With prosecutable collusion with Russia off the table after Mueller’s report was delivered to the AG, Stephen updates the ‘Reasons Trump is a Bad President’ board.
This is a real hoot, coming from a guy whose entire existence is an exercise in bad faith. https://t.co/1z8Qa2UD96
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 26, 2019
Flash: The U.S. Supreme Court will very likely to give the constitutional okeydoke to partisan gerrymandering, based on today’s arguments.
I now return you to your discussion of Jussie Smollett…— Kimberly Atkins (@KimberlyEAtkins) March 26, 2019
re: #1 Charles Johnson
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Again, one has to marvel at how Robert Mueller went overnight from “PARTISAN DEEP STATE OPERATIVE!!!” to “Steely-eyed man of justice!” in the minds of wingnuts. Although you can be sure they still reserve the right to go back to the former when the full report sees the light of day.
re: #3 Targetpractice
Again, one has to marvel at how Robert Mueller went overnight from “PARTISAN DEEP STATE OPERATIVE!!!” to “Steely-eyed man of justice!” in the minds of wingnuts. Although you can be sure they still reserve the right to go back to the former when the full report sees the light of day.
They are all following the lead of Trump.
All last week Trump bitched and fumed about The Witch Hunt.
This week is all sunshine and flowers.
All without a hint of self awareness of the extreme and fast flip-flopping.
It would be funny if it wasn’t so dangerous and pathetic.
re: #4 ObserverArt
They are all following the lead of Trump.
All last week Trump bitched and fumed about The Witch Hunt.
This week is all sunshine and flowers.
All without a hint of self awareness of the extreme and fast flip-flopping.
It would be funny if it wasn’t so dangerous and pathetic.
Of course, we know this only lasts until he shows up to answer House Dem questions and starts chipping away at Barr’s very generous letter. Then he goes back to “PARTISAN DEEP STATE OPERATIVE!”
JUST IN: US House fails to override President Trump’s veto of the resolution to terminate his emergency declaration with a 248-181 vote that falls short of the two-thirds majority required to overturn a presidential veto. https://t.co/LaOVa92YFS pic.twitter.com/2LdMq6slci
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 26, 2019
re: #3 Targetpractice
Again, one has to marvel at how Robert Mueller went overnight from “PARTISAN DEEP STATE OPERATIVE!!!” to “Steely-eyed man of justice!” in the minds of wingnuts. Although you can be sure they still reserve the right to go back to the former when the full report sees the light of day.
Technically, they can praise Barr, while still hammering Mueller.
re: #1 Charles Johnson
Tom Fitton has a very punchable face.
Got CL’d downstairs:
re: #205 lawhawk
Russians took potshots at U2 flights regularly, which is why the US developed the SR-71/A-12.
Man, I never knew they hated Bono so much.
//
re: #9 Eclectic Cyborg
They thought his red glasses mocked the revolution.
re: #9 Eclectic Cyborg
Got CL’d downstairs:
Man, I never knew they hated Bono so much.
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Doesn’t everyone hate Bono?
No /.
re: #9 Eclectic Cyborg
Got CL’d downstairs:
Man, I never knew they hated Bono so much.
//
They confused Sonny with Paul David Hewson. Easy mistake.
re: #3 Targetpractice
To be fair, I’m curious how Mueller went from lying the US into the Iraq war to being considered the impeccable tower of integrity.
How much cash did Putin put in your pocket to post this lie?
— The 3-D Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) March 26, 2019
re: #13 Deep State SuperElite Satinist
To be fair, I’m curious how Mueller went from lying the US into the Iraq war to being considered the impeccable tower of integrity.
do you mean Barr?
Humblebrag: my band Blitzen opened for the Allman Brothers in Hawaii at the Honolulu International Center arena, in 1973. Bill Graham told me he was impressed with our set.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 26, 2019
re: #15 Backwoods_Sleuth
Robert S. Mueller, III
Director, FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence of the United States Senate
Washington, DC
February 11, 2003
“…Although Iran remains a significant concern for its continued financial and logistical support of terrorism, Iraq has moved to the top of my list. As we previously briefed this Committee, Iraq’s WMD program poses a clear threat to our national security, a threat that will certainly increase in the event of future military action against Iraq. Baghdad has the capability and, we presume, the will to use biological, chemical, or radiological weapons against US domestic targets in the event of a US invasion. We are also concerned about terrorist organizations with direct ties to Iraq—such as the Iranian dissident group, Mujahidin-e Khalq, and the Palestinian Abu Nidal Organization.”
archives.fbi.gov
It’s impossible not to like her style.
Like many other women + working people, I occasionally suffer from impostor syndrome: those small moments, especially on hard days, where you wonder if the haters are right.
But then they do things like this to clear it right up.
If this guy can be Senator, you can do anything. https://t.co/vU4ChbTnnr— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 26, 2019
re: #17 jaunte
it’s all so confusing anymore…
re: #18 Charles Johnson
It’s impossible not to like her style.
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The Senate GOP apparently decided that, since they don’t intend to let this bill pass, they’re just gonna take the opportunity to let their freak flags fly.
Imagine that — it’s almost as if Trump mocking a disabled reporter onstage actually predicted his administration’s brutal, inhumane policies. https://t.co/GgG3DsraOR
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) March 26, 2019
re: #22 jaunte
Stupid and needlessly cruel.
re: #23 Eclectic Cyborg
More bucks for billionaires.
Betsy DeVos just confirmed the Department of Education cut all funding for the Special Olympics
— Roger Sollenberger (@SollenbergerRC) March 26, 2019
BIG SCOOP IN SWEDEN: Swedish public television has just reported that Swedbank knew about money laundering connected to Sergei Magnitsky’s murder as early as 2013 and didn’t close the accounts. If true, this is a major escalation in the crisis at the bank https://t.co/1LdT48ipZ9
— Bill Browder (@Billbrowder) March 26, 2019
re: #26 Targetpractice
They are who
we thoughtthey said they were.
re: #25 Charles Johnson
Roger Sollenberger
@SollenbergerRC
Betsy DeVos just confirmed the Department of Education cut all funding for the Special Olympics12:10 PM - Mar 26, 2019
That is some fine making America great again.
This is simply cruel.
But hey, working on no abortion so those Christians can be real proud.
A new Quinnipiac poll finds that 84% of voters think that special counsel Robert Mueller’s report should be made public, while just 9% disagree.Republicans agree by a 75% to 17% margin and every other listed party, gender, education, age and racial group supports making the report public by even wider margins
Kinda interesting
re: #28 Man, DangerMan
Another brick
infor the wall
Update: It’s from Trump’s budget, but in her purview — a proposal, not definitive cut yet. Also proposes cutting a $51 million project that aids autism and other disorders pic.twitter.com/tSxsOpXga7
— Roger Sollenberger (@SollenbergerRC) March 26, 2019
These people are burning our fucking country to the ground.
ummmmmm
Surveillance video at the store shows the man reaching into the python’s cage before putting it in his pants and casually walking away. https://t.co/rJSIHOixAh
— WCPO (@WCPO) March 26, 2019
imagine being able to put away $36,000 in a 401k every year that is more than two annual federal minimum wage jobs https://t.co/TDJpe4sqwW
— darth™ (@darth) March 26, 2019
re: #34 Eclectic Cyborg
These people are burning our fucking country to the ground.
Burning the fucking planet to the ground.
re: #35 Backwoods_Sleuth
Sounds like maybe he took the phrase “trouser snake” a little too literally.
re: #36 Backwoods_Sleuth
A Beemer, Toyota AND a Land Cruiser?
Date nights every two weeks?
A $1.5 MILLION home?
$10 000 A YEAR on clothes?? I don’t think I’ve bought $10 000 worth of clothes my ENTIRE LIFE.
Also, 18Gs for THREE vacations a year? How much fucking farther from average can you possibly be??
re: #36 Backwoods_Sleuth
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36k just for retirement? I might make 20k this year. Might. Total. Fuck them with a rusty spork.
re: #36 Backwoods_Sleuth
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So Thurston and Lovey are an average couple?
Homey don’t play that!
re: #33 Backwoods_Sleuth
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they are nibbling away at the edges of the budget
- specifically and i think intentionally to hurt people
- while not making an iota of difference to the overall magnitude of the deficit
re: #36 Backwoods_Sleuth
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There is so much more wrong with that than the fact they are putting $36k/year away for retirement. They feel “average” even though they:
1. Have a $1.5MM home
2. Take 3 vacations/year at a total cost of $18k
3. Are able to go out on a date every 2 weeks.
4. Spend $9,500 per year on clothes for 4 (no “fancy” bags my ass)
Good fucking grief…get out the torches.
BREAKING NEWS: In support of Donald Trump, American Evangelicals have released a new version of the Holy Bible where God pays Mary $130,000 to keep quiet about their extramarital affair and illegitimate child so He can “protect his family.” ///
Trump Administration has proposed a rule change that would prevent Congress from being notified of small arms sales to other countries, including sniper rifles, AR-type rifles & flamethrowers. @HouseForeign Affairs Oversight SubCommittee is shining a light on this bad rule change pic.twitter.com/7sU72J5zPJ
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) March 26, 2019
This is why aliens just do flyovers but never land here. https://t.co/tMXNms0dhA
— Martha Jackovics (@BeachPeanuts) March 26, 2019
re: #46 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I was foolish to think this was photoshopped. Had I recognized that this guy was a Republican, I would have instantly realized this was his argument against Global Warming. ❄️🌨️☃️ #CongressSmellsBadOnTheInside https://t.co/Ofbk1h7GxM
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) March 26, 2019
re: #36 Backwoods_Sleuth
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there’s an awful lot of discretionary shit in there - and no one told them to live in a house that expensive or mortgage it the way they did. whatever.
here’s a few comments
- nice to have 10k A YEAR spare in case ‘something comes up’
- three vacations A YEAR?
- where are they driving 48k miles a year?
- assumes their job(s) are paying for all their healthcare
and if they really were this close to the edge, and want to protect all their stuff, their $1.5M house etc, they cheap out on term life insurance?
re: #39 Eclectic Cyborg
A Beemer, Toyota AND a Land Cruiser?
Date nights every two weeks?
A $1.5 MILLION home?
$10 000 A YEAR on clothes?? I don’t think I’ve bought $10 000 worth of clothes my ENTIRE LIFE.
the whole premise is asinine
however, these fictitious people could easily live nearly as well as they purport to do and still manage to save 50-75k at the end of the year if they werent so damned selfish, greedy, and wasteful
re: #49 Man, DangerMan
the whole premise is asinine
however, these fictitious people could easily live nearly as well as they purport to do and still manage to save 50-75k at the end of the year if they werent so damned selfish, greedy, and wasteful
The thing is…what are the expectations? I mean, they want to be able to spend $27k per year on vacations and clothes, and still have stacks of cash laying around? Or people that get to take 3 vacations just aren’t getting enough leisure time?
re: #1 Charles Johnson
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— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) March 26, 2019
re: #48 Man, DangerMan
there’s an awful lot of discretionary shit in there - and no one told them to live in a house that expensive or mortgage it the way they did. whatever.
here’s a few comments
- nice to have 10k A YEAR spare in case ‘something comes up’
- three vacations A YEAR?
- where are they driving 48k miles a year?
- assumes their job(s) are paying for all their healthcareand if they really were this close to the edge, and want to protect all their stuff, their $1.5M house etc, they cheap out on term life insurance?
That $42,000 for child care?
That’s the nanny/maid’s entire annual income. That how she pays rent, food, clothes, car, school supplies, etc for her and her two kids and her mom who watches the kids while she’s at work watching your kids…
re: #2 jaunte
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As long as African-Americans are getting denied an equal voice in elections because they are Democrats, that will be A-OK with SCOTUS.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) March 26, 2019
re: #53 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Flash: The U.S. Supreme Court will very likely to give the constitutional okeydoke to partisan gerrymandering, based on today’s arguments.
I now return you to your discussion of Jussie Smollett…
A court that would reinstate Plessy vs Ferguson in a heart-beat. And the only reason it wouldn’t reinstate direct poll taxes is because they are now unconstitutional. Hitler managed to accomplish his objectives with the aid of a compliant court and that’s what we have here.
ED: Oooops — originally typed objections instead of objectives.
re: #52 sagehen
That $42,000 for child care?
That’s the nanny/maid’s entire annual income. That how she pays rent, food, clothes, car, school supplies, etc for her and her two kids and her mom who watches the kids while she’s at work watching your kids…
re: #39 Eclectic Cyborg
A Beemer, Toyota AND a Land Cruiser?
Date nights every two weeks?
A $1.5 MILLION home?
$10 000 A YEAR on clothes?? I don’t think I’ve bought $10 000 worth of clothes my ENTIRE LIFE.
Also, 18Gs for THREE vacations a year? How much fucking farther from average can you possibly be??
Saw on the Twitter that this couple lives in New York — so their costs are much higher. An income of $500,000 doesn’t even put you in the top 1%. These people are doing well and are very affluent — but not truly rich. A house of $1.5 million — probably isn’t as lavish as you’d expect. But more than one car in NYC? That would be really strange.
re: #52 sagehen
That $42,000 for child care?
That’s the nanny/maid’s entire annual income. That how she pays rent, food, clothes, car, school supplies, etc for her and her two kids and her mom who watches the kids while she’s at work watching your kids…
Why, some years she doesn’t even manage to put the whole 36,000 in her 401-k!
re: #56 Hecuba’s daughter
Saw on the Twitter that this couple lives in New York — so their costs are much higher. An income of $500,000 doesn’t even put you in the top 1%. These people are doing well and are very affluent — but not truly rich. A house of $1.5 million — probably isn’t as lavish as you’d expect. But more than one car in NYC? That would be really strange.
Average income in NYC is $58k. These people are doing well for themselves regardless of context.
re: #2 jaunte
Don’t read too much into oral arguments, especially on cases like this.
re: #35 Backwoods_Sleuth
literally, a trouser snake…
re: #36 Backwoods_Sleuth
three vacations a year? isn’t it usually one vacation every three years? If you’re lucky?
Trump’s idea of national security is nonsense like this, designed to appeal to the kind of people who click doomsday prepper ads at World Net Daily. The electromagnetic pulse “threat” is basically bullshit. https://t.co/t1LxYoYHUq https://t.co/y7WNzZWZE0
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 26, 2019
re: #61 KGxvi
Well, since I retired, I take three vacations a year. But that is after decades of staycations or very cheap trips. Also, I count myself as lucky, not average.
re: #58 Mike Lamb
Average income in NYC is $58k. These people are doing well for themselves regardless of context.
and New York does not automatically mean NYC
re: #64 Backwoods_Sleuth
and New York does not automatically mean NYC
My lack of precision in my comment — supposedly the couple lives in NYC.
re: #26 Targetpractice
They are who we thought they were.
Republicans are also the monsters they told us they would be.
President Taft owned Pauline Wayne, who was actually his second presidential cow.
Her bovine predecessor was Mooly Wooly, who died after eating too many oats that were meant for horses, not cows[ᶜᶦᵗᵃᵗᶦᵒⁿ ⁿᵉᵉᵈᵉᵈ]
2/ pic.twitter.com/9BdbxK76XD— Amelia Frappolli (@AmeliaFrappolli) March 25, 2019
The presidential cow was pregnant when she arrived at the White House, and later gave birth to Big Bill (pictured here while very small).
Big Bill was sent to “live on a farm” and Pauline stayed with the Tafts.
4/ pic.twitter.com/Gq9Q5ANsPr— Amelia Frappolli (@AmeliaFrappolli) March 25, 2019
After two years of dairy-ing adventures, Taft sent her back to the senator’s farm, where we hope she lived out her retirement in udder peace.
6/end! pic.twitter.com/cpGFjpQcgE— Amelia Frappolli (@AmeliaFrappolli) March 25, 2019
Because of course…
This is an absolute outrage pic.twitter.com/4VsCaJxcyI
— Armando (@armandodkos) March 26, 2019
Graham, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, also said Barr told him it would most likely take “weeks, not months,” to make a version of Mueller’s final report public.
Barr on Sunday released his own summary of Mueller’s report, saying it found no evidence that the Trump campaign conspired with Russia to influence the 2016 election. Barr said Mueller declined to come to a conclusion on whether Trump obstructed justice in the investigation and instead laid out all the evidence prosecutors had collected before handing in his findings to Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
re: #62 Charles Johnson
Trump’s idea of national security is nonsense like this, designed to appeal to the kind of people who click doomsday prepper ads at World Net Daily. The electromagnetic pulse “threat” is basically bullshit. popularmechanics.com …
Jennifer Jacobs
✔
@JenniferJJacobs
NEWS: Trump is preparing to sign an executive order meant to help deal with potential electromagnetic pulse events.Some lawmakers and scientists have long worried that a rogue nation with the technological know-how might attack the U.S. electric grid with an EMP.
