With the Green New Deal sparking a national conversation about all the ways to combat climate change, John Oliver looks at a few potential solutions.
Worst day for global stocks this year…>$1T wiped off according to MSCI All-Country World Index https://t.co/GMNPYi05c9 pic.twitter.com/H1DYXD79gs
— Caroline Hyde (@CarolineHydeTV) May 13, 2019
“has finally went” pic.twitter.com/1Ka8OdgsZ4
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 13, 2019
CL’d of course:
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
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
Trump’s idiotic approach to everything has consequences. His base is irrational and acts like a cult, impervious to facts.
Meanwhile, taking an approach that would grow the economy and create new technology is attacked by the reactionary know nothings Trump has elevated because it’s not coal (which is never ever ever coming back - or getting back together again).
Bill Nye not the same Bill Nye we used to know 💀 pic.twitter.com/LgKef8E4vG
— jourdain (@jourdaindong) May 13, 2019
re: #4 lawhawk
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Trump’s idiotic approach to everything has consequences. His base is irrational and acts like a cult, impervious to facts.
Meanwhile, taking an approach that would grow the economy and create new technology is attacked by the reactionary know nothings Trump has elevated because it’s not coal (which is never ever ever coming back - or getting back together again).
Trumpism is all about the romanticized past and ignoring the promise of the future.
re: #2 Charles Johnson
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Anyone who uses “the left” is the equivalent of a crackpot
re: #7 DangerMan
Anyone who uses “the left” is the equivalent of a crackpot
Does that include people who identify as being “the Left” and claim that liberalism is actually still right-wing? :-P
re: #6 HappyWarrior
Trumpism is all about the romanticized past and ignoring the promise of the future.
THE FUTURE IS FOR LIBTARDS!! WE DON’T NEED IT!!!
“And also, me and my buddies won’t have to sacrifice a damned thing, so just suck it up, losers. This is what you’re for,” Sen. Tom Cotton thought but didn’t add. https://t.co/VJXvnD3Z1d
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 13, 2019
re: #10 Chrysicat
Does that include people who identify as being “the Left” and claim that liberalism is actually still right-wing? :-P
Unless you mean that there store on the left over there, you’re a crackpot
Someone should ask the Trump admin for clear evidence of where all these billions of dollars in Tariffs are going.
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re: #11 Dr Lizardo
THE FUTURE IS FOR LIBTARDS!! WE DON’T NEED IT!!!
Pretty much. Their idea of the past is bullshit anyhow though.
OK, this is something straight out of Kolchak: The Night Stalker.
German police said on Monday they had found the corpses of two women in an apartment belonging to one of three people found dead, pierced by crossbow bolts, on Saturday in a guesthouse in the southern city of Passau.
A spokesman for state prosecutors in Passau said the two dead women were found in the town of Wittingen in the northwestern state of Lower Saxony. One of the victims in the Passau deaths, a 30-year-old woman, lived in Wittingen, according to prosecutors.
The identity of the women found in Wittingen and any possible connection to the events in Passau have still to be established, police said.
Three Crossbows
The mystery began on Saturday when an employee in the guesthouse in Passau found three guests — a 53-year-old man, a 33-year-old woman and a 30-year-old woman — dead in a room with crossbow bolts in their bodies. The 53-year-old was lying on a bed hand in hand with the 33-year-old, while the 30-year-old was discovered on the floor.
these people
Lots of gun violence and abortion out in Kentucky’s soy bean fields, as you can see in this mailer for the Agriculture Commissioner race. #kyelect pic.twitter.com/wy2gzgXNv4
— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) May 13, 2019
re: #17 Dr Lizardo
Some Americans would have you believe those three people would still be alive had they had guns.
From the previous thread:
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’.
Biden did.
re: #18 Backwoods_Sleuth
these people
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It’s so funny how they can call themselves “Pro Life” yet show strong support for instruments of death in the very next breath.
re: #18 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I like how the fact he was on the agricultural council was listed last. Shows exactly what matters to the people whose votes he wants. I HATE GUNS AND ABORTION. But yeah “identity politics” is something only the left does.
re: #21 Eclectic Cyborg
It’s so funny how they can call themselves “Pro Life” yet show strong support for instruments of death in the very next breath.
My favorite are the people who talk about protecting life and then refuse refugees fleeing violence.
News from the Idiocracy:
Tennessee judge posts link on Facebook saying Jews should ‘get the f**k over the Holocaust’
A Tennessee judge posted racist and anti-Semitic articles on his Facebook page, including one saying that Jews should “get the f**k over the Holocaust.”
A coalition of organizations, including Jewish ones, have called for a reprimand of Jim Lammey of the Shelby County Criminal Court.
Lammey posted a link to an article written by known Holocaust denier David Cole that referred to Muslim immigrants as “foreign mud” and made the Holocaust slur. He also shared anti-immigration articles, memes and conspiracy theories, The Commercial Appeal reported.
The judge has denied being racist or anti-Semitic and says he has the right to free speech, according to the report. He also says that nothing that he has shared on Facebook would prevent him from judging all cases fairly.
“I certainly don’t agree with that, being a Holocaust denier. My best friend — who’s deceased now — was Jewish and I wouldn’t do that,” he told The Commercial Appeal.
The book on the shelf behind Judge Drek here is A Patriot’s History of the Modern World, a right wing revisionist tome devoted to the proposition that the “4 pillars of American Exceptionalism” are “common law, a Christian (mostly Protestant) religious culture, access to private property…and free market capitalism,”
My relatives in rural America may not be totally on board with this from this point on.
The food banks in Central Wisconsin are seeing a MASSIVE uptick in farm families coming in. Silent, hollow-eyed, shuffling through the aisles, desperate for something to eat.
Still reflexively, mindlessly supporting Trump and the GOP. Because Fox News & radio propaganda.
But if they keep hearing talking heads on Fox basically telling them that their suffering isn’t real and that they should just shut up …
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) downplayed the “sacrifice” that farmers will have to make to adjust to tariffs on Chinese imports by calling the offering “minimal” in comparison with what soldiers and “fallen heroes” make.
“There will be some sacrifices on the part of Americans, I grant you that, but I also would say that sacrifice is pretty minimal compared to the sacrifices that our soldiers make overseas that are fallen heroes that are laid to rest in Arlington make,” he told “CBS This Morning” as Gayle King pushed back, saying “you can’t compare those two sacrifices.”
“When I’m at home in Arkansas, I hear from farmers who are worried about opening up new markets and getting their products to market, but they also understand that China is a serious competitor to the United States and wants to displace us around the world,” he said. “And they look at the sacrifices that soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines make around the world and they’re willing to bear some of the sacrifices in the short term, to hopefully in the long term to ensure our longterm prosperity and security.”
re: #24 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
News from the Idiocracy:
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The book on the shelf behind Judge Drek here is A Patriot’s History of the Modern World, a right wing revisionist tome devoted to the proposition that the “4 pillars of American Exceptionalism” are “common law, a Christian (mostly Protestant) religious culture, access to private property…and free market capitalism,”
He looks what happened what would have happened if Trump and Captain Kangaroo had a kid. Oh and you won’t hear a word about this from the right wingers who insist the left is antisemitic because criticism of Israel. from Omar, Tlaib, and others.
Bill Nye is now a God to me….. https://t.co/YfNIMgbNwI
— 🦈Bill Barr’s Bruised Lip🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) May 13, 2019
re: #19 Eclectic Cyborg
Some Americans would have you believe those three people would still be alive had they had guns.
Heh. Yeah, sad but true.
Frankly, it strikes me as some kind of weird cult murder/suicide or something to that effect. Wouldn’t be the first time such bizarro shenanigans have happened here in Europe - The Order of the Solar Temple springs to mind, and there’s various assorted woowoo practitioners running around all over Europe.
re: #24 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
News from the Idiocracy:
Tennessee judge posts link on Facebook saying Jews should ‘get the f**k over the Holocaust’
But people who are devoted to the Confederacy and its flag and statues… “that’s mah heritage”.
re: #26 HappyWarrior
He looks what happened what would have happened if Trump and Captain Kangaroo had a kid. Oh and you won’t hear a word about this from the right wingers who insist the left is antisemitic because criticism of Israel. from Omar, Tlaib, and others.
A “Leftist” inadvertently says something insensitive that is misconstrued as “anti-Semitism,” apologizes for it and promises to listen to others and do better.
A “Rightist” shoots a bunch of Jews praying in a synagogue.
HURR HURR THEIR BOTH TEH SAME!!!!!!
Fact: AR-15 bullets have 33% less calories than regular non semi-automatic bullets.
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) May 13, 2019
re: #31 The Vicious Babushka
A “Leftist” inadvertently says something insensitive that is misconstrued as “anti-Semitism,” apologizes for it and promises to listen to others and do better.
A “Rightist” shoots a bunch of Jews praying in a synagogue.
HURR HURR THEIR BOTH TEH SAME!!!!!!
Exactly. I think a lot of lefties could be more sensitive about Antisemitism and Jews but I don’t believe for a second they condone violence towards Jews.
Coming soon to a newsroom near you, courtesy of the Deplorables that Trump is about to whip into a frenzy as he gets increasingly unhinged for the 2020 election cycle:
A Turkish journalist who criticized President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was beaten by a group of “people with baseball bats,” his newspaper said Saturday, which published pictures of a heavily bandaged Yavuz Selim Demirag in his hospital bed. Via @dwnews https://t.co/f6j1LLQfyQ
— Committee to Protect Journalists (@pressfreedom) May 13, 2019
— Eli Valley (@elivalley) May 13, 2019
If you honestly think #DieWelle doesn’t report heavily on “your people” (which is to say, mostly folks who are trying to nationalise German, if for no other reason than so that Erdogan can’t continue to claim they’re his subjects) getting beaten up by white Germans… #SMH
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) May 13, 2019
There is nothing so annoying as a fascist supporter who still has their internet access.
re: #18 Backwoods_Sleuth
Maybe if the soybean farmers had guns, they could defend their China export market. Oh wait.
re: #33 gocart mozart
Baffling with bulkshit… and the claim the AR-15 was named because it has something to do with the Constitution? Yeah, no…
Fucking moron thinks only 15 people signed the Constitution?
RIP
Doris Day, Hollywood actress and singer, dies aged 97
Hollywood legend Doris Day, whose films made her one of the biggest stars of all time, has died aged 97.
The singer turned actress starred in films such as Calamity Jane and Pillow Talk and had a hit in 1956 with Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be).
Her screen partnership with Rock Hudson is one of the best-known in the history of romantic movies.
In a statement, the Doris Day Animal Foundation said she died on Monday at her home in Carmel Valley, California.
re: #33 gocart mozart
Maybe we should start talking about muzzle velocity limits.
