Brazil is about to elect a new president during a turbulent period of political corruption and economic uncertainty. John Oliver urges the people of Brazil not to figuratively fingerbang their democracy.
.@VP ridicules claim by former Pres Obama that economic boom started on his watch. Pence says there’s an economic boom because Congress and Pres Trump have repealed the economic policies of the Obama Administration. pic.twitter.com/J1CCFDAOU4
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) October 8, 2018
I know tweets are short, but still think you could’ve fit a “falsely” in here; it’s objectively true that the boom began under Obama https://t.co/17E0WnlTCB
— Deborah Roseman (@roseperson) October 8, 2018
When repeating a lie, you have to mention that it’s a lie. Pence is as immoral as Trump. A wolf in sheep’s clothing.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 8, 2018
From Kavanaugh to All Republicans, New Dem Strategy Makes Them All Predator https://t.co/q3vLD8LDXi pic.twitter.com/AJG6FskumY
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) October 8, 2018
They’re not all Predators.
Some are just enablers, who will overlook abuse in order to seize power so they can oppress minorities and women.
People like Erick here. https://t.co/m7qfdFbaVh— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) October 8, 2018
re: #1 jaunte
When the economy goes boom, then we’ll credit Trump.
I’m trying to think of another time when a President had a 30-minute meeting with an executive branch agency #2, who was running a criminal investigation into his campaign’s conduct, and came out only to announce he wouldn’t be firing him. Coming up empty handed.
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) October 8, 2018
So Trump is lying about another veteran. Thanks right wing vets. Glad you care so much.//
These people are all scum. Even the Conservative women are out to hurt other women in the service of abusive men. The abuse is unfortunately a Conservative value.
Conservative women internalize the misogyny of their warped subculture. This doesn’t apply to women who believe in themselves.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 8, 2018
Justice Kavanaugh is heading back to the WH to participate in effectively a campaign event. https://t.co/BVzFqHC12S
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) October 8, 2018
re: #8 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
These people are all scum. Even the Conservative women are out to hurt other women in the service of abusive men. The abuse is unfortunately a Conservative value.
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And Dr. Ford? Really fuck you Kellyanne. Feckless com artist.
Imagine believing this unironically 🙄 pic.twitter.com/RbBzRlTEoh
— 🎃sailor mercedes🎃 (@oysterwench) October 8, 2018
re: #4 HappyWarrior
I’m starting to wonder if enablers like EE have some skeletons lurking that make them a tad twitchy and nervous. They seem a little too eager to yell and complain about all this instead of STFUing or maybe taking the morally decent side. I betcha Barstool Brett slept in his own home in his own bed last night while Dr. Ford won’t have that luxury for awhile to come because of this fucking creep’s creepy defenders.
Trump calls the Kavanaugh controversy a “disgraceful situation brought about by people that are evil.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 8, 2018
Yes, people who commit, condone, and get away with sexual assault are evil. https://t.co/eyHT7sgHvh
— (((Robert Arthur))) (@jaunte) October 8, 2018
re: #9 Backwoods_Sleuth
Not even pretending to be an impartial actor. They’re rubbing it in everyone’s faces that he’s going to be a partisan judge, openly and blatantly.
— Horrific K (@Citizen_Kryptik) October 8, 2018
It’s bad enough that conservatives are corrupt to the bone. But it’s even worse when they whine and cry about being victims as they plot and scheme to grab power any way they can.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 8, 2018
I’m so old I remember when @EWErickson called Justice David Souter “a goat-fucking child molester.” pic.twitter.com/b7QQ85VGsi
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 8, 2018
re: #13 A Mom Anon
I’m starting to wonder if enablers like EE have some skeletons lurking that make them a tad twitchy and nervous. They seem a little too eager to yell and complain about all this instead of STFUing or maybe taking the morally decent side. I betcha Barstool Brett slept in his own home in his own bed last night while Dr. Ford won’t have that luxury for awhile to come because of this fucking creep’s creepy defenders.
We know Ford didn’t. Pretty sure Kavanaugh did. And yeah I think Erickson has skeletons. Graham too.
They identify with an abusive subculture, and probably have abused women themselves. We still have cave-men among us, and they’re upset that women have rights.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 8, 2018
He’s always been complete trash, with zero self-awareness. These blowhard, empty-suits are far too common on the America-right.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 8, 2018
And your son, husband, or brother could be a victim of sexual assault too. People like Kavanaugh don’t only pray on women I.e Kevin Spacey.
Trump tries to pit thousands of law enforcement officers against the media. Loud applause, some standing and staring at press pen, as Trump shames “the media” for not reporting on how much Americans love law enforcement.
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) October 8, 2018
re: #23 jaunte
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Trump loves law enforcement that he complains about the FBI all the time and calls the way we’ve enforced immigration law before him stupid. Of course a lot of cops like Trump’s racism so it’s okay.
Flipping through the channels I just caught a bit of Trump in Orlando telling some group that he’s going to encourage police departments to start using “stop and frisk” again, claiming that Rudy’s policy was responsible for making NYC safe.
Here we go again.
How many goddamn rallies does he need? Fucking Hitler complex.
re: #25 Barefoot Grin
Flipping through the channels I just caught a bit of Trump in Orlando telling some group that he’s going to encourage police departments to start using “stop and frisk” again, claiming that Rudy’s policy was responsible for making NYC safe.
Here we go again.
Fuck Rudy. Most overrated mayor ever.
“It’s gotta be properly applied, but stop-and-frisk works,” Trump says in Florida.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 8, 2018
Maybe he was referring to his Access Hollywood tape https://t.co/g5A78i5ah8
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) October 8, 2018
Far-right congressman Jair Bolsonaro pulled off a thumping win in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election following one of the most polarizing campaigns since the country returned to democracy three decades ago.
Bolsonaro won Sunday’s poll with 46% of the vote, ahead of left-wing ex-Sao Paulo mayor Fernando Haddad on 29%, according to tweets from the Supreme Electoral Tribunal’s official Twitter account.
Bolsonaro’s lead, in a field of 13 candidates, left him just short of the 50% needed to win outright and unable to avoid a runoff against Haddad, from the Workers’ Party, on October 28.
“We indeed are able to change the destiny of Brazil,” Bolsonaro said to media after learning he would face a runoff. “We cannot continue flirting with socialism or communism.”
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46%.
I was in Brazil during the military dictatorship. (1976-1977). It was a time where even foreigners needed to watch what they said. (Of the fifty-odd exchange students I went with, two did not come back - they were in jail.)
Yes, reporters, Trump just called a victim of sexual assault “evil.” Stop playing dumb.
— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) October 8, 2018
Trump is lying, bigoted trash, and you have a duty to mention that every time you quote the senile, bigoted, narcissist. Repeating lies cements them in the minds of the dumbest among us, and made a madman President.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 8, 2018
If we could only get 80% turnout here. That said, voting is compulsory for those aged 18 and above, optional for 16-17. No votes come from blank ballots (abstentions).
Abstención en #Brasil llegó a 20,3 %, la más alta desde las elecciones de 2002 / Abstention in Brazil reached 20.3%, the highest since the 2002 elections
— Caleb Pineda (@calebp1neda) October 8, 2018
re: #31 jaunte
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He’s disgusting. But Trump Derangement syndrome huh Marco No Courage Rubio.
Your 2018 GOP Talking Points going into the Midterms: pic.twitter.com/wRYK4edpxO
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) October 8, 2018
Aren’t you the guy who called Justice David Souter a “Goat fucking child molester”? https://t.co/iJYWiOtrAK
— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) October 8, 2018
— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) October 8, 2018
re: #23 jaunte
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re: #37 Citizen K
This shit is how you get Philando Castilles, Tamir Rices, and Walter Scotts.
Guilty until proven popular white preppy judge.
re: #32 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Trump is lying, bigoted trash, and you have a duty to mention that every time you quote the senile, bigoted, narcissist. Repeating lies cements them in the minds of the dumbest among us, and made a madman President.
And Maggie Haberman did her very best to help that, and still does. She works for the paper which hasn’t yet apologised for endorsing Hitler.
…and by the way, they are rejecting electronic signatures for ONLINE registrations. Perhaps they want people to sign their screens? https://t.co/rMvxpPSKNB
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) October 8, 2018
re: #40 Kragar
Want to piss off young people? Give them something then take it away for BS reasons. I hope to dog this backfires on them.
re: #41 CongoJack
Want to piss off young people? Give them something then take it away for BS reasons. I hope to dog this backfires on them.
I hope so too.
Women to Bob Corker re: Kavanaugh: “What am I supposed to tell my daughters and granddaughters”
When he woudn’t answer the question, she said, “November is coming.”
Bob Corker laughed and said, “yeah, but I’m not on the ballot.”
This is what we’re up against.#MondayMotivation pic.twitter.com/FsmPp0Cbny— Holly Fιɢυeroα O’Reιlly (@AynRandPaulRyan) October 8, 2018
re: #44 Kragar
Bob Corker laughed and said, “yeah, but I’m not on the ballot.”
“Ha ha, I’m an untouchable multimillionaire!”
re: #44 Kragar
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Once again, performative cruelty. He could have just said nothing and been an asshole. They’re going out of their way to grind their heels into these women’s faces for the pure glee and vice signaling of it.
re: #37 Citizen K
This shit is how you get Philando Castilles, Tamir Rices, and Walter Scotts.
This is also how you get dead journalists.
I don’t understand why journalists just say “to hell with this” and send one single pool reporter.
re: #47 Citizen K
Once again, performative cruelty. He could have just said nothing and been an asshole. They’re going out of their way to grind their heels into these women’s faces for the pure glee and vice signaling of it.
Or just the total self-absorption of Conservatives. The circle of people they care about is tiny, and that doesn’t seem at all off to them, because they’re broken people.
re: #48 Anymouse 🌹
This is also how you get dead journalists.
I don’t understand why journalists just say “to hell with this” and send one single pool reporter.
Safety in numbers. Would you want to be the “one” reporter?
re: #28 jaunte
None of this is actually funny if you stop to think about what he’s doing.
re: #40 Kragar
If that is true, it looks like Texas is pulling out all the stops of disenfranchisement to prevent Beto O’Rourke from ousting Ted Cruz.
Conservatism has always been anti-democracy, and damn Paul Weyrich would be proud of Texas today. So would Jim Crow politicians of old.
re: #50 Belafon
Safety in numbers. Would you want to be the “one” reporter?
True. How about a single remote camera.
re: #47 Citizen K
Once again, performative cruelty. He could have just said nothing and been an asshole. They’re going out of their way to grind their heels into these women’s faces for the pure glee and vice signaling of it.
I usually call it scoundrel-signaling. Vice-signaling has the advantage of being the direct opposite of virtue-signalling, but we’re not talking about personal habits that prudes don’t approve of, or even objectively bad personal habits like smoking. We’re talking about announcing that they’re really bad people, so other really bad people feel more comfortable. Bigotry isn’t a vice, it’s a character-flaw.
re: #47 Citizen K
I think it’s more than clear(though why this has taken so long to register to so many I have no idea), that they enjoy the suffering they inflict on others. Psychopathic sociopaths? Vice versa? I don’t know, but they aren’t bothering to hide it anymore, and while that is angering and painful for decent people, it’s also something they can’t walk back anymore. Not that they won’t try, cowardace works like that.
Trump again makes no mention of indigenous peoples in Columbus Day proclamation https://t.co/0f1pFIrzdd pic.twitter.com/MPEZjOrap1
— The Hill (@thehill) October 8, 2018
re: #51 Skip Intro
None of this is actually funny if you stop to think about what he’s doing.
I think he actually did study Hitler’s speeches and methods pretty carefully, and he’s building up a set of scapegoats as he builds a corps of brownshirts.
Not actually funny at all.
Republicans claim Democrats are going too far left because they want Dems to be afraid of their own ideas.
Truth is, Democratic policy points like Medicare For All, Common sense gun control, less corporate tax cuts and immigration reform are popular
GOP policy, not so much— Nunca Trump (@NeverTrumpTexan) October 8, 2018
re: #57 jaunte
How did Hitler do it? He courted and won over the military, took over the police, and then outlawed all parties other than his. Trump got the first two, and is actually ahead of Hitler on stacking the courts with his followers. You folks who keep thinking we’ll “fix” this in 2020 are missing the big picture here.
