Watching Stephen’s monologue with the subtitles on would really stick it to Trump for suggesting Americans shouldn’t believe anything they’re ‘seeing and reading.’
On Dec.1st 2009 Vic Chesnett spoke to Terry Gross on @NPR. Here is a verbatim excerpt. 24 days later on Christmas, he took his own life. pic.twitter.com/0AY7YmVDKp
— Shake It Records (@shakeitrecords) July 25, 2017
I have to agree with Avenatti that what we’re seeing is a classic ploy by a mob “fixer,” i.e. dangle personally embarrassing material out in the open, with the unspoken exchange being keeping the truly incriminating stuff locked away for the guarantee of a deal/pardon.
The big problem with this ploy on Cohen’s part? Donny is too egocentric and Rudy too dumb to recognize such an offer and instead will see this as a personal slight by Cohen. I honestly don’t believe Donny ever knew about the tapes and now feels personally betrayed, feels that Cohen has violated the “loyalty” expected of him. In which case we’re less likely to see either man try to defuse the situation and more likely to go after Cohen and Davis personally in an effort to smear them as “liars.”
Well, not one of my regular numbers hit. But, I did win $2 on a ‘quick pick’ ticket I picked up since the jackpot was so high.
Mega Millions winning numbers announced for $522 million jackpot https://t.co/hQVfsoYj1o pic.twitter.com/PlRWR9tbIQ
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 25, 2018
BREAKING: Jason Spencer, the Georgia Republican who was on @SachaBaronCohen’s show exposing himself, shouting the n-word and using a racist accent, has resigned.https://t.co/NGSZfBdtSt
— jordan (@JordanUhl) July 25, 2018
This is absolutely fucking crazy and I can’t believe everyone is climbing the rafters about it. They’ve been caught red handed trying to erase a crucial and damning admission by Putin.
FYI the deceptively edited video the White House created of the Helsinki press conference is here on the WH’s official Youtube channel. The edit occurs at the 32 min & 27 sec mark. This is just brazen, they’re retconning history right before our very eyeshttps://t.co/XLIzOo8Nnj
— Space Force Commodore (@goddamnedfrank) July 25, 2018
P.S. Unless you want to weep for humanity don’t read the comments.
— Space Force Commodore (@goddamnedfrank) July 25, 2018
re: #7 goddamnedfrank
This is absolutely fucking crazy and I can’t believe everyone is climbing the rafters about it. They’ve been caught red handed trying to erase a crucial and damning admission by Putin.
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Frank, that’s some dangerous talk. I’m not sure the Ministry of Truth will go for it.
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Watch this clip of @ChuckGrassley demanding all of Elena Kagan’s documents, and then explain to me why we don’t deserve the same from Judge Kavanaugh. pic.twitter.com/I2JPXuj59A
— Matt House (@mattwhouse) July 24, 2018
Awake…….
I think I’ll go Dump the boat in the water and see what happens.
At least it’s cooler out
re: #5 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Yup, the pot keeps growing.
The expected value of a $2 ticket is about to go over $2.
If one takes the cash-out option then not yet to parity level. But as the pot climbs even that will be reached in a couple of weeks.
re: #11 freetoken
My bad… I was going off the earlier information on the Callottery page.
Turns out there was one winner:
Lucky person. Hope they do something good with it.
re: #10 Dave In Austin
Awake…….
I think I’ll go Dump the boat in the water and see what happens.
At least it’s cooler out
Don’t forget to put the drain plug back in. ; )
There is more than one front in this war. This article names names and pointedly mentions that China’s United Front influence organization operates at local as well as national levels.
China Built an Army of Influence Agents in the U.S.
The Russians may be getting all the attention for influencing American opinion and policy. But Beijing has been at it for decades.
re: #15 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
There is more than one front in this war. This article names names and pointedly mentions that China’s United Front influence organization operates at local as well as national levels.
China Built an Army of Influence Agents in the U.S.
China operates under the concept that all people of Chinese extraction, no matter where they live, belong to one people, huaxia, who owe allegiance to the Beijing government. It’s the CCP’s spin on a long-standing imperial concept: there is China and there is everyone else - barbarians - who need to be controlled by China. Everything that China does is focused on making the world safe for China.
This essay is so insightful I plan to page it.
merics.org
Today the United Front, the party’s “magic weapon” as Xi Jinping describes it (and Mao Zedong before him), appeals to this concept of inside and outside, by appealing to the loyalty of ethnic Han Chinese everywhere in the world, describing them with the civilizational concept of “Huaxia,” or “(people of) China Xia (dynasty).” Huaxia identifies Han people as the blood-line descended from the first, recorded Xia dynasty. With this elastic, yet unsnappable, state definition of belonging, the meaning of being “Chinese” is both expanded, and constantly bent back to the center. In theory, China is wherever ethnic Han or Chinese citizens are.
The progressive Boston mayor fits the profile of a Trump voter. And if Democrats want to win them back, he says they need to stop with the abstract talk and get real https://t.co/Bet6zloxAR
— POLITICO (@politico) July 25, 2018
Yeah, no, go fuck yourself.
I swear this part of the storyline is like watching snakes fight in a bag
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) July 25, 2018
Wait, the Trump team provided their own transcript of the leaked tape?
That was Nixon’s desperation move late in Watergate and — hang on, sit down for this part, it’s pretty shocking — it turned out Nixon’s transcripts were wildly inaccurate. pic.twitter.com/6C6xucQH1w— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) July 25, 2018
re: #7 goddamnedfrank
This is absolutely fucking crazy and I can’t believe everyone
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Also, yes, I get the irony of this correction after the would wouldn’t debacle. It’s fucking late and I had a glass of the Glenlivet.
While I have no doubt that there are millions of Americans for whom Trump is their vessel through which to channel their bigotry and ass-backward ways, still…
There are more, perhaps many more, Americans who dislike to detest Trump and his gang.
That is why, despite how horrible Trump has been , deconstructing the idea of governance, I have some hope that collectively we’ll get through this.
There will be some unfortunately for whom the damage might be too great (think of the children taken from their mothers), but I believe enough of the country will turn towards fixing the mess.
That does not mean there is no worldview-collapse for millions of Americans, who just don’t/can’t escape what they have been taught to believe. The election of Trump demonstrated that.
But we humans are reactionary by nature, and I get the feeling that the mood of the majority of Americans now is that we have to get rid of Trump. Perhaps it’s because I live in California and Trump was never that popular here, but when I go out there just isn’t any sign that people want to be identified with Republicans, this administration, etc.
Heck, I’m even seeing fewer outward signs of religiosity. It’s taken a few years, but there are fewer and fewer ichthys magnets and bumper stickers on cars.
Maybe one of the few positive side effects of Trump is that “evangelical” as a brand is more tarnished than ever.
Morning Lizards. Just a heads up that we have a Space X launch this morning at 0439 PDT.
Ahhh, new socks on the tootsies feels so good.
re: #24 Bubblehead II
Morning Lizards. Just a heads up that we have a Space X launch this morning at 0439 PDT.
Two minute warning.
re: #24 Bubblehead II
I’m scared…
Very eerie!
Now the question remains. Will they be able to recover the 1st stage. Strong winds in the recovery area.
I never get tired of the launch, especially the landing.
re: #17 Single-handed sailor
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Walsh picks at a fundamental problem for Democrats: It’s not that voters don’t think they deliver, it’s that they suspect they are delivering for other people but that they’re still paying for it anyway. That haunts many of Democrats’ proposals, from health care to raising the minimum wage to free tuition and more as their national conversation tilts more toward democratic socialism.
Like I was saying yesterday, the people Walsh is saying the DNC needs to “get real” about? The majority of them are white folks who have decades being brainwashed into believing that all social spending is a zero-sum game. If the poor family down the street gets food stamps, then it doesn’t matter if you’re drawing food stamps as well, you are convinced that those stamps are “coming out of our pocket.” They’ve spent their lives being taught that selfishness is not simply a virtue, it’s the proper way for things to run.
The mighty Russian economy in one graphic.
#Map fits the entire Russian economy (as measured in GDP) into Western Europe. Whatever economic data I look at I’m surprised by how weak #Russia appears. Source: https://t.co/G4cTsTsvFd pic.twitter.com/eaQqjtyJqV
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) July 25, 2018
Snipping? With scissors, I reckon.
When you have people snipping at your heels during a negotiation, it will only take longer to make a deal, and the deal will never be as good as it could have been with unity. Negotiations are going really well, be cool. The end result will be worth it!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 25, 2018
re: #38 wheat-dogg
Snipping? With scissors, I reckon.
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Well, if the negotiations he’s been involved in so far are any indication, he’s being taken for everything he’s worth on the promise of a big and flashy photo-op.
Something tells me first stage recovery was a bust. No video or tweets about it.
Looks like I was wrong.
Despite challenging weather conditions, Falcon 9 first stage booster landed on Just Read the Instructions.
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) July 25, 2018
He’s going on about Chiner again.
China is targeting our farmers, who they know I love & respect, as a way of getting me to continue allowing them to take advantage of the U.S. They are being vicious in what will be their failed attempt. We were being nice - until now! China made $517 Billion on us last year.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 25, 2018
re: #42 wheat-dogg
He’s going on about Chiner again.
China is targeting our farmers, who they know I love & respect, as a way of getting me to continue allowing them to take advantage of the U.S. They are being vicious in what will be their failed attempt. We were being nice - until now! China made $517 Billion on us last year.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 25, 2018
So @realDonaldTrump unilaterally imposes large tariffs on Chinese imports and then whines when China retaliates with tariffs of their own. Said tariffs designed to hurt the very people who support tRump. Didn’t see that coming said no one with a brain. https://t.co/KxvuYrbFKL
— Bubblehead II Wants Twiter to ban Nazis now! (@BubbleheadII) July 25, 2018
re: #43 Bubblehead II
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So far, Donny has demonstrated that he has no idea of what “cause and effect” means. He really does seem to think it’s “unfair” that China didn’t just eat the cost of those tariffs.
re: #44 Targetpractice
So far, Donny has demonstrated that he has no idea of what “cause and effect” means. He really does seem to think it’s “unfair” that China didn’t just eat the cost of those tariffs.
[trump]China retaliated first!
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re: #44 Targetpractice
So far, Donny has demonstrated that he has no idea of what “cause and effect” means. He really does seem to think it’s “unfair” that China didn’t just eat the cost of those tariffs.
What’s going to be interesting is if the House is going to give tRump that $12 billion emergency funding and if so, will it make it out of the Senate?
re: #46 Bubblehead II
What’s going to be interesting is if the House is going to give tRump that $12 billion emergency funding and if so, will it make it out of the Senate?
It’s not going to happen. It’s something Trump threw out there, probably at the request of Ryan and/or McConnell, for the purposes of shoring up the rural vote and furthering the perception of the DNC as opposed to anything that helps rural voters.
re: #47 Targetpractice
It’s not going to happen. It’s something Trump threw out there, probably at the request of Ryan and/or McConnell, for the purposes of shoring up the rural vote and furthering the perception of the DNC as opposed to anything that helps rural voters.
Well from my point of view, if legislation ISN’T introduced, it will hurt the R’s more than the D’s. Those farmers will rightfully believe they have been tossed under the bus.
re: #48 Bubblehead II
Well from my point of view, if legislation ISN’T introduced, it will hurt the R’s more than the D’s. Those farmers will rightfully believe they have been tossed under the bus.
We’re running up against the fall recess, with the GOP planning to spend the time trying to push yet another round of tax cuts (sorry, tax “reform”) ahead of the election to the tune of some $600 billion that they know have no chance of getting to 60 votes in the Senate. So I don’t see how they slap together an “emergency bill” that doesn’t get bogged down in arguments over where the money is coming from. The “Freedom Caucus” will insist on their pound of flesh from the leadership.
re: #17 Single-handed sailor
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Totally.
I’m proudly tempted to point out that many of the French National Front voters, despite their ideology, were not blind to, and rather appalled by, Marine Le Pen’s bumbling, loutish incompetence displayed in the TV debate (against Macron) and stayed home instead of voting for her, prizing competence above ideology and blind devotion to the leader. Even our fascists are a cut above.
re: #50 Lupin
I’ll remember that the next time French police arrest/ticket a Muslim woman for not showing enough skin on the beach.
re: #49 Targetpractice
We’re running up against the fall recess, with the GOP planning to spend the time trying to push yet another round of tax cuts (sorry, tax “reform”) ahead of the election to the tune of some $600 billion that they know have no chance of getting to 60 votes in the Senate. So I don’t see how they slap together an “emergency bill” that doesn’t get bogged down in arguments over where the money is coming from. The “Freedom Caucus” will insist on their pound of flesh from the leadership.
True. And again, if they (and they will) fail, especially because of the freedumb caucus, it will do more damage to the R’s than to the D’s come the mid-terms. Least ways, that’s how I see it.
That’s what you get for hiring some skeezy mob lawyer!
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) July 25, 2018
re: #54 Ace-o-aces
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And thus we confirm my suspicion that Donny had no clue he was being recorded. He really did believe that Cohen was so “loyal” to him that he’d never CYA.
re: #53 Bubblehead II
Deployment time.
I missed the launch…too early for me. I will have to go dig up the video. Thanks for the coverage!
What kind of a lawyer would tape a client? So sad! Is this a first, never heard of it before? Why was the tape so abruptly terminated (cut) while I was presumably saying positive things? I hear there are other clients and many reporters that are taped - can this be so? Too bad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 25, 2018
Simple answer here Donny. One who knows you lie about everything and wants a record of what you said to remind you. Also, one who wants to insure you keep your word. Bet he had even more revealing conversations recorded as well. Be afraid @realDonaldTrump, be very afraid. https://t.co/3DMynt4098
— Bubblehead II Wants Twiter to ban Nazis now! (@BubbleheadII) July 25, 2018
re: #51 Weaselone
I’ll remember that the next time French police arrest/ticket a Muslim woman for not showing enough skin on the beach.
