John Oliver Explains Why Filibusters Exist and Why They Shouldn’t [VIDEO]
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John Oliver explains why filibusters exist, why they shouldn’t, and why it’s stupid to drink coffee like a cat.
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Trump said he had nothing to do with Pence’s Ireland trip or the USAF stops at Turnberry.
He’s also said that about the National Enquirer, eminent domain, the 2018 election losses, Stormy Daniels, soybean price drops and all things Russia. https://t.co/rB6xUvqh0d— Philip Bump (@pbump) September 9, 2019
re: #1 DangerMan
To Trumpers, Trump’s sociopathy and disorder are features, not bugs.
The Crypt Keeper speaks:
Pat Robertson warns that God may soon send a plague on America in the form of leprosy as punishment for legal abortion. pic.twitter.com/300KRI2ttK
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) September 9, 2019
re: #4 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
We already have Trump…. the rest of the plagues are already upon us.
And those who reside in states where Robertson and his ilk hold the greatest sway have among the lowest life expectancies, higher per capita gun death rates, and high abortion rates (due to lower availability of birth control).
So… there’s that.
Looks like Fox News is speeding up footage of Trump walking so he doesn’t seem so slovenly… pic.twitter.com/l0dSrFgb75
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) September 9, 2019
re: #1 DangerMan
This seems… relevant…
no guys no please do not make this trend, for it is my fight with #PresidentPussyAssBitch, not yours!!!!!! https://t.co/hSJ0UxjbaO
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 9, 2019
Edited to put the tweet in place of the instagram post.
OT, personal stuff:
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re: #3 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
To Trumpers, Trump’s sociopathy and disorder are features, not bugs.
I hope it’s only the hardcore loonies who think Sharpiegate was a feature.
President Personality Disorder’s narcissistic inner-world seems to be where a lot of his supporters live these days, but I hope some see that any of his mistakes can spiral like when he doctored the map and had a federal agency lie for him. He can’t admit that he’s said something stupid and provably false, so anything can become a complete clown-show.
re: #4 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
The Crypt Keeper speaks:
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He’s had since 1973. What’s he waiting on?
And now, the Mike Pence Suckup Experience. https://t.co/EJRCPgV02w
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 9, 2019
Magical thinker and terrorist pretends to have changed. At least he isn’t killing anyone (so he says).
I was a KKK warrior. Turning to God changed me and could help America stem mass shootings.
Mental health issues, extremism and assault weapons contribute to mass shootings, but an increasingly godless culture is the deeper underlying cause.
couple days ago I saw someone stating that Trump stands like a Centaur, but without back half of the body.
Now I can’t unsee it pic.twitter.com/Z6m1VMA5Yy— 𝘞𝘉 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 🍕🐀 (@FormerDirtDart) September 9, 2019
re: #17 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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Centaur?
I’m sure there’s a “horse’s ass” joke in there someplace….
re: #16 Amory Blaine
Magical thinker and terrorist pretends to have changed. At least he isn’t killing anyone (so he says).
I was a KKK warrior. Turning to God changed me and could help America stem mass shootings.
It is somewhat amazing that the US is, arguably, the most religious of the developed nations, yet also seems to have the highest rate of gun deaths.
Funny that.
re: #7 KGxvi
This seems… relevant…
Edited to put the tweet in place of the instagram post.
The original #presidentpussyassbitch cannot trend, but this one can! 🤣 #pabotus
— Rison123 (@Rison1234) September 9, 2019
re: #19 KGxvi
It is somewhat amazing that the US is, arguably, the most religious of the developed nations, yet also seems to have the highest rate of gun deaths.
Funny that.
“If women would just do what the Bible says, we wouldn’t have incels shooting up the place.”
re: #21 Eclectic Cyborg
“Mike Pence Suckup Experience”
Worst band name ever?
Or the worst Things To Do In Las Vegas tourist traps.
— DAWG (@88SEATTLE61) September 9, 2019
Stop lying your ass off.
We know it. The Taliban knows it. Everyone knows it.
You don’t have a clue what you’re doing, but you want to get a Nobel prize so badly you were going to have Taliban visit Camp David right before 9/11. You’re a sad vain fragile snowflake.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) September 9, 2019
re: #21 Eclectic Cyborg
“Mike Pence Suckup Experience”
Worst band name ever?
Nope
Fox And Friends Glory Hole…
National Weather Service chief: Forecasters did the right thing in contradicting Trump’s Dorian claim https://t.co/B0DsWpH2Sw pic.twitter.com/kbHb8VhjDU
— The Hill (@thehill) September 9, 2019
re: #13 Charles Johnson
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I see you conveniently don’t say which decision you support, the one to cancel or the one to invite them in the first place.
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) September 9, 2019
re: #29 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Let me guess: The Weather Service Chief was NOT appointed by Trump.
nice:
The Geert Wilders account has since deleted his photo with Lindsey Graham, but I had the tab still open on my browser so here it is: pic.twitter.com/WTQrTuHgZW
— John Hudson (@John_Hudson) September 7, 2019
This is very normal.
