Keith Jarrett’s Transcendent Solo Piano Version of “Danny Boy”
Keith Jarrett - Danny Boy (Tokyo - 2002)
Keith Jarrett - Danny Boy (Tokyo - 2002)
Let’s get this thread started…
130 years ago on this day, Jack the Ripper claims his first victim.
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Hard words of truth from an islander:
“Utterly stupid:” Samoan PM excoriates climate change sceptics
Samoa’s Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele has lashed out at climate sceptics and urged Australia to make deeper cuts to carbon emissions, in order to help save Pacific Island nations from climate change.
Mr Sailele told the Lowy Institute in Sydney last night that climate change poses an “existential challenge” to low-lying islands.
He also took a thinly veiled swipe at Australia’s anxiety over China’s rise in the Pacific.
Sand-filled rooms in houses in the ghost town of Kolmanskop, southern Namibia. Once a small, prosperous diamond-mining village, Kolmanskop was abandoned in the 1950s and it’s been slowly swallowed by the desert ever since.https://t.co/q5dwjP9PwM pic.twitter.com/8TXFuBSSEo
— Irène DB (@UrbanFoxxxx) August 31, 2018
They’re all nuts, FUCKING NUTS pic.twitter.com/GVMAIzSwid
— UnsilentMajority 🌹 (@The_UnSilent_) August 31, 2018
I find this so shocking. Everything beautiful has become corrupted. https://t.co/chGYHfZOth
— India Knight (@indiaknight) August 31, 2018
The Bible is a scandalous icon in so many ways. It’s been used and abused for centuries. Its legacy is horrendous. But even I feel sick watching this. https://t.co/WYkFtdt0TH
— Prof Stavrakopoulou (@ProfFrancesca) August 31, 2018
Wow — turns out “Have Camps Built by the Ancient Israelites Migrating to Canaan Been Found?” might not be the most ridiculous biblical archaeology news story of the *day*https://t.co/HAVagLxFTC
— Michael Press (@MichaelDPress) August 31, 2018
America has a religion problem.
We’ve long had a religion problem.
It just becomes more and more obvious as time goes by.
Evolution Definitively Proven As Scientists Capture First-Ever Footage Of Chimpanzee Transforming Into Human https://t.co/wevVQQs4hj pic.twitter.com/Pmb45eTux8
— The Onion (@TheOnion) August 31, 2018
re: #4 freetoken
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There is one wonderful thing coming out of these Pulpit Pimps totally embracing Trump.
Millions of people are walking out of churches and they will never go back.
I’m a little bit irritated.
Great. So my nephew and his wife just made a zero down pending offer on an incredibly shitty, extremely overpriced house owned by family friends of hers, and then he immediately started sending not very subtle hints to my Dad, his grandpa, about how strapped they are for money.
— Sweaty-Toothed Madman (@goddamnedfrank) September 1, 2018
YOU GET AWAY FROM HER pic.twitter.com/JVBYMD17md
— Laurie Kilmartin (@anylaurie16) September 1, 2018
This news blurb has one of those scary end-of-the-world vibes about it, that one finds in so many movies:
Abandoned ‘ghost ship’ found off Myanmar coast
Police in Myanmar are searching a large rusty container ship for clues after it was spotted by fishermen mysteriously drifting near the region of Yangon.
Aliens? Killer virus? Time-travel??
The ship’s location was last recorded off the coast of Taiwan in 2009.
“There was no sailors or goods on the vessel.”
According to the Marine Traffic website, which lists the movements of ships around the globe, the vessel was built in 2001 and had a deadweight of 26,500 tonnes.
re: #11 freetoken
I wouldn’t be surprised if it was intended to be scrapped onshore (I remember reading about that practice) and drifted out to sea.
re: #9 goddamnedfrank
I’m a little bit irritated.
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Seriously, what kind of quarter acre, single-story 1960’s ranch house in RURAL western Washington State with a gravel-ass & dead tree stump having back yard is worth $400K? Did you do ANY fucking research before committing to this cracked driveway, low ceiling having monstrosity?
— Sweaty-Toothed Madman (@goddamnedfrank) September 1, 2018
re: #12 SteveMcGriftFlynnComey… …corruptemoligate RN
I wouldn’t be surprised if it was intended to be scrapped onshore (I remember reading about that practice) and drifted out to sea.
If we’re not going with the alien ghosts idea, then the down-to-earth explanation is that the ship drifted out to sea from a Bangladeshi scrap yard.
re: #13 goddamnedfrank
It’s fucking Buckley.
Oh, but it has an old hot tub and an above ground pool with decades worth of his wife’s family’s friends DNA in it so maybe they’ll get lucky and the EPA will declare it a Superfund cleanup site and pay for their relocation.— Sweaty-Toothed Madman (@goddamnedfrank) September 1, 2018
Me: Ok I just need to close my eyes and maybe I can fall asleep before midnight -
Brain: Deh ….
Me: Please no
Brain: … spaaaa….
Me: It’s not even the song of this summer
Brain: …. cito! pic.twitter.com/NNFUgMkktK— Amanda Smith (@AmandaRTubbs) September 1, 2018
‘Interview’ Magazine Will Relaunch in September After Peter Brant Essentially Repurchased It From Himself. Because of the bankruptcy, Brant doesn’t have to pay $3.3 million in debt to employees and freelancers. Via @sarahecascone https://t.co/urLs0BftW9
— alain servais (@aservais1) August 30, 2018
re: #16 goddamnedfrank
I have this problem, too. Damned earworm of a song.
re: #17 Kragar
Ah, the furniture store “going out of business” ploy.
re: #21 Eclectic Cyborg
So, going to court to declare bankruptcy, getting your debts discharged and then buying the assets back FROM YOURSELF. That’s got to be a whole variety of frauds there.
Also, I note that the author of the article is salty too…and justifiably so.
But Venezuela has oil Marcus.
OIL! Conservative crack.
Trump is exactly stupid enough to think it’d be a fantastic distraction and his advisors are probably (accurately) telling him it wouldn’t be as dangerous as war with Iran.
Dick Cheney prob hasn’t been this hard since 2003— Sweaty-Toothed Madman (@goddamnedfrank) September 1, 2018
re: #23 goddamnedfrank
You somehow spelled Bolton and Kissinger as ‘Dick Cheney’. Odd, that.
re: #24 Bass Reeves
You somehow spelled Bolton and Kissinger as ‘Dick Cheney’. Odd, that.
The Dick was low hanging fruit, so to speak.
Disneyland to sell alcohol for first time at ‘Star Wars’ cantina https://t.co/dzJNVDUy8N
— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 1, 2018
Kyliebae needs to learn the meaning of the word “iconic.”
Ask, and it shall be given… 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/WayOvEOgkA
— Allen Marshall (@AllenCMarshall) August 31, 2018
Banking in Trumperica 2018.
Bank of America freezing accounts of customers suspected of not being US citizens https://t.co/fR9D1qnURG
— The Sacramento Bee (@sacbee_news) August 30, 2018
While it has been a very active hurricane season in the Pacific, the Atlantic has been oddly quiet.
However, last week one of the models (Canadian) used in forecasts was showing a storm forming around PR and moving west and then into NOLA during the first week of September.
Then the models dropped that idea.
Now the Canadian model and the ECMWF (which is the model most used for storm tracking once a storm has formed) are both showing that by next week a tropical storm will wander into the Gulf of Mexico. The GFS model shows a weak depression going into Louisiana, while the ECMWF shows a hurricane going to NOLA then heading west to Houston and hanging around Texas for a couple of days, while the Canadian model shows the hurricane heading straight for southern Texas.
So just be forewarned. The models are not always correct of course, but so far they are doing pretty good this year in predicting the plethora of storms in EastPac.
re: #28 wheat-dogg
Yeah, this one doesn’t make sense more than most. Global bank trying to punish…who?
re: #31 Bass Reeves
Yeah, this one doesn’t make sense more than most. Global bank trying to punish…who?
