A Deep Cut From Regina Spektor: “Loveology” (Live w/ Seth Meyers)
Musical guest Regina Spektor performs “Loveology” for Late Night with Seth Meyers.
Musical guest Regina Spektor performs “Loveology” for Late Night with Seth Meyers.
Federal judge: Let doctors into child migrant detention centers, quickly
cnn.com
“…Gee, who sits on the federal bench in California, made the ruling Friday, despite Attorney General William Barr and other defendants’ request that the court “set a schedule for briefing these issues that provides defendants with a full and fair opportunity to respond to the allegations that plaintiffs have lodged against them.”
Gee set a deadline of July 12 for the parties to “file a joint status report regarding their mediation efforts and what has been done to address post haste the conditions described.”
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“The Court has already issued several orders that have set forth in detail what it considers to be violations of the Flores Agreement,” Gee wrote in her Friday ruling. “Thus, the parties need not use divining tools to extrapolate from those orders what does or does not constitute non-compliance. The Court has made that clear beyond peradventure.”
Judge Gee very politely telling the government to stop fucking around.
agreed.
#Ivanka is advancing in her White House career.
She’s gone from a national embarrassment to an international embarrassment. https://t.co/dqYOZObgTL— Eric Wolfson (@EricWolfson) June 30, 2019
During college the restaurant I was working at paid me to create some crab ice cream and after much scientific experimentation it ended up containing a LOT of bourbon
— Cocked & Loaded Frank (@goddamnedfrank) June 30, 2019
In addition to slaughtering diplomats at will, Kim Jong Un, Trump’s buddy, reportedly has more than 50,000 Christians in concentration camps, which is something to keep in mind when Republicans pretend their concerns are religious.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) June 30, 2019
Happy Sunday…. . 😁😘😝😜😂 pic.twitter.com/BrspFRLR7p
— Anna C Alves🎨 (@AnnaCAAlves17) June 30, 2019
I would like to hear Ivanka Trump’s explanation about this video.
Oh wait, Senior White House Advisor @IvankaTrump blocked me. Can you forward the below video to her and ask for her response? Thanks.
P.S. Can you also ask her why Jared Kushner still has a security clearance? https://t.co/qQ4xdrrpyl— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) June 30, 2019
Live video of Ivanka trying to be part of the smart group: pic.twitter.com/BpWN1ndWPH
— Fohtohgirl (@fohtohgirl) June 30, 2019
re: #6 Backwoods_Sleuth
If the GOP became convinced they had to become Muslims to retain power they’d be shouting “Allah Akbar” on all the Sunday morning programs within days.
re: #2 jaunte
Judge Gee very politely telling the government to stop fucking around.
Narrator: But they’ll keep fucking around anyway.
LOL
THE BIG VISION RALLY LIVE - TEXT ‘BREXIT’ TO 80777 TO DONATE £5 https://t.co/rZuXHOeh11
— The Brexit Party (@brexitparty_uk) June 30, 2019
Hi Kathy - Glastonbury is a music festival featuring major acts singing songs and attended by hundreds of thousands of people. This thing seems to be a convention where a few hundred old people have gone to listen to Nigel Farage talk his usual bollocks. Hope that helps. https://t.co/88Y8ZcLqkf
— Otto English (@Otto_English) June 30, 2019
Actually, that would make government better - not worse.
Imagine if more people in power spent years of their lives actually working for a living.
We’d probably have healthcare and living wages by now. https://t.co/HoxIyu6ftj— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 30, 2019
Funny how conservatives praise the concept of working hard and bettering oneself and getting ahead in life but pile on AOC for having worked as a bartender.
It’s gonna get really hard for Piers to get a drink. https://t.co/IEEuQGtfwF
— jess mcintosh (@jess_mc) June 30, 2019
re: #15 jaunte
It’s gonna get really hard for Piers to get a drink.
He’s more the kind of guy who goes and buys a bottle and drinks it at home alone…
re: #10 Feline Fearless Leader
s /Sunday/Friday/
Note that Piers Morgan could find nothing to say to defend bringing Ivanka to a diplomatic event where she was a net minus for the U.S.
re: #3 I Would Prefer Not To
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And being a Trump she’s completely clueless about what an embarrassment she is.
The cult that I picket has a podcast called “Cultish”, where they talk about cults and why these cults are so wrong. It should not surprise you in the least that their only standard for judgment is “Do they match up with our belief system?” Not “are they abusing people? hoovering money out of their wallets? teaching them crazy shit that has real world consequences?” Nope, it’s “are they Calvinist like me?”
Some weeks back they interviewed a woman who left the Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry in Redding, California because she’d been converted over to Calvinism. So they did three podcasts with this woman talking about how Bethel is so, so wrong according to their interpretation of the Bible. One guy came by the “Cultish” YouTube page and left this:
Anyway, I regularly check this FB and post there. So I posted and pointed out that yeah, the guy is right. Their only criteria for “is it a cult?” is “does it match with our doctrine?” I proceeded to talk about Steven Hassan’s “Behavior, Information, Thought, and Emotional control” (or BITE) model and leave links to it. (Yes, I did do this four times.) freedomofmind.com
That was OK…until I posted a link to Robert Jay LIfton’s “Eight Criteria for Thought Reform.” Then I got blocked from posting and ALL of my posts were removed.
So I thought I’d bring the “Eight Criteria for Thought Reform” to them. I’m not going to hold these on a sign. Nope, I’m going to park my SUV in front of the church and tape these to the windows. Because I’m mean like that. (Never thought my SUV would serve another purpose besides chaperoning my mother places.)
I will be holding signs calling them out as a cult, and will somehow manage to wedge in a sign or two that their newly installed pastor/elder is a stone racist. I’m also making plans to be out there for the entire time they’re in church (something like 3 hours). Most of the time will be in the SUV, where I’ll turn on the A/C at times and drink water from a cooler. But when they’re entering or leaving, I’m going to be in front of them.
Don’t mess with me, I’ve been doing this for decades. Legally.
re: #14 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Funny how conservatives praise the concept of working hard and bettering oneself and getting ahead in life but pile on AOC for having worked as a bartender.
It’s because they don’t actually believe the praise of the working class. They just use them as a bludgeon against their enemies and the policies they despise. Just like they use the poor and veterans as bludgeons against immigrants. Just like they use mental health concerns as a bludgeon against gun control. Just like they use religion as a bludgeon against abortion and women’s health in general.
re: #22 Citizen K
It’s because they don’t actually believe the praise of the working class. They just use them as a bludgeon against their enemies and the policies they despise. Just like they use the poor and veterans as bludgeons against immigrants. Just like they use mental health concerns as a bludgeon against gun control. Just like they use religion as a bludgeon against abortion and women’s health in general.
and although they could have pointed to Obama as proof of the Conservative American Dream that anybody who studies and works hard enough - regardless of race or origin -can aspire to the highest offices in the land, they dismissed him as a charlatan, a Kenyan, an affirmative action poster child and as The Antichrist.
