Seth takes a closer look at President Trump still resisting calls to release his tax returns while complaining about immigration laws.
Replay from downstairs. Shoot me now.
Trump Reelection Campaign Raises $30 Million in First Quarter President Trump’s reelection campaign reported over the weekend that it had raised more than $30 million in the first quarter of 2019, beating the combined fundraising hauls of the two… https://t.co/3WqtggnvdI #USRC pic.twitter.com/YuvVQEyrP4
— U.S. Reality Check🗽 (@USRealityCheck) April 16, 2019
He’s been raising money since the week he was sworn in.
Also CL’d:
re: #422 Chrysicat
re: #413 Dread Pirate Union AFL-CIO
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Trump forward deploys F-35s next to Iran in case he needs a war to distract the press from the Mueller report.
Would it be wrong of me to think that he’d better hope all the F-14s are permanently out of service, because I think the only advantage the Lightnings have on them is being semi-stealth?
I hope I’m wrong.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) April 16, 2019
Asshole gotta asshole
Glenn Beck speculates on the Notre Dame fire: “If this was started by Islamists, I don’t think you’ll find out about it.” pic.twitter.com/Yvq5iRdUCw
— Jason Campbell (@JasonSCampbell) April 16, 2019
re: #4 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
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“Pendo ergo sum”
Mom and Dad got a college fund for me but I gotta prepay my parking 16 years before I can drive and park?
re: #7 gocart mozart
Well that covers all bases, doesn’t it?
*blinks*
Tucker Carlson guest Mark Steyn reacts to Notre Dame fire by calling the French “godless,” bringing up terror attacks committed by Muslims, bemoaning that ND is in a Muslim neighborhood and saying theres no christianity outside the walls pic.twitter.com/NCNl6OyJzY
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) April 16, 2019
*blinks*
re: #9 Skip Intro
Well that covers all bases, doesn’t it?
Pretty much. Absence of conspiracy means that the conspiracy was covered up. Not that it never existed in the first place. A totally secure position from which logic cannot dislodge you.
re: #3 Chrysicat
Also CL’d:
Would it be wrong of me to think that he’d better hope all the F-14s are permanently out of service, because I think the only advantage the Lightnings have on them is being semi-stealth?
You’re kind of spectacularly wrong. F-35’s wipe the floor with previous gen fighters even in the hands of experienced USAF pilots with access to much more modern weapons systems (and likely rather better maintained jets to boot).
I mean, I know it’s very popular and whatnot to keep on hating on the F-35 program but you’re going to have to look harder and harder for cherries to pick in doing so.
Oh, and VLO capability along with superior sensors and information sharing systems kind of *are* a fundamental game-changer on the modern aerial battlefield - especially in the sort of BVR engagements the entirely unstealthy Iranian F-14’s would find themselves getting swatted out of the sky in.
During the last few days, tornado’s and tornado shelters were a discussion topic here on LGF. I just came across this news release from the US Forest Service on building an effective and affordable tornado shelter in an existing home.
At the bottom of the article there are two links, one for the detailed specs and one for a how-to video.
I hope some of you who are in tornado country may be able to take advantage of this system.
Forest Service Wood Tornado Shelter Provides Safe, Affordable Storm Protection
re: #10 Teukka
*blinks*
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Don’t know who’s the bigger asshole Tucker or Steyn.
re: #7 gocart mozart
Asshole gotta asshole
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Did you expect such a racist bigot as Beck to say anything else?
From the previous thread:
re: #423 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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🚀 Forecasters predict a 90% chance of favorable weather for Wednesday’s 4:46pm ET launch of @northropgrumman’s #Antares rocket carrying @ISS_Research & supplies from @NASA_Wallops to the @Space_Station. Details: https://t.co/fclD9O2s7i pic.twitter.com/NNeVTrnbx4
— NASA (@NASA) April 16, 2019
It’s like Musk is forcing the US to compete again.
re: #9 Skip Intro
Well that covers all bases, doesn’t it?
It didn’t happen, but we will never know.
Watch my show. Buy my stuff.
re: #15 Joe Bacon 🌹
Don’t know who’s the bigger asshole Tucker or Steyn.
Incarnations of the same asshole? And not the only ones?
re: #7 gocart mozart
Asshole gotta asshole
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Spread the word…Glenn Beck started the fire.
— Michael P Wilson (@MichaelPWilson3) April 16, 2019
re: #14 Cheechako
During the last few days, tornado’s and tornado shelters were a discussion topic here on LGF. I just came across this news release from the US Forest Service on building an effective and affordable tornado shelter in an existing home.
At the bottom of the article there are two links, one for the detailed specs and one for a how-to video.
I hope some of you who are in tornado country may be able to take advantage of this system.
Forest Service Wood Tornado Shelter Provides Safe, Affordable Storm Protection
I don’t understand how a fire of this magnitude could happen accidentally
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) April 15, 2019
Fire can’t melt wooden beams. Quod erat demonstratum.
— nothings monstered (@nothingsmonstrd) April 16, 2019
re: #20 Belafon
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Billy Joel could write an entire sequel to that song featuring Trump stuff alone.
re: #1 MsJ
Replay from downstairs. Shoot me now.
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Yeah, he outraised two candidates out of a much larger field. So? And let’s see how much the Russians gave him.
Today someone identifying themself as an EDVA employee texted me claiming to have seen Jacob Wohl and John Burkman testifying before a grand jury. Skeptical, I looked up the number and it traced back to this facebook page lol pic.twitter.com/B76ufUOLR4
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) April 15, 2019
Look what comes up when you google image search “Arlington Center for Political Intelligence” lmao pic.twitter.com/rtWOjGaJW4
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) April 15, 2019
We might someday actually get ansibles:
Scientists from Stony Brook University, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, and DOE’s Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) are collaborating on an experiment that puts U.S. quantum networking research on the international map.
Researchers, including Stony Brook’s Eden Figueroa, have built a quantum network testbed that connects several buildings on the Brookhaven Lab campus using unique portable quantum entanglement sources and an existing DOE ESnet communications fiber network—a significant step in building a large-scale quantum network that can transmit information over long distances.
“In quantum mechanics, the physical properties of entangled particles remain associated, even when separated by vast distances. Thus, when measurements are performed on one side, it also affects the other,” said Kerstin Kleese van Dam, director of Brookhaven Lab’s Computational Science Initiative (CSI). “To date, this work has been successfully demonstrated with entangled photons separated by approximately 11 miles. This is one of the largest quantum entanglement distribution networks in the world, and the longest-distance entanglement experiment in the United States.”
These numbers partly explain why so many law enforcement groups are against legalization: marijuana makes up a huge share of their workload. They can also tap into generous federal funding for it. https://t.co/8HhAPHN47w pic.twitter.com/2bXEwl2I1O
— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) April 15, 2019
re: #28 BlueGrl21
Trees from the 1100’s are dry. They burn.
Next?
Or about the Great fire of 1625:https://t.co/XgL7iCky4j
— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) April 16, 2019
re: #29 Dread Pirate Union AFL-CIO
And the non-NYC part of New York is just as conservative as Texas.
re: #24 Belafon
Yeah, he outraised two candidates out of a much larger field. So? And let’s see how much the Russians gave him.
Some years ago the New York Rangers were considered an NHL laughingstock because despite having the highest payroll of ANY team, they consistently played poorly and missed the playoffs year after year after year. More money does NOT equal more success.
Also, didn’t AOCs primary opponent outspend her by like a bajillion dollars?
I dare you to outcute this:
Bat cuddling with a stuffed rabbit#Easterbunny pic.twitter.com/HbEZyIKsTL
— 41 Strange (@41Strange) April 14, 2019
Water, fire, air and dirt
Fucking magnets, how do they work?
And I don’t wanna talk to a scientist
Y’all motherfuckers lying, and getting me pissed https://t.co/c4kAbonHng— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) April 16, 2019
Canada lawmaker says Trudeau’s warning against white supremacy is ethnic attack https://t.co/CXXdccjIKi pic.twitter.com/MRuBv2UzdN
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) April 16, 2019
Louis Farrakhan = Candace Owens
Louis Farrakhan PRAISES President Trump: He is Destroying Our Mutual Ene… https://t.co/Ru00jufNHA via @YouTube
— YaRaheeem (@YaRaheeem) April 13, 2019
Now it appears Barr has ties to Russia that should have required him to recuse from involvement all together.https://t.co/sNCGFUCdTo
— derek strong (@derekstrong3) April 16, 2019
re: #40 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
But, the yolk. Where is the yolk? The best part.
I am getting thousands of DMs from egg white aficionados. Sorry, not sorry.
re: #41 Ming5000
But, the yolk. Where is the yolk? The best part.
I think they were mixed with mustard, mushroom soup, canned green beans and those unidentified crunchy things in some kind of church pot-luck casserole.
re: #43 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I think they were mixed with mustard, mushroom soup, canned green beans and those unidentified crunchy things in some kind of church pot-luck casserole.
I might actually eat such a thing………if I were starving to death and my mouse traps weren’t working.
So, waking up early here in Europe for work and it looks like the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral has been contained. Apparently, the firefighters got lucky (owing to wind direction) and it looks like they’ll be able to save the structure.
French President Macron has said it will be rebuilt and he’s seeking international assistance towards that end.
It’s certainly gonna be expensive, to say the least. Ooof, what a mess.
re: #40 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
There is comfort food, happy indulgent food and now an example of sad food. Like go seek help…
As we await Mueller’s findings, Trump is already working with a foreign power—China, this time—to enhance his 2020 odds. Can’t get much lower than asking Beijing to shift its tariffs from farmers to other sectors (i.e. non-Trump voters). https://t.co/OfYHK1whDa
— Ned Price (@nedprice) April 15, 2019
Kelso Police officers shot and killed Butts, who’s accused of killing Deputy DeRosier. #KOIN6News https://t.co/fGnj4LGaUs
— Jennifer Hoff (@JennHoffKOIN6) April 16, 2019
re: #49 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
good grief
Suspect Brian Butts is related to Daniel Butts, who pleaded guilty in March to killing Rainier Police Chief Ralph Painter. Brian and Daniel have the same mother. Their fathers are also brothers. https://t.co/meavJ1CZJo
— KOIN News (@KOINNews) April 15, 2019
re: #46 Dr Lizardo
So, waking up early here in Europe for work and it looks like the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral has been contained. Apparently, the firefighters got lucky (owing to wind direction) and it looks like they’ll be able to save the structure.
