Seth takes a closer look at President Trump’s 2019 State of the Union address in which he attacked the investigations of his presidency and repeated his demand for a border wall.
Detroit is also a border city, but where would Canada put their Wall? #TheResistance #Resist #SOTU https://t.co/pbV6UvaonX
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) February 6, 2019
Speaking of blackface, a take I have which may not be popular is that its problematic that Warren listed herself as “American Indian” on her Bar registration card in 1986, in that I suspect Native Americans will find her attempt to claim that identity for herself to be offensive.
re: #3 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Speaking of blackface, a take I have which may not be popular is that its problematic that Warren listed herself as “American Indian” on her Bar registration card in 1986, in that I suspect Native Americans will find her attempt to claim that identity for herself to be offensive.
Yeah that’s going to be a problem imo. Believing the family stories that turned out being true is one thing. But this is different. It won’t justify the right’s reaction to it but it’s worthy of criticism imo.
Regarding the Northam mess, it seems that the media is mostly focusing on the blackface. I thought the guy in the Klan costume was the worst aspect of that photo. Am I missing something here?
re: #5 EPR-radar
Regarding the Northam mess, it seems that the media is mostly focusing on the blackface. I thought the guy in the Klan costume was the worst aspect of that photo. Am I missing something here?
Yeah I’m stumped by that too.
President Trump on @RepAdamSchiff: “He’s just a political hack who’s trying to build a name for himself.” pic.twitter.com/dhrWFkYtcZ
— CSPAN (@cspan) February 6, 2019
re: #5 EPR-radar
Regarding the Northam mess, it seems that the media is mostly focusing on the blackface. I thought the guy in the Klan costume was the worst aspect of that photo. Am I missing something here?
I think they’re focused on the blackface because that is apparently Northam in the blackface. If it was him in the Klan sheets, they’d probably be more focused on that.
I mean, if you’re willing to walk around in blackface for a Halloween party, it’s not like it’s much of a stretch that you’ll be cool with a dude wearing a Klan robe.
re: #5 EPR-radar
Regarding the Northam mess, it seems that the media is mostly focusing on the blackface. I thought the guy in the Klan costume was the worst aspect of that photo. Am I missing something here?
The guy in the Klan costume isn’t Northam.
re: #9 Belafon
The guy in the Klan costume isn’t Northam.
Has it been confirmed one way or the other?
re: #8 KGxvi
I think they’re focused on the blackface because that is apparently Northam in the blackface. If it was him in the Klan sheets, they’d probably be more focused on that.
I mean, if you’re willing to walk around in blackface for a Halloween party, it’s not like it’s much of a stretch that you’ll be cool with a dude wearing a Klan robe.
I suspect this is correct.
re: #7 Backwoods_Sleuth
Such unity very dignity.
Didn’t know this about Schiff but he prosecuted a FBI man suspected of giving info to the Soviets.
Uhh; okay I guess…
Today’s mailed in complaint on AP coverage took an unexpected turn… pic.twitter.com/2xmKT0etoJ
— Jeffrey Collins (@JSCollinsAP) February 6, 2019
re: #7 Backwoods_Sleuth
There was a lot of psuedo-freaking out on MSNBC last night about the whole “peace and legislation” or “war and investigation” bit, but my first thought was about history repeating itself as farce, and was comforted knowing that this is Stupid Watergate:
It didn’t work out well for Nixon, and he was smart/competent. So, I’m guessing it’s not going to work out well for Trump.
re: #7 Backwoods_Sleuth
Maybe if you hadn’t colluded with Russia and Wikileaks he’d have less of a name to make.
re: #14 jaunte
“I’ve never heard of him.”
Fucking liar.
He has heard of him A) & he should know the names of the committee chairs B)
What makes anyone think the anti-choice fanatics have ever been interested in understanding anything? https://t.co/glONhVXYyL
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 6, 2019
re: #17 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
In fact that AP article made a point of not calling Trump a racist and merely referring instead to the nature of his statements about nonwhites.
RWNJs are so stupid, part 1,000,001.
re: #18 KGxvi
There was a lot of psuedo-freaking out on MSNBC last night about the whole “peace and legislation” or “war and investigation” bit, but my first thought was about history repeating itself as farce, and was comforted knowing that this is Stupid Watergate:
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It didn’t work out well for Nixon, and he was smart/competent. So, I’m guessing it’s not going to work out well for Trump.
Nixon was smarter than Trump but Trump has more people willing to shill to save his ass.
The president did not give a bipartisan speech.
He lied for an hour and there aren’t enough people saying this straight up.
He lied about abortion.
He lied about the border.
He lied trade.
He lied about HIV.
He lied about human trafficking.
He lied about the economy.— Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) February 6, 2019
Economist from crooked Bear Stearns for just worked for Steve Mnuchin and speaks fluent Russian? YOU DON’T SAY! https://t.co/8Rx1ynoyl9
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) February 6, 2019
re: #23 EPR-radar
In fact that AP article made a point of not calling Trump a racist and merely referring instead to the nature of his statements about nonwhites.
RWNJs are so stupid, part 1,000,001.
Nah. This guy just had actual reading comprehension skills and understood the context. The AP didn’t have to call Trump a racist, they just had to point out that he has a history of doing racist shit.
The fact that this guy took the No True Scotsman Racist Edition defense is a bold strategy…
BREAKING: The Milwaukee Medical Examiner’s Office confirms the death of a Milwaukee police officer who was shot while serving a warrant on the city’s south side. https://t.co/5ev1A4T51Y
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 6, 2019
I think it was pretty legitimate to point that out because Trump loves belittling black women’s intelligence.
re: #24 HappyWarrior
Nixon was smarter than Trump but Trump has more people willing to shill to save his ass.
I wonder how much of that is the difference between being a first term president vs a second term president.
Nixon was never running for office again after 1972. But Congressional GOPers are faced with a situation where they know they’re going to have to face re-election at the same time as Trump in 2020.
February is “Blackface History Month”
I think we need some perspective. Dressing up in blackface one time does not make you an irredeemable racist… I am 100% liberal… and I think we need some perspective… Lots of people we like, respect, trust and support have flourishing careers… and rightly so. Just saying. pic.twitter.com/sM1L3PnSQB
— BE LESS STUPID (@hotchkiss_jon) February 6, 2019
Tfw when you’re the RNC and you have a whole rapid-response meeting to try to come up with a process hook to create a second-day Warren story and this is the best anybody comes up with.https://t.co/4A5uEtOTfh
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) February 6, 2019
re: #30 KGxvi
I wonder how much of that is the difference between being a first term president vs a second term president.
Nixon was never running for office again after 1972. But Congressional GOPers are faced with a situation where they know they’re going to have to face re-election at the same time as Trump in 2020.
I never thought about it like that. Plus Agnew was already gone too. So yeah you could be on to something but that there was no equiv of FNC in those days I think has helped Trump. Nixon with a FNC type machine behind him and who knows what happens.
Literally why? His only qualification is being wealthy, he polls lower than measles in favorability, has zero governing experience and no policy proposals.
— Franklygoddamn (@goddamnedfrank) February 6, 2019
re: #31 The Vicious Babushka
February is “Blackface History Month”
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Those are entertainers that we respect. People that represent our values in elected office are different. So far, I think Herring has handled this better than Northam.
re: #34 goddamnedfrank
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Why? The New Age guru lady probably has a higher approval rating.
I went to college in the 1980’s. It was a STEM-focused tech school and didn’t even have any sports teams! (It’s a full University now with sports teams and everything)
All I remember is that there were many more women and people of color in the STEM classes than I subsequently saw at places like Ford and GM during my career.
re: #4 HappyWarrior
Yeah that’s going to be a problem imo. Believing the family stories that turned out being true is one thing. But this is different. It won’t justify the right’s reaction to it but it’s worthy of criticism imo.
Since I confessed one sin from when I was 5, here I will confess that in 2000 I encouraged my wife to list her race as Native American in the census because her family tree showed that she is a descendant of John Rolfe and Pocahontas. I now realize that was insensitive, but fortunately Mrs. Aagcobb is unlikely to run for a high office.
re: #31 The Vicious Babushka
Robert Downey Jr in Tropic Thunder was actually making fun of blackface. He was playing a white (non-American, I believe Australian) actor who used blackface for the role. There was an entire subplot to the movie about the actual black actor character being pissed off about it and Downey’s character not getting it.
And I’d point out that Wilder and Aykroyd are shown in scenes with two of the greatest comedians (that happen to be black)… I’m guessing if Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor weren’t in on whatever the joke was, it probably wasn’t going to happen.
(I don’t have a defense for the rest)
re: #38 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Since I confessed one sin from when I was 5, here I will confess that in 2000 I encouraged my wife to list her race as Native American in the census because her family tree showed that she is a descendant of John Rolfe and Pocahontas. I now realize that was insensitive, but fortunately Mrs. Aagcobb is unlikely to run for a high office.
I mean I don’t think it should ruin Warren but I hope she sees why it was insensitive just like you do now. One reason why I’ve been a little more sympathetic towards Herring is I think he realizes why it was wrong more than Northam did. Likewise, I think that Florida legislator’s example was more benign than the former SoS down there. All were racially insensitive but all seem a bit different IMO.
Trump says he’s “liking” the Democrats who are running for president so far, which in context seems to mean he thinks he can beat them. https://t.co/Et2IIfUtK2
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) February 6, 2019
moron
re: #39 KGxvi
Robert Downey Jr in Tropic Thunder was actually making fun of blackface. He was playing a white (non-American, I believe Australian) actor who used blackface for the role. There was an entire subplot to the movie about the actual black actor character being pissed off about it and Downey’s character not getting it.
And I’d point out that Wilder and Aykroyd are shown in scenes with two of the greatest comedians (that happen to be black)… I’m guessing if Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor weren’t in on whatever the joke was, it probably wasn’t going to happen.
(I don’t have a defense for the rest)
Yeah I remember that being a reason why black actors defended Downey at the time. There was controversy to it for sure.
re: #41 Backwoods_Sleuth
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moron
Maybe you should focus on actually being President rather than a shit talking piece of shit.
re: #44 Belafon
They’re women or minorities. We know exactly what he’s thinking.
“Low intellect.” His favorite phrase to anyone who calls him out on his shit. He would be selling used cars in Queens if Fred weren’t his Daddy and deep down I think he knows it.
re: #42 HappyWarrior
Yeah I remember that being a reason why black actors defended Downey at the time. There was controversy to it for sure.
Yeah, even this clip makes it pretty clear that blackface is the butt of the joke:
Lots of politicians getting deservedly called out for racist words and deeds lately. That’s a good thing. But in many cases, they’ve been saying or doing these things for a LONG time, in public, and suddenly they’re facing consequences. I have to wonder if on some level, we’re seeing some sort of mass sublimation effect — focusing on these racist politicians to avoid facing the biggest, most dangerous racism problem in the US, staring us right in the face: Donald Trump.
then there’s Godfrey Cambridge in Watermelon Man (1970)
re: #17 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
Uhh; okay I guess…
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Reminds me of a line from the miniseries “The Seventh Kingdom” “My father was a complete idiot. I’m a half-wit!”
re: #47 Charles Johnson
Lots of politicians getting deservedly called out for racist words and deeds lately. That’s a good thing. But in many cases, they’ve been saying or doing these things for a LONG time, in public, and suddenly they’re facing consequences. I have to wonder if on some level, we’re seeing some sort of mass sublimation effect — focusing on these racist politicians to avoid facing the biggest, most dangerous racism problem in the US, staring us right in the face: Donald Trump.
We have a President who was sued for racial discrimination FFS by the Nixon DOJ which wasn’t exactly the most PoC DOJ either.
re: #47 Charles Johnson
Lots of politicians getting deservedly called out for racist words and deeds lately. That’s a good thing. But in many cases, they’ve been saying or doing these things for a LONG time, in public, and suddenly they’re facing consequences. I have to wonder if on some level, we’re seeing some sort of mass sublimation effect — focusing on these racist politicians to avoid facing the biggest, most dangerous racism problem in the US, staring us right in the face: Donald Trump.
Could be that we’re working towards Trump as well. Going after the low hanging fruit, establishing a template for how to do this, then going for the big enchilada, as it were. Trump isn’t going to be shamed into resignation, generations of breeding have left him without that gene sequence. So we’re going to need the institutions to do the heavy lifting if it happens before November 2020, and that means laying ground work in other cases first.
Or maybe I’m just being overly optimistic.
re: #49 HappyWarrior
What do you mean you people
Yeah it’s meta-humor. I can see why there was controversy for sure but I think most people understood the context.
Acquaintances of mine wrote an article of when yellowface is acceptable (articles is now unfortunately gone) and it basically boils down to:
a) historical purposes, with the inference that it was wrong
b) when you’re making fun of the concept.
That applies here.
Smith and any other Black of African-American lizards, I’m definitely interested in your opinions here since you guys would have been aware of this in that era early 80’s era that both Northam and Herring were doing this in. My observation is that there was a lot more casual racism that was socially acceptable in those days versus today and that’s something I am glad is changing but we still need to work on it.
re: #38 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Since I confessed one sin from when I was 5, here I will confess that in 2000 I encouraged my wife to list her race as Native American in the census because her family tree showed that she is a descendant of John Rolfe and Pocahontas. I now realize that was insensitive, but fortunately Mrs. Aagcobb is unlikely to run for a high office.
My great-great grandmother was an Oglala Sioux. Married a white man. Faced HORRIBLE racism. Their daughter married a white man. By the time my grandmother was born she could pass…she had black eyes and dark hair that she curled and I do not remember that woman ever going near the sun. She refused to say she had Indian blood….”I’m not a dirty Injun.”
I suspect my family’s experience is very common.
re: #53 gwangung
Acquaintances of mine wrote an article of when yellowface is acceptable (articles is now unfortunately gone) and it basically boils down to:
a) historical purposes, with the inference that it was wrong
b) when you’re making fun of the concept.That applies here.
I would agree with your acquaintances assessment. I would extend the same part A) when it comes to racial slurs but not B).
I can understand why the idea of meaningful oversight terrifies the President. Several of his close associates are going to jail, others await trial, and criminal investigations continue.
We’re going to do our job and won’t be distracted or intimidated by threats or attacks.— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) February 6, 2019
For 2 years, President Trump and his cabinet of corruption never faced significant oversight—despite a slew of ethical problems, disastrous policies, and zero transparency. Despite Trump’s remarks in #SOTU, we’re moving forward to hold him accountable. https://t.co/fqGjilUJ4I
— Raul M. Grijalva (@RepRaulGrijalva) February 6, 2019
re: #55 BlueGrl21
My great-great grandmother was an Oglala Sioux. Married a white man. Faced HORRIBLE racism. Their daughter married a white man. By the time my grandmother was born she could pass…she had black eyes and dark hair that she curled and I do not remember that woman ever going near the sun. She refused to say she had Indian blood….”I’m not a dirty Injun.”
I suspect my family’s experience is very common.
As something of a genealogist, my observation is the longer your family has been in this country, the more likely you’re going to find out you’re not who you think you are. I don’t have any Native American ancestors that I know of since I can trace my mom’s side back to Europe as recently as last century and my Dad’s into the 19th but there are other families that have been here for years that just can’t. And if I found out I was part Native-American or African-American or whatever, I wouldn’t consider myself that group but I definitely would try to understand the life my ancestor must have had. I do however have fairly close cousins who are biracial and their parents (my mom’s cousins) did sadly face scorn from the majority community over it.
re: #40 HappyWarrior
I mean I don’t think it should ruin Warren but I hope she sees why it was insensitive just like you do now. One reason why I’ve been a little more sympathetic towards Herring is I think he realizes why it was wrong more than Northam did. Likewise, I think that Florida legislator’s example was more benign than the former SoS down there. All were racially insensitive but all seem a bit different IMO.
I found the whole thing funny because my wife is a red head who is so pale she is incapable of tanning; she only burns and freckles.
re: #45 HappyWarrior
“Low intellect.” His favorite phrase to anyone who calls him out on his shit. He would be selling used cars in Queens if Fred weren’t his Daddy and deep down I think he knows it.
He would probably have been fragged in Vietnam.
re: #39 KGxvi
Robert Downey Jr in Tropic Thunder was actually making fun of blackface. He was playing a white (non-American, I believe Australian) actor who used blackface for the role. There was an entire subplot to the movie about the actual black actor character being pissed off about it and Downey’s character not getting it.
And I’d point out that Wilder and Aykroyd are shown in scenes with two of the greatest comedians (that happen to be black)… I’m guessing if Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor weren’t in on whatever the joke was, it probably wasn’t going to happen.
(I don’t have a defense for the rest)
Nuance is dead. Context is tedious. This is some rather refined and well-timed political ratfucking and I have to very grudgingly give the GOP some credit for pulling it off as they did (not that it is the least admirable except from the point of view of political manipulation of public opinion)
We start throwing about absolutes like blackface = racist and it blows up in people’s faces (bringing to mind the aftermath of a typical explosion in a Looney Tunes cartoon)
re: #14 jaunte
“I’ve never heard of him.”
Fucking liar.
That was Trump being Trump. If you listen to how he said it it was mocking Schiff. He knows who he is and he did when he said it to put Schiff down.
That’s okay. Hopefully that will make it sting a little more when the “hacks” like Schiff help in making it clear to this nation who Trump really is and how so many fell for the con.
re: #60 NO SMOCKING GUN!
I found the whole thing funny because my wife is a red head who is so pale she is incapable of tanning; she only burns and freckles.
Yeah it is pretty shocking but look at it this way, Pocahontas and John Rolfe are probably her 10th grandparents right? There’s 1022 others that helped shape her genetics to looking that way today heh. I was talking to my brother about the concept of dopplegangers and how they probably have some of the same genes as one’s self but it just came at a different way. My Dad was looking at an old picture of his mom as a young woman and realizing that she, him, and me have the same almost sad blue eyes.
re: #47 Charles Johnson
Lots of politicians getting deservedly called out for racist words and deeds lately. That’s a good thing. But in many cases, they’ve been saying or doing these things for a LONG time, in public, and suddenly they’re facing consequences. I have to wonder if on some level, we’re seeing some sort of mass sublimation effect — focusing on these racist politicians to avoid facing the biggest, most dangerous racism problem in the US, staring us right in the face: Donald Trump.
Trump’s election, in part, was a reaction to people getting called out for being racist. That was part of the f-your-feelings reaction. And, other than losing elections, the only ones I see facing consequences are Democrats. And they are being outed by Republicans.
About that Elizabeth Warren Texas Bar registration card — this is an important note, buried at the bottom of the Washington Post article:
There’s no indication Warren had anything to gain by reporting herself as Native American on the Texas bar card. Above the lines for race, national origin and handicap status, the card says, “The following information is for statistical purposes only and will not be disclosed to any person or organization without the express written consent of the attorney.”
So she had absolutely nothing to gain by doing this. It actually backs up her claim that her family believed they had Native American ancestry, because why put that down if she didn’t believe it, when it wasn’t benefiting her in some way?
re: #54 HappyWarrior
Smith and any other Black of African-American lizards, I’m definitely interested in your opinions here since you guys would have been aware of this in that era early 80’s era that both Northam and Herring were doing this in. My observation is that there was a lot more casual racism that was socially acceptable in those days versus today and that’s something I am glad is changing but we still need to work on it.
It was seen as tasteless but not as offensive as now.
And this again was an age without Facebook and Instagram and Twitter which makes any appearance, even at a party, into a matter of public record worldwide within seconds.
re: #47 Charles Johnson
Lots of politicians getting deservedly called out for racist words and deeds lately. That’s a good thing. But in many cases, they’ve been saying or doing these things for a LONG time, in public, and suddenly they’re facing consequences. I have to wonder if on some level, we’re seeing some sort of mass sublimation effect — focusing on these racist politicians to avoid facing the biggest, most dangerous racism problem in the US, staring us right in the face: Donald Trump.
And what Trump represents. The deeply ingrained racism of white America which continues to oppress POC, especially African-Americans, which will only be resolved by significant reforms and deep introspection we aren’t willing to undergo.
re: #46 KGxvi
Yeah, even this clip makes it pretty clear that blackface is the butt of the joke:
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I was OK with this as it was mocking the idea of blackface throughout the movie. Tropic Thunder was a very interesting satirical view of hollywood.
re: #66 Charles Johnson
About that Elizabeth Warren Texas Bar registration card — this is an important note, buried at the bottom of the Washington Post article:
So she had absolutely nothing to gain by doing this. It actually backs up her claim that her family believed they had Native American ancestry, because why put that down if she didn’t believe it, when it wasn’t benefiting her in some way?