Isn’t the real potential problem with solar flares, not rogue nations?
A repetition of the 1859 solar flare could have devastating worldwide consequences in our modern society.
re: #61 KGxvi
three vacations a year? isn’t it usually one vacation every three years? If you’re lucky?
What is this “Vacation” you speak of?
Fixed it for you, @realDonaldTrump. pic.twitter.com/ssQ7kYRcWD
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) March 26, 2019
re: #62 Charles Johnson
“Trump’s idea of national security is nonsense like this, designed to appeal to the kind of people who click doomsday prepper ads at World Net Daily. The electromagnetic pulse “threat” is basically bullshit”
The EMP bullshit was basically the plot of the James Bond movie Goldeneye, except Britain was the target instead of the U.S.
re: #68 Citizen K
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What the fuck? How in the world could they claim executive privilege over any portion of the report? I understand that the special counsel is within the purview of the DOJ, which in turn is part of the executive branch. But the entire point of appointing someone like Mueller is to have independence from the executive. Allowing them to assert executive privilege over the report is a complete travesty.
And if they didn’t assert executive privilege at any point during the investigation, how could they do so now? Or, alternatively, if they did assert executive privilege, wouldn’t that already be “baked into” Mueller’s report?
re: #69 Hecuba’s daughter
Isn’t the real potential problem with solar flares, not rogue nations?
A repetition of the 1859 solar flare could have devastating worldwide consequences in our modern society.
Yes, that’s a much more genuine threat, but there isn’t much we can do to protect against it without redesigning most of the electronic devices in the world.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 26, 2019
re: #73 Mike Lamb
What the fuck? How in the world could they claim executive privilege over any portion of the report? I understand that the special counsel is within the purview of the DOJ, which in turn is part of the executive branch. But the entire point of appointing someone like Mueller is to have independence from the executive. Allowing them to assert executive privilege over the report is a complete travesty.
And if they didn’t assert executive privilege at any point during the investigation, how could they do so now? Or, alternatively, if they did assert executive privilege, wouldn’t that already be “baked into” Mueller’s report?
How?
Because FUCK YOU!, that’s how! MAGA WINS FOREVER LIBTARDS!
That’s basically what it’s going to boil down to. And we still seem beholden to McConnell and the Infinite Bad Faith (also known as the worst Smashing Pumpkins cover album ever) as well as the Trump-packed court, so no matter how hard we try to juice public opinion on it, we may never get the leverage to know the truth. Meaning they get away with everything.
re: #74 Charles Johnson
Yes, that’s a much more genuine threat, but there isn’t much we can do to protect against it without redesigning most of the electronic devices in the world.
Actually, what needs to be done is redesigning anything which has any significant length of cable attached to it, using balanced power transfer, shielding and overvoltage protection.
Which of course is a problem because everything is built down to a price. Military and civil defence equipment usually is rugged enough to hack EM upsets, but consumer and pro gear, not so…
re: #77 Teukka
Actually, what needs to be done is redesigning anything which has any significant length of cable attached to it, using balanced power transfer, shielding and overvoltage protection.
Which of course is a problem because everything is built down to a price. Military and civil defence equipment usually is rugged enough to hack EM upsets, but consumer and pro gear, not so…
You have the comforting effect of making it sound slightly less impossible.
re: #75 Charles Johnson
Because smart people no longer should live here? Nuke it from orbit?
re: #74 Charles Johnson
Yes, that’s a much more genuine threat, but there isn’t much we can do to protect against it without redesigning most of the electronic devices in the world.
just build ginormous Faraday cages over the cities (fook the flyover areas).
problem solved
Good point.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 26, 2019
The most corrupt president in the history of the republic will get a chance to make edits to a report that did not clear him of criminal obstruction charges.
The criminal gets to edit the transcript.
Place your bets on what will result. https://t.co/tMlc7wpHio— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) March 26, 2019
these guys are fuckin obsessed 😹 https://t.co/BU2FPd0fd8
— darth™ (@darth) March 26, 2019
re: #80 Backwoods_Sleuth
just build ginormous Faraday cages over the cities (fook the flyover areas).
problem solved
Flying is going to go away anyway. Carbon, dontchaknow.
O_o
Unfunded school safety bill to be signed ceremonially. ^JC pic.twitter.com/Jn73igC630
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) March 26, 2019
re: #80 Backwoods_Sleuth
just build ginormous Faraday cages over the cities (fook the flyover areas).
problem solved
Or we could do it Stephen King style with a Dome, though that may end badly…
Could someone explain how you can cut off “humanitarian aid” to your OWN country? What’s Trump going to do, blockade Puerto Rico? And for that matter, are the Republicans going to order it to become independent even though a plurality want statehood instead?
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) March 26, 2019
re: #86 Eclectic Cyborg
Or we could do it Stephen King style with a Dome, though that may end badly…
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— Effin’ Birds (@EffinBirds) March 26, 2019
re: #67 Backwoods_Sleuth
There are so many things that seem strange today when it comes to the presidency and the White House that were just sort of shrug worthy back in the day. The president kept a cow at the White House, sure, why not? You could drive your car up to the portico without being stopped and put the top up on your convertible? Of course. The president’s teenage daughter had a car in which she escaped the White House grounds? Obviously. Hell, just being able to drive down Pennsylvania Ave in front of the White House…
re: #87 Backwoods_Sleuth
more cow fart gasses.
Flying cows will go first. I think there’s one over the moon right now.
re: #78 wrenchwench
You have the comforting effect of making it sound slightly less impossible.
It’s not that difficult to protect a facility or gear against an EM upset, but it costs.
I would guess that one of the cheapest ways would be to store ones genset and vital equipment requiring electricity inside a steel cage (all sides) which is well grounded (a.k.a. Faraday cage), eyelet size in the 2” ballpark, and have overvoltage protection at the point of service entry for cable/antenna, phone and power.
You could try to locate “Engineering and Design: Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) and Tempest Protection for Facilities” from the US Army Corps of Engineers,
Publication Number: EP 1110-3-2. It should give y’all ideas on how to protect vital gear.
Couldn’t the Admin be sued for refusing to provide aid to Puerto Rico simply because Trump doesn’t want to?
In 1018 King Canute enforced laws against the worship of the sun, moon, trees and wells. He was obviously a total dickhead.
— Tom Cox (@cox_tom) March 26, 2019
re: #86 Eclectic Cyborg
worked well on Gallifrey… just watch out for Daleks
re: #65 Hecuba’s daughter
My lack of precision in my comment — supposedly the couple lives in NYC.
after an hour of musing, i think that this budget, or something like it comes up regularly - about once a year
and the reactions are…well, like ours
im remembering having this discussion before
re: #83 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Even if it was true, what would that even signify?
And I’m sure that Lee could Gish Gallop circles around AOC.
re: #95 Eclectic Cyborg
Couldn’t the Admin be sued for refusing to provide aid to Puerto Rico simply because Trump doesn’t want to?
If Congress has authorized the spending, then probably. It’s also, ahem, another basis for impeachment… that whole “faithfully execute the law” part of the job.
America’s evangelicals are driving an apocalyptic global agenda. https://t.co/xsnlkYMTDg
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) March 26, 2019
darth has an epic thread #AvengeTheFallen that starts with this:
— darth™ (@darth) March 26, 2019
re: #98 Man, DangerMan
after an hour of musing, i think that this budget, or something like it comes up regularly - about once a year
and the reactions are…well, like ours
im remembering having this discussion before
the McDonald’s employee budget comes to mind
Well said. https://t.co/S8ePoRgZiG
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 26, 2019
“Significant Malicious” is Trump’s hip hop name.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 26, 2019
re: #90 Backwoods_Sleuth
The Twilight Zone reveal is that we are actually the adults.
re: #98 Man, DangerMan
after an hour of musing, i think that this budget, or something like it comes up regularly - about once a year
and the reactions are…well, like ours
im remembering having this discussion before
I remember when I used to remember stuff… wait a minute… that means I’m remembering stuff right now!
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#1984 #Minitrue #TrumpSpeak#HandsOffOurCare 🖐️ 🏥#IStandWithNancy 👠
— Patrick Henry 🇺🇸 🌊 (@Phenry_1984) March 26, 2019
Or well over 1984 times
— Patrick Henry 🇺🇸 🌊 (@Phenry_1984) March 26, 2019
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 26, 2019
I dunno. It seems pretty clear that Antichrist really is being granted reign, just without a rapture to speak of.
The sad thing is, the people most paranoid about him are actively worshipping him and ignoring that he actually DOES have ties to 6-6-freaking-6!— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) March 26, 2019
Missing you Dad @TheRealNimoy on your 88th Birthday. I was so lucky to have you in my life as long as I did. You left this earth way too soon. Wherever you are - always know you are in my heart. Love always - your daughter. #LLAP @nimoycopdfilm @StarTrek pic.twitter.com/gSZsTBB7Xx
— Julie Nimoy (@Chefjen21) March 26, 2019
re: #81 Charles Johnson
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He was returning to earth but his navigator had been drinking, so he ended up on the moon.
The U.S. Department of Justice was in court today to defend the right of the president to block people on Twitter, arguing that while he tweets in an official capacity he blocks people in a personal capacity. https://t.co/kpWTV4Yhqp
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 26, 2019
‘John’ on disqus:
REPUBLICANS: It TOTALLY EXONERATES him!
AMERICAN PEOPLE: Really? Cause one of the few, short quotes Republican AG Barr has produced literally says, “DOES NOT EXONERATE HIM.”
REPUBLICANS: TOTALLY exonerates him!
AMERICAN PEOPLE: Oh. Can we see it?
REPUBLICANS: We’d rather you didn’t.
wife: What were you supposed to do today?
me: Look for a job
wife: And what did you do?
me [looking at my beer can pyramid] Made a beeramid— Josh (@iwearaonesie) March 26, 2019
Because he can make beeramids.
— Crispin (@SirMustard) March 26, 2019
In @BetsyDeVosED’s budget, there are major cuts to programs like the Special Olympics. Sec. DeVos didn’t know the number of kids who would be hurt by that cut, so I made sure she now knows that 272,000 kids are seeing their support taken away. pic.twitter.com/6ZiOfDU4Ou
— Rep. Mark Pocan (@repmarkpocan) March 26, 2019
GOP money machine stumbles over fears of putting data in Trump’s hands
sure. privately and anonymously.
But we’re 100% behind him running the country into the ground.
“In short, the problem is Trump.”
“They’re scared of adopting it. Imagine Trump owning our data — handing everything over to that guy, the guy who f****s with everybody, who has destroyed our party,” said a senior consultant for a conservative political group with national clients.
and
“It’s basically letting Trump sabotage our lists, and we know we can’t trust [Trump campaign manager] Brad Parscale. … It would be stored in Data Trust — which Brad has complete access to. … He has every incentive to not protect our data,” said a senior campaign consultant.
re: #112 Backwoods_Sleuth
The U.S. Department of Justice was in court today to defend the right of the president to block people on Twitter, arguing that while he tweets in an official capacity he blocks people in a personal capacity
two accounts.
problem solved.
what? too complicated? (for him)
re: #117 Man, DangerMan
two accounts.
problem solved.what? too complicated? (for him)
he has two accounts (three if you count the White House account)
but he only uses the @POTUS account to retweet @realDonaldTrump
re: #118 Backwoods_Sleuth
he has two accounts (three if you count the White House account)
but he only uses the @POTUS account to retweet @realDonaldTrump
And IIRC, if he blocks on one, he blocks on both?
Correction: https://t.co/7eAGiBTY9E
— Investigate Russia (@InvestigateRU) March 26, 2019
But you know he’s going to
re: #112 Backwoods_Sleuth
So they basically want a judge to rule that Trump gets to have it both ways?
re: #36 Backwoods_Sleuth
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but look how frugally they live: a BMW 5 Series, for fuck’s sake. A 3 million dollar term policy. In other words, as a tax free insurance payout, the survivor would be able to stash this at 3 percent a year in a jumbo CD and make 90,000 a year, or, an amount that would put them in the top 10% of incomes.
re: #118 Backwoods_Sleuth
he has two accounts (three if you count the White House account)
but he only uses the @POTUS account to retweet @realDonaldTrump
i dont know how twitter works so i was sort of just guessing
the approach is:
business / official life / handle
personal life / handle
whatever it takes to keep them separate
and if you cant keep your personal life separate because you are technically challenged, (ie if he cant) then tough, it’s all official
i assume a 10 year old could do it
“Clear? Huh! Why a ten-year-old child could understand this report! Run out and find me a ten-year-old child, I can’t make head or tail of it.”
- Grouch Marx, adjusted for age
re: #45 Backwoods_Sleuth
Yeah, no. Congresses oversight authority makes that null.
(And I already know what they think. I don’t care what they think.)
hahahahahaaaaaa
(wipes eyes)
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Kellyanne Conway: “The idea that any of us, and me as a campaign manager, would cheat, steal, lie, cut corners, talk to Russians, was an insult from the beginning.” pic.twitter.com/FVAxjG0hMH
— The Hill (@thehill) March 26, 2019
OH HAI I am in Canada now! What did I miss?
re: #127 The Vicious Babushka
OH HAI I am in Canada now! What did I miss?
If you look south can you see the smoke from America burning?
So i picked up the newest issue of Cook’s Illustrated and read the article on no fuss French Toast. Now that I have stopped laughing, I can say it’s a good reminder of why i don’t buy the rag. Baked not fried? Way too many ingredients (no you do Not need brown sugar or salt in the egg mix. Cinnamon, vanilla, a bit of water and the eggs are all you need. Sigh…
LATEST: “We stand behind the investigation and the facts revealed,” first assistant state attorney Joe Magats says after charges against Jussie Smollett were dropped. “This was not an exoneration.” https://t.co/tHyUFFZyNn pic.twitter.com/7yN7ei8aHf
— ABC News (@ABC) March 26, 2019
“Joe Magats”
O_o
re: #65 Hecuba’s daughter
My lack of precision in my comment — supposedly the couple lives in NYC.
Median family income for NYC is $87K
re: #127 The Vicious Babushka
OH HAI I am in Canada now! What did I miss?
Left turn at Albuquerque?
/
re: #130 Backwoods_Sleuth
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O_o
Maybe not an “exoneration”, but definitely falling short of the tough-ass prosecution the SAs were expected (mainly from their own talk) to bring down on Jussie’s head for wasting the CPD’s (and everyone else’s) time investigating a hoax.
Personally (and taking my word for it that this isn’t an ex-post-facto jibe), it’s how I would have thought Smollett’s case would resolve: no jail, big fine, probably community service and/or mandated therapy. But as it is, he seems to have gotten away with just the “fine”. But then again, it’s Chicago: always a malodor wafting around….
Well… actually.. several members of your campaign did talk to Russians. https://t.co/W4lEWIxYbC
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) March 26, 2019
re: #102 Backwoods_Sleuth
darth has an epic thread #AvengeTheFallen that starts with this:
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Han Solo
???
Definition of a coward: Ronna Romney McDaniel. She hasn’t seen the report. Neither has Trump. It’s all a sham. https://t.co/O0qb9JvX4A
— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) March 26, 2019
If the Republican Party wants to run on gutting #Obamacare, the Special Olympics and Autism programs they are going to take another election beatdown in 2020. The GOP has made it obvious that they are willing to hurt the most vulnerable of us so billionaires can buy more yachts.
— Adam Best (@adamcbest) March 26, 2019
Plutocracy in a nutshell.
Billionaire Betsy DeVos parlays her money and charity, which undercuts public education, into a cabinet post.
She makes a show of donating her salary to the Special Olympics.
And she uses her position to cut funding for it on a vastly greater scale. https://t.co/Re7F4DNSNE— Anand Giridharadas (@AnandWrites) March 26, 2019
I wasn’t aware of the salary donation. That really does make this worse.
“Here’s some peanuts for you little people.”
Thank you to the House Republicans for sticking together and the BIG WIN today on the Border. Today’s vote simply reaffirms Congressional Democrats are the party of Open Borders, Drugs and Crime!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 26, 2019
Somebody talk me down, because I’m ready to start throwing shit and burning stuff.
Update: It’s from Trump’s budget, but in her purview — a proposal, not definitive cut yet. Also proposes cutting a $51 million project that aids autism and other disorders pic.twitter.com/tSxsOpXga7
— Roger Sollenberger (@SollenbergerRC) March 26, 2019
Betsy DeVos just confirmed the Department of Education cut all funding for the Special Olympics
— Roger Sollenberger (@SollenbergerRC) March 26, 2019
These are my students they are going after. This is my kid they are going after.
re: #23 Eclectic Cyborg
Stupid and needlessly cruel.
