Check out Nate Wood playing bass and drums simultaneously, and absolutely nailing it on this very complex piece.
The title track from our new EP, featuring the amazing Michael Mayo! #kneebodycoverproject
“By Fire” by Hiatus Kaiyote
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Ben Wendel (sax), Shane Endsley (trumpet), Adam Benjamin (keyboards), Nate Wood (bass/drums), Michael Mayo (vocals)
When do we get the light at the end of the tunnel?
re: #1 I Would Prefer Not To
When do we get the light at the end of the tunnel?
So I guess you could upload anyones video to Pornhub correct? The screencap alone is worth it.
re: #1 I Would Prefer Not To
When do we get the light at the end of the tunnel?
You’re sure we haven’t already, except that it was just an oncoming train?
Everyone’s world ends one day, and on certain days a lot of folks’ end at once. It looks like those type of days are about to become distrubingly common.
re: #3 Dave In Austin
So I guess you could upload anyones video to Pornhub correct? The screencap alone is worth it.
just checked pornhub (it’s research people). There are four pics of Ben on TV if you sort be most recents
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Dragon Fruit … do you have the courage to eat one? pic.twitter.com/GDAryAWqvt
— John Moffitt (@JohnRMoffitt) May 13, 2019
Trump mentions on Twitter today (Mother’s Day):
Mueller (4)
Biden (2)
Melania (0)#bebest— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 12, 2019
re: #6 Dave In Austin
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Oh those are great. I wish I could get them here in Wisconsin.
re: #8 William Lewis
Oh those are great. I wish I could get them here in Wisconsin.
You can’t? Come across the border, friend. I’m sure we have them here.
re: #7 Dread Pirate Union Local 13
More to the point would be his own mother. Zip.
re: #11 The Vicious Babushka
My 7 year old granddaughter painted this. 7 YEARS OLD! Li’l Michelangelo!
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You’re gonna need the biggest refrigerator…
re: #11 The Vicious Babushka
My 7 year old granddaughter painted this. 7 YEARS OLD! Li’l Michelangelo!
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That’s a keeper.
re: #6 Dave In Austin
Those are delicious! They’re a challenge to peel, but the insides are well worth the effort.
Pentagon will pull $1.5 billion in money from ballistic missile program (aging Minuteman III infrastructure) and surveillance plane programs (AWACS) to fund border wall, according to Pentagon document obtained by @washingtonpost https://t.co/eBEzkhOzZW
— Robbie Gramer (@RobbieGramer) May 13, 2019
re: #15 Dread Pirate Union Local 13
Because the threat of a land invasion by starving peasant families is so much greater than a sudden aerial attack by nations not friendly to us.
re: #2 I Would Prefer Not To
(It’s about our friend BS).
From reddit
I don’t listen to Ben, but if this is true, that’s hilarious:
re: #15 Dread Pirate Union Local 13
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I’m gonna love it when they start pulling money from programs my company works on to pay for this wall because the conservatives are going to flip.
re: #19 Belafon
I’m gonna love it when they start pulling money from programs my company works on to pay for this wall because the conservatives are going to flip.
They should be flipping now. The funds were allocated by Congress. Who is paying the lawsuits? not trump.
re: #15 Dread Pirate Union Local 13
How is that possible? I can just imagine if Obama had said he was moving a couple of billion from Defense to a health emergency. Congress would have had a collective stroke. So if Congress looks the other way, he can spend appropriated moneys however he chooses? GAH
re: #20 I Would Prefer Not To
They should be flipping now. The funds were allocated by Congress. Who is paying the lawsuits? not trump.
They should, but won’t until it affects their pocketbook.
re: #22 wrenchwench
I’d have her paint the whole fridge. H*ck, the whole kitchen.
Yeah it’s beautiful.
Doesn’t he know people are watching Game of Thrones?
….and the Democrat National Committee-The Democrat Party apparatus-has been caught using donor Dollars to Collude with Russian Intelligence to attack a domestic political opponent (me). The FBI has no leadership. The Director is protecting the same gang…..that tried to….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 13, 2019
….overthrow the President through an illegal coup.” (Recommended by previous DOJ) @TomFitton @JudicialWatch
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 13, 2019
re: #25 teleskiguy
Points of order, Donny:
Mueller *was* with the FBI. As Special Counsel, he’s an independent investigator. It is true, however, that the FBI has their own investigations going on.
Didn’t *you* nominate the latest FBI director? I guess he’s not giving you what you wanted.
A coup? Wishful thinking on your part.
Quit whining.
Must go to office now. BBL
re: #25 teleskiguy
Doesn’t he know people are watching Game of Thrones?
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He’s miserable because he knows he’s very likely to lose reelection and then face trial. Should have never ran for President.
— Ms. Ruthe de la Rosa (@MsRuthedelaRosa) May 13, 2019
re: #25 teleskiguy
Doesn’t he know people are watching Game of Thrones?
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I don’t believe he is actually writing that. In fact I don’t believe that he writes any of his Tweets, he uses a voice app, but this is way too coherent for POS45. Somebody is whispering Qcrap in his ears.
re: #26 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
Points of order, Donny:
Mueller *was* with the FBI. As Special Counsel, he’s an independent investigator. It is true, however, that the FBI has their own investigations going on.
Didn’t *you* nominate the latest FBI director? I guess he’s not giving you what you wanted.
A coup? Wishful thinking on your part.
Quit whining.
If he hadn’t fired Comey, things might be different but he’s so unprepared for the job still.
Oh My!!
A beautiful Mother’s day pic.twitter.com/RmRTjvtxis
— I luv being Teamster (@JimKilbane) May 13, 2019
Trump has called for a new deal with Iran, writes @SanamVakil, but most experts agree that Washington has undercut its prospects by turning to coercion instead of diplomacy and failing to create favorable conditions for Tehran to engage in talks.https://t.co/ycL7UGzkGr
— Foreign Affairs (@ForeignAffairs) May 13, 2019
re: #25 teleskiguy
Now we see why your nickname is Miss Information pic.twitter.com/6jX4p6zD2O
— Private Joker, USMC (@Infantry0300) May 13, 2019
Maybe some number, but not 6. THAT initiative was put forth by a GOP shill who knew that it would lead to four red and two blue states.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) May 13, 2019
re: #33 Dave In Austin
Oh My!!
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The girls are all grown up now. Barack and Michelle did a great job.
re: #37 Chrysicat
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Somehow I doubt they would be saying this if California were Republican still.
re: #39 HappyWarrior
Somehow I doubt they would be saying this if California were Republican still.
Actually, he claims to be a Kansas Dem in his profile. Prolly still right of Hickenlooper, let alone any other major Dem outside WV and MT, but I have faith he was unaware of the bad-faith circumstances in which it was originally proposed.
The thread is about ways to undo the gaming of the Senate that’s guaranteed to happen should it still exist in its current form by 2040.
re: #40 Chrysicat
Actually, he claims to be a Kansas Dem in his profile. Prolly still right of Hickenlooper, let alone any other major Dem outside WV and MT, but I have faith he was unaware of the bad-faith circumstances in which it was originally proposed.
The thread is about ways to undo the gaming of the Senate that’s guaranteed to happen should it still exist in its current form by 2040.
Ah ok. I still think it’s stupid to just break up states like that.
re: #41 HappyWarrior
Ah ok. I still think it’s stupid to just break up states like that.
I think at this point you have to look at all alternatives (and breaking up CA may indeed be one, but not in such a way as for only SF and LA to be capitals of blue states unless there are only three created). Another suggested one was to somehow make the bribes so strong that there’s #OneDakota, which would help somewhat. And of course, granting statehood to the remaining territories. 16 Senators for half the country is something that even the Founding Fathers never intended and had it started happening in their era, the OP agrees THEY would have done “something” about it.
re: #21 retired cynic
How is that possible? I can just imagine if Obama had said he was moving a couple of billion from Defense to a health emergency. Congress would have had a collective stroke. So if Congress looks the other way, he can spend appropriated moneys however he chooses? GAH
Not a precedent that the right-whingers will like when a democratic preznit does what you suggested.
Well, well, well… a little unexpected cash is nice. Got enough to afford 2 new DDR4 dimms for the beast (2x8gb) to kick it to 16 gig. I’ll have to see if I can find someone who needs 2 practically new 4gb sticks since this mobo only has 2 ram slots.
I’ll not miss the 2gb eaten by the CPU/GPU graphics quite so much that way :) and can actually give a VM a full 8gb too.
Kudlow is about to get fired
Trump economic adviser contradicts Trump, says China isn’t paying tariffs on goods going into US https://t.co/gdc7gWHt4d pic.twitter.com/Dxo3aBUwkM
— The Hill (@thehill) May 13, 2019
Chris talks to @larry_kudlow about who actually pays the tariffs with China if they were to be imposed #FNS pic.twitter.com/cwl89OyLDK
— FoxNewsSunday (@FoxNewsSunday) May 12, 2019
re: #43 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Not a precedent that the right-whingers will like when a democratic preznit does what you suggested.
Love the tpyo. Or maybe it was entirely intentional :-D
So planes can’t take down the twin towers, but dragons can destroy a castle? Where are the Game of Thrones truthers when you need them?
re: #47 I Would Prefer Not To
So planes can’t take down the twin towers, but dragons can destroy a castle? Where are the Game of Thrones truthers when you need them?
FIRE CAN’T MELT ROCK!!!!!!! WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!!!!
Boy, a pack of coyotes just sounded off right outside my door. I don’t want them bothering the horse, or going after my feral kitties, so I yelled and banged on the house and waved the flashlight around. Packs were in full cry off to the north and to the west, so there was quite a conclave going on. Haven’t heard them that close in many a long month.
Exactly:
There are few things Trump could do that would be worse for the world’s poorest countries than to dump free agricultural products on them, thereby decimating their local farmers and creating a much higher long-term risk of famine. https://t.co/oLrJRvtQsK
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) May 12, 2019
re: #51 Dread Pirate Union Local 13
I wouldn’t worry about it too much. When was the last time you remember Trump giving anything away for free? Even if it didn’t cost him anything.
re: #45 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Kudlow is about to get fired
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I occasionally order stuff from Dharma Trading and I got an email from them yesterday saying Chinese imports would be going up 10 to 25 percent in price. So yeah, first hand example of how tariffs are a damned tax.
Trump’s idiocy is on the news here in Japan too. Blergh.
re: #53 mmmirele
I occasionally order stuff from Dharma Trading and I got an email from them yesterday saying Chinese imports would be going up 10 to 25 percent in price. So yeah, first hand example of how tariffs are a damned tax.
Trump’s idiocy is on the news here in Japan too. Blergh.
Hmmm, I haven’t gotten that email yet, but I’m sure I will.
re: #47 I Would Prefer Not To
So planes can’t take down the twin towers, but dragons can destroy a castle? Where are the Game of Thrones truthers when you need them?