He’s a damaged Conservative. The circle of people he cares about is tiny, and they’re all related to him.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 8, 2018
NRSC press release: “If you haven’t heard, multimillionaire pop star Taylor Swift came down from her ivory tower to tell hardworking Tennesseans to vote for Phil Bredesen.”
— Sam Stein (@samstein) October 8, 2018
Donald trump literally shits in a gold toilet. https://t.co/HkpBYh4TNf
— Ed Boo-mila (@gin_and_tacos) October 8, 2018
re: #59 Skip Intro
How did Hitler do it? He courted and won over the military, took over the police, and then outlawed all parties other than his. Trump got the first two, and is actually ahead of Hitler on stacking the courts with his followers. You folks who keep thinking we’ll “fix” this in 2020 are missing the big picture here.
Well, first he got President Hindenburg to support him for Chancellor. Then he got his Enabling Act passed (partly by blocking opposition members from entering the chamber to vote against it).
re: #14 jaunte
Frankly terms that he probably never heard in his life. He was this he was that. he never even heard of these terms.
If he never even heard of these terms… why did he put them in his own yearbook next to his own picture?
Cool. People wondered about her because she didn’t speak out against the Nazis who call her a Aryan goddess, but I understand why she’d be afraid to do so. Those people are dangerously insane.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 8, 2018
re: #64 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
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re: #55 A Mom Anon
I think it’s more than clear(though why this has taken so long to register to so many I have no idea), that they enjoy the suffering they inflict on others. Psychopathic sociopaths? Vice versa? I don’t know, but they aren’t bothering to hide it anymore, and while that is angering and painful for decent people, it’s also something they can’t walk back anymore. Not that they won’t try, cowardace works like that.
They can’t walk it back, but the problem is not just that they don’t want to, but that they keep consistently getting rewarded for it. That there is a broken system that allows them to be even more powerful and lauded because they’re not afraid of stomping on the faces of the oppressed and marginalized.
Alaska GOP weighs reprimanding Murkowski for opposing Kavanaugh https://t.co/bVYLQnndKy pic.twitter.com/I052hMUiku
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) October 8, 2018
“LOCK HER UP” has become the official GOP policy for all women. https://t.co/cNVAlgWSP4
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) October 8, 2018
re: #64 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
It’s possible she didn’t know about that.
Feds freeze Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska’s assets, Upper East Side mansion https://t.co/sOxw5t1V0a
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) October 8, 2018
Then Alaska GOP are scum who refuse to respect women as equals. I’m not surprised. Republicans are more toxic in less-populated areas because of a far-right/lily-white echo-chamber.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 8, 2018
re: #69 Anymouse 🌹
It’s possible she didn’t know about that.
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If you want to find solidarity in sisterhood and you want to make every vulnerable senator who voted for Kavanaugh pay in the midterm elections, sign up to host a #CallYourSister phone bank here: https://t.co/9qTbntkVDz#NovemberIsComing pic.twitter.com/GSUksL8OXt
— Women’s March (@womensmarch) October 7, 2018
take a fucking seat and stifle…
America’s police officers have earned the everlasting gratitude of our Nation. In moments of danger & despair you are the reason we never lose hope – because there are men & women in uniform who face down evil & stand for all that is GOOD and JUST and DECENT and RIGHT! #IACP2018 pic.twitter.com/N0Dq50DkbP
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 8, 2018
Some folks noting difference in that Rosenstein reports to Trump (true) …. while failing to acknowledge the impropriety chasm between what we may suspect re Clinton/Lynch and what President Trump says and does out in the open re the Russia investigation.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 8, 2018
And of course, nearly all of the responses he’s getting are totally of the opinion that Clinton/Lynch was miles worse and the most super-nefarious thing in the history of ever.
Sigh.
Biff says Dr. Ford engaged in a hoax AND she should be held legally accountable for lying. It’s almost as if he WANTS every woman voter in America to vote against his party. https://t.co/6HKDwIm9eF
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) October 8, 2018
Happy Hengist and Horsa Day to all True Mercians (NOT DANES OR WELSH). Today is the greatest of all days, a celebration of us discovering the lands of Mercia and taking them away from the Lazy and Stupid Britons who weren’t really using them anyway! Mercia the Great. #ColumbusDay https://t.co/4a6AYaugjh
— Donaeld The Unready (@donaeldunready) October 8, 2018
JFC
Dinesh D’Souza says the Three-Fifths Compromise does not show that the founders considered black people less than fully human, because “the South wanted blacks to count for a full person.” pic.twitter.com/OWIx0sdncd
— Bobby Lewis (@revrrlewis) October 8, 2018
re: #67 Citizen K
They’re encouraging stochastic terrorism. If the media won’t call them on it then the citizens have to.
Americans over the last 30 yrs or so have become civics lazy. Since Vietnam we have had relative peace and prosperity. We’ve become less engaged with each other and suffer from the illusion that online action is effectively going to change everything. We’ve allowed our infrastructure to crumble, our once model public education system to be villainized and picked to pieces and working for the benefit of helping others is seen as a negative. We lost labor unions and other protections for workers. My generation hasn’t kept the legacy alive and honestly a lot of my parents’ generation hasn’t done great either. How can we bitch at millennials when we’re the ones who raised them?
We got lazy and complacent as a nation and 9/11 was an opportunity for scum to divide us and it has only become worse. We’re reaping what’s been sown. BUT, we cannot quit fighting, voting, running for office, lather, rinse, repeat. I’m sad, scared and pissed. This didn’t happen to this country overnight and it won’t be fixed without sacrifice and work. Drag people to the polls, show young people how simple it is to vote(mostly). People need things to fight FOR as well as against, that’s a key to change.
re: #80 Belafon
“The South was a Republic.”
The South of that era was akin to feudal times. The North wasn’t great by any means but it was better than the South especially if you were black.
re: #81 HappyWarrior
For political power reasons you stupid fuck.
Dumbass D’Stupid gets owned in the comments, as usual.
re: #75 Backwoods_Sleuth
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THE DEVIL’S TRIANGLE: That thing Trump always makes with his hands while he is manspread. #resist #VoteBlue #DevilsTriangle pic.twitter.com/CF78CzBx5u
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) October 8, 2018
re: #83 The Vicious Babushka
Dumbass D’Stupid gets owned in the comments, as usual.
He’s such a moron.
re: #77 The Vicious Babushka
Are you fucking kidding me? Ugh Dinesh the revisionist felon.
re: #87 nowherenorth2
Are you fucking kidding me? Ugh Dinesh the revisionist felon.
Stalin would be in awe of Dinesh’s revisionist skills.
Category error. Kavanaugh is white.
Trump on stop and frisk: “it works and it was meant for problems like Chicago”
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) October 8, 2018
I was told that presumption of innocence and due process were core motivating issues for Donald Trump and the Republican Party. https://t.co/DSRc12cEfk
— Festive Seasonal Name (@mattyglesias) October 8, 2018
re: #6 jaunte
They are trying to force Rosenstein to resign so they can replace him quickly and without Senate Confirmation.
They can’t do that if they fire him.
This is ugly when it comes from someone who supports racist bias in policing, and brutality against minorities. Trump is entirely composed of bigotry and corruption.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 8, 2018
re: #90 Blind Frog Belly White
Trump on stop and frisk: “it works and it was meant for problems like Chicago”
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) October 8, 2018
In fact, the “we fear for our sons” mantra Republicans deployed for Kavanaugh hearings sounds like the everyday reality for minority parents, who have repeatedly expressed fear abt constant police interactions under programs like stop and frisk https://t.co/ToHFR0VP63
— Astead (@AsteadWesley) October 8, 2018
You were told Trump lies. It’s all the geezer is capable of, and he can’t even make them plausible.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 8, 2018
re: #90 Blind Frog Belly White
Category error. Kavanaugh is white.
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Stfu about Chicago. Your VP’s homestate is much more dangerous.
— AFP news agency (@AFP) October 8, 2018
An updated look at #Hurricane Watches - now extending into inland portions of Georgia: #Michael pic.twitter.com/CoPFcZtRE1
— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) October 8, 2018
Guilty until proven Federalist Society favorite. Maybe Michael Brown would be here if they liked him.
Chicago’s main problem is a red state on the border that pours guns into Chicago. They used to have a governor so incompetent and crazy that he accepted a toxic madman’s offer of a VP position.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 8, 2018
Climate Change has reached us!
Despite more than 30 years of scientists’ dire warnings.
That says a lot about communication…. & everything about scientists (willing to let the world burn than compromise). https://t.co/Q25WYLsW7A#sciencemarketing @ABTagenda— Jayde Lovell (@JaydeLovell) October 8, 2018
Imagine how fucked in the head you have to be to think that climate scientists were even in a position compromise. Compromise on what, the evidence?
This tweet is pure DARVO trash that seeks to blame an utterly powerless group for the intransigence of conservative policy makers https://t.co/KfmFlCcO1j— Captain Pumpkin Spice (@goddamnedfrank) October 8, 2018
“Justice Kavanagh”
I can’t even bring myself to verbally say that.
re: #98 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
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re: #100 Eclectic Cyborg
“Justice Kavanagh”
I can’t even bring myself to verbally say that.
I’ll take Justice: Kavanaugh found guilty of perjury.
re: #99 goddamnedfrank
She writes for The Young Turks.
If it were merely an aggressive, well-counseled tax strategy, then the Trumps’ people would almost certainly be on tv waving around, or at least alluding to the existence of, a tax opinion on some fancy law firm’s letterhead that says it’s all in the sunny side of the law.
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) October 8, 2018
If a client came to me and said, “I”m being investigated for creating thousands of fraudulent invoices to funnel millions of dollars between parties without paying tax, and I did it,” I’d say they were in some trouble.
— Daniel Aguilar (@daanielaaguilar) October 8, 2018
They know what they were doing was illegal.
re: #95 HappyWarrior
Stfu about Chicago. Your VP’s homestate is much more dangerous.
Donald Trump: A noun, a verb, and Chicago.
re: #100 Eclectic Cyborg
“Justice Kavanagh”
I can’t even bring myself to verbally say that.
Just call him Justice Rapey. People will know who you mean.
re: #101 HappyWarrior
Seriously the fact that Chicago borders Indiana and its joke gun laws is never considered. Chicago is just code speak for black people, Obama, & HRC.
It could be worse. We could have Arizona on the border. Anyone can run around with a gun, and they barely even test drivers. Wouldn’t want to infringe on any dangerous person’s liberty.
*If climate scientists hadn’t been so shrill and were just willing to compromise instead of letting the world burn* is the worst fucking take imaginable. Therefore, hardly surprising that it came from the Young Turks’ science correspondent.
— Captain Pumpkin Spice (@goddamnedfrank) October 8, 2018
How about if it’s done by the leader of a bigotry-based cult that’s enabled by Republicans in Congress and loved by millions of morons nationwide?
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 8, 2018
re: #100 Eclectic Cyborg
“Justice Kavanagh”
I can’t even bring myself to verbally say that.
Its pronounced “Just us”
no trousers on any of those chickens
Paul Almasy
France 1957 pic.twitter.com/Vg4z8Pu4Ks— aucharbon (@alcarbon68) October 8, 2018
re: #107 Backwoods_Sleuth
Bernie woulda fixed it…
Bernie would have given the rising tides free college and health care. Problem solved.
re: #111 HappyWarrior
I really dislike them. WTF is that shit.
When you name yourself after terrorists, it won’t work out well, unless you’re Weather Underground, and I don’t understand why either organization picked those names.
one guess who has more twitter followers:
Taylor Swift or the moron-in-chief
re: #117 Backwoods_Sleuth
So @taylorswift13 has every right to be political but it won’t impact election unless we allow 13 yr old girls to vote. Still with #MarshaBlackburn
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) October 8, 2018
When you think every female who support Taylor Swift is a little 13 year old girl. Something about these white men obsession with young girls. https://t.co/mw6vSPMrom
— Mr. Weeks ✊🏽 (@MrDane1982) October 8, 2018
re: #116 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
When you name yourself after terrorists, it won’t work out well, unless you’re Weather Underground, and I don’t understand why either organization picked those names.
