The special counsel’s request to question the President about obstruction of justice sent Trump into an early morning Twitter frenzy.
The uncomfortable reality of what unfettered ethno-nationalism will bring creeps slowly into the light:
Sterling shrinks as Bank of England claims “uncomfortably high” likelihood of no-deal Brexit
[…]
The Bank of England Governor said financial institutions have been “stockpiling” to withstand a potential shock.
Asked if a no-deal scenario would be a disaster, Mr Carney said: “It is highly undesirable. The possibility of a no-deal is uncomfortably high at this point.”
Mr Carney also claimed our economy is 2% smaller than it would have been if Remain had won the 2016 referendum.
His controversial comments triggered a 0.3% fall for the pound, to $1.2975.
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Modern economies are built on maximizing trade.
Something about which the know-nothing Brexiteers (and Trumpers) are oblivious.
On August 3, 1977, Tandy Corporation introduced the TRS-80, one of the world’s first mass-produced personal computers pic.twitter.com/RsWNqkLBXh
— RetroNewsNow (@RetroNewsNow) August 3, 2018
Their ideas about what’s “reasonable” and “traditional” about trade, and how the US should be treated by other nations (that they should be dependent on keeping us happy), come from the 1950’s.
A time when most of the world was rubble and/or construction sites, and we were the only industrialized nation on the planet. When they really were dependent on our goodwill.
Trumpers and Brexiters have trouble with the concept of “that was then and this is now.”
We should stop calling them conspiracy theories. They’re conspiracy fantasies. Dark wish fulfillment, immune to reality.
— zeddy (@Zeddary) August 3, 2018
re: #3 JordanRules
Used one a couple of times.
But that picture - how is it this couple is so happy looking at a few lines of text on a screen? And the young guy - he’d only have that smile if Penthouse was available on the TRS-80.
re: #5 JordanRules
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I like the ring of “conspiracy delusions” myself…
— Teo (@Teukka72) August 3, 2018
re: #6 freetoken
Used one a couple of times.
But that picture - how is it this couple is so happy looking at a few lines of text on a screen? And the young guy - he’d only have that smile if Penthouse was available on the TRS-80.
ASCII porn.
Canada isn’t facing a refugee crisis but it is being overwhelmed by a xenophobia crisis fueled by politicians like #DougFord and a federal conservative party whose ideology is now as rabid as the American Republican Party.
— Harry Leslie Smith (@Harryslaststand) August 3, 2018
They may end up with a refugee crisis…
re: #1 freetoken
The uncomfortable reality of what unfettered ethno-nationalism will bring creeps slowly into the light:
Sterling shrinks as Bank of England claims “uncomfortably high” likelihood of no-deal Brexit
Modern economies are built on maximizing trade.
Something about which the know-nothing Brexiteers (and Trumpers) are oblivious.
Leftists trade. Right-wingers try to conquer.
I wouldn’t be so sure of that. I can’t be the only American eyeing the northern border as a mad President casually and unconvincingly lies to us every single day.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) August 3, 2018
re: #4 sagehen
Trumpers and Brexiters have trouble with the concept of “that was then and this is now.”
That was then and soon it will be again! MAGA!
After Heat Wave, a Glaciated Swedish Peak Is No Longer Nation’s Tallest
A record-setting European heat wave has so rapidly melted the glacier atop Sweden’s highest mountain that the peak has now become the country’s second-tallest mountain, scientists say.
The northern, glaciated peak of Kebnekaise Mountain, which just a few years ago was 6,909 feet tall, lost 13 feet of ice and snow from July 2 to July 31, Swedish scientists report. That ice loss was enough to lower the elevation of the north peak below the neighboring, non-glaciated southern peak on Kebnekaise, which is now the nation’s tallest, at 6,870 feet.
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re: #12 Romantic Heretic
That was then and soon it will be again! MAGA!
Yeah…the key will be again reducing parts of the world to rubble.
Air Force remains silent after huge meteor hits near US military base https://t.co/6KmSJdpQ7x
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 3, 2018
Actual news photo of the impact, which apparently obliterated Greenland. https://t.co/DRQbSbxxMx
— Travis J. Tritten (@Travis_Tritten) August 3, 2018
A fireball was detected over Greenland on July 25, 2018 by US Government sensors at an altitude of 43.3 km. The energy from the explosion is estimated to be 2.1 kilotons. pic.twitter.com/EePuk14Pqd
— Rocket Ron 🚀 (@RonBaalke) July 31, 2018
Meteor explodes with 2.1 kilotons force 43 km above missile early warning radar at Thule Air Base. https://t.co/qGvhRDXyfK
HT @Casillic
We’re still here, so they correctly concluded it was not a Russian first strike. There are nearly 2,000 nukes on alert, ready to launch. pic.twitter.com/q01oJfRUp4— Hans Kristensen (@nukestrat) August 1, 2018
re: #14 ObserverArt
Yeah…the key will be again reducing parts of the world to rubble.
It is a proven solution.
from downstairs “what was manafort thinking”?
of course i have no idea
the tax returns in the case go back (at least) to 2008. i think it predates thinking trump will get me out of it
so im gonna recklessly and idly speculate it was a combination of very mundane things:
- no one’s ever gonna find out. if i dont report it and don’t disclose foreign accounts who’s ever gonna know?
- if there’s ever an audit, we’ll fight, drag it out, probably lose, then negotiate to pay reduced tax, penalties and interest
- everyone lies and / or cheats on their taxes one way or another (i’ll just keep up with traffic in the left lane)
all in all not very clever
he left a paper trail because hubris and he’s an idiot, not because he’s “innocent/honest”
also im not sure the preparer is out of the woods. for him its more than just havnig a paper trail as “proof”.
you can’t nod nod wink wink your way into *plausable* deniability.
Dana Loesch says she was the victim of a “public lynching” at CNN’s post-Parkland gun violence town hall https://t.co/lkztoKsN9I
— Media Matters (@mmfa) August 3, 2018
re: #16 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
It is a proven solution.
Looking at Freetoken’s post at #13,
I’m reminded Mother Nature may bring the rubble this time.
re: #18 Kragar
You know, those lynchings where they boo you and then you go home and have yourself a good cry…
Dana Loesch says she was the victim of a “public lynching” at CNN’s post-Parkland gun violence town hall https://t.co/lkztoKsN9I
— Media Matters (@mmfa) August 3, 2018
re: #18 Kragar
And yet, Danuts, you’re still alive.
Then how is she able to talk? Lynched people never speak again.
I’m getting tired of racist white people comparing themselves to the people their kind murdered when we were a more right-wing nation.— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) August 3, 2018
#SarahJeong #racistnytimes #NewYorkTimes “All the Racism that’s fit to print” Paper Trained? #BenGarrison #cartoon #FridayFeeling cartoon
more at https://t.co/cLJT4BhSQN pic.twitter.com/TOyKMXpwQk— Ben Garrison Cartoons grrrgraphics.com (@GrrrGraphics) August 3, 2018
Very normal media criticism here. https://t.co/Fk19xMjU7r
— Matt Pearce 🦅 (@mattdpearce) August 3, 2018
re: #22 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Someone should send a picture of one of those lynching postcards to her and ask her which one she was.
Poor sad reactionary hack.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) August 3, 2018
The Newseum is selling “Fake News” shirts https://t.co/P1jOeAw5WU
— Andrew Beaujon (@abeaujon) August 3, 2018
Hey @Newseum: How does selling “fake news” shirts further your stated mission of “increas[ing] public understanding of the importance of a free press”? Also, your PR director’s explanation is BS. https://t.co/8Xm1EHdP9s
— Stephen Losey (@StephenLosey) August 3, 2018
Ben has mental-issues, and unfortunately the American-right rewards him for drawing insane cartoons that feed the radicalized-right the hate they’re addicted to.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) August 3, 2018
re: #18 Kragar
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You weren’t killed. Hell you weren’t even out on trial. You were held accountable. Grow the fuck up and stop acting like the NRA are victims you witch.
NEW: A worker at an Arizona shelter for immigrant kids is facing federal charges that he sexually assaulted eight teenage boys there. He’s the third Southwest Key employee to be arrested in Arizona on sex assault charges that we know of. https://t.co/lsbdubcpZ6 pic.twitter.com/S7cCXxhCeS
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) August 3, 2018
re: #18 Kragar
Dana Loesch says she was the victim of a “public lynching” at CNN’s post-Parkland gun violence town hall
there’s a key word in there
re: #23 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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re: #26 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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Lost all interest in Newseum after learning they allowed Rohrabacher’s crew to screen a Russian produced anti-Magnitsky film. https://t.co/ElrvZQVX1j pic.twitter.com/fUbGNV9x9n
— Pam Smith (@KCMktgChick) August 3, 2018
re: #24 Belafon
Someone should send a picture of one of those lynching postcards to her and ask her which one she was.
Send her a picture of Emmett Till in his casket, an event that happened in her parents lifetime. She’s an insensitive moron who can’t handle any criticism of all of guns and the gun lobby. Gun control proponents get far worse treatment including what Dana’s scumbag organization does.
re: #23 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
There’s nothing at all racist about portraying minorities as something less than human.
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Me, every time I’m reminded that Andrew Sullivan exists and that some people take him seriously… pic.twitter.com/CJUFgFRH4p
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 3, 2018
re: #28 HappyWarrior
You weren’t killed. Hell you weren’t even out on trial. You were held accountable. Grow the fuck up and stop acting like the NRA are victims you witch.
I think she thinks of herself as a witch. She’s even a witch in her lies.
Then she said the town-hall crowd verbally attacked her and rushed the stage after Wednesday’s forum, which was broadcast live on CNN. “There were people rushing the stage and screaming, ‘Burn her,’” she told the conservative crowd.
re: #36 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
I think she thinks of herself as a witch. She’s even a witch in her lies.
She’s such a professional victim. Gun control advocates have to deal with literal threats and armdd thugs showing up at their events. Dana deserves to feel misery.
Where DT and the constant drama leaves me…
re: #37 HappyWarrior
She’s such a professional victim. Gun control advocates have to deal with literal threats and armdd thugs showing up at their events. Dana deserves to feel misery.
She was doing her duty of convincing a wingnut crowd that normal people are out to get them, presumably to goad them into murder sprees that they’ll justify by claiming to have been attacked themselves.
LOL!!
Pre-School. They took us for a walk around the neighborhood. Keep in mind, we were all FROM the damn neighborhood. So we basically just walked by all of our houses then went back to the school.
— Sugar, Water, Purple (@TheArnold_SoM) August 3, 2018
In daycare they told us we were going on a field trip but it turned out to just be a trip down the street to Taco Bell. They had buses and everything, we thought we were going to the zoo 😭
— A.J (@AJ_10Q) August 3, 2018
There’s a new Tossup seat on the House map. Dems are poised to pick up ~35 seats in the Nov midterms. However, uncertainty about the outcome remains relatively high; the GOP has a nearly 1-in-4 chance of holding the chamber despite a 7 pt polling deficit. https://t.co/BSgfhQkgQg pic.twitter.com/cFNcs7v3pm
— G. Elliott Morris📈🤷♂️ (@gelliottmorris) August 3, 2018
Mmhmm… I’m a little skeptical, but definitely giddy at the thought of it.
The NRA warns that it’s in grave financial jeopardy, according to a recent court filing obtained by Rolling Stone, and that it could soon “be unable to exist… or pursue its advocacy mission.” https://t.co/HvDEj81rT5
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 3, 2018
I believe they’re saying this but I do not believe this to be true. The roll-out of this ‘jeopardy story’ has an organized feel. Feels like a fundraising ploy to me. https://t.co/Mp0oIPT1wY
— Soledad O’Brien (@soledadobrien) August 3, 2018
Are young voters going to sway the midterms? New data shows that’s not very likely. https://t.co/8hk1JABr3R
— Emily Guskin (@EmGusk) August 1, 2018
This is incredibly depressing. Young people are forfeiting their say in the future. The tweets, the marches, the dinner table conversations; none of it matters if you don’t go vote. If you haven’t registered to vote yet, go here RIGHT NOW and get it done: https://t.co/fE5iQJkijo https://t.co/OIa3w1kGLI
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) August 2, 2018
Attn: young people https://t.co/HRkB0i2zRR
— Bradley Peniston (@navybook) August 3, 2018
Well, here’s the problem
Find me the person running on free college, universal health care, reparations to black and indigenous, 90% taxation on millionaires and maybe you’ll start seeing people vote more.
— Meredith A. Palmer (@MeredithAlberta) August 2, 2018
re: #43 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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It’s so much more complicated than that and when folks fall for the non-voting cliches it just gives way too many people an opportunity to punch down.
