Stephen Colbert’s “Hungry to Leave Power Games,” Featuring Scott Pruitt
Julius Flickerman is back to pay homage (but not with taxpayers’ dollars) to Trump’s disgraced EPA director Scott Pruitt.
Julius Flickerman is back to pay homage (but not with taxpayers’ dollars) to Trump’s disgraced EPA director Scott Pruitt.
I guess he is moving to Southampton
Pruitt isn’t gone. He just went to collect his payday from corporate polluters and the right wing grift circuit. /sarc not sarc
The sad thing is that turnover at Trumpworld is so beyond what every prior admin has seen that people don’t realize that with all the ongoing chaos and scandals and criminality.
Every admin has turnover. It’s inevitable. But with Trump, the turnover is so great and severe that it defies ordinary description.
And even that turnover is a minor story when compared to the overwhelming and pervasive criminality and misconduct among Trumpworld officials (Pruitt being just one of many who have engaged in misconduct).
Lest we forget, Pruitt should have been gone after the travel shenanigans. Except if he were booted, so too would Zinke (who did the same) and Mnuchin (same).
A racist “liberal” or a Trumper living in Berkeley?
Another day, another racist.
Berkeley, California. Plate number: 6EVE258
“Are y’all Ho*key ass Ni**ers” to gay female couple.
You know what to do. 💙✊🏼pic.twitter.com/hmfOUUzd6p— Indivisible Network (@IndivisibleNet) July 10, 2018
Donald Trump’s racist America:
“And we were there celebrating and some kids, about 20 of them, ran in front of our home and started yelling the N-word at us,” Hostin shared. “They said, ‘This is America, we are patriots, this is our holiday.’” https://t.co/nM0Z3kFh0F— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) July 10, 2018
“Economic Anxiety” reaches the Hamptons.
Many countries in NATO, which we are expected to defend, are not only short of their current commitment of 2% (which is low), but are also delinquent for many years in payments that have not been made. Will they reimburse the U.S.?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 10, 2018
WTF does “reimburse the US” mean, Donnie? NATO countries don’t owe money to the US, you idiot. https://t.co/ZboZu4N3eK
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 10, 2018
re: #3 Dr. Matt
A racist “liberal” or a Trumper living in Berkeley?
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Get ready for Benghazi 2.0 which Republicans will totally ignore.
US Defense official: US Embassy in Haiti has requested additional Marines and State Dept. security personnel “to augment the existing forces at the Embassy” amid violent protests in the capital - @MoshehNBC
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 10, 2018
By now, I’m sure someone has explained to President Spanky how NATO actually works — he’s repeating this stupid line that they owe money to the US because it plays well with the delusional base. He knows it’s a lie.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 10, 2018
re: #4 jaunte
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How would that even occur to them? I had no idea who she was till I read the tweet, but I thought the picture was Alyssa Milano for a second.
— Effin’ Birds (@EffinBirds) July 10, 2018
re: #5 Charles Johnson
Oh yes he does. Take it one corrupt layer deeper. He and his pals trade defense stocks. And even if they buy airbus instead of Boeing, Rafale instead of Lockheed, they win the big bucks. It’s “us all right. By us he means white rich .1% types he likes to try and impress.
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— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) July 10, 2018
Yes, third co-worker in a row, I know a ceiling fan has been delivered, but I’m eating lunch right now.
re: #5 Charles Johnson
Just pay him directly and your little problem goes away. Isn’t that how all mob bosses act?
re: #12 Backwoods_Sleuth
Is there a “partisan playbook”? By all means, do exactly what the Turtle would do if he was in your position.
re: #10 Backwoods_Sleuth
is this a reference to Dwayne Hoover from Breakfast of Champions who shoots out the door of his shower stall with a flamingo etched in it snarling “Dumb fucking bird”?
jeebus…this thread…
“One toddler had diaper rash that had become crusted, scaled, and bloodied from thigh to abdomen. She thrashed as we tried to apply a soothing cream. Her mother told us that we were the first people to be kind to her and her baby. This would be the first of so many like this.”
— Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 (@DemWrite) July 10, 2018
re: #16 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
is this a reference to Dwayne Hoover from Breakfast of Champions who shoots out the door of his shower stall with a flamingo etched in it snarling “Dumb fucking bird”?
Remember my senior year high school I did a book report on Breakfast of Chamions and the English teacher called it “vile filth” and gave me an F.
And what’s more, he KNOWS leaders of other NATO countries see him repeating these lies in public, but he simply doesn’t care. Trump is taking a wrecking ball to international alliances that have protected the world for decades.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 10, 2018
Dumb (NATO money) and dumber
Trump Pardons Ranchers Whose Arson Case Sparked Refuge Occupation
The 2015 re-sentencing of Dwight Lincoln Hammond Jr. and Steven Hammond led to their supporters occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon.
huffingtonpost.com
re: #18 Joe Bacon 🌹
Remember my senior year high school I did a book report on Breakfast of Chamions and the English teacher called it “vile filth” and gave me an F.
I got Catch-22 confiscated.
re: #21 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
I got Catch-22 confiscated.
I was not allowed to take it into school for that reason.
I just got off a call with ICE and HHS about the delayed family reunifications. Here is how a top ICE official responded to questions about why they can’t find the parents of kids under 5 that they released on bond in the U.S. pic.twitter.com/YlCgCh48XK
— Alice Ollstein (@AliceOllstein) July 10, 2018
Chalk up another great victory for Trump!
BMW shifting production of their SUV’s from South Carolina to China. And they might just shut down that plant as well.
What a win-win policy for Trump and the South Carolina GOP!
BREAKING: Two vice chairmen of the Tory party have resigned over PM’s Chequer’s statement.
Ben Bradley (letter below) and Maria Caulfield pic.twitter.com/TT1oYv8QFw— Lucy Fisher (@LOS_Fisher) July 10, 2018
Extraordinary that, after all this time, there are still Brexiter MPs who think a) that ‘trading on WTO terms’ alone is viable and b) that all the other, non-trade, issues to which WTO rules are irrelevant that ‘no deal’ would mean don’t matter. https://t.co/9wmzzFT2UP
— Chris Grey (@chrisgreybrexit) July 10, 2018
re: #5 Charles Johnson
Two possibilities, neither of which are good (that NATO is a protection racket, and the 2% of GDP on military spending is a goal, not an obligation).
1) He knows, and doesn’t care.
2) He doesn’t know, and doesn’t care.
His supporters are oblivious and don’t care either. They treat everything he says as an article of faith, and it’s clear that he’s created a cult of personality around his every utterance and lie. The media continues treating this as though it’s their obligation to regurgitate everything he says uncritically.
re: #12 Backwoods_Sleuth
Supreme Court Justice #MerrickGarland can’t be reached for comment.
Oh wait, you mean he’s not on the Supreme Court because a craven McConnell prevented his nomination from getting a fair hearing, let alone a single vote? Yes. That’s the very definition of partisan politics.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) July 10, 2018
Fuck off. Just fuck off. pic.twitter.com/yUQNCDxpC9
— David Baddiel (@Baddiel) July 10, 2018
But how do you feel about @POTUS missing the deadline for re-uniting the children he kidnapped with their parents? https://t.co/CJQSejwB5n
— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) July 10, 2018
re: #29 Backwoods_Sleuth
But how do you feel about POTUS missing the deadline for re-uniting the children he kidnapped with their parents?
That and similar questions need to be asked every day until they are all found and reunited…
A Guatemalan man entered the U.S. with his daughter, 7. The U.S. government deported him and kept the girl.
“What if I lose her forever?” his wife chastened him. “I have to get my daughter back! Give me the money to pay a coyote. I’ll go get her today!”https://t.co/WseBni0REl pic.twitter.com/pKYXx9ivsM— Matt Pearce 🦅 (@mattdpearce) July 10, 2018
ICE said in a statement that Ovidio Batres Morales “requested to be returned to Guatemala without his family member.”
Ovidio said he doesn’t remember agreeing to leave without his daughter. But he also said he isn’t sure what documents he signed. Because he can’t read or write. https://t.co/NlxsPmDoVA— Matt Pearce 🦅 (@mattdpearce) July 10, 2018
These are the people Trump is manipulating with his “NATO countries owe the US money” bullshit.
It means the us taxpayers have/are covering the shortfall, but I understand your plight, most liberals have no idea of financial dealings……
— david (@njvikings1) July 10, 2018
re: #32 Charles Johnson
It means the us taxpayers have/are covering the shortfall, but I understand your plight, most liberals have no idea of financial dealings……
— david
I thought we were all elites with college educations and rich big houses on our leftist coastal enclaves.
re: #32 Charles Johnson
These are the people Trump is manipulating with his “NATO countries owe the US money” bullshit.
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re: #32 Charles Johnson
These are the people who don’t understand they’re paying the shortfall created by Trump’s tax cut.
re: #35 jaunte
These are the people who don’t understand they’re paying the shortfall created by Trump’s tax cut.
We have all the ideas of financial dealings and such.
re: #34 Joe Bacon 🌹
Something tells me David is 1) either on SSI or 2) a Russian troll.
David’s Bio
david
@njvikings1
Hypnotist, Hypnotherapist, I talk and nooo one listens, (they think)
re: #32 Charles Johnson
These are the people Trump is manipulating with his “NATO countries owe the US money” bullshit.
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re: #31 Backwoods_Sleuth
ICE said in a statement that Ovidio Batres Morales “requested to be returned to Guatemala without his family member.”
Ovidio said he doesn’t remember agreeing to leave without his daughter. But he also said he isn’t sure what documents he signed. Because he can’t read or write.
The spin: Don’t come to America unless you can already read and write the language!
re: #39 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
DOJ says one child under 5 can’t be reunited because “the parent’s location has been unknown for more than a year.” Also, both the parent and the child who’s been in the government’s custody “might be U.S. citizens.” pic.twitter.com/gOCO0jCY8O
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) July 10, 2018
This adds to the heinous actions by Trump admin in forcibly separating parents from their children, and their reckless disregard for the law. The fact that they “might be US citizens” should raise alarm bells for everyone. Trump doesn’t care if you’re a citizen or not. https://t.co/tT9cIAvwzC
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) July 10, 2018
Consider the situation here: no judge to act on deporting someone who might actually be a US citizen. Someone under age 5 who might be a US citizen is deported because they didn’t have legal representation or a judge to address their case.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) July 10, 2018
Stop lying. This isn’t how NATO works.
None of these have anything to do with anything else.
You’re lying and your know nothing bigot brigade base takes it as an article of faith.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) July 10, 2018
Reading about all this immigration mess and how bad people are being treated, I had to write my Republican Senator friend Rob Portman…again.
I asked him how things were going in the New Republican Nationalist Party.
I mentioned all the terrible treatment to the immigrants was deplorable and that Hillary was wrong to say only a portion of Trump’s backers were deplorables.
The whole damn party is in that basket.
Here they come.
WTF does “reimburse the US” mean, Donnie? NATO countries don’t owe money to the US, you idiot.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 10, 2018
Wow chucky. Looks like you let your battleship mouth overrun your canoe ass on that one. Hey dipshit, do you think we back there asses for free? Pull ur head outta ur ass and round up a brain cell. If they spent more for defense they wouldnt need us so much. Just munitions, yah? https://t.co/SfikuJz8TS
— Jesse Wilson (@JesseWilsonProT) July 10, 2018
We obviously need to spend more on public education re: there, their, they’re.
re: #43 Charles Johnson
Wow chucky. Looks like you let your battleship mouth overrun your canoe ass on that one. Hey dipshit, do you think we back there asses for free? Pull ur head outta ur ass and round up a brain cell. If they spent more for defense they wouldnt need us so much. Just munitions, yah?
WTF does “reimburse the US” mean, Donnie? NATO countries don’t owe money to the US, you idiot.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 10, 2018
— Jesse Wilson
I’ll admit I didn’t foresee NATO ending this way.
Dinesh is begging for MOAR BEATDOWNS PLEEZ!!!!
So Brett Kavanaugh allegedly once called Hillary a b*tch. Isn’t this a bit understated? She’s also a crook and enabler of a sexual predator
— Dinesh D’Souza (@DineshDSouza) July 10, 2018
re: #43 Charles Johnson
Here they come.
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Flagged @JesseWilsonProT. I was suspended for much lesser twitter “crimes”.
re: #48 Dr. Matt
Flagged @JesseWilsonProT. I was suspended for much lesser twitter “crimes”.
Seriously.
re: #47 The Vicious Babushka
Dinesh is begging for MOAR BEATDOWNS PLEEZ!!!!
Plus she ran a child abusing pizza place.
/
Some of these Trumpists are living, breathing unaware parodies of dumbass right wing chowderheads.