Anything but acknowledge his achievements, even grudgingly.
re: #6 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #23 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
and although they could have pointed to Obama as proof of the Conservative American Dream that anybody who studies and works hard enough - regardless of race or origin -can aspire to the highest offices in the land, they dismissed him as a charlatan, a Kenyan, an affirmative action poster child and as The Antichrist.
Anything but acknowledge his achievements, even grudgingly.
That’s because, again, they don’t really believe that shit. They don’t really believe that anyone who studies and works hard enough can aspire to high office because they believe that not everyone SHOULD. They believe it should be only the province of them, the god given true rulers of this country forever and anon. Folks like Obama, Clinton, et. al. aren’t proof of their ideals, they’re usurpers, folks encroaching on THEIR personal fiefdom.
Right now @MSNBC live NBC Korea expert Victor Cha says meeting Kim at DMZ is like having the Super Bowl when you haven’t played a single game. This meeting should be at the end of successful talks not when there’s been no progress
— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) June 30, 2019
re: #13 jaunte
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They like to harp on her tending bar; they never mention her education.
from wikipedia:
Ocasio-Cortez attended Yorktown High School, graduating in 2007. She came in second in the Microbiology category of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair with a microbiology research project on the effect of antioxidants on the lifespan of the nematode C. elegans. In a show of appreciation for her efforts, the MIT Lincoln Laboratory named a small asteroid after her: 23238 Ocasio-Cortez.
And she graduated cum laude from BU, with a double major in IR and Econ.
Kind of sad that bartending pays better than the kinds of jobs where that degree is a qualification.
re: #27 sagehen
True. One of my co-workers needed health insurance for her children. She complained that she was not making what her bartending brought in.
re: #29 Eclectic Cyborg
Beyond that, it says a lot about the value and meaning of science.
These ancient cultures could well have had a lot of technological achievements, but they had no means of recording, sharing and building on their cumulative acquired knowledge.
That is one of the most important things that science gave us.
And without those structures, I am sure that a lot of this knowledge was lost and left only traces and hints of what they achieved or could have achieved.
re: #29 Eclectic Cyborg
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The racist underpinning of “Ancient Astronauts” claims has been one of my themes for over 30 years. Stonehenge was built at roughly the same time as the Great Pyramids. There are few if any claims of alien origin for it. Nobody claims aliens built Notre Dame, which was built at the same time as the “magical” and “mysterious” Inca stonework that features in so many woo claims. The latter are usually linked to advertising for self help metaphysics or scientifically dubious health care products, for some reason. The quacks might claim that Notre Dame is not credited to aliens because we have comprehensive written records of the society that constructed it. That is no barrier to many other woo claims, though. Remember that we have pretty good records of the society that ran Roswell Army Air Force Base in 1947, but those records have been buried under a mountain of commercial hucksterism.
re: #31 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Remember that we have pretty good records of the society that ran Roswell Army Air Force Base in 1947, but those records have been buried under a mountain of commercial hucksterism.
I think that the Air Force was happy to go along with the alien stuff to keep people distracted from what they were really up to, which was testing and further developing equipment that we had confiscated from Nazi Germany…
re: #31 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
The racist underpinning of “Ancient Astronauts” claims has been one of my themes for over 30 years. Stonehenge was built at roughly the same time as the Great Pyramids. There are few if any claims of alien origin for it……
That is no barrier to many other woo claims, though. Remember that we have pretty good records of the society that ran Roswell Army Air Force Base in 1947, but those records have been buried under a mountain of commercial hucksterism.
Of course, the Roswell stories don’t have any racist underpinnings. All of these stories may arise because of a desperation to believe that we are not alone in the universe and that the stories of alien origin/alien contact provide comfort.
re: #32 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I think that the Air Force was happy to go along with the alien stuff to keep people distracted from what they were really up to, which was testing and further developing equipment that we had confiscated from Nazi Germany…
The Nazis had nothing to do with the surveillance balloon project that was the real back story at Roswell. Other things the Nazis did not invent:
Liquid fuel rocket (Goddard US, 1926)
Gimballed rocket motor (also Goddard, 1936. Von Braun and his team were aware of this innovation but were never able to use it.)
Hypergolic (self-igniting) rocket propellants (JPL, US, 1942)
Submarine snorkel (Netherlands Navy, 1939)
Turbojet engine (Whittle, UK, 1929)
Cavity magnetron, which was crucial for high resolution radar (UK, 1940)
Proximity fuse (US Navy, 1942) This would have made a huge difference to German air defenses in 1943-45.
re: #33 Hecuba’s daughter
Of course, the Roswell stories don’t have any racist underpinnings. All of these stories may arise because of a desperation to believe that we are not alone in the universe and that the stories of alien origin/alien contact provide comfort.
My point is that the existence of written records is not what prevents certain achievements from being credited to aliens.
re: #33 Hecuba’s daughter
Of course, the Roswell stories don’t have any racist underpinnings. All of these stories may arise because of a desperation to believe that we are not alone in the universe and that the stories of alien origin/alien contact provide comfort.
If the aliens ever show up with quasi-magical tech, we are going to be the easily-subjugated savages.
re: #36 Decatur Deb
If the aliens ever show up with quasi-magical tech, we are going to be the easily-subjugated savages.
They won’t bother. We are subjugating ourselves just fine without their help.
re: #36 Decatur Deb
If the aliens ever show up with quasi-magical tech, we are going to be the easily-subjugated savages.
If aliens ever want to show up all they have to do is play the Revelations card and there will be enough suckers to fall for it.
Speaking of aliens and UFOs, I have noticed an upsurge of interest in this on the political right, especially out in flyover country as opposed to national GOP thought-leaders like Limbaugh and Alex Jones.
In Lubbock, for example, RWNJ radio host Robert Pratt has taken to prattling about alien visitation and UFOs almost as much as he vilifies AOC and Jussie (still a major devil in RW demonology).
Former Democratic chair turned libertarian nut-bar Todd Klein has also joined the Ufologists, with frequent allusions to Roswell especially.
Pratt, btw, is the one who refers to Bill De Blasio as a communist as casually as though De Blasio were the actual candidate of the CPUSA. Also taken for granted is the Marxist orientation of Clinton and Obama.
This seems odd at first glance, but it actually dovetails well with anti-government dogma, since Roswell happened under FDR acolyte Truman’s watch, and with anti-science agitation, since the notion of back-engineered alien tech denies Earth bound scientists credit for many of their achievements.
re: #39 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
… the notion of back-engineered alien tech denies Earth bound scientists credit for many of their achievements.
