Seth takes a closer look at how a massive college cheating scandal and the sentencing of the president’s ex-campaign chairman have exposed corruption at the highest levels of society.
Privilege writ large and stark. Club Fed awaits new talent.
Moments ago the Senate voted (once again) to cut off US support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen. We are inches away from a historic rebuke not just of Donald Trump but also of the belief that we can bring peace by waging war. 1/ pic.twitter.com/ky9OBFdu2n
— Stephen Miles (@SPMiles42) March 13, 2019
It’s a sad fact that it took the Khashoggi killing to push this Yemen vote through. But I think that shows how a more informed (and more outraged) public can make our foreign policy better. https://t.co/axWKP9LYcK. https://t.co/ONW8vRMxJB
— Evan Hill (@evanchill) March 13, 2019
The Saudi lobby would like to know: Just how angry are you gonna stay about that, um, state-ordered journalist murder? https://t.co/u6wkl0w47v pic.twitter.com/lfwj9u8abi
— Evan Hill (@evanchill) March 14, 2019
One of my favorite bloggers has given a caustic interview:
In which I am interviewed by @InterviewMag: https://t.co/bQonsVRsM2
— kate wagner, A-frame dreamer 🏳️🌈 (@mcmansionhell) March 13, 2019
From the interview:
SARAH NECHAMKIN: Did you grow up in McMansionville?
KATE WAGNER: I grew up in a small town in North Carolina. There were McMansions around in the wealthy parts of the county, […]
NECHAMKIN: And the socio-political implications of them.
WAGNER: The architecture of conspicuous consumption and the isolation. The houses are so far away from pretty much anything. You have to drive fifteen minutes to get a gallon of milk at Walmart. They’re just completely car-dependent most of the time. I always found them to be fascinating portraits of American culture. They kind of embody the isolationist American idea of This is my plot of land, and the power that comes with that. It’s about taking the architecture of the normal suburban house to new expanses: Look at how much suburban house I have, and you don’t. So you have these monumental elements to the architecture. Huge foyers, with huge chandeliers and huge staircases, giant emerald-like kitchens, like they’re on the cooking channel or whatever. You have these spaces for entertaining that just completely isolate different parts of the house from one another that are rarely used, statistically-speaking. It’s aspirational. It’s the dream house built for the parties that you’ll never have. You see all those HGTV shows where it’s all about how to paint your walls so you can sell your house for a thousand more dollars. It’s the consuming of the home as a commodity itself. I think that is a very backwards way of thinking about what architectural space does for us. The act of conspicuous consumption is so divorced from the act of actual dwelling. If people actually designed their homes for living, they would be a lot smaller and cozier. There wouldn’t be farmhouse sinks and gray walls everywhere.
[…]
NECHAMKIN: Do you think there’s a parallel phenomenon happening in cities?
WAGNER: Those big empty apartments in Hudson Yards that cost billions of dollars for millionaires to own are McMansions in the sky. Honestly, I hate Hudson Yards. It’s just stupid looking. It’s like a bunch of dildos in the sky. The architecture may change and the urbanism may be different, but the idea of projecting wealth is the same. It’s all about the value of the property or how much it’s worth. Everything in New York now is a Chase bank or a Starbucks.
NECHAMKIN: It was hard to find a place to meet for this interview around Union Square that wasn’t a chain.
WAGNER: Now there’s a Nutella store. What the fuck are you going to sell in there besides Nutella? You’ve spent all that money on Manhattan real-estate to sell hazelnut spread?
[…]
Well, I made my kitty happy by singing Sarah McLachlan’s “In the Arms of an Angel” to her. She really likes it when I sing. She purrs, rubs my legs, puts her front paws on my thighs and asks for pets. I may not be a great singer, but my kitty loves it.
Protect Emma at all costs pic.twitter.com/EoG32lit6n
— Luminary Jones (@FeministaJones) March 13, 2019
Speaking of blogger Kate, and that colleges were a hot topic downstairs, her latest blog entry touches on colleges and what has gone wrong:
In Honor of the College Admissions Scandal
As a fine purveyor of content devoted to how wild and bad the very wealthy can be, even I was shocked at the news of a huge racketeering scandal in which lots of rich parents do illegal crimes in order to get their kids into certain universities, instead of you know, doing legal crimes like paying for buildings or having lunch with the dean Carmela Soprano style.
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re: #3 freetoken
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I love Kate and McMansion Hell but I have also come to realize that I am at least partly guilty myself. True, my century old Craftsman house is about as far from being a McMansion as it could be, but it is too big and, especially, too isolated. There is an element of truth in my daughter’s joke that my house is a museum and I actually live in my workshop. That is part of the reason, a small part, that I have struggled with depression in recent years, though thankfully not so much the past year or so. It is also why I continue to consider moving. I keep looking at houses in other parts of the country, more crowded parts.
re: #7 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I love Kate and McMansion Hell but I have also come to realize that I am at least partly guilty myself. True, my century old Craftsman house is about as far from being a McMansion as it could be, but it is too big and, especially, too isolated. There is an element of truth in my daughter’s joke that my house is a museum and I actually live in my workshop. That is part of the reason, a small part, that I have struggled with depression in recent years, though thankfully not so much the past year or so. It is also why I continue to consider moving. I keep looking at houses in other parts of the country, more crowded parts.
I think if I were to win the lotto, I’d buy a Miata and put a trailer hitch on it, get one of those little teardrop trailers or perhaps a micro house on wheels and only keep what I could pack up in it, and live on the road for however long I felt like it.
re: #7 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
You mentioned California. Lots of crowded (relatively speaking) neighborhoods in San Diego. Housing here is outrageously expensive - it’s as if we’ve decided the past decade or so that we have to catch up to SF in housing prices.
For you I’d recommend the following neighborhood, in which years ago I’ve had friends reside and a mentor too. Considered highly desirable for the young professional, a lot of retired people too: zillow.com
It’s one of the neighborhoods in which many houses were built before WWII and are scaled smaller than today’s McMansions, but at the time were considered nice.
re: #9 freetoken
You mentioned California. Lots of crowded (relatively speaking) neighborhoods in San Diego. Housing here is outrageously expensive - it’s as if we’ve decided the past decade or so that we have to catch up to SF in housing prices.
For you I’d recommend the following neighborhood, in which years ago I’ve had friends reside and a mentor too. Considered highly desirable for the young professional, a lot of retired people too: zillow.com
It’s one of the neighborhoods in which many houses were built before WWII and are scaled smaller than today’s McMansions, but at the time were considered nice.
Sticker shock for those of us in the Midwest — even in comfortable suburbs!
Trump disparaged the Boeing 737 and said it “sucked,” proclaimed his personal 757 superior and vowed he never would have bought 737s for the Trump Shuttle (his airline that went belly up). Read @ToluseO & @jdawsey1 inside the Oval: https://t.co/cWjSgqHmvj
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) March 14, 2019
Today’s Boeing news is a good excuse to revisit this amazing @mviser story, on the (literal!) crash landing of Trump’s airline, the Trump Shuttle. https://t.co/fADgzbTOlr
— Ashley Parker (@AshleyRParker) March 13, 2019
How is this not The Onion? https://t.co/0gP9HlYrJz
— Franklygoddamn (@goddamnedfrank) March 14, 2019
re: #10 Hecuba’s daughter
Sticker shock for those of us in the Midwest — even in comfortable suburbs!
And that is one of the less expensive “nice” neighborhoods. And for small lots and modest sized houses.
re: #9 freetoken
For my eventual big move down the line I keep looking at small to midsize cities in the Northwest, like Eugene, Medford, Salem, Bend, Vancouver, Wenatchee, and Tacoma. I want city services in a relatively stable blue state near good hiking / fishing spots and on a budget compared to SoCal. Also, since I grew up around Seattle I can do with more rain and less heat.
I have a crank pet theory that McMansions and other examples of runaway bad taste among the wealthy are related to low tax rates. Huh? In the old days, say, when the marginal rate was 92%, you really had to be on the ball to accumulate enough disposable income to afford a big house. This is a judgement about intelligence and perception, not morals. Even if you were a war profiteer or a mass-polluter, or (Cthulhu forbid) an advertising executive, you still had to be fairly smart to be rich, or stay rich if you were born that way. This is one reason we had the “idle rich.” Heirs were drilled that they could quickly lose their assets if they did not leave business to accountants and professional managers who actually had a talent for it.
This level of intelligence, or at least caution, brings with it, to varying degrees, a knowledge of fields outside the immediate accumulation of capital. It may not be of much interest, but things you heard about taste and standards and the like would stay with you, and be reinforced over the years.
Today, it is very different. All kinds of stupid, lazy, ignorant people have way too much money. All it takes is dumb luck, the right parents, or skill at a particular rube-grifting scam. At the same time, there are actual geniuses struggling to survive, not least because of student loan debt. That may be one of the dumbest and least rational things we do in this society: People work hard to exponentially increase their value to society (not to mention the taxes they’ll pay) and we keep them in poverty to pay for the privilege.
re: #14 goddamnedfrank
For my eventual big move down the line I keep looking at small to midsize cities in the Northwest, like Eugene, Medford, Salem, Bend, Vancouver, Wenatchee, and Tacoma. I want city services in a relatively stable blue state near good hiking / fishing spots and on a budget compared to SoCal. Also, since I grew up around Seattle I can do with more rain and less heat.
Think Bend has been co-opted by the wealthy looking for second homes (thought there might be some decent neighborhoods….). Medford/Ashland has decent housing, though with forest fires taking up more and more of the summer, the air quality may take a beating during the warm parts of the year.
re: #9 freetoken
You mentioned California. Lots of crowded (relatively speaking) neighborhoods in San Diego. Housing here is outrageously expensive - it’s as if we’ve decided the past decade or so that we have to catch up to SF in housing prices.
For you I’d recommend the following neighborhood, in which years ago I’ve had friends reside and a mentor too. Considered highly desirable for the young professional, a lot of retired people too: zillow.com
It’s one of the neighborhoods in which many houses were built before WWII and are scaled smaller than today’s McMansions, but at the time were considered nice.
Thanks, I just might do that. I really like San Diego, not least because of the climate.
re: #14 goddamnedfrank
I think I’m going to stay in California, as I can’t walk on snow/ice and am a bit unstable in the rain too.
I’ve over-wintered in Scottsdale and frankly Arizona is just wacko backwards. Lots of the delusional right, I’ll never forget driving down the freeway and seeing an old guy waving a gun at people who wanted him to drive faster.
The powerful “authoritarian” forces that @TuckerCarlson says are disappearing people like him are…a 24-year-old researcher working her first post-college job from a D.C group house with five roommates and a dog named Noodles https://t.co/2Sqw1iuzQP
— eli m. rosenberg (@emrosenberg) March 14, 2019
LOL
re: #13 freetoken
And that is one of the less expensive “nice” neighborhoods. And for small lots and modest sized houses.
As you say — it’s the house and lot size that are the shock, given the prices.
re: #17 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Thanks, I just might do that. I really like San Diego, not least because of the climate.
Don’t know what you can afford, but if $1M houses are in your range, then SD is a good place to retire, as there are plenty of services for seniors and the climate is still the best one can find.
And if you have a few extra bucks, it’s possible to find fixer-uppers even in the elite neighborhoods of the county, even in Rancho Santa Fe. The following deal recently popped up: zillow.com
It’s overpriced at $2.1M but real estate sales folk think they can get top dollar right now in RSF, though I think they’re just being greedy.
But perhaps you don’t want to live in the country setting anymore, I get the feeling from what you wrote.
I find SD getting very rich for my modest retirement; I should have been into property flipping decades ago when I started out. That’s the only way a lot of people here can ever afford to live in their $1M houses.
