In today’s episode, we analyze just a few words from Donald Trump (a president (of a country (with people in it))) to easily come to the conclusion that he’s malicious, incompetent, a liar, and someone constantly thinking about getting away with crimes.
Interesting factoid. Even though the Democrats gained control of the House, the GOP still has the majority of congressmen in 26 states, because of their dominance in small states. This means that in the event that a 3rd party candidate actually won some states, preventing either major party candidate from getting to 270 electoral votes, the House would elect the GOP candidate President, even if he finished third in the popular vote.
re: #1 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Interesting factoid. Even though the Democrats gained control of the House, the GOP still has the majority of congressmen in 26 states, because of their dominance in small states. This means that in the event that a 3rd party candidate actually won some states, preventing either major party candidate from getting to 270 electoral votes, the House would elect the GOP candidate President, even if he finished third in the popular vote.
Gerrymandering is keeping the GOP alive.
re: #2 HappyWarrior
Gerrymandering is keeping the GOP alive.
That is going to change in NC, which now has a 6-1 Democratic majority on the state SC, so they are going to find gerrymandering violates the NC Constitution, and the federal courts can’t save the NC GOP.
No joke, let’s start calling the “marginal tax rate” the “$10 million+ tax rate” so Republicans & Howard Schultz have to stop pretending that they don’t know what it means
— Zack Bornstein (@ZackBornstein) January 29, 2019
NOOOOO DON’T LISTEN TUCKER, GET THE FLU SHOThttps://t.co/4FjjMoNX8t
— PerpHatWalk (@Popehat) January 30, 2019
re: #4 Patricia Kayden
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Really, the only hope Schultz has of becoming President is if Trump’s support melts down so completely that Schultz becomes the defacto GOP candidate, and the Democrats nominate Tulsi Gabbard. It ain’t happening.
Folks,,, this literally happens every day from January through Early March. Today is no different. https://t.co/YcDyYxZbvT
— Bob Ghengis Khan (@garyrockrose) January 30, 2019
From a member of the Jefferson County school board. ^JC https://t.co/QG1VJ9Ewz4
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) January 30, 2019
re: #1 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Interesting factoid. Even though the Democrats gained control of the House, the GOP still has the majority of congressmen in 26 states, because of their dominance in small states. This means that in the event that a 3rd party candidate actually won some states, preventing either major party candidate from getting to 270 electoral votes, the House would elect the GOP candidate President, even if he finished third in the popular vote.
My count is GOP 25, Democrats 24, one evenly divided (MI). PA is in the Democrats’ column only until the May special election to replace Tom Marino, when it will likely be evenly divided again. And it would be the House elected in 2020 that would decide the Electoral College in that scenario.
Five Houston police officers were shot in an ambush-style attack on Monday night.
“We didn’t elect people to pray for us.”
Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo slams US lawmakers (i.e. Republicans) for not doing more to stop gun violence. 👮🏾♂️👮🏻♀️pic.twitter.com/LFLVuT3oiQ— Greg Sarafan, Esq (@GSarafan) January 30, 2019
The best polar vortex map ever is from 2014 but relevant today. pic.twitter.com/Z3Veg2bdzl
— Matthew T. Hall (@SDuncovered) January 28, 2019
re: #9 Brian J.
My count is GOP 25, Democrats 24, one evenly divided (MI). PA is in the Democrats’ column only until the May special election to replace Tom Marino, when it will likely be evenly divided again. And it would be the House elected in 2020 that would decide the Electoral College in that scenario.
I don’t think so, because the new Congress doesn’t convene until January 3.
re: #12 Backwoods_Sleuth
It will be so cold I am pulling my zippo hand warmers out. I have both types. The ones that use lighter fluid that last (are supposed to at any rate) 12 hours and the electronic one that lasts 6 hours.
An unusually out-of-sight Trump week so far. His Monday schedule was lunch with Pence (he later made an unscheduled visit to Pence’s PAC event down the street). Today’s had nothing on it. Tomorrow’s has only the intelligence briefing.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 30, 2019
Did they tranq him?
