We haven’t done one of these in a while, but let’s check in for Sarah Sanders’ latest lie session, with a basically compliant press corps still pretending everything is normal.
Just click on the link…You can’t make this up!
One minute with her going on about having to use an ID to purchase beer or wine at the grocery store and I had to bail.
It’s not “I can’t even” anymore.
It is No Can Do.
OMFG they are actually talking about a Space Force. I am so embarrassed for our country.
“The president is not obstructing, he’s fighting back.” https://t.co/BY7pq7qmp1 pic.twitter.com/Ria3RH2s2O
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 1, 2018
re: #5 Charles Johnson
His fighting back is obstruction of justice - de facto obstruction of justice.
He’s interfering in ongoing investigations - again de facto federal crime.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 1, 2018
A reporter just asked a question about Trump’s “Space Force” fantasy as if it’s a real thing. Nobody’s laughing. https://t.co/BY7pq7qmp1
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 1, 2018
“The number one priority is national security”, except for election security.
Reposted from downstairs. I got nothin’
Okay, Republicans, you can stop raising the bar on fucked up sex behavior online. We get it, you’re all fucking perverts.
An Illinois state lawmaker is expected to resign after allegations surfaced that he posted his ex-girlfriend’s nude photos to a fake Instagram account to trick men into having sexually graphic conversations with him, according to several reports.
Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin issued a statement on Wednesday, calling the accusations “troubling” and saying the lawmaker in question, Rep. Nick Sauer (R), would be resigning.
Politico was first to report on Wednesday that Sauer’s ex-girlfriend, Kate Kelly, had filed a complaint with the Office of the Legislative Inspector General, accusing Sauer of using nude images she had sent the lawmaker when they were dating to “catfish other men.”
“Nick would use this account to direct message men with my photos to engage in graphic conversations of a sexual nature,” she said in the complaint, according to Politico. “The men believed they were communicating with me and Nick shared private details of my life.”
re: #9 makeitstop
Reposted from downstairs. I got nothin’
Okay, Republicans, you can stop raising the bar on fucked up sex behavior online. We get it, you’re all fucking perverts.
JFC
“Wholly plastic guns” forbidden.
So a single metal screw is a workaround.
“Would incite violence against other people”= dog whistle for “Antifa”.
All the times Trump has called for violence at his rallies
mashable.com
re: #3 ObserverArt
One minute with her going on about having to use an ID to purchase beer or wine at the grocery store and I had to bail.
It’s not “I can’t even” anymore.
It is No Can Do.
Ditto, kiddo.
Nope. Full on Nope.
re: #13 jaunte
All the times Trump has called for violence at his rallies
mashable.com
He’s a coward who wouldn’t last a day in real fight. But go ahead Trumpers, think that this piece of shit is a tough guy and that people like Mueller are weaklings.
re: #14 Dr. Matt
I can’t listen to her anymore. She’s disgusting.
She’ll have a big future playing Annie in the remake of Misery.
re: #17 jaunte
She’ll have a big future playing Annie in the remake of Misery.
OMG, I hadn’t thought of who she looks like but yes, she does!
Does India have anything but Modi-lapdog state media that’s got a WH press pass?!?
BREAKING: US appeals court: Trump’s executive order threatening to withhold funding from ‘sanctuary cities’ is unconstitutional.
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 1, 2018
re: #18 HappyWarrior
She makes me think of the book, where the trapped author describes Annie as possibly being composed of a hard, rubberlike substance.
re: #9 makeitstop
I responded downstairs…reposting.
re: #299 makeitstop
Okay, Republicans, you can stop raising the bar on fucked up sex behavior online. We get it, you’re all fucking perverts.
You cannot make this shit up.
Kelly said she and Sauer, who was running for reelection and is a member of the state House Sexual Discrimination and Harassment Task Force, started a long-distance relationship in 2016 and she moved to Chicago from California in June 2017 to continue the relationship.
re: #21 jaunte
She makes me think of the book, where the trapped author describes Annie as possibly being composed of a hard, rubberlike substance.
aha yeah.
Specifically she said press reports in the 90s about US intelligence capabilities caused Osama bin Laden to stop using his satellite phone. What this has to do with Trump and his supporters’ recent attacks on the press is a mystery.
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) August 1, 2018
Annie Wilkes, Misery, Stephen King
Her body was big but not generous…Her hair like some battered helmet…Her hair fungus-frowzy around her face…Grinning rictus…He thought Misery was a wonderful name for a pig. He remembered how she had imitated it, the way her upper lip had wrinkled toward her nose, how her cheeks had seemed to flatten…The impervious prow of her face…If he had been a farmer observing a sky which looked the way Annie’s face looked right now, he would have at once gone to collect his family and herd them into the storm cellar. Her brow was too white. Her nostrils flared regularly, like the nostrils of an animal scenting fire…That stony, obdurate look covered her face like a mask…Only her eyes, those tarnished dimes, were fully alive under the shelf of her brow.
re: #24 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Sarah Sanders just came pretty close to blaming 9/11 on the press
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) August 1, 2018
The bin laden phone call anecdote she offered has long been considered an urban myth:https://t.co/WgZjtuWauu https://t.co/qhqn8KqcNh
— Dafna Linzer (@DafnaLinzer) August 1, 2018
re: #24 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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Hey Sarah, you know who was praising the Taliban pre-9/11. Your boss’s pal in Russia love, Dana Robaracher but go ahead and blame the press for 9/11, you stupid witch. And btw where the hell was your Dad when his fellow Evangelical inbred asshole Pat Robertson said we deserved 9/11 because of liberalism.
I would guess that the orange tyrant wants to shut down our free press. Republicans need to learn how to be loyal Americans again, or they need to leave government. They’re enabling a madman.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) August 1, 2018
re: #26 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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Which is why a Trump administration official would believe it and parrot it. This is going to become canon in Trumperland though.
Republicans are all compromised. They are traitors to America and American ideals.
They are corrupt traitors. Full. Stop.— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) August 1, 2018
Soy milk will be the only milk allowed
— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) August 1, 2018
The Mandatory Soy Protocols go into action on January 1 2019. That’s when phase one of the election theft via lower testosterone plan begins. https://t.co/0fDih1U3ZE
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) August 1, 2018
Policies aside. The greatest danger this administration does is in creating a new past, present, and future. They know damn well how gullible their supporters are. So even if SHS were to admit that she was wrong about the press thing tomorrow, it wouldn’t matter because it’s already going to be ingrained in the minds of his cult who believe everything they say.
Malcolm Nance is on NPR, Here and Now, right now, talking about DT’s tweets today.
I guess the DoJ is holding off on their announcement until Truckabee is done lying.
@edroso Since this is your beat I thought you’d like to see the latest position of the goalposts. I’m guessing the next step is “hacking into voting machines is fine as long as it doesn’t change the result in the state,” followed by “…the result nationally” followed by…? pic.twitter.com/8YdfvkFCVt
— Dan Fejes (@Fejes) August 1, 2018
Lol, I’m surprised they waited this long https://t.co/bFyld2Ck2Z
— Roy Edroso (@edroso) August 1, 2018
US appeals court: Trump’s executive order threatening to withhold funding from ‘sanctuary cities’ is unconstitutional. https://t.co/8IkuBKNrPl
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 1, 2018
hello we are robots beedoo boop smiling is opening your lips and exposing your teeth until you feel a light tension on the outer corners of your mouth beep blurp we are smiling boop beep pic.twitter.com/2EXyyHXyZk
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) August 1, 2018
re: #38 gocart mozart
i wish them much happiness during their conjugal visits….
Giuliani’s response to Trump’s tweets about firing Mueller:
Giuliani: I think it’s very well-established the president uses tweets to express his opinion. He very carefully used the word ‘should.’
Jail. Prison. Supermax. And eventually, a traitor’s grave that will be spat on for generations, as his cursed name becomes synonymous with the treachery and corruption that nearly cost us our democracy. These are a few of my favorite things.
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) August 1, 2018
re: #40 Belafon
Giuliani’s response to Trump’s tweets about firing Mueller:
“You’re taking the president literally instead of figuratively, metaphorically, symbolically. Words don’t matter, remember. Nothing matters. Except when Hillary says things.”
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Josh Marshall thinks something huge is coming.
I think we should assume that the President’s perception of the threat which the Mueller probe poses to him and his family has ratcheted up dramatically and very recently. He is mobilizing new threats to end it now. We can speculate on what that change might be. It might be connected to Michael Cohen. It might be connected to fears Paul Manafort will become a cooperating witness. It could be something happening in the background which we know nothing about. I’d say the last possibility is the most likely since we’ve seen so many times that we know very, very little about what is happening in the Mueller probe.
My sense of the situation is only confirmed by Sarah Sanders just concluded press briefing. They are holding to the point that the President didn’t order Sessions to end the probe; he said what “should” happen. There’s no attempt to walk back or defuse the sense of escalation. The President almost certainly would not allow that.
Regardless, it’s definitely something. Something new. Some dramatically escalating threat. How can we know this? We can’t know it as a matter of fact. But all the history of this case suggests this kind of direct cause and effect.
I think we should be prepared for the President to fire Jeff Sessions and Rod Rosenstein in order to claw his way toward either finding someone who will fire Mueller or simply doing the job himself - something I suspect, constitutionally, he can do.
re: #43 makeitstop
Josh Marshall thinks something huge is coming.
Trump is worried about where things are going to end up. The interesting thing is, Trump is a big coward and has trouble firing people.
A good question to SHS and Trump would that, if there’s nothing there, then why not just let the investigation reach that conclusion.
Um, yeah. Let’s see how well that works for him. Opinions are states of mind, and state of mind is absolutely relevant in obstruction cases. Also, in case Rudy and Jay don’t have their lawbooks handy, here (also at https://t.co/klaTNAO5u7): pic.twitter.com/B06l18Ut6i
— Jonathan I. Ezor (@JonathanEzor) August 1, 2018
By noon all Republicans will insist that you’ve always needed ID to buy groceries.
By tomorrow morning they’ll all believe it.
By Friday there’ll be a Grocery ID bill.
By Saturday we’ll have the op ed “Why Arguing With Grocery Security Traditionalists Helps Trump”— Julius Goat (Read Pinned Tweet!) (@JuliusGoat) August 1, 2018
Why is the yam meeting with pastors? I can’t bring myself to turn on the volume—especially after seeing whackjob Alveda King sitting next to him.
GOP voter tells MSNBC she automatically supports whoever Trump tells her to: ‘Everything he says is true’ https://t.co/wiP5ERn4az
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 1, 2018
re: #47 BeachDem
Why is the yam meeting with pastors? I can’t bring myself to turn on the volume—especially after seeing whackjob Alveda King sitting next to him.
Oh—I see it’s to discuss initiatives to improve inner cities—like he gives a shit, and like Alveda and the gang have clue fucking one.
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 1, 2018
Trump Calls Into Rush Limbaugh Show: Shutting Down The Government Would Be A “Great Campaign Issue” - https://t.co/WK8oSn0eGo pic.twitter.com/NLkCXz7XQG
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) August 1, 2018
The issue being “Why can’t the party which controls the White House, Senate, House, and 5 out of 9 SC Justices run a functional government?” https://t.co/DxpSh1HSGO
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 1, 2018
re: #38 gocart mozart
Jesus, he’s supposed to be rich. Can’t he buy shirts that fit?
re: #49 BeachDem
Oh—I see it’s to discuss initiatives to improve inner cities—like he gives a shit, and like Alveda and the gang have clue fucking one.
“Pull up their pants.”
“Dad’s should marry the moms.”
