Stephen attempts to capture the substance, nature, and context of William Barr’s incredibly hard-to-watch testimony.
Oh, look, another article of impeachment:
The U.S. State Department allowed at least seven foreign governments to rent luxury condominiums in New York’s Trump World Tower in 2017 without approval from Congress, according to documents and people familiar with the leases, a potential violation of the U.S. Constitution’s emoluments clause.
Anyone want to bet that the cost of those condos was way more than his salary as president?
— Meanwhile in Canada (@MeanwhileinCana) May 2, 2019
Facebook permanently bans Alex Jones just 7 years after he claimed Sandy Hook was a hoax. Impressive. https://t.co/ABpvSgDgTN
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 2, 2019
“They want me dead”
Ever the drama queen. pic.twitter.com/1z714SsXcZ— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) May 2, 2019
re: #5 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
How empty must your life be… ?
Just saw Facebook…and therefore, Instagram as well….are lowering the ban hammer on some of our favorite right-wing provocateurs here at Little Green Footballs.
— Snitty K (@Citizen_Kryptik) May 2, 2019
#BREAKING Opposition figure Lopez ordered arrested in Venezuela, says official pic.twitter.com/mjc3iMYcpD
— AFP news agency (@AFP) May 2, 2019
re: #8 Citizen K
I’m going to go with “the Vice-President of the United States”
I’m ready for a snap-off.
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re: #10 KGxvi
I’m going to go with “the Vice-President of the United States”
I’m going to guess (without looking at the replies) that it’s a “trick” question and the answer is Louis Farrakhan (mainly because he’s trending right now -_- At first, I assumed it must’ve been because of some durr hurr libz are teh real hate speech bot campaign, but now I see it’s most likely due to his being banned along with Alex Jones et el.)
Stephen Moore won’t be getting his old job back. “Stephen Moore will not be returning as a contributor,” a CNN spokesperson says.
— Jeremy Barr (@jeremymbarr) May 2, 2019
re: #12 Interesting Times
I’m going to guess (without looking at the replies) that it’s a “trick” question and the answer is Louis Farrakhan (mainly because he’s trending right now -_- At first, I assumed it must’ve been because of some durr hurr libz are teh real hate speech bot campaign, but now I see it’s most likely due to his being banned along with Alex Jones et el.)
Why do we pay any attention to Farrakhan, again?
I see that article on Katie McHugh is gaining a lot of visibility out there. Still revolted to learn that she went to my college, though I guess the good thing is that, although she apparently started on her radical path there, it was mostly to do with feeling isolated as a conservative racist there.
Although my sympathy for her is limited, it’s worth noting that really, the atmosphere on the Right, and at Breitbart in particular, was all about encouraging her to more and more extreme opinions, even rewarding them, and only giving the occasional wag of the finger (accompanied by a wink) as she sunk lower and lower. Until, that is, they found her more useful as a sacrifice - then they tossed her out.
Same thing as Milo - find someone needy with no moral compass, build them up, encourage them to be ‘edgy’ and say the outrageous, then cut ‘em loose to drown after you’ve encouraged them to say and do things they can’t take back.
But you know, there are a whole lot of young people who feel isolated and lack a sense of belonging who DON’T become shills for Nazis. So, you know, fuck these guys.
I should be getting the same treatment Harry. Waiting. I followed your lead.
— 🦈Bill Barr’s Bruised Lip🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) May 2, 2019
White House letter is weak. Trump could have defended himself anytime. Like, for example,he could have accepted any of Mueller’s invitations to tell his side of the story. But Trump lawyers blocked Trump—not because they thought Mueller unfair—but b/c they thought Trump would lie https://t.co/jtPN2U4pPR
— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) May 2, 2019
re: #14 KGxvi
Why do we pay any attention to Farrakhan, again?
He’s a hero of the Left. Hadn’t you heard?
//
re: #18 jaunte
But Trump lawyers blocked Trump—not because they thought Mueller unfair—but b/c they thought Trump would lie
They knew… they knew Trump would lie. Or, alternatively, he would present in a way that would make it inescapably clear that he has no grasp on reality and thus is unfit for office.
Wouldn’t that have been a hell of a disclosure in the Mueller Report? “We interviewed the president, and in each meeting it appeared as if he had no grasp of basic facts, not only related to the incidents under investigation but with respect to things as simple as the color of the paint on the walls of the room.”
Rick Wilson’s short thread on Katie McHugh…
1/ Please read @RosieGray’s quite amazing, horrifying profile of Katie McHugh. It’s a remarkable window in to the alt-right and the modern Trump media complex.https://t.co/3JCuRIpJUd
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) May 2, 2019
As far as she’s concerned, I’m on Team ‘Womp womp, idiot.’
re: #18 jaunte
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re: #11 lawhawk
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re: #23 makeitstop
Rick Wilson’s short thread on Katie McHugh…
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As far as she’s concerned, I’m on Team ‘Womp womp, idiot.’
Right. Two things can be true at the same time:
1) The alt-right sucked in and radicalized her and then dumped her when she was more useful as an exile,
And
2) She did awful shit that can’t be erased with “Sorry!”
re: #4 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
How many years are we up to where Yolo Minneapolis is violating the terms of his visa? Maybe we can deport him soon, maybe, please?
re: #5 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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re: #5 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
A few less crazies on Facebook today.
When they came for the liars who radicalize idiots, I said “good”.
re: #28 Jack Burton
How many years are we up to where Yolo Minneapolis is violating the terms of his visa? Maybe we can deport him soon, maybe, please?
Updung for “Yolo Minneapolis”, if for nothing else.
re: #11 lawhawk
I’m ready for a snap-off.
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Hard to believe this site is free. pic.twitter.com/Dw1bDbM6h2
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) May 2, 2019
Fascinating account with more detail than I’ve seen on what is actually going on with the Trump administration and the (so far) failed effort to topple Maduro regime in Venezuela: https://t.co/9XWlxwUGPy
— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) May 2, 2019
Haha, nope. You stupid shmucks.
President Trump said he leaned on one thing to get through special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election: his faithhttps://t.co/bruNlX0fgC
— POLITICO (@politico) May 2, 2019
re: #35 The Vicious Babushka
Haha, nope. You stupid shmucks.
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OFFS.
This is a guy who violates all ten commandments DAILY.
reminder that if you despise Democratic Party, from either Left or Right, you get lots of press attention
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) May 2, 2019
re: #39 Dread Pirate Union AFL-CIO
O que é um palpiteiro?
context.reverso.net
Has the global Jewish population finally rebounded from the Holocaust? Babushka has 9 children & 43 grandchildren. #YomHaShoah #HolocaustMemorialDay https://t.co/s0QX8biIzQ pic.twitter.com/rnAj2NtDoq
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) May 2, 2019
A toady in the White House. pic.twitter.com/EIVvnqsqDR
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) May 2, 2019
So get ready. Trump is going to order the Justice Department to launch an investigation of his opponent — probably more than one — and Barr will likely do so eagerly. It doesn’t matter how trivial the substance is, as we learned in 2016 when the fact that Hillary Clinton used the wrong email became the dominant issue of the campaign. Did Elizabeth Warren shake hands with a guy whose cousin’s neighbor dated a mobster? The Justice Department will investigate. Did Bernie Sanders have a congressional intern whose police officer dad fixed a parking ticket for him? The FBI is on it. Did Kamala Harris prosecute someone whose lawyer’s husband got a state contract? Investigations are ongoing.
Let’s review:
* Russia launched huge attack on our election to elect Trump
* US law enforcement investigated that attack
* Trump corruptly tried to derail that reckoning & tried to cover up that effort
Barr is helping cover up the BIG crime here.
Me: https://t.co/5RP8K7Fx18— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) May 2, 2019
The Washington Post did a story about Mayor Pete’s husband, Chasten. Betty Cracker covers it here. Remember when someone said that Pete wanted Phish at his inauguration:
You spelled Beyoncé wrong https://t.co/IdCusEfANc
— Chasten Buttigieg (@Chas10Buttigieg) April 18, 2019
re: #35 The Vicious Babushka
Haha, nope. You stupid shmucks.
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They left off “in the stupidity of his loyalists that no matter what was discovered, they’d never leave him.”
re: #23 makeitstop
Rick Wilson’s short thread on Katie McHugh…
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As far as she’s concerned, I’m on Team ‘Womp womp, idiot.’
She’s still got a lot to learn but that article was very insightful to what the culture is at Breitbart. Bannon is a fucking monster encouraging the worst in people and it of course predated him. Andrew Breitbart was like that too. I feel bad for his family they lost their loved one but he’s not missed as a political talking head.
Bonjour!
#BillBarr #DisneyShade #MitchPlease pic.twitter.com/Sn72OuN0ae— Randy Rainbow (@RandyRainbow) May 1, 2019
re: #50 lawhawk
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You know, I’ve yet to properly watch one of this guy’s videos.
But every thumbnail I see for them has this thing where the smile never reaches his eyes like he’s watching a slow unfolding horror happening right in front of him.
Considering the subject matter he tends to send up, that seems wholly appropriate.