— Madame Maai (@MadameMaai) January 30, 2019
It’s so cold here in the bay area, I can almost see my breath.
that’s fucked up https://t.co/H3xXOearyd
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 30, 2019
Kinda weird how Glenn Greenwald and Jill Stein both decide the best place to air their views is Tucker Carlson’s white supremacist show.
Pretty sure nobody watching them is changing their views.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 30, 2019
I’m reluctant to admit it, but I’ve watched two Marie Kondo episodes so far, and I have come to a conclusion about why the show is popular.
We like seeing people who are even more disorganized than we are, and have way more shit than we do. Their messes make us feel better.
First episode had a young couple with small children and two jobs, a house full of stuff, and no real “adulting” mechanisms in place to bring order to the house.
Second episode had a retired couple with collecting mania: he had a 40-year baseball card collection and she had Christmas decorations all over the house. Plus, she’s a girly girl and buys clothes obsessively.
Both households had way too much stuff. I mean, embarrassingly way too much stuff. Each family could have had a series of yard sales over a summer and still had too much stuff. Been there, done that.
Imagine if those people had saved their money instead of buying all that junk. How much cash would they be sitting on? It’s the danger of living in a consumer society. Buying stuff you’ll never use or need makes people feel good. Saving money is dull and boring, plus the potential reward is perhaps years in the future.
Marie K ought to team up with Suze Orman.
re: #17 Single-handed sailor
It’s so cold here in the bay area, I can almost see my breath.
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re: #22 William Lewis
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Just talked to a friend inland toward Sacramento: near 60. Friend near Dallas: near 60, to be near 80 in a few days.
Well, %$^&*(
Man I am really liking me some AOC
The Freedom Caucus Republican and his GOP colleagues told Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) that “members should get more than three days’ notice to attend questioning of witnesses by Democratic staff lawyers. Meadows said five days was better, particularly for lawmakers who live far from Washington,” Bloomberg reported.
Ocasio-Cortez said she doesn’t “believe we need five days” if members are correctly doing their jobs, prompting Meadows’ response.
“Mr. Chairman, I can tell you on all of this at this particular point, we’re all wanting to cooperate,” the North Carolina Republican said. “Sometimes our schedules, you know, we’re not just sitting around eating bonbons, waiting for the call of anybody.”
The headline-grabbing freshman Democrat then asked Chairman Cummings if Republicans offered the same extension to Democrats during the last session — to which he responded that they hadn’t.
“OK,” she said. “Thank you.”
Daughter and son tell me that schools are closed in their states (Iowa and Kentucky) and her workplace, a cellphone service provider, told the staff to stay home. She said that has never happened in the nearly 10 years she’s been there.
Also, Matt Bevin is an idiot.
re: #17 Single-handed sailor
It’s so cold here in the bay area, I can almost see my breath.
In Portlandia it is a brisk 45.. Just got done walking the dog in shorts and a light jacket. Hands are a bit cold but otherwise a lovely evening. (Ducks)…
re: #17 Single-handed sailor
62 here in the L.A. area. I think i need a sweater
16° F outside, pretty normal. Supposed to get down to -5° F tonight. Gonna be sunny and warm tomorrow, mid thirties.
re: #25 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
Daughter and son tell me that schools are closed in their states (Iowa and Kentucky) and her workplace, a cellphone service provider, told the staff to stay home. She said that has never happened in the nearly 10 years she’s been there.
Also, Matt Bevin is an idiot.
I bought my house 22 years ago and moved in on 1/24. I remember that the week after I bought the house, a polar vortex hit the Twin Cities and we had real temps near -40 for a couple of days. I worked in downtown Mpls. and parked in a lot about 5 blocks away from the office. I didn’t miss one day of work, and now I wonder how the fuck I did that. It’s in the -20’s here tonight and I know that I’m going to skip work tomorrow.
re: #24 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
Great story. Raw Story’s actual title sucks. Never mind. Misread.
Not a good endorsement pic.twitter.com/4hC2R5vWuk
— LvilleClinicEscorts (@LouClinicEscort) January 30, 2019
Laura Ingraham attacks undocumented immigrants for not showing “any sense of gratitude” https://t.co/TLAZETfFfX
— Media Matters (@mmfa) January 30, 2019
Christ…
re: #25 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
Daughter and son tell me that schools are closed in their states (Iowa and Kentucky) and her workplace, a cellphone service provider, told the staff to stay home. She said that has never happened in the nearly 10 years she’s been there.
