If the boss of the Mueller Probe was on Trump’s “team”, then the integrity of the investigation was corrupt from the start. Mueller must bring his findings to the American people via Congress and let justice be done though the heavens fall!https://t.co/nbNTaOwckZ
— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) April 26, 2019
Nils Lofsgren and how he put some polka touches into Southern Man
Nils Lofgren made new ‘Blue With Lou’ album in his Scottsdale garage https://t.co/sBEaprolPW via @azcentral
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) April 26, 2019
re: #1 Patricia Kayden
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The more we learn, the more foolish it looks to say that it would be a “rush” to begin impeachment hearings.
I sure hope House Democrats start digging in on the question of why Mueller’s investigation concluded without questioning Trump under oath.
That’s a glaring omission, and every revelation about Trump’s DOJ makes it more certain that this omission was forced on Mueller by his political bosses.
re: #4 EPR-radar
I sure hope House Democrats start digging in on the question of why Mueller’s investigation concluded without questioning Trump under oath.
That’s a glaring omission, and every revelation about Trump’s DOJ makes it more certain that this omission was forced on Mueller by his political bosses.
Trump could not possibly testify under oath without contradicting himself of other sworn testimony, opening the door for perjury proceedings.
re: #5 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Trump could not possibly testify under oath without contradicting himself of other sworn testimony, opening the door for perjury proceedings.
Of course. Being under oath would not alter Trump’s rate of lie production one bit.
Since the wall needs to be built entirely on US soil, with maybe a margin for maintenance on each side, a wall is no barrier to claiming asylum. A person can walk up to the wall, be standing on US soil, and make their claim. I learned this from my congressperson. Her district includes lots of border. And she is a lawyer.
re: #7 wrenchwench
Since the wall needs to be built entirely on US soil, with maybe a margin for maintenance on each side, a wall is no barrier to claiming asylum. A person can walk up to the wall, be standing on US soil, and make their claim. I learned this from my congressperson. Her district includes lots of border. And she is a lawyer.
The Trumpist response to this will be to agitate for machine-gun nests on the wall.
Here we go again. https://t.co/BMCbdHCam0
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 26, 2019
re: #4 EPR-radar
I sure hope House Democrats start digging in on the question of why Mueller’s investigation concluded without questioning Trump under oath.
That’s a glaring omission, and every revelation about Trump’s DOJ makes it more certain that this omission was forced on Mueller by his political bosses.
That really should be one of the first questions asked of him when he makes his appearance before Congress. The list seems to be growing by the day:
“Was your decision not to subpoena Trump’s testimony due to worry over it being blocked in the courts? Or that your own superiors would block it?”
“Did AGs Session, Barr, or DAG Rosenstein ever apply pressure upon you to bring your investigation to a premature close?”
“If not for existing DOJ policy concerning the indictment of a sitting president, would you have indicted Donald Trump for obstruction of justice?”
@SunnyvaleDPS “We’re looking at all potential motives, terrorism being one,” for incident in which 8 pedestrians were run over by a driver on El Camino/Sunnyvale-Saratoga Tuesday night. None of the victims was killed. FBI also investigating.
— Len Ramirez (@lenKPIX) April 24, 2019
re: #9 Charles Johnson
I was afraid of that. It’s local news here, and a car deliberately plowing into a crowd of pedestrians raises red flags.
I’ll say this much about Biden. He brought Trump’s neo-Confederate love back to the limelight.
re: #13 HappyWarrior
I’ll say this much about Biden. He brought Trump’s neo-Confederate love back to the limelight.
Smartest tactic with Trump is to make him defend his worst moves. The man’s ego will not allow him to do anything less than double down.
re: #8 EPR-radar
The Trumpist response to this will be to agitate for machine-gun nests on the wall.
The reason for the ‘see-through’ design, as Trump called it, is not just to see through. They can, and have been known to, shoot through.
re: #13 HappyWarrior
I’ll say this much about Biden. He brought Trump’s neo-Confederate love back to the limelight.
He may end up running a very effective type of interference for the rest of the candidates, attacking Trump on his bigotry while the other candidates emphasize policy.
re: #13 HappyWarrior
I’ll say this much about Biden. He brought Trump’s neo-Confederate love back to the limelight.
It will be really interesting to see if Biden goes all they way on this point, by making the case that Trump’s success with his blatantly racist candidacy is the culmination of decades of Republican strategy.
Imagine Biden on live TV saying (correctly) that Trump won the 2016 GOP primary, easily, by being the most blatantly racist of the lot. It would be glorious.
re: #16 makeitstop
He may end up running a very effective type of interference for the rest of the candidates, attacking Trump on his bigotry while the other candidates emphasize policy.
Yeah and you know what if he’s there just for that, I’ll take his presence.
re: #17 EPR-radar
It will be really interesting to see if Biden goes all they way on this point, by making the case that Trump’s success with his blatantly racist candidacy is the culmination of decades of Republican strategy.
Imagine Biden on live TV saying (correctly) that Trump won the 2016 GOP primary, easily, by being the most blatantly racist of the lot. It would be glorious.
He needs to say that firmly.
re: #14 Targetpractice
Smartest tactic with Trump is to make him defend his worst moves. The man’s ego will not allow him to do anything less than double down.
Yep Biden can bait him like how Sideshow Bob got baited.
