On our last episode of the year, we couldn’t show our Brexit segment in the UK because of their stupid ban on using footage from Parliament. What did they get instead? They got this.
Brexit, for all its absurdity is not funny. At all.
O_o
Republicans should stand up to Comey and his tremendous corruption - from the fake Hillary Clinton investigation, to lying and leaking, to FISA abuse, and a list too long to name. The President did the country a service by firing him and exposing him for the shameless fraud he is
— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) December 18, 2018
re: #3 Backwoods_Sleuth
…and a list too long to name
Translation: that exhausts the sound bites I’ve picked up from Fox News.
re: #2 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Brexit, for all its absurdity is not funny. At all.
Only Gilbert Gottfried could make me smile about it, and he did. John Oliver helped.
re: #3 Backwoods_Sleuth
That seems to be very out of the boundary for what a “Press Secretary” ought to be writing.
popcorn!
Watch live: White House press secretary Sarah Sanders is delivering her briefing now. https://t.co/vwZqLvPu5l pic.twitter.com/gH1AbYxqFq
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) December 18, 2018
Good grief, the tweets from President Mendacious Manbaby today! Haven’t any of his cronies or sycophants found the nerve yet to tell him how straight up guilty he looks when he does this?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 18, 2018
LOLOLOLOL
“We wish General Flynn well” — @PressSec
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) December 18, 2018
jeebus
“The FBI broke standard protocol in the way that they came in and ambushed General Flynn,” @PressSec says after Flynn admitted today in court that he lied to FBI under oath.
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) December 18, 2018
“We know Michael Cohen to be a liar on a number of fronts. The president’s opinion is extremely clear on that front.” — @PressSec
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) December 18, 2018
Watch Bill Mitchell go from furious about Judge Sullivan to deciding that this is actually all part of the grand plan in about 6 minutes.
It’s a special time to be alive, folks. pic.twitter.com/F54MK2fxMz— A Very Simian Christmas (@VitruvianMonkey) December 18, 2018
re: #5 Sir John Barron
Translation: that exhausts the sound bites I’ve picked up from Fox News.
The super secret Q indictments are just going to say “they know what they did”
MSNBC’s @KatyTurNBC just cut away from the WH Lying Session.
We couldn’t take it either, Katy.— Laffy (@GottaLaff) December 18, 2018
Among a host of bigoted, corrupt and stupid initiatives, this is certainly one of the very stupidest.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 18, 2018
Translation: I’m a coward. https://t.co/nU3x1chwcY
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) December 18, 2018
re: #11 Backwoods_Sleuth
“The FBI broke standard protocol in the way that they came in and ambushed General Flynn”
You would think, at some point during a conversation with FBI agents, that the cotdam National Security Adviser would wonder why it was that said FBI agents were asking him questions about a counterintelligence investigation. And that maybe, just maybe, as the NSA, lying to them about your actions would be… what’s the word? A really fucking terrible idea.
re: #8 Backwoods_Sleuth
popcorn!
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Why is @PressSec wearing her Wednesday Addams holloween costume?
— JGonz69 (@jgonz69) December 18, 2018
re: #18 Sir John Barron
Didn’t the president hire him?
The very best of liars, on more fronts than you can imagine.
novel argument that losing four seats means they have a mandate:
Our members campaigned this fall on SB 151’s pension changes and only four of them were defeated, Rep. Jerry Miller says. There is strong sentiment to defend 151 now rather than pass a stripped-down pension bill, he says. ^JC
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) December 18, 2018
re: #19 Targetpractice
Baghdad Huckaboo.
At least Baghdad Bob had the motivation of “not being shot by one of Saddam’s henchmen” when he gave his press briefings. What’s Sanders’ excuse?
re: #19 Targetpractice
Baghdad Huckaboo.
All that’s missing is a coalition tank passing behind her in the shot.
(With Robert Mueller in it)
re: #21 VegasGolfer
Why is Press Sec wearing her Wednesday Addams holloween costume?
to provoke evil misogynist liberals into making comments like this, which will then spark an endless hue and cry of outrage and indignation, of course!
re: #24 KGxvi
She’s a dreadful person and likes being paid to lie?
re: #11 Backwoods_Sleuth
“The FBI broke standard protocol in the way that they came in and ambushed General Flynn,”
Like how?
Did they not offer Flynn coffee within the first five minutes?
re: #28 Sir John Barron
Like how?
Did they not offer Flynn coffee within the first five minutes?
They didn’t tell him which one was the good cop and which one was the bad cop!
re: #27 plansbandc
She’s a dreadful person and likes being paid to lie?
That feels more like a reason than an excuse, but we will allow it.
re: #3 Backwoods_Sleuth
O_o
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Oh Sarah, why don’t you just suck that up your nose and blow it out your ass you lying enabler.
Would be nice to see Hucky Boo Boo get indicted by Uncle Mueller!
Yeah. I think Marvin has something to say here. pic.twitter.com/rLuS4TiOZ8
— Deana “Churches-Stop Covering Up Abuse!” Holmes (@mmmirele) December 18, 2018
After a very short White House briefing, one reporter shouted, “10 minute briefing, Sarah?!”
Another then shouted, “Do your job, Sarah!” pic.twitter.com/k6oHZ9dCtF— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) December 18, 2018
oh…
Oh my word. pic.twitter.com/DB7KgEZj8s
— Jon Campbell (@JonCampbellGAN) December 18, 2018
I sincerely apologize. I used a poor choice of words. Suicide is a serious thing and and should not be made light of.
— Senator Kevin Parker (@SenatorParker) December 18, 2018
and now he attacks her:
Where was @Candicegiove when NYers voted for a #Democratic State Senate & progressive legislation like the Dream Act & CFE funding? That’s right, working with the #NOIDC appendage of the GOP. #DreamAct #CFEFunding
— Senator Kevin Parker (@SenatorParker) December 18, 2018
. @Candicegiove is on the wrong side of history for every important issue facing New York State!
— Senator Kevin Parker (@SenatorParker) December 18, 2018
re: #3 Backwoods_Sleuth
O_o
Comey’s statement really got them riled up. Not that that’s difficult for this WH in handling any of the mildest reprimands.
re: #35 Charles Johnson
Ran out of lies to tell.
re: #38 Sir John Barron
Comey’s statement really got them riled up. Not that that’s difficult for this WH in handling any of the mildest reprimands.
cf. “narcissistic injury”. See also “narcissistic rage”.
re: #12 gocart mozart
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Blimey, Bill Mitchell goes all the way to the Q-verse, and then steps back slightly and goes “Well, not quite like that, but…”.
Is this going to be the trajectory for any RWNJ that’s invested in Trump?
What best describes who you are
— The Monkey’s Paw (@TheEdMix) December 18, 2018
I’m still marveling at the brass ones that it took to basically tell a judge after the prosecution has recommended extreme leniency that your client is the real “victim” and trying to fish for the case to be tossed by suggesting that the whole investigation was conducted “improperly.”
re: #37 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Then trying to deflect from him being an asshole. Fuck him.
re: #24 KGxvi
At least Baghdad Bob had the motivation of “not being shot by one of Saddam’s henchmen” when he gave his press briefings. What’s Sanders’ excuse?
Her father rasised her to enjoy lying to the marks?
re: #44 gocart mozart
You forgot “The Most Exalted Potentate of Love”.
(Yes, yes, I know - it’s from The Cramps)
This is the largest-ever consumer payout by an internet service provider, returning tens of millions of dollars to New Yorkers who were ripped off and providing over $100 million more in streaming and premium channels as additional restitution.
— NY AG Underwood (@NewYorkStateAG) December 18, 2018
They will have to be truthful in their advertising, describe their internet speeds as “wired,” and disclose any factors that might lead a consumer’s actual experience to differ from what they have advertised.
— NY AG Underwood (@NewYorkStateAG) December 18, 2018
Finally, following our investigation, Charter has made major improvements to its network.
— NY AG Underwood (@NewYorkStateAG) December 18, 2018
Bad Design, Cont. https://t.co/DxBzdeexwD via @Tengrain. This is just so wonderful.
— Jim Tarrant (@Vote918Now) December 18, 2018
!!!
REPORTER: With the deficit ballooning to over $1t under this POTUS, where are the additional monies on this wall going to come from, & why is he asking the American taxpayer for them when he promised Mexico was going to pay? 🔥
SANDERS, LYING: We’re not asking taxpayers for that pic.twitter.com/PGQnfjWVnC— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 18, 2018
Here We Go… Media Asks WH Spokeswoman Sarah Sanders About Michael Flynn Committing “Treason” (VIDEO) https://t.co/Zuu3D69CMQ via @gatewaypundit
— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) December 18, 2018
Flynn is a treasonweasel who got a sweetheart deal from Mueller because he’s giving Mueller and other federal prosecutors the goods on Trumpworld.