French President Macron has said it will be rebuilt and he’s seeking international assistance towards that end.
It’s certainly gonna be expensive, to say the least. Ooof, what a mess.
I got a pretty big headstart. A French billionaire has already pledged 100 million Euro to the reconstruction.
re: #50 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
So one mother had babies with two brothers and both kids grew up to be murderers?
That is some serious Jerry Springer shit right there.
re: #40 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Needs layer of tater tots and grated velveeta…
re: #55 Jay C
1834, but who’s counting?
Oops. That was a heck of a loss though. Still, they got lucky too in that the great hall with it’s new roof (from 1393) didn’t burn.
As I’ve commented here before, my free Netflix month seems like a waste, given so little I want to watch on their (US) service.
So I bring up Netflix today and there is an announcement of a new show for me to check out… and it’s another zombie apocalypse thing. I’ve already forgotten the show’s name.
Anyway, American small-screen entertainment needs to move away from the apocalypse/zombie genre.
I suspect that this genre exploded post 9/11 as part of the overall worldview collapse going on in our society, of which our politicians ignore addressing directly (though Trump exploits is relentlessly.)
re: #51 danarchy
I got a pretty big headstart. A French billionaire has already pledged 100 million Euro to the reconstruction.
Yeah, I saw that, but I think this is going to cost a good deal more than 100 million Euro. It’s probably going to end up closer to one billion Euro or more. Still, that 100 million Euro is a good start.
BTW, for those who may not know, Notre-dame de Paris isn’t owned by the Church - it’s owned by the French government, so the cost of rebuilding would be their responsibility. Assuming it was an accidental blaze (and at this point, I’m pretty sure it was entirely accidental, as the fire started right at the point where restoration work was being done), I’d certainly hate to be the construction company that was responsible for the fire…..because they’re probably going to be out of business in the not-too-distant future.
re: #52 Eclectic Cyborg
So one mother had babies with two brothers and both kids grew up to be murderers?
That is some serious Jerry Springer shit right there.
Something like my first wife, except that her children grew up to be an architect and a pediatrician respectively.
I know a blended clan in this area that consists of a husband and wife and 7 children. Each spouse brought 3 children to the marriage then they had another one together. After that, it gets weird, like a genetic version of an Escher engraving. The husband’s ex-wife and the wife’s ex-husband were brother and sister, making each set of older children both step-siblings and first cousins to the other set. The youngest has 6 half-siblings. Each of the other children has two siblings, a half-sibling, 3 step siblings, and 3 first cousins in the group. There may be other permutations that I am too old to figure out.
You know at least once today Trump remarked on how this was stupid idea
Francois Pinault and his family have announced they are donating 100 million Euro to the rebuilding of Notre Dame.
Pinault owns Gucci, YSL, and Christies, among other luxury brands. He also happens to be married to Salma Hayek. pic.twitter.com/9HXN16Stjk— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) April 16, 2019
#Pompeo is “losing his mind” and is a “hypocrite,” slammed Chinese ambassador to #Chile Xu Bu over Pompeo’s accusations against #China during his visit to #LatinAmerica. https://t.co/iusJyuJF9R pic.twitter.com/XRJ7jNmhuQ
— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) April 16, 2019
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is open to a third summit with US President Donald Trump but “it is essential for the US to quit its current method and approach us with a new one”. https://t.co/dm9LjM8cJj
— Al Jazeera News (@AJENews) April 15, 2019
Diplomacy is hard.
re: #58 freetoken
that and the inherent racism of the whole zombie genre.
re: #63 William Lewis
Love the original “Night of the Living Dead.” Like “28 Days Later”. That’s about it for me and zombies.
re: #1 MsJ
Replay from downstairs. Shoot me now.
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And how much of that $30 million did President Max Bialystock put in his pocket?
re: #64 plansbandc
Love the original “Night of the Living Dead.” Like “28 Days Later”. That’s about it for me and zombies.
I would add The Return of the Living Dead and Shaun of the Dead to that list, but my interest in the zombie genre is fairly limited.
re: #63 William Lewis
that and the inherent racism of the whole zombie genre.
God, I hate that whole line of thinking. A fine example of how sloppy critical theory can take you to really dumb places. I mean, Night of the Living Dead? Heck, zombie movies and stories didn’t even start in America.
re: #55 Jay C
1834, but who’s counting?
Be careful with disposing of those tally sticks from the Exchequer’s office!
re: #64 plansbandc
Love the original “Night of the Living Dead.” Like “28 Days Later”. That’s about it for me and zombies.
My Dad is in Night Of The Living Dead. He’s in the scene where Chilly Billy Cardille is talking to the sheriff and Dad is one of the Zombie hunters. He says, “THERE THEY ARE” and “LET’S GET THEM”!
re: #65 Joe Bacon 🌹
And how much of that $30 million did President Max Bialystock put in his pocket?
At least half is my guess.
Below is a link to to a Facebook video uploaded by “pastor” Jeff Durbin of Apologia Church, currently holding meetings not far from chez Holmes. It is a cop body-cam video, but I suspect Durbin post-processed the video to blur his buddies for reasons that will become clear. The cop was called on scene due to a report of excessive noise from Durbin and his pals, who were using amplification. I believe these asshats were located on the sidewalk in front of the shopping center in Tempe where there’s a Planned Parenthood location towards the back of the center.
Anyway, the reason I’m posting this is because Jeff Durbin sounds just like a sovereign citizen in his rhetoric. I am no fan of the cops, but I don’t pull out ordinances and statutes or refuse to give my name when I talk to them. I’ve watched dozens of sovereign citizen videos and Durbin is one of them. The concern is that if this guy doesn’t respect the authority of law enforcement for something as basic as not disturbing the peace with megaphones, what’s to say that Jeff and his buddies might not do something worse to “stop the baby killing”? Remember, these are the guys who think that the state should execute women who have abortions.
This is a little over four minutes, has no mention of abortion in it, but is a good insight into sovereign citizen nutjobbery.
ETA: some of the comments are very critical of Durbin, basically for making the cops’ lives difficult.
re: #66 Dr Lizardo
I would add The Return of the Living Dead and Shaun of the Dead to that list, but my interest in the zombie genre is fairly limited.
The only zombie movie I can tolerate is Warm Bodies, but that’s because it is a romance based on Romeo and Juliet, rather than a true horror film.
re: #67 LastYearsMan
God, I hate that whole line of thinking. A fine example of how sloppy critical theory can take you to really dumb places. I mean, Night of the Living Dead? Heck, zombie movies and stories didn’t even start in America.
Just because they started as one thing does not mean that they stay that way. The zombie genre has been corrupted beyond redemption by racists for racists. Doesn’t matter what it was but now that’s all that it is.
re: #74 William Lewis
Just because they started as one thing does not mean that they stay that way. The zombie genre has been corrupted beyond redemption by racists for racists. Doesn’t matter what it was but now that’s all that it is.
I don’t think the connection is the intent of the creators so much as the filtered interpretation of the racists. The zombie apocalypse is a near-ideal metaphor for the common racist survival vision of mindless hordes of “others” pouring out of the inner cities to loot and pillage “when the welfare checks stop.” Problem is, it is also a good metaphor for other situations in which people feel threatened by a mindless mass, like me when I lived in Lubbock. If the genre is associated with racists, that is on the racists rather than the genre and its fans in general.
re: #62 Dread Pirate Union AFL-CIO
That picture of Kim, wow. How big a fucking desk does one dictator need?
re: #78 Eclectic Cyborg
That picture of Kim, wow. How big a fucking desk does one dictator need?
Maybe he’s compensating.
No booster for you! Falcon Heavy core stage topples over in rough seas https://t.co/nFgwtGeLTv pic.twitter.com/FdhSEcGCbi
— SpaceFlight Insider (@SpaceflightIns) April 16, 2019
Shame, it would be nice to be able to do forensics on a center core.
Here’s a photo of Notre Dame from this morning, taken about 45 minutes ago.
Dawn in Paris. #NotreDame is still standing. Hurt yet magnificent. pic.twitter.com/7oPUXPKX0H
— Agnes Poirier (@AgnesCPoirier) April 16, 2019
re: #82 Dr Lizardo
Here’s a photo of Notre Dame from this morning, taken about 45 minutes ago.
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I feel lucky to have seen her when I was in high school lo! these many years ago. I had heard the Rose Window was damaged, which means I may need to wait a while longer to see it again.
re: #83 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
I feel lucky to have seen her when I was in high school lo! these many years ago. I had heard the Rose Window was damaged, which means I may need to wait a while longer to see it again.
I was there 15 years ago with the ex-Mrs. Dr. Lizardo. Stunningly beautiful cathedral and certainly one of the most iconic buildings in France (actually, in Europe, for that matter).
re: #84 Dr Lizardo
I was there 15 years ago with the ex-Mrs. Dr. Lizardo. Stunningly beautiful cathedral and certainly one of the most iconic buildings in France (actually, in Europe, for that matter).
I expect an outpouring of donations to restore her. That’s the silver (heh) lining in this particular storm cloud.
Fire is mostly out, but firefighters are still hosing the old girl down.
#NotreDame Au petit matin, une dizaine d’heures après le début de l’incendie, le travail des pompiers se poursuit, ici depuis une nacelle pic.twitter.com/hT8dFDqSyr
— Marc Bettinelli (@MarcBettinelli) April 16, 2019
re: #85 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
I expect an outpouring of donations to restore her. That’s the silver (heh) lining in this particular storm cloud.
Of that I have no doubt. Before the fire, it was estimated that a thorough restoration of the cathedral was in the ballpark of €150 million. Post-fire, it’ll probably top €500 million easily and it’ll likely remain at least partially closed for quite some time as reconstruction work commences and that’ll hurt the tourist trade - Notre-dame de Paris is the most-visited tourist site in Paris, even more so than the Eiffel Tower or the Arc de Triomphe.
So this represents a pretty big blow to Paris. Ouch.
re: #58 freetoken
Anyway, American small-screen entertainment needs to move away from the apocalypse/zombie genre.
I liked Shaun of the Dead because it is well written and acted.