This is Stella. She zoomed a little too fast the other day and broke her leg. Already had the surgery to correct it, but could use some major support during her recovery. Click the link below to help Stella zoom again soon. 13/10https://t.co/aKBXwYTqZJ pic.twitter.com/VZqvzWzOT2
— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) August 3, 2018
re: #42 JordanRules
Mmhmm… I’m a little skeptical, but definitely giddy at the thought of it.
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NRA: “Russia, if you can hear us. Please release more funds so we can continue to do our your very important political activism and messaging”
That’s the problem. Fools actually say those sorts of things while handing the country over to Republicans by refusing to vote for an honest candidate who won’t promise them the impossible. Most Dems aren’t willing to lie to leftists the way Repubs lie to the far-right.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) August 3, 2018
It’s True—Trump Is Lying More & He’s Doing It on Purpose
Mort Halperin insisted that Nixon wasn’t nearly as damaging to the institution of the Presidency as Trump has been. “He’s far worse than Nixon,” Halperin said, “certainly as a threat to the country” https://t.co/BbBeYq7IDi— Steven Greenhouse (@greenhousenyt) August 3, 2018
Repimping the tweet from earlier.
1. There’s a serious amount of Holocaust denial activity associated with the Trump phenomenon. Let’s even forget Republican Holocaust deniers like Paul Nehlen (one time promoted by Breitbart), Patrick Little and Arthur Jones who hoped to use the Trump wave https://t.co/N19biaad5B pic.twitter.com/fZRN2jlDTD
— Confronting Holocaust Denial (@AgainstDenial) August 3, 2018
“The Parkland generation is registering to vote in serious numbers in swing states. Young people comprised 61% of new registrants in Pennsylvania, a 16-point increase. Virginia and Indiana saw 10-point increases, and Arizona and Florida saw 8.” https://t.co/b5y82meI3v #Enough
— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) July 22, 2018
This is fine. (For Americans, 40 degrees Celsius is 104 Fahrenheit) pic.twitter.com/NJQ2NafRUj
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) August 3, 2018
Reports of meteor strike on this air base greatly exaggerated. https://t.co/bCmT3d8X11 pic.twitter.com/xqU9yPrjcN
— Military Times (@MilitaryTimes) August 3, 2018
She’s back…and Donny is not going to be happy.
Only the best!
• Former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman suggested President Donald Trump may be experiencing a mental illness in her upcoming book, “Unhinged: An Insider’s Account of the Trump White House.”
• In an excerpt from her book that was obtained by The Daily Mail , Manigault wrote that “something real and serious was going on in Donald’s brain.”
• Manigault claims that despite the White House’s efforts to help Trump rehearse for an interview, he ended up making “erratic and contradictory” remarks instead.
Former White House official Omarosa Manigault Newman suggested President Donald Trump may be experiencing some type of mental disorder in her upcoming book, “Unhinged: An Insider’s Account of the Trump White House.”
It was during an interview in May, between Trump and NBC News host Lester Holt, that she “knew something wasn’t right,” according to an excerpt from her book that was obtained by The Daily Mail .
“While watching the interview I realized that something real and serious was going on in Donald’s brain,” Manigault wrote, referring to the NBC News interview. “His mental decline could not be denied.”
“Throughout this erratic and contradictory interview, I kept thinking, ‘Oh no! Oh no! This is bad!,’” Manigault said.
“Donald rambled. He spoke gibberish,” she added. “He contradicted himself from one sentence to the next.”
During the interview, Trump made several disparaging remarks against the former FBI director James Comey and claimed that he had the Russia investigation in mind when he considered firing Comey in May 2017.
The remarks appeared to conflict with the White House’s claim that Comey’s firing was predicated on the recommendation of deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein and the FBI’s handling of its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server.
Manigault said in her book that the White House helped Trump rehearse the talking point for several days: “Hope [Hicks, the former communications director] had gone over the briefing with him a dozen times hitting the key point that he had fired Comey based on the recommendation by the DOJ which the vice president and other surrogates had been reinforcing for days.”
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…a bit more at link.
Breaking and surreal: #SteveBannon gives interview to Putin-friendly RTRS from 🇧🇦. Calls Soros evil, says his movement is there to counter Soros’ network. Gives ultranationalists in W.Balkans a wink by saying WB could soon become ‘very important’ https://t.co/NKIc8PuROn
— Reuf Bajrovic (@ReufBajrovic) August 3, 2018
We have been warning US & EU policymakers for better part of 3 yrs, going on 4, that the political climate in BiH is rapidly deteriorating & that this process is being increasingly sponsored by foreign reactionaries. We never expected ex-WH officials to aid & abet tho. Shocking. https://t.co/gf57SeG283
— Jasmin Mujanović (@JasminMuj) August 3, 2018
re: #52 JordanRules
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This seems to go against the Washington Post reporting shown in the tweet just above in Dirt Dart’s #43.
That’s our media. Everyone has their take…the problem is always who to believe about anything.
Bannon is basically spreading fascism in the worst possible places.
It’s jobs report day…
July 2018: 157,000 (President Jobs, Jobs, Jobs)
2016 avg: 187,000 (Obama)
2015 avg: 226,000 (Obama)
2014 avg: 250,000 (Obama)
2013 avg: 192,000 (Obama)
2012 avg: 179,000 (Obama)
2011 avg: 174,000 (Obama)— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) August 3, 2018
@VP Pence never forgets his ID when he goes grocery shopping! pic.twitter.com/By33nFsIbC
— Mike Pence’s Favorite Strapon 🍆 (@TrumpcareKills) August 3, 2018
re: #55 ObserverArt
She’s back…and Donny is not going to be happy.
Only the best!
…a bit more at link.
She’s not someone I trust, but it does make sense that Trump was told to tell the cover-story, and just blurted out that he was blocking an investigation because his brain is full of lesions.
re: #36 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
I think she thinks of herself as a witch. She’s even a witch in her lies.
Then she said the town-hall crowd verbally attacked her and rushed the stage after Wednesday’s forum, which was broadcast live on CNN. “There were people rushing the stage and screaming, ‘Burn her,’” she told the conservative crowd.
any of this caught on camera - it was a televised event
or someone’s phone
or….anything?
I feel like I am always the bearer of bad news with my stories, but sadly, that is my lot in life.
Here is my latest story, on the FBI struggling to retain experienced cyber supervisors when the private sector comes calling: https://t.co/ylipOHkoW6— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) August 3, 2018
In 2000, when Bush took over, he downgraded the CT coordinator, @richardclarke, and the head of FBI CT left to run security at WTC.
Today, on cyber, the DNI says “the light is blinking red,” Trump demotes WH Cyber coordinator @RobJoyce45 & FBI senior cyber ppl leaving: https://t.co/DNmYxjD3rI— mieke eoyang (@MiekeEoyang) August 3, 2018
re: #56 JordanRules
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And I remind you again, Dodik himself is *still* sanctioned by the US Treasury Dept for his attacks on the Dayton Accords. And Bannon is only the latest Trump associate cavorting w Serb nationalist extremists in BiH, wider Balkans. See @cjcmichel in June: https://t.co/jZDLtnZIIF
— Jasmin Mujanović (@JasminMuj) August 3, 2018
Difficult to overstate how dangerous Milorad Dodik is not just for BiH but for the region. He is the most extremist figure to emerge in the Balkans since Radovan Karadzic, the key architect of the Bosnian Genocide, a man he openly celebrates. This is who Bannon is promoting.
— Jasmin Mujanović (@JasminMuj) August 3, 2018
re: #42 JordanRules
Mmhmm… I’m a little skeptical, but definitely giddy at the thought of it.
The NRA warns that it’s in grave financial jeopardy, according to a recent court filing obtained by Rolling Stone, and that it could soon “be unable to exist… or pursue its advocacy mission.”
(tax exempt) free enterprise is a pesky thing
re: #64 dangerman
any of this caught on camera - it was a televised event
or someone’s phone
or….anything?
Exactly. If people really were doing that, I’m sure there would have been someone there telling people to check to see if she weighs the same as a duck.
re: #64 dangerman
any of this caught on camera - it was a televised event
or someone’s phone
or….anything?
The lack of the event was caught on multiple cameras. She just made it up to feed to the poor persecuted right-wing extremists that pay her to feed their fantasies.
So Bannon wants to destabilize the Balkans again. Someone should really make that prick’s life miserable.
re: #68 Belafon
Exactly. If people really were doing that, I’m sure there would have been someone there telling people to check to see if she weighs the same as a duck.
Of course. She’s full of it. She’s already been rebuffed plenty about it. CNN even made a statement about her BS after the event.
re: #43 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Find me the person running on free college, universal health care, reparations to black and indigenous, 90% taxation on millionaires and maybe you’ll start seeing people vote more.
damn this chinese food menu
why is there no thai restaurant around here?
re: #61 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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#IRememberATime when less than 300K jobs added in a month was considered a sign of recession.
Now, this buffoon will trumpet a gain of HALF that in today’s #JobsReport. pic.twitter.com/UjFtjgJEXE— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) August 3, 2018
Geraldo Rivera: Trump’s border wall will help preserve America’s ‘demographic makeup’ https://t.co/UP5ZhKVMze pic.twitter.com/VH7SwccHMx
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) August 3, 2018
Conservatives really don’t know shit about birth control, do they? https://t.co/x0yg3xpvrR
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 3, 2018
re: #70 HappyWarrior
So Bannon wants to destabilize the Balkans again. Someone should really make that prick’s life miserable.
America produces a lot of monsters. We’re a breeding ground for cults and other extremists, because we’re not constitutionally allowed to even limit disinformation.
re: #74 Kragar
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Says a Jewish Puerto Rican on a network owned by an Aussie. Dumbass.
Telling women that you support Trump seems to be fairly effective.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) August 3, 2018
re: #68 Belafon
Exactly. If people really were doing that, I’m sure there would have been someone there telling people to check to see if she weighs the same as a duck.
i was going with it would have been plastered over every possible interweb long ago
or the duck thing. that works too
How a twitter argument begins and how it ends 🤣 pic.twitter.com/2IWf20EdQE
— dαмιeɴ (@OriginalDamien) August 2, 2018
re: #3 JordanRules
Those were what we had in the Computer Room in my high school. I got a COCO for at home. Those early home computers set the course of my career.
re: #43 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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Looked at Ms Palmer’s stuff over at her Berkley page as well as her twitter feed. There is a reason why I have little patience with sociology.
Ongoing colonization of indigenous peoples (and she means right here)?
That’s one thing if you want to talk about settlers on the West Bank. It’s something else entirely when you try to say America is a colonial state that is still colonizing indigenous people in the present day. Talk about cultural appropriation all you like, but this is where academia really does jump off the rails and make an easy target for National Review and Ben Shapiro.
I should also note that this kind of framing makes it far easier for race baiting conservatives like Orban in Europe to claim that the dusky hoards are “colonizing” them.
WATCH: Entire construction crew walks off the job after racist boss fires Latino coworkers for confronting him https://t.co/bKF52MnYKK
— Raw Story (@RawStory) August 3, 2018
re: #81 Scottish Dragon
She seems to me like one of those people I was talking about last night, that might seem to be on your side, but all she’s doing is dividing Democrats.
re: #70 HappyWarrior
So Bannon wants to destabilize the Balkans again. Someone should really make that prick’s life miserable.
Nobody is better at that than himself I suspect.
re: #86 Unshaken Defiance
Nobody is better at that than himself I suspect.
You don’t wind up with that homeless look by being a well-adjusted person.
re: #88 lawhawk
It’s the goddamned bugs from Klendathu.
/would you like to know more.
Klendathu was a TRS-80 COCO game based on the invasion from Starship Troopers.
I’ve never been able to find a copy to play with an emulator, and my tape of the game is long gone.
re: #90 ObserverArt
First porn that ever got past the firewall at my office ///
“Death To Gays” Pastor: God Is Burning Down California In Punishment For Legitimizing Homosexuality [AUDIO] - https://t.co/IRLT4zWT0p pic.twitter.com/wSDdpfYqes
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) August 3, 2018
re: #89 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Klendathu was a TRS-80 COCO game based on the invasion from Starship Troopers.
I’ve never been able to find a copy to play with an emulator, and my tape of the game is long gone.
I still have the old Avalon Hill tactical boardgame of Sarship Troopers
re: #81 Scottish Dragon
Looked at Ms Palmer’s stuff over at her Berkley page as well as her twitter feed. There is a reason why I have little patience with sociology.
Ongoing colonization of indigenous peoples (and she means right here)?
