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Chris’s daughter is all growed up now. But wow, there’s so much of Chris in what she does. It’s a beautiful thing.
Brindisi expands lead over Tenney, wins Broome County absentee ballot count #ny22 https://t.co/NPBn0QeMGv
— Teri Weaver (@TeriKWeaver) November 16, 2018
ABC had already called this race for Brindisi (D), but we were being cautious because AP hadn’t yet. It’s pretty clear that it’s over for Tenney (R). Moving out of Likely D into Called D. https://t.co/tSHcmXT7tT
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 16, 2018
This is from Friday, but I had a thought on this. Remember how we kind of hope that Republicans will vote for Democrats at last to try to get insane Republicans out of office? Trump carried this district by 20 points in 2016. I think Republicans have been in some places. I wouldn’t necessarily count on these people forever, but even if their only cause is a return to normalcy, this is a good thing.
In the US, the revanchist right wing has been increasingly delusional - in a way that leans toward fascism - for years. The Trump Horror didn’t start in 2016. It’s been all around us, gathering strength for far too long.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 19, 2018
#NowPlaying Levon Helm > Ramble At The Ryman > Baby Scratch My Back https://t.co/O8MayBrDEn
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) November 19, 2018
This is Knox. He had a really good day. Learned that outside isn’t that scary after all. 12/10 would compliment his perfectly toasted ears pic.twitter.com/XPzYwwmTes
— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) November 19, 2018
re: #1 Charles Johnson
Chris’s daughter is all growed up now. But wow, there’s so much of Chris in what she does. It’s a beautiful thing.
I was getting slight Portis Head feelings in that tune. Good stuff. She has a mystery to her voice and she could be a ‘torch’ singer.
A thing you’d really rather didn’t exist at all.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 19, 2018
#NowPlaying Indigenous > Broken Lands > Let It Rain https://t.co/EpdLyEqDpE
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) November 19, 2018
Ya know, I’m starting to feel really sorry for biologists. Because it’s going to be such a pain in the ass to discuss the cycle of the forest floor after Dotard’s ignorant “floor of the forest” babble.
Famous Finnish sniper “The White Rake” during Winter War 1939–1940. #RakeNews #haravointi pic.twitter.com/0EBCrpB8yr
— Riku Kauhanen (@QKauhanen) November 18, 2018
About that F3 driver, ESPN says in this story from 10 hours ago that she’s going into surgery.
It’s daytime here now, so there may be more news as the day progresses.
She received get-well messages from Schumacher and Fittipaldi, among others.
yahoo.com
Twitter is good sometimes. pic.twitter.com/HQcSCf3exN
— Chris in Chicago: Snow Practice Apologist. 🏈 (@ChrisInCHI) November 19, 2018
Was watching the World Chess Championship game today out of London. Used Stockfish to help analyze the position during the play. Stockfish correctly predicted 90% of the moves…
“What a name”: President Trump mistakenly called Paradise, California “Pleasure” after touring the wildfire wreckage there https://t.co/4zR48rP68A pic.twitter.com/rMADuALx6U
— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 19, 2018
What’s interesting to me is not that Trump sometimes misspeaks but how he reacts when he realizes. Rather than apologize, he’ll always say “or (the correct word),” as if it’s a subjective choice between the correct word and the equally valid word he used. https://t.co/4QFhIEGbJZ
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 19, 2018
re: #16 Charles Johnson
Orange jackass can never admit when he’s wrong. Ever.
re: #14 The Vicious Babushka
I’m with her. Why do we have to suddenly figure out a way to pay for education and health care when we didn’t have to figure out how to pay for tax cuts?
As for the legislative structure, those tax cuts got passed because Republicans chose to ignore every legislative process.
re: #17 Eclectic Cyborg
Orange jackass can never admit when he’s wrong. Ever.
Fox, OANN, Jesus TV, Hate Radio and the Right Wing Press will continue to cover for him. I see the Republican 24/7 Bullshit Machine now in full attack mode against Sherrod Brown endlessly repeating the lie that he beat his ex-wife. Family members are posting that…while conveniently ignoring how Trump abused his wives.
I keep forgetting—Pulpit Pimps repeat the mantra that Gawd forgives Trump but Bill Clinton is still going to hell…
Maybe Betty Crocker will use those surplus beans to start making Bac-0’s again!
— The 3-D Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) November 19, 2018
re: #20 Joe Bacon 🌹
That’s cool. I remember being excited when I came across some papers written by my great-great-grandfather, a carpenter, among some papers of my grandfather. The papers were a tally of the materials and costs he had used to build a schoolhouse in Steelmanville, NJ, and a less detailed invoice for work on a church. I also found some handwritten deeds for property he and his brother had owned, and letters his son (my ggf) had written to his maiden aunt and a cousin in Philly. All from the first half of the 1800s.
I come from a long line of people who never threw anything away. Sometimes hoarding pays off in the (very) long run.
re: #17 Eclectic Cyborg
Orange jackass can never admit when he’s wrong. Ever.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 19, 2018
.@NancyPelosi After 8 years of animosity against immigrants in the House of Representatives, last week’s elections give us a chance to elect a champion as Speaker-@UFWupdates endorses @TeamPelosi pic.twitter.com/un6Mdc5BVJ #YesSheDid
— Teresa Zee (@TeeZeeTweets) November 19, 2018
re: #20 Joe Bacon 🌹
Nephew did some digging and found some General Orders issued by my Great Great Grandfather during the Civil War. Peter Francis Bacon was the General of the DC Militia.
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Your great great grandfather may have been a general and mine a private but I know we’re both proud to be descended from two men who served our nation in a dark hour. Btw was General Bacon a career military man or a citizen volunteer like Chamberlain?
re: #21 MsJ
Is that Mick Schumacher Michael or someone else? I thought Micheal was in a coma.
He’s recovered quite a bit, but is still fairly disabled (and only 49):
On 29 December 2013, Schumacher suffered a traumatic brain injury in a skiing accident. He was placed in a medically induced coma for six months until 16 June 2014. He left the hospital in Grenoble for further rehabilitation at the University Hospital of Lausanne.[12] On 9 September 2014, Schumacher was relocated to his home where he continues to receive medical treatment and rehabilitation privately.[13] As of 2016 he remained unable to walk or stand.[14][15]
New miniseries on Showtime about an escape from a New York prison looks great. Excellent first episode. Very old school feel to it and a good soundtrack.
#NowPlaying Jack White > Lazaretto > Entitlement https://t.co/HOUETLRC1t
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) November 19, 2018
Other than the Intelligence Community, the FBI, the Department of Justice, veterans, dead veterans, Navy Seals, prisoners of war, diplomats, bureaucrats, our allies, members of Congress, the press, and our intelligence, who among us has Trump not insulted and abused?
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) November 18, 2018
David Duke. https://t.co/ENTgJZhQNT
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) November 19, 2018
re: #21 MsJ
Is that Mick Schumacher Michael or someone else? I thought Micheal was in a coma.
It is Mick, Michael’s son and now he too is racing. He was one of the top entrants in the Macau GP. So, he probably sent along good wishes as he knows her. She is young, I think 17 or 18. So, I imagine a lot of drivers are concerned for her.
For first time in 29 year history, Asia-Pacific econ summit can’t agree on a final statement. U.S. official said China felt “singled out” by this proposed sentence: “We agreed to fight protectionism including all unfair trade practices.”https://t.co/3W0wYRvyuZ
— Peter Nicholas (@PeterWSJ) November 18, 2018
re: #35 Single-handed sailor
CHINA did? Didn’t US object, too? Or do we just pretend we aren’t behaving like we are?
Two articles relating to fake news and RW bias.
The first is from The Sun in the UK, about an imam reciting the call to prayer during a concert in an Anglican church.
thesun.co.uk
The headline is misleading, suggesting the imam offered the prayer without permission. In fact, it was part of a scheduled musical performance, and the piece chosen was performed without permission. IOW, the imam was doing what he was asked to do.
