A Great Science Fiction Short: “Final Offer”
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“Final Offer” by Mark Slutsky
A down-on-his-luck lawyer awakes in a doorless room to find he’s been selected to negotiate on behalf of the human race.
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#Fascism continues to rise in Europe: plans to register #Jews and #Muslims in #Austria. https://t.co/AVRnuepHpO
— ISG (@StudyOfGenocide) July 21, 2018
The ruling coalition party in the state of Lower Austria wants a law requiring “Jews to register with the government if they seek to purchase kosher meat. The same rules would apply to Muslims buying halal meat.”
Yes,Austria. Are we allowed to express Nazi resurgence fears now? https://t.co/u9FGax5Kam— Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) July 22, 2018
Oy Vey here we go again. DT I really hate you for this sh*t.
Wow. Cool SF video. Thanks for the break.
re: #2 PhillyPretzel
Oy Vey here we go again. DT I really hate you for this sh*t.
And Bannon. That body-suit-of-feces has been working away trying to bring these groups into a Euro-American coalition.
Trump called the media the “enemy of the people” 2 times this week alone, and 4 of the last 5 weeks including the week of the Capital Gazette shooting. Nothing from the Republican leadership. Fucking crickets.
— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) July 22, 2018
Dude, somebody read “The Man Who Sold The Moon”. Great modern take.
re: #9 The Vicious Babushka
Great examples. I prefer the first example.
A minute ago, I received a telephone call informing me I was going to hell if I didn’t attend their church.
re: #11 Deep State SuperElite Satinist
Gee. Threats to get people to attend church. What will they think of next? /half
re: #11 Deep State SuperElite Satinist
Which hell?
re: #8 Unshaken Defiance
Dude, somebody read “The Man Who Sold The Moon”. Great modern take.
….
The novella also inspired David Bowie’s song “The Man Who Sold the World”, in both its title and its central themes
re: #11 Deep State SuperElite Satinist
A minute ago, I received a telephone call informing me I was going to hell if I didn’t attend their church.
Does anybody just say “No thanks, I’m going shopping instead”?
re: #13 Ace Rothstein
Which hell?
They didn’t even say which church before i went into my rarely-used “HOW DARE YOU” mode.
So fucking sick of Bernie.
Remember when you said you knew that Russia was trying to help your campaign in order to divide the Democrats in 2016? Remember how you accepted that help and tried to disenfranchise the black voters who rejected you by delegitimizing the primary results? https://t.co/KKombkZszE
— Space Force Commodore (@goddamnedfrank) July 22, 2018
re: #16 Unshaken Defiance
Does anybody just say “No thanks, I’m going shopping instead”?
“No thanks, I hear your breakfasts suck.”
I read Maggie Haberman’s op-ed and I have some thoughts. For me it boils down to accountability. Journalists need to be accountable for their work. We are bombarded with stories about how the Trump voter feels. We are bombarded with stories on how neoNazis are normal people.
— Lynn (@lynnv378) July 22, 2018
Well, in part because she #RQ’d Twitter on Thursday night.
Though even before then, it’d have been as likely to earn a block as a response 😼— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) July 22, 2018
Florida man acting up again. After punching then shooting a dog, deputies shot and killed him when he raised handgun toward them.
re: #21 Big Beautiful Door
Florida man acting up again. After punching then shooting a dog, deputies shot and killed him when he raised handgun toward them.
Oh my, he wasn’t allowed to stand his ground!
What a shame…
re: #11 Deep State SuperElite Satinist
What an opportunity to break out all those expletives you’ve been wanting to try out for so long now. At full volume. You’ll be appreciated for sure!
Why has the media mostly ignored Lafayette Park? This protest has literally driven POTUS out of town. It should be THE story, all day every day. But the media want you to feel helpless and angry so you’ll click the links but not take action. TAKE ACTION. #resist #persist
— Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) July 22, 2018
Anti-Trump protests outside White House continue into fifth night
I’ve been traveling, and (blissfully) somewhat detached from events. But I have some questions about Trump/GOP/Russia/Treason. Not about the facts, which are clear, or the nature of Putin’s hold on Trump; we just don’t know (yet). I want to know about precedents 1/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) July 22, 2018
Nope, Uncle Vova not done with Ukraine yet…
#Russian Armed Forces concentrate tanks and artillery near the demarcation line in E #Ukraine - official | EMPR https://t.co/hlacn5oVWn pic.twitter.com/FcuL6NqCnA
— Euromaidan PR (@EuromaidanPR) July 22, 2018
Over under on Donald John Trump rolling over and playing dead?
re: #11 Deep State SuperElite Satinist
A minute ago, I received a telephone call informing me I was going to hell if I didn’t attend their church.
When someone pulled that stunt on me I told them, “I was in hell for six years—delivering newspapers and collecting from people who continually shafted me!”
The look on their face—PRICELESS!
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. It’s a nonstop shit show from Trumpworld, and all the players are liars.
Every last muthafuckin’ one. Including Pence.
Especially Pence.
He doesn’t think we can do math?
Pennsylvania population is what again?
12.8 million.
You’re touting that 0.5% got a tax benefit.
You are a scammer and liar whose tax plans benefit the rich and screw everyone else.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) July 22, 2018
Pennsylvania has 12.8 million people living in the state. Pence is crowing ~73,000 benefit from the tax scam.
Let’s do the math: 73,000/12,800,000: 0.0058 or ~0.5%.
Even if he was claiming that we’re talking 73,000 households, that would equate to about 292,000 people, and we’re still talking 2.3%
These fuckers think that a tax scam that benefits under 2% of Pennsylvanians is something to crow about?
Do they not expect us to do the math?
Where’s the goddamned media to point out this basic math either.
Propaganda gold: Russia revels in summit victory #HelsinkiSummit #HelsinkiSummit2018 #Russia https://t.co/qSsYXYywKC pic.twitter.com/O9GLjts5BA
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) July 22, 2018
“Trump fought with all NATO members,” gleefully says Russian state TV host Olga Skabeeva, adding: “This goes with the theme that he is still ours.”https://t.co/RGEQ9u05XE
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) July 22, 2018
re: #26 Teukka
Now we know what they talked about in there all alone. Watch nothing happen. On our side I mean.
re: #28 lawhawk
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. It’s a nonstop shit show from Trumpworld, and all the players are liars.
Every last muthafuckin’ one. Including Pence.
Especially Pence.
He doesn’t think we can do math?
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Pennsylvania has 12.8 million people living in the state. Pence is crowing ~73,000 benefit from the tax scam.
Let’s do the math: 73,000/12,800,000: 0.0058 or ~0.5%.
Even if he was claiming that we’re talking 73,000 households, that would equate to about 292,000 people, and we’re still talking 2.3%
These fuckers think that a tax scam that benefits under 2% of Pennsylvanians is something to crow about?
Do they not expect us to do the math?
Where’s the goddamned media to point out this basic math either.
Don’t expect the Pennsylvania media to do that. Too many Maggie Haberman types will recite the Republican Talking Points!
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re: #30 Unshaken Defiance
Now we know what they talked about in there all alone. Watch nothing happen. On our side I mean.
I concur with your assessment :’(
And ask myself: What country will be next after that? Hitler didn’t stop after the annexation of the Sudetenland…
“Don’t you DARE question our President!” the guy that always questioned Obamas American birthright said.
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) July 22, 2018
re: #1 MsJ
The ruling coalition party in the state of Lower Austria wants a law requiring “Jews to register with the government if they seek to purchase kosher meat. The same rules would apply to Muslims buying halal meat.”
This is ostensibly about animal rights and the kosher and halal practice of cutting a live animal’s throat and letting it bleed to death, which is forbidden under Austrian Law.
The Austrians see it as “accommodating” this practice but that Jews and Muslims have to “apply for an exemption”.
I really think, though, that animal rights is not at the forefront of the initiative.
Honestly after all the shit you pulled that helped get us here where the fuck do you get off giving anybody advice about anything?
— Space Force Commodore (@goddamnedfrank) July 22, 2018
re: #35 goddamnedfrank
Democrats, please, please don’t lose your minds and rush to the socialist left. This president and his Republican Party are counting on you to do exactly that. America’s great middle wants sensible, balanced, ethical leadership.
This is some sick shit he is pulling.
The GOP narrative is now that the Democrats are pulling hard left, throwing open the borders to drug gangs and giving away tons of free government stuff to be paid for by crippling deficits and punitive taxation on hard-working (white) people.
re: #35 goddamnedfrank
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I think when I retweet from here, Comey does not get tagged, but when I open your tweet in twitter, he does. So that’s the way I did it. He should see it. Often.
re: #35 goddamnedfrank
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Jim, we had a reasonable minded flag bearer but you kneed her remember?
re: #34 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
This is ostensibly about animal rights and the kosher and halal practice of cutting a live animal’s throat and letting it bleed to death, which is forbidden under Austrian Law.