For the authoritarians and barbarians cruelty is always needed to get things done. Otherwise those things won’t learn their place.
re: #139 sagehen
I wonder if Sarah Palin has any thoughts about this.
she thinks he’s great
Today we celebrate the lives and achievements of Americans with Down Syndrome. @VP and I will always stand with these wonderful families, and together we will always stand for LIFE! #WorldDownSyndromeDay pic.twitter.com/u7vrG7JnCP
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 21, 2019
re: #143 Scottish Dragon
Somebody talk me down, because I’m ready to start throwing shit and burning stuff.
These are my students they are going after. This is my kid they are going after.
Talk you down? Why? Seems like that’s the correct reaction to me.
JUST IN: Maxine Waters says Deutsche Bank is turning over Trump’s financial records for House probe https://t.co/xkGpgRDnb8 pic.twitter.com/YR9vUwMUhU
— The Hill (@thehill) March 26, 2019
re: #145 Backwoods_Sleuth
I don’t even want to think about what Trump is saying about the Down syndrome people behind their backs.
re: #148 Eclectic Cyborg
I don’t even want to think about what Trump is saying about the Down syndrome people behind their backs.
Oh, we can all imagine exactly what he’s saying. It’s not like he’s smart enough to come up with an original insult.
.@AOC: “What McConnell’s doing is that he’s trying to rush this bill to the floor without a hearing, without any markups … — because he doesn’t want to save our planet. Because he thinks we can drink oil in 30 years when all our water is poisoned.” https://t.co/SxP4q9wKHT
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 26, 2019
Why would Trump and DeVos propose cuts to Special Olympics?
-cruelty is the point
-“best genes”
-MOAR money for charter schools
-Special Olympics founded by Shrivers/Kennedys— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) March 26, 2019
Ari Melber is interviewing George Papadopoulos. This should be interesting.
The worst President in modern history is still the worst President in modern history?
Womp womp https://t.co/rJDDhr8OZJ— Angry Staffer (@AngrierWHStaff) March 26, 2019
Barr’s letter changed nothing.
re: #138 Patricia Kayden
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re: #153 makeitstop
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Barr’s letter changed nothing.
Good. That means in time the Democrats might be able to turn it further against Trump if they can work on getting the goods out of Mueller’s report. No bump means the public has pretty much decided their take on Trump’s actions.
re: #152 ObserverArt
Ari Melber is interviewing George Papadopoulos. This should be interesting.
He was just a bit more than a coffee boy. He admits Trump wanted to have a better relationship with Putin back in campaign days. Papadopoulos was all-in in getting with Russians to please Donny. Then he met the mysterious Joseph Mifsud.
Something still stinks about this guy.
If true, this is an outrage that @RepAdamSchiff and @RepJerryNadler cannot allow. Period. https://t.co/WTUhKziE1w
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) March 26, 2019
re: #157 Patricia Kayden
“You, know I think maybe we should run this verdict by OJ before we make it public and make sure he’s happy with it.”
“Yeah, sounds good!”
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re: #98 Man, DangerMan
after an hour of musing, i think that this budget, or something like it comes up regularly - about once a year
and the reactions are…well, like ours
im remembering having this discussion before
They did one about a hypothetical San Francisco couple with one child who survive on $200,000 a year.
cnbc.com
And I recall another one last year that was the topic of extensive conversation.
re: #149 William Lewis
Oh, we can all imagine exactly what he’s saying. It’s not like he’s smart enough to come up with an original insult.
And his audience will all laugh and cheer as the kids look down and cry.
As said elsewhere, the cruelty is the point. The entire GOP has become a party of sadists, who are explicitly looking for ways to hurt vulnerable people, while shoveling money at pervert billionaires.
My brother-in-law had a similar reaction when he couldn’t fix his carbeurator: he picked up a big hammer and started smashing the windshield and everything else on the car.
I know this was already posted on the last thread:
House Armed Services Chair Adam Smith has denied a Defense Department request to reprogram $1 billion to the border wall.
“DoD is attempting to circumvent Congress and the American people’s opposition to using taxpayer money for the construction of an unnecessary wall.” pic.twitter.com/JMgl3Ubvch— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 26, 2019
But I’m sure glad I didn’t vote for the other Smith, the BernieSis, in November.
Cutting all funding to the Special Olympics. I hate these motherfuckers.
Betsy DeVos proposed cuts
•$51 million from Autism
•Eliminating all funding for Special Olympics
•$7.5 million from institute for the blind
•$5 million from books for the blind
“Don’t tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value”. -Biden— MommaT (@tweetmommybop) March 26, 2019
this VERY SLEEPY monk seal just stuck his head in the sand to avoid all contact with humans and honestly same pic.twitter.com/zwnFSxwRF7
— rae paoletta (@PAYOLETTER) March 26, 2019
re: #159 BeachDem
They did one about a hypothetical San Francisco couple with one child who survive on $200,000 a year.
cnbc.comAnd I recall another one last year that was the topic of extensive conversation.
Oh, it also sounds familiar because this $500,000 one was a column in March of 2017. (Don’t know why CNBC decided it needed to be re-posted now)
re: #129 William Lewis
Cooks Illustrated was good when it started, then it devolved into stupid.
Why the facepalm was invented. https://t.co/WQLMuFWnpO
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 26, 2019
re: #167 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Cooks Illustrated was good when it started, then it devolved into stupid.
I have memories of finding good recipes in it in the past, so I looked at it at the library. The thought of french toast seemed possible but holy catfish batman, it’s not worth all that work.
re: #129 William Lewis
So i picked up the newest issue of Cook’s Illustrated and read the article on no fuss French Toast. Now that I have stopped laughing, I can say it’s a good reminder of why i don’t buy the rag. Baked not fried? Way too many ingredients (no you do Not need brown sugar or salt in the egg mix. Cinnamon, vanilla, a bit of water and the eggs are all you need. Sigh…
I make great french toast, but it is very fussy. Reminds me of a story. I keep a bottle of maple syrup at my daughter’s house that is half Bourbon. Marked with XX and put on a high shelf, daughter and SOL know. SOL mother cooked pancakes and served them with my syrup. Received a picture with grandson #2 giving a huge thumbs up.
More Pelosi: “There’s so many indictments that came out of what he did. People will go to jail from what his investigation is about.” (2/)
— Ed O’Keefe (@edokeefe) March 26, 2019
Coming out of the meeting, rank-and-file Democrats point out that there’s no need to “pivot” to other issues besides Mueller, b/c they’ve been passing or introducing bills on health care, economy, gun control, etc. that have been ignored by Senate Republicans and the press. (4/)
— Ed O’Keefe (@edokeefe) March 26, 2019
Good god. People went to jail for each of these acts. They can’t help but lie. #PagingGeorgeConway https://t.co/2B08VNq9p6
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) March 26, 2019
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) March 27, 2019
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) March 26, 2019
We present to you: Senator Mike Lee’s masterful takedown of @AOC and @SenMarkey’s Green New Deal. pic.twitter.com/S7B31xByM1
— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) March 26, 2019
re: #176 Belafon
Upding for using Maggie Smith.
The bill Democrats are rolling out to shore up Obamacare is called the Protecting Pre-Existing Conditions and Making Healthcare More Affordable Act. I think @charles_gaba calling it ACA 2.0 is going to catch on pretty quickly.
— Kimberly Leonard (@leonardkl) March 26, 2019
And here’s the description in Gaba’s own words: dailykos.com
“I was trying to play down what I thought were my Russian contacts at the time”
George Papadopoulos says he lied to Mueller to protect Trump pic.twitter.com/FCaGj2bzSb— TheBeat w/Ari Melber (@TheBeatWithAri) March 26, 2019
moron
“Proclamation on Recognizing the Golan Heights as Part of the State of Israel” https://t.co/yAAyR2Hxe4 pic.twitter.com/VccUpjMJqZ
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 26, 2019
10 years, man.
Shane McConkey 10 Years Gone https://t.co/Ik0kBgfwNJ via @UnofficialNet
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) March 26, 2019
I’m liking this sketch comedy show on Netflix, Hot Date.
Everyone commenting on 45’s administration want to be on this list.
— Jill Wine-Banks (@JillWineBanks) March 26, 2019
He is FOS https://t.co/XvZYMX4f3J
— Eat, Drink & Be Mary (@MWJ1231) March 27, 2019
re: #187 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Pharma giant profits from HIV treatment funded by taxpayers and patented by the government
Thomas Folks spent years in his U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lab developing a treatment to block deadly HIV in monkeys. Then San Francisco AIDS researcher Robert Grant, using $50 million in federal grants, proved the treatment worked in people who engaged in risky sex.
Their work — almost fully funded by U.S. taxpayers — created a new use for an older prescription drug called Truvada: preventing HIV infection. But the U.S. government, which patented the treatment in 2015, is not receiving a penny for that use of the drug from Gilead Sciences, Truvada’s maker, which earned $3 billion in Truvada sales last year.
Gilead argues that the government’s patents for Truvada for PrEP, as the prevention treatment is called, are invalid. And the government has failed to reach a deal for royalties or other concessions from the company — benefits that could be used to distribute the drug more widely.
“With the amount of effort and time and taxpayer money that went into it, for CDC and Gilead not to come to an agreement, so the taxpayer could get some of that money, is really unconscionable,” said Folks, who is retired.
Here’s Trump’s public schedule for tomorrow. (Public schedules don’t include all of a president’s activities.) pic.twitter.com/PMwlyVVgqO
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 27, 2019
re: #192 Joe Bacon 🌹
My reply, Jesus Saves but Moses Invests…
Jesus Saves. Everybody else roll 1d20 for damage.
Please let Rudy Giuliani keep talking. https://t.co/QWZtdQA2OJ
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) March 26, 2019
How much cash did Putin put in your pocket to post this lie?
— The 3-D Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) March 26, 2019
re: #195 Joe Bacon 🌹
And yet there are hundreds of millions of people who drink this shithead’s words up like literal gospel.
TEAM PIE!
Cakes Vs. Pies!
Are you a cake person or a pie person? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/VRxiEPdihO— Tasty (@tasty) March 27, 2019
if the Special Olympics didn’t want to get defunded maybe they shoulda let Eric Trump win a few races
— Matt Oswalt (@MattOswaltVA) March 26, 2019
re: #198 The Vicious Babushka
I’m going to vote for all of the above.
re: #200 Dread Pirate Whitebeard
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Well, there was the Trump Olympics, but the only parents who would get involved were Hollywood parents trying to get their kids into college.
Second Wisconsin judge blocks Republican-backed laws curbing Democratic governor’s powers https://t.co/MD232vD9MK pic.twitter.com/L9DP3J0yT6
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) March 27, 2019
Asked if there is an innocent explanation for why so many Trump associates were meeting with Russians, Rudy Giuliani replies “It wasn’t that many,” as a graphic showing 16 people flashes on the screen. pic.twitter.com/JBwp4Otcfh
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) March 26, 2019
re: #198 The Vicious Babushka
TEAM PIE!
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re: #205 stpaulbear
Between the two, I’m more on Team Cake, but lately I’ve definitely been on Team Cinnamon Rolls.
Team sweets it is!
This is some really sad news:
JFC
Betsy DeVos, on cutting funding to the Special Olympics:
“We had to make some difficult decisions.”
The Special Olympics cost around $18 million, or about the same as five of Trump’s golf trips to Mar-a-Lago.
It’s not a difficult decision. It’s an evil one.— Nick Jack Pappas (@Pappiness) March 26, 2019
A personal request from Mike Pence! Uh-oh! pic.twitter.com/wOLSnfbVmT
— Jared Polis (@jaredpolis) March 27, 2019
re: #208 The Vicious Babushka
JFC
It WAS difficult, you lib snowflakes. She had to agonize for HOURS over just which things to cut to be as much of an asshole as possible.
re: #211 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
It WAS difficult, you lib snowflakes. She had to agonize for HOURS over just which things to cut to be as much of an asshole as possible.
The most blatant virtue-signaling to the basest of the base: “We’re your kind of people!”
re: #212 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
The most blatant virtue-signaling to the basest of the base: “We’re your kind of people!”
“We hate ‘those people’ (for varying definitions of ‘those’) as much as you do. Don’t feel bad! It’s okay!”
So how long will it take before Trump pardons Papadopoulos?
The man who said he’d release his tax returns to prove he’s not a criminal has said he’ll release Mueller’s report to prove he’s not a criminal…
— Darth Putin (@DarthPutinKGB) March 27, 2019
This. Fucking. Guy.
The Fake News Media has lost tremendous credibility with its corrupt coverage of the illegal Democrat Witch Hunt of your all time favorite duly elected President, me! T.V. ratings of CNN & MSNBC tanked last night after seeing the Mueller Report statement. @FoxNews up BIG!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 27, 2019
re: #216 teleskiguy
This. Fucking. Guy.
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— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) March 27, 2019
Well looky here
So it isn’t COMPLETE AND TOTAL EXONERATION when a prosecutor doesn’t charge someone? https://t.co/yhcWwtvHvL
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) March 27, 2019
The Special Olympics cost as much as Trump taking five golf trips to his Florida shithole.
— Ally Maynard (@missmayn) March 27, 2019
I applied for Medicare at the local Social Security office today. A customer service rep at Medicare suggested doing it in person rather than online.
The social security office had all of the ambiance of a Dept. of Motor Vehicles waiting area, plus the angst of everyone’s financial security being on the line (there were some pissed-off clients in some of the interview pods). The clerks were behind thick glass. The ones I met were pleasant, professional and helpful, but if I’d known how grim the setting would be, I probably would have just done it online.
It may have been worth it just for the fact that one of the clerks gave me a direct office number. When I tried calling a general S.S. number the day before, I was told that the expected hold time was 50 minutes.
My expected retirement date is July 7, 2020. I hope there’s still a system in place by the time I get there. I’m also hoping that Trump has been compelled to resign by then.
re: #208 The Vicious Babushka
JFC
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The reason Betsy DeVos is so rich…
That light-up makeup mirror on the flip side of the visor in your car? Her father invented that.
re: #222 sagehen
The reason Betsy DeVos is so rich…
That light-up makeup mirror on the flip side of the visor in your car? Her father invented that.
That lady who just cut funding for the Special Olympics lives here.
I’m kidding. Betsy DeVos doesn’t LIVE here. She visits sometimes though. This is her summer place. pic.twitter.com/lAcJjmheyZ— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) March 27, 2019
I am in Canada 🇨🇦 right now. Everyone is so happy, friendly, polite and kind! It must be the free health care, the cannabis, and the comfort of having a reasonable, rational leader instead of a narcissistic psychopath. I want to stay here.
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) March 27, 2019
Wow. @AOC rocks. https://t.co/yF25olcwjb
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 27, 2019
re: #223 The Vicious Babushka
Betsy DeVos’s summer home deserves a special place in McMansion Hell | Vox
re: #223 The Vicious Babushka
Why Betsy DeVos’ summer home looks like a ‘beached whale,’ according to an architecture critic
Created with the LGF Meme Machine https://t.co/yGqhznAIAs pic.twitter.com/ONGk7pKbRJ
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 27, 2019
He is going to blame the Democrats for not stopping him.
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) March 27, 2019
re: #198 The Vicious Babushka
Team pie all the way.
White House yesterday: Liberals have created a delusional fantasy in their heads that we’re supervillains
White House today: We’re defunding the Special Olympics to pay for a racism wall— Jess Dweck (@TheDweck) March 27, 2019
“We talk about cost—we’re going to pay for this whether we pass a Green New Deal or not. Because as towns and cities go underwater, as wildfires ravage our communities, we’re going to pay. And we have to decide whether we’re going to pay to react, or pay to be proactive.”
-@AOC pic.twitter.com/akp2xPYeof— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) March 27, 2019
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that all this horrible shit is happening today. Trump is the epitome of the sore winner; he thinks he won, and now he wants revenge. And he’ll take it out on the American people to get at his enemies.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 27, 2019
re: #143 Scottish Dragon
Somebody talk me down, because I’m ready to start throwing shit and burning stuff.
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These are my students they are going after. This is my kid they are going after.
This is Trump’s budget. It’s DOA in the House. So it’s irrelevant to actual policy BUT it should be used as a cudgel in Democratic campaign ads during the coming elections.
re: #236 Hecuba’s daughter
This is Trump’s budget. It’s DOA in the House. So it’s irrelevant to actual policy BUT it should be used as a cudgel in Democratic campaign ads during the coming elections.
