This German video perfectly captures what it’s like trying to discuss anything with Nazis. Or Trump cult members. (Often the same group.)
Apparently I raised enough of a stink about it to wake somebody up at Twitter - they suspended that creepy stalker.
re: #1 Charles Johnson
Apparently I raised enough of a stink about it to wake somebody up at Twitter - they suspended that creepy stalker.
Question is, how long till Jack reinstates him?
Well, you see something new every day.
It would appear after a number of so-called pick-up artist blogs have been shut down by their hosting services, Roosh V has decided to have a “come to Jesus” moment.
He suspended his blog Return of Kings last year. He now has on his RooshVForum that he has taken up Christianity and is no longer a rape promoting pick-up artist.
(No link to RooshV’s blogs here, but they are in the Wonkette article)
re: #3 Anymouse 🌹
Well, you see something new every day.
It would appear after a number of so-called pick-up artist blogs have been shut down by their hosting services, Roosh V has decided to have a “come to Jesus” moment.
He suspended his blog Return of Kings last year. He now has on his RooshVForum that he has taken up Christianity and is no longer a rape promoting pick-up artist.
(No link to RooshV’s blogs here, but they are in the Wonkette article)
Unfortunately, calling oneself a Christian does not preclude one from being a rape promoting pick-up artist. Many horrible things are done in the name of God.
re: #4 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Unfortunately, calling oneself a Christian does not preclude one from being a rape promoting pick-up artist. Many horrible things are done in the name of God.
True enough. We’ll have to see what RooshV does. That said, he’s pretty clear on his forum that there will be no discussions of PUA stuff.
re: #5 Anymouse 🌹
True enough. We’ll have to see what RooshV does. That said, he’s pretty clear on his forum that there will be no discussions of PUA stuff.
Is he still denying the holocaust?
re: #6 I Would Prefer Not To
Is he still denying the holocaust?
He hasn’t written a post about that in a while on his RooshVForum, so I don’t know.
His pinned post is still the old rules for his forum including PUA advice and such.
re: #5 Anymouse 🌹
True enough. We’ll have to see what RooshV does. That said, he’s pretty clear on his forum that there will be no discussions of PUA stuff.
Hey. People do change. I give them credit for that. I just wind up being skeptical of the change in the early stages.
re: #8 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Hey. People do change. I give them credit for that. I just wind up being skeptical of the change in the early stages.
Change doesn’t mean shit unless he attempts to undo the damage he has done.
My wife and I were in a restaurant earlier this afternoon which had adverts running on a monitor. Emiril is selling an “air fryer” now (it looks an awful lot like a convection oven to me), and Dana Loesch hawking superbeets (I guess the NRA’s pay sucks).
Queen Elizabeth Says Bone Spurs Will Prevent Her from Meeting Trump https://t.co/yD8APR9Ezm
— John Sipher (@john_sipher) May 25, 2019
re: #10 Anymouse 🌹
My wife and I were in a restaurant earlier this afternoon which had adverts running on a monitor. Emiril is selling an “air fryer” now (it looks an awful lot like a convection oven to me), and Dana Loesch hawking superbeets (I guess the NRA’s pay sucks).
Air fryers are actually a thing. Dunno about similarity or not with a convection oven, but an air fryer is legit. Mrs. Fish and I have one and we use it constantly in place of the deep fryer I got just a couple of years ago.
re: #11 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Air fryers are actually a thing. Dunno about similarity or not with a convection oven, but an air fryer is legit. Mrs. Fish and I have one and we use it constantly in place of the deep fryer I got just a couple of years ago.
According to Wikipedia [citation needed] they are the same thing.
We had a convection oven when I was growing up. I guess by calling them air fryers now they can charge more for them.
re: #12 Anymouse 🌹
According to Wikipedia [citation needed] they are the same thing.
We had a convection oven when I was growing up. I guess by calling them air fryers now they can charge more for them.
Well, I guess my millennial status is definitely confirmed.
re: #13 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Well, I guess my millennial status is definitely confirmed.
We have an air fryer as well.
The first convection oven was invented in 1914, but not marketed until 1945.
(at the request of the President)
Trump Citizenship and Immigration Services chief resigns https://t.co/YmEh3t6ehS pic.twitter.com/lfLGS0CXuU
— The Hill (@thehill) May 25, 2019
re: #10 Anymouse 🌹
My wife and I were in a restaurant earlier this afternoon which had adverts running on a monitor. Emiril is selling an “air fryer” now (it looks an awful lot like a convection oven to me), and Dana Loesch hawking superbeets (I guess the NRA’s pay sucks).
Queen Elizabeth Says Bone Spurs Will Prevent Her from Meeting Trump https://t.co/yD8APR9Ezm
— John Sipher (@john_sipher) May 25, 2019
Wouldn’t blame her if she did. Then Princess Elizabeth in her ATS driver/mechanic uniform in 1945:
Trump says he takes pleasure in a totalitarian dictator insulting a former Vice President (whose name Trump also misspells). pic.twitter.com/cZbTvX51Y7
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) May 25, 2019
re: #18 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Wouldn’t blame her if she did. Then Princess Elizabeth in her ATS driver/mechanic uniform in 1945:
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Young Elizabeth reminds me somewhat of Emilia Clarke.
re: #17 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
From that link:
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) was among those vocally opposing the reported shakeups at DHS earlier this year, but acknowledged last month that he would “have to accept” Trump’s purge of top officials at the department.
“I know the president’s goals on immigration are the same as mine, pretty much the same as mine I would say, and that the president’s gotta have people in place who will do his job, and since his goals are the same as mine I’m gonna have to accept it,” Grassley said in April.
The Republican party are willing participants in Trump’s bigotry.
What exactly are Karl Rover, Peter Thiel, Edwin Feulner, Jeb Bush and Martin O’Malley up to? A Pitch for a Nationwide 5G Network Tailor-Made for Trump’s 2020 Campaign https://t.co/OTsxfL3YtT
— Jane Mayer (@JaneMayerNYer) May 25, 2019
re: #19 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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You are so gullible https://t.co/6xsKUMo3OG
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) May 25, 2019
Even Florida Man wouldn’t try something that ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ stupid
— WB Young 🍕🐀 (@FormerDirtDart) May 25, 2019
This rhyme is so DOPE!
This is a tour de force, highly recommended rap. pic.twitter.com/7o1aBjfvW4
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) May 25, 2019
— Arch1 (@Arch_LGF) May 25, 2019
Where did Donald Trump grow up? Take the Donald J. Trump Tour of New York to find out: https://t.co/gg4hBmyjs2 pic.twitter.com/9PtZ4LtwfH
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) May 25, 2019
So what you’re saying is that it’s despicable that you never apologized for the #MAGABomber? What about the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre? Or Christchurch? YOU are the one who needs to apologize to the world! https://t.co/T6ZT4hiciF
— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) May 25, 2019
re: #18 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Wouldn’t blame her if she did. Then Princess Elizabeth in her ATS driver/mechanic uniform in 1945:
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Is there any other current head of state who served in the Second World War?
Last one that comes to mind would have been Bush 1.
He meant Jefferson Davis.
— Michael C Thomas (@MooseT187) May 25, 2019
Alabama votes to end marriage licenses in state https://t.co/SPlXDB5e91 pic.twitter.com/l22HxTuupA
— The Hill (@thehill) May 25, 2019
It’s a wonderful age. Now we have Milkshake Truthers and Go Fund Me for milkshake victims.
Was a Milkshake Thrown at an Elderly Brexit Party Volunteer?
truthorfiction.com
re: #33 retired cynic
Good grief!
It’s not as bad as it sounds
The legislation works around the Alabama probate judges who have refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses since the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in 2015.
Under the new law, a judge will only need to record an affidavit filed in a courthouse or county office to make any marriage official.
Advocates say the new law will require judges to treat all marriages as equal under Alabama law. Critics say it provides cover to biased judges and harms the wedding industry.
re: #35 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s not as bad as it sounds
I saw that part. It’s an interesting solution to the problem.
He is right about the Bluebonnet Cafe though. That’s a regular for us
Had I known you were there I would have bought you a #MilkShake
— 🦈Bill Barr’s Bruised Lip🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) May 24, 2019
Media: @KimDozier to @AnaCabrera on @realDonaldTrump #NKorea: “The president has just undercut his national security advisor and risked seriously offending his #Japanese hosts … Those ballistic and other missile tests are a direct threat to Japanese territory and citizens.” pic.twitter.com/mTB6qav02Y
— Porter Anderson (@Porter_Anderson) May 25, 2019
re: #36 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I saw that part. It’s an interesting solution to the problem.
I really don’t see a downside for the wedding industry. Doesn’t appear that the law would prevent anyone from having actual weddings.
Worrying about what could happen instead of what is happening is intellectually lazy. People have been screaming that the world is ending for awhile, but America has never been stronger. There’s a lot of “would allow” talk. Uneffective. Talk reality. Not nightmares. Might help.
— Nicholas Bell (@NickEsten) May 25, 2019
>>>that my policy won’t be pulled as fraudulently-obtained.
LGB are going to get the dirty end of a stick; T has to be erased so that we stop “recruiting children just by being acknowledged to exist”.— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) May 25, 2019
>>>so that I don’t have to figure out how to *cross the Pacific* with no money to my name; as of right now, NZ appears to be seriously considering asylum for even unemployable T folk; Canada does *not* (and at any rate, would be like moving to the Netherlands in 1938).
