Joshua Tree, an original tune composed by Jacob Raagaard. Performed on his Style 3 Weissenborn built by luthier Richard Wilson.
Richard Wilson Guitars:
Website: rwguitars.com
Instagram: @richardwilsonguitarsVideo shot by Kui Adric:
Email: kuiadric@yahoo.com
Instagram: @kuibearJacob Raagaard:
Facebook: facebook.com
Instagram: @jacobraagaard
I’m not sure if you can really analyze people from a single photograph on Twitter, but this is an interesting read (fifteen tweets, Donald and Ivanka Trump in Winston Churchill’s bedroom).
THREAD: Body Language Analysis No. 4386: Donald Trump and Ivanka Trump in Churchill’s War Room • #BodyLanguage #BodyLanguageExpert #ChurchillWarRooms #Nonverbal #EmotionalIntelligence #DonaldTrump #IvankaTrump pic.twitter.com/8ulcw23RMU
— Dr. Jack Brown (@DrGJackBrown) June 9, 2019
re: #1 Anymouse 🌹
I’m not sure if you can really analyze people from a single photograph on Twitter, but this is an interesting read (fifteen tweets, Donald and Ivanka Trump in Winston Churchill’s bedroom).
[Embedded content]
Alternatively, his belt buckle is biting into his gut and he is grimacing while trying to adjust it. Analyzing body language in a freeze frame is an incredibly stupid endeavor.
re: #2 danarchy
Alternatively, his belt buckle is biting into his gut and he is grimacing while trying to adjust it. Analyzing body language in a freeze frame is an incredibly stupid endeavor.
That’s pretty obviously Trump’s channeling-Churchill face.
Australian conservative cruelty:
He has cystic fibrosis. The Victoria government is fighting to keep him in Australia, but the conservative-controlled federal government wants the child deported to Ireland because he would be a “burden on social services.”
David Ortiz reportedly shot in Dominican Republic (Goes to the Boston Globe).
David Ortiz is a former Red Sox player who was caught up in the Major League Baseball doping scandal, later cleared by the commissioner.
re: #5 Anymouse 🌹
Australian conservative cruelty:
He has cystic fibrosis. The Victoria government is fighting to keep him in Australia, but the conservative-controlled federal government wants the child deported to Ireland because he would be a “burden on social services.”
Isn’t this the contemporary standard for any conservative government? Cruelty toward the poor combined with adoration of the wealthy?
re: #5 Anymouse 🌹
Australian conservative cruelty:
He has cystic fibrosis. The Victoria government is fighting to keep him in Australia, but the conservative-controlled federal government wants the child deported to Ireland because he would be a “burden on social services.”
If the innocent tyke was in the US, Phony Joni Ernst would tell his parents to go to a church and ask for help.
Meanwhile, back at the Tiny Penis Club…
A former pro football player who serves on the National Rifle Association board was paid $400,000 by the group in recent years for public outreach and firearms training. Another board member, a writer in New Mexico, collected more than $28,000 for articles in NRA publications. Yet another board member sold ammunition from his private company to the NRA for an undisclosed sum.
In all, 18 members of the NRA’s 76-member board, who are not paid as directors, collected money from the group during the past three years, according to tax filings, state charitable reports and NRA correspondence reviewed by The Washington Post.
Among the revelations that have burst into public view: CEO Wayne LaPierre racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in charges at a Beverly Hills clothing boutique and on foreign travel, invoices show. Oliver North, forced out as president after trying to oust LaPierre, was set to collect millions of dollars in a deal with the NRA’s now-estranged public relations agency, Ackerman McQueen, according to LaPierre. And the NRA’s outside attorney reaped “extraordinary” legal fees that totaled millions of dollars in the past year, according to North.
The NRA board has 76 directors…
Oh how I want the New York Attorney General to revoke the charter of the Tiny Penis Club and put it out of business!
Call me nosey but I really want to know what this fight is about. 👀 pic.twitter.com/dz5cl3xMpa
— Monica Graham (@graham_monica) June 9, 2019
This is so sweet. <3
Watch what happens when a dog rescue takes in a lost baby goat ❤️❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/capAdEhdw1
— The Dodo (@dodo) June 9, 2019
re: #1 Anymouse 🌹
I’m not sure if you can really analyze people from a single photograph on Twitter, but this is an interesting read (fifteen tweets, Donald and Ivanka Trump in Winston Churchill’s bedroom).
[Embedded content]
THREAD: Body Language Analysis No. 4327: Trump and Putin just prior to Helsinki Press Conference - Nonverbal and Emotional Intelligence #DonaldTrump #VladimirPutin #TrumpPutinSummit #BodyLanguage #BodyLanguageExpert #TrumpRussia #HELSINKI2018 pic.twitter.com/k08CnntSGx
— Dr. Jack Brown (@DrGJackBrown) July 25, 2018
Every patriotic American should melt their 9mm firearms down into Liberty paperweights asap.
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) June 9, 2019
re: #11 Dave In Austin
Omg it’s here! The Bennie Hill version. Thanks @Faithsfury https://t.co/DBQY2GvAMU
— Monica Graham (@graham_monica) June 9, 2019
John Oliver goes after Phyllis Schafley for her lies about the Equal Rights Amendment.
He also calls on one state to ratify it.
Goes to Daily Motion (15:35)
re: #17 Anymouse 🌹
John Oliver goes after Phyllis Schafley for her lies about the Equal Rights Amendment.
He also calls on one state to ratify it.
Goes to Daily Motion (15:35)
Do you really believe McConnell will extend the deadline on the ERA?
re: #18 Hecuba’s daughter
Do you really believe McConnell will extend the deadline on the ERA?
Congress voted an extension of ERA which expired in the early 80s. And if Virginia does ratify ERA there is no doubt in my mind that the corrupted supreme court will vote 5-4 that it wasn’t ratified in time and is null and void.
If both re: #19 Joe Bacon 🌹
Congress voted an extension of ERA which expired in the early 80s. And if Virginia does ratify ERA there is no doubt in my mind that the corrupted supreme court will vote 5-4 that it wasn’t ratified in time and is null and void.
If both Houses approve an extension, and it gets the necessary additional state, then it may become law, though as you say, it’s possible that SCOTUS will vote against it because it wasn’t approved according to the original deadline.
re: #18 Hecuba’s daughter
Do you really believe McConnell will extend the deadline on the ERA?
The deadline was imposed by a separate statute; it is not in the proposed amendment.
Repeal the statute, that deadline goes away. As for McConnell? Hell no. That makes another reason he needs to be made minority leader or out of the Senate next year.
re: #21 Anymouse 🌹
The deadline was imposed by a separate statute; it is not in the proposed amendment.