The Austrians see it as “accommodating” this practice but that Jews and Muslims have to “apply for an exemption”.
I really think, though, that animal rights is not at the forefront of the initiative.
It’s scapegoating bs.
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What if elements of socialism are indeed sensible, balanced, and ethical? Ever consider that?
Do you like public schools? Social Security? Public health services? All socialism.— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) July 22, 2018
re: #35 goddamnedfrank
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It’s so easy to see him doing what he did when he shows his whole entitled ass like this.
Wow. He needs to go away and knit himself a muzzle.
re: #40 Eclectic Cyborg
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re: #41 freetoken
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If you’re more afraid of a party with Democratic Socialists than a party with actual goddam Nazis, I can’t help you.
re: #44 Blind Frog Belly White
If you’re more afraid of a party with Democratic Socialists than a party with actual goddam Nazis, I can’t help you.
Many conservatives are.
re: #45 HappyWarrior
Many conservatives are.
The very best conservatives are like Franz von Papen, and they go downhill rapidly from there.
I can confirm now that last yr Treasury”s financial crimes unit collected voluminous suspicious activity reports from banks on Maria Butina, Alexander Torshin, Paul Erickson, Bridges LLC & Investing With Dignity
The SARs were shared w/FBI, Mueller, SSCI
https://t.co/XhIp3dCnvP— Jason Leopold (@JasonLeopold) July 22, 2018
This, in light of FBI’s investigation into whether Russian money was funneled into the NRA to help Trump, is pretty huge. https://t.co/leoz4oioQ9 https://t.co/hyeQvaLLdM
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) July 22, 2018
re: #45 HappyWarrior
Many conservatives are.
Because clearly, returning to a time when unions were strong and the rich paid their share of taxes is so much more horrible to imagine than a white supremacist state.
re: #48 Blind Frog Belly White
Because clearly, returning to a time when unions were strong and the rich paid their share of taxes is so much more horrible to imagine than a white supremacist state.
For th you bet.
re: #48 Blind Frog Belly White
Because clearly, returning to a time when unions were strong and the rich paid their share of taxes is so much more horrible to imagine than a white supremacist state.
Threats to wealth take priority over threats to race. Often they go together.
re: #41 freetoken
And Democrats should take advice from Comey because?
re: #50 wrenchwench
Threats to wealth take priority over threats to race. Often they go together.
Threats to wealth are threats to white. Threats to race are threats to Those People.
re: #52 Blind Frog Belly White
Threats to wealth are threats to white. Threats to race are threats to Those People.
I meant the threat felt by white supremacists to their race (and/or wealth).
re: #6 JordanRules
There’s NEVER going to be anything from the Republican leadership. Get used to it. They will do NOTHING about Trump; it’s all up to us now.
re: #53 wrenchwench
I meant the threat felt by white supremacists to their race (and/or wealth).
Yeah, I was looking at it more in the context of centrists fearing the DSA more than the NSDAP.
re: #55 Blind Frog Belly White
Yeah, I was looking at it more in the context of centrists fearing the DSA more than the NSDAP.
Both are true, now that I’ve sorted through the initials of things.
re: #54 Skip Intro
There’s NEVER going to be anything from the Republican leadership. Get used to it. They will do NOTHING about Trump; it’s all up to us now.
And they shall continue to be called on it. It’s not ever going to be normal.
I can’t think of any way for James Comey to help America that doesn’t involve a DeLorean and preventing his parents from mating.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) July 22, 2018
This Trump emboldened Nazi is walking around in Albany New York.
DISGUSTED! pic.twitter.com/urWvbte26U— StanceGrounded (@_SJPeace_) July 22, 2018
Jay St. Video Games ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 pic.twitter.com/G5qeCCeaJv
— StanceGrounded (@_SJPeace_) July 22, 2018
@Ocasio2018, I’ve heard you talk about supporting women, yet you’re with Sanders helping campaigns against Democratic women. Do you worry that you’re being paraded around to divide Democrats and make the election about you?
Maybe you could ask to see Bernie’s taxes.— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) July 22, 2018
Trump will showcase an F-35 fighter jet, Moon Pies, and gun safes at a White House event highlighting American products Monday as his trade battles loom large https://t.co/hjXYiDCrTT
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) July 22, 2018
re: #54 Skip Intro
There’s NEVER going to be anything from the Republican leadership. Get used to it. They will do NOTHING about Trump; it’s all up to us now.
Some Republicans have concluded that keeping their heads down without uttering much more than general statements about Russian hostility is the only safe course https://t.co/K0ZrUtbnMI
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 22, 2018
History calls those people “cowards”. https://t.co/OGMS9uGhAD
— Soledad O’Brien (@soledadobrien) July 22, 2018
re: #59 JordanRules
If an anti-LGBTQ, anti-minority, anti-Jew, or anti-Muslim sign goes up anyway, anti-NAZI and anti-KKK signs should go up everywhere.
re: #61 Backwoods_Sleuth
can you just SMELL THE SUPREMACY???
I’m sure the store guy smelled something…
And: “I can’t believe you get to survive the harvest”? WTF?
re: #64 Belafon
History calls those people FUCKING “cowards”.
re: #63 JordanRules
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I predict that the Moon Pies twitter account is going to rip him a new one.
Tonight at the White House: 7 PM we will have extremely loud conga players.
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) July 22, 2018
At RNC meeting, no one is sweating Trump-Putin summit
Austin, Texas (CNN)If President Donald Trump sparked a widespread backlash over his news conference beside Russian President Vladimir Putin in Finland on Monday, one wouldn’t have known it from the buoyant tone among Republican Party officials this week.
At the Republican National Committee’s summer meeting in Austin, the controversy enshrouding the President was largely shrugged off or rejected — with party officials instead applauding Trump’s foreign policy work, including his public show of deference this week toward Putin and Russia.
“I am in full support of the President,” said Demetra DeMonte, a national committeewoman from Illinois, when asked about Trump’s stance on Russia. “He has been an incredible President, and I look forward to another two years and a second term.”
Nor were Republican Party officials who spoke with CNN bothered by the President publicly questioning the work of his own intelligence officials, who have concluded that Putin had directed Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 US election and to boost Trump over Hillary Clinton.
re: #71 goddamnedfrank
I predict that the Moon Pies twitter account is going to rip him a new one.
I don’t know if they’ll be allowed to touch that one.
We now go live to @MoonPie pic.twitter.com/wNM3eOn4S4
— Space Force Commodore (@goddamnedfrank) July 22, 2018
re: #75 JordanRules
I don’t know if they’ll be allowed to touch that one.
They’re pretty good at brand management and I don’t think they want this but you’re right that they also probably don’t want to alienate the diabetic Trumper hoard that would.
*actual Nazis are running as Republicans, thousands of kidnapped babies still need to be returned to their families, the president of the United States is acting like a minor Russian oligarch*
you liberals better not try to get anyone else health care!— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) July 22, 2018
re: #11 Deep State SuperElite Satinist
A minute ago, I received a telephone call informing me I was going to hell if I didn’t attend their church.
I’d like to think if I got that call I’d laugh and say that “Christ Jesus would kick your balls up out of your mouth for lying like that.”
DSA leaders tell NPR that they in all seriousness want to control the means of production and it’s actually going to work this time https://t.co/7mK5ty5Nbp pic.twitter.com/FGyWwzjrRQ
— Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) July 21, 2018
Trump’s appeal is based almost entirely on racism.
Trump is a Russian asset.
Both of these ideas were treated as conspiracy theories by the press during 2016.
Both were proven with little reasonable doubt this week.
And both are deeply intertwined.https://t.co/shUJklEuOF— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) July 21, 2018
re: #79 William Lewis
I’d like to think if I got that call I’d laugh and say that “Christ Jesus would kick your balls up out of your mouth for lying like that.”
If I had my wits about me, I’d say, ‘Get in line. There are soooo many reasons I’m going to hell that have priority over that one.’
The Texas shrimp industry is facing a worker shortage as a result of the federal cap on U.S. visas for immigrant seasonal workers. https://t.co/pNwDJjxQA9
— ABC13 Houston (@abc13houston) July 22, 2018
re: #76 goddamnedfrank
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Other products to be displayed at the White House on Monday include Wiffle balls and bats from Connecticut, Viking Range LLC stoves from Mississippi and Moon Pies sweets from Tennessee.
