Continuing from downstairs, I can’t really say I’m surprised that Labour took it in ass over Corbyn’s leadership. They’ve had an ever-growing chance to reinvent themselves as the Remain party, the party of fixing the mistake that was the Brexit referendum and getting the UK back on an even keel. But Corbyn being a closet Brexiter meant they were instead forced into this indefinite holding pattern, their supporters told that it was better to sit back and let May totally botch the whole thing than force the issue.
Funny, it’s almost like looking into a mirror…//
Trump retweets a video doctored to make Nancy Pelosi look stupid and there’s no way to get even bc you can’t doctor a video to make Trump look smart.
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) May 26, 2019
I am as the mountains—mighty. pic.twitter.com/wPJyxtYYUS
— Black Metal Cats (@evilbmcats) May 26, 2019
It’s criminals all the way down.
Uh, Trump @HUDgov administration official, @LynnePatton, is posting on Facebook “I honestly don’t care anymore” whether or not she’s breaking the law. Is this not an ethics violation? https://t.co/qTMY9816kO
cc @CREWcrew @NoahBookbinder @NormEisen @waltshaub pic.twitter.com/usC7YQsAdc— Avi Bueno (@Avi_Bueno) May 26, 2019
“Why do all these homosexuals keep sucking my dick?” Baby Whiplash version.
Yes, if there’s one thing I’m known for — as one of the most prominent Orthodox Jews, targets of the alt-right, and critics of the alt-right in America — it’s directing Nazis to attack synagogues. What garbage. https://t.co/ckuIO5kEc0
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) May 26, 2019
re: #5 The Vicious Babushka
I don’t think Orthodox means what Ben thinks it does
My #EuropeanElectionResults statement: pic.twitter.com/dKgpDz2kXB
— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) May 26, 2019
re: #7 Backwoods_Sleuth
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It’s the sort of statement that would make sense if Labour had made gains tonight. As is? It’s further proof that the man at the top has no fucking clue what’s going on.
re: #4 The Vicious Babushka
It’s criminals all the way down.
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Apparently she deleted it. What tweet was she referring to?
Some are upset I politicized a national holiday.
I’m upset at getting lied into wars that kill hundreds of thousands, cost trillions, and in the end only make things worse. Our soldiers shouldn’t die in someone’s vanity war pic.twitter.com/sja7P7E5cD— Pat Bagley (@Patbagley) May 26, 2019
re: #10 jaunte
“How dare you talk about war on Memorial Day!”
re: #9 Eclectic Cyborg
Apparently she deleted it. What tweet was she referring to?
it was a FB post, not a tweet
this thread
:D
Dawn, pondering the existential question of whether she should turn in her term paper, or have her dad harass the professor into giving her an A. pic.twitter.com/icXLLLwEUi
— Sara Danner Dukic (@saradannerdukic) May 26, 2019
re: #8 Targetpractice
It’s the sort of statement that would make sense if Labour had made gains tonight. As is? It’s further proof that the man at the top has no fucking clue what’s going on.
it seems to be contagious
Team Sanders may be reading this wrong. #EuropeanElectionResults https://t.co/aGK8wyrLKF
— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) May 26, 2019
Cannot overstate how irresponsible ABC is being tweeting this. Zero gatekeeping, enabling authoritarianism. The opposite of what journalism is supposed to be doing. https://t.co/apgVe4ioTk
— Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) May 27, 2019
I think @dbongino needs a nap https://t.co/t76nVBljLP
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) May 26, 2019
This is my good news. Almost ready for the press
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re: #16 jaunte
What if he really wasn’t “duly elected”? That foreign bad actors influenced the election? Whether Trump knew about it when it happened the first time (not proven but also NOT EXONERATED), HE’S DOING NOTHING TO PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. And that could well be treason. https://t.co/YCubQyBQPa
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) May 27, 2019
Okay I’ll thread this but only bc he’s using his supposed Jewish authenticity as a shield! pic.twitter.com/tf4WAjRGbQ
— Eli Valley (@elivalley) May 27, 2019
Been on a Tord Gustavsen binge all day. This guy’s amazing. Master of note choice and silence.
re: #6 Backwoods_Sleuth
I don’t think Orthodox means what Ben thinks it does
I don’t think “prominent” means what he thinks it does.
re: #12 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s still there. I just looked at it.
— Beauty Is Animate (@beautyisanimate) May 26, 2019
re: #1 Targetpractice
Corbyn is a failure and is, IMO, a parallel to Bernie - someone who rides waves but provides no real leadership.
re: #25 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Corbyn is a failure and is, IMO, a parallel to Bernie - someone who rides waves but provides no real leadership.
Exactly. His star has risen in recent years not due to deft leadership or wise counsel…but because Labour was seen (unofficially) as the “Remain” party. It’s why May was such a fool to call a snap election when she did, because public sentiment was heavily against the Tories for their insistence on pushing through with Brexit. And much like Bernie, Corbyn is a socialist of the old mold, the kind that thinks socialism only works in isolation, that you can’t create a worker’s paradise if you can’t pick and choose the workers. So even if he took the lead, it would be to only pursue a softer Brexit that would be the same isolationism but still keep all the other benefits of being an EU member.
re: #5 The Vicious Babushka
You pal around with known anti-Semites. You’re like Gene Wilder in Silver Streak. Every time you climb on the Alt-Right train they throw you off yet you scamper to get back on and make nice with them
You never learn.— The 3-D Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) May 27, 2019
The Eruv Controversies, Continued
Residents of a Staten Island community put up lawn signs expressing opposition to an influx or religious Jews in their neighborhood.https://t.co/1uBvu3MZrk
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) May 27, 2019
re: #28 The Vicious Babushka
Some people have to look pretty hard to be offended by an eruv.
A Closer Look At Princeton’s “Eruv”
walkableprinceton.com
re: #28 The Vicious Babushka
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Interesting. Serious question: Are eruv’s a kind of way to cheat the system?
Edit: To add, I didn’t watch the video. I don’t watch too many, and would prefer a transcript. So if it says it in there, sorry.
re: #33 Belafon
Interesting. Serious question: Are eruv’s a kind of way to cheat the system?
Edit: To add, I didn’t watch the video. I don’t watch too many, and would prefer a transcript. So if it says it in there, sorry.
