Seth takes a closer look at Republicans moving forward with Trump’s Supreme Court pick despite anonymous warnings about his fitness for office.
FIVE TIMES https://t.co/tQTLzPC1g6
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) September 6, 2018
I’m skipping every other Trump hate rally, to make his increasing degeneration more evident.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 7, 2018
re: #1 Patricia Kayden
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I think ultimately he will get confirmed due to the Republican majority but I wonder if he can be impeached.
Trump is ranting about people who want to “IMPEAAACH HIM!” (His impression: “WEEE WILL IMPEEEACH HIM!”) He asks how you can impeach someone who’s “doing a great job.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 7, 2018
Watching sportsball with the boyfriend. I swear if the commentators say the words “Philly Special” any more I’m going to scream. Yes, I get it. It was a cool trick play in the Super Bowl, but for fuck’s sake, that was seven months ago. Let it go.
Trump: If you impeach me, America will “turn into a thrid-world country.” He says it’ll set a precedent that the opposing party will always try to impeach the president.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 7, 2018
re: #4 The Vicious Babushka
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If that person breaks the law and obstructs justice, you can impeach them but that’s besides the point, you’re doing a terrible job and the only people who think otherwise are you and your deluded cult.
re: #6 The Vicious Babushka
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Oh you mean like your party that impeached a President over lying about a sexual affair? Fuck you Donnie. You’ve done more than any President to discredit the presidency. Hell you deserve more than impeachment. You deserve to be the first President to spend the rest of his life in a jail cell.
re: #6 The Vicious Babushka
Hardly. We’ve had 45 different men serve in the office of President, and of those, we’ve impeached, what, three of them? And attempted impeachment on another?
re: #7 HappyWarrior
If that person breaks the law and obstructs justice, you can impeach them but that’s besides the point, you’re doing a terrible job and the only people who think otherwise are you and your deluded cult.
Nixon was doing a better job than Trump and yet he committed high crimes and misdemeanors.
re: #9 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Hardly. We’ve had 45 different men serve in the office of President, and of those, we’ve impeached, what, three of them? And attempted impeachment on another?
Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton were the only two impeached. Nixon certainly would have had he not resigned first.
Tell me that doesn’t read like Trump wrote it. This was the 3rd sentence from Kavanaugh’s 7/9 acceptance address in the White House — third, and that includes “Mr. President, thank you” as one. Kavanaugh is puppeteered by a Kremlin agent who’s also mentally unfit. Disqualifying.
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) September 7, 2018
re: #11 HappyWarrior
Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton were the only two impeached. Nixon certainly would have had he not resigned first.
Okay, so two impeached and I thought besides Nixon, articles were prepared against a third. I remembered Johnson and Clinton, I knew Nixon wasn’t impeached, but I thought there was another one I was forgetting in there somewhere.
re: #11 HappyWarrior
Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton were the only two impeached. Nixon certainly would have had he not resigned first.
And Nixon probably would have been convicted.
re: #6 The Vicious Babushka
The next one:
Trump to his supporters on impeachment: “If it does happen it’s your fault, because you didn’t go out to vote.” He has not spoken this way before.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 7, 2018
Trump tries twice to say the word “anonymous.” He fails both times.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 7, 2018
Trump says unelected members of the “deep state” are trying to undermine him. “At some point, this whole thing is going to be exposed. And it’s really bad and it’s really dangerous.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 7, 2018
re: #15 Belafon
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Nah, it will be your fault because you’re the one who committed the crime but nice trying to pull a Hitler blaming the Germans for his own failings, asshole.
re: #6 The Vicious Babushka
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Trump: If you impeach me, America will “turn into a thrid-world country.” He says it’ll set a precedent that the opposing party will always try to impeach the president.
After you’re convicted, when a Democrat becomes president, we’ll just borrow from your playbook and claim that Presidents can’t be investigated. How does that sound?
His whole fucking act is Protect meeeeeeeee from the mean people actually trying to hold me accountable. He’s a disgrace as is anyone who still supports him and especially the people who still work for him and work to push his agenda.
re: #19 Belafon
After you’re convicted, when a Democrat becomes president, we’ll just borrow from your playbook and claim that Presidents can’t be investigated. How does that sound?
Well, we’ll finally get to hear what kind of noises Republicans make when the shoe is firmly on the other foot. And when we confront them with their hypocrisy, what will they say? In unison now: BENGHAZI!!!!!
I do feel bad for the next Democratic President because the right wing noise machine will attempt to damage and delegitmize them any way possible. We have to be ready for that which is why we need landslides to make the right the minority for a very very long time.
re: #3 HappyWarrior
I think ultimately he will get confirmed due to the Republican majority but I wonder if he can be impeached.
That’s what I was just reading about. If Democrats catch him in lies, apparently they can impeach him. But does that require a two-thirds majority? If so, that’s not going to happen given that it is unlikely for Democrats to have enough Senators.
Trump says he can pull back on U.S. military deployments overseas: “We’re so respected now, we can pull back a little bit.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 7, 2018
US plays down talk of imminent pullout of forces from Syria https://t.co/12Fygj6ABi pic.twitter.com/TSnpsMCvVX
— Military Times (@MilitaryTimes) September 7, 2018
re: #22 HappyWarrior
I do feel bad for the next Democratic President because the right wing noise machine will attempt to damage and delegitmize them any way possible.
And how was this different from the last Democratic president?
Wouldn’t you love to see one of these Republican politicians…when someone disrespects the office of President like Trump…they say, get that son-of-a-bitch off the speaker’s podium right now…out! He’s fired!!!
New Stonekettle.
“…he gets his entire worldview from TV, filtered through a corporate agenda specifically tailored to get his attention, like a parent jiggling keys in front of a baby or a porn star jiggling her … well, you get the idea.” Stonekettle Station: Jenkins https://t.co/BDKWfSPCQR
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) September 7, 2018
re: #23 Patricia Kayden
That’s what I was just reading about. If Democrats catch him in lies, apparently they can impeach him. But does that require a two-thirds majority? If so, that’s not going to happen given that it is unlikely for Democrats to have enough Senators.
You know, I’m not sure about the impeachment of judges. I lean towards saying yes 2/3s. I think at the very least he needs to become the new Bork and a rallying point against right wing extremism and dishonesty on the judiciary. I think the Dems need to push back against the attacks on our judges that the right has done for years.
re: #22 HappyWarrior
That already happened with President Obama. Didn’t work since he was scandal free (except for that tan suit).
re: #26 ObserverArt
Wouldn’t you love to see one of these Republican politicians…when someone disrespects the office of President like Trump…they say, get that son-of-a-bitch off the speaker’s podium right now…out! He’s fired!!!
I’d like them to actually call him out rather than being a bunch of subservient little cowards.
re: #30 Patricia Kayden
That already happened with President Obama. Didn’t work since he was scandal free (except for that tan suit).
I know and the mustard on the burger, never forget!
This narcissistic asshole really thinks the country’s success is due to him. But hey Obama was narcissistic because he used I in speeches! // Every goddamn thing is a projection with the fucking right. I’m waiting for Trump to be said to be a secret Muslim.
re: #26 ObserverArt
Wouldn’t you love to see one of these Republican politicians…when someone disrespects the office of President like Trump…they say, get that son-of-a-bitch off the speaker’s podium right now…out! He’s fired!!!
Ahh…the reference. FFFLLLAAAAAAG!!!
I see lots of people tut-tutting Booker’s theatrics, which: fine, but why the heck shouldn’t we all get to see the documents at issue!m?
And if they were cleared beforehand, why did Cornyn make a big show of threatening him with expulsion?— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) September 7, 2018
Woodward has receipts. For instance he publishes the draft letter Cohn swiped from Trump’s desk: pic.twitter.com/nvR42wY0Mf
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) September 6, 2018
.@SenatorCollins says Kavanaugh email where he says ppl don’t agree Roe is settled law doesn’t mean he thinks Roe isn’t settled law. https://t.co/Bf49k8wY0b
— Eddie Vale (@evale72) September 6, 2018
What a shocker. She is not going to budge until there is a completely united caucus from @SenateDems - she didn’t budge in the ACA fight until the spotlight was completely on her (and Murkowski). cc @SenSchumer @AJentleson @brianbeutler https://t.co/mHSwqhPuw4
— Murshed Zaheed (@murshedz) September 7, 2018
re: #35 ObserverArt
Ahh…the reference. FFFLLLAAAAAAG!!!
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All the old hits I see are playing tonight in Montana. Lameass.
re: #38 Belafon
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Nothing more useless in 2018 than a so called Republican moderate.
re: #24 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Russia is about to bomb Syria into oblivion. He must have ordered Trump to move U.S. troops before the bombing begins.
re: #39 HappyWarrior
All the old hits I see are playing tonight in Montana. Lameass.
That was his original rant about NFL players.
I was riffing on his lame-ass rally bullshit and how he is really disrespectful of the office and put two together to mock him and the GOP.
My kickoff to the new season.
re: #35 ObserverArt
Ahh…the reference. FFFLLLAAAAAAG!!!
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Yeah, I’m sure the NFL is going to fire their cash cow. Imagine how quickly “white football” will fail.
Edit: I see you were pulling up an old rant.
re: #42 ObserverArt
That was his original rant about NFL players.
I was riffing on his lame-ass rally bullshit and how he is really disrespectful of the office and put two together to mock him and the GOP.
My kickoff to the new season.
Ahhhh I see. I thought he was re-using his old hits to stir up the cultists tonight.
re: #28 HappyWarrior
You know, I’m not sure about the impeachment of judges. I lean towards saying yes 2/3s. I think at the very least he needs to become the new Bork and a rallying point against right wing extremism and dishonesty on the judiciary. I think the Dems need to push back against the attacks on our judges that the right has done for years.
Yes, all impeachments require a 2/3 vote in the Senate.
re: #43 Belafon
Yeah, I’m sure the NFL is going to fire their cash cow. Imagine how quickly “white football” will fail.
Shit a lot of white players would probably stand in solidarity with their black teammates. Not all but people like Chris Long and Aaron Rodgers definitely would. If Trump wants to make football crappy by punishing players views, I fucking dare him. Make the NFL no different than the CFL in raw talent because you don’t like the players having views you dislike. And then see how the assholes feel.
Hmmm…
Wonder if we’ll see some rage tweeting about this
Photographer cropped inauguration photos to make crowd look larger after Trump intervened: report https://t.co/I17QnZbMf8 pic.twitter.com/YNz2ITb28d
— The Hill (@thehill) September 7, 2018
re: #48 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Hmmm…
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Stalin would love Trump.
Senator Kamala Harris asked Kavanaugh if he knew of any laws “that the government has power to make over the male body?” https://t.co/k1mmuyN8bK
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 6, 2018
Yup. Abortion is legal & fully-supported by the State of Israel based on the biblical recognition that the mother’s well-being/choice always comes first. There’s really nothing “Judeo” about the whole “Judeo-Christian” BS Shapiro & others like to spout… #לאקונהאתהבולשיטשלך
— Arch1 (@Arch_LGF) September 7, 2018
Trump: Just like people mocked the Gettysburg Address but then, 50 years after Lincoln died, said it was an amazing speech, “I have a feeling that’s going to happen with us.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 7, 2018
re: #44 HappyWarrior
Ahhhh I see. I thought he was re-using his old hits to stir up the cultists tonight.
I hold that NFL rant as a memorable Trumpism. The “sons of bitches” is so Trump when it comes to blaming the whole NFL but targeting Black players in his special way.
re: #50 Archangelus
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re: #52 ObserverArt
I hold that NFL rant as a memorable Trumpism. The “sons of bitches” is so Trump when it comes to blaming the whole NFL but targeting Black players in his special way.
BTW there was a great article about Malcolm Jenkins in the Post today.
re: #48 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Hmmm…
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re: #13 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Okay, so two impeached and I thought besides Nixon, articles were prepared against a third. I remembered Johnson and Clinton, I knew Nixon wasn’t impeached, but I thought there was another one I was forgetting in there somewhere.
Jackson was censured. And there’s almost always someone on the judiciary committee that tries to draw up articles of impeachment against the president
Y’all might need to refresh #51, corrected after posting wrong link.
Trump on the Gettysburg Address: “Many of us know it by memory.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 7, 2018
Forget the Gettysburg Address: what percentage of the national anthem does the president know? https://t.co/YR8m2p8hyO
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 7, 2018
re: #57 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Y’all might need to refresh #51, corrected after posting wrong link.
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That’s not fake news, you idiot. Oh and Lincoln would kick your sorry ass if he were around to hear you using his greatest speech to whine about the media.
re: #51 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
He couldn’t have said that. Not even.
re: #54 HappyWarrior
BTW there was a great article about Malcolm Jenkins in the Post today.
I have a feeling Malcolm is heading for either politics or some from of social activism.
Thanks for the link. Always good to read about an Ohio State footballer that has shit going on.
For anyone that wants to read…
re: #59 Skip Intro
He couldn’t have said that. Not even.
Trump Suggests His Speeches Will One Day Be Seen On Par with the Gettysburg Address, which the Fake News Also Bashed pic.twitter.com/Cg4ywg9Ykp
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 7, 2018
re: #60 ObserverArt
I have a feeling Malcolm is heading for either politics or some from of social activism.
Thanks for the link. Always good to read about an Ohio State footballer that has shit going on.
For anyone that wants to read…
He seems like a very intelligent guy. I enjoyed reading about how he surprised his dad with his Theoloneius Monk mixlist heh. Mr. Jenkins seems like he did a great job. I too went to Colonial Williamsburg as a kid.
Sinema was protesting the imminent war with Iraq, which would start a week later. She was still a law student. It was also International Women’s Day. Story from 2003: https://t.co/lAtY3RX6Xu
— BrahmResnik (@brahmresnik) September 6, 2018
So here’s the context behind the Kyrsten Sinema pink tutu jab by Martha McSally. Sinema, who’s brothers are military, was protesting the Iraq war, not the troops. She has been a vocal, long time advocate for the troops and vets. #AZSEN https://t.co/8kcFg7M4sC
— Arizona Political 💎 (@AZVotes) September 6, 2018
This ad is a good example of why I’m voting for Sinema. https://t.co/nmzAITOImr
— Jean-Michel Connard (@torriangray) September 2, 2018
OH in the Capitol:
Rep. Gaetz: “Where’s the tutu?”
Rep. Sinema: “I lent it to Serena!”— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) September 5, 2018
Fire!!
re: #61 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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This really is disgusting given the nature of the Gettysburg Address and Trump’s speeches. And the media panning hte Gettysburg Address wasn’t fake news. God I am sick of that fucking term.
re: #63 JordanRules
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McSally is fucking disgusting to push this crap. I don’t care if she’s a fucking vet. In fact, the fact that she’s a vet makes this smear all the more disgusting.
How awesome is this?
Jared Kushner being locked out of the NAFTA negotiations. 😂😂😂pic.twitter.com/DQUNNSzgdR— Indivisible Network (@IndivisibleNet) September 7, 2018
You take Lincoln’s name out of your mouth, you low, repulsive pile of human filth.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) September 7, 2018
He really just said his speeches will some day be seen in the same tier as Lincoln’s.
I’m done. All the evens are done.— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) September 7, 2018
Brother news
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I suspect that tomorrow Trump will announce he will begin shooting one senior official each hour until the author of the Op-Ed confesses.
— Harold Itzkowitz (@HaroldItz) September 7, 2018
On Fifth Avenue. https://t.co/R0w7z1A0G9
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) September 7, 2018
re: #68 mmmirele
Excellent update!!
Eating a nice meal was probably a great treat for him. That’s wonderful!
Trump Suggests His Speeches Will One Day Be Seen On Par with the Gettysburg Address, which the Fake News Also Bashed pic.twitter.com/Cg4ywg9Ykp
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 7, 2018
When the laugh track is added in these speeches will make more sense. https://t.co/SmW5jmq3MQ
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) September 7, 2018
The Canadians will return to the negotiating table Friday (but not early in the morning we are told). Exact times to be worked out. Canadians expected to return home tomorrow without a breakthrough. (Unless something wild happens).
— Katie Simpson (@CBCKatie) September 7, 2018
If an anonymous Op-ed piece ever appears in The NYTimes disparaging my good name, know now it was written by Michael Dorn.
— Brent Spiner (@BrentSpiner) September 5, 2018
Huh?
— Michael Dorn (@akaWorf) September 6, 2018
That’s right, Dorn. You can’t hide.
— Brent Spiner (@BrentSpiner) September 6, 2018
Today WarnerMedia, the parent company of Warner Bros., announced that the company will be taking proactive steps to bring more diversity to their media—in front of and behind the camera. This means that WarnerMedia divisions HBO and Turner Broadcasting will also be a part of this move.
Actor Michael B. Jordan, best known for his role in the movie Black Panther, teamed up with the company to launch a diversity and inclusion initiative. His film Just Mercy, just starting production in Atlanta, will be the first project to use inclusion riders, which are legal provisions placed in contracts that mandate certain diversity and inclusion standards.
This comes on the heels of an announcement from Jordan after the Oscars this year that his company Outlier Society would be using inclusion riders. He said he was inspired by Frances McDormand’s acceptance speech for her award for her leading role in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
Listen to Trump trying to say “Anonymous”
Anomanous.
I believe that’s Latin for “a ludicrous popinjay unable to pronounce common words”.
pic.twitter.com/nlS0Qu2NEP— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) September 7, 2018
Incidentally, Lincoln rode to Gettysburg on a train and not in a “horse and carriage.” But I know that’s not the main take away here. Carry on.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) September 7, 2018
Trump Suggests His Speeches Will One Day Be Seen On Par with the Gettysburg Address, which the Fake News Also Bashed pic.twitter.com/Cg4ywg9Ykp
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 7, 2018
“that this nation shall have a new birth of freedom; and that this government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” — Lincoln
“When you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab ‘em by the pussy”— Trump. https://t.co/rJnVfTXRG4— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) September 7, 2018
HEY FYI - former trump campaign foreign policy adviser george papadopoulos will be sentenced tomorrow in DC federal court. 3pm.
— kelly cohen (@politiCOHEN_) September 7, 2018
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re: #79 jaunte
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Yeah takes a special amount of delusion to think you’re even close to that.
In a head-scratching interview Thursday, New Mexico’s Republican nominee to represent the state’s 1st Congressional District suggested her Native American opponent isn’t Native American ― because she didn’t grow up on a reservation.
Former state Rep. Janice Arnold-Jones took the swipe at Democratic opponent Deb Haaland during an interview on Fox News, reacting to the observation that, if elected, Haaland would be the first Native American woman in Congress.
“Your opponent, she would be the first Native American, as a woman, in Congress,” Fox News host Ainsley Earhardt noted, to which Arnold-Jones replied, “That’s what they say, yes.”
