I haven’t seen this one in years and I’d forgotten how great it was. It could almost serve as Donald Trump’s theme song.
Music video by Nine Inch Nails performing Only. (C) 2005 Interscope Records
— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) May 4, 2019
May The Schwartz Be With You! pic.twitter.com/m6g5HGQfyd
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) May 4, 2019
Automatic blocking function: activated. pic.twitter.com/0wTpxGnjWv
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 5, 2019
These conservative movement Twitter warriors with bald eagles, crosses, guns, and Fuckface Von Clownstick plastered all over their front page. They don’t know what fun is. I guess fun to them is spouting off inane bullshit to strangers.
re: #5 Charles Johnson
Be sure to click the ‘images’ icon below the tweet to see the full thing this person tweeted at me, because it takes it to another level of batshit.
I’ve been saying this for some time now. With the usually cautious @JoyceWhiteVance raising the same alarm, my worries are deepening. https://t.co/BcvdCOW8iP
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) May 4, 2019
re: #12 Charles Johnson
What’s up with the lion?
re: #14 teleskiguy
What’s up with the lion?
Trump has a lion with glowing eyes. Don’t all presidents?
Lions with glowing eyes walk next to presidents. Happens all the time.
Nice sign. Info: https://t.co/ifp8gwNmwu pic.twitter.com/UPhmgl69U2
— Cliff Pickover (@pickover) May 5, 2019
re: #18 teleskiguy
I ran into a very aggressive grouse mountain biking one time near Steamboat Springs, CO. I poured water on its head, finally I had to kick it. I got back on my bike and rode away quickly, and this grouse fuckin’ chased me! I’ll never forget that.
re: #13 Patricia Kayden
Because, if you’re paying attention, impeachment without Republican backing takes us to the exact same place: He has lost, but the GOP doesn’t remove him.
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) May 5, 2019
re: #13 Patricia Kayden
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Honestly, I would not be surprised at this point if the GOP response to Trump refusing to accept the electoral results and threatening to stay in office was the same as every other thing he’s done: A lot of furrowed brows and mutterings of “concern” while they figure out just how to explain a new dictator as a “good thing.”
re: #20 Belafon
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I’m not arguing for or against impeachment in this case, but at least an election is the electorate going “Get him out of here.”
1/2 They took down the paywall at @nytimes, so I urge you all to read these two essays by @jbouie about the Electoral College and how it needs to be abolished. The Electoral College Is the Greatest Threat to Our Democracy https://t.co/Oeamr6rqXA
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) May 5, 2019
2/2 Getting Rid of the Electoral College Isn’t Just About Trump by @jbouie https://t.co/Apo6Qd58f2
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) May 5, 2019
re: #13 Patricia Kayden
Do his Secret Service guards love him enough to protect him, or will they drop him out of a window of the White House?
re: #24 A hollow voice says, Inpeach…
Do his Secret Service guards love him enough to protect him, or will they drop him out of a window of the White House?
Like joining the military or testifying in court, I’m pretty sure Secret Service *takes an oath* and part of that oath is to protect the president* at all costs. Dropping the president* out of a window would violate that oath.
re: #24 A hollow voice says, Inpeach…
Do his Secret Service guards love him enough to protect him, or will they drop him out of a window of the White House?
He will leave office when his term is up. He’s a coward. But before he goes he will issue a lot of pardons (everyone gets one). If he thinks it will help he will resign early and let pence pardon him. He will fight it in court for the rest of his life. (there is no such device as a blanket pardon). I repeat he is a coward, and cowards always back down. He has earned no loyalty.
I will not miss him when he dies.
Hey! IDEA! As an article of impeachment! Fuckface Von Clownstick violating his oath to the office, to protect and defend the Constitution! That’s just *one* we could file! Exclamation Point!
re: #26 I Would Prefer Not To
He will leave office when his term is up. He’s a coward. But before he goes he will issue a lot of pardons (everyone gets one). If he thinks it will help he will resign early and let pence pardon him. He will fight it in court for the rest of his life. (there is no such device as a blanket pardon). I repeat he is a coward, and cowards always back down. He has earned no loyalty.
I will not miss him when he dies.
What will have to happen is we don’t back down.
re: #25 teleskiguy
Like joining the military or testifying in court, I’m pretty sure Secret Service *takes an oath* and part of that oath is to protect the president* at all costs. Dropping the president* out of a window would violate that oath.
He would no longer be the president at that point.
Pirro proclaims according to her sources, “tables will turn” as DOJ is about to go after a bunch of people.
“Grab your popcorn folks. It’s showtime…it’s real showtime for Obama, Brennan, Clapper, Lynch, Rice, Strzok, McCabe, Rhodes and the whole cardinal Comey crime family.” pic.twitter.com/CjeKcRKeqK— Angelo Carusone (@GoAngelo) May 5, 2019
re: #30 jaunte
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I’m shocked, SHOCKED at how those who’ve despaired over the cost and time expended on a “WITCH HUNT!” are now gleefully prepared to start dunking their political enemies to see if they float.
re: #31 Targetpractice
I’m shocked, SHOCKED at how those who’ve despaired over the cost and time expended on a “WITCH HUNT!” are now gleefully prepared to start dunking their political enemies to see if they float.
Like OJ they intend to find the real criminals
re: #32 Old Liberal
Like OJ they intend to find the real criminals
The “real criminals” (of course) being part of a vast conspiracy that only becomes more entangled as they try to explain inconsistencies in their narrative with each new “revelation.”
See also: Their total conviction that Seth Rich either was the source of the DNC files or had assisted in the hack and was murdered as part of the cover-up.
re: #25 teleskiguy
Like joining the military or testifying in court, I’m pretty sure Secret Service *takes an oath* and part of that oath is to protect the president* at all costs. Dropping the president* out of a window would violate that oath.
He would no longer be the president.
And you’ve been a shit president.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) May 5, 2019
So the die is cast to put Liz Cheney in the Senate.
Disgusting.
FFS he’s retweeting Daily Caller articles about himself.
re: #22 Belafon
I’m not arguing for or against impeachment in this case, but at least an election is the electorate going “Get him out of here.”
If only we could trust our elections. I think we gotta use every tool available, top to bottom, and do it relentlessly.
It’s only a matter of time before His Ass-Holeyness tweets “88” and/or The 14 words.
re: #13 Patricia Kayden
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if he refuses to leave office, he’ll be placed under house arrest where he is, and life will move on. You are mistaking the idea that our democracy depends on someone being in the White House. Whoever wins would simply take the oath of office and the military and civilian government infrastructure would follow their lead.
Both you and Don should have two years added to your sentences.
— Judge Flores (@BobLockout) May 5, 2019
re: #19 teleskiguy
I ran into a very aggressive grouse mountain biking one time near Steamboat Springs, CO. I poured water on its head, finally I had to kick it. I got back on my bike and rode away quickly, and this grouse fuckin’ chased me! I’ll never forget that.
you’re lucky you didn’t wind up in court with a grouse in a neck brace at the table across from yours.
re: #22 Belafon
I’m not arguing for or against impeachment in this case, but at least an election is the electorate going “Get him out of here.”
