Mobile homes may seem like an affordable housing option, but large investment companies are making them less and less so.
Just a reminder that the Secret Service does more than guard the president and others. They also oversee investigations of counterfeiting, money laundering, and tax crimes. https://t.co/WbgAI2sdHM…
— Holly Nelson (@nelsonholly) April 8, 2019
Money Laundering and Tax Crimes sort of jump out.
I’m going to the garage to bang on shit….. Fuck!
re: #1 jaunte
“Mr. President, for you safety we need to move you and your family to this room, please follow us… after you, sir…” cell door closes behind him. Agent into ear piece “we got ‘em.”
Yikes. https://t.co/5GvoGrTMS8
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 8, 2019
re: #1 jaunte
Gee, I wonder why they’d be hollowing the Secret Service out in that case…huuuuhh….
Meanwhile the media will decide that a Dem statement taken out of context proves the illegitimacy of all the Dem party and report on that for the next two weeks, and this skirts under the radar despite all but wearing an ‘INVESTIGATE ME!’ sign….
So….
Trump uber Alles, eh?
Just in: @PressSec says Tex Alles is out as USSS director pic.twitter.com/RPkJ0zLIvL
— Jordan Fabian (@Jordanfabian) April 8, 2019
re: #6 Citizen K
They’re not hollowing out anything. They’re clearing the way to install Trump people in all positions of power.
The only joke here is that Congress has an explicit right to see returns under 26 USC 6103(f) and you think that’s a witch hunt?
Oversight exists for a reason and you’re defending the indefensible Trump who is deathly afraid of people learning truth about his finances.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) April 8, 2019
According to what I read this morning, Undersecretary of Managment Claire Grady would become Acting Secretary of DHS, by statute, so it’s not surprising she’s out.
NEW: U.S. Secret Service Director Randolph “Tex” Alles, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Lee Cissna, DHS undersecretary for management Claire Grady and DHS general counsel John Mitnick are all leaving the administration. https://t.co/zAZZSsoQZI
— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) April 8, 2019
re: #8 Skip Intro
They’re not hollowing out anything. They’re clearing the way to install Trump people in all positions of power.
Speaking of, does an “Acting” Secretary or Director have the same authority that a proper senate confirmed one does?
re: #11 Eclectic Cyborg
Speaking of, does an “Acting” Secretary or Director have the same authority that a proper senate confirmed one does?
They’ll act as if they do.
re: #11 Eclectic Cyborg
Speaking of, does an “Acting” Secretary or Director have the same authority that a proper senate confirmed one does?
We can look forward to years if not decades of litigation hashed out over that very question. This administration is working to consolidate power in as few hands as possible and is removing persons who refuse unlawful orders.
re: #13 Targetpractice
We can look forward to years if not decades of litigation hashed out over that very question. This administration is working to consolidate power in as few hands as possible and is removing persons who refuse unlawful orders.
“It Can’t Happen Here.”
I hope this DHS mess doesn’t fuck up my citizenship application.
2 weeks ago, Trump’s longtime friend Ron Kessler, author of several WH security books, wrote in his newest book that USSS Director Alles “should be replaced” because Alles questioned spending on Ivanka Trump’s security detail. https://t.co/tfNXdlY8hM
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) April 8, 2019
Beto O’Rourke campaigns in Des Moines, IA: “I don’t think that wind turbines cause cancer. In fact, I think they cause jobs.” pic.twitter.com/Tj81Z09tk2
— The Hill (@thehill) April 8, 2019
Here’s the profile, and the full quote. https://t.co/2c2U893bRa pic.twitter.com/ioZ7K52Xwf
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) April 8, 2019
re: #11 Eclectic Cyborg
Speaking of, does an “Acting” Secretary or Director have the same authority that a proper senate confirmed one does?
i’d guess they dont
i couldnt quote law or statue but if they did have the same authority why confirm anyone ever.
To recap, Donald Trump is purging his entire homeland security apparatus because a 33-year old far-right, glue-eating advisor is mad that they are unwilling to break federal law to pursue a racist, militant immigration policy.
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) April 8, 2019
re: #21 Backwoods_Sleuth
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And 40% of our nation is totally okay with this because “AT LEAST HE’S NOT A DEMOCRAT!”
Meanwhile in Maryland, a lawmaker opposed to extending background checks to long guns is making paper airplanes while the bill is being discussed today. But don’t worry, @MomsDemand volunteers are there and paying attention. #MDGA19 #MDPolitics pic.twitter.com/O5jrSyXbMN
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) April 8, 2019
The White House just announced Trump is re-nominating a dozen federal court nominees from blue states who weren’t part of the re-nomination push earlier this year — notably, the slate of NY district court nominees are back pic.twitter.com/tViF9Q5JSC
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) April 8, 2019
9-1-1 HELLO BURN UNIT HELLOhttps://t.co/vhGtG3Qifj
— darth™ (@darth) April 8, 2019
re: #24 Backwoods_Sleuth
What the hell is up with that??
Hello every IT professional anywhere — what say you? https://t.co/0iXRpkBkPP
— Kai Ryssdal (@kairyssdal) April 8, 2019
BREAKING: 3 US service members and 1 contractor killed, 3 others wounded in an attack outside Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan today.
US military official describes the attack as using a catastrophic vehicle-borne IED - @ckubeNBC / @MoshehNBChttps://t.co/kdrUxk2XiK— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 8, 2019
re: #26 Eclectic Cyborg
What the hell is up with that??
Hard to tell from that link, but most likely yet another of the Trump Administration’s attempts at (what I read was inaccurately referred to as) “court-packing”. Probably trying to ram another bunch of RW judges onto various Courts regardless of Senatorial opposition (?)
re: #11 Eclectic Cyborg
Speaking of, does an “Acting” Secretary or Director have the same authority that a proper senate confirmed one does?
Sure.
WARNING: Trump is now removing anyone loyal to this nation’s laws. We are officially in a Dictatorship. @SpeakerPelosi & Democrats need to start attacking this admin loudly, publicly or we will lose this republic. STAND UP FOR THE CONSTITUTION! DO YOUR DUTY! #NoKings https://t.co/h2jXS0E3Mx
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) April 8, 2019
re: #20 Man, DangerMan
i’d guess they dont
i couldnt quote law or statue but if they did have the same authority why confirm anyone ever.
Because in the history of this country no one ever imagined that a thing like Trump could get elected and have 100% support of his party.
re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth
Yup, that’s exactly what’s happening.
re: #28 jaunte
If the laptop wasn’t air-gapped, watch out.
Now have a nice swim, kids! https://t.co/kWFODdqRdS
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 8, 2019
This is your president acknowledging that allowing the American people to know how & where he gets his money could end his presidency. https://t.co/x2MtHYZXzm
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) April 8, 2019
re: #34 Skip Intro
And nothing will be done about it. Not a god damn thing.
re: #28 jaunte
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I’m not an IT professional, but I will say that dumbass needs to be read by the Riot Act by one. If you do not know the contents of a flash drive or a SD card, YOU DO NOT PLUG IT IN!
re: #28 jaunte
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Let me get this straight. A secret service agent got a usb thumb drive from a sketchy person and they just stuck it a computer and found it was downloading and installing files.
So, how much do they pay these guys???
Whatever, it is too much to be that stupid.
If anything, get an old pc that is not connected to anything else and let the thumb drive do its thing and watch what it loads.
But I bet real security IT techs have a way of reading that thumb drive without using a computer, just some kind of remote reader.
re: #28 jaunte
Hello every IT professional anywhere — what say you?
Chris Wysopal
@WeldPond
So the Secret Service stuck Zhang’s thumbdrive into their computer. miamiherald.com …
the secret service never heard of a sandbox?
LOL, Qanon cultists keep coming at me. These poor delusional jackasses are so weird. pic.twitter.com/V12UYDk8kr
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 8, 2019
The people charged with our security are making mistakes that a tech-illiterate grandma does before she asks you to come over and “fix” her computer for the millionth time.
re: #38 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
And nothing will be done about it. Not a god damn thing.
The Dems should be screaming at the top of their lungs about this. There’s nothing between Trump and the rule of law now but them.
YES! Keep demanding the release of the Mueller report. Trump is crashing through the government, breaking everything he can find, to distract us from that report. https://t.co/ssllwxH7i8
— Elizabeth de la Vega (@Delavegalaw) April 8, 2019
re: #41 Man, DangerMan
the secret service never heard of a sandbox?
At a minimum, you use a sacrificial computer that is air-gapped and sandboxed.
Ideally, these folks should have physically transported the thumb drive to the Puzzle Palace.
re: #41 Man, DangerMan
the secret service never heard of a sandbox?
Do we know the computer wasn’t sandboxed?
We won’t even get GOP Congresscritters faking “concern” because they’ll declare that it’s totally within Donny’s power to fire people at will, so they’ll just sit back and assume that he’s going to totally follow the law by sending them nominees for replacements in a timely fashion.
re: #46 Eric The Fruit Bat
You don’t put a thumb drive of unknown origin into contact with a secure system. You make sure you have it isolated and unnetworked to prevent any kind of malware from entering your computer systems.
This is basic stuff.
You know, like how the Cylons ended up completely taking over and shutting down the Colonial networks and leaving all their shiny weapons, battlestars, and defense grid inoperative during a massive attack.
A thumb drive is not always just a thumb drive.
You can put a lot of nasty stuff in a small package these days - even a small basic computer. Plugging an unknown device like that into even a non-networked computer is NOT SMART.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 8, 2019
re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth
Malcom should also be calling for protests. There’s only so much Pelosi and Schumer can do.
re: #50 Charles Johnson
Part of our IT Security training emphasized that you should NEVER, EVER plug in a thumb drive you just found someplace.
My first thought was, “Who does that?” Seems like on of those obviously stupid things. But apparently it’s a popular way to infect systems.
But hey, it’s not as if these guys were doing an important job - it’s just the Secret Service.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 8, 2019
when u plug in a suspicious usb thumbdrive into your secret service work computer and it starts installing a shit ton of files pic.twitter.com/Lm9iP4dGGA
— darth™ (@darth) April 8, 2019
re: #47 Skip Intro
Do we know the computer wasn’t sandboxed?
not as such - just idly speculating as we always do
the way it was written:
plugged into “his computer” and “stop the analysis to halt any further corruption of his computer”
and no mention of any sort of ‘we knew what we were doing and had adequate precautions in place’
and the fact that this is a story at all
This is all a nightmare right?
I’m going to wake up soon in a world where Hilary Clinton is President and Donald Trump is in prison.
Right?
//
re: #55 Man, DangerMan
not as such - just idly speculating as we always do
the way it was written:
plugged into “his computer” and “stop the analysis to halt any further corruption of his computer”
and no mention of any sort of ‘we knew what we were doing and had adequate precautions in place’and the fact that this is a story at all
You’d think (and hope) they’d have a burner machine to use for such purposes.
re: #55 Man, DangerMan
not as such - just idly speculating as we always do
the way it was written:
plugged into “his computer” and “stop the analysis to halt any further corruption of his computer”
and no mention of any sort of ‘we knew what we were doing and had adequate precautions in place’and the fact that this is a story at all
Not an IT guy here, but it seems to me that if you want to figure out what’s on a thumb drive, because you think it might be Bad Shit, you have computers configured for just that. Airgapped, sandboxed, no wi-fi card, no ethernet ports, do it all inside a Faraday Cage. You’d plug it into them and watch what happens. You don’t say, “Gee, what happens to my computer if I plug this in?”
The real problem is that they’re probably running the version of the day of Windows and that’s what the drive is designed to attack.
re: #40 ObserverArt
But I bet real security IT techs have a way of reading that thumb drive without using a computer, just some kind of remote reader.
Depending on the sophistication of the malware, the ‘perp’ may be able to get around whatever device the thumb drive is plugged into - don’t forget what we did to fsck-up the Iranian nuclear centrifuges.
I was playing Warframe earlier and thinking, Self, why do I just give Windows a chance instead of this dual booting pain inthe MBR? Alas, Self, this security FUBAR by the Feds is a really good example for the Nope case.
re: #58 Blind Frog Belly White
Not an IT guy here, but it seems to me that if you want to figure out what’s on a thumb drive, because you think it might be Bad Shit, you have computers configured for just that. Airgapped, sandboxed, no wi-fi card, no ethernet ports, do it all inside a Faraday Cage. You’d plug it into them and watch what happens. You don’t say, “Gee, what happens to my computer if I plug this in?”
If I find a thumb drive, it’s a quiet crunch underfoot, then the trash.
re: #58 Blind Frog Belly White
Not an IT guy here, but it seems to me that if you want to figure out what’s on a thumb drive, because you think it might be Bad Shit, you have computers configured for just that. Airgapped, sandboxed, no wi-fi card, no ethernet ports, do it all inside a Faraday Cage. You’d plug it into them and watch what happens. You don’t say, “Gee, what happens to my computer if I plug this in?”
this is where i was going
if we know this …. these are the effing professionals.
ok i guess they’re not
re: #62 Unshaken Defiance
If I find a thumb drive, it’s a quiet crunch underfoot, then the trash.
they give em away at trade shows - with corporate logos on them (so they must be safe, right?)
and people just take em home and plug em in…..
re: #61 William Lewis
I was playing Warframe earlier and thinking, Self, why do I just give Windows a chance instead of this dual booting pain inthe MBR? Alas, Self, this security FUBAR by the Feds is a really good example for the Nope case.
You’re allowing the Secret Service to plug flash drives into your computer?
In a WH meeting, the President, according to one attendee, was “ranting and raving, saying border security was his issue.” Senior administration officials say Trump ordered Nielsen and Pompeo to shut down the port of El Paso the next day, per @jaketapper https://t.co/E7iUmpXkuI
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) April 8, 2019
Ranting and raving.
(Should have been to#65)
Just a comment on the reality that from NT4.0 onward, MS chose to make an inherently insecure OS. That is when video games became more important than security and the video system was allowed access to Ring 0 undoing everything Dave Cutler had imported from VMS.
Behind the scenes, the President told border agents to not let migrants in. Tell them we don’t have the capacity, he said. If judges give you trouble, say, “Sorry, judge, I can’t do it. We don’t have the room.”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) April 8, 2019
re: #62 Unshaken Defiance
re: #58 Blind Frog Belly White
Not an IT guy here, but it seems to me that if you want to figure out what’s on a thumb drive, because you think it might be Bad Shit, you have computers configured for just that. Airgapped, sandboxed, no wi-fi card, no ethernet ports, do it all inside a Faraday Cage. You’d plug it into them and watch what happens. You don’t say, “Gee, what happens to my computer if I plug this in?”
If I find a thumb drive, it’s a quiet crunch underfoot, then the trash.
However, this reminds me of the episode of Big Bang Theory where, having mined two whole bitcoins, Sheldon loaded them onto a flash drive for “safekeeping”, which drive he promptly lost.
Which Stuart finds while sweeping up the comic-book store, and pockets: with the closing line of “better be sure to erase this”….
re: #70 Jay C
I remember that. Great episode.
re: #68 jaunte
I will buy any judge dinner that laughs out loud at that.
re: #71 Eclectic Cyborg
Because “Sorry, we don’t have the room” is an iron clad legal defense.
Fucker.
the man’s a melonhead
re: #71 Eclectic Cyborg
Because “Sorry, we don’t have the room” is an iron clad legal defense.