Brown people.
re: #31 Bass Reeves
It’s freezing their deposit/checking accounts so people can’t take money out. But I’m sure if you have a loan or credit card, they’ll still take payments…
Basically same old BoA, but now with extra racism.
re: #30 Kragar
I know 40K has never really ever made sense, in terms of design and/or function, but massive bipedal war-machines with chainsaws is just silly. Claws = make enough sense, Drills = quite reasonable, but chainsaws are silly to me.
re: #35 Aussie Apocalypse
I know 40K has never really ever made sense, in terms of design and/or function, but massive bipedal war-machines with chainsaws is just silly. Claws = make enough sense, Drills = quite reasonable, but chainsaws are silly to me.
Hey, it works for Ash.
So, I’ve been binge-watching GoT.
When it appeared I tried the first episode but was turned off by the midget sex so I ignored the series.
After watching most of the episodes - I’m now in the middle of the seventh season - it seems my initial inclinations came true, that a non-trivial portion of the show is about soft-core porn. Now, I’m not particular prudish, but HBO made its mark in the early days of cable by showing naked bodies and having language that could not be broadcast. HBO was known for doing its best to try and skirt the codes that had long dominated in prurient America.
Anyway, to me the show peaks in season 5, with several episodes with great videography and powerful stories.
Season 6 felt more like a denouement in some of the episodes.
After the first two episodes of season 7 it feels to me as if the writers are having to recycle material. There are only so many ways to package naked women into scenes, and only so many variations of warfare battles to show how bloody death can be.
And the covert racism is strong in the series. Now, the overt bigotry portrayed on screen is supposed to be, I suppose, some sort of morality lesson.
But the under-the-storyline biases are very real, too.
re: #35 Aussie Apocalypse
I know 40K has never really ever made sense, in terms of design and/or function, but massive bipedal war-machines with chainsaws is just silly. Claws = make enough sense, Drills = quite reasonable, but chainsaws are silly to me.
It makes perfect sense when you’re fighting ‘Nids.
re: #39 freetoken
That is an interesting take. As someone who is further in the books than the streaming, I can see the Dothraki are obviously the Huns, but what other race is subject to that bias?
re: #39 freetoken
And the covert racism is strong in the series. Now, the overt bigotry portrayed on screen is supposed to be, I suppose, some sort of morality lesson.
But the under-the-storyline biases are very real, too.
Sword&sorcery novels and flicks tend to appeal to people with at least some kind conservative mindset, who relish in tales of autocratic leaders and hierarchical, feudalistic societies. As GoT is based loosely on European history, the characters tend to be European in appearance and culture, with the usual kind of European disdain for “others.” Notably, the only PoC are in Daenyrus’ realm, the slaves she has freed and her husband’s pseudo-Mongolian kindred, who are joining her in invading Westeros. Now, *there’s* a commentary on present-day European attitudes.
I try not take any of GoT too seriously, because it’s fiction, after all. I tried to read the books, but they are too ponderous. The TV version is just about right in pacing. But I’ll be glad when they put the whole storyline to bed this coming season.
re: #43 wheat-dogg
I gave the books a try. I stopped part way thru the third and gave up. I’ll probably watch the show at some point, but only after it’s completed.
re: #44 Kragar
I gave the books a try. I stopped part way thru the third and gave up. I’ll probably watch the show at some point, but only after it’s completed.
Speaking of ponderous books, one of the young travel bloggers I follow just recommended her followers read Atlas Shrugged. I was disappointed in her choice of books, and I recommended she skip the 1,100 pages of Randian verbosity and pick up the Cliff’s Notes version.
Not Florida, which should initially be apparent from the guy having crocodiles rather than alligators. In fact it is Russia.
POLICE SEIZE WWII TANK FROM GUN-HOARDING CROCODILE OWNER AFTER HE RAN OVER CHILDREN
The children were not seriously injured but they probably will have some trouble explaining:
“Why did you miss school, Nikita?”
“We went to the beach to see a crocodile but then a tank ran over us.”
re: #45 wheat-dogg
Speaking of ponderous books, one of the young travel bloggers I follow just recommended her followers read Atlas Shrugged. I was disappointed in her choice of books, and I recommended she skip the 1,100 pages of Randian verbosity and pick up the Cliff’s Notes version.
Now on the flip side, I reread the entire Wheel of Time series in about 6 weeks a few months back.
re: #47 Kragar
Have you had some time on your hands?
re: #49 Kragar
I was making a joke, based on the word “time”.
Poll: Disapproval of Trump hits new high (NBC)
Only 61% of people say they’ll believe that Trump violated campaign finance laws if Trump has violated campaign finance laws, but the rest is good news.
re: #43 wheat-dogg
Also, she does classic White-People-Helping-But-Not-Really, at least in the show…
She kills many of the slave owners, and later some ex-slaves come to her and they’re talking about how things are much worse now because she just upended their society without any plan, and how they were always taken care of by their owner because he was actually not horrible.
“What happened to him?”
“You killed him”
“Oh…umm…”
And then an old guy who used to be a slave and a scribe and is now being taken care of in the shelters/charities comes to her and…
“Well, I’m taken care of, but when I was a slave, I had a JOB teaching people and being useful, now I’m just an old guy with nothing to do”
“Umm…maybe I should have thought this through a bit more…”
I really have come to dislike Danny almost as much as Joffrey…HE didn’t bother telling himself that he was the good guy, he just did what he wanted because he was the king. She’ll lie to your face about who she is, because she’s lied to herself that she was the righteous one.
re: #47 Kragar
Now on the flip side, I reread the entire Wheel of Time series in about 6 weeks a few months back.
I admire your patience.
re: #11 freetoken
Kraken for sure. Release the Kraken!!!
re: #52 Sufficient unto the day…
She’s got a bee in her bonnet about reclaiming the throne, no matter what. Very much like a Greek tragedy. Remember what happened to Agamemnon?
Honestly, there is not one character in that series without some kind of flaw. I suppose that’s Martin’s intent, but it makes it hard to decide who to root for.
Something’s up.
Moscow, Russia. pic.twitter.com/TovMSdWFbk
— Aki Heikkinen (@akihheikkinen) September 1, 2018
#Russia: T-90A MBTs of the motorized rifle rgmt of the 2nd GuardsTaman
Motorized Rifle Division are being loaded to trasports in #Moscow.
This is part of the heaviest Russian formation, designed to smash enemy defenses, the 1st Guards Tank Army.
If they move South-West, worry https://t.co/347fggCZhk— Petri Mäkelä (@pmakela1) September 1, 2018
Southwest would be Ukraine, or one of the neighboring states.
Don’t tell Trump about this:
Uighurs in a number of countries report their passport renewal requests have been denied by Chinese consulates over the past year. They are issued one-time travel documents back to China, with three-month validity. This is what it looks like pic.twitter.com/3lomZzslaB
— Eva Dou (@evadou) September 1, 2018
He might get ideas.
re: #57 dirkdigglerjr
What’s the worst that could happen? Oh. Yeah. Right.
The Fox addicted nitwits posting comments there are pretty sure it’s the end of the world.
re: #30 Kragar
Reminds me of the ED 209 from “Robocop.” … “I had a guaranteed military sale with ED 209. Renovation program, spare parts for 25 years… Who cares if it worked or not?”
re: #43 wheat-dogg
Put me on Team Night King. And, yes, Winter is Coming.
re: #51 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Poll: Disapproval of Trump hits new high (NBC)
Only 61% of people say they’ll believe that Trump violated campaign finance laws if Trump has violated campaign finance laws, but the rest is good news.
All the news hitting on indictments, convictions and guilty pleas are really taking their toll on Trump’s approval and the GOP’s odds of holding the House. I did some phone banking for Amy McGrath last weekend, and I plan doing more volunteer work for her campaign the next couple of months to help to turn the House Blue!
re: #55 wheat-dogg
She’s got a bee in her bonnet about reclaiming the throne, no matter what. Very much like a Greek tragedy. Remember what happened to Agamemnon?
Honestly, there is not one character in that series without some kind of flaw. I suppose that’s Martin’s intent, but it makes it hard to decide who to root for.
Just root for them all to be slaughtered by white walkers and the Night King to end up on the Iron Throne.
re: #60 dirkdigglerjr
Reminds me of the ED 209 from “Robocop.” … “I had a guaranteed military sale with ED 209. Renovation program, spare parts for 25 years… Who cares if it worked or not?”