Let’s not get into that because i think you’re totally wrong.
All 10 Iridium satellites successfully deployed.
By the way, I love this part:
Why was the tape so abruptly terminated (cut) while I was presumably saying positive things?
I’m not sure which I find more hilarious: That the word choice indicates Donny can’t recall this conversation or that he’s suggesting that the conversation where he’s discussing the details of a felony cut off because the rest of it was him saying “positive things.”
re: #60 Targetpractice
By the way, I love this part:
I’m not sure which I find more hilarious: That the word choice indicates Donny can’t recall this conversation or that he’s suggesting that the conversation where he’s discussing the details of a felony cut off because the rest of it was him saying “positive things.”
“He might sometimes have affairs, but he also says nice things.”
re: #60 Targetpractice
By the way, I love this part:
I’m not sure which I find more hilarious: That the word choice indicates Donny can’t recall this conversation or that he’s suggesting that the conversation where he’s discussing the details of a felony cut off because the rest of it was him saying “positive things.”
He really has no clue what is legal and what is not.
Want to see a totally self-satisfied bigoted asshole? This happened in Columbus and the TV crew caught up with the guy after the road rage incident that started it all. To be that smug on TV takes some doing. This guy is proud to be exactly what he is. I would wager he is a Trumper and is fueled by him.
NBC4i - Driver unapologetic after road rage confrontation filled with racial slurs
COLUMBUS (WCMH) - A road rage incident ended with racial slurs and police getting involved.
Charles Lovett contacted NBC4 after he said a misunderstanding happened near I-71 and Morse road between him and a man driving a company van.
“He was trying to cross the double. The solid line white line that you’re not supposed to,” said Lovett.
Lovett said that same driver then followed him home and called him the “N-Word” multiple times. He captured the entire exchange on camera.
“I never would have expected it to happen to me, but the world we live in nowadays,” said Lovett.
NBC4 went to the address that was listed for a business printed on the side of the truck. For now, we have chosen to obscure the name of the business because charges haven’t been filed against the driver of the van.
Our crew caught up with him. The man would not give his name, but he was willing to talk on camera.
“I didn’t follow him home. The way I confronted him, I confront him as hey you cut me off,” that man told NBC4’s Rob Sneed.
The man also claims he did not follow Lovett home, though he ended up at the base of Lovett’s driveway. When asked if he regretted calling Lovett “the N-Word”, the man said no. He also refused to offer up an apology.
“I don’t know if it makes it right or wrong all I can say is I grew up with it and not a big deal for me,” said the man in the van.
A police report was filed, but there are no charges against anyone at this time.
re: #62 wheat-dogg
He really has no clue what is legal and what is not.
I think you’re entirely correct. In politics being credulous is no excuse; frankly, I hope some people (including in the media) think very hard about their credulity in believing any of the codswallop Trump has spouted.
re: #57 Bubblehead II
I hear there are other clients and many reporters that are taped - can this be so? Too bad!
Sadly, Michael Cohen only had 3 clients. You, Elliot Broiphy, and Sean Hannity. If he taped all three… it’s still YOU that gets fucked.
As for the possible “many reporters” that could be taped… do you understand that reporters routinely tape conversations? And wouldn’t object in the least to their interview subjects also doing their own tapes?
re: #65 sagehen
Sadly, Michael Cohen only had 3 clients. You, Elliot Broiphy, and Sean Hannity. If he taped all three… it’s still YOU that gets fucked.
As for the possible “many reporters” that could be taped… do you understand that the reporters routinely tape conversations? And wouldn’t object in the least to their interview subjects also doing their own tapes?
If Cohen wants to out himself as a source, by all means.
If Cohen wants to shoot himself in the foot by implicating himself in criminal acts, please do go ahead.
If Cohen wants to implicate Trump in more criminality and misconduct, we’re all ears.
Cohen’s still screwed on all the other things he’s under investigation for. He was a crooked lawyer and abused his role as an officer of the court in NY by furthering criminal acts by his client Trump.
This is the US we know and love.
Spiders on Mars (new NASA photos)
I hate to think what Trump might tweet about it. (“hairy spiders! Go fetch Jared”?)
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) July 25, 2018
Meanwhile in other weighty matters… Open carry has been upheld in Hawaii, 9th circuit court. You know the one they call the most liberal?
usnews.com
This is a terrible idea if you ask me.
re: #64 Lupin
I think you’re entirely correct. In politics being credulous is no excuse; frankly, I hope some people (including in the media) think very hard about their credulity in believing any of the codswallop Trump has spouted.
Several people who are familiar with Trump keep warning DC journalists to stop treating Trump like just another politician. He is not. He is Trump, a complete narcissist who has no concept of normal behavior as a human being. His connection with the truth is non-existent. He says what suits him at the moment. It’s not that he lies, as politicians can do. It’s that he doesn’t *know* what is true, and/or doesn’t care. He’s a sociopath. To him, suggesting that the woman be paid off for his adultery is no different from saying how nice the weather is today or how about them Mets?
Trump needs to be removed from office, because is he unfit. He is unfit to be a free man, and needs to be under lock and key. But no one has the courage or the willingness to invoke the 25th amendment or to proceed with impeachment, even as he becomes increasingly more dictatorial and more unhinged.
re: #69 Unshaken Defiance
I saw that and it’s bad news all the way around - it makes residents in the 9th less safe, and we also know that the law is applied unequally - discriminatory against minorities. How do we know this? White guys can walk around heavily armed and are given deference by law enforcement, but a black teenager with a fake gun gets gunned down without the slightest hesitation by cops in an open carry state. A black man carrying a bb gun in a Walmart is gunned down by cops in an open carry state. Blacks are killed by cops when carrying fake guns and following law enforcement instructions. They’re even more likely to be gunned down by trigger happy cops if they’re openly carrying.
It’s been clear for a long time that the second amendment no longer includes the words a well regulated militia, even though it’s right there in the first sentence.
Originalists are silent. They’re fine with ignoring the plain language of the 2A.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) July 25, 2018
This discriminatory result shows that the law isn’t enforced evenly and minorities have their rights infringed daily.
It’s also not so curious that the NRA doesn’t speak up for minority gun owners. They’re racists too (on top of being paid for Russian tools).— lawhawk (@lawhawk) July 25, 2018
Besides, who the fuck are these fuckers supposed to be afraid of that they need to carry their guns around with them at all times as though it’s some kind of magic talisman to ward off evil?
re: #64 Lupin
I think you’re entirely correct. In politics being credulous is no excuse; frankly, I hope some people (including in the media) think very hard about their credulity in believing any of the codswallop Trump has spouted.
Well, it didn’t used to be an excuse: unfortunately, in the Trump Era, “credulity” has become an extraordinarily flexible concept - swallowing inane or contradictory codswallop has become a staple of the political/social/media diet for the last couple of years. And worse, very few of those “some people” are going to be “big” enough to openly admit they were conned - and the media (for whatever bad reasons) equally loath to press the point. In public anyway: if they don’t “own up” in the voting booth, we’re going to be even more screwed going forward.
“Who you gonna believe, me or your lying eyes??”
Yeah, we makes jokes about it on a blog: but in 2018, Donald Trump and the GOP have elevated that joke to a fundamental principle of political discourse.
Teukka, can you give some background on Sweden’s asylum laws? It’s relevant to this news story.
Swedish student’s dramatic plane protest stops man’s deportation ‘to hell’
theguardian.com
I suspect her actions have only delayed the man’s deportation.
re: #70 wheat-dogg
Trump needs to be removed from office, because is he unfit. He is unfit to be a free man, and needs to be under lock and key. But no one has the courage or the willingness to invoke the 25th amendment or to proceed with impeachment, even as he becomes increasingly more dictatorial and more unhinged.
Quite true, IMO: but as long as “President Trump” serves a purpose for the Majority Party in Congress - actually only the GOP: even in the Minority it can serve them having a compliant or “friendly” President; even one as incompetent and unhinged as Trump - nothing will be done about it.
re: #71 lawhawk
You know I agree with Heller. But for home and place of biz. Not out on public roads or sidewalks. Open carry was never ever needed in town, let alone cities, interstates etc. Rural? Maybe. One size fits all? Nope. You know better than I how tough cases make for bad law sometimes
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) July 25, 2018
re: #69 Unshaken Defiance
Meanwhile in other weighty matters… Open carry has been upheld in Hawaii, 9th circuit court. You know the one they call the most liberal?
usnews.comThis is a terrible idea if you ask me.
Yeah I don’t like it either.
Jumping in; just heard Sen. Sasse NB on NPR Morning Edition, and you could not have asked for a better push back against the DT tariffs. They followed up with quotes from Sen. Murkowski AK.
It was just two lunatic Republicans competing in a primary election.
Math is hard.
Congratulations to Brian Kemp on your very big win in Georgia last night. Wow, 69-30, those are big numbers. Now go win against the open border, crime loving opponent that the Democrats have given you. She is weak on Vets, the Military and the 2nd Amendment. Win!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 25, 2018
Donald Trump started this trade war, now middle class Americans have to bail this moron out with our tax dollars. Farmers don’t want this $12 billion bailout, they want long-term solutions, says ND trade director https://t.co/zI7hYg5AA4
— Ryan Guillory Sr. 🇺🇸 (@Mr_RyanGuillory) July 25, 2018
Trump screwed his base, and Trump thinks they’re dumb enough to keep supporting him if he throws a few billion dollars at farmers to look the other way.
And so far, Trump’s right - they are dumb enough to fall for it. GOP support continues to be around 90% for Trump.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) July 25, 2018
re: #68 JordanRules
And the first thing that came to mind was, “Where was Jamie Otis?” Jamie’s the guy who smashed up Trump’s star in 2016. You’re probably wondering why I would remember that-well, Jamie lived in our co-op at UT-Austin back in the 1980s. And yeah, this is something Jamie would do.
re: #78 Backwoods_Sleuth
It was just two lunatic Republicans competing in a primary election.
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Weak on the military and vets? She’s running for Governor. And you have the same lines for everyone leading me to believe you only back Kemp because he sucks your orange tit the most.
re: #79 lawhawk
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Then show your dissatisfaction by not voting for him. Stop enabling him.
This is my favourite post. pic.twitter.com/gJ9RqJqlDt
— In Otter News (@Otter_News) July 24, 2018
re: #79 lawhawk
Ryan Guillory Sr. 🇺🇸
@Mr_RyanGuillory
Donald Trump started this trade war, now middle class Americans have to bail this moron out with our tax dollars. Farmers don’t want this $12 billion bailout, they want long-term solutions, says ND trade director cnbc.com …9:23 AM - Jul 25, 2018
Local Ohio farmer (Delaware County north of Columbus) gives his opinion that is right in line with the Tweet you posted.
re: #58 Lupin
Let’s not get into that because i think you’re totally wrong.
Sorry. I decided to take a pot shot at France despite the French Supreme Court ruling these bans unconstitutional. I’m not big fan of the concept that refined, intelligent, dinner party attending Nazis are a cut above moron Nazi’s, nor do I think that distinction merits any sort of national pride.
My new ringtone!
“Hi, welcome to McDonald’s, how can I help you?”
Alex Jones: pic.twitter.com/egU9md4Ev7— Siraj Hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) July 25, 2018
A recent and recurring “concern” with the MSM is that the Democrats better not move too far left (i.e., universal healthcare, free/cheap education) because……well, because….
re: #73 wheat-dogg
Teukka, can you give some background on Sweden’s asylum laws? It’s relevant to this news story.
Swedish student’s dramatic plane protest stops man’s deportation ‘to hell’
theguardian.comI suspect her actions have only delayed the man’s deportation.
The asylum laws used to be quite liberal until the ‘15 refugee spike caused by the Russians getting involved in Syria. When it became clear that only a few EU countries would be trying to take their share of the refugee load (Sweden, Germany et al) the admin here imposed stricter internal border controls to curb the influx which was really taxing the migration and local authorities capabilities.
The admin has since then worked towards creating processing camps around the Mediterranean and having each country taking a proportional amount of refugees so the load is spread over the entire EU instead of creating hotspots. Now, guess where on the religio-political spectrum those who don’t want to take their load are?
You’ve also had earlier cases with unaccompanied children where the migration authoritiy had been using unsafe age determination methods, leading to denied asylum applications etc. It’s a glorified Charlie Foxtrot, and the right wingers drooling certainly don’t help.
BTW, for future reference on numbers on immigration to Sweden, see the Swedih Migration Agency Websites Press Section. Some interesting gems you find in the time series under Facts and Stats is that over the past decade or so, there have been roughly 20 asylum applications a year for individuals from the United States.
re: #86 Ace-o-aces
My new ringtone!
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“I like to eat. I like to have children”
Two sentences that shouldn’t appear consecutively.
re: #67 Lupin
This is the US we know and love.
Spiders on Mars (new NASA photos)
I hate to think what Trump might tweet about it. (“hairy spiders! Go fetch Jared”?)
no nono — it’s spiders FROM Mars
re: #70 wheat-dogg
Several people who are familiar with Trump keep warning DC journalists to stop treating Trump like just another politician. He is not. He is Trump, a complete narcissist who has no concept of normal behavior as a human being. His connection with the truth is non-existent. He says what suits him at the moment. It’s not that he lies, as politicians can do. It’s that he doesn’t *know* what is true, and/or doesn’t care. He’s a sociopath. To him, suggesting that the woman be paid off for his adultery is no different from saying how nice the weather is today or how about them Mets?