Fucker.
It’s a classic, still in use at many motels. At least, the ones that aren’t saying, ‘Sure, put all your data right here and we’ll call ICE. They’ll pay us once for each of you’. (That was Motel 6.)
Good read…
I’ve been trying to write this for a while. https://t.co/Qkt8aoVtdE
— Kyle Korver (@KyleKorver) April 8, 2019
wow. Welcome to the fascist ranks, Erick son of Erick. https://t.co/f0qtDeJqLK
— Karoli (@Karoli) April 8, 2019
And this tweet goes into the vault for use later. https://t.co/xkTVbHEvcs
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) April 8, 2019
And Eric Erickson sells himself as some kind of a good Christian too, right?
If there is smiting to be done, there is going to be a hell of a lot of it.
Growing up in the so-called People’s Republic of Santa Monica as the son of well-off Jewish Democrats—his father was a lawyer and real-estate investor, his mother a homemaker—Miller was uninitiated in conservative thought. But the magazine piqued his curiosity. Guns & Ammo led him to Wayne LaPierre’s book Guns, Crime, and Freedom, which he devoured, enraptured by the blunt force of the author’s prose. (“Clearly, the Warsaw ghetto stands in history as a shining example of the dangers of gun control.”) “I remember thinking to myself, If what I believe is true is so wrong on these issues … what else could I be wrong about?,” Miller told me.
theatlantic.com
Stephen Miller is an idiot/troll.
re: #81 jaunte
Stephen Miller is an idiot/troll.
“You know folks, if your root case is false, induction fails.”
re: #80 ObserverArt
And Eric Erickson sells himself as some kind of a good Christian too, right?
If there is smiting to be done, there is going to be a hell of a lot of it.
The problem with being a nonbeliever is the understanding that if you’re right, there won’t ever be a moment when Jesus says to the likes of Erickson, “Did you think I was kidding, when I told you that whole thing about ‘what you do to the least of these, you do to me’?”
re: #80 ObserverArt
And Eric Erickson sells himself as some kind of a good Christian too, right?
If there is smiting to be done, there is going to be a hell of a lot of it.
Uh, he’s really a “KKKristian”!
re: #81 jaunte
“Clearly, the Warsaw ghetto stands in history as a shining example of the dangers of gun control.”
I thought they HAD guns, but lacked things like tanks, and an army, and a nearly endless supply of young Nazis willing to die but even more willing to kill?
re: #55 Man, DangerMan
not as such - just idly speculating as we always do
the way it was written:
plugged into “his computer” and “stop the analysis to halt any further corruption of his computer”
and no mention of any sort of ‘we knew what we were doing and had adequate precautions in place’and the fact that this is a story at all
I wouldn’t assume anything because:
A.) That story has four different bylines and lacks basic details about the computer setup and specific protocol used in the analysis.
B.) The Secret Service is actively under attack by Trump, who has a motive to blame them after hamstringing their effectiveness by forcing visits to his palace of corruption where their authority over access control is severely curtailed.
re: #85 Blind Frog Belly White
The ignorance should be embarrassing, but he’s drunk with power now.
re: #86 goddamnedfrank
upding for “Palace of Corruption”. Sounds like a good name for an HBO series or something.
re: #85 Blind Frog Belly White
I thought they HAD guns, but lacked things like tanks, and an army, and a nearly endless supply of young Nazis willing to die but even more willing to kill?
and an unending supply of ammo
re: #87 jaunte
The ignorance should be embarrassing, but he’s drunk with power now.
One does begin to wonder whether future generations will ponder whether, if you invent a time machine, you should use it to go back and kill Baby Miller.
Did anyone post the speech Mayor Pete gave yesterday where he talked about being open about being gay and why he came out, etc.?
Wow. Pete can put things in perspective.
I am not sold on him as a candidate, but as a fellow human being, I’m glad to share this planet with him.
I can see why he is growing in popularity. He is easy to listen to and he can get to the point very effectively. He is going to be something in the Democratic party for sure.
re: #91 ObserverArt
I can’t watch it at work but I’m sure “No, I’m not gay, but here’s my husband” probably wouldn’t work.
re: #52 Blind Frog Belly White
Part of our IT Security training emphasized that you should NEVER, EVER plug in a thumb drive you just found someplace.
My first thought was, “Who does that?” Seems like on of those obviously stupid things. But apparently it’s a popular way to infect systems.
I’m shivering in a lobby, witing for the docs to be done with an endoscopy and colonoscopy on my brother. It’s cold, but I’m shivering because the idea of plugging in an unknown jump drive is giving me the willies. The regulators would come down hard on us and they’d be right to do so.
re: #93 mmmirele
I’m shivering in a lobby, witing for the docs to be done with an endoscopy and colonoscopy on my brother. It’s cold, but I’m shivering because the idea of plugging in an unknown jump drive is giving me the willies. The regulators would come down hard on us and they’d be right to do so.
“Hey, what’s the worst that could happen?”
re: #94 Blind Frog Belly White
“Hey, what’s the worst that could happen?”
The jump drive grabs your computer by the pussy?
/
re: #90 Blind Frog Belly White
One does begin to wonder whether future generations will ponder whether, if you invent a time machine, you should use it to go back and kill Baby Miller.
I hope they will be very careful. I work with a guy with the same name and he is quite alright - not racist, bigoted, or evil.
re: #97 Jebediah, RBG
I hope they will be very careful. I work with a guy with the same name and he is quite alright - not racist, bigoted, or evil.
Don’t want to go the Terminator route?
re: #97 Jebediah, RBG
I hope they will be very careful. I work with a guy with the same name and he is quite alright - not racist, bigoted, or evil.
So, not taking the “Sarah Conner?” *BLAMBLAMBLAMBLAM!!! BLAMBLAM!!!* approach?
re: #98 Belafon
It’s been too long since I have seen it so I don’t remember what that was.
re: #91 ObserverArt
Did anyone post the speech Mayor Pete gave yesterday where he talked about being open about being gay and why he came out, etc.?
Wow. Pete can put things in perspective.
I am not sold on him as a candidate, but as a fellow human being, I’m glad to share this planet with him.
I can see why he is growing in popularity. He is easy to listen to and he can get to the point very effectively. He is going to be something in the Democratic party for sure.
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So long as he keeps campaigning against Pence, I’m all for it. We need the best campaigner against Trump, and I don’t think he’s it. I’m still watching.
SCOUT IS COMPLETELY INNOCENT HOT DOG WIENER https://t.co/3XIKCsWMtg
— darth™ (@darth) April 8, 2019
re: #99 Blind Frog Belly White
So, not taking the “Sarah Conner?” *BLAMBLAMBLAMBLAM!!! BLAMBLAM!!!* approach?
For my friend’s sake, I propose not taking that approach at all. Maybe something a little more precisely targeted?
re: #102 Jebediah, RBG
It’s been too long since I have seen it so I don’t remember what that was.
1) Tear the page out of the telephone book with all the S. Conners.
2) Knock on doors.
3) Shoot the hell out of anyone who answers “Yes” to “Sarah Conner?”
MSNBC talking about how NH voters are looking for someone younger than Bernie Sanders…
…and then skips right over every woman candidate to get to Beto and Mayor Pete.
I seriously cannot do a year and a half of this.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) April 8, 2019
me either
re: #81 jaunte
Stephen Miller is an idiot/troll.
No shit! (“Clearly, the Warsaw ghetto stands in history as a shining example of the dangers of gun control.”)
So, instead of being simply painted as a danger to the country, society and the world, the Nazis should have had the opportunity to paint the Jews as an ARMED danger to the country, society and the world? Brilliant thinking….
And never mind that the Germans were only stopped in their wars of conquest by the mass intervention of actual armies, not haphazard civilian militias….
Meghan informs Joy Behar “part of your job is to listen to me” and Joy… does not take it well 😂 pic.twitter.com/3imDAh9YzP
— Eddie Zipperer (@EddieZipperer) April 8, 2019
re: #105 Jebediah, RBG
For my friend’s sake, I propose not taking that approach at all. Maybe something a little more precisely targeted?
Well, it’s a theoretical conversation taking place between people who haven’t been born yet, but since I’m positing it, I’ll allow for precise targetting.
In good science fiction, the time travellers would know which Stephen Miller to target. But then his grief-stricken parents would adopt another kid who turned out to fuck up the world even worse.
re: #106 Blind Frog Belly White
Ah ok thanks. Seems the technology that allows a killer robot to time travel would also let him take back some pictures and maybe medical records - I do remember that in the bar “give me your cloze” scene he was doing all kinds of scanning. Bet he could have matched dental records to teeth on the fly. Maybe store the data on a handy USB drive?
This whole video is what you get when you think Warhammer 40K is *not* a parody… pic.twitter.com/vMIg8BOx4H
— Deirdre (@Celticlassy10) April 8, 2019
re: #111 Jebediah, RBG
Ah ok thanks. Seems the technology that allows a killer robot to time travel would also let him take back some pictures and maybe medical records - I do remember that in the bar “give me your cloze” scene he was doing all kinds of scanning. Bet he could have matched dental records to teeth on the fly. Maybe store the data on a handy USB drive?
A thumb drive?
Though for The Terminator it would probably actually be his thumb….
re: #111 Jebediah, RBG
Ah ok thanks. Seems the technology that allows a killer robot to time travel would also let him take back some pictures and maybe medical records - I do remember that in the bar “give me your cloze” scene he was doing all kinds of scanning. Bet he could have matched dental records to teeth on the fly. Maybe store the data on a handy USB drive?
In the Terminator universe, the records didn’t survive. SkyNet only knew that John Conner’s mother’s name was Sarah and she lived in LA, and John was born in about 1986.
But of course, if they hadn’t sent the Terminator back to kill her, Kyle Reese would never have fathered John Conner in the first place.
re: #108 Jay C
No shit! (“Clearly, the Warsaw ghetto stands in history as a shining example of the dangers of gun control.”)
So, instead of being simply painted as a danger to the country, society and the world, the Nazis should have had the opportunity to paint the Jews as an ARMED danger to the country, society and the world? Brilliant thinking….
And never mind that the Germans were only stopped in their wars of conquest by the mass intervention of actual armies, not haphazard civilian militias….
The Germans also exterminated villages if there was partisan resistance. See Operation Anthropoid….
re: #110 Blind Frog Belly White
Sadly, probably true.
I guess the only real solution is to GOTV.
re: #107 Backwoods_Sleuth
me either
I wonder if there’s a way for a white male candidate, if he wins, to nominate a woman VP, and then go the Stainless Steel Rat route, and either resign due to unforseen health issues, or just suddenly “die” not too long after the inauguration?
re: #91 ObserverArt
Although I like him and several other Democrats that have decided to run and they would all be awesome in a normal election and term, the election of 2020 and the years following it will be neither. I’m not getting a good feeling about it either.
Whoever the next Democratic president is has an almost unfathomable mess to clean up. Not just domestic policy, not just immigration, not just the environment. The Clownstick presidency has been a complete foreign policy disaster. Nobody running, at least in my perception, seems to realize this, or if they do, don’t seem to get how much of an uphill battle it will be to fix things. How much trust has been lost toward the US from our allies. There’s a big hole to fill and we aren’t going to be able to make much progress of other things until that hole is filled and safeguards are put in place to prevent this from happening again.
re: #114 Blind Frog Belly White
In the Terminator universe, the records didn’t survive. SkyNet only knew that John Conner’s mother’s name was Sarah and she lived in LA, and John was born in about 1986.
But of course, if they hadn’t sent the Terminator back to kill her, Kyle Reese would never have fathered John Conner in the first place.
As an aside, I wonder how many kids today, watching Terminator for the first time, would wonder what the fuck that little booth he walks into is, and what’s that book he’s tearing pages out of?
re: #107 Backwoods_Sleuth
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me either
It’s just like popular radio.
You only hear the hits, whether they are or not.
The good stuff is underground.
As much as the internet can piss me off, it very well may be a savior come this election. Just like it all helped Trump, this time I am hoping it helps to be Trump’s downfall.
If the Democrats play it right, they can create the buzz on the ‘net that leads the media to cover them. Again, as Trump did. His tweets drove the last election even if that thought makes we want to hurl.
I sure hope there are some very savvy internet and social media content “news” creators working in the DNC and on the campaigns.
re: #114 Blind Frog Belly White
In the Terminator universe, the records didn’t survive. SkyNet only knew that John Conner’s mother’s name was Sarah and she lived in LA, and John was born in about 1986.
But of course, if they hadn’t sent the Terminator back to kill her, Kyle Reese would never have fathered John Conner in the first place.
The one think I really liked about the third Terminator movie is that they implied that, no matter how hard they tried, the rise of the machines was inevitable, no matter how much monkeying was being done. The corolary to that is that John Connors would beat the machines, no matter how much history was changed.
Justifying psychopathy because low empathy, narcissism, dishonesty + lack of deep emotional attachments are traits that have made a tiny handful of people billionaires (yet land many more people in prison while not getting adequate mental healthcare) is very 2019. https://t.co/IDKm4qWkqn
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 8, 2019
re: #118 Jack Burton
They will have to do what they can, especially given that a large number of people don’t think anything is wrong right now.
re: #113 Jay C
A thumb drive?
Though for The Terminator it would probably actually be his thumb….
A thumb drive indeed. A Terminator in teh habit of plugging in thumb drives could be brought down by a Mar-A-Lago special, although it would make for a less dramatic, spectacular final scene.
re: #108 Jay C
No shit! (“Clearly, the Warsaw ghetto stands in history as a shining example of the dangers of gun control.”)
So, instead of being simply painted as a danger to the country, society and the world, the Nazis should have had the opportunity to paint the Jews as an ARMED danger to the country, society and the world? Brilliant thinking….
And never mind that the Germans were only stopped in their wars of conquest by the mass intervention of actual armies, not haphazard civilian militias….
American Revolution mythology.
As my Military History prof used to say, that ‘Grandpappy got mad at them British and grabbed his Pennsylvania rifle off the mantle’. He’d then point out that we didn’t start winning till we started training like an actual army (think Valley Forge and Gen. von Steuben), and that Yorktowne was a classic siege carried out largely under French blockade, and the siege engineer was the grandson of the most famous of European siege engineers, Vauban.
re: #119 Blind Frog Belly White
As an aside, I wonder how many kids today, watching Terminator for the first time, would wonder what the fuck that little booth he walks into is, and what’s that book he’s tearing pages out of?
Yeah, they had these booths where they would keep the phone and the book, you know, the thing with the paper ‘pages’, and you had to LOOK UP each number, the phone couldn’t remember anything, not even the last number you ‘dialed’…
re: #127 wrenchwench
Yeah, they had these booths where they would keep the phone and the book, you know, the thing with the paper ‘pages’, and you had to LOOK UP each number, the phone couldn’t remember anything, not even the last number you ‘dialed’…
“You know, that place Captain Marvel hacked to try to get in touch with the Kree at, where Furfy first met her.”
re: #125 Jebediah, RBG
A thumb drive indeed. A Terminator in teh habit of plugging in thumb drives could be brought down by a Mar-A-Lago special, although it would make for a less dramatic, spectacular final scene.
He starts running really slowly, and randomly offering to sell you male enhancement products and weight loss schemes.
