New From Seth Meyers: Trump Continues Racist Attacks as Mueller Hearing Looms [VIDEO]
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Seth takes a closer look at President Trump continuing his attacks on four congresswomen of color.
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OMYGOD!
I’m informing you now…Captain Kangaroo told me to go fuck myself. Shari Lewis refused to shake the hand of my then 6yo son. Don’t try to make a movie about either of those child-hating frauds…🔥🔥🔥
— Ellen Barkin (@EllenBarkin) July 23, 2019
In the late 70s, when I was in college, Capt. Kangaroo hit on one of my girlfriends at Michael’s Pub in NYC. She’d grown up watching him and was completely traumatized.
— Cokie just can’t with this (@cokiea) July 23, 2019
OMG! pic.twitter.com/YZ1ngAabCe
— Laura Apollo (@lauraapollo) July 23, 2019
He just never stops spewing bullshit.
Note the very important distinction Donnie is drawing between Barriers and Walls.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 23, 2019
From the previous thread;
re: #377 Rocky-in-Connecticut
The Republican Party /Trump voters (pretty much all white Supremacists and/or loons) are sure confused about Trump’s A$AP rapper guy fascination. They don’t know what to think when a Republican is telling another country how to deal with a “law and order” issue and that suspect is considered just another “black thug” by virtually every right winger.
My guess is he’s trying to pander to black voters. “See, I helped this rapper! Why don’t you love me?” (Never mind Sweden doesn’t really have a bail system, and if Trump bothered to talk to anyone at State or DOJ they could have told him that.)
My favorite 30 Rock scene is Buzz Aldrin’s cameo of yelling at the moon. “I walked on your face!!” https://t.co/PbZP8q9lVF
— Dusty Giebel (@DustinGiebel) July 23, 2019
Pocahontas has company, and it’s provided by an apparent Trumpster.
Met a gooberatus who thought Lawrence of Arabia was only a movie character. This came up because I drove my robber-baron car into town on business, and this guy in the parking lot commented on it.
I said, “Yeah, Lawrence of Arabia liked them, great in the desert.”
He said, “Probably the only cars that old they could still get for the movie.”
“I mean real life, Colonel T.E. Lawrence and the Arab Revolt. He was a real person and he really had a fleet of Rolls-Royces. Look it up.”
He pecked away at his smart phone and was astonished at what he found, “I wouldna’ thought a white man could survive that long around all them Ay-rabs.”
“Bye now. Have a bad day.”
re: #6 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Pocahontas has company, and it’s provided by an apparent Trumpster.
Met a gooberatus who thought Lawrence of Arabia was only a movie character. This came up because I drove my robber-baron car into town on business, and this guy in the parking lot commented on it.
I said, “Yeah, Lawrence of Arabia liked them, great in the desert.”
He said, “Probably the only cars that old they could still get for the movie.”
“I mean real life, Colonel T.E. Lawrence and the Arab Revolt. He was a real person and he really had a fleet of Rolls-Royces. Look it up.”
He pecked away at his smart phone and was astonished at what he found, “I wouldna’ thought a white man could survive that long around all them Ay-rabs.”
“Bye now. Have a bad day.”
Imagine his shock when he learns Reagan helped Afghan Muslims over Russians.
Hey @IvankaTrump I’m running for president on our economic success in Colorado. Can I count on your support?
— John Hickenlooper (@Hickenlooper) July 22, 2019
Anyone watching “Years and Years” on HBO? It’s easily the most dread-inducing thing I’ve seen in a long time.
Jeff Furlington hasn’t been around for a while.
Last thread:
re: #414 The Pie Overlord!
So some Corbynite Anti-Semite sends me a 5-year-old article from Counterpunch & demands IS YOUR RABBI A RACIST SUPREMACIST? EXPLAIN WHY NOT!!!!
Eat this block button for an explanation, you fuckhead.
Why would someone send such a thing to you?
Some people can’t be reasoned with.
I love the folks on Twitter (and they almost always seem to be conservatives) when in promoting nonsense someone says “and you’re blocked” they dance around like they achieved some great victory, rather than showing the world they are a douchecanoe.
re: #11 DangerMan
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He voted for every major debt contributor. Yet he was treated like a deficit hawk just like he was treated like a policy wonk despite having little legislation to his name.
re: #14 Anymouse 🌹
Last thread:
Why would someone send such a thing to you?
Some people can’t be reasoned with.
I love the folks on Twitter (and they almost always seem to be conservatives) when in promoting nonsense someone says “and you’re blocked” they dance around like they achieved some great victory, rather than showing the world they are a douchecanoe.
It wasn’t sent to me specifically but to a conversation thread I was on with other anti-Trump, Democratic Jews. Someone else on the thread might decide to respond to this douche. I looked at his timeline which was full of Corbynite shite and decided his “question” was in bad faith, and blocked him without responding.
Just because Trump & his cult are falsely accusing Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib of “anti-Semitism” does not mean that left-wing anti-Semitism does not exist. I don’t think it is productive to have conversations with these people anymore than the creatures of Stormfront.
“If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.”https://t.co/qIi4KZVeOI
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) July 23, 2019
“Listen, and understand. That Trump supporter is out there. It can’t be bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead.”
Changed one word from a Terminator quote. Pretty scary how well it fits.
Many people are saying that Trump is the bastard child of Joseph Mengele and an Argentinian prostitute, later put up for adoption to Fred and Mary Trump. I’m not saying it…I have no idea…but many people say it and someone should look into it.
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) July 22, 2019
re: #18 Eclectic Cyborg
Can I steal that and Tweet it?
A ploy that has worked in the USA for over 243 years: wrapping yourself in the flag. Only the reeaallly ignorant fall for this. Let’s take a moment to remember how he suffered nursing his bone spurs, and the great valor he showed on the field during the Great Pussy-Grabbing War. https://t.co/JRYFOy5cB6
— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) July 23, 2019
re: #16 The Pie Overlord!
Just because Trump & his cult are falsely accusing Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib of “anti-Semitism” does not mean that left-wing anti-Semitism does not exist. I don’t think it is productive to have conversations with these people anymore than the creatures of Stormfront.
They’re not worth your time, which is better spent with grandchildren (whether in person or online) and making yummy baked goods.
This thread is horrifying.
1) “The Auschwitz Album” is the only surviving visual evidence of the process leading to the mass murder at Auschwitz-Birkenau. It is a unique document and was donated to Yad Vashem by Lilly Jacob-Zelmanovic Meier. https://t.co/l3OC2faOZM pic.twitter.com/CboNe71lyw
— McKay Smith (@McKayMSmith) July 23, 2019
CBP is detaining *American citizens.*
How would you feel trapped in a border camp, where guards wear face masks because the human odor is so strong?
When we allow the rights of some to be violated, the rights of all are not far behind. https://t.co/U4NFQtv8F3— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 23, 2019
“The only way out of that is for the person to affirmatively prove that they’ve been here for two years or more. To have that evidence on them at all times…
Deportations could happen within hours of a person’s arrest.”https://t.co/J2MWjqSbYx— Elad Nehorai (@PopChassid) July 23, 2019
re: #26 The Pie Overlord!
And immediately conservatives and the bots who egg them on are arguing rights only belong to citizens, ignoring the part where Rep. Ocasio-Cortez cites a Dallas Morning News article on an American citizen being held.
News from Puerto Rico
BREAKING: Tear gas has been used to disperse protesters outside the Governors mansion in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The 15 hour day of protesting was peaceful.
Tonight, a few plastic water bottles were thrown over the barricade at police. The police didn’t advance until around 11pm.— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) July 23, 2019
BREAKING: Live pictures on WAPA TV show a dozen or so individuals facing off with police in Old San Juan. Protesters are throwing objects at police, in riot gear, who are about 30 yards away. Police are then firing what appears to be tear gas, sending protesters running.
— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) July 23, 2019
In other tweets, Begnaud says many of the protesters are between the ages of 15 and 30.
This is live and in Spanish, but you can hear the cops firing off tear gas rounds:
re: #27 The Pie Overlord!
My guess would be even if you had that evidence (and whatever counts as evidence), they would ignore it anyway.
I do not feel safe in my own country. I’m beginning to feel this is what my family felt when they left Danzig.
re: #29 mmmirele
News from Puerto Rico
In other tweets, Begnaud says many of the protesters are between the ages of 15 and 30.
This is live and in Spanish, but you can hear the cops firing off tear gas rounds:
Why do the police keep saying the constitution ends at 11pm??? This is not a democracy. It’s colonial dictatorship…
— Carboman23 (@Carboman23) July 23, 2019
La uniformada no conoce de leyes, derechos y la constitución.
— Carboman23 (@Carboman23) July 23, 2019
(Second tweet: Because those in uniform aren’t concerned with laws, rights, and the Constitution.)
We fight to guarantee:
- healthcare
- public college & student loan forgiveness
- enviro protections
- living wages
- basic human rights
We don’t take a dime of corporate money, either.
You:
- Jack up drug prices
- Appoint Betsy DeVos to scam student loans
- Hurt immigrant kids https://t.co/bUsXt1h8uT— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 21, 2019
re: #29 mmmirele
Puerto Rico’s going to have a revolt if this keeps up. That would be orgasmic for Trump to send the Army there to impose martial law.
re: #27 The Pie Overlord!
I doubt ICE officers could prove they’ve been here continuously for two years. “Yeah, so you’ve got a license. That could be fake and you could have stepped out of the country.”
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) July 23, 2019
re: #33 Anymouse 🌹
Puerto Rico’s going to have a revolt if this keeps up. That would be orgasmic for Trump to send the Army there to impose martial law.
He wouldn’t do that. Why would he want order there?
The @OversightDems are useless. pic.twitter.com/0oeLBsdV6X
— #RIPGOP ™ ✘✘ (@_ReaalAmerican_) July 22, 2019
They need to carry water to pour on tear gas canisters to put them out as soon as they are fired.
And tear gas is a violation of the UN convention on chemical weapons, which our police ignore.
Just heard crashing thunder…wonder if it’s going to start pouring down rain soon?
@KevinMKruse will be compelled to engage the little doofus to explain that Hispanic-Americans in Orange County are not the same thing as 1930s Spanish Antifa…
— BlackBetty (@BlackBetty1966) July 23, 2019
2/3 police were summoned, and although their response was a bit overwrought I was able to sit down and talk with a cop I’ve know since I was a kid and I was “talked off the ledge” as it were. I just found out “ObserverArt” - a man I never met but he cared enough for me to …
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) July 23, 2019
3/3 make sure I didn’t kill myself - died in May. He died one month after his brother died. Now I know his name. Rest In Peace, James. I love you. You saved my life. My condolences to the Kasper family and James’s friends. https://t.co/1GCnUCHxDa
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) July 23, 2019
Oh man we lost ObserverArt? So sad. I’m so glad he go to you Tele.
re: #36 Dread Pirate
The @OversightDems are useless. pic.twitter.com/0oeLBsdV6X
— #RIPGOP ™ ✘✘ (@_ReaalAmerican_) July 22, 2019
It was wrong when Susan MacDougall was imprisoned; two wrongs don’t make a right. And Susan never testified against Clinton because she asserted that Starr wanted her to lie. She was a brave woman; being a Trump supporter, Hope is probably a coward and a liar.
re: #37 Anymouse 🌹
They need to carry water to pour on tear gas canisters to put them out as soon as they are fired.
And tear gas is a violation of the UN convention on chemical weapons, which our police ignore.
Those same conventions actually have exceptions written into them for domestic law enforcement use of riot control agents. So police aren’t actually ignoring anything.
re: #41 teleskiguy
Would it be worthwhile for people from LGF to post condolences to ObserverArt’s page at Legacy? (It appears to require a real name and a town; one of his cousins there lives in Torrington, Wyo., only a bit of distance from me.)
re: #6 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Pocahontas has company, and it’s provided by an apparent Trumpster.