“Don’t do drugs.”
“Do what the police says.”
Predicatable crap.
re: #51 Kragar
“For $1 trillion, Alex.”
BTW, Alex Trebek has announced he will retire in 2020 at age 80.
re: #48 Kragar
Cultist Attracted By Simpler Life With Few Decisions
Oh boy, you just had to lob that one over the plate, didn’t you?#CaliforniaEmissions have been a thing for 50 years, just to start with, and Trump intends to say that no state can set standards and the Federal ones will be about equal to those of Mississippi or WV.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) August 1, 2018
re: #47 BeachDem
Why is the yam meeting with pastors? I can’t bring myself to turn on the volume—especially after seeing whackjob Alveda King sitting next to him.
He can trust them to slavishly support him.
re: #44 Belafon
Trump is worried about where things are going to end up. The interesting thing is, Trump is a big coward and has trouble firing people.
A good question to SHS and Trump would that, if there’s nothing there, then why not just let the investigation reach that conclusion.
So funny since his whole claim to reality TV fame is: “You’re Fired.”
The other thing is a firing is what got him here. Another might be what makes him impeached or forced to resign.
Fake news? No, fake tough guy president.
re: #53 Belafon
“Pull up their pants.”
“Dad’s should marry the moms.”
“Don’t do drugs.”
“Do what the police says.”Predicatable crap.
Well, Ben Carson is also involved, so in addition to pants, they’ll probably be talking bootstraps as well. I can’t find a list of who all is at this shindig (supposedly some Republican congresscritters as well.)
re: #45 makeitstop
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Have Trump’s lawyers slit their wrists yet?
That “it’s his opinion” bullshit has to be as weak a statement I’ve ever heard from a lawyer. I can’t believe a professional, top-flight lawyer would go down that road.
I guess they are more or less throwing things at the wall now…knowing his case if hopeless.
That’s how the authoritarian mind works, and these brainless fools imagine that Liberalism is a mental-disorder just because Liberals don’t exist to be slaves like the authoritarian right does.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) August 1, 2018
re: #48 Kragar
Kragar
@Kragar_LGF
GOP voter tells MSNBC she automatically supports whoever Trump tells her to: ‘Everything he says is true’ rawstory.com …2:43 PM - Aug 1, 2018
Trump supporter as empty vessel. Ready to do what Adolph Trump says.
We have an alt-President who calls into hate-radio shows to lie to brainwashed Conservatives who insist on being lied to.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) August 1, 2018
Greetings. Why does it take as long to catch up after a trip as you spent on that trip? It’s not like I’m employed or anything…
Private because “how I spent my summer vacation (or at least a long weekend)” might not interest everyone.
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re: #55 jaunte
Cultist Attracted By Simpler Life With Few Decisions
We could send his supporters to North Korea.
Trump voter: “Everything he says is true.” pic.twitter.com/ZtN9Mtaiiq
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 1, 2018
I know, I know, sea lion—do not engage! But I have to see if there’s anything in their heart other than the soul of Hoggish Greedly…
Well, when my mom moved out of LA, she didn’t know it was close to mountains that rose higher above *it* than the ones here in Denver do above *us*, because she’d literally never been able to see them from Harbor City due to smog. That would be the status quo there again.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) August 1, 2018
re: #55 jaunte
Cultist Attracted By Simpler Life With Few Decisions
My brother, who declared that he’s a right wing conservative, wanted to debate my wife last night on religion (my wife was having none of it, though I heard a lot about it afterwards; they work at the same company, so the phone call started about work). He’s become “religious” over the last year with his new wife (fourth marrage) and family, but he’s always been a reactionary man-child. He wants everything spelled out for him, but it has to be to his advantage.
re: #54 Belafon
“For $1 trillion, Alex.”
BTW, Alex Trebek has announced he will retire in 2020 at age 80.
I hope his final answer on his final show for $1000 is: “This President of the United States was the first President to be impeached, found guilty and removed from office”
re: #55 jaunte
Cultist Attracted By Simpler Life With Few Decisions
Seriously. When arguing Evolution with Creationists, one of them always says that they prefer the certainty of the Bible to the uncertainty of Science. For them, to be uncertain is worse than being incorrect. So they choose to believe something that gives them certainty, and because they believe it, it cannot be incorrect.
My mind cannot work like that. To me, being wrong is SO MUCH WORSE than being uncertain.
I once told one of them that the only thing any of us can be sure of is our own existence. that it’s entirely possible that what I experience is nothing but illusion. But if I act as if it’s real, it responds appropriately, and so assuming reality is real is a reasonable way to approach life.
He said he could not bear to see it that way. I said, “And yet, that’s how we all do it.”
re: #62 ObserverArt
Trump supporter as empty vessel. Ready to do what
AdolphTrump says.
Some emptier than others.
re: #73 stpaulbear
“I’m waiting for a real counterargument, though I don’t consider facts to be one.”
Ignore my post at 73. I deleted it because I got the link to the tweet wrong. This is what I meant to post in response to the woman who believes everything Trump says:
Kevin, with deep respect, I offer you the following wisdom from those who’ve gone before us, like Bonhoeffer. This is not to say your facts-laden responses are not substantial resources, but, take what you will from it—for your sanity’s sake. pic.twitter.com/QjbTD2nIzr
— Neroli (@TwoAndOneful) July 31, 2018
re: #45 makeitstop
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Boss: You should sleep with me, it might help your career…
That’s not a quid pro quo—it’s just an opinion!
Speaking of a man-child:
In a clearly politically motivated snub, President Donald Trump left Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) off the invite list to a signing ceremony for a bill of which Casey is one of the original sponsors. To add insult to injury, Trump will also head out to Pennsylvania this week to bolster Casey’s lagging opponent, Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA).
As first reported by the Harrisburg Patriot-News, Casey was the primary sponsor on the first update to the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act since 2006. The entire bipartisan cohort who worked on the bill — including Sens. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Lamar Alexander (R-TN) — was invited; only Casey was passed over.
Aug 1, 1981: 37 years ago, at 12:01am, MTV launched as a brand new cable television channel. #80s “Ladies and Gentlemen, Rock and Roll…” @AlanHunterMTV @MarthaQuinn @goodymade @NinaBlackwood #jj https://t.co/Ay8yezLaVs
— Old School 80s (@OldSchool80s) August 1, 2018
re: #75 MsJ
hello we are robots beedoo boop smiling is opening your lips and exposing your teeth until you feel a light tension on the outer corners of your mouth beep blurp we are smiling boop beep pic.twitter.com/2EXyyHXyZk
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) August 1, 2018
“The 600 series had rubber skin. We spotted them easy.” https://t.co/vJQh946xJa
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 1, 2018
re: #80 Eventual Carrion
She also stated, “Lead paint chips are tasty.”.
They probably are. Lead salts are apparently sweet.
Disclaimer: I’ve never done a study myself.
re: #80 Eventual Carrion
She also stated, “Lead paint chips are tasty.”.
This is one of those times when Obama’s refusal to discuss the hazards of drinking bleach really lays heavy on my mind.
White Woman Calls Cops on Black Woman Waiting for an Uber (VIDEO) (Ebony)
On Wednesday, July 25, Darsell Obregon shared a video on Facebook of a White woman, later identified as Arabella Juniper Torres, calling the police on her after she sought shelter from the rain in a doorway while waiting for an Uber in Brooklyn, New York.
A Fark comment puts a positive spin on recent incidents.
GardenWeasel: This is getting to be ridiculous.
It’s not getting ridiculous. It’s always been like this in America. It’s getting recorded. That’s the difference.The people who are trying to conduct racism as usual are having a really hard time lately.
re: #82 calochortus
They probably are. Lead salts are apparently sweet.
Disclaimer: I’ve never done a study myself.
In ancient Rome, most dishes were served with a syrup or other sauces, and most chefs at the time used lead pots to prepare them since they made them sweeter.
re: #76 stpaulbear
“Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.”
Here’s the thing about D’Souza. Call him what you will, he’s not stupid. What he is is a soulless, shameless propagandist who knows he’s lying. A con man fully aware of his con.
I have an interesting problem that I can’t seem to solve. Maybe someone else has experienced it and fixed it? For some reason, only in Chrome, the Twitter embeds on LGF will not load. I just get the text like what would be displayed if the Tweet had been deleted.
The embeds work fine in Firefox, Opera, and Edge. I’ve disabled all extensions in Chrome and still nothing. I’m embarrassed for asking since I’m an IT professional, but this one has got me perplexed. So maybe the hive mind will figure it out. :)
re: #80 Eventual Carrion
She also stated, “Lead paint chips are tasty.”.
Indeed, this was one of the problems with lead paint, especially for children living in places that had been painted over and over, then allowed to fall into disrepair. The paint flakes in tasty, sweet chips the perfect size to be picked off a windowsill and eaten.
re: #82 calochortus
They probably are. Lead salts are apparently sweet.
Disclaimer: I’ve never done a study myself.
re: #83 Belafon
This is one of those times when Obama’s refusal to discuss the hazards of drinking bleach really lays heavy on my mind.
Two posts that bracket my tap water experiences. When I was a kid, our water was always sweet. I used to joke that it was lead acetate from the pipes. (Our pipes were iron, actually.)
Since I moved out of the ancestral abode, all tap water tastes like bleach. We have the softest water in the country, so we feel the need to pollute it like swimming pool water.
Oh well, a Brita filter will get rid of the chlorine—and long after it should have expired.
re: #87 rhuarc
I have an interesting problem that I can’t seem to solve. Maybe someone else has experienced it and fixed it? For some reason, only in Chrome, the Twitter embeds on LGF will not load. I just get the text like what would be displayed if the Tweet had been deleted.
The embeds work fine in Firefox, Opera, and Edge. I’ve disabled all extensions in Chrome and still nothing. I’m embarrassed for asking since I’m an IT professional, but this one has got me perplexed. So maybe the hive mind will figure it out. :)
That’s an odd one - Chrome shows the embeds just fine on this end. Can you open the Developer Tools console and see if there are any errors that look like they could be from Twitter?
re: #87 rhuarc
I have an interesting problem that I can’t seem to solve. Maybe someone else has experienced it and fixed it? For some reason, only in Chrome, the Twitter embeds on LGF will not load. I just get the text like what would be displayed if the Tweet had been deleted.
The embeds work fine in Firefox, Opera, and Edge. I’ve disabled all extensions in Chrome and still nothing. I’m embarrassed for asking since I’m an IT professional, but this one has got me perplexed. So maybe the hive mind will figure it out. :)
I had this problem in Firefox. Turned out I had to disable something called “Tracking Protection”. FF has a little shield icon next to the favicon in the address bar—Chrome I don’t know about.
Spotted this morning in Senate Park. pic.twitter.com/Y2xvHC7TiP
— U.S. Capitol (@uscapitol) August 1, 2018
Rap battle on Capitol Hill https://t.co/8l2ebuVsCV
— Oriana Pawlyk (@Oriana0214) August 1, 2018
re: #92 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
RA-A-AP a-rap a-rap,
They call him the Raptor.
Flap, flap, flap,
And you know what he’s after.
re: #93 Backwoods_Sleuth
hahahahahahaa…
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Michigan Supreme Court: voters will get a chance to end partisan gerrymandering and vote for fair maps. This is a big win. Citizens will choose their representatives, politicians will not pick their voters - if the ballot measure is passed. https://t.co/HqC6R9rBEk
— Eric Holder (@EricHolder) August 1, 2018
Yeah. That’ll fucking work.
Just now, Giuliani to Mueller: “Put up or shut up.”