This is why I think some folk back in the middle of the country get a bit put off by us coastal types. They think we’re rich, but the entire real estate thing has been a ladder that is played upon for 3 or 4 decades, flipping houses on the upswings, and thus ending up in a house and lot that are not that big but several times as expensive as most places in this country.
re: #350 Unshaken Defiance
Goimg to Pittsburgh for the first time next week. Working days but the evenings are all mine to make the most of. :-)
I do not know where you will be in the city, but here are a few ideas…
Mount Washington has some viewing spots that allow good photos of the downtown area.
The Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh, at 40 some stories is one of the tallest university buildings. It was built in the Gothic style, from top down. (Don’t ask.) Inside are a whole bunch of ‘international’ rooms and the 3 story Gothic atrium is also quite interesting. Across the street is Carnegie Museum with interesting exhibits.
Historically, the Point, where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers join was the location of Fort Duquesne (French) and Fort Pitt (English) in colonial times.
Turtle Creek at the confluence of the Monongahela River, opposite Kennywood Amusement Park is where Braddock’s defeat occurred. At most, I believe, there is a little sign someplace along a street.
Gastronomically, Primanti’s Restaurant is has a lot of Pittsburgh ‘ambience’. The original one is in the Strip District (a strip of land along the Allegheny which used to be the central distribution point for food being trucked in. The truckers would drop their truck loads there and then get dinner at Primantis. The tables were covered in newspapers. And the meal was two slices of Italian bread with kielbasa, cheese, cole slaw and fries between them. The restaurants are a bit more upscale these days. Pittsburgh culture with a capitol ‘K’!
(I am journeying up to Hagerstown this weekend, in part so I can dine at a previously unknown Primanti’s restaurant there. It’s been 30 years since last I enjoyed their sandwiches. Don’t judge me.)
My ideal home would probably be a single story, open plan 1bd 1ba (other people are the worst) ranch style about 1250 sq ft, mono-pitched roof angled southwards, solar paneled to the gills, attached oversized garage with space for a small workshop and battery backup system, with an obscenely high R-value.
re: #19 Dread Pirate Whitebeard
The powerful “authoritarian” forces that @TuckerCarlson says are disappearing people like him are…a 24-year-old researcher working her first post-college job from a D.C group house with five roommates and a dog named Noodles
LOL
I know that Bret Stephens can be an idiot but it remains astounding that he defended Tucker’s vile comments made over the past 10 years, especially in light of Tucker’s refusal to apologize.
re: #16 gwangung
Think Bend has been co-opted by the wealthy looking for second homes (thought there might be some decent neighborhoods….). Medford/Ashland has decent housing, though with forest fires taking up more and more of the summer, the air quality may take a beating during the warm parts of the year.
Yeah, Bend got spendy for sure, and it seems pretty conservative. I wish the Oregon Coast itself had better services because I’d like to be near the ocean but it’s pretty sparse.
re: #26 goddamnedfrank
Yeah, Bend got spendy for sure, and it seems pretty conservative. I wish the Oregon Coast itself had better services because I’d like to be near the ocean but it’s pretty sparse.
Yeah, I really like the Medford/Ashford area (not hard for me, with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival hanging around), but It’s a tad small and a tad too snowy for me to think of a permanent base….
Fire-Stricken #GrandeAmerica Sinks off Francehttps://t.co/SGUuQWjIFW pic.twitter.com/1AoIuKgtdZ
— World Maritime News (@worldmaritimene) March 13, 2019
A metaphor.
re: #20 Hecuba’s daughter
As you say — it’s the house and lot size that are the shock, given the prices.
Here’s a sample of a coastal community in San Diego county, the quaint old part of the town of Cardiff:
That’s what it costs to live nearer the ocean. Most of those are small and old houses, on small lots.
A young couple, much less a single person, can’t afford to buy there unless they have inherited a bunch of money. Even a two income yuppie couple are going to struggle with a million dollar mortgage.
The house-flipping racket is gonzo capitalism at its most debilitating for society.
Prosecutors Seek Records on Cohen’s ‘Back Channel’ With Giuliani @benprotess @maggienyt https://t.co/bk04VYa5h5 via @nytimes
— Michael Tackett (@tackettdc) March 13, 2019
Oh oh.
re: #23 goddamnedfrank
My ideal home would probably be a single story, open plan 1bd 1ba (other people are the worst) ranch style about 1250 sq ft, flat roof angled southwards, solar paneled to the gills, attached oversized garage with space for a small workshop and battery backup system, with an obscenely high R-value.
Sounds like you’re a candidate for one of those tiny houses. You can get a lot and build two - one for sleeping/eating, one for a workshop.
re: #30 freetoken
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re: #29 freetoken
Here’s a sample of a coastal community in San Diego county, the quaint old part of the town of Cardiff:
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That’s what it costs to live nearer the ocean. Most of those are small and old houses, on small lots.
A young couple, much less a single person, can’t afford to buy there unless they have inherited a bunch of money. Even a two income yuppie couple are going to struggle with a million dollar mortgage.
There are million dollar homes within a mile of me — but they generally have at least 3 times the square footage of these places — and are on larger lot sizes.
re: #14 goddamnedfrank
you might try something like The Dalles (or Hood River) farther down the Columbia River Gorge…. Hood River is a bit more of a hybrid agricultural/art colony hybrid kind of vibe and The Dalles is a bit more blue collar but are close to excellent river fishing and hiking and are really close to the huge produce growing communities in the area, with loads of orchards and small craft vineyards and brewing companies…
My ex and I did our honeymoon in San Diego in the ’90s.
We took a bus tour of the city to orient ourselves. The bus driver lived a hilly area, and even drove the bus past his house. He had us wave to his neighbors as we drove past.
He talked about how the houses in his neighborhood were originally one story, but were zoned up to 3 stories. And then went into a diatribe about how neighbors were adding the additional stories. This forced the blocked neighbors to add stories just to regain the sun and view. Which locked further neighbors.
The light quality of San Diego was amazing. As were the gardens. But, iirc, the ocean was amazingly chilly. All in all, a beautiful town, but quite exotic compared to the DC ‘burbs. (As they say about DC, all the ambiance of a Northern town and the efficiency of a southern one.)
Those disparaging President Trump’s aviation expertise should be made aware that he has a long history of interest in, and expertise on, aviation and aerospace technology and operations.
Here, 6 year old Trump inspects the new Convair YB-60 bomber prototype in 1952. When asked about the rival YB-52 from Boeing, young Trump quipped, “B-52? That’ll never last.”
Ethics Crisis Reminder: Trump has given top government jobs to dues-paying members of his clubs.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) March 14, 2019
To be fair, while matriculating at the University of Maryland, nearly 40 to 45 percent of all waking activity was undertaken while smoking marijuana. So I’ll cast no stone on that account. https://t.co/KnKcbeYp7S via @nypost
— David Simon (@AoDespair) March 14, 2019
The $25 million parents spent on bribes could pay for over 3,000 students to attend community college for free
https://t.co/zukheB5Z0t— Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) March 14, 2019
re: #41 goddamnedfrank
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Tell me about it. I put one daughter through UCB, and the other is at Mills College. They got partial financial aid because I’m poor. (they only cost about $12,000 a year)
re: #14 goddamnedfrank
For my eventual big move down the line I keep looking at small to midsize cities in the Northwest, like Eugene, Medford, Salem, Bend, Vancouver, Wenatchee, and Tacoma. I want city services in a relatively stable blue state near good hiking / fishing spots and on a budget compared to SoCal. Also, since I grew up around Seattle I can do with more rain and less heat.
I wouldn’t mind Wenatchee (I lived there for a few months in the mid-’80s) if it had more convenient access to Seattle. Same thing about the place of my birth: Port Angeles.
Vancouver would be nice thanks to its proximity to Portland.
Personally, I have my eye on Bellingham.
Yeah, it’s important to include the hecklers who helped to cut off a liar.
Definitely important to include the hecklers here for Manafort’s lawyers since they were the only ones telling the truth. pic.twitter.com/kW5vCuZUiS
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) March 13, 2019
re: #3 freetoken
One of my favorite bloggers has given a caustic interview:
I recall as far back as the 1980’s (back when McMansions were a mere 5,000 ft²) and a girlfriend from New Jersey looked out at some new construction going up in Phoenix, AZ, and commented “Are those houses or shopping malls?”
At which point it became clear that was the suburban dream: Live in your own shopping mall.
Downstairs the furniture showroom (living room), food court, appliance and electronics stores (kitchen/den), upstairs a bath boutique, a toy store and a series of clothing/sporting goods stores along a gallery.
re: #7 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
re: #8 William Lewis
I think if I were to win the lotto, I’d buy a Miata and put a trailer hitch on it, get one of those little teardrop trailers or perhaps a micro house on wheels and only keep what I could pack up in it, and live on the road for however long I felt like it.
It’s 0430 in Baja Alabama. Every way I try to measure it, we are Middle-Middle-Middle in income and housing. The housing worked to raise 4 kids, and is now larger than needed, but low-cost, low-tax areas are a housing trap. Our 2,000 ft 1970s brick cannot be sold for enough to buy anywhere else.
We spend 6 weeks or so per year, plus a few weekends, in a 50 yr old 16 foot travel trailer. The costs of keeping it on a grid campground, even a discounted federal park, make it far less efficient than the house. (Looked at solar for the house—the amortization is about twice our life expectancy. Son2, near Tampa, is going for rooftop solar with an 8 year break-even.)
re: #45 Patricia Kayden
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In the fantasy world of wingnuts, if you give the rich enough money, that money will spill over and fall down on the lower classes.
Meanwhile, the real world, we have a fucking real-life game of Monopoly where the rich simply compete to see who can hoover up the most money in their lifetime and pass it on to their spoiled brats. If money “trickles down,” it is purely as a result of the quest to attain greater wealth, not some benevolent gesture by the rich.
re: #48 Targetpractice
In the fantasy world of wingnuts, if you give the rich enough money, that money will spill over and fall down on the lower classes.
Trickle-down might have worked in the age of national economies. Now capital is free to seek the highest returns, which often leads it overseas where they have to squander less on pesky overhead expenses like environmental, health and safety regulations, not to mention benefits and wages.
So the only jobs it creates for us in America are at the Wal-Mart for minimum wage and no benefits, selling the stuff that our companies have manufactured overseas.
You guys, I’m starting to suspect it might be Florida. https://t.co/lzoGxb9qWn
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) March 14, 2019
re: #50 Dread Pirate Whitebeard
You guys, I’m starting to suspect it might be Florida.
Carl Hiassen has a new plot for his next novel
re: #51 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Carl Hiassen has a new plot for his next novel
TBF, there is a Port Richie and a New Port Richie. Don’t know anything about the latter except that the park has a dog-friendly beach.
re: #51 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Carl Hiassen has a new plot for his next novel
This guy has done a couple funny Hiassen-like novels, set in the N Gulf beach counties.
re: #49 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Trickle-down might have worked in the age of national economies. Now capital is free to seek the highest returns, which often leads it overseas where they have to squander less on pesky overhead expenses like environmental, health and safety regulations, not to mention benefits and wages.
So the only jobs it creates for us in America are at the Wal-Mart for minimum wage and no benefits, selling the stuff that our companies have manufactured overseas.
And they’ve missed the lesson of the most robust economies of previous generations — a flatter disparity curve is better for everyone. For the economy in total, and even for the wealthy.
Ten million people with a thousand dollars each will spend more money, and buy more stuff, than a thousand people with ten million dollars each. They just do. Nobody’s going to buy 1000 toaster ovens, or 40 bicycles, or take their family on vacation for 430 days this year.