Earhardt, puzzled, asked Arnold-Jones to elaborate: “‘That’s what they say?’ What do you mean by that?”
“Well, there’s no doubt that her lineage is Laguna,” Arnold-Jones said, “but she’s a military brat, just like I am, and so [long pause], you know, it evokes images that she was raised on a reservation. She belongs to a pueblo.”
white congressional candidate believes her native american opponent’s ancestry “evokes images that she was raised on a reservation,” and she’s here to correct the record pic.twitter.com/CMwgh1VT6C
— Bobby Lewis (@revrrlewis) September 6, 2018
My client walked out of Rikers Island today after a jury acquitted him of all charges. He waited in jail for his trial for 3 years. He lost his job and missed his son’s first 3 birthdays simply because he couldn’t afford bail. He’s not unique - THIS IS OUR SYSTEM. #reform
— Michael Bloch (@MichaelBloch15) September 6, 2018
re: #85 Belafon
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Going by that logic, she’s really not white because she didn’t grow up in a trailer park. FFS. This is really pathetic shit. Yet another group for Republicans to show their dicks off to though.
re: #88 HappyWarrior
And this is why they kneel.
I just saw the commercial during the game!
I still can’t believe Nike poked their chest out at the league like that. It’s glorious!
re: #89 JordanRules
I just saw the commercial during the game!
I still can’t believe Nike poked their chest out at the league like that. It’s glorious!
It’s great to see.
re: #89 JordanRules
I just saw the commercial during the game!
I still can’t believe Nike poked their chest out at the league like that. It’s glorious!
Nike did it because they could. They provide all of the uniforms and apparel for all 32 teams, and the NFL just renewed their contract for the next eight years back in March.
I think it’s brilliant. Jerry Jones’s crusty old ass has to watch that commercial and know he can’t do anything about it because the contract with Nike is already a done deal and the season already started. It’s wonderful.
Corrected hyper-vague Trump quote about the Space Force: “The Space Force. So important. So important. People don’t know. I mean, we’re not just talking about going up to the moon, going up to Mars. We’re talking about - you need it. Now you need it.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 7, 2018
Lost in Space Force.
re: #91 Lidane
Nike did it because they could. They provide all of the uniforms and apparel for all 32 teams, and the NFL just renewed their contract for the next eight years back in March.
I think it’s brilliant. Jerry Jones’s crusty old ass has to watch that commercial and know he can’t do anything about it because the contract with Nike is already a done deal and the season already started. It’s wonderful.
Oh yeah I know. I still can’t believe they flexed that hard. It is a dying league so I don’t think they are at the height of their power but it was still nice and bold by Nike.
The National Association of Police Officers decided it should come out against Nike’s new campaign. Well, it seems that the white guys in charge forgot to ask the black police officers, who released this statement to the head of Nike:
Mr. Parker:
It is with great dismay that we were made aware of a letter that you received from the National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO) regarding your use of Colin Kaepernick in your new “Just Do It” advertising campaign. The National Black Police Association (NBPA) is not in agreement with NAPO on this matter, and we strongly condemn their call for police officers and their families to boycott Nike and its products.
Your inclusion of Mr. Kaepernick in your ads seems appropriate to us. We live in a country where the 1st Amendment is a right of the people. Mr. Kaepernick chose to exercise his right where his passion was—on the football field. NAPO believes that Mr. Kaepernick’s choice to openly protest issues surrounding police brutality, racism, and social injustices in this country makes him anti-police. On the contrary, the NBPA believes that Mr. Kaepernick’s stance is in direct alignment with what law enforcement stands for—the protection of a people, their human rights, their dignity, their safety, and their rights as American citizens. NAPO has shown an adeptness at maintaining the police status quo and the tone in their letter further validates Mr. Kaepernick’s concerns, as it undermines the trust that is needed by law enforcement in order for the profession to maintain its legitimacy. That NAPO has chosen this matter to take a stance only perpetuates the narrative that police are racist, with no regard, acknowledgment, respect, or understanding of the issues and concerns of the African-American community.
Your quote “Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything.” is also appropriate as it relates to Mr. Kaepernick. For NAPO to presuppose that Mr. Kaepernick has not made sacrifices because he did not die on a battlefield shows you how out of touch NAPO is with the African-American community. We would like for them to stop their false narrative that you are not worthy of respect unless you were in the military or worked in law enforcement. The beauty of this country are the countless sacrifices that all people make in their everyday lives. The African-American community makes a sacrifice each time a life is unjustly lost at the hands of the very people who should protect them. A sacrifice is made each time the criminal justice system treats people of color as less than. A sacrifice is made each time a letter is sent asking officers to boycott a corporation, without asking those very African-American officers who are most affected, what their opinion is.
If they had asked the NBPA, we would have told them that they are out of line, and that the NBPA supports any person or group who exercises their right to peacefully protest against any form of social injustice, including police brutality and racism.
The NBPA proudly supports Nike and your use of Mr. Kaepernick in your new “Just Do It” advertising campaign. Truth and upholding the Constitutional rights of citizens are cornerstones of leadership in policing. Our mission includes striving constantly to bridge the gap between law enforcement and our communities—we are committed to ensuring equity for the community, as we work to enhance trust, legitimacy, transparency, and accountability in policing.
We will likely be buying and wearing lots of Nike products in the near future.
Best wishes,
Sonia Y.W. Pruitt
National Chairperson
If you want to read the crappy white-police letter, it’s at the link.
I’m no HR professional but it’s prob a bad sign when an employee writes an anonymous letter calling you a brain-dead asshole and you can’t even narrow it down to 100 people
— Jess Dweck (@TheDweck) September 6, 2018
re: #97 Belafon
The National Association of Police Officers decided it should come out against Nike’s new campaign. Well, it seems that the white guys in charge forgot to ask the black police officers, who released this statement to the head of Nike:
If you want to read the crappy white-police letter, it’s at the link.
The white cops are a bunch of overly sensitive dicks.
re: #96 JordanRules
Oh yeah I know. I still can’t believe they flexed that hard. It is a dying league so I don’t think they are at the height of their power but it was still nice and bold by Nike.
They still own one day of the week, and still make more money than any of the other leagues.
re: #97 Belafon
I suppose it would be too racist to only allow black people to be cops.
Ford steps up to support NFL players protesting police brutality
“…Martha Firestone Ford, owner and chairwoman of the Detroit Lions and a member of the Ford family, fired back at Trump for his divisive comments.
“Our game has long provided a powerful platform for dialogue and positive change in many communities throughout our nation,” she said. “Negative and disrespectful comments suggesting otherwise are contrary to the founding principles of our country, and we do not support those comments or opinions.”
re: #93 jaunte
Many people have said… you need Space. You need it.
Until you get old. Then you need to downsize.
Just the thought of Trump as Dr. Smith and Hannity as Will Robinson…
re: #101 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
I suppose it would be too racist to only allow black people to be cops.
Only blacks as cops and only women in the military. Let’s change it all.
“Ford has a heavy stake in the NFL with team ownership and last year entered into a three-year agreement making the Ford F-Series the league’s official truck.”
re: #100 Belafon
They still own one day of the week, and still make more money than any of the other leagues.
Indeed. They are still a force for sure. It will be a very slow death. Less kids are playing.
re: #102 jaunte
Ford steps up to support NFL players protesting police brutality
I wonder if her marriage was to unite two kingdoms. //
re: #108 Belafon
They must have had a pre-nup agreement about no “mileage” jokes.
Who runs the country when Trump is out of Washington DC?
The same guys who run the country when Trump is in Washington DC.
They send him out on these pep rallies so they can get real work done.— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) September 7, 2018
In anticipation of the long-awaited rollout of the Meal, Ready to Eat pepperoni pizza, Stars and Stripes flew several of the military ration’s main pizza entrees into Afghanistan for taste tests with the troops. https://t.co/9Ekb98zC4f
— Stars and Stripes (@starsandstripes) September 7, 2018
Dang, no pineapple.
Combine the Jordan story I put above with Nike and Ford and the police story, and we’re really watching the skirmishes in our civil war. We will be a changed country when this is over, we just have to stick with it to make sure its the right one.
Serena Williams vs. Naomi Osaka. The 2018 #USOpen Women’s Final is set. pic.twitter.com/jdKS9fR2nB
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) September 7, 2018
re: #114 JordanRules
If Serena wins this, she will tie Margaret Court for the most grand slam tournament singles titles at 24.
you know how Wile E. Coyote looks at Road Runner and sees a chicken drumstick? when I look at Jeff Bezos I hallucinate 300,000 public housing units
— cow demon snake spirit prison strike🌹 (@uhshanti) September 5, 2018
What happened here when President Trump tried twice to pronounce “anonymous”? pic.twitter.com/nwSNnQuKfm
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 7, 2018
re: #111 JordanRules
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The story was fine but the video was laugh out loud funny. It was worth a watch.
Mel Mermelstein was the only member of his family to survive the Holocaust. When he made it to the US, Holocaust deniers sent him hair in the mail and said his parents were alive.
He sued & won, making the Holocaust a legal fact. https://t.co/HFNlbjDP3t— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) September 7, 2018
President Ford’s press secretary writes him to resign in protest over Ford’s pardon of Richard Nixon, this week 1974: pic.twitter.com/pkC3C1rT2V
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) September 6, 2018
You know who looks ridiculous? Dr. Ronny Jackson who assured us Trump was tip-top
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) September 6, 2018
There’s a couple scandals in there I hope we eventually uncover.
I think you can say that about every single player in this drama including former SCOTUS Justice Kennedy and his kin.
#Kavanaugh makes racial slur regarding Asians (assumes Asian name = they’re all part of the massage industry), AND wants weekend details kept from spouses. Uh huh… #WhatAreYouHiding https://t.co/H89mA9mcdt
— 📖 Karey Brown (@ShadowAuthor60) September 6, 2018
re: #121 JordanRules
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I think you can say that about every single player in this drama including former SCOTUS Justice Kennedy and his kin.
Yep. Jackson disgraced himself bigly.
Check this thread out…
Exclusive: Multiple sources tell me that after the 2004 Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction, Les Moonves was intent on destroying @JanetJackson’s career to the point where he was talking about it years later and sharing how he was exacting his revenge. https://t.co/h6eygMwGKM
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) September 7, 2018
Seems like Moonves might indeed have issues with women.
re: #109 jaunte
They must have had a pre-nup agreement about no “mileage” jokes.
Or Explorer blowouts.
Dear @USAttyBash,
Remember your long, whiny rant about people being unfair to your wife’s hand gesture?
Yeah, we’re going to need you both to **** off now. pic.twitter.com/JQX6oRFADV— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) September 7, 2018
Multiple shots have been fired at deputies at a business between Spanaway and Tacoma, Pierce County Sheriff reports. The incident is being investigated as a hostage situation.
@KING5Seattle https://t.co/7YC94Hspl2— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 7, 2018
Osama Bin Laden Killer Robert O’Neill Will Not Burn His Nikes https://t.co/knn5MmTcDj
— TMZ (@TMZ) September 6, 2018
imagine waking up from a 15 year coma and seeing this shit and thinking oh no my brain is broken https://t.co/vKAt2JHKFp
— Kilgore Trout (@KT_So_It_Goes) September 6, 2018
Weirdest thing just happened at Trump rally in Montana. The guy in plaid shirt behind Trump must not hv been cheering enough so a woman walked up and asked him to move and She took his spot #inners #maddow #LastWord pic.twitter.com/pTOq2kBwgb
— Kikkay (@NikkisBubble) September 7, 2018
re: #97 Belafon
I have never heard of the NBPA before, thank you for sharing this. I found this statement powerful and moving on a personal level. My father was a LEO. He passed away when I was 11 (unrelated to his work). While he was, and I am, as white as they come - this sentiment is exactly what he embodied. Protect and serve your community and country.
My father was a marksman, he had many trophies for sharpshooting. He took me to the range to shoot before he got sick, but it scared me and we never went back. As adept as he was, he never unholstered his weapon while on active duty. Being white does not make you a bad cop, just like being black does not make you a good cop. I think if he was alive today he would be just as saddened as I am about the current state of affairs.
re: #130 JordanRules
Assistant Director replaces extra while cameras are running.
re: #127 jaunte
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Holy shit!
The feeling I just had in my gut…
I despise these people so much.
re: #127 jaunte
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I’ve seen people try to excuse it by pointing out her moms from Mexico and her grandparents are Holocaust survivors. Being descended from pogrom refugees didn’t make Stephen Miller a less repulsive dick.
Paid props pic.twitter.com/SI9ImeSg89
— Regine Dumar (@RaeOfSunForever) September 7, 2018
🚨🚨🚨BREAKING
AP - “President Donald Trump will not answer federal investigators’ questions, in writing or in person, about whether he tried to block the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election…”https://t.co/taTJOyAsH6— Jesse Ferguson (@JesseFFerguson) September 6, 2018
1 HOUR AGO - Kavanaugh confirms he will NOT recuse himself from protecting Trump by denying a Mueller subpoena
1 HOUR LATER - Trump says to Mueller: I’m not talking to you. You gotta subpoena me.
Weird, huh? https://t.co/kTqQ7YkJ6I— Jesse Ferguson (@JesseFFerguson) September 6, 2018
re: #130 JordanRules
That’s Zina Bash, she of the racist hand signals.
#ConfirmKavanaugh
Don’t get me wrong. I’ve done my share of protesting as a pro-life activist. Been arrested protesting/praying more than a few times to save babies. But the Kavanaugh hearing is different. These people are tantrum-tossing to keep killing babies/women. Shameful.— Cheryl Sullenger 🇺🇸 (@SullengerCheryl) September 5, 2018
You’re literally a terrorist and I’m not sure why @Twitter lets you have a platform. https://t.co/vW8tvzk2bG
— Cav the Knife (@CombatCavScout) September 6, 2018
NRAs screamin’
Elections comin’
We’re none of us all alone
And the news in our head was drummin’
Four dead in Ohio
It. Never. Stops.
And it won’t until we bust up the NFMA (National Firearms Manufacturers Association).
And we should always call it that, because that is what it has become.
re: #63 JordanRules
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Rep. Sinema: “I lent it to Serena!”
And Serena did her proud tonight! 6-3, 6-0 and on to the finals.
I’ll have ice cream with my pie, thank you.
Jared Kushner being locked out of the NAFTA negotiations is what the soul needed for today.
Cuck says what?pic.twitter.com/K4EBl99kP4— YS (@NYinLA2121) September 7, 2018
The law would have required health care providers to bury or cremate fetal tissue from abortions and miscarriages regardless of the patient’s wishes. https://t.co/dAeCbX2C2I
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) September 7, 2018
re: #145 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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Imagine if Republicans cared about living children a fraction of what they do about fetuses.
Giuliani’s statement that Trump will not even answer *written* questions about obstruction is revealing.
It suggests Trump’s lawyers couldn’t write an answer for him that is not incriminating, consistent with the other evidence, and won’t be contradicted by him in the future.— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) September 7, 2018
re: #146 HappyWarrior
Imagine if Republicans cared about living children a fraction of what they do about fetuses.
They don’t really care about fetuses either.
Republicans care about controlling other people, and that’s about it.
Ha:
We knew it wasn’t you - the author was able to name three cabinet departments https://t.co/JjUGYD642g
— Ben Wexler (@mrbenwexler) September 7, 2018
re: #145 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
What pissed me off about this more than anything is the fact that med-waste like this is routinely incinerated as it is.
If Republicans cared about life, or fetuses, prenatal, birth and postnatal care for mothers and children would be a free public service. What they care about is punishing poor people.
.@realDonaldTrump: #Japan relations may sour ‘when I tell them how much they have to pay’ https://t.co/Q7LLMIU3gZ pic.twitter.com/GQ4udxrhPY
— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) September 7, 2018
re: #154 Single-handed sailor
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Fucking gangster in chief. But go ahead alienate our biggest ally in Asia because you have this sick obsession with “making them pay.”
With the NFL season opener tonight, I’m calling on all players to stand up, put their hands on their heart, and show some RESPECT to the brave men and women in uniform — it’s that simple and the least they can do! 🇺🇸
— Scott Walker (@ScottWalker) September 6, 2018
Hey remember how you never served or played pro sports but once took a long phone call from a rando because you thought it was a Koch brother https://t.co/ztqstJF5Rz
— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) September 7, 2018
One of the great mysteries of life is why people who claim to be on the left go to such lengths to defend Vladimir Putin’s hard-right, authoritarian, corrupt, homophobic, misogynistic, fascist-supporting government.
— GeorgeMonbiot (@GeorgeMonbiot) September 5, 2018
re: #140 mmmirele
That’s Zina Bash, she of the racist hand signals.
I was wondering if that was really her.
She is despicable.
Local news is reporting:
#BREAKING: Southwest Airlines, health department investigating measles case https://t.co/jYBBCUFNJk
— KHOU 11 News Houston (@KHOU) September 7, 2018
Thanks, antivaxxers!
re: #146 HappyWarrior
Imagine if Republicans cared about living children a fraction of what they do about fetuses.
Imagine if Republicans got creamed in every election because they wanted women to suffer for their supposedly murdering lady bits? I mean, if they didn’t get a single woman’s vote.
I don’t think Zina Bash is a member of the Ku Klux Klan. I realize this is a 4chan troll to own the libs.
And I am fucking livid that this bitch is sitting on fucking CSPAN flashing her shitty joke for a second time like nothing matters.
Children are running the country.— erinspace (@erinscafe) September 7, 2018
Heard @realDonaldTrump went after me again tonight — in Montana — but still didn’t have the courage to @ me by name.
Mr. President, my name is Andrew Gillum and I’m going to be the next Governor of Florida because lies and scare tactics don’t vote, people do.— Andrew Gillum (@AndrewGillum) September 7, 2018
How the fuck does an “LGBT News” site put out something this utterly irresponsible? They even put her picture in the tweet so his goddamned stans have an easier time targeting her. Jesus.
Rapper Young Buck insists he’s “not gay” after allegedly hooking up with trans woman on camera https://t.co/jaPUWWIE8J pic.twitter.com/KXegxgH0r9
— Queerty (@Queerty) September 4, 2018
This is a terrifyingly shitty tweet. Trans women, especially black trans women, are one of if not the most vulnerable demographics in our society. They are frequently targeted for violence and too often murdered directly as a result of this kind of transphobia and rank ignorance. https://t.co/hWhyZlVlsP
— Lodestar Frank (@goddamnedfrank) September 7, 2018
re: #161 jaunte
It had not occurred to me that it’s not any fucking better if people with power (or being given power by popular support) are being provocative for the sake of being provocative as opposed to adhering to a belief system that’s reprehensible.