I enjoyed the novel World War Z because in the end, it is not so much about zombies as it is about how humanity reacts (or rather fails desperately at reacting) to any major crisis that does not crash down on us like an asteroid.
re: #59 Dr Lizardo
BTW, for those who may not know, Notre-dame de Paris isn’t owned by the Church - it’s owned by the French government, so the cost of rebuilding would be their responsibility. Assuming it was an accidental blaze (and at this point, I’m pretty sure it was entirely accidental, as the fire started right at the point where restoration work was being done),
We all know it was started by Islamists bent on eradicating symbols of Christianity and rebuilding it as a Victory Mosque but that fact is being concealed by the Lugenpresse
re: #90 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
We all know it was started by Islamists bent on eradicating symbols of Christianity and rebuilding it as a Victory Mosque but that fact is being concealed by the Lugenpresse
The usual suspects will likely ignore all efforts by France’s Muslim and Jewish populations to raise money for the restoration of the cathedral.
some presidents, too https://t.co/9xj7srgUtZ
— Cake or Death (@Johngcole) April 16, 2019
So the QAnon crowd is running with the Notre Dame fire… Spoilered because…
The fight to make education secular in the UK:
I’ve joined over 180 other educationalists and humanist and religious campaigners in writing to @DamianHinds & @educationgovuk against 100% religiously selective state schools. Find out more via @Humanists_UK https://t.co/RiA79dG43G
— Prof Stavrakopoulou (@ProfFrancesca) April 16, 2019
re: #97 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
The stained glass is gone.
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That’s the south, no?
This apparently is the north:
La rosace est sauvée ! #NotreDame #NotreDameDeParis pic.twitter.com/c85Z9bVE5n
— Bouge ton Église (@bougetoneglise) April 16, 2019
re: #98 Teukka
That’s the south, no?
This apparently is the north:
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Yes. My linked photo is not the Rose Window. I believe the firefighters were taking special care to preserve it and the bell towers.
I’m not Catholic, or French, and I last visited the cathedral nearly 50 years ago, but watching it burn and crumble made me very sad. As Le Monde quoted someone as saying, it’s like losing a member of your family. Even some of my students are sad, because they wanted to visit Notre-Dame. I’m telling them to wait a few more years, and she’ll be back together and ready for visitors once again.
re: #58 freetoken
So I bring up Netflix today and there is an announcement of a new show for me to check out… and it’s another zombie apocalypse thing. I’ve already forgotten the show’s name.
Hey, come on, it’s by the Asylum, it’s bound to be great.
(Prequel to the trashy Z-Nation).
re: #102 John Hughes
It’s all dead people to me.
re: #102 John Hughes
Black Summer, a little cheesy, but running zombies are far more scarier.
re: #100 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
I’m telling them to wait a few more years, and she’ll be back together and ready for visitors once again.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they cobbled together something for Easter services there.
Yeah, but all concerned Americans will put Barr on Candid Camera this time He’s gotten away w/being a RW hitman in the past but now we have to unload his watergun https://t.co/sFwPHqGvHN
— Eddie Gleason (@fasteddiekc) April 16, 2019
re: #108 Patricia Kayden
Yeah, but all concerned Americans will put Barr on Candid Camera this time He’s gotten away w/being a RW hitman in the past but now we have to unload his watergun
I recall that DT was pissed off at Jeff Sessions for recusing himself over a similar issue…
re: #110 jeffreyw
Waiting for the squirrels, eh?
re: #109 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
LOL. Yes, I recall that well.
Never could understand why people watch long Youtube videos of someone else playing a video game…
Anyway, what is worse is… the genre of videos where people scratch off their “scratchers” lottery tickets:
Woot woot!!! Check out our biggest scratcher win yet, scratched on our #youtube scratchvlog series! Check out the amazing win in the link below!!! Don’t forget to Like, Comment, Share and Subscribe! #CALOTTERY #MonopolyScratcher #scratchchannel https://t.co/CMGb5ObfoJ
— A&B Variety TV (@geloboslotfun) April 15, 2019
re: #113 freetoken
Never could understand why people watch long Youtube videos of someone else playing a video game…
Anyway, what is worse is… the genre of videos where people scratch off their “scratchers” lottery tickets:
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Akin to the whole “unboxing” genre of videos.
re: #112 Patricia Kayden
LOL. Yes, I recall that well.
so hard to find good domestic help these days…
re: #74 William Lewis
Just because they started as one thing does not mean that they stay that way. The zombie genre has been corrupted beyond redemption by racists for racists. Doesn’t matter what it was but now that’s all that it is.
Night of the Living Dead was a critique of racism.
re: #74 William Lewis
“Has been used by racists” does not equal “now that’s all it is.” Ever seen “Train to Busan”? Excellent Korean zombie movie from a couple of years ago and one of the biggest hits ever in Korea — but you’d be hard-pressed to find any racism in it.
“Juan of the Dead” was pretty awesome too. Spanish zombie movie filmed in Cuba. Zombies are just a genre, like any other.
I’m guessing there will be no shortage of ways to donate to #NotreDame in the coming days. If you have some extra $, maybe consider also donating to the three 100+year-old historically black churches that were victims of arson in the past 3 weeks: https://t.co/AnfVIv2mJf
— Susie (@ponyace) April 16, 2019
A rather ominous development, balkanization of the internet continues:
Russia’s parliament votes to unplug internet from world
The Russian Duma has given its final approval to a bill creating a domestic internet. Lawmakers say it aims to protect Russia from cyber threats — but the law has sparked protest: Critics worry it will allow censorship.
[snip]
Russian Duma deputies on Tuesday overwhelmingly supported a bill allowing Russia to create its own autonomous internet. The law will create an independent infrastructure for the Russian internet, or “Runet,” which will essentially allow Russia to pull up its virtual drawbridges in case of attack.
re: #111 freetoken
Waiting for the squirrels, eh?
I think he’s more of a scare squirrel, and he’s very good at what he does.
re: #120 unproven innocence
A rather ominous development, balkanization of the internet continues:
Russia’s parliament votes to unplug internet from world
If it goes online, I would also suggest the world unplug the government from the internet. Cut all of the hackers off.
re: #120 unproven innocence
A rather ominous development, balkanization of the internet continues:
Russia’s parliament votes to unplug internet from world
They were wildly successful in their manipulation of the American public. Maybe (surely?) beyond what they expected. They are taking steps to pre-empt a similar threat from the West.
KEEP ASKING :
Why did Supreme Court Justice Kennedy retire? What role did his son’s job at Deutsche Bank play? Who paid off Brett Kavanaugh’s $92,000 country club fees plus his $200,000 credit card debt plus his $1.2 million mortgage, and purchased themselves a SCOTUS seat?— Akki (@Akki_J2) April 15, 2019
re: #26 Belafon
Charles Stross uses entangled quantum bits for FTL communication; they are extremely expensive. His universe is extremely logical and almost possible.
This is crazy. Ilhan Omar wrote a sympathetic tweet about Notre Dame and, in response, got compared to ISIS. 1,800 retweets. https://t.co/LatunToKka
— Matt Pearce 🦅 (@mattdpearce) April 16, 2019
re: #59 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, I saw that, but I think this is going to cost a good deal more than 100 million Euro. It’s probably going to end up closer to one billion Euro or more. Still, that 100 million Euro is a good start.
The current renovation was supposedly in the 110 million Euro range, so yeah, much more expensive.
Don’t bet against the Brexit party winning the EU elections | Chris Curtis https://t.co/Cl3ea86p6Y
— The Guardian (@guardian) April 16, 2019
re: #59 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, I saw that, but I think this is going to cost a good deal more than 100 million Euro. It’s probably going to end up closer to one billion Euro or more. Still, that 100 million Euro is a good start.
BTW, for those who may not know, Notre-dame de Paris isn’t owned by the Church - it’s owned by the French government, so the cost of rebuilding would be their responsibility. Assuming it was an accidental blaze (and at this point, I’m pretty sure it was entirely accidental, as the fire started right at the point where restoration work was being done), I’d certainly hate to be the construction company that was responsible for the fire…..because they’re probably going to be out of business in the not-too-distant future.
Another billionaire has donated 200M Euro. I saw an estimate this morning that the additional renovations would cost around $335M.
re: #130 Belafon
Another billionaire has donated 200M Euro. I saw an estimate this morning that the additional renovations would cost around $335M.
Was that other billionaire Trump? ///
re: #110 jeffreyw
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Morning!
Kitteh thinking: “Call me the hunter, that’s how I got my fame…”
Kitteh is a Zep fan.
re: #113 freetoken
Never could understand why people watch long Youtube videos of someone else playing a video game…
Anyway, what is worse is… the genre of videos where people scratch off their “scratchers” lottery tickets:
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Not an e-sports fan are you?
Me either…but it is growing and people pay big bucks to watch gamers play for big money in place like Nationwide Arena here in Columbus last year.
They are looking into making leagues for colleges like for other sports. Game players are getting endorsement contracts, etc.
Try that later. My I phone posts pic sideways and I don’t know why
re: #131 Colère Tueur de Lapin
I have to put my suet blocks in the super cage:
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so the squirribels don’t feast.
So how do the birds get at the suet?
Or is it only for the littlest ones?
re: #113 freetoken
Never could understand why people watch long Youtube videos of someone else playing a video game…
Anyway, what is worse is… the genre of videos where people scratch off their “scratchers” lottery tickets:
World is weird, man.
re: #131 Colère Tueur de Lapin
I have to put my suet blocks in the super cage:
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so the squirribels don’t feast.
I haven’t noticed squirrels hitting on the suet, ‘tho one spot where we keep a block draws crows. They can eat one up pretty quick.
re: #133 ObserverArt
Morning!
Kitteh thinking: “Call me the hunter, that’s how I got my fame…”
Kitteh is a Zep fan.
Ollie is so often on the stump that we are referring to him as that damn politician.
re: #135 Dave In Austin
Mrs J takes the feeders down every evening, all the raccoons get are the spills.
re: #139 jeffreyw
Ollie is so often on the stump that we are referring to him as that damn politician.
Ollie the Kitteh Politician: Ask not what I can do for you, ask what you can do for me!
HE TRIED TO OUTSOURCE LYNCHING. https://t.co/q1SNkNhFVZ
— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) April 16, 2019
re: #141 jeffreyw
Mrs J takes the feeders down every evening, all the raccoons get are the spills.
I get some big crews in here at night. They have yet to overcome the baffle.
I’m waiting to find a lawn chair pulled over. That’s next.
re: #143 MsJ
White man in South Carolina was sentenced to 10 years in prison for trying to hire a hit man to lynch his black neighbor and burn a cross on his yard. The hit man turned out to be an FBI agent.
it will be spun as entrapment and “racial profiling”…why do they never pursue blacks for attempted lynching?
But of course.