Nuance again. The RW narrative is that she played the “minority race card” to further herself and the expense of more qualified whites.
Did she not take a DNA test that validated her claim?
re: #66 Charles Johnson
About that Elizabeth Warren Texas Bar registration card — this is an important note, buried at the bottom of the Washington Post article:
So she had absolutely nothing to gain by doing this. It actually backs up her claim that her family believed they had Native American ancestry, because why put that down if she didn’t believe it, when it wasn’t benefiting her in some way?
I have been trying (and failing) to find some sort of benefit to her doing it. Thanks for corroborating.
re: #67 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It was seen as tasteless but not as offensive as now.
And this again was an age without Facebook and Instagram and Twitter which makes any appearance, even at a party, into a matter of public record worldwide within seconds.
I was asking the African-Americans in the community for their opinion on the matter. I understand completely about societal changes in the last 35 years. However, I did want to hear about people whose race was caricatured by the Governor and AG’s outfits. I feel you’re being far too cavalier in how you’re completely dismissing it IMO because frankly you weren’t the subject of the mockery. I think the Herring bit is a little more nuanced. More juvenile stupidity than outright racist from what I am observing but done in poor judgment which my AG admits as such.
Trump’s border wall is imminent at Bentsen state park, a longtime wildlife refuge. I visited the park on my most recent reporting trip to the Rio Grande Valley in December; this sign on one of the trails felt especially relevant. https://t.co/KRogj6MasQ pic.twitter.com/8InKtrNpZU
— Sophie Novack (@SophieNovack) February 6, 2019
Not actually a pro-life administration.
re: #5 EPR-radar
Regarding the Northam mess, it seems that the media is mostly focusing on the blackface. I thought the guy in the Klan costume was the worst aspect of that photo. Am I missing something here?
he’s not the governor (presumably)
YES! This is how you do it, when faced with irrational demands from the Con Man in Chief.
N.M. Governor Pulls National Guard From Border, Citing A ‘Charade of Border Fear-Mongering’ At Federal Level https://t.co/7EyOMyFDVf— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 6, 2019
re: #72 HappyWarrior
I feel you’re being far too cavalier in how you’re completely dismissing it IMO because frankly you weren’t the subject of the mockery. I think the Herring bit is a little more nuanced. More juvenile stupidity than outright racist from what I am observing but done in poor judgment which my AG admits as such.
I am not dismissing it, and I am glad that the attitude has changed over the past decades.
And, by the way, none of this stuff has worked. As the border became more militarized, and deadlier, immigrants stopped returning to their home countries. In effect, this policy actually increased the number of undocumented immigrants in the U.S.
— Beto O’Rourke (@BetoORourke) February 6, 2019
re: #76 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I am not dismissing it, and I am glad that the attitude has changed over the past decades.
I apologize. It came off that to me. I just think we need to understand and address why this is hateful. Frankly, I think the AG has shown he gets that. I haven’t seen as much from the Gov yet.
Anyhow, I know that Warren identifying as NA didn’t benefit her in any way but I can see why Native Americans might have a problem with it.
re: #53 gwangung
Acquaintances of mine wrote an article of when yellowface is acceptable (articles is now unfortunately gone) and it basically boils down to:
a) historical purposes, with the inference that it was wrong
b) when you’re making fun of the concept.That applies here.
c) You’re a soprano with a good high C and credible Italian and you’re not Yoko Watanabe.
re: #66 Charles Johnson
About that Elizabeth Warren Texas Bar registration card — this is an important note, buried at the bottom of the Washington Post article:
So she had absolutely nothing to gain by doing this. It actually backs up her claim that her family believed they had Native American ancestry, because why put that down if she didn’t believe it, when it wasn’t benefiting her in some way?
Good point. The only legitimate criticism is that she was expropriating an identity while fully living a life as a white without in any way participating in the culture of a tribe.
In which Matt Gaetz tries to out gohmert, gohmert.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on Wednesday called on survivors of the Parkland shooting to be removed from a House Judiciary Committee hearing after they interrupted the congressman’s rant on illegal immigration.
At a House Judiciary hearing on gun violence, Gaetz attempted to change the subject to murders allegedly committed by undocumented immigrants.
After Gaetz called on Congress to build President Donald Trump’s proposed wall, a survivor of the Parkland shooting reportedly interrupted. Gaetz reacted by trying to have the survivors removed.
re: #72 HappyWarrior
I was asking the African-Americans in the community for their opinion on the matter. I understand completely about societal changes in the last 35 years. However, I did want to hear about people whose race was caricatured by the Governor and AG’s outfits. I feel you’re being far too cavalier in how you’re completely dismissing it IMO because frankly you weren’t the subject of the mockery. I think the Herring bit is a little more nuanced. More juvenile stupidity than outright racist from what I am observing but done in poor judgment which my AG admits as such.
It strikes me that there is great distance between doing the classic minstrel show blackface and darkening your face to dress up as a rapper. The first is pretty clearly racist. The second could be racist or not. As has been mentioned: Context. Nuance.
Is it wrong to put on a big blonde wig to be Dolly Parton for Halloween if you are Asian? Or a Caucasian brunette? What about cross dressing? Should Leontyne Price have sung the Madame Butterfly role?
re: #34 goddamnedfrank
Literally why? His only qualification is being wealthy, he polls lower than measles in favorability, has zero governing experience and no policy proposals.
plus he’s not running for anything
billionaire who doesnt want to be called a billionaire gets free nationwide tv access
think they’d give it to me if i asked for a town hall?
re: #79 jaunte
I think Beto is going to announce.
He’s doing an event with Oprah and Common on the 15th. I don’t know if he will announce then, but if not, it will be not too long after.
re: #38 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Since I confessed one sin from when I was 5, here I will confess that in 2000 I encouraged my wife to list her race as Native American in the census because her family tree showed that she is a descendant of John Rolfe and Pocahontas. I now realize that was insensitive, but fortunately Mrs. Aagcobb is unlikely to run for a high office.
I check “other” and write in “human,” have done so for fifty plus years.
re: #59 HappyWarrior
As something of a genealogist, my observation is the longer your family has been in this country, the more likely you’re going to find out you’re not who you think you are. I don’t have any Native American ancestors that I know of since I can trace my mom’s side back to Europe as recently as last century and my Dad’s into the 19th but there are other families that have been here for years that just can’t. And if I found out I was part Native-American or African-American or whatever, I wouldn’t consider myself that group but I definitely would try to understand the life my ancestor must have had. I do however have fairly close cousins who are biracial and their parents (my mom’s cousins) did sadly face scorn from the majority community over it.
My aunt researched our history and found all kinds of miscreants. One great-great grandfather was an abortionist who carried a fake “Harvard Medical School” gold-tipped walking stick. My dad still has it.
People don’t leave security, wealth, and stability to immigrate.
re: #82 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Good point. The only legitimate criticism is that she was expropriating an identity while fully living a life as a white without in any way participating in the culture of a tribe.
How?
re: #85 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
plus he’s not running for anything
billionaire who doesnt want to be called a billionaire gets free nationwide tv access
think they’d give it to me if i asked for a town hall?
There are a lot of people who encourage him getting out the truth about Democratic plans to impose punitive, confiscatory taxation while giving away free jobs, medical care and educations to ungrateful minorities and illegal drug dealer immigrants.
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re: #84 calochortus
It strikes me that there is great distance between doing the classic minstrel show blackface and darkening your face to dress up as a rapper. The first is pretty clearly racist. The second could be racist or not. As has been mentioned: Context. Nuance.
Is it wrong to put on a big blonde wig to be Dolly Parton for Halloween if you are Asian? Or a Caucasian brunette? What about cross dressing? Should Leontyne Price have sung the Madame Butterfly role?
I think darkening the face for rapper would be though I understand he and his friends were dressing up as a rap group they liked. If they were dressing up as generic rappers, I think it would be more a prolbem IMO. As for the other examples, I don’t see that as a problem no. I think the Herring incident is far more innocent than the Northam one and I think Herring has handled it better so far.
re: #66 Charles Johnson
About that Elizabeth Warren Texas Bar registration card — this is an important note, buried at the bottom of the Washington Post article:
So she had absolutely nothing to gain by doing this. It actually backs up her claim that her family believed they had Native American ancestry, because why put that down if she didn’t believe it, when it wasn’t benefiting her in some way?
And by the way, the Washington Post is usually one of the better mainstream sources these days, but it seems kind of sleazy to bury this important information at the bottom of the article after discussing every other angle of this controversy. It should have been noted RIGHT AFTER the section about the registration card.
Burying it at the bottom increases the click bait potential of the article, though.
re: #88 BlueGrl21
My aunt researched our history and found all kinds of miscreants. One great-great grandfather was an abortionist who carried a fake “Harvard Medical School” gold-tipped cane. My dad still has it.
People don’t leave security, wealth, and stability to immigrate.
Europe didn’t send its best. Look at Friedrich Drumpf. :) But yeah. I have a second great grandfather who was murdered. Knowing how the men in our family don’t know how to STFU, Dad and I think he pissed the wrong person off and ended up in the Ohio River.
re: #48 Backwoods_Sleuth
then there’s Godfrey Cambridge in Watermelon Man (1970)
I loved that movie. I still remember seeing it the first time. As I’ve said, I grew up in a very mixed neighborhood and had a lot of Black friends both close and casual in my youth.
When I saw Watermelon man I was like: Whoa! It said so much about the things I was seeing and feeling.
re: #47 Charles Johnson
Lots of politicians getting deservedly called out for racist words and deeds lately. That’s a good thing. But in many cases, they’ve been saying or doing these things for a LONG time, in public, and suddenly they’re facing consequences. I have to wonder if on some level, we’re seeing some sort of mass sublimation effect — focusing on these racist politicians to avoid facing the biggest, most dangerous racism problem in the US, staring us right in the face: Donald Trump.
this is one of the biggest disconnects:
R’s doing it now, today. in fact running on it as a ‘platform’ almost (king, trump)
vs digging up tasteless things D’s did quite a long time ago and don’t do any more (as far as we know).
senseless, insensitive for sure.
any dems joke about front row seating at a public hanging? didnt think so (hyde-smith)
re: #95 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
this is one of the biggest disconnects:
R’s doing it now, today. in fact running on it as a ‘platform’ almost (king, trump)
vs digging up tasteless things D’s did quite a long time ago and don’t do any more (as far as we know).
senseless, insensitive for sure.
any dems joke about front row seating at a public hanging? didnt think so (hyde-smith)
Now that absolutely is what we need to fight back with. There has been nothing Northam has done as governor of Virginia that suggests he’s a racist today. Trump and King? Look at how they talk about PoC.
The ‘safest town in Texas’ lies along the border with Mexico — and its mayor says that there’s no crisis in sight pic.twitter.com/hzAxIfHSaV
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re: #82 NO SMOCKING GUN!
i have a hard time buying into the appropriation theme… she has indicated that in the verbal family history that was presented to her as a child and no one gainsaying that in Oklahoma where she was raised has little to do with tribal appropriation. Did she lobby for official tribal recognition?
No…
Did she seek tribal political/leadership positions?
No?
at what point did she gain any benefit for believing her own family history that was presented to her as she was growing up? Did she understand that she had some Native American ancestry, yes. Did she present her self in any fashion as representative of all tribes or a specific tribe… No.
This is all bullshit GOP narrative that we’re answering to, drop the framing on their terms and this is essentially bupkis.
re: #94 ObserverArt
I loved that movie. I still remember seeing it the first time. As I’ve said, I grew up in a very mixed neighborhood and had a lot of Black friends both close and casual in my youth.
When I saw Watermelon man I was like: Whoa! It said so much about the things I was seeing and feeling.
It’s vaguely influenced by a really early case of good-guy blackface, the author of Black Like Me.
re: #96 HappyWarrior
Now that absolutely is what we need to fight back with. There has been nothing Northam has done as governor of Virginia that suggests he’s a racist today. Trump and King? Look at how they talk about PoC.
again, that calls for nuance and context, and those concepts have been blown over like dry-wattle landscape trees in the shouting match that characterizes Internet political discourse today
re: #77 jaunte
There’s been a sliver of Republicans, going back to (at least) Reagan in his second term that have been arguing for some sort of guest worker/temporary work visa program. But like everything else when it comes to immigration reform, it never gets off the ground. The obvious point, to me at least, is if we have more people willing to and actually coming to this country than what the law allows, the best solution is to allow more people to immigrate. But of course, that is just going to scare the old (white, but I repeat myself) racists even more.
re: #83 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
“The only good victims are illegal immigrant crime victims.”
re: #91 HappyWarrior
I think darkening the face for rapper would be though I understand he and his friends were dressing up as a rap group they liked. If they were dressing up as generic rappers, I think it would be more a prolbem IMO. As for the other examples, I don’t see that as a problem no. I think the Herring incident is far more innocent than the Northam one and I think Herring has handled it better so far.
I’d just like to get to a place where we could quit having to tread quite so carefully-not because we don’t care what people think, but because it truly doesn’t matter. I’m not holding my breath for that moment when we all hold hands and respect one another as individuals, regardless of race, religion or national origin though.
I don’t care what “side” you claim to be on. I’ll call out your BS either way.
I got this too, and you cropped out the “Other, please specify:” option. Come on. Let’s not actually be the fake news they’re claiming we are. pic.twitter.com/xTMCrjyKjM
— Tree Trunks (@efuseakay) February 6, 2019
re: #99 Decatur Deb
It’s vaguely influenced by a really early case of good-guy blackface, the author of Black Like Me.
A German journalist picked up on that in the 70’s and posed as a Turkish immigrant worker to report on how he was treated.
re: #100 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
again, that calls for nuance and context, and those concepts have been blown over like dry-wattle landscape trees in the shouting match that characterizes Internet political discourse today
We weren’t any better in the past either. But that’s beside the point.
re: #80 HappyWarrior
Anyhow, I know that Warren identifying as NA didn’t benefit her in any way but I can see why Native Americans might have a problem with it.
i dont think they have a problem with it nearly as much as republicans do
re: #66 Charles Johnson
About that Elizabeth Warren Texas Bar registration card — this is an important note, buried at the bottom of the Washington Post article:
So she had absolutely nothing to gain by doing this. It actually backs up her claim that her family believed they had Native American ancestry, because why put that down if she didn’t believe it, when it wasn’t benefiting her in some way?
Also interesting is it says the information isn’t supposed to be disclosed without consent.
How about they look into who released it with out Warren’s approval.
re: #101 KGxvi
As the Trump Organization’s hiring practices have proven, frightened undocumented workers are more pliant and obedient than potentially unionized citizens.
re: #103 calochortus
I’d just like to get to a place where we could quit having to tread quite so carefully-not because we don’t care what people think, but because it truly doesn’t matter. I’m not holding my breath for that moment when we all hold hands and respect one another as individuals, regardless of race, religion or national origin though.
I just wish people could see why something like that would bother people. Like I said, Herring and his friends seem to have been dressing as a very specific group of rappers. I think dying their face black was definitely in poor taste but I think it’s not as offensive if they had went as rappers and went as an exaggerated racial caricature of what a black rapper is. As for Asians or brunettes going blonde for Dolly, not a problem either, Dolly’s blonde hair is part of who she is.
re: #107 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
i dont think they have a problem with it nearly as much as republicans do
Republicans just see it as another way to attack her.
re: #107 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
i dont think they have a problem with it nearly as much as republicans do
They have a problem with Elizabeth Warren and see that as her most vulnerable point, and have been beating on it for ages now…
re: #111 HappyWarrior
Republicans just see it as another way to attack her.
beat me by seconds with the same point
TBH I find the latest Florida Republican who won’t resign after it was revealed he and his black friend dressed up as each other in HS. I think it probably was in bad taste to dress in black face but I find it less problematic than the recently resigned Florida SoS who did it at an older age and specifically to mock those impacted by Hurricane Katrina.
re: #62 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Nuance is dead. Context is tedious. This is some rather refined and well-timed political ratfucking and I have to very grudgingly give the GOP some credit for pulling it off as they did (not that it is the least admirable except from the point of view of political manipulation of public opinion)
We start throwing about absolutes like blackface = racist and it blows up in people’s faces (bringing to mind the aftermath of a typical explosion in a Looney Tunes cartoon)
On that note, there were some really fucking egregious examples of blackface in old cartoons (I can’t think of any Looney Tunes ones right off, but Tom and Jerry had quite a bit, as well as a stereotypical, grossly caricatured black woman as Tom’s owner for more than a few shorts); that’s a big reason why you don’t see a lot of either cartoon (and others too) from the 30s-50s out for public consumption these days, if you do at all.
re: #113 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
beat me by seconds with the same point
If she didn’t claim NA heritage, they’d accuse her of abandoning her Oklaohma roots by being a staunch progressive Democrat.
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Republicans remained focused on pointless performance art.
re: #87 7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)
I check “other” and write in “human,” have done so for fifty plus years.
i am so stealing that
Huh, just clicked over to RCP and noticed they had a poll for the governor’s race in Mississippi… apparently the potential Democratic nominee is leading by a couple of points in a general election match up. That’s a bit surprising.
Basically I see it this way. You know how some rappers or entertainers have very specific things that identify them? I.E. hair color/style, a clothing accessory, etc. If you go to a party like that, that’s fine and if you changed your skin tone to look more like them, again in bad taste by our standards but I can understand why then. But if you just went as a generic idea of a rapper and started talking in stereotypical Ebonics or African-American dialect than frankly you were engaging in modern day like minstrel behavior.
re: #103 calochortus
I’d just like to get to a place where we could quit having to tread quite so carefully-not because we don’t care what people think, but because it truly doesn’t matter. I’m not holding my breath for that moment when we all hold hands and respect one another as individuals, regardless of race, religion or national origin though.
Standards change, or, in this case, people become aware that what they used to do won’t fly now. It wouldn’t be so bad if all of the adults could act like adults, but we have an entire party that on the one hand doesn’t mind being racist, but is sure willing to use it against the other side when it’s to their advantage. That’s a good chunk of what this is.
re: #110 HappyWarrior
I just wish people could see why something like that would bother people. Like I said, Herring and his friends seem to have been dressing as a very specific group of rappers. I think dying their face black was definitely in poor taste but I think it’s not as offensive if they had went as rappers and went as an exaggerated racial caricature of what a black rapper is. As for Asians or brunettes going blonde for Dolly, not a problem either, Dolly’s blonde hair is part of who she is.
Dolly’s blonde hair isn’t offensive because blonde is generally accepted as a good thing. If blondes were at the bottom of the pecking order, wearing a blonde wig would not be as innocent.
After all, I haven’t seen any serious efforts to get the Minnesota Vikings to change their name or mascot, whereas the various teams with Native American themes have been under fire for disrespect.
It is perfectly understandable why people get upset at these things, but it goes way deeper than no one wants to be made fun of. It’s that “punching up is better humor than punching down” thing again.
re: #119 KGxvi
Huh, just clicked over to RCP and noticed they had a poll for the governor’s race in Mississippi… apparently the potential Democratic nominee is leading by a couple of points in a general election match up. That’s a bit surprising.
Roy Moore’s cousin must be running.
Funny how Al always understood where the line was.
Weird Al is looking at these folks like….. pic.twitter.com/p202PmYfN0
— Double L must Rock The Bells (@LoveThePuck) February 6, 2019
re: #123 HappyWarrior
Roy Moore’s cousin must be running.
I don’t know anything about Mississippi politics, but for those who might know more, here’s the latest poll.
re: #90 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
There are a lot of people who encourage him getting out the truth about Democratic plans to impose punitive, confiscatory taxation while giving away free jobs, medical care and educations to ungrateful minorities and illegal drug dealer immigrants.
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ah, thanks
still if i held the very same positions and wanted a town hall, think they’d give me the time?
not a chance
‘person of means’ bullshit.
he’s a billionaire. they get free stuff the rest of us dont get
own it
then allow us to pool our fucking medical care coverage
re: #122 calochortus
Dolly’s blonde hair isn’t offensive because blonde is generally accepted as a good thing. If blondes were at the bottom of the pecking order, wearing a blonde wig would not be as innocent.