Science disagrees with what Joe “believes.” https://t.co/tLUBGyhfFQ
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) April 26, 2019
re: #21 SteelPH
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I’d like to see him debate Beto on that. Beto co-wrote a book advocating legalization about 10 years ago.
re: #21 SteelPH
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It’s a bs take but I guess I would rather him be consistent than pander on the issue.
re: #21 SteelPH
I always liked Joe, but time is passing him by.
re: #21 SteelPH
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It’s a “gateway drug” in states where it’s illegal, because of who you have to go to to get it. It’s not a gateway drug in states where you can go to the store and that’s all they sell.
re: #13 HappyWarrior
I’ll say this much about Biden. He brought Trump’s neo-Confederate love back to the limelight.
Yeah, that’s why I want Pete Buttigieg to stay in the race, but I won’t vote for him. He makes Evangelical Christians lose their shit because he’s an otherwise well-educated, boring white guy who happens to be in an “evil” same-sex marriage.
It’s been legal in DC for a couple years now. Still haven’t gotten into cocaine. I like and respect Biden since he’s accomplished a lot over the years but this is a really retrograde take.
re: #27 mmmirele
Yeah, that’s why I want Pete Buttigieg to stay in the race, but I won’t vote for him. He makes Evangelical Christians lose their shit because he’s an otherwise well-educated, boring white guy who happens to be in an “evil” same-sex marriage.
Definitely. He triggers Franklin Graham simply by existing.
re: #16 makeitstop
He may end up running a very effective type of interference for the rest of the candidates, attacking Trump on his bigotry while the other candidates emphasize policy.
I’m kinda wondering if that isn’t his goal. He’s in a unique position and a no-fucks-to-give Biden could be a particularly dangerous lightening rod to draw Trump into blurting out shit like he did today, defending the great general who went to war with his country to protect slavery. Biden, I think, would take great joy in keeping Trump sputteringly angry and lashing out.
I’d enjoy it anyway. :)
re: #30 allegro
I’m kinda wondering if that isn’t his goal. He’s in a unique position and a no-fucks-to-give Biden could be a particularly dangerous lightening rod to draw Trump into blurting out shit like he did today, defending the great general who went to war with his country to protect slavery. Biden, I think, would take great joy in keeping Trump sputteringly angry and lashing out.
I’d enjoy it anyway. :)
Trump can absolutely be led around by the nose like this by a savvy campaign to personally piss him off.
My brother got a MMJ card after the hit and run in 2017 that crushed two vertebrae in his neck. The MMJ kept him from getting hooked on the Percocets and Oxys the doctors were shoveling at him in the runup to surgery.
Vm9g9JNNNGocTBFNoBHHDSLjlgfMs0JkTQ1Eg1wXI/XiaLfJSzOhvYVjFjzA5m5VEJ4vByj5oXuFfdqEXDAuOqVzbWKMgps2CgZC0t5h+Xa9LbYEBAWWmPVxKT4rxXC9LtNhIREWR5jL9h9hiuHjuHZi05rgQ+oJULcmcP3aOYEIa2subgTivHsW9FVnbNdr
When the year was up, my brother was doing really well and let the card lapse. So much for “gateway drug.”
re: #30 allegro
I’m kinda wondering if that isn’t his goal. He’s in a unique position and a no-fucks-to-give Biden could be a particularly dangerous lightening rod to draw Trump into blurting out shit like he did today, defending the great general who went to war with his country to protect slavery. Biden, I think, would take great joy in keeping Trump sputteringly angry and lashing out.
I’d enjoy it anyway. :)
Might well be. He might also prevent us from doing something stupid like nominating Bernie too.
re: #33 HappyWarrior
Might well be. He might also prevent us from doing something stupid like nominating Bernie too.
For me, Bernie’s got a deep hole to climb out of after that disaster in 2016, and early signs from this election season aren’t looking good. He apparently hasn’t even dropped the shovel yet.
The rain has come back to Philly. Along with lightning and thunder. :(
re: #30 allegro
I’m kinda wondering if that isn’t his goal. He’s in a unique position and a no-fucks-to-give Biden could be a particularly dangerous lightening rod to draw Trump into blurting out shit like he did today, defending the great general who went to war with his country to protect slavery. Biden, I think, would take great joy in keeping Trump sputteringly angry and lashing out.
I’d enjoy it anyway. :)
Some pundits have pointed out how unconventional of an announcement it was, given Biden’s years of legislative work and his run as VP.
Add to that the fact that he asked Obama not to endorse him, and the idea of Biden being a stalking horse to walk Trump off a cliff does make a left-field kind of sense.
re: #35 EPR-radar
For me, Bernie’s got a deep hole to climb out of after that disaster in 2016, and early signs from this election season aren’t looking good. He apparently hasn’t even dropped the shovel yet.
Bernie imo just isn’t the answer.
This:
Look all I’m saying is there’s no way we’re going to get pockets in every dress with a male president.
— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) April 25, 2019
re: #32 mmmirele
I feel bad that I sat here like a doofus for about two minutes until it dawned on me what MMJ was.
Yep, it’s definitely Friday…
re: #37 makeitstop
Some pundits have pointed out how unconventional of an announcement it was, given Biden’s years of legislative work and his run as VP.
Add to that the fact that he asked Obama not to endorse him, and the idea of Biden being a stalking horse to walk Trump off a cliff does make a left-field kind of sense.
I mean I think he’s in it for real but I’m sure he’s aware that his previous two runs didn’t end well and tbh with a more liberal electorate would be tougher for him so I’m sure he knows the odds don’t favor him but he can and should bait Trump which should help the others I think distinguish themselves.
re: #37 makeitstop
Some pundits have pointed out how unconventional of an announcement it was, given Biden’s years of legislative work and his run as VP.