Also, Matt Bevin is an idiot.
MrBWS is home for the week because Duke Energy told its contractors there would be no live/hot line tags this week due to the cold.
He doesn’t mind at all (even though it’s unpaid time off).
re: #31 stpaulbear
I bought my house 22 years ago and moved in on 1/24. I remember that the week after I bought the house, a polar vortex hit the Twin Cities and we had real temps near -40 for a couple of days. I worked in downtown Mpls. and parked in a lot about 5 blocks away from the office. I didn’t miss one day of work, and now I wonder how the fuck I did that. It’s in the -20’s here tonight and I know that I’m going to skip work tomorrow.
It’s amazing the things we could do when we were younger!
I was just reading a story on the website for the Palm Springs newspaper (the Desert Sun), about the horrible damage to Joshua Tree National Park.
What kind of mind and spirit is so diseased that you go to a place like that and intentionally do harm? How does that give you pleasure? It’s maddening.
re: #31 stpaulbear
I bought my house 22 years ago and moved in on 1/24. I remember that the week after I bought the house, a polar vortex hit the Twin Cities and we had real temps near -40 for a couple of days. I worked in downtown Mpls. and parked in a lot about 5 blocks away from the office. I didn’t miss one day of work, and now I wonder how the fuck I did that. It’s in the -20’s here tonight and I know that I’m going to skip work tomorrow.
I actually was planning on going to work today, but Mrs. Fish had a follow-up to get her stitches out and get a progress check on her healing. (Everything looks great, by the way.) I am planning on driving in to work tomorrow, as I work in an office complex with skyways connecting the buildings. With that said, I can certainly see a time in the not-too-distant future where I probably won’t bother doing so. Interestingly, the kids do have both today and tomorrow off from school, but the company did not send any official indication that we were encouraged to stay home.
re: #24 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
Someone in the replies: “Honey badger don’t give a fuck.” Honey badger is AOC’s daemon.
re: #25 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
Daughter and son tell me that schools are closed in their states (Iowa and Kentucky) and her workplace, a cellphone service provider, told the staff to stay home. She said that has never happened in the nearly 10 years she’s been there.
Also, Matt Bevin is an idiot.
You should end every post that way.
re: #42 Mattand
You should end every post that way.
“And for the rest, I hold that Carthage must be destroyed.”
So, you know that massive iPhone FaceTime bug that lets you hear the audio and see live video of the person you are calling, even if they don’t answer the call?
Good thing no one in the White House uses an unsecured iPhone or anything.
oh. oh wait… pic.twitter.com/if1LdXarxV— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) January 30, 2019
re: #7 Backwoods_Sleuth
Philly Pretzel can back me up on this: SEPTA in Philly does this for their regional rail system as well.
See how you are?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 30, 2019
re: #45 Mattand
I am not surprised if they do it. I usually take the Market-Frankford line.
When a tweet is a mirror. https://t.co/ug1nEaBnvB
— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) January 30, 2019
Every dot represents a firearm stolen from an unlocked vehicle so far in 2019. Some dots represent more than one gun. We ask you to help us prevent crime in our city.
⭐️Remove guns from vehicles
⭐️Remove anything of value from your vehicle
⭐️Lock doors#9PMRoutine #BeepBeep pic.twitter.com/kynY3renrV— Jax Sheriff’s Office (@JSOPIO) January 30, 2019
re: #39 Scout
I was just reading a story on the website for the Palm Springs newspaper (the Desert Sun), about the horrible damage to Joshua Tree National Park.
What kind of mind and spirit is so diseased that you go to a place like that and intentionally do harm? How does that give you pleasure? It’s maddening.
Did you catch my reply about embedded tweets not showing up properly?
littlegreenfootballs.com[VIDEO]/comments/#cc12137725
I can only speak to Firefox….