The key here is “pro-ISRAEL”. He DOES honestly believe that all Jews are Israeli, including the ones whose ancestors came to the colonies before Cromwell would have let them back into Mainland Britain. But if you like being considered a 5th column who only belong in Palestine…🤷♀️
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) May 13, 2019
re: #39 lawhawk
Baffling with bulkshit… and the claim the AR-15 was named because it has something to do with the Constitution? Yeah, no…
Fucking moron thinks only 15 people signed the Constitution?
I was going to say. It was much more than 15.
re: #43 HappyWarrior
I was going to say. It was much more than 15.
How many signed the Declaration, since Hancock took up so bloody much space? Is it possible that’s what they mistakenly meant?
Though it’s much more likely they’re just blowing smoke.
What an absolute disgrace. https://t.co/mmgELEY1Oc
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) May 13, 2019
re: #45 Chrysicat
56 people signed the Declaration.
The ease with which Trump lies is breathtaking pic.twitter.com/cSwg56rF1l
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 13, 2019
Support for Israel used to mean a shared democratic experience but now it’s becoming shared belief in ethnic based nationalism and I blame Bibi for that. It alienates people and makes it harder to argue why Israel should be supported. I still will always support Israel’s right to exist but I won’t let assholes call me Antisemitic because I don’t like Bibi for being a bigoted crook. After the Yugoslav wars, my earliest international memory is of Rabin’s assassination and I’ve always felt Jews should never be treated like the “other” in our or any society.
“The ease with which Trump lies is breathtaking.”
Because to him it’s the truth. I bet the fucker could pass a polygraph while lying on every single question.
Note to self, don’t pis of David Simon
Maybe. But Occam’s Dildo and a full jar of lube couldn’t make you a bigger asshole if we gave you all night and a stack of Abercrombie catalogues. https://t.co/HvFbMKZMFW
— David Simon (@AoDespair) May 13, 2019
re: #40 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Doris Day falls into a special category in my awareness, “People who were already famous when I was born.” There are just a few left now.
BTI 2018 | Hungary Country Report
“…there are numerous elements of the electoral system that consistently favor right-wing forces (e.g., gerrymandered constituency map) and rules that provide advantages to the governing party. One example is that the government can run a virtually unrestricted campaign under the guise of public service advertisements, while parties are de facto banned from broadcasting political advertisements on commercial TV and radio channels. Due to the near-unlimited public financial resources available to the government, it can exploit that there are no regulations in place on campaign activities outside of the 50-day-long campaign period. Moreover, pseudo-civil society organizations can also campaign without restrictions, and laws regulating their obligation to account for their expenses are even laxer than they are for political parties.”
“The Hungarian system of political institutions confers largely unconstrained authority to the elected parliamentary majority and the government elected by it. This was already the case before 2010, but since the new constitution and the erosion of the system of checks and balances, its subordination to governmental control boosted the government’s power further. Power is concentrated in the hands of the head of government, and important decisions are determined by the prime minister’s inner circle.”
re: #25 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
My relatives in rural America may not be totally on board with this from this point on.
The food banks in Central Wisconsin are seeing a MASSIVE uptick in farm families coming in. Silent, hollow-eyed, shuffling through the aisles, desperate for something to eat.
Still reflexively, mindlessly supporting Trump and the GOP. Because Fox News & radio propaganda.
But if they keep hearing talking heads on Fox basically telling them that their suffering isn’t real and that they should just shut up …
Is there something in your source that says they’re still DT supporters?
re: #50 Eclectic Cyborg
“The ease with which Trump lies is breathtaking.”
Because to him it’s the truth. I bet the fucker could pass a polygraph while lying on every single question.
I’m not sure. I think he knows when he’s lying because he does sometimes try to walk shit back I.e. the defunding of the Special Olympics.
re: #55 A hollow voice says, Inpeach…
Is there something in your source that says they’re still DT supporters?
I can say with certainty that there are plenty of people in rural, more conservative leaning areas that would be ostracized from the majority of their social circle if they voted against Trump.
For some of these folks, voting Democratic is more sinful than adultery or rape.
Exactly - he’s welcoming an outright, unapologetic fascist to the White House. It’s appalling and horrifying, and it’s also not the least bit surprising. While the media continue to debate whether Trump’s “really a racist.” https://t.co/M1LGlFjUmi
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 13, 2019
re: #54 jaunte
BTI 2018 | Hungary Country Report
In short, what Trump wants here and what his man in Budapest even acknowledges. Hungary is the last country we should be modeling. Budapest is a beautiful city but Hungary is a leader among xenophobic based policy in Europe.
re: #56 HappyWarrior
I’m not sure. I think he knows when he’s lying because he does sometimes try to walk shit back I.e. the defunding of the Special Olympics.
He only walks shit back because his aides tell him how seriously he just stepped in it, but I’ve no doubt he still believed the original statement when he made it.
re: #60 Eclectic Cyborg
He only walks shit back because his aides tell him how seriously he just stepped in it, but I’ve no doubt he still believed the original statement when he made it.
Fair enough.
President Trump’s guest in the White House today won his election with overt appeals to antisemitism. In his comments in the Oval Office, Trump stressed their similarities. pic.twitter.com/ZbAsJFu5dB
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) May 13, 2019
re: #58 Charles Johnson
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Who Trump has shown as who he values as partners: Orban, Bibi, Putin, Kim, Duterte. Who Trump has belittled: Macron, Merkel, Trudeau. Gee what do they have in common.
Man I hope Germany has a strong leader in the wings to replace Angela Merkel. I may not always agree with her but Merkel is a democratic leader who believes in inclusion and leads on that principle.
We’re going to have to do this too lest anyone think I’m saying Germany only needs to do this.
Trump’s elevation of one more smirking autocrat is sickening. Repressive racists and anti-semites should find not validation from the President of the United States, but reproach. https://t.co/tnLjIWMQBq
— Bill Pascrell, Jr. (@BillPascrell) May 13, 2019
I don’t watch GOT & spoilers but Leslie Jones is fucking hilarious
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re: #57 Eclectic Cyborg
I can say with certainty that there are plenty of people in rural, more conservative leaning areas that would be ostracized from the majority of their social circle if they voted against Trump.
For some of these folks, voting Democratic is more sinful than adultery or rape.
Which tells you nothing about what they actually think, or how they’ll vote when the time comes.
(Remember Mouse’s story of the rancher who added a big LIAR! to his Trump sign?)
Donald Trump is meeting with a virulent antisemite who uses the same anti-Soros conspiracy theories Trump used to incite two pogroms. Let me know when the emergency impeachment proceedings begin.https://t.co/OoPSHD7f9a
— Eli Valley (@elivalley) May 13, 2019
re: #69 A hollow voice says, Inpeach…
Which tells you nothing about what they actually think, or how they’ll vote when the time comes.
(Remember Mouse’s story of the rancher who added a big LIAR! to his Trump sign?)
Well some of these areas haven’t gone blue i generations. I’m sure there are some like AM’s neighbor but we can’t count on em. Max our base and add to it.
re: #70 jaunte
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This should bother people more than criticizing Israel on policy but don’t worry Israel’s non Jewish supporters won’t care because all that matters to them is unconditional support for Bibi and not support for the Jewish people.
re: #57 Eclectic Cyborg
I can say with certainty that there are plenty of people in rural, more conservative leaning areas that would be ostracized from the majority of their social circle if they voted against Trump.
For some of these folks, voting Democratic is more sinful than adultery or rape.
That’s why we have a secret ballot.
Democrats are never going to get the votes of the worst of the Deplorables, but ISTM there’s a huge large crop of votes “out there” to be harvested pitching the Dems as “The Farmers’ Friend(s)” - and pointing out - in no uncertain terms - that Donald Trump, with the connivance (or at least inaction) of the GOP is the one who has virtually singlehandedly destroyed their export market(s). Not being able to turn that sort of specific “economic anxiety” into votes would be to me, political malpractice at an incredible level…..
URGENT ASSESSMENT: These Tanker Attacks in UAE are all wrong. I’ve spent years in the tanker wars & fought Iran Navy/Rev Guard. No one targets high riding empty tankers w/ divers & limpet mines. The only risk here is inciting a war with Iran. This needs a better explanation. https://t.co/DtRLnKwCDT
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) May 13, 2019
“Little stories”? Is this the same thing as the “multiple plot vectors” described by State @StateDept Brian Hook? Before going to war, the American people and their representatives in the U.S. Congress deserve more details than these? https://t.co/UTvACox68P
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) May 13, 2019
re: #71 HappyWarrior
Well some of these areas haven’t gone blue i generations. I’m sure there are some like AM’s neighbor but we can’t count on em. Max our base and add to it.
Periodically, I point out that 90% of what is said about the attitudes of the great mass of DT voters in this space has not a trace of supporting evidence. This is one of those times. It has nothing to do with counting (or counting on) people.
re: #56 HappyWarrior
I’m not sure. I think he knows when he’s lying because he does sometimes try to walk shit back I.e. the defunding of the Special Olympics.
you may be right ie - sometimes
or it may just be those times someone told him - “you’d better say something, that was worse than usual”
personally i think he’s mostly clueless and just says stuff
re: #60 Eclectic Cyborg
He only walks shit back because his aides tell him how seriously he just stepped in it, but I’ve no doubt he still believed the original statement when he made it.
gmta
re: #76 A hollow voice says, Inpeach…
Periodically, I point out that 90% of what is said about the attitudes of the great mass of DT voters in this space has not a trace of supporting evidence. This is one of those times. It has nothing to do with counting (or counting on) people.
Fair enough. I just think the goal should be to focus on getting new voters in 2020.
re: #77 DangerMan
you may be right ie - sometimes
or it may just be those times someone told him - “you’d better say something, that was worse than usual”
personally i think he’s mostly clueless and just says stuff
I think that sounds right.
re: #78 Decatur Deb
Persian Gulf of Tonkin.
But at least we’re not hearing Congress passing by acclamation resolutions supporting the use of military force there.
re: #80 HappyWarrior
Fair enough. I just think the goal should be to focus on getting new voters in 2020.
And not every single post of mine will be about our goals for 2020. That was one of them.
re: #78 Decatur Deb
Persian Gulf of Tonkin.
GET OUT OF MY HEAD! That’s what I was saying when I was only aware of the one Norwegian tanker even!
re: #82 A hollow voice says, Inpeach…
But at least we’re not hearing Congress passing by acclamation resolutions supporting the use of military force there.
He’ll claim he doesn’t need it.
re: #83 A hollow voice says, Inpeach…
And not every single post of mine will be about our goals for 2020. That was one of them.
Gotcha.
re: #84 DangerMan
“we’ll see what happens” = “i’m clueless”
…and pretending to have a cunning plan.”
Orban’s Hungary is so racist the country doesn’t have enough people to work all the hours businesses need worked. So the gov’t passed a law requiring “white skinned people with Christian roots” to put in 400 hours a year in overtime. It’s being called a slave law.
— John Stoehr’s Editorial Board (@johnastoehr) May 13, 2019
re: #86 Decatur Deb
He’ll claim he doesn’t need it.