The guy who owns the toaster-oven factory, or the bicycle retailer, or the travel agency, gets a lot more business if more people can afford stuff that goes above and beyond subsistence.
re: #50 Dread Pirate Whitebeard
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I am eternally grateful to Florida Man for keeping Texas Man and California Man from being the craziest hombres on the planet.
re: #54 sagehen
The guy who owns the toaster-oven factory, or the bicycle retailer, or the travel agency, gets a lot more business if more people can afford stuff that goes above and beyond subsistence.
The anecdote about the GM boss showing the UAW leader the newest automated production line:
“I don’t see a single union member out there!”
to which the union boss replies;
“And I don’t see a single GM customer out there, either!”
There are “ONLY” 81 subpoenas. There are a lot more than 81 crooks in your administration who haven’t been indicted or subpoenaed yet. This includes you. https://t.co/i2aPkGUQiA
— Howard Dean (@GovHowardDean) March 14, 2019
and
A big National Emergency vote today by The United States Senate on Border Security & the Wall (which is already under major construction). I am prepared to veto, if necessary. The Southern Border is a National Security and Humanitarian Nightmare, but it can be easily fixed!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 14, 2019
he retweeted this overnight:
January 16, 2019: 247 illegal migrants rush the border in New Mexico.
This is a national emergency. pic.twitter.com/I6tLEQkbnX— The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 13, 2019
moron
More Brexit madness today:
Ah, Brexit…..a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma that’s vanished up its own ass.
re: #59 Dr Lizardo
Every one of the signatories is effectively saying to the public:
“You’ve had your say. Now shut up. You have to live with whatever we dream up.”
Unacceptable.
As has been said: a referendum is either democratic or irreversible.
It cannot be both.
(h/t @davidallengreen) https://t.co/Ibl6bN38fI— Seb Dance MEP (@SebDance) March 14, 2019
re: #58 Backwoods_Sleuth
That blurry video could have been taken anywhere, including in someone’s living room of a computer game.
I live in a 1200 SF cape cod style with 2 bedrooms up and 1 down with an unfinished basement, first home owned. Our RE agent basically picked it out due to a our indecisiveness. We looked quite a while and I’m glad we bought it. I of course was looking for much bigger house, but I am now happy it’s not so big. I basically habitate one small room of the house and let Dee Dee have at the rest. Outside of cooking and bathing I could be comfortable in a 10 x 10 room. I bang on shit in the basement if it’s too cold outside to work in the detached garage.
re: #60 Backwoods_Sleuth
Every one of the signatories is effectively saying to the public:
“You’ve had your say. Now shut up. You have to live with whatever we dream up.”
Unacceptable.
As has been said: a referendum is either democratic or irreversible.
It cannot be both.
The referendum was non-binding, it was a request to Parliament to enact Article 50.
But since they failed to reach any sort of acceptable deal, they are stuck with a very unacceptable outcome.
re: #63 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The referendum was non-binding, it was a request to Parliament to enact Article 50.
But since they failed to reach any sort of acceptable deal, they are stuck with a very unacceptable outcome.
This is all just a huge clusterfuck - the logical thing to do is revoke Article 50, admit that what was promised to the electorate is undeliverable, perhaps an investigation into the shenanigans that went on behind the scenes during the referendum campaign, and let the chips fall where they may.
But that would require someone (or a group of political leaders) standing up and having some courage to admit they’ve made a horrific blunder. It’d be political suicide - which is probably why it hasn’t happened yet and probably never will.
re: #42 Dread Pirate Whitebeard
My parents knew they could never afford to send my brother and me to college, so they moved, when we were in grade school, to Champaign-Urbana IL for the state university. My father was injured and became disabled, and was on disability, and my mother worked in an office. The U of I had a fee of about $550 a year then, back in prehistoric times, iirc, and we lived at home. It wasn’t quite the “move away from home and find your adult legs” experience that college is said to be, but it worked.
re: #64 Dr Lizardo
But that would require someone (or a group of political leaders) standing up and having some courage to admit they’ve made a horrific blunder. It’d be political suicide - which is probably why it hasn’t happened yet and probably never will.
You are asking them to choose between losing face and tanking the economy.
We all know the outcome of that.
re: #64 Dr Lizardo
This is all just a huge clusterfuck - the logical thing to do is revoke Article 50, admit that what was promised to the electorate is undeliverable, perhaps an investigation into the shenanigans that went on behind the scenes during the referendum campaign, and let the chips fall where they may.
But that would require someone (or a group of political leaders) standing up and having some courage to admit they’ve made a horrific blunder. It’d be political suicide - which is probably why it hasn’t happened yet and probably never will.
It appears to me that it’s already been political suicide for just about everyone involved.
re: #65 retired cynic
My parents knew they could never afford to send my brother and me to college, so they moved, when we were in grade school, to Champaign-Urbana IL for the state university. My father was injured and became disabled, and was on disability, and my mother worked in an office. The U of I had a fee of about $550 a year then, back in prehistoric times, iirc, and we lived at home. It wasn’t quite the “move away from home and find your adult legs” experience that college is said to be, but it worked.
I also recall then tuition fees were well under $1,000 per year for state universities and a student could work part-time and in summer to cover most expenses and/or pay back their student loans in a short period.
ICYMI: Unbelievable video of semi trucks being tossed around like toys in high winds!
WATCH FULL VIDEO: https://t.co/RiOXLzXfqZ #TXwx pic.twitter.com/UxIi95B6aJ— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) March 14, 2019
re: #65 retired cynic
My parents knew they could never afford to send my brother and me to college, so they moved, when we were in grade school, to Champaign-Urbana IL for the state university. My father was injured and became disabled, and was on disability, and my mother worked in an office. The U of I had a fee of about $550 a year then, back in prehistoric times, iirc, and we lived at home. It wasn’t quite the “move away from home and find your adult legs” experience that college is said to be, but it worked.
My rich Uncle sent me and a few million of my cohort to college. It cost some of us an arm and a leg, however. Univ of Louisville was nominally private then, and cost $517 per semester.
By the time I bombed out of grad school I had 3 kids and 5 years seniority on an assembly line.
Trump friend causing further trouble regarding Brexit:
Brexit: Nigel Farage slammed for ‘lobbying foreign Governments’
Prominent Brexiteer Nigel Farage has come under fire after claims emerged that he was lobbying right-wing EU leaders to block any delay to Brexit by ruling out an extension to Article 50.
PowerBall jackpot is climbing up to real money again. It seems to be taking longer this time compared to fall… but it is climbing.
If no one wins the jackpot on Saturday then it will climb over half a billion at which point sales will really pick up.
And so will news coverage, with all those silly lottery-winning-is-bad-for-you stories.
re: #64 Dr Lizardo
It’s tough. Let’s pretend that the political courage did exist to form a broad cross party coalition to revoke article 50. Then what? Next election half of them get tossed by a pissed off coalition of probrexit and OMG you killed democracy voters. Then it’s full steam ahead with a Parliament even more well stocked with frauds, liars and nutjobs.
Wrong. That was the diversion group while the other 5000 snuck across.
— Anon 🇺🇸 📈 #KAG #WWG1WGA (@Anon4MAGA) March 13, 2019
re: #75 Weaselone
It’s tough. Let’s pretend that the political courage did exist to form a broad cross party coalition to revoke article 50. Then what? Next election half of them get tossed by a pissed off coalition of probrexit and OMG you killed democracy voters. Then it’s full steam ahead with a Parliament even more well stocked with frauds, liars and nutjobs.
you summed it up. People who supported Brexit did not understand that what they were voting for, namely a sweetheart trade deal that allowed them to keep immigrants out, was unavailable.
re: #77 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
you summed it up. People who supported Brexit did not understand that what they were voting for, namely a sweetheart trade deal that allowed them to keep immigrants out, was unavailable.
They were sold a bill of goods that consisted of unicorns and rainbows, with clear blue skies and sunny days and the pleasant scent of roses wafting through the air.
And they bought it hook, line and sinker. And personally, at least, I admit I’d hate to be the politician to have to go and tell them that what they really bought was a broken-down Shetland pony with an ice cream cone tied to its head, British weather isn’t going to change because of their vote, and instead of the fine scent of roses, it’s gonna be chicken guano.
re: #76 Dave In Austin
There is no bottom to their delusions.
Doesn’t make the news here in the US usually, but southeast Africa has a typhoon risk, and this year that part of the Indian ocean has been particularly active.
Currently there is a deadly storm hitting Mozambique:
Deadliest Weather Disaster of 2019: Category 2 Idai Kills 111 in Africa; 20-Foot Storm Tide Possible
Yes, it started as a low pressure system on land, then moved to sea and became a tropical cyclone.
re: #74 freetoken
If I win, everybody goes to Collage.
NEW POLL: Americans continue to overwhelmingly oppose Trump’s #FakeEmergency! 📉📊⬇️https://t.co/JBquhSzs0L
— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) March 13, 2019
re: #81 freetoken
That’s a grinder right there. No questions there.
Shit is changing ran rapidly. Or maybe I’m imagining it.
re: #78 Dr Lizardo
They were sold a bill of goods that consisted of unicorns and rainbows, with clear blue skies and sunny days and the pleasant scent of roses wafting through the air.
It was also sold as a way to Keep the Bloody Foreigners Out. But the EU is quite clear: free flow of goods and capital also entail free flow of people.
He’s finally announced:
Beto O’Rourke enters the 2020 race as the wildcard candidate
I am running to serve you as the next president. The challenges we face are the greatest in living memory. No one person can meet them on their own. Only this country can do that, and only if we build a movement that includes all of us. Say you’re in: https://t.co/EKLdkVET2u pic.twitter.com/lainXyvG2n
— Beto O’Rourke (@BetoORourke) March 14, 2019
re: #85 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It was also sold as a way to Keep the Bloody Foreigners Out. But the EU is quite clear: free flow of goods and capital also entail free flow of people.
Honestly, I think the Brexiteers really believed the EU would cheerfully make an exception for them. Because they’re special. They’re Britain.
Or something to that effect.
Hubris writ large.
As I noted yesterday, a lot of silly headlines about supposed physics discoveries the previous 24 hours.
So today an article MIT Technology Review tackles one of them:
No, IBM didn’t just “reverse time” with a quantum computer
Amazing headlines about time machines are a long way off the mark, sadly.
re: #87 Dr Lizardo
Honestly, I think the Brexiteers really believed the EU would cheerfully make an exception for them. Because they’re special. They’re Britain.
Or something to that effect.
Hubris writ large.
Because they thought that the EU needed them more than they needed the EU.
But mostly because they were clueless.
re: #88 freetoken
As I noted yesterday, a lot of silly headlines about supposed physics discoveries the previous 24 hours.
So today an article MIT Technology Review tackles one of them:
“We don’t serve your kind in here!” says the bartender.
Two tachyons walk into a bar.
re: #86 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
He’s finally announced:
Beto O’Rourke enters the 2020 race as the wildcard candidate
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I’m glad.
re: #91 HappyWarrior
Waiting to see how the story-managers at major outlets decide to cast this…
DEMOCRATS IN DISARRAY!
CROWDED FIELD!!
re: #92 freetoken
Waiting to see how the story-managers at major outlets decide to cast this…
DEMOCRATS IN DISARRAY!
CROWDED FIELD!!
not to mention “Beto the loser.”
So I click on this very good article on the proliferation of elite corruption by Franklin Foer and the pop-up ad I get is for the Qsuite—private sleeping suite—offered for the ultra-rich by Qatar Airlines.
re: #92 freetoken
Waiting to see how the story-managers at major outlets decide to cast this…
DEMOCRATS IN DISARRAY!
CROWDED FIELD!!