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 1, 2018
re: #97 Blind Frog Belly White
Giuliani to Mueller: “Put up or shut up.” pic.twitter.com/cqmuUlxBhA
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 1, 2018
re: #90 Charles Johnson
That’s an odd one - Chrome shows the embeds just fine on this end. Can you open the Developer Tools console and see if there are any errors that look like they could be from Twitter?
I have a ton of ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED messages in the console. Because of those I spent most of my morning troubleshooting my DNS server, but then checked other PCs on my home network as well as other browsers on this laptop and they all worked. So I have now discounted that and moved on to just troubleshooting Chrome.
On This Day In History: Twitter Introduces Red X Mark To Verify Users It’s Okay To Harass https://t.co/4yj3SGuA7F pic.twitter.com/w0czvffi5B
— The Onion (@TheOnion) August 1, 2018
re: #99 rhuarc
I have a ton of ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED messages in the console. Because of those I spent most of my morning troubleshooting my DNS server, but then checked other PCs on my home network as well as other browsers on this laptop and they all worked. So I have now discounted that and moved on to just troubleshooting Chrome.
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That tells you something is blocking the browser from loading the Twitter Javascript code to display embedded tweets.
re: #103 Charles Johnson
That tells you something is blocking the browser from loading the Twitter Javascript code to display embedded tweets.
I know and I don’t know what it could be. Especially with all of the extensions disabled. This is why it’s driving me crazy! :)
re: #105 rhuarc
I know and I don’t know what it could be. Especially with all of the extensions disabled. This is why it’s driving me crazy! :)
Try reloading the page and see if it’s fixed - I changed the code to explicitly use HTTPS to load the Twitter js file.
Maximillian Katzman, 29, the manager of a luxury menwear store in New York City, testifies that Paul Manafort spent more than $929,000 on suits between 2010 and 2014. He was the store’s only customer to pay using wire transfers from foreign accounts.
— Rachel Weiner (@rachelweinerwp) August 1, 2018
Let he who has not funneled money from a corrupt foreign official into a shell account on Cyprus before wiring it to their local haberdasher for a million dollars in suits cast the first stone. https://t.co/0aFMUAlBmy
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) August 1, 2018
re: #104 wrenchwench
Pretty pretty peregrines.
Juvenile Cooper’s hawks, actually, according to the Capitol’s own statement down the thread…
…but all day-raptors are beautiful birds, if not quite so attractive as the great horned owl.
So far the most popular pick is “Doors” by MJ Hegar’s campaign in TX-31 on the D side https://t.co/VCInGakAPt
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) August 1, 2018
re: #105 rhuarc
I know and I don’t know what it could be. Especially with all of the extensions disabled. This is why it’s driving me crazy! :)
I like to get familiar with a half dozen or so different browsers, each with various extensions and tweeks. If a site is hopelessly broken under one, I can usually find another with which it works. Your milage may vary. :)
re: #108 Chrysicat
Juvenile Cooper’s hawks, actually, according to the Capitol’s own statement down the thread…
…but all day-raptors are beautiful birds, if not quite so attractive as the great horned owl.
All posted animals should include genus and species.
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re: #109 Joe Bacon 🌹
I doubt if my lifetime clothing cost has topped 30k yet.
re: #113 jaunte
I doubt if my lifetime clothing cost has topped 30k yet.
Hell, my clothes, guitar collection, two cars and our house don’t come anywhere near what that son of a bitch spent on threads.
re: #114 makeitstop
Hell, my clothes, guitar collection, two cars and our house don’t come anywhere near what that son of a bitch spent on threads.
At one store. In just a few years.
re: #112 wrenchwench
All posted animals should include genus and species.
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Oh, sorry! Canis familiaris.
re: #107 jaunte
Rachel Weiner ✔
@rachelweinerwp
Maximillian Katzman, 29, the manager of a luxury menwear store in New York City, testifies that Paul Manafort spent more than $929,000 on suits between 2010 and 2014. He was the store’s only customer to pay using wire transfers from foreign accounts.2:13 PM - Aug 1, 2018
I’m sure all Russian dignitaries can pay for their clothes with foreign wire transfers while in America.
re: #106 Charles Johnson
Doesn’t help.
Thanks for looking and giving suggestions. I’ll continue looking at it and I’ll eventually figure it out.
re: #113 jaunte
I doubt if my lifetime clothing cost has topped 30k yet.
I don’t think I’ve bought any new clothes in the past 2-3 years
re: #112 wrenchwench
All posted animals should include genus and species.
The terrifying defense display of a male stick insect: stands on his head, waves his butt at you, and gently sways with the music #bugyoga 😀 (Heteropteryx dilatata) pic.twitter.com/fBQTcZCnpt
— Gwen Pearson🐜🐛 (@bug_gwen) August 1, 2018
re: #116 Blind Frog Belly White
Oh, sorry! Canis familiaris.
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Sorry. We need NEW images of Dory and Rango.
re: #122 ObserverArt
Sorry. We need NEW images of Dory and Rango.
And some kind of proof that they are the same species.
re: #113 jaunte
I doubt if my lifetime clothing cost has topped 30k yet.
No human being should like wearing suits that much.
Speaking of Adorable Dory, she continues to be a delight! She gets so excited to see me when I get home that she practically vibrates, her tail wagging so hard that if I pick her up with both hands and hold her, I can feel her tail thwapping my hands on both sides of her.
Biggest issue now is training. That is, training ourselves to treat her like the puppy she is, and not allow her too much freedom when she’s still so young.
Waiting to learn if Manafort has a suit made from spider silk.
.@Spotify Yanks Alex Jones Podcasts for Violating Hate-Speech Policy https://t.co/nnCtH8pLvE
— Variety (@Variety) August 1, 2018
Good. Now think about firing whoever greenlit this mess. https://t.co/8kKldMzrdf
— Michael McKean (@MJMcKean) August 1, 2018
Heh…Nicole Wallace upcoming segment: Donald Trump biggest lying President Ever.
And, he is only 18+ months into his term.
The Greatest Ever. There’s never been a president that lies like Trump!
re: #128 jaunte
Sadly they just deleted a few of the most hateful episodes.
Considering that Jones lies to delusional people to make their delusions worse and more hateful for his own profit should be reason enough to never give him a platform.
A senior White House official was asked, on the record, today: “Is it a crime to collude with a foreign government to interfere with a U.S. election?”
His answer: “I’m not an attorney.”
Truly disgraceful.— Ned Price (@nedprice) July 31, 2018
Name him. https://t.co/qijpFk3oFH
— Soledad O’Brien (@soledadobrien) August 1, 2018
re: #129 ObserverArt
Heh…Nicole Wallace upcoming segment: Donald Trump biggest lying President Ever.
And, he is only 18+ months into his term.
The Greatest Ever. There’s never been a president that lies like Trump!
Buckle up—the yam is taking time away from golf/vacation to come to Ohio-12 on Saturday to have a rally for Balderson. (They must be really worried—Pence in Licking County last week; the yam in (I think) Delaware on Saturday.)
Current Mood pic.twitter.com/PnlTD3Psyv
— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) August 1, 2018
Current Mood pic.twitter.com/ANFLFbCZCB
— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) August 1, 2018
Ma almamater
Quinipiac University might need to rethink their logo pic.twitter.com/gy4vJfnttL
— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) August 1, 2018
He’s also not a smart person. Smart people stay clear of old-man Trump, so he doesn’t take them down with him.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) August 1, 2018
re: #132 BeachDem
Buckle up—the yam is taking time away from golf/vacation to come to Ohio-12 on Saturday to have a rally for Balderson. (They must be really worried—Pence in Licking County last week; the yam in (I think) Delaware on Saturday.)
and Pence is coming to Cincy:
ICYMI: Vice President Mike Pence to speak at Cincinnati event https://t.co/6JE8l7Auuo pic.twitter.com/epD5lSYOm1
— WCPO (@WCPO) August 1, 2018
Pence will speak about tax cuts at an event put on by “America First Policies” at 1 p.m. Aug. 14 at The Westin Cincinnati on E. Fifth Street.
Well ain’t this some shit
IMPORTANT: A Republican lawyer representing Steve Bannon, Don McGahn, Reince Priebus in the Russia probe and Judge Alex Kozinski on harassment allegations is deciding which of Brett Kavanaugh’s records are turned over. This has NEVER been done. This is the National Archives’ job.
— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) August 1, 2018
re: #132 BeachDem
Buckle up—the yam is taking time away from golf/vacation to come to Ohio-12 on Saturday to have a rally for Balderson. (They must be really worried—Pence in Licking County last week; the yam in (I think) Delaware on Saturday.)
I bet he is going to Powell.
Powell is the new upscale community of Delaware county and Ohio.
The last year I worked up there in my old job was 2012. Mitt Romney held a big rally there in late August prior to the election.
And it is deep in Republican money and the attitudes that come with it.
re: #138 BeachDem
Well ain’t this some shit
Feinstein and the other judiciary Democrats should go to the office of the Archives and get them directly.
re: #131 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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I know that sticking a pencil into my eye isn’t good. And I am not a fucking doctor.
re: #2 freetoken
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Steve Shives is the shit, even on his non-political stuff, like “Trek, Actually”; I can’t recommend him highly enough.
You want some funny shit, Shives and Jason Harding (Lemme Listen Podcasts) do two podcasts together, “Late Seating” (which is where they review “classic” films in a very direct but often funny-as-hell and snarky manner) and “The Ensign’s Log” (where they played two low-ranking officers serving aboard the USS Enterprise during ST:TOS, with the events of each TOS episode serving as the basis for each TEL episode)
***Warning: “Late Seating” and (especially) “The Ensign’s Log” episodes are definitely NSFW***
Barney Stinson is concerned that #Manafort likes suits too much.
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 1, 2018
re: #113 jaunte
I doubt if my lifetime clothing cost has topped 30k yet.
You’re either very young, or you live in jeans and t-shirts, or both.
The most I ever spent on an article of clothing was a knee-length leather coat… but I’ve also sighed wistfully over (and not bought) shoes and/or boots priced higher than my mortgage payment.
Louboutin, it’s a sickness.
re: #131 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
What about her emails and server? Is that illegal? Crime. Bad investigation. End Mueller witch-hunt. Rule of law.
re: #147 sagehen
You’re either very young, or you live in jeans and t-shirts, or both.
The most I ever spent on an article of clothing was a knee-length leather coat… but I’ve also sighed wistfully over (and not bought) shoes and/or boots priced higher than my mortgage payment.
Louboutin, it’s a sickness.
In my line of work, there’s no percentage in dressing up. Last time I wore a tie it was probably 10 years ago.
re: #149 Sir John Barron
What about her emails and server? Is that illegal? Crime. Bad investigation. End Mueller witch-hunt. Rule of law.
“Lots of people might have colluded. Hillary. Illegal dossier. Debunked! What about illegal voters, many millions, so-called popular vote. “
/
re: #129 ObserverArt
Heh…Nicole Wallace upcoming segment: Donald Trump biggest lying President Ever.
And, he is only 18+ months into his term.
The Greatest Ever. There’s never been a president that lies like Trump!
4229 Lies* in 558 Days for an Average of 7.6 per Day.
*Misleading statements and outright fabrications.
re: #150 Blind Frog Belly White
In my line of work, there’s no percentage in dressing up. Last time I wore a tie it was probably 10 years ago.
Where there is a tie, nobody wins.
Here’s my case for a super-high tax rate on millionaires from four years ago.
