Colbert: President Xi Drops Trump as His Best Friend [VIDEO]
President Trump finds out the hard way that he’s no longer Xi Jinping’s BFF. #LSSC #Colbert #Monologue
President Trump finds out the hard way that he’s no longer Xi Jinping’s BFF. #LSSC #Colbert #Monologue
There are no words…
Milo Yiannopoulos named grand marshal for “Straight Pride” parade https://t.co/2jifW3wqtt pic.twitter.com/AvZJwwHxpJ
— The Hill (@thehill) June 8, 2019
re: #2 Joe Bacon 🌹
There are no words…
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Is there a better pick in the universe? Hate makes strange bedfellows.
CL’d when I didn’t even realise there would be another thread tonight:
re: #147 jaunte
I can’t name a Garth Brooks song without Googling.
No Fences.
Ropin’ the Wind.
Friends in Low Places.
And I can remember that “Chris Gaines” rock song but not for the life of me place its name.
Also, this is every bit like U2 setting the record in 2011, because they’re each about as far from their heyday. Though Garth also increased the demand by being out of the game for a decade-plus.
re: #2 Joe Bacon 🌹
There are no words…
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“There’s some buttfuckery at play here.” #letterkenny #letterkennyproblems #letterkennyquotes #letterkennymoments #adultspellingbee #stayhydrated #triskaidekaphobia pic.twitter.com/txPu2PkCrw
— Letterkenny Quotes (@LetterkennyQuo1) February 19, 2019
re: #3 jaunte
March of the Grifters.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Milo used this to launch a ministry saying he was “born again”…
I have to say, that’s the only time I’ve ever seen a scale where “1” is the MORE-SIGNIFICANT side. Because America has been one of the LEAST-free countries for at least 2 1/2 years and arguably at least 40. It’s only free if you compare it with the USSR.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) June 8, 2019
re: #4 I Would Prefer Not To
Is there a better pick in the universe? Hate makes strange bedfellows.
Isn’t that the parade being promoted by white supremacists?
And why is Milo still here? His O visa was bull when he got it. What is he contributing to arts, sciences, education, business, or athletics?
what would the drama of the great united states of america be
that redeemed itself from the original sin of vile racist chattel slavery
without recovery from
an ignorant racist bastard vulgar fascist
of a president?
re: #10 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
Do you mind if I share this on Twitter? I’ll credit you and everything.
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re: #5 Chrysicat
CL’d when I didn’t even realise there would be another thread tonight:
No Fences.
Ropin’ the Wind.
Friends in Low Places.
And I can remember that “Chris Gaines” rock song but not for the life of me place its name.
Also, this is every bit like U2 setting the record in 2011, because they’re each about as far from their heyday. Though Garth also increased the demand by being out of the game for a decade-plus.
And I stand corrected; the first two are album titles only, because he had a weird habit of naming his albums things that no song was titled. But “The Thunder Rolls” was on the first, and “The River” was on the second (that, BTW, was eventually the title of another album that I think didn’t have the song on it; 90s country was a weird thing).
I am using Safari on iOS 12 and for some reason it is currently tagging LGF as an insecure site.
re: #13 Eclectic Cyborg
I am using Safari on iOS 12 and for some reason it is currently tagging LGF as an insecure site.
I’m on OS Mojave 10.14.5 and I’m just noticing that in the web address bar, LGF is showing as “Not Secure”…
re: #13 Eclectic Cyborg
I am using Safari on iOS 12 and for some reason it is currently tagging LGF as an insecure site.
Basically, that means the url begins with http, not https.
re: #13 Eclectic Cyborg
I am using Safari on iOS 12 and for some reason it is currently tagging LGF as an insecure site.
Interestingly, I am using Firefox on Windows 10 and it is not tagged as insecure.
Maybe Apple doesn’t like our esteemed host?
re: #16 Anymouse 🌹
Interestingly, I am using Firefox on Windows 10 and it is not tagged as insecure.
Maybe Apple doesn’t like our esteemed host?
It’s a browser-specific practice. Chrome was the first to start calling all HTTP sessions “Not secure” and not all have followed suit yet.
You’ll notice the LGF login page is secure. I’m not going to try to second-guess why our host hasn’t switched the entire site to HTTPS; a few possibilities come to mind.
Saw that “Boogie” was trending at least for me, and knew that the Dubs are in the hole they belong in, so I looked for the schadenfreude. And instead it’s mainly about some jerkass gamestreamer white-knighting for #MugboyCrowder. Because of course YouTube runs 2019 instead.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) June 8, 2019
re: #17 Grunthos the Flatulent
It’s a browser-specific practice. Chrome was the first to start calling all HTTP sessions “Not secure” and not all have followed suit yet.
You’ll notice the LGF login page is secure. I’m not going to try to second-guess why our host hasn’t switched the entire site to HTTPS; a few possibilities come to mind.
OK got it.
The heavy weather has moved off to the county to my east. The rest of the night should be quiet and cool.
I’m going to hang it up and go to bed. Catch y’all later.
I honestly didn’t think I could get more of a laugh from reading the “agreement” that allowed Donny to blink and avoid politically disastrous tariffs to be enacted. Then I went over to FR and saw the Freepers not only celebrating this “win,” but ripping into any Republican who said it was ludicrous to slap tariffs on Mexico. This nitwit has not only hurt his own bargaining position (Xi, are you listening?), but he’s also further destabilized his own party at a time when they need to be unifying to avoid fratricidal blood-letting come primary season.
One more thing.
Utah Outcasts snarks on a report from the BBC stating the Energy Department rebranding gas exports as “molecules of freedom.”
US energy department rebrands gas exports ‘molecules of freedom’
(Caution for coarse language, video, 6:44)
re: #2 Joe Bacon 🌹
You just know he’s gonna take their money and never show. https://t.co/TZZJBKqNxt
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) June 8, 2019
Remember when Milo started a scholarship fund for “white males”, and raised hundreds of thousands of dollars and then it all mysteriously disappeared and nobody ever got a scholarship?