#MeridianFire [update] off Munjar Rd, north of Chico (Butte County) is now 30 acres. Forward spread stopped. https://t.co/5Q5aDTvMKI pic.twitter.com/RlhbqWbb9Z
— CAL FIRE (@CAL_FIRE) May 2, 2019
It’s fire season again!
Heh…posting because whoever did the photo layout in the tweet’s thumbnail is a genius:
Read the full letter for yourself: https://t.co/rVXX6BVG0w
— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) May 2, 2019
re: #50 lawhawk
Thank you for watching my video. I’m sorry so many of the letters on your keyboard are stuck. ❤️ https://t.co/9QbmVaYZBV
— Randy Rainbow (@RandyRainbow) May 1, 2019
re: #53 Interesting Times
Heh…posting because whoever did the photo layout in the tweet’s thumbnail is a genius:
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that letter is one yuge steaming pile.
Facebook banned a number of high-profile people, including Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan and InfoWars host Alex Jones, for violating the company’s policy against hate and violence. https://t.co/OnF8D32gxQ
— Twitter Moments (@TwitterMoments) May 2, 2019
Took them long enough…. especially with Jones.
And yet they still allow goddamned Nazis to roam the halls, while giving people time outs for calling out the goddamned Nazi scum.
He hates your God. He has never read the Bible. His entire life is a condemnation of every tenet of Christianity. He cheats on all his wives, is driven by greed, lives in a gold house, doesn’t give to charity, lies constantly, hates fully, stokes fear, despises the weak. https://t.co/Q3KEOwqNoN
— Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) May 2, 2019
.@realdonaldtrump is giving the pres. medal of freedom to @TigerWoods, who’s a Trump biz partner. Here’s Trump Org’s magazine for 2018. pic.twitter.com/NRFWDTejtl
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) May 2, 2019
re: #52 Dread Pirate Union AFL-CIO
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It’s fire season again!
At least there was a tiny reprieve for mud-and-rock slide season.
I reject the premise. shitheads like Greenwald, Mate, and Tracey aren’t left, and they’re certainly not lefter than the “neolib” “mccarthyites” they slander. https://t.co/VmolxrA8Kr
— Rebecca Schoenkopf, Wonkette Editrix, King Of You (@commiegirl1) May 2, 2019
This works better when directed at residents of an actual state, with actual congressional representation pic.twitter.com/nBMB1BGJXj
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) May 2, 2019
Trump campaign still struggling with high school civics.
good fucking grief, Joe
Joe Biden: “I actually like Dick Cheney… I get on with him. I think he’s a decent man.”
He adds that Cheney was “extremely helpful” about the “legal parameters” of the VP office. Without irony.
Mondale then says his view of Cheney is “a little bit different.” The crowd laughs pic.twitter.com/udjSlSCrZV— Emma Vigeland (@EmmaVigeland) May 2, 2019
Walked into this mess and a ripped up cushion…I wonder who did this… pic.twitter.com/iyKWTFXKTc
— JAY (@LifeOfJay98) May 2, 2019
re: #35 The Vicious Babushka
Haha, nope. You stupid shmucks.
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No not in god; in money.
re: #53 Interesting Times
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What a load of horseshit. Love that they criticize Mueller for not making a simple yes/no decision on whether to pursue criminal obstruction of justice charges while not recognizing that he was expressly prevented from doing so by DOJ regs. I find it likely that they would not like it if he did make a recommendation and this letter further opens it up for Mueller to be asked the simple question: “But for existing DOJ regulations, would you have recommended the President be indicted for obstruction?”
The letter also ignores that Mueller was tasked with something far broader than simply whether the President is a criminal. He was directed to investigate whether and to what extent Russia interfered with the election.
BREAKING: Catherine Pugh is resigning as mayor of Baltimore City amid investigations into her business deals, sources say. https://t.co/IRMHghoRQa
— The Baltimore Sun (@baltimoresun) May 2, 2019
re: #34 Dread Pirate Union AFL-CIO
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Isn’t the highest ranking West Pointer in the room tapping his ring on the table the signal that the lower ranks should shut up since the final decision on the issue is about to be announced?
CERSEI AND VEDA ARE INNOCENT LIS
ARE U SURE THE LAMP IS NOT JUST DESIGNED TO LOOK LIKE THAT LIS https://t.co/9uHMAT4766— darth™ (@darth) May 2, 2019
@Lis_Smith
“why is your lamp on the floor tho lis any body could trip over it” pic.twitter.com/vD6L5StQ98— darth™ (@darth) May 2, 2019
Guilty af pic.twitter.com/Fnt6v4uoTx
— Lis Smith (@Lis_Smith) May 2, 2019
A 👏 woman 👏 already 👏 beat 👏 Donald 👏 Trump 👏
https://t.co/0iYSRnOxAS— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) May 2, 2019
Amazing how this point gets lost on voters. Clearly a woman can win the U.S. popular vote. The question is, can the 2020 Dem overcome the myriad hurdles they will face: the peculiarities of swingy state electorates, voter suppression, non-voter apathy and foreign interference. https://t.co/AFdufHo4ga
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) May 2, 2019
re: #52 Dread Pirate Union AFL-CIO
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It’s fire season again!
I took Monday off and spent a big chunk of it on weed reduction in the back yard. All that rain, they kinda took off. Still lots of cutting to do while everything’s still green, before it turns all brown and tinder-y.
I can’t believe this needs to be said out loud, but the Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee calling the Chief Justice personally and asking him to “look into” how a lower federal court handled a series of cases is so wildly inappropriate as to almost defy description. https://t.co/TBaBpzgUmO
— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) May 2, 2019
re: #70 Backwoods_Sleuth
Only if enough Dems/Dem-leaners in the states that matter can outnumber these guys -_-
Head-to-head @CNN 2020 poll among whites without a college degree:
Trump +13% over Biden
Trump +15% over Buttigieg
Trump +16% over O’Rourke
Trump +17% over Sanders
Trump +28% over Harris
Trump +34% over Warren
Trump +37% over Clinton ‘16— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) May 2, 2019
re: #63 Backwoods_Sleuth
good fucking grief, Joe
Biden does not get 21st century US politics. Nothing good can come of him saying this. No Republicans will be swayed, the idiots in the middle are too random to predict and are unlikely to care about this shit anyway, and it depresses the (D) base.
re: #73 Interesting Times
Only if enough Dems/Dem-leaners in the states that matter can outnumber these guys -_-
1. What is it about the top 4 that’s different from the rest? //
2. I realize it’s well within MOE, but the number two is interesting.
Edit: when I made this comment, I could only see the second tweet, the one about non-college whites.
re: #10 KGxvi
It’s definately Farakkan who is absolutely a right winger. he gets branded a leftist because he hates white people.
He’s anti gay, anti abortion, ant feminism and even anti government welfare ‘handouts’. The only reason he gets branded a leftist is because he hates white people.
re: #72 Backwoods_Sleuth
I propose that Lindsay Graham be referred to as Trump’s Talking Colon Polyp from now on.
Graham’s diligence in getting further up Trump’s ass than anyone thought was humanly possible should be rewarded.
Temple of Athena ruins in #Priene, #Aydın, #Turkey, #Anatolia (Photographer: Ismail Bulbul) pic.twitter.com/t8fouL9r8n
— Archaeology & Art (@archaeologyart) May 2, 2019
I’ve been to this one. I had to check a few maps and revive some memory, but I went down that coast of Turkey this far, checking out all some of the ancient Greek sites.
re: #74 EPR-radar
As I noted the other day, time has passed Biden by.
re: #76 gocart mozart
It’s definately Farakkan who is absolutely a right winger. he gets branded a leftist because he hates white people.
He’s anti gay, anti abortion, ant feminism and even anti government welfare ‘handouts’. The only reason he gets branded a leftist is because he hates white people.
Classifying Farrakhan in US politics is a challenge. It may be different in other parts of the world, but US conservatism is intrinsically racist, especially against blacks.
re: #66 Mike Lamb
What a load of horseshit. Love that they criticize Mueller for not making a simple yes/no decision on whether to pursue criminal obstruction of justice charges while not recognizing that he was expressly prevented from doing so by DOJ regs. I find it likely that they would not like it if he did make a recommendation and this letter further opens it up for Mueller to be asked the simple question: “But for existing DOJ regulations, would you have recommended the President be indicted for obstruction?”
The letter also ignores that Mueller was tasked with something far broader than simply whether the President is a criminal. He was directed to investigate whether and to what extent Russia interfered with the election.
ding!
Back to Barr’s letter to Mueller…it’s amazing that Barr felt qualified to lecture Mueller at length about Mueller’s legal “defects” when Barr admitted yesterday that HE HAD NOT READ ALL OF MUELLER’S REPORT NOR THE UNDERLYING DOCUMENTATION.
jeebus
re: #80 EPR-radar
Farakkan is a racist just against whites and Jews. If not for the former, he would be no different than Duke or Buchanon. If not for both he would be Pence or Franklin Graham.