NEW POLL: Roy Moore leading Alabama GOP field https://t.co/2dXNBqssPC pic.twitter.com/2oYDwqYk1g
— The Hill (@thehill) April 16, 2019
re: #146 MsJ
But of course.
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Well I for one would welcome a second term for Doug Jones. But damn.
re: #1 MsJ
Expect him to use a huge chunk of that not just on the reelection campaign, but on legal expenses. Some of that is permissible.
Fender Custom Shop must be bored. They’ve spun up a set of Game of Thrones-themed guitars…
No word on the cost. Probably a bunch.
EDIT: Forgot to include the promo video, starring Nuno Bettencourt, Tom Morello and Scott Not…
re: #136 Jay C
So how do the birds get at the suet?
Or is it only for the littlest ones?
Downy woodpeckers can get inside to eat; red-bellied woodpeckers can reach far enough to get to the suet. Nuthatches and other small’ish birds can also get inside. And, I’m a speciesist; the suet is for the woodpeckers and nuthatches and other similar critters.
re: #149 makeitstop
Fender Custom Shop must be bored. They’ve spun up a set of Game of Thrones-themed guitars…
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No word on the cost. Probably a bunch.
Someone showed a picture of Game of Thrones Oreos. It’s not boredom so much as getting in on the promotion.
Now, if someone would make an Iron Man bass…
Also, Trump is a fucking asshole, but you already knew that.
President Donald Trump has no regrets about posting a video that spliced together footage of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with Rep. Ilhan Omar, telling a Minneapolis ABC affiliate that the congresswoman is “extremely unpatriotic and disrespectful to our country.”
“She is somebody that doesn’t really understand, I think, life, real life, what it’s all about. It’s unfortunate — she’s got a way about her that’s very, very bad, I think, for our country,” he told local TV station KSTP during a visit to Minnesota on Monday.
Trump on Friday posted an edited video featuring a portion of Omar’s remarks at a Council on American-Islamic Relations event last month in which she discussed the civil liberties of Muslims in the United States, arguing the entire faith should not be judged by the actions of Islamic terrorists.
Democrats have been quick to defend Omar, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said over the weekend that her team was working with U.S. Capitol Police and the House Sergeant at Arms, “conducting a security assessment to safeguard” Omar and her family in light of increased threats against the congresswoman. In a statement Sunday, Omar said that many of the “direct threats on my life” referenced or were in reply to Trump’s video.
Trump was asked by KSTP on Monday if he had any second thoughts about tweeting the video out.
“No, not at all,” he said. “Look — she’s been very disrespectful to this country, she’s been very disrespectful, frankly, to Israel.”<
re: #152 Belafon
Someone showed a picture of Game of Thrones Oreos. It’s not boredom so much as getting in on the promotion.
Now, if someone would make an Iron Man bass…
I just got pricing…$25 large per guitar.
Somebody will pay it. Not me.
re: #153 Eclectic Cyborg
Also, Trump is still a fucking asshole, but you already knew that.
President Donald Trump has no regrets about posting a video that spliced together footage of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with Rep. Ilhan Omar, telling a Minneapolis ABC affiliate that the congresswoman is “extremely unpatriotic and disrespectful to our country.”“She is somebody that doesn’t really understand, I think, life, real life, what it’s all about. It’s unfortunate — she’s got a way about her that’s very, very bad, I think, for our country,” he told local TV station KSTP during a visit to Minnesota on Monday.
Trump on Friday posted an edited video featuring a portion of Omar’s remarks at a Council on American-Islamic Relations event last month in which she discussed the civil liberties of Muslims in the United States, arguing the entire faith should not be judged by the actions of Islamic terrorists.
Democrats have been quick to defend Omar, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said over the weekend that her team was working with U.S. Capitol Police and the House Sergeant at Arms, “conducting a security assessment to safeguard” Omar and her family in light of increased threats against the congresswoman. In a statement Sunday, Omar said that many of the “direct threats on my life” referenced or were in reply to Trump’s video.
Trump was asked by KSTP on Monday if he had any second thoughts about tweeting the video out.
“No, not at all,” he said. “Look — she’s been very disrespectful to this country, she’s been very disrespectful, frankly, to Israel.”
He’s going to get her attacked or worse killed and he won’t care or take any responsibility if anything happens. He’s putting her in danger. Fucker. He’s the fucking one who after 9/11 happened bragged that he had the biggest building in NYC, he’s the one who is supported by antisemites like David Duke and yes Louis Farrakhan to, and he’s the one who has Richard Spencer’s protege advising him on immigration. Trump needs to go.
re: #155 HappyWarrior
Stochastic terrorism.
re: #156 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Stochastic terrorism.
Yeah. Never thought I’d see it come from the President’s mouth but here we are.
re: #155 HappyWarrior
He’s going to get her attacked or worse killed and he won’t care or take any responsibility if anything happens. He’s putting her in danger. Fucker. He’s the fucking one who after 9/11 happened bragged that he had the biggest building in NYC, he’s the one who is supported by antisemites like David Duke and yes Louis Farrakhan to, and he’s the one who has Richard Spencer’s protege advising him on immigration. Trump needs to go.
Fat fucker has no room to talk about respecting this country and he sure as hell doesn’t understand real life.
Real sick of his shit. Real. Sick.
re: #158 ObserverArt
Fat fucker has no room to talk about respecting this country and he sure as hell doesn’t understand real life.
Real sick of his shit. Real. Sick.
Totally. He doesn’t care about this country. We’re nothing but a money bag for him.
I am really afraid that Trump is programming another Scott Roeder to go after Ilhan.
re: #160 Joe Bacon 🌹
I am really afraid that Trump is programming another Scott Roeder to go after Ilhan.
Same.
re: #160 Joe Bacon 🌹
I am really afraid that Trump is programming another Scott Roeder to go after Ilhan.
Me too. He’s going to get her hurt or worse. And we know he won’t take any responsibility and will in fact blame her.
re: #155 HappyWarrior
He’s going to get her attacked or worse killed and he won’t care or take any responsibility if anything happens. .
They will blame her for provoking them with her Muslimness…
re: #163 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They will blame her for provoking them with her Muslimness…
Duh.
re: #100 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
I’m not Catholic, or French, and I last visited the cathedral nearly 50 years ago, but watching it burn and crumble made me very sad. As Le Monde quoted someone as saying, it’s like losing a member of your family. Even some of my students are sad, because they wanted to visit Notre-Dame. I’m telling them to wait a few more years, and she’ll be back together and ready for visitors once again.
Regarding the stained glass…if you have ever seen Chartres Cathedral you know how unworldly the stained glass is. A jewel box.
Before WWII they took every…single…piece…of…glass out of those windows and hardly broke one piece. That glass goes back to 1195.
If they can take all of the glass out of Chartres Cathedral they can salvage every tiny piece possible from Notre Dame.
Also, in In 1836 at Chartres, the old lead-covered roof, with its complex structure of timber supports (known as ‘the forest’) was destroyed by fire. Same thing as Notre Dame. It was replaced with a copper-clad roof supported by a network of cast iron ribs, known as the Charpente de fer. At the time, the framework over the crossing had the largest span of any iron framed construction in Europe.
Cathedrals, sadly, burn. Pretty much every one of them has had a major fire. Destroyed. You patch together what you can preserve and rebuild.
re: #163 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They will blame her for provoking them with her Muslimness…
And it’ll be our job to call bull.
Oh boy, the conspiracy folks are going to go apeshit over this 😞https://t.co/tCMmipzK3e
— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) April 16, 2019
re: #166 Belafon
And it’ll be our job to call bull.
I fear that things will get really ugly. They are fully playing on some deep, dark resentments to keep their base buoyed up.
The clash between Silicon Valley and gun owners.
Great article here from Bloomberg on why smart guns aren’t a thing yet.
re: #138 jeffreyw
I haven’t noticed squirrels hitting on the suet, ‘tho one spot where we keep a block draws crows. They can eat one up pretty quick.
My problem is raccoons. They are so good at reaching and destroying. I finally beat them the end of this winter, but only put out a small amount at a time, in case they get smarter/taller/stronger.
re: #169 Eclectic Cyborg
The clash between Silicon Valley and gun owners.
Great article here from Bloomberg on why smart guns aren’t a thing yet.
because they would be smarter than most of their owners?
re: #168 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I fear that things will get really ugly. They are really playing on some deep, dark resentments to keep their base buoyed up.
Yep, just like in the 50s and 60s. And we, as a country, can give into it because it’s easy, or we can keep pushing back.
re: #167 Teukka
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Mitchell added: “While I appreciate easter eggs, these were inappropriate and should have been removed. The integrity and functionality of the hardware were not compromised, and we’ve fixed our process so this won’t happen again.”
re: #170 retired cynic
And JeffreyW, I know I should bring them in every night, but I am so lazy.
And I know it is the same number of trips out and back.
But…
@AlaskaAir - I’m not complaining - 17,500 miles + 20 bucks for a bulkhead seat (took the $15 upgrade) is a great deal, but your pricing algorithm seems a little inconsistent. pic.twitter.com/dCO3F9kPP7
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) April 16, 2019
re: #173 Eclectic Cyborg
“The messages on final production hardware say ‘This Space For Rent’ & ‘The Masons Were Here.’ A few dev kits shipped with ‘Big Brother is Watching’ and ‘Hi iFixit! We See You!’ but those were limited to non-consumer units,” he said. iFixit is a tech repair company known for publicly deconstructing new gadgets and posting photos of their innards online.
Mitchell added: “While I appreciate easter eggs, these were inappropriate and should have been removed. The integrity and functionality of the hardware were not compromised, and we’ve fixed our process so this won’t happen again.”
“Itt wasn’t a eacter eg! It waz sublimeinals gon rong!”
re: #60 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Something like my first wife, except that her children grew up to be an architect and a pediatrician respectively.
I know a blended clan in this area that consists of a husband and wife and 7 children. Each spouse brought 3 children to the marriage then they had another one together. After that, it gets weird, like a genetic version of an Escher engraving. The husband’s ex-wife and the wife’s ex-husband were brother and sister, making each set of older children both step-siblings and first cousins to the other set. The youngest has 6 half-siblings who are also her first cousins. Each of the other children has two siblings, a half-sibling, 3 step siblings, and 4 first cousins in the group. There may be other permutations that I am too old to figure out.