Finally, he ends up stuck in a Windows Update “Don’t Turn Off Your Murder Robot!” loop, unable to reboot.
re: #127 wrenchwench
Yeah, they had these booths where they would keep the phone and the book, you know, the thing with the paper ‘pages’, and you had to LOOK UP each number, the phone couldn’t remember anything, not even the last number you ‘dialed’…
“Why didn’t he just look her up on HIS phone?”
Also,
“Dialed?”
re: #128 Belafon
“You know, that place Captain Marvel hacked to try to get in touch with the Kree at, where Furfy first met her.”
I know it’s a typo, but “Nick Furfy, Agent of Shield” suggests a very different character.
re: #114 Blind Frog Belly White
In the Terminator universe, the records didn’t survive. SkyNet only knew that John Conner’s mother’s name was Sarah and she lived in LA, and John was born in about 1986.
But of course, if they hadn’t sent the Terminator back to kill her, Kyle Reese would never have fathered John Conner in the first place.
Oh, I see.
Since I didn’t remember that either, I assumed that by the time Skynet started killing us, they would have preserved all computerized records and that by the time John Conner was an early teen fewer records would be paper only.
I should probably do my actual work instead of poking around at movies I can’t remember any details of…
re: #109 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Joy Behar has been on television for over 30 years. I’m quite comfortable stating she, likely, doesn’t need ANYONE to remind her of what her job duties are.
The disrespect… https://t.co/27xYy5TxEj— Christian Snow (@_christiansnow) April 8, 2019
Well, with DT “governing” by tweet, it makes it hard to keep up. Jennifer Rubin has another good essay today. I think she may really stay Woke.
Kirstjen Nielsen’s legacy of cruelty and incompetence is sealed.
There is little doubt that no matter how draconian her policies and disingenuous her answers to Congress about the family separation debacle, Nielsen could never be as grotesquely cruel or as dismissive of existing law as her boss demanded.
And that was before he just went through DHS and SS with a scythe.
re: #110 Blind Frog Belly White
Well, it’s a theoretical conversation taking place between people who haven’t been born yet, but since I’m positing it, I’ll allow for precise targetting.
In good science fiction, the time travellers would know which Stephen Miller to target. But then his grief-stricken parents would adopt another kid who turned out to fuck up the world even worse.
So our only hope would be that it wasn’t his environment that made him what he is - that he was born to be an evil shit stain.
I’ve accidentally set up push notifications for the BBC science magazine and it’s like being followed about by an inquisitive but annoying child pic.twitter.com/xVgCR5ivdo
— James Colley (@JamColley) April 8, 2019
.@jaketapper: “Let me start with the President telling border agents to stop letting asylum seekers into the country. What’s your reaction”
Dem Sen. @maziehirono: “That happens to be illegal. But we have a President who thinks that the law doesn’t apply to him and his ideas.” pic.twitter.com/gjOrIjg7bd— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) April 8, 2019
for the no shit file
re: #132 Jebediah, RBG
Oh, I see.
Since I didn’t remember that either, I assumed that by the time Skynet started killing us, they would have preserved all computerized records and that by the time John Conner was an early teen fewer records would be paper only.
I should probably do my actual work instead of poking around at movies I can’t remember any details of…
Terminator has largely become a period piece. It took place before anyone had heard of the internet, so the idea that SkyNet would have access to all that information hadn’t occurred to anyone. Like most stuff in the era before PCs were everywhere, SkyNet was envisioned as a massive mainframe, tasked with defending the US from Soviet nuclear attack, so what it had access to was presumably just sattelite and radar feeds, maybe a little news.
In later Terminator movies, SkyNet became an entity that lived on the web. I think it might have started out on one computer, but once conscious it spread across the whole internet.
Thread:
20 years ago today, I was loaded on this train against my will and was made a #Refugee. I had done nothing wrong and broken no laws. I simply belonged to the wrong ethnic group. 1/xx pic.twitter.com/SWAA2Q4Ucc
— Ferik (@On_Politike) April 2, 2019
Every mass murder starts with hate, bigotry and dehumanization. If you allow hate, bigotry and dehumanization, understand you are giving mass murder a chance. You are giving human rights abuses a chance. You are giving human suffering a chance. DON’T. 17/xx
— Ferik (@On_Politike) April 2, 2019
re: #138 Blind Frog Belly White
Terminator has largely become a period piece. It took place before anyone had heard of the internet, so the idea that SkyNet would have access to all that information hadn’t occurred to anyone. Like most stuff in the era before PCs were everywhere, SkyNet was envisioned as a massive mainframe, tasked with defending the US from Soviet nuclear attack, so what it had access to was presumably just sattelite and radar feeds, maybe a little news.
In later Terminator movies, SkyNet became an entity that lived on the web. I think it might have started out on one computer, but once conscious it spread across the whole internet.
In the 1970 movie “Colossus; the Forbin Project”, Colossus has to demand that cameras be installed to constantly watch his creator, who is required to always stay within range of the cameras, or Colossus will drop a nuke somewhere. And of course, Colossus is an enormous mainframe tucked into an impenetrable mountain somewhere. It couldn’t be destroyed there because 1) the place was designed to be impenetrable and 2) Colossus insisted on even more steps to keep it safe.
Today, it would be a web-based intelligence that can’t be destroyed because it’s everywhere and nowhere. In fact there was that Johnny Depp movie based on that idea.
Justifying psychopathy because low empathy, narcissism, dishonesty + lack of deep emotional attachments are traits that have made a tiny handful of people billionaires (yet land many more people in prison while not getting adequate mental healthcare) is very 2019. https://t.co/IDKm4qWkqn
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 8, 2019
A law enforcement official familiar with the investigation says the computer in question was a controlled, off-network device in the Secret Service’s Miami Field Office. Source says never any risk to the agency’s computer network with regard to this thumb drive. https://t.co/ioNrvnTZdo
— Nicholas Fandos (@npfandos) April 8, 2019
Lime inc. has withdrawn its surviving scooters from Lubbock (but they’ll be back).
City unveils plans to prevent post-championship game riot activities
Plans have been put in place by city officials and businesses to prevent any post-NCAA championship game celebrations from getting out of hand.
The catalyst for these preparations was a Saturday night riot that included a couch burning, a bonfire made of electric scooters and people flipping over a car. All this activity came after the Texas Tech men’s basketball team won it’s Final Four game against Michigan State, which advanced the team into the NCAA Finals.
Tech is now set to play Virginia at 8:20 p.m. in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the NCAA Finals, which is the cause for the increased security.
In anticipation of any sort of raucous behavior, the electric scooter rental company, Lime, has released a statement and said its entire fleet has been removed from Lubbock. The scooters will be back on the street early Tuesday morning.
“While we too are excited and proud of Texas Tech’s victory and tournament run, we also share the city of Lubbock’s concerns for public safety,” a Lime spokesperson told KCBD. “In anticipation of tonight’s big game, we have pulled our fleet from the streets before it commences, and will re-deploy scooters after activities subside early Tuesday morning.”
Elsewhere, Lubbock police and fire marshals will be rounding up any car-flippers and scooter-torchers they can find.
Warning from Lubbock police chief, charges of riot and arson can be filed
As for Saturday, Stevens said police did not immediately arrest people because that can be dangerous and make a crowd become hostile. Instead, the police will rely on images, videos and other evidence to file charges after-the-fact.
“We’re not going to tolerate that kind of criminal behavior,” Stevens said.
You know, it takes a special kind of stupid to commit arson and vandalism right in front of hundreds of cell-phone cameras.
re: #144 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
You know, it takes a special kind of stupid to commit arson and vandalism right in front of hundreds of cell-phone cameras.
Or more likely, the facile assumption of a sort of mob “herd immunity”…
Trump’s contract gave him the right to audit the Mammadovs finances. He was uniquely positioned to break up a likely multi-billion dollar money laundering scheme.
He did not report anything to authorities. He continued the business relationship for the entire campaign.
2/— Adam Davidson (@adamdavidson) April 8, 2019
It is highly likely that the Trump Tower Baku was a tool used by the Darvishis to acquire WMD and that Trump received millions from this scheme.
Ivanka oversaw the project.
Nobody at Trump Org denies any of this. They acknowledge its true.
4/end— Adam Davidson (@adamdavidson) April 8, 2019
re: #109 Backwoods_Sleuth
Meghan informs Joy Behar “part of your job is to listen to me” and Joy… does not take it well 😂
actually no
part of joy’s job is to shut up now and then and let you yammer some twaddle
she dont gotta listen
re: #110 Blind Frog Belly White
Well, it’s a theoretical conversation taking place between people who haven’t been born yet, but since I’m positing it, I’ll allow for precise targetting.
In good science fiction, the time travellers would know which Stephen Miller to target. But then his grief-stricken parents would adopt another kid who turned out to fuck up the world even worse.
11.22.63 - If you do something that really fucks with the past, the past fucks with you.
Stephen Miller should be the next Secretary of Homeland Security. The President trusts him on the issues, they see eye to eye, and he already has authority on those issues.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) April 8, 2019
re: #144 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Lime inc. has withdrawn its surviving scooters from Lubbock (but they’ll be back).
City unveils plans to prevent post-championship game riot activities
Elsewhere, Lubbock police and fire marshals will be rounding up any car-flippers and scooter-torchers they can find.
Warning from Lubbock police chief, charges of riot and arson can be filedYou know, it takes a special kind of stupid to commit arson and vandalism right in front of hundreds of cell-phone cameras.
Only takes alcohol and a crowd egging you on. But yeah, that is stupid. Though I don’t think it is special, it may be all too common.
re: #118 Jack Burton
Although I like him and several other Democrats that have decided to run and they would all be awesome in a normal election and term, the election of 2020 and the years following it will be neither. I’m not getting a good feeling about it either.
Whoever the next Democratic president is has an almost unfathomable mess to clean up. Not just domestic policy, not just immigration, not just the environment. The Clownstick presidency has been a complete foreign policy disaster. Nobody running, at least in my perception, seems to realize this, or if they do, don’t seem to get how much of an uphill battle it will be to fix things. How much trust has been lost toward the US from our allies. There’s a big hole to fill and we aren’t going to be able to make much progress of other things until that hole is filled and safeguards are put in place to prevent this from happening again.
harder even if we dont win the senate
re: #149 Skip Intro
Imagine trusting this dood’s judgement…on anything. pic.twitter.com/qK4BbuvWMD
— Jeffrey Wright (@jfreewright) April 8, 2019
Sad day when our border patrol leaders have to tell their agents to just ignore direct orders from the crazy man behind the curtain. https://t.co/VZZYYaS60A
— Nunca Trump (@NeverTrumpTexan) April 8, 2019
re: #152 jaunte
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Trump listens because he likes what Stephen says.
Miller is a dangerous ass, but Trump makes him so by letting him get his way. Because Donny Trump likes what Stephen does.
Facebook is a goddamned trash fire.
Facebook bans promotion of the UK’s largest disability page because “some people find disability disturbing.” Ability Access records the call. https://t.co/8OINxMbP5b… #ableism #disability #discrimination #disabled @facebook
— Phoenix on Wheels (@phoenixonwheels) April 8, 2019
I’m towards the end, in the gorilla suit.
re: #143 Blind Frog Belly White
A law enforcement official familiar with the investigation says the computer in question was a controlled, off-network device in the Secret Service’s Miami Field Office. Source says never any risk to the agency’s computer network with regard to this thumb drive.
so assuming this is true, then like GDFrank said, not very good reporting
It’s always something with Trump. He’s messing with some big money people when he messes with the owners of Major League Baseball Teams.
ESPN - White House scuttles MLB’s Cuban agreement
The Trump administration scuttled Major League Baseball’s historic agreement with the Cuban Baseball Federation, arguing that the sport’s governing body is part of the Cuban government and that the agreement violates United States trade law.
In December, MLB and the MLB Players Association announced an agreement with the Cuban federation similar to those for players under contract to clubs in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan — one the league believed would end the defection of players and erase the human trafficking of Cuban players that has become the standard as they attempt to join MLB.
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sent a letter to MLB on Friday that said “payments to the Cuban Baseball Federation are not authorized … because a payment to the Cuban Baseball Federation is a payment to the Cuban government.”
The letter, obtained by ESPN, underscored the reversal of an Obama-era policy that intended to soften relations between the U.S. and Cuba.
After announcing the agreement in December, blowback in Washington prompted MLB to outline in a 10-page letter its argument in favor of the agreement.
“The objective,” MLB said, “is to end the dangerous trafficking of Cuban baseball players who desire to play professional baseball in the United States.”
MLB requested a meeting with government officials, though no meeting was granted, sources told ESPN.
The letter to from OFAC to Major League Baseball came in the immediate aftermath of the Cuban federation releasing its first group of players able to sign contracts directly with MLB organizations, with the understanding that some could be playing in the U.S. this year. The players were eligible for signing bonuses, with the player receiving 100 percent of his signing bonus and the club giving the Cuban federation a release fee equivalent to 25 percent of the signing bonus.
The White House signaled its concern on Sunday when President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, John Bolton, tweeted “Cuba wants to use baseball players as economic pawns - selling their rights to Major League Baseball.”
In a statement to ESPN, MLB said: “We stand by the goal of the agreement, which is to end the human trafficking of baseball players from Cuba.”
…more at link…
It Has Been Twenty Years Since Fabio Killed A Goose With His Face On A Roller Coaster by @miketoole https://t.co/3VriCzaieY
— Cake or Death (@Johngcole) April 8, 2019
re: #144 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
“The catalyst for these preparations was a Saturday night riot that included a couch burning, a bonfire made of electric scooters and people flipping over a car.”
For some reason, I first read that as “riot that included a coach burning” and I was like: “Damnnnnn….”
re: #160 Eclectic Cyborg
“The catalyst for these preparations was a Saturday night riot that included a couch burning, a bonfire made of electric scooters and people flipping over a car.”
For some reason, I first read that as “riot that included a coach burning” and I was like: “Damnnnnn….”
Nah, that’s for when they lose……
re: #158 ObserverArt
It’s always something with Trump. He’s messing with some big money people when he messes with the owners of Major League Baseball Teams.
I wonder if he’s thinking a lot of the owners will side with him like with the NFL anthem kneeling thing…or maybe he just fucking hates Cubans?
You guys, I’m starting to think this James Woods fellow may not be such a good guy. https://t.co/wxYSbaHF98
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) April 8, 2019
re: #155 goddamnedfrank
ARE THERE NO ATTICS??!!??
Agreed. As a white person I have zero right to suggest any solutions and 💯responsibility to support and extend any solutions ANY Black person suggests. YES, THAT FUCKING INCLUDES REPARATIONS EVEN THOUGH I WOULD HAVE SUB-ZERO ASSETS IF THEY WERE ASSESSED.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) April 8, 2019
re: #107 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Searching for something I ended up on NYT Maggie’s twitter. Checked the last many tweets and the only dem candidates mentioned were Bernie, Pete and Beto. Seems like 2016 all over again.
re: #152 jaunte
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re: #166 fern01
Searching for something I ended up on NYT Maggie’s twitter. Checked the last many tweets and the only dem candidates mentioned were Bernie, Pete and Beto. Seems like 2016 all over again.
I really hope we don’t ultimately get a Dem ticket with two white guys.
re: #168 Eclectic Cyborg
I really hope we don’t ultimately get a Dem ticket with two white guys.
