Samantha Bee’s Scathing Take on Jeffrey Epstein’s Friends in High Places [VIDEO]
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Turns out all you need in order to escape proper punishment for your heinous crimes is a couple of good pals! Who knew?
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Left hanging on the last thread:
re: #271 Teddy’s Person
Someone active on Twitter should tweet the video of John McCain pushing back against the woman claiming Obama was something (don’t quite rememeber exactly what racist talking point she threw out). Not that it was in any way effective, but it’s John McCain. We all know how Trump feels about the late Senator McCain.
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Video of the woman and McCain’s response. She also sent gave out claiming former President Obama was an Arab and a Muslim after.
She was interviewed after the late Senator chastened her in public (in the same clip). She also sent four hundred letters saying “all sorts of bad things about him” and after being told “he’s a Christian” she responded “he’s still got Muslim in him.”
CLed
re: #304 Patricia Kayden
Lots of White people. I don’t know if Black people were obtuse to Reagan’s racism. When he died, I don’t recall seeing many Blacks lining up to view his body in the capitol despite D.C. having a substantial Black population.
I think a lot of white people even opponents saw him as a kindly grandfather type. I don’t agree with that. I see Reagan as a Proto-Trump.
This is the tweet from Adam Klasfeld that really made me sit up:
“We just need her to disappear.” 🔽 https://t.co/3sRflCAJde
— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) July 18, 2019
From the last thread:
re: #323 A Mom Anon
There are tons of “liberal hunting permit” stickers around here now. Even on farm equipment. They started showing up during the Trump campaign.
re: #4 Anymouse 🌹
From the last thread:
There are tons of “liberal hunting permit” stickers around here now. Even on farm equipment. They started showing up during the Trump campaign.
Wingers laugh at what happened in Argentina and Chile.
Narrator: He’ll try to stop it? As if. https://t.co/0RZImGqgVd
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 18, 2019
re: #5 HappyWarrior
Wingers laugh at what happened in Argentina and Chile.
How’d that turn out for Pinochet and his supporters, and Peron and his?
The son of a bitch knows this is wrong but being worshipped is more important than what is rughtZ
re: #6 Charles Johnson
Like he stopped violent attacks at his rallies in 2016?
re: #8 Anymouse 🌹
How’d that turn out for Pinochet and his supporters, and Peron and his?
You mean Videla? Pinochet had Margaret Thatcher advocating for him and the Processo had many members die as free men. I’d get more into it but my work break is almost over.
If the chants break out the band can just do a loud rendition of the Horst Wessel Lied.
And now, Mitt Romney returns in “Profiles in Courage.”
Smell the bravery. https://t.co/ROicbY6syk— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 18, 2019
re: #12 Decatur Deb
If the chants break out the band can just do a loud rendition of the Horst Wessel Lied.
Or this.
For Trump to admit anything means he/they know it’s horrible. Just like they flipped from ‘Russia? LOL!’ to ‘Russia? Who Cares? LOL!’ they’ll flip from ‘Not Racist’ to ‘Is loving your country racist?’ to ‘If hating people who hate America is racist, I’m racist.’
It’s happening.
re: #13 Charles Johnson
McCain would have done it on the spot. Trump just sat and soaked it in.
— Zachary M. (@DiracDeltaForce) July 18, 2019
and mccain lost
— Jon Smith (@Cramshananteen) July 18, 2019
re: #11 HappyWarrior
Sorry, mixed my dictators up. Videla in Argentina’s dirty war.
re: #18 Anymouse 🌹
Better to lose with dignity than win with filth.
Representative @IlhanMN sponsored a bill meant to help VICTIMS of 9/11.
The Republican Party BLOCKED the bill then told its sponsor to go back to Africa.
They call this “patriotism.”— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) July 18, 2019
re: #5 HappyWarrior
Wingers laugh at what happened in Argentina and Chile.
I had a difficult time to keep from assaulting a man at Walmart I saw wearing a T-shirt saying Pinochet Helicopter Tours. Considering my parents were both university employees (janitor and librarian) and union members, they’d have been high on a murder list in Pinochet’s Chile.
re: #8 Anymouse 🌹
How’d that turn out for Pinochet and his supporters, and Peron and his?
The right wing generals in Argentina after Peron were much worse.
re: #20 KGxvi
Better to lose with dignity than win with filth.
Or as republicans say “win at any cost”
re: #10 Anymouse 🌹
Like he stopped violent attacks at his rallies in 2016?
Didn’t he offer to post bail for anyone who got arrested for roughing up people who were protesting him?
re: #1 Anymouse 🌹
Left hanging on the last thread:
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Video of the woman and McCain’s response. She also sent gave out claiming former President Obama was an Arab and a Muslim after.She was interviewed after the late Senator chastened her in public (in the same clip). She also sent four hundred letters saying “all sorts of bad things about him” and after being told “he’s a Christian” she responded “he’s still got Muslim in him.”
such a good Xtian…
re: #18 Anymouse 🌹
Trump wouldn’t have beaten Obama.
Finally seeing some conservative pushback, if mealy mouthed, couched in reductionism, with a tinge of both sides. Not enough, but hey, it’s something. A few of them may have some semblance of morality left.
re: #28 BigPapa
Finally seeing some conservative pushback, if mealy mouthed, couched in reductionism, with a tinge of both sides. Not enough, but hey, it’s something. A few of them may have some semblance of morality left.
Naw, it’s just zombie action….
re: #18 Anymouse 🌹
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So any kind of scumbaggery is ok as long as you win (if you are on the correct side of course)? Ain’t that America
re: #28 BigPapa
Finally seeing some conservative pushback, if mealy mouthed, couched in reductionism, with a tinge of both sides. Not enough, but hey, it’s something. A few of them may have some semblance of morality left.
They know there will be war crimes/crimes against humanity trials eventually. They just want plausible deniability for when that happens even though they’re quite happy with the crimes themselves.
This week is beating me down.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 18, 2019
In 1 Alaska community, where priests and church volunteers sexually abused a generation of children in the ‘60s and ‘70s, and the 2017 death of a teenage girl has gone unsolved, all 7 of the current police officers have been convicted of domestic violence. https://t.co/81wGXpVxPW
— ProPublica (@propublica) July 18, 2019
re: #32 Charles Johnson
Me too. But John Lewis gives me some juice back when I need it.
So very sad.
B.C.’s beloved killer whales seem to be struggling to find enough food, and researchers worry the end is near for the unique southern resident population. https://t.co/FsZwGQ4qFV @bethanylindsay
— CBC News (@CBCNews) July 18, 2019
re: #32 Charles Johnson
Now imagine being someone who has dealt with this for their entire life, and a group that has dealt with it for over 100 years.
re: #16 Anymouse 🌹
Liz Thinks Trump is a 4D Chess Master Using Acosta to Snare Epstein (goes to Utah Outcasts, X is on a road trip for work so he’s recording solo from a motel room, caution for adult language, 8:01)
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Mark Taylor continues to babble his insane rants, too!
Employees at USCIS (who are responsible for processing legal immigration requests) have been asked by their superiors to help enact Trump’s hateful immigration agenda.
In an email, staff was asked to “volunteer” to help ICE with administrative tasks.https://t.co/fllcCdFrDt— CAP Action (@CAPAction) July 18, 2019
Stranger Things 3 spoiler. This was such an amazingly good scene.
Stranger Things minor spoiler to follow…
When Robin tells Steve she’s gay after he confesses his love and then he’s chill as fuck and goes back to being her friend, even starting to talk about her crush. THAT is the down to earth writing of male characters I want to see— Osden (@so_nault) July 18, 2019
Steve’s character like 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼 lemme show y’all how being an okay human being is done. People don’t only deserve to be treated well or only have value if you think you can pursue a relationship with them
— Osden (@so_nault) July 18, 2019
re: #39 goddamnedfrank
I agree with you. Joe Keery and Maya Hawke had great chemistry together.