Some good news of note from my neck of the woods:
EuroHPC has selected 8 sites for supercomputing centres located in 8 different Member States to host the new high-performance computing machines. The hosting sites will be located in Sofia (Bulgaria), Ostrava (Czechia), Kajaani (Finland), Bologna (Italy), Bissen (Luxembourg), Minho (Portugal), Maribor (Slovenia), and Barcelona (Spain). They will support the development of major applications in domains such as personalised medicine, drug and material design, bio-engineering, weather forecasting, and climate change. In total, 19 of the 28 countries participating in the Joint Undertaking will be part of the consortia operating the centres. Together with EU funds, it represents a total budget of € 840 million. The exact funding arrangements for the new supercomputers will be reflected in hosting agreements that will be signed soon.
There’s an animal in the cafeteria. It’s a wild boar, it’s alive, and it’s chasing after you. pic.twitter.com/HmZKzdqChF
— SCMP News (@SCMPNews) June 8, 2019
Gun-free zone, obviously!
re: #24 Dread Pirate Union Local 13
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On a far more serious note, as the climate crisis worsens, situations like these are likely to become a much more common occurence. Not only human beings will be climate refugees.
Dear Cod, I wish I was ///
re: #2 Joe Bacon 🌹
Milo Yiannopoulos named grand marshal for “Straight Pride” parade
He needs the gig.
re: #10 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
what would the drama of the great united states of america be
that redeemed itself from the original sin of vile racist chattel slavery
without recovery from
an ignorant racist bastard vulgar fascist
of a president?
Because we never recovered from that sin, we just hid it in the woodshed.
Sort of like those Mormon Old Believer polygamists who now live in “extended families” with their “adopted nieces”.
First we sank the Kursk, but now the Truth Can be Told:
Russia to make its own show about Chernobyl that implicates the US
Russian state TV is working on its own version of Chernobyl, a series based on the worst nuclear accident in history.
The NTV drama will deviate from the acclaimed HBO series - and from historical reality - by claiming that the CIA was involved in the disaster.
re: #28 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
First we sank the Kursk, but now the Truth Can be Told:
Russia to make its own show about Chernobyl that implicates the US
Russian state TV is working on its own version of Chernobyl, a series based on the worst nuclear accident in history.
The NTV drama will deviate from the acclaimed HBO series - and from historical reality - by claiming that the CIA was involved in the disaster.
DAFUQ?
re: #29 Teukka
DAFUQ?
Director Aleksey Muradov claims it will show “what really happened back then…Many historians do not rule out the possibility that on the day of the explosion, an agent of the enemy’s intelligence services was working at the station.”
>>>an extension of the one that it blames for irradiating half of Asia. This is not a man who feels that the US CAN be a true ally; your leader needs to get that through his head and stop thinking that Russia is America’s most natual ally.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) June 8, 2019
re: #28 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
re: #29 Teukka
They’re just falling into that old habit - ironically enough, noted quite eloquently in the HBO Chernobyl miniseries.
When the truth offends, we lie and lie until we can no longer remember it is even there. But it is still there.
Also sort of touches on the notion of hypernormalization - everyone knew deep down that everything was shit, but because the Soviet system precluded any alternatives to the status quo, everyone pretended that “everything is awesome” and after awhile, that pretending became a pseudo-reality in and of itself.
Indeed, everything is awesome! Well, provided you simply refuse to believe what you can see with your own eyes.
We visited Poland in 2016 and Polish TV was full of revisionist historical dramas and documentaries about their history, especially the conflicts with the USSR in the 1920’s and continuing up to the very present…
re: #33 Dr Lizardo
They’re just falling into that old habit - ironically enough, noted quite eloquently in the HBO Chernobyl miniseries.
Also sort of touches on the notion of hypernormalization - everyone knew deep down that everything was shit, but because the Soviet system precluded any alternatives to the status quo, everyone pretended that “everything is awesome” and after awhile, that pretending became a pseudo-reality in and of itself.
Indeed, everything is awesome! Well, provided you simply refuse to believe what you can see with your own eyes.
“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
— George Orwell, “1984”
re: #36 Teukka
“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
— George Orwell, “1984”
“We shouldn’t rule out the possibility of…”
Remember when they “couldn’t rule out the possibility” that the Kursk was sunk by a collision with a foreign spy submarine?
A bit later the TV tower in Moscow caught fire and of course, there was speculation that it was caused by a collision with a foreign spy TV tower.
moron seems upset this morning and, as usual, completely clueless
While the reviews and reporting on our Border Immigration Agreement with Mexico have been very good, there has nevertheless been much false reporting (surprise!) by the Fake and Corrupt News Media, such as Comcast/NBC, CNN, @nytimes & @washingtonpost. These “Fakers” are Bad News!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 8, 2019
Brandon Judd, National Border Patrol Council: “That’s going to be a huge deal because Mexico will be using their strong Immigration Laws - A game changer. People no longer will be released into the U.S.” Also, 6000 Mexican Troops at their Southern Border. Currently there are few!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 8, 2019
Mexico will try very hard, and if they do that, this will be a very successful agreement for both the United States and Mexico!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 8, 2019
Doin a heckin concentrate pic.twitter.com/Kiup7Low6e
— Good doggos (@DoggoDating) June 8, 2019
re: #24 Dread Pirate Union Local 13
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Revenge of the Pork fried rice!
So I assume that Trump is claiming great victory for his tough stance against Mexican immigration. What is behind it? Are they really sending troops to the Honduran border, or did Senate Republicans just refuse to back this threatened tariffs?
re: #42 Feline Fearless Leader
Revenge of the Pork fried rice!
It is the Year of the Boar, you know…
stuart stevens
@stuartpstevens
Trump Trade War In Four Acts:
—Act One: Threaten to burn down your own house.