Repeal the statute, that deadline goes away. As for McConnell? Hell no. That makes another reason he needs to be made minority leader or out of the Senate next year.
I vote for out of the Senate and the GOP being in the minority. Anything else, and the obstruction continues. It’s not as though the GOP will suddenly be inhabited by reasonable politicians such as William Weld.
I’ve just finished Chernobyl, and the podcasts.
I’m left wanting more. Not unsatisfied.
I want more.
re: #24 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
I’ve just finished Chernobyl, and the podcasts.
I’m left wanting more. Not unsatisfied.
I want more.
Wait for the Russian version where the US sabotaged the reactor.
Russian state TV is preparing to broadcast its own drama retelling the story of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, implying the CIA may be to blame. https://t.co/GrSbiu2ZoU
— ABC News (@ABC) June 10, 2019
re: #26 Dread Pirate Union Local 13
Wait for the Russian version where the US sabotaged the reactor.
[Embedded content]
It was retaliation for the Soviet sabotage that led to the Challenger disaster 3 months earlier. Inspired by the John Birch Society, several right wing columnists actually did make that claim at the time. Naturally, it was covered up by the powers that be.
I’m sure the Soviets were every bit as likely as the Reagan administration to cover up sabotage by their mortal enemies.
re: #27 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
It was retaliation for the Soviet sabotage that led to the Challenger disaster 3 months earlier. Inspired by the John Birch Society, several right wing columnists actually did make that claim at the time. Naturally, it was covered up by the powers that be.
I’m sure the Soviets were every bit as likely as the Reagan administration to cover up sabotage by their mortal enemies.
The Challenger sabotage claim would be a lot better know if the Fairness Doctrine had not still been in force at the time. There is no doubt at all that right wing talk radio would have run with it. It was abolished by the Reaganite FCC barely a year later.
The citizenry infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and do it gladly so. ~ Julius Caesar #ShakespeareSunday pic.twitter.com/RCWNWgq11B
— Shelby Kent-Stewart ™ (@ShelbyKStewart) June 9, 2019
How is this dude and Kelly-Anne married?
You’re not “presidential” at all, period. You’re mentally unwell. You engage in bizarre, irrational, self-defeating behavior, which prompts criticism of you, which triggers more bizarre, irrational, self-defeating behavior. You would have been fired from any other job by now. https://t.co/jZ1n21qptp
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) June 9, 2019
I hear something metallic fall off my desk so I reach down to see what fell and I find a big ass rock down there. There should be no large rocks inside the house, why do I have the edge of a large rock in my hand? Then it moves, fucking turtle! What are you doing out of the tank? How did you get out? It’s a 4 foot fall, I hope your landing hurt enough to leave an imprint on your pea-brain. I spent 4 hours this morning and afternoon fixing the 20 gallons that got squirt out of the aquarium when she knocked the filter return spray bar around to where one hole was spraying out over the edge of the tank. I’m looking online for turtle soup recipes.
re: #30 teleskiguy
How is this dude and Kelly-Anne married?
[Embedded content]
Have you seen her eyes? Some of us are attracted to crazy like a moth to a flame.
re: #31 Dread Pirate Union Local 13
Turtles have been around for 300 million years - they know how to survive. Your turtle is probably planning on outliving you.
re: #33 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I’m sure this one will. She was 5” long when my daughters brought it home 15 years ago. She’s 7” long now and will still take a sizable chunk of flesh if you’re careless. She hasn’t lost her taste for humans.
re: #26 Dread Pirate Union Local 13
Wait for the Russian version where the US sabotaged the reactor.
To be followed by the series on how a US spy submarine sank the Kursk.
And then one about how US trolls and hackers stole a Russian election and caused a corrupt, incompetent but easily manipulated dupe to run the government in the USA’s interests…
re: #33 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Turtles have been around for 300 million years - they know how to survive. Your turtle is probably planning on outliving you.
yes, do ensure that you make provisions for it in your will…
True story. Automatic updings for those who correctly guess the band.
I saw my favorite band play a show on my birthday in Las Vegas back in 2016. That was fun. They did a Hall & Oates cover.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) June 10, 2019
If you don’t know then you just don’t know.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) June 10, 2019
Fish Creek Canyon. Big cliffs back there. Like Hell’s Wall. And people have jumped off that shit!
The snowboarder is in a green jacket and black pants somewhere right in the middle of the photo.
Wow, It’s 2 AM and still 70F. Rare for these parts.
re: #11 Dave In Austin
I’d call the police. Not good.
re: #12 plansbandc
Awwww. This is such a nice, uplifting video to start off a new week.
Gun Girl, Gun Girl, Gun Girl……. Tsk Tsk
extremely funny that when gun girl tried to do woke camouflage, instead of just putting some beads in her hair, she put them onto eight separate shoelaces and then tied them to the top of her head pic.twitter.com/tyAyjbuFn8
— Larry Breakfast (@KrangTNelson) June 9, 2019
— Awilda Rivera (@AwildaRivera) June 10, 2019
re: #30 teleskiguy
How is this dude and Kelly-Anne married?
[Embedded content]
I wouldn’t be surprised at this point if it’s all coordinated - with the husband saying what the wife desperately wants to get out of her system, but can’t…
re: #45 Archangelus
I wouldn’t be surprised at this point if it’s all coordinated - with the husband saying what the wife desperately wants to get out of her system, but can’t…
It also indicates that their personal agendas and private views vary greatly from their public personas.
re: #45 Archangelus
I wouldn’t be surprised at this point if it’s all coordinated - with the husband saying what the wife desperately wants to get out of her system, but can’t…
You know? I never thought about it like that. But I think it sounds right. Before Trump hired KAC, she never thought much of Trump and was vocal about it.
re: #48 HappyWarrior
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THEM BOTH IN THE SAME PLACE AT THE SAME TIME?
re: #49 Curious Lifeform
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THEM BOTH IN THE SAME PLACE AT THE SAME TIME?
how do you think they stay married?
re: #30 teleskiguy
How is this dude and Kelly-Anne married?
[Embedded content]
My cynical take is that they are playing both sides so that one of them is employable after 2020.
re: #51 Teddy’s Person
My cynical take is that they are playing both sides so that one of them is employable after 2020.
that is entirely reasonable, they have their own survival agenda
re: #51 Teddy’s Person
My cynical take is that they are playing both sides so that one of them is employable after 2020.
Hedging their bets. I’m sure KAC if/hopefully when Trump loses will try to distance herself from him and act like many who have departed Team Trump have.
Very, very late reply:
re: #17 wrenchwench
Good to see you!
Did you get permission to take April and May off? Did you bring a note from your mother?