This is just weird. Justices don’t “investigate” lower courts, and the FISC itself can (and does) order hearings if and when they believe they’ve been materially misled. https://t.co/4dH7GTWYjw
— Julian Sanchez (@normative) May 2, 2019
re: #14 KGxvi
Why do we pay any attention to Farrakhan, again?
“Farrakhan represents everything that is wrong with the Black Community.”
— Conservatives
re: #74 EPR-radar
Biden does not get 21st century US politics. Nothing good can come of him saying this. No Republicans will be swayed, the idiots in the middle are too random to predict and are unlikely to care about this shit anyway, and it depresses the (D) base.
i think it was in 2015
John Kapoor, former CEO of Insys Pharmaceuticals, along with four others, was found guilty of racketeering and bribery today in Boston. Their crimes were basically bribing doctors to prescribe a fentanyl spray called Subsys and lying to insurers about the patients’ needs for the drug, which is indicated for cancer patients with breakthrough pain. Some of the patients never had cancer.
1. This is a must-read article about the ties between MAGA media outlets like Breitbart and the Daily Caller, conservative/libertarian institutions like the IHS, and openly avowed white nationalism (i.e., fascism). https://t.co/cguKywEDfX
— Seth Cotlar (@SethCotlar) May 2, 2019
4. Has any journalist uncovered yet how these two horrible humans secured such primo seating for the inauguration?
— Seth Cotlar (@SethCotlar) May 2, 2019
That would be my top guess…but it would be worthwhile to get that confirmed with evidence. It would help us nail down his long game more clearly, the long game of the current President’s freaking campaign manager/WH advisor.
— Seth Cotlar (@SethCotlar) May 2, 2019
re: #76 gocart mozart
It’s definately Farakkan who is absolutely a right winger. he gets branded a leftist because he hates white people.
He’s anti gay, anti abortion, ant feminism and even anti government welfare ‘handouts’. The only reason he gets branded a leftist is because he hates white people.
There’s nothing left wing let alone liberal about him.
@DeathCar72 Good luck at your event Today Spence!
— Insulin 4All Cowboy🌹💉 (@MPAVictoria) May 2, 2019
You need to learn to act like an important artist if you want them to take you seriously, like these guys.https://t.co/BZwdKqfuUZ
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) May 2, 2019
re: #72 Backwoods_Sleuth
I can’t believe this needs to be said out loud, but the Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee calling the Chief Justice personally and asking him to “look into” how a lower federal court handled a series of cases is so wildly inappropriate as to almost defy description.
lindsey lost his copy of the…, oh why bother.
Ten minutes till @benshapiro and other slimebag white supremacists insist “Actually Alex Jones is far left too”https://t.co/IaiH2McJ5n
— Eli Valley (@elivalley) May 2, 2019
Also true. After two pogroms in six months, major American institutions are perpetuating the lie that the murderous nightmare we’re living in is actually an issue of “Both Sides.” https://t.co/AlnAdbkDfd
— Eli Valley (@elivalley) May 2, 2019
Ten minutes till @benshapiro and other slimebag white supremacists insist “Actually Alex Jones is far left too”https://t.co/IaiH2McJ5n
— Eli Valley (@elivalley) May 2, 2019
re: #67 lawhawk
That city just can’t catch a break (I live pretty close by).
At least there’s a new police chief, who seems competent and ethical.
Farrakhan has praised Trump. He hates gays and women and abortion. He’s yours Benny. You just can’t ever admit conservatives can be purveyors or Antisemitism since you’re the poster child for no true conservative Scotsmen.
If only someone would invent a round, ceramic vessel with a lip to prevent custard spillage.
(Pic: @stakgeorge) pic.twitter.com/r7Rgzj6Xen— We Want Plates 🍽 (@WeWantPlates) April 30, 2019
OMG, WeWantPlates has gone all failed-pie and non-plate dinnerware! What’s this world coming to? (I follow too many twits, I never see these guys any more).
There are people who claimed Jones was far left btw when Jones opposed Bush.
Kentucky shenanigans…again
Here’s the letter sent to Gov. Bevin today from @kyhousedems leadership requesting that their members get the same briefing that (only) GOP legislators were given yesterday by the administration. They have some questions. #kyga19 pic.twitter.com/4fMdN15BIS
— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) May 2, 2019
Barr: It’s not a crime to demand others to lie to investigators.
Trump: It’s not a crime to collude with a foreign power to undermine democracy.
Giuliani: It’s not a crime to pay hush money to silence someone days before an election.
At this point, what would be a crime?— Robert Reich (@RBReich) May 2, 2019
re: #99 Backwoods_Sleuth
Criticizing the emperor is obvious Lèse-majesté and earns one a trip to the gulag without a trial being necessary. And registering as a Democrat is one as well.
We’ll happily contribute a crate of Tripe Smoothies, if that’s any help. https://t.co/ikf4aBZq4M
— Tripe Marketing Board (@TripeUK) May 2, 2019
ICYMI:
Matt Gaetz got his mic cut because he was whining after the hearing ended. pic.twitter.com/SjKOlMcFxJ— Kassandra Seven (@KassandraSeven) May 2, 2019
Ha:
are we agreed that John Goodman plays Bill Barr in the movie?
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) May 2, 2019
re: #105 Interesting Times
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A Bronze Age Gold Disc from Co. Wexford. More info https://t.co/BjGGIQNAJo pic.twitter.com/ixzNNLVMb4
— Irish Archaeology (@irarchaeology) May 2, 2019
Howling 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣pic.twitter.com/tlhQO8eafZ
— Hear Me Roar (@Stop_Trump20) May 2, 2019
re: #32 Belafon
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re: #74 EPR-radar
Biden does not get 21st century US politics. Nothing good can come of him saying this. No Republicans will be swayed, the idiots in the middle are too random to predict and are unlikely to care about this shit anyway, and it depresses the (D) base.
I don’t know why he does this. He doesn’t need to hate Cheney but ffs you think Cheney went around saying nice things about Obama, Joe? No in fact he lied about your foreign policy.
Follow along as lazy AF @davidwebbshow gets his ass handed to him. https://t.co/ZiiUnoGmYN
— bardgal (@bardgal) May 2, 2019
re: #111 jaunte
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As we unite on this day of prayer, we renew our resolve to protect communities of faith – and ensure that ALL of our people can live, pray and worship IN PEACE. #NationalDayOfPrayer https://t.co/1a7zphaE6z
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 2, 2019
On this day of prayer, we once again place our hopes in the hands of our Creator. We give thanks for this wondrous land of liberty, & we pray that THIS nation – OUR home – these United States – will forever be strengthened by the Goodness and the Grace & the eternal GLORY OF GOD! pic.twitter.com/RtSI3j1GWH
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 2, 2019
proof there is no god: there was no smiting today…not even a little bit.
re: #113 Backwoods_Sleuth
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proof there is no god: there was no smiting today…not even a little bit.
He’s such a fake.
re: #73 Interesting Times
Head-to-head @CNN 2020 poll among whites without a college degree:Trump +13% over BidenTrump +15% over ButtigiegTrump +16% over O’RourkeTrump +17% over SandersTrump +28% over HarrisTrump +34% over WarrenTrump +37% over Clinton ‘16
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) May 2, 2019
Gee, there seems to be an inflection point in the “non-college whites”, somewhere between Sanders and Harris. Something different about the top 4 relative to the bottom 3 comparisons.
What could it be?
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‘If you don’t want to say the word “tampon,” then you shouldn’t restrict access to one.’ — State Rep. Leslie Herod took a fierce stand for free tampons in Colorado jails and it worked pic.twitter.com/oHSBfcqR10
— Tomthunkit™ (@TomthunkitsMind) May 2, 2019
re: #77 EPR-radar
I propose that Lindsay Graham be referred to as Trump’s Talking Colon Polyp from now on.
Graham’s diligence in getting further up Trump’s ass than anyone thought was humanly possible should be rewarded.
I still like calling him Senator Butters, for the South Park character. It is so, so, so appropriate.
re: #113 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m actually amazed he got through two tweets without mentioning himself.
re: #116 Blind Frog Belly White
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What could it be?
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I’m surprised Buttigieg does so well against him among non-college whites.
re: #119 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m actually amazed he got through two tweets without mentioning himself.
$10 says he didn’t write either of those tweets
re: #118 KGxvi
I still like calling him Senator Butters, for the South Park character. It is so, so, so appropriate.
Yes!
He’s the Butters to Trumps Cartman.
re: #122 Eclectic Cyborg
Yes!
He’s the Butters to Trumps Cartman.
He was Butters to McCain’s Cartman first… though, like Butters, when outside the control of a Cartman-like figure, he seems to be even worse.
re: #119 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m actually amazed he got through two tweets without mentioning himself.
he probably didn’t write them
re: #97 HappyWarrior
There are people who claimed Jones was far left btw when Jones opposed Bush.
Yeah, I remember when he was all 9/11 truthy, folks around here in the bad old days couldn’t stand him.