The usual suspects — the entire RW media — is of course using it as an example of “the war of Christianity” and “creeping sharia”, etc.
The other comes from the Washington Post, about a guy who has created a very popular satirical news paper on Facebook — both funny and disturbing, because so many readers take his satire as gospel truth. The article includes an interview with an elderly shut-in (quite similar to a family friend of mine) who believes all the crap on the FB page is literally true, no matter how obviously fake it is.
washingtonpost.com
I just can’t even anymore.
re: #15 Joe Bacon 🌹
Was watching the World Chess Championship game today out of London. Used Stockfish to help analyze the position during the play. Stockfish correctly predicted 90% of the moves…
The average club player can predict 90% of the moves. It’s the other 10% that makes all the difference.
re: #37 wheat-dogg
I read the WaPo piece. Made my hair stand up. So many people I know are the same. I could send them that link, and they wouldn’t believe it could be them.
re: #39 retired cynic
I read the WaPo piece. Made my hair stand up. So many people I know are the same. I could send them that link, and they wouldn’t believe it could be them.
“If it’s on the Internet, it must be true!”
re: #37 wheat-dogg
The other comes from the Washington Post, about a guy who has created a very popular satirical news paper on Facebook — both funny and disturbing, because so many readers take his satire as gospel truth. The article includes an interview with an elderly shut-in (quite similar to a family friend of mine) who believes all the crap on the FB page is literally true, no matter how obviously fake it is.
washingtonpost.comI just can’t even anymore.
She’s not the only one.
I have family members who are just as brainwashed as her.
@FoxNews has continued their boycott of Twitter. 10 days now.
Remember when the White House gave that grudging “We’ll give him back his pass” statement after the judge’s ruling? Well here’s a shocker: They’re a bunch of lying fucks.
Defiant White House vows to once again suspend CNN’s Jim Acosta: report https://t.co/vpaAMjhiBT
— Raw Story (@RawStory) November 19, 2018
re: #44 Targetpractice
“How many divisions does the Pope have?”
– Our Stalinist White House
re: #41 Joe Bacon 🌹
She’s not the only one.
I have family members who are just as brainwashed as her.
I’ve commented here about my family friend who used to forward emails about things that were very feel-good but were demonstrably false. Her favorite news channel was Fox, and as a middle-aged white shut-in lady, her beliefs and attitudes were right within that Fox News target audience.
HIs interview with Chris Wallace was one continuous, relentless flood of outright lies. He was also characteristically shameless, ignorant, paranoid and lacking in any insight. This man lacks any redeeming qualities. Any.
— Tony Schwartz (@tonyschwartz) November 19, 2018
Hiking tip: approach strangers you meet on very remote stretches of trail by asking “Excuse me! What year is it?”
— erin “impishly tilted” ryan (@morninggloria) November 19, 2018
Kitty has a new forever friend.
Cat loves firefighter who rescued it from wildfire in Paradise, California. pic.twitter.com/dKyzOOZFyx
— Noga Tarnopolsky (@NTarnopolsky) November 18, 2018
Scene - The bar at the LAX Marriott
My Stepdad: Race just isn’t something I think about, whether someone is white, asian, *black*, etc it’s not something I consider at all
Me: If that’s true then why did you whisper the word “black” here, when you are near several black people?— Franksgiving (@goddamnedfrank) November 19, 2018
re: #48 teleskiguy
Speaking of which, Donny had this to say about his hitman…er, Acting AG:
‘It’s going to be up to him’: Trump would ‘not get involved’ if acting AG destroys Mueller probe https://t.co/J5l6k1R6WP
— Raw Story (@RawStory) November 19, 2018
Trump, in the interview, said he was unaware of Whitaker’s past statements about Mueller’s probe and that he would “not get involved” if Whitaker moved to curtail it.
“It’s going to be up to him,” Trump told “Fox News Sunday” interviewer Chris Wallace. “I think he’s very well aware politically. I think he’s astute politically. … He’s going to do what’s right.”
“Yeah, I hired the guy to kill my enemies, but I got no control over if he kills them. It’s up to him.”
Canada is joining in the fun.
#haravointi
Oh bless your hearts you cute little Finns. It’s so quaint that you frolic among the elves while raking leaves. Here in Canada we have automated with our forest Roomba. The money we saved is going into building a border wall. Guess which border we’re walling off? pic.twitter.com/AvMltRT0x4— Larry Gouge (@sunnyinsooke) November 19, 2018
Toronto resident Rebecca Davies posted an adorable video of two Eritrean refugees experiencing snow for the first time. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took notice and shared it further. https://t.co/DSUMj80ibF pic.twitter.com/Y9UbxeP5yU
— CNN (@CNN) November 18, 2018
Caveat II: There is no plan.
— Bob Zentrails (@BobZentrails) November 18, 2018
ketchup and mustard party! pic.twitter.com/Ai8C2KSgQ6
— Red (@Redpainter1) November 18, 2018
Linda, a stray dog in Turkey, comes to the same car wash a couple times a week to use the automatic petting machine.
(Dogan News Agency) pic.twitter.com/qFyAgFWJG5— Clint Falin (@ClintFalin) November 18, 2018
ALL LIBERAL PUNDITS:
Just fucking quit it. Stop talking out of your asses. Stop pretending you have inside knowledge about #Mueller. Stop saying Don Jr is being hauled off to jail tomorrow. Stop bullshitting. Unless you have HARD EVIDENCE, just STFU! I’m tired of you crying wolf!— Tennesseine (@Tennesseine) November 18, 2018
Just a random feel-good story on YouTube:
Scared Dog Never Wagged Her Tail Until She Met Her Foster Dad
re: #63 Scout
Who’s a good girl? Blossom! I love that. Lots.
Germany says 18 Saudi citizens suspected in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi have been banned from entering Europe’s passport-free travel area https://t.co/1BUzUF3bmL
— Bloomberg (@business) November 19, 2018
In a few short hours, delegates from around the world will fill this room for the opening ceremony of the 87th INTERPOL General Assembly. #INTERPOLGA pic.twitter.com/kXWEvESAtX
— INTERPOL (@INTERPOL_HQ) November 18, 2018
If a Kremlin officer is allowed to run Interpol, it will have no credibility at all. Russia already abuses it to persecute political enemies. It’s putting an arsonist in charge of the fire department. https://t.co/7OEBL308tq
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) November 18, 2018
We are not losing this country. We are just being drowned in a sea of noise.
Eight white-majority districts elected black members of Congress this year. That’s a breakthrough.
re: #69 Decatur Deb
We are not losing this country. We are just being drowned in a sea of noise.
Eight white-majority districts elected black members of Congress this year. That’s a breakthrough.
Yep including the Price one that Ossoff came up just a bit short in the Special but McBath won the GE.
Clever 😀 pic.twitter.com/CyNSZtiI3g
— Gaml .y (@m_yosry2012) November 19, 2018
Calif. Authorities Raise Wildfire Death Toll To 80, Lower Number Of Missing Persons
Missing down to 993.
“I’ll have a look in a sec” - Translation: Please go away
— VeryBritishProblems (@SoVeryBritish) November 19, 2018
Moscow has accused @Billbrowder of poisoning Sergey Magnitsky, just as Russia is expected to win Interpol’s next presidency. How’s that for timing? https://t.co/XhiHfYcIQe pic.twitter.com/blbWZrZqLx
— Meduza in English (@meduza_en) November 19, 2018
re: #31 Dave In Austin
And it’s not just the “insults” themselves or that he’s being generally obnoxious and indiscriminate: it’s that he always manages to insult people who happened to say something bad about him. The insult is never really about anything objectively policy-related. It’s just a response to criticism of him. It’s something most of us grew out of sometime during our first three years of elementary education, if not before.
re: #75 Sir John Barron
And it’s not just the “insults” themselves or that he’s being generally obnoxious and indiscriminate: it’s that he always manages to insult people who happened to say something bad about him. The insult is never really about anything objectively policy-related. It’s just a response to criticism of him. It’s something most of us grew out of sometime during our first three years of elementary education, if not before.