There were no steel structural beams in the castle.
re: #50 Interesting Times
Exactly:
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So… do they want to outlaw heart transplants?
Because the donor heart is absolutely definitely coming from a being with a heartbeat.
re: #51 Dread Pirate Union Local 13
How does anyone even make sense of Trump’s tweets at this point? Like I know what each of those words mean, individually, but collectively and in that order? Not a fucking clue.
re: #57 KGxvi
You need the secret decoder ring. Available from the Trump campaign store for $199.99.
Meanwhile, I’m off to bed, so hasta mañana, Lizards.
Episode 5 was like a Steve Bannon fever dream; so clearly invoking 9/11 imagery while foreign hordes embark on a rape and murder spree.
re: #59 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Episode 5 was like a Steve Bannon fever dream; so clearly invoking 9/11 imagery while foreign hordes embark on a rape and murder spree.
My new theory (which I swear I developed before this episode) is that this ends with the Seven Kingdoms again being 7 kingdoms.
I could see something like Tyrion as King of the Rock, Sansa as Queen in the North, Robin Arryn as King of the Vale, whoever the new prince of Dorne is, Yara Greyjoy ruling the Iron Islands, maybe Gendry as king of the stormlands ruling from Storm’s End. But I don’t know who rules the Reach…
re: #60 KGxvi
My new theory (which I swear I developed before this episode) is that this ends with the Seven Kingdoms again being 7 kingdoms.
I could see something like Tyrion as King of the Rock, Sansa as Queen in the North, Robin Arryn as King of the Vale, whoever the new prince of Dorne is, Yara Greyjoy ruling the Iron Islands, maybe Gendry as king of the stormlands ruling from Storm’s End. But I don’t know who rules the Reach…
Looks like either Jon or Arya will kill Dany.
The reason I’m only partway there is that I know full well that even if it were in place, THIS SCOTUS would be likely to interpret it as “for writing or passing a law that’s prevented by FEDERAL law” and there goes the Colorado pot-conemy.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) May 13, 2019
re: #61 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Looks like either Jon or Arya will kill Dany.
“Jon”? You’re sure it’s not better to be calling him Aegon at this point? :-P
I get the point you’re trying to make, but I have yet to meet a hetero woman who enthusiastically participates in sex.
— Brad Anderson (@andybradhv) May 12, 2019
This is an epic self own. https://t.co/fgdqiLpOnG
— A Bit Snitty (@goddamnedfrank) May 13, 2019
re: #63 Chrysicat
“Jon”? You’re sure it’s not better to be calling him Aegon at this point? :-P
The Aegon thing has been bugging me since it first happened… Rhaegar already had a son named Aegon (killed by the Mountain). Why would he name another son the same thing? I mean, wouldn’t it make more sense to call him Aemon, like the Night’s Watch maester? Who, at least in the books, used to correspond by raven with Rhaegar
re: #65 KGxvi
The Aegon thing has been bugging me since it first happened… Rhaegar already had a son named Aegon (killed by the Mountain). Why would he name another son the same thing? I mean, wouldn’t it make more sense to call him Aemon, like the Night’s Watch maester? Who, at least in the books, used to correspond by raven with Rhaegar
Huh. I guess there’ll be Aegon their faces…
This is the most inspiring thing I’ve seen in a long time.
Much respect to this brother stopping young brothers from fighting pic.twitter.com/CWGNxrDoMl
— Don Salmon (@dijoni) May 12, 2019
O’Rourke, Hickenlooper, Bullock, and Castro, who could run for Senate against GOP incumbents (in TX/CO/MT/TX) but are running for president instead, are polling at 2%, 1%, 0%, and 0%. https://t.co/M35Toxuxs2
— Taniel (@Taniel) May 12, 2019
re: #65 KGxvi
The Aegon thing has been bugging me since it first happened… Rhaegar already had a son named Aegon (killed by the Mountain). Why would he name another son the same thing? I mean, wouldn’t it make more sense to call him Aemon, like the Night’s Watch maester? Who, at least in the books, used to correspond by raven with Rhaegar
Of course, he could be doing the George Forman thing — naming all his sons Aegon.//
I agree with you- always thought it would be Aemon. In any case, I think the past three seasons are the Barr interpretation of GRRM. But unfortunately, we’ll never see the unredacted novels. I refuse to believe much of what the showrunners did is actually George’s will. The books and the show have so diverged, they are different animals.
re: #1 I Would Prefer Not To
When do we get the light at the end of the tunnel?
I still stick to my statement that things have to get worse before they can start getting better. We are now at the stage where it is hard to remember that.
re: #45 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Trump economic adviser contradicts Trump, says China isn’t paying tariffs on goods going into US
So we had this discussion: he is not lying, he is just too fucking stupid to understand trade.
re: #73 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
So we had this discussion: he is not lying, he is just too fucking stupid to understand trade.
Or much of anything else.
OTOH — he may not be quite so stupid as we believe — it’s his supporters who are total morons.
re: #74 Hecuba’s daughter
Or much of anything else.
OTOH — he may not be quite so stupid as we believe — it’s his supporters who are total morons.
Nor do they understand the flip side that tariffs on steel or other materials that we import also raise the price of goods that we manufacture…
re: #68 goddamnedfrank
damn that really gets me in the feels
re: #64 goddamnedfrank
Heh, he seems to have deleted it.
re: #64 goddamnedfrank
I get the point you’re trying to make, but I have yet to meet a hetero woman who enthusiastically participates in sex.
— Brad Anderson]
He sums up the incel’s key problem: they do not see any lack of interest or enthusiasm on the woman’s part as having anything to do with them personally.
… because I wrote this https://t.co/xloKgYQp4i
— Prof Stavrakopoulou (@ProfFrancesca) May 13, 2019
Sweden has re-opened the rape case against Julian Assange.
Damned if you do, damned if you don’t!
And in America, religious families teach their teenage girls to remain virginally pure until marriage while their peers and the media teach them that to be considered attractive and popular, you have to be a totally in-your-face sex bomb.
I cleaned my coffee pot and now my coffee is terrible. I wish I didn’t buy three cases of cheap coffee. Blech.
re: #87 Shropshire Slasher
I cleaned my coffee pot and now my coffee is terrible. I wish I didn’t buy three cases of cheap coffee. Blech.
oh dear. I rinse mine out and even scrape it with a brush but never clean it.
Pretty sure this is important.
Really important, actually.
Trump Has Now Shifted $1.3 Million Of Campaign-Donor Money Into His Business https://t.co/WZCqykA95n— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) May 12, 2019
re: #87 Shropshire Slasher
I cleaned my coffee pot and now my coffee is terrible. I wish I didn’t buy three cases of cheap coffee. Blech.
What material is it? If it’s aluminium, boil water in once or twice it so it darkens to regenerate the oxide layer, or your coffee will taste like a chemical factory. This is also a good rule to follow with any Aluminium kitchen implement.
re: #88 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
oh dear. I rinse mine out and even scrape it with a brush but never clean it.
Same here for my Moka Express, rinse and brush, only proper cleaned it when it entered into service in my home.
re: #89 Patricia Kayden
Pretty sure this is important.
Really important, actually.Trump Has Now Shifted $1.3 Million Of Campaign-Donor Money Into His Business
Broke-ahontas!!!
Swedish prosecutors will reopen their inquiry into a rape allegation against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. pic.twitter.com/xFTMqhzy1L
— Radio Sweden (@radiosweden) May 13, 2019
Persson said “there is still a probable cause to suspect that Assange committed a rape.” adding that “a new questioning of Assange is required.”
— Radio Sweden (@radiosweden) May 13, 2019
The Swedish Prosecution Authority says “UK authorities will decide on the order of priority” when it comes to whether Assange will be sent to Sweden or the US to face questioning or possible indictments. https://t.co/TzkSnownMJ
— Radio Sweden (@radiosweden) May 13, 2019
Radio Sweden: Prosecutors reopen alleged rape case against Julian Assange
re: #90 Teukka
It is a glass pot and a Cuisinart brand with a tapered gold filter. The “clean” light comes on and won’t go off until I run the clean cycle. I just used straight vinegar, and again with water to flush. I really think it is the coffee I use. I thought about donating it to the local food pantry, but I really didn’t want to inflict that kind of suffering. Maybe to my local church.
re: #94 Shropshire Slasher
It is a glass pot and a Cuisinart brand with a tapered gold filter. The “clean” light comes on and won’t go off until I run the clean cycle. I just used straight vinegar, and again with water to flush. I really think it is the coffee I use. I thought about donating it to the local food pantry, but I really didn’t want to inflict that kind of suffering. Maybe to my local church.
The coffee, is it something which still tastes like the froth from the bottom of hells dumpster when milk/cream and sweeteners are added? If it is acceptable, one thing to consider is making iced coffee. Also, some types of coffee are very sensitive to standing with the heat on, the rule in the house of Teukka is to transfer the coffee to a thermos or turn off the power once the brewing machine is done.
JFC
Has anyone noticed that all the Boston @RedSox have done is WIN since coming to the White House! Others also have done very well. The White House visit is becoming the opposite of being on the cover of Sports Illustrated! By the way, the Boston players were GREAT guys!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 13, 2019
re: #94 Shropshire Slasher
It is a glass pot and a Cuisinart brand with a tapered gold filter. The “clean” light comes on and won’t go off until I run the clean cycle. I just used straight vinegar, and again with water to flush. I really think it is the coffee I use. I thought about donating it to the local food pantry, but I really didn’t want to inflict that kind of suffering. Maybe to my local church.
I used to buy cheap coffee. Now I get this instead: smile.amazon.com
Boil some water, let stand for a a couple of minutes adn a much better cuppa than 90% of the coffee i used to drink.
re: #96 Backwoods_Sleuth
JFC
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It really should be illegal to stroke one’s ego like that in public. But we can see that Donny is feeling offended that teams and players are choosing to snub his invites than be associated with him.
re: #96 Backwoods_Sleuth
JFC
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Have you noticed that teams stopped coming to the WH when you became President? Maybe take a hint that you shouldn’t be such a raging douchebag. You couldn’t even spell Red Sox or say what they won last week. Just shut up.
re: #98 Targetpractice
It really should be illegal to stroke one’s ego like that in public. But we can see that Donny is feeling offended that teams and players are choosing to snub his invites than be associated with him.
Imagine if Obama had said anything about the few white players who refused to see him.
re: #94 Shropshire Slasher
It is a glass pot and a Cuisinart brand with a tapered gold filter. The “clean” light comes on and won’t go off until I run the clean cycle. I just used straight vinegar, and again with water to flush. I really think it is the coffee I use. I thought about donating it to the local food pantry, but I really didn’t want to inflict that kind of suffering. Maybe to my local church.
