The mob at Trump’s Tampa Bay rally welcomed him with open arms. And, attached to those open arms, were hands showing middle fingers.
An extraordinarily disappointing moment by @PressSec just now… Her inability to acknowledge the role POTUS has played in all of this media bashing only hurts her own credibility…She had a chance to defend the institution and take the high ground and show leadership, instead..
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) August 2, 2018
“Hurts her own credibility?”
What credibility? https://t.co/yIYNCMpqZ4— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 2, 2018
Seriously? Chuck Todd is disappointed that Sarah Sanders didn’t “take the high ground?” What planet has he been living on?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 2, 2018
Trump advocated last year for dropping the refugee cap to as low as 5,000 people from 50,000, according to a former administration official – a cut far more drastic than even his most hawkish adviser, Stephen Miller, was pushing for at the time https://t.co/84Y9L0wCYA
— POLITICO (@politico) August 2, 2018
re: #1 Charles Johnson
An extraordinarily disappointing moment by @PressSec just now… Her inability to acknowledge the role POTUS has played in all of this media bashing only hurts her own credibility…She had a chance to defend the institution and take the high ground and show leadership, instead..
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) August 2, 2018
in other words, she did the same thing she’s done for months. on sunday, you’ll say “both sides” are to blame for the “partisanship all around,” and rinse and repeat. https://t.co/fosxbAp4k5
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) August 2, 2018
I’d have closed the back of the car first.
UNDETERRED: Severe weather couldn’t keep this woman from returning her shopping cart to its rightful place in a Walmart parking lot after unloading her groceries. https://t.co/wFTNmIeCz4 pic.twitter.com/AgnjnB0n1D
— ABC News (@ABC) August 2, 2018
I walked out of the end of that briefing because I am totally saddened by what just happened. Sarah Sanders was repeatedly given a chance to say the press is not the enemy and she wouldn’t do it. Shameful.
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) August 2, 2018
It’s long past time to stop expecting any of these people to behave decently. They’re just laughing at you. https://t.co/8xikg8jnPb
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 2, 2018
Question: I’m headed out to get some groceries but I don’t have a picture ID. Can I pay with a wire transfer from the Ukraine?
— 🖕🏻Aunt Crabby calls Bullshit 🖕🏻 (@DearAuntCrabby) August 2, 2018
One of the most disengenuous events I’ve witnessed. @Acosta asked repeatedly about us being the enemy of the people and SHS repeats a laundry list of slights and her need for SS protection. 5 dead in Annapolis.
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) August 2, 2018
I walked out of the end of that briefing because I am totally saddened by what just happened. Sarah Sanders was repeatedly given a chance to say the press is not the enemy and she wouldn’t do it. Shameful.
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) August 2, 2018
SHS and her boss are acting like they’re trying to stir up stochastic terrorists, because that’s exactly what they’re trying to do. This is the same administration willing to torture children as a “deterrent.”
BREAKING: @MPR is giving proceeds from #mprraccoon swag, as promised, to the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Roseville. THEY ARE GETTING $41,000 FROM FOLKS THAT BOUGHT RACCOON T-SHIRTS! We’re celebrating w/ a green heron release today! What a great end to this story! @mprnews pic.twitter.com/BF0nPdxv4Y
— Tim Nelson (@timnelson_mpr) August 2, 2018
Wow >> Nakasone, the NSA chief, appears to indicate that he’s considering offensive cyber operations as a way to go after election interference at its origin.
— Andrew Desiderio (@desiderioDC) August 2, 2018
.@JohnCornyn notes defensive cyber & sanctions are “not working” as a deterrent to Russian interference. @ChrisMurphyCT says it might be time for offensive cyber: “We’re reluctant to fight fire with fire. We don’t play by the same rules the Russians do.”https://t.co/rRk6Sgjay9
— Andrew Desiderio (@desiderioDC) August 1, 2018
Sen. @ChrisMurphyCT brought this up to me yesterday: https://t.co/Lq0avoazKs
— Andrew Desiderio (@desiderioDC) August 2, 2018
I’m getting really fed up with these media people who won’t face reality. If you let Trump’s gang continue to abuse you, you deserve to be abused. Stand up and fight back. Don’t just take it and whine about it, then go right back and get abused again.
re: #11 JordanRules
At least some people realize we’re at war with Russia.
We’ve seen what these people are. The question is, does the press continue to bow-down to an administration that rejects American values?
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) August 2, 2018
Thread!
There are over 700,000 people being detained in jails across the country, the majority of whom are eligible to vote, but are unlikely to know that.
We went to one of the biggest jails where organizers are regularly going in to register inmates to vote https://t.co/5we19MvoLS— Sam Levine (@srl) August 2, 2018
I asked Dart if he was comfortable knowing that people in his custody could vote him out of office. ““If that’s what someone chooses, I’m absolutely OK with that,” he said. People who vote, he said, are more likely to be engaged with the community and stay out of jail
— Sam Levine (@srl) August 2, 2018
re: #12 Charles Johnson
I’m getting really fed up with these media people who won’t face reality. If you let Trump’s gang continue to abuse you, you deserve to be abused. Stand up and fight back. Don’t just take it and whine about it, then go right back and get abused again.
The easy thing for Acosta to do would be to stop reporting on them. The fact that he not only pesters Sanders, but goes to Trump rallies, where he’s harassed, to me is a positive. I think she should be asked questions like this repeatedly.
Decorated soldier discharged from Army over immigration status https://t.co/7l94oEZwhB pic.twitter.com/lX3pEiwfjG
— The Hill (@thehill) August 2, 2018
“Sea did not know that the school’s owner had been working with a corrupt Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent to issue fraudulent visas in exchange for bribes.”
She lost her career and is going to be deported thru no fault of her own.
The system is broken. https://t.co/lStSNwcT3D— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 2, 2018
Craziness.
DNI Coats: “Our focus here today is to simply tell the American people we acknowledge the threat, it is real, it is continuing and we’re doing everything we can to have a legitimate election that the American people can have trust in.” https://t.co/GmhGl8ciTP pic.twitter.com/VffppGltda
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) August 2, 2018
“We’re doing everything Trump will allow to have a seemingly legitimate election.”
re: #22 HappyWarrior
Yeah I don’t believe a damn word you say Dan.
“We” is everyone from Coates down, not up.
re: #18 Belafon
The easy thing for Acosta to do would be to stop reporting on them. The fact that he not only pesters Sanders, but goes to Trump rallies, where he’s harassed, to me is a positive. I think she should be asked questions like this repeatedly.
I can’t agree - I don’t think it would be easy for any of these people to stop reporting on the Trump gang, because the bean counters at media companies expect them to maintain their access and keep generating content for them to sell. They’re under tremendous pressure to let themselves keep being abused.