The White House will also show off cookie cutters from Vermont, pepperoni rolls from West Virginia, jeans from Oklahoma, gun safes from Utah, snowboards from Colorado and livestock feed from Iowa.
Wow, I’ll bet those other countries are quaking in their boots about cookie cutters, pepperoni rolls and wiffle balls. (They’re probably quaking in their made in China/Vietnam/Thailand IvankaTrump brand boots.)
re: #83 JordanRules
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WHY AREN’T THEY HIRING AMERICANS?!?!?! Wait, what, you want us to do that job? Eww, no, how disgusting, that’s below me, you need to hire poor people to do that job!
Breitbart has an article titled “EXCLUSIVE - Jackie Mason: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ‘to the left of Putin.’” That’s not that hard. Putin’s a member of the Republican Party.
Whenever you hear someone say “So-and-so is the left of Putin,” tell them it’s not that hard: He’s a member of the Republican party.
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) July 22, 2018
this is the greatest bot I have ever seen pic.twitter.com/BEBIYwvShn
— Kilgore Trout (@KT_So_It_Goes) July 22, 2018
re: #85 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
WHY AREN’T THEY HIRING AMERICANS?!?!?! Wait, what, you want us to do that job? Eww, no, how disgusting, that’s below me, you need to hire poor people to do that job!
“Pay us a wage we’re willing to work at. What? You can’t do that?”
re: #86 Belafon
Breitbart has an article titled “EXCLUSIVE - Jackie Mason: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ‘to the left of Putin.’” That’s not that hard. Putin’s a member of the Republican Party.
Oh please…Jackie Mason????? That old racist fart?????
When the Roseanne production team gave a show to him he did a racist meltdown and got canned.
Do you hate your ears?
when you and your friends finally find the right balance of mountain dew and meth pic.twitter.com/A6jOrOnIgB
— m i t h (@ManInTheHoody) July 22, 2018
re: #88 goddamnedfrank
44k Followers? How the hell?
When you lose all your friends pic.twitter.com/Lh5uavyXOt
— Brian Tashman (@briantashman) July 21, 2018
re: #92 Unshaken Defiance
44k Followers? How the hell?
95% of those followers have to be Russian bots and trolls!
re: #93 Skip Intro
Comrades in arms for Mother Russia!
re: #91 JordanRules
Do you hate your ears?
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Against my better judgment, I turned the sound on and now I haz regrets…and I anticipate nightmares.
(But thanks for sharing/)
re: #89 Belafon
“Pay us a wage we’re willing to work at. What? You can’t do that?”
“Hey, I’m just paying the wages that the market will support.”
“Well…that’s…SHIT! Foiled by my own religious dogma!”
re: #92 Unshaken Defiance
44k Followers? How the hell?
They’ve had time over the last 18 months to improve bot creation. I bet you could look at the speed at which those follows were created, and look at the clique created by the followers, and you could do a good job of predicting bots.
re: #73 Skip Intro
At RNC meeting, no one is sweating Trump-Putin summit
The Republicans are prepared to go down a road everyone pretty much agrees is a road they don’t want to be on.
They let Trump drive the big bus even if they never wanted him as the driver.
Everyone in the party decided to get in and ride and now they are being thrown all over the place as Trump careens from lane to lane, turn to turn, heavy on the brakes, then flooring it.
It’s one wild ride and many are scared now…this guy can’t drive!!!
Up ahead there is a road closed, bridge out sign…Donny doesn’t like signs.
re: #99 ObserverArt
I disagree. This IS the path RepubliKKKlans want to go because it promotes their goal of reimposing white supremacy.
re: #97 Targetpractice
“Hey, I’m just paying the wages that the market will support.”
“Well…that’s…SHIT! Foiled by my own religious dogma!”
“A free market needs a wall between us and Mexico to….drive me out of business!”
Maybe we should argue that Trump’s plans are doing wonders to return the ecosystems of our oceans and seas to equilibrium.
re: #98 Belafon
All I can say is my few hundreds are probably actual humans. Even if no few are little companies out there doin the SEO thang.
re: #99 ObserverArt
The Republicans are prepared to go down a road everyone pretty much agrees is a road they don’t want to be on.
They let Trump drive the big bus even if they never wanted him as the driver.
Everyone in the party decided to get in and ride and now they are being thrown all over the place as Trump careens from lane to lane, turn to turn, heavy on the brakes, then flooring it.
It’s one wild ride and many are scared now…this guy can’t drive!!!
Up ahead there is a road closed, bridge out sign…Donny doesn’t like signs.
That’s the old guys in the back, some of whom already yanked the emergency door open and bailed out.
The younger guys at the front? They’re screaming for Donny to slam the accelerator down, convinced that he can jump the gorge and land them in a wave election.
re: #99 ObserverArt
He’s seens Dukes of Hazzard. He thinks he can jump the ravine.
Axios reporting tonight that Trump was secretly impressed by @RepAdamSchiff’s performance on the day that Comey testified before Congress in March.
“I watched that [Schiff’s statement] and thought I had committed a crime!” pic.twitter.com/H5lAz581Gx— J.D. Durkin (@jiveDurkey) July 22, 2018
re: #86 Belafon
Breitbart has an article titled “EXCLUSIVE - Jackie Mason: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ‘to the left of Putin.’” That’s not that hard. Putin’s a member of the Republican Party.
Yikes. pic.twitter.com/I1Jcqjn4oY
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 22, 2018
re: #96 BeachDem
Against my better judgment, I turned the sound on and now I haz regrets…and I anticipate nightmares.
(But thanks for sharing/)
The visuals were bad enough for me.
Enjoying my time in Ireland. Visited County Cavan where my ancestors were evicted from their land in 1845. That forced them to come to America legally so they wouldn’t starve.
Pardon me if I reject the “white privilege” scenario if applied to my family. pic.twitter.com/gecXRy60YJ— Bill O’Reilly (@BillOReilly) July 19, 2018
accidentally making the case for illegal immigration to own the libs https://t.co/I4BHotE9Pb
— Kilgore Trout (@KT_So_It_Goes) July 22, 2018
My two takeaways from this:
1) Trump’s trade wars are not popular;
2) Educated member of the GOP should be ashamed of themselves. https://t.co/epDiWkxeLW— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) July 22, 2018
re: #106 Charles Johnson
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So President Obama knew about Russia before the Election. Why didn’t he do something about it? Why didn’t he tell our campaign? Because it is all a big hoax, that’s why, and he thought Crooked Hillary was going to win!!!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 22, 2018
Insofar as one can understand this more than usually incoherent tweet, Trump is back to claiming Russian interference in the 2016 election is a hoax. https://t.co/pBnhteffJL
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) July 22, 2018
re: #109 Belafon
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“My family came over before there were federal laws against us becoming citizens! So obviously I’ve never benefited from any privilege!”
re: #106 Charles Johnson
Since Putin owns the GOP, it’s not that hard.
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) July 22, 2018
Thanks. I didn’t want to even go to their site.
re: #112 JordanRules
He didn’t say anything at the explicit orders of people who realized that you, and the other frothing wingnut Republicans, would simply take it as a pathetic attempt to influence the election by spreading false rumors. Unlike you, President Obama isn’t stupid.
re: #113 Targetpractice
“My family came over before there were federal laws against us becoming citizens! So obviously I’ve never benefited from any privilege!”
In the replies to O’Reilly:
Damn.good.tweet.
— Neale (@AbeFroman) July 22, 2018
re: #111 Joe Bacon 🌹
Well he isn’t flipping the bird in this picture like he did to Ed Sullivan back in the 60s!
I thought he was dead, anyway. I guess that was Alan King and/or Jackie Gayle and/or Sandy Baron….
re: #112 JordanRules
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The talking point (which I’m sure he got from Faux) apparently is the only reason Obama didn’t do anything about Russian interference in ‘16 is because there never was any.
I had not seen the Nigel Farage selfie with Maria Butina, but of course that also exists. pic.twitter.com/pp1FlXqsTD
— Robert Caruso (@robertcaruso) July 22, 2018
Waiting for some journo to claim a scoop any day now about Putin supporting RW, white nationalism in Europe and the US. As if @HillaryClinton didn’t give a wholeass speech on the subject, that said journo and all cohorts ignored at the time. #WhatHappened https://t.co/sh0UyMTxNc
— 🇺🇸🇭🇹 Only4RM 🇭🇹🇺🇸 (@Only4RM) July 22, 2018
You cannot simultaneously say that you believe the US intelligence community while calling their conclusions “a big hoax.”
— Space Force Commodore (@goddamnedfrank) July 22, 2018
re: #108 Targetpractice
GAH! Who opened the Ark of the Covenant?!
At first I thought, “Jackie Mason’s still alive? Who knew?”