Well the Twitter account Reagan Battalion goes all in on racism against Rep. Omar.
A person behind that account seems to be saying they’re Jewish, and they view Omar as the real racist here, not Trump.
That account for a long time put itself forward as a “principled conservative” looking for constructive dialogue.
This is, there has never been such a thing as “principled conservatives” at any time in the USA’s history.
I was expecting Reagan Battalion to lower the mask, I just didn’t think the poster would fight to die on the hill of conservatism over Trump’s racist tweets.
Meanwhile, Sen. Rubio pulls the “both sides” card over Trump’s racist rally:
The tweet was wrong & the chant last night grotesque
The left wing politicians & many in the media demanding outrage are self righteous hypocrites
And the “outrage & response cycle” allows for only 2 sides & demands you pick or else
It’s a stupid game that I refuse to play pic.twitter.com/AhM4epeqNx— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) July 18, 2019
Sure, that explains why he stood there beaming during the chant, basking in the reflected glow of his own racism.
You are a sniveling, credulous slug— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) July 18, 2019
re: #38 MsJ
How convenient. If you take USCIS employees off their work (and I guarantee you this ain’t “a request to volunteer”), they can’t process legal immigration requests.
Fancy that. Trump doesn’t want legal immigrants. That works out pretty nicely.
re: #42 goddamnedfrank
im old enough to remember when the worst thing about you was that you strapped a dog to the roof of your car
— amy brown (@arb) July 18, 2019
re: #38 MsJ
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There’s nothing more Republican than asking people to work for free. The day the term “gig economy” was coined, the GOP had a collective orgasm. It makes it easier for corporations (and now the government) steal people’s labor.
My grandfather lost his entire family to the Holocaust in Poland.
You will not use our family’s pain as a shield for your ugly racism against a black congresswoman.
Jews criticize Israel. Israelites criticize Israel, you absolute dumb racist pricks. https://t.co/nvWUG7pBpL— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) July 18, 2019
Nice deflection from Reagan Battalion, not addressing the claim.
I’m Jewish, idiot, my grandfather lost his life in the same gas chamber.
— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) July 18, 2019
Decrying Trump as racist is simple & important. Preserving true democracy-where every eligible vote is counted & every voice is heard-takes work. Let’s fight to show @IlhanMN, @AyannaPressley, @RashidaTlaib, @AOC & every refugee, worker & patriot we demand more for OUR nation.
— Stacey Abrams (@staceyabrams) July 18, 2019
I need stuff like this to remind myself that there are still lots of good people out there.
This man just asked me to “please stop speaking Spanish” on this plane to NYC (in his defense it’s very early and he’s racist) so the man next to him STARTED SPEAKING SPANISH and then the flight attendant and my GOD i have never wanted to get up and dance more than i do now.
— Jaime Primak (@JaimePrimak) July 16, 2019
my shocked face…
#ELB “William Barr’s donations to Senate Republicans spiked just before they confirmed him as attorney general” https://t.co/80OB8sTFuR pic.twitter.com/6l1WhTpB2J
— Justin Levitt (@_justinlevitt_) July 18, 2019
re: #28 BigPapa
Finally seeing some conservative pushback, if mealy mouthed, couched in reductionism, with a tinge of both sides. Not enough, but hey, it’s something. A few of them may have some semblance of
moralitythoughts of self preservation left.
re: #50 Backwoods_Sleuth
my shocked face…
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Isn’t there a term to describe that? ‘Pay to….something?’
I thought that was bad…
re: #41 Anymouse 🌹
The tweet was wrong & the chant last night grotesque
The left wing politicians & many in the media demanding outrage are self righteous hypocrites
And the “outrage & response cycle” allows for only 2 sides & demands you pick or else
It’s a stupid game that I refuse to play
- it was wrong
- but since i found something i can pretend to hang on ‘the left wing’, i can look like i’m above all of it
(you’re not marco)
re: #48 Teddy’s Person
I need stuff like this to remind myself that there are still lots of good people out there.
That’s what good people need to do instead of “not get involved”; shame the racists back into their holes.
There have always been racists. They always need to be shown their behaviour is unacceptable in a civilised society.
re: #46 Anymouse 🌹
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israel is a country
it is run by people
those people change over time through elections (theoretically)
agreeing or disagreeing with the policies or politics of israel, the country, has nothing to do with judiasm the religion
and fwiw, no position on israel or any other country is a litmus test for being an american
Hey brad, the building only holds 8,000 people. #liesandthelyingliarsthattellthem https://t.co/ZknjXk5kz2
— Andrew Zimmern (@andrewzimmern) July 18, 2019
I wonder how Trumps first-rate hires include lying on their resumes.
Relavent Experience
* Two years heading up the Falsification Unit at Wolfram and Hart
re: #57 Teddy’s Person
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I wonder how Trumps first-rate hires include lying on their resumes.
Relavent Experience
* Two years heading up the Falsification Unit at Wolfram and Hart
*Seen all your rallies on Fox
*Follow you on Twitter
re: #56 DangerMan
israel is a country
it is run by people
those people change over time through elections (theoretically)agreeing or disagreeing with the policies or politics of israel, the country has nothing to do with judiasm the religion
and fwiw, no position on israel or any other country is a litmus test for being an american
Longstanding joke in Israel - two Israelis arguing results in at least 3 positions. Arguing is a way of life in Israel - about everything. There’s very few things that all Israelis can agree on (one of them being that peace is preferable to the alternative) but how you get there is rancorously debated.
Embattled Republican Rep. Duncan D. Hunter was issued a cease-and-desist letter from the Marine Corps for using its official emblem and slogan in a campaign mailer that targeted three Muslim officials. Source: WaPo
re: #48 Teddy’s Person
I need stuff like this to remind myself that there are still lots of good people out there.
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My wife is half-Mexican, and fluent in Spanish. I know enough Spanish to get by. We taught our son (now 5.5 years old) Spanish, and it was his first language. We always try to speak in Spanish at basically any time he’s not in school. I know a day is coming where a jackass will lip off to us because of this.
re: #57 Teddy’s Person
I wonder how Trumps first-rate hires include lying on their resumes.
Relavent Experience
* Two years heading up the Falsification Unit at Wolfram and Hart
Does he have demons working for him? /s
LOL
Are you going to believe math, or Advanced Quantum Trumpnumerics?
— Lenny Kleinfeld (@LennyKleinfeld) July 18, 2019
re: #61 Mike Lamb
My wife is half-Mexican, and fluent in Spanish. I know enough Spanish to get by. We taught our son (now 5.5 years old) Spanish, and it was his first language. We always try to speak in Spanish at basically any time he’s not in school. I know a day is coming where a jackass will lip off to us because of this.
Tell ‘em this is America, where we believe in free speech…and that means we can say whatever we want, however we want and in what language we want.
re: #57 Teddy’s Person
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Relavent Experience
* Two years heading up the Falsification Unit at Wolfram and Hart
Really wish my alma mater would revoke Parscale’s diploma.
I love the Squad.
In a chaotic moment outside the Capitol, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) — trailed by a mob of cameramen and reporters — stopped in the middle of Independence Avenue, shut down two lanes of traffic and gave an impromptu news conference responding to Trump supporters who chanted at President Trump’s rally Wednesday that she should leave the country.
“I am not [scared for my safety]. What I’m scared for is the safety for people who share my identity,” Omar told a gaggle of journalists on Thursday.
“This is not about me. This is about fighting for what this country should be and what it deserves to be.” Souce: The Hill
re: #61 Mike Lamb
My wife is half-Mexican, and fluent in Spanish. I know enough Spanish to get by. We taught our son (now 5.5 years old) Spanish, and it was his first language. We always try to speak in Spanish at basically any time he’s not in school. I know a day is coming where a jackass will lip off to us because of this.
My wife and I don’t have any children (my son is from my previous marriage).
I speak and read Andalucian Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese and can read French and technical German, and my wife speaks Colorado’s native Spanish (the accent is quite different), Polish, and enough German to get by as a tourist.