I’d suggest “flushing” a couple more times without coffee in the filter. And btw, maybe the problem is in the water, not the coffeemaker. If your “clean” light isn’t timed, it probably means you have mineral buildup. We use [the finest] tap water [in the world] here in NYC, but at our summer place, where the water is moderately hard, we’ve never used anything but filtered water for tea or coffee, maybe that will help.
Oh, and cheap/bad coffee never helps. Sorry about that.
re: #97 William Lewis
I used to buy cheap coffee. Now I get this instead: smile.amazon.com
Boil some water, let stand for a a couple of minutes adn a much better cuppa than 90% of the coffee i used to drink.
These two are the only ones which have the House of Teukka seal of approval:
arvidnordquist.com
gevalia.se
re: #96 Backwoods_Sleuth
Has anyone noticed that all the Boston @RedSox have done is WIN since coming to the White House! Others also have done very well. The White House visit is becoming the opposite of being on the cover of Sports Illustrated! By the way, the Boston players were GREAT guys!
at least he didn’t whine (or at least hasn’t yet whined) about the Red Socks players who chose not to show up
this is pathetic
Also, congratulations to @OANN on the great job you are doing and the big ratings jump (“thank you President Trump”)!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 13, 2019
re: #84 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Damned if you do, damned if you don’t!
And in America, religious families teach their teenage girls to remain virginally pure until marriage while their peers and the media teach them that to be considered attractive and popular, you have to be a totally in-your-face sex bomb.
The UK Guardian goes where the American Corporate Controlled Conservative Press won’t…
Evangelical backing for a thrice-married celebrity is not as odd as it seems: on abortion, the supreme court and more, the president keeps delivering
re: #98 Targetpractice
It really should be illegal to stroke one’s ego like that in public. But we can see that Donny is feeling offended that teams and players are choosing to snub his invites than be associated with him.
re: #104 Backwoods_Sleuth
this is pathetic
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Aren’t the laws against indecent exposure applicable here?
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re: #90 Teukka
What material is it? If it’s aluminium, boil water in once or twice it so it darkens to regenerate the oxide layer, or your coffee will taste like a chemical factory. This is also a good rule to follow with any Aluminium kitchen implement.
Same here for my Moka Express, rinse and brush, only proper cleaned it when it entered into service in my home.
I just scrub my Chemex pot every day before I go to bed. Always have great tasting coffee even if it’s Chock Full O’Nuts!
re: #105 Joe Bacon 🌹
The UK Guardian goes where the American Corporate Controlled Conservative Press won’t…
Evangelical backing for a thrice-married celebrity is not as odd as it seems: on abortion, the supreme court and more, the president keeps delivering
And that is why they are prepared to overlook his moral shortcomings
An awesome one… pic.twitter.com/mRpNM6ew1M
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) May 13, 2019
re: #107 Joe Bacon 🌹
I just scrub my Chemex pot every day before I go to bed. Always have great tasting coffee even if it’s Chock Full O’Nuts!
Basic rule of thumb is keep any part that touches coffee grounds or liquid coffee as clean as a whistle. Rinse with lots of water, unless you like the flavor of dish detergent. Vinegar is good for removing scale inside coffee makers, but rinse rinse rinse after treatment.
But if your coffee beans/ground coffee are shite, then all is lost.
re: #108 Joe Bacon 🌹
This is the Chemex model I have. Makes great tasting coffee every time!
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IIRC Chemex was invented by a chemist, who figured lab glassware could be adapted for making coffee.
Also, the latest Game of Thrones episode was “holy shit!”
No spoilers.
China tells Trump, “Oh yeah? Two can place this game!”
China says it will raise tariffs on $60 billion in U.S. goods starting June 1 after ‘escalation’ in trade frictions
The announcement from the Finance Ministry in Beijing comes days after the United States raised tariffs on some Chinese imports as talks to resolve a trade fight between the countries faltered.
From my WaPo email alert. I’ve used up my free visits for the month already.
Trump and China are playing a game of chicken at this point, waiting to see who flinches first.
re: #116 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
China tells Trump, “Oh yeah? Two can place this game!”
From my WaPo email alert. I’ve used up my free visits for the month already.
Trump and China are playing a game of chicken at this point, waiting to see who flinches first.
Will China slap a tariff on all goods made by Ivanka and Daddy????
re: #116 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
China tells Trump, “Oh yeah? Two can place this game!”
From my WaPo email alert. I’ve used up my free visits for the month already.
Trump and China are playing a game of chicken at this point, waiting to see who flinches first.
China can sustain a lot more damage before it starts to alter its course…they do not have elections to contend with.
re: #117 Joe Bacon 🌹
Will China slap a tariff on all goods made by Ivanka and Daddy????
No, they don’t want that crap, they just make it.
re: #118 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
China can sustain a lot more damage before it starts to alter its course…they do not have elections to contend with.
China has not burned its bridges with other trading partners, either. In fact, it’s picking up the ones the USA has lost, thanks to Trump’s mercantilism.
China’s central bank can pump up the economy to cope with the trade war. China has huge gold reserves, and billions in US securities. Hard for me to say how the tariffs will affect JQ Public here, though.
So, just for the sake of review, in the past two weeks:
- The US-backed coup in Venezuela failed and the opposition leader had to take refuge in a foreign embassy to avoid arrest
- Kim not only got buddy-buddy with Putin in a very public meeting, but resumed missile tests after Donny took credit for having got the regime to bring a stop to them
- And now the US-China trade talks have effectively come to halt as Xi has called bullshit on Donny’s “negotiations” and also called his bluff on tariffs, knowing that the US economy is the Trump campaign’s only real card to play.
re: #120 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
China’s central bank can pump up the economy to cope with the trade war. China has huge gold reserves, and billions in US securities. Hard for me to say how the tariffs will affect JQ Public here, though.
They will harm consumers, but not put of Trump supporters because they see this as him Standing Up For America
re: #124 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They will harm consumers, but not put of Trump supporters because they see this as him Standing Up For America
By here, I mean China. Not many Trump supporters here, AFAIK.
re: #125 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
By here, I mean China. Not many Trump supporters here, AFAIK.
it will hurt people on both sides, but the outcomes will be different. China will expand into new trading partners, the US will dig deeper into economic isolationism
re: #124 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They will harm consumers, but not put of Trump supporters because they see this as him Standing Up For America
Ayep. Farmers, factory workers, and all sorts of folks being screwed by his policies are going to bankruptcy court declaring “It’ll all work out in the end!”
re: #120 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
China has not burned its bridges with other trading partners, either. In fact, it’s picking up the ones the USA has lost, thanks to Trump’s mercantilism.
China’s central bank can pump up the economy to cope with the trade war. China has huge gold reserves, and billions in US securities. Hard for me to say how the tariffs will affect JQ Public here, though.
Watch what happens when China dumps Treasury securities…
re: #126 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
it will hurt people on both sides, but the outcomes will be different. China will expand into new trading partners, the US will dig deeper into economic isolationism
Yup. Like I said before, Trump is doing exactly the opposite of what he promised in the campaign. He is not improving America’s standing in the world. He’s not making it “great again.” Quite the opposite. He’s reneged on hard-won trade and political agreements to the point that no nation will dare trust the word of the USA (assuming they ever did).
He’s that horse in the hospital.
re: #127 Targetpractice
Ayep. Farmers, factory workers, and all sorts of folks being screwed by his policies are going to bankruptcy court declaring “It’ll all work out in the end!”
Falling on their swords to pwn China.
Every day, I see what Trump does and shake my head, thinking how can it get any worse? Then the next day comes.
re: #127 Targetpractice
Ayep. Farmers, factory workers, and all sorts of folks being screwed by his policies are going to bankruptcy court declaring “It’ll all work out in the end!”
And they will still vote Republican because they hate colored people.
9:35. Pompeo and Bolton trying to start another Middle Eastern war. Full blown trade war with China roiling global markets. A president who knows less about economics than the tomatoes I planted Saturday.
Could be a long week. pic.twitter.com/K60qcIyjE4— Jim Himes (@jahimes) May 13, 2019
I would have planted tomatoes this weekend, but it was raining for most of it.
re: #134 lawhawk
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I would have planted tomatoes this weekend, but it was raining for most of it.
Tomato-head for Secretary of Commerce!
re: #134 lawhawk
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I would have planted tomatoes this weekend, but it was raining for most of it.
And yet he will still start with a guaranteed 40% of the vote next November.
re: #102 Teukka
These two are the only ones which have the House of Teukka seal of approval:
arvidnordquist.com
gevalia.se
I only buy Gevalia coffee. Zedushka signed up for their “Coffee Club” about 10 years ago thinking that he would get the free coffee maker and then opt out. We don’t drink any other kind of coffee since then (although we did opt out of the Coffee Club since you can buy it in the stores now)
re: #135 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
Tomato-head for Secretary of Commerce!
And Half-an-Onion in a Bag for president.
Trump’s potted plant advisers tell Trump what he wants to hear, and when they don’t, it ends their time in Trumpworld.
Kudlow is on the hot seat as the trade war continues to backfire on Trump, and Americans are paying an average of $500 more for goods thanks to Trump having no clue how tariffs work - Americans are the ones paying for the imported Chinese goods, not China.
Meanwhile, Chinese tariffs end up hitting American businesses trying to sell their goods in China, because they become more expensive, so the Chinese go elsewhere. We see that with the farmers - China is getting soybeans from places other than the US so American farmers got whacked. Trump offers up a bailout to the farmers for the damage Trump’s done to their livelihood.
What’s worse is that these folks who are harmed most continue voting for Trump. They think they’re winning? Trump lies/misinforms, and his base goes along with it no matter what.
re: #136 Targetpractice
And yet he will still start with a guaranteed 40% of the vote next November.
He’s actually working to reduce that number. That might be his biggest accomplishment.
re: #136 Targetpractice
And yet he will still start with a guaranteed 40% of the vote next November.
It’s not only his floor, but it’s near his ceiling.
This is my coffee maker. It’s great!
re: #142 The Vicious Babushka
This is my coffee maker. It’s great!
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I have been using a French Press for most of the past 10 years. A bit of a pain in the butt to clean up after, but the best and simplest solution for my tastes.
re: #144 DangerMan
Social Security is socilism
Socilisms is evil
sooner we get rid of it, the stronger our economy will be
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re: #134 lawhawk
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Us east-coasters had noachian rain all weekend and it continues …. We were supposed to have a barbeque in honor of our office reorg and that ain’t happening. Party inside - woo hoo.
re: #146 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Us east-coasters had noachian rain all weekend and it continues …. We were supposed to have a barbeque in honor of our office reorg and that ain’t happening. Party inside - woo hoo.
Take the grill inside and you’ll never have a better party after it.
re: #141 lawhawk
It’s not only his floor, but it’s near his ceiling.