That’s one thing if you want to talk about settlers on the West bank. It’s something else entirely when you try to say America is a colonial state that is still colonizing indigenous people in the present day. Talk about cultural appropriation all you like, but this is where academia really does jump off the rails and make an easy target for National Review and Ben Shapiro.
What year did settler colonialism in the U.S. end?
re: #81 Scottish Dragon
Looked at Ms Palmer’s stuff over at her Berkley page as well as her twitter feed. There is a reason why I have little patience with sociology.
Ongoing colonization of indigenous peoples (and she means right here)?
We’re still in the process of exterminating the natives.
re: #42 JordanRules
Mmhmm… I’m a little skeptical, but definitely giddy at the thought of it.
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It’s a trick to get the rubes to liquidate their life savings to save their beloved NRA because ‘Merica.
This is a great story abt a small-town couple who turned out to be hiding a $100M-plus stolen painting.
But I must say: the painting itself is crap. https://t.co/M5B5GMcF8f— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) August 3, 2018
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re: #95 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
We’re still in the process of exterminating the natives.
Both on the continent and various island around the world, I would say….
“let’s talk about your song ‘Kill Whitey’ “https://t.co/odBvRXuOCd
— Jay Fundling (@JayFundling) August 3, 2018
Eric Trump: Several members of my family have received “white powder” https://t.co/2BHglcS7QM pic.twitter.com/6ZnaPqpr2g
— The Hill (@thehill) August 3, 2018
They probably just found their Dad’s old cocaine stash. https://t.co/WlqgPUo1Ao
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 3, 2018
re: #92 Kragar
It’s just as likely that God is trying to get the churches that shun gays.
re: #94 JordanRules
What year did settler colonialism in the U.S. end?
I think you would have to see it as a period where it is in decline. When you see Arizona become a state in 1912 I think, that might be a hard end to physical colonization.
I’m sure she means the word in some other sense of cultural supremacy. I saw one post on her twitter feed advocating that native Americans should learn their tribal languages or white people will do it for them, which is risible nonsense. It’s hard enough trying to teach white American students basic English.
So Eurocentric culture is ‘colonizing’ native indigenous cultures and I have no damned clue how you stop cultures from appropriating and trading and commercializing stuff from one another or why you should try to stop it. I really don’t get this. Cultures that remain in contact will make irrevocable changes on each other with respect to language, durable goods, religious beliefs, mores and food.
The appropriation here is taking a word…colonization…and misusing it in a way to set an inflammatory definition on unavoidable human contact. The fact that Europeans stole land and lives from American indigenous people is crime enough. You will get no argument from me if you want to talk about racial disparities in law enforcement, education and public health. Those things are not ‘colonization’ however.
re: #103 HappyWarrior
Old?
Yes and no.
“Trump’s revelation to Hannity indicates that other anthrax scares had occurred targeting the Trump family besides a previously reported incident in February in which Donald Trump Jr.’s wife Vanessa Trump opened an envelope containing white powder.”
I’m not sure what his comments indicate since he’s a known liar and scammer too.
re: #97 Stanley Sea
Dear David Farhenthold,
I like your political coverage. Stick to that.
Art is not your thing.
Signed,
Me
re: #107 ObserverArt
Dear David Farhenthold,
I like your political coverage. Stick to that.
Art is not your thing.
Signed,
Me
I love him. He’s so corny.
Seriously, look at this. $160M for this.
[Opens resume, adds “Fine Art Critic, https://t.co/KGZCLbe2vG, 2018 — Present. “] pic.twitter.com/xMbRoiHsSu— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) August 3, 2018
re: #106 JordanRules
Yes and no.
“Trump’s revelation to Hannity indicates that other anthrax scares had occurred targeting the Trump family besides a previously reported incident in February in which Donald Trump Jr.’s wife Vanessa Trump opened an envelope containing white powder.”
I’m not sure what his comments indicate since he’s a known liar and scammer too.
Was being a snartass and implying Trump is still coked up.
re: #101 gocart mozart
LOL Fear of a Black Hat is one of the most criminally underrated films ever.
re: #108 Stanley Sea
I love him. He’s so corny.
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re: #108 Stanley Sea
I love him. He’s so corny.
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I like him too. But I am also an artist, and I happen to like that painting.
He is of course allowed to his opinion.
But it is pretty hard to label a painting by a world famous artist like De Kooning as crap when it has a value of many millions. I’d have said “not my style” or something like that.
I am also willing to admit many others probably think it is crap too. Abstraction art brings that out of a lot of people. They just don’t see or understand it.
re: #111 goddamnedfrank
Also it is a shit painting.
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Hrrrrmph!
I tried painting a bit. Not a great idea the first bedroom wall was an unintentional abstract. /
re: #111 goddamnedfrank
I like my paintings to actually looks like something.
Abstractionists can fuck right off.
There. I said it.
re: #105 Scottish Dragon
Maybe we can find a different word for a post-colonial period and maybe we should at least get input from the First Nation folks on what it should be called. But let’s also not forgot that land is indeed still getting snatched and abused.
There is so much to say about the appropriation debate and so much to keep learning about it.
“and commercializing stuff from one another or why you should try to stop it. I really don’t get this”
But to address that one quoted part… it’s incredibly exploitive and goes hand in hand with wanting the culture but not the people. Black folks should have been able to profit off their art for generations but it wasn’t acceptable coming from them so Elvis had to do it. This is part of the supremacist system and it doesn’t just fix itself. It has to be affirmative and intentional. Imagine the wealth that could have been built if this shit weren’t built into the system.
I see soooo much AAVE and POC cultural elements used earnestly by the alt-right Nazis so it’s not like exposure thru the systems that grant them power made them any less fascist. Sharing is not always caring.
re: #115 Kragar
I like my paintings to actually looks like something.
Abstractionists can fuck right off.
There. I said it.
Elvis on black velvet kind of guy are you?
There I said it. : )
re: #109 HappyWarrior
Was being a snartass and implying Trump is still coked up.
Oh I thought you were wondering if it was a repeat of the February story. GOL
re: #93 Scottish Dragon
I still have the old Avalon Hill tactical boardgame of Sarship Troopers
I played that game a lot when I was in college along with a lot of other Avalon Hill games!
re: #117 ObserverArt
Elvis on black velvet kind of guy are you?
There I said it. : )
I’ve got one painting in my house.
“Last Night of the War”
re: #113 ObserverArt
Kind of brilliant how they hid it behind the bedroom door - only could see when door closed.
We are not doubting as to whether there was cooperation, most likely illegal cooperation, between senior campaign officials and Russians; we are now down to arguing over when Trump learned about the Russian confab. No wonder Trump is freaking out. https://t.co/2C74mdN5O5
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) August 3, 2018
re: #117 ObserverArt
Elvis on black velvet kind of guy are you?
There I said it. : )
Dogs playing poker is high art.
/
*sigh* Goofy WaPo headline.
Yeah, it’s almost like we should have an entire Department devoted to Education pic.twitter.com/D6bIFo6cIg
— David Gardner (@byDavidGardner) August 2, 2018
re: #116 JordanRules
Still not colonization though. You end with unsolvable arguments over who can decide what is appropriation and is there really somebody who can ‘give permission’ for a certain food or hair style or clothing pattern to be used and who decides who that is in the first place…
That is how you end up with a teen girl getting a twitter mob on her last May because she bought a vintage dress from a shop for prom.
There is no limiting principle, no recognized definitions or boundaries and no real way to solve any disagreement since there is no shared and understood definition.
I am open to other interpretation here since I readily admit sociology is something of an annoyance and blind spot to me.
Thinking back to night of Nov 8, 2016 when those late votes came in & Trump had won, it felt like my house had been robbed & everything taken. Last 21 months have been about figuring out exactly who the perps were & how they did it. The crime was much worse than it first seemed.
— Joseph Barri (@JoeBarri) August 3, 2018
That moment when Pennsylvania wasn’t called early, I knew something was off. My friends always told me PA is called early. Then it flipped red and it felt like a gut punch. I knew she had lost the Election. She had never been behind in the polls. This felt wrong. I went to bed. https://t.co/3nbv0TuhlT
— Lynn (@lynnv378) August 3, 2018
At this point, lies are as much a part of Donald Trump’s political identity as his floppy orange hair and the “Make America Great Again” slogan: https://t.co/auwVaYKQY4 pic.twitter.com/F7C8SfiFHf
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) August 3, 2018
re: #121 Stanley Sea
Kind of brilliant how they hid it behind the bedroom door - only could see when door closed.
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re: #120 Kragar
I’ve got one painting in my house.
“Last Night of the War”
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Nice.
I like all kinds of painting styles.
re: #129 ObserverArt
Nice.
I like all kinds of painting styles.
I can do brush AND roller. I used to be able to do windows without any masking tape. Haven’t tried it lately.
re: #124 JordanRules
*sigh* Goofy WaPo headline.
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Has all the internet snark and old flame wars, one-upping, getting the last word, etc. become the cause for this kind of writing? It really is an illogical take, but there it is.
re: #6 freetoken
Used one a couple of times.
But that picture - how is it this couple is so happy looking at a few lines of text on a screen? And the young guy - he’d only have that smile if Penthouse was available on the TRS-80.
I had a TRS-80 Model 3. Good little computer; Z80 chip, 16k OS with BASIC parser; 64k addressable memory. Word processor; compiler to code in assembly. 1500 baud tape backup; I didn’t have a disc-drive. Decent games. No color.
re: #125 Scottish Dragon
Still not colonization though. You end with unsolvable arguments over who can decide what is appropriation and is there really somebody who can ‘give permission’ for a certain food or hair style or clothing pattern to be used and who decides who that is in the first place…
That is how you end up with a teen girl getting a twitter mob on her last May because she bought a vintage dress from a shop for prom.
There is no limiting principle, no recognized definitions or boundaries and no real way to solve any disagreement since there is no shared and understood definition.
I am open to other interpretation here since I readily admit sociology is something of an annoyance and blind spot to me.
Honestly, I just think you need to listen more and read more about it from those groups who are being exploited. Everything you’ve learned and intuited is so obviously coming from the in-group, “colonizer” dynamic.
Meh, there’s no real definition and yall chose the wrong word so generations of wealth not being captured and continued exploitation just can’t be helped. Oh well.
That’s how it comes off to me. And it echoes some of the more liberal defenses of the past atrocities just used for today’s continued systemic oppression and erasure.
re: #124 JordanRules
*sigh* Goofy WaPo headline.
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more smh nonsense:
People are saying he’s just copying LeBron.
Okay and…???
If copying LeBron means more opportunities for students to get a higher education at no cost, then EVERYONE needs to be copying LeBron. https://t.co/ydTvs2lLav— Keyoncé (@Back2TheBasix) August 1, 2018
“Temo didn’t figure his vote for President Donald Trump would affect them personally.”
Naturalized citizen & marine veteran votes for Trump, has the nerve to act surprised when his undocumented wife & mother of his two daughters is deported.https://t.co/K2l3gNMYwe— Ostrich Jacket Fan Account (@goddamnedfrank) August 3, 2018
re: #136 JordanRules
Honestly, I just think you need to listen more and read more about it from those groups who are being exploited.
Yup.
When you’re carving up lands from tribes and serving them up to corporations, that’s colonization.
This afternoon, I moderated a voting rights roundtable with @TerryMcAuliffe and @JBPritzker. Restoring voting rights to those who have been disenfranchised, and making voting accessible to all Illinoisans is key to a thriving democracy. pic.twitter.com/qfXtxxLTMG
— Juliana Stratton (@JulianaforLG) August 3, 2018
Running to be Illinois Lt. Gov.
Smart to hook up with Terry on this.
Man, I used to hate Terry. LOL What an impressive turnaround he had!
re: #139 JordanRules
I feel so bad for her and the kids but fuck that guy.
Ditto. What the hell did he think Trump was going to do?
re: #143 JordanRules
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Running to be Illinois Lt. Gov.
Smart to hook up with Terry on this.Man, I used to hate Terry. LOL What an impressive turnaround he had!
I’ve come to like Terry too. I’ve met his wife Dorothy. Very down to earth. I would have never known she was the First Lady.
I heard Devin Nunes is shooting his next commercial at a local fertilizer plant. That makes perfect sense. 💩 💩 💩
— Andrew Janz (@JanzforCongress) August 3, 2018
re: #18 Kragar
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1. It’s really frustrating to me that more people don’t understand that racist/alt-right people have gamified their rhetoric; they’re not interested in discussion, they’re slapping down cards from a “Debate: The Gathering” stack, and the only goal is taking heads.