FBI Finds No Motive In Las Vegas Shooting, Closes Investigation https://t.co/XURPClx00P
— NPR (@NPR) January 30, 2019
Shooter was a psychopath who just wanted to prove to the world that he could pull off such a heinous act, and he was losing his fortune in high stakes gambling which made him suicidal. That’s my theory.
re: #48 Backwoods_Sleuth
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You are literally a moron. But I get it you’re jealous because people value Stacey’s opinion and even Trump won’t listen to your sorry ass.
MY Prez loves Walls soo much. He loves Walls more than any One. He is gonna bild “the Wall’’ and its gonna be big (really big) and it will be a big Wall and that’s that. After ‘the Wall” is bilt, He will build “the Roof’’ over OUR great Country. Amen. #maga 🦅 pic.twitter.com/QLf5reJaqz
— Vic Berger IV (@VicBergerIV) January 30, 2019
Dear @HowardSchultz: You have the right to run for President just like any other billionaire. But you and your consultants should spare us the condescension. Democrats don’t need to be saved. We are doing just fine. We crushed it in 2018 and we will win again in 2020. https://t.co/byyGlB5RHw
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) January 30, 2019
re: #49 Kilroy was here
Made me laugh
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That’s especially good because as near as I can tell, that was a Puerto Rican accent Mandy Patinkin was imitating.
re: #51 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Did you catch my reply about embedded tweets not showing up properly?
littlegreenfootballs.com[VIDEO]/comments/#cc12137725
I can only speak to Firefox….
Yes I did — thank you very much for taking the trouble.
Unfortunately, it didn’t work. My Firefox doesn’t have a little shield. I’m at work now so I can’t take a screenshot, but I believe it just has the words “not secure” or something like that.
But regardless, thanks again. I truly appreciate it.
Chicago PD has now confirmed to CBS:
Jussie Smollett told them his attackers beat him, put a rope around his neck, poured a chemical substance on him, yelled racist and homophobic slurs, and told him it’s a “#MAGA country.”https://t.co/rB3x4UvlHL pic.twitter.com/rFSbWU6WGV— Ali A. Rizvi (@aliamjadrizvi) January 30, 2019
re: #51 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Did you catch my reply about embedded tweets not showing up properly?
littlegreenfootballs.com[VIDEO]/comments/#cc12137725
I can only speak to Firefox….
Well, copying the address obviously didn’t work (?). Here it is:
On Firefox at least, you will see a little shield icon in the left of the address bar. Click on that and disable something called “tracking control”. Took me a while to figure this out….
Should say “Tracking Protection”.
People forget sometimes.
I keep seeing people talking about Roger Stone’s Nixon back tattoo but what about his Nixon bongs pic.twitter.com/PVwkn43oOk
— Courtney Hagle (@CourtneyHagle) January 25, 2019
Washington County superintendent https://t.co/wMUfwWh2pX
— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) January 30, 2019
re: #52 teleskiguy
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Shooter was a psychopath who just wanted to prove to the world that he could pull off such a heinous act, and he was losing his fortune in high stakes gambling which made him suicidal. That’s my theory.
My theory is FOX News.
re: #59 Backwoods_Sleuth
This is what I suspected from the beginning. Fuck these people.
re: #43 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
“And for the rest, I hold that Carthage must be destroyed.”
GOP delenda est.
re: #14 NO SMOCKING GUN!
I don’t think so, because the new Congress doesn’t convene until January 3.
Yeah, the House is supposed to vote immediately. But they still need a majority of states. There’s also an oversight in that while DC gets electoral votes, it doesn’t get a vote for president in the House (or Vice President in the Senate) in the event no one gets to 270 electoral votes.
Also, the House is limited to choosing from the top three finishers in the electoral college.
I wish there were better words to describe the things our governor says than “dumb and mean”. But there aren’t… https://t.co/NvbEiVyO3P
— Adam Edelen (@adamhedelen) January 29, 2019
A short list of things softer than Kentucky’s kids:
👉🏼Blocking people on Twitter
👉🏼Hiding your tax returns
👉🏼Scoring political points by jeopardizing the medical care of Kentucky’s poorest people
👉🏼Whining about the press
👉🏼Matt Bevin’s approval rating— Ben Carter (@notbencarter) January 29, 2019
On @840WHAS, @terrymeiners, Matt Bevin calls KY kids “soft” b/c schools are canceling classes tomorrow due to bitter cold. Easy for a guy to say who went to the @gouldacademy -a $60k/yr prep school. I’m with KY’s kids! #WeAreKY https://t.co/4X3VPVKOTh
— Robert Goforth (@goforthforky) January 29, 2019
this isn’t really working out to Bevin’s advantage.