Met a gooberatus who thought Lawrence of Arabia was only a movie character. This came up because I drove my robber-baron car into town on business, and this guy in the parking lot commented on it.
I said, “Yeah, Lawrence of Arabia liked them, great in the desert.”
He said, “Probably the only cars that old they could still get for the movie.”
“I mean real life, Colonel T.E. Lawrence and the Arab Revolt. He was a real person and he really had a fleet of Rolls-Royces. Look it up.”
He pecked away at his smart phone and was astonished at what he found, “I wouldna’ thought a white man could survive that long around all them Ay-rabs.”
“Bye now. Have a bad day.”
I’ve mentioned it before, but I used to get stuck in a lot of “Just between us white guys” conversations like that. Not sure what it was about me that projected “Hey, you seem racist like me. Let’s rap!”
It’s going to be hard to beat having my cousin rant about how white people are the real minority as I sat at the foot of my father’s deathbed.
And then have my brother-in-law yell at me for being angry at my cousin.
White people fucking suck.
re: #46 Anymouse 🌹
Would it be worthwhile for people from LGF to post condolences to ObserverArt’s page at Legacy? (It appears to require a real name and a town; one of his cousins there lives in Torrington, Wyo., only a bit of distance from me.)
Oh, geez. What happened?
Shit. I just looked upthread.
That sucks. So sorry to hear that.
That moment you are tracking Iran and Trump then this…
South Korea fires warning shots at Russia warplanes
express.co.uk
1 hr ago
re: #1 gocart mozart
OMYGOD!
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And I had folks tell me just how kinky Buffalo Bob was…
I don’t think James ever mentioned his brother Paul’s death here. I and many others would’ve noticed that.
re: #27 The Pie Overlord!
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Watch what happens when Dinesh D’Souza gets rounded up and deported…
re: #33 Anymouse 🌹
Puerto Rico’s going to have a revolt if this keeps up. That would be orgasmic for Trump to send the Army there to impose martial law.
Trump and Miller want race riots to occur. They want blood in the streets.
re: #58 Joe Bacon 🌹
Watch what happens when Dinesh D’Souza gets rounded up and deported…
As soon as his use(lessness) comes to an end.
Robust online communities are real people talking to each other, they’ve been around since the 90s. Yeah, Twitter ain’t the real world, but there sure is a hell of a lot of real people that we can connect to, get to know, become friends, all through a computer. It is real.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) July 23, 2019
re: #61 teleskiguy
I’ve been a part of the online community Little Green Footballs for over a decade. I’ve never met anyone there but we’re all pretty good friends, for real, in real life.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) July 23, 2019
In addition to LGF I’m connected online to many peers in my profession. In many cases, we’ve never met in person. But we are friends. Pretty amazing impact of technology.
I’ve never met ObserverArt but his soul and voice shined through. Sorta bummed out a little.
This is how octopuses use camouflage in the wild pic.twitter.com/YZOB0OSSyx
— Attractive Nature 🌿 (@NatureAttracts) July 22, 2019
re: #63 BigPapa
In addition to LGF I’m connected online to many peers in my profession. In many cases, we’ve never met in person. But we are friends. Pretty amazing impact of technology.
I’ve never met ObserverArt but his soul and voice shined through. Sorta bummed out a little.
I met my wife on-line and chatted with her for at least a year before I met her.
(In her case, she was working with the Webmaster of the site to try to oust trolls and romance scammers. She tagged me as a potential romance scammer because I set up my profile wrong. Fooled her, now we’re married. /s)
re: #63 BigPapa
I’ve never met ObserverArt but his soul and voice shined through. Sorta bummed out a little.
The dankest memes.
I literally wouldn’t be alive today if it weren’t for all the friends I made through DailyKos. https://t.co/Df5NpteW3u
— Dennis Mersereau (@wxdam) July 23, 2019
OK, something a little more lighthearted.
They should work together, but do like a Henry/House That Jack Built/Dexter reboot.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) July 23, 2019
I also have a book, that speaks of a time long ago. Man shared the earth with Hobbits, Dwarves and Elves. Wizards and talking trees shared our planet. It’s a undeniable fact that a powerful rings exists. Prove me wrong…it’s in the book.
— Bryan Lee (@FamousBL3) July 23, 2019
We sending Art Neville home the New Orleans way. RIP pic.twitter.com/u0KmGY68cv
— Wendell Pierce (@WendellPierce) July 23, 2019
Remember when Trump said this about Ghazala Khan: “If you look at [her] she was standing there. She had nothing to say…maybe she wasn’t allowed to have anything to say.” Now the Lord has blessed him with @IlhanMN and @RashidaTlaib who are Muslim women with plenty to say 😏😏😏
— Deanna ديانا (@deannaothman) July 22, 2019
“It genuinely shook me to my core”
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 23, 2019
This is great from a developer standpoint because it means you can easily write code that works on all versions of the site. Not so great from a user standpoint because all the things that made the desktop version fun seem to have been lost along the way.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 23, 2019
When Duolingo did this, not only did they flatten out the website, they flattened the mobile app as well. It looked so crude compared to the previous version I actually wrote back to them, as a developer, and complained. I have gotten used to it, but the previous version was much slicker and more pleasing to the eye.
Nebraska wins national recognition for election security (Associated Press)
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s secretary of state has won a national award for its efforts to keep election secure.
Nebraska Secretary of State Robert Evnen’s office received the Innovators Award earlier this week from the National Association of State Election Directors.
Evnen’s office collaborated with Nebraska’s registration database vendor and a federal cybersecurity contractor on the project.
The state is now using a device called an Albert sensor to detect suspicious activity in Nebraska’s voter registration system. It’s designed to alert the secretary of state’s office to real-time threats to the voter registration system. Most states use bulky hardware, but this is the nation’s first use of a virtual server.
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I just brushed my (very long, very long) hair out and tried to tie it back into a ponytail and the fuckin’ band snapped right quick.
re: #56 Joe Bacon 🌹
And I had folks tell me just how kinky Buffalo Bob was…
In some Television Babylon-esque book published decades ago that I read once, a drunken Dominick Dunne, when interviewed about his the Howdy Doody Show, of which he was stage manager before he became a writer, had some disgustingly Trumpian things to say about the actress who played Princess Summerfall Winterspring.
The VA is changing the way I get my medications (again).
I just went to my mailbox to pick up my mail, and the controlled substance bottles were just sitting in the mailbox. No signature required. (Before, they required me to sign for the 34mg tablets but not the 100mg, before that I had to sign for everything.)
re: #74 BigPapa
A classic, have to share again.
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Lobster thermador: Jordon Peterson cries out in anguish.
My wife brought me a letter addressed to me.
It’s from Nextdoor, asking me to sign up on the county Nextdoor page.
She asked, “What is Nextdoor?”
So I showed her:
“Why on earth would my son purchase something called “Gamer girl bath water”?” 🧐 pic.twitter.com/uiJ2KpgZB6
— Best of Nextdoor (@bestofnextdoor) July 11, 2019
re: #72 Belafon
So many triggered snowflake conservatives in that thread.
The new Twitter UI is just a bit awkward and it seems to me some used-to-be-obvious capability, like translating tweets, is lost in the mess.
Monsoon season is finally here. Air from the south moves north and brings the occasional rain. To the mountains anyway. Here west of the mountains we get nothing… or almost nothing. On the way to the store today I was sprinkled upon.
You can see the clouds over SoCal, that have crept northward.
Just south of us in upper Baja the mountains get some good raing.
Strange as it may seem to those of you who live in the wetter parts of the country, I welcome the humidity that the Monsoon brings. For with the Monsoon comes the mountain thunderstorms, and they blow off their tops to the west that gets us cloud cover, which lowers the temps.
Continuing on that Nextdoor post above:
The ‘Gamer Girl Bath Water’ Saga Keeps Getting Stranger (Goes to Kotaku, more at the link, with photo of the woman):
Apparently, a lot of weird things can happen when you decide to sell “gamer girl bath water” on the internet. On July 1, Belle Delphine, a UK-based internet personality known for viral stunts and Patreon-supported NSFW content, announced on her Instagram that she would be selling her bath water to fans via her online store for $30 per jar. On its face, it’s pretty run-of-the-mill stuff; for years, people on the internet have been selling all manner of intimate items, from underwear to yes, bath water. Delphine’s decision to market her bath water as belonging to a “gamer girl” in particular is a little unusual. What’s more unusual, though, is how much controversy Delphine’s bath water sale has stirred up since she announced it.
Part of this could be due to Delphine’s sale escaping the orbit of her usual followers. Twitter user @wsupden posted Delphine’s sale in a viral tweet, which likely exposed it to a wider audience. (Delphine would later announce that she sold out in two days’ time, something she said she “didn’t expect”.) Delphine’s sale also almost immediately inspired some vehement reactions, including accusations that her bath water was dangerous or a scam.
There are very weird corners of the Internet. I imagine the creators of the World Wide Web never envisioned something like this.
Don’t look now…
Huge swathes of the Arctic on fire, ‘unprecedented’ satellite images show
Earth’s boreal forests now burning at rate unseen in ‘at least 10,000 years’, scientists warn
Vast swathes of the Arctic are suffering from “unprecedented” wildfires, new satellite images have revealed.
North of the Arctic circle, the high temperatures are facilitating enormous wildfires which are wreaking ecological destruction on a colossal scale.
It comes after the world’s hottest June on record which has been followed by a devastating heatwave in the US, with Europe forecast for the same treatment later this week.
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re: #88 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
It’s been hotter and muggier than Fuckface Von Clownstick’s taint in front of Vladimir Putin in a lot of places in the United States.
It’s been very dry where I’m at. No forest fires, but there’s been more “dry” thunderstorms passing through. If this keeps up, it’s only a matter of time. The snow is almost melted out up high.
re: #90 teleskiguy
It’s been very dry where I’m at. No forest fires, but there’s been more “dry” thunderstorms passing through. If this keeps up, it’s only a matter of time. The snow is almost melted out up high.
And yet only a couple hundred miles away, it’s been very cool for average and raining like hell here. The North Platte should be nearly dry, but the combination of snowmelt in Wyoming and constant thunderstorms has it out of its banks in places for over a month.
re: #90 teleskiguy
You do have five small fires along your northern, western, and southern state line.
Alaska is really getting hammered. New Mexico and Arizona have a bunch of fires as well.
re: #91 Anymouse 🌹
The nearest river near me is the Eagle, and it’s been running bank high for weeks. It’s been dropping a few inches a day for more than a week.
On a masochistic whim tonight I checked out OANN’s wesbsite for the first time. I expected something as immediately awful as deadbart or world nut daily, or even a SMOTI level clickbait outfit. It’s more sinister than I feared.
If you did not know anything about their operation you might actually think it’s a legit news site. It seems tailor made for people who don’t want to be associated with Fox News but also want headlines catered to their world view. I know several people who fit into this category. A quick dip into the comments of any story reveals the underbelly, and it’s ugly (like really ugly).
On another note, I don’t comment here often, but I do follow the community because it’s one of the few great ones I have come across on the interwebs. Tonight I raise my glass to all lizards: past, present, and future.
re: #94 Jason Munro
Rum O’Clock
I’m glad you took the hit at OANN so we didn’t have to.
I don’t believe we’ve met here. Hi!
I’m not an expert in the subject, but if you want to give a gift that really wows somebody, in my experience nothing can top a baby hippo
— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) July 23, 2019
re: #60 Anymouse 🌹
As soon as his use(lessness) comes to an end.
Trump still has a lot of executive aces up his sleeve, along with declaring War on Iran, cracking down on “civil unrest” is another big one
I masochistically went to read an OANN article (I’d never been to their site before).