The judge wanted to know why it was such a good deal and why the prosecutors didn’t charge him with the more severe cases.
The answer? Because he provided the kind of information that would indict everyone in Trump’s inner circle, Trump included? Yeah, that’s the kind of deal Mueller would give. That’s what any prosecutor would give to someone who takes down a crime syndicate by being first to turn state’s evidence.
re: #39 goddamnedfrank
Back in the day when this photo of the Huckabee family came out I used to feel bad for Sarah, not anymore.
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I do remember that photo and thinking she was the normal Huckabee who didn’t pardon a murderer who killed a Clinton distant relative and didn’t torture dogs.
re: #52 lawhawk
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Flynn is a treasonweasel who got a sweetheart deal from Mueller because he’s giving Mueller and other federal prosecutors the goods on Trumpworld.
The judge wanted to know why it was such a good deal and why the prosecutors didn’t charge him with the more severe cases.
The answer? Because he provided the kind of information that would indict everyone in Trump’s inner circle, Trump included? Yeah, that’s the kind of deal Mueller would give. That’s what any prosecutor would give to someone who takes down a crime syndicate by being first to turn state’s evidence.
Jim we all know you lost your shit over Obama doing things that all Presidents do but are fine with what Flynn did because you’re a hack who only cares about Trump and his allies.
re: #45 Targetpractice
I’m still marveling at the brass ones that it took to basically tell a judge after the prosecution has recommended extreme leniency that your client is the real “victim” and trying to fish for the case to be tossed by suggesting that the whole investigation was conducted “improperly.”
“Hold our beer…..”
One song by Steve Miller….. Whoa unto those who come unto the SMB for the meaning of the inner self!
— 🦈Smock-a-Bolla-Holla🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) December 18, 2018
re: #51 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Where does she think that money comes from he wants allocated for this wall, the fucking tooth fairy?
Seeing the suggestion being made by a few legal eagles that Flynn’s lawyers may have still believed he’d receive jail time and so the whole “I was framed!” bit was a legal Hail Mary in the hopes that a judge known for being critical of gov’t overreach would sympathize. If that’s the case, then it’s understandable why they were poleaxed when he lit into their client today and were quick to agree to more cooperation.
Tomorrow’s cartoon pic.twitter.com/kHbUKYjPxi
— Bill Bramhall (@BillBramhall) December 18, 2018
re: #58 Eventual Carrion
Where does she think that money comes from he wants allocated for this wall, the fucking tooth fairy?
It’s like all Trump promises: Make grandiose promises upfront, then find ways to bullshit that you fulfilled them down the line. See also: “We’ve already begun construction of the wall!”
Neo-Nazi couple who named son Hitler get prison for terrorism ties https://t.co/7ka6Dv0Crs pic.twitter.com/aglhDRbs45
— New York Post (@nypost) December 18, 2018
re: #39 goddamnedfrank
I felt horrible for the dog. Still do.
re: #61 Targetpractice
It’s like all Trump promises: Make grandiose promises upfront, then find ways to bullshit that you fulfilled them down the line. See also: “We’ve already begun construction of the wall!”
Mexico is going to pay for it!!!
re: #62 lawhawk
They seem like a nice couple…They had to pixel out the baby face….brother.
re: #51 Backwoods_Sleuth
We’re not asking taxpayers for that
Because they’re not the kind to ask, they’re the kind to demand and/or just take.
I mean, wtf are you going to do about it?
So another day of nothing but bad news for Donny. Infrastructure Week seems to be going well.
looks like sarah is a fan of the black market when it comes to guns.
good to know.
Here They Come: House Dems Ready Legislation to Criminalize Private Gun Sales https://t.co/PGynMicH7N
— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) December 18, 2018
re: #4 Sir John Barron
So the Dotard is taking over the Twitter accounts of public employees.
Or, telling everyone what to tweet…if you want to keep your job.
Anyone else thinking Trump is just asking for the FBI to keep coming after him and also trying to force the “Law & Order” party Republicans to trash the FBI who they always supported?
Trump is putting that entire party and their traditional backers to choose him or them.
Something has got to give.
And one other thing Ms Sarah…Comey may have helped give the election to Trump.
I loved Penny. I grew up with her. She was born with a great gift. She was born with a funnybone and the instinct of how to use it. I was very lucky to have lived with her and her funnybone. I will miss her.
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) December 18, 2018
re: #68 Backwoods_Sleuth
looks like sarah is a fan of the black market when it comes to guns.
good to know.
Who is this?
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re: #68 Backwoods_Sleuth
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People like your trashy family are why these laws are needed. Why don’t you focus on getting your son help instead of trashing people trying to stop gun violence, Sarah!
re: #73 HappyWarrior
Someone we used to think was the GOP at its worst.
The bar has been raised. As hard as that is to believe.
👉 👉👉 Two Michael Flynn associates told Mother Jones that Flynn said he was in contact with Amb. Kislyak during the campaign & discussed how Trump and Russia could work together if Trump won—while Moscow was attacking & subverting the US election. https://t.co/Q6BGQDtRcL
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) December 18, 2018
Time to call it a night. Have a good one, Lizards.
For those in need of a laugh, this comes courtesy of Milo - someone skewered him and his changing looks in a funny thread.
New, up-and-coming CNN anchor, who seeks to bring a witty side to entertainment news pic.twitter.com/bYChnj7PyO
— Herbalis (@_Herbalis_) December 18, 2018
re: #77 lawhawk
For those in need of a laugh, this comes courtesy of Milo - someone skewered him and his changing looks in a funny thread.
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God the douche practically oozes from my screen.
re: #74 Sir John Barron
The bar has been raised. As hard as that is to believe.
I just remember thinking they couldn’t do worse than her and then they actually nominated Trump. Not that his opponents in the GOP primary were prizes.
WTI crude oil down below $46 a barrel and markets are back in the red for the day.
re: #58 Eventual Carrion
Where does she think that money comes from he wants allocated for this wall, the fucking tooth fairy?
She and Trumper think the new North American trade deal replacement is going to generate the additional tax money from the economy to pay for The Donald J. Trump Wall of Glory®.
And here I thought they were hoping the additional money from the trade deal and the tax cuts would pay down the deficit and help Make America Great Again.
You know, that thing the Republicans always go on and on about…the deficit.
What was I thinking? /
re: #80 Single-handed sailor
WTI crude oil down below $46 a barrel and markets are back in the red for the day.
Vladimir Putin cannot be pleased by these developments, they need at least $90 to keep their economy afloat…
got a computer fan failure
took the cover off, vacuumed out all kinds of dust and cat hair off the fans and heat sinks
on reboot, core temps dropped 40 degrees F
periodic maintenance. whazzat?
re: #80 Single-handed sailor
WTI crude oil down below $46 a barrel and markets are back in the red for the day.
It’s Tuesday afternoon and we’re hurtling towards a partial gov’t shutdown because the GOP are still desperate to extract some sort of “win” after the realization that Donny fucked them over royally and is now backtracking because he wants to go golfing for the next two weeks.
re: #83 dangerman
got a computer fan failure
took the cover off, vacuumed out all kinds of dust and cat hair off the fans and heat sinks
on reboot, core temps dropped 40 degrees F
periodic maintenance. whazzat?
cats
re: #83 dangerman
got a computer fan failure
took the cover off, vacuumed out all kinds of dust and cat hair off the fans and heat sinks
on reboot, core temps dropped 40 degrees F
periodic maintenance. whazzat?
Had to do the same the other day after a BSOD. Usually I’m good about keeping the case and fans clean, but I’ve been working so much this year that I’m still trying to figure out where the last six months went.
re: #68 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Can someone explain to me why we even have a gun show/private sale loophole in the background check law? Like who lobbied for it? Which congresscritter(s) sponsored it? And what was the justification for it?
I’ve honestly never understood why it exists.
re: #81 ObserverArt
She and Trumper think the new North American trade deal replacement is going to generate the additional tax money from the economy to pay for The Donald J. Trump Wall of Glory®.
And here I thought they were hoping the additional money from the trade deal and the tax cuts would pay down the deficit and help Make America Great Again.
You know, that thing the Republicans always go on and on about…the deficit.
What was I thinking? /
of course it doesnt work that way at all
governmental income (taxes) is…income
how it’s spent depends on the budget that’s passed (or is supposed to)
employment taxes are earmarked
a few other types of income may be specifically earmarked
general revenue does not work this way, though they have been playing shenanigans with some discretionary spending stuff
this is slushfund / nutso thinking
re: #85 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
cats
cat hair, like beach sand, gets everywhere
re: #87 KGxvi
Can someone explain to me why we even have a gun show/private sale loophole in the background check law? Like who lobbied for it? Which congresscritter(s) sponsored it? And what was the justification for it?