After all, I haven’t seen any serious efforts to get the Minnesota Vikings to change their name or mascot, whereas the various teams with Native American themes have been under fire for disrespect.It is perfectly understandable why people get upset at these things, but it goes way deeper than no one wants to be made fun of. It’s that “punching up is better humor than punching down” thing again.
That’s very true. TBH, I think one thing about the Washington Redskins that a lot of people don’t know is the history of that franchise. Their founding owner was perhaps the worst racist in American sports history. The Redskins integrated after Jackie Robinson had retired in the JFK years.
re: #124 goddamnedfrank
Funny how Al always understood where the line was.
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Yeah and that’s cool. He didn’t paint his face, have offensive make-up, or use an exaggerated dialect.
re: #119 KGxvi
Huh, just clicked over to RCP and noticed they had a poll for the governor’s race in Mississippi… apparently the potential Democratic nominee is leading by a couple of points in a general election match up. That’s a bit surprising.
He could win and lose. Mississippi also requires you to win a majority of the districts, or it goes to the House, though the two previous times the loser of the popular vote conceded in advance. Will they do that with a black governor-elect?
re: #124 goddamnedfrank
Funny how Al always understood where the line was.
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Sometimes slips a toe across:
SB 55, a bill to post “In God We Trust” in public schools, passes the South Dakota Senate by a vote of 27-7.
We’re disappointed, but glad to see several Senators fight back on the floor today. #sdleg pic.twitter.com/wjYnUpSTpV— Americans United (@americansunited) February 6, 2019
God in turn agrees to stop smiting South Dakota for one more year.
tbh I think Virginia’s entire state government should resign.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 6, 2019
re: #131 jaunte
I’ve seen several wingnuts insist that Separation of Church and State was Hitler’s idea which is a strange thing to call Thomas Jefferson.
re: #96 HappyWarrior
Now that absolutely is what we need to fight back with. There has been nothing Northam has done as governor of Virginia that suggests he’s a racist today. Trump and King? Look at how they talk about PoC.
that, plus your previous observation that this is clearly a politically motivated stunt are why he should not resign
the party made clear how it feels, so it is not hurting the party*
he should try and ride it out
*cause the only retort from the right would be we didnt push him hard enough to get him out. and that opens the door to king, hyde-smith, kavanaugh, trump etc and what the R’s are doing about them
re: #133 HappyWarrior
They say that until Muslims outnumber them on a school board.
re: #97 jaunte
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trumps wall of southern politicians supporting ‘the wall’ is crumbling
re: #132 Charles Johnson
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What pisses me off is we’ve had bigots for years. And the right’s fake crocodile tears at this while they ignored and in fact embraced people like Bob Marshall who is now gone thankfully and Dick Black who is on his way out being outright bigots while they were in office. And of course Corey Stewart too and yep Ed Gillespie knowing full well that the downstate voters equate every Hispanic with MS-13 and ruining that damn ad.
re: #134 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
that, plus your previous observation that this is clearly a politically motivated stunt are why he should not resign
the party made clear how it feels, so it is not hurting the party*
he should try and ride it out
*cause the only retort from the right would be we didnt push him hard enough to get him out. and that opens the door to king, hyde-smith, kavanaugh, trump etc and what the R’s are doing about them
I dunno. I think his response hurt the party. I think if he stayed it out, it might be harder to pass legislation but what sucks is this is really going to impact us legislatively this fall. We are so so so close to reclaiming hte state legislature here. In fact we would have the House majority but for a coin flip.
re: #109 jaunte
As the Trump Organization’s hiring practices have proven, frightened undocumented workers are more pliant and obedient than potentially unionized citizens.
cheaper too
re: #127 HappyWarrior
That’s very true. TBH, I think one thing about the Washington Redskins that a lot of people don’t know is the history of that franchise. Their founding owner was perhaps the worst racist in American sports history. The Redskins integrated after Jackie Robinson had retired in the JFK years.
It’s not just Washington. Schools and colleges have used various Indian related names forever. The Stanford team used to be the Indians, but switched to Cardinals (weirdly out of place in the West) a number of years ago.
Anyway, I need to go get some things done. I’ll BBL after a quiet time spent dreaming of a non-discriminatory world with rainbow-farting unicorns.
Ah Twitter, where random strangers pop up and tell you to go fuck yourself and call you a weird name because they have reading comprehension problems.
GFY incel
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re: #111 HappyWarrior
Republicans just see it as another way to attack her.
that’s all it is
and all that the northam thing is
and blumenthal
and her emails
and…
and…
there is never any there, there
I mean yeah I’m disgusted that Northam and to a lesser extent Herring thought this was okay when they were young men. Fairfax, I’m waiting and seeing. I’m not saying he’s telling the truth or his accuser is. However, the Virginia Republican party disgusts me. They nominated Corey Stewart for Senator last year. We all know Corey here so I won’t rehash how much he loves the CSA. They nominated Gillespie for Governor who played he George Wallace game of racial opportunism in how he used MS-13 to scare down state voters. And then you have Ken Cuccinelli who is a homophobic racist zealot run for Governor teamed with E.W. Jackson who is African-American but notoriously homophobic and bigoted towards Muslims. And before that they gave George Allen a second chance at the Senate after he had the infamous macaca incident. Oh and then there’s Bob Marshall who refused to treat his transgender opponent who thankfully beat his ass with any respect. And my own State Senator Dick Black who denied that spousal rape could happen. Does the Va Democratic Party have some people who could benefit from some racial sensitivity? Absolutely. But he Virginia Republican Party is full of assholes who look down on Northern Virginia’s racial diversity and think it’s ruining our state.
re: #141 calochortus
It’s not just Washington. Schools and colleges have used various Indian related names forever. The Stanford team used to be the Indians, but switched to Cardinals (weirdly out of place in the West) a number of years ago.
Anyway, I need to go get some things done. I’ll BBL after a quiet time spent dreaming of a non-discriminatory world with rainbow-farting unicorns.
I know. Anyhow, I think for those the team name and logo matter. The Cleveland Indians name doesn’t bother me so much as the Chief Wahoo which they thankfully did get rid of.
re: #141 calochortus
It’s not just Washington. Schools and colleges have used various Indian related names forever. The Stanford team used to be the Indians, but switched to Cardinals (weirdly out of place in the West) a number of years ago.
Anyway, I need to go get some things done. I’ll BBL after a quiet time spent dreaming of a non-discriminatory world with rainbow-farting unicorns.
Obligatory Stanford trivia, from someone who never went to any Stanford sporting event: Stanford is cardinal the color, rather than cardinal or cardinals, the birds.
re: #143 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
that’s all it is
and all that the northam thing is
and blumenthal
and her emails
and…
and…there is never any there, there
Al Franken
re: #97 jaunte
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Just like he blew off his Intelligence Community, Trump knows more about the problems on the border than any old local Texas border community mayor or sheriff.
I bet you didn’t know that.
re: #142 Charles Johnson
Ah Twitter, where random strangers pop up and tell you to go fuck yourself and call you a weird name because they have reading comprehension problems.
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That’s why i don’t tweet. Kudos to you that do but people who screed before they read piss me off. I had to call out a friend yesterday for cherry picking something.
re: #144 HappyWarrior
These are offensive, but I sure hope I don’t get held up to a “things I thought were OK when I was a young adult” standard.
President Trump is incorrect in calling people in the migrant caravan that arrived Monday in Piedras Negras “illegal immigrants.”
Most have obtained a “humanitarian visa” from the Mexican government. They are traveling with legal permission in Mexico. https://t.co/09MO8E04R9 pic.twitter.com/3S9bGjOTha— NPR (@NPR) February 6, 2019
A caravan of 1,600 Central American migrants is surrounded by Mexican authorities in an old factory a short distance from Texas, where they hope to seek asylum but appear to have a faint chance https://t.co/gBoqk4EezC
— Austin Statesman (@statesman) February 6, 2019
I’m sure they can wait for bids to be handed out and a beautiful big wall to be completed.
re: #149 ObserverArt
Just like he blew off his Intelligence Community, Trump knows more about the problems on the border than any old local Texas border community mayor or sheriff.
I bet you didn’t know that.
Because he follows Fox news and not briefings.
re: #147 Varek Raith
WTF Virginia?
/Dumpster fire
Remember when we thought Jim Webb bragging about his war activities was one of our most embarrassing moments?
re: #151 Belafon
These are offensive, but I sure hope I don’t get held up to a “things I thought were OK when I was a young adult” standard.
I think for me anyhow, I just want people to understand why it was offensive. I understand why using gay as an insult when I was 14 was wrong and juvenile.
re: #148 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Al Franken
thanks. if i tried to maintain lists of all this stuff….
re: #149 ObserverArt
Just like he blew off his Intelligence Community, Trump knows more about the problems on the border than any old local Texas border community mayor or sheriff.
I bet you didn’t know that.
“President Trump, who doesn’t regularly read the daily intelligence summary prepared for him, is also participating in relatively few in-person briefings from his spy agencies, according to intelligence officials and a review of his schedules,” NBC News reports.
“It’s the latest indication that Trump does not consistently rely on the information and analysis provided to him by the $80 billion a year U.S. intelligence-gathering apparatus.”
This looks like a good idea
Ohio city to stop observing Columbus Day, make Election Day holiday instead
Officials in the city of Sandusky, Ohio, have decided that the city will no longer observe Columbus Day as a holiday, switching it for Election Day.
re: #89 Belafon
How?
She listed herself as “American Indian” in her Texas Bar Association registration form in 1986. I don’t even know how they found such an obscure document.
re: #151 Belafon
These are offensive, but I sure hope I don’t get held up to a “things I thought were OK when I was a young adult…because i might ruin for public office 25 or so years into the future” standard.
re: #157 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
Of course Trump doesn’t deal with the Presidential daily briefing. That a job for his Russian spymasters.
Meanwhile, Trump takes his orders from Fox and Friends.
re: #160 NO SMOCKING GUN!
She listed herself as “American Indian” in her Texas Bar Association registration form in 1986. I don’t even know how they found such an obscure document.
According to the article they got a number of documents like this with an open records request in Texas.
Ralph Northam moonwalked away the racism.
Liam Neeson powerwalked away the racism.
Welcome to the 5th day of Black History Month. Our recordskeeper states there have been zero days without white nonsense.https://t.co/bYqPH7Oboq— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) February 5, 2019
re: #160 NO SMOCKING GUN!
She listed herself as “American Indian” in her Texas Bar Association registration form in 1986. I don’t even know how they found such an obscure document.
i am not being glib
they were looking for it/anything anywhere/everywhere
re: #164 Patricia Kayden
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re: #160 NO SMOCKING GUN!
She listed herself as “American Indian” in her Texas Bar Association registration form in 1986. I don’t even know how they found such an obscure document.
And go read the thing Charles posted about where that information was filled in. How did she expropriate the identity since it was only used in the section that was for application statistics?
re: #98 piratedan
i have a hard time buying into the appropriation theme… she has indicated that in the verbal family history that was presented to her as a child and no one gainsaying that in Oklahoma where she was raised has little to do with tribal appropriation. Did she lobby for official tribal recognition?
No…
Did she seek tribal political/leadership positions?
No?
at what point did she gain any benefit for believing her own family history that was presented to her as she was growing up? Did she understand that she had some Native American ancestry, yes. Did she present her self in any fashion as representative of all tribes or a specific tribe… No.
This is all bullshit GOP narrative that we’re answering to, drop the framing on their terms and this is essentially bupkis.
I agree, but the MSM loves to worry over these little things like a dog with a bone. OTOH, much more seriously, I heard on Signorile’s show an attorney for fired immigrant employees of the Trump Organization say that the Trump Org was forging identity documents and telling immigrants how to get false documents. This is yet another serious scandal while the MSM is focused on a Bar registration card and teenagers who wore blackface over thirty years ago.
Things are reallllllly not going well in Virginia:
— Devin Gatton (@devingatton) February 6, 2019
#waybackwednesday - oh yes that clap took me back to the teen years. She knows. And she knows that you know. And frankly she’s disappointed that you thought this would work. But here’s a clap. #youtriedit pic.twitter.com/vUCX2uAUvv
— Christine Pelosi (@sfpelosi) February 6, 2019
re: #164 Patricia Kayden
I didn’t think Northam got to moonwalk. Other think walking, I’m not seeing the joke.
Further, Danson’s career rightfully tanked for years after Friars Club because everyone BUT him knew how dead wrong it was. Wilder can possibly be excused because he wasn’t WRITING “Silver Streak” and prolly didn’t know the scene was there when he was recruited.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) February 6, 2019
re: #168 NO SMOCKING GUN!
I agree, but the MSM loves to worry over these little things like a dog with a bone. OTOH, much more seriously, I heard on Signorile’s show an attorney for fired immigrant employees of the Trump Organization say that the Trump Org was forging identity documents and telling immigrants how to get false documents. This is yet another serious scandal while the MSM is focused on a Bar registration card and teenagers who wore blackface over thirty years ago.
of course it was
there is no way this could have happened accidentally/independently in 5(?) different businesses under the same umbrella organization
it was gonna be obvious the day the found the first person
re: #165 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
i am not being glib
they were looking for it/anything anywhere/everywhere
It’s the Texas Republican Party.
No more need be said.
re: #125 KGxvi
I don’t know anything about Mississippi politics, but for those who might know more, here’s the latest poll.
There are multiple GOP candidates running for governor in a primary. Once they pick their nominee, the supporters of the other GOP candidates will come home and he’ll get the lead over the Democrat, I would bet.
re: #168 NO SMOCKING GUN!
I agree, but the MSM loves to worry over these little things like a dog with a bone. OTOH, much more seriously, I heard on Signorile’s show an attorney for fired immigrant employees of the Trump Organization say that the Trump Org was forging identity documents and telling immigrants how to get false documents. This is yet another serious scandal while the MSM is focused on a Bar registration card and teenagers who wore blackface over thirty years ago.
This thing with Warren’s identity is ‘But her emails’ v2.0. The mainstream media amplifies right wing bullshit political smears like it is their only fucking job.
It probably is.
I ❤️ the Pet Shop Boys.https://t.co/0n1G0sHnzb
Just sayin’.— Charlie Stross (@cstross) February 6, 2019
re: #176 EPR-radar
This thing with Warren’s identity is ‘But her emails’ v2.0. The mainstream media amplifies right wing bullshit political smears like it is their only fucking job.
It probably is.
And it will probably work. Policy-wise she’s my first choice, but electability is the ONLY crtierion for 2020.
re: #176 EPR-radar
This thing with Warren’s identity is ‘But her emails’ v2.0. The mainstream media amplifies right wing bullshit political smears like it is their only fucking job.
It probably is.
They’ve never mentioned Trump lied about his grandfather. The same one that got kicked out of Germany.
That’s ummm…. some serious misallocation of resources right there.
How do you get across the border? Over, under, around. Adding the wire doesn’t stop anyone who overstays a visa (which is how most are here these days). This is all a show of security theater.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) February 6, 2019
re: #167 Belafon
And go read the thing Charles posted about where that information was filled in. How did she expropriate the identity since it was only used in the section that was for application statistics?
The GOP isn’t going to care about that nuance. Expect this to be the subject of a presidential tweet about “Pocahontas” very soon.
Saw this while scrolling through way too much twitter content. There’s a whole thread but the first tweet seems like it’s the way a lot of people in these situations should be addressing it (if it’s true and/or what they believe):
So, on this blackface stuff…maybe one of these politicians and their teams will be candid about the fact that they were raised and socialized during times and places where racism was normal and the impact of that is still pervasive in our lives to this day. Maybe.
— AT (@primediscussion) February 6, 2019
re: #180 lawhawk
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He’s got a child’s understanding of the border but without a child’s curiosity.
re: #182 KGxvi
Saw this while scrolling through way too much twitter content. There’s a whole thread but the first tweet seems like it’s the way a lot of people in these situations should be addressing it (if it’s true and/or what they believe):
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I’m guilty of one thing he’s talking about which is the shock to how recently all this was.
re: #178 Decatur Deb
And it will probably work. Policy-wise she’s my first choice, but electability is the ONLY crtierion for 2020.
In the modern era (post-1964), anyone who wins a major party presidential nomination is by definition electable. McGovern might by the only exception to this, but that nomination was… weird. Even Mondale was briefly within the margin of error.
re: #180 lawhawk
That’s ummm…. some serious misallocation of resources right there.
How do you get across the border? Over, under, around. Adding the wire doesn’t stop anyone who overstays a visa (which is how most are here these days). This is all a show of security theater.
perspective
is
everything
And I admit that shock is my age and upbringing influencing my opinion. I guess I shouldn’t be sadly. I just thought better of both Northam and Herring.
re: #181 NO SMOCKING GUN!
The GOP isn’t going to care about that nuance. Expect this to be the subject of a presidential tweet about “Pocahontas” very soon.
And like magic, the FoxNews Insider email arrives, with Elizabeth Warren topping their daily stories.
This photo that @PoliticalPics took of me yesterday seems to capture the ethereal glow that surrounds me: pic.twitter.com/CtT2nEyRjW
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) February 6, 2019
re: #185 KGxvi
In the modern era (post-1964), anyone who wins a major party presidential nomination is by definition electable. McGovern might by the only exception to this, but that nomination was… weird. Even Mondale was briefly within the margin of error.
Admitting you’d raise taxes. Not a smart move. I like Warren but more as a Senator because I think we need someone with more of an interest in FP.
re: #185 KGxvi
I might have mixed up the 1968 primary and the 1972 primary as the weird one. But Nixon hovered around 60% approval for most of his first term.
re: #177 jaunte
I will admit I love the Pet Shop Boys, even if I can’t see the video.
re: #185 KGxvi
In the modern era (post-1964), anyone who wins a major party presidential nomination is by definition electable. McGovern might by the only exception to this, but that nomination was… weird. Even Mondale was briefly within the margin of error.
Some are more electable than others. OTOH, it looked like Obama was dead in the Summer of 2008 when Rev Wright surfaced. He pulled it out with the best speech of his life, and I don’t know if anyone new could do that.
re: #188 jaunte
And like magic, the FoxNews Insider email arrives, with Elizabeth Warren topping their daily stories.
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As I said, it’s just a matter to attack her with rather than really attempting to understand why it would bother Native Americans.
re: #125 KGxvi
I don’t know anything about Mississippi politics, but for those who might know more, here’s the latest poll.
As LGFs I believe only Mississippian, these numbers seem accurate to me. If you look at the regional breakdown, the only places that the Democrat is favored over the Republican are the Jackson Metro area and the The Delta (effectively greater Memphis), two of the most liberal leaning areas of the state. Everywhere else, Reeves leads by a decent margin.
Also, guess which candidate blacks overwhelmingly support?
I agree with the assessment that after the GOP primary is done conservatives will rally behind whoever is picked and more than likely that person will be the eventual winner.
This state is more red than the back of a McDonald’s sign so I wouldn’t go hoping for any miracles. Remember: Cindy Hyde-Smith, after all the stupid shit she did, still won handily down here.
re: #191 KGxvi
I might have mixed up the 1968 primary and the 1972 primary as the weird one. But Nixon hovered around 60% approval for most of his first term.
72 was the weird one. No foresaw one saw McGovern as the nominee.
re: #190 HappyWarrior
Admitting you’d raise taxes. Not a smart move. I like Warren but more as a Senator because I think we need someone with more of an interest in FP.
Especially in the midst of a recession when people are suffering.
I do think Warren would be better in the Senate (I’m also skeptical of her wealth tax on a constitutional basis). Right now, I’m partial to Harris and Gilibrand but there’s a long way to go.
re: #192 Belafon
I will admit I love the Pet Shop Boys, even if I can’t see the video.
It’s a new celebratory song about our current leadership.
re: #197 KGxvi
Especially in the midst of a recession when people are suffering.
I do think Warren would be better in the Senate (I’m also skeptical of her wealth tax on a constitutional basis). Right now, I’m partial to Harris and Gilibrand but there’s a long way to go.
I like those two ladies and Castro.
I’m not going to campaign for a primary candidate unless one really stands out to me. I will the nominee.
Pet Shop Boys:
Give Stupidity A Chance
Intelligent people
have had their say
It’s time for the foolish
to show the way
Let’s lead this world a merry dance
Let’s give stupidity a chance
We’ve heard quite enough
of experts and their dealings
Why face the facts
when you can just feel the feelings?