You know what? I actually kind of like the fact that there are at around a half dozen announced candidates who I could vote for in 2020 without holding my nose at all, with O’Rourke, Harris, Booker, Castro, Klobuchar, and Warren already in the mix. Compare that to 2016 when only Clinton was a truly viable candidate during primary season.
Japan will allow scientists to grow human cells in an animal embryo and transfer it to an animal’s uterus, reversing a ban on the practice. The country’s science ministry announced the decision, which is effective immediately, on 1 March. The ultimate aim of the research is to use animals, such as pigs, to grow organs that can be transplanted into humans. The relaxed regulations would allow Hiromitsu Nakauchi, a stem-cell biologist at Stanford University in California and the University of Tokyo, to pursue experiments in Japan that he has planned for more than a decade, pending ethical approval. Nakauchi has created pig embryos that are genetically altered so that they cannot produce a pancreas, and he plans to insert induced pluripotent stem cells into the embryos. These cells are obtained by reprogramming human cells so that they revert to an embryonic-like state from which they can form other cell types. The hope is that the stem cells will develop into a pancreas composed mainly of human cells as the embryo develops.
Basically, growing human parts in pigs for later use in humans.
Neat idea, but I wonder how American religious atavism has held up such research.
re: #96 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
You know what? I actually kind of like the fact that there are at around a half dozen announced candidates who I could vote for in 2020 without holding my nose at all, with O’Rourke, Harris, Booker, Castro, Klobuchar, and Warren already in the mix. Compare that to 2016 when only Clinton was a truly viable candidate during primary season.
It will make it harder for the GOP ratfuckers to fuck as they did in 2016 with only Hillary and Bernie.
Especially as they are not likely to have any primary contenders to DT in 2020
There is of course the risk that Beto will get into a trap, the one that is basically the only reason he will rise to the top of the heap is because he is a white male.
For such a critique of him, even though it may not be fair to judge him as so, I think it notable that he gets such positive response when even more successful politicians - Harris, Booker - face much more scorn.
So, how can Beto avoid the white-savior trap?
My college freshman son Lezine is home for spring break. He got accepted at 13 schools on his own merit.
Lori Loughlin’s daughter was spending spring break in the Bahamas on the yacht of the billionaire chair of USC’s trustee board.#ThursdayThoughts#CollegeCheatingScandal— Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) March 14, 2019
re: #11 Dread Pirate Whitebeard
When people tell you who they are - believe them. From your link (my bold)
When Donald Trump’s new airline, the Trump Shuttle, launched on a summer day in 1989, tuxedoed waiters with white gloves passed out smoked salmon, honey chicken skewers, and chocolate truffles. It was early in the day, but champagne flowed at Logan Airport.
After a string quartet rested its bows, Trump took the microphone and struck a discordant note: He railed against Pan Am, his rival in the shuttle business. He suggested Pan Am’s flights were unsafe, that the company was strapped for cash and couldn’t spend as much to maintain planes as Trump Shuttle.
As I noted earlier, Farage is Trump’s buddy:
Trump makes last-minute Brexit intervention ‘after being lobbied by Nigel Farage’
re: #93 I Would Prefer Not To
Assumes facts not in evidence - namely that any of them will see prison time.
re: #105 lawhawk
Assumes facts not in evidence - namely that any of them will see prison time.
Maybe if they offer to donate $1,000,000 for a new cell block, they will get their own luxury suite.
re: #86 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
He’s finally announced:
Beto O’Rourke enters the 2020 race as the wildcard candidate
Why is he the wildcard candidate? Because he’s the non-Bernie white guy?
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. So Beto is officially in the race.
Anyone in tier 1 would make a great president. Anyone in tiers 1-3 could be VP. Anyone in tiers 1-4 would be better than Trump. Just don’t get me started on Bernie or Gabbard.
Anyhow, these are my preferences, and subject to change based on information.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 14, 2019
re: #99 freetoken
There is of course the risk that Beto will get into a trap, the one that is basically the only reason he will rise to the top of the heap is because he is a white male.
For such a critique of him, even though it may not be fair to judge him as so, I think it notable that he gets such positive response when even more successful politicians - Harris, Booker - face much more scorn.
So, how can Beto avoid the white-savior trap?
“He saved us from Bernie!”
re: #109 Belafon
“He saved us from Bernie!”
Beto campaign slogan: If I can save you from Bernie, I can deliver you from Trump.
Beto is trending on Twitter, but he’s going to have stiff competition today:
“Sometimes the best that we can do is to start over … ” Check out the newest trailer for #AvengersEndgame. https://t.co/Ok7xtOsoOn
— Twitter Moments (@TwitterMoments) March 14, 2019
re: #107 Belafon
Why is he the wildcard candidate? Because he’s the non-Bernie white guy?
Wildcard because he has no history of significant accomplishment. Candidate because he demonstrated “star quality” in his campaign.
For the next hundred years most candidates are statistically likely to be white, and a bit fewer than half are going to be male.
Beto is in…. okay. I get it.
Wait. Do I really get it? He lost his race for the Senate in Texas, and that somehow boosts him to presidential candidate for the Democratic party nomination? What makes him stand out from every other candidate already declared?
I really do think he’s a better fit as VP (demographic/regional) than as POTUS, but what does he have that other top tier candidates don’t have (a Y chomosome, melanin impaired?)
re: #90 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
“We don’t serve your kind in here!” says the bartender.
Two tachyons walk into a bar.
re: #102 freetoken
As I noted earlier, Farage is Trump’s buddy:
Trump makes last-minute Brexit intervention ‘after being lobbied by Nigel Farage’
What could go wrong?
re: #107 Belafon
Why is he the wildcard candidate? Because he’s the non-Bernie white guy?
I would say that he has a higher name recognition than many other Democratic candidates.
re: #113 lawhawk
Beto is in…. okay. I get it.
Wait. Do I really get it? He lost his race for the Senate in Texas, and that somehow boosts him to presidential candidate for the Democratic party nomination? What makes him stand out from every other candidate already declared?
I really do think he’s a better fit as VP (demographic/regional) than as POTUS, but what does he have that other top tier candidates don’t have (a Y chomosome, melanin impaired?)
Let me ask you a question: What if, after seeing Obama’s 2004 speech at the Democratic convention, Obama had attempted to run and lose against Kay Bailey Hutchenson for senate, and then lost? Would you have declared him a lost cause at that point?
Beto is one candidate among many, and will have to prove himself there. Whe he as proven is that he can get people out to vote. He actually can inspire and motivate people. And we are defniitely going to need that.
re: #92 freetoken
Waiting to see how the story-managers at major outlets decide to cast this…
DEMOCRATS IN DISARRAY!
CROWDED FIELD!!
Upding for “story-managers at major outlets”
re: #90 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
“We don’t serve your kind in here!” says the bartender.
Two tachyons walk into a bar.
re: #6 freetoken
re: #7 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I live in an old farmhouse (the original house in this “subdivision”, which really isn’t a subdivision, but an area within the city) and I would love a farmhouse sink. I like them. I would also kill for a house-sized kitchen (I am just shy of a master chef and cooking is a passion) and a master suite that is big and comfortable as a retreat. The rest I agree with.
I think a balance of what is comfortable to the person living there is, or should be, the point. A house should be your personal space and that personal space should make you happy.
I am not a fan of big, “fancy” McMansions, but to each their own.
“Do I dare
Disturb the universe?
In a minute there is time
For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.” pic.twitter.com/N5ug0lZavV— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) March 14, 2019
Do Democrats dare uphold the law against a lawless Trump and a complicit GOP that will do anything and everything to protect a corrupt Trump?
They should. The hearings are a necessity and are already underway. State indictments are starting to get handed out. Mueller’s report is still the 800 pound gorilla yet to be unchained. And 5 of Trump’s key campaign people are in plea deals or in prison.
Mueller’s got indictments against a bunch of Russians too. Stone is indicted. Stone working as the cutout between the campaign and Wikileaks.
So yeah, the writing is on the wall, but the justice system is grinding ever so slowly (and still with a bias in favor of handing down gentle (even loving) treatment of people who showed loyalty to another country over ours while working for the campaign.
re: #121 MsJ
I live in an old farmhouse (the original house in this “subdivision”, which really isn’t a subdivision, but an area within the city) and I would love a farmhouse sink. I like them. I would also kill for a house-sized kitchen (I am just shy of a master chef and cooking is a passion) and a master suite that is big and comfortable as a retreat. The rest I agree with.
I think a balance of what is comfortable to the person living there is, or should be, the point. A house should be your personal space and that personal space should make you happy.
I am not a fan of big, “fancy” McMansions, but to each their own.
I would love an old farmhouse.
I must say, regardless, that was refreshing. To say he wants to serve as opposed to rule…..
There’s a number of tweets like this one:
Robert O’Rourke is in the 2020 race. Another white privileged male joins the Democrat. The 46 yr old, arm waving, boarding school, & Columbia grad who married money couldn’t win a Senate seat in TX in spite of having dbl the funds of Ted Cruz(80 v. 40 million).
— Michael Hengel (@HengelMichael) March 14, 2019
But if you look at the profile it’s just another Trumper.
Pretending to care about “white privileged male”.
Oh look, a Trumper who pretends to care about “white privileged male”.
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 14, 2019
re: #7 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I love Kate and McMansion Hell but I have also come to realize that I am at least partly guilty myself. True, my century old Craftsman house is about as far from being a McMansion as it could be, but it is too big and, especially, too isolated. There is an element of truth in my daughter’s joke that my house is a museum and I actually live in my workshop. That is part of the reason, a small part, that I have struggled with depression in recent years, though thankfully not so much the past year or so. It is also why I continue to consider moving. I keep looking at houses in other parts of the country, more crowded parts.
Oh yeah I really love Craftsman style, too.
I live in a colonial rowhome/townhouse/duplex and I’d love to move out, but that’s a couple years away while renovations get done.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 14, 2019
Oh look, another Trumper pretending to not be scared of O’Rourke.
FYI, Cruz whipped Trump in the Texas primary: https://t.co/7mgWesELaG— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 14, 2019
re: #51 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Carl Hiassen has a new plot for his next novel
SKINK FOR PRESIDENT!!!!
re: #124 HappyWarrior
I’m with Beto as of right now.
I’ll have to give a look see. I’m very tentatively for Klobuchar. But I’m glad the others are in, too. A big field is fine. Although it will more than likely be over by the time the primaries get to my state.
re: #132 Sir John Barron
I’ll have to give a look see. I’m very tentatively for Klobuchar. But I’m glad the others are in, too. A big field is fine. Although it will more than likely be over by the time the primaries get to my state.
I’d take Klobuchar with Beto as a team. I like her.
re: #124 HappyWarrior
I’m with Beto as of right now.
It’s funny. As a resident of Texas, I’m more inclined to support Harris right now. I will defend with my last breath that Beto ran the best campaign a Democrat could have run in 2018 here in Texas, but I’m more interested in Harris. I could definitely support Beto as her Number 1.
After generating a big potential tax bill, Steve Wynn met with Treasury officials as they were writing regulations for a new tax incentive that could help him defer or reduce those taxes https://t.co/gxFsjM9dyL
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) March 14, 2019
Millions of Americans saw their refunds turn into taxes owed, because withholding rules changed. Millions of Americans saw that they owed taxes but they can’t do anything about it.
Wynn, a billionaire, is able to waltz into Treasury, get an audience with Treasury officials and try and get tax relief that will help him and his businesses.
When you think of Texas, remember this: Most people here think that the Alamo was an important strategic battle.
re: #136 Belafon
When you think of Texas, remember this: Most people here think that the Alamo was an important strategic battle.
Or that the Texans won (they didn’t).
re: #137 lawhawk
Or that the Texans won (they didn’t).