I’ve honestly never understood why it exists.
The NRA paid handsomely for it.
re: #62 lawhawk
Thomas also was convicted of having a terrorist manual, the Thomas also was convicted of having a terrorist manual, the Anarchist’s Cookbook, which jurors heard contained instructions on making “viable” bombs., which jurors heard contained instructions on making “viable” bombs.
Guess I had better shred my copy as well as my copies of the The Poor Man’s James Bond, The Poor Man’s Armorer, the Mad Man’s Book of Formulas and a host of other books purchased courtesy of Palidan Press. Yeah, I was a subversive little bitch back in the day.
re: #84 Targetpractice
It’s Tuesday afternoon and we’re hurtling towards a partial gov’t shutdown because the GOP are still desperate to extract some sort of “win” after the realization that Donny fucked them over royally and is now backtracking because he wants to go golfing for the next two weeks.
Ok, Donny, you want to go on an extended golf trip, we’re fine with that (less chance you’ll fuck something up if you’re busy ruining your greens with a golf cart), so here’s a clean continuing resolution that gets us to March 15 (heh), and the new Congress can work on a proper budget come January.
Doesn’t get much better than this, folks pic.twitter.com/CvL8vbYTqU
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) December 18, 2018
re: #86 Targetpractice
Had to do the same the other day after a BSOD. Usually I’m good about keeping the case and fans clean, but I’ve been working so much this year that I’m still trying to figure out where the last six months went.
me to a ‘T’ this year
Why doesn’t Trump sell burial contracts to his supporters, stipulating when they pass they will be interred in a casket or urn of their choice that would then be incorporated into his wall?
Win win, he gets money and the nut sacks who worship him can make their words of “Over My Dead Body” ring true.
I may have a winner.
Here u go, recycling at its finest; #USa could use coffins instead of cars, make it a #maga memorial #wall pic.twitter.com/60FOcJZjV5
— CaFeBaCON.elemental (@cafebacon007) December 18, 2018
re: #81 ObserverArt
She and Trumper think the new North American trade deal replacement is going to generate the additional tax money from the economy to pay for The Donald J. Trump Wall of Glory®.
And here I thought they were hoping the additional money from the trade deal and the tax cuts would pay down the deficit and help Make America Great Again.
You know, that thing the Republicans always go on and on about…the deficit.
What was I thinking? /
Well sure.
Democratic administration, “The deficit is going to destroy us as a country.”.
Republican administration, “Deficits don’t matter!” (h/t to Darth Cheney and St. Ronnie)
And I have to say that Darth and Ronnie kinda mostly correct. Mostly in that deficits do matter a bit, but not a huge factor of economic destruction like the rightwing makes it out to be when they need a talking point lie to keep the rubes frothy.
re: #83 dangerman
got a computer fan failure
took the cover off, vacuumed out all kinds of dust and cat hair off the fans and heat sinks
on reboot, core temps dropped 40 degrees F
periodic maintenance. whazzat?
Fan on the power supply is failing. Bearings going bad. Had to pull it a couple of weeks ago and lube them with light machine oil. So far has lasted, but starting to get “rumbles” again. At least this time I have a replacement on hand.
re: #95 nines09
Why doesn’t Trump sell burial contracts to his supporters, stipulating when they pass they will be interred in a casket or urn of their choice that would then be incorporated into his wall?
Win win, he gets money and the nut sacks who worship him can make their words of “Over My Dead Body” ring true.
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Oh, look at that poor sweet Beemer, encased in concrete.
re: #93 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I’m reminded of how much Faux tried to portray Comey as the Greatest Lawman Who Ever Walked The Earth…until that July press conference, after which they immediately screamed “TRAITOR!!!”
re: #98 makeitstop
Oh, look at that poor sweet Beemer, encased in concrete.
That was my first thought. “Classic car collectors must look at that picture and weep.”
re: #97 Michele: Out of the closet and into the fire
Fan on the power supply is failing. Bearings going bad. Had to pull it a couple of weeks ago and lube them with light machine oil. So far has lasted, but starting to get “rumbles” again. At least this time I have a replacement on hand.
I have decided to buy a new laptop. I have selected the one I want. I have the money for it. Costco is selling it for $50 less than Apple. I just can’t bring myself to push the button to order it. I am hopeless.
Actually, the fact that it would be at my local Costco before Xmas is a disincentive. Who wants to go anywhere near a warehouse store right before Xmas?
re: #98 makeitstop
Somewhere in Europe.
France. And it is Classic Cars
re: #96 Eventual Carrion
Well sure.
Democratic administration, “The deficit is going to destroy us as a country.”.
Republican administration, “Deficits don’t matter!” (h/t to Darth Cheney and St. Ronnie)
And I have to say that Darth and Ronnie kinda mostly correct. Mostly in that deficits do matter a bit, but not a huge factor of economic destruction like the rightwing makes it out to be when they need a talking point lie
to keep the rubes frothy.for when the dems are in power
(this is what you meant, right?)
Trump University crumbled in fraud.
Now the Trump Foundation is dissolving amidst a cloud of misconduct and fraud.
The Trump Organization is also shrouded in allegations of misconduct.
Why should we believe our country is run any differently?— Daniel Goldman (@danielsgoldman) December 18, 2018
re: #96 Eventual Carrion
Well sure.
Democratic administration, “The deficit is going to destroy us as a country.”.
Republican administration, “Deficits don’t matter!” (h/t to Darth Cheney and St. Ronnie)
Remember when there was a budget surplus under Clinton?
Rush came on to tell us that it is immoral for the government to take more money from us than it needs to operate.
Willie The Wimp Stokes (In His Cadillac Coffin
With SRV singing about it.
re: #53 HappyWarrior
Sadly, for all of us, there’s no such thing as a normal Huckabee.
Trump Foundation crumbles, leaving dozens of pundits looking like morons for spending two years suggesting that the Clinton Foundation needed to be shuttered before the election to assure the American people that Hillary wasn’t engaged in “pay to play.”
re: #98 makeitstop
Oh, look at that poor sweet Beemer, encased in concrete.
Exactly what I was thinking.
Those 2002s were great cars. Simple, fast and fun.
Sarah Sanders said it’s “perfectly acceptable” for the president to make positive comments about someone who has admitted to lying to agents of his own government and who worked, unregistered, on behalf of another government during his campaign.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) December 18, 2018
What a disaster of a person.
Do men find women who swear unattractive? https://t.co/KatWEWHeUo
— Metro (@MetroUK) January 16, 2018
If they do, they can fuck right off! https://t.co/X9HV5Ic4cl
— Sally Albright (@SallyAlbright) December 18, 2018
re: #112 Single-handed sailor
I don’t give a fuck if they do or they don’t.
re: #105 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Remember when there was a budget surplus under Clinton?
Rush came on to tell us that it is immoral for the government to take more money from us than it needs to operate.
- his ‘logic’ is fine and im all for it - but it cant only work when there’s a surplus
- in years where all of a sudden we find we have to spend more money than planned, taxes must be quickly and agreeably increased to cover the need (ya good with that rush?)
of course not, rush doesnt understand the concept of saving for the future
Kamala Harris’ chief of staff, who has served as her second in command going back to her California AG days, is leaving. New COS is a veteran of the Senate and a woman of color, a rarity among Senate chiefs of staff. pic.twitter.com/kbQF4TA1XV
— Tal Kopan (@TalKopan) December 18, 2018
re: #112 Single-handed sailor
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My wife swears like a sailor (not single-handed one, though). I love her like the day is long.
Also, this…
In Schumer/McConnell meeting about an hour or so ago, McConnell offered to pass the negotiated DHS spending bill, but with an extra $1 billion “slush fund” that Trump could use for whatever he wanted re: immigration. Dems won’t accept that. And so it goes
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) December 18, 2018
Sure, give Trump a billion to play with. What could possibly go wrong?
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BREAKING: White House says it wants to keep government open, will find other ways to fund border wall https://t.co/YXATCMifDV
— Ellen Nakashima (@nakashimae) December 18, 2018
All hail Nancy Pelosi! https://t.co/R6xpFPK8zS
— Monjula Ray (@queerBengali) December 18, 2018
President Trump’s charity agrees to close down amid an ongoing lawsuit concerning its finances https://t.co/0hKcoUz4eS pic.twitter.com/rMJ3eF0N4I
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) December 18, 2018
What, Trump’s foundation is being forced to shut down amid a corruption scandal and lawsuit?