I want the House to impeach and then slam every fucking Republican who votes against impeachment and removal 24/7. Make those traitors own it. No matter where they go pursue them and yell “Traitor”. Give them no rest. Show them no mercy.
It’s Them or Us.
re: #41 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
So what’s the latest going on with your $1.8 million pool boy?
Did that hush money shut him up, Jerry?
Inquiring minds want to know!— The 3-D Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) May 5, 2019
re: #43 Joe Bacon 🌹
I want the House to impeach and then slam every fucking Republican who votes against impeachment and removal 24/7. Make those traitors own it. No matter where they go pursue them and yell “Traitor”. Give them no rest. Show them no mercy.
It’s Them or Us.
I first read that as “impeach the senators who refuse to convict” before the intended meaning hit.
And honestly, I’m not sure the other isn’t also a good idea at this point.
Forever my idol. 7 years today we lost MCA, Adam Yauch.
Musical pioneer, innovator, bassist, rapper, champion of independent film, Buddhist, organiser of the Tiebetan Freedom Concerts and as cool as a cucumber in a bowl of hot sauce.#RIPMCA #BeastieBoys pic.twitter.com/uZHf3VB0aH— Aaron Lythe (@AaronJohnLythe) May 4, 2019
Well, now we know how Donald Trump is spending his Saturday evening — reading articles praising him at Tucker Carlson’s white supremacist propaganda site. pic.twitter.com/XYE8d0m5Po
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 5, 2019
Bolton should stop making references to “our hemisphere” when discussing Venezuela. Undermines the correct moral argument that Maduro should go (even if Venezuela were located in Center Asia). Putin loves this “sphere of influence” approach to international politics. https://t.co/FF7mP0aiU6
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) May 4, 2019
re: #24 A hollow voice says, Inpeach…
Do his Secret Service guards love him enough to protect him, or will they drop him out of a window of the White House?
Can Eric Prince’s troops defeat the Secret Service and/or DCPD?
re: #32 Old Liberal
Like OJ they intend to find the real criminals
The question is: Is William Barr going to cooperate with Trump’s plans and start arresting those on the Q-Anon list? Or is that a step too far for him?
re: #30 jaunte
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The “will of the American people”?!?!
Pretty sure the will of the American people was that the candidate who got 3 million more votes should be takes office…
(assuming the RWNJ can acknowledge that The States They Don’t Like are nevertheless Actual American States full of Actual American Citizens. Not a foregone conclusion).
Scary.
42% of Americans have less than $10,000 saved and will retire broke. https://t.co/KAGS9PMtrA
— CNBC (@CNBC) May 5, 2019
re: #52 Patricia Kayden
Scary.
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Gee, I can’t imagine why this “booming” economy has not translated into high approval for Trump…
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re: #50 Hecuba’s daughter
The question is: Is William Barr going to cooperate with Trump’s plans and start arresting those on the Q-Anon list? Or is that a step too far for him?
I fear that Trump will suspend the writ of habeas corpus.
re: #51 sagehen
The “will of the American people”?!?!
Pretty sure the will of the American people was that the candidate who got 3 million more votes should be takes office…
(assuming the RWNJ can acknowledge that The States They Don’t Like are nevertheless Actual American States full of Actual American Citizens. Not a foregone conclusion).
Prager U keeps on supporting the EC and claims that the Founding Fathers created a brilliant mechanism that must remain in effect for eternity( or until it elects a Democrat who received fewer votes, whichever comes first). I once exchanged some non-confrontational FB posts with Tara Ross, the woman at Prager behind the “EC forever” movement. Like every conservative who supports Trump, she is incapable of reconsidering her positions.
Note to self. Yes. you identify as female. Yes, your Mate of 34 years recognizes you as such. But hair brushes, like tooth bushes ARE NOT SHARED! At least not in this house.
re: #55 Joe Bacon 🌹
I fear that Trump will suspend the writ of habeas corpus.
You mean Trump heard of habeas corpus?
I don’t believe that they will preemptively arrest Trump “enemies” and hold them without bail. There is a lot of evil that they have committed but that is too far even for them — and I don’t think that even McConnell or William Barr would go along with that order.
So, the Derby has a second place “winner”….just like the United States.
re: #57 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
EEK! That’s funny. I’ve had girlfriends where I used their hair brushes and none of them were bothered at all. That’s because I have a luxurious mane that women envy when they see it. Granted, that only happens when my hair is in tip top, and that happens maybe twice a month these days. 😜
re: #58 Hecuba’s daughter
I think it’s worth noting that when the will of the people was that the House should be Democratic, power transitioned without any real incident.
Some norms still hold, and minority power is not absolute. I don’t think even the loopiest of “serious” voices on the right tried to float the idea of simply refusing to cede the gavel to Nancy. And even with all the damage she and her committees are doing to them, you don’t really hear anyone claiming she’s not legitimately Speaker.
I think even Donald’s reptile brain understands that’s still a bridge too far.
Long hair is an automatic chore if you don’t want it to become an absolute tangled mess, doesn’t matter if your a guy or a gal. And it is a chore, at least as I see it. You have to spend so many minutes on your hair, brushing, washing, conditioning, brushing, trimming, more brushing…
And yet, here I am. Last time I *chopped* my hair was six years ago. My hair is… really long. Down-to-muh-butt long.
As an AUTISTIC transsexual who was hoping 2receive Canadian asylum rather than having to try to find a sponsor AND caregiver in New Zealand since it’s already accepting trans as refugees, it’s also disconcerting to me. They fully intend to trade a Russian Europe for the NewWorld.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) May 5, 2019
re: #58 Hecuba’s daughter
You mean Trump heard of habeas corpus?
I don’t believe that they will preemptively arrest Trump “enemies” and hold them without bail. There is a lot of evil that they have committed but that is too far even for them — and I don’t think that even McConnell or William Barr would go along with that order.
Not to mention that the courts have stopped the most egregious acts that he’s attempted.
re: #63 teleskiguy
Long hair is an automatic chore if you don’t want it to become an absolute tangled mess, doesn’t matter if your a guy or a gal. And it is a chore, at least as I see it. You have to spend so many minutes on your hair, brushing, washing, conditioning, brushing, trimming, more brushing…
And yet, here I am. Last time I *chopped* my hair was six years ago. My hair is… really long. Down-to-muh-butt long.
Pfft. Mine is to my knees.
re: #12 Charles Johnson
I saw enough with her hateful tweet. Christians filled with hate make me run screaming from church. I can’t go to church anymore because I could never trust any of the people there. I am truly done.
GAH
The rabbi of the Chabad of #PowaySynagogueShooting injured in the deadly shooting there called President @realDonaldTrump a “mensch par excellence” at the National Day of Prayer service on Thursday at the @WhiteHouse. https://t.co/9qbjZb562h
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) May 5, 2019
re: #70 The Vicious Babushka
Well that’s disappointing.
re: #71 jaunte
Well that’s disappointing.