Add to that the fact that he asked Obama not to endorse him, and the idea of Biden being a stalking horse to walk Trump off a cliff does make a left-field kind of sense.
I’m hoping he has something to say about what happen just before and after the 2016 election. He was in a position to know some stuff.
Unprecedented power move by Quinnen Williams blessing and thanking himself after a sneeze #nfldraft pic.twitter.com/XDZsB9ojbt
— chris oneil (@C_1eyeL) April 25, 2019
re: #37 makeitstop
Some pundits have pointed out how unconventional of an announcement it was, given Biden’s years of legislative work and his run as VP.
Add to that the fact that he asked Obama not to endorse him, and the idea of Biden being a stalking horse to walk Trump off a cliff does make a left-field kind of sense.
I believe Biden would actually enjoy doing this.
re: #44 Cheechako
I believe Biden would actually enjoy doing this.
It would be a nice final send off IMO. I don’t want him as POTUS but I do think he can still be of service getting on Trump’s nerves.
re: #27 mmmirele
Yeah, that’s why I want Pete Buttigieg to stay in the race, but I won’t vote for him. He makes Evangelical Christians lose their shit because he’s an otherwise well-educated, boring white guy who happens to be in an “evil” same-sex marriage.
I kinda like him for VP as the AntiPence ;) The fact that he triggers that little twerp Franklin Graham every time he speaks is a huge plus to me.
And as for his marriage, why do I expect he is more faithful to his spouse than any of them?
re: #45 HappyWarrior
It would be a nice final send off IMO. I don’t want him as POTUS but I do think he can still be of service getting on Trump’s nerves.
Goading Trump into an incapacitating fit of rage via social media is as close as a non-military act can come to being worthy of the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Only two people in American history have received 65 million votes or more. One is black. One is a woman. https://t.co/4WvcbqgpgK
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) April 26, 2019
re: #49 Patricia Kayden
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If we can get out our base, I’m confident we not only will beat Trump but will take back the Senate and increase our totals in the House as well.
re: #44 Cheechako
I believe Biden would actually enjoy doing this.
Oh and we would all enjoy seeing this.
For all his flaws, and Jeebus knows they are many, Joe is 1) not stupid 2) really experienced in the ebb&flow of politics and 3) a clenched-jaw combative motherfucker when it comes to standing up for what he believes in.
You can do a lot with that. And in Trump’s tiny little lizard-brain, Biden = Obama, so Trump will blow his stack at criticism from that direction.
re: #50 HappyWarrior
If we can get out our base, I’m confident we not only will beat Trump but will take back the Senate and increase our totals in the House as well.
I just want this nightmare to end.
Wayne LaPierre says NRA President Oliver North is extorting him and pressuring him to resign as CEO over allegations of financial improprieties https://t.co/ToqfIFKi5U
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) April 26, 2019
re: #53 Patricia Kayden
Time to root for injuries on both sides.
re: #53 Patricia Kayden
I cannot think of a more deserving person except DT to be in the receiving end.
re: #52 SteelPH
I just want this nightmare to end.
It’s going to take a while. And getting rid of Trump is merely Step 1.
The bigger fight is to get rid of what made Trump not only possible, but inevitable. That is, Fox, Hate Radio, Breitbart and the entire right-wing propaganda machine.
If we fail to recognize the real enemy behind the tide of anger and sadism and racism that is sweeping over America, this whole shitshow is just going to circle around and come right back at us all over again.
re: #44 Cheechako
I believe Biden would actually enjoy doing this.
Me too. And what does he have to lose? I imagine he doesn’t really expect to win at age 76 and if he should win, cool, we’re in safe, sane hands. By running, he’s in a much better position to do Trump damage than he would be if he was just campaigning for someone else AND he can own what he does and says without affecting another’s campaign. He is also raising some serious $$ that he couldn’t do as well if he wasn’t running.
Not seeing any downside to his running at this moment. (I’m still in the Harris and/or Warren camp.)
re: #52 SteelPH
I just want this nightmare to end.
Me too. I want to just be able to relax knowing that our POTUS is competent.
re: #50 HappyWarrior
If we can get out our base, I’m confident we not only will beat Trump but will take back the Senate and increase our totals in the House as well.
YES WE CAN. We must reverse the outrageous policies of the Trump regime. From the way they’ve treated the LGBT community, to the way they’ve trampled voters’ rights, to the way they’ve demonized and mistreated migrants, to the way they’ve given tax cuts to the mega wealthy and flouted the law.
re: #13 HappyWarrior
I’ll say this much about Biden. He brought Trump’s neo-Confederate love back to the limelight.
First class trolling using Trump’s favorite bait.
The Big Orange Roughy bit!
re: #56 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
It’s going to take a while. And getting rid of Trump is merely Step 1.
The bigger fight is to get rid of what made Trump not only possible, but inevitable. That is, Fox, Hate Radio, Breitbart and the entire right-wing propaganda machine.
If we fail to recognize the real enemy behind the tide of anger and sadism and racism that is sweeping over America, this whole shitshow is just going to circle around and come right back at us all over again.
No argument here.
re: #53 Patricia Kayden
I was tempted by the Ken Watanabe “Let Them Fight” meme, but let’s face it, the best thing is if this situation gets the Hamlet ending.
re: #60 ObserverArt
First class trolling using Trump’s favorite bait.