We’ve been known to switch to Spanish in public, or when speaking to someone who’s native language is Spanish in a store or restaurant.
Prosecutors asked Judge Trenga to hold off on a ruling until after the jury renders a verdict. He is considering that now on a short recess. This request indicates the govt is worried Trenga is leaning toward tossing the case. If he does, then govt will almost certainly appeal.
— Brandi Buchman (@BBuchman_CNS) July 18, 2019
Prosecutors are worried that the judge might toss the case?! This whole affair reeks.
The case relates to Flynn’s business partners.
re: #61 Mike Lamb
My wife is half-Mexican, and fluent in Spanish. I know enough Spanish to get by. We taught our son (now 5.5 years old) Spanish, and it was his first language. We always try to speak in Spanish at basically any time he’s not in school. I know a day is coming where a jackass will lip off to us because of this.
When I was a kid delivering papers in Ambridge PA I’d hear people speaking Greek, Italian, Polish, Serbo-Croatian, Russian, Dutch, German, Chinese, Yiddish, French and Danish.
Nobody fussed about what language they spoke…
BREAKING: Trump says US Navy shot down Iranian drone, escalating tensions in Gulf region https://t.co/C7MUHJF1EI
— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) July 18, 2019
JUST IN: President Trump says the U.S. Navy has shot down an Iranian drone. “The drone was immediately destroyed,” Trump said.
He said the drone was within 1000 yards of the U.S.S Boxer and ignored calls to stand down and was threatening the safety of the ship’s crew.— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) July 18, 2019
Big Brother Alert.
Trackers from tech companies like Google and Facebook are logging your most personal browsing details, according to a forthcoming New Media & Society paper, which scanned 22,484 pornography websites. Where that data ultimately goes is not always clear. Source: NYT
Well guys. Not even a month into my new job, me and the other temps got laid off. This is what happens when you have a President that cares more about scapegoating immigrants than the environment
Tech companies prove yet again that working the refs with BS claims of shadow banning and etc work for conservatives. Giving into this kind of intellectual dishonesty is a slippery slope to being the mouthpiece for fascists: https://t.co/yj83g3wiAl
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) July 18, 2019
re: #73 HappyWarrior
Well guys. Not even a month into my new job, me and the other temps got laid off. This is what happens when you have a President that cares more about scapegoating immigrants than the environment
Sucks. Wish I had wise words.
EPA allows continued use of pesticide linked with brain damage
thehill.com
Trump must be spraying this stuff around his rallies.
Search and rescue operation underway for US sailor reported missing in the Arabian Sea (Stars & Stripes, in the last hour or so)
WASHINGTON — Several Navy ships are searching for a missing sailor in the Arabian Sea after a “man overboard” was reported Wednesday by the USS Abraham Lincoln, according to a U.S. Navy 5th Fleet statement.
The USS Abraham Lincoln, the USS Leyte Gulf, the Spanish Méndez Núñez frigate, and the Pakistan Navy Ship PSN Aslat are conducting the search and rescue operations to find the sailor, according the statement.
The 5th Fleet statement did not name the sailor, citing U.S. Navy policy.
re: #78 Anymouse 🌹
Search and rescue operation underway for US sailor reported missing in the Arabian Sea (Stars & Stripes, in the last hour or so)
That is a hell of a fall from carrier deck.. Hope they find him/her.
What infuriates me is we were exceeding expectations on this project. 50 people maybe more just like that unemployed.
re: #73 HappyWarrior
Sorry, Happy. Hoping everything will work out.
re: #82 Joe Bacon 🌹
Sorry, Happy. Hoping everything will work out.
I am sure it will. I just feel pissed because I was enjoying it and I’ve always had trouble with employment long term because of my Aspergers.
re: #83 Anymouse 🌹
I’m curious how exactly you’re going to talk to the drone, which doesn’t have a human operator. You’re going to go and call on the Guard channel? Anyone know how this would work?
I get that there are strict rules of engagement to protect our ships - and that craft that get within a specific perimeter are deemed hostiles and can be shot down/attacked. What separates a drone doing recon and a drone on an attack run…
re: #77 Kilroy was here
EPA allows continued use of pesticide linked with brain damage
thehill.comTrump must be spraying this stuff around his rallies.
Next: The return of leaded gasoline.
70 Catholics arrested in D.C. protest over Trump immigration policies https://t.co/nirBbnv7Ls
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 18, 2019
But these aren’t the right kind of religious people in Trumpworld.
re: #87 mmmirele
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But these aren’t the right kind of religious people in Trumpworld.
After being let go today, I feel like joining them.
re: #85 lawhawk
I’m curious how exactly you’re going to talk to the drone, which doesn’t have a human operator. You’re going to go and call on the Guard channel? Anyone know how this would work?
I get that there are strict rules of engagement to protect our ships - and that craft that get within a specific perimeter are deemed hostiles and can be shot down/attacked. What separates a drone doing recon and a drone on an attack run…
The Straits are controlled by Bandar Abbas airbase/airport. Any concerns about aircraft are routinely radioed in by any vessel to them, including ours.
If there was a drone aircraft trying to overfly the Boxer, depending on how fast it was closing they could call it in to the base or take action.
This presumes Trump didn’t make this up.
Around 80F outside, thunderstorm with heavy rain, and a flash flood watch here to the west of Pretzel Land right now.
#KYSen - Between April and June, the biggest blocks of contributions to Sen. Mitch McConnell’s reelection campaign came from two global financial services firms based in New York https://t.co/VhXIDvDSML
I wish the media would cover Trump’s gaslighting and racism as well as how the GOP are literally selling out our country to the highest bidder. I know, I know. Those who own the media are the same people trying to buy America.
I was minding my own business, decided to check the US Dollar. Boom, down a half percent in a short time, looked around and found that Trump was running his mouth about the Iranian drone being shot down. Are we now going to get a response in the Iranian media from the Iranian president that he was going to attack the US, and then decided not to?
When I let someone use my laptop and realise that I haven’t deleted my browser history. pic.twitter.com/ccy3jQCcZO
— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) July 18, 2019
USA Today poll:
68% believe Trump’s tweets were offensive
59% believe Trump’s tweets are “un-American”
65% believe what Trump said is racist, including a plurality of Republicans (45-34%)
And people are still arguing this was a win for Trump? Seriously?— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) July 17, 2019
Favreau’s dog (as seen in his avatar) looks like a younger Teddy!!
At an event with empty seats, Trump said he has never had an empty seat at any event. https://t.co/jOwyLrVE4m
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 18, 2019
re: #73 HappyWarrior
Well guys. Not even a month into my new job, me and the other temps got laid off. This is what happens when you have a President that cares more about scapegoating immigrants than the environment
Oh, man, sorry to hear. This sucks. Hope a new position comes up soon.
re: #61 Mike Lamb
My wife is half-Mexican, and fluent in Spanish. I know enough Spanish to get by. We taught our son (now 5.5 years old) Spanish, and it was his first language. We always try to speak in Spanish at basically any time he’s not in school. I know a day is coming where a jackass will lip off to us because of this.
8 years middle school, high school and college spanish and in my younger unmarried days i would have said i knew just enough to get in trouble
Anti-Zionism is not anti-Jewish, as a great many Jews can tell you.
— Scott R Charney (@Anarcho_SRC) July 18, 2019
Not even. A great deal of the modern ones don’t want ALL Jews dead, “because the Second Coming can only happen if there are the Jews in Israel who will be converted by Christ’s return”. They just don’t want them anywhere BUT in Palestine. But you knew that, Zionist Antisemite.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) July 18, 2019
re: #94 Teddy’s Person
Favreau’s dog (as seen in his avatar) looks like a younger Teddy!!
And 58% say the tweets were #392 on the list of offensive and disgustingly anti-American things he has said since the start of his presidency.
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re: #95 Backwoods_Sleuth
Same event Parscale claims held 20,000. The venue holds only ~8,000.