Let’s lead this world a merry dance
Let’s give stupidity a chance
Forget political correctness
I mean WTF?!
I don’t wanna think about the world
I wanna talk about myself!
Instead of governing
with thoughtful sensitivity
Let’s shock and awe the world
with idiotic bigotry
Let’s lead this world a merry dance
and give stupidity a chance
You say corruption
I say justified reward
Keeps the cronies loyal
Chairmen of the board
Let’s lead this world a merry dance
and give stupidity a chance
Forget political correctness
Let’s talk man to man
Chicks are always up for it
You gotta grab whatever you can
We need a leader who knows
that money means class
with an eye for a peach-perfect
piece of ass
Not a total dumb-cluck
just one of the guys
Let’s give stupidity a prize
Let’s lead this world a merry dance
and give stupidity a chance
Let’s give stupidity a chance
re: #193 Decatur Deb
Some are more electable than others. OTOH, it looked like Obama was dead in the Summer of 2008 when Rev Wright surfaced. He pulled it out with the best speech of his life, and I don’t know if anyone new could do that.
I like McCain in 2000, but I never thought he had much of a chance in 2008. I don’t remember Obama ever being in trouble in that race. I don’t think I’d ever been more confident of an outcome than 2008.
68 was going to be RFK or Humphrey. Present day bias doesn’t make me think too highly of Gene McCarthy.
re: #193 Decatur Deb
Some are more electable than others. OTOH, it looked like Obama was dead in the Summer of 2008 when Rev Wright surfaced. He pulled it out with the best speech of his life, and I don’t know if anyone new could do that.
The Rev. Wright thing was also a total nothingburger. In a democracy having a rational electorate, no response by Obama would have been needed.
But a black guy expressing pointed criticism of America in biblical terms was enough to send some ungodly fraction of White America to its fainting couch, and Obama had to deal with that.
re: #202 KGxvi
I like McCain in 2000, but I never thought he had much of a chance in 2008. I don’t remember Obama ever being in trouble in that race. I don’t think I’d ever been more confident of an outcome than 2008.
I worried a bit that an African-American couldn’t win the presidency because racism, and I was gratified to be wrong. Then Trump happened.
re: #202 KGxvi
I like McCain in 2000, but I never thought he had much of a chance in 2008. I don’t remember Obama ever being in trouble in that race. I don’t think I’d ever been more confident of an outcome than 2008.
There was some doubt that summer but once we hit fall, it was Obama’s to win. McCain v Bradley in 2000 is an interesting what if.
re: #190 HappyWarrior
Admitting you’d raise taxes. Not a smart move. I like Warren but more as a Senator because I think we need someone with more of an interest in FP.
Raise the damn taxes. It’s that, or every non-DoD/CPB program is on their hit list.
re: #182 KGxvi
Saw this while scrolling through way too much twitter content. There’s a whole thread but the first tweet seems like it’s the way a lot of people in these situations should be addressing it (if it’s true and/or what they believe):
So, on this blackface stuff…maybe one of these politicians and their teams will be candid about the fact that they were raised and socialized during times and places where racism was normal and the impact of that is still pervasive in our lives to this day. Maybe.
i was raised on Long Island, new york
since a child forced to go to religious school i’ve thought, probably like everyone else, how clear it is that a different family, i’d be a different religion, etc
as a now atheist, i cant quite buy the cosmic notion that god put me where he put me and in any other circumstance some how i’d have found the same one true way anyway
one of my biggest ‘fears’ is if i were raised in ‘the south’ (or where ever) how obviously i’d have been that
was / would there have been a strong inherent ‘good’ in me that would have overrode all that socialization and told me treating other people that way was wrong?
that they are in fact people?
I like to think i would have got an education, learned and maybe ‘broken through’.
my fear is that i would not have
re: #190 HappyWarrior
Admitting you’d raise taxes. Not a smart move. I like Warren but more as a Senator because I think we need someone with more of an interest in FP.
All of our candidates are screwed because they’re all planning on raising some people’s taxes, namely the upper class.
re: #205 NO SMOCKING GUN!
I worried a bit that an African-American couldn’t win the presidency because racism, and I was gratified to be wrong. Then Trump happened.
I think sad to say a lot of the Obama-Trump voters were fine when Obama wasn’t a black guy but they hated it when he reminded them that yes I’m African American and I know what racial discrimination is. Trump fed on that and yeah anti HRC shit. My brothers are both convinced HRC robbed Bernie and that HRC is a crook.
re: #202 KGxvi
I like McCain in 2000, but I never thought he had much of a chance in 2008. I don’t remember Obama ever being in trouble in that race. I don’t think I’d ever been more confident of an outcome than 2008.
The worst came and went over a weekend or so. He never looked safe in Baja Alabama.
re: #209 Belafon
All of our candidates are screwed because they’re all planning on raising some people’s taxes, namely the upper class.
Mondale flat out said he would “raise your taxes” and he had on the surface affable Grandpa Ron to tell us he wouldn’t make an issue of his opponent’s youth or inexperience and sad to say that was the beginning of the end for Mondale.
re: #188 jaunte
And like magic, the FoxNews Insider email arrives, with Elizabeth Warren topping their daily stories.
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im gonna keep hammering it: 32 years ago. to no effect. and they dont care.
while king, hunter, hyde-smith, trump, ad nauseum are still behaving the way they are today
re: #202 KGxvi
I like McCain in 2000, but I never thought he had much of a chance in 2008. I don’t remember Obama ever being in trouble in that race. I don’t think I’d ever been more confident of an outcome than 2008.
It’s kind of unimaginable for a Republican to win the presidency right after 8 solid years of GW Bush and co. fucking up everything in sight like a severely obsessive animal-fucker in a stockyard.
But all (D) victories have to be earned. Only Republicans get gimmes in US presidential politics.
re: #48 Backwoods_Sleuth
then there’s Godfrey Cambridge in Watermelon Man (1970)
But that’s kind of a reversal - he started the movie in whiteface (as a bigot), then woke up one morning to find himself black.
re: #211 Decatur Deb
The worst came and went over a weekend or so. He never looked safe in Baja Alabama.
The odd thing for me is that in 2008 HRC was the candidate of the same white working class voters that later left her for Bernie and Trump.
re: #212 HappyWarrior
Mondale flat out said he would “raise your taxes” and he had on the surface affable Grandpa Ron to tell us he wouldn’t make an issue of his opponent’s youth or inexperience and sad to say that was the beginning of the end for Mondale.
I’m a bit too young to remember it myself, but my impression is that Mondale laughing at that joke effectively ended the race.
re: #208 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
i was raised on Long Island, new york
since a child forced to go to religious school i’ve thought, probably like everyone else, how clear it is that a different family, i’d be a different religion, etc
as a now atheist, i cant quite buy the cosmic notion that god put me where he put me and in any other circumstance some how i’d have found the same one true way anyway
one of my biggest ‘fears’ is if i were raised in ‘the south’ (or where ever) how obviously i’d have been that
was / would there have been a strong inherent ‘good’ in me that would have overrode all that socialization and told me treating other people that way was wrong?
that they are in fact people?
I like to think i would have got an education, learned and maybe ‘broken through’.my fear is that i would not have
You’re in luck. There are actual atheists in the South, such as me, who went to church as a kid, grew up with racist parents, and still managed to only be screwed up a little. But, I will say this, some of it has been a learning process, and I’m still learning. That’s why I do tend to be more concerned with how these people act now than how they acted back then, especially with blackface. It was insensitive, but it wasn’t thrown-on-the-floor-and-pinned-down bad.
re: #217 KGxvi
I’m a bit too young to remember it myself, but my impression is that Mondale laughing at that joke effectively ended the race.
I think I saw him acknowledge as such. Trump can’t disarm you like Reagan could. I’m no fan of Reagan but he was capable of not being a grandstanding jackass.
re: #190 HappyWarrior
i actually think her stating that she will raise taxes is a smart move…. why, because of who she will raise taxes on. She has repeatedly stated that the wealthiest and many business types could be expected to see their taxes raised if she was elected. I really don’t think taxes are the boogeyman that everyone says that they are as an issue. people are starting to realize that those taxes actually pay for programs like Medicare, immigration reform, clean water, clean air, safe food, school funding, federal loan programs etc…
we have to stop letting these guys set the framing and having that dictate the strategy of running for office, people are wanting serious people to address serious problems and stop dealing and reacting to this culture war shit that the GOP consistently peddles and the MSM panders to. This is exactly the shit that many of us are so incredibly tired of responding to, there’s plenty of big fucking problems that we have to deal with, and the GOP believes that as long as they’re safely behind their remote controlled gated community access, everything else is fine.
re: #209 Belafon
All of our candidates are screwed because they’re all planning on raising some people’s taxes, namely the upper class.
this is the problem when you inherit the last guy’s unpaid debts
re: #220 piratedan
i actually think her stating that she will raise taxes is a smart move…. why, because of who she will raise taxes on. She has repeatedly stated that the wealthiest and many business types could be expected to see their taxes raised if she was elected. I really don’t taxes are the boogeyman that everyone says that they are as an issue. people are starting to realize that those taxes actually pay for programs like Medicare, immigration reform, clean water, clean air, safe food, school funding, federal loan programs etc…
we have to stop letting these guys set the framing and having that dictate the strategy of running for office, people are wanting serious people to address serious problems and stop dealing and reacting to this culture war shit that the GOP consistently peddles and the MSM panders to. This is exactly the shit that many of us are so incredibly tired of responding to, there’s plenty of big fucking problems that we have to deal with, and the GOP believes that as long as they’re safely behind their remote controlled gated community access, everything else is fine.
I was actually talking about Mondale admitting that he would in 1984. I actually agree with you that candor on raising taxes wouldn’t be a dealbreaker today.
To be honest, I’m beginning to feel that Northam and Fairfax should stay where they are and not step down. This is beginning to look like a coup now that Herring also admits to using blackface in 1980. What a mess. Sigh.
This cannot happen. https://t.co/jcRQyv9VLg
— LiberalPhenom (Obama is my president forever) (@LiberalPhenom) February 6, 2019
re: #220 piratedan
It also helps that after decades of being told “if we cut taxes for the rich and corporations then everyone will get a raise” that people are figuring out that it’s bullshit.
re: #217 KGxvi
I’m a bit too young to remember it myself, but my impression is that Mondale laughing at that joke effectively ended the race.
I don’t think 1984 was ever a race. Way too many people just mindlessly gave Reagan credit for ending the Iran hostage-taking.
re: #222 HappyWarrior
my apologies HW for any implication that I thought you were the problem, not my intention…
re: #213 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
im gonna keep hammering it: 32 years ago. to no effect. and they dont care.
while king, hunter, hyde-smith, trump, ad nauseum are still behaving the way they are today
we’re still trying to play by the old ‘rules’
it’s asymmetrical fucking warfare and we’re letting them
re: #223 Patricia Kayden
To be honest, I’m beginning to feel that Northam and Fairfax should stay where they are and not step down. This is beginning to look like a coup now that Herring also admits to using blackface in 1980. What a mess. Sigh.
I think Herring states in the worst case. I think Democrats had better quickly figure how to deal with recent history or we’re going to screw ourselves over.
Trump to me just seems to take the worst traits of past Presidents and none of the positive ones. He has Nixon’s vindictiveness. He lacks Nixon’s intelligence. He has Reagan’s senility. He lacks Reagan’s ability to unify behind the nation. He has HW Bush’s dirty trickery. He lacks HW’s dedication to public service. He has W’s less than intellectual curiosity while lacking W’s ability to treat even those who disagree with him friendly.
re: #227 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
we’re still trying to play by the old ‘rules’
it’s asymmetrical fucking warfare and we’re letting them
The funny thing is, we’re playing by new rules. Would the Democratic party have cared about blackface 20 years ago?
re: #226 piratedan
my apologies HW for any implication that I thought you were the problem, not my intention…
No, you’re good. I’m just saying I think it killed Mondale. In those days, we definitely were more naive about taxes. It all depends how Warren would sell it, how Trump would respond, & the media.
re: #99 Decatur Deb
It’s vaguely influenced by a really early case of good-guy blackface, the author of Black Like Me.
For me that book was the kind of moment Leonard Cohen wrote about, “There’s a crack, a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”
re: #230 Belafon
The funny thing is, we’re playing by new rules. Would the Democratic party have cared about blackface 20 years ago?
Excellent question.
re: #219 HappyWarrior
I think I saw him acknowledge as such. Trump can’t disarm you like Reagan could. I’m no fan of Reagan but he was capable of not being a grandstanding jackass.
reagan could act
if he wasnt so good at it i wonder if he would have won
trump is bluster and bullshit which more and more people are finally accepting.
he targets those who on some level want to be conned
re: #233 Eclectic Cyborg
Excellent question.
It’s a tough question. The CSA one came up since there were Southerners for Gore-Clinton buttons with the stars and bars. And frankly this is why diversity is needed.
Agreed. It DOES mean losing Virginia for the 2020s but the party should have vetted at least ONE of them better (probably Northam—Doug Jones should have found that photo and destroyed his primary candidacy!) Do the right thing—let the R coup succeed.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) February 6, 2019
re: #223 Patricia Kayden
To be honest, I’m beginning to feel that Northam and Fairfax should stay where they are and not step down. This is beginning to look like a coup now that Herring also admits to using blackface in 1980. What a mess. Sigh.
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re: #232 7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)
For me that book was the kind of moment Leonard Cohen wrote about, “There’s a crack, a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”
For Wife and for me, a thousand miles apart and years before meeting, it was the photo of Bull Connor’s dogs.
re: #224 KGxvi
It also helps that after decades of being told “if we cut taxes for the rich and corporations then everyone will get a raise” that people are figuring out that it’s bullshit.
-a whole host of ‘regular’ folks talked about the debt and deficit and ‘our grandchildren’
- many were interviewed on tv
how’d that work out these last two years?
or dont your grandchildren matter any more?
re: #234 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
reagan could act
if he wasnt so good at it i wonder if he would have wontrump is bluster and bullshit which more and more people are finally accepting
he targets those who on some level want to be conned
Agreed. Reagan never convinced my family. My moms dad always said he never thought he was that good an actor so he wasn’t fooled by it. The funny thing though is I’m sure many of his old friends in Cambria County, Pa weren’t fooled by Reagan (Reagan lost big there) but their sons and daughters were (Trump won big there.)
re: #165 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
i am not being glib
they were looking for it/anything anywhere/everywhere
Maybe that’s where a good chunk of all that disappearing Trump inauguration money went…
1979 UNC-Chapel Hill yearbook. WTAF? I guess I’ve led a sheltered life. I never saw white guys happily act out a lynching during my college days. I’ll bet quite a few of these guys were sons of very prominent people. And maybe they’ve become prominent people today. Shudder. https://t.co/apRdjSlZWl
— Cornelia (@PaladinCornelia) February 6, 2019
re: #237 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
ride. it. out.
It’s such a frustrating thing since every Dem in the legislature is up and everyone of them is tied to these three guys.
I knew a few douchebags in college who thought racist jokes were funny. Not sure if they’d go as far as to put on blackface, though.
re: #244 HappyWarrior
As I said, let’s look at GOP leaders too.
By all means but sadly this kind of stuff just isn’t as damaging to Republicans as it is to Democrats.
re: #237 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
all you gotta do to see the bias in the system is to see how Steve King still sits in his seat, w/o sanction from the House Republicans or the Iowa GOP and the amount of media attention focused on him and his statements and actions over the last 5 years versus what is taking place in Va over events that transpired decades ago. I don’t want to say that what is happening isn’t newsworthy and doesn’t merit attention or even action/apology/resignation but in perspective, we have a virtual Nazi serving in one of the highest elected offices in the land, unapologetically and his party essentially refuses to do anything about it. Whereas in Va, we have calls for resignation, apologies and a pattern of revelation that follows a pattern of similar GOP ratfucking efforts.
The tell is the media, does the media stay on this like they did with Clinton e-mails or do the current events of the day, relegate this to something troubling but will be addressed by those most effected by it, namely the residents of Virginia and the Democratic Party members of Virginia and the courts, should anything be filed.
re: #230 Belafon
The funny thing is, we’re playing by new rules. Would the Democratic party have cared about blackface 20 years ago?
maybe this is semantics and nuanced
yes, we are somewhat introspective. our standards have evolved and continue to. (that’s progressive, isn’t it)
on the level of political tactics we treat ourselves and the r’s differently than they treat us and themselves. two rule books
re: #246 Eclectic Cyborg
By all means but sadly this kind of stuff just isn’t as damaging to Republicans as it is to Democrats.
Sure but we need to point out the double standards.
re: #192 Belafon
I will admit I love the Pet Shop Boys, even if I can’t see the video.
The Pet Shop Boys are quintssential/defining 80s electronic new wave. They are brilliant.
Conservatives of course respond with the classic DARVO
Twitter is allowing a photoshopped image of Democratic women in KKK hoods to spread on its website.
It has been shared by Ann Coulter and Katrina Pierson, a senior advisor to the president’s re-election campaign & former spox. https://t.co/k7BoS4cr01— Jane Lytvynenko 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️ (@JaneLytv) February 6, 2019
Y’all better extend Black history month into March after this nonsense https://t.co/UUfxA0EkY8
— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) February 6, 2019
re: #251 jaunte
Conservatives of course respond with the classic DARVO
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This shit makes me want to hurl because those two know they’re spreading lies.
You cannot condemn liberals for being proponents of diversity and then liken them to the KKK.
re: #254 HappyWarrior
It makes the same sense as rapping on the top of your skull with a knuckle.
Our President is openly admired by David Duke but sure Ann and Katrina tell your stupid readers that AOC is a Klan supporter when your idea of citizenship is from Nuremberg.
re: #255 jaunte
It makes the same sense as rapping on the top of your skull with a knuckle.
They do this shit all the goddamn time. Meanwhile Coulter literally believes only people with all four grandparents born in the US can vote which means I’m the only one in my family that can vote even though I have roots going back to a Washington’s presidency.
re: #255 jaunte
It makes the same sense as rapping on the top of your skull with a knuckle.
Ahem. I can make interesting, musical, tympanic sounds audible to an audience by thumping my cranium with my knuckles. Perhaps it is time for a YouTube video?
re: #243 HappyWarrior
It’s such a frustrating thing since every Dem in the legislature is up and everyone of them is tied to these three guys.
i know this is probably untenable
- they can all state their disgust and position about him - distance themselves as far as they can.
- can they really force him out over this? im guessing not. so he stays. yes, ineffective maybe.
meanwhile, that list upthread (king et al)? the R’s can very easily lead the charge to forcefully boot them out of congress. they’re not even politely asking them to resign.
We’re either ruining this country with diversity or we’re the same white supremacists threatened by non whites.
re: #259 7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)
I think percussive self-rapping is in a different category!
re: #260 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
i know this is probably untenable
- they can all state their disgust and position about him - distance themselves as far as they can.
- can they really force him out over this? im guessing not. so he stays. yes, ineffective maybe.meanwhile, that list upthread (king et al)? the R’s can very easily lead the charge to forcefully boot them out of congress. they’re not even politely asking them to resign.
True. It’s just frustrating.
I know that Corgan has turned into kind of a whack job, but I’m a sucker for stories of musicians being reunited with stolen instruments - After 27 Years, Billy Corgan Finally Reunites With Stolen ‘Gish’ Guitar
About a year after Smashing Pumpkins issued their fuzzy, trippy debut, Gish, a thief stole Billy Corgan’s favorite guitar. The band had just finished a gig at Detroit’s Saint Andrew’s Hall in June 1992 when a friend who was acting as a roadie told him, “Somebody just walked out the back door with your guitar.” It hadn’t even been five minutes since the band finished the show, as Corgan recalls. “I was like, ‘How is that even possible? Where’s security? Where were you?’” He filed a police report and offered a $10,000, no-questions-asked reward for its return.
For the past 27 years, he’s heard rumors of the guitar resurfacing. “It got to the point where you started not believing it, because you heard it so many times,” he tells Rolling Stone. “It was like the lost treasure of Blackbeard or something.”