Then I looked at the picture and tought, “Nah. I was right the first time.”
Talk about the things that go bump in the night.
re: #121 goddamnedfrank
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Wasn’t his half-assed position that he “trusts” his intel services? I don’t think he ever said he believes them, at least not without hedging it with a “it could have been other people” chaser.
I’ve heard from multiple people in Florida that the state’s online registration page isn’t letting them register to vote. All eligible residents. All got error messages. I called the state’s voter assistance hotline and they said nothing’s wrong. This should be investigated ASAP. pic.twitter.com/el0oygwzUz
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) July 18, 2018
UPDATE: In response to several days of pushing them to correct issues with their site, Florida’s Division of Elections appears to have finally fixed their online voter registration page last night! https://t.co/gAHgl4hyvc
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) July 22, 2018
Walkback 2 Electric Bugaloo
So President Obama knew about Russia before the Election. Why didn’t he do something about it? Why didn’t he tell our campaign? Because it is all a big hoax, that’s why, and he thought Crooked Hillary was going to win!!!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 22, 2018
After reading a script earlier this week stating that Russia meddled and he has full faith in the U.S. intelligence community, Trump is back to calling it “all a big hoax.” https://t.co/09fnPcvmBf
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) July 22, 2018
“Investors are in complete and total denial that Powell is going to magically, masterfully raise rates beyond the point of inversion and not disturb the economy at all,” said Danielle DiMartino Booth via Bloomberg Markets — https://t.co/WKWXzqNh6e
— Danielle DiMartino (@DiMartinoBooth) July 22, 2018
re: #126 JordanRules
Everybody else is in total denial, why not investors too?
Jackie Mason is a Rabbi. I wonder how the usual Breitbart crowd will respond to this.
Reminder: Comey is a registered Republican, as is Wray, Mueller, and all the rest of the DOJ leadership (installed by Trump after election). Comey is the last one who should be giving political advice given the way he violated FBI rules on commenting about ongoing investigations
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) July 22, 2018
re: #128 Eclectic Cyborg
Jackie Mason is a Rabbi. I wonder how the usual Breitbart crowd will respond to this.
Badly.
re: #88 goddamnedfrank
Is that the same KT who used to post here, and who got angry with me when I suggested his idea of selling used underwear was a stupid fucking idea?
True story.
re: #131 Mattand
Is that the same KT who used to post here, and who got angry with me when I suggested his idea of selling used underwear was a stupid fucking idea?
True story.
No, it’s not him.
re: #128 Eclectic Cyborg
Jackie Mason is a Rabbi. I wonder how the usual Breitbart crowd will respond to this.
The same Jackie Mason that advocates the expulsion of Israeli-Arabs from Israel, and calls African-Americans the racist term “schvartze.”
re: #129 lawhawk
The more I hear from Comey, the more I’m convinced he has no fucking idea the amount of damage he caused this country. I’m still of the mind he dropped his Hillary October surprise because he was never able to ‘get’ her during Whitewater.
Love it. Come to Texas and do the same thing.
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) July 22, 2018
It’s easy in CA. It’s needed in Texas.
So President Obama knew about Russia before the Election. Why didn’t he do something about it? Why didn’t he tell our campaign? Because it is all a big hoax, that’s why, and he thought Crooked Hillary was going to win!!!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 22, 2018
And to think it was only yesterday that Donnie was still saying he accepted that Russia interfered in the election. Now we’re back to “it is all a big hoax” again. But that’s OK, we knew he was lying anyway. https://t.co/pDPDJD3ARj
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 22, 2018
re: #109 Belafon
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You jackass. My Irish family emigrated around the same time. They weren’t legal nor illegal. They just were. And thank goodness I don’t share a County with the likes of a lace curtain dick like you that speaks like the nativists of old.
re: #74 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Have we forgotten these guys already?
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The flag of sedition and treason.
re: #137 Charles Johnson
Had Obama actively indicated that all signs pointed to Trump being a Russian potted plant with complicit and compromised cronies of Putin all around Trump (CCCP), the GOP would have impeached Obama for interfering.
And Obama would have been right.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) July 22, 2018
And now the GOP wants us to believe a bad faith actor in Trump is acting in good faith about Russia when all evidence points to him and his cronies being compromised and complicit cronies of Putin (CCCP).
All the while, the GOP claims Democrats are the bad faith actors here.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) July 22, 2018
Trump is trying to both blame Obama and say what Russia did was no big deal. Won’t work with most people but will with his cult.
Trump says stock market gains since election give him opportunity to wage a trade war: ‘We’re playing with the bank’s money’ https://t.co/AFmxcq7kR5
— CNBC (@CNBC) July 20, 2018
This is 100% how this works because you would expect a man who WENT BROKE RUNNING A CASINO to know all about economics and should trust him with your national economy. https://t.co/EEAydqXAYo
— kat calvin (@KatCalvinLA) July 22, 2018
re: #138 JordanRules
They already did.
Thanks. I’m just thinking that CA is running up the score, where Texas is a big get if we can get all Democrats to vote. I didn’t make that clear.
Why did you remove @NRA from your bio??
— Stacey (@nursegalmom) July 22, 2018
re: #147 JordanRules
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Wonder if there’s a photograph of Dana Mahgunz with a little Russian spy that is yet to be uncovered….
Dear Mr. Mourdoukoutas,
You are a bad person. Log off, gather all your electronics together, throw them in the sea, take a vow of silence, and present yourself at the nearest soup kitchen to work and atone as you meditate on where you went wrong.
Sincerely,
Everyone— Not Shaving Until Gillette Drops Hannity 💬 (@ChrisRywalt) July 22, 2018
re: #149 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Wonder if there’s a photograph of Dana Mahgunz with a little Russian spy that is yet to be uncovered….
I doubt Dana hangs with competition.
re: #149 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Wonder if there’s a photograph of Dana Mahgunz with a little Russian spy that is yet to be uncovered….
There’s gotta be. I bet she even tried mentoring her.
re: #152 Belafon
I doubt Dana hangs with competition.
I dunno. Wouldn’t shock me if they did some work together.
First thing: Johnny Rotten is an asshole.
Of course he will say things about Trump. He will also say bad things about Trump.
So long as someone is paying attention to Johnny Rotten…the asshole.
That’s entertainment!
re: #155 ObserverArt
First thing: Johnny Rotten is an asshole.
Of course he will say things about Trump. He will also say bad things about Trump.
So long as someone is paying attention to Johnny Rotten…the asshole.
That’s entertainment!
Exactly. When’s the last time Johnny had a hit? I love conservatives who claim to hate celebs talking politics embrace them when they speak theirs, they even made one President.
re: #156 HappyWarrior
Exactly. When’s the last time Johnny had a hit? I love conservatives who claim to hate celebs talking politics embrace them when they speak theirs, they even made Twre: #156 HappyWarrior
Exactly. When’s the last time Johnny had a hit? I love conservatives who claim to hate celebs talking politics embrace them when they speak theirs, they even made
oneTwo President.President.
Reagan was a bigger star than Trump.
re: #157 I Would Prefer Not To
Reagan was a bigger star than Trump.
Reagan at least had the sense to get elected somewhere else first but I won’t argue your broader point that Republican voters love celebrities that parrot their talking points they nominate them for high office.
#frogOTD Megophrys nasuta (Bornean Horned Frog), sorry everyone - this frog again! What a beauty, we almost walked past this little guy - so well camouflaged! @amphibiansorg pic.twitter.com/nnUbeAGWOU
— Phil Bishop (@AmphibianPhil) July 22, 2018
re: #139 HappyWarrior
You jackass. My Irish family emigrated around the same time. They weren’t legal nor illegal. They just were. And thank goodness I don’t share a County with the likes of a lace curtain dick like you that speaks like the nativists of old.
the bellend shares a county with me…blech
re: #160 Backwoods_Sleuth
the bellend shares a county with me…blech
Blah! But Lumpy does with me so we both didn’t escape.
re: #147 JordanRules
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Wow—she totally did
Nationally syndicated radio host. Bestselling author. #2A advocate. Born for the storm. “Raven-winged avatar” - The Atlantic. All opinions mine.
re: #156 HappyWarrior
P.I.L. was pretty damn good, but that was in the late-80s.
re: #128 Eclectic Cyborg
Jackie Mason is a Rabbi. I wonder how the usual Breitbart crowd will respond to this.
They’ll kiss Jackie Mason’s ass the same way they kiss Dennis Praeger’s!
re: #163 Ace Rothstein
P.I.L. was pretty damn good, but that was in the late-80s.