The Big Orange Roughy bit!
I think Biden’s going to do other things that will get Trump in a pissy move. He’s said that his candidacy will be about character. I’m sure Joe wants to win. Why else run? But I think Joe knows he can be of just as much service if he gets Trump to melt down by reminding Trump about why he doesn’t belong in the same House that Abe and Obama once called home.
re: #21 SteelPH
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And there is Joe showing he is out of step with his constituents and maybe showing his age. Pot? Joe, come on man.
re: #56 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
It’s going to take a while. And getting rid of Trump is merely Step 1.
The bigger fight is to get rid of what made Trump not only possible, but inevitable. That is, Fox, Hate Radio, Breitbart and the entire right-wing propaganda machine.
If we fail to recognize the real enemy behind the tide of anger and sadism and racism that is sweeping over America, this whole shitshow is just going to circle around and come right back at us all over again.
And I’m starting to give credence to the idea that all those important Step 2 and beyond parts might go better if Step 1 is accomplished at the voting booths. I think huge numbers at the polls against Trump will be a big help.
So if you go to google.com and search for Thanos, click the glove on the right side. :)
re: #64 ObserverArt
And there is Joe showing he is out of step with his constituents and maybe showing his age. Pot? Joe, come on man.
I checked. That quote is from 9 years ago apparently.
Of course, we’re all assuming Trump will be the GOP candidate in 2020. Am I the only one who thinks he won’t be on the ticket?
re: #9 Charles Johnson
An Iraq-war veteran plowed his car into an Indian-American family in the Bay Area, possibly thinking they were Muslim.https://t.co/3dmYQhkAbh
This story has barely made a ripple. pic.twitter.com/d8IWkR3AKy— Imraan Siddiqi (@imraansiddiqi) April 26, 2019
re: #68 allegro
No. But I remain an optimist. I would like to see DT in an orange jumpsuit.
re: #68 allegro
Of course, we’re all assuming Trump will be the GOP candidate in 2020. Am I the only one who thinks he won’t be on the ticket?
There’s absolutely no evidence of any dump Trump sentiment in the GOP that is remotely close to being powerful enough to unseat a sitting president.
If Trump’s diet and lack of exercise haven’t killed him off by then, the only way he’s not on the 2020 GOP ticket is if he is impeached and removed from office.
Bombshell: Sunnyvale police chief:”new evidence shows defendant intentionally targeted victims based on race and his belief of their Muslim faith.” pic.twitter.com/q6ySJBT4LX
— Len Ramirez (@lenKPIX) April 26, 2019
re: #71 EPR-radar
There’s absolutely no evidence of any dump Trump sentiment in the GOP that is remotely close to being powerful enough to unseat a sitting president.
If Trump’s diet and lack of exercise haven’t killed him off by then, the only way he’s not on the 2020 GOP ticket is if he is impeached and removed from office.
If Trump is told that all charges of financial impropriety would be dropped against him and he would get to keep his ill-gotten gains, he might resign.
re: #74 Hecuba’s daughter
If Trump is told that all charges of financial impropriety would be dropped against him and he would get to keep his ill-gotten gains, he might resign.
It would be stupid for Democrats to offer such a deal, and even if it were offered, Trump would never take it.
re: #45 HappyWarrior
It would be a nice final send off IMO. I don’t want him as POTUS but I do think he can still be of service getting on Trump’s nerves.
I made a comment the other day that I hoped Joe would be active going around the country in support of the candidates and speaking out against Trump corruption.
Now that everyone is talking he may be in it to inflame Trump it does make sense in that out doing speeches is one thing, but Trump can put it down with his asking his base at rallies if they heard what Biden said and then doing his smarmy thing.
But with Joe as a candidate, he has to answer more directly because Trump will see it as a political target and go right at it. And of course he’ll be an asshole because he cannot be anything else.
Tailgunner Joe! He can shoot at the big blimp.
re: #76 EPR-radar
It would be stupid for Democrats to offer such a deal, and even if it were offered, Trump would never take it.
Yeah, he would just use it as proof that Democrats had nothing on him but were trying to bribe him into resigning.
re: #72 gocart mozart
In other words, he went after every brown person he saw.
re: #62 The Ghost of Quesos Past
“You knew what I was when you picked me up” said the snake.
“But I’m also a snake!” said the dying snake, curled up by the riverside.
“…and I’m also a snake and fuck all ya’ll!” said a third snake, biting the first one as it watched the second one die.
And then the third snake tried to cross the snake-corpse-choked river and drowned.
re: #79 Eclectic Cyborg
In other words, he went after every brown person he saw.
They all look the same to bigots. I really feel like telling one of these guys next time they try a “between just us white guys” that I’m a Bosnian or Albanian Muslim American. They really think all Muslims are Arabs and all Arabs are Muslims.
re: #72 gocart mozart
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re: #67 HappyWarrior
I checked. That quote is from 9 years ago apparently.
Well, let’s hope he still doesn’t think that way, but 9 years isn’t that long ago when you consider how long people have been fighting to get it at least decriminalized. And to me, saying it is a gateway drug is 70s language. That is an age/generational thing.
re: #70 PhillyPretzel
No. But I remain an optimist. I would like to see DT in an orange jumpsuit.
And chains!
