired of the dishonesty of conservatives over the meaning of the protests.
You need to write not just as a veteran here. I’m tired of this too. This isn’t Nazi Germsny.
re: #377 HappyWarrior
You need to write not just as a veteran here. I’m tired of this too. This isn’t Nazi Germsny.
It’s not Nazi Germany, either. /s
I intend to write. I just need to compose it and keep it under 250 words (though last month they let me go far longer in a letter).
re: #378 Anymouse 🌹
It’s not Nazi Germany, either. /s
I intend to write. I just need to compose it and keep it under 250 words (though last month they let me go far longer in a letter).
Yeah do that please.
.@Twitter lets actual real life David Duke rant about “Jewish supremacy” on here and a reporter makes a DDT joke while getting bombarded with death threats and… wow hold the phone guys better call in the experts for review… this could be serious, Luke could DDT someone
— Michael Edison Hayden (@MichaelEHayden) June 3, 2018
re: #380 Charles Johnson
Twitter, you suck. They’re not getting any better at this.
re: #380 Charles Johnson
Wow there is serious whinging going on about Amy Mek there, trying to somehow magic balance fairy that against David Duke. The claim being he “outed” Amy Mek and got her hub fired.
re: #372 I Would Prefer Not To
Carrey is keeping it real. I guess it took Trump to make him political.
Conservatives on Twitter still don’t seem to get that if you’re a racist and you’re fired it’s your fault.
Racism is not a protected job class.
re: #348 The Vicious Babushka
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Yes, I’m sure Mueller is shaking in his boots at Rudy’s every stupid pronouncement.
re: #385 Patricia Kayden
Yes, I’m sure Mueller is shaking in his boots at Rudy’s every stupid pronouncement.
I’m sure Mueller’s got someone taking notes.
re: #384 Anymouse 🌹
Conservatives on Twitter still don’t seem to get that if you’re a racist and you’re fired it’s your fault.
Racism is not a protected job class.
It’s quite telling who Conservatives rally around. Yet, they expect people of color to vote with and for them.
re: #384 Anymouse 🌹
Conservatives on Twitter still don’t seem to get that if you’re a racist and you’re fired it’s your fault.
Racism is not a protected job class.
Damn you liberals, you protect everyone else…like gays, ‘them’ people, women getting abortions…Hollywood. Why can’t you protect us racists? We are people too!!!
re: #384 Anymouse 🌹
Conservatives on Twitter still don’t seem to get that if you’re a racist and you’re fired it’s your fault.
Racism is not a protected job class.
My fear is that are going to try and make it one.
re: #327 JordanRules
So how much has the Republican Party shrank since November 2016? That would be good to know when we see polls showing that Trump’s approval rating among Republicans is nearly 90%. The base will NEVER reject him as long as he keeps pushing bigoted policies.
All the bashing of Luke O’Brien appears to stem from the article in the Huffington Post he wrote about Amy Mekelburg:
This is the “doxxing” they are complaining about. A reporter identifying a mysterious account on Twitter.
re: #389 I Would Prefer Not To
My fear is that are going to try and make it one.
In a sense they are with their “religious freedom” bills—that would include the religious freedom to be a racist.
re: #391 Anymouse 🌹
All the bashing of Luke O’Brien appears to stem from the article in the Huffington Post he wrote about Amy Mekelburg:
This is the “doxxing” they are complaining about. A reporter identifying a mysterious account on Twitter.
Just read the linked Amy Mek story. I thought some of that sounded familiar. When I saw the killer’s name it hit me.
The “stripper” that was mentioned in the article that was killed by Paul Cortez, Catherine Woods, was the daughter of the former director of the Ohio State University marching band. So, it was big news at OSU and around Columbus.
She had the classic dreams of going to New York to work as a dancer, etc. in theatrical work. I think she was a trained dancer/ballerina. She worked as an exotic dancer (not really a stripper from what the word was around Columbus) to make a go of things and met up with Cortez.
My understanding is it was a pretty clearly proven case. Weird knowing that Amy “Mek” fell into supporting Cortez. And it then gets stranger. Wow.
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