-Act Two: Your family tells you it’s a really bad idea to burn down the house.
-Act Three: Agree Not to burn house down
-Act Four: Put out press release demanding praise from family for saving home
Donald J. Trump
✔
@realDonaldTrump
I am pleased to inform you that The United States of America has reached a signed agreement with Mexico. The Tariffs scheduled to be implemented by the U.S. on Monday, against Mexico, are hereby indefinitely suspended. Mexico, in turn, has agreed to take strong measures to….
re: #43 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The Mexican government probably told Trump they were going to do something. Which was probably encouraged by Yertle and Co to prevent them from having to find a spine to stand up to block the tariffs.
“Men selected as major-party nominees for president have failed to win the popular vote 50 percent of the time. Contrast that to the 100 percent of the time that a female nominee for president has won the popular vote.“ https://t.co/OahnJdf5kN
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) June 7, 2019
re: #43 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
So I assume that Trump is claiming great victory for his tough stance against Mexican immigration. What is behind it? Are they really sending troops to the Honduran border, or did Senate Republicans just refuse to back this threatened tariffs?
Well, since we know our Moron-in-Chief is never going to acknowledge any sort of “loss” of any kind whatsoever (except if he thinks he can neatly shift the blame for it onto Somebody Else), it’s no surprise he’d ignore the boring tariff stuff and focus on the “tough stance with Mexico” part. Mainly, IMO, because “tough” “policy” beating back the “hordes of illegals” is the main thing the Admin imagines its base cares about. And they’re probably right.
Also, too: what said in # 46
We should tariff Mars until they give the moon back. https://t.co/ft5AoWYmIm
— Benn Steil (@BennSteil) June 7, 2019
re: #47 Belafon
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“More importantly, are Americans ready to withstand another four years of male presidency? It is unpleasant to traffic in stereotypes, and many men are in no way like this, but recent experience teaches that for usually 31 days a month (sometimes 30, occasionally 28), a male president will fall victim to irritability and irrationality that causes him to embarrass the nation abroad and make emotional decisions not based on math or information. It is good he thinks he is capable, and dreaming big is, of course, to be encouraged for all children! But we must not avert our gaze from the results.”
re: #49 Belafon
Hmm. The moon is now thought to be from Mars. Carl Sagan must be crying and laughing at the same time. DT is such an idiot.
re: #51 PhillyPretzel
Hmm. The moon is now thought to be from Mars. Carl Sagan must be crying and laughing at the same time. DT is such an idiot.
And if trump says so, his moronic followers are all in.
re: #52 MsJ
Of course. If DT says it is so then it is. / …
This happened on Bill Maher (dailykos.com):
Tonight, Rep. Katie Porter was on and she “killed” every time she spoke, making her points with clarity and humor. When they got to a discussion of Biden’s flip flop on the Hyde Amendment. Maher said he’s pro-choice, but has mixed feelings because his mother was advised, after a difficult first birth, not to have another child. She did anyway, and it was little Bill. So Maher made the faux-existential argument: What if she’d chosen not to have him and he was never here? This argument always intrigues me — if that happened, how would you know you were never here? Could you miss yourself? Would others miss you? If your non-existent self fell in a forest, would it really have happened?
Skipping these questions, Porter said, “Well, Bill, your mother made a choice, and we all are living with the consequences of it.”
The crowd went nuts. Maher was speechless. Charles Blow put his head on his desk in an attempt quell uncontrollable laughter.
A woman who called police on two Black women — falsely accusing them of trying to break into her apartment complex where they ALSO LIVED — has pleaded guilty to harassment and been sentenced. https://t.co/F6HEbly9j0
Brandon Judd, National Border Patrol Council: “That’s going to be a huge deal because Mexico will be using their strong Immigration Laws - A game changer. People no longer will be released into the U.S.” Also, 6000 Mexican Troops at their Southern Border. Currently there are few!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 8, 2019
Why would Mexico need to send 6000 troops to the border with Guatemala?
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re: #58 Eclectic Cyborg
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shhh…not like Trump is going to go down there and count !
re: #59 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
shhh…not like Trump is going to go down there and count !
So we never needed walls, Mexico just needed turnstiles?
re: #59 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
shhh…not like Trump is going to go down there and count !
“Sir, Mexico sent us a picture of the 6,000 troops on the Southern border, but -“
“That’s great, let me tweet about it.”
“But there’s something wrong with the picture. They all look like Antonio Banderas as Zorro.”
Trump tweeting: “Great news. Mexico has troops to keep migrants out of their country. And they even have swords.”
re: #62 Rightwingconspirator
Just adores you.
As is my due! Don’t listen to those other cats, you know how they lie. Fake news!
In a sane world, with actual sharp oversight in play, Trump would not have been allowed this latest completely inappropriate use of Presidential power. Senate freakout, Obama level. Wait, I better be specific. There are so many. I refer to the escalating 5% duty on Mexican goods.
Yesterday I had a sad rushed lunch at the one place least impacted by any level tariffs on Mexican goods. Taco Bell.
re: #65 Rightwingconspirator
No one controls Trump, so he just spouts his mouth off about whatever and his officials are left scrambling to try and concoct coherent and rational policy based on the ramblings of a mentally unstable old man who watches way too much Fox News.
Looks like Mexico agreed to a bunch of adjectives. Art of the deal.
— Sam Bagenstos (@sbagen) June 8, 2019
1. Let Trump prove what he got. 2. Let Mexico confirm they got something. 3. Otherwise assume whole thing was a fraud. Why does he deserve benefit of the doubt? His — oh we can avoid this — started just after atrocious job #’s. Coincidence? I think not!
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) June 8, 2019
Of COURSE he called off the tariffs.