I seem to recall an absurd amount of media focus on the Clinton Foundation in 2016, but very little on the Trump Foundation. Was I imagining that? https://t.co/HL5vH8uHYn— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 18, 2018
re: #114 dangerman
- his ‘logic’ is fine and im all for it - but it cant only work when there’s a surplus
- in years where all of a sudden we find we have to spend more money than planned, taxes must be quickly and agreeably increased to cover the need (ya good with that rush?)of course not, rush doesnt understand the concept of saving for the future
or the fact that the government must then borrow money and pay interest to cover a deficit, which also costs taxpayers
re: #114 dangerman
- his ‘logic’ is fine and im all for it - but it cant only work when there’s a surplus
- in years where all of a sudden we find we have to spend more money than planned, taxes must be quickly and agreeably increased to cover the need (ya good with that rush?)of course not, rush doesnt understand the concept of saving for the future
Do I understand correctly that in the wingnut universe, government income and spending should be just like ours at home, except when it comes to planning for the future? It is irresponsible of us not to have money saved for emergencies and evil if the government sets aside a bit?
re: #101 calochortus
I have decided to buy a new laptop. I have selected the one I want. I have the money for it. Costco is selling it for $50 less than Apple. I just can’t bring myself to push the button to order it. I am hopeless.
Actually, the fact that it would be at my local Costco before Xmas is a disincentive. Who wants to go anywhere near a warehouse store right before Xmas?
Go in the evening, if possible. The lines aren’t as bad, and you can actually get in/out fairly easily. I’ve got several Costcos nearby, and the best time to go is definitely after work.
What you have to realize about Rush is the sob has no principles.
re: #116 makeitstop
My wife swears like a sailor (not single-handed one, though). I love her like the day is long.
Also, this…
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Sure, give Trump a billion to play with. What could possibly go wrong?
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“We want $5B for the wall and won’t accept anything less. We have the votes to make it happen!”
“You don’t have the votes. $1.3B is the offer on the table. We’ll be in touch.”
*one week later*
“Alright, so we don’t have the votes to make $5B happen. Instead, we want a $1B slush fund atop the $1.6B we nuked earlier this year when we thought we would get the $5B.”
“Yeah, no, the offer is $1.3B and that’s it.”
“YOU’RE RESPONSIBLE FOR SHUTTING DOWN THE GOVERNMENT!!!”
re: #122 lawhawk
Go in the evening, if possible. The lines aren’t as bad, and you can actually get in/out fairly easily. I’ve got several Costcos nearby, and the best time to go is definitely after work.
Good plan-alternately, I could go a few minutes before they are supposed to open. Ours often opens a couple minutes early and you can slip in and out.
Still, it means I don’t have an excuse not to go ahead and buy the thing…
re: #116 makeitstop
My wife swears like a sailor (not single-handed one, though). I love her like the day is long.
Also, this…
In Schumer/McConnell meeting about an hour or so ago, McConnell offered to pass the negotiated DHS spending bill, but with an extra $1 billion “slush fund” that Trump could use for whatever he wanted re: immigration. Dems won’t accept that. And so it goes
Sure, give Trump a billion to play with. What could possibly go wrong?
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ahem re: #88 dangerman
That Judge Sullivan asked Flynn if he wanted to withdraw his plea means Judge was at least open to the idea of gov. misconduct. But once Flynn said no, Sullivan really had nowhere to go. Flynn’s decision to stick w/ this deal is still separate from question of gov actions.
— Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) December 18, 2018
how wrong I was simply shows how right I washttps://t.co/On1qXgbN6B
— BigCrimeHat (@Popehat) December 18, 2018
The formula for successful rightwingnutjobbing
Good, all transfers should go through an FFL, the private party transfer loophole is absolutely insane. The average person is in no position to do an adequate background check on potential buyers / transferees and can’t be trusted to reliably archive their transfer paperwork.
— Very Legal & Very Cool Frank (@goddamnedfrank) December 18, 2018
re: #121 calochortus
Do I understand correctly that in the wingnut universe, government income and spending should be just like ours at home, except when it comes to planning for the future? It is irresponsible of us not to have money saved for emergencies and evil if the government sets aside a bit?
yes you got that right
and it is necessary - natural disasters, wars, all sorts of ‘unplanned events’
though fairly, it is very difficult to get people to pay taxes today for something they dont know what it is and may never get
re: #128 jaunte
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The problem with this whole “Sullivan was open to tossing the case” argument can really be summed up in one word: Petreaus. As in Sullivan said aloud in his initial reading of the Riot Act to Flynn that he disagreed with the plea deal in that case as he felt Petreaus deserved a harsher sentence. Generally if a judge thinks that a ruling in a similar case was too lenient, you’re not going to walk out of that courtroom a free man.
“You sold your country out.”
Words matter, and instantly, these five iconic words will cement Flynn’s legacy. The judge didn’t have to say them, but they were said. Which is good. Call this shit out exactly for what it is.— Charlotte Clymer🏳️🌈 (@cmclymer) December 18, 2018
re: #131 Targetpractice
Well that “You sold your country out” doesn’t help, either….
NEW - The UNITED EXPLORER Credit Card, which was advertised twice on Carlson’s show last week, won’t appear again: “We have stopped advertising on the Tucker Carlson Tonight show.” https://t.co/rtc1xJoyHX
— Jeremy Barr (@jeremymbarr) December 18, 2018
CONFIRMED: The @united Explorer Credit Card will no longer advertise on Tucker Carlson Tonight. https://t.co/LSr3HxwqG2
— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) December 18, 2018
Well, there’s always quack supplements and gold merchants to fall back on. Womp womp. https://t.co/ccFwTztsyq
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 18, 2018
re: #134 Charles Johnson
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Another Faux “commentator” forced off the air by an advertiser boycott? Yes please!
I ordered my new MacBook Air from Costco. The description practically had flashing lights telling you you’d have to bring a bunch of ID and your grade school teacher to identify you because you had to do in-store pick up. Order page says, meh, we’ll just ship it. Fine by me. So much for all that excitement.
People in these U.S. counties are at risk of dying early. https://t.co/mmMqlyT37U pic.twitter.com/10PNhb5xTv
— CNBC (@CNBC) December 18, 2018
Red country highly correlates with GOP control and the lack of health care options. This is by design.
re: #116 makeitstop
My wife swears like a sailor (not single-handed one, though). I love her like the day is long.
Three days before the shortest day of the years is cutting that declaration a wee bit too close for comfort.
🤣
Did not realize the US has Mexico-funded agencies. https://t.co/7g0PATqOSS
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) December 18, 2018
re: #137 lawhawk
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Red country highly correlates with GOP control and the lack of health care options. This is by design.
Of course, it also correlates with poverty and its attendant lack of health care options. I don’t know why people wouldn’t want everyone to be fed, sheltered, and given health care. It’s not only the kind thing to do, but I’d guess it was cheaper in the long run too.
re: #128 jaunte
That Judge Sullivan asked Flynn if he wanted to withdraw his plea means Judge was at least open to the idea of gov. misconduct. But once Flynn said no, Sullivan really had nowhere to go. Flynn’s decision to stick w/ this deal is still separate from question of gov actions.
— Kimberley Strassel
Chalk up another win for Team MAGA!
/
re: #121 calochortus
Do I understand correctly that in the wingnut universe, government income and spending should be just like ours at home, except when it comes to planning for the future? It is irresponsible of us not to have money saved for emergencies and evil if the government sets aside a bit?
Not to mention - you take out a mortgage so you have a nice home to live in
and
You borrow to get an education because that pays dividends down the road
and
Not to fucking mention that when the government is borrowing, whether it’s a local bond issue for a water treatment plant or a treasury bill sale to pay for a Navy, it is borrowing from us - and paying us interest all the while it is paying us to build these things.
Not the mention, after all that we get to have those water treatment plants and a Navy and all the rest. All the trappings of a nice country to live in.
re: #118 Backwoods_Sleuth
BREAKING: White House says it wants to keep government open, will find other ways to fund border wall washingtonpost.com
— Ellen Nakashima
Ideas:
1. Call Mexico again.
2. Send fundraising letter to the MAGA fan club
3. Use money appropriated for Space Force.
4. Ask that evangelical who bought his wife the $200,000 car where he got all his money
5. Pass the hat around at the next Thank You Mr. President cabinet meeting
6. Announce again that the Wall has been built and paid for already
re: #138 jeffreyw
Three days before the shortest day of the years is cutting that declaration a wee bit too close for comfort.
🤣
I’d feel the same way on Summer Solstice. :)
I see that folks expected that People On The Internet, faced with reality and an angry federal judge, would adjust their positions to reflect this-Earth facts.
It’s almost as if you haven’t met People On The Internet. They DOUBLE DOWN.— BigCrimeHat (@Popehat) December 18, 2018
Given a choice between facts and a lie, they prefer to believe the lie even harder.
re: #143 Sir John Barron
Ideas:
1. Call Mexico again.
2. Send fundraising letter to the MAGA fan club
3. Use money appropriated for Space Force.
4. Ask that evangelical who bought his wife the $200,000 car where he got all his money
5. Pass the hat around at the next Thank You Mr. President cabinet meeting
Freepers were offering to contribute to help pay for the wall. I wonder how many $50 contributions it might take to fund it.