Ha there is that.
re: #118 jaunte
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You’ll never join us in the 20th century, much less the 21st. There’s little that’s lamer than a non-thought-leader of a brainless subculture.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 8, 2018
America’s police officers have earned the everlasting gratitude of our Nation. In moments of danger & despair you are the reason we never lose hope – because there are men & women in uniform who face down evil & stand for all that is GOOD and JUST and DECENT and RIGHT! #IACP2018 pic.twitter.com/N0Dq50DkbP
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 8, 2018
We now return to our regularly scheduled programming, where Donald Trump attacks the FBI and other investigative agencies for uncovering his multiple crimes against the American people. https://t.co/Ny7hnD6xjS
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) October 8, 2018
re: #118 jaunte
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TBH that surprises the hell out of me as well. Bland, boring mass-marketable pop like that? I mean, you’re supposed to grow some kind of actual taste with age, I’m told.
Huckabee’s still an asshole, don’t get me wrong. Just one of those broken clock moments, far as I’m concerned.
stats we can on agree on
Wow, @LindseyGrahamSC (who has never opposed a sitting senator) says he’ll go to Trump states with Dems who voted against Kavanaugh and actively campaign against them.
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) October 7, 2018
>>>>>>>>> https://t.co/hJnAkYkUoE
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) October 7, 2018
Take note, Libs: Our model doesn’t yet account for the profound effect that Lindsey Graham could have on these races, which is approximately 0.0%. https://t.co/MeguXfLlOP
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 7, 2018
Huckabee’s attenpts at humor just show the same ugly man who claimed Duggar was a victim of religious persecution.
re: #120 HappyWarrior
That’s cute Mike. Maybe you’re upset that Taylor has more deep thoughts on issues than your hack daughter.
Swift has more influence on the election than Huck
Old-man Trump thinks that kissing up to corrupt cops will save him from real law-enforcement. Old-man Trump is going to prison if there’s any justice in America.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 8, 2018
re: #124 I Would Prefer Not To
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Go ahead Lindsay. We welcome you to our state that rejected Judge Dickface.
I encourage all Republicans to do battle against popular stuff.
re: #128 HappyWarrior
Go ahead Lindsay. We welcome you to our state that rejected Judge Dickface.
Lindsay, you can spend all your time in Alabama, forget those other states. We need you, you’re our only hope.
Ex-Cleveland police officer who shot and killed Tamir Rice gets a new job … as a police officer https://t.co/q3XxwA0qYL
— Cleveland Scene (@ClevelandScene) October 8, 2018
Bellaire Police Chief Richard “Dick” Flanagan sees this as a second chance for Loehmann, who was a trainee at the time of the shooting. “He was cleared of any and all wrongdoing,” Flanagan told The Intelligencer. “He was never charged. It’s over and done with.”
Lest we forget, before Loehmann joined the Cleveland Police after lying about his job history, he was an officer in Independence, Ohio, where he was forced to resign after being deemed unfit to be a police officer. He also failed a Maple Heights Police Department exam in 2009, something he also didn’t disclose to Cleveland’s police department.
*SPIT*
This Adam Serwer piece on the emerging new Roberts court and how it will support wealth and power is good:
The Roberts Court is poised to shape American society in Trump’s image for decades to come. All three branches of the federal government are now committed to the Trump agenda: the restoration of America’s traditional racial, religious, and gender hierarchies; the enrichment of party patrons; the unencumbered pursuit of corporate profit; the impoverishment and disenfranchisement of the rival party’s constituencies; and the protection of the president and his allies from prosecution by any means available. Not since the end of Reconstruction has the U.S. government been so firmly committed to a single, coherent program uniting a politics of ethnonationalism with unfettered corporate power. As with Redemption, as the end of Reconstruction is known, the consequences could last for generations.
re: #133 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I’m sure that Chief would fit right in at the rally Trump was at earlier.
Rot from the head down.
re: #129 jaunte
Huckabee doesn’t understand how the word “pop” is derived.
Fair enough.
OTOH, and I’m not sure how things are nowadays but it used to be the case that bands or artists like that sold something like >70% of albums to 13-17y olds (or parents etc buying for), and most of that to girls.
Used to be that was where the market was. Really haven’t bothered keeping up with where the money is at nowadays, what with spotify etc.
Still, 15-ish years ago I don’t think he would have been that far off the mark, at least not here in Europe…
(…and yeah, 15 years is actually surprisingly with the times for Huckabee, hur hur)
McConnell says GOP was “literally under assault” — by people protesting an alleged sex assault https://t.co/lTYJwa7hQi
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 8, 2018
This is how propaganda for the patriarchy works: it paints women who have been sexually assaulted as the criminals and men who have assaulted as the victims as a strategy to divert sympathy from the former to the latter. For example: https://t.co/l2UYEP3oKs
— Mona Eltahawy (@monaeltahawy) October 8, 2018
I also tell them about the time after the 2010 midterm elections when the Republicans gained control of the House and staged a reading of the Constitution in the floor that edited out the 3/5 compromise, claiming it was no longer relevant.
Good discussion ensues.— honor sachs (@drhonor) October 8, 2018
re: #99 goddamnedfrank
Scientists: If we keep burning fossil fuels, the CO2 in the atmosphere will increase, and the infrared absorption of CO2 will lead to heat being trapped in the lower atmosphere instead of being radiated back into space, causing the planet to get warmer.
“Skeptics”: Prove it!
Scientists: First, here’s the atmospheric CO2 level over the last 100 years. Note the increase. Second, here’s a comparison of the IR spectrum coming off the Earth in 1950 and today. Note the reduction in frequencies of IR radiating out, corresponding to the IR absorption spectrum of CO2.
“Skeptics”: You can’t prove the CO2 is from fossil fuels!
Scientists: Fossil fuels contain almost no 14C, and the 14C:12C ratio dropped as CO2 increased, indicating the increase came from fossil fuels.
“Skeptics”: You said it was a new Ice Age!
Scientists: A few researchers mentioned that possibility to the popular press 40 years ago, but none of them published any data backing it up, so, no, we didn’t. BTW, here’s meteorological data going back to 1900, showing that the temperature has been rising significantly since the 60s.
“Skeptics”: We found one weather station that appears to be sitting in the sun!
Scientists: We took your list of ‘bad’ and ‘good’ weather station sites, looked at the data, and found that if anything, the ‘good sites’ showed MORE warming than the data as a whole.
“Skeptics”: It’s the sun!
Scientists: Total solar irradiation has been falling.
“Skeptics”: Warming has stopped!
Scientists: 1) So, you admit it’s warming, and 2) No, it hasn’t. See these data.
“Skeptics”: It’s a natural cycle!
Scientists: Of what? A cycle of what? What natural phenomenon do you propose that has caused this, and where’s the data to back it up?
Idiots: Why aren’t scientists better at convincing skeptics, and why won’t they compromise?
By flying around with Rosenstein after that fake FBI investigation, whether he’s politicized them or not, the public trust in the Justice Dept. and the FBI is just about toast right now. It would be great if someone, anyone would step up and do the right thing besides the victims
— Martha Jackovics (@BeachPeanuts) October 8, 2018
re: #31 jaunte
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But the MSM just told us that Trump had a winning week! This is a game to them.
Depressing.
A senior Dem strategist tells me Trump’s attacks on Blasey Ford *helped* Republicans in red state Senate races.
Red state women came to see Kavanaugh as “railroaded.” Trump successfully made this fight about protecting *Trump.*
My new piece: https://t.co/pSN6Vaflg4— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) October 8, 2018
The Trumpian Cult is real, complete with brand new backfire effect on top of the usual GOP cognitive dissonance and backfire effect.
Whee…..
re: #139 Blind Frog Belly White
Now that it’s too late, I expect to see more of this kind of pivoting from deniers and ‘skeptics’.
Sigh.
re: #136 ThomasLite
I’m a year older than Huckabee, and not a Taylor Swift fan, but a minute on google would have told him:
1. Her audience is primarily female. 67% of her website’s visitors are female, with 33% male.
2. Her audience tends towards young adults. Visitors to the website are 1.58 times more likely to be in the 18-24 age range and 1.27 times more likely to be in the 25-34 age range. Additionally, college students are 1.28 times more likely to visit her site.
3. Taylor Swift is reasonably popular among most ethnic groups - except African Americans, who are .66 times as likely to visit her site compared to the rest of the internet. (Caucasians and Asians are at 1.02 and Hispanics are at 1.13).
quora.com
re: #142 Citizen K
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Whee…..
I said this last week: Kavanaugh makes white women choose whether it’s more important to them to be women, or white.
It’s not just this topic. The American-right constantly reverses victim and offender, so they can pretend to be victimized and feel self-pity while hurting others. It’s a sickness.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 8, 2018
re: #142 Citizen K
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Whee…..
So, when we went through a month of handwringing last year regarding the AL Senate race, I seem to remember that pointing out that Roy Moore was a pedophile predator increased the gooper turnout, and then increased the Dem turnout more.
re: #133 Backwoods_Sleuth
Did the family sue Loehmann in civil court? He should suffer consequences for killing a child.
re: #144 jaunte
I’m a year older than Huckabee, and not a Taylor Swift fan, but a minute on google would have told him:
Visitors to an artists website overlap with fans/customers but to assume demographic makeup is the same is risky at best. What if 13-17y olds stick with facebook and youtube for their information? Not an unlikely assumption all. You really can’t just take site visitor demographics and extrapolate to customer base, not to a useful extent anyway.
Thank you, @joshtpm. You can believe Dr Blase Ford was lying, or deluded. You can believe she was telling the truth. But to say she was telling the truth about everything except who attacked her is backwards-engineered wish fulfillment. https://t.co/yoqgBCwzp9
— Peter Sagal (@petersagal) October 8, 2018
So, our DVR/VCR unit refused to power up on Friday.
Much as we despise Walmart, that was our only option to get a replacement in time for TWD season premiere on Sunday night.
Turns out that it’s just about impossible to purchase a new DVR unit in America. I had to go to Amazon, where choices were extremely slim (and very expensive).
After I placed my order, I figured out from some googlefu that a power outage was to blame (my surprise…power outages are almost a weekly occurrence here in TheBackwoods).
The fix was so simple it was to smh and laugh ruefully: press the Timer Set button on the remote and then press the Power button.
Voilà! (or Viola! as MrBWS says)…we now have two VCR/DVR units.
re: #147 ericblair
So, when we went through a month of handwringing last year regarding the AL Senate race, I seem to remember that pointing out that Roy Moore was a pedophile predator increased the gooper turnout, and then increased the Dem turnout more.
Exactly! Dem strategists (if they have any sense whatsoever) should always plan for GOPer turnout being as high and pro-trump as possible, and then crunch the numbers on what it would take to overcome it (which of course always circles back to the unglamorous, non-flashy grunt work: voter registration, voter education, canvassing, GOTV, etc)
good fucking grief…this is disgusting
We thank you. We salute you. We honor you. And we promise you: we will ALWAYS have your BACK – now and FOREVER! #IACP2018 https://t.co/nvUUIuvouj
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 8, 2018
Every day, our police officers race into darkened allies, deserted streets, & onto the doorsteps of the most hardened criminals. They see the worst of humanity & they respond with the best of the American Spirit. America’s LEOs have earned the everlasting gratitude of our Nation! pic.twitter.com/RquS91Vz7o
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 8, 2018
Great to see @AGPamBondi launch a cutting-edge statewide school safety APP in Florida today - named by Parkland Survivors. BIG PRIORITY and Florida is getting it done! #FortifyFL
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 8, 2018
NRSC press release: “If you haven’t heard, multimillionaire pop star Taylor Swift came down from her ivory tower to tell hardworking Tennesseans to vote for Phil Bredesen.”
— Sam Stein (@samstein) October 8, 2018
did she ride an escalator down her tower, like Trump https://t.co/JEWBGKJqyK
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) October 8, 2018
re: #151 Backwoods_Sleuth
Turns out that it’s just about impossible to purchase a new DVR unit in America. I had to go to Amazon, where choices were extremely slim (and very expensive).
It looks like Tivo still sells them, but most of us have moved on from DVRs. In my case, over a decade ago. Maybe two. An OTA DVR is inconvenient by today’s standards.
Most people either get a DVR with their cable account, watch their shows when they want on Hulu, or they download their TV shows these days.
I really don’t get The Young Turks. They claim to be progressive, but time after time they push hare-brained ideas that end up hurting progressive causes. If I were prone to conspiracy theories I might wonder whether they’re a right wing false flag operation designed to spread mistrust and chaos on the left.
re: #156 Charles Johnson
I really don’t get The Young Turks. They claim to be progressive, but time after time they push ideas that end up hurting progressive causes. If I were prone to conspiracy theories I might wonder whether they’re a right wing false flag operation designed to spread mistrust and chaos on the left.