Some of the dingbats in Jesse Wilson’s threads are thrilled the new Supreme nominee called Hillary a bitch.
But they cried a river being called a basket of deplorables.
And by that they prove her correct.
re: #43 Charles Johnson
Here they come.
Hey, Jesse. The reason we have bases and people over there is so that we keep the fight over there. No matter how much they spend, if a fight were to break out, we would be heavily involved.
re: #52 ObserverArt
Some of the dingbats in Jesse Wilson’s threads are thrilled the new Supreme nominee called Hillary a bitch.
But they cried a river being called a basket of deplorables.
And by that they prove her correct.
We should have drowned the basket of deplorables in their river of tears.
Who knew there was a downside to airlines cramming in as many seats as they possibly can?
Research shows that tighter confines on planes isn’t what slows emergency evacuations. Instead, exit doors are the choke points that slow evacuations https://t.co/DCsf54QBkV
— The Detroit News (@detroitnews) July 10, 2018
re: #52 ObserverArt
Some of the dingbats in Jesse Wilson’s threads are thrilled the new Supreme nominee called Hillary a bitch.
But they cried a river being called a basket of deplorables.
And by that they prove her correct.
Most of them enjoyed the title. It was the tut-tut-ers who cried over that.
re: #53 Belafon
Hey, Jesse. The reason we have bases and people over there is so that we keep the fight over there. No matter how much they spend, if a fight were to break out, we would be heavily involved.
And so that we, you know, protect Western Civilization, which ordinarily seems like such a big deal to the Keep Immigrants Out crowd.
I’m just curious - if Trump thinks we should pull all our troops from wherever because they cost so much (which generally isn’t true), what the fuck do we need a big boost in defense spending for.
Also, does he think we can project power worldwide without bases worldwide? Didn’t we lose a big strategic advantage when we were chucked out of Subic Bay, for example?
re: #59 The Vicious Babushka
OH HAI FOX. Brussels is in Belgium.
It is in Germany now, they just invaded.
re: #55 The Vicious Babushka
Who knew there was a downside to airlines cramming in as many seats as they possibly can?
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Travel by aircraft has become an unbelievably miserable experience in the 21st century.
A huge thanks to the person that did this https://t.co/aKHUbw7WNK pic.twitter.com/y4ZXnA1Cfw
— Meredith Frost (@MeredithFrost) July 10, 2018
re: #62 Charles Johnson
Travel by aircraft has become an unbelievably miserable experience in the 21st century.
For those who cannot afford a private jet, yes.
re: #60 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It is in Germany now, they just invaded.
Well, hey - they were basically right, if it was between 1940 and 1944…..
re: #62 Charles Johnson
Travel by aircraft has become an unbelievably miserable experience in the 21st century.
Which is why I try to avoid it as much as humanly fucking possible.
Also why I wish we had decent rail service in this country.
re: #62 Charles Johnson
Travel by aircraft has become an unbelievably miserable experience in the 21st century.
After discovering that the seats on United are exactly the length of my femurs apart, we have never flown with them again.
re: #62 Charles Johnson
Travel by aircraft has become an unbelievably miserable experience in the 21st century.
Some airlines do a passable job of making flying acceptable even in economy.
Others treat you as a commodity that can be pressed into the tighest of confines and charge you for the privilege of having recirculated air and stale water.
Do you think Trump supporters are going to feel oddly conflicted when Germany offers to take over the defense of Europe?
We’re in D.C. with a $20m check to pay bail bonds for over 2,000 mothers still detained.
More than 1 million people donated over $20m and their message is clear: reunite the families
Trump says he’s a deal-maker, here’s his chance to cut a deal. #ReuniteEveryChild pic.twitter.com/knBinmJJ50— RAICES (@RAICESTEXAS) July 10, 2018
re: #68 lawhawk
Some airlines do a passable job of making flying acceptable even in economy.
Others treat you as a commodity that can be pressed into the tighest of confines and charge you for the privilege of having recirculated air and stale water.
I’ve had good experiences on Jet Blue and Virgin America (now Alaska Airlines)
re: #69 jaunte
Do you think Trump supporters are going to feel oddly conflicted when Germany offers to take over the defense of Europe?
No. They’ll see it as the rise of the reich right.
Anyone else who have flown to Japan, which airline do you prefer: JAL or ANA? I took Singapore Airlines last time I went and had a wonderful experience. Unfortunately their flights are too early nowadays so I’m left with either ANA or JAL in the afternoon to NRT.
re: #71 Blind Frog Belly White
I’ve had good experiences with those as well. Mostly good experience with Delta.
And nothing but crap from United/Continental.
re: #69 jaunte
Do you think Trump supporters are going to feel oddly conflicted when Germany offers to take over the defense of Europe?
No. Germany’s mostly white, right?
re: #67 Blind Frog Belly White
The seat pitch is awful, and they have extremely narrow seats too - all to cram even more people in.
re: #67 Blind Frog Belly White
After discovering that the seats on United are exactly the length of my femurs apart, we have never flown with them again.
If I didn’t have 250K+ lifetime miles on United and a Chase United card, I would have left them years ago. Fortunately, at the very minimum, I’m in a United Plus seat which have good legroom.
re: #75 Blind Frog Belly White
No. Germany’s mostly white, right?
I thought it was taken over by those dirty Turks and Syrians!
re: #76 lawhawk
The seat pitch is awful, and they have extremely narrow seats too - all to cram even more people in.
It’s when flying United that I wish I’d taken after my 4’11” Mom instead of my 6’ Dad. At least she fit the seats, even if her legs dangled.
re: #39 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Or we’ll take your kid and sell her to the highest bidder.
re: #78 electrotek
I thought it was taken over by those dirty Turks and Syrians!
Right, they ‘don’t have a country anymore’, or something like that.
Years ago didn’t the GOP shit-can a Democratic Party Airline Passengers Bill of Rights that would have mandated legroom and regulated check package fees?
re: #68 lawhawk
Some airlines do a passable job of making flying acceptable even in economy.
Others treat you as a commodity that can be pressed into the tighest of confines and charge you for the privilege of having recirculated air and stale water.
“Thank you for flying Total Bastard! Buh-bye!”
re: #83 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
“Thank you for flying Total Bastard! Buh-bye!”
“We’re just closing the sardine can lid…er, I mean the cabin door.”
re: #27 lawhawk
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Senate Majority @SenateMajLdr in floor speech warned Democrats not to use a partisan playbook to delay Brett Kavanaugh nomination to Supreme Courtlawhawk
@lawhawk
Supreme Court Justice #MerrickGarland can’t be reached for comment.Oh wait, you mean he’s not on the Supreme Court because a craven McConnell prevented his nomination from getting a fair hearing, let alone a single vote? Yes. That’s the very definition of partisan politics.
1:25 PM - Jul 10, 2018
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Why craven? It was purely malicious. McConnell is an unreconstructed racist whose goal was to destroy every Obama accomplishment. He is evil to his core. And Trump, another racist, is his partner in this activity.
re: #79 Blind Frog Belly White
It’s when flying United that I wish I’d taken after my 4’11” Mom instead of my 6’ Dad. At least she fit the seats, even if her legs dangled.
My legs dangle too; I have to wedge my knees up on the seat in front of me and let my shins hang.
Last night I figured out why the Birchers were so fanatical for so long. They knew the danger would come from within the right wing. They could see it. Or am I giving them too much credit?
The racist origins of ‘pro-life’ abortion movement they never talk about https://t.co/jse4lF26IU
— Wagatwe Wanjuki (@wagatwe) July 10, 2018
“…The authors of “Abortion, Race, and Gender in Nineteenth-Century America” in the American Sociological Review wrote that “physicians argued that middle-class, Anglo-Saxon married women were those obtaining abortions, and that their use of abortion to curtail childbearing threatened the Anglo-Saxon race.”
Sounds familiar.
re: #73 electrotek
I used to use ANA, but that was years ago.
re: #84 Blind Frog Belly White
“We’re just closing the sardine can lid…er, I mean the cabin door.”
As an aside, how many people these days have ever eaten sardines?
re: #91 Blind Frog Belly White
As an aside, how many people these days have ever eaten sardines?
There’s a can of ‘em at home. I know, because I took it home from the shop, because I never ate them. I have eaten sardines in the past, at some point[s].
Edited to add: I guess that doesn’t qualify as ‘these days’.
Five people, including three children under 8, found shot dead in a Delaware home, authorities say. https://t.co/XkkiYZJKCE
— ABC News (@ABC) July 10, 2018
Reset the clock! Another mass shooting. Another domestic violence situation.
And the GOP will simply ignore it or worse, claim that more guns would prevent it when all evidence shows more guns just mean more gun deaths. https://t.co/XBtH4Eav2s— lawhawk (@lawhawk) July 10, 2018
re: #91 Blind Frog Belly White
As an aside, how many people these days have ever eaten sardines?
My dad liked them, so I ate them as a kid. Tiny Tots—all the other brands aren’t sardines at all, just big, squishy, gross herring.
re: #43 Charles Johnson
Here they come.
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re: #81 Blind Frog Belly White
Right, they ‘don’t have a country anymore’, or something like that.
and crime rates are soaring
re: #91 Blind Frog Belly White
As an aside, how many people these days have ever eaten sardines?
I ate them as a child. Once leaving my parents’ home, I never touched them again.
I myself haven’t eaten them since leaving home 38 years ago, but we’d have sardines on crackers occasionally when I was growing up. We’d also have canned salmon, usually with capers and sliced onions, on hot evenings.
And when Dad went out of town, tuna noodle casserole!
My parents grew up in Pittsburgh, hundreds of miles from the ocean, with three toxic rivers. When they grew up, fish came in cans.
re: #99 Blind Frog Belly White
I myself haven’t eaten them since leaving home 38 years ago, but we’d have sardines on crackers occasionally when I was growing up. We’d also have canned salmon, usually with capers and sliced onions, on hot evenings.
And when Dad went out of town, tuna noodle casserole!
My parents grew up in Pittsburgh, hundreds of miles from the ocean, with three toxic rivers. When they grew up, fish came in cans.
Germany is pretty lame when it comes to fresh fish and seafood, most of it is canned or frozen or smoked.
re: #101 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Germany is pretty lame when it comes to fresh fish and seafood, most of it is canned or frozen or smoked.
“Is Bismarck a hewwing?”
re: #99 Blind Frog Belly White
I myself haven’t eaten them since leaving home 38 years ago, but we’d have sardines on crackers occasionally when I was growing up. We’d also have canned salmon, usually with capers and sliced onions, on hot evenings.
And when Dad went out of town, tuna noodle casserole!
My parents grew up in Pittsburgh, hundreds of miles from the ocean, with three toxic rivers. When they grew up, fish came in cans.
We do salmon cakes from canned salmon. Joy of Cooking, my old one.
/desert living
Honest, I caught a salmon by hand when I lived in the northwest. Threw it back.
/spawning season
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re: #102 Blind Frog Belly White
It’s trewwwwww… It’s trewwwwwwwww.
re: #103 wrenchwench
We do salmon cakes from canned salmon. Joy of Cooking, my old one.
/desert living
Honest, I caught a salmon by hand when I lived in the northwest. Threw it back.
/spawning season
Not… Salmon Mousse?
re: #105 Dr. Matt
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re: #108 Blind Frog Belly White
Thank you for your input, generic name and 8 random digits!
Why do they make it that obvious?
This alternate universe continues to thrive.
It’s one reason support for the Mueller probe has dropped.
re: #109 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Why do they make it that obvious?
because we are that oblivious
what the fuck kind of dating site is this? pic.twitter.com/yBHSd6TRWE
— yeah ok (@poutinesmoothie) July 9, 2018
re: #110 thecommodore
This alternate universe continues to thrive.
It’s one reason support for the Mueller probe has dropped.
JFC! What was that pile of derp formed into sentences?! And the comments?! Even worse!
Good to see Sean is keeping his eye on the ball tonight pic.twitter.com/7CquBDJ1nv
— Liam Donovan (@LPDonovan) July 10, 2018
Any one of the republicans realistically running for president would have made two equally good picks for SCOTUS, without all the crap that makes Trump and Trumpism a cancer. https://t.co/tTYHuZNOHb
— Leon Wolf (@LeonHWolf) July 10, 2018
Not just “two equally good picks” from the GOP point of view but also plausibly the very two same picks. https://t.co/LG97klVS4H
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 10, 2018
So, I guess international embarrassment, the forfeiture of any moral high ground forever, and the reduction of the GOP electorate to high-school-educated white men was totally worth it for a pair of Supreme Court Justices they’d have gotten with any other GOP candidate?
re: #114 Blind Frog Belly White
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So, I guess international embarrassment, the forfeiture of any moral high ground forever, and the reduction of the GOP electorate to high-school-educated white men was totally worth it for a pair of Supreme Court Justices they’d have gotten with any other GOP candidate?
