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I don’t know. I’m somewhat convinced of the authenticity of this, because Fuckface Von Clownstick is a venal thin-skinned piece of shit.
LET’S DO THIS!!! pic.twitter.com/QK5AzKMH3n
— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) August 20, 2018
Yes, the President of the United States replies to DMs within seconds.
— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) August 20, 2018
What is it about @ChuckTodd?! Kellyanne Conway’s “alternative facts” moment happened on his “MTP” broadcast. And then Rudy’s “truth isn’t truth” supplanted it, also on his broadcast… https://t.co/VH5hpJfCtu
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 20, 2018
re: #4 teleskiguy
@jules_su You want legitimacy? Don’t post fake shit to Twitter. Asshole.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) August 20, 2018
People who post fake shit masquerading as real online are vile scum of the Earth, malicious fucking assholes who revel in other’s incredulity and suffering. Fucking pieces of shit.
Watched part of the movie Happy Death Day from the umpteenth time. Finally got around to figuring out what her shirt said. It’s a band called Dumpstaphunk. As you can imagine, they are a funk and jam band, from New Orleans. When I get back into my bass, they will be my first goal.
re: #8 teleskiguy
Oh wait…
I hope you’re enjoying yourself! I can’t wait for your next confirmation bias fake news.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) August 20, 2018
The problem with Chuck is that he’s a prime example of the Peter Principle. That’s why he thought criticizing Hillary Clinton as over-prepared was some insightful shit.
In other words he’s an incredible goddamned hack.— Sweaty-Toothed Madman (@goddamnedfrank) August 20, 2018
When our political opposition is screaming about FAKE NEWS several times a day, maybe it’s not such a good idea to post *actual* FAKE NEWS to social media. Ammunition for them. Or am I being naïve and stupid? I’m genuinely curious, @jules_su.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) August 20, 2018
re: #7 Belafon
They’re excellent. Saw them in Denver a few years ago. Go see them if you can!
re: #12 plansbandc
They’re excellent. Saw them in Denver a few years ago. Go see them if you can!
Cool. I will have to try.
I’m telling you, I’m not hopeful. At all.
I’m hoping for the best (Democrats take control of one or both houses of Congress in D.C.) and also preparing for the worst (Republicans keep control of both houses and we slip right into authoritarianism). Be ready for the latter, ‘cause Americans are dumb and not civic minded.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) August 20, 2018
I saw that tweet about the Danish woman’s body (and clothes) found in the bog, so I dug up a link. The clothes look various shades of brown, but when they were first made, scientists believe the clothes could have been red and blue based on the pigments found.
CBS Battleground Tracker: In key districts, Democrats have edge with white women voters. There’s a divide by education. https://t.co/6j3YledqBi pic.twitter.com/jef6Dk9aGZ
— CBS News Poll (@CBSNewsPoll) August 19, 2018
White women have gone from +9 Trump and +12 R House in 2016 to +2 D House in 2018. https://t.co/fJODgSc3mZ
— Nu Wexler (@wexler) August 20, 2018
Jesus Christ, +2? Talk about damning with faint praise.
I mean, yes, I realize us white men are so much worse but damn, and again, faint.fucking.praise. https://t.co/9jn6rKmSfV— Sweaty-Toothed Madman (@goddamnedfrank) August 20, 2018
The Cars are finally getting inducted into The Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall Of Fame. This tune is arguably their most creative rhythmically. The rhythm section is fuckin’ great here. https://t.co/l5Wn6nCBCC
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) August 20, 2018
re: #9 teleskiguy
Jules did not block me. In fact he made sure that I knew that I was a subject of great laughter. Pointing and laughing at people that are dumb or deficient, I guess it’s the American way.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) August 20, 2018
re: #19 teleskiguy
Jules is a fuckin’ asshole.
re: #240 A Mom Anon
Repeating because I left it hanging on the last thread… .
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Well, it’s late and I’m off for the rack, but it was an interesting day, wasn’t it?
I thought we had seen the goal posts moved to the very far end of the corner of the stadium, then dismantled and buried deep below the ground. Then America’s Mayor (now reduced to crazy grandpa) piped up and said “Truth is not the truth”.
And then the goalposts erupted from the corner of the field in which they had been entombed, morphed into a faster-than-light vehicle, and screeched off into interstellar space, leaving a bright blue ion stream behind it.
I think that what is going to happen next is pretty clear. Jared and Fredo The Elder are going to be indicted for not reporting the Trump Tower meeting, as required by law, because they knew that they were meeting agents from the Russian Government.
I think Roger Stone will be indicted because he sent an e-mail two days before the DNC dump (that included tips on making risotto, which was actually very helpful), that proved he was in contact with either Assange or the Russian principals who had the data.
And finally, the Tweet shitstorm that Prexy has unleashed in the last five days indicates that he has completely lost control of the plot that is his legacy, his fundamental id, and is desperately trying to regain it.
It’s over for him and his Family of Grifters, his Administration of Grifters. They are all going down, and he knows it, and is desperately trying to control the news cycle.
But it has all gotten away from him. He has lost control of it. Even his Alt-Right wing know that they are persona non grata in this larger society. Like all thirty of them that showed up last weekend. The rest stayed home. That was just a pitiful showing for a “movement” march.
Now, if the rest of America would JUST WAKE UP, AND GET OUT, AND FUCKING VOTE, like real citizens and patriots, we could turn this thing around.
This is our last chance. If not, our experiment in democracy will end with this fucked-up administration.
(That was a pretty good rant, wasn’t it? Please feel free to send it into the Interwebs.)
A friend on FB posted something from Amy Wax, a professor at Penn Law School. It’s the usual self pity of the Conservative who finds people object to her noxious opinions.
Without diving deeper into the whole controversy, which I spent an hour or more doing myself, her basic idea was that life was better in the 1950s, and it’s all fucked up since, and if we’d only return to those thrilling days of yesteryear, Everything Would Be Better.
Leaving aside that the woman herself seems to be quite a piece of work, my question is this: If the 1950s were so damn great, why did the children of the 1950s so roundly reject the “Bourgeois Culture”?
re: #24 Blind Frog Belly White
A friend on FB posted something from Amy Wax, a professor at Penn Law School. It’s the usual self pity of the Conservative who finds people object to her noxious opinions.
Without diving deeper into the whole controversy, which I spent an hour or more doing myself, her basic idea was that life was better in the 1950s, and it’s all fucked up since, and if we’d only return to those thrilling days of yesteryear, Everything Would Be Better.
Leaving aside that the woman herself seems to be quite a piece of work, my question is this: If the 1950s were so damn great, why did the children of the 1950s so roundly reject the “Bourgeois Culture”?
Hmmm, the 1950’s: A time women could not apply for credit without permission from their husbands. Jim Crow. Polluted cities from industries and rivers that caught fire. Women barred from many types of employment because they weren’t men (including many law firms, which a law school professor should be aware of).
On the other hand, 90% top marginal tax rate.
She sounds like Phyllis Schafley, telling women they should never work, while she went out and made millions working.
Such opinions are noxious. That doesn’t sound much different than the whinging going on with Trump administration workers claiming they can’t get dates.
So, what’s the chance that Monday will bring news of a hung jury in the Manafort trial?
I fear that the whole complexity of the issues was too much for the jury.
re: #26 freetoken
So, what’s the chance that Monday will bring news of a hung jury in the Manafort trial?
I fear that the whole complexity of the issues was too much for the jury.
Would any judge go for a “hung jury” after…what? Two days of deliberation? And they left early on Friday, I think. Even this judge would send them back to deliberate more at this point.
We’re all going to die Season 6.
Sand Flea is an 11-lb robot by #BostonDynamics with one trick up its sleeve: normally it drives like an RC car, but when it needs to it can jump 30 feet into the air https://t.co/5PjEwJ6Oql pic.twitter.com/UBQAd64c1k
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 19, 2018
re: #27 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Would any judge go for a “hung jury” after…what? Two days of deliberation? And they left early on Friday, I think. Even this judge would send them back to deliberate more at this point.
We’ll just have to wait and see.
As I understand it, even if he is acquitted or if there’s a hung jury, there’s the issue of Virginia state charges against him (plus that whole witness tampering thing).
Walking free from this does not end Mr. Manafort’s troubles.
re: #29 Anymouse 🌹
We’ll just have to wait and see.
As I understand it, even if he is acquitted or if there’s a hung jury, there’s the issue of Virginia state charges against him (plus that whole witness tampering thing).
Walking free from this does not end Mr. Manafort’s troubles.
It’s not Virginia State, but DC federal charges that are still pending.
re: #23 austin_blue
Let November 6th be Doomsday for the devil-cult that the Republican Party has become. Be prepared, though, the leaders are prepping their idiot hordes to respond with violence.
re: #31 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Let November 6th be Doomsday for the devil-cult that the Republican Party has become. Be prepared, though, the leaders are prepping their idiot hordes to respond with violence.
You know, many of us have rifles, yes? Meat guns.
re: #30 goddamnedfrank
It’s not Virginia State, but DC federal charges that are still pending.