The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to vote on Jeffrey Rosen’s nomination for deputy attorney general on May 9 — current DAG Rod Rosenstein’s resignation is effective May 11 pic.twitter.com/3v73uweePE
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) May 2, 2019
re: #125 danarchy
Yeah, I remember when he was all 9/11 truthy, folks around here in the bad old days couldn’t stand him.
And they were right to do so but he’s always been on the far right.
re: #110 HappyWarrior
I don’t know why he does this. He doesn’t need to hate Cheney but ffs you think Cheney went around saying nice things about Obama, Joe? No in fact he lied about your foreign policy.
It’s likely that Biden is just too old to see Republicans as what they have now become — enemies of civilization.
re: #97 HappyWarrior
The Right-Left spectrum starts to overlap, meld, and breakdown in crazyville.
re: #130 EPR-radar
It’s likely that Biden is just too old to see Republicans as what they have now become — enemies of civilization.
He’d probably see it as offering a path out of Trumpism, by blaming Trump, not the GOP itself, for what the GOP has become.
But I think he’s wrong.
re: #130 EPR-radar
It’s likely that Biden is just too old to see Republicans as what they have now become — enemies of civilization.
Yeah I think so too. I think Biden would be a good President but I think he has a lot of naivete about the Republicans that would hurt his ability to lead.
re: #131 Jack Burton
The Right-Left spectrum starts to overlap, meld, and breakdown in crazyville.
Multidimensional spectra jammed into one dimension tend to do that.
re: #131 Jack Burton
The Right-Left spectrum starts to overlap, meld, and breakdown in crazyville.
It does but Farrakhan doesn’t have any leftist views. He’s just called a leftist since he’s a black guy and Muslim. Now Robert Mugabe I have no problem him being labeled a leftist since he was the closest living thing ot Stalin for a long time.
re: #134 Blind Frog Belly White
Multidimensional spectra jammed into one dimension tend to do that.
It is interesting that is for sure.
re: #129 HappyWarrior
Polls have the Dems close in……Texas. Wow.
They did before Trump got elected too. Just sayin’
re: #132 Blind Frog Belly White
He’d probably see it as offering a path our of Trumpism, by blaming Trump, not the GOP itself, for what the GOP has become.
But I think he’s wrong.
I mean I can get talking nice about the late Senator Lugar but Cheney who famously told Pat Leahy to go fuck himself and Cheney who did the usual accuse Obama and his administration of favoring terrorists? Get out of here with that Joe. I’m going to vote for Joe if he’s the nominee.
re: #137 Eclectic Cyborg
They did before Trump got elected too. Just sayin’
True, true. Trump as an incumbent though is a different thing than Trump as a challenger though. I think Trump as an incumbent is more vulnerable than Trump as a challenger which makes him unique IMO.
re: #136 HappyWarrior
It is interesting that is for sure.
It’s how you get people who tell you the Liberal Agenda involves institution Sharia Law across America by encouraging same sex marriage, abortion, and equality for women.
re: #140 Blind Frog Belly White
It’s how you get people who tell you the Liberal Agenda involves institution Sharia Law across America by encouraging same sex marriage, abortion, and equality for women.
Exactly. Islamic Fundamentalists aren’t liberals. They’re defintiely right wing. They may not like free market economics but socially? They’re in great agreement with the American religious right.
Today is national truffle day ! Thes are chocolate treats delights often made with nougets or marshmellow or caramel or fruit fillings ! These are very well made can go for five dollars for one ! Try you a truffle today you will not regret it pic.twitter.com/uWl0g56kuj
— flash2002 (@rolee2002) May 2, 2019
or as we could say National Brigadeiro Day
The 1st Circuit revived Massachusetts’ lawsuit challenging the Trump admin’s rules re: religious/moral exemptions for providing contraception care. There are already injunctions issued by other courts, this just adds to the list of pending cases https://t.co/geUwGVwKNz pic.twitter.com/hNyCmrEiHo
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) May 2, 2019
re: #141 HappyWarrior
Hard to believe that Dinesh D’Souza managed to stay in good graces with the Right after saying this about Al Qaeda, that maybe they had a point attacking us because of gays and abortion and women and stuff.
re: #144 Blind Frog Belly White
>Exactly. Islamic Fundamentalists aren’t liberals. They’re defintiely right wing. They may not like free market economics but socially? They’re in great agreement with the American religious right.
Hard to believe that Dinesh D’Souza managed to stay in good graces with the Right after saying this about Al Qaeda, that maybe they had a point attacking us because of gays and abortion and women and stuff.
Pat Robertson said we deserved 9/11 because of tolerating abortion and gay people. Yet Representative Omar is somehow a Jihadi.
Picking up a little ‘nip for the weekend.#FirstThingOnMyToDoList pic.twitter.com/Oyy1rcLpfr
— “Mad Cat” Cattis (@GeneralCattis) May 2, 2019
Wasn’t there someone else in the Christian Right who expressed sympathy for ISIS’ worldview of women and gays?
The heart may want what it wants, but publishers have to sell books.
Woody Allen Pitched a Memoir. Publishers Weren’t Interested. https://t.co/exUBGEt6Ww
— Amy Chozick (@amychozick) May 2, 2019
re: #145 HappyWarrior
Pat Robertson said we deserved 9/11 because of tolerating abortion and gay people. Yet Representative Omar is somehow a Jihadi.
Silly man; why you expect logic?
A homeless Oakland couple moved into a $4 million Piedmont home. Then came the calls to police.
Read the full story by @OtisRTaylorJr: https://t.co/xDqqAK6gqe pic.twitter.com/vZjWUMExx2— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) May 2, 2019
Greg Dunston and Marie Mckinzie lived on Oakland’s streets for almost 10 years, pushing their carts around with all their belongings and sleeping in the doorway of an Alameda County building.
But for the past three months, the couple have lived among the wealthy — on a nearly $4 million property in one of the Bay Area’s most exclusive neighborhoods in Piedmont. The homeowner, Terrence McGrath, did something few in his position would dare do: He opened his doors to homeless people in need.
Poor, black homeless people — in a mostly white, rich neighborhood.
Dunston and Mckinzie are more than turning heads whenever they venture out onto the sidewalk of Hampton Road — he’s 61 with a stooped walk and she’s 53 with a slight limp. They’re prompting phone calls to the local police.
“My officers are very familiar with who’s living in that house and what (the homeowner’s) trying to do,” Piedmont police Capt. Chris Monahan told me. “When people have called, we’ve not even responded. We’ve called them and said, ‘Oh no, those are the people that live in the house. (The homeowner’s) trying to help them.’ “
re: #132 Blind Frog Belly White
He’d probably see it as offering a path out of Trumpism, by blaming Trump, not the GOP itself, for what the GOP has become.
But I think he’s wrong.
Isn’t this from a 2015 interview?
re: #141 HappyWarrior
Exactly. Islamic Fundamentalists aren’t liberals. They’re defintiely right wing. They may not like free market economics but socially? They’re in great agreement with the American religious right.
This is one of the reasons why I like the X-Y axis set up for a political spectrum instead of a single axis/spectrum.
re: #152 DangerMan
Isn’t this from a 2015 interview?
I think so. Not sure why it’s trending today. It doesn’t change that I think he’s wrong but I do think this along with the Marijuana group posting the old quotes from his position on marijuana legalization. I have problems with Biden but I don’t like this tactic.
re: #151 Backwoods_Sleuth
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On March 21, McGrath got a call from a woman representing the neighborhood association who said she was “concerned about the situation.” She told McGrath that neighbors feared for the safety of schoolkids.
“If you say hello to them, they can actually say hello back to you,” McGrath recalled telling the woman.
re: #153 KGxvi
This is one of the reasons why I like the X-Y axis set up for a political spectrum instead of a single axis/spectrum.
It’s tough. I should have added though, those fundamentalists aren’t any big fans of Marx either. After all, the Mujhadeen were fighting communists in Afghanistan.
re: #153 KGxvi
This is one of the reasons why I like the X-Y axis set up for a political spectrum instead of a single axis/spectrum.
I think you really need t-SNE for this.
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re: #153 KGxvi
This is one of the reasons why I like the X-Y axis set up for a political spectrum instead of a single axis/spectrum.
I think such a thing would be better but I’ve yet to see a “political compass” that wasn’t designed without an agenda of some kind from a third party, usually the psychotic bastard party Libertarian Party.
An excellent start for someone to do more journalism.
The fact that the President if the United States is wittingly or unwittingly amplifying disinformation networks is insane. https://t.co/k4SAPw1YcU— Ed Bott (@edbott) May 2, 2019
re: #156 HappyWarrior
It’s tough. I should have added though, those fundamentalists aren’t any big fans of Marx either. After all, the Mujhadeen were fighting communists in Afghanistan.
I always figured that the fight against the communists was mostly because of the state imposed atheism.
The truth is, tyranny can come in many forms, and it is almost always extreme in nature (it sort of has to be, I suppose)
re: #159 Jack Burton
I think such a thing would be better but I’ve yet to see a “political compass” that wasn’t designed without an agenda of some kind from a third party, usually the
psychotic bastard partyLibertarian Party.