No, it’s not a way to “cheat” the system, it’s a way to work within the system. Also, who is “harmed” by an eruv?
What gets me is news breaks that this woman is weighing committing a crime before Congress &it’s getting framed by the NYT as some Lifetime drama called “Hope’s Choice.”
This is a fmr admin official considering participating in a coverup led by the President.
Treat her equally. https://t.co/XcNbSuU4QB— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 26, 2019
re: #34 The Vicious Babushka
Also, who is “harmed” by an eruv?
That would be my question. Overhead wires in the city aren’t exactly unusual.
re: #34 The Vicious Babushka
No, it’s not a way to “cheat” the system, it’s a way to work within the system. Also, who is “harmed” by an eruv?
Sorry, I didn’t mean to imply anything. I had never heard of them. Personally, I don’t see anyone harmed by it. I was just wondering. It sounds a bit like pushing the wall of a cubical into the walkway to claim a little more space.
re: #4 The Vicious Babushka
It’s criminals all the way down.
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she keeps on digging:
Thanks for saying and now explicitly confirming you don’t care about following the law.
— Avi Bueno (@Avi_Bueno) May 26, 2019
You took an oath, no?
— Avi Bueno (@Avi_Bueno) May 26, 2019
I wasn’t being rhetorical, @LynnePatton.
Did you or did you not take an oath?— Avi Bueno (@Avi_Bueno) May 26, 2019
What part about “I don’t give a shit” don’t you understand? 🙄 pic.twitter.com/YHkGEwU2PY
— 🇺🇸 Lynne Patton (@LynnePatton) May 27, 2019
OK, so I’m watching the video. “Eruv, from the Jewish word for loophole.”
re: #39 Belafon
Kind of like kneeling on a cushioned bench, instead of a stone floor.
re: #35 Belafon
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Like I noted downstairs, we’re not getting the sort of political coverage we’d expect from any past presidency, we’re getting a reality TV show produced by the major news agencies and starring people who have absolutely no business being in politics.
re: #37 Belafon
Sorry, I didn’t mean to imply anything. I had never heard of them. Personally, I don’t see anyone harmed by it. I was just wondering. It sounds a bit like pushing the wall of a cubical into the walkway to claim a little more space.
Exactly, if the walls of the cubicle were stretched out into a single piano wire strung 20 feet in the air.
re: #40 jaunte
Kind of like kneeling on a cushioned bunch, instead of a stone floor.
I understand a bit better now after watching the video. And the older man, so oblivious to how hypocritical he is, reminded me of my mother at times.
This is right up there with Hamlet’s famous “to be or not to be in compliance with legal requirements” soliloquy https://t.co/crFwllPxxr
— Sean Hecht (@seanhecht) May 26, 2019
re: #14 Backwoods_Sleuth
Brooke, pondering the existential question of whether she should tell her mom that she totaled the car, or blame her friend Angie. pic.twitter.com/WvkX5EI6g5
— Sara Danner Dukic (@saradannerdukic) May 26, 2019
re: #43 Belafon
I understand a bit better now after watching the video. And the older man, so oblivious to how hypocritical he is, reminded me of my mother at times.
I’d never even heard of an Eruv before, seems the FFRF has a bee in their bonnet over them.
re: #46 danarchy
I’d never even heard of an Eruv before, seems the FFRF has a bee in their bonnet over them.
They were the first fundamentalist atheists I ever ran into while living in Madison. No better than the pulpit pimps.
Just looked at the latest UK vote totals and seeing that the Tories melted down to fifth place behind the Greens. That’s their worst performance since…1832!
Labour ran third. That ought to trigger a move to bounce Corbyn out as well as May.
Based on this vote, looks like the UK is now on the path to a hard Brexit and will wind up with Scotland and Northern Ireland breaking away.
The Trump administration is an insult to white people. We are not all imbeciles and crooks. The portrayal of the Trump administration in this simulation should be as offensive to white people as the portrayal of black politicians in “Birth of a Nation” was to black people.
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) May 27, 2019
You would prefer the target be a mosque but sometimes the aim is off.
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) May 26, 2019
I am happy NYT is getting roasted over that tweet, but I’m calling it now: Hicks won’t show.
“By default, I was a Mets fan, because I knew being a Yankee fan was the wrong thing to do morally.” - John Oliver pic.twitter.com/nXPHFSRafa
— Roger Cormier (@yayroger) May 26, 2019
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) May 27, 2019
Bongino is just pawn in game of life.
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) May 26, 2019
re: #52 Eclectic Cyborg
I am happy NYT is getting roasted over that tweet, but I’m calling it now: Hicks won’t show.
Hicks won’t show, the Dem leadership will make noise about holding her in contempt, and then we’ll all move on.
The Best Qualification of a Prophet… https://t.co/5tjHvhusHq#vf!
— driftglass (@Mr_Electrico) May 26, 2019
re: #57 gocart mozart
I just read that blogpost; so good!
re: #52 Eclectic Cyborg
I am happy NYT is getting roasted over that tweet, but I’m calling it now: Hicks won’t show.
Of course she won’t.
And you can also count on the SCREW YORK TIMES to take her side…The same SCREW YORK TIMES that wanted Huma Abadin grilled by Congress over her relationship with Hillary.
I started reading Steve Gilliard a year or so before he died. he was one of the best political writers of the liberal blogosphere.
Thank you, Mr. Pierce. Let’s reflect on the heroism of Hugh Thompson while we contemplate a US President hungry to stain every honorable combat veteran by equating their service with war crimes. https://t.co/p8ZbEu0q3O
— David Simon (@AoDespair) May 27, 2019
re: #59 Joe Bacon 🌹
Of course she won’t.
And you can also count on the SCREW YORK TIMES to take her side…The same SCREW YORK TIMES that wanted Huma Abadin grilled by Congress over her relationship with Hillary.
HOPE HICKS DECIDES AGAINST APPEARING BEFORE HOUSE, SAYS WILL ONLY TESTIFY “ON MY OWN TERMS”
re: #60 gocart mozart
I started reading Steve Gilliard a year or so before he died. he was one of the best political writers of the liberal blogosphere.
I remember his Beer Can Chicken recipe which made the best chicken I ever tasted!
re: #61 gocart mozart
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OTOH Calley got off with a smudge mark, thanks to a Dixiecrat Georgia judge (who later put an septuagenarian nun in prison for trespassing at the School of the Americas). That might have contributed to the command climate that turned the SO nutcase loose.