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) May 25, 2019
re: #36 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I saw that part. It’s an interesting solution to the problem.
We’re sometimes progressive. The state has simply recognized that it has diminished interest if we want to marry a sibling of either sex.
re: #41 Backwoods_Sleuth
I really don’t see a downside for the wedding industry. Doesn’t appear that the law would prevent anyone from having actual weddings.
It only removes the requirement - which would have an impact, as I’m sure there are plenty of people who have ceremonies who otherwise wouldn’t, but plenty of others would still have beautiful (and expensive) ceremonies even without the requirement.
“Germany’s anti-Semitism commissioner says he ‘can no longer recommend Jews wear a kippa at every time and place’ as the country is rocked by anti-Jewish attacks.” @haaretzcom https://t.co/nPxrYnJjNi
— Kim Dozier (@KimDozier) May 25, 2019
re: #40 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
“Wazza matta? Kim cool. I know him. Good guy. It’s not like you guys have a history or anything, Right?”
Stable genius. https://t.co/nW8fkRQ6qM
— G O L D I E. (@goldietaylor) May 25, 2019
re: #47 jaunte
And again school boy name calling and pointing elsewhere to draw attention away from himself.
re: #50 jaunte
His brain is getting worse.
It’s been rather obvious for a while.
But the GOP still finds him useful in working the marks.
Are you just jealous because you would need a stepladder to climb on that motorcycle. https://t.co/0FVg06NDGx
— Gary Legum (@GaryLegum) May 25, 2019
re: #53 jaunte
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Ben has a problem with the scene because it’s a woman. Now if it had been a naked Austrian man beating up a couple of burly bikers, much like the scene it’s a reference to, he’d be totally cool with it.
re: #54 Targetpractice
Seems like he’s running dry on subject matter.
re: #55 jaunte
Seems like he’s running dry on subject matter.
It seems that being gelded on live TV has reduced him to a whining, simpering little shit…so, no change really.
re: #57 Dave In Austin
“Gelded…..” WOW!
Should have pointed out that it was in the intellectual sense, as he tried his usual shtick of trying to verbally beat the opposition into submission and instead suffering neural vapor lock when confronted with someone who could run rings around him.
West Point Academy: Mike Pence tells West Point grads they should expect to see combat - CBS News
Punk ass biatch. https://t.co/seZYdO5Nc7— Marta Mendoza🌊🇺🇸🌊🇵🇷🌊🇺🇸🌊🇵🇷🌊 (@Martamendoza718) May 25, 2019
re: #19 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
This “thing” is the worst person in the world and there is nothing too bad that could happen to him.
Believes Putin.
Believes Kim Jong-un.
Believes MBS.
Doesn’t believe the CIA.
Doesn’t believe the FBI.
Doesn’t believe any other US or allied intelligence agency.
Smells like treason. https://t.co/cZYlHdTslV— Harry Turtledove (@HNTurtledove) May 26, 2019
re: #60 Dave In Austin
West Point Academy: Mike Pence tells West Point grads they should expect to see combat - CBS News
Pence’s father had a Bronze Star. Pence has a Bronze Star—his father’s. Fucking feather merchant.
re: #63 Decatur Deb
Pence’s father had a Bronze Star. Pence has a Bronze Star—his father’s. Fucking feather merchant.
My late Father, Who was an Aid to Col. Chesty Puller, left a leg on bloody Peleliu.
I have a Purple Heart AND the Marine Corp Medal….. And a Flag.
So there.
You guys see The Gorka on this?
This Seb Gorka video is not a parody. Really.
Seriously. pic.twitter.com/oFn2vi06l7— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) May 24, 2019
re: #60 Dave In Austin
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Did he also tell them that they and those they lead into combat can expect to suffer various mental and physical ailments that his party will do absolutely nothing to address because they’ve only two uses for soldiers: Campaign props and martyrs?
Anyone else seeing any issue with Tweets embedding? The Tweet show up dead and without images until I reload the page.
re: #65 Dave In Austin
You guys see The Gorka on this?
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Gorka went full Q. Never go full Q.
re: #3 Anymouse 🌹
Well, you see something new every day.
It would appear after a number of so-called pick-up artist blogs have been shut down by their hosting services, Roosh V has decided to have a “come to Jesus” moment.
He suspended his blog Return of Kings last year. He now has on his RooshVForum that he has taken up Christianity and is no longer a rape promoting pick-up artist.
(No link to RooshV’s blogs here, but they are in the Wonkette article)
Sooner or later every con artist, bunco operative, crook or petty their discovers that the way to Easy Street is getting on the Tax Exempt Jesus Train and fleecing the flock!
mah shocked face…
Going to play golf right now with @AbeShinzo. Japan loves the game. Tremendous fans of @JackNicklaus, @TigerWoods, and @PhilMickelson — I said what about @GaryPlayer, they said we love Gary too!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 26, 2019
re: #3 Anymouse 🌹
Well, you see something new every day.
It would appear after a number of so-called pick-up artist blogs have been shut down by their hosting services, Roosh V has decided to have a “come to Jesus” moment.
He suspended his blog Return of Kings last year. He now has on his RooshVForum that he has taken up Christianity and is no longer a rape promoting pick-up artist.
(No link to RooshV’s blogs here, but they are in the Wonkette article)
WTH!? I’m shook as the young people say.
re: #70 Backwoods_Sleuth
mah shocked face…
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Going to play golf right now with @AbeShinzo. Japan loves the game. Tremendous fans of @JackNicklaus, @TigerWoods, and @PhilMickelson — I said what about @GaryPlayer, they said we love Gary too!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 26, 2019
lol
And what about that great Perry Como, what a set of pipes that guy has, what a singer!
A thread on Chernobyl
(13 tweets)
First of all, it is almost inconceivable that a Western TV show would go to this amount of detail authentically portraying Soviet life in that era, knowing full well that its target audience (Western viewers) would never appreciate the effort or indeed even understand it…
— Slava Malamud (@SlavaMalamud) May 24, 2019
re: #36 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I saw that part. It’s an interesting solution to the problem.
They get to keep their bigoted judges this way. Since marriage is a paperwork thing to the state anyway, it’s a minor thing. What’s important is that these judges continue to make other rulings against gays, minorities, and women.
re: #73 bd (Emergency!)
Listen, whenever you get somebody that has that cultural relevance and cachet of 2019 Jon Voight, you grab that opportunity.
— A.R. Moxon (Julius Goat) (@JuliusGoat) May 26, 2019
re: #73 bd (Emergency!)
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lol
And what about that great Perry Como, what a set of pipes that guy has, what a singer!
One of the greatest SCTV skits…
re: #74 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
A thread on Chernobyl
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part of Slava’s thread today:
Did they actually find an old Soviet typewriter to reproduce this report? Looks like it. pic.twitter.com/TzJXPBNQ96
— Slava Malamud (@SlavaMalamud) May 25, 2019
Is this how subpoenas work? pic.twitter.com/k6bwgTxKUJ
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) May 25, 2019
Dipping a toe back in. Politics is as discouraging as ever, I see.
On the home front, made it through my mother’s funeral, with a lot of help and support from family and friends. Bracing for the 7th of June when we go out to Fort Logan Natl Cemetery to have most of Mom’s ashes interred in my WWII vet father’s grave; her dates will go on the back of his stone. Dad’s parents are buried in the same cemetery; his father was a WWI vet born in 1899.
The snow from Denver’s week-after-Mother’s-Day storm has melted finally — took about five good-sized branches off our maple tree with it. However, it beats the weather a whole lot of folks are suffering through — no tornadoes here yet, I say knocking wood with crossed fingers.
Currently giving myself a short vacation from dealing with things — son and friend are in Las Vegas for a week, husband is in Texas for a shorter trip. Five days absolutely alone in the house. First time that’s happened in well over two decades. Probably the last time for a long while. Reading old kids’ books. Doing a little catch up on news — very little. Will face the world again on Tuesday, socks pulled up as far as I can drag ‘em by then.
Wishing the Lizards a safe Memorial Day weekend. My husband says he spent part of today putting flags on the graves of his veteran father and uncles — it means a lot to him that he was there to do it this year.
Here’s to memories of loved ones.
If I had the influence, I would put Chris Reeves in charge of organizing the Democratic party. In this lesson, dailykos.com, he points out that while Republicans set up training retreats and other things for officials elected at all levels of government, down to school board, the Democrats don’t have the same thing. Now this would require donations that the Democrats don’t have, but someone like him could get things done I think.
re: #74 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
A thread on Chernobyl
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The HBO show Chernobyl is incredible, sobering as hell.
It just shows that “entertainment” doesn’t have to be stupid and with laugh tracks.
This is goddamn bullshit! https://t.co/KXEnAVMj8t
— Deborah NYC (@DebsWorldNY) May 26, 2019
LOL, somebody fixed the moron’s tweet to spell Biden’s name correctly
North Korea fired off some small weapons, which disturbed some of my people, and others, but not me. I have confidence that Chairman Kim will keep his promise to me, & also smiled when he called Swampman Joe Biden a low IQ individual, & worse. Perhaps that’s sending me a signal?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 26, 2019
We get to pay if the Kushner Cos default on their loan. Yay.
re: #88 jaunte
We get to pay if the Kushner Cos default on their loan. Yay.
Which they probably will.
Another example of Socialism For The Rich…
I missed out on a protest opportunity today.
I was reading the local morning newspaper just now, and Franklin Graham was in West Springfield, Mass. for both an evangelising pitch and promoting Donald Trump.