On Tuesday, Corgan’s fortunes changed. A friend of his contacted him with a picture of a guitar that looked like the stolen instrument. But he was still incredulous because he’d been tricked before. “Somebody sent me a picture a couple of weeks ago of another one of my guitars, and I wrote the guy back and said, ‘How did you get my guitar?’” he says. “And he wrote back, ‘Oh, it’s a recreation.’ He’d literally gotten the same stickers, worn them down in the same way and scraped the paint so it looked worn. You could have fooled me.” So he decided to check it out in person. Sure enough, it was the early Seventies Fender Stratocaster that he had been looking for for more than 25 years.
re: #247 piratedan
all you gotta do to see the bias in the system is to see how Steve King still sits in his seat, w/o sanction from the House Republicans or the Iowa GOP and the amount of media attention focused on him and his statements and actions over the last 5 years versus what is taking place in Va over events that transpired decades ago. I don’t want to say that what is happening isn’t newsworthy and doesn’t merit attention or even action/apology/resignation but in perspective, we have a virtual Nazi serving in one of the highest elected offices in the land, unapologetically and his party essentially refuses to do anything about it. Whereas in Va, we have calls for resignation, apologies and a pattern of revelation that follows a pattern of similar GOP ratfucking efforts.
The tell is the media, does the media stay on this like they did with Clinton e-mails or do the current events of the day, relegate this to something troubling but will be addressed by those most effected by it, namely the residents of Virginia and the Democratic Party members of Virginia and the courts, should anything be filed.
re: #264 makeitstop
I know that Corgan has turned into kind of a whack job, but I’m a sucker for stories of musicians being reunited with stolen instruments - After 27 Years, Billy Corgan Finally Reunites With Stolen ‘Gish’ Guitar
It’s a shame he went full Alex Jones.
The spin on the investigations keeps getting more frantic:
This hot take seems to have been sent out to the GOP propagandists today for them to regurgitate.
There is a distinction between what happened, and there’s a reason why the GOP didn’t release the transcripts on these same terms last year: bc they encouraged people to lie. https://t.co/7HPKBhCemt— emptywheel (@emptywheel) February 6, 2019
moron found his phone
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 6, 2019
re: #99 Decatur Deb
It’s vaguely influenced by a really early case of good-guy blackface, the author of Black Like Me.
That book really made a difference to me. It was assigned reading in high school, and really got my attention.
re: #268 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #269 retired cynic
That book really made a difference to me. It was assigned reading in high school, and really got my attention.
Richard Wright’s Black Boy for me. Did a report on it and him later in college. Appreciate so much that my 10th grade English teacher had us read the first half.
Was he sitting at the Oval Office desk? https://t.co/iDgSjXyUn8
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) February 6, 2019
re: #268 Backwoods_Sleuth
Fucking details, Donnie:
But as CNN notes, Trump’s high approval ratings for his 2019 speech are due at least in part to the partisan nature of the audience. In fact, the speech had the “largest partisan tilt measured in any CNN instant poll following a presidential address to Congress back to 2001,” journalist Jennifer Agiesta wrote. People who watched this year’s State of the Union were 17 points likelier than the general public to identify as Republicans, and Republicans, of course, liked what Trump had to say.
re: #254 HappyWarrior
You cannot condemn liberals for being proponents of diversity and then liken them to the KKK.
why not?
it’s the spaghetti approach
the first part sticks to some people, the second to others
it doesnt have to have internal consistency or make any overall cohesive sense
pointing out hypocrisy hasn’t worked for us. it wont change minds and ‘they’ dont care because they are numb/immune(?) to it. it’s a feature of some kind i’d guess.
they just keep throwing stuff till something/anything sticks
look how far back they have to go and how deep they have to dig, and to get what, really?
then we rend our garments.
re: #272 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #239 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
-a whole host of ‘regular’ folks talked about the debt and deficit and ‘our grandchildren’
- many were interviewed on tvhow’d that work out these last two years?
or dont your grandchildren matter any more?
“Sorry, no, we care about our grandchildren, which is why we need to get rid of the estate tax… but your grandchildren? They can just work for ours when the time comes?”
At this point, Trump could recite the Communist Manifesto word for word and his base would praise it.
re: #258 HappyWarrior
They do this shit all the goddamn time. Meanwhile Coulter literally believes only people with all four grandparents born in the US can vote which means I’m the only one in my family that can vote even though I have roots going back to a Washington’s presidency.
no she doesnt. she says it. she doesnt believe it
she’s a shock jock. and not a very good one.
this is something else we do that maybe we should stop
(either im on a roll or im pissing everyone off today)
for the most part i dont think most of them believe the stuff they spout
they arent really idiots
they do it for effect, or to score points politically or in the media
there are a few really dumb and/or true believers
the rest of them just say nasty, annoying, provocative stuff, yes, that they want their rubes to believe.
whether they themselves ‘believe’ stuff or not i think is besides the point
Anyway, I’m here for folks diving into these yearbooks so you can see what your mom, dad and aunties and uncles were up to. And for many it it was celebrating slavery and making light of lynching. And that ain’t isolated to the south, I assure you.
— Keep It Surly (@surlyurbanist) February 6, 2019
re: #274 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
why not?
it’s the spaghetti approach
the first part sticks to some people, the second to othersit doesnt have to have internal consistency or make any overall cohesive sense
pointing out hypocrisy hasn’t worked for us. it wont change minds and ‘they’ dont care because they are numb/immune(?) to it. it’s a feature of some kind i’d guess.
they just keep throwing stuff till something/anything sticks
look how far back they have to go and how deep they have to dig, and to get what, really?then we rend our garments.
Ha true.
re: #278 HappyWarrior
At this point, Trump could recite the Communist Manifesto word for word and his base would praise it.
Someone mentioned it on MSNBC last night in either the pre-game or post-game coverage (I was driving so I don’t know who said it) but they made the point that the GOP base listens to Trump and if he turned on Coulter/Limbaugh, the base would turn on them too. But he’s not even strong enough to do that at this point.
As (I think) Nicole Wallace said, he might as well have been giving the SOTU from his knees, he’s so weak right now.
re: #279 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
no she doesnt. she says it. she doesnt believe it
she’s a shock jock. and not a very good one.this is something else we do that maybe we should stop
(either im on a roll or im pissing everyone off today)for the most part i dont think most of them believe the stuff they spout
they arent really idiots
they do it for effect, or to score points politically or in the media
there are a few really dumb and/or true believers
the rest of them just say nasty, annoying, provocative stuff, yes, that they want their rubes to believe.whether they themselves ‘believe’ stuff or not i think is besides the point
I take her at her word :) but fair enough and you’re not pissing me off.
re: #282 KGxvi
Someone mentioned it on MSNBC last night in either the pre-game or post-game coverage (I was driving so I don’t know who said it) but they made the point that the GOP base listens to Trump and if he turned on Coulter/Limbaugh, the base would turn on them too. But he’s not even strong enough to do that at this point.
As (I think) Nicole Wallace said, he might as well have been giving the SOTU from his knees, he’s so weak right now.
He kind of did turn on Coulter recently though when she bashed him. And you sort of saw that with Bill Mitchell saying Coulter was a Democrat which made me LOL since Coulter was doing her shit long before Bill Mitchell wanted to be Trump’s biggest ass kisser not named Hannity.
re: #280 jaunte
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I actually have some of my parents yearbooks. No signs of that thankfully.
little known factoid:
Just a reminder that Stacey Abrams is also Selena Montgomery, because yes, romance authors DO kick ass.https://t.co/QWNona2B3k
— Courtney!!! Milan 🦖 (@courtneymilan) February 6, 2019
re: #266 HappyWarrior
It’s a shame he went full Alex Jones.
Yeah, it is. But I can relate on the level that I’ve had guitars stolen in the past, and I’d love to have a couple of them back.
I’m happy for Corgan, just like I was with Peter Frampton when he got his Les Paul back after 31 years. It’s a feel-good story, with guitars. :)
re: #230 Belafon
The funny thing is, we’re playing by new rules. Would the Democratic party have cared about blackface 20 years ago?
In a photo with a guy in a Klan outfit? Yes, I think so.
Because all crime & treason is OK as long as you wear an American Flag pin
Speaks for itself and no one is at all surprised. pic.twitter.com/kLoJzMmY10
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) February 6, 2019
re: #289 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
im fine with this as long as the number of republicans represented by that “Republicans 97%” line keeps getting smaller and smaller
In this particular poll they made up over 40% of the respondents… which skews the overall results.
re: #285 HappyWarrior
I actually have some of my parents yearbooks. No signs of that thankfully.
Makes me glad I graduated from a majority-minority HS; lots of stupid, juvenile stuff went on that was of its time (1989-1993), but if anyone did the shit that Northam did and people at school found out, there would’ve been a fucking beatdown coming down.
/don’t start no shit, won’t be no shit
re: #290 The Vicious Babushka
I was told that when fascism came to America it would be carrying a cross and wrapped in a flag, not that it’d have a bad hair cut and worse spray tan.
re: #276 KGxvi
“Sorry, no, we care about our grandchildren, which is why we need to get rid of the estate tax… but your grandchildren? They can just work for ours when the time comes?”
your guy just ballooned the deficit
your grandkids are toast
repealing the estate tax wont save ‘em
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re: #290 The Vicious Babushka
nobody cares, junior, except weak people like you and yours
I noticed that your cougar girlfriend was wearing white last night…she wasn’t wearing a flag pin either
re: #294 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
Never said they were much for forward thinking.
re: #285 HappyWarrior
My yearbook has a picture of a guy a group of us invented a whole persona for. We had him enrolled in the school database, an academic record, a class ring order, graduation invitations order, his name on the list of graduates. But no blackface.
re: #290 The Vicious Babushka
Because all crime & treason is OK as long as you wear an American Flag pin
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This, of course, does not take into account the majority of people who simply didn’t watch because President Con Man turns their stomachs. https://t.co/zyUWO7U4sH
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 6, 2019
re: #297 jaunte
My yearbook has a picture of a guy a group of us invented a whole persona for. We had him enrolled in the school database, an academic record, a class ring order, graduation invitations order, his name on the list of graduates. But no blackface.
I didn’t get pictured for my college yearbook but my high school has me with the Young Dems, Freedom to Read(anti censorship group).
I just skimmed through some photos of last night…not a single one of the trump spawn and spouses in attendance were wearing a flag pin
re: #295 Backwoods_Sleuth
nobody cares, junior, except weak people like you and yours
I noticed that your cougar girlfriend was wearing white last night…she wasn’t wearing a flag pin either
Speaking of wearing white: is Tiffany doing so proof that she’s #thegoodTrump, or just coincidence? I’m unfortunately leaning toward the latter, because if you recall, even her mother tried to prep for the inaguration by getting gratis work from salons and “paying in exposure”.
re: #299 Charles Johnson
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re: #297 jaunte
My yearbook has a picture of a guy a group of us invented a whole persona for. We had him enrolled in the school database, an academic record, a class ring order, graduation invitations order, his name on the list of graduates. But no blackface.
Was his name Tuttle and did he go into the Army?
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“Among people who like this sort of thing, many liked it.”
re: #277 Backwoods_Sleuth
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while i dont doubt any of this, it still is at odds with two other points because for this to work he had to win.
- he didnt think he was gonna win (as most of us didnt)
- he didnt want to win (so it’s been said)
re: #302 Chrysicat
Speaking of wearing white: is Tiffany doing so proof that she’s #thegoodTrump, or just coincidence? I’m unfortunately leaning toward the latter, because if you recall, even her mother tried to prep for the inaguration by getting gratis work from salons and “paying in exposure”.
I think Tiffany wearing white was deliberate on her part
re: #237 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
ride. it. out.
This is a serious problem for Fairfax.
NBC News has learned that Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax used profane language in a private meeting Monday night, while referring to his accuser, Dr. Vanessa Tyson.
Two sources tells us Fairfax said of Tyson: “Fuck that bitch.”
— @GeoffRBennett & @jonallendc— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) February 6, 2019
re: #304 TedStriker
Ours was named Leon Topar. (1971)
re: #302 Chrysicat
Speaking of wearing white: is Tiffany doing so proof that she’s #thegoodTrump, or just coincidence? I’m unfortunately leaning toward the latter, because if you recall, even her mother tried to prep for the inaguration by getting gratis work from salons and “paying in exposure”.
I’m giving Tiff and Barron a pass until they run their mouths and I feel bad for Tiffany knowing what her half sister tried to do. The pecking order for me from worst to best Trump kid is
Ivanka—-Don Jr—-Eric—-Tiffany—-Barron
Barron may actually be somewhat intelligent too. I can’t imagine the three kids of Ivanna having the intellectual curiously to learn their mother’s Czech while Barron has learned some Slovene which as a fellow Slovene-American gets some props from m since I tried learning when I was a little older than he was and I was awful.
Next in line is a Republican who could grope someone while in blackface and then moonwalk out of the room waving a confederate flag and the Virginia GOP (whose Senate candidate 3 months ago was Corey Stewart) would say “so?” and celebrate the Dems handing them the governorship. https://t.co/duJJcJpRPV
— Col. Morris Davis (@ColMorrisDavis) February 6, 2019
re: #308 NO SMOCKING GUN!
This is a serious problem for Fairfax.
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Yep. If we found it unacceptable in Kavanaugh, we have to find it unacceptable in Fairfax. The testimony from his accuser seems pretty damning too.
re: #308 NO SMOCKING GUN!
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Yes, it is even if the allegation isn’t true. I get that if he’s innocent he’s upset but goddamn it dude.
re: #311 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Correction Chris, the executive branch is. The legislative branch has a lot of great leaders.
re: #145 HappyWarrior
I know. Anyhow, I think for those the team name and logo matter. The Cleveland Indians name doesn’t bother me so much as the Chief Wahoo which they thankfully did get rid of.
I went to the University of Illinois, and our sports name was the Illini, after the Illini tribe, as the state was named, also.
There were many schools with offensive mascots, but she kept pushing on the NCAA to ban this particular one. There must have been some serious money behind the effort, as she was not anyone in particular. And the NCAA banned Chief Illiniwek, but saw no problem with any of the others at that time.
The U of I still has no mascot, and now no symbol. Perhaps I lacked sensitivity, but no matter how I have tried over the years to see that symbol as a negative thing, I just haven’t been able to get there.
So that is my confession!
re: #290 The Vicious Babushka
Because all crime & treason is OK as long as you wear an American Flag pin
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see - this kind of thing is asinine
(no, not you posting it here VB)
you cant even see all the people in the picture.
so the GLARING HEADLINE is meaningless twaddle
it’s a lie. meant to provoke. not to be somehow factual or ‘true’
re: #312 Chrysicat
Yep. If we found it unacceptable in Kavanaugh, we have to find it unacceptable in Fairfax. The testimony from his accuser seems pretty damning too.
I’m curious about what made the Post think it was conflicting. However, I cannot defend this reaction and I can/will not attack Professor Tyson for bringing it up in 2017 because I understood completely why Dr. Ford was reluctant to talk about it for a long time too. I really hope it’s not true and I also hope he didn’t say this.
take 2 minutes to listen:
.@RepCummings is on fire. Stop whatever you’re doing and watch this.
“One year ago today, on my mother’s dying bed at 92 years old — a former sharecropper — her last words were: Do. Not. Let. Them. Take. Our. Votes. Away. From. Us.” pic.twitter.com/yN6phWkC7D— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) February 6, 2019
re: #299 Charles Johnson
The cross tabs from that poll make it worthless:
Very Liberal 10
Liberal 12
Moderate 22
Conservative 27
Very Conservative 27
That’s nowhere near the current ideological make up of the US.
Male 57
Female 43
That’s also a bit… off
18-29 14
30-44 23
45-64 35
65+ 28
That also seems… not quite right.
His audience was basically his base and a few people not in his base that are political junkies (like most of us).
re: #316 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
see - this kind of thing is asinine
(no, not you posting it here VB)you cant even see all the people in the picture.
so the GLARING HEADLINE is meaningless twaddleit’s a lie. meant to provoke. not to be somehow factual or ‘true’
It’s something that Donald Trump, Jr would do. I only have Ivanka as more despicable than him since she has a little smarts and she’s her father’s favorite.
Trump’s invocation of Holocaust survivors & the Tree of Life massacre rings hollow when he:
- embraces white nationalism
- uses & pushes antisemitic tropes
- endorses religious discrimination
- puts immigrants in detention camps
- thinks there are very fine people on both sides— Bend the Arc: Jewish Action (@jewishaction) February 6, 2019
Illinois: our politics are crazy, who’s indicted now?
New Jersey: lololol oh yeah hold my beer
Virginia: LEEEEROOOOOOOOOOOOY JENKINS
re: #319 KGxvi
The cross tabs from that poll make it worthless:
That’s nowhere near the current ideological make up of the US.
That’s also a bit… off
That also seems… not quite right.
His audience was basically his base and a few people not in his base that are political junkies (like most of us).
Yep.
re: #296 KGxvi
Never said they were much for forward thinking.
if they were they’d ignore the estate tax and create an insurance trust to ‘save the family farm from having to be sold’
re: #325 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
He was a predecessor.
re: #304 TedStriker
Was his name Tuttle and did he go into the Army?
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re: #325 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
Makes me wonder how widespread a prank imaginary friends with full paperwork have been.
re: #327 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
damn you
Teehee…
(BTW, that M*A*S*H episode is the only one in its eleven-year run where Sparky is actually on-screen, instead of just being on the other end of the phone/referred to by Radar, Klinger, or one of the other characters)
Here we go again:
-There’s no wall in “Tucson”
-There’s no place called “Tuscon.” (And there’s no wall there, either) https://t.co/TqddOdEdUr— BrahmResnik (@brahmresnik) February 6, 2019
Sloppiest White House ever.
re: #330 jaunte
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Tucson isn’t on the border. And the fucking yam said that El Paso was crime infested last night. These guys can’t get their fucking message straight.
re: #331 HappyWarrior
The message has always been Scary Brown People.
re: #329 TedStriker
Teehee…
(BTW, that M*A*S*H episode is the only one in its eleven-year run where Sparky is actually on-screen)
i knew that
re: #332 jaunte
The message has always been Scary Brown People.
And it works. I just hope it won’t work enough.
re: #3 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Speaking of blackface, a take I have which may not be popular is that its problematic that Warren listed herself as “American Indian” on her Bar registration card in 1986, in that I suspect Native Americans will find her attempt to claim that identity for herself to be offensive.
I talked about this yesterday. My late father was born in Oklahoma, and if Warren’s family was like my extended family, everyone in that generation thought we had Native American ancestry. *Everyone.* I don’t know how many times I heard it. That generation is now dead. This generation has gotten genealogy testing and learned that we’re white. In my case, 63 percent British/Scots/Irish and 36% French/German.
I don’t remember doing anything legal-wise with that information. When I applied to law school (scant months before Warren filled out that Bar card), I did mention I was the first person in my extended family to get a college degree and that my parents only had high school diplomas. But otherwise, I probably looked like a child of a newly middle class family to the university, which was true.
So I didn’t know this but an African-American by name of Otis Boykin invented the pacemaker. I have a defoliator due to my heart condition. This is why you need things like black history month because too many damn white people are convinced that “you owe everything in life to white people.” So props to Otis and thank you.
re: #290 The Vicious Babushka
Because all crime & treason is OK as long as you wear an American Flag pin
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— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) February 6, 2019
re: #337 NO SMOCKING GUN!
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You can’t even see all of their lapels. And come to think of it Jr, I’ve never seen you with an American lapel pin. And once again patriotism isn’t about symbols. It’s about actions. What have you done to serve your country? You only act like a comically bad lackey for your villainous father. You don’t care about this country. You care about power for you and your crooked crime family.
re: #329 TedStriker
Teehee…
(BTW, that M*A*S*H episode is the only one in its eleven-year run where Sparky is actually on-screen)
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re: #302 Chrysicat
Speaking of wearing white: is Tiffany doing so proof that she’s #thegoodTrump, or just coincidence? I’m unfortunately leaning toward the latter, because if you recall, even her mother tried to prep for the inaguration by getting gratis work from salons and “paying in exposure”.
She won my heart when she dodged the Donald’s kiss after one of the debates.
re: #340 NO SMOCKING GUN!
She won my heart when she dodged the Donald’s kiss after one of the debates.
I think she more than all of the kids knows what he really is.
re: #308 NO SMOCKING GUN!