But it fits with my whole “there’s no episteme, no ethos” to these fuckers. I swear what we’re watching is some kind of mass narcissicism outbreak.
I don’t know how many free perjuries a Supreme Court nominee gets these days, but Brett seems to be filling his card rather quickly.
— Hunter (@HunterDK) September 6, 2018
re: #164 The Ghost of a Flea
I think they are being provocative within that reprehensible framework though. They aren’t being Madonna in the 80s.
It does feel like some mass narcissist outbreak.
Is it spreading?
re: #164 The Ghost of a Flea
What she did is an attempt to further drive the acceptance of the white supremacist agenda. She does a sign this is designed to look like the OK symbol to those who aren’t paying attention, and when we react, she, along with others, just laughs it off as us looking for Nazis everywhere. The people not paying attention choose her explanation because it makes them feel more comfortable.
Edit: Plus, it lets other white supremacists know that the government is still with them.
re: #163 goddamnedfrank
How the fuck does an “LGBT News” site put out something this utterly irresponsible? They even put her picture in the tweet so his goddamned stans have an easier time targeting her. Jesus.
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NEW: Giuliani’s hard line against Trump interview w/Mueller softens a tad https://t.co/NkYA0Qayyt
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) September 7, 2018
“Asked about the AP report, Giuliani said: ‘It’s a little complicated. I think the AP got it a little wrong, but it could be my fault and I didn’t describe it right.’” https://t.co/04ZGULZMno
— Jared Rizzi (@JaredRizzi) September 7, 2018
hahahahaha… https://t.co/SrtCMZGKYV
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) September 7, 2018
Brett Kavanaugh referred to birth control as “abortion-inducing drugs.”
Does he refer to condoms as “genocidal sleeves”?— Noah Kinsey (@thenoahkinsey) September 6, 2018
re: #170 JordanRules
Women who swallow when giving blowjobs being cannibals is a classic
— Princess Ali-Ababwa (@alidearest) September 7, 2018
re: #175 teleskiguy
Since forever! Lizards are decent and moral people.
I have morals, they’re just a bit more flexible than most people’s morals.
Hey Nike. I’m having dinner at my club. Your Colin Kaepernick commercial was on. I had them change channels. I don’t support anti-American people and companies. Looking forward to your Chaper 11.
— Charlie (@SpokaneCharlie1) September 7, 2018
“I was in my baptismal pool filled with leather-bound books when mine own eyes captured yon advertisement upon the telly…” https://t.co/ROvlDOmNZf
— Melanie Dione (@themelaniedione) September 7, 2018
re: #175 teleskiguy
Since forever! Lizards are decent and moral people.
Not sure why that means this is a family site. :)
re: #178 Belafon
Not sure why that means this is a family site. :)
Families have morals! Or whatever.
Blearg. I have a cold. And no cold meds since payday is tomorrow. This sucks. I got up out of bed and made a nice big mug of decaff english breakfast tea with a huge dollop of cranberry blossom honey in it. It may not help me get to sleep but it’s better than without it.
My name is Anousmumosus, King of Kings;
Look on my works, ye mighty and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Trump, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) September 7, 2018
And once he’s gone
I will be staunch conservative
Mike Pence, president?
Love it! https://t.co/UoPSJW33PO— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) September 7, 2018
Guys like Rick Wilson and David Frum and William Kristol and Jonah Goldberg, these fuckin’ guys *love* the stacking of the judiciary with far-right idealogues.
Even in the Senate these anti-Trump fuckholes are as useless as tits on a boar. Jeff Flake and Bob Corker have no testicular fortitude no matter their tough talk about Fuckface Von Clownstick.
Is it OK if I say here that I don’t care much for trump?
Trump suggests trade battle with Japan, Wall Street Journal column says https://t.co/szjBFWGrZI
— The Japan Times (@japantimes) September 7, 2018
re: #164 The Ghost of a Flea
It had not occurred to me that it’s not any fucking better if people with power (or being given power by popular support) are being provocative for the sake of being provocative as opposed to adhering to a belief system that’s reprehensible.
But it fits with my whole “there’s no episteme, no ethos” to these fuckers. I swear what we’re watching is some kind of mass narcissicism outbreak.
I think every politician, especially those who run for high office, have a bit of a narcissistic streak.
I mean, one morning in 2007, Barack Obama woke up and said to himself, “I think I might be a better candidate for the Presidency than Hillary Clinton and I’m going to put together a team to see if I am right.”
That actually happened. It was a decision he made. And he was right, and we got eight years of a Presidency that took us through a very rough time in American history, despite the fact that he was pilloried very single day from the time he was elected until he left office by the opposition.
But Obama led with grace, class, intelligence, and a very wry wit. And when he had a Congressional majority, along with the absolutely yeoman effort of Nancy Pelosi, he got what he wanted done. It was a great two years. The economy was stabilized, and we got the ACA.
I understand what you are saying about a “mass narcissism breakout”, but what I think you are saying, and I don’t want to put words into your mouth, is that we have a new paradigm in Trump.
There is a horse racing term for a Black Swan. They’re called “sports”, horses without a breeding history that turn out to be remarkable racers. A recent example of this was a colt named John Henry. He was gelded at three because his breeding was nothing to speak of, but between 1980 and 1984, he was the best racer in America, winning the Eclipse Award twice. Based on his genetics, that couldn’t have happened.
I think Trump is a “sport”, but in political terms. He has no pedigree. He is a narcissist without peer outside of sociopaths, and I’m not saying he isn’t a sociopath. I think he is right there on the spectrum. He jumped in at the right time, and won. Whether he had Russian help is beside the point in this discussion. He won, and Hillary lost.
And here’s an important point, I don’t think the Russians ramped up until the middle of he R Primaries, when Trump was already kicking everybody else’s asses. They really got involved in the general election. Trump kicked the other R candidates on his own.
How did he do that? He didn’t do it by being an ultra-nationalist like a Shitler, he did it by being a strong man like a Mussolini. By force of personality. He truly believed, and convinced his followers, that he alone could make things better for them. Fascist light, yes, Nazi, no.
Now, the Neo-Facists, and Neo-Nazis, jumped right on, because they couldn’t believe that there was a national politician who (kinda, sorta) was on their side, even if he wasn’t blatant about it, outside of dig whistles, but it was the great unwashed who rushed to his banner.
Here’s my fear. Italy, almost seventy five years on, has not recovered from Mussolini. Their present ruling government is basically Mussolini/Fascist.
My hope is that Trump is a one off, that the American people see his sociopathic narcissism (possibly- I mentioned I think he’s on the spectrum, right?) for what it is and that the fringe elements of Neo-Fascists and Neo-Nazis who support him need to die a deserved death. But it’s the portion of the population that feels a need for a Strong Man in charge of the government that scares me.
Trump is not that man. He’s actually an insecure little pissant who bloviates. But many can’t see that. They are just scared as shit that history and their world is spinning out of control and they can do nothing about it.
Sorry for the rant, but I truly believe this is Very Serious Shit and that the election in sixty days will define this Republic long after I am taking a well deserved dirt bath.
‘N’ letter from the logo at Nintendo’s Kyoto HQ is gone due to yesterday’s typhoon pic.twitter.com/bsDJHJuAK7
— AllGamesDelta (@AllGamesDelta_) September 5, 2018
It just occurred to me that Stormy Daniels next movie should be called “Loadstar”.
re: #188 LastYearsMan
It just occurred to me that Stormy Daniels next movie should be called “Loadstar”.
With Ron Jeremy as Trump.
Heh.
re: #185 Scout
Is it OK if I say here that I don’t care much for trump?
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So I’m talking last night when we had dinner at Uchi to Masa and Joshi, both Issei, about typhoon Jebi. Masa, who’s from Osaka, was saying his family is okay, although they had to go to a family house further in from the coast because their house had lost power and water.
Joshi’s parents, who run an inn in Kyoto, rather famous because Akira Kurosawa stayed there whenever he was in town, and wrote several screenplays with his collaborators in the inn, had some roof damage, but got through basically intact, which was lucky because there was significant damage in the city. Jebi fucked up that part of the country pretty badly, which had suffered earlier in the summer from torrential rain, followed by a heat wave which killed hundreds of people.
Half an hour later, Joshi hands me his phone and says “Look at this!” Masa said, “This is awful!”. It was the first report of the earthquake in Hokkaido, southeast of Sapporo, he knows I’m a geologist and I just winced and said “Japan is just not catching a single break this summer.” They just nodded and frowned.
Then they bumped heads and got down to business and cut fish. I love those guys.
I’m confused. Susan Sarandon keeps RT’ing criticisms about Kavanaugh. Who the fuck did she think Trump would nominate?!
Ruth Bader Ginsburg II or Thurgood Marshall Jr? You knew what was at stake. FOH.
Anti Hillary people are weirdos.— OJ Harrison5 🍩 🥀 💄 (@OjPats4) September 6, 2018
So, I’m off to bed.
Just a couple of thoughts (could be completely wrong, but I don’t think so).
The R’s on the Judiciary Committee caved today. They know that Kavanaugh is a lightweight shite candidate for the Scotus and they know what is coming in November. They are going to lose the House. This is a 1984 for the R’s. They might lose the Senate, too, and the only way they can ensure that won’t happen is if Kavanaugh is tossed under the bus.
The Dems are going to continue to release e-mails and other info while continuing to demand the release of the rest of his records from the Bush years which will show that he was all in on torturing prisoners in defiance of the Geneva Conventions.
You know that’s what they are hiding, don’t you? Of course you do. It’s the stain of the Bush years and it just won’t go away. It scares the fuck out of them and that’s why Booker’s calling Cornyn’s bluff was so effective.
They want to keep the Senate. The fun bit is that if they lose the Senate, the next candidate for the Scotus won’t stand a chance because the R’s changed the rules and disallowed a filibuster on Scotus noms.
All in all, this was a great day. And the best part is that Trump has absolutely no idea what is happening. Such a putz.
Sweet scaly dreams, all.
re: #175 teleskiguy
Since forever! Lizards are decent and moral people.
Then why do you let me on here? /s
re: #85 Belafon
Fricking unbelievable! You just can’t make this up. It’s as if these people don’t hear what they’re saying. Not all Native Americans live in reservations just like not all Black Americans live in inner cities.
Sigh.
re: #192 austin_blue
I can’t help but wonder if the GOP leadership (not Trump, who’s a feckless buffoon) has essentially written off the House and is now going to move forward to retain control of the Senate - it’s their last bulwark and if they lose control of that, even if by a slim margin, it’s game over and they know it.
HankyTyme!
This Trump supporter in Montana may not have taken a knee like the guys of the NFL but she did …
she …
well … just watch for the American flag
🇺🇸😕😱🙈 pic.twitter.com/FZ1jn5ZoyO— ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) September 7, 2018
Trouble in Iraq…… Thread
#BREAKING: Minutes ago mortar attack was carried-out by unknown militias (possibly #ISIL/#Daesh) against embassies of #US & other countries at #Baghdad’s Green Zone, #Iraq. This attack can be carried out be #ISIL/#Daesh or #IRGC affiliated #Badr corps or the anti-GOV protesters. pic.twitter.com/BbzYbbsN8y
— Babak Taghvaee (@BabakTaghvaee) September 6, 2018
Sweet People…..
Today’s best fan mail pic.twitter.com/F1LmverMwV
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) September 6, 2018
Moar midnite madness
Spox for Kasowitz law firm Mike Geller on Kamala Harris questions:
“There have been no discussions regarding Robert Mueller’s investigation between Judge Kavanaugh and anyone at our firm.”
(per the great @CarolLeonnig)— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) September 6, 2018
Still waiting on Kasowitz firm to answer this question:
How do they know — in less than 24 hours — that none of their staff in 9 offices across the country spoke to Brett Kavanaugh? https://t.co/DziodeiMKt— Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig) September 6, 2018
Update:
- Kavanaugh acknowledges close friendship with Kasowitz atty Ed McNally
- White House and Kasowitz firm say McNally neither helped prep Kavaugh nor discussed Mueller probe with him. https://t.co/o41jnTDhoQ— Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig) September 6, 2018
This makes that viral Harris video look really, really bad. He knew exactly who she was talking about. https://t.co/a2osn6CbgI
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) September 6, 2018
re: #28 HappyWarrior
You know, I’m not sure about the impeachment of judges. I lean towards saying yes 2/3s. I think at the very least he needs to become the new Bork and a rallying point against right wing extremism and dishonesty on the judiciary. I think the Dems need to push back against the attacks on our judges that the right has done for years.
if trump is impeached based on elements of collusion with the Russian government, first Pence will be asked to resign as having been either a willing dupe or an unwitting dullard, and then a quiet word will be had with Gorsuch and Kavanaugh suggesting that they either resign as honorable men, or be tainted for the rest of their careers, with Democrats packing the court at the first opportunity.
Way to narrow it down lol.
Based upon our statistical analysis of the language used in the New York Times anonymous Op Ed, the author is likely to be an older (58%), conservative (92%) male (66-87%). Sources should protect themselves by consulting “adverserial stylometry” and “forensic author profiling”. pic.twitter.com/yfU22OveTq
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) September 7, 2018
re: #201 steve_davis
if trump is impeached based on elements of collusion with the Russian government, first Pence will be asked to resign as having been either a willing dupe or an unwitting dullard, and then a quiet word will be had with Gorsuch and Kavanaugh suggesting that they either resign as honorable men, or be tainted for the rest of their careers, with Democrats packing the court at the first opportunity.
What you’ve just described there is the ultimate nightmare scenario as far as the wingnuts are concerned.
re: #136 Dave In Austin
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the impressive thing is that I thought that was the entire population of Montana there. Surprised they had someone extra to spare.
re: #205 steve_davis
the impressive thing is that I thought that was the entire population of Montana there. Surprised they had someone extra to spare.
What amazes me is that it’s well known that they bus a horde of these yahoos around the country to these events, and people keep tweeting the Craigslist ads they recruit local shills with—and yet they keep doing these things. Is it possible tRump doesn’t know? That he thinks he’s drawing real crowds all over the country?
In any case, constant campaign rallies after you’ve already won the campaign is not normal!
re: #201 steve_davis
if trump is impeached based on elements of collusion with the Russian government, first Pence will be asked to resign as having been either a willing dupe or an unwitting dullard, and then a quiet word will be had with Gorsuch and Kavanaugh suggesting that they either resign as honorable men, or be tainted for the rest of their careers, with Democrats packing the court at the first opportunity.
FDR tried to pack the court.
He had overwhelming majorities in both houses of congress, but the Supreme Court overturned one after another after another of the laws that he’d gotten passed by that overwhelming majority. The appellate justices and Supremes were mostly people who’d been put there by Coolidge and Hoover, and they didn’t like what the 3/4 D congress had done.
FDR found this so frustrating he considered expanding the court, to get a majority by putting his choices in the new seats. Even his own supporters couldn’t support this idea. His overwhelming majority in congress became, almost overnight, a much narrower majority. And that’s without a Fox or Sinclair or right-wing talk radio. Packing the court isn’t a realistic option.
If the Sarandon/Sanders revolution were to happen and D’s, even far-left D’s, were to fill Congress and the White House for the next 20 years, the Trump-appointed Federalist-approved judges will strike down one after another after another of whatever policies they pass. The only limiting factor on how much they will obstruct, is that the Supremes only have enough time to take on X number of cases per year.
So one of the most highly-promoted TV shows starting in a couple of weeks is called “Manifest” — it’s a sci-fi-ish mystery show that seems to be aiming for the audience that loved “Lost”. The premise is that a passenger jet that disappeared in 2013… suddenly shows up. Today. Nobody knows where it’s been, the people whose loved ones were presumed dead have to deal with now they’re not, the people on the plane are baffled because they had no feeling of anything odd at all. Supposedly this high-concept show will concentrate on the Human Drama of people’s family issues and…
all I can think is that these people went on a nice vacation early in Obama’s 2nd term, and they’ve come back to THIS?!? That’s a more difficult thing to come to terms with than “omg my twin brother is now 5 years older than me”…
This is just the wrong year for a show like this.
(also… I really enjoyed the pilot episode of the Sons of Anarchy sequel/spinoff Mayans. )
re: #199 Dave In Austin
Moar midnite madness
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Kavanaugh [trying to sound confused]: “I’m trying to think if I know anyone…Kasowitz and…?”
It’s 7 am and time for the morning bull.
What was Nike thinking?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 7, 2018
That they could make money? Gain new customers? While taking a stand for what is right? No wonder he’s confused.
I told one of the recruits that we are fighting to overthrow a nation where people set fire to their own shoes because they are angry about a black man kneeling during their favorite song.
He said “Why do we even bother?”
I didn’t have a good answer to that one.— Al-Qaeda (@alqaeda) September 6, 2018
re: #3 HappyWarrior
I think ultimately he will get confirmed due to the Republican majority but I wonder if he can be impeached.
The House could impeach him for perjury, but the Democrats will never have enough votes in the Senate to remove him from the bench. OTOH, he could be indicted and convicted for perjury, so there’s an option.
re: #211 Barefoot Grin
Who set fire to their shoes While. Still. Wearing. Them.
re: #213 wheat-dogg
Who set fire to their shoes While. Still. Wearing. Them.
Setting self on fire to own the Libs.
re: #203 goddamnedfrank
Way to narrow it down lol.
C’mon, WL, don’t leave me hanging. Was the NYT op-ed the greatest act of Freedom and Liberty ever done against Power or was it a shameful act of sabotage against a MAGA potus who loves Russia and the freedom-loving world?
re: #216 Sir John Barron
C’mon, WL, don’t leave me hanging. Was the NYT op-ed the greatest act of Freedom and Liberty ever done against Power or was it a shameful act of sabotage against a MAGA potus who loves Russia and the freedom-loving world?
This part:
the author is likely to be an older (58%), conservative (92%) male (66-87%)
is meaningless. There’s some mental illness in these young conservatives that makes them talk (and usually look) like they’re 30 years older than they are.
re: #51 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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The Trump Memorial will have his entire amazing “Grab them by the pussy” speech engraved on the walls so that we will always remember.
re: #156 jaunte
With the NFL season opener tonight, I’m calling on all players to stand up, put their hands on their heart, and show some RESPECT to the brave men and women in uniform — it’s that simple and the least they can do! 🇺🇸
— Scott Walker
I love it when the less-government people tell us all what to do.
re: #212 Big Beautiful Door
The House could impeach him for perjury, but the Democrats will never have enough votes in the Senate to remove him from the bench. OTOH, he could be indicted and convicted for perjury, so there’s an option.
Right.
re: #210 wheat-dogg
It’s 7 am and time for the morning bull.
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That they could make money? Gain new customers? While taking a stand for what is right? No wonder he’s confused.