— John Scalzi (@scalzi) August 3, 2018
I gotta say, I really like this analogy. https://t.co/QnbhTN7pKT
— (((haroldfeld))) (@haroldfeld) August 3, 2018
re: #63 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
She’s not someone I trust, but it does make sense that Trump was told to tell the cover-story, and just blurted out that he was blocking an investigation because his brain is full of lesions.
So how did she get around her NDA?
re: #138 goddamnedfrank
Woman who voted for the “Face-eating Panther” party candidate is surprised when her face is eaten by a panther.
Arrggghhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But why??? 🙇🏽♀️ https://t.co/t29IJPMYcQ
— Symone D. Sanders (@SymoneDSanders) August 3, 2018
re: #149 Skip Intro
So how did she get around her NDA?
She probably knows those are bullshit. She knows how Trump operates. Birds of a feather and all.
re: #92 Kragar
Ironically, the Carr fire exploded mere miles from Bethel Church Redding, which has been in the news this year for its continued support of “conversion therapy.” Kevin Swanson is CLUELESS.
But then again, this is the same guy who said that women who were on the birth control pill had (I have to quote him, it is so incredibly stupid): “there are these little tiny fetuses, these little babies, that are embedded into the womb.” As in, this moron fails to understand basic biology that every woman past menarche can explain to him.
re: #151 JordanRules
Arrggghhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Collins and Murkowski have signaled that they will vote yes so it’s game over for the Court for the next generation.
re: #152 ObserverArt
She probably knows those are bullshit. She knows how Trump operates. Birds of a feather and all.
So why is Trump so quiet about it? None of these people can be trusted IMO.
re: #149 Skip Intro
So how did she get around her NDA?
She let folks know after she got booted that there was, in fact, no NDA.
re: #155 Skip Intro
So why is Trump so quiet about it? None of these people can be trusted IMO.
Book is not out yet. I saw the article when checking my email. It’s meant to stir up sales. He’ll trash her sometime.
However thinking a bit more about it, maybe she has some good stuff on The Don and he knows it.
It will be interesting to watch.
Reporting from Netroots Nation I assume?
@KamalaHarris taking a pretty direct shot at @SenSanders for the “pejorative “ (her word) “identity politics.”
— Armando (@armandodkos) August 3, 2018
Wherever she did it…good for her!
moron is delusional.
he retweeted this:
Today’s @realDonaldTrump approval ratings among black voters: 29%
This time last year: 15%https://t.co/mazBCWoIMy @POTUS @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/83OduvXDdf— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) August 2, 2018
and then tweeted this:
“Pastor praises Trump as ‘pro-black’ at prison reform event” https://t.co/xFKf1arebx
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 3, 2018
I despise Trump as much as anyone, but since that figure is going to be revised at least three times, its pretty meaningless.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) August 3, 2018
re: #150 sizzzzlerz
Woman who voted for the “Face-eating Panther” party candidate is surprised when her face is eaten by a panther.
Earlier today on MSNBC I heard a story about an undocumented woman being deported whose husband was a Trump supporter surprised to find out that when Trump said he would deport all the undocumented immigrants, he meant his wife too!
re: #158 JordanRules
Reporting from Netroots Nation I assume?
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“The Russians know that racism and sexism are America’s Achilles heel. We need to deal with it.” - @KamalaHarris #NN18
— Amanda Cooper (@MandaCoop) August 3, 2018
Well damn!! Picking up right where HRC left off.
Go Kamala go!
re: #159 Backwoods_Sleuth
moron is delusional.
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More purring from a paid off Pulpit Pimp who is addicted to kissing Trump’s ass!
re: #136 JordanRules
Sorry, but it is the same language and the same terms I get hit with as a trans woman. You get the TERF (trans exclusionary radical feminist) crowd like Dworkin and McKinnon making common cause with far right wing nuts like Maggie Gallagher etc when they claim I am “colonizing” or “invading” female spaces and “appropriating” a female body.
BBC Radio 4 Women’s Hour presenter Jenni Murray released a hotly-debated article in March entitled, “Be trans, be proud—but don’t call yourself a ‘real woman.’”
A little more research on the topic revealed that this idea of “real women” can be traced back almost 40 years, to the heart of the second-wave feminist movement. In 1979, radical feminist Janice Raymond, incensed over discovering that a trans woman had “invaded” a female space, wrote a book called The Transsexual Empire: The Making of the She-Male, in which she argues that transsexualism reinforces the patriarchal ideals of traditional gender roles, and that transsexuals “rape women’s bodies by reducing the real female form to an artifact, appropriating this body for themselves.”
That is where this leads: ethnic balkanization and repudiation of multi cultural liberal society. This is exactly where Bannon, Gorka, Dreher, Steve Miller are going and this sort of thing both gives them a target but also gives them intellectual cover for claims that liberal democracy is a failure.
At the end of the day, I am going to eat the cuisine I want to eat, wear the clothing I wish to wear, listen to whatever music strikes my fancy and be a trans woman, and I am not going to be apologetic about those things. If I am going to be accused of appropriation, I will tell that person I intend no offense, I am enjoying something that seems interesting and I would like to share something of my Scottish culture in return if they want.
I am not going to stop enjoying it however, and I am not “appropriating” anything by being trans or eating different cuisine or buying a pretty dress. I can listen to the people you say I need to listen to. I simply do not agree on this point.
re: #151 JordanRules
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Probably because Kavanaugh has virtually secured the support of all 50 available Republican Senators and his confirmation is inevitable.
re: #108 Stanley Sea
I love him. He’s so corny.
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Wow, this is the first I’ve heard of the painting or the theft. The museum must have kept it rather quiet when it came back. I wonder if it’s on display? It might be worth a road trip to see a ~$160MM painting. (Plus, as a resident of Arizona, I’m just glad we have it back.)
re: #165 Big Beautiful Door
Probably because Kavanaugh has virtually secured the support of all 50 available Republican Senators and his confirmation is inevitable.
Collins and Murkowski will vote to confirm knowing damn well that when the Court kills Roe they are finished politically.
Both of them put Party above Country..
re: #164 Scottish Dragon
I’m not on any TERF shit but I will damn sure listen to you and defer to you about it.
You came into the conversation on some America isn’t a colonizer stuff that completely ignores how fucked up shit still is for Natives. We can find a new word if that works better. But ain’t shit sweet about Gaza OR the rez here or in Canada.
You can make your personal choices as you see fit and still acknowledge what the system is doing. Just give a damn about and listen to the people as much as you want to wear or eat something. Love the people and their culture.
This is a more amusing story about the finding of the painting (doesn’t have a discussion about the alleged thieves). It includes a quote from the curator Olivia Miller, who said she knelt down in front of the painting when she first saw it and said, “Holy shitballs.”
Fun on FB
I get this windy rant
But Daniel l thought your were a independent you know your supposed to be neutral. Look you guys voted in your messiah obama who was trained by a radiCal left moron who went around bombing fed buildings in the 60 s and you elect a guy never had a real job in his life you know like socialist hero Bernie who never had real job until he was 42 and obama s healthcare plan and economic socialist plan was joke putting high numbers of people and businesses out of work and to be obama got into office because republicans were acting like dems which frustrates people and whale you got the far left screwing up things bad enough which why because of the rinos and far left socialist failure s you guys created the tea party movement which caused the left to lose both houses and of course get trump elected to your dismay and of course the msm being 95 percent pro lib all the time contributed to this result. You guys are always giving me facts and figures to back up your side but you always make one mistake you never analyze the results of the lefts failures you just pass it over and double down keep doing the same thing expecting a different result every time repeat the same mistake so keep doing what you are doing your just helping us deplorable s.
So My retort. Did I sound cranky?
Indy is NOT neutral. Not Switzerland. I advocate as I see fit from the information I can get. And the facts tend to tell a very different story, results and all than the GOP or Trump does. Our rate of people leaving California is lower than Texas. Our unemployment is lower than most of the rest of the US. Certainly much lower than some of the most conservative states. A bigger economy than most of the very conservative states combined. You really won’t like the rate of corporate investment here either. It’s massive, a level most places would die for. Make fun of California all ya want. I’ll enjoy your humor while drinking better wine than France, slicing better cheese than Wisconsin on a nice beach. Then go back in to the office ‘cause lunch is over. You can pretend to own the libs but ideology feeds no one. Well except in the peoples White House and over at Fox news these days.
Judge: Trump admin.’s lack of plan to reunite remaining 572 migrant children is “unacceptable,” adding that “for every parent who is not located there will be a permanently orphaned child and that is 100% the responsibility of the administration.” https://t.co/9VJIdY11zi
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 3, 2018
re: #124 JordanRules
*sigh* Goofy WaPo headline.
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re: #107 ObserverArt
Dear David Farhenthold,
I like your political coverage. Stick to that.
Art is not your thing.
Signed,
Me
He’s the guy who looks at a Jasper Johns and says “my 4-year-old could do that.” Then he wonders what visual impairment caused Picasso to see things the way he does.
Kamala Harris taking on the phrase of “identity politics” that has been used to diminish and demean core issues - women’s health, immigration, CJR, civil rights. #NN18 pic.twitter.com/5NQjsosSst
— Lily Adams (@adamslily) August 3, 2018
It’s true. “Identity politics” is a dog whistle.https://t.co/bXzNaLPJKj https://t.co/Q7vuiKKkEV
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) August 3, 2018
re: #169 mmmirele
This is a more amusing story about the finding of the painting (doesn’t have a discussion about the alleged thieves). It includes a quote from the curator Olivia Miller, who said she knelt down in front of the painting when she first saw it and said, “Holy shitballs.”
Pam?
#BREAKING: Federal judge says Trump must fully restore DACA https://t.co/BrRUYriZtQ pic.twitter.com/oNmPgTtVJ8
— The Hill (@thehill) August 3, 2018
re: #170 Unshaken Defiance
LOL good times. Use a damn period or 6 fer chrissakes.
re: #168 JordanRules
I’m not on any TERF shit but I will damn sure listen to you and defer to you about it.
You came into the conversation on some America isn’t a colonizer stuff that completely ignores how fucked up shit still is for Natives. We can find a new word if that works better. But ain’t shit sweet about Gaza OR the rez here or in Canada.
You can make your personal choices as you see fit and still acknowledge what the system is doing. Just give a damn about and listen to the people as much as you want to wear or eat something. Love the people and their culture.
This is where we are talking past each other, I think. Talking about cultural colonization and making absurd claims like “learn your language or whites will learn it for you” completely ignores and trivializes concrete and utterly tangible systemic racism and disparities in education, income, administration of law enforcement and health care.
Attacking a teenage girl for wearing a dress or attacking me for…wait for it…wearing a dress*…is really fucking missing the ball. There are people on reservations right now fighting heart disease and have no medical care within 200 miles.
It isn’t colonization. It’s neglect.
*Not even remotely aiming that at you, of course.
re: #175 JordanRules
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All politics are identity politics and white Christian identity politics have been the default assumption for 300 years in America. Most white people are too ethnocentric to understand that.
This is when you call the National Guard
Photo of a hornet nest built around a mask pic.twitter.com/gY3FUYR9UD
— 41 Strange (@41Strange) August 3, 2018
re: #181 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
This is when you can the National Guard
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Time for a flamethrower.
re: #170 Unshaken Defiance
Fun on FB
I get this windy rantSo My retort. Did I sound cranky?
i’ve faced the same problem with “moderate” for the last 15 years or so. i always reply that moderate does not mean fence sitting or wishy washy. It means not being pigeonholed into polarizing left/right, conservative/liberal paradigms. It means not holding extreme positions, generally black and white ones.
It does not mean that I can’t hold strong or convicted opinions.
It also generally means to face each issue on its own merits. I don’t have to have the same position on the spectrum for issue B as issue A.
Moderate mostly means non-ideologue
re: #105 Scottish Dragon
The appropriation here is taking a word…colonization…and misusing it in a way to set an inflammatory definition on unavoidable human contact. The fact that Europeans stole land and lives from American indigenous people is crime enough. You will get no argument from me if you want to talk about racial disparities in law enforcement, education and public health. Those things are not ‘colonization’ however.
This argument seems pedantic at best in that these racial disparities in wealth, use of force and political power arose directly out of and are perched upon a foundation of colonization. You seem to be quibbling about whether the word itself adequately describes the ongoing situation where those of us who most directly benefited from a horrific crime continue to be accessories to said crime after the act.
re: #179 Scottish Dragon
For sure, for sure. I got you!
I’d moved past that persons pronouncements, but wanted to make sure the bigger picture wasn’t missed.