It would be much harder for the media to make a decision to stop covering these phony press events — that would take real courage because it involves money.
re: #24 Belafon
“We” is everyone from Coates down, not up.
True but I’m still skeptical. The guy did choose to serve Trump after all.
Active shooter reported at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio; personnel told to shelter in place. (via @ap) pic.twitter.com/L9yKdGpKZE
— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) August 2, 2018
re: #11 JordanRules
Nakasone, the NSA chief, appears to indicate that he’s considering offensive cyber operations as a way to go after election interference at its origin.
I’m frankly surprised that we haven’t done just that.
This is war. Hire a bunch of black hats and pull down Russia’s power grid for a few weeks. Might even lead to the end of Putin.
re: #28 makeitstop
I’m frankly surprised that we haven’t done just that.
This is war. Hire a bunch of black hats and pull down Russia’s power grid for a few weeks. Might even lead to the end of Putin.
Our grid is extremely vulnerable, and our Republicans want us to collapse, so I would not go down that road.
re: #11 JordanRules
End this cyber war hoax! Who will rid me of this meddlesome NSA chief?
re: #12 Charles Johnson
I’m getting really fed up with these media people who won’t face reality. If you let Trump’s gang continue to abuse you, you deserve to be abused. Stand up and fight back. Don’t just take it and whine about it, then go right back and get abused again.
maybe dignity will eventually kick in
maybe, just maybe, they get to the point where clicks, readership, and profits arent the drivers
re: #30 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Our grid is extremely vulnerable, and our Republicans want us to collapse, so I would not go down that road.
We’re already there. Russia has already hacked into our grid.
They struck first by compromising our elections. Turn ‘em into North Korea for a while, see how they like being fucked with.
re: #32 dangerman
maybe dignity will eventually kick in
maybe, just maybe, they get to the point where clicks, readership, and profits arent the drivers
Has that ever happened in a capitalist environment?
re: #33 makeitstop
We’re already there. Russia has already hacked into our grid.
They struck first by compromising our elections. Turn ‘em into North Korea for a while, see how they like being fucked with.
It’s us being turned into North Korea that I’m more worried about.
THIS IS SOME ACTUAL NEWS: NSA/CyberCom chief Nakasone said he’s been given green light to conduct *attacks* on *foreign adversaries* who are carrying out information warfare campaigns on the U.S. *right now* https://t.co/WbpgSwxDB9
— Xeni Jardin 👩🏼💻 (@xeni) August 2, 2018
re: #25 Charles Johnson
I can’t agree - I don’t think it would be easy for any of these people to stop reporting on the Trump gang, because the bean counters at media companies expect them to maintain their access and keep generating content for them to sell. They’re under tremendous pressure to let themselves keep being abused.
It would be much harder for the media to make a decision to stop covering these phony press events — that would take real courage because it involves money.
and the ‘mechanical reality’:
if 70% withdraw, the remaining 30%, like fox et al will completely fill the void left behind
that would not be better
re: #28 makeitstop
I’m frankly surprised that we haven’t done just that.
This is war. Hire a bunch of black hats and pull down Russia’s power grid for a few weeks. Might even lead to the end of Putin.
Do you want WWIII? Let’s have good relations with Russia!
re: #34 JordanRules
Has that ever happened in a capitalist environment?
i was half going to add “/s”
only half
re: #25 Charles Johnson
I can’t agree - I don’t think it would be easy for any of these people to stop reporting on the Trump gang, because the bean counters at media companies expect them to maintain their access and keep generating content for them to sell. They’re under tremendous pressure to let themselves keep being abused.
It would be much harder for the media to make a decision to stop covering these phony press events — that would take real courage because it involves money.
These press conferences wouldn’t go away if WaPo, NYT, CNN, etc. pulled out. We’d be left with FOX (though, in a break, the FOX reporter refused to follow her “Don’t ask about interference” request), Breitbart, and a few others. Then we’d get questions like “How was the president’s breakfast?” and “How much longer will the president tolerate dissenting Democrats?”
I’m torn on the issue, personally, and because of that I tend to lean toward the idea of engaging them. We can’t get around the fact that Trump is president, and I’d rather have Sanders refusing to respond to questions than being pitched softballs.
Good to see at least one journalist who doesn’t expect Sanders to be a decent person, despite massive evidence to the contrary.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 2, 2018
re: #33 makeitstop
We’re already there. Russia has already hacked into our grid.
They struck first by compromising our elections. Turn ‘em into North Korea for a while, see how they like being fucked with.
Don’t hit their power grid. I wouldn’t do that.
No. What I’d hit is their cyber-infrastructure. Their networks - and of course, their financial system. Ideally, I’d want to unleash something akin to a Stuxnet virus into their banking and financial systems…..crash their economy, basically, or at least cause some extremely serious damage to it. Best case scenario, a catastophic financial crisis in Russia, akin to the crisis they experienced in 1998, which drove Russia into default.
That hurts them.
re: #43 Dr Lizardo
Don’t hit their power grid. I wouldn’t do that.
No. What I’d hit is their cyber-infrastructure. Their networks - and of course, their financial system. Ideally, I’d want to unleash something akin to a Stuxnet virus into their banking and financial systems…..crash their economy, basically, or at least cause some extremely serious damage to it. Best case scenario, a catastophic financial crisis in Russia, akin to the crisis they experienced in 1998, which drove Russia into default.
That hurts them.
Yes, a better idea.
Save the power grid for the second wave. (j/k)
re: #43 Dr Lizardo
Don’t hit their power grid. I wouldn’t do that.
No. What I’d hit is their cyber-infrastructure. Their networks - and of course, their financial system. Ideally, I’d want to unleash something akin to a Stuxnet virus into their banking and financial systems…..crash their economy, basically, or at least cause some extremely serious damage to it. Best case scenario, a catastophic financial crisis in Russia, akin to the crisis they experienced in 1998, which drove Russia into default.
That hurts them.
Targeting the oligarchs and Putin specifically would get their attention.
re: #5 Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson ✔
@Green_Footballs
It’s long past time to stop expecting any of these people to behave decently. They’re just laughing at you.
So, after today’s harsh lesson the media will now fight back and do something to get their point across and make America aware of how dangerous Huckleberry-Sanders and Trump’s stand on the media is.
…
…Hahahahahahahahaaaaaa.
Sure, right.
They’ll be back for their continued beatings tomorrow.
re: #45 wheat-dogg
Targeting the oligarchs and Putin specifically would get their attention.
If it were possible, I’d want to unleash a Stuxnet-like virus into the Russian banking system, maybe through the Central Bank, or deploy it in large banks like AlfaBank or Sberbank or whatnot. It would spread from there, especially if it went undetected for a few weeks.
re: #20 JordanRules
Craziness.