Trump needs to be removed from office, because is he unfit. He is unfit to be a free man, and needs to be under lock and key. But no one has the courage or the willingness to invoke the 25th amendment or to proceed with impeachment, even as he becomes increasingly more dictatorial and more unhinged.
I couldn’t agree more!
re: #89 Dr. Matt
“I like to eat. I like to have children”
Two sentences that shouldn’t appear consecutively.
He is weirdly insistent that he is human.
“I AM NOT A GROUP OF 30 OTTERS WEARING A MAN SUIT! WHY WOULD YOU EVEN THINK THAT? NOW EXCUSE ME WHILE I LAY BACK AND CRACK OPEN AN OYSTER ON MY BELLY!!!!”
Now he only has five horcruxes left!
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) July 25, 2018
I saw that someone posted the photo of Billy Joel wearing the Yellow Star of David yesterday, and I went to Vulture and read the interview. I’m frankly surprised at his comments on politics - this is the good section.
Wearing the Star of David wasn’t about politics. To me, what happened in Charlottesville was like war. When Trump said there were good people on both sides — there are no good Nazis. There are no good Ku Klux Klan people. Don’t equivocate that shit. I think about my old man: Most of his family was murdered at Auschwitz. He was able to get out but then got drafted and went in the U.S. Army. He risked his life in Europe to defeat Nazism. A lot of men from his generation did the same thing. So when those guys see punks walking around with swastikas, how do they keep from taking a baseball bat and bashing those crypto-Nazis over the head? Those creeps are going to march through the streets of my country? Uh-uh. I was personally offended. That’s why I wore that yellow star. I had to do something, and I didn’t think speaking about it was going to be as impactful.
You can probably look at every generation and find terrible things were happening. But right now I can specifically look to our leader and blame it on him. We have a terrible president. We have a terrible administration. Politically, I’m not happy where our country is. These children are being ripped away from their parents and then the U.S. can’t find them? This is insane. This is the antithesis of America. I think we’ll look back in shame on what’s happening at the border right now. It’s like when they rounded up the Japanese and threw ‘em in camps during the war. It’s a disgrace.
Whether it’s me or Bruce or anyone, the patriotic thing is to stand up for your beliefs. I mean, I’m doing a fundraiser for [Andrew] Cuomo. I get crap for that already, people saying I’m a Long Island libtard. I don’t know; it seems like everybody’s conservative nowadays. When I was a teenager, we were all protesting the war and now everybody is right wing. What happened?
I’ve made clear my dislike for BJ, but it’s a very good interview. Gave me a bit more insight into where he’s coming from, and I’ll have to admit I’ll give him a little grudging respect.
[Spoiler alert: Clive Davis once asked him to do an album of Classic Rock, and while Davis was talking about more sedate pop, Joel went right to the idea of covering ‘Kashmir.’ Now that would have been epic.]
Edited to add the link to the interview.
re: #85 Weaselone
Sorry. I decided to take a pot shot at France despite the French Supreme Court ruling these bans unconstitutional. I’m not big fan of the concept that refined, intelligent, dinner party attending Nazis are a cut above moron Nazi’s, nor do I think that distinction merits any sort of national pride.
That’s a very good point, I’m inclined to agree with you there.
But grant me that the blindness or total acceptance of Trump’s ludicrous ignorance verging on dementia is — above and beyond ideology — one more reason to get angry at his worshipers.
Also grant me that from a practical standpoint, had our Front National members been as stupidly devoted to their leader no matter how absurd and umprepared she was, she might well be president today.
So I’m looking at the part of the glass that’s full.
re: #78 Backwoods_Sleuth
Stacy Abrams: I will make changes to public policy to improve your life in concrete ways.
Brian Kemp: I say Merry Christmas, stand for the national anthem, and hate political correctness. https://t.co/ql626uobMy— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 25, 2018
re: #88 Teukka
Thanks for the background info.
As for this part
BTW, for future reference on numbers on immigration to Sweden, see the Swedih Migration Agency Websites Press Section. Some interesting gems you find in the time series under Facts and Stats is that over the past decade or so, there have been roughly 20 asylum applications a year for individuals from the United States.
I wonder if those applications from the USA will increase.
meanwhile…
Somebody has glued a sex toy to the top of the KRH Regimental Headquarters.
Apparently it’s going to take 40 days to remove as it’s “not a priority job” in the view of estate management. pic.twitter.com/JwtNhA8914— Nick Waters (@N_Waters89) July 25, 2018
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) tells @burgessev and me outside GOP lunch that $12 billion in trade assistance to farmers from Trump administration “this is becoming more and more like a Soviet-type of economy here” with “commissars” sprinkling around benefits.
— Alex Bolton (@alexanderbolton) July 24, 2018
I’m buying Monsanto stock, that’s for sure.
— Mud (@Mudman2255) July 24, 2018
Clear your calendars! April the Giraffe is pregnant again. https://t.co/n0uzb74L5T
BREAKING: Charlottesville has denied far-right organizer, Jason Kessler’s application to host a Charlottesville anniversary rally on the anniversary of the deadly “Unite the Right” rally.
In other words ‘hate’ LOST today!!— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) July 25, 2018
Lre: #96 Backwoods_Sleuth
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No one gives a shit if you say Merry Christmas, pay lip service to the National Anthem when your state’s flag has part of the CSA flag in it, & we know how you really feel about PC Mr. Trump Toady.
should be a fun discussion…
Trump is meeting with Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell this morning at 11:30 to talk about government funding, which runs dry at the end of September.
There are only 13 legislative days, including today, to avoid a government shutdown.— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) July 25, 2018
re: #103 Backwoods_Sleuth
should be a fun discussion…
I wonder if he’ll bring up The Wall and if they will bring up tariffs and the real president, Putin.
Never put cut lemons under the skin of a roast chicken. 😂 pic.twitter.com/je6YzrG9Wh
— You Had One Job (@_youhadonejob1) July 25, 2018
re: #94 makeitstop
It was part of a CBS Sunday Morning interview. And yes, he wore the Star of David in response to Trump thinking there’s good people on both sides - the goddamned Nazis and the people protesting goddamned Nazis.
It’s personal to Joel.
It’s personal to many Jews who lost relatives in the Holocaust.
It’s personal to many Americans who lost loved ones fighting the goddamned Nazis in WWII to watch a draft dodging know nothing moron equate the goddamned Nazis protesting to protect statues erected by white supremacists to remind minorities of their rightful place with the people protesting the goddamned Nazis.
WaPo not looking too good:
To be clear, the Reuters reporter did ask the question which was heard by a global audience, and the US govt’s transcript and the Washington Post’s transcript rendered it inaccurately. After a week of ppl asking questions, you’ve corrected yours; the WH has not corrected theirs. pic.twitter.com/0xPTsXpDlB
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) July 25, 2018
re: #38 wheat-dogg
At least one moronic tweet every fucking day.
Melania spox also dismisses the Cohen-Trump recording about a scheme to pay off a model - who alleged an affair with her husband - as “some recording on the news” https://t.co/4Um0QvWrlA
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) July 25, 2018
The Italian immigrant who helped save both Fiat and Chrysler from self-destruction passed away today at the age of 66. He will be deeply missed.
Sergio Marchionne, the CEO turnaround artist and iconoclast of Fiat Chrysler, dies at 66 https://t.co/FksEPxulFD pic.twitter.com/UfPT553nTt
— Jalopnik (@Jalopnik) July 25, 2018
was it michael cohen https://t.co/8poG3vWg6j
— darth™ (@darth) July 25, 2018
The man strode up to Trump’s star off Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue about 3:30 a.m. and proceeded to destroy the majority of it, including bashing through Trump’s name plate, police said.
The man was carrying the pickax in a guitar case, according to KNBC-TV.
After bashing through the plaque, the man “called police and advised he had vandalized Donald Trump’s star and basically called on himself and said, ‘See you soon,’” said Lt. Karen Leong of the LAPD’s Hollywood Division.
re: #106 lawhawk
It was part of a CBS Sunday Morning interview. And yes, he wore the Star of David in response to Trump thinking there’s good people on both sides - the goddamned Nazis and the people protesting goddamned Nazis.
It’s personal to Joel.
It’s personal to many Jews who lost relatives in the Holocaust.
It’s personal to many Americans who lost loved ones fighting the goddamned Nazis in WWII to watch a draft dodging know nothing moron equate the goddamned Nazis protesting to protect statues erected by white supremacists to remind minorities of their rightful place with the people protesting the goddamned Nazis.
Except for certain Jews who blindly voted for Trump.
re: #17 Single-handed sailor
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Yeah, no, go fuck yourself.
Indeed. We are going to decline to pin our hopes on convincing racists not to be racist, and instead encourage people who aren’t racist to vote. But thanks for your concern, Walsh.
re: #85 Weaselone
Sorry. I decided to take a pot shot at France despite the French Supreme Court ruling these bans unconstitutional. I’m not big fan of the concept that refined, intelligent, dinner party attending Nazis are a cut above moron Nazi’s, nor do I think that distinction merits any sort of national pride.
If that pride keeps fascists from not voting, I am all for it.
Now feeling badly that I’ve never made a family video collage for my mom @HillaryClinton’s birthday. And, President @realDonaldTrump surpassed me long, long ago in lies to/about my mom. I just wish his were also of the “Of course I cleaned my room” variety. https://t.co/TbOfIRTGnl
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) July 25, 2018
re: #106 lawhawk
It was part of a CBS Sunday Morning interview. And yes, he wore the Star of David in response to Trump thinking there’s good people on both sides - the goddamned Nazis and the people protesting goddamned Nazis.
It’s personal to Joel.
It’s personal to many Jews who lost relatives in the Holocaust.
It’s personal to many Americans who lost loved ones fighting the goddamned Nazis in WWII to watch a draft dodging know nothing moron equate the goddamned Nazis protesting to protect statues erected by white supremacists to remind minorities of their rightful place with the people protesting the goddamned Nazis.
I hope you didn’t take my overall dislike of Joel as a slam on wearing the Star of David. That certainly was not my intent, and I apologize if that’s how my post came off.
My dislike of BJ goes to his poor treatment of his fans, some of which I witnessed personally. That may have been a result of his drinking (which he also refers to in the interview). I do wish him luck with keeping that under control.
re: #97 wheat-dogg
Thanks for the background info.
As for this part
I wonder if those applications from the USA will increase.
Would not surprise me.
re: #116 makeitstop
Nope. None take. And I figured it was something other than his political statement about Charlottesville.
re: #119 lawhawk
Nope. None take. And I figured it was something other than his political statement about Charlottesville.
I’ll add that it kind of surprised me that he made any sort of political statement at all - he’s not been known for that throughout his career, he’s been more often apolitical than not.
“she will watch any channel she wants” pic.twitter.com/izHFSRRBEN
— darth™ (@darth) July 25, 2018
I’m glad he did that too. You’ve got too many white people including Jews and other people who aren’t WASPs who forget our history. Granted my family’s experience as Slavic or Irish non Protestant immigrants is oranges to the Holocaust’s or pogroms’ Apple or even what Jews in the US experienced.
re: #120 makeitstop
I’ll add that it kind of surprised me that he made any sort of political statement at all - he’s not been known for that throughout his career, he’s been more often apolitical than not.
I was surprised by that too. Didn’t realize he lost family in the Holocaust.
gooooob morning. there are people on the roof. the human says they’re fixing it. but i’m not convinced. please set the household alert level. to light gray
— Thoughts of Dog (@dog_feelings) July 25, 2018
oh…
Critics uncovered records of Chinese trademark approvals for Ivanka Trump products that showed the applications were approved after President Trump conceded to Chinese demands to lift a ban on the ZTE electronics manufacturing company. https://t.co/HEbwj24Oi6
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 25, 2018
Explain this, please, @ChiefPentSpox. https://t.co/jZuSRE7w7W
— Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman) July 25, 2018
re: #126 Backwoods_Sleuth
oh…
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I hate this “critics uncovered” bullshit. It’s like emoluments only matter to critics and not America and the freaking Constitution.
re: #124 lawhawk
I was surprised by that too. Didn’t realize he lost family in the Holocaust.
I’m reposting the link to the Vulture interview, since I added it as an edit in the first post and you might have missed it.
It’s quite good, explains a lot that I didn’t know about him. It’s a rare talent that can make the decision to build a body of work like his and be able to call it a day.
Well, this is another odd coincidence.
Well, NY did force him to cough up $25 million to settle.
And Trump had to pay off FL AG Biondi to drop the case against him there. Oh, they called it a campaign contribution, but it was clearly a quid pro quo.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) July 25, 2018
The same cast of cronies keeps making regular appearances in Trumpworld:
Lots of speculation that @PamBondi was on the phone with Trump in Sep. 2016 when Michael Cohen secretly recorded Trump on another matter.
But Bondi says she doesn’t remember the call and doesn’t think it’s her because of the talk about an apparent Charleston event 1/— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) July 25, 2018
Thread https://t.co/ixah5Sg2gl
— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) July 25, 2018
Queen Mary married Philip II of Spain #OTD in 1554, this C16th atlas was poss commissioned by Mary as a gift for him.
After Mary’s death the map passed to Elizabeth I, who had Philip’s coat-of-arms of Catholic Spain over England scratched out.
Add MS 5415A, ff. 9v-10r pic.twitter.com/3hGlvLOXSa— Dr Alison Ray (@liber_ray) July 25, 2018
Here’s what happened at Maria Butina’s status conference this a.m.:
- Govt says it’s ready to start producing evidence — first batch is 4-6 TB (~1.5 million files). But they want a protective order because they’re worried about her lawyers giving materials to the media— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) July 25, 2018
re: #130 lawhawk
Well, this is another odd coincidence.