It doesn’t help that you have his hacks in and outside his administration saying “he fights back.” No, he acts like a child.
re: #75 Sir John Barron
And it’s not just the “insults” themselves or that he’s being generally obnoxious and indiscriminate: it’s that he always manages to insult people who happened to say something bad about him. The insult is never really about anything objectively policy-related. It’s just a response to criticism of him. It’s something most of us grew out of sometime during our first three years of elementary education, if not before.
Yes, I can hear them saying that Obama was fighting back hard if he were to answer the birthers with “Are you stupid? That is the most idiotic thing anyone has ever proposed. You are some kind of mental midget! SAD!!”. I’m sure they would have appreciated him speaking his mind and fighting back (not).
Dinesh de felon isn’t interested in a scholarly debate. He’s interested in gish galloping away from the facts and logic, and trying to get the crowd bamboozled with his flim flam.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) November 19, 2018
These gang members arrested for gun trafficking in Florida belong to Unforgiven and United Aryan Brotherhood prison gangs. In other words, white supremacists. #flapol https://t.co/ZtenYv4i73
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) November 19, 2018
Today, I’m told, is international men’s day!
So was yesterday, and so is tomorrow!— Chloe Angyal (@ChloeAngyal) November 19, 2018
re: #16 Charles Johnson
Which, incidentally, is the kind of behavior you often see in persons with dementia.
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) November 19, 2018
This review of The Netflix cookery show “The Final Table” is pretty hilarious.
Weirder still, given the debate about the place of cultural appropriation in food, this is a show where everyone gets to needlessly deconstruct a beloved national dish. In episode one, the chefs try to reinvent the taco. In episode four they have a bash at rejuvenating feijoada. But in episode three, and this is perhaps where the kamikaze nature of the programme will hit home hardest for British viewers, they attempt to gussy up a full English breakfast.
Dear lord, the carnage that ensues. One chef buries a sausage under a mountain of truffle. Another plops bits of meat into a savoury custard. There are souffles. There are scotch eggs. There are tiny bowls and tweezers. At one point, someone says the words “bacon foam” out loud. If your local Wetherspoons tried to dish up any of the English breakfasts created on The Final Table, you would torch the place to the ground.
re: #82 Ace-o-aces
I totally think he has dementia or some kind of aging disorder. He’s also just an asshole. My Nana had dementia too but she was never cruel or crude.
re: #84 HappyWarrior
I totally think he has dementia or some kind of aging disorder. He’s also just an asshole. My Nana had dementia too but she was never cruel or crude.
Oh, he’s been cruel and crude for decades, but the pretending you’re not loosing your memory thing is something I see in dementia patients.
re: #85 Ace-o-aces
Oh, he’s been cruel and crude for decades, but the pretending you’re not loosing your memory thing is something I see in dementia patients.
Ohhhh okay. Yeah you’re right about that. Nana had no idea. It was really sad. I still have the photo album she made me a few years before and some writings she did too recalling her childhood and romance with my grandfather. They’re priceless items to me.
Farmers Not Getting Promised Payouts https://t.co/g0fF2aGQzg
— Taegan Goddard (@politicalwire) November 19, 2018
Running the government like one of Trump’s failing casinos https://t.co/fG1qXDDfAb
— LOLGOP👀 (@LOLGOP) November 19, 2018
Chris Wallace, winning:
WALLACE: What are the odds? One in a hundred? What—What?
TRUMP: I don’t do odds, I gave very detailed—
WALLACE: You ran a casino sir.— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 18, 2018
Barack Obama surprised Michelle Obama with flowers during her book tour, and the crowd lost its mind with delight pic.twitter.com/pS2Q28doOt
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) November 19, 2018
re: #84 HappyWarrior
I totally think he has dementia or some kind of aging disorder. He’s also just an asshole. My Nana had dementia too but she was never cruel or crude.
My wife worked in a dementia ward when she was putting herself through college. She sees so many signs from Trump that points to dementia. These include anger (people with dementia get a little mean to friends and family), rambling (see: Trump rallies), hand and face mannerisms, not being able to remember simple words, and refusal to understand reality. In short we have ‘angry Reagan’ in the White House.
hey Art:
#NEW George “Billy” Wagner, charged with 8 counts of aggravated murder with death penalty spec, has been extradited from the Fayette Co, KY jail to the Butler Co jail. He was booked at 5:45am today. No arraignment scheduled yet. #newmugshot pic.twitter.com/B6RKGoI73E
— Dr. Hillary Lake, WCPO (@hillarylake) November 19, 2018
re: #92 CongoJack
My wife worked in a dementia ward when she was putting herself through college. She sees so many signs from Trump that points to dementia. These include anger (people with dementia get a little mean to friends and family), rambling (see: Trump rallies), hand and face mannerisms, not being able to remember simple words, and refusal to understand reality. In short we have ‘angry Reagan’ in the White House.
Yeah this is Angry Reagan but with really really bad advisers.
‘An inspiration:’ Dunbar grad named UK’s first Rhodes Scholar since 1955. @universityofky @lbblackford https://t.co/hC3cvbRKUu pic.twitter.com/itZGS5nrvu
— Lexington Herald-Leader (@heraldleader) November 19, 2018
Hadeel Abdallah, the daughter of Younes Abdallah and Maissa Abdallah of Lexington, becomes the first Rhodes Scholar from UK since 1955. At Oxford, she plans on getting graduate degrees in refugee and forced migration studies and global governance and diplomacy. The Rhodes Trust named 32 winners across the United States.
re: #91 Backwoods_Sleuth
I really want to see these two grow old together like we have with the Carters and the older Bushes. You can tell he’s devoted to her so much.
re: #89 Belafon
Trump ran nothing. He basically convinced a bunch of investors to join with him in financing two casinos, which were managed by real casino operators. Trump knew nothing about running a casino. If he did, he would have known Atlantic City’s casino business had already hit market saturation by the time he arrived on the scene. and two more casinos, no matter how glitzy or Trumpified, were doomed from the start.
Like his purchase of the Plaza in Manhattan, the Trump casinos were just an impulsive rich boy’s attempts to be a Big Name in Real Estate. Despite large cash infusions from Fred Trump, Donnie went bankrupt and lost the casinos and the Plaza, but somehow managed to leave with money in his pockets. His fellow investors in the casinos, and the people working in them, and the contractors who never got paid, not so much.
re: #95 Backwoods_Sleuth
Well earned. I hope we see her in our government some day. We need people with not only that kind of intelligence but that kind of passion for helping people.
re: #94 HappyWarrior
Yeah this is Angry Reagan but with really really bad advisers.
And no Nancy to hold him in check. If Ivanka is the one jangling the keys to get his attention, she’s doing a piss-poor job.
re: #99 wheat-dogg
And no Nancy to hold him in check. If Ivanka is the one jangling the keys to get his attention, she’s doing a piss-poor job.
Ivanka is an enabler using him for her own ends.
I. Am. So. Dying.
Trump: This is how I sit on the toilet
Wallace:…Go on
Trump: I pretend I’m sitting on an egg
Wallace:..*nods*
Trump: I’m the best at this.. pic.twitter.com/avvbYAR0W7— St Peter (@stpeteyontweety) November 19, 2018
Trump: I only eat cabbages. 5 a day.
Wallace: Really?