They would not have won 2016 without the solid support of their rabid base and that was only possible with Trump.
Thread!
Are we really doing the thing where we pretend going to Harvard or Yale means someone is decent or qualified or that their intelligence will somehow compel an ethical result?
Has everyone forgotten that Scalia went to Harvard Law? Thomas went to Yale? #SCOTUSnominee— Briahna “Intersectionality Includes Class” Gray (@briebriejoy) July 10, 2018
…and she concludes thus:
There. Is. Trash. Everywhere. And frankly, I think that the veneer of abstract intellectualism and the insistence that precedent matters above all else, including ethics, means that some of the worst people end up coming out of these institutions.
— Briahna “Intersectionality Includes Class” Gray (@briebriejoy) July 10, 2018
(this is why I despise the “smart idiot” trumpchumps most of all)
re: #114 Blind Frog Belly White
Considering that the GOP is pulling their court choices from the same pool of pre-blessed Federalist/Heritage extremists, it’s not a surprise that we’re seeing the judiciary packed with right wing extremists.
Trump’s choices are informed only by whether the nominee is seen as loyal to him. He doesn’t care about anything else.
His supporters don’t either.
And sadly, far too many Democrats and independents didn’t think enough to vote in 2016 as if their lives depend on it.
They better not make that same mistake again in 2018 (or 2020, or any other election for that matter).
Narrator: They will ignore the mistakes. They will crawl back into their bubble and think that the courts don’t matter and that both parties are the same.
re: #109 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Why do they make it that obvious?
I figure it’s related to the same reason Nigerian scammers say they’re from Nigeria, to avoid wasted effort.
False positives cause many promising detection technologies to be unworkable in practice. Attackers, we show, face this problem too. In deciding who to attack true positives are targets successfully attacked, while false positives are those that are attacked but yield nothing.
Except in the Russia case it’s a bit more complicated because they’re operating in the field with enormous numbers of fake accounts so they need a way to avoid targeting their comrades and trying to mind fuck another troll. So they not only want gullible marks to persuade and/or discourage from voting but they also want to avoid fruitless engagements and friendly fire.
re: #114 Blind Frog Belly White
So, I guess international embarrassment, the forfeiture of any moral high ground forever, and the reduction of the GOP electorate to high-school-educated white men was totally worth it for a pair of Supreme Court Justices they’d have gotten with any other GOP candidate?
They tried getting any other candidate, but Trump was the one getting the plurality of the votes.
re: #105 Dr. Matt
Here’s another Russian bot. Account reported.
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Would be nice if Jack actually did something about these bots…
re: #115 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They would not have won 2016 without the solid support of their rabid base and that was only possible with Trump.
I think you’re overlooking just how much the base HATES Hillary Clinton. That, and the Right always votes. It’s the Left that wakes up after midterm election days and says, “Wait, was that yesterday?”
BREAKING: @realDonaldTrump @WhiteHouse releases Executive Order to end competitive selection process for Administrative Law Judges, making them political appointees who can be fired at will.
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) July 10, 2018
Wheeeeee, totalitarianism speed run continues unabated.
re: #112 Dave In Austin
what the fuck kind of dating site is this?
Catherine the Great quite liked it…
re: #122 Citizen K
Wheeeeee, totalitarianism speed run continues unabated.
Reading through the description of those judges, I’m not sure I see how his EO can change them.
re: #108 Blind Frog Belly White
Thank you for your input, generic name and 8 random digits!
My twitter account, that I have used exactly once looks like that. I had to set it up for something I can’t remember now. After trying about a dozen different names and variations that they informed me were already in use I gave up and said fuck it, I’ll just use the random name they gave me.
re: #3 Dr. Matt
A racist “liberal” or a Trumper living in Berkeley?
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— Phoenix (@Naughty_Owl) July 10, 2018
For all of you who think it’s alarmist to compare Trump to Hitler. He’s certainly using him as a role model. https://t.co/qH0SjPWhNO
— Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) July 10, 2018
re: #127 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
“A little too much LDS”
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Well, to be fair, any LDS is too much….
re: #12 Backwoods_Sleuth
Is that playbook the one where you simply refuse to consider the president’s nomination for 18 months until his term expires? That one?
re: #75 Blind Frog Belly White
No. Germany’s mostly white, right?
I understand that Germany is now under sharia law.///
As Trump prepares for his private meeting with Putin, the collusion between them metastasizing from accusation into an open alliance, it would be dangerous not to consider that the summit is a meeting between a Russian-intelligence asset and his handler.
by @jonathanchait #Maddow pic.twitter.com/LxJ49NcV2I— Polly Sigh (@dcpoll) July 9, 2018
re: #18 Joe Bacon 🌹
Remember my senior year high school I did a book report on Breakfast of Chamions and the English teacher called it “vile filth” and gave me an F.
That amazes me - I don’t think there was any single book I could have found that was “too far out” for my school that wasn’t actually from the porn shop downtown. That was 1982 in a small midwestern town, though we did have the University there which helped enormously. I’d say I’m not as fond of Vonnegut as some but that’s simple preferences.
Hell, I took university economics my senior year with a teacher who pushed the Laffer curve while I was nearly pure marxist and I got an A for the course because in the end I knew the material and that was what counted not our preferences.
OK, for the sake of argument let’s say Trump is not colluding with Russia.
But… destroying NATO, pointless self-destructive trade wars, bottomless corruption, insulting allies and cuddling up with dictators?
How would he behave differently if he really were a Russian asset?— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 10, 2018
re: #122 Citizen K
Wheeeeee, totalitarianism speed run continues unabated.
President Obama is tyranting with all these EO’s.
re: #133 Big Beautiful Door
I understand that Germany is now under sharia law.///
Right, with all those ‘No-Go’ zones that people who’ve never set foot outside their own county JUST KNOW exist.
re: #62 Charles Johnson
Travel by aircraft has become an unbelievably miserable experience in the 21st century.
Unless you’re rich. Then 1st class can make it nothing but a delight. But I wonder why that would be…
re: #137 Sir John Barron
President Obama is tyranting with all these EO’s.
The fewest per year of any President since Wilson…but look—I’ve got this graphic with numbers I pulled out of my ass!
re: #73 electrotek
Anyone else who have flown to Japan, which airline do you prefer: JAL or ANA? I took Singapore Airlines last time I went and had a wonderful experience. Unfortunately their flights are too early nowadays so I’m left with either ANA or JAL in the afternoon to NRT.
KAL or Asiana were my favorites. Biz class is an excellent “split the difference” between sardine class and billionaire class over the big pond. United sucked. I never flew the two you mention.
re: #139 William Lewis
Unless you’re rich. Then 1st class can make it nothing but a delight. But I wonder why that would be…
When I went to college about 18 years ago, the school had two parking areas, a cheap one and a more expensive one closer. A couple of years later, they added a more expensive one, and moved the original one a little further back. Two years later, they did it again because people were willing to pay for that.
re: #136 Charles Johnson
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If Trump were reveled to have accepted bribes from, and even blackmail by Russia, most of his followers would say how they admired him for being able to monetize treason.
re: #132 sizzzzlerz
Is that playbook the one where you simply refuse to consider the president’s nomination for 18 months until his term expires? That one?
Just for accuracy, Scalia died in February of 2016, Garland was Nominated in March of 2016. The election was in November 2016. So it was more like 8 months, 10 of you go to the inauguration of Trump.
Point stands, timescale is off.
re: #141 William Lewis
KAL or Asiana were my favorites. Biz class is an excellent “split the difference” between sardine class and billionaire class over the big pond. United sucked. I never flew the two you mention.
KAL unfortunately does not do direct flights to Japan from LAX. LAX flights are so much cheaper than DFW-NRT flights by a substantial margin I’ve noticed.
Today’s @BillBramhall | More: https://t.co/7ehnsIklay pic.twitter.com/afl8ZyeTcF
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) July 10, 2018
re: #91 Blind Frog Belly White
As an aside, how many people these days have ever eaten sardines?
Nope. Kippered herring can be good though, especially in a tomato sauce.
What I’m planning for November is to fly out to LAX first weekend of November and hang out in LA, then fly out Sunday afternoon to NRT and stay in JP for 2 weeks. Then on the 19th, fly from JP to Malaysia after a friend in KL invited me to come visit him so I’d stay there for almost a week…and then fly out from KL back to DFW on either the 24th or 25th of November. It’s my birthday month and I sure as fuck do NOT want to spend my birthday here when I can have a much better time overseas.
WebMD spam email title:
11 Reasons You Should Eat More Eggs!
Like, if you bought a dozen and only ate one so far….
re: #147 William Lewis
Nope. Kippered herring can be good though, especially in a tomato sauce.
I asked this question on FB, and learned that all my sisters still eat them. Haven’t heard back from the brothers, but I think it likely this is one of them ‘Gender Gap’ things.
re: #18 Joe Bacon 🌹
Remember my senior year high school I did a book report on Breakfast of Chamions and the English teacher called it “vile filth” and gave me an F.
My 9th grade English teacher said roughly the same thing about Dr. No and From Russia With Love after a classmate chose them for a book report. This was just after the movies came out. She went so far as to denounce them, and the student, in front of the class.
re: #91 Blind Frog Belly White
As an aside, how many people these days have ever eaten sardines?
My dad loves them, thus I used to eat them, not so much since I left home. Still have grilled sardines once a year at the Portuguese feast though.
re: #151 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
My 9th grade English teacher said roughly the same thing about Dr. No and From Russia With Love after a classmate chose them for a book report. This was just after the movies came out. She went so far as to denounce them, and the student, in front of the class.
I wonder what she’d have made of “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” or “The Spy Who Came In From The Cold”? They might have been acceptably “literary” to escape the genre ghetto.
Having read the Bond books is why I really like Daniel Craig the most as Bond. There was always a much nastier edge to the book’s anti-hero than the movies ever captured until I watched that opening sequence in the lavatory from Casino Royale.
re: #153 William Lewis
I wonder what she’d have made of “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” or “The Spy Who Came In From The Cold”? They might have been acceptably “literary” to escape the genre ghetto.
Having read the Bond books is why I really like Daniel Craig the most as Bond. There was always a much nastier edge to the book’s anti-hero than the movies ever captured until I watched that opening sequence in the lavatory from Casino Royale.
I’ve often wondered what it would have been like if the studio had acquiesced in Ian Fleming’s desire for his cousin Christopher Lee to play Bond.
Remember how Donald Trump Jr. kept saying he didn’t remember talking to Emin Agalarov before the Trump Tower meeting? Well, guess who remembers it. https://t.co/Nemv0Jbpmb
— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 10, 2018
re: #153 William Lewis
I wonder what she’d have made of “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” or “The Spy Who Came In From The Cold”? They might have been acceptably “literary” to escape the genre ghetto.
Having read the Bond books is why I really like Daniel Craig the most as Bond. There was always a much nastier edge to the book’s anti-hero than the movies ever captured until I watched that opening sequence in the lavatory from Casino Royale.
Craig is a great Bond, maybe the best, one who’s not afraid to get his hands dirty. However, I’d have to say that, as far as “serious” Bonds go, Timothy Dalton is a close second; Licence to Kill was pretty damn dark for a Bond movie up to that point (and, I also have to admit, The Living Daylights is probably my favorite Bond film of all).
re: #154 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
I’ve often wondered what it would have been like if the studio had acquiesced in Ian Fleming’s desire for his cousin Christopher Lee to play Bond.
Then, would we have had Lee in all of those Hammer films?
re: #153 William Lewis
I wonder what she’d have made of “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” or “The Spy Who Came In From The Cold”? They might have been acceptably “literary” to escape the genre ghetto.
Having read the Bond books is why I really like Daniel Craig the most as Bond. There was always a much nastier edge to the book’s anti-hero than the movies ever captured until I watched that opening sequence in the lavatory from Casino Royale.
It always seemed to me that they spent all the years after Dr. No following exactly the same formula -
1) Bond gets assignment, goes to where bad guy is.
2) Bond bangs Bad Bond Girl to - heh heh - pump her for information.
3) Bond trades quips with Bad Guy (“No, Mr. Bond, I expect them to die.”).
4) Bond meets Good Bond Girl.
5) Bond and Good Bond Girl captured.
6) Big fight where Bond kills dozens of uniformed henchmen and blows up Bad Guy’s Evil Lair.
7) Bond bangs Good Bond Girl
re: #151 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
My 9th grade English teacher said roughly the same thing about Dr. No and From Russia With Love after a classmate chose them for a book report. This was just after the movies came out. She went so far as to denounce them, and the student, in front of the class.