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Yeah, he’s toast.
re: #271 HappyWarrior
Richard Wright’s Black Boy for me. Did a report on it and him later in college. Appreciate so much that my 10th grade English teacher had us read the first half.
Did you read his Native Son book?
We read that one in Freshman year American literature class.
re: #343 ObserverArt
Did you read his Native Son book?
We read that one in Freshman year American literature class.
Still need to but we did read part of his good buddy Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man.
The lands package includes our desert bill that will ensure the California desert is preserved for generations to come. It protects 375,000 acres of wilderness, establishes 6 permanent off-highway vehicle areas and adds 42,0000 acres to Joshua Tree & Death Valley National Parks.
— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) February 6, 2019
re: #322 LadyBehir
Upding for the WoW hat tip.
re: #290 The Vicious Babushka
Because all crime & treason is OK as long as you wear an American Flag pin
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When symbols are more important than the concepts and rights behind them you are a fascist.
I so hope something happens to shut fucking Donny Jr. up. So sick of his me-too punk-ass shtick.
re: #347 ObserverArt
When symbols are more important than the concepts and rights behind them you are a fascist.
I so hope something happens to shut fucking Donny Jr. up. So sick of his me-too punk-ass shtick.
He’s like a movie bad guy’s lackey. I’d love to see him facing Mueller.
My governor’s response speech:
All of this talk about walls tonight… #SOTU pic.twitter.com/QFLAYHor0t
— MichelleLujanGrisham (@Michelle4NM) February 6, 2019
re: #345 Backwoods_Sleuth
Odds that Trump vetoes it out of spite? Like, 6:1?
re: #350 NO SMOCKING GUN!
But if He was Republican, no problem.
If he were a Republican, he’d be a hero. I’m not sure if he’s guilty or not of the accusation but this response isn’t going to help him in the court of public opinion.
re: #347 ObserverArt
The flag pin thing has bugged the living crap out of me since it started. It has progressed down to food chain to the point where even center directors in various agencies are wearing the fucking things. As you note, it’s meaningless flair to present a facade. I’m not sure if my office director has put one on when he goes to center manglement or higher meetings…
re: #54 HappyWarrior
Smith and any other Black of African-American lizards, I’m definitely interested in your opinions here since you guys would have been aware of this in that era early 80’s era that both Northam and Herring were doing this in. My observation is that there was a lot more casual racism that was socially acceptable in those days versus today and that’s something I am glad is changing but we still need to work on it.
Happy, I’ll be 40 this year- so I don’t have a true adult understanding of this point in time(early 80’s). I am consciously aware of what blackface was because there were some cartoons that were shown(Think Merry Melodies or Silly Symphonies) that would have the “Mr. Bojangles” and Cab Calloway caricatures in blackface. I knew enough, and was told enough by other adults that this wasn’t something that was okay.
re: #355 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
Happy, I’ll be 40 this year- so I don’t have a true adult understanding of this point in time(early 80’s). I am consciously aware of what blackface was because there were some cartoons that were shown(Think Merry Melodies or Silly Symphonies) that would have the “Mr. Bojangles” and Cab Calloway caricatures in blackface. I knew enough, and was told enough by other adults that this wasn’t something that was okay.
Thank you. Appreciate your perspective on this.
re: #352 HappyWarrior
If he were a Republican, he’d be a hero. I’m not sure if he’s guilty or not of the accusation but this response isn’t going to help him in the court of public opinion.
No and sadly, neither is his skin color.
re: #354 KGxvi
Problem with that tweet is that the orange shit-goblin isn’t competent enough to draw that line on a map. The words are believable, though.
re: #353 Colère Tueur de Lapin
The flag pin thing has bugged the living crap out of me since it started. It has progressed down to food chain to the point where even center directors in various agencies are wearing the fucking things. As you note, it’s meaningless flair to present a facade. I’m not sure if my office director has put one on when he goes to center manglement or higher meetings…
It’s crap. Patriotism as symbol and not actions.
re: #353 Colère Tueur de Lapin
If I were a Democrat in congress I might have been tempted to wear a flag pin…with the flag upside down.
re: #358 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Problem with that tweet is that the orange shit-goblin isn’t competent enough to draw that line on a map. The words are believable, though.
It’s an old meme, I was debating between that one and “whoa… there’s a New Mexico?”
re: #361 KGxvi
It’s an old meme, I was debating between that one and “whoa… there’s a New Mexico?”
One of the best Burns lines, Maestro.
re: #360 Eclectic Cyborg
If I were a Democrat in congress I might have been tempted to wear a flag pin…with the flag upside down.
Sentiment wise, I agree. The right whingers would distort the distress sign to say that it was disrespectful, fox notnewz would pick it up, and it’s all downhill from there.
re: #88 BlueGrl21
My aunt researched our history and found all kinds of miscreants. One great-great grandfather was an abortionist who carried a fake “Harvard Medical School” gold-tipped walking stick. My dad still has it.
People don’t leave security, wealth, and stability to immigrate.
My mom used to tell me that our ancestors were horse thieves who were kicked out of every decent country in Europe.
re: #353 Colère Tueur de Lapin
The flag pin thing has bugged the living crap out of me since it started. It has progressed down to food chain to the point where even center directors in various agencies are wearing the fucking things. As you note, it’s meaningless flair to present a facade. I’m not sure if my office director has put one on when he goes to center manglement or higher meetings…
That may be one of the best typos for ‘management’ I’ve ever seen. If it’s intentional, I’d like to subscribe to your journal.
re: #364 Teddy’s Person
My mom used to tell me that our ancestors were horse thieves who were kicked out of every decent country in Europe.
Your ancestors were good people.
re: #365 EPR-radar
That may be one of the best typos for ‘management’ I’ve ever seen. If it’s intentional, I’d like to subscribe to your journal.
Far better than Scott Adams.
re: #369 KGxvi
Actually they both did:
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You are correct, sorry for some reason the Homer line stood out for me more… going to go do some Simpsons trivia digging find out what episodes it was said in and figure out why.
re: #370 jamesfirecat
You are correct, sorry for some reason the Homer line stood out for me more… going to go do some Simpsons trivia digging find out what episodes it was said in and figure out why.
I’d actually forgot about the Homer line. Then I went to get the Burns clip and saw the Homer one.
re: #371 KGxvi
I’d actually forgot about the Homer line. Then I went to get the Burns clip and saw the Homer one.
Also I just double checked, Burn’s line is in season 12 Homer Versus Dignity, while Homer’s is from season 5 Boy-Scoutz N The Hood, so Homer said the line SEVEN seasons before Mr. Burns did.
Check and mate good sir!
Since someone posted the new Pet Shop Boys tune today, I thought I’d mention that Front Line Assembly has done a cover of Falco’s ‘Rock Me Amadeus.’
I’m still partial to that epic remix that the man himself did…
Falco was a freakin’ genius. Fight me.
re: #372 jamesfirecat
Also I just double checked, Burn’s line is in season 12 Homer Versus Dignity, while Homer’s is from season 5 Boy-Scoutz N The Hood, so Homer said the line SEVEN seasons before Mr. Burns did.
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re: #372 jamesfirecat
Also I just double checked, Burn’s line is in season 12 Homer Versus Dignity, while Homer’s is from season 5 Boy-Scoutz N The Hood, so Homer said the line SEVEN seasons before Mr. Burns did.
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Check and mate good sir!
Wow.
re: #160 NO SMOCKING GUN!
She listed herself as “American Indian” in her Texas Bar Association registration form in 1986. I don’t even know how they found such an obscure document.
Charlie Kirk and that Wohl kid have to do something for their paychecks.
re: #377 HappyWarrior
Wow.
Hey, what can I say, Simpsons Trivia is something where if someone is wrong on the internet you can prove that particular fact beyond a shadow of a doubt answer for rather than just arguing in circles.
Unless of course the question is when the show went downhill… (runs for the exit)
From the comments of a ‘fuck Brexit’ thread that was RT’d by one of my newest followers:
Recently (and I’ll do it again in March) I drove from Bulgaria to Greece ferry to Italy and up over the Alps to France, crossing the channel from Calais to Dover. More than once I remembered the cost of that journey (BOTH wars and the Cold one) it’s so much more than trade #peace
— David Daniel (@MrDavidDaniel) January 26, 2019
Nice. I took my Toyota and 16 year old son from Spain to the Ukraine and back via 17 countries, Oswiecim en route. Brexit must be stopped and those behind it held accountable. We cannot let freedom and cooperation be replaced by protectionism and hatred.
— The Slipstreamer (@TheSlipstreamer) January 26, 2019
Unfortunately, offer void in Russia and, because of that, increasingly in the Disunited States. Here’s hoping it can be #justUkraineAgain sometime before Putin tries re-establishing the Warsaw Pact.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) February 6, 2019
Randomly flipped through the 1979 UNC-Chapel Hill yearbook today just to kill some time, and found this photo on one of the fraternities’ pages. Holy shit. pic.twitter.com/jDjaMLAFl1
— Colin Campbell (@RaleighReporter) February 6, 2019
Oh, wow! Did Q tell you that’s what Trump’s errors regarding the English language are encoding? I don’t block, but I do fight Russophiles!
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) February 6, 2019
I love this reductive definition of patriotism as the wearing of a meaningless ornament, while you criminally conspire with America’s enemies. Style over substance ad absurdum.
— Franklygoddamn (@goddamnedfrank) February 7, 2019
re: #243 HappyWarrior
It’s such a frustrating thing since every Dem in the legislature is up and everyone of them is tied to these three guys.
Yes, they are Democrats, but the Democrats are currently more tied to principle than any candidate.
re: #384 Belafon
Yes, they are Democrats, but the Democrats are currently more tied to principle than any candidate.
Very true.
The last couple of days have been exhausted. So we’re pretty much guaranteed to lose Virginia right as redistricting is looming, another state we really can’t afford to lose and yet…we probably should, if the top 3 dems in the State are in this mess like this?
But again, the fact that this is happening while the GOP continues to skate by on their even worse sins especially when the Media magnifies our sins if/when they exist, and utterly ignores the GOPs or passes them off as ‘boys will be boys’….
I really don’t know what to do. I get the idea that we need some moral highground to actually fight racism and all this shit…but it feels like all the high ground we claim amounts to shit when the GOP literally lives with no consequences for anything, even open outright racism and hate.
re: #248 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
maybe this is semantics and nuanced
yes, we are somewhat introspective. our standards have evolved and continue to. (that’s progressive, isn’t it)
on the level of political tactics we treat ourselves and the r’s differently than they treat us and themselves. two rule books
I agree, we are playing by different rules. And I personally think that we need to look at some of our rules and procedures and take a bit more reality into account. We’re quick to drop someone when we need to maybe give these announcements a 24 or 48 hour space before we start demanding resignations.
re: #383 goddamnedfrank
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I swear, I’m getting close to the point where I do start disassociating from the country’s symbols, because these lackwits aren’t replacing them, and that just means when they invariably get into a war that ends with the country externally-liberated, they’ll all have to be abandoned and replaced then, as they’ll have the same connotations as the swastikas whether German or Southern. So I don’t blame other Dems for not wearing a symbol that’s soon to go toxic.
re: #328 jaunte
Makes me wonder how widespread a prank imaginary friends with full paperwork have been.
At a previous job, our group had a stuffed animal (a fox) that we treated as a mascot. We received notice that all ID badges were being replaced for security reasons. Since one of the groups SO was in charge of making the new badges, we were able to get an official badge with the fox’s picture and name, which we attached to the stuffed fox (and yes, we could have gotten into trouble).
A member of another group was complaining about the security folks, claiming they didn’t pay attention to the badges and so he felt the re-badging was stupid. To prove his point, he decided to walk into the building wearing the fox’s badge instead of his own, to demonstrate that no one pays attention.
Being evil and all, we tipped off the security folks at the entrance. When we walked in, they stopped him, looked carefully at the badge picture and at him and back at the badge. And then let him in the building.
We called him Foxy after that. He never lived it down.
re: #389 A Cranky One
That’s awesome.
MSNBC just reported that Justin Fairfax has just hired Brett Kavanaugh’s lawyers for handling the sexual misconduct allegations.
So much deja vu.— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) February 6, 2019
MICHAEL TWITTY WINS THE INTERNET
IT’S SPELLED “SEITAN” BILL…GEEZ HUG A VEGAN…. https://t.co/EDUrbkCXFx
— Michael W. Twitty (@KosherSoul) February 7, 2019
re: #393 The Vicious Babushka
MICHAEL TWITTY WINS THE INTERNET
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Bill, do you deny you’re a pedocrast?
re: #391 The Vicious Babushka
His accuser hired the same firm that Dr. Ford hired for the Kavanaugh case. I suspect those are firms that are quite well versed in these types of matters.
re: #392 HappyWarrior
Welp here we go.
If neither Northam nor Fairfax resign, what’s the process to remove them? Can the GOP in the legislature do it on their own, or do they need Democratic votes?
re: #318 Backwoods_Sleuth
take 2 minutes to listen:
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Thank you for posting that. Powerful stuff.
re: #397 KGxvi
His accuser hired the same firm that Dr. Ford hired for the Kavanaugh case. I suspect those are firms that are quite well versed in these types of matters.
If neither Northam nor Fairfax resign, what’s the process to remove them? Can the GOP in the legislature do it on their own, or do they need Democratic votes?
I’m not sure. I’ve never looked at this. This is a mess. If we end up with a GOP Governor because of it, im going to be pissed. The people didn’t want this.
re: #365 EPR-radar
That may be one of the best typos for ‘management’ I’ve ever seen. If it’s intentional, I’d like to subscribe to your journal.
It is not a typo. I’ve even slipped that one past my manglement when sending out emails. That, or they have a sense of humor…
In addition, yes, I WOULD tell Dem Russophiles to pound sand. I’m either T or I on the #LGBTI list, and virtually every 🇷🇺n other than #PussyRiot and @Kasparov63 feels that’s an offence worthy of public beatings in EVERY country of the world to protect the innocence of 🇷🇺n youth.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) February 7, 2019
This is all really bad for the state all and all.
re: #400 HappyWarrior
I’m not sure. I’ve never looked at this. This is a mess. If we end up with a GOP Governor because of it, im going to be pissed. The people didn’t want this.
Unless something newly horrible comes out, I’m going to come right out and say Herring definitely should NOT resign - unlike Northam, he made a full apology and took responsibility. I completely understand why POC state reps are upset, but do they *really* want a GOPer instead?
re: #405 Interesting Times
Unless something newly horrible comes out, I’m going to come right out and say Herring definitely should NOT resign - unlike Northam, he made a full apology and took responsibility. I completely understand why POC state reps are upset, but do they *really* want a GOPer instead?
Yeah I don’t think Herring should resign.
One thing is for goddamn sure. The state GOP needs to do some internal housekeeping itself.
re: #402 Colère Tueur de Lapin
It is not a typo. I’ve even slipped that one past my manglement when sending out emails. That, or they have a sense of humor…
Manglement with a sense of humor? Can … can I come work for your people? My people kinda suck right now.
re: #407 HappyWarrior
One thing is for goddamn sure. The state GOP needs to do some internal housekeeping itself.
But that’s the thing: they don’t actually care about that kind of stuff unless it can be used to bludgeon the Dems. They’ll tolerate it within their own party, and the media will never punish them for it the way that they’ll punish the Dems for doing a fraction of the same.
They won’t ever do internal housekeeping because they can keep getting away with it and win.
r u ok? https://t.co/GIudcRfZO0
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 7, 2019
re: #409 Citizen K
But that’s the thing: they don’t actually care about that kind of stuff unless it can be used to bludgeon the Dems. They’ll tolerate it within their own party, and the media will never punish them for it the way that they’ll punish the Dems for doing a fraction of the same.
They won’t ever do internal housekeeping because they can keep getting away with it and win.
That’s why we need to stay true to ourselves.
re: #410 Charles Johnson
Methinks Bill M. has been hitting the sauce a little bit early tonight. Probably wants to forget the tangerine wankmaggot’s idiotic speech as much as we do.
re: #387 Belafon
I agree, we are playing by different rules. And I personally think that we need to look at some of our rules and procedures and take a bit more reality into account. We’re quick to drop someone when we need to maybe give these announcements a 24 or 48 hour space before we start demanding resignations.
Let me be perfectly Franken about that…
re: #407 HappyWarrior
One thing is for goddamn sure. The state GOP needs to do some internal housekeeping itself.
The biggest problem in this whole mess is that swing voters are experts at finding excuses to vote Republican. E.g., this mess in VA will make them skittish about Democrats for a while, but the fact that the GOP has been the party of racism longer than most voters have been alive never registers. At all.
I’m beginning to think it’s necessary to have some kind of nation-wide remedial education program on what and who is racist, using Trump as the main case study. But everyone outside of team D will instantly reject any such attempt.
re: #398 makeitstop
His accuser hired Blasey Ford’s lawyers. Symmetry.
Yes. As soon as I saw this letterhead:
Tyson, a professor, alleges that Virginia lieutenant governor Fairfax forced her to perform oral sex. He says they had a “consensual encounter” and that she expressed no “discomfort.” She says she cried, gagged and was in “obvious distress.” https://t.co/5qjmeJ0zHl
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 6, 2019
…I knew it was over. That firm turned down Avenatti’s client due to credibility issues, so if they’ve taken on Tyson’s case, they must have vetted it. Also, it’s not like she just came up with the accusation now - she first made it back in 2017. So unless someone turns up evidence she’s been paid off by a GOPer ratfucker, I see no reason to doubt her story :/ Same as Dr Blasey Ford - what on earth does she have to gain by lying?
re: #415 EPR-radar
The biggest problem in this whole mess is that swing voters are experts at finding excuses to vote Republican. E.g., this mess in VA will make them skittish about Democrats for a while, but the fact that the GOP has been the party of racism longer than most voters have been alive never registers. At all.
I’m beginning to think it’s necessary to have some kind of nation-wide remedial education program on what and who is racist, using Trump as the main case study. But everyone outside of team D will instantly reject any such attempt.
Yeah I’m afraid this is going to make swing voters give the GOP another chance that they don’t deserve.
re: #411 HappyWarrior
That’s why we need to stay true to ourselves.
Yeah, but staying true to ourselves has usually meant getting kicked in the junk by the electorate who will fall in love with a charismatic liar than anyone genuinely repentant.
re: #290 The Vicious Babushka
Because all crime & treason is OK as long as you wear an American Flag pin
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— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) February 7, 2019
re: #415 EPR-radar
The biggest problem in this whole mess is that swing voters are experts at finding excuses to vote Republican. E.g., this mess in VA will make them skittish about Democrats for a while, but the fact that the GOP has been the party of racism longer than most voters have been alive never registers. At all.
I’m beginning to think it’s necessary to have some kind of nation-wide remedial education program on what and who is racist, using Trump as the main case study. But everyone outside of team D will instantly reject any such attempt.
New HuffPost/YouGov poll:
Democrats say 78% to 12% that blackface is unacceptable.
Republicans are about evenly split.https://t.co/F5O7juWN7g pic.twitter.com/pJl1vbsAjR— Ariel Edwards-Levy (@aedwardslevy) February 6, 2019
re: #416 Interesting Times
Yes. As soon as I saw this letterhead:
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…I knew it was over. That firm turned down Avenatti’s client due to credibility issues, so if they’ve taken on Tyson’s case, they must have vetted it. Also, it’s not like she just came up with the accusation now - she first made it back in 2017. So unless someone turns up evidence she’s been paid off by a GOPer ratfucker, I see no reason to doubt her story :/ Same as Dr Blasey Ford - what on earth does she have to gain by lying?
I’m going to give her the same I gave Dr. Ford. I can’t be partisan about this.
This put a smile on my face.
NEW: Per @NBCNews, the House Intelligence Committee will send 7,000+ pages of transcripts from hearings & interviews to Mueller. Partial list of transcripts includes:
-Jared Kushner
- Brad Parscale
- Jeff Sessions
- Alexander Nix
- Steve Bannon
- Hope Hicks
- Corey Lewandowski— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) February 6, 2019
re: #418 Citizen K
Yeah, but staying true to ourselves has usually meant getting kicked in the junk by the electorate who will fall in love with a charismatic liar than anyone genuinely repentant.