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re: #48 Dr Lizardo
If it were possible, I’d want to unleash a Stuxnet-like virus into the Russian banking system, maybe through the Central Bank, or deploy it in large banks like AlfaBank or Sberbank or whatnot. It would spread from there, especially if it went undetected for a few weeks.
There are those 24/7 connections to those computers in Trump Tower to infiltrate.
Statement by the President: pic.twitter.com/IyY0yVzu5X
— Press Secretary Bot (@PressBotPlus) August 2, 2018
IS IT REARDEN STEEL? https://t.co/LnuYkPVdkO
— Ed Bott (@edbott) August 2, 2018
I walked out of the end of that briefing because I am totally saddened by what just happened. Sarah Sanders was repeatedly given a chance to say the press is not the enemy and she wouldn’t do it. Shameful.
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) August 2, 2018
I also think this is rather well done journalism, with the possible exception of the “Shameful.” at the end, and I’m only partially on board with that. They challenged her on something important, she refused to answer, and he reported it. It’s not in the Chuck Todd mold, which would say something like “The press and Sanders disagreed about the role of the press in covering the administration.”
re: #22 HappyWarrior
Yeah I don’t believe a damn word you say Dan.
I believe Coats is honest. But his hands are tied by The Big Orange Lump he serves.
He should resign and rip on the administration…but he may be trying to lend some sanity.
Good luck with that.
I feel for some of them. If those with a brain quit and they leave that administration to the Trump loving gangsters just imagine how much insanity there would be?
me when overwhelmed on social media pic.twitter.com/hAcQCtW56C
— Swear Trek (@swear_trek) August 2, 2018
How’s it playing in Cullman, Alabama? A coal miner and “diehard Trump supporter” tells @TheAtlantic’s @elainaplott “Russia’s interference allowed ‘the real story’ about Hillary Clinton, among other things, to reach public view.” https://t.co/GyLfb9MDuh
— David Gura (@davidgura) August 2, 2018
re: #26 HappyWarrior
True but I’m still skeptical. The guy did choose to serve Trump after all.
True. But he may also be trying to serve the U.S.A. first by trying to be a positive influence on a very negative administration.
It is all no win though.
re: #55 ObserverArt
I believe Coats is honest. But his hands are tied by The Big Orange Lump he serves.
He should resign and rip on the administration…but he may be trying to lend some sanity.
Good luck with that.
I feel for some of them. If those with a brain quit and they leave that administration to the Trump loving gangsters just imagine how much insanity there would be?
He may also be trying to act as a buffer between the admin and those below him. Serve the country or save it? A big question.
Well, it looks like Facebook made another huge change in their API and broke everything in my code AGAIN.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 2, 2018
It’s a big problem that victims of Republican propaganda think “the real story” is whatever is congruent with their propaganda-based beliefs. Reason is alien to them.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) August 2, 2018
re: #61 Charles Johnson
It’s obvious you were bored.
re: #58 JordanRules
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These people are fucking hopeless. Congratulations you’re even bigger idiots than Trump is.
re: #54 Belafon
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I also think this is rather well done journalism, with the possible exception of the “Shameful.” at the end, and I’m only partially on board with that. They challenged her on something important, she refused to answer, and he reported it. It’s not in the Chuck Todd mold, which would say something like “The press and Sanders disagreed about the role of the press in covering the administration.”
from william f buckley (presumably):
…the equivalent of saying that the man who pushes an old lady into the path of a hurtling bus is not to be distinguished from the man who pushes an old lady out of the path of a hurtling bus: on the grounds that, after all, in both cases someone is pushing old ladies around.
What if she says “No”? https://t.co/UMoojfYGhO pic.twitter.com/kLTYuylp7q
— PZ Myers (@pzmyers) August 2, 2018
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
Judge dismisses lawsuit against Fox News filed by parents of Seth Rich https://t.co/KyD4rQzHJn
— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) August 2, 2018
re: #69 JordanRules
Too bad, they should pay some kind of penalty for their irresponsibility and partisan hackery.
Fucking Facebook just disabled automatic posting to a user profile. So the code that’s been working for years to auto-post new LGF articles to my personal profile suddenly stops working.
This is apparently how they plan to fix all their problems with fake news. Assholes.
Chronicle of Higher Education sheds some light on dodgy journals:
These Professors Don’t Work for a Predatory Publisher. It Keeps Claiming They Do.
[…]
Years ago, Traynor, an interim dean and economics professor at Wright State University, learned that a journal was misusing his name online. On its website, the International Journal of Humanities and Social Science lists a range of scholars, including Traynor, on its editorial and international advisory boards.
But Traynor and other supposed board members contacted by The Chronicle said they’ve never been associated with the publication, nor did they grant it permission to use their names. A few have spent years attempting and failing to correct it. All the while, emails have trickled in to their inboxes from disgruntled submitters of papers, asking where their money went or why the edits were so paltry.
Predatory publishers — those that shirk rigorous peer review, seek out inexperienced researchers, and levy fees for authors to publish their own work — are nothing new. More than 400,000 papers have found homes in questionable journals, according to a Finnish researcher whose estimate was reported in The Economist.
[…]
Here’s the website the specific “journals” of the International Journal of Humanities and Social Science:
ijhssnet.com
Some really dodgy stuff in there. For example, here is one paper, “On the Evolution of Humanity: View from the “Ultron”-“Logotron” Theory”:
Which has such claims as:
Consequently, all things of the universe, ultrons of matter are secondary creation from logotrons of Cosmic Mind. The four known forces, gravitational force, electromagnetic force, and weak and strong nuclear forces are postulated to be different manifestations (contact forces) of mental force, mentalon that is inherent to logotrons, suggesting that particles and forces in the physical world are in essence products of logotrons. The inference in the ultron-logotron theory seems to possibly lead to the Theory of Everything (ToE) that has been long sought by physicists, scientists and philosophers. All things are created by mind (Buddha’s teaching) and the Word (the Bible, John 1:1-3).
[…]
It seems to possibly state that the creationism based on the Bible might be applicable in the realm of the inner/super self (spirit, the true self) of man and the Creator. Darwin’s evolutionism is applicable in the realm of
the physical self/body of man and the physical world (Chung, 2010). Both the creationism and evolutionism seem to be correct descriptions, each explaining specific different aspects of the universe.
All manner of badness gets a seal of approval by being “published”, and deceptive “journals” abound.
At film premiere, @DonaldJTrumpJr says modern-day Dem platform reminiscent of Nazis. “You see the Nazi platform from the early 1930s . . . and you look at it compared to the DNC platform of today, you’re saying, ‘Man, those things are awfully similar.” https://t.co/yRGWxoVX88
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) August 2, 2018
Trump and GOP are projecting like IMAX - when they are the ones engaging in actual Nazi tactics like demonizing minorities, treating nonwhites like crap, and seeking to ban nonwhite Christians from seeking legal immigration to the US. https://t.co/zjsQCVFaMT
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 2, 2018
It’s 87F outside, which wouldn’t be so bad if the monsoonal flow also didn’t make the relative humidity above 50%.