I will still have my personal qualms about certain personal acts that might be deemed appropriation but I think they will generally make sense within the big picture if I explained why I’m bothered and they definitely won’t be excuses to move into new bigot territory (TERF).
re: #169 mmmirele
This is a more amusing story about the finding of the painting (doesn’t have a discussion about the alleged thieves). It includes a quote from the curator Olivia Miller, who said she knelt down in front of the painting when she first saw it and said, “Holy shitballs.”
A lot more detail!!! This story!
Bloop!
If I could have put the @NRA out of business, I would have done it 20 years ago.
I’ll see you in court.https://t.co/XGKtuqvegA— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) August 3, 2018
The Inspector General’s office said they are “reviewing” my call for an immediate investigation into the sexual abuse of migrant children.
Guys, there’s a flight at 3PM from DC to Arizona. You should be on it. https://t.co/bsvjsmuVdU— Ruben Gallego (@RepRubenGallego) August 3, 2018
.@marinakoren, killing it on the renegade goat beat:https://t.co/e1ZEi0mvnR
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) August 3, 2018
Future me after noticing that my dog has just been skunked. pic.twitter.com/QSw1beCcDC
— Ostrich Jacket Fan Account (@goddamnedfrank) August 3, 2018
Kamala Harris gets a standing O for walking just up to the line “conspiracy is a crime, obstruction of justice is a crime and anyone involved needs to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law”
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) August 3, 2018
El-Sayed is one of a wave of Muslim-American candidates running for office in 2018 — nearly 90, according to a Washington Post analysis. If he wins, he’d be the first Muslim-American governor in American history. #VICENewsTonight
— VICE News (@vicenews) July 30, 2018
Why are Muslims in the US consistently referred to as “Muslim-Americans” in news stories? Part of AP style? I can’t recall reading Catholic-Americans/Evangelical-Americans/Mormon-Americans/Jewish-Americans? Why - for example - wouldn’t you just say “Muslim” here? https://t.co/NJZDo74B70
— Asma Khalid (@asmamk) August 2, 2018
One of the ways Twitter can be a helpful place to learn: I saw this tweet from Asma and found it really persuasive. My Detroit story was set to publish but was able to change descriptions from Muslim-American. A bunch of toxicity here but there’s also an opportunity to learn https://t.co/bhx1oyLIbJ
— Astead (@AsteadWesley) August 3, 2018
As the overwhelming evidence mounts in court against Manafort, we have to ask: What can he possibly be up to, mounting an Alamo defense at these trials… unless he assumes he will be pardoned?
— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) August 3, 2018
He’d be pardoned already if it didn’t mean that he’d have to testify against Trump without any regard to the 5th amendment. https://t.co/mb24HFu2Xo
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) August 3, 2018
One of Paul Manafort’s accountants testified Friday that she agreed to falsify his tax records https://t.co/H2kFW9wsjs
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 3, 2018
re: #185 goddamnedfrank
This argument seems pedantic at best in that these racial disparities in wealth, use of force and political power arose directly out of and are perched upon a foundation of colonization. You seem to be quibbling about whether the word itself adequately describes the ongoing situation where those of us who most directly benefited from a horrific crime continue to be accessories to said crime after the act.
Colonization is a discrete activity and has a discrete meaning. Use of the word here I think mischaracterizes what is essentially systemic racist neglect as I mention up above. Moreover, focus on cultural appropriation issues (which I saw on her twitter feed, but I cannot say whether that is a focus in any of her professional work) is a gross disservice to the people in question who are facing actual social emergencies and likely couldn’t give a shit as to whether somebody is wearing an item of ethnic jewelry. It is this sort of thing that astonishes me. People are being being bullied and harassed by the police, racially profiled, left without medical care and without job prospects and we need to debate as to whether use of a clothing item is sufficiently respectful according to a self appointed arbiter on an anonymous platform?
I’m sorry, I just can’t wrap my mind around the fact that there are real emergencies and we are kinda debating the taste of the orange juice in the Titanic salon.
re: #169 mmmirele
This is a more amusing story about the finding of the painting (doesn’t have a discussion about the alleged thieves). It includes a quote from the curator Olivia Miller, who said she knelt down in front of the painting when she first saw it and said, “Holy shitballs.”
Dallas TV station WFAA did a little documentary about the Alters and the finding of the painting. The Alters did an awful lot of traveling on a schoolteacher’s salary. Personally, I wonder what else they stole. The documentary also has video of Olivia Miller kneeling in front of the painting and you can barely hear her saying, “Holy shitballs.” It’s in the last two minutes.
re: #194 JordanRules
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— Mike Godwin (@sfmnemonic) August 3, 2018
Except Trump can just keep pardoning Manafort for all of the things you list. Trump pardoned Arpaio for criminal contempt of court. This is the purpose of the “witch hunt” rhetoric, to sew the seeds of absolute distrust by Republicans in the DOJ.
It’s pardons all the way down.— Ostrich Jacket Fan Account (@goddamnedfrank) August 3, 2018
Right now Trump’s team is weighing exactly how nuclear they can go. My cynical opinion is that they’ve settled on holding out until the midterms are over and then as long as Republicans still control the Senate they’ll go all in on overt obstruction. Their, probably correct, view will be that no matter what the Republicans won’t back impeachment.
re: #186 JordanRules
For sure, for sure. I got you!
I’d moved past that persons pronouncements, but wanted to make sure the bigger picture wasn’t missed.I will still have my personal qualms about certain personal acts that might be deemed appropriation but I think they will generally make sense within the big picture if I explained why I’m bothered and they definitely won’t be excuses to move into new bigot territory (TERF).
Hugs, sweetie :)
re: #196 Scottish Dragon
I’m sorry, I just can’t wrap my mind around the fact that there are real emergencies and we are kinda debating the taste of the orange juice in the Titanic salon.
You were the one to bring up this semantic objection.
re: #143 JordanRules
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Running to be Illinois Lt. Gov.
Smart to hook up with Terry on this.Man, I used to hate Terry. LOL What an impressive turnaround he had!
Good example of why you always support and vote for the democrat. A lesson those who voted against Hillary have yet to learn
At this point Trump has completely flipped the term “fake news” around; one of the most extreme cases of right wing weaponization of a term that APPLIES TO THEM I’ve ever seen.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 3, 2018
Because it’s a simple fact that the vast majority of bogus controversies and conspiracy theories come from the right. Right wing media and blogs are now totally corrupt, and utterly disconnected from anything we’d recognize as “journalism.”
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 3, 2018
They function more as state propaganda peddlers, deliberately sowing chaos and delegitimizing the very concept of facts and reality. People who are unmoored from reality are easy to control, and we see it happening with the Trumpist cult.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 3, 2018
washington post via political wire
Trade Deficit Soars Under Trump
“The United States trade deficit widened in June and is on track to be the biggest in a decade despite President Trump’s efforts to slash it,” the Washington Post reports.
“For the first half of 2018, the trade deficit in goods and services hit $291.2 billion, the federal government reported Friday, which is higher than last year and puts the nation on track to have the largest annual deficit since 2008.”
well of course the tarriffs havent had a chance to have an effect yet…/s
(my bold)
re: #196 Scottish Dragon
“and likely couldn’t give a shit as to whether somebody is wearing an item of ethnic jewelry.”
This is an assumption I don’t think you should be prepared to make if you can’t see how acceptable commodification that ignores the source who is disadvantaged and doesn’t have the same opportunities is related to the racist neglect.
Yeah. I do get fuckin pissed when a white woman gets credit for a hairstyle that black women have been rocking for decades because it’s acceptable on her. We were erased and they get different types of currency from it. And then add on the fact that you know it’s historical and you and your family keep seeing it happen over and over again. Yeah. I get pissed and it’s all related.
Just heard Jennifer Rubin on NPR, talking about that confrontation between Jim Acosta and Sarah H. Sanders yesterday. Boy, she took no prisoners. Just called SHS a liar, over and over, and said she had absorbed the DT position that if someone doesn’t like her personally, that means the person doesn’t like America. It is an authoritarian position.
re: #201 goddamnedfrank
You were the one to bring up this semantic objection.
I think we are letting this one go and moving on. My objection was to her usage and the Titanic example was aimed at the academic debate in general rather than the brief conversation here. I didn’t make that clear.
Anyways, next order of business, lol
A play in three acts:
12/22/14: Sully defends running infamous race/IQ essay
12/23/14: Jeong parodies his “both sides” logic on Twitter
8/03/18: Sully sees that old tweet, doesn’t realize it’s making fun of him, calls her a racist.
via @studentactivism pic.twitter.com/O36Y899pCU— Andrew Prokop (@awprokop) August 3, 2018
.@NBCNewsBETTER: With the recent salmonella outbreak in popular snacks, here’s how to protect yourself and your family from the bacteria’s deadly effects. https://t.co/2CH1KsXjsK
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 3, 2018
How about a government that makes food safety a priority instead of deregulating everything? https://t.co/7Qf2rqBMlF
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) August 3, 2018
re: #204 dangerman
washington post via political wire
Trade Deficit Soars Under Trump
well of course the tarriffs havent had a chance to have an effect yet…/s
(my bold)
How many ways are there to prove Republicans at every level, all the way down to Joe “Lock Her Up” Schmuck, have zero clue how economies work?
#BREAKING: ATU Local 689 sources say KKK-affiliated hate group to be provided with 3 private Metro rail cars and police escort on day of ‘Unite the Right Rally’ in D.C. https://t.co/Yg6lPlKfBC pic.twitter.com/bzzBiGm6jT
— ABC 7 News - WJLA (@ABC7News) August 3, 2018
Ha. KKK snowflakes need a safe space. Too afraid to take public transit like everyone else. https://t.co/Dbmce0YO8o
— Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) August 3, 2018
OK, I just noticed this and now I can’t get the though out of her head: is someone HOLDING her dress out like that? pic.twitter.com/H2iyO7jg43
— SuperKarateHonkey (@LedZepBoxedSet) August 3, 2018
That’s the original Melania. People forget she was replaced after season 1 because of a contract dispute. She had the same agent as the girl who played Becky on “Roseanne”
— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) August 3, 2018
re: #205 JordanRules
*sigh*
Isn’t that kind of the definition of first world problems?
I can complain about this:
Lolita anime kilted miniskirts!
So we are going to do a Japanese take on traditional Scottish competition dance clothing and commercialize it into ridiculous Lolita sexytimes nonsense.
Yes, I find it kinda offensive. I also realize that I have a relative position of cultural power that means it cannot easily be used as a slur against me and I get that. More to the point though, it simply does not affect my day to day problems of money, back pain and worries of trans discrimination. I can look at that, see that it is stupid and offensive and still have to worry about actual, concrete issues.
In the end, if somebody wants to wear that crap…it’s their money and not mine and I see no point in trying to shame them if they are already silly enough to buy this stuff. It won’t work for starters, since I have no power in their lives and do not desire any. Moreover, I do not want others to have power to tell me what I should or should not wear in return.
And that is seriously all I want to say on this. I’m hurting from sitting here so I will see you guys after the news.
Just finished a short BBC doc on David (King Ed)Windsor that I fell asleep on last night.
I didn’t know many details surrounding the situation with him, Wallis and The Crown.
Hoooboy! He and his wife were a trip.
Been watching a lot of stuff on traitors lately. Must be something in the air.
re: #110 Dr Lizardo
LOL Fear of a Black Hat is one of the most criminally underrated films ever.
7.2/10 IMDb
86% Rotten Tomatoes
3/4 Roger Ebert
It did OK ratings-wise. I’ll watch it tonight.
re: #115 Kragar
I like my paintings to actually looks like something.
Abstractionists can fuck right off.
There. I said it.
Speaking of stupidly overpriced abstract art. This is a painting called “Voice of Fire”. The National Gallery of Canada purchased it in 1989…for $1.8 Million.
re: #213 Scottish Dragon
*sigh*
Isn’t that kind of the definition of first world problems?
I can complain about this:
Lolita anime kilted miniskirts!
So we are going to do a Japanese take on traditional Scottish competition dance clothing and commercialize it into ridiculous Lolita sexytimes nonsense.
Yes, I find it kinda offensive. I also realize that I have a relative position of cultural power that means it cannot easily be used as a slur against me and I get that. More to the point though, it simply does not affect my day to day problems of money, back pain and worries of trans discrimination. I can look at that, see that it is stupid and offensive and still have to worry about actual, concrete issues.
In the end, if somebody want to wear that crap…it’s their money and not mine and I see no point in trying to shame them if they are already silly enough to buy this stuff. It won’t work for starters, since I have no power in the lives and do not desire any. Moreover, I do not want others to have power to tell me what I should or should not wear in return.