Kneejerk Assholes.
re: #155 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
It looks like Tivo still sells them, but most of us have moved on from DVRs. In my case, over a decade ago. Maybe two. An OTA DVR is inconvenient by today’s standards.
Most people either get a DVR with their cable account, watch their shows when they want on Hulu, or they download their TV shows these days.
None of those options work for me. Possibly a new receiver unit from DirecTV would have that option.
She’s self-identifies as a destructive Conservative, so she can’t work to deal with our gun problem, leaving us stuck with ineffective window-dressing to try to get past the tragedy, while doing nothing.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 8, 2018
re: #158 Backwoods_Sleuth
None of those options work for me. Possibly a new receiver unit from DirecTV would have that option.
I know they had a DVR back when I had DirecTV.
re: #160 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
I know they had a DVR back when I had DirecTV.
I know they have them, I just never wanted to get the upgraded receiver.
Maybe when we move into the new house (if it ever gets finished).
Let me ask you holdouts something:
How much worse does it have to get for you to say “I’ll vote for the opposition candidate no matter who it is. Biden, Bernie, HILLARY, a tuna sandwich.”
What does Trump have to do? Because he’s obvious NOT as bad yet as you say he is.— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) October 8, 2018
“Anti-American Indian groups have gone mostly unnoticed in a culture built around subtle, consistent aggressions against Indigenous peoples.” If you’re still celebrating Columbus Day, this story by @annavtoriasmith is for you. https://t.co/P3fmhpxqSo @highcountrynews
— Tristan Ahtone (@Tahtone) October 8, 2018
It’s not about Trump at all. It’s about the egos of the nuts on the far-left, who can’t operate strategically.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 8, 2018
re: #153 Backwoods_Sleuth
darken allies…? Wharton, please tell me you didn’t give him a degree…please.
Maybe you should have someone who can spell in English write your Tweets. Doing it with an Swiss-cheese brain is not working out.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 8, 2018
re: #165 terraincognita
darken allies…? Wharton, please tell me you didn’t give him a degree…please.
he always has THE BEST typos/misspellings.
re: #167 Backwoods_Sleuth
he always THE BEST typos/misspellings.
He’s trying to cover-up for brain-damage with spell-check. It doesn’t work.
re: #156 Charles Johnson
I really don’t get The Young Turks. They claim to be progressive, but time after time they push hare-brained ideas that end up hurting progressive causes. If I were prone to conspiracy theories I might wonder whether they’re a right wing false flag operation designed to spread mistrust and chaos on the left.
The Young Greenwalds.
re: #149 ThomasLite
Visitors to an artists website overlap with fans/customers but to assume demographic makeup is the same is risky at best. What if 13-17y olds stick with facebook and youtube for their information? Not an unlikely assumption all. You really can’t just take site visitor demographics and extrapolate to customer base, not to a useful extent anyway.
Tayloer Swift is an industry, not just a pop star for young girls.
Think of her as another Gwyneth Paltrow or Oprah Winfrey, women that have monetized their original popularity into businesses with followings that go beyond their initial success and listen to their advice and guidance.
She carries a lot more listeners than just what her music brings her. And with that comes power.
That is why the Republicans and their talking heads will try to make this seem like it’s about little girls that can’t vote. Huckabee knows that, it is why he is getting out ahead of it.
Your dog is not a genius https://t.co/dgQNYiLbDN
— Patrick LaForge (@palafo) October 8, 2018
COUNTERPOINT:
YOUR DOG IS A GENIUS MY FREN AND ALSO SMART AND EXCEPTIONAL DO NOT LET ANY BODY TELL U OTHERWISE
GOOD DAYhttps://t.co/gled9vWIMG— darth™ (@darth) October 8, 2018
re: #170 ObserverArt
Tayloer Swift is an industry, not just a pop star for young girls.
Think of her as another Gwyneth Paltrow or Oprah Winfrey, women that have monetized their original popularity into businesses with followings that go beyond their initial success and listen to their advice and guidance.
She carries a lot more listeners than just what her music brings her. And with that comes power.
That is why the Republicans and their talking heads will try to make this seem like it’s about, little girls that can’t vote. Huckabee knows that, it is why he is getting out ahead of it.
If Swift had come out with a MAGA hat saying “TRUMP 2020!”, the GOP would be flipping somersaults as they high fived each other.
re: #147 ericblair
So, when we went through a month of handwringing last year regarding the AL Senate race, I seem to remember that pointing out that Roy Moore was a pedophile predator increased the gooper turnout, and then increased the Dem turnout more.
A good baseline is
2014 election for governor: 750,000 R , 430,000 D
2017 election: Moore 650,000 , Jones 673,000
Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman has apparently lost the endorsements of Congressman Tim Walz, Senator Tina Smith, and Dean Phillips since yesterday. Freeman’s website yesterday versus today: pic.twitter.com/gLjxLDC3z1
— Tony Webster (@webster) October 8, 2018
re: #143 Varek Raith
Now that it’s too late, I expect to see more of this kind of pivoting from deniers and ‘skeptics’.
Sigh.
If we held emissions to what they are this year, It will warm just short of 2 degrees C (C is for Communist). Not that it will happen, but it is not too late.
Kavanaugh confirmation numbers by gender via new @CNN poll —>
Men:
48% confirm
46% don’t confirm
Women:
35% confirm
55% don’t confirm— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) October 8, 2018
re: #171 Backwoods_Sleuth
So the Red Panda objects to dogs not being exceptional?
BTW, I know for sure that Rango, sweet and goofy as he may be, is not the sharpest crayon in the drawer. It’s taken YEARS to teach him how to walk on leash properly, and he still has problems understanding the permanence of “No!”
If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the worldhttps://t.co/uoSCUE8zn3 pic.twitter.com/HqQRsQXd4r
— The Poke (@ThePoke) October 8, 2018
I notice the absence of aluminum/aluminum and a few others…
I once knew a dog who could talk.
Oh wait. That wasn’t a dog.
re: #178 Blind Frog Belly White
So the Red Panda objects to dogs not being exceptional?
BTW, I know for sure that Rango, sweet and goofy as he may be, is not the sharpest crayon in the drawer. It’s taken YEARS to teach him how to walk on leash properly, and he still has problems understanding the permanence of “No!”
Darth the “Not the Darth You Were Looking For” is a huge fan of dogs, no matter who they are.
If women give a damn about being citizens with full rights, rather than the property of men, they can never vote for a Republican again. Republicans are the party of white, male, dominance. They should not be welcome in America, and may like Russia better.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 8, 2018
re: #156 Charles Johnson
I really don’t get The Young Turks. They claim to be progressive, but time after time they push hare-brained ideas that end up hurting progressive causes. If I were prone to conspiracy theories I might wonder whether they’re a right wing false flag operation designed to spread mistrust and chaos on the left.
I do believe one Buddy Roemer is behind TYT!
re: #170 ObserverArt
Tayloer Swift is an industry, not just a pop star for young girls.
Think of her as another Gwyneth Paltrow or Oprah Winfrey, women that have monetized their original popularity into businesses with followings that go beyond their initial success and listen to their advice and guidance.
She carries a lot more listeners than just what her music brings her. And with that comes power.
That is why the Republicans and their talking heads will try to make this seem like it’s about little girls that can’t vote. Huckabee knows that, it is why he is getting out ahead of it.
Fair enough, I really hadn’t picked up on that. (those comparisons though, yowch. not folks to want on your side if you want to call yourself the voice of reason, to put it mildly!)
Last week the Obama’s were scolded for making too much money. Apparently this week it is the Clintons’ turn in the barrel. There seems to be a theme here. https://t.co/M7KnQNtpmU
— Marissa G (@mdgriffin44) October 8, 2018
Who we are????? You have completely lost touch with who we are. WE do not further victimize victims, you do! May it never come to your house.
— Bonny Kirby (@Bonny1028) October 8, 2018
re: #186 Backwoods_Sleuth
They’re doing better than Trump.
re: #188 Backwoods_Sleuth
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With tears welling in her eyes, Heidi Heitkamp stared intently at a reporter and said: “And I want you to put this in there, it did not make my mom less strong that she was a victim. She got stronger and she made us strong.” https://t.co/MfyCl9J5Tg
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 8, 2018
Hey everybody @HeidiHeitkamp needs not only money but campaign volunteers. If you’ve got some time to spare, go help her out. Don’t let this man get to the Senate. Please. https://t.co/UuuoWoJE5C
— Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh) October 8, 2018
Paul Ryan speaking: “Obamacare meant fewer choices. ‘Medicare for All’ means no choices, no competition.”
— Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) October 8, 2018
The GOP is talking about healthcare like it is a shopping mall. When I break my leg, I don’t choose the hospital, the doctor or the treatment. They don’t hand me a menu.
You can’t solve healthcare with more “choices” anymore than you can put out a house fire with more “choices” https://t.co/bJaci6dWYx— Nunca Trump (@NeverTrumpTexan) October 8, 2018
re: #188 Backwoods_Sleuth
Trump encouraging rally attendees to beat up protesters is who we are. And people like you support him so shut up, Ted.
Last thread, there was a twitter thread by @garius on small stories of history. I found it very moving, and way down the line, there was this, for Nyet:
Moving. Visited Ukraine recently and discovered that the beautiful park we visited was once part of the old Jewish cemetery. Over two weeks the Nazis systematically murdered over 10000 Jewish people into a pit. The have a memorial which is lovingly maintained by the locals.
— colin.r.easton (@CEaston66) October 6, 2018
re: #191 Patricia Kayden
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re: #194 Patricia Kayden
Trump encouraging rally attendees to beat up protesters is who we are. And people like you support him so shut up, Ted.
But that’s different. Ted is fine with that so it’s different.//
re: #192 jaunte
HEALTHCARE’S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A COMPETITION YOU SOCIOPATHIC STOOGE.
— SteelPH (@SteelPH) October 8, 2018
re: #195 retired cynic
Last thread, there was a twitter thread by @garius on small stories of history. I found it very moving, and way down the line, there was this, for Nyet:
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I was in Ypres last year at the Menin Gate. All those names with their own stories. A father’s heartbreak. A mother’s loss. A brother’s guilt. A sister’s sorrow. A wife’s loneliness. A child’s father gone. I hope we never have anything like WWI ever again but we seem to be entering familiar territory.
He is the wind. He stalks his prey like the wolf and delivers swift, cold justice. pic.twitter.com/eCTV4vNdGO
— Paul Bronks (@BoringEnormous) October 4, 2018
re: #200 Backwoods_Sleuth
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— tim cornwell (@247razz) October 8, 2018
McConnell lied on “Face the Nation” yesterday when he said Merrick Garland was blocked because he was appointed by a President of the other party than the one controlling the Senate.
What it looks like when a reporter isn’t just asking questions, but is holding an interviewee accountable with the facts. This occurs far too infrequently. pic.twitter.com/YoHMYWx8ol
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) October 8, 2018
But he said nothing of that in 2016 when he explained why Garland would not be considered by the Senate until after the election.
re: #196 HappyWarrior
I’m glad she did the right thing here. Hers was a profile in courage. Manchin’s was one in cowardice.
I’m done with Manchin.
re: #202 thecommodore
McConnell lied on “Face the Nation” yesterday when he said Merrick Garland was blocked because he was appointed by a President of the other party than the one controlling the Senate.
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Oh just shut up. You didn’t want Garland because you were rightfully petrified of the most liberal court in 50 years and your entire service in the name of right wing causes being for nought.
I was always interested in politics; I was in student government in college. In the fall of ‘91, I was a senior at UCLA and I remember Anita Hill. I remember her testifying. I remember how she was treated by Hatch and Specter. I remember getting angry.
— Women’s Mob 🌊 (@neeratanden) October 5, 2018
There were protests, but Clarence Thomas was confirmed and things seemed to die down. I say seemed. Because more women ran for the senate that year than any other. I was in CA and 2 Dem women were running for Senate. One was Barbara Boxer. The other was @SenFeinstein.
— Women’s Mob 🌊 (@neeratanden) October 5, 2018
That was the beginning of my activism and I have never ended. And that year there was the largest gender gap ever.
This is not the end. This is just the beginning.— Women’s Mob 🌊 (@neeratanden) October 5, 2018
wut?
Hello Atticus!
I agree - money makes a big difference!