I may have told before, so just ignore if so: my mother’s father’s parents were born in the mid-1800s. His father got caught in the end of the civil war. Their first marriages produced over 4 children apiece, and then their spouses and some of the children died in a flu outbreak. They married, with 4 children left each, and had 4 more. My grandfather was second in the joint batch, and lived to age 92. He always said “It’s a grand life, if you don’t weaken.” I adored him.
re: #60 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I know a blended clan in this area that consists of a husband and wife and 7 children. Each spouse brought 3 children to the marriage then they had another one together. After that, it gets weird, like a genetic version of an Escher engraving. The husband’s ex-wife and the wife’s ex-husband were brother and sister, making each set of older children both step-siblings and first cousins to the other set. The youngest has 6 half-siblings. Each of the other children has two siblings, a half-sibling, 3 step siblings, and 3 first cousins in the group. There may be other permutations that I am too old to figure out.
Are you sure you’re not from Arkansas? Or Kentucky?
re: #175 darthstar
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re: #158 ObserverArt
Fat fucker has no room to talk about respecting this country and he sure as hell doesn’t understand real life.
Real sick of his shit. Real. Sick.
Everything he says is projection. Everything.
Hahaha, Drudge reporters are idiots (but I repeat myself):
That cathedral is in Montreal and it’s still there.
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) April 16, 2019
(read the rest of the replies, comedy gold)
A friend of mine, who is Muslim, pretty conservative, posted a number of photos he took at Notre Dame last year, with a sad note, on Facebook.
A Frenchwoman responded that it was a sad time, but what gave her joy was the response from people of other religions, cultures and countries.
My friend wrote: “So sorry for the big loss XXX! Notre Dame is not only a religious place for one religion. It is part of the accumulated human civilization and human arts. It is an iconic architectural structure and artifact just like the Louvre, the palace of Versailles or Eiffel tower. Any sensible person must feel the loss. I pray that it will be restored and that all the art works inside will be saved.”
re: #181 Interesting Times
Hahaha, Drudge reporters are idiots (but I repeat myself):
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The original tweet gets 7k retweets and 22,000 likes. The fact check gets…. a fraction of it.
Unfu…
Nope. Totally fucking believable.
re: #165 BlueGrl21
Regarding the stained glass…if you have ever seen Chartres Cathedral you know how unworldly the stained glass is. A jewel box.
Before WWII they took every…single…piece…of…glass out of those windows and hardly broke one piece. That glass goes back to 1195.
If they can take all of the glass out of Chartres Cathedral they can salvage every tiny piece possible from Notre Dame.
Also before WWII… some of the assistant curators at the Louvre boxed up EVERYTHING and sent it into hiding. They knew what the Nazis were doing to museums and art galleries in other countries, knew they were on the way to Paris, and wanted them to find empty rooms.
Truckload after truckload left Paris in the middle of the night, going to played-out copper mines (low-temperature underground storage), hidden storage compartments behind wine cellars at grand estates, catacombs under monasteries, etc.
After the war… all of it was returned. Every single piece. Nothing lost, nothing damaged.
re: #181 Interesting Times
Hahaha, Drudge reporters are idiots (but I repeat myself):
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I’ve actually visited the Montreal Cathedral and it is quite breathtaking.
re: #184 sagehen
Also before WWII… some of the assistant curators at the Louvre boxed up EVERYTHING and sent it into hiding. They knew what the Nazis were doing to museums and art galleries in other countries, knew they were on the way to Paris, and wanted them to find empty rooms.
Truckload after truckload left Paris in the middle of the night, going to played-out copper mines (low-temperature underground storage), hidden storage compartments behind wine cellars at grand estates, catacombs under monasteries, etc.
After the war… all of it was returned. Every single piece. Nothing lost, nothing damaged.
Except for the Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies by van Klomp
re: #185 Eclectic Cyborg
I’ve actually visited the Montreal Cathedral and it is quite breathtaking.
Yeah it is. I visited it back in ‘89 when a friend and I went to Montreal for the Canadian Grand Prix. What a fantastic city and that was a highlight.
Thread on charitable giving: Beto O’Rourke released 10 years of tax returns last night. He and his wife gave $1,166 to charity out of their $370,412 income in 2017. That’s one-third of 1%. It puts them at the bottom of 2020 Dems who have released taxes. https://t.co/EwMfQwTaP7
— James Hohmann (@jameshohmann) April 16, 2019
Charitable giving is one area where people can question priorities (and we don’t know who actually is getting the donations in some of these cases due to lack of details).
Do better.
And what are we going to learn about Trump’s tax returns when the details are finally made public? If we stick to charitable giving, we’re going to find that Trump’s foundation is a sham (we already know NYS forced it to shut down under a court supervised action). He probably made claims he donated to the foundation, which means he was likely engaging in money laundering/sham transactions to minimize his taxes even further.
I’m also figuring that we’ll find out that Trump’s taxes were mitigated by NOLs that stretch out for 20 years (permissible under the law). That means that taking billion dollar baths as his businesses and real estate holdings crumbled could be spread out over 20 years to offset any profits in following years.
In other words, he probably has a lower effective tax rate than anyone here - and likely paid no federal income taxes over that time as a result despite having income higher than most of us here (combined?).
re: #188 lawhawk
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Charitable giving is one area where people can question priorities (and we don’t know who actually is getting the donations in some of these cases due to lack of details).
Do better.
And what are we going to learn about Trump’s tax returns when the details are finally made public? If we stick to charitable giving, we’re going to find that Trump’s foundation is a sham (we already know NYS forced it to shut down under a court supervised action). He probably made claims he donated to the foundation, which means he was likely engaging in money laundering/sham transactions to minimize his taxes even further.
I’m also figuring that we’ll find out that Trump’s taxes were mitigated by NOLs that stretch out for 20 years (permissible under the law). That means that taking billion dollar baths as his businesses and real estate holdings crumbled could be spread out over 20 years to offset any profits in following years.
In other words, he probably has a lower effective tax rate than anyone here - and likely paid no federal income taxes over that time as a result despite having income higher than most of us here (combined?).
If that’s the case, that would only endear him to his base.
As for other candidates…yes, do better. It shows your values in your giving, particularly if you are more affluent.
re: #179 Jay C
Longstanding advice from a relative who used to be a travel agent: when it comes to airline fares, don’t ask questions - ever. You will never get a “logical” answer, so just accept whatever figures they offer, and try to enjoy your flight.
Indeed - spend an extra 2500 miles and 140 dollars and get 600 miles credit for the flight.
The also available refers to our Money and Miles fares that are in different classes of services that also earn miles when you travel. Sorry for the confusion. -Sara
— Alaska Airlines (@AlaskaAir) April 16, 2019
Personally, just because I don’t give to established charities doesn’t mean I never use my money to help people.
re: #191 Eclectic Cyborg
Personally, just because I don’t give to established charities doesn’t mean I never use my money to help people.
I feel the same way about political parties and campaigns.
re: #191 Eclectic Cyborg
Personally, just because I don’t give to established charities doesn’t mean I never use my money to help people.
I have never taken credit for charitable contributions on my tax returns.
Doesn’t mean I don’t give, and generously.
such a moron
A must read, Andy McCarthy’s column today, “Dirty dealings of dirt devils who concocted Trump-Russia probe.” The greatest Scam in political history. If the Mainstream Media were honest, which they are not, this story would be bigger and more important than Watergate. Someday!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 16, 2019
No Collusion - No Obstruction!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 16, 2019
So weird to watch Crazy Bernie on @FoxNews. Not surprisingly, @BretBaier and the “audience” was so smiley and nice. Very strange, and now we have @donnabrazile?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 16, 2019
re: #194 Backwoods_Sleuth
such a moron
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re: #194 Backwoods_Sleuth
such a moron
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Trump in interview was asked if he regretted posting video that has in part led to threats on Ilhan Omar: “not at all….she’s very disrespectful…doesn’t understand life in America….” President Shithead dog whistling through a bull horn.
re: #194 Backwoods_Sleuth
such a moron
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He sure is letting that Mueller report he claims cleared him speak for him isn’t he?
You would think he couldn’t get that report out fast enough, unredacted and all.
What we get is his take on Barr’s take and a lot of BS talk. Hey big guy, let us see that you are cleared, deal?
Oh wait…maybe it isn’t so clear.
Well, this certainly isn’t good news. Possibly.
Scientists who study the northern Bering Sea say they’re seeing changed ocean conditions that were projected by climate models - but not until 2050.
The rapid changes are leading researchers to wonder if ecosystems near the Bering Strait are undergoing a transformation.
The Bering Sea saw record-low sea ice last winter. Oceanographer Phyllis Stabeno says it’s too early to attribute the changes to climate change and she expected a bounce-back this winter.
Instead, warm February winds cleared most of the Bering Sea of ice.
re: #196 Barefoot Grin
Trump in interview was asked if he regretted posting video that has in part led to threats on Ilhan Omar: “not at all….she’s very disrespectful…doesn’t understand life in America….” President Shithead dog whistling through a bull horn.
He’s the one who is disrespectful and doesn’t understand life in America.
I will not be lectured by Corey Stewart and Steve King’s biggest supporter about respect in this country.
re: #191 Eclectic Cyborg
Personally, just because I don’t give to established charities doesn’t mean I never use my money to help people.
Yeah, I’m not at all comfortable with this “test” of our candidates. I find it much more admirable the person who buys groceries for the family down the street who hit hard times than the one who writes a big check to ____ charity for the tax deduction/recognition. Good WORKS get my attention much more than big checks.
re: #197 ObserverArt
He sure is letting that Mueller report he claims cleared him speak for him isn’t he?
You would think he couldn’t get that report out fast enough, unredacted and all.
What we get is his take on Barr’s take and a lot of BS talk. Hey big guy, let us see that you are cleared, deal?
Oh wait…maybe it isn’t so clear.
He knows the truth which is that he’s going to be in litigation hell for the rest of his life post presidency.
re: #188 lawhawk
Thread on charitable giving: Beto O’Rourke released 10 years of tax returns last night. He and his wife gave $1,166 to charity out of their $370,412 income in 2017. That’s one-third of 1%. It puts them at the bottom of 2020 Dems who have released taxes. washingtonpost.com …
He released his fucking taxes.
That is quite enough for me.
re: #201 allegro
Yeah, I’m not at all comfortable with this “test” of our candidates. I find it much more admirable the person who buys groceries for the family down the street who hit hard times than the one who writes a big check to ____ charity for the tax deduction/recognition. Good WORKS get my attention much more than big checks.
Nailed it.
re: #205 Skip Intro
How Trump is spending his 2020 campaign money.