It’s too bad really. He just comes off eager for publicity by kissing Trump’s butt.
re: #164 Joe Bacon 🌹
They’ll kiss Jackie Mason’s ass the same way they kiss Dennis Praeger’s!
Ah Prager University, bovine university for wingnuts.
re: #131 Mattand
Is that the same KT who used to post here, and who got angry with me when I suggested his idea of selling used underwear was a stupid fucking idea?
True story.
No, it’s a totally different KT. For one thing this guy spells Kilgore correctly, the guy who used to post here used two Ls for a double dose of that losing.
re: #139 HappyWarrior
You jackass. My Irish family emigrated around the same time. They weren’t legal nor illegal. They just were. And thank goodness I don’t share a County with the likes of a lace curtain dick like you that speaks like the nativists of old.
Modern-day Know-Nothings don’t know that there were no passports or visas back in the 1840s. Immigration control was non-existent. The immigration center on Ellis Island did not yet exist. Processing at Castle Clinton in Lower Manhattan did not begin until 1855. You got off the boat and entered the country to seek your fortune.
Then when a certain faction of Americans realized there were millions of Irish entering the USA, the country instituted formal immigration control. But there were still no passports or visas required. The kind of passports we have now are a post-WWI development.
re: #169 wheat-dogg
Modern-day Know-Nothings don’t know that there were no passports or visas back in the 1840s. Immigration control was non-existent. The immigration center on Ellis Island did not yet exist. Processing at Castle Clinton in Lower Manhattan did not begin until 1855. You got off the boat and entered the country to seek your fortune.
Then when a certain faction of Americans realized there were millions of Irish entering the USA, the country instituted formal immigration control. But there were still no passports or visas required. The kind of passports we have now are a post-WWI development.
My early ancestors, their place of birth just says Ireland, Scotland, or Germany mostly. It’s not until the 20th century Slavs, the record includes a place of birth.
I was informed earlier today by a friend that I unknowingly took a photo of @HamillHimself during Comic-Con! Could it be true?? pic.twitter.com/klkK0THer1
— Brendan Bajillioz (@WillHunting562) July 22, 2018
“It’s true… ALL of it.”#OrangeVader #MyFinalDayAtSDCC2018 https://t.co/9j7AU7JFmD
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) July 23, 2018
— Gollum J. Trump (@realGollumTrump) July 22, 2018
Trumpism summarized in 14 seconds: pic.twitter.com/ATXeRgOJco
— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) July 22, 2018
re: #149 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Wonder if there’s a photograph of Dana Mahgunz with a little Russian spy that is yet to be uncovered….
I wouldn’t be surprised at all!
re: #135 Belafon
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It’s easy in CA. It’s needed in Texas.
Please vote out Nunes!! Please!!
re: #161 HappyWarrior
BTW, “bellend” is my new favorite Irish insult
The next time @maggieNYT demands sympathy for criticism of her, show her this and ask whether she understands what she did and what she will do differently from this point on. Cc @brianstelter pic.twitter.com/MFsH0ot10W
— Carol Resisting & Persisting (@busywriting) July 22, 2018
This is a nice bit of archaeology. When the elite press went into business with a career ratfcker is the moment the campaign left the trolley. https://t.co/IFHcpID5oM
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) July 22, 2018
re: #147 JordanRules
Так почему вы удалили Национальную ассоциацию стрелков из своего профиля в Twitter, Дана? Есть что скрывать?
— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) July 23, 2018
Dumbest tweet of 2018 goes to this Salafi piece of trash:
You know you girls who post your pictures online, do you ever think about how many random men have your photos saved on their phones?
— Athina 🐼🇦🇫 (@assinaarts) July 20, 2018
god you’re so dumb https://t.co/Aku6rlVfsv
— Ines (@inihelene) July 21, 2018
Ines nailed it:
women who act self-righteous because they don’t show skin and resort to slut-shaming like well done mate
— Ines (@inihelene) July 21, 2018
re: #181 jaunte
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And this thread in response to Charles P. Pierce’s takes a good dive into the Maggie/Yam story:
Maggie Haberman:
Where are people getting the impression she is an access journalist and Trump shill?
Baffling?
Let’s take a closer look.— Jake (@Care2much18) July 22, 2018
The death toll in Japan has reached 47, and over 2000 people have gone to the hospital for heat stroke. 90 people died recently from the heat in Quebec.
This is all happening now, and we haven’t even hit an increase of 1.5°C yet.— IM🍑HIM (@ziyatong) July 22, 2018
I have been alive for 68 years and I HAVE NEVER EATEN ANY OF THIS SHIT.
WTF EVEN IS THIS SO CALLED “FOOD”?
Is this like “ethnic white people food”?
100 years of the most important meal of the day pic.twitter.com/9WpPKV5HX8
— Bon Appétit (@bonappetit) July 23, 2018
Shocker! Nunes memo accurate…LOL!…media/Dems go on wild rants…TIME TO ELIMINATE REDACTIONS…PLEASE RT https://t.co/FZCYV1giwF
— Devin Nunes (@DevinNunes) July 22, 2018
.@DevinNunes lied in the Nunes memo and now he’s lying about the Carter Page FISA docs to cover up his lies in the Nunes memo — but yea, it’s totally the media/Dems going on wild rants. DESPERATE DEVIN IS DEFINITELY NOT NERVOUS OR ANYTHING GUYS. https://t.co/56NbOrhkst
— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) July 23, 2018
Nunes now pretending the only thing that will vindicate him is classified.
re: #172 The Vicious Babushka
My God, I love that man.
re: #188 jaunte
Товарищ Девин! Путин так гордится своим постоянным лживым для него. Приказ Мать-России ждет вас, когда вы посетите!
— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) July 23, 2018
The full set of footnotes describing Steele in FISA application the first. Worth re-reading the Nunes memo in light of this to see just how utterly dishonest the Nunes memo is. pic.twitter.com/BkwO1KWirE
— Pwn All The Things (@pwnallthethings) July 22, 2018
Underscoring why Nunes should be expelled from the House. He has totally dishonored his office. https://t.co/Jcicl3JiXA
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) July 22, 2018
re: #187 The Vicious Babushka
I have been alive for 68 years and I HAVE NEVER EATEN ANY OF THIS SHIT.
WTF EVEN IS THIS SO CALLED “FOOD”?
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I’ve eaten creamed chipped beef, also known as “shit on a shingle.” My dad was an Army cook in the Korean War and this was one of his dishes that he’d make for us when he cooked. (He also cooked other things, not just military stuff. The Army made him into a very good cook.) But we always ate it for dinner. In fact, I never heard of eating it for breakfast before now.
My dad also used to cook up grits for breakfast. That wasn’t Army, that was from childhood in Oklahoma.
How it Ends - Netflix. Watch. Intense.
Take your mind away from continuous negativity & doom.
re: #155 ObserverArt
First thing: Johnny Rotten is an asshole.
Of course he will say things about Trump. He will also say bad things about Trump.
So long as someone is paying attention to Johnny Rotten…the asshole.
That’s entertainment!
He’s always positioned himself as a contrarian. But I knew he was pro-Trump even before the election.
He’s taking Public Image Ltd. out on the road, so I figure these new quotes are to drum up some business. But I’m thinking a lot of his fans are gonna be like me and opt not to go.
We’re spending our concert bucks on the good Socialist/Anarchists in Killing Joke, thanks. Besides, KJ was a much better band in their heyday.
re: #195 makeitstop
He’s always positioned himself as a contrarian. But I knew he was pro-Trump even before the election.
He’s taking Public Image Ltd. out on the road, so I figure these new quotes are to drum up some business. But I’m thinking a lot of his fans are gonna be like me and opt not to go.
We’re spending our concert bucks on the good Socialist/Anarchists in Killing Joke, thanks. Besides, KJ was a much better band in their heyday.
One thing is for sure, Joe Strummer wouldn’t be kissing Trump’s ass.
re: #192 mmmirele
I’ve eaten creamed chipped beef, also known as “shit on a shingle.” My dad was an Army cook in the Korean War and this was one of his dishes that he’d make for us when he cooked. (He also cooked other things, not just military stuff. The Army made him into a very good cook.) But we always ate it for dinner. In fact, I never heard of eating it for breakfast before now.
My dad also used to cook up grits for breakfast. That wasn’t Army, that was from childhood in Oklahoma.
SOS over french toast. My favorite Army breakfast. Of course, I was in when the army still had soldiers cooking. I hated it when they went to contractors. Also had grits in the army. I left them to the army … ugh.
re: #196 HappyWarrior
One thing is for sure, Joe Strummer wouldn’t be kissing Trump’s ass.