He had to wait until the entire clickservative Trump media wrote 500000 words about how AMAAAAZING tariffs are, and how Trump STRONG LIKE BULL. pic.twitter.com/TWbTVIWEm6— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 8, 2019
jeebus
MEXICO HAS AGREED TO IMMEDIATELY BEGIN BUYING LARGE QUANTITIES OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT FROM OUR GREAT PATRIOT FARMERS!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 8, 2019
Nervous Nancy Pelosi & the Democrat House are getting nothing done. Perhaps they could lead the way with the USMCA, the spectacular & very popular new Trade Deal that replaces NAFTA, the worst Trade Deal in the history of the U.S.A. Great for our Farmers, Manufacturers & Unions!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 8, 2019
Everyone very excited about the new deal with Mexico!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 8, 2019
I would like to thank the President of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, and his foreign minister, Marcelo Ebrard, together with all of the many representatives of both the United States and Mexico, for working so long and hard to get our agreement on immigration completed!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 8, 2019
such a moron
re: #68 Backwoods_Sleuth
jeebus
such a moron
“WHY ISN’T MY YELLING CONVINCING EVERYONE HOW GREAT I AM?”
re: #69 Eclectic Cyborg
WHY IS THE PRESIDENT WRITING IN ALL CAPS???
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Only because he can’t do huge, colorful fonts like we can here. Imagine the hell twitter could be.
re: #71 wrenchwench
Only because he can’t do huge, colorful fonts like we can here. Imagine the hell twitter could be.
like a technicolor yawn
President Donald Trump hailed pristine air quality that isn’t and blamed Mexico for the entire U.S. drug problem, among other twists of the truth in politics this week. #APFactCheck https://t.co/8w8K7miwR8
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 8, 2019
WOW.
The 40,000-year-old Pleistocene wolf, whose rich mammoth-like fur and impressive fangs are still intact, was fully grown and aged from two to four years old when it died. https://t.co/YlPFSwdR4t pic.twitter.com/bS4eHY01OR— Wolf Conservation Center (@nywolforg) June 7, 2019
re: #71 wrenchwench
Only because he can’t do huge, colorful fonts like we can here. Imagine the hell twitter could be.
Those huge colorful fonts are an unreadable abomination.
There, I’ve said it. Not sorry.
re: #71 wrenchwench
Only because he can’t do huge, colorful fonts like we can here. Imagine the hell twitter could be.
Ugh. Can you imagine a timeline littered with Comic Sans and Papyrus?
re: #78 Eclectic Cyborg
An assault on the optic nerve to say the least.
After publicly threatening, insulting, and attempting to extort Mexico for a week, I’d like to now generously thank them.
I am not a mob boss. https://t.co/MHmccfj4mT— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) June 8, 2019
re: #72 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
like a technicolor yawn
More like a dayglo pile of shit.
Saturday morning writing time, with NO tRUMP.
latter
re: #68 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Isn’t GREAT PATRIOT FARMERS a Soviet descriptor?
re: #68 Backwoods_Sleuth
jeebus
[Nervous Nancy…]
such a moron
Somebody is making somebody nervous. He’s projecting again.
because of course they did…
Trump’s sons skipped out on pub tab in Ireland: report https://t.co/3TKFEB2eAp via @nypost
— Thomas Kaine (@thomaskaine5) June 8, 2019
re: #83 sagehen
AND it’s about the 10th time he’s used it. I don’t know if Putin taught him language like that or if he found that part of Russian history on his own, but he sure loves to harp on it.
It doesn’t exist. https://t.co/yJjsb3u9gZ
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) June 8, 2019
NEW: House speaker Nancy Pelosi on deal between the U.S. and Mexico on tariffs: “President Trump undermined America’s preeminent leadership role in the world by recklessly threatening to impose tariffs on our close friend and neighbor to the south.” https://t.co/tPyip1fWgb pic.twitter.com/zMiMGLzjO2
— ABC News (@ABC) June 8, 2019
Nothing could be more damning for the Mexican side than President Trump claiming to be excited at their expense. It not only doesn’t pay to reach an agreement with him because he may back down (USMCA), he also makes sure to inflict political costs afterwards. pic.twitter.com/lL8O50ELRh
— Jorge Guajardo (@jorge_guajardo) June 8, 2019
Also, define “everyone”, please.
— Jorge Guajardo (@jorge_guajardo) June 8, 2019
re: #87 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Trump has yet to make an actual deal with anyone. N Korea, Iran, Russia, China, now Mexico. No actual formal written deals, just continual suck-ass to violently hostile foreign dictators and now Mexico’s non-existent 6000 member border guard “deal”.
After Trump is gone, his administration will be perhaps the only one that lasted a full term with no actual formal agreements with any foreign government.
JFC
AG Barr: “As we’ve been watching the coverage of June 6, 1944 D-Day, I had the thought that my arrival this time felt a little bit, I think, like jumping into Sainte-Mère-Église on the morning of June 5, trying to figure out where you could land without getting shot.” pic.twitter.com/D36xU0uYSj
— The Hill (@thehill) June 8, 2019
re: #91 Backwoods_Sleuth
AG Barr: “As we’ve been watching the coverage of June 6, 1944 D-Day, I had the thought that my arrival this time felt a little bit, I think, like jumping into Sainte-Mère-Église on the morning of June 5, trying to figure out where you could land without getting shot.”
He is the guy who crashed into the chicken coop.
re: #85 Backwoods_Sleuth
because of course they did…
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Although Eric and Donald Trump Jr. failed to foot the bill, Kennedy is not worried.
“I don’t think we’ve to worry about getting paid for that. I don’t think they carry cash. We were told it’d be all sorted later so there’s no problem,” she said.
You were told? Sure. Lots of vendors to Trump projects have been told the same.
Spoiler — it won’t be sorted later, and there’s definitely a problem.
re: #94 sagehen
You were told? Sure. Lots of vendors to Trump projects have been told the same.
Spoiler — it won’t be sorted later, and there’s definitely a problem.