One article from heavy.com tried to get into the crowd size and found that several hundred were turned away because the venue was full.
That’s a huge gap between hundreds and 12,000 missing folks.
I rate Parscale as a flaming POS liar.
re: #41 Anymouse 🌹
Well the Twitter account Reagan Battalion goes all in on racism against Rep. Omar.
A person behind that account seems to be saying they’re Jewish, and they view Omar as the real racist here, not Trump.
That account for a long time put itself forward as a “principled conservative” looking for constructive dialogue.
This is, there has never been such a thing as “principled conservatives” at any time in the USA’s history.
I was expecting Reagan Battalion to lower the mask, I just didn’t think the poster would fight to die on the hill of conservatism over Trump’s racist tweets.
Meanwhile, Sen. Rubio pulls the “both sides” card over Trump’s racist rally:
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It’s only a matter of time before someone tells Marco to go back to where he came from. My fellow Cuban Americans who support Trump’s stupidity are in for a shock when the MAGA brigade turns on them.
Nothing on Al-Jazeera.
Al Aribya repeats the Associated Press release.
The USA has been demanding a tanker seized by Iran be immediately released. That tanker is alleged by Iran to be pirated petroleum. He’s threatened to take military action (thanks, John Bolton) if the MT Riah (a Panamanian-flagged vessel) is not released.
Iran claims the vessel was trying to smuggle oil which was stolen to foreign vessels. The Riah was seized in Iranian waters.
There was some confusion about who owns the vessel. It was claimed by some to be owned by a firm in Gibraltar, but the United Kingdom said it did not know of any such vessel in its colony.
So, Trump is scrambling to disavow the “send her back” chants from last night Nuremberg Rally. Did he ever do this with the “lock her up” chants when they started during the campaign or did decades of Clinton Derangement Syndrome make that particularly nugget seem reasonable?
Do you know how much of a gutter-squirming racist mouthbreathing cretin you have to be for a Canadian to draw you this way? They want to see them best in everyone up to maybe Bruin fans. https://t.co/IsLSwdKJfY
— David Simon (@AoDespair) July 18, 2019
re: #100 lawhawk
Same event Parscale claims held 20,000. The venue holds only ~8,000.
One article from heavy.com tried to get into the crowd size and found that several hundred were turned away because the venue was full.
That’s a huge gap between hundreds and 12,000 missing folks.
I rate Parscale as a flaming POS liar.
Wingnuts are already claiming Libtards don’t know there’s an outside to venues!!1!uno!!eleventy£!!
We’ve heard that one before. No one ever seems to have pictures of these enraptured Trump supporters with their glowing faces aimed at the venue filling a parking lot hanging on his every word from loudspeakers or monitors.
re: #105 Anymouse 🌹
Wingnuts are already claiming Libtards don’t know there’s an outside to venues!!1!uno!!eleventy£!!
We’ve heard that one before. No one ever seems to have pictures of these enraptured Trump supporters with their glowing faces aimed at the venue filling a parking lot hanging on his every word from loudspeakers or monitors.
To be honest, all of his rallies have way too many people attending them for my comfort level.
re: #93 Backwoods_Sleuth
I was offered use of a laptop from a person I just met (in person) from a particular fandom. Said person presented themselves as a country bumpkin, very naive and innocent. Laptop had some impressive porn on it. Never quite believed anything they said from then on.
re: #103 Teddy’s Person
So, Trump is scrambling to disavow the “send her back” chants from last night Nuremberg Rally. Did he ever do this with the “lock her up” chants when they started during the campaign or did decades of Clinton Derangement Syndrome make that particularly nugget seem reasonable?
Not sure why he’s supposedly “disavowing” the chants, unless he wants to fool the media.
Oh that’s why.
re: #98 Chrysicat
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- zionism, the idea
- judiasm, the religion
- israel, the country/state and its government
three separate things
these people are one dimensional thinkers
re: #106 Sir John Barron
To be honest, all of his rallies have way too many people attending them for my comfort level.
This is the correct answer.
re: #94 Teddy’s Person
Favreau’s dog (as seen in his avatar) looks like a younger Teddy!!
At the end of the day, the crazy 27% will pull the lever for R-Saddam Hussein, even if they believe the tweets were wildly racist.
re: #101 KGxvi
It’s only a matter of time before someone tells Marco to go back to where he came from. My fellow Cuban Americans who support Trump’s stupidity are in for a shock when the MAGA brigade turns on them.
cuba or florida?
cause i can tell florida don’t want him
NEW Michael Cohen statement: “I and members of Trump Org were directed by Mr. Trump to handle the Stormy Daniels’ matter, including making the hush payment. The exoneration of Trump Org’s role should be of great concern to the American people and investigated by Congress.” https://t.co/qbRdJTb7h9
— Polly Sigh (@dcpoll) July 18, 2019
re: #106 Sir John Barron
To be honest, all of his rallies have way too many people attending them for my comfort level.
like those palm beach ladies on CNN this AM, it’s the same 8000 at every rally //
re: #104 gocart mozart
As a proud Vancouverite, I appreciate you taking the time to clearly demarcate the line between the rest of y’all and Bruins fans. It is appreciated. Thank you.
— Tim Lewinson (@VancouverTim) July 18, 2019
BREAKING: The guy who invited a Holocaust denier to the State of the Union is totally down with Trump’s racism. https://t.co/SaFtDHgFgw
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 18, 2019
What the Daily Caller wrote versus the statement we sent them.
Pure gaslighting. pic.twitter.com/g0dVYoqvVd— Jared Holt (@jaredlholt) July 18, 2019
And if you want to know what I actually thought about the CNN thing, it’s right here on my public profile for the whole world to view at any time:https://t.co/DcAVSxPjJC
— Jared Holt (@jaredlholt) July 18, 2019
My Republicypher representative Adrian Smith weighs in on the arson attack in Kyoto.
As co-chair of the U.S.-Japan Congressional Caucus, my deepest condolences go out to the people of Japan after the terrible arson attack in Kyoto. The victims and their families are in our prayers. #PrayForKyoani
— Rep. Adrian Smith (@RepAdrianSmith) July 18, 2019
re: #94 Teddy’s Person
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Favreau’s dog (as seen in his avatar) looks like a younger Teddy!!
Favreau is assuming that offensive, un-American, and racist are bad things to Republicans. I wouldn’t assume that.
re: #116 Charles Johnson
Matt Gaetz, the guy who came out publicly against investigating Jeffery Epstein in February.
Donald Trump issues a proclamation declaring the US Flag shall be placed at half-mast on the day of interment of retired Associate Justice John Paul Stevens.
The Supreme Court says Associate Justice Stevens will lie in repose in the Great Hall of the Supreme Court on July 22. The public is invited to attend.
He will be laid to rest on July 23 at Arlington National Cemetery.
re: #119 Skip Intro
Favreau is assuming that offensive, un-American, and racist are bad things to Republicans. I wouldn’t assume that.
Trump is going to get 40% of the vote in 2020, because that really is the low water mark in modern presidential elections in a two person race. The Democratic nominee is going to get 40% as well. The question will be the other 20%. Some will be moderate swing voters, some will be new voters, some will be people who sat out the last election (or two). The goal is to win an overwhelming majority of them. And Trump is doing what he can to lose them… that’s the important thing.
re: #122 KGxvi
Trump is going to get 40% of the vote in 2020, because that really is the low water mark in modern presidential elections in a two person race. The Democratic nominee is going to get 40% as well. The question will be the other 20%. Some will be moderate swing voters, some will be new voters, some will be people who sat out the last election (or two). The goal is to win an overwhelming majority of them. And Trump is doing what he can to lose them… that’s the important thing.
You’d have to go further into a state by state accounting, since the national polls wont address the distribution to get you to 270.