“The old man thought it was pretty important… Dick.”
Mystery of the ghost ship solved. It was being towed to Bangladesh for wrecking, but the crew says they got caught in bad weather, so they abandoned ship.
re: #5 freetoken
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re: #47 Kragar
Now on the flip side, I reread the entire Wheel of Time series in about 6 weeks a few months back.
After book 7(ish), Jordan’s wife started editing and the series went to shit.
re: #55 wheat-dogg
Honestly, there is not one character in that series without some kind of flaw. I suppose that’s Martin’s intent, but it makes it hard to decide who to root for.
Not really. The answer is “no one, Katie”.
I read the book and hated everyone. Watched the TV version and hated everyone.
The wife and I have decided that Tyrion is the only decent person. So, he wins. But, he won’t.
Lindsey Graham: White House will be “investigated to death” if Democrats win the House https://t.co/AcFTpNl5Fe pic.twitter.com/jde9NED12c
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 30, 2018
Republicans are consistently the best advocates for Democrats https://t.co/ZlLivgBqSu
— Sweaty-Toothed Madman (@goddamnedfrank) September 1, 2018
Now this is potentially a little more intriguing… IBD/TIPP has Trump ALSO down to 36%… Was 41% in June and July. https://t.co/dfNkRPcivC
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) September 1, 2018
re: #69 goddamnedfrank
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re: #70 goddamnedfrank
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I think it’s going to be a brutal fall and an even more brutal Winter for him.
re: #72 HappyWarrior
I think it’s going to be a brutal fall and an even more brutal Winter for him.
Good. I want him to suffer—both mentally and physically. Hey, I had a bone spur once—on my heel. Took six months to work its way out through the skin. That was no fun. Can you get those on your coccyx? Just a thought….
My early morning thoughts are incredibly good.
What we really need right now is a cartoon about the feline attorneys who work in the NYC public defenders office. Call it AdvoCats! pic.twitter.com/rN3WoXOXno
— Sweaty-Toothed Madman (@goddamnedfrank) September 1, 2018
re: #74 garzooma
“If we win, we’ll let Trump commit all the crimes he wants.”
Yeah I’m really not sure what Lindsay is trying to go for here but hey if he wants to act like the voters are perfectly content with Lindsay and his Congressional Republicans being the foxes guarding the henhouses, he can suit himself and hopefully find himself in the same predictment that his former “I’d shoot him” pal Cruz is in now. BeachDem, do you think Bakari could be SC’s Beto or do you think Bakari has his mind on another office?
re: #70 goddamnedfrank
And isn’t IBD one of the wingnuttier pollsters?
1. A funny anecdote about a prominent Holocaust denier.
Jonnie Hargis, a former UCLA librarian (https://t.co/yhDXBulxYX) who runs the Holocaust denial forum CODOH (the supposed “Committee for Open Debate on the Holocaust”) is known for his heavyhanded censorship tactics.— Confronting Denial (@AgainstDenial) September 1, 2018
3. Poor Jonnie “Hannover” Hargis doesn’t understand any German.
So when someone posted a list of the Nazi camps which contained the word “Verschiedene” (“different”, “miscellaneous”) he commented:https://t.co/bRPmjFDzh3
“I also see a work camp I never heard of, Vershiedene.” pic.twitter.com/l1Bxy1IrNU— Confronting Denial (@AgainstDenial) September 1, 2018
re: #76 HappyWarrior
Yeah I’m really not sure what Lindsay is trying to go for here but hey if he wants to act like the voters are perfectly content with Lindsay and his Congressional Republicans being the foxes guarding the henhouses, he can suit himself and hopefully find himself in the same predictment that his former “I’d shoot him” pal Cruz is in now. BeachDem, do you think Bakari could be SC’s Beto or do you think Bakari has his mind on another office?
I think what Graham is trying to do here is scare Republicans into maximal turnout for the midterms by conjuring up the specter of a Dem House turning the 116th Congress into a “witch-hunt circus” - finally seriously investigating/failing to block investigations into Administration corruption.
re: #78 Nyet
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Sergey, been meaning to talk to you since I returned from Slovakia/Poland last Saturday. I finally did see Auschwitz. It was quite honestly one of the most emotional moments I’ve ever had and man I wish there was a way that everyone in this world could visit once.. Difficult for me not to choke up tears as I saw the personal effects of the victims. Sorry for jacking. How the hell can someone so educated in documentation such as a librarian not only be a denier but a leader of deniers but then again I ask myself the same when doctors push anti-vaccine and evolution crackbot stuff too.
re: #79 Jay C
I think what Graham is trying to do here is scare Republicans into maximal turnout for the midterms by conjuring up the specter of a Dem House turning the 116th Congress into a “witch-hunt circus” - finally seriously investigating/failing to block investigations into Administration corruption.
Yeah but doesn’t he know that he’s probably not the best messager for that. I mean Lindsay last I saw was in McCain like territory how the rank and file GOP views him. I really think there’s some dirt on him that was recently obtained and that’s why he’s been so servile to Trump the past year.
re: #80 HappyWarrior
Most commanders of the Einsatzgruppen were well-educated, one had two PhDs.
So, this is fun. I’m a back and prep cook at a small diner in a small town in Iowa’s 4th District. I rarely leave the back and don’t care to. A couple of days ago I found out that Steve King and family come into the diner once in awhile. I didn’t know this. Why? Because apparently no one is supposed to tell me if he’s in there. I’m the only Democrat/normal person in the whole place. The owner and manager are afraid I’ll leave my nice safe back kitchen and go out on the floor and tell King what’s what. Which would get me fired. Which I cannot afford. And they know I’d do it anyway.
re: #55 wheat-dogg
She’s got a bee in her bonnet about reclaiming the throne, no matter what. Very much like a Greek tragedy. Remember what happened to Agamemnon?
Honestly, there is not one character in that series without some kind of flaw. I suppose that’s Martin’s intent, but it makes it hard to decide who to root for.
Did Arya ever kill anyone who didn’t deserve it? I’m also pleased with Sansa’s emotional/ethical growth, she’s likely to end up a wise and just leader.
re: #82 Nyet
Most commanders of the Einsatzgruppen were well-educated, one had two PhDs.
True, true. And all the doctors at the camps too. And if I remember Nuremberg correctly, nearly all the defendants were said to have been of above average intelligence. I just don’t know how anyone can deny what happened there. Makes me angry, sad, confused, and so many emotions. You see belongings with names on them. I’ve been to a couple of the other camps before as you know but Dachau and Sachsenhausen didn’t get to my gut like Auschwitz/Birkenau did.
re: #84 sagehen
I’m rooting for a Queen Sansa/King Tyrion partnership. My son is convinced Samwell Tarly will be King.
re: #83 Swampwitch
So, this is fun. I’m a back and prep cook at a small diner in a small town in Iowa’s 4th District. I rarely leave the back and don’t care to. A couple of days ago I found out that Steve King and family come into the diner once in awhile. I didn’t know this. Why? Because apparently no one is supposed to tell me if he’s in there. I’m the only Democrat/normal person in the whole place. The owner and manager are afraid I’ll leave my nice safe back kitchen and go out on the floor and tell King what’s what. Which would get me fired. Which I cannot afford. And they know I’d do it anyway.
Man, that’s tough because King is one of their worst. Maybe there’s something passive aggressive you could do that your bosses wouldn’t notice.
re: #83 Swampwitch
So, this is fun. I’m a back and prep cook at a small diner in a small town in Iowa’s 4th District. I rarely leave the back and don’t care to. A couple of days ago I found out that Steve King and family come into the diner once in awhile. I didn’t know this. Why? Because apparently no one is supposed to tell me if he’s in there. I’m the only Democrat/normal person in the whole place. The owner and manager are afraid I’ll leave my nice safe back kitchen and go out on the floor and tell King what’s what. Which would get me fired. Which I cannot afford. And they know I’d do it anyway.