Well, somewhere over there. /s
The irrigation canal outside of town that broke yesterday and flooded the irrigation canal inside town (overflowing its banks and flooding several homes) has been fixed. A couple farmers got a bulldozer and shored up the bank of the canal that broke.
I was told the last time that canal broke it flooded my house (the year before we bought it).
Man, the weather is still trying to kill us.
re: #32 austin_blue
You know, many of us have rifles, yes? Meat guns.
Meat Guns sounds like a book my publisher would put out. I can already imagine a plot for such a story … maybe I should get on that.
re: #6 teleskiguy
People who post fake shit masquerading as real online are vile scum of the Earth, malicious fucking assholes who revel in other’s incredulity and suffering. Fucking pieces of shit.
People just realizing the potential of the Internet to take advantage of people who fail to recognize a key shortcoming of the Internet, namely, its anonymity.
All polling places in my county have now been abolished. All polling will be by mail.
I just checked my voter registration on-line, considering all the questions coming up about hacks in electoral systems … I’m good.
re: #32 austin_blue
You know, many of us have rifles, yes? Meat guns.
The Trumpen gooberati remain convinced that they have all the guns. Judging by their leaders’ recent rhetoric, they are willing to bet the ranch on it and are only biding their time till they can initiate their “second amendment solution.” I could almost feel sorry for them if they weren’t such a vile pack of delusional bigots.
re: #37 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
The Trumpen gooberati remain convinced that they have all the guns. Judging by their leaders’ recent rhetoric, they are willing to bet the ranch on it and are only biding their time till they can initiate their “second amendment solution.” I could almost feel sorry for them if they weren’t such a vile pack of delusional bigots.
Not all the Trumperati either. Though the overwhelming majority of my town voted for Mr. Trump, they also know everyone in town owns a gun (even we liberals).
Only a fraction of gun nuts think that. If their turnout is similar to that of recent Nazi rallies, that’s going to be a real short revolt.
The assumption also includes another assumption that the military would side with them in any such revolt. While that is always possible I suppose, military doctrine is pretty clear on what the military exists to support (the Constitution and the government). There is a reason our military has never had a mutiny. (Even the Confederates first resigned from the Army or Navy; they didn’t lead mutinous units into battle against the Union.)
re: #37 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
The Trumpen gooberati remain convinced that they have all the guns. Judging by their leaders’ recent rhetoric, they are willing to bet the ranch on it and are only biding their time till they can initiate their “second amendment solution.” I could almost feel sorry for them if they weren’t such a vile pack of delusional bigots.
potentially dangerous and homicidal delusional bigots
I’m out for now. The flood waters from the overflowing irrigation canal have subsided in town (the weather is still trying to kill us here), so I have to go tomorrow to town with a water sample for the lab. (The water system is fine, but the test is still required.)
I’m no expert but …
Hooters is closing locations, restrategizing because millennials aren’t that into boobs. https://t.co/VKnsioIgbo pic.twitter.com/QRF2S1FHjz
— Complex (@Complex) August 17, 2017
Maybe, and bear with me here, but just maybe millennials are smart enough to realize that boobs and shitty food don’t have to go hand in hand. https://t.co/GpKX9ky9qm
— Sweaty-Toothed Madman (@goddamnedfrank) August 20, 2018
re: #41 goddamnedfrank
Maybe, and bear with me here, but just maybe millennials are smart enough to realize that boobs and shitty food don’t have to go hand in hand.
titties and beer!
Media sources have reported only minor injuries A magnitude 6.3 earthquake was detected located 36 miles east-northeast of Mataram, Indonesia. One person was lightly injured and two others reportedly fainted. The earthquake triggered landslides near the Rinjani volcano and damaged an unspecified number of residential buildings in the Sembalun sub-district. There have been no reports of volcanic activity at Rinjani due to the tremor. The earthquake was originally reported to have a magnitude of 6.2, but was later revised upward
The financial bailout of Greece is finally over after a decade, but it still has a terrible 20.2% unemployment rate.
re: #44 Big Beautiful Door
The financial bailout of Greece is finally over after a decade, but it still has a terrible 20.2% unemployment rate.
How long until it needs to be bailed out again to stave off financial collapse?
re: #17 Amory Blaine
Congrats to The Cars. For so many teenage boys from the early 1980s, hearing “Moving in Stereo” on classic radio today elicits a fond memory of a certain scene from a certain movie.
re: #45 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
How long until it needs to be bailed out again to stave off financial collapse?
Not very long. Much less than a generation.
Greece like quite a few other countries in the EU (including Germany) have a moderately terrifying demographic distribution.
Starting now, and continuing for the next 20 years at least, the number of people reaching retirement age is much much greater than the number of people entering the work-force.
One of the reasons I’m still marginally pro-Brexit is that the EU is going to have to choose between:
i) Rapid drops in standard of living in those countries.
ii) Massive wealth transfer from countries that have lots of workers, to those that don’t have enough workers.
Seeing as the EU has always chosen the “transfer money” route it’s pretty obvious to me what that choice would be.
re: #47 Danack
Here’s the age graph for England:
Image: 720px-Population_pyramid_for_England_using_2011_census_data.png
It would be not much different than that of Greece if it wasn’t for the population increase under 10yo.
And what role do you think the open immigration played in having more children the past 10 years?
All, and I want to stress “all”, meaningful “growth” that is not simply inflation happens by there being more people to do more work and more consumption.
For any nation not experiencing population growth, the inevitable path will be that with modern medicine there will be more “retired” people, meaning people older than 65, each year, than people entering the workforce.
This will mean the end of retirement as has been practiced in the 20th century.
Unless, and this explains why the Japanese have been working so hard on robotics, we can develop machines to do an ever increasing share of the “work” in our economies.
Your other option goes by a two word phrase: Soylent Green.
re: #45 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
How long until it needs to be bailed out again to stave off financial collapse?
They have built up a reserve that is supposed to last them nearly two years.
re: #10 goddamnedfrank
The entire Meet the Press squad, including liberal guests, agreed this morning that John Brennan just went too far in his criticism of Donald Trump.
You people are pathetic. Don’t complain again about Trump calling you the enemy of the people. You’re the enemy of yourselves.— John Aravosis 🇺🇸 (@aravosis) August 19, 2018
No difference between Chuck U, David Gregory and Tim Russert. All were biased Republicans who endlessly trashed Democrats and gave passes to Republicans.
Chuck U Must Go!— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) August 20, 2018
re: #10 goddamnedfrank
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The problem with Chuck is that he’s a prime example of the Peter Principle. That’s why he thought criticizing Hillary Clinton as over-prepared was some insightful shit.In other words he’s an incredible goddamned hack
Another problem with Chuck is the network he works for that enables this bullshit
I can’t embed a tweet
Have you seen this??
Donald J. Trump
✔
@realDonaldTrump
Any negative polls are fake news, just like the CNN, ABC, NBC polls in the election. Sorry, people want border security and extreme vetting
*Any* negative poll is fake
That is some…wow
re: #21 Anymouse 🌹
Repeating because I left it hanging on the last thread… .
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Mom_news is outstanding
re: #27 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Would any judge go for a “hung jury” after…what? Two days of deliberation? And they left early on Friday, I think. Even this judge would send them back to deliberate more at this point.
18 counts they have to go through
They are being thorough
re: #52 Joe Bacon 🌹
I gave up watching the Sunday talk shows years ago. I see I haven’t missed anything.
re: #59 Sir John Barron
I gave up on them when they endlessly lied about Anita Hill and gave pass after pass to Slappy Thomas.
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area.
Rudy’s really screwed his client (well, more than he’s screwed himself).
This single meeting spurred obstruction of justice. It spurred witness tampering. It spurred jury tampering.
And it revealed everyone else around Trump engaged in widespread criminality.
He surrounded himself with con artists, grifters, and criminals. This was his circle of ppl— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 20, 2018
No one in Trumpworld knows what the hell McGahn is telling Mueller. That’s an awful place for Trumpworld to be in - their own counsel is talking and likely spilling beans.
Trump is therefore lashing out because that’s all he can control at this point. His lawyers are still incapable of covering for Trump when all the facts of the case in chief are known to everyone.
Trump and even Rudy have admitted that the purpose of the June 2016 meeting was to get dirt on Clinton from the Russian government.
That’s the single inescapable fact, but the one that the media still has trouble circling back to, and which the media is more than willing to cover for Trump about. Trump lied about that meeting. Junior lied about the meeting. Everyone associated with that meeting has lied.
Trump even drafted the lie about the purpose of the meeting, which means that we’re talking obstruction of justice, conspiracy against the US (18 USC 371), etc. The rest of Mueller’s time is being spent tracking down all the related criminality that Trump brought with him from NYC - the Cohen matter, the Stormy brouhaha, all of it.
Not saying that it’s Russian trolls or GRU/SVR operatives, but this could be a way to try to influence elections by giving people ideas. Just a heads up for y’all, it may happen in other countries, however different penalties may apply 2/FIN
— Teo (@Teukka72) August 20, 2018
re: #62 lawhawk
Trump and even Rudy have admitted that the purpose of the June 2016 meeting was to get dirt on Clinton from the Russian government.