Had to go into my archives to find the recipe for Steve Gillard’s Beer Can Chicken
Beer can chicken
1 (4-pound) whole chicken
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 tablespoons salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
3 tablespoons of your favorite dry spice rub
1 can beer
Remove neck and giblets from chicken and discard. Rinse chicken inside and out, and pat dry with paper towels. Rub chicken lightly with oil then rub inside and out with salt, pepper and dry rub. Set aside.
Open beer can and take several gulps (make them big gulps so that the can is half full). Place beer can on a solid surface. Grabbing a chicken leg in each hand, plunk the bird cavity over the beer can. Transfer the bird-on-a-can to your grill and place in the center of the grate, balancing the bird on its 2 legs and the can like a tripod.
Cook the chicken over medium-high, indirect heat (i.e. no coals or burners on directly under the bird), with the grill cover on, for approximately 1 1/4 hours or until the internal temperature registers 165 degrees F in the breast area and 180 degrees F in the thigh, or until the thigh juice runs clear when stabbed with a sharp knife. Remove from grill and let rest for 10 minutes before carving.
The hatred he gets from the antisemitic right wing crowd apparently isn’t sufficient to offset the income he gets from grifting off of them. https://t.co/Z6DgjNcTWu
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 27, 2019
I really want this guy to run for Gov. of Texas.
As country’s infrastructure crumbles,so does @realDonaldTrump campaign promise.
Nothing has been done. Here in the fastest growing metropolitan area in the US, we need action. There are no @GOP roads or @TheDemocrats bridges in🇺🇸 https://t.co/UbAvEyiaId— Judge Clay Jenkins (@JudgeClayJ) May 27, 2019
re: #64 Decatur Deb
Edited to correct nun’s age. she was 74. A different Georgia judge sentenced the 88 year old, who refused a suspended sentence.
Fucking slacker antisemites:
<> https://t.co/AEQ5fHGey0 — Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) May 27, 2019
As an @AOC supporter, an @AEWrestling fan, and a person in an interracial marriage, this is perhaps the greatest moment in my personal Twitter history!
And to @TheBrandiRhodes & @CodyRhodes, congratulations on your beautiful marriage and the amazing success of your careers. https://t.co/5RofhrvjZS— Travis Akers (@travisakers) May 27, 2019
Deutsche Bank “loaned a cumulative total of around $2.5 billion to Trump projects over the past two decades, and the bank continued writing him nine-figure checks even after he defaulted on a $640 million obligation and sued the bank.” https://t.co/rD3xqVDlRy
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 26, 2019
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) May 27, 2019
My wife and I are back from the remembrance service at the Vietnam Veterans Plaza in Chicopee.
While several distant relatives of the eleven fallen were there, I was the only Gold Star Family member present. As such, I laid the memorial wreath with Chicopee Mayor Richard Kos.
Television crews were also at the event, so if they put that on television tonight or tomorrow there might be a bunch of “who’s that guy in the white trilby with the mayor?”
I will send copies of the program to my mother and sister.
re: #70 gocart mozart
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I think the quote from Brandi to Cody in the original tweet may be one of the best lines on the subject of racism.
Edited.
Watch as POS45 lumbers in front of the Emperor, just like he lumbered in front of Queen Elizabeth last year.
VIDEO: US President Donald Trump becomes the first foreign leader to meet Japan’s new Emperor Naruhito at a ceremony in Tokyo’s imperial palace pic.twitter.com/MV3a91dnJY
— AFP news agency (@AFP) May 27, 2019
re: #75 The Vicious Babushka
Watch as POS45 lumbers in front of the Emperor, just like he lumbered in front of Queen Elizabeth last year.
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Can we trade trump for some day old sushi?
re: #76 I Would Prefer Not To
We wouldn’t want to cheat anyone.
This picture perfectly sums up how Trump’s trip to Japan went. pic.twitter.com/BInYk6ayWc
— Andrew Wortman (@AmoneyResists) May 27, 2019
re: #10 jaunte
Absolutely agree. No more wars! Stop sending young people to die or be maimed for the benefit of those invested in the war industrial complex.
I don’t believe that Trump is going to get the support of most Americans when he starts his war on Iran. Not that it will matter.
re: #79 Patricia Kayden
Absolutely agree. No more wars! Stop sending young people to die or be maimed for the benefit of those invested in the war industrial complex.
I don’t believe that Trump is going to get the support of most Americans when he starts his war on Iran. Not that it will matter.
He can pay for it out of his own money.
re: #79 Patricia Kayden
Absolutely agree. No more wars! Stop sending young people to die or be maimed for the benefit of those invested in the war industrial complex.
I don’t believe that Trump is going to get the support of most Americans when he starts his war on Iran. Not that it will matter.
Tweetler will do whatever the Saudis command. He already made that clear when he let them get away with murder. And Bibi wants Trump to take out Iran as well.
This will not go well…
re: #81 Joe Bacon 🌹
Tweetler will do whatever the Saudis command. He already made that clear when he let them get away with murder. And Bibi wants Trump to take out Iran as well.
This will not go well…
So we got SA and Israel to agree on something!! Thanks, Kushner.
Everyone should know complying with subpoenas aren’t optional, it’s the law.it’s that simple! https://t.co/XBq2C21gDP
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) May 26, 2019
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) May 27, 2019
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) May 27, 2019
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re: #79 Patricia Kayden
Absolutely agree. No more wars! Stop sending young people to die or be maimed for the benefit of those invested in the war industrial complex.
I don’t believe that Trump is going to get the support of most Americans when he starts his war on Iran. Not that it will matter.
A few days after the 9/11 attacks, thousands of Iranians demonstrated their sympathy for the victims in NYC, DC, and PA, in nightime candelight vigils in the streets of Tehran. I posted a picture or two here at the time. I imagine those pics are hard to find online now.
I’m going to hit the rack. Tomorrow morning at 10AM is the Memorial Day Parade. I need my beauty rest.
Flash flood watch up at home, with severe thunderstorms on tap for tomorrow. According to the Weather Channel, there is a high probability of tornadoes in western Nebraska as well.