And that’s where you see none of those yokels have much of an engineering background, to put it mildly. I mean, holy jesus batman on a pogo stick, reverse engineering complex tech is often not even all that much less of an involved, complex, bloody brilliant process than independent invention. And that’s not even getting into materials engineering issues (identifying what a substance *is* often doesn’t remotely tell you *how* it’s made, for starters) and pretty much everything to do with producing many complex, modern products.
I mean, you can have perfect knowledge of how modern integrated circuits work but it’s going to teach you precisely the sum of diddly and squat about the photolithography equipment used to make them.
…Yeah, I know, what was I expecting from those folks. Still, though. geesh.
Sheesh! Age can be blamed for everything. Every time I notice a typo in something I’ve written, I have a very brief impulse to worry that it might be attributable to my advanced age. Then I remember that I made the same kinds of errors when I was young. Then I feel bad at the lack of improvement over 50 years of practice.
Otoh, age can serve as a ready made excuse for practically anything. Every foul-up, slip-up, brain-fart, and dumb mistake can be blamed on age. When you’re 25, the reaction to such things is likely to be “WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU? DID YOUR BRAINS FALL OUT?”
Now, at 70, it’s more like, “There, there, it’s all good. Here, sit by the fire and have some milk and cookies.”
I guess we’ve earned it.
I remember Erich Von Däniken pimping his Ancient Astronauts books in the early 70s. He even appeared on Carson’s show multiple times. Rod Serling even did a TV show about his claims.
Then when it came out he was involved in an embezzlement scheme and convicted he sure faded fast.
re: #41 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Sheesh!
Now, at 70, it’s more like, “There, there, it’s all good. Here, sit by the fire and have somemilk and cookieschocolate and adult beverages.”
I guess we’ve earned it.
FTFY
re: #41 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Now, at 70, it’s more like, “There, there, it’s all good. Here, sit by the fire and have some milk and cookies.”
I guess we’ve earned it.
18 months away from Medicare and counting. Only thing that gives me real pleasure anymore is a good up of coffee.
re: #43 Backwoods_Sleuth
Sheesh!
Now, at 70, it’s more like, “There, there, it’s all good. Here, sit by the fire and have somemilk and cookieschocolate and adult beverages.”I guess we’ve earned it. FTFY
An excellent suggestion. A shot of Famous Grouse in the milk might make the cookies even better. In fact, I might forgo the milk entirely.
re: #43 Backwoods_Sleuth
FTFY
I can’t have chocolate. The only adult beverages I can have are the aforementioned coffee and tea…
Speaking of booze, it seems odd to me that Trump is a teetotaler. I guess it’s tokenism: There has to be at least one mortal sin that he does not habitually commit.
Is anyone else wondering how many unsecured cell phones crossed the DMZ among Trump, Ivanka, etc?
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) June 30, 2019
re: #47 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I can’t 100% explain it, but not drinking seems to be a common narcissist power move; like, the most basic way of standing out from a crowd and/or suggesting you’re a little smarter/healthier/in control. Seen it both in direct experience and with famous examples.
Read this the other day at TPM. Excellent graphic description/graphic novel. Highly rec.
My stepdad worked with von braun in the early 60’s. Spoke of him like an idol.
It may be shocking to some, but being someone’s daughter actually isn’t a career qualification.
It hurts our diplomatic standing when the President phones it in & the world moves on.
The US needs our President working the G20. Bringing a qualified diplomat couldn’t hurt either. https://t.co/KCZMXJ8FD9— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 30, 2019
re: #45 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
An excellent suggestion. A shot of Famous Grouse in the milk might make the cookies even better. In fact, I might forgo the milk entirely.
That’s my approach to rum cake.
re: #31 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Nobody claims that aliens built the Parthenon.
re: #53 Deep State SuperElite Satinist
Nobody claims that aliens built the Parthenon.
Well, actually I have a kind of wild theory I’ve been working on…
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Very gratifying that Gene is still with us and will participate in the 50th anniversary. Many spaceflight buffs never realized that Gene, the boss of bosses during the flight, was actually younger than the 3 Apollo 11 astronauts.
Former NASA Flight Director Gene Kranz Restores Mission Control in Houston
Gene Kranz may be the most famous flight director in NASA’s history. He directed the actual landing portion of the first mission to put men on the moon, Apollo 11, and led Mission Control in saving the crew of Apollo 13 after an oxygen tank exploded on the way to the lunar surface.
Now Kranz, 85, has completed another undertaking: the reopening of Mission Control at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
The room where Kranz directed some of NASA’s most historic missions, heralding U.S. exploration of space, was decommissioned in 1992. Since then, it had become a stop on guided tours of the space center, but fallen into disrepair. Kranz has led a $5 million dollar, multi-year effort to restore Mission Control in time for the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing on July 20.
re: #47 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Speaking of booze, it seems odd to me that Trump is a teetotaler. I guess it’s tokenism: There has to be at least one mortal sin that he does not habitually commit.
He acts drunk all the time tho
There’s just something so cool seeing a baseball game being played in London….
trump in the dmz…
“And in Genoa, ‘tis now the fashion to pin a live frog to the
shoulder-braid, stand on a bucket, and go ‘bibble’ at passers-by.” @pitchblacksteed https://t.co/OsBuGlnq36 pic.twitter.com/dofzCnVx87— Moley𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕄𝕠𝕝𝕖 (@MoleyMole01) June 30, 2019
Grist for the conspiracy mill:
Joe Biden was born on the very day that allied forces captured Benghazi in World War II.
November 20, 1942
Yes, the same Benghazi. There are no coincidences!
Remind us how being a bartender qualified you to be a member of Congress creating laws, voting on bills that impact Americans & the world.
Let’s not go there & start comparing your resume to @IvankaTrump’s experience & resume.
She also takes no salary. Way to support women… https://t.co/xM8PBkfyIF— PARIS (@PARISDENNARD) June 30, 2019
Take a seat. She isn’t doing this for her country. She doesn’t work for us. pic.twitter.com/ABT8DP1yoR
— Laura Mc (@Txkidatheart) June 30, 2019
John Logie Baird, inventor of the first workable television system, died on the very day that noted reality television star Donald Trump was born.
June 14, 1946
re: #47 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Speaking of booze, it seems odd to me that Trump is a teetotaler. I guess it’s tokenism: There has to be at least one mortal sin that he does not habitually commit.
His older brother was an alcoholic who died young; Donald was Son #2, and not drinking is why Fred took him into the business as heir apparent.