I see why you’re confused. They actually chose someone with principles. Something you lack. And it’s none of your business what they do.
Conservatives: Companies discriminating against gays is religious liberty.
Also conservatives: Nike and other companies should be bullied by POTUS and right wing politicians if they use someone we don’t like in an ad campaign
That’s not simple, it’s a lie. Protests against racism and police brutality upset the racist Conservatives. It’s that simple.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) September 7, 2018
re: #224 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
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I’ll say something controversial. They don’t have to respect the military. I’d encourage it be done obviously but you don’t have to respect the military, it’s not a law and nor should it be.We really need to stop fetishizing the military and honestly keep it out of sports. The military has nothing to do with football.
re: #225 HappyWarrior
I’ll say something controversial. They don’t have to respect the military. I’d encourage it be done obviously but you don’t have to respect the military, it’s not a law and nor should it be.We really need to stop fetishizing the military and honestly keep it out of sports. The military has nothing to do with football.
I’d have much greater respect for the military and LE if they would stop commanding me to have respect for them.
re: #226 Sir John Barron
I’d have much greater respect for the military and LE if they would stop commanding me to have respect for them.
Right. I don’t know but the whole military respect and worship thing just feels so forced in this culture. We celebrate Memorial Day and Veterans Day as we should but I gotta admit there’s something that rubs me the wrong way about this mindset where you have to worship LEO and the military. Don’t get me wrong. I appreciate the sacrifices people make when they do that but for once I’d like to watch a baseball game or football game where they give thanks to teachers, diplomats, physicians, or anyone who makes a positive difference otherwise in their community. It’s not just the military and I’m a little tired of right wing veterans using their service to yes command that we have respect for them. This I admit is really hard to phrase but it’s exhausting ot me.
re: #183 teleskiguy
Even in the Senate these anti-Trump fuckholes are as useless as tits on a boar. Jeff Flake and Bob Corker have no testicular fortitude no matter their tough talk about Fuckface Von Clownstick.
Morning!
I have always heard it as “as useless as tits on a bull.”
But good come back tweet on Rick Wilson.
Instead of calling them never-Trumps I think is is more like what Nicole Wallace let slip a few weeks ago…Republicans in waiting.
I hope after Trump America destroys the whole workings of The Republican Party there is nothing to come back to.
Let me put it this way, I’d like to see the nations’ teachers put close to the same pedestal we put men and women of the military. We don’t and that’s a damn shame.
Check out this guy standing behind the Yam. He was later asked to leave by some brunette chick. A little while later, a blonde chick came by and asked the couple standing next to plaid shirt guy to leave, too.
This guy rules pic.twitter.com/TgP1sHycVC
— Inter Miami Fan Acct (@Squanch_Me) September 7, 2018
YOU MUST CLAP LOUDER FOR DEAR LEADER OR WE WILL REMOVE YOU
Can someone find out which gulag they took this guy to?
Watch closely: the dude in the plaid shirt behind Trump who isn’t clapping enough. #FridayFeeling #FridayMotivation pic.twitter.com/3Y5NkRojPz— Holly Figueroa O’Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) September 7, 2018
At Trump’s Montana rally, some of his supporters seemed irritated. Some seemed unenthusiastic and even bored.
Is this why multiple supporters were swapped out? pic.twitter.com/NVlnK2zV19— Rantt Media (@RanttMedia) September 7, 2018
re: #230 wheat-dogg
Check out this guy standing behind the Yam. He was later asked to leave by some brunette chick. A little while later, a blonde chick came by and asked the couple standing next to plaid shirt guy to leave, too.
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I guess even his supporters are bored with his shit.
re: #231 HappyWarrior
I guess even his supporters are bored with his shit.
Assuming they aren’t people who answered a Craigslist casting call.
re: #227 HappyWarrior
Right. I don’t know but the whole military respect and worship thing just feels so forced in this culture. We celebrate Memorial Day and Veterans Day as we should but I gotta admit there’s something that rubs me the wrong way about this mindset where you have to worship LEO and the military. Don’t get me wrong. I appreciate the sacrifices people make when they do that but for once I’d like to watch a baseball game or football game where they give thanks to teachers, diplomats, physicians, or anyone who makes a positive difference otherwise in their community. It’s not just the military and I’m a little tired of right wing veterans using their service to yes command that we have respect for them. This I admit is really hard to phrase but it’s exhausting ot me.
Yeah, it’s troubling. It’s soured me a great deal on the whole watching football thing.
They don’t seem to get that when you order people to do something, if performing some ritual is required instead of voluntary, then you take the meaning out of it.
re: #230 wheat-dogg
Check out this guy standing behind the Yam. He was later asked to leave by some brunette chick. A little while later, a blonde chick came by and asked the couple standing next to plaid shirt guy to leave, too.
Do we know that the people were asked to leave or what was said to them and by who(m)? Were the people doing the escorting out actual campaign or event people?
re: #235 Sir John Barron
Do we know that the people were asked to leave or what was said to them and by who(m)? Were the people doing the escorting out actual campaign or event people?
We do not, but surely we can surmise.
re: #233 Sir John Barron
Yeah, it’s troubling. It’s soured me a great deal on the whole watching football thing.
They don’t seem to get that when you order people to do something, if performing some ritual is required instead of voluntary, then you take the meaning out of it.
Exactly, I think you’re phrasing better what exactly my problem is with this. It’s the whole forced nature of the whole deal. Growing up, I knew about my grandparents’ older brothers who served in WWII. I sure as hell respected them. But it was never forced on me. And as I said, the fixation on the military and the police makes us forget our other heroes too. I have no problem saying this but teachers have directly impacted me far more than people who have seen combat.
re: #238 HappyWarrior
Exactly, I think you’re phrasing better what exactly my problem is with this. It’s the whole forced nature of the whole deal. Growing up, I knew about my grandparents’ older brothers who served in WWII. I sure as hell respected them. But it was never forced on me. And as I said, the fixation on the military and the police makes us forget our other heroes too. I have no problem saying this but teachers have directly impacted me far more than people who have seen combat.
Thanks, but I struggle to express my repellence at the whole thing. And not to mention there’s a subtle, sometimes not so subtle, racial angle to the whole thing, “angry” white politicians and fans demanding that the mostly black players do something or not do the other thing.
re: #194 Patricia Kayden
Fricking unbelievable! You just can’t make this up. It’s as if these people don’t hear what they’re saying. Not all Native Americans live in reservations just like not all Black Americans live in inner cities.
Sigh.
White people need to get out more…they tend to stay in and hang out with their klan.
re: #146 HappyWarrior
Imagine if Republicans cared about living children a fraction of what they do about fetuses.
Imagine if they cared about fetuses enough to ensure that every woman had access to prenatal care.
re: #239 Sir John Barron
Thanks, but I struggle to express my repellence at the whole thing. And not to mention there’s a subtle, sometimes not so subtle, racial angle to the whole thing, “angry” white politicians and fans demanding that the mostly black players do something or not do the other thing.
Right, the racial angle is another one too. I’ve seen so many of these black athletes told they’re ungrateful by the same people who fret deep state paranoid fantasies. I also saw a poignant post by a black veteran talk about how he served ten years including two deployments to Iraq and he still gets called the n-word. That’s the thing. We don’t even confront how we’ve treated our veterans of color and of different genders and sexual orientation. It was reading about black vets returning from WWII- only a few years before my own father was born mind you that made Truman decided to desegregate the military.
re: #149 jaunte
Republicans care about controlling other people, and that’s about it.
Tax cuts, they care about tax cuts a lot.
re: #243 Big Beautiful Door
Tax cuts, they care about tax cuts a lot.
And right wing judges who all think the same and are convinced they are doing what the Founders intended. Those two issues are precisely why the leadership sticks with Trump.
re: #206 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
What amazes me is that it’s well known that they bus a horde of these yahoos around the country to these events, and people keep tweeting the Craigslist ads they recruit local shills with—and yet they keep doing these things. Is it possible tRump doesn’t know? That he thinks he’s drawing real crowds all over the country?
In any case, constant campaign rallies after you’ve already won the campaign is not normal!
He knows. He’s a showman and knows TV. He probably has some kind of back door PAC fund set up to pay so it can’t be linked directly.
re: #170 JordanRules
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Trump’s hired crowds aren’t what they used to be? amirite?
Trump’s stewing in his own juices given the Woodward book coming on the heels of Omarosa’s, and the nonstop leaks coming from the WH. Everyone is leaking to media. Everyone.
Everyone is willing to throw others under the bus, not only to show that they’re loyal to Trump, but to get ahead and try to show that they’re patriots for the nation all while continuing to show that they’re compromised and complicit cronies who think only of advancing the regressive GOP agenda by any means possible.
Trump continues attacking Woodward, which is a bad move, since we know Woodward has receipts. Like say the draft letter Cohn swiped off Trump’s desk ending the South Korea trade deal.
Woodward has receipts. For instance he publishes the draft letter Cohn swiped from Trump’s desk: pic.twitter.com/nvR42wY0Mf
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) September 6, 2018
If he’s got that, you know Woodward has so much more.
Thing is that none of this matters to the GOP base, and they’re the ones pulling the GOP’s strings these days. They’ve so unmoored from reality that anyone in a leadership position trying to switch course and hold this admin accountable (yeah, stop laughing) is swimming against the red tide of toxic agitprop that the leadership has spewed for years on end. So in the end, they aren’t even trying.
They’re just advancing the GOP agenda by any means possible, including sending out a hack nominee for the SCT who’s engaged in perjury and lied to Congress multiple times. The GOP is using that as a cover while they’re again attacking health coverage and lying about Medicare/Medicaid and what Democrats want to do.
Ultimately, this comes back to getting out the vote in November, and every vote matters.
Every election matters (broken record, but it’s indisputably true).
re: #232 wheat-dogg
Assuming they aren’t people who answered a Craigslist casting call.
I don’t know, even $35 an hour or $350 total may not be enough to overcome the spontaneous need to throw-up listening to the Orange Mess.
re: #206 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
What amazes me is that it’s well known that they bus a horde of these yahoos around the country to these events, and people keep tweeting the Craigslist ads they recruit local shills with—and yet they keep doing these things. Is it possible tRump doesn’t know? That he thinks he’s drawing real crowds all over the country?
In any case, constant campaign rallies after you’ve already won the campaign is not normal!
Well, ostensibly he’s campaigning now on behalf of congressional candidates. Although he’s already making it clear that the candidates are unimportant save their embrace of Dear MAGA Leader.
re: #234 jeffreyw
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I don’t know…that kitteh may be giving all of us the ol’ stink eye.
Who is in charge when the 2am call comes?
Russia Threatens To Attack Key U.S. Outpost In Southern Syria
Last time they came after a US base, our guys killed a couple hundred Russians in the fight. Technically not Russian military but actually deeply connected Russian mercs. Hopefully trhis is just a response to the latest “Red Line” speech on chemical weapons. Both sides have looked at past skirmishes and upped the ante in arms.
Trump says that he’s got pictures of Mueller hugging and kissing Comey.
Does anyone actually think Mueller hugs or kisses anyone? I mean, have you seen this guy? /half
re: #253 lawhawk
Trump says that he’s got pictures of Mueller hugging and kissing Comey.
Does anyone actually think Mueller hugs or kisses anyone? I mean, have you seen this guy? /half
Pssst.
re: #253 lawhawk
Trump says that he’s got pictures of Mueller hugging and kissing Comey.
Does anyone actually think Mueller hugs or kisses anyone? I mean, have you seen this guy? /half
Maybe hugging but kissing?
re: #185 Scout
Is it OK if I say here that I don’t care much for trump?
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I think Trump has this idea “if you insult and humiliate a Japanese person, they have to commit seppuku to preserve their honor!” and he wants to see it done, that’s why he insults Abe every time they meet.
re: #201 steve_davis
if trump is impeached based on elements of collusion with the Russian government, first Pence will be asked to resign as having been either a willing dupe or an unwitting dullard, and then a quiet word will be had with Gorsuch and Kavanaugh suggesting that they either resign as honorable men, or be tainted for the rest of their careers, with Democrats packing the court at the first opportunity.
I have never seen or read about this type of accountability and cleansing of corruption at this level.
There’s a first time for everything of course.
re: #256 The Vicious Babushka
I think Trump has this idea “if you insult and humiliate a Japanese person, they have to commit seppuku to preserve their honor!” and he wants to see it done, that’s why he insults Abe every time they meet.
I’d also guess that Trump has hated and held in contempt Japan since the 1980s when they went on a buying spree in NYC. He seems to think that the trade imbalances that Reagan and GHWB’s administrations dealt with were never addressed. Plaza Accord? Structural Impediments Initiative? Japanese automakers and parts suppliers in America?
He’s fucking clueless and doing everything he can to drive Japan out of our security arrangements, it would seem.
re: #239 Sir John Barron
Thanks, but I struggle to express my repellence at the whole thing. And not to mention there’s a subtle, sometimes not so subtle, racial angle to the whole thing, “angry” white politicians and fans demanding that the mostly black players do something or not do the other thing.
The racial angle is the thing here, it’s a fundamental player and the fuel that keeps it going.
re: #256 The Vicious Babushka
I think Trump has this idea “if you insult and humiliate a Japanese person, they have to commit seppuku to preserve their honor!” and he wants to see it done, that’s why he insults Abe every time they meet.
In those samurai movies, the samurai is more likely to cut your fucking head off, or at least an arm or two.
re: #252 jeffreyw
Now you’ve upset her.
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I take it back. You can come out now.
Becoming clearer to Mainers who believed @SenatorCollins decades of promises that she would protect their rights: she won’t pic.twitter.com/TRYxFhn27W
— Joe Sudbay (@JoeSudbay) September 7, 2018
re: #253 lawhawk
Trump says that he’s got pictures of Mueller hugging and kissing Comey.
Does anyone actually think Mueller hugs or kisses anyone? I mean, have you seen this guy? /half
We have pictures of Trump hanging out with the Clintons.
re: #260 ObserverArt
Just saw this elsewhere. From the Woodward book.
Yikes!
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Wait, so LBJ had an ant farm?
On my way to testify at the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings I have been doing 2 or 3 CNN shows each day to talk about the chaos in Trump’s White House. Trump is a growing disaster, and the nation’s biggest problem! The USA can’t take much more Trump!!
— John Dean (@JohnWDean) September 7, 2018
re: #260 ObserverArt
Just saw this elsewhere. From the Woodward book.
Yikes!
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Someone related an anecdote of Trump pointing out Melania outside the OO window, when in fact there was no one there. So, it’s not just ghosts he thinks he sees.
Johnson did pick up a dog by its ears, so maybe Trump is associated that somehow with the ethereal LBJ tweaking his.
re: #256 The Vicious Babushka
I think Trump has this idea “if you insult and humiliate a Japanese person, they have to commit seppuku to preserve their honor!” and he wants to see it done, that’s why he insults Abe every time they meet.
Whereas as a matter of historical perspective, it’s more like:
“If you insult and humiliate a Japanese leader, they have to bomb your naval bases to preserve their honor”
re: #262 wheat-dogg
In those samurai movies, the samurai is more likely to cut your fucking head off, or at least an arm or two.
Trump doesn’t get that the samurai needs to feel dishonor internally, and having some shitgibbon addlepated reactionary know nothing who is clueless about, well, everything (yeah I’m starting to repeat myself) spew insanities as though it will get Abe to fall on his sword isn’t how any of this works.
In those samurai movies, the samurai has to be defeated to feel dishonor.
And yeah, the samurai is likely to go all Beatrix Kiddo and the Crazy 88s on you instead.
re: #267 JordanRules
America: We can’t take much more of Trump.
GOP: End Social Security, Obamacare, and Medicare, and give us all the money, and we’ll talk.
re: #261 Sir John Barron
Is she hiding inside the jaws of a fish?
Kitteh is reenacting the bible story of Jonah.
I keep thinking back to how the very first thing Kavanaugh said in public after Trump nominated him was an obvious, pointless lie:
“No president has ever consulted more widely, or talked with more people from more backgrounds, to seek input about a Supreme Court nomination.”— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) September 7, 2018
re: #270 lawhawk
Trump doesn’t get that the samurai needs to feel dishonor internally, and having some shitgibbon addlepated reactionary know nothing who is clueless about, well, everything (yeah I’m starting to repeat myself) spew insanities as though it will get Abe to fall on his sword isn’t how any of this works.
In those samurai movies, the samurai has to be defeated to feel dishonor.
And yeah, the samurai is likely to go all Beatrix Kiddo and the Crazy 88s on you instead.
Abe could take Trump in a fight, no katana needed.
Five times Brett Kavanaugh appears to have lied to Congress while under oath https://t.co/tEq3KaslMS pic.twitter.com/p5QJprGObI
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) September 7, 2018
re: #268 wheat-dogg
Someone related an anecdote of Trump pointing out Melania outside the OO window, when in fact there was no one there. So, it’s not just ghosts he thinks he sees.
Johnson did pick up a dog by its ears, so maybe Trump is associated that somehow with the ethereal LBJ tweaking his.
He is not right in the head.
This was just one thing out of the Woodward book.
I have a feeling there are going to be a ton others.
That book is going to weigh heavily on Trump and the Republicans and all of America.
A flowchart of Mexican food.
This chart will help you to understand Mexican food. It might also make you hungry… Source: https://t.co/IJsQ5ytqt1 pic.twitter.com/SCFQVxcTU4
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) September 7, 2018
re: #260 ObserverArt
Just saw this elsewhere. From the Woodward book.
Yikes!
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“who’s daily routine” “ghosts of past President’s”—this guy is a published writer? SMDH.
re: #279 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
“who’s daily routine” “ghosts of past President’s”—this guy is a published writer? SMDH.
You’d think at least one editor would catch that.
re: #277 jeffreyw
It will take more than an apology.
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She is a pretty kitty though. I love her colors and markings.
re: #280 HappyWarrior
You’d think at least one editor would catch that.
Probably rushed to press. First printings often have copy edit fails.
re: #201 steve_davis
if trump is impeached based on elements of collusion with the Russian government, first Pence will be asked to resign as having been either a willing dupe or an unwitting dullard, and then a quiet word will be had with Gorsuch and Kavanaugh suggesting that they either resign as honorable men, or be tainted for the rest of their careers, with Democrats packing the court at the first opportunity.
Thus fantasy requires the Democrats to get 67 seats in the Senate, which isn’t going to happen.
re: #207 sagehen
FDR tried to pack the court.
He had overwhelming majorities in both houses of congress, but the Supreme Court overturned one after another after another of the laws that he’d gotten passed by that overwhelming majority. The appellate justices and Supremes were mostly people who’d been put there by Coolidge and Hoover, and they didn’t like what the 3/4 D congress had done.