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
Random snapshot of just some of the bad craziness being pumped out there by @gatewaypundit tonight. pic.twitter.com/uGk4vECMdS
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 30, 2019
re: #64 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
My theory is FOX News.
The NPR article mentions this:
In the end, the FBI determined the 64-year-old shooter, who rained a hail of bullets from a window of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino into an unsuspecting crowd below, was not driven by a religious, social or political agenda, nor did he have an accomplice to help him carry out his deranged mission. Just as the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department determined in August, the FBI agreed that Paddock acted alone.
I don’t think it was Fox News. His terror gun massacre was done for much simpler more mundane reasons, which makes it even sadder for those that survived.
re: #58 Scout
Yes I did — thank you very much for taking the trouble.
Unfortunately, it didn’t work. My Firefox doesn’t have a little shield. I’m at work now so I can’t take a screenshot, but I believe it just has the words “not secure” or something like that.
But regardless, thanks again. I truly appreciate it.
Oh well. Sorry it didn’t work. Wrenchwench and I had better luck. Come to think of it though, it’s decided to do that again for a day once or twice since then, and then either twitter changed or Charles fixed something…so keep checking!
re: #5 Backwoods_Sleuth
How does one end up on TV when the only facial expression you’ve got is that of a dog being shown a card trick?
— Micah (@crockpotsundays) January 30, 2019
re: #63 Backwoods_Sleuth
A long time ago, I saw a short film called “Poppin’ Death”. Someone put a Pillsbury dough product in the oven and in a little while Poppin’ Fresh appeared at the door window and started hollering for someone to let him out. You couldn’t hear him, only the sound of the gas oven. He eventually turns golden brown and dies. It was very sad/funny, and I still remember it 40 years later.
re: #67 KGxvi
Also, another interesting footnote, the Senate would be limited to the top two finishers in the VP electoral college vote. So, if Trump and Pence finished third in the electoral college, while, the House could elect Trump, the Senate could not elect Pence.
BEE HOLE UPDATE https://t.co/jQSbQl3k2c
— Rosemary Mosco (@RosemaryMosco) January 30, 2019
Ah. My local classical music station is playing the Faure Requiem. It is possibly the most beautiful and gentle Requiem ever written.
So Steve Schmidt is back to being a political mercenary.
He is totally devoid of soul when money is at stake.
Have asshole, will travel.
Just a few days after saying the govt shutdown wasn’t affecting Kentuckians, Millionaire Matt Bevin shows how out of touch he is again. He doesn’t realize how many children would be waiting in sub/near zero temperatures for the bus in the morning because he won’t experience it. https://t.co/Ok3CLDqr6z
— Kentucky Democrats (@KyDems) January 29, 2019
re: #81 ObserverArt
So Steve Schmidt is back to being a political mercenary.
He is totally devoid of soul when money is at stake.
Have asshole, will travel.
I’ve never trusted any of these #NeverTrump Republican assholes. They secretly love Fuckface Von Clownstick’s substance (Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, stacking the judiciary with Federalist Society kooks for a generation) but absolutely detest his style. Hypocrisy of the highest order.
re: #83 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I’m old enough to remember when Jimmy Carter was literally, with malice aforethought, murdering children for keeping Daylight Savings Time running all year, because it was darker longer when kids were going to school. But freezing to death? Meh!
re: #72 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Oh well. Sorry it didn’t work. Wrenchwench and I had better luck. Come to think of it though, it’s decided to do that again for a day once or twice since then, and then either twitter changed or Charles fixed something…so keep checking!
For me it’s completely random. For instance, when I got home from work last night, it was fine and I could see all the tweets. Same thing this morning before I left for work. Tonight? Who knows?
But again, I’m sincerely grateful for the help.