It’s always about money for this yutz.
how about iraq and such as pic.twitter.com/LWoElMnJqg
— ᑕᕼᑌᑎK (@chunkled) June 30, 2019
What’s more expensive than a $5,000 deductible?
Our medical bills. Every fucking year. https://t.co/3DLiN2xq9g— Lori (@IsTrumpCareDead) June 30, 2019
You know what’s WORSE than a $5,000 deductible on an Obamacare plan?
A $5,000 deductible on a #ShortAssPlan or non-ACA compliant plan that doesn’t cover most of your costs. So you pay that deductible PLUS however many thousand dollars are not covered under the plan.— Lori (@IsTrumpCareDead) June 30, 2019
$5,000 deductible that covers ALL essential health benefits is much better than a plan that doesn’t cover prescription drugs or hospital admission or chemo or has an annual cap.
So stop running your mouth about the shortcomings of the ACA unless you actually plan to IMPROVE it.— Lori (@IsTrumpCareDead) June 30, 2019
I swear, the two are lumbering toward each other…
BREAKING: President Trump meets with Kim Jong Un at the DMZ, becomes first US president to enter North Korean territory. https://t.co/E3qCPidlpp pic.twitter.com/eUjC7XYluC
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 30, 2019
re: #66 Backwoods_Sleuth
Yes, it looks like that.
re: #67 PhillyPretzel
Yes, it looks like that.
a couple of ancient bull elephants on their last legs…
re: #66 Backwoods_Sleuth
US wrestling legend Ric Flair faced Japanese wrestling legend Antonio Inoki, in North Korea in 1995.
That was a bigger event.
I seem to recall that both Lindsey Graham and John Boehner were the sons of bartenders and grew up working in those bars. https://t.co/I0AJo1WfCO
— Gary Legum (@GaryLegum) June 30, 2019
re: #68 Backwoods_Sleuth
a couple of ancient bull elephants on their last legs…
With tiny trunks….there must have been an accident.
re: #70 Backwoods_Sleuth
And locally former City Councilman Frank Rizzo Jr (Frannie) was a lineman for PECO. There are all types of people with all types of jobs who end up in politics.
*Segregated schools are ok* is a bold take, Jon.
— Deirdre (@Celticlassy10) June 30, 2019
It’s embarrassing and unacceptable how The Hill and others still just publish Trump lies without stating that they are lies. It’s a monumental failure of basic journalism and helps Trump create misinformed voters. Do better @thehill. https://t.co/USgHks0vp3
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) June 30, 2019
She just creeps me out.
This is not a joke. The White House really put this video out. https://t.co/f0lyvcwQEx
— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) June 29, 2019
The media is well trained now.
The presidency is not a TV show. Reporting on it this way glosses over all the hard parts and risk. Democracy dies in dumb headlines. https://t.co/tdjfC2QJ1N
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) June 30, 2019
(From downstairs)
re: #291 Feline Fearless Leader
You’d probably need to look for a town/city with a decent college in it which might also supply a bit of a liberal bastion to make the area more tolerable.
When my mother moved back east for Oregon in the mid-90s she picked Meadville, PA to look for an apartment in. Was equidistant to people see wanted to visit, had a decent college in it (Allegheny) and was a bit of a cultural center for that area of northwest PA. And was close enough to Pittsburgh that she could drive down and use the airport there for travel. (Though she usually came down and stayed with me the night before traveling since I could give her a ride into downtown where she could get a shuttle to the airport.)
Holy Crap! MEADVILLE? That’s where I went to college, where my Mom and one sister went to college, where Mrs. FBW and I met and she seduced me.
But, I can tell you from personal experience, it’s COLD!!!!
— Andrew McCarty (@amgrossen) June 30, 2019
re: #66 Backwoods_Sleuth
I swear, the two are lumbering toward each other…
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Donald’s jacket is buttoned & his tie is tucked inside his pants.
What made him do that?
re: #79 The Vicious Babushka
Donald’s jacket is buttoned & his tie is tucked inside his pants.
What made him do that?
tie caught in his zipper because he couldn’t see below his gut
re: #79 The Vicious Babushka
Donald’s jacket is buttoned & his tie is tucked inside his pants.
What made him do that?
Sunburn?
Went for a nice ride today. It was a beautiful day for it, especially if I’d started an hour earlier so Cañada Road northbound wasn’t a slog into a headwind!
Two things happened. First, I heard THE LOUDEST FREEWHEEL EVER! Coasting downhill with that guy behind me sounded like being chased by bees!
Second, I passed a younger woman (younger than me, anyway.) Southbound on Cañada on a slight decline, who was going about 2 mph slower than me. A mile later, on an incline, she passed me, going about 2 mph faster.
I thought, “That’s okay. She’s younger and she has stronger legs.”
She gained about 50 yards on me before the crest. On the downhill again, without even pedaling, I quickly re-closed the gap.
I thought, “That’s okay. I’m fatter and I have better hubs.”
Then for the next mile and a half which is mostly flat, she was about 5 yards ahead of me, going almost exactly the same speed I wanted to go. I did everything I could to make sure I wasn’t slipstreaming her, but we were just rolling along in tandem. Finally I decided that I’d better pass her or she’d think I was just a Dirty Old Man!
It’s rare to find another cyclist who wants to go the same speed. It’s annoying if it’s an attractive woman and she’s right in front of you and you’re trying not to be creepy, but you also don’t want to seem to be a macho asshole who can’t stand being passed by a GURL!
Anyway, I hope she wasn’t creeped out. I’m a nice guy, really!
Reminder: we never heard abut the dossier or the Trump investigation that was supposedly intended to influence the outcome of the election until after the election was over.
Worst. Conspirators. Ever. https://t.co/KV0jCxrkie— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) June 30, 2019
September 2017
Kim Jong-un released a statement where he called Trump a “frightened dog” and a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard” https://t.co/wqHAJ5IDin
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 22, 2017
Photo break? Sorry to just jump in. Ran out for one of my “gee shoot myself or go shoot pretty pics?” stress reliever road trips. Okay I overstate. Sanity Maintenance if you will.
Cleveland National Forst, east of San Diego environs. The first eight are from today, the next few are a trip I made a couple of years ago.
It’s like bring your daughter to work day……. #TheResistance #Ivanka #ImpeachmentHearingsNow https://t.co/cLkMKEOKDz
— Beth 🌊🌊🌊 (@Beth32017) June 30, 2019
U.S. taxpayers are being charged upwards of $750 per child per day to house immigrant kids in deplorable conditions in FOR-PROFIT detention centers.