FDR found this so frustrating he considered expanding the court, to get a majority by putting his choices in the new seats. Even his own supporters couldn’t support this idea. His overwhelming majority in congress became, almost overnight, a much narrower majority. And that’s without a Fox or Sinclair or right-wing talk radio. Packing the court isn’t a realistic option.
If the Sarandon/Sanders revolution were to happen and D’s, even far-left D’s, were to fill Congress and the White House for the next 20 years, the Trump-appointed Federalist-approved judges will strike down one after another after another of whatever policies they pass. The only limiting factor on how much they will obstruct, is that the Supremes only have enough time to take on X number of cases per year.
However, the GOP in the twenties had not stolen two seats with the help of a hostile foreign power, so I think this time is different. If the Democrats want to move this country forward at all, or at least keep it from going backward, they must add two seats to the Court the next time they gain power. They must be as ruthless as the Right is at breaking norms of governance.
re: #282 wheat-dogg
Probably rushed to press. First printings often have copy edit fails.
Or just someone’s bad transcription.
re: #282 wheat-dogg
Probably rushed to press. First printings often have copy edit fails.
Donald Knuth’s “The Art of Computer Programming” has been updated and yet people are still finding errors, which he pays for. There’s even a wikipedia page about it: en.wikipedia.org.
But yes, this book was rushed to press.
re: #283 Big Beautiful Door
Thus fantasy requires the Democrats to get 67 seats in the Senate, which isn’t going to happen.
The only thing that is going to get Trump impeached is pressure from the public getting so hot for Republicans they are forced to make a move.
I know they are craven power mongers but you can’t have any power if you are not in office.
re: #278 wheat-dogg
A flowchart of Mexican food.
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I love a good flowchart. And now I am hungry!
Might do juevos rancheros for breakfast.
re: #224 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
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why not both?
you want to stand up, put your hand on your heart, and show some RESPECT to the brave men and women in uniform — excellent
i will kneel, in protest against racism and police brutality
we both can do these things
at the same time even.
aint america grand?
Well damn. I give up!
I’m sorry to have posted that image of the “ghosts” story.
I think it is a hoax.
Damn internet.
Sigh.
Not a good start to the day. I pissed off a kit and posted something bogus.
re: #290 dangerman
why not both?
you want to stand up, put your hand on your heart, and show some RESPECT to the brave men and women in uniform — excellent
i will kneel, in protest against racism and police brutality
we both can do these things
at the same time even.aint america grand?
“No, you will do what I want you to do or else I will feel powerless.”
/
If your husband issued a strongly worded denial that you flashed a white power sign during a confirmation hearing, what would you do the following day?
Flashing it A-Fucking-Gain, wouldn’t be high on my list… pic.twitter.com/MjICI28z3J— UnsilentMajority 🌹 (@The_UnSilent_) September 7, 2018
re: #291 ObserverArt
So the ghost story isn’t true?
Well, it sounds like something drumpf would do.
Whoa.
Update: A Dallas police officer shot and killed a man after entering an apartment unit she believed was her own, police say.
More info: https://t.co/NkKFyk82tE pic.twitter.com/vUrPhlJCIc— NBC DFW (@NBCDFW) September 7, 2018
re: #293 The Vicious Babushka
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Yeah. I’m sorry but she’s not helping her case at all here.
re: #294 Sir John Barron
So the ghost story isn’t true?
Well, it sounds like something drumpf would do.
Confirmation bias had me believing it too.
re: #294 Sir John Barron
So the ghost story isn’t true?
Well, it sounds like something drumpf would do.
Seems to be the case. It was called out at the forum I saw it.
As I said yesterday, hoaxing is so damn easy with Trump because often his real actions are as bizarre or more so than what you can make up.
now that im using make america kittens again i cant tell of a kitteh pic is cat story or a trump story
My apologies to this forum. I hate not getting things correct.
re: #293 The Vicious Babushka
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I am starting the rumor that she is cheating on her husband with Steven Miller.
And then I will say it’s just a little 4chan trolling joke.
re: #298 ObserverArt
Seems to be the case. It was called out at the forum I saw it.
As I said yesterday, hoaxing is so damn easy with Trump because often his real actions are as bizarre or moreso than what you can make up.
America has long since been turned into a bad parody of itself.
Watch the top video first
Here he is being replaced (and he’s not the only one).
“Kimmy, could we get someone in from the cattle call to replace the too-honest guy in the plaid? He’s a crisis. We need an actor!”pic.twitter.com/EEP4XdksG4— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) September 7, 2018
re: #301 JordanRules
I am starting the rumor that she is cheating on her husband with Steven Miller.
And then I will say it’s just a little 4chan trolling joke.
Even if so. Maybe she shouldn’t be doing a stupid trolling during something as serious as a Supreme Court nominee hearing. I don’t believe her or her husband. I’m sorry but these people have lied to us repeatedly.
re: #306 JordanRules
Ahh see my plan is working!!!
DIdya know that Stephen Miller strangles kittens while dressed in a Jerry from Tom and Jerry costume. //
re: #307 HappyWarrior
DIdya know that Stephen Miller strangles kittens while dressed in a Jerry from Tom and Jerry costume. //
But really, who doesn’t?
This admin continues to take credit for the work of Obama, all while trying to destroy his legacy to profit personally and directly. Everyone in Trumpworld is a goddamned liar.
BREAKING NEWS: 201,000 jobs added in August’s #JobsReport, unemployment steady at 3.9% https://t.co/GJ5O7UgddG pic.twitter.com/E2Sf4HT0fL
— FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) September 7, 2018
Marks the U.S. economy’s 95th consecutive month of net job growth
👇 https://t.co/PVWRgRqRyD— Fox News Research (@FoxNewsResearch) September 7, 2018
Promises made and promises kept! @POTUS Trump’s STRONG agenda is working for the American people. 201,000 new jobs in August and more than 4 MILLION jobs created since Election Day. The economy is roaring back and we’re just getting started! https://t.co/hdVLIQuU9s
— Vice President Mike Pence (@VP) September 7, 2018
Trump inherited a strong economy from Obama.
In fact, the job growth under Obama was better than under Trump - and that’s with the Trump tax scam goosing profits for companies.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) September 7, 2018
Note specifically Pence’s statement. Election day is 3 months before inauguration. He’s trying to get credit for Trump for the final 3 months of Obama admin. Meanwhile, Fox is reminding everyone that there’s 95 months of job growth, which means that about 80% of it is under Obama.
Everywhere you look it’s GOP trying to whitewash the history and indisputable fact that the growth and economy are under Obama, and that Trump inherited a strong economy.
If i see you delete a tweet I liked & re-post it with a typo correction u better believe I’ll like that mf again, I got ur back we are in this together my internet friend
— honey mary (@fussytummy) September 6, 2018
re: #304 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Replaced by a staffer seen in another photo of the event. lol
Get this: Women have won 2,669 of all major party nominations for state legislative seats in 2018. That means women make up 44% of all candidates for state legislature in November. (For context: We make up only 25% of all current state legislators.)
— Amanda Litman (@amandalitman) September 7, 2018
re: #309 lawhawk
This admin continues to take credit for the work of Obama, all while trying to destroy his legacy to profit personally and directly. Everyone in Trumpworld is a goddamned liar.
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Note specifically Pence’s statement. Election day is 3 months before inauguration. He’s trying to get credit for Trump for the final 3 months of Obama admin. Meanwhile, Fox is reminding everyone that there’s 95 months of job growth, which means that about 80% of it is under Obama.
Everywhere you look it’s GOP trying to whitewash the history and indisputable fact that the growth and economy are under Obama, and that Trump inherited a strong economy.
this is like trying to take a brilliance credit for stockpicking
this stock i own rose 500% over the last 10 years!!!
when did you get in?
uh, two years ago..
This year has seen record-high temperatures across the world, the biggest wildfire in California history, and an unprecedented red tide in Florida.
It’s urgent that we act to curb climate change—and Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court could make progress virtually impossible.— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 7, 2018
Thread on Kavanaugh and climate change https://t.co/bVBAThvtSh
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) September 7, 2018
re: #309 lawhawk
This admin continues to take credit for the work of Obama, all while trying to destroy his legacy to profit personally and directly. Everyone in Trumpworld is a goddamned liar.
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Note specifically Pence’s statement. Election day is 3 months before inauguration. He’s trying to get credit for Trump for the final 3 months of Obama admin. Meanwhile, Fox is reminding everyone that there’s 95 months of job growth, which means that about 80% of it is under Obama.
Everywhere you look it’s GOP trying to whitewash the history and indisputable fact that the growth and economy are under Obama, and that Trump inherited a strong economy.
So you finally admit that job growth happened in the Obama presidency, I see how it is FNC.
re: #314 JordanRules
This year has seen record-high temperatures across the world, the biggest wildfire in California history, and an unprecedented red tide in Florida.
a record!
why isnt trump taking credit for that
re: #208 sagehen
“Lost” started out well but then ended as a dud. I wouldn’t waste time watching any similar shows.
re: #304 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
So even the crowds are lies and full of paid actors. This is truly not normal.
re: #208 sagehen
‘Manifest’ made me think of Castaway as told by Stephen King.
re: #319 Big Beautiful Door
Neither than I could find on Google images.
Mueller just strikes me as an old school kind of guy. Not really the kiss and hug type. The mobsters that Trump was in cahoots with otoh….
re: #287 ObserverArt
The only thing that is going to get Trump impeached is pressure from the public getting so hot for Republicans they are forced to make a move.
I know they are craven power mongers but you can’t have any power if you are not in office.
True, but if they betray Trump they lose their base. So, either way, they lose. They made their bed.
re: #300 ObserverArt
My apologies to this forum. I hate not getting things correct.
Its a very easy mistake to make on the internet. What’s important is that you corrected the record.
re: #324 Big Beautiful Door
That might actually get her convicted. Maybe.
even though i was in the wrong place and it was my fault, i still feared for my life
It’s that time of year.
Getting ready for the high holidays with Grandma’s 100 year old Belgian lace tablecloth pic.twitter.com/Q47VN1X2ks
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) September 7, 2018
re: #327 The Vicious Babushka
It’s that time of year.
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Wow, that is beautiful. Those monsters better not spill anything on it!!!!
re: #329 CongoJack
Plastic cover? Or would that be sacrilege?
Or a Vicious Babushka with a baseball bat or packing heat overseeing good table manners… semi-///
I’ll show myself out…
re: #331 JordanRules
Oh so I had missed this…
Embedded everywhere in our Government
That’s why we love and trust the justice system so much! ///////
“We’re not white supremacists. We’re just white OK-ists.”
re: #330 Teukka
Or a Vicious Babushka with a baseball bat or packing heat overseeing good table manners… semi-///
I’ll show myself out…
On a more serious note, I showed it and my initial comment to my mom, and she suggested glass or plexiglass. Or one of those transparent mats you find on some restaurants. Note that plastic is heat sensitive tho.
Well, that buy out he was thinking about just got a lot cheaper
Also, Tesla’s Chief Accounting Officer resigned after a month on the job. The head of HR, who had been on a leave of absence, decided not to return. This after the head of Tesla’s vehicle programs also chose not to return in July, after a leave of absence.
Elon Musk appeared to smoke weed during a live podcast interview, and Tesla shares dropped sharply: https://t.co/UsftcPJd5a pic.twitter.com/hZzYUB3ST6
— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 7, 2018
re: #323 Big Beautiful Door
re: #287 ObserverArt
The only thing that is going to get Trump impeached is pressure from the public getting so hot for Republicans they are forced to make a move.
I know they are craven power mongers but you can’t have any power if you are not in office.
True, but if they betray Trump they lose their base. So, either way, they lose. They made their bed.
They have indeed made their bed: and are likely to get severely scorched when it combusts in upcoming elections. Republican political “power” (in a lot of states) has depended mainly on highly-crafted gerrymandering and vote-suppression to bolster their vote totals/representation well past the level their actual numbers would warrant. A serious “blue wave” setback - especially on the HoR and State Lege levels* is not only going to crimp their power, but expose the GOP’s dirtiest secret to public analysis: that they are actually - in terms of policy, ideology and popularity - quite the minority Party in vast areas of the country. And the Trump cultists, despite the media bubble they love to wallow in, are a smaller minority yet. Unfortunately, due to our Federal/State Constitutional system, this is hard to leverage against for political influence.
*Even more unfortunately, the Senate (at least until 2020) is a pretty hopeless case. For now.
re: #290 dangerman
why not both?
you want to stand up, put your hand on your heart, and show some RESPECT to the brave men and women in uniform — excellent
i will kneel, in protest against racism and police brutality
we both can do these things
at the same time even.aint america grand?
What made Beto’s response to that question so beautiful was his insistence that the people getting beaten for the Woolworth lunch counter sit-ins, or on the Edmund Pettis Bridge, or the people who rode the buses in Freedom Summer — were also putting their lives on the line for their country and for freedom, and plenty of them died too. Peaceful protest is “fighting for your country, fighting for freedom” just as much as serving in the military or the police force, and they deserve the same respect.
re: #327 The Vicious Babushka
Getting ready for the high holidays with Grandma’s 100 year old Belgian lace tablecloth
That reminds me of a shop window I saw in Bruges…
I had trouble getting my wife out of that shop. :)
re: #334 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Well, that buy out he was thinking about just got a lot cheaper
Also, Tesla’s Chief Accounting Officer resigned after a month on the job. The head of HR, who had been on a leave of absence, decided not to return. This after the head of Tesla’s vehicle programs also chose not to return in July, after a leave of absence.
I think Musk is having a mental breakdown related to stress.
But, what if the car and petroleum companies are targeting him? /conspiracy
re: #328 b.d.(secret op-ed writer)
Wow, that is beautiful. Those monsters better not spill anything on it!!!!
LOL I use a plastic cover.
Well great. We get past the steamy heat and humidity and now I see the National Weather Service has flash flood warnings out for portions of Indiana, Northern Kentucky and Ohio. And the warning runs from noon Saturday to 8 AM Monday morning.
It’s already too damn wet. This could go from flash floods to dangerous floods.
right now, I really don’t want Trump impeached…. why? Because impeachment is an inherent political process and I don’t trust the GOP to not fuck that up in any capacity or spin it in such as fashion as to try and score additional political points or save their asses to limit the political damage somehow….
what I want is for Trump (and many members of his Administration and the leadership of the GOP itself) to be Indicted. Bring actual civil charges to court and try his ass now for the various crimes that he’s already admitted to or have been documented in the fucking media itself…
Obstruction of Justice and Perjury. I’m fairly certain that for him and others we can find evidence of campaign finance law violations, emoluments violations, voting rights law violations and head on up the food chain to treason.
if it brings on a “Constitutional Crisis”, so be it, we’re already living through one in slow motion. We’re either a nation of laws or we are not, lets stop screwing around and let the lawsuits drop.
re: #331 JordanRules
Oh so I had missed this…
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That’s why we love and trust the justice system so much! ///////
It’s on me now Observer Art.
This is not US Att’y Bash.
It is Republican Georgia State Senator and candidate for Governor Michael Williams.
*hangs head in shame*
I really do apologize. I hate doing this.
Oh! Lemme see if I still have the edit window!
re: #336 sagehen
What made Beto’s response to that question so beautiful was his insistence that the people getting beaten for the Woolworth lunch counter sit-ins, or on the Edmund Pettis Bridge, or the people who rode the buses in Freedom Summer — were also putting their lives on the line for their country and for freedom, and plenty of them died too. Peaceful protest is “fighting for your country, fighting for freedom” just as much as serving in the military or the police force, and they deserve the same respect.
and see how far we’ve come - sort of
in 2018 one can fight for country and freedom and personal and human rights etc, without putting your life on the line because of institutional threats
Clintons got to him
Ex-NFL player and Trump Jr. hunting partner Jason Hairston found dead https://t.co/1krOvjccUi pic.twitter.com/yT1dgmJMa9
— The Hill (@thehill) September 7, 2018
re: #337 makeitstop
That reminds me of a shop window I saw in Bruges…
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I had trouble getting my wife out of that shop. :)
i think the plates would fall off…
re: #260 ObserverArt
Just saw this elsewhere. From the Woodward book.
Yikes!
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Yikes about the content and also, if that’s a direct copy of the book—yikes about the editing/proofing:
whose, not who’s
presidents, not President’s
Edit—never mind.
re: #331 JordanRules
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Fake.
That’s a picture of a Georgia militia group with a GOP candidate for governor.
John Bash is U.S. Attorney in West Texas.
There’s no connection between Bash and that picture.— Monty Boa (@MontyBoa99) September 7, 2018
re: #344 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Clintons got to him
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Suicide according to reports. CTE related perhaps?
re: #344 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
confirmed dead by his hunting gear company, KUIU, on Wednesday.
That’s why I don’t have a hunting gear company.
re: #352 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Probably.
Make that definitely.
“The family has requested that donations be made to support CTE-related research at the Boston University Concussion Legacy Foundation in lieu of sending flowers.”
re: #334 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Well, that buy out he was thinking about just got a lot cheaper
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I don’t care that he smoked weed. I care that he did it with alt-right piece of shit Joe Rogan.
Musk is going down an incredibly ugly path of mental instability and personal destruction.
Good one from our friend across the pond.
“Was it really you who wrote the op-ed?” pic.twitter.com/ombCXZrlxB
— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) September 6, 2018
Also, we are a joke and super vulnerable.
Was listening a little to Dan Patrick sports talk show and he was rerunning an interview he had done a couple years ago with Burt Reynolds.
They talked about this bit on Johnny Carson. It may have been posted here as a remembrance already…but why not again.
There is not enough humor in Trump America!
re: #348 BeachDem
Yikes about the content and also, if that’s a direct copy of the book—yikes about the editing/proofing:
whose, not who’s
presidents, not President’s
It’s fake Beach. My mistake.
re: #344 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Clintons got to him
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Obviously killed by Jr. to hide the ram sex ring they have established in the basement of the Lonely Mountain.
/
Call me the next Alex Jones!
re: #359 CongoJack
Obviously killed by Jr. to hide the ram sex ring they have established in the basement of the Lonely Mountain.
/
Call me the next Alex Jones!
Nah it was Eric.
Tomorrow marks 1 year since @Equifax compromised the data of 148 million Americans. Like many people, I tried to freeze my credit after the hack. It was a difficult (& painfully boring) process. I introduced the FREE Act to let people access & freeze their credit file at no cost. pic.twitter.com/8bXPY5BXw9
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 7, 2018
Al joking aside. Another CTE related suicide. Football’s got problems that have nothing to do with athlete activism.
re: #356 JordanRules
Good one from our friend across the pond.
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Also, we are a joke and super vulnerable.