Hi good morning it’s Monday, CNN is reporting that the CIA had to extract its top intelligence source in Russia because it could not trust the president to protect his identity
— David Frum (@davidfrum) September 9, 2019
re: #33 goddamnedfrank
We’re at about 9.8 Watergates. And that’s only the shit we know about.
re: #32 b.d.
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And do we really think an association with as fine a “defender of historical Western values” as Geert Wilders would harm Miss Lindsay with his voting base in the least?
“For the second time, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley will apply for financial assistance from the federal government to lessen the impact of trade tariffs on his northeast Iowa farm.” #TrumpTariffs #TrumpRecession https://t.co/gwaQQnppRt
— Laurel M. Davila (@laureldavilacpa) September 9, 2019
Can you smell that sweet socialism? I can….
re: #35 Jay C
And do we really think an association with as fine a “defender of historical Western values” as Geert Wilders would harm Miss Lindsay with his voting base in the least?
Geert didn’t want to be seen cavorting with extremists
Were you trying to crush his head? https://t.co/Zlcz2tSWzF
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 9, 2019
I know you’ll be shocked to learn this, but Todd Palin is divorcing Sarah… seeking joint custody of their under-age son Trig.
Glen Rice ruins yet another marriage https://t.co/ChQvh6QaqV
— Give Smart is back, baby (@BobbyBigWheel) September 9, 2019
re: #33 goddamnedfrank
This is very normal.
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I saw that earlier and all I could think of was “WHAT IN THE EVER LOVING FUCK!”
re: #4 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
The Crypt Keeper speaks:
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God has had 45 years to strike us down for legalized abortion and hasn’t. I would say God doesn’t care.
re: #44 mmmirele
God has had 45 years to strike us down for legalized abortion and hasn’t. I would say God doesn’t care.
Why does Pat think God is such an asshole?
JUST IN: Trump says US must be “careful” about admitting people from Bahamas seeking refuge following Hurricane Dorian https://t.co/rLJOHQEENi pic.twitter.com/yyiO6AKKpD
— The Hill (@thehill) September 9, 2019
re: #22 Belafon
“If women would just do what the Bible says, we wouldn’t have incels shooting up the place.”
If you could just be a more obedient wife, I would not have to beat you so often!
Leprosy is curable, God needs to up his smiting game.
re: #47 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Too old. If Trump marries again, she’ll be younger than Melania.
Yeah, more like Ivanka age I suspect.
re: #49 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Racist just has to racist at every opportunity, doesn’t he?
We need to be careful about not making a madmen President ever again. The far-right crazies will vote for any nut that panders to them, so the rest of us need to vote if we want a prosperous future.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) September 9, 2019
BFP rescued Jordan back in 2011 and she just celebrated her 10th birthday! In the second picture she’s with BFP rescue Bessie! Both are happy and very loved in their forever home! 🎂 ❤️ 🐶 pic.twitter.com/gMugOYCCRr
— Beagle Freedom Project (@beaglefreedom) September 9, 2019
VIDEO: British man unable to burn EU flag due to EU regulations on flammable materials pic.twitter.com/Ub9TzmF2f0
— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) September 9, 2019
Valerie Plame, running for Congress in New Mexico. https://t.co/bMds1P0OlS
— Mieke Eoyang (@MiekeEoyang) September 9, 2019
re: #40 lawhawk
I know you’ll be shocked to learn this, but Todd Palin is divorcing Sarah… seeking joint custody of their under-age son Trig.
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I raise a Big Gulp of Bourbon in celebration of this wonderful news!
The national debt is at a record $22,531,817,693,305.66 and @realDonaldTrump wants to reduce tax revenue even further and put America in a deeper hole? If you think Republicans aren’t coming after the Social Security and Medicare benefits you paid for you’re as dumb as a Trump. https://t.co/VdRDqlXjGl
— Col. Morris Davis (@ColMorrisDavis) September 9, 2019
BREAKING: The U.S. Coast Guard said it has rescued two of four trapped crew members from an overturned cargo ship off the coast of Brunswick. https://t.co/cBIR48O8lh
— News4JAX (@wjxt4) September 9, 2019
Ross should be brought up on charges of endangering the public by politicizing a decision that was based entirely on facts - to correct a clearly incorrect Trump, and then the NOAA politicizing everything thereafter to protect Trump’s fragile ego.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) September 9, 2019
re: #60 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
But more than that, we heard the same bulkshit ahead of the 2018 Midterms when Trump claimed that there were more tax cuts for the middle class on the way.
There were no plans, let alone legislation to do any of that. It was all vaporware concocted in the febrile mind of Trump.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) September 9, 2019
re: #61 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
One thing Plame has going for her at this point is money. As of the last FEC deadline, she had outraised everyone else in the race with just over $236,000. Among those donating to her were Naomi Watts, who played Plame in Fair Game, the 2010 movie based on her life.
I’ll do what I can to increase that number.
re: #61 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Valerie probably believes that Sinead O’Connor ripped up a picture of the Pope in retaliation for the Catholic Church pedophile priest scandal.
re: #61 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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She’s a really good-looking 56. I’d have guessed at least 10 years younger if not for awareness of her former career.re: #66 BigPapa
Oh Milo.