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Strange — it appears the WaPo transcript that includes “babe” was provided by the Trump legal team. But in audio it sounds like he says “Pam.” Did Trump team provide inaccurate transcript? If so, why? pic.twitter.com/uPh1McdOXc
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) July 25, 2018
lolwhut?
Dershowitz: They knew a lot of people were going to come forward at the end of the campaign demanding money. So it made sense to set up a corporation to handle all the payments. “That happens all the time.” pic.twitter.com/j9EkT8sGJ4
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 25, 2018
WD40 years ago had no chill. pic.twitter.com/VItN4KgwQ8
— You Had One Job (@_youhadonejob1) July 24, 2018
re: #134 Backwoods_Sleuth
Strange — it appears the WaPo transcript that includes “babe” was provided by the Trump legal team. But in audio it sounds like he says “Pam.” Did Trump team provide inaccurate transcript? If so, why?
Laurel-Yanni, blue dress gold dress. Nothing to see here.
.@SpeakerRyan urges Hill interns not to take the bait online.
“Snark sells but it doesn’t stick,” he said.— Sarah D. Wire (@sarahdwire) July 25, 2018
Paul Ryan won’t be remembered as a wonk, or as a party leader, or as a policymaker.
He’ll be remembered as a feckless doormat to Donald Trump — and I swear to god snarky tweets did more to accurately portray and spread that assessment than any serious piece of journalism. https://t.co/kZRclGvFCV— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) July 25, 2018
I have an endless faith in the capacity for historical mis-memory—we still can’t even properly remember Andrew Jackson! But I also think this is true. If your legacy in the Trump era is “tax reform,” your legacy isn’t gonna be tax reform. https://t.co/LNb9fCqNVp
— Tim Murphy Premium for subscribers only (@timothypmurphy) July 25, 2018
BREAKING Donald Trump star on Hollywood Walk of Fame smashed AGAIN https://t.co/3ETSAcz5Ix pic.twitter.com/pRJ57UvmNK
— Daily Star (@Daily_Star) July 25, 2018
This kind of stuff is partly why he won in the first place. https://t.co/tPveR2E65X
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) July 25, 2018
Yeah, because he such a martyr, right DL? It had nothing to do with the untold resources your little organization funneled to him legally and illegally. https://t.co/KtteK1drT9
— Ron Perlman (@perlmutations) July 25, 2018
Edited: Missed the part where Bump says their initial feed was provided by Bloomberg Government.
re: #143 The Vicious Babushka
She’s more concerned about the wellbeing of an inanimate object than anyone who is alive. She thinks more guns make people safer, when the opposite is objectively true.
re: #143 The Vicious Babushka
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Yeah because smashing a star is the same thing as hanging our first black President in effigy. Why don’t you go fuck yourself Dana. HRC was much more hated than Trump was. People chanting Trump that bitch and Trump himself saying the 2nd amendment people should do something about her but hey it’s not like a Hollywood Star was destroyed. Fuck you. I hope you lose the right to own guns forever after the NRA leadership rots in prison.
Her Russian funded organization which funneled legal and illegal funds to Trump. Loesch takes blood money from the Russians - an organization that ensures thousands of American deaths annually.
Loesch is a traitorous bloodsucker.— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) July 25, 2018
Profound implications. @NewYorker compares @realDonaldTrump to Kaiser Wilhelm II, one of the most destructive vainglorious, militaristic blowhards of modern times, a driver of WWI, which led to WWII, which set the stage for the Cold War. Leaders matter.
https://t.co/5LgsezdfHS— Richard Engel (@RichardEngel) July 25, 2018
re: #149 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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Not sure. Even Willie was more competent than Trumpenfuhrer. OTOH, he did let himself get caught up in a really stupid and impossible to win two front war.
BREAKING Donald Trump star on Hollywood Walk of Fame smashed AGAIN https://t.co/3ETSAcz5Ix pic.twitter.com/pRJ57UvmNK
— Daily Star (@Daily_Star) July 25, 2018
This kind of stuff is partly why he won in the first place. https://t.co/tPveR2E65X
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) July 25, 2018
So you care more about a piece of cement than the lives of children. Good to know this is what the gun-humpers stand for. #resist https://t.co/oHZkmx4qaN
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) July 25, 2018
re: #149 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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That’s not a bad analogy. I’ve never totally agreed with the Hitler analogy though there are similarities but Trump really does take the worst of so many terrible leaders. I can think of no democratically elected leader in my lifetime or any for that matter so unaware and so lacking in understanding into the awesome power and responsibilities he yields. It’s true. Technically anyone should be able to become President but they never tell you about preparing to be President. While HRC was influencing policy as FLOTUS, Senator, & SOS, Trump was bragging about his sexual adventures to Howard Stern, hosting a cheesy reality show, & then questioning the birth right of our last president.
re: #150 William Lewis
Not sure. Even Willie was more competent than Trumpenfuhrer. OTOH, he did let himself get caught up in a really stupid and impossible to win two front war.
Trump will become his own meter in the years to come.
re: #76 HappyWarrior
Yeah I don’t like it either.
It will be overturned by the full court. Even the 9th has a couple of RW wingnuts on it.
re: #144 goddamnedfrank
Edited: Missed the part where Bump says their initial feed was provided by Bloomberg Government.
Actually Bump wrote:
Here’s the thing: That’s also how The Post’s transcript of the news conference initially read, too. Ours came from Bloomberg Government and ours, too, excluded the first part of the reporters question in which he begins, “President Putin, did you want President Trump to win the election”.
So it’s still not clear who provided the video feed that Bloomberg and the Washington Post both apparently used.
re: #156 ObserverArt
Good news…but I have to represent!
Columbus Zoo tops that. They have two giraffe little tykes due this late summer and fall.
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Yabbut…do they have a live cam? I cannot tell you how many hours I spent watching that pregnant giraffe, and I celebrated the birth by screaming at the hubs that the baby was born.
SMOTI is at it again…. 35 acts of Deep State.
LIST: The 35 Criminal and Destructive Acts by the Democrat Party, Deep State, Media and Never Trumpers to Gut America https://t.co/XDRpObagxB via @gatewaypundit
— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) July 25, 2018
Ummm… the leak last night was from Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen’s team. It was Trumpworld’s “fixxxer” who was leaking the details.
re: #102 HappyWarrior
L
No one gives a shit if you say Merry Christmas, pay lip service to the National Anthem when your state’s flag has part of the CSA flag in it, & we know how you really feel about PC Mr. Trump Toady.
I heard an interesting way for the NFL and maybe other sports to handle the whole National Anthem BS yesterday on the Dan Patrick show.
One of his contributors who discusses NFL stuff said they should do away from having the National Anthem.
Instead have an “NFL Celebrates America and Our Military Defenders” opening where the can have someone on the filed from the military to be honored, then have some graphics and maybe a film up on the big displays…play some patriotic type dramatic music and be done with it.
His whole point was to get away from the fighting over the Anthem by just not using it. I agree. But Trumpers will still make it a thing.
BBC interviewer to Sean Spicer: “You have corrupted discourse for the entire world by going along with these lies” pic.twitter.com/HsvNLajwQu
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) July 24, 2018
re: #110 electrotek
The Italian immigrant who helped save both Fiat and Chrysler from self-destruction passed away today at the age of 66. He will be deeply missed.
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As a Formula One racing fan I came across this first thing this morning looking at racing news for the upcoming Hungarian Grand Prix this weekend.
Pretty shocking. It was just reported late last week he was stepping down from leading Fiat/Ferrari due to illness and a week later the news says he has died.
The Swedish Air Force is trying to bomb the forest fires to see if it has any effect. Yes. Really.
Hope of using explosive shock-waves to stop fires
re: #163 Teukka
The Swedish Air Force is trying to bomb the forest fires to see if it has any effect. Yes. Really.
Hope of using explosive shock-waves to stop fires
Forest fires in Scandinavia must be unheard of. This is insane.
re: #158 lawhawk
SMOTI is at it again…. 35 acts of Deep State.
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Ummm… the leak last night was from Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen’s team. It was Trumpworld’s “fixxxer” who was leaking the details.
A guest post by Hoft’s brother and a promotion of the totally idiotic/counterfactual “leak” story promulgated by another Gateway Putz, Jacob Ahole. Maybe the Hofts and Jacob are going for a hat trick grouping for the SMOTI designation. SCORE.
re: #163 Teukka
Kind of like using blowouts to deprive oil-well fires of oxygen. Yes, I absolutely love that John Wayne movie…
re: #164 electrotek
Forest fires in Scandinavia must be unheard of. This is insane.
We do have them, but maybe one or two medium ones, big ones every decade or so. This many at the same time is unheard of. What really worries me is what this heatwave will be doing with the permafrost in Siberia.
re: #166 Sufficient unto the day…
Kind of like using blowouts to deprive oil-well fires of oxygen. Yes, I absolutely love that John Wayne movie…
That’s the hunch the rescue services and air force are trying, depriving the fire of oxygen.
re: #158 lawhawk
SMOTI is at it again…. 35 acts of Deep State.
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Ummm… the leak last night was from Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen’s team. It was Trumpworld’s “fixxxer” who was leaking the details.
He’s desperate to be featured on Drudge.
re: #162 ObserverArt
As a Formula One racing fan I came across this first thing this morning looking at racing news for the upcoming Hungarian Grand Prix this weekend.
Pretty shocking. It was just reported late last week he was stepping down from leading Fiat/Ferrari due to illness and a week later the news says he has died.
Indeed. He did a lot of great things for Fiat and Chrysler, and made Ferrari number 1 once again.
There won’t be another one like him sadly.
re: #160 ObserverArt
I heard an interesting way for the NFL and maybe other sports to handle the whole National Anthem BS yesterday on the Dan Patrick show.
One of his contributors who discusses NFL stuff said they should do away from having the National Anthem.
Instead have an “NFL Celebrates America and Our Military Defenders” opening where the can have someone on the filed from the military to be honored, then have some graphics and maybe a film up on the big displays…play some patriotic type dramatic music and be done with it.
His whole point was to get away from the fighting over the Anthem by just not using it. I agree. But Trumpers will still make it a thing.
Why the fuck does the NFL have to do anything that has anything to do with the military in the first place? (I know why they started, but why the fuck do they need to continue?)
What does the military have to do with football? Or basketball? Or baseball? It’s just all so convoluted to me.
re: #166 Sufficient unto the day…
Kind of like using blowouts to deprive oil-well fires of oxygen. Yes, I absolutely love that John Wayne movie…
Hellfighters
Still have it on VHS.
re: #163 Teukka
Hellfighters - the guys who stop oil well fires - often use explosives to stop fires, so it’s not unheard of.
That there are so many wildfires in the Arctic Circle is unheard of. It’s worrisome because temperatures in that region are rising faster than other regions on the planet, and that could lead to even more extreme weather.
re: #145 lawhawk
She’s more concerned about the wellbeing of an inanimate object than anyone who is alive. She thinks more guns make people safer, when the opposite is objectively true.
She is way more concerned about scoring points with conservatives and gun nutters by triggering liberals than she is about the NRA and guns.
I think it is all about liberal/Democratic HATE with Dana.
re: #171 BeachDem
Why the fuck does the NFL have to do anything that has anything to do with the military in the first place? (I know why they started, but why the fuck do they need to continue?)
Can’t un-ring the bell at this point. If they stop with the patriotic orgies, wingnuts will go into full-on freakout mode. And the bully with the Bully Pulpit will lead the freakout choir.
re: #173 lawhawk
Hellfighters - the guys who stop oil well fires - often use explosives to stop fires, so it’s not unheard of.
That there are so many wildfires in the Arctic Circle is unheard of. It’s worrisome because temperatures in that region are rising faster than other regions on the planet, and that could lead to even more extreme weather.
re: #172 Bubblehead II
Hellfighters
Still have it on VHS.
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re: #148 MsJ
MsJoanne
@MsJoanne
Her Russian funded organization which funneled legal and illegal funds to Trump. Loesch takes blood money from the Russians - an organization that ensures thousands of American deaths annually.Loesch is a traitorous bloodsucker.
A reminder for you MsJ…NRA money went to many Republicans in the last election, maybe even before that.
I’ve been riding Rob Portman pretty hard on this. It has been reported he could ahve gotten as much a 3 million from the NRA that went to pay for his ads. It was never given as a direct contribution to keep it hidden. It probably went to some PAC that did the ads.
I think this is a whole big story for someone to go after. The NRA may have been dirty for a long time. Ms GunnyPot is the beginning of the story coming out.
Spicer’s book signing in Massachusetts canceled “due to the political climate” https://t.co/h34BSRtwGN
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) July 25, 2018
re: #178 ObserverArt
A reminder for you MsJ…NRA money went to many Republicans in the last election, maybe even before that.
I’ve been riding Rob Portman pretty hard on this. It has been reported he could ahve gotten as much a 3 million from the NRA that went to pay for his ads. It was never given as a direct contribution to keep it hidden. It probably went to some PAC that did the ads.
I think this is a whole big story for someone to go after. The NRA may have been dirty for a long time. Ms GunnyPot is the beginning of the story coming out.
There was something last night about Blackburn and who funded her (hint, lots of connections to Russia). If that witch gets voted out, I would be almost as happy as when I will be watching Roger Fucking Stone do the perp walk into prison.
re: #176 Teukka
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PSA to Lizardim living in or visiting Sweden:
TOTAL PROHIBITION OF FIRE IN PRACTICALLY ALL OF SWEDEN.