Magic 8 Ball Says: Don’t Hold Your Breath
The outgoing Secret Service director Randolph “Tex” Alles must testify before Congress as soon as possible about the potential security vulnerabilities at Mar-a-Lago involving a Chinese national arrested with malware, and other counterintelligence and national security threats.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) April 8, 2019
re: #170 Backwoods_Sleuth
He might be pissed off enough at Trump to give up some juicy tidbits.
The public and Congress need to know the extent to which adversarial governments—like China—and their agents are attempting to gain access to, or conduct electronic surveillance on, conversations or other information regarding national security at President Trump’s properties.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) April 8, 2019
good fucking grief
This is good to see.
Twitter backs off partnership with SPLC amid bombshell reports. @DailyCaller #SPLCexposed https://t.co/v0zqNEHP65— FRC (@FRCdc) April 8, 2019
This impasse over disaster relief funding would go away in an instant if only Republicans would do one thing:
Stand up to President @realDonaldTrump to make sure every community across America affected by natural disasters gets the funding they deserve. https://t.co/MmD1bM0cFc— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) April 8, 2019
No, you just saw proof that instead #DerangedTrumpSyndrome is real, and you criticise us for wanting a state where there’s more accountability than one fixed election every four years!
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) April 8, 2019
re: #176 Eclectic Cyborg
Is that a government account?
No, it’s the Family Research Counci—
Oh, wait, at this point, I think Tony might as well be an official member of the regime government.
Trump’s threatened 25 percent auto tariffs would likely put the already weak European economy into a recession and cause a breakdown in trans-Atlantic economic cooperation. https://t.co/JcH3e9LTew
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) April 8, 2019
This facility is not subject to state regulations and inspections. It is expanding for the second time this year. The Trump administration has created a chilling effect on potential sponsors for the young people detained here. We need accountability and transparency. https://t.co/bSwXldh2Oz
— Debbie Wasserman Schultz (@DWStweets) April 8, 2019
re: #179 Dread Pirate Union AFL-CIO
This is exactly what Putin wants.
re: #181 Joe Bacon 🌹
Obviously, this person has never heard of multi-tasking.
Proud to lead the effort to fully fund counterterrorism programs. It’s shocking that the Administration’s budget calls for cuts to these critical programs that help keep New York safe from terrorist attacks.https://t.co/L17JeAJ6dS
— Max Rose (@MaxRose4NY) April 8, 2019
re: #152 jaunte
Imagine trusting this dood’s judgement…on anything.
I mean… if I was in the market for a skin suit (which I am not), Miller would be on the top of the list of people that I would think would probably have knowledge of how to make and/or acquire one.
re: #162 Eclectic Cyborg
I wonder if he’s thinking a lot of the owners will side with him like with the NFL anthem kneeling thing…or maybe he just fucking hates Cubans?
Probably a combination of several things:
1. Improved relations with Cuba were an Obama initiative, so BAD THING
2. Coming from Bolton, the animus likely to be Venezuela-related - Cuba is seen as
Maduro’s main prop, so BAD
3. Cuba-bashing is still seen as a cheap hit with the RW Florida-Cuban crowd, and those
FL politicos who still need to appease them because COMMIES
4. Nobody (except maybe MLB) is really likely to push back, so nothing to be done.
All that said, it’s fucking baseball: as usual with virtually everything Trump-related it just looks like nasty petty bullshit….
The administration wants to designate Kevin McAleenan as Acting DHS Secretary.
Watch what he said when I asked if he had a duty to ensure immigrant children won’t be sexually abused after they’re transferred out of DHS.
There is no excuse for putting children in harm’s way. pic.twitter.com/JIPJ2fOK69— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) April 8, 2019
Judge blocks policy forcing some asylum seekers to remain in Mexico @CNNPolitics https://t.co/fsYApogiJN
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) April 8, 2019
Trump adviser explained why Trump would dare discuss bringing back family separations as a policy. According to the adviser the president “thinks it’s the best leverage point to force a compromise” with Democrats on immigration.
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) April 8, 2019
Hey, Tony? There’s a really simple way of not being branded a hate group.
It’s called “don’t advocate for laws rendering some people’s citizenship as second class or even totally unobtainable”. #IStandWithSPLC— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) April 8, 2019
re: #158 ObserverArt
Going back to a failed policy on Cuba. Making life more difficult for ordinary people on both sides of the Florida Strait.
Another downer: a place I had not heard of burned by white supremacists. Rude Pundit is uncharacteristically non-profane about this. It obviously affects him deeply.
White Nationalists Suspected of Fire at Important Civil Rights Location
I work with a non profit archive that has been a dream of mine for many years, and the thought of this happening hurts my soul. That there are people that nasty, that evil, it hurts my soul.
re: #190 Dread Pirate Union AFL-CIO
“Give me what I want or I shoot these kids!”
Brexit immigration policy
Translation: ‘We want even whiter people to pick your strawberries’#Dispatches https://t.co/GuAWMZJ2iO— Helen Honeybun (@LadyHellsBells) April 8, 2019
-Why yes I do! As non-criminals, they’re not afraid to release their returns.
-Trump makes tons of money - against the US constitution - off the presidency.
-Because Trump knows that adults who never learned to spell “their” have probably never heard of the Emoluments Clause. https://t.co/Bb7HDI3GSl— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) April 8, 2019
re: #195 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Hate to break it to Farmer Dave but that bullshit didn’t work when Georgia and Alabama turned migrant farmworkers away…AND CROPS ROTTED IN THE FIELDS!
re: #198 Joe Bacon 🌹
Hate to break it to Farmer Dave but that bullshit didn’t work when Georgia and Alabama turned migrant farmworkers away…AND CROPS ROTTED IN THE FIELDS!
They didn’t turn them away. The migrants STAYED AWAY because of the new tough immigration laws and the Americans the farmers hired to try and take their place quit after a day or two.
re: #189 Backwoods_Sleuth
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All due respect to Senator Harris, if he is legally required to transfer children to another government agency as specified by statute written by congress then it is really congress’ job to make sure that other agency is exercising the appropriate care. That is part of their oversight duties. DHS has no authority to perform oversight of HHS.
re: #200 danarchy
All due respect to Senator Harris, if he is legally required to transfer children to another government agency as specified by statute written by congress then it is really congress’ job to make sure that other agency is exercising the appropriate care. That is part of their oversight duties. DHS has no authority to perform oversight of HHS.
I think she was checking if he had a heart.
You know the kind that if you realize those around you don’t care about what is going on you do something about it. Or you go to others with authority to do look into it, not cover over it.
But nah, let’s just worry about sticking to policy and whatever else happens happens.
Like I just said…a good Nazi just does his job. The orders come from above.
I’m sorry WHAT?
What an amazing fuck up. https://t.co/zHNTzhePK4 pic.twitter.com/gUKHPR7VMR
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) April 8, 2019
Well, here’s a neat thing! (by Primo Encarnación on Juanita Jean’s blogness)
It is interesting as you go, and then at the end, there is a big twist!
re: #200 danarchy
All due respect to Senator Harris, if he is legally required to transfer children to another government agency as specified by statute written by congress then it is really congress’ job to make sure that other agency is exercising the appropriate care. That is part of their oversight duties. DHS has no authority to perform oversight of HHS.
my bad…I was under the impression that it was DHS that was initially separating the children. I had no idea that it was HHS.
Here ya’ go:
Lubbock police release images of suspects in Saturday night’s rowdiness
They’re actually kind of a dorky looking mob on average. This alleged hooligan appears to be wearing some kind of work uniform. Anyone know what this is?
JM Ashby on bobcesca.com:
Finally, the New Zealand government’s top privacy official has some strong words for Facebook.
Calling the tech giant “morally bankrupt pathological liars,” John Edwards said on Twitter on Sunday night that Facebook “cannot be trusted.”
The social media platform “enable[d] genocide” in Myanmar, Edwards tweeted, referring to Facebook’s role in inciting violence and promoting discrimination in the Southeast Asian nation, aimed particularly at the minority Rohingya people.
Facebook also facilitates “foreign undermining of democratic institutions,” and allows the livestreaming “of suicides, rapes, and murders,” Edwards continued, according to the New Zealand Herald.
I don’t see any lies here.
We’re just four days away from the Brexit.
Every single dream shattered, trampled, and lost. Every single word silenced forever, and evermore. pic.twitter.com/cOjYK9QbJi
— Black Metal Cats (@evilbmcats) April 8, 2019
re: #202 goddamnedfrank
I’m sorry WHAT?
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re: #204 Backwoods_Sleuth
my bad…I was under the impression that it was DHS that was initially separating the children. I had no idea that it was HHS.
This isn’t just about separated children, it is about unaccompanied minors as well, of which there were/are a whole lot more than actual separated children. Any problems at HHS would exist with or without family separation.
Guy who ran on “law and order” orders his staff to break the law.
Conservatives: So what? it’s no big deal! https://t.co/PQAmJvBqua— Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) April 8, 2019
Potatoes are proof that God wanted us to have microwaves.
re: #209 danarchy
This isn’t just about separated children, it is about unaccompanied minors as well, of which there were/are a whole lot more than actual separated children. Any problems at HHS would exist with or without family separation.
again, my bad.
I had no idea that DHS was completely blameless in any of this about the children.
If the Florida peninsula were a person pointing to the West, we would be camping tonight in a small town firmly in the armpit. On the way down, we passed a very good BBQ restaurant that I commented on about two years ago. At the time we last visited we noted that their “Closed for Renovations” sign had been up for about 6 months, so we drove in to the lightly filled parking lot and took a chance. The place was open. Our nice waitress explained that they often ran out of pig for the locals, so they put the sign up to cut down on the tourist traffic.
Another year later, on our return leg, the sign is still up and the lot still has cars. However, Monday is BBQ Sabbath in the Southeast, and the place really is closed today. We will try to hang in late enough tomorrow to catch an early lunch.
The clandestine pig production lab really is very good, despite some of the reviews on TripAdvisor.
Civic duty update: My jury group number hasn’t been called up yet but at the current rate of progression I’ll probably have to go in by Thursday.
re: #205 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
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ID’ed. It ‘s an Under Armour TTU polo. I have never seen those colors together on Texas Tech merchandise before.
re: #215 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
ID’ed. It ‘s an Under Armour TTU polo. I have never seen those colors together on Texas Tech merchandise before.
Do we think it’s a coach or just an “overzealous” student?
History is repeating itself before our eyes. pic.twitter.com/6ig8mxWdn9
— Brook Bufa (@jupiter896) April 8, 2019
re: #217 Backwoods_Sleuth
At what point does the GOP resist, or admit to being willing collaborators?
meanwhile in Canada:
The Ford govt is ramming through their mega-bureaucracy health privatization bill, while limiting public consultations and ignoring 19,413 pages of public submissions.
In a democracy, people deserve to be consulted and have their concerns heard. #onhealth #onpoli pic.twitter.com/tH0ITTGZ1O— Andrea Horwath (@AndreaHorwath) April 8, 2019
re: #218 Patricia Kayden
Local to me, cartoonist, Clay Jones.
re: #216 Chrysicat
Do we think it’s a coach or just an “overzealous” student?
May be an employee of some sort, though not for long if so.
re: #198 Joe Bacon 🌹
Hate to break it to Farmer Dave but that bullshit didn’t work when Georgia and Alabama turned migrant farmworkers away…AND CROPS ROTTED IN THE FIELDS!
If “those people,” were available and willing to do the work they’d be doing it now
So am I… pic.twitter.com/PRv0rHAy7Y
— joe cholik (@signjoey) April 9, 2019
re: #135 Jebediah, RBG
So our only hope would be that it wasn’t his environment that made him what he is - that he was born to be an evil shit stain.
Satan made a bet (just like with Job) that he could reincarnate Goebbels into a nice Jewish family and Goebbels/Miller would be the same evil shit stain and do the same evil shit.
re: #225 The Vicious Babushka
Satan made a bet (just like with Job) that he could reincarnate Goebbels into a nice Jewish family and Goebbels/Miller would be the same evil shit stain and do the same evil shit.
Not the schul that makes the fool.
re: #224 gocart mozart
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Well, that’s ‘nice”.
They’re so confident that the rest of the country is finally ready to support them, even knowing what they really are, that they “sarcastically” take off the mask.
And God/dess help me, I think they’re mostly right.
re: #227 Chrysicat
Well, that’s ‘nice”.
They’re so confident that the rest of the country is finally ready to support them, even knowing what they really are, that they “sarcastically” take off the mask.
And God/dess help me, I think they’re mostly right.
They have full control of the Republican Party and they will pull any dirty trick to stay in power.
Nobody likes to give themselves credit for this kind of messaging success, but progressive groups did a really good job of convincing people that Trump raised their taxes when the facts say a clear majority got a tax cut. https://t.co/tcZFr8l9Ck
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) April 8, 2019
re: #224 gocart mozart
So cool that Twitter is a haven for admitted Nazis.
I wrote about him (#Gotabaya Rajapaksa) back in 2014https://t.co/xfZUU7pwKT 2/2 #SriLanka
— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) April 8, 2019
re: #226 Decatur Deb
Not the schul that makes the fool.
I am still seething over the RJC “Shabbaton” at the casino. YOU DON’T ROLL ON SHABBOS.
re: #232 The Vicious Babushka
I am still seething over the RJC “Shabbaton” at the casino. YOU DON’T ROLL ON SHABBOS.
Unless your ass falls down a well, per the New Testament.
re: #230 Patricia Kayden
So cool that Twitter is a haven for admitted Nazis.
And if you call them out, Twitter slams the hammer down on you, suspends you for 7 days and blocks you from reporting offensive tweets permanently!
i could easily go 0-460 tbh https://t.co/Hoz8SYi3CV
— darth™ (@darth) April 9, 2019
i could use a cricket bat and just desperately try to wave it in front of the plate and go 0-460 i am fully confident of this reality
— darth™ (@darth) April 9, 2019
re: #233 Decatur Deb
Unless your ass falls down a well, per the New Testament.
I think my ass would be pretty sheepish in that case…
re: #232 The Vicious Babushka
I am still seething over the RJC “Shabbaton” at the casino. YOU DON’T ROLL ON SHABBOS.
What really galled me were the men wearing red MAGA Kippahs. And seeing Adelman in the front row with a red Kippah that printed TRUMP made me even sicker. And do NOT get me started on the blasphemy done by the Cole Slaw Man!
ICYMI: President Trump’s child separation policy may return now that DHS Sec. Kirstjen Nielsen has resigned. #MTPDaily@jacobsoboroff: “It’s absurd to think that rebooting the family separation policy would be an effective deterrent.” pic.twitter.com/lkqBvOyvoU
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) April 8, 2019
I got a mailing today from AIPAC complete with a pre-addressed postcard to mail to both my senators (I have to supply the postage) and a pre-stamped envelope to send in my donation.
FTS. It’s in the garbage now.
The Israeli organizations that I support are United Hatzalah (which saved Zedushka’s life on the airplane when his blood sugar fell dangerously low) and Pantry Packers, a soup kitchen run by my son-in-law.
re: #238 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #234 Joe Bacon 🌹
And that is why my blood pressure won’t allow me to join Twitter. Arghhhhh!!!
Loisida Camper Tip of the Night:
If you squeeze a 5 oz box of Yoo Hoo into a tumbler and top it off with cold orange La Croix fizzy water, the mix is surprisingly reminiscent of an egg cream.