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Hopefully one day he’s so poor that he actually regrets being a complete asshole back when he was collecting wingnut welfare.
re: #66 BigPapa
Oh Milo.
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What happened? Lost the Diet Supplements gig to the Dragon of Budapest?
re: #68 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
She’s a really good-looking 56. I’d have guessed at least 10 years younger if not for awareness of her former career.
At first, I thought you were talking about Sarah Palin! I was gonna say “Beauty is skin deep, but ugly goes right to the bone.”
re: #70 Blind Frog Belly White
At first, I thought you were talking about Sarah Palin! I was gonna say “Beauty is skin deep, but ugly goes right to the bone.”
Sarah’s a year younger, and has dementia-face just like Trump and Hannity.
re: #71 b.d.
Poor Milo
Tanya LePetomane better pay heed. The Wingnut Wurlitzer encourages its young recruits to be as extreme as possible, but drops them like used toilet paper when they get too radioactive.
re: #74 Eventual Carrion
Get a real job Milo ya moocher.
You need skills for that. I suppose he could be a stripper, but he’s aging out of that option.
re: #72 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Sarah’s a year younger, and has dementia-face just like Trump and Hannity.
“DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?!?!”
“Why? Did you forget again?”
re: #76 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
You need skills for that. I suppose he could be a stripper, but he’s aging out of that option.
At 3.8% unemployment? You don’t need a lot of skills to get A job.
Mind you, he’d probably do better if he applied without submitting a resume….
re: #32 b.d.
nice:
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Look at the smile on Lindsay’s face…Can’t wait to hear him gush about his date!
re: #78 Blind Frog Belly White
At 3.8% unemployment? You don’t need a lot of skills to get A job.
Mind you, he’d probably do better if he applied without submitting a resume….
Good point, but I expect keeping that job is a lot harder than getting it when you’re a narcissist like Milo, unless he somehow landed in upper management.
re: #66 BigPapa
Oh Milo.
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Now wait a second! If Milo is broke doesn’t that make him…
…A PUBLIC CHARGE…
…and he will be DEPORTED???
So it’s as bad as it looked then. https://t.co/BBdDebNY1y
— Schooley (@Rschooley) September 9, 2019
re: #67 Shropshire Slasher
Valerie probably believes that Sinead O’Connor ripped up a picture of the Pope in retaliation for the Catholic Church pedophile priest scandal.
Unless you’ve cheated on your spouse, or spend 30% of your job as a government official on your own property, or decide foreign leaders are better sources of intelligence than your own government, I’m going to think that attacks on you are hypocritical at best.
Trump confirms he ordered this nightmarishly horrible thing because he’s a racist. https://t.co/YPB7YVQmjb
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 9, 2019
re: #83 jaunte
Dafuq? Does he think terrorists and gang members flocked to the Bahamas ahead of the hurricane, just so, in case they survived, they could get into the US?
(Actually, no, I don’t think he thinks that. I bet he saw the footage on the news and realized they’re black)
Says he doesn’t want some “very bad people” and “gang members” coming to the US through the Bahamas. Sound familiar? https://t.co/02N3Ps8Qpr
— Courtney Subramanian (@cmsub) September 9, 2019
The brainworms have dredged that mental groove deeper; he’s not coming out of it.
re: #86 Blind Frog Belly White
Dafuq? Does he think terrorists and gang members flocked to the Bahamas ahead of the hurricane, just so, in case they survived, they could get into the US?
(Actually, no, I don’t think he thinks that. I bet he saw the footage on the news and realized they’re black)
Wouldn’t be surprised if Steven Miller whispered that into Trump’s ear…
re: #87 jaunte
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The brainworms have dredged that mental groove deeper; he’s not coming out of it.
Sigh.
re: #83 jaunte
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You’re an asshole, Donnie. A miserable fucking asshole whose death will be celebrated by billions.
re: #90 HappyWarrior
You’re an asshole, Donnie. A miserable fucking asshole whose death will be celebrated by billions.
Which is unfortunate, because this Trump thing should never have been allowed to go on long enough to make the world hate him, and by extension the U.S.
re: #90 HappyWarrior
You’re an asshole, Donnie. A miserable fucking asshole whose death will be celebrated by billions.
He’s a B-hole!
He does not have what it takes to be an A-hole!
re: #91 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Which is unfortunate, because this Trump thing should never have been allowed to go on long enough to make the world hate him, and by extension the U.S.
It’s just so infuriating.
Nice things tweet:
Margaret Atwood in couture. That’s it, that’s the tweet pic.twitter.com/mkNFSKmJjV
— Zing Tsjeng (@misszing) September 8, 2019
She’s coming out with a new book too…
To be accurate, Milo is broke AGAIN.
First time this happened, he started selling all of his stuff to make money, as well as pimping himself on some website where people could buy photos and autographs, etc, with him.
Milo does not want a desk job. He wants to be famous.
re: #94 lawhawk
Nice things tweet:
She’s coming out with a new book too…
Probably because she realized that the Handmaid’s Tale was too optimistic.
re: #95 Eclectic Cyborg
To be accurate, Milo is broke AGAIN.