Shit, Trump visiting the UK would have been one thing that would have reunited the Clash in all their political rage, honor & glory.
re: #197 William Lewis
SOS over french toast. My favorite Army breakfast. Of course, I was in when the army still had soldiers cooking. I hated it when they went to contractors. Also had grits in the army. I left them to the army … ugh.
My first exposure to grits was on a spring break Habitat for Humanity trip to Atlanta. I actually rather liked them with cheese, or a fair amount of salt and pepper. Not my favorite breakfast food, but serviceable in a pinch.
I want even paying attention to who the actual guy was who complained about taxes for libraries. He wrote a freakin’ article: forbes.com.
re: #162 BeachDem
Wow—she totally did
Nationally syndicated radio host. Bestselling author. #2A advocate. Born for the storm. “Raven-winged avatar” - The Atlantic. All opinions mine.
Yup. I wonder if she quit?
re: #200 Belafon
I want even paying attention to who the actual guy was who complained about taxes for libraries. He wrote a freakin’ article: forbes.com.
The garbage takes seem to be multiplying. He has no business writing anything about libraries since it’s clear he knows nothing about them.
of course people attack libraries because the number one rule in a library is STFU and some people would legit die if they did that, or at least that’s how they act
— k austin collins (@melvillmatic) July 22, 2018
One person is dead and another injured following a shooting at a Mormon church in Nevada, authorities say. https://t.co/FzEnK8Ctmg
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 23, 2018
re: #200 Belafon
This is why Amazon should replace local libraries. The move would save taxpayers money and enhance the stockholder value of Amazon all in one fell swoop.
C.R.E.A.M.
re: #206 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
Wu Tang is for the children. pic.twitter.com/OZCFw4Jj4v
— RZA! (@RZA) July 21, 2018
Business in the front, party-over-country in the back. #DevinNunes pic.twitter.com/lFNZ7DHZkc
— Chris Regan (@ChrisRRegan) July 22, 2018
I kinda think ‘paid’ works better than ‘played’ here.
The NRA Got Played by Russia
EXCELLENT POINT
👇🏻👇🏻
“the warning signs were there for anyone who cared to look. As BuzzFeed News notes, in an autocracy with strict gun laws, the very idea of a strong grassroots analogue to the NRA is kind of absurd”https://t.co/E4INtU7daO— (((DuneMyThang™))) (@Kris_Sacrebleu) July 22, 2018
re: #200 Belafon
I’m well aware of that ass. He’s always been a disciple of Murray Rothbard’s Anarcho-Capitalism. I knew this bullshit was unworkable in the very first college economics class I took. Dad took a look at the textbook and that WTF look in his eyes when he read it was priceless!
re: #194 Stanley Sea
How it Ends - Netflix. Watch. Intense.
Take your mind away from continuous negativity & doom.
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As of July 21, 2018 there are 7,976,536 registered voters in Ohio, up 1,485 from the previous week. 8,357 new voters and 6,872 dropped. 113,822 reg. voters were moved into CONFIRM status. There are now 1,254,026 voters at some point in the purge process.
— Ohio Voter Project (@ohvoterproject) July 22, 2018
“There are now 1,254,026 voters at some point in the purge process.”!
The result of Ohio’s Secretary of State race will determine what happens to these voters. https://t.co/6yBJ554JKj— David Pepper (@DavidPepper) July 22, 2018
They let John Kerry on Face the Nation:
SECRETARY JOHN KERRY: I found it shocking. I found it to be one of the most disgraceful, remarkable moments of kowtowing to a foreign leader by an American president that anyone has ever witnessed. And it wasn’t just that it was a kind of surrender. It’s that it is dangerous. The president stood there and did not defend our country. He stood there and did not defend the truth, he did not defend the facts… and the danger, it’s dangerous — because it sends a message to President Putin and to the rest of the world that the President of the United States, the leader of the free world, really doesn’t have a handle on what he’s doing, and that he doesn’t, you know, know either what the facts are or he won’t accept the facts.
MARGARET BRENNAN: So you don’t buy his walk back?
SECRETARY KERRY: I don’t buy his walk back one second. And by the way, how can anyone buy walk back after walk back when you take positions here, and then you take positions over here and- and you’re repetitively walking back and changing. We are at a point where after the documented untruths of this president- documented by many, many different media sources - that there is no credibility. You don’t know whether to believe or not to believe, that’s the worst situation you could have for a president of the United States in a dangerous world.
This isn’t going to end well.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 23, 2018
In 2001, Prince donated $12,000 to save the Louisville Free Public Library’s Western branch, the first to serve African American patrons. Prince dedicated the gift to “assist your library in reaching all areas of the community”. https://t.co/NpIVgnF25Z pic.twitter.com/ruN1xin60c
— Anil Dash (@anildash) July 23, 2018
Libraries are the best and the coolest!
My mom used to brag that she had more library cards than credit cards. It’s a good brag.
— Full Metal Duchess (@FullMetaDuchess) July 22, 2018
Shit’s getting real.
Fuck! A wildfire just started about a mile from my house!
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) July 23, 2018
I’m fucking trembling right now.
re: #218 teleskiguy
Shit’s getting real.
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Shit man. You ready to go if you need to?
re: #218 teleskiguy
Shit’s getting real.
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I’m fucking trembling right now.
Are you ready if you have to make a run for it?
re: #218 teleskiguy
Shit’s getting real.
I’m fucking trembling right now.
Make sure your HO/renter’s insurance is current, grab your important shit, and bug out now if you can.
Stay alive, don’t get fried…
re: #218 teleskiguy
Shit’s getting real.
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I’m fucking trembling right now.
Get moving, dude. Seriously. A mile is way too close.
re: #218 teleskiguy
Dude, gtfo of there. Seriously, get you and your doggo the fuck out. Please.
re: #221 TedStriker
Make sure your HO/renter’s insurance is current, grab your important shit, and bug out now if you can.
Stay alive, don’t get fried…
This this this.
Got on the bike and did a little recon.
It’s on the other side of the interstate, looks like it’s burning away from town. No evacuations are being ordered yet. I have my safe with important papers ready to go. On my way back from the bike ride a light rain began to fall.
And now, a message for James Comey: pic.twitter.com/lEsi3cwSPd
— Hannibal Lecter🌊 (@Humanitarian66) July 23, 2018
Voter rolls are more vulnerable to Russian hackers than voting machines: “If hackers were able to alter the recorded addresses of a few thousand voters with African-American family names, for example, they could disenfranchise these voters.” https://t.co/IfFnOFKPIc
— Simon Hedlin (@simonhedlin) July 22, 2018
I’m not going anywhere until the cops say I have to go.
Don’t waste a minute of your time being daunted that @realDonaldTrump has a base of diehard supporters. So did Richard Nixon just before he resigned and Roy Moore just before he lost. Instead, work hard to reach, register and mobilize the majority of Americans who want change now
— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) July 21, 2018
#BREAKING New wildland fire north of Gypsum. Multiple crews responding. Reduced visibility on HWY 6 and I-70. USE CAUTION! pic.twitter.com/WTt9qkOut2
— Greater Eagle Fire (@gefpd) July 23, 2018
re: #218 teleskiguy
Shit’s getting real.
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I’m fucking trembling right now.
I’m just waiting for another close one, and hope and pray it won’t be a biggie like the ones further up north. There’s one sound I don’t want to hear:
Last year on the 9th of July, there was a test mishap, and it went out in the county. I was asleep. 3rd blast and I was on the floor.
The fire has to jump the interstate and the Eagle River in order for it to be any kind of threat to me or my house and it’s burning away from town. I’m safe! Thanks you all for your concern! Love you lots!
re: #225 teleskiguy
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Got on the bike and did a little recon.
It’s on the other side of the interstate, looks like it’s burning away from town. No evacuations are being ordered yet. I have my safe with important papers ready to go. On my way back from the bike ride a light rain began to fall.
re: #228 teleskiguy
I’m not going anywhere until the cops say I have to go.
I understand, but you know as well as I or just about anyone here that mountain wildfires, driven by winds and high, dry fuel load, can spread lightning quick; a mile away, other side of the interstate or not, just gives me the pucker factor.
We just want you to be safe.
re: #121 goddamnedfrank
You cannot simultaneously say that you believe the US intelligence community while calling their conclusions “a big hoax.”
Of course he can - he contradicts himself each and every day - his staff say he didn’t mean what he said - determining which contradiction he “didn’t mean” is the tricky part.