So, has science spent even a million dollars on science communication??#sciencemarketing— Jayde Lovell (@JaydeLovell) October 8, 2018
re: #142 Citizen K
Because a Republican woman puts her party above her sex. It’s that simple.
re: #207 Charles Johnson
Who is this moron?
re: #207 Charles Johnson
wut?
Someone needs to take that sign half in the water that says “But her emails” and change it to “But science marketing.”
I seem to recall an old Inca curse, or was it Chinese? Antediluvian? Made up?
Time. Where does it go? But that’s not the curse, that’s reality.
But I digress….
But it seemed to suggest that life was better if you lived in “interesting times.”
Interesting times…..
Not sure about that.
Nope. Not at all.
Na.
If Khashoggi was murdered inside the consulate, it will cast the Saudi regime and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in a new and disturbing light and require a thorough reevaluation of U.S.-Saudi relations.
Better to know that sooner rather than later. https://t.co/Rt7skCwozT— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) October 8, 2018
Who’s going to do this “reevaluation,” though, with a criminal in the White House who openly swoons for dictators and despots? https://t.co/PrVUI3rKS9
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 8, 2018
Goodbye and good f-ing riddance to Chief Wahoo.
— Lindsey Adler (@lindseyadler) October 8, 2018
Chief Wahoo will be worn tonight, but the logo is gone starting in 2019.
In his pregame presser, Alex Cora just said he wants his players to make sure they’re prepared with their positioning cards and signals because they know it’s going to be loud here tonight. I wrote about tonight’s home atmosphere earlier today: https://t.co/NnxOAuKJEF
— Lindsey Adler (@lindseyadler) October 8, 2018
LOL
Catch my amazing conversation with @SarahPalinUSA we compare and contrast what #Kavanaugh faced with what she faced in 2008. Plus, will she run for US Senate in 2022 against #Murkowski ? 7:30pm on great radio stations, https://t.co/vFmUYqBZeL and NewsmaxTV @newsmax
— Joe Pags Pagliarulo (@JoeTalkShow) October 8, 2018
Joe Pags Pagliarulo on Twitter https://t.co/eMEozPZPFO
— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) October 8, 2018
so much for her threat to leave Alaska and do big things for ‘Merica…
and I old I know
I and I old I say
I and I reconsider
I and I see upfully that
Christopher Columbus is a dam blasted liar
Christopher Columbus is a dam blasted liar
Yes Jah
He’s saying that, he is the first one
who discover Jamaica
I and I say that,
What about the Arawak Indians and the few Black man
Who were around here, before him
The Indians couldn’t hang on no longer
Here comes first Black man and woman and children,
In a Jam Down Land ya
A whole heap of mix up and mix up
A whole heap a ben up, ben up,
We have fi straighten out,
Christopher Columbus is a dam blasted liar
Christopher Columbus is a dam blasted liar
Yes Jah
re: #214 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOL
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so much for her threat to leave Alaska and do big things for ‘Merica…
She won’t run since her son will be arrested again & she’s last week’s news.
IDIOCRACY ALERT!
This may literally be the stupidest thing I have ever heard of:
Yet, Snopes must deal with it:
Does Adding Your Age to Your Birth Year Equal 2,018 for ‘One Day Only’?
Needless to say, adding your age to your birth year will ALWAYS equal the current year, provided you have already had your birthday in the current year. If your birthday falls later in the year, it will equal the previous year. Duh!
re: #214 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOL
Catch my amazing conversation with @SarahPalinUSA we compare and contrast what #Kavanaugh faced with what she faced in 2008. Plus, will she run for US Senate in 2022 against #Murkowski ? 7:30pm on great radio stations
so much for her threat to leave Alaska and do big things for ‘Merica…
comparisons: one. politics aint beanbag
contrasts - she ran for vice president, he was nominated for a judgeship
he was supposed to be evaluated under the senate’s advice and consent function
-they did…something. it was not advice and consent
-they had the power. they changed some rules, they had the votes.
politics aint beanbag
the only evaluative process for vice president is the public and the media
-other than the 1A, there are no rules (cf: how trump did it)
politics aint beanbag
How about we nominate & run the guy we should have run last time? Ponies, unicorns and all, or don’t you want to win? I’ll vote Green and you’ll excoriate me & others like you did last time, ignoring the fact that we demand someone to vote FOR, not against. 🌹#OuRevolution pic.twitter.com/EnjMpWSzzt
— Chris Markunas🌹 (@DaddySnagz) October 8, 2018
He’ll turn 79 in 2020. He’s a grouchy old Jew with Asperger’s (as am I, btw). He likes Russia too well to be altogether convincing. Don’t even think about it. It’s NextGen time. https://t.co/CV9Js2WQ5r
— Harry Turtledove (@HNTurtledove) October 8, 2018
The thing about this Taylor Swift moment we are having is that the Republicans are coming to take away your healthcare.
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) October 8, 2018
re: #217 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
This may literally be the stupidest thing I have ever heard of:
“donald trump is president of the united states”
Nobody outside Trump Org. had heard of Chicago Unit Acquisition LLC until @realDonaldTrump submitted his financial disclosures as a candidate. They showed he owed more than $50M to an entity with that name. 2/ pic.twitter.com/M7jEqrP2et
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) October 8, 2018
re: #219 gocart mozart
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Gah get over Bernie already. He’ll turn 80 his first year as President and has no delegation skills.
re: #223 HappyWarrior
Gah get over Bernie already. He’ll turn 80 his first year as President and has no delegation skills.
And, not to put too fine a point on it, but if our problem is that the government is being run by Old White Men, maybe we shouldn’t elect another Old White Man? Especially a REALLY OLD White Man. I’m not being ageist. I’m just concerned about electing a guy who’s already got a 50% chance of being dead.
Just a thought.
re: #226 Blind Frog Belly White
And, not to put too fine a point on it, but if our problem is that the government is being run by Old White Men, maybe we shouldn’t elect another Old White Man? Especially a REALLY OLD White Man. I’m not being ageist. I’m just concerned about electing a guy who’s already got a 50% chance of being dead.
Just a thought.
Especially a guy who doesn’t get why PoC feel alienated. But yeah it shoots a legitimate argument in the foot but Bernie’s white supporters refuse to see he has weaknesses.
So @taylorswift13 has every right to be political but it won’t impact election unless we allow 13 yr old girls to vote. Still with #MarshaBlackburn
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) October 8, 2018
Why would we let 13-year-olds vote when we won’t even let them date the politicians you endorsehttps://t.co/C1UxdmyYjh
— ImpartialConspiracyVictimHat (@Popehat) October 8, 2018
re: #223 HappyWarrior
Gah get over Bernie already. He’ll turn 80 his first year as President and has no delegation skills.
this is childish and asinine
do you (they) want bernie to actually, you know, win the primary or just be declared the winner now?
cause if he cant win the primary (like he didnt last time) how the eff is he going to win the general?
you can lobby all you want that people “should” vote for your guy - that’s politics
if everybody voted for him, then he’d win
but that’s an axiom. anybody would win if everybody voted for them
it not a reason to vote for him
if everyone sent me one dollar, i’d be rich. and mostly no one would feel the loss
re: #219 gocart mozart
The bottom line is that the brand “Hillary Clinton” was poisoned a long time ago. Once an emotion is reified it is hard to remove.
WaPo and all other media outlet exist to sell stuff. They will run with anything if it helps them sell.
re: #227 GlutenFreeJesus
We appreciate @realDonaldTrump for joining us at #IACP2018 to honor the Police Officer of the Year finalists, and the bravery and self sacrifice of all law enforcement who never hesitate to run towards dange
interesting that they didnt call him “president”
re: #231 dangerman
this is childish and asinine
do you (they) want bernie to actually, you know, win the primary or just be declared the winner now?
cause if he cant win the primary (like he didnt last time) how the eff is he going to win the general?
you can lobby all you want that people “should” vote for your guy - that’s politics
if everybody voted for him, then he’d win
but that’s an axiom. anybody would win if everybody voted for them
it not a reason to vote for himif everyone sent me one dollar, i’d be rich. and mostly no one would feel the loss
They just want to coronate him. He’s in trouble when he’ll have more people critical of his record. He’ll also find out that he’s not as progressive as he thinks he is.
Bolsonaro won the expat vote in every single US city where Brazilians vote.
Some numbers ➡️
Boston: Bolsonaro 80%, Ciro 7%
New York: Bolsonaro 63%, Ciro 14%
Miami: Bolsonaro 81%https://t.co/upRbgzlpDI— Rachel Glickhouse (@Riogringa) October 8, 2018
Yikes. https://t.co/inMoK1aSWl
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 8, 2018
re: #234 HappyWarrior
They just want to coronate him. He’s in trouble when he’ll have more people critical of his record. He’ll also find out that he’s not as progressive as he thinks he is.
sure, so there’s two different discussions going on
you’re giving reasons why he’d be a good or bad candidate/president
this guy wants to “nominate & run the guy we should have run last time”
- skip the part where people get to evaluate and choose who they vote for
-coronation as you say
this is worse than ponies and unicorns
“just everybody vote for my guy” is a fundamental misstating and understanding of what the process is and how it works
re: #237 dangerman
sure, so there’s two different discussions going on
you’re giving reasons why he’d be a good or bad candidate/president
this guy wants to “nominate & run the guy we should have run last time”
- skip the part where people get to evaluate and choose who they vote for
-coronation as you saythis is worse than ponies and unicorns
“just everybody vote for my guy” is a fundamental misstating and understanding of what the process is and how it works
Exactly. Give us a reason rather than a hypothetical poll. Convince me Bernie understands complex issues and how to solve them. Purity dick battles don’t impress me.
re: #238 Blind Frog Belly White
Why not? I caused the first two.
I never knew you were so dangerous. ;)
re: #240 Eclectic Cyborg
I never knew you were so dangerous. ;)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!!!
Oops!
Fixted, thanks!
Women across the country came together around this nomination to say #MeToo, to stand up against sexual abusers and harassers. And all Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, and Republican leaders have to say to them is that they’re a mob. Disgraceful.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) October 8, 2018
So @taylorswift13 has every right to be political but it won’t impact election unless we allow 13 yr old girls to vote. Still with #MarshaBlackburn
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) October 8, 2018
Why would we let 13-year-olds vote when we won’t even let them date the politicians you endorsehttps://t.co/C1UxdmyYjh
— ImpartialConspiracyVictimHat (@Popehat) October 8, 2018
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) October 8, 2018
I served my whole life to protect you & our country. Now YOU must STAND and protect AMERICA. #SaveDemocracy
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) October 6, 2018
Conspiracy nut, propagating fantasies for the last year, and disinformation, now thinks he is a hero. https://t.co/SwYgTz5mUC
— George Papadopoulos (@GeorgePapa19) October 6, 2018
Clarification: I’m a exUS Intelligence professional who was first to warn the nation of your treacherous plot well before the election. You? You’re a convicted felon who gladly betrayed the nation with Russian Intelligence & lied about it to the FBI. #EnjoyPrision #LameSnowden https://t.co/RX4YyVeEQi
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) October 8, 2018
I guess talking to someone totally unqualified about someone temperamentally unsuitable for any position of responsibility makes a mad kind of sense.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 8, 2018
Dean Heller is lying again – this bill is a sham.
The head of Nevada’s health exchange said it doesn’t “even uphold the ACA’s pre-existing protections” and “arguably weakens them to the detriment of consumers, providers and Nevada’s public health.” #NVSenhttps://t.co/ABFMz2lBQ7 https://t.co/L64z8hHOq9— Jacky Rosen (@RosenforNevada) October 8, 2018
re: #179 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I notice the absence of aluminum/aluminum and a few others…
It’s amusing how the British pick out just a few words that they’re determined to pronounce differently than Americans. British English is supposed to have no secondary stress at all—that’s why secretary = SEK-re-try. Then they say “JAG-You-Are”, “Oh-re-GAH-no”, “al-you-MIN-i-um”, which violate the rules of every English dialect by having more than one syllable with secondary stress. You can hear the momentary pause as they shift mental gears before and after each such word.
re: #238 Blind Frog Belly White
Why not? It caused the first two.
Serbia caused the first two. Some of the biggest pieces from that powder magazine they deliberately threw a lit torch into haven’t hit the ground even now.
Guaranteed: when Trump says something about Brazil’s election he’ll praise Bolsonaro—he’s exactly the kind of authoritarian thug Trump digs.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 8, 2018
re: #219 gocart mozart
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re: #213 Backwoods_Sleuth
Well, the team might be different come next year too. They didn’t have any hitting against the Astro’s. Might be time for some rookies to come up and maybe trade a few guys.