We know they lost. It’s part of our glorious history that those brave men gave up their lives to stick it to Santa Ana. When I was growing up, a third of the elementary schools in Abilene were named after the major figures at the Alamo.
re: #51 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Carl Hiassen has a new plot for his next novel
Oh, please please please! I miss him. I don’t think he’s written anything (not for YA) in a while.
Imagine a Trumper crying “Open a history book!” … and not realizing the irony.
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 14, 2019
re: #140 freetoken
Yeah they mean READ DAVID BARTON GREAT TRUTH HISTORIAN.
Beto may be more style over substance, but I’m fine with that.
Politics in America in 2020 is all about the image, the flash, and working in an era when the Kardashians’ sexcapades are more important to a large share of the electorate than any policy issue.
In light of Trump I think we have to own that today being a politician means, more than ever (as it was always partially true) that being a politician means being a performer.
re: #136 Belafon
When you think of Texas, remember this: Most people here think that the Alamo was an important strategic battle.
HA!!!
re: #138 Belafon
And we’re taught how the Alamo was used as a rallying cry to inspire Texians to defeat Mexico and win independence.
Texans are all over useless sacrifice.
re: #113 lawhawk
Beto is in…. okay. I get it.
Wait. Do I really get it? He lost his race for the Senate in Texas, and that somehow boosts him to presidential candidate for the Democratic party nomination? What makes him stand out from every other candidate already declared?
I really do think he’s a better fit as VP (demographic/regional) than as POTUS, but what does he have that other top tier candidates don’t have (a Y chomosome, melanin impaired?)
The ability to campaign effectively. That, in today’s highly personality driven celeb as POTUS environment, is very important.
Warren is great but boring (for people who pay attention for less than 30 seconds, which is like everyone under 30).
Women are going to have a very tough go at it. (don’t @ me, we’ve had this discussion before).
I love Harris and she (or any woman) needs a good male attack dog. Remember, we cannot attack because that makes us bitches and harpies. Veep’s historically have been the attack dogs. Beto is good at campaigning. We need that.
He’s the anti-Bernie Bernie. Same message with better packaging and maybe something to back it up. Plus, fuck Bernie. :-)
“Beto (and Klobuchar), by contrast, are more conservative than average.” — which means Beto might have an actual chance of becoming President of the US.
A country, may I remind you, where around a quarter of the electorate thinks the Earth is 6000 years old.— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 14, 2019
re: #142 freetoken
Beto may be more style over substance, but I’m fine with that.
Politics in America in 2020 is all about the image, the flash, and working in an era when the Kardashians’ sexcapades are more important to a large share of the electorate than any policy issue.
In light of Trump I think we have to own that today being a politician means, more than ever (as it was always partially true) that being a politician means being a performer.
There has always been that element to the presidency, the gut appeal. It’s partially why Clinton won in 92, and Obama in 2008. You have to inspire people to get out and vote.
I do want to caution against giving Trump too much credit. He lost the popular vote. He had a whole lot of help in eeking out the win in the few states he needed. And his appeal, where it counted, was in his racism. But you can’t entirely get away from being the presidential run being a performance.
re: #148 Patricia Kayden
He’s a cool dude. I’d love him as a President.
And someone whose humanity is intact. I miss that.
Oh look, yet another Trumper scared of Beto.
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 14, 2019
Is this a threat? Did the president just threaten his enemies with violence? If so, @RepJerryNadler might want to look at additional abuse of power charges. https://t.co/Rz8TbXu88d
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) March 14, 2019
That’s how all these trumper morons think so they think everyone is like them. Remember Palin (wink) who melted the hearts of morons? They, themselves, cannot get past looks with no substance so they think everyone else can’t. It’s the ultimate bubble of their own failings.
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) March 14, 2019
re: #149 MsJ
And someone whose humanity is intact. I miss that.
Yes, and he can go toe to toe on the southern border from real experience. He and Harris are my top two right now, and, goofily enough, it is from the feel I get when they talk. Like they are real.
Yes, like Obama and The Big Dog.
re: #152 MsJ
Trumpers hate Beto because he is (1) male, and (2) has little melanin, thus their usual tropes will fail.
re: #37 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Those disparaging President Trump’s aviation expertise should be made aware that he has a long history of interest in, and expertise on, aviation and aerospace technology and operations.
Here, 6 year old Trump inspects the new Convair YB-60 bomber prototype in 1952. When asked about the rival YB-52 from Boeing, young Trump quipped, “B-52? That’ll never last.”[Embedded content]
the convair was unsafe at any speed.
re: #86 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
He’s finally announced:
Beto O’Rourke enters the 2020 race as the wildcard candidate
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Yep, I figured last night after seeing that Vanity Fair article he was running.
Truthfully, I admit I don’t know how to feel about any of this.
I really am scared we have too many running and it is going to cause problems.
This country is just too messed up right now for things to be anywhere near normal.
Oh yeah…Morning!
re: #156 steve_davis
the convair was unsafe at any speed.
heh
My first car was a convair, um, I mean a corvair….
re: #156 steve_davis
the convair was unsafe at any speed.
Only the early models: once they fitted the anti-sway bars to the wings, they handled just fine….
“…leftists are totally fine with the privileged white…” — that seems to be the talking point you and your idols are pushing this morning.
Faux concern, you have.
BTW, did you know that PragerU is not a real university but a marketing gimmick?
Of course you did.— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 14, 2019
re: #151 The Vicious Babushka
Yeah… he is.
So Trump’s making threats that he’s this close to completely politicizing law enforcement and defense establishment to go after his political enemies (Democrats aka the people hoping to preserve the rule of law by holding Trumpworld accountable).
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 14, 2019
Your twitter timeline betrays you.
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 14, 2019
re: #160 freetoken
Same person who thinks Trump U was anything but a scam.
It looks like one of my favorites, Tammy Duckworth, is not going to jump on. She must like where she is, and be looking forward to having some choice assignment if the Dems take the Senate (and we must!).
Having two small children may have something to do with that, too!
re: #157 ObserverArt
Yep, I figured last night after seeing that Vanity Fair article he was running.
Truthfully, I admit I don’t know how to feel about any of this.
I really am scared we have too many running and it is going to cause problems.
This country is just too messed up right now for things to be anywhere near normal.
Oh yeah…Morning!
I’m not worried about the size of the field. A few wil drop out before the first debate because they won’t get much funding. And we’re going to have a whole lot of women running, and a number of minorities. And most of them are the kind of people you’d want as president.
Beto has no substance yet he voted for trump?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
(breathes)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) March 14, 2019
Then Hannity jumped up on his desk and began tearing off his clothes while screaming, “I am Napoleon! I am Napoleon!” before Fox News cut to commercial. https://t.co/utIQ8FcaFN
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 14, 2019
re: #154 freetoken
Trumpers hate Beto because he is (1) male, and (2) has little melanin, thus their usual tropes will fail.
Beto speaks Obama. Traitorous Shitbag will have a hard time with someone who speaks fluent Obama. To whoever gets the nod, Beto will be invaluable.
Bernie the Fuckface, doesn’t speak Obama either.
re: #150 freetoken
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Nah it’s because he actually knows what he’s talking about when it comes to the border and other issues. Unlike Trump.
re: #108 lawhawk
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. So Beto is officially in the race.
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Lawhawk…you need to drop Sherrod Brown out of your list. He is not running.
Laura Loomer’s parents must have had to pull some serious strings to get her into Junior College.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) March 14, 2019
re: #168 Dave In Austin
Beto speaks Obama. Traitorous Shitbag will have a hard time someone who speaks fluent Obama. To whoever gets the nod, Beto will be invaluable.
Bernie the Fuckface, doesn’t speak Obama either.
Obama talked about how things can be better. Beto does too. Trump can’t. And frankly Bernie can’t either. Enough of old assholes who have made it whose entire schtick is resentment.
re: #167 The Vicious Babushka
That’s a leap Evel Knievel wouldn’t have taken.
re: #170 ObserverArt
Lawhawk…you need to drop Sherrod Brown out of your list. He is not running.
At this point, not running is the new running.
“…a rich rich entitled man…” — more faux concern.
You love to retweet the likes of Cernovich and Carlson, and yet here pretend to be all SJW-like with “rich entitled man.”
You’re scared - Beto doesn’t have enough melanin for you to deride him easily.— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 14, 2019
re: #124 HappyWarrior
I’m with Beto as of right now.
I need more. After reading the Vanity Fair piece I see some holes that I need to understand. I like him as a person, as a president I have questions.
Of course I also know that a President can be no more than a great inspiration to the nation and can motivate the people to move congress.
And that is where I have issues. He is one heck of a talker. I need to know if he has more than talk.
I hope that is not too harsh. But it’s my feeling today.
re: #177 freetoken
Trump’s appeal to the know nothing GOP?
He was a self declared billionaire white guy who was pushing white nationalism whose most recent grift was being a reality tv star whose tag line “You’re fired” has yet to be uttered by him in person against any of the bunch of people (the best people) he fired.
re: #156 steve_davis
the convair was unsafe at any speed.
That’s nothing, new Chevy Corvette is so powerful it is bending its frame.
Problems are allegedly not limited to those digital, but also those mechanical. Prototypes fitted with twin-turbo V-8s producing between 900 and 1,000 horsepower have reportedly suffered from structural distortion so severe that the engine compartment’s glass hatch was breaking. These are in line with previous rumors which claimed that the C8 will use a twin-turbo V-8 to achieve hypercar-like performance, with acceleration so “frightening” that GM has supposedly consulted with lawyers about the potential risk of selling something so fast.
I would take my chances driving the new vette.
This make the whole buying your kid into a top tier school scandal extra infuriating.
To bad they couldn’t put effort into the freaking kids to make them 1) worthy of entry on their own, and 2) people who valued education to start with.
The Laughlin kid’s video was disgusting. No sympathy here at all.— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) March 13, 2019
Lori Loughlin’s daughter Olivia Jade says “I don’t really care about school.” #lorilaughlin pic.twitter.com/MnZtAlGLNG
— Johnny (@Johnnys_Eye) March 12, 2019
re: #173 darthstar
This video is the greatest thing ever.
Nope, not buying it. You retweet the likes of Woods and Woolery. You’re not really into serious policy, you’re into mindless reactionaries.
Which is obvious by you repeating mantras like “government socialist policies.”
Stop lying to yourself.— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 14, 2019
Oh look, toxic masculinity weighs in on someone who isn’t horrible.
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 14, 2019
BREAKING: House votes overwhelmingly 420-1 to urge DOJ to release publicly the entirety of Mueller’s report, once completed.
Naturally, @SenateMajLdr McConnell OPPOSES such a resolution and won’t put it to a vote in the Senate.🤬https://t.co/VFmDmeMXWH— Dr. Dena Grayson (@DrDenaGrayson) March 14, 2019
re: #173 darthstar
Soooooo, a 1:21 min clip of her Looming (that seems to be the term-of-art used for laura being ignored at a door) outside an unanswered door with an blank an unsigned piece of paper (not an affidavit) attempting to claim that she DIDN’T marry a sibling?
What. The. Ever. Loving. Fuck?
re: #178 ObserverArt
I need more. After reading the Vanity Fair piece I see some holes that I need to understand. I like him as a person, as a president I have questions.
Of course I also know that a President can be no more than a great inspiration to the nation and can motivate the people to move congress.
And that is where I have issues. He is one heck of a talker. I need to know if he has more than talk.
I hope that is not too harsh. But it my feeling today.
Nah perfectly reasonable. But here’s what I like OA. I like that he has introduced legislation
on issues important to me. I like his approach too.
re: #183 MsJ
Those kids should be charged as adults - many of them knowingly participated in the scam.