We are a superpower run by a simpleton (wapo/gerson)
“Here is the increasingly evident reality of the Trump era: We are a superpower run by a simpleton. From a foreign policy perspective, this is far worse than being run by a skilled liar. It is an invitation to manipulation and contempt.”
re: #360 HappyWarrior
Nah it was Eric.
Officer: How can you tell it was Eric and not Jr.
Detective: See these tooth marks?
Officer: Yeah
Detective: There’s a lot of gums on those bites.
Don’t mind me… I’m deliriously tired.
re: #362 HappyWarrior
Al joking aside. Another CTE related suicide. Football’s got problems that have nothing to do with athlete activism.
Seconded
re: #363 dangerman
We are a superpower run by a simpleton (wapo/gerson)
It is far worse. And it’s embarassing.
Even his paid actors can’t handle this shit.
re: #366 HappyWarrior
It is far worse. And it’s embarassing.
i think the embarassing part will fade pretty fast as soon as there’s an adult in the chair again
re: #370 dangerman
i think the embarassing part will fade pretty fast as soon as there’s an adult in the chair again
Can’t come soon enough.
re: #362 HappyWarrior
Al joking aside. Another CTE related suicide. Football’s got problems that have nothing to do with athlete activism.
And I think the A-1 consultants and marketers at Nike had this as part of their calculus along with a lot of other things. They won’t stop doing business with the league yet of course but I think their long term strategy has a scenario where they might.
Then I remember college football and my whole theory goes to shit. LOL
Then it’s just simple capitalism, no heavy consulting needed.
The NCAA and compensation/amateurism is the wild card there.
Dear Mr. Mueller,
Could we please have another indictment today? And could you make it a major one?
Thank you,
makeitstop, on behalf of sane Americans everywhere
re: #338 Belafon
I think Musk is having a mental breakdown related to stress.
But, what if the car and petroleum companies are targeting him? /conspiracy
VW is making some electric car advancements. They just set an new record at the Pikes Peak Hill Climb in both electric vehicle class and overall.
This race car is badass…and you can be sure a pure electric car is coming. How could the world’s largest auto manufacturer not get in this market?
I’m going to post two vids. A short one for general viewing and then a longer one for car nuts.
re: #376 ObserverArt
VW is making some electric car advancements. They just set an new record at the Pikes Peak Hill Climb in both electric vehicle class and overall.
This race car is badass…and you can be sure a pure electric car is coming. How could the world’s largest auto manufacturer not get in this market?
I’m going to post two vids. A short one for general viewing and then a longer one for car nuts.
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re: #327 The Vicious Babushka
It’s that time of year.
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Beautiful and no less meaningful.
That’s something to be treasured for another hundred years, one hopes.
Today I’m at the University of Illinois to deliver a simple message to young people all over the country: You need to vote, because our democracy depends on it. I hope you’ll tune in at 11am CT: https://t.co/34WjNaVAcU
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) September 7, 2018
re: #355 goddamnedfrank
I don’t care that he smoked weed. I care that he did it with alt-right piece of shit Joe Rogan.
Musk is going down an incredibly ugly path of mental instability and personal destruction.
Joe Rogan is alt-right? Since when?? That’s the first time I’m hearing of this.
re: #377 Belafon
After the accelertion achieved by Tesla, I would definitely expect racing cars to pick it up.
You bring up a great point. If Elon, or anyone else for that matter, established a race series for ev’s, it might produce some interesting advancements.
Oh, and hello all!
Sen. Blumenthal is asking Kavanaugh if he will condemn Trump’s attacks on Judge Curiel, who is Hispanic. Kavanaugh refuses.
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) September 6, 2018
Trump contemplated pulling Justice Gorsuch’s nomination while it was pending, after Gorsuch disagreed with Trump’s criticism of Judge Curiel. Kavanaugh is apparently unwilling to stand up for what he has to know is right here, because of that risk. https://t.co/5u7WXFqAQJ
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) September 7, 2018
Democrats did their damn homework!!
re: #210 wheat-dogg
It’s 7 am and time for the morning bull.
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That they could make money? Gain new customers? While taking a stand for what is right? No wonder he’s confused.
SO now I know what F&F opened with today.
re: #377 Belafon
After the accelertion achieved by Tesla, I would definitely expect racing cars to pick it up.
Grand Prix (Formula 1) and LeMans endurance cars are using electric/hybrid tech.
And there is a Formula E (pure electric) racing series going too.
DC direct drive motors on both front and rear axles make for some big torque from the get-go.
Formula 1 cars are setting new track records at just about every race now.
Keeping tires in decent shape is key now because they have so much torque in and out of the the turns they can burn the race rubber up pretty fast.
Here is a taste of Formula E.
re: #296 HappyWarrior
Yeah. I’m sorry but she’s not helping her case at all here.
Not helping her case? How about fuck that see you next Tuesday?
holy shit this guy is entertaining pic.twitter.com/c63KNvN9VY
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) September 7, 2018
Let’s all go to rallies and do this. Who’s in? https://t.co/EIqtWTPok2
— Beth Stevens (@beebea) September 7, 2018
He might not be one of the paid ones. He might have done it simply on a dare.
re: #367 dangerman
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I love W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings.
Directed by John Avildsen (later much more well known for directing Rocky, Rocky V, and the original three The Karate Kid movies), it’s Reynolds’ first movie with Jerry Reed (and also with Mel Tillis in a small role, who would later be in Cannonball Run with Reynolds) and also has Art Carney, Don Williams, and teams him up again with Ned Beatty (Deliverance) and James Hampton (The Longest Yard):
In 1957, W.W. Bright (Burt Reynolds) is an easygoing crook who robs gas stations. He meets the Dixie Dancekings, a country music band, while fleeing from a policeman. Dixie (Conny Van Dyke), their singer, gives him an alibi. He claims to be in the music business, and ends up promoting the group. Wayne (Jerry Reed), the band’s leader, does not trust him, but the others all have faith in him.
W.W. only steals from SOS gas stations, so the company’s chairman sends for Bible-thumping ex-lawman Deacon John Wesley Gore (Art Carney) to track him down. Meanwhile, W.W. and the newly outfitted band go to see Country Bull (Ned Beatty), a highly successful singer-songwriter. He is willing to write them a song for $1000.
W.W. talks the Dancekings into a bank robbery (SOS has just opened a bank branch) that does not work out quite as planned. When Gore broadcasts the description of the getaway car on a radio revival show, W.W. burns up his car. He is ready to separate from the Dancekings in order to shield them, but then he hears them rehearsing Wayne’s new song. He persuades Country Bull to listen to it; the man is so impressed, he puts them on the Grand Ole Opry. There Gore catches W.W. using an exact replica of his burnt car as bait. Gore makes him drive to the police department, but just as they arrive, Gore realizes it is now Sunday, so rather than violating the Sabbath, he lets him go.
I remember seeing this movie on a later run in the late 70s-early 80s with my parents at a long-since-gone drive-in not far from my house as a little kid; as a Nashvillian, it’s also fun to pick out the places where they filmed some of the scenes.
Longtime Muslim Republicans won’t back GOP this fall: ‘Unless you’re white you don’t matter to them’ https://t.co/WO8HBphTf9
— Raw Story (@RawStory) September 7, 2018
re: #380 electrotek
Joe Rogan is alt-right? Since when?? That’s the first time I’m hearing of this.
IIRC, he’s buddy-buddy with Alex Jones.
There shouldn’t be Muslim Republicans, considering that the party is based on bigotry and xenophobia against people who aren’t white Christians. This is not something new.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) September 7, 2018
re: #388 electrotek
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Trying not to be indelicate here, but what took them so long to figure that out?
re: #380 electrotek
Joe Rogan is alt-right? Since when?? That’s the first time I’m hearing of this.
He’s never met a racist he didn’t like.
Now this is a party. @jordanbpeterson @EricRWeinstein @RubinReport @joerogan @SamHarrisOrg pic.twitter.com/nrMWVHj7Pg
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) July 2, 2018
Joe Rogan Experience #640 - Charles C. Johnson: http://t.co/64Jm7fgqQz via @YouTube
— Joe Rogan (@joerogan) April 29, 2015
I just uploaded “JRE #820 - Milo Yiannopoulos” to @Vimeo: https://t.co/Dw9ejHcwmE
— Joe Rogan (@joerogan) July 7, 2016
He also literally attempted to condemn racism by citing Elon Musk as the one example of a smart African.
The dude is absolute fucking trash.
re: #391 TedStriker
Trying not to be indelicate here, but what took them so long to figure that out?
I know one who likes to parrot the party line and believe in bullshit lies about Hillary. He’s a Lebanese Shi’a from New Jersey, and the type who drinks and eats pork.
I got news for him: that didn’t prevent Bosniaks from being rounded up and shot either!
re: #387 TedStriker
I love W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings.
Directed by John Avildsen (later much more well known for directing Rocky, Rocky V, and the original three The Karate Kid movies), it’s Reynolds’ first movie with Jerry Reed (and also with Mel Tillis in a small role, who would later be in Cannonball Run with Reynolds) and also has Art Carney, Don Williams, and teams him up again with Ned Beatty (Deliverance) and James Hampton (The Longest Yard):
I remember seeing this movie on a later run in the late 70s-early 80s with my parents at a long-since-gone drive-in not far from my house as a little kid; as a Nashvillian, it’s also fun to pick out the places where they filmed some of the scenes.
he was more than cannonball and bandit
he had fun
re: #396 HappyWarrior
There are still Muslim Republicans left?
Gay Republicans
Latino Republicans
Women Republicans
…
re: #379 JordanRules
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It is so refreshing to watch a REAL president speak, and he is on fire on this one.
re: #396 HappyWarrior
There are still Muslim Republicans left?
Remember Asra Nomani’s bullshit letter being a Muslim woman and supporting Trump?
The most hilarious thing was seeing ex-Muslim women calling her out for defending a misogynist.
re: #399 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
It is so refreshing to watch a REAL president speak, and he is on fire on this one.
He is!
re: #395 dangerman
he was more than cannonball and bandit
he had fun
Jack Horner in Boogie Nights. One of his best performances, even though he hated working on that film by all accounts.
These assholes just don’t want to admit to themselves that it was Mike Pence because he’s the one guy they can’t get rid of without impeachment hearings.
So instead they’re going to have a holy inquisition and purge, sowing more distrust and destabilization within Trump’s ranks.— Lodestar Frank (@goddamnedfrank) September 7, 2018
Got into an argument with a friend of mine and he’s defending Musk’s behavior by stating this:
Most of them do blow and fuck hookers. Probably even had some people killed. He smokes a joint on a podcast and Tesla and whatever the fuck else he does is over? I don’t think so. I presume he’ll buy some of his stock back at this point haha.
re: #218 Big Beautiful Door
The Trump Memorial will have his entire amazing “Grab them by the pussy” speech engraved on the walls so that we will always remember.
“Four score and seven grabbed pussies ago…”
re: #397 Belafon
Gay Republicans
Latino Republicans
Women Republicans
…
intresting that the dems dont generally do that
re: #393 goddamnedfrank
He’s never met a racist he didn’t like.
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He also literally attempted to condemn racism by citing Elon Musk as the one example of a smart African.
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The dude is absolute fucking trash.
Be a bit more hyperbolic why don’t you? Why don’t you share all his podcasts where he’s talked to people from the left side of the political spectrum? He’s a comedian. He talks to people on his podcast. If you want to complain about anything he does on his podcasts is that he doesn’t push back against repellent ideas. He generally lets his guests talk and doesn’t debate or argue, for the most part, with them about those ideas.
This Obama speech is going to make White House staffers’ Friday rather unpleasant — if anyone tells President Trump that all three cable nets are carrying it live.
— Phil Elliott (@Philip_Elliott) September 7, 2018
re: #404 goddamnedfrank
These assholes just don’t want to admit to themselves that it was Mike Pence because he’s the one guy they can’t get rid of without impeachment hearings.
So instead they’re going to have a holy inquisition and purge, sowing more distrust and destabilization within Trump’s ranks.
so much winning
such organization
and the loyalty! it oozes
re: #405 electrotek
Got into an argument with a friend of mine and he’s defending Musk’s behavior by stating this:
I think something has snapped in Musk’s head, probably due to the stress caused by his obsessive driven nature and the projects going on not quite performing as well as he thought they would. He’s probably trying to self-medicate. What he will need to do it take a rest and then learn to delegate, as painful as it might be, or he’s going to end up hurting himself, possibly fatally.
re: #405 electrotek
Got into an argument with a friend of mine and he’s defending Musk’s behavior by stating this:
when you’re rich and ‘succesful’ rules and character dont apply
re: #400 electrotek
Remember Asra Nomani’s bullshit letter being a Muslim woman and supporting Trump?
The most hilarious thing was seeing ex-Muslim women calling her out for defending a misogynist.
Yeah true I had.
re: #415 dangerman
when you’re rich and ‘succesful’ rules and character dont apply
But they do catch up eventually, look at Intel’s CEO from June.
Looks more like a little hand job. 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/MOMvjibpfo
— B P Graber🌊 (@brendanpgraber) September 7, 2018
re: #409 rhuarc
Be a bit more hyperbolic why don’t you? Why don’t you share all his podcasts where he’s talked to people from the left side of the political spectrum? He’s a comedian. He talks to people on his podcast. If you want to complain about anything he does on his podcasts is that he doesn’t push back against repellent ideas. He generally lets his guests talk and doesn’t debate or argue, for the most part, with them about those ideas.
I’m sorry but repeatedly signal boosting racism isn’t some passive, ethically neutral endeavor that can be simplistically dismissed by saying “he’s a comedian.”
“What happened to the Republican Party? Its central organizing principle in foreign policy was the fight against Communism, and now they’re cozying up to the former head of the KGB!” President Obama pic.twitter.com/HtcPTAoIO3
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) September 7, 2018
re: #397 Belafon
Gay Republicans
Latino Republicans
Women Republicans
…
Now if the low-tax wing of the GOP could prevail over the homophobic wing, they could appeal to gays, who tend to have higher incomes
If the socially conservative wing of the GOP could prevail over the white supremacist racist wing they might be able to appeal to Latinos, who tend to be socially conservative
And if Family Values was not just a hollow phrase uttered by GOP theocrats & patriarchs, they might even appeal to more women outside the white middle class
re: #420 gocart mozart
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Not to nitpick but was Putin KGB Head? I get his point tho.
re: #421 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Now if the low-tax wing of the GOP could prevail over the homophobic wing, they could appeal to gays, who tend to have higher incomes
If the socially conservative wing of the GOP could prevail over the white supremacist racist wing they might be able to appeal to Latinos, who tend to be socially conservative
And if Family Values was not just a hollow phrase uttered by GOP theocrats & patriarchs, they might even appeal to more women outside the white middle class
Then they wouldn’t be Republicans or at least the ones we know. The party has more in common with Eurofascist parties than European conservative ones.
re: #419 goddamnedfrank
I’m sorry but repeatedly signal boosting racism isn’t some passive, ethically neutral endeavor that can be simplistically dismissed by saying “he’s a comedian.”
So can we call him a socialist or a leftist when he signal boosts those ideas by having those types of people on there? Or how about signal boosting flat earth and other crazy conspiracy theories when he has his friend Eddie Bravo on?
Former President Obama:
“How hard can that be, saying that Nazis are bad?” pic.twitter.com/DOJnJS9zCV— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 7, 2018
re: #419 goddamnedfrank
I’m sorry but repeatedly signal boosting racism isn’t some passive, ethically neutral endeavor that can be simplistically dismissed by saying “he’s a comedian.”
don’t legitimize crackpots or crackpot ideas
do not give them voice
let them find their own (goddamn) platform
re: #412 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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Even people who disagree with almost everything he says… will still be relieved at the reminder that there are leaders who can speak in full sentences and pronounce every word properly.
re: #423 HappyWarrior
Then they wouldn’t be Republicans or at least the ones we know. The party has more in common with Eurofascist parties than European conservative ones.
Those views still do linger in the GOP but they have been overshadowed by the other trends.
re: #424 rhuarc
So can we call him a socialist or a leftist when he signal boosts those ideas by having those types of people on there? Or how about signal boosting flat earth and other crazy conspiracy theories when he has his friend Eddie Bravo on?
‘socialist’ or ‘leftist’ ideas are not crackpot ideas
flat earth and conspiracies are
you help these people when you give them a microphone and audience
you do not help the cause of eradicating dangerous and/or pseudo thinking
re: #419 goddamnedfrank
Also, the really irritating thing about the question “Why don’t you share all his podcasts where he’s talked to people from the left side of the political spectrum,” is that relies on a false equivalence and tacitly implies that some moral balance is achieved by stacking guests on both sides of the racism seesaw.
re: #422 HappyWarrior
On 25 July 1998, Yeltsin appointed Putin as Director of the Federal Security Service (FSB), the primary intelligence and security organization of the Russian Federation and the successor to the KGB.
FSB/KGB ?
re: #431 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Those views still do linger in the GOP but they have been overshadowed by the other trends.
I’ve certainly missed that the past decade. Just because you claim to be fiscally conservative doesn’t make you so.
re: #432 dangerman
‘socialist’ or ‘leftist’ ideas are not crackpot ideas
According to you. What if I find them crackpot? What if your friend finds them crackpot? Who defines crackpot? You? A committee? The government? Mainstream media?
re: #434 gocart mozart
FSB/KGB ?
Yes. One in the same. I think they were looking to soften the image of the agency.
re: #424 rhuarc
So can we call him a socialist or a leftist when he signal boosts those ideas by having those types of people on there? Or how about signal boosting flat earth and other crazy conspiracy theories when he has his friend Eddie Bravo on?
How about don’t talk to me anymore.
OBAMA: “It should not be a partisan issue to say that we do not pressure the AG or the FBI to use the criminal justice system as a cudgel to punish our political opponents, or to explicitly call on the AG to protect members of our own party from prosecution…not a hypothetical!” pic.twitter.com/EQ6HbsJ3S9
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 7, 2018
Obama sounds like a guy who has been keeping a list of Trump things he wanted to complain about as soon as he was allowed again. https://t.co/00i8xXnwY5
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 7, 2018
re: #433 goddamnedfrank
Also, the really irritating thing about the question “Why don’t you share all his podcasts where he’s talked to people from the left side of the political spectrum,” is that relies on a false equivalence and tacitly implies that some moral balance is achieved by stacking guests on both sides of the racism seesaw.
You picked 4 or 5 guests out of over 1200 podcasts he’s done. How about you look at the totality of his podcast history before assigning a label on him?
Can we amend the Constitution and impose Obama as our leader once again?
re: #439 goddamnedfrank
How about don’t talk to me anymore.
LOL! Does the little baby need a binky for nap time?
“This is not a rock concert…it’s not Coachella.”