First time this happened, he started selling all of his stuff to make money, as well as pimping himself on some website were people could buy photos and autographs, etc, with him.
Milo does not want a desk job. He wants to be famous.
Is “Celebrity Boxing” still going? Or maybe he can get a gig in Branson?
re: #95 Eclectic Cyborg
To be accurate, Milo is broke AGAIN.
First time this happened, he started selling all of his stuff to make money, as well as pimping himself on some website were people could buy photos and autographs, etc, with him.
Milo does not want a desk job. He wants to be famous.
Milo’s a lazy piece of shit who just wants to be worshipped and can’t accept his 15 minutes are long over.
re: #98 HappyWarrior
Milo’s a lazy piece of shit who just wants to be worshipped and can’t accept his 15 minutes are long over.
Poor Milo. Like Icarus, he flew too close to the Sun. Or in his case, too close to the Nazis.
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Never go full retard Nazi.
re: #99 Blind Frog Belly White
Poor Milo. Like Icarus, he flew too close to the Sun. Or in his case, too close to the Nazis.
//Never go full
retardNazi.
In any case, I’m enjoying his fall.
NEW: A CA federal judge rejected Facebook’s attempt to get a big privacy lawsuit dismissed. He found Facebook “could not be more wrong” in arguing users can’t claim privacy violations if they share sensitive info with a limited group through the platform https://t.co/h9dmHgnIJo pic.twitter.com/A77KkISv5i
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) September 9, 2019
re: #95 Eclectic Cyborg
Milo does not want a desk job. He wants to be famous.
I’m invoking the Warhol Rule. Milo’s at about 14:59.
Donald Trump Jr: Well, hellooooooo! https://t.co/0xyrzQJHBv
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) September 9, 2019
re: #60 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
The national debt is at a record $22,531,817,693,305.66 and @realDonaldTrump wants to reduce tax revenue even further and put America in a deeper hole? If you think Republicans aren’t coming after the Social Security and Medicare benefits you paid for you’re as dumb as a Trump
while 22T is probably in the ballpark, wherever that number came from is pure bullshit
.66 cents on 22 trillion. no
even the hundreds thousands and likely millions arent accurate
re: #102 makeitstop
I’m invoking the Warhol Rule. Milo’s at about 14:59.
Nah he’s been past that for awhile. He’s at 16:00.
re: #63 lawhawk
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross threatened to fire top employees at the NOAA after the agency’s Birmingham office contradicted Trump’s claim that Hurricane Dorian might hit Alabama, three people familiar with the discussion tell NYT
did i not read (here?) that the original nws birmingham tweet (20 minutes after trumps) came not in response to trumps tweet but to telephone calls they received from people who were worried.
re: #103 Backwoods_Sleuth
Don Jr. does seem to have a thing for older women. IIRC his current squeeze, Kimberly Guillfoyle, is about a decade older than him. Maybe he can trade her in on an older model?
re: #107 DangerMan
did i not read (here?) that the original nws birmingham tweet (20 minutes after trumps) came not in response to trumps tweet but to telephone calls they received from people who were worried.
Hey, fuck those people and their “worries” and “concerns”! The President’s FEELINGS were hurt!
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re: #88 Joe Bacon 🌹
Racism is the only reason — Bahamians have had visa free access to the US as long as they enter through one of a couple of airports in the Bahamas (which have US border patrol onsite where they clear US immigration on foreign soil), and have a current police clearance certificate from the Bahamas.
It seems to me that restationing some of the appropriate people from US Border Patrol in the Bahamas (who know any procedures) to seaports in Florida might be a more appropriate and humane way to solve the problem of Bahamians without visas. Visas which 99% of the time they didn’t need to enter the US anyways, especially in a situation where 70,000 Bahamians are now homeless due to the hurricane.
And maybe also keeping a line to the Royal Bahamian Police to see if any of the people in question are otherwise inadmissable to the US to satisfy any legitimate security concerns.
re: #111 aatharuv
Racism is the only reason — Bahamians have had visa free access to the US as long as they enter through one of a couple of airports in the Bahamas (which have US border patrol onsite where they clear US immigration on foreign soil), and have a current police clearance certificate from the Bahamas.
It seems to me that restationing some of the appropriate people from US Border Patrol in the Bahamas (who know any procedures) to seaports in Florida might be a more appropriate and humane way to solve the problem of Bahamians without visas. Visas which 99% of the time they didn’t need to enter the US anyways, especially in a situation where 70,000 Bahamians are now homeless due to the hurricane.
And maybe also keeping a line to the Royal Bahamian Police to see if any of the people in question are otherwise inadmissable to the US to satisfy any legitimate security concerns.
Yes, I read that yesterday. And they were turning away people who had exactly that, in an emergency!!
re: #94 lawhawk
Nice things tweet:
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She’s coming out with a new book too…
Here’s the Amazon blurb (no reviews yet):
More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid’s Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results.
Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third voice: a woman who wields power through the ruthless accumulation and deployment of secrets.