If I did it again today, I’d throw in more rhetoric about Trump, our imperiled institutions, and the treason of the plutocrats. But I think it holds up as is. https://t.co/9YXxszxx5k— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) August 1, 2018
IMO, the problem is not inequality per se, but rather the fact that incomes for the top have not only been rising, but actually accelerating, while those for the rest have been stagnant to declining. The rich get richer, that’s how it goes. But if everyone else gets poorer and sees their opportunities drying up, and simultaneously the wealthy pass rules to make themselves and ONLY themselves richer - well, let’s just say that’s where the urge to guillotine the rich comes from.
.@AILANational has confirmed the death of a toddler shortly after release from detention at Dilley. Timeline is still not clear/disclosed. .@GregChenAILA will the organization be providing details to Congress? https://t.co/LLoRnY6syF
— Amy Maldonado (@AmyMaldonadoLaw) August 1, 2018
The death of the child whom I tweeted about last night has been confirmed. It was a little girl (toddler). The timeline is not clear but the American Immigration Lawyers Association has confirmed the death with the on the ground people in Dilley, TX. @maddow @AC360 @cbsmireya https://t.co/X4kxt59fT6
— Mana Yegani (@Law_Mana) August 1, 2018
A lot of Conservatives are screaming “MS-13” in unison.
re: #152 ObserverArt
4229 Lies* in 558 Days for an Average of 7.6 per Day.
*Misleading statements and outright fabrications.
I wonder if that includes obviously outlandish statements that have virtually no chance of being true—such as his repeated statement that relatives of veterans have approached him about getting remains back from Korea…
re: #139 ObserverArt
I bet he is going to Powell.
Powell is the new upscale community of Delaware county and Ohio.
The last year I worked up there in my old job was 2012. Mitt Romney held a big rally there in late August prior to the election.
And it is deep in Republican money and the attitudes that come with it.
Oh, I know Powell. Lived just down the road in “fake” Dublin. Here are the early voting numbers through yesterday:
Totals:
in-person: 6342 D, 3498 R, 1110 U
mailed/returned: 2535 D, 2068 R, 1063 U
mailed/still out: 1991 D, 2423 R, 2119 U
total absentee ballots including those still out: 23,303 (10898 D, 8045 R, 4360 U)
re: #155 DodgerFan1988
A lot of Conservatives are screaming “MS-13” in unison.
The toddler was no angel.
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re: #152 ObserverArt
4229 Lies* in 558 Days for an Average of 7.6 per Day.
*Misleading statements and outright fabrications.
When he says untrue things, he’s only lying half the time. The other half, he’s just ignorant.
re: #158 BeachDem
Oh, I know Powell. Lived just down the road in “fake” Dublin. Here are the early voting numbers through yesterday:
Totals:
in-person: 6342 D, 3498 R, 1110 U
mailed/returned: 2535 D, 2068 R, 1063 U
mailed/still out: 1991 D, 2423 R, 2119 Utotal absentee ballots including those still out: 23,303 (10898 D, 8045 R, 4360 U)
When was the last time you lived there and last time you visited the area?
I really should stop talking to the #sealion, but since you know have Mr. #GoldenDawn claiming your victory for you, I’ll indulge. You just conflated quarterly (Cult45) and annual (POTUS44) growth, and I’ll bet you already knew that.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) August 1, 2018
re: #161 ObserverArt
When was the last time you lived there and last time you visited the area?
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re: #159 Sir John Barron
The toddler was no angel.
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Get ready for the Right Wing Talking Point:
“The child was in her family’s custody when she died. It’s her family’s fault! Charge them with murder!”
re: #109 Joe Bacon 🌹
WTF!!!!!
Were those suits lined with platinum?
They were woven from the tears of liberal virgins.
re: #165 DodgerFan1988
Get ready for the Right Wing Talking Point:
“The child was in her family’s custody when she died. It’s her family’s fault! Charge them with murder!”
I believe that’s where we are with blaming NK for Otto Warmbier’s death, post Singapore Summit.
re: #166 MsJ
They were woven from the tears of liberal virgins.
Wait, wait - Liberal Virgins? I thought we were all libertines?
re: #163 BeachDem
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re: #126 Blind Frog Belly White
Speaking of Adorable Dory, she continues to be a delight! She gets so excited to see me when I get home that she practically vibrates, her tail wagging so hard that if I pick her up with both hands and hold her, I can feel her tail thwapping my hands on both sides of her.
Biggest issue now is training. That is, training ourselves to treat her like the puppy she is, and not allow her too much freedom when she’s still so young.
When I trained Joy, I took her to potty in every known weather from freezing snow to rain. And I stood outside with her until she pottied.
When she was a tiny pup, she spent the night in her crate next to us on the bed. So she could see us. And I would play fetch by throwing her toy into the crate so she got used to going in and out.
She sleeps in a baby crib now (she will transition to a big girl crate when she is a little older). That crib is her space and she loves to go in there. She gets her “cookies” (puppy kibble) in her crib and then she crashes in the doggie bed in her crib.
Consistency always. As soon as you slip, so will she. Doing it throughout her babyhood will make a fantastic doggo for life.
re: #168 Blind Frog Belly White
Wait, wait - Liberal Virgins? I thought we were all libertines?
You rang?
re: #167 Blind Frog Belly White
I believe that’s where we are with blaming NK for Otto Warmbier’s death, post Singapore Summit.
Conservative media like Fox News were already blaming the migrant parents for the separations, “it’s the illegals fault for bringing their anchor babies here!”
re: #169 ObserverArt
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Hey, everybody in Los Angeles - I have two tickets to see Joe Bonamassa tonight at the Greek and it looks like I won’t be able to go. They aren’t will call tickets, they are printed-at-home tickets. Anybody want them?
re: #170 MsJ
When I trained Joy, I took her to potty in every known weather from freezing snow to rain. And I stood outside with her until she pottied.
When she was a tiny pup, she spent the night in her crate next to us on the bed. So she could see us. And I would play fetch by throwing her toy into the crate so she got used to going in and out.
She sleeps in a baby crib now (she will transition to a big girl crate when she is a little older). That crib is her space and she loves to go in there. She gets her “cookies” (puppy kibble) in her crib and then she crashes in the doggie bed in her crib.
Consistency always. As soon as you slip, so will she. Doing it throughout her babyhood will make a fantastic doggo for life.
This. I have little difficulty maintaining consistency, but Mrs. FBW is a sucker for a cute puppy. Dory now sleeps in a crate next to our bed, and now generally whines very little. But I’ll come to bed and find Mrs. FBW asleep with Dory in our bed. I told her that Dory should never be outside of the pen or crate if she (Mrs. FBW) is asleep, she said “What’s the point of getting a puppy, then?”
I said, “You don’t get a puppy to have a puppy. You get a puppy to have a dog, later on.” People who get a puppy to have a puppy end up with poorly behaved dogs, or they surrender them to shelters. That ain’t us.
re: #175 Jebediah, RBG
Hey, everybody in Los Angeles - I have two tickets to see Joe Bonamassa tonight at the Greek and it looks like I won’t be able to go. They aren’t will call tickets, they are printed-at-home tickets. Anybody want them?
Holy Cow.
re: #173 DodgerFan1988
Conservative media like Fox News were already blaming the migrant parents for the separations, “it’s the illegals fault for bringing their anchor babies here!”
I know. From people I’d thought better of, I heard, “Then they shouldn’t have broken the law!”
So I said, “So, if you’re caught speeding, can the cops separate you from your kid with no promise of ever getting her back?”
re: #178 Blind Frog Belly White
I know. From people I’d thought better of, I heard, “Then they shouldn’t have broken the law!”
So I said, “So, if you’re caught speeding, can the cops separate you from your kid with no promise of ever getting her back?”
Been saying that too. Fucking crickets.
re: #154 Blind Frog Belly White
When I started running the little rubber factory I had worked in for ten years I found that most of the employees were making the same amount they made ten years ago. When the tax rates went done the owners took more and bigger distributions instead of reinvesting that money in equipment or people
re: #177 nines09
I am not happy about missing this show.
But if the tickets get used I will be a lot less grumpy about it.
re: #182 Jebediah, RBG
I am not happy about missing this show.
But if the tickets get used I will be a lot less grumpy about it.
If I was there I’d have them in my sweaty hands.
Somebody better take you up on this.
They never saw Joe, they need to.
Mighty nice of you.
re: #181 SteveMcGriftFlynnComey… …corruptemoligate RN
When I started running the little rubber factory I had worked in for ten years I found that most of the employees were making the same amount they made ten years ago. When the tax rates went done the owners took more and bigger distributions instead of reinvesting that money in equipment or people
They only reason a company will reinvest is if tax law forces them to, like it used to.
re: #183 nines09
Thanks!
edit part of why i am grumpy is that this would have been my first time seeing him play.
re: #176 Blind Frog Belly White
This. I have little difficulty maintaining consistency, but Mrs. FBW is a sucker for a cute puppy. Dory now sleeps in a crate next to our bed, and now generally whines very little. But I’ll come to bed and find Mrs. FBW asleep with Dory in our bed. I told her that Dory should never be outside of the pen or crate if she (Mrs. FBW) is asleep, she said “What’s the point of getting a puppy, then?”
I said, “You don’t get a puppy to have a puppy. You get a puppy to have a dog, later on.” People who get a puppy to have a puppy end up with poorly behaved dogs, or they surrender them to shelters. That ain’t us.
Your wife and my husband. He ruined our Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and we are now, at 5 years of age, retraining here (only because I told him she had to go…the constant pottying in the house was to stop OR ELSE).
I took training for Joy. She is a hyper nutty Boston Terrier but she is so smart and well behaved and rarely potties in the house…like almost never. And she is a baby.
I could kill him for letting Olivia get to the point where I was giving an ultimatum. And that ultimatum was almost ME or fixing the dog.
Feel free to share that story with the Mrs. Lack of consistency will ruin your happiness.
Auschwitz Museum has finally revised (upwards) their estimate of the Roma gassed in August 1944.
Our blog pointed out the Museum’s error 10+ years ago.
New #Memoria magazine - new research about the last stage of the so-called #Zigeunerlager at Auschwitz II-Birkenau that analyzes the number of #Roma murdered during the liquidation of this sector on August 2, 1944 & the story of the so-called Roma revolt: https://t.co/XLjVdSw3w7 pic.twitter.com/JOfUmpnWo3
— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) July 30, 2018
Very important revision by @AuschwitzMuseum of the number of the Roma victims during the so-called “Zigeuneraktion”.https://t.co/OolebK5va6Note: Holocaust Controversies established that the previous “official” was too low already in 2007: https://t.co/eALxSSPN0x
— Confronting Holocaust Denial (@AgainstDenial) July 30, 2018
It remains to be seen whether the Museum’s new number is correct - there’re several nuances to be taken into acct (such as the Radom Jews who were likely placed into the “Gypsy Camp” and thus probably appear instead of Roma in one document). This will be clear from the article.
— Confronting Holocaust Denial (@AgainstDenial) July 30, 2018
re: #175 Jebediah, RBG
Hey, everybody in Los Angeles - I have two tickets to see Joe Bonamassa tonight at the Greek and it looks like I won’t be able to go. They aren’t will call tickets, they are printed-at-home tickets. Anybody want them?
Dang
That name should really be “Alyoshka”, shouldn’t it?
Because that meme could only have been composed in a small subset of languages that lack any pluralisation of nouns—it’s not “the Clinton” in in English, St. Petersburger, but “The Clintons”. #pleasedontfixthememethough— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) August 1, 2018
re: #181 SteveMcGriftFlynnComey… …corruptemoligate RN
When I started running the little rubber factory I had worked in for ten years I found that most of the employees were making the same amount they made ten years ago. When the tax rates went done the owners took more and bigger distributions instead of reinvesting that money in equipment or people
I am perpetually amazed at how stupid so many people are about the simplest things. People ACTUALLY BELIEVED that giving corporations more money would lead to them paying workers more. Why would corporations do that?