Just for the look of him small stepping out of a courtroom on his way to jail.
re: #84 ObserverArt
Well, let’s hope he still doesn’t think that way, but 9 years isn’t that long ago when you consider how long people have been fighting to get it at least decriminalized. And to me, saying it is a gateway drug is 70s language. That is an age/generational thing.
Oh I totally agree. I just think they should have prefaced it with the fact that the statement was made 9 years ago. I happen to adamantly disagree with it and think you’re 100% right that it was a very out of touch statement but he should be asked where he stands now before going after him. The candidates I like: Kamala, Beto, Corey, and Julian are more on board with legalization FWIW.
re: #53 Patricia Kayden
Wayne LaPierre says NRA President Oliver North is extorting him and pressuring him to resign as CEO over allegations of financial improprieties https://t.co/ToqfIFKi5U
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) April 26, 2019
Obviously they should settle this with a pistol duel at 20 paces. No, make that 3 paces.
re: #87 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Obviously they should settle this with a pistol duel at 20 paces. No, make that 3 paces.
Where’s Lawhawk and the Let Them Fight gif. Oh and ha ha Wayne, you let Ollie into the NRA, this is your reward for letting him in.
re: #87 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Obviously they should settle this with a pistol duel at 20 paces. No, make that 3 paces.
.45 revolvers?
re: #82 HappyWarrior
They all look the same to bigots. I really feel like telling one of these guys next time they try a “between just us white guys” that I’m a Bosnian or Albanian Muslim American. They really think all Muslims are Arabs and all Arabs are Muslims.
It really pisses me off when people mistake Sikhs for Muslims. Yes, Sikhs have Turbans. No, they are NOT FUCKING MUSLIMS.
re: #89 ObserverArt
No. They need more fire power. How about .357 Magnum? Or something bigger?
re: #87 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Obviously they should settle this with a pistol duel at 20 paces. No, make that 3 paces.
re: #90 Eclectic Cyborg
It really pisses me off when people mistake Sikhs for Muslims. Yes, Sikhs have Turbans. No, they are NOT FUCKING MUSLIMS.
They’re a fascinating religion. But yeah Muslims gasp are like any other group, they come from all different walks of life.
re: #93 Targetpractice
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Ahhh! There we go. Thanks dude. Glad to see the NRA turning on each other. Means they’ll have much less time to smear the 2020 nominee as the worst gun grabber ever. I finally have educated myself more about Iran-Contra and man fuck Oliver North and the people who made him a hero.
I am wondering…this NRA Wayne versus Oliver thing seems staged.
Is this a drama to maybe get some sympathy dollars and steel the members? Something smells. Wayne is saying this at the big NRA event in Indy and Ollie is probably there. And I wouldn’t trust these two to be straight about anything.
re: #96 ObserverArt
I am wondering…this NRA Wayne versus Oliver thing seems staged.
Is this a drama to maybe get some sympathy dollars and steel the members? Something smells. Wayne is saying this at the big NRA event in Indy and Ollie is probably there. And I wouldn’t trust these two to be straight about anything.
Intriguing theory…
re: #96 ObserverArt
I am wondering…this NRA Wayne versus Oliver thing seems staged.
Is this a drama to maybe get some sympathy dollars and steel the members? Something smells. Wayne is saying this at the big NRA event in Indy and Ollie is probably there. And I wouldn’t trust these two to be straight about anything.
I dunno man. Don’t underestimate what happens during a power struggle. As I said, I learned more about the Iran-Contra stuff finally. Lot of petty infighting that existed within the Reagan administration. Just because two people may agree on ideology doesn’t mean they like each other and power is always going to be fought over.
It could well be Kabuki. Not going to dismiss that but just pointing out the squabbles that do exist even within people with like minded goals.
Haven’t decided if this sad or funny
Amazon’s demanding culture of worker productivity has been revealed in multiple investigations. But a new report indicates that the company doesn’t just track worker productivity at its warehouses — it also has a system that can automatically fire them.
Amazon has fired more than 300 workers, citing productivity, at a single facility in Baltimore in a single year (August 2017 through September 2018), The Verge’s Colin Lecher reported. The Verge cited a letter by an Amazon attorney as part of a case with the National Labor Relations Board.
re: #100 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Sad. To think a human being can be fired by a computer.
re: #100 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Haven’t determined if this sad or funny
I’ve seen that Doctor Who episode. I would suggest that we skip the death part, though the Amazon computers crying for help would be interesting.
re: #99 HappyWarrior
It could well be Kabuki. Not going to dismiss that but just pointing out the squabbles that do exist even within people with like minded goals.
There’s also door #3 where it’s all real but it doesn’t matter to the larger political situation because the cultural frame the NRA developed will persist.
Indeed, given how deep the hustle is in conservative circles it’s a countdown until somebody starts trying to herd the NRA’s contributor lists.
re: #101 PhillyPretzel
Sad. To think a human being can be fired by a computer.
I always thought the term ‘human resource’ was sort of sad.
Looks like Amazon and Bezos have removed even the human aspect and employees are just resources. No human touch at all.
re: #104 ObserverArt
I always thought the term ‘human resource’ was sort of sad.
Looks like Amazon and Bezos have removed even the human aspect and employees are just resources. No human touch at all.
Yeah, that’s really fucked up.
re: #104 ObserverArt
I always thought the term ‘human resource’ was sort of sad.
Looks like Amazon and Bezos have removed even the human aspect and employees are just resources. No human touch at all.
The problem with Amazon warehouse model is that it is inherently dehumanizing. Bezos’ needs another toy. Fuck paying the workers a living wage.