/i don’t think so, young man
Actually, yes, I had permission. :P
K/ohBSG3CV0mqQUAyk8/vhmfAshvLVXm8HqdAPMSL5cdqClLoToLOPbJbYC5t4yddpiiilyZ9QzcbXOutuJ2ByOOyJP8w5waXe9P1KVDmNRkuHL1EbXMxFEGBkDxmuKwr+M2PRTVvG76Og1ADMKnoXs93uy5lBakc5gqp63iKTFXk45R6j+k6BKnCpZjaFy8OEoiF93+JHqxhX7J6UQN6viAfegYkmr6wrSW+6VH1IqatMK1kPdtCD6N8u/EUSI2DadM7LcsJH1iJfr3fjTiB/Cgg1GC+wuU0gbwm34SSUvs1+oM+saeR3leG+wprNlrEsENpJ22HjRrSJXu+H3YLbG0+dtfN5ftYwYsAW9/sVUQWxHrHSMceYB9e2pa9KyXbDT0G9B/iaU=
re: #54 Sea Mexican
Very, very late reply:
Actually, yes, I had permission. :P
[Embedded content]
0IU/V2Hz5H0TnHwlgtXHPe9SsFdYUmSvXAcs99GGDDsJ6NF6xuA6Lh5AOh1nuy0NkCy2zS83eemcXHceRyONC25C3XT8SCSfy6p9Ivnooe4=
For those wondering what Trump has on McConnell, it’s nothing. McConnell sees a kindred spirit and opportunities in DJT.
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao cleared the path for projects that would specifically benefit Kentucky and thus, her husband Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) ahead of his 2020 reelection bid.
According to Politico, these arranged grants ultimately topped $78 million.
Chao assigned her aide Todd Inman to be the special liaison for Kentucky projects, a perk that other states did not enjoy and which helped channel money and attention into the Bluegrass state.
Source: TPM
re: #20 Hecuba’s daughter
If both
If both Houses approve an extension, and it gets the necessary additional state, then it may become law, though as you say, it’s possible that SCOTUS will vote against it because it wasn’t approved according to the original deadline.
The Supreme Court has no say in the acceptance of an amendment.
Happenings in Sweden. Some person threatening with bombs and shouting “fuck the police” is dealt with by police in Malmö Central Station in Malmö, Sweden. Apparently, he got shot. :/
re: #32 Dread Pirate Union Local 13
Have you seen her eyes? Some of us are attracted to crazy like a moth to a flame.
She has quite the imagination. Maybe nights are fun.
The CNN-Des Moines Register poll shows a slight plurality of Iowa Democrats supportive of Pelosi’s approach to Trump regarding impeachment. The idea that Pelosi is wildly out of touch with the grassroots doesn’t square with the reality. pic.twitter.com/GohgnyMc52
— Geoff Garin (@geoffgarin) June 9, 2019
“As my friend Kamala comes in, may the best woman win!” Senator Amy Klobuchar wrapping up as Sen Harris enters.
Because this is how Democratic women roll.
They work together. Public servants for the people.
Let’s put them in the highest place of powerpic.twitter.com/srm5CeTWS9— ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) June 9, 2019
Elizabeth Warren holding a post-gala town hall on Waterloo’s east side. African-American host told crowd that “not many candidates come to our part of town.” pic.twitter.com/ugLUYT6yZd
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) June 9, 2019
Elizabeth Warren, all of Sanders’ policies, but less ego and awkward racial stances.
Warren is a lot more dynamic than Sanders as well.
re: #43 Dave In Austin
Genatallia, excellent drag ‘nym. How are conservatives soooo bad at life? What is her outfit trying to do or say; is this what millenials think is ‘ironic’? The treating people equally is bad? I don’t understand.
re: #63 Belafon
[Embedded content]
Elizabeth Warren, all of Sanders’ policies, but less ego and awkward racial stances.
Yep.
re: #64 Feline Fearless Leader
Warren is a lot more dynamic than Sanders as well.
She’s been in Washington for only a decade yet she’s accomplished more than he has. Warren is who Sanders wishes he was. Smart, attentive to detail, and able to understand the complexity of issues.
re: #67 HappyWarrior
She’s been in Washington for only a decade yet she’s accomplished more than he has. Warren is who Sanders wishes he was. Smart, attentive to detail, and able to understand the complexity of issues.
and work with Democrats
because she is one
re: #67 HappyWarrior
She’s been in Washington for only a decade yet she’s accomplished more than he has. Warren is who Sanders wishes he was. Smart, attentive to detail, and able to understand the complexity of issues.
I’d make a small adjustment to your otherwise spot-on comment - Warren is who Sanders thinks he is. Bernie’s got a trump-sized ego is all I’m saying.
re: #69 Teddy’s Person
I’d make a small adjustment to your otherwise spot-on comment - Warren is who Sanders thinks he is. Bernie’s got a trump-sized ego is all I’m saying.
Agreed.
re: #69 Teddy’s Person
I’d make a small adjustment to your otherwise spot-on comment - Warren is who Sanders thinks he is. Bernie’s got a trump-sized ego is all I’m saying.
not quite trump-sized but bigger than the sum of his accomplishments
Well crap. Big structure fire in NoHo near some favorite places.
losangeles.cbslocal.com
if you ride the Red Line, Universal station is probably a better option than NoHo.
LA peeps looks like Tokyo Delves, maybe Chill Rolls burned, District Pub looks okay.
If you hear reports of Biden not showing up at events in Iowa this weekend, it’s because his granddaughter graduated this weekend.
This is funny, though:
Biden’s campaign is such a giant disaster I’m surprised Elizabeth Warren doesn’t have a plan to fix it
— Jess Dweck (@TheDweck) June 7, 2019
re: #74 Belafon
If you hear reports of Biden not showing up at events in Iowa this weekend, it’s because his granddaughter graduated this weekend.
Edit: Wrong post quoted
Good morning everyone!
I’m going back for more coffee.
re: #26 Dread Pirate Union Local 13
Wait for the Russian version where the US sabotaged the reactor.
[Embedded content]
that is gonna go over like a lead balloon. russians may not have any trustworthy news sources to rely on, but they all damned well know why the reactor blew. Hell, the ramifications brought down the Soviet Union. Massive incompetence combined with an adherence to achieving fictitious goals over an acceptance of reality. the roof that caught on fire? the russians knew in the planning stages that they needed fire-proof shingles, but there weren’t any available in the soviet union, so they didn’t use them. No containment for the reactor? Hey, the Soviet Union doesn’t make errors. No reason to spend money worrying about accidents that can’t happen. Graphite tips on the ends of the control rods? Hey, we can’t quite get the rods to clear the reactor, and we don’t want to lose a drop of power from having boron partially in the reactor. So let’s do something stupid that wasn’t in the original design, because again, we’re the glorious Soviet Union. We can’t make mistakes. Russians either already knew all of this, or they did after they watched the miniseries.
re: #74 Belafon
If you hear reports of Biden not showing up at events in Iowa this weekend, it’s because his granddaughter graduated this weekend.