I tell people, “Businesses exist to make money. Period.” They don’t exist to employ people, or even to make and sell goods. They exist to make money, and making and selling goods is just a means to do so. Employing people is a not a GOAL, it’s a COST, and the fewer you can employ and still make money, the fewer you WILL employ. If you can keep the minimum number of employees with the minimum level of skill on the payroll at the wages you’re paying, there’s every incentive NOT TO raise wages.
This, I’d have thought, was obvious.
It’s not even that businesses are EVIL!!! or any of that other hogwash. Most of the things we’d like to imagine businesses doing because “It’s the right thing to do” cost money, so there’s strong incentive NOT TO do them.
Got my driver’s license, birth certificate, passport, and membership card to the Royal Order of the Water Buffalo and now I’m ready to go grocery shopping.
— Real Fake P0TUS (@RF_P0TUS) August 1, 2018
Evening Lizardim. What fresh hell awaits me as I emerge from my bubble into the real world?
re: #191 Blind Frog Belly White
Employing people is a not a GOAL, it’s a COST, and the fewer you can employ and still make money, the fewer you WILL employ
You can point people directly at the Trump Organization as proof.
re: #190 Nyet
I’m not aware of such languages.
OK, maybe not quite that, but remind me, how does Russian decline a pair vs. a multitude? :-P
NBC locally in Columbus showing a ton of Troy Balderson (R) for Congress (OH D12) ads this afternoon. Sometimes they are back to back or every other one.
Even saw them watching Nicole Wallace on MSNBC. That’s real odd.
Republicans are really working this election hard. Almost unprecedented. Republican Pat Tiberi held that seat for years and many times ran fluff ads because all he had to do is let the district know he was still breathing.
They are scared over this seat. Damn, I hope they lose it.
Wish I could vote…but I am stuck with great Democrat Joyce Beatty…but then she is a friend of Hillary.
My two cents. This afternoon went better for the prosecutors in the Manafort trial.
re: #193 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Evening Lizardim. What fresh hell awaits me as I emerge from my bubble into the real world?
Were you asleep at 7 AM Eastern time? Then in part, Trump ordering (with implausible, but nontheless to-be-claimed, deniability) Jeff Sessions himself to fire Mueller, despite having been recused from that investigation since he was confirmed!
re: #195 Chrysicat
The Clintons - Клинтоны
Clinton - Клинтон
re: #191 Blind Frog Belly White
I am perpetually amazed at how stupid so many people are about the simplest things. People ACTUALLY BELIEVED that giving corporations more money would lead to them paying workers more. Why would corporations do that?
I tell people, “Businesses exist to make money. Period.” They don’t exist to employ people, or even to make and sell goods. They exist to make money, and making and selling goods is just a means to do so. Employing people is a not a GOAL, it’s a COST, and the fewer you can employ and still make money, the fewer you WILL employ. If you can keep the minimum number of employees with the minimum level of skill on the payroll at the wages you’re paying, there’s every incentive NOT TO raise wages.
This, I’d have thought, was obvious.
It’s not even that businesses are EVIL!!! or any of that other hogwash. Most of the things we’d like to imagine businesses doing because “It’s the right thing to do” cost money, so there’s strong incentive NOT TO do them.
Human Resources. That term always gave me the chills. Might as well be a lump of coal to be burnt.
re: #186 MsJ
Your wife and my husband. He ruined our Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and we are now, at 5 years of age, retraining here (only because I told him she had to go…the constant pottying in the house was to stop OR ELSE).
I took training for Joy. She is a hyper nutty Boston Terrier but she is so smart and well behaved and rarely potties in the house…like almost never. And she is a baby.
I could kill him for letting Olivia get to the point where I was giving an ultimatum. And that ultimatum was almost ME or fixing the dog.
Feel free to share that story with the Mrs. Lack of consistency will ruin your happiness.
She forgets what our Golden’s puppy months were like. He was a dream puppy for about 1-2 months (got him at 12 weeks, already crate-trained), then he hit adolescence - bitey, jumpy, humpy adolescence. She called me one day in tears, “I think we made a terrible mistake. Rhyo’s psychotic! He’s humping everything, he jumps up and bites - it’s like he’s POSSESSED!!!”
I told here that’s what they do. They all go through this stage, and it takes a firm, consistent, loving hand to make them into a good, adult dog. That ended up being me. I suspect it will be me again.
re: #198 Chrysicat
Were you asleep at 7 AM Eastern time? Then in part, Trump ordering (with implausible, but nontheless to-be-claimed, deniability) Jeff Sessions himself to fire Mueller, despite having been recused from that investigation since he was confirmed!
Shit…
No, I was awake, but not in the news cycle.
re: #199 Nyet
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re: #199 Nyet
The Clintons - Клинтоны
Clinton - Клинтон
Hmph. That just raises more questions. I wonder if Japanese declines them the same, but why would we be getting a meme like that from them?
re: #194 jaunte
You can point people directly at the Trump Organization as proof.
Right. And if you can get the work out of them and not pay, so much the better!
///
re: #201 Blind Frog Belly White
She forgets what our Golden’s puppy months were like. He was a dream puppy for about 1-2 months (got him at 12 weeks, already crate-trained), then he hit adolescence - bitey, jumpy, humpy adolescence. She called me one day in tears, “I think we made a terrible mistake. Rhyo’s psychotic! He’s humping everything, he jumps up and bites - it’s like he’s POSSESSED!!!”
I told here that’s what they do. They all go through this stage, and it takes a firm, consistent, loving hand to make them into a good, adult dog. That ended up being me. I suspect it will be me again.
As long as someone does. It will make for a happy 15+ years.
re: #204 Chrysicat
There are plenty of illiterate MAGAts…
re: #206 MsJ
As long as someone does. It will make for a happy 15+ years.
This is what I said when she brought Dory home - “You’ve just made a 15 year commitment.”
She wants the puppy, and she wants the dog later. She’ll want me to make that happen.
re: #108 Chrysicat
Juvenile Cooper’s hawks, actually, according to the Capitol’s own statement down the thread…
…but all day-raptors are beautiful birds, if not quite so attractive as the great horned owl.
I grew up with Red Tails in the wood lines next to the fields of our farm. It was always a delight to see them flying and hunting. Now that field is just another god damn golf course.
re: #206 MsJ
As long as someone does. It will make for a happy 15+ years.
If only it had been 15 years with Rhyo. We had him for 10 1/2 years - about average for a Golden - but he was one of those dogs that changes your life.
re: #211 William Lewis
I grew up with Red Tails in the wood lines next to the fields of our farm. It was always a delight to see them flying and hunting. Now that field is just another god damn golf course.
we have loads of red tails here in TheBackwoods. Also sparrow hawks and other assorted raptors, including bald eagles.
yesterday, in between downpours there was a huge flock of ruffed grouse visiting our pond…silly birds.
ABC: Trump’s flip-out today on twitter was because Mueller said privately he wants to interview Trump about obstruction of justice. Which means Trump told Sessions today to fire Mueller in response to Mueller’s request, which is even more obstruction. https://t.co/4TgB6PnALt
— John Aravosis (@aravosis) August 1, 2018
re: #200 ObserverArt
Human Resources. That term always gave me the chills. Might as well be a lump of coal to be burnt.
You are not alone - still gives me the chills - “the department of human resources”
OK I have to get back to the move from hell, i will check back periodically to see if anyone can take these tickets
re: #216 fern01
You are not alone - still gives me the chills - “the department of human resources”
And yet, I think the term was invented to modernize and humanize the old ‘Personnel’ moniker - “They’re not just workers, not just employees, not just a cost, they’re a RESOURCE!!”
re: #217 Jebediah, RBG
Post them in capital letters.
Damn
To my total lack of surprise, Faux just argued aloud why taking a meeting with Russian agents to obtain “dirt” on a political opponent is illegal because it “happens all the time” and it’s “no different” than what Hillary did.
FFS.
re: #220 Targetpractice
To my total lack of surprise, Faux just argued aloud why taking a meeting with Russian agents to obtain “dirt” on a political opponent is illegal because it “happens all the time” and it’s “no different” than what Hillary did.
FFS.
Yeah I’ll remember that if anyone meets with Iran to get dirt on a GOP candidate. Goddamn hacks
WaPo—Breaking (developing story)
Mueller offers to limit investigators’ questions for Trump in special counsel’s latest effort to secure presidential interview
re: #222 BeachDem
WaPo—Breaking (developing story)
Mueller offers to limit investigators’ questions for Trump in special counsel’s latest effort to secure presidential interview
Considering Trump, he probably is saying “Sure, I’ll limit my questions,” knowing Trump won’t be able to stop himself from yammering about everything under the sun.
When we took office, we immediately unmuzzled our scientists. We then appointed the @ChiefSciCan & I tasked her to develop a whole-of-government model science integrity policy. Our researchers need to be protected from political or commercial interference. https://t.co/sFOCwRjbqF
— Kirsty Duncan (@KirstyDuncanMP) July 31, 2018
re: #175 Jebediah, RBG
Wish I could but I have to be up at 430 tomorrow for work. 😢
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— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) August 1, 2018
re: #223 Targetpractice
Considering Trump, he probably is saying “Sure, I’ll limit my questions,” knowing Trump won’t be able to stop himself from yammering about everything under the sun.
Wouldn’t he have a lawyer, probably armed with a Taser, alongside him for any interview?
Giuliani:
Trump has “always been interested in testifying. It’s us, meaning the team of lawyers, including me, that have the most reservations about that.”
re: #95 Blind Frog Belly White
Stop serving shitty pizza. Pay your people a good wage. Ditch your founder. Change your name.
Should change it to Five Black Guys Pizza Express
re: #218 Blind Frog Belly White
And yet, I think the term was invented to modernize and humanize the old ‘Personnel’ moniker - “They’re not just workers, not just employees, not just a cost, they’re a RESOURCE!!”
They failed. If only they would have put more human in their practice instead of usable resource. As with a lot of terms and names for practices, they take on a different definition and take when the actual humans that are involved get a feel for what is really going on.
re: #211 William Lewis
I grew up with Red Tails in the wood lines next to the fields of our farm. It was always a delight to see them flying and hunting. Now that field is just another god damn golf course.
We have Red Tails, and since my fields are a disc golf course, they are quite happy here.
re: #225 Joe Bacon 🌹
Wish I could but I have to be up at 430 tomorrow for work. 😢
“You can sleep when you’re dead” < whistles innocently since I’m not in LA >
re: #217 Jebediah, RBG
OK I have to get back to the move from hell, i will check back periodically to see if anyone can take these tickets
Just emailed Ballard. Hopefully
Just re-watched parts of today’s Sarah Sanders sideshow - it’s bizarre to see all these reporters sit there serious-faced as one of them asks about Trump’s loony “Space Force” idea. Why didn’t the whole room start snickering? How do you even say “Space Force” without cracking up?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 1, 2018
Today our president called on his (recused) AG to shut down the investigation of his own campaign. As shocking as that is, what’s even more dangerous is that we’ve gotten used to it. The rule of law won’t evaporate overnight, but it can slip away—if we let it.
— Sally Yates (@SallyQYates) August 1, 2018
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re: #236 jaunte
I’m always curious in these statements of who has gotten used to it.
re: #240 Belafon
I’m always curious in these statements of who has gotten used to it.