HAHAHAHA
re: #436 rhuarc
According to you. What if I find them crackpot? What if your friend finds them crackpot? Who defines crackpot? You? A committee? The government? Mainstream media?
I define it. By judging the information to my past education, understanding and comparing the item to the real world correlating with objective science and data.
To that end there aren’t really any RW ideas that are not “crackpot” anymore - they have gone off the rails over the last decade.
Took him long enough.
What was Nike thinking?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 7, 2018
re: #444 Sir John Barron
Obama is very shrill. Very uncivil.
//
LOOK AT THE ANGRY BLACK MAN DARING TO SPEAK ABOUT PRESIDENT GOD-EMPEROR TRUMP LIKE THAT!!!
re: #442 electrotek
Can we amend the Constitution and impose Obama as our leader once again?
The only reason we have the term limit law is because the GOP was jealous of FDR’s popularity.
re: #447 goddamnedfrank
What was Nike thinking?
— Donald J. Trump
That it would be fun to watch RWNJ burn their own sneakers to own the libs?
re: #436 rhuarc
According to you. What if I find them crackpot? What if your friend finds them crackpot? Who defines crackpot? You? A committee? The government? Mainstream media?
History and the results over time.
A general acceptance by most rational people…like say after the turbulence of the 20th century.
There are reasons why people came up with phrases like history when forgotten can be repeated.
It seems today some think if they didn’t live through fascism and racism then they need to be explored again.
We know there are poisons that when ingested will kill you.
If you don’t know that history, can I get you to drink this liquid?
Who made it a poison? Me? You? Your friend?
Or, will you be suspicious that I may be misleading you and you need to dig in to the historical facts to find out if you should take a swig?
Go on drink it.
re: #449 HappyWarrior
The only reason we have the term limit law is because the GOP was jealous of FDR’s popularity.
In a head-to-head Obama v Trump match-up, I think Obama would’ve won a third term. Granted, it might’ve been close, but Obama would’ve won both the popular vote and the Electoral College.
Of course, the wingnuts would’ve lost their minds even more than they already have.
re: #435 HappyWarrior
I’ve certainly missed that the past decade. Just because you claim to be fiscally conservative doesn’t make you so.
McCain and Romney were pretty much the last gasp of that branch of the Party. They are no longer of any great influence on policy.
re: #441 rhuarc
You picked 4 or 5 guests out of over 1200 podcasts he’s done. How about you look at the totality of his podcast history before assigning a label on him?
Any thoughts on the dinner party guests in the tweet and African intelligence “jokes” that were also posted?
re: #453 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
McCain and Romney were pretty much the last gasp of that branch of the Party. They are no longer of any great influence on policy.
The same McCain that brought Palin on board and the same Romney that as a Senate candidate right now is bragging that he’s to teh right of Trump on immigration? You give these guys more credit than they deserve. They may not be as bad as Trump but they’re a big part of why someone like Trump was viable.
re: #414 Belafon
I think something has snapped in Musk’s head, probably due to the stress caused by his obsessive driven nature and the projects going on not quite performing as well as he thought they would. He’s probably trying to self-medicate. What he will need to do it take a rest and then learn to delegate, as painful as it might be, or he’s going to end up hurting himself, possibly fatally.
He should spend a week baked on a beach in Jamaica. Just unplug completely, and not even plan for his return. He’s a bright, highly-motivated guy who’s destroying himself.
re: #387 TedStriker
I love W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings.
Directed by John Avildsen (later much more well known for directing Rocky, Rocky V, and the original three The Karate Kid movies), it’s Reynolds’ first movie with Jerry Reed (and also with Mel Tillis in a small role, who would later be in Cannonball Run with Reynolds) and also has Art Carney, Don Williams, and teams him up again with Ned Beatty (Deliverance) and James Hampton (The Longest Yard):
I remember seeing this movie on a later run in the late 70s-early 80s with my parents at a long-since-gone drive-in not far from my house as a little kid; as a Nashvillian, it’s also fun to pick out the places where they filmed some of the scenes.
“I don’t give a hang about no Tennessee Vols!” That old guy was the highlight of the movie for me. Completely destroys the gas station to save a few bucks. He was really ahead of his time.
re: #452 Dr Lizardo
In a head-to-head Obama v Trump match-up, I think Obama would’ve won a third term. Granted, it might’ve been close, but Obama would’ve won both the popular vote and the Electoral College.
Of course, the wingnuts would’ve lost their minds even more than they already have.
It’s an interesting what if and man I wish Trump had been the nominee in 2012 because I think Obama would have humiliated him at the debates.
Former President Barack Obama is currently giving a speech at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In it, he referenced President Trump’s reaction to last year’s Unite the Right Rally: “How hard can that be, saying that Nazis are bad?” https://t.co/QdcHDvDSKT
— The Daily Progress (@DailyProgress) September 7, 2018
re: #459 jaunte
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It shouldn’t be but when you’re a racist piece of shit supported by other racist pieces of shit.
re: #419 goddamnedfrank
I’m sorry but repeatedly signal boosting racism isn’t some passive, ethically neutral endeavor that can be simplistically dismissed by saying “he’s a comedian.”
He’s misguided at best. He’s a dumb guy’s idea of what a smart guy looks like, and it’s gone to his head.
Hey, how about we get nationally televised Obama eloquence and urgency every Friday at noon Eastern between now and Election Day?
My heart feels so much fuller right now.
re: #451 ObserverArt
Yes!
And this is why health officials are chasing down folks from a Southwest flight right now trying to contain measles. Freakin measles.
re: #436 rhuarc
According to you. What if I find them crackpot? What if your friend finds them crackpot? Who defines crackpot? You? A committee? The government? Mainstream media?
flat earthers are not crackpots because i ‘say so’
flat earthers think that ‘round earthers’ are crackpots
that they are objectively wrong is irrelevant
htat they are a disruptive minority is not
the rest of us have no responsibilbity to give them more voice and so legitimize their views
let them find their own platforms
see my rant off on the right there —->
re: #462 ipsos
Hey, how about we get nationally televised Obama eloquence and urgency every Friday at noon Eastern between now and Election Day?
My heart feels so much fuller right now.
This!!
That was some self-care!
Police in northeast Ohio have placed a school resource officer on unpaid leave for activating a Taser to wake up a sleeping student https://t.co/R9evTrJ765 pic.twitter.com/O1HnJLI1Rr
— New York Post (@nypost) September 7, 2018
re: #441 rhuarc
You picked 4 or 5 guests out of over 1200 podcasts he’s done. How about you look at the totality of his podcast history before assigning a label on him?
I don’t know what the population of Germany was in 1938, but only a handful of Nazi’s just about destroyed the world as known at the time.
Back to my poison example.
I have 1200 bottles of clear liquid on the wall and 5 have a clear poison in them.
They are all unlabeled. Go on and pick a couple and take a swig.
This is totally normal.
John Kelly nearly got into a ‘fistfight’ in the Oval Office with ICE official invited by President Trump: Woodward https://t.co/5U0FhC7akn
— majii (@miglsi) September 7, 2018
Pretty incredible how a speech in which the hardest hitting arguments are “don’t use DOJ to target your political enemies” and “stand up to Nazis” is a searing indictment of the sitting president.
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) September 7, 2018
re: #424 rhuarc
So can we call him a socialist or a leftist when he signal boosts those ideas by having those types of people on there? Or how about signal boosting flat earth and other crazy conspiracy theories when he has his friend Eddie Bravo on?
He can be rightly criticized for any crackpot that he signal-boosts.
re: #466 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Oh god…. saw the pic before the caption and my first thought was “Sarah Palin’s a POLICE OFFICER now?!?!?”
Right wing dumbfuckery in a nutshell:
Obama Pissed That Trump, Republicans Getting Credit For The ‘Economic Miracle’ https://t.co/YweOMeFoem via @dailycaller
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) September 7, 2018
Sorry, @BarackObama … you didn’t build that! https://t.co/pQarnt51bb https://t.co/dJE9jRu7rA
— Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) September 7, 2018
These are the so-called intellectuals on the right. This is where the judicial nominations get formulated (and where they get their ideas). This is where the separation of fact from alt-reality begins.
They really do think Obama doesn’t deserve the credit for the economy that grew under Obama, and that Trump inherited (and is now trying his best to fuck up with still more tariffs - after adding another $260+ billion to the $200 billion in tariffs that Trump warns he’s tacking on).
The news seems giddy. They are about to get the horse race they dream about.
Obama v. Trump
They’ve got their graphics ready.
This is not a good thing, but I’m glad we have a winner on our side at least.
re: #472 ipsos
Oh god…. saw the pic before the caption and my first thought was “Sarah Palin’s a POLICE OFFICER now?!?!?”
Nah, that’s her cousin Tazey.
re: #474 lawhawk
Right wing dumbfuckery in a nutshell:
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These are the so-called intellectuals on the right. This is where the judicial nominations get formulated (and where they get their ideas). This is where the separation of fact from alt-reality begins.
They really do think Obama doesn’t deserve the credit for the economy that grew under Obama, and that Trump inherited (and is now trying his best to fuck up with still more tariffs - after adding another $260+ billion to the $200 billion in tariffs that Trump warns he’s tacking on).
The Heritage Foundation and DAily Caller can both go fuck themselves. with Trump’s little dick.
Trump with a ridiculous lie about Obama, saying Japan refused to deal with him on trade. Japan negotiated the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement with Obama. pic.twitter.com/nWQLhyWLrF
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 7, 2018
re: #467 ObserverArt
I don’t know what the population of Germany was in 1938, but only a handful of Nazi’s just about destroyed the world as known at the time.
Back to my poison example.
I have 1200 bottles of clear liquid on the wall and 5 have a clear poison in them.
They are all unlabeled. Go on and pick a couple and take a swig.
well, now you’re talking probability…..
re: #443 rhuarc
LOL! Does the little baby need a binky for nap time?
Time for you to go away for a while until you get your head together if you don’t want to get banned for acting like a child.
re: #404 goddamnedfrank
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It’s actually great fun when you can twist their paranoia knob just a little higher. Their natural state is fear of everyone, paranoia that someone’s a secret agent against them. Getting them terrified that their allies are secretly government agents is hilarious.
re: #482 can’t think of a decent username
It’s actually great fun when you can twist their paranoia knob just a little higher. Their natural state is fear of everyone, paranoia that someone’s a secret agent against them. Getting them terrified that their allies are secretly government agents is hilarious.
I just wish they would all off each other. They deserve misery together.
re: #455 HappyWarrior
The same McCain that brought Palin on board and the same Romney that as a Senate candidate right now is bragging that he’s to teh right of Trump on immigration? You give these guys more credit than they deserve. They may not be as bad as Trump but they’re a big part of why someone like Trump was viable.
Their views on immigration were not right enough for to energize their rabid base. Heck, the only thing I could ever support about GW Bush was his initiative for immigration reform, but his own party would not support him on it.
re: #479 dangerman
well, now you’re talking probability…..
What is the probability that if you don’t tramp down bad people with dangerous thinking they can cause big problems in society…again?
I am not a lawyer but this is the most incredible opening to a court opinion I have ever seen. pic.twitter.com/7q7mE76f5I
— Sam Levine (@srl) September 7, 2018
re: #481 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Time for you to go away for a while until you get your head together if you don’t want to get banned for acting like a child.
Me acting like a fucking child? They fucking baby frank stomped his foot and said “don’t talk to me” like a fucking infant. So how about you go talk to HIM and say the same thing?
re: #484 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Their views on immigration were not right enough for to energize their rabid base. Heck, the only thing I could ever support about GW Bush was his initiative for immigration reform, but his own party would not support him on it.
I really think you’re engaging in some serious revisionism especially with Romney. You’re right about Bush but I’m talking about specifically how Trump just didn’t come out of nowhere. He was just a louder voice of what’s been whispered. Look at what we’re seeing with Kavanaguh. A lot of the things that make him unfit for SCOTUS happened when he worked for Bush.
Trump’s a pathological liar, but his supporters don’t care, because they’re there for the bigotry, not any kind of truth.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) September 7, 2018
re: #487 rhuarc
Me acting like a fucking child? They fucking baby frank stomped his foot and said “don’t talk to me” like a fucking infant. So how about you go talk to HIM and say the same thing?
Yes, and you’re still throwing your tantrum. It’s embarrassing for you, but you refuse to take the time to get your head together so you can see it.
re: #450 Sir John Barron
That it would be fun to watch RWNJ burn their own sneakers to own the libs?
Nike needs to make an ad where their shoes burst into flames because the wearers are running so fast/playing so hard.
re: #489 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
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They just wanted a bigoted asshole like them in the WH. That’s all they wanted. Forget competency. Forget compassion. HE TALKS LIKE I DO AND THINKS BEING A BIGOT IS OKAY!
Sad and 100% accurate - and again underlines why no one in the WH is a hero:
OMG.
Crushing.@chrislhayes: No one took the memo separating children from their parents away from Trump’s desk.#inners#NYTimesOpEd— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) September 7, 2018
We have proof that officials take away stuff from Trump to keep him from signing and he doesn’t notice.
And yet no one bothered to remove the EOs from his desk imprisoning toddlers and people seeking asylum in the US. They didn’t take this off his desk either.
The Trump immigration policy is straight up white nationalism/xenophobia. His civil/voting rights agenda is white nationalist. No one is taking those policies off the table, because his admin and staffers want them.
This is a compromised and complicit admin. No amount of leaks claiming that they are being a hero changes any of the underlying realities (that they’re all liars).
re: #488 HappyWarrior
I really think you’re engaging in some serious revisionism especially with Romney. You’re right about Bush but I’m talking about specifically how Trump just didn’t come out of nowhere. He was just a louder voice of what’s been whispered. Look at what we’re seeing with Kavanaguh. A lot of the things that make him unfit for SCOTUS happened when he worked for Bush.
Nothing made up and driven by humans occurs overnight. It is always a slow build.
re: #493 lawhawk
Sad and 100% accurate - and again underlines why no one in the WH is a hero:
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We have proof that officials take away stuff from Trump to keep him from signing and he doesn’t notice.
And yet no one bothered to remove the EOs from his desk imprisoning toddlers and people seeking asylum in the US. They didn’t take this off his desk either.
The Trump immigration policy is straight up white nationalism/xenophobia. His civil/voting rights agenda is white nationalist. No one is taking those policies off the table, because his admin and staffers want them.
This is a compromised and complicit admin. No amount of leaks claiming that they are being a hero changes any of the underlying realities (that they’re all liars).
There are no heroes. Just worse and holy shit.
re: #487 rhuarc
Me acting like a fucking child? They fucking baby frank stomped his foot and said “don’t talk to me” like a fucking infant. So how about you go talk to HIM and say the same thing?
Take a breath. We’re all on the same side here, no?
re: #438 ObserverArt
Yes. One in the same. I think they were looking to soften the image of the agency.
I think they were promoting the external security agency, which got demoted to a mere Komissariat when the Party and the Military ganged up to bring down Beria and split up the MVD.
re: #482 can’t think of a decent username
It’s actually great fun when you can twist their paranoia knob just a little higher. Their natural state is fear of everyone, paranoia that someone’s a secret agent against them. Getting them terrified that their allies are secretly government agents is hilarious.
It’s simultaneously hilarious and terrifying. Whether or not it was Pence, and I think it was, the sheer combination of cynicism and irresponsible dumb-fuckery involved is mind boggling. This is the main reason I don’t think it was Coats, he just strikes me as too smart and I don’t see how this does anything but make his job as DNI exponentially more difficult. Pence is the only one who really stands to benefit, which makes it so much worse that he was willing to flagrantly undermine the fragile psyche of the guy with nuclear launch authority just to become President.
re: #494 ObserverArt
Nothing made up and driven by humans occurs overnight. It is always a slow build.
Exactly, what I’m trying to say is that the GOP of today is a rotten cesspool and it would still be that way if Rubio, Cruz, or Kasich were its standard bearer. Trump just knew how to capitalize on it the most.
re: #490 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Yes, and you’re still throwing your tantrum. It’s embarrassing for you, but you refuse to take the time to get your head together so you can see it.
LOL! I’m throwing a tantrum? You must not have much experience in tantrums if you think this is a tantrum.
re: #498 goddamnedfrank
It’s simultaneously hilarious and terrifying. Whether or not it was Pence, and I think it was, the sheer combination of cynicism and irresponsible dumb-fuckery involved is mind boggling. This is the main reason I don’t think it was Coats, he just strikes me as too smart and I don’t see how this does anything but make his job as DNI exponentially more difficult. Pence is the only one who really stands to benefit, which makes it so much worse that he was willing to flagrantly undermine the fragile psyche of the guy with nuclear launch authority just to become President.
Let’s get out the dunking chair and check to see if Mikey is a witch.
Anyone with me?
re: #487 rhuarc
Me acting like a fucking child? They fucking baby frank stomped his foot and said “don’t talk to me” like a fucking infant. So how about you go talk to HIM and say the same thing?
I made a simple request. I didn’t swear at you. On the other hand you continue to ignore it while engaging in ad hominem attacks.
re: #499 HappyWarrior
Exactly, what I’m trying to say is that the GOP of today is a rotten cesspool and it would still be that way if Rubio, Cruz, or Kasich were its standard bearer. Trump just knew how to capitalize on it the most.
He could electrify the rabid racist base while charming the Fundamentalist base at the same time in a way no other GOP candidate could, that is why there was never a serious Dump Trump movement in the GOP
re: #474 lawhawk
Right wing dumbfuckery in a nutshell:
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These are the so-called intellectuals on the right. This is where the judicial nominations get formulated (and where they get their ideas). This is where the separation of fact from alt-reality begins.
They really do think Obama doesn’t deserve the credit for the economy that grew under Obama, and that Trump inherited (and is now trying his best to fuck up with still more tariffs - after adding another $260+ billion to the $200 billion in tariffs that Trump warns he’s tacking on).
They’ll keep giving Trump credit right up until the economy falls back into recession, at which point Democrats will be totally responsible.
re: #501 rhuarc
Sometimes, no.
Because one of us doesn’t like a comedian for what seem like good reasons?
Come on now.
re: #505 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
He could electrify the rabid racist base while charming the Fundamentalist base at the same time in a way no other GOP candidate could, that is why there was never a serious Dump Trump movement in the GOP
Again, I think oyu’re missing my point is that the GOP has had these problems for years. Yes, they liked to talk a good game about fiscal conservatism- remember who ran up the debt in the 2000’s, family values- how many of the Clinton era impeachment moralists have been exposed as adulterers or worse in Hastert’s case, etc. Yes, superficially, minority groups may have been drawn to an aspect of what the GOP talked about but what I am trying to tell you is that it’s been all talk for a long time.
re: #501 rhuarc
Sometimes, no.