I hope I have a home to go back to; Massachusetts is too expensive for me to live here.
re: #85 unproven innocence
A few days after the 9/11 attacks, thousands of Iranians demonstrated their sympathy for the victims in NYC and DC, in nightime candelight vigils in the streets of Tehran. I posted a picture or two here at the time. I imagine those pics are hard to find online now.
Nope. Type “9/11 candlelight vigil Tehran” into a Google image search. Lots and lots of pictures.
So Bart Starr died today??
Legendary Green Bay Packers Quarterback Bart Starr Dead at 85 https://t.co/fyzoKaqbzS
— jamie (@gnuman1979) May 26, 2019
re: #70 gocart mozart
Speaking of the “Rhodes” (ring name) family, I see that the two brothers went old-school last night and followed in their father’s footsteps:
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These days that amount of blood is not allowed on WWE (unless it involves Brock Lesnar), apparently. This new company (AEW) doesn’t apparently have that much aversion.
re: #47 William Lewis
In my experience, “fundamentalist atheist” usually translates into “religious people getting pissy after being told their belief system doesn’t apply to everyone.”
re: #53 gocart mozart
“By default, I was a Mets fan, because I knew being a Yankee fan was the wrong thing to do morally.” - John Oliver
Saw a similar tweet during the game today. First people responding were obviously triggered Trumpsters and Yankee fans.
The only thing standing between me marrying Scarlet Johanson is Scarlett Johanson
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) May 26, 2019
Who is he and why is he so adorable?
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) May 27, 2019
re: #48 Joe Bacon 🌹
Just looked at the latest UK vote totals and seeing that the Tories melted down to fifth place behind the Greens. That’s their worst performance since…1832!
Labour ran third. That ought to trigger a move to bounce Corbyn out as well as May.
Based on this vote, looks like the UK is now on the path to a hard Brexit and will wind up with Scotland and Northern Ireland breaking away.
I don’t know the rules governing British political parties but what does it take for an opposition party to replace a toxic leader with someone who represents the principles of the party? Or does the Labour Party no longer have anyone capable of leadership?
re: #47 William Lewis
They were the first fundamentalist atheists I ever ran into while living in Madison. No better than the pulpit pimps.
The FFRF are very dedicated to publically and legally fighting religions in power so I can see how they can rub some people the wrong way.
They are one of the few US atheist organizations which expand the discussion beyond just Christian fundamentalism, and I notice that they recently are shining the light on Hindu nationalism:
Well you’re *becoming” known for it. I wouldn’t get to far ahead of yourself. Let’s give it, say, one more example first.
— )))David Cross((( (@davidcrosss) May 27, 2019
Let’s settle this issue once and for all!
Are twitter polls accurate?
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) May 27, 2019
“All the news that’s fit to print”. Used to mean something… https://t.co/GmiMr6BGjp
— )))David Cross((( (@davidcrosss) May 27, 2019
re: #85 unproven innocence
[edit] —OffByOne error
A few days after the 9/11 attacks, thousands of Iranians demonstrated their sympathy for the victims in NYC, DC, and PA, in nightime candelight vigils in the streets of Tehran. I posted a picture or two here at the time. I imagine those pics are hard to find online now.
Iran was also super-helpful during our initial invasion of Afghanistan… they let us use their border crossings, provided the most up-to-date maps showing where’s the cave entrances and who controls which villages, their intel people gave our special forces personal introductions to Northern Alliance leaders and vouched for them. Etc.
It wasn’t out of warmth towards us, it was mostly because Iran has their own reasons for really hating Al Qaeda and the Taliban, but. It was a good opening to start a reconciliation process, if only the Bush admin had been clever enough to make use of the opportunity.
Japanese twitter
英語が読めないニッポン国民は、救われる。このザマを世界は嘲笑っている事に気が付かず、知らないままで生きていられるのだから。 pic.twitter.com/2mIOHznIW6
— Yasu (@yasu_yasuno_sa) May 26, 2019
😱😱😱🎌🇺🇸👎👎#Idiot日米首脳ゴルフのスコア予想 ユルすぎ官邸インスタ「結果は国家機密です」(J-CASTニュース) - Yahoo!ニュース https://t.co/naa0RZJDDj
— Yasu (@yasu_yasuno_sa) May 26, 2019
Trump doesn’t appear to be a good golfer. It is known that Trump often lies about his golf game.
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) May 27, 2019
I’m officially giving up Jon Voight’s car. It clearly doesn’t know where it’s going. https://t.co/fqSKztBOH0
— jason alexander (@IJasonAlexander) May 26, 2019
re: #106 gocart mozart
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I’m assuming that Dr. John Voight the periodontist has changed his name by now out of sheer embarrassment…
If Chernobyl doesn’t trigger a panic attack about our current administration’s disregard for science and expertise and appetite for cover ups, you’re not getting the full experience.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) May 27, 2019
re: #108 goddamnedfrank
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As my brain dead Jesusbot relatives post…“We don’t need science. We have Jesus!”
re: #109 Joe Bacon 🌹
As my brain dead Jesusbot relatives post…“We don’t need science. We have Jesus!”
Jesus Says: “Christ on a motherfucking crutch you stupid motherfuckers! Why do you think my dad gave you a fucking brain?????”
re: #108 goddamnedfrank
If Chernobyl doesn’t trigger a panic attack about our current administration’s disregard for science and expertise and appetite for cover ups, you’re not getting the full experience.
It seems as though Chernobyl is a metaphor for the catastrophe in the White House.
The only reason the Chernobyl cover-up failed was that the radiation discharge was detected in the west and, through our satellites, the source was exposed. The Russians thought initially that that the accident could be concealed because they did not understand the level of destruction. This administration believes that they can lie their way out of any situation and silence any opposition — something the Russians also believed possible.
That seduction though 😏 pic.twitter.com/730OfdozDA
— 🇹🇼🇺🇸🇯🇵🇮🇳🇵🇭🇳🇿🇭🇰🇦🇺🇪🇺✊🏻 (@HsiungFengIII) May 27, 2019
re: #111 Hecuba’s daughter
This administration believes that they can lie their way out of any situation and silence any opposition — something the Russians also believed possible.
This is exactly why we have to keep up the pressure, no matter what. Make them understand that, just like the nazi war criminals, someone will be hunting them for the rest of their miserable lives. That there is nothing they can do to completely escape.