I always thought this was the best political test. politicalcompass.org
I’ve done more for Firefighters than this dues sucking union will ever do, and I get paid ZERO! https://t.co/Tw0qwTiUD6
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 1, 2019
re: #158 Blind Frog Belly White
I think you really need t-SNE for this.
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I’d be totally fine describing my political/philosophical positions as a tensor from a 6 dimensional system.
Might force political pundits and their ilk to learn some science.
moron is taking credit for this…it wouldn’t have happened if not for his tariffs…
O_o
Congrats to @U_S_Steel for investing $1+ BILLION in America’s most INNOVATIVE steel mill. 232 Tariffs make Pennsylvania and USA more prosperous/secure by bringing Steel and Aluminum industries BACK. Tariffs are working. Pittsburgh is again The Steel City. USA Economy is BOOMING! https://t.co/XPXjxli6uc
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 2, 2019
re: #119 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m actually amazed he got through two tweets without mentioning himself.
He mentioned God… in his mind, that’s the same thing.
re: #163 The Vicious Babushka
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re: #161 KGxvi
I always figured that the fight against the communists was mostly because of the state imposed atheism.
The truth is, tyranny can come in many forms, and it is almost always extreme in nature (it sort of has to be, I suppose)
Yeah you never heard of a centrist autocracy. As for the Communists, it was because of the state imposed atheism but gotta remember that Bin Laden comes from the Saudi elite.
re: #162 HappyWarrior
I always thought this was the best political test. politicalcompass.org
Heh, I just took the test for the first time in a while. Center-left libertarian, which seems about right.
re: #163 The Vicious Babushka
I’ve done more for Firefighters than this dues sucking union will ever do, and I get paid ZERO!
Faint cheer goes up from low paid Polish workers sent back to Poland after finishing Trump’s Bonwit Teller demo.
Is everyone proud of the new USA?
— Marcia Hart (@mhart45) May 2, 2019
re: #170 KGxvi
Heh, I just took the test for the first time in a while. Center-left libertarian, which seems about right.
Wow we’re not that far apart: I’m honestly surprised that I’m slightly to your right on economics.
Economic Left/Right: -3.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.41
re: #18 jaunte
White House letter is weak. Trump could have defended himself anytime. Like, for example,he could have accepted any of Mueller’s invitations to tell his side of the story. But Trump lawyers blocked Trump—not because they thought Mueller unfair—but b/c they thought Trump would lie
Because they know that Trump cannot speak under oath without either contradicting himself or other sworn testimony.
His mouth is a perjury trap that will snap shut as soon as he takes an oath to tell the (don’t make me say it!) truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth
re: #168 HappyWarrior
Yeah you never heard of a centrist autocracy. As for the Communists, it was because of the state imposed atheism but gotta remember that Bin Laden comes from the Saudi elite.
The Saudis aren’t exactly nihilists when it comes to religion, even among the elite.
re: #169 HappyWarrior
Foreign policy is tough to measure though.
Foreign policy is really probably a third dimension on the XY axis.
Women will die if this regulation is enforced. Full stop. https://t.co/TCZxhD6EOl
— Rep. Katie Porter (@RepKatiePorter) May 2, 2019
re: #175 KGxvi
The Saudis aren’t exactly nihilists when it comes to religion, even among the elite.
Foreign policy is really probably a third dimension on the XY axis.
I think FP is tough because there’s the non-interventionalist left that sounds like the old right like Taft and the internationalist right which isn’t that different from the Wilsonians. I remember Bush often talked that he expected he would be viewed close to what Trump would be. And then you have the realists. Obama’s FP seemed to resemble Bush I more than Bush II.
re: #173 HappyWarrior
Wow we’re not that far apart: I’m honestly surprised that I’m slightly to your right on economics.
Economic Left/Right: -3.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.41
There’s a few questions where I’m sort of “meh” on the choice and would have preferred a “no opinion” or “neither agree nor disagree”, which probably explains the some of the difference.
re: #174 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Because they know that Trump cannot speak under oath without either contradicting himself or other sworn testimony.
His mouth is a perjury trap that will snap shut as soon as he takes an oath to tell the (don’t make me say it!) truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth
We have GOP precedent to the effect that a sitting president can be questioned under oath, using a subpoena if needed, in a special prosecutor investigation.
So why didn’t this happen in this case? I find it impossible to believe that Mueller thought Trump’s written answers were so good there was no need to follow up on them.
Therefore this part of the investigation was kneecapped by the political appointees — some combination of Rosenstein and Barr.
re: #178 KGxvi
There’s a few questions where I’m sort of “meh” on the choice and would have preferred a “no opinion” or “neither agree nor disagree”, which probably explains the some of the difference.
Yeah some of the question phrasing I dislike. Like it’s a waste of time to rehabiliate some prisoners. Yeah I agree with that sort of but I also acknowledge that most prisoners will be getting out of prison at some point so it’s best to treat them humanely for obvious reasons but also prepare them for a life outside of jail.
re: #147 HappyWarrior
Wasn’t there someone else in the Christian Right who expressed sympathy for ISIS’ worldview of women and gays?
Dana Rohrabacher used to be tight with the Taliban
talkingpointsmemo.com
re: #180 HappyWarrior
Yeah some of the question phrasing I dislike. Like it’s a waste of time to rehabiliate some prisoners. Yeah I agree with that sort of but I also acknowledge that most prisoners will be getting out of prison at some point so it’s best to treat them humanely for obvious reasons but also prepare them for a life outside of jail.
Yeah, that’s one that jumped out at me. It might be a waste to rehabilitate some prisoners, but that’s different than saying it’s a waste to even try. One is based on experience and observation, the other is based on just writing them off because reasons.
re: #181 sagehen
Dana Rohrabacher used to be tight with the Taliban
talkingpointsmemo.com
Yep I do remember that quite well.
re: #182 KGxvi
Yeah, that’s one that jumped out at me. It might be a waste to rehabilitate some prisoners, but that’s different than saying it’s a waste to even try. One is based on experience and observation, the other is based on just writing them off because reasons.
Right, I don’t think someone like Dahmer or Bundy could have been rehabilitated but there are murderers who I think can be especially murders of passion.
re: #182 KGxvi
Yeah, that’s one that jumped out at me. It might be a waste to rehabilitate some prisoners, but that’s different than saying it’s a waste to even try. One is based on experience and observation, the other is based on just writing them off because reasons.
Black/White answers to questions where most people are gray.
re: #185 Blind Frog Belly White
Black/White answers to questions where most people are gray.
I mean, it’s an internet test, so take it with an entire salt mine. But at least they offer four choices of agree, disagree, strongly agree, strongly disagree.
re: #151 Backwoods_Sleuth
Good on the fucking cops for standing up to the racist dicks.
re: #185 Blind Frog Belly White
Black/White answers to questions where most people are gray.
Right. It’s why while I identify as a liberal, I don’t like being pigeon holed to what my solutions are. Some things I think the feds need to be involved in, some the state and local authorities, some the free market and individual, and some all or a mix.
It’s not inappropriate for the DOJ to investigate crimes, no.
They had hard evidence the Russians illegally offered dirt to the Trump campaign. Graham doesn’t have jack shit to support his theory that the FISA judges engaged in any sort of misconduct. https://t.co/9Wnpw1Duun— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) May 2, 2019
So, here are two questions that can be looked at a number of ways:
1) Because corporations cannot be trusted to voluntarily protect the environment, they require regulation.
2) The only social responsibility of a company should be to deliver a profit to its shareholders.
My view is that companies are tools for making money, and thus to expect them to do anything but maximize profit for shareholders is to expect too much of them. That’s why you can’t trust them and need to regulate them.
Would it be NICE if they could be trusted, and so you don’t need to regulate them? Sure. It would also be nice if I could eat all the ice cream I want and not get fat.
So, this would lead me to agree with BOTH #1 and #2, but I’m sure they’re viewed as conflicting statements. Agreeing with 1 makes you a Lib’rul, and #2 makes you a Conservaturd.
“Medical providers will be allowed faith-based exemptions for some treatments, including abortion, under new federal rule.”
And how quickly will this be challenged in court?
re: #186 KGxvi
I mean, it’s an internet test, so take it with an entire salt mine. But at least they offer four choices of agree, disagree, strongly agree, strongly disagree.
I thought that was the test that had a bunch of leading questions to try to show you why you’re really a libertarian and didn’t know it, but I think that’s the one called the “World’s Smallest Political Quiz”.
This one, however, is the one that doesn’t give any neutral or no opinion options to any of the questions and words some of them horribly.
It gave me: Economic Left/Right: -3.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.82
but I think with some more nuance it would have been different. Probably closer to the center but still in that quadrant.
re: #190 Blind Frog Belly White
So, here are two questions that can be looked at a number of ways:
1) Because corporations cannot be trusted to voluntarily protect the environment, they require regulation.
2) The only social responsibility of a company should be to deliver a profit to its shareholders.
My view is that companies are tools for making money, and thus to expect them to do anything but maximize profit for shareholders is to expect too much of them. That’s why you can’t trust them and need to regulate them.