In her book, Raising Trump, @IvankaTrump’s mom Ivana explains that she entered into a fraudulent marriage in 1971 for the purpose of obtaining a passport. “We stayed married for two years to fool the government.”
Her words; not mine. pic.twitter.com/3KrypyM4As— Aura Bogado (@aurabogado) August 2, 2018
This was the Nazi platform in 1932: pic.twitter.com/rejhW46tbr
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 2, 2018
An actual historian would not invite a stooge like Don Jr. to feed his audience bullshit. The Conservatives have lost their minds.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) August 2, 2018
Facebook has now killed automatic publishing to user profiles. This is going to affect millions of people, and harm many businesses that supply posting apps and services. It’s a bad, stupid change, probably intended to help their ad revenue, and they don’t care who it hurts.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 2, 2018
re: #76 lawhawk
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Yeah Dumbass because the Nazi platform was pro immigrant. Just shut up. You’re the one who actually RTs real Nazis and whose father is loved by them.
re: #79 Kragar
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Hmmm anti-immigrant alien rhetoric. That sure sounds like your Dad, Dumbass Imbred Jr.
This Facebook change even hit Twitter.
We’ve learned that Tweets and Retweets will no longer automatically post to connected Facebook accounts due to a recent Facebook update.
Don’t worry, you have other ways to share a Tweet 😁https://t.co/fiwInkuyz7— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) August 1, 2018
You can’t complain about the left being pro multiculturalism and diversity and then liken us to Nazis. Pick one.
re: #74 freetoken
Chronicle of Higher Education sheds some light on dodgy journals:
These Professors Don’t Work for a Predatory Publisher. It Keeps Claiming They Do.
Here’s the website the specific “journals” of the International Journal of Humanities and Social Science:
ijhssnet.comSome really dodgy stuff in there. For example, here is one paper, “On the Evolution of Humanity: View from the “Ultron”-“Logotron” Theory”:
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All manner of badness gets a seal of approval by being “published”, and deceptive “journals” abound.
‘studies show…’
‘researchers found…’
4 out of 5 dentists surveyed……
re: #82 Charles Johnson
Facebook has now killed automatic publishing to user profiles. This is going to affect millions of people, and harm many businesses that supply posting apps and services. It’s a bad, stupid change, probably intended to help their ad revenue, and they don’t care who it hurts.
i assume a dumb question:
they don’t announce or warn in advance so apps can be rewritten and ready?
re: #86 Charles Johnson
This Facebook change even hit Twitter.
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This may not be a popular opinion, but good. Let Facebook do that. I think Facebook is more evil than Haliburton and Blackwater.
re: #87 HappyWarrior
You can’t complain about the left being pro multiculturalism and diversity and then liken us to Nazis. Pick one.
there you go again looking for consistency and a lack of hypocrisy /s
I’m sorry but I’m infuriated by people like Don Jr who actually RT people with Pro-Nazi sentiments going around comparing my ideology, the ideology that was actually the driving force that was among the most anti-Nazi of the 1930’s to Nazism. Meanwhile both he and his father’s ideology especially on immigrants is in fact very similar to the Nazis.
re: #89 dangerman
i assume a dumb question:
they don’t announce or warn in advance so apps can be rewritten and ready?
They must have announced it somewhere, but I subscribe to their developer lists and try to stay up to date, and I never saw any notice. Judging from some of the reaction, it caught almost everyone by surprise, including Twitter.
At film premiere, @DonaldJTrumpJr says modern-day Dem platform reminiscent of Nazis. “You see the Nazi platform from the early 1930s . . . and you look at it compared to the DNC platform of today, you’re saying, ‘Man, those things are awfully similar.” https://t.co/yRGWxoVX88
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) August 2, 2018
The full video is here: @DonaldJTrumpJr starts speaking about 2:20 in this video. The comment about Nazis comes in response to a question about how to reduce negativity in political discourse. https://t.co/jyD3Hsp5qB https://t.co/0ACsBx2URj
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) August 2, 2018
re: #91 dangerman
there you go again looking for consistency and a lack of hypocrisy /s
It’s not even hypocrisy. It’s flat out bullshit from people can’t accept their own ideology is more closer to Nazism than ours is. Hell McCarthy, Coulter’s hero defended Nazi war criminals.
And I don’t want to hear a damn word about being civil to these people when the First Son is going around comparing his father’s opposition to the Nazis.You want civility? Tell Donald Trump, Jr to shut his fucking mouth about the Nazis when his father couldn’t even bother to condemn white supremacist domestic terrorists in Charlottesville.
BREAKING: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio says there was ‘no real world active shooter incident.’
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 2, 2018
Remember all those times it was pointed out that members of the Trump administration violated the Hatch Act?
CREW does.
BREAKING: this is big. We @CREWcrew just filed a complaint exposing an epidemic of Trump administration Hatch Act violations. Give a read & keep watching: there will be consequences. Made same prediction on Shulkin, Price, Pruitt, so mark my words. https://t.co/YQUbdtsrR0
— Norm Eisen (@NormEisen) August 2, 2018
re: #12 Charles Johnson
I’d love to see Sarah step up to a press room with 49 empty seats and Fox front and center.
re: #97 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
— Wright-Patterson AFB (@WrightPattAFB) August 2, 2018
re: #99 Unshaken Defiance
I’d love to see Sarah step up to a press room with 49 empty seats and Fox front and center.
If the mainstream media was for real, that’s exactly what would happen. But unfortunately, the MSM can’t wean itself off Trump’s orange teat.
re: #99 Unshaken Defiance
I’d love to see Sarah step up to a press room with 49 empty seats and Fox front and center.
The seats would be filled with people from lower-tier wingnut outlets, and the press-room Overton-window would range from far-right to so-far-right that they’re not even on the map.
re: #94 lawhawk
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From the WaPo article—SO much wrong with this sentence alone:
The documentary draws comparisons between President Lincoln and President Trump, who recently granted D’Souza a full pardon, and sheds light on connections between the Democratic Party and the history of fascism and racism.
Calling it a “documentary” is immediately a stretch.
Saying it “sheds light on connections…” accepts that there are in fact such connections, which is a whole bunch of ongoing Dinesh D’Liar bullshit.
re: #21 HappyWarrior
More like thanks for your service, now fuck off.
re: #90 MsJ
This may not be a popular opinion, but good. Let Facebook do that. I think Facebook is more evil than Haliburton and Blackwater.
Their developers will update their stuff, pretty quickly I imagine, and all will be well. You gotta be happy for actual bad stuff to happen to them. LOL I will likely join you there.