Trump: They give me immense power…..but pungent gas
Wallace: Amazing
Trump: I tell you what’s amazing, the look on Melania’s face when I light them pic.twitter.com/g0ug0op79S— St Peter (@stpeteyontweety) November 19, 2018
NO SHIT
The attacks and tweets show Trump’s not changing | Analysis by @StCollinson https://t.co/PGRmLLIQ0f pic.twitter.com/d7G49BSJ8a
— CNN (@CNN) November 19, 2018
re: #104 The Vicious Babushka
NO SHIT
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Looks like Trump is starting to lose his hair again… please dog let him go bald… again.
re: #80 lawhawk
Pretty sure International Men’s Day is 363 days a year. (excepting Mother’s Day and Secretaries’ Day).
re: #69 Decatur Deb
We are not losing this country. We are just being drowned in a sea of noise.
Eight white-majority districts elected black members of Congress this year. That’s a breakthrough.
Hopefully they are the screaming fits of a group realizing they are no longer going to have control.
They are welcome to join the future if they shut up now and accept reality.
re: #106 sagehen
Pretty sure International Men’s Day is 363 days a year. (excepting Mother’s Day and Secretaries’ Day).
No, pretty sure that it’s still all about the guys on those days too - where the guys get to gush about how they’re the ones who bought X, Y, and Z for those women.
happy international men’s day!
Real Men Love Cats! … and occasionally wear matching scarves ;)#InternationalMensDay #RealMenLoveCats #ColeAndMarmalade pic.twitter.com/5R6A3BFuKj
— Cole & Marmalade (@ColeTheBlackCat) November 19, 2018
re: #97 wheat-dogg
Like his purchase of the Plaza in Manhattan, the Trump casinos were just an impulsive rich boy’s attempts to be a Big Name in Real Estate. Despite large cash infusions from Fred Trump, Donnie went bankrupt and lost the casinos and the Plaza, but somehow managed to leave with money in his pockets. His fellow investors in the casinos, and the people working in them, and the contractors who never got paid, not so much.
And the market analyst who warned that this would happen… was fired for it, and blacklisted from ever getting another job at any investment firm.
re: #93 Backwoods_Sleuth
hey Art:
I’m not a death penalty advocate, but if they are going to have it, this guy may be a good case for it should they easily find him guilty.
From what I gather those murders were extreme over kill like he enjoyed doing them.
What a disgusting family since it seems they were all in agreement to do it.
re: #110 sagehen
And the market analyst who warned that this would happen… was fired for it, and blacklisted from ever getting another job at any investment firm.
Ah, I had forgotten that part. Yeah, pretty much anyone who associates with Trump eventually gets trampled in the mud while Donnie skates away, relatively unsullied.
No wonder he’s having a meltdown now, because that insolent Mueller just won’t go away!
Dim Jim says the chicken entrails prove that Michael Avenatti did something.
“His Guilt Is Acute” - Internet Analysis of Creepy Porn Lawyer’s Arrest Statement Shows Strong Signs of Guilt @MichaelAvenatti https://t.co/mmUKs2bwtm via @gatewaypundit
— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) November 19, 2018
re: #114 wheat-dogg
I would so like it if Avenatti went after Dim Jim as well as J-cob, and shut them both down.
Time for bed here. Had a long day. Toodles!
Of course we should have captured Osama Bin Laden long before we did. I pointed him out in my book just BEFORE the attack on the World Trade Center. President Clinton famously missed his shot. We paid Pakistan Billions of Dollars & they never told us he was living there. Fools!..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2018
Fuck this guy with a rake…sideways. https://t.co/bHbjGqDnhe
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) November 19, 2018
re: #114 wheat-dogg
Good ol’ Dim Jim, forever forcing the Internet to say “Yes, he really is the stupidest man on the Internet”.
re: #114 wheat-dogg
My analysis of the SMOTI site shows that yup, they’re fucking loons who spew conspiracy theories on the flimsiest of spewage.
And the people who believe this nonsense are even dumber and more gullible than they are.
I’m going to keep posting how amazing these wins by Democratic women were.
This change did not come from pundits on cable news, it didn’t come from tweets.
It came from WOMEN voting WOMEN into office. 🙌🏻
Great facts and graphics on this election 👇🏻https://t.co/YU06VQw9Vw— Tina Issa 🇺🇸 (@tinaissa) November 19, 2018
re: #60 Dave In Austin
Automatic petting machine? Naughty.
Okay, so this is why Trump’s going on about bin Laden this morning…he’s still butt-hurt.
Via @jaketapper, Ret. Admiral William McRaven’s response to Trump: “I stand by my comment that the President’s attack on the media is the greatest threat to our democracy in my lifetime.” pic.twitter.com/iubTvPEdwp
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 18, 2018
re: #114 wheat-dogg
Dim Jim says the chicken entrails prove that Michael Avenatti did something.
This is why you wouldn’t even get into Regent, Jim. You’re a shitty legal analyst.
re: #118 William Lewis
Good ol’ Dim Jim, forever forcing the Internet to say “Yes, he really is the stupidest man on the Internet”.
He was feeling jealous of Jacob Wohl attempting to steal his title.
re: #100 HappyWarrior
Ivanka is an enabler using him for her own ends.
But that’s my opinion of Nancy Reagan, too. She and her evil Old Man were the reason Ronnie was the way he was. He was just an easily manipulated simpleton.
re: #126 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
But that’s my opinion of Nancy Reagan, too. She and her evil Old Man were the reason Ronnie was the way he was. He was just an easily manipulated simpleton.
You’ll get no arguments from me on that. I think Reagan until Trump was one of the biggest shams the right ever pulled on this country. I’d take both Bushes, Nixon, and Ford over Reagan both for their presidencies and their personal. To go on that, I think Reagan was just as crooked as Nixon was but got away with it because he was more charming.
Donnie continues to attack the military, our troops, and the Constitution. It must be a Monday.
re: #118 William Lewis
Good ol’ Dim Jim, forever forcing the Internet to say “Yes, he really is the stupidest man on the Internet”.
I don’t know how you can be known as the stupidest man on the internet, be aware of it, and then go out daily to prove it.
That takes some dedication to your lack of craft.
re: #117 darthstar
What “book” is The Idiot babbling about?
And has no one told him that the 1993 truck-bomb attack on the World Trade Center was NOT, in fact, a Bin Laden/Al-Qaeda operation (it was another gang of Islamists)?
Or is is it just likely that he saw a chance for a cheap shot at Bill Clinton?
re: #114 wheat-dogg
Dim Jim says the chicken entrails prove that Michael Avenatti did something.
And got his brother Slow Joe to back him up! Incontrovertible proof!!!
Shorter Donnie: Wouldn’t it have been nice if we would have gotten Adolf Hitler earlier than 1945?
re: #133 Dr. Matt
Shorter Donnie: Wouldn’t it have been nice if we would have gotten Adolf Hitler earlier than 1945?
Careful—wouldn’t want to be “prematurely antifascist”!
re: #95 Backwoods_Sleuth
No wonder she’s going to England; as Trump says, Muslims don’t assimilate, even after several generations.///
Can’t wait for all the Donnie Nazis to start debasing Navy SEALS. Just wait.
‘Such a coward’: Soledad O’Brien levels Marco Rubio for weaseling out of condemning Trump over Navy SEAL insult https://t.co/oQvDpFb8ay
— Raw Story (@RawStory) November 19, 2018
re: #139 Amory Blaine
The Trumps have a local Washington forest floor buffed to a fucking gleaming shine libtards.
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That would make a great tweet.
re: #138 HappyWarrior
Rubio is a coward. One of the worst the GOP has.
I still think Cruz has little Marko beat.
THE LOWEST LOWLIFE OF THEM ALL
Everybody tells me not to hit back at the lowlifes that go after me for PR—sorry, but I must. It’s my nature.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2012
re: #139 Amory Blaine
That looks like last year’s WH holiday installation.
“Pro-Life” y’all
A bill in the Ohio House would criminalize abortions in all cases, and possibly allow the death penalty against women who get abortions. https://t.co/dzNpJnAunH
— WOSU News (@wosunews) November 18, 2018
Uhhh… seems a little contradictory for the pro-life folks. https://t.co/E5wvydtqv3
— Soledad O’Brien (@soledadobrien) November 19, 2018
re: #141 Dr. Matt
I still think Cruz has little Marko beat.