IRS says it has issued $6 billion less in refunds compared to same time last year https://t.co/HnEANrboos pic.twitter.com/K0bIS5LM1E
— The Hill (@thehill) April 8, 2019
re: #239 The Vicious Babushka
I got a mailing today from AIPAC complete with a pre-addressed postcard to mail to both my senators (I have to supply the postage) and a pre-stamped envelope to send in my donation.
FTS. It’s in the garbage now.
The Israeli organizations that I support are United Hatzalah (which saved Zedushka’s life on the airplane when his blood sugar fell dangerously low) and Pantry Packers, a soup kitchen run by my son-in-law.
Thank you for letting me know about Pantry Packers. Already knew about United Hatzalah and sent $$ when I saw your post.
“Plot Against America” begins shooting in two days and the fourth ep of “Deuce” begins filming the same morning. What can I say? When I’m with the Jews, I want porn. And when I’m deep in porn, I miss the tribe.
— David Simon (@AoDespair) April 9, 2019
O_o
Netanyahu bragged in a tweet that Donald Trump designated Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization at his personal request. https://t.co/EJGEOuyQuv
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) April 8, 2019
re: #247 Backwoods_Sleuth
Why am I not surprised? Bibi and DT are two of a kind.
re: #243 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Why am I not surprised there are already 20 Republitrolls spouting the opinion that this is a good thing because we need to change the entire country’s culture so that not only does no one expect a tax refund, no one even wants one “because it’s giving an interest-free loan to a defective government, and you should always want only to write the smallest check possible, but WRITE A CHECK”?
re: #239 The Vicious Babushka
I got a mailing today from AIPAC complete with a pre-addressed postcard to mail to both my senators (I have to supply the postage) and a pre-stamped envelope to send in my donation.
FTS. It’s in the garbage now.
The Israeli organizations that I support are United Hatzalah (which saved Zedushka’s life on the airplane when his blood sugar fell dangerously low) and Pantry Packers, a soup kitchen run by my son-in-law.
Thank you for the Pantry link. I will send them something as soon as I can. Having needed that, it is the kind of thing that I need to support.
Rachel is now reporting on Trump’s Baku deal which was financed by…the Iranian Revolutionary Guard…
re: #253 Joe Bacon 🌹
Rachel is now reporting on Trump’s Baku deal which was financed by…the Iranian Revolutionary Guard…
The building that makes Rachel blush.
re: #219 Decatur Deb
At what point does the GOP resist, or admit to being willing collaborators?
GOP resist? Any George Will types are long gone. All that remains are not collaborators, but the very architects of this fascism.
Leaks of Classified Info Surge Under Trump, @saftergood reports. https://t.co/Sivc758vyI
— Jeff Stein (@SpyTalker) April 8, 2019
People confused as to how Stephen Miller, a Jew, can be a white nationalist—a group that traditionally hates Jews—might consider other examples of self-loathing. For example, think about homophobic gay man Roy Cohn or Starkist spokesfish and canned tuna advocate Charlie.
— Bill Prady (@billprady) April 9, 2019
re: #250 Chrysicat
That’s such a stupid argument. Many people like me depended on big federal tax refunds to pay down debt or use for home renovations. My tax refund was halved this year and I’m still pissed.
Holy crap. Right wing Christian orgs are literally promoting conferences to advocate supporting Israel to prepare for the end times in which the destruction of Israel will pave the way for the Rapture. https://t.co/cRluA6lRln
— Brad Simpson (@bradleyrsimpson) April 9, 2019
re: #259 gocart mozart
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re: #155 goddamnedfrank
Facebook is a goddamned trash fire.
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I see more skin when Beyonce is dancing than the image they’re using as an excuse to block the page.
re: #239 The Vicious Babushka
I got a mailing today from AIPAC complete with a pre-addressed postcard to mail to both my senators (I have to supply the postage) and a pre-stamped envelope to send in my donation.
FTS. It’s in the garbage now.
The Israeli organizations that I support are United Hatzalah (which saved Zedushka’s life on the airplane when his blood sugar fell dangerously low) and Pantry Packers, a soup kitchen run by my son-in-law.
If it was prepaid, you should have wrapped each envelope around a brick and mailed it back.
Regarding the OP, by coincidence one of my colleagues here is a young man whose family owns a mobile home park in Oklahoma. He said their business is what enabled his family to send him to university and grad school — but to state schools. They’re not millionaires, but comfortable, as they say. If I have the chance, I’ll ask him if some big business ever offered to buy them out.
re: #252 Teddy’s Person
That was really good. Thanks for the link.
Husband sent it to his entire basketball program as required reading and discussion. Players, coaches, everyone.
re: #252 Teddy’s Person
That was really good. Thanks for the link.
Missed it earlier so I read now. Excellent. Thank you both.
re: #235 Backwoods_Sleuth
I could probably go 0-46 playing T-ball. I don’t have the knack.
re: #229 Backwoods_Sleuth
I got a healthy tax refund this year thanks to the Federal EV credit when I sold a bunch of stock to buy my Tesla. My income was way higher this year because of the sale of those stocks. Next year I will probably be screwed like everyone else I know.
re: #259 gocart mozart
Wow, what a diverse group of speakers!
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Also, the free lodging is for Pastors only. Regular folks still gotta pay for hotels.
Jay Rosen, PressThink, A current list of my top problems in pressthink, April 2019 Updated from time to time. Ranked by urgency.
3. With his hate campaign against journalists, Trump has been successful in isolating about a third of the electorate in an information loop of its own. These are people beyond the reach of journalism, immune to its discoveries. Trump is their primary source of information about Trump. The existence of a group this size shows that de-legitimizing the news media works. The fact that it works means we will probably see more of it.
4. Fox News is merging with the Trump government in a combination unseen before. We don’t know what that combined thing is, or even how to talk about it. The common shorthand is “state media.” But that is only half the picture. It’s true that Fox is a propaganda machine. But it is also true that the Trump government is like a cable channel— with nukes.
6. Now in its 15th year, the business model crisis in journalism is still unsolved. (But at least we know that except in rare cases digital advertising is not going to be the answer, which counts as progress.)
re: #270 retired cynic
And a commenter to the above: “The Murdochs may simply be exploiting the collapse of standards and accountability of this moment…”
So I didn’t get employee of the year at the ski area (a guy who shoveled snow got it, well deserved). But my name was mentioned several times by upper management, and marketing is paying me $100 for doing the pond skim in a gorilla suit!
re: #267 GlutenFreeJesus
So I’m not the only one that’s noticed.
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Do they love Jesus and the Constitution?
Warning: the media seem determined to make the next Democratic nominee for president an old white man. Almost any old white man will do.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 9, 2019
re: #272 teleskiguy
So I didn’t get employee of the year at the ski area (a guy who shoveled snow got it, well deserved). But my name was mentioned several times by upper management, and marketing is paying me $100 for doing the pond skim in a gorilla suit!
Fucking awesome job, dude! 👍🏻❤️
re: #219 Decatur Deb
At what point does the GOP resist, or admit to being willing collaborators?
When we punish them at the ballot box.
There are so many crypto-currency bots inhabiting Twitter now that some hashtags are useless. Pretty much anything to do with money, gambling (lottery), investing, etc.
Dogs are great cause you can meet a stray and they act like they’ve known you their whole life pic.twitter.com/OsSDJxl24m
— Coleman (@rock__lobster_) April 8, 2019
Right before the pounce pic.twitter.com/EDC09KMW0C
— Coleman (@rock__lobster_) April 8, 2019
re: #278 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I hatez ceiling fans, of all types.
My campaign should I ever run for office will be “Ban the Fan”.
Not because they cause cancer… but because they are worthless. They just make a room warmer, they are not coolers.
re: #275 Eclectic Cyborg
Fucking awesome job, dude! 👍🏻❤️
Thank you very much! It was a winter to remember. And it’s not over yet! I’m skiing at Arapahoe Basin later this week, and this weekend I’m going back to Aspen, staying in a slopeside condo! Life is good.
Just leaving this here…. pic.twitter.com/cyfITDWoKf
— Robert Corvus Strang (@CorvusRobert) April 8, 2019
I Will Return to the Mormon Church When This Happens! https://t.co/NBt5JG1Oah via @YouTube
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) April 9, 2019
Before I say good night. John Oliver is brilliant. Good night.
Oh my…
A woman who worked for the winery (listed as a primary asset of Devin Nunes’) sued after she said she was stranded on a yacht with its top investors who were using cocaine and underage sex workers. The cruise was auctioned off as part of a charity event. https://t.co/EQUgBXbgGM
— Mackenzie Mays (@MackenzieMays) May 23, 2018
Hey! A co-worker filmed me doing the pond skim from a *great* angle.
Pond skim in a gorilla suit. Life is weird. pic.twitter.com/gdYyxcAw1o
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) April 9, 2019
The water was 34° F and the gorilla suit, dude, don’t get me started.
Watch Trump Spox Hogan Gidley Falsely Claim ‘65 Percent Reduction in Crime’ Thanks to ‘New Border Wall’ https://t.co/w0V0y20zgc pic.twitter.com/FPLB9REpJJ
— Tommy MMXIXtopher (@tommyxtopher) April 8, 2019
re: #287 Dread Pirate Union AFL-CIO
I can’t stand to watch that…
On Monday, Donald Trump announced that his administration was designating the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization, the first time in history the U.S. had classified another country’s government as such, an action that flips the switch on a range of sanctions on the military unit and companies, individuals, and organizations with ties to it. According to The New York Times, top C.I.A. and Pentagon officials argued against the designation, saying it will “allow hard-line Iranian officials to justify deadly operations against Americans overseas, especially Special operations units and paramilitary units working under the C.I.A.” But Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and national security adviser John Bolton reportedly pushed for it, and ultimately persuaded the president. “This action will significantly expand the scope and scale of our maximum pressure on the Iranian regime,” Trump said in a statement on Monday. “It makes crystal clear the risks of conducting business with, or providing support to, the I.R.G.C.”
re: #279 Dread Pirate Union AFL-CIO
I keep a bunch of blankets and a few leashes in my car just in case!
re: #225 The Vicious Babushka
Satan made a bet (just like with Job) that he could reincarnate Goebbels into a nice Jewish family and Goebbels/Miller would be the same evil shit stain and do the same evil shit.
Next time I talk to that guy, I’m going to tell him lay off the fucking betting. (BTW his friends call him Stan.)
Well the gun violence scourge struck my family this weekend. My cousin was murdered in Colorado by an old white man this weekend. We’re still at the “no names until everyone is notified” stage of the story. But I’ve heard the details and they suck. 2019 in the United States is pretty shitty.
No way.
Absolutely no way. https://t.co/YEkVJdz2Oh— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) April 9, 2019
re: #293 Ferdinand
Well the gun violence scourge struck my family this weekend. My cousin was murdered in Colorado by an old white man this weekend. We’re still at the “no names until everyone is notified” stage of the story. But I’ve heard the details and they suck. 2019 in the United States is pretty shitty.
Long story short, 67 year old dude decided that the reason the landlady turned down his proposition must have been because she had the hots for her other tenant, my cousin (a classical artist working as a truck driver). So he killed both of them. Fucking murderers and their fucking bang sticks.
re: #296 Ferdinand
Long story short, 67 year old dude decided that the reason the landlady turned down his proposition must have been because she had the hots for her other tenant, my cousin (a classical artist working as a truck driver). So he killed both of them. Fucking murderers and their fucking bang sticks.
I am so very sorry. I can’t imagine why people think having an arsenal at one’s disposal is a good idea.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) April 9, 2019
re: #293 Ferdinand
So very sorry to hear this. So infuriated to hear this over and over again. Sympathies for you and your family.
I have cousins in Colorado screeching loudly about the horrible ‘red flag’ law that the liberal gay governor is going to use to take their guns away. I sure as hell wish he could.
re: #293 Ferdinand
Fucking hell.
Condolences to you and your family.
re: #293 Ferdinand
So sorry about this.
My cousin shared this on Facebook about his brother’s death:
Thanks to everyone who has reached out—we’re all still in shock at the loss of my brother.
Here’s what we know:
The art world failed Raphael again and again and again. We live in a world that doesn’t allow classical artists a means to monetize their talents, and even when it seemed he was starting to get somewhere as an artist, the art world seemed to find a way to disappoint him—its cliquishness and snobbery unable to accommodate a fiery personality like his.
His talents were ludicrous. They were amazing. He was the top tier of top tier talent, so good at what he did that even his peers at elite institutions like the New York Academy of Art were jealous and resentful of what he could do with a simple ball point pen or pencil; and yet he found it impossible to make a living as an artist.
In the 1400s, he’d have been celebrated and rewarded the way his namesake or Michelangelo or Leonardo or Caravaggio or Botticelli were, commissioned by the powers that be to make beautiful public spaces. 500 years later people would have stood in awe of his paintings, drawings, and sculptures. Michelangelo was famously punched in the face by a jealous rival once, and I think it no stretch to say Raph would have been a celebrity in the Renaissance of equal heft, needing to hone his boxing skills against jealous peers. The jabs he endured were typically slights of a more subtle variety.
Alas, not the world we live in.
And so like many talented artists have to do, Raph turned to making a living at something else to subsidize his artistic endeavors. In the last few months he went from resenting his own ungodly talent—finding it a curse at times—to actually enjoying art as a release while on the road.
He took well to driving a truck, and was instantly good at it. All the miles on his Yamaha FZ1 had given him a steady hand and a gift for commanding an 80,000lb missile across the plains of CO and KS.
He was finally finding his way in the world, and instead he was taken from us by the worst stripe of toxic masculinity.
What we know so far: in an effort to be close to the truck depot where he was dispatched, he took a room in a house in Commerce City, CO; his landlord was a woman. This woman also rented a room downstairs to a crazy person, a man who felt entitled to the romantic affections of the landlady.
He has apparently confessed to the police that he assumed the reason his romantic overtures—at 67 years old himself—were not being returned was Raphael.
And so he murdered them both over it, ambushing them in cowardly fashion.
Later today my brother Dan, Dad, and I will go searching for meaning in all of this by meeting the detective on the case.
I suspect there is none to be found.
.@jonathanchait are you really likening this to the Holocaust? https://t.co/3v4qwgWiZx
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) April 9, 2019
“Alt Right Without The Pepe Frog” White Supremacist Alumnus of Neo-Nazi-“Adjacent” Website Rejects Comparisons to the Shoah. https://t.co/GyCFXsQ1kg
— Eli Valley (@elivalley) April 9, 2019
re: #304 Ferdinand
My cousin shared this on Facebook about his brother’s death:
How awful for you all. My heart is aching for you!
re: #300 CleverToad
I have cousins in Colorado screeching loudly about the horrible ‘red flag’ law that the liberal gay governor is going to use to take their guns away. I sure as hell wish he could.
Because I’m smart or whatever, my guns are not in my house. They’re in a safe at my parents’ place, have been for years. I suffer from depression. It comes in fits and starts. Sometimes it’s really bad. Suicide is an answer for folks in the throughs of depression. Guns are an effective ‘off switch.’
re: #307 teleskiguy
Keep on being smart. We want you to stay with us.
re: #307 teleskiguy
Because I’m smart or whatever, my guns are not in my house. They’re in a safe at my parents’ place, have been for years. I suffer from depression. It comes in fits and starts. Sometimes it’s really bad. Suicide is an answer for folks in the throughs of depression. Guns are an effective ‘off switch.’