The press has gotten used to it.
OT:
Got a sweet new job this week. Evenings off, weekends off, holidays off. A pay raise, less stress and more variety in my work than I have now.
My start day is only a few days before my birthday so I will actually be able to celebrate that night instead of being stuck at my desk.
re: #239 Jebediah, RBG
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re: #243 Eclectic Cyborg
OT:
Got a sweet new job this week. Evenings off, weekends off, holidays off. A pay raise, less stress and more variety in my work than I have now.
My start day is only a few days before my birthday so I will actually be able to celebrate that night instead of being stuck at my desk.
So good!!
Rage tweet to commence in 5…4….3….
JUST IN: ACLU sues Trump, ICE over conditions for migrants detained in federal prison https://t.co/DUeESpd6jT pic.twitter.com/rARn6KXjV3
— The Hill (@thehill) August 1, 2018
re: #239 Jebediah, RBG
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re: #239 Jebediah, RBG
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re: #249 Stanley Sea
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You’ve got mail
[Bosch, Death and the Miser, detail] pic.twitter.com/rOuwWOUTgj— Damien Kempf (@DamienKempf) August 1, 2018
‘Contrariwise,’ continued Tweedledee, ‘if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn’t, it ain’t. That’s logic.’
Lewis Carroll, ‘Through the Looking Glass’ pic.twitter.com/EedPNjjn7r— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) July 31, 2018
re: #251 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Hell no pic.twitter.com/mwZGJtHFhS
— Oregon I.T. not IT ⚾ (@OregonJOBS2) August 1, 2018
In case anyone needed reminding…
People suck
Authorities investigating “potential animal cruelty case,” in which a puppy was found cowering in its cage on a beach as the tide began to come in.
“If not for the heroic rescue act of the good Samaritan, the dog could have potentially drowned.” https://t.co/cnIfQ4zvUl pic.twitter.com/NjAdM1c6Kz— ABC News (@ABC) August 1, 2018
re: #257 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
makes me feel a little old testamenty
Breaking: today Trump announced his appointments for the leaders of the new Space Force dedicated to protecting the rights of white people throughout space: Colonel Bleep and his adjutants, Squeak and Scratch.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 1, 2018
re: #256 gocart mozart
I’ve seen some longer than a fork. I used to get the salad or BBQ tongs and snatch em up then drop them in a big metal salad bowl. You can feel their strength in the tongs. The sound they make trying to climb up the sides of the metal bowl are eerie. Then you blow on them to agitate then they wiggle/run super fast and it’s pretty freaky.
Scary
Kids might think they’re so much better at technology than their parents, but that’s not always the case… pic.twitter.com/aF9pdqqwOl
— New York Post (@nypost) August 1, 2018
Senate GOP rejects Dem effort to beef up election security funding https://t.co/QSTULJf7Ye pic.twitter.com/WENcneWHmD
— The Hill (@thehill) August 1, 2018
THIS JUST IN: Colonel Bleep responds to Trump’s offer to lead the Space Force… pic.twitter.com/jaVhF1u9q4
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 1, 2018
re: #257 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
In case anyone needed reminding…
People suck
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On the plus side, someone rescued the dog, so people also rock.
But, yeah.
re: #265 The Vicious Babushka
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All the DNC had to do was throw in some language about “Voter ID” and the GOP would have been all over it like white on rice.
re: #264 Blind Frog Belly White
What in hell is THAT?
I mean, apart from, obviously, a millipede. It’s HUGE!
It’s a centipede. Good size. Millipedes are slower, have more but shorter legs, and way less freaky. Almost a bumbling cuteness to them.
Centipedes are the snakes with legs from hell.
Proud parents beaming in the background
Trying to get that pawfect family pic pic.twitter.com/KqqjvfBATR
— HUMOROUS ANIMALS (@CUTEFUNNYANIMAL) August 1, 2018
I’m going to a movie tonight and I accidentally stumbled upon Dinesh DSouzas movie launch. Don Jr just arrived with Kimberly Guilfoyle pic.twitter.com/vZzIa0bY9I
— Jared Holt (@jaredlholt) August 1, 2018
re: #270 BigPapa
It’s a centipede. Good size. Millipedes are slower, have more but shorter legs, and way less freaky. Almost a bumbling cuteness to them.
Centipedes are the snakes with legs from hell.
Ah, well. You see, I’m used to this being a centipede:
Little fuckers about maybe 1-2” max.
re: #245 Dr. Matt
The Clash is one of my all-time favorite bands.
The Who & The Clash kept me sane in High School.
re: #270 BigPapa
It’s a centipede. Good size. Millipedes are slower, have more but shorter legs, and way less freaky. Almost a bumbling cuteness to them.
Centipedes are the snakes with legs from hell.
Millipedes bite?
Answer; No.
Centipedes bite?
Answer; SONOFABITCHWHATHEFUGGWASDAT
re: #263 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
I absolutely hate this type of thing:
You know what I don’t want to know how to do? Learn to live with a femur that isn’t set properly because x-rays weren’t available. You can keep your “I’m so smug because the little ones don’t know how to use old technology.”
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) August 1, 2018
So they don’t know how to use a rotary phone. It has zero use today. I bet very few people know how to crank start a car. The video was kind of funny until the popup said “Kids think they’re so smart.”
re: #280 Belafon
I absolutely hate this type of thing:
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So they don’t know how to use a rotary phone. It has zero use today. I bet very few people know how to crank start a car. The video was kind of funny until the popup said “Kids think they’re so smart.”
I’m glad my kids don’t know what a rotary phone is. (Though I’ll probably teach ‘em anyway.) Knowledge of old tech is only useful for two things: Learn from their mistakes, and for updating it to new tech. Just ask the COBOL and FORTRAN programmers of the world, who rake in big bucks from people who persist in keeping old tech past its prime.
“Mueller has only indicted 35 which sounds like a lot until you consider how many crimes we committed and then it’s pretty sad.”
- Giulianni next week probably.— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) August 1, 2018
re: #274 gocart mozart
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re: #275 Blind Frog Belly White
Ah, well. You see, I’m used to this being a centipede:
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Little fuckers about maybe 1-2” max.
Oh, just 1-2”?
How ‘bout some alarmingly immense centipedes eating bats?
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re: #284 can’t think of a decent username
Oh, just 1-2”?
How ‘bout some alarmingly immense centipedes eating bats?
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Started up the video, but then thought, “Oh, HELL no.”
Like the best slow-mo 🏈replay or skilled French lover, bit by bit Mastermind Mueller reveals his masterfully crafted master plan. A momentous maneuver: his libidinous setting up 2 use concrete condemnation of Manafort’s sins as ammo 2 slay PM’s Master. C’mon, how sexy is this?
— Sugarplum Tweetie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ (@splumtweetie) July 7, 2018
This is true.
I look at them as “Please block me” signs and so I oblige.— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) August 1, 2018
re: #284 can’t think of a decent username
CRIKEY!
re: #282 gocart mozart
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re: #264 Blind Frog Belly White
What in hell is THAT?
I mean, apart from, obviously, a millipede. It’s HUGE!
Giant Centipede. The bite can quite painful.
re: #271 HappyWarrior
Go away Tomi. You’re a moron.
Not much of her crap has been posted over the last few weeks around here at LGF.
Good to get away from her for a bit.
Why are they having a ceremony for the “return of possible Korean War remains?”
Shouldn’t they, perhaps, wait until they know what is in the boxes?
And, of course, Pence had to be there in Hawaii for this event.
re: #284 can’t think of a decent username
Oh, just 1-2”?
How ‘bout some alarmingly immense centipedes eating bats?
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Did I post this? I can’t remember.
I’m losing my mind.
#BREAKING: Cody Wilson backs down. After NJ takes him to court, Wilson agrees not to post any new dangerous 3D printable guns until our September hearing. Court orders him to keep his word. The fight for public safety continues.
— NJ Attorney General Gurbir Grewal (@NewJerseyOAG) July 31, 2018
re: #280 Belafon
I absolutely hate this type of thing:
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So they don’t know how to use a rotary phone. It has zero use today. I bet very few people know how to crank start a car. The video was kind of funny until the popup said “Kids think they’re so smart.”
re: #281 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I’m glad my kids don’t know what a rotary phone is. (Though I’ll probably teach ‘em anyway.) Knowledge of old tech is only useful for two things: Learn from their mistakes, and for updating it to new tech. Just ask the COBOL and FORTRAN programmers of the world, who rake in big bucks from people who persist in keeping old tech past its prime.
They’re not even capable of using a landline phone, and there’s a crap load of those still
Biggest one I’ve seen must have been more than 10”. Typical big ones here are 6-7”
I’ve been bit by a small blue one and an older 4”. Both times close to a big sting. I suppose I got one fang or not a full dose. Imagine if a big one got a hold of you and gave you a full dose of venom it would be nasty.
re: #294 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
They’re not even capable of using a landline phone, and there’s a crap load of those still
I’ve still got a land line. I’m using it for my DSL service. I’ve never been what you would call an early adapter.
If I may, I’d like to add Peter Carroll’s and David Noble’s history, *literally* subtitled “A Progressive History of the United States. Here’s their hiding of Democratic racism and opposition to Radical Reconstruction: pic.twitter.com/uOE55FRXFT
— Swog (@Swog1234) August 1, 2018
Another one. Note the book’s full title. https://t.co/aXCO8OQ2Jg
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) August 1, 2018
re: #299 austin_blue
And now he’s a rich, pardoned-felon hack.
It’s kind of interesting this is going on since I’m reading a Nixon biography right now. As far as I’m concerned the GOP really started going down hill when they nominated Goldwater and when Nixon embraced the Southern Strategy.
Here is the 42 page very detailed complainthttps://t.co/vE73pB8e4k
— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) August 1, 2018
The more I learn about Nixon TBH. The more I feel conflicted about him.
re: #295 BigPapa
Biggest one I’ve seen must have been more than 10”. Typical big ones here are 6-7”
I’ve been bit by a small blue one and an older 4”. Both times close to a big sting. I suppose I got one fang or not a full dose. Imagine if a big one got a hold of you and gave you a full dose of venom it would be nasty.
There’s a scene in one of the James Bond novels — I forget which one — where someone attempts to assassinate Bond with a giant poisonous centipede. Bond manages to avoid being bitten, and crushes the centipede on the floor. He then throws up in the bathroom. That scene humanized Bond for me, because I could imagine how disgusting centipede innards would look like.
In the movie version they left out the vomiting part, IIRC.
re: #281 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I’m glad my kids don’t know what a rotary phone is. (Though I’ll probably teach ‘em anyway.) Knowledge of old tech is only useful for two things: Learn from their mistakes, and for updating it to new tech. Just ask the COBOL and FORTRAN programmers of the world, who rake in big bucks from people who persist in keeping old tech past its prime.
My mother-in-law has only rotary phones. Meh. They work for her.
As for COBAL, well, that’s one thing but LISP and FORTRAN are just as old but both are still very useful for research and development.
re: #289 austin_blue
Giant Centipede. The bite can quite painful.
Here’s our local fucker. Up to 8” long, it’s bite is comparable to a Bullet Ant, Tarantula Hawk, or Warrior Wasp.
re: #280 Belafon
I absolutely hate this type of thing:
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So they don’t know how to use a rotary phone. It has zero use today. I bet very few people know how to crank start a car. The video was kind of funny until the popup said “Kids think they’re so smart.”