As Atwood unfolds The Testaments, she opens up the innermost workings of Gilead as each woman is forced to come to terms with who she is, and how far she will go for what she believes.
ETA: I really really hope Hannah and Nichole are the young women in question.
re: #112 Blind Frog Belly White
Yes, I read that yesterday. And they were turning away people who had exactly that, in an emergency!!
Again, the cruelty is the FUCKING POINT.
Trump and his ilk get off on shit like this.
re: #114 Eclectic Cyborg
Again, the cruelty is the FUCKING POINT.
Trump and his ilk get off on shit like this.
I seriously think Miller is one of the most genuinely evil American public servants out there. He may be worse than Henry Kissinger and if we don’t stop him now, he could well be doing evil into the 2060’s.
The world doesn’t always suck. https://t.co/byqVqeScxM
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) September 1, 2019
Site tracking all of President Cartman’s corruption.
re: #116 Belafon
Yesterday my two and half year old goddaughter was able to say for the first time that she loved me a lot (she’s been making big strides with speaking over the past few months).
I have no kids of my own, so hearing that made my heart totally melt.
re: #116 Belafon
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The way her eyes and smile lights up as she hears it. I experience these things with my niece and I love every moment.
How to sum up last few days for @BorisJohnson? 5 days in Commons + 5 major defeats - 21 Tory MPs = 0 majority + 0 election + 0 plan for Brexit + 5 weeks of Parliament suspensed
— Nick Robinson (@bbcnickrobinson) September 9, 2019
re: #118 Eclectic Cyborg
Yesterday my two and half year old goddaughter was able to say for the first time that she loved me a lot (she’s been making big strides with speaking over the past few months).
I have no kids of my own, so hearing that made my heart totally melt.
My niece, my brother, & me played horse together last night. That was fun.
What Wilbur Ross did should be illegal. They work for us, not Trump.
re: #123 BigPapa
I’d argue that it is already illegal. He was politicizing the NOAA to further Trump’s agenda, ignoring the science and putting the public at risk.
18 USC 610.
re: #122 HappyWarrior
My niece, my brother, & me played horse together last night. That was fun.
I took my goddaughter to a playground yesterday. She always likes it when I get on the play set and do the slides with her.
My knees hate me today.
Worth every damn minute though.
re: #124 lawhawk
I’d argue that it is already illegal. He was politicizing the NOAA to further Trump’s agenda, ignoring the science and putting the public at risk.
18 USC 610.
I’m sure the DOJ will get right on that.
re: #123 BigPapa
What Wilbur Ross did should be illegal. They work for us, not Trump.
No, I think it’s clear now they work for Trump regardless of the official job descriptions.
We must proceed accordingly.
re: #125 Eclectic Cyborg
I took my niece to a playground yesterday. She always likes it when I get on the play set and do the slides with her.
My knees hate me today.
Worth every damn minute though.
It really is. I’ve been teaching her the game of War. She likes it.
re: #127 Eclectic Cyborg
No, I think it’s clear now they work for Trump regardless of the official job descriptions.
We must proceed accordingly.
I will be willing to back any employee who does it, but the best thing right now is when employees come out and say “We’re not going to do that, Mr. President.” The second best thing is when they use that drop box to send stuff like those emails to the Washington post.
Because in Trumpworld, having no intention of ever enlisting is no reason not to *look like* you have. #MilitaryCosplay https://t.co/Jm6zm7awGO
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) September 9, 2019
re: #130 Backwoods_Sleuth
Introducing the Bone Spurs Collection…
Also: One fucking guess in what country this overpriced shit is made.
re: #130 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“At some point…”
“I’m going to be giving out a financial report of me, and it’ll be extremely complete”
So, never and nothing. Just like those promised tax returns.
Think we’ve heard this lie before. https://t.co/a0ck9WtukG— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) September 9, 2019
re: #130 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #116 Belafon
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re: #133 Backwoods_Sleuth
MY FINANSHUL REPORET
by Donald J Trump
I AM WURTH EIGTHY SIX BILLYUN DOLLERS!!
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That’s shitty camo, too. It’s all ‘dark blur’, not enough contrast to break up the outline.
As @NWSDirector noted at a conference today (in Alabama, of all places): Birmingham NWS was responding to worried calls about a hurricane, didn’t know Trump had triggered them. “They did that with one thing in mind: public safety…The Birmingham office did this to stop panic.” https://t.co/zhkRsxulqv
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) September 9, 2019
re: #108 Blind Frog Belly White
Don Jr. does seem to have a thing for older women. IIRC his current squeeze, Kimberly Guillfoyle, is about a decade older than him. Maybe he can trade her in on an older model?
Maybe he’ll go for Melon when his dad is done with her.
re: #130 Backwoods_Sleuth
Camo that broadcasts “I’m an ass.”
re: #133 Backwoods_Sleuth
People who think “He’s rich, so he doesn’t obsess over every single dime” really don’t understand rich people.