Exciting. Have they said where she’s going to college? I believe Malia Obama graduates this year too. Be wild if Joe’s granddaughter ended up going to college with Malia. I’m not sure how close the kids are but we know Biden and Obama are close.
re: #61 Belafon
[Embedded content]
I was laughing in the car the other day as CNN continued its breathless “Pelosi impeding impeachment proceedings” shtick. Reporter: “nearly 60 House democrats want to begin impeachment proceedings now, according to sources in the Caucus meeting.” Which means roughly 75% of House Democrats do not want to begin impeachment at the moment. And yet somehow Pelosi is impeding some groundswell of impeachment support. It’s almost like the cable news channels want to bump viewership with a tasty impeachment.
BOOM!
Today is the week the Southern Baptist Convention meets in Birmingham, Alabama. One of the biggest issues facing the SBC is their ongoing inability to deal with ministers who sexually abuse children. The SBC won’t even keep a list.
The Houston Chronicle has started a list of convicted abusers for the SBC here:
The Washington Post Magazine published a story last week about the watchbloggers who have been pushing the churches.
The New York Times, not to be outdone, today has its own story about Matt Chandler’s The Village Church in DFW, which basically has covered up a child sexual abuse scandal.
The article mentions an outfit called MinistrySafe, which is run by a law firm. MinistrySafe works for the church and not for the abused child. Here’s an example of what MinistrySafe does for churches:
@MinistrySafe asked my Stepdad for my medical history, and asked probing/leading questions about my personal life and relationships, while they were being paid by @TheAustinStone to investigate those who abused me. #Whoisprotectingwho #ChurchToo https://t.co/xorOtaPHkI
— Jules Woodson (@juleswoodson11) December 30, 2018
(Jules was sexually abused by a youth pastor, and the lead pastor at the time moved on to Austin Stone Church. The goal of this investigation was presumably to show that Jules was untrustworthy.)
MinistrySafe is allowed a table in the hall at the Southern Baptist Convention, but the “For Such A Time As this” group lobbying for change on child sexual abuse in the SBC is going to have a rally out on the sidewalk. That’s how much the SBC cares about child sexual abuse.
re: #80 steve_davis
I was laughing in the car the other day as CNN continued its breathless “Pelosi impeding impeachment proceedings” shtick. Reporter: “nearly 60 House democrats want to begin impeachment proceedings now, according to sources in the Caucus meeting.” Which means roughly 75% of House Democrats do not want to begin impeachment at the moment. And yet somehow Pelosi is impeding some groundswell of impeachment support. It’s almost like the cable news channels want to bump viewership with a tasty impeachment.
The media needs a “Dems in disarrray” story, and while a lot of people who breathe politics think impeachment should start yesterday, most people aren’t paying attention like we are.
re: #81 mmmirele
Moral high ground claiming SBC will protect its own over the people it supposedly protects and cares for. Sounds like the Catholic hierarchy where they did the same.
re: #83 Feline Fearless Leader
Moral high ground claiming SBC will protect its own over the people it supposedly protects and cares for. Sounds like the Catholic hierarchy where they did the same.
Any hierarchy. Wherever authority issues from the top down, then responsibility must necessarily flow back up to the top. And those at the top must be protected, even if it means tossing those lower down under the bus.
re: #43 Dave In Austin
Gun Girl, Gun Girl, Gun Girl……. Tsk Tsk
[Embedded content]
This is a girl whose side I do not want or need to be on.
She’s a grifter. She will find that people on the left are far too smart to buy into her bullshite and she won’t be able to buy the finer things in life on our dime.
Not interested toots. Not at all.— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) June 10, 2019
LOL! This truck!!
Holy shit, it’s the Holy Grail. https://t.co/zyLwwaUIxk
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) June 9, 2019
So, tariffs are the new “I’m gonna hold my breath till I get what I want” move from the toddler in chief.
President Trump on Monday threatened to immediately impose [additional] tariffs on $300 billion in Chinese goods if Chinese President Xi Jinping does not appear at this month’s Group of 20 (G-20) summit.
Asked during a CNBC interview if the new tariffs would take effect if Xi does not attend the gathering of world leaders in Osaka, Japan, Trump responded, “Yes, it would.” Trump said he would be “surprised” if Xi did not attend because the two leaders are expected to meet to discuss the U.S.-China trade dispute.
“He’s actually an incredible guy. He’s a great man. He’s very strong and very smart, but he’s for China and I’m for the United States,” the president said during a phone interview with the cable business news channel.
Source: The Hill
Alternativly, this may just be a ploy to claim credit when Xi shows up at the G-20 summit. (edited for typo)
Woke Joe Walsh continues to freak me the fuck out.
I just heard someone on TV say that Trump scored a victory by avoiding the implementation of his tariffs against Mexico.
Wait. He threatens to do something stupid, and then that something stupid thankfully doesn’t happen, and that’s somehow a VICTORY for him? No it’s not.— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) June 9, 2019
re: #87 Teddy’s Person
So, tariffs are the new “I’m gonna hold my breath till I get what I want” move from the toddler in chief.
Alternativly, this my just be a ploy to claim credit when Xi shows up at the G-20 summit.
This seems to be showing some short-term success, or at least something that can be sold as “economic success”.
But is it going to bring jobs back to America? Is it going to raise wages or increase job security?
We know that all it is doing for soybeans farmers is making them dependent on subsidies.
The cost of Trump’s tariffs has fallen “entirely” on U.S. businesses and households, says Goldman Sachs. https://t.co/VVWaeKv5zR
— CNBC (@CNBC) June 9, 2019
re: #84 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Any hierarchy. Wherever authority issues from the top down, then responsibility must necessarily flow back up to the top. And those at the top must be protected, even if it means tossing those lower down under the bus.
And what make all church abuse cover-ups so egregious is the purported adherence to that book written by the bronze-age sheep/goat herders. The hypocrisy is shocking/not shocking.
Yes, yes. Preaching to the choir and all that, but. Those lizards that believe that follow their own hearts rather than any of the established churches are not included in my diatribe.
So Justin Bieber challenged Tom Cruise to a fight (I do not know nor do I care why).
I do not like Tom Cruise but he would knock Bieber out with a single punch. Fucking guy does his own stunts, including hanging off of a flying airplane.
Biebs, go back to singing.
re: #89 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
This seems to be showing some short-term success, or at least something that can be sold as “economic success”.