Would it be NICE if they could be trusted, and so you don’t need to regulate them? Sure. It would also be nice if I could eat all the ice cream I want and not get fat.
So, this would lead me to agree with BOTH #1 and #2, but I’m sure they’re viewed as conflicting statements. Agreeing with 1 makes you a Lib’rul, and #2 makes you a Conservaturd.
Exactly. I was thinking that too when I saw that question. I don’t think corporations are inherently evil but I think corporations since they will be dealing with the public have some sort of responsibility that goes beyond just making profits for their shareholders.
re: #192 Jack Burton
I’m pretty sure I’d qualify as a Liberal because I prefer a more nuanced answer in most cases than ‘agree/disagree/’.
re: #191 Eclectic Cyborg
“Medical providers will be allowed faith-based exemptions for some treatments, including abortion, under new federal rule.”
And how quickly will this be challenged in court?
I would think that people who oppose performing abortions wouldn’t be providing them in the first place.
re: #192 Jack Burton
I thought that was the test that had a bunch of leading questions to try to show you why you’re really a libertarian and didn’t know it, but I think that’s the one called the “World’s Smallest Political Quiz”.
This one, however, is the one that doesn’t give any neutral or no opinion options to any of the questions and words some of them horribly.
It gave me: Economic Left/Right: -3.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.82but I think with some more nuance it would have been different. Probably closer to the center but still in that quadrant.
YEah you’re thinking of the WSPQ. I remember that one all the way back in 8th grade civics. It’s a useless test designed by a Libertarian to do what you’re talking about. I consider myself to have some libertarian tendencies. I’m pro legalization but I’m also pro government subsidized treatment too.
re: #165 Backwoods_Sleuth
moron is taking credit for this…it wouldn’t have happened if not for his tariffs…
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This was actually the point of the tariffs, to force companies to invest in the US.
Good news, everyone. We can make up any old bullshit loosely tethered to a 2000 year old book, call it a religious belief, and then use it as an excuse to get away with anything — and the government won’t stop us. Yay! https://t.co/Nb0MEN5rkJ
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) May 2, 2019
I think the PC covers me well. I’m a staunch social liberal but I’m a little more nuanced on economics. I typically believe in maximal social freedom but I also see that we’re sharing the planet with other people. I see myself as in between the new left and more centrist based Democrats of the 90’s and people like Obama.
re: #198 jaunte
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When your religious beliefs get in the way of otehr people’s rights, Mother’s Husband, it’s a fucking problem. You would flip your shit if a Muslim doctor refused to treat you because you’re a Christian.
re: #193 HappyWarrior
Exactly. I was thinking that too when I saw that question. I don’t think corporations are inherently evil but I think corporations since they will be dealing with the public have some sort of responsibility that goes beyond just making profits for their shareholders.
Ah, but my belief is that’s like leaving a hungry wolf alone with a rabbit and expecting to find both alive in the morning. The wolf will eat the rabbit, because he’s a wolf and that’s what wolves do. You might, if you started when the wolf was young, train him to protect the rabbit and not eat it, but it’s working against its nature.
You see, to me companies are not ethical entities. They’re tools, and tools aren’t ethical beings. You have to control them, or they’ll cut your arm off, because they’re tools and that’s what they do.
You see? It doesn’t mean I think companies are evil, because I don’t think you can apply human standards to a tool.
If a company does an evil thing, it’s because one or more humans did something bad to further the profits of the company, for the benefit of the owners. The person(s) deserve punishment, and the owners who chose the person(s) deserve at least SOME punishment as well, above and beyond simply losing money. If I own a gun, and loan it to someone who shoots people with it, my punishment should extend beyond simply not getting the gun back.
re: #178 KGxvi
There’s a few questions where I’m sort of “meh” on the choice and would have preferred a “no opinion” or “neither agree nor disagree”, which probably explains the some of the difference.
Your Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -3.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.36
It’s interesting that most of us fall in about the same range on economic issues. In my case, this reflects my admiration for regulated/capitalist European economies like Sweden and Norway. These demonstrate that heavy investment in human potential yields profit for all. Right wing social darwinists in the US, ie Republicans, seem not to realize that these “socialist” economies have been that way only since shortly after the end of World War II. The same is true for the UK, which still had food rationing and horse drawn milk wagons when I was born there in 1949, and is now rapidly leaving us behind in standard of living. In the meantime the US stagnates and slides backward.
re: #202 Blind Frog Belly White
Ah, but my belief is that’s like leaving a hungry wolf alone with a rabbit and expecting to find both alive in the morning. The wolf will eat the rabbit, because he’s a wolf and that’s what wolves do. You might, if you started when the wolf was young, train him to protect the rabbit and not eat it, but it’s working against its nature.
You see, to me companies are not ethical entities. They’re tools, and tools aren’t ethical beings. You have to control them, or they’ll cut your arm off, because they’re tools and that’s what they do.
You see? It doesn’t mean I think companies are evil, because I don’t think you can apply human standards to a tool.
If a company does an evil thing, it’s because one or more humans did something bad to further the profits of the company, for the benefit of the owners. The person(s) deserve punishment, and the owners who chose the person(s) deserve at least SOME punishment as well, above and beyond simply losing money. If I own a gun, and loan it to someone who shoots people with it, my punishment should extend beyond simply not getting the gun back.
That too.
re: #205 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Your Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -3.38
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It’s interesting that most of us fall in about the same range on economic issues. In my case, this reflects my admiration for regulated/capitalist European economies like Sweden and Norway. These demonstrate that heavy investment in human potential yields profit for all. Right wing social darwinists in the US, ie Republicans, seem not to realize that these “socialist” economies have been that way only since shortly after the end of World War II. The same is true for the UK, which still had food rationing and horse drawn milk wagons when I was born there in 1949, and is now rapidly leaving us behind in standard of living. In the meantime the US stagnates and slides backward.
Yeah we all seem to be in the same area. As for Europe, I definitely think we can take lessons from them. It’s prosperous to think we can’t especially when we lag behind.
Apparently ACORN’s biggest mistake was not laundering money for the Russians. https://t.co/tk8QTYfyTn
— Richard Hine (@richardhine) May 2, 2019
re: #176 jaunte
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Gosh. Did you know Jehovah’s Witnesses have a religious objection to transfusions? But let’s let them do surgery anyway, if a bunch of patients bleed out so be it.
Christian Scientists have a religious objection to antibiotics, insulin, beta-blockers, and a bunch more kinds of medication. How dare the rural clinic that can only afford one primary care physician not give them a job.
If a Catholic doctor at a Jewish hospital refuses to comply with institutional policy regarding abortions, he’s protected because His Conscience.
If a Jewish doctor at a Catholic hospital refuses to comply with institutional policy regarding abortions, how dare he think he should retain privileges.
Is it Hindus who are strict vegetarians? What if he’s a supermarket checkout clerk and refuses to ring up my lamb chops? “Meat is murder, I cannot be complicit in your immoral consumption of flesh.” How long is he going to keep his job?
re: #209 sagehen
The conservative Christian judge will decide.
re: #179 EPR-radar
We have GOP precedent to the effect that a sitting president can be questioned under oath, using a subpoena if needed, in a special prosecutor investigation.
So why didn’t this happen in this case? I find it impossible to believe that Mueller thought Trump’s written answers were so good there was no need to follow up on them.
Therefore this part of the investigation was kneecapped by the political appointees — some combination of Rosenstein and Barr.
Mueller said he didn’t push as hard as he could for some personal interviews, because the subpoenas would be contested and it would take many months to get through the court challenges before he’d finally get to question Trump or his kids; he felt getting the report out ASAP was more important than having it be as thorough as possible.
re: #205 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Your Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -3.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.36[Embedded content]
It’s interesting that most of us fall in about the same range on economic issues. In my case, this reflects my admiration for regulated/capitalist European economies like Sweden and Norway. These demonstrate that heavy investment in human potential yields profit for all. Right wing social darwinists in the US, ie Republicans, seem not to realize that these “socialist” economies have been that way only since shortly after the end of World War II. The same is true for the UK, which still had food rationing and horse drawn milk wagons when I was born there in 1949, and is now rapidly leaving us behind in standard of living. In the meantime the US stagnates and slides backward.
The ignorance many on the Right about the degree to which our economy has worked because our economy is mixed is best indicated by the person who said that the Government “unleashed” corporations during WWII, when in fact it did the polar opposite - told companies what they would make, and bought all of it. The economy has never been as controlled as it was then, but some on the Right believe the opposite.
re: #119 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m actually amazed he got through two tweets without mentioning himself.
He said god
re: #209 sagehen
Gosh. Did you know Jehovah’s Witnesses have a religious objection to transfusions? But let’s let them do surgery anyway, if a bunch of patients bleed out so be it.
Christian Scientists have a religious objection to antibiotics, insulin, beta-blockers, and a bunch more kinds of medication. How dare the rural clinic that can only afford one primary care physician not give them a job.
If a Catholic doctor at a Jewish hospital refuses to comply with institutional policy regarding abortions, he’s protected because His Conscience.