It was posted somewhere in the sub-sub basement, still, a brilliant minute of Mike Pence from The Daily Show.
When you notice that Mike Pence always. talks. like. this. 🔊 pic.twitter.com/K610milDKD
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) January 25, 2019
re: #83 Backwoods_Sleuth
Kentucky Democrats
✔
@KyDems
Just a few days after saying the govt shutdown wasn’t affecting Kentuckians, Millionaire Matt Bevin shows how out of touch he is again. He doesn’t realize how many children would be waiting in sub/near zero temperatures for the bus in the morning because he won’t experience it.
When Bevin was a child, he had to be chauffeured 10 miles to school - in the snow - uphill - both ways!
re: #84 teleskiguy
I’ve never trusted any of these #Never Trump Republican assholes. They secretly love Fuckface Von Clownstick’s substance (Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, stacking the judiciary with Federalist Society kooks for a generation) but absolutely detest his style. Hypocrisy of the highest order.
Max Boot seems to have completely rethought his world view. Rick Wilson, I think the jury is still out on (he’s definitely still a conservative, but he seems willing to give up on issues).
Again, I keep coming back to the question of who is Schultz’s base? And unless it’s disaffected Republicans, it doesn’t quite make any sort of sense.
re: #89 KGxvi
Again, I keep coming back to the question of who is Schultz’s base?
Damn good question. Is it the “corporatists” from both sides of the aisle? Is it a bipartisan coalition of “burn the government down” crazies? I’m truly and utterly vexed.
This is an “easier” section of The Streif.
Even in the easier section, the #Streif @hahnenkammrennen is challenging. #madeforspeed #hahnenkammrennen #watereddown #bulletproof @fisalpine #weareskiing #ridethemlikeyoustolethem
re: #68 plansbandc
An interesting piece of musical history…
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I think that particular drum break gets used on YouTube videos, commercials and TV shows, too. It’s either the original recording or someone recreating it. I’ve heard it over and over again, not realizing it’s a sample.
re: #91 teleskiguy
This is an “easier” section of The Streif.
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They watered it down? Holee sheet! of ice
re: #90 teleskiguy
Damn good question. Is it the “corporatists” from both sides of the aisle? Is it a bipartisan coalition of “burn the government down” crazies? I’m truly and utterly vexed.
It’s a complete misreading of the Democratic Party at the moment. This isn’t 1992 when the party had lost three straight elections and five of six; and wasn’t sure what it was. And the electorate of 2020 is wholly different from the 90s… hell, it’s completely different from 2004.
At this point, a third party challenger would be better suited to chase disaffected Republican voters. It only makes sense if you think you can not only get more votes than Trump in deep red states, while also holding off the Democrat - and that doesn’t even get to the element of likely losing swing states by big margins (and creating even more swing states - like allowing a Democrat to win Missouri with 45%).
Really, unless you think you can get to 35% in a three way race, you have no business being in.
re: #24 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
Wow. AOC is the bomb!!
re: #97 Patricia Kayden
Wow. AOC is the bomb!!
Shame the bomb always chooses to detonate against Democrats.
re: #91 teleskiguy
This is an “easier” section of The Streif.
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Holy shit…do they make 210cm ice skates for that section?
re: #81 ObserverArt
So Steve Schmidt is back to being a political mercenary.
He is totally devoid of soul when money is at stake.
Have asshole, will travel.
That’s why he and Nicole are still suspicious to me. They were willing to have Americans elect fricking Sarah Palin as VP to a man who was not in the best of health.
re: #98 Brian J.
Shame the bomb always chooses to detonate against Democrats.
Did you think about what you posted or just said ‘fuckit!’…because you’re getting ratio’d stupid.
re: #95 teleskiguy
Wow. Kudos to the people who can make that run and not wipe out.
re: #94 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
They watered it down? Holee sheet! of ice
They water the downhill course at Beaver Creek for their annual early season World Cup Race. I’ve watched the process up close. They use the snowmaking hoses, so it’s basically firehosing the whole surface of the race course. Funny thing is that layer of ice never goes away all winter. It can snow two feet in 36 hours and you ski the downhill course at Beaver Creek and on the couple of really steep pitches the fresh snow just slides down into the trees below. Always a fun run to watch tourists flail. Also where this picture of me was taken a few years ago*.