I know the feeling. When I worked at Kwik Trip, Sean Duffy would come in but I never found out till after. Hopefully he saw my sticker on the truck saying “Repeal and Replace Duffy”. ;D
re: #88 William Lewis
I know the feeling. When I worked at Kwik Trip, Sean Duffy would come in but I never found out till after. Hopefully he saw my sticker on the truck saying “Repeal and Replace Duffy”. ;D
My late grandfather encountered Oliver North at a festival that my Grandparents attended every year. It wasn’t meant to be political. Just an excuse to eat Slavic comfort food. Don’t know what brought Ollie there that particular day but he offered his hand to my Grandpa and Grandpa refused to shake it and just told him that “Robb’s got ya” in reference to Chuck Robb who was running against him at that time.
Member of a powerful Trump-loving Arkansas political family just got hit with multiple federal indictments https://t.co/suoaaaOqAk
— Raw Story (@RawStory) September 1, 2018
re: #77 Sufficient unto the day…
And isn’t IBD one of the wingnuttier pollsters?
IBD — Irritable Bowel Disease. … seems about right.
re: #87 HappyWarrior
Well, I do park in front, and I do have a JD Scholten bumper sticker on my car…but it’s kind of obscured by the shade of the massive TRUMP flag the house across the street flies daily.
re: #92 Swampwitch
Well, I do park in front, and I do have a JD Scholten bumper sticker on my car…but it’s kind of obscured by the shade of the massive TRUMP flag the house across the street flies daily.
Hmmmm. I was thinking something involving cantaloupes.
re: #94 HappyWarrior
Ha! Now you got me thinking. I own a mannequin. Maybe I should strap some on its ankles, put him in the back seat, and let his legs dangle out the window.
Speaking of cantaloupes…King is the only Iowan, outside signs at grocery stores, who I’ve ever heard call them cantaloupes. Most Iowans call ‘em muscmelons.
re: #95 Swampwitch
Ha! Now you got me thinking. I own a mannequin. Maybe I should strap some on its ankles, put him in the back seat, and let his legs dangle out the window.
Speaking of cantaloupes…King is the only Iowan, outside signs at grocery stores, who I’ve ever heard call them cantaloupes. Most Iowans call ‘em muscmelons.
Hahaha there we go.
re: #74 garzooma
“If we win, we’ll let Trump commit all the crimes he wants.”
even that will not be enough to keep them from being re-elected
I love Canada, but they’ve taken advantage of our Country for many years!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 1, 2018
The Trump name was removed from the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Toronto last year https://t.co/mGBJbnSaMx
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) September 1, 2018
re: #99 JordanRules
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re: #95 Swampwitch
…. King is the only Iowan, outside signs at grocery stores, who I’ve ever heard call them cantaloupes. Most Iowans call ‘em muscmelons.
Muskmelon is the species of melon that was used to breed all the variant cultivars that are the common melons that we eat: honeydew, Crenshaw, cantaloupe, etc.
So, all cantaloupes are muskmelons, not all muskmelons are cantaloupes.
re: #75 goddamnedfrank
I’m just wondering why there hasn’t been a Thundarr the Barbarian remake.
re: #62 Big Beautiful Door
538 Polling Average:
June 21 42.6/51.3
August 31 40.3/54.5
The 54.5 is the highest disapproval average since February 28.
re: #101 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Yes, I know. But the conversation usually goes, “Honey, would you pick up a muscmelon at the store?” “What kind?” “Honeydew.” While it’s not correct, we use muscmelon as the catch-all. And yes, I know I’m spelling it incorrectly, but Sister Mary Collette in 3rd grade spelled it that way, and I loved her, so I do also. So there.
re: #104 Swampwitch
Ahhhh. Makes sense. As a colloquialism.
re: #104 Swampwitch
Yes, I know. But the conversation usually goes, “Honey, would you pick up a muscmelon at the store?” “What kind?” “Honeydew.” While it’s not correct, we use muscmelon as the catch-all. And yes, I know I’m spelling it incorrectly, but Sister Mary Collette in 3rd grade spelled it that way, and I loved her, so I do also. So there.
It was my understanding that what we in America call cantaloupes are just generic muskmelons and real European cantaloupes are unobtainable here. Kind of like cassia bark/cinnamon.
And now it’s time to go to work at my soul crushing job and feed all the nice Republicans who actually get into their car and drive to this diner and order a grilled cheese and tater tots. I’m at that magical age…too old to work at a GAP, too young (slightly) to be a Wal-Mart greeter. Have a lovely Saturday all you lovely Lizard-types…
Interesting nugget: Independents lean *towards* impeachment proceedings: pic.twitter.com/ISKemTy5HO
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) August 31, 2018
15% of *Republicans* want to begin impeachment of Trump. THOSE are the Republicans reporters should be talking to. https://t.co/etlzgReIL1
— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) August 31, 2018
re: #77 Sufficient unto the day…
Nate has IBD/TIPP rated as an A- pollster, so one of the better ones FWIW. Washington Post/ABC News is an A+. BTW, Rassmussen is a C+ and SuveyMonkey is a D-.
re: #108 MsJ
Those are the people who could sway the “I make too much money to need to pay attention” types I work with.
re: #90 MsJ
From the top down - they all treat campaign funds as slush funds/living expenses. Wonder if this guy will also blame the wife.
This was on someone’s Facebook. It’s hilarious.
😂🤣😂👇👇👇 pic.twitter.com/jSZShbeWOR— 💦Donna💦 ❣🐶🐾🐱🎶🏳️🌈✊🏻🌎🕊🌊🌊🌊💦 (@Dcl_60) September 1, 2018
Here’s my take on a dramatic evening where California lawmakers departed from four decades of secrecy around police investigations https://t.co/MOeIa2MbIZ #AB748 #SB1421
— Liam Dillon (@dillonliam) September 1, 2018
It is tough to put into words how big a deal the two police transparency bills’ passage is. A major departure from California’s history of law enforcement secrecy #sb1421 #AB748
— Liam Dillon (@dillonliam) September 1, 2018
Californians have a right to know when officers are dishonest, use deadly force. History in the making: CA’s secrecy that has prevented public access to any & all police misconduct records about to be lifted. My #SB1421 just passed State Assembly! On way to Senate for concurrence
— Nancy Skinner (@NancySkinnerCA) September 1, 2018
#SB1421 also passed the #CA Senate! Let’s get it now and ask @JerryBrownGov to sign it! Shoutout to @NancySkinnerCA for your fearless leadership for our families and youth! 👏🏿👏🏾👏🏽👏🏼 https://t.co/hFXthpcjse
— Youth Justice L.A. (@YouthJusticeLA) September 1, 2018
re: #109 dirkdigglerjr
OK, their polling is solid. I was thinking of their news/editorial side.
The regime in Washington must be held accountable for this. “They tricked me. They said they would give him back to me when I was to be deported and they didn’t,” he told Palacios. “I want my son back. They did this to punish me. Those people are awful.” https://t.co/XbngLWgsNS
— Barbara Malmet (@B52Malmet) September 1, 2018
Actually it’s very typical. Courts approve FISA warrants, search warrants, and wiretaps based on affidavits containing evidence submitted by federal agents, not hearings.
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) September 1, 2018
Lawyers for the Trump Foundation, in typical Trump fashion, have filed papers attacking a state attorney general’s office suit against the charity in aggressively personal terms. https://t.co/7ePyYMJ5KX
— NYT Metro (@NYTMetro) September 1, 2018
note Trump’s lawyers offer up no actual legal defense the of foundation. instead they level relentless attack on US justice system. basically argue that any lawsuits against Trump or his orgs are invalid https://t.co/Az6m4WNJ7W
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) September 1, 2018
“You have a Fake Dossier, gathered by Steele, paid by the Clinton team to get information on Trump. The Dossier is Fake, nothing in it has been verified. It then filters into our American court system in order to spy on Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton’s political opponent……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 1, 2018
This is what Trump is thinking about when the entire country is focused on McCain’s funeral, and is debating his policy legacy and the national interest. The utter lack of empathy or interest in anything beyond himself, and in serious policy issues, is staggering. https://t.co/M65TEyA3QO
— Robert E Kelly (@Robert_E_Kelly) September 1, 2018
re: #111 fern01
From the top down - they all treat campaign funds as slush funds/living expenses. Wonder if this guy will also blame the wife.