Justice will be served.
More than 1,000 people participated in a mass wedding banquet in Taiwan on Saturday, after the island became the first place in Asia to legally recognize same-sex marriage. https://t.co/V0LopLnqQM
— NPR (@NPR) May 27, 2019
Repeat the lie over and over until it is true.
The Dems are getting NOTHING done in Congress! They only want a Do-Over on Mueller!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 27, 2019
re: #118 teleskiguy
Lying is his thing. I do believe it is pathological, and everyone should know by now that Trump is a deeply disturbing person.
The Trumpers who refuse to acknowledge this are very much trying to game the rest of society, trying so hard to not look at the truth(s) of which they are quite fearful.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s reputed lover may have given birth to twin boys.
But like many things in Putin’s Moscow, the facts are shrouded in mystery.
Alina Kabaeva, an Olympic gold-medal-winning rhythmic gymnast, has long been rumored to be in a relationship with Putin. Russian media mostly shies away from the topic. Still, Moscow is buzzing with rumors that Kabaeva is the reason why a whole floor of the Kulakov Research Centre for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology was shut down this month.
A Russian newspaper briefly ran a story about the birth, but it was eventually taken down, according to the Daily Mail. An investigative journalist whom the Daily Mail described as close to Russian intelligence also claimed Kabaeva gave birth to two boys.
re: #36 jaunte
That would be my question. Overhead wires in the city aren’t exactly unusual.
These people would go crazy in Japan. Overhead wires are EVERYWHERE. Apparently they’re easier to fix after an earthquake (who knew?). There are a couple of historical towns where one of the selling points is that the wires in the town have been buried so it looks like it would have in 1603. This as compared to wires seen everywhere in Kyoto, Osaka, Fukuoka…(can’t say about Tokyo as I haven’t been there). I’d note that there seems to be order among the chaos, however. People aren’t just hooking up every which way.
re: #123 mmmirele
These people would go crazy in Japan. Overhead wires are EVERYWHERE. Apparently they’re easier to fix after an earthquake (who knew?). There are a couple of historical towns where one of the selling points is that the wires in the town have been buried so it looks like it would have in 1603. This as compared to wires seen everywhere in Kyoto, Osaka, Fukuoka…(can’t say about Tokyo as I haven’t been there). I’d note that there seems to be order among the chaos, however. People aren’t just hooking up every which way.
Heh…..go to Ho Chi Minh City where there’s not only overhead wires everywhere, it’s all jerry-rigged like some kind of demented Christmas tree.
I’m surprised the whole city hasn’t gone up in a massive electrical explosion.
re: #47 William Lewis
They were the first fundamentalist atheists I ever ran into while living in Madison. No better than the pulpit pimps.
I’m going to disagree on this. FFRF will go after elementary and secondary schools which try to impose a single religion on students. This is extremely important in places where there’s a religious monoculture, you know, like Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana. (Compare to Utah, where there’s a strong state ACLU which is willing to take on local school districts when *their* religious monoculture acts up.) They’re also going after the sham that is the clergy housing tax break, which was brought to them by a guy who is a member of one of the conservative churches of Christ (also someone I know).
Yeah, the FFRF can be fanatical in its own way, but I think they do all of us a favor by keeping the religious playing field level. If you’ve never lived in a place where 90 percent of the legislators were members of a single church*, it’s hard to understand the weirdness that arises from a religious monoculture. But I disagree with them on eruvs.
* This kind of has parallels to our current issue with the electoral college not being representative of America as a whole. Utah’s legislature is 90 percent Mormon, but the state itself is at or just below 50 percent Mormon.
re: #123 mmmirele
These people would go crazy in Japan. Overhead wires are EVERYWHERE. Apparently they’re easier to fix after an earthquake (who knew?). There are a couple of historical towns where one of the selling points is that the wires in the town have been buried so it looks like it would have in 1603. This as compared to wires seen everywhere in Kyoto, Osaka, Fukuoka…(can’t say about Tokyo as I haven’t been there). I’d note that there seems to be order among the chaos, however. People aren’t just hooking up every which way.
Well, direct-burial underground cables are a PitA in earthquake territory, so I can understand that they go with overheads.
It takes utilidors/utility ducts to do underground cable proper, because then the cables have room to move in case the earth does. And those cost, especially in seismically active areas.
Then there’s this issue with underground cables being an inherently reactive load, but that will just make your eyes glaze over…
re: #124 Dr Lizardo
Heh…..go to Ho Chi Minh City where there’s not only overhead wires everywhere, it’s all jerry-rigged like some kind of demented Christmas tree.
I’m surprised the whole city hasn’t gone up in a massive electrical explosion.
That’s one of my dislikes with overhead wiring for anything but really high voltage or temporary solutions, it don’t take much of a natural disaster to make an already good mess epical…
Right now, as I type this, that orange piece of human garbage is not a half-kilometer from where I’m sitting.
I keep flashing my middle finger in that direction.
re: #123 mmmirele
These people would go crazy in Japan. Overhead wires are EVERYWHERE. … People aren’t just hooking up every which way.
I found that the electrification in Japan to be rather busy but as you note they are quite organized. As you note, people are not allowed to wire willy nilly, unlike some parts of the world.
I hate that these words in this order make any sense
— Emily of the State (@EmilyGorcenski) May 27, 2019
*wild guess*
Not even when all of them do?— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) May 27, 2019
LOL, I’m a bit better now, but there were times when I could have cashed in for the full 150K pounds.
Yes why wouldn’t I want £150,000? https://t.co/6mmbTh9suo
— ChrisPianity (@ChrisPurchase) May 27, 2019
Maybe already posted, but so good (thread):
Nathalie, pondering the existential question of whether she should pay her 147 parking tickets. pic.twitter.com/tuNo7mQRLD
— Sara Danner Dukic (@saradannerdukic) May 26, 2019
I’d rather be a “low IQ individual” than “Individual-1”
re: #124 Dr Lizardo
Heh…..go to Ho Chi Minh City where there’s not only overhead wires everywhere, it’s all jerry-rigged like some kind of demented Christmas tree.
I’m surprised the whole city hasn’t gone up in a massive electrical explosion.
I expect the world’s largest motor scooter pile-up will eventually happen there.