In our latest issue of “Do I have to do everything for you?”…if Democrats don’t understand how great this issue is for them no one can save them. https://t.co/iu7jwJCclA
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) March 26, 2019
aahahaha https://t.co/4BQ9DFm8Np
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) March 26, 2019
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) March 27, 2019
SF gets nearly twice as much precipitation as Seattle this year https://t.co/WDc98nSXjP pic.twitter.com/Lo4rDIrDVV
— SFGate (@SFGate) March 26, 2019
1 year and 410 nutria later, the war against California’s giant swamp rats rages on https://t.co/mepKUXJ58O pic.twitter.com/334QPR9em5
— SFGate (@SFGate) March 26, 2019
Nutria are poised to dig into California. Should we eat ‘em? https://t.co/dyfEVjR45D pic.twitter.com/FoklNzO7Qa
— SFGate (@SFGate) March 26, 2019
re: #243 Dread Pirate Whitebeard
That’s… interesting?
re: #240 gocart mozart
Brian Kemp could sign #HB481 in the next 24 hours effectively banning abortion in the state of #Georgia. This bill makes women who seek abortion criminals facing jail time. Women could be investigated by the police for miscarriages.
Obviously, the sole purpose of this legislation is to get it to the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v Wade. We are living in very dark times in this nation. OTOH Roberts may decide not to take this step during his time as Chief Justice.
Nutria were imported in the early 1900s for the fur trade, but the market collapsed and the rodents escaped or were released. Small populations were eradicated in the 1970s, but nutria were again discovered in 2017.
Swamp Rat is some kind of awesome rock ‘n’ roll trope that separates the hip from the square.
“Hey sweetie? Um, why don’t you ever really call us on a regular basis?”
“Remember back when I was in college and I was having a tough time away from home the first semester and you sent me a care package that basically said, ‘You’re a worthless ugly loser that nobody will ever love?’ Yeah. Dwell on it. Ponder it real hard.”
Please tell me about a time your parents unintentionally dragged you within an inch of your life. I’ll go first: Once in college my mom sent me a care package that was just acne face washes and the book He’s Just Not That Into You
— alanna bennett (@AlannaBennett) March 26, 2019
re: #207 Scout
This is some really sad news:
Oh goddamit. Saw Roger and Dave Wakeling perform at the late, lamented 14 Below club in Santa Monica a … (gulp) … lifetime ago. They were amazeballs, and later on we hung out in the parking lot, indulging, laughing about the 80s, just riffing on depraved pop culture. They were a total signifier for Gen-X.
Put on English Beat, and you were legit. It was audio virtue-signaling that you could dance to. Many a late night spent in the bunk beds in dorm rooms to this soundtrack.
THIS IS A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION. pic.twitter.com/37FCmmO41T
— Barbara Malmet (@B52Malmet) March 27, 2019
re: #249 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
Oh goddamit. Saw Roger and Dave Wakeling perform at the late, lamented 14 Below club in Santa Monica a … (gulp) … lifetime ago. They were amazeballs, and later on we hung out in the parking lot, indulging, laughing about the 80s, just riffing on depraved pop culture. They were a total signifier for Gen-X.
Put on English Beat, and you were legit. It was audio virtue-signaling that you could dance to. Many a late night spent in the bunk beds in dorm rooms to this soundtrack.
Remember seeing them back in the 80s at the Anticlub on Melrose…so so long ago…
Chute ‘em!! Chute ‘em in da head!!
— 🦈DETodd🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) March 27, 2019
Spain says the leader of a recent raid on North Korea’s embassy in Madrid took information to the FBI.
The leader also reportedly carried an Italian driver’s license in the name of Matthew Chao and had an Uber account in the name of Oswaldo Trump. https://t.co/qlDl2Hoeo5— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) March 26, 2019
re: #245 Hecuba’s daughter
Obviously, the sole purpose of this legislation is to get it to the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v Wade. We are living in very dark times in this nation. OTOH Roberts may decide not to take this step during his time as Chief Justice.
I don’t really expect Roberts to reverse Roe v. Wade right away. What I expect him to do is to allow states to regulate abortion clinics out of existence, though he might surprise me there.
Well, we are off to the UK tomorrow. 8 days in London, 6 days in Edinburgh, the annual trip to visit with She Who Must Be Obeyed’s sister (and her her Scottish husband, a founder of Silly Wizard) and the Edinburgh International Harp Festival, a mostly Celtic harp thing. I’m for the beer and scotch and seafood.
We are flying Norwegian Air, with an upgrade that gets us food, baggage, selected seats, and not having to pay for using the loos for around $350 each, round trip, nonstop into Gatwick.
Deals are out there, people.
re: #255 NO SMOCKING GUN!
I don’t really expect roberts to reverse Roe v. Wade right away. What I expect him to do is to allow states to regulate abortion clinics out of existence, though he might surprise me there.
What amuses me (for values of “amuses” that equals “enrages”) is that STATES’ RIGHTS!!! only ever seem to work one way. Georgia has the right to essentially outlaw abortion, but Washington, where we legalized abortion in 1970, is expected to knuckle under because some right-wing hacks appointed to the Supreme Court by two illegitimate “Presidents” say so. No. Uh uh. No fucking way.
re: #255 NO SMOCKING GUN!
I don’t really expect roberts to reverse Roe v. Wade right away. What I expect him to do is to allow states to regulate abortion clinics out of existence, though he might surprise me there.
They’re already being regulated out of existence.
However, the world has changed since Roe was overturned. I’d point out that we now have misoprostol and mifepristone aka medication abortion. There are women training themselves on doing early menstrual extractions. And the Internet will make it easier to get in touch with these underground sources. I’ve read about how it’s done in Argentina (basically, medication abortions via What’s App). Some states have made abortion legal under their own regimen.
Unfortunately (with the exception of the states which have legalized abortion) these will have to be underground efforts, and as well meaning as people are in these situations, sometimes things happen that wouldn’t occur if access to abortion was aboveboard and took place in licensed circumstances.
What concerns me is desperate women going to drug dealers who have branched out to what they call misoprostol and mifepristone, they’re not candidates for medication abortions and things go south. Or the pills are fake. Or we end up with a Savita Halappanavar situation, where a woman with a wanted child is dying because her fetus is septic and the doctors refuse to perform the abortion. Because you KNOW that is going to happen. And I will badger every pro-lifer I know about the blood on their hands when it happens.
I am tired, so very very tired, of people deciding that a zygote smaller than the drop of blood I put on a glucose test strip today has more rights than a woman. Very, very tired. I didn’t think this would happen again in my lifetime.
re: #259 mmmirele
What concerns me is desperate women going to drug dealers who have branched out to what they call misoprostol and mifepristone, they’re not candidates for medication abortions and things go south. Or the pills are fake. Or we end up with a Savita Halappanavar situation, where a woman with a wanted child is dying because her fetus is septic and the doctors refuse to perform the abortion. Because you KNOW that is going to happen. And I will badger every pro-lifer I know about the blood on their hands when it happens.
My oldest sister was in the situation where the fetus turned septic and she had an abortion. And what did the church do to her? It laid a continual guilt trip on her that turned her into a rabid anti-abortion activist.
Just another reason why I despise Pulpit Pimping Prick Preachers and Priests!
re: #259 mmmirele
They’re already being regulated out of existence.
However, the world has changed since Roe was overturned. I’d point out that we now have misoprostol and mifepristone aka medication abortion. There are women training themselves on doing early menstrual extractions. And the Internet will make it easier to get in touch with these underground sources. I’ve read about how it’s done in Argentina (basically, medication abortions via What’s App). Some states have made abortion legal under their own regimen.
Unfortunately (with the exception of the states which have legalized abortion) these will have to be underground efforts, and as well meaning as people are in these situations, sometimes things happen that wouldn’t occur if access to abortion was aboveboard and took place in licensed circumstances.
What concerns me is desperate women going to drug dealers who have branched out to what they call misoprostol and mifepristone, they’re not candidates for medication abortions and things go south. Or the pills are fake. Or we end up with a Savita Halappanavar situation, where a woman with a wanted child is dying because her fetus is septic and the doctors refuse to perform the abortion. Because you KNOW that is going to happen. And I will badger every pro-lifer I know about the blood on their hands when it happens.
I am tired, so very very tired, of people deciding that a zygote smaller than the drop of blood I put on a glucose test strip today has more rights than a woman. Very, very tired. I didn’t think this would happen again in my lifetime.
It is happening because the evangelical movement prioritizes ending abortion above every other issue, and many voters don’t prioritize protecting choice. That could well change swiftly once abortion effectively becomes illegal in many states, which I expect to happen next year.
Are there any attorneys around? I’ve got a sole temporary custody of one of my children. It states “It is further ordered that neither party shall discuss the court proceedings with the minor children.”
I’ve got my idea on what that means, but I’m wondering what legal minds interpret that to mean. I think my ex has been violating the order.
re: #248 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
“Hey sweetie? Um, why don’t you ever really call us on a regular basis?”
“Remember back when I was in college and I was having a tough time away from home the first semester and you sent me a care package that basically said, ‘You’re a worthless ugly loser that nobody will ever love?’ Yeah. Dwell on it. Ponder it real hard.”
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There’s some really good ones in that thread.
My mom once remarked that my sister is the reader of the family. “She’s always studying!”
I’m a plant scientist with a Master’s in Japanese. 😐— Eric The Fruit Bat (@TwiggyJake) March 27, 2019
re: #262 Sionainn, Warrior Mother
Are there any attorneys around? I’ve got a sole temporary custody of one of my children. It states “It is further ordered that neither party shall discuss the court proceedings with the minor children.”
I’ve got my idea on what that means, but I’m wondering what legal minds interpret that to mean. I think my ex has been violating the order.
It means what it says. Particularly, neither parent should be bad mouthing the other to the kids about what’s going on in the court.
re: #247 teleskiguy
Swamp Rat is some kind of awesome rock ‘n’ roll trope that separates the hip from the square.
re: #264 NO SMOCKING GUN!
It means what it says. Particularly, neither parent should be bad mouthing the other to the kids about what’s going on in the court.
I know he violated it once when he told the one kid we have joint custody of that I’m trying to get full custody of her. She brought it up again along with when the status hearing is. I’m thinking that violates it.
He told the kid who won’t have anything to do with him in a text, “I so love you. It has been over three weeks since you have talked to me. I have reached out every night (no, he hasn’t). I miss you. Please talk to me. I will totally fight to have you back here. Hopefully in April I will have you back. I can’t wait.”
re: #248 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
“Hey sweetie? Um, why don’t you ever really call us on a regular basis?”
“Remember back when I was in college and I was having a tough time away from home the first semester and you sent me a care package that basically said, ‘You’re a worthless ugly loser that nobody will ever love?’ Yeah. Dwell on it. Ponder it real hard.”
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Mom and Dad called me when I was in college and they were arguing about which Chinese dish had fried noodles—Chow Mein or Chop Suey.
It was 2 AM in the morning and I had a final exam in linear programming at 8AM.— The 3-D Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) March 27, 2019
#NowPlaying Johnny Jenkins > Ton-Ton Macuote! > Bad News https://t.co/9pN7FCn45m
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) March 27, 2019
re: #267 Sionainn, Warrior Mother
I know he violated it once when he told the one kid we have joint custody of that I’m trying to get full custody of her. She brought it up again along with when the status hearing is. I’m thinking that violates it.
He told the kid who won’t have anything to do with him in a text, “I so love you. It has been over three weeks since you have talked to me. I have reached out every night (no, he hasn’t). I miss you. Please talk to me. I will totally fight to have you back here. Hopefully in April I will have you back. I can’t wait.”
You should raise this issue with your attorney.
re: #270 NO SMOCKING GUN!
You should raise this issue with your attorney.
Waiting to hear back from him.
re: #255 NO SMOCKING GUN!
I don’t really expect roberts to reverse Roe v. Wade right away. What I expect him to do is to allow states to regulate abortion clinics out of existence, though he might surprise me there.
Is there any possibility that they will go farther: instead of turning it back to the states, actually make it illegal nationwide? I keep hoping that Roberts will do the right thing but, except for saving the ACA — which is a big exception, it doesn’t seem that he votes on the correct side of many issues.
Trump Christians are religious frauds. They stand for:
Give to rich
To hell with poor
Let the ill die.
Spit on disabled kids
Break up families
Hate thy neighbor.
Treat others as you wouldn’t want to be treated
Conservative evangelism is the clarion call of satan, not Jesus.— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) March 27, 2019
re: #273 Hecuba’s daughter
Is there any possibility that they will go farther: instead of turning it back to the states, actually make it illegal nationwide? I keep hoping that Roberts will do the right thing but, except for saving the ACA — which is a big exception, it doesn’t seem that he votes on the correct side of many issues.
The court can’t make it illegal nationwide; it would take a federal law.
The most SCOTUS could do is leave it up to the States.
re: #256 austin_blue
Well, we are off to the UK tomorrow. 8 days in London, 6 days in Edinburgh, the annual trip to visit with She Who Must Be Obeyed’s sister (and her her Scottish husband, a founder of Silly Wizard) and the Edinburgh International Harp Festival, a mostly Celtic harp thing. I’m for the beer and scotch and seafood.
We are flying Norwegian Air, with an upgrade that gets us food, baggage, selected seats, and not having to pay for using the loos for around $350 each, round trip, nonstop into Gatwick.
Deals are out there, people.
Norwegian Air has the hardest seatbacks in the industry. Try to have something soft with you that you can lean on.
Learn more about the work @USCG is doing to keep illegal narcotics out of the homeland.https://t.co/DMCjU5K2Bj
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) March 26, 2019
The US Coast Guard caught these smugglers in the Texas desert where there was no wall. Build the wall!
If Baja and BCS weren’t full of more-Mexicans-than-even-Hitler-could-get-rid-of, I’d be more worried that Trump was setting up a pretence to conquer THEM. There’s definitely no way that attempting to resurrect #rightofconquest is done in a vacuum; he has an end-game for it.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) March 27, 2019
re: #275 sagehen
The court can’t make it illegal nationwide; it would take a federal law.
The most SCOTUS could do is leave it up to the States.
I was concerned that somehow, like pretending corporations are people, SCOTUS could declare a fetus to be a person, as some anti-abortion zealots proclaim, and therefore covered under Amendment XIV of the Constitution. But that does seem too extreme, even for this court.
re: #279 Hecuba’s daughter
I was concerned that somehow, like pretending corporations are people, SCOTUS could declare a fetus to be a person, as some anti-abortion zealots proclaim, and therefore covered under Amendment XIV of the Constitution. But that does seem too extreme, even for this court.
I don’t take anything for granted with this court.
re: #280 Eclectic Cyborg
I don’t take anything for granted with this court.
Particularly not when we know that’s literally what Kavanaugh, for one, believes and his religion informs everything he does even more than it does Mother’s Boy.
We’ve deployed on #OpCARIBBE every year since 2006. Our record year so far is 2015, when our #RCNavy disrupted a total of 18.5 metric tonnes of cocaine. pic.twitter.com/ODrd3f0lMn
— Canadian Armed Forces Operations (@CFOperations) March 25, 2019
#NowPlaying 8traC > Falling Up > All I Know https://t.co/tO4tPd69jx
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) March 27, 2019
Aquarium update: Everything’s chilled out significantly. The “expert” brought over five largish blue green chromis to replace the seven poor diseased fish that died during the debacle and the new guys been living in the tank as it cycles for about three weeks now. They’re all healthy and super lively, tons of personality. Also put some Chaetomorpha that was pre colonized with copepods and a few bristle worms in the refugium. Running the refugium light from midnight to ten AM, after lights go out in the main tank to balance out any ph swings. Had a minor white slime bacteria bloom and a bit of cloudiness for a while, still clearing up. I think some of the chaeto got stressed and went into sexual reproduction mode a week in because for awhile the new growth was much more pale green and had a leafy appearance, so some of the cloudiness may have been from it releasing spores. Now the new growth on top of that stuff looks like it’s supposed to.
Most of the testing levels are good, calcium and magnesium were low and ammonia went up a little but still haven’t been able to detect much of a Nitrite or Nitrate spike. Can detect some phosphate but very little so far. Hooked up the automatic dosing pump and got it maintaining calcium, magnesium and some 8.4 ph/carbonate buffer. Found an old UV clarifier in the parts bin and bought a new bulb and small sump pump for it, mounted it over the return pump area but won’t actually start using it until the tank finishes cycling.
And lastly, tonight I leaned over the sump looking at everything and forgot that my iPod Touch was in my shirt pocket so it fell in the drink, which bricked it. Good news is I bought the AppleCare+ extended warranty that covers accidental damage and it’s still within the two year limit.
re: #284 goddamnedfrank
That is exactly why I never went salt. I had 3 freshwater 60 gallon tanks. A nice community tank, a discus tank, and an African Cichlid tank. Discus are like the fresh water version of the hassle of salt water, everything else is easier. Now I just have an asshole 7” turtle.
apparently someone at the FBI would like us to know all that they have on the trump organization
Trump Organization: vault.fbi.gov
FBI Records Vault (@FBIRecordsVault) March 26, 2019
re: #285 Dread Pirate Whitebeard
That is exactly why I never went salt. I had 3 freshwater 60 gallon tanks. A nice community tank, a discus tank, and an African Cichlid tank. Discus are like the fresh water version of the hassle of salt water, everything else is easier. Now I just have an asshole 7” turtle.