Haliburton and the like are evil as fuck btw. I mean, no need to even try to give them any credit via comparison.
re: #102 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Yup. DMOTI will be glad to fill a chair up front. So will a Newsmax warm body. Then InfoWars will send a rep. The MoonieTimes will certainly has someone on the front row.
The room will be full.
re: #102 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
The seats would be filled with people from lower-tier wingnut outlets, and the press-room Overton-window would range from far-right to so-far-right that they’re not even on the map.
I’ve said it before - the White House is trying to provoke that kind of reaction as a pretext to doing away with press briefings altogether. All they need is an excuse to blame it on the media, and a no-show would do it.
It’s been a week since the deadline for the administration to reunify families it split up at the border. More than 559 children are still reportedly separated from their parents. #FamiliesBelongTogether
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) August 2, 2018
Pennsylvania has to love Trump because unlike all of the others before me, I am bringing STEEL BACK in a VERY BIG way. Plants opening up in Pennsylvania, and all over the Country, and Congressman Lou Barletta, who is running for the Senate in Pennsylvania, is really helping!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 2, 2018
Dude is done… he’s not beating Casey.
Lamb was the canary in the coal mine.
196k third party votes saved your ass there in 2016.
Tick tock. https://t.co/ZqbtAhBQlp— NewDemRicoP 💯✊🏾✊🏾 (@reesetheone1) August 2, 2018
re: #99 Unshaken Defiance
I’d love to see Sarah step up to a press room with 49 empty seats and Fox front and center.
I would prefer instead of empty seats, they all had their backs turned towards her.
re: #109 JordanRules
Trump tells followers to vote for candidate in race he isn’t running https://t.co/vLK27CDofk pic.twitter.com/AYik4LRiVR
— The Hill (@thehill) August 2, 2018
I would expect that your narcissism is as off-putting to them as it is to the rest of us. Watching a sad-clown demand love is embarrassing.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) August 2, 2018
re: #102 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
The seats would be filled with people from lower-tier wingnut outlets, and the press-room Overton-window would range from far-right to so-far-right that they’re not even on the map.
yep, the press room abhors a vacuum, so…
I’m holding back my thoughts on #Q. Let’s see where the wind blows.
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) April 29, 2018
LOL! And the world holds its breath… the suspense is killing us… https://t.co/fWAn99ySrU
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 2, 2018
re: #74 freetoken
Hmm, how did you actually manage to read more than a few paragraphs before the illiteracy, discontinuity, and sheer stupidity overwhelmed your prefrontal cortex?
re: #94 lawhawk
By comparing Democrats to Nazis, obviously.
Are you afraid to tell the other cult 45 members that it’s as absurd as Pizzagate? They don’t like reality, and won’t take it well.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) August 2, 2018
re: #115 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Hmm, how did you actually manage to read more than a few paragraphs before the illiteracy, discontinuity, and sheer stupidity overwhelmed your prefrontal cortex?
My prefrontal cortex is the biggest of cortexes. I have the best cortexes.
Ex-Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks says that Trump’s recent tweets are tantamount to jury tampering in the Manafort trial. https://t.co/CfatspnwdY
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 2, 2018
Add witness jury tampering to the list of charges.
re: #117 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
I’m pretty sure he isn’t going to tell them it’s a fake.
Womp womp
The NRA just said it may have to shut down NRATV. Companies have been advised that doing business w/ the organization may carry “reputational risks.” https://t.co/4sFrBae1Ml
— Shannon Coulter (@shannoncoulter) August 2, 2018
💥💥GOOD NEWS💥💥 https://t.co/DFwV088MKZ
— Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath) August 2, 2018
re: #120 Charles Johnson
I’m pretty sure he isn’t going to tell them it’s a fake.
LOL, probably not.
I had honestly never heard of Jacobinghazi until today and now I want to gouge my eyes out.
— Ishaan Tharoor (@ishaantharoor) August 2, 2018
I still don’t know what this is, but I want to gouge my eyes out preemptively. https://t.co/OEEpmtg6Oj
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 2, 2018
re: #101 Patricia Kayden
If the mainstream media was for real, that’s exactly what would happen. But unfortunately, the MSM can’t wean itself off Trump’s orange teat.
The problem is this: Trump is the president of the United States. As much as we would like for it not to be a thing, it is. As such, he wields power, and his and Sarah’s words have extra meaning because of that, whether or not the WaPo reports them, because Fox does.
We lament the weakening of the press, but the biggest reason Bush was able to do it was because of Fox. His words were going out, whether they were truthful or not, because Fox was going to report them. That puts the others in a bind. Yes, there is a bit of access issue involved, but a big reason is that the liars will get to say what they want, and have it put on TV, challenged or not.
And an extra problem is our president, and it goes like this:
InfoWars reporter: What are the presidents views on the recent altercations between Democrats and the police?
Sanders: Well, as the president’s said, he will do everything he can to keep Democrats from attacking the police.
*Next Day*
Fox: On the issue of Democrats attacking the police, let’s hear what the president said yesterday, via his press secretary.
Trump, 25 minutes later: I have told Sessions to come up with plans to provide additional monitoring of Democrat activists in response to the wave of attacks on the police.
Who’s surprised? Raise your hands. Anyone?
Largest Christian music festival founder busted with 18-year prison sentence after molesting five children https://t.co/CIoIUwFavy
— Morgan Fairchild (@morgfair) August 2, 2018
I didn’t think so.
Create your own meme with the LGF Meme Machine! https://t.co/OxdTOyskyE via @Green_Footballs pic.twitter.com/FD9T2MWVy8
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) August 2, 2018
re: #120 Charles Johnson
I wouldn’t be surprised if Q turned out to be Woods!
Conservatives are looking to create a political status quo where saying “white people sure do love pancakes lol” gets you fired but it’s extremely OK to call your kid’s math teacher a fag at a parent/teacher conference.
— SovCit, Esq. (@CORPORATE_NAME) August 2, 2018
Coats: ‘I’m Not In A Position To Either Understand Fully Or Talk About’ Helsinki https://t.co/fl20CyAnVg via @TPM
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 2, 2018
Sure, but it’s not like he’s Director of National Intelligence or anything. https://t.co/RGUuN5x7e2
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 2, 2018
re: #111 lawhawk
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Hey, The Hill:
Trump will visit Ohio on Saturday to campaign for Balderson in a district that has been represented by the GOP since 1980.
Don’t take away the ONLY DEMOCRATIC REP I ever had in my life:
Bob Shamansky Democrat January 3, 1981-January 3, 1983 Lost re-election.
Rough area of Russia. pic.twitter.com/vwYiOhuISM
— 🇷🇺Only In Russia 🇷🇺 (@CrazyinRussia) August 2, 2018
re: #120 Charles Johnson
I’m pretty sure he isn’t going to tell them it’s a fake.