He is traveling through New England before making a trip for three days of inflicting himself on Cambodia.
His organisation Samaratan’s Purse noted to him that his mixing of politics and religion (as he is the head of that group) could imperil their 501(c)(3) status. He’s doing it anyway.
Snatch that tax-free status.
re: #88 jaunte
We get to pay if the Kushner Cos default on their loan. Yay.
I wonder if Kushner promised the banker that he could be Secretary of Defense?
re: #90 Anymouse 🌹
I missed out on a protest opportunity today.
I was reading the local morning newspaper just now, and Franklin Graham was in West Springfield, Mass. for both an evangelising pitch and promoting Donald Trump.
He is traveling through New England before making a trip for three days of inflicting himself on Cambodia.
His organisation Samaratan’s Purse noted to him that his mixing of politics and religion (as he is the head of that group) could imperil their 501(c)(3) status. He’s doing it anyway.
Snatch that tax-free status.
Franky’s pal is in the Oval Office and Trump will continue to let Franky get all that sweet sweet tax-exempt cash!
Angelina Jolie’s Dad Rambles Incoherently About How Much He Loves Donald Trump (goes to Wonkette)
‘Baby Geniuses’ star Jon Voight took to Twitter early this morning to proclaim his undying love for Donald Trump, probably because there is no one left in his life who will listen to him talk about this, or anything else, in person. In this video rant, Voight encouraged members of the Republican Party, whom he apparently thinks are the only real citizens of the United States, to stand by Donald Trump and “acknowledge the truth” that he is the best President since Abraham Lincoln.
(video, 0:45)
To my fellow Americans. Part 1. pic.twitter.com/srw4zXCRKJ
— Jon Voight (@jonvoight) May 25, 2019
No wonder his daughter won’t have anything to do with him.
There are lots of crazy people commenting on that thread.
This is Baby.
Nobody puts Baby in the corner.#Caturday #cats #coolcat pic.twitter.com/msodL8Lisj— Hazel Allan (@authorofbree) May 25, 2019
More from Wonkette’s article on Jon Voight and conservative hypocrisy:
It seems useless at this point to note that the people who scream their faces off about how bad it is for Hollywood celebs to support liberal causes, and how they should keep their politics to themselves, etc. etc. make a way bigger deal than normal people do whenever a Big Time Hollywood Celebrity like Jon Voight or, uh, Scott Baio, supports their cause. Mostly because they’re the only ones who have elected a reality TV star and the star of Bedtime for Bonzo (who by the way, also once practically ruined a perfectly good Bette Davis movie with his bad acting. Which is not to say that Dark Victory is not fantastic and probably the best thing to watch if you want to sob your face off, but he was very bad in it.) to run the country.
A once top secret file details exchanges between JFK and Israel over nuclear weapons. https://t.co/3mziGZgIwq
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) May 25, 2019
re: #95 Anymouse 🌹
And here’s another asshole “prophet” how says that Trump will soon execute Hillary, Obama and his Deep State Enemies in the name of Jesus.
There used to be a place called an institution where these assholes used to be locked up in padded cells so they couldn’t hurt themselves or other people…
When you really really really don’t want to get bombed by North Korea and so you have to be the weird orange presidents golf hostage. pic.twitter.com/wISrGBWKFx
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) May 26, 2019
Don’t ever change @Rockies scoreboard operator. pic.twitter.com/01IuwMuYvj
— Mark Johnson (@markjohnson319) May 25, 2019
re: #85 bd (Emergency!)
The HBO show Chernobyl is incredible, sobering as hell.
It just shows that “entertainment” doesn’t have to be stupid and with laugh tracks.
I’ve watched the three episodes so far; gripping as hell, with lots of nightmare fuel.
“We‘re here to tell the world we‘re a peace loving people. We reject all war. I want to send a message to the world,” says Sawsan Hekmat. This in English: “We refuse and hate war. I have a short message for #Trump: would you accept war in your country? Let people live in peace.”
— Ahmed Aboulenein (@aaboulenein) May 24, 2019
re: #101 TedStriker
I’ve watched the three episodes so far; gripping as hell, with lots of nightmare fuel.
It makes me fidget while watching because you KNOW everything is poison. Everything.
Headline: Trump will not receive an audience with Meghan Markle during his U.K. state visit
Now there’s a shocker!
I don’t know, maybe we’re a nation of total idiots? Wait. that’s not an original thought?
[rant]
Several Websites I frequent either themselves or their commentators are writing “Happy Memorial Day.”
I get ever since the Uniform Monday Holiday Act was passed and Memorial Day moved that it became the unofficial “first day of summer,” and maybe people don’t mean to be disrespectful of those who lost family members in combat, but that’s the way it comes off to a lot of us (and I’ve heard this from others as well).
Back to your regularly scheduled LGF. [/rant]
The president disagrees with his advisers, defends a dictator and attacks his opponent — while spelling his name wrong — in one tweet. https://t.co/1YmmKe1l5q
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) May 25, 2019
The balls that @LindseyGrahamSC lost on the golf course.
— Missi Turner (@MissiTurner) May 25, 2019
this is really, really something: researchers developed a way to make “perfectly realistic” fake videos of faces, using only one source image https://t.co/qDYSa5EQxb pic.twitter.com/bVc2eDSlhh
— Samantha Cole (@samleecole) May 23, 2019
Not gonna lie; I did not expect Roger Daltrey to sound that amazing.
re: #85 bd (Emergency!)
The HBO show Chernobyl is incredible, sobering as hell.
It just shows that “entertainment” doesn’t have to be stupid and with laugh tracks.
One thing I appreciated right from the start was how they showed the disaster itself; instead of some huge Michael Bay/Roland Emmerich CGI explodapalooza, it was seen - in the distance - from an apartment building living room window.
Perfectly done.
re: #111 teleskiguy
Perfect, thanks for sharing this
I’m off to bed.
Thunderstorms are rolling through Chicopee right now. Tomorrow is supposed to be a nice day however, along with Memorial Day.
re: #107 Dread Pirate Union Local 13
Scarlett Martinez
Replying to @jdawsey1
What is gonna take from @GOPLeader @SenateGOP to stand up and rein in this man?
The whole Senate GOP is either totally compromised or totally complicit and supportive. They do not care about Russian interference.
My brother once again lectured us this afternoon on how China is the real enemy, Russia is irrelevant, there was an attempted coup against Trump, and in a few months Brennan, Comey, Page, Strzok, et al are all going to be rounded up. The GOP leadership consists of either cowards or traitors, but in either case, we will not survive their malfeasance and complete abandonment of their oath of office.
re: #110 Dr Lizardo
One thing I appreciated right from the start was how they showed the disaster itself; instead of some huge Michael Bay/Roland Emmerich CGI explodapalooza, it was seen - in the distance - from an apartment building living room window.
Perfectly done.
The question is: are our plants so much better designed and our engineers so much better trained and knowledgeable than those in Russia that a similar disaster could not occur here? I knew an employee of the Zion plant who was an alcoholic (he was the brother of a friend of mine); it took years before they finally fired him. He may not have been in a key position — but he was there.
re: #115 Hecuba’s daughter
The question is: are our plants so much better designed and our engineers so much better trained and knowledgeable than those in Russia that a similar disaster could not occur here? I knew an employee of the Zion plant who was an alcoholic (he was the brother of a friend of mine); it took years before they finally fired him. He may not have been in a key position — but he was there.
I read up on this during/after Chernobyl… but that was a long time ago and I’ve forgotten all but the outline. The design of the Chernobyl plant was different from ours (except, I believe, one military reactor — which may not still be online), and because of that the Chernobyl reactor was subject to hazards that ours were/are not.
Of course, our reactors have hazards of their own (consider Three Mile Island), but they’re not considered to be as risky.
“Like all backward people, they’re obsessed with sex” https://t.co/BYxzl31o4s
O_o
Interesting post by @RonaGabor — Can a Pardon Be a War Crime?: When Pardons Themselves Violate the Laws of Warhttps://t.co/Z45ZnPKQYL via @just_security
— Col. Morris Davis (@ColMorrisDavis) May 25, 2019
He’s currently tweeting about Jussie Smollet… https://t.co/RHke7mxC5z
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) May 25, 2019
re: #16 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
We don’t post much about this anymore… but global sea ice area is still at a record low:
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I have this ugly feeling something’s gotta give…
Prelim M8.0 Earthquake northern Peru May-26 07:41 UTC, updates https://t.co/5XoGoRMnxw
— USGS Big Quakes (@USGSBigQuakes) May 26, 2019
re: #118 A hollow voice says, Inpeach…
I read up on this during/after Chernobyl… but that was a long time ago and I’ve forgotten all but the outline. The design of the Chernobyl plant was different from ours (except, I believe, one military reactor — which may not still be online), and because of that the Chernobyl reactor was subject to hazards that ours were/are not.
AFAIK our only totally graphite moderated and water cooled design was the B-Reactor at Hanford. Later designs, even where graphite was the primary moderator, utilized water as both as an additional moderator and coolant, creating a negative void coefficient that helped prevent power excursions. The two biggest design flaws of the RBMK design at Chernobyl were:
A.) The positive void coefficient, meaning that as water turned to steam inside the reactor chamber it stopped absorbing neutrons which let more neutrons be slowed by the graphite which lead to more fission leading to more neutrons + more heat -> more steam -> wash, rinse, explode. This was why the automated systems that the crew disabled for the test and set minimum safe number of control rods that they idiotically removed in an effort to salvage the test were so crucial.