And that is seriously all I want to say on this. I’m hurting from sitting here so I will see you guys after the news.
You seriously think continued erasure and discrimination (yes, with black women and hair, it’s a real thing) is a first world problem and isn’t related to the big picture?!?!?
Like how??
Yeah I’m done too. I was really trying to tamp down my own feelings of anger around it but I’m owning it and walking away.
I do miss Bourdain.
re: #215 JordanRules
The British Royal Family has always been very colorful. Go back to Henry VIII and then go forward. Lots of juicy stories and lots of scandal.
re: #175 JordanRules
So, when will Bernie propose a bill banning the phrase sp he can claim to be out u. Front of the issue?
They keep telling me I went viral like I’m not already famous? Shut ya Bish ass up
— Bella the Clout Mom (@ask_juniper) July 27, 2018
Ahhhh. This is why she called the cops on that woman. And that’s why I said that giving them cute names is a bad idea. They want attention. https://t.co/UjVyfO8NeQ
— Man of the Decade (@MissZindzi) August 3, 2018
“I absolutely do not know her and that’s why I want her off my property.”
Brooklyn Becky calls cops on black woman waiting for Uber in the rain: https://t.co/7YVtggK4JY pic.twitter.com/tVXPZDqudq— The Root (@TheRoot) August 2, 2018
— Man of the Decade (@MissZindzi) August 3, 2018
Hmph. Timeline full of AAVE, but called the cops on a black woman and coulda got her killed. Damn shame.
re: #214 Scottish Dragon
I gave up on Sullivan a couple years ago.
I gave up on that Tory Twit when he gladly lied any lie to help kill Hillarycare. Thanks to that Tory Twit my parents lost their home because of doctor bills.
re: #219 PhillyPretzel
The British Royal Family has always been very colorful. Go back to Henry VIII and then go forward. Lots of juicy stories and lots of scandal.
I’m super intrigued now and am definitely going to get into some of the really old scandals.
re: #215 JordanRules
Just finished a short BBC doc on David (King Ed)Windsor that I fell asleep on last night.
I didn’t know many details surrounding the situation with him, Wallis and The Crown.
Hoooboy! He and his wife were a trip.
Been watching a lot of stuff on traitors lately. Must be something in the air.
There was a series called Edward and Mrs Simpson - made - late 1970s? Some of it is on youtube - I had videos of same - moons ago - probably got to a DVD at some stage. (The series didn’t cover what they did after leaving the UK- that is another interesting story.)
They both lived in dreamworld at the time thinking the UK would accept the marriage - how things have changed in 80 years.
The NRA is going bankrupt.
Thoughts and prayers! 🙏— God 🌈 (@TheGoodGodAbove) August 3, 2018
“…In 2017, [Trump] lied 2,140 times, while over the past six months he’s lied 4,229 times — averaging 16 lies a day this summer alone.”
teenvogue.com
The disease accelerates.
re: #203 Charles Johnson
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re: #6 freetoken
Used one a couple of times.
But that picture - how is it this couple is so happy looking at a few lines of text on a screen? And the young guy - he’d only have that smile if Penthouse was available on the TRS-80.
A friend of ours had one and I loved it! There was a game, sorta like D&D, where you collected stuff throughout the kingdom and used them to advance through the game.
I could have played that all the dang time.
re: #228 MsJ
A friend of ours had one and I loved it! There was a game, sorta like D&D, where you collected stuff throughout the kingdom and used them to advance through the game.
I could have played that all the dang time.
Zork?
re: #215 JordanRules
Just finished a short BBC doc on David (King Ed)Windsor that I fell asleep on last night.
I didn’t know many details surrounding the situation with him, Wallis and The Crown.
Hoooboy! He and his wife were a trip.
Been watching a lot of stuff on traitors lately. Must be something in the air.
The traitors seem to have an ever-larger following, too. Even long dead ones have their fans. Anonymous review of The Nazi King at Netflix:
re: #212 gocart mozart
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OK, NP, I’ll go to the yam house. He’s game.
Most disgusting photo.
She twirled at the right moment.
re: #224 fern01
This doc is fairly new (2009) and pieced together a much more complex picture with the release of previously secret official docs. Yeah, the marriage worked as great cover story but it really looks like the Nazi and traitor thing buried his ass. Fascinating stuff.
I grew up believing it was all about the marriage but definitely not anymore.
re: #230 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
The traitors seem to have an ever-larger following, too. Even long dead ones have their fans. Anonymous review of The Nazi King at Netflix:
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Actually there are a lot of negative reviews of this. Many show a striking similarity of language and syntax, as though they originate from a common source. Hmmm….
re: #233 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Actually there are a lot of negative reviews of this. Many show a striking similarity of language and syntax, as though they originate from a common source. Hmmm….
Wow!!! I shouldn’t be surprised though. They are everywhere Shiplord.
So on this NRA thing I’m not sure if we’re there yet. A few have made the point that the NRA is making a statement of financial risk in a lawsuit and it’s being interpreted as ‘NRA going out of business.’ No, the NRA is saying ‘financial hardship’ in a lawsuit where they are trying to get insurance.
Thoughts and Prayers for them. To go out of business.
“Everyone’s access to documents got turned off, and is being turned on [on a] document-by-document basis,” said one source. “There’s been total radio silence from leadership.” https://t.co/eNXCkKigT2
— The Intercept (@theintercept) August 3, 2018
JUST ARRIVED in my inbox via #FOIA: 230 pages from DOJ Office of Legal Counsel on Brett Kavanaugh
Here’s the first page pic.twitter.com/HMdsXrPLBW— Jason Leopold (@JasonLeopold) August 3, 2018
Trump recalls a conversation he had with the leader of a NATO country:
“He said, ‘Mr. President, can I ask you a question? If we don’t pay up, what are you going to do about it?’
“And I said, do you want protection, or not? Do you want protection, or not?” pic.twitter.com/fPkSPWbPuf— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) August 2, 2018
The leader of the free world running a protection racket like he is shaking down bodegas 😳 https://t.co/MpKFQZLtNJ
— Rev. Lenny Duncan (@lennyaduncan) August 3, 2018
The big, stonking elephant in the room in Mark Carney’s #r4today interview is that the UK economy has gone from the fastest growing in the G7 in 2014 to the slowest since the brexit vote.
— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) August 3, 2018
Sounds promising, but Nunberg is the source so I don’t know.
So… Sam Nunberg just told @AriMelber that he expects Roger Stone to be indicted on “broad charges of conspiring against America … backed up by some financial charges.” He also said Mueller is looking into Stone’s personal finances. 🎯
— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) August 3, 2018
re: #76 HappyWarrior
Says a Jewish Puerto Rican on a network owned by an Aussie. Dumbass.
Am Aussie (who did get US citizenship) who has ties to Russia.
The Washington Post tracks all of Donald’s lies. To date, they say he has lied 4,229 times in 558 days in office. June and July saw huge surges in lying.
Especially about Russia. The disinfo is on overload as Mueller closes in. Here’s the Chart showing his Russia lies by month: pic.twitter.com/rKbRaWoP8n— Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 (@DemWrite) August 3, 2018
Here’s the chart of all lies (not just Russia): pic.twitter.com/nbfllZdPTe
— Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 (@DemWrite) August 3, 2018
Hmmm. This is new.
JUST IN: Federal judge says Trump must fully restore DACA https://t.co/AL11CI5o3i pic.twitter.com/Etl29ATM5R
— The Hill (@thehill) August 3, 2018
In which Dumbass D’Stupids thinks that falling over while convulsed in laughter is an expression of “fear”
I’m for abolishing prison for everyone but Dinesh d’souza
— KentuckyFriedComrade (@KY_FriedComrade) August 3, 2018
You can see how dangerous I’ve become to the left. Their best hope is to lock me up again https://t.co/Q81tF16Kin
— Dinesh D’Souza (@DineshDSouza) August 3, 2018
I think we’re making fun of you. Because, Well, Because you’re really stupid. And you get continually owned by just about everyone.
— 🦈🦈Dave’s Not Believing this Crap🦈🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) August 3, 2018
I don’t feel sorry for her or her family. When you vote against your best interests, THIS is what happens. Adios.
She’s lived in Florida for 20 years, the wife of a former U.S. Marine who voted for Trump, and now she’s being deported #tictocnews pic.twitter.com/l9NhgExON0
— TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) August 3, 2018
re: #247 Dr. Matt
I don’t feel sorry for her or her family. When you vote against your best interests, THIS is what happens. Adios.
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re: #247 Dr. Matt
Elections have consequences.
You’re ridiculous. A guy makes fun of you, and you derp about being dangerous to “The Left”. You’re just a low-tier propagandist.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) August 3, 2018
Oh don’t flatter yourself, Overbite.
— This place is infested with Nazis. (@efuseakay) August 3, 2018
Trump staffs up Mideast team for peace plan rollout https://t.co/9R1WGk5NNu
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) August 3, 2018
I can’t wait to see what this will be.
re: #252 JordanRules
True and that should be directed at her husband.
Maybe there was strife in the house and he did the calling/////(maybe)
re: #252 JordanRules
True and that should be directed at her husband.
He’s a republican so it’s a very good chance he doesn’t care because he’s a soulless monster.
re: #255 Single-handed sailor
Same as usual. All show and no go.
re: #227 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
Trump is sowing the seeds for violence against members of the media. His followers are already parroting that desire.
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This started under Romney.
apparently in the transition between Angels and Cher Show marquees, this briefly happened pic.twitter.com/VIbDXLeAMI
— Joey Sims (@joeycsims) August 3, 2018
The Left has warned these assholes that voting against your best interests will come back to bite them in the ass. For them to learn a lesson, they are going to have suffer.
re: #252 JordanRules
True and that should be directed at her husband.
Exactly, he was literally the only one with a vote and he used it to sanction exactly this kind of shit. He just probably thought his family would somehow be exempt via his service and the fact that he looks white. Absolute fucking entitlement.
re: #262 goddamnedfrank
Exactly, he was literally the only one with a vote and he used it to sanction exactly this kind of shit. He just probably thought his family would somehow be exempt via his service and the fact that he looks white. Absolute fucking entitlement.
And it’s a sure bet he’ll vote straight GOP ticket in the midterms. They never learn….
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I can’t wait to see what this will be.
It’s a Ponzi Scheme.
re: #261 Dr. Matt
The Left has warned these assholes that voting against your best interests will come back to bite them in the ass. For them to learn a lesson, they are going to have suffer.
Except he’s not really the one suffering, his wife and daughters are. And you have no sympathy for them why exactly? They’re essentially victims of domestic abuse by proxy and you’re summarily blaming them collectively for their own victimization. Maybe slow down a bit.
re: #247 Dr. Matt
I don’t feel sorry for her or her family. When you vote against your best interests, THIS is what happens. Adios.
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Yep. I have zero sympathy for her or the farmers who voted for Trump and are now being harmed by his tariff policy. GOOD.
Just amazing beyond belief. This album contains worlds.
#NowPlaying Keith Jarrett > Vienna Concert > Vienna, Part 1 https://t.co/4X1GdzbJqN pic.twitter.com/b8yT5RZQWt
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 3, 2018
Thoughts and prayers to the NRA who is saying they’re in a deep financial crisis and may be unable to exist. Maybe they could ask some of the Republicans they donated millions to for a loan:
Richard Burr - $7M
Roy Blunt - $4M
Cory Gardner - $3M
Marco Rubio - $3M— Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) August 3, 2018
Milton Glaser’s Proposed Logo for Trump’s ‘Space Force’:
The others are good too: An Idiotic Idea Doesn’t Deserve Branding This Good.
LOL
a couple years ago the nypd basically refused to work for a few days bc they were mad that deblasio didn’t say they were handsomer than firefighters and literally nothing happened. crime levels stayed the same. ppl went abt their business and did precisely zero purges
— KT NELSON (@KrangTNelson) August 3, 2018
Ahh, but then there’s this
But the city lost $10s of millions in fines and fees. https://t.co/U7Z5sGjwVT
— Devin Balkind (@DevinBalkind) August 3, 2018
Carceral state. All screwed up.
Yo. Men. Just get off Twitter. Every man. All of you. You can’t handle this shit.