That kind of smug “Well they never had to do this” shit bugs me, too. So what? My kids never learned how to check vacuum tubes. They don’t need to know how to adjust the points in their cars. I didn’t need to learn how to hitch a horse to a carriage, or churn butter, or stoke the coalstove to keep the horse warm overnight.
By the same token, some people my age are still baffled by ATMs and set-top boxes.
Omg these Manafort jackets are hideous. He spent 15,000 bucks on this ugly azz coat pic.twitter.com/oebf1jYOl8
— Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) August 1, 2018
re: #300 HappyWarrior
It’s kind of interesting this is going on since I’m reading a Nixon biography right now. As far as I’m concerned the GOP really started going down hill when they nominated Goldwater and when Nixon embraced the Southern Strategy.
You’re not alone. Someone should have pointed to them that that decision led to their eventual destruction.
re: #308 austin_blue
You’re not alone. Someone should have pointed to them that that decision led to their eventual destruction.
Some of them don’t see the coming destruction yet. Or pretend not to see it.
re: #304 William Lewis
My mother-in-law has only rotary phones. Meh. They work for her.
As for COBAL, well, that’s one thing but LISP and FORTRAN are just as old but both are still very useful for research and development.
FORTRAN I would not have expected. I know all about LISP. ;)
My grandmother leased a rotary phone. For decades. When she died in 2006, the phone company actually demanded it back. We wanted to buy it from them!
re: #299 austin_blue
And now he’s a rich, pardoned-felon hack.
He needs to be reminded, at every turn, that accepting a pardon is an admission of guilt.
He. Will. Always. Be. A. Felon. :LOL:
re: #264 Blind Frog Belly White
What in hell is THAT?
I mean, apart from, obviously, a millipede. It’s HUGE!
Centipede. Millipedes are more heavily shelled and have really tiny legs. And more of them. And they really stink if you disturb them.
re: #309 wrenchwench
Some of them don’t see the coming destruction yet. Or pretend not to see it.
That’s okay, it sees them.
re: #302 HappyWarrior
The more I learn about Nixon TBH. The more I feel conflicted about him.
Every time that happens to me I simply remember that he’s in hell now and that cheers me right back up.
re: #310 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
FORTRAN I would not have expected. I know all about LISP. ;)
My grandmother leased a rotary phone. For decades. When she died in 2006, the phone company actually demanded it back. We wanted to buy it from them!
I have an internet friend who does optical research for the US Navy and all his programming is FORTRAN.
re: #306 wheat-dogg
That kind of smug “Well they never had to do this” shit bugs me, too. So what? My kids never learned how to check vacuum tubes. They don’t need to know how to adjust the points in their cars. I didn’t need to learn how to hitch a horse to a carriage, or churn butter, or stoke the coalstove to keep the horse warm overnight.
By the same token, some people my age are still baffled by ATMs and set-top boxes.
Kind of funny too that last night there was quite a discussion about how only old ladies write checks. I am an old lady who pays all bills online, uses a chip card when shopping, but still write checks for things like:
Attending a fundraiser and wanting to “prime the pump” with an in person donation.
Paying dues to local organizations that do not have credit card setups.
Paying my hairdresser, who prefers checks so she doesn’t have to pay merchant fees.
I also cross the divide with a desktop, laptop, two tablets, a smartphone AND a landline (actually, now it’s a digital service through my cable company—and glory be—I still have cable!)
I’d say get off my lawn, but I live in a condo/
re: #314 William Lewis
Every time that happens to me I simply remember that he’s in hell now and that cheers me right back up.
The worst part of not believing in heaven is the corresponding disbelief in hell.
re: #316 BeachDem
I still write checks on occasion. Not often, mind you, but it’s usually for things like paying my wife’s bowling membership dues, where they don’t take a card and (until recently) it was an odd amount of cash that couldn’t be withdrawn in exact change from an ATM.
re: #303 wheat-dogg
There’s a scene in one of the James Bond novels — I forget which one — where someone attempts to assassinate Bond with a giant poisonous centipede. Bond manages to avoid being bitten, and crushes the centipede on the floor. He then throws up in the bathroom. That scene humanized Bond for me, because I could imagine how disgusting centipede innards would look like.
In the movie version they left out the vomiting part, IIRC.
Dr. No.
in the movie they changed it to a tarantula
re: #318 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I still write checks on occasion. Not often, mind you, but it’s usually for things like paying my wife’s bowling membership dues, where they don’t take a card and (until recently) it was an odd amount of cash that couldn’t be withdrawn in exact change from an ATM.
I still write checks. I also avoid online billing. I just don’t trust it. So stuff like insurance bills, electricity bills, those all get paid with checks. It’s easy to pay with a credit card, but I’m trying to teach myself to limit that — I don’t want to get accustomed to having huge credit card bills every month…
re: #315 William Lewis
I have an internet friend who does optical research for the US Navy and all his programming is FORTRAN.
My first job was programming in FORTRAN.
re: #302 HappyWarrior
The more I learn about Nixon TBH. The more I feel conflicted about him.
I hear you. At the time, Nixon was most definitely The Politician Everybody Loved To Hate - even (to some degree) GOP partisans who backed him completely. And it’s taken decades to even burnish that “Tricky Dick” reputation a smidgen. Oh, he was a hack, all right: paranoid, power-hungry, only trustworthy when it suited his purposes, firmly committed to ideology until he thought otherwise, etc. But he had one quality that sets him apart from the current gaggle of deplorables defacing the White House with their presence: Nixon knew the system: he had risen through the ranks (mainly by jumping on flukey opportunities, but never mind); he knew how politics worked, he knew he had to show at least a modicum of deference to the norms of Washington (hence the great - if ultimately futile - efforts to keep the “dirty tricks” crap utterly under the radar), and something of a respect for the law - even as he and his creatures tried to undermine it. Historians are likely to note that one side-effect of the Trump Presidency is that it will probably make most other “failed” Administrations look positively rosy: starting, most likely, with Nixon’s
re: #294 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
They’re not even capable of using a landline phone, and there’s a crap load of those still
My parents don’t have a landline, but we do. So my kids know how to use one, but the skill is useless at their grandparent’s.
This $33M public jail in Florida is renting its beds to ICE and turning a tax-free profit for private investors gambling on the criminalization of immigrants.
How did this happen? That’s the real story 👇 https://t.co/eTHRFCJ3Cj— Vera (@verainstitute) August 1, 2018
re: #304 William Lewis
My mother-in-law has only rotary phones. Meh. They work for her.
As for COBAL, well, that’s one thing but LISP and FORTRAN are just as old but both are still very useful for research and development.
We’re finally going to replace some ADA code at my company because those that know it and actively program are retiring, and the rest of us refuse to learn it.
re: #321 The Vicious Babushka
My first job was programming in FORTRAN.
Sorry. C++ is my mother tongue when it comes to programming languages. Although I did learn FORTRAN just for fun.
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Sarah Sanders: When Trump said you needed an ID to buy groceries, he meant alcohol https://t.co/Aj1ZpaIgAQ pic.twitter.com/by5Wbwxmo0
— The Hill (@thehill) August 1, 2018
re: #327 The Vicious Babushka
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For Sarah Huckabee-Sanders, that’s probably the only groceries she buys these days, so it’s true in a sense.
re: #326 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Sorry. C++ is my mother tongue when it comes to programming languages. Although I did learn FORTRAN just for fun.
Learn some Haskell. It will make you think about your C++ programming in an entirely new way.
re: #330 Belafon
Learn some Haskell. It will make you think about your C++ programming in an entirely new way.
Did some of that in college. C++ is “object-oriented” in the same way my Chevrolet is a Corvette.
In the late 1500s, the English printer Henry Denham proposed using a reverse question mark, ⸮, called a PERCONTATION POINT to indicate that a question was rhetorical and so didn’t require an answer. pic.twitter.com/hArjgiPqsm
— Haggard Hawks (@HaggardHawks) July 31, 2018
re: #321 The Vicious Babushka
My first job was programming in FORTRAN.
It’s a nice language. I liked it so much better than COBAL. LISP, OTOH, remains the best of all of them (though I did learn to be decent at portable machine language aka C)
re: #325 Belafon
We’re finally going to replace some ADA code at my company because those that know it and actively program are retiring, and the rest of us refuse to learn it.
I was going to say ADA’s not that bad but ya know? It really is. I don’t blame you.
re: #302 HappyWarrior
The more I learn about Nixon TBH. The more I feel conflicted about him.
That’s Nixon.
He was just so damn anxious to be president he would do whatever it took to get elected.
Once in office, he was at least a president that did some bad stuff and also did some good. He deserves his reputation.
And while he used the southern strategy to get elected, he didn’t govern like he owed them everything and try to turn them into his mob like Trump.
And I doubt he would have worked with a enemy foreign government to help get elected and then act like owed them everything too.
re: #331 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Did some of that in college. C++ is “object-oriented” in the same way my Chevrolet is a Corvette.
God, I am so glad I swallowed right before I read that. Cheap wine out the nose sucks…
JFC
Manafort in his $9,000 suit shown to jury today. Unbelievable. pic.twitter.com/xJReyKJJg1
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) August 2, 2018
re: #331 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Did some of that in college. C++ is “object-oriented” in the same way my Chevrolet is a Corvette.
I’ve done a lot of object oriented programming in C++. But I like the fact that you’re not locked into doing OO, because most of my jobs require a mix. The addition of lambdas has made programming so much nicer.
BTW, Java’s type erasure sucks.
re: #332 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I wish English would adopt Spanish’s pre-punctuation for questions.
[Geeking]The one library I wish the C++ standards committee had moved from Boost to the standard library is the signals2 library. It is my favorite library from Boost, and it does a whole lot to keeping code clean and organized.[/Geeking]
Goodnight.
Best actor ever 😂😂😂 😂 pic.twitter.com/yOqtfs4ZbQ
— Puppies 🐶 (@PopularPups) August 1, 2018
This is Leo. He runs a no nonsense household. All toys must be returned to the toy basket at the conclusion of playtime. No exceptions. 14/10 yes sir Leo pic.twitter.com/4V8rnZBE30
— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) August 2, 2018
Maybe Steve Bannon was advising him. https://t.co/F1oIxR6GMv
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) August 2, 2018
interesting
Front and center at Trump’s Tuesday night rally: the letter Q, which refers to the leader of an online conspiracy involving satanism, pedophilia and Jews https://t.co/LBFMI4Dz6O
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 1, 2018
Looks like our old novel Q is still (nay, ever more!) being used in the US to troll/trigger the alt-right. https://t.co/wj4NsSktIV
— Wu Ming Foundation (@Wu_Ming_Foundt) August 1, 2018
Hey, Observer Art—you around?
Here’s a HuffPo article about the Zach Smith/Urban Meyer story that never mentions Earl Bruce at all—odd (didn’t watch the video, but the article says nada.)
re: #327 The Vicious Babushka
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WHY do people keep interpreting what the president* says. Such nonsense. I don’t remember the media accepting any interpretations of what President Obama said.
For once, Trump is correct. Shutting down the govt would be a great campaign issue — for the Democrats.
I waded into the brain-rotting waters of QAnon to compile a comprehensive field guide to their insane codenames, symbols, and theories for all of you. https://t.co/ManNDuBJVB
— justin caffier (@JustinCaffier) June 12, 2018
A guy using the moniker Q, obliquely posing as a state employee going anon, is feeding tedious bullshit to nazis. Uhm… Looks like someone’s using our novel Q and the Luther Blissett playbook in order to… what? Take the piss out of the alt-right? 🤨 https://t.co/eGbn7Zb27H
— Wu Ming Foundation (@Wu_Ming_Foundt) June 12, 2018
GROCERY STORE ID
I need to purchase a big of Doritos! pic.twitter.com/SKIrKnoQAw
— Stone Cold (@stonecold2050) August 1, 2018
re: #347 fern01
WHY do people keep interpreting what the president* says. Such nonsense. I don’t remember the media accepting any interpretations of what President Obama said.