I visited a shop in SFV that has $1K jawbreaker mushroom corals for sale. I don’t understand it at all but apparently they’re in vogue. The good news is that the hardest part of a reef tank seems to be just setting it up and there’s no reason I can see to go broke chasing the trends.
But people do go absolutely fucking nuts:
re: #53 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Not just African Americans. The votes of Native Americans are also diluted by arcane rules such as what addresses can be used to be eligible to vote.
re: #248 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
One time I told my mom about a really romantic and sweet way a friend of mine was proposed to and I said “nobody will ever love me that much” and well my mom just agreed with me
— Lil Uzi Horizont (@themeredith) March 26, 2019
re: #277 Dread Pirate Whitebeard
The US Coast Guard caught these smugglers in the Texas desert where there was no wall. Build the wall!
Law enforcement interdicts at most 10-15% of the volume of trade. So although they can be proud on capturing $240 million dollars worth of cocaine, it also means that over $2 billion worth got through…
Update to the story about Swedbank downstairs, and it’s breaking here in Sweden:
The Financial Crimes Authority (Ekobrottsmyndigheten) is raiding Swedbank’s HQ.
Texas investigating highly contagious whooping cough at state Capitol
Lawmakers were alerted that a page on the House floor had the infection, triggering discussions about vaccine policies in the state.
Texas health officials are investigating a case of whooping cough at the state Capitol — an incident that is triggering discussions about vaccine policies in the state.
The Texas Department of State Health Services alerted members of the Legislature on Friday that lawmakers might have been exposed to the infection regardless of their immunization status if they were working at the Capitol the previous day.
A follow-up email to legislators by House Administration said the person with the highly contagious infection was a page on the House floor. Members were encouraged to contact their doctors if they felt they might be experiencing symptoms associated with the disease.
re: #292 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
{Puts on CT tinfoil hat}
Maybe this is a nefarious plot by [Add nefarious plotmaker here] to decimate the American political system and enslave us all!!
{takes off CT tinfoil hat}
Betcha those lawmakers will sing a different tune about letting nutters evade vaccination requirements.
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re: #294 Teukka
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re: #295 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
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re: #296 Teukka
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re: #297 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
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re: #298 Teukka
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re: #40 William Lewis
36k just for retirement? I might make 20k this year. Might. Total. Fuck them with a rusty spork.
yeah, if I’m lucky, that’s what I’m aiming for. I literally am in a place where I’m praying two jobs come through and the third picks up. If not, I’m in for another year of just trying to hold serve and not burn too quickly through my cash.
re: #300 Teukka
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re: #285 Dread Pirate Whitebeard
That is exactly why I never went salt. I had 3 freshwater 60 gallon tanks. A nice community tank, a discus tank, and an African Cichlid tank. Discus are like the fresh water version of the hassle of salt water, everything else is easier. Now I just have an asshole 7” turtle.
A turtle? What kind?
re: #305 William Lewis
March for Truth is currently planning on giving the Department of Justice until the deadline set by six Democratic committee chairs in the House of Representatives to turn over the full Mueller report before setting march dates.
The deadline is April 2nd. Follow and sign up now.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) March 26, 2019
sometimes it helps to wait a day or two for the sobers to come out
some perspective from the votemaster and zenger:
…As things currently stand, the “Barr summary” isn’t helping him at all, and there’s still plenty of potential for the Mueller report to do the President harm.
…The vast majority of Americans, whether they are pro- or anti-Trump, had already reached their conclusions about the President’s guilt (or innocence). It is essentially inconceivable that a four-page executive summary from Barr was going to change that.
...If Barr appears to have misrepresented or skated over damning evidence, then this whole thing could become a very bad look for the President. In fact, instead of killing the obstruction angle, the whole sequence of events could serve to heighten voters’ perception that Trump pulled whatever strings he needed to in order to avoid punishment for his misdeeds.
So, it’s fair to say that the Barr summary didn’t actually change much of anything...If the Mueller report, when it is released, does not satisfy them that there was no collusion and there was no obstruction, then it won’t matter one bit what Barr wrote. And if Barr appears to be participating in a cover-up, or a spin job, then he may actually have done the President more harm than good.
re: #308 Man, DangerMan
sometimes it helps to wait a day or two for the sobers to come out
some perspective from the votemaster and zenger:
See, this is why I said everybody who’d dissolved into hysterics needed to calm down. Rather than help kill the whole matter, all Trump and Barr have done by overplaying their hand is ensure that anybody who might have been swayed instead feels there’s another shoe still to drop.
re: #310 Targetpractice
See, this is why I said everybody who’d dissolved into hysterics needed to calm down. Rather than help kill the whole matter, all Trump and Barr have done by overplaying their hand is ensure that anybody who might have been swayed instead feels there’s another shoe still to drop.
indeed
the title of that excerpt was
“Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory, Part II: Obstruction of Justice”
the previous entry was “a very poor political strategy”
“Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory, Part I: Obamacare”
these people wield power oafishly.
they dont have strategy, awareness or finesse
Their image was none too good to start with.
Deer Park fire a ‘blemish’ for the petrochemical industry’s image
The Deer Park petrochemical blaze prompted school closures, shelter-in-place orders, spikes in benzene levels and ship channel closures. It also cast a shadow over a petrochemical sector that has struggled to counter negative stereotypes that present the industry as dirty and dangerous.
Stereotypes? How about a massive record of facts extending back over a hundred years?
re: #308 Man, DangerMan
sometimes it helps to wait a day or two for the sobers to come out
some perspective from the votemaster and zenger:
…If Barr appears to have misrepresented or skated over damning evidence, then this whole thing could become a very bad look for the President.
You underestimate Trump’as ability to avoid consequences for what he has done.
He did win the first publicity round, but I expect that Mueller was expecting this and has a long game…
re: #242 Joe Bacon 🌹
Stark. By @halltoons #ACA pic.twitter.com/CJS0FS1RYj
— David Beard (@dabeard) March 27, 2019
re: #312 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Their image was none too good to start with.
Deer Park fire a ‘blemish’ for the petrochemical industry’s imageStereotypes? How about a massive record of facts extending back over a hundred years?
Exactly. I lived in Baytown and Houston through the 80’s, and this was nothing unusual then even.
re: #315 Eventual Carrion
Exactly. I lived in Baytown and Houston through the 80’s, and this was nothing unusual then even.
I lived in Gary, Indiana at a time when the Calumet River would regularly catch fire and burn…
re: #309 jeffreyw
Cardinal is pissed that you’re photographing him without permission. Look at that face.
re: #310 Targetpractice
… instead feels there’s another shoe still to drop.
Yeah, Hitlery is about to go down, YEAH
re: #311 Man, DangerMan
the previous entry was “a very poor political strategy”
“Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory, Part I: Obamacare”these people wield power oafishly.
they dont have strategy, awareness or finesse
There was a discussion on NPR this morning with @TheRickWilson about the GOP’s destroy the ACA/Obamacare. His analysis was that even as far back as 2009-2010, across all demographics, the pre-existing conditions bit was desired. Are any folx that are going up for reelection gonna want to, in his words, “fall on that grenade?”. He also discussed the bit about no matter what the initial opinion of a new government entitlement was, over time, people come to like and expect it to be there. Again, leap on that live grenade?
re: #308 Man, DangerMan
The GOP and Trump are busy trying to deliver a narrative. Barr’s letter is part of that narrative and Trump is trying to substitute that for reality (claiming complete exoneration when the plain language of Barr’s letter indicates that he’s not exonerated by any means).
Barr’s letter does add sauce to the goose, but there is nothing changing here as the GOP continues backing a corrupt admin that remains under multiple investigations by federal, state, and local prosecutors, and congressional committees continue investigating as well.
Mueller kicked over a hornet’s nest of criminal acts by Trumpworld that extended past the scope of Trump-Russia. As we’ve seen, Trump is an unindicted coconspirator on money laundering and other federal felonies re: Michael Cohen. That’s not insubstantial by any stretch.
But the longer Barr/Trump go in preventing the release of the report - and the WH gets to be creative in slicing and dicing the report so that they can claim privilege to protect itself from scrutiny and Congressional Republicans go along with it shows just how fragile the entire system is when one party decides party is more important than the nation or the political system itself.
McConnell is doing incalculable damage to the nation, and he just doesn’t give a shit. He too is complicit in the misconduct, and history will judge him harshly. We just have to live with the consequences.
Republicans have decided that the Executive branch can do whatever it wants with Congressional appropriations, which makes their jobs extraneous. That’s not how any of this works, but the GOP doesn’t care. They think gutting Obamacare via activist judges is a winning issue. They think eliminating Obamacare, gutting Medicaid and SSDI, autism aid programs, and Special Olympics funding is somehow a winning issue.
And for what? So who benefits from all those changes?
It’s not a working class American who might have asthma or diabetes, knows someone who is on the autism spectrum, etc.
It’s millionaires like Trump who think that this will enable the next round of deep tax cuts - forcing another round of severe program cuts to all but defense spending.
re: #220 stpaulbear
I applied for Medicare at the local Social Security office today. A customer service rep at Medicare suggested doing it in person rather than online.
The social security office had all of the ambiance of a Dept. of Motor Vehicles waiting area, plus the angst of everyone’s financial security being on the line (there were some pissed-off clients in some of the interview pods). The clerks were behind thick glass. The ones I met were pleasant, professional and helpful, but if I’d known how grim the setting would be, I probably would have just done it online.
It may have been worth it just for the fact that one of the clerks gave me a direct office number. When I tried calling a general S.S. number the day before, I was told that the expected hold time was 50 minutes.
My expected retirement date is July 7, 2020. I hope there’s still a system in place by the time I get there. I’m also hoping that Trump has been compelled to resign by then.
Please note that we have lost a lot of coworkers due to the retirement wave and we are unable to replace them.
We have been told so many times to “do more with less”. We are now at the point where we have to do less with less which explains the long wait times.
There are rumors going around that Trump wants to contract Social Security work out to H&R Block where you will have to pay for services that we currently provide.
re: #322 Joe Bacon 🌹
Single payer will solve all of this.
re: #320 Colère Tueur de Lapin
There was a discussion on NPR this morning with @TheRickWilson about the GOP’s destroy the ACA/Obamacare. His analysis was that even as far back as 2009-2010, across all demographics, the pre-existing conditions bit was desired. Are any folx that are going up for reelection gonna want to, in his words, “fall on that grenade?”. He also discussed the bit about no matter what the initial opinion of a new government entitlement was, over time, people come to like and expect it to be there. Again, leap on that live grenade?
Shot:
ftr, NYT was among the worst offenders https://t.co/AAs6tUmTmL
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) March 27, 2019
Chaser:
where NYT writer hits Dems for “downplaying Mr Mueller’s findings.” reminder: nobody at NYT has read the Mueller report….we’re in twilight zone folks; https://t.co/Sp2sz9EK1t
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) March 27, 2019
Yes, it’s FTFNY, but they’re the standard bearer of this rather than the outlier.
re: #324 Old Liberal
The GOP has repeatedly shown that it doesn’t care about people.
How do we know this? Because their repeated efforts to destroy Obamacare include absolutely nothing to replace it. They want to see it obliterated, even the preexisting conditions provisions.
They never cared about a replacement (going back years, it was always vaporware, and the replacements never even began to consider the preexisting conditions provisions).
So, the only conclusion that can be reached is that the GOP is fine with 25% of all Americans paying far more for health coverage because of preexisting conditions - and that means everyone will know someone who will be forced to pay more because of the GOP efforts if they aren’t personally affected.
Everyone knows someone dealing with cancer, diabetes, obesity, addictions, asthma, mental health issues, etc., which means that an insurer would be able to charge those people far more for health coverage than under the current law.
Who benefits? The people who are generally healthy. Young adults. Everyone else would see higher costs.
Barr Report = Japanese Fleet
Mueller Report = US Fleet at Pearl Harbor…
re: #322 Joe Bacon 🌹
Please note that we have lost a lot of coworkers due to the retirement wave and we are unable to replace them.
We have been told so many times to “do more with less”. We are now at the point where we have to do less with less which explains the long wait times.
There are rumors going around that Trump wants to contract Social Security work out to H&R Block where you will have to pay for services that we currently provide.
A few months ago, I consider claiming my SS retirement funds, but later withdrew my application. The SSA office I dealt with was in Manila, and the woman there was very helpful. Just an FYI for you.
TBH I’ve been worried ever since Trump took office that the GOP would find some way to nuke Social Security into atoms. Sounds like they prefer to whittle away at it until it dies from starvation.
The GOP would have gone batshit crazy and called for impeachment/removal of both Clinton and Reno on the grounds of obstructing justice by interfering with the administration of the report and turning it over to Congress.
Subjects of investigations don’t get to edit report. https://t.co/G7B4MTGOP7— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 27, 2019
re: #309 jeffreyw
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Looks like at least one of those birds has spotted the surveillance camera. And isn’t happy about it.
re: #325 Citizen K
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Yes, it’s FTFNY, but they’re the standard bearer of this rather than the outlier.
NYT Sunday: “It’s over! Trump has won! The Democrats have to eat crow!”
NYT Wednesday: “The Dems were wrong to give up so easily! Trump hasn’t been exonerated at all!!”
FFS
re: #332 Targetpractice
NYT Sunday: “It’s over! Trump has won! The Democrats have to eat crow!”
NYT Wednesday: “The Dems were wrong to give up so easily! Trump hasn’t been exonerated at all!!”
FFS
such disarray on the part of the Democrats…
re: #327 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Barr Report = Japanese Fleet
Mueller Report = US Fleet at Pearl Harbor…
So are we setting up Midway or settling for the Coral Sea?
re: #334 William Lewis
So are we setting up Midway or settling for the Coral Sea?
Doolittle raid. Though frankly, I think it’s more like Do Little.
re: #330 lawhawk
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Hell, imagine if in July 2016, James Comey had quietly submitted the FBI’s findings to AG Lynch and the AG’s office sent a letter to Congress just 48 hours later announcing that the FBI had cleared former-Sec Clinton of all wrong-doing. None of the editorializing that Comey did in his infamous press conference, but a dry and lawyerly letter that said the matter was concluded and the DOJ would not be taking any further action.
re: #332 Targetpractice
NYT Sunday: “It’s over! Trump has won! The Democrats have to eat crow!”
NYT Wednesday: “The Dems were wrong to give up so easily! Trump hasn’t been exonerated at all!!”
FFS
Except they still seem to be far more on the side of the former, with only small leakings of the latter coming through.
re: #334 William Lewis
So are we setting up Midway or settling for the Coral Sea?
In that they won the first round of the shouting match by touting the conclusions from a four-page report that contained only a few quotes from the actual Mueller Report.
OH SHIT
A Metro Detroit measles outbreak has grown to 22 confirmed cases, with one reported in Wayne County, since March 13. https://t.co/VOVcueDRTq
— The Detroit News (@detroitnews) March 27, 2019
What if Mueller report is made public. What does it actually change?
Everyone’s already pretty much set in their ways. Congressional GOPers aren’t going to get behind impeaching, let alone removing, Trump on obstruction.
No, it does satisfy those who want to know what the hell Trump was doing all along, and that he engaged in rampant criminal misconduct before, during, and after the campaign.
It should be a rallying cry for Democrats to GOTV in every fucking election as if their lives depend on it. Once again, the GOP is going after health care, and are using the judiciary to do it (activist judges no less).
re: #339 The Vicious Babushka
Measles and whooping cough have reasserted themselves, due to antivax BS from all sides of the sociopolitical spectrum. Idiots have decided to take all of us down with them.
re: #340 lawhawk
Once again, the GOP is going after health care, and are using the judiciary to do it (activist judges no less).
Not just health care, but Medicare, special education and probably Social Security, too. Dems need to get the word out to those affected — like nearly every grandparent in the USA — that the GOP intends to fuck them and their kids and grandkids over royally.
re: #326 lawhawk
Who benefits? The people who are generally healthy. Young adults. Everyone else would see higher costs.
Remember, higher costs for many means increased in income for a few. The GOP looks after the interests of those few.
re: #341 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
Measles and whooping cough have reasserted themselves, due to antivax BS from all sides of the sociopolitical spectrum. Idiots have decided to take all of us down with them.
we reached a toxic critical mass of stupidity when the woo-woos who distrust Western Medicine and Big Pharma found common cause with the wingnuts who distrust Big Government and Modern Science…
I knew Antivaxxers were riding the cuckoo train when they found common ground with Birchers to oppose fluoridation.
re: #344 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
we reached a toxic critical mass of stupidity when the woo-woos who distrust Western Medicine and Big Pharma found common cause with the wingnuts who distrust Big Government and Modern Science…
It might not have turned out as bad as it did, if not for the fact that the wingnuts have actual power and continue to wield it like a cudgel.
re: #331 A hollow voice says, Collusion!