It appears that Comey’s answer to lawmakers is different than what he told @NicolleDWallace about whether Flynn knew what agents were coming to ask him about. This, from that interview on Dec. 9: pic.twitter.com/jyjWaMIjJo
— Mike Memoli (@mikememoli) December 18, 2018
re: #133 gwangung
Well that “You sold your country out” doesn’t help, either….
Flynn did sell his country out; his behavior toward Russia was treasonous; but I object to applying the word “treason” to his illegal, immoral actions on behalf of Turkey. Turkey is still an ally of ours and treason should be reserved for assistance to enemies, such as Russia.
re: #148 Hecuba’s daughter
Flynn did sell his country out; his behavior toward Russia was treasonous; but I object to applying the word “treason” to his illegal, immoral actions on behalf of Turkey. Turkey is still an ally of ours and treason should be reserved for assistance to enemies, such as Russia.
True. I think the treason part refers to redacted information (but, boy, was that judge pissed…..)
re: #145 makeitstop
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Given a choice between facts and a lie, they prefer to believe the lie even harder.
The “law and order” folks are right now continuing to slag the FBI for not giving Flynn a mulligan on his lies.
re: #129 goddamnedfrank
Good, all transfers should go through an FFL, the private party transfer loophole is absolutely insane. The average person is in no position to do an adequate background check on potential buyers / transferees and can’t be trusted to reliably archive their transfer paperwork.
if EVERY transfer is not vetted to PROVE your rkba hasn’t LEGALLY and w/ due process been curtailed, then there is NO vetting system at all.
re: #142 jeffreyw
Not to mention - you take out a mortgage so you have a nice home to live in
and
You borrow to get an education because that pays dividends down the road
and
Not to fucking mention that when the government is borrowing, whether it’s a local bond issue for a water treatment plant or a treasury bill sale to pay for a Navy, it is borrowing from us - and paying us interest all the while it is paying us to build these things.
Not the mention, after all that we get to have those water treatment plants and a Navy and all the rest. All the trappings of a nice country to live in.
And of course, the fundamental “not to mention”:
If you or I (or Joe and Jane Citizen out there in The Heartland) have trouble meeting the monthly bills, WE can’t just log onto printupthefuckingmoney.com, and run off a few thou to keep the creditors at bay.
And the government can….
re: #152 Jay C
And of course, the fundamental “not to mention”:
If you or I (or Joe and Jane Citizen out there in The Heartland) have trouble meeting the monthly bills, WE can’t just log onto printupthefuckingmoney.com, and run off a few thou to keep the creditors at bay.
And the government can….
I mean, you can do that… but as I understand it, the government frowns on others printing money.
re: #148 Hecuba’s daughter
Flynn did sell his country out; his behavior toward Russia was treasonous; but I object to applying the word “treason” to his illegal, immoral actions on behalf of Turkey. Turkey is still an ally of ours and treason should be reserved for assistance to enemies, such as Russia.
Flynn was aiding the attempt to deliver Gulen to Erdogan, and these days Erdogan is in the mood to kill people he can’t satisfactorily imprison. The word ‘treason’ may not fit the crime, but the word that would fit wouldn’t be any better.
re: #153 KGxvi
I mean, you can do that… but as I understand it, the government frowns on others printing money.
Heh. I meant that “site” in # 152 as a joke,
However, if you have the actual password and security codes, please let me know: it will definitely be worth your while….
;)
re: #139 Backwoods_Sleuth
Sanders: We’re not asking American taxpayers…We are looking at existing funding through other agencies
ie - fuck the budget
Puppy slide!
The only thing you need to see today. pic.twitter.com/MvbYqIaMAk
— Complex (@Complex) December 18, 2018
Signs At Local Gas Station in Wallingford, Seattle pic.twitter.com/z9de64V8FP
— 41 Strange (@41Strange) December 18, 2018
re: #156 dangerman
ie - fuck the budget
Fuck the Vets.
Republican senators, including Sen. Mike Enzi of Wyoming who voted for tax cuts, objected to a bill that would extend Agent Orange benefits to US Navy Vietnam veterans on the basis it would increase deficit spending. https://t.co/0E8Bg0ZoNG
— VoteVets (@votevets) December 13, 2018
re: #154 wrenchwench
Flynn was aiding the attempt to deliver Gulen to Erdogan, and these days Erdogan is in the mood to kill people he can’t satisfactorily imprison. The word ‘treason’ may not fit the crime, but the word that would fit wouldn’t be any better.
The Trump family is an accessory after the fact in the Khashoggi murder; but I still wonder if they were involved in the actual crime itself, including providing information to the Saudis that would help them trap Jamal
re: #155 Jay C
Heh. I meant that “site” in # 152 as a joke,
However, if you have the actual password and security codes, please let me know: it will definitely be worth your while….
;)
I was making a counterfeiting joke, actually.
re: #156 dangerman
ie - fuck the budget
That’s what the GOP does when they’re in power. Budget deficits incurred on behalf of military weapons or tax cuts for the wealthy don’t matter — budget deficits for any other reason are dreadful and must be addressed by cutting benefits to everyone else.
re: #146 calochortus
Freepers were offering to contribute to help pay for the wall. I wonder how many $50 contributions it might take to fund it.
that depends on whether you believe the $5B bullshit number or the $25B more or less reality
plus there’s the time and money that’s gonna get eaten up in all the court cases
easily another $25B ;-)
re: #163 dangerman
that depends on whether you believe the $5B bullshit number or the $25B more or less reality
plus there’s the time and money that’s gonna get eaten up in all the court cases
easily another $25B ;-)
How much of the $25B is for the cost of purchasing the property for the wall?
re: #146 calochortus
Freepers were offering to contribute to help pay for the wall. I wonder how many $50 contributions it might take to fund it.
I’m waiting for churches to hold bake sales, bingos and set up 7-11 coin cans to finance building the wall.
Daniel Keller is a @Local12 viewer who went all-Charlie Brown with one of his trees iced by our storm of November 15th. Good Grief! 🎄 pic.twitter.com/8eY9nVVQwA
— Paul Poteet (@local12paul) December 18, 2018
re: #157 makeitstop
Puppy slide!
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Hahaha, so damn cute.
I really like the light brown pupper with the darker fur on the back making it look like a stripe.
re: #159 nines09
Fuck the Vets.
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from my post this morning “We know where the tax cuts went”
…trickle-down economics….it never works out like that…it’s clear that it didn’t work like that under Donald Trump, either.
…they promised prosperity now, and for everyone, and that most certainly did not—and will not—happen due to the tax cut.
…And even for the 50% of the country that owns stock, things are not so rosy. The Dow Jones index is down 12% from its high point in January.
but deficits fucking ‘matter’
The secret Mueller subpoena story is getting exciting!
The subpoena recipient isn’t a person.
It’s a company.
Owned by a foreign country.
And a judge just ruled in Mueller’s favor.
They’ll have to answer the subpoena.
Hmm… Saudi sovereign wealth fund? Russia’s VTB bank?— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) December 18, 2018
re: #162 Hecuba’s daughter
That’s what the GOP does when they’re in power. Budget deficits incurred on behalf of military weapons or tax cuts for the wealthy don’t matter — budget deficits for any other reason are dreadful and must be addressed by cutting benefits to everyone else.
its an extension of the only good taxes are those that go for things i want
This is deeply fucked up.
1) Take responsibility for what you said about immigrants on air. We did not say it
2) Stop equating it with politics. Slagging of immigrants should not be a political issue.
3) Equating our tweeting with protesters at his home is borderline defamation. https://t.co/VRcwtKYRhs— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) December 18, 2018
re: #169 Backwoods_Sleuth
The Hoarse Whisperer
@HoarseWisperer
The secret Mueller subpoena story is getting exciting!The subpoena recipient isn’t a person.
It’s a company.
Owned by a foreign country.
And a judge just ruled in Mueller’s favor.
They’ll have to answer the subpoena.
Hmm… Saudi sovereign wealth fund? Russia’s VTB bank?
103
4:32 PM - Dec 18, 2018
Deutsche bank?
VA left millions for suicide prevention unspent, report finds.
A Government Accountability Office study found that of $6.2 million set aside for suicide prevention media outreach in fiscal 2018, only $57,000 — less than 1 percent — was actually used.
https://t.co/yL1ckOwVyi— Red T Raccoon (@RedTRaccoon) December 18, 2018
the moron will take that money for the stupid wall
re: #168 dangerman
The fvckery never ends. And the very people they fvck? They sign on. Lock. Stock. Barrel.
Lifetime of this shit.
Never ends.
Stories.
I have stories.