That’s the single inescapable fact, but the one that the media still has trouble circling back to, and which the media is more than willing to cover for Trump about. Trump lied about that meeting. Junior lied about the meeting. Everyone associated with that meeting has lied.
Trump even drafted the lie about the purpose of the meeting, which means that we’re talking obstruction of justice, conspiracy against the US (18 USC 371), etc. The rest of Mueller’s time is being spent tracking down all the related criminality that Trump brought with him from NYC - the Cohen matter, the Stormy brouhaha, all of it.
“But no collusion, although collusion isn’t a crime, anybody would have taken that meeting, the real collusion was Hillary.”
So many lies.
I can’t decide if this is irony, or just the universe meting out justice, but the problem with convincing your voters that news is fake is they stop believing that polls are indicating that your side is losing.
Yuck Mouth attempts a walk-back…
My statement was not meant as a pontification on moral theology but one referring to the situation where two people make precisely contradictory statements, the classic “he said,she said” puzzle. Sometimes further inquiry can reveal the truth other times it doesn’t.
— Rudy Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) August 20, 2018
“Truth isn’t truth” is quotable, but the most useful part of the Giuliani interview is this
“Trump says, ‘I didn’t tell him.’ The other guy says that he did say it - which is the truth?”
Just playing the probabilities here, I’m going with “the other guy.”— David Frum (@davidfrum) August 19, 2018
re: #63 Teukka
Work is being its usual self about Twitter, so I can’t see the tweet you’re referring to (sometimes I see tweets and replies, and sometimes I only see replies). Could you please post that separately? It seems like it’s important.
re: #66 makeitstop
No, you don’t get to Rashomon your way out of your bulkshit on MTP.
Trump spent the last weekend of his vacation realizing his WH counsel - the guy he sent to try to talk Sessions into un-recusing himself - has been helping Mueller…
…and how was your weekend?— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) August 20, 2018
re: #65 Belafon
I can’t decide if this is irony, or just the universe meting out justice, but the problem with convincing your voters that news is fake is they stop believing that polls are indicating that your side is losing.
Yup
And see #54 just above
re: #66 makeitstop
Yuck Mouth attempts a walk-back…
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It’s the classic he lied, she said puzzle
Historically he was believed almost on faith
These days not so much anymore
Not perfect, not always….better
re: #68 Belafon
Work is being its usual self about Twitter, so I can’t see the tweet you’re referring to (sometimes I see tweets and replies, and sometimes I only see replies). Could you please post that separately? It seems like it’s important.
FYI: People have offered to sell their votes in groups on Facebook. This is a crime according to Chapter 17, § 8 ¶ 3 of the Swedish Criminal Code and must be investigated by police, and can lead to up to 6 months in prison. 1/
Not saying that it’s Russian trolls or GRU/SVR operatives, but this could be a way to try to influence elections by giving people ideas. Just a heads up for y’all, it may happen in other countries, however different penalties may apply 2/FIN
Article that sparked it all (Swedish):
aftonbladet.se
Thread start:
FYI: People have offered to sell their votes in groups on Facebook. This is a crime according to Chapter 17, § 8 ¶ 3 of the Swedish Criminal Code and must be investigated by police, and can lead to up to 6 months in prison. 1/ https://t.co/L32pXzKFbs
— Teo (@Teukka72) August 20, 2018
re: #69 lawhawk
No, you don’t get to Rashomon your way out of your bulkshit on MTP.
Well played
And likely over his head
re: #70 Belafon
Everyone in Trumpworld is screwed. McGahn had his come to Mueller moment when he realized he was enabling a criminal conspiracy (and has a duty to the Courts to identify the criminal acts).
No one in Trumpworld knows what McGahn is telling Mueller, and that’s got to have everyone rattled even more. That is on top of the Omarosa tapes, which seems to show that everyone in Trumpworld is a grifter, con artist, and shows that everyone is worried about being taped because it would reveal that they’re all incompetent and engaging in malfeasance. If you’re taped doing your job properly and competently, you’d have nothing to worry about. That’s the whole problem with Trumpworld - no one was picked because of competency.
They were picked because they were loyal to Trump.
re: #51 Big Beautiful Door
They have built up a reserve that is supposed to last them nearly two years.
so in three years…
re: #66 makeitstop
Yuck Mouth attempts a walk-back…
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re: #77 Sir John Barron
Upding for Yuck Mouth.
Morning!
So, the mouth is covered: Yuck Mouth.
Now, what about those eyes?
His eyes seem to have their own thing going. They bulge and pop out at the weirdest times.
He’s a strange dude.
re: #78 ObserverArt
Morning!
So, the mouth is covered: Yuck Mouth.
Now, what about those eyes?
His eyes seem to have their own thing going. They bulge and pop out at the weirdest times.
He’s a strange dude.
I’m waiting for his eyes to just pop out of his skull one day.
‘Accusing Jewish citizens of being more loyal to Israel, or to the alleged priorities of Jews worldwide, than to the interests of their own nations.’
From the examples of antisemitic discourse in the IHRA’s definition of #antisemitism pic.twitter.com/6SreALOvDF— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) August 20, 2018
Little known fact re Don McGahn: His uncle Paddy McGahn was boss of Atlantic City & brought gambling & Trump to A.C. That turned out so well that @realDonaldTrump owed$4B & had to be bailed out by Russia. https://t.co/8jf9Gm72ck𝓗𝓸𝓾𝓼𝓮-of-trump-house-of-Putin-by-Craig-Unger https://t.co/ad2LxFy7dX
— Craig Unger (@craigunger) August 19, 2018
Happy Birthday to H.P Lovecraft, Jacqueline Susann, Jim Reeves, Don King, Sneaky Pete Kleinow (Burrito Bros.), Ron Paul, Dave Brock (Hawkwind), Slobodan Milosevic, Isaac Hayes, Craig Nettles, Connie Chung, Robert Plant!!, James Pankow (Chicago), Phil Lynott!!, John Hiatt, Al Roker, Quinn Buckner, KRS-One, Dimebag Darrell, Fred Durst (LOL), Demi Lovato, and a white buffalo!
And me. I’m so goddamned old, but I don’t mind. :)
re: #82 makeitstop
Happy Birthday to H.P Lovecraft, Jacqueline Susann, Jim Reeves, Don King, Sneaky Pete Kleinow (Burrito Bros.), Ron Paul, Dave Brock (Hawkwind), Slobodan Milosevic, Isaac Hayes, Craig Nettles, Connie Chung, Robert Plant!!, James Pankow (Chicago), Phil Lynott!!, John Hiatt, Al Roker, Quinn Buckner, KRS-One, Dimebag Darrell, Fred Durst (LOL), Demi Lovato, and a white buffalo!
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I stopped celebrating my birthday years ago…
re: #83 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I stopped celebrating my birthday years ago…
I’m just trying to see how high I can count.
This Ought to Run in Campaign Ads from Now Through Eternity https://t.co/LTnHGOIvEX Plus coupled with the fact @realDonaldTrump is planning on spending veterans day in a foreign country this should definitely be a topic! https://t.co/bj1XGxosGA
— I HONOR VETERANS (@veterans_i) August 20, 2018
Petulant son of a bitch.
re: #82 makeitstop
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Why not? EIGHT Republicans spent the 4th of July in Russia.
Every single person on the right is a traitor to America. They either are criminals themselves or they support and allow the treasonous criminality.— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) August 20, 2018
re: #87 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
Misspelled private. FYI.
re: #82 makeitstop
Happy Birthday to you!! But some of those listed, no happy anything to them.
re: #89 MsJ
Misspelled private. FYI.
Yes, I saw it. Murphy’s law requires that someone see and comment in it in the 30 seconds that took. 🙃
re: #65 Belafon
I can’t decide if this is irony, or just the universe meting out justice, but the problem with convincing your voters that news is fake is they stop believing that polls are indicating that your side is losing.
And then when the Blue Wave happens, they will believe it was only because of “massive voter fraud.”
re: #76 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
so in three years…
Supposedly they can sell bonds again. But if they still have 20% unemployment then?
re: #87 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
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re: #91 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
Yes, I saw it. Murphy’s law requires that someone see and comment in it in the 30 seconds that took. 🙃
So sorry! And happy pre-bday!
re: #87 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
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re: #90 Patricia Kayden
Happy Birthday to you!! But some of those listed, no happy anything to them.
Agreed. I’d move a couple of ‘em to next week if I could.
re: #92 Big Beautiful Door
And then when the Blue Wave happens, they will believe it was only because of “massive voter fraud.”
And we’ll laugh and say “I remember 2010.”
re: #82 makeitstop
Happy Birthday to H.P Lovecraft, Jacqueline Susann, Jim Reeves, Don King, Sneaky Pete Kleinow (Burrito Bros.), Ron Paul, Dave Brock (Hawkwind), Slobodan Milosevic, Isaac Hayes, Craig Nettles, Connie Chung, Robert Plant!!, James Pankow (Chicago), Phil Lynott!!, John Hiatt, Al Roker, Quinn Buckner, KRS-One, Dimebag Darrell, Fred Durst (LOL), Demi Lovato, and a white buffalo!