At that rate we could put them up at the Disneyland Hotel, let them play in the park all day, & still save money. #WTFF #AMJoy— Ron Asher (@rmasher2) June 30, 2019
re: #73 Scottish Dragon
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The “NeverTrump” crowd is again lecturing us on how we need to take to the right if we want to win? Ho-fucking-hum.
re: #86 The Vicious Babushka
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re: #78 Backwoods_Sleuth
— Andrew McCarty (@amgrossen) June 30, 2019
re: #87 Scottish Dragon
$750 a day? Gee. That is close to my mortgage payment a month.
re: #88 Targetpractice
The “NeverTrump” crowd is again lecturing us on how we need to take to the right if we want to win? Ho-fucking-hum.
I don’t need to hear another goddamned thing from Max Boot, Bret Stephens, David Frum and David Brooks. Oh, and Tom Nichols too.
re: #91 PhillyPretzel
That’s one month’s rent for me.
Performance art is not diplomacy #TheResistance #Resist https://t.co/dg5dkC3uGp
— Pie Overlord (@Pie_Overlord) June 30, 2019
re: #73 Scottish Dragon
I saw that Frum tweet this morning.
Says the chicken hawk who championed the Iraq War which killed hundreds of thousands of people. Shut the fuck up. https://t.co/EPS3kaxjWf
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) June 30, 2019
Apparently international diplomacy is no longer about years of careful negotiations and iron-clad treaties, but instead publicity stunts that accomplish little but help the media sell their “reality TV” narrative.
I’m thinking I better be more careful of what I say on Twitter. Sucks, but I’m actually a wee bit more paranoid now because Alouette, gocart mozart, and nines09 all have had their primary accounts deep sixed for seemingly arbitrary reasons.
re: #98 teleskiguy
I’m thinking I better be more careful of what I say on Twitter. Sucks, but I’m actually a wee bit more paranoid now because Alouette, gocart mozart, and nines09 all have had their primary accounts deep sixed for seemingly arbitrary reasons.
Just spout neo-nazi rhetoric and tweet veiled threats at lefties. You’ll be fine.
//
re: #98 teleskiguy
I just don’t regret walking away from that platform
re: #98 teleskiguy
I’m thinking I better be more careful of what I say on Twitter. Sucks, but I’m actually a wee bit more paranoid now because Alouette, gocart mozart, and nines09 all have had their primary accounts deep sixed for seemingly arbitrary reasons.
For me, it was no reason.
re: #98 teleskiguy
I’m thinking I better be more careful of what I say on Twitter. Sucks, but I’m actually a wee bit more paranoid now because Alouette, gocart mozart, and nines09 all have had their primary accounts deep sixed for seemingly arbitrary reasons.
Like this.
“My readers are too stupid to realize my brilliant commentary,” says the fucking nazi that has a column in the @nytimes. Go suck an egg, nazi. https://t.co/d8CcmKyDus
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) June 30, 2019
Does that violate TOS? It appears not, ‘cause I still have an account. Still, my stridency will probably have to be dialed back. I don’t want to lose my followers.
re: #6 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I don’t think you can call North Korean concentration camps “concentration camps”.
How about “congregations” if they are christian?
re: #103 Old Liberal
I don’t think you can call North Korean concentration camps “concentration camps”.
How about “congregations” if they are christian?
Forced congregations would really appeal to evangelicals.
So I see that Kamala Harris is now being fully attacked for “supporting Israel”.
This is going to be difficult thing for Democrats: finding someone who can pass all the purity tests.
Working people that GOP dismiss as “just a waitress/cook/etc” contain multitudes, & are just as capable & intelligent as anyone.
Classism - judging someone’s character by their income - is disappointing to see from them.
What is so appalling to GOP about having an honest job?— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 30, 2019
In other words, Republicans who criticize my being a waitress as evidence of lacking skill can take their classism to the trash.
You are insulting the capacities and potential of virtually every working person in America (&the 🌎) for having experience that’s earned, not bought.— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 30, 2019
(And that’s if they even take out their own trash, which I doubt)
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 30, 2019
My flame, my muse… be still my heart… ❤️
re: #106 teleskiguy
AOC is on target. She is absolutely right.
WOW!!! Another capture of the #hail accumulations with the severe #hailstorm in Guadalajara, #Mexico this morning 30th of June! Photo 📸: Abel Barragán #severeweather #ExtremeWeather pic.twitter.com/7LzXr4fn11
— WEATHER/ METEO WORLD (@StormchaserUKEU) June 30, 2019
Four feet of hail.
And here is the ice is in river form:
River of hail during the severe hailstorm in Guadalajara, Mexico today, June 30th! Report: Boltein Del Tiempo pic.twitter.com/3gFEvrO04h
Looks like blood vessels within a tissue sample. Actually, it’s the roads of Germany. https://t.co/ZvtKW5XCXk pic.twitter.com/Yjde99op13
— Cliff Pickover (@pickover) June 30, 2019
Oh no.
Legendary motorbike racer Carlin Dunne dies in crash at Pikes Peak Hill Climb https://t.co/DSs7L8HuL3
— Denver Post Breaking (@DenverPostBrk) June 30, 2019
You can’t celebrate #SFPride without dancing. pic.twitter.com/2aSXy8Uc2Z
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) July 1, 2019
It boggles me… that if the only acceptable Democratic candidate for President has to be one that comes out in opposition to Israel (and not just a particularly onerous policy of the current Israeli government)… that people believe such a candidate can be elected in the US in 2019.
I’m hardly a Zionist myself, but in the era of Trump where American policy is to torment children and families, and to destroy the essential safety nets in our society, and to reinstate segregationist policies and to curtail voting rights… I really don’t care about minor but intractable international conflicts.
I fear that narrow ideological campaigns will become a tripping point for the Democratic party, when the big picture demands we look at the health of American society and politics as a whole.
…oops
Maybe this will work:
A cartoonist was fired for drawing a cartoon about the death of Oscar Alberto Martinez and his daughter Angie.
No one in the Trump Administration has been fired as a result of its treatment of migrants seeking asylum, like Oscar and Angie. https://t.co/YIzaID0Uhx— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) June 30, 2019
re: #106 teleskiguy
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My flame, my muse… be still my heart… ❤️
She worked her way up. The GOP leadership is full of men and women who got to where they got to by inheritance. That and her ethnic background and seeing through their economic bs is why they hate her.
re: #113 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
“I’m not a relativist..”
Yes, yes you are Tucker. That is exactly what you are.
re: #122 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
“I’m not a relativist..”
Yes, yes you are Tucker. That is exactly what you are.
He’s a hack.
re: #113 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
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Decades of doing business with genocidal dictators taken to its logical conclusion.
UPDATE — >> Stand-up paddler killed on the Arkansas on Saturday ID’d as Boulder man. Stunning first-person account by @jasonblevins https://t.co/nZYsTN10Xt
— The Colorado Sun (@ColoradoSun) July 1, 2019
Been a rough river season so far. Eight people have died this season.