B.) They put graphite extensions on the bottoms of the boron absorber rods and those rods moved through water filled columns. So when the SCRAM was initiated those graphite extensions first displaced neutron absorbing water with neutron moderating graphite, which initially caused an increase in reactivity before the boron slid into position and could stop it.
Even worse, they didn’t tell the plant operators any of this shit, so they had no idea that the fucking nuclear reactor they were in charge of had several massively counter-intuitive behaviors baked in.
re: #118 A hollow voice says, Inpeach…
I read up on this during/after Chernobyl… but that was a long time ago and I’ve forgotten all but the outline. The design of the Chernobyl plant was different from ours (except, I believe, one military reactor — which may not still be online), and because of that the Chernobyl reactor was subject to hazards that ours were/are not.
Of course, our reactors have hazards of their own (consider Three Mile Island), but they’re not considered to be as risky.
Western reactors have for a long time been built with inherent stops such as the “one stuck rod criterion” and other rules basically written in blood since the early days of nuclear power. Oh and yeah, staying away from positive void coefficients and control infrastructure which doesn’t instantly SCRAM the reactor if it becomes unstable.
And with what I know about accidents and incidents in nuclear power, I would say that the threats are corporate beancounters, over-confident staff and general non-OCD application of radiological hygiene and safety protocols.
This has probably already been mentioned but my favorite bit of weirdness about Chernobyl is that in Ukranian one of the translations for чорнобиль is “wormwood.”
The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water— the name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter. -Revelation 8:10-11
re: #124 goddamnedfrank
AFAIK our only totally graphite moderated and water cooled design was the B-Reactor at Hanford. Later designs, even where graphite was the primary moderator, utilized water as both as an additional moderator and coolant, creating a negative void coefficient that helped prevent power excursions. The two biggest design flaws of the RBMK design at Chernobyl were:
A.) The positive void coefficient, meaning that as water turned to steam inside the reactor chamber it stopped absorbing neutrons which let more neutrons be slowed by the graphite which lead to more fission leading to more neutrons + more heat -> more steam -> wash, rinse, explode. This was why the automated systems that the crew disabled for the test and set minimum safe number of control rods that they idiotically removed in an effort to salvage the test were so crucial.
B.) They put graphite extensions on the bottoms of the boron absorber rods and those rods moved through water filled columns. So when the SCRAM was initiated those graphite extensions first displaced neutron absorbing water with neutron moderating graphite, which initially caused an increase in reactivity before the boron slid into position and could stop it.
Even worse, they didn’t tell the plant operators any of this shit, so they had no idea that the fucking nuclear reactor they were in charge of had several massively counter-intuitive behaviors baked in.
Yep. Dyatlov is on record saying that the RBMK-1000 shouldn’t have been in service, that had he known about its misbehaviours, he hadn’t done the safety test to begin with, or SCRAMmed at the tiniest sign of instability. Them keeping the incidents at Ignalina low-key is one of the reasons the Chernobyl staff didn’t know.
Also, recent research suggests that the cause of one of the explosions in Unit IV was not steam, but a “fizzle”, i.e. an incomplete nuclear detonation. That’s one thing which Western designs have several safety margins against in their designs.
re: #128 Teukka
Yep. Dyatlov is on record saying that the RBMK-1000 shouldn’t have been in service, that had he known about its misbehaviours, he hadn’t done the safety test to begin with, or SCRAMmed at the tiniest sign of instability. Them keeping the incidents at Ignalina low-key is one of the reasons the Chernobyl staff didn’t know.
Also, recent research suggests that the cause of one of the explosions in Unit IV was not steam, but a “fizzle”, i.e. an incomplete nuclear detonation. That’s one thing which Western designs have several safety margins against in their designs.
I recall reading that some nuclear scientists have suggested that Chernobyl #4 went prompt critical.
One thing I never understood about the Chernobyl incident was that since they clearly had designated 28 as the minimum number of “fail-safe” control rods that had to be inserted at all times why didn’t they either implement that via some kind of hard mechanical interlock or by just physically padlocking those rods at full insertion?
I mean, I know the answer, cost, plus the assumption everyone would do as they were told.
re: #129 Dr Lizardo
I recall reading that some nuclear scientists have suggested that Chernobyl #4 went prompt critical.
Prompt supercritical. There’s a difference.
re: #130 goddamnedfrank
One thing I never understood about the Chernobyl incident was that since they clearly had designated 28 as the minimum number of “fail-safe” control rods that had to be inserted at all times why didn’t they either implement that via some kind of hard mechanical interlock or by just physically padlocking those rods at full insertion?
I mean, I know the answer, cost, plus the assumption everyone would do as they were told.
From what I understand, it was a recommendation without too much of a rationale, which can lead to people not understanding why it is a hard minimum. For vital safety issues like that, I’d go with pink paper and a full rationale in no uncertain terms.
And yeah, there should be a hard interlock against bonehead maneuvers like that, because the end results aren’t pretty. In SL-1, a tech extracting a control rod too far lead to the reactor vessel jumping up 2-3 m, lethally scalding two techs and pinning the third to the ceiling with a control rod assembly.
Power excursions in nuclear reactors always lead to rectal ring muscles puckering and masonry building materials being defecated, and it’s not unusual it escalates straight into nightmare fodder territory.
Wow, Slava’s scene-by scene critique of the “Chernobyl” miniseries got the attention of Craig Mazin, one of the makers :)
We acknowledge at the very end of the series that they survive.
I’m really loving these summaries! Some of the inaccuracies were us fudging a little, like the kids at school during the evacuation. Others, like the Belarusian banner, is just us messing up! But so far… so good!— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) May 26, 2019
And I added two tweets to the pile-up :)
And a question which keeps nagging in the back of my mind:
The quote about lies Legasov is seen recording in Ep. 1, is it a legit Valery Legasov quote or just you using your dramatic license?
[See my twitter timeline for a pic with the text] /END— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) May 26, 2019
Trump says debt crisis after presidency OK as ‘I won’t be here’ https://t.co/63YQfOj7wm
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) May 26, 2019
This would be hilarious if it wasn’t so accurate. Good satire. https://t.co/p5KYnwDfI5
— Bethany w. Pope (@BethanyWPope) May 26, 2019
re: #125 Dread Pirate Union Local 13
The Amazon River Basin is a strange place for an 8.0 earthquake. That’s about as remote as possible.
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Well, what’s the underlying geology and plate structures?
Since it’s the middle of the South America Plate, it’s a rarer intraplate quake and there is probably some underlying fault zone there. (A potential analog to the New Madrid Seismic Zone in the middle of the North America Plate.) And from a little Google and Wikipedia searching it is interesting how more than a few rift/seismic systems follow river valleys.
re: #120 Dread Pirate Union Local 13
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The underlying statement from the ICRC is worth reading as it is not particularly subtle.
However, it does contain rules pertaining to the granting and scope of amnesties. Under this body of law, States/governments must investigate and punish war crimes, otherwise known as serious violations of IHL.
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Customary law is unequivocal that in both international armed conflicts (i.e. cross-border wars between opposing militaries) and non-international armed conflicts, governments must investigate war crimes allegedly committed by their nationals or armed forces, or on their territory, and if appropriate, prosecute suspects.
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It is not our place to comment publicly on the fairness or correctness of a particular pardon or amnesty, and any concerns we may have with regard to a specific decision are raised bilaterally and confidentially with the relevant authorities.
That said, the ICRC is mandated by States through the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols to promote and act as the guardian of international humanitarian law. As such, when debates surface in the public domain on issues related to the laws of war, it is our role and responsibility to call attention to what IHL says.
re: #133 Dave In Austin
Yeah, hopefully he’ll be in jail.
re: #125 Dread Pirate Union Local 13
East side of the Peruvian Andes does have a history of quakes:
re: #119 Dread Pirate Union Local 13
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O_o
You don’t see too many people like that in Alabama. I think the last time that happened was at my son’s wedding in Birmingham in 2008.
Is there a way to watch “Chernobyl” if I don’t have a subscription to HBO?
You do you, NYT, even if it means ignoring a subpoena which other people would go to jail for.
Hope Hicks, one of the best-known but least visible former members of President Trump’s White House staff, is facing an existential question: whether to comply with a congressional subpoena https://t.co/8NXpfQvxQL pic.twitter.com/L7aWVMsIdq
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) May 24, 2019
Oh snap.
Earlier this month, Scrabble updated its list of approved words for game play for the first time in four years (“ivesssapology” and “covfefe” were not among them).
But those changes aren’t yet reflected in the Scrabble app. 👎
Where are we on this, @Hasbro? 🤷♀️— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) May 26, 2019
re: #143 The Vicious Babushka
There are various free trials offered - Amazon Prime and Hulu come to mind, and HBO Now.
re: #140 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
East side of the Peruvian Andes does have a history of quakes:
That’s not surprising as there is a plate boundary immediately to the west as the Nazca Plate subducts under the South American Plate - and is also why the Andes are being pushed up there.
re: #143 The Vicious Babushka
What Jeff said or wait until it is over and buy a one month subscription. You could always bribe a lizard with a subscription with pie…
Some pictures from the most fucked up timeline.
Tonight in Tokyo, Japan at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan Stadium, it was my great honor to present the first-ever U.S. President’s Cup to Sumo Grand Champion Asanoyama. Congratulations! A great time had by all, thank you @AbeShinzo!! pic.twitter.com/nwwxJl6KXH
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 26, 2019
I’m just… fuck, man. No words.
