Born and raised in L.A., songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Joey Dosik crafted ‘Game Winner,’ an EP’s worth of love songs inspired by basketball after suffering a knee injury during a pick-up game. Watch his performance from Brooklyn’s Big Wrench Piano Care.
Rumble in the nursery!!
This is some pretty shocking puppy-on-puppy violence.
pic.twitter.com/WBmZY8UC23— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) March 16, 2019
Our would-be dictator is spending this Saturday evening retweeting himself. pic.twitter.com/Yi08ZVUJtp
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 17, 2019
re: #3 Charles Johnson
So does Trump’s statement that “THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN TO A PRESIDENT AGAIN” mean that no Congress should ever do anything but approve whatever a “President” demands? This is what a CEO expects in running a private company: they demand and they expect to be obeyed. They are absolute autocrats. Let’s hope our remaining institutions are strong enough to prevent him from ruining our nation forever.
I don’t understand how she loses her show but Tucker gets to keep his after his racist, xenophobic and pro-child sex comments.
Jeanine Pirro was off the air at Fox News today, a week after she made Islamophobic comments, but the network isn’t saying if she’s suspended https://t.co/PvB1274hfL pic.twitter.com/lEOQh0XHoj
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) March 17, 2019
re: #6 Patricia Kayden
I don’t understand how she loses her show but Tucker gets to keep his after his racist, xenophobic and pro-child sex comments.
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re: #2 I Would Prefer Not To
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He’ll start to smell physically like he does spiritually?
Trumpty Wumpty sat on a Wall,
Trumpty Wumpty made a phone call,
To Trumpty Junior, who started to tweet,
To his younger brother’s palest butt cheek.
re: #6 Patricia Kayden
I don’t understand how she loses her show but Tucker gets to keep his after his racist, xenophobic and pro-child sex comments.
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Tucker has more viewers. Also, he’s male.
re: #6 Patricia Kayden
I don’t understand how she loses her show but Tucker gets to keep his after his racist, xenophobic and pro-child sex comments.
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Woman.
Let’s see: (A) it’s wintertime, when many Northerners annually take vacations to warmer climes. or (B) you’re a sh*thead?
— Mickey Bitsko (@BitskoMickey) March 17, 2019
From downstairs..
re: #425 sagehen
Pretty sure the Constitution says each State runs their elections however they like, picks their electors however they like. As long as all the candidates are subject to the same rules, the State can impose these conditions.
I went back to look at the Constitution itself — and it certainly appears that a State can do whatever it wants for candidates. What are the federal laws applicable to Presidential elections?
re: #14 austin_blue
Well, that was a remarkable example of wingnut paranoia.
I’m beginning to think that the internet is an odd place.
re: #13 De Kolta Chair
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My guess is that Alxandro had never heard of New Zealand before the shooting and has no idea why anything else there would have been of interest to a prominent American.
Dunning-Kruger case.
re: #10 Eclectic Cyborg
Tucker has more viewers. Also, he’s male.
And her anti-muslim remark looks particularly bad in light of New Zealand.
Dawg on dog action:
Trump goes on a bizarre rant about dogs pic.twitter.com/KKlECqelkr
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 15, 2019
re: #16 De Kolta Chair
I’m beginning to think that the internet is an odd place.
I know, right? It’s almost like any cretin can start a meme that burns through the net, causing infinite opinions that result in millions of completely false takes on actually factual items.
Fancy that!
It turns out that the murder of mob boss Paul Cali was not a mob hit. Rather, it involved a woman, to wit:
The mafia didn’t kill Gambino boss Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali — a Staten Island knucklehead with a personal beef over a woman did, police and sources say.
Anthony Comello, a 24-year-old non-mobster who lives with his parents and works odd construction jobs, was in custody in a New Jersey jail and expected to face murder charges in connection to the killing of Cali, 53, police said Saturday.
*snip*
The real motive? Sources now believe Cali hadn’t liked Comello hanging around a particular woman in the mob boss’s family — and the younger man was so outraged by this slight, he slaughtered one of the most dangerous mafioso in Staten Island to get revenge.
Comello was arrested before the ire of the entire Gambino organization could thunder his way, but only thanks to his own alleged ineptitude.
In a fleeting gesture that Comello may now have a lifetime in prison to regret, he had picked up and handed to Cali a fallen license plate moments before allegedly opening fire.
The license plate had his fingerprints, and the guy had gotten a gun permit and his prints were on file.
Comello is probably lucky the cops got to him first, before the mob.
re: #19 De Kolta Chair
Dawg on dog action:
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He seems to be absolutely losing his grasp on reality.
re: #21 mmmirele
That kid isn’t going to make it. No way the mob doesn’t get to him one way or another.
re: #21 mmmirele
What happens in New Dorp used to stay in New Dorp, until the Irish moved into the neighborhood. Know what I’m saying? //
I’m off for the rack. My back has been playing holy hell for me today. Being oldish sucks.
re: #25 austin_blue
I’m off for the rack. My back has been playing holy hell for me today. Being oldish sucks.
Given my fucked up back and knees I’ll say the obvious - it really fucking beats the alternative. :) May your tomorrow be a better day.
— St Peter (@stpeteyontweety) March 16, 2019
re: #21 mmmirele
It turns out that the murder of mob boss Paul Cali was not a mob hit. Rather, it involved a woman, to wit:
The license plate had his fingerprints, and the guy had gotten a gun permit and his prints were on file.
Comello is probably lucky the cops got to him first, before the mob.
re: #23 plansbandc
That kid isn’t going to make it. No way the mob doesn’t get to him one way or another.
Whitey Fucking Bulger just got whacked recently after a prison transfer by a fellow inmate that had been a Mafia hitman, supposedly to curry favor with mobsters in and out of stir. Granted, Bulger’s hard-earned rep as a stool pigeon got him killed, but somebody connected with the Gambinos are gonna want revenge, in prison and out.
Dude’s fucked…
WOW!
PM Jacinda Ardern says NZ Govt will:
•Cover funeral costs
•Provide financial support (for up to years) for those who will suffer income loss due to the terror attack
•Do so *regardless* of immigration status & citizenship❤️🤯#NewZealandStrong https://t.co/o4QykkcBMC— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@MuslimIQ) March 17, 2019
re: #21 mmmirele
It turns out that the murder of mob boss Paul Cali was not a mob hit. Rather, it involved a woman, to wit:
The license plate had his fingerprints, and the guy had gotten a gun permit and his prints were on file.
Comello is probably lucky the cops got to him first, before the mob.
He’ll probably have to spend the rest of his life in solitary confinement, because the mob can probably get him in prison otherwise.
re: #33 NO SMOCKING GUN!
If they have to, they’ll turn a guard. No way this guy survives.
re: #22 austin_blue
He seems to be absolutely losing his grasp reality.
Is he? Isn’t the problem that he is now expected to respond about all matters of subjects on which he has no knowledge or interest but he feels obligated to fill the silence with any incoherent sentence fragments that come to mind. His belief that he has the best brain prevents from admitting that he is in over his head or that there is a topic on which he has no understanding.
re: #6 Patricia Kayden
I don’t understand how she loses her show but Tucker gets to keep his after his racist, xenophobic and pro-child sex comments.
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re: #36 ObserverArt
One at a time. Maybe Laura will be next.
I expect Judge Jeanine will be back on; its just too soon after the massacre to put an islamophobic bigot on the air. She might even have to issue an insincere apology.
re: #37 NO SMOCKING GUN!
I expect Judge Jeanine will be back on; its just too soon after the massacre to put an islamophobic bigot on the air. She might even have to issue an insincere apology.
Tucker isn’t Trump. I don’t believe he will survive the revelations about his vile comments, especially given his non-apology. The only reason Kavanaugh managed to emerge successfully from his hearings was because there were no videotapes of his behavior.
re: #39 De Kolta Chair
Just sayin’
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Nope. He’s too big of a physical coward. He’d point some other stupid shit at the target, put a gun in his hand, load the weapon and then do nothing more. He could not pull the trigger. He’s too big a coward to be willing to go to prison for what he believes. He is the usual right wing boss - pushing others to do the evil they want with plausible deniability being the single most important aspect. He’s got an extra bonus cowardice since he knows, deep down, he’s dead as a Jew just as soon as the Muslims are all murdered.
I’m in Christchurch at the moment. I would like to say, on behalf of all the Kiwis that live here (they’re very polite people, so I’ll be polite) Please F”ck right off.
— Eva 1986 #NeverTrump (@NeverTrumpMMXVI) March 16, 2019
re: #42 DodgerFan1988
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With no winner, Powerball jackpot soars to $550 million
Statistically, you only have a one in 292.2 million chance of winning the big prize. But if you were to beat the long odds and hit the jackpot, you’d have an important decision to make: cash or annuity.
Not a good description.
Rather, permutationally, each play has a one in 292.2 million chance of winning.
The probability of you winning depends upon how many unique plays you buy per draw.
Furthermore, statistically, the history of numbers drawn in PowerBall are very uneven across the field and at first glance would not appear random. Because there are only about 104 draws per year, and 69 whiteballs and 26 red powerballs, the actual data will make for a very uneven distribution at least until many thousands of draws have been done and the law of large numbers comes into play.
For example, one of the whiteballs last night was 34. 34 has come up several times in the lottery draws the past few months, much more often than one might naively calculate as possible randomly.
re: #43 GlutenFreeJesus
I’ve been following a Japanese guy on Instagram that’s been doing similar work with comic book superhero figurines for a few years now.
Some of the various state lottery websites have sections on “hot” and “cold” numbers.
The reason people believe in such things (and thus why the state lottery commissions willingly play into these delusions) is because in fact when looking at a limited number of draws it appears as if the number selection is not random.
There really are periods of perhaps months when a certain number comes up many times, while a few other numbers come up not at all.
This is how the universe works.
re: #39 De Kolta Chair
Just sayin’
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No — Ben Shapiro may be a thoughtless loudmouth who enjoys employing Twitter to “own the libs”, but he is not a psychopath; he has never seemed like someone who would take hostile action against unarmed people or be as vile as a Tucker Carlson in his words. Maybe he is capable of understanding his small contribution in inciting hatred — and reconsidering the role he plays — or maybe not.
re: #45 freetoken
With no winner, Powerball jackpot soars to $550 million
Not a good description.
Rather, permutationally, each play has a one in 292.2 million chance of winning.
The probability of you winning depends upon how many unique plays you buy per draw.
Furthermore, statistically, the history of numbers drawn in PowerBall are very uneven across the field and at first glance would not appear random. Because there are only about 104 draws per year, and 69 whiteballs and 26 red powerballs, the actual data will make for a very uneven distribution at least until many thousands of draws have been done and the law of large numbers comes into play.