“It’s bewildering why the President would go back and call this is a hoax when earlier in the week he accepted the fact that Russians have been seriously spying on us.” @David_Gergen on Trump’s reversal of his reversal on Russian interference. https://t.co/ByLY9ioQ5l
— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) July 23, 2018
it isn’t bewildering at all. but the media and pundits will continue to pretend its super confusing even if he replaced the us flag with the russian one. the obvious truth - he’s a traitor - is just something they won’t say. https://t.co/0HB2kPTUYB
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) July 23, 2018
Anti-Trump protesters shout “LOCK HIM UP!” just as Trump & Melania arrive at the White House on the 7th Day of consecutive protests, Sunday, July 22, 2018.
Higher res video here:https://t.co/HbE2fmGkww#OccupyLafayettePark pic.twitter.com/qVrUEhqnhN— John Aravosis (@aravosis) July 23, 2018
O_O
Jason Spencer. This was quite a segment. Mocking Chinese accents. Repeatedly yelling the N word. Over and over again. Pulling his trousers down and backing his rear end into someone and yelling “America!” https://t.co/gNopvvHMZM
— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) July 23, 2018
re: #237 Backwoods_Sleuth
O_O
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We were talking about the nutjob Michael “Lewis Arthur” Mayer, who was holed up at a cement plant in far south Tucson on the last thread. A local columnist for the Arizona Daily Star had asked in a column published today why the police hadn’t arrested Mayer for failing to show up for his assault charge on Tuesday, or for trespassing. You can read more about the crazy here (it’s pretty long and comprehensive).
This afternoon, the Tucson PD picked up Mayer. Here’s their press release:
ARREST - MICHAEL “LEWIS ARTHUR” MEYER
Michael “Lewis Arthur” Meyer, W/M, 39 years old, was arrested earlier today by Tucson Police officers at the Cemex Concrete Company property located near I-19 and Valencia within the Tucson City Limits. Meyer was arrested for trespassing on the Cemex property and for an outstanding warrant associated with an assault charge after he failed to appear in court on Tuesday, July 17, 2018. He was transported to the Pima County Jail where he was booked on the warrant and the new trespassing charge.
Prior to his arrest, Meyer “occupied” a tower on the Cemex property for 9 days. Meyer has a history of such actions dating back to 2014 at the Bundy Ranch in Nevada and repeated violations in the State of Arizona. He engaged in criminal trespass activities in Surprise, AZ; established a homeless encampment in Phoenix and another in Mesa, AZ; and, more recently, became associated with a homeless encampment on private property behind Santa Rita Park in Tucson.
This encampment produced a series of public safety concerns for the property owner. After being informed that his encampment was no longer welcome behind Santa Rita, Meyer directed his efforts elsewhere. He eventually found an abandoned homeless encampment on Cemex property and fictitiously declared, without evidence or corroboration, that the area was the site of a sex-trafficking ring.Meyer’s various representations and claims were thoroughly investigated by the Tucson Police Department. No evidence of sex-trafficking was located as a result of the Tucson Police investigation. At one point several weeks ago, Meyer agreed to vacate the Cemex property. Contrary to this agreement, Meyer chose to return and trespass by illegally occupying the tower on the Cemex property.
Despite continued efforts to work with Meyer by city officials and community members, the Tucson Police Department has received complaints from various members of the Santa Rita Park Neighborhood Association as well as from other community residents that Meyer and some of his followers have threatened and intimidated them. Through social media, Meyer has made multiple threatening and hostile remarks directed towards various elected and appointed officials.
Additionally, the Tucson Police Department is working with Cemex executives to limit access to their property. The department will also be working with various homeless advocacy groups and other social service groups to help relocate any homeless individuals impacted by the closure of Meyer-associated encampments in Tucson involving trespass on private property.
And here’s Mayer:
Let’s hope he has some time to cool his heels in the lockup.
re: #237 Backwoods_Sleuth
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There’s that story of the person in their seventh grade class, reading the Diary of Anne Frank, answering the question of how people could allow the holocaust to happen. At some point in middle or high school, everyone should have to go through something like that to understand that they need to watch themselves.
Sun’s down. Fire behavior has lessened considerably and there’s much less smoke than about an hour ago. The fire is burning away from town. No pre-evacuation orders at this time. Hand crews are already on the scene, we’re getting air support first thing in the morning.
It’s becoming hilariously yet alarmingly obvious how easy it would be for Russian operatives to get kompromat on these morons.
— Hippie Cahier (@hippiecahier) July 16, 2018
In more enlightening news, some psycho skied K2 from the summit, first time that feat has ever been done.
This red line is now a ‘Bargiel Ski Line.’ Respect to 30 y/o Polish hero Andrzej Bargiel @JedrekBargiel who skied down savage Mt #K2 (8611 m) today keeping the world speechless. #K2SkiChallenge pic.twitter.com/uFJ6T3j9Nu
— Everest Today (@EverestToday) July 22, 2018
Mass shooting on the streets of Toronto:
BREAKING: Multiple people shot on Danforth Av in Greektown. Victims are spread across many blocks. pic.twitter.com/PvobE1so81
— Jeremy Cohn (@JeremyGlobalTV) July 23, 2018
re: #243 teleskiguy
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Jesus H. Christ on a cracker. It’s dangerous enough to go up the damn thing, one of the more deadly mountains in the world, but skiing down it? Are you out of your gourd, man?!
Republican Senate nominee Corey Stewart was interrupted by audience laughter during a debate on Saturday after saying President Trump “stands up” to Russia. pic.twitter.com/DlSGswiqOA
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) July 23, 2018
re: #246 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #185 BeachDem
The circumstantial evidence suggests that Maggie is somewhat biased in her coverage, or at least in the amount of her coverage.
Again, it baffles me that a reporter whose first political beat was New York City Hall would end up being so naive when it comes to covering national politics, and especially covering Donald Trump. She acts like politics is all just a game, with no repercussions on the rest of us. Given that Mags has personal connections to the Trumps and Kushners, I would argue that the NYT editors made a mistake in assigning her the White House beat, unless they were specifically hoping for a more “society pages” type of coverage. She has provided that, as sort of the “Trump Whisperer,” but her reluctance to go for the throat — necessary for any decent White House reporter — is glaringly obvious. Helen Thomas of the UPI always had access, even when she threw hardball questions to every president she covered. A great reporter finds ways to get the truth, even when stonewalled by the Oval Office. Maggie is not such a reporter.
President Trump’s claim that documents confirm misconduct denied by lawmakers https://t.co/WYbHA0xXMM pic.twitter.com/E3ZgYN9Rda
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) July 23, 2018
He lied again. He lied again. He lied again. He lied again. He lied again. He lied again. He lied again. He lied again. He lied again. He lied again. He lied again. He lied again. He lied again. He lied again. He lied again. He lied again. He lied again. He lied again. #resist https://t.co/9xY7c8JTRm
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) July 23, 2018
re: #187 The Vicious Babushka
I have been alive for 68 years and I HAVE NEVER EATEN ANY OF THIS SHIT.
WTF EVEN IS THIS SO CALLED “FOOD”?
Is this like “ethnic white people food”?
Yes. I can begin with the 1960s. I tried Quisp, but did not like it. So we never bought it again. Pop-Tarts were OK, but my mom’s bread was way better. I’ve had Egg McMuffins, but long after I left home. As for the other stuff, nope. Way too hipster for me.
Why does Bon Appetit ignore bacon and eggs, pancakes and syrup, sausage, corn flakes, bagel+cream cheese, half a grapefruit, cinnamon toast, etc.? Those I thought were staples of the all-American breakfast.
re: #251 wheat-dogg
Yes. I can begin with the 1960s. I tried Quisp, but did not like it. So we never bought it again. Pop-Tarts were OK, but my mom’s bread was way better. I’ve had Egg McMuffins, but long after I left home. As for the other stuff, nope. Way too hipster for me.
Why does Bon Appetit ignore bacon and eggs, pancakes and syrup, sausage, corn flakes, bagel+cream cheese, half a grapefruit, cinnamon toast, etc.? Those I thought were staples of the all-American breakfast.
I think the primary purpose of that segment was to put together an array that would gross out little kids. It’s kinda boring to watch kids eat food they enjoy (unless they’re your own kids or grandkids)
And per sovereign citizen monitor JJ MacNab, Michael “Arthur Lewis” Meyer has been released.
And he’s out of jail. Again. pic.twitter.com/h3m82LLK7Y
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) July 23, 2018
Really? He didn’t show for his trial on assault on Tuesday and you let him go? WTF is up with that?
re: #210 Joe Bacon 🌹
I’m well aware of that ass. He’s always been a disciple of Murray Rothbard’s Anarcho-Capitalism. I knew this bullshit was unworkable in the very first college economics class I took. Dad took a look at the textbook and that WTF look in his eyes when he read it was priceless!