Overall, the popular vote will likely go for the Democrats again. But how that jibes with the EC is the mystery.
oh dear for them
“A reelection campaign dominated by incendiary chants of ‘send her back’ is a worst-case scenario for President Trump, warn senior Republicans who are moving swiftly to douse a political prairie fire sparked by the commander-in-chief’s use of the mantra to attack some Democrats in Congress,” the Washington Examiner reports.
“The rhetoric reeks of xenophobia and threatens Trump with key voters in critical 2020 battlegrounds.”
“Most Republicans in Congress did not publicly denounce the president… But these same Republicans were so alarmed by the ‘send her back’ chants… they made a special plea to Vice President Mike Pence to stop it from happening again.”
re: #124 DangerMan
But the cowardly craven GOPers wouldn’t go on the record saying that it was racist, xenophobic, and denounced Trump outright. Nope. That would not do.
They had to plead with Pence to implore Trump not to pull this publicly racist stuff again, and stick to the racist policy that they could “defend” on national security rhetoric grounds.
Bulkshit. All of it.
Cucinelli Bores His Way into Trump’s Inner Circle
Politico: “The outspoken immigration hard-liner enjoys a direct pipeline to Trump…”
…
“The newly formed relationship is so tight that Cuccinelli’s boss, acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan, was not even aware of the meetings with Trump, one of the people said. It’s an extraordinary position of power for an official with little relevant policy experience and whose job is to run an agency responsible for processing immigration paperwork and vetting asylum applicants, not border enforcement.”
Evidence
— Dadsman (@Dadsman5) July 18, 2019
Thanks. Here is some more evidencehttps://t.co/J8TuCoZJPC
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) July 18, 2019
re: #124 DangerMan
“Most Republicans in Congress did not publicly denounce the president… But these same Republicans were so alarmed by the ‘send her back’ chants… they made a special plea to Vice President Mike Pence to stop it from happening again.”
Mother will never let the VP intervene - after all, why is it that the VP calls his wife “Mother”….
re: #5 HappyWarrior
Wingers laugh at what happened in Argentina and Chile.
yeah, well, let’s see how hard they laugh when they discover just how much violence left-wing paramilitary groups can organize when necessity calls for it.
Do I hear a “But What About Obama” in the Crowd?? Anyone?? Anyone??
— 🦈E-Mail Terminator🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) July 18, 2019
re: #128 Eric The Fruit Bat
Mother will never let the VP intervene - after all, why is it that the VP calls his wife “Mother”….
sometimes i just serve up the pitch and leave it hanging
you got it in one
re: #128 Eric The Fruit Bat
Mother will never let the VP intervene - after all, why is it that the VP calls his wife “Mother”….
If Pence calls his wife “Mother”, does that mean that Pence himself is a “Mother-fucker”?
/really low-hanging fruit…
re: #123 lawhawk
You’d have to go further into a state by state accounting, since the national polls wont address the distribution to get you to 270.
Overall, the popular vote will likely go for the Democrats again. But how that jibes with the EC is the mystery.
Fair point.
I’m basing it off of past results. The closer the winner gets to 60%, the much more likely the EC will be a blow out. The split is more likely when the popular vote difference is within about 2-3% percentage points nationally (at least based on previous elections).
Maybe that sort of analysis doesn’t work anymore, but I suspect it might hold and that 2000 and 2016 will remain outliers.
re: #131 DangerMan
sometimes i just serve up the pitch and leave it hanging
you got it in one
Never serve this Fruit Bat with a easy lob…too bad it won’t hit hit its intended target….
re: #132 TedStriker
Lowest quat on the tree…….
re: #124 DangerMan
“The rhetoric reeks of xenophobia and threatens Trump with key voters in critical 2020 battlegrounds.”
“Most Republicans in Congress did not publicly denounce the president… But these same Republicans were so alarmed by the ‘send her back’ chants… they made a special plea to Vice President Mike Pence to stop it from happening again.”
Trump made his bed - he (and the GOP) have to lie in it.
re: #130 Dave In Austin
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from the article: “Trump isn’t an anti-Semite and his support for Israel ought to cut him some slack.”
again conflating hatred of jewish people and ‘support’ for israel the state
and the fact that you declare he’s not an anti-semite doesnt cut it much
though and why should his support for the state/country cut him any slack?
and why would he need some slack cut his way?
re: #53 makeitstop
Isn’t there a term to describe that? ‘Pay to….something?’
I thought that was bad…
people went to prison for it in the 50’s over spinning records, for crying out loud. you’d think democracy itself might be considered as important.
re: #61 Mike Lamb
My wife is half-Mexican, and fluent in Spanish. I know enough Spanish to get by. We taught our son (now 5.5 years old) Spanish, and it was his first language. We always try to speak in Spanish at basically any time he’s not in school. I know a day is coming where a jackass will lip off to us because of this.
Years ago, my ex and I were out for lunch and had agreed to only use sign language to communicate (she was a speech therapist and we were taking classes).
A couple sitting a few tables away started making extremely rude and bigoted comments about us, obviously thinking we were deaf. I confess that we practiced a lot of swear signs as we listened but didn’t react as they continued.
On the way out, we passed by their table. My ex loudly commented that they were assholes. I agreed and included that they were bigots as well.
The look on their faces as they realized we’d heard them was priceless, as were the chuckles from other patrons who’d heard everything.
There have always been assholes and bigots. And they need to be shamed.
re: #132 TedStriker
If Pence calls his wife “Mother”, does that mean that Pence himself is a “Mother-fucker”?
/really low-hanging fruit…
Oedipus Pence
re: #124 DangerMan
oh dear for them
And they have it more right than those who worry about Democrats. If Democrats can nearly sweep the Iowa seats in 2018 when Trump was screaming “Illegal horde of dangerous migrants”, then its the Republican problem he keeps up with it. Yes, the Democrats might have won because of a different message, but one of the problems Republicans did have was that Trump drowned out their message.
Thanks everyone. I just blew off steam with now former coworkers
re: #136 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m getting a real Frankenstein’s Monster vibe from that.
in the backrooms:
“look, we’ll support whatever he does, but cant you get him to shut up publicly?
re: #137 Eric The Fruit Bat
Trump made his bed - he (and the GOP) have to lie in it.
Fun facts, five states that Trump won in 2016 were so close that the difference between Trump and Clinton was less than the vote totals for Johnson and Stein:
Arizona - 3.54% difference between Trump and Clinton; 5.46% to Johnson and Stein
Florida - 1.2% spread, 2.88% to Johnson and Stein
Michigan - .23% difference, 4.66%
Wisconsin - .77% difference, 4.62%
Pennsylvania - .72% spread, 3.19%
Florida and Arizona have populations that aren’t likely to take well to Trump’s blatant racism; that should help turn out. And hopefully the ground game in the other three states can generate better turnout than 2016.
re: #142 Belafon
And they have it more right than those who worry about Democrats. If Democrats can nearly sweep the Iowa seats in 2018 when Trump was screaming “Illegal horde of dangerous migrants”, then its the Republican problem he keeps up with it. Yes, the Democrats might have won because of a different message, but one of the problems Republicans did have was that Trump drowned out their message.
In a presidential election cycle the nominee’s message is the party’s message. Midterms can be a bit more complicated.
re: #146 KGxvi
In a presidential election cycle the nominee’s message is the party’s message. Midterms can be a bit more complicated.
Unless the midterms are about the president.
LOL! Just had the Surface Book 2 show up. I literally have no idea how to turn this thing on!
oh, it’s on the top! the power is on the top! not off to a great start here as an old man trying to pretend I can do more than send an email on a computer.
re: #147 Belafon
Unless the midterms are about the president.
The midterms are always, in part, about the president. Especially in the first term. It’s a matter of how much the president inserts themselves. In 2010, Republicans picked up 6 seats in the Senate and 63 in the House… and a lot of that was about Obama and his policies.
I do not know if this has been posted but “NEW” improved Twitter is now being rolled out and if you despise it as much as me, well, you are not alone.