Saw a news headline yesterday that stated (paraphrased) “Trump is going into reelection with the best economy since Clinton in ‘96.” So you already see the media trying to gear up for the argument that Donny deserves “credit” for Obama’s economy and any Dem who criticizes such is “talking down” the economy.
Apple argued that consumers who bought apps were not “direct purchasers” from Apple and thus could not sue the company. The court disagrees. This is a very rare GOOD antitrust decision from SCOTUS. https://t.co/mmrEEp2YDM
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) May 13, 2019
re: #149 lawhawk
Apple argued that consumers who bought apps were not “direct purchasers” from Apple and thus could not sue the company. The court disagrees. This is a very rare GOOD antitrust decision from SCOTUS
you mean Apple cannot have its cake and eat it, too?
re: #148 Targetpractice
Saw a news headline yesterday that stated (paraphrased) “Trump is going into reelection with the best economy since Clinton in ‘96.” So you already see the media trying to gear up for the argument that Donny deserves “credit” for Obama’s economy and any Dem who criticizes such is “talking down” the economy.
And for many, that will be reason enough to re-elect Trump.
re: #148 Targetpractice
Saw a news headline yesterday that stated (paraphrased) “Trump is going into reelection with the best economy since Clinton in ‘96.” So you already see the media trying to gear up for the argument that Donny deserves “credit” for Obama’s economy and any Dem who criticizes such is “talking down” the economy.
Once again the Washington Press Corpse goes into full GOP asskissing mode.
O_o
Bernie Sanders, “The Economy is doing well, and I’m sure I don’t have to give Trump any credit - I’m sure he’ll take all the credit that he wants.” Wrong Bernie, the Economy is doing GREAT, and would have CRASHED if my opponent (and yours), Crooked Hillary Clinton, had ever won!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 13, 2019
and this is ridiculously taken out of context…actually done deliberately:
Democrat Rep. Tlaib is being slammed for her horrible and highly insensitive statement on the Holocaust. She obviously has tremendous hatred of Israel and the Jewish people. Can you imagine what would happen if I ever said what she said, and says?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 13, 2019
re: #140 Belafon
He’s actually working to reduce that number. That might be his biggest accomplishment.
I think the thing I see too many people doing is conflating approval ratings with votes. The last polling before the last election had Trump with a 61% unfavorable rating.
Obama’s approval rating before his re-election was sitting around where Trump is now. People don’t vote in a vacuum and so much depends on the eventual challenger.
re: #154 danarchy
I think the thing I see too many people doing is conflating approval ratings with votes. The last polling before the last election had Trump with a 61% unfavorable rating.
Obama’s approval rating before his re-election was sitting around where Trump is now. People don’t vote in a vacuum and so much depends on the eventual challenger.
No, people don’t vote in a vacuum. When they’re feeling comfortable, a lot of people will vote racism and controlling women (see 2000, 2016). When their livelihood and pocketbooks get hammered, they vote Democrat. And Trump really seems to be trying to repeat that.
heh…the ratings will be YUGE…
President Trump reportedly fears “that Americans would be captivated by seeing and hearing” Robert Muller testify before Congress on national television, according to AP https://t.co/YcqKC5YQ97
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 13, 2019
What’s depressing about this isn’t that a hate-monger like Liz Cheney would take two words out of context and twist them 180 degrees to smear Rashida Tlaib. That we’ve come to expect. What’s depressing is that she knows the smear will be amplified by the media, and she’s right. https://t.co/iI5EPmIvRD
— Paul Waldman (@paulwaldman1) May 13, 2019
re: #156 Backwoods_Sleuth
heh…the ratings will be YUGE…
And the SNL skit with De Niro sitting calmly while the cast is playing Republicans foaming at the mouth would be a must see as well.
re: #157 Backwoods_Sleuth
What’s depressing about this isn’t that a hate-monger like Liz Cheney would take two words out of context and twist them 180 degrees to smear Rashida Tlaib. That we’ve come to expect. What’s depressing is that she knows the smear will be amplified by the media, and she’s right.
She wears a headscarf, therefore, the words they expect to come out of her mouth are shouts of “Jihad!” and “Allahu Akhbar!” and that is all they are going to hear.
“The Praying Medic” explains how the coming mass arrests will destroy the Democratic Party for a generation, just like the Nuremberg trials destroyed the Nazi Party. pic.twitter.com/nllx7Lq4lr
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) May 13, 2019
NEW POLL: McSally and Kelly tied in Arizona Senate race https://t.co/1bt9l14fbF pic.twitter.com/vLkVr4d2DZ
— The Hill (@thehill) May 13, 2019
re: #159 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Because she wears a headscarf, therefore, the words they expect to come out of her mouth are shouts of “Jihad!” and “Allahu Akhbar!” and that is all they are going to hear.
Like this?
How money flows from Amazon to 8chan
by Judd Legum, Popular Information
re: #162 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
The artist is Huda Fahmy, by the way. I found her by chance on Instagram and have enjoyed her comics immensely. She’s got a book of them out now. She’s from VB’s neck of the woods.
re: #156 Backwoods_Sleuth
heh…the ratings will be YUGE…
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re: #161 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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I think Arizona can be won both in the Senate and in the Presidential election with the right candidate and message.
Tariff Man is currently losing the trade war with China: -560.72 (-2.16%)
re: #153 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I see we’re doing this thing again where
- Someone on the left says something genuinely wrong & offensive about Jews
- Republicans demagogue & inflate it
- Progressives call out the Republicans for that while conveniently sidestepping the original offense
- Leaving Jews hanging— (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) May 13, 2019
re: #170 Belafon
What did she say?
From interview transcript:
DK: So congresswoman, you’ve created something of a stir by coming out in favor of a one-state solution, Israel and Palestine, and I think you may be the only Democrat who’s publicly supported a one-state solution, what is your vision for a one-state solution that meets both Palestinian and Israeli-Jewish national aspirations.
RT: Absolutely. Let me tell you, I mean, for me, just two weeks ago or so, we celebrated, but just took a moment I think in our country to remember the Holocaust. There’s kind of a calming feeling, I always tell folks, when I think of the Holocaust and the tragedy of the Holocaust and the fact that it was my ancestors, Palestinians who lost their land and some lost their lives, their livelihood, their human dignity, their existence in some ways had been wiped out…all of it was in the name of trying to create a safe haven for Jews, post the Holocaust, post the tragedy and horrific persecution of Jews across the world at that time. And, I love the fact that it was my ancestors that provided that, right? In many ways. But they did it in a way that took their human dignity away, right? And it was forced on them. And so, when I think about a one-state, I think about the fact, why can’t we do it in a better way where — and I don’t want people to do it in the name of Judaism, just like I don’t want people to use Islam in that way — it has to be done in the way of values around equality and around the fact that you shouldn’t oppress others so that you can feel free and safe. Why can’t we all be free and safe together?
re: #171 Eventual Carrion
I think I know what she’s trying to say, but that is some real flow of consciousness word salad there.
re: #172 calochortus
I think I know what she’s trying to say, but that is some real flow of consciousness word salad there.
I agree. I had to read it three times to correctly parse why thinking of the Holocaust is, on one level at least, calming to her.
re: #172 calochortus
I think I know what she’s trying to say, but that is some real flow of consciousness word salad there.
I’m imagining the story of the establishment of Oklahoma told from a Native American POV.
Edit: And no, it’s not a direct parallel.
re: #174 Belafon
I’m imagining the story of the establishment of Oklahoma told from a Native American POV.
Edit: And no, it’s not a direct parallel.
I added a comment.
re: #171 Eventual Carrion
- “can we all JUST get along? Can we get along?”
or simpler: “liberty and justice for all”
re: #172 calochortus
I think I know what she’s trying to say, but that is some real flow of consciousness word salad there.
I hate to say it, but she really has to plan and expect her words to be taken out and twisted and speak accordingly. And be prepared to counter the inevitable.
Because if she runs into a burning house to toss a child to the firefighters waiting below, the headlines will read: “Omar Throws Baby out of Window!”
In defense of Tlaib though, I don’t believe there is any rule, guideline or law requiring congresspeople to support Israel.
I mean, she wasn’t elected to support Israel, she was elected to support her constituents. Given her background, I can’t really fault her for not being all: “Israel, fuck yeah!”.
re: #174 Belafon
I’m imagining the story of the establishment of Oklahoma told from a Native American POV.
It reminds me of myself in my younger days earnestly explaining some point or other, possibly after imbibing a glass of wine. Which explains why no one ever asked me to run for political office. I assume she’ll get it all figured out given some time.
re: #172 calochortus
I think I know what she’s trying to say, but that is some real flow of consciousness word salad there.
It is a Palinesque word salad.
re: #180 thecommodore
It is a Palinesque word salad.
Except that Palin, as far as I know, has never moved beyond word salad. I have hope for Tlaib.
It’s amazing that some still think Trump’s trade wars amount to “economic populism.”
The only surviving remnants of his populism are the *xenophobic nationalist* elements of it.
It’s no accident that Trump says he’s making both Mexico & China “pay” us:https://t.co/xwofSY9LVX pic.twitter.com/h6DvgyPxkL— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) May 13, 2019
Tehran Tom serving up one hell of a hot take:
“There will be some sacrifice on the part of Americans, I grant you that. But also that sacrifice is pretty minimal compared to the sacrifices that our soldiers make overseas that are fallen heroes or laid to rest,” @SenTomCotton on trade war with China pic.twitter.com/lqlEZtaeBs
— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) May 13, 2019
I think non-Jews and I’m among them need to look at the Holocaust as not the actions of good groups and bad groups but individuals. The Jewish people were specifically targeted by the Nazis for genocide. Yes, other groups suffered including the Slavic peoples and political groups like Socialists and Communists but the Jews were the group singled out. There were individuals in occupied Europe that did their best to help Europe’s Jews and there were individuals that did their worst to aid in the genocide of Europe’s Jews. I kind of get why Tlaid is a little defensive because so many on the right want to write off the Palestinian people as all being like the Mufti and all Christians as being like Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
re: #183 Targetpractice
Tehran Tom serving up one hell of a hot take:
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More cult of the soldier crap. Why do we need this trade war with Tom? And if making products in China is so bad, Tom, why did Trump and so many in your party support doing it for years?
re: #179 calochortus
It reminds me of myself in my younger days earnestly explaining some point or other, possibly after imbibing a glass of wine. Which explains why no one ever asked me to run for political office. I assume she’ll get it all figured out given some time.
I think we’d be far more realistic of what can be accomplished if we brought up the West Bank and Gaza in stories other than when they’re bombing Israel or Israel is retaliating or annexing their land.