Like cramps.
re: #164 Hecuba’s daughter
How much of the $25B is for the cost of purchasing the property for the wall?
with this lot, maybe they’ll just declare the value at zero and sieze seize it
then they quit the wall project, trump buys that long thin strip of land for a song (cause the market value was ‘proven’ to be zero, and leases it to the next admin
re: #128 jaunte
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I read this thing over and over and it still makes no sense.
re: #160 Hecuba’s daughter
The Trump family is an accessory after the fact in the Khashoggi murder; but I still wonder if they were involved in the actual crime itself, including providing information to the Saudis that would help them trap Jamal
Putin showed how easy it was to make sure the president of the U.S. wouldn’t care, and Putin is all for the murder of journalists; somehow Trump got journalists to get in a cage to cover his (ongoing) campaign for President. MBS just wanted to join the club, he had all the ingredients; journalist, in Turkey (land of imprisoned journalists), worked for U,S. paper, resided in U.S., and MBS went for it.
You’re Not Allowed To Knock Trump For Stormy Daniels If You Watch Porn https://t.co/Ly2O3Zzfg9
— The Federalist (@FDRLST) December 18, 2018
lolwut? Wingnuts say the darndest things! https://t.co/flEw1IhSCL
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 18, 2018
The Trump Foundation’s single largest gift — $264,631 — was allotted toward renovating a fountain outside the Plaza Hotel when Trump owned it.
Trump used foundation money to pay off legal obligations, promote his hotels, and purchase goodies for himself. https://t.co/GbLatHHp30— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 18, 2018
re: #178 Charles Johnson
But Donald Trump is not the first man to cheat on his wife with an onscreen prostitute this year. Presumably, thousands of men engage in adulterous behavior with pornographers and strippers every day.
Culturally we may not believe it, but each time a married man watches pornography, he commits an act of adultery. This by no means justifies President Trump’s behavior. He slept with another woman while his wife was home caring for their son, and he deserves every second of criticism from his affair with Daniels.
Isn’t this the old Jimmy Carter “I’ve sinned in my heart” bullshit?
I really couldn’t read past that line because my eyes rolled so far back in my head I could actually see my brain.
re: #179 BigPapa
I don’t watch porn. I watch erotic cinema.
I prefer to use Frank Zappa’s description—“Anthropological Field Experiment”
Ok, one more excerpt because, these people are so repressed that I’m not sure how they haven’t collapsed in upon themselves:
To be clear, I do not intend to argue that pornography objectifies women, robs them of their dignity, treats them like commodities, and pushes them further into the bottomless pit of depravity. It most certainly does all those things and more, but that is a topic for another time. Rather, I want to focus on the fact that as an industry, pornography has created an entire generation of unwitting adulterers.
Then again, I clicked on the author’s byline to see what else he’s written and, shockingly, he wrote against Ireland’s repeal of Amendment 8, and things like the persecution of Chic-fil-a in New York.
re: #180 Backwoods_Sleuth
The Trump Foundation’s single largest gift — $264,631 — was allotted toward renovating a fountain outside the Plaza Hotel when Trump owned it.
Trump used foundation money to pay off legal obligations, promote his hotels, and purchase goodies for himself.
mis-spending of any donations received from third parties - we’ll you knew who you were donating to
mis-spending of donations received from trump (and family) - ie donating to his own foundation (which is legal) were inevitably used as tax deductions on his individual tax return
taking a tax deduction for an expense that is not otherwise deductible….there’s a word for that… escapes me for the moment….
re: #186 KGxvi
Oh, something tells me this fool checks out Pornhub…for the statistical reports…
re: #178 Charles Johnson
Where does it say that in the Constitution?
— Tree Trunks (@efuseakay) December 18, 2018
re: #182 KGxvi
Isn’t this the old Jimmy Carter “I’ve sinned in my heart” bullshit?
I really couldn’t read past that line because my eyes rolled so far back in my head I could actually see my brain.
no this is moving the goal post
from the issue of the hush payments and their likely illegality
to a dumb rationalization that ‘everyone cheats’ so it’s no big deal (whatever ‘it’ is)
re: #182 KGxvi
Isn’t this the old Jimmy Carter “I’ve sinned in my heart” bullshit?
Swaggart, Jimmy Swaggart:
NEW: Remember that mystery grand jury subpoena case argued last week in the DC Circuit? A decision is out, and it’s public, sort of — it’s about a company (unnamed) owned by a country (unnamed). Court upheld the denial of a motion to quash the subpoena https://t.co/y091zXa6kU pic.twitter.com/5CzjpLY1cb
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) December 18, 2018
Looks like all the guesses were wrong - sealed litigation in the DC Circuit appears to be about Mueller’s grand jury, but it centers in a company owned by a foreign country that didn’t want to comply with a subpoena & I’m even more curious now! https://t.co/jwKg3DJzlI
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) December 18, 2018
“I’m not going to comment on whether it is a real thing or not a real thing,” Mnuchin said in a roundtable interview Tuesday at Bloomberg’s Washington office. “I’m saying for the moment we have other things we’re focused on.” https://t.co/lG1Cmqsxgy
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) December 18, 2018
Low-key funniest part of the midterms’ final stretch was POTUS making up a “10 percent tax cut” on the fly and then House Rs actually trying to draft one with zero guidance https://t.co/PNTl8rfLGJ
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) December 18, 2018
re: #191 Interesting Times
Swaggart, Jimmy Swaggart:
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I thought Carter had a line about that, too? In Playboy, of all place.
Hefner, creator of the Playboy empire, died Wednesday at 91. Perhaps the most famous one-liner from the many interviews in his magazine was uttered by Democratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter, who confessed during the run-up to the 1976 election, “I’ve looked on a lot of women with lust. I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times.”
Ok, I mixed up the quotes a bit, but same basic idea.
re: #191 Interesting Times
Swaggart, Jimmy Swaggart:
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Carter confessed to ‘lusting in his heart’ in a Playboy interview.
I’m so old, I remember when that was controversial.
re: #190 dangerman
no this is moving the goal post
from the issue of the hush payments and their likely illegality
to a dumb rationalization that ‘everyone cheats’ so it’s no big deal (whatever ‘it’ is)
For the record, I don’t really care that Trump had an affair with a pornstar, or with anyone else. What I care about is that he engaged in felony campaign finance violations and potential money laundering, in order to hide a story that, well, is exactly on brand for him.
UPDATE: NY AG says that @realDonaldTrump’s Fdn will have to sell off its 3 physical possessions, including a Tim Tebow-signed helmet, and 2 paintings of Trump himself.
Trump paid $42K for them, using foundation $.
Now says they’re worth $975 combined.https://t.co/eL3sirHwYS— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) December 18, 2018
Art futures plunge to new low.
re: #186 KGxvi
Ok, one more excerpt because, these people are so repressed that I’m not sure how they haven’t collapsed in upon themselves:
that as an industry, pornography has created an entire generation of unwitting adulterers.
Then again, I clicked on the author’s byline to see what else he’s written and, shockingly, he wrote against Ireland’s repeal of Amendment 8, and things like the persecution of Chic-fil-a in New York.
pretty sure you cant commit adultery through/with a tv, computer or movie screen
“President Donald J. Trump’s Commission on School Safety examined ways to make our schools safe for all students and teachers.” Read more: https://t.co/Sj3T2B3cKW pic.twitter.com/M0iiESm2fJ
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 18, 2018
GUNS! I bet MORE GUNS! is the solution…
This dude watches a LOT of porn. Guarans.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 18, 2018
re: #198 jaunte
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Art futures plunge to new low.
Those Puppy Jake people in the photo are friends of Sarah Palin and grifters in their own right. Puppy Jake is a scam charity.
re: #194 KGxvi
I thought Carter had a line about that, too? In Playboy, of all place.
Ok, I mixed up the quotes a bit, but same basic idea.
I hadn’t heard about that. I guess my mind automatically goes to conservative evangelicals when it comes to whacked-out concepts about sex/porn/etc.
re: #197 KGxvi
For the record, I don’t really care that Trump had an affair with a pornstar, or with anyone else. What I care about is that he engaged in felony campaign finance violations and potential money laundering, in order to hide a story that, well, is exactly on brand for him.
+1
This is the fabulous life of Facebook’s founder pic.twitter.com/dyKxM2yrNg
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) December 18, 2018
Yes, being responsible for the direct endangerment of democracy, the destruction of modern privacy, and the enablement of corporate and authoritarian propaganda certainly is a “fabulous life”
Stop enabling him https://t.co/cKIGTFZJC3— Hamilton Cook (@hamiltondefense) December 18, 2018
re: #201 Backwoods_Sleuth
GUNS! I bet MORE GUNS! is the solution…
Speaking of which - the school district in my town has voted to arm their security guards.
It’s sometimes hard to believe I live in a ‘liberal enclave.’
re: #198 jaunte
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Art futures plunge to new low.