They have to try to interpret him, because everybody sane and rational knows he’s full of shit, and if they don’t try to cover for him, even the rubes will catch on eventually.
re: #338 The Vicious Babushka
JFC
Manafort in his $9,000 suit shown to jury today. Unbelievable.
I find it sad that someone spends $1m on suits because they don’t want to declare the income and pay taxes. Weird sh!t about taxes should get so many of these idiots into jail.
re: #346 BeachDem
Hey, Observer Art—you around?
Here’s a HuffPo article about the Zach Smith/Urban Meyer story that never mentions Earl Bruce at all—odd (didn’t watch the video, but the article says nada.)
Thanks for the link.
It’s messy. I give local news and sports talk some credit. They are not protecting the vaunted Ohio State football coach. A lot of people seem pissed off in fact that he was so dense in how he handled the whole thing.
In January 1966 the TV show “Gidget” created a fictional band called The Gories for an episode called “Gidget’s Career.” Sally Field’s vampire-like hair, makeup & wardrobe was a precursor of the goth scene by over a decade. pic.twitter.com/ShlKMkkAC2
— Nikki Kreuzer (@NikkiKreuzer) August 1, 2018
Damn. Goth Sally Field. https://t.co/p0Dcqq2vuf
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) August 2, 2018
Beginning to convert a metric shit-tonne of jQuery-based code into native ES6 Javascript. Is there an emoji for the poignant sadness of parting ways with an old friend?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 2, 2018
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re: #336 ObserverArt
That’s Nixon.
He was just so damn anxious to be president he would do whatever it took to get elected.
Once in office, he was at least a president that did some bad stuff and also did some good. He deserves his reputation.
And while he used the southern strategy to get elected, he didn’t govern like he owed them everything and try to turn them into his mob like Trump.
And I doubt he would have worked with a enemy foreign government to help get elected and then act like owed them everything too.
I think I’ve mentioned in the past I recently read a book called “Crooked” by Austin Grossman. It’s essentially a horror comedy starring Nixon as a guy who accidentally spends his life spying for the Russians and fighting Lovecraftian monsters. Grossman portrays Nixon as a guy who wanted to be the hero, who wanted to be a truly good person, but couldn’t resist his inner asshole or even do much to resist his own ambitions. (It’s also first-person, so you expect it to let Nixon give himself the benefit of the doubt.)
Also the most utterly terrifying person in the book, even more than the god-empowered Russian spy or the immortal and inhuman sorcerer Kissinger, is Dwight Eisenhower.
re: #358 can’t think of a decent username
I think I’ve mentioned in the past I recently read a book called “Crooked” by Austin Grossman. It’s essentially a horror comedy starring Nixon as a guy who accidentally spends his life spying for the Russians and fighting Lovecraftian monsters. Grossman portrays Nixon as a guy who wanted to be the hero, who wanted to be a truly good person, but couldn’t resist his inner asshole or even do much to resist his own ambitions. (It’s also first-person, so you expect it to let Nixon give himself the benefit of the doubt.)
Also the most utterly terrifying person in the book, even more than the god-empowered Russian spy or the immortal and inhuman sorcerer Kissinger, is Dwight Eisenhower.
WTF? Ok, why? If you want, put it behind private tags.
re: #356 BeachDem
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re: #329 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
For Sarah Huckabee-Sanders, that’s probably the only groceries she buys these days, so it’s true in a sense.
Liquid bread.
re: #318 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I still write checks on occasion. Not often, mind you, but it’s usually for things like paying my wife’s bowling membership dues, where they don’t take a card and (until recently) it was an odd amount of cash that couldn’t be withdrawn in exact change from an ATM.
I still use my checking account to make my house payment. I like having control over when the bill gets paid, I like having the flexibility to pay extra principal when I can afford to, and I’d just as soon not give my mortgage company direct access to my bank accounts. I also use it for paying the various bills I get from the city for water, sewer and street maintenance. That’s about it.
re: #359 William Lewis
WTF? Ok, why? If you want, put it behind private tags.
I don’t think it’s a spoiler. He’s just terrifically smart and a powerful sorcerer. Almost every time Nixon has anything to do with him, Ike sees through everything he’s trying to say and often puts some sort of magical whammy on him.* On the first few pages, Nixon speculates that Ike was stitched back together from some wartime accident and probably wasn’t human anymore.
* Just about every American president gets initiated as a wizard (empowered by the Constitution, which is encoded with magic spells. The further back you go in history, the more terrifyingly powerful they are.
re: #364 stpaulbear
I still use my checking account to make my house payment. I like having control over when the bill gets paid, I like having the flexibility to pay extra principal when I can afford to, and I’d just as soon not give my mortgage company direct access to my bank accounts. I also use it for paying the various bills I get from the city for water, sewer and street maintenance. That’s about it.
I do all that online. No paper need, no direct access. Chase sends out the paper. Perhaps they do electronic transfers to big companies. Probably both. But I haven’t personally written a check in…forever.
re: #360 ObserverArt
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re: #365 can’t think of a decent username
I don’t think it’s a spoiler. He’s just terrifically smart and a powerful sorcerer. Almost every time Nixon has anything to do with him, Ike sees through everything he’s trying to say and often puts some sort of magical whammy on him.* On the first few pages, Nixon speculates that Ike was stitched back together from some wartime accident and probably wasn’t human anymore.
* Just about every American president gets initiated as a wizard (empowered by the Constitution, which is encoded with magic spells. The further back you go in history, the more terrifyingly powerful they are.
Sounds like a good Kindle purchase. Not good enough to buy paper but good enough for electrons.
re: #321 The Vicious Babushka
My first job was programming in FORTRAN.
And the company founded by their father that made the Winklevoss twins rich still uses APL for much of their software!!
re: #366 MsJ
I too do almost all of my bills online. I have to find out if my accountant will accept that form of payment.
re: #369 I Would Prefer Not To
CSB: One year, as a joke, my wife put “diamond-encrusted mop” on her birthday list. Whaddya know, her birthday rolls around, and a long package arrives at the house, care of my mom. Mrs. Fish opens it up, and my mom had bedazzled a Swiffer. Best gag birthday gift ever. Also, useful!
WTFITS
Pastor Darrell Scott at White House prison reform event with President Trump: “This is probably going to be… the most pro-black president I’ve seen in my lifetime.” https://t.co/B9sRZdpP4s
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 2, 2018
re: #368 William Lewis
Sounds like a good Kindle purchase. Not good enough to buy paper but good enough for electrons.
I thought it was a fun book. I’ve read several recently that were of higher quality, but this one was a good, enjoyable read.
Got asked to go on TV today to debate whether we landed on the Moon.
While I support media coverage of space, this is unacceptable as a discussion in 2018. More needs to be done to improve STEM literacy for journalists.
It is not ok to debate science fact.— Sarah Cruddas (@sarahcruddas) July 31, 2018
re: #373 The Vicious Babushka
WTFITS
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He’s been sucking up to Trump all along; was on the transition team, and here’s a little tidbit:
In 2016, Scott and Donald Trump’s personal attorney and campaign spokesperson Michael D. Cohen co-founded National Diversity Coalition for Trump, that began operations in April, 2016.
Wonder how much money was “washed” through that little operation.
Via John Cole at Balloon Juice:
Every time I see them, this is the word that prevails.
Whenever I encounter a supporter of this President on social media now, or scan the crowds at his propaganda rallies, or see his surrogates bloviating on talk shows or pounding upon pulpits, I am left with the same conclusion: they are a people bereft of joy.
There is no happiness, no benevolence, nothing life-giving left there.
The emotional deficit is continually on display:
In their contorted, sneering countenance; in their so readily brandished middle finger; in their steady spit shower of verbal filth. With each angry gesture and with every slandering epithet, they reveal in high-definition detail what it looks like when someone loses the light inside them.
re: #374 can’t think of a decent username
I thought it was a fun book. I’ve read several recently that were of higher quality, but this one was a good, enjoyable read.
Nothing wrong with that. I just can only afford so much so my non-fiction tends to get slighted to the library. I can see spending $6 for this though.
Little boy told me today that he had a horse named Mayo. Then he said Mayo neighs.
My day just got better.— Reta Coffman (@Retacof) August 1, 2018
And by the time he bought that $15,000 ostrich jacket, Manafort already owned a $9,500 ostrich vest, which he’d bought in December 2011. pic.twitter.com/X8gNLZKs4r
— Andrew Prokop (@awprokop) August 2, 2018
We basically bought this for him since he wasn’t paying taxes. This is what they think poor people are doing with Medicaid or $4 a day in food stamps. https://t.co/eQxxYtApbp
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) August 2, 2018
Pastor Darrell Scott at White House prison reform event with President Trump: “This is probably going to be… the most pro-black president I’ve seen in my lifetime.” https://t.co/B9sRZdpP4s
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 2, 2018
Seems doubtful. https://t.co/9yUdPU0pON
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 2, 2018
re: #382 Charles Johnson
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Even more pro-black than an ACTUAL BLACK PRESIDENT? How thick are these fuckers?
re: #383 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Even more pro-black than an ACTUAL BLACK PRESIDENT? How thick are these fuckers?
Thick as a brick.
re: #383 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Trump’s easiest marks are the fundamentalist/evangelicals. They’ve already been trained to not think.
re: #379 William Lewis
Nothing wrong with that. I just can only afford so much so my non-fiction tends to get slighted to the library. I can see spending $6 for this though.
This is very much fiction, if I wasn’t clear before. I think Grossman did plenty of research about Nixon, but absolutely not non-fiction…
If your library doesn’t have it, see if they can get it through Inter-Library Loan.
(I just found out I live in such a remote area, my local library will charge me shipping costs if I get a book through ILL — it’s just too much trouble to get books brought here by courier.) :(
Here’s the test: will he say that publicly? Otherwise, he didn’t say it. https://t.co/hsbPwjdKQN
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) August 2, 2018
re: #382 Charles Johnson
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Ah, yes. And how much was the donation to your so called church for?
Modern Simony in action…
Paul Manaforts ostrich coat in reality versus how I pictured it pic.twitter.com/zETO1ybD1H
— @kim 🌊 (@kim) August 2, 2018
re: #381 JordanRules
And by the time he bought that $15,000 ostrich jacket, Manafort already owned a $9,500 ostrich vest, which he’d bought in December 2011
He just needed a jacket to go with his vest. He had an outfit to complete with his blood money.
re: #387 can’t think of a decent username
This is very much fiction, if I wasn’t clear before. I think Grossman did plenty of research about Nixon, but absolutely not non-fiction…
If your library doesn’t have it, see if they can get it through Inter-Library Loan.
(I just found out I live in such a remote area, my local library will charge me shipping costs if I get a book through ILL — it’s just too much trouble to get books brought here by courier.) :(
Typo - I ment my Fiction gets shunted to the library. Argh! :)
re: #371 PhillyPretzel
I too do almost all of my bills online. I have to find out if my accountant will accept that form of payment.
Mine does. I can send a check to anyone with just their address.
In Canada you’re extremely restricted to whom you can send money. Companies have to register to receive payments. Otherwise you can send anyone money through email with a password… Kinda like PayPal but through the bank. Then that party has to log on and enter the password. I’m not sure what happens after that… I’ll have to ask. It’s really different.
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