So if you are on that platform and your band starts playing different songs, there may be a fix. At least for now,
Found a way to go back to the old Twitter! Only downside is that it goes back to the new twitter if you hit the refresh button. Not like you’ll need to hit refresh though.
If I sounded weird in this, it’s because I’m tired.#TwitterRedesign #OldTwitter #NewTwitter #TwitterUpdate pic.twitter.com/khcJ3JxfUg— HyperJacob96 (@HyperJacob96) July 18, 2019
re: #149 steve_davis
oh, it’s on the top! the power is on the top! not off to a great start here as an old man trying to pretend I can do more than send an email on a computer.
Hey I built laptops and I can’t the damn hidden power switches on some of them. They hide them for “style” reasons.
re: #152 Kilroy was here
Hey I built laptops and I can’t the damn hidden power switches on some of them. They hide them for “style” reasons.
one day they’ll be keyless like new cars are
as if a fob isnt a key (its in your pocket, you still gotta carry it, it’s just wireless)
then they’ll evolve and put a keypad on it so you can drop the fob and enter a code to get it open instead
yup 4 or more button pushes instead of the original one
re: #138 DangerMan
from the article: “Trump isn’t an anti-Semite and his support for Israel ought to cut him some slack.”
again conflating hatred of jewish people and ‘support’ for israel the state
and the fact that you declare he’s not an anti-semite doesnt cut it much
though and why should his support for the state/country cut him any slack?
and why would he need some slack cut his way?
I despise the Saudi government. That doesn’t mean I despise Saudi citizens.
re: #150 KGxvi
The midterms are always, in part, about the president. Especially in the first term. It’s a matter of how much the president inserts themselves. In 2010, Republicans picked up 6 seats in the Senate and 63 in the House… and a lot of that was about Obama
and his policiesand their racism.
re: #4 Anymouse 🌹
We also had a lot of those Calvin and Hobbes stickers where Calvin was peeing on a Donkey, get it? Oh isn’t it funny? I’m sorry to see that hunting license sticker has made a comeback. Fuckers.
re: #154 Anymouse 🌹
I despise the Saudi government. That doesn’t mean i despise Saudi citizens.
you are not a one dimensional, black/white thinker
but then i redundant myself
arent you up late, er early, for you?
re: #156 A Mom Anon
Every time I see a “regular” Calvin peeing sticker on truck (it’s always on a truck) I know that’s a person I don’t ever want to meet.
It only figures they came out with a Calvin peeing on a donkey. Vile.
re: #156 A Mom Anon
We also had a lot of those Calvin and Hobbes stickers where Calvin was peeing on a Donkey, get it? Oh isn’t it funny? I’m sorry to see that hunting license sticker has made a comeback. Fuckers.
Well, not much I can do about it.
The Democrats made impressive local gains here in the last election (‘cept me, dammit). We flipped two school boards (my village is divided between two different school districts), blew out the Republican mayor of Bayard with over 80% of the vote, an independent took the mayor of the county seat out (the new mayor is an independent, no Dem ran for that office), took the state board of university regents, put a couple people on the public power district board.
We’re getting there, but it takes time.
re: #157 DangerMan
you are not a one dimensional, black/white thinker
but then i redundant myselfarent you up late, er early, for you?
Yes I’m up way past bedtime for me.
Later today I need to install window air conditioner number three, after returning number two to the store yesterday because the fan seized one minute after I started it.
re: #156 A Mom Anon
We also had a lot of those Calvin and Hobbes stickers where Calvin was peeing on a Donkey, get it? Oh isn’t it funny? I’m sorry to see that hunting license sticker has made a comeback. Fuckers.
Who makes those? Does the artist of the cartoon license them? If not, he oughta sue to protect his copyright.
re: #158 plansbandc
Every time I see a “regular” Calvin peeing sticker on truck (it’s always on a truck) I know that’s a person I don’t ever want to meet.
It only figures they came out with a Calvin peeing on a donkey. Vile.
Usually on trucks, but I see them on the occasional hot-hatchback type vehicles around here. A whole variety of things Calvin is peeing on. I think you can actually buy the Calvin sticker separate and thus have him pee on whatever you want.
re: #161 Anymouse 🌹
Who makes those? Does the artist of the cartoon license them? If not, he oughta sue to protect his copyright.
No, he doesn’t, and he doesn’t like them. There’s very little licensed C&H merchandise. But he’s kind of waited too long so there’s not much he can do about it.
re: #163 Belafon
No, he doesn’t, and he doesn’t like them. There’s very little licensed C&H merchandise. But he’s kind of waited too long so there’s not much he can do about it.
Plus, they’re usually made by small graphics places - guys who have kiosks at the mall. So it’s hard to track them down. Even then, there’s an argument that it could be fair use
re: #145 KGxvi
Our governor in Morning Consult’s state polling approval ratings is currently +54/-34/12 don’t know.
Donald Trump is at +1 here. (He won by +23.)
Sen. Ben Sasse sunk to +50/-30/20 don’t know. (He won with nearly 60%) With independents he’s up +17.
oh dear for mitch
A new Morning Consult poll finds Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is America’s most unpopular senator with voters in his state, with Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) coming in as a close runner-up.
By contrast, the poll shows Sen. Angus King (I-ME) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) leading the list of most popular senators with an overall 62% job approval rating.
note, this is by their own constituents - ie state by state
Gov Bevin is going after the teachers and other state retireees again:
Gov Bevin has issued a detailed 5-page call for the Ky Leg special session, starting Friday, that contains his desired pension language, likely cutting off debate on anyone else’s ideas on the subject. ^JC pic.twitter.com/k1ZTYGsq2Q
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) July 18, 2019
In other words, you will consider my ideas on this and no one else’s, and you had better think twice before you challenge this in court later unless you want the county health dept to get wrecked by exploding pension costs. ^JC https://t.co/n5NbmPS9rV
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) July 18, 2019
Only a governor with a Napoleon complex would file such a bill. The process requires input from everyone. Last I checked, this isn’t a dictatorship. The legislature needs to assert and maintain its independence as a coequal branch of government by rejecting this bill. https://t.co/1UBc8IUkbL
— Gregory Stumbo (@StumboForAG) July 18, 2019
re: #168 Backwoods_Sleuth
Gov Bevin is going after the teachers and other state retireees again:
The legislature can show up, gavel in, and go home.
re: #169 Belafon
The legislature can show up, gavel in, and go home.
given we’re under an excessive heat warning until Saturday night, I can’t imagine that anyone is happy about having to drive to Frankfort for this bullshit.
re: #168 Backwoods_Sleuth
Gov Bevin is going after the teachers and other state retireees again:
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I’m sure he’ll be a front runner to replace Trump. Trumpers love assholes like this.
gauntlet thrown down (and it’s pathetic)
Rand Paul ramps up 9/11 dispute with Jon Stewart, calling him a ‘guttersnipe’ @lesleyclark https://t.co/si631sgHgJ
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) July 18, 2019
How do we know that Trump lied when he said he “didn’t like” the SEND HER BACK chants, other than everything that comes out of his face hole is a lie?
Here he is enjoying the chants for 15 seconds.
One 30 second clip that proves Trump is lying about his reaction to the “send her back!” chants pic.twitter.com/zrg5rwVNpj
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 18, 2019
re: #173 The Pie Overlord!
How do we know that Trump lied when he said he “didn’t like” the SEND HER BACK chants, other than everything that comes out of his face hole is a lie?
Here he is enjoying the chants for 15 seconds.
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he was literally feeding on it
re: #166 DangerMan
Net approval ratings for a few Republicans up in 2020:
McConnell -14%
Collins -3%
Murkowski +1%
Tills -2%
Gardner EVEN
McSally +3%
re: #175 KGxvi
I would be so happy to see Mcconnell go down in flames.
it’s raw story, so I have no idea what it’s about but I find the headline amusing
Dershowitz writes panicky op-ed in anticipation of a New Yorker ‘hit piece’ about him and underage girls https://t.co/OhVbkKqZzz
— Raw Story (@RawStory) July 18, 2019
There is a word that describes “abortion at the last minute of pregnancy”—that word is “delivery.”