They are not worried, the entire staff took turns pissing in their pints…
Hmm. This is very interesting. I just got a call from a 212 area code. The funny thing is when I look up the number all of the big services like Intellus tell me the number is invalid. I have blocked it.
re: #96 PhillyPretzel
It’s likely a spoofer. You did the right thing.
re: #97 Eclectic Cyborg
Okay. I did not know who it was from and my usual thing is to automatically block it so I do not get a flood of calls.
Stopped off for petrol on the way home and saw that an office supplies place was having a clearance sale.
Yup.
Stationery.
On sale.
Massive discounts.
So we went in.
Well, it would have been rude not to, wouldn’t it?— Lol (@LolInKent) June 8, 2019
Update on the explosion yesterday in Linköping:
o More than one potential target in the building.
o Most likely target appears to be 29 year old leader of biker gang.
o Building may have to be torn down due to irrepairable damage.
re: #91 Backwoods_Sleuth
JFC
Except there are no guns firing at you, and you’d actually be one of the people firing at the people landing on the beach.
re: #91 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #101 Belafon
Except there are no guns firing at you, and you’d actually be one of the people firing at the people landing on the beach.
Does his statement become more enjoyable if I tell you it reminds me of the characters Douglas C. Neidermeyer’s fate in the classic “Animal House”?
re: #96 PhillyPretzel
Hmm. This is very interesting. I just got a call from a 212 area code. The funny thing is when I look up the number all of the big services like Intellus tell me the number is invalid. I have blocked it.
There’s a new scam going around where your phone rings once and if you call back you are connected to a spoofed 900 number that charges an extortionist amount of $$$ every minute. You get a nasty shock when your next phone bill arrives! We’ve been getting a spike of callers complaining about that at work.
re: #101 Belafon
Someone yelling at you ≠ getting shot
re: #103 Joe Bacon 🌹
Thank you for the heads up. I will be on the look out for that.
A few days ago, we celebrated the memory of our grandparents who stormed the beaches at Normandy and faced down the greatest threat to their world with courage and sacrifice.
Our grandchildren will very likely spit on our memory. https://t.co/pe6yKGQ0sx— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) June 8, 2019
Fucking literalists are going to be the goddamned death of me. https://t.co/n6pLdu3Lrx
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) June 8, 2019
re: #106 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m telling you, when a Democratic administration gets back in the White House they are going to find so much shit that Trump and co fucked up.
The revelations will be astounding, I’m sure.
re: #102 Teukka
Does his statement become more enjoyable if I tell you it reminds me of the characters Douglas C. Neidermeyer’s fate in the classic “Animal House”?
Relevant info: Villains Wiki: Doug Neidermeyer
Oh good lord. https://t.co/CSCLTPtB5w
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) June 8, 2019
re: #100 Teukka
Update on the explosion yesterday in Linköping:
o More than one potential target in the building.
o Most likely target appears to be 29 year old leader of biker gang.
o Building may have to be torn down due to irrepairable damage.
Biker gangs going after people via extravagant means is nothing new.
One of the people I played cribbage with (who is now deceased) used to run a bar in South Philadelphia. He had a story from the late 50s or early 60s of guys from a biker gang showing up there looking for someone from another gang - and they had a .30 caliber machinegun with them.
re: #109 Backwoods_Sleuth
Does that crazy woman still think she’s relevant?
re: #111 Eclectic Cyborg
Does that crazy woman still think she’s relevant?
Well she has The Three Stooges backing her—Michael Tracey, Jimmy Dore and Glenn Greenwald…And Cenk is in the Shemp role…
re: #109 Backwoods_Sleuth
Let him come stand trial first.
re: #110 Feline Fearless Leader
Biker gangs going after people via extravagant means is nothing new.
One of the people I played cribbage with (who is now deceased) used to run a bar in South Philadelphia. He had a story from the late 50s or early 60s of guys from a biker gang showing up there looking for someone from another gang - and they had a .30 caliber machinegun with them.
Now, it only will lead to cops going after them in extravagant ways. I mean, it won’t be fun when NI (Nationella Insatsstyrkan) knocks on the perps door…
re: #111 Eclectic Cyborg
Does that crazy woman still think she’s relevant?
Lots of people want her to be “relevant”.
re: #114 Teukka
Now, it only will lead to cops going after them in extravagant ways. I mean, it won’t be fun when NI (Nationella Insatsstyrkan) knocks on the perps door…
It’s also one reason why I think that going after organized crime with the same ferocity and extreme prejudice as you go after terrorism might be an idea. Their existence and tacticts going unpunished are a long-term threat against any state.
re: #100 Teukka
Update on the explosion yesterday in Linköping:
o More than one potential target in the building.
o Most likely target appears to be 29 year old leader of biker gang.
o Building may have to be torn down due to irrepairable damage.
I never knew biker gangs had become such a thing in your part of the world. Mind you, it was in the late 80’s when I worked in Motala for about a month..
Oh, good morning!
What happens when you ask the stable genius a history question.
— Victor Stoddard (@VicStoddard) June 8, 2019
re: #118 Backwoods_Sleuth
What happens when you ask the stable genius a history question.
sounds like he never even watched “The Longest Day”, probably because there were too many French and British actors in it
I like Mark Summers take:
Trump declares victory over Trump: Mock threat to impose tariffs on Mexico gets mock solution
Donald Trump has agreed to not do that thing he was going to do so … victory! On Friday evening, Trump declared that he had “signed an agreement with Mexico” under which Mexico will “take strong measures” to reduce immigrants crossing the border into the United States. And because of this agreement, Trump will “indefinitely suspend” the tariffs that were set to take effect on Monday.
Mexico has supposedly agreed to disperse more of it’s own national guard along immigration routes, and along the border with Guatemala in order to turn back refugees before the reach the United States. It has also agreed that some immigrants waiting on asylum claims will remain on the Mexico side of the border, even though that means they won’t have access to attorneys or courts where their asylum claims are being heard. Mexico did not agree to changes in asylum rules that would have limited which immigrants were allowed to apply.