I’d put money on that. They never want to slit their own income throats.
And Apple didn’t tank after hitting 1 trillion.
They asked my daughter Ivanka whether or not the media is the enemy of the people. She correctly said no. It is the FAKE NEWS, which is a large percentage of the media, that is the enemy of the people!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 2, 2018
In which the president of the US makes clear that he plans to continue his radically dangerous incitement against the media. And uses his daughter to do it. https://t.co/HdhkSUd1Gc
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 2, 2018
4/ I didn’t know this part before. Dinesh went on a violent rampage on Dixie using his “purple belt karate skills”. It was in 2012 when this comical dingus added some weird karate skills to assault Dixie. Horrifying image on many levels. pic.twitter.com/57kRA2OEYN
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 2, 2018
Given Trump pardoned D’Souza the pardoning Al Capone thing might not be a joke. https://t.co/aKmeKxVu50
— Chris Gentle (@crgentle) August 2, 2018
50/50 https://t.co/rgleRaruOw
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 2, 2018
re: #121 makeitstop
Womp womp
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I know I know, it isn’t news, but damn. Donald Trump is just an amazingly despicable human being.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 2, 2018
Create your own meme with the LGF Meme Machine! https://t.co/OxdTOyskyE via @Green_Footballs pic.twitter.com/Sbx388R4RE
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) August 2, 2018
re: #94 lawhawk
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re: #10 Stanley Sea
Hand-sized dinosaur.
You know, I think I dislike Ronna NotARomney McDaniel even more than Mitt WhoIsARomney.
RNC warns party contributors to stay clear of Koch network: report https://t.co/fWaKypRjR2 via @TheHill #news pic.twitter.com/1FWxwC3Wkn
— The_News_DIVA🎀 (@The_News_DIVA) August 2, 2018
Future me, trying to exchange Christmas gifts at Costco. pic.twitter.com/ay9u1uzVLB
— Ostrich Jacket Fan Account (@goddamnedfrank) August 2, 2018
re: #109 JordanRules
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re: #120 Charles Johnson
I’m pretty sure he isn’t going to tell them it’s a fake.
Even if he thinks it is, it’s become a requirement on the Right to either believe, or at most to not disagree.
re: #125 MsJ
Who’s surprised? Raise your hands. Anyone?
Largest Christian music festival founder busted with 18-year prison sentence after molesting five children https://t.co/CIoIUwFavy
— Morgan Fairchild (@morgfair) August 2, 2018
I didn’t think so.
Another funda-perv. Seems like one is arrested or sentenced every day now. How many pervs have Pizzagate and QAnon managed to identify? The religious right’s sick claims are simply a cover for their own obsessive abuse.
re: #102 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
The seats would be filled with people from lower-tier wingnut outlets, and the press-room Overton-window would range from far-right to so-far-right that they’re not even on the map.
And she would have a prepared statement bitching the “liberal, fake news media” is not even here covering this awesome president and you should never trust them because if they don’t get to lie they throw a fit and act out by not showing up to our press conferences.
They have a BS game for everything.
Not saying the media shouldn’t get tougher, but expect the usual from the Trump side.
That’s the spirit.
I will not walk out. I will not step away. Answer the questions. I will never give anyone the satisfaction of speaking to an empty room. Children do not get to chase away the adults. And I have a thick hide. Here for the long haul. @realDonaldTrump
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) August 2, 2018
re: #143 goddamnedfrank
“Trump and Putin in Helsinki” is probably the name for “Doggystyle” in Tamarian.
re: #146 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Like a perverted Santa Claus.
re: #146 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Another funda-perv. Seems like one is arrested or sentenced every day now. How many pervs have Pizzagate and QAnon managed to identify? The religious right’s sick claims are simply a cover for their own obsessive abuse.
QAnon wouldn’t ever bust someone on the right. That’s their target market.
re: #146 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Another funda-perv. Seems like one is arrested or sentenced every day now. How many pervs have Pizzagate and QAnon managed to identify? The religious right’s sick claims are simply a cover for their own obsessive abuse.
It’s always projection, which was my first thought when I saw that the Orange One accused the rigged witch hunt of leaving a stain.
re: #89 dangerman
i assume a dumb question:
they don’t announce or warn in advance so apps can be rewritten and ready?
I use a WordPress plugin to post automatically — until recently — to FB. Because the user has to register the plugin with FB as a developer, I was getting reminders by email to update the app. So, yes, they did warn people a change was coming, but I assumed the actual developer of the plugin would be dealing with it.
re: #121 makeitstop
Womp womp
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Damn kids in Florida did that!!!
Congrats to the Parkland student movement. You are helping push the gun debate like no one has pushed it recently.
Sad that a tragedy you had to go through made your movement needed. But you decided to do something about it that was a lot more powerful than thoughts and prayers.
All those NRA advertiser boycotts worked. They will never admit it, but they worked.
And the release of the news the NRA was in close with Russia iced it.
Sure would be nice for the NRA to become so toxic they have to change the organisations name and policies.
Godspeed.
BREAKING: We just filed Hatch Act complaints against Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Mick Mulvaney and eight other Trump Administration officials https://t.co/TwWRsw88U1
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) August 2, 2018
re: #154 ObserverArt
Damn kids in Florida did that!!!
Congrats to the Parkland student movement. You are helping push the gun debate like no one has pushed it recently.
Sad that a tragedy you had to go through made your movement needed. But you decided to do something about it that was a lot more powerful than thoughts and prayers.
All those NRA advertiser boycotts worked. They will never admit it, but they worked.
And the release of the news the NRA was in close with Russia iced it.
Sure would be nice for the NRA to become so toxic they have to change the organisations name and policies.
It’s nice to see the NRA on the defensive for once.
This is very bad news.
Exclusive: suspected Russian spy found working at US embassy in Moscow - Russian is understood to have had full access to secret data during decade at embassy, by @nickhopkinsnews https://t.co/FC9ZeDAiTj
— Wendy Siegelman (@WendySiegelman) August 2, 2018
Stagnant wages are not a puzzle and they are not due to low productivity growth. They are due to declining worker power.
— Marshall Steinbaum 🔥 (@Econ_Marshall) August 2, 2018
Nah, that can’t be it. We just have to lower taxes on corporations and the rich a bit more.
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re: #157 mmmirele
This is very bad news.
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Very tense family dinner season 5 epi 10 of The Americans. Love that the bottle of vodka is just on the table like a damn salt shaker.
I want all my dinners with a booze condiment.
Read this. It’s enough to make you cry.
Ok, read this right now. Seriously. Be aware.https://t.co/8YgkmKOCni
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) August 2, 2018
re: #161 MsJ
Read this. It’s enough to make you cry.