So, is Greg Abbott saying he is opposed to “delivery” does he think that a pregnancy should go on and on and on forever? #ProChoice #ProLife #TheResistance #Resist https://t.co/3gjexolLuA— Pie Overlord (@Pie_Overlord) July 18, 2019
re: #176 Eclectic Cyborg
I would be so happy to see Mcconnell go down in flames.
In February McConnell was leading Generic Democrat 45-42 w/12% undecided. I think McGrath could do pretty well in a general against him. But Trump is +15% in Kentucky, so it’ll be a tricky angle to take.
re: #175 KGxvi
Net approval ratings for a few Republicans up in 2020:
McConnell -14%
Collins -3%
Murkowski +1%
Tills -2%
Gardner EVEN
McSally +3%
Murkowski is not up for re-election in 2020. It’s Carpet Bagger Dan Sullivan. I think he could be beat with the right candidate.
re: #180 Cheechako
Murkowski is not up for re-election in 2020. It’s Carpet Bagger Dan Sullivan. I think he could be bet with the right candidate.
My bad, looked too quickly at the wikipedia page. Sullivan is +15% according to morning consult (44/29/27), vulnerable but probably only in a landslide presidential election.
re: #177 Backwoods_Sleuth
it’s raw story, so I have no idea what it’s about but I find the headline amusing
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Here’s some of what it’s about:
In the op-ed, Dershowitz accuses New Yorker editor David Remnick of commissioning “a hit piece against me for the explicit purpose of silencing my defense of President Trump, Prime Minister Netanyahu, and the State of Israel.”
Remnick of course doesn’t select “hit pieces” based on who the hit person supports politically — his was the magazine that opened the Harvey Weinstein floodgates.
Here’s the paragraph that justifies the adjective “panicky”
Dershowitz’s op-ed concludes by warning his supporters to not believe anything written about him whenever the story is finally published.
Trump’s racist screed against Omar was scripted and came off the teleprompter: CNN’s Camerota (Raw Story)
Appearing on CNN’s “New Day,” New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman said that Americans can expect more bashing of non-white lawmakers like Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) from now to election day in 2020 because Donald Trump’s campaign is going to be all about race.
Responding to the president’s rally in North Carolina that even CNN’s chyron referred to as “ugly,” the journalist said Trump’s campaign has flipped from touting the economy to one that is race-based — and it is all because of Trump’s racist tweets from last Sunday.
(more at the link)
snerk
In the sequel, Mav’s been retired from the Navy for 15 years and flying 737 cargo jets out of Hong Kong full of rubber dog shit for Fedex. https://t.co/BLl7BNtw6V
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) July 18, 2019
Restaurant in Greenville, where Donald Trump’s “send her back” rally was held, donates 100% of proceeds to helping immigrants
Kudos to The Scullery restaurant in Greenville!
https://t.co/50JIzfIxas— Judge JuJu {Sassy Since Birth}🌊♉🎵🌟 (@JujuJudge) July 18, 2019
The Access Hollywood tape was released Oct 7 2016, the calls between Cohen, Trump, AMI folks, Hope Hicks began Oct 8. Soon Trump will tell us that because he’s POTUS, campaign finance laws don’t apply to him. Or they’re bad laws he doesn’t have to follow. Or something like that.
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) July 18, 2019
re: #151 Mescalero09
I do not know if this has been posted but “NEW” improved Twitter is now being rolled out and if you despise it as much as me, well, you are not alone.
So if you are on that platform and your band starts playing different songs, there may be a fix. At least for now,
Thank you for this post. I got switched over this morning and I fucking hate it. Now back to the old style.
re: #178 The Pie Overlord!
WHO THE HELL IS SUPPORTING KILLING BABIES AFTER THEY’RE BORN?!?!
re: #178 The Pie Overlord!
Y’all used to elect governors like Ann Richards, who actually cared about you, and who would’ve kicked Greg’s moron ass up and down Austin all day without breaking a sweat.
— Ned Pyle (@NerdPyle) July 18, 2019
re: #181 KGxvi
My bad, looked too quickly at the wikipedia page. Sullivan is +15% according to morning consult (44/29/27), vulnerable but probably only in a landslide presidential election.
Both Murkowski and Sullivan have deep ties with trump so anything could happen.
Right now politics in Alaska is in melt-down mode. Governor Dunleavy’s (R) line item vetos of over $400 million in spending is going to devastate the State. About half the University’s funding was removed along with big cuts to healthcare and senior assistance was removed.
The Legislature has been a 2 ring circus with half meeting in Wasilla and the other half meeting in Juneau. If they can ever get their act together some of the vetos may get over-ridden.
The budget for the State ferries is so bad that many land-locked communities will go 6 weeks without service. We’re not going to be enjoying semi-fresh vegetables or dairy products this winter.
Wife and I are wondering if we will be able to get our motor-home and truck on a ferry so we can be snow-birds this year. Plus, how much the cost will increase.
if trump was so worried about antisemitism he would have condemned the nazis marching in Charlottesvile, but he didn’t and he doesn’t.
— yntbe (@yntbe) July 18, 2019
re: #161 Anymouse 🌹
Bill Watterson has been steadfast in his refusal to license any Calvin and Hobbes merch. He allegedly wasn’t all that fired up to do books of his comics.
So if you see anything C & H, it’s most definitely unauthorized.
This is part of the reason I loathe those stickers. The most important to me though, as a big fan of the strip, is that the meanness of the pissing Calvin is the antithesis of what the strip was about. There’s an inherent playfulness and innocence about C & W. Calvin is very smart and naughty, but he’s never mean.
Did I mention how much I hate those stickers? Because I really do.
re: #192 plansbandc
I don’t like them either.
re: #186 Anymouse 🌹
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So Hope Hicks didn’t commit perjury because the questions when she testified before Congress were all “were you ever present for such & such conversation” and she said no. Today’s released materials says IT WAS ALL ON THE PHONE, so she was sorta being truthful when said she wasn’t present.
Depends what the meaning of “is” is.
Glenn Greenwald on Twitter for his afternoon dragging.
This is repulsive. And yes, very dangerous. https://t.co/6jmSNZ8LBq
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) July 18, 2019
re: #175 KGxvi
Net approval ratings for a few Republicans up in 2020:
McConnell -14%
Collins -3%
Murkowski +1%
Tills -2%
Gardner EVEN
McSally +3%
Gardner at even is very disappointing. That dude doesn’t represent his constituents for shit.
Some interesting details here re: Calvin and Hobbes merch (via Wikipedia):
Later, when Calvin was accepted by Universal Syndicate, and began to grow in popularity, Watterson found himself at odds with the syndicate, which urged him to begin merchandising the characters and touring the country to promote the first collections of comic strips. Watterson refused. To him, the integrity of the strip and its artist would be undermined by commercialization, which he saw as a major negative influence in the world of cartoon art and he came to believe that licensing his character would only violate the spirit of his work. He gave an example of this in discussing his opposition to a Hobbes plush toy: that if the essence of Hobbes’ nature in the strip is that it remain unresolved whether he is a real tiger or a stuffed toy, then creating a real stuffed toy would only destroy the magic. However, having initially signed away control over merchandising in his initial contract with the syndicate, Watterson would commence a lengthy and emotionally draining battle with Universal to gain control over his work. Ultimately Universal did not approve any products against Watterson’s wishes, understanding that unlike other comic strips, it would be near impossible to separate the creator from the strip if Watterson chose to walk away.