THIS INCLUDES GRILLING IN YOUR YARD.
THIS INCLUDES PUTTING CIGARETTES OUT OUTDOORS IN ANY OTHER WAY THAN DOUSING THEM IN WATER.
YOU RISK A CONVICTION FOR RECKLESSLY ENDANGERING THE PUBLIC, WHICH IN AGGRAVATED CASES MEANS TWO YEARS UP RIVER.
Sry for the all-caps…
re: #179 MsJ
Spicer’s book signing in Massachusetts canceled “due to the political climate”
womp womp
re: #171 BeachDem
Why the fuck does the NFL have to do anything that has anything to do with the military in the first place? (I know why they started, but why the fuck do they need to continue?)
What does the military have to do with football? Or basketball? Or baseball? It’s just all so convoluted to me.
The military has always been a part of sports…especially football.
I don’t like it either, but it is there.
A lot of coaches are ex-military and they train and teach the sport like basic training camp.
It is going to be real tough to get past military influence in sports.
re: #184 Dr. Matt
That will never get old.
*it probably will, but I still love it*
I know, man. Lewandowski gave us an all-purpose response that’s more fun to type than ‘Fuck you.’
Dershowitz: They knew a lot of people were going to come forward at the end of the campaign demanding money. So it made sense to set up a corporation to handle all the payments. “That happens all the time.” pic.twitter.com/j9EkT8sGJ4
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 25, 2018
You know that game where you add “in bed” to the end of your fortune cookie fortune? I feel like we should start adding “in Russia” to every proclamation made by Trump or his allies. It’s the only way they make any sense.
“That happens all the time… in Russia.” https://t.co/eOXNB9HspN— Dave Min (@DaveMinCA) July 25, 2018
re: #186 makeitstop
I know, man. Lewandowski gave us an all-purpose response that’s more fun to type than ‘Fuck you.’
It goes well with the Cohen contribution too.
Womp womp!
Says Who?!
Edit…oops…got it backwards.
Reality break
If you’re cited for speeding, the ticket is invalid if the officer fails to apologize for stopping you.#LittleKnownCanadianLaws
— Doc Suture (@DocSuture) July 25, 2018
#LittleKnownCanadianLaws -
Buying artificial maple syrup is illegal.
It’s either straight from the tree, or it’s straight to jail!— Jason Bergeron (@Jason_Bergeron) July 25, 2018
Must be able to tap out the YYZ rhythm. #LittleKnownCanadianLaws pic.twitter.com/QNBZMn4Nqv
— Michael (@quickbear) July 25, 2018
BREAKING: Federal judge gives go-ahead to lawsuit alleging that @realDonaldTrump is violating the Constitution b/c he still does business with foreign govts. Could open a window into secretive Trump Org.’s books and customers. https://t.co/j7ZdxJT4Yd
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) July 25, 2018
If the tax cuts are made permanent, our estimates suggest take-home pay after 2025 would be about 1 percent higher. https://t.co/0blbBPUdss
— Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) July 25, 2018
That’s not a credible argument to support the tax scam being made permanent for individual taxpayers.
What they’re hoping to do is prevent the tax hike that comes in order to balance the 10 year cost estimate on the TCJA tax scam. They couldn’t make it permanent cuts because it would have blown an even bigger hole in the deficit.
GOP used creative accounting to get the TCJA enacted, and that meant phasing out the individual tax cuts, while making business tax cuts permanent.
Now, they want to make the personal income tax cuts permanent, even though the CBO has found no evidence the TCJA has grown the economy. Wages are stagnant. Companies are shifting money to buybacks and CEO benefits are growing, while those same CEOs are saying that they’re looking to depress wages.
The trickle down isn’t even trickling, no matter what the GOP claims - and even some of their admissions show they aren’t getting results (like Pence claiming 73,000 PA residents benefited from the TCJA - when that amounts to 0.5% of PA residents). Ryan’s played a similar game, and the GOP generally wants to obfuscate the reality that any tax plan would need offsets in spending - and that means gutting the safety net.
This one is real, The Apology Act, where saying sorry does not imply guilt. #LittleKnownCanadianLaws https://t.co/DC1STqqzYl
— Alixx (@Alixx) July 25, 2018
re: #187 MsJ
Dershowitz: They knew a lot of people were going to come forward at the end of the campaign demanding money. So it made sense to set up a corporation to handle all the payments. “That happens all the time.”
These people will fucking say anything to defend Dear Leader.
Hundreds of federal employees are rallying in DC against Trump’s 3 executive orders cutting down on union activity. Nation’s Nurses United members are here (they represent nurses at 23 VA facilities). Some are holding signs that read, “Union Nurses are Best for Vets” pic.twitter.com/TqztWZXmQ2
— Nikki Wentling (@nikkiwentling) July 25, 2018
OMG, someone actually being goosed!
Sexual assault is illegal, with the exception of a Canadian Goose. #LittleKnownCanadianLaws @iCanHash pic.twitter.com/SBFf6p9CCo
— CK (@charley_ck14) July 25, 2018
Good point. Where will the bailouts stop?
Republican voters and donors are fine with the idea of a massive, wasteful, welfare payment, as a substitute for actual business? They don’t mind enlarging the deficit for an obviously political purpose?
— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum) July 25, 2018
Yes, this is very troublng. He was elected with tariffs a part of his platform and now that it has happened he is handing out $ to help with result of his policy. But is this a one time bailout or what? And now there are more tariffs coming down the pike? This is very troubling. https://t.co/mZ7HHLWyZM
— Ally Walker (@allywalker1) July 25, 2018
Excellent point. Once you give the soybean and hog guys $12 billion, then timber guys want a bailout, then the auto parts guys, then the… https://t.co/kHvoRRGoU8
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) July 25, 2018
Look at how much youth registration (18-29) is up in these states:
AZ: 8%
FL: 8%
IN: 10%
MN: 5%
MT: 4%
NC: 6%
NV: 7%
OH: 6%
PA: 16%
VA: 10%
WI: 6%
Parkland has galvanized young Americans to get invested. Conservatives are going to be shocked when they wake up on November 7.— Adam Best (@adamcbest) July 25, 2018
re: #196 makeitstop
Good point. Where will the bailouts stop?
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re: #179 MsJ
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Heh—and looks like he’s hitting all the major markets—Seekonk, MA? A booming metropolis of @ 14,000. (I grew up about 30 miles away and never heard of it.)
re: #199 BeachDem
Heh—and looks like he’s hitting all the major markets—Seekonk, MA? A booming metropolis of @ 14,000. (I grew up about 30 miles away and never heard of it.)
Suburban Providence, RI. Probably where the closest Barnes & Noble (or whatever) is located.
It is very telling that voters overwhelmingly trust our intelligence community over Trump (63 percent to 25 percent and think he is too friendly with Russia https://t.co/7GFEHVqYYq
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) July 25, 2018
re: #200 ipsos
Suburban Providence, RI. Probably where the closest Barnes & Noble (or whatever) is located.
It was supposed to be at a BJs—but yeah, it is the closest one to Providence.
Edit to add—I forgot that Spicer is from RI, so I guess it makes sense that he thought he could sell a couple of books near home.
re: #199 BeachDem
Heh—and looks like he’s hitting all the major markets—Seekonk, MA? A booming metropolis of @ 14,000. (I grew up about 30 miles away and never heard of it.)
There’s a circuit of bookstores where they do signings. We have a couple independent bookstores that are notable for signings in Northern NJ. Bookends in Ridgewood NJ is famous for having all kinds of high profile signings - everyone from Bill and Hillary Clinton to Newt and other right wingers, athletes, and other personalities.
The Disney Channel, for example, is truly a foul thing, an enemy of childhood.
— Rod Dreher (@roddreher) July 25, 2018
Huge: Federal judge allows emoluments case against Trump to proceed, opening up the president to possible discovery via @amarimow @OConnellPostBiz @Fahrenthold https://t.co/hNNHHao3wE
— James Hohmann (@jameshohmann) July 25, 2018
re: #204 gocart mozart
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ALERT: Senate Republicans who are NOW arguing that Kavanaugh’s White House Staff Secretary records aren’t relevant—and thus shouldn’t be disclosed—because he was a mere paper shuffler, might want to ask him first. Judge Kavanaugh, IN HIS OWN WORDS: pic.twitter.com/WQp40kKgYa
— Sen. Patrick Leahy (@SenatorLeahy) July 25, 2018
re: #207 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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re: #204 gocart mozart
[Recent children’s programmes seem just like liberal propaganda, full of a jokey raucousness that is actually alien to small children’s absorption and glee. They are patently about promoting milticulturalism, prematurely adolescent pop culture and soccer as the main sport etc.]
Programming that recognizes reality is accused of ‘promoting’ reality. They think children aren’t ready, unless accompanied by an adult seeking asylum. Then they’ll dish out sooo much reality; as a threat to their parents.
re: #210 wrenchwench
Programming that recognizes reality is accused of ‘promoting’ reality. They think children aren’t ready, unless accompanied by an adult seeking asylum. Then they’ll dish out sooo much reality; as a threat to their parents.
It’s not just children’s TV programs, it’s about education, for example sex education. It’s sickening if you look into it too much.
Get your ass to Mars.
After years of research, scientists have confirmed that liquid water exists on Mars. This could allow humans to further explore the red planet. https://t.co/22Cygnq7Lh pic.twitter.com/8EHaYL9Zp8
— CNN (@CNN) July 25, 2018
Pompeo was asked whether he knew what the President agreed to in his private meeting with Putin. I ran his answer, below, through Google translate from English to Russian and back to English again, and this is what came out:
“I have no idea. Not a friggen clue.” pic.twitter.com/cC2x7SPZmc— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) July 25, 2018
I work in the childrens’ television industry. You shitheads have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about. Your opinions are I’ll informed, retrograde and creepy. Seriously, reevaluate your lives, for christ sake.
— Pete Slattery ✊ (@PeteSlatteryIE) July 25, 2018
re: #212 lawhawk
Get your ass to Mars.
[ liquid water exists on Mars.]
I’m not taking the first drink.
A federal district court has just accepted our interpretation of The Emoluments Clause, letting a case go forward charging Trump as president with violating the Clause. The court rejected readings of the Clause that would’ve permitted him to keep using his office for profit.
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) July 25, 2018
As comparatives, here are Vox, Kremlin, and WH transcripts.
Vox is unaltered. Kremlin omits whole exchange. WH omits question.
To be clear:
“Did you want Trump to win elex & did you direct your officials to help him?”
“Yes I did. Yes I did.” pic.twitter.com/O0l70Urp1k— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) July 25, 2018
re: #196 makeitstop
Good point. Where will the bailouts stop?
The bailouts are a mechanism to channel public money to specific individuals and groups rather than the general welfare. The real devil will be in the details of who gets how much, via what administrative process.
This is a mechanism that allows you to, theoretically, pick and choose “the deserving” according to loyalty and cronyism.
I said on here awhile ago…watch for experiments in transferring government money only to red states and counties, while trying to steer money away from blue ones. This is a situation where the “how does this work” matters.
Because, frankly, this is where US conservatism is, culturally. It’s not that they oppose welfare on principle…they’re perfectly willing to accept the notion as long as (1) it’s not coded as “welfare” linguistically, (2) it is doled out only to people that share their worldview.
Soccer ball Putin gave Trump contains chip that can transmit data to cell phones: report https://t.co/KcobUjqkTa pic.twitter.com/DDCJaIEWTb
— The Hill (@thehill) July 25, 2018
come on this can not possibly be real am i still asleep https://t.co/ZXC0vnotDs
— darth™ (@darth) July 25, 2018
Yeah, I know, it’s Nichols. But damn, what a thread.
So, I had an interesting run-in with some Trumpers today, and it’s story worth telling. (Mute now if you’re not into story time.) I was part of a panel at Harvard talking about the Helsinki summit. Afterwards, two middle-aged women had some, er, questions. /1
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 25, 2018
I present to you..
60 seconds of people insulting tRump.
Please feel free to play on repeat when you’re having a bad day or just whenever the hell you feel like it.
You’re welcome 🙏 pic.twitter.com/EMeXsdu4Dt— รƭα૮เε (@TheChickLivesOn) July 24, 2018
Lunch pic.twitter.com/qN9NaG7tV9
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) July 25, 2018
re: #226 The Vicious Babushka
I am disappointed that no Scots are included in that array.
They could do a lot more than 60 seconds on their own!
This is insanity: “The Commerce Department is probing whether foreign cars represent a threat to America’s national security.” https://t.co/8GzSNqEf5r
— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) July 25, 2018
re: #228 MsJ
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Maybe they should probe whether reckless, dumb-ass trade policies represent a threat to America’s national security.
— Aunt Ike Ryste (@AuntIkeRyste) July 25, 2018
sigh
Wells Fargo tellers call the cops on elderly black bank manager for attempting to cash a check https://t.co/ET8IJWkoBn via rawstory
— Neoliberal Cosmic Dancer (@EtreEtro) July 25, 2018
White people, stop. https://t.co/X71fTFv0WF
— Jeff Fecke (@jkfecke) July 25, 2018
re: #222 MsJ
It’s real. In the runup to the World Cup there was talk about how they could use that chip to give viewers more details about how players dribbled, moved the ball, etc., and you can be sure that the Russians knew that when Putin offered it up to Trump.
re: #223 makeitstop
Yeah, I know, it’s Nichols. But damn, what a thread.
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— mass lady (@masslady06) July 25, 2018
And another PSA, just announced:
Open burning prohibition order means that you are NOT allowed to light fires, or barbecue in forests or in public areas. The ban also applies to disposable grills, prepared fireplaces and barbecue sites on public land, such as beaches, campsites and parks.