What level of self-delusion does it take to ally yourself with people who literally want to kill you?
Anyone who looks at the totality of Trump’s deeds and character and calls him a mensch has seriously faulty judgement.
When Donald Took Revenge by Cutting Off Health Coverage for a Sick Infant
motherjones.com
Mensch!
My Reformed Temple would dissent from that view.
re: #72 A hollow voice says, Inpeach…
What level of self-delusion does it take to ally yourself with people who literally want to kill you?
Ask Steven Miller.
re: #49 sagehen
Can Eric Prince’s troops defeat the Secret Service and/or DCPD?
There is a slight, but real, danger that a kind of Trump super-militia could coalesce around armed church groups, Prince mercenaries, and rogue law enforcement. They could not prevent the inauguration of a new President but there are quite a few cities and suburbs where they could effectively take control, at least temporarily. They would do so in the belief that the libs are helpless, unarmed snowflakes who will concede in the face of real violence and that the military will either rally to Trump or refuse to intervene. As Charles and others have documented, many of them really believe it can and will come to this. Any such uprising would be snuffed out pretty quickly but it might be very bad for a few days, depending on where you live.
re: #60 teleskiguy
EEK! That’s funny. I’ve had girlfriends where I used their hair brushes and none of them were bothered at all. That’s because I have a luxurious mane that women envy when they see it. Granted, that only happens when my hair is in tip top, and that happens maybe twice a month these days. 😜
She was not amused. My hair can probably be compared to the Night King’s. Thin, straggly and loose.
re: #78 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
There is a slight, but real, danger that a kind of Trump super-militia could coalesce around armed church groups, Prince mercenaries, and rogue law enforcement. They could not prevent the inauguration of a new President but there are quite a few cities and suburbs where they could effectively take control, at least temporarily. They would do so in the belief that the libs are helpless, unarmed snowflakes who will concede in the face of real violence and that the military will either rally to Trump or refuse to intervene. As Charles and others have documented, many of them really believe it can and will come to this. Any such uprising would be snuffed out pretty quickly but it might be very bad for a few days, depending on where you live.
Although I have my doubts about coalescence — they all want to be the boss. It might look more like several mass shootings than an uprising. It could still get pretty nasty locally, of course.
Night Lizards. See you in the morning. Just a reminder though. Dragon is scheduled to meet up with the ISS sometime tomorrow morning. See SpaceX.com for updates.
re: #72 A hollow voice says, Inpeach…
What level of self-delusion does it take to ally yourself with people who literally want to kill you?
I have a couple of gay friends who are Flag-waving Republicans (They are also all current or former Law Enforcement). Reasons I can infer based on what they have said as to why: They are afraid of brown people and think Democrats all über-communists.
re: #80 A hollow voice says, Inpeach…
Although I have my doubts about coalescence — they all want to be the boss. It might look more like several mass shootings than an uprising. It could still get pretty nasty locally, of course.
Leadership and discipline wouldn’t be their strong suit to be sure but they might find enough to do a lot of damage for a few days. Prince or someone like him could be a kind of national generalissimo, with loose guidance handed down through the internet and Faux news. Local RWNJ media could also take such a role. The church groups already have a kind of hierarchy, both the formal one of pastors and deacons and the real one based on social status. This could provide some kind of slipshod organization, as could the NRA, tea bagger groups, and even (imho) certain MLM networks. The basic cowardice of the armed nuts would actually be helpful to this, since they are inclined to defer to power and can take action only en masse.
re: #80 A hollow voice says, Inpeach…
Although I have my doubts about coalescence — they all want to be the boss. It might look more like several mass shootings than an uprising. It could still get pretty nasty locally, of course.
re: #84 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
That’s where the difference in National Guard reaction time would be critical. Sucks to be in a GOP-governor state.
re: #84 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Prince or someone like him could be a kind of national generalissimo
BWAHAHAHAHAHA. National, no.
re: #78 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
There is a slight, but real, danger that a kind of Trump super-militia could coalesce around armed church groups, Prince mercenaries, and rogue law enforcement. They could not prevent the inauguration of a new President but there are quite a few cities and suburbs where they could effectively take control, at least temporarily. They would do so in the belief that the libs are helpless, unarmed snowflakes who will concede in the face of real violence and that the military will either rally to Trump or refuse to intervene. As Charles and others have documented, many of them really believe it can and will come to this. Any such uprising would be snuffed out pretty quickly but it might be very bad for a few days, depending on where you live.
This scenario is very unlikely. Despite all the rants on the Internet, if there is any political violence, it is more likely to be on the order of the Hodgkinson shooting — a couple individuals will go off the deep end at a GOP defeat, but there will be no organized rebellion.
re: #87 Hecuba’s daughter
Because: organized.
What’s going on with SNL ? They basically adopted the Barr interpretation of the Mueller Report in a previous week, and this week, they ignored the Barr hearings. It’s as though they have become afraid to challenge the administration. We should never forget that it was NBC that foisted Trump on this nation through the fame he acquired during The Apprentice.
re: #89 Hecuba’s daughter
What’s going on with SNL ? They basically adopted the Barr interpretation of the Mueller Report in a previous week, and this week, they ignored the Barr hearings. It’s as though they have become afraid to challenge the administration. We should never forget that it was NBC that foisted Trump on this nation through the fame he acquired during The Apprentice.
We should probably also remember they are a comedy show.
re: #87 Hecuba’s daughter
This scenario is very unlikely. Despite all the rants on the Internet, if there is any political violence, it is more likely to be on the order of the Hodgkinson shooting — a couple individuals will go off the deep end at a GOP defeat, but there will be no organized rebellion.
See your Hodgkinson and raise you to Algiers Point, post-Katrina. Depends on how long the “regulars” sit on their thumbs.
#NowPlaying Widespread Panic > Street Dogs > Steven’s Cat https://t.co/NmTozw5tAX
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) May 5, 2019
re: #86 Belafon
BWAHAHAHAHAHA. National, no.
Sure he could. It would have no effect in most areas but Trump could still appoint him overall commander of the Constitutional Volunteer Forces or whatever bullshit name he chooses.
re: #87 Hecuba’s daughter
This scenario is very unlikely. Despite all the rants on the Internet, if there is any political violence, it is more likely to be on the order of the Hodgkinson shooting — a couple individuals will go off the deep end at a GOP defeat, but there will be no organized rebellion.
I hope you’re right but I live in a deep-red state where constitutional sheriffs and gun-waving preachers are commonplace and batshit Kremlin-sponsored conspiracy claims are mainstream belief. The loose framework for such an outbreak already exists. I think there is a kind of critical mass for wingnut violence, with the level increasing exponentially once that mass is reached.
re: #90 Belafon
We should probably also remember they are a comedy show.