As they all do. But even for him, these things are harder when there’s no support for them.
re: #90 A hollow voice says, Inpeach…
As they all do. But even for him, these things are harder when there’s no support for them.
I’ve quit being surprised by the shit he gets away with.
re: #91 Decatur Deb
I’ve quit being surprised by the shit
hethe sociopathic corporate media and GOPer Senate lets him gets away with.
Fixed.
Atty Gen Andy Beshear sues in Franklin Circuit Court 3 large insulin manufacturers for allegedly driving up insulin prices & joins multistate complaint in Conn. against 20 generic drug makers for inflating prices of more than 100 generic drugs. ^JB pic.twitter.com/SXFt49e0Ou
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) May 13, 2019
re: #91 Decatur Deb
I’ve quit being surprised by the shit he gets away with.
Yeah. But he’s not alone in getting away with attacks and invasions, and obvious opposition has blocked them in the past. Maybe more than we know.
re: #94 A hollow voice says, Inpeach…
Yeah. But he’s not alone in getting away with attacks and invasions, and obvious opposition has blocked them in the past. Maybe more than we know.
The longer he has to contaminate the judiciary and the federal workforce, the more freedom he’ll have. If we don’t stop this in 16 months, he’s not going to stop.
Canceled plans I had in my head to visit Hungary later this year.
If Trump really follows through with war on Iran for his #falsflag Persian Gulf of Tonkin incident, look for the US to be ACTIVELY opposed by the #EuropeanUnion. This would so obviously be a war of aggression on the Americans’ part that neutrality would be criminal.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) May 13, 2019
re: #74 jaunte
Something reeks.
If you’ve got limited resources (divers, explosives, etc.,) you aren’t going to focus on high riding tankers - also known as empty tankers.
You’d target a couple of fully laden oil tankers to watch them blow up.
This is like a keystone cops version of some bad jobu trying to go down and no one seems to have their heart in it because they know all the consequences will be bad.
re: #98 lawhawk
Something reeks.
If you’ve got limited resources (divers, explosives, etc.,) you aren’t going to focus on high riding tankers - also known as empty tankers.
You’d target a couple of fully laden oil tankers to watch them blow up.
This is like a keystone cops version of some bad jobu trying to go down and no one seems to have their heart in it because they know all the consequences will be bad.
No need to sink anything—just make a few loud noises and watch the insurance companies soil their pants.
Trump blatantly lies & claims he “never did use” information stolen from a foreign adversary during 2016 campaign — he mentioned WikiLeaks about 5 times daily in Oct 2016 — while refusing to commit to not using information stolen by foreign adversaries during 2020 campaign. pic.twitter.com/akdvpfjTsy
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 13, 2019
re: #99 Decatur Deb
No need to sink anything—just make a few loud noises and watch the insurance companies soil their pants.
And wait for the bell to continually chime on the floor of Lloyd’s!
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ATLANTA (AP) — Carter Center says former President Jimmy Carter is recovering from surgery after breaking a hip.
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) May 13, 2019
re: #104 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Like to think he broke it falling off a ladder on a Habitat site.
re: #100 Backwoods_Sleuth
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The most transparent ever…as long as we get to provide the very narrow ambit of items that you are entitled to request.
re: #105 Decatur Deb
Like to think he broke it falling off a ladder on a Habitat site.
My fondness wish is for him to outlive Cheeto Benito (or at the very least live to see him thrown out of office/in jail).
re: #107 Interesting Times
My fondness wish is for him to outlive Cheeto Benito (or at the very least live to see him thrown out of office/in jail).
And the last damn Guinea worm.
re: #105 Decatur Deb
Like to think he broke it falling off a ladder on a Habitat site.
Jimmy Carter underwent surgery for a broken hip after falling at home in Georgia, his office says. He was leaving to go turkey hunting when he fell. “President Carter said his main concern is that turkey season ends this week and he has not reached his limit,” his office says.
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) May 13, 2019
Help me, Obi Putin Wan! You’re our only hope! https://t.co/jHHm1jW5TX
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) May 13, 2019
re: #102 sagehen
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Just paged this: it turns out that 8Chan supports itself in its goal of inspiring hate-filled white incels to commit mass murder, by selling cheesy audiobooks on Amazon:
As a result, Amazon is likely a significant source of funding for 8chan. The website features a few advertisements from other sources.
Watkins selection of Amazon as his financial lifeline to the outside world is not an accident. The company does not run away from websites that others deem toxic. When thousands of advertisers abandoned Breitbart after the right-wing website featured racist categories like “black crime,” Amazon continued to run ads on the site.
Which as you recall got him photoshopped into the Austin Powers “Swedish Penis Pump” scene REPEATEDLY. And rightly so.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) May 13, 2019
re: #100 Backwoods_Sleuth
REPORTER: “If you’re so transparent, why continue to block these House Democrats looking for information?”
TRUMP: “Because they’re looking for things they’re not entitled to.”
how would anyone know until at least the committees see some of it?
oh, and btw, congress isnt entitled to see the entire mueller report? and the information supporting it?
further, further, it’s either a lame ass question or was done purposely:
REPORTER: “If you’re so transparent, why continue to block these House Democrats looking for information?”
so clearly should have been “….these House Committees looking for information…”
oh…
DOJ has a new Twitter account for US Attorneys. This is its first tweet:https://t.co/07lRUSIVLW
— Betsy Woodruff (@woodruffbets) May 13, 2019
re: #109 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Carter’s 94 friggin’ years old: if he wants turkeys, I’m sure a simple online request would net him enough to build a house out of.
Good thoughts towards his healing: broken bones can be a bitch at that age.
re: #110 Backwoods_Sleuth
“Just think, MAGA folks, Trump has to run to Russia because he doesn’t trust you.”
re: #114 DangerMan
how would anyone know until at least the committee’s see some of it?
oh, and btw, congress isnt entitled to see the entire mueller report? and the information supporting it?
further, further, it’s either a lame ass question or was done purposely:
so clearly should have been “….these House Committees looking for information…”
I don’t know about that last part. OT1H, yes, it may make things look partisan. But on the other, it also makes it clear that there’s not a thing the Republicans could be exposed to—right down to a live shot of him signing the Trump Tower Moscow contract—that would lead to even one of them going against him, so therefore, the partisanship being shown might be toxic for their chances.
re: #116 Jay C
Good thoughts towards his healing: broken bones can be a bitch at that age.
And is a top killer in his demographic.
re: #102 sagehen
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sort of apropos, was watching an old audie murphy western last week
- he captured a wild horse, broke it in the middle of nowhere in like 10 minutes
- if he had been tossed once, that horse woulda been in the next state, holding the reins or not
- then after he broke it, what a miracle - that horse instantly knew how to respond to neck reining
re: #116 Jay C
Carter’s 94 friggin’ years old: if he wants turkeys, I’m sure a simple online request would net him enough to build a house out of.
Good thoughts towards his healing: broken bones can be a bitch at that age.
Carter’s 94 friggin’ years old because he builds houses and turkey hunts.
re: #116 Jay C
Carter’s 94 friggin’ years old: if he wants turkeys, I’m sure a simple online request would net him enough to build a house out of.
Good thoughts towards his healing: broken bones can be a bitch at that age.
I expect that it has more to do with wanting to still be able to do the things he did when younger. It’s hard to let go as time goes on.
re: #115 Backwoods_Sleuth
oh…
@USAttorneys
In the Federal criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate but equally important groups: Special Agents, who investigate crime, and United States Attorneys, who prosecute the offenders.
These are our stories.DUN DUN
MOO MOO
re: #111 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
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I gotta admire how active he is for his age but he’s more than earned time to relax.
Wow apparently Rashida Tlaib is a supporter of ‘Humus’. Those damn terroristic chickpeas! https://t.co/v8EmWenl1x
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) May 13, 2019
re: #122 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
I expect that it has more to do with wanting to still be able to do the things he did when younger. It’s hard to let go as time goes on.
Yeah. This is probably going to put a crimp in his sex life.
re: #55 A hollow voice says, Inpeach…
Is there something in your source that says they’re still DT supporters?
Yeah, they’re still railing about the border wall, and parroting the line that the trade wars are actually good for the economy, and things are going to turn around any second now … they’re so deep into Trump worship that they can’t even begin to imagine a world in which he is not their Lord And Savior.
My aunt worked with the laid-off paper mill workers in the Wausau area. Same thing with them. Trying to get them into retraining programs (and yeah, some of those were stupid, like the Mining Minds B.S. that’s getting so much attention this past weekend). But they were adamant and angry.
Doughy-faced, rage-filled white guys screaming “F this, F that, F you, I don’t want a new job I want my old job back.”
re: #126 Backwoods_Sleuth
Wow apparently Rashida Tlaib is a supporter of ‘Humus’. Those damn terroristic chickpeas!
Melissa A.
@TheRightMelissa
Replying to @RashidaTlaib
“Racist” says the woman who supports Humus, a terrorist organization dedicated to wiping every Jew of the planet.
Rich
Melissa A’s a real pita
re: #125 HappyWarrior
I gotta admire how active he is for his age but he’s more than earned time to relax.
(I’m only 49, but) Has he reached the point where he earned the right to be told what to do?
re: #126 Backwoods_Sleuth
Hummus is made of chickpeas. Humus is “the organic component of soil, formed by the decomposition of leaves and other plant material by soil microorganisms” according to wikipedia.
re: #130 Belafon
(I’m only 49, but) Has he reached the point where he earned the right to be told what to do?
He’s earned the right to do what he wants. No knock on him. I admire how active he is. I just think there’s no shame in relaxing either but he’s always been like this.
re: #126 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Note if you’re going to call someone a Hamas supporter, learn to spell it first.
re: #76 A hollow voice says, Inpeach…
Periodically, I point out that 90% of what is said about the attitudes of the great mass of DT voters in this space has not a trace of supporting evidence. This is one of those times. It has nothing to do with counting (or counting on) people.
Best I can do is report back what my sane relatives report back from their conversations in Central Wisconsin, with the suffering farmers who still maintain that Trump is their hero.
Their attitudes are not going to change until they switch their media diet from AM radio all day and Fox News all night. Everything they hear is telling them that what Trump is doing is necessary, that the blowback is no big deal, and that those limp-wristed lib’rul pantywaists are overreacting as usual.
Thread. Read. Get your goddamned vaccinations. https://t.co/KX9WxryAex
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) May 13, 2019
re: #125 HappyWarrior
I gotta admire how active he is for his age but he’s more than earned time to relax.
Some men are more happy when they are not relaxing, but out in the world doing good.
re: #140 Eclectic Cyborg
Some men are more happy when they are not relaxing, but out in the world doing good.
True. Again no knock. He’s served his country honorably for more than 70 years. There’s no better former President than him.