Honestly, this is kinda where I’m at right now. My day today was miserable in large part thanks to the fact that spineless management basically let a bunch of guys get away with shoddy and unethical practices because it produced results. It’s like, what motivation is there to play fair if life rewards those who don’t?
re: #416 Interesting Times
Yes. As soon as I saw this letterhead:
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…I knew it was over. That firm turned down Avenatti’s client due to credibility issues, so if they’ve taken on Tyson’s case, they must have vetted it. Also, it’s not like she just came up with the accusation now - she first made it back in 2017. So unless someone turns up evidence she’s been paid off by a GOPer ratfucker, I see no reason to doubt her story :/ Same as Dr Blasey Ford - what on earth does she have to gain by lying?
Looks real, real bad.
Also interesting…the GOP seems real skittish about touching this.
I guess America’s overdue for another good ol’ Satanic Panic.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 7, 2019
re: #423 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Honestly, this is kinda where I’m at right now. My day today was miserable in large part thanks to the fact that spineless management basically let a bunch of guys get away with shoddy and unethical practices because it was easier. It’s like, what motivation is there to play fair if life rewards those who don’t?
Like, it’s cynical as fuck, and I hate that it’s cynical as fuck, but it feels like the only thing that makes sense in an atmosphere that rewards cynicism and punishes good faith.
re: #408 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Manglement with a sense of humor? Can … can I come work for your people? My people kinda suck right now.
We need people. Whether on not we’re hiring is a tad questionable. Higher degree/competence in chemistry, toxicology, or biologal science required….
To not believe Dr. Vanessa Tyson, you have to believe that a lifelong Democrat with a history of working to elect Democrats would decide to torpedo the Democratic Party at the moment when it is the most vulnerable.
I believe her. Her statement is utterly devastating.— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) February 6, 2019
re: #429 Scottish Dragon
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I see no reason not to believe her. A lot of people attacked Dr. Ford for accusing Kavanaugh as he was able to ascend to SCOTUS. I will NOT do the same to Professor Tyson because Fairfax might have become Va’s governor.
re: #424 retired cynic
I just watched this simple solution to test alkaline batteries for charge. Is it correct?
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Got 3 questionable AA on the glass-top desk in front of me, and too lazy to go to the garage for the meter. Will let you know.
Video’s test says they’re good, as they ought to be. Yay!!
So my wifi mouse is whacked. Boo!!
re: #422 Teddy’s Person
This put a smile on my face.
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Chances are very good that over half of that list committed perjury. If not all of them (Katie).
Two words. #SouthernStrategy. The entire damn white Confederate population should have been put to death, or at least all the non-conscripted military personnel, and because the US didn’t they got to pass along their bigotry to their descendants.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) February 7, 2019
Paul Erickson, Russian Agent Maria Butina’s Boyfriend, Indicted for Fraud - arrested today Erickson pleaded not guilty - federal indictment in South Dakota alleges he ran a criminal scheme 1996-2018 using a chain of assisted living homes. by @woodruffbets https://t.co/o0662SBPyl
— Wendy Siegelman (@WendySiegelman) February 7, 2019
Erickson is Butina’s boy toy. He was one of the guys she befriended as an in to the GOP and NRA.
This indictment is separate from the ongoing Mueller investigation - and relates to fraud and money laundering in running assisted living homes in South Dakota (prosecution is in DSD). His crimes extend from 1996 to 2018. And the scam included claims that he was building homes in the Bakken oil field.
re: #432 makeitstop
Chances are very good that over half of that list committed perjury. If not all of them (Katie).
I would love love to see Donnie Jr sweating possilby having to spend sometime in jail.
re: #426 Charles Johnson
Funny thing is…there’s so many people selling the same derivative conspiracy material that the market demand for any one conspiracy is dampened.
I mean, you can watch evangelical types experiment with the formula, but to rev up a general “Satanic Panic” you’re now competing against a whole web of continuously-operating “panics.”
Marketplace of horrible stupid ideas at work.
“You’re not done with me just yet.” Longest-serving member of Congress in U.S. history, former Rep. John Dingell, thanks supporters on Twitter for “incredibly kind words and prayers” after AP source says he’s in hospice care. https://t.co/8rLHqraA2L
— AP Central U.S. (@APCentralRegion) February 7, 2019
Watch as this toddler tucks in her dog before going to sleep ❤️ https://t.co/obP7CkW74Z pic.twitter.com/EIlfg1q4Kl
— New York Post (@nypost) February 7, 2019
re: #437 The Ghost of Quesos Past
Funny thing is…there’s so many people selling the same derivative conspiracy material that the market demand for any one conspiracy is dampened.
I mean, you can watch evangelical types experiment with the formula, but to rev up a general “Satanic Panic” you’re now competing against a whole web of continuously-operating “panics.”
Marketplace of horrible stupid ideas at work.
Unless you piggy-back them a la Q-Anon. Then it’s Illuminati pizza all the way down.
re: #437 The Ghost of Quesos Past
I still feel there’s a massive tome to be written about the size of the industry that just peddles conservative folklore.
Perlstein’s “The Long Con” article gets the core concept right, but at this point the scale matters, as does the way that there’s an entire enclosed culture.
re: #439 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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Pit Bull. This is the trailer for the new Stephen King flick.
re: #429 Scottish Dragon
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I know Vanessa. I taught Vanessa when she was a student #IBelieveVanessa
— Melissa Harris-Perry (@MHarrisPerry) February 6, 2019
heh
If only Nancy Pelosi had followed up her special clap for Trump like this… pic.twitter.com/1o5csXtsqP
— Dave Goldstein - Dem Tsunami 11/3/20 (@YouGiveMeFever7) February 7, 2019
I tried doing that in Axis & Allies many times and trust me, it’s not feasible.
— The Monkey’s Paw (@TheEdMix) February 7, 2019
re: #444 Backwoods_Sleuth
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The fucking responses prove that douchebags will stick up for douchebag behavior. I’m definitely inclined to believe her. That the Post refused to publish it really doesn’t mean that much to me right now since I have seen too many examples of men and women regardless of their ideology be willing to dismiss a valid sexual assault allegation.
re: #446 gocart mozart
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He talks tough but China is helping make his little brat, IVanka richer.
why hasn’t this turtle been hit with a huge smite?
As I’ve said time and time again: Mindless obstruction is unacceptable.
The only way this divided Congress will be able to choose greatness and deliver significant legislation is by focusing on — as President Trump put it — “cooperation, compromise, and the common good.”— Leader McConnell (@senatemajldr) February 6, 2019
re: #446 gocart mozart
These fuckers are itching for war and sending other people’s kids to fight for something.
They don’t have a clue what they’re doing, and it hasn’t stopped them from having oversized sway with Trump because Trump listens to people who tell him what he wants to hear, not what he needs to hear.
re: #449 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I really really hate that man. Perhaps more than Trump.
re: #449 Backwoods_Sleuth
Who exactly is he talking to? If he’s talking to Republicans, he’s exactly right.
re: #449 Backwoods_Sleuth
why hasn’t this turtle been hit with a huge smite?
— as President Trump put it — “cooperation, compromise, and the common good.”
Clap, chlamydia, and the common cold.
JUST IN: Senate Judiciary Cmte. member Sasse says the US Justice Dept. has opened an investigation into allegations that dept. attorneys “may have committed professional misconduct in the manner in which the [Jeffrey] Epstein criminal matter was resolved.” pic.twitter.com/jAjSq2Vi2M
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) February 6, 2019
re: #444 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Even before her full statement was released through her lawyers, there was something Fairfax said earlier that made my spidey sense twitch: “She seemed really interested in me.” Those are exactly the sort of words you’d expect to hear from, at best, clueless and narcissistic men who can’t read a woman’s actual cues for crap.
re: #454 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Epstein was the guy who liked underaged girls right and has a Trump connection? Man if that’s true and Trump was involved. I would love if that brought him down. Trump and his cult love calling their opponents pedophiles. It would be icing on the cake if Trump were both a treasonous pig and a pedo.
re: #455 Interesting Times
Even before her full statement was released through her lawyers, there was something Fairfax said earlier that made my spidey sense twitch: “She seemed really interested in me.” Those are exactly the sort of words you’d expect to hear from, at best, clueless and narcissistic men who can’t read a woman’s actual cues for crap.
Good eye. I think I’ve told you all about what happened with me but I’m going ot post this again in private tags.
re: #434 Chrysicat
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NO.
You’re condemning many whose motives you don’t know, generalizing the faults of some to all. Not appropriate to do this for any group, since it’s essentially bigotry.
re: #417 HappyWarrior
Yeah I’m afraid this is going to make swing voters give the GOP another chance that they don’t deserve.
Keep pounding into their heads that the reason Dems get into trouble over this is that they CARE. Repugs have done this kind of thing, continue to do it, and no-one calls them on it. Bring concrete examples (what they say, what they do, when they fawn over Confederate history)
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re: #459 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
Keep pounding into their heads that the reason Dems get into trouble over this is that they CARE. Repugs have done this kind of thing, continue to do it, and no-one calls them on it. Bring concrete examples (what they say, what they do, when they fawn over Confederate history)
I’m not giving up. But you are right.
re: #451 HappyWarrior
I really really hate that man. Perhaps more than Trump.
McConnell is the most villainous senate leader since John Calhoun, and has very possibly done as much real damage.
re: #424 retired cynic
I just watched this simple solution to test alkaline batteries for charge. Is it correct?
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I don’t think it would be very accurate, since each manufacturer has slightly different designs for their batteries. The demo would be more convincing if he’d used two Eveready or two Duracells. And used a servo to drop them simultaneously from rest.
I’m doubtful this “test” works, because the density of battery as it discharges can’t change substantially if at all. You’re not removing any material from the battery when you use it (electrons leave and enter), so the mass doesn’t change. The volume of the stuff inside might change, but not enough to change the dynamic behavior of the cell as it falls.
re: #462 Scottish Dragon
McConnell is the most villainous senate leader since John Calhoun, and has very possibly done as much real damage.
Agreed. You said it the other night and I can’t argue.
re: #449 Backwoods_Sleuth
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The fact that he hasn’t is proof at the very least that the God of the Christians takes no current interest in affairs in the US, assuming that He even has control over it. I’m increasingly wondering if “no other gods before me” means that they may still exist, just that Jews especially and prolly Christians infuriate Him if they worship them…
Newt still wants to be White House Chief of Staff, obviously. https://t.co/2sQqIgtXKH
— Cheri Jacobus (@CheriJacobus) February 7, 2019
re: #459 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
Keep pounding into their heads that the reason Dems get into trouble over this is that they CARE. Repugs have done this kind of thing, continue to do it, and no-one calls them on it. Bring concrete examples (what they say, what they do, when they fawn over Confederate history)
How often has this been tried, with the only takeaway that voters get is ‘both sides same thing’?
re: #464 HappyWarrior
Agreed. You said it the other night and I can’t argue.
I didn’t remember if it was you or someone else, but I am convinced of that.
re: #466 Backwoods_Sleuth
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This is how people know you’re a stupid person’s idea of an intellectual, Newt. Even Rick Santorum panned this speech.
re: #447 HappyWarrior
The fucking responses prove that douchebags will stick up for douchebag behavior. I’m definitely inclined to believe her. That the Post refused to publish it really doesn’t mean that much to me right now since I have seen too many examples of men and women regardless of their ideology be willing to dismiss a valid sexual assault allegation.
If there’s nothing at all to corroborate her story (no-one saw anything, she never told anyone), then he, unfortunately, gets the benefit of the doubt. Even if I believe her.
(That’s the problem with a lot of assault allegations. Sucks, but there it is.)
re: #468 Scottish Dragon
I didn’t remember if it was you or someone else, but I am convinced of that.
Nah, wasn’t me. I’m not really too familiar with Calhoun outside his staunch defense of slavery as a “positive good” and Mrs. Calhoun being the original slut shamer in the Peggy Eaton Affair.
re: #470 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
If there’s nothing at all to corroborate her story (no-one saw anything, she never told anyone), then he, unfortunately, gets the benefit of the doubt. Even if I believe her.
(That’s the problem with a lot of assault allegations. Sucks, but there it is.)
It is but I’m going to give her the same respect I gave Dr. Ford. She’s entitled to that as a matter of fairness. I won’t give Fairfax different standards because I voted/campaigned for him than Kavanaugh. I just can’t do that.
heh
Breaking: From Kaine yearbook. pic.twitter.com/kadFMXNtMq
— Ben Tribbett (@notlarrysabato) February 7, 2019
re: #463 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
I just checked some Duracells, and they all fell over. They did make a nice thunk when they hit the table!
re: #463 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
I don’t think it would be very accurate, since each manufacturer has slightly different designs for their batteries. The demo would be more convincing if he’d used two Eveready or two Duracells. And used a servo to drop them simultaneously from rest.
I’m doubtful this “test” works, because the density of battery as it discharges can’t change substantially if at all. You’re not removing any material from the battery when you use it (electrons leave and enter), so the mass doesn’t change. The volume of the stuff inside might change, but not enough to change the dynamic behavior of the cell as it falls.
My impression as well. Just looked at a diagram of a battery interior and don’t see any mechanism for mass transfer. Without a mass transfer (fresh battery heavier on the bottom, bad battery heavier at the top), I don’t see how the bounce test would work.
As you note, it’s bad experimental design. Too many variables.
re: #467 Citizen K
How often has this been tried, with the only takeaway that voters get is ‘both sides same thing’?
Don’t know. Don’t care. It worked for me in one-on-one canvassing.
Things have changed on the ground since 2016, in case you hadn’t noticed.
re: #471 HappyWarrior
Nah, wasn’t me. I’m not really too familiar with Calhoun outside his staunch defense of slavery as a “positive good” and Mrs. Calhoun being the original slut shamer in the Peggy Eaton Affair.
You can add an Anddrew Jackson quote to your Calhoun file:
The day after Van Buren was elected president, Jackson took the time to reflect on his own presidency with a friend. When asked if he had any regrets about the last eight years, this was his response: “[That] I didn’t shoot Henry Clay and I didn’t hang John C. Calhoun.”
re: #446 gocart mozart
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Chinese tanks in Alaska? Dobbs’s audience is composed of people who not only don’t know how ludicrous this is, but who don’t believe anyone else could know either. It is the same with much popular bullshit, the marks are sure that their own knowledge is the ultimate and the doubters are simply gullible about the “official line.” For instance, someone who has no idea how many countries there are, and how they interact, will believe all kinds of impossible things like a conspiracy to fake the Moon landings or conceal routine alien visits.
May I ask why is Elizabeth Warren still being pounded? I mean good grief it’s not like she posed for her yearbook picture wearing feathers and war paint.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren publicly apologized for any “harm caused” by her past claims of Native American ancestry. https://t.co/hLYzJUhsmX
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 7, 2019
re: #472 HappyWarrior
It is but I’m going to give her the same respect I gave Dr. Ford. She’s entitled to that as a matter of fairness. I won’t give Fairfax different standards because I voted/campaigned for him than Kavanaugh. I just can’t do that.
Ford had corroboration. And Kavanaugh had history. Unless that turns up in this case, it’s not the same. (Even if I believe her.)
Do you mean “as in the way that the trajectory of history was changed in your and @forstchen’s “1945”? Because yes, that ended well because you were wanking, but it was a really bad turn at the beginning. And this is just as Nazi.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) February 7, 2019
“They (intel chiefs) said that North Korea is going to continue to hold on to their nuclear weapons. The President thinks somehow they’ll denuclearize. He thinks we defeated ISIS.” — Leon Panetta on Trump’s #SOTU address. https://t.co/sfJdrc9hqD
— Hardball (@hardball) February 7, 2019
re: #470 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
If there’s nothing at all to corroborate her story (no-one saw anything, she never told anyone), then he, unfortunately, gets the benefit of the doubt. Even if I believe her.
(That’s the problem with a lot of assault allegations. Sucks, but there it is.)
Reported today that he had a obscenity laden yelling match about her last night.
So yeah, he remembers the incident.
re: #479 The Vicious Babushka
Because she’s a Democrat and a woman.
re: #477 Decatur Deb
You can add an Anddrew Jackson quote to your Calhoun file:
The day after Van Buren was elected president, Jackson took the time to reflect on his own presidency with a friend. When asked if he had any regrets about the last eight years, this was his response: “[That] I didn’t shoot Henry Clay and I didn’t hang John C. Calhoun.”
I knew that one. And honestly while I hate Jackson too, he wasn’t wrong about Calhoun. Clay for all his compromises I actually like.
re: #483 Scottish Dragon
Reported today that he had a obscenity laden yelling match about her last night.
So yeah, he remembers the incident.
If someone said something like that about me and was lying, I’d lace my talk with obscenities too. Likewise if she was telling the truth.
re: #480 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
Ford had corroboration. And Kavanaugh had history. Unless that turns up in this case, it’s not the same. (Even if I believe her.)
But he himself corroborates the fact that a sexual encounter took place. That makes it a question of “consensual or not”, and while I’d agree it would be next to impossible to secure a criminal conviction in this case, we’re talking about the court of public opinion.
re: #479 The Vicious Babushka
May I ask why is Elizabeth Warren still being pounded? I mean good grief it’s not like she posed for her yearbook picture wearing feathers and war paint.
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I really think she messed up with the Bar card but I have to agree. And the right’s reaction to this has been far more racist than anything Elizabeth Warren did.
re: #479 The Vicious Babushka
May I ask why is Elizabeth Warren still being pounded? I mean good grief it’s not like she posed for her yearbook picture wearing feathers and war paint.
You know why, the same as for Hillary: She’s a Democrat, and an uppity woman at that.
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— m i t h (@ManInTheHoody) February 6, 2019
Lt. Gov. Fairfax’s chief of staff and policy director acknowledge to @NBCNews that the lt. gov. used the “F” word to refer to the situation, but dispute that he used the “B” word at all or used any heated language directed toward Vanessa Tyson.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 6, 2019
re: #480 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
Ford had corroboration. And Kavanaugh had history. Unless that turns up in this case, it’s not the same. (Even if I believe her.)
Listen, I don’t know if he did it or not. I just think right now her allegation is credible. I don’t know if it’s a lie but I do know guilty or not, he did himself no favors if the reports of her calling her the fucking bitch last night are true. I hope he’s not guilty. I genuinely like the guy and thought he was very bold to stand up during the Robert E. Lee haiography but I can’t discount this.
A lot of the conspiracy culture is about shielding basically stupid people from the devastating realization that they are, in truth, stupid.
re: #429 Scottish Dragon
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What I don’t believe is that the recent reannouncement came from her.
re: #487 Interesting Times
But he himself corroborates the fact that a sexual encounter took place. That makes it a case of “consensual or not”, and while I’d agree it would be next to impossible to secure a criminal conviction in this case, we’re talking about the court of public opinion.
Exactly and I’m sorry but as painful as it is, we have to be consistent even if it’s someone we like.
re: #487 Interesting Times
But he himself corroborates the fact that a sexual encounter took place. That makes it a case of “consensual or not”, and while I’d agree it would be next to impossible to secure a criminal conviction in this instance, we’re talking about the court of public opinion.
That’s the problem. We need higher standards than that. Disaster enses when we let the mob rule our actions.
I live in Florida. There’s nothing normal here. https://t.co/pYrCV0Mm8Q
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) February 7, 2019
— Trump’s Ties (@TrumpsTies) February 6, 2019
re: #498 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
That’s the problem. We need higher standards than that. Disaster enses when we let the mob rule our actions.
A lot of us wanted Kavanaugh to be rejected when Ford just had an allegation. Listen I’m not saying he’s lying or she’s lying. I’m saying her allegation seems credible. Make of that what you will. This is very serious stuff.
re: #497 HappyWarrior
Exactly and I’m sorry but as painful as it is, we have to be consistent even if it’s someone we like.
I will be consistent in not condemning people in the absence of evidence.
re: #493 Scottish Dragon
That’s not good. Time to go.
re: #502 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
I will be consistent in not condemning people in the absence of evidence.
Fair enough. BTW I’m not condemning him. Merely stating that I think her allegation has credibility to it. I don’t know what should happen at this point. I just feel really bothered by it and he didn’t help with his response.