Keep in mind that it is always you who are responsible for the security and that you can be held accountable (up to two years imprisonment) and be punished if you cause a fire or violate the ban.
Source: MSB (Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency)
re: #223 makeitstop
Yeah, I know, it’s Nichols. But damn, what a thread.
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My mom is a Trumper, donated to his campaign, couldn’t answer the question of when did America stop being great, also the type that probably still thinks Nixon got a raw deal. It’s why I can’t talk politics with her at all and don’t even bother to anymore. I realized this during the primaries in 2016, when she said she was supporting Trump - I told her he was a crazy person and her response was “better than a crook”
Anyone notice that @thehill tweets and retweets a given story over and over and over? For instance, I have seen the tweet below at least 3 or 4 times over the last day or so.
Chinese factory making Trump 2020 campaign flags may be forced to stop due to Trump tariffs: https://t.co/q3rjxqQgRI pic.twitter.com/WuxIG4j2qd
— The Hill (@thehill) July 25, 2018
re: #237 Dr. Matt
Fox does that too. It’s all clickbait all the time.
EXCLUSIVE: Whistleblower comes forward with emails from @ColumbusPolice that show @StormyDaniels’ arrest was pre-planned. @MichaelAvenatti says, “We will get to the bottom of this one way or the other.” https://t.co/lsgBKHKvdy
— Derek (@DerekMyers) July 25, 2018
This is extremely disturbing. I intend on getting to truth and the bottom of who ordered @StormyDaniels arrested and why. It appears that I was correct when I stated it was politically motivated. #Basta https://t.co/Y95E5bxNG4
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) July 25, 2018
re: #237 Dr. Matt
Anyone notice that @thehill tweets and retweets a given story over and over and over? For instance, I have seen the tweet below at least 3 or 4 times over the last day or so.
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I think they all do that. I saw one of my fav lefties do that yesterday with a tweet I RT’d a day or three before. They all live and die by clicks.
re: #237 Dr. Matt
Anyone notice that @thehill tweets and retweets a given story over and over and over? For instance, I have seen the tweet below at least 3 or 4 times over the last day or so.
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It wouldn’t surprise me if they have all kinds of research (or they purchased research) about retweet frequency vs unfollows, broken down by time of day, news climate (breaking stories), location, etc…it’s probably all controlled by bots.
THIS PUP IS INNOCENT JOSH https://t.co/uo1TsGhx4B
— darth™ (@darth) July 25, 2018
I actually hope Dear Leader jumps back on the birfer train.
https://t.co/kCdZY01s4D pic.twitter.com/a8GmmITlDW
— Share the Facts (@sharethefact) July 25, 2018
#FakePiety. You supported a birther, misogynist, demagogue, bully for president And now you complain? https://t.co/xmYo4vqFU2
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) July 25, 2018
re: #239 Teukka
Derek Myers
@DerekMyers
EXCLUSIVE: Whistleblower comes forward with emails from @ColumbusPolice that show @StormyDaniels’ arrest was pre-planned. @MichaelAvenatti says, “We will get to the bottom of this one way or the other.” thefayetteadvocate.com …1:17 PM - Jul 25, 2018
This story is not going down well here in Columbus. I’ve heard there is much infighting at the department. The police chief, a woman, was not at all pleased the arrest even occurred. There is a lot of mention it was VICE police that are Trumpers that did the whole thing.
Also, there is talk that they originally only arrested Stormy and then they got to thinking that would look bad so they went back and arrested the other two local women that were part of the show to make it look less “political.”
We do have our issues around here…and the Columbus Police figure in to much of it.
BREAKING: Pompeo says US will never recognize Russia’s annexation of Crimea, demands Ukraine territorial integrity be restored.
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 25, 2018
re: #247 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
NEW: Sec. of State Pompeo on Crimea: U.S. “reaffirms as policy its refusal to recognize the Kremlin’s claims of sovereignty over territory seized by force…Russia has acted in a manner unworthy of a great nation and has chosen to isolate itself from the international community.” pic.twitter.com/6uLe402UKx
— ABC News (@ABC) July 25, 2018
it may be that your day is missing goats in pajamas well let me tell u your day is no longer missing goats in pajamas
(via https://t.co/gmqfJC9FKT) pic.twitter.com/ocBksKkw87— darth™ (@darth) July 25, 2018
sure sounds like any deal made with the moron-in-chief…
“Massie’s bill explicitly restores patents as a property right…
As he put it, ‘Who is going to build a building on a piece of property when someone could say two years later, ‘We reviewed your deed, and you don’t own this property.”” https://t.co/ExZ7yQjm6w— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) July 24, 2018
re: #250 Backwoods_Sleuth
and Massie is proud to hang out with morons, too:
It was my pleasure. Always good to see @kenblackwell too! https://t.co/uQaFIIbqTD
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) July 25, 2018
Press pool exploded in a cacophony of shouted questions about the Michael Cohen tape, to which Pres Trump declined to respond. @stevenmnuchin1 and @SecretaryRoss look on in bewilderment as WH press wranglers shout to move the press from the Oval Office. pic.twitter.com/AMyWpZglHP
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) July 25, 2018
Bill Shine, arms folded in front of the door. https://t.co/KlyALSeRti
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) July 25, 2018
Chief of Staff John Kelly and National Security Advisor @AmbJohnBolton stand behind a lamp along the wall to stay out of the line of fire during photo op. pic.twitter.com/DfJmPbZloh
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) July 25, 2018
re: #253 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #248 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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Is this the story rightie trolls elsewhere is trying to bury?
Thread:
And given where things are made nowadays, the ONLY country that CAN’T win a trade war is the United States.
It’s not the 1950s, folks. We don’t make stuff, we buy stuff.
And American business has no one to blame but themselves.
2/— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) July 25, 2018
re: #249 Backwoods_Sleuth
[your day is no longer missing goats in pajamas]
I needed that little goat kick. I made the phone call I needed to, got the appointment I needed, not with the person I expected, but she told me this other woman is just as good as she is, so I took it, now I can go ahead with all this other stuff I have to to.
Thanks for the goat. They always remind me of CL, which is my secret message to try harder, or again, because I saw her doing that so often after her brain incident.
Facebook Investors Denied Early Discovery in Privacy Suit - Bloomberg Big Law Business https://t.co/BzrxYhYCjA
— Save Privacy (@SavePrivacyNow) July 25, 2018
The North Carolina Republican party openly celebrated falling black turnout and rising white turnout in their 2016 press releases https://t.co/Wwo99E4xKI pic.twitter.com/6dL70jdIXA
— ((David Shor)) (@davidshor) July 25, 2018
re: #3 teleskiguy
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Vic Chesnutt was a very talented guy.
He recorded an album, The Salesman and Bernadette, for us in 1998.
Still have the CD.
This is one possible explanation for why the White House transcript & video from Helsinki doesn’t include Putin saying he wanted Trump to win.
But Putin really did say that in Helsinki…
1/3 https://t.co/zuh1ThGjRD— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) July 25, 2018
(1): White House has let it stand uncorrected, and
(2): POTUS now asserts that Putin wants *Dems* to win, not him.
I love WaPo with the heat of 1000 suns, but nothing here from WaPo disproves our report.
3/3— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) July 25, 2018
Despite his demands to release the unredacted doc, Nunes still has NOT read the FBI’s FISA applications to monitor Carter Page, DOJ officials told @LauraAJarrett and others. Here’s our story from May on how Nunes demands documents - but doesn’t read them. https://t.co/lFRbXz90KP
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) July 25, 2018
Put bluntly: Nunes is a liar, con artist, and is complicit in running interference for Trumpworld. He refuses to do his job of oversight, and instead abuses his position to further Trumpworld criminality and misconduct. https://t.co/pRHrZBpTU9
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) July 25, 2018
Surprising absolutely no one. Nunes doesn’t read the very documents he requests.
Also, I’m noticing increased troll spamming activities, maybe trying to bury this story?
— Teo (@Teukka72) July 25, 2018
re: #263 lawhawk
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Surprising absolutely no one. Nunes doesn’t read the very documents he requests.
So basically Nunes does nothing.
I hope the folks in his district understand all of this. Their boy is dirty and needs to go.
re: #263 lawhawk
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Surprising absolutely no one. Nunes doesn’t read the very documents he requests.
Nunes wouldn’t understand what the documents meant anyway.
He’s pissed that DoJ won’t give him actual copies to take (which he’d probably just turn right around and hand over to his handlers).
re: #4 Targetpractice
I have to agree with Avenatti that what we’re seeing is a classic ploy by a mob “fixer,” i.e. dangle personally embarrassing material out in the open, with the unspoken exchange being keeping the truly incriminating stuff locked away for the guarantee of a deal/pardon.
The big problem with this ploy on Cohen’s part? Donny is too egocentric and Rudy too dumb to recognize such an offer and instead will see this as a personal slight by Cohen. I honestly don’t believe Donny ever knew about the tapes and now feels personally betrayed, feels that Cohen has violated the “loyalty” expected of him. In which case we’re less likely to see either man try to defuse the situation and more likely to go after Cohen and Davis personally in an effort to smear them as “liars.”
Trump is a Wise-Guy wantabee, going for the Putin wantabee.
re: #228 MsJ
But not foreign cell phones, if the bribe is right.
BREAKING: National Security Adviser Bolton: “The President believes that the next bilateral meeting with President Putin should take place after” the Mueller investigation “is over, so we’ve agreed that it will be after the first of the year.”
— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) July 25, 2018
re: #266 Backwoods_Sleuth
DOJ OFFICIALS: 31 lawmakers have viewed a largely unredacted version of the Carter Page FISA applications. Devin Nunes, who has demanded the president declassify large swaths, is *not* one of them.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) July 25, 2018
You really haven’t been paying attention, have you? pic.twitter.com/snEyMdG3qs
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) July 25, 2018
The thing is, the (religious) right have been trying very hard to bury science they don’t like and buy opinion pieces masqueraded as scientific research for decades now.
And economics is far from the only field this has happened in…— Teo (@Teukka72) July 25, 2018
re: #269 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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— Trump’s Ties (@TrumpsTies) July 25, 2018
re: #269 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt ✔
@NBCNightlyNews
BREAKING: National Security Adviser Bolton: “The President believes that the next bilateral meeting with President Putin should take place after” the Mueller investigation “is over, so we’ve agreed that it will be after the first of the year.”2:35 PM - Jul 25, 2018
Nice try.
Mueller is going to do what he is doing on his time. No amount of push from Rudy, Bolton or anyone else is going to influence it.
It’s all just jibber-jabber BS to try to keep the Trump supporters riled up about how long this is taking.
And if we are real lucky, maybe there will be no Trump around after the first of the year.
I’m still pissed AF that there will be a 25% tarriff on imported vehicles later this year thanks to Trump.
Recap:
- Trump gets mad about coverage of Putin summit, orders Bolton to invite Putin for second meeting
- They announce second meeting
- Putin’s like mmm dunno that’s a lot of commitment sorry
- Second meeting is delayed indefinitely
- They blame Muellerhttps://t.co/jd9roTqXYt— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 25, 2018
Fucking elected Republicans. Profiles in no courage. Assholes every last one.
I ask Rep. David Kustoff if he was troubled by anything in the Cohen tape.
He pulls out his phone — with the screen visible to me so I could see no one was calling him — and then faked that he had a call.— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) July 25, 2018
re: #277 electrotek
I’m still pissed AF that there will be a 25% tarriff on imported vehicles later this year thanks to Trump.
Makes that tax cut just a little useless doesn’t it?
A misleading claim about ABC News banning American flag lapel pins, which first circulated online after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, has been retrofitted for the Trump era: https://t.co/ildfvoa4La pic.twitter.com/3UMUi5Jimy
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) July 25, 2018
Alex Jones’ YouTube channel has received another strike for violating the site’s community guidelines, The Verge has learned. https://t.co/Luv8NosOMv
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 25, 2018
Well, that is unfortunate
Larry Nassar assaulted in prison, new court filings say https://t.co/Ow7EfT8QCa pic.twitter.com/uyVR9wzeAX
— The Hill (@thehill) July 25, 2018
re: #267 BeenHereAwhile
Trump is a Wise-Guy wantabee, going for the Putin wantabee.
I’m convinced that tRump has been all in with the Russian Mafia for decades now, since the American Mafia decided he was too stupid to deal with and didn’t stay bought. (The Russians like stupid….)
re: #284 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
I’m convinced that tRump has been all in with the Russian Mafia for decades now, since the American Mafia decided he was too stupid to deal with and didn’t stay bought. (The Russians like stupid….)
You probably have to be able to generate a profit to be in the American mafia.
re: #278 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Note that the NBC Nightly News tweet took out the witch hunt verbiage (carefully pulled the Mueller investigation out of the quotation marks:
NBC Nightly News tweet:
“The President believes that the next bilateral meeting with President Putin should take place after” the Mueller investigation “is over, so we’ve agreed that it will be after the first of the year.”
Hallie Jackson tweet:
“The President believes that the next bilateral meeting with President Putin should take place after the Russia witch hunt is over, so we’ve agreed that it will be after the first of the year.”
Weird.
Interesting…
Live outside the Ecuador Embassy in Knightsbridge where @JulianAssange has lived since June 2012. It’s understood that the Ecuadorians are preparing to hand him over to British authorities, unclear when. @ABC pic.twitter.com/qdENlVIUhU
— Julia Macfarlane (@juliamacfarlane) July 25, 2018
Maybe soon it’ll be Julian’s time in the barrel.
re: #287 makeitstop
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Maybe soon it’ll be Julian’s time in the barrel.