I looked at an article on “conservative columnists” wanting to hold Democrats responsible for the senators’ questioning of Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation hearing.
I expected slant, so that wasn’t surprising.
The comments section is like a YouTube comments section copulated with a Breitbart comment section and gave birth to a nine-headed dragon.
Holy crap they are vile. They are truly authoritarians; it’s like an on-line radicalisation site for ISIS, except they are Christians.
There were a couple liberals in the comment section trying to educate (or mock) them but wow.
I’m not polluting my Disqus account by wading into that.
Abner, 17, describes 11 days of hunger and thirst at Yuma’s border station.
Abner said he gave food to younger migrant kids so they wouldn’t go hungry, saw a guard hit a boy, and drank from the sink by cupping his unwashed hands.https://t.co/iETzcPYxED— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 23, 2019
The cruelty is the point.
re: #96 Anymouse 🌹
I’m not sure we have met, great to meet you! While I do have some rum around, it’s cheap and awful. And I’m out of beer (my preferred mode of alcohol excess). So tonight I am cheering with a simple vodka mix which I am about to refill. I have never been one to turn down a drink, but since 2016 I think I have developed a problem. A problem with an attack on our democracy! Also I probably drink too much.
re: #99 Anymouse 🌹
My first thought after 10 comments was that deadbart actually has better moderation.
re: #101 Jason Munro
I’m not sure we have met, great to meet you! While I do have some rum around, it’s cheap and awful. And I’m out of beer (my preferred mode of alcohol excess). So tonight I am cheering with a simple vodka mix which I am about to refill. I have never been one to turn down a drink, but since 2016 I think I have developed a problem. A problem with an attack on our democracy! Also I probably drink too much.
Drinking too much seems to be the response for the hellscape in DC.
Many at Stanford have long lamented the Hoover Institute, which resides under the umbrella of Stanford, and for good reason.
Today the Hoover Institute goes all IDiot:
re: #86 Anymouse 🌹
Continuing on that Nextdoor post above:
The ‘Gamer Girl Bath Water’ Saga Keeps Getting Stranger (Goes to Kotaku, more at the link, with photo of the woman):
There are very weird corners of the Internet. I imagine the creators of the World Wide Web never envisioned something like this.
It is a mirror of the human psyche which can be held up for the whole world to see and react to.
People also tend to forget that an online presence does not necessarily correspond to a real-life living-and-breathing human being.
Or that a lot of people out there just enjoy the attention and getting a rise out of others and use the anonymity of the Internet to get away with it.
And here we see the Hoover Institute trafficking in nonsense, swallowing the mislabeled “Intelligent Design”, a propaganda program hatched years ago by Philip Johnson as a wedge strategy to counter actual science.
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) July 23, 2019
re: #104 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Many at Stanford have long lamented the Hoover Institute, which resides under the umbrella of Stanford, and for good reason.
Today the Hoover Institute goes all IDiot:
Based on new evidence and knowledge that functioning proteins are extremely rare, should Darwin’s theory of evolution be dismissed, dissected, developed or replaced with a theory of intelligent design?
(right out of the gate)
a) “functioning” proteins are not rare.
b) no, we should not replace it without evidence for a better theory.
c) religion poisons everything.
Evolution is a theory, it might have some flaws and shortcomings, that is what science is about: improving and refining theories.
It is not about abandoning theories because they do not fit in with one’s interpretation of Holy Scripture
re: #103 Anymouse 🌹
Sometimes I feel like I’m watching our country slip away. It’s disheartening. I’m reassured by the LGF community. It’s a reminder that there are a lot of people commenting (and not commenting) that feel the way I do, from all over.
re: #109 Jason Munro
Sometimes I feel like I’m watching our country slip away. It’s disheartening. I’m reassured by the LGF community. It’s a reminder that there are a lot of people commenting (and not commenting) that feel the way I do, from all over.
I came here twelve years ago when the site was a lot more conservative-leaning. But even then I found the arguments to be founded on some sort of reason and the general tone was civil.
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The Australian version has been a much, much better show than the US version, the latter being a dumbed down version for the American audience.
The original is a BBC program that I prefer as it is very straightforward and much less manipulative. The Australian version is very high on pushing emotive buttons but on the whole an upbeat show. The US version is just more reality-TV trash, complete with hosts who act like they’ve been directed to speak to 5 year olds.
If the Australian version continues next year I can imagine whoever the new hosts will be are going to get heavily criticized for not being the old crew.
The final of this years Australian show is coming up in a few hours (NO SPOILERS!).
re: #109 Jason Munro
Sometimes I feel like I’m watching our country slip away. It’s disheartening. I’m reassured by the LGF community. It’s a reminder that there are a lot of people commenting (and not commenting) that feel the way I do, from all over.
Not all is bad. I am encouraged by all the young people who are intelligently fighting back against the Trumpism.
I fear more for my own retirement, as I do for all of us now entering retirement, because in the hands of Trump and the Republicans we’ve charted a path from which the only way out is to face deep cuts (reminder: a SS check doesn’t have to be reduced by face value to be worth less.)
re: #110 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
LGF is the exception to the rule that all internet comment sections are garbage (most are). I attribute that to quality moderation by Charles, and just really insightful commentary by the community. I have learned a shit-ton about topics from experts here on subject matter I know nothing about.
“Common sense” is a lazy person’s way of avoiding accurately describing their beliefs/positions on an issue. If thought of as an informal fallacy, it is an appeal to the familiar or inherited cultural meme.
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) July 23, 2019
Uh-oh:
Following the European Union’s repetitive failures to deliver on its promises, Turkey said that the readmission deal is no longer functioning and unilaterally decided to suspend its commitments
Ankara announced that the readmission deal with the European Union signed in April 2016 will no longer be functional as long as the bloc continues to not fulfill its promise of visa-free travel for Turkish citizens.
“We will not wait at the EU’s door. The readmission agreement and visa-free deal will be put into effect at the same time,” Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said yesterday in a TV interview, and added that Turkey has decided to suspend its commitments in the deal.
Ankara and Brussels signed an agreement in 2016 to find a solution to the influx of refugees heading to the union. According to the deal, Turkey was promised a total of 6 billion euros in financial aid, which was initially designed to be given to the country in two stages and be used by the Turkish government to finance projects for Syrian refugees. Visa freedom for Turkish citizens was also promised to be provided under the agreement.
Lastly, the customs union was also to be updated in accordance with the deal. In exchange for these promises of the EU, Turkey took the responsibility of discouraging irregular migration through the Aegean Sea by taking stricter measures against human traffickers and improving the conditions of more than 3 million Syrians living in Turkey.
re: #112 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I agree about the younger generation being immune to the Trump con. And I hear what you are saying WRT retirement. It’s only been the last decade that I have been able to consider diverting funds to retirement vs paying monthly bills. Unfortunately my retirement plan for now is “keep working”.
re: #113 Jason Munro
LGF is the exception to the rule that all internet comment sections are garbage (most are). I attribute that to quality moderation by Charles, and just really insightful commentary by the community. I have learned a shit-ton about topics from experts here on subject matter I know nothing about.
I came here for a good argument but stuck around because of the civil atmosphere, Charles and his crew do not tolerate personal attacks or blatant provocations.
re: #116 Jason Munro
I agree about the younger generation being immune to the Trump con. And I hear what you are saying WRT retirement. It’s only been the last decade that I have been able to consider diverting funds to retirement vs paying monthly bills. Unfortunately my retirement plan for now is “keep working”.
I have adopted the Magnum Lottery pension plan: buy a lottery ticket every week until retirement. If I have not won by then, I buy a .44 Magnum and knock over a bank or a store.
Even if I get caught, I am at least guaranteed a roof over my head, warm meals and health care for the rest of my days…
re: #109 Jason Munro
Sometimes I feel like I’m watching our country slip away. It’s disheartening. I’m reassured by the LGF community. It’s a reminder that there are a lot of people commenting (and not commenting) that feel the way I do, from all over.
Our nation has been in tough spots before. Like Twitter, places like Little Green Footballs or emptywheel or Wonkette are people who pay attention to political subjects pretty much all the time. Most people really don’t do that unless the topic in question directly affects them.
re: #118 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I have adopted the Magnum Lottery pension plan: buy a lottery ticket every week until retirement. If I have not won by then, I buy a .44 Magnum and knock over a bank or a store.
Even if I get caught, I am at least guaranteed a roof over my head, warm meals and health care for the rest of my days…
That seems a bit extreme… .
I won the lotto yesterday ($1).
re: #121 Anymouse 🌹
That seems a bit extreme… .
I won the lotto yesterday ($1).
I once won $2 in the lottery
but seriously, my pension plan basically involves working until I drop…
re: #104 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Many at Stanford have long lamented the Hoover Institute, which resides under the umbrella of Stanford, and for good reason.
Today the Hoover Institute goes all IDiot:
Oh, man that article is being swarmed by creationists. Fired up my Disqus account to address the claims, because counter-apologetics to religious nonsense is one of my amateur hobbies.
I expect my Disqus account will be swarmed by people trying to convert me to Christianity rather than address my arguments.
re: #125 Anymouse 🌹
Evolution is flawed, therefore everything written in this 4,000-year-old book is the literal truth
Ironclad logic
Some music.
#NowPlaying Ditch Croaker > Secrets Of The Mule > Hebba Ho https://t.co/EKVz9E5Ma5
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) November 23, 2018
Some music.
#NowPlaying David Crosby > Lighthouse > Drive Out To The Desert https://t.co/CeF1T1QPY7
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) April 26, 2019
re: #126 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Evolution is flawed, therefore everything written in this 4,000-year-old book is the literal truth
Ironclad logic
Yup. We’ll skip the part about slavery and getting your dad drunk so you can have incestuous sex with him.
I imagine my little rose emoji in my name on Disqus will trigger a couple of commentators over at the Hoover Institute as well.
Someone in comments noted that there is a citation to Breitbart in the interview. Top-notch science there.
I presume most of the people who comment at the Hoover Institute have been to college. What the hell are they teaching at colleges if that is the level of discourse?
I think they’re releasing a new album. I hope. This better not be a swindle.
re: #126 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Evolution is flawed, therefore everything written in this 4,000-year-old book is the literal truth
Ironclad logic
Sadly, most of the people putting all their trust in this 4,000-year-old book haven’t actually read it.
Genesis Ch 1 is a creation narrative, starts from nothing and goes through various steps to end up at PEOPLE.
Genesis Ch 2 loops back to the beginning and does another creation narrative, starting from nothing and goes through various steps to end up at PEOPLE.
But the steps in Ch 1 and the steps in Ch 2 happen in a different order, and use different methods. Which to anyone whose reading comprehension is higher than 3rd-grade level, would take as a flashing neon sign, right there in the text itself, that neither narrative was intended to be taken as a literal, factual recounting of events.
Metaphor is not a modern invention.
re: #132 sagehen
Sadly, most of the people putting all their trust in this 4,000-year-old book haven’t actually read it.
Genesis Ch 1 is a creation narrative, starts from nothing and goes through various steps to end up at PEOPLE.
Genesis Ch 2 loops back to the beginning and does another creation narrative, starting from nothing and goes through various steps to end up at PEOPLE.
But the steps in Ch 1 and the steps in Ch 2 happen in a different order, and use different methods. Which to anyone whose reading comprehension is higher than 3rd-grade level, would take as a flashing neon sign, right there in the text itself, that neither narrative was intended to be taken as a literal, factual recounting of events.
Metaphor is not a modern invention.
Biblical literalism is a modern invention, even Medieval Christians understood that the Bible was not to be taken entirely literally.
Genetically Modified Skeptic (an atheist counter-apologist) decided to take on that wonderful world of religious thought, the anti-vaxxer movement.