Great fun and meeting with Prime Minister @AbeShinzo. Numerous Japanese officials told me that the Democrats would rather see the United States fail than see me or the Republican Party succeed - Death Wish!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 26, 2019
This needs to be the leading news item ahead of any other political nonsense in US media for the foreseeable future.
The man occupying the nation’s highest office has just announced he’s fine with the country he’s supposed to be in charge of falling to ruin. #ImpeachTrumpNow https://t.co/piRDw4L43P— Arch1 (@Arch_LGF) May 26, 2019
Fuck you @nytimes. pic.twitter.com/zBfHrLxrM6
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) May 26, 2019
First on @ABC: Joe Biden’s campaign responds to North Korea criticizing him using Trump’s “low IQ” individual insult, saying given Biden’s “record of standing up for American values and interests, it’s no surprise that North Korea” prefers Donald Trump https://t.co/RbHo7OG5jB pic.twitter.com/VV8LByIoHd
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) May 22, 2019
re: #153 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Why is Biden even responding? Why not just say “we aren’t interested in responding to Donald Trumps boyfriend Rocket Man. We’re here to talk about (campaign message here).
Who knew so many people were keen to change my litter tray?https://t.co/TORCxldWQE
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) May 26, 2019
Hope they threw a lot of salt into the sumo ring before and after Trump stepped foot there.
I love discovering new food. Mango with lime juice and chili powder. Dayummmm.
And by “cooperated with the congressional investigations,” you mean, “refused to talk about what she did at the White House.https://t.co/2zhCkkitj7
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 26, 2019
If you answered, ‘Oh my goodness! In a bid to make Hope look totally innocent, Maggie left out the bit where Hope suggested they were going to withhold evidence,” you would have better command of the Mueller Report than the NYT’s journalist. pic.twitter.com/AROd3WYmeM
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 26, 2019
I like how JollyJack continues with the realistic depiction of Darth Orange’s hands…
https://t.co/Wt1AEjBHbM pic.twitter.com/ZS7tPpxizO
— Phillip M Jackson (@Jolly_Jack) May 26, 2019
re: #157 Shropshire Slasher
I love discovering new food. Mango with lime juice and chili powder. Dayummmm.
We went to a pickling class in NYC last weekend, and besides making two jars of pickles we each made a jar of pickled pineapple and mango. We used cloves, cinnamon, peppercorns and crushed red pepper in salt brine. Both were a huge hit at our family gathering yesterday.
So I just cast my vote for the European Parliament (in France).
Now hoping for the best (or the least bad) outcome.
Sadly there are not many signs of hope around here.
The latest video by Slovenian band Laibach (the first Western band to ever perform in North Korea…) once again perfectly captures the spirit of the time with a cover of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “The Sound of Music”, complete with a very Bannonian father figure, Trumpian red ties, and transparent references ro Günther Grass’s “Der Blechtrommel”. Its terrifying and, sadly, accurate. :(
And what exactly does the PENTAGON have to do with a biker rally in Washington D.C?
And why would the PRESIDENT be involved in any such parade? And given that RT is primarily a tribute to VIETNAM veterans, what does THIS president in particular have to do with it? https://t.co/Ojp2mHO9TW— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) May 26, 2019
the moron needed help lifting that yuge sumo trophy
U.S. President Donald Trump presented a special “Trump” trophy to the winner of a sumo tournament in Tokyo, Japan, May 26 during his four-day state visit to the country. pic.twitter.com/7jBDtJ1iMf
— The Voice of America (@VOANews) May 26, 2019
I was at a meeting here in South America and was in a small group discussion with a man my age and a young man and young woman in their twenties (all South Americans). The man my age was absolutely freaking out over the decline of machismo and the superiority of men while the younger man thought it was a good change for men and women. I think all the reactionary shit rising around the world is based on male fear. Hope it doesn’t destroy us while we wait for this breed to die.
re: #166 Backwoods_Sleuth
the moron needed help lifting that yuge sumo trophy
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This is how Trump wants to do the debates:
re: #162 makeitstop
We went to a pickling class in NYC last weekend, and besides making two jars of pickles we each made a jar of pickled pineapple and mango. We used cloves, cinnamon, peppercorns and crushed red pepper in salt brine. Both were a huge hit at our family gathering yesterday.
I read that as picnicking class and thought that you were describing the lab section after a lecture on foods that need no refrigeration.
re: #154 Old Liberal
Why is Biden even responding? Why not just say “we aren’t interested in responding to Donald Trumps boyfriend Rocket Man. We’re here to talk about (campaign message here).
I agree that it might have been better not to respond at all, but it sounds more like a comment on DT’s favoring Kim than anything directed at the North Koreans.
re: #170 A hollow voice says, Inpeach…
I agree that it might have been better not to respond at all, but it sounds more like a comment on DT’s favoring Kim than anything directed at the North Koreans.
An effective part of the playbook is “demean and pivot”. Our pols get too fancy. “We all know the president lies so there is no point in responding, we’re here to talk about xyz. “. “Everyone knows the president loves cruel dictators we’re here to talk about abc “.
re: #171 Teukka
1st world problems… But an irritation factor nonetheless:
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Someone set up a bin for plastic bottles at work, and had to put up a big sign saying it’s not a garbage bag.
re: #173 Belafon
Someone set up a bin for plastic bottles at work, and had to put up a big sign saying it’s not a garbage bag.
Here in Sweden, there are municipalities where what’s disaffectionately known as a “contaminated fraction” will set the payer of the trash bill back a couple of hundred $/€, if they even touch the container….
Full story here: https://t.co/DGn8LUCXep
— Kevin Robillard (@Robillard) May 26, 2019
What words, @maureendowd? How about perverse, unfit, abusive, unpardonable, unprincipled, unhinged, asinine, deplorable, amoral, compromised, intolerable … impeachable? https://t.co/kUoc5ntaii
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) May 26, 2019
re: #169 jeffreyw
I read that as picnicking class and thought that you were describing the lab section after a lecture on foods that need no refrigeration.
Explanation about the class - my wife found this outfit called the NY Adventure Club, which puts together outings all over the city. Prior to the pickling class, we had done a tour of the Czech Republic Consulate on the East Side. Cool building, cool tour.
The pickling class was held in the Muesum at Eldridge Street, a beautifully restored synagogue. The event was hosted by The Pickle Guys, a young crew who uses the old-school pickling methods they learned working for NYC’s ‘old-timer’ picklers.
In June, we’re doing a NYAC event that will take us on a boat trip to a privately-owned lighthouse in the middle of Long Island Sound, complete with picnic lunch and champagne toast. That one should be pretty cool.
re: #176 Backwoods_Sleuth
Talk is cheap. McCain went on to stand with DT — for the most part — until he died.
And left instructions not to invite him to the funeral.
I think we need to reboot this franchise
Trump sided with Putin over our own Intelligence folks. He just sided with Kim Jong un over Joe Biden.
His supporters won’t say it, but I will: Donald Trump is unpatriotic.— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) May 26, 2019
re: #175 Teukka
Here in Sweden, there are municipalities where what’s disaffectionately known as a “contaminated fraction” will set the payer of the trash bill back a couple of hundred $/€, if they even touch the container….
Our town has done single-stream recycling for a decade or more. The things we are allowed to include scares me, but the Works Dep’t says it’s OK. We were in danger of losing it when the Chinese got pissy about American garbage, but we found a US “buyer”. (We pay them but make out because we have a severe landfill problem.) Our recycling program including bins, weekly pickup, and large-item dropoff has always been the most progressive notion in the region. The town of about 60,000 has a long history of good management except for the disastrous school board and Klan-Kurious/Klan Kontrolled police force.
Yeah, let’s get back to investigating Benghazi, HRC’s server, and a FISA warrant that had nothing to do with starting the Trump-Russia investigation. https://t.co/1IlwreBMl4
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) May 26, 2019
JUST IN: Sarah Sanders: Trump and Kim “agree in their assessment of” Joe Biden as low IQ https://t.co/KkACA0Oypg pic.twitter.com/KqBDXZzaOu
— The Hill (@thehill) May 26, 2019
One is clearly comedy the other is not. https://t.co/MABaE3SD3J
— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) May 26, 2019
re: #114 Hecuba’s daughter
The whole Senate GOP is either totally compromised or totally complicit and supportive. They do not care about Russian interference.
This is what I have said all along.
Republican Senators and Congressmen are addicted to power the same way a junky is addicted to heroin. They continually crave more and more to the point they will OD.
Just watch what happens when China and the rest of the world say No More and they dump Treasury securities. With no-one willing to buy more securities to finance the Red Ink Republicans trillion dollar deficit Wall Street will melt down.
Then the fun begins for Putin and his pals.
re: #186 Joe Bacon 🌹
This is what I have said all along.
Republican Senators and Congressmen are addicted to power the same way a junky is addicted to heroin. They continually crave more and more to the point they will OD.
Just watch what happens when China and the rest of the world say No More and they dump Treasury securities. With no-one willing to buy more securities to finance the Red Ink Republicans trillion dollar deficit Wall Street will melt down.
Then the fun begins for Putin and his pals.