Sweden rejects “TRUMP” vanity plate, calling request offensive https://t.co/3YjHEAzTwd pic.twitter.com/d8FvlHdo7l
— The Hill (@thehill) September 9, 2019
re: #144 HappyWarrior
That Which Is Impossible To Camouflage
re: #116 Belafon
That reminds me of the time my daughter was 3 years old & we were standing near a railroad crossing as a BIG GIANT CHOO CHOO TRAIN went past. She was so excited she couldn’t stop talking about it for days! The train was “jumping!” LOL I still chuckle when I think about it.
She is 45 now and still enjoys watching trains.
Trump claims lots of bad people have been to Camp David, but none of them have the blood of thousands of dead Americans on their hands from the worst domestic terrorist attack in US history. pic.twitter.com/9DYJc0AItc
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) September 9, 2019
Air Force One just landed at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in Havelock, NC.
But severe weather here has scuttled President Trump’s plan to tour a hurricane-damaged neighborhood. He will now receive a storm briefing on the plane, per White House.— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) September 9, 2019
re: #146 The Pie Overlord!
That reminds me of the time my daughter was 3 years old & we were standing near a railroad crossing as a BIG GIANT CHOO CHOO TRAIN went past. She was so excited she couldn’t stop talking about it for days! The train was “jumping!” LOL I still chuckle when I think about it.
She is 45 now and still enjoys watching trains.
You never stop. My grandfather would take us fishing at a lake near a railroad when I was a kid. It was definitely my favorite of the two lakes he took us to because of it.
All Trump had to do was say “I am thankful Alabama did not end up being hit even though it looked like it would be at some point” and that would have been that.
Instead it’s turned into a 10 day case study in narcissism and its enablers.— Pé Resists (@4everNeverTrump) September 9, 2019
re: #139 Backwoods_Sleuth
As @NWSDirector noted at a conference today (in Alabama, of all places): Birmingham NWS was responding to worried calls about a hurricane, didn’t know Trump had triggered them. “They did that with one thing in mind: public safety…The Birmingham office did this to stop panic.” https://t.co/zhkRsxulqv
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) September 9, 2019
thanks
this is what i was referring to
NEW: NWS director strongly breaks with NOAA leadership, backs agency weather forecasters over President Trump’s Alabama tweets/statements on Hurricane Dorian https://t.co/mKEhat6dWF pic.twitter.com/1GcaRQrdnp
— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) September 9, 2019
have we already started referring to this news cycle as NOAA’s arc https://t.co/ZpPigMxqEc
— Ariel Edwards-Levy (@aedwardslevy) September 9, 2019
Nobody messes with cats…pic.twitter.com/gPcApLmME3
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) September 9, 2019
The deficit is too low, apparently.
SECRETARY MNUCHIN SAYS WILL CONSIDER MORE TAX CUTS NEXT YEAR
(via @reuters)— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) September 9, 2019
As President, I would issue a robot tax for corporations displacing humans, and create a federal agency to oversee automation. https://t.co/W9JWIFFDaN
— Bill de Blasio (@BilldeBlasio) September 9, 2019
Robot tax, you say?
Wilbur Ross should’ve just sat there and ate his pudding
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) September 9, 2019
re: #160 Eventual Carrion
Holy shit!
A Florida boy who was bullied at school for his homemade University of Tennessee t-shirt had his design made official by the university – and the demand crashed the school’s website! https://t.co/jrkoJANUdr
— Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) September 9, 2019
re: #160 Eventual Carrion
A friendly reminder that nature is best viewed from behind a very thick glass wall.
I think God saw the Politico article https://t.co/FG9AyUBA7f
— Jonathan M. Katz✍🏻 (@KatzOnEarth) September 9, 2019
re: #158 Blind Frog Belly White
This makes the assumption that “work” qua “work” is a good thing. I’m not entirely sure that is true. A dead end job might be better than living on the street, but we should still aspire to something more, and something better.
I’m leaning more towards the idea of universal basic income, probably financed via a sales tax on stock trades (haven’t quite worked out the details).
Totally unfair comparison, but here we are. pic.twitter.com/ndsWkbR1N8
— Dr. Jennifer Mercieca (@jenmercieca) September 9, 2019
LOL
Speaking to Governor @HenryMcMaster of South Carolina on my way to North Carolina for a big rally for Dan Bishop (@jdanbishop) running for Congress. Vote tomorrow! #NC09 pic.twitter.com/KmrDd9JPOh
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 9, 2019
My congressman, Andy Biggs, went to a locsl Evangelical church yesterday to gladhand the congregation. He posted about it on his FB. I asked why he could go to Evangelical churches but not hold a town hall for the whole public.
As for the church, Evident Life, I posted on their FB asking if Democrats were allowed to gladhand the congregation. The answer is likely no, because Eric Jones is on record as being publicly anti-abortion.
I am generally opposed to politicians soliciting votes at churches, no matter the party. However, this asshat of a congresscritter does this on a regular basis and has never held a public town hall.