Tired: “They’re coming to take your guns.”
Wired: “They’re coming to take your plastic straws.” https://t.co/n4dVBVmOYc— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) April 26, 2019
When one fetish object just isn’t enough.
re: #2 gocart mozart
Nils Lofsgren and how he put some polka touches into Southern Man
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Thanks for this. It was part of my hippie uncle’s record repertoire when he lived with us in the very early 1970s. (Along with the Stones.) It’s hard to believe how young Nils Lofgren was then.
re: #107 jaunte
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When one fetish object just isn’t enough.
I don’t hate their small penis trucks or their small penis guns. But I would like to watch and laugh at the $4 a gallon gas. Maybe $4.50.
re: #107 jaunte
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When one fetish object just isn’t enough.
Plastic straws seem a little small for a substitute phallus, but I suppose beggars can’t be choosers.
re: #7 wrenchwench
Since the wall needs to be built entirely on US soil, with maybe a margin for maintenance on each side, a wall is no barrier to claiming asylum. A person can walk up to the wall, be standing on US soil, and make their claim. I learned this from my congressperson. Her district includes lots of border. And she is a lawyer.
I could build a wall here in TheBackwoods.
Still is US soil.
They can stay here with me while they wait.
re: #108 mmmirele
Thanks for this. It was part of my hippie uncle’s record repertoire when he lived with us in the very early 1970s. (Along with the Stones.) It’s hard to believe how young Nils Lofgren was then.
Nils was a pretty big deal around Philly in the Seventies, with his band Grin (they came out of Maryland IIRC). I think Grin is what introduced Springsteen to Lofgren.
re: #110 Weaselone
Handy to suck the $4.50 gas out of a rival’s truck tank.
re: #51 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
Oh and we would all enjoy seeing this.
For all his flaws, and Jeebus knows they are many, Joe is 1) not stupid 2) really experienced in the ebb&flow of politics and 3) a clenched-jaw combative motherfucker when it comes to standing up for what he believes in.
You can do a lot with that. And in Trump’s tiny little lizard-brain, Biden = Obama, so Trump will blow his stack at criticism from that direction.
Plus we do have Biden to thank for pushing Obama in the direction of same-sex marriage. Because no-drama Obama wouldn’t have done it, but Biden backed him into a corner. From 2012:
Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. said on Sunday that he was “absolutely comfortable” with same-sex marriages and was heartened by their growing acceptance across the country, a position that moves well beyond the “evolving” views that President Obama has said he holds on the issue.
The comments, which aides described as the off-the-cuff views of a vice president not known for fidelity to a script, sent the White House scrambling to clarify that Mr. Biden was not articulating an official change in policy, a reaction that highlighted the administration’s unease over the subject.
I could see Biden being a stalking horse to make Donny flip out on the regular.
Tony Bennett has announced that Virginia’s national championship men’s basketball team has declined an invitation to visit The White House.
— Gary Parrish (@GaryParrishCBS) April 26, 2019
re: #104 ObserverArt
I always thought the term ‘human resource’ was sort of sad.
Looks like Amazon and Bezos have removed even the human aspect and employees are just resources. No human touch at all.
How about “Human resource processing?” (google search).
Sounds like some satanic mill where they feed people in one end and get cans of spam-like consumer product out the other.
re: #74 Hecuba’s daughter
If Trump is told that all charges of financial impropriety would be dropped against him and he would get to keep his ill-gotten gains, he might resign.
If he resigns, we get Pence—the same fucking nightmare without the comic relief.
re: #120 Decatur Deb
I don’t think we have much chance of him resigning; his signature move is to hang on too long and try to grab too much.
Never get out of the boat, no matter how juicy the mangos might seem
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) April 26, 2019
re: #7 wrenchwench
Since the wall needs to be built entirely on US soil, with maybe a margin for maintenance on each side, a wall is no barrier to claiming asylum. A person can walk up to the wall, be standing on US soil, and make their claim. I learned this from my congressperson. Her district includes lots of border. And she is a lawyer.
I think Trump’s fantasy is to use the military on the border to force asylum seekers back across the river.
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3. Mike Lee, self-appointed expert on the history of the founding era, appears to have forgotten about the English Civil War (1641-1660), the Glorious Revolution (1688), and this minor thinker named John Locke.
— Seth Cotlar (@SethCotlar) April 26, 2019
re: #124 gocart mozart
Guess who else thought Coolidge was one of the great presidents.
re: #125 Decatur Deb
Guess who else thought Coolidge was one of the great presidents.
Didn’t some ginger punk write a book about Coolidge?
re: #11 Charles Johnson
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and I bet the driver isn’t a white guy in the Coast Guard who has a huge arsenal and a social media that says he’s going after Democrats and other “enemies of the moron-in-chief” because that right there isn’t “terrorism”…
*spit*
re: #126 makeitstop
Didn’t some ginger punk write a book about Coolidge?
There’s a lot going on in that boy’s family and educational histories.
re: #123 jaunte
I think Trump’s fantasy is to use the military on the border to force asylum seekers back across the river.
He tried, but the law stopped it.