For example, one of the whiteballs last night was 34. 34 has come up several times in the lottery draws the past few months, much more often than one might naively calculate as possible randomly.
I guess I should buy a Powerball. Haven’t done that this year.
Nobody here saw me do this good thing so I’m going to tell you all about it but hey now it’s not about me.
Joe Biden says that he stopped his driver on the way to tonight’s state Democratic dinner to give a homeless woman “whatever was in my pocket” — stops sparking applause by saying “no, no, no, it’s not about me.”
— Alex Thomas (@AlexThomasDC) March 16, 2019
re: #49 Hecuba’s daughter
I guess I should buy a Powerball. Haven’t done that this year.
We all want some of this:
people of color: “Trump is a white supremacist.”
Muslims: “Trump is a white supremacist.”
Nazis: “Trump is a white supremacist.”
Klansmen: “Trump is a white supremacist.”
white supremacists: “Trump is a white supremacist.”
media: “I guess we’ll never really know for sure.”— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) March 16, 2019
The rise of jackpot values this year are taking longer than the big jackpots last year.
And it’s not due to interest rates. Indeed, it’s the sales that are slower.
I don’t know if Americans are lotteried-out or not, but games do go stale.
Maybe because there is no positive reward for buying even a bunch of tickets. For example, one can correctly pick two white balls and yet there is no prize for that.
re: #54 freetoken
The rise of jackpot values this year are taking longer than the big jackpots last year.
And it’s not due to interest rates. Indeed, it’s the sales that are slower.
I don’t know if Americans are lotteried-out or not, but games do go stale.
Maybe because there is no positive reward for buying even a bunch of tickets. For example, one can correctly pick two white balls and yet there is no prize for that.
They need more consolation prizes, or to promote the non-megajackpot prizes more than they do now.
I just sit here and wonder about these fuckheads in NZ.
I am left wanting to cry. Nothing more.
I served 16 years in the US Army, ready to give everything at the slightest notice, during that time. In the end I only quit because I couldn’t do the job of an Infantry NCO any more so I walked away with my Honorable discharge. This evil SOB is everything I have fought against my entire life. I still stand ready in my oath to the US Constitution to defend it against all enemies, foreign and domestic, with no regard for myself. If I see these right wing scum here, I will go down fighting.
Some times it is really that simple. The fascists must be stopped for freedom to survive. If that costs us our lives, so what? Our grandchildren’s lives depend on us stomping these scum into the ground, just as we did in 1945. We must fight for freedom for everyone one who is H. Sapiens Sapiens.
Also, I’ve noticed that the HGTV series My Lottery Dream Home must be scraping bottom to get new episodes.
One recent episode featured a return of a previous winner, but because she’s changing her life situation (getting back together with an old boyfriend), they decided to have the host David Bromstad come back for another visit, to find a new living situation.
And in last Friday’s episode the show didn’t even have a lottery winner. Instead they featured a young professional gambler from Vegas, who won $320k in a poker tournament. So in the show he asks David to help find his family a home, in the range of $500k, which means the house is more expensive than his winnings.
Which means the show has just become a real estate propaganda tool. The show always was, but at least it was the tool of the lottery industry first, now it isn’t even that.
And btw, the house shopping in the last episode was sort of sad, just looking at tract houses in west Las Vegas on tiny lots with tiny yards, all beige duplicates of houses in the hundreds if not thousands.
So the “Lottery Dream Home” is now down to a Levittown cracker box.
re: #50 goddamnedfrank
Nobody here saw me do this good thing so I’m going to tell you all about it but hey now it’s not about me.
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There is this little thing, what was it, oh yeah, Matthew 6:16 to start. Something about how “Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.”?
re: #55 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
The state lotteries now push “scratchers” because people like them better than the draw lotteries.
Besides offering instant reward, the high priced scratchers, at least here in California, give you about a one in ten or twelve chance of winning.
Now “winning” in most cases is just another scratcher, but the positive feedback of winning keeps the customer coming back.
The draw games are fading slowly. The changing of the number of balls in Powerball and MegaMillions a couple of years ago was intended to make the jackpot a little harder to hit, thus making the jackpot when hit bigger.
That worked, and indeed the won jackpots are larger and because of that get a lot of publicity.
This publicity is intended to drive people to buy more tickets.
However, ticket sales have declined, as I noted before, in favor of scratchers.
So your every-day gambler who might want to spend a few bucks a day on gambling goes buy a scratcher.
All this ends up meaning that the lotteries don’t raise as much revenue as hoped for their intended target (here in California the money goes to Kindergarten - community college.)
Dude!
Just remember only trained professionals should have firearms. pic.twitter.com/UadgjOm69R
— Stone 🥶 (@stonecold2050) March 17, 2019
re: #47 freetoken
The reason people believe in such things (and thus why the state lottery commissions willingly play into these delusions) is because in fact when looking at a limited number of draws it appears as if the number selection is not random.
You can ask people how the little rubber balls remember what they did last month. It might get people thinking a little bit.
re: #30 Patricia Kayden
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re: #50 goddamnedfrank
Nobody here saw me do this good thing so I’m going to tell you all about it but hey now it’s not about me.
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And if said homeless woman lived in New Zealand, she could get some government assistance rather than need people to stop and give her pennies.
Jews created a path holding signs of solidarity outside a mosque entryway in New York so when Muslims walked through to enter the mosque, they see the support.
THIS IS HUMANITY
Retweet ❤️ pic.twitter.com/G1UetqFOZJ— StanceGrounded (@_SJPeace_) March 17, 2019
re: #65 fern01
And if said homeless woman lived in New Zealand, she could get some government assistance rather than need people to stop and give her pennies.
Or in a number of other countries that ensure citizens of having their basic needs met. But hey, MAGA y’all!
When the My Pillow shop burns down. And not one minute before.
— 🦈DETodd🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) March 17, 2019
To no one’s surprise:
Brexit: Jeremy Corbyn indicates he could vote leave in a new referendum on Britain’s EU membership
This of course has been one of the problems all along. The opposition party is fine with leaving, the in-power Tories in-fight about leaving.
There is no significant party that is the remain party, even if at least half the country wants to remain in the EU.
May’s predecessor messed up big time, May is incompetent, and Corbyn is one of those wants-to-be-cerebral-but-also-everyman types that has some not-well-formed idea that if only the UK was not in the EU then the UK would be a labor paradise.
Given our own dysfunction I guess we have nothing to stand on when it comes to politics in the UK, but I hope the Brits figure this one out.
We all know the problems with headline writers. But some are worse than others:
Neil deGrasse Tyson Back With Nat Geo After Network Completes Assault Investigation
Tyson was not accused of “assault” and IIRC one of the two women who complained about him explicitly said that the situation did not rise to the level of “assault”.
Tyson was accused of trying to use his prominence/power to seduce. While I agree that men in power ought not do that, it is not “assault”.
The problem with men in power trying to use that to seduce women is that women feel if they turn down such men then the glass ceiling becomes even harder to break through.
Gizmodo does better:
Neil deGrasse Tyson Will Return to TV After Sexual Misconduct Investigation
Four different women have accused Tyson of sexual misconduct. Former University of Texas at Austin classmate Tchiya Amet El Maat has said that Tyson drugged and raped her in 1984, while Bucknell University in Pennsylvania physics and astronomy professor Katelyn Allers said that Tyson inappropriately touched her at an American Astronomical Society gathering in 2009. Ashley Watson, an assistant to Tyson on the Cosmos series, said she quit her job after Tyson made unwelcome sexual advances. BuzzFeed News reported a fourth woman has said Tyson approached her while drunk at a 2010 American Museum of Natural History party, making sexual jokes and asking her to meet him alone in his office.
The first accusation (which is definitely assault) is the most serious but apparently the investigators must have dismissed it. The other three are case of impropriety (if true), but apparently either the investigators dismissed them or found that they were not serious enough to merit further action.
IIRC, it was professor Allers who stated that her situation did not rise to the level of “assault”.
As for the first allegation: I hope the investigators were thorough. AFAIK their findings were not made public.
Speaking of crappy outlets, looks like the History Channel has a real winner in their latest wacky Ancient Aliens series:
Egyptian pyramids ‘AREN’T tombs’: Producer claims structures built ‘before Great Flood’
And Kevin Burns - the producer of the series - has added further fuel to the fire with an intriguing theory.
In an exclusive interview with Daily Star Online, he claimed that the interior of the biggest structure in the complex - the Great Pyramid - doesn’t match up with it being created as a tomb.
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Sounds like the producer wants in on the Stargate franchise.
re: #73 freetoken
Next up on the History Channel:
Self-described expert in pyramid design finds holes in research done over centuries by hundreds of Egyptologists.
The Guardian is out with another Beto hit piece, complete with quote from their Sirota article from last December:
Beto O’Rourke, friend of the fossil fuel industry, is no climate hero
The author is Kate Aronoff, whose previous article include It’s Bernie’s world. The Democratic party is just living in it
Bernie Sanders’s 2016 candidacy rewrote the rules by which the Democratic party operates. If Democrats win in 2020, it will be largely thanks to him
Berners really are rat-fuckers.
re: #75 freetoken
The Guardian is out with another Beto hit piece, complete with quote from their Sirota article from last December:
Beto O’Rourke, friend of the fossil fuel industry, is no climate hero
The author is Kate Aronoff, whose previous article include It’s Bernie’s world. The Democratic party is just living in it
Berners really are rat-fuckers.
Except they only seem to target Democrats. Republicans and Trump seem to be hands off.
re: #73 freetoken
Speaking of crappy outlets, looks like the History Channel has a real winner in their latest wacky Ancient Aliens series:
Egyptian pyramids ‘AREN’T tombs’: Producer claims structures built ‘before Great Flood’
Sounds like the producer wants in on the Stargate franchise.
Looks like woowoo’s back on the menu, boys!
The leader of Sinn Féin publicly demonstrates her party’s beliefs:
Sinn Féin criticised for ‘England get out of Ireland’ banner
… and the unionists are all butthurt:
Bigotry and hypocrisy still alive and well within the Sinn Fein version of republicanism - Swann
I understand why the Unionist may be upset, but the DUP clearly just wants to get the spotlight off of how Brexit is going to mess up NI.
The DUP (whose social stands are more similar to creationists here in the US) are going to have an increasingly hard time as Brexit makes it clear that NI will have a hard boundary with the RoI, given what the atavists in UK politics (the Brexiteers) are intending.
re: #58 William Lewis
There is this little thing, what was it, oh yeah, Matthew 6:16 to start. Something about how “Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.”?
In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, for it is our duty.
-Saint Augustine
A problem with May’s article in today’s Telegraph is she assumes the country will ‘come back together’ if her deal passes. This is nonsense. One obvious point: the causes of brexit were not in general anything to do with the EU, therefore leaving it will solve nothing.