He is a member of a number of quackery fora on Faceborg, so he can cull information for his YouTube channel
He asked a question on a cancer “alternative therapy” forum about Del Bigtree (the moonbat who pinned a Nazi badge for Jews on his jacket when he said that anti-vaxxers stand with the Orthodox Jews in New York suffering from a measles outbreak) if they felt persecuted or misrepresented.
He got a bunch of comments back, which he read on his YouTube channel. (By the way, didn’t Facebook say they were going to get rid of lying antivaxxer forums? Oh right, they lied, because libertarians only care about money, not truth.)
Lots of people in the comments were comparing themselves to the victims of the Nazi genocide of opponents and Holocaust victims.
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re: #134 Anymouse 🌹
Genetically Modified Skeptic (an atheist counter-apologist) decided to take on that wonderful world of religious though, the anti-vaxxer movement.
I recall Rich Perry likening creationists to Gallileo, which is the sort of logic you serve hot with mustard slathered on it.
And then he proudly proclaimed “And I helped!” https://t.co/e55cAdSzG9
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) July 23, 2019
re: #136 Patricia Kayden
n Carson admits that black Americans are struggling in Trump’s economy thinkprogress
from a guy who benefited from public housing and subsidized tuition
Opening August 30…
Tom Cruise’s new remake of Top Gun is making a little more sense now. //
re: #136 Patricia Kayden
Fancy that. Ben Carson has his, why would he care about anyone else as a conservative? I’m surprised he admitted it though. If Trump hears about this, Carson’s out of a job.
I see the arguments over at the Hoover Institute site for Intelligent Design are just as moronic as those on YouTube.
It almost seems unfair, like a heavyweight boxer going after a paraplegic.
I thought I would have a better calibre of opponent to knock down creationists and religious arguments, arguing with ostensibly university-educated people. Sadly I was mistaken.
Today is the interment of retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court John Paul Stevens.
President Trump issued a half-staff notice a couple days ago for today. I’m off to lower the village flags.
re: #41 teleskiguy
Good on ya. I did not know that. Good people do good things. I’d say James Kasper was a good guy. May peace find him.
Boris Johnson elected new Conservative leader in ballot of party members and will become UK PM on Wednesday https://t.co/608LPbJI5r
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) July 23, 2019
re: #144 Alephnaught
Can Corbyn and Labour win the next general election? From what I’ve read, Corbyn hasn’t done a good job promoting the anti-BREXIT side.
re: #145 Patricia Kayden
Can Corbyn and Labour win the next general election? From what I’ve read, Corbyn hasn’t done a good job promoting the anti-BREXIT side.
I don’t think so. And tbh Corbyn would be a disaster.
I can’t understand what the other side is to this story could possibly be. Maybe @chucktodd can help! https://t.co/YtWUailG4R
— Bryan Lee (@FamousBL3) July 23, 2019
re: #137 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
from a guy who benefited from public housing and subsidized tuition
He is the ultimate fuck you, I got mine conservative.
We see more fuck you, I got mine types rather than the opposite.
So while Trump calls AOC and the squad communists. He’s praising an actual Communist dictatorship’s response to protests. The right has gone simply from accepting despots if they’re the “right” kind to all under Trump.
re: #82 Anymouse 🌹
My wife brought me a letter addressed to me.
It’s from Nextdoor, asking me to sign up on the county Nextdoor page.
She asked, “What is Nextdoor?”
So I showed her:
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Roosh V’s mom throwing a fit…
re: #151 Joe Bacon 🌹
Roosh V’s mom throwing a fit…
Somehow I imagine Roosh’s conversations with his Mom are like Will Ferrell’s with his in Wedding Crashers. MOM! MEATLOAF!
re: #112 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Not all is bad. I am encouraged by all the young people who are intelligently fighting back against the Trumpism.
I fear more for my own retirement, as I do for all of us now entering retirement, because in the hands of Trump and the Republicans we’ve charted a path from which the only way out is to face deep cuts (reminder: a SS check doesn’t have to be reduced by face value to be worth less.)
I’ve seen my pension benefit continually cut since I started with the Federal Civil Service as a Stay In Schooler in 1975.I fully expect Trump and the RepubliKKKlans to continue cutting the pension and health insurance.
Wish I could agree with you about young folks but all of my nephews and nieces are hard core right wing RepubliKKKlans with several being militia and 3%ers who bow down before Trump. And their kids are even MORE reactionary…
And the assholes are out in force trashing Chelsea over this!
This morning we welcomed our son, Jasper Clinton Mezvinsky. We are overflowing with love and gratitude and can’t wait to introduce him to his big sister and brother.
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) July 22, 2019
re: #153 Joe Bacon 🌹
I’ve seen my pension benefit continually cut since I started with the Federal Civil Service as a Stay In Schooler in 1975.I fully expect Trump and the RepubliKKKlans to continue cutting the pension and health insurance.
Wish I could agree with you about young folks but all of my nephews and nieces are hard core right wing RepubliKKKlans with several being militia and 3%ers who bow down before Trump. And their kids are even MORE reactionary…
It’s frustrating to me. We do have a lot of ugly minded reactionary people in my generation. And then we got those who are on the left who I think wrongly blame Boomers for why we are where we are. I mean yeah I wish more Boomers would acknowledge things like tuition being comparably cheaper when they were coming of age which is why Senator Warren is pushing for her debt reduction package and employment is different too but I look at individuals too. Some of the worst alt right assholes are close to my age. Trump’s worst, Miller for example, he’s only a couple years older than I am. I am so sorry about what’s hapepned with your nieces and nephews. It really shows you what a toxic environment can produce.
re: #155 HappyWarrior
No it shows what the Republican 24/7 Bullshit Machine does.
If the Democrats get back in power they have to reimpose media ownership limits, restore the Equal Time and Fairness Doctrine rules. And they have to break up the multiple market ownership rules as well.
Oh and by the way for my relatives who are convinced by Q that Trump will declare martial law right before Mueller testifies tomorrow and they believe I’ll be rounded up…well what are you going to say when I goof on you Thursday morning? What additional bullshit will Q dupe you with?
re: #154 Joe Bacon 🌹
And the assholes are out in force trashing Chelsea over this!
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They’re just mad because Jasper is already a better person than any of them will lever be.
re: #156 Joe Bacon 🌹
No it shows what the Republican 24/7 Bullshit Machine does.
If the Democrats get back in power they have to reimpose media ownership limits, restore the Equal Time and Fairness Doctrine rules. And they have to break up the multiple market ownership rules as well.
Yeah that’s sort of what I mean. You have the news on 24/7 telling you and your kids that minorities are raping “our” women and taking “our” jobs, someone like Trump and altright bullshit looks appealing. That’s what I mean. And then you have parents like your siblings and in laws that don’t challenge that? That just sounds like a recipe for anyone to become a bigot. Sorry I didn’t phrase that in a way more easy to understand. I’ve yet to have my coffee.
Oh, we got us a Russian Agent now in the lobbying business!
And what is his first action as a lobbyist?
You guessed it, folks!
Rohrabacher — along with top aide Paul Behrends — opened a lobbying firm this year called R & B Strategies, with the company taking on a Kuwaiti client in a bid to free a Russian national imprisoned in the gulf state as its first representation.
re: #159 Joe Bacon 🌹
Oh, we got us a Russian Agent now in the lobbying business!
And what is his first action as a lobbyist?
You guessed it, folks!
Rohrabacher — along with top aide Paul Behrends — opened a lobbying firm this year called R & B Strategies, with the company taking on a Kuwaiti client in a bid to free a Russian national imprisoned in the gulf state as its first representation.
That’s another thing we need to do in the next Presidency. Lobbying reform.
re: #145 Patricia Kayden
Can Corbyn and Labour win the next general election? From what I’ve read, Corbyn hasn’t done a good job promoting the anti-BREXIT side.
because Brexit went across party lines, it is not just a matter of Labour vs Tories
re: #145 Patricia Kayden
Can Corbyn and Labour win the next general election? From what I’ve read, Corbyn hasn’t done a good job promoting the anti-BREXIT side.
It could have given the Liberal Democrats a shot…if they hadn’t sold out to the Tories with Cameron…
re: #161 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
because Brexit went across party lines, it is not just a matter of Labour vs Tories
Yep. Corbyn was pro-Brexit. He’s destroying the Labour Party just as Johnson is destroying the Tories.
The Western world is succumbing to the machinations of Putin and, unless the Democrats win both Houses and the presidency, we will not survive this.
Thanks to all for the good thoughts last night.
No real news, last I heard she was on a breathing tube but there was no way of understanding if it was life support or just assistance till swelling goes down. Just get to wait and see.
My own expectations are not good; I have rarely wanted more to be wrong.
re: #86 Anymouse 🌹
Continuing on that Nextdoor post above:
The ‘Gamer Girl Bath Water’ Saga Keeps Getting Stranger (Goes to Kotaku, more at the link, with photo of the woman):
There are very weird corners of the Internet. I imagine the creators of the World Wide Web never envisioned something like this.
The inventors of the web didn’t envision lgf.
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re: #131 teleskiguy
Joke’s on us… the album title is “August 30, 2019” and it will be out in May 2021 :)
re: #2 Charles Johnson
It’s an endless stream of lies and bulkshit.
It’s an endless parade of incompetent know nothings running the WH.
Ivanka is no better:
Indeed. pic.twitter.com/2AGsNcwtGw
— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) July 23, 2019
Her incompetence is breathtaking.
And this is who Trump has advising him. This is who tried to weasel their way into G20 talks.
She has no business anywhere near govt. She’s there because her daddy is in WH. She’s there because her daddy’s fixer helped her avoid real estate fraud charges in NYC. https://t.co/NLp4fwvOLV— lawhawk (@lawhawk) July 23, 2019
The Epstein case isn’t going away anytime soon either, and a lot more people are going to get implicated before it’s done.
All of them should be thrown down a deep dark hole, never to be heard from again.
A lot of those are in Trumpworld:
Oh and also making guest appearance in this huge scandal..
Wilbur Ross and…
*Drumroll*
Rudy.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) July 23, 2019
re: #168 lawhawk
It’s an endless stream of lies and bulkshit.
It’s an endless parade of incompetent know nothings running the WH.
Ivanka is no better:
England, Scotland, Wales, the United Kingston Trio!!!
re: #86 Anymouse 🌹
Continuing on that Nextdoor post above:
The ‘Gamer Girl Bath Water’ Saga Keeps Getting Stranger (Goes to Kotaku, more at the link, with photo of the woman):
There are very weird corners of the Internet. I imagine the creators of the World Wide Web never envisioned something like this.
No response from Tim Berners-Lee or Al Gore so far…
BBC captions nail it.#BorisJohnson pic.twitter.com/zucf07KP5y
— Sketchaganda (@sketchaganda) July 23, 2019
This rise of tribalism in an age where the world is more connected than ever. I’ll never get it. I’ve been able through the same technology that unites the alt-right nationalist shitbirds been able to meet people from all over the world and country. Not just here on LGF. It just feels like the world’s forgotten a lot of the lessons of the past century.
re: #173 HappyWarrior
This rise of tribalism in an age where the world is more connected than ever. I’ll never get it. I’ve been able through the same technology that unites the alt-right nationalist shitbirds been able to meet people from all over the world and country. Not just here on LGF. It just feels like the world’s forgotten a lot of the lessons of the past century.
Rather than coming to terms with people who surround us, we now have the option of fleeing into the safety of people who share our views and shutting out any meaningful contact or interaction with the rest.
re: #174 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Rather than coming to terms with people who surround us, we now have the option of fleeing into the safety of people who share our views and shutting out any meaningful contact or interaction with the rest.
That is true.
re: #73 Belafon
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When Duolingo did this, not only did they flatten out the website, they flattened the mobile app as well. It looked so crude compared to the previous version I actually wrote back to them, as a developer, and complained. I have gotten used to it, but the previous version was much slicker and more pleasing to the eye.