Except it is comedy shows that do a far superior job in unmasking the evils of an administration to the general public. The press that was so focused on Hillary’s e-mails has not repaired their reputation in their dealing with the Trump crime family. If our comedy shows don’t reveal his evil, much of the population will reduce everything to standard red vs blue disputes rather than recognizing the depth of the damage the GOP is inflicting on our nation.
re: #93 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Sure he could. It would gave no effect in most areas but Trump could still appoint him overall commander of the Constitutional Volunteer Forces or whatever bullshit name he chooses.
SPLC (2016) identified 16 armed anti-government groups in my state, not including a very large number of sovereign citizen nutcases who are too lone-wolfish to count. They aren’t the biggest worry.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand was Houston today at the invitation of the Harris County Democratic Party to give a speech and answer questions. Light turnout as it was a nice day, the Cinquo De Mayo parade and possibly a reaction to last nights Flash Flood warning.
The HCDP intends to invite at least 12 more candidates to speak. I did take some photos and put them up on my flickr site. You can go to flickr and search for the HCDP tag and for Kirsten Gillbrand.
Of course, the question remains, why did they give tenure to a preening pseudo-intellectual whose body of work is mostly a non-sensical mish-mash of humanities buzzwords and poorly conceived metaphors?
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) May 5, 2019
Why is she still a thing?
re: #97 Decatur Deb
SPLC (2016) identified 16 armed anti-government groups in my state, not including a very large number of sovereign citizen nutcases who are too lone-wolfish to count. They aren’t the biggest worry.
I agree that the currently organized and uniformed nut militias like oaf-keepers are not a great threat. They have a legal, corporate existence with recognized leaders. Those leaders would decide pretty quickly that there was no money in actual violence and either slink away or seize the opportunity to recruit more dues-paying members.
Individual members could join a pogrom, just as some rallied to the Bundys, but they are not the organizations I fear.
re: #26 I Would Prefer Not To
He will leave office when his term is up. He’s a coward. But before he goes he will issue a lot of pardons (everyone gets one). If he thinks it will help he will resign early and let pence pardon him. He will fight it in court for the rest of his life. (there is no such device as a blanket pardon). I repeat he is a coward, and cowards always back down. He has earned no loyalty.
I will not miss him when he dies.
I hope there is someone around to search what he takes with him. I have little doubt that he will (or has already) get/got confused about what belongs to him & what belongs to the people of America from within the White House.
T-Minus 7 minutes…ish
Webcast is live for the STP-27RD mission! https://t.co/RLl61r6W0Y
— Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) May 5, 2019
re: #104 fern01
I hope there is someone around to search what he takes with him. I have little doubt that he will (or has already) get/got confused about what belongs to him & what belongs to the people of America from within the White House.
He can keep the gold curtains.
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Wait, if I remember correctly this absolute joke of a dilettante stood on the lawn of the White House & flagrantly LIED to EVERYONE by denying the nepotistic origins of his security clearance, but wants everyone to “know that we’re going to be honest with what we do”?
AYFKMWTBS?— A Bit Snitty (@goddamnedfrank) May 5, 2019
lol even Alex Jones is like “gurl please” pic.twitter.com/xJHbhdcd8G
— shauna (@goldengateblond) May 5, 2019
re: #109 goddamnedfrank
Wow. People will either react positively or they’ll react negatively.
Jared Kushner with the incredibly deep thinking which characterises the maladministration.
Heh.
Trump’s friends not completely consistent in their free speech views https://t.co/CTQvgcWBk7
— David Frum (@davidfrum) May 5, 2019
re: #110 Dave In Austin
Lady we will get your printer back on your network we are trying to help you
— Scottie (@sandrewski1966) May 5, 2019
It is honestly impossible to tell if this is sincere or not https://t.co/o1iyS9DGSQ
— Paul F. Tompkins (@PFTompkins) May 4, 2019
Why is Trump’s 2020 Campaign Manager Happily Accepting Cash from Romania?
https://t.co/Hy3zW2zVF3— The Hummingbird 🐦 (@SaysHummingbird) May 5, 2019
Things are getting very heavy for Laura Loomer. Go to https://t.co/BcydBmroCw if you want to support her. https://t.co/gS2lkWDB6o pic.twitter.com/gGdHzWR1FE
— Roosh (@rooshv) May 4, 2019
Somebody call the waaaaambulance!
Listen, I live a charmed life.
Crazy McNugget https://t.co/uc0oyqX4cw
— A Bit Snitty (@goddamnedfrank) May 5, 2019
re: #117 goddamnedfrank
But “Mad Yogurt” just sounds like Mel Brooks being cranky.
I have an MS in photography & can confirm that this shit is so true and so deeply goddamned ingrained in our society’s perceptive norms that, broadly speaking, it basically serves as a metaphor for all other disparities.
— A Bit Snitty (@goddamnedfrank) May 5, 2019
re: #110 Dave In Austin
Laura could find another line of work besides “crazy conservative provocateuse.”
Oh rats! I forgot the traditional Star Wars blessing yesterday. Well, better late than never:
MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU!
Jerk Landlady Refused To Rent To Muslim Tenants, Now Owes Them $675K (Goes to Wonkette)
A landlady in Denver refused to allow a renter to sublet (allowed in the lease) to a Muslim business owner in Boulder who wanted to expand his business.
She stated her renter needed to find “an American person … good like you and me.”
The renter was horrified by the exchange and called her back (recording her responses).
The landlady did not try to deny anything in court when she was sued by the Boulder businessman.
The king just recently married his deputy chief of security, who is 26 years younger than he. She is now styled Queen Suthida.
She is his fourth wife/consort. I wish her luck. Rama X seems inclined to challenge England’s Henry VIII for the most number of wives.
If I were in Thailand right now, that snarky comment would be enough to land me in prison for a few years. I bet Trump would love to have that law on the books, too.
Has anyone else had trouble posting Instagram links? I tried several times just now, and every single one timed out.
From Chinese opera to racial tensions in Malaysia, Wikipilation is the digital video library dispelling Eurocentric history one film at a time
Wikipilation is a digital encyclopaedia of 10,000 acclaimed films and documentaries that chronicles historical injustices and current global issues
It was produced by a Njål Helgheim, a Norwegian dad who wants to counteract the Eurocentric dominance of global cultural exchange and history education
It’s available as a Kindle book for $1.99. amazon.com
North Korea TV Revamps Weather Report (Goes to the BBC)
North Korea’s state television is trying to introduce modern reforms in its weather forecasting, such as allowing the presenter to stand up and point to weather features on the map.
OMG. I’m not in the market for a $29 hardcover coffee table book now, but this one looks like a keeper.
Die Hard: The Ultimate Visual History
amazon.com
Covers all the movies, complete with behind-the-scenes photos, details of the stunts, and tidbits like the 24 stitches Bruce Willis needed after Maggie Q’s stunt double kicked him in the head with a stiletto heel on.
Maybe time to drop broad hints to my kids for next Christmas.
re: #127 Anymouse 🌹
North Korea TV Revamps Weather Report (Goes to the BBC)
North Korea’s state television is trying to introduce modern reforms in its weather forecasting, such as allowing the presenter to stand up and point to weather features on the map.