Sigh.
Well, THAT was depressing.
One of my high school English teachers from 35 years ago friended me on FB a while back. Posted fairly anodyne stuff about her kids and local fundraisers.
Then today she drops a long turd of a post about how she’s changing her registration from independent to Republican because “Democrats are bullying innocent people” and yada yada talk radio bullshit crap.
I couldn’t unfriend fast enough. No room for that in my life. (And she wasn’t even all that good a teacher back then, come to think of it.)
But it still makes me sad to see the cult taking over so many people I once thought had some intelligence.
re: #231 dangerman
this is childish and asinine
do you (they) want bernie to actually, you know, win the primary or just be declared the winner now?
cause if he cant win the primary (like he didnt last time) how the eff is he going to win the general?
you can lobby all you want that people “should” vote for your guy - that’s politics
if everybody voted for him, then he’d win
but that’s an axiom. anybody would win if everybody voted for them
it not a reason to vote for himif everyone sent me one dollar, i’d be rich. and mostly no one would feel the loss
If Hillary hadn’t damn run, Bernie would have won the nomination!
So, no Hillary…Bernie will win the nomination this time.
See it is just that simple to the simpletons.
Don’t say there might have been other candidates either or there will be other candidates this time. Bernie is so awesome no others dare run against him.
Pro tip: always befriend the bouncer.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 8, 2018
re: #259 ObserverArt
He wants to run on democratic ticket the he needs to actually be a democrat. I have no idea how he became such a gold standard for progressives, because he has barely done a damned thing since becoming a senator. He’s a ratfucker. Same as Jill Stein.
Democrats are counting on women to look at Dr. Ford and say “That could have been me. It could been someone I love and care about who was assaulted and then dismissed by men looking to protect their friend.”
Republicans are counting on women to look at Kavanaugh and say “Oh, those poor men who might be falsely accused, I must vote to protect them.”
re: #262 Targetpractice
Democrats are counting on women to look at Dr. Ford and say “That could have been me. It could been someone I love and care about who was assaulted and then dismissed by men looking to protect their friend.”
Republicans are counting on women to look at Kavanaugh and say “Oh, those poor men who might be falsely accused, I must vote to protect them.”
Once again, reality seems to have a Democratic bias.
It’s an outright personality cult. Those never end well when top world leaders are involved.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 8, 2018
re: #258 wrenchwench
Can’t forget psychedelic.
Lord don’t forget psychedelic.
I have tales to tell and few to speak to.
Christ I’m going over the crest.
SRC.
Being heard at 16 in a grand room with a grand stereo system and a salad bowl of Michoacán that never ran out.
And Ortlieb’s beer.
Damn.
re: #264 Charles Johnson
I’m not sure which is worse - that his popularity might have increased because they believe he was falsely accused, or because he was correctly accused.
“The Exhibitionists” by vacuumslayer https://t.co/RO36WjIlPu
— SpookyKarateHonkey (@DeathCar72) October 8, 2018
re: #262 Targetpractice
Democrats are counting on women to look at Dr. Ford and say “That could have been me. It could been someone I love and care about who was assaulted and then dismissed by men looking to protect their friend.”
Republicans are counting on women to look at Kavanaugh and say “Oh, those poor men who might be falsely accused, I must vote to protect them.”
more likely, women will see what happened to Dr. Ford and decide that keeping quiet is best
re: #264 Charles Johnson
They like that he’s emotionally out-of-control, and caught up in conspiracy nonsense just like they are.
This country is doomed if we continue to let stupid people lead the way.— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 8, 2018
re: #264 Charles Johnson
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Which again shows it was never about his judicial philosophy, his views on the role of the courts, or his adherence to some view of “non-interference” that pundits (particularly wingnut ones) are presenting his appointment as resting upon.
It was totally about “owning the libs” and that’s how Republicans have been selling it ever since his tantrum on live TV.
re: #266 Blind Frog Belly White
I’m not sure which is worse - that his popularity might have increased because they believe he was falsely accused, or because he was correctly accused.
They loved his Snowflake act.
re: #266 Blind Frog Belly White
I’m not sure which is worse - that his popularity might have increased because they believe he was falsely accused, or because he was correctly accused.
What Conservative man hasn’t forced himself on a woman? It’s only rape if it’s done by an outsider.
re: #269 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
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If he’d come to the Senate 2 weeks ago and followed Thomas’ model in being forceful but respectful? His nomination would have ended that afternoon and the GOP would now be scrambling to get Barrett on the bench in the lame duck session.
re: #268 Backwoods_Sleuth
more likely, women will see what happened to Dr. Ford and decide that keeping quiet is best
Thankfully our system accounts for that by allowing the silent woman to vote the same as the loud and angry man.
re: #274 Targetpractice
If he’d come to the Senate 2 weeks ago and followed Thomas’ model in being forceful but respectful? His nomination would have ended that afternoon and the GOP would now be scrambling to get Barrett on the bench in the lame duck session.
Humans are more ape than thinking being a lot of the time, unfortunately. Conservatives seem to operate on that level more than the rest of us do.
re: #272 Teddy’s Person
I can’t believe we still even celebrate Columbus Day. It’s so antiquated and insensitive. Sigh.
WATCH: Room gives Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell standing ovation ahead of Kavanaugh swearing-in ceremony. pic.twitter.com/DGASukIlxG
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 8, 2018
Rick Gates requested proposals in 2016 from the Israeli company Psy Group to create fake online identities, use social media manipulation and gather intelligence to help defeat Republican primary race opponents, particularly Ted Cruz, and Clinton. https://t.co/0aTWy8H5xv
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) October 8, 2018
Apppears Rick Gates solicited an Israeli firm to trick & mislead voters, including Republicans, with fake online identities & social media manipulation. That’s what the Russians did.
Who else in the @realDonaldTrump csmpaign knew about this attempted collusion with foreigners? https://t.co/QtgWeSMsDX— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) October 8, 2018
re: #265 nines09
Can’t forget psychedelic.
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Hrm. I think I’ll stick to Mr. Keen. Speed it up a bit, kick in the distortion and move to more power chords than cowboy chords (or at least some 9 forms) for a bit of the old cow punk feel, some reefer and a 40 instead…
I do believe she was threatened but I just don’t believe that people opposing Kavanaugh did it. 🤣
— Heidi B (@heidifly69) October 8, 2018
I agree. I think it was another group of similar-looking political operatives. Let me explain why. (1/87)https://t.co/zEsmKHwIbg
— Julius Ghost👻 (Read Pinned Tweet!) (@JuliusGoat) October 8, 2018
re: #264 Charles Johnson
With Trump it has always been about the strong-man personality. There are many (too many) Americans who are looking for a strong-man.
Again, as much as a broken-record I am, this stresses again our deep problems in our society with many people seeking a replacement for a failed religion.
re: #264 Charles Johnson
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No different, really, from the Bernie personality cult. You cannot question the truth that “Bernie woulda won” and still stay in the cult. You must accept that Bernie cannot fail, he can only be failed.
Not very different from the Trumpthing cult at all, when you get down to it.
WTF is a SCOTUS judge doing at a WH campaign event???? He doesn’t have to do this. The president doesn’t get to “swear in” justices. This is bizarre.
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) October 8, 2018
re: #266 Blind Frog Belly White
I’m not sure which is worse - that his popularity might have increased because they believe he was falsely accused, or because he was correctly accused.
I’d say the latter - he got away with it. There are a lot of men, 90% will deny it, but there are a lot of men if they were presented with an opportunity and knew they wouldn’t be caught, would be happy to rape. Even the miserable rape conviction numbers that exist are all that keeps many of these “honest people honest” as the phrase goes.
Presiding over ceremonial swearing-in of Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump apologizes to the judge and his family ‘for the terrible pain and suffering you have been forced to endure.’
— CBC News Alerts (@CBCAlerts) October 8, 2018
*PROJECTILE VOMITS*
At ceremonial swearing-in, Pres. Trump apologizes “on behalf of our nation” to Brett Kavanaugh and his family “for the terrible pain and suffering you have been forced to endure.”
“And with that I must state that you sir, under historic scrutiny, were proven innocent.” pic.twitter.com/Np43pqbJlM— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) October 8, 2018
jfc
President Trump apologizes to Kavanaugh: “You, sir, under historic scrutiny, were proven innocent.” All other nine justices are sitting in the front row. pic.twitter.com/dvtBBV7ffq
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) October 8, 2018
Julie Swetnick, one of the three women to accuse Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, says she is “disgusted and appalled” over criticism she has received from politicians and the media since coming forward with her story https://t.co/AmmmmU8PTJ pic.twitter.com/rFXEKKhxrh
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) October 8, 2018
Yes, because people who make up obvious lies with no corroboration, in an overt, last-minute, political hit job intended to destroy an innocent man’s life & then dramaticly change their story during a disastrous TV interview, really should be treated a whole lot better than this! https://t.co/V9VjsNXd8v
— John Ziegler (@Zigmanfreud) October 8, 2018
Because “believe no women” is the only tenet of modern day conservatism https://t.co/QLfe9VOujj
— Molly Jong☠️Fast (@MollyJongFast) October 8, 2018
The fuck is this? They’re actually having a victory celebration? Fuck every single person there. Fuck all of you.
— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) October 8, 2018
STFU
“On behalf of our nation I want to apologize to Brett and his entire family for the pain you’ve had to endure….”
President Trump just now at Kavanaugh’s swearing in ceremony.
He went on to add that Kavanaugh was “proven innocent”— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) October 8, 2018
re: #290 The Vicious Babushka
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Remember when the media gave Obama all sorts of hell for “spiking the football”?
Or enough attention given to the fact @MarshaBlackburn spoke at the same Horowitz event as DiSantis. https://t.co/048aQRhfc5
— MiaMarie 👻 (@WahcaMia) October 8, 2018
IMO telling that Never Trump Republicans lament “the Far Left” and “Trumpism” but still get fully onboard with birthers like Blackburn even when up against moderates like Bredesen. https://t.co/As85Hsl42P
— Will Jordan (@williamjordann) October 8, 2018
This is MY son. He graduated #1 in 8th dimension space camp. He was awarded the Yoyodyne award. He is a gentlelectroid who respects women. He won’t go on solo dates due to the current climate of false sexual accusations by Buckaroo Banzai, who has an axe to grind. I VOTE. #HimToo pic.twitter.com/LgIS5DuvZq
— Captain Pumpkin Spice (@goddamnedfrank) October 8, 2018
re: #294 Patricia Kayden
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re: #292 Backwoods_Sleuth
STFU
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So we’ve graduated from “no corroboration” to “totally innocent” to applause from Republicans.
They’re not even bothering with the masks anymore.
This is MY son. He graduated #1 in boot camp. He was awarded the USO award. He was #1 in A school. He is a gentleman who respects women. He won’t go on solo dates due to the current climate of false sexual accusations by radical feminists with an axe to grind. I VOTE. #HimToo pic.twitter.com/K78sgXwsCZ
— BlueStarNavyMom3 (@MarlaReynoldsC3) October 6, 2018
Sounds like your son grew up too close to an idiot mother.
Looking more reasons to conclude that Christopher Columbus was a dick?
Look no further:https://t.co/onn5IAfcce— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 8, 2018
re: #299 Blind Frog Belly White
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Sounds like your son grew up too close to an idiot mother.
What sort of mother puts her son out there to the public as somebody who won’t date because he’s afraid of being accused of rape?
re: #289 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #302 Targetpractice
What sort of mother puts her son out there to the public as somebody who won’t date because he’s afraid of being accused of rape?
A wingnut mother.
re: #286 The Vicious Babushka
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re: #291 Targetpractice
And then we have jerks questioning why women don’t come forward about sexual assault/harassment. Sigh.
re: #295 goddamnedfrank
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Maybe it’s not so much your son that doesn’t want to go on solo dates, but the women he dates have to be extra cautious as part of the 1,000,000 steps women take to try to stay safe.
As Kavanaugh talks about how the institution isn’t political…remember this https://t.co/9A3JllyTuE
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) October 8, 2018
He’s embarrassing us in front of the whole world again.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 8, 2018
Judicial independence at its finest:
“Mr. President, thank you for everything.”— Josh Dorner (@JoshDorner) October 8, 2018
re: #295 goddamnedfrank
In other words, he doesn’t respect women.