Informative thread on #UAE/#Saudi reports of maritime sabotage on the Gulf. #Iran #Oman https://t.co/NI7E3IIQAW
— Mary Beth Long (@LongDefense) May 13, 2019
re: #74 jaunte
Adam Silverman has collected a bunch of tweets and added commentary about this: balloon-juice.com. It even includes the now ever presents Hunt for Red October quote as the title. All leaning toward this being an attempt to get people riled up against Iran:
Reports of “sabotage” of oil tankers off Fujairah UAE by waterline IED is confusing. Iran hasn’t used this type of attack since 1988 & we savaged their Navy. Why now & why use crude throwback tactics? It suddenly proves Trump’s narrative? It makes no sense at all. Need more intel https://t.co/tHva1T6fXZ
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) May 13, 2019
TANKER ATTACKS: This imagery fm UAE news shows a small IED was placed underwater on stern of this anchored vessel & way above rudder/Screws & far fm oil & Fuel tanks. Not enough bang to do real damage to steerage, just the hull. It’s all wrong. Just big enough for TV. pic.twitter.com/7eLYPJiGBn
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) May 13, 2019
U.S. suspects Iran in tanker attack but cannot prove it now: official https://t.co/YmdoRErcvm
— Sigurd Neubauer (@SigiMideast) May 13, 2019
“said the official on condition of anonymity”
SMOTI is hookin’ up with a Holocaust Denier
Oh, good, Gateway Pundit is now publishing a Holocaust-denying anti-Semite and Islamaphobe who thinks Hitler had some good points. https://t.co/l61OPsdS0h
— David Futrelle (@DavidFutrelle) May 13, 2019
CONGLUMRIFIED is an old Scots word meaning ‘left confused by a series of many different foolish thoughts’.
(The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia, 1824) pic.twitter.com/ui1RSH0K6L— Haggard Hawks 📚🦅 (@HaggardHawks) May 13, 2019
re: #148 The Vicious Babushka
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re: #147 jaunte
Assad’s propaganda machine now spewing out vessel IMO numbers; 2 of which are complete fabrication as they have an extra digit. One of the vessels is in Jeddah (Red Sea). Facts don’t matter, but hey, his background pic remains the envy of the nation. pic.twitter.com/2sugdtvImW
— Samir Madani 🛢 (@Samir_Madani) May 12, 2019
Give it up, we all know you never met a Muslim you didn’t want to vilify!
Your deep seeded hate and Islamophobia might be a tool to rally your base, but won’t get rid your colleagues. You just have to deal 💁🏽♀️ https://t.co/hMvvxLnmp5— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) May 13, 2019
re: #152 gocart mozart
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Liz, your father was Defense Secretary in an administration where the Secretary of State said“Fuck the Jews, they don’t vote for us anyway.” Stop acting like Jews are just Israel, you concern troll halfwit supported by people who believe in the Rapture.
re: #132 Belafon
Hummus is made of chickpeas. Humus is “the organic component of soil, formed by the decomposition of leaves and other plant material by soil microorganisms” according to wikipedia.
so humus could be made of hummus
Nobody said taking on my opponent Tom Cotton and his godfather Mitch McConnell would be easy, but with your help I will defeat the Ted Cruz of Arkansas. Can you step up, RETWEET, and chip in? https://t.co/sDT8zwldh2
— Josh Mahony (@joshuamahony) May 13, 2019
re: #135 HappyWarrior
Note if you’re going to call someone a Hamas supporter, learn to spell it first.
was talking about this with mrs dm
they dont know and they dont know that they dont know probably cause they dont read carefully or never saw it in print
like seeing someone type “waa-lah” for ‘voila’
and so many others
it’s not always autocorrect. and im not excusing it, because your point still stands
wait, what? Is she saying that Puerto Ricans displaced by the hurricane are immigrants??? Illegal or otherwise???
YIKES!
Parker: My great grandparents were LEGAL immigrants. Asks again about immigrants to Louisville using up social services and asks if this is a drain on our school system. Asks Wiederwohl how much is too much immigrants…
— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) May 13, 2019
via @TobinWilliamson: pic.twitter.com/Y2tbm5jFbk
— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) May 13, 2019
re: #157 DangerMan
was talking about this with mrs dm
they dont know and they dont know that they dont know probably cause they dont read carefully or never saw it in print
like seeing someone type “waa-lah” for ‘voila’
and so many othersit’s not always autocorrect. and im not excusing it, because your point still stands
I’m just sick of people conflating criticism of Israeli policy with attacking the Jewish people. I think Tlaib could phrase better but it’s better than the right wingers who deny the Palestinians their very existence.
re: #158 Backwoods_Sleuth
wait, what? Is she saying that Puerto Ricans displaced by the hurricane are immigrants??? Illegal or otherwise???
YIKES!
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re: #137 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
Best I can do is report back what my sane relatives report back from their conversations in Central Wisconsin, with the suffering farmers who still maintain that Trump is their hero.
Their attitudes are not going to change until they switch their media diet from AM radio all day and Fox News all night. Everything they hear is telling them that what Trump is doing is necessary, that the blowback is no big deal, and that those limp-wristed lib’rul pantywaists are overreacting as usual.
‘i know all i need to know’ is easier than challenging your own world-view
it is comforting to think you have your finger on the pulse of things, that the world is not vastly bigger and more varied than you think, and that there arent things you don’t know
Good question.
So, who in the White House went short on stocks last week before Trump started this latest round in the U.S.-China trade war?
The SEC had better find out.— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) May 13, 2019
Wow. US Rejects Visa to senior Palestinian Negotiator Hanan Ashrawi. She visited US many many times, was present in peace talks since Madrid in 1991. Also has family here… https://t.co/wVU4UIerhN
— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) May 13, 2019
re: #163 Backwoods_Sleuth
That’s not what she’s saying, though.
Then I’m confused. How are Puerto Ricans moving in any different than Missourians or Virginians? Apart from better food.
re: #138 Backwoods_Sleuth
Thread. Read. Get your goddamned vaccinations.
Jenn Tullman-Botzer
@JennyfrmthBlog
I don’t usually get personal on Twitter, but 6 months after my #mumps ordeal it seems important to tell my story. This is the first time I’m sharing these photos publicly, and I’m doing so only to show the real consequences of preventable diseases like mumps and #measles [1/14]
its just two weeks in bed.
yeah - no one ever has complications
re: #165 HappyWarrior
Then I’m confused. How are Puerto Ricans moving in any different than Missourians or Virginians? Apart from better food.
The woman is a moron
Oh and I want everyone who insists their family emigrated legally to find all their immigrant ancestors’ paperwork.
re: #168 Backwoods_Sleuth
The woman is a moron
That’s what I mean. The people coming to your state from PR are no different than people coming from another state.
re: #158 Backwoods_Sleuth
“…Half of Kentucky’s 10 regions had a surplus of job openings at the end of 2018. The Northern Kentucky region, which covers eight counties including Boone, Kenton, and Campbell, had the greatest surplus with more than 10,000 job openings than the total number of individuals searching. The Louisville Metro (Kentuckiana Works Region) area was not far behind, with just over 9,300 more job openings than individuals searching. South Central Kentucky, the Bluegrass Region surrounding Lexington, and the Green River region which includes Owensboro made up the final three surplus regions. Nearly 70% of Kentucky’s open jobs are in these five regions.”
lanereport.com
How long will it take for employers to discover the “increase wages” trick?
re: #171 jaunte
How long will it take for employers to discover the “increase wages” trick?
When they realize that being a cheap asshole isn’t profitable.
Not at all.
A reservist Intel Officer would have gotten the training required for his particular specialty. He wouldn’t have the experience or day to day familiarity as active duty, but that that doesn’t invalid his basic designation. https://t.co/aJR7pzMYWk— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) May 13, 2019
Oh, this has been going on since American conservatives suddenly decided they loved the military again at the outbreak of the first Gulf War. There are veterans, you see, and there are Veterans. Ask any female vet how many times she’s been told she’s not a real vet. https://t.co/evWGnkELDZ
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) May 13, 2019
re: #152 gocart mozart
your base, but won’t get rid your colleagues. You just have to deal 💁🏽♀️
Liz Cheney
✔
@Liz_Cheney
Here’s @RepRashida direct quote, “There’s a calming feeling I always tell folks when I think of the Holocaust.” And her “history” of what happened after is a fantasy based on lies spread to delegitimize the state of Israel.Statement on lies being spread regarding Congresswoman Tlaib’s appearance on Yahoo’s SkullDuggery Podcast. pic.twitter.com/fBASeibLwV
— Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (@RepRashida) May 13, 2019
…
lizzy dear:
you lied.
that is NOT a direct quote.
YOU inserted a period after ‘holocaust’ to make it look like a single thought/complete sentence.
it. was. not.
re: #126 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #173 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Not only has Trump not served, I can’t think of a single Trump family member that has. Service isn’t a thing to that family. I would never call my family quote on quote a military family but we have had people serve since the War of 1812 and my cousin’s son is about to go in the USN after graduation next month.
re: #175 DangerMan
lizzy dear:
you lied.that is NOT a direct quote.
YOU inserted a period after ‘holocaust’ to make it look like a single thought/complete sentence.it. was. not.
So, Liz, tell us the 20th century history of Israel.
THIS THREAD
So many crying that the #sexstrike is “punishing men.” This just shows what we women are up against. Y’all are missing the point. What @Alyssa_Milano said was that with our rights being erased, we simply can’t risk the dangers of pregnancy.
— Ang (@PDXAngie) May 13, 2019
re: #160 HappyWarrior
The word here is migrate.
cause there’s a body of water? maybe
when i left NY and wound up in FLA no one would have said i ‘migrated’.
i ‘moved’
re: #162 The Vicious Babushka
Good question.
So, who in the White House went short on stocks last week before Trump started this latest round in the U.S.-China trade war?
The SEC had better find out.
according to trump above the house isnt ‘entitled’ to see his financial records
re: #180 DangerMan
cause there’s a body of water? maybe
when i left NY and wound up in FLA no one would have said i ‘migrated’.
i ‘moved’
Narrator: it’s because she doesn’t believe Puerto Ricans are white or Americans.
re: #169 HappyWarrior
Oh and I want everyone who insists their family emigrated legally to find all their immigrant ancestors’ paperwork.
I know for certain my mother’s people came here legally. They arrived in the 1880’s, when the only immigration law in existence was the Chinese Exclusion Act. They were very easily able to meet the requirement of being not Asian.
Dad’s people it’s a little more complicated; they came sometime in the 1920’s, they told me so many contradictory stories I can’t be sure if they did or didn’t beat the 1924 quotas. Dad was born January 1928 in Brooklyn; and since his parents were from 2 different countries they definitely met here; so it could go either way.
re: #182 KGxvi
Narrator: it’s because she doesn’t believe Puerto Ricans are white or Americans.
and they talk funny…
re: #178 Belafon
So, Liz, tell us the 20th century history of Israel.