— sarah jeong (@sarahjeong) August 23, 2014
“When I swore an oath to uphold, protect, defend the constitution of the US, I held it to the bottom of my heart … This is not a President who believes in that oath. He apparently has an oath or a debt to the President of Russia.” @MalcolmNance on Trump. #Hardball pic.twitter.com/SoIKSgYKgM
— Hardball (@hardball) August 3, 2018
And I meant every damn word! WATCH👇🏽 https://t.co/Rt2CJbEKl8
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) August 3, 2018
I swear all they’re trying to do at this point is get through the midterms. Then they’re going to manufacture a crisis and use it to solidify all power behind Trump. The last thing any of these assholes can allow at this point is real accountability or daylight to shine on what they’ve been doing. The only guaranteed way to stop them is to vote in such overwhelming numbers that Dems get supermajorities in both the House and Senate and that’s not going to happen.
With a sane, functioning Congress a pardon would absolutely trigger impeachment. But we don’t have that, the GOP is co-conspiring with Trump to destroy our democracy and they’re all in a this point.
— Ostrich Jacket Fan Account (@goddamnedfrank) August 3, 2018
good grief
NASA, which is making a BIG comeback under the Trump Administration, has just named 9 astronauts for Boeing and Spacex space flights. We have the greatest facilities in the world and we are now letting the private sector pay to use them. Exciting things happening. Space Force!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 3, 2018
The federal judge overseeing the family reunification process blasted the Trump admin for its lack of a plan to reunify the remaining 572 children. The judge said that plan was not acceptable and placed that responsibility squarely on the government. https://t.co/RZaF1MnkA3
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 3, 2018
Still no officials in jail for contempt, white privilege.
have a cookie and STFU
Almost 500,000 Manufacturing Jobs created since I won the Election. Remember when my opponents were saying that we couldn’t create this type of job anymore. Wrong, in fact these are among our best and most important jobs!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 3, 2018
re: #265 goddamnedfrank
And you have no sympathy for them why exactly? They’re essentially victims of domestic abuse by proxy and you’re summarily blaming them collectively for their own victimization. Maybe slow down a bit.
Nope. Not at all. You sleep with dogs…..you get deported. Adios.
re: #267 Patricia Kayden
Yep. I have zero sympathy for her or the farmers who voted for Trump and are now being harmed by his tariff policy. GOOD.
Amen and x10000. We warned them over and over and over and over. My sympathy has dried up for anyone that votes GOP or associates with them.
Stuttering John has been hammering Lipsy McSteroids all week:
Oh yea there is more @Cernovich pic.twitter.com/vrO3JQb9ge
— John Melendez (@stutteringjohnm) August 4, 2018
re: #278 Dr. Matt
Nope. Not at all. You sleep with dogs…..you get deported. Adios.
Well the kids aren’t being deported. They just don’t have a Mom here any longer.
I would think plenty of people in this thread would not want to be punished for who their Dad voted for.
the ability to view the edit history of a gab post has been the far right’s greatest gift to us pic.twitter.com/U9Nk31nBrg
— molly 🐶 (@socialistdogmom) August 3, 2018
re: #241 MsJ
Am Aussie (who did get US citizenship) who has ties to Russia.
An Aussie who was assisted in getting his US citizenship by Newt Gingrich (who just happened to get a big book advance from said Aussie.)
Nothing to see here, folks. Move along.
There is a connection between these stories. The pageantry of the battles in Portland seems almost designed for producing imagery for social media- staged and choreographed as they are; the spread of conspiracy theories so ludicrous it boggles the mind. These are warning signs. pic.twitter.com/bDOCsYtuTX
— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) August 3, 2018
re: #138 goddamnedfrank
[Naturalized citizen & marine veteran votes for Trump, has the nerve to act surprised when his undocumented wife & mother of his two daughters is deported
It’s cheaper than divorce.*
*Sorry I’m out of fucks to give to these people. We knew this would happen an it is. We we called alarmists. We were right all along.
/not really sorry.
WATCH: Daily Kos publisher @markos tells @chucktodd: For progressive movement, Bernie Sanders’ “moment has passed” #MTPDaily pic.twitter.com/nrsORoR3JU
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) August 3, 2018
Here it is! 😂😂
That bojo axe gonna swing hard at the orange monster! https://t.co/a7EacwOvPY— NewDemRicoP 💯✊🏾✊🏾 (@reesetheone1) August 4, 2018
Yes, I really did just watch a video doing an in-depth comparison of Shake Shack vs. In-N-Out.
China is quietly relaxing its sanctions against North Korea, complicating matters for Trump https://t.co/7qJqXTyrAt pic.twitter.com/Xmm4OKQGIA
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) August 3, 2018
re: #285 JordanRules
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And, apparently having run out of Trump supporters in diners, Nazis and poor put upon English speaking white folks, QAnon assholes are the new go-to for in-depth reporting.
Do better, WaPo (they have had like 10 or more QAnon stories in the past 3 days.)
Want your partner to stop smoking? Or buy a dog? For $29, this online service will provide you with a targeted campaign to help you get an idea into someone else’s head https://t.co/yUPl1J8CYJ pic.twitter.com/fzmREbo9nf
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) August 3, 2018
Pompeo: “The ultimate timeline for denuclearization will be set by Chairman Kim, at least in part. The decision is his.” Wait, what?!
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) August 3, 2018
re: #279 Cheechako
OT
I little bit of excitement in the homestead backyard this afternoon:
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There go the strawberries :(
Oh, he’s so CUTE! Can we keep him, pleeeeeeease?
Here is an interesting email. (Govt Exhibit 176) pic.twitter.com/U8m45LKM5c
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) August 3, 2018
Here it is again from Manafort. He writes that the income was earned in Ukraine—but what paid work did he do in Ukraine after Yanukovych fled? (Govt Exhibit 175) pic.twitter.com/lMRzNzFDZb
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) August 3, 2018
All in all, I think this $2.4 million deferred payment bears further investigation.
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) August 3, 2018
re: #288 JordanRules
He’s been wanting to do this since people went nuts on DK after his announcement after Super Tuesday that it was time to get ready for the general election.
re: #289 Charles Johnson
Yes, I really did just watch a video doing an in-depth comparison of Shake Shack vs. In-N-Out.
What was the verdict? We’re still In-and-Out less on the East Coast, although Shake Shack has invaded NJ and Philly.
Apparently, Mrs. Manafort just realized hubby is going to spend the rest of his life in jail. Why would someone want to do that in to protect Trump?? It makes no sense. Unless he knows Putin-Trump Regime will kill his family.
— Puesto Loco™ (@PuestoLoco) August 4, 2018
Been done with Andrew Sullivan long before today.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 4, 2018
This is the most blanket act of kleptocracy since Trump took office….so far. This project is so over-levered, and would never be refinancable if not for Kushner’s connections to power within the regime. https://t.co/DiarnMG9z0
— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) August 3, 2018
re: #300 Backwoods_Sleuth
Why would someone want to do that in to protect Trump?? It makes no sense. Unless he knows Putin-Trump Regime will kill his family.
Manafort wouldn’t care about that. It’s just that he considers this whole proceeding a joke, secure in the knowledge that tRump will pardon him.
Then he’ll refuse to testify against tRump, and tRump will pardon him for that, ad inf.
re: #279 Cheechako
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I little bit of excitement in the homestead backyard this afternoon:
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There go the strawberries :(
Beats my small herd of deer, paws down.
The courts disagree. https://t.co/A2Pk51yfq5
— Howard Dean (@GovHowardDean) August 4, 2018
re: #297 Mattand
What was the verdict? We’re still In-and-Out less on the East Coast, although Shake Shack has invaded NJ and Philly.
Bottom line, they’re both pretty fuckin’ great.
re: #294 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Oh, he’s so CUTE! Can we keep him, pleeeeeeease?
Nooooo!!! It’s (I didn’t want to get up close to evaluate it’s sex) one of pair that’s been hanging round the neighborhood. One of the pair was hit by a car a couple of days ago. It did run off so we don’t know if it survived. These bears have been a PITA getting into garbage cans. Eventually they may get “relocated” into a remote are.
re: #302 Backwoods_Sleuth
This is the most blanket act of kleptocracy since Trump took office….so far. This project is so over-levered, and would never be refinancable if not for Kushner’s connections to power within the regime. https://t.co/DiarnMG9z0
— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) August 3, 2018
Fundies really should be condemning this place as a Citadel of Satan since
A. Its address is 666.
B. It really IS a Citadel of Satan.
I wonder why they don’t? Never mind, we know why.
re: #308 Cheechako
Nooooo!!! It’s (I didn’t want to get up close to evaluate it’s sex) one of pair that’s been hanging round the neighborhood. One of the pair was hit by a car a couple of days ago. It did run off so we don’t know if it survived. These bears have been a PITA getting into garbage cans. Eventually they may get “relocated” into a remote are.
They are very smart, very resourceful, and can be incredibly annoying to deal with when accustomed to humans. That being said, I think they’re just adorable and I hope he/she gets resettled safely.
It’s Bernie’s Party Now https://t.co/5MGU6JTdrW
— POLITICO Magazine (@POLITICOMag) August 4, 2018
No, it’s actually not. https://t.co/LHvuNrK2dF
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) August 4, 2018
re: #310 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
They are very smart, very resourceful, and can be incredibly annoying to deal with when accustomed to humans. That being said, I think they’re just adorable and I hope he/she gets resettled safely.
It’s what to expect when humans build in prime bear habitat.
re: #310 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
They are very smart, very resourceful, and can be incredibly annoying to deal with when accustomed to humans. That being said, I think they’re just adorable and I hope he/she gets resettled safely.
I saw one about 100 yards off in the Poconos while walking the dog. Remy wanted to go see the big weird looking canine, and the damn thing started heading slowly towards us.
I got the dog under control and slowly walked away. Once the bear disappeared into another yard, I called the cops and let them know there was a bear in the area. They were pretty much like “Yeah, flatlander, call us when there’s an actual problem.”
I prefer my bears in zoos, thanks.
this thread:
She then shouted, to no one in particular, “I don’t know him! He won’t leave me alone!”
His reaction confirmed she didn’t know him and fam…4 total strangers and myself got in formation in front of her like Bey herself had gotten off the 2 train and commanded it
keep on reading…it gets better and better.
re: #307 Charles Johnson
Bottom line, they’re both pretty fuckin’ great.
I like Shake Shack’s chicken sandwiches, but when I get a burger, the buns are always soggy. Wonder if it’s just that location.
don’t hold back, Oliver…
maryland hates you. we hate you. we were one of hillary’s strongest states. we hate you with a passion. even our gop governor has to run away from you thats how much we hate you. maryland hates you so much we’d probably give up crabs for a month to get rid of you. #mdpolitics https://t.co/OvfEJoXBNp
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) August 4, 2018
It’s now apparent that Betsy DeVos has a job in the Trump Administration because her brother Erik Prince helped President Trump set up back channels to Russia.
Basically the sister of an American Traitor is in control of our children’s future!— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) August 1, 2018
I refuse to let this blatant corruption make me cynical.
I refuse to let this blatant corruption make me cynical.
I refuse to let this blatant corruption make me cynical.
I refuse to let this blatant corruption make me cynical.
I refuse to let this blatant corruption make me cyn https://t.co/RupfeFMDO0— Ron Perlman (@perlmutations) August 1, 2018
re: #314 Mattand
I saw one about 100 yards off in the Poconos while walking the dog. Remy wanted to go see the big weird looking canine, and the damn thing started heading slowly towards us.
I got the dog under control and slowly walked away. Once the bear disappeared into another yard, I called the cops and let them know there was a bear in the area. They were pretty much like “Yeah, flatlander, call us when there’s an actual problem.”
I prefer my bears in zoos, thanks.
I live in bear country - well, sort of. I’ve never seen one around here. One of my brothers-in-law came home from work late one evening and thought he saw a dog in his driveway. Upon closer inspection, it wasn’t a dog. I like bears, I wouldn’t mind meeting one… at a safe distance, and not when it’s hungry or protecting its cubs.
re: #318 BeachDem
These three little words say it all.
By RICH LOWRY
You’re right. It’s that asshole Starbursts. He’s a champ in the bad take life.
re: #320 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I live in bear country - well, sort of. I’ve never seen one around here. One of my brothers-in-law came home from work late one evening and thought he saw a dog in his driveway. Upon closer inspection, it wasn’t a dog. I like bears, I wouldn’t mind meeting one… at a safe distance, and not when it’s hungry or protecting its cubs.
We had one somehow wander down to South Jersey from the mountains in North Jersey a few years back. Bears in these parts are as rare as Republicans with a conscience.
Apparently it was following the creeks in the area, eating skunk cabbage. Fortunately, it never caused a scene and moved on.
It never ends:
Interior Secretary Zinke under investigation for Halliburton-backed brewpub plans
re: #323 BeachDem
It never ends:
Interior Secretary Zinke under investigation for Halliburton-backed brewpub plans
The best people.
re: #322 Mattand
We had one somehow wander down to South Jersey from the mountains in North Jersey a few years back. Bears in these parts are as rare as Republicans with a conscience.