Sadly, this is true. Our complicit fourth estate is so anxious to find any crumb of success to breathlessly tweet out in 280 characters or less that these tactics work.
Gene Wilder death: Star of Willy Wonka dies aged 83 - BBC News https://t.co/zwO7Q8zulX ;-(
— 821🌊♒ Thor’s Day Child (@The821_821) June 10, 2019
re: #97 Eric The Fruit Bat
What the hell is going on?? This is third time in the past week I’ve had to tell someone that a famous person who supposedly just died has been dead for years.
I didn’t know he passed away. Shame.
In memory of @SimonMaloy https://t.co/2oMqK9zXQRhttps://t.co/620HD9oUjxhttps://t.co/dHaffVGdC2 pic.twitter.com/GjstVVokG4
— Media Matters (@mmfa) June 10, 2019
re: #86 MsJ
Deserves a bazillion updings.
re: #88 MsJ
Woke Joe Walsh continues to freak me the fuck out.
I just heard someone on TV say that Trump scored a victory by avoiding the implementation of his tariffs against Mexico.
I’ll guess the person that said that was either Michael “Both Sideism” Smerconish or Chuck Toad.
Shit.
ThinkProgress is facing deep financial trouble and internally divided over its coverage of Bernie Sanders.
Scoop from @GideonResnick @samstein https://t.co/bzfL4KvgwE— Will Sommer (@willsommer) June 10, 2019
re: #103 MsJ
Shit.
[Embedded content]
I hate how criticism of Bernie is handled. I’m glad he’s slipping in polls. I’d rather he be President than Trump but I don’t like Bernie as a person and I think he would have a lot of the same non-ideological faults Trump has as President in that he’d surround himself with ass kissers and demand loyalty to him first.
re: #103 MsJ
Shit.
Skipping the internally divided part, they’ve been targeted by right wing groups going after advertisers on their site.
re: #88 MsJ
Woke Joe Walsh continues to freak me the fuck out.
[Embedded content]
So we see why we can’t give up on the stupid, the evil, those given to mopery. Joe Fuckn’ Walsh.
re: #107 Decatur Deb
So we see why we can’t give up on the stupid, the evil, those given to mopery. Joe Fuckn’ Walsh.
Except he will become stupid, evil mope, Joe Fuckn’ Walsh again once trump is gone.
re: #108 MsJ
Except he will become stupid, evil mope, Joe Fuckn’ Walsh again once trump is gone.
But for a glimmering moment he had a purpose on Earth.
re: #108 MsJ
Except he will become stupid, evil mope, Joe Fuckn’ Walsh again once trump is gone.
Yep, but we need him right now.
Wow when the conservative free speech crowd hears about a congressman trying to silence his critics this guy is toast https://t.co/Sz9LHR0t5e
— Adam Serwer🍝 (@AdamSerwer) June 10, 2019
re: #111 Belafon
Yep, but we need him right now.
There is a very long list of people who have earned a dollop of piss in Hell, on their birthdays.
re: #111 Belafon
Yep, but we need him right now.
I get that. But we need to never forget what and who he is.
Temporary bedfellows, I suppose. At best.
re: #107 Decatur Deb
So we see why we can’t give up on the stupid, the evil, those given to mopery. Joe Fuckn’ Walsh.
What is amazing is that Joe was a Trump fanatic for the election but he actually started coming to his senses before Trump took office as this December 2016 interview shows. It was Trump’s refusal to be concerned about Russian meddling that led to his sudden change in heart.
Am absolutely shocked that Joe had this insight so early — but his being a former Congressman rather than a current Congressman may have given him the flexibility to speak the truth.
re: #112 MsJ
[Embedded content]
As much as one can really apply the phrase “on a serious level” to anything to do with Devin Nunes - is there any chance he’s going to get further (ironically) than the pages of Twitter with this nonsense?
re: #116 Jay C
As much as one can really apply the phrase “on a serious level” to anything to do with Devin Nunes - is there any chance he’s going to get further (ironically) than the pages of Twitter with this nonsense?
I don’t see how. Twitter is a private company with terms of service. Now they may not be the best at how they manage that, but this doesn’t seem to be a case. But that’s just MHO.
re: #105 HappyWarrior
I hate how criticism of Bernie is handled. I’m glad he’s slipping in polls. I’d rather he be President than Trump but I don’t like Bernie as a person and I think he would have a lot of the same non-ideological faults Trump has as President in that he’d surround himself with ass kissers and demand loyalty to him first.
He would lose against Trump in a general.
There are more people who want to see him as Democratic candidate than as President.
re: #116 Jay C
As much as one can really apply the phrase “on a serious level” to anything to do with Devin Nunes - is there any chance he’s going to get further (ironically) than the pages of Twitter with this nonsense?
If a Trump-appointed judge hears the case, who knows what will happen? The judiciary under Hitler was compliant; until proven otherwise any Trump-appointed judges should be considered the same. We already have seen such a judge dismiss the Democratic lawsuit on Trump’s decision on the border wall.
This is why they show us how to fasten seat belts. https://t.co/jP2yuwUimL
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) June 10, 2019
Whoa, just got an alert of an earthquake in/around Cleveland
Added: Reporting 4.0
re: #122 Eventual Carrion
Whoa, just got an alert of an earthquake in/around Cleveland
Magnitude 4.0 earthquake
Affected countries: United States and Canada
5 km from Eastlake, OH, USA * 10:50 a.m.
re: #55 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
[Embedded content]
WUA3w2ehBx3etTaQHmocVgLuN6rqCeMK8N3hjMSqlvlVMycaOth1KVXpNfi6L4H5
re: #124 Sea Mexican
[Embedded content]
HaaVvoquazTJqD28FH00srRHlQMHcsALcG6qM+f9qYdEYjRKxTgh9iUznEBV0q3++hRVpghu5WW/TEglOPDb/kls8enPKGEuph2XHtR4IkPRx9S3GRTCQVQcQJZLfEbOpsT0UF6pcyNsM7cA4zaM+vlJOdrvw0eL
re: #124 Sea Mexican
[Embedded content]
/dE7gKU/X5/hKGbgCAeUR1yBbjOHZrgbsLRFqkUyAEYFCD55S/dxFnKgahgXkKEaraKAasnhEWzbhGMI2xqQmV5FZDm/INwuxJYDq9iLrmV3/YaRdG6kjQ/LDDLRBIpDPYEaDazqbbJ6jnN0PaRW+pNLpuuBOK/J3nfkD2PYiwYKGF4x4UMOMOBjfADaubjKen/XoYQMfLrXS1ItmJMUjA==
Would that work? They put a time limit of “ratify it by 1986, or it’s moot” in the original act; do you think we could win a Supreme Court case throwing out ratification clocks? (And would we want to? There are some very BAD amendments out there that also ran out of time!)