— Brian Cox (@ProfBrianCox) March 17, 2019
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand formally launches her bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination https://t.co/SO6u4OZH57 pic.twitter.com/c0VJs8byAO
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) March 17, 2019
How long until “DEMS IN DISARRAY” becomes the talking point?
This apparently is how her campaign is going to be framed:
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand defends her handling of allegations of sexual harassment in her Senate office https://t.co/qcY3kRtRFC pic.twitter.com/oBL2GdEnPa
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 11, 2019
This hole is being dug by a lot of outlets, probably so deep she’ll not be able to climb out:
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand defends handling of aide’s alleged sexual misconduct. https://t.co/HzLRUGbuhg pic.twitter.com/RHOC0biDcR
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) March 12, 2019
Pretty much all media have now jumped in:
“Your office chose to go against your public belief that women shouldn’t accept sexual harassment in any form and portrayed my experience as a misinterpretation instead of what it actually was: harassment and ultimately, intimidation.” https://t.co/mNwXKSlLOq
— VICE News (@vicenews) March 11, 2019
I think this is already a fatal problem to the candidacy.
You may think this is unfair given, well, Trump, but as you ought to know by now the reality of the news industry is to get eyes on product.
For those confused by the Right’s embellishment of the NY Abortion law.
THE FACTS!
It Legalizes abortions after 24 weeks IF a woman’s health is at risk or the Fetus is NOT viable.
Women who after 6 months decide, ‘hey I don’t want a baby,’ are NOT permitted to get an abortion!— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) March 17, 2019
Gillibrand, and some of the other Dems, seem to have a real weakness, in that they are used to their own electorate, a little corner of the larger American landscape, and have not cultivated a national image.
Now running for President is one way to get a national image, but just ask the rent-is-too-damn-high guy how far that will take you.
Gillibrand also seems to be a bit superfluous for the Dem race, given the likes of Klobuchar and Harris, both of whom have positioned themselves to be the go-to candidates for issues that Gillibrand may want to carve out.
Read the First Amendment, idiot! Any good that has happened during your administration is negated by your frontal attacks on the U.S. Constitution. Resign or be removed!
— Jeffrey Guterman (@JeffreyGuterman) March 17, 2019
re: #83 freetoken
I’m a constituent here in upstate NY. I’ve voted for her. I think she’s been a decent Senator, and sometimes even a very good one, especially when it comes to opposing Trump’s nominees.
I’m sure she’d be a decent president, and if she rises to the top of the nomination process, I’ll gladly vote for her over any Republican.
But having said that, I don’t see why she’s running or what she thinks she brings to the table that’s going to make her a better choice than the others who are running.
Her story about moving from the right edge of the party (when she represented a red district in the House) to and beyond the center? A true one… but way too nuanced for the bare-knuckled nomination race right now. And there are still too many questions about her role in the Franken resignation.
I should be right in her campaign’s sweet spot here in western NY, which looks a lot like Michigan or Wisconsin electorally. But she’s at very best second tier for me, and more likely third. I’d much rather see her stay focused on building seniority in the Senate.
re: #81 freetoken
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How long until “DEMS IN DISARRAY” becomes the talking point?
Call it what you want. Of course, if by some evil chance she is the nominee, I’ll vote for her. But being the first to start howling that Al Franken must resign is absolutely disqualifying as far as I’m concerned.
re: #64 fern01
This is how a real government takes care of its people. Every last one of the wounded also receives the health care they need at zero or a very low cost. They don’t need to “go fund me” to stop bankruptcy.
This is why we should have an excise tax on guns and ammunition to pay all these costs of victims of the ridiculous interpretation of the second amendment
re: #64 fern01
This is how a real government takes care of its people. Every last one of the wounded also receives the health care they need at zero or a very low cost. They don’t need to “go fund me” to stop bankruptcy.
Speaking of which, I just heard via Facebook about a high school classmate of mine, whose friends have mounted a GFM campaign for his cancer treatments. He’s a realtor in Florida, so he’s not exactly poor, but medical care expenses — even with his insurance — have become astronomical.
Lizards don’t know him, probably, but just in case you want to throw a few dollars his way:
gofundme.com
It’s all part of the primary process, of sorting through candidates, but the following two stories at the most prominent of “media” ought to give one pause:
Amy Klobuchar Is ‘Minnesota Nice.’ But Is That What Democrats Want for 2020?
Or do they need a calm, reasoned, reliable (but not flashy) Democrat from the American heartland to provide a stark contrast to the president — in short, Amy Klobuchar?
So which is it? Is Klobuchar “nice” or “mean”?
I’m becoming nostalgic for the days where folks were only tasteless or tactless. This is disgusting.https://t.co/JczXwpoBmk
— Alt USDA_ARS (@AltUSDA_ARS) March 16, 2019
re: #63 ericblair
You can ask people how the little rubber balls remember what they did last month. It might get people thinking a little bit.
A long time ago, just from watching the State Lotto here, and how there kept being these statistically extremely unlikely runs with no winner to drive the jackpot up—and almost no short runs that would be more believable—I decided that they picked one number to have the computer hand out at a much higher than random rate and made that ball ever-so-slightly larger, so it wouldn’t fit in the chute. Then when they decided the jackpot was big enough, they’d go back to a normal-sized ball for that number. Of course, sometimes somebody who picked their own numbers would screw them up, but most people just let the computer pick the numbers for them. I wouldn’t buy a ticket until I thought they were ready for a winner. I was right about that quite often, but unfortunately wrong about the numbers.
Every single American murdered by extremists in 2018 was murdered by a white supremacist or far right extremist.
Every Single One. 100%
It isn’t too soon to talk about the toxic role of white supremacy in the New Zealand mosque attack.
It’s too late.😓https://t.co/vomJbaO43e— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@MuslimIQ) March 15, 2019
re: #93 freetoken
It’s all part of the primary process, of sorting through candidates, but the following two stories at the most prominent of “media” ought to give one pause:
Amy Klobuchar Is ‘Minnesota Nice.’ But Is That What Democrats Want for 2020?
So which is it? Is Klobuchar “nice” or “mean”?
Now she’s too nice?
re: #78 freetoken
The leader of Sinn Féin publicly demonstrates her party’s beliefs:
Sinn Féin criticised for ‘England get out of Ireland’ banner
… and the unionists are all butthurt:
Bigotry and hypocrisy still alive and well within the Sinn Fein version of republicanism - Swann
I understand why the Unionist may be upset, but the DUP clearly just wants to get the spotlight off of how Brexit is going to mess up NI.
The DUP (whose social stands are more similar to creationists here in the US) are going to have an increasingly hard time as Brexit makes it clear that NI will have a hard boundary with the RoI, given what the atavists in UK politics (the Brexiteers) are intending.
The Unionists Brexiters are such hypocrites.
“She speaks the truth for millions of Americans ” — nah, Jeanine Pirro speaks bigotry and ignorance. She reifies your own bigotry, which is why you like her.
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 17, 2019
re: #97 Patricia Kayden
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We made peace with Germany after they repudiated the Nazi Party. We never signed any Armistice with the Nazis. You see a Nazi, you’re perfectly justified in shooting them in the head. Tell me I’m wrong.
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And we have an executive branch who is at best indifferent to far right violence, at worst supportive and frankly complicit in it.
” FOX is owned by Disney” — you’re as dimwitted as you are full of ugly tirades.
Disney is not buying the Fox News channel and associated cable assets. Those remain in the hands of your manipulator Rupert Murdoch.— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 17, 2019
re: #101 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
We made peace with Germany after they repudiated the Nazi Party. We never signed any Armistice with the Nazis. You see a Nazi, you’re perfectly justified in shooting them in the head. Tell me I’m wrong.
The Alt-right and the modern media discourse have managed to make Fascism and White Supremacism appear as merely points along the political spectrum, and not something totally against America and everything it has stood for and fought against.
So far the twitteratti are almost all negative to the Gillibrand announcement. The response from the hate-right is expected, but there just isn’t a large positive response either.
“… but John McCain is currently one of the most hated men in America.” — which of course is batshit crazy on your part. I wonder if you’re an actual human or some sort of bot created to scoop up the most mindless assertions on twitter?
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 17, 2019
re: #106 freetoken
I respect Megan McCain for loving her father and standing up for him, but John McCain is currently one of the most hated men in America.
That is one of the most baseless and mindless assertions I have encountered.
I did not like the fellow but I certainly respected his record of service to America.
re: #104 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The Alt-right and the modern media discourse have managed to make Fascism and White Supremacism appear as merely points along the political spectrum, and not something totally against America and everything it has stood for and fought against.
The wealthy have always successfully exploited the ignorance and bigotry of the ignorant to advance the interests of the moneyed class. Yes Nazis are evil but in my opinion our greatest enemy is the oligarchy which promotes it. Distribute wealth and increase education and social interaction and some of these cancers will not metastasize.
re: #107 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
DMOTI is promoting a McCain hate piece:
Confirmed: Senator John McCain and His Associate David Kramer Pushed Fake Russia Dossier to FBI and Over Dozen Left-wing Journalists https://t.co/eDwmF5JJnk via @gatewaypundit
— Jess 💋 👌🏻COVFEFE BITCHES (@Jess_Luvs_Trump) March 17, 2019
So all the hate-right dumbshits are all anti-McCain today.
re: #108 Old Liberal
The wealthy have always successfully exploited the ignorance and bigotry of the ignorant to advance the interests of the moneyed class. Yes Nazis are evil but in my opinion our greatest enemy is the oligarchy which promotes it. Distribute wealth and increase education and social interaction and some of these cancers will not metastasize.
Oligarchs often select populist authoritarian figures to serve as dictators whom they think they can “control”, but things sometimes go really haywire…
re: #96 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
A long time ago, just from watching the State Lotto here, and how there kept being these statistically extremely unlikely runs with no winner to drive the jackpot up—and almost no short runs that would be more believable—I decided that they picked one number to have the computer hand out at a much higher than random rate and made that ball ever-so-slightly larger, so it wouldn’t fit in the chute.
Every run of lottery numbers is extremely statistically unlikely, with the same unlikeliness. What we humans are looking for are ones that “look” random, which tend to mean that they’re more or less evenly distributed but not exactly so. If you don’t want people to pick the same numbers as you, I guess you should try 1-2-3-4-5-6. It’s as likely to win as any other, but try convincing anybody of that.
re: #112 ericblair
Every run of lottery numbers is extremely statistically unlikely, with the same unlikeliness. What we humans are looking for are ones that “look” random, which tend to mean that they’re more or less evenly distributed but not exactly so. If you don’t want people to pick the same numbers as you, I guess you should try 1-2-3-4-5-6. It’s as likely to win as any other, but try convincing anybody of that.