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So much of our country is nuts.
To finance $1 trillion deficits, the Treasury said it will boost borrowing by 63% in the second half of the year vs a year ago
The White House says $1 trillion deficits will eventually go down. This is riding on two big assumptions. A short thread:https://t.co/QWigc6bU6Y— Nick Timiraos (@NickTimiraos) August 2, 2018
I dropped by my old stomping grounds on the archery/bowhunting forum’s political subforum. In addition to a disturbingly large number of the folks being fully invested in QAnon, I also saw a thread on the ballooning of the deficit.
The takeaways? It’s the Dem’s fault, or it’s all the ‘social spending’, or it’s because both parties spend too much, or it’s because we don’t have a Balanced Budget Amendment.
Nobody mentioned the huge tax cut. Not one soul. It’s as if it either didn’t happen, or as if a huge cut in revenue has no effect on the deficit.
re: #161 MsJ
I’ve been arguing with creationists, superstionists, etc. for almost 40 years… and am fully aware of how groups of people can be conned into believing stupid things.
That’s why we must all be diligent in pushing back on whatever bit of ridiculousness pops up around us, big or small.
re: #156 HappyWarrior
It’s nice to see the NRA on the defensive for once.
Getting implicated with Russian spies certainly helped on that front.
re: #165 Jack Burton
Getting implicated with Russian spies certainly helped on that front.
For sure. That and the Parkland kids.
I’ve had differences with Charles and David Koch, and they with me. But other Republicans (including donors) shouldn’t bow to efforts by Trump and his lackeys to bully them. They are men of principle, and this is a political party, not a personality cult. https://t.co/t6qCBBti2g
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) August 2, 2018
Likewise, I’ve disagreed on a lot with Chuck and Dave. I think poor people shouldn’t die of fleas, for instance. But I admire their boldness in taking billions from Trump’s tax cuts and being slightly pouty about it. https://t.co/2KogdWQ0Kv
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) August 2, 2018
Vile. Absolutely vile.
The Trump administration chose to prosecute parents with children over adults without kids according to a new analysis of immigration data https://t.co/2ywHQyqFxh via @aflores
— Brandon Wall (@Walldo) August 2, 2018
re: #1 Charles Johnson
Tellin’ ya: it’s not if Chuckles joins Fox News, it’s when.
re: #169 Mattand
Tellin’ ya: it’s not if Chuckles joins Fox News, it’s when.
“Now joining us is White House correspondent, Charles C. Johnson.”
In the meantime, to spare us from that horror, I’m looking for ways to summon the SMoD.
re: #168 MsJ
Vile. Absolutely vile.
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re: #107 makeitstop
I’ve said it before - the White House is trying to provoke that kind of reaction as a pretext to doing away with press briefings altogether. All they need is an excuse to blame it on the media, and a no-show would do it.
Every credentialed news organization could replace their “star” reporters with interns.
Interns with no fear.
re: #169 Mattand
Tellin’ ya: it’s not if Chuckles joins Fox News, it’s when.
Shit, I expect him to have a Stephen Miller like job down the road. Miller is just as vile as Chuckles.
So there’s an editorial on Politico Magazine right now titled “I’m a Liberal Feminist Lawyer. Here’s Why Democrats Should Support Judge Kavanaugh”, by a woman named Lisa Blatt.
On what fucking planet can you be a liberal feminist and support a judge who wants to gut Roe v. Wade as well as thinking that a President is basically above the law?
I mean, seriously, this is fucking performance art. It has to be.
I should read the article, but I’m sick of Politico’s Magic Balance Fairy wanking.
re: #170 TedStriker
re: #173 HappyWarrior
Should’ve been clearer: I was referring to Chuck Todd, who Rachel Maddow is convinced is some kind of political super genius.
I mean, that’s great if they’re friends, but the woman’s a Rhodes scholar, for fuck’s sake. Todd is the political reporter equivalent of the kid eating paste in the corner. I just don’t get it.
re: #175 Mattand
Should’ve been clearer: I was referring to Chuck Todd, who Rachel Maddow is convinced is some kind of political super genius.
I mean, that’s great if they’re friends, but the woman’s a Rhodes scholar, for fuck’s sake. Todd is the political reporter equivalent of the kid eating paste in the corner. I just don’t get it.
Oh sorry.
re: #174 Mattand
So there’s an editorial on Politico Magazine right now titled “I’m a Liberal Feminist Lawyer. Here’s Why Democrats Should Support Judge Kavanaugh”, by a woman named Lisa Blatt.
On what fucking planet can you be a liberal feminist and support a judge who wants to gut Roe v. Wade as well as thinking that a President is basically above the law?
I mean, seriously, this is fucking performance art. It has to be.
I should read the article, but I’m sick of Politico’s Magic Balance Fairy wanking.
There’s not a damn thing about Kavanagh worth supporting. And honestly after the shit the Republicans pulled with Judge Garland, Kavanagh can wait his fucking turn forever. I know that’s not going to happen because the Republicans can pull the shit they did on Merrick Garland and get away with it.
re: #178 Scottish Dragon
Basically what Viktor Orban and Rod Dreher endorsed yesterday
There’s a reason why right wingers preferred the Nazis to the left in the 30’s.
re: #174 Mattand
So there’s an editorial on Politico Magazine right now titled “I’m a Liberal Feminist Lawyer. Here’s Why Democrats Should Support Judge Kavanaugh”, by a woman named Lisa Blatt.
On what fucking planet can you be a liberal feminist and support a judge who wants to gut Roe v. Wade as well as thinking that a President is basically above the law?
I mean, seriously, this is fucking performance art. It has to be.
I should read the article, but I’m sick of Politico’s Magic Balance Fairy wanking.
Everything I’ve read about the articles is the people writing then do more self promotion than anything else.
At film premiere, @DonaldJTrumpJr says modern-day Dem platform reminiscent of Nazis. “You see the Nazi platform from the early 1930s . . . and you look at it compared to the DNC platform of today, you’re saying, ‘Man, those things are awfully similar.” https://t.co/yRGWxoVX88
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) August 2, 2018
Okay, let me see a show of hands. Does anyone believe Fredo EVER read EITHER the Democratic Party Platform OR the Nazi Party Platform?
Or, indeed, anything longer than a People Magazine profile of himself?
re: #181 Blind Frog Belly White
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Or, indeed, anything longer than a People Magazine profile of himself?
It’s incredibly stupid even for a stupid moron like him.
re: #180 MsJ
Everything I’ve read about the articles is the people writing then do more self promotion than anything else.
I think her definition of ‘feminism’ is based on her belief in self-promotion. After all, she is female, therefore it must be feminism. I don’t know where she gets ‘liberal’. Maybe by comparison, because she hangs around with rwnjs. Just speculation.