She should talk to her own father about that. I’m sick of Republicans who support things like the SC law that has discriminated against Jewish adoptive parents accusing people who are critical of Israeli policy of being Antisemitic. People who continue to act like the only thing you have to do respect Jews is just to say I support Israel and that’s it. That’s Antisemitism in itself but Liz is too full of herself to realize that.
re: #182 KGxvi
Narrator: it’s because she doesn’t believe Puerto Ricans are white or Americans.
She’s heard them speak “Mexican”.
re: #180 DangerMan
cause there’s a body of water? maybe
when i left NY and wound up in FLA no one would have said i ‘migrated’.
i ‘moved’
Sure but migrate and move I think can be interchangeable. Think the famous “Migrate Mother” photo by Dorothea Lange and The Great Migration of African-Americans from the rural South to the nation’s cities.
re: #182 KGxvi
Narrator: it’s because she doesn’t believe Puerto Ricans are white or Americans.
Precisely.
re: #186 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
She’s heard them speak “Mexican”.
They have tacos in PR right? //
In which the phrase “panning out” has changed its meaning to “turning Swedish.”
Anyhow humanity is a story of moving. You would think that people in this country of all countries would get that.
re: #187 HappyWarrior
Sure but migrate and move I think can be interchangeable. Think the famous “Migrate Mother” photo by Dorothea Lange and The Great Migration of African-Americans from the rural South to the nation’s cities.
maybe im being pedantic maybe not
people within a country ‘move’
people emigrate / immigrate between countries
and maybe populations can migrate within a country (200 people isnt a population)
in any event no one talks the way that woman did
no - i take that back… far too many people talk and think that way
re: #192 DangerMan
maybe im being pedantic maybe not
people within a country ‘move’
people emigrate / immigrate between countries
and maybe populations can migrate within a country (200 people isnt a population)in any event no one talks the way that woman did
no - i take that back… far too many people talk and think that way
We’re both right.
verb (used without object), mi*grat*ed, mi*grat*ing.
to go from one country, region, or place to another.
to pass periodically from one region or climate to another, as certain birds, fishes, and animals:
The birds migrate southward in the winter.
to shift, as from one system, mode of operation, or enterprise to another.
Physiology . (of a cell, tissue, etc.) to move from one region of the body to another, as in embryonic development.
Chemistry .
(of ions) to move toward an electrode during electrolysis.
(of atoms within a molecule) to change position.
(at British universities) to change or transfer from one college to another.
oh, maggie…
(Except for reading aloud from Wikileaks from rally stage and entire campaign apparatus tweeting it out and Pence talking about it rallies and oh never mind) https://t.co/VhJz1liHdq
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 13, 2019
re: #194 Backwoods_Sleuth
oh, maggie…
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Call me naive but I gasp don’t believe him.
re: #193 HappyWarrior
see? we can all just get along ;-)
re: #186 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
She’s heard them speak “Mexican”.
You mean Puerto Rico isn’t one of them Mexican countries?
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hello police? i’d like to report a guy who just very slowly and deliberately poured gasoline all over himself and lit a match pic.twitter.com/RtWOT0uu91
— lvl 45 chaos potus (@thetomzone) May 13, 2019
The drugs span all types, and treat a range of diseases & conditions from basic infections to diabetes, cancer, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, HIV, ADHD & more.
The conduct alleged harmed consumers’ health & wellbeing and we intend to hold the wrongdoers accountable.— NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) May 13, 2019
Heh heh. Sure.
Nice damage control there. Like you would have done this without being dragged on social media. Right. https://t.co/PPzGMsjU59— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) May 13, 2019
back pedaling on loads of his earlier budget cuts:
We must protect our Great Lakes, keeping them clean and beautiful for future generations. That’s why I am fighting for $300 million in my updated budget for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 13, 2019
Under my Administration, we are restoring @NASA to greatness and we are going back to the Moon, then Mars. I am updating my budget to include an additional $1.6 billion so that we can return to Space in a BIG WAY!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 13, 2019
My Administration will be fighting for $200 million for the Army Corps Everglades restoration work this year. Congress needs to help us complete the world’s largest intergovernmental watershed restoration project ASAP! Good for Florida and good for the environment.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 13, 2019
Listen, if you don’t like drinking beer with smart women just say so, don’t make it her problem.
— A Bit Snitty (@goddamnedfrank) May 13, 2019
re: #202 Backwoods_Sleuth
back pedaling on loads of his earlier budget cuts:
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Neat trick. Propose all sorts of cuts to popular, if somewhat secondary, programs. Then re-insert them to make it appear to his followers like he’s correcting a wrong from a prior admin. His followers, of course, will believe every word of it.
Reports are that Liz Cheney will be running for the Senate to replace retiring Senator Barraso.
re: #199 jaunte
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i’m guessing an sample size of maybe one
the plural of anecdote is not data
Lre: #205 Cheechako
Reports are that Liz Cheney will be running for the Senate to replace retiring Senator Barraso.
And she’ll get it since Wyoming.
re: #199 jaunte
I really find it hard to understand how even one guy didn’t see the problem with essentially saying that “No woman I’ve ever had sex with enjoyed it.”
I mean, seriously? Did they not even read it over in their minds before hitting ‘submit’?
re: #204 Mike Lamb
Neat trick. Propose all sorts of cuts to popular, if somewhat secondary, programs. Then re-insert them to make it appear to his followers like he’s correcting a wrong from a prior admin. His followers, of course, will believe every word of it.
wait’ll he kills the china tariffs and claims “Victory”!
re: #203 goddamnedfrank
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Would rather have a beer with Liz than Bernie. Liz actually has a personality that isn’t grumpy grandparent.
re: #208 Blind Frog Belly White
I really find it hard to understand how even one guy didn’t see the problem with essentially saying that “No woman I’ve ever had sex with enjoyed it.”
I mean, seriously? Did they not even read it over in their minds before hitting ‘submit’?
that’s rhetorical, right?
Season 8, Ep. 6:
EVERYONE: Hey, Drogon, where’s Danaerys? Or Jon?
DROGON: NO IDEA. DROGON KING NOW.
EVERYONE: what
DROGON: DROGON SPEAK YOUR STUPID LANGUAGE THIS WHOLE TIME. NOW MAKE METAL CHAIR BIGGER FOR DROGON. BRING DROGON SHEEP AND ALE!
TYRION: I can work with this.— Scott Lynch (@scottlynch78) May 13, 2019
re: #203 goddamnedfrank
Replying to @TiffanyBond
Warren would make a good SecState but not a electable president. The litmus test is would one get a beer and sit down with him/ her. Yes with Bill Clinton and Obama and GWB.
my problem is the opposite of the upthread about being stuck in foxnewsland
i think everyone is reasonably informed and smarter than they actually are
if if we moronically limit it to men, that’s your ‘litmus test’ for a president?
we are so fucked
re: #210 HappyWarrior
Would rather have a beer with Liz than Bernie. Liz actually has a personality that isn’t grumpy grandparent.
We’ve been talking about Liz Cheney, and I can’t see what Frank is replying to, so it looks a bit weird.
re: #207 HappyWarrior
Lre: #205 Cheechako
Reports are that Liz Cheney will be running for the Senate to replace retiring Senator Barraso.
And she’ll get it since Wyoming.
Supposedly, Liz Cheney has had her eye on a Senate seat for years, though Barasso was just reelected last year: I’d think Mike Enzi’s seat (up next year) would be a better shot. Assuming she can convince the WY GOP (IIRC, she tried a challenge to Enzi in 2014 and got nowhere - but times have changed).
re: #213 DangerMan
my problem is the opposite of the upthread about being stuck in foxnewsland
i think everyone is reasonably informed and smarter than they actually areif if we moronically limit it to men, that’s your ‘litmus test’ for a president?
we are so fucked
My litmus test is a grasp of the issues, a reasonably progressive platform, good political instincts and skills, some experience in elected government or at least working with it, that you surround yourself with capable advisers who aren’t there just to kiss your ass. A lot of the people running fit that to me but I have some I like more than others.
re: #214 Belafon
We’ve been talking about Liz Cheney, and I can’t see what Frank is replying to, so it looks a bit weird.
Liz Warren, not Liz Cheney
re: #214 Belafon
We’ve been talking about Liz Cheney, and I can’t see what Frank is replying to, so it looks a bit weird.
Some guy saying Warren won’t win because no one would have a beer with her and she’d be better as SoS which ironically I think would be her worst cabinet post. AG or Sec of Treasury would be better.
re: #218 HappyWarrior
Some guy saying Warren won’t win because no one would have a beer with her and she’d be better as SoS which ironically I think would be her worst cabinet post. AG or Sec of Treasury would be better.
Thanks. I finally figured out who it was. It was just kind of funny. I would definitely have a beer with Berney before Cheney.
re: #215 Jay C
Supposedly, Liz Cheney has had her eye on a Senate seat for years, though Barasso was just reelected last year: I’d think Mike Enzi’s seat (up next year) would be a better shot. Assuming she can convince the WY GOP (IIRC, she tried a challenge to Enzi in 2014 and got nowhere - but times have changed).
Enzi has announced he’s retiring, so it’ll be an easier path since she won’t be challenging an incumbent.
re: #202 Backwoods_Sleuth
world’s largest intergovernmental watershed restoration project
Words that in no possible way originated in the orange shit-goblin’s brain.
Some select items from NRA chief executive Wayne LaPierre’s favorite boutique https://t.co/r3dUI6sVMl pic.twitter.com/q0m3OZtUBP
— Jezebel (@Jezebel) May 13, 2019
re: #216 HappyWarrior
I apologize if I picked the wrong Senator from Wyoming who is retiring. I did a quick check on several Wyoming news sites to try and get the correct person. Couldn’t find the article I had gotten the information from. So, I guessed…and was wrong.
Sorry.
Edit:
After further digging I did find this article:
CHENEY DOESN’T RULE OUT NOR HINT AT POSSIBLE U.S. SENATE RUN
re: #216 HappyWarrior
My litmus test is a grasp of the issues, a reasonably progressive platform, good political instincts and skills, some experience in elected government or at least working with it, that you surround yourself with capable advisers who aren’t there just to kiss your ass. A lot of the people running fit that to me but I have some I like more than others.
the beer test is so much easier to understand //
thread about having a beer with the candidates:
I would rather have a beer with Elizabeth Warren than any other current Presidential candidate. https://t.co/Y4llFxovPZ
— Sara Luterman (@slooterman) May 13, 2019
re: #219 Belafon
Thanks. I finally figured out who it was. It was just kind of funny. I would definitely have a beer with Berney before Cheney.
I would too but I’d rather have one with Liz Warren than either Cheney or Sanders.
re: #223 Cheechako
I apologize if I picked the wrong Senator from Wyoming who is retiring. I did a quick check on several Wyoming news sites to try and get the correct person. Couldn’t find the article I had gotten the information from. So, I guessed…and was wrong.
Sorry.
You’re good dude.
re: #216 HappyWarrior
My litmus test is a grasp of the issues, a reasonably progressive platform, good political instincts and skills, some experience in elected government or at least working with it, that you surround yourself with capable advisers who aren’t there just to kiss your ass. A lot of the people running fit that to me but I have some I like more than others.