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(Mine was yesterday).
re: #86 makeitstop
He’s dropping in on France (uninvited guest at that) - as part of the 100th anniversary of the end of the War to End All Wars (WWI). I think it’s okay that he attends that - after all, we had 4 million serve in Europe and 110,000 died in the time we fought (just over a year and change - 40,000 of which died of the Spanish flu).
Bob Cesca’s fanboying… Captain America’s using “Biff”:
Disgraced and discredited Bob Mueller and his whole group of Angry Democrat Thugs spent over 30 hours with the White House Councel, only with my approval, for purposes of transparency. Anybody needing that much time when they know there is no Russian Collusion is just someone….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 20, 2018
It’s ‘counsel’, Biff. The word is ‘counsel’.
I was trying to comprehend how in the world a man, even as moronic as you, can misspell a word he probably reads fifty times a day. But then it dawned on me, you probably only HEAR the word.
You don’t read shit.
And we all know it. https://t.co/7zZGZRZtkF— Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) August 20, 2018
re: #93 Big Beautiful Door
Supposedly they can sell bonds again. But if they still have 20% unemployment then?
Who will buy their bonds after the last debacle?
re: #101 lawhawk
Bob Cesca’s fanboying… Captain America’s using “Biff”:
I was trying to comprehend how in the world a man, even as moronic as you, can misspell a word he probably reads fifty times a day. But then it dawned on me, you probably only HEAR the word.
My theory is that he’s absolutely incapable of learning when to use “council” and when to use “counsel” and just compromises between the two. (Maybe that’s why he wants to turn the country over to Russia? Because “soviet” will do for either?)
re: #103 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
He’s incapable of learning.
This much is clear. He refuses to process any info that doesn’t agree with his addled worldview. He wants to be told things that he agrees with and rejects everything else. His sycophants tell him what he wants to hear, not what he needs to hear.
Couple that with the ongoing investigations, and he thinks he’s the smartest guy in the room.
I know that I’m not an expert in X, so I make sure to go get an expert in X.
Trump just bullshits his way through X, giving empty platitudes, and X turns to shit. This is how we get a North Korean summit where the US gives up leverage and North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missile programs expand.
More projection than Imax. It’s time to remove the madman from the Oval Office.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) August 20, 2018
“The point is not to see to it that gay and transgender people can live their lives as they wish to — the point is to coerce Jack Phillips into conformity.”
Fascinating piece in @NRO from Kevin Williamson.https://t.co/ADpwgUcdhn— Brad Polumbo (@brad_polumbo) August 20, 2018
This is passes for deep thought by right wing extremists.
Cite NRO and Kevin Williamson.
This guy is a fucking baker. His job is to bake cakes. He wants to impose his religious views on those coming in to his shop to buy cakes. He doesn’t want to serve LGBT. That’s the discriminatory action here. That’s why Colorado keeps finding him in violation of the law.
And screw these fuckers who think that this is the same as a kosher restaurant refusing to serve someone bacon (this is the go to bulkshit argument here).
Kosher restaurants never serve bacon or other pork products. That’s what makes them kosher. Bakeries serve cakes. That’s what they do. You don’t go into a bakery and demand a turkey dinner. That’s not what anyone’s asking this bakery to do. They’re asking for a cake to their specs. They make cakes.
Kosher (or halal) restaurants don’t dig on swine. That’s what they do. You can ask them for dinner or sandwiches, so long as they don’t include pork or pork products, because that’s what the essence of their product is all about. There’s nothing discriminatory about that.
This is all about bigots being bigots.
“Disgraced”? WTF is he ranting about? What a fucking buffon.
re: #107 Dr. Matt
Trump’s not speaking to you or me.
He’s rallying his bigot brigade base, which is locked into a know nothing biased worldview thanks to Fox agitprop/misinformation.
This has always been his audience. This is who he’s ruling for.
And if he loses this base, then he’s toast, because even the rotten GOPers in Congress will realize that they’re going down with him. It’s a house of cards.
re: #104 lawhawk
He’s incapable of learning.
This much is clear. He refuses to process any info that doesn’t agree with his addled worldview. He wants to be told things that he agrees with and rejects everything else. His sycophants tell him what he wants to hear, not what he needs to hear.
Couple that with the ongoing investigations, and he thinks he’s the smartest guy in the room.
I know that I’m not an expert in X, so I make sure to go get an expert in X.
Trump just bullshits his way through X, giving empty platitudes, and X turns to shit. This is how we get a North Korean summit where the US gives up leverage and North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missile programs expand.
And then there’s trade. As John Oliver pointed out last night, Peter Navarro, the yam’s “trade guy” looks at his position as “to try to provide the underlying analytics that confirm [Trump’s] intuition.”
Also, he became the “trade guy” when Jared found him on Amazon, and when asked to provide economists who back up his idiotic view on Chinese-American trade, he could only come up with two—one who totally disagreed with his main viewpoint and one who’s a blogger with no economics degree.
Goats do roam:
BREAKING — Two goats are roaming subway tracks in Brooklyn, MTA officials said Monday. https://t.co/SkGVQ95pXo
— PIX11 News (@PIX11News) August 20, 2018
he is such a moron
I hope John Brennan, the worst CIA Director in our country’s history, brings a lawsuit. It will then be very easy to get all of his records, texts, emails and documents to show not only the poor job he did, but how he was involved with the Mueller Rigged Witch Hunt. He won’t sue!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 20, 2018
Everybody wants to keep their Security Clearance, it’s worth great prestige and big dollars, even board seats, and that is why certain people are coming forward to protect Brennan. It certainly isn’t because of the good job he did! He is a political “hack.”
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 20, 2018
and he still thinks DoJ works only for him
Will Bruce Ohr, whose family received big money for helping to create the phony, dirty and discredited Dossier, ever be fired from the Jeff Sessions “Justice” Department? A total joke!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 20, 2018
“Bruce Ohr is at the center of FALSE ALLEGATIONS which led to a multi-million dollar investigation into what apparently didn’t happen.” Darrell Issa, House Oversight. We can take out the word “apparently.” @FoxNews
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 20, 2018
“On Wednesday, the bull market will become the largest in history — 9 years, 5 months and 13 days old, passing the record from the tech-and-dotcom boom of the 1990s” https://t.co/SJp55jSpQn
— Bianna Golodryga (@biannagolodryga) August 20, 2018
it began 6 weeks after Obama took office as president https://t.co/BV3fkwc88V
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) August 20, 2018
Cheebus
Disgraced and discredited Bob Mueller and his whole group of Angry Democrat Thugs spent over 30 hours with the White House Councel, only with my approval, for purposes of transparency. Anybody needing that much time when they know there is no Russian Collusion is just someone….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 20, 2018
….looking for trouble. They are enjoying ruining people’s lives and REFUSE to look at the real corruption on the Democrat side - the lies, the firings, the deleted Emails and soooo much more! Mueller’s Angry Dems are looking to impact the election. They are a National Disgrace!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 20, 2018
re: #117 Sir John Barron
Lots of executive time this morning
he’s got nothing else to do today until his dog and pony show for ICE this afternoon
You have severe mental problems. Projecting your own failure onto good people is not OK.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) August 20, 2018
Our librul media at work…..
WOW! @Lachlan Markay of @thedailybeast really just did this!
Yesterday I posted this image of myself, Brian and my son on vacation.
Lahlan crops it & adds a headline to make it appear as though Brian is doing something inappropriate with my son!
Does DailyBeast approve of this? pic.twitter.com/VMJNfkKCPh— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) August 20, 2018
It sucks ever hour of every day that the world’s biggest asshole is the alleged President.
You’re a national disgrace. Projecting that onto the good people that the brainwashed Conservatives irrationally hate is not going to stop a criminal investigation.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) August 20, 2018
re: #113 Backwoods_Sleuth
Will Bruce Ohr, whose family received big money for helping to create the phony, dirty and discredited Dossier, ever be fired from the Jeff Sessions “Justice” Department? A total joke!
— Donald J. Trump
Fired for what?
DJT really seems to want us to keep paying attention to the dossier, since he keeps talking about it.
re: #16 goddamnedfrank
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One thing I find interesting about that poll is the sky-high undecided rate (9% for college-educated white women, double that for no-college).
That 9% and 18%, respectively, might just be the “prejudice-lite” group who can be reached by messaging like this:
The race-class flyer says “Whether white, black, or brown, 5th generation or newcomer, we all want to build a better future for our children. My opponent says some families have value, while others don’t count. He wants to pit us against each other in order to gain power for himself and kickbacks for his donors.”
Potentially NSFW.
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My new Russian troll friend (read the whole thrread)
So QAnon people are going after Bill Maher now because he’s worn red shoes. They think red shoes are a sign you are a pizzagater and I guess they think the shoes are actually made out of dead children? Omg what’s happening pic.twitter.com/Mo2Dzygvsq
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) August 19, 2018
Please provide evidence you are not a leader of an international goat sex ring, Donna. I’ll wait.
— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) August 19, 2018
She claims to be Trump’s secret Russian daughter
— DonnaTrumplova (@DonnaTrumplova) August 19, 2018
Yes. But I also a show business lady. You can read about me in Rolling Stone next month Mister Ed.
— DonnaTrumplova (@DonnaTrumplova) August 20, 2018
LOL, though i hope it’s true, I’ve read about you and your delusions.
— Dunny Master (@ThoroTweets) August 20, 2018
— DonnaTrumplova (@DonnaTrumplova) August 20, 2018
You are not really ready for the #3DChess may be. Is why you believe all there #DeepState lies?
— DonnaTrumplova (@DonnaTrumplova) August 19, 2018
LOL
Coal miner ignores fact that Trump’s enabled the coal mine to dump wastes into the water he and his family drinks and uses.
Coal miner ignores that Trump’s gutting environmental protections on air emissions and OSHA rules protecting him from breathing coal emission particulates.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 20, 2018
Fox News is going hard at Bruce Ohr, for obvious reasons. Lots of “why does he still have a job at DoJ?” It’s disgusting. I wish nothing but professional misery for these people.
Still mom-sitting…this morning I took a break from working, took out the trash, didn’t wait long enough for the garage door to open up before I ran right into it with my head. That is frankly a first for me. Not a concussion, those I’ve had before, but a concussion from running into an opening garage door. I’m fine, I didn’t get knocked down or anything but yikes.
re: #129 Barefoot Grin
Fox News is going hard at Bruce Ohr, for obvious reasons. Lots of “why does he still have a job at DoJ?” It’s disgusting. I wish nothing but professional misery for these people.
They are speaking to an audience of one.
re: #129 Barefoot Grin
Fox News is going hard at Bruce Ohr, for obvious reasons. Lots of “why does he still have a job at DoJ?” It’s disgusting. I wish nothing but professional misery for these people.
‘professional misery’—don’t need to know, don’t want to know. Oh, you mean misery in their professional lives? That would be a case of dishing it out but not taking it.
re: #129 Barefoot Grin
Fox News is going hard at Bruce Ohr, for obvious reasons. Lots of “why does he still have a job at DoJ?” It’s disgusting. I wish nothing but professional misery for these people.
[angry emoticon]
re: #132 wrenchwench
‘professional misery’—don’t need to know, don’t want to know. Oh, you mean misery in their professional lives? That would be a case of dishing it out but not taking it.
Yes, for them to use their platform to push people out of jobs (and lose pensions, like McCabe) I hope karma pays a visit.
If Muellers final report leads to Trump being removed from office, we need to expect some aggression and perhaps violence from Trump supporters.
Things could get a little ugly.
Which I have no doubt Russia would be thrilled with.
re: #130 mmmirele
Still mom-sitting…this morning I took a break from working, took out the trash, didn’t wait long enough for the garage door to open up before I ran right into it with my head. That is frankly a first for me. Not a concussion, those I’ve had before, but a concussion from running into an opening garage door. I’m fine, I didn’t get knocked down or anything but yikes.
I feel your pain. Yesterday I opened the cabinet to get the dog food out, leaned down to put the food in the dogs bowl and stood up and hit the bottom of the cabinet door hard with the top of my head. Got quite a lump going on, think I knocked the hinge loose on the cabinet a little too.
re: #130 mmmirele
Still mom-sitting…this morning I took a break from working, took out the trash, didn’t wait long enough for the garage door to open up before I ran right into it with my head. That is frankly a first for me. Not a concussion, those I’ve had before, but a concussion from running into an opening garage door. I’m fine, I didn’t get knocked down or anything but yikes.
Bolded is my first clue that you need to slow down. That’d not a break, that’s still working. Might be a break from the other work, but not a break for you. The second clue was closer to a break. Drink water, put up feet; that’s a break. What they say to cyclists who ride too many days in a row, going way too fast, is: Don’t stand if you can sit, don’t sit if you can lie down.
re: #106 lawhawk
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This is passes for deep thought by right wing extremists.
Cite NRO and Kevin Williamson.
This guy is a fucking baker. His job is to bake cakes. He wants to impose his religious views on those coming in to his shop to buy cakes. He doesn’t want to serve LGBT. That’s the discriminatory action here. That’s why Colorado keeps finding him in violation of the law.
And screw these fuckers who think that this is the same as a kosher restaurant refusing to serve someone bacon (this is the go to bulkshit argument here).
Kosher restaurants never serve bacon or other pork products. That’s what makes them kosher. Bakeries serve cakes. That’s what they do. You don’t go into a bakery and demand a turkey dinner. That’s not what anyone’s asking this bakery to do. They’re asking for a cake to their specs. They make cakes.
Kosher (or halal) restaurants don’t dig on swine. That’s what they do. You can ask them for dinner or sandwiches, so long as they don’t include pork or pork products, because that’s what the essence of their product is all about. There’s nothing discriminatory about that.
This is all about bigots being bigots.
noone has the right to tell you what to sell
whatever you choose to sell, you have to sell to anyone (more or less)
re: #106 lawhawk
And screw these fuckers who think that this is the same as a kosher restaurant refusing to serve someone bacon (this is the go to bulkshit argument here).
Right, it’s a stupid analogy. The correct one would be if the kosher deli refused to serve Muslims or a non kosher deli sold BLT sandwhiches to everyone except gay people.
re: #99 ObserverArt
I tweeted a version of that song last month on my b-day.
re: #139 wrenchwench
Bolded is my first clue that you need to slow down. That’d not a break, that’s still working. Might be a break from the other work, but not a break for you. The second clue was closer to a break. Drink water, put up feet; that’s a break. What they say to cyclists who ride too many days in a row, going way too fast, is: Don’t stand if you can sit, don’t sit if you can lie down.
smile. if you look, there is always something to smile about
breathe. it is the stuff of life, and so you must
go slowly. enough things will still get done and leads to less hitting of heads
re: #141 gocart mozart
Right, it’s a stupid analogy. The correct one would be if the kosher deli refused to serve Muslims or a non kosher deli sold BLT sandwhiches to everyone except gay people.
They don’t know how analogies work, how irony works, how humor works, how compassion works…
L O L!
Ladies and gentlemen, the alt-right has formed a supergroup and their first single is here: PizzaGate Is Real! @RealAlexJones @Gavin_McInnes @Cernovich #TheLingeringWilburys pic.twitter.com/VMuF2hrLeF
— Nick Lutsko (@NickLutsko) August 20, 2018
re: #143 nicdanger
I tweeted a version of that song last month on my b-day.
You too.
I still remember when it came out and signing along. And then wondering what it would be like to be 64.
Here we are.
The days of a completely open Internet may be numbered, if China is allowed to get its way.
When China Rules the Web
For almost five decades, the United States has guided the growth of the Internet. From its origins as a small Pentagon program to its status as a global platform that connects more than half of the world’s population and tens of billions of devices, the Internet has long been an American project. Yet today, the United States has ceded leadership in cyberspace to China. Chinese President Xi Jinping has outlined his plans to turn China into a “cyber-superpower.” Already, more people in China have access to the Internet than in any other country, but Xi has grander plans. Through domestic regulations, technological innovation, and foreign policy, China aims to build an “impregnable” cyberdefense system, give itself a greater voice in Internet governance, foster more world-class companies, and lead the globe in advanced technologies.
re: #146 Dr. Matt
How can that post have only three (right now) updings? That compilation and rendition is brilliant.
re: #150 Colère Tueur de Lapin
How can that post have only three (right now) updings? That compilation and rendition is brilliant.
I have listened to it a half of dozen times. It’s freakn brilliant.
re: #102 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Who will buy their bonds after the last debacle?
If the interest rate is high enough people will buy it because they will believe the EU will bail out Greece again if necessary.
re: #152 Big Beautiful Door
If the interest rate is high enough people will buy it because they will believe the EU will bail out Greece again if necessary.
Which they will. Because US banks bought up the default insurance, so if Greece fails, it takes the USA with it, which will topple Europe.
re: #148 wheat-dogg
The days of a completely open Internet may be numbered, if China is allowed to get its way.
If our government doesn’t regulate it, some other goverment will. There are many times when relying on capitalist solutions fails, but it definitely does when other places aren’t playing by the same rules.
Maybe it’s the dark humor that seems to go with this current situation, but the ‘bulletproof backpacks’ nonsense reminds me of the line from “Support Your Local Sheriff”:
Jason McCullough: [Fingering dented badge] That must have saved the life of whoever was wearin’ it.
Mayor Olly Perkins: Well, it sure would have, if it hadn’t been for all them other bullets flyin’ in from everywhere.
moron learned a new scary word…
It is outrageous that Poisonous Synthetic Heroin Fentanyl comes pouring into the U.S. Postal System from China. We can, and must, END THIS NOW! The Senate should pass the STOP ACT – and firmly STOP this poison from killing our children and destroying our country. No more delay!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 20, 2018
re: #156 Backwoods_Sleuth
moron learned a new scary word…
How about those other poisons, such as lead, CO2, asbestos?