Justice Breyer with the line of the day (or perhaps next quarter century) in his Hyatt dissent:
“Today’s decision can only cause one to wonder which cases the Court will overrule next.” pic.twitter.com/qhwoeRMCA8— Michael Li 李之樸 (@mcpli) May 13, 2019
Justice Breyer’s warning this morning is as stark as others are saying. https://t.co/1R7RmrQ5WP pic.twitter.com/jyZphTecpA
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) May 13, 2019
We need to attack this nationalism. If patriotism is I love my country, nationalism is my country above all else, fuck your country. Trump’s nationalism comes from a place of not understanding how crucial global and transnational cooperation is to making the world a more peaceful place.
re: #188 Backwoods_Sleuth
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The #SCOTUS opinion in Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt is available on the Supreme Court’s website at this link: https://t.co/4IYjs7FBo0
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) May 13, 2019
re: #188 Backwoods_Sleuth
Jeez, pretty soon they are going to overturn Oates as well.
I can’t go for that, no can do…
re: #188 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m not sure how I feel about that case, Breyer’s warning notwithstanding. Using state A to overrule state B seems a bit dubious. I would think they would have needed to make it a federal case.
re: #190 Backwoods_Sleuth
Now that they’ve overturned one really old law, they’re laying the groundwork to overturn another…
re: #193 Eclectic Cyborg
Now that they’ve overturned one really old law, they’re laying the groundwork to overturn another…
Roberts can be so frustrating because sometimes he will uphold precedent but other times he will overturn it i.e. VRA.
re: #193 Eclectic Cyborg
Now that they’ve overturned one really old law, they’re laying the groundwork to overturn another…
We know which one goes next and all hell will break loose when they kill Roe V Wade.
Let’s say next June rolls around and the court overturns Roe. That would be about five months before the election.
Would that help Trump or hurt him?
re: #195 Joe Bacon 🌹
We know which one goes next and all hell will break loose when they kill Roe V Wade.
I can’t see Roberts killing it since he knows how much the R’s need it to rail against but I have no doubt that he will cripple it in a way that makes legal abortion a luxury.
re: #173 Eclectic Cyborg
I agree. I had to read it three times to correctly parse why thinking of the Holocaust is, on one level at least, calming to her.
I don’t think it’s all that hard to understand. And she certainly isn’t remembering the Holocaust itself fondly.
re: #196 Eclectic Cyborg
Let’s say next June rolls around and the court overturns Roe. That would be about five months before the election.
Would that help Trump or hurt him?
I can’t say. I would say hurt though. You’re going to see a lot of women voters mobilized like never before but I don’t want to sacrifice women for Roe because I know how hard it was to get to Roe and to have it upheld now for close to 50 years.
re: #197 HappyWarrior
I can’t see Roberts killing it since he knows how much the R’s need it to rail against but I have no doubt that he will cripple it in a way that makes legal abortion a luxury.
Watch them uphold the heartbeat bills….
re: #197 HappyWarrior
I can’t see Roberts killing it since he knows how much the R’s need it to rail against but I have no doubt that he will cripple it in a way that makes legal abortion a luxury.
Which is basically the situation that existed before Roe v Wade
LBC caller says there are too many trans people on TV – can’t name any.https://t.co/m1RVsrwera pic.twitter.com/mTJFmIqAZ6
— The Poke (@ThePoke) May 13, 2019
re: #199 HappyWarrior
I can’t say. I would say hurt though. You’re going to see a lot of women voters mobilized like never before but I don’t want to sacrifice women for Roe because I know how hard it was to get to Roe and to have it upheld now for close to 50 years.
If they overturn Roe, it will be hard to get a law through to restore it that won’t be challenged. But it will only take replacing one justice, Thomas, to fix it.
re: #202 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #203 Belafon
If they overturn Roe, it will be hard to get a law through to restore it that won’t be challenged. But it will only take replacing one justice, Thomas, to fix it.
I am hoping that should Roe get overturned, we eventually get a decision that is stronger. I get why abortion is an emotional issue but abortion needs to be legal and safe as possible.
re: #203 Belafon
If they overturn Roe, it will be hard to get a law through to restore it that won’t be challenged. But it will only take replacing one justice, Thomas, to fix it.
Overturning RvW has been the wet dream of religious fundamentalists for decades, they are going to put maximum effort into realizing that while the window of opportunity is open
re: #181 calochortus
Except that Palin, as far as I know, has never moved beyond word salad. I have hope for Tlaib.
I do too. And her statement, as garbled as is was, is being taken out of context (as Ilhan Omar’s was about 9/11) in a way that would make Andrew Breitbart proud.
re: #206 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Overturning RvW has been the wet dream of religious fundamentalists for decades, they are going to put maximum effort into realizing that while the window of opportunity is open
In one way though, overturning Roe may weaken them because what else will they have to rage against? Yeah Obergefell but I think Roe is a lot easier to rage against than Obergefell.
re: #205 HappyWarrior
I am hoping that should Roe get overturned, we eventually get a decision that is stronger. I get why abortion is an emotional issue but abortion needs to be legal and safe as possible.
What we will need is legislation mandating it, and a court ruling that it’s constitutional.
re: #208 HappyWarrior
In one way though, overturning Roe may weaken them because what else will they have to rage against? Yeah Obergefell but I think Roe is a lot easier to rage against than Obergefell.
Then they will get back to work on restoring organized prayer in schools and organized religion in public places, making it legal to deny LGBT rights and have Islam declared a non-religion….they have a long laundry list, but Roe v Wade was just the major item
This thread was tweeted by a someone who needs to be committed to a mental institution. Now. https://t.co/anX7P5v9vn
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) May 13, 2019
this is what happens when the bees that live inside Trump’s head get into a turf war with the brain worms
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) May 13, 2019
re: #210 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Then they will get back to work on restoring organized prayer in schools and organized religion in public places, making it legal to deny LGBT rights and have Islam declared a non-religion….they have a long laundry list, but Roe v Wade was just the major item
I understand that but Roe is a much easier fundraising tool because THEY’RE KILLING BABIES. Getting rid of Engle(the school prayer decision) will be harder.
re: #207 thecommodore
I do too. And her statement, as garbled as is was, is being taken out of context (as Ilhan Omar’s was about 9/11) in a way that would make Andrew Breitbart proud.
She could clarify pretty easily:
“I stated that the holocaust was horrible. In response the world sought to give the Jews a safe place. But I feel it came at a cost to a number of people in the region, and that needs to be dealt with.” But that takes practice, and this is a touchy subject.
re: #196 Eclectic Cyborg
Let’s say next June rolls around and the court overturns Roe. That would be about five months before the election.
Would that help Trump or hurt him?
My guess is that it would hurt him. Polling on abortion, in general, has been mostly pro-choice. Prohibiting “late trimester abortions” is one thing, but making the procedure illegal at any time for any reason would be a bridge too far, I think. Pro-birthers (which is what pro-lifers really are) would spooge for days, but they’re a minority.
On the other hand, Trump has defied the odds in so many ways, it might just help him. I mean, the Access Hollywood tape would have made it impossible for any other politician to be elected dog catcher, but Trump somehow overcame it.
One thing’s for sure. He and his aren’t going to be impacted by the trade war but the American consumer will. That’s why Cotton’s comments about “sacrifice” piss me off.
re: #212 HappyWarrior
I understand that but Roe is a much easier fundraising tool because THEY’RE KILLING BABIES. Getting rid of Engle(the school prayer decision) will be harder.
There is still the matter of contraception, and then they can go on a crusade against illegal abortion providers with the full weight of the law and the Grace of God on their side
re: #217 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
There is still the matter of contraception, and then they can go on a crusade against illegal abortion providers with the full weight of the law and the Grace of God on their side
Again, I can’t see attempting to overturn Griswold (allows married couples to use contraception) and Eisentadt (allows unmarried couples to do so) working. Roe works so well for them since it’s an easy issue to put in black and white terms. No doubt they’ll try to rage against contraception but it’s not going to have the same rallying cry that Roe has had for them.
re: #214 thecommodore
On the other hand, Trump has defied the odds in so many ways, it might just help him. I mean, the Access Hollywood tape would have made it impossible for any other politician to be elected dog catcher, but Trump somehow overcame it.
you summed it up: Trump ran as the ultimate outsider, the anti-politician.
all promises and no legislative or policy record because he had never held public office
re: #219 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
you summed it up: Trump ran as the ultimate outsider, the anti-politician.
all promises and no legislative or policy record because he had never held public office
Which will do him in as an incumbent. He now has to defend his record. He had it easier as an empty slate.
re: #218 HappyWarrior
Again, I can’t see attempting to overturn Griswold (allows married couples to use contraception) and Eisentadt (allows unmarried couples to do so) working. Roe works so well for them since it’s an easy issue to put in black and white terms. No doubt they’ll try to rage against contraception but it’s not going to have the same rallying cry that Roe has had for them.
Then they will just have to shout louder
re: #220 HappyWarrior
Which will do him in as an incumbent. He now has to defend his record. He had it easier as an empty slate.
He does not have to defend it, his party and the press will rationalize it for him, that is the scary part. He will get away with successfully running again as an outsider, victim of a witch hunt, stymied by even his own people, etc…
re: #221 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Then they will just have to shout louder
Of course they will but not every American who hates teh Roe decision is going ot like being told “No you can’t use condoms.” I’m sorry but that’s a fucking loser for them. That would kill their movement and expose them for what they are.
re: #213 Belafon
She could clarify pretty easily:
“I stated that the holocaust was horrible. In response the world sought to give the Jews a safe place. But I feel it came at a cost to a number of people in the region, and that needs to be dealt with.” But that takes practice, and this is a touchy subject.
Any attempt to clarify would be completely ignored, because the Republican media noise machine will keep implying that she and Omar are skeery moozlims!!!1!11!! and that everything they say is suspect because of TAQIYYA!!!
I hate these sons of bitches. I really do. The next Dem nominee needs to not only defeat Trump, and not only defeat Trumpism, and GOP corruption, and right wing media distortions, but to also stick a knife in and turn it. Repeatedly. The candidate most capibable of doing that with the most positive, sensible, forward looking agenda gets my vote. I can’t say for sure who that is at this point.
re: #222 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
He does not have to defend it, his party and the press will rationalize it for him, that is the scary part. He will get away with successfully running again as an outsider, victim of a witch hunt, stymied by even his own people, etc…
Yeah that’s a load of crap tehre. Of course he will have to defend it. He’ll have to defend it at the debates and on the stump. And frankly I think you totally overestimate the press going along with his narrative.
re: #224 thecommodore
Any attempt to clarify would be completely ignored, because the Republican media noise machine will keep implying that she and Omar are skeery moozlims!!!1!11!! and that everything they say is suspect because of TAQIYYA!!!
I hate these sons of bitches. I really do. The next Dem nominee needs to not only defeat Trump, and not only defeat Trumpism, and GOP corruption, and right wing media distortions, but to also stick a knife in and turn it. Repeatedly. The candidate most capibable of doing that with the most positive, sensible, forward looking agenda gets my vote. I can’t say for sure who that is at this point.