My approach has wavered a bit over the last few years. I know that policy-wise, there’s not very many candidates for any office that I’m probably going to agree with more than about 60% of the time. So for me it’s more about who do I trust to do the right thing when something unexpected happens. I’d also like someone who isn’t afraid to make a real effort to move public opinion on some issue rather than waiting for public opinion to shift enough - the big one out there, since same sex marriage and legalization of marijuana have already shifted would be the death penalty.
Elizabeth Warren releases a new plan every week like old-school rappers used to release mixtapes. I wish the media would focus more on the women with fresh ideas, and focus less on the old guys who have been regurgitating the same ramblefuckery for decades.
— Christopher Bouzy (@cbouzy) May 12, 2019
re: #226 Backwoods_Sleuth
thread about having a beer with the candidates:
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The damnedest thing is talking Elizabeth Warren as an ‘elitist’, when her actual life story is somebody who worked her way into an elite position from pretty common origins.
I’m starting to think ‘elite’ is code for ‘woman’.
re: #225 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Tastier, too.
Best beer test is to ask them what kind of pitcher they would order for four random people.
There’s no right answer, but there are plenty of wrong answers.
re: #224 DangerMan
the beer test is so much easier to understand //
Ah well the one I’d like to probably most is Beto. He’s the one who I can see my music tastes intersecting the most with but I could get some great tips on good funk from Kamala. Biden? I’ve drank with my uncle’s. That’s fun. Julian seems like a cool guy but I don’t know his non politics interests. Pete would be cool even if he rubs me wrong sometimes. Gillibrand ditto Julian. Gabbard would be cool if she wasn’t an Assad apologist. And I know I’ve missed others.
re: #231 Blind Frog Belly White
I’m starting to think ‘elite’ is code for ‘woman’.
It’s a catch all for anyone the right-whingers don’t like. Especially, east coasters, college grads, or anyone that is left of Attila the Hun.
re: #232 KGxvi
Best beer test is to ask them what kind of pitcher they would order for four random people.
There’s no right answer, but there are plenty of wrong answers.
Some West-coast hop fest. If you don’t like it, I immediately don’t trust you. It’s kinda a tasty truth serum.
re: #234 Cheechako
Check my up date in #223
Got it. I’m sure she’s gonna run someday. Gotta nip that in the butt.
re: #232 KGxvi
Best beer test is to ask them what kind of pitcher they would order for four random people.
There’s no right answer, but there are plenty of wrong answers.
Depends what time of year it is but a good IPA in the summer works for me.
re: #236 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Some West-coast hop fest. If you don’t like it, I immediately don’t trust you. It’s kinda a tasty truth serum.
We’d drink well together I reckon.
re: #224 DangerMan
the beer test is so much easier to understand //
I could easily see having a beer with Warren or mayor Pete or Beto. Voting? Too early to say but I’ll bet the talk over that beer would make it easier to choose.
The funniest thing to me is the first time I remember the beer test was it in reference to Bush and frankly I get it’s not literal and I can see why people felt that way about Bush but Gore or Kerry both would be fine. Sometimes I want intelligent conversation with my beer. Sometimes I want to talk baseball and humor.
re: #235 Colère Tueur de Lapin
It’s a catch all for anyone the right-whingers don’t like. Especially, east coasters, college grads, or anyone that is left of Attila the Hun.
its the same meaningless non-definable word nonsense like:
the left
liberal
socialist
ad nauseam
tells you a lot about the user of the word
re: #241 HappyWarrior
The funniest thing to me is the first time I remember the beer test was it in reference to Bush and frankly I get it’s not literal and I can see why people felt that way about Bush but Gore or Kerry both would be fine. Sometimes I want intelligent conversation with my beer. Sometimes I want to talk baseball and humor.
i know we’re having some fun here
remember the tweet that started it
it’s asinine to be a litmus test for president
If you work at @YouTube / @Google and you’re not fight everyday to get your company to address the radicalization of kids, wtf are you doing? https://t.co/3LIP0seyEE
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) May 13, 2019
We are literally entertaining ourselves to death.
re: #243 DangerMan
i know we’re having some fun here
remember the tweet that started it
it’s asinine to be a litmus test for president
I am too. I’m just saying sometimes I want different things out of my drinking buddy.
The full interview here:
The Jewish Right’s fake outrage against @RashidaTlaib is fascist, and I don’t use that term lightly. It’s predicated on Palestinian suffering and Jewish suffering being binary opposites, on Palestinian existence and dignity as an existential threat to Jewish survival.
— Judah Fishmonger (@praisegodbarbon) May 13, 2019
Here’s a copy of the interview, i didn’t notice anything different from the article.https://t.co/qMXvymkjIg
— godpatton (@god_patton) May 13, 2019
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?
DK: But a one-state solution, with the right of return, just the math suggests that Jews would become a minority in that state…
RT: But Dan, it’s not up to us to decide what it looks like. Just like, when I have my African-American teachers taught me about neighborhoods they couldn’t live in, taught me about places they couldn’t work, but it’s important to understand that separate but equal didn’t work here, right, and then we have to allow the self-determination to happen there, but for me that’s the lens I bring to it, but I’m not a leader there.
DK: But isn’t it giving up, to say we’re just going to — the idea of two-state solution with two independent states that are sovereign and independent and free, aren’t you giving that up, that dream?
RT: But I didn’t give it up, I didn’t give it up. Netanyahu and his party gave it up and the Israeli government gave it up.
DK: It’s not worth fighting for anymore?
RT: It’s not for me to decide, it’s the will of the people. If Netanyahu got up tomorrow morning and decides, you know what I’m going to take down the walls. I’m not going to expand the settlements, enough is enough, I really want to push toward a two-state solution. He has every power, every power to do that. And then people might, like myself and others will truly believe in that. But uprooting people all over again, to say that that’s going to — because do you understand, when you look at the landscape, just map it out, it is almost, absolutely impossible with how he has proceeded to divide, how he’s proceeded to dissect and segregate communities — that is impossible for me to see a two-state solution without more people being hurt.
re: #244 jaunte
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You know what sucks is there are cool YouTube people who provide neat content. Gotten some good travel tips from Wolter’s World for example and I love SBNations little sports documentaries.
re: #247 HappyWarrior
You know what sucks is there are cool YouTube people who provide neat content. Gotten some good travel tips from Wolter’s World for example and I love SBNations little sports documentaries.
Indeed, there are several retro gaming channels that I follow that are great fun.
OK folks you know what you have to do.
Which 2016 campaign do you think colluded with #Russia, @HillaryClinton or @realDonaldTrump??
Please vote and retweet to spread poll 😉
EVERYONE WELCOME!! 👍#TheResistance #Trump #Brokeahontas #MAGA #MondayMotivation #mondaythoughts— PoliticsPolls (@pollsofpolitics) May 13, 2019
Former President Jimmy Carter Suffers Broken Hip https://t.co/P8avYUNl0E pic.twitter.com/bVjVCtq1cl
— KUNM News (@KUNMnews) May 13, 2019
re: #250 wrenchwench
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OK, I’m about 3 or 4 hours late with that. At least I got beat (first) by Backwoods_Sleuth.
— Alex Kotch 🔥 (@alexkotch) May 13, 2019
This is “draining the swamp” (a natural wetlands) and filling it in with toxic radioactive nuclear waste from a million Chernobyls. #TheResistance #Resist #CriminalTrump https://t.co/MhxjFwwBet
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) May 13, 2019
Did Trump say anything about that Tennessee judge? Rhetorical since no way FNC reported on that.
JUST IN: The Jeep with Trump stickers rammed into several vehicles occupied by seven adults and three children in an incident over the weekend in Florida. Michael Rosenthal, 58 was arrested and charged with seven counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. pic.twitter.com/hPVeMLoKS9
— Max Howroute▫️ (@howroute) May 13, 2019
— Max Howroute▫️ (@howroute) May 13, 2019
1992 Mad Magazine… @PeteButtigieg was 10 years old. Generational shade. pic.twitter.com/yzb2fBSyZN
— Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) May 11, 2019
Who’s Pete Buttigieg? Must be a generational thing.
— MAD Magazine (@MADmagazine) May 11, 2019
Please buy our new book, @PeteButtigieg! https://t.co/m9p9yt0PcZ pic.twitter.com/2ylg5t3kCo
— MAD Magazine (@MADmagazine) May 11, 2019
Not too young! :) pic.twitter.com/zRDelVWivy
— Dee Jaye (@deejayedee) May 11, 2019
re: #246 gocart mozart
You either favor a one-state solution or a two-state solution. If you favor a one-state solution the choice is between a democratic pluralistic secular nation or a non-democratic apartheid nation. I suppose there’s a fourth choice: war and genocide; but I’d like to think that’s still unacceptable in the 21st century.
tag urself i’m jock vampire
(accurate) pic.twitter.com/va9Ei2uM16— shrimp (@sugarstrology) May 13, 2019
Vampire nerd pic.twitter.com/ryL4Jmcv3T
— A Bit Snitty (@goddamnedfrank) May 13, 2019
re: #260 goddamnedfrank
Goth vampire…
re: #260 goddamnedfrank
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Nerd Elf if I remember correctly. Been years since I’ve done MB tho.
re: #260 goddamnedfrank
I have no idea what those initials mean.
re: #263 The Vicious Babushka
I have no idea what those initials mean.
It’s from the Myers Biggs personality test thingy. I tend to consider it pseudo-sciencey bunk, but lots of people seem to believe in it, so yeah…
re: #263 The Vicious Babushka
I have no idea what those initials mean.
re: #208 Blind Frog Belly White
I really find it hard to understand how even one guy didn’t see the problem with essentially saying that “No woman I’ve ever had sex with enjoyed it.”
I mean, seriously? Did they not even read it over in their minds before hitting ‘submit’?
This guy just outed himself as the second worst narcissist in the nation.
re: #264 KGxvi
It’s from the Myers Biggs personality test thingy. I tend to consider it pseudo-sciencey bunk, but lots of people seem to believe in it, so yeah…
It’s funny. When I was younger, I considered myself an introvert. Nah I’m just a shy extrovert. I like being around people even if I’m shy.
re: #264 KGxvi
It’s from the Myers Biggs personality test thingy. I tend to consider it pseudo-sciencey bunk, but lots of people seem to believe in it, so yeah…
It’s extremely junky; like a horoscope for business types.
re: #267 HappyWarrior
It’s funny. When I was younger, I considered myself an introvert. Nah I’m just a shy extrovert. I like being around people even if I’m shy.
I don’t buy into the dichotomy of the system. Like everything else, those personality traits exist on a spectrum. I remember taking those tests a bunch of times back in the day and based on how I was feeling that particular day, my categorization changed.
re: #269 KGxvi
I don’t buy into the dichotomy of the system. Like everything else, those personality traits exist on a spectrum. I remember taking those tests a bunch of times back in the day and based on how I was feeling that particular day, my categorization changed.