What changes took place on Twitter? I don’t see any difference at all.
re: #111 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
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The Australian version has been a much, much better show than the US version, the latter being a dumbed down version for the American audience.
The original is a BBC program that I prefer as it is very straightforward and much less manipulative. The Australian version is very high on pushing emotive buttons but on the whole an upbeat show. The US version is just more reality-TV trash, complete with hosts who act like they’ve been directed to speak to 5 year olds.
If the Australian version continues next year I can imagine whoever the new hosts will be are going to get heavily criticized for not being the old crew.
The final of this years Australian show is coming up in a few hours (NO SPOILERS!).
For a time it was the most popular thing in Australian history, with a quarter of the population watching it every night six nights a week.
re: #177 DangerMan
All art is political.
re: #174 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Rather than coming to terms with people who surround us, we now have the option of fleeing into the safety of people who share our views and shutting out any meaningful contact or interaction with the rest.
Except that for a large number of these conservatives/tribalists (and tribalism in general) is their cooperation ends where their personal interests begin… and then you have violence and war.
For example, you can be “white” but not the “right sort” of white once non-whites have been diminished or eliminated. And then you too have to go.
re: #133 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Biblical literalism is a modern invention, even Medieval Christians understood that the Bible was not to be taken entirely literally.
I can explain this one!! (because I read slacktivist)
It was Southern slaveholders who promoted Biblical literalism, because any comprehensive reading of the Bible made it clear that slavery was wholly un-Christian. But with literal readings, and cherry-picking a few specific verses, they could find a tortured interpretation that said slavery was okay. The Southern Baptists schismed from the Baptists over it, as well, the entire denomination owes its existence to people trying *desperately* to justify the cruelty and greed that put money in their pockets.
Which is just another of the hideous long-term consequences of slavery and white supremacy, right up there with the electoral college and persistent black poverty.
re: #180 Rocky-in-Connecticut
Except that for a large number of these conservatives/tribalists (and tribalism in general) is their cooperation ends where their personal interests begin… and then you have violence and war.
For example, you can be “white” but not the “right sort” of white once non-whites have been diminished or eliminated. And then you too have to go.
The UK is a great example of this. The “other” there that allowed Brexit to rise was Eastern European immigrants.
re: #171 Archangelus
No response from Tim Berners-Lee or Al Gore so far…
Well remember before the Internet a lot of fools fell for the Pet Rock shtick!
re: #173 HappyWarrior
This rise of tribalism in an age where the world is more connected than ever. I’ll never get it. I’ve been able through the same technology that unites the alt-right nationalist shitbirds been able to meet people from all over the world and country. Not just here on LGF. It just feels like the world’s forgotten a lot of the lessons of the past century.
Georg Hegel said “We learn from history that we do not learn from history”. We may make progress in science — but human nature is stubborn and unchanging and appears to be doomed to constantly repeat the mistakes of the past.
re: #109 Jason Munro
Sometimes I feel like I’m watching our country slip away. It’s disheartening. I’m reassured by the LGF community. It’s a reminder that there are a lot of people commenting (and not commenting) that feel the way I do, from all over.
And on the internet, the weirdness is magnified (where those who don’t follow things like we do are completely unaware). Coupled with social media bullshit, which is magnified by bots and nation states who want to destabilize the western world…we just see it more than most. Which is both good and bad. Good that it’s a smaller subset of Americans being fed bullshit and bad that they miss out on the bad acts and real bullshit taking place throughout the world.
I’m sorry, but I just don’t think a man is strong enough to be president. https://t.co/YbmVCC0E9K
— Dennis DiClaudio (@dennisdiclaudio) July 22, 2019
What are Iowans saying about Kamala Harris?
“She’ll make a wonderful president.”
“I can see her bringing the fight to Donald Trump.”
“She’s the type of person to bring together.”
“She talked about lifting people up, and bringing hope, and that’s what we need.”
“She’s tough.” pic.twitter.com/WPiU8Ru1Bv— Ammar Moussa (@ammarmufasa) July 22, 2019
re: #181 sagehen
re: #176 MsJ
They basically made the web page mimic the android app, my phone is the same but my webpage/desktop version sucks
Devin Nunes is qualified to be DNI in the same way “El Chapo” is qualified to be DEA Administrator.
— Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) July 23, 2019
re: #189 Broad With Sass
They basically made the web page mimic the android app, my phone is the same but my webpage/desktop version sucks
I don’t use the app, just Safari on my phone and Chrome on my laptop. I see no difference anywhere.
re: #94 Jason Munro
On a masochistic whim tonight I checked out OANN’s wesbsite for the first time. I expected something as immediately awful as deadbart or world nut daily, or even a SMOTI level clickbait outfit. It’s more sinister than I feared.
If you did not know anything about their operation you might actually think it’s a legit news site. It seems tailor made for people who don’t want to be associated with Fox News but also want headlines catered to their world view. I know several people who fit into this category. A quick dip into the comments of any story reveals the underbelly, and it’s ugly (like really ugly).
On another note, I don’t comment here often, but I do follow the community because it’s one of the few great ones I have come across on the interwebs. Tonight I raise my glass to all lizards: past, present, and future.
OANN is a Russian op like RT & Sputnik
NEW: The @OANN reporter behind such cable news scoops as “Pelosi’s Mafia Ties Explain Democrat Opposition to Border Wall” and “Hillary Clinton is Funding Antifa Via Dark-Money PAC” is also working directly for Russia’s state-run propaganda agency. https://t.co/GwbDKBBSk3
— Kevin Poulsen (@kpoulsen) July 22, 2019
Here is an article on how hackers use emotions (with fear being #1) called Social Engineering (SE) to rip you off. Now, replace SE for political gain and you get Russia (et al) using SE via Social Media to give us trump and Brexit.
Fascinating read.https://t.co/0f65nyD1ii— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) July 23, 2019
I never thought that Tillerson would look like one of the least offensive Trump picks.
re: #196 HappyWarrior
I never thought that Tillerson would look like one of the least offensive Trump picks.
Qualifications are irrelevant. Just loyalty and intent to destroy the institution from within
re: #197 Barefoot Grin
Qualifications are irrelevant. Just loyalty and intent to destroy the institution from within
Yep. And Tillerson god canned because he was insufficiently loyal.
Obvious Ainsley Earnhardt has never worked at McDonalds.
Here’s @ainsleyearhardt indicating that she thinks employees at McDonald’s earn tips.
“If you’re working at McDonald’s or a small little restaurant where you’re earning tips … if you’re nice to the people, you make a lot of money.” #populism pic.twitter.com/kHUuhwUHVo— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 23, 2019
re: #199 The Pie Overlord!
Obvious Ainsley Earnhardt has never worked at McDonalds.
She’s never been in a McDonald’s.
re: #199 The Pie Overlord!
Obvious Ainsley Earnhardt has never worked at McDonalds.
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Never worked at one and from the sound of it, never been to one but you know AOC is the snobby elite.
re: #200 Belafon
She’s never been in a McDonald’s.
Still remember the time a lady asked for the tip jar at Wendy’s and the manager screamed at her.
And a guy left a tip for the In N Out folks. The manager thanked him and said it’s appreciated…and gave the guy a $5 coupon in return…
These people have never worked in restaurants. It’s hard work.
re: #205 BigPapa
These people have never worked in restaurants. It’s hard work.
It’s real work. They love to crap on public servants and service workers but that’s actually work. Spewing bullshit on FNC isn’t work.
Service workers are there just for Fox fucks to look down on.
re: #137 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
from a guy who benefited from public housing and subsidized tuition
Trump helped him and his wife get a nice suite of furniture for his office!
Not with a bang but with a wanker https://t.co/XxIDCadirs
— Heidi N. Moore (@moorehn) July 22, 2019
re: #209 Danack
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Scotland and Northern Ireland will leave the U.K.
Will the Isle of Man be next to go…or Gibraltar????
re: #210 Joe Bacon 🌹
Scotland and Northern Ireland will leave the U.K.
Will the Isle of Man be next to go…or Gibraltar????
Northern Ireland may fall into a worse version of The Troubles. The vote there on Brexit was on sectarian lines. I probably still have distant cousins in Fermanagh and Down.
JFC
JUST NOW: I asked @larry_kudlow if @realDonaldTrump lied when he said he’d been asked to mediate between India and Pakistan on Kashmir (which India denied).
“The President doesn’t make things up,” he said, calling my question “very rude” pic.twitter.com/PtkDS7oc6q— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) July 23, 2019
I didn’t like Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood as a child (I needed action, like Johnny Quest), but I found this thread beautiful and comforting:
While you’re in your Mr. Rogers feels, a few things to remind you about his radical theology.
1/x
He was a Presbyterian minister whose life’s work was built almost entirely (if not entirely) around Leviticus 19:18 (Love your neighbor as yourself.)
Hence… the neighborhood.— Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg (@TheRaDR) July 22, 2019
re: #213 Barefoot Grin
I didn’t like Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood as a child (I needed action, like Johnny Quest), but I found this thread beautiful and comforting:
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One of my cousins’ wife worked on the show. He was a class act. He was very radical in his own way. And that was that he saw people as people who had something to offer.
re: #211 HappyWarrior
Northern Ireland may fall into a worse version of The Troubles. The vote there on Brexit was on sectarian lines. I probably still have distant cousins in Fermanagh and Down.
First challenge for the Brexit-ing will be re-implementing border controls there. I am sure that will be greeted with open arms.
And it will give Scotland a reason to do another referendum about leaving. And if they get any assurances about being able to join the EU I think that will influence the vote even more towards declaring independence this time. And that will then be an additional headache for White Hall to deal with. (Including another nice section of land border to deal with.)
Brexit is pretty much Putin winning since it will essentially wreck/splinter the UK for at least a decade, if not longer. And as a group of smaller nations that will probably chafe each other constantly they will obviously weaker financially and militarily and thus less able to interfere with anything Russia wants to do.
Here is the President* making shit up again.
Farmers are starting to do great again, after 15 years of a downward spiral. The 16 Billion Dollar China “replacement” money didn’t exactly hurt!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 23, 2019
Stephen Miller has the kind of face that makes you long for the days when racists wore hoods.
- Stephen Colbert— Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@HoodlumRIP) July 23, 2019
re: #220 Archangelus
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It was brave of his uncle to go on MSNBC last night to denounce him.
But then Miller is sick enough to get off on that!
The News: Boris Johnson becoming PM; Britain heading for hottest day in its history. Or to put it another way: we are literally entering hell.
— Sathnam Sanghera (@Sathnam) July 23, 2019
re: #199 The Pie Overlord!
I’m gonna go with she’s never had a job other than one requiring high heels and high end clothes while sitting on a couch revealing what a dipshit she is, but maybe I’m missing something….
re: #222 Patricia Kayden
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re: #213 Barefoot Grin
Sounds like the rabbi has a cardigan crush.
The only surprise is the timing.
Trump administration rule would cut 3 million people from food stamps
reuters.com
re: #226 Decatur Deb
Food stamps are one of the most effective programs in budget.
For every dollar provided, it generates nearly $2 in economic activity.
Not only are you helping poor folks keep from starving, but you help farmers, agribusiness, and supply chain too.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) July 23, 2019
A passing of note: David Hedison has died at the age of 92.
I’ll always remember him most from Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea, which is were I first saw him when I was a kid.
re: #227 lawhawk
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But Joni Ernst continually says that the churches will take care of the truly needy!
re: #227 lawhawk
Not only are you helping poor folks keep from starving, but you help farmers, agribusiness, and supply chain too.
Will no one think of the AAAA bail bondsmen and the payday loan industry?
re: #231 Joe Bacon 🌹
Irwin Allen made Sunday Nights at 7 must see TV for me when I was a kid!