Whether any of this will make any appreciable difference isn’t clear. But it doesn’t have to be. When Trump issued his tariff threat on May 30, he didn’t provide any goals, any numbers, any rules, or even guidelines. He made it clear that he was the sole judge of whether Mexico was doing enough to evade his wrath, and that he could change his mind at any time, for any reason.
Remember the guy who the Univerity of Alabama decided they couldn’t take his $26.5M because he didn’t like Alabama’s new abortion law? His name is Hugh Culverhouse, and last year the school named the law school after him. Now they are removing the name: dailykos.com
Edited to add this:
Culverhouses’ father was a board member for Planned Parenthood. His name remains on the Univeristy of Alabama’s business school. For now.
re: #117 lizardofid
I never knew biker gangs had become such a thing in your part of the world. Mind you, it was in the late 80’s when I worked in Motala for about a month..
Oh, good morning!
They usually don’t make this much noise in our part of this world…
re: #122 Belafon
I don’t really get it. The University of Alabama doesn’t pass laws. It’s not their fault the new abortion legislation was enacted. Why penalize them for it?
re: #119 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
sounds like he never even watched “The Longest Day”, probably because there were too many French and British actors in it
it exceeds his attention span
re: #124 Eclectic Cyborg
I don’t really get it. The University of Alabama doesn’t pass laws. It’s not their fault the new abortion legislation was enacted. Why penalize them for it?
Because the school board agrees with the law.
re: #126 Belafon
Because the school board agrees with the law.
Oh…
Well, yeah. Then that makes sense. Thanks for the clarification.
re: #127 Eclectic Cyborg
Oh…
Well, yeah. Then that makes sense. Thanks for the clarification.
That’s just my guess, but I don’t see them returning $26.5M if they didn’t.
Well, if you can’t trust a coal company that’s maliciously lied to the public and its employees for literally its entire existence, then who can you trust?
— Jack Legend (@MrJackLegend) June 8, 2019
re: #126 Belafon
Because the school board agrees with the law.
Because the school board decided to weigh in after the donor made comments about the law. It was their decision to give back $25mm in donated funds (which they should all lose their positions over, is beyond fiscally irresponsible).
re: #129 Backwoods_Sleuth
I would go out to the local market and buy some bottled water to drink. I would wash my body with Purell.
re: #120 Belafon
I like Mark Summers take:
Trump declares victory over Trump: Mock threat to impose tariffs on Mexico gets mock solution
I think this is how Trump views himself…
Without realizing that he is the one wearing the clown shoes.
re: #132 Eclectic Cyborg
JFC.
Yeah, I’d be loading up the bottled water if I saw that!
And sending a bill to the coal company. They might even pay it if they didn’t look too closely … ;)
re: #129 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #132 Eclectic Cyborg
JFC.
Yeah, I’d be loading up the bottled water if I saw that!
Could it be Potassium Permanganate contamination?https://t.co/iLMXdlG1rV
— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) June 8, 2019
re: #129 Backwoods_Sleuth
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But President Asshole says EVERYONE in Murka done got crystal clear drinking water!
Narrator: Jim Carrey did not have a YouTube channel https://t.co/Nkc6u3iGWf
— Brianna Wu (@BriannaWu) June 6, 2019
re: #133 Feline Fearless Leader
I think this is how Trump views himself…
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Without realizing that he is the one wearing the clown shoes.
There’s the Robot Chicken segment where Bush 2 thinks he’s a Jedi.
re: #130 MsJ
Because the school board decided to weigh in after the donor made comments about the law. It was their decision to give back $25mm in donated funds (which they should all lose their positions over, is beyond fiscally irresponsible).
Per wikipedia: “The University of Alabama System’s financial endowment was valued at $1.2 billion in the National Association of College and University Business Officers’ (NACUBO) 2015 listings, up 0.1% from its 2014 value. UA’s portion of the system’s endowment was valued at $659 million in September 2015.”
I don’t think they’re overly concerned about losing the $26 million.
re: #109 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Snowden should be thrown in jail for the rest of his life.
re: #137 Backwoods_Sleuth
“Don’t blacklist anybody.”
Oh, sure let’s just let anyone spew any kind of hatred or violent and threatening rhetoric that they want because fuck you, free speech, something, something.
re: #130 MsJ
Because the school board decided to weigh in after the donor made comments about the law. It was their decision to give back $25mm in donated funds (which they should all lose their positions over, is beyond fiscally irresponsible).
Though you have to wonder whether someone else has already pledged them $25M to replace that.
I also don’t know how big UofAlabama’s endowment is. Probably not in the league of Harvard’s multiple billions, but if large enough I guess that gives the board some leeway to refuse/return a gift.
re: #139 Eclectic Cyborg
Per wikipedia: “The University of Alabama System’s financial endowment was valued at $1.2 billion in the National Association of College and University Business Officers’ (NACUBO) 2015 listings, up 0.1% from its 2014 value. UA’s portion of the system’s endowment was valued at $659 million in September 2015.”
I don’t think they’re overly concerned about losing the $26 million.
Hopefully they’ll lose more than a few potential studients because of it.
re: #139 Eclectic Cyborg
Per wikipedia: “The University of Alabama System’s financial endowment was valued at $1.2 billion in the National Association of College and University Business Officers’ (NACUBO) 2015 listings, up 0.1% from its 2014 value. UA’s portion of the system’s endowment was valued at $659 million in September 2015.”
I don’t think they’re overly concerned about losing the $26 million.
Kinda stunning.
re: #130 MsJ
Because the school board decided to weigh in after the donor made comments about the law. It was their decision to give back $25mm in donated funds (which they should all lose their positions over, is beyond fiscally irresponsible).