Oh I agree. I’m just saying that I thought I was more introverted as a kid but I definitely think I’m actually extroverted or at least more balanced. I’m by far the most extroverted of my two brothers and I.
Saw the Nate Sparks Band at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola / Jazz at Lincoln Center on Friday. I took this out of the window while the band played in the background.
New York Jazz pic.twitter.com/6MlG96zxAs
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) May 11, 2019
This was recorded the day before but they played this too.
Original versionhttps://t.co/yTXiaqvRJe
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) May 13, 2019
re: #157 DangerMan
they dont know and they dont know that they dont know probably cause they dont read carefully or never saw it in print
I had the opposite problem as a kid - knew words from reading but had never heard anyone say them.
re: #269 KGxvi
I don’t buy into the dichotomy of the system. Like everything else, those personality traits exist on a spectrum. I remember taking those tests a bunch of times back in the day and based on how I was feeling that particular day, my categorization changed.
Yeah the sorting is extremely subjective and simplistic and people read way too much into it. I wouldn’t call it complete woo woo bullshit like astrology but it’s still pretty goddamned far from science.
Saudi crown prince defends China’s right to put Uighur Muslims in concentration camps https://t.co/81pZbHqUun @Telegraph
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) May 12, 2019
re: #275 Dread Pirate Union Local 13
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Jared’s best buddy that watches Snick reruns with while they enrich themselves at their people’s expense and weakens international democracy.
I was walking around Time Square and took this short video with my phone
Times Square 5/10/19 pic.twitter.com/ogpKswQqDa
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) May 10, 2019
re: #275 Dread Pirate Union Local 13
Fat orange tyrant’s buddies are terrible. Such a surprise.
Just catching up on the news. Last year a Japanese friend asked me to apply for a job at his university. I said I couldn’t because I didn’t want to interrupt my kids’ lives as they finish high school. Now I kind of wish I had. F’king autocrat-praising Trump….
Tempting to think Trump has spoken the rare true statement in saying “I don’t know anything about what’s going on.” But, when it comes to Don McGahn’s noncompliance with the House’s subpoena, Trump, of course, knows everything about it. https://t.co/uNaZ7F7LuA
— Elizabeth de la Vega (@Delavegalaw) May 13, 2019
re: #278 plansbandc
Fat orange tyrant’s buddies are terrible. Such a surprise.
His allies are the worst people.
Too bad. https://t.co/UjM6jitnM3
— Elizabeth de la Vega (@Delavegalaw) May 13, 2019
re: #282 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Yeah well maybe you shouldn’t obstruct justice repeatedly.
I’m glad the mic stand covered up George Washington’s eyes so he didn’t have to witness these two disgraceful thugs squatting in the Oval Office. pic.twitter.com/V2giQi66gZ
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 13, 2019
re: #284 Charles Johnson
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His affinity for dictators over democrats honestly is the worst thing about his presidency. There’s a lot awful about it but this takes the prize.
RT @AP_Europe European leaders briefed on Washington’s intensifying friction with Iran worry about ‘an escalation that is unintended really on either side but ends with some kind of conflict.’ https://t.co/LtSHfO4k5q
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 13, 2019
re: #102 sagehen
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I subscribe to the hypothesis that David and Dan butchered the entire story. Even the first year, the most faithful to the novels, diverges from the author’s intent. In the book, it is clear that Dany is ultimately supposed to give birth to a living child — and there is not time for that to occur in the final episode.
I am infuriated with D and D’s handling of the series — especially since we will never see a proper resolution from GRRM.
re: #286 Backwoods_Sleuth
This appears to the wag-the-dog scenario that Trump is going to go with, instead of Venezuela, given how the latter project was bungled?
I agree with Richard Nixon
I maintain Biden has a glass jaw and if anybody lands a punch on him it will be her.
— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) May 13, 2019
re: #288 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
This appears to the wag-the-dog scenario that Trump is going to go with, instead of Venezuela, given how the latter project was bungled?
I have a former friend — a gun nut and Ron Paul type of Republican — who favored Trump over Hillary because Trump “wasn’t” a warmonger. He hated Hillary and Obama with great passion — but he isn’t a total economic illiterate and was infuriated with the tax cut, which he rightly saw as a giveaway to the wealthy. If Trump actually starts a war with Iran, I suspect that he would not support Trump this time around. Of course, living in blue Illinois, his vote won’t matter anyway.
re: #289 gocart mozart
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She is so much better than Bernie because she’s able to talk economic inequality without dismissing people’s other issues. And her answer on Civil Rights isn’t “I marched with MLK” or “I voted for Jesse Jackson.”
Trump must be pissed. LOL
As many Trumpworld figures as there are dining in D.C., it’s still the Obamas that ows the hearts and minds https://t.co/M4RfbxQt0M
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) May 13, 2019
re: #285 HappyWarrior
His affinity for dictators over democrats honestly is the worst thing about his presidency. There’s a lot awful about it but this takes the prize.
Trying to single out the worst aspect of Trump’s exploding cesspit presidency is a recipe for madness, but I have to view his coddling and enablement of domestic neo-Nazis as worse than anything he’s done yet in foreign policy.
re: #292 Patricia Kayden
Trump must be pissed. LOL
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Because Barack and Michelle are awesome people. If I were a restaurateur, I’d be honored to have them. Not so with Trump’s people. I can’t think of a single one of them who is a pleasant person.
re: #293 EPR-radar
Trying to single out the worst aspect of Trump’s exploding cesspit presidency is a recipe for madness, but I have to view his coddling and enablement of domestic neo-Nazis as worse than anything he’s done yet in foreign policy.
You got that right. It is a recipe but it’s man so infuriating.
re: #288 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
This appears to the wag-the-dog scenario that Trump is going to go with, instead of Venezuela, given how the latter project was bungled?
I suspect this is a pattern that will repeat over and over, where Trump’s alligator mouth, egged on by Crazy von Moustache, will push things to the brink, but Trump’s fear of being Vietnam’ed prevents him taking the last step, making him look like - ore revealing him as - a bloviating bully who doesn’t back his belligerent talk with action.
re: #293 EPR-radar
Trying to single out the worst aspect of Trump’s exploding cesspit presidency is a recipe for madness, but I have to view his coddling and enablement of domestic neo-Nazis as worse than anything he’s done yet in foreign policy.
But, you know, most of what he’s done in foreign policy also enables foreign neo-nazis, so at least there’s some consistency.
re: #296 Blind Frog Belly White
I suspect this is a pattern that will repeat over and over, where Trump’s alligator mouth, egged on by Crazy von Moustache, will push things to the brink, but Trump’s fear of being Vietnam’ed prevents him taking the last step, making him look like - ore revealing him as - a bloviating bully who doesn’t back his belligerent talk with action.
Which in a way might make things worse in their own way.
re: #294 HappyWarrior
Because Barack and Michelle are awesome people. If I were a restaurateur, I’d be honored to have them. Not so with Trump’s people. I can’t think of a single one of them who is a pleasant person.
And they (the Trumporrhoids) are probably shitty tippers.
re: #297 Blind Frog Belly White
But, you know, most of what he’s done in foreign policy also enables foreign neo-nazis, so at least there’s some consistency.
I never thought I’d see an American president do that. The Bush doctrine? Awful but did I think GWB would stump for the Lepens of Europe? Nah.
re: #298 HappyWarrior
Which in a way might make things worse in their own way.
Hey, our friends already know they can’t trust us to fulfill our commitments. Why shouldn’t our enemies?
re: #288 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
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re: #296 Blind Frog Belly White
I suspect this is a pattern that will repeat over and over, where Trump’s alligator mouth, egged on by Crazy von Moustache, will push things to the brink, but Trump’s fear of being Vietnam’ed prevents him taking the last step, making him look like - ore revealing him as - a bloviating bully who doesn’t back his belligerent talk with action.
But given the free hand he’s accorded the military with their drone strikes, he may think that a similar attack against Iran would not lead to any American casualties. Who knows what MBS and Bibi are whispering to him.
re: #303 Hecuba’s daughter
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re: #304 Hecuba’s daughter
But given the free hand he’s accorded the military with their drone strikes, he may think that a similar attack against Iran would not lead to any American casualties. Who knows what MBS and Bibi are whispering to him.
The one thing Trump is, beyond all else, is chickenshit. I think he’s deathly afraid of committing troops anywhere where they might get killed and being blamed for it. I think this largely explains his effusive love for KJU after he stopped testing nukes and missiles, because he was afraid he’d have to back up his swagger with actual lives.
To be clear, he doesn’t care about the lives - everyone else is just NPCs to him. What he cares about is things going badly and ending up with even his base hating him. Look at Bush by 2006 - what, 25% support? That would KILL Trump
re: #306 Blind Frog Belly White
The one thing Trump is, beyond all else, is chickenshit. I think he’s deathly afraid of committing troops anywhere where they might get killed and being blamed for it. I think this largely explains his effusive love for KJU after he stopped testing nukes and missiles, because he was afraid he’d have to back up his swagger with actual lives.
To be clear, he doesn’t care about the lives - everyone else is just NPCs to him. What he cares about is things going badly and ending up with even his base hating him. Look at Bush by 2006 - what, 25% support? That would KILL Trump
I think you got him in a nutshell.
TBH I think his change of heart on KJU was that KJU charmed him. KJU isn’t stupid. It’s fun to make him out to be almost like a comedy character but he’s actually pretty clever. And I think he knew exactly what to say to Trump.
re: #308 HappyWarrior
TBH I think his change of heart on KJU was that KJU charmed him. KJU isn’t stupid. It’s fun to make him out to be almost like a comedy character but he’s actually pretty clever. And I think he knew exactly what to say to Trump.
Other than praising his brilliance and insight, what is required to get on Trump’s good side?
This is a sperm at just ONE day old. Masturbation is MASS MURDER and should be a federal crime. At one day your sperm has 23 CHROMOSOMES a FLAGELLUM and can already SWIM. pic.twitter.com/kZ4boZa1bq
— ✨Lidya Thee Pony✨ (@Lidyaxxo) May 12, 2019
REMEMBER THE MAINE!!!!
President Trump warned of major consequences if Iran is found responsible for a mysterious attack against four ships in the Middle East.
@mitchellreports has the details now.— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) May 14, 2019
re: #309 Hecuba’s daughter
Other than praising his brilliance and insight, what is required to get on Trump’s good side?
That’s true.
Psst telling him how awesome and historical his great victory was. He loves that. That’s rubbing a dog’s stomach for Trump.
re: #311 The Vicious Babushka
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He’ll talk and talk. And then eventually back off when Vlad tells him no.
🚀🤗 Single mom & Georgia State University student scores prestigious NASA internship; Strangers raise $8K to help her go - https://t.co/JRwGDmx2CA pic.twitter.com/dYW36RCGmq
— WSB-TV (@wsbtv) May 13, 2019
re: #314 Backwoods_Sleuth
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If I were younger, single, and she would have me, i would marry her for the tattoo.