Do they still need to thank Kim Jong Un for all the nice weather and blame the imperialist dogs for all the bad?
//
re: #72 A hollow voice says, Inpeach…
What level of self-delusion does it take to ally yourself with people who literally want to kill you?
Israel
re: #74 jaunte
Anyone who looks at the totality of Trump’s deeds and character and calls him a mensch has seriously faulty judgement.
re: #132 DangerMan
The whale is much more intelligent.
re: #133 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
The whale is much more intelligent.
Whale defects to Norway, details at eleven.
Hillary Clinton testified for 11 hours straight because she had nothing to hide.
Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testified for hours and faced questions by outside GOP counsel because she had nothing to hide.
William Barr skipped his testimony because he has everything to hide.— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) May 5, 2019
re: #132 DangerMan
The Beluga whale had the decency to abort its mission and defect to the other side which makes it much more moral than the Orange Bigot.
morning all
about this “wont leave office” thing. for the last time
he doesnt get to “leave or not leave”
sure maybe he’ll try some shenanigans between november and january, urge/cajole/pressure electors, rant and rave, sue, whatever….
in the end the electors will vote
congress will certify (yes they will because it’s only the electors vote they are certifying and that’s transparent)
- and john roberts will administer the oath
there is then a new president. the rest of this is nonsense
- won’t leave the white house?
sure - he may sit in the oval and not attend the inaugural - boor that he is
whether he does or not, at 12:00 noon the white house ushers and movers will start packing and removing everything, except maybe the chair he’s sitting in
- yes, he will still have secret service protection
no, he’s not the president any more
re: #133 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
The whale is much more intelligent.
the whale defected so yeah
re: #139 DangerMan
the whale defected so yeah
The other one is defected defective.
Edit: it’s too early.
And Good Morning To You, Too, Trump (Goes to Juanita Jean’s, the World’s Most Dangerous Beauty Salon):
You do not have free speech in my house. People own these platforms and they have the right to regulate them.
Here’s the part I don’t understand. The right wingers claim that Fox news is wildly popular. Why don’t Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, Laura Loomer, white nationalist Paul Nehlen and Infowars contributor Paul Joseph Watson just head on over to the highly popular Fox News chatroom and spend the day there?
Conservatives are not being banned from social media. Lunatics trying to incite violence are.
So, here’s the deal. If Fox allows it, that’s fine. But Fox won’t because Fox knows they will be held liable when one of these creeps incites someone to do something unthinkable.
On average in polls this year (excluding polls of New York state), de Blasio has a 22% favorable rating and a 21% unfavorable rating *among Democrats*.
That’s quite bad. The average Democrat has about a 3:1 ratio of favorables to unfavorables among D voters. pic.twitter.com/NI2MuLfQ0a— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) May 3, 2019
Cider Shop Sues Portland’s Far-Right Extremists (Daily Beast)
Cider Riot, which sometimes hosts events like film screenings and a “Rock Against Fascism” concert, has been a repeated target of Patriot Prayer’s ire.
(more at the link)
I still haven’t figured out how you can put “patriot” and “fascist” in the same description.
The oath I affirmed to the Constitution as an enlisted military member and as a politician included fidelity to the Constitution, not a person or an ideology (certainly not an ideology which would murder its opponents if it could).
re: #145 Anymouse 🌹
Cider Shop Sues Portland’s Far-Right Extremists
(more at the link)
I still haven’t figured out how you can put “patriot” and “fascist” in the same description.
Because that’s what fascists do. It doesn’t really have to make sense.
Democratic senator who’s not running told me what’s drawing so many into the race is familiarity-breeds-contempt
they’re not so impressed w/colleagues who are running and tell themselves, “if he/she is running, why shouldn’t I?” https://t.co/8Tw73TDZtO— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) May 2, 2019
I thought all of you might enjoy the title of this diary: Glenn Greenwald Joins the Trump 2020 Reelection Campaign
re: #76 Joe Bacon 🌹
My Reformed Temple would dissent from that view.
So would my Chabad congregation. However since the rabbi was the guest of the White House he felt compelled to be polite.
re: #150 The Vicious Babushka
So would my Chabad congregation. However since the rabbi was the guest of the White House he felt compelled to be polite.
Is “mensch” a throw away term of politeness? I associated it as a very serious honorific not widely bestowed. But I’m not knowledgeable about these things.
re: #151 Old Liberal
Is “mensch” a throw away term of politeness? I associated it as a very serious honorific not widely bestowed. But I’m not knowledgeable about these things.
“Mensch” means human being. It is a mild form of praise. Everyone is expected to act like a “mensch.” Like you say to a toddler “Eat all your vegetables like a mensch.”
JFC
Between this and his mocking of football helmets, this dumb orange motherfucker wants injuries and deaths for his entertainment. https://t.co/2HEs2ylzR5
— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) May 5, 2019
re: #153 The Vicious Babushka
“Kentuky.” The stupidity never disappoints.
re: #153 The Vicious Babushka
JFC
The best horse did NOT win theKentucky Derby2016 election - not even close!
re: #153 The Vicious Babushka
Maximum Security and its rider were disqualified for interfering with another horse and rider, which is like a foul in basketball. Done deliberately, interference is considered cheating. Done accidentally, it suggests the rider was not doing his job. Given that Trump cheated to get the presidency and hasn’t done a lick of hard work since the election, I reckon he sees himself in Maximum Security.
And I wish *we* could see *him* in maximum security.
re: #156 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
Maximum Security and its rider were disqualified for interfering with another horse and rider, which is like a foul in basketball. Done deliberately, interference is considered cheating. Done accidentally, it suggests the rider was not doing his job. Given that Trump cheated to get the presidency and hasn’t done a lick of hard work since the election, I reckon he sees himself in Maximum Security.
And I wish *we* could see *him* in maximum security.
The best comment came from a Trump parody account: “how can parody even compete with this?”
re: #152 The Vicious Babushka
“Mensch” means human being. It is a mild form of praise. Everyone is expected to act like a “mensch.” Like you say to a toddler “Eat all your vegetables like a mensch.”
Something like this perhaps?
Good morning all!
“honestly Gareth, I can’t even look at you right now”
📹: https://t.co/7s1qwjC3SS pic.twitter.com/Ikx4M711Ki— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) May 4, 2019
“I don’t have anything to add to that,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tells @jonkarl when asked if the U.S. can verify reports that some of the people who were part of the North Korean negotiating team in Hanoi were executed https://t.co/P6iz1j1VA4 pic.twitter.com/olNG5HZmpq
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) May 5, 2019
oh
I really really really enjoy this Lindsey Graham gif. https://t.co/asVRgR1YmA
— Molly “not super smart” Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) May 5, 2019
This is what we are dealing with.. Instead of condemning Kim Jong Un’s ruthless regime Pompeo is smirking at the thought of his counterparts being executed
No wonder they all love Putin https://t.co/t8FDruwKqv— Olga Lautman (@olgaNYC1211) May 5, 2019
On Fox, Pompeo seethes at Wallace for asking why Trump defends Putin. “You continue to be fixated on something that Robert Mueller wrote down,” he barks. “Your viewers should not be misled.”