To be fair (and I hate like hell to be fair) Mrs. Hunter sounds like a real piece of work. Not that her husband isn’t equally bad.
Marco Rubio says there is a “very strong” argument to be made for considering a military option in #Venezuela. That’s a terrible idea. https://t.co/H7gYP5bVW9
— Geoff Ramsey (@GRamsey_LatAm) August 31, 2018
Momentum gathering around some kind of US military action in Venezuela: Rubio, as well as some in DC bureaucracy openly discussing now. A friend with high-level DC contacts told me recently “I’m afraid they’re gonna do something crazy.” https://t.co/X7pnlzVA71
— Brian Winter (@BrazilBrian) August 31, 2018
The non-interventionist-in-chief is gearing to invade Venezuela because he desperately needs a wag-the-dog scenario and there’s oil, son. https://t.co/ffjA913A9P
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) September 1, 2018
Madness.
Literally every Washington power player — Democratic and Republican, past and present — is at McCain’s funeral, except the sitting president, who is tweeting his grievances about the DOJ and FBI.
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) September 1, 2018
Poor Hillary. She’s sitting next to Darth Cheney.
Ick.
Jared and Ivanka being there is… something…
Haven’t figured out the words yet.
re: #121 jaunte
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Madness.
Uh no Marco. It’s not. Maduro is awful but stop using military force as every possible option.
Everyone is at this service, except for the yam 🍠
Literally every Washington power player — Democratic and Republican, past and present — is at McCain’s funeral, except the sitting president, who is tweeting his grievances about the DOJ and FBI.
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) September 1, 2018
McCain staged his death like the final act of Shakespeare’s Richard III, every legitimate force in the state, living and dead, combined against the wicked king https://t.co/T3XYJ96sDi
— David Frum (@davidfrum) September 1, 2018
re: #127 dangerman
Maddow has been following the Trump inauguration slush fund, noting that they raised an incredible amount of money for what was a pretty ordinary ceremony.
re: #127 dangerman
R’s seem to think that campaign funds belong to them
When Kavanaugh’s confirmed, it will be decided that they do.
re: #115 Sufficient unto the day…
Yeah, their news gathering side completely sucks. Makes the WSJ look like Mother Jones.
Is it too early to be angry?
Bank of America reportedly froze some accounts after asking customers about their citizenship.
re: #131 Unshaken Defiance
A bank started by an immigrant is now questioning the citizenship of its customers. Oy Vey.
TO THE GOLF COURSE
President Trump is on the move, per pooler @Woellert, wearing a white short-sleeved shirt and white MAGA hat. Virginia State Police accompanying his motorcade.
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) September 1, 2018
re: #119 JordanRules
“You have a Fake Dossier, gathered by Steele, paid by the Clinton team to get information on Trump. The Dossier is Fake, nothing in it has been verified. It then filters into our American court system in order to spy on Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton’s political opponent……
actually, lots of it has been verified. Some of it is unverified. NONE of it is disproven.
re: #125 HappyWarrior
Uh no Marco. It’s not. Maduro is awful but stop using military force as every possible option.
“Just because we have the best hammer doesn’t mean every problem is a nail.”
—Barack Obama
New HC article:
Ron Unz comes out as a Holocaust denier, fails even at that.https://t.co/3ikgdwilJ2— Confronting Denial (@AgainstDenial) September 1, 2018
This excerpt from Dr. Bryan Mark Rigg’s IMHO misleadingly named but otherwise interesting book “Lives of Hitler’s Jewish Soldiers: The Untold Story of Nazi Racial Laws and Men of Jewish Descent in the German Military” seems to be relevant. pic.twitter.com/X1Kpg7GI8X
— Confronting Denial (@AgainstDenial) September 1, 2018
re: #133 PhillyPretzel
Every week I cash my pay there and take the money to a decent bank. Every week the teller asks me to get an account there. Next time I’m just handing a printed version of that article in.
So far our blog has been featured at the Observer (Guardian) https://t.co/FiAmQ61eFJ
HuffPo https://t.co/aamUPqYQTq
Slate https://t.co/zv4Z6ex7Jc
and the Auschwitz Museum account https://t.co/5HPTTdXwjl
among other venues.— Confronting Denial (@AgainstDenial) September 1, 2018
re: #140 Nyet
Damn fine work. High five.
re: #139 Unshaken Defiance
Every week I cash my pay there and take it to a decent bank. Every week the teller asks me to get an account there. Next time I’m just handing a printed version of that article in.
I remember when they saw undocumented folks as a growth market.
From 2007
“Credit cards for illegal immigrants cause controversy”
sandiegouniontribune.com
re: #97 jeffreyw
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Morning.
There has to be story to go with Kitty in compromising situation image.
re: #82 Nyet
The late Leo “Dr. Love” Buscaglia on one of his PBS specials in the 1980’s talked about someone’s memoir where they recalled about how many people with very high educational levels who were doing very horrible things to other humans under the Third Reich.
The bottom line: “Be wary of education.”
I have all of Buscaglia’s videos from KVIE - i’ll see if I can trace that fragment down.
Gulp.
This is from Aretha’s funeral yesterday.
“you don’t need to give honor to everyone here”-a word
— Dad (@fivefifths) August 31, 2018
Seems helpful for today too.
re: #144 The Major
The late Leo “Dr. Love” Buscaglia on one of his PBS specials in the 1980’s talked about someone’s memoir where they recalled about how many people with very high educational levels who were doing very horrible things to other humans under the Third Reich.
The bottom line: “Be wary of education.”
I have all of Buscaglia’s videos from KVIE - i’ll see if I can trace that fragment down.
It brings up alot of questions. Anyhow the one thing I thought a lot about my time in Europe in August was how everyone gets on. Personally, and this is why I’m a supporter of the EU, NATO, and internationalism as a whole is that it fosters friendships that transcend borders. I saw people including myself mingle freely with people whose nations had been at war during their grandparents and great grandparents lifetimes.
Thanks for the Jarrett Video. More please.
I’ve been checking in now and then on WaPo’s live coverage of the McCain service. I muted the sound when I saw that Joe Lieberman was about to speak. Now it’s Henry Kissinger. I may just skip this altogether.
I skipped Meghan McCain because, although I’m sorry for her loss, she’s said so much crap about good people that I don’t care what she has to say today.
(edit for spelling)
re: #122 JordanRules
Philip Rucker ✔
@PhilipRucker
Literally every Washington power player — Democratic and Republican, past and present — is at McCain’s funeral, except the sitting president, who is tweeting his grievances about the DOJ and FBI.9:17 AM - Sep 1, 2018
I have a feeling Trump is being eaten alive by not being at McCain’s funeral.
There were always stories of how hard he tried to be accepted in New York city as a big man power player. It never happened and they say that upset him so.
Maybe in a way running for President was a way to put himself on the map and as a “fuck you” to New York by saying, see I can be something, I am popular I am the Republican candidate for President.
And then he won and he probably thought, I am somebody now…America will always see me as great because all presidents are seen as great.
And for one and three-quarters of a year he has been hammered. And now, he isn’t even invited to a funeral of a man Trump saw as lesser than him.
He can’t be around the other recent presidents and all the Washington power people.
He is being rejected in DC like he was rejected in New York city as not being a player, not part of the power grid.
Yeah, it has to sting. He has to be wondering what can he do to be accepted as a great man, a great leader.
And that is scary to me. Because he may just get pissed off enough about how he is seen that he does something truly crazy to try to be someone.
re: #148 stpaulbear
Kissinger is currently on mute here too. I want to hear Obama. And dubya.
re: #124 JordanRules
Poor Hillary. She’s sitting next to Darth Cheney.
Ick.Jared and Ivanka being there is… something…
Haven’t figured out the words yet.
Crashers. Outsiders.
re: #146 HappyWarrior
Personally, and this is why I’m a supporter of the EU, NATO, and internationalism as a whole is that it fosters friendships that transcend borders.
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re: #149 ObserverArt
It gets worse before it can get better.
re: #148 stpaulbear
I’ve been checking in now and then on WaPo’s live coverage of the McCain service. I muted the sound when I saw that Joe Lieberman was about to speak. Now it’s Henry Kissinger. I may just skip this altogether.