1-2-3 were three of the five whiteballs on 9 Feb of this year PowerBall. I prattled on here about the likelihood of consecutive numbers being pulled in these lottery games.
re: #110 HappyWarrior
Trump is far more hated than McCain is.
Speaking of which, I noticed that yesterday was the second anniversary of Trump’s disapproval rating going over 50%, on Nate Silver’s aggregate of polls. He’s never been lower since, and currently sits at close to 54% disapproval. So all the talk about how nothing sticks to Trump and he’s some kind of political genius with his finger on the pulse of the nation is nonsense. It takes spectacular incompetence to turn the lowest unemployment rates of the century into a 54% disapproval rating.
The mail bomber mentioned Trump. The Synagogue shooter mentioned Trump.
The Coast guard white supremacist mentioned Trump.
The New Zealand terrorist mentioned Trump.
It’s almost as if there’s some sort of pattern.— Denizcan Grimes (@MrFilmkritik) March 16, 2019
re: #112 ericblair
Every run of lottery numbers is extremely statistically unlikely, with the same unlikeliness. What we humans are looking for are ones that “look” random, which tend to mean that they’re more or less evenly distributed but not exactly so. If you don’t want people to pick the same numbers as you, I guess you should try 1-2-3-4-5-6. It’s as likely to win as any other, but try convincing anybody of that.
4 8 15 16 23 42
Which have the same likelihood of winning as any other batch of numbers… but if it were to win, the payout would be low because it would be split between a great many people.
re: #6 Patricia Kayden
I don’t understand how she loses her show but Tucker gets to keep his after his racist, xenophobic and pro-child sex comments.
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He didn’t make his rancid comments his network show?
re: #117 Man, DangerMan
But he made them. They’re vile. There should be consequences for his comments if FN is going to penalize Pirro.
re: #115 jaunte
And Trump praised Neo Nazis after Charlottesville so they know he has their back.
re: #116 sagehen
4 8 15 16 23 42
Which have the same likelihood of winning as any other batch of numbers… but if it were to win, the payout would be low because it would be split between a great many people.
NUMBERS ARE BAD
re: #118 Patricia Kayden
But he made them. They’re vile. There should be consequences for his comments if FN is going to penalize Pirro.
He should be out of our faces whether or not they fire Pirro. In fact, turn Fox News into a muppet show anchored by Sam the Eagle.
re: #45 freetoken
As any one who plays games notices, random chance is lumpy.
re: #79 Axolotl
In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, for it is our duty.
-Saint Augustine
It’s not about collecting merit badges
re: #114 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Speaking of which, I noticed that yesterday was the second anniversary of Trump’s disapproval rating going over 50%, on Nate Silver’s aggregate of polls. He’s never been lower since, and currently sits at close to 54% disapproval. So all the talk about how nothing sticks to Trump and he’s some kind of political genius with his finger on the pulse of the nation is nonsense. It takes spectacular incompetence to turn the lowest unemployment rates of the century into a 54% disapproval rating.
Trump only retained the Senate because of the map. He’s not a genius or understands the nation. He’s been lucky.
re: #81 freetoken
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3.. 2.. 1..
Joe Biden Appears To Accidentally Announce He’s Running For President
I caught a bit of the report on Beto’s hacking group membership on the local Fox affiliate. They ended the report with a statement that anything he might have done back then he could not be prosecuted for because the statute of limitations had passed. In other words, he’s obviously a criminal but he got away with it.
I used to watch them, but over the past 4 or 5 years, it became obvious they had gotten orders from up high to bias there reporting more. This has included showing clips from the national network and the business channel.
A white nationalist just massacred 50 people in a mosque and the President of the United States is rallying behind a Fox News personality who says Muslims can’t be trusted to honor the constitution, and the real victims we should all be weeping about right now are conservatives. https://t.co/AjfoR8YlDC
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) March 17, 2019
re: #125 Unshaken Defiance
3.. 2.. 1..
I like Biden but that’s a dubious claim. TBH I don’t care who’s got the most progressive record. I care who will get progressive legislation signed and implemented most effectively. I want a President not an ideologue.
re: #109 freetoken
DMOTI is promoting a McCain hate piece:
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So all the hate-right dumbshits are all anti-McCain today.
And yet Meghan spends a disproportionate amount of time on The View defending the Republican Party from criticism. I’ve yet to see people on the Left attacking McCain in similar fashion.
re: #126 Belafon
I caught a bit of the report on Beto’s hacking group membership on the local Fox affiliate. They ended the report with a statement that anything he might have done back then he could not be prosecuted for because the statute of limitations had passed. In other words, he’s obviously a criminal but he got away with it.
I used to watch them, but over the past 4 or 5 years, it became obvious they had gotten orders from up high to bias there reporting more. This has included showing clips from the national network and the business channel.
Same people who would praise someone for getting around the tax code.
re: #124 HappyWarrior
Trump only retained the Senate because of the map. He’s not a genius or understands the nation. He’s been lucky.
And it could have just as easily turned the other way for him. If the Kavanaugh confirmation vote hadn’t been the hot button just before the election, things might not have turned so badly for Heitkamp in ND or McCaskill in MO. Florida only went R because of the usual voter suppression and election board mischief. And Beto was just heartbreakingly close.
With higher presidential-year voter turnout in 2020 and a less favorable map, it’s hard to imagine the Senate going as well for the Rs next year.
re: #129 Patricia Kayden
And yet Meghan spends a disproportionate amount of time on The View defending the Republican Party from criticism. I’ve yet to see people on the Left attacking McCain in similar fashion.
I at one time thought Meaghan would leave the GOP when her Dad died but she’s married to a GOP apparatchik I believe.
re: #131 ipsos
And it could have just as easily turned the other way for him. If the Kavanaugh confirmation vote hadn’t been the hot button just before the election, things might not have turned so badly for Heitkamp in ND or McCaskill in MO. Florida only went R because of the usual voter suppression and election board mischief. And Beto was just heartbreakingly close.
With higher presidential-year voter turnout in 2020 and a less favorable map, it’s hard to imagine the Senate going as well for the Rs next year.
Precisely. The GOP still doesn’t get it.
re: #128 HappyWarrior
I’m indulging in what some will call primary election hypocrisy. Don’t want old, don’t want WASP. Old and WASP if out of the question for me.
Why am I wasting a perfectly good (albeit cold and snowy) Sunday morning watching Mick Mulvaney prevaricate on Face the Nation?
At least Margaret Brennan is trying to put some screws to him. I like her so much better than Chuck Todd.
re: #134 Unshaken Defiance
I’m indulging in what some will call primary election hypocrisy. Don’t want old, don’t want WASP. Old and WASP if out of the question for me.
Biden is old and WIASC. White Irish Anglo Saxon Catholic. But yeah I hear ya. I want someone fresh.
re: #136 HappyWarrior
Thanks for the correction, shoulda just gone with old /white.
SHPITZ O’THE BOKER TO YE FELLOW LIZARDIM. HAPPY DAY FROM ZEDUSHKA WHOSE GRANDMOTHER WAS BORN IN IRELAND!
They’re Palestinians from Belfast which would make them…
Wait for it…
ORANGE JUICE!!!!!!
IMO let’s face it. We need another extraordinarily capable person to take on the job of fixing what can be fixed post-Trump/Brexit etc. The job will require political genius, broad support and the vigor one has when young. Pressure from all angles, long days, lives, perhaps nations at stake.
re: #137 Unshaken Defiance
Thanks for the correction, shoulda just gone with old /white.
If you were hiring an office clerk you would be in violation of federal equal opportunity law.
All the deplorables are really piling on McCain this morning, and apparently quite proud of it.
This is not the “never again” tweet one would have hoped for this morning. https://t.co/2BzmPXCWqb
— Jameel Jaffer (@JameelJaffer) March 15, 2019
re: #138 The Vicious Babushka
SHPITZ O’THE BOKER TO YE FELLOW LIZARDIM. HAPPY DAY FROM ZEDUSHKA WHOSE GRANDMOTHER WAS BORN IN IRELAND!
They’re Palestinians from Belfast which would make them…
Wait for it…
ORANGE JUICE!!!!!!
Hahahaha. That’s good. That means your kids are more closer connected to Ireland than me. My Nana’s grandfather was born in Galway or Mayo. I’ve probably told you this story about Yogi Berra before VB but when Yogi found out that Dublin or Cork had a Jewish mayor, he could respond “Only in America.” I was reading about another prominent Irish Jew whose family stayed in Ireland because he thought at first that Cobh in Cork was his final destination but he liked it so much that he stayed. His son ended up trying his best to help Jewish refugees during the war years.
When you vote in a primary, you are not picking the best possible president. You are picking the best possible presidential candidate. Then you pray that’s the same thing.
re: #137 Unshaken Defiance
Thanks for the correction, shoulda just gone with old /white.
Kind of had to lol given what today is and the fact that Biden like myself identifies with his Irish heritage despite the fact we both have non Irish surnames.
re: #138 The Vicious Babushka
Just laughed so suddenly my cats jumped.
So John McCain is trending because the President’s an asshole, Dean Cain is trending because he’s an asshole, and JK Rowling is trending because she said a character previously established to be gay and in love had sex with the person they were in love with.
Is that right?— Gregory Lynn (@GregLynn9418) March 17, 2019
Short-sighted politicians & media pundits who’ve spent last 2 years accusing Trump as a Putin puppet have brought us the expensive new Cold War & arms race. How? Because Trump now does everything he can to prove he’s not Putin’s puppet—even if it brings us closer to nuclear war.
— Tulsi Gabbard (@TulsiGabbard) March 16, 2019
….who the fuck is she even kidding?
re: #143 HappyWarrior
Hahahaha. That’s good. That means your kids are more closer connected to Ireland than me. My Nana’s grandfather was born in Galway or Mayo. I’ve probably told you this story about Yogi Berra before VB but when Yogi found out that Dublin or Cork had a Jewish mayor, he could respond “Only in America.” I was reading about another prominent Irish Jew whose family stayed in Ireland because he thought at first that Cobh in Cork was his final destination but he liked it so much that he stayed. His son ended up trying his best to help Jewish refugees during the war years.
The family legend is that Bubbie’s parents only bought tickets as far as Belfast & planned to stow away for the voyage to New York, but they were discovered and thrown off the ship. The actual truth is that Bubbie’s uncles were already settled in Belfast & send for her parents to join them from the Holy Land. Then Bubbie returned to Jerusalem when it was time for her to marry.
re: #140 Decatur Deb
If you were hiring an office clerk you would be in violation of federal equal opportunity law.
True! Ruthless as a cheated lover in the primaries.