Over/under on Mueller nabbing Julian?
Full on freak out https://t.co/rVl5HogBur
— Soledad O’Brien (@soledadobrien) July 25, 2018
Yes, those poor trust fund babies.
— Lee Bothwick (@LeeBothwick) July 25, 2018
re: #289 Backwoods_Sleuth
Full on freak out
I thought Whoopi was going to pick up her View mug and throw it at McCain for a minute there.
“ROSEANNE WHO?” @ValerieJarrett reacts to Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet about her: “In all seriousness … I’m fine, I am just fine.”
“This isn’t what keeps me up at night. What keeps me up at night are those families being separated on the borders … not a racist tweet.” pic.twitter.com/2GFK2UZwlQ— The View (@TheView) July 25, 2018
Looks like Says Who engineered another payoff, for Omorosa…
Federal investigators examining whether President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen committed financial crimes have interviewed former White House staffer and reality TV star Omarosa Manigault-Newman, The Wall Street Journal reported.
According to people familiar with the matter who spoke to the WSJ, the FBI found that Cohen had intervened in a previously unreported dispute between Manigault-Newman and American Media Inc., the media company that paid a former Playboy model for her story on an alleged affair with Trump. The recording of a conversation over that payment between Trump and Cohen was released Tuesday night.
In 2011, Manigault-Newman threatened to file a lawsuit over AMI’s coverage of her brother’s murder. According to the WSJ, the publisher sent a reporter to Manigault-Newman’s brother’s funeral and the writer talked to members of the family without identifying herself. Cohen reportedly intervened and helped draft an agreement under which Manigault-Newman would drop her lawsuit against AMI if they gave her a job, sources told WSJ.
Manigault-Newman worked as an editor for the now-shuttered Reality Weekly, as well as OK! Magazine. A former bureau chief for the National Enquirer told WSJ that he wasn’t not sure what Manigault-Newman’s job actually entailed and that she regularly didn’t come to work.
HAPPENING NOW: Sec. of State Mike Pompeo testifies on Capitol Hill amid continued fallout from Helsinki summit. https://t.co/twvkCCW1BL https://t.co/vMIDrNTHgL
— ABC News (@ABC) July 25, 2018
re: #283 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Well, that is unfortunate
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Hope he reported it to someone that will do nothing about it.
An early look at next week’s cover, “Thumbs-Up,” by Barry Blitt: https://t.co/XSGUEyOPPp pic.twitter.com/TFr7jtcWb5
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) July 19, 2018
re: #296 Eventual Carrion
Hope he reported it to someone that will do nothing about it.
Yeah, but he’s still a man with money, so that’s not going to happen. There’s already a court filing.
re: #288 Teukka
Even money that ASSange will be paying a visit to Mr. Mueller’s Neighborhood!
Trump Administration says more than 450 parents deported without their young children, who remain in cages. Trump “Christians” will praise this barbarism. For gods sake, VOTE. You are complicit in child abuse if you don’t help end this.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) July 25, 2018
re: #283 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Well, that is unfortunate
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Saw at ESPN Nassar is trying to get a new trail because he thinks he was unfairly punished by the judge.
He isn’t trying to withdraw his guilty plea, he just wants a better outcome.
I’m pretty sure the women and girls he abused wish they could have a do-over too. One that would have never had then in contact with Nassar.
re: #71 lawhawk
Not “even though”, “because”.
Republicans do better if people are afraid, so they work to make America less-safe.— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) July 25, 2018
Yes, he kicked that other Republican’s ass.
It’s time to give up your American citizenship. You spews lies and hate about good people, and pander to our radicalized, hateful, far-right. You only represent the dark-side of the country.— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) July 25, 2018
The GOP is Trump now. People are leaving the party, rather than still identifying as Republicans, as they reject old-man Trump.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) July 25, 2018
re: #288 Teukka
Over/under on Mueller nabbing Julian?
I’d go with guaranteed they will. After Trump’s performance in the UK and their obvious dislike for The Don, I’m thinking they would like nothing more than to see Trump taken down.
re: #305 ObserverArt
I’d go with guaranteed they will. After Trump’s performance in the UK and their obvious dislike for The Don, I’m thinking they would like nothing more than to see Trump taken down.
You gotta wonder what Wikileaks will drop if Assange ends up in US custody.
But doesn’t Sweden have first dibs? That’s why he’s been hiding out in the broom closet.
By “hate political correctness” he’s saying that he’s an asshole, and really that’s what the American-right wants.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) July 25, 2018
re: #306 makeitstop
You gotta wonder what Wikileaks will drop if Assange ends up in US custody.
But doesn’t Sweden have first dibs? That’s why he’s been hiding out in the broom closet.
IIRC, International Prosecution Chamber here in Sweden dropped the case.
This is awesome
The clever and freewheeling nine-minute animated short “Fire in Cardboard City” is a mini disaster movie that feels like a joyride. https://t.co/S7HEmjKBca
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) July 25, 2018
Fire in Cardboard City #thenewyorkershorts https://t.co/O9jUJXoae1 via @newyorker
— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) July 25, 2018
re: #308 Teukka
IIRC, International Prosecution Chamber here in Sweden dropped the case.
Ah, I did not know that!
In that case - next stop, Muellerville!
re: #304 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Someone needs to start a new party for them to join.
Wow. So #Pompeo is contradicting everything Trump said about #Russia and everything he did at the #TreasonSummit.
And he is falling apart when Sen. Menendez presses him on whether he knows what #TrumpPutin discussed for two hours.
This is supposed to help America?— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) July 25, 2018
She doesn’t really have a husband at this point, and is just trying to save face. She was only in it for the money anyway. It’s not like Trump is attractive or lovable. He buys relationships.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) July 25, 2018
re: #306 makeitstop
You gotta wonder what Wikileaks will drop if Assange ends up in US custody.
But doesn’t Sweden have first dibs? That’s why he’s been hiding out in the broom closet.
re: #310 makeitstop
Ah, I did not know that!
In that case - next stop, Muellerville!
Assange hasn’t been charged in the US for any crimes. Can’t extradite him
re: #289 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #315 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Assange hasn’t been charged in the US for any crimes….
Yet.
…Can’t extradite him
Yet.
/dreaming?
(screenshot cut off the date, but it’s from July 24, 2016) pic.twitter.com/9HtVbvKuPB
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) July 25, 2018
Sen. Menendez: Did North Korea agree with our definition of denuclearization?
Pompeo: “I believe they thoroughly understand it.”
Menendez: “They understand that, but they didn’t agree” #tictocnews pic.twitter.com/Fm372NnrwA— TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) July 25, 2018
I think Russians and the now-openly-corrupt NRA had a lot to do with it. This is a pretty minor response to a president who rejects American values and panders to white supremacists and nazis.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) July 25, 2018
re: #315 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Assange hasn’t been charged in the US for any crimes. Can’t extradite him
Yet.
Is there any kind of legal maneuver where the U.S. could request the UK to send him to the U.S. for questioning about Wikileaks and their role in the election meddling?
Call me old fashioned, but if you have to form a whole company just to manage pay off the women you had sex with so they wouldn’t tell your wife or talk to the press during your election campaign, maybe you don’t deserve to be President. #CohenTapes
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 25, 2018
re: #315 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Assange hasn’t been charged in the US for any crimes. Can’t extradite him
Think: “Sealed Indictment”.
re: #322 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
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Looking at various twitter feeds today that have commented on CNN or the “Obama tan suit scandal” that get slammed by right-wingers, I think I can say another part of the reason that Trump won is because the black helicopter crowd seems to have proliferated. No matter how many times “fast and furious” or Bill Ayers or Benghazi have been debunked, they are now articles of deep faith.
re: #323 ObserverArt
Yet.
Is there any kind of legal maneuver where the U.S. could request the UK to send him to the U.S. for questioning about Wikileaks and their role in the election meddling?
I would think it would be simpler to just send a Agent or two to the UK to interview him than trying to extradite him.
Cardin makes the point, finally, that Trump implementing sanctions mandated by Congress does not make him “tough on Russia.” “What Congress is requiring you to do…all of a sudden you take credit for.”
Also notes that many of the mandated sanctions have not been implemented.— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) July 25, 2018
re: #326 Barefoot Grin
Looking at various twitter feeds today that have commented on CNN or the “Obama tan suit scandal” that get slammed by right-wingers, I think I can say another part of the reason that Trump won is because the black helicopter crowd seems to have proliferated. No matter how many times “fast and furious” or Bill Ayers or Benghazi have been debunked, they are now articles of deep faith.
They’re trying to take up all our time with re-debunking.
re: #171 BeachDem
Why the fuck does the NFL have to do anything that has anything to do with the military in the first place? (I know why they started, but why the fuck do they need to continue?)
What does the military have to do with football? Or basketball? Or baseball? It’s just all so convoluted to me.
Without a draft, you have to convince people to put their lives on the line to protect the interests of wealthy Americans who don’t care about them at all. Football fans are a good target audience for that. You don’t want deep-thinkers.
re: #327 Bubblehead II
I would think it would be simpler to just send a Agent or two to the UK to interview him than trying to extradite him.
He doesn’t have to agree to be questioned. And, he can lie to the agents all he wants and not face any possible charges for doing so, as US federal agents have no jurisdiction
re: #328 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
I’m not Louise Mensch, so no
Well, why not?
Edit: My why not is why you’re not Louise Mensch, not why you don’t want to think “sealed indictment.”
re: #301 ObserverArt
Saw at ESPN Nassar is trying to get a new trail because he thinks he was unfairly punished by the judge.
He isn’t trying to withdraw his guilty plea, he just wants a better outcome.
I’m pretty sure the women and girls he abused wish they could have a do-over too. One that would have never had then in contact with Nassar.
Does he really want Rachael Denhollander scorching him again in her victim impact statement?
Wow, I am slightly impressed with Marco Rubio pushing Pompeo on need to deal with China with allies and not alone.
re: #315 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Assange hasn’t been charged in the US for any crimes. Can’t extradite him
He jumped bail in the UK. I’m pretty sure he could be held by the Brits long enough for charges to drop and then have the extradition paperwork filled out.
>Republican voters and donors are fine with the idea of a massive, wasteful, welfare payment, as a substitute for actual business?
If it means that a bigoted white man put educated people in their place, they’re for it.— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) July 25, 2018
OK, I know it is dangerous even to look at QAnon, but I got sucked in, and can someone …
ANYONE …
Please tell me WTF these swivel-eyed loons are babbling about today?
Wow… something is REALLY brewing!!#WWG1WGA #QAnon pic.twitter.com/k9fP8RWN7W
— Jim Nowak (@nowakjim) July 25, 2018
Retweeted Good Morning (@EyeSeaQ1):
Moment We’ve ALL Been Waiting For…
Something
BIG
Is
About
To
DROP#Qanon pic.twitter.com/PdghYWtkVy https://t.co/D9Ux9buVay— Tom Woods (@tomwoods55) July 25, 2018
That time when Q said ‘Something BIG is about to DROP’??
‘The time is now, please pray’#QAnon#TheGreatAwakening #TickTock pic.twitter.com/cVu5TYt8yJ— SuperCoolHappy (@supercoolhappy_) July 25, 2018
I’m glad someone is calling it as it is:
Imran Khan is to Pakistan what Narendra Modi is to India: a nation exhausted by corruption is charmed by a man who pretends to care, while nakedly pandering to religious extremists.
— Sunny Hundal (@sunny_hundal) July 25, 2018
Yep, mentally-ill people are feeding each other’s paranoid delusions. Insular communities lose their minds all the time due to the lack of a person in the group to tell them something is an absurd lie, and inability to learn from outside the group.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) July 25, 2018
re: #332 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
He doesn’t have to agree to be questioned. And, he can lie to the agents all he wants and not face any possible charges for doing so, as US federal agents have no jurisdiction
Understand this. But without a criminal indictment, the U.S. has no valid cause to ask for his extradition and his lawyers would fight tooth and nail to prevent it.
re: #334 mmmirele
Does he really want Rachael Denhollander scorching him again in her victim impact statement?
From the ESPN story linked.
ESPN - Larry Nassar thinks sentence for sexual abuse too harsh
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If Judge Aquilina recuses herself and Nassar is granted a new sentencing hearing, it’s possible the Nassar survivors could be asked to once again provide victim-impact statements.
“For a narcissistic, convicted pedophile to put these women through this again is horrible,” attorney Mick Grewal said Wednesday, adding that a new sentencing hearing will “re-victimize” his clients.
Grewal represents 111 Nassar survivors and said many of his clients would be prepared to testify once again if necessary.
“They will come and they will fight. They are the voices of change,” Grewal said.
“All of the enablers, Michigan State University, USA Gymnastics and the United States Olympic Committee, and now even the perpetrator himself refuse to accept responsibility. This motion shouldn’t even be considered by the court,” said Sarah Klein, who has identified herself as the first to be sexually abused by Nassar. ESPN does not typically name victims of sexual assault, but Klein and many other survivors have chosen to speak publicly.
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Praying for the Qanon crowd isn’t going to help them. They need serious psychiatric care. Lying to each other has driven them all mad.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) July 25, 2018
re: #338 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
Hopefully this means they’re all about to ride the comet.
Can someone tell me what #TeamAvocado is? I tried reading that hashtag and it was all gibberish. Is it an alt-left version of QANON?
re: #324 Kragar
The only standard about 35% or so of America (including 75% of white men and about 55% of white women) has regarding Trump is how much effort he puts into fostering white male supremacism.
Everything else is a distant second. This includes blatantly throwing fake phony Conservative allies under the bus with $12 Billion Hugo Chavez-style Socialist government handouts to friendly industries in exchange for votes.