— Will Saletan (@saletan) May 5, 2019
Pompeo Says Trump Could Send US Troops To Invade Venezuela https://t.co/YVSUYbqBNj pic.twitter.com/fGA0lmBxwK
— R. Saddler 📎🗽🌊🌊🌊 (@Politics_PR) May 5, 2019
Everything is fine.
Update on the incident I posted about yesterday: @YB_Sodermalm gives the weekend’s 🌹 the witnesses who were able to interrupt the attempted murder and trap the suspect in the kiosk until police arrived at the scene!
mitti.se
The police have initiated a preliminary investigation into attempted murder. In addition, the man is suspected of vandalism, violent resistance, threatening to civil servants and abusive behavior.
The guy is not going to have a good coupla years…
re: #129 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
Do they still need to thank Kim Jong Un for all the nice weather and blame the imperialist dogs for all the bad?
//
Reminds me of World Chess Champion Mikhail Botvinnik declaring the superiority of the Soviet School Of Chess…or the Chinese Championship Table Tennis Team crediting their victory to MLMTTT (No that’s not Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobaccos, it’s actually “Marxist Leninist Mao Tse Tung Thought”)
I am pleased to inform all of those that believe in a strong, fair and sound Immigration Policy that Mark Morgan will be joining the Trump Administration as the head of our hard working men and women of ICE. Mark is a true believer and American Patriot. He will do a great job!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 5, 2019
Amateurs. https://t.co/19zjs4EOwW
— John Scalzi (@scalzi) May 5, 2019
re: #165 Teukka
YB stands for “Yttre befäl”, which the commanding officer of the precinct which moves about in it. (IB is “Inre befäl” and is the commanding inside the precinct HQ).
Trump citing well-known legal expert HH4184848213 to refute the legal arguments made by a judge. pic.twitter.com/wCI2VcH2HI
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) May 5, 2019
It Was Never About the Thanks (goes to Stonekettle Station)
I suspected as I watched Mr. Wright’s Twitter feed this week over all the people weighing in on him trying to go shopping and complaining at him because he wasn’t sufficiently happy to a sales clerk telling him “thank you for your service” that it would get turned into one of his essays.
This one is worth reading. In this, he speaks for me.
re: #170 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I have this gut feeling that this may come back to haunt people, like an epic backfire…
re: #171 Anymouse 🌹
It Was Never About the Thanks (goes to Stonekettle Station)
I suspected as I watched Mr. Wright’s Twitter feed this week over all the people weighing in on him trying to go shopping and complaining at him because he wasn’t sufficiently happy to a sales clerk telling him “thank you for your service” that it would get turned into one of his essays.
This one is worth reading. In this, he speaks for me.
The lesson I learned is that I keep my mouth shut because too many times brainwashed assholes who go to church every Sunday said they were glad my son died for Jesus.
That’s why I threw the prize in the trash and want nothing to do with it while his mother flaunts it at church every time she can.
Jeremy Richman, father of a Sandy Hook victim, committed suicide because of Infowars and people like you.
Kindly go fuck yourself.https://t.co/RuZVrv728S https://t.co/tX2kppp7wi— David Neiwert (@DavidNeiwert) May 5, 2019
I prefer my Kentucky Derby analysis from someone who can spell the word “Kentucky.” https://t.co/jkWs451Cwp
— Translate Trump (@TranslateRealDT) May 5, 2019
Yes. There is. https://t.co/3Z2ZzYJAnY
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) May 5, 2019
Disclosure documents showed Rettig earned as much as $1 million in rental income from his Trump-related branded properties while under political pressure to release the President’s tax returns. https://t.co/wbE4lnhTUF
— Linda Hill (@bulldoghill) May 5, 2019
In the language of politics. In the media. In social media. In everyday conversations.
Our @RefugeesChief has never seen this level of poisonous and toxic rhetoric on refugees.
This was his powerful message to the United Nations Security Councilhttps://t.co/jnzUmPhk0L 👇 pic.twitter.com/R0jyAPloh9— UNHCR Canada (@UNHCRCanada) May 5, 2019
And the most recent Republican to end his two terms with a lower deficit than when he started was Eisenhower. https://t.co/Ui4diVitZe
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) May 5, 2019
re: #164 jaunte
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Everything is fine.
Well if anything will unite Venezuela it would be an occupation force enriching the rich. More wasting of life for money and political distraction. If I had a loved one in the military I’d be ripping Ron Johnson a new one but he only cares if you are republican.
whenever you’re having a bad day:
In 2008, divers who went missing off the coast of Indonesia spent 10-hours in shark-infested waters before finally reaching “safety” on a remote island.
…Only to find that the island was full of hungry Komodo dragons.— UberFacts (@UberFacts) May 4, 2019
….of additional goods sent to us by China remain untaxed, but will be shortly, at a rate of 25%. The Tariffs paid to the USA have had little impact on product cost, mostly borne by China. The Trade Deal with China continues, but too slowly, as they attempt to renegotiate. No!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 5, 2019
oh, and he fixed his “Kentuky” Derby tweet
re: #182 Backwoods_Sleuth
These payments are partially responsible for our great economic results
He has no idea how tariffs work.
re: #171 Anymouse 🌹
It Was Never About the Thanks (goes to Stonekettle Station)
I suspected as I watched Mr. Wright’s Twitter feed this week over all the people weighing in on him trying to go shopping and complaining at him because he wasn’t sufficiently happy to a sales clerk telling him “thank you for your service” that it would get turned into one of his essays.
This one is worth reading. In this, he speaks for me.
I was told that instead of “thank you for your service,” most of the vets would prefer “welcome home.”
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re: #183 jaunte
He has no idea how tariffs work.
What he knows is that he can say anything at all and the media will report it as fact.
re: #167 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m not sure being a “true believer” is a plus here.
re: #186 Skip Intro
It’s one thing to run against a man, it’s another to run against a global disinformation operation.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) May 5, 2019
re: #173 Joe Bacon 🌹
The lesson I learned is that I keep my mouth shut because too many times brainwashed assholes who go to church every Sunday said they were glad my son died for Jesus.
That’s why I threw the prize in the trash and want nothing to do with it while his mother flaunts it at church every time she can.
I’m so sorry you have to put up with that. I can’t imagine religious belief anyway, but the idea that your son fell in combat to the glory of God? That’s downright mediæval thinking. There is nothing glorious about warfare. Your son was doing what he had to do, what he was assigned to do, and cannot return to you. My deepest sympathies on your loss and a rusted unsharpened cactus in the piehole of anyone who tries to hijack that for their religious or political ideology.
The amazing thing as I watched Mr. Wright’s Twitter thread unfold is all the people who told him “you should change your hair” or “you should change your bearing” or “you should wear different clothes.”
Every last one of those was a woman. All of them. You’d think women would understand what those phrases mean, since women have to put up with it all the time.