So $42,000 worth of Trump Foundation “Art” is re-valuated at $975?
And I’m guessing that $900 of that is the Tim Tebow helmet…
(And that’s a generous estimate: for me, you couldn’t give away a Trump portrait….)
jeebus
Medic, patient killed when suspected drunk driver hits ambulance in Texas https://t.co/oCTBSifXwp
A 32-year-old and his 68-year-old patient died when the driver of a Ford F-250 drove into oncoming traffic and hit the ambulance head-on, police said. pic.twitter.com/PvRoe1Uaiu— Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) December 18, 2018
re: #173 Backwoods_Sleuth
.@DAVHQ’s National Commander, Dennis Nixon, releases official statement on the @DeptVetAffairs suicide prevention funding concerns. https://t.co/PwBkcGboZd
— DAV National HQ (@DAVHQ) December 18, 2018
Thread about the VA cutting back on suicide prevention outreach in 2017, 2018: “VA offers great mental health programs, but they are rendered useless in actually preventing suicide if veterans and family members don’t know they exist or are unable to access them.” https://t.co/QTxovoZHr5
— Nikki Wentling (@nikkiwentling) December 18, 2018
.@VVAmerica calls for a congressional hearing about the VA cutting back on suicide prevention outreach in 2017 and 2018 and says the VA “nearly completely abandoned” the mission. pic.twitter.com/PVoLohSj5o
— Nikki Wentling (@nikkiwentling) December 18, 2018
.@DrPhilRoe also out with a statement after the GAO found the VA didn’t use millions of dollars obligated for suicide prevention outreach. “Resources are available” pic.twitter.com/St0N2F8Ujw
— Nikki Wentling (@nikkiwentling) December 18, 2018
Since the government began sending more veterans to private care, here’s what has happened: longer waits for appointments and higher costs for taxpayers, according to a new analysis of VA claims data by ProPublica and @PolitiFact. https://t.co/FUMLXZOIDk pic.twitter.com/B9AzpTr5wo
— ProPublica (@ProPublica) December 18, 2018
New from ProPublica today: 24 percent of the $10 billion Congress allotted for the Veterans Choice Program was spent on overhead - double the amount of overhead as the private industry and 3x more than with Tricare https://t.co/tGBVSzwh45
— Nikki Wentling (@nikkiwentling) December 18, 2018
Even though the point of the Choice Program was to avoid 30-day waits in the VA, a convoluted process made it hard for veterans to see private doctors any faster.
Getting care through the Choice Program took longer than 30 days 41 percent of the time.https://t.co/3nH0hsjtb7 pic.twitter.com/6bxX0uwM3F— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) December 18, 2018
re: #208 Jay C
They might have to pay someone to remove them.
wow
A description of this boot in ‘Frozen Tombs of Siberia: the Pazyryk Burials of the Iron Age’ by Sergei Rudenko, University of California Press.
Thanks! to The Heathen Underground https://t.co/ndhwRqeIbN pic.twitter.com/Mq43kXiIan— Ticia Verveer (@ticiaverveer) December 6, 2018
Ah, the difference that a single letter makes in the wingnut universe.
American soldier released after years in Taliban custody after desertion suddenly becomes a treasonous bastard who killed American troops and denounced his country because…the president had a (D) next to his name.
By contrast, an American soldier freely admits he and his buddies engaged in the summary execution of a man whose only “crime” was being accused by a tribal chief of being a Taliban soldier who’d rat him out, becomes portrayed as an American hero who deserves an award…because the president* had an (R) next to his name.
re: #79 HappyWarrior
I just remember thinking they couldn’t do worse than her and then they actually nominated Trump. Not that his opponents in the GOP primary were prizes.
Based on the trajectory of exponential increase in both stupidity and evil from Nixon>Reagan>Bush>Palin>Trump, I can only conclude that the next GOP nominee for President will be the Zombie Apocalypse.
Wasn’t there an election 6 or 7 weeks ago? Did all those contests get decided? No? What’s left? Oh, ‘loser recounts’.
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A Republican who lost a closely watched U.S. House race in southern New Mexico says her campaign hasn’t ruled out “further legal action” to contest the results.
State Rep. Yvette Herrell announced on her campaign’s website last week that her team is examining copies of absentee ballots and other documents. She also says her team is looking over “various reports of inconsistencies” but declined to give details.
Democrat Xochitl Torres Small defeated Herrell last month after absentee ballots in the Hispanic Democratic stronghold Dona Ana County put her over the top. Herrell has refused to concede and her campaign has repeated claims of election irregularities without providing any evidence.
A state judge allowed Herrell’s campaign to inspect the absentee ballots.
That’s the whole story, so far. (Sorry, AP.)
re: #212 Backwoods_Sleuth
wow doesn’t even begin
I wonder if they saw this on HSN?
ha
Womp womp.
At least 13 companies have pulled advertisements from Tucker Carlson’s show on Fox News after he said mass immigration makes the U.S. “poorer and dirtier” https://t.co/s0bEfOyRH7
— Axios (@axios) December 18, 2018
re: #207 makeitstop
Speaking of which - the school district in my town has voted to arm their security guards.
It’s sometimes hard to believe I live in a ‘liberal enclave.’
Give the kids knives.
War on Christmas takes a furry turn…
And it starts again! 🐱🎄#Xmas pic.twitter.com/C2biHFe34y
— Rock & Tattoo Lady (@PenelopeRuzy) December 18, 2018
I bet McConnell let Trump know the GOP wasn’t going along with the Trump shutdown. Not even they could spin this after Trump bragged about being “proud to shut down the government” over his asinine fantasy wall.
Any minute Trump will be boasting about preventing a shutdown.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 18, 2018
Texas Trump voter now fears the president will seize her family’s land to build his border wall https://t.co/nivRNLaDQ3
— Raw Story (@RawStory) December 18, 2018
Womp womp.
re: #221 Charles Johnson
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They really haven’t yet. Why? Because Yertle decided to keep overplaying his hand by offering to agree to a deal that’s no longer on the table while also asking that Dems give Trump a $1B slush fund to do with as he pleases.
re: #187 dangerman
mis-spending of any donations received from third parties - we’ll you knew who you were donating to
mis-spending of donations received from trump (and family) - ie donating to his own foundation (which is legal) were inevitably used as tax deductions on his individual tax return
taking a tax deduction for an expense that is not otherwise deductible….there’s a word for that… escapes me for the moment….
He’s going to end doing a Capone with taxes too.
He’s fucked every which way. Mueller. Fed prosecutors. IRS.
And all he wanted to do was make even more money by running for President. It would be his biggest grift ever.
Hopefully what is going to happen is he will lose everything making it the biggest mistake of his mistake-filled life.
re: #222 DodgerFan1988
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Womp womp.
A lot of people who voted for leopards to eat people’s faces can’t believe the leopard is prepared to turn on them.
re: #191 Interesting Times
Swaggart, Jimmy Swaggart:
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I think Jimmy Carter said something about he has lusted in his life. Trying to remember…and not Google.
re: #220 Backwoods_Sleuth
Rocks. They’re supposed to get buckets of rocks.
Or the box of rocks Jim Hoft is as dumb as.
re: #195 makeitstop
Carter confessed to ‘lusting in his heart’ in a Playboy interview.
I’m so old, I remember when that was controversial.
Hey, I ‘member it right.
Luckily I still have a pretty strong memory. Hope to keep it for awhile!
Saturn’s rings make it one of the most striking planets in the solar system. But scientists warn they could disappear sooner than we thought https://t.co/1WtNOS50fL pic.twitter.com/oTCo51NIJ7
— CNN (@CNN) December 18, 2018
Possibly by tomorrow, I hear. https://t.co/CtxW3xB2wK
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 18, 2018
Oh wait, sorry, I meant possibly by 100 million years from now.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 18, 2018
re: #206 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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The reason they put those cute little calves in those plastic boxes (yes, it lives in that thing that it’s hind feet are in) is so they don’t move around too much, but they can have all the milk they want. They’re going to be veal.
re: #231 wrenchwench
The reason they put those cute little calves in those plastic boxes (yes, it lives in that thing that it’s hind feet are in) is so they don’t move around too much, but they can have all the milk they want. They’re going to be veal.
and it’s not real milk
re: #234 Eclectic Cyborg
Mayan or Aztec?
RIVER: If either of you use my name again, I will remove your organs in alphabetical order. Any questions?
DOCTOR: Which alphabet?
re: #217 makeitstop
Womp womp.
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When are the conservative talking heads going to learn that liberals have some damn power to ask companies that want their business to do the right thing.
Snowflakes? No…organized resistance to your hate. As it should be.
Dumbasses are getting the hard lessons they deserve. Fuck ‘em.
re: #227 ObserverArt
I think Jimmy Carter said something about he has lusted in his life. Trying to remember…and not Google.