Nobody should attend the U of A law school. Seriously, nobody. It just shows that the university and the law school will crater on something that affects half their student population. When I was in my first semester of law school in 1986, I thought I was pregnant and faced the very real possibility of having to consider an abortion. As it turns out, I wasn’t pregnant (thanks to the no longer with us gay men who drove me to the Walgreens so I could buy a pregnancy test), but the stress of law school had caused amenorrhea. I learned from other female classmates that they’d had the same problem.
Fuck those guys. I am seriously, seriously, SERIOUSLY tired of their bullshit that is going to get women damaged and killed.
We lost my brother Tony last night. It’s hard to find words, my mind is flooded with memories of him today. When he walked into a room he’d light it up with laughter. He was kind, generous, & a wonderful husband to Megan & father to Zach, Simon, & Fiona. We’ll miss him very much.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 8, 2019
re: #135 Teukka
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I read an article with more detail, it is sodium permanganate and is actually used in the water treatment process.
re: #144 MsJ
Kinda stunning.
Not really. ‘Bama is about the biggest Football school in the nation. Lots of wealthy alumni hand over money on that basis alone.
re: #146 MsJ
And I hope and pray that she finds peace.
re: #147 danarchy
I read an article with more detail, it is sodium permanganate and is actually used in the water treatment process.
Yeah, both K and Na permanganate does the deep purple routine in contact with water, which tipped me off to ask the Q.
re: #149 Eventual Carrion
Diluted with fucking WHAT? Water?
Sodium and Potassium permanganate both easily color water deep purple.
re: #148 Eclectic Cyborg
Not really. ‘Bama is about the biggest Football school in the nation. Lots of wealthy alumni hand over money on that basis alone.
No. It’s kinda stunning that they don’t care about twenty five million dollars.
The rest is expected.
re: #149 Eventual Carrion
Diluted with fucking WHAT? Water?
Why…Holy Water of course! Especially since it’s West Virginia!
My maternal one was just too young, and his father a WWI vet (the last combat any of my relatives have seen). My paternal one somehow remained a civilian despite being born in 1916. But unlike some of these literalists, I get how the rhetoric is supposed to go here.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) June 8, 2019
re: #124 Eclectic Cyborg
I don’t really get it. The University of Alabama doesn’t pass laws. It’s not their fault the new abortion legislation was enacted. Why penalize them for it?
they are the ones who refused to take it because they will not have their abortion laws criticized
re: #141 Eclectic Cyborg
“Don’t blacklist anybody.”
Oh, sure let’s just let anyone spew any kind of hatred or violent and threatening rhetoric that they want because fuck you, free speech, something, something.
Oh, no, he doesn’t want _that_. He wants ONLY “conservatives” to have the freedom to say hate/violent/threatening speech so long as they have the right opinions and threaten the right people. He just has to pretend that it’s for everyone.
Threaten to kill women who had an abortion = OK!
Threaten to kill forced birth terrorists = Not OK!
re: #129 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Folks in a West Virginia woke up with BRIGHT PURPLE water running out of their faucets & in their toilets. An official at Coal Grove’s water treatment plant says it was ‘perfectly safe’ to drink, once it’s diluted.
Now I get it when John Denver sings in Country Roads about “Miner lady/stranger to blue water”…
re: #156 Chrysicat
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Grandpa Bacon fought in World War 1. He was a combat engineer on the front lines in France. I asked him about what it felt like when the armistice took effect.
He told me that he only heard the voice of God once in his life and that was when the battlefield went silent…
I bet you if someone started making videos threatening him and his family Cruz would change his tune pretty quick.
re: #161 Joe Bacon 🌹
Damn, that’s powerful.
re: #129 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Trump’s EPA also warned the WV water treatment officials that not enough coal residue was present in the water…. crank up the mines more.
re: #163 Eclectic Cyborg
I bet you if someone started making videos threatening him and his family Cruz would change his tune pretty quick.
Oh, I got a feeling he would blame the Democrats and of course 19th Century Fox would pick up on that bullshit.
re: #149 Eventual Carrion
Diluted with fucking WHAT? Water?
Wonder whether it was an accident or they needed to purposefully hit some water with extra permanganate in the treatment plant to the degree that it wasn’t diluted out before it reached the taps.
re: #161 Joe Bacon 🌹
Grandpa Bacon fought in World War 1. He was a combat engineer on the front lines in France. I asked him about what it felt like when the armistice took effect.
He told me that he only heard the voice of God once in his life and that was when the battlefield went silent…
My grandpa did not fight in WW1 but he accompanied General Pershing into Mexico in 1916
The Mexican Foreign office consulted the State department in trying to translate the @realDonaldTrump statement about an agreement they never heard about. One official said, we don’t really know how to translate all caps. Who does that? https://t.co/5h1JJqyjLA
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) June 8, 2019
re: #155 Joe Bacon 🌹
Why…Holy Water of course! Especially since it’s West Virginia!
So all the news articles I am seeing say it is Coal Grove, Ohio. I am guessing it is on the border or something?
re: #170 Backwoods_Sleuth
That will certainly clear up the water and give it some kick.
re: #171 danarchy
So all the news articles I am seeing say it is Coal Grove, Ohio. I am guessing it is on the border or something?
Yep, actually right near the convergence of Ohio, WV and Kentucky (Note W VA state line in lower right of map)
re: #172 PhillyPretzel
That will certainly clear up the water and give it some kick.
I have a buddy that makes moonshine. He carries it around in his truck to people in plastic water bottles, it looks like bottled water.
re: #122 Belafon
Remember the guy who the Univerity of Alabama decided they couldn’t take his $26.5M because he didn’t like Alabama’s new abortion law? His name is Hugh Culverhouse, and last year the school named the law school after him. Now they are removing the name: dailykos.com
Edited to add this:
There’s plenty of other Universities who’d be happy to take his money.
The University claims, with a straight face, that their real objection is he had opinions about some of the curriculum and no donor should have the right to say anything about University operations.