Local GOP grifter Hunter-the-Lesser is taking the Trumpian defense:
Congressman Duncan Hunter’s defense lawyers Friday asked a judge to bar federal prosecutors from using evidence of infidelity in the criminal case against Hunter, who is accused of improperly spending $250,000 in campaign dollars on personal expenses.
Prosecutors recently filed motions alleging Hunter spent campaign donations on hotels, trips, meals and drinks to support extramarital affairs he had with at least five women.
[…]
Was the story about John Georges’s 25-year-old daughter Eliza “Liza” Blaise Georges working in the Trump administration supposed to have been embargoed for the past two years, because, for some reason, I’ve never seen it reported anywhere.
Weird, huh? pic.twitter.com/Dpw86AC5ee— Lamar White, Jr. (@LamarWhiteJr) June 30, 2019
Ladies and gentlemen, introducing the lawyer for the Advocate: https://t.co/zscN1Bys3K
— Lamar White, Jr. (@LamarWhiteJr) July 1, 2019
The fact that the newspaper that just swallowed up its top competitor in Louisiana is owned by a guy whose daughter works in the Trump White House is certainly newsworthy. @LamarWhiteJr, good work. https://t.co/KL081izfEg
— 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗺𝗮𝗻 (@ashtonpittman) July 1, 2019
re: #126 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Local GOP grifter Hunter-the-Lesser is taking the Trumpian defense:
Duncan’s argument in this motion basically boiling down to “When I fucked those women, it was for purely political reasons! I would never have an affair for personal pleasure!”
re: #73 Scottish Dragon
That’s awfully white of him.
It’s tomorrow in Paris so Happy 103rd Birthday to Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland DBE. pic.twitter.com/43S1YAX2kH
— Burnside Gooch (@akakarenwilson) July 1, 2019
re: #131 Backwoods_Sleuth
Happy B’day Dame Olivia.
en.wikipedia.org
You don’t need photoshop. Here’s an actual photo of Ivanka posing with an Olympic medal that someone else trained and sacrificed their entire life to earn. pic.twitter.com/BxmrGTuuF0
— Darren Kaplan (@DarrenKaplan) June 30, 2019
I cannot stop watching the way the POTUS hair creature flutters in the wind. pic.twitter.com/MATzsDWvWU
— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) June 30, 2019
re: #109 Belafon
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Four feet of hail.
I thought this was crazy and couldn’t be true, but I went and found a report from a reputable news outlet (Agence France Presse): france24.com
And then this video:
This is unheard of.
re: #75 Skip Intro
She just creeps me out.
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So like I go into this like salon place, y’know
And I wanted like to get my toenails done
And the lady like goes, oh my God, your toenails
Are like so GRODY
It was like really embarassing
She’s like OH MY GOD, like BAG THOSE TOENAILS
I’m like sure…— The 3-D Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) July 1, 2019
re: #135 mmmirele
I thought this was crazy and couldn’t be true, but I went and found a report from a reputable news outlet (Agence France Presse): france24.com
And then this video:
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This is unheard of.
Certainly reminiscent of “The Day after Tomorrow” — except Mexico was fine but everything north of that latitude was experiencing the environmental catastrophe.
This is Marley and Max. They’re a little pupset #PrideMonth is coming to an end, but they need you to know they’ll never stop supporting you. Both 14/10 #PrideMonthPuppo pic.twitter.com/vQpHJbQdGC
— WeRateDogs™ 🏳️🌈 (@dog_rates) June 30, 2019
A normal person can be a Republican with an unusually high-openness personality, be alienated by Trump, and then go become a regular Democrat.
But if you’re a #NeverTrump pundit it’d be a bad career move to just become a replacement level liberal pundit.— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) June 29, 2019
re: #131 Backwoods_Sleuth
Wow!! I didn’t know she was still alive. It’s hard to believe that someone who acted in Gone With the Wind is still with us.
Just ignore his name. The comment is the important part:
someone who’s not an incompetent, ignorant, narcissistic sociopath would be a significant improvement so the bar’s pretty low https://t.co/70S5P9YFPq
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) June 29, 2019
Sound up. pic.twitter.com/9QXT09xdNA
— ElElegante101 (@skolanach) July 1, 2019
It’s like she’s in the Truman Show and she thinks she’s who people tune in for. https://t.co/Jg4vXAjLhu
— Glenn Fleishman (@GlennF) July 1, 2019
It’s a national emergency, join our unity government; also we offer you nothing and we’re moving full speed to the left.https://t.co/WaGj67OrwJ
— Ross Douthat (@DouthatNYT) June 28, 2019
I also feel like sanity and a lack of corruption is not nothing, as a start. Respect for NATO, for the Intelligence agencies, for the rule of law, for the first amendment, for compliance with the emoluments clause. But yeah we are going to disagree on policy and it is a Primary.
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) June 28, 2019
Sorry Brian, rather the government murder brown children than people who earn 100X more than me have to pay the same tax rate as teachers.
— Tom Stoyton (@TomStoyton) June 29, 2019
The last one is just pretending to be Ross’s interpreter.
(all of these stolen from balloon-juice.com)
18 months to the election and the “NeverTrump” crowd is playing the same tune they play every 2 years: “WHY AREN’T DEMOCRATS DOING MORE TO MAKE ME HAPPY!?”
re: #26 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Right now @MSNBC live NBC Korea expert Victor Cha says meeting Kim at DMZ is like having the Super Bowl when you haven’t played a single game. This meeting should be at the end of successful talks not when there’s been no progress
Nothing will ever happen:
-trump:. Give up your nukes
-kim:. I’m never gonna give up my nukes
What “successful” talks are possible with these two?
re: #143 Belafon
Just ignore his name. The comment is the important part:
someone who’s not an incompetent, ignorant, narcissistic sociopath would be a significant improvement so the bar’s pretty low https://t.co/70S5P9YFPq
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) June 29, 2019
I’m offering them the back of my hand. If we can get out the vote and mobilize the formerly apathetic, we don’t need to convert a single Trump dupe. We may be able to chisel off a few of the genuinely penitent around the edges but that’s it.
re: #105 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
So I see that Kamala Harris is now being fully attacked for “supporting Israel”.
This is going to be difficult thing for Democrats: finding someone who can pass all the purity tests.
As if she’s the only Democratic candidate who supports Israel. What nonsense.
I wanna ask the “NeverTrump” crowd about how successful their predictions this time last year that the Repubs would ride to victory in November due to the Trump Tax Cuts turned out to be. Or their insistence in 2012 that Obama needed to “reach out” to them if he wanted to win reelection. Or that he had to win over the “PUMA” crowd to win in 2008?
re: #149 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I’m offering them the back of my hand. If we can get out the vote and mobilize the formerly apathetic, we don’t need to convert a single Trump dupe. We may be able to chisel off a few of the genuinely penitent around the edges but that’s it.