If a Jewish doctor at a Catholic hospital refuses to comply with institutional policy regarding abortions, how dare he think he should retain privileges.Is it Hindus who are strict vegetarians? What if he’s a supermarket checkout clerk and refuses to ring up my lamb chops? “Meat is murder, I cannot be complicit in your immoral consumption of flesh.” How long is he going to keep his job?
Exactly.
It was just reported on @TheBeatWithAri that, according to NBC News, the House Judiciary Committee has started discussions directly with Robert Mueller’s team about him coming to testify before the Committee.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 2, 2019
NEW: I wrote an essay for @washingtonpost about how often I get mixed up with other Asian female journalists.
Sometimes it’s funny. Sometimes it’s awkward. It took me years to realize that it also stings. https://t.co/H6ZTZazkUA— Michelle Ye Hee Lee (@myhlee) May 2, 2019
re: #212 Blind Frog Belly White
The ignorance many on the Right about the degree to which our economy has worked because our economy is mixed is best indicated by the person who said that the Government “unleashed” corporations during WWII, when in fact it did the polar opposite - told companies what they would make, and bought all of it. The economy has never been as controlled as it was then, but some on the Right believe the opposite.
And then imo you have the left who I think ignore why FDR was able to govern from the economic left in a way Clinton or Obama could not. I think both could have governed more from the economic left for what it’s worth too but New Deal governance isn’t happening.
re: #212 Blind Frog Belly White
The ignorance many on the Right about the degree to which our economy has worked because our economy is mixed is best indicated by the person who said that the Government “unleashed” corporations during WWII, when in fact it did the polar opposite - told companies what they would make, and bought all of it. The economy has never been as controlled as it was then, but some on the Right believe the opposite.
The government in WWII was also pretty damn vehement about price-fixing for the all.of.it. they were buying.
Harry Truman went from obscure back-bencher to national figure by chairing the committee that sent a bunch of factory owners to prison for war profiteering.
re: #216 Backwoods_Sleuth
About damn time.
NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre charged the organization’s ad agency more than $240,000 for expenses related to trips he took to Italy, Hungary, the Bahamas and other locales without providing adequate documentation, WSJ reports. https://t.co/pdd155Nzlw
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 2, 2019
re: #217 Blind Frog Belly White
The cat is officially among the pigeons.
Barr is just a side show. Sure it would be good to grill his lying ass in House hearings, but what Mueller says will be much more significant.
re: #220 sagehen
The government in WWII was also pretty damn vehement about price-fixing for the all.of.it. they were buying.
Harry Truman went from obscure back-bencher to national figure by chairing the committee that sent a bunch of factory owners to prison for war profiteering.
Yep it’s how he got the DNC’s attention. Personally they did the right thing replacing Henry Wallace with Truman. McCarthyism would have been even worse had you had Wallace.
re: #27 Blind Frog Belly White
I think she’s sorry she doesn’t get money and attention in the white circles anymore. And she’s about as genuine as her eyebrows.
re: #222 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Hungary eh? I bet he made a lot of fascist friends there.
re: #225 plansbandc
I think she’s sorry she doesn’t get money and attention in the white circles anymore. And she’s about as genuine as her eyebrows.
The realization that “Fired by Breitbart for being too extreme” is NOT a good line on a resume.
Just posted this - it may have already been worked over, but I can’t resist the schadenfreude over seeing shitlords like Alex Jones, Laura Loomer, Paul Joseph Watson et al. getting banned by Facebook and Instagram.
Had to page this because: de-platforming works!
Here’s some of the charming free speech they want to continue to use social media platforms to spread:
right-wing meme pages such as @the_typical_liberal and @unclesamsmisguidedchildren share Infowars content via IGTV, Instagram’s long-form-video hub. @the_typical_liberal has posted several videos and images claiming proof that the Christchurch, New Zealand, shooting was a “false flag.” Other Instagram accounts suggested by the platform falsely claim that Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is secretly connected to the Clintons, who feed baby blood to George Soros, and that a new bill would “engrave Planned Parenthood’s abortion number” onto the back of all student-ID cards for girls over the age of 12.
re: #173 HappyWarrior
Wow we’re not that far apart: I’m honestly surprised that I’m slightly to your right on economics.
Economic Left/Right: -3.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.41
Your Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -8.5
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.36
About the same as the last time I took that test. It’s way too simplistic to mean much but yeah, hard left social democrat is me.
re: #229 William Lewis
Your Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -8.5
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.36About the same as the last time I took that test. It’s way too simplistic to mean much but yeah, hard left social democrat is me.
Yeah it’s all in fun.
Has Loomer handcuffed herself yet to Facebook’s HQ?
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JUST IN: Actor Peter Mayhew, who played the original role of Chewbacca in @starwars, has died, his family confirms. He was 74. https://t.co/W1vUNLSAev pic.twitter.com/Zvv2DeLvB7
— Good Morning America (@GMA) May 2, 2019
re: #233 Dr. Matt
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— Peter Mayhew (@TheWookieeRoars) May 2, 2019
re: #49 HappyWarrior
She’s still got a lot to learn but that article was very insightful to what the culture is at Breitbart. Bannon is a fucking monster encouraging the worst in people and it of course predated him. Andrew Breitbart was like that too. I feel bad for his family they lost their loved one but he’s not missed as a political talking head.
Rick Wilson is enjoying today:
Wow… Did you see what Milo, Alex Jones, and Farrakahn posted on Instagram?
No. No, you did not. 😂— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) May 2, 2019
re: #235 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
Rick Wilson is enjoying today:
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Ha ha.
re: #23 makeitstop
Rick Wilson’s short thread on Katie McHugh…
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As far as she’s concerned, I’m on Team ‘Womp womp, idiot.’
I read the entire story and I don’t feel sorry for her. She choose this path just like the countless other hateful Nazi-loving Donnie cultists. These people couldn’t get real jobs. They can’t contribute anything meaningful to society. So, their only path in life is to “pwn the libs”. Fuck you, Katie, I say and the rest of your Nazi friends.
Here are some of her “greatest hits”: rawstory.com
re: #237 Dr. Matt
Remember to them the liberals are all bleeding hearts who will forgive all immediately and not hold any past or ancestry against you.
re: #238 Feline Fearless Leader
Remember to them the liberals are all bleeding hearts who will forgive all immediately and not hold any past or ancestry against you.
Not this liberal. Those days are long gone. Literally and figuratively, Nazis should be punched in the face.
re: #176 jaunte
Wow. Looks like we’re going to have to interview all potential healthcare professionals we have need to consult. Questions:
Do I offend you in any way? Too old/young, fat/thin, melanin content, American/immigrant…
Really, anything at all? Think good now, take your time…
Last question:
Will you competently treat me and save my life if necessary? If yes, here’s a form, I brought a notary and a lawyer, sign here.
Is it coming to this?
re: #229 William Lewis
Your Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -8.5
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.36About the same as the last time I took that test. It’s way too simplistic to mean much but yeah, hard left social democrat is me.
For me:
Economic Left/Right: -6.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.21
But my publicly vocal opposition to Bernie and the Bros makes me a “neoliberal corporate shill” to friends of friends.
re: #224 HappyWarrior
Yep it’s how he got the DNC’s attention. Personally they did the right thing replacing Henry Wallace with Truman. McCarthyism would have been even worse had you had Wallace.
Probably quite true. If Wallace had become President when Roosevelt died in 1945, it would be really likely (among other eventualities) that he would have been soundly defeated by Thomas Dewey in 1948. Which would likely have meant an Administration probably dominated by the hardcore old-line-isolationist wing of the GOP. Who would have probably gone all-in on Tailgunner Joe’s red-baiting from a position of power, rather than opposition. Not a pleasant scenario.
Candace Owens ‘Resigns’ From Turning Point USA After Calls For Her To Be Fired https://t.co/yTdRnmYllk
— deray (@deray) May 2, 2019
re: #176 jaunte
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Just wait until a medical provider denies care to someone because they vote Republican. The law of unintended consequences.
Louis Farrakhan isn’t on the far right https://t.co/FaebNGKlNH
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) May 2, 2019
Okay, so he’ll accept Milo, and Alex Jones, but Farraknan is a bridge too far.
re: #239 Dr. Matt
Not this liberal. Those days are long gone. Literally and figuratively, Nazis should be punched in the face.
I will take that in more in the figurative sense.
But what we must not do is to begin to see fascism or white supremacism as any sort of acceptable points along the political spectrum or see these people as individuals with ideas that must be respected and treated as anything but anathema to everything America stands for, and as a threat to our very freedoms and values.
If that involves an occasional punch in the face, then that is simply a necessary act of self-defense for our nation.
re: #239 Dr. Matt
Not this liberal. Those days are long gone. Literally and figuratively, Nazis should be punched in the face.
Oh fuck yeah.
Economic Left/Right: -5.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.41
politicalcompass.org
Some of the questions were a tad ambiguous/poorly worded.
re: #243 Patricia Kayden
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Too extreme? I can’t put a finger on it….
ETA: thinking about it, yeah—too extreme.