I don’t know who that it is either. I agree though it needs to be eradicated. We can’t encounter this same situation again in 2028 with national amnesia where voters forget why we needed a Democratic President in the first place.
re: #225 HappyWarrior
Yeah that’s a load of crap tehre. Of course he will have to defend it. He’ll have to defend it at the debates and on the stump. And frankly I think you totally overestimate the press going along with his narrative.
I thought that they would turn on him at some point in the 2016 campaign.
I see less likelihood of that happening now, not more.
re: #224 thecommodore
Any attempt to clarify would be completely ignored, because the Republican media noise machine will keep implying that she and Omar are skeery moozlims!!!1!11!! and that everything they say is suspect because of TAQIYYA!!!
I hate these sons of bitches. I really do. The next Dem nominee needs to not only defeat Trump, and not only defeat Trumpism, and GOP corruption, and right wing media distortions, but to also stick a knife in and turn it. Repeatedly. The candidate most capibable of doing that with the most positive, sensible, forward looking agenda gets my vote. I can’t say for sure who that is at this point.
Harris has the knife and Warren has the agenda. Typed up single space.
re: #227 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I thought that they would turn on him at some point in the 2016 campaign.
I see less likelihood of that happening now, not more.
You haven’t been paying attention frankly then. I see alot of media types that are frustrated with his bullshit. And even if they are, it’s not working. Have you seen his approval ratings? You need to stop overestimating him as this master manipulator of the media. and masses. The way you talk about what’s happened, we didn’t take back the House last fall and he’s not polling historically bad for an incumbent President with a decent economy. Just please stop feeding the myth of Trump the invincible. It’s been pretty much downhill for him ever since he got inaugurated. He hasn’t had many legislative victories and his judicial victories were due to McConnell more so than anything he did.
re: #228 wrenchwench
Harris has the knife and Warren has the agenda. Typed up single space.
I think I want a Harris-Castro ticket at this point. I know this. Whoever the Dem nominee will be made out to be the worst thing ever by the right. So I’ll take an experienced prosecutor who knows how to fight back and a guy who got to where he is through his own merits and both whom have fresh new ideas for the future.
re: #216 HappyWarrior
One thing’s for sure. He and his aren’t going to be impacted by the trade war but the American consumer will. That’s why Cotton’s comments about “sacrifice” piss me off.
re: #208 HappyWarrior
In one way though, overturning Roe may weaken them because what else will they have to rage against? Yeah Obergefell but I think Roe is a lot easier to rage against than Obergefell.
‘roe’ is easier to say //
re: #227 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I thought that they would turn on him at some point in the 2016 campaign.
I see less likelihood of that happening now, not more.
Clinton’s most critical mistake - worse than not campaigning in WI/MI/PA in the closing days - was not taking Trump seriously as a candidate. She, and a lot of people can be forgiven for that in one sense because….well look at him. He’s ridiculous for God’s sake. It seemed like we were watching the GOP commit Hari Kiri. What she, and a lot of people didn’t realize was that there was such a clamor for an outsider - and the right wing noise machine made it seem like Hillary would actually be a worse choice than Trump - that enough people in those three states (because those were the ones the put him over the top) reluctantly gave him a chance. 2020’s nominee has to take Trump and his record seriously, and detail how disastrous it has been and will continue to be if he is re-elected, while also emphasizing many of the horrors - Puerto Rico, child separation, this moronic trade war with China, and God forbid 1000 times any military action taken against Iran (to name just three).
And of course, while doing all of that, show that the emperor Fox “News” and right wing talk show hosts and podcasters really has no clothes, and that the GOPers who have supported him really have no principles whatsoever and are craven and corrupt, and that Trumpism is anything but an aberation (I love Joe Biden for so many reasons, but COME ON MAN!! REALLY?).
It’s simple really.
So easy, a caveman could do it.
/SARC
re: #232 DangerMan
‘roe’ is easier to say //
It may be that but I think unfortunately as both are important issues that it’s going to be a lot harder for Roberts to invalidate the many same sex marriages currently legal than women who might need abortions in the future. I don’t know though. I’m on the frontlines here. We’re very close to passing ERA in the Virginia legislature which would make it the 38th and I think final state required for passage.
re: #233 thecommodore
Clinton’s most critical mistake - worse than not campaigning in WI/MI/PA in the closing days - was not taking Trump seriously as a candidate. She, and a lot of people can be forgiven for that in one sense because….well look at him. He’s ridiculous for God’s sake. It seemed like we were watching the GOP commit Hari Kiri. What she, and a lot of people didn’t realize was that there was such a clamor for an outsider - and the right wing noise machine made it seem like Hillary would actually be a worse choice than Trump - that enough people in those three states (because those were the ones the put him over the top) reluctantly gave him a chance. 2020’s nominee has to take Trump and his record seriously, and detail how disastrous it has been and will continue to be if he is re-elected, while also emphasizing many of the horrors - Puerto Rico, child separation, this moronic trade war with China, and God forbid 1000 times any military action taken against Iran (to name just three).
And of course, while doing all of that, show that the emperor Fox “News” and right wing talk show hosts and podcasters really has no clothes, and that the GOPers who have supported him really have no principles whatsoever and are craven and corrupt, and that Trumpism is anything but an aberation (I love Joe Biden for so many reasons, but COME ON MAN!! REALLY?).
It’s simple really.
So easy, a caveman could do it.
/SARC
(and ours collectively) was forgetting that the masses are asses
re: #233 thecommodore
Clinton’s most critical mistake - worse than not campaigning in WI/MI/PA in the closing days - was not taking Trump seriously as a candidate. She, and a lot of people can be forgiven for that in one sense because….well look at him. He’s ridiculous for God’s sake. It seemed like we were watching the GOP commit Hari Kiri. What she, and a lot of people didn’t realize was that there was such a clamor for an outsider - and the right wing noise machine made it seem like Hillary would actually be a worse choice than Trump - that enough people in those three states (because those were the ones the put him over the top) reluctantly gave him a chance. 2020’s nominee has to take Trump and his record seriously, and detail how disastrous it has been and will continue to be if he is re-elected, while also emphasizing many of the horrors - Puerto Rico, child separation, this moronic trade war with China, and God forbid 1000 times any military action taken against Iran (to name just three).
And of course, while doing all of that, show that the emperor Fox “News” and right wing talk show hosts and podcasters really has no clothes, and that the GOPers who have supported him really have no principles whatsoever and are craven and corrupt, and that Trumpism is anything but an aberation (I love Joe Biden for so many reasons, but COME ON MAN!! REALLY?).
It’s simple really.
So easy, a caveman could do it.
/SARC
One thing I think she did too was recognize the unique danger he was compared to your average Republican nominee but at the same time, I do think they underestimated his appeal too. We all did. I am still shocked he won a single primary let alone the nomination and presidency. Because it’s Donald fucking Trump, a man who openly wondered about his baby daughter’s breast size and yes I know anti politician blah blah but you can’t tell me that anyone else who had that on their resume wouldn’t have been sunk in some way but somehow he survived. I don’t know man. There’s something deeply wrong with a lot of our electorate and Trump exposed that.
Our speculation is self-pleasuring. We know there will be a Democratic POTUS and VP candidate. We know the GOP will be Trump and worse. We know what to do.
re: #235 DangerMan
(and ours collectively) was forgetting that the masses are asses
The masses have amnesia. It happened in 2000 too. I just hope it doesn’t happen again next decade or the following decade. I’m actually pretty glass half full about defeating Trump but I’m less optimistic about eradicating the factors that made Trump viable. I think it’s naive to think they will just die out. I love my generation but a lot of my generation are filled with either impatient lefties who are unhappy with incrementalism or smaller amounts who believe the alt-right crap.
re: #230 HappyWarrior
I think I want a Harris-Castro ticket at this point. I know this. Whoever the Dem nominee will be made out to be the worst thing ever by the right. So I’ll take an experienced prosecutor who knows how to fight back and a guy who got to where he is through his own merits and both whom have fresh new ideas for the future.
I like Castro, but Warren is better on the stump. It’s difficult to see anyone with sufficient ego to run for POTUS saying to herself, ‘I’d be the best second fiddle’.
re: #228 wrenchwench
Harris has the knife and Warren has the agenda. Typed up single space.
What a team they would be. But I have to be honest and say that I worry about a ticket with two women, one of whom is of color.
I would never be happier to be wrong, but I worry that two many Democrats will want to play it safe against Trump, and nominate Biden.
re: #237 Decatur Deb
Our speculation is self-pleasuring. We know there will be a Democratic POTUS and VP candidate. We know the GOP will be Trump and worse. We know what to do.
WE know what to do but we also need a majority just like Adlai told the woman who told him that he’d get the vote of every thinking man and woman she knew.
re: #239 wrenchwench
I like Castro, but Warren is better on the stump. It’s difficult to see anyone with sufficient ego to run for POTUS saying to herself, ‘I’d be the best second fiddle’.
Yeah true. I’d be fine with Warren as VP TBH. I just really like a lot about Castro and I can see him being a huge asset in the southwest. I love Kaine and I think he would have made a great VP but I think Castro would have been great for HRC.
Terrific @paulwaldman1 takedown of the dishonest smearing of @RashidaTlaib, with an infuriating explanation of how the media enables this sort of thing:https://t.co/TmiYG8AFgK
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) May 13, 2019
“…When Trump says that Mexicans are rapists, or proposes banning Muslims from entering the United States, or says we shouldn’t accept immigrants from “shithole countries,” Jews know that those ideas seep out of the same rancid wellspring of hate that has turned on them so many times through history. You don’t fight anti-Semitism by joining up with a group of people animated by hate just because — for now — they say their hate isn’t directed at you.
So no, Jews are not fooled. And no one else should be either.”
re: #241 HappyWarrior
WE know what to do but we also need a majority just like Adlai told the woman who told him that he’d get the vote of every thinking man and woman she knew.
What To Do includes building and motivating that sane majority. If we can’t have trust in an aroused American electorate, then democracy was an interesting theory.
re: #240 thecommodore
What a team they would be. But I have to be honest and say that I worry about a ticket with two women, one of whom is of color.
I would never be happier to be wrong, but I worry that two many Democrats will want to play it safe against Trump, and nominate Biden.
I’m hoping the debates will get rid of the Biden and Bernie ideas. Their time frankly has passed. Democrats do their best as insurgents. Not as return to normalcy types which I concede isn’t Bernie but we shouldn’t nominate a 78 year old who is a terrible team player.
re: #236 HappyWarrior
One thing I think she did too was recognize the unique danger he was compared to your average Republican nominee but at the same time, I do think they underestimated his appeal too. We all did. I am still shocked he won a single primary let alone the nomination and presidency. Because it’s Donald fucking Trump, a man who openly wondered about his baby daughter’s breast size and yes I know anti politician blah blah but you can’t tell me that anyone else who had that on their resume wouldn’t have been sunk in some way but somehow he survived. I don’t know man. There’s something deeply wrong with a lot of our electorate and Trump exposed that.