My favorite Irwin Allen film was probably The Towering Inferno (he produced it, and directed the action sequences) followed closely by The Poseidon Adventure. Probably the two best feature-length films he ever did.
We won’t talk about The Swarm, other than to say it’s so ridiculously hammy, it achieves a kind of perverse brilliance.
Boris Johnson elected new Conservative leader in ballot of party members and will become UK PM on Wednesday bbc.in
Called it!
re: #232 Dr Lizardo
My favorite Irwin Allen film was probably The Towering Inferno (he produced it, and directed the action sequences) followed closely by The Poseidon Adventure. Probably the two best feature-length films he ever did.
We won’t talk about The Swarm, other than to say it’s so ridiculously hammy, it achieves a kind of perverse brilliance.
Hey OT but I thought of you when I was treating myself to my birthday liquor, Bercherovka. Had never heard of or seen it before but it’s Czech. It was near the Jager.
re: #234 HappyWarrior
Hey OT but I thought of you when I was treating myself to my birthday liquor, Bercherovka. Had never heard of or seen it before but it’s Czech. It was near the Jager.
Becherovka is pretty well-known here. Not my thing (I’m a single-malt Scotch man, myself - preferably Islay single-malt). And Happy Birthday. Cheers! Or as they say here, “Na zdraví!”
re: #232 Dr Lizardo
My favorite Irwin Allen film was probably The Towering Inferno (he produced it, and directed the action sequences) followed closely by The Poseidon Adventure. Probably the two best feature-length films he ever did.
We won’t talk about The Swarm, other than to say it’s so ridiculously hammy, it achieves a kind of perverse brilliance.
The “Director’s Cut “ of The Swarm is in my RAZZIES Holy of Holies box. There’s just something about seeing Henry Fonda hallucinating and Richard Chamberlain waving away a cloud of puffed wheat!
re: #229 Joe Bacon 🌹
But Joni Ernst continually says that the churches will take care of the truly needy!
She’s a fucking moron.
Churches and charities cannot deal with the current need. They wont be able to deal with the future expanded need.
Part of the reason they can’t?
Donations to charities are down significantly thanks to GOP/Trump’s tax scam (TCJA). Overall, donations are down nearly $80 billion this year. While big names like Gates are donating more, they do so to a handful of charities, and charities that rely on the middle class are getting squeezed - including those operated by churches.
re: #235 Dr Lizardo
Becherovka is pretty well-known here. Not my thing (I’m a single-malt Scotch man, myself - preferably Islay single-malt). And Happy Birthday. Cheers! Or as they say here, “Na zdraví!”
Thanks. It’s tomorrow. Cheers.
re: #134 Anymouse 🌹
Genetically Modified Skeptic (an atheist counter-apologist) decided to take on that wonderful world of religious thought, the anti-vaxxer movement.
He is a member of a number of quackery fora on Faceborg, so he can cull information for his YouTube channel
He asked a question on a cancer “alternative therapy” forum about Del Bigtree (the moonbat who pinned a Nazi badge for Jews on his jacket when he said that anti-vaxxers stand with the Orthodox Jews in New York suffering from a measles outbreak) if they felt persecuted or misrepresented.
He got a bunch of comments back, which he read on his YouTube channel. (By the way, didn’t Facebook say they were going to get rid of lying antivaxxer forums? Oh right, they lied, because libertarians only care about money, not truth.)
Lots of people in the comments were comparing themselves to the victims of the Nazi genocide of opponents and Holocaust victims.
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Yeah, they’re going to be rounded up and thrown in FEMA camp. Gee, imagine what disease-ridden pestholes those will be!
Last wk, Trump told 4 brown skinned Americans to “go back to where they came from.” Republicans said nothing.
Today, he announced a budget deal that adds trillions to the debt & busts all spending caps. Republicans say nothing.
The Republican Party is now a cult of personality.— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) July 23, 2019
re: #239 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Yeah, they’re going to be rounded up and thrown in FEMA camp. Gee, imagine what disease-ridden pestholes those will be!
The FEMA camps were sold to ICE two years ago. We still have a few empty Walmarts for antivaxxers.
re: #240 MsJ
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re: #213 Barefoot Grin
I didn’t like Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood as a child (I needed action, like Johnny Quest), but I found this thread beautiful and comforting:
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The documentary on Fred Rogers was fantastic. He was a good dude.
I know he won’t and that’s the problem with the Never Trumpers.
re: #240 MsJ
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Joe…they said something. They said it wasn’t racist and it was just policy.
They also negotiated the budget deal.
They’ve said plenty.
re: #244 Mike Lamb
The documentary on Fred Rogers was fantastic. He was a good dude.
And he wouldn’t be accepted in about 2/3 of the evangelical churches today.
re: #249 Skip Intro
Idiots. Every single one of them.
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Funny as hell if WWIII starts because of autocorrect.
re: #248 Belafon
And he wouldn’t be accepted in about 2/3 of the evangelical churches today.
They’d consider him the Devil himself. Yet Trump……Trump is their orange messiah.
re: #248 Belafon
And he wouldn’t be accepted in about 2/3 of the evangelical churches today.
2/3?
Too low. more like 99 44/100% of churches now would have nothing to do with Mister Rogers.
re: #249 Skip Intro
She’s the one who they claim is the smart one.
She’s just as awful as all the rest of Trumpworld.
Typos are bad.
What’s worse is injecting yourself into crises and flashpoints around the world with absolutely no knowledge or understanding of the facts, history, circumstances, or personalities.
That’s what Trump did yesterday by lying about how Modi wanted him to intervene in the Pakistani-Indian conflict along the Line of Control.
The Indian government gave a harsh smackdown about that - precisely because no one wants him involved, least of all the Indian or Pakistani governments. But Trump could make the crisis worse by lying his ass off and causing even more uncertainty in a part of the world where two nuclear powers fight skirmishes regularly because of a land dispute along the Line of Control.
Trump’s spawn think that they can flit and flitter around the G20 and engage substantively with international leaders when they have zero experience or knowledge to share.
They’re too dumb to know that they’re too dumb to be there.
Which means that their base is cheering on the insanity.
It’s called protecting the public from scammers like yourself.
Your dad’s fake school was shuttered because it called itself a University despite ZERO accreditation.
All you do is lie and run scams and cons. That’s why we need licensures.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) July 23, 2019
re: #244 Mike Lamb
The documentary on Fred Rogers was fantastic. He was a good dude.
I cannot imagine how Fred Rogers could cope in the ugliness of Trump’s America, which is hostile to every lesson he promoted. OTOH, there was much evil in his heyday too — Vietnam, assassinations, riots, the Kent State Massacre, Watergate. But he hoped that his teachings would make us better people, and that hope would certainly be dashed by the widespread support of Trump.
re: #254 lawhawk
She’s the one who they claim is the smart one.
She’s just as awful as all the rest of Trumpworld.
Typos are bad.
What’s worse is injecting yourself into crises and flashpoints around the world with absolutely no knowledge or understanding of the facts, history, circumstances, or personalities.
That’s what Trump did yesterday by lying about how Modi wanted him to intervene in the Pakistani-Indian conflict along the Line of Control.
The Indian government gave a harsh smackdown about that - precisely because no one wants him involved, least of all the Indian or Pakistani governments. But Trump could make the crisis worse by lying his ass off and causing even more uncertainty in a part of the world where two nuclear powers fight skirmishes regularly because of a land dispute along the Line of Control.
Trump’s spawn think that they can flit and flitter around the G20 and engage substantively with international leaders when they have zero experience or knowledge to share.
They’re too dumb to know that they’re too dumb to be there.
Which means that their base is cheering on the insanity.
Being the smartest Trump is like getting a 59 on your report card. Yeah it’s the highest of F’s but it’s still an F. If Ivanka actually were somewhat smart, she’d know she isn’t qualified to stick herself into situations that she is ignorant about.
re: #256 Hecuba’s daughter
I cannot imagine how Fred Rogers could cope in the ugliness of Trump’s America, which is hostile to every lesson he promoted. OTOH, there was much evil in his heyday too — Vietnam, assassinations, riots, the Kent State Massacre, Watergate. But he hoped that his teachings would make us better people, and that hope would certainly be dashed by the widespread support of Trump.
He would endure.
re: #255 lawhawk
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re: #219 The Pie Overlord!
Here is the President* making shit up again.
Farmers are starting to do great again, after 15 years of a downward spiral. The 16 Billion Dollar China “replacement” money didn’t exactly hurt!
so because you gave them a handout they’re ‘doing great’?
maybe ask them how they feel about being on the government dole all of a sudden
re: #254 lawhawk
……
Trump’s spawn think that they can flit and flitter around the G20 and engage substantively with international leaders when they have zero experience or knowledge to share.
They’re too dumb to know that they’re too dumb to be there.
Which means that their base is cheering on the insanity.
The evil spawn are planning on succeeding daddy as leader of this now banana republic. Ivanka thinks she will be the first woman president and the cult will enthusiastically support this goal. The EC will be the death of us all.
re: #260 DangerMan
China isn’t paying a dime of the bailout. American taxpayers are.
China isn’t paying the tariffs. Americans are. That’s what tariffs are - they’re a tax that Americans pay on imported goods. We pay, not China.
Trump lies, and then lies some more.
Not that his base cares or will keep him honest. They don’t mind the lies. They think that they’re sticking it to the libs (they aren’t).
re: #260 DangerMan
so because you gave them a handout they’re ‘doing great’?
maybe ask them how they feel about being on the government dole all of a sudden
The farmers he’s concerned with are agribusinesses on the dole and the commodities exchanges. Quite the sleight of hand.
re: #227 lawhawk
Food stamps are one of the most effective programs in budget.
For every dollar provided, it generates nearly $2 in economic activity.
Not only are you helping poor folks keep from starving, but you help farmers, agribusiness, and supply chain too.
while everything you say is true, what kind of person really needs more than “helping poor folks keep from starving”
re: #260 DangerMan
so because you gave them a handout they’re ‘doing great’?
maybe ask them how they feel about being on the government dole all of a sudden
Farmers have been on the dole for decades — farm subsidies have been an enduring legacy for generations of Presidents of both political parties.
re: #256 Hecuba’s daughter
I cannot imagine how Fred Rogers could cope in the ugliness of Trump’s America, which is hostile to every lesson he promoted. OTOH, there was much evil in his heyday too — Vietnam, assassinations, riots, the Kent State Massacre, Watergate. But he hoped that his teachings would make us better people, and that hope would certainly be dashed by the widespread support of Trump.
Trump would be raging at Mr. Rogers daily on Twitter.
re: #259 HappyWarrior
God shut up already Ivanka. The reason why those licenses exist is so the public won’t be scammed by conmen and women like your family without public recourse.
I am actually kind of with her on this. When Mitt was governor of MA he avoided raising taxes by increasing licensing fees and adding license requirements where none ever existed. One of my pet peeves are things like the projectionist license. It is the sort of thing that made sense when film stock was highly flammable and had to be handled properly and arc lamps had a tendency to explode if improperly handled. It makes no sense in the modern world, but will literally never go away because money.
Gives farmers a handout. Farmers complain about socialism. Right wing Econ 101.
re: #268 danarchy
I am actually kind of with her on this. When Mitt was governor of MA he avoided raising taxes by increasing licensing fees and adding license requirements where none ever existed. One of my pet peeves are things like the projectionist license. It is the sort of thing that made sense when film stock was highly flammable and had to be handled properly and arc lamps had a tendency to explode if improperly handled. It makes no sense in the modern world, but will literally never go away because money.