One estimate places the value of licensing revenue forgone by Watterson at $300-$400 million. Almost no legitimate Calvin and Hobbes merchandise exists. Exceptions produced during the strip’s original run include two 16-month calendars (1988-89 and 1989-90), a t-shirt for the Smithsonian Exhibit, Great American Comics: 100 Years of Cartoon Art (1990) and the textbook Teaching with Calvin and Hobbes, which has been described as “perhaps the most difficult piece of official Calvin and Hobbes memorabilia to find.” In 2010, Watterson did allow his characters to be included in a series of United States Postal Service stamps honoring five classic American comics. Licensed prints of Calvin and Hobbes can also be purchased through Uclick, the digital division of Andrews McMeel Universal, and have also been included in various academic works.
re: #188 Eclectic Cyborg
WHO THE HELL IS SUPPORTING KILLING BABIES AFTER THEY’RE BORN?!?!
Border Patrol.
re: #188 Eclectic Cyborg
WHO THE HELL IS SUPPORTING KILLING BABIES AFTER THEY’RE BORN?!?!
The Republicans - voting against health care, food, education, and everything else children need to survive. Like everything, it’s all projection on their part.
re: #172 Backwoods_Sleuth
gauntlet thrown down (and it’s pathetic)
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Rand’s a piece of shit who owes his career to misplaced Obama hatred and his stupid father.
CBP is reportedly detaining 3 US citizen children in Chicago to get their non-citizen parents to come forward. We need to know more about this. It sounds both illegal & precariously close to tactics fascist dictators use, if true. https://t.co/4mhFTMHcD4
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) July 18, 2019
They’re taking hostages.
re: #198 sagehen
Border Patrol.
My daughter just completed a high risk pregnancy sort of. Sort of because she only completed 6 months and doctors forced the early birth. Which had the fetus died in transit could have been termed an abortion? Fetus could have also gone septic as amniotic sack ruptured on its own threatening the lives of both. But my daughter would have been prohibited from an abortion until the fetus was stone cold dead?. Would a Caesarean section to remove dying fetus qualify as a birth or abortion? Were the doctors worried about being charged with crimes during this? Is my daughter going bankrupt from medical expenses due to 3 month premature delivery? No, because they all live in Europe. Fuck these evil Americans.
MGS: It is not standard policy to throw away the personal possessions of people seeking asylum in this country, is it?
DS: No. TEDS standards that govern this say that you should be bagging/tagging property…typically would be stored, then given back…when they’re released.— Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (@RepMGS) July 16, 2019
(DS is Assistant Inspector General Diana Shaw)
(video, 0:25)
Congresswoman Omar just arrived back in the Twin Cities. pic.twitter.com/ZiFqWnDJgQ
— Tom Hauser (@thauserkstp) July 18, 2019
re: #205 Backwoods_Sleuth
I have to seriously shudder at that Dumpster photo…it looks tooooo familiar…
Bronx + Queens (& all NYCers!):
This serious heat wave is expected to sustain through the weekend, with heat indices getting as high as 110 degrees.
Please get rest, hydrate, check in on your neighbors and know where your nearest cooling center is:https://t.co/mvUXtVYaJx— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 18, 2019
re: #201 DodgerFan1988
They’re taking hostages.
.@johnvmoore was nice enough to give this update that indicates the kids were released to their Mom. No word on whether anyone else was taken into custody. When we pay attention we can help. https://t.co/c7HBNlt7hY
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) July 18, 2019
Thinking about @IlhanMN + @RashidaTlaib’s families and children tonight — and the millions of Muslim kids, the black and brown kids, the poor kids, the queer kids, the immigrant kids, who go to bed every night knowing the President of our country absolutely doesn’t care about us.
— Waleed Shahid (@_waleedshahid) July 18, 2019
re: #196 Mike Lamb
Gardner at even is very disappointing. That dude doesn’t represent his constituents for shit.
He’s 37/37/26, if a quarter of people shrug their shoulders about you after having been in office for half a decade, you’re probably not good at the job.
I’ve spoken with area officials from CPB and confirmed that the three American children have been released. Using children as pawns to advance a racist and xenophobic immigration policy is appalling and un-American, and I will not let it stand in Illinois.
— Governor JB Pritzker (@GovPritzker) July 18, 2019
re: #214 The Pie Overlord!
The purpose of Godwin’s Law was to preserve the rhetoric of warning until it was needed.
re: #74 Charles Johnson
I find myself wondering if in the Twitter boardroom the discussion is about how a prime market for their messaging and “engagement” platforms is not companies, but ideological groups and governments.
In which case the bent enforcement, the continued presence of bots, and the ease of flow of “fake news” represent wins for the company. If people keep using the service even as they gripe, no value is lost. And…this is a bit of a stretch…the semblance of human engagement—even if its bots and farms while actual people quit—gives Twitter the illusion of authentic discourse that in turn impacts people not even on Twitter, because everyone’s braced to react to the newest thing-that-requires-commentary. If that sounds outlandish, look at how the right wing has generated outrages by amplifying something tiny…or outright fabricated…giving it the facade of importance.
I mean, it’s not even that anyone at Twitter has to be ideologically rightwing…capitalism’s basic end dictates creating services where the money is, and is perfectly happy to service undemocratic ends for a profit. That’s been part of mining and manufacturing for years…cheap labor in Communist countries, even cheaper human lives in kleptocratic dictatorships, nickel and diming workers to death even in developed nations…and now it’s digital. Just like everyone lining up to help authoritarian countries build censorship systems for the Internet, or better surveillance systems.
Add to this that society still embraces the idea of the rational-actor individual…so each person is freely participating in society to achieve best value for themselves…but tech companies and labs operate on a model of human behavior closer to behavioral economics—in which people are malleable, can be conditioned or groomed to give reactions that don’t make sense, and short-term reactive thinking tends to be nonrational—and stuff like Twitter looks like a social engineering methodology. It’s a fun platform to express yourself with, but where the money’s at is its utility as basically a Skinner Box. Which is why Twitter and grifters dovetail so nicely.
re: #216 Decatur Deb
The purpose of Godwin’s Law was to preserve the rhetoric of warning until it was needed.
it’s all freaking laid right out there for everyone to see what’s happening, and it’s just horrifying that few are even blinking.
US Citizens and media in disarray as US President Donald Trump violates US custom of keeping racism Implicit in nature. pic.twitter.com/RB92Dqngl2
— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) July 14, 2019
re: #218 Backwoods_Sleuth
it’s all freaking laid right out there for everyone to see what’s happening, and it’s just horrifying that few are even blinking.
The ghosts of 1944 can see it.
re: #217 The Ghost of Quesos Past
If people keep using the service even as they gripe, no value is lost.
I’ve been banging that gong for over a year now.
Twitter will do nothing a$ long a$ people continue to use lines like “I don’t like racists, but [fill in some reason why they use Twitter instead].”
Corporations only understand boycotts for bad behaviour.
re: #221 Anymouse 🌹
I’ve been banging that gong for over a year now.
Twitter will do nothing a$ long a$ people continue to use lines like “I don’t like racists, but [fill in some reason why they use Twitter instead].”
Corporations only understand boycotts for bad behaviour.
well, if it weren’t for the evil twitter, I would never have known about CBP tossing asylum seeker belongings into the Dumpster.
Not would I have heard about the children being held hostage in Chicago.
Or many other incidents that never hit the big news cycle.
And there are the mental health breaks for happy news.
However, I understand that other people’s mileage varies when it comes to social media being all evil and there is no leeway otherwise.
re: #205 Backwoods_Sleuth
Didn’t I see this exact same thing at the Holocaust Museum in DC?
Piles of stuff that belonged to the people the Nazi’s murdered.
Don’t tell me these people aren’t F**KING Nazis.
Trump and his pals need to be tried for crimes against humanity.— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) July 18, 2019
re: #188 Eclectic Cyborg
WHO THE HELL IS SUPPORTING KILLING BABIES AFTER THEY’RE BORN?!?!
Steven Miller but only if they’re darker skinned…
re: #183 Anymouse 🌹
Trump’s racist screed against Omar was scripted and came off the teleprompter: CNN’s Camerota (Raw Story)
(more at the link)
The crap Trump has been spewing caused my mother to reflect on some of her beliefs. She still has a long way to go, but it is making people uncomfortable.
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