Yeah Cruz wins because Trump accused his father of murdering JFK and insulted his wife and he still invited the asshole to campaign for him. Ted Cruz’s father is an awful guy too but ffs Ted have some courage to stand up for your own family.
Ha:
Ah yes, God forbid a diverse, working-class district (that more accurately represents modern America) actually have equal say in our democracy as your weird uncle with questionable racial beliefs who shares fake conspiracy memes on Facebook. https://t.co/1W6aUzDX7l
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) November 19, 2018
i posted this yesterday and you’re damn right i’m still bragging:
yesterday was a fallback week so my training run called for “only” 13 miles
there was a local 10k race i wanted to run as well
so i got up at 4am, ran 7 miles, then walked to the park at the end of my road and ran the 10k race.
I set a personal record taking nearly 6 minutes off my last 10k time 1 year ago
and it turns out the last(!) mile was the fasted mile split i ever recorded racing.
Of course we should have captured Osama Bin Laden long before we did. I pointed him out in my book just BEFORE the attack on the World Trade Center. President Clinton famously missed his shot. We paid Pakistan Billions of Dollars & they never told us he was living there. Fools!..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2018
It’s a shame you didn’t just run into Bin Laden’s house with a gun and shoot him yourself - but I totally get why you didn’t.
It was raining. https://t.co/Ixdc1Qwq78— Hayden Black (@haydenblack) November 19, 2018
re: #142 The Vicious Babushka
THE LOWEST LOWLIFE OF THEM ALL
Is the Navy Seal one of the lowlifes of which lowlife Donnie speaks?
re: #147 Interesting Times
Ha:
She ain’t wrong. And she’s far more in touch with reality than the smug capitalist assholes who treat her like a stupid girl who just read Marx and decided she was a Dem Sociaslist.
re: #149 darthstar
I pointed him out in my book just BEFORE the attack on the World Trade Center.
Policy time must not have taken this morning.
re: #149 darthstar
Oh you pointed him out in a book? Really shut the fuck up Donny. Really, why the fuck are you bitching about Bin Laden? I guess you’re mad because you know that history will judge Admiral McRaven, President Obama, Secretary Clinton, and others much better than you will.
@caitrionambalfe @SamHeughan Thought you would both enjoy this beautiful letter written by a 97 yr old Irish woman! pic.twitter.com/mFJcF3pOso
— Janie (@missjane25) June 14, 2018
re: #149 darthstar
Of course we should have captured Osama Bin Laden long before we did. I pointed him out in my book just BEFORE the attack on the World Trade Center. President Clinton famously missed his shot. We paid Pakistan Billions of Dollars & they never told us he was living there. Fools!..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2018
Holy Fuck….is he actually tweeting this out today….in 2018?! FFS
re: #154 gwangung
Heh.
I have a slightly different standard but she’s right about this:
“My standard in this is: I’m going to support the most progressive candidate that’s leading the party and right now that is Nancy Pelosi, in terms of running,” she continued. “I would like to see new, younger leadership, but I don’t want new leadership that’s more conservative.”
I want someone who is both progressive and effective. Nancy is that. Alexandria is much more pragmatic than she’s given credit for.
re: #156 Dr. Matt
Holy Fuck….is he actually tweeting this out today….in 2018?! FFS
Yes he is. He really thinks the country cares about him hindsight guessing about Bin Laden.
re: #124 HappyWarrior
He was feeling jealous of Jacob Wohl attempting to steal his title.
I overheard liberals at a hipster coffee shop saying Jim is going to have to work a lot harder to reach the levels of stupidity Jacob is achieving!
re: #158 HappyWarrior
Yes he is. He really thinks the country cares about him hindsight guessing about Bin Laden.
South Park already did this…. Captain Hindsight… it didn’t work out too well for him in the long run either.
re: #154 gwangung
Heh.
I’m beginning to think the only Dems genuinely opposed to her are extreme Blue Dogs in heavily GOPer districts (e.g. Abigail Spanberger, who won the seat that used to be Eric Cantor’s, and Tim Ryan, who represents a white rural or small-town Ohio district).
And given what a large majority the House Dems currently have, Pelosi might even be okay with them casing a symbolic vote against her in order to play to their voters back home.
re: #154 gwangung
Heh.
So I guess the MSM is going to have to find another “face” for their “Dems In Disarray” thumbsucker Op-Ed’s. I’m sure someone will turn up….
And AOC isn’t wrong: a Speaker Pelosi is going to be highly unlikely to use her influence with the House D caucus to derail or kill reasonable progressive initiatives. Of course, the definition of “reasonable” is the hard part.
re: #161 Interesting Times
I’m beginning to think the only Dems genuinely opposed to her are extreme Blue Dogs in heavily GOPer districts (e.g. Abigail Spanberger, who won the seat that used to be Eric Cantor’s, and Tim Ryan, who represents a white rural or small-town Ohio district).
And given what a large majority the House Dems currently have, Pelosi might even be okay with them casing a symbolic vote against her in order to play to their voters back home.
Well Seth Moulton is an exception to that but I do think that’s the case. Abigail’s district isn’t as red as it was in the years Cantor held it though. I believe Clinton actually won it and OA will point this out but Ryan’s district really isn’t rural. It’s like Conor Lamb’s.
re: #162 Jay C
So I guess the MSM is going to have to find another “face” for their “Dems In Disarray” thumbsucker Op-Ed’s. I’m sure someone will turn up….
And AOC isn’t wrong: a Speaker Pelosi is going to be highly unlikely to use her influence with the House D caucus to derail or kill reasonable progressive initiatives. Of course, the definition of “reasonable” is the hard part.
She’s far more progressive than she is not. She’s definitely more so than Tim Ryan.
re: #156 Dr. Matt
Holy Fuck….is he actually tweeting this out today….in 2018?! FFS
Just wait till he starts tweeting about Obama’s birth certificate again.
“I want great climate.” pic.twitter.com/WxB0wwA9l6
— Kathleen Mary (@3scoutmom) November 19, 2018
re: #149 darthstar
Which book, chapter and page… Because I don’t believe that for a fucking second. I think Trump is like 80% of Americans who didn’t know what al Qeada was or who Bin Laden was before about 3 pm EST on September 11, 2001.
Given his contempt for the troops, I hope he never disgraces them with his presence.
He’s too busy golfing to go embarrass the troops in person. Not sure if that’s a bad thing.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) November 19, 2018
re: #169 The Ghost of a Flea
A $12 Billion Program to Help Farmers Stung by Trump’s Trade War Has Aided Few
Of course, because in the eternal debate of evil or stupid, the Trump administration enthusiastically says, “why not both?”
re: #164 HappyWarrior
She’s far more progressive than she is not. She’s definitely more so than Tim Ryan.
I suspect she’s far more progressive than even her previous history would suggest. She’s been a Democratic leader in the House for a good chunk of time and her votes and stated positions probably reflect that at least in part. With the make up of the new House, and Republicans in the driver’s seat in the Senate, I expect some pretty progressive legislation to pass out of the House. Even the few new Representatives who are relatively conservative, have some key areas where they have expressed quite progressive ideals.
re: #167 KGxvi
Which book, chapter and page… Because I don’t believe that for a fucking second. I think Trump is like 80% of Americans who didn’t know what al Qeada was or who Bin Laden was before about 3 pm EST on September 11, 2001.
It’s from his best-selling book, How I Would Get Bin Laden Before He Attacks Us in 1993, 1998, and 2001, from 1992.
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re: #171 KGxvi
Of course, because in the eternal debate of evil or stupid, the Trump administration enthusiastically says, “why not both?”
re: #171 KGxvi
Of course, because in the eternal debate of evil or stupid, the Trump administration enthusiastically says, “why not both?”