If I were wearing a $21,000 watch, I’d be pretty much afraid to do anything but stand perfectly still. Hell, I wear a nice Tissot and I worry about it.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 2, 2018
Which would be stupid, because it would almost certainly be an automatic, which requires you to, you know, MOVE in order to wind itself.
BTW, $21,000 is peanuts in the luxury watch business.
re: #175 Mattand
Should’ve been clearer: I was referring to Chuck Todd, who Rachel Maddow is convinced is some kind of political super genius.
I mean, that’s great if they’re friends, but the woman’s a Rhodes scholar, for fuck’s sake. Todd is the political reporter equivalent of the kid eating paste in the corner. I just don’t get it.
Whoops…
Still, WTF does Maddow really see in Todd?
re: #175 Mattand
Should’ve been clearer: I was referring to Chuck Todd, who Rachel Maddow is convinced is some kind of political super genius.
I mean, that’s great if they’re friends, but the woman’s a Rhodes scholar, for fuck’s sake. Todd is the political reporter equivalent of the kid eating paste in the corner. I just don’t get it.
Chuck is her boss. I think that figures in. I think that works with Chuck Todd.
re: #186 ObserverArt
Chuck is her boss. I think that figures in. I think that works with Chuck Todd.
Is he? How’s that work?
re: #184 Blind Frog Belly White
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Which would be stupid, because it would almost certainly be an automatic, which requires you to, you know, MOVE in order to wind itself.
BTW, $21,000 is peanuts in the luxury watch business.
If I suddenly had a $21K watch, I’d sell it. If I had enough money that I could afford a $21K watch, I wouldn’t buy it anyway, because I don’t wear one.
re: #175 Mattand
Should’ve been clearer: I was referring to Chuck Todd, who Rachel Maddow is convinced is some kind of political super genius.
I mean, that’s great if they’re friends, but the woman’s a Rhodes scholar, for fuck’s sake. Todd is the political reporter equivalent of the kid eating paste in the corner. I just don’t get it.
I’ve noticed that often, journalists have a very different idea of who is a good journalist from what we laypeople think. For example, M*gg** H*b*r*m*n, whom other journalists routinely tell us is fantastically amazing. Or Andrea Mitchell, for that matter.
Now, there are a LOT of people we both hold in contempt. Sean Hannity, for example.
re: #187 Blind Frog Belly White
Is he? How’s that work?
He is Political Director for NBC News. That makes him head of that department so he has control of content and probably even figures in on talent.
Of course he is under the head of NBC News. He inherited that position from Tim Russert
The person doing Meet The Press is the head.
Edit: I see that the person to be on MTP on Sundays is not always the head of the department. But, often times is.
re: #188 Belafon
If I suddenly had a $21K watch, I’d sell it. If I had enough money that I could afford a $21K watch, I wouldn’t buy it anyway, because I don’t wear one.
I have two solid gold wristwatches, neither of which is worth even $1000*. I don’t wear either one very often, and when I do, I’m extremely conscious of them.
But, you know, if you have so much money that you spend $15,000 on an ugly jacket, a $21,000 watch isn’t that big a deal. It’s the same with cars - give me a new Bentley, and I’d sell it - after driving the long way to the dealer! But if I had enough money, the >$250,000 would not seem extreme.
*Both of them were Buy It Now listings on Ebay for under $60, because in both cases, the seller thought they were gold filled, not solid. In both cases, I could see the ‘14k Gold’ hallmark clearly in their pics, so I figured it was their problem.
re: #191 Blind Frog Belly White
I have two solid gold wristwatches, neither of which is worth even $1000*. I don’t wear either one very often, and when I do, I’m extremely conscious of them.
But, you know, if you have so much money that you spend $15,000 on an ugly jacket, a $21,000 watch isn’t that big a deal. It’s the same with cars - give me a new Bentley, and I’d sell it - after driving the long way to the dealer! But if I had enough money, the >$250,000 would not seem extreme.
*Both of them were Buy It Now listings on Ebay for under $60, because in both cases, the seller thought they were gold filled, not solid. In both cases, I could see the ‘14k Gold’ hallmark clearly in their pics, so I figured it was their problem.
When the battery dies in my watch, it’s totaled.
re: #192 wrenchwench
When the battery dies in my watch, it’s totaled.
That’s like you telling me you ride a Next.
re: #181 Blind Frog Belly White
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Okay, let me see a show of hands. Does anyone believe Fredo EVER read EITHER the Democratic Party Platform OR the Nazi Party Platform?
Or, indeed, anything longer than a People Magazine profile of himself?
He read the People Magazine profile only because there were photos.
re: #183 wrenchwench
I think her definition of ‘feminism’ is based on her belief in self-promotion. After all, she is female, therefore it must be feminism. I don’t know where she gets ‘liberal’. Maybe by comparison, because she hangs around with rwnjs. Just speculation.
A quick Google shows her to specialize in appellate work and she’s won 33 of the 35 cases she’s argued before SCOTUS.
A couple of her clients: Philip Morris in overturning reinstatement of a $10 billion verdict, and the Washington Redskins in the long-running dispute with the government of the Team’s trademarks.
re: #195 Backwoods_Sleuth
A quick Google shows her to specialize in appellate work and she’s won 33 of the 35 cases she’s argued before SCOTUS.
A couple of her clients: Philip Morris in overturning reinstatement of a $10 billion verdict, and the Washington Redskins in the long-running dispute with the government of the Team’s trademarks.
OK, maybe she likes to be paid liberally. I’m stumped.
re: #197 Blind Frog Belly White
The pinnacle of American Watchmaking Technology in 1950.
Coincided with the pinnacle of American bicycle making.
re: #198 wrenchwench
Coincided with the pinnacle of American bicycle making.
Dunno. I’m rather fond of my 1995 Ritchey Road Logic.
re: #174 Mattand
So there’s an editorial on Politico Magazine right now titled “I’m a Liberal Feminist Lawyer. Here’s Why Democrats Should Support Judge Kavanaugh”, by a woman named Lisa Blatt.
On what fucking planet can you be a liberal feminist and support a judge who wants to gut Roe v. Wade as well as thinking that a President is basically above the law?
I mean, seriously, this is fucking performance art. It has to be.
I should read the article, but I’m sick of Politico’s Magic Balance Fairy wanking.
The GOP stole Garland’s seat, but we Democrats have to play by the rules and Kavanaugh’s a really nice guy, so we should let him strip women of their Constitutional rights.//
re: #28 makeitstop
I’m frankly surprised that we haven’t done just that.
This is war. Hire a bunch of black hats and pull down Russia’s power grid for a few weeks. Might even lead to the end of Putin.
You’re talking about killing people. Lots of people.
Might lead to much worse than the end of Putin.
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