When I was in the 8th grade, I somehow got it in my head to read all the “banned in Boston” books. Lady Chatterly’s Lover, Leaves of Grass, Elmer Gantry, Sun Also Rises, etc. The librarian was horrified. Absolutely horrified. Tried to keep me from checking them out.
I will always be grateful to my mother that she went into the library on my behalf, told the priggish bitch that anything with enough literary merit to be stocked in that building, she was fine with me reading it. Age limits be damned.
When I first started doing a lot of flying, on tour with George Duke in the 70s, there was no such thing as security checks. You got dropped off at the terminal, checked your bags if you had any, then went straight to the gate and got on the plane. No metal detectors, no crotch-grabbing, no confiscated nail clippers.
I guess those days are gone for good.
re: #154 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
I’ve often wondered what it would have been like if the studio had acquiesced in Ian Fleming’s desire for his cousin Christopher Lee to play Bond.
THAT could have been amazing but I doubt American audiences could have handled it then.
But then, the downside was that on planes in that era, EVERYBODY SMOKED. Throughout the cabin. For the whole flight.
re: #161 William Lewis
THAT could have been amazing but I doubt American audiences could have handled it then.
And would he have been available to play Saruman?
re: #163 Blind Frog Belly White
And would he have been available to play Saruman?
If Timothy Dalton can be the leader of the Time Lords, Lee could have played Saruman.
re: #163 Blind Frog Belly White
And would he have been available to play Saruman?
Oh, I hope so. He was the only irreplaceable actor in the film. Don’t get me wrong, I love everyone else’s work but with effort others could have been found. But not for Mr. Lee. He was also the only reason to watch Attack of the Clones.
re: #160 Charles Johnson
When I first started doing a lot of flying, on tour with George Duke in the 70s, there was no such thing as security checks. You got dropped off at the terminal, checked your bags if you had any, then went straight to the gate and got on the plane. No metal detectors, no crotch-grabbing, no confiscated nail clippers.
I guess those days are gone for good.
And if children wanted to see the pilot’s compartment, the flight attendants would lead the family in and give the kids little wings pins.
re: #151 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
My 9th grade English teacher said roughly the same thing about Dr. No and From Russia With Love after a classmate chose them for a book report. This was just after the movies came out. She went so far as to denounce them, and the student, in front of the class.
“Honorable Teacher, do you see what incentive you have just given us all to read these books?”
re: #162 Charles Johnson
But then, the downside was that on planes in that era, EVERYBODY SMOKED. Throughout the cabin. For the whole flight.
The other downside….the real potential for hijacking at gunpoint.
re: #168 Dr. Matt
The other downside….the real potential for hijacking at gunpoint.
Meh. Think of it as a side excursion. (In those halcyon days when people wanted money or transportation. )
Prince, Piano & A Microphone 1983 (1 of the 28 albums we can’t wait to hear in 2018’s second half)
Prince - ‘Mary Don’t You Weep’
re: #162 Charles Johnson
But then, the downside was that on planes in that era, EVERYBODY SMOKED. Throughout the cabin. For the whole flight.
There’s something I don’t miss about The Good Old Days - everyone smoking everywhere all the damn time.
When I started at
Genentech
back in 1982, 3 of the 5 people in my lab smoked. Mostly in the office, but the lab head chainsmoked so he’d walk through the lab with a cigarette. You could tell when he’d been using your bench, because he’d put his cigarettes on the bench, standing upright on the filter end, while he worked. There’d be a line of cigarette butts, all standing on their filters, on your bench.
That, and he’d have spilled ³²P everywhere.
re: #162 Charles Johnson
But then, the downside was that on planes in that era, EVERYBODY SMOKED. Throughout the cabin. For the whole flight.
According to the Boeing engineers who took my bicycle tune-up class, the French were the last to ban cigarettes. Boeing was trying to invent a way to get the smoke out while flying at altitude. Apparently, a very, very small hole can suck a human through itself. I don’t know how they found that out. Probably computer simulations. But one guy didn’t finish the class…
/kidding on that last part
The last smokey public conveyance I rode in was an overnight bus in Turkey.
re: #162 Charles Johnson
But then, the downside was that on planes in that era, EVERYBODY SMOKED. Throughout the cabin. For the whole flight.
I can remember taking a NY to LA flight in 1985 with the smoking.
I smoked in those days, and even I was pretty sick of the smell upon landing at LAX.
The administration that says shaming someone in a restaurant crosses a line is also okay with arson.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) July 10, 2018
re: #172 wrenchwench
According to the Boeing engineers who took my bicycle tune-up class, the French were the last to ban cigarettes. Boeing was trying to invent a way to get the smoke out while flying at altitude. Apparently, a very, very small hole can suck a human through itself. I don’t know how they found that out. Probably computer simulations. But one guy didn’t finish the class…
/kidding on that last part
The last smokey public conveyance I rode in was an overnight bus in Turkey.
Riding in Mom’s car.
I used to love the smell of lighting a cigarette, but once the smoke had been through a lung or two, it smelled different. Bad.
That, and washing the windows in her car and seeing brown gunk on the paper towel put me off smoking.
re: #175 Blind Frog Belly White
Being a kid trapped in the back of a car in winter, with a smoker at the wheel for hours, made me a confirmed nonsmoker.
re: #176 jaunte
Being a kid trapped in the back of a car in winter, with a smoker at the wheel for hours, made me a confirmed nonsmoker.
There was a time when smoking in buildings in California had largely been outlawed, but it was still legal - and prevalent - elsewhere. Visiting family back East was jarring. I’d have almost forgotten what cigarette smoke smelled like.
re: #159 sagehen
When I was in the 8th grade, I somehow got it in my head to read all the “banned in Boston” books. Lady Chatterly’s Lover, Leaves of Grass, Elmer Gantry, Sun Also Rises, etc. The librarian was horrified. Absolutely horrified. Tried to keep me from checking them out.
??
Just a very simple point about how the US supposedly gains nothing from NATO. You can talk about backing up a rule based international order with strong alliances, underpinning security and peace in Europe, with the economic relationships we are dependent …
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 10, 2018
Short thread about strategic depth, out of which Donnie is.
re: #176 jaunte
Being a kid trapped in the back of a car in winter, with a smoker at the wheel for hours, made me a confirmed nonsmoker.
We spent a 2+ week summer vacation in a car driving from Detroit to Niagara Falls to Boston to NYC back to Detroit. Pathologically our entire family were smokers after that.
Many countries in NATO, which we are expected to defend, are not only short of their current commitment of 2% (which is low), but are also delinquent for many years in payments that have not been made. Will they reimburse the U.S.?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 10, 2018
This tweet is a key intelligence indicator: Trump intends to shake down European nations @NATO summit. Using US funding as a wedge to slowly move USA out of the organization. #StrongerWithAllies #SaveDemocracy https://t.co/bDH0bi1DzH
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) July 10, 2018
re: #177 Blind Frog Belly White
There was a time when smoking in buildings in California had largely been outlawed, but it was still legal - and prevalent - elsewhere. Visiting family back East was jarring. I’d have almost forgotten what cigarette smoke smelled like.
Portland, OR was the first to ban indoor smoking. A friend came to visit, and we were walking around downtown, and he said, ‘Seems like an awful lot of people smoke here.’ I looked around, saw the smokers lighting up as soon as they hit the sidewalk when they got out of the buildings, and I said, ‘No, you just SEE them because they can’t do it inside.’
Seems like the Brexiteers are still trying to topple May from the top of the Conservative party:
MPs resign vice-chair roles in protest at NI ‘backstop’
I keep repeating - May and her allies want to be just a little bit pregnant, but no such thing can happen.
And the Irish border is the baby.
re: #73 electrotek
Anyone else who have flown to Japan, which airline do you prefer: JAL or ANA?
JAL was very nice 20 years ago…
re: #179 jaunte
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Everything is money and dominance to him. The idea that Europe isn’t “paying” for their defense means he’s being cheated, and the only way to reestablish dominance is threats and getting ‘paid back’.
This should be good
Palin: Sacha Baron Cohen tricked me into interview while wearing disguise https://t.co/VIFq1kUWpi pic.twitter.com/6lDOakpi8Y
— The Hill (@thehill) July 10, 2018
re: #159 sagehen
When I was in the 8th grade, I somehow got it in my head to read all the “banned in Boston” books. Lady Chatterly’s Lover, Leaves of Grass, Elmer Gantry, Sun Also Rises, etc. The librarian was horrified. Absolutely horrified. Tried to keep me from checking them out.
I will always be grateful to my mother that she went into the library on my behalf, told the priggish bitch that anything with enough literary merit to be stocked in that building, she was fine with me reading it. Age limits be damned.
When Mr. w was in high school, they gave everyone a list of books that could NOT be used for book reports. Mr. w used it as his reading list.
This is Taako. He wears his friendly pirate costume every day. Nobody bothered to explain Halloween to him. 14/10 will h*ckin plunder you pic.twitter.com/HQG8xEjrel
— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) July 10, 2018
re: #189 wrenchwench
When Mr. w was in high school, they gave everyone a list of books that could NOT be used for book reports. Mr. w used it as his reading list.
I remember one report we had to do was on poetry. The one book we weren’t allowed to use was Leaves of Grass, because it was too easy. It was everywhere.
Tampa…
I’ll say it again… If someone displayed a swastika in the U.S after WWII, where 418,500 Americans died fighting Nazis, what would have happened?
Why is this symbol of genocide allowed on our soil?
Their free speech card should be taken out of the deck for eternity• pic.twitter.com/hvq4M76FEt— UnsilentMajority 🌹 (@The_UnSilent_) July 10, 2018
This is so unacceptable on so many levels. I don’t even know where to start. https://t.co/sDI2OTWxee pic.twitter.com/dv0TZR1H7f
— Rep. Barbara Lee (@RepBarbaraLee) July 10, 2018
re: #192 Dr. Matt
This is how you apply for a job in the Trump Administration.
re: #188 KingKenrod
This should be good
The worse thing in the world is to dress up in some weird costume and try to trick someone into talking on record about some matter of public policy, right James OKeefer?
Sen. Dick Durbin makes the case against the Alfa Bank-linked Trump Admin nominee to run the Criminal Division at DOJ.https://t.co/zVY507Bp69
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) July 10, 2018
re: #178 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
??
There are some rather explicit moments (especially the later editions with many more poems added) in some the verse. Considering that he was gay and you can see where this could horrify the prudes.
I like the first edition best but that’s a different story.
re: #192 Dr. Matt
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We can’t jail thus enemy, and we may or may not be able to get him evicted, but there is a good chance we can get him fired and denied services. Need a name.
re: #192 Dr. Matt
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Possibly identified…
This is in the thread… pic.twitter.com/CTEs6gSRXA
— Janice Richardson (@Janice_R) July 10, 2018
re: #198 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
We can’t jail thus enemy, and we may or may not be able to get him evicted, but there is a good chance we can get him fired and denied services. Need a name.
He’s well known and black.
re: #198 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
We can’t jail thus enemy, and we may or may not be able to get him evicted, but there is a good chance we can get him fired and denied services. Need a name.
I can’t tell if that’s Tony Daniel or not. See —>
tampabay.com
re: #199 Joe Bacon 🌹
Possibly identified…
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More info on the Nazi Sign Guy
Dating back to the mid 1990s, Daniel, 60, has regularly used his three minutes of public comment at council meetings to hurl profane and racially provocative invective at council members.
Once he chained himself to his seat during a council meeting. He’s been removed and arrested multiple times for his behavior during public comment.
More recently, Daniel made news for driving his pickup truck though the city with a large sign described in a Tampa Bay Times story last year as emblazoned with a “Confederate flag, a Nazi flag, a photo of a lynching, Mayor Bob Buckhorn’s photo, references to Home Depot and multiple uses of the word “n——-.”
re: #202 Joe Bacon 🌹
More info on the Nazi Sign Guy
Dating back to the mid 1990s, Daniel, 60, has regularly used his three minutes of public comment at council meetings to hurl profane and racially provocative invective at council members.
Once he chained himself to his seat during a council meeting. He’s been removed and arrested multiple times for his behavior during public comment.
More recently, Daniel made news for driving his pickup truck though the city with a large sign described in a Tampa Bay Times story last year as emblazoned with a “Confederate flag, a Nazi flag, a photo of a lynching, Mayor Bob Buckhorn’s photo, references to Home Depot and multiple uses of the word “n——-.”
So in short, he’s an attention whore.
re: #186 Sir John Barron
some very good people among the arsonists.
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Early in the Trump Occupation, I recycled the old joke about the torch being passed…..to an arsonist. Who could have known that it would become literally true, (just like the dead guy on Fifth Avenue)?