That’s my take. A nominee that will inspire Democrats to turn out to vote will do far better than one who tries to pull in Trump Republicans, because they. will. not. turn.
re: #150 Patricia Kayden
As if she’s the only Democratic candidate who supports Israel. What nonsense.
Some academic leftists appear to have a problem with the Democratic candidates, more some than others.
I think that the ivory tower syndrome is real.
re: #147 Targetpractice
18 months to the election and the “NeverTrump” crowd is playing the same tune they play every 2 years: “WHY AREN’T DEMOCRATS DOING MORE TO MAKE ME HAPPY!?”
As 147 suggests
It’s your conscience
Take some fucking personal responsibility
Stop blaming others for how you “feel”
I imagine that if asked, the “NeverTrump” crowd would give the same response that Hickenlooper did the other night, that of a mumbling excuse-making stream about how the Dems need to avoid “socialism” if they want to win. They can’t name a policy that they actually think Dems should run on, because they’d find themselves so in agreement with Trump that the whole “Oh, we’re nothing like him!” BS would crumble around their fucking ears.
re: #149 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I’m offering them the back of my hand. If we can get out the vote and mobilize the formerly apathetic, we don’t need to convert a single Trump dupe. We may be able to chisel off a few of the genuinely penitent around the edges but that’s it.
re: #153 Belafon
That’s my take. A nominee that will inspire Democrats to turn out to vote will do far better than one who tries to pull in Trump Republicans, because they. will. not. turn.
When Democrats vote Democrats win
re: #156 Targetpractice
I imagine that if asked, the “NeverTrump” crowd would give the same response that Hickenlooper did the other night, that of a mumbling excuse-making stream about how the Dems need to avoid “socialism” if they want to win. They can’t name a policy that they actually think Dems should run on, because they’d find themselves so in agreement with Trump that the whole “Oh, we’re nothing like him!” BS would crumble around their fucking ears.
Rule 1: don’t vote for trump
If you don’t vote for trump the Democrats will win
I’m a simple man.
All I want out of a President is someone who :
- won’t bankrupt my retirement account;
- will fight the explosion in medical costs so I won’t die because I can’t afford to go the hospital;
- won’t start a war;
- doesn’t make graft and corruption into some sort of honor;
- won’t try to take away voting rights;
- won’t make cruelty the basis for how we treat migrants.
Please don’t burden me with all the hobby issues of conflicts around the world, that become fashionable for a season in some society circle.
Ooohkay. So the whole US media has decided to refer to Trump’s reckless North Korean stunt as “historic,” without mentioning that this MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE A GOOD THING.
It isn’t just Trump - there’s something broken in the whole chain of information.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 1, 2019
re: #149 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I’m offering them the back of my hand. If we can get out the vote and mobilize the formerly apathetic, we don’t need to convert a single Trump dupe. We may be able to chisel off a few of the genuinely penitent around the edges but that’s it.
20,000 votes. 20,000.
What’s up with racist nazis declaring that their bones aren’t racist?
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) June 30, 2019
for no reason at all i want to share this 2014 piece i wrote on “racist bones” https://t.co/ImmCh7me7G
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) June 30, 2019
Kim Jong-un: “I moved on Trump like a bitch. When you’re a tyrannical dictator, he’ll let you do it. He’ll let you do anything.”
— Middle Age Riot (@middleageriot) June 30, 2019
My wife caught a story about a Native American cartoonist in New Mexico named Ricardo Cate. This is a cartoon by him:
My wife showed me some funny ones but she’s much better at google than me.
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Dems ran in 2018 on preserving and expanding the ACA. The “NeverTrump” crowd declared that suicidal, that the ACA was so unpopular that the Dems would lose votes over it.
Dems ran in 2018 on turning back the Trump Tax Cuts and raising taxes on the rich. The “NeverTrump” crowd insisted those Cuts were secretly very popular and that the Dems would lose votes for supporting tax increases.
Dems ran in 2018 on gun control and tackling gun violence. The “NeverTrump” crowd wrote long rants about how both were wildly outside the “mainstream” and would send voters screaming into the arms of Republicans.
I could go on and on, but the reality is the Dems ran on a progressive set of policies and stances not even a year ago, to the disapproval and dire predictions of the “NeverTrump” pundits. They did the same the year prior in VA, running a slate of progressive candidates to the disbelief of the “NeverTrump” crowd who insisted that his brand of “populism” made such a strategy totally untenable.
When @RicFlairNatrBoy wrestled Inoki (@Inoki_Kanji) in 1995 in Pyongyang - that was “historic”.
This latest stunt by Trump probably will accomplish even less.— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) July 1, 2019
re: #161 Charles Johnson
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They had the same mutual masturbation session after that first “summit.” And the “agreement” to meet face-to-face prior to that. The press truly are acting like this is one massive reality TV show.
re: #77 Blind Frog Belly White
(From downstairs)
Holy Crap! MEADVILLE? That’s where I went to college, where my Mom and one sister went to college, where Mrs. FBW and I met and she seduced me.
But, I can tell you from personal experience, it’s COLD!!!!
My family is generally fine with colder weather - especially if it helps keep and hold snow. Entire family is cross-country skiers. (Though I haven’t been out for years since Philly area doesn’t keep snow well.)
As for Allegheny, my brother went there for his undergraduate degree as well. It was my second choice after Pitt, but I could go to engineering school at the latter.
re: #143 Belafon
WSJ Editorial Page
Democrats march in lockstep with the left. What are they offering voters who backed Trump in 2016?
Wait … Democrats are marching in lockstep? I thought they were in disarray!
re: #15 jaunte
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As a resident of an island built on the service industry, and as someone who counts a disproportionately large number of bartenders and servers among my friends and neighbors: I heartily affirm that Piers should go fuck himself.
Talking shit about service people tells you all you need to know about his credibility.
I just remembered that the “NeverTrump” crowd were all braying like sheep last October about how Donny staging a “confrontation” at the border over the caravan “invasion” put the Dems in a dire situation, that they had to either back his “enforcement of the law” or else look like they were supporting unrestricted immigration by “invaders.”
re: #170 Deep State SuperElite Satinist
Wait … Democrats are marching in lockstep? I thought they were in disarray!
We’re in lockstep disarray. We are that good.
And really, since we are that good, we really should be governing.
re: #166 Targetpractice
Dems ran in 2018 on preserving and expanding the ACA. The “NeverTrump” crowd declared that suicidal, that the ACA was so unpopular that the Dems would lose votes over it.