It is outrageous that Poisonous Synthetic Heroin Fentanyl comes pouring into the U.S. Postal System from China. We can, and must, END THIS NOW! The Senate should pass the STOP ACT – and firmly STOP this poison from killing our children and destroying our country. No more delay!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 20, 2018
So … this Wall then? That will extend across each Post Office? https://t.co/9DSsnO1fRM
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) August 20, 2018
re: #156 Backwoods_Sleuth
moron learned a new scary word…
So, China is poisoning our kids? Right through the U.S. mail? Is that what The Moran is claiming?
re: #155 Blind Frog Belly White
Bulletproof backpacks, clear backpacks, no backpacks at all, etc. are all band aids on a problem that starts with the single most important point that right wingers and gun nuts want everyone to ignore:
But for the easy availability of guns, especially guns like AR-15s, mass shootings and school shootings would be as rare in the US as they are everywhere else in the world. Not even active war zones have the kind of school shootings and mass shootings we have in the US. Only in the US do we accept this kind of violence.
Of course, the right wingers and gun nuts point to Chicago as proof of the failure of something (blacks, gun control, etc.) as why gun control fails, except that every state that has strong gun control has a lower per capita gun death rate than the lax gun law states. Every country with strong gun control has lower per capita death rates as well.
That also translates to higher health care costs, higher criminal justice costs, etc. but the GOP and right wingers don’t care. They just think the solution is to spend on stuff that wont help keep anyone safer, and invariably the people who can afford to by crap like this are usually safer to begin with.
re: #159 Sir John Barron
So, China is poisoning our kids? Right through the U.S. mail? Is that what The Moran is claiming?
Keep children out of Post Offices! Oh, heck, let’s just close them all.
re: #159 Sir John Barron
So, China is poisoning our kids? Right through the U.S. mail? Is that what The Moran is claiming?
That is how chems come from Chinese labs to the United States. The USPS is one of the largest drug traffickers in the world.
.@MaddowBlog: If the facts are as Sen. Patrick Leahy presents — and as best as I can tell, no Senate Republican has contested them — it paints a rather alarming picture. https://t.co/vI6zAp794u
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 20, 2018
On July 7, just two days before Donald Trump introduced Judge Brett Kavanaugh as his Supreme Court nominee, the New York Times published an interesting report about the warnings the White House received from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who was well aware of the conservative jurist’s lengthy paper trail.
“Mr. McConnell is concerned,” the article said, “about the volume of the documents that Judge Kavanaugh has created in his 12 years on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, as well as in his roles as White House staff secretary under President George W. Bush and assistant to Kenneth W. Starr, the independent counsel who investigated President Bill Clinton.”
The reference to Kavanaugh’s work as Bush’s White House staff secretary is important because it offers a behind-the-scenes peek: the Senate GOP leader apparently saw this part of Kavanaugh’s background as the sort of thing that would be scrutinized as part of a confirmation process. And yet, soon after, Senate Republicans agreed that this one part of Kavanaugh’s professional background - and only this part - would be excluded from the Judiciary Committee’s document request.
re: #82 makeitstop
Happy Birthday to H.P Lovecraft, Jacqueline Susann, Jim Reeves, Don King, Sneaky Pete Kleinow (Burrito Bros.), Ron Paul, Dave Brock (Hawkwind), Slobodan Milosevic, Isaac Hayes, Craig Nettles, Connie Chung, Robert Plant!!, James Pankow (Chicago), Phil Lynott!!, John Hiatt, Al Roker, Quinn Buckner, KRS-One, Dimebag Darrell, Fred Durst (LOL), Demi Lovato, and a white buffalo!
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re: #160 lawhawk
Bulletproof backpacks, clear backpacks, no backpacks at all, etc. are all band aids on a problem that starts with the single most important point that right wingers and gun nuts want everyone to ignore:
But for the easy availability of guns, especially guns like AR-15s, mass shootings and school shootings would be as rare in the US as they are everywhere else in the world. Not even active war zones have the kind of school shootings and mass shootings we have in the US. Only in the US do we accept this kind of violence.
Of course, the right wingers and gun nuts point to Chicago as proof of the failure of something (blacks, gun control, etc.) as why gun control fails, except that every state that has strong gun control has a lower per capita gun death rate than the lax gun law states. Every country with strong gun control has lower per capita death rates as well.
That also translates to higher health care costs, higher criminal justice costs, etc. but the GOP and right wingers don’t care. They just think the solution is to spend on stuff that wont help keep anyone safer, and invariably the people who can afford to by crap like this are usually safer to begin with.
I’d have a lot more respect for gun nuts if they’d just admit that they think a certain number of murdered children are an acceptable sacrifice for their gun addiction. But it’s not something they’re willing to admit, even to themselves.
re: #162 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
That is how chems come from Chinese labs to the United States. The USPS is one of the largest drug traffickers in the world.
fedex too
and they do it faster
re: #162 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
re: #159 Sir John Barron
So, China is poisoning our kids? Right through the U.S. mail? Is that what The Moran is claiming?
That is how chems come from Chinese labs to the United States. The USPS is one of the largest drug traffickers in the world.
So IOW, there IS some sort of real problem there, but our imbecilic Pres can’t even compose a simple tweet of complaint without making himself sound like an idiot?
Sounds right….
re: #168 Jay C
So IOW, there IS some sort of real problem there, but our imbecilic Pres can’t even compose a simple tweet of complaint without making himself sound like an idiot?
Sounds right….
His basic problem is that, as an idiot, it’s difficult for him not to sound like one.
Bloomberg did an in-depth piece on fentanyl and the Chinese connection, and it’s breathtaking how easy for this stuff to get distributed. It’s also breathtaking how easy it is to kill (which is why some states are looking at it for their death penalty drug of choice because other means have dried up):
Paul Janssen, the physician-founder of Janssen Pharmaceutica, now a unit of Johnson & Johnson, synthesized it in a Belgian laboratory in 1960. It is the world’s strongest opioid approved for human medical use, soothing the most excruciating pain and helping to put surgical patients to sleep.
For years, fentanyl-related overdose deaths never exceeded a few thousand. Then, in 2014, the drugs killed more than 5,000 people. By September 2017, they accounted for more than 26,000 deaths, half the opioid total. One of the seeds of demand had been sown in the 1990s, when doctors began overprescribing legal painkillers like OxyContin. Abusers eventually turned to their stronger cousin, heroin. That in turn created an opening for dealers to offer fentanyl.
The drug is potent almost beyond comprehension — and that’s what changes the game. It’s prescribed by the millionth of a gram. Two milligrams, the equivalent of seven poppy seeds, can kill. It’s often crudely diluted, which makes it difficult for illicit users to determine how much they’re consuming.
China is just one route, and Trump thinks it’s coming in via USPS. China’s the source of choice because of the profit margins involved (and because it’s where most legit pharmaceuticals originate here. You can take a kilo and turn it into millions of dollars of street drug.
re: #165 Blind Frog Belly White
I’d have a lot more respect for gun nuts if they’d just admit that they think a certain number of murdered children are an acceptable sacrifice for their gun addiction. But it’s not something they’re willing to admit, even to themselves.
i’d have the least little bit of respect for gun nuts if they’d admit that it is demonstrated every day that some people are irresponsible and should’nt have them
Kavanaugh’s faux outrage over the Monica-Bill affair. Pretty amazing that he was seething with poutrage which pales in comparison to what Donnie is doing today.
This is the tamest part of this Brett Kavanaugh memo, sent 20 years ago this past week. (Specific questions followed.) At this point, it’s pretty clear he thought Clinton should be out of office. https://t.co/MCkGk4OQ0v pic.twitter.com/qhbfOC930j
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) August 20, 2018
re: #171 dangerman
i’d have the least little bit of respect for gun nuts if they’d admit that it is demonstrated every day that some people are irresponsible and should’nt have them
Oh, they believe that. They just can’t come up with any way of preventing those people from having guns that wouldn’t inconvenience them, which would make them feel bad infringe their absolute right to whatever gun takes their fancy, whenever they want it.
re: #170 lawhawk
Bloomberg did an in-depth piece on fentanyl and the Chinese connection, and it’s breathtaking how easy for this stuff to get distributed. It’s also breathtaking how easy it is to kill (which is why some states are looking at it for their death penalty drug of choice because other means have dried up):
China is just one route, and Trump thinks it’s coming in via USPS. China’s the source of choice because of the profit margins involved (and because it’s where most legit pharmaceuticals originate here. You can take a kilo and turn it into millions of dollars of street drug.
An amazing designer disassociative called MXE came from Chinese labs until it was banned in China, now it’s impossible to get. I’d expect a dangerous drug like fentanyl to be banned if MXE is.
re: #82 makeitstop
Happy Birthday to H.P Lovecraft, Jacqueline Susann, Jim Reeves, Don King, Sneaky Pete Kleinow (Burrito Bros.), Ron Paul, Dave Brock (Hawkwind), Slobodan Milosevic, Isaac Hayes, Craig Nettles, Connie Chung, Robert Plant!!, James Pankow (Chicago), Phil Lynott!!, John Hiatt, Al Roker, Quinn Buckner, KRS-One, Dimebag Darrell, Fred Durst (LOL), Demi Lovato, and a white buffalo!