In the age of minority rule, a Supreme Court justice appointed by a president who got fewer votes is confirmed by a party in the Senate that got fewer votes, to validate policies opposed by most Americans: https://t.co/HoCoFnXnZV
— Paul Waldman (@paulwaldman1) July 10, 2018
I want to repeat a statistic I use in every talk: by 2040 or so, 70 percent of Americans will live in 15 states. Meaning 30 percent will choose 70 senators. And the 30% will be older, whiter, more rural, more male than the 70 percent. Unsettling to say the least https://t.co/EGPD5nE4qG
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) July 10, 2018
‘I do’ still want Roe v. Wade to be overturned, Vice President Mike Pence says in new interview with @danabashCNN https://t.co/rBP5dS3bIE pic.twitter.com/MH7x3CqHUN
— The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom) July 10, 2018
Mike Pence just said the quiet part loud. They picked Kavanaugh to finish off Roe.https://t.co/mBEoBgpJCM
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) July 10, 2018
re: #174 jaunte
The administration that says shaming someone in a restaurant crosses a line is also okay with arson.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) July 10, 2018
So don’t yell at Sarah Sanders just set her on fire next time?https://t.co/wDNOvhV5xx
— Lard of Dorkness (@LardFDorkness) July 10, 2018
Guy in charge of Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation: “If you want an abortion, you go to Planned Parenthood, and that’s well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does.” https://t.co/hi9UDhc8LO
— Joseph Flaherty (@flahertyjoseph) July 10, 2018
The Trump administration missed the court-ordered deadline to reunite all 102 children under 5 who were separated from their parents at the border. Only 38 families are scheduled to be reunited today. pic.twitter.com/V3Jv7Nmp8A
— AJ+ (@ajplus) July 10, 2018
An administration that can’t
• reunite families they separated
• help Americans in Puerto Rico
• fix DACA after breaking it
• vet its own staff
• contact a war widow
• research a pardon
• implement its own travel ban, or
• avoid being played by North Korea
is incompetent. https://t.co/MFKN6GWie1— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) July 10, 2018
Source with familiarity of discussions: Pompeo trip to NKorea went “as badly as it could have gone.” North Koreans were just “messing around.”
— Michelle Kosinski (@MichLKosinski) July 10, 2018
re: #210 JordanRules
We do seem to be hitting some sort of discontinuity, in regards to the beliefs of many Americans, and what is real.
For example, two weeks ago a paper:
In utero nanoparticle delivery for site-specific genome editing
Long story short: genetic editors are progressing to where they can make changes to an organism in-utero.
None of this, or its implications, can play well with ancient belief systems.
Yet in the US, our government is designed so strongly to protect the minority interests of powerful men (and it’s almost always men) that said interests can ply the superstitions of the masses.
re: #205 JordanRules
If companies like Google and Amazon don’t want to see these old white people ruin the country and their income, they will spread out their work, and give incentives to get people to move. California could buy Nevada and Idaho.
re: #212 JordanRules
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Kim jerking White House around because he knows now that no matter what he does, Trump is gonna make excuses just so it doesn’t look like his “peace deal” is an utter joke.
re: #175 Blind Frog Belly White
Riding in Mom’s car.
I used to love the smell of lighting a cigarette, but once the smoke had been through a lung or two, it smelled different. Bad.
That, and washing the windows in her car and seeing brown gunk on the paper towel put me off smoking.
I used to be the maintenance assistant at a 50 room motel in the downtown of my hometown after school my senior year in high school.
One of my jobs was cleaning all the big main windows in the entire hotel as the rooms opened. Every room every two weeks. Those old motel rooms were nothing but cigarette smoke as it was a businessman’s hotel. Good price and clean as can be.
Those windows would turn my 5 gallon pail brown in three or four rooms. We used industrial strength ammonia and that stuff cleaned those windows in one wet sponge wipe and then squeegee. The insides were worse than the outsides.
I had never really smoked other than sneak-trying it as a kid. After the motel, I never wanted to smoke ever.
re: #214 Belafon
Do we want to buy Idaho and Nevada?
That is the question.
Regarding Nevada - nearly all the population is in the Las Vegas area, or to its south along the river. Many of these people are already from California.
Idaho - had a coworker many years ago, a Mormon, who moved to Idaho. We weren’t close - he was decent enough to be around. But I for one don’t want to reward the LDS by giving them billions of dollars for Idaho.
Anyway, everyone knows that Oregon is the real colony of California.
I’m trying to imagine how future historians are going to share this surreal aspect of the Apricot Hell Beast era.
How do we as Americans reconcile a president so universally despised that someone spent so much considerable time,effort & $35k to launch a giant blimp to troll him pic.twitter.com/3fopIt3Hz9— jessie jessup (@JessieJessup) July 10, 2018
re: #214 Belafon
If companies like Google and Amazon don’t want to see these old white people ruin the countrying and their income, they will spread out their work, and give incentives to get people to move. California could buy Nevada and Idaho.
I think your idea for companies to spread out to other less populous states is a great one, but I do not expect that type of long-term, innovative, socially responsible thinking from them. In many cases they are fine with the oligarchical leanings of our Government and they can leave the country too.
re: #218 freetoken
I was being a bit snarky, but I do think some of these companies need to do a bit more political spending, as well as some people in the larger blue states. Part of the reason I haven’t left Texas is there’s about a dozen people I get out to vote and I want to see the state at least go purple.
Apricot Hellbeast is actually a solid name for the piece of orange garbage. I’m sorta leaning toward calling him by his name though. Call the piece of shit out by name for what he’s doing.
I am so ashamed to live in a country that’s OK with putting children in cages. I will never be over it.
Talking to a friend and he says, “Man, this shit is all fucked up and shit.”
I said, “Yes.”— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 10, 2018
Thread………
Trump said he has a gift for Vladimir “hard body” Putin.
What is it?
If someone guesses correctly I’ll send u a $20.00 gift card. No shit.— 💙 Koko ✊🏻✊🏽✊🏿 💙 (@Kokomothegreat) July 10, 2018
BREAKING: @realDonaldTrump @WhiteHouse releases Executive Order to end competitive selection process for Administrative Law Judges, making them political appointees who can be fired at will.
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) July 10, 2018
If Obama had done this, Sean Hannity would’ve driven a tank through the White House gates. https://t.co/urlRkeEb3b
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) July 10, 2018
It just gets worse the closer you look. The longer you look.
A company that owns 46 California shopping centers has been giving Automatic License Plate Reader data to Vigilant Solutions, which in turn sells ALPR data to ICE. Great find from @maassive: https://t.co/cY3obKhYxo
— Kevin Collier (@kevincollier) July 10, 2018
“When Roe is overturned, please note it will be done by 5 men. Women will be kicked back 50 years & sentenced to death by F I VE men. I expect birth control to be harder or impossible to get as well. This has nothing to do with life and everything to do with controlling women”.
— B-Magic 💪🌸 (@Brasilmagic) July 10, 2018
CMS guts the navigator program which enrolls people into health insurance. Funding slashed to $10 million, less than 1/6 the funding for 2016-17. https://t.co/37GlI5hU0a
— Dania Palanker (@DaniaPal) July 10, 2018
The entire point is to sabotage Obamacare and destroy health coverage for tens of millions of Americans. Make it harder to get covered. Hike premiums and spike costs.
The outcome here is that medically induced bankruptcies will soar, quality of life will decline, & rich profit https://t.co/zzGKhL8DdX— lawhawk (@lawhawk) July 10, 2018
This crap gonna drink me to driving. We could so use some good news about now.
FYI to you SoCal Lizards: Bob Schneider is in your neck of the woods this week:
JUL 11 WED - Belly Up Tavern - Solana Beach, CA, United States
JUL 12 THU - Troubadour - West Hollywood, CA, United States
If you have a chance to see him, you won’t regret it.
re: #221 JordanRules
I think your idea for companies to spread out to other less populous states is a great one, but I do not expect that type of long-term, innovative, socially responsible thinking from them. In many cases they are fine with the oligarchical leanings of our Government and they can leave the country too.
You would think they would see some economic advantage. Take Iowa for instance. There are some good colleges there, a lot of area to build in, and it’s a lot cheaper than California; the bottom half of Des Moines is nearly empty except for the highway and a few businesses. And with the internet and shipping, there’s not really a need to be on top of each other. And Des Moines itself is a pretty progressive city.
But it would take a little bit of thinking into the future.
re: #228 Unshaken Defiance
It just gets worse the closer you look. The longer you look.
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This crap gonna drink me to driving. We could so use some good news about now.
UPDATED MANAFORT SCORECARD:
Civil suit challenging Mueller ❌
Motion to drop DC case ❌
Motion to drop VA case ❌
Request to stay out of jail ❌
Request for a closer jail ✔️
Motion to block evidence in DC ❌
Motion to block evidence in VA ❌
Bid to drop $ laundering count ❌— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) July 10, 2018
My bet is that someone chewed on dickheads ear about the Hammonds during the last 2 trips to the northern border states and he thought it as a good way to own the libs. Nothing more. Then again, could have very well been Jr.
re: #223 plansbandc
Apricot Hellbeast is actually a solid name for the piece of orange garbage. I’m sorta leaning toward calling him by his name though. Call the piece of shit out by name for what he’s doing.
I am so ashamed to live in a country that’s OK with putting children in cages. I will never be over it.
Trump policy and deceit. Some us is getting fooled all of the time vs the all of us some of the time? Dunno. What I do know is Trump has made us all accomplices to the kidnapping of innocent children and holding them hostage. Yes hostage, against their families and the Senate
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) July 10, 2018
moron
Just talked with Pfizer CEO and @SecAzar on our drug pricing blueprint. Pfizer is rolling back price hikes, so American patients don’t pay more. We applaud Pfizer for this decision and hope other companies do the same. Great news for the American people!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 10, 2018
And for those football soccer World Cup fans:
France 1 - 0 Belgium in the semifinal.
France goes on to meet the winner of tomorrow’s England - Croatia match for the final.
France v. England? Waterloo II?
For once, both sides are probably happy that the match isn’t being held “at home”….
TODAY @SenateGOP is quietly pushing a vote on Brian Benczkowski to head the DOJ Criminal Division. This vote will have MAJOR implications on the investigation into Russian meddling with the Trump campaign and our elections.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) July 10, 2018
The DOJ Criminal Division needs a litigator, prosecutor, & legal professional with the experience required to lead the toughest cases facing our country. That’s not Trump-nominee Brian Benczkowski.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) July 10, 2018
re: #233 Unshaken Defiance
Had to fix that one…
Trump policy and deceit. Some of us getting fooled all of the time vs all of us some of the time? Dunno. What I do know is Trump has made us all accomplices to the kidnapping of innocent children and holding them hostage. Yes hostage, against their families and the Senate
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) July 10, 2018
good grief
Mike Flynn, who is awaiting sentencing for lying to the FBI, is joining Nick Muzin’s lobbying firm
Muzin stands accused of working with Qatar to hack Elliott Broidy’s emails
Flynn’s son, who thought Pizzagate was real, is also joining the firm
DC, manhttps://t.co/Q3jBoChdji— Jessica Schulberg (@jessicaschulb) July 10, 2018
Former national security adviser Mike Flynn has a new job: He has joined a lobbying and investment advisory firm.
As he awaits sentencing for lying to federal investigators, he is going into business with Washington lobbyist Nick Muzin and his New York partner Joey Allaham with a new firm called Stonington Global LLC, they told The Wall Street Journal.
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Stonington Global will provide consulting and lobbying services for U.S. and foreign clients, Messrs. Muzin and Allaham said in a statement. The firm also will “help private investors and sovereign-wealth funds develop and execute investment strategies.”
The firm hasn’t announced any clients.
Messrs. Muzin and Allaham previously worked together helping a failed political candidate in Albania and on an influence campaign for the embattled Persian Gulf nation Qatar, according to foreign lobbying records. The pair ended their work with Qatar last month, after helping its royal family connect with U.S. Jewish leaders and associates of President Donald Trump to repair the country’s image, according to interviews with Messrs. Muzin and Allaham and foreign lobbying reports filed with the Justice Department.
Neither man knew Mr. Flynn, they said, but Mr. Allaham approached him about joining the firm because “his experience speaks for itself.”
i guess my frame of mind these days could best be described as Waiting for Stalingrad
Rep. Amash (R) slammed Kavanaugh for his support of the surveillance state. This gives us Kentucky Lizards a talking point with Rand Paul that might impact his vote.