Apparently, Trump’s defense for profiting off the presidency is to claim he’s so rich that some grifting here and there doesn’t move the needle for him. Bold strategy. https://t.co/dkzGJrdyVI
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 9, 2019
It is never ending. I have people whitesplaining to me why it’s actually OK to use the N-word sometimes as long as you have good intentions
— Imani Gandy🔥 (@AngryBlackLady) September 9, 2019
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Can we please report this guy and get him out of here? Thank ye https://t.co/r2kKJ8VGRT
— Imani Gandy🔥 (@AngryBlackLady) September 9, 2019
re: #168 KGxvi
This makes the assumption that “work” qua “work” is a good thing. I’m not entirely sure that is true. A dead end job might be better than living on the street, but we should still aspire to something more, and something better.
I’m leaning more towards the idea of universal basic income, probably financed via a sales tax on stock trades (haven’t quite worked out the details).
I personally don’t think we should require people to aspire to something better, unless you count planting trees or taking care of the elderly or picking up litter as better. I think there are a lot of people doing jobs they don’t want to do, and not really aspiring to anything, because they just want to eat. I also think that keeps people who could be good at those jobs from getting them because the first set of people got lucky in who their parents were.
re: #171 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #158 Blind Frog Belly White
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Robot tax, you say?
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So if NYC can replace Bill De Blasio with a robot (probably not as hard a job as it sounds) can we get a refund….?
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Fox News reporter shoots down Trump’s claim that White House was unified behind his botched Taliban meeting https://t.co/hYYGXrdj8r pic.twitter.com/rxyLMzcQYe
— R. Saddler 📎🗽🌊🌊🌊 (@Politics_PR) September 9, 2019
re: #173 Backwoods_Sleuth
Apparently, Trump’s defense for profiting off the presidency is to claim he’s so rich that some grifting here and there doesn’t move the needle for him. Bold strategy
yes, i stole everything those poor people had and now they have nothing.
but it’s .00001 of my net worth so no biggie.
re: #177 The Pie Overlord!
Every time I see Trump holding an old, wired phone to his ear I am reminded of this photo-op:
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Should @target leave #PresidentPussyAssBitch alone over his little tantrum about not being praised enough? Or should they also publish a statement of how proud they are to be associated with Chrissy?
— Devin Nunes is suing your filthy mouthed wife! (@da_zin_guy) September 9, 2019
‘Mike Pence: Inarguable That Putin Is Stronger Leader Than Obama’
Well, yeah, we have polonium but Obama wouldn’t use it. It’s not his fault, though, that we don’t have FEMA camp to match the Putin’s gulag; Congress wouldn’t approve it. Damn Republicans!
JUST IN: All four crew members trapped inside the Golden Ray, the cargo ship that capsized off the coast of Georgia, have been rescued, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. https://t.co/XvcOdxTfG9
— ABC News (@ABC) September 9, 2019
re: #184 gocart mozart
target should definitely ‘seize’ the opportunity
Should @target take immediate action and seize their relationship with Chrissy Tiegen- pulling her cookware line, endorsements, contracts, royalty fees, meet & greet events- for hate speech and online harassment targeting the President of the United States, @realDonaldTrump?
— Scott Ford (@ScottFordTVGuy) September 9, 2019
JUST IN: 2 local friends see each other unexpectedly on the street in New York City
pic.twitter.com/jKJlUE15gf— NYC Scanner (@NYScanner) September 9, 2019
Aren’t abortions already regulated in the third trimester? Tulsi is such a tool.
Fox News’s Favorite Democrat is also NRO’s. https://t.co/TSEkGdInlz
— Joshua Holland 🔥 (@JoshuaHol) September 9, 2019
Little did we know that “Mexico” means “U.S. Military families”
Trump gave #MAGA voters his 100%, rock solid, cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die promise that Mexico would pay for the wall.
Today, he admitted on video that he will be stealing from military families and harming our overseas preparedness to pay for the wall. pic.twitter.com/kvyFXDarKa— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) September 8, 2019
This is so wrong yet so right at the same time.
Best of luck on the job search, @MarkHalperin! pic.twitter.com/wALWXVrPKG
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) September 9, 2019
America refused Jewish peopls fleeing from Nazi Germany
This is why we changed the immigration policies
Until the #RacistDonald came along
We said Never Again & need to Insist this Potus doesnt get away with turnung down Bahamanians https://t.co/jRlpupVb5X— Air Force Pam (@airforcepam) September 9, 2019
Just last year after Hurricane Maria, Conservatives argued against helping the Puerto Ricans, by bringing up “government corruption, drug smuggling, FALN terrorism.”
Lllre: #185 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
‘Mike Pence: Inarguable That Putin Is Stronger Leader Than Obama’
Well, yeah, we have polonium but Obama wouldn’t use it. It’s not his fault, though, that we don’t have FEMA camp to match the Putin’s gulag; Congress wouldn’t approve it. Damn Republicans!
Putin’s a coward.
I hope they re-sentence him to 31 days
— 𝘞𝘉 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 🍕🐀 (@FormerDirtDart) September 9, 2019
Yes. The people certainly know what you have done. Mind sitting down with me and answering a few questions about that? @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/dv327XpDYz
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) September 9, 2019
He has the vocabulary of a five-year-old https://t.co/ghpYR8pGX6
— Imani Gandy🔥 (@AngryBlackLady) September 9, 2019
re: #190 The Pie Overlord!