I skipped Meagan McCain because, although I’m sorry for her loss, she’s said so much crap about good people that I don’t care what she has to say today.
Lieberman’s gotten really skinny; is he ill?
re: #127 dangerman
R’s seem to think that campaign funds belong to them
Haven’t they always thought all money belongs to them?
It sure seems that way, the way they are stripping America down by making sure everything flows to them.
re: #149 ObserverArt
“And that is scary to me. Because he may just get pissed off enough about how he is seen that he does something truly crazy to try to be someone.”
I very much agree. I think and worry about this a lot.
Per the WaPo’s live coverage:
Meghan McCain, in an emotional and deeply personal eulogy of her father, took a tacit swipe at President Trump several times during her remarks.
But the most pointed was when she said, “The America of John McCain has no need to be made great again, because America was always great” — a reference to Trump’s campaign slogan. Rare for such a solemn gathering, applause rippled through the cathedral for several long seconds, passing over an audience which included Trump’s daughter Ivanka and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who sat stone-faced.
re: #157 stpaulbear
After Meghan McCain’s scorched Earth eulogy, it’s probably best if Jared and Ivanka skip the wake… #McCainMemorial pic.twitter.com/YIno2Askul
— Nicholas (@nickjamespoad) September 1, 2018
re: #156 JordanRules
Look out the day and week he goes down. Whether that is medical and natural, election, a bullet, a resignation or an impeachment. The good news is while his base may own dozens of guns each, they can only shoot one at a time. And usually not well.
re: #157 stpaulbear
Per the WaPo’s live coverage:
Now I am glad both Jared and Ivanka are there.
It is a lesson for them.
New HC article:
Ron Unz comes out as a Holocaust denier, fails even at that.https://t.co/3ikgdwilJ2— Confronting Denial (@AgainstDenial) September 1, 2018
Just for some context: Unz was the publisher of @amconmag from 2007 to 2013, at the time when the likes of @roddreher and @RandPaul were publishing their stuff there.https://t.co/YCD43XRk4p
— Confronting Denial (@AgainstDenial) September 1, 2018
re: #160 ObserverArt
Now I am glad both Jared and Ivanka are there.
It is a lesson for them.
I don’t think they learn lessons, but I hope that get cold shoulders whenever they go out. The don’t deserve to be part of society. Not now, not ever.
Saturday morning
FLOOF ! ! !
i just want to reach through my screen and pet him 😍
📹 instanewfie pic.twitter.com/RRFDzXlz22— Cute Emergency (@CuteEmergency) September 1, 2018
George W. Bush sneaking a piece of candy to Michelle Obama is warming my heart . pic.twitter.com/pAtDdIcSeB
— Roland Scahill (@rolandscahill) September 1, 2018
re: #126 Stanley Sea
Everyone is at this service, except for the yam 🍠
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re: #166 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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Laura caught him. W and Michelle are cute together. Two totally different people who you’d never expect to be pals. Maybe they can get a spinoff of the Obama-Biden buddy comedy.
re: #168 HappyWarrior
Yeah, a good woman and a war criminal.
Elaine ChowChao is asleep. Sorry for the misspelling. No insult intended.
re: #164 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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More floof, once per hour, please. I have a prescription.
re: #174 JordanRules
Sounds like how she must live her life too.
Well turtles aren’t exactly known to be fun.
That was a nice little Easter egg Cap’n McCain left .
re: #143 ObserverArt
Morning.
There has to be story to go with Kitty in compromising situation image.
She is asking for an explanation of “compromising situation”. “Go ahead”, she said, “I’m listening.”
re: #175 HappyWarrior
Well turtles aren’t exactly known to be fun.
Snails seem to find them far too animated and hyper to be friends. //
re: #168 HappyWarrior
Laura caught him. W and Michelle are cute together. Two totally different people who you’d never expect to be pals. Maybe they can get a spinoff of the Obama-Biden buddy comedy.
Netflix should put Michelle and W in a Winnebago traveling across the country
A kitty adopted us a month ago, and we’re starting to see how his wheels turn. This morning, he gets into his hunting pose. He’s looking under the bed, moves up a half step, ears up, locked on to something. I’m thinking that I can’t imagine what’s under there. I don’t hear anything (but I’m only a human), but just as he lunges under the bed I realize the only thing under there is YARN!!! He dashed in and out and took off for the stairs with a pink ball of yarn in his mouth.
re: #181 SteveMcGriftFlynnComey… …corruptemoligate RN
A kitty adopted us a month ago, and we’re starting to see how his wheels turn. This morning, he gets into his hunting pose. He’s looking under the bed, moves up a half step, ears up, locked on to something. I’m thinking that I can’t imagine what’s under there. I don’t hear anything (but I’m only a human), but just as he lunges under the bed I realize the only thing under there is YARN!!! He dashed in and out and took off for the stairs with a pink ball of yarn in his mouth.
We call that moment “engage butt wiggle” just before the lunge.
re: #178 jeffreyw
She is asking for an explanation of “compromising situation”. “Go ahead”, she said, “I’m listening.”
Compromising Situations (TV Series)
As the men, women, couples etc. go through their fantasies they find themselves in all sorts of strange and interesting situations as their games don’t tend to go exactly as planned!!
re: #99 JordanRules
Christ. We won’t get on our knees and fellate him so suddenly we’re the enemy.
Bite me, you flatulent, gargantuan slime mold.
I shouldn’t have laughed, but my wife just said, “this would be a good day for Lindsey to come out.”
re: #175 HappyWarrior
Well turtles aren’t exactly known to be fun.
Hey now, don’t u be dissing my spirit animal!
re: #185 Barefoot Grin
I shouldn’t have laughed, but my wife just said, “this would be a good day for Lindsey to come out.”
re: #185 Barefoot Grin
I shouldn’t have laughed, but my wife just said, “this would be a good day for Lindsey to come out.”
I honestly don’t know how you could have not.
re: #188 stpaulbear
You know, I find Graham’s transformation into Trump toadie kind of sad. I never was a fan or admirer really but I thought Graham at least had some integrity about him.
re: #144 The Major
That makes me think of a line from Peter Drucker.
The only thing a degree certifies is that the person has sat for a long time.
John Kelly sitting 2 chairs behind Obama makes me uncomfortable for some odd reason.
There are a lot of scoundrels there, but I just keep wishing I could throw something at Kelly.
re: #160 ObserverArt
Now I am glad both Jared and Ivanka are there.
It is a lesson for them.
I doubt it. These people think they already know everything.
re: #164 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
That is a very cute floof, and I’m a cat person.
re: #196 Dave In Austin
Applause Erupts As Meghan McCain Drops Blistering Takedown Of Trumpism At Father’s Funeral https://t.co/MbMqXyTCWc via @politicususa #ctl #p2 #McCain
— PoliticusUSA (@politicususa) September 1, 2018
re: #198 jaunte
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re: #166 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
That’s the world a lot of us live in. I’m the one known Democrat in CERT and at my job, and they know I am, yet we all go out together and do our jobs and tell stories to each other and share jokes. The problem is that the people who you would never leave alone with your wallet or your children are currently in charge of both the presidency and Congress.
re: #194 Romantic Heretic
I doubt it. These people think they already know everything.
Everyone is taking “lesson” as a positive experience.
Sometimes you can learn a lesson from a negative experience.
It can let you know where you stand. Nowhere.
Kill off any illusions.
Danny Boy will induce tears in you if you have even an ounce of Irish blood. It’s genetic.
re: #202 plansbandc
Danny Boy will induce tears in you if you have even an ounce of Irish blood. It’s genetic.
Without fail. My aunt’s farewell yesterday was very much in with her Irish heritage the way she would have wanted.
Hate ICE? Just wait till ya read this. They gotta be broken up.
theatlantic.com
Even as some ice officers suffer from a sense of their own impotence, the outside world often depicts them as heartless jackboots. Thomas Homan has described how, as acting director of the agency, he would wake up every morning and read the latest complaints and negative coverage from the American Civil Liberties Union and mainstream media. And those aren’t the only sources of criticism. Most ice agents work in cities. Many of them are themselves Latino or have married an immigrant. As John Amaya, a former deputy chief of staff of ice, told me, “Their kids go to school and hear things; they go to the grocery store and hear shit. They are not immune.”