*technically not a photograph, it’s a screen grab from this YouTube video.
re: #85 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
I’m old enough to remember when Jimmy Carter was literally, with malice aforethought, murdering children for keeping Daylight Savings Time running all year, because it was darker longer when kids were going to school. But freezing to death? Meh!
I have no memory of President Carter extending DST all year at any time between 1977 and 1980. In January 1974, as a result of the 1973 Energy Crisis, Nixon extended DST starting on January 6. In 1974, DST ran from January 6 to October 27. Standard time resumed on October 27, 1974. In 1975, DST started on February 23rd and ended on October 26th. I was in second and third grades at the time and do remember Mom being perturbed at the change and my second grade school altering its hours so our day would begin and end an hour later.
During the Carter years, DST ran from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October.
re: #99 coin operated
Holy shit…do they make 210cm ice skates for that section?
Very close! These days the average length of World Cup downhill skis is 218 cm.
I’m guessing someone is a member of the cult
In a world ruled by polarization, it is not surprise Tulsi has been attacked left and right. I don’t blame her campaign manager, running campaigns is her livelihood. But those who support Tulsi don’t have such fears. This is not our job, we do it for love. #Tulsi2020
— Alan Myron (@AlanMyron) January 30, 2019
re: #107 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
I’m guessing someone is a member of the cult
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Uh huh. It can’t be because Tulsi has no clue what she’s doing.
re: #107 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Hillary Clinton managed to win the popular vote by 3M being attacked by both the left and the right.
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) January 30, 2019
re: #113 TedStriker
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You know what’s funny to me is all the accusations at AOC attacking Democrats. She supported Pelosi. It was so called moderates that tried to undercut her speakership.
Well, at least it’s not Captain Trips
Disney World restaurant worker tests positive for hepatitis A https://t.co/m2mcRQD2Pj pic.twitter.com/dNbdBiKsLy
— New York Post (@nypost) January 30, 2019
The government could seek a review of the case from the U.S. Supreme Court. The VA press secretary said today the department is reviewing the decision and “will determine an appropriate response.”
— Nikki Wentling (@nikkiwentling) January 29, 2019
Didn’t see this mentioned here but Ted Lieu endorsed Harris.
re: #96 KGxvi
Really, unless you think you can get to 35% in a three way race, you have no business being in.
Only time in my life that ever happened, and even then it wasn’t that close.
re: #107 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
I’m guessing someone is a member of the cult
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Oh with those low numbers of followers and likes, it’s yet another Russian Troll…
re: #105 A Three Hour Tour
I have no memory of President Carter extending DST all year at any time between 1977 and 1980. In January 1974, as a result of the 1973 Energy Crisis, Nixon extended DST starting on January 6. In 1974, DST ran from January 6 to October 27. Standard time resumed on October 27, 1974. In 1975, DST started on February 23rd and ended on October 26th. I was in second and third grades at the time and do remember Mom being perturbed at the change and my second grade school altering its hours so our day would begin and end an hour later.
During the Carter years, DST ran from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October.
Really? I sure seem to remember it. Maybe he only proposed it. I sure do remember the chorus of vituperation on the subject. They don’t call him history’s greatest monster for nothing!
re: #118 HappyWarrior
Didn’t see this mentioned here but Ted Lieu endorsed Harris.
Was just telling the 16 year-old….who will vote in 2020…that it’s good to have this many people so early. Gives us time to pick the best person. He has some reservations about Senator Harris, I told him to do his homework, no vetting by tweet. He’s on it.
re: #119 teleskiguy
Only time in my life that ever happened, and even then it wasn’t that close.
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Perot actually led in some polls before he dropped out. But again, the electorate and the parties were so different at that point, it’s not really an apt comparison.
But really, if you’re going to build a third party movement in this country, it has to be ground up not top down. Win seats in state legislatures, or in the House, then win state wide elections, then eventually run presidential campaigns.
re: #105 A Three Hour Tour
I have no memory of President Carter extending DST all year at any time between 1977 and 1980. In January 1974, as a result of the 1973 Energy Crisis, Nixon extended DST starting on January 6. In 1974, DST ran from January 6 to October 27. Standard time resumed on October 27, 1974. In 1975, DST started on February 23rd and ended on October 26th. I was in second and third grades at the time and do remember Mom being perturbed at the change and my second grade school altering its hours so our day would begin and end an hour later.