In Stephanie Clifford aka Stormy Daniels’ SECOND Los Angeles suit - the one against Keith Davidson AND Michael Cohen — Cohen has filed a motion to stay the case (like he did in the other lawsuit) and an anti-SLAPP motion attacking the claim against him. /1
— WeaponizedHat (@Popehat) July 10, 2018
i shall follow you to the gates of hell and salt every foot of earth upon which you have ever trod pic.twitter.com/wfQ2esFBtk
— WeaponizedHat (@Popehat) July 10, 2018
I was under the impression that it’s “councel” but I do my learning from the President
— Adam Steinbaugh (@adamsteinbaugh) July 10, 2018
re: #241 Backwoods_Sleuth
We could try “cow on a sill” and see if the Trumpers go for it.
Just learned that the parent of one of the 8 immigrant separated kids under the age of 5 currently in Michigan with Bethany Christian Services has been deported.
That child may now be put in long term foster care, said ACLU attorney.— Niraj Warikoo (@nwarikoo) July 10, 2018
“That means that child is now an orphan,” said ACLU Michigan attorney Valdes of the separated immigrant child in Michigan whose parent has been deported. https://t.co/Yh9YXU3hNf
— Niraj Warikoo (@nwarikoo) July 10, 2018
Donald Trump orphaned this child. https://t.co/cIsG4ZKAkE
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 10, 2018
🤣Meanwhile, back in the real world … nobody “legislated from the bench” with the gusto of Justice Antonin Scalia. In District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), that activist judge trashed over 200 years of Second Amendment law to push the NRA’s extremist agenda. https://t.co/x6DA16x7N1
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) July 10, 2018
re: #241 Backwoods_Sleuth
I was going to analyze it for you, but Cohen’s attorney used “council” when he meant “counsel,” and I had to go for a long walk.
Maybe after we become a Russian client state, we can use “soviet”. It works for both. (And “counsel” = “advice”, too.)
Ed. I made the same mistake myself :-(
re: #242 freetoken
We could try “cow on a sill” and see if the Trumpers go for it.
You mean these folks?
Authorities placed an Illinois park officer on desk duty after video surfaced of him standing idly by as a man harassed a woman wearing a shirt with the Puerto Rican flag https://t.co/dsJZIOor3o pic.twitter.com/aR5Yn0bLpu
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 10, 2018
*blink*
Happy #CowAppreciationDay pic.twitter.com/0o68cVEhrO
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) July 10, 2018
re: #238 Backwoods_Sleuth
good grief
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Mike Flynn’s lawyers say he won’t be joining new lobbying firm, calling an earlier announcement a ‘misunderstanding’ https://t.co/jKzdB2JmKV
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) July 10, 2018
Nothing makes sense.
Read this quote. Contemplate what could make a US Senator cave like this. https://t.co/9X64q19Uug
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) July 10, 2018
re: #241 Backwoods_Sleuth
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That anti-SLAPP motion has to be a farce. The California statute allows you to file an anti-SLAPP motion only in support of an “act in furtherance of [your] right of petition or free speech under the United States or California Constitution in connection with a public issue.” Cohen’s conduct and communication with Davidson was entirely private, regarding a private civil contract negotiation, in which it seems Davidson was pretending to act as Daniel’s lawyer while in reality serving Cohen and Trump’s interests. Also, it’s worth noting that the contract in question appears to have been an overt fraud, with Cohen misrepresenting his own client’s knowledge, active participation and informed consent to the Court.
re: #244 Backwoods_Sleuth
Exactly. The only way to get to the result in the Heller decision is to fully embrace the idea of the Constitution as a living document. That’s the only possible justification for completely ignoring the militia clause of the second amendment, as Scalia did.
As Trump arrives in Brussels for NATO summit, the Senate just passed, 97-2, a motion to “reaffirm the ironclad US commitment under Article 5 to the collective defense of the alliance,” as @SenJackReed put it earlier today
— Ali Rogin (@AliABCNews) July 10, 2018
Rand Paul and Mike Lee were the no votes.
re: #243 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Just learned that the parent of one of the 8 immigrant separated kids under the age of 5 currently in Michigan with Bethany Christian Services has been deported.
That child may now be put in long term foster care, said ACLU attorney.
Quelle surprise.
I’m here in Rockwall at the just opened Beto O’Rourke headquarters. The place it’s in is the actual office of the woman who owns the Chiloso here in Rockwall.
Getting back to the SCOTUS nominee - the only reason we worry so much about these things is that as a nation we’ve failed to make laws, and change the Constitution where needed, to bring about what is needed.
This gets back to the importance of the coming election. But not just this election, the next several also.
This is where I lament that so many young people simply do not vote. I do not believe that we ought to make people vote. Still, I wonder how we can impress of people the importance of elections.
Foreign Minister @JulieBishopMP: Novichok is a Russian-manufactured military grade nerve agent. Russia must explain how it could be in the United Kingdom…Russia has questions to answer.
MORE: https://t.co/9d3qx88GFh #SkyLiveNow pic.twitter.com/8E4cZmC619— Sky News Australia (@SkyNewsAust) July 9, 2018
We stand as one 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇧🇳🇿🇦🇺
The Alliance will not be broken #Article5
cc @RussianEmbassy @LouiseMensch@thespybrief @xtrixcyclex @lauferlaw @TheRickWilson @ericgarland https://t.co/9OTeX6jrWV— Pete EVANS (@911CORLEBRA777) July 10, 2018
re: #252 Backwoods_Sleuth
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No, the complacence about it and the tacit invitation to do more of it, combined with continual enabling of a narcissist with authoritarian tendencies - THAT is the greatest threat to democracy.
re: #257 Belafon
I’m here in Rockwall at the just opened Beto O’Rourke headquarters. The place it’s in is the actual office of the woman who owns the Chiloso here in Rockwall.
You probably don’t want to give Beto un beso for me.
Today is my mother’s birthday. The Honorable Frederica Shoenfield Brenneman is 92. She was in the first class of women at Harvard Law School. She was the second female judge in the state of Connecticut. She was my co-creator on “Judging Amy” which was based on her life’s work. pic.twitter.com/QopvpiUchn
— Amy Brenneman (@AmyBrenneman) July 10, 2018
Hahaha! The little weenie won’t debate me. Doesn’t that tell you something?
— Dinesh D’Souza (@DineshDSouza) July 5, 2018
For the record, I also refused to arm wrestle an eight-year-old kid at our pool yesterday afternoon. https://t.co/t3UaYNagR4
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) July 10, 2018
One thing I missed at the Montana rally until I read the transcript: Trump is still asking people to look at pictures of his inauguration crwod. pic.twitter.com/6wX62IYtk7
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 10, 2018
In lockstep with Trump, Pence won’t call Putin a foe of the US. @DanaBashCNN asked him THREE TIMES and got three dodges. Instead, Pence said he doesn’t “have any illusions” about Putin, but that the US has to deal with him to “find peaceable solutions.” Here is an excerpt: pic.twitter.com/12oJzQ49yD
— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) July 10, 2018
re: #258 freetoken
Getting back to the SCOTUS nominee - the only reason we worry so much about these things is that as a nation we’ve failed to make laws, and change the Constitution where needed, to bring about what is needed.
This gets back to the importance of the coming election. But not just this election, the next several also.
This is where I lament that so many young people simply do not vote. I do not believe that we ought to make people vote. Still, I wonder how we can impress of people the importance of elections.
Re the bold. Last night we had a rock ‘em sock ‘em county executive committee meeting. The fans of the losing primary House candidate (mostly Bernie superfans) have been running their mouths nonstop since the runoff—it has gotten so bad that the state party chair came down to the meeting to try to calm things down.
One young women got up and basically said (paraphrasing), “You wanted us to vote and we voted not just in the primary but in the runoff too. And now we don’t have a progressive candidate to support, so why should we vote again.”
She then accused everyone in the room of laughing at her and making fun of her (nobody was doing that) and “you olds just ignore every great idea we youngs come up with and so we’re taking our ball and going home.”
Sigh—if losing one election is the catastrophe for the ages, we are in big trouble. In all of my years of voting in every election, I had TWO WHOLE YEARS with a Dem House Rep—that counts all the years I lived in Ohio and, of course, the years I’ve lived in SC. 2018 will mark my 25th House vote (and we’ll get to keep our charming Republican rep) so my percentage is .04. And I’m still at it…
BTW—the state chair’s appearance apparently didn’t work as one of the “malcontents” (perfect name for them, as their candidate’s name is Mal) was live posting from the meeting that she would “work against the candidate as much as she could and would be willing to burn everything down.”
I don’t like the guy who won at all, will not work for him or give him money, and he has little or no chance of winning anyway. But we do have a shot at the governorship this year—if the Berniecrats will just keep their fucking mouths shut about this shit.
u shouldnt need a fuckin court order to do the right thing but of course u fuckin do https://t.co/Xh0LxOLH3t
— darth™ (@darth) July 10, 2018
re: #249 Backwoods_Sleuth
Which one is the cow?
— This place is infested with Nazis. (@efuseakay) July 10, 2018
re: #268 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Those fuckers stole the children, then accuse their parents of trafficking them.
Food assassins strike at World Cup:
Belgium Plays France Today, So Eat Fries With Mayo — the Way It’s Meant to Be
This is what pineapple pizza leads to;
Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling!
40 years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes!
The dead rising from the grave!
Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!
and mayo on fries….
re: #267 BeachDem
The guy who’s here from austin to help set up the headquarters and get it started, not Beto sadly, worked on the Bernie campaign here in Texas, and then for Clinton, and now for Beto.
I hope his constituents are flooding his office with calls.
The people who elected him didn’t vote for him to be confused.
Sen. Doug Jones, an Alabama Democrat, says he could vote either way on President Trump’s Supreme Court justice pick https://t.co/L86wuVN8PU pic.twitter.com/nwJeDCOBky
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 8, 2018
We should be very clear with @DougJones:
Many of us advocated for you, supported you, boosted you, canvassed for you and shared in your historic victory.
If you vote to confirm the justice that ends safe, legal abortion in this country, you will make MILLIONS of enemies. https://t.co/KJe08r3k1S— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) July 10, 2018
So #CambridgeAnalytica not only lied about deleting its illicit 70m Facebook data, it shared it. “We have evidence that copies of the data/parts of it also seem to have been shared with other parties and on other systems beyond those of SCL/CA.” https://t.co/4z65pN4A29
— Peter Jukes (@peterjukes) July 10, 2018
Wednesday’s FINANCIAL TIMES: UK watchdog fines Facebook over Cambridge Analytical data scandal” #bbcpapers #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/YMMSKOloim
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) July 10, 2018
Last sentence: “Ms Denham said the data had been accessed from countries including Russia.” 👀 https://t.co/wHvull3p5B
— David Carroll 🦅 (@profcarroll) July 10, 2018
re: #271 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Belgians are the frites people. I think they actually get first say on what goes on fries.
Actual mayonnaise is great on fries. Horrifying emulsified soybean oil that passes for mayo in the US is more like lube than food.
The Courts have no role in impeachment. None. Dershowitz has lost his legal mind. https://t.co/jbdC2oqBMb
— Lawrence O’Donnell (@Lawrence) July 10, 2018
re: #272 Belafon
The guy who’s here from austin to help set up the headquarters and get it started, not Beto sadly, worked on the Bernie campaign here in Texas, and then for Clinton, and now for Beto.
I have no problem with people who worked for Bernie—I do have a problem with the ones who accuse anyone who didn’t climb on the Bernie bandwagon of being “corporate, establishment, sellouts” and proclaiming that their way is the only way.
A white Memphis woman was fired from her at an apartment development job after she was recorded calling the police on a black man who was wearing socks while swimming in a pool https://t.co/Vm8PL7DQxu pic.twitter.com/hycA97DBGm
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 9, 2018
The now-fired woman’s name is Erica Walker, according to this article. Part that breaks my heart is how alone the black family seems—no one on the video gives words of support. Ugh. Sucky times. Once again, good job recording your neighborhood racist. https://t.co/ACUnmtly5i
— Soledad O’Brien (@soledadobrien) July 9, 2018
I’ve been thinking further about that thing I posted the other day, that the people who voted for Trump are still the wonderful, inspirational people they always were and their vote shouldn’t change your opinion of them, which I think is bullshit.
It made me think of the mental and emotional difficulties I have about Bill Cosby. When I was growing up and he was doing standup comedy, we had 3 or 4 of his records. He was howlingly, pantswettingly funny. His writing and his delivery were genius. When he hosted “Of Black America”, back in the late 60s, he was so dignified and compelling that it seemed impossible to me that anyone could possibly fail to respect him, and thus his entire race.
Later, when the Cosby Show was on, he presented a black family in America that was not stereotypical, not the nouveau-riche Jeffersons, or the family living in the projects, but a middle class black family that weren’t just white people in blackface.