When I asked how ice responds to complaints and criticism, I was repeatedly told that officers can have genuine qualms about their work. Like any large organization, ice has its share of bad apples. But officials from the Obama administration vociferously countered any notion that ice is teeming with racists. Carlos Guevara, who served as an adviser to the homeland-security leadership, told me, “There are a lot of good officers … And I don’t think a lot of them feel great about picking up abuelita”—someone’s grandmother—“or somebody who’s been here for 20 years, much less being part of a policy separating kids from parents.”
To navigate this moral thicket, ice officers tell themselves comforting stories. The agency was founded, after all, in the aftermath of 9/11, when the government had failed to prevent evildoers from infiltrating the homeland and killing thousands. As one former ice official told me, “You numb yourself by saying everything we do has a national-security focus. By God, if we let this one slip by, it’s the tip of the iceberg. We never know when we’re confronted with the real threat.” The likelihood of that genuine threat, of course, is very much open to debate. Statistically speaking, an immigrant who has lived in the United States for decades, has an immaculate criminal record, and comes from Central America (like many ice targets) poses so negligible a national-security threat that it is virtually nonexistent. No immigrant from the region has ever committed a terrorist attack on U.S. soil, which is something that cannot be said of native-born Americans.
Money that Megan takes a pop at it down the road. This is the start of it.
Damn! We’re only two eulogies into the #McCainfuneral, and I keep wondering how Jarvanka haven’t yet slinked out of their seats and crawled on their hands and knees out of that church.
— Ana Navarro (@ananavarro) September 1, 2018
A heritage of greed looks so cheap when exposed by a heritage of service. https://t.co/lhXoCG9UEL
— larry stein (@shedrow) September 1, 2018
Is it too soon for the “Funerals should not be political” tweets?
re: #207 I Would Prefer Not To
Is it too soon for the “Funerals should not be political” tweets?
If Trump can make everything fucking political why can’t people who oppose him respond in kind?
The time for silence is over.
re: #208 Eclectic Cyborg
If Trump can make everything fucking political why can’t people who oppose him respond in kind?
The time for silence is over.
agree. (the time for silence should have never started).
re: #208 Eclectic Cyborg
If Trump can make everything fucking political why can’t people who oppose him respond in kind?
The time for silence is over.
The time for mere talk is over.
The time for anything/everything well short of violence or crime is here.
re: #206 jaunte
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.@SenSherrodBrown delivers the Weekly Democratic Address ahead of Labor Day: “American workers are our greatest asset; they are the engine behind our nation’s success for generations…Yet for too many of these workers, their hard work doesn’t pay off.” pic.twitter.com/PkNcrILI0Q
— Senate Democrats (@SenateDems) August 31, 2018
The McCain eulogy Trump would have given.
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Neil Armstrong movie ‘First Man’ omits the American flag being planted on the moon, and star Ryan Gosling defended the decision: ‘I don’t think that Neil viewed himself as an American hero’ https://t.co/zGXR5z19OA
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) August 30, 2018
This is total lunacy. And a disservice at a time when our people need reminders of what we can achieve when we work together. The American people paid for that mission,on rockets built by Americans,with American technology & carrying American astronauts. It wasn’t a UN mission. https://t.co/eGwBq7hj8C
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) August 31, 2018
Where was this energy from you when 17 people where killed at my school? https://t.co/tuQqwpoMNt
— Sarah Chadwick (@Sarahchadwickk) September 1, 2018
This people with their flag worship.
Wish they would love their country half as much as they love the flag.
re: #218 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Well they should have had the flag then had Neil take a knee.
Things to do while waiting for your car at the Walmart Automotive Center. pic.twitter.com/jkyxG4rgV3
— Rocky Mountain Mike (@RockyMntnMike) August 31, 2018
re: #218 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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It’s a frigging movie, Marco. Wish you could actually get bothered by things that actually impact people. And when Neil landed, he didn’t say America fuck yeah, he celebrated it for mankind, that thing you so lack since you’re so desperate to be the RNC’s golden boy and btw you forgot the Germans that played a huge role in the space program you pandering shitface.
re: #219 I Would Prefer Not To
This people with their flag worship.
Wish they would love their country half as much as they love the flag.
No kidding. Marco is such a useless hack.
Man, I need to walk up to the office and drop off my rent check. And, I’ve needed to do it for several hours now.
I haven’t budged an inch
re: #222 HappyWarrior
Apparently Canadian is not white enough to play Armstrong. ////(endless)
The things that Little Marco whines about on Twitter versus the things he’s quiet about really say a lot about him and his lack of perspective but as I said, his whole existence in politics is being the RNC’s lame attempt to replicate what the Dems had with Obama. Too bad for both of them that Rubio not only lacks Obama’s intelligence, he lacks Obama’s decency and self reflecting abilities too.
re: #225 Unshaken Defiance
Apparently Canadian is not white enough to play Armstrong. ////(endless)
Oh yeah that will trigger em.
I wish there was some Beto O’Rourke in Florida to make Rubio worry about his seat. If Rubio wants to bitch about movies fine, but maybe he should have left his Senate seat to someone actually interested in being a Senator rather than a sorry hack.
Marco is getting himself ready for Marco for President 2020.
He’ll try it again if Trump is still around. He’ll run on some kind of restore the dignity of the office BS.
But he will have done nothing to earn any further attempt because Marco doesn’t do anything. He is as empty a suit as there is. He can’t even piss people off he’s that light of weight.
I don’t want to shit all over McCain on the day of his funeral but too many people are overcorrecting into revisionist history.
This happened, right? I just want to check that I didn’t make it up.https://t.co/tptbl25gJ5
— Daniel Radosh (@danielradosh) September 1, 2018
re: #229 ObserverArt
Marco is getting himself ready for Marco for President 2020.
He’ll try it again if Trump is still around. He’ll run on some kind of restore the dignity of the office BS.
But he will have done nothing to earn any further attempt because Marco doesn’t do anything. He is an empty a suit as there is. He can’t even piss people off he’s that light of weight.
Nah, he won’t run in 2020. He’ll try that in 2024 while at the same time trying to get the Trump voters. The man is such an empty suit and fucking coward. Citizens are literally being detained at the border and told that their citizenship is illegitimate including veterans and Marco’s bitching about a fucking Ryan Gosling movie. Marco Rubio again shows that he’s a stupid man’s idea of a serious person. I’m glad he’s showing us that even though Trump is awful that the other Republican contenders two years ago weren’t prizes.
Fucking Trump and his idiotic trade war.
Months ago, I warned this would hike costs of durable goods, particularly washers and dryers (yeah, you can go look it up, I’ll wait).
Well, my washing machine crapped out after 15 years. It happens. Had a full load in and the damned thing wouldn’t drain. Had to wet/dry vac siphon out the water and now I’ve got a full load of soggy clothes. Woot.
So, go over to the local stores to comparison shop. Top rated brand? LG.
Guess what - most of their stuff is unavailable because Trump’s trade war made it impossible to find. Samsung? Not much better (but the quality is much worse as per CR).
Higher costs to consumers, we’re paying for his idiotic trade war.
Fuck him. With a rusty pitchfork sideways.
re: #230 goddamnedfrank
I don’t want to shit all over McCain on the day of his funeral but too many people are overcorrecting into revisionist history.
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re: #229 ObserverArt
Marco is getting himself ready for Marco for President 2020.
He’ll try it again if Trump is still around. He’ll run on some kind of restore the dignity of the office BS.
But he will have done nothing to earn any further attempt because Marco doesn’t do anything. He is as empty a suit as there is. He can’t even piss people off he’s that light of weight.
His only hope is if Trump doesn’t run. Then it may be between him, Pence and Kasich, and probably some Trumpy candidates.