You are wise.
Bring it, Milk Dud🐮 https://t.co/KwbprY4JS8
— Devin Nunes’ cow (@DevinCow) April 9, 2019
re: #307 teleskiguy
Because I’m smart or whatever, my guns are not in my house. They’re in a safe at my parents’ place, have been for years. I suffer from depression. It comes in fits and starts. Sometimes it’s really bad. Suicide is an answer for folks in the throughs of depression. Guns are an effective ‘off switch.’
You are smart. I have no guns in our house for many reasons but your reasoning applies to me as well.
Want you around for a while. :)
re: #304 Ferdinand
My cousin shared this on Facebook about his brother’s death:
Condolences. So sorry to hear this.
Stephen Miller is a white nationalist. The fact that he still has influence on policy and political appointments is an outrage. https://t.co/7NyMDgojd7
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) April 8, 2019
Hey, remember when your son filed a false police report, and recorded himself doing it and then posted the video to the internet? Good times.
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) April 9, 2019
re: #295 gocart mozart
Replies do not disappoint.
Guns are a scourge. Especially with toxic men.
re: #293 Ferdinand
Horrible. My sympathy to you and your family. There are too many unstable people with guns.
re: #315 Ace-o-aces
@DavidWohl
Replying to @IlhanMN
Shouldn’t you be planning your wedding anniversary…with your brother? Maybe you can celebrate with a vacation in Somalia.@aceoaces
Hey, remember when your son filed a false police report, and recorded himself doing it and then posted the video to the internet? Good times.
10:58 PM - Apr 8, 2019
Certainly clear that Jacob Wohl inherited his sociopathy from his father.
Here’s Laura Ingraham making the argument that politicians should only concern themselves with white voters pic.twitter.com/MEUeyzxljG
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) April 9, 2019
Devin Nunes sued a fictional cow and his next lawsuit is even more ridiculous.
Pretty impressive. https://t.co/E25LS88fuU— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) April 9, 2019
Do your fucking job, @jack. https://t.co/8s20jt0cuX
— Mike Monteiro (@monteiro) April 9, 2019
re: #37 Backwoods_Sleuth
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***Launch Reschedule Notification*** Space X Falcon Heavy
has been rescheduled to Wednesday April 10th 2019. Launch windows opens
at 6:36 PM. pic.twitter.com/CG4h8NUYxr— Titusville Police FL (@TitusvillePD) April 8, 2019
Big new study: “The Arctic biophysical system is now clearly trending away from its 20th Century state and into an unprecedented state.” @climate_ice https://t.co/osoGDMGGiq
— Bill McKibben (@billmckibben) April 8, 2019
My comment:
better solution pic.twitter.com/Vu6hG8mPXN
— Cory (@KrmtDfrog) April 9, 2019
re: #328 Teukka
5 million square miles of tundra thawing in summer and decomposing, what could go wrong?
re: #328 Teukka
Jokes aside, I really worry for the summer in the Northern Hemisphere this year, it was bad enough last summer.
— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) April 9, 2019
re: #329 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
The thank-you-note woman boggles the mind. It like she read Emily Post books and decided social etiquette should also apply to business relations. Within reason, yes, businesspeople should be polite to one another, but expecting a thank you note from a new hire is pathological. I heard her tweet got seriously ratio’d and deservedly so.
re: #330 Dread Pirate Union AFL-CIO
5 million square miles of tundra thawing in summer and decomposing, what could go wrong?
*whoosh* followed by *cough* ?
I worry about wildfires, it was pretty bad last summer here, and my gut indicates it may be worse this summer.
Netherlands F-16 fighter jet literally ran into its own rounds during exercisehttps://t.co/9G2U1mAnUI pic.twitter.com/LOzqCq8Exd
— Defence blog (@Defence_blog) April 6, 2019
re: #336 Dread Pirate Union AFL-CIO
Must have turned into them
re: #334 Teukka
*whoosh* followed by *cough* ?
I worry about wildfires, it was pretty bad last summer here, and my gut indicates it may be worse this summer.
And they’re gonna learn the hard way that although they’re excellent preppers, it will in no way have prepared them mentally for the prospect of the last thing they thought could happen actually happening…
And that will just be the opening page of the story of their troubles.— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) April 9, 2019
Russian Navy may scrap its only aircraft carrierhttps://t.co/BY16oGf2t2 pic.twitter.com/qsrhBdPGta
— Defence blog (@Defence_blog) April 6, 2019
It’s a floating smudge pot.
re: #328 Teukka
My comment: From that article:
“To progress beyond a presentation of the Arctic physical climate changes, we find a correspondence between air temperature and biophysical indicators such as tundra biomass and identify numerous biophysical disruptions with cascading effects throughout the trophic levels. These include: increased delivery of organic matter and nutrients to Arctic near‐coastal zones; condensed flowering and pollination plant species periods; timing mismatch between plant flowering and pollinators; increased plant vulnerability to insect disturbance; increased shrub biomass; increased ignition of wildfires; increased growing season CO2 uptake, …
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I noticed a similar occurrence in my neighborhood in SE Alaska. Last summer there were absolutely no cones being produced by the large Sitka spruces and hemlocks in my neighborhood. And I mean absolutely none. In a normal year I usually pick up several bushels of cones from just my yard. This past year, nothing.
I remember commenting last fall about my concerns for my local squirrel family and their inability to find cones to store in their middens. So far I haven’t seen any squirrels in my yard.
re: #340 Cheechako
I noticed a similar occurrence in my neighborhood in SE Alaska. Last summer there were absolutely no cones being produced by the large Sitka spruces and hemlocks in my neighborhood. And I mean absolutely none. In a normal year I usually pick up several bushels of cones from just my yard. This past year, nothing.
I remember commenting last fall about my concerns for my local squirrel family and their inability to find cones to store in their middens. So far I haven’t seen any squirrels in my yard.
My nightmare scenario is a variation on “the perfect storm” theme. Basically, major-league ecological collapse and emerging diseases, compounded by natural disasters. All brought on by anthropogenic climate change.
And that’s without factoring anything else but primary damage, secondary damage would be political and ecological collapse, and I’m sure someone somewhere has worked out the potential 7th level damage.
re: #304 Ferdinand
My cousin shared this on Facebook about his brother’s death:
So sorry. Crazy people should not have guns.
re: #341 Teukka
My nightmare scenario is a variation on “the perfect storm” theme. Basically, major-league ecological collapse and emerging diseases, compounded by natural disasters. All brought on by anthropogenic climate change.
And that’s without factoring anything else but primary damage, secondary damage would be political and ecological collapse, and I’m sure someone somewhere has worked out the potential 7th level damage.
The war gaming scenarios have us at theater nuclear exchange between India and Pakistan at 4th level, spreading to China, so after that, it’s pretty much theoretical.
re: #341 Teukka
My nightmare scenario is a variation on “the perfect storm” theme. Basically, major-league ecological collapse and emerging diseases, compounded by natural disasters. All brought on by anthropogenic climate change.
And that’s without factoring anything else but primary damage, secondary damage would be political and ecological collapse, and I’m sure someone somewhere has worked out the potential 7th level damage.
The Radical Xtians are going to get the shock of their lives when JC and his Sonshine Band pull a no-show when the climate goes to hell.
re: #343 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
The war gaming scenarios have us at theater nuclear exchange between India and Pakistan at 4th level, spreading to China, so after that, it’s pretty much theoretical.
Depends on how chill the Chinese are. If they don’t toss that many nukes, things may be survivable, not that it will be anywhere near a cakewalk to survive that shitstorm.
re: #344 Joe Bacon 🌹
The Radical Xtians are going to get the shock of their lives when JC and his Sonshine Band pull a no-show when the climate goes to hell.
More karmic justice would be them meeting JC and the Sonshine band as the opposing team on the battlefield. Masonry materials will be defecated, just sayin’…
If JC actually came back to Earth, Fox News would call him a Communist.
Rush Limbaugh would trash him.
Radical Xtian Pulpit PImps would denounce him.
Republicans would shun him.
Trump would turn the MAGATS on him.
re: #329 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Just read the tipping thread you mentioned. Dude got smacked down hard in the replies.
re: #347 Joe Bacon 🌹
If JC actually came back to Earth, Fox News would call him a Communist.
Rush Limbaugh would trash him.
Radical Xtian Pulpit PImps would denounce him.
Republicans would shun him.
Trump would turn the MAGATS on him.
And then he’d produce ID. Most likely after they’ve tried to kill that carpenters lad again. It will be a mess in more ways than one.
One of my classmates from elementary, junior and senior high school has posted on Facebook every class photo of his from kindergarten to sixth grade. I am in a few of them. So is Meg Whitman. Yes, that Meg Whitman.
I have these photos, and had no desire to see them posted on FB. So, … thanks Hank?
Quite of few of my classmates are getting seriously nostalgic (perhaps sadly so) in their mid-60s. I’m too busy planning my classes to worry about shit like that.
re: #350 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
That also explains why Russia is doing what it’s doing with America. There’s no real world way for “Russia To Be Great Again”. It’s economy is crap, it’s military is crap, nobody wants to reconstitute the old Soviet Union again even as a voluntary alliance-all the exes want NATO and the EU. So if they can manipulate a corrupt old like Trump, they can at least burn it all down.
Which is what I see here with climate change mitigation resistance, Brexit, the Rapture craze, and all the rest. It’s a Denethor moment where if he can’t have what he wants, he will burn himself and his progeny alive. (Those of you who have read the Lord of the Rings know what I’m talking about.) So it is with this. Fundamentalist Christianity and its toxic nationalist offshoots would rather burn it down than turn it over to the young, brown and aspiring. Rather than let women have a place in this world. Toxic masculinity at its worst.
Very warm here today, for early April. Or, at least it was humid enough that the sun beating down on the walls of my place made it down right hot inside.
re: #322 Dread Pirate Union AFL-CIO
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Sigh — Retired middle of last year and clearly did not withhold enough from my IRA RMD. The new tax law definitely did not help. But at least it doesn’t look like I will be paying a penalty for my federal taxes, which will probably be about 20% higher than last year! Hoping to get the taxes completed Tuesday.
re: #358 Hecuba’s daughter
I didn’t pay enough estimated tax to the California Franchise Tax Board… so I will owe a penalty. Sigh indeed.
I see that Science is now wanting to charge to view their news pages.
Ack.
When the Associated Press is nothing more than a willful stenographer for the powerful:
American Petroleum Institute CEO’s views on Permian Basin, climate change, offshore drilling
It’s the same old story - American fossil fuel (petroleum, natural gas) will continue at current levels, we can’t afford climate change mitigation, yada yada.
re: #229 Backwoods_Sleuth
Matthew Yglesias
✔
@mattyglesias
Nobody likes to give themselves credit for this kind of messaging success, but progressive groups did a really good job of convincing people that Trump raised their taxes when the facts say a clear majority got a tax cut.
First — the issue is that for most middle class taxpayers, the tax cut was very modest; but it was sold as giving the average family a $4,000 pay raise. For some of us in blue states, it provided a significant tax increase.
Second — in 1994, the GOP managed to take over Congress and the Senate, at least in part by persuading middle income Americans that the Clinton tax package raised their taxes when it actually raised taxes only on the top 1.2%.
Progressives did not lie about the nature of the Trump tax plan; our press once again failed to raise the alarm about this dreadful GOP plan.
re: #352 CarolJ
That also explains why Russia is doing what it’s doing with America. There’s no real world way for “Russia To Be Great Again”. It’s economy is crap, it’s military is crap, nobody wants to reconstitute the old Soviet Union again even as a voluntary alliance-all the exes want NATO and the EU. So if they can manipulate a corrupt old like Trump, they can at least burn it all down.
I have to disagree: I believethat Putin wants to restore the old Russian Empire and call home the Russian diaspora. They are his Sudetendeutschen and can be used as in the Crimea and Donbass as an excuse for intervention
re: #339 Dread Pirate Union AFL-CIO
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re: #363 Hecuba’s daughter
First — the issue is that for most middle class taxpayers, the tax cut was very modest; but it was sold as giving the average family a $4,000 pay raise. For some of us in blue states, it provided a significant tax increase.
Second — in 1994, the GOP managed to take over Congress and the Senate, at least in part by persuading middle income Americans that the Clinton tax package raised their taxes when it actually raised taxes only on the top 1.2%.Progressives did not lie about the nature of the Trump tax plan; our press once again failed to raise the alarm about this dreadful GOP plan.
Third - The Upward Monetary Redistribution Act (aka the Trump Tax Cuts) cut a lot of people off from the Earned Income Tax Credit by moving their tax brackets, either cut or eliminated various tax deductions, and altered the withholding tables so as to give people the illusion of getting a “pay raise.” All of these raised taxes on the middle class, such that many are finding themselves owning for the first time in their lives, wiping out any “savings” from the reduction in the raw rates.
“Real action is needed—now.” Read @SecNielsen’s piece on what DHS is going to hold Central American countries accountable at the source of the illegal immigration crisis. https://t.co/qs7ADhf3pA
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) April 1, 2019
I bet she feels like a chump —- now.
re: #366 Dread Pirate Union AFL-CIO
I bet she feels like a chump —- now.
Not sure anyone in this Administration is able to feel any regret or remorse.
Nunes suit is without merit. We @mcclatchy stand behind the reporting of the @FresnoBee: https://t.co/sFpN4fj4lM pic.twitter.com/yX4O1K9cIi
— lauren gustus (@laurengustus) April 9, 2019
re: #367 freetoken
Not sure anyone in this Administration is able to feel any regret or remorse.
they know how to express it if they feel that it is a neccesary measure
re: #364 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Putin does, but don’t think Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Poland and the rest do. They may play some footsie just to keep the Russian bear off their backs, but reabsorption as a new Iron Curtain is not in their future. And lets not forget that about 40 years under the Russian boot hasn’t created a great deal of grudges. And economically compared to the EU, Russia has little to offer.
And when your lone aircraft carrier is a scow, and with a declinining population, there is not much they can do but annoy these days.
re: #371 CarolJ
Putin does, but don’t think Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Poland and the rest do. They may play some footsie just to keep the Russian bear off their backs, but reabsorption as a new Iron Curtain is not in their future. And lets not forget that about 40 years under the Russian boot hasn’t created a great deal of grudges. And economically compared to the EU, Russia has little to offer.
And when your lone aircraft carrier is a scow, and with a declinining population, there is not much they can do but annoy these days.
Poland does not, but most ex-Soviet republics have a large Russian minority living there. These people used to be a pampered elite with favored access to the best jobs and education. Now they find themselves often on the other end: in some Baltic states they have to pass a language test to be allowed to even vote.
Byelarus is the only state that seems amenable to reunification right now, but that is mainly becuase it is doing even worse than Russia economically.
re: #369 Dread Pirate Union AFL-CIO
Devin Nunes look a bit like John Oliver without the glasses (or the humor)
re: #373 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Devin Nunes look a bit like John Oliver without the glasses (or the humor)
If I were the judge in Nunes’ lawsuit, I’d sentence him for his frivolous lawsuit… to listening without end to Perry Como for the rest of the decade:
Oh look… Amazon Prime added Farscape seasons 1-4…
re: #59 William Lewis
The real problem is that they’re probably running the version of the day of Windows and that’s what the drive is designed to attack.