Just curious, has anybody yet sent an official complaint to the DC Bar Association against William Barr for flagrantly lying to Congress and the American people about the content of the Mueller report? @OversightDems @RepCummings
— Harm to Ongoing Matter (@goddamnedfrank) April 26, 2019
People say “thanos’ plan is unrealistic”
Yeah
No shit
It’s a simple solution to a complex problem
He’s a metaphor for fascism you dingus— 🛡️🌸Calypso the Vampire Lord (@Calypsoviet) April 26, 2019
The bas relief on Stone Mountain in Georgia needs to be dynamited.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) April 26, 2019
Noonan has a rare moment of clarity…
Ouch. Longtime conservative Peggy Noonan stomps all over Trump-and calls for a Democrat to replace him in 2020, saying Trump “destabilized the entire town” of Washington, DC. https://t.co/svW6P1HYsR
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) April 26, 2019
re: #133 makeitstop
Trump “destabilized the entire town” of Washington, DC.
Wasn’t that one of his own selling points?
re: #132 teleskiguy
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re: #134 jaunte
Wasn’t that one of his own selling points?
It was.
I get the feeling that ol’ Peg is upset that social life in DC sucks since Trump got there.
It’s comparable to David Broder’s quote about Clinton, how he ‘came in and trashed the place.’
Whatevs. Gimme more Republicans complaining about Trump.
re: #136 makeitstop
“How did this strange madman empower these strange madmen?”
I mean, I don’t wanna tell y’all how to do your jobs but the man just straight up violated the rules of professional conduct when he said the OLC opinion that the DOJ couldn’t indict a sitting President played no role in Mueller’s decision on obstruction.https://t.co/aQ3l6EJAId
— Harm to Ongoing Matter (@goddamnedfrank) April 27, 2019
and also, the March to the Sea was a wartime strategy aimed at depriving the confederacy of needed resources, versus Forrest spearheading a massacre and then after the war leading a white vigilante groups in attacks on black civilians
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) April 26, 2019
No, THOSE were good because there were two equally-bad outcomes without it: a nearly-depopulated Japan if the capitalist Allies won, or a divided (and quite possibly still depopulated to boot) one if the Soviet invasion was any sort of success.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) April 27, 2019
Unchecked ‘Hate’ Toward Rep. Ilhan Omar Has American Muslims Shuddering
Can’t begin to describe how awful this is on a bunch of levels. All it takes to be hated is speak truth to power. Or a powerful personality woman or a Muslim. Lady has all 3 and the stones to keep going. Reminds me of our dear departed friend. I get it when she says it’s not smart to be a “good Muslim” by that particular post 9/11 in America way. Extra quiet, extra cooperative, extra tolerant of insult and public shaming.
FWIW NY Times link
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re: #124 gocart mozart
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He’s wrong about George III. George III wasn’t an absolute monarchist who believed in the Divine Right of Kings and Coolidge was an awful President. A lot of the colonists beef was with the Parliament. Really wish we would stop getting spoon fed this bullshit version of American history where we rebelled against an absolute monarchist. The king in France was an absolute monarch, George III wasn’t. Not an admirer of his or really most any king but Lee needs to read a fucking history book not written by right wing hacks.
This is interesting. Thomas Paine’s plan for progressive taxation 1791
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At the twenty-third thousand the tax becomes 20s. in the pound, and consequently every thousand beyond that sum can produce no profit but by dividing the estate. Yet formidable as this tax appears, it will not, I believe, produce so much as the commutation tax; should it produce more, it ought to be lowered to that amount upon estates under two or three thousand a year.
On small and middling estates it is lighter (as it is intended to be) than the commutation tax. It is not till after seven or eight thousand a year that it begins to be heavy. The object is not so much the produce of the tax as the justice of the measure. The aristocracy has screened itself too much, and this serves to restore a part of the lost equilibrium.
As an instance of its screening itself, it is only necessary to look back to the first establishment of the excise laws, at what is called the Restoration, or the coming of Charles the Second. The aristocratical interest then in power, commuted the feudal services itself was under, by laying a tax on beer brewed for sale; that is, they compounded with Charles for an exemption from those services for themselves and their heirs, by a tax to be paid by other people. The aristocracy do not purchase beer brewed for sale, but brew their own beer free of the duty, and if any commutation at that time were necessary, it ought to have been at the expense of those for whom the exemptions from those services were intended; [NOTE 1] instead of which, it was thrown on an entirely different class of men.
But the chief object of this progressive tax (besides the justice of rendering taxes more equal than they are) is, as already stated, to extirpate the overgrown influence arising from the unnatural law of primogeniture, and which is one of the principal sources of corruption at elections.
It would be attended with no good consequences to enquire how such vast estates as thirty, forty, or fifty thousand a year could commence, and that at a time when commerce and manufactures were not in a state to admit of such acquisitions. Let it be sufficient to remedy the evil by putting them in a condition of descending again to the community by the quiet means of apportioning them among all the heirs and heiresses of those families. This will be the more necessary, because hitherto the aristocracy have quartered their younger children and connections upon the public in useless posts, places and offices, which when abolished will leave them destitute, unless the law of primogeniture be also abolished or superseded.A progressive tax will, in a great measure, effect this object, and that as a matter of interest to the parties most immediately concerned, as will be seen by the following table; which shows the net produce upon every estate, after subtracting the tax. By this it will appear that after an estate exceeds thirteen or fourteen thousand a year, the remainder produces but little profit to the holder, and consequently, Will pass either to the younger children, or to other kindred.
re: #143 gocart mozart
This is interesting. Thomas Paine’s plan for progressive taxation 1791
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Paine was one of the few Founders that weren’t from the landed gentry so I’m not surprised he had more radical views on economics.