Anarcho-Capitalists love them some Bitcoin. They pop up in Bitcoin/blockchain threads all the damned time.
re: #252 The Vicious Babushka
I think the primary purpose of that segment was to put together an array that would gross out little kids. It’s kinda boring to watch kids eat food they enjoy (unless they’re your own kids or grandkids)
Well, that makes sense. But the most recent fare was certainly stuff they might have seen before, except maybe for the vegan bacon.
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To Iranian President Rouhani: NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE. WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY THAT WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED WORDS OF VIOLENCE & DEATH. BE CAUTIOUS!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 23, 2018
re: #257 The Vicious Babushka
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He just dived into the deep end!!!
Last night at a party, I cleared a room by talking about fundraising for the LA public library and I can’t stop laughing about it today. YOU KNOW WHAT PEOPLE DONT WANT TO TALK ABOUT AT PARTIES? RAISING MONEY FOR LIBRARY PROGRAMS.😂😂😂
— Busy Philipps (@BusyPhilipps) July 22, 2018
Come to my party this is all I want to talk about.
— Sarah Watson (@SarahWatson42) July 22, 2018
re: #257 The Vicious Babushka
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And that tweet is going to require some ‘splainin’.
I got fire on the mind.
#NowPlaying Harry Nilsson > Nilsson Schmilsson > Jump Into The Fire https://t.co/XNpr8RALwh
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) July 23, 2018
To Iranian President Rouhani: NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE. WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY THAT WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED WORDS OF VIOLENCE & DEATH. BE CAUTIOUS!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 23, 2018
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 23, 2018
re: #257 The Vicious Babushka
History books in 2118:
WWIII began when the president of the former United States of America used an application called “Twitter” to publicly threaten the leader of the former nation of Iran with
“consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before.”
re: #263 Charles Johnson
It’s not in his usual chopped up, random style. ??
re: #239 mmmirele
The latest on this kook from JJ. He’s out on bail…
And he’s out of jail. Again. pic.twitter.com/h3m82LLK7Y
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) July 23, 2018
STOP PRESS! MORE FROM JJ!
And despite the court docket I posted earlier, Lewis’ wife says that the court will drop the charges if Lewis agrees not to trespass again. pic.twitter.com/m8IwiT3MdG
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) July 23, 2018
re: #265 retired cynic
It’s not in his usual chopped up, random style. ??
Bolton got ahold of his phone.
I love that this tweet contains demented words of violence and death while denouncing demented words of violence and death. That’s a rare one.
— John Iadarola (@johniadarola) July 23, 2018
In order to get elected, @BarackObama will start a war with Iran.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2011
Didn’t Cheeto Benito start out by threatening Kim Jong Un just this way? (“FIRE & FURY!”) and then suddenly he was running after Kim for a photo op and them Donnie & Kim were BFF’s.
Wait for it, he’ll tweak Obama’s Iran Deal a teeny, bit, then claim the whole thing was his own idea.
And… the fire has a name. #TrailGulchFire
#TrailGulchFire
Gypsum, approx 7:45 pm calls for lightning & smoke near Trail Gulch where a wildfire ignited on USFS land. Crews are on scene and assisting with suppression efforts. No structures are being threatened at this time and crews will continue work into the night. pic.twitter.com/206SMgZ9wy— Eagle County Sheriff (@EagleCountySO) July 23, 2018
re: #242 Skip Intro
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How STUPID is Jason Spencer?
A Georgia Republican lawmaker warned a former Democratic colleague in Atlanta that she may “go missing” if she tries to bring the Confederate statue debate to southern Georgia.
State Rep. Jason Spencer, of Woodbine, made the comment in a series of now-deleted Facebook posts responding to Atlanta attorney and former Democratic state Rep. LaDawn Jones, according to screenshots captured by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Mr. Spencer had posted a series of photos of the Jefferson Davis Memorial near Fitzgerald, including a caption saying, “This is Georgia’s history. #DealWithIt.” Ms. Jones, who is black, responded to the post by encouraging Mr. Spencer to get as many photos as he can, while he can, because Confederate-era memorials on public property will soon be a thing of the past. Mr. Spencer warned Ms. Jones that South Georgia is not the same as Atlanta, and that she would likely be met with “something a lot more definitive” than tiki torches.
“They will go missing in the Okefenokee [Swamp],” he wrote in response to a sympathetic commentator. “Too many necks they are red around here. Don’t say I didn’t warn you about ‘em.
President Looney Tunes tweets again pic.twitter.com/v6M5BLA2p0
— ElElegante101 (@skolanach) July 23, 2018
re: #274 Dr Lizardo
There’s no way Trump wrote that.
It’s too coherent.
Maybe Miller got hold of the account.
Boy those Cohen tapes have him scared as shit https://t.co/r7BvTsp8yB
— Fucking Look At How Fucking Civil I Fucking Am (@BravenakBlog) July 23, 2018
This is the Iran version of Trump’s “fire and fury” threat to North Korea, which was a warning that any more threats would be met with fire and fury “the likes of which this world has never seen before.” pic.twitter.com/PX8FFw4CT8
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 23, 2018
wait is this real? https://t.co/mTVHLDyghT
— David Frum (@davidfrum) July 23, 2018
“If you mention extortion again, I’ll have your legs broken.” – Mayor Carmine De Pasto, “Animal House” https://t.co/IMOAhjVJwr
— Daily Trix (@DailyTrix) July 23, 2018
When you pause your TREASON long enough to threaten NUCLEAR WAR. https://t.co/kug8zGO6Xr
— 🇺🇸🇭🇹 Only4RM 🇭🇹🇺🇸 (@Only4RM) July 23, 2018
re: #274 Dr Lizardo
Sounds a little like “the president’s power will not be questioned.”
Pentagon planners reading POTUS tweets Monday morning pic.twitter.com/RaBJQq2l3m
— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) July 23, 2018
Welp…
Option 1: Trump is wagging the dog so hard.
Option 2: Sea of cleansing nuclear fire— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) July 23, 2018
re: #270 The Vicious Babushka
Didn’t Cheeto Benito start out by threatening Kim Jong Un just this way? (“FIRE & FURY!”) and then suddenly he was running after Kim for a photo op and them Donnie & Kim were BFF’s.
Wait for it, he’ll tweak Obama’s Iran Deal a teeny, bit, then claim the whole thing was his own idea.
Next, he’ll have a summit with Rouhani, declare it was bigly wonderful, the MAGAs will go from “we must nuke Iran” to “Iran isn’t the enemy. The real enemy is Never Trump.”
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) July 23, 2018
Granted, I would prefer that to war, but still…what an utterly buggered-up way to do foreign policy o_O
re: #279 Interesting Times
We’ve all said that Trump will start a war to distract from his ongoing woes.
And I think that Trump probably really wants a war - he wants to show the world how big and mighty his pecker is and that all should tremble before it.
To Iranian President Rouhani: NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE. WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY THAT WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED WORDS OF VIOLENCE & DEATH. BE CAUTIOUS!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 23, 2018
I can’t believe I just took a nap only to wake up to THIS bullshit. You seriously can’t take your goddamned eyes off this insane queef weasel for five fucking seconds. https://t.co/jlWsduxC3j
— Space Force Commodore (@goddamnedfrank) July 23, 2018
re: #276 JordanRules
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— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 23, 2018
re: #281 Interesting Times
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Granted, I would prefer that to war, but still…what an utterly buggered-up way to do foreign policy o_O
Next, he’ll have a summit with Rouhani, declare it was bigly wonderful, the MAGAs will go from “we must nuke Iran” to “Iran isn’t the enemy. The real enemy is Never Trump.”
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) July 23, 2018
The concept of war with Iran exists at the intersection of Trump’s racism and backwards looking geopolitical worldview. It’s what he’s always wanted.
— Space Force Commodore (@goddamnedfrank) July 23, 2018
It’s definitely time to be scared.
re: #257 The Vicious Babushka
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Reminder:
after 9/11, Teheran held a MASSIVE candlelight vigil and prayed for our dead. During our initial invasion of Afghanistan, they were EXTREMELY helpful to us — allowed us to use their border crossings, gave us the most up-to-date maps, their spies and security service provided our special forces with personal introductions to anti-Taliban militias. That was one of our missed chance for rapproachment; they extended diplomatic offers, but then George Bush (in a speech written by David Frum) named them part of the Axis of Evil, and there went that opportunity.
re: #245 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Jesus H. Christ on a cracker. It’s dangerous enough to go up the damn thing, one of the more deadly mountains in the world, but skiing down it? Are you out of your gourd, man?!
True. But it IS
Totally.
Fucking.
Impressive.
that he even was able to plot out a ski line down a mountain that size (and that complex - and utter ungroomed, one assumes)
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