Looks like at least one of those birds has spotted the surveillance camera. And isn’t happy about it.
We looked at that and noticed the faint blur in the foreground - it may be another cardinal that has attracted his gaze.
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Unvaccinated people under age 18 are banned from public places in a New York county amid a measles outbreak.@drsanjaygupta reports. https://t.co/3IhNWdQUF2 pic.twitter.com/uDGmcgK4zg
— New Day (@NewDay) March 27, 2019
This is the end result of having religious whackos put in power.
Fired Texas police officer accused of giving homeless man a sandwich containing dog feces wins appeal https://t.co/AI9lpJnXd1
— Elon James White (@elonjames) March 27, 2019
A police officer in Texas who was fired after he was accused of giving a homeless man a “dog feces sandwich” has won his appeal.
An arbitrator overturned the dismissal of Matthew Luckhurst, a bicycle patrol officer in San Antonio, because he was not punished within the required 180 days of the alleged incident.
Officers said the dog feces incident happened on May 6, 2016, while Luckhurst was on patrol, and he was informed of his indefinite suspension on Oct. 28, 2016. Luckhurst challenged the May date, saying injury prevented him from riding a bicycle during a three-month period.
[…]
He remains off the streets while appealing an unrelated suspension, also involving feces. It is alleged that he and another officer bragged about leaving a mess in the women’s restroom.
There seems to be no point in trying to root out the bad apples because the bad apples seem to be the only ones that the thin blue line ever wants to defend.
Funny comments.
I really wish the major newspapers would put stronger disclaimers on some of the bullshit Op-eds they publish.
For example, this currently appears on the USA Today site:
So, I got curious about the author and googled Mr. Taunton, this is what Wikipedia had to say about him (emphasis mine):
Larry Taunton has personally engaged some of the most outspoken opponents of Christianity, including Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Peter Singer. In 2007, he organized “The God Delusion Debate” on the merits of Dawkins’ arguments against Christianity as set forth in his bestselling book, The God Delusion. The discussion was heard by over a million people worldwide. In 2008, he chaired a follow-up debate at the University of Oxford. In 2010, Taunton publicly debated Christopher Hitchens. In 2015, he debated atheist Daniel Dennett and imam Zaid Shakir on Al Jazeera America, as well as skeptic writer Michael Shermer. He has also been a guest on a variety of television and radio shows, and has been quoted by the New York Times and Vanity Fair, among other newspapers and magazines.
When not writing, teaching, or producing, Taunton travels widely, speaking on issues of faith and culture.
Oh, and in classic wingnut fashion, In 2017 he was fired as the Executive Director of a charitable foundation after cheating on his wife twice over.
So of course he’s going to write an op-ed like this.
re: #351 Citizen K
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There seems to be no point in trying to root out the bad apples because the bad apples seem to be the only ones that the thin blue line ever wants to defend.
So not “I didn’t do it “
Rather the technical ity of “statute of limitations”
re: #344 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
we reached a toxic critical mass of stupidity when the woo-woos who distrust Western Medicine and Big Pharma found common cause with the wingnuts who distrust Big Government and Modern Science…
It’s a major plot point in the most recent episode of Madam Secretary — one of the State Dept staff had a daughter who had gotten the first vaccination, but wasn’t old enough yet for the booster, and she got measles when a whole cruise ship was exposed.
The team ended up getting so frustrated they decided to make proof of vaccination a requirement for Americans to get a passport, renew a passport, or for foreigners who want a visa…
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re: #356 The Vicious Babushka
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re: #356 The Vicious Babushka
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re: #354 Man, DangerMan
So not “I didn’t do it “
Rather the technical ity of “statute of limitations”
And while serving a concurrent suspension for an extremely similar incident apparently.
It’s rules lawyering that even the most dedicated D&D twink (linked to avoid any confusion with a problematic term of the same name) would clap over.
re: #358 Eclectic Cyborg
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3,000 Americans died in Hurricane María. The Midwest is drowning as we speak. 100s of Flint families were pumped w/ poisoned water & our water infrastructure is imperiled across the country.
GOP thinks this is a joke.
They choose to laugh+delay.
We choose to lead.#GreenNewDeal https://t.co/FWO2bvx0wD— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 27, 2019
— Dr. Barb Mayes Boustead (@windbarb) March 27, 2019
re: #362 lawhawk
Today I introduced my coworkers to the St Louis secret of ordering bagels bread sliced. It was a hit!
In a social setting such as an office or potluck, that begins to make sense, but I would never do so at home…
re: #363 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
In a social setting such as an office or potluck, that begins to make sense, but I would never do so at home…
I’m going to save my response for this for April 1.
Because we all could use some uppers here right now:
This’s the most important video on the internet pic.twitter.com/KOiPOHYbYg
— Judas (@hollowsoull) March 26, 2019
Wapo:
Let’s not lose sight of the real scandal: Trump was elected with Russia’s help
Even this is not the whole story. From racism to antivaxx to astroturf secession movements and virtually the whole conspiracy culture, the Russian influence networks are an orchestrated force for evil.
re: #363 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
In a social setting such as an office or potluck, that begins to make sense, but I would never do so at home…
Sure let me introduce slicing donuts like sausage coins cause no one’s done it yet
People got too much time and too little creativity
re: #366 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Wapo:
Let’s not lose sight of the real scandal: Trump was elected with Russia’s helpEven this is not the whole story. From racism to antivaxx to astroturf secession movements and virtually the whole conspiracy culture, the Russian influence networks are an orchestrated force for evil.
And the R congress and the media are fine with it
re: #369 Man, DangerMan
And the R congress and the media are fine with it
They admire Putin. They want their own American version of him; authoritarian, oligarchic, theocratic (except with Fundamentalist Protestantism instead of Russian Orthodoxy as the State Religion)
re: #356 The Vicious Babushka
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re: #367 Man, DangerMan
Sure let me introduce slicing donuts like sausage coins cause no one’s done it yet
People got too much time and too little creativity
Bagels should be sliced once, to make two doughnut shapes. All else is heresy.
re: #372 A hollow voice says, Collusion!
Speaking of heresies…
Hostess makes a small donut called Donettes.
They now make full-size donuts called Jumbo Donettes
They couldn’t prove Al Capone did anything worse than cheat on his taxes.
OMG! Who did Smollet bribe? This is the crime of the century, a grave injustice! CORRUPTION!!!!
Or maybe
730 ILCS 5/5-6-3.3 Offender Initiative Program.
(a) Statement of purpose. The General Assembly seeks to continue other successful programs that promote public safety, conserve valuable resources, and reduce recidivism by defendants who can lead productive lives by creating the Offender Initiative Program.
(a-1) Whenever any person who has not previously been convicted of any felony offense under the laws of this State, the laws of any other state, or the laws of the United States, is arrested for and charged with a probationable felony offense of theft, retail theft, forgery, possession of a stolen motor vehicle, burglary, possession of burglary tools, deceptive practices, disorderly conduct, criminal damage or trespass to property under Article 21 of the Criminal Code of 2012 [720 ILCS 5/21-1 et seq.], criminal trespass to a residence, obstructing justice, or an offense involving fraudulent identification, or possession of cannabis, possession of a controlled substance, or possession of methamphetamine, the court, with the consent of the defendant and the State’s Attorney, may continue this matter to allow a defendant to participate and complete the Offender Initiative Program.
(a-2) Exemptions. A defendant shall not be eligible for this Program if the offense he or she has been arrested for and charged with is a violent offense. For purposes of this Program, a “violent offense” is any offense where bodily harm was inflicted or where force was used against any person or threatened against any person, any offense involving sexual conduct, sexual penetration, or sexual exploitation, any offense of domestic violence, domestic battery, violation of an order of protection, stalking, hate crime, and any offense involving the possession of a firearm or dangerous weapon. A defendant shall not be eligible for this Program if he or she has previously been adjudicated a delinquent minor for the commission of a violent offense as defined in this subsection.
(b) When a defendant is placed in the Program, after both the defendant and State’s Attorney waive preliminary hearing pursuant to Section 109-3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 [725 ILCS 5/109-3], the court shall enter an order specifying that the proceedings shall be suspended while the defendant is participating in a Program of not less 12 months.
(c) The conditions of the Program shall be that the defendant:
(1) not violate any criminal statute of this State or any other jurisdiction;
(2) refrain from possessing a firearm or other dangerous weapon;
(3) make full restitution to the victim or property owner pursuant to Section 5-5-6 of this Code [730 ILCS 5/5-5-6];
(4) obtain employment or perform not less than 30 hours of community service, provided community service is available in the county and is funded and approved by the county board; and
(5) attend educational courses designed to prepare the defendant for obtaining a high school diploma or to work toward passing high school equivalency testing or to work toward completing a vocational training program.
(c-1) The court may give credit toward the fulfillment of community service hours for participation in activities and treatment as determined by court services.
(d) The court may, in addition to other conditions, require that the defendant:
(1) undergo medical or psychiatric treatment, or treatment or rehabilitation approved by the Illinois Department of Human Services;
(2) refrain from having in his or her body the presence of any illicit drug prohibited by the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, the Cannabis Control Act or the Illinois Controlled Substances Act [720 ILCS 646/1 et seq., 720 ILCS 550/1 et seq. or 720 ILCS 570/100 et seq.], unless prescribed by a physician, and submit samples of his or her blood or urine or both for tests to determine the presence of any illicit drug;
(3) submit to periodic drug testing at a time, manner, and frequency as ordered by the court;
(4) pay fines, fees and costs; and
(5) in addition, if a minor:
(i) reside with his or her parents or in a foster home;
(ii) attend school;
(iii) attend a non-residential program for youth; or
(iv) contribute to his or her own support at home or in a foster home.
(e) When the State’s Attorney makes a factually specific offer of proof that the defendant has failed to successfully complete the Program or has violated any of the conditions of the Program, the court shall enter an order that the defendant has not successfully completed the Program and continue the case for arraignment pursuant to Section 113-1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 [725 ILCS 5/113-1] for further proceedings as if the defendant had not participated in the Program.
(f) Upon fulfillment of the terms and conditions of the Program, the State’s Attorney shall dismiss the case or the court shall discharge the person and dismiss the proceedings against the person.
(g) A person may only have one discharge and dismissal under this Section within a 4-year period.
(h) Notwithstanding subsection (a-1), if the court finds that the defendant suffers from a substance abuse problem, then before the person participates in the Program under this Section, the court may refer the person to the drug court established in that judicial circuit pursuant to Section 15 of the Drug Court Treatment Act [730 ILCS 166/15]. The drug court team shall evaluate the person’s likelihood of successfully fulfilling the terms and conditions of the Program under this Section and shall report the results of its evaluation to the court. If the drug court team finds that the person suffers from a substance abuse problem that makes him or her substantially unlikely to successfully fulfill the terms and conditions of the Program, then the drug court shall set forth its findings in the form of a written order, and the person shall be ineligible to participate in the Program under this Section, but shall be considered for the drug court program.
re: #372 A hollow voice says, Collusion!
Bagels should be sliced once, to make two doughnut shapes. All else is heresy.
And no fruit…raisins cinnamon strawberry nonsense
re: #365 Citizen K
Because we all could use some uppers here right now:
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It sure got my cat’s attention! She’s on the edge of her seat with her whiskers and eyes on full alert.
speaking of bagels is it a real bagel if the bagel is so swole there is no actual center hole
— darth™ (@darth) March 27, 2019
Hoffman says almost the entire state is a disaster zone. Damage in Nebraska will total over $1 billion dollars “easily” — $400 million in agriculture alone. #NebraskaFlood pic.twitter.com/d9shYKWm1K
— Emily McFarlan Miller (@emmillerwrites) March 27, 2019
State Rep. Stephanie Borowicz gave a nearly two-minute opening prayer … Borowicz…quoted from a chapter of the Bible asking God’s followers to “turn from their wicked ways,” asked explicitly for God’s forgiveness for having “forgotten you, God, in our country,” called Jesus “our only hope,” and praised President Donald Trump for his support of Israel.
re: #379 Backwoods_Sleuth
Guess god or whatever didn’t care as much about those folks as they thought. Maybe their god thought they were wicked and needed a lesson. Maybe they needed to be more accepting of LGBTQ. Maybe they need to think less about controlling women’s bodies and spend more time trying to improve education, access to health care, and protect the environment. Maybe they shouldn’t get any aid since they’re going to be takers from all the Coastal makers and blue states.
Maybe…. just maybe…
Naw… we know how this goes. These folks will see these as signs they didn’t do enough to stop abortion, gut health coverage, etc.
Where’s the SMOD (sweet meteor of death) when we need it….
if. fucking. only. https://t.co/6N7SFiKRln
— Monica Lewinsky (@MonicaLewinsky) March 27, 2019
re: #382 lawhawk
Guess god or whatever didn’t care as much about those folks as they thought. Maybe their god thought they were wicked and needed a lesson. Maybe they needed to be more accepting of LGBTQ. Maybe they need to think less about controlling women’s bodies and spend more time trying to improve education, access to health care, and protect the environment. Maybe they shouldn’t get any aid since they’re going to be takers from all the Coastal makers and blue states.
Maybe…. just maybe…
Naw… we know how this goes. These folks will see these as signs they didn’t do enough to stop abortion, gut health coverage, etc.
Where’s the SMOD (sweet meteor of death) when we need it….
They’re still gonna jump to the front of the federal support line ahead of Puerto Rico
The New Zealand killer is connected to Generation Identity in Austria.
Generation Identity was connected to Charlottesville organizers.
Generation Identity is the prototype for Identity Evropa, now American Identity Movement or whatever.
This is all connected.— Emily G (@EmilyGorcenski) March 27, 2019
more in that thread
This also reminds me of how, when trying to figure out how many tampons Sally Ride might need for a week, men at NASA guessed 100. FOR A WEEK. https://t.co/sDx9RtLE8T
— Celeste Ng (@pronounced_ing) March 27, 2019
re: #386 Backwoods_Sleuth
Redundancy is a NASA thing…
re: #386 Backwoods_Sleuth
[100. FOR A WEEK]
Girls’ bathroom, elementary school, ‘And if you don’t have a napkin, you could DIE!
Who knew they were NASA material.
This is very serious. If Barr doesn’t meet Collins’ demands, she’ll be forced to vote for whatever Trump wants her to vote for anyway. https://t.co/bS1cmaRxwW
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) March 27, 2019
This is what happens when you know your legal rights. https://t.co/KvPdHmB7fd
— Lawrence O’Donnell (@Lawrence) March 27, 2019
re: #390 Backwoods_Sleuth
The driver had good training and kept it calm and respectful so the goons had no option but to leave. If it was a lawfully executed warrant, why didn’t they just pick the undocumented workers up at the courthouse they were leaving? I’ll leave the exercise to the reader.
It’s unbelievable. The NRA is trying to block the Violence Against Women Act, which helps survivors of domestic and sexual assault, because part of the bill would seek to keep guns out of the hands of abusers.
Congress must stand up to the gun lobby. Lives are at stake.— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) March 27, 2019
re: #392 Backwoods_Sleuth
God forbid we keep guns out of the hands of abusers. The horror!!
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I suspect there needs to be a larger terror attack where the evidence tying various organizations together basically needs to *glomp* the investigators for anything to maybe happen.
re: #395 makeitstop
Five years ago today, we brought home a little brown ball of fur. He’s grown up to be a big, sloppy, goofy, pretty awesome dog.
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Happy Puppyversary to you Scout, ya big lug.
He looks more intelligent in his puphood.
re: #389 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Is your child texting about dying horribly in a trench? Know their code:
LOL - Lost Our Lieutenant
WTF - Where the French?
LMAO - Let’s Make An Offensive
ROFL - Russia Out For Lenin
OMG - Oh! Mustard Gas
THX - Tank Have eXploded
LMK - Love My Kaiser
BRB - Brits aRe Bastards— Caffeine Commissar (@CaffComm) March 26, 2019
So, someone must have signed me up for the tea party pac dot org newsletter and I’m now getting at least one crazy-gram a day. Those people are certifiably insane.
Barr, having just read The Holy Bible:
“We noted that the text recognizes that the evidence does not establish that Judas was involved in an underlying betrayal related to 30 pieces of silver.”
Source:
Barr, having just read The Holy Bible“We noted that the text recognizes that the evidence does not establish that Judas was involved in an underlying betrayal related to 30 pieces of silver,”
— Xeni Jardin (@xeni) March 27, 2019
re: #392 Backwoods_Sleuth
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You learn something new every day.
Smollett indictments = he’s totally guilty. Lock him up!
Trump circle indictments = IT’S A HOAX!
re: #396 wrenchwench
He looks more intelligent in his puphood.
The ‘adult’ pic of him was taken at the top of Bear Mountain in upstate NY. I think he was going dizzy from all the things to sniff.