What I can’t understand is how people could see this and still vote for him:
re: #245 Decatur Deb
What To Do includes building and motivating that sane majority. If we can’t have trust in an aroused American electorate, then democracy was an interesting theory.
Well shit what do you think I’m doing on the ground here. I got a big GOP proxy that I have my eyes on knocking out.
re: #229 HappyWarrior
You haven’t been paying attention frankly then. I see alot of media types that are frustrated with his bullshit. And even if they are, it’s not working. Have you seen his approval ratings? You need to stop overestimating him as this master manipulator of the media. and masses.
I truly hope you are right, I am just at the end of my optimism here, and he has yet to pull some of his executive aces out of his sleeve…like a war somewhere.
re: #247 The Vicious Babushka
What I can’t understand is how people could see this and still vote for him:
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Exactly VB and that’s why I get annoyed when Pete, Bernie, and Biden too try to excuse the people who voted for him as “frustrated.” I mean I get that the Obama years weren’t perfect but goddamn how anyone could see that and think that’s what they would be okay with for a President? I don’t care. There’s something wrong with you if you have seen how Trump treats people and thought he was an acceptable choice. That doesn’t mean I oppose programs that will help these people and their families but I’m not going to bend over backwards to want their vote either.
re: #249 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I truly hope you are right, I am just at the end of my optimism here, and he has yet to pull some of his executive aces out of his sleeve…like a war somewhere.
Maybe I am too glass half full but I think honestly sometimes you’re too glass half empty. And if he gets a war, I think that might infuriate people even more because you know he will botch it.
re: #252 HappyWarrior
Maybe I am too glass half full but I think honestly sometimes you’re too glass half empty. And if he gets a war, I think that might infuriate people even more because you know he will botch it.
I wish I could count on rational responses from reasonable people…
re: #248 HappyWarrior
Well shit what do you think I’m doing on the ground here. I got a big GOP proxy that I have my eyes on knocking out.
That’s very good, but you must be prepared to push just as hard no matter who the Dem nominees are. Putting passion into imagined pairings this early can create a personality-based commitment.
No Matter Who/2020.
re: #252 HappyWarrior
Maybe I am too glass half full but I think honestly sometimes you’re too glass half empty. And if he gets a war, I think that might infuriate people even more because you know he will botch it.
I’m a glass-is-too-big.
re: #223 HappyWarrior
Of course they will but not every American who hates teh Roe decision is going ot like being told “No you can’t use condoms.” I’m sorry but that’s a fucking loser for them. That would kill their movement and expose them for what they are.
Never underestimate the organizational skills of American males who are blocked from getting laid.
Viagra on insurance
Men’s Rights Movement
Try to take away birth control and they will rise up.
re: #253 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I wish I could count on rational responses from reasonable people…
Well did you see how the midterms turned out? The presidential election will have higher turnout. I honestly won’t be surprised if Trump has the worst re-election loss since Carter.
re: #247 The Vicious Babushka
That’s the one that should have ended his campaign. It would have ended anyone else’s campaign.
Apparently the uncaring asshole population in this country is far larger than we thought.
re: #254 Decatur Deb
That’s very good, but you must be prepared to push just as hard no matter who the Dem nominees are. Putting passion into imagined pairings this early can create a personality-based commitment.
No Matter Who/2020.
I have preferences DD. I also go to bat for the nominee. Trust me, the three primary candidates I worked for lost in 2017 and 2018. That didn’t stop me from campaigning for Northam, Walbridge, and Wexton with the same enthusiasm I did Perriello, Taintor, and Stover. Trust me, my passion is much more than just imagined pairings but thinking about pairings is part of the game.
re: #239 wrenchwench
I like Castro, but Warren is better on the stump. It’s difficult to see anyone with sufficient ego to run for POTUS saying to herself, ‘I’d be the best second fiddle’.
FWIW, my top five are - Harris, Warren, Castro, Mayor Pete (can’t remember how to spell his last name), and Biden.
With that said, I will support whomever the Dem nominee, even if it’s Sanders.
re: #259 plansbandc
That’s the one that should have ended his campaign. It would have ended anyone else’s campaign.
Apparently the uncaring asshole population in this country is far larger than we thought.
Or when he belittled Judge Curiel as a “Mexican” and mocked the Khans. Or when he said he liked people who weren’t captured. There’s a lot wrong with our population and sadly a lot of them do look like me.
re: #262 thecommodore
FWIW, my top five are - Harris, Warren, Castro, Mayor Pete (can’t remember how to spell his last name), and Biden.
With that said, I will support whomever the Dem nominee, even if it’s Sanders.
I’ll definitely support the nominee. I’ll also gladly criticize the candidates when I think they’re wrong. I’ll equally praise when they’re right. I saw today that Castro was talking about more Pre-K funding which I think is awesome.
Available now on YouTube is the Polish documentary film Just Don’t Tell Anyone (Tylko nie mów nikomu) with English subtitles (use the closed caption option).
Father Franciszek Cybula, the former chaplain of president Lech Wałęsa, and Father Eugieniusz M, the custodian of the Shrine of our Lady of Sorrows and of the Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń, are among a number of priests who molested children, according to Just Don’t Tell Anyone, a documentary by Tomasz Sekielski.
Needless to say, this film is starting to cause a good deal of controversy in Poland, which is well-known as a heavily Catholic country.
In spoiler tag, because NSFW, and because it’s thematically disturbing.
re: #258 HappyWarrior
Well did you see how the midterms turned out? The presidential election will have higher turnout. I honestly won’t be surprised if Trump has the worst re-election loss since Carter.
Big midterm losses for the incumbent party don’t always carry over to the next Presidential election. The Dems were “shellacked” in ‘94 and ‘10, yet Clinton and Obama essentially cruised to re-election. Bush didn’t, however after the Dem sweep in ‘06, so maybe..
The one factor that has undone incumbent Presidents is a primary challenge. Carter was badly damaged by Kennedy’s challenge in 1980, and HW Bush was by Buchanan. Weld doesn’t look like much of a threat to Trump right now, but maybe he’ll emerge as the place for Republicans who just can’t take it anymore to go once the primaries begin. If Weld does well enough in Iowa, NH…that could doom Trump. It might even cause him to drop out, a la LBJ in ‘68.
re: #262 thecommodore
FWIW, my top five are - Harris, Warren, Castro, Mayor Pete (can’t remember how to spell his last name), and Biden.
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I’d drop your last two and add O’Rourke twice. Nobody is better at thinking and speaking on his feet.
With that said, I will support whomever the Dem nominee, even if it’s Sanders.
I would vote for Sanders over a GOP person, but I would be hard pressed to say anything nice about him.
re: #266 thecommodore
Big midterm losses for the incumbent party don’t always carry over to the next Presidential election. The Dems were “shellacked” in ‘94 and ‘10, yet Clinton and Obama essentially cruised to re-election. Bush didn’t, however after the Dem sweep in ‘06, so maybe..
The one factor that has undone incumbent Presidents is a primary challenge. Carter was badly damaged by Kennedy’s challenge in 1980, and HW Bush was by Buchanan. Weld doesn’t look like much of a threat to Trump right now, but maybe he’ll emerge as the place for Republicans who just can’t take it anymore to go once the primaries begin. If Weld does well enough in Iowa, NH…that could doom Trump. It might even cause him to drop out, a la LBJ in ‘68.
True but Clinton and Obama had rebounded by 1995 and 2011. Agree about the primary challenge. I’m hoping honestly someone like Kasich runs against him. Weld seems like a decent enough guy unlike Kasich but Kasich has actually run against Trump in the past and has an idea what works with 2010’s Republican voters. I don’t think Weld with all respect to him does. Another one who should run is probably Larry Hogan of Maryland. Kasich would be better though.
re: #267 wrenchwench
I’d drop your last two and add O’Rourke twice. Nobody is better at thinking and speaking on his feet.
I would vote for Sanders over a GOP person, but I would be hard pressed to say anything nice about him.
I worry that Sanders would become al eft wing Trump. I don’t have that worry with Biden and the others not named Tulsi.
Good talk about the Jewish diaspora vs. Zionism, Mad Magazine, Ben Shapiro and the alt right gas lighters.
Here’s the video of my full presentation on Jewish satire, culture, politics, and pride, plus Q&A, at Stanford:https://t.co/okySR0gKOH
— Eli Valley (@elivalley) May 12, 2019
re: #259 plansbandc
That’s the one that should have ended his campaign. It would have ended anyone else’s campaign.
Apparently the uncaring asshole population in this country is far larger than we thought.
there were a hundred things that “should have ended his campaign”
sometimes i still dont get how he got a pass on each and every one
(i mean mostly from the media, not the voters)
- they should have flayed him.
- be responsible for torching a candidate? prove it was the coverage and not that he self-destructed because he was a total corrupt, freaky, fraud who had no business getting the nomination.
besides, he still would have likely done better than mcgovern
It’s Noon, CDT. Do you know where your 401(k) is?
re: #263 HappyWarrior
Or when he belittled Judge Curiel as a “Mexican” and mocked the Khans. Or when he said he liked people who weren’t captured. There’s a lot wrong with our population and sadly a lot of them do look like me.
at that point the R’s realized they either had to
- admit the error, show some spine and turn on this guy, or
- “we can’t have a democratic president”
they went for the spine-ectomy
(tax cuts and judges, you know)
dms are closed ladies pic.twitter.com/UfARMxourH
— Talia Lavin (@chick_in_kiev) May 13, 2019
re: #262 thecommodore
FWIW, my top five are - Harris, Warren, Castro, Mayor Pete (can’t remember how to spell his last name), and Biden.
With that said, I will support whomever the Dem nominee, even if it’s Sanders.
let’s remember this:
whoever wins the dem primary and becomes the nominee, beat everyone else
with very little qualifying words, that’s who’s strongest
re: #157 Backwoods_Sleuth
What’s depressing about this isn’t that a hate-monger like Liz Cheney would take two words out of context and twist them 180 degrees to smear Rashida Tlaib. That we’ve come to expect. What’s depressing is that she knows the smear will be amplified by the media, and she’s right.
I think those people look at one reliably unreliable source for an “amplifying quote” and then quit. This is the first thing I found when I went to see what the fuss was about.
Maybe you all need to stop relying entirely on the worst of the media for your information. Or consider that you somehow manage to get accurate news — if everything is RWNJ amplifications, just where do you think it’s coming from?
re: #274 Backwoods_Sleuth
This guy finds his way home at 3AM.
re: #159 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
She wears a headscarf, therefore, the words they expect to come out of her mouth are shouts of “Jihad!” and “Allahu Akhbar!” and that is all they are going to hear.