Dems ran in 2018 on turning back the Trump Tax Cuts and raising taxes on the rich. The “NeverTrump” crowd insisted those Cuts were secretly very popular and that the Dems would lose votes for supporting tax increases.
Dems ran in 2018 on gun control and tackling gun violence. The “NeverTrump” crowd wrote long rants about how both were wildly outside the “mainstream” and would send voters screaming into the arms of Republicans.
I could go on and on, but the reality is the Dems ran on a progressive set of policies and stances not even a year ago, to the disapproval and dire predictions of the “NeverTrump” pundits. They did the same the year prior in VA, running a slate of progressive candidates to the disbelief of the “NeverTrump” crowd who insisted that his brand of “populism” made such a strategy totally untenable.
It would help if the never trumpers simply never voted for trump
re: #174 DangerMan
It would help if the never trumpers simply never voted for trump
In the end, if they act like Navarro, who not only voted for Hillary, she pushed to get others to, that would be great. But yeah, just don’t vote for Trump if that’s the best you can do.
re: #143 Belafon
Just ignore his name. The comment is the important part:
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Sanity and Competence aren’t enough?
re: #174 DangerMan
It would help if the never trumpers simply never voted for trump
It would help even more if they voted for the Democrat, no matter who is the nominee (although I will give them a pass if the nominee is Williamson). Many never Trumpers did not vote for Trump in 2016; so it’s preferable that they actually vote D.
What I cannot really understand is how so many GOP officials and columnists, who lambasted Obama for his inadequacy in dealing with Putin, have fallen in love with Putin. This switch leaves me dumbfounded.
re: #177 Hecuba’s daughter
It would help even more if they voted for the Democrat, no matter who is the nominee (although I will give them a pass if the nominee is Williamson). Many never Trumpers did not vote for Trump in 2016; so it’s preferable that they actually vote D.
What I cannot really understand is how so many GOP officials and columnists, who lambasted Obama for his inadequacy in dealing with Putin, have fallen in love with Putin. This switch leaves me dumbfounded.
That’s actually what I meant
I didn’t express myself fully
Alabama voting.
2012 Romney v Obama 60—38%
2016 Trump v Clinton 62—34
2017 Doug Jones v Moore 50—48
2018 Ivey (R) v Maddox (D) 59—40
One of these things is not like the others.
To me, he will always be Spider-Pig.https://t.co/BjBOXTiu6S
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 1, 2019
re: #179 Decatur Deb
Alabama voting.
2012 Romney v Obama 60—38%
2016 Trump v Clinton 62—34
2017 Doug Jones v Moore 50—48
2018 Ivey (R) v Maddox (D) 59—40One of these things is not like the others.
If we could just figure out how to make Moore a metaphor for the GOP.
re: #180 Charles Johnson
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He really should have been Porker-Nid, but it doesn’t have the same flow.
re: #85 Rightwingconspirator
THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL.
There was a convention of idiots on the M-10 freeway last night. I am glad I was not coming back from Canada.
Viral video: Cars block traffic, do donuts on Lodge freeway https://t.co/8KDCUWcq8u
— Detroit Free Press (@freep) July 1, 2019
I didn’t do this one, I swear! @cnn did. #InsertIvanka pic.twitter.com/BDwLvms5tF
— Michael Ⓜ️ (@michaelschweitz) July 1, 2019
re: #181 Belafon
If we could just figure out how to make Moore a metaphor for the GOP.
He’s their second avatar in my mind, after Trump.
re: #138 Joe Bacon 🌹
President Trump had a trilateral meeting with Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Abe, followed by a bilateral meeting with PM Modi. Here is the readout:
At least the twitter responses to the “readout” are good and on point.
re: #187 retired cynic
At least the twitter responses to the “readout” are good and on point.
They really are.
This thread:
Democrats running for president as Disney characters thread. Warren is Cinderella because she can talk to literally anyone including animals I guarantee it. pic.twitter.com/yLlfWR4Pio
— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) July 1, 2019
So Portland Police say they sent out the tweet about cement milkshakes based on random info circulating from an unspecified source. Then, they imply that the info in the tweet was not totally baseless because someone emailed them a “recipe” AFTER they sent the tweet.
Amazing. https://t.co/ACKiXIAx7o— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) July 1, 2019
A federal judge told US House and Senate Democrats they can begin collecting financial evidence about Donald Trump’s businesses in the emoluments lawsuit. Sen. Richard Blumenthal explains why he considers the ruling “historic.” https://t.co/zbU2ZXprdq
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 30, 2019
Ivanka Trump’s dress cost 4,590 dollars. pic.twitter.com/gp4YHqEO1P
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) July 1, 2019
re: #192 Backwoods_Sleuth
Somebody shoot me if I ever spend that much on a piece of clothing.
re: #192 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Not the dress, the price, nor the wearer seem in any way exceptional.
JFC CNN he’s still gonna just keep on calling you Fake News no matter how much you do ass kidding Fake News shit like this
Ivanka Trump has played an unusually prominent role during President Trump’s trip to Asia, assuming duties beyond that of a first daughter or senior aide on the world stage https://t.co/3FMLbBfR3K
— CNN (@CNN) July 1, 2019
re: #195 The Vicious Babushka
JFC CNN he’s still gonna just keep on calling you Fake News no matter how much you do ass kidding Fake News shit like this
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Did she fuck any foreign leaders?
More bullshit about “people crying”
President Trump: “I actually stepped in with Chairman Kim — I stepped in to North Korea and they say, and they say that’s a historic moment… Many people, I noticed, from Korea were literally in tears crying. Crying, because this big thing. It’s a big thing.” pic.twitter.com/SCBtq1vQWX
— The Hill (@thehill) July 1, 2019
re: #195 The Vicious Babushka
Ivanka really is Donald’s minder. It’s so obvious.
But major corporate media editors are afraid to call out the obvious.
re: #197 The Vicious Babushka
More bullshit about “people crying”
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I’ll cry when he comes back.
re: #197 The Vicious Babushka
Narrator: Actually, the North Koreans who were crying had guns pointed at them at the time.
re: #108 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Someone should do a black velvet painting of that fellow. He reminds me of those big eyed puppy “art” pieces.
Something I wrote a few days ago while spending time down by the water:
Low Tide
It comes and it goes,
but why? I don’t know.
Just another little mystery
Of life I suppose.
It exposes and hides,
What nature keeps deep inside.
Sometimes it’s quite narrow,
others it stretches out wide.
It ebbs and it swoons,
By the will of the moon.
The old cosmic dance,
To a long ago tune.
It’s the unflappable motion,
from the heart of the ocean.
And to the grains of sand
Shows its quiet devotion.