#RandomThoughts Maybe words and labels like ‘racist’ and “white supremacy’ aren’t being devalued. Maybe they’re just finally being used as widespread as the actual racism they define are. #JustSaying
— Stop Protecting Nazis, K? (@Citizen_Kryptik) April 27, 2019
Afghan government, US and international forces have been responsible for more civilian deaths in Afghanistan in the first three months of 2019 than the Taliban and ISIS, according to a United Nations report https://t.co/FfbbKEIl8w pic.twitter.com/nBMGV2RXL0
— CNN International (@cnni) April 24, 2019
Today, @amnesty @airwars release in-depth investigation into the US-led coalition’s airstrike campaign in Raqqa. Proud that several of us at #HRCLab were able to contribute to this groundbreaking project under the leadership of @shxkiba & @DominiqueSLewis: https://t.co/55WBE7lTYv
— Haley Willis (@heytherehaIey) April 25, 2019
re: #145 Citizen K
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I think too many damn people think white supremacy is only the Klan and Nazis. I’ve been learning more about the White Citizens Councils that existed primarily as a response to the Civil Rights movement and the Brown decision. Let’s just say. I’m definitely seeing a lot of actions from the same right wing playbook we see today.
Folks, pay attention to what Trump is quietly doing at our Southern border!
“Pentagon is preparing to loosen rules that bar troops from interacting with migrants entering the US, expanding military’s involv in Trump’s operation along the southern border.” https://t.co/K7k02IYJfq— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) April 27, 2019
re: #149 HappyWarrior
More deliberate jamming of the system:
“…Immigration law is one of the most complex and politically fraught areas of federal law, often compared to the tax code for its intricacy, which could complicate the potential assignment of military lawyers to migrants’ cases.
According to Dana Leigh Marks, an immigration judge, having military lawyers with little or no experience in such cases could slow down the proceedings because judges will have to explain procedures to them.”
re: #132 teleskiguy
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I thought they could do something creative instead, like add the Gates of Hell in front of the mounted Confederates.
Looking forward to attending the Not the White House Correspondents Dinner tonight.
Apparently, our segment got cut due to time constraints, but no worries, historians are used to hard edits.
Here it is: https://t.co/bWZj8Yq3VQ— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) April 26, 2019
re: #152 gocart mozart
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It’s too bad because IMO Ron Chertnow is an excelllent historian but I wouldn’t go for him if I wanted something light. They did this simply because Trumpy got mad when Michelle Wolf mocked him.
re: #151 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I thought they could do something creative instead, like add the Gates of Hell in front of the mounted Confederates.
Speak of the devil…..
Shout out to the fellow from Window Rock who turned me on to a cool Mongolian metal band while we waited for the gates to open. 👍 pic.twitter.com/jt4mFSUwWy
— NewMexicoNomad (@505Nomad) April 27, 2019
re: #151 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I thought they could do something creative instead, like add the Gates of Hell in front of the mounted Confederates.
It would be enough if they just added the portrait of an O6 from one of the Black Confederate brigades.
re: #124 gocart mozart
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Digging through, here’s something to bring up with your conservative acquaintances:
Paine’s argument was that over a certain amount of wealth (for him that amount was £23,000) society is far better off redistributing the excess to the poor, the young, the elderly, and the infirm…and the harm that would accrue to those still very rich people was quite minimal.
— Seth Cotlar (@SethCotlar) October 15, 2018
re: #157 Belafon
Digging through, here’s something to bring up with your conservative acquaintances:
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But that can’t be. The Founders were the equivalent of modern Libertarians. Just ask a modern Libertarian! //
What kind of dinosaur is this pic.twitter.com/RIX94g96Ev
— Land of cuteness (@landpsychology) April 27, 2019
My favorite thing is when modern Libertarians scoff at Social Democrats. I mean am I skeptical that we could do what’s worked in Sweden? Yeah a little bit but it’s a lot more feasible than just deregulate everything and all will be wonderful too.
Hotdog water https://t.co/JSLmCsDfnl
— Harm to Ongoing Matter (@goddamnedfrank) April 27, 2019
Am I the only one that thinks this MF want blood on the border. Does he actually think that will help him get re-elected? Fuck….. Will it?
Just heard the most… can’t even describe it really… story from my bestie/neighbor, a nurse. She told me about a number of years ago when she was a burn nurse. There was a house fire with 3 victims she was attending to when her then-teen daughter came to get money for a school something. Busy, she told her daughter to wait for her to finish before she could get to her locker to fetch the $.
When she got free to get her daughter taken care of, her daughter asked if she could stay for lunch. Perplexed, her mom asked why would you want to do that? Her daughter answered: the barbecue smells sooo good. I’m hungry.
I started shrieking OMG! OMG! about then.
Mmm-hmm. She was smelling burnt people flesh.
re: #163 Dave In Austin
Am I the only one that thinks this MF want blood on the border. Does he actually think that will help him get re-elected? Fuck….. Will it?
Oh I absolutely think he does.
re: #163 Dave In Austin
Am I the only one that thinks this MF want blood on the border. Does he actually think that will help him get re-elected? Fuck….. Will it?
He wants people to be frightened enough to think they need his protection. Mexico should start asking for proof of vaccination when a US citizen wants to go south. Except they can’t really afford to gum things up more than they are already.
My kids:
“we’re watching The Princess Uncle”
Me: “wha?”
The Tv: pic.twitter.com/SrZMb0x6BH— Dan Berry (@thingsbydan) April 26, 2019