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On himself. Big surprise.
That should piss off the people that donate to his campaign, but it won’t they don’t care if they are wasting their money. They love being conned by the big Don.
re: #206 ObserverArt
On himself. Big surprise.
That should piss off his the people that donate to his campaign, but it won’t they don’t care if they are wasting their money. They love being conned by the big Don.
ARE GREAT MAGA POTUS IS BANKRUPTING HIMSELF AND SACRIFICING HIMSELF SO MUCH FOR OUR GREAT COUNTRY
White House officials concerned about being exposed by Mueller report
WASHINGTON — Some of the more than one dozen current and former White House officials who cooperated with special counsel Robert Mueller are worried that the version of his report expected to be made public on Thursday will expose them as the source of damaging information about President Donald Trump, according to multiple witnesses in the investigation.
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Of particular concern is how Trump — and his allies — will react if it appears to be clear precisely who shared information with Mueller, these people said.
“They got asked questions and told the truth, and now they’re worried the wrath will follow,” one former White House official said.
re: #196 Barefoot Grin
Trump in interview was asked if he regretted posting video that has in part led to threats on Ilhan Omar: “not at all….she’s very disrespectful…doesn’t understand life in America….” President Shithead dog whistling through a bull horn.
No apologies, of course. No concern for impact. How very not Christian of him.
re: #208 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Of particular concern is how Trump — and his allies — will react if it appears to be clear precisely who shared information with Mueller, these people said.
“They got asked questions and told the truth, and now they’re worried the wrath will follow,” one former White House official said.
If I can read between the lines a bit, this sounds like witnesses who told the truth about the president’s actions are now worried that the president will use the powers of his office to retaliate against them for doing so.
Too bad that’s obviously not an impeachable offense if it comes to pass.
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re: #205 Skip Intro
How Trump is spending his 2020 campaign money.
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It’s a great gig if you can get it.
re: #206 ObserverArt
On himself. Big surprise.
That should piss off his the people that donate to his campaign, but it won’t they don’t care if they are wasting their money. They love being conned by the big Don.
Those donating money to Trump are rewarding him for giving them what they want: a rabidly racist and anti-choice judiciary, a tax cut for wealthy, and an all-out assault on the environment. They aren’t being conned; they don’t care.
re: #209 Sir John Barron
No apologies, of course. No concern for impact. How very not Christian of him.
And yet, completely on brand.
Tomorrow, Congress, which is Constitutionally mandated to do oversight of the executive branch, will receive the same Barr edition of the Mueller Report the public gets to see. In & if itself, that tells you the executive branch is playing hide the ball, no matter what they say.
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) April 16, 2019
re: #196 Barefoot Grin
Trump in interview was asked if he regretted posting video that has in part led to threats on Ilhan Omar: “not at all….she’s very disrespectful…doesn’t understand life in America….” President Shithead dog whistling through a bull horn.
Yeah, you know who really understands like in America? Mister golden toilets penthouse living bankruptcy filing casino owner.
Dan Baer, a Democrat who served as a diplomat under Obama, says he’ll run for the Senate in Colorado in the race to unseat Republican Cory Gardner. https://t.co/evGzFEcKnC
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 16, 2019
🐻A warning from wildlife officials today: Bears are waking up from their winter slumber. #Durango https://t.co/1ZMk6GYQk3
— KOB 4 (@KOB4) April 16, 2019
OK, I reversed the order, but these arrived together on my twitter feed. Which I keep tied high in a tree, protected by a cat.
re: #196 Barefoot Grin
Trump in interview was asked if he regretted posting video that has in part led to threats on Ilhan Omar: “not at all….she’s very disrespectful…doesn’t understand life in America….” President Shithead dog whistling through a bull horn.
Why would anyone waste time asking that? He’s never been sorry for anything.
The best thing Trump can say about the evidence regarding his & his campaign’s interactions with the Russian government is that it’s not (yet) enough to convict him of a conspiracy beyond a reasonable doubt. This is different from saying he’s fit to be president. https://t.co/K56ihldKUK
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) April 16, 2019
re: #196 Barefoot Grin
Trump in interview was asked if he regretted posting video that has in part led to threats on Ilhan Omar: “not at all….she’s very disrespectful…doesn’t understand life in America….” President Shithead dog whistling through a bull horn.
PRESIDENTIAL HARRASMENT!
re: #211 darthstar
It’s a great gig if you can get it.
Since WE pay all his expenses when he goes to his properties, what is that $8.6+ million being spent on?
re: #208 Colère Tueur de Lapin
White House officials concerned about being exposed by Mueller report
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Watch Barr leave those people’s names and comments intact while he covers for Trump on other info.
Good thing though, it might cause some of them to just come out in the open and take their shots at Trump.
re: #216 wrenchwench
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OK, I reversed the order, but these arrived together on my twitter feed. Which I keep tied high in a tree, protected by a cat.
If Dan’s campaign doesn’t include at least one reference to “sometimes you get the bear, and sometimes the bear gets you” then I’m probably going to just give up on American politics.
re: #208 Colère Tueur de Lapin
It’s our first Mafia Administration.
re: #223 jaunte
It’s our first Mafia Administration.
Second. Trump’s hero Andrew Jackson was probably the first. It was just that we didn’t know what a mafia was at the time.
re: #220 Skip Intro
Since WE pay all his expenses when he goes to his properties, what is that $8.6+ million being spent on?
Porn stars and blow
PEPÉ: I got to lead a team in the Iditarod
JENGA: I got to be in Vogue.
FLAME: I got to poop on national TV.
PEPÉ: …
JENGA: …
FLAME: …
PEPÉ: I’m so jealous, Flame.
JENGA: Totally.
FLAME: *finds dead thing to roll in*#uglyDogs pic.twitter.com/r06Pqkdsee— James Frye (@JamesFrye) March 6, 2019
Trump also has trouble keeping his facts straight about 9/11. @maggieNYT & I wrote about how he has described the attacks happening while people were having dinner; another time, he said it was while people were having lunch. https://t.co/VtltyycHTj
— Patrick Healy (@patrickhealynyt) April 16, 2019
That’s bugnuts insanity. Everyone in the NYC metro and DC knows where they were when the planes hit.
I was on the train coming into Hoboken with my dad when I saw the WTC moments after the first plane hit. Texted colleague that things may be crazy b/c of fire at WTC.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) April 16, 2019
It’s virtually impossible for someone who spent their lives in NYC metro to not know where they were when the planes hit on 9/11 - or the time of when they hit. It was at the height of the morning rush hour.
It was on primary election day, which meant some who would have been at the WTC took time first to go vote - perhaps saving their lives in the process.
Trump, who saw the attacks as a way to gloat/claim/lie that his building was now the tallest in NYC.
Trump, the liar who lies about everything and anything.
Trump the know nothing who can’t remember a goddamned thing, whether it was from the one of the most tragic days in US history or what he said minutes earlier to his staff.
This is just more proof Trump doesn’t belong anywhere near the WH.
Meanwhile: https://t.co/fXeLAmYyp3
— Pedro Nicolaci da Costa (@pdacosta) April 16, 2019
re: #229 lawhawk
It’s virtually impossible for someone who spent their lives in NYC metro to not know where they were when the planes hit on 9/11 - or the time of when they hit. It was at the height of the morning rush hour.
It was on primary election day, which meant some who would have been at the WTC took time first to go vote - perhaps saving their lives in the process.
Trump, who saw the attacks as a way to gloat/claim/lie that his building was now the tallest in NYC.
Trump, the liar who lies about everything and anything.
Trump the know nothing who can’t remember a goddamned thing, whether it was from the one of the most tragic days in US history or what he said minutes earlier to his staff.
This is just more proof Trump doesn’t belong anywhere near the WH.
OK, but it was lunch time or dinner time somewhere in the world when Doofus said that about the 9/11 attacks.
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re: #220 Skip Intro
Since WE pay all his expenses when he goes to his properties, what is that $8.6+ million being spent on?
For campaign stuff. So the campaign offices are in Trump buildings, so they pay rent to the Trump businesses. They “rent” a Trump property ball room for a rally. They cater events using Trump property kitchens. I’m sure the parking lots are paid parking, so every time a car goes in or out. There’s probably a bunch of stuff that they buy through the Trump Org at a mark up as well.
It’s basically money laundering and self-dealing in plain sight.
Weird. You’ve repeatedly claimed this report exonerates you.
Why trash the report that exonerates you… unless you know deep down in that black heart of yours that you’re exposed as a crook and complicit and engaged in impeachable crimes.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) April 16, 2019
re: #232 KGxvi
Don’t forget him charging us Full boat for His Suite in His Hotel
re: #229 lawhawk
I was in Prague on 9/11 and I distinctly remember where I was when I first about it (an SMS from a colleague), immediately thinking that it was probably a wayward Cessna or something to that effect, arriving home, and my ex-wife (my girlfriend at the time) calling me from the airport in Brno, where she was, asking me where I was, and telling me, “You need to turn on your TV….your country is under attack” (her exact words - I’ll never forget ‘em).
Against my standard practice of seldom answering my landline except when it’s a family member or, occasionally, charitable organizations, I decided to pick up when caller id showed NRCC. After the usual standard disclaimers regarding recording the calls, a very pleasant male voice asked whether I thought Trump was doing a better job than Obama. For some reason, when I responded that Trump was even worse than Buchanan, the line went dead — seemed rude that he didn’t even say Good-bye, don’t you think?
Through #science, we know that the #universe was born from an unimaginably hot and dense point. https://t.co/GjrvAtaI6r pic.twitter.com/v2WnsvDiSW
— Los Alamos Lab (@LosAlamosNatLab) April 16, 2019
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re: #237 Hecuba’s daughter
As the son of an alcoholic, it blows my mind how much the Trump administration resembles a family with a brutal, bullying, lying, cheating, pig-ignorant drunk at the head. Anyone who carries a small part of the truth must be kept in a state of terror. https://t.co/wMurKpweXX
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) April 16, 2019
“…it tells us that Trump expected them to lie under oath. Or at the very least, to conceal things. A different president might say to his staffers, “I know that it might cause some political problems for me, but when you get questioned, you have to just tell the truth and let the chips fall where they may. There’s no other choice, and I won’t blame you for it.”
But the people who work for Trump know that he doesn’t feel that way. This, after all, is a man who calls people who tell prosecutors about crimes they have witnessed “rats” as though he were a mob boss, and says, “It’s called flipping and it almost ought to be illegal.”