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- Yeah?
- You told me it was Ipswitch.
- It was a pun.
- A pun?
- No, no, not a pun, what’s the other thing where it reads the same backwards as forwards?
- A palindrome?
- Yeah, yeah.
- It’s not a palindrome. The palindrome of Bolton would be notlob.
It don’t work.
re: #197 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“Large sections of the Bahamas were not hit.”
WTF does he think he’s fooling?
re: #190 The Pie Overlord!
Today, he admitted on video that he will be stealing from military families and harming our overseas preparedness to pay for the wall.
And in a month or two, he’ll start whining about how Democrats are refusing to give the military more money that is desperately needed to pay for…. the stuff it was already appropriated to pay for.
behind private tag just in case…
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behind private tag just in case…
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My god. The Education Department has rejected 53,339 of the 54,000 applications for its loan forgiveness program.
Shame on you, @BetsyDeVosED.https://t.co/zO8AX17ONM— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) September 9, 2019
I’m glad that today starts my first week as a former federal gov’t employee. It’s pathetic how Delusional Dotard @realDonaldTrump has undermined the integrity of public service. If you can’t trust his admin for weather info you can’t trust it for economic, labor or natsec data. https://t.co/pxbkqYVNxJ
— Col. Morris Davis (@ColMorrisDavis) September 9, 2019
I wish he would go quail hunting with Dick Cheney
— 𝘞𝘉 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 🍕🐀 (@FormerDirtDart) September 9, 2019
Breaking: Johnson confirms to Commons that he will break the law. All those Cabinet ministers who were just wheeled out to say PM will respect the law? He lied to you. This is a coup. https://t.co/NSOyYSjzGk
— Jonathan Lis (@jonlis1) September 9, 2019
Those ISIS/MS-13 members hiding the Bahamas until they could survive a Category 5 hurricane and get convoyed to Florida with a few belongings were really playing the long game https://t.co/KoLbdwqxZF
— Jonathan M. Katz✍🏻 (@KatzOnEarth) September 9, 2019
has trump claimed this photo was taken in alabama yet https://t.co/MVwYbjznZW
— darth™ (@darth) September 9, 2019
re: #208 Backwoods_Sleuth
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moron thinks it’s amazing…
Departing MCAS Cherry Point in North Carolina for Fayetteville, North Carolina. This is amazing! pic.twitter.com/JDv5HA126A
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 9, 2019
Because you know this is happening.
Do not envy the advisors who are currently trying to argue Trump out of trying to fire both the head of the National Weather Service and the Chief Scientist at NOAA
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) September 9, 2019
My life is complete! My precious!… 😮 Thank you @Pottedhistory for this incredible custom ceramic press!! I see Roman cheese on the horizon… #EdibleArchaeology #cheese #savblogawards #TheOldSchoolKitchen #food #archaeology pic.twitter.com/kax2bQnqts
— Tavola Mediterranea (Farrell Monaco) (@TavolaMed) September 9, 2019
Love this place. Really enjoyed demonstrating Neolithic pottery making in the replica house during Easter 2017. pic.twitter.com/wdq4fqYi8X
— Graham Taylor (@Pottedhistory) September 9, 2019
I have been to Skara Brae…it was a great experience.
GROSS
Donald Trump allegedly wanted to date his son’s girlfriend: reporthttps://t.co/W2BXad7ato— Raw Story (@RawStory) September 9, 2019
Trump Cult Followers are alright with it.
That’s just how Putin beams in to join him now. pic.twitter.com/80hAn2xGKy
— Scott Linnen (@ScottLinnen) September 9, 2019
Trump likes to talk about the hardships his supporters will endure to get into one of his rallies. This evening, it is nonexistent rain. https://t.co/pa6mwt2jSH
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 9, 2019
re: #201 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #206 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I would really like for him to show up and one of them say “Your government just passed a law. We will abide by that law, with our without you.”
re: #189 Patricia Kayden
Aren’t abortions already regulated in the third trimester? Tulsi is such a tool.
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My brother got all wrapped up in that.
re: #215 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
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re: #213 Backwoods_Sleuth
FORCE LIGHTNING!
re: #214 Backwoods_Sleuth
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It is not impossible that his typically obese cult members were “soaking wet” from sweat, in the usual humid Fayetteville, NC late summer afternoon.
moron
This rally is in support of Republican Dan Bishop, who’s running in tomorrow’s special election in NC’s 9th district. His opponent is Democrat Dan McCready. Trump has repeatedly said McCready supports open borders, though he supports physical barriers and various other measures.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 9, 2019
Pence, introducing Trump, this time says, “We’ve given health care choice to every veteran in America.” They did expand the Choice program, but still, not every veteran has access to private care — you have to be facing a wait of 20 days or a drive of 30 minutes at the VA.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 9, 2019
Steve, do you have even a very rough estimate of the crowd outside?
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 9, 2019
“good number of people…”
your mileage may vary.
earlier at the hoe down in Fayetteville…
Don Jr kissed girlfriend Kim Guilfoyle as he took the