Putin is already having fun, especially knowing that millions of Americans don’t think of him as an enemy. He and his oligarch pals are laughing at the gullibility of much of the American public.
re: #171 Teukka
1st world problems… But an irritation factor nonetheless:
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That reminds me of the general disgust I have whenever I take recycling or trash out to the large bins here in the apartment complex. It’s single-stream recycling with what goes and doesn’t go in the dumpster clearly marked on it in two languages. And every time I am adding my cardboard, bottles, etc. to it I see that someone has simply dumped trash and/or food waste contaminated cardboard in it. And the dumpsters for trash often have unseparated plastic bottles mixed in with the trash. People being lazy for the most part I guess. I am sort of surprised that the management company has not memo-ed at all about this issue.
In comparison, my apartment building in Philadelphia had a room and trash chute on each floor. And a second chute just for paper. Two bins - one for glass and the other for the plastics the Philadelphia recycling system took. Plus a place downstairs for placing larger items and cardboard boxes.* (I was annoyed that they did not process #5 plastic (polypropylene), but where I worked took that since the company made polypropylene and thus promoted it’s use in packaging.) And when the bins were not being used right the management did send memos out about it.
* - When I was prepping to move I checked that area once per day to see if there were moving boxes of the size I wanted there that I could salvage.
re: #184 Backwoods_Sleuth
[Trump and Kim “agree in their assessment of” Joe Biden as low IQ]
Trump wants so badly to run against Biden. I think he’s more afraid of any non-Biden as a less-well-known quantity. Let’s get a non-Biden!
DISCLAIMER: This is a “doctored” video. (Trump never goes out in public without his hair hat)
BREAKING: Nancy Pelosi moves into the empty space available in Donald Trump’s head - and negotiates a life-time, rent-free lease. pic.twitter.com/X9oOYvQMvb
— Paul Lee Ticks (@PaulLeeTicks) May 25, 2019
re: #176 Backwoods_Sleuth
THAT is 100% the old John McCain I used to know right there.
Foreign Affairs: American Hustle: What Mueller Found—and Didn’t Find—About Trump and Russia
These two lives—establishmentarian and upstart—collided in May 2017, when the U.S. Department of Justice appointed Mueller as special counsel to investigate, as the order defining his mandate put it, “any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump,” along with “any matters that arose or may arise from the investigation.” In the two years that followed, Mueller and his investigators interviewed around 500 witnesses, issued some 2,800 subpoenas and some 500 search-and-seizure warrants, indicted 34 individuals and three Russian businesses, and secured guilty pleas from or convictions of Trump’s one-time campaign chair and former national security adviser, among others.
In March of this year, Mueller delivered to the Department of Justice a 448-page report in two volumes, a redacted version of which Attorney General William Barr made public a few weeks later. The first volume scrutinizes the evidence of a possible criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Russian government, which, the report states, interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election “in sweeping and systematic fashion,” by spreading disinformation over social media and stealing and disseminating personal e-mails belonging to senior figures in the presidential campaign of Trump’s opponent, Hillary Clinton. The second volume examines evidence of possible obstruction of justice by the president in relation to the investigation—that is, whether Trump violated the law by attempting to make it harder for Mueller to get to the truth.
The first volume reaches a more or less straightforward conclusion. “Although the investigation established that the Russian government perceived it would benefit from a Trump presidency and worked to secure that outcome, and that the Campaign expected it would benefit electorally from information stolen and released through Russian efforts,” the report states, “the investigation did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.” The campaign did not break the law in its numerous interactions with Russians. But as the report makes clear, Trump and his senior advisers, including members of his family, were aware that the Kremlin was trying to help them, and, rather than sound the alarm to U.S. authorities, they were thrilled about the assistance.
The second volume’s findings appear more complex. Owing to the Department of Justice’s long-standing internal opinion that a sitting president cannot be indicted, Mueller decided that he did not have the legal authority to charge the president. As a result, the report does not render a traditional prosecutorial judgment regarding obstruction of justice on Trump’s part. Whether Trump committed a crime is left open to interpretation. After receiving the report, Barr and his deputy, Rod Rosenstein, who had appointed Mueller and had overseen all but the final two months of the investigation, ruled that Trump’s conduct did not constitute obstruction of justice. Still, Mueller’s accessibly written compendium of substantiated facts delivers an unambiguous ethical indictment of Trump’s campaign and presidency.
Mueller’s chronicle of prevarication, moral turpitude, and incompetence is dispiriting, but his presentation of rigorous legal reasoning and strict adherence to statutes, case law, and procedural rules is inspiring. The text serves as an x-ray, revealing a venal politician and a corrupt political system. At the same time, it embodies many of the values that make the United States great: integrity, meticulousness, professionalism, public service, and the rule of law.
What’s more, as I have been arguing for years, Russian intelligence organizations had no need to collude with the omnishambolic Trump campaign. They could manage entirely on their own to hack e-mail accounts, line up cutouts such as WikiLeaks to disseminate damaging material, impersonate Americans on social media, and study elementary research available in open sources about battleground states and swing voters. The Mueller report confirms this point, despite some lingering ambiguity over the Trump campaign’s links to WikiLeaks, which is a genuinely valuable asset for Russia.
As for obstruction of justice, which Trump attempted in plain sight for months on end, the report states that “the president’s efforts to influence the investigation were mostly unsuccessful, but that is largely because the persons surrounding the President declined to carry out orders or accede to his requests.” (Note the “mostly.”) Many administration officials knew that Trump was pushing them to engage in illegal acts, or at least “crazy shit,” in the words of Donald McGahn, the former White House lawyer and an unwitting star of the report. But in scene after gripping scene, Mueller demonstrates how Trump is merely a would-be mobster, worried sick that his capos are wearing a wire. Forget about burying his enemies in concrete: Trump inspires none of the fear, let alone loyalty, of a real crime boss, instead imploring staffers over and over to carry out his orders, then shrinking from punishing them when they drag their feet. It turns out there really is a “deep state” out to thwart Trump after all, but its operatives are not alleged liberal Trump haters in the FBI but Trump appointees in his administration—and when they secretly manage to thwart him, they shield him from prison.
Trump was voicing lines straight out of the KGB playbook: the press is the enemy of the people, American law enforcement is corrupt, NATO is obsolete, U.S. trading partners are rip-off artists. All the while, Trump’s family and associates were meeting secretly with Russians and lying first about the fact of those meetings and later about their substance. These meetings took place in the context of Trump’s decades-long attempts to do business in Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union. Overpriced real estate is, to an extent, a business built on money laundering, with all-cash buyers needing to wash funds of dubious provenance and looking for partners who neglect to perform due diligence. Any serious investigation of Trump with subpoena power that looked into his businesses would pose a grave legal threat to him and his family. (The Mueller report briefly mentions Trump’s attempted property deals in Georgia and Kazakhstan. It remains unclear whether these or related matters are part of the 12 ongoing criminal investigations that the special counsel’s office handed off to other authorities, the details of which are blacked out in the public version of the report.)
Trump’s connections to Russia were hardly a secret during the campaign. In June 2016, Kevin McCarthy of California, who was then the Republican House majority leader and is now the minority leader and a staunch Trump supporter, stated behind closed doors to party colleagues in a secretly taped meeting, “There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump.” (Dana Rohrabacher was a curiously pro-Putin Republican U.S. representative from California.) When some of those present laughed, McCarthy added: “Swear to God!”
The most revealing example of the Trump team’s attitude toward Russia was the campaign’s infamous June 2016 Trump Tower meeting with a group of Russians who promised that they had dirt on Clinton. The meeting was arranged by Donald Trump, Jr., and attended by Kushner and Paul Manafort, who was running the campaign at the time. Steve Bannon, the former Breitbart impresario who became Trump’s campaign chair a few months after the meeting and who later served as the chief White House strategist, told the journalist Michael Wolff that the meeting was “treasonous.” Bannon added, “Even if [they] thought that this was not treasonous, or unpatriotic, or bad shit, and I happen to think it’s all of that, [they] should have called the FBI immediately.” Bannon was right, even if he went on to suggest not that the meeting should have been refused but that it should have been organized far away (“in a Holiday Inn in Manchester, New Hampshire”) and that its contents, if damaging to Clinton, should have been dumped “down to Breitbart or something like that, or maybe some other more legitimate publication.”
When even Bannon says Hair Furor’s henchmen are “traitors”…..
Ultimately, what have we learned? The report might seem merely to recapitulate, albeit in more granular detail, what we already knew. But in fact, it contains an enormous surprise. A few observers, myself included, had long assumed that during the 2016 campaign, Russians who were operating at the behest of the Kremlin (or were seeking to ingratiate themselves with it) were not trying to collude with the Trump campaign. Rather, they were trying to gain unfettered access to the campaign’s internal communications in order to obtain operational secrets and compromising material (kompromat) on Trump and his people or to implicate them in illegal acts. I took the real story of Trump and Russia to be one of penetration and assumed that Russian intelligence eavesdropped on the cell phones not just of Manafort and his deputy, Rick Gates, but also of Trump himself and his family. I assumed that Russian intelligence had implanted devices on the cables running underneath and into Trump Tower and wondered about those Russian-owned apartments upstairs, not far from Trump’s operations. (Trump did not return to the tower for the first seven months of his presidency, as if it were not a secure facility; in 2017, when he accused the Obama administration of wiretapping phones in the tower, I took it to be a typical Trumpian falsehood about something that was true in another way.) The idea that such surveillance was under way during the campaign seemed like a no-brainer. After all, officials in Russia whom I have known for a long time were bragging about it, and the tradecraft was elementary.