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re: #235 Dave In Austin
Don’t forget him charging us Full boat for His Suite in His Hotel
They’re running two grifts… one is the campaign. That’s most of the stuff I was talking about above.
The other is the costs of presidential travel. So the Secret Service has to maintain offices (and probably accommodations for some agents) at various Trump properties, and rather than using eminent domain, they rent the units. Then when Trump goes to which ever property he needs to go to, he has to bring staff, so their bills get charged to the White House expense account.
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Since WE pay all his expenses when he goes to his properties, what is that $8.6+ million being spent on?
Grift.
re: #229 lawhawk
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It’s virtually impossible for someone who spent their lives in NYC metro to not know where they were when the planes hit on 9/11 - or the time of when they hit. It was at the height of the morning rush hour.
It was on primary election day, which meant some who would have been at the WTC took time first to go vote - perhaps saving their lives in the process.
Trump, who saw the attacks as a way to gloat/claim/lie that his building was now the tallest in NYC.
Trump, the liar who lies about everything and anything.
Trump the know nothing who can’t remember a goddamned thing, whether it was from the one of the most tragic days in US history or what he said minutes earlier to his staff.
This is just more proof Trump doesn’t belong anywhere near the WH.
I remember reading a mystery novel about a murder that was committed on 9/11. The detectives were able to identify the suspect because he kept changing his story of what he was doing when the towers came down. (And now I can’t remember the name of the book or the author)
re: #244 The Vicious Babushka
I remember reading a mystery novel about a murder that was committed on 9/11. The detectives were able to identify the suspect because he kept changing his story of what he was doing when the towers came down. (And now I can’t remember the name of the book or the author)
Maybe Trump did murder someone on 5th Avenue … only that it was during 9/11 so no one cared to investigate.
Republicans are trying to tell us who they are. We should listen. https://t.co/QTllCQOpW4
— Matthew Johnson (@SEAsouthern) April 16, 2019
re: #246 jaunte
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And then without irony he will call the left the “real Nazis.” Rush is a white supremacist. He’s always been. He’s got no reason to be proud of anything in his life but he is and has always been a bigot who thinks he should be taken seriously because he’s a white conservative male.
I’m sure when the bloated piece of crap gets called out for it, he’s going to cry I WAS BEING SATIRICAL!
re: #233 lawhawk
“The witch-hunt report investigated illegally by compromised Mueller and 22 Angry Democrats totally exonerated ME!”
re: #249 Sir John Barron
“The witch-hunt report investigated illegally by compromised Mueller and 22 Angry Democrats totally exonerated ME!”
My guess is the report has something about him that he doesn’t want people to know is true. He’s definitely not acting like someone who was cleared. And you know what, I hope he makes Barr’s life miserable too because Barr is complicit in covering this up to protect Barr’s own ass.
re: #242 HappyWarrior
He’s nothing but a gangster. Just listen to him.
So true
When we were talking to our Trumpster brother recently, I told him that I decided that my nickname Donald Chamberlain was unfair to Chamberlain, so it has been changed to Donald Quisling. My brother objected and proposed Donald Gotti. For some reason, my brother has no problems with a Mafia don being in charge of this nation. It was only when I then suggested that Putin was then the boss of bosses, my brother took umbrage because he asserted that there was no such position — each boss ran his own territory and did not report to someone higher. He seems fond of the notion that nations are run by gangsters.
Maybe the whole capitalistic system has degenerated with company executives being no more than well-spoken educated thugs. Certainly the Sackler family fits that model.
re: #250 HappyWarrior
My guess is the report has something about him that he doesn’t want people to know is true. He’s definitely not acting like someone who was cleared. And you know what, I hope he makes Barr’s life miserable too because Barr is complicit in covering this up to protect Barr’s own ass.
I hope he pisses Barr off in some manner that causes Barr to turn on him.
It is what cornered snakes do.
Our President is an orange John Gotti.re: #251 Hecuba’s daughter
So true
When we were talking to our Trumpster brother recently, I told him that I decided that my nickname Donald Chamberlain was unfair to Chamberlain, so it has been changed to Donald Quisling. My brother objected and proposed Donald Gotti. For some reason, my brother has no problems with a Mafia don being in charge of this nation. It was only when I then suggested that Putin was then the boss of bosses, my brother took umbrage because he asserted that there was no such position — each boss ran his own territory and did not report to someone higher. He seems fond of the notion that nations are run by gangsters.
Maybe the whole capitalistic system has degenerated with company executives being no more than well-spoken educated thugs. Certainly the Sackler family fits that model.
Gotti is who I was thinking of. Why your brother sees that as not a bad thing says a lot about him. The problem to me isn’t capitalism in itself but people like Trump who are uninterested in the public service part of public service.
Do you think it’s alright to leave the country with Uncle Ernie?https://t.co/zkuDuO3D8K
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) April 16, 2019
re: #252 ObserverArt
Unfortunately I think Barr is a natural toady, happy to serve.
re: #252 ObserverArt
I hope he pisses Barr off in some manner that causes Barr to turn on him.
It is what cornered snakes do.
I hope so. Barr can go to Hell but I’d like him to take out Trump with him.
re: #250 HappyWarrior
My guess is the report has something about him that he doesn’t want people to know is true. He’s definitely not acting like someone who was cleared. And you know what, I hope he makes Barr’s life miserable too because Barr is complicit in covering this up to protect Barr’s own ass.
Barr auditioned for this post. He wasn’t covering everything up to protect himself but to protect Trump and the entire Republican Party. He knows about the ties between Russia and Republicans and was hired to keep that from becoming public knowledge.
re: #255 jaunte
Unfortunately I think Barr is a natural toady, happy to serve.
We’ll see how he is if Trump lashes out at him. Trump never stays happy with cabinet officials long.
re: #257 Hecuba’s daughter
Barr auditioned for this post. He wasn’t covering everything up to protect himself but to protect Trump and the entire Republican Party. He knows about the ties between Russia and Republicans and was hired to keep that from becoming public knowledge.
He’s got his own ties to the Russians we’re seeing is what I’m talking about here. I believe he denied those in his confirmation hearing.
re: #246 jaunte
Rush Limbaugh just now complains: “You can’t turn on a television show these days, white nationalism somebody explain that to me, without white nationalists being the villains.”
Because so much effort has been put into making White Nationalism an acceptable point on the political spectrum instead of something that is totally contrary to America and its values.
re: #232 KGxvi
For campaign stuff. So the campaign offices are in Trump buildings, so they pay rent to the Trump businesses. They “rent” a Trump property ball room for a rally. They cater events using Trump property kitchens. I’m sure the parking lots are paid parking, so every time a car goes in or out. There’s probably a bunch of stuff that they buy through the Trump Org at a mark up as well.
It’s basically money laundering and self-dealing in plain sight.
Also, when he goes golfing… the Secret Service has to rent golf carts to follow him around, and if he stays overnight they have to rent rooms (no discount). The Secret Service used to rent a floor in Trump Tower for their command center, until he tried to raise their rent to about double what any other tenants in the building pay… now the command center is in a couple of RVs parked on the street in front of the building.
America’s most popular news network is trying to ignite a global race & religion war. Nobody thinks this is strange or noteworthy. (This is a corrected link, from previous tweet). https://t.co/EQ9FrqVkTv
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) April 16, 2019
I think the only reason that some of them even acknowledge the Nazis and Klan are bad is for a long time we’ve had it ingrained into our national psyche that the Nazis and Klan are bad. Rush can’t tell you that the Klan’s white supremacist ideology is evil because he doesn’t see anything wrong with white supremacist ideology. Rush can’t tell you the Nazis were evil for being totalitarian murderers because he’d be fine with that if done to his ideological enemies.
re: #262 jaunte
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Remember when we used to get Steyn’s stupid screeds from NRO? I ‘member.
Blaming the French themselves for this is such shit as is attacking that they have religious diversity. There have literally been Muslims in this country from our founding. There are Muslims that are more American than Rupert Murdoch will ever be. Rupert Murdoch is a bigoted Australian asshole who uses xenophobia whether here in the US, the UK, or his home in Australia to ferment bigotry because he’s nothing but a bigoted asshole who can’t accept the fact that he’d be nothing without the privilege he got handed to him by being a prosperous white man. Tucker Carlson is the same way. Rush too. That’s why they hate diversity because they know they are nothing.
re: #244 The Vicious Babushka
I remember reading a mystery novel about a murder that was committed on 9/11. The detectives were able to identify the suspect because he kept changing his story of what he was doing when the towers came down. (And now I can’t remember the name of the book or the author)
There was an L&O episode where a murderer had gotten away with it for 10 years because he could plausibly claim the victim had been at work at the WTC… until the body turned up in Brooklyn when a construction crew was digging in somebody’s backyard for a swimming pool.
re: #255 jaunte
Unfortunately I think Barr is a natural toady, happy to serve.
True, but even toadies can get pissed off by assholes. And Trump is good at pissing off people by being an asshole.
re: #267 ObserverArt
True, but even toadies can get pissed off by assholes. And Trump is good at pissing off people by being an asshole.
That’s my thought. Barr is a toadie for sure but if he doesn’t give Trump exactly what he wants, he’s going to lash out. Look at Nielsen.
well tax season went away quietly. just the way i like it.
here’s my question for the day:
the ‘white house’ is preparing a “response” to the mueller report.
(likely due out the same moment the joke-of-a-redaction comes out)
so the administration is releasing a counter report to…. its own DOJ report
how exactly are they doing this?
who besides Barr has seen the whole thing unredacted?
if anyone actually has seen it all, then how are they gonna be able to sustain “anyone in the executive branch gets to see the whole report but no one in congress does?”
FFS. Lubbock’s “Mr. Conservative” is indulging in Goebbels-style big lies, willfully confronting and attacking easily proven facts to produce and exploit an alternate reality. Most of the art treasures were in fact saved and there are no reports of multiple origin. Dr. May is not some lunatic ranting on a street corner somewhere. He is a lunatic ranting from a prominent social and professional position. He is a long established fixture of the local gentry and has held public office.
re: #270 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
systematic destruction of Christianity
There he goes, projecting again.
re: #270 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
FFS. Lubbock’s “Mr. Conservative” is indulging in Goebbels-style big lies, willfully confronting and attacking easily proven facts to produce and exploit an alternate reality. Most of the art treasures were in fact saved and there are no reports of multiple origin. Dr. May is not some lunatic ranting on a street corner somewhere. He is a lunatic ranting from a prominent social and professional position. He is a long established fixture of the local gentry and has held public office.