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Kathy Kraninger has zero financial, banking, or regulatory experience and has admitted she is unqualified to lead the CFPB.
Democrats are also concerned about her history working on Trump’s abusive family separation policy.
More from @rebekahentralgo:https://t.co/NFUFIRdQuw— Melanie Schmitz (@MelsLien) August 20, 2018
re: #172 Dr. Matt
Kavanaugh’s faux outrage over the Monica-Bill affair. Pretty amazing that he was seething with poutrage which pales in comparison to what Donnie is doing today.
What party was President Clinton? Oh, yes, then of course. Now Kav feels much different, obviously, because principle.
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re: #172 Dr. Matt
Kavanaugh’s faux outrage over the Monica-Bill affair. Pretty amazing that he was seething with poutrage which pales in comparison to what Donnie is doing today.
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interesting that he says “sheer number of wrongful acts” and then except for the jones case, doesnt cite any actual, you know, crimes.
re: #178 dangerman
interesting that he says “sheer number of wrongful acts” and then except for the jones case, doesnt cite any actual, you know, crimes.
Has a familiar feel to it, don’t it? And I used the term ‘familiar’ intentionally, as in ‘familial’.
Same “Lock Him/Her Up!” enthusiasm without identifiable crimes to charge, or evidence to prove those crimes. It really is a case of hating them SO MUCH that you’re JUST ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN they’ve committed crimes against humanity that you can’t name, or prove, but for which they must be PUNISHED!!
re: #173 Blind Frog Belly White
Oh, they believe that. They just can’t come up with any way of preventing those people from having guns that wouldn’t
inconvenience them, which would make them feel badinfringe their absolute right to whatever gun takes their fancy, whenever they want it.
absolutely
hmmm, i wonder why they think they’d be next?
do they also act irresponsibly and just havent been caught out? hmmm
and as a reminder, as i’ve written here - a lot - i’m for taking away the guns, and gun rights of anyone who demonstrates they are irresponsible, and after due process. you dont secure your weapon at all times, then you lose your freedom, finances, and future.
and i’ve even toyed with the idea of only gun owners on those juries.
I finished Rick Wilson’s book. It’s a good read, recommended for, if nothing else, the tapestry of insults he weaves around Trump and Trumpkins, which is cathartic.
The thing that bothers me about it, though, is the lack of self awareness that you always find with Republicans, NeverTrump or other. For example, Wilson talks about the need to publicly and forcefully eject the racists from the GOP. Okay, all well and good. But then he goes on to talk about Reagan and GHW Bush each talking about how racists don’t belong in the GOP, without ever acknowledging that Reagan and Bush both used racist appeals in their campaigns, and that Reagan appealed to racism as a way to get the White Working Class to hate social programs.
I mean, “Welfare queens driving Cadillacs”, “young bucks on street corners buying T-bone steaks with foodstamps”, and for Bush, the whole “Willie Horton” campaign. The heroes of the GOP are up to their armpits in racist muck, and without acknowledging that, how can they EVER be taken seriously when they say they’re not about racism?
re: #181 Blind Frog Belly White
I finished Rick Wilson’s book. It’s a good read, recommended for, if nothing else, the tapestry of insults he weaves around Trump and Trumpkins, which is cathartic.
The thing that bothers me about it, though, is the lack of self awareness that you always find with Republicans, NeverTrump or other. For example, Wilson talks about the need to publicly and forcefully eject the racists from the GOP. Okay, all well and good. But then he goes on to talk about Reagan and GHW Bush each talking about how racists don’t belong in the GOP, without ever acknowledging that Reagan and Bush both used racist appeals in their campaigns, and that Reagan appealed to racism as a way to get the White Working Class to hate social programs.
I mean, “Welfare queens driving Cadillacs”, “young bucks on street corners buying T-bone steaks with foodstamps”, and for Bush, the whole “Willie Horton” campaign. The heroes of the GOP are up to their armpits in racist muck, and without acknowledging that, how can they EVER be taken seriously when they say they’re not about racism?
Who’s trying to take them seriously? I know we have a fair amount of converted Republicans here, but conservatism has been pushing racism since the inception of the country, how much longer are we supposed to give it the benefit of the doubt?
re: #181 Blind Frog Belly White
Right now, I consider the NeverTrumpers as temporary allies (See Soviets during WWII). I still don’t trust them in the long haul because they still accepted the decades of race-baiting from the Right as you so nicely pointed out. Unless they come out with an apology and complete reversal of ideology, we should not be counting on them as “friends”. As soon as Donnie is tossed out, most of them will revert to their innate RWNJ stances.
A woman who witnesses say was walking her dog near a lagoon was killed this morning in an apparent alligator attack on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, the sheriff’s office says https://t.co/EvVtaeASS0
— CNN (@CNN) August 20, 2018
re: #127 gocart mozart
My new Russian troll friend (read the whole thrread)
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LOL
My riposte to that would be: “I’m not asking you for your opinion, I’m asking you for PROOF that you are NOT part of an international goat-sex trafficking ring etc.”
re: #184 Stanley Sea
I guess she was the slow one. The dog got away.
Who hangs out around lagoons with killer animals in them?
Republicans slam @JasonIsbell and @BenFolds as ‘the unhinged left’ ahead of @PhilBredesen rally https://t.co/JlWxZ047rs
— Tennessean (@Tennessean) August 20, 2018
lolwut? https://t.co/gdGTsJrAwf
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 20, 2018
re: #183 Dr. Matt
This reminds me of the discussion about Omarosa a couple of days back. Can we consider Never-Trumpers even temporary allies, if their ultimate end goal isn’t actually different than Trump’s? If their issue is one of style, not substance, is it useful to make common cause with them?
Trump’s policy positions are at best slightly right of mainstream Republican with the possible exception of Russia, and tariffs. Getting rid of Trump in favor of another Republican doesn’t *fix* that.
“Do you believe Hillary is actually a woman?”: Sacha Baron Cohen tries to bait Howard Dean https://t.co/oFPjxJ1Cds
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 20, 2018
re: #183 Dr. Matt
Right now, I consider the NeverTrumpers as temporary allies (See Soviets during WWII). I still don’t trust them in the long haul because they still accepted the decades of race-baiting from the Right as you so nicely pointed out. Unless they come out with an apology and complete reversal of ideology, we should not be counting on them as “friends”. As soon as Donnie is tossed out, most of them will revert to their innate RWNJ stances.
Some are untrustable in the shorter run. Some can be weeded out by discovering whether they think Pence would be an improvement.
re: #159 Sir John Barron
So, China is poisoning our kids? Right through the U.S. mail? Is that what The Moran is claiming?
Five of the six online fentanyl vendors investigated in a new Senate report are based in China. The sellers sent hundreds of packages to more than 300 sources in the US by way of the US Postal Service (USPS).
re: #187 Charles Johnson
Republicans are accelerating away from reality at light speed.
re: #188 Bass Reeves
This reminds me of the discussion about Omarosa a couple of days back. Can we consider Never-Trumpers even temporary allies, if their ultimate end goal isn’t actually different than Trump’s? If their issue is one of style, not substance, is it useful to make common cause with them?
Trump’s policy positions are at best slightly right of mainstream Republican with the possible exception of Russia, and tariffs. Getting rid of Trump in favor of another Republican doesn’t *fix* that.
The GOP remains the problem. They’re fine with Trump so long as he doesn’t go full Trump and exhibit full metal white nationalism. They’re fine with soft white nationalism (more flattering when exposed to light). Their base is fine with it, and their immigration policy is aligned and their goal and purpose is to gut the safety net, screw millions out of health coverage, so millionaires can get richer, and poor whites think that they’re doing better all because they can stomp all over minorities some more.
re: #188 Bass Reeves
This reminds me of the discussion about Omarosa a couple of days back. Can we consider Never-Trumpers even temporary allies, if their ultimate end goal isn’t actually different than Trump’s? If their issue is one of style, not substance, is it useful to make common cause with them?
Trump’s policy positions are at best slightly right of mainstream Republican with the possible exception of Russia, and tariffs. Getting rid of Trump in favor of another Republican doesn’t *fix* that.
I believe DJT’s disdain for and attacks on basic democratic institutions, attacks really on anyone or anything that poses a threat to him, his placing of self above any version of national well-being, renders him a danger that transcends mere partisan and even general ideological divides. He’s a unique threat, as I see it.
The guy who is regularly touted as a “leading intellectual” figure on the right also openly hawks sawdust and caffeine based brain pills.
If you’re a conservative or “classical liberal” it means there is no friction when your brain glides over this fact like a maglev train pic.twitter.com/wNIncul4gK— Will🦕Menaker (@willmenaker) August 20, 2018
Howdy Lizards:
Law School Applications Increase Upon Realization That Any Fucking Idiot Can Be Lawyer https://t.co/dgOlfleI3O pic.twitter.com/Kad6aMNN4h
— The Onion (@TheOnion) August 20, 2018
Shapiro looks like a dictionary illustration for “cynicism” in that pic.
re: #192 jaunte
Republicans are accelerating away from reality at light speed.