Both would be (Stupid + Evil). This is more like (Stupid x Evil)2
re: #171 KGxvi
Even though it’s being attributed to bureaucracy and a terrible structure, I find myself wondering if there’s going to turn out that the system of distribution will turn out to be skewed in some way as well.
Well, I have a bit of luck. Seems the gal I’ve been reconnecting with from High School has never seen The Princess Bride. Now that’s a fun little date movie if there ever was one.
re: #114 wheat-dogg
Dim Jim says the chicken entrails prove that Michael Avenatti did something.
And, like Oprah…YOU GET A LAWSUIT AND YOU GET A LAWSUIT.
If this turns out to be some kind of setup, all these right wingers are going to lose everything they own and every possible thing they might have owned in the future.
re: #177 Amory Blaine
Ahem.
I am a farm owner.
Thankfully mostly in corn this year, but the people I hire to farm (you have to have a minimum number of acres to afford your own equipment, etc, and I’m not near there) might be in a pickle.
re: #179 The Ghost of a Flea
Is most of that money going directly to corporations who are supposed to be buying what the farmers grow? Because this is Trump, I don’t feel bad about assuming his motives are shit.
re: #174 Weaselone
Both would be (Stupid + Evil). This is more like (Stupid x Evil)2
I’m constantly amazed that the one thing that seems to routinely save us from their terrible/racist/authoritarian/craziness almost inevitable ends up being their incompetence
re: #182 KGxvi
I’m constantly amazed that the one thing that seems to routinely save us from their terrible/racist/authoritarian/craziness almost inevitable ends up being their incompetence
I’m also… (for lack of a better word) impressed by their inability to learn nearly two years into the job that they can’t get better at what they do
Markets are shitting themselves again. At midday the Dow is -451.67 (-1.78%).
re: #155 nines09
Sounds like something my grandmother, who lived to 105, might have said. When she was 102, she actually did tell a yokel TV station to go jump in the lake. The talking heads were doing an exploitation story about a current flu scare. They wanted her to come on and talk about the flu epidemic of 1918, presumably because she was the only still-coherent person they could find who could actually remember it. She often said it was the worst public event if her lifetime (she was 10 at the time) but she thought the TV people were trying to spread fear with an un-justified comparison and she would not be part if that. “When you start having ten thousand people a day die from this new flu, get back to me and I will talk about 1918. In the meantime you can just go jump in the lake.”
Annnd: Trump said, in his usual “people don’t know (common thing)” way, that “people don’t know that” Babe Ruth began as an excellent pitcher. Ruth biographer @LeighMontville: pic.twitter.com/6fnprgkckV
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 19, 2018
Hell, even I knew that Ruth started as a pitcher, and he was a little before my time.
Nice burn from the biographer, too. Everybody dunks on Preznit Lunk.
re: #180 Amory Blaine
Well, this is embarrassing.
I’m not like, bone-deep offended or anything.
It’s just that…it’s complicated. Most of the dudes around me are reflex-Republican voters, but they’re not axiomatically terrible. But even here at the top of the South there are people that vote for Democrats. Neither deserve this shit. But then again, nobody deserves the shit kicking that massive agriculture combines are dealing either.
re: #181 A Mom Anon
From what I understand, it’s going directly to growers, but in many cases the growers and the processers would be the same people. Big Ag—Monsanto, ADM, the groups that own those giant swaths of Kansas—both put soy/corn rotation in the ground and transform it into products.
Part of the reason I’m suspicious of corruption is “Sonny” Perdue strikes me as the kind of man who will hand out relief to his large, corporate buddies and fuck over small operators. I can’t say that this is 100% what’s happening, but a system in which the pool is first-come first-serve has interesting implications. The stupid criterion described in the article—no filing until the beans are in—I can view alternately as stupidity driven by the same fear that drives “welfare queen” moral panic…but also as a subtle way of making filing easier for very large soybean producer (with their own admin, with multiple grow sights across several states such that some beans will be processed early and thus filing can start faster).
re: #172 Weaselone
I suspect she’s far more progressive than even her previous history would suggest. She’s been a Democratic leader in the House for a good chunk of time and her votes and stated positions probably reflect that at least in part. With the make up of the new House, and Republicans in the driver’s seat in the Senate, I expect some pretty progressive legislation to pass out of the House.
Nancy can do math. She’ll bring up every bill that has enough support to pass. And none that don’t.
I see on this link (yeah, it’s The Hill) that Nancy has pledged to go back to pay-go for all new bills. It might be the best policy, deficit-wise, but I think the Rs just don’t give a damn and will fund everything they want on the card, and let the Ds face the results. So I don’t like it.
re: #186 Dr. Matt
Markets are shitting themselves again. At midday the Dow is -451.67 (-1.78%).
Wiping out the balance of the 2018 gains for the year.
re: #186 Dr. Matt
Markets are shitting themselves again. At midday the Dow is -451.67 (-1.78%).
Now down about 200 points for the year. Though I always feel weird when we’re panicking over a 2% change.
re: #170 darthstar
Given his contempt for the troops, I hope he never disgraces them with his presence.
He’s too busy golfing to go embarrass the troops in person. Not sure if that’s a bad thing.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) November 19, 2018
Technically that is not correct. He did stop to meet with service members in Europe last year during the back end of his Middle east “power orb” tour. And, he met with service members in South Korea last fall (though his trip to the DMZ was scrubbed by weather)
re: #190 sagehen
Nancy can do math. She’ll bring up every bill that has enough support to pass. And none that don’t.
Which will prompt screams that she’s centrist or a corporate queen….but there’s a definite lack of counting abilities among some of the usual suspects.
re: #193 KGxvi
We’re nowhere near a 10% correction, which would require the market slumping another 1000 points.
And most of the point losses are attributed to Apple warning.
re: #191 retired cynic
I see on this link (yeah, it’s The Hill) that Nancy has pledged to go back to pay-go for all new bills. It might be the best policy, deficit-wise, but I think the Rs just don’t give a damn and will fund everything they want on the card, and let the Ds face the results. So I don’t like it.
It makes it harder to get progressive priorities passed, but that doesn’t matter right now with a GOP Senate and President. Pelosi seems to be trying to save the Ds from the “tax and spend” label with this and another proposed rule to require a supermajority to increase taxes on the middle and lower classes, but the GOP will keep labeling them anyway.
THREATIN: How One Band Fooled The Music Industry To Book A World Tour
re: #136 Dr. Matt
Can’t wait for all the Donnie Nazis to start debasing Navy SEALS. Just wait.
And so it begins…..
re: #187 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
“IF” instead OF “OF.” It is quite impossible to hit the “O” rather than the “I” key on my phone’s key board unless you are concentrating specifically on doing so. It is impossible to edit on the phone because the damned keyboard covers the “save” icon and you cannot close the keyboard without closing the whole window.
There’s not any precedent for an opposition party coming this close to matching the president’s vote total from 2 years earlier. The closest to an exception was when Democratic House candidates in 1970 got 92% of Nixon’s vote total from 1968. pic.twitter.com/NOTLQnYI9z
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 18, 2018
re: #157 HappyWarrior
I have a slightly different standard but she’s right about this:
“My standard in this is: I’m going to support the most progressive candidate that’s leading the party and right now that is Nancy Pelosi, in terms of running,” she continued. “I would like to see new, younger leadership, but I don’t want new leadership that’s more conservative.”
I want someone who is both progressive and effective. Nancy is that. Alexandria is much more pragmatic than she’s given credit for.
Ouch. A slap to the 5 Guys and especially to Tim Ryan.
Ryan is being boxed in by one of the oldest and the youngest. That has to sting.
re: #196 lawhawk
We’re nowhere near a 10% correction, which would require the market slumping another 1000 points.
And most of the point losses are attributed to Apple warning.