As soon as Republican executives do jail time for arranging cheap illegal immigrant labor from assembly lines to Nannys I’ll change my ways. //
re: #148 Citizen K
Sad thing is, the Democrats need her in the Senate like they need every vote, so when she (or Sanders) goes off on a tangent she is not harshly criticized.
For all the legitimate concerns about over militarization and neoconservative war mongering, blaming that on the need to focus on Putin’s ties to Trump is downright silly.
re: #139 Unshaken Defiance
IMO let’s face it. We need another extraordinarily capable person to take on the job of fixing what can be fixed post-Trump/Brexit etc. The job will require political genius, broad support and the vigor one has when young. Pressure from all angles, long days, lives, perhaps nations at stake.
And it will take someone capable of convincing others to do it. This problem is too big for “I can” or “They can because we elected them.”
re: #151 freetoken
Sad thing is, the Democrats need her in the Senate like they need every vote, so when she (or Sanders) goes off on a tangent she is not harshly criticized.
For all the legitimate concerns about over militarization and neoconservative war mongering, blaming that on the need to focus on Putin’s ties to Trump is downright silly.
She’s in the House not the Senate and she thankfully is leaving.
re: #149 The Vicious Babushka
The family legend is that Bubbie’s parents only bought tickets as far as Belfast & planned to stow away for the voyage to New York, but they were discovered and thrown off the ship. The actual truth is that Bubbie’s uncles were already settled in Belfast & send for her parents to join them from the Holy Land. Then Bubbie returned to Jerusalem when it was time for her to marry.
Family legends are fascinating aren’t they? We actually don’t know too much about the Irish born ones in my line I think sadly since my Dad’s Nana died when my Nana was so little.
re: #148 Citizen K
So, you’re justifying Trump acting like a child by blaming people who can see what’s happening. Really going to make me take you seriously. I’m sure you would have justified Clinton bombing Iran with the same logic, right?
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) March 17, 2019
Tulsi is the worst one running. I don’t like Bernie but Tulsi is worse than he is.
re: #153 HappyWarrior
She’s in the House not the Senate and she thankfully is leaving.
Oops, sorry. Hard for me to keep those HI politicians straight. I don’t know why, but for some reason none of them stick in my mind since Inouye.
re: #156 HappyWarrior
Tulsi is the worst one running. I don’t like Bernie but Tulsi is worse than he is.
If the goal is to avoid an old, white, male, Christian meat-eater then Tulsi is your natural choice. She even managed to outgrow her anti-gay stance.
re: #157 freetoken
Oops, sorry. Hard for me to keep those HI politicians straight. I don’t know why, but for some reason none of them stick in my mind since Inouye.
No sweat.
re: #158 Decatur Deb
If the goal is to avoid an old, white, male, Christian meat-eater then Tulsi is your natural choice. She even managed to outgrow her anti-gay stance.
Too bad she can’t outgrow her Putin and Assad praising stance.
re: #160 HappyWarrior
Too bad she can’t outgrow her Putin and Assad praising stance.
Now you’re bringing policy to an identlty fight.
re: #161 Decatur Deb
Now you’re bringing policy to an identlty fight.
TBH I never said my issue with Biden was that he was old and white. My issue with Biden is that I think we need someone more fresher in outlook. If you look at the successful Democrats who have run in the past 30 years, they fit that mold.
re: #158 Decatur Deb
If the goal is to avoid an old, white, male, Christian meat-eater then Tulsi is your natural choice. She even managed to outgrow her anti-gay stance.
Well, my goal is to keep Trump from being reelected and fix what he’s broken, and she fails at both of those.
re: #154 HappyWarrior
Family legends are fascinating aren’t they? We actually don’t know too much about the Irish born ones in my line I think sadly since my Dad’s Nana died when my Nana was so little.
There are still a bunch of Z’s cousins in Belfast who could tell him more about his grandmother’s family if he bothered to stay in touch with them.
re: #163 Belafon
Well, my goal is to keep Trump from being reelected and fix what he’s broken, and she fails at both of those.
Of course she does, but she is a Disney Princess in the identity stakes.
re: #164 The Vicious Babushka
There are still a bunch of Z’s cousins in Belfast who could tell him more about his grandmother’s family if he bothered to stay in touch with them.
It’s tough to stay in touch with people. I did learn a lot about my Dad’s maternal grandfather from talking with his Aunt’s son who has the most vivid memories of him since Pap Pap lived with him and my Grand Aunt.
re: #165 Decatur Deb
Of course she does, but she is a Disney Princess in the identity stakes.
I missed the Disney Princess that spouted Assad propaganda. I guess this was a new one that didn’t test well with audiences.
re: #167 HappyWarrior
I missed the Disney Princess that spouted Assad propaganda. I guess this was a new one that didn’t test well with audiences.
Don’t be askin’ Jasmine what she thinks of Progressives.
re: #168 Decatur Deb
Don’t be askin’ Jasmine what she thinks of Progressives.
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re: #116 sagehen
4 8 15 16 23 42
Which have the same likelihood of winning as any other batch of numbers… but if it were to win, the payout would be low because it would be split between a great many people.
And that is why “my” numbers (which I’ve never played and probably never will) are 30 31 32 33 34 35. Once you get a number past 31 you’ve eliminated people who play using dates (birthdays, anniversaries, whatever) And practically no one plays consecutive numbers, because if you know they’re just as likely to win as any other group you are more numerate than most lottery players. And if you’re playing just for fun, well, they’re less fun.
re: #162 HappyWarrior
TBH I never said my issue with Biden was that he was old and white. My issue with Biden is that I think we need someone more fresher in outlook. If you look at the successful Democrats who have run in the past 30 years, they fit that mold.
I’ve condensed the argument in my mind to one about leadership. We need to nominate the best leader, period. Not the best policy wonk or the best representative of a key part of our coalition.
A leader combines policy knowledge, process savvy, charisma, honesty, energy, steadfastness, inspiration, pragmatism, excellent staffing instincts, the ability to run a successful campaign, and more.
My top tier so far are the folks for me with the best leadership profiles, some of which are gut feelings still. Gillibrand, for example, is missing a spark I can’t articulate well. I’m liking Harris and Booker a lot. And after early age-based skepticism, Warren is really growing on me.
I’m not there yet on O’Rourke, Klobucher, Castro, or my own Gov. Inslee. I’m a no on Sanders, Hickenlooper, Gabbard.
Biden? Hmmm. I don’t see it, but let’s see how he positions himself if he joins and how he treats the other candidates.
re: #171 Ferdinand
I’ve condensed the argument in my mind to one about leadership. We need to nominate the best leader, period. Not the best policy wonk or the best representative of a key part of our coalition.
A leader combines policy knowledge, process savvy, charisma, honesty, energy, steadfastness, inspiration, pragmatism, excellent staffing instincts, the ability to run a successful campaign, and more.
My top tier so far are the folks for me with the best leadership profiles, some of which are gut feelings still. Gillibrand, for example, is missing a spark I can’t articulate well. I’m liking Harris and Booker a lot. And after early age-based skepticism, Warren is really growing on me.
I’m not there yet on O’Rourke, Klobucher, Castro, or my own Gov. Inslee. I’m a no on Sanders, Hickenlooper, Gabbard.
Biden? Hmmm. I don’t see it, but let’s see how he positions himself if he joins and how he treats the other candidates.
Very well said. I mean I get that and I’m sympathetic to those who want us to move to the left but you are so right in pointing out that a leader combines many things that go beyond ideology. And Warren has grown on me too.
No one knows who the Dem candidate will be, and every effort to draw redlines and disqualifications will leave many of us in the position of backtracking late in the cycle. That is the path to low turnout and lukewarm support. Better be ready to go to the wall for anyone who can oust Trump and his nazis.
Anyone remember this:
Beginning in 2016, Trump has repeatedly told this Islamophobic and very fake story about 49 Muslims being killed pic.twitter.com/oF8ByHFWaB
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) March 15, 2019
re: #174 The Vicious Babushka
Anyone remember this:
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Oh yeah the General Pershing bullshit myth.
re: #173 Decatur Deb
No one knows who the Dem candidate will be, and every effort to draw redlines and disqualifications will leave many of us in the position of backtracking late in the cycle. That is the path to low turnout and lukewarm support. Better be ready to go to the wall for anyone who can oust Trump and his nazis.
100% THIS.
re: #175 HappyWarrior
Oh yeah the General Pershing bullshit myth.
“You go back to your people and tell them what happened,” said Dylann Roof to the person he didn’t shoot at Emmanuel Church.
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) March 17, 2019
re: #177 The Vicious Babushka
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I see the Trumpers that I know or that people I know in my social media network and they’re like “How can you liberals be so hateful towards Trump?” And my honest response is this” Why shouldn’t I hate Trump when he talks the way he does. He’s not only a liar. He’s a bigot and a bully.
re: #173 Decatur Deb
No one knows who the Dem candidate will be, and every effort to draw redlines and disqualifications will leave many of us in the position of backtracking late in the cycle. That is the path to low turnout and lukewarm support. Better be ready to go to the wall for anyone who can oust Trump and his nazis.
No one does know, you are right but shouldn’t we use the primaries and democratic process to nominate the best possible person. Anyone who the Democratic Party nominates next summer in Milwaukee will have my vote and support but we need to nominate the best possible person too. Who that is? I don’t know yet but I think it’s perfectly fine to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of potential candidates.
re: #148 Citizen K
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….who the fuck is she even kidding?
I say this with all sincerity @TulsiGabbard. #GoAway. https://t.co/wdQExLb2tz
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) March 17, 2019
re: #104 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The Alt-right and the modern media discourse have managed to make Fascism and White Supremacism appear as merely points along the political spectrum, and not something totally against America and everything it has stood for and fought against.
White Supremacism is definitely made in America. We fought a terrible Civil War over slavery but the defeated never gave up their views and were allowed to exercise them after Reconstruction ended. The fantasy version of America has us standing up for equal rights for all — and many in this nation did so — but the evil has always lived here from our founding as a nation and has still not been extirpated from our nation.
David Atkins, Washington Monthly
White Supremacist Terror and Islamist Terror Are Conservative Cousins
re: #180 HappyWarrior
No one does know, you are right but shouldn’t we use the primaries and democratic process to nominate the best possible person. Anyone who the Democratic Party nominates next summer in Milwaukee will have my vote and support but we need to nominate the best possible person too. Who that is? I don’t know yet but I think it’s perfectly fine to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of potential candidates.
Strengths, yes. Trust the GOP ratfuckers to cover the weaknesses.
re: #182 Hecuba’s daughter
White Supremacism is definitely made in America. We fought a terrible Civil War over slavery but the defeated never gave up their views and were allowed to exercise them after Reconstruction ended. The fantasy version of America has us standing up for equal rights for all — and many in this nation did so — but the evil has always lived here from our founding as a nation and has still not been extirpated from our nation.