Conrad Hackett, like St. Nicholas, lives in all our hearts.
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) May 15, 2017
— Conrad Hackett (@conradhackett) October 8, 2018
I wonder what the hackers meant.
— Conrad Hackett (@conradhackett) October 8, 2018
Is this clown going to cry and yell at us again?
— John Dingell (@JohnDingell) October 8, 2018
re: #310 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“Thank you for smearing my victim because I was too chicken shit to do it myself.”
Of all the institutions Trump has destroyed, watching him complete the politicization of the Supreme Court is the most painful, the most dangerous. Thanking Senators & singling our Collins. The Court’s reputation is a fragile thing that once damaged is difficult to repair.
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) October 8, 2018
That mom should give her son a few dating tips pic.twitter.com/mbP82iQoag
— KD (@Fly_Sistah) October 8, 2018
re: #295 goddamnedfrank
Any Buckaroo Banzai reference gets you a like and an upvote from me.
Congratulations, Associate Justice Rapey McDrinksalot.
“The General’s Return”
A Poem by General Cattis
The human yelled, “I need a break!”
Oh, what a long tirade!
So I gave them a few days off
(Not like they’re getting paid…) pic.twitter.com/tzfXwO8H0L— “Mad Cat” Cattis (@GeneralCattis) October 8, 2018
But #CatWorldDomination called
“You’re needed!” came the cry.
And if my warriors needed me,
I knew I had to try. pic.twitter.com/wBlyxbNV1j— “Mad Cat” Cattis (@GeneralCattis) October 8, 2018
The human was so obstinate
They really caused a scene.
So I stole the Twitter password
And locked them in the latrine.#ImBack pic.twitter.com/yJNJyXgzs2— “Mad Cat” Cattis (@GeneralCattis) October 8, 2018
Is this shitshow over yet? Is it safe to turn the TV back on?
re: #295 goddamnedfrank
I saw her tweet on my phone, but couldn’t click on it. On my computer, I see yours, but not hers, and I can’t even search for her, it says she doesn’t exist. I guess she’s blocked me.
Melania Trump refuses to attend Kavanaugh swearing-in because of a ‘longstanding prior commitment’https://t.co/IAqhGoC54D
— Sarah Burris (@SarahBurris) October 8, 2018
re: #323 Belafon
No, you’re not blocked. She deleted it.
MrBWS just called: the guys have been told to pack their storm bags and possibly head south in the morning.
re: #325 Sufficient unto the day…
No, you’re not blocked. She deleted it.
The tweet of victimhood coming in 3, 2, 1….
If this doesn’t just say it all. pic.twitter.com/J5tLNzlSAq
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) October 8, 2018
A commitment to despising abusive men? Old-man Trump is in trouble.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 8, 2018
Looking for those 101 missing Dalmatians!https://t.co/U7GGLy6ozK pic.twitter.com/XvS6r5FL95
— Animal Life (@MeetAnimals) October 8, 2018
re: #280 William Lewis
It’s music. It’s up to you.
I was searching for a band that was in the back of my mind for quite a while. I was so young, I outlived most and the one person I talked to had no fucking idea what I was talking about.
A few weeks ago I got an answer.
But no bowl of Michoacán.
I guess you had to be there.
It was SRC.
That is all.
How’s the pedals?
Have fun, good luck.
thread!
He’s so shrill. pic.twitter.com/6Th2SmLsAz
— Molly Jong☠️Fast (@MollyJongFast) October 8, 2018
Omg, he’s going to start crying again pic.twitter.com/VqcW4fDtQx
— Molly Jong☠️Fast (@MollyJongFast) October 8, 2018
re: #332 Interesting Times
Alcohol and weed will REVEAL who you are.
But we all knew that.
re: #324 Patricia Kayden
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re: #277 Patricia Kayden
I can’t believe we still even celebrate Columbus Day. It’s so antiquated and insensitive. Sigh.
At my evil too big to fail employer, the signs on the branch door say “Closed Columbus Day” in English and “Cerrado Dia de la Raza” in Spanish.
I’m in Nagasaki this morning (Tuesday), just across from the Nagasaki main station. I was awakened by a band of flutes walking by at 6 am. Still haven’t figured that out.
Just not even paying lipservice to the idea that the Supreme Court is non-political, just days after one Sen. Collins said her vote was because the Court needed to be “above politics”.
They really don’t give a shit. They want to lord it over everyone that they can do whatever the fuck they want now and no one can stop them.
Judge Brett Kavanaugh: “Although the Senate confirmation process tested me as it has tested others, it did not change me.”https://t.co/FqNqrdNnH8 pic.twitter.com/JojPbaUjrp
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 8, 2018
so, what he’s saying is that he’s still an asshat.
got it
Justice Anthony Kennedy swears in Brett Kavanaugh to be associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. https://t.co/UC2gLqMj7R pic.twitter.com/ioxHRv1wRN
— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 8, 2018
I hereby dub thee Justice Rapey McBeerface! #resist #Kavanaugh #IBelieveDrFord #MeToo https://t.co/5uTEzAjKkE
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) October 8, 2018
re: #343 Backwoods_Sleuth
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so, what he’s saying is that he’s still an asshat.
got it
“It didn’t change me. That’s why I went from the ‘Aw, shucks’ guy to ‘FUCK YOU AND EVERYONE YOU KNOW!’ guy in the space of a week.”
re: #334 nines09
It’s music. It’s up to you.
I was searching for a band that was in the back of my mind for quite a while. I was so young, I outlived most and the one person I talked to had no fucking idea what I was talking about.
A few weeks ago I got an answer.
But no bowl of Michoacán.
I guess you had to be there.
It was SRC.
That is all.
How’s the pedals?
Have fun, good luck.
The phaser is in use in my primary chain (tuner, noise reduction, reverb, ds1, phaser). It plays well with dual P90s ;)
And for me, the band in that spot was The Velvet Underground.
“I take this office with gratitude and no bitterness,” says Kavanaugh. “Although the confirmation process tested me, it did not change me.”
Well that’s a shame.— Roger Simon (@politicoroger) October 8, 2018
Well, he’s right, it didn’t change him. He was a lying, cheating bastard before it started and he remains one at the end.
In addition to not being proven innocent of sexual assault, Brett Kavanaugh proved himself guilty of:
—22 counts of perjury
—Binge drinking
—Witness tampering
—Having no capacity for judicial temperament or impartiality
—Being an angry conspiracy-theorist and vengeful partisan https://t.co/0xSssU5aeg— Andrew Wortman (@AmoneyResists) October 8, 2018
The Kremlin created a fake ‘manspreading’ video — and conservative media in the US helped it go viral https://t.co/YcyeoqMp7W
— Raw Story (@RawStory) October 8, 2018
“Go to Trump’s for skis and pep rally for Brett with Mitch and Clarence and Don McG” was the tip off. https://t.co/kCwPQD8qHT
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) October 8, 2018
Subtle
— Captain Pumpkin Spice (@goddamnedfrank) October 8, 2018
wait…whut?
Little Caesars Is ‘Investigating’ After Location Allegedly Caught Selling DiGiorno Frozen Pizza https://t.co/ptFgtqbcI3
— People (@people) October 8, 2018
Kavanaugh says after previously railing about “the left” and “revenge on behalf of the Clintons” https://t.co/ZWabUT1qDy https://t.co/909tlY6H5J
— Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) October 8, 2018
Most Republicans seem to be fine with that, so we have no choice but to vote them all out of office to make it clear that their total-corruption is not acceptable in America.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 8, 2018
re: #272 Teddy’s Person
Several years ago, a student sent me this for Columbus Day, and I revisit it every year.
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And then killed them.
“Yeah, I acted like a partisan psycho at the hearing two weeks ago, but I want you to know I’m still that nice and likable guy I was at the beginning of this. Hahaha…please don’t leave me.”
re: #354 Backwoods_Sleuth
wait…whut?
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I doubt it - the DiGiornos are too small and the Little Caesars are better than them anyway (not great, mind but better than frozen). My guess is a joke that got out of hand.
re: #359 William Lewis
I doubt it - the DiGiornos are too small and the Little Caesars are better than them anyway (not great, mind but better than frozen). My guess is a joke that got out of hand.
That or a bitter employee who’s looking to cause a little trouble for his boss.
re: #354 Backwoods_Sleuth
wait…whut?
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People noticed the pizzas tasting better than before.
How do they plan to get babies like that back into the womb?
— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) October 8, 2018
re: #360 Targetpractice
That or a bitter employee who’s looking to cause a little trouble for his boss.
Or Little Ceasers does give to Democrats and liberal causes. Project Veritas wannabe?
re: #362 gocart mozart
How do they plan to get babies like that back into the womb?
With “The Jaws of Life™”—duh!
re: #364 William Lewis
Or Little Ceasers does give to Democrats and liberal causes. Project Veritas wannabe?
Possible. I’ve worked in fast food before and I’ve seen the substitution of ingredients from the “approved” dealer with ones from places like Restaurant Depot. But that was raw ingredients, not premade food which generally costs more because of the production involved.
Key findings from the new CNN national survey. This is what Republicans call a big win. pic.twitter.com/vqA7jNQDBi
— Geoff Garin (@geoffgarin) October 8, 2018
Yep. Exactly what one would expect.
Trump’s Twitter attack last week on George Soros opened the gates for a wave of authoritarian and anti-Semitic attacks https://t.co/9MpnI62Iw4 pic.twitter.com/mcGnL1Roy2
— Media Matters (@mmfa) October 8, 2018
re: #346 William Lewis
Great! That’s what I was hoping for. Glad you like it.
I would have kept that except I was not using it, and it was a build, and Happy Birthday!
That chorus is something to use slightly. Learn to just put an edge on what you are playing, or crank it up full tilt and with OD be surprised. Layer the phaser over top, back off the OD, blah blah..
Glad you enjoy it,
re: #294 Patricia Kayden
Like that would hurt her.
re: #368 Patricia Kayden
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Of course they consider it “winning,” because it has driven up support among the people they think they need most: old white men.
The two genders. pic.twitter.com/YlGttNCZYU
— Respectable Lawyer (@RespectableLaw) October 8, 2018
re: #361 Single-handed sailor
People noticed the pizzas tasting better than before.
Bah, beat me to it! :p
re: #259 ObserverArt
If Hillary hadn’t damn run, Bernie would have won the nomination!
So, no Hillary…Bernie will win the nomination this time.
See it is just that simple to the simpletons.
Don’t say there might have been other candidates either or there will be other candidates this time. Bernie is so awesome no others dare run against him.
Yup. Bernie would win if no one else ran
re: #373 gocart mozart
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I don’t think BlueStarNavyMom3 has to worry about her son being accused of assaulting women.
re: #373 gocart mozart
I’m just tired enough I’m not quite getting “The two genders.”
Glad he’s not going down the political road https://t.co/iA3zG0QVzw
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) October 8, 2018
It’s a really scary time for dudes right now. So I wrote a song about it. Go #vote friends! #TheResistance #1Thing @ACLU @WC4SJ #letsmakesomenoise pic.twitter.com/hz7E3xMRqR
— Lynzy Lab (@mercedeslynz) October 8, 2018
Less than 1% of rapes lead to felony convictions. At least 89% of victims face emotional and physical consequences. #MeToo https://t.co/FwWo87BtDW
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) October 8, 2018
re: #381 Patricia Kayden
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“YEAH, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE REAL VICTIMS: THE MEN THEY ACCUSE?!”
There’s a guy up at my work who’s a vocal conservative. He watches Fox and then checks it against conservative websites. As I passed by his office today, I mentioned the Russian lawyer that died in an “unauthorized helicopter crash” (I’m sure she’s the one that didn’t authorize it). He hadn’t heard about it (but, upon prodding, he knew the meeting was about adoptions), so I also mentioned the others, like the guy falling from his ninth story window. I followed it up with Russian lawmakers granting Putin the authority to assassinate enemies of the state. I doubt it will change much, but, considering we work with a defense contractor, I think it might raise some interesting questions in his mind. I bet those murders aren’t getting reported on Fox.
re: #382 Targetpractice
“YEAH, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE REAL VICTIMS: THE MEN THEY ACCUSE?!”
I figured that was too obvious of a comeback to make.