The actor who plays Syrio Florel on GoT has some words for the RWNJs trying to use him in a meme to attack “socialism” (ie anything to the left of the Divine Right Of Kings and Prima Nocte):
They see things the left like and then try to ruin it for them by trying to get it associated with fascism or white supremacy. It’s just a power grab, this is normal
— jessica a. m. 🌼🌼🌼 (@my2k) May 2, 2019
Just read that whitewash of Katie McHugh in Buzzfeed. Whatever, that bitch is still racist trash and I hope she dies in a fire.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) May 2, 2019
“Mexicans wrecked Mexico & think invading the USA will magically cure them of their retarded dysfunction. LOL”
“Indian tribes never bothered to build any kind of civilization. They killed each other and chased bison. Yawn~”
Racist fucking trash. Beyond redemption.— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) May 2, 2019
Not linking to the article, you can find it yourself if you want to read it. I want those 20 minutes of my life back. Buzzfeed should be ashamed of themselves for publishing such a garbage hagiography of a literal American Nazi.
RIP Peter Mayhew
#NowPlaying Supernova Chile > Music From The Motion Picture Clerks > Chewbacca https://t.co/Idur0LEPTe
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) June 17, 2017
re: #249 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Economic Left/Right: -5.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.41
politicalcompass.org
Some of the questions were a tad ambiguous/poorly worded.
I am right in the center of everything, which makes sense because, “it depends” was my answer to most of them.
re: #240 allegro
Wow. Looks like we’re going to have to interview all potential healthcare professionals we have need to consult. Questions:
Do I offend you in any way? Too old/young, fat/thin, melanin content, American/immigrant…
Really, anything at all? Think good now, take your time…
Last question:
Will you competently treat me and save my life if necessary? If yes, here’s a form, I brought a notary and a lawyer, sign here.
Is it coming to this?
Need to do it for the pharmacist
re: #243 Patricia Kayden
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Oh Charlie finally discovered that Hitler between 1933-1939 wasn’t making Germany great again. Candece can fo but TPUSA’s problems go beyond Owens.
re: #252 teleskiguy
I had already linked to the article, because I think it is an excellent expose of how the Trumpkin Right, and the white nationalist movement in particular, prey on lonely losers whom they radicalize by providing the group identity and validation they desperately desire, while encouraging them to ever greater excess, then discard them like used condoms when they become more useful as exiles, allowing the movement to say, “See? We’re not THAT bad!”
Also interesting was how she got involved in Chuck Johnson’s schemes till even he wouldn’t have her anymore.
Plus there’s the whole, “Hey, look! There really ARE permanent consequences for being a hateful racist shitbag!” angle.
But, YMMV, always.
Lre: #242 Jay C
Probably quite true. If Wallace had become President when Roosevelt died in 1945, it would be really likely (among other eventualities) that he would have been soundly defeated by Thomas Dewey in 1948. Which would likely have meant an Administration probably dominated by the hardcore old-line-isolationist wing of the GOP. Who would have probably gone all-in on Tailgunner Joe’s red-baiting from a position of power, rather than opposition. Not a pleasant scenario.
Yep. I do wish Truman had chosen a younger running mate. There’s a lot I admire about Truman but outside Marshall, his delegation skills were weak compared to FDR and other Democrats.
Great news for voting rights: Colorado becomes 15th state to adopt automatic voter registration https://t.co/zA6pZOlQGB
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) May 2, 2019
I think she’s finally discovered these guys are scum. It’s not my place to forgive her. Straight white guys like me weren’t her targets but she has a lot of growing up to do.
I’m listening to Jared Kushner on his mid-east peace plan. Wow, he knows less about the situation than I do. Sad. Nothing will happen.
re: #260 HappyWarrior
I think she’s finally discovered these guys are scum. It’s not my place to forgive her. Straight white guys like me weren’t her targets but she has a lot of growing up to do.
Now she needs to realize the same about herself, for which her ‘I take responsibility for my posts’ is really weak tea.
re: #261 Dread Pirate Union AFL-CIO
I’m listening to Jared Kushner on his mid-east peace plan. Wow, he knows less about the situation than I do. Sad. Nothing will happen.
1) One State Solution
2) ?
3) Peace!
re: #261 Dread Pirate Union AFL-CIO
I’m listening to Jared Kushner on his mid-east peace plan. Wow, he knows less about the situation than I do. Sad. Nothing will happen.
What’s the condensed version of this? My guess would be something like ‘unconditional Palestinian surrender will lead to peace.’
Peter Mayhew was chosen Wookie of the Year in 1977. https://t.co/m4ZocIWE8S
— Harry Turtledove (@HNTurtledove) May 2, 2019
re: #257 Blind Frog Belly White
I had already linked to the article, because I think it is an excellent expose of how the Trumpkin Right, and the white nationalist movement in particular, prey on lonely losers whom they radicalize by providing the group identity and validation they desperately desire, while encouraging them to ever greater excess, then discard them like used condoms when they become more useful as exiles, allowing the movement to say, “See? We’re not THAT bad!”
Also interesting was how she got involved in Chuck Johnson’s schemes till even he wouldn’t have her anymore.
Plus there’s the whole, “Hey, look! There really ARE permanent consequences for being a hateful racist shitbag!” angle.
But, YMMV, always.
To me, it was very informative about the culture there. I didn’t see it as a hagiographic portrait of McHugh personally. That said I am not feeling too sympathetic to her either. The postings were from four years ago. I’m glad she’s no longer involved but she’s got to growing up to.
re: #264 EPR-radar
What’s the condensed version of this? My guess would be something like ‘unconditional Palestinian surrender will lead to peace.’
It’s all a secret until he rolls it out. he’s got nothing.
Trump: “Now Mueller, I assume, for $35 million, checked my taxes, checked my financials…”
I asked AG Barr if the taxes were reviewed & he surprisingly said he didn’t know & I should “ask Bob Mueller when he comes here.” Today I did. I sent a letter. Mueller needs to testify.— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) May 2, 2019
re: #262 Blind Frog Belly White
Now she needs to realize the same about herself, for which her ‘I take responsibility for my posts’ is really weak tea.
Yep. She should do what I’ve seen former Neo Nazis do and that’s try to make amends to those they hurt. As I said I wasn’t a target of hers but African Americans, Native Americans, & others were.
re: #254 BlueGrl21
I am right in the center of everything, which makes sense because, “it depends” was my answer to most of them.
True this. Though better right IN the center than right OF center, I suppose…..
But yeah: the four-choice answer format isn’t all that subtle. FWIW, I scored at:
Economic Left/Right: - 4.75
Social Libertarian/Auth. - 5.95
Which puts me right near the middle of the bottom left-hand quadrant of the chart. Which I guess places me, politically, as the guy with the top hat and musket on the left of Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People….
The first thing Trump did in office was a Muslim Ban https://t.co/o5segh4WdI
— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) May 2, 2019
re: #270 Patricia Kayden
This cannot be said enough.
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But JFK would be a conservative today.///
-6.5 and -7.8
re: #248 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
Oh fuck yeah.
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When it comes to Nazis, to quote Ben Grimm of the Fantastic Four, it’s always “clobberin’ time”.
re: #260 HappyWarrior
Not once. Not fucking once! Did she ever apologize to the people she hurt in that article. She’s sorry she’s not making money being a racist shitbag, not for being a racist shitbag.
re: #277 teleskiguy
Not once. Not fucking once! Did she ever apologize to the people she hurt in that article. She’s sorry she’s not making money being a racist shitbag, not for being a racist shitbag.
That’s what I’m saying man. That’s why I’m not taking her seriously. I’m glad she’s still not doing it but I’m not sympathetic either.
re: #278 HappyWarrior
She’ll go back to her old racist shitbag ways a la Glenn Beck. Cat is in the bag and the bag is in the river.
re: #279 teleskiguy
She’ll go back to her old racist shitbag ways a la Glenn Beck. Cat is in the bag and the bag is in the river.
I hope you’re wrong. I’m not disagreeing with your take. I’m just saying she should be apologizing to those groups she went after rather than what we’re seeing here. You’re right about Beck though. He’s still the same shithead he’s always been and I wouldn’t be shocked if she returns to her old ways.
Anyhow. You don’t go from being an alt right shithead to a decent person just like that.
re: #280 HappyWarrior
“Brown people are savage animals.” She tweeted bullshit like that *for years.* No walking that back. Beyond redemption. Fuck her. No quarter.
re: #282 teleskiguy
“Brown people are savage animals.” She tweeted bullshit like that *for years.* No walking that back. Beyond redemption. Fuck her. No quarter.
I happen to agree. You don’t tweet shit like that and then do one interview and think that clears you. That said, I do think some redemption is possible but it’s going to take actions and not words. She still has a lot of growing up to do from what I gathered from the article. She still thinks a lot of what her and her old pals did was just “jokes.” We’re on the same page about her.
re: #173 HappyWarrior
Wow we’re not that far apart: I’m honestly surprised that I’m slightly to your right on economics.
Economic Left/Right: -3.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.41
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