The fact that Jefferson was writing “All men are created equal” while owning people as slaves is part of our history. It is not to defame our Founders but rather acknowledge their contradictions. I can’t give Jefferson or Washington a pass for owning slaves. I don’t think evil is the right word for them but I do think the fact that many Presidents owned slaves prior to the 13th amendment is certainly part of our history. We need to deal with our history in a way that acknowledges that those we see as heroes and almost God like did some pretty shit stuff.
re: #173 Decatur Deb
No one knows who the Dem candidate will be, and every effort to draw redlines and disqualifications will leave many of us in the position of backtracking late in the cycle. That is the path to low turnout and lukewarm support. Better be ready to go to the wall for anyone who can oust Trump and his nazis.
my preferences:
any Democrat who stands a good chance of turning a Senate seat should try for that, and sit out the presidential race. There’s more than enough capable D presidential candidates, but not enough for the Senate. And that’ll be super-important.
So Stacy Abrams, Beto O’Roarke, Hickenlooper… please.
re: #184 Decatur Deb
Strengths, yes. Trust the GOP ratfuckers to cover the weaknesses.
I can’t do that. I think weaknesses need to be acknowledged and discussed. Root the weaknesses out or at the very least make it so it’s not a weakness by Summer 2020.
re: #124 HappyWarrior
Trump only retained the Senate because of the map. He’s not a genius or understands the nation. He’s been lucky.
That’s partly true but not completely. Trump was a genius in framing the Kavanaugh debacle; he single handedly saved the Kavanaugh nomination which was going down in flames and managed to persuade enough Americans that Kavanaugh was their innocent son or innocent spouse. We keep on underestimating his skill in promoting the worst in people and ideas and getting them approved by enough people to secure his continuation in office.
re: #186 sagehen
my preferences:
any Democrat who stands a good chance of turning a Senate seat should try for that, and sit out the presidential race. There’s more than enough capable D presidential candidates, but not enough for the Senate. And that’ll be super-important.
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So Stacy Abrams, Beto O’Roarke, Hickenlooper… please.
Castro’s twin brother is already running for the Senate race. That said, I definitely think Abrams should be running for the Senate and I think Hickenlooper should have done that too. O’Rourke, I’m less sure of. I think O’Rourke has assets as a potential candidate that the other two frankly don’t.
re: #188 Hecuba’s daughter
That’s partly true but not completely. Trump was a genius in framing the Kavanaugh debacle; he single handedly saved the Kavanaugh nomination which was going down in flames and managed to persuade enough Americans that Kavanaugh was their innocent son or innocent spouse. We keep on underestimating his skill in promoting the worst in people and ideas and getting them approved by enough people to secure his continuation in office.
Was that Trump or the fact that the GOP majority in the Senate did that. Because a lot of voters I talked to when I door-knocked weren’t too happy with the Kavanaugh situation. Maybe we do underestimate him but I think we overestimate some of what has happened being him rather than circumstance.
re: #186 sagehen
Wife and I usually cross the border to do grunt work for the Florida Dems in a presidential year. If Doug Jones has any chance, we’ll stay here for him. There is a slight chance that Roy Moore will screw up the Republicans again.
I dunno guys. I just think yeah Trump may be does get underestimated but I do think in zeal to warn against underestimating him, he is sometimes over-estimated. The emergency is rightfully seen as a sham. The shutdown didn’t go well either. He hasn’t consistently polled above 50%. I have seen no signs that Trump will be getting significant support from people who didn’t support him last time. It’s not in the bag. I’d be a fool if I said it was but the worry to me isn’t about being able to defeat Trump, it’s about being able to prevent the elements that made Trump viable in the first place from being viable again in the 20’s.
“Keep fighting for Tucker.”
Yes because how else will he keep his country club membership and his closet filled with docksiders. When will the world get its boot off the throats of the wealthy ’80s prep school movie villains? https://t.co/Cu5m9Z2HnT— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) March 17, 2019
Happy St Gertrude’s Day, patron saint of cats. Here she is on majolica tiles, cloister of Santa Chiara, Napoli, 2018. @NapoliDaVivere @NSSPCA pic.twitter.com/o4a3Q9rFTC
— carol bruneau (@carolbruneau) March 17, 2019
re: #189 HappyWarrior
Castro’s twin brother is already running for the Senate race. That said, I definitely think Abrams should be running for the Senate and I think Hickenlooper should have done that too. O’Rourke, I’m less sure of. I think O’Rourke has assets as a potential candidate that the other two frankly don’t.
Speaking as someone whose brothers are twins… if you’re only using the last name, DON’T REFER TO ONE OF THEM AS X’S TWIN. Because X is also Y’s twin. Just as twinnish, and you’ll piss off their parents and grandparents and siblings and cousins if you elevate one over the other.
re: #194 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Haha 80’s prep school movie villain. Yeah that’s Tucker.
Sen. @timkaine: white nationalism is “on the rise and the president should call it out but sadly he’s not doing that,” adding that “the president is using language that emboldens them” pic.twitter.com/LK1ejLCoik
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) March 17, 2019
re: #196 sagehen
Speaking as someone whose brothers are twins… if you’re only using the last name, DON’T REFER TO ONE OF THEM AS X’S TWIN. Because X is also Y’s twin. Just as twinnish, and you’ll piss off their parents and grandparents and siblings and cousins if you elevate one over the other.
Good to know. I don’t really know too many twins intimately to know twin culture but yeah Joaquin is running against Cornyn.
re: #199 HappyWarrior
Good to know. I don’t really know too many twins intimately to know twin culture but yeah Joaquin is running against Cornyn.
Yep, he’s one of the only people I know who might pull it off. Young Democrat, liberal enough but not too far for Texas, Hispanic, charismatic. His name recognition will go up over time. He has a better chance than Beto did because he may be the thing that finally gets the Hispanic community to vote here. I hope.
re: #201 BlueGrl21
Yep, he’s one of the only people I know who might pull it off. Young Democrat, liberal enough but not too far for Texas, Hispanic, charismatic. His name recognition will go up over time. He has a better chance than Beto did because he may be the thing that finally gets the Hispanic community to vote here. I hope.
I really like both Julian and Joaquin. Julian made a great impression on me at the 2012 DNC. TBH I wish he had gotten more consideration to be HRC’s running mate and I love Senator Kaine, my own Senator who I have met on a few occasions now but I think Castro would have been great too.
Say something about your friend John McCain. Have some fucking loyalty @LindseyGrahamSC. That’s all we have in this life. https://t.co/xNkCv4JSL2
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) March 17, 2019
Perfect day for cowardly, lesser men to attack him posthumously. https://t.co/4svv0p7Lcw
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) March 17, 2019
re: #196 sagehen
Speaking as someone whose brothers are twins… if you’re only using the last name, DON’T REFER TO ONE OF THEM AS X’S TWIN. Because X is also Y’s twin. Just as twinnish, and you’ll piss off their parents and grandparents and siblings and cousins if you elevate one over the other.
Speaking as someone with sisters, aunts, and a niece-nephew combo twinsets, sometime twinship confers a bonus ability to speak about oneself, with pride, humility, or any other angle one sees as opportune (and/or sincere). Can make it tough to maintain a low profile, which can be particularly frustrating without the cooperation of the other twin. The Castros seem to be on a similar path to each other’s.
re: #203 Backwoods_Sleuth
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He didn’t really care about McCain I’m just going to throw that out there. He cared about advancing himself.
re: #207 Decatur Deb
I smell corned beef and cabbage.
It’s Deli Time Today!
Sliced Corned Beef on Rye with Cole Slaw.
re: #208 Joe Bacon 🌹
It’s Deli Time Today!
Sliced Corned Beef on Rye with Cole Slaw.
Washed down with stout I trust.
re: #172 HappyWarrior
Very well said. I mean I get that and I’m sympathetic to those who want us to move to the left but you are so right in pointing out that a leader combines many things that go beyond ideology. And Warren has grown on me too.
Oh and I forgot on my list, a big shout out to Mayor Pete from Notr Dame with the impossible to remember last name. He’s got a velvet around steel panache worth watching.
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Go ahead and throw in some RPGs and Stingers too. Maybe some claymores. Why? Cause screw you. That’s why.
— Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) March 17, 2019
re: #210 Ferdinand
Oh and I forgot on my list, a big shout out to Mayor Pete from Notr Dame with the impossible to remember last name. He’s got a velvet around steel panache worth watching.
I like Mayor Pete. I think his short term future is as a cabinet member but he’s a legit rising star imo.
re: #211 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Maybe people like you shouldn’t own guns. Novel thought.
re: #145 HappyWarrior
Kind of had to lol given what today is and the fact that Biden like myself identifies with his Irish heritage despite the fact we both have non Irish surnames.
Yeah, my dads side of the family are mutts (NTTAWWT :-)). But on moms side it is pure Irish. Grandparents came from Ireland to Canada and then into the US. Oldest uncle (now deceased) was born in Canada. So I don’t have the O’Donnell name, but half of me is Irish. The other half, as I said, mutt.
re: #188 Hecuba’s daughter
That’s partly true but not completely. Trump was a genius in framing the Kavanaugh debacle; he single handedly saved the Kavanaugh nomination which was going down in flames and managed to persuade enough Americans that Kavanaugh was their innocent son or innocent spouse. We keep on underestimating his skill in promoting the worst in people and ideas and getting them approved by enough people to secure his continuation in office.
McConnell and the Senate Judiciary Committee saved Kavanaugh.
And in so doing they saved Trump’s pick.
And I think McConnell has done more in keeping Trump in office than anyone, even Trump.
Hell, McConnell protected his election by keeping Obama from making more of a thing about the Russian revelations prior to the election.
I give no credit to Trump other than whatever he conspired and pulled-off to shut the Republican Senators up and make them toe-the-line. Examples: LIndsey Graham, and the Senators that spent July 4th in Russia.
re: #214 Eventual Carrion
Yeah, my dads side of the family are mutts (NTTAWWT :-)). But on moms side it is pure Irish. Grandparents came from Ireland to Canada and then into the US. Oldest uncle (now deceased) was born in Canada. So I don’t have the O’Donnell name, but half of me is Irish. The other half, as I said, mutt.
My Dad’s father was the son of a German immigrant and his mother had a German born father and German born maternal grandparents but Dad’s Mom was 7\8’s Irish. The 1/8 being Alsace which I doubt she knew about because she certainly identified as Irish American and her moms father survived the Famine.
re: #215 ObserverArt
McConnell and the Senate Judiciary Committee saved Kavanaugh.
And in so doing they saved Trump’s pick.
And I think McConnell has done more in keeping Trump in office than anyone, even Trump.