VA wanted you to miss it’s legally mandated release of its staff vacancy data(45,000 unfilled jobs), so it sent it at 4:56 on a Friday before a holiday weekend. Don’t worry, I will be reposting this every day for the next week. https://t.co/hiWIKPSBPE
— David Philipps (@David_Philipps) September 1, 2018
Everyone should follow suit. There are 40,456 vacancies in VA’s health administration. Every vacancy means slower, less deliberate care and overworked staff.
VA decided to tell people this 240 seconds before the start of a holiday weekend https://t.co/y2TIJ6MK3M— Alex Horton (@AlexHortonTX) September 1, 2018
re: #231 HappyWarrior
Nah, he won’t run in 2020. He’ll try that in 2024 while at the same time trying to get the Trump voters. The man is such an empty suit and fucking coward. Citizens are literally being detained at the border and told that their citizenship is illegitimate including veterans and Marco’s bitching about a fucking Ryan Gosling movie. Marco Rubio again shows that he’s a stupid man’s idea of a serious person. I’m glad he’s showing us that even though Trump is awful that the other Republican contenders two years ago weren’t prizes.
That’s a big reason Trump won the nomination, because all his opponents were empty suits.
re: #236 Big Beautiful Door
That’s a big reason Trump won the nomination, because all his opponents were empty suits.
Precisely. Rubio is a perfect example of that.
I’m now pretty sure someone is deliberately filing fraudulent policy violation reports against LGF at Google Adsense to try to hurt our ad revenue. I’ve had a dozen of these policy violations in the past week, all for pages critical of Trump or Nazis, reported as “dangerous or derogatory content.” This is a huge time-suck to request reviews and deal with this crap, and there’s no way to flag this kind of harassment.
And Google Adsense revenue has basically collapsed anyway over the past couple of years. It’s like they’re saying, “We’re gonna pay you a whole lot less, and make it even more annoying to run our ads than it already is.” What a deal.
re: #158 JordanRules
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@realDonaldTrump Meghan McCain “We gather here to mourn the passing of American greatness.The real thing, not cheap rhetoric from men who will never come near the sacrifice he gave so willingly, nor the opportunistic appropriation of those who lived lives of comfort and privilege
— James E. Selbe (@JamesESelbe) September 1, 2018
re: #232 lawhawk
[snip]Well, my washing machine crapped out after 15 years. It happens. Had a full load in and the damned thing wouldn’t drain.[/snip]
Count yourself lucky. Had a washer that flooded my kitchen several times because automatic fill valves would not CLOSE reliably. Bought replacement valves and installed them. Problem solved, I thought. Less than a week later, the main drive pulley failed. Its two halves were joined by 4 electrical spot welds, each of which was no bigger than a match head.
I had expected better from a name brand well known for constructing nuclear power stations.
A message from Tom Wellborn, who’s getting a really raw deal from Twitter. pic.twitter.com/QFx6qsvvNZ
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 1, 2018
re: #240 unproven innocence
Hey Homer, they need ya on the warsher line!
Donna Brazille is still a clown.
Is Donna Brazile serious with this shit??!!!
She can’t be…
Democrats stripped my superdelegate superpowers. Now I’m a notch above a coin toss: Brazile https://t.co/Anv09YRKIi via @usatoday— Amene (@Ange_Amene) August 31, 2018
She clearly forgot. pic.twitter.com/KfROYODGS3
— Amene (@Ange_Amene) August 31, 2018
Wow is right. Wow is right: @peterbakernyt’s lede: pic.twitter.com/MZzcTeBu3x
— Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig) September 1, 2018
Ann Coulter is absolutely perfect at being a horrible human being. You couldn’t do it any better.
re: #241 Charles Johnson
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Alex Jones still has an account here.
No criticizing racism from the NAACP though.
Bishop Talbert Swan, the president of the Springfield chapter of the NAACP and the head of Spring of Hope Church of God in Christ, has been permanently banned from Twitterhttps://t.co/yXuSx4Dge9— Sasha Ivy Fox (@sasha4th) September 1, 2018
.@Jack @Twitter this permanent ban of Bishop Talbert Swan is beyond outrageous and must be corrected.
Do the right thing; reinstate his account! https://t.co/SlcuTxrFkd— Christopher Stroop (@C_Stroop) September 1, 2018
re: #241 Charles Johnson
Twitter is protecting Tomi Lahren?? Holy hell.
There’s no clearer illustration of the current debased condition of the White House than to compare Barack Obama’s eloquent, heartfelt eulogy for John McCain to Donald Trump’s barrage of demented, incoherent tweets this morning.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 1, 2018
re: #240 unproven innocence
I had expected better from a name brand well known for constructing nuclear power stations.
Well, if your washing machine had cost $2billion - mostly paid for by the government - it might not have failed so quickly.
Emphasis on the “might” part…..
Why not
Wow I obtained the full script of that Ryan Gosling Moon landing movie and conservatives are not gonna like this pic.twitter.com/lhVQusQQxI
— Jason O. Gilbert (@gilbertjasono) September 1, 2018
LOL!
PRESENTING: YOUR 2018 CHAMPION!!!! @elonmusk fans are THE WORST!!! pic.twitter.com/OHmyBmGPoJ
— Michelle Spies (@spies_please) August 31, 2018
Jack Ryan, PhD Econ pic.twitter.com/WFccrsFWv8
— Scott Cameron (@twitscotty) September 1, 2018
heh
Meghan McCain took a number of swipes at President Trump on Saturday in a eulogy for her father John McCain — who sparred with Trump on a number of occasions before his death last week of brain cancer. #McCainMemorial https://t.co/vtv2pgWSoW pic.twitter.com/5lDcLEBXvF
— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 1, 2018
I guess everyone grieves in their own way. https://t.co/x7N9IojlU2
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) September 1, 2018
It would be nice if the people at Fox had consciences, and did the same, rather than lying to Conservatives to protect this mad President.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) September 1, 2018
Are my gossip friends here today?
I received my new book, “Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret”
Every chapter filled with unreal petty gossip. I’ll be finished by tonight. It’s great.
Will mail to the next of you who wants. (Kind of embarrassed to keep in the house ha)
The guy who does the voice of Pinky has a show where he talks to voice actors. In this one, he has an actor from The Boondocks, and they do a Monty Python skit together.
So: I’m not going to engage in an “OK if it isn’t them than who was it” game, but the president is incorrect when he claims he was wronged by his interviewers.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 1, 2018
re: #259 Belafon
The guy who does the voice of Pinky has a show where he talks to voice actors. In this one, he has an actor from The Boondocks, and they do a Monty Python skit together.
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My pet rat Pinky died of old age this morning. The Brain had died about six months ago.
I used to breed snakes, and the rats were food, but I wound up liking the rats too much, and had to give it up. This is the longest a rat has lived at my place by a large margin. It’s sad, but not misery-inducing like losing a cat or dog.
re: #255 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Well she’s not wrong. If you don’t want swipes to be taken at you, maybe don’t fucking say stupid shit like “I like people who aren’t captured” especially when you spent that war far away from Hanoi as possible. It’s okay to have disagreed with McCain. McCain invited Obama after all to eulogize him but Trump trashed him in a disgusting ugly way that only Trump could have.
every time i get brushed. i have to take my collar off. the human always laughs. and says that i’m naked. but joke’s on them. i’m very confident in my body
— Thoughts of Dog (@dog_feelings) September 1, 2018
I just had to buy “electronic stamps” via J Pay to send an email to someone who has been incarcerated and every time I buy these “stamps” I’m reminded of how much of a rip-off the entire “justice” system is.
— deray (@deray) September 1, 2018
In case you missed it… Today’s Word of the Day: SNERDLE (v.) to wrap up cosily in bed
— Haggard Hawks (@HaggardHawks) September 1, 2018
This bag has HAD ENOUGH. pic.twitter.com/jkiQrVBCBQ
— Faces in Things (@FacesPics) August 31, 2018
Kuwaiti police has shut down a fish store that was sticking googly eyes on fish to make them appear more fresh than they are. :-)
via Al Bayan newspaper, @bayan_kw. pic.twitter.com/CcPa73fDQh— Mohamed El Dahshan (@eldahshan) September 1, 2018
re: #267 Backwoods_Sleuth
Yes.
I giggled