And the schools should boot them on their asses. Free up spots for actual deserving kids.
re: #97 freetoken
Basically, growing human parts in pigs for later use in humans.
Neat idea, but I wonder how American religious atavism has held up such research.
The thing that bugs me is that fundamentalists will oppose this research, but when the choice is going to live with jeebus or staying alive using the exact therapy they opposed we know which choice they’ll make.
re: #187 freetoken
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You mean the guy who represented a majority Hispanic district and did the best by a Dem in years with Hispanic voters in Texas. Hispanics don’t seem to mind Beto or him having a Hispanic nickname.
re: #188 lawhawk
“Well, maybe the Dems could try getting something like a Super majority vote like….420-1.”
re: #183 MsJ
This make the whole buying your kid into a top tier school scandal extra infuriating.
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I saw some of that video earlier. It plays to all of the criticisms of privilege. She celebrates not caring about studying, etc., she even mocks herself but knows that is the game. She just wants the paper, attention and money.
This country is in serious need of some morality lessons. We are empty, having lost much of the lessons of the two world wars.
I don’t usually like these things but this is funny af. No multiple click through pages either.
Instead of tattle-tailing on his teenager, this dad turned to social media to give a play-by-play of his son’s girlfriend’s escape
— Brain-Sharper (@sharper_brain) March 7, 2019
re: #191 lawhawk
Those kids should be charged as adults - many of them knowingly participated in the scam.
And the schools should boot them on their asses. Free up spots for actual deserving kids.
Great idea, and to take it one step further, keep the tuition from the criminal parents to use to pay for the tuition of that deserving kid.
re: #189 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Soooooo, a 1:21 min clip of her Looming (that seems to be the term-of-art used for laura being ignored at a door) outside an unanswered door with an blank an unsigned piece of paper (not an affidavit) attempting to claim that she DIDN’T marry a sibling?
What. The. Ever. Loving. Fuck?
“Hi, 911, I’d like to report some very suspicious people outside with video cameras.”
re: #188 lawhawk
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Is Mitch going to protect Trump all the way up to the elections next year then retire?
It sure seems like that is the plan. And if it is, it would be interesting to know why.
re: #195 Sir John Barron
“Well, maybe the Dems could try getting something like a Super majority vote like….420-1.”
Otherwise known as the requirement that Schultz will need in order to sign a bill into law.
re: #196 ObserverArt
I saw some of that video earlier. It plays to all of the criticisms of privilege. She celebrates not caring about studying, etc., she even mocks herself but knows that is the game. She just wants the paper, attention and money.
This country is in serious need of some morality lessons. We are empty, having lost much of the lessons of the two world wars.
She’s a pretty girl. She could be a brainless actress like her mother and make a ton of money.
So…fuck her. And them. All of them.
I could see a parent doing this if their kid tries like mad but can’t get their grades to the level needed. I don’t condone it, of course, but I can see it.
But these kids don’t even give a shit.
So…fuck em all.
Jordan Peele is like the new Shonda Rhimes.
New Twilight Zone series by him. Kinda awesome thought.
re: #201 lawhawk
Otherwise known as the requirement that Schultz will need in order to sign a bill into law.
“What’s with this one ‘nah’ vote, guys? I can’t sign a controversial bill like this.”
“This is the best way to secure another 4 years of that idiot Trump. There are millions of us that vow to NOT elect a right leaning Democrat.” — so, you’re warning us that you plan on fulfilling your own prophecy?
The best way to own the “right leaning” is to help Trump win?— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 14, 2019
re: #108 lawhawk
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. So Beto is officially in the race.
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Didn’t Ojeda already drop out?
That Sirota piece in the Guardian from last December now seems more and more like a Bernie preemptive strike.
re: #157 ObserverArt
Yep, I figured last night after seeing that Vanity Fair article he was running.
Truthfully, I admit I don’t know how to feel about any of this.
I really am scared we have too many running and it is going to cause problems.
This country is just too messed up right now for things to be anywhere near normal.
Oh yeah…Morning!
Here’s what scares me. SC is an early primary and gets a lot of attention as “first in the South.” With no Republican primary and being an open primary state, the Republicans, who are numerous and horrible, can vote in our primary and ratfuck till eternity to choose the absolute worst among the pack and give that person a leg up. I’m very nervous about the whole thing.
Russia says it’s going to arm a submarine with 6 nuclear “doomsday” devices
The missiles are designed to cause tsunamis to obliterate coastal areas and to destroy underwater cable infrastructure.
https://t.co/ZGtge7xeQ3— Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath) March 14, 2019
This is some thread.
#SummaCumLiar https://t.co/nwK4Tl7YId
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) March 13, 2019
Ending with…
Whether or not impeachment is in order, a serious inquiry needs to be made about this man’s condition of mind.
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) March 14, 2019
re: #209 MsJ
Or… it’s all a scam to get the US to spend billions we don’t have on defending against a weapon that doesn’t exist anywhere except on paper or mocked up.
Because Putin knows Trump would be dumb enough to fall for this nonsense.
OR….. and bear with me here…. this is all just a cover to address the kaiju coming through The Rift and that the nuclear tests in the 1950s were meant to stop Godzilla and other MUTOs (Titans?).
re: #160 freetoken
You’ve given me some great blocking opportunities this morning. Thank you!
DUP leader ready to strike deal with May to end Brexit impasse
Arlene Foster and Tory Eurosceptics indicate they could back PM if treaty legal advice is clearerThe DUP leader, Arlene Foster, has signalled her party is ready to do a deal to end the Brexit impasse, saying that the prime minister must prove only that the constitutional integrity of the UK would be preserved.
Tory Eurosceptics told the Guardian on Thursday that they and the Democratic Unionist party could be persuaded to back Theresa May’s Brexit deal if Geoffrey Cox, the attorney general, gave clearer legal advice about how the UK could withdraw from an international treaty.
Hand Jive, Hand Jive…. Doin’ that crazy Hand Jive!
Trump… who mocked someone with a disability and whose own hand movements are weird, and who also value signals his white supremacist base.
Yeah, he’s one to talk.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 14, 2019
If you think Beto is “right leaning”, you’re part of the problem imo. This is a guy who has criticized the drug war and immigration policies much more harshly and effectively than I’d argue the candidates who are considered the “left” that is Sanders and Warren. It’s true. Beto isn’t as focused on economic inequality as they are but he’s not right leaning either. Sigh.
re: #209 MsJ
Russia says it’s going to arm a submarine with 6 nuclear “doomsday” devices
It was to be announced at the Party Congress on Monday. As you know, the Premier loves surprises.
moron is flailing
again
….If, at a later date, Congress wants to update the law, I will support those efforts, but today’s issue is BORDER SECURITY and Crime!!! Don’t vote with Pelosi!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 14, 2019
A vote for today’s resolution by Republican Senators is a vote for Nancy Pelosi, Crime, and the Open Border Democrats!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 14, 2019
re: #216 HappyWarrior
If you think Beto is “right leaning”, you’re part of the problem imo. This is a guy who has criticized the drug war and immigration policies much more harshly and effectively than I’d argue the candidates who are considered the “left” that is Sanders and Warren. It’s true. Beto isn’t as focused on economic inequality as they are but he’s not right leaning either. Sigh.
Unfortunately there is a contingent of Bernie supporters who are “my way or the highway” type of people who will do their best to guarantee Trump has another 4 years in office. They have no second thoughts about their role in 2016 and are eager to repeat it if their cult leader and Putin friend Bernie is not the nominee.
If at first you don’t succeed… maybe accept your plan has fundamental flaws and that forcing it through because you’ve run down the clock isn’t a great look. Or, you know, try again. https://t.co/OnGUWGTU7t
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) March 14, 2019
That sort of reaction though proves to me that there’s part of the left not interested in a President but wants an ideologue. I can understand the critique about Beto going from the House to POTUS but I’m not going to allow supporters of a man who had Steve King’s praise on immigration and who has a blatant double standard on firearm manufacturers liabilities and reparations lecture about what a real progressive is.
re: #220 Hecuba’s daughter
Unfortunately there is a contingent of Bernie supporters who are “my way or the highway” type of people who will do their best to guarantee Trump has another 4 years in office. They have no second thoughts about their role in 2016 and are eager to repeat it if their cult leader and Putin friend Bernie is not the nominee.
They’re fucking awful.
Kid taking over the casting schooling couch? Kinda gross no matter how you look at it.
So she found out…about the charges against her mom…in the Bahamas…while on the yacht…belonging to…the chair of the board of trustees…of USC. 🤯 https://t.co/CmKlYBimcU
— Dan Zak (@MrDanZak) March 14, 2019
re: #139 MsJ
Oh, please please please! I miss him. I don’t think he’s written anything (not for YA) in a while.
Razor Girl from 2016
re: #188 lawhawk
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WaPo article is paywalled: anyone know who the “lone wolf” naysayer was?
(NYT says it was a unanimous 420-0)
The Sirota piece was a hit piece from the beginning.
No politician for a high office in Texas can ignore the state’s fossil fuel industry.
How Sirota misled you was by deemphasizing that Beto got campaign donations from the *workers* in that industry.— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 14, 2019
re: #224 MsJ
Kid taking over the
castingschooling couch? Kinda gross no matter how you look at it.
I’m sure this is…uh…completely fine. Really.
re: #227 freetoken
Almost managed to forget about Sirota. Glad he’s back on the scene to sort out the politically pure candidates for us.
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re: #227 freetoken
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Sirota lied. My cousin works for the natural gas industry. He’s donated to PP as a private citizen. By Sirota’s “logic”, PP is supported by the natural gas industry. This is an insidious lie started by a man who will do anything to slander & misrepresent Bernie’s opponents.
re: #188 lawhawk
BREAKING: House votes overwhelmingly 420-1 to urge DOJ to release publicly the entirety of Mueller’s report, once completed.
Naturally, Senate Maj Ldr McConnell OPPOSES such a resolution and won’t put it to a vote in the Senate
This document is going to leak like helium molecules through a balloon skin…
re: #226 Jay C
WaPo article is paywalled: anyone know who the “lone wolf” naysayer was?
(NYT says it was a unanimous 420-0)
From the article:
The final vote count was 420 in favor, with no one voting no. Four lawmakers voted “present.”
If you were to “open a history book” you’d know that Trump’s revanchism, bigotry, and ethnic nationalism not only follow in the path of such historic losers like Mussolini but in America are straight from the likes of George Wallace.
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 14, 2019
Actually, the £107m in loans relates only to Turnberry’s parent firm. The real figure is £148.9m, and that’s discounting the Trump Org’s smaller subsidiaries in Scotland.
— Martyn McLaughlin (@MartynMcL) March 14, 2019
One final observation. The Trump Org has always said it’s never used external financing for its Scottish projects. Why, then, did @realDonaldTrump try - and fail - to secure a £23m mortgage and £15m loan from the Bank of Scotland?/This is from a letter he wrote to the bank: pic.twitter.com/ZsHfkw9TcD
— Martyn McLaughlin (@MartynMcL) March 14, 2019
re: #226 Jay C
WaPo article is paywalled: anyone know who the “lone wolf” naysayer was?
(NYT says it was a unanimous 420-0)
CORRECTION: the vote was 420-0.
Four @GOP members voted “present“: @justinamash, @mattgaetz, @RepThomasMassie, and @RepGosar.🙄https://t.co/64hVyY4DPo— Dr. Dena Grayson (@DrDenaGrayson) March 14, 2019
re: #233 Colère Tueur de Lapin
From the article:
Yep.
All told, 420 members - 230 Democrats and 190 Republicans - voted for the resolution. Four Republicans voted present, and eight members (five Democrats and three Republicans) didn’t vote.
re: #226 Jay C
WaPo article is paywalled: anyone know who the “lone wolf” naysayer was?