Oddly, none of the schools whose business classes and professors are funded by the Koch brothers have any such objections.
re: #173 Eclectic Cyborg
Yep, actually right near the convergence of Ohio, WV and Kentucky (Note W VA state line in lower right of map)
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Water intake might have been pulling in really contaminated water after the storms and had to double treat it or something.
re: #174 Eventual Carrion
He should brand it “Whiskey Springs”.
re: #176 Eventual Carrion
Water intake might have been pulling in really contaminated water after the storms and had to double treat it or something.
Lots of additional industrial stuff in that area. Ashland has a refinery. And there is a polypropylene plant just south of Kenova that belongs to the company I used to work for.
And another chemical plant and coke facility just downstream in Haverhill, OH.
re: #176 Eventual Carrion
Water intake might have been pulling in really contaminated water after the storms and had to double treat it or something.
The official statement was that it was a malfunctioning pump that released too much sodium permanganate.
Purple water flowing in red states…and absolute silence from the media about Flint…
re: #179 danarchy
The official statement was that it was a malfunctioning pump that released too much sodium permanganate.
undertrained/undermotivated/underpaid/overworked staff who failed to notice anything amiss…
re: #178 Feline Fearless Leader
Lots of additional industrial stuff in that area. Ashland has a refinery. And there is a polypropylene plant just south of Kenova that belongs to the company I used to work for.
And another chemical plant and coke facility just downstream in Haverhill, OH.
and all of that very close to my neck of TheBackwoods.
Samantha Bee and Jim Carrey did not personally direct their followers to stalk, harass, and text a specific person. That’s the difference.
Again, you know this, you’re just pretending you don’t. https://t.co/xZyZRYHqPH— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) June 6, 2019
The galling arrogance of Barr comparing his bureaucratic expansion of executive branch power to the deeds of heroes who died fighting Nazis puts him on par with his boss.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) June 8, 2019
Protip: There’s a stark difference between calling Ivanka Trump a feckless c___ and openly musing it might be best if someone just put a bullet in her head.
This is why we can’t have nice things. I was trying to take a picture of the lobster roll I ordered in Maine and well, this happened 😂🤦🏻♀️ pic.twitter.com/N601vpQ41h
— Alicia Jessop (@RulingSports) June 7, 2019
re: #188 retired cynic
ROFL!
Poor thing.
$43 and one seagull attack later, I am now enjoying my first lobster roll at Fox’s Lobster House in York, Maine. pic.twitter.com/ZsBFjakcfU
— Alicia Jessop (@RulingSports) June 7, 2019
The President filmed an ad for his golf course so he can get richer, and we paid for it.
Mind-blowing corruption. https://t.co/EtTdCZdUaM— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) June 8, 2019
re: #189 MsJ
Great example of something that is annoying at the time, but makes for a really fun story down the road.
re: #187 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #192 Eventual Carrion
We used to have a term at work called “Seagull management”. That is when management came in, made a lot of noise, ate all your food, shit on everything and then left.
Hahahahahahaha.
Oh, man. That’s gotta be one of the best analogies I’ve ever heard.
re: #191 Eclectic Cyborg
Great example of something that is annoying at the time, but makes for a really fun story down the road.
like my marriage…
This story.
This piece on that Fla. yoga studio shooter was hard to read but so well-reported. The common thread for so many of these mass shootings is misogyny, and many of the gunmen exhibit a series of easily identifiable red flags leading up to their outbursts. https://t.co/9TvMapmilj
— Julia Ritchey (@juliaritchey) June 8, 2019
87°F just south of the Arctic Circle in Finland today.
Folks, you may think that this is not normal and you’d be right https://t.co/sTBnAfa0AN— Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) June 7, 2019
re: #196 PhillyPretzel
That comes from playing chess with a pigeon. The pigeon makes a lot of noise, craps all over the board, struts around acting as if he’d won, then flies off.
You left out the most important part.
re: #199 A hollow voice says, Inpeach…
Sorry I have had a crazy week with the wasps (the bugs).
re: #198 Backwoods_Sleuth
And in fact, in the strictest sense it’s not even actually Summer yet.
re: #201 Eclectic Cyborg
And in fact, in the strictest sense it’s not even actually Summer yet.
Meteorological summer starts June 1st
re: #61 Decatur Deb
So we never needed walls, Mexico just needed turnstiles?
This is actually the point exactly
re: #198 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Good thing Finland does not actually exist
— Erika (@excuseme_misss) June 7, 2019
And yeah, this isn’t normal this early in the year.
I hope this summer don’t get more smokin’ than the last one…
re: #204 Teukka
I looked at the thread and this poked me in the eye:
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And yeah, this isn’t normal this early in the year.
I hope this summer don’t get more smokin’ than the last one…
Same situation in Sweden, next door to the West.
Also, check out Eric’s thread, there’s a climate skepdick actually claiming Finland doesn’t exist… https://t.co/hZhsXmcuFd— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) June 8, 2019
re: #122 Belafon
Remember the guy who the Univerity of Alabama decided they couldn’t take his $26.5M because he didn’t like Alabama’s new abortion law? His name is Hugh Culverhouse, and last year the school named the law school after him. Now they are removing the name: dailykos.com
Edited to add this:
How dare a guy who donated $26m puts conditions on how it’s spent
re: #204 Teukka
I looked at the thread and this poked me in the eye:
And yeah, this isn’t normal this early in the year.
I hope this summer don’t get more smokin’ than the last one…
Remember all the forest fire issues in Scandinavia? Northern Germany also had a nasty turf fire last summer set off by weapons at a testing range, that raged out of control for some weeks.
re: #141 Eclectic Cyborg
“Don’t blacklist anybody.”
Oh, sure let’s just let anyone spew any kind of hatred or violent and threatening rhetoric that they want because fuck you, free speech, something, something.
Don’t come into a private home and shit on the carpet
re: #204 Teukka
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And yeah, this isn’t normal this early in the year.
I hope this summer don’t get more smokin’ than the last one…
she might be joking, as in making fun of climate change deniers.