And yeah, none of that works. My bearing is still standing straight, taking marching length steps. I dress like everyone else and my hair is past my shoulders and I still get “thankyewferyerservice” from people I know around here every time I meet them.
Those in my direct family who are still alive (my mother, my sister, and me) all were in the military. We all just want to get on with our lives, just like Mr. Wright trying to buy a sprinkler head.
As he notes, it’s not about your service anyway. It’s about the other person feeling good about weighing in on your service (whether you want them to or not). And if you don’t perform the way they want you to, then they become angry with you. Your not vetering right.
I appreciate the sentiment when someone thanks me for my service; my usual response is “thank you for letting me serve.” I would appreciate more if those same people held politicians to delivering on the promises made to us when we enlisted or were commissioned.
This is ass backwards. They are charging the bartender for serving someone who later killed eight people — with a surplus of weapons acquired legally. There’s a vast disconnect here. https://t.co/K3WMOQ8hNI
— Incwell (@Incwell) May 5, 2019
The one shot Trump has to win in 2020 is “not personally tank the economy” and he’s about to do it. https://t.co/o3hgT2UOPi
— The Full Zandar Report (@ZandarVTS) May 5, 2019
re: #191 jaunte
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He will postpone again. Claim progress because China is caving. Just like the show with his buddy Kim. It’s all fucking professional wrestling.
#SeriemaSunday Shot this video recently at the @ColumbusZoo. This red-legged seriema displays the natural downward thrashing behavior they use to subdue prey…similar to the sagittal striking behavior we inferred for their extinct “terror bird” cousins: https://t.co/arFUGnIcdi pic.twitter.com/ElsBPEECoj
— WitmerLab (@WitmerLab) May 5, 2019
re: #174 Backwoods_Sleuth
Always the victims, conservatives are. Maybe they should smile more.
When the naming of Barack Obama Boulevard ceremony draws more crowd than Trump inauguration pic.twitter.com/e7JwKLklNp
— Iwis (@clereno7) May 5, 2019
re: #190 DodgerFan1988
That is f’ed up.
Guy comes into her bar with an arsenal, she can’t do anything about that, and demands to be served alcohol when he’s drunk? No dram shop law is going to protect her life. The cops wouldn’t do anything (because Texas open-carry).
I hope she has a lawyer who can show the absurdity of this charge in court (or get the DA to throw it out).
THIS. IS. A. BIG. FAT. LIE.
ACTUAL FACTS:
China does not pay the United States’ tariffs.
American consumers pay them.
Tariffs are taxes.@realDonaldTrump IS ANNOUNCING A FIFTEEN PERCENT TAX INCREASE ON AMERICANS TECH PURCHASES. https://t.co/4Z0JvAZUho— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) May 5, 2019
Max Boot is not happy.
So for the next 18 months, at a minimum, this nation is at the mercy of a criminal administration. I am in despair as I have never been before about the future of our experiment in self-rule. Before Mueller filed his report, it was possible to imagine the president being brought to justice. That fantasy is no longer tenable. Instead we are left with the dismaying likelihood that the president will now feel emboldened to commit ever greater transgressions to hold onto power — and thus delay a possible post-presidential indictment.
re: #198 retired cynic
Max Boot is not happy.
I saw the ‘filled with rage and despair’ clip from one of the shows the other day. Boot truly is in freakout mode. He’s of the belief that Trump isn’t going to leave the White House, by hook or by crook.
re: #197 Backwoods_Sleuth
So basically, a tax on the middle class. Just in time for the 2020 elections.
I’ve been working my part time job at a major video get retail chain lately. I apologized to my co worker as I walked off the floor because a customer made me angry.
He used to be a regular customer, but is not around as much as his job has moved across the village I live in.
He came in and started spouting about how much he hates star wars now that, due to the last Jedi, he sold all his Black Series figures because the last Jedi “sucked”
He then went on to state that the movie captain marvel was no good because ” Brie Larsen has no ass” and then went on a rant about it. I looked at my co-worker and said fuck this and walked to the back room. I came back out and apologized.
My coworker used to work in a restaurant with this customer and said he has always been like that and the coworker told the customer that I left because I was probably going to kick him out.
Just baffling.
re: #196 Anymouse 🌹
That is f’ed up.
Guy comes into her bar with an arsenal, she can’t do anything about that, and demands to be served alcohol when he’s drunk? No dram shop law is going to protect her life. The cops wouldn’t do anything (because Texas open-carry).
I hope she has a lawyer who can show the absurdity of this charge in court (or get the DA to throw it out).
The whole thing is screwed up, but she wasn’t threatened. She did however know something bad was likely to happen, because she called her bosses (and later 911).
She knew the guy, and his estranged wife, who was one of the victims.
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Edit to correct: She called another bartender, who called their boss.
A 1924 law suggests that Democrats can sue the Treasury Department if it doesn’t turn over Trump’s taxes. https://t.co/kf8gPIVsTp
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 5, 2019
A key New York State Senate committee advanced a bill this week that would authorize the state Tax Department to release New York tax returns to a congressional committee upon request — including the president’s state tax returns. https://t.co/36qKucnqrf
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 5, 2019
Commence the whinging.
re: #203 Anymouse 🌹
Ah I see that the back doors are being used to get DT’s tax info. :)
I made up a batch of the Pantry’s Coleslaw to go with the shrimp and fries. I had some potstickers leftover so I put a fresh scald on them and then remembered to finish off that kimchi that was made a month ago. Made a nice spread.
Another even younger baby pear, #InMyGarden today, and you NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BABY PEARS, they go UP pic.twitter.com/Az2iAOaAxk
— Tim Skellett (@Gurdur) May 5, 2019
re: #199 makeitstop
I saw the ‘filled with rage and despair’ clip from one of the shows the other day. Boot truly is in freakout mode. He’s of the belief that Trump isn’t going to leave the White House, by hook or by crook.
Most countries in the world are authoritarian to one degree or another. The odds aren’t in our favor.
re: #206 wrenchwench
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Pro tip: it doesn’t matter how often or how clearly you explain the First Amendment to conservatives whining about being “censored.” Most of them know it doesn’t apply to Twitter or Facebook. They’re just lying.
It’s what they do.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 5, 2019
Trump yesterday: “Kim Jong Un knows that I am with him.” https://t.co/d7LV37a1FU
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 5, 2019
re: #209 Charles Johnson
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Another thing which they know but pretend they don’t know is that their right to free speech does not mean others don’t have right to use their right of free expression to criticize or even call bullshit on their free speech.
— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) May 5, 2019
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 5, 2019
BREAKING: For the first time ever, the CO2 concentration at Mauna Loa in Hawaii has reached 415PPM.
We were worried it would happen this year, and it did.
This needs to be breaking news on every news channel. https://t.co/4DgdSrYRW4— Edgar McGregor 🌴 (@edgarrmcgregor) May 5, 2019
re: #199 makeitstop
I saw the ‘filled with rage and despair’ clip from one of the shows the other day. Boot truly is in freakout mode. He’s of the belief that Trump isn’t going to leave the White House, by hook or by crook.