Jimmy Carter said, in a Playboy interview*, that he had lusted in his heart after women not his wife, which based on some theology is a sin as bad as actually committing adultery.
Jimmy Swaggart lusted in person, then made a tearful confession (once he was caught) and plea for forgiveness.
Trump? His followers say he’s asked God for forgiveness. Ask them to prove it, and they say, “Can you prove he didn’t?”
*This tells you something interesting about the late 1970s - the degree to which Playboy had become mainstream, an upscale magazine for thinkers, and not just a girlie mag. Similarly Penthouse became mainstream to the extent that Bob Guccione also published ‘Omni’, an upscale science fiction magazine. Hustler had to kind of step into the role of sleazy whacking material, and Larry Flynt was glad to oblige.
At one point, a girl from my tiny hometown appeared in Hustler. There were a couple copies of that issue that circulated surreptitiously around the town. I think the town was strangely, and very quietly proud. True story.
RELIGION Evangelical Christian leader: ‘President Trump is a genetic marvel’
Richard D. Land is the president of the Southern Evangelical Seminary, so you can imagine that he sees evil in a lot of things: Planned Parenthood, gay marriage — but when it comes to the walking obscenity that is Donald Trump, he has nothing but praise.
During an appearance on the Focus Today program last week, Land lauded Trump’s stamina as president, despite reports that he has a “shrinking schedule” and only works just a few hours a day; this is of course in addition to his obsession with watching Fox News and posting rambling rants on Twitter.
re: #231 wrenchwench
The reason they put those cute little calves in those plastic boxes (yes, it lives in that thing that it’s hind feet are in) is so they don’t move around too much, but they can have all the milk they want. They’re going to be veal.
I gave up red meat almost 15 25 years ago — but I stopped eating veal years earlier because of the way calves were treated to produce veal.
—edited because I blanked out on year!
re: #128 jaunte
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The formula for successful rightwingnutjobbing
Every once in a while, the fact that the Wingnuts and the rest of the planet operate in completely different universes stands out in stark relief. This is one of those times. It was abundantly clear that the judge was about to throw the book at Flynn in a major way, even if you take out the comments re: Petraeus. There really is no other reasonable interpretation of his questions. If Judge Sullivan was, in fact, about to consider anything related to gov’t or prosecutorial misconduct, why would he care if Flynn wanted to stick by his plea? If there was a problem with the plea deal and the circumstances that led up to it, the judge would have had an obligation to immediately throw it out. Christ…why would his attorneys not actually argue the point? I can’t. My evens are out. Next shipment expected to arrive in November, 2020.
Winter at Preikestolen❄️ pic.twitter.com/kT3GG4AShI
— H M… (@gr8liga) December 11, 2018
Preikestolen (the Pulpit Rock), the most famous tourist attraction in Ryfylke [Norway], towers an impressive 604 metres over the Lysefjord.
re: #235 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
RIVER: If either of you use my name again, I will remove your organs in alphabetical order. Any questions?
DOCTOR: Which alphabet?
Loved that episode!
re: #207 makeitstop
Wasn’t there a security guard at Parkland who stayed outside while the students were gunned down? More guns is not the answer.
re: #244 ObserverArt
Speaking of memories…
Ari Melber is talking about Trump and his foundation and he played a bit of this video of Trump back in late September 2016.
Hey Big Don. Follow the money! FOOL.
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If you want to know what Trump is guilty of, just pay attention to what he accuses his opponents of doing. It’s so reliable I bet Mueller uses it to determine where to look next.
re: #241 Backwoods_Sleuth
Some of my ancestors lived next to Lysefjord, about two miles west of Preikestolen. Much of the land around the fjord is not good for habitation, but the town of Forsand is near the mouth.
re: #237 Blind Frog Belly White
Jimmy Carter said, in a Playboy interview*, that he had lusted in his heart after women not his wife, which based on some theology is a sin as bad as actually committing adultery.
Jimmy Swaggart lusted in person, then made a tearful confession (once he was caught) and plea for forgiveness.
Trump? His followers say he’s asked God for forgiveness. Ask them to prove it, and they say, “Can you prove he didn’t?”
*This tells you something interesting about the late 1970s - the degree to which Playboy had become mainstream, an upscale magazine for thinkers, and not just a girlie mag. Similarly Penthouse became mainstream to the extent that Bob Guccione also published ‘Omni’, an upscale science fiction magazine. Hustler had to kind of step into the roll of sleazy whacking material, and Larry Flynt was glad to oblige.
At one point, a girl from my tiny hometown appeared in Hustler. There were a couple copies of that issue that circulated surreptitiously around the town. I think the town was strangely, and very quietly proud. True story.
Heh, I knew a Columbus photographer that shot for Hustler. He was damn good at shooting local models and that got him connected to Flynt when he used to live in Columbus…next to the Columbus School for Girls.
True story!
re: #243 Patricia Kayden
Wasn’t there a security guard at Parkland who stayed outside while the students were gunned down? More guns is not the answer.
But, if you have say 4 armed security guards, and 1 chickens out, you still have 3 armed security guards
Silly Libtards
re: #225 Blind Frog Belly White
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(best Irish brogue)
Ya hav ta be close….
re: #250 Patricia Kayden
Trump has said a few times that he has never asked God for forgiveness so that’s how I know that he hasn’t repented of anything. Evangelicals are tools for falling for his act. cnn.com
They so fall for his act that they make shit up about him to make him look better than he is. When they say he’s a godly man, I gotta wonder what god they mean.
re: #245 Blind Frog Belly White
If you want to know what Trump is guilty of, just pay attention to what he accuses his opponents of doing. It’s so reliable I bet Mueller uses it to determine where to look next.
apparently he’s not clever enough to come up with something else
re: #237 Blind Frog Belly White
*This tells you something interesting about the late 1970s - the degree to which Playboy had become mainstream, an upscale magazine for thinkers, and not just a girlie mag. Similarly Penthouse became mainstream to the extent that Bob Guccione also published ‘Omni’, an upscale science fiction magazine. Hustler had to kind of step into the roll of sleazy whacking material, and Larry Flynt was glad to oblige.
I must have lived on the other side of that mainstream.
re: #241 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Yeah. Sure. I used to do running jumps across 8 foot alleyways 3-4 stories up.
I can’t step off a 20 foot ladder onto my own roof now.
They can’t tell me what happened. Sinus surgery? Inner ear? Punchy?
They’d be calling in the crash helicopter team. I’d have my fingers 2 inches into the ice.
The Shining by Illustrator Tomer Hanuka pic.twitter.com/Hk5A5xC4G2
— 41 Strange (@41Strange) December 18, 2018
re: #189 GlutenFreeJesus
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Can I still knock Trump for campaign finance violations and money laundering?
— aagcobb (@aagcobb) December 18, 2018
re: #256 NO SMOCKING GUN!
“You’re Not Allowed To Knock Trump For Stormy Daniels If You Watch Porn”
Horseshit. That’s the kind of argument The Church used for years to make everyone into a sinner, even those who didn’t commit any sin. And using that argument to place people who view porn on the same moral level as a guy who bangs a porn star while his wife is home with their newborn is the worst kind of excusing of Trump’s bad behavior.
re: #256 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Can I still knock Trump for … money laundering?
No, if you ever watched ‘Breaking Bad’ or ‘Ozark’, one assumes.
I got to meet Gilbert last year after a show, one of the nicest and most gentle guys you’d ever want to meet. See the documentary about him. Going to see him again in February. And…you must listen to his podcast. You will NEVER look at Danny Thomas the same way again…,
re: #256 NO SMOCKING GUN!
[Can I still knock Trump for campaign finance violations and money laundering?]
Not if you watch Maria Bartiromo.
re: #195 makeitstop
Carter confessed to ‘lusting in his heart’ in a Playboy interview.
I’m so old, I remember when that was controversial.
I remember reading the interview. I found it in my brother’s stash.
re: #148 Hecuba’s daughter
Flynn did sell his country out; his behavior toward Russia was treasonous; but I object to applying the word “treason” to his illegal, immoral actions on behalf of Turkey. Turkey is still an ally of ours and treason should be reserved for assistance to enemies, such as Russia.
It may not have been treason, but he would have sent Fethullah Gulen back to a certain prison term and likely death. And I’m no fan of Gulen; he’s got a cult of personality going and his followers have figured out that American states are stupidly throwing money at charter schools. But he shouldn’t be shipped off willy-nilly.
re: #241 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I was at Horseshoe Bend in Page AZ on the Colorado river - it made make me sick seeing people close to the edge. One girl was dangling her feet over the edge. Horseshoe Bend is 300 m above the river.
This place in Norway is double that. I’ll go but my kids are NOT going with me.
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