So imagine my astonishment when I read in Mueller’s report that Russians approaching the Trump campaign could not figure out whom to contact, who was in charge, or who mattered. Russian operatives and intermediaries were coming at the campaign from all angles, exploring channels with individuals who had no influence whatsoever on policy positions, to the extent that the campaign even had any. The reality was that no one was in charge and no one mattered except Trump, and he swiveled one way, then the next, capriciously, in his executive chair. But the Russians essentially failed to gain access to him, even when the campaign and the White House flung open the doors. (The report reveals that the Russian ambassador to the United States at the time, Sergey Kislyak, rejected Kushner’s suggestion that they communicate using secure facilities at the Russian embassy in Washington.) I was wrong, in an important way.
Now strap yourselves….
In the end, the Mueller report provides no answer to the puzzle of what motivates Trump’s obsequiousness toward Russia. In discussing Trump’s sensitivity to any mention of Russian interference and his bizarre public statements accepting Putin’s denials, the report refers to Trump’s insecurities over how his election could be seen as illegitimate, as well as to his wish to build a windfall Trump Tower in Moscow. The report contains no section analyzing Trump’s long-standing envy of strongman rulers. Nor does the report address the mutual failures of the U.S.-Russian relationship. The three presidents who preceded Trump, all of whom served two terms, could not figure out how to manage U.S.-Russian relations over the long run. Each tried engagement, or a “reset,” followed by some version of attempted isolation, culminating in sanctions and no visible way forward. In important ways, Russian interference in U.S. domestic politics stemmed directly from those failures; so, in part, have Trump’s conciliatory gestures. But Trump did not even get his reset: despite his over-the-top expressions of admiration for Putin, his administration went straight to the phase of sanctions and recriminations.
In this light, the Russian attack on American democracy cannot be viewed as even a tactical success. Instead of getting his dismemberment of Ukraine legally recognized or sanctions lifted, Putin got slapped with additional sanctions. The cyber-intrusions and special operations to disseminate stolen e-mails were a technical success, but their contribution to Trump’s victory was at most marginal. The Kremlin did get Washington to obsess about Russia in unhealthy ways, and Moscow’s actions did play a part in launching a fury-raising investigation of a U.S. president. But the United States has resilient institutions (as opposed to Russia’s corrupt ones), a gigantic economy (as opposed to Russia’s medium-sized one), and a powerfully self-organized civil society (as opposed to Russia’s persecuted one). That is why highly educated, entrepreneurial Russians continue to immigrate to the United States.
This is also why, notwithstanding the unmet, unrealistic expectations of the Mueller report, the Trumpian moment is an opportunity. The best of the United States is there to be rediscovered, reinvented, and repositioned for the challenges the country faces: the dilemmas posed by bioengineering, rising seas and extreme weather, the overconcentration of economic power, and the geopolitical rivalry with China. Above all, what the country needs is massive domestic investment in human capital, infrastructure, and good governance. Trump’s instinctive exploitation of Washington’s recent failures offers an emphatic reminder that the country must attend to those elements of American greatness. At a high cost, Trump could nonetheless be a gift, if properly understood.
Understood how, pray tell?
And America’s “greatness”? Well….
re: #177 jaunte
And all the while Dowdy doesn’t take responsibility for helping to put this freak in the Oval Office because of her irrational hatred of Bill and Hillary Clinton.
— The 3-D Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) May 26, 2019
re: #184 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Parody? If not, why is the media reporting this as if it were news? The way the MSM has treated Trump with the utmost respect is absolutely appalling. I know they’re not going to be so deferential to the next Democratic President.
re: #183 Backwoods_Sleuth
Democrats need to impeach the treasonous man in the White House and stop dithering while he destroys the country and starts another war in the Middle East. Let’s give Republicans to whine about.
re: #192 Eric The Fruit Bat
Isn’t there some sort of rule about how much of an article you can post here, like for legal reasons?
Anytime I find myself wondering if Trump’s a willing Russian asset or just a feeble minded dupe, I remind myself of the full page ad he took out in the New York Times in 87’.
With his “own” money.
Calling for the dissolution of NATO.
A month after his KGB guided tour of Moscow— Fred Harding (@OPCGhost) May 24, 2019
re: #197 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Willing plant or mediocre fool makes very little difference. I think he’s a fairly stupid man with some psych problems who has long been protected by retainers for their own reasons. In the end it’s academic.
re: #196 danarchy
Isn’t there some sort of rule about how much of an article you can post here, like for legal reasons?
Not the whole thing for copyright rules. Not ‘too much’ to avoid pissing off the source (which our host is usually not in favor of). Include a link, unless it’s to somewhere nobody should go to (kinda subjective).
I wonder if Hoosier Hoops ever lurks…
Indy 500 today.
re: #199 wrenchwench
Not the whole thing for copyright rules. Not ‘too much’ to avoid pissing off the source (which our host is usually not in favor of). Include a link, unless it’s to somewhere nobody should go to (kinda subjective).
yep..I remember when our host got several nasty communications from RawStory about that.
re: #201 Backwoods_Sleuth
yep..I remember when our host got several nasty communications from RawStory about that.
which is particularly ironic considering how RawStory comes up with its content
re: #202 Backwoods_Sleuth
which is particularly ironic considering how RawStory comes up with its content
I try not to even go there. I find an original source when I can.
I’ve been known to downding a link to NRO. Depends on who post it for what reason, and my mood.
There are people out there justifying the police shootings of black folks because they didn’t comply with unlawful orders while Hope Hicks gets the glamour treatment for debating whether to comply with a congressional subpoena. https://t.co/v8NTBeq10C
— Franklin Leonard (@franklinleonard) May 26, 2019
I know there has to be a thread opening in less than 10 minutes, but I’ll still take the chance someone will see this here rather than waiting:
She’s the opposite of Trump.
— 🌹Ms Rutabaga ✌️☮️ 🕊️ 🐝 🌎 (@rutabaga_ms) May 26, 2019
>>>or at ‘best’ a bipolar world with Russia and China as the superpowers, with the US voluntarily removing itself from the international power stage and willingly becoming no more than a regional power—not even a Great Power anymore.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) May 26, 2019
>>>if US laws and regulations became LGBT-friendly again.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) May 26, 2019
Absolutely gorgeous day here in NY! We had our family get-together here yesterday and it went well - I caught a nice buzz early and maintained it for most of the day and night. Food and drink were great, everyone had fun. We were in bed by 11:30.
Today we’re off to my BiL’s house for a small BBQ, which I have to leave early for a by-the-water gig out in East Rockaway. So no buzz for me today, gotta go to work…
Just a question of foreign or domestic at this point. https://t.co/xZAffs8lQJ
— Schooley (@Rschooley) May 26, 2019
Have you ever seen a swill bucket rattle a saber?
So the press is just going to allow characterizing investigations into a candidate with some clear foreign influence issues be depicted as “treason against the President” I guess. https://t.co/IuMxyYmcyZ
— Schooley (@Rschooley) May 26, 2019
From earlier. Turns out I have egg on my face.
That’s me.
— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) May 26, 2019
Now to issue some corrections here and there, with correct attribution, and to ponder whether to pull the image as best as I can… /END
🤦♂️— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) May 26, 2019
re: #206 makeitstop
Absolutely gorgeous day here in NY! We had our family get-together here yesterday and it went well - I caught a nice buzz early and maintained it for most of the day and night. Food and drink were great, everyone had fun. We were in bed by 11:30.
Today we’re off to my BiL’s house for a small BBQ, which I have to leave early for a by-the-water gig out in East Rockaway. So no buzz for me today, gotta go to work…
at the wild duck inn?
re: #211 DangerMan
at the wild duck inn?
The Lazy Lobster on Front Street. First time in there, should be fun.
FTR, I’m also exceedingly disappointed that her legal name is the one trending and not her real name.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) May 26, 2019
Dumbass dumbassing……..
Good lord you’re a dumbass…#Grifter
— 🦈Bill Barr’s Bruised Lip🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) May 26, 2019
re: #214 Dave In Austin
Someone took more Bible classes then Science classes.
re: #210 Teukka
From earlier. Turns out I have egg on my face.
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So. There. Corrections emitted in the places where I posted it. Damn. It sounded like something the real Legasov would say, on top of being an apt description of the consequence of lies, along with this gem:
“It’s the cost of lies. When people choose to lie, and when everyone engages in a very passive conspiracy to promote the lie, we can get away with it for a very long time. But the truth just doesn’t care. And it will get you.”
re: #215 PhillyPretzel
Someone took more Bible classes then Science classes.
Now to be fair, that’s not overly likely either; if he’d been that obsessed with the Bible he’d see tornadoes as still the result of manipulation, just divine rather than HAARP.
But for that to be true, they’d have to be divine retribution against what he sees as two of the most godly lawmaking acts in 250 years, so he dismisses that out of hand.
nurse: /n./
The first person you see after saying ‘Hey, hold my beer and watch this!’— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) May 26, 2019
re: #218 Teukka
Perfect. That person got exactly what he deserved.