Apparently it was following the creeks in the area, eating skunk cabbage. Fortunately, it never caused a scene and moved on.
One of the first news stories when I moved to the wild north country, and I remember it clearly because I was still staying at a hotel while interviewing and looking for housing: A MOOSE was running around on the beltway that surrounds the Twin Cities. It had gotten separated from the herd that rambles through the area every fall and found its way into rush hour traffic. It escaped safely, but I remember thinking, “Dear God,what have I gotten myself into?”
When we call #Canada a #settler-colonial state, we’re referencing a structural characteristic rather than merely a statement of origin.
— Eric Ritskes (@eritskes) January 16, 2013
Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Kris Kobach’s gubernatorial campaign employs three men who are members of a white nationalist group: https://t.co/RqhpaslTgX
— Matt Pearce 🦅 (@mattdpearce) August 3, 2018
Uhhh….How would this work?
…………
this is ridiculous.https://t.co/3PWp4SxiUV— fooler initiative (@metroadlib) August 4, 2018
They don’t know either. SMDH
Syria, international weapons testing grounds.
#China willing to assist #SyrianArmy in Idlib offensive – Beijing’s ambassador to Syria https://t.co/AlmXHNjZqx pic.twitter.com/ZR2EJWxTL3
— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) August 4, 2018
J.D. Gordon. Imagine that. As Trump’s man on the platform committee, he “argued against language that would have endorsed having the United States send lethal weapons to Ukraine.” https://t.co/IEn05mXVTI
— Will Saletan (@saletan) August 3, 2018
re: #330 JordanRules
Uhhh….How would this work?
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They don’t know either. SMDH
It’d be nice if the Metro implemented a “No Nazis ever” policy.
It’d also be nice if the fucking Republicans in this country, as well as Twitter, implemented one as well, but I shouldn’t be greedy, I guess.
re: #229 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Zork?
Don’t think so. But honestly, it was long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away.
re: #331 Single-handed sailor
Syria, international weapons testing grounds.
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Echoes of the Spanish Civil War.
re: #120 Kragar
I’ve got one painting in my house.
“Last Night of the War”
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I have several original paintings, some of my own photos framed and, my favorite, a framed poster of the Wright Brothers first powered flight: Image: wright-flyer-8x10crop.jpg
re: #240 JordanRules
Sounds promising, but Nunberg is the source so I don’t know.
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GIRLIE WOODY AND MULTIPLE ORGASMS!!!
Fuck Roger Stone. (Spit) Rot in prison, you sick prick.
re: #206 retired cynic
Just heard Jennifer Rubin on NPR, talking about that confrontation between Jim Acosta and Sarah H. Sanders yesterday. Boy, she took no prisoners. Just called SHS a liar, over and over, and said she had absorbed the DT position that if someone doesn’t like her personally, that means the person doesn’t like America. It is an authoritarian position.
I thought I heard Jim call her ‘sir’ at one point in the exchange.
You block Merrick Garland, a judge nominated by a man with an extensive & esteemed background in the law, but now you’re tired of partisanship & advocate for a judge nominated by a man publicly obstructing justice & vilifying our free press? Shame on you. You’re ruining America. https://t.co/FgdR7JQRDB
— Ken Olin (@kenolin1) August 4, 2018
re: #337 MsJ
GIRLIE WOODY AND MULTIPLE ORGASMS!!!
Fuck Roger Stone. (Spit) Rot in prison, you sick prick.
Ha! I was thinking of you when I posted that.
Phalanges crossed!
re: #339 Backwoods_Sleuth
Translated Orrin Hatch (R-Dumbshit Capital): It’s OK if he’s a Republican.
Today’s victory has been a work in progress since the @NAACP filed its case in September 2017 in defense of the #DACA program. We are proud today, as we have been since 1909, to uplift those voices which will not be silenced. https://t.co/erREj02a48
— Derrick Johnson (@DerrickNAACP) August 3, 2018
re: #282 JordanRules
Well the kids aren’t being deported. They just don’t have a Mom here any longer.
I would think plenty of people in this thread would not want to be punished for who their Dad voted for.
I don’t think anyone wants anyone else to be punished. I have deep empathy for the kids and the mom. I have zero for the dude.
Thousands more evacuated from California’s largest wildfire https://t.co/YKDRUYTVUB
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) August 4, 2018
#RanchFire #MendocinoComplex [update] off Hwy 20 near Potter Valley, northeast of Ukiah (Mendocino Co) is now 112,226 acres and 28% contained. Evacuations & road closures in place. Unified Command: CAL FIRE Mendocino Unit & USFS Mendocino National Forest. https://t.co/uhlH8hb9e4 pic.twitter.com/ZmVCaG4kpV
— CAL FIRE (@CAL_FIRE) August 3, 2018
#RiverFire #MendocinoComplex [update] off Old River Road, Hopland (Mendocino County) is now 41,512 acres and 50% contained. Evacuations and road closures in place. Unified Command: CAL FIRE Mendocino Unit and USFS Mendocino National Forest https://t.co/BrnZGdojZf pic.twitter.com/vfYV5IK0Hl
— CAL FIRE (@CAL_FIRE) August 3, 2018
re: #343 MsJ
I don’t think anyone wants anyone else to be punished. I have deep empathy for the kids and the mom. I have zero for the dude.
Agreed. I said that way down in the thread.
Fuck him.
Yessss!!!!!!!
BREAKING: Federal court orders New Orleans judges to immediately STOP imposing fines and fees on criminal defendants. Judges must assess ability to pay.
Big victory in our fight against unconstitutional fines and fees levied on poor people. @lawyerscomm https://t.co/m5FDwSUgCF— Kristen Clarke (@KristenClarkeJD) August 3, 2018
re: #343 MsJ
I don’t think anyone wants anyone else to be punished. I have deep empathy for the kids and the mom. I have zero for the dude.
During the initial travel ban, there was a family of Trump-voting Syrian immigrants in Philly that got a rude surprise when their relatives got held up at PHL.
“Let’s vote for the guy and the party who are vowing to discriminate against people like me, because surely it won’t affect me.”
I just do not get people at all.
We’re paying the private sector millions of dollars.
You left that part out.
NASA has not made any comeback.
We have always been here.
You don’t know anything about NASA. #SpaceForce isn’t a thing and if it was it would be another branch of the military, nothing to do w NASA.— Rogue NASA (@RogueNASA) August 3, 2018
Conservative children, please hear me when I say this: 💕👻💋🐟💩🤖💫😎🤠🧠👯♀️💋👑 pic.twitter.com/yb8tVP4qdN
— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) August 3, 2018
re: #347 Mattand
During the initial travel ban, there was a family of Trump-voting Syrian immigrants in Philly that got a rude surprise when their relatives got held up at PHL.
“Let’s vote for the guy and the party who are vowing to discriminate against people like me, because surely it won’t affect me.”
I just do not get people at all.
People have been told over and over that politicians don’t mean what they say. But the reality is that politicians usually try to keep the promises they make when campaigning. So when a politician promises to deport your wife and bar your relatives, you better believe him.
Meghan should have left Soledad alone. LOL
I ❤️ this picture from today’s @theview of @sunny “in the middle”, sippin’ on her tea.
Made me chuckle.
It’s all good.
Enjoy your weekend, tweeps. pic.twitter.com/mvsq1aQt03— Ana Navarro (@ananavarro) August 3, 2018
Lol. Anna with the look, Sunny sipping tea. Meghan reading off her notes. https://t.co/SDtcNyv9IZ
— Soledad O’Brien (@soledadobrien) August 4, 2018
The phrase “identity politics” has been used to minimize and marginalize issues that impact us all. No more. We won’t be silent. pic.twitter.com/8CQsLJH3Uz
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) August 4, 2018
re: #281 Dr. Matt
Stuttering John has been hammering Lipsy McSteroids all week:
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Not generally a fan of Stuttering John, but this was funny.
LEAVE.
STYX.
OUT OF THIS. https://t.co/7lLwdRV8cV— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) August 4, 2018
What @benshapiro’s “celebrity” status tells us, is that there are so few conservative pundits who aren’t raving Trump cultists that Ben gets pushed to the top of the pile simply because he isn’t constantly frothing at the mouth and ranting about #QAnon.
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) August 4, 2018
Once again, Ben benefits from a lowered bar.
David Fahrenthold
@FahrentholdTrump associate, 50, invited 20-something Butina to a Styx concert.
Steve Marmel
@MarmelLEAVE.
STYX.
OUT OF THIS.
If President Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager were on trial for stealing millions from American taxpayers, Fox News would be nothing but real-time CGI reenactments of the trial with occasional cuts people in tri-corner hats screaming for the death penalty.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) August 4, 2018
Macho Marco the hawk.
.@marcorubio: “There is no greater threat to the United States because China seeks to replace us.” #Tucker https://t.co/qfAAJf9OcS pic.twitter.com/8eTJbV0G60
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 4, 2018
While I’m not well versed on her stuff I’ve seen plenty of Sarah’s tweets over the years and her worst sins come off like a person being too clever by half sometimes, which is a pretty goddamned familiar human foible.
One has to be struck by the bad faith and hypocrisy radiating from all the people boldly declaring Sarah Jeong a racist and a sexist. Most of whom are, themselves, apologists for Trump’s endless bigotry and vulgarity and who otherwise equivocate in every discussion of prejudice.
— Katherine Cross (@Quinnae_Moon) August 4, 2018
O_o
An Ohio judge ordered a defendant’s mouth taped shut during a courtroom hearing, and a media outlet’s video caught the scene of an officer duct-taping the man’s face to silence him https://t.co/aJrkQDbZO6 pic.twitter.com/j8hoDJhjrE
— CNN (@CNN) August 4, 2018
Duct tape, really? if the guy refused to shut up, the judge should have ordered him removed from the court room.
re: #360 Single-handed sailor
Tucker trying to look serious, instead looks befuddled.
re: #364 wheat-dogg
Tucker trying to look serious, instead looks
befuddledconstipated.
re: #289 Charles Johnson
Yes, I really did just watch a video doing an in-depth comparison of Shake Shack vs. In-N-Out.
Shake Shack’s building a store here in Nashville, but In-N-Out is less likely to come here than Whataburger returning after 30+ years away from the area (which I hope Whataburger does).
Here are some interesting stats from today’s jobs report. People with at least a bachelors degree are basically at full employment, their unemployment rate has barely changed over the last year from 2.3% to 2.2%, People with at least a high school degree have seen their unemployment drop by a half point over the last year. In contrast, there has been a huge drop in the unemployment rate for high school dropouts in the last year, from 7% to 5.1%. They are either getting jobs as employers have to lower their standards, dropping out of the work force, or getting their GEDs to move up the economic ladder.
re: #360 Single-handed sailor
Macho Marco the hawk.
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Trump is making it happen, Marco.
re: #363 Backwoods_Sleuth
O_o
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Duct tape, really? if the guy refused to shut up, the judge should have ordered him removed from the court room.
Is he acting as his own lawyer?
re: #369 BlueSpotinAL
Is he acting as his own lawyer?
Apparently had a defense attorney, and this was during the sentencing.
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“Trump calls the media ‘the enemy of the people.’ Except, of course, for Fox News. They are so far up his ass, they are the enema of the people.” – @BillMaher #RealTime pic.twitter.com/6mblECtMMc
— Real Time (@RealTimers) August 4, 2018
re: #373 Bass Reeves
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re: #314 Mattand
I saw one about 100 yards off in the Poconos while walking the dog. Remy wanted to go see the big weird looking canine, and the damn thing started heading slowly towards us.
I got the dog under control and slowly walked away. Once the bear disappeared into another yard, I called the cops and let them know there was a bear in the area. They were pretty much like “Yeah, flatlander, call us when there’s an actual problem.”
I prefer my bears in zoos, thanks.
We have had to reroute the high school cross country course because of bear sightings. Cut out the woods portion and stick to the open field. Happens in bear country. We have had a couple 300 - 400 lb bear relocated in the last few years when they have decided to reside a little too close to town.
re: #330 JordanRules
Uhhh….How would this work?
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They don’t know either. SMDH
Separate but equal, no doubt.
re: #278 Dr. Matt
Nope. Not at all. You sleep with dogs…..you get deported. Adios.
This is a fucked up and frankly misogynistic response. Women often marry men who later turn out to be monsters, it’s not their fault. I have no idea why you feel comfortable blaming the victim for her abuse but it says a lot more about you than her.
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