Hell, McConnell protected his election by keeping Obama from making more of thing about the Russian revelations prior to the election.
I give no credit to Trump other than whatever he conspired and pulled-off to shut the Republican Senators up and make them toe-the-line. Examples: LIndsey Graham, and the Senators that spent July 4th in Russia.
Agreed.
re: #211 Backwoods_Sleuth
Why does Jesse Kelly let mere laws get in the way of his belt-fed balls?
re: #218 jaunte
Why does Jesse Kelly let mere laws get in the way of his belt-fed balls?
Jesse doesn’t know diddly about guns. If I want a Ma Deuce, I can have one. The money is better spent on 12 gauge, if it came to that.
Wrong. McCain’s associate David Kramer wasn’t briefed on the dossier until after the election, in late November 2016. Kramer then returned to the US and gave a copy to McCain, who then gave it to the FBI. Again, all well after the election. https://t.co/E4eaEnJ7eT
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) March 17, 2019
I can say it. He said “Islam hates us.” Theres a Muslim Ban. He said he saw Muslims celebrating 911 (never happened). He RT’d anti Muslim hate group Britain First 3 times. He is for extreme vetting of Muslims. His administration (Bolton, Pompeo, Miller) has ties w/ Islamophobes. https://t.co/P84s9bujiX
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) March 17, 2019
“Whilst this investigation is still in its infancy, it has hallmarks of a terror event, inspired by the far right, and therefore it has been declared a terrorism incident.” https://t.co/1vTVOQCwBH
— Daniel Sandford (@BBCDanielS) March 17, 2019
re: #221 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“last in his class”
Well where did you finish in class standings at graduation Donny? Oh that’s right, you had your fixers wipe that info from being released.
typo fix
“It’s a sheriff’s star” https://t.co/3rFDmSogGv
— Paul Musgrave (@profmusgrave) March 17, 2019
re: #226 jaunte
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This is fun. pic.twitter.com/uibhSyx6im
— Todd Breasseale (@TBreassealeDHS) March 17, 2019
Are there stereotypes that you guys don’t do?
— Jeff Mac (@JeffMacIsHere) March 17, 2019
re: #227 Backwoods_Sleuth
GOP throwing stones from a house built of whiskey glasses.
You might have read about the electrical blackouts in Venezuela. What I saw this weekend is that it’s not just a power blackout – it’s a human rights blackout, a justice blackout.
The U.S. must work to enlighten this dark situation and support venezolanos who are suffering. pic.twitter.com/OKCULuy1Uj— Tim Kaine (@timkaine) March 17, 2019
re: #226 jaunte
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re: #229 jaunte
GOP throwing stones from a house built of whiskey glasses.
Surrounded by a sea of nitroglycerin and flint…
Context:
David Green has been fighting hard for his members’ jobs in a nonpartisan way. He reached out to Trump several times before Lordstown was shuttered, w no response
He & the workers of Lordstown and Ohio deserve so much better than the treatment from both GM and Trump.— David Pepper (@DavidPepper) March 17, 2019
re: #235 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I bet the Union President was unwilling to lie that Trump brought jobs back. He uses the bully pulpit of the POTUS to go after individuals who displease him. Obama didn’t do that. Bush for all his failings and there are many didn’t.
They put aside all thoughts of obstacles and forget the precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it’s too late.”
— Frank Herbert, “Dune”.
/FIN— Teo (@Teukka72) March 17, 2019
re: #186 sagehen
my preferences:
any Democrat who stands a good chance of turning a Senate seat should try for that, and sit out the presidential race. There’s more than enough capable D presidential candidates, but not enough for the Senate. And that’ll be super-important.
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So Stacy Abrams, Beto O’Roarke, Hickenlooper… please.
Chance of Beto beating Cornyn: 0.
Chance of Castro beating Cornyn if Beto is VP: Slightly greater than zero.
Hundreds gathered for a powerful and emotional haka performance in tribute to the victims of the deadly mosque attack in New Zealand, killing 50 people. https://t.co/tfwwSfBXL5 pic.twitter.com/PcPeR1t7wE
— ABC News (@ABC) March 17, 2019
re: #190 HappyWarrior
Was that Trump or the fact that the GOP majority in the Senate did that. Because a lot of voters I talked to when I door-knocked weren’t too happy with the Kavanaugh situation. Maybe we do underestimate him but I think we overestimate some of what has happened being him rather than circumstance.
Kavanaugh got saved because the leak about the assault changed the story from Kavanaugh’s unseemly finances to he-said-she-said, which was lost because 1) there wasn’t enough evidence, and 2) he’s a Republican and gets a huge pass for that.
In 2011, I visited the tiny town of Moneygall and got to walk around in the house where my great-great-great grandfather Falmouth Kearney lived his early life. I’ll always be grateful for the warmth and generosity of the Irish people. Happy St. Patrick’s Day! -Barack O’Bama pic.twitter.com/abDtarFbR5
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 17, 2019
re: #201 BlueGrl21
Yep, he’s one of the only people I know who might pull it off. Young Democrat, liberal enough but not too far for Texas, Hispanic, charismatic. His name recognition will go up over time. He has a better chance than Beto did because he may be the thing that finally gets the Hispanic community to vote here. I hope.
And I think too many people discount “running twice for the same spot” effect. Texas has had it’s share of those people over the years, running for Governor for instance, and they are jokes, though they get enough people to get on the ballot.
It’s fake shocking that right-wing populism would end with an anti-union harangue https://t.co/7Npc9035VT
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) March 17, 2019
re: #241 Backwoods_Sleuth
It is wonderful to see the New Zealanders/Maori honoring the dead. The New Zealanders are far more accepting of immigrants than other countries including the US.
re: #243 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I really hope to do this now that I know where my third grandmother lived in Ireland.
re: #241 Backwoods_Sleuth
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What is this, the second Haka to honor the dead? At least as I’ve seen scrolling by on my feeds…
re: #241 Backwoods_Sleuth
That’s powerful stuff there…. I don’t care who ya are.
“Be Advised!” the sign proclaims, “We will defend our Republic AND OUR PRESIDENT”
And across the top, Ephesians 5:11 from the English Standard Bible, the revised “literal” version of Christian text used by hardcore, fanatical, right wing, Evangelicals.
2/ pic.twitter.com/oU38rbytKy— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 17, 2019
tweets 3-8 under the tag
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None of us are safe anymore. That time has passed.
I warned you this would happen. https://t.co/gOo3Ip8v37— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 17, 2019
YOU GUYS THE SIREN IN NOME JUST WENT OFF FOR @BlairBraverman FINISHING THE IDITAROD WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR HER AND THE TEAM #uglydogs pic.twitter.com/gHLkhggE42
— The Golden Ratio (@TheGoldenRatio4) March 17, 2019
re: #249 Dave In Austin
That’s powerful stuff there…. I don’t care who ya are.
Yeah. I felt it not even knowing what it was. I had to go look it up.
re: #248 Teukka
What is this, the second Haka to honor the dead? At least as I’ve seen scrolling by on my feeds…
I think it’s the same one, just from a different angle
Hate doesn’t thrive for lack of good people standing up to it. Hate thrives because too many good people believe that the solution to it is more of the same status quo that nurtured it to begin with.
— Emily G (@EmilyGorcenski) March 17, 2019
“The wrongs which we seek to condemn and punish have been so calculated, so malignant and so devastating, that civilization cannot tolerate their being ignored because it cannot survive their being repeated” /FIN
— Teo (@Teukka72) March 17, 2019
re: #253 Backwoods_Sleuth
I think it’s the same one, just from a different angle
The other one I saw was on a street. This one is on a beach.
re: #250 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Just caught the end of the third Star Wars movie, and it’s sad to think of how many people think they’re defending the republic when they’re supporting the empire.
re: #254 Teukka
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And we’re really looking at a war that knows no boundaries, and has no obvious dividing lines.
re: #257 Belafon
And we’re really looking at a war that knows no boundaries, and has no obvious dividing lines.
One epic Charlie Foxtrot.
*sighs*
Triple Front on Netflix is a turner off about a 1/3 of the way through. Let me do this for you.
Well then……
Were @FoxNews weekend anchors, @ArthelNeville and @LelandVittert, trained by CNN prior to their ratings collapse? In any event, that’s where they should be working, along with their lowest rated anchor, Shepard Smith!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 17, 2019
re: #260 Dave In Austin
Well then……
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re: #260 Dave In Austin
Well then……
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Even Chuck Todd acknowledged this morning that while he’s mostly tuned out the constant stream of Numpty-tweets, today has been especially relentless. And that was at 10 AM eastern.
re: #263 ipsos
Maybe he’s rattled by something coming up in the week ahead?
Unsatisfied that Fox News’s morning hosts and nighttime hosts fawn over him, the president seeks a purge of the afternoon hosts who practice journalism. pic.twitter.com/SQ1JIHIZsM
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 17, 2019
re: #261 PhillyPretzel
::: watching Pride and Prejudice :::
Have you watched the Lizzie Bennett Diaries?
en.wikipedia.org
It’s a 100-episode vlog by an 21st century Lizzie Bennet (most of the episodes are less than 5 minutes each; some are as long as 8 minutes)…
The first web series ever to win an Emmy.
It also has some shorter spinoff series by Lydia Bennett, Maria Lu, Collins & Collins…
Blair moving her team off the finish line. Somebody jumping up and down, still ready to run some more! #uglydogs pic.twitter.com/Fr4ezmO2CE
— Rich Webster (@JustRichWebster) March 17, 2019
re: #269 sagehen
I am watching the version with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle.
Let’s call Trump what he is. He’s an enemy of the freedoms that make this country great.
re: #272 HappyWarrior
Let’s call Trump what he is. He’s an enemy of the freedoms that make this country great.
A clear and present danger to humanity. Or even “Hostis humani generis”.
re: #178 HappyWarrior
I see the Trumpers that I know or that people I know in my social media network and they’re like “How can you liberals be so hateful towards Trump?” And my honest response is this” Why shouldn’t I hate Trump when he talks the way he does. He’s not only a liar. He’s a bigot and a bully.
He’s a *self admitted* liar cheater sexual assaulter and bully.
Not sure if he’s admitted to being a bigot.
re: #182 Hecuba’s daughter
White Supremacism is definitely made in America. We fought a terrible Civil War over slavery but the defeated never gave up their views and were allowed to exercise them after Reconstruction ended. The fantasy version of America has us standing up for equal rights for all — and many in this nation did so — but the evil has always lived here from our founding as a nation and has still not been extirpated from our nation.
Watched the green book last night
That was 1962
re: #272 HappyWarrior
Let’s call Trump what he is. He’s an enemy of the freedoms that make this country great.