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He’s trying to incite shit just like Trump.
Didn’t see May say anything when those black Baptist churches were burned by a white supremacist.
re: #17 Belafon
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It’s like Musk is forcing the US to compete again.
shouldn’t we be using either the space elevator or the transporter more for this sort of thing by this point?
re: #269 Man, DangerMan
well tax season went away quietly. just the way i like it.
here’s my question for the day:
the ‘white house’ is preparing a “response” to the mueller report.
(likely due out the same moment the joke-of-a-redaction comes out)so the administration is releasing a counter report to…. its own DOJ report
how exactly are they doing this?
who besides Barr has seen the whole thing unredacted?if anyone actually has seen it all, then how are they gonna be able to sustain “anyone in the executive branch gets to see the whole report but no one in congress does?”
On that last point, they can argue that there’s nothing in the DOJ regulations governing special counsel that requires release of the special counsel’s report. The only requirement is that the AG provide a report to Congress akin to what Barr produced.
But given the nature of the investigation and the parties who were investigated, they don’t really have much of a choice (in a rational world, anyway) in providing the report to Congress. If Mueller made the decision he couldn’t indict the president because of DOJ regulations/policies (see my page on this), then it must fall to Congress.
One novel result is the process also then creates a recorded log of which members took the time to actually read the unredacted version before opining publicly on their conclusions.
— David Jolly (@DavidJollyFL) April 16, 2019
re: #12 Teukka
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Steyn by name, … https://t.co/hBFu46OZ6M
— Michael James (@alephnaught) April 16, 2019
So, over the weekend was the Long Beach Grand Prix. I haven’t been in a few years (the last time I went, there was copious amounts of alcohol and an incident that ended with a police officer telling me and another guy that he didn’t need a fight on his street - long story), but I did drive through downtown where the race and related events happen on Sunday on my way to/from the South Bay to hang out with friends. On the way home, as people were leaving the race, there was a sidewalk preacher with megaphone telling everyone that they must repent and how far we have fallen. I started laughing as I waited at a light and heard him start going on about the “homosexual agenda” and I’m thinking “dude, know your audience… the mayor is gay… we have a big ass pride parade and festival here every year.”
re: #34 Belafon
I dare you to outcute this:
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the little hairy toy dog head is cute. the cloak is a bit creepy. The feet are WTF gnarly. but they work for him, and in that ensemble they seem appropriate.
re: #277 Alephnaught
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These guys are bigots. Pure and simple. They yearn for religious war. Gives them a lot in common with ISIS imo.
re: #260 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Because so much effort has been put into making White Nationalism an acceptable point on the political spectrum instead of something that is totally contrary to America and its values.
A couple days ago, my sister and I were discussing the historical flaws in our country and she reminded me of Andrew Cuomo’s widely criticized statement, pushing back against Trump, that America was never that great . White supremacy was born in the US — it’s contrary to our stated ideals but not the values that many hold in this nation. After all, Trump would never have been elected if 10’s of millions of Americans did not support these views. Think of all those who are offended by efforts to remove Confederate statues from public places.
We need to repudiate the past and current evils : slavery, genocide of native Americans, Japanese internment camps, suppression of women and gays and transgendered among many others. Unless we can persuade many of the millions who voted for Trump of the error of their ways, we will never be able to reclaim our position as a world leader in promoting democratic values.
re: #269 Man, DangerMan
well tax season went away quietly. just the way i like it.
here’s my question for the day:
the ‘white house’ is preparing a “response” to the mueller report.
(likely due out the same moment the joke-of-a-redaction comes out)so the administration is releasing a counter report to…. its own DOJ report
how exactly are they doing this?
who besides Barr has seen the whole thing unredacted?if anyone actually has seen it all, then how are they gonna be able to sustain “anyone in the executive branch gets to see the whole report but no one in congress does?”
Supposedly they wrote this report last summer, and what they are doing now is fine tuning it to focus on the obstruction charges. So while I can’t say they haven’t seen the Mueller report, they didn’t necessarily have to since they pretty much had this thing in the can ready to go.
Andy Barr took a cheap shot at AOC yesterday:
Andy Barr invited Congresswoman Alexandria Osasio-Cortez to tour a Kentucky coal mine but said he wants her to apologize first for comments she made on Twitter to Texas congressman Dan Crenshaw. https://t.co/piv88q9lSu
— WYMT (@WYMT) April 16, 2019
today:
AOC calling out @RepAndyBarr. I assume she’ll get an alternative invite from a Dem any day now. https://t.co/ogSBwXnwjM
— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) April 16, 2019
re: #283 Backwoods_Sleuth
Andy Barr took a cheap shot at AOC yesterday:
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People like Barr care more about serving Trump than their constituents.
re: #216 wrenchwench
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OK, I reversed the order, but these arrived together on my twitter feed. Which I keep tied high in a tree, protected by a cat.
Heh, bear baer. Incidentally, my cousin’s wife’s brother is also running for Senator in Colorado.
re: #283 Backwoods_Sleuth
messed that up…refresh to see the correct tweets
re: #281 Hecuba’s daughter
A couple days ago, my sister and I were discussing the historical flaws in our country and she reminded me of Andrew Cuomo’s widely criticized statement, pushing back against Trump, that America was never that great . White supremacy was born in the US — it’s contrary to our stated ideals but not the values that many hold in this nation. After all, Trump would never have been elected if 10’s of millions of Americans did not support these views. Think of all those who are offended by efforts to remove Confederate statues from public places.
White supremacy is no stranger to the US, but the British empire and colonialism existed before the US and was pretty much all about white supremacy.
this thread…I’m dying…
The heroine is Polish so we get this charming moment of xenophobia (and oh God there’s gonna be a lot of bad broken English dialogue, isn’t there?) pic.twitter.com/5e1qv6DrH1
— Kayleigh Donaldson (@Ceilidhann) April 16, 2019
re: #262 jaunte
I wish people would stop with using “nobody” in these contexts, unless it’s written as “nobody with actual power.”
Who would have thunk it? Looks like both Cain and Moore are out!!
re: #287 danarchy
White supremacy is no stranger to the US, but the British empire and colonialism existed before the US and was pretty much all about white supremacy.
Pretty much all of the European empires were about white supremacy.
re: #289 Belafon
Yes, I don’t agree with him that “nobody” is seeing this as unusual.
re: #291 KGxvi
Pretty much all of the European empires were about white supremacy.
Usually with some religious supremacy too. The British empire definitely prided itself on the supremacy of the Protestant faith as did the Spanish with Catholicism.
re: #293 HappyWarrior
Usually with some religious supremacy too. The British empire definitely prided itself on the supremacy of the Protestant faith as did the Spanish with Catholicism.
How many wars were fought between the various empires and kings because of Protestant vs Catholic?
re: #270 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
FFS. Lubbock’s “Mr. Conservative” is indulging in Goebbels-style big lies, willfully confronting and attacking easily proven facts to produce and exploit an alternate reality. Most of the art treasures were in fact saved and there are no reports of multiple origin. Dr. May is not some lunatic ranting on a street corner somewhere. He is a lunatic ranting from a prominent social and professional position. He is a long established fixture of the local gentry and has held public office.
Time to start pre-emptively torching some mosques, I guess…
re: #275 KGxvi
On that last point, they can argue that there’s nothing in the DOJ regulations governing special counsel that requires release of the special counsel’s report. The only requirement is that the AG provide a report to Congress akin to what Barr produced.
But given the nature of the investigation and the parties who were investigated, they don’t really have much of a choice (in a rational world, anyway) in providing the report to Congress. If Mueller made the decision he couldn’t indict the president because of DOJ regulations/policies (see my page on this), then it must fall to Congress.
i just reread it. really well done
so yeah this may be where it’s heading
- one of the functions of the house is to investigate and decide whether impeachment is warranted
- meanwhile the president has the *entire* report (legal file) and withholds it from the house, thereby burying any evidence against him
forget the ‘it totally exonerates me’ or ‘if you didnt do anything wrong why cant congress see it’…
re: #294 KGxvi
How many wars were fought between the various empires and kings because of Protestant vs Catholic?
Too many to count. And then there’s Catholic versus Orthodox and even Protestant versus Protestant as in the English Civil War. But that alone tells me the fallacy of “Judeo Christian civilization.”
re: #281 Hecuba’s daughter
A couple days ago, my sister and I were discussing the historical flaws in our country and she reminded me of Andrew Cuomo’s widely criticized statement, pushing back against Trump, that America was never that great .
Every country has its positive and negative aspects, for chrissakes. And although America’s faults are clear to me as someone who has read and studied our history, I can still be proud of America as a place that offered a new hope and a better life to millions of people (like my grandparents) from all over the world.
re: #76 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I don’t think the connection is the intent of the creators so much as the filtered interpretation of the racists. The zombie apocalypse is a near-ideal metaphor for the common racist survival vision of mindless hordes of “others” pouring out of the inner cities to loot and pillage “when the welfare checks stop.” Problem is, it is also a good metaphor for other situations in which people feel threatened by a mindless mass, like me when I lived in Lubbock. If the genre is associated with racists, that is on the racists rather than the genre and its fans in general.
Nah. Walking Dead is filled with interracial and LGBTQ relationships. Land of the Dead shows the evils of parasitic capitalists and their eventual destruction. There’s a lot of libertarian fantasy going on in zombie flicks, but I find very little racism involved. It’s more people with skills survive, and people without skills are eaten, but that’s more social darwinism than racism, I would think.
re: #282 danarchy
Supposedly they wrote this report last summer, and what they are doing now is fine tuning it to focus on the obstruction charges. So while I can’t say they haven’t seen the Mueller report, they didn’t necessarily have to since they pretty much had this thing in the can ready to go.
ah… so both unsourced and fiction
re: #290 Hecuba’s daughter
Who would have thunk it? Looks like both Cain and Moore are out!!
well moore dissed trump pretty good yesterday
re: #290 Hecuba’s daughter
Who would have thunk it? Looks like both Cain and Moore are out!!
Cain’s not out, but it’s up to him to continue… as per Kudlow in that article.
In other words, this is a shitshow and no one knows what’s going on. That’s exactly as Trump wants it.
re: #294 KGxvi
How many wars were fought between the various empires and kings because of Protestant vs Catholic?
Of course before there was Protestant entities it was continuous war between Catholics. And Moslems. And Orthodox Christians. It is what religion does best.
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