Perhaps the reason that people don’t think the Barr letter sufficient is all the flop sweat dripping off the GOP as they make up excuses for not releasing the full report, like so:
McConnell blocks resolution calling for release of Mueller report because it would be ‘politically advantageous to one side’ https://t.co/RKVzn8La3K
— Raw Story (@RawStory) March 27, 2019
In defense of blocking the resolution, McConnell stated that he “supported the proposition that [Mueller’s] report ought to be released to the greatest extent possible, consistent with the law”—language that both Barr and McConnell have used to bolster the excuse that the report can’t be released with information about people who were not indicted. That’s a standard that was not followed for either Watergate or the Whitewater investigations.
Also in his statement, McConnell was adamant that the complete Mueller report continue to be withheld because it would be wrong to release something “when we think it may be politically advantageous to one side or the other.” Which is the justification for writing another “summary” rather than releasing the report.
Jennifer Rubin, WaPo: House Democrats’ health-care bill hurts Trump and Bernie
re: #405 retired cynic
Commenters say that she is wrong to say that MFA must mean private insurance goes away.
re: #404 Targetpractice
Perhaps the reason that people don’t think the Barr letter sufficient is all the flop sweat dripping off the GOP as they make up excuses for not releasing the full report, like so:
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Also in his statement, McConnell was adamant that the complete Mueller report continue to be withheld because it would be wrong to release something “when we think it may be politically advantageous to one side or the other
Once side or the other means the other
good that he actually said it. Now we can say what we’re fighting.
Still, i can’t believe he actually said it
re: #404 Targetpractice
Perhaps the reason that people don’t think the Barr letter sufficient is all the flop sweat dripping off the GOP as they make up excuses for not releasing the full report, like so:
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Oh, that angelic Mitch McConnell, not releasing the full report because it might be politically advantageous to the GOP! Such a swell guy.
It’s actually looking as if the Barr summary coupled with the complete reluctance to release the report may blow up in their faces spectacularly. They could actually make it worse if they allow Trump, et al., to redact the report that is released.
re: #313 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
…If Barr appears to have misrepresented or skated over damning evidence, then this whole thing could become a very bad look for the President.
You underestimate Trump’as ability to avoid consequences for what he has done.
He did win the first publicity round, but I expect that Mueller was expecting this and has a long game…
Right now, Trump has exactly one win where he personally has faced voters for his actions, and that was his first election. He still hasn’t faced a second.
re: #408 Mike Lamb
Oh, that angelic Mitch McConnell, not releasing the full report because it might be politically advantageous to the GOP! Such a swell guy.
It’s actually looking as if the Barr summary coupled with the complete reluctance to release the report may blow up in their faces spectacularly. They could actually make it worse if they allow Trump, et al., to redact the report that is released.
They’re doing fine. Don’t help em
For those who worry or concern themselves with the health and wellbeing of candidates (and remember that in 2016 Trump was busy claiming Hillary lacked stamina even as she was campaigning and attending events with walking pneumonia), here’s a video showing Elizabeth Warren running into NY Penn Station to catch a train, and not being winded in the slightest. She was wearing a backpack and all…
Now, let’s see Trump match that (we know, he’ll just call her Pocahontas and claim that is enough).
re: #395 makeitstop
Five years ago today, we brought home a little brown ball of fur. He’s grown up to be a big, sloppy, goofy, pretty awesome dog.
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Happy Puppyversary to you Scout, ya big lug.
And still with that floppy left ear!
Congrats!!
re: #309 jeffreyw
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Great image this morning Jeffrey. Love the cardinal in front looking at the camera.
JUST IN: Republicans reveal that House Dems are seeking 10 years of Trump’s financial info, based (at least in part) on testimony provided by @MichaelCohen212 pic.twitter.com/KrL4LZ2eRj
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) March 27, 2019
So, this is where the GOP is right now. GOPer Mo Brooks goes out on the floor of Congress to hit at Trump detractors, and explicitly pulls language from Hitler’s Mein Kampf.
The GOP isn’t even bothering to hide their rank anti-Semitism, bigotry, and hate for nonwhites (and women) anymore.
re: #338 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
In that they won the first round of the shouting match by touting the conclusions from a four-page report that contained only a few quotes from the actual Mueller Report.
So, you’re saying that, in the long run, Mueller will be an atomic bomb dropped on Barr?
Why in the fuck did Biden’s advisors think it was a good idea to go shopping this shit idea in the press without having first secured Abrams’ consent? https://t.co/s2AMHtlmYD
— Devin Nunes’ Raging Bile Duct (@goddamnedfrank) March 27, 2019
Ziggy:
“Is there something on my nose?
I feel like there’s something on my nose.”
pic.twitter.com/b2Ywj4NPya — Prof Dynarski (@dynarski) March 27, 2019
Greenwald will HATE this. https://t.co/gYJmO11A1K
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) March 27, 2019
Yowzer.
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) gave a speech on the House Floor likening Democrats to Nazis and Hitler, using Hitler’s Mein Kampf as a text.
I guess there really is no bottom.
re: #414 Backwoods_Sleuth
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And George Conway keeps punching up.
Trump is guilty—of being unfit for office.
Americans should expect far more from a president than merely that he not be provably a criminal. They should expect a president to comport himself in accordance with the high duties of his office. As all presidents must, Trump swore an oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution, and to faithfully execute his office and the laws in accordance with the Constitution. That oath requires putting the national interests above his personal interests.
Tank Wednesday. Leman Russ Executioner manufactured on the Mechanicus forge world of Ryza, with turret mounted heavy plasma cannon and hull mounted lascannon. Sulpher wastes camoflage scheme.#warhammer40k #lemanruss #imperialguard #tanks #leamnrussexecutioner pic.twitter.com/zt2XqbsDrh
— Deirdre (@Celticlassy10) March 27, 2019
re: #417 goddamnedfrank
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It’s now just 4 days until April 1st and Joe still hasn’t announced an intent to run, while the rest of the field is sowing up donors and packing their war chests. And somebody in his quasi-campaign thought the smartest thing to do was float a trial balloon of asking Abrams to be his VP?
The thread she does on this is freaking unbelievable.
I hit a guy that threatened to rape me (like cornered me and threatened me) Got in trouble because I am an officer and he was an NCO and therefore I struck a subordinate. I’m gonna frame that letter of reprimand.
— Victoria Oropeza-Kositz (@evo_kositz) March 26, 2019
This got a bit of a reaction. Let me tell you guys how something like this ends up happening. Bottom line up front: a CO CDR who is an intolerant bully (but looks good on paper), a 1SG who is an enabler and a culture of sexual harassment and demeaning of female Soldiers. https://t.co/f7uxiXcwhx
— Victoria Oropeza-Kositz (@evo_kositz) March 27, 2019
So, in Brexit news, PM May has told the Conservative Party she’ll resign if they vote for her Withdrawal Agreement.
Imagine being so shitty at your job that offering your resignation is a legit negotiating gambit.
re: #313 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
…If Barr appears to have misrepresented or skated over damning evidence, then this whole thing could become a very bad look for the President.
You underestimate Trump’as ability to avoid consequences for what he has done.
He did win the first publicity round, but I expect that Mueller was expecting this and has a long game…
Don’t forget that often dealing with the consequences Trump would ignore them and walk away or end up having to buy his way out. He didn’t avoid much, just created more and more mess.
I suspect that might happen here. In his push to get past this he may be pushing Barr to a point where Barr knows he can’t go any further with the dodging and he either needs to come clean or resign.
I have faith in one thing and that is Trump is a terrible businessman and usually has no idea what he is doing because he is all bullshit. And he gets into more messes because of all the bullshit. Hopefully he is either going to do or already has done something that will catch him out.
re: #426 Dr Lizardo
So, in Brexit news, PM May has told the Conservative Party she’ll resign if they vote for her Withdrawal Agreement.
Imagine being so shitty at your job that offering your resignation is a legit negotiating gambit.
I can only imagine the look on her face when the first person asked what happened if they voted it down a third time. Is she going to stick around and be the PM infamous for riding the country into the ground?
re: #426 Dr Lizardo
So, in Brexit news, PM May has told the Conservative Party she’ll resign if they vote for her Withdrawal Agreement.
Imagine being so shitty at your job that offering your resignation is a legit negotiating gambit.
But is there a Conservative who wants the job? I thought no one else in the party was interested in presiding over Brexit.
re: #427 ObserverArt
Don’t forget that often dealing with the consequences Trump would ignore them and walk away or end up having to buy his way out. He didn’t avoid much, just created more and more mess.
I suspect that might happen here. In his push to get past this he may be pushing Barr to a point where Barr knows he can’t go any further with the dodging and he either needs to come clean or resign.
I have faith in one thing and that is Trump is a terrible businessman and usually has no idea what he is doing because he is all bullshit. And he gets into more messes because of all the bullshit. Hopefully he is either going to do or already has done something that will catch him out.
It’s mind-blowing to look at the wreckage of UK politics, realize that it’s basically all Rupert Murdoch’s fault, and then look back to the US and realize that’s *also* all Rupert Murdoch’s fault.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) March 27, 2019
Strong work ethic, that man. Gets stuff done.
— Korlis (@Korlis) March 27, 2019
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Almost as good as, “He made the trains run on time!”
re: #428 Targetpractice
re: #429 Hecuba’s daughter
It could get really interesting if Speaker of Parliament John Bercow doesn’t allow her Withdrawal Agreement to come up again, as it doesn’t have what he’d determine to be any substantial changes from the previous two times.
I have no idea who’d want this shit sandwich as this point. I wouldn’t want that job for all the whisky in Ireland.
re: #432 Dr Lizardo
It could get really interesting if Speaker of Parliament John Bercow doesn’t allow her Withdrawal Agreement to come up again, as it doesn’t have what he’d determine to be any substantial changes from the previous two times.
I have no idea who’d want this shit sandwich as this point. I wouldn’t want that job for all the whisky in Ireland.
If she resigned now, how would the Tories choose a successor? It’s not like anyone is campaigning to replace her. There would actually have to be someone willing to step into the role.
re: #432 Dr Lizardo
It could really interesting if Speaker of Parliament John Bercow doesn’t allow her Withdrawal Agreement to come up again, as it doesn’t have what he’d determine to be any substantial changes from the previous two times.
I have no idea who’d want this shit sandwich as this point. I wouldn’t want that job for all the whisky in Ireland.
Really, no one would, which is what makes it all the more hilarious that she’s offering to resign if they’ll just pass the agreement. Regardless of what happens by Friday night, her political career is effectively over. Offering to fall on her sword if the party will do so on theirs is not much of an offer.
re: #332 Targetpractice
NYT Sunday: “It’s over! Trump has won! The Democrats have to eat crow!”
NYT Wednesday: “The Dems were wrong to give up so easily! Trump hasn’t been exonerated at all!!”
FFS
NY Times columnist Bret Stephens was being a dick about the Democrats on MSNBC yesterday. He was criticizing the Democrats for all their announcements that they had the goods to prove collusion, etc.
On MTP Daily he told Katy Turr (sitting in for Chuck…which is why I watched it a bit) it was going to cost them and they needed to move past the whole Russian thing and get something else going as a party focus or they will lose to Trump. Others suggested they had the ACA to use, along with other needs.
Then he was on with Lawrence last night, and Lawrence made mention that Trump messing with the ACA yesterday opened up Trump to be attacked on healthcare and Stephens played that down saying the Trump base still likes the idea of killing Obamacare.
Conclusion. Bret Stephens is an ass. Bottom line, he hates Democrats.
re: #338 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
In that they won the first round of the shouting match by touting the conclusions from a four-page report that contained only a few quotes from the actual Mueller Report.
Actually Barr didn’t include one complete sentence from Mueller’s report. It was all fragments used the way Barr wanted them used.
re: #381 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
State Rep. Stephanie Borowicz gave a nearly two-minute opening prayer … Borowicz…quoted from a chapter of the Bible asking God’s followers to “turn from their wicked ways,” asked explicitly for God’s forgiveness for having “forgotten you, God, in our country,” called Jesus “our only hope,” and praised President Donald Trump for his support of Israel.
Just a thought…how about not having any fucking prayer in the legislature?
BTW, regarding the Swedbank thing, payments from Yanukovich to Manafort appear to have been laundered in the bank…
re: #419 Backwoods_Sleuth
If Nazi’s have to go back to looking for Kyle, I have no problem with that.
re: #432 Dr Lizardo
It could really interesting if Speaker of Parliament John Bercow doesn’t allow her Withdrawal Agreement to come up again, as it doesn’t have what he’d determine to be any substantial changes from the previous two times.
I have no idea who’d want this shit sandwich as this point. I wouldn’t want that job for all the whisky in Ireland.
I’d just take it, say “I revoke Article 50,” sign that and resign. Pfui.
Next time @ me. You also have my cell phone number & see me every day at work. If you’re serious, you know how to find me. And you can show you’re serious by asking @realDonaldTrump to release the #MuellerReport. https://t.co/EZwx1Etv5q
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) March 27, 2019
re: #443 jaunte
There was a party in power for two years that could have done that. They knew Mueller was investigating their boss, and they could have ended it had they declassified that information. I wonder what kept them?
re: #439 jaunte
He’s widely regarded as an overweeningly ambitious buffoon with delusions of grandeur.
That being said, he’s been an MP for a long time and he was the Mayor of London, so while he may be a crank, he’s not a stupid crank. Whether that’s better or worse is hard to say.
re: #443 jaunte
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re: #446 Targetpractice
They have power; they don’t need logic.
re: #379 Backwoods_Sleuth
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If those diamond shapes are areas that are considered disasters in Nebraska, I think former poster ‘mouse avoided the worse of it. He is in the lower panhandle area.
re: #446 Targetpractice
They keep insisting “there is no evidence,” but they also insist that Barr should be allowed to scrub Mueller’s report of any evidence pertaining to persons not indicted. How can there be no evidence and evidence that needs to be redacted before the report can be released?
Technically there could be evidence against third parties still under investigation but not yet indicted that should not be released until that investigation is completed. Also, since Trump was not indicted, wouldn’t that mean that any evidence against him should be purged?
re: #446 Targetpractice
They keep insisting “there is no evidence,” but they also insist that Barr should be allowed to scrub Mueller’s report of any evidence pertaining to persons not indicted. How can there be no evidence and evidence that needs to be redacted before the report can be released?
Schrodingers evidence?
re: #445 Dr Lizardo
He’s widely regarded as an overweeningly ambitious buffoon with delusions of grandeur.
That being said, he’s been an MP for a long time and he was the Mayor of London, so while he may be a crank, he’s not a stupid crank. Whether that’s better or worse is hard to say.
But he doesn’t want to be a scapegoat who would have to resign immediately when everything went south. And he knows the disaster this will be
Trump: “I understand health care now, especially, very well. A lot of people don’t understand it.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 27, 2019
re: #452 jaunte
In my best Samuel L Jackson voice: “You don’t understand shit!”
Why did Trump take the “extraordinary step of confiscating his interpreter’s notes after his first private meeting with Putin” in 2017? Why did he demand” the interpreter refrain from discussing the meeting with members of his own administration”? https://t.co/0Qx1nVpTZ3
— Cornelia (@PaladinCornelia) March 27, 2019
re: #443 jaunte
Narrator: Meadows isn’t serious.
If he was, he wouldn’t be making these statements.
There’s plenty of evidence Trump engaged with the Russians and foreign entities to manipulate the outcome of the election. The lies surrounding the June 2016 meeting are proof that Trumpworld knew there was something to hide.
re: #454 jaunte
Assuming facts not in evidence.
We assume that there’s a counterintel portion of the report. It’s a logical assumption, but it is an assumption.
The only way to know for sure is to get a complete and unfettered report that doesn’t have Trump rubber stamping whatever gets released - the WH should have zero input on the content.
You mean AG Roy Cohn? We should call him by his real name.
— Deirdre (@Celticlassy10) March 27, 2019
Mueller grand jury ‘continuing robustly,’ prosecutor says
“I worked with the prosecutor [Goodhand] in this matter,” said Gene Rossi, a former assistant U.S. attorney in Virginia. “He uses his words very carefully. The use of ‘robustly’ is not bluster or gratuitous. That word strongly suggests that the handoffs from Robert Mueller’s office are alive and kicking, and that the Washington U.S. Attorney’s office could be another troubling front for the president and the White House.”
Confirmation that DeVos is bone-stupid.
She… corrected the record by confirming the reporting.
Only the best people https://t.co/IBViwD4GBY— Angry Staffer (@AngrierWHStaff) March 27, 2019
re: #401 Targetpractice
They won’t stand up to the gun lobby because it’s cold-blooded calculus to them: Voting for the bill and thus against the NRA will not only cost them that coveted “A” rating from the NRA, but be used against them at primary time by some opportunistic pissant who will scream that the vote was a sin in the eyes of their blood god.