Ugh, transformer that serves power to the whole neighborhood went out last night and it still isn’t repaired. Time to say good bye to a refrigerator full of food.
re: #346 Rocky-in-Connecticut
The only standard about 35% or so of America (including 75% of white men and about 55% of white women) has regarding Trump is how much effort he puts into fostering white male supremacism.
Everything else is a distant second. This includes blatantly throwing fake phony Conservative allies under the bus with $12 Billion Hugo Chavez-style Socialist government handouts to friendly industries in exchange for votes.
Which party is trying to turn us into Venezuala?
Judge rules that suit against Trump alleging violation of emoluments clause can proceed, potentially opening up Trump Organization financial documents to discovery.
re: #347 Charles Johnson
Ugh, transformer that serves power to the whole neighborhood went out last night and it still isn’t repaired. Time to say good bye to a refrigerator full of food.
Oh shit, and temps where you are in the 100’s?
re: #351 The Vicious Babushka
Oh shit, and temps where you are in the 100’s?
A little cooler today - 80º.
re: #347 Charles Johnson
Talk to your power company. Back during that big blackout a few years back, SDGE cut us a check for about $200 bucks to cover groceries we lost.
re: #345 The Vicious Babushka
Can someone tell me what #TeamAvocado is? I tried reading that hashtag and it was all gibberish. Is it an alt-left version of QANON?
It’s what happens when you cross an ugly avocado with the topographical map of Utah? /Deadpool.
re: #347 Charles Johnson
Ugh, transformer that serves power to the whole neighborhood went out last night and it still isn’t repaired. Time to say good bye to a refrigerator full of food.
Two words.
Dry Ice.
Congress Fails to Fund Trump’s ‘Space Force’ in Defense Budget Bill https://t.co/dxQ5F5IAve
re: #353 Kragar
Talk to your power company. Back during that big blackout a few years back, SDGE cut us a check for about $200 bucks to cover groceries we lost.
Good idea - I’ll assess the damage once the power’s back, trying to keep the fridge closed meanwhile.
Alas, Reich did not actually write this (per Snopes).
He did endorse it though:
I don’t know who put this list going around the internet under my name (I certainly didn’t write it), but there’s some good advice here for the new year.
re: #347 Charles Johnson
Ugh, transformer that serves power to the whole neighborhood went out last night and it still isn’t repaired. Time to say good bye to a refrigerator full of food.
Go buy ice, like now.
re: #357 Charles Johnson
Good idea - I’ll assess the damage once the power’s back, trying to keep the fridge closed meanwhile.
Back when we lost power, one of the neighbors rolled out one of those big 50 gal drum BBQ rigs and let everyone cook what they could before it spoiled.
re: #347 Charles Johnson
Ugh, transformer that serves power to the whole neighborhood went out last night and it still isn’t repaired. Time to say good bye to a refrigerator full of food.
That sucks. PGE is supposed to issue refunds for customers who suffer losses like that.
Alternatively, throw a party and grill up the stuff so you can get the nom noms like that cute otter a few threads back.
onward @timkaine asks for clarification on Votel comments by Russian MOD + Dunford comments re no briefing on POTUS/Putin meeting; Pompeo laughs it all off. Kaine lists a dozen headlines where DOD/military “caught off guard” by WH announcements on defense-related issues
— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) July 25, 2018
re: #357 Charles Johnson
Good idea - I’ll assess the damage once the power’s back, trying to keep the fridge closed meanwhile.
Get some bags of ice in trash bags and pack that sucker. Especially the beverages.
re: #358 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
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Alas, Reich did not actually write this (per Snopes).
He did endorse it though:
So, those posting the list, except you, violate number 8.
Wow, as soon as I finished complaining about the power being off, it came on! Now to see if the computer will start up.
re: #341 Bubblehead II
Understand this. But without a criminal indictment, the U.S. has no valid cause to ask for his extradition and his lawyers would fight tooth and nail to prevent it.
I would expect Mueller already has a sealed indictment for Assange. And, on top of that,
has already filed an secret extradition request with the British. Mueller is way ahead of anyone else in this game.
re: #368 Cheechako
I would expect Mueller already has a sealed indictment for Assange. And, on top of that,
has already filed an secret extradition request with the British. Mueller is way ahead of anyone else in this game.
One can hope.
re: #367 Charles Johnson
Wow, as soon as I finished complaining about the power being off, it came on! Now to see if the computer will start up.
Can you do some complaining about the guy in the White House and see if that gets fixed?
re: #370 wrenchwench
Can you do some complaining about the guy in the White House and see if that gets fixed?
That rotten tangerine wankmaggot NEEDS TO GO right now!
OK, I’ve done my part.
re: #361 Kragar
Back when we lost power, one of the neighbors rolled out one of those big 50 gal drum BBQ rigs and let everyone cook what they could before it spoiled.
That blackout was a fun time. We did the same, huge bbq.
re: #372 Stanley Sea
That blackout was a fun time. We did the same, huge bbq.
We also took turns where we would start our cars so we could listen to the radios and let the kids get in the AC for a while.
Congress Fails to Fund Trump’s ‘Space Force’ in Defense Budget Bill https://t.co/dxQ5F5IAve
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 25, 2018
re: #367 Charles Johnson
Wow, as soon as I finished complaining about the power being off, it came on! Now to see if the computer will start up.
Having a small portable generator to set up in the back yard and using extension cords can be a life saver for your refrigerator and freezer. Up here I have one just so I can power up the pellet stove for heat during a wintertime power failure. I can also add a light or two if necessary. Small generators are not very expensive.
Here’s what happened at Maria Butina’s status conference this a.m.:
- Govt says it’s ready to start producing evidence — first batch is 4-6 TB (~1.5 million files). But they want a protective order because they’re worried about her lawyers giving materials to the media— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) July 25, 2018
When they have 1.5 million files on your case as a spy, well, that’s not gonna go your way.
Also, Vlad sucks at spying. https://t.co/V1QaEAvGoR— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) July 25, 2018
re: #375 Cheechako
Having a small portable generator to set up in the back yard and using extension cords can be a life saver for your refrigerator and freezer. Up here I have one just so I can power up the pellet stove for heat during a wintertime power failure. I can also add a light or two if necessary. Small generators are not very expensive.
Especially at Harbor Freight.
BREAKING: Trump will not host Russian President Vladimir Putin in Washington until 2019https://t.co/5Ty5ddRYkD
— POLITICO (@politico) July 25, 2018
I’m really getting tired of all this winning. https://t.co/x3HxCsmvRk
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 25, 2018
re: #347 Charles Johnson
Ugh, transformer that serves power to the whole neighborhood went out last night and it still isn’t repaired. Time to say good bye to a refrigerator full of food.
Block Party BBQ!
re: #373 Kragar
We also took turns where we would start our cars so we could listen to the radios and let the kids get in the AC for a while.
That’s what we did after the Northridge and SF earthquakes.
Hey VB, saw this and thought of your beautiful breads:
14,000-Year-Old Piece Of Bread Rewrites The History Of Baking And Farming July 24, 201811:57 AM ET LINA ZELDOVICH
When an archaeologist working on an excavation site in Jordan first swept up the tiny black particles scattered around an ancient fireplace, she had no idea they were going to change the history of food and agriculture.
Amaia Arranz-Otaegui is an archaeobotanist from the University of Copenhagen. She was collecting dinner leftovers of the Natufians, a hunter-gatherer tribe that lived in the area more than 14,000 years ago during the Epipaleolithic time — a period between the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras.
Natufians were hunters, which one could clearly tell from the bones of gazelles, sheep and hares that littered the cooking pit. But it turns out the Natufians were bakers, too —at a time well before scientists thought it was possible.
re: #377 HappyWarrior
L
Vlad only has to be smarter than Trump.
I don’t have to be faster than the bear, I only have to be faster than you.
Rudy: I’ve listened to lots of mafia tapes. I’ve dealt with much worse tapes than this. pic.twitter.com/TmfvpdBd6z
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 25, 2018
The evolving legal strategy of Rudy Giuliani:
1) Deny the President knew of any hush money payments. 2) When that fails, emphasize that everyone knows you can’t believe anything the President says. 3) And as a last resort, compare your client with mafia figures. It’s genius! https://t.co/MvemDiHbnu— Adam Schiff (@AdamSchiffCA) July 25, 2018
The so-called @KFILE is ANDY KASCYNSKI, CNN’S HIRED GUN POLITICAL HACK who holds a HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA having TWICE DROPPED OUT of college. I want to know what education level last attained that he put on his application @CNN. I demand he prove it. FLUNKY. https://t.co/reD5K9N4fU
— David A. Clarke, Jr. (@SheriffClarke) July 25, 2018
congrats to @KFILE for all the free rent he has inside @SheriffClarke’s head https://t.co/GeifD9zsoI
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) July 25, 2018
re: #282 MsJ
Alex Jones’ YouTube channel has received another strike for violating the site’s community guidelines, The Verge has learned. https://t.co/Luv8NosOMv
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 25, 2018
What a crock of shit.@TeamYouTube waited until the last two strikes had expired, then bundled together four violations into one strike!
The contortions these people are doing to avoid 86ing Alex Jones, who regularly flaunts their rules to their face, are just unbelievable. https://t.co/7iXSYfKprU— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) July 25, 2018
re: #388 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
I see Trump is writing Clarke’s tweets.
Also, when was education important to the right?
re: #389 MsJ
Because Jones, as batshit crazy as he is, makes YT/Google money.
Republican “Logic”.
Hypocrisy is a core Republican Value.
If they didn’t have double-standards, they’d have no standards at all. pic.twitter.com/TkeJCk0GsO— Spry Guy (@SpryGuy) July 25, 2018
This line from @seanspicer’s new book: “Whatever you believe about transgendered bathrooms, they don’t put meals on the table for an unemployed welder in Michigan.” 🤔
— Mary Emily O’Hara (@MaryEmilyOHara) July 24, 2018
re: #390 Belafon
…
Also, when was education important to the right?
Way back when we were trying to beat the Russians. National Defense Student Loans, later changed to National Direct Student Loans, because they were no longer proud of the ‘defense’ connection?
And another vague, non-binding, unclear statement
The written joint statement from Trump and Juncker is super vague: The very last sentence is, “We also want to resolve the steel and aluminum tariff issues and retaliatory tariffs.” Zero specifics. https://t.co/6Slx9E7ng8 pic.twitter.com/4x1UvKgOxa
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 25, 2018
re: #388 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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Gentlemen! Clarke may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don’t let that fool you!
He really is an idiot!— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) July 25, 2018
re: #388 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
How does it feel to want, asshole? Demand away. pic.twitter.com/IXoMJ9FCDx
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) July 25, 2018
re: #395 wrenchwench
Way back when we were trying to beat the Russians. National Defense Student Loans, later changed to National Direct Student Loans, because they were no longer proud of the ‘defense’ connection?
Here is multiple Facebook gulag inmate and Lubbock radio host Wade Wilkes holding forth about national security in a discussion of Trump’s fake farm bailout:
Funny. I saw Blackburn’s name come up last night. And today…
Republican representative dodges questions about whether she met with key Russian operative https://t.co/VZYF1J9Ejj via @ThinkProgress #news pic.twitter.com/v6jwQvEk3K
— The_News_DIVA🎀 (@The_News_DIVA) July 25, 2018
A very sincere commitment to privacy interests pic.twitter.com/DRuBgStJia
— Scott Lemieux (@LemieuxLGM) July 25, 2018
Disclaimer: WikiLeaks requires the consent of all parties to any leaked documents or recordings, any rebroadcast, retransmission, or account of the content of these leaked documents without the express written consent of WikiLeaks and Major League Baseball, is strictly prohibited
— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) July 25, 2018
JFCOAC
WTAF
Atty for Brock Turner, the former Stanford Univ swimmer who was found guilty of sexually assaulting an intoxicated woman behind a dumpster, is arguing his conviction should be overturned because….
he committed “sexual outercourse”, not intercourse. https://t.co/SL0l7vNsci— Maggie Jordan: (@MaggieJordanACN) July 25, 2018
re: #402 MsJ
JFCOAC
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Holy Fernwood 2 Night, Batman! That’s the last time I even heard of Sexual OUTERcourse!
re: #399 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Here is multiple Facebook gulag inmate and Lubbock radio host Wade Wilkes holding forth about national security in a discussion of Trump’s fake farm bailout:
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Some people only see their fellow humans as an expense.
New: I’m told @SecPompeo is expected to declare in congressional testimony the US will never recognize #Crimea as part of Russia, Pres. Trump has appeared to cast doubt on the US commitment saying on Air Force One in June “We’re going to have to see.”
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) July 25, 2018
Trolling Trump, Russian Foreign Ministry responds to Pompeo’s #Crimea declaration saying Iran deal & Paris climate accord were “also recently…official US policy. And then Trump looked at it and reconsidered,” she said. “We know the value of these ‘fateful declarations.” https://t.co/XY77OrZVvC
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) July 25, 2018
re: #399 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Here is multiple Facebook gulag inmate and Lubbock radio host Wade Wilkes holding forth about national security in a discussion of Trump’s fake farm bailout:
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We’re the richest country in the world, Wade. We’re not going to run out of Jimmy’s money.
re: #399 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Here is multiple Facebook gulag inmate and Lubbock radio host Wade Wilkes holding forth about national security in a discussion of Trump’s fake farm bailout:
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How about Wade Wilkes joins his fellow Libertarians in Galt’s Gulch on the Danube?
re: #340 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
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One click from that thread, and I was right smack in the middle of Pizzagate and Satanic Ritual Abuse. These people need help.
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