(NYT says it was a unanimous 420-0)
From the National Post:
Four Republicans voted present: Michigan Rep. Justin Amash, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar and Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie.
re: #226 Jay C
WaPo article is paywalled: anyone know who the “lone wolf” naysayer was?
(NYT says it was a unanimous 420-0)
Oh and National Post (and all others) are saying 420-0 with the 4 “Present” votes.
re: #239 MsJ
Oh and National Post (and all others) are saying 420-0 with the 4 “Present” votes.
Proof that it is all FAKE NEWZ!!!
re: #226 Jay C
WaPo article is paywalled: anyone know who the “lone wolf” naysayer was?
(NYT says it was a unanimous 420-0)
From WaPo article:
The final vote count was 420 in favor, with no one voting no. Four lawmakers voted “present.”
I really don’t want Beto in the race. I wish he’d focus on getting rid of Mussolini-loving John Cornyn — we need as many Democrats as possible in the Senate.
President Trump: “I would like to see the whole situation with Brexit work out.”
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar tells Trump he disagrees and regrets that Brexit is happening https://t.co/H9n7JKbYS7 pic.twitter.com/2e50jRtZ5v— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 14, 2019
“They are driven by their own self-importance.” — tweeted the person who retweets the likes of Posobiec and David Clarke.
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 14, 2019
re: #120 Varek Raith
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NEW: The NYPD’s hate crimes unit has launched an investigation after a poster of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was vandalized with the words “Die Jew” and a swastika. https://t.co/EgyZMZaNJb
— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) March 14, 2019
Critically important decision out from the Connecticut Supreme Court allows Sandy Hook lawsuit to proceed on their claims that defendants violated CT’s unfair trade practices law with their marketing practices. https://t.co/GP6UFFcTl2
— J Adam Skaggs (@jadamskaggs) March 14, 2019
The suit is the Sandy Hook families v. Bushmaster (the company that made the gun used to mass murder children and teachers at the elementary school).
re: #242 can’t think of a decent username
I really don’t want Beto in the race. I wish he’d focus on getting rid of Mussolini-loving John Cornyn — we need as many Democrats as possible in the Senate.
Cornyn would be tougher to beat than Cruz. Trump, maybe not. Depends on…everything.
re: #249 wrenchwench
Cornyn would be tougher to beat than Cruz. Trump, maybe not. Depends on…everything.
I don’t think Cornyn is beatable. Not yet.
Notice: No Nixon victory pose pic.twitter.com/cVRmUC5pCV
— Ali Dukakis (@ajdukakis) March 14, 2019
Overheard: The first to exit the court room after the status hearing concluded, Roger Stone attorney Robert Buschel said in my ear shot to a court marshal waiting with him by the elevator bank: “When I’m walking out of court with my client, it’s a good day.”
— Ali Dukakis (@ajdukakis) March 14, 2019
Judge Amy Berman Jackson sets date for Roger Stone trial, does not address possible gag order violation — trial kicks off Nov. 5th; Pre-trial begins Sept. 17th - READ @ABC News me + @AllisonMPecorin + @lcbruggeman @ABCInvestigates https://t.co/oQFGmEpKmF
— Ali Dukakis (@ajdukakis) March 14, 2019
re: #250 MsJ
I don’t think Cornyn is beatable. Not yet.
I’m looking for a Texan who thinks Cornyn is beatable.
I wonder which Democrat will step forward as Chief Distracting Flak Catcher. I thought at first that was what Warren was doing, Beto could do it for anyone. It’s a self sacrificial job—can’t even be the VP candidate. It could mean a bright future—in the distance.
re: #245 Teukka
You know the definition of a tachyon, right? It’s a gluon that hasn’t dried yet.
its a tastefulon that still wears jogging trousers while shopping…
#TORNADO reportedly came very close/just missed the National Weather Service in #Paducah #Kentucky (#KYwx) (@NWSPaducah); Major damage reported just southwest of the area (9:31 AM CDT) pic.twitter.com/ltsaqo1NXc
— Johnny Kelly (@stormchaser4850) March 14, 2019
re: #256 Backwoods_Sleuth
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@ryanlemond this morning at the Paducah airport my uncle Ken was working in the tower. pic.twitter.com/qtcFVE2oMz
— Jim (@jmilb10053) March 14, 2019
Seriously? Just stop. Tokenism is not going to go far in light of the Central Park 5, or the continual Birther nonsense that Trump pushed, etc.
But since you brought up Jackson, go read here what he says about Trump: https://t.co/PCWC7H5iK3— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 14, 2019
Sit down, Place Holder Guy.
Call us back when you’re an actual confirmed Secretary of Defense. https://t.co/7ivMdGnHwH— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 14, 2019
re: #259 freetoken
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George Wallace got some praise from the NAACP when he was a judge. That didn’t change the fact he race baited like crazy when he became Alabama’s governor and later a presidential candidate.
“As a history teacher…” — sure, right. If true I feel sad for your students.
Please tell me about revanchism.— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 14, 2019
— Calvin and Hobbes (@Calvinn_Hobbes) March 14, 2019
Some are in it for the long haul:
Cherokee may regain control of sacred mound after 200 years (from @AP) https://t.co/5puhvcjKXE
— Native news (@nabresource) March 14, 2019
Is there any limit to how long Acting personnel can serve in a certain role or are we going to be stuck with these people indefinitely?
Meeting with Ireland’s PM, Trump told his usual vivid story about standing at his golf course in Scotland the day before Brexit and surprising everyone by predicting Leave would win. He was at the golf course the day *after* the vote. He did not issue a prediction the day before.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 14, 2019
Trump added a new detail to his fictional Brexit story this time: a shot at Obama. He said he correctly predicted Brexit the day before even though “President Obama made the opposite prediction. And I was right.” Obama opposed Brexit but didn’t make a prediction.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 14, 2019
re: #262 freetoken
LinkedIn says she’s an event coordinator for a caterer. LOL.
re: #268 Sionainn, Warrior Mother
LinkedIn says she’s an event coordinator for a caterer. LOL.
as an event coordinator I am appalled…
“Is there some reason I should listen…” — the whole point of having a Primary season is to see and hear a variety of people and make your decision based on that.
Otherwise the party candidate can just be picked in a one-day Twitter poll.— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 14, 2019
re: #269 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
as an event coordinator I am appalled…
Oh, sorry, an event specialist.
You’re not really a history teacher, are you?
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 14, 2019
NEWS: Former Indiana Senator Birch Bayh has died at the age of 91.
Bayh was the only person since the Founding Fathers to draft more than one amendment to the Constitution — the 25th and 26th Amendments. He also authored Title IX. pic.twitter.com/vqNAJZOGP0— 93 WIBC Indianapolis (@93wibc) March 14, 2019
re: #273 freetoken
I asseume you really want to get blocked…
re: #268 Sionainn, Warrior Mother
LinkedIn says she’s an event coordinator for a caterer. LOL.
No teaching license in her state.
re: #272 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I am especially appalled…
Yes, that made it so much worse.
Nah, she’s just another moron with hopes of heading up HUD.
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) March 14, 2019
So, you’re not a history teacher but someone whose gimmick is to play one on the internet.
So I ask you again, tell me about revanchism.— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 14, 2019
re: #279 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
This is actually true. Benito Mussolini was an educated, well-read man. And a genius compared with tRump. Or Hitler. Or Franco.
He also spoke better English than Trump.
re: #273 freetoken
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And Trump continues it. So even if this is true- it’s not, it’s a shitty defense.
re: #274 Backwoods_Sleuth
[He also authored Title IX]
I’m a big fan of Title IX. It let me be a small basketball player in junior high.
re: #274 Backwoods_Sleuth
Back when Indiana hadn’t gone all theocracy.
re: #285 freetoken
Back when Indiana hadn’t gone all theocracy.
There were times when Indiana was a fairly progressive place.
re: #267 Backwoods_Sleuth
Meeting with Ireland’s PM, Trump told his usual vivid story
Wait, I think I see the problem here…..
re: #287 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
There were times when Indiana was a fairly progressive place.
Eugene Debs!
re: #288 Sir John Barron
Wait, I think I see the problem here…..
that nobody calls him out on his bullshit
and if someone does, an army of sycophants jumps in to tell us what he really said
and if that fails he comes out and says that he meant to say something else…
re: #274 Backwoods_Sleuth
My Hoosier bride is saddened at this news. Bayh was a good egg.
Lots of MAGAdolts all sounding scared this morning:
You sound scared.
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 14, 2019
re: #284 wrenchwench
Me too! The high school I went to added girls basketball just a couple of years before I got there. Was going to try out for the boy’s team had they not added it.
re: #261 HappyWarrior
George Wallace got some praise from the NAACP when he was a judge. That didn’t change the fact he race baited like crazy when he became Alabama’s governor and later a presidential candidate.
George Wallace:
Lost the 1958 primary for Alabama Governor
Opponent was endorsed by KKK, Wallace was endorsed by NAACP
“You know why I lost…I got out ni____ed. I will never be out ni___ed again.”
“I tried to talk about good roads and good schools…nobody listened. And then I started to talk about n___s, and they stomped the floor.”
re: #241 BeachDem
From WaPo article:
The final vote count was 420 in favor, with no one voting no. Four lawmakers voted “present.”
I’m actually really surprised there wasn’t recorded opposition.
And we’re off……
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— SwampFox ⚜️❌❌❌❌ (@Swamp_Fox1) March 14, 2019
Fox & Friends concerned about people who read books. https://t.co/sBSW4kt9q8
— John Aravosis 🇺🇸 (@aravosis) March 14, 2019
re: #294 plansbandc
Me too! The high school I went to added girls basketball just a couple of years before I got there. Was going to try out for the boy’s team had they not added it.
I was about 5’ 2”. I was in the first crop of girls with the opportunity, and it’s a good thing I took it then, because the next year, more athletic girls got the idea. And everyone else kept growing.
The phony Hispanic thing is particularly dumbasstic.
re: #297 Dave In Austin
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Sounds like everyone on the right is scared shitless of Beto.
re: #296 Sir John Barron
I’m actually really surprised there wasn’t recorded opposition.
Or maybe it’s just an easy thing to vote for knowing that the vote isn’t binding, that some reason can develop later for not releasing the report.
re: #295 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
George Wallace:
Lost the 1958 primary for Alabama Governor
Opponent was endorsed by KKK, Wallace was endorsed by NAACP
“You know why I lost…I got out ni____ed. I will never be out ni___ed again.”
“I tried to talk about good roads and good schools…nobody listened. And then I started to talk about n___s, and they stomped the floor.”
Yep. Thanks man.
The Club Fed “prison” where Paul Manafort will spend his time. Cell doors don’t have locks, families can stay over in special rooms and prisoners make calls whenever they want.
A court has ruled President Trump is not above the law — again.
This was ruled in a suit by a former ‘Apprentice’ contestant alleging Trump forced himself on her in two separate encounters.https://t.co/lmkHAPuTZG— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) March 14, 2019
re: #298 MsJ
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Yeah that’s so bad. Fuck off Brian. Reading is a good thing for a President. It means Beto will be reading as POTUS rather than watching an unqualified hack like you advise on policy.
re: #300 plansbandc
The phony Hispanic thing is particularly dumbasstic.
Represented a majority Hispanic district, won the Hispanic vote against a Hispanic Republican, & got his nickname from Hispanic friends.
re: #308 HappyWarrior
And he never once claimed to be Hispanic. LOL
It’s gonna be ‘actings’ all the way down.
A few weeks ago the mayor of Port Richey (FL) was arrested after firing at police officers executing a search warrant on his home.