Trump cut the moorings to the SS Republican and it is now floating away in the Sea of Crazy.
kj saw a man with a laminated sign asking strangers to help him find a kidney for his wife. there are over 12,300 GoFundMes for kidney transplants. this is the world we’ve constructed pic.twitter.com/qUHKGBXvPp
— kill 💀 tim 💀 faust (@crulge) August 20, 2018
Conservatism is, and always has been, a grift. Forming a subculture around fantasies meant to sell junk to rubes was never going to work out well.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) August 20, 2018
re: #187 Charles Johnson
Republicans slam Jason Isbell, Ben Folds as ‘the unhinged left’ ahead of Phil Bredesen rally
is there a ‘hinged’ left?
if not then this goes off to the department of redundancy department
(it’s right down the hall)
re: #192 jaunte
Republicans are accelerating away from reality at light speed.
well the way they ignore other laws, this could get interesting
in a science-y sort of way
re: #194 Sir John Barron
I believe DJT’s disdain for and attacks on basic democratic institutions, attacks really on anyone or anything that poses a threat to him, his placing of self above any version of national well-being, renders him a danger that transcends mere partisan and even general ideological divides. He’s a unique threat, as I see it.
unfortunately they will not see him as a danger until he is a danger to them
re: #190 wrenchwench
Some are untrustable in the shorter run. Some can be weeded out by discovering whether they think Pence would be an improvement.
Agreed. I don’t trust Omarosa one bit. On the other side of the spectrum, I’ll give morning Joe a bit benefit of the doubt because he’s been really hard on his former party. He’s straight-up called them out that they are selling their souls for judicial picks.
re: #110 lawhawk
Goats do roam:
Two very baaaaad boys. pic.twitter.com/3fcb9QCxGh
— NYCT Subway (@NYCTSubway) August 20, 2018
The goats have been removed from the tracks by NYPD, and service is resuming. We thank ewe for your patience.
— NYCT Subway (@NYCTSubway) August 20, 2018
re: #197 jaunte
Shapiro looks like a dictionary illustration for “cynicism” in that pic.
Shapiro looks like a spokes”person” for mail order Rohypnol.
re: #199 The Vicious Babushka
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How are the two things related? Man looking for private kidney donation is trying to avoid waiting in the organ transplant list, an opt out system for organ donation would probably greatly increase organ availability. People looking for funding is an issue with our broken insurance system. These things are only tangentially related
Has there been any updates from the Manafort trial today?
re: #208 danarchy
How are the two things related? Man looking for private kidney donation is trying to avoid waiting in the organ transplant list, an opt out system for organ donation would probably greatly increase organ availability. People looking for funding is an issue with our broken insurance system. These things are only tangentially related
Kidneys should go to the highest bidders, that is the nature of Free Market
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For many conservatives, climate change isn’t about the science. It’s about the policies that would address it, which often entail bigger government roles—and that doesn’t fit into conservative orthodoxy. https://t.co/vwg8uBCh1q pic.twitter.com/9czvLWUEtw
— Amy Harder (@AmyAHarder) August 20, 2018
I don’t believe this at all. If it were true that “many conservatives” accept the science of climate change they’d be proposing solutions that don’t involve larger government. They’re not doing that; instead they’re calling the science a “hoax.” https://t.co/ctuqJATkKO
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 20, 2018
re: #211 Charles Johnson
We have yet to see a tax cut proposal for companies that invest in wind power.
re: #189 The Vicious Babushka
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— Kurt Rex Cooper 💚 (@KurtRexCooper) August 20, 2018
re: #211 Charles Johnson
She’s right about it not being about the science. If you’re so Conservative that you think science is a Marxist plot, you can’t even process the science.
re: #217 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Umm…
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AHHHHHHHH. MY EYES! MY EYES!
Put a “NSFW” on that in the future!
re: #213 Belafon
We have yet to see a tax cut proposal for companies that invest in wind power.
I don’t think we will under President Bozo. Not when he treats wind energy the way he does.
Hmm. I wonder if Prez Bozo even knows how electricity is made with generators? Does the fool even realize those “windmills” are making electricity and dumping it into the power grid directly?
re: #218 Dr. Matt
AHHHHHHHH. MY EYES! MY EYES!
Put a “NSFW” on that in the future!
She’s not that bad-looking, but you can tell she’s insane from the freaky eyelashes.
re: #211 Charles Johnson
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Agree, Charles: but ISTM that in most cases, conservative disdain for science as a driver of policy, is less the “role of big government” bugaboo, but the good old-fashioned profit motive: i.e., protecting the environment or the climate is fine and good: as long as it doesn’t cost too much [to corporate interests, AKA Republican donors].
re: #206 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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remember 2 weeks ago, three goats tried to ‘bull’ their way through my front door
the pix arent better cause there wasnt a lot of time.
do you leave the goats and run for your phone?
or do you shoo them out and have no proof it ever happened
dilemmas!
This bill’s been kicking around the Senate since last year. Post office says it’s basically suppression of mail coming to the U.S. from ALL overseas countries—https://t.co/9LkqSevu94 pic.twitter.com/dvz5mFspzl
— Kim M. ☮️ (@Blacklace40) August 20, 2018
re: #219 ObserverArt
I don’t think we will under President Bozo. Not when he treats wind energy the way he does.
Hmm. I wonder if Prez Bozo even knows how electricity is made with generators? Does the fool even realize those “windmills” are making electricity and dumping it into the power grid directly?
But the birds. The birds are either killing the windmills or the windmills are killing the birds. Hard to tell from this brilliant excerpt from the yam’s energy rant at his fundraiser (maybe he ate too many hot dogs?)
“You can blow up a pipeline, you can blow up the windmills. You know, the windmills, boom, boom, boom [mimicking windmill sound] bing [mimes shooting large gun], that’s the end of that one. If the birds don’t kill it first. The birds could kill it first. They kill so many birds. You look underneath some of those windmills, it’s like a killing field, the birds.
re: #222 dangerman
Oh hai, we’re just gonna crash here.
KTHX.
re: #223 Backwoods_Sleuth
Faux and Fiends must have mentioned it, to get him all excited about it.
re: #188 Bass Reeves
This reminds me of the discussion about Omarosa a couple of days back. Can we consider Never-Trumpers even temporary allies, if their ultimate end goal isn’t actually different than Trump’s? If their issue is one of style, not substance, is it useful to make common cause with them?
Trump’s policy positions are at best slightly right of mainstream Republican with the possible exception of Russia, and tariffs. Getting rid of Trump in favor of another Republican doesn’t *fix* that.
Well, to be fair, Trump’s ‘ideology’ is really not Conservative at all. He likes low taxes so he doesn’t pay more money. He hates international alliances because he can’t grasp the concept of ‘mutually beneficial’. He likes military spending because it makes him feel tough. He hates trade, and especially multinational trade agreements because they’re too complex for him to understand, and if he can’t understand it he just assumes he’s being screwed somehow. He hates immigration because he’s a racist. He doesn’t believe in small government, but rather government that does what HE wants it to.
People like Rick Wilson, or Tom Nichols may have principles that are stupid, and that lack empirical support, but they do have actual principles - small government, strong defense, strong multinational alliances, free trade, limited regulation.
As I’ve said, I’d like to return to the days when the GOP were just wrong about everything, not like now when they’re Nazis, or at least Nazi-curious.
re: #217 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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And a Dentist! Don’t forget that!
OK, admit it. We’ve all associated some sort of representative of the Russian government.
I once spent 30 min. to an hour shooting the shit with a couple of Russians manning a guard post on Pristina Air Base in 2001. This was all while crews from HMX-1 re-assembled 3 VH-60 White Hawks under the watchful eyes of their Navy SEAL security team.
NEW: Top Democrats on the House Oversight Committee & Subcommittee on National Security have requested info regarding national security adviser John Bolton’s security clearance after it was revealed that he worked with alleged Russian spy Maria Butina.https://t.co/vUlgbqQqf2 pic.twitter.com/5vCrw0Vrdr
— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) August 20, 2018
LOL love Jake Tapper, started the story with
“Is that a warm smell of colitas rising up through the air?”
re: #222 dangerman
remember 2 weeks ago, three goats tried to ‘bull’ their way through my front door
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the pix arent better cause there wasnt a lot of time.
do you leave the goats and run for your phone?
or do you shoo them out and have no proof it ever happened
dilemmas!
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Why Did More Than 1,000 People Die After Police Subdued Them With Force That Isn’t Meant to Kill? An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that, over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blows and other force not intended to be lethal. More: Why ... CheechakoKGxvi
Abortions Outside Medical System Increased Sharply After Roe Fell, Study Finds The number of women using abortion pills to end their pregnancies on their own without the direct involvement of a U.S.-based medical provider rose sharply in the months after the Supreme Court eliminated a constitutional right to abortion, according ... Cheechako
The Pandemic Cost 7 Million Lives, but Talks to Prevent a Repeat Stall In late 2021, as the world reeled from the arrival of the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus, representatives of almost 200 countries met - some online, some in-person in Geneva - hoping to forestall a future worldwide ... Cheechako
Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ... Cheechako