Then it turns out he’s a serial rapist. Everything that I always thought about him - was it still true? Did his routines from the 60s suddenly become retroactively not funny? No. They were still funny, viewed on their own. But now I can’t view them on their own anymore, because I know something horrible about him.
It’s the same with voting for Trump. It tells you something about that person that you probably didn’t know. Maybe it’s that they’re a racist. Maybe it’s that they’re okay with racism. Maybe it’s that they’re so damned oblivious that they didn’t pay attention the whole campaign, or figured it was just an act. NONE of those things is a good thing. How can it NOT change your opinion?
re: #55 The Vicious Babushka
Who knew there was a downside to airlines cramming in as many seats as they possibly can?
The modern day equivalent to not having enough lifeboats on the HMS Titanic.
re: #266 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #280 wheat-dogg
The modern day equivalent to not having enough lifeboats on the HMS Titanic.
I was thinking more of…
re: #273 Patricia Kayden
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Keep in mind, unless Collins, Murkowski or Paul vote no on Kavanaugh, he will be seated no matter how red state Democratic Senators vote. And we need red state Democratic Senators to regain control of the Senate.
Senators could demand millions of pages of records from Brett Kavanaugh’s time in the Bush White House – and grind the SCOTUS confirmation process to a crawl (1/5) https://t.co/0gDnEZViio pic.twitter.com/rZ0G1LjhRB
— POLITICO (@politico) July 10, 2018
ATTN @SenateDems : Kindly see the following, and then please replace “could” with “will”… https://t.co/wum2QxhkZx
— Arch1 (@Arch_LGF) July 11, 2018
Leading up to NATO summits, there’s always articles about how the Baltics fear Russia.
They don’t. They prepare.
In my new piece in @POLITICOMag, Estonia’s SOF commander shared how their mindset of will & resistance is transforming US defense planning.https://t.co/VC6GThjM2W— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) July 10, 2018
MAGA Fun-Facts:
BMW’s largest factory in the world is in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
It employs 8,000 people directly.
Another 30,000 work for related businesses, suppliers and vendors.
South Carolina is one of the biggest net-takers in the Union.
They can’t afford this. https://t.co/QxCpfFvEvh— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) July 10, 2018
With @RepCarbajal in coach class. Since we can’t make fun of Scott Pruitt anymore, we’re going to highlight @stevenmnuchin1. Mr. Treasury Secretary, you should fly coach class sometime. You get to meet great people like Rep Carbajal. And you won’t be wasting taxpayer funds. pic.twitter.com/FOBFZFKArH
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) July 10, 2018
re: #286 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #287 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I flew in tiny planes to Chicago from Cincinnati and back last week, and it was fine. Of course, its only a one hour flight. It helps to be 110 lbs lighter; I can fit in airplane seats now!
re: #271 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Food assassins strike at World Cup:
Belgium Plays France Today, So Eat Fries With Mayo — the Way It’s Meant to BeThis is what pineapple pizza leads to;
and mayo on fries….
Cheese curds & brown gravy or GTFO
Trust Tweetie to know what’s important:
Chris Matthews interrupts analysis of Trump’s Putin meeting to discuss his outfit.
“There was Trump getting off the plane with his classic sort of presentation look,” Matthews mocked “Coat open, wide open. Tie ridiculously low below the belt. Is this part of his swagger?” he wanted to know.
Gah
re: #270 wrenchwench
Those fuckers stole the children, then accuse their parents of trafficking them.
And they’d rather have to use DNA tests than…you know…WRITING DOWN THEIR NAMES in the first goddamn place!
We must not make a scarecrow of the law,
Setting it up to fear the birds of prey,
And let it keep one shape, till custom make it
Their perch and not their terror.— William Shakespeare (@Wwm_Shakespeare) July 10, 2018
re: #271 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Food assassins strike at World Cup:
Belgium Plays France Today, So Eat Fries With Mayo — the Way It’s Meant to BeThis is what pineapple pizza leads to;
and mayo on fries….
Tartar sauce or GTFO.
Preamble of @repmarkpocan’s “Abolish ICE Act:”
- 0.3% of ICE’s 20K ppl track terrorism
- 3/4 detainees held by private companies
- 1/2 deaths due to bad medical care
- Of 1,224 complaints of sexual/physical abuse, ~50% vs officers; only _30_ investigatedhttps://t.co/IYPHN8taqu— Jeff Stein (@JStein_WaPo) July 10, 2018
re: #287 Backwoods_Sleuth
That’s my rep and he’s a great guy.
re: #293 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
And they’d rather have to use DNA tests than…you know…WRITING DOWN THEIR NAMES in the first goddamn place!
Throw ICE, CBP, HHS, and a bunch of random people into chain link playpens, then get their DNA before they can ask for a lawyer. Take some blood.
re: #282 Blind Frog Belly White
I was thinking more of…
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One reason why I prefer flying non-US-based airlines on international routes. They don’t seem obsessed with packing as many people onto the plane as possible. You might think Asian airlines, since Asian people are generally shorter and slimmer than Americans, would have the seats closer together. Nope. I swear I have more room on even the cut-rate air carriers than I do on US airlines.
Plus, they don’t ask you to man the oars. /
Electrotek — I saw your question about JAL and ANA. I haven’t flown JAL ever, but my flights on ANA were very comfortable. I recommend.
re: #271 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Food assassins strike at World Cup:
Belgium Plays France Today, So Eat Fries With Mayo — the Way It’s Meant to BeThis is what pineapple pizza leads to;
and mayo on fries….
Mayo on frites is OK but peanut sauce on frites is the best thing ever.
NEW: Government told immigrants they have to pay for DNA tests to be reunited with kids, shelter says https://t.co/Qdl8A6FJ5P
— Justin Miller (@justinjm1) July 11, 2018
what? https://t.co/60dUbe6xmH
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) July 11, 2018
re: #302 Single-handed sailor
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The tests are being administered by a private contractor on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement, which oversees the care and housing of children. HHS has refused to name the contractor, which may be a violation of federal law.
re: #302 Single-handed sailor
Why am I not surprised? This is what happens when a con-man who has no idea of what he is doing gets into high office.
Modern day hero, no cape.
This is Dr Richard Harris. The Australian anesthesiologist, aeromedical consultant, cave diving expert with over 30 years experience. Responsible for co-ordinating the #ThaiCaveResue operation.
When your children ask about heroes, tell them about him. pic.twitter.com/GCF1xXYRvY— Deirdre Heenan (@deirdreheenan) July 10, 2018
re: #302 Single-handed sailor
NEW: Government told immigrants they have to pay for DNA tests to be reunited with kids, shelter says https://t.co/Qdl8A6FJ5P
— Justin Miller (@justinjm1) July 11, 2018
what? https://t.co/60dUbe6xmH
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) July 11, 2018
If that was another nation doing that to American children, I’d be all about sending the freaking Marines backed up with 10,000 angry mothers with sharp knives. https://t.co/qLVqFjjtks
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) July 11, 2018
re: #306 Unshaken Defiance
Sharp knives and cast iron frying pans.
re: #301 Deep State SuperElite Satinist
Mayo on frites is OK but peanut sauce on frites is the best thing ever.
Hmmm.
I feel a need to research this claim thoroughly.
re: #307 PhillyPretzel
When I could trust my government, not be embarrassed by it daily, hostage takers were contemptible at best, and subject to precision bombing at worst. Now it’s my President and ICE, Border Patrol and every conniving private contractor screwing taxpayers to help.
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) July 11, 2018
re: #310 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
I do not know about Eating Raoul but I do know about Americas Test Kitchen and how they love cast iron frying pans.
A note to Charles: Every time I look up my karma score on an individual remark I get a brand new title page and no list of who up dinged me. This happens when I go into recent comments and click on a comment.
re: #292 BeachDem
Yep. Though I’d add Big Orange has clearly passed the 300 mark on the scale.
I think Peruvians and their Andean relatives get first call on potato toppings, since they were frying potatoes when Europe was still mired in a foodish hell of turnips and barley soup. They also had an early monopoly on the ingredients for proper toppings, tomatoes and chili peppers.
I have long theorized that the Spanish
bandits conquistadors like Pizarro and Cortez and, later, British pirates explorers like Drake were motivated not by gold but by a burning desire to find something decent to eat.
Susan Collins said the ACA’s pre-existing condition protections are important. Kavanaugh wrote that Trump could refuse to enforce them: “the president may decline to enforce a statute…when the president deems the statute unconstitutional” #mepolitics
— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) July 10, 2018
If the President can determine what is or what is not constitutional why the fuck do we need a Supreme Court?
re: #315 Single-handed sailor
To be fair, the Obama Administration deemed DOMA to be unconstitutional and declined to enforce or defend it.
I’m pretty sure, though, that in this case a couple million people would have standing to sue.
What an Administration may NOT do is to enforce a statue the SCOTUS deems unconstitutional.
re: #315 Single-handed sailor
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If the President can determine what is or what is not constitutional why the fuck do we need a Supreme Court?
They certainly never conceded that President Obama—a Constitutional Law professor, no less—could determine what was constitutional. Funny. Well, not funny “ha-ha”….
re: #315 Single-handed sailor
Kavanaugh is going to be another great lapdog for Trump.
re: #275 The Ghost of a Flea
Belgians are the frites people. I think they actually get first say on what goes on fries.
Actual mayonnaise is great on fries. Horrifying emulsified soybean oil that passes for mayo in the US is more like lube than food.
That’s funny you should say that. When I would work at my grandpa’s service station in Mississippi, he would send me for lunch. He liked chicken sandwiches with mayo. He would tell me, “Get one them chicken sandwiches and don’t forget the slick’em”.
you don’t pay your own fucking driver you cheap twat https://t.co/rfUCbxdGrL
— Dirty Computer (@Johngcole) July 10, 2018
A pharmaceutical company has filed a last-minute lawsuit seeking to block Nevada from using one of its drugs in an execution. https://t.co/u0vJcr8wue
— AP West Region (@APWestRegion) July 10, 2018
I asked @sarahkendzior if our current crisis is more like early 30s Germany or 20s America or what’s going on now in Hungary, Turkey, Poland and Italy.
Her answer was, “Yes.”https://t.co/wZ08u9OToi— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) July 11, 2018
NEVER MIND! I stand corrected.
Just learned that mayo on fries is common fare in Ecuador. Can’t even blame Assange either, since it appears to predate his accursed arrival. He seems like a mayo kind of guy though.
*slinks away chastened, at least temporarily*
re: #295 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Tartar sauce or GTFO.
Nah, tzatziki sauce is the best for fries.
re: #306 Unshaken Defiance
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“Look, if these illegals wanted their kids back so badly, they’d jump through all the hoops! If they’re not willing to do that, then they must not be their kids!”
re: #326 Targetpractice
“Look, if these illegals wanted their kids back so badly, they’d jump through all the hoops! If they’re not willing to do that, then they must not be their kids!”
Aw, shit. Now we’ll have to look into who in the Administration was investing in hoops before the separation policy dropped.
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re: #314 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I think Peruvians and their Andean relatives get first call on potato toppings, since they were frying potatoes when Europe was still mired in a foodish hell of turnips and barley soup. They also had an early monopoly on the ingredients for proper toppings, tomatoes and chili peppers.
I have long theorized that the Spanish
banditsconquistadors like Pizarro and Cortez and, later, Britishpiratesexplorers like Drake were motivated not by gold but by a burning desire to find something decent to eat.
aji de huacatay.
Mana of the gods…and mayo based.
why does Ken Starr get to lecture people abt virtue after he covered up sexual assault as a university president? https://t.co/xqrMlrDklM
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) July 11, 2018
Father Martin’s school is in session:
No. Jesus “broke the laws,” both religious and civic, several times, which is one of the reasons he was crucified. He healed on the Sabbath, permitted his disciples to pluck grain, had contact with the unclean, and so on. Plus, he was indeed a refugee: https://t.co/sDMECI3IDj https://t.co/sRc4FgqClN
— James Martin, SJ (@JamesMartinSJ) July 11, 2018
re: #330 Backwoods_Sleuth
If you’re the president messiah, then it’s not illegal.
re: #329 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“Let the people govern themselves”…
Unless they want to obtain an abortion.
Or marry whoever they like.
Definitely got my mom’s cheeks and my dad’s forehead. LOL pic.twitter.com/QXuBM863Ke
— Kelly Marie Carlin🗣🤸♀️ (@kelly_carlin) July 11, 2018
51-48: Senate advances Brian Benczkowski’s nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for Justice Dept’s Criminal Division on near party line vote. Manchin was only Democrat to vote Yes. McCain did note vote.
— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) July 10, 2018
Right, because the same God who purportedly killed every firstborn Egyptian male child surely would’ve been super upset about violations of Egyptian immigration law.