The acting mayor has now also been arrested, and charged with obstructing the investigation of the previous mayor. https://t.co/Oh3W7jt275— Peter Bonilla (@pebonilla) March 14, 2019
The ridiculous Dem infighting on twitter is giving me a headache.
re: #301 MsJ
Sounds like everyone on the right is scared shitless of Beto.
at least AOC will get a bit of a breather for now…
re: #309 plansbandc
And he never once claimed to be Hispanic. LOL
Yeah. He’s like my brother. My brother has a Hispanic wife and has an interest in Latin/South America but he’s Anglo and doesn’t claim otherwise. My SiL does tease that he likes the food better than she does.
We don’t deserve to survive as a species. https://t.co/tpsFPV7Djo
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 14, 2019
I had to go hug my beagle. Goddamn, this makes me sick. Fuck these people.
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 14, 2019
re: #311 plansbandc
The ridiculous Dem infighting on twitter is giving me a headache.
how much is real infighting and how much of it is bots and ratf*ckers?
Trump — the guy who sat out his war with fake bone spurs and who can’t figure out how an umbrella works — gonna lead some tough guys in murdering Americans.
See you in the street, Motherfucker. https://t.co/xR7e9iVvVU— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 14, 2019
re: #295 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
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BREAKING: Kentucky just passed a ban on abortion based on the reason a person might need one.
The only person who decides whether you need an abortion should be you. We are suing immediately.— ACLU (@ACLU) March 13, 2019
re: #314 Backwoods_Sleuth
I really really wish this shit would end.
re: #319 plansbandc
I really really wish this shit would end.
You and me both. Unfortunately as long as giant companies control the levers of power…it won’t.
Go read up on why Italian fascism came to be, why revanchism is the stock and trade of bigots everywhere, and why “take my country back” is just a way to manipulate people via feelings of loss.
The vilification of migrants and outsiders is part of it.— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 14, 2019
ATLANTA (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden and Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams are meeting privately Thursday in Washington as both weigh their political futures.https://t.co/G5IQe0IJ9f
— Steve Kopack (@SteveKopack) March 14, 2019
And yeah, they are meeting with each other (that’s not entirely clear from the tweet). Biden initiated.
Frankly, both should focus on getting Democrats to regain control of the Senate.
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— Racism WatchDog (@RacismDog) March 14, 2019
re: #325 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
‘cept he would be turned to stone…
Only if he would’ve driven the snakes off after looking at her face…
re: #317 Decatur Deb
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“Didn’t mean to trigger the troll” — tweeted the person who retweets Posobiec.
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 14, 2019
re: #242 can’t think of a decent username
I really don’t want Beto in the race. I wish he’d focus on getting rid of Mussolini-loving John Cornyn — we need as many Democrats as possible in the Senate.
He cannot beat Cornyn here. Can…not. It would be like a Republican running in California. There is a massive swath of people here who will never vote for any Democrat.
I watched Beto run here, worked his campaign. Someone here said he speaks Obama. Yes. And he galvanized a whole bunch of us. We watched him stand up in TEXAS and talk about universal health care, gun control, the environment….never flinched.
I will not say he’s my candidate. We have a lot of good ones. But we could do a hell of a lot worse.
This after birth abortion thing may be the most batshit talking point in the history of the GOP.
”Ryssland försöker påverka bilden av Sverige, via olika kanaler, både öppna och dolda. Ett exempel på detta är hur ryska medier målande beskriver Sverige som ett land i ständig kris.”
— Säkerhetspolisen (@SAPOsverige) March 14, 2019
“Russia is trying to influence the image of Sweden, via various channels, both open and hidden. An example of this is how Russian media painting describes Sweden as a country in constant crisis. “
“Open borders takes away a nation’s sovereignty and without that you have no nation” — you know, there was a reason I went on and on about revanchism and the parallels of Trump to authoritarians of the past…
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 14, 2019
re: #334 Teukka
“Russia is trying to influence the image of Sweden, via various channels, both open and hidden. An example of this is how Russian media painting describes Sweden as a country in constant crisis. “]
You mean Sweden is not a Socialist Hellhole?
re: #324 lawhawk
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Frankly, both should focus on getting Democrats to regain control of the Senate.
Stacey should run for Senate.
“No one is vilifying them!” — tell me about blood libel.
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 14, 2019
re: #273 freetoken
Holy shit! That woman is quite stupid and severely delusional at the same time.
I wonder how she dresses herself without injury.
re: #336 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
You mean Sweden is not a Socialist Hellhole?
A lot of the shit on Faux Noise and the other alt-right oral fecalist sites simply isn’t true. It’s so bad that if Swedish police gets wind of a “journalist” being being from a right-wing outfit, they usually decline being interviewed.
Sure, there are some problems here, but nowhere near as bad as the alt-right swamp claims…
*tries to stop hissing*
re: #236 Backwoods_Sleuth
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What…four Freedumbers didn’t vote with their leaders Gymmy and Marky Mark?
Matt Gaetz is fast becoming a highly-hated member of congress. I bet even some of the Republicans are sick of his act.
“When did love of country and being a SOVEREIGN country become so bad?’ - when you start with the blood libel, when you separate children from their parents (see Trump), when you invade other countries (see lots of people), etc.
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 14, 2019
re: #279 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Mussolini nicely encapsulated the prime directive of all authoritarians.
Invention is more useful than truth.
re: #342 freetoken
Personally, we’re a better country when we believe we’re not a place, but an idea, an idea that we think everyone should have.
“… makes veterans like myself …” — are you a veteran like you’re a history teacher?
And I’ve come across many a vet who thinks quite differently than you on these matters.— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 14, 2019
re: #342 freetoken
When did wanting to purify my country from all impure influences and people and create a purely homogenous society of people only like me become SO bad?!??!??!?
re: #263 wrenchwench
The best-planned-for ‘emergency’ EVER!
Might also be the longest emergency that isn’t responded to like a real emergency.
FAKE EMERGENCY!
re: #4 mmmirele
Well, I made my kitty happy by singing Sarah McLachlan’s “In the Arms of an Angel” to her. She really likes it when I sing. She purrs, rubs my legs, puts her front paws on my thighs and asks for pets. I may not be a great singer, but my kitty loves it.
Out our way, Otis gets a little trembley when I carry him to the tub for a bath, but as soon as I start singing to him his tail starts wagging. I don’t sing a real song, though. I just improvise nonsense about how Otis is getting a bath, etc. He’s a good dog.
Uncomfortably insightful.
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 14, 2019
re: #348 Jebediah, RBG
I sing to my dog also. He gives me a tiny “thank you I guess” wag when I do it.
re: #349 freetoken
Beto is basically the white Obama to most folks.
and that is how he will be spun by the RW media: “If you hated Obama, then you’ll hate this fellow, too!”
Blood libel example: when Trump uses the murder of an American (by someone here not legally) as a way to condemn all migrants (including asylum seekers).
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 14, 2019
It’s sort of painful to watch her try to come up with replies.
But this is the America with which we must deal, when confronting MAGAism.
re: #352 freetoken
Jessy Patino
Replying to freetoken POTUS
Blood libel? His daughter, son in law and grandkids are Jewish btw.
History teacher is confusing the Jewish Blood Libel with the general concept of collective guilt and scapegoating.
re: #287 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
There were times when Indiana was a fairly progressive place.
There were times when America was a fairly progressive place.
Even some Republicans.
re: #348 Jebediah, RBG
Out our way, Otis gets a little trembley when I carry him to the tub for a bath, but as soon as I start singing to him his tail starts wagging. I don’t sing a real song, though. I just improvise nonsense about how Otis is getting a bath, etc. He’s a good dog.
Sweet. Maybe I’ll try it. Our dog will willing come upstairs to jump on the bed with me, but if I try to tempt her up with a treat, she reads that as “how fucking stupid does he think I am? I know he’s trying to get me in the bath.” (She’ll do almost anything for a treat, too.) I’ll report back if crooning to her gets her into the water.
re: #329 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
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re: #352 freetoken
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Accusations of usury and profiteering
Dual loyalty
Accusations of cowardice and lack of patriotism
Accusations of racism
Accusations of controlling the media
Accusations of controlling the world financial system
/FIN— Teo (@Teukka72) March 14, 2019
re: #351 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
and that is how he will be spun by the RW media: “If you hated Obama, then you’ll hate this fellow, too!”
“Just imagine, you could have Obama without that ‘otherness’ showing up on your tv every night.”
re: #359 Belafon
“Just imagine, you could have Obama without that ‘otherness’ showing up on your tv every night.”
Beto is more liberal than Obama ever was. But people will have to find that out.
The world is circling the drain… :(
Front page of Polish paper runs piece on ‘how to spot a Jew’
VB might appreciate this little “deadly mandoline” story:
the proper tools of course is the deadly mandoline u can hand slice or use a food processor but nothing beats a simple deadly mandoline for the perfect home made potato chip these are the risks u some times have to take for the potato
just buy an armored glove they are great— darth™ (@darth) March 14, 2019
once u have sliced your potato and staunched your wounds from the deadly mandoline with lots of wet paper towels u can soak the slices in cold water some people say ice water but tbh i do not have a lot of ice just hanging around the house so for me it is just cold water
— darth™ (@darth) March 14, 2019
i use several changes of cold water until it starts to look clear this may take a while so use this time to find some bandages and bactine for your fingers if u need to remember that self care is an important aspect of cooking my frens
— darth™ (@darth) March 14, 2019
re: #361 Teukka
The world is circling the drain… :(
Front page of Polish paper runs piece on ‘how to spot a Jew’
Same country that makes it a crime to imply they might have played an active role in exterminating their Jews during WW2.
RW coworker of mine has started calling the newest candidate “Beto O’Jerk”. Ohhh, so original and witty!
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re: #361 Teukka
I cannot express in words how enraged I was by that headline.
Sen. Moran becomes 9th Republican senator to announce support for the House-passed resolution aimed at terminating President Trump’s national emergency declaration. - @frankthorp
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 14, 2019
re: #367 Eclectic Cyborg
You’re well on the way to losing them to the RW comedy circuit.
Snopes is having to run their headline today as a Beto story, given all the attention:
Bear family moved from Massachusetts highway medianhttps://t.co/cOhqa2GE2A pic.twitter.com/BnUoUiE6fk
— Colin Campbell (@colincampbell) March 14, 2019
dog don’t give a fuck…just wants to have fun…
No one remembers those who stay within the lines and do what they’re told… pic.twitter.com/MFW2li3dHf
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) March 14, 2019
re: #318 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Seeing this reminds me, The Ohio Senate passed the damn heartbeat bill yesterday. I think it is headed to the House again. DeWine said he will sign it if it gets to his desk, unlike even Kasich was willing to do.
Great move Ohio, electing a fucking little political fossil.
re: #368 Romantic Heretic
I cannot express in words how enraged I was by that headline.
You would think that a country which Hitler planned to eradicate the “inferior race” would have a different outlook on how to treat human beings.
re: #361 Teukka
The world is circling the drain… :(
Front page of Polish paper runs piece on ‘how to spot a Jew’
Good lord, that’s straight out of Der Stürmer.
This is madness.
re: #366 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Same country that makes it a crime to imply they might have played an active role in exterminating their Jews during WW2.
Not just during, they were assholes about it after as well. When some of the surviving Polish Jews tried to come home, maybe get their house back… they were run off by rock-throwing mobs.
re: #365 jaunte
Screwed up a “private” addressing.
re: #11 Dread Pirate Whitebeard
Like the Orange f*ck knows f*ck-all about airplanes…the POS couldn’t AFFORD new planes…he used clapped out B727s for his ‘shuttle’, another failed POS tRump venture.
Every day…a reason to hate him more.
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