I remain convinced that derision and mockery are the best ways to respond to the endless deluge of fake right wing outrages.
The default position.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 14, 2019
re: #299 The Vicious Babushka
And they (the Trumporrhoids) are probably shitty tippers.
Probably the sort who leave Bible quotes instead of cash. Except for the real hardcore MAGAts who have the quotes pre-printed on little cards….
This is already shaping up to be an epic shitshow of a week.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 14, 2019
re: #316 Belafon
If I were younger, single, and she would have me, i would marry her for the tattoo.
She is pretty, smart obviously, and that is some cool ink.
re: #318 Jay C
Probably the sort who leave Bible quotes instead of cash. Except for the real hardcore MAGAts who have the quotes pre-printed on little cards….
The worst are those who leave what looks like cash but it’s actually some judgmental crap
re: #320 HappyWarrior
She is pretty, smart obviously, and that is some cool ink.
That definitely not an “I scored a 100 on the IQ test” tattoo.
Barr Assigns U.S. Attorney in Connecticut to Review Origins of Russia Inquiry https://t.co/AGYwelffGP
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) May 14, 2019
This article is completely without any information in it to make such an assessment. That’s why the official is anonymous. It’s an opinion, not even reporting. This is an unfounded verbal escalation that no one will be able to check. https://t.co/cgPzD4Wqrk
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) May 14, 2019
re: #323 Backwoods_Sleuth
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It’s going to crack me up when Trump calls for an investigator to investigate Durham.
re: #325 Belafon
It’s going to crack me up when Trump calls for an investigator to investigate Durham.
Durham was just a coffee guy…
I’m seeing a good deal of erroneous reporting about the notice that the government has complied with Amy Berman Jackson’s order to provide *some* of the unredacted Mueller report to her. Here’s the notice. https://t.co/Ar0cQHKIvC
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 14, 2019
That is, admittedly, a great deal of the redacted parts of the report.
But it doesn’t include the IRA stuff, it doesn’t include the possible 1030 violation (which may be Don Jr), it doesn’t include those others who lied who didn’t get charged, & a few other CI redactions.— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 14, 2019
Shanahan presented the White House a military plan envisioning sending as many as 120,000 troops to the Middle East should Iran attack US forces or accelerate work on nuclear weapons. @EricSchmittNYT @julianbarnes https://t.co/006P8eYL62 https://t.co/006P8eYL62
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) May 14, 2019
Absolutely. I agree 100%. It is Master Alinsky’s most wise rule.
“5. Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.”
- Saul Alinsky “Rules For Radicals”— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) May 14, 2019
re: #306 Blind Frog Belly White
The one thing Trump is, beyond all else, is chickenshit. I think he’s deathly afraid of committing troops anywhere where they might get killed and being blamed for it. I think this largely explains his effusive love for KJU after he stopped testing nukes and missiles, because he was afraid he’d have to back up his swagger with actual lives.
To be clear, he doesn’t care about the lives - everyone else is just NPCs to him. What he cares about is things going badly and ending up with even his base hating him. Look at Bush by 2006 - what, 25% support? That would KILL Trump
This rings true to me.
But the problem is that Bolton et al. will be showing Trump what W Bush’s polling looked like after 9/11 and as the US went into Afghanistan and Iraq.
So which will win out — Trump’s fear of a foreign policy failure that he gets blamed for, or the desire to be seen as a successful wartime president?
re: #314 Backwoods_Sleuth
Impressive tattoo. First time I’ve ever seen something like that as a tattoo.
Well done Ireland. https://t.co/PgQUyLsy11
— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) May 13, 2019
re: #332 Backwoods_Sleuth
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A controversial US preacher has become the first person to be banned from Ireland under a 20-year-old power.
Steven Anderson, a pastor from Arizona, runs the Faithful Word Baptist church and openly expresses anti-gay and anti-Semitic views.
His website claimed that he was due to preach in Dublin on 26 May.
However, an online petition calling for Mr Anderson to be banned from Ireland was created in response, and gained 14,000 signatures.
re: #328 Dread Pirate Union Local 13
Wag the dog. Here we go again. Trump is much less popular than Bush was after 9/11 so I don’t see Americans going along with an unnecessary war against Iran which the U.S. could never win.
re: #332 Backwoods_Sleuth
Good. He can keep his bigoted behind in the U.S.
re: #334 Patricia Kayden
Wag the dog. Here we go again. Trump is much less popular than Bush was after 9/11 so I don’t see Americans going along with an unnecessary war against Iran which the U.S. could never win.
A likely plan for these pig-fuckers to follow is to manufacture a few events that make it a deplorable necessity to go to war. That has worked way too often in past US history to rule out, even though Trump is both unpopular and fundamentally a coward.
re: #336 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #337 EPR-radar
A likely plan for these pig-fuckers to follow is to manufacture a few events that make it a deplorable necessity to go to war. That has worked way too often in past US history to rule out, even though Trump is both unpopular and fundamentally a coward.
Did you miss the part where they’re making holes in empty shipping vessels right above the water line?
MAGAts are so witty
These HANDS DOWN are the best comments of the day by far!! You sir are gentalman and a scholar!😂🤣😂 Calling Conservatives the ones claiming victimhood! Priceless! https://t.co/jgItm7QtaG pic.twitter.com/areXMhEPmJ
— Andrew Michael (@AndrewMichae1) May 14, 2019
Need to think of a good rebuttal
re: #339 Belafon
Did you miss the part where they’re making holes in empty shipping vessels right above the water line?
Not at all. The manufacturing of events is in progress. The deplorable necessity to go to war is TBD.
re: #340 gocart mozart
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Need to think of a good rebuttal
and he knows who is the gentalman…
This morning I was saddened to learn that Doris Day who starred in a film I had written “The Thrill Of It All” had passed away at 97. Just a week ago, I contacted her and welcomed her to the 97 Year Actor’s Club.
— carl reiner (@carlreiner) May 13, 2019
re: #341 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“What are you staring at, Jimmy?”
“Um, maaath?”— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) May 14, 2019
And yes, I checked for correctness. I’m that much of a nerd.
California jury finds popular weedkiller made by Monsanto likely caused cancer in a husband and wife and orders the chemical giant to pay more than $2,000,000,000 in damages, twice what the plaintiffs’ attorney had requested. https://t.co/4T1sfsLOhk
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 14, 2019
re: #338 Belafon
The later explanation, sums of areas of rectangles, was more intuitive.
Math is funny that way. Intuition and getting the proofs rock solid with good notation etc. are both important.
E.g., Newton had godlike mathematical intuition for calculus, but a shitty notation. As a result mathematics in England after Newton lagged behind mathematics elsewhere in Europe for a while because the English were using bad notation in deference to Newton.
She’s Christian. Does that mean that you grant that national origin, not religion, is the cause of Palestinian resistance? Or is she a BOOGABOOGASEKRITMOOSLUM?
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) May 14, 2019
Republicans’ desperate attempts to smear @RepRashida & misrepresent her comments are outrageous. President @realDonaldTrump & House GOP should apologize to Rep. Tlaib & the American people for their gross misrepresentations.
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) May 13, 2019
FEMA Used Google Rather Than Verified Registry to Fill Hurricane Relief Contracts https://t.co/GflZVRVBBR pic.twitter.com/lQqoiHEAB4
— GovExec (@GovExec) May 14, 2019
re: #346 Backwoods_Sleuth
This is the kind of jury verdict that gets carved down to a tiny fraction of what it started out as by the judge.
This whole model of trying to force companies to behave well via essentially arbitrary and capricious tort law verdicts is asinine.
re: #346 Backwoods_Sleuth
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the small neighbor human. has been teaching me how to roll over. but i usually stop halfway. this is the belly rub toll. and i will not complete the trick. until it is paid
— Thoughts of Dog (@dog_feelings) May 13, 2019
We’ve gotten to a point where this wouldn’t shock me… #GameofThones #DemThrones #GameofThronesseason8episode5 pic.twitter.com/penkSvFrYe
— Leon Eleftheriadis (@Leon_Elefth) May 13, 2019
Will these kids enjoy GOT when they are grown up or will they hate it because they were named after nasty characters? Asking for a friend who was named for a 1940’s actress that nobody has ever heard of today. https://t.co/WCf6r7JvET
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) May 14, 2019
This is complete madness.
Trump cancels a diplomatic deal with Iran—against the advice of Secretary Tillerson, Secretary Mattis, European allies, the International Atomic Energy Agency—and now has drawn up plans to send 120,000 American troops into a new war in the Middle East. https://t.co/a2GtL4vjXb— Tim Kaine (@timkaine) May 14, 2019
With the U.S. breaking the deal with Iran, is it any wonder that the North Korea negotiation is going nowhere? How many wars will Trump blunder our country into??
— Tim Kaine (@timkaine) May 14, 2019
More than he has troops to fight them, and with the House belonging to the people again, he won’t be able to get a draft instated to fix that. He’ll be lucky if the US just has to surrender while the enemies he made are still OUTSIDE his borders.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) May 14, 2019
Charles here robbed a Popeyes with a toy gun when he was 16 and the judge sentenced him to 40 years in prison. After I spent five years and almost $200,000 getting him out after 19 years served it’s clear there’s no justice in the so-called justice system. pic.twitter.com/xpEYttgL6q
— Chief Resistance Officer (@crushthebigots) May 14, 2019
Is it a bad thing when the president* of the US has such obvious crushes on fascist despots?
Asking for an increasingly concerned friend.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 14, 2019
re: #287 Hecuba’s daughter
I’m thinking they needed some way to wrap up the series in the last, short season, and what better way than Dany to go mental and burn everything to the ground? As the bells were ringing out, you could just see the wheels in her mind turning: a peaceful takeover of King’s Landing, Jon being pushed onto the throne in her place, the whole dream of taking the throne for her family dashed to pieces. I was expecting something more in the line of Dany and Drogon torching the Red Keep with Cersei inside, and leaving the populace alone. Torching the entire city was something younger, first-season Dany would have done, as a petulant teenager, not supposedly older and wiser Dany the Queen.
It was a cheap way to end several plotlines, get the audience’s attention (though the burning/strafing went on way too long), and leave the final episode open to even more cold-blooded murder of and by tyrants.
So this is it. If your emperor is a BASE MOBSTER but manages to cover it up, you have to tell him he has the most beautiful clothes, and pointing out that he’s naked means half your party goes to federal prison. It was a nice republic we had, but #WeCouldntKeepItMrFranklin.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) May 14, 2019
re: #316 Belafon
If I were younger, single, and she would have me, i would marry her for the tattoo.
Ain’t that the Truth? Absolutely beautiful and a tat like that?
Those 120,000 troops should come own with bone spurs.
The best thing on the Internet. https://t.co/310tzFtVI9
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) May 14, 2019
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