The advice we got there for crossing streets was to just do it… but don’t change speed, or direction suddenly. The scooters otherwise will avoid you.
re: #129 Teukka
Wow. So flat earthers have links to White Supremacists. Wasn’t quite expecting that.
re: #136 Patricia Kayden
Wow. So flat earthers have links to White Supremacists. Wasn’t quite expecting that.
GMTA.
Via NPR - Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper warned his party of straying too far to the left as it selects a nominee to face President Trump in next year’s election.
Hickenlooper, one of the 23 candidates running for the Democratic Party’s nomination, told NPR why he doesn’t believe in some of the party’s major policy proposals, such as the Green New Deal and “Medicare for All.”
“If we don’t stand up and say Democrats don’t stand for socialism, we’re going to end up reelecting the worst president this country’s ever had,” Hickenlooper said.
re: #136 Patricia Kayden
Wow. So flat earthers have links to White Supremacists. Wasn’t quite expecting that.
When facts don’t matter you can end up almost anywhere mentally.
re: #138 Eclectic Cyborg
Via NPR - Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper warned his party of straying too far to the left as it selects a nominee to face President Trump in next year’s election.
Hickenlooper, one of the 23 candidates running for the Democratic Party’s nomination, told NPR why he doesn’t believe in some of the party’s major policy proposals, such as the Green New Deal and “Medicare for All.”
“If we don’t stand up and say Democrats don’t stand for socialism, we’re going to end up reelecting the worst president this country’s ever had,” Hickenlooper said.
“Let’s not try to solve the problems we have right now because people may not like it.”
I understand his concern, but an awful lot of the problem is that Democrats have flinched when certain words have been said rather than going after the people saying them. It’s time Democrats went on the offensive.
#DerangedDonald is already up to 8 tweets/retweets, most of them his usual toxic Vitamix concoction of letters & exclamation points. #MemorialDay means nothing to him.
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) May 27, 2019
you were the one spreading fake news videos of Pelosi just days ago…
— iDub (@iDubBkNy) May 27, 2019
re: #142 Backwoods_Sleuth
The thing is, we all had to wonder if it was true or not rather than being able to outright say it was fake. That how far off the deep end you have gone.
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) May 27, 2019
One woman, obscured in back, among the three rows of the Japanese delegation at bilateral luncheon in a Tokyo. Japan is notorious for this. https://t.co/JrkR77YQB9
— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) May 27, 2019
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re: #132 Barefoot Grin
That only works if you’re White. The rest of us have to obey or risk death by cops. Seriously.
This happened nearby to me. He reportedly had built a device, a “weapon of mass destruction,” nearly two feet in length with four fuses. It was ready for use after 20+ trial explosions around the area, always at night. Ready for what? Dunno. Glad he’s caught but JFC. https://t.co/gPSnutLvel
— Chuck Wendig (@ChuckWendig) June 28, 2018
This.
And it was argued that he had shown up for every court date, and wasn’t a flight risk, AND he hadn’t violated bail conditions — so, once again, he posted bail, and was out.https://t.co/ci7TTqS6zb— Chuck Wendig (@ChuckWendig) May 27, 2019
You’d of course be fair to assume, HA HA, WE GOT HIM, because not only did he make bombs, detonate bombs, possess sexual material featuring children, then violate bail to try to 3D print a Glock and make new bombs. Surely, he’s in jail NOW, right? SURELY BAIL HAS BEEN VIOLATED.
— Chuck Wendig (@ChuckWendig) May 27, 2019
Welp! Never underestimate what it is to be a white man in America.https://t.co/cJKwAf8LCg
— Chuck Wendig (@ChuckWendig) May 27, 2019
*THUD*
re: #146 Patricia Kayden
That only works if you’re White. The rest of us have to obey or risk death by cops. Seriously.
kind of the point…the thread is a series of satiric responses to the NYT article about Hope Hicks
“Existential Subpoena,” the new album from Hope Hicks, on NYT Records.#AlbumTitle pic.twitter.com/jIXcuWX7ap
— Found Band Names Я Us (@FoundNames) May 27, 2019
how the moron-in-chief marks Memorial Day:
Liz Cheney: Statements by agents investigating Trump ‘could well be treason’ https://t.co/ViG9DSrsXY
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 27, 2019
This isn’t positive news. It means he’s been normalized. https://t.co/8RlsOUE17I
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) May 27, 2019
Poland’s right-wing nationalist ruling party wins big in the country’s European Parliament election. https://t.co/cqhG3ql8oF
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 27, 2019
You misspelled “today on #MemorialDay we put country over party and honor the fallen who paid the ultimate sacrifice in service to the United States of America. My deep thanks to all who lost a loved one in service and to all our veterans and military families.” https://t.co/pih6OMjzTY
— Christine Pelosi (@sfpelosi) May 27, 2019
re: #152 Backwoods_Sleuth
And Le Pen won in France. We’re all fucked aren’t we?
re: #125 mmmirele
I’m going to disagree on this. FFRF will go after elementary and secondary schools which try to impose a single religion on students. This is extremely important in places where there’s a religious monoculture, you know, like Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana. (Compare to Utah, where there’s a strong state ACLU which is willing to take on local school districts when *their* religious monoculture acts up.) They’re also going after the sham that is the clergy housing tax break, which was brought to them by a guy who is a member of one of the conservative churches of Christ (also someone I know).
Yeah, the FFRF can be fanatical in its own way, but I think they do all of us a favor by keeping the religious playing field level. If you’ve never lived in a place where 90 percent of the legislators were members of a single church*, it’s hard to understand the weirdness that arises from a religious monoculture. But I disagree with them on eruvs.
* This kind of has parallels to our current issue with the electoral college not being representative of America as a whole. Utah’s legislature is 90 percent Mormon, but the state itself is at or just below 50 percent Mormon.
Not that you’re doing this, but this is what pissed me off last night: FFRF gets called “fanatical” in the same way the ACLU gets called “fanatical”: they jump in and go, “Sorry, but your religion doesn’t give you a free pass to do whatever you want.”
While I haven’t looked up their position of eruvs yet, I’m not finding it surprising that they’re being labeled “fundamentalists” because they’re not cool with someone saying “We need government property to help us practice our religion.”