You mean the iPhone production cutbacks that the pundits hyperventilate about every fucking year, that turn out to be bullshit, and their predictions of low sales turn out to be spectacularly wrong every goddamn year, but still they’re back with the same bullshit every fucking goddamn year? That Apple warning?
re: #203 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Yup. That’s the one - all designed with intent to roil stock price.
re: #188 makeitstop
Hell, even I knew that Ruth started as a pitcher, and he was a little before my time. Nice burn from the biographer, too. Everybody dunks on Preznit Lunk.
Yeah it’s not rare knowledge that Babe started out as a pitcher. Rare knowledge would be more this, Stan Musial started out as a pitcher. Trump has a tendency to insult the intelligence of everyone in his audience but somehow Obama was the patronizing condescending asshole but then again he wasn’t a white racist douchebag so that was okay to the Trumpers. Monville is great btw! I read his Ted Williams biography.
re: #198 Dr. Matt
THREATIN: How One Band Fooled The Music Industry To Book A World Tour
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That’s insane. Or Jered is. Maybe both.
re: #149 darthstar
Of course we should have captured Osama Bin Laden long before we did. I pointed him out in my book just BEFORE the attack on the World Trade Center. President Clinton famously missed his shot. We paid Pakistan Billions of Dollars & they never told us he was living there. Fools!.
if you think “clinton famously missed his shot”, what’s that say about bush?
oh, and ps, this is idiocy on so many national security and intelligence levels
I remember Eisenhower tweeting about how FDR botched Pearl Harbor and George Marshall was a huge huge Truman fan so that meant his opinions were invalid. //
re: #161 Interesting Times
I’m beginning to think the only Dems genuinely opposed to her are extreme Blue Dogs in heavily GOPer districts (e.g. Abigail Spanberger, who won the seat that used to be Eric Cantor’s, and Tim Ryan, who represents a white rural or small-town Ohio district).
And given what a large majority the House Dems currently have, Pelosi might even be okay with them casing a symbolic vote against her in order to play to their voters back home.
Just for clarity, Ryan’s area really isn’t what I would consider a small town and definetly not rural.
At one time Youngstown and Warren were like my old hometown, cities with around 70,000 people that had a lot of factory jobs. Youngstown had a big steel industry. Think of it as a little Pittsburgh.
It was also pretty well known as a meeting place for the New York and Chicago mob because it was half way between the two major cities.
And Dave Grohl is from Warren. Haha…does he seem rural or small town?
Ryan tries to be like Bernie and even Trump in promising those old great industrial age jobs will come back. They won’t. I think Ryan is worried if he gets too soft and liberal he will lose to a Republican that rides on Trump’s MAGA bullshit.
That whole northeastern section of Ohio, Cleveland, Akron Youngstown and Warren is angry and tough. I’m not a fan of Ryan, but he is in a tough area to keep that House seat. So, I guess I understand…to a degree.
re: #163 HappyWarrior
Well Seth Moulton is an exception to that but I do think that’s the case. Abigail’s district isn’t as red as it was in the years Cantor held it though. I believe Clinton actually won it and OA will point this out but Ryan’s district really isn’t rural. It’s like Conor Lamb’s.
Heh. I just did!
Seriously, screw these scumbags…
You are pathetic enemies of the Navy.
You are revolting enemies of the Army.
You are despicable enemies of the Marines.
You are detestable enemies of the Air Force.
You are contemptible enemies of all the troops.
And you are repugnant treasonous enemies of America.#FuckYouAll— Arch1 (@Arch_LGF) November 19, 2018
re: #211 ObserverArt
Heh. I just did!
Yeah I knew you would and you did better than I could. I actually have distant family that lived in that district. The children and grandchildren of my grandfather’s first cousins may still live there. Don’t know for sure though. Their parents and grandparents wouldn’t have known my grandfather since they appear to have left Johnstown for Girard in the 20’s before Grandpa was bron.
re: #212 Archangelus
Seriously, screw these scumbags…
Yeah I’m sure you’d be just fine if Obama took cheap shots at Tommy Franks, GOP. Really go fuck yourselves and you know what, McRaven was RIGHT to be haev been critical of your orange fuhrer in 2016 and he’s right now because you and him are a bunch of undemocratic chickenshits.
re: #157 HappyWarrior
I have a slightly different standard but she’s right about this:
“My standard in this is: I’m going to support the most progressive candidate that’s leading the party and right now that is Nancy Pelosi, in terms of running,” she continued. “I would like to see new, younger leadership, but I don’t want new leadership that’s more conservative.”
I want someone who is both progressive and effective. Nancy is that. Alexandria is much more pragmatic than she’s given credit for.
she hit the nail right there
- yes there’s lots of ‘not-pelosi’ talk and that can be attributed to specific people who say they’re gonna vote against (or at least not vote for her)
- so who’s the face of anyone willing to actually, you know, commit out loud and run against her?
- and personally, while new, younger leadership may be a good idea, i want someone who can do the job from day 1 - not someone who’s gonna spend a year or more figuring out how it (really) works
re: #216 dangerman
she hit the nail right there
- yes there’s lots of ‘not-pelosi’ talk and that can be attributed to specific people who say they’re gonna vote against (or at least not vote for her)- so who’s the face of anyone willing to actually, you know, commit out loud and run against her?
- and personally, while new, younger leadership may be a good idea, i want someone who can do the job from day 1 - not someone who’s gonna spend a year or more figuring out how it (really) works
That’s exactly it. I don’t even think Ryan has been ranking member of a committee.
re: #172 Weaselone
I suspect she’s far more progressive than even her previous history would suggest. She’s been a Democratic leader in the House for a good chunk of time and her votes and stated positions probably reflect that at least in part. With the make up of the new House, and Republicans in the driver’s seat in the Senate, I expect some pretty progressive legislation to pass out of the House. Even the few new Representatives who are relatively conservative, have some key areas where they have expressed quite progressive ideals.
David Nir’s explanation of the chart:
For those unfamiliar with DW-Nominate scores, they’re considered perhaps the best measure of a member of Congress’ ideology. Don’t worry about the vertical axis—it doesn’t mean much. But the horizontal axis (labeled “Liberal ↔ Conservative” here) is what matters. And on that score, Pelosi is well to the left of all her loudest critics.
re: #176 William Lewis
Well, I have a bit of luck. Seems the gal I’ve been reconnecting with from High School has never seen The Princess Bride. Now that’s a fun little date movie if there ever was one.
One of the great movies with one of the greatest ensemble casts of all time; William Goldman, who also wrote the screenplays for Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, All the President’s Men, and Misery (to name a few out of a long list of popular and critically-acclaimed films) and who just died the other day, adapted his own novel for the film (which he also did for Marathon Man, Magic, and Heat).
re: #218 BeachDem
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David Nir’s explanation of the chart:
For those unfamiliar with DW-Nominate scores, they’re considered perhaps the best measure of a member of Congress’ ideology. Don’t worry about the vertical axis—it doesn’t mean much. But the horizontal axis (labeled “Liberal ↔ Conservative” here) is what matters. And on that score, Pelosi is well to the left of all her loudest critics.
BeachDem rolls out the big guns.
You should fire that graph and explanation off to both the NYTimes and WaPo.
re: #218 BeachDem
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David Nir’s explanation of the chart:
For those unfamiliar with DW-Nominate scores, they’re considered perhaps the best measure of a member of Congress’ ideology. Don’t worry about the vertical axis—it doesn’t mean much. But the horizontal axis (labeled “Liberal ↔ Conservative” here) is what matters. And on that score, Pelosi is well to the left of all her loudest critics.
What the Sanders campaign didn’t tell you in 2016 is they got a lot of support from people who thought HRC was too liberal. It wasn’t just idealistic college kids despite the narrative put out.
re: #219 TedStriker
One of the great movies with one of the greatest ensemble casts of all time; William Goldman, who also wrote the screenplays for Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, All the President’s Men, and Misery (to name a few) and who just died the other day, adapted his own novel for the film.