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) June 10, 2019
so full of shit
….We do not anticipate a problem with the vote but, if for any reason the approval is not forthcoming, Tariffs will be reinstated!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 10, 2019
When will the Failing New York Times admit that their front page story on the the new Mexico deal at the Border is a FRAUD and nothing more than a badly reported “hit job” on me, something that has been going on since the first day I announced for the presidency! Sick Journalism
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 10, 2019
re: #127 Chrysicat
Actually that’s not the case.
Every proposed amendment which had a time limit had it as part of the proposed amendment itself.
The ERA is the only one in history which had a separate statute (extended once) to limit the time of ratification.
All that is required to remove the time limit is to repeal the statute.
NEWS: Nadler announces they’ve reached a deal with DOJ to obtain “key evidence” on from Mueller’s files on obstruction of justice.
But an aide tells me tomorrow’s CIVIL contempt vote on the House floor is still on.
Story TK pic.twitter.com/LnOEYnIsdQ— Andrew Desiderio (@desiderioDC) June 10, 2019
Nadler notes that he’s decided to “hold the criminal contempt process in abeyance for now.”
But Barr was never going to be held in criminal contempt. That would be DOJ would have to charge the attorney general with a crime. Not happening.— Andrew Desiderio (@desiderioDC) June 10, 2019
These are the documents — or at least some of them — that the Judiciary Committee has secured from DOJ.
(Via Nadler’s May 24 letter) pic.twitter.com/CslqpwDl1L— Andrew Desiderio (@desiderioDC) June 10, 2019
re: #129 Anymouse 🌹
Actually that’s not the case.
Every proposed amendment which had a time limit had it as part of the proposed amendment itself.
The ERA is the only one in history which had a separate statute (extended once) to limit the time of ratification.
All that is required to remove the time limit is to repeal the statute.
I stand corrected, though I still worry about this SCOTUS refusing to recognise it as being in effect. Also:
So, and I know this is passive-aggressive to an extent, but what’s the most likes all y’all have got on a tweet without it getting a SINGLE RT, let alone enough to go viral? Apparently I can currently say “almost 80” 😈
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) June 10, 2019
No Secret Immigration Deal Exists With U.S., Mexico’s Foreign Minister Says “directly contradicting Trump’s claim on Twitter that a “fully signed and documented” agreement would be revealed soon” https://t.co/iJRana8q0o
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) June 10, 2019
re: #129 Anymouse 🌹
Actually that’s not the case.
Every proposed amendment which had a time limit had it as part of the proposed amendment itself.
The ERA is the only one in history which had a separate statute (extended once) to limit the time of ratification.
All that is required to remove the time limit is to repeal the statute.
There’s also a very strong argument that the time limit statute is unconstitutional. Article V, which covers amendments doesn’t say anything about time limits (which is why the time limit was included in prior amendments). In fact, the 27th Amendment was approved by Congress in 1789 but wasn’t ratified by the required number of states until 1992.
re: #128 Backwoods_Sleuth
so full of shit
[Embedded content]
SRSLY. But to me the *interesting* part isn’t Trump’s gibberings about The NY Times (which i’m sure will be around to print Dolt 45’s obit when he croaks) but the bit where the President of the US openly demands that a foreign country’s legislature pass an act dictated by, and mainly for the benefit of the US: under threat of official retaliation. And no one ( AFAICT) seems to think it remarkable….
re: #134 Jay C
SRSLY. But to me the *interesting* part isn’t Trump’s gibberings about The NY Times (which i’m sure will be around to print Dolt 45’s obit when he croaks) but the bit where the President of the US openly demands that a foreign country’s legislature pass an act dictated by, and mainly for the benefit of the US: under threat of official retaliation. And no one ( AFAICT) seems to think it remarkable….
I think half of them are just glad that his ultimatum would lead to a trade war and not a shooting one. And I think half the Rs who aren’t glad about that, are that way because they want a shooting war and possibly even to annex Mexico.
re: #134 Jay C
SRSLY. But to me the *interesting* part isn’t Trump’s gibberings about The NY Times (which i’m sure will be around to print Dolt 45’s obit when he croaks) but the bit where the President of the US openly demands that a foreign country’s legislature pass an act dictated by, and mainly for the benefit of the US: under threat of official retaliation. And no one ( AFAICT) seems to think it remarkable….
I saw this opinion piece over the weekend about Trump and his ramblings, and I think there might be some truth to it:
This isn’t the case with Trump, whose words foreign leaders can no longer take at face value. Fortunately, President Trump’s incompetence in foreign relations, while not a cure-all, can moderate the damage that he might otherwise cause. The more exposure the world has to this President, the less he matters. After all, communication is a two-way street, and the audience plays a significant role in determining whether someone’s words are accurate, meaningful, and safe to rely on.
Trump has basically sidelined himself. Other world leaders aren’t taking him at face value anymore. So it’s become a situation where the President of the United States speaks, and the rest of the world just shrugs.
re: #1 Eclectic Cyborg
(CNN)- Sometimes called “Columbiners,” they romanticize and idealize the student killers behind the 1999 mass shooting that claimed 13 lives at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado.
Now, 20 years after the massacre, the Jeffco Public Schools district is asking its community whether the high school should be torn down and rebuilt in an effort to temper this subculture of online fans who remain infatuated with the killing and the teenage shooters.“School shooters refer to and study the Columbine shooting as a macabre source of inspiration and motivation,” Jason Glass, district superintendent, says in a letter to the community.
The move comes less than two months since the FBI said a high school student who was “infatuated” with the Columbine shooting traveled from Florida to Colorado and made credible threats.
The threats forced the closure of schools in 19 Colorado districts in April before the woman — 18-year-old Sol Pais — was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said.
Glass’ letter says the school has a gravitational pull for many people.
“Annually, local law enforcement and Jeffco’s Department of School Safety make contacts with hundreds of individuals seeking to enter the school and reconnect with the 1999 murders,” he wrote.“Most of them are there to satisfy curiosity or a macabre, but harmless, interest in the school. For a small group of others, there is a potential intent to do harm.”
A record number of individuals have tried to enter the school illegally or trespass on the property as the tragedy marks its 20th anniversary, Glass says.
Why bother actually dealing the problems that are causing these people to become dangerous and obsessed with Columbine when we can just knock the building down and start over?
SMH
I know I’m a bit late with this, but I honestly question if it would have the intended effect anyway. I mean, neither the cafeteria nor the library is in remotely the same location within the building as their predecessors were 21 years ago, and yet people still want to sneak in to see the current ones. So I’m thinking if you put open space at the southeast end of Clement Park instead, all it’ll do is mean that there are no students around, but I suspect the disaster tourists will still come to pay their respects to that spot on the earth.