Chris Wallace Owns Lindsey Graham With Clip Of Him Lashing Clinton On Ignored Subpoenas
Wallace piped up: “Question: Why is it an impeachable offense for Clinton or Nixon back then to ignore congressional subpoenas, but it’s OK for President Trump to do now?”
Graham said the difference between the cases is that the investigative report by special counsel Robert Mueller is the “final word on this for me.”
the bold part here is the problem:
they are trying to spin this as the Mueller report covered absolutely everything and closes the door on the president possibly be investigated for anything else
- the scope of the special counsel order was limited (it did not directly include things like bank fraud, money laundering, emoluments, Hatch act, other constitutional abuses, etc.)
- mueller prosecuted and referred what he found. doesnt mean there was nothing else
- the investigation was also apparently limited as to time - more time who knows what more could have been uncovered
- and we all know the summarized ‘barr conclusion’ they’re all resting on is a bunch of bilge anyway
re: #151 Backwoods_Sleuth
how the moron-in-chief marks Memorial Day:
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“mate, CALM. THE. FUCK. DOWN”
📹: https://t.co/dLawDdETlm pic.twitter.com/nnpyZHgFLP— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) May 27, 2019
re: #145 Eric The Fruit Bat
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The Rude Pundit: A Poem for Memorial Day
Six Marines in the Picture by Cloy Richards
tears for Memorial Day
moron
Hoping things will work out with Israel’s coalition formation and Bibi and I can continue to make the alliance between America and Israel stronger than ever. A lot more to do!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 27, 2019
re: #152 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #151 Backwoods_Sleuth
how the moron-in-chief marks Memorial Day:
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— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) May 27, 2019
re: #48 Joe Bacon 🌹
Just looked at the latest UK vote totals and seeing that the Tories melted down to fifth place behind the Greens. That’s their worst performance since…1832!
Labour ran third. That ought to trigger a move to bounce Corbyn out as well as May.
Based on this vote, looks like the UK is now on the path to a hard Brexit and will wind up with Scotland and Northern Ireland breaking away.
But what does this vote mean in terms of the UK representation in the EU Parliament? The Brexit Party received 31% of the vote; does that mean they have 31% of the UK representatives?
The notion of any nationalist separatist party participating in an EU-wide election is a contradiction in terms and can be seen as nothing other than a protest vote to send people to obstruct and meddle.
re: #160 Hecuba’s daughter
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re: #49 Joe Bacon 🌹
My My My!
One of the new Brexit MEP’s lives in…FRANCE?????
So he’s not completely dumb, eh.
good grief…talk about empty promises
Vice President Mike Pence: “I can assure you and assure all the families of our missing fallen, we will never rest until every soldier is accounted for and resting on American soil” pic.twitter.com/hpCAeBT5g7
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 27, 2019
re: #169 I Would Prefer Not To
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So, yesterday I mentioned that I was heading to a BBQ at my BiL’s house, with a gig out by the water in between. Didn’t go exactly as expected. Here’s a rough tick-tock…
2:00 - Load Scout into the truck, along with two guitars, amp, stands, etc. Sunny and gorgeous.
Drive to BiL’s on the Southern Parkway. Traffic was actually bearable, beautiful day. Thermometer in truck registers temps up to 92 degrees, low humidity.
2:45 - Arrive at BiL’s. Have a Long Trail, eat some apps, kill time until heading out to gig. Sunny, warm, gentle breeze, no clouds. Practically perfect.
4:30 - Leave BiL’s to arrive at venue by 5:00. Light traffic, arrive 10 minutes early. Packed house in the (outdoor) beer garden, sun shining brightly. Load in and set up. Gathering clouds.
5:45 - Begin first set. Heavy clouds. Two songs in, starts raining. We announce that we were going into rain delay and would be back after the rain stopped.
6:15 - Rain doesn’t stop. Starts coming down heavier with high winds, some stage gear gets absolutely soaked, packed house in beer garden leaves.
6:20 - Management informs us that they’re calling the show, offers 50% pay. Still raining pretty hard, so we say okay. Pack equipment in heavy rain and wind.
6:35 - All gear back in vehicles and trailer. Stops raining. Say my bye-byes to the other band members and thank club management, hop in truck and drive back to BiL’s.
6:50 - Arrive back at BiL’s. Rain completely stopped, sun returns. Crack a Long Trail and eat grilled chicken and smoked venison meatballs. Hang until about 10:30, pack Scout back into truck and head home.
That’s show biz.
re: #123 mmmirele
These people would go crazy in Japan. Overhead wires are EVERYWHERE. Apparently they’re easier to fix after an earthquake (who knew?).
They’re making a massive effort in my street (Paris suburbs, not Japan) to bury the overhead electrical wires. That just leaves the telephone and cable TV…
… the minor problem being that we’ve just had fibre installed, yes, you guessed it, as overhead wires. One step forwards, one step back.
Absolutely no relevance to Japan or eruvs. My neighbours are Orthodox, but Christian (Serb), not Jewish.
re: #174 makeitstop
There was a free outdoor annual music event in town yesterday. I hated to miss it, but 50 mph winds kept me home. I hate wind.
Sounds like you had a pretty OK day, with a packing-unpacking interruption.
re: #120 Decatur Deb
And in English -
Original German lyrics based upon a 1915 love poem.
And this song using the tune -
Bremmer got torn to shreds on here for sharing a fake quote, but @BlueBoxDave at the Federalist is just going to pretend that people were cool with it and/or defending him. Cool cool. pic.twitter.com/q93Dv4yhf0
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) May 27, 2019
re: #176 wrenchwench
There was a free outdoor annual music event in town yesterday. I hated to miss it, but 50 mph winds kept me home. I hate wind.
Sounds like you had a pretty OK day, with a packing-unpacking interruption.
It’s both a blessing and a curse that most of the shows I’ve got booked this summer are at outdoor or beach venues - if the weather’s nice it’s awesome, but if the weather goes sideways (like yesterday) it can get miserable pretty quick.
I really would have enjoyed playing yesterday, but I can’t complain. Got half pay for playing two songs, my gear was thankfully spared the bulk of the wetness. And back at BiL’s the food was good and the beer was cold, and I saw some friends I hadn’t seen for a while. I’ll call it a wash (pun intended.). :)
re: #180 makeitstop
It’s both a blessing and a curse that most of the shows I’ve got booked this summer are at outdoor or beach venues - if the weather’s nice it’s awesome, but if the weather goes sideways (like yesterday) it can get miserable pretty quick.