For someone like my good buddy Senator Rob Portman (Ohio), it has more to do with making sure you keep getting the bucks. Like the bucks that came in the back door and paid for a lot of Portman’s campaign advertising.
This is El Paso right now, where hundreds of migrant families are being held in the parking lot of a Border Patrol station because there is no room for them inside, or anywhere else. pic.twitter.com/lFGZ9zRcZk
— Nick Miroff (@NickMiroff) March 27, 2019
re: #284 goddamnedfrank
That is exactly why I never went salt. I had 3 freshwater 60 gallon tanks. A nice community tank, a discus tank, and an African Cichlid tank. Discus are like the fresh water version of the hassle of salt water, everything else is easier. Now I just have an asshole 7” turtle. re: #305 William Lewis
A turtle? What kind?
Red Eared Slider
re: #461 makeitstop
You just confirmed that you’re eliminating funding for the Special Olympics. Just resign now, but you’re too busy gutting education services for Americans most in need. pic.twitter.com/WjCbyK0zEs
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 27, 2019
CBP spokesperson said he’s unable to give me an estimate of how many people are currently inside the fenced area or how long any of them have been here. #Immigration pic.twitter.com/rnlEUTFd7Y
— andra litton (@tornandra) March 27, 2019
re: #449 Hecuba’s daughter
Technically there could be evidence against third parties still under investigation but not yet indicted that should not be released until that investigation is completed. Also, since Trump was not indicted, wouldn’t that mean that any evidence against him should be purged?
If it were just a criminal investigation, maybe. But it was also a counter-intelligence investigation.
Hey now. Glenn Greenwald, who appears frequently on Fox News with white supremacist Tucker Carlson, is STILL ranting about MSNBC today. Over and over.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 27, 2019
Not a good day for Swedbank…https://t.co/DrA1T3flkS
— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) March 27, 2019
re: #461 makeitstop
Confirmation that DeVos is bone-stupid.
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“Yes, I’m evil dammit! And proud of it!”
re: #468 jaunte
Fuck ICE with a rusty spike.
re: #475 Eclectic Cyborg
Fuck ICE with a rusty spike.
How can any agency possibly detain people and not even know how many people they are holding?!? OMFG.
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Neat in it’s way but really, this is the tank I miss…
(right time frame, right place, wrong bn)
re: #407 Man, DangerMan
Once side or the other means the other
good that he actually said it. Now we can say what we’re fighting.
Still, i can’t believe he actually said it
Just fired off a comment to Rob Portman (again) over this McConnell comment.
I told him to stop thinking of his damn party and think about the American public, that is who he is supposed to represent.
Damn, I am really steamed today. Between the video of the woman rep addressing the Georgia state senate over their “heartbeat bill” and dealing with that crap here in Ohio at the same time, and now seeing McConnell admit that Mueller Report is going to hurt his party, I want to burn Republicans down.
How do I know the report hurts the Republicans? Because if it didn’t McConnell couldn’t have released fast enough.
Now it is time to contact fucking McConnell.
re: #472 PhillyPretzel
It is the same excuse that they use for not funding public television. One of the many reasons why I give to WHYY.
whyy.org
There’s a reason that charities aren’t the answer for every social problem - because not enough money can go to the program to deliver the societal good.
Cancer research is a good example. We have all kinds of cancer charities, but we also spend money for federal research.
The rationale for eliminating the funding for Special Olympics can apply to every program like that. It’s the GOP mindset of gutting funding for everything so that rich folks can get bigger tax cuts.
re: #467 lawhawk
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Anfpd how much of a dent is the special Olympics making?
(Yes I know the answer)
re: #476 Sionainn, Warrior Mother
How can any agency possibly detain people and not even know how many people they are holding?!? OMFG.
A) Incompetent
B) Lying
re: #476 Sionainn, Warrior Mother
That is what DT would like to do with his so-called enemies.
re: #425 Scottish Dragon
The thread she does on this is freaking unbelievable.
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The time a Lt fired his .45 in my arms room while on payroll duty. Had a 1SG at the time who hated me thought he had me but it was all the LT’s fault and he ended up with a letter in his file, no more promotions and out of the Army shortly.
re: #417 goddamnedfrank
Devin Nunes’ Raging Bile Duct
@goddamnedfrank
Why in the fuck did Biden’s advisors think it was a good idea to go shopping this shit idea in the press without having first secured Abrams’ consent?
Joe has been making a lot of mistakes. I hope he considers that his time is up. Because it is.
Tank Wednesday! A Shawdowsword superheavy tank rolls out of lager on a mission. Sand desert paint scheme. #warhammer40k #imperialguard #shawdowsword #tanks pic.twitter.com/UPXzFKXUUS
— Deirdre (@Celticlassy10) March 27, 2019
re: #126 Backwoods_Sleuth
Just in case nobody has said it yet
She said it is an insult
She didn’t say it was false
Also - it is intended as an insult because she is an asshole
re: #486 Colère Tueur de Lapin
But, they’re not all smart dogs….
don’t hafta be smart iffen yer good
re: #477 William Lewis
Neat in it’s way but really, this is the tank I miss…
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Classic M60A1
Tank Wednesday is going to be a regular feature for me, and I will do real world tanks also.
OT I just got an invitation to join a local network that is called Next Door. They claim they are local but the postmark on the envelope is 92834. Has anyone here heard of this Next Door and are they legit?
re: #470 Charles Johnson
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A FB comment (do not know the person, but certainly a BernieBro and doubtless a Greenwald fan):
“By creating this INSANE baseless fairy tale about Russian collusion that has now been completely refuted, the Dems & our media accomplished a lot:
1) They have made it look like Trump (who is corrupt in other ways) has the moral high ground & has been the victim of a witch hunt for 2 years. This gives him a great platform to run for re-election.
2) They put the two most heavily armed countries in the world at the brink of nuclear war (2 mins to midnight according to scientists).
3) They took all airtime away from the actual ways in which Trump, the GOP, & the corporate Dems are destroying this country, extracting the resources, & ensuring our environmental collapse.
4) They took any remaining trust in the media & in the possibility of real journalism & they threw it down the toilet.
5) They have made Trump’s endless number of lies seem legitimate because his claims that he has been targeted by a lying media have been proven completely correct.
Well done, clowns.”
re: #129 William Lewis
So i picked up the newest issue of Cook’s Illustrated and read the article on no fuss French Toast. Now that I have stopped laughing, I can say it’s a good reminder of why i don’t buy the rag. Baked not fried? Way too many ingredients (no you do Not need brown sugar or salt in the egg mix. Cinnamon, vanilla, a bit of water and the eggs are all you need. Sigh…
What the hell is the fuss about french toast in the first place? Jeez even I can do it pretty well.
re: #490 Scottish Dragon
Classic M60A1
Tank Wednesday is going to be a regular feature for me, and I will do real world tanks also.
Hard to see on that image, but there is a LRF in the left rangefinder bubble marking it as an A3. Sweet tank. Halfway between an M60A1 and an M1, really good in the Bavarian hills. Not quite so great in the desert :)
re: #492 PhillyPretzel
OT I just got an invitation to join a local network that is called Next Door. They claim they are local but the postmark on the envelope is 92834. Has anyone here heard of this Next Door and are they legit?
They are legit. It’s where various neighbors in an area can post things that are of interest/concern (lots and lots of “concern” and pearl clutching) in the neighborhood, lost pets, and the like.
re: #496 Sionainn, Warrior Mother
Okay. I will look into it further. Right now I will stick the the Neighbors section with my Ring doorbell.
re: #486 Colère Tueur de Lapin
But, they’re not all smart dogs….
He’s got a good home and wonderful owners that love him. That is plenty smart to me.
re: #497 PhillyPretzel
Okay. I will look into it further. Right now I will stick the the Neighbors section with my Ring doorbell.
I think it’s similar to the Ring thing because some of the people on Next Door post things that they also posted on Ring.
Part of this news from India is a boldface lie (the down part):
India shoots down a weather satellite, declares itself a “space power”
“It shows the remarkable dexterity of India’s outstanding scientists.”
Eric Berger - 3/27/2019, 9:46 AM
A high-velocity collision between a satellite and another object does not make that satellite “fall down”; it just transforms it into a larger number of satellites, each following a different path. Some might then re-enter our atmosphere, but many others would not.
Not looking foreward to all the SPACE-FORCE bullshit that is sure to follow.
re: #492 PhillyPretzel
OT I just got an invitation to join a local network that is called Next Door. They claim they are local but the postmark on the envelope is 92834. Has anyone here heard of this Next Door and are they legit?
I got one and tossed it
They make it sound like your neighbors are all on it and you’re late to the party
If there were ,you could ask
#ProcrastinationIn5Words
I’ll tweet about this later.— Harry Turtledove (@HNTurtledove) March 27, 2019
re: #492 PhillyPretzel
OT I just got an invitation to join a local network that is called Next Door. They claim they are local but the postmark on the envelope is 92834. Has anyone here heard of this Next Door and are they legit?
Google is your friend. There is a lot of info.
I did a search using Nextdoor reviews and there is considerable criticism, though I didn’t read through it.
I always start with Google and add terms like Nextdoor sucks, Nextdoor complaints, Nextdoor problems, etc. You can find all kinds of disgruntled people using those types of terms.
re: #503 ObserverArt
Google is your friend. There is a lot of info.
I did a search using Nextdoor reviews and there is considerable criticism, though I didn’t read through it.
I always start with Google and add terms like Nextdoor sucks, Nextdoor complaints, Nextdoor problems, etc. You can find all kinds of disgruntled people using those types of terms.
How else would you describe your nosy neighbors?
But, as stated above, there’s also a lot of lost and found dog posts, requests for information, and the occasional giving away of stuff. We also scheduled an neighborhood wide yard sale through it.
re: #505 PhillyPretzel
Thank you for your input. For right now I will stick with Neighbors on my Ring doorbell app.
My Ring doorbell neighors are the most paranoid people I’ve seen short of Q. “Does anyone recognize this woman who walked up, range the bell, waited a bit, and left? She looked like she was planning something.”
re: #423 Scottish Dragon
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Char B1 bis, ate Panzer IIIs for lunch in 1940, but there weren’t enough of them and they were not deployed properly.
re: #485 Scottish Dragon
followed and not just for the tanks. I play WoT a lot and even have a KV-2 done up as if it was an Imperial tank in WH 40k.
re: #507 Belafon
My Ring doorbell neighors are the most paranoid people I’ve seen short of Q. “Does anyone recognize this woman who walked up, range the bell, waited a bit, and left? She looked like she was planning something.”
LOL. Yes, they are on Nextdoor as well, posting their videos of the suspicious people ringing their doorbell.
re: #507 Belafon
Yes some of them sound like that.
re: #508 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
And this we call the duck in WoT. An insufferable tank at tier that is funny as hell to smash other at tier tanks with but OMG slow. LOL.
re: #507 Belafon
My Ring doorbell neighors are the most paranoid people I’ve seen short of Q. “Does anyone recognize this woman who walked up, range the bell, waited a bit, and left? She looked like she was planning something.”
I’m eagerly anticipating the upcoming NeighborDrone service.
“1856 Lazy Lane hasn’t mowed his back yard in the last month!”
re: #506 Belafon
How else would you describe your nosy neighbors?
But, as stated above, there’s also a lot of lost and found dog posts, requests for information, and the occasional giving away of stuff. We also scheduled an neighborhood wide yard sale through it.
Right. There’s nothing inherently wrong with Next Door. It’s just a message board for specific geographic communities that allows people to share information, whether it be help finding lost pets to referrals for services to crime in the neighborhood. There will be ridiculous posts about concerns in the neighborhood, but it’s generally harmless.
re: #470 Charles Johnson
Hey now. Glenn Greenwald, who appears frequently on Fox News with white supremacist Tucker Carlson, is STILL ranting about MSNBC today. Over and over.
Both the GOP and the Bernie left don’t care about Putin or Russian interference in our elections. Both sides are real fans of the Putin regime. The Bernie Bros will go along with Trump’s evaluation that we are just as bad as Russia.
re: #492 PhillyPretzel
OT I just got an invitation to join a local network that is called Next Door. They claim they are local but the postmark on the envelope is 92834. Has anyone here heard of this Next Door and are they legit?
NextDoor[dot]Com?
Yes, I am on it. I get a daily consolidated post list emails from them. And maybe one additional email a day. I suspect that I could change setting for it, but have not yet bothered to look into it.
I am associated with my suburban development. I can see posts associated with my and neighboring developments. There are also posts from the county, which I find useful.
Postings for me mostly lost pets, repairman related, and occasional neighborhood questions. (Eg why was the county helicopter circling such and such a street at 2AM? What was the loud boom at 1:55AM? Who lost power about the time of a loud boom?)
All in all, I find it useful. So far they seem to have not visibly monetized it beyond in-line advertising.
re: #508 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
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Char B1 bis, ate Panzer IIIs for lunch in 1940, but there weren’t enough of them and they were not deployed properly.
That’s the usual argument. A far bigger problem was the lack of French communications and the rapid movement of German forces. Splitting the BEF & Belgians off to one side and the French to the other sealed their fate.
Here’s a great look at the development of French doctrine:
Here’s a nice look at the fall of France
And here is a video by him on the Char B1 itself.
re: #508 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
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Char B1 bis, ate Panzer IIIs for lunch in 1940, but there weren’t enough of them and they were not deployed properly.
Also expensive and difficult to operate. Not enough trained crews and crew communication was hard from what I read. Still a very dangerous tank and as you said, it could wreck anything the Germans had in 1940.
re: #471 Teukka
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And them hits keep on comin’… Tonight another charge was added, aggravated fraud…
— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) March 27, 2019
Martin Longman tends to write long pieces, but I have been following him for years, none the less. [grin] These two on the Mueller Report/Barr Whitewash I found good, but not terse.
William Barr’s Whitewash Cannot Stand
On May 9, 2017, President Trump fired James Comey. At that point, Andrew McCabe became the acting head of the FBI and, by his own account, immediately ordered a full counterintelligence investigation of the president to determine if he represented a threat to national security. On May 17, 2017, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein authorized the establishment of an Office of Special Counsel to look into “any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump; and any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation; and (iii) any other matters within the scope of 28 C.F.R. § 600.4(a).” He hired Robert Mueller to lead this investigation. According to McCabe, Mueller then inherited the counterintelligence investigation that he had just initiated.
He points out that Rosenstein’s 8-2-17 memo, R explained that he meant for the report to be publicly released.
He hints that he thinks Barr forced Mueller to quit midstream.
Very quickly after Barr assumed his position, rumors began to swirl that the Mueller investigation was coming to an end. Then word came out that there would not be any further prosecutions after Roger Stone. On Friday, the investigation was shut down.
The Real Mueller Report Hasn’t Been Seen Yet
Anyway, I know they are long, but I found some nuggets in there.
re: #512 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
And this we call the duck in WoT. An insufferable tank at tier that is funny as hell to smash other at tier tanks with but OMG slow. LOL.
You may be confusing it with the AMX-40, which was considerably slower and is known as “the duck” in WoT. Unlike the Char B-1, it was not deployed in real life.
re: #522 retired cynic
Martin Longman tends to write long pieces, but I have been following him for years, none the less. [grin] These two on the Mueller Report/Barr Whitewash I found good, but not terse.
William Barr’s Whitewash Cannot Stand
He points out that Rosenstein’s 8-2-17 memo, R explained that he meant for the report to be publicly released.
He hints that he thinks Barr forced Mueller to quit midstream.
The Real Mueller Report Hasn’t Been Seen Yet
Anyway, I know they are long, but I found some nuggets in there.
I too think Barr forced Mueller to report before he was really finished up. I think that will come out in time and add to everyone thinking Barr was part of the obstruction.
re: #525 ObserverArt
I too think Barr forced Mueller to report before he was really finished up. I think that will come out in time and add the everyone thinking Barr was part of the obstruction.
I suspect Barr is also behind the decision of DOJ not to subpoena Trump.
Not having Trump answer questions is an obvious shortcoming of the Mueller investigation that was almost certainly forced on him by political leadership at DOJ.
re: #526 EPR-radar
I suspect Barr is also behind the decision of DOJ not to subpoena Trump.
Not having Trump answer questions is an obvious shortcoming of the Mueller investigation that was almost certainly forced on him by political leadership at DOJ.
Since the Barr letter, I have believed that if there is impeachment, the Barr appointment should be an article in support of obstruction. There was no subpoena of Trump under Sessions either — so I think that Mueller had decided that there was no way to interrogate Trump anyway. The House needs to see the full unredacted report.
re: #413 ObserverArt
Great image this morning Jeffrey. Love the cardinal in front looking at the camera.
Thank you. Finally getting some sunlight and the extra light means a faster shutter on the auto everything camera. Not to mention brighter colors.
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