— Space Force Commodore (@goddamnedfrank) July 11, 2018
re: #336 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I know that you guys have explained that Manchin is too valuable to lose, but I’ve never seen proof. Does he ever vote with Democrats? Not a snarky question; I would like to know.
re: #338 Barefoot Grin
I know that you guys have explained that Manchin is too valuable to lose, but I’ve never seen proof. Does he ever vote with Democrats? Not a snarky question; I would like to know.
he does vote with the Dems, but he’s a serious blue dog dem…aka republican lite.
“One of President Bush’s most controversial judicial appointees, Brett Kavanaugh, may have been less-than-forthright with Congress at a crucial hearing last year to confirm his appointment to a seat on the powerful federal appeals court in Washington, DC.”https://t.co/85Q7kcVNMj
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) July 11, 2018
Kavanaugh told senators in May 2006 that he “was not involved in the questions about the rules governing detention of combatants” during his time as a White House lawyer. Now, it is clear that Kavanaugh took part in at least one White House conversation about detainees.
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Kavanaugh replied, “Senator, I was not involved and am not involved in the questions about the rules governing detention of combatants, and so I do not have any involvement with that.”
In fact, in 2002, Kavanaugh and a group of top White House lawyers discussed whether the Supreme Court would uphold the Bush administration’s decision to deny lawyers to American enemy combatants. Kavanaugh advised the group that the Supreme Court’s swing voter, Justice Anthony Kennedy, would probably reject the president’s assertion that the men were not entitled to counsel. Kavanaugh had worked as a clerk for Kennedy. That meeting was first reported in The Washington Post. NPR independently confirmed the details with multiple sources.
Today, Kavanaugh has life tenure as a judge on the D.C. Circuit appeals court.
Durbin now says he feels “perilously close to being lied to” at Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing.
I’m hoping for drunk stupid leftover fireworks, or BBQ accident
BREAKING: Wisconsin authorities: Several people taken to hospitals after an explosion in a Madison suburb, but no deaths reported
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 11, 2018
Trump hits China with additional $200 billion in tariffs https://t.co/oAUvDRYRoG pic.twitter.com/hJCY2hYget
— The Hill (@thehill) July 11, 2018
re: #341 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
I’m hoping for drunk stupid leftover fireworks, or BBQ accident
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Lots of places with gas stoves, hot water, etc too.
You’ve seen Cosmos and are left wondering… maybe this science stuff is wrong. pic.twitter.com/kiCltQppv2
— Funny Or Die (@funnyordie) July 10, 2018
Coming soon to your nearest public school science classrooms. https://t.co/r7QaJUvPpQ
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) July 10, 2018
re: #341 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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BREAKING: Reports of a massive explosion in Sun Prairie. Witnesses tell us they felt it a mile away. We have @Hunt_Saenz @MichelleAlf on the way. Updates online and at 10 p.m. @WKOW pic.twitter.com/Sco1sJ5U6L
— George Smith (@georgesmithtv) July 11, 2018
Fire fighters are pushing everyone back. Fire seems to be getting worse and is spreading by the looks of it. #WKOW pic.twitter.com/M41ukScqbm
— Hunter Sáenz (@Hunt_Saenz) July 11, 2018
RIGHT NOW: officials are moving everyone back, going door to door telling people to get at least 5 blocks away from scene. These pictures were shot by alderman who was inside City Hall at time. #WKOW pic.twitter.com/tRuTRYv6o7
— Hunter Sáenz (@Hunt_Saenz) July 11, 2018
re: #345 Backwoods_Sleuth
Oh yeah, that’s a gas leak/explosion. Or a meth lab.
re: #341 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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re: #346 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Oh yeah, that’s a gas leak/explosion.
yep
Barr House appears to be destroyed in downtown Sun Prairie explosion; gas odor detected before explosion — pic.twitter.com/7COQMyl83o
— Sun Prairie Star (@sunprairiestar) July 11, 2018
Steals from Balloon Juice:
Until a Trump staffer gets mocked for their disability on national TV or held in an airport cell because of their ethnicity or becomes the target of a racist conspiracy theory I think reporters can shelve the sushi sob stories.
— Tim Miller (@Timodc) July 9, 2018
Hi @washingtonpost why does an article about “viciousness” and “fury” include as an example people hanging rainbow flags at their own homes? pic.twitter.com/zscx0ee2j9
— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) July 9, 2018
Kellyanne Conway’s husband: I give my wife a ‘harder time’ about working for Trump than she gets walking down the street https://t.co/1CUln1JdSh via @businessinsider
— John Haltiwanger (@jchaltiwanger) July 9, 2018
re: #346 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Oh yeah, that’s a gas leak/explosion. Or a meth lab.
Yeah, I was really hoping for something smaller
Looks like a newish bar in an old downtown building. Hope their insurance is paid up.
Koala fight club. pic.twitter.com/SRgWDqiGFj
— jamie (@gnuman1979) July 11, 2018
re: #325 William Lewis
Nah, tzatziki sauce is the best for fries.
A good ranch dressing (preferably fresh-made, but HVR and Ken’s is OK in a pinch) is good too.
Regular French dressing is pretty good, too; I like Wishbone’s
Today Trump Tweeted that an “Emerson College ePoll said that most Americans, especially Hispanics, feel that they are better off under [him] than under Obama”
FACTS:
The poll actually said that 52% of Americans prefer Obama and 56% think they’re worse off or the same under Trump— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) July 11, 2018
Judge takes Green Party off Montana ballot after allegations GOP helped them gather signatures https://t.co/MqeC8TU4KP pic.twitter.com/xghXuo4mkq
— The Hill (@thehill) July 11, 2018
A Massive, Black Sarcophagus Has Been Unearthed in Egypt, And Nobody Knows Who’s Inside https://t.co/2pGvEXu1Xu
— ScienceAlert (@ScienceAlert) July 11, 2018
I think we’ve all seen this movie, at least once.
This doesn’t bode well for humanity or planet Earth https://t.co/Hf6m2t0uqr— WB Young 🍕🐀 (@FormerDirtDart) July 11, 2018
re: #356 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
As I’m watching the Season 3 premiere of The Librarians, which deals with a man who opened a sarcophagus that should never have been opened…
Protesters annoyed Mitch at yet another restaurant:
Mitch McConnell can eat at home until he starts paying attention to what protesters are saying, columnist @Joe_Gerth writes https://t.co/drkTAZ2UhP
— Courier Journal (@courierjournal) July 11, 2018
and this is just pathetic, even for Mitch:
@SenateMajLdr says protesters ‘waited until Elaine wasn’t around’ https://t.co/zFN7rt1NSi pic.twitter.com/55qXFWR8bU
— Courier Journal (@courierjournal) July 11, 2018
re: #358 Backwoods_Sleuth
Maybe Mitch and other politicians should start having town halls again and, you know, interacting with the people they represent, so that they have a medium other than confrontations in restaurants.
On the other hand…nah, that ain’t going to happen.
I love this man…”How much is that candy? I’m buying it all!”
God Almighty these people have nothing better to do than harass young Black entrepreneurial kids?
•Black child is selling candy
•Random old woman comes demanding to see a business license🤦🏽♂️
POC & White Allies: Record Everything pic.twitter.com/SkBhIqelip— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@MuslimIQ) July 11, 2018
Created with the LGF Meme Machine: https://t.co/yGqhznAIAs via @Green_Footballs pic.twitter.com/ZMYr7QhouW
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 11, 2018
re: #342 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Just curious….anyone know just what items (beside Ivanka’s clothing line) does not yet have a tariff? If this keeps tariff (you may insert another word) measuring contest continues, Walmart is going down the same road as K-mart.
Just had an after-thought. Does anyone remember when Walmart first came into being, Sam Walton proudly advertising that most items sold in Walmart’s were “Made in America”. How times have changed.
re: #34 Joe Bacon 🌹
Something tells me David is 1) either on SSI or 2) a Russian troll.
Don’t come down on SSI. I’d prolly have been on it the last couple years had I not procrastinated regarding having my spectrum disorder officially codified.
Glad I didn’t at this point; the last thing anyone needs is to be on record as disabled (particularly mentally) with Trump’s people in place, particularly since there won’t be any SSI starting next year, but don’t come down on those who were the certified disabled.
This comedian wants white people who call the cops on innocent Black families to take a serving of ‘Mind Your Own F**king Business’ pic.twitter.com/MKDpmJe3o2
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) July 7, 2018
Cat Adell is my name :)
— Cat Adell (@CatherineAdell) July 7, 2018
re: #360 Backwoods_Sleuth
I love this man…”How much is that candy? I’m buying it all!”
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This comedian wants white people who call the cops on innocent Black families to take a serving of ‘Mind Your Own F**king Business’ pic.twitter.com/MKDpmJe3o2
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) July 7, 2018
re: #356 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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Would anybody really notice if an ancient evil was unleashed at this point?
re: #360 Backwoods_Sleuth
I love this man…”How much is that candy? I’m buying it all!”
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Scanning through the comments, it looks like it’s about two years old, not that it lessens it.
re: #366 Targetpractice
Would anybody really notice if an ancient evil was unleashed at this point?
It might get quieter.
re: #367 Belafon
Scanning through the comments, it looks like it’s about two years old, not that it lessens it.
I saw that. Just goes to show that some white people have been asshats for a while.
re: #366 Targetpractice
Would anybody really notice if an ancient evil was unleashed at this point?
What was once an ancient evil is reawakened. It looks around, sees how horrific things have become, tries to flee but is told by the Divine that it’s punishment is to be a hero and fix things on earth…
One story arc per season with the full continuity between episodes.
First arc? Preventing Putin and Trump from starting a conflict in the middle east at a little place called Tel Megiddo…
re: #360 Backwoods_Sleuth
I love this man…”How much is that candy? I’m buying it all!”
•Black child is selling candy
•Random old woman comes demanding to see a business license
“Business license Betty Lou”?
Two groups go to Charlottesville. A big group chants racist filth, wields semi-automatic assault rifles, fires a gun into a crowd & murders a woman with a car. A small group wears masks. It’s the small group these Congressmen want to lock up for 15 years. Authoritarianism rises. https://t.co/LiQCtGtJVD
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) July 11, 2018
BMW announced earlier today that they would move some SUV production from Spartanburg, SC to China because of China’s response to Trump’s tariffs. Now Volvo says they may cancel a 4,000 worker expansion in Charleston, SC for the same reason.https://t.co/G5NSc6DeO7
— Facts Do Matter (@WilDonnelly) July 10, 2018
re: #366 Targetpractice
Would anybody really notice if an ancient evil was unleashed at this point?
It would be embraced by the republican party and probably put in charge of a government agency.
re: #356 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
A Massive, Black Sarcophagus Has Been Unearthed in Egypt, And Nobody Knows Who’s Inside https://t.co/2pGvEXu1Xu
— ScienceAlert (@ScienceAlert) July 11, 2018
Jimmy Hoffa
Kavanaugh’s apparent belief that Vince Foster killed himself (i.e., Hillary didn’t kill him) is cited on Page One of the NYT as an example of his sometime moderation. https://t.co/iO4USYwXfs
— Timothy Noah (@TimothyNoah1) July 10, 2018
Another sign: he believes the Earth is round. https://t.co/pNhpmiDtgm
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) July 11, 2018
re: #375 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Jimmy Hoffa
Which reminds me of a gag tagging people made when an organization I’m a member of poured a big concrete slab. “James Riddle Hoffa”…
JUST IN: Qin Yongmin was found “guilty of subversion of state power,” the court said. The 64-year-old, first jailed as a “counter-revolutionary” from 1981-1989, has already spent a total of 22 years in prison. https://t.co/iPv8u1M8rx #china @joannachiu
— Tom Grundy (@tomgrundy) July 11, 2018
YOU FOOLS THIS IS HOW THE APOCALYPSE PLAGUE BEGINS, DON’T—
*is handed note*
Oh. Er. Well, my esteemed colleagues and I would like to change our stance to “it can’t be worse than the current administration.” Carry on, then. https://t.co/aG5uYLGaH9— Lili Saintcrow (@lilithsaintcrow) July 11, 2018
In honor of Trump’s upcoming NATO summit, a highlight from last year’s meeting. pic.twitter.com/tpZbLLMbpw
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) July 10, 2018
It’s quite impressive how in the last year or so, the GOP has expanded from a party that promotes racism, sexism and fascism to a big tent organization that also supports and protects pedophiles. https://t.co/TPwrTXzFKt
— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) July 11, 2018
re: #378 Backwoods_Sleuth
“Subversion of state power” is the catch-all charge used to punish anyone who defies or criticizes the Party, in any way. His particular offense was criticizing the poor human rights record of the PRC.
Now coming to a USA near you. /half