How long before Trump actually praises the Christchurch murderer(s)? Remember, the reason that Pirro got pulled from FoxNews was because of her saying that it was the Muslims’ fault for being killed by simply living there, and she hasn’t been alone in that belief.
re: #276 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
How long before Trump actually praises the Queensland murderer(s)? Remember, the reason that Pirro got pulled from FoxNews was because of her saying that it was the Muslims’ fault for being killed by simply living there, and she hasn’t been alone in that belief.
[tinfoil]Right after there is an attack designed to pin the blame on Muslims but in reality perpetrated by his homeboys?[/tinfoil]
I don’t know how many of y’all notice how when something like Oslo/Utöya or Christchurch and other places happens, every RWNJ on the block tries to pin it on “Islamic Terrorism”. I was in a RWNJ infested chat, and I realized as the reports of shootings going down on Utöya that we were dealing with a reich winger…
re: #259 Dave In Austin
Triple Front on Netflix is a turner off about a 1/3 of the way through. Let me do this for you.
I made it to the point where they’re trying to get the helicopter over the pass, and realized I didn’t care.
Also, because *cough* some *cough* did diddly squat, we wasted a chance to deal with it before it got as bad it is now.
We can still deal with it (I hope).
But it’s gonna take blood, sweat and tears.
It’s gonna be hard labor.
*rolls up sleeves*— Teo (@Teukka72) March 17, 2019
RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel sent out this mailer to the GOP hordes. Instead of laying out a Republican vision for American policy (why bother?), it speaks of Democratic “sabotage” and predicts our “rioting mobs”.
Dangerous rhetoric. Fear-mongering & gaslighting is all they’ve got. pic.twitter.com/6vzknIbmd4— Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 (@DemWrite) March 17, 2019
“Sabotage, rioting mobs, and slanderous libel.”
This is incitement.
re: #277 Teukka
[tinfoil]Right after there is an attack designed to pin the blame on Muslims but in reality perpetrated by his homeboys?[/tinfoil]
I don’t know how many of y’all notice how when something like Oslo/Utöya or Christchurch and other places happens, every RWNJ on the block tries to pin it on “Islamic Terrorism”. I was in a RWNJ infested chat, and I realized as the reports of shootings going down on Utöya that we were dealing with a reich winger…
The scariest part of the latest group of attacks during the past 6 months or so that have been traced to white nationalists is how people are blaming the victims, or even openly praising the perpetrators. It literally sickens me that I can see politicians posting a statement after Friday’s racist murders with a one-sentence condemnation of violence, then filling the entire page with rhetoric about how Muslim “invaders” are somehow polluting the nation and deserve to be driven out forcefully.
re: #280 jaunte
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“Sabotage, rioting mobs, and slanderous libel.”
This is incitement.
“Lessee..slander…libel…which is which? Oh, hell, I’ll just make up a term: ‘slanderous libel’. Yeah, that’s the ticket!”
re: #282 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Bad writing said out loud!
re: #282 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
“Lessee..slander…libel…which is which? Oh, hell, I’ll just make up a term: ‘slanderous libel’. Yeah, that’s the ticket!”
It’s what her boss does all day long.
Watch. It’s gonna hit you in the feels though:
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visiting a makeshift memorial at the Kilbirnie Mosque.
Look at how she holds and consoles them. With so much love. This is what you call a LEADER.
Retweet ❤️ pic.twitter.com/4XMJXYtZZn— StanceGrounded (@_SJPeace_) March 17, 2019
re: #279 Teukka
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Remember the 60s (if you can), then imagine the crowds of demonstrators are murderous, heavily-armed fascists—and the police and the army are on their side.
re: #286 Teukka
Watch. It’s gonna hit you in the feels though:
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How she looks at them too. Thank you PM Ardern. You keep being you and the world will be a better place.
re: #286 Teukka
Watch. It’s gonna hit you in the feels though:
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Ardern was born in 1980. That puts her in the same age rangs as AOC, Omar and Tlaib. A lot of great strong women in the future of politics.
re: #250 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #289 Eclectic Cyborg
Ardern was born in 1980. That puts her in the same age rangs as AOC, Omar and Tlaib. A lot of great strong women in the future of politics.
Definitely. I’d be proud to call myself a New Zealander if she were my PM. She seems to be a genuinely kind and decent person.
re: #276 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
How long before Trump actually praises the Christchurch murderer(s)? Remember, the reason that Pirro got pulled from FoxNews was because of her saying that it was the Muslims’ fault for being killed by simply living there, and she hasn’t been alone in that belief.
Ah, the ol’ if they would just keep to themselves and stayed where they are from I wouldn’t have a problem with them justification.”
re: #292 ObserverArt
Ah, the ol’ if they would just keep to themselves and stayed where they are from I wouldn’t have a problem with them justification.”
Which is what that one Aussie wingnut said. That they “provoked” this by being there.
re: #289 Eclectic Cyborg
Ardern was born in 1980. That puts her in the same age rangs as AOC, Omar and Tlaib. A lot of great strong women in the future of politics.
Been saying for years now, women are the future of politics.
As a male, I am totally ready for that change. Too many men are in it for themselves for power and money not for helping the country and its people.
Men need to lose that power to equalize the world for a bit.
We need nature and nurture now more than ever. Women will want health and a clean world…and a lot of men to shut the fuck up and take a seat.
re: #294 ObserverArt
Been saying for years now, women are the future of politics.
As a male, I am totally ready for that change. Too many men are in it for themselves for power and money not for helping the country and its people.
Men need to lose that power to equalize the world for a bit.
We need nature and nurture now more than ever. Women will want health and a clean world…and a lot of men to shut the fuck up and take a seat.
In our case, a lot of the women are coming from historically under or unrepresented communities. Deb Haaglan and Sharice Davids are great examples of that as is AOC, Omar, Tlaib, and others. I’m excited. They have new perspectives that our Congress will benefit from.
“WHERE’D YOU PUT THE FUCKING BISCUITS, MARGARET” pic.twitter.com/go1HhgCShP
— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) March 17, 2019
re: #294 ObserverArt
Been saying for years now, women are the future of politics.
As a male, I am totally ready for that change. Too many men are in it for themselves for power and money not for helping the country and its people.
Men need to lose that power to equalize the world for a bit.
We need nature and nurture now more than ever. Women will want health and a clean world…and a lot of men to shut the fuck up and take a seat.
“I’m Theresa May, and I approve this message.”
The same people who think that plants and trees can hack any amount of CO2 thrown at them.
Problem is that they can’t. There’s a window on how little and how much CO2 they can handle without dying.
Then we have the whole spectral absorption and reflection thing….— Teo (@Teukka72) March 17, 2019
re: #298 Teukka
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Let’s call it the #400ppmChallenge https://t.co/3Wrq6FxBCY
— Michael E. Mann (@MichaelEMann) March 17, 2019
good grief
Embattled Netanyahu ‘considers legalising marijuana’ to court votes ahead of Israeli election https://t.co/MRSPwCEV3o pic.twitter.com/9LdEHCvwEO
— The Independent (@Independent) March 17, 2019
re: #297 Decatur Deb
“I’m Theresa May, and I approve this message.”
I was wondering who would be the first to mention Theresa.
Damn you Deb, you know what I mean. : )
re: #300 Backwoods_Sleuth
good grief
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You’re still a crook Bibi. No amount of legal grass will change that. You’re nothing but an Israeli Trump.
re: #300 Backwoods_Sleuth
Legalizing pot will not make your problems go away Bibi.
Uncompromising greed by the oligarchy and global warming are going to squeeze humanity. Avoiding disaster requires tearing down the international oligarchy. It will start elsewhere the US has never had class consciousness.
— Quesepa (@quesepa) March 17, 2019
The Party of “Personal Responsibility.”
re: #304 Old Liberal
Uncompromising greed by the oligarchy and global warming are going to squeeze humanity. Avoiding disaster requires tearing down the international oligarchy. It will start elsewhere the US has never had class consciousness.
Watching from the UK … he goes into crazed orange manbaby cockwomble just before something drops …🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
— Louise Robinson (@Louisenurse) March 17, 2019
2 weeks Dickhead Donny Legalizes weed pulling a BiBi.
I rule nothing out.
re: #308 Dave In Austin
2 weeks Dickhead Donny Legalizes weed pulling a BiBi.
I rule nothing out.
He’d have to get Mitch to go along with that.
re: #303 PhillyPretzel
Legalizing pot will not make your problems go away Bibi.
Especially not to the authorities investigating his bigoted crooked ass.
re: #311 Dave In Austin
Executive order
Make Kentucky the only authorized producer and the turtle will sign a different tune.
re: #301 ObserverArt
I was wondering who would be the first to mention Theresa.
Damn you Deb, you know what I mean. : )
I say it like this: Given any single group of people the proportion of idiots and criminals would be about the same as any other group. The benefit from treating all groups equal is that you increase the available pool of well qualified and talented people to solve whatever problem needs to be solved.
re: #309 HappyWarrior
He’d have to get Mitch to go along with that.
Doesn’t Mitch pretty much go along with anything Trump wants?
If Trump said he wanted to legalize marijuana it would be interesting to watch who all would do back flips to support him, evangelicals, old white Republican politicians in red states, border state sheriffs…Jeff Sessions.
I’m just saying. Who here thinks this is in his deck of cards?
He could give a rats ass about weed, cocaine, opioids or anything else. If it gets him ahead in any poll….
re: #319 ObserverArt
Doesn’t Mitch pretty much go along with anything Trump wants?
If Trump said he wanted to legalize marijuana it would be interesting to watch who all would do back flips to support him, evangelicals, old white Republican politicians in red states, border state sheriffs…Jeff Sessions.
The problem with Trump legalizing abortion marijuana is that it would make it harder to target brown people. I’m pretty sure it would get an “On further review” from him.
Edited: Edited, it would probably apply to abortion as well
re: #321 Belafon
The problem with Trump legalizing
abortionmarijuana is that it would make it harder to target brown people. I’m pretty sure it would get an “On further review” from him.Edited: Edited, it would probably apply to abortion as well
It won’t matter to the GOP base because they will continue to kiss his ass no matter what
re: #318 Belafon
I say it like this: Given any single group of people the proportion of idiots and criminals would be about the same as any other group. The benefit from treating all groups equal is that you increase the available pool of well qualified and talented people to solve whatever problem needs to be solved.
To get balance you have to have a transition period where the favored get the message by being removed. Then the new power fills in and the old power group is forced to come back under new terms and in a new environment.
Like all things human, there are cycles. Old mostly conservative white men have had that power for too long, and they won’t change until they lose it.
I want women to help them lose it, so that if they want back in, they are forced to change and come back in a different political climate. Then you get back to some balance.
Of course, it will all repeat in time, but we need that change and new balance for some major changes in how this country is governed and who benefits.
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