No member of my family agrees with me; they feel that demolition will be enough to end the pilgrimages.
Starts here:
NEW: Ken Cuccinelli has been tapped to lead USCIS. He starts today as acting director of the agency, according to an email sent to staff.
— Hamed Aleaziz (@Haleaziz) June 10, 2019
Ends with:
Acting leaders now at:
ICE
USCIS
CBP
DHS
FEMA— Hamed Aleaziz (@Haleaziz) June 10, 2019
Kicker:
I could be missing something, but by what statutory authority did the President purport to appoint Cuccinelli as Acting Director of USCIS? He doesn’t meet any of the criteria under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998:https://t.co/U3QpULJ4G3
(Paging @AJosephOConnell…) https://t.co/1OXNcFqGgR— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) June 10, 2019
Missouri senator says it’s a waste of time to study history because it was a long time ago https://t.co/gqwF4Rirgf pic.twitter.com/ZpRm90WKH3
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) June 10, 2019
re: #138 MsJ
In a sane world, this would be another count of abuse of power/abuse of office within articles of impeachment. There really should be about 30 articles delivered to the Senate but I worry we are going to be lucky to get 2 or 3
re: #139 MsJ
Somebody should attach power lines to George Orwell’s grave, he must be spinning fast enough to replace half the world’s power plants at this point.
re: #137 Chrysicat
I know I’m a bit late with this, but I honestly question if it would have the intended effect anyway. I mean, neither the cafeteria nor the library is in remotely the same location within the building as their predecessors were 21 years ago, and yet people still want to sneak in to see the current ones. So I’m thinking if you put open space at the southeast end of Clement Park instead, all it’ll do is mean that there are no students around, but I suspect the disaster tourists will still come to pay their respects to that spot on the earth.
No member of my family agrees with me; they feel that demolition will be enough to end the pilgrimages.
Something similar happened with the Nicole Brown murder site. The city had to change the address numbers of the buildings, though in the internet age that’s not nearly as effective as it use to be. I suspect that’s also part of the reason that the people who bought OJ’s house tore it down. And I think the location of OJ’s old house is still part of some tours you can get in Hollywood (there’s a few true crime tours running that will take you by the locations of some (in?)famous crimes around town).
re: #139 MsJ
I wholeheartedly agree!! Let’s start by destroying all the Confederacy statues.
Highway camera’s catching the quake in Cleveland. News5Cleveland
re: #143 Sea Mexican
I wholeheartedly agree!! Let’s start by destroying all the Confederacy statues.
I have no problem with selling them off to any idiot willing to pay at least the cost of relocating them.
re: #143 Sea Mexican
I wholeheartedly agree!! Let’s start by destroying all the Confederacy statues.
THATS DIFFURNT.
re: #144 Eventual Carrion
Highway camera’s catching the quake in Cleveland. News5Cleveland
Wait, there was a major earthquake in Northeast Ohio?!? What on earth caused that? Last I checked it hadn’t even been made seismically active like West Oklahoma had.
re: #146 MsJ
THATS DIFFURNT.
We get to compare modern Dems to 1860 southern Democrats any time we want!!!
re: #135 Chrysicat
I think half of them are just glad that his ultimatum would lead to a trade war and not a shooting one. And I think half the Rs who aren’t glad about that, are that way because they want a shooting war and possibly even to annex Mexico.
Disagree - somewhat - Trump’s proposed Mexican tariff program got such negative reactions in Congress (even Republicans finally realizing the Moron-in-Chief was proposing a seriously damaging policy to the country’s economy) , that the prospect of a trade war is probably getting a tad less attractive. Hence, I think, the focus on “halting” immigration: Bashing “illegals” is still seen as a winning strategy, but only as long as no one (i.e. no one with money) has to actually suffer…
re: #147 Chrysicat
Wait, there was a major earthquake in Northeast Ohio?!? What on earth caused that? Last I checked it hadn’t even been made seismically active like West Oklahoma had.
God’s punishment for a gay bar in Dayton?
re: #147 Chrysicat
Wait, there was a major earthquake in Northeast Ohio?!? What on earth caused that? Last I checked it hadn’t even been made seismically active like West Oklahoma had.
Maybe this is my Southern California bias showing, but a 4.0 earthquake isn’t really “major”… at least not when you’re used to them.
re: #150 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
God’s punishment for a gay bar in Dayton?
I rec’d it even though Dayton’s closer to Cincy than to Cleveland, and not particularly close to either, seeing as it’s part of Greater Columbus :-P
re: #149 Jay C
Bashing “illegals” is still seen as a winning strategy, but only as long as no one (i.e. no one with money) has to actually suffer…
There are entire industries in the US whose entire business model is based on an endless supply of cheap and easily exploited labor: agriculture, food processing, food service, domestic services, landscaping (i.e., golf resorts and hotels), construction, etc…
Those industries are perfectly happy with the status quo but are not going to speak out against ramping up the rhetoric and worsening conditions for those who are trying to enter.
re: #152 Chrysicat
I rec’d it even though Dayton’s closer to Cincy than to Cleveland, and not particularly close to either, seeing as it’s part of Greater Columbus :-P
My mom was born in Cleveland and I was raised in Indiana but I have never really visited anywhere in Ohio at all.
re: #137 Chrysicat
re: #142 KGxvi
When it comes to infamous places, the site of the Führerbunker in Berlin has to rank pretty high up there. There’s a sign that indicates where it was (and part of it still is underground) but to the best of my knowledge, I’ve never heard of it being any kind of shrine for neo-Nazis.
The spot where Hitler and Braun (and the Goebbels family) were burned is today the parking lot of an apartment complex and what remains of the Führerbunker is under that parking lot.
I found it entirely by memory from having read detailed accounts of the Battle of Berlin and knowing the old street names and their new post-war names. A darkly fascinating place - the very spot where the Allied armies were heading.
re: #151 KGxvi
Maybe this is my Southern California bias showing, but a 4.0 earthquake isn’t really “major”… at least not when you’re used to them.
Except that they don’t plan or build for them at all. Older chimneys can fall, nothing is tied down and people leave things like glassware on high, open shelves.
re: #155 Dr Lizardo
When it comes to infamous places, the site of the Führerbunker in Berlin has to rank pretty high up there. There’s a sign that indicates where it was (and part of it still is underground) but to the best of my knowledge, I’ve never heard of being any kind of shrine for neo-Nazis.
Hitler’s birth house in Brauau am Inn, Austria has been a big headache to the town, they have no idea what to do with or about it.