During the Carter years, DST ran from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October.
When I started my senior year in high school (September 1972) Pennsylvania ordered all schools to start an hour earlier so instead of starting at 8AM school started at 7AM and I remember lots of sleepy kids yawning in the morning classes.
re: #123 KGxvi
But really, if you’re going to build a third party movement in this country, it has to be ground up not top down. Win seats in state legislatures, or in the House, then win state wide elections, then eventually run presidential campaigns.
It may be cliché, I still abide by the adage ‘Think Global Act Local.’ The first step in politics is to talk with people face to face, and work from there. Total agreement, my friend!
re: #123 KGxvi
Perot actually led in some polls before he dropped out. But again, the electorate and the parties were so different at that point, it’s not really an apt comparison.
But really, if you’re going to build a third party movement in this country, it has to be ground up not top down. Win seats in state legislatures, or in the House, then win state wide elections, then eventually run presidential campaigns.
JFC, yes!
The whole spirit of most third party advocates is grassroots power. Yet, far too many of them uses a top down strategy, which is the polar opposite of what they want. The contradiction between strategy and tactics just escapes most of them.
I had no idea who Howard Schultz was three days ago and now I hate his guts. That’s pretty impressive efficiency.
— Chris Jackson (@ChrisCJackson) January 29, 2019
Ayep.
This goddamned wanker just decided to resurrect a dead convo so he could spew eight tweets in the language of freshman-who-took-a-philosophy-class at me about why of people wearing MAGA hats right now shouldn’t be judged as racists because we don’t have the historical distance to separate the intrinsic racism from the immediate debate within the body politic and OH MY GOD JUST MAKE IT FUCKING STOP!
This is simplistic argumentum ad populum. By definition large populist white nationalist movements are never seen as universally objectionable in the moment. If they were then they wouldn’t ever have gained so many members. History says MAGA is more like these movements than not.
— Franklygoddamn (@goddamnedfrank) January 28, 2019
Here’s the problem: White people who disagree with Trump will still desperately try to see Trump supporters as somehow distinct from the racism at the core of MAGA culture because whiteness distilled is the fundamental monopoly of fully being an individual.
— Franklygoddamn (@goddamnedfrank) January 28, 2019
To see the MAGA hat as a unitary symbol that instantly informs about the wearer is akin to saying that a Soviet flag 1917-1991 meant the wearer was actively dedicated the violent overthrow of the American government on behalf of Moscow.
— Bryan Quinn (@BryanQuinn1981) January 30, 2019
But also wearing those hats are a lot of people with views, fears, and opinions that ARE in active debate in the body politic. While I am not in agreement with their solutions for those questions, they ARE in political debate.
— Bryan Quinn (@BryanQuinn1981) January 30, 2019
5,10 years after Trump is out of office, wearing a MAGA hat will take on different meanings than now because it won’t be the slogan of an active elected official and any MAGA group that continues will different than today’s.
— Bryan Quinn (@BryanQuinn1981) January 30, 2019
THAT is the thinking that is being repeated here. I cannot recommend LISTENING to the segment highly enough. I have NO sympathy for any underlying or unspoken racism in MAGA hats, only cautioning against our own “red scare” in Resist shirts.
— Bryan Quinn (@BryanQuinn1981) January 30, 2019
@SkypperVDH de retour à la maison.
Venez nombreux pour l’accueillir le mardi 29 janvier !!!
Horaires :
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Golden Globe Race, Day 211: Van Den Heede - Last 100 miles to finish - #GGR2018 https://t.co/qTbwG1UumU pic.twitter.com/q4Dh5jvOSi
https://t.co/F6MRy6JUfq Jean-Luc Van Den Heede wins Golden Globe Race after 211 days at sea pic.twitter.com/VvXOSAJ1Iw
— Yachting World (@yachtingworld) January 29, 2019
Golden Globe Race 2018
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