This year’s Halloween cards are printed, yaaaay! (Kermit applause gif)
Now I have to fold all this paper, write individual greetings for all of them, draw the traditional horrible doodle pumpkin. (Kermit weariness gif)
And in another couple months, I have to print about four times as many cards for Christmas. (extremely rare Kermit dead gif)
If you aren’t terrified by the conspiracy theories of the party that controls our government, you aren’t paying attention https://t.co/BwmNFcRpCO
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) October 8, 2018
Trump has made it clear that the well-being of women doesn’t matter to him — and the same holds true for everyone who votes Republican, especially the women. After all, they are the ones who wore the T-shirts with the slogan “Donald, Please grab me by the p****y”.
h/t to John Gruber @ Daring Fireball:
Facebook unveils the Portal, a video chat camera for the people who still trust Facebook
Gruber’s take:
Say what you want about putting any of these always-on listening devices in your home, anyone who buys one of these — which doesn’t just listen but has a camera too — is nuts. Is there any company you’d trust less than Facebook with this?
re: #388 Hecuba’s daughter
Trump has made it clear that the well-being of women doesn’t matter to him — and the same holds true for everyone who votes Republican, especially the women. After all, they are the ones who wore the T-shirts with the slogan “Donald, Please grab me by the p****y”.
He sure doesn’t care for women. How that was missed by so many from the get-go still amazes me. He put up a hell of a real time display in the debates.
But I am also having a hard time to find out who he really cares for outside of the upper 5% of the US money holders.
I think it is clear he doesn’t care about anyone outside of himself, those that he can get something from and his funky family.
re: #389 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
h/t to John Gruber @ Daring Fireball:
Facebook unveils the Portal, a video chat camera for the people who still trust Facebook
Gruber’s take:
If someone wants one, I would suggest plugging it into a power strip you can turn off.
re: #390 ObserverArt
He sure doesn’t care for women. How that was missed by so many from the get-go still amazes me. He put up a hell of a real time display in the debates.
But I am also having a hard time to find out who he really cares for outside of the upper 5% of the US money holders.
I think it is clear he doesn’t care about anyone outside of himself, those that he can get something from and his funky family.
This observation isn’t original to me - but he’s shown a rather disturbing level of what looks like actual empathy for Kavanaugh. Certainly much more than he’s evinced toward pretty much anyone else since he’s been president*.
Whatever that says about him, it ain’t pretty.
re: #390 ObserverArt
He sure doesn’t care for women. How that was missed by so many from the get-go still amazes me. He put up a hell of a real time display in the debates.
But I am also having a hard time to find out who he really cares for outside of the upper 5% of the US money holders.
I think it is clear he doesn’t care about anyone outside of himself, those that he can get something from and his funky family.
I think the analysis of women who support Kavanaugh also applies to Trump: He forces women to choose between being a woman and being white. And too many white women choose the latter.
re: #382 Targetpractice
“YEAH, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE REAL VICTIMS: THE MEN THEY ACCUSE?!”
See, the thing is… college-educated white women believe Christine Blassey Ford. We believe Deborah Ramirez. We know they’re telling the truth.
Because WE WENT TO COLLEGE. We knew those guys. We remember those guys.
Working class white women from mining towns or factory towns, women who went to work straight out of high school, or maybe took classes at the JC while living at home, they hear these stories and think “that’s so over the top, it couldn’t be true” — but women who attended top-tier colleges, we lived in the dorms with those guys. We saw them at frat parties. There’s literally no amount of “over the top” that we wouldn’t find plausible about those guys. Especially the Dekes. It was almost a requirement for the Dekes to behave like that.
And even as teenagers, no matter how drunk they were — those assholes still had the presence of mind not to do those things to the girls whose fathers they might want a letter of recommendation from. The girls whose fathers could get them an entry-level job at the brokerage, or the law firm. Those assholes absolutely understood which girls had well-connected families and you had to be a gentleman with them, and which girls were on their own and you could get away with almost anything.
re: #392 ipsos
This observation isn’t original to me - but he’s shown a rather disturbing level of what looks like actual empathy for Kavanaugh. Certainly much more than he’s evinced toward pretty much anyone else since he’s been president*.
Whatever that says about him, it ain’t pretty.
I thought I covered that with:
those that he can get something from
He is fawning on Kavanaugh to butter him up to save his butt if needed.
Kavanaugh is this month’s flavor. Trump thinks he needs him. He is to be used.
He is looking at Kavanaugh with that same thinking he asked of Comey…only moreso. He expects him to be “his judge” and swear loyalty to Trump.
Nothing changes. Trump treats everyone with the same ‘what can you do for me” expectation and demands.
This is (not) MY SON. He doesn’t go on solo dates, or any dates, because he kills people & eats them. He hopes to be the GOP nominee for President in 2024. #HimToo pic.twitter.com/4idT7OiEGf
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) October 9, 2018
re: #394 sagehen
I remember those guys. The bullies, the blustering braggarts, the guys that had to take everything to 11. Beer bongs, quaaludes and coke all at the same time. Sex was selfish score keeping. Then there was the rest of us. Not the most famous sport athletic, or the most drunken. Not sorry a damn bit either, those guys were assholes.
re: #395 ObserverArt
I thought I covered that with:
He is fawning on Kavanaugh to butter him up to save his butt if needed.
Kavanaugh is this month’s flavor. Trump thinks he needs him. He is to be used.
He is looking at Kavanaugh with that same thinking he asked of Comey…only moreso. He expects him to be “his judge” and swear loyalty to Trump.
Nothing changes. Trump treats everyone with the same ‘what can you do for me” expectation and demands.
So this establishes the legal principle that anyone accused of a crime can choose their own judge, right?
No, actually, it’s worse than that—they can appoint somebody to be a judge and have them preside over their trial.
I call it a ‘method’ because we have a statement explaining it that way. “The real opposition is the media. And the way to deal with them is to flood the zone with shit,” said Steve Bannon to author Michael Lewis. 2/
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) October 8, 2018
David Tennant on Donald Trump is what you need to hear right now. #TheLastLeg @David_Tennant pic.twitter.com/J90My3IcgM
— Channel 4 (@Channel4) August 11, 2018
re: #295 goddamnedfrank
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This explains a whole lot.
Recent news about Planet X (Planet 10)
The infiltration of the Republican Party by insane psychopaths (not to mention that several of them have more than a passing resemblance to Red Lectroids)
Donald. Effing. Trump.
We’re in the goddamn Buckaroo Banzai timeline.
re: #400 Joe Bacon 🌹
Once again, the Double Standard applied by our Corporate Controlled Conservative Press!
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I won’t quote the freeper racist term for Williams’ reaction, but it did suggest to me that we could call Kavanaugh’s a “white out.”
re: #403 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
This explains a whole lot.
Recent news about Planet X (Planet 10)
The infiltration of the Republican Party by insane psychopaths (not to mention that several of them have more than a passing resemblance to Red Lectroids)
Donald. Effing. Trump.We’re in the goddamn Buckaroo Banzai timeline.
+1 just for the B B reference lol.
heh
Kavanaugh’s adult son in the middle looks like a tubby circus clown. pic.twitter.com/atMf0u3eRP
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) October 9, 2018
re: #406 Backwoods_Sleuth
The orange one? Yes he does.
re: #397 Unshaken Defiance
I remember those guys. The bullies, the blustering braggarts, the guys that had to take everything to 11. Beer bongs, quaaludes and coke all at the same time. Sex was selfish score keeping. Then there was the rest of us. Not the most famous sport athletic, or the most drunken. Not sorry a damn bit either, those guys were assholes.
When I was in college, our “bad boys” were the rugby team, who somehow had managed to commandeer one particular set of rooms over and around a major archway for seemingly decades. Their favorite shtick on weekends was to have wild, drunken parties, occasionally leading to furniture being heaved out the window over the arch. This went on my entire four years there. It was a campus joke, but eventually the administration got effin’ tired of the rugby team’s antics and changed the dorm assignment rules to break its monopoly on those room around the arch. Probably the parties still went on, but at least there was less risk of being hit by a falling sofa.
Drinking age when I was at college was 18, BTW. Not that raising the age to 21 made a difference.
A sea half the size of England has dried up because of the horrific impact of fast fashion.@StaceyDooley investigates. pic.twitter.com/5AB26j4dpf
— BBC Three (@bbcthree) October 8, 2018
re: #402 gocart mozart
Love the accents and the indignation. Many of us f’ing don’t either and didn’t vote for him.
One of the things I really love about this record is how RAW it is. Tempos fluctuate, harmonies are a little off, everybody makes mistakes, but it sounds fucking majestic anyway. That’s how music should be.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 9, 2018
re: #409 Backwoods_Sleuth
The only thing I would challenge is that cotton farming is due to “fashion”. Cotton is an essential textile and has been for several millennia.
However, this case is a good example of large scale changes wrought by humans. The Aral sea was sacrificed for humans.
Add to that climate change, with increased temps meaning the pan evaporation leads to dry regions becoming even drier, it all adds up to a slow-roll disaster.
But America has been made great again, so who cares, no?
not just the tweet, the woman deleted her account.
If you are seeing the #himtoo hashtag and are utterly confused as to why so many people are posting photos of men who are clearly NOT their sons with the same text copy/pasted, this is what started it.
@MarlaReynoldsC3 has since deleted her account. pic.twitter.com/Q5XPj2I9Fe— Holly Fιɢυeroα O’Reιlly (@AynRandPaulRyan) October 8, 2018
“Hello sir, I’m here to collect my rubs” pic.twitter.com/8eDO2uKPlv
— Fluff Society (@FluffSociety) October 9, 2018
The “mistakes” make it better somehow. This is a characteristic of a lot of my favorite albums, they’re not perfect and that’s a big part of their majesty.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 9, 2018
It’s a really scary time for dudes right now. So I wrote a song about it. Go #vote friends! #TheResistance #1Thing @ACLU @WC4SJ #letsmakesomenoise pic.twitter.com/hz7E3xMRqR
— Lynzy Lab (@mercedeslynz) October 8, 2018
Pro tip: always carry your wallet onstage.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 9, 2018
I’m going to Canada tomorrow. Wish I could stay there.
Benny says hello. #DoDamage pic.twitter.com/pSVGc2TqDq
— Boston Red Sox (@RedSox) October 9, 2018
re: #413 Backwoods_Sleuth
not just the tweet, the woman deleted her account.
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#Himtoo is like #AllLivesMatter or #BlueLivesMatter, a blatant effort by the abusers to co-opt a movement in order to portray themselves as “victims” of the very movement they’re stealing from.
re: #418 The Vicious Babushka
I’m going to Canada tomorrow. Wish I could stay there.
Show them your pies. Instant residency. No way are they saying no to what you bring.
u may not have realized u wanted to see a shiba calmly listening to debussy thru noise canceling headphones nonetheless u are seeing a shiba calmly listening to debussy thru noise canceling headphones pic.twitter.com/PpphCHnLhp
— darth™ (@darth) October 9, 2018
Reminder of what happened in 2016. There is no excuse for Florida to again do the wrong thing — other than pure politics. https://t.co/fdY0l9enqy
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) October 9, 2018
Also the website apparently not taking online registrations
— TVN 🌊🌊🌊 (@tvn_Red) October 9, 2018
And the voter registration site was down today
— AllisonW (@awb) October 9, 2018
shenanigans
This is My son. He graduated #1 in his class at Nazareth High. He is a gentleman who loves women and respects virgins like his mother. He is afraid to go on solo dates with women because he is afraid they will lie and say he made them wash his feet.
That, plus he’s gay.#HimToo pic.twitter.com/sMR88fggAQ— God (@TheTweetOfGod) October 9, 2018
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Poor guy. He’s gonna get crap about it for a while. Classic tweet though. I’m sure your mom had good intentions.
— Jason Lemus (@JLemus) October 9, 2018
I think she may have deleted?
— Stephanie (@chefstephnj) October 9, 2018
LOL, classic Mom response.
— Jason Lemus (@JLemus) October 9, 2018
We’re here for #Brocktober. pic.twitter.com/lqMUNv8NIm
— Boston Red Sox (@RedSox) October 9, 2018
re: #421 Unshaken Defiance
Show them your pies. Instant residency. No way are they saying no to what you bring.
Apple pie made with maple syrup!
re: #402 gocart mozart
The civilized world has a heart and conscience. America is half-civilized, and half driven by hate, paranoia, and ginned-up resentment used to get assholes elected. the downside of a free press in a capitalist society is that lying to idiots pays better than reporting the news.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 9, 2018
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