Consider the source though, a scam artist.
re: #265 DangerMan
while everything you say is true, what kind of person really needs more than “helping poor folks keep from starving”
Pulling them will create more poor.
re: #259 HappyWarrior
God shut up already Ivanka. The reason why those licenses exist is so the public won’t be scammed by conmen and women like your family without public recourse.
when i was an active scuba instructor, i always found it odd that you need a license to cut hair but not to fill a tank or fix a regulator
re: #272 DangerMan
when i was an active scuba instructor, i always found it odd that you need a license to cut hair but not to fill a tank or fix a regulator
We need smart regulations I agree.
re: #263 Decatur Deb
The farmers he’s concerned with are agribusinesses on the dole and the commodities exchanges. Quite the sleight of hand.
and you got down in one
re: #275 Teddy’s Person
Shorter Ivanka: I want my sweatshops closer to home.
Yep. Fuck Ivanka. At least her father is pretty honest that he’s a shit person.
Ivanka is the person who lets her fathers policies screw people and then thinks being reasonably attractive should make us forget about it.
re: #272 DangerMan
when i was an active scuba instructor, i always found it odd that you need a license to cut hair but not to fill a tank or fix a regulator
I see no problem with all of those being regulated - a fuckup by any of them can kill a customer. Take a look at the chemicals involved in most hair products sometime. Nasty stuff if misused. I’m sure you can point out simple problems in a regulator that could kill.
re: #279 William Lewis
I see no problem with all of those being regulated - a fuckup by any of them can kill a customer. Take a look at the chemicals involved in most hair products sometime. Nasty stuff if misused. I’m sure you can point out simple problems in a regulator that could kill.
I think the case here is a why not both. But you’re right. Wingers just convince themselves regulations bad because of regurgitated right wing bs.
re: #212 The Pie Overlord!
JUST NOW: I asked larry kudlow if Donald Trump lied when he said he’d been asked to mediate between India and Pakistan on Kashmir (which India denied).
“The President doesn’t make things up,” he said, calling my question “very rude”
In other words “Our President is delusional.”
re: #272 DangerMan
when i was an active scuba instructor, i always found it odd that you need a license to cut hair but not to fill a tank or fix a regulator
Given that beauty salons handle a variety of chemicals for coloring hair, nails, etc, it does make sense that beauticians be licensed before they can provide these services to the public.
re: #282 Hecuba’s daughter
Given that beauty salons handle a variety of chemicals for coloring hair, nails, etc, it does make sense that beauticians be licensed before they can provide these services to the public.
It’s like how the wingers use the McDonalds coffee case to attack tort lawsuits. The plaintiff in that case had a reasonable case but right wingers turned it into stupid lady got burned by coffee and sued a job provider for millions.
re: #213 Barefoot Grin
I didn’t like Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood as a child (I needed action, like Johnny Quest), but I found this thread beautiful and comforting:
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Occasionally I’ll bring people with me to meet the children. The person they loved most is somebody with whom every student at Bates—and, I’ll bet, every alumnus and alumna—would love to spend a day, a man named Mr. Rogers. Fred Rogers said he’d like to meet the kids, but asked me if I thought that it would be intrusive. (I couldn’t help smiling at the thought of Mr. Rogers being intrusive.) We went up on the No. 6 train, and it was a nice experience to ride with Mr. Rogers on the train. There he was, the same sweet guy that children have been learning from for 40 years. He even had his sweater and his sneakers and his bow tie, and people on the train kept looking at him kind of strangely. We got off the train at Brook Avenue. We walked one block, and a garbage truck came screeching to a halt. The driver, a 50-year-old black man, jumped out and hugged Mr. Rogers.
We went to St. Ann’s, where Elio spotted Mr. Rogers from across the crowded room. He zoomed straight across the room with his arms spread wide. At the moment of collision, he gave him a big kiss on the forehead. He said, “Welcome to my neighborhood, Mr. Rogers.”
re: #219 The Pie Overlord!
Farmers are starting to do great again, after 15 years of a downward spiral. The 16 Billion Dollar China “replacement” money didn’t exactly hurt!
Farmers are doing better because we raised taxes and redistributed the money to them!
re: #224 HappyWarrior
New countries need to emerge. I just hope Germany after Merkel makes a good choice for her successor. He or she will have big shoes to full. No leader in Europe the past decade has been more committed to the principles of multicultural democratic government.
I cannot see anyone on the German political landscape who could be more than a patch on her legacy.
Her successor as Party leader, Annagrette Kramp-Karrenbauer, just got stuck with the job of Minister of Defense, which is the worst possible post anyone can be assigned to in any German government.
re: #279 William Lewis
I see no problem with all of those being regulated - a fuckup by any of them can kill a customer. Take a look at the chemicals involved in most hair products sometime. Nasty stuff if misused. I’m sure you can point out simple problems in a regulator that could kill.
exactly. so
- how do you not license people who repair and maintain life support equipment?
- or mix gasses and deal with high pressure tanks?
(put your dive shop near a main road and your air compressor will suck in all that carbon monoxide)
there are safeguards. they are all voluntary
re: #283 HappyWarrior
It’s like how the wingers use the McDonalds coffee case to attack tort lawsuits. The plaintiff in that case had a reasonable case but right wingers turned it into stupid lady got burned by coffee and sued a job provider for millions.
Wingers love the half-truth. It may even top the strawman on their list of favorite fallacies. Both are mesmerizingly clever rhetorical ploys to their small minds.
re: #282 Hecuba’s daughter
Given that beauty salons handle a variety of chemicals for coloring hair, nails, etc, it does make sense that beauticians be licensed before they can provide these services to the public.
i may have expressed myself poorly
i wasnt dissing on the hair care industry
it is (was) the lack of any oversight of the scuba industry
What I appreciated about Mr. Rogers is that he always saw the best in people and, even moreso, that he didn’t treat kids like idiots.
In the same vein as Sesame Street tackling Mr. Hoopers death head on, we have to recognize that even relatively young children are aware of things in the world around them and have emotional reactions to them. Obviously, you approach such things much differently with a child than with an adult but it’s still critical to approach them. Don’t just shrug it off or come up with some kind of lame fantasy explanation. Be honest. The kids will appreciate it more than you know.
Also, kids are impressionable. The way Mr. Rogers treated them will resonate far and wide when they get older and of course if they become parents themselves. There’s a reason so many liked Fred Rogers: He saw the value in everyone and respected people. I wish there more like him around today. We need a lot more of that in the Age of Trump.
re: #257 HappyWarrior
Being the smartest Trump is like being the fastest pedophile. Sure, you’re the best but ewwww…
Fortunately the aviation industry remains pretty heavily regulated. This is probably only because its fuckups have such spectacular and gruesome results that even the dimmest consumer unit is aware of them. Even here, though, there is pressure around the edges for less regulation.
re: #290 Eclectic Cyborg
What I appreciated about Mr. Rogers is that he always saw the best in people and, even moreso, that he didn’t treat kids like idiots.
In the same vein as Sesame Street tackling Mr. Hoopers death head on, we have to recognize that even relatively young children are aware of things in the world around them and have emotional reactions to them. Obviously, you approach such things much differently with a child than with an adult but it’s still critical to approach them. Don’t just shrug it off or come up with some kind of lame fantasy explanation. Be honest. The kids will appreciate it more than you know.
Also, kids are impressionable. The way Mr. Rogers treated them will resonate far and wide when they get older and of course if they become parents themselves. There’s a reason so many liked Fred Rogers: He saw the value in everyone and respected people. I wish there more like him around today. We need a lot more of that in the Age of Trump.
All those things that made him the special person he is are exactly why Fox says he ruined children. They would prefer one of Ailes’ protégés be on air encouraging kids to belittle those not like them.
re: #292 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Fortunately the aviation industry remains pretty heavily regulated. This is probably only because its fuckups have such spectacular and gruesome results that even the dimmest consumer unit is aware of them. Even here, though, there is pressure around the edges for less regulation.
I’ve heard that private pilots are one of the biggest supporters of keeping ATC public. It’s only libertarian douchebags who know nothing about aviation that are so eager to get rid of them.
re: #261 Hecuba’s daughter
The evil spawn are planning on succeeding daddy as leader of this now banana republic. Ivanka thinks she will be the first woman president and the cult will enthusiastically support this goal. The EC will be the death of us all.
Evangelicals are already starting to back Ivanka for 2024.
Farmers need handouts and food stamp recipients may starve but Princess Amway is raking it in. Meanwhile, her brother, Erik Prince of Darkness, is doing well in an even sleazier racket.
Betsy DeVos and family see profits soar after Trump tax reform bill, deregulation efforts
Right wingers are like the socialists they hate. No room for nuance.
re: #293 HappyWarrior
All those things that made him the special person he is are exactly why Fox says he ruined children. They would prefer one of Ailes’ protégés be on air encouraging kids to belittle those not like them.
Oh man, just had a vision of right-wing Sesame Street. Mr. Hooper sells out to Freedom Corp, Maria gets deported, Bert & Ernie are forced into gay conversion therapy, and Oscar runs an unlicensed tattoo parlor out of his garbage can.
re: #298 Teddy’s Person
Oh man, just had a vision of right-wing Sesame Street. Mr. Hooper sells out to Freedom Corp, Maria gets deported, Bert & Ernie are forced into gay conversion therapy, and Oscar runs an unlicensed tattoo parlor out of his garbage can.
This needs a comedy sketch team.
Thread https://t.co/vPSfbeXWTP
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) July 23, 2019
re: #300 gocart mozart
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Buckley was as Vidal said a crypto fascist. Vidal was awful too but he wasn’t wrong Buckley.
re: #302 DangerMan
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I’m sure that J0el O$teen will be glad to help the unemployed…
Buckley was a product of the old guard threatened by the people who would be making strides after WWII. The idea of “those people” especially if they were of color threatened his fragile self. So he tried to make it about big government vs Liberty.
In a 39-page sentencing memorandum, Sayoc’s attorneys laid out a detailed narrative of his radicalization. Sayoc went from being a steroid-addled pariah relying on self-help audiobooks and strip mall fortune-tellers to a political radical who saw it as his mission to protect Trump and the country by attacking prominent liberals across the country, according to the sentencing memo.
In a section titled “Mr. Sayoc’s political radicalization,” attorneys described how Sayoc — suffering from mental illness and working as a part-time pizza delivery man and part-time strip club DJ — found solace in self-help books on tape.
“It was from these books that he discovered Donald Trump, whose audiobooks Mr. Sayoc credits with saving his life,” the attorneys wrote. “Mr. Sayoc viewed Donald Trump as everything he wanted to be: self-made, successful, and a ‘playboy.’”
Sayoc lost his home during the 2008 financial crisis. With ongoing steroid use and the death of close family members, attorneys wrote, his mental condition continued to deteriorate.
Lock him up!
re: #300 gocart mozart
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And someone (I presume in the Political Science, Philosophy or History Department) didn’t smack that shit down. I wouldn’t let my students get away with that bullshit “logic.” Nothing disabuses the notion of excellence in ivy league schools more than their former students.
TRUMP: “Then I have an Article 2, where I have the right to do whatever I want as president.”
(Article 2 does not in fact empower the president to do whatever they want.) pic.twitter.com/qIFP1AbHw6— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 23, 2019
re: #307 lawhawk
I’m sure there’s an old tweet from Trump specifically arguing that Obama is violating the restrictions imposed by the Constitution.
I love happy endings!
Two Louisiana police officers were fired after posting and liking, respectively, a Facebook caption about shooting Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).
The chief of the Gretna Police Department in Louisiana said that Charles Rispoli and Angelo Varisco had violated the force’s social media policy, according to the New York Times.
“This vile idiot needs a round…and I don’t mean the kind she used to serve,” Rispoli originally posted along with a fake article claiming that Ocasio-Cortez said that soldiers are paid too much.
Chief Arthur Lawson called the episode “an embarrassment” to the department.
Journalism is hard; let’s not bother.