FBI New York and the Newburgh Police Department are investigating several fake, inert explosive devices placed in public areas around the city. The recovered devices do not pose a threat to public safety. (1/2)
— FBI New York (@NewYorkFBI) May 26, 2019
Do not attempt to pick up any device, if dIscovered. Call 911. We ask anyone who saw or knows something about the devices to call the FBI at[no phone numbers allowed]. (2/2)
— FBI New York (@NewYorkFBI) May 26, 2019
4 year old, Madison has some thoughts for Princess Jasmine:
“ A princess doesn’t need a prince to rescue her, she can rescue herself”
“Jasmine needs to go see the world by herself…Jasmine can just go by herself,”
“You don’t need a boy to take you to see the whole world” pic.twitter.com/EOOQDyvwzr— Karine Jean-Pierre (@K_JeanPierre) May 26, 2019
re: #220 Backwoods_Sleuth
Yeah, I’m thinking, “It was just a prank, bro!” isn’t gonna cut the mustard on this incident.
OT, but just around to seeing Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse. Damn….what a great film; one of the best comic-book adaptations I’ve ever seen.
David Rowe on #conservativeleadership #BorisJohnson #michaelgove #TheresaMay - political cartoon gallery in London https://t.co/dePcTdnXF6 pic.twitter.com/rVshoBtVrX
— Political Cartoon (@Cartoon4sale) May 26, 2019
Update on the shared video. https://t.co/xzmaBkv05m
— Gladstone (@TreasuryMog) May 26, 2019
the video:
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MEMORIAL DAY 2019
Isaac Berkowitz, 24, killed in 1945 when his ship, the USS Henrico, was hit by a Japanese kamikaze #MemorialDay2019 #MemorialDay #Resist pic.twitter.com/03IfTsZCQs— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) May 26, 2019
re: #220 Backwoods_Sleuth
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So my question is, are these actually fake explosives or is it like the Boston Aqua teen hunger force bomb scare which was just an over-reaction to a guerilla marketing campaign. How about including an image of the device so people know what they are not supposed to touch.
Why do you guys keep forgetting? You really think America is small don’t you? #Shameful pic.twitter.com/W7IaazFUjk
— 🦈Bill Barr’s Bruised Lip🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) May 26, 2019
re: #227 The Vicious Babushka
NJTV is running D-Day at Pointe-du-Hoc. It is pretty good.
njtvonline.org
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Fuck. First position with 24% for Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National in France. :(
One. Fucking. Quarter. Of all voters.
I have no words.
Well a few silver linings: good showing for the Green Party (14%) and two left-wing lists at 7% each.
So that’s 28% in total for Greens + left and 22% for the center (Macron).
re: #233 peguyjaures
“It is convenient to see the Vichy regime as born of nothingness, returned to nothingness. Yes, it’s convenient, but it is false. We cannot build pride upon a lie,” Macron said in July.
theguardian.com
re: #235 jaunte
Right. This dark undercurrent was always there. For one thing, ugly, overt racism was even more widespread when I was a kid. It just didn’t translate into votes.
Well, I didn’t open my mailbox yesterday so I see it was stuffed full when I came home from the gym.
Now I have another bill from Kaiser for $550. for additional services involving the pneumonia I had in March. And thanks to Trump I now have to pay a penalty copayment because of my “excessive use of medical services”.
These “excessive services” included a dilation for an ophthalmologist to examine my eyes for potential diabetic damage which used to cost nothing.
TUCK FRUMP BEFORE HE YUCKS FOU!
re: #233 peguyjaures
Fuck. First position with 24% for Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National in France. :(
One. Fucking. Quarter. Of all voters.I have no words.
Steve Bannon rubs his hands with glee…
The ratio on this Tweet 🤣
Why don’t pro-choice women just tie their tubes
— Connor D Reid (@reidconnord) May 24, 2019
without lipsticking the pig, results for Macron’s party not calamitous - le Pen down from 2014 vote and only slightly ahead of Rep en marche.
— Simon Schama (@simon_schama) May 26, 2019
re: #242 jaunte
Yeah and actually EELV (Greens) and the PS (Socialist Party) performed better than expected in the end - especially the Greens, a very good surprise.
And since EU elections are proportional, a solid majority of French MEPs will still belong to respectable parties.
re: #241 The Vicious Babushka
The ratio on this Tweet 🤣
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Read his bio here:
Connor was born in the late 1990s in Charlotte NC. Owns many leather bound books.
doesn’t state that he know how to read.
Here’s another video like the one featured in this thread:
have you ever watched this? It’s a very similar premise and it’s great. https://t.co/gI80CPBEDw
— Norms Macdonald (@Source_Force) May 26, 2019
re: #241 The Vicious Babushka
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Yeah, I’m thinking that might be a record.
re: #241 The Vicious Babushka
Coming from a proponent of YOYO.
Loves to BS about the fetus but once the baby is born he’ll tell the baby “You’re On Your Own!”— The 3-D Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) May 26, 2019
re: #244 I Would Prefer Not To
Read his bio here:
Connor was born in the late 1990s in Charlotte NC. Owns many leather bound books.
doesn’t state that he know how to read.
Criswell Bacon predicts that Connor is into SERIOUS leather and he let that slip…
re: #244 I Would Prefer Not To
Connor was born in the late 1990s in Charlotte NC and suffers from Resting Douchebag Face.
heads up:
President Trump in Tokyo: “Kim Jong Un is smarter and would make a better President than Sleepy Joe Biden.”
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) May 26, 2019
it is a completely ridiculous quote.
and yet we reasonably suspect trump was thinking it.— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) May 26, 2019
re: #207 jaunte
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Have you ever seen a swill bucket rattle a saber?
Why not both? They can fight us liberals at home and Iranians abroad.
re: #210 Teukka
From earlier. Turns out I have egg on my face.
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I didn’t realize Craig Mazin was the screenwriter; he also semi-famous for having been Ted Cruz’ college roommate. Hates him with the white-hot passion of a thousand fiery suns.
And, you know, I want to be clear, because Ted Cruz is a nightmare of a human being. I have plenty of problems with his politics, but truthfully, his personality is so awful that 99 percent of why I hate him is just his personality. If he agreed with me on every issue, I would hate him only 1 percent less.
re: #204 jaunte
White privilege writ large. Plus, she’s a Republican which also helps.
re: #250 Backwoods_Sleuth
This quote is fabricated. As often, no idea what Bremmer is doing. https://t.co/gMQoo3c3i1
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 26, 2019
#recap Old Timey Medicine Did Not Fuck Aroundhttps://t.co/BEYTt8FGWi pic.twitter.com/TNipfoKXR5
— The Poke (@ThePoke) May 26, 2019
re: #255 Backwoods_Sleuth
Now, that’s a party
Stan Lee’s former manager arrested on elder abuse charges https://t.co/m9pMJN62JM pic.twitter.com/215LStRWV0
— WCPO (@WCPO) May 26, 2019
A former business manager for late Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee was arrested Saturday in Arizona on charges including elder abuse, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Keya Morgan faces felony charges of false imprisonment and grand theft from an elder and a misdemeanor charge of elder abuse, police said in a news release.
A warrant had been issued for Morgan’s arrest earlier this month following an elder abuse estate investigation that began in March 2018.
Bail has been set at $300,000 and Morgan is expected to be extradicted to Los Angeles, police said.
CNN has reached out to an attorney for Morgan.
Among other things, Morgan is accused of collecting money from business transactions — like autograph signing sessions in May 2018 that totaled more than $262,000 — and not transferring the money to Lee.
re: #255 Backwoods_Sleuth
Good thing it was “skillfully combined.”
re: #255 Backwoods_Sleuth
Hmm. Other ingredients? It is best not to ask.
re: #259 Backwoods_Sleuth
Our morphia and chloroform have been carefully curated for potency.
re: #260 PhillyPretzel
Hmm. Other ingredients? It is best not to ask.
quality ingredients…skillfully combined…
I’m one one train- #DefeatTrump. #SaveDemocracy Also I’m blocking trolls. https://t.co/4Bss7cPjXR
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) May 26, 2019
This kind of Dem on Dem warfare earns a block from me bc it’s suspicious. This account was dormant for years now this? Stop helping Trump. #NotYouTulsi https://t.co/6cMY07Yjwn
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) May 26, 2019
#BREAKING #Lithuania’s independent economist Nauseda wins presidential election, challenger Simonyte concedes defeat pic.twitter.com/RoQDbevyAf
— BNS Lithuania (@BNSLithuania) May 26, 2019
This is not a real Trump quote; what he and Sarah Sanders said on this is bad enough as is. If you’re basing your views of reality based on Ian Bremmer’s tweets in 2019, please reconsider. pic.twitter.com/izVoCXcsly
— Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) May 26, 2019
(This guy has a nascent media company, by the way. Exactly what the media landscape needs.)
— Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) May 26, 2019
Fresh exit poll from Sweden:
I Sverige är det uppenbart att Moderaterna gjort en stark spurt, mest troligt på KD:s bekostnad. Gissningsvis kommer eftervalsanalysen visa det här sambandet. M:s framgång i valet ger Kristersson och Strömmer välbehövlig arbetsro. pic.twitter.com/bmmls3HBgs
— Patrik Oksanen (@patrikoksanen) May 26, 2019
this law is insane. it would, for instance, make it a crime for a woman in texas to post a photo on twitter with her nipple exposed. https://t.co/HxuxKJFKrC
— mark (@kept_simple) May 26, 2019
When going to a ballgame, DON’T be like this guy.
(via @BigTenNetwork) pic.twitter.com/caDdCWbvQb— Cut4 (@Cut4) May 26, 2019
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Time for those people with a cowboy hat fetish to sue the state Agriculture Commissioner.
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March FavoritesYou've seen these all already but looking back, just because. These are my favorite shots of this last month. That 1937 Zeiss Sonnar is such a gloriously wonderful bit of glass. Thanks for looking.
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