A museum and monument to the victims of Fascism would be a fine use.
re: #156 calochortus
Except that they don’t plan or build for them at all. Older chimneys can fall, nothing is tied down and people leave things like glassware on high, open shelves.
and students build shelves out of cinderblock and boards
re: #134 Jay C
SRSLY. But to me the *interesting* part isn’t Trump’s gibberings about The NY Times (which i’m sure will be around to print Dolt 45’s obit when he croaks) but the bit where the President of the US openly demands that a foreign country’s legislature pass an act dictated by, and mainly for the benefit of the US: under threat of official retaliation. And no one ( AFAICT) seems to think it remarkable….
Rantings of a child
(With the nuclear codes)
Also”reinstated”?
re: #136 KGxvi
I saw this opinion piece over the weekend about Trump and his ramblings, and I think there might be some truth to it:
Trump has basically sidelined himself. Other world leaders aren’t taking him at face value anymore. So it’s become a situation where the President of the United States speaks, and the rest of the world just shrugs.
How we and the world are talking about the effing president of the United States
I’m proud to be an american
re: #157 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Hitler’s birth house in Brauau am Inn, Austria has been a big headache to the town, they have no idea what to do with or about it.
A museum and monument to the victims of Fascism would be a fine use.
That’s actually not a bad idea. I could see that. Much like the site of the former RSHA headquarters is now the Topography of Terror Museum.
re: #159 DangerMan
Rantings of a child
(With the nuclear codes)Also”reinstated”?
Somebody else probably suggested the “reinstated” - a subtle (if, IMO, failed) attempt to (still) try to spin Trump’s cave on the tariffs as some sort of “victory”.
Shithead.
Imagine sitting down and putting together a list of all the president’s obvious, unarguable traits, then demanding that nobody mention them.
The GOP is sick to its core. https://t.co/or0SzQfWUy— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 10, 2019
re: #164 Charles Johnson
Especially since at least 6 of those fall under the category of “high crimes and misdemeanors”
re: #127 Chrysicat
There is no provision for throwing out an amendment if it’s “out of time.” It would be an amendment to the constitution.
re: #149 Jay C
Disagree - somewhat - Trump’s proposed Mexican tariff program got such negative reactions in Congress (even Republicans finally realizing the Moron-in-Chief was proposing a seriously damaging policy to the country’s economy) , that the prospect of a trade war is probably getting a tad less attractive. Hence, I think, the focus on “halting” immigration: Bashing “illegals” is still seen as a winning strategy, but only as long as no one (i.e. no one with money) has to actually suffer…
.. negative reactions in congress because the business community screamed at em
re: #133 KGxvi
There’s also a very strong argument that the time limit statute is unconstitutional. Article V, which covers amendments doesn’t say anything about time limits (which is why the time limit was included in prior amendments). In fact, the 27th Amendment was approved by Congress in 1789 but wasn’t ratified by the required number of states until 1992.
There will be a number legal challenges. There are a couple states that have reversed the decision to ratify and there will be constitutional challenges based on that as well.
re: #161 DangerMan
How we and the world are talking about the effing president of the United States
I’m proud to be an american
I’m proud that we have, for the most part, weathered this storm. We have had corrupt presidents, we have had racist/sexist presidents, we have had incompetent presidents, but we’ve never had a president that was all of those things. The Courts have held, mostly; and if the House moves, there’s a good chance our institutions will survive.
re: #168 danarchy
There will be a number legal challenges. There are a couple states that have reversed the decision to ratify and there will be constitutional challenges based on that as well.
I’ll admit I’m sort of agnostic on the ERA. Mostly because I wonder how it would be any different from the due process and equal protection clauses in the 5th and 14th Amendments
re: #170 KGxvi
I’ll admit I’m sort of agnostic on the ERA. Mostly because I wonder how it would be any different from the due process and equal protection clauses in the 5th and 14th Amendments
The 5th and 14th amendments have not been interpreted to protect women from discrimination. Said discrimination is far less acceptable than it used to be, but there are no Constitutional protections to prevent women from, say, being prohibited from taking a job that requires them to lift 10 lbs of weight. These sorts of laws were used in the past to keep women out of higher paying jobs.
edited for clarity
re: #165 KGxvi
Especially since at least 6 of those fall under the category of “high crimes and misdemeanors”
And many were used by Repubs during Clinton impeachment.
re: #170 KGxvi
I’ll admit I’m sort of agnostic on the ERA. Mostly because I wonder how it would be any different from the due process and equal protection clauses in the 5th and 14th Amendments
If we didn’t have to spell some things out explicitly, we wouldn’t need an amendment for poll taxes.
re: #146 MsJ
Forgot the wingnut tag…
re: #83 Feline Fearless Leader
Moral high ground claiming SBC will protect its own over the people it supposedly protects and cares for. Sounds like the Catholic hierarchy where they did the same.
They made the decision to protect their institution when they didn’t diligently root out and punish publicly. Because No Real Baptist would do such things in their carefully crafted public image.
Alone in a Bathroom: The Fear and Uncertainty of a Post-Roe Medication Abortion Angel tucked two white pills into each side of her mouth, bracing herself as they began to dissolve. Her deepest fears and anxieties took over. Angel had wanted to talk to a doctor before she took the pills to ...
Cheechako
They Were Desperate to Get Pregnant. Then IVF Gave Them Extra Embryos. One morning last spring, Ashley Harrolle put her 1-year-old daughter down for a nap and went to the kitchen. She pulled up her fertility clinic’s contact information. It was time to make the call. In a freezer several hundred ... Cheechako
Joe Bacon ✅
March FavoritesYou've seen these all already but looking back, just because. These are my favorite shots of this last month. That 1937 Zeiss Sonnar is such a gloriously wonderful bit of glass. Thanks for looking.
William Lewis
Russia’s New Combat Robots Blown Up by Drones Near Avdiivka When we landed on the moon, I thought about how science fiction had become real. Now, the robot wars have begun. It's more poignant somehow on the ground than in the missile wars we have in the air as ...
Rightwingconspirator
Why Did More Than 1,000 People Die After Police Subdued Them With Force That Isn’t Meant to Kill? An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that, over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blows and other force not intended to be lethal. More: Why ... CheechakoKGxvi
Abortions Outside Medical System Increased Sharply After Roe Fell, Study Finds The number of women using abortion pills to end their pregnancies on their own without the direct involvement of a U.S.-based medical provider rose sharply in the months after the Supreme Court eliminated a constitutional right to abortion, according ... Cheechako
Once Praised, the Settlement to Help Sickened BP Oil Spill Workers Leaves Most With Nearly Nothing When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months — and tens of thousands of ordinary people were hired ... Cheechako
Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ... Cheechako