After Jeffrey Epstein got out of the Palm Beach County jail in 2009, … he began a media campaign to remake his public image.
The effort led to the publication of articles describing him as a selfless and forward-thinking philanthropist with an interest in science on websites like Forbes, National Review and HuffPost.
The forbes.com article, posted in 2013, praised him as “one of the largest backers of cutting-edge science around the world” while making no mention of his criminal past. The National Review piece, from the same year, called him “a smart businessman” with a “passion for cutting-edge science.” The HuffPost article, from 2017, credited Mr. Epstein for “taking action to help a number of scientists thrive during the ‘Trump Era’,” a time of “anti-science policies and budget cuts.”
All three articles have been removed from their sites in recent days, after inquiries from The New York Times.
…
The articles in praise of Mr. Epstein came about partly because of an online publishing model adopted by some news organizations that relied on outside contributors who often wrote for little or no pay, with little or no input from editors.The article on the Forbes website was attributed to Drew Hendricks, a contributing writer. As The Times revealed in an article last week, he was not the author of the piece. Instead, it was delivered to him by a public relations firm, and he said he was paid $600 to attach his byline and post it at forbes.com.
Mr. Hendricks said he had not been aware of Mr. Epstein’s history. “All I knew was, this is a guy doing a science thing,” he said. “If I had known otherwise, I wouldn’t have done it.”
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Source: NYT
So, the heat wave finally broke yesterday in NYC metro. It also broke the power grid as hundreds of thousands lost power due to the severe storms that came through. NJ was hit hardest with the outages, and some parts of NJ might not have power restored until this weekend. Parts of NYC metro area got more than 4 inches of rain in the storm. Wind gusts in NJ were observed as high as 70 mph. Golf ball sized hail was reported along with widespread flooding. There were numerous reports of trees taking out homes, cars, and other structures, as they also downed power lines all over the region.
Parts of Brooklyn and Queens are still without power since Con Ed cut power to parts of the grid to prevent a wider outage. But that’s a separate issue - since Con Ed claimed that their grid could handle the stress, but clearly failed.
re: #309 Joe Bacon 🌹
Gretna police had a big issue after Katrina.
No doubt that those cops will be hired by a more racist PD down the road. It’s what happens.
re: #309 Joe Bacon 🌹
I love happy endings!
Two Louisiana police officers were fired after posting and liking, respectively, a Facebook caption about shooting Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).
The chief of the Gretna Police Department in Louisiana said that Charles Rispoli and Angelo Varisco had violated the force’s social media policy, according to the New York Times.
“This vile idiot needs a round…and I don’t mean the kind she used to serve,” Rispoli originally posted along with a fake article claiming that Ocasio-Cortez said that soldiers are paid too much.
Chief Arthur Lawson called the episode “an embarrassment” to the department.
Good but let’s hopr they’re not quietly rehired in a neighboring parish.
re: #312 lawhawk
Gretna police had a big issue after Katrina.
No doubt that those cops will be hired by a more racist PD down the road. It’s what happens.
Had the same thought.
re: #310 Teddy’s Person
Those outlets ran puff pieces written by Epstein and his PR to try and restore his credibility. They got played, and now want to attribute their failures to others.
No.
They refused to do their due diligence. This was an astroturfing PR campaign to protect Epstein from consequences of his heinous criminal acts.
re: #310 Teddy’s Person
Journalism is hard; let’s not bother.
If the National Review likes you, I typically stay away.
New comic: should newsrooms call Hitler’s denunciation of Jews “racist”? https://t.co/qaJzjcKcGl
— Matt Bors (@MattBors) July 23, 2019
What immediately comes to mind us Kavanaugh. The darling judge of the right wing establishment who is also a sexual assaulting angry drunk.
re: #320 HappyWarrior
What immediately comes to mind us Kavanaugh. The darling judge of the right wing establishment who is also a sexual assaulting angry drunk.
And they made him that so that they could avoid the “Right wing hack taking money from questionable sources” charge.
If the GOP are taking lessons from Hannity in examining Mueller, they are well and truly fucked.
re: #321 Belafon
And they made him that so that they could avoid the “Right wing hack taking money from questionable sources” charge.
Yep. Kavanaugh was and is a Republican operative with a judicial robe.
re: #322 lawhawk
If the GOP are taking lessons from Hannity in examining Mueller, they are well and truly fucked.
This is just sad.
re: #324 HappyWarrior
This is just sad.
I hope Mueller makes the GOP look totally stupid and incompetent.
This kit allows you to build a salt water powered car https://t.co/E9a8wArWJz [https://t.co/whFB3tjbpC] pic.twitter.com/NanFx1yNfB
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) July 23, 2019
re: #325 Eclectic Cyborg
I hope Mueller makes the GOP look totally stupid and incompetent.
He’s dealt with much more intelligent opponents than Trump.
We are in Day 4 of The Great DTE Power Outage. Oddly enough, our little block, which is almost always hit when there is a power outage, did not lose power this time! The lights flickered but then went back on!
Thousands of SE Michigan residents without power for days https://t.co/2nxMaNiXD8
— Local 4 WDIV Detroit (@Local4News) July 23, 2019
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— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) July 23, 2019
and an actual Nazi shows up
Lol at your profile, modern day Swedes are a joke. I hope your country becomes a multicultural violent filled place with no Swedish people. I don’t even need to hope because it is already happening. You are all complete slaves to the fractional reserve banking system and the jews
— Palmbeach25 (@Palmbeach251) July 22, 2019
re: #325 Eclectic Cyborg
I hope Mueller makes the GOP look totally stupid and incompetent.
Oh, I think he will, but the RWNJs in the House will throw so much red-meat laced bullshit at Muellar that their base will eat it up with a spoon. They’ll have multiple orgasms as House Republicans’ spit-spattering screams are broadcast on TV. Forty percent of Americans live in their own reality. A reality carefully crafted by the likes of Roger Stone, Rush Limbaugh and Mitch McConnell. So, it doesn’t matter to them and those trying to court them what actually happens.
re: #329 gocart mozart
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It was also an attack that many American right wingers tried to rationalize because of the Norweigan Labor Party’s inclusion vision for Norway. Oh and does Nazi who wets himself thinking about Jews know that there are plenty of Jews in Palm Beach. I guess maybe if he left his alt-right safe space, he’d know that but that would mean leaving Mommy’s basement and actually having to get out the right wing circle jerk pool where their collective misery is a minority’s fault.
I got big D’s 2020 campaign song right here. (Apologies to the Jonas Brothers.) 👏🏼🍭👏🏼🍭👏🏼 pic.twitter.com/hyklSGepqr
— Randy Rainbow (@RandyRainbow) July 22, 2019
JFC
Trump makes a hand gesture while saying AOC’s name pic.twitter.com/2266fEvlWE
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 23, 2019
re: #333 The Pie Overlord!
JFC
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I see he’s addressing The Trump Youth. Aka little chodes who will never amount to anything because they think Daddy Trump will just get rid of everyone not like them and that will make them millionaires. They’re in for a rude awakening when they find out that Trump’s economy is all abot benefiting him and his family.
Completely unhinged. We have all come to accept this as the new normal.
Wow. Trump alleges, without evidence, that electoral victories for Democrats in “California and numerous other states” are “rigged” because undocumented immigrants vote “many times — not just twice.” pic.twitter.com/Q5r7GbgZnH
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 23, 2019
re: #336 The Pie Overlord!
Completely unhinged. We have all come to accept this as the new normal.
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This lying sack of shit needs to be removed from office and put on trial NOW.
If they were rigging the vote, wouldn’t it make sense to do it in places that the Dems need to win electorally? Oh wait, this is Trump math. Fuck him. Fuck his supporters. Fuck his entire family.
Sorry, I’ll calm down but I just know come 2020 if things don’t go his way, he’ll start a Civil War rather than accept defeat and he’ll have plenty of our fellow Americans to help since a bunch of our fellow Americans are with this fascist fuckwaffle.
@Twitter & @Jack, this is what I fell asleep posting last night. Historical content from @yadvashem about men, women, and impossibly young children who were murdered.
I woke up today to a restricted account… Please, something needs to change. https://t.co/wDi562zemB— McKay Smith (@McKayMSmith) July 23, 2019
It looks like botsentinal does not work with the new Twitter design.
Am I missing the icon to check an account?
Hmm…
re: #340 HappyWarrior
I’m sure his base would love the optics of U.S. Marshals forcibly removing him from the White House on Jan 21, 2021.
Wray says that in first three quarters of this fiscal year, FBI has made about 100 domestic terrorism arrests. That, he says, is more than last year. Majority of the suspects are motivated by some version of white supremacy, he says.
— Matt Zapotosky (@mattzap) July 23, 2019
re: #343 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m sure his base would love the optics of U.S. Marshals forcibly removing him from the White House on Jan 21, 2021.
Yep they want a martyr Trump. That’s the only thing that is keeping me for wanting a Louis XVI or Nicolae Ceaușescu end.
re: #333 The Pie Overlord!
JFC
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Notice the little suppressed grin right after he deliberately makes the gesture. I would be all the money in my pockets that the last person he talked to before that speech was Steven Miller. It kind of reminded me of this awkward gesture:
I’m tired of mean kids from Junior High running my government.
re: #341 The Pie Overlord!
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Fellow travelers, all the way up. That’s the only thing that can explain the regularity and consistency of this shit.
re: #345 HappyWarrior
Yep they want a martyr Trump. That’s the only thing that is keeping me for wanting a Louis XVI or Nicolae Ceaușescu end.
I want him to have an Elvis end - a massive coronary event while tweeting and crapping on his golden idol.
re: #348 William Lewis
I want him to have an Elvis end - a massive coronary event while tweeting and crapping on his golden idol.
He should stroke out at one of his hate rallies.
re: #348 William Lewis
I want him to have an Elvis end - a massive coronary event while tweeting and crapping on his golden idol.
That works. No metrydrom. No glory. A lonely death on the crapper. I would hope it would end like this. NO COLLUS and it’s unfinished.
re: #349 The Pie Overlord!
He should stroke out at one of his hate rallies.
Even better. But you’re both right. Something that would be inglorious.
re: #350 HappyWarrior
That works. No metrydrom. No glory. A lonely death on the crapper. I would hope it would end like this. NO COLLUS and it’s unfinished.
That would lead to assassination conspiracy theories.
re: #349 The Pie Overlord!
He should stroke out at one of his hate rallies.
Nah. You know one of those late night shows, either SNL, Jay Leno or David Letterman, where you have Baghdad Bob saying nothing is wrong, no bombing is occuring, only to have a bomb literarly drop on him. That sort of end. For him and the GOP.
re: #352 The Pie Overlord!
That would lead to assassination conspiracy theories.
True which is why your idea I think is best. But then again no matter what happens ot him, this is going to be the Reagan worship on steroids.
“I proudly wear my MAGA hat every time I go out of my house, although I will say this — Mr President, I do have one problem with you, and that’s that I only get to have you as my president for six more years.”
(Trump followed this up by “joking” about serving more than 2 terms) https://t.co/XtszCxHgAp— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 23, 2019
re: #343 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m sure his base would love the optics of U.S. Marshals forcibly removing him from the White House on Jan 21, 2021.
They’d start shooting.
re: #357 Dr Lizardo
They’d start shooting.
They are the best argument for gun control that exists. A bunch of children who don’t know how to accept reality.
re: #328 The Pie Overlord!
We are in Day 4 of The Great DTE Power Outage. Oddly enough, our little block, which is almost always hit when there is a power outage, did not lose power this time! The lights flickered but then went back on!
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“It’s too expensive to address climate change”.
re: #349 The Pie Overlord!
He should stroke out at one of his hate rallies.
Holy hell. Can you imagine the endless conspiracy theories if that happened??
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