I don’t want to start any wars and so far you are not engaging in any of my responses, which is fine. And I do need to take off.
So answer if you want or not.
Do you see yourself as Libertarian?
Or more as a completely free-thinking Independent?
Or one of the two major parties?
re: #506 Targetpractice
They’ll keep giving Trump credit right up until the economy falls back into recession, at which point Democrats will be totally responsible.
Yep.
re: #471 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
He can be rightly criticized for any crackpot that he signal-boosts.
I thought it was Megan Mullaly….
re: #507 makeitstop
Because one of us doesn’t like a comedian for what seem like good reasons?
Come on now.
That statement has nothing to do with a disagreement about Rogan.
NEW —> Trump: Justice Department should investigate anonymous op-ed author. Plus he says he may talk to Mueller. My latest with @jdawsey1 (who gives us the hottest dateline in the biz: ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE) https://t.co/r5wkza18t8
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) September 7, 2018
re: #506 Targetpractice
They’ll keep giving Trump credit right up until the economy falls back into recession, at which point Democrats will be totally responsible.
trump: i kept it afloat as long as i could
there was an underlying structural problem all along
re: #513 JordanRules
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Yeah the DOJ should investigate someone writing a critical Op-Ed of you. You know the sad thing is? Maybe if you weren’t such a dick to Sessions, he probably would do it for you given your shared authoritarian wet dreams.
BREAKING: Trump Says If Cohn Stole Papers, He’ll Never Speak to Him Again, @spettypi reports from Air Force One
— Mike Dorning (@MikeDorning) September 7, 2018
If this is all it takes, sign me up.
re: #514 dangerman
trump: i kept it afloat as long as i could
there was an underlying structural problem all along
Nah, Trump will be far more likely to blame some vast shadowy conspiracy to make him look bad or prevent him from “making America great again” or some kind of bullshit.
re: #509 ObserverArt
I don’t want to start any wars and so far you are not engaging in nay of my responses, which is fine. And I do need to take off.
So answer if you want or not.
Do you see yourself as Libertarian?
Or more as a completely free-thinking Independent?
Or one of the two major parties?
I used to self identify as a Libertarian. I no longer do and have not for a long, long time and consider the people who label themselves as such largely idiotic and selfish assholes.
My only political belief, right now, is that the Republican party is a clear and present danger to not only this country, but the survival of the human race on this planet. Pertaining to this country they are traitors and need to be dealt with as we would any traitor. They are 100% un-American and do not have the best interests of anybody in this country but the 1% and other moneyed interests. I do not consider anybody on that side of the aisle worthy of any measure of respect.
re: #508 HappyWarrior
Again, I think oyu’re missing my point is that the GOP has had these problems for years. Yes, they liked to talk a good game about fiscal conservatism- remember who ran up the debt in the 2000’s, family values- how many of the Clinton era impeachment moralists have been exposed as adulterers or worse in Hastert’s case, etc. Yes, superficially, minority groups may have been drawn to an aspect of what the GOP talked about but what I am trying to tell you is that it’s been all talk for a long time.
it has always been that way for them
trick the rubes to vote from them, then give the donor class (the real support) what it wants
proof? the promise of fake jobs got the votes
who go tthe tax cuts? the rich
I love when people I have muted yell into the void at me for hours. I love that they waste their time tweeting shit no one is reading.
— Imani Gandy o—€ (@AngryBlackLady) September 7, 2018
re: #516 jaunte
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If this is all it takes, sign me up.
LOL!!
You better tweet that!
re: #520 dangerman
it has always been that way for them
trick the rubes to vote from them, then give the donor class (the real support) what it wantsproof? the promise of fake jobs got the votes
who go tthe ta cuts? the rich
Yep exactly my point. Republicans have been talking platitudes about fiscal policy, family values, etc for as long as I can remember and they’ve always been more often than not frauds. The ones who ironically do espouse those values are the ones that get called RINOs and got outcasted first by the Reagan cult and now the Trump cult.
re: #513 JordanRules
Narrator: He won’t talk to Mueller
So here’s the plan: If your Senator supports Kavanaugh, call his or her office and leave a detailed message asking them to weigh in on any of your current medical decisions. I’ll start: “The mole on my leg isn’t discolored but it’s large. Should I have it removed?”[no phone numbers allowed]
— Bess Kalb (@bessbell) September 7, 2018
If I had a camera crew I would go to Chuck Grassley’s office in a hospital gown and ask him what to do about my seasonal eczema.
— Bess Kalb (@bessbell) September 7, 2018
re: #483 HappyWarrior
I just wish they would all off each other. They deserve misery together.
The White House janitor should leave shivs around.
re: #515 HappyWarrior
Yeah the DOJ should investigate someone writing a critical Op-Ed of you. You know the sad thing is? Maybe if you weren’t such a dick to Sessions, he probably would do it for you given your shared authoritarian wet dreams.
Honestly, Trump should find out who wrote the op-ed. He shouldn’t use the DOJ to do it, it should be an internal White House investigation. But as the duly elected president (and as much as we want to bemoan the facts, he won based on the rules in place at the time), he’s entitled to have staff working to carry out his policy preferences. If they can’t do that, then they should resign and explain publicly why the resigned. This isn’t a red state senator writing an op-ed criticizing his preferred policies, this is a member of his staff basically saying “people in the building are working to undermine the president’s policies.” That is not how the presidency should work, and if any official from any past administration had done this, they’d be rode out of town on a rail.
Basically, this is one of those spots where he’s right, but for the wrong reasons.
re: #487 rhuarc
Me acting like a fucking child? They fucking baby frank stomped his foot and said “don’t talk to me” like a fucking infant. So how about you go talk to HIM and say the same thing?
The issue is everyone here who posts or lurks (I’m a bit more of a lurker) have a feel for Frank. We have an idea of the who, what, where and why of him. He gives good data, has great tweets, and is a fun read.
You sir do come off as a child. We do not know you. Our first impression (at least mine) is not going well for you.
Have a fantastic day though!
PS Joe Rogan is “meh” at best.
re: #526 Belafon
The White House janitor should leave shivs around.
Nah, that’s just extra work for the janitorial staff… so much blood.
Hot mics… that would be much more effective.
re: #527 KGxvi
Honestly, Trump should find out who wrote the op-ed. He shouldn’t use the DOJ to do it, it should be an internal White House investigation. But as the duly elected president (and as much as we want to bemoan the facts, he won based on the rules in place at the time), he’s entitled to have staff working to carry out his policy preferences. If they can’t do that, then they should resign and explain publicly why the resigned. This isn’t a red state senator writing an op-ed criticizing his preferred policies, this is a member of his staff basically saying “people in the building are working to undermine the president’s policies.” That is not how the presidency should work, and if any official from any past administration had done this, they’d be rode out of town on a rail.
Basically, this is one of those spots where he’s right, but for the wrong reasons.
I agree. Just don’t waste the taxpayers money on it.
I’m glad that when I came back, the 60 comments that appeared in a short period of time were just infighting and not about Trump bombing Tokyo to highlight our trade differences.
This WAS Botham Shem Jean.
A female Dallas police officer killed him because she “walked into the wrong apartment thinking that it was her own”. She killed him in his own home, minding his own business.
You can’t even be in your own home while black without being killed. pic.twitter.com/lLFxqrtMYN— Ohun Ashe (@Ohun_Ashe) September 7, 2018
re: #521 goddamnedfrank
I love when people I have muted yell into the void at me for hours. I love that they waste their time tweeting shit no one is reading.
THAT’S how you do it!
re: #523 HappyWarrior
Yep exactly my point. Republicans have been talking platitudes about fiscal policy, family values, etc for as long as I can remember and they’ve always been more often than not frauds. The ones who ironically do espouse those values are the ones that get called RINOs and got outcasted first by the Reagan cult and now the Trump cult.
they learned that they are delaing with two markets
they need to donor/rich to fund them to keep them in office
then need to buy the rubes to vote to keep them in office
one without the other wont work
re: #532 goddamnedfrank
Was she drunk or something?
How the fuck do you walk into an apartment that’s not your own? Unless maybe you just moved into something like this day the before:
re: #527 KGxvi
Honestly, Trump should find out who wrote the op-ed. He shouldn’t use the DOJ to do it, it should be an internal White House investigation. But as the duly elected president (and as much as we want to bemoan the facts, he won based on the rules in place at the time), he’s entitled to have staff working to carry out his policy preferences. If they can’t do that, then they should resign and explain publicly why the resigned. This isn’t a red state senator writing an op-ed criticizing his preferred policies, this is a member of his staff basically saying “people in the building are working to undermine the president’s policies.” That is not how the presidency should work, and if any official from any past administration had done this, they’d be rode out of town on a rail.
Basically, this is one of those spots where he’s right, but for the wrong reasons.
Exactly. However it’s also a symptom of the dysfunctional environment he’s created and incubated, and the outwardly sycophantic personality traits he values and has promoted in his staff. Eventually any leader who refuses to hear the truth while surrounding himself with mendacious, obsequious fuckwits is going to find themselves metaphorically stabbed in the back like this. So while it’s true that a President is totally entitled to better service from his people in the abstract, it’s also true that he bears a massive chunk of the responsibility for being in this particular predicament in the first place.
This is why I find the whole thing both hilarious and truly terrifying at the same time. Whoever did this is an absolutely venomous little shit, but it happened because Trump chose to surround himself with venomous little shits.
re: #532 goddamnedfrank
I have so many questions, I feel like Inigo Montoya as they’re getting ready to storm the castle…
How do you just walk into the wrong apartment? Was the door unlocked? Was she less than sober? Why, as a cop, if she found her apartment open/unlocked did she not think to call for backup? What was the guy doing when she walked in? Because if she shot a guy who was chilling on the couch watching tv, that’s probably very bad no good terrible, right? How does she not notice that his apartment isn’t decorated like hers? How quickly did she start shooting?
I’d ask why she was carrying a gun while off duty, but the obvious answer is “Texas.” I’ll also give her a pass on not recognizing a neighbor in her building since I barely know three people in my 24 unit building…
re: #527 KGxvi
Honestly, Trump should find out who wrote the op-ed. He shouldn’t use the DOJ to do it, it should be an internal White House investigation. But as the duly elected president (and as much as we want to bemoan the facts, he won based on the rules in place at the time), he’s entitled to have staff working to carry out his policy preferences. If they can’t do that, then they should resign and explain publicly why the resigned. This isn’t a red state senator writing an op-ed criticizing his preferred policies, this is a member of his staff basically saying “people in the building are working to undermine the president’s policies.” That is not how the presidency should work, and if any official from any past administration had done this, they’d be rode out of town on a rail.
Basically, this is one of those spots where he’s right, but for the wrong reasons.
i want to agree with this
i cant because they have in
woodrow wilson, somewhat fdr, nixon right before the end (kissinger/schlessinger), reagan
re: #538 KGxvi
I have so many questions, I feel like Inigo Montoya as they’re getting ready to storm the castle…
How do you just walk into the wrong apartment? Was the door unlocked? Was she less than sober? Why, as a cop, if she found her apartment open/unlocked did she not think to call for backup? What was the guy doing when she walked in? Because if she shot a guy who was chilling on the couch watching tv, that’s probably very bad no good terrible, right? How does she not notice that his apartment isn’t decorated like hers? How quickly did she start shooting?
I’d ask why she was carrying a gun while off duty, but the obvious answer is “Texas.” I’ll also give her a pass on not recognizing a neighbor in her building since I barely know three people in my 24 unit building…
I mean I’ve had moments where I momentarily go to the wrong place and then it instantly dawns on me. I sure as hell wouldn’t shoot someone. This is exactly the problem that the guns solve everything creates and yes I know she was a cop but that just furthers my point. Shoot, ask questions later when the person is dead. There needs to be accountability for this.
re: #540 HappyWarrior
I mean I’ve had moments where I momentarily go to the wrong place and then it instantly dawns on me. I sure as hell wouldn’t shoot someone. This is exactly the problem that the guns solve everything creates and yes I know she was a cop but that just furthers my point. Shoot, ask questions later when the person is dead. There needs to be accountability for this.
Sometimes in the parking lot I’ll accidentally try to get into silver midsize SUVs that vaguely look like my Honda Pilot. Nobody’s shot me because I’m white.
re: #538 KGxvi
I have so many questions, I feel like Inigo Montoya as they’re getting ready to storm the castle…
How do you just walk into the wrong apartment? Was the door unlocked? Was she less than sober? Why, as a cop, if she found her apartment open/unlocked did she not think to call for backup? What was the guy doing when she walked in? Because if she shot a guy who was chilling on the couch watching tv, that’s probably very bad no good terrible, right? How does she not notice that his apartment isn’t decorated like hers? How quickly did she start shooting?
I’d ask why she was carrying a gun while off duty, but the obvious answer is “Texas.” I’ll also give her a pass on not recognizing a neighbor in her building since I barely know three people in my 24 unit building…
I almost stole a car once—well, not really, because my key wouldn’t have worked—got in, sat down, put the key in the ignition…wait a minute! This isn’t my car! What were the odds that two blue ‘64 Fairlane wagons would be parked about two spaces apart?
re: #536 Dr Lizardo
Was she drunk or something?
How the fuck do you walk into an apartment that’s not your own? Unless maybe you just moved into something like this day the before:
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i havent heard an explanation yet as to how she got in
re: #537 goddamnedfrank
Exactly. However it’s also a symptom of the dysfunctional environment he’s created and incubated, and the outwardly sycophantic personality traits he values and has promoted in his staff. Eventually any leader who refuses to hear the truth while surrounding himself with mendacious, obsequious fuckwits is going to find themselves metaphorically stabbed in the back like this. So while it’s true that a President is totally entitled to better service from his people in the abstract, it’s also true that he bears a massive chunk of the responsibility for being in this particular predicament in the first place.
This is why I find the whole thing both hilarious and truly terrifying at the same time. Whoever did this is an absolutely venomous little shit, but it happened because Trump chose to surround himself with venomous little shits.
I’ll co-sign that entirely. There was talk (I forget where, I want to say maybe the Crooked Media/Pod Save America guys) early on about all the Trump leaks vs the Obama leaks. When the Obama Administration would leak, it was usually a trial balloon or some such think. Compared to Trump where it was petty palace intrigue stuff. And the argument went, with Obama people had their voices heard, they were part of the process, and even if they didn’t win, they at least knew they were consulted/considered. Trump, it’s the exact opposite. It’s a dumpster fire of a train wreck
re: #540 HappyWarrior
I mean I’ve had moments where I momentarily go to the wrong place and then it instantly dawns on me. I sure as hell wouldn’t shoot someone. This is exactly the problem that the guns solve everything creates and yes I know she was a cop but that just furthers my point. Shoot, ask questions later when the person is dead. There needs to be accountability for this.
The benefit of shooting first and asking questions later is that there’s no one around to answer the questions…
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re: #538 KGxvi
I have so many questions, I feel like Inigo Montoya as they’re getting ready to storm the castle…
How do you just walk into the wrong apartment? Was the door unlocked? Was she less than sober? Why, as a cop, if she found her apartment open/unlocked did she not think to call for backup? What was the guy doing when she walked in? Because if she shot a guy who was chilling on the couch watching tv, that’s probably very bad no good terrible, right? How does she not notice that his apartment isn’t decorated like hers? How quickly did she start shooting?
I’d ask why she was carrying a gun while off duty, but the obvious answer is “Texas.” I’ll also give her a pass on not recognizing a neighbor in her building since I barely know three people in my 24 unit building…
I will be very very surprised if she wasn’t intoxicated.
re: #527 KGxvi
Honestly, Trump should find out who wrote the op-ed. He shouldn’t use the DOJ to do it, it should be an internal White House investigation. But as the duly elected president (and as much as we want to bemoan the facts, he won based on the rules in place at the time), he’s entitled to have staff working to carry out his policy preferences.
attacking the press is easier
re: #545 William Lewis
And she’ll walk cause she’s a cop. < spit >
Yep and we’ll hear about how the deceased was far from perfect.
re: #549 HappyWarrior
Yep and we’ll hear about how the deceased was far from perfect.
in that picture he’s holding a bottle of a-1 steak sauce. you figure it out
That’s why they kneel though. Little accountability for cops when cops should be held to higher standards than the rest of us.
re: #551 HappyWarrior
That’s why they kneel though. Little accountability for cops when cops should be held to higher standards than the rest of us.
they certainly ought to be a little braver
they really make pitiful excuses for ‘i was in fear for my life’
re: #552 dangerman
they certainly ought to be a little braver
they really make pitiful excuses for ‘i was in fear for my life’
“I’m in the fifteenth most dangerous job in the country!”
Why can’t fishermen or roofers kill anybody they want, then?
re: #545 William Lewis
And she’ll walk cause she’s a cop. < spit >
Actually, I think the odds are probably a lot lower in this case; most police shootings - however unarmed/inoffensive the victim might be - can usually be classified (if however vaguely) as “in the line of duty” - or at least somewhat “criminally” related: the Dallas case seems at best one of egregious/verging-on-criminal carelessness: as well as a PR nightmare: I’m not sure her badge is going to be much of a shield in this incident.
TBH, what if the shooter wasn’t a policewoman? Would the headline:
“Dallas woman shoots, kills neighbor in apartment mixup” make it much better?
re: #536 Dr Lizardo
How the fuck do you walk into an apartment that’s not your own?
Didn’t pre-rehab Robert Downey Jr. do that once?
re: #542 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
I almost stole a car once—well, not really, because my key wouldn’t have worked—got in, sat down, put the key in the ignition…wait a minute! This isn’t my car! What were the odds that two blue ‘64 Fairlane wagons would be parked about two spaces apart?
hey! my very first car when I graduated high school was a blue ‘64 Fairlane station wagon!
Is there some way that every American can each steal a paper off of old-man Trump’s desk?
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) September 7, 2018
re: #543 dangerman
i havent heard an explanation yet as to how she got in
Opening the door, I’d think. People who live in decent neighborhoods don’t have to lock their doors when they’re home.
re: #553 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
“I’m in the fifteenth most dangerous job in the country!”
Why can’t fishermen or roofers kill anybody they want, then?
They can and do. It just looks like an accident.
re: #362 HappyWarrior
Al joking aside. Another CTE related suicide. Football’s got problems that have nothing to do with athlete activism.
Now that Trump has cured everyone of heroin and opioid addiction and provided mental health access that prevents gun violence by white males (MILWWMS, acronym for Mentally Ill Lone Wolf White Male Syndrome), he can use his available time to cure CTE.
re: #556 Backwoods_Sleuth
hey! my very first car when I graduated high school was a blue ‘64 Fairlane station wagon!
Wish I still had it, to be honest….
re: #466 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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