This is exactly what’s going to happen. I only hope Trump loses bad enough that his cries of voter fraud/fake election/whatever are laughed at by everyone but his most crazy supporters (which is all of them come to think of it UGH). Shit’s going to hit everywhere.
At least 13 people are dead after a fire broke out aboard an Aeroflot flight in Russia Sunday, Russian state news agency TASS said https://t.co/SufBfP9N9a
— CNN (@CNN) May 5, 2019
re: #214 GlutenFreeJesus
And we NEED to hold on to the House, and take the Senate. If we split, we are fucked regardless.
We don’t need an investigation into whether Donald Trump obstructs investigation of his criminal activities.
He does it RIGHT OUT IN THE OPEN. https://t.co/gKnqyMfTrw— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 5, 2019
re: #217 Charles Johnson
Bob Mueller should not must testify. Corrected to how should read.
re: #218 Teukka
And if you dig into the litterature on the subject, you soon get to the research which tells at which ppm level cognitive impairment starts….
— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) May 5, 2019
Compelling argument in this thread:
Ok let’s talk about why the filibuster must die. McConnell’s diatribe against HR 1 shows the GOP will block everything if they can. Democracy, GND, M4A, gun regs - the next Dem president’s agenda will be killed with 41 votes.
So how do Dems get to 60 votes? Let’s dream a little:— Ezra Levin (@ezralevin) January 31, 2019
Prime.
— Sheldon Stanton (@SheldonStanton9) May 5, 2019
(The photos in my tweet have to be actively clicked-on because I also post images like the one I put up Friday night that’s blatantly NSFW for my ‘clothing’ choices in it).
re: #222 Chrysicat
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(The photos in my tweet have to be actively clicked-on because I also post images like the one I put up Friday night that’s blatantly NSFW for my ‘clothing’ choices in it).
Oops, wrong tweet. Fixed!
Shrimp are testing positive for cocaine and scientists don’t know why https://t.co/qvWKnJKuWH pic.twitter.com/wTskPCnHXD
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) May 5, 2019
re: #224 Backwoods_Sleuth
Hmm. A good reason not to eat shrimp.
re: #225 PhillyPretzel
Hmm. A good reason not to eat shrimp.
Seems like shrimp are awfully small to put little baggies in for smuggling.
re: #225 PhillyPretzel
Or alternatively, a good reason TO eat them (legal access to THAT and no nasal damage? Yay!), but bear in mind they might prove addictive :-P
Trump claims that he was completely exonerated by the Mueller report, yet for some strange reason he wants to prevent the prime author of that “exoneration” from testifying to Congress. Why would that be, do you think? https://t.co/1mAN19VPh4
— Jay Bookman (@jaysbookman) May 5, 2019
re: #228 Chrysicat
They have random drug testing at my place of work. I once was tested because someone over heard me saying, “I have an addition to science fiction.”
re: #133 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
The whale is much more intelligent.
The whale is not only much more intelligent, but he has a more pleasant personality and more presidential bearing.
re: #184 sagehen
I was told that instead of “thank you for your service,” most of the vets would prefer “welcome home.”
The last time I said “Thank you for your service” to an active duty military person in uniform was in Canada, to a soldier wearing the Maple Leaf.
When they storm across the Ambassador (and/or the Gordie Howe) Bridge, I will welcome them as liberators.
Note that these are all shrimp from a river complex in the English boonies. Y’all will have to provide your own condiments for the yummies from Bayou la Batre.
BAT #280
The rufous trident bat, Persian trident bat, or triple nose-leaf bat (Triaenops persicus).
(Photos: Paul Webala, Piotr Naskrecki) pic.twitter.com/sY1PaHNZwz— EveryBat (@EveryBat) May 5, 2019
re: #209 Charles Johnson
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re: #228 Chrysicat
Or alternatively, a good reason TO eat them (legal access to THAT and no nasal damage? Yay!), but bear in mind they might prove addictive :-P
Good shrimp was already addictive.
re: #225 PhillyPretzel
Hmm. A good reason not to eat shrimp.
More seriously, the whole bottom feeder thing. Whole lotta mercury, all these other metals, and heavy oxides. Yikes.
All Mueller has to do is say, sorry, I think your directive to not attend this hearing is illegal, and I’ll see you in court about that, because I’m going.
— Rev. Magdalen ||This Machine Dismantles Patriarchy (@revmagdalen) May 5, 2019
re: #229 jaunte
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A local has the answer to expensive border control:
Use biker gangs as border security
They walk among us. We walk among them.
re: #243 Decatur Deb
A local has the answer to expensive border control:
Use biker gangs as border security
They walk among us.We walk among them.
I believe this used to be called the SA.
re: #243 Decatur Deb
A local has the answer to expensive border control:
Use biker gangs as border security
They walk among us.We walk among them.
Aren’t a lot of biker gangs involved in drug trafficking? That would seem to make it easier for them.
re: #244 HappyWarrior
I believe this used to be called the SA.
Used to be called Rolling Stones Concert Security.
re: #243 Decatur Deb
They’ll have a hard time going off-road.
Remember when your leader called Mexicans rapists and said a Federal judge was “a Mexican” and couldn’t do his job because of that? Oh yeah, and when Mexico was going to pay for the wall? Oh, also taco bowls?? #NoCincoForMagats https://t.co/OlHztxLrAK
— Mexican Judge (@laloalcaraz) May 5, 2019
re: #246 Decatur Deb
Used to be called Rolling Stones Concert Security.
True. I just meant the idea of private thugs to do a security issue.
re: #249 HappyWarrior
True. I just meant the idea of private thugs to do a security issue.
Eric Prince would like a word…
re: #197 Backwoods_Sleuth
Democrats need to be saying this every time they’re in front of a camera or microphone. Trump isn’t getting called out on all of his ish. He’s getting away with way too much.
re: #248 jaunte
“We are thankful for the many contributions that Mexican Americans have made to our Party and across our great nation.”
They really have internalized that party before country thing.
“We are thankful for the many contributions that undocumented Mexican Americans have made to our great leader’s businesses until he got caught and had to fire them.”
Star Wars Episode 2 is on. I’m wondering who, in our Congress, is filling the role of Jar Jar in attempting to turn over all power to the President/Emperor.
re: #256 Belafon
If you’re going for most annoying and least necessary to the story, Matt Gaetz.
You’re left wondering if any Putin opponents were onboard
JUST IN: 13 dead after airplane belonging to Russian carrier Aeroflot landed in Moscow covered in flames, Russian officials say. https://t.co/T0GoIFHUkT
— NBC News World (@NBCNewsWorld) May 5, 2019
re: #258 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
You’re left wondering if any Putin opponents were onboard
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re: #243 Decatur Deb
A local has the answer to expensive border control:
Use biker gangs as border security
They walk among us.We walk among them.
Rolling Stones used Hell’s Angels as security at Altamont and look how well that worked out.
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