No. No, she doesn’t.
re: #61 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Looks like either Jon or Arya will kill Dany.
God, I hope so. Worst Mary Sue ever.
re: #275 DangerMan
let’s remember this:
whoever wins the dem primary and becomes the nominee, beat everyone else
with very little qualifying words, that’s who’s strongest
Unless the Dem turnout is those who use their own supply.
re: #278 A hollow voice says, Inpeach…
No. No, she doesn’t.
I had her confused with Omar, but in their eyes, she does.
re: #204 HappyWarrior
I can only think of Laverne Cox and Orange is the New Black is a NF show. Honestly I don’t give a shit. Are transgendered people not people? Of course, they should be represented in media.
Have you seen Pose?
Most of the characters and half the cast are trans.
JFC this babbling, gibbering fuckbubble
..There will be nobody left in China to do business with. Very bad for China, very good for USA! But China has taken so advantage of the U.S. for so many years, that they are way ahead (Our Presidents did not do the job). Therefore, China should not retaliate-will only get worse!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 13, 2019
re: #274 Backwoods_Sleuth
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LOL every woman I’ve ever known, regardless of orientation, enjoys the horizontal tango. I can say my ex-wife enjoyed it greatly and would often initiate such sexytimes. My girlfriend enjoys it as well.
What these hapless doggie dicks are really saying is, “I couldn’t get laid in a morgue”. And of course, that old double-standard - ….”a bitch is a woman who’s not interested in having sex with you. A slut is a woman who’d rather have sex with anyone else but you”.
re: #283 sagehen
Have you seen Pose?
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Most of the characters and half the cast are trans.
Haven’t heard of it.
re: #170 Belafon
What did she say?
In sum, she said the founding of the state of Israel was good for Jews (which makes her feel good), but bad for Palestinians. Problem is, she used words of more than sone syllable, arranged in [gasp] complex sentences, so of course they can’t understand it.
re: #288 A hollow voice says, Inpeach…
In sum, she said the founding of the state of Israel was food for Jews (which makes her feel good), but bad for Palestinians. Problem is, she used words of more than sone syllable, arranged in [gasp] complex sentences, so of course they can’t understand it.
something about “a sense of comfort” slipped out there and it was immediately twisted to “She takes comfort in thoughts of the Holocaust!”
re: #284 The Vicious Babushka
JFC this babbling, gibbering fuckbubble
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All this talk about taking advantage of us blah blah. It’s stupid shit.
Two separate tweets (or more accurately, a tweet and an unrelated thread):
All right, I get that this was a promoted tweet, but who on my TL tweeted something that made them think I was fertile ground to cultivate? I don’t like to block, but… https://t.co/vMiWoEtlaz
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) May 13, 2019
And then the thread:
Wouldn’t have this problem with term limits.
— Bigshotprof (@thebigshotprof) May 13, 2019
That leads in one of two directions, neither of which are pretty. The first is that we almost LITERALLY become the 18th-century 🇵🇱-Lithuanian Commonwealth, where 1 out of every 12 Sejm was able to even get a single law passed due to #liberumveto.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) May 13, 2019
In short, there is a reason it’s CONSERVATIVES who have most wholeheartedly supported term limits since before I finished high school.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) May 13, 2019
Now let’s just hope this stays the active chat long enough for me to get some responses.
re: #291 Chrysicat
Two separate tweets (or more accurately, a tweet and an unrelated thread):
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Now let’s just hope this stays the active chat long enough for me to get some responses.
Rand Paul another gun cosplay coward.
re: #234 HappyWarrior
It may be that but I think unfortunately as both are important issues that it’s going to be a lot harder for Roberts to invalidate the many same sex marriages currently legal than women who might need abortions in the future. I don’t know though. I’m on the frontlines here. We’re very close to passing ERA in the Virginia legislature which would make it the 38th and I think final state required for passage.
Only a few decades too late.
The ERA had a time limit on state ratification; getting ratification past that deadline is of intellectual interest, but won’t put it into force as a real true Amendment.
And even if every product could be made here, it would raise prices. That won’t impact Trump’s bottom line. It would most other people’s.
re: #294 sagehen
Only a few decades too late.
The ERA had a time limit on state ratification; getting ratification past that deadline is of intellectual interest, but won’t put it into force as a real true Amendment.
Ah didn’t know the time limit. Fuck.
Pro tip: when dozens of right wing trolls jump into your timeline yelling WE’RE NOT TRIGGERED WE ARE LAUGHING AT YOU… they’re triggered af.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 13, 2019
lol pic.twitter.com/j1xH8hJ43H
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 13, 2019
This is the art I never knew I needed in my life. pic.twitter.com/IAN8QcvrF2
— Tom Snow (@TomHeartsTanks) May 12, 2019
re: #297 Charles Johnson
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The right can laugh but they’re still the ones who love the guy who cries over SNL making fun of him.
So, this Saturday, here in Ostrava, the long-abandoned Grossmann Villa will be open to the public for a tour before it’s renovated.
It’s a sad story - the man who built this lovely place committed suicide during the Great Depression, along with his wife, and the property was subsequently left abandoned. It was used in the Communist Era as a basic school, but it’s been empty since 1997.
Should be interesting.
This is not good. Tanker in the gulf was damaged in an attack, apparently small scale.
#BREAKING The Norwegian ship “André Victoria”, which was subjected to subversive acts in the #Fujairah against four ships near the territorial waters of the #UAE, received a powerful blow that almost led her to sank, according to a video footage obtained by Russia Today pic.twitter.com/Nl15pFt81P
— EHA News (@eha_news) May 13, 2019
re: #267 wrenchwench
I’d drop your last two and add O’Rourke twice. Nobody is better at thinking and speaking on his feet.
I would vote for Sanders over a GOP person, but I would be hard pressed to say anything nice about him.
I like Beto, but he’s been a non-factor so far. He seems unsure of himself, especially after Buttiegieg stole his thunder. There’s still time for him to bounce back though.
re: #302 Rightwingconspirator
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Tonkin all over again?
re: #303 thecommodore
I like Beto, but he’s been a non-factor so far. He seems unsure of himself, especially after Buttiegieg stole his thunder. There’s still time for him to bounce back though.
I like Beto more than Pete. Agree there’s still time though but I think Beto may have waited too long.
re: #282 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I had her confused with Omar, but in their eyes, she does.
Which makes it okay for you to pass on the same crap. Good to know.
All morning it’s been this. pic.twitter.com/txkk1CjUQC
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 13, 2019
Possibly the best description of a libertarian I’ve ever seen. https://t.co/XCESBXWpuk
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 13, 2019
re: #308 Joe Bacon 🌹
It faw down and go boom.
During the Bush crash, my old boss said: “My 401(k) is a 201(k).”
re: #309 Charles Johnson
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Are new people still discovering and harassing you for Ms. Milano’s RT?
Trump talk explained
- “BELIEVE ME” = “I am lying to you!”
- “WE’RE WININING” = “WE’RE LOSING”
- “WITCH HUNT” = “DUE PROCESS”
- “WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS” = “I DON’T HAVE A CLUE”.
- “MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING”=“I HEARD THIS ON FOX NEWS”— PoliticsVideoChannel (@politvidchannel) May 13, 2019
The people who destroyed keurigs over Hannity and think Happy Holidays on a paper cup is an outrage are mocking Milano? That’s cute.
This won’t end well.
Shia LaBeouf, Mel Gibson Starring in Comedy About New York’s Super Rich, ‘Rothchild’ https://t.co/STMqvuACph
— Variety (@Variety) May 13, 2019
re: #285 Dr Lizardo
LOL every woman I’ve ever known, regardless of orientation, enjoys the horizontal tango. I can say my ex-wife enjoyed it greatly and would often initiate such sexytimes. My girlfriend enjoys it as well.
What these hapless doggie dicks are really saying is, “I couldn’t get laid in a morgue”. And of course, that old double-standard - ….”a bitch is a woman who’s not interested in having sex with you. A slut is a woman who’d rather have sex with anyone else but you”.
My all-time favorite Dear Abby quote:
“There’s no such thing as frigid women. Just clumsy men.”
So triggered. pic.twitter.com/wqdsPJKnI9
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 13, 2019
re: #312 Chrysicat
Are new people still discovering and harassing you for Ms. Milano’s RT?
It’s non-stop.
re: #307 A hollow voice says, Inpeach…
Which makes it okay for you to pass on the same crap. Good to know.
my point is that the RW pundits know that they can totally twist the words of our Muslim representatives and see them retweeted and spread as gospel truth.
because they are ill-disposed towards these women, headscarf or not.
That means American businesses are losing out. Our trade deficit is growing (one of the things Trump claimed his trade war would solve, along with it being easy and winnable), and Americans are paying the tariffs, not the Chinese.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) May 13, 2019
I am pleased to report that the scrub jays who nested in a shrub outside our bedroom window had their little ones hatch out on Mothers’ Day. They are incredibly tiny. Little bits of fluff and very large mouths. We make Dad Jay kind of nervous, but Mom Jay is cool with us on the other side of the window.
Seriously. Even “Loqueesha” sounds like a better idea. This is the most blatant attempt to turn the entire country antisemitic since #JudSuß.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) May 13, 2019
re: #323 calochortus
I am pleased to report that the scrub jays who nested in a shrub outside our bedroom window had their little ones hatch out on Mothers’ Day. They are incredibly tiny. Little bits of fluff and very large mouths. We make Dad Jay kind of nervous, but Mom Jay is cool with us on the other side of the window.
Pics or it didn’t happen.
re: #325 sagehen
Pics or it didn’t happen.
Can’t really get good pics of the young ‘uns yet. The nest is pretty deep and they are pretty tiny, but I’ll see what I can do.
re: #208 HappyWarrior
In one way though, overturning Roe may weaken them because what else will they have to rage against? Yeah Obergefell but I think Roe is a lot easier to rage against than Obergefell.
I am sure that they will turn against Loving vs Virginia after that as the next natural target.
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March FavoritesYou've seen these all already but looking back, just because. These are my favorite shots of this last month. That 1937 Zeiss Sonnar is such a gloriously wonderful bit of glass. Thanks for looking.
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Russia’s New Combat Robots Blown Up by Drones Near Avdiivka When we landed on the moon, I thought about how science fiction had become real. Now, the robot wars have begun. It's more poignant somehow on the ground than in the missile wars we have in the air as ...
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Abortions Outside Medical System Increased Sharply After Roe Fell, Study Finds The number of women using abortion pills to end their pregnancies on their own without the direct involvement of a U.S.-based medical provider rose sharply in the months after the Supreme Court eliminated a constitutional right to abortion, according ... Cheechako
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