Misery, one of my favorite King adaptations.
Pathetic fucking gutless bullshit.
The White House Correspondents’ Association is shelving its tradition of having a comedian roast the president and press corps at its annual fundraising dinner. Instead, the famed author Ron Chernow will speak at the 2019 White House Correspondents’ Dinner https://t.co/nJiut324nR
— CNN (@CNN) November 19, 2018
Lol Michelle called them cowards and instead of having some pride about themselves, they rolled over so Trump could pet their yellow bellies. https://t.co/M5hq6AFFcq
— Rae Sanni (@raesanni) November 19, 2018
re: #223 goddamnedfrank
Pathetic fucking gutless bullshit.
And these are the same media assholes that belittle my generation for “safe spaces” and “PC run amok” and you’re too afraid to have a comedian mock you and POTUS. Cowardly asses.
re: #223 goddamnedfrank
Pathetic fucking gutless bullshit.
The White House Press Corpse strikes again!
re: #219 TedStriker
One of the great movies with one of the greatest ensemble casts of all time; William Goldman, who also wrote the screenplays for Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, All the President’s Men, and Misery (to name a few) and who just died the other day, adapted his own novel for the film.
mrs dm is not a great fan
she has other qualities so i permit her to stay anyway
re: #223 goddamnedfrank
The White House Correspondents’ Association is shelving its tradition of having a comedian roast the president and press corps at its annual fundraising dinner. Instead, the famed author Ron Chernow will speak at the 2019 White House Correspondents’ Dinner
And with that, there go any meager ratings the dinner ever would have gotten.
They seriously think some dude getting up and pontificating about the long and illustrious tradition of the WHCA is gonna draw flies?
re: #226 dangerman
mrs dm is not a great fan
she has other qualities so i permit her to stay anyway
You’re a better man than I; I’m not sure if I would be so understanding.
re: #227 makeitstop
And with that, there go any meager ratings the dinner ever would have gotten.
They seriously think some dude getting up and pontificating about the long and illustrious tradition of the WHCA is gonna draw flies?
To be fair Chertow did inspire Hamilton. It was his biography that inspired Miranda but yeah.
re: #223 goddamnedfrank
Pathetic fucking gutless bullshit.
Gutless. Punks.
— TedStriker (@talon_262) November 19, 2018
Senate Dems @maziehirono, @SenBlumenthal and @SenWhitehouse have filed a lawsuit arguing that Acting AG Matthew Whitaker’s appointment is unconstitutional because he has not been confirmed by the Senate and are asking a federal judge to remove him. https://t.co/mmm7Ojlzwt …
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) November 19, 2018
re: #223 goddamnedfrank
Pathetic fucking gutless bullshit.
The White House Correspondents’ Association is shelving its tradition of having a comedian roast the president and press corps at its annual fundraising dinner. Instead, the famed author Ron Chernow will speak at the 2019 White House Correspondents’ Dinner
re: #223 goddamnedfrank
Pathetic fucking gutless bullshit.
That decision says more about the press media than just cancelling the dinner. A true indicator of where they stand. Nowhere. They don’t take a stand, even scared of reporting actual facts.
Trump has actually made them into “fake” media.
re: #230 HappyWarrior
To be fair Chertow did inspire Hamilton. It was his biography that inspired Miranda but yeah.
That’s all fine and good about Chertow inspiring Miranda, but the WHCA has shown again that they’re so deathly afraid of offending Trump and his toadies that they are shitcanning their own decades-long tradition.
re: #226 dangerman
mrs dm is not a great fan
she has other qualities so i permit her to stay anyway
///
re: #232 makeitstop
Senate Dems @maziehirono, @SenBlumenthal and @SenWhitehouse have filed a lawsuit arguing that Acting AG Matthew Whitaker’s appointment is unconstitutional because he has not been confirmed by the Senate and are asking a federal judge to remove him
yeah, this happens a lot so it’s not any kind of reflection on the administration
re: #220 ObserverArt
BeachDem rolls out the big guns.
You should fire that graph and explanation off to both the NYTimes and WaPo.
I’m guessing they’re pretty familiar with David Nir—he’s been the political director at KOS for many years and has been on Rachel’s show etc.
These members aren’t too good on math. They think that they can force Pelosi from the leadership without having a count?
And more to the point, who exactly are they suggesting to be Speaker. None of them have named a name. Curious that.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) November 19, 2018
re: #227 makeitstop
And with that, there go any meager ratings the dinner ever would have gotten.
They seriously think some dude getting up and pontificating about the long and illustrious tradition of the WHCA is gonna draw flies?
They’d be better off having Lin Manuel Miranda as the speaker.
re: #240 BeachDem
Let’s get that dude in front of a crowd…
re: #239 lawhawk
You can’t replace something with nothing and I have not heard of a credible alternative to Pelosi.
re: #223 goddamnedfrank
The WHCA dinner is one of those things that should always remind us that Washington is just Hollywood for ugly people. It’s basically the DC version of one of the masterbatory award shows that the entertainment industry insists on hoisting upon us
re: #235 TedStriker
That’s all fine and good about Chertow inspiring Miranda, but the WHCA has shown again that they’re so deathly afraid of offending Trump and his toadies that they are shitcanning their own decades-long tradition.
Nah I agree.
57 years yesterday. I was there too.
re: #223 goddamnedfrank
Pathetic fucking gutless bullshit.
Er…anyone else here who hasn’t even heard of Ron Chernow until now?
Borrowed from interwebs:
Republicans put party above our troops, even the ones who killed Bin Laden.
That’s the state of the GOP these days. It’s pathetic.
re: #243 KGxvi
The WHCA dinner is one of those things that should always remind us that Washington is just Hollywood for ugly people. It’s basically the DC version of one of the masterbatory award shows that the entertainment industry insists on hoisting upon us
Agreed, the only time anyone hears about the WHCA is when they suck. Apart from giving away token scholarships I have never seen the organization do good for the journalism industry or the 1st Amendment one bit.
They should have invited Jim Acosta to be their speaker.
This is the dumbest kind of capitulation to Trump’s bullying thuggery. https://t.co/PZI3SfxX7U
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) November 19, 2018
re: #246 Interesting Times
Er…anyone else here who hasn’t even heard of Ron Chernow until now?
I’ve got his Hamilton biography on my shelf, it was a very good read. But to be honest, I get him and Joseph Ellis mixed up a lot.
re: #252 KGxvi
I’ve got his Hamilton biography on my shelf, it was a very good read. But to be honest, I get him and Joseph Ellis mixed up a lot.
They’re probably the two eminent historians of that era. Chernow seems more interested in Federalists though and I don’t blame him because they are more than the Jeffersonians/anti federalists imo from an academic interest POV.
re: #249 bd(soros funded)
Agreed, the only time anyone hears about the WHCA is when they suck. Apart from giving away token scholarships I have never seen the organization do good for the journalism industry or the 1st Amendment one bit.
They should have invited Jim Acosta to be their speaker.
There’s a few I remember, but it’s usually the presidential address. There was Bush making fun of the WMD search (poor taste, but still). And then there were two Obama one’s I remember - him roasting the fucking shit out of Trump, and when he had Luther the anger translator on stage with him.
re: #228 Colère Tueur de Lapin
You’re a better man than I; I’m not sure if I would be so understanding.
Blazing saddles and young Frankenstein
re: #257 dangerman
Blazing saddles and young Frankenstein
Cannot wait to introduce my niece to Mel’s films.
re: #187 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
My mother told me tales of that horror. She grew up in Philly, as I did, and she was 8 or 10 at the time. She was never one to hold her tongue. Could care less what people “thought”.
Raised in a strict RC Irish family, she swore I would never endure that.
I sometimes wonder of the sheer insanity an outbreak like that would be like today.
There would be people shooting each other. Blockaded streets and towns.
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