Did somebody say #WednesdayWisdom? The world’s oldest bird became a mother again! 🎉🥳 Wisdom is at least 68 years old!!! She has hatched over 30 🐣in her lifetime and has flown millions of miles across the ocean 🌊! https://t.co/zE2hkU0k4r pic.twitter.com/fhQGBBSES9
— USFWS Pacific Region (@USFWSPacific) February 7, 2019
re: #501 HappyWarrior
A lot of us wanted Kavanaugh to be rejected when Ford just had an allegation. Listen I’m not saying he’s lying or she’s lying. I’m saying her allegation seems credible. Make of that what you will. This is very serious stuff.
She (Ford) had supporting witnesses. Her allegation is credible, but I know neither party and have no grounds at this time for supporting one or another. If some turns up, that will be a different matter.
re: #503 Ace Rothstein
That’s not good. Time to go.
It really isn’t. And I’m sorry but it’s making me sick because I know a lot of this is the VA GOP trying to do anything to subvert the will of the voters here and force the Speaker on us who is only the Speaker because of a coin flip as our Governor and thus give them control of redistricting.
re: #381 Scottish Dragon
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Yeah, i was thinking that there are early 1980s pictures from frat parties at the University of Texas at Austin lurking out there, just waiting to bite some unsuspecting pol on the kiester.
re: #506 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
She had supporting witnesses. Her allegation is credible, but I know neither party and have no grounds at this time for supporting one or another. If some turns up, that will be a different matter.
Did she have witnesses or have people that recalled her recalling the incident later? From what I recall with Dr. Ford, she had her husband remember that he brought it up in counseling which the therapist’s notes concurred with. It’s quite possible that it may come out that Professor Tyson mentioned it to someone at some point too. But fair enough. I just hope you can see why i’m bothered by all this.
meanwhile, in Vermont:
NOW: traffic at standstill on I89 near Notch Road, south of Richmond @MyNBC5 pic.twitter.com/cwtCgnBJbx
— Renée Wunderlich (@ReneeMyNBC5) February 7, 2019
UPDATE: 14 car accident on I-89 Northbound, South of Richmond exit, Interstate shut down
— Renée Wunderlich (@ReneeMyNBC5) February 7, 2019
re: #509 HappyWarrior
Did she have witnesses or have people that recalled her recalling the incident later? From what I recall with Dr. Ford, she had her husband remember that he brought it up in counseling which the therapist’s notes concurred with. It’s quite possible that it may come out that Professor Tyson mentioned it to someone at some point too. But fair enough. I just hope you can see why i’m bothered by all this.
Of course it’s troubling — particularly when there’s no way to judge between them at this time.
re: #511 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
Of course it’s troubling — particularly when there’s no way to judge between them at this time.
Yeah. I definitely want to see more come out for sure.
Anyhow. It’s been a frustrating past few days. I’ve never seen anything like this before.
Map shows the changing positions of the magnetic north pole over the last 500 years. So hard to pinpoint the little bugger… Source: https://t.co/aKoafZblQS pic.twitter.com/SOoSlgUXsW
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) February 6, 2019
re: #514 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Santa keeps on moving because he knows the Feds are closing in fast.
Biggest powder day of the year today. Best skiing I’ve had in years. Private ‘cause it’s a picture of my beautiful mug.
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Day kind of ended on a sour note. Driving back through the canyon I hit some ice and lost control of my car, bounced off the guardrail once. Broke a tail light, and trunk won’t close. Off to the body shop on my next day off. Grr.
hahahahaha
He literally served on the Friendship Committee. https://t.co/EuSRCpvxMj
— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) February 7, 2019
This is a thread I think Aminah would have loved to follow.
No more novels about a muslim girl meeting a boy. I want to write a sci fi novel about Muslims going to space and then arguing over which way is the qibla
— Heraa Hashmi (@caveheraa) February 6, 2019
Huda F @yesimhotinthis by the way is a cartoonist who does four-panel comics about her life as a young Muslim woman wearing hijab in the USA. Really quite funny at times.
Let’s pretend for a moment we don’t have to deal with the GOP. How would we want VA to shake out? My thought is:
1. Northam, as far as I’ve heard, hasn’t actually apologized. I feel that at this point he will no more authority as the head of the Democratic party in VA, and he needs to resign.
2. It’s too early for me to say about Fairfax, but based on the fact that she stated this earlier, I don’t give him much of a chance. But, why did VA vote for him if this was out? I suspect some of it was related to his opponent.
3. Herring seems to have taken the correct first steps. It would be a good opportunity for him to come out and talk about the 80s in the south, and own it and explore how things have changed.
Now, to take reality into account. The GOP needs to eat shit for not having any standards at all.
re: #517 Backwoods_Sleuth
hahahahaha
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Let me put it this way, I’d be shocked if I heard Tim Kaine called a woman a bitch.
While we were all chuckling about Trump’s crooked tie last night, the QAnon community was, well… pic.twitter.com/JIRBpT7LV8
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) February 6, 2019
dopes
You are a miserable excuse for representation. I was there today. My daughter was killed by an American male. Your nonsense, has nothing to do with the majority of 40,000 gun deaths per year. Glad today’s hearing provided sunshine on who you are. https://t.co/NK4huvMIkK
— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) February 7, 2019
re: #102 Sir John Barron
“The only good victims are illegal immigrant crime victims.”
This is also my congressman, Andy Biggs. Nobody matters except for fetuses and “Angel families”, which is the name for families who had a loved one killed by an illegal immigrant.
That said, Matt Gaetz will probably be reelected for as long as he wants. Pensacola is one of the most conservative places in the USA. Very religious and very right wing.
re: #519 Belafon
Let’s pretend for a moment we don’t have to deal with the GOP. How would we want VA to shake out? My thought is:
1. Northam, as far as I’ve heard, hasn’t actually apologized. I feel that at this point he will no more authority as the head of the Democratic party in VA, and he needs to resign.
2. It’s too early for me to say about Fairfax, but based on the fact that she stated this earlier, I don’t give him much of a chance. But, why did VA vote for him if this was out? I suspect some of it was related to his opponent.
3. Herring seems to have taken the correct first steps. It would be a good opportunity for him to come out and talk about the 80s in the south, and own it and explore how things have changed.Now, to take reality into account. The GOP needs to eat shit for not having any standards at all.
Re: Fairfax. It wasn’t out. The Post didn’t publish it.
re: #523 mmmirele
This is also my congressman, Andy Biggs. Nobody matters except for fetuses and “Angel families”, which is the name for families who had a loved one killed by an illegal immigrant.
That said, Matt Gaetz will probably be reelected for as long as he wants. Pensacola is one of the most conservative places in the USA. Very religious and very right wing.
That’s what happens. Bright red areas send their worst. I won’t be surprised if Gaetz is there when I’m 50.
Felt like it needed to be said:
One, who the fuck gives a fuck about cheap lapel pins? If that’s as far as your concept of patriotism goes, well that’s pathetic.
Two, I’m looking at your profile pic, and guess what I’m not seeing, you prancing idiot?— Uriel (@sickendun2death) February 7, 2019
Ice Storm in Kansas City and surrounding areas… pic.twitter.com/rujVWywBaC
— SevereStudios (@severestudios) February 7, 2019
I agree about Herring. Herring I’m upset with but I think it was different. Just like I think that GOP rep in FLA was different than the SoS.
re: #521 makeitstop
Those guys? Fucking out there, man.
#POTUS 6th Tweet
Capital letters SOTU = 75
Time: 10:54:08 EST [13] Delta#QPosts 1054 & 13#POTUS Tweeted the same video at different time [13] minutes Delta.#QPost #13 = 13
Oct 29 2017
10 + 2 + 9 + 2 + 1 + 7 = 31
13 Think Mirror 31 #QAnon #SOTU #WWG1WGA #Fentanyl #MAGA pic.twitter.com/RaQL2ku1oL— #BOOM! #BOOM! #BOOM⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@EstefaniaRobin2) February 6, 2019
I’m watching Lincoln because I need to see a President, a Republican President, be a leader in the fight for what’s right, instead of a degenerate criminal.
re: #518 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
This is a thread I think Aminah would have loved to follow.
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Huda F @yesimhotinthis by the way is a cartoonist who does four-panel comics about her life as a young Muslim woman wearing hijab in the USA. Really quite funny at times.
That’s a question I pondered when I read SF about moon colonies (what Muslims would decide to do).
My goodness. Read this. Jill Abramson is, well, cancelled. https://t.co/OlYN84QmMq
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) February 7, 2019
some examples:
Here Abramson—in a treatise on journalistic ethics—copies a passage from…the Columbia Journalism Reviewhttps://t.co/mZZlA4odqw pic.twitter.com/gZVxQ1dc3Z
— Michael C Moynihan (@mcmoynihan) February 6, 2019
re: #532 NO SMOCKING GUN!
I’m watching Lincoln because I need to see a President, a Republican President, be a leader in the fight for what’s right, instead of a degenerate criminal.
Hell I’d watch it just to be reminded that we had a President that cared about something other than what Fox and Friends was saying about him. Granted that was the other 43 though Grover Cleveland kept on bragging about how much Hearst loves me! *
* Yes I’m being silly
This photo breaks my heart. Buzz Aldrin, one of the coolest humans walking around on this planet, saluting Fuckface Von Clownstick.
#ICYMI: At the #SOTU, @POTUS introduced Apollo 11 astronaut @TheRealBuzz Aldrin, saying: “In 2019, we also celebrate 50 years since brave young pilots flew…through space to plant the American flag on the face of the moon.”
Learn more: https://t.co/hzp2OkB7lR
📸 @USSenatePhoto pic.twitter.com/yITDYJibbz— NASA (@NASA) February 7, 2019
re: #536 teleskiguy
This photo breaks my heart. Buzz Aldrin, one of the coolest humans walking around on this planet, saluting Fuckface Von Clownstick.
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Me too man. My grand aunt worked at NASA when Buzz, Glenn, Armstrong, and all those guys were there. I know he’s saluting the office and not necessarily the man but I hear ya.
re: #536 teleskiguy
This photo breaks my heart. Buzz Aldrin, one of the coolest humans walking around on this planet, saluting Fuckface Von Clownstick.
Buzz Aldrin, unfortunately, is one of those who believes in respecting the office of President, even if it is an orange-tinted asshole occupying it.
It’s too easy finding a good AOC tweet:
Just wait until they find out about the Golden Rule https://t.co/i0qWby8aY6
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 5, 2019
So, after my last tweet at President* Con Man, several wingnuts came at me with, “Hater!”
And I’m like, “What was your first clue?”— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 7, 2019
re: #539 Belafon
It’s too easy finding a good AOC tweet:
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Yeah how dare schools teach fairness. Next they’ll teach socialistic ideas like sharing and being nice to people. God I hate FNC and the shit they poison people with. Maybe if you assholes actually experienced some of the stuff Alexandria and her constituents have, you wouldn’t be a bunch of toadies for the system that you love to act like should never be questioned.
re: #534 Backwoods_Sleuth
Some more evidence here:
THREAD: Jill Abramson plagiarized me at least seven times in her new book, Merchants of Truth.
— Ian Frisch (@IanFrisch) February 7, 2019
“presidential harassment”
O_o
NEW: Pres. Trump calls House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff a “partisan hack” and dismisses his plans to launch broad new intel probe.
“He has no basis to do that…It’s called presidential harassment.” https://t.co/GiLzWOe0WU pic.twitter.com/13gOIrxDcV— ABC News (@ABC) February 6, 2019
re: #540 Belafon
OK.
Yeah, I’m just pointing that out. It wasn’t known until it came out recently. He had other opponents for Lt. Governor. I voted for him because he seemed the most compelling in the primary. When he ran against Herring for AG six years ago (This is Herring’s second go around as AG), I voted for Herring because I was familiar with Herring as my neighboring senate district’s senator. I like wise voted for Aneesh Chopra for Lt. Governor due to his background in the Obama Administration in that primary. T-Mac was uncontested for that primary for governor.
re: #518 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
This is a thread I think Aminah would have loved to follow.
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I am LOL because Jews have already asked these same questions about prayer times, fast days, prayer orientations in outer space, when do you observe Shabbat in space, is artificial meat kosher (yes and it’s pareve and the bracha is shehakol)
re: #544 Backwoods_Sleuth
“presidential harassment”
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It’s not harassment to investigate, you Nixon cosplayer.
heads up Nashville lizards!
ALERT: A tornado warning is in effect just west of Nashville, TN until 8:30 p.m. CT Wednesday. The storm is moving east along Interstate 40. The storm will move through the Nashville metro between 8:30-9:30 pm CT. #TNwx pic.twitter.com/gclg8r2j62
— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) February 7, 2019
Is it just me or does everyone at FNC to me look like they should be the snobby preppy kids or parents in a coming of age movie?
re: #546 The Vicious Babushka
I am LOL because Jews have already asked these same questions about prayer times, fast days, prayer orientations in outer space, when do you observe Shabbat in space, is artificial meat kosher (yes and it’s pareve and the bracha is shehakol)
I’m assuming that most of the time-based ones were resolved in favor of the ship’s onboard clock? If we have to bring relativity into the equation, it could get … messy.
re: #549 HappyWarrior
Does everyone at FNC to me look like they should be the snobby preppy kids or parents in a coming of age movie?
And it is DELIBERATE!
re: #518 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
I’ve been doing audio books of the Magnus Chase series and one of the key characters is a young Muslim woman who was turned into a Valkyrie and is a devout Muslim. Oh, and her father was… Loki. So, yeah, lots of interesting crossovers and relevant.
re: #547 HappyWarrior
It’s not harassment to investigate, you Nixon cosplayer.
It comes with the territory. The orange one better suck it up.
re: #548 Backwoods_Sleuth
heads up Nashville lizards!
Believe me, I’m aware, because my phone’s been blowing up all night with flash flood warnings, then this…thanks, though.
re: #545 HappyWarrior
Yeah, I’m just pointing that out. He had other opponents for Lt. Governor. I voted for him because he seemed the most compelling in the primary. When he ran against Herring for AG six years ago (This is Herring’s second go around as AG), I voted for Herring because I was familiar with Herring as my neighboring senate district’s senator. I like wise voted for Aneesh Chopra for Lt. Governor due to his background in the Obama Administration in that primary. T-Mac was uncontested for that primary for governor.
That’s cool. I was wondering. In that case, we need to see some evidence. We take her accusation seriously, but we have to follow through on figuring out what went on.
re: #551 retired cynic
And it is DELIBERATE!
Seriously. For a network that rails against elites, they act like a bunch of snobby assholes especially when they’re mocking “liberal” values. Their true masks really come off. They hate on Mr. Rogers for fuck sake for telling kids that they should be aware of their uniqueness.
re: #547 HappyWarrior
It’s not harassment to investigate, you Nixon cosplayer.
Other than an entire section in the Constitution devoted to Congressional oversight, no basis at all.
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) February 7, 2019
I am watching the latest version of a Victor Borge special. Dang. He is funny as heck.
re: #529 Backwoods_Sleuth
SevereStudios
@severestudios
Ice Storm in Kansas City and surrounding areas…
Well now I don’t feel so bad about getting 4-8 inches of snow tonight and tomorrow. We’re still recovering from a little freezing rain on Sunday night.
re: #546 The Vicious Babushka
I am LOL because Jews have already asked these same questions about prayer times, fast days, prayer orientations in outer space, when do you observe Shabbat in space, is artificial meat kosher (yes and it’s pareve and the bracha is shehakol)
So, I’m curious. If you’re off-world, how would you time the beginning of Shabbat, or a holiday like Pesach?
re: #555 Belafon
That’s cool. I was wondering. In that case, we need to see some evidence. We take her accusation seriously, but we have to follow through on figuring out what went on.
Absolutely agreed. I want to see what the WaPo found contradictory about her version of events since he is not denying that there was an encounter.
re: #558 PhillyPretzel
I am watching the latest version of a Victor Borge special. Dang. He is funny as heck.
He left me in stitches reprising Wagnerian opera.
re: #552 lawhawk
I’ve been doing audio books of the Magnus Chase series and one of the key characters is a young Muslim woman who was turned into a Valkyrie and is a devout Muslim. Oh, and her father was… Loki. So, yeah, lots of interesting crossovers and relevant.
Riordan books have been great about the different people he has in them.
Is Roger Stone there to have his head sharpened?#PointyHeadedTraitor https://t.co/MGxztSwNYD
— Pat Bagley (@Patbagley) February 6, 2019
Holocaust denying dirtbag Chuck C. Johnson is still in big trouble in the defamation suit filed by the guy he recklessly identified as the Charlottesville attacker. Got new documents, and the judge was NOT impressed with Chuck’s argument that 4chan was a “credible news source.”
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 7, 2019
re: #550 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I’m assuming that most of the time-based ones were resolved in favor of the ship’s onboard clock? If we have to bring relativity into the equation, it could get … messy.
Ilan Ramon before the fatal Columbia flight, asked this question, and he was told to observe Shabbat according to the launch site.
re: #565 Charles Johnson
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You never know what you’ll find lying around on the street:
Danes pull Medieval sword from ground in Aalborg street
A plumber and a machine operator in Aalborg made a sensational discovery when they discovered an intact and well-preserved sword while at work on Tuesday.
[…]
Kenneth Nielsen, an archaeologist from the museum, examined the 1.1 metre-long sword and quickly concluded it was of 14th-century Medieval origin.
The sword was found in ground on top of the oldest layer of paving on Algade, one of the northern city’s central streets.
[…]
Gives me hope that one day my lost socks will be found.
the commercial on the tv. made a doorbell noise. i know deep down it wasn’t my doorbell. but. there’s no harm in making sure
— Thoughts of Dog (@dog_feelings) February 6, 2019
re: #569 freetoken
You never know what you’ll find lying around on the street:
almost as exciting as the 8-year-old girl who pulled the Viking-era sword from a Swedish lake.
What IS the deal with Roger Stone’s head? Did he have Zika or something?
re: #575 Backwoods_Sleuth
almost as exciting as the 8-year-old girl who pulled the Viking-era sword from a Swedish lake.
I remember that one. That was a cool story.
re: #577 The Vicious Babushka
What IS the deal with Roger Stone’s head? Did he have Zika or something?
he’s probably related to Beldar…
Oy. While I was at that site searching for “Shabbat in space” today is the Yorzeit (Hebrew anniversary) of the Parkland shootings. Families of Parkland Victims Mark Anniversary in Quiet Service
re: #410 Charles Johnson
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Well, I am a minion of Satan. But my duties are mostly ceremonial.
It takes a special kind of hubris to cobble together a book with stolen passages from other journalists and then lavish in undue praise as if you had earned it.
Shame on you, @JillAbramson.
1/ https://t.co/LlmP5zuXDp— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) February 7, 2019
re: #582 Eventual Carrion
Well, I am a minion of Satan. But my duties are mostly ceremonial.
I get his coffee covfefe.
re: #582 Eventual Carrion
Well, I am a minion of Satan. But my duties are mostly ceremonial.
People claim the Lizardim are in the pay of the Zionists, or of George Soros, but we all know it’s Stan that signs the paychecks around here.
re: #586 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
People claim the Lizardim are in the pay of the Zionists, or of George Soros, but we all know it’s Stan that signs the paychecks around here.
We’ve all been furloughed.
re: #587 The Vicious Babushka
We’ve all been furloughed.
Nah, there’s been a government shutdown. I heard hell froze over a coupla weeks back.
re: #588 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Nah, there’s been a government shutdown. I heard hell froze over a coupla weeks back.
Last week actually.
“Hell (Michigan) freezes over”
“HELL, Mich. (WILX) - You know the old saying, ’It’s a cold day in Hell.’ Well, it’s been more like a cold week in Hell… Hell, Michigan that is.
“Businesses in the… https://t.co/RidMxKZttJ— Mark K. Thomas (@mkthomas777) February 1, 2019
I agree with Robert Menendez on this: All of those undocumented workers that the Trump Organization fired need to be kept from being deported because they are witnesses to actual and potential crimes.
re: #589 The Vicious Babushka
Last week actually.
Well, slap me twice and hand me to my mama, and so it was. It’s been a long year this week.
re: #589 The Vicious Babushka
But the Brexiteers wouldn’t be welcome even there:
re: #449 Backwoods_Sleuth
why hasn’t this turtle been hit with a huge smite?
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Merrick Garland should kick him in the nuts every day for the rest of his life.
If you love King Kong and chocolate, you need to check this out! It’s beautiful 🐵#KingKong #chocolate pic.twitter.com/v6LCBZlTmz
— Famous Monsters (@FamousMonsters) February 7, 2019
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