Windows? How stupid could you be if you used Windows in any kind of computer forensics?
Lend Me a Kitten
I will lend to you for awhile a kitten, God said.
For you to love while he lives, and mourn when he’s dead.
Maybe for twelve or fourteen years, or maybe two or three.
But will you, ‘till I call him back, take care of him for me?
He’ll bring his charms to gladden you and, should his stay be brief
You’ll always have his memories as solace for your grief.
I cannot promise he will stay, since all from earth return.
But there are lessons taught below I want this kitten to learn.
I’ve looked the whole world over in search of teachers true.
And from the folk that crowds life’s land I have chosen you.
Now will you give him all your love, nor think the labor vain?
Nor hate me when I come to take my kitten home again?
I fancied that I heard them say ‘Dear Lord Thy Will Be Done’
For all the joys this kitten brings the risk of grief we’ll run.
We’ll shelter him with tenderness, we’ll love him while we may.
And for the happiness we’ve known, forever grateful stay.
But should you call him back much sooner than we planned,
We’ll brave the bitter grief that comes, and try to understand.
If, by our love we’ve managed your wishes to achieve,
Then in memory of him whom we loved, please help us while we grieve.
When our cherished kitten departs this world of strife,
Please send yet another needing soul for us to love all his life.
Author Unknown
Like most people, I had never heard of @DevinNunes connection to #YachtCocaineProstitutes until @DevinNunes sued over #YachtCocaineProstitutes. Thank you @DevinNunes for making sure everyone knows about #YachtCocaineProstitutes.
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) April 9, 2019
It looks like at least one of Nunes’s claims against McClatchy is based on him not understanding how the search function on Twitter works. pic.twitter.com/c2cbn6lVJ1
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) April 9, 2019
re: #365 Targetpractice
Third - The Upward Monetary Redistribution Act (aka the Trump Tax Cuts) cut a lot of people off from the Earned Income Tax Credit by moving their tax brackets, either cut or eliminated various tax deductions, and altered the withholding tables so as to give people the illusion of getting a “pay raise.” All of these raised taxes on the middle class, such that many are finding themselves owning for the first time in their lives, wiping out any “savings” from the reduction in the raw rates.
80% of people may have recieved a tax cut, but 80% of people didn’t see the tax cut, let alone 4000 extra dollars. The tax cut was simply too biased towards the upper earners, leaving everyone else with coffee money if they were lucky. Plus, Trump’s fuckery with the insurance market probably guaranteed that for many any tax cut got gobbled up by an increase in their portion of medical insurance premiums, so there was ultimately no increase in the check or wire amounts they received each pay period. Now, throw in the decreased withholdings and elimination of deductions and these individuals who saw Trump change in their weekly paychecks are seeing a decrease in their tax refund checks, or even having to write another check.to the government. It’s not surprising most people think there taxes actually went up.
re: #380 Weaselone
these individuals who saw Trump change in their weekly paychecks are seeing a decrease in their tax refund checks,
Shorthand for “nickels and dimes”?
As Jeff will undoubtedly say… Good Morning!
The days not started well. pic.twitter.com/0lEtxdeQob
— You Had One Job (@_youhadonejob1) April 9, 2019
re: #382 Dave In Austin
I thought that what the oven’s auto-clean function was for.
//
I REALLY hope that was a joke.
Racism is not a disagreement. It places Black children in a pipeline to prison, demonizes unarmed Black men for being murdered, and cages Brown children after separating them from their families. It is a force of evil. It is beyond time to exorcise this demon out of America.
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) April 8, 2019
“I Didn’t Vote” (Fiction on my part)
— 🦈DETodd🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) April 9, 2019
re: #304 Ferdinand
My cousin shared this on Facebook about his brother’s death:
Morning.
As an artist, I can appreciate what you wrote. I always wanted to be a fine/classical artist, but I realized it could be a tough life so I went into commercial arts like advertising design and illustration. Now that I am at retirement age, I still hope to do some painting.
So sorry to hear about what happened to your brother. It is such an American tragedy story. We have way too many of them.
I hope your family can find peace considering the unnatural way his life ended. It should not have been.
re: #353 De Kolta Chair
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Only one of the Democratic men is actually running on being white, and he’s not exactly a Democrat.
re: #388 Shropshire Slasher
looks a bit like one of the navigators from Dune
This is terrible #BothSides headline. Miller is a white nationalist. https://t.co/1EB1KvDcqd
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 9, 2019
Just a suggestion: don’t credulously parrot Republican concern trolling.
— Patrick (@p_grubel) April 9, 2019
And thus the water carrying for conservatism continues.
re: #250 Chrysicat
Why am I not surprised there are already 20 Republitrolls spouting the opinion that this is a good thing because we need to change the entire country’s culture so that not only does no one expect a tax refund, no one even wants one “because it’s giving an interest-free loan to a defective government, and you should always want only to write the smallest check possible, but WRITE A CHECK”?
from a pure finance perspective that’s true. defective government or not
you control your money.
you pay at the latest time possible.
otoh, the amount of annual interest forgone by the ‘average’ refund is not that great - maybe $20-50
one big reason why payroll tax withholding became a thing was because people didnt have all the money at the end of the year to pay. they’d already spent it.
i find it interesting that people who pay quarterly estimated taxes are far less likely to overpay and expect a refund, than people who have paycheck withholding. also estimated tax payers are more likely to apply overpayments to next year’s tax to reduce the next quarterly payment in lieu of a refund. the timing makes it obvious.
re: #329 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I never know how to react to these “Murder the rich” memes/jokes. I mean, I get the impetus behind it: rich people are constantly fucking over the poor and lower classes, and you can only push people so far before they strike back. You can only have so much income inequality in a society before shit goes sideways.
On the other hand: it’s basically a straight out call for murder. This seems like it’s becoming a constant refrain over at the Pharynugla blog, run by outspoken atheist and supposed pacifist PZ Meyers. He and his readers seem to be calling for this idea more and more. I’m fairly confident that some of the readers there are not joking when they hint that if given the chance, they will help in mass executions to make things “right”.
Which doesn’t help when all of the MAGAts see stuff like that and go “See? You people are worse!”, as they gleefully celebrate more child separations of brown people at the border.
Maybe I’m just tone-trolling. I don’t know. I don’t know that many rich people, but most of the ones I’ve encountered are sociopath-adjacent. Some are self-made, others are Trump-style “Born on third, thinking they hit a triple.” All of ‘em are definitely Republicans, which means they’re naturlly inclined to put power and party before country and humanity.
LOL, maybe when I win a mega jackpot lottery, I’ll have a diffferent perspective.
Pluck yer magic twanger overdey, Froggy:
The Ghoul, aka legendary ’70s TV horror host Ron Sweed, has died
Ron Sweed, the horror host who became a hit on early 1970s Detroit TV in a haze of firecrackers, absurdist humor and the never-ending torture of his sidekick Froggy, has died in Cleveland at the age of 70.
Friends say he had suffered a heart attack in November, and never fully recovered. Sweed died Monday, according to multiple family friends and a Facebook post by his ex-wife, Barbara J. King.
The census of things he destroyed with his omnipresent firecrackers on Channel 50 (WKBD-TV) was legendary: Mickey Mouse puppets, toilets, model airplanes and pierogi, among other things.
“He was the Hunter S. Thompson of trash,” said Jerry Vile, the Detroit artist, media maker and creator of The Dirty Show. “You didn’t have to be an adult to know he wasn’t playing by the rules. He was everybody’s introduction to anarchy. He influenced a lot of people. He was like the proto-punk. It was true revolution for the hell of it. Blowing up stuff with fireworks — we weren’t supposed to do that. But here he was, doing it on the TV.”
re: #393 Man, DangerMan
Take it a step further.
The GOP and Trump claimed you could file a tax return on a postcard.
How’d that work out this year? It didn’t. The return was the same length and size. Why?
For one thing, tax prep companies lobby to prevent a simplified return where the IRS already fills in all the information that already feeds into the IRS via W2, 1099, and other corporate filings from brokerages and financial companies and employers.
They could feed all that in to the IRS and the taxpayer can call up their return that is prefilled, and all the taxpayer has to do is indicate that the return is complete, or that they want to identify additional credits, deductions, etc., above the standard deduction.
It still wouldn’t be a postcard, but that would speed the tax prep process, since the IRS already has the data needed to compute the tax due unless you are going to take one of the handful of remaining deductions or credits, or seek to itemize.
Most Americans would benefit from that system. Tax prep companies wouldn’t.
re: #393 Man, DangerMan
one big reason why payroll tax withholding became a thing was because people didnt have all the money at the end of the year to pay. they’d already spent it.
i find it interesting that people who pay quarterly estimated taxes are far less likely to overpay and expect a refund, than people who have paycheck withholding. also estimated tax payers are more likely to apply overpayments to next year’s tax to reduce the next quarterly payment in lieu of a refund. the timing makes it obvious.
They’re kind of related, and there also why people like having extra withheld. People are lousy savers. There’s always that one emergency or just that one cheap nice thing to have - like a trip to the movies - that takes a little bit out of your check. If you can’t see it, then you can’t spend it.
Tell people all they have to do to have a thousand at the end of the year is to put away $20 per week, and at the end of the year they will have $0. School fees, sudden expenses, etc, will cause them to pull from that pool. Let someone else take it out, and they can’t get to it until refund time.
re: #394 Mattand
Which doesn’t help when all of the MAGAts see stuff like that and go “See? You people are worse!”, as they gleefully celebrate more child separations of brown people at the border.
If we weren’t going after the rich, they would use abortion to justify it. If we didn’t support abortion, they’d use our support for minorities to justify it.
Devin owns a winery that operated a booze and cocaine laced cruise featuring prostitutes (allegedly). Can’t imagine why he’d have a cow over that kind of reporting. He just claims it’s all bull, but we all know he’s full of it.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) April 9, 2019
I…..fucking….what….
And who is helping this along? Democrat @RepRichardNeal, the one who has gotten donations from tax filing cos; delayed requesting Trump’s tax returns for months; and inexplicably didn’t ask for Trump Org’s returns. Working hard for The People! https://t.co/c1z8kuADhX
— Jesse Eisinger (@eisingerj) April 9, 2019
Everything is fucking going fucking ass backwards and I fucking hate it.
re: #295 gocart mozart
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— jeffreyw (@imjeffreyw) April 9, 2019
OTD: The guy on the left kicked the guy on the right’s ass. Let’s eat! #TheResistance #Resist #Appomattox https://t.co/lMCNIumNNQ
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) April 9, 2019
re: #404 The Vicious Babushka
We need to make this a holiday.
Thanks all very much for the comments on my cousin’s death. Life comes at you fast sometimes. If you don’t slow down you might miss it.
Off to the salt mines. Pax.
Sure, I know it’s just a coincidence, but still….
Apropos of nothing, behold this sage purge advice from Russian state TV in 2017:https://t.co/4Cw1uEgRsA
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) April 9, 2019
re: #395 Eric The Fruit Bat
Pluck yer magic twanger overdey, Froggy:
The Ghoul, aka legendary ’70s TV horror host Ron Sweed, has died
I think he took some of his shtick from Ghoulardi (Ernie Anderson) from Cleveland TV Channel 8 back in the mid-60s.
He was every 8 to 12 year old kid’s hip scary movie host.
Wake up with a cold. Watching the Republicans telling Barr to investigate Mueller and he’s agreeing to that.
And when Democrats question him he does the usual Republican shtick, he lies his ass off!
re: #409 ObserverArt
I think he took some of his shtick from Ghoulardi (Ernie Anderson) from Cleveland TV Channel 8 back in the mid-60s.
He was every 8 to 12 year old kids hip scary movie host.
Philly, and then NYC, both had John Zacherle - the ‘Cool Ghoul.’ He also went on to become an FM DJ on WNEW-FM when ‘underground radio’ became a thing.
Oh also today KKKandy Owens goes before the House Judiciary Committee to tell them how great Hitler was…
re: #411 makeitstop
Philly, and then NYC, both had John Zacherle - the ‘Cool Ghoul.’ He also went on to become an FM DJ on WNEW-FM when ‘underground radio’ became a thing.
I remember Zacherle!
Trump is such a petty and cruel asshole…
“Although Alles’ removal seemed sudden, the New York Times reported the former Secret Service director had fallen afoul of the president after the agency blamed a Mar-a-Lago security breach on Trump’s staffers. Some officials told the newspaper on Monday that although plans had already been made for Alles’ removal before the arrest of a suspicious Chinese woman carrying malware was made at Mar-a-Lago last week, they believe the incident helped accelerate his leave.
Trump had been so frustrated with the retired Marine major general that he nicknamed him Dumbo, a reference to Alles’ large ears, and mocked his appearance before ousting him from office, two officials told the Times.
Murray, Alles’ replacement, is a career Secret Service employee, previously in the role of deputy assistant director of protective operations.”
Stephen Miller actually is a white nationalist. Ilhan Omar is 100% correct & you, as usual, are a garbage fire of a human being. https://t.co/FHCEiln0L4
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) April 9, 2019
I never read the Wikipeda on Ghoulardi, the Cleveland horror movie host. This paragraph shows how a simple TV character can have so much influence over youngsters that got into Cleveland (and even LA) rock, punk and art bands.
Ghoulardi’s influence ultimately inspired the music and performance styles of a number of rock and punk bands from Cleveland and Akron, Ohio. The self-proclaimed “psychobilly” band, The Cramps, named their 1990 album Stay Sick! and dedicated their 1997 album, Big Beat From Badsville, to Ghoulardi’s memory. David Thomas, of art rock band Pere Ubu, said that the Cramps were “so thoroughly co-optive of the Ghoulardi persona that when they first appeared in the 1970s, Clevelanders of the generation were fairly dismissive.” Thomas credits Ghoulardi for influencing the “otherness” of the Cleveland/Akron bands of the mid-1970s and early-1980s, including the Electric Eels, The Mirrors, the Cramps, and Thomas’s own groups, Pere Ubu and Rocket From The Tombs, declaring, “We were the Ghoulardi kids.” Members of Devo and The Dead Boys have also cited Ghoulardi as a strong influence.[4][5] Pretenders founder Chrissie Hynde, an Akron native, referred to Ghoulardi as a local “guru”: “He had his own language and we idolized him, the Beat version of a ghoul.”[6]
Asked about Trump’s reported interest in reinstating family separation, AG Barr claims ignorance: “I haven’t heard that.”
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) April 9, 2019
This fucking guy.
AG Barr says the “bottom line [of the Mueller report] is binary. Charges or no charges.”
… but that wasn’t the bottom line, because Mueller didn’t say “no charges” on obstruction. *Barr* made it binary to let Trump off the hook.— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) April 9, 2019
Maybe we won’t get our hands on the Mueller report until a Democrat is in the White House again.
Case is asking Barr if he’s going to use Executive Privilege to redact the report, he says he has no plan to do that.
— Ale (@aliasvaughn) April 9, 2019
He’ll just do it spontaneously.
Rep. Tom Graves working himself into an outrage about people wanting to see Mueller’s full report is an odd strategy. I mean, it just proves that Republicans think that report has damning information about Trump and are eager to cover it up.
— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) April 9, 2019
re: #415 The Vicious Babushka
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Republicans have launched a new wave of attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), this time for daring to call white nationalist White House adviser Stephen Miller a white nationalist. “Stephen Miller is a white nationalist,” Omar tweeted on Monday, correctly, in response to news that Miller continues to push Donald Trump toward ever more hateful and abusive staffing decisions. But since Miller is also Jewish, Republicans are attacking Omar with the claim that calling a Jewish white nationalist a white nationalist is somehow anti-Semitic.
Let’s be clear: Stephen Miller is a white nationalist.
White nationalist leader Richard Spencer claims him as a longtime ally. Miller also has ties with groups like the David Horowitz Freedom Center and the Center for Immigration Studies. Miller has echoed white nationalist claims about the Emma Lazarus poem on the Statue of Liberty. He’s been a racist since adolescence, even reportedly ending a friendship because he couldn’t be friends with a Latino.
Stephen Miller is a white nationalist.
Miller’s own uncle has written about how the policies Miller “so coolly espouses” would have prevented his own family from escaping pogroms in Eastern Europe by coming to the U.S. Because, yes, Miller has repeatedly pushed white nationalist policies from his position at Donald Trump’s right hand. Miller was an architect of Trump’s Muslim ban. He’s not only an architect of Trump’s vile family separation policy, he’s a ghoul who “actually enjoys seeing those pictures at the border.” He’s pushed to target citizenship for legal immigrants and to strip nutrition benefits from U.S. citizen children whose parents are immigrants.
AG Barr says he does not intend to ask a court for an exception to release grand jury material in the Mueller investigation.
— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) April 9, 2019
It’s the coverup that gets you.
re: #422 Joe Bacon 🌹
reminded of this extraordinary comic @elivalley did for us (in 2017?!) https://t.co/bUnLc7fljD
— matt lubchansky (@Lubchansky) April 9, 2019
Who does he think he is? Congressional questions aren’t requests. Toss him in prison for contempt! https://t.co/DEMKRAEenD
— Rev. Magdalen ||This Machine Dismantles Patriarchy (@revmagdalen) April 9, 2019
re: #401 Citizen K
I remember when the cost of having to file your State and Federal income tax was the cost of postage. Now it costs me $100 for the privilege.
Thank you Charles for the spell checkar so to spell privilege correctly.
I see that the feeble-minded son of the unfit tyrant “President” took a short break from spewing his usual nonsense today, to accuse a member of Congress of being the head of a “Farrakhan Fan Club” which does not exist, because he apparently has no shame. https://t.co/FHCEiln0L4
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) April 9, 2019
re: #428 The Vicious Babushka
Gotta love it when dipshits like Don Jr. accuse us of being fans of people we’ve probably never heard of.
And now Candace Owens is going full Dinesh D’Souza, calling the terror of the KKK a phenomenon of the left https://t.co/vvtWfrkxvv
— Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) April 9, 2019
re: #431 jaunte
I’m sure the KKK members will be surprised to know that.
We don’t talk enough about how deeply broken our government and politics have to be for Candace Owens to testify before Congress in the first place. https://t.co/Zr7m6wDaUO
— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) April 9, 2019
re: #430 SteelPH
Gotta love it when dipshits like Don Jr. accuse us of being fans of people we’ve probably never heard of.
I doubt Donny Jr even knows who Louis Farrakhan is. He probably was told by dear old Daddy Trump who probably has hated Farrakhan forever. It gets passed down.
Right wing extremists are engaging in DARVO to shield other right wingers from the fact that their toxic worldview spawns right wing domestic terrorists around the world.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) April 9, 2019
As Candace Owens testifies in front of Congress, I’ll repost this thread in which I showed her “Blexit” site was filled with distortions and fake quotes. (Her response to this, by the way, was to block me immediately.) https://t.co/edyqhtPrUp
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) April 9, 2019
Candace Owens at the mic at the House hearing. Her message is, no surprise, that Democrats are the real racists and want to sow division, including “the tall hating the short.”
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) April 9, 2019
JFC what an idiot.
re: #437 jaunte
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JFC what an idiot.
Just waiting for that ass to praise Hitler again…
re: #437 jaunte
JFC what an idiot.
Let her talk then. She’s going to make herself a laughing stock. Maybe Democrats should start asking her about Q conspiracies.
re: #440 Belafon
Let her talk then. She’s going to make herself a laughing stock. Maybe Democrats should start asking her about Q conspiracies.
Yeah then she gets to the good part—Pizzagate…
Spring Cleaning Update:
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2/ Karsich said this is not a “manufactured crisis created by those of us who live and work in the border area” because “border patrol continue to apprehend record numbers of people.”
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) April 9, 2019
What part of this is a record apprehension?
We are at multidecade low. That’s not a crisis.
Trump’s spewing this venomous rhetoric to keep nonwhites out and to stop nonwhite *legal* immigration to the US. He wants to stop asylum for nonwhites. pic.twitter.com/MeLEl07x0K— lawhawk (@lawhawk) April 9, 2019
re: #442 The Vicious Babushka
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re: #443 lawhawk
HOLY SHIT it’s a super mother-fucking massive invasion! Stop the rampaging wave of dirty brown folk slamming against our borders nowwwwwww!!!
They fail to provide proof of this super-massive crisis at the border. And yet they keep getting away with it thanks to fucking credulous media coverage and GOP bad faith.
re: #276 Belafon
At what point does the GOP resist, or admit to being willing collaborators?
When we punish them at the ballot box.
admit? never
resist? we punish them at the ballot box and they go back underground and wait.
they’ll win elections again eventually
what we cant do is allow this kind of filthy thinking to come out again
“never again” indeed
re: #446 Man, DangerMan
At what point does the GOP resist, or admit to being willing collaborators?
admit? never
resist? we punish them at the ballot box and they go back underground and wait.
they’ll win elections again eventually
what we cant do is allow this kind of filthy thinking to come out again
“never again” indeed
Republicans are addicted to power the same way a junky is addicted to heroin.
And they will lie, cheat and especially steal to get more power.
re: #287 Dread Pirate Union AFL-CIO
Watch Trump Spox Hogan Gidley Falsely Claim ‘65 Percent Reduction in Crime’ Thanks to ‘New Border Wall’
“where is this new wall you’re talking about?”
really, no one asks this? no one?
re: #446 Man, DangerMan
At what point does the GOP resist, or admit to being willing collaborators?
admit? never
resist? we punish them at the ballot box and they go back underground and wait.
they’ll win elections again eventually
what we cant do is allow this kind of filthy thinking to come out again
“never again” indeed
You’re not going to punish them with one election. It has to be a sustained effort, where it’s costing them being racist. No, it’s not easy, but short of us becoming vigilanties ourselves, that’s what it’s going to take.
re: #444 lawhawk
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re: #295 gocart mozart
No way.
Absolutely no way.AngryMan
@AngryManTV
A Chinese company says its automatic sperm extractor is helping clinics collect semen from donors reluctant to masturbate in a hospital setting.
you know there’s gonna be a portable/home version soon
re: #451 Man, DangerMan
you know there’s gonna be a portable/home version soon
Pretty sure those already exist.
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re: #448 Man, DangerMan
“where is this new wall you’re talking about?”
really, no one asks this? no one?
The CCCP (Corporate Controlled Conservative Press) needs to stop kissing Trump’s ass.
re: #304 Ferdinand
My cousin shared this on Facebook about his brother’s death:
my first page and post ever on LGF was about gun accountability.
and it’s only gotten worse. much worse.
they want, they promote, they endorse letting people with at best a tangential grip on reality access to guns
i am profoundly sad and angry beyond words.
it never fucking ends.
re: #307 teleskiguy
Because I’m smart or whatever, my guns are not in my house. They’re in a safe at my parents’ place, have been for years. I suffer from depression. It comes in fits and starts. Sometimes it’s really bad. Suicide is an answer for folks in the throughs of depression. Guns are an effective ‘off switch.’
and look at the week you just had!
re: #455 Man, DangerMan
my first page and post ever on LGF was about gun accountability.
and it’s only gotten worse. much worse.
they want, they promote, they endorse letting people with at best a tangential grip on reality access to guns
i am profoundly sad and angry beyond words.
it never fucking ends.
It will only end when the guns are turned on the rich. When that happens, the rich will pour enough bribes into Republican pockets so they will vote for gun confiscation.
re: #366 Dread Pirate Union AFL-CIO
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-now that she’s ‘separated’ and ‘distanced’, she’s gonna try and rehab herself.
-not gonna work
re: #457 Joe Bacon 🌹
It will only end when the guns are turned on the rich. When that happens, the rich will pour enough bribes into Republican pockets so they will vote for gun confiscation.
I do not see anything like that happening. But you must have noticed that very few gun rights supporters presented the arguments that if those Muslims in Christchurch had been packing assault rifles with bump stocks and 30-round magazines that they would all be safe and alive today…
re: #442 The Vicious Babushka
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re: #459 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I do not see anything like that happening. But you must have noticed that very few gun rights supporters presented the arguments that if those Muslims in Christchurch had been packing assault rifles with bump stocks and 30-round magazines that they would all be safe and alive today…
The reason you didn’t see those arguments is because the Tiny Penis Club types hate Muslims.
JFC
Congressman Buck’s questioning of Candace Owens is painful. He’s a grown man using buzzwords like “triggering.” He’s asking her if she’s been targeted for being a conservative.
This is a hearing on white supremacist violence.— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) April 9, 2019
For the wingnuts who are screaming about Ilhan Omar being “Anti-Semitic” here is what actual Anti-Semitism looks like:
Our statement from JLM Vice Chair @joedgoldberg on the antisemitic laced piece published by the Labour Representation Committee. pic.twitter.com/0PeaBkuhm8
— Jewish Labour Movement (@JewishLabour) April 9, 2019
re: #462 The Vicious Babushka
A second Congressman has now asked the only Muslim person on the panel whether Muslims hate Jews.
This is a hearing on white supremacist violence.
full DARVO going on here
and if there is white supremacist violence, they will insisit that perps were forced into it because muslims and blacks breathe the same air on the same planet…
re: #396 lawhawk
Take it a step further.
The GOP and Trump claimed you could file a tax return on a postcard.
How’d that work out this year? It didn’t. The return was the same length and size. Why?
For one thing, tax prep companies lobby to prevent a simplified return where the IRS already fills in all the information that already feeds into the IRS via W2, 1099, and other corporate filings from brokerages and financial companies and employers.
They could feed all that in to the IRS and the taxpayer can call up their return that is prefilled, and all the taxpayer has to do is indicate that the return is complete, or that they want to identify additional credits, deductions, etc., above the standard deduction.
It still wouldn’t be a postcard, but that would speed the tax prep process, since the IRS already has the data needed to compute the tax due unless you are going to take one of the handful of remaining deductions or credits, or seek to itemize.
Most Americans would benefit from that system. Tax prep companies wouldn’t.
all true
well over 90% of returns have been efiled since 2015. while the ‘postcard’ was easy to understand metaphor maybe, it was a lie from the start that people were really going to file that way
as to the 1040, they took 3 forms (1040, 1040A, 1040ez) and made them 1 form. cut it in half, and put the other half on the back - to make it look smaller
then they took all the schedules we ‘used to file’ and ….added a bunch of new ones to compensate for all the lines they took off the face of the 1040’s
re: #397 Belafon
They’re kind of related, and there also why people like having extra withheld. People are lousy savers. There’s always that one emergency or just that one cheap nice thing to have - like a trip to the movies - that takes a little bit out of your check. If you can’t see it, then you can’t spend it.
Tell people all they have to do to have a thousand at the end of the year is to put away $20 per week, and at the end of the year they will have $0. School fees, sudden expenses, etc, will cause them to pull from that pool. Let someone else take it out, and they can’t get to it until refund time.
oh, i dont disagree at all. that’s why i said the interest free loan isnt a big deal. it is an effective ‘christmas club’ (remember those) for many people.
re: #466 Man, DangerMan
oh, i dont disagree at all. that’s why i said the interest free loan isnt a big deal. it is an effective ‘christmas club’ (remember those) for many people.
Yes I remember the Christmas Club accounts and how Mom would always close them after a couple months when an emergency popped up…
Is there not one single decent person in the Trump admin? Not one?
re: #469 Eclectic Cyborg
Is there not one single decent person in the Trump admin? Not one?
Dan Coats.
re: #469 Eclectic Cyborg
Is there not one single decent person in the Trump admin? Not one?
Nope. Every one is totally corrupt.
But that won’t stop Pulpit Pimps like Franky Graham Cracker from BSing about how they are all God Fearing Xtian Patriots!
re: #449 Belafon
You’re not going to punish them with one election. It has to be a sustained effort, where it’s costing them being racist. No, it’s not easy, but short of us becoming vigilanties ourselves, that’s what it’s going to take.
yes
Booby Nincompoopo takes a page from the KKKris KKKobach playbook.
In recent years we’ve witnessed the increasing ideological marriage of the Israeli Likud and the American GOP. Nor is it just ideological and cultural. There is increasingly transnational cooperation, with longtime Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu frequently intervening in US politics on Republicans’ behalf. But Likud took a big step today adopting more or less wholesale GOP ‘voter fraud’ tactics to suppress minority voters.
Today is election day in Israel, an election the right again seems likely to win by a narrow but decisive margin. But the big story of the day in the Israeli press is Likud sending party activists to Arab majority precincts with hidden cameras to monitor “voter fraud.” The party reportedly distributed 1200 hidden cameras to activists.
Just because she was born in 1989 doesn’t mean she can’t know history. She can’t know history because her livelihood depends on it. https://t.co/9TsIaK1lXv
— Schooley (@Rschooley) April 9, 2019
re: #469 Eclectic Cyborg
Is there not one single decent person in the Trump admin? Not one?
no
i was re-reading the saturday night masscre
- richardson refused and resigned - rather than do what nixon asked
- Ruckelshaus refused and resigned - rather than doing what nixon asked
- Bork (remember him), the third in line, axed Cox.
— note: Bork said Nixon promised him the next seat on the Supreme Court for firing Cox
ANYONE who works for trump, ANYONE who puts their job before the country is not a decent person.
ANYONE who claims they stay there to be a buffer or the “adult in the room” is an enabler and a liar. And this ‘approach’ hasn’t done anything anyway.
If you have any integrity you never went hear this administration.
Looks like Dr. Kruse has chimed in!
(rubs temples until they bleed)https://t.co/bM1suW1e6n
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) April 9, 2019
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The worst thing about Candace Owens being in front of Congress is it gives he legitimacy as someone important that needs to be listened to and it feeds her ego.
re: #479 Joe Bacon 🌹
Just waiting for Dr. Kruse to chime in to school KKKandy.
THREAD: In Which An Actual, Real Historian Owns Right-Wing Shill Candace Owens For Spewing Fake Quotes. #TheResistance #Blexit #Resist #FakeNews https://t.co/pH4HwDeu11
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) April 9, 2019
re: #405 Belafon
I agree. Confederates get the holidays and the movies. We need to know about the right side of the equation-the liberty side. I mean , all a lot of people know about Grant was that he was some kind of drunk, not that he smashed the Confederacy and as President smashed the original KKK. Where’s Grant’s movie or the Northern Answer to “Gone with the Wind? And can we rehabilitate the reputation of the “Carpetbaggers?”. Sure there were rip-off artists, but a lot of the people went down South to help newly freed slaves and educate them.
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