I really would have enjoyed playing yesterday, but I can’t complain. Got half pay for playing two songs, my gear was thankfully spared the bulk of the wetness. And back at BiL’s the food was good and the beer was cold, and I saw some friends I hadn’t seen for a while. I’ll call it a wash (pun intended.). :)
I recall playing an outdoor gig in wind a fog in Germany where I was getting feedback from the wind whistling through the holes in my banjo and condensation was building up on the pegboard and dripping…
re: #181 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I recall playing an outdoor gig in wind a fog in Germany where I was getting feedback from the wind whistling through the holes in my banjo and condensation was building up on the pegboard and dripping…
Heavy humidity is definitely worse that straight rain, IMO. Because while there’s no real reason to put the instrument back into the case, everything gets so sticky that it becomes extremely difficult to move around on a sticky fretboard.
re: #167 Hecuba’s daughter
But what does this vote mean in terms of the UK representation in the EU Parliament? The Brexit Party received 31% of the vote; does that mean they have 31% of the UK representatives?
Here’s the final UK result:
re: #171 Backwoods_Sleuth
good grief…talk about empty promises
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Just shut the fuck up.
The story of the MEP elections seem to be the same across the board: A total, inexorable and unarrestable right-wing swing.
There really doesn’t seem to be any hope.
re: #156 Mattand
Not that you’re doing this, but this is what pissed me off last night: FFRF gets called “fanatical” in the same way the ACLU gets called “fanatical”: they jump in and go, “Sorry, but your religion doesn’t give you a free pass to do whatever you want.”
While I haven’t looked up their position of eruvs yet, I’m not finding it surprising that they’re being labeled “fundamentalists” because they’re not cool with someone saying “We need government property to help us practice our religion.”
I’m a very strong separation of church and state person, but the “use of government property to practice our religion” in an eruv usually amounts to tying a string to a utility pole — in one case, they attached pvc pipes to utility poles. I’m not that much of a fanatic, and anyway in my younger, or sniping days, I’ve been known to attach partisan political material to those very poles. If string attachment (or attaching pvc pipe) is a violation, then stapling handbills is too.
Can we all collectively agree to stop calling him Doctor? https://t.co/rkqDisdVwh
— Adam Savage (@donttrythis) May 27, 2019
re: #183 Joe Bacon 🌹
Here’s the final UK result:
Thank you.
Shows you the effect of a bad leader — and I’m talking about Corbyn. There is no doubt in my mind that after the Brexit fiasco, a decent Labour leader would be running everything now in Great Britain. Instead, Britain is imploding.
Yes, Theresa is bad. But she was leading a “Leave Party” and there was no way to handle that successfully; Cameron resigned because he recognized the mess he foisted on his nation and knew that it was an impossible situation that he dumped on his successor.
re: #185 Citizen K
The story of the MEP elections seem to be the same across the board: A total, inexorable and unarrestable right-wing swing.
There really doesn’t seem to be any hope.
Because the far right won 114 -174 seats (there’s one group that is BOTH green and “nationalist” and I’m not sure where they fit) in a 758-seat parliament?
Yes, we’re all doomed. Doomed, I say!
re: #187 Backwoods_Sleuth
Adam Savage
✔
@donttrythis
Can we all collectively agree to stop calling him Doctor?
Strikes me that he is like Ben Carson (except far more eloquent) and should stick to what he actually knows: cardiothoracic surgery.
re: #187 Backwoods_Sleuth
Drop 16 pounds in three days? WTF is it, Ex-Lax or something? Industrial-strength laxatives…..you know, the sort of thing you’d give Godzilla when the Big G is constipated?
re: #191 Dr Lizardo
Drop 16 pounds in three days? WTF is it, Ex-Lax or something? Industrial-strength laxatives…..you know, the sort of thing you’d give Godzilla when the Big G is constipated?
My first thought was that bleach solution that’s been making news around here for a few weeks.
re: #192 makeitstop
My first thought was that bleach solution that’s been making news around here for a few weeks.
LOL, yeah that thought crossed my mind for a second too.
Thanks to the @sfchronicle we can stop blaming avocado toast on millennials and start blaming their great-great-grandparents: Avocado toast, 1927. pic.twitter.com/QzowVr38EI
— Isobel Carr (@IsobelCarr) May 27, 2019
UK politics is now at that heart-sinking moment in the Blair Witch Project where the central characters trying desperately to find a way out of the forest realise they’ve just been going round and round in circles all that time. pic.twitter.com/xEjpiL6So4
— The Poke (@ThePoke) May 27, 2019
re: #194 Backwoods_Sleuth
Thanks to the SF chronicle we can stop blaming avocado toast on millennials and start blaming their great-great-grandparents: Avocado toast, 1927.
Now we know the true cause for the Great Depression!
“The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
An evil soul producing holy witness
Is like a villain with a smiling cheek,
A goodly apple rotten at the heart.
O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!”
— Merchant of Venice, I. iii. https://t.co/tvTwypw96C— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) May 27, 2019
re: #177 ckkatz
Heh. I was saving “D-Day Dodgers” until 6 JUN. There’s a very clear version by the Ian Campbell folk group.
re: #145 Eric The Fruit Bat
When Mom was in the hospital last month, they kept testing cognition by asking things like “Do you know where you are?” and “What year is it?” Also “Who’s the President?”
One of the times, she answered, “I thought we got rid of him!”
We told her, “We’re trying, Mom, we’re trying!”
Nurse said the answers they were getting to that particular question said a lot, these days.
re: #185 Citizen K
The story of the MEP elections seem to be the same across the board: A total, inexorable and unarrestable right-wing swing.
There really doesn’t seem to be any hope.
Then act accordingly.
re: #185 Citizen K
The story of the MEP elections seem to be the same across the board: A total, inexorable and unarrestable right-wing swing.
Actually, no. A minor swing to the extreme right, a swing away from the moderate left (S&D) and right (EPP) a swing to the Greens and the liberal ALDE (centrists).
In the UK the extreme right (UKIP) were already the largest party, the new Brexit party did a bit better (27% -> 31%). In France the extreme right (FN) were already the largest party, their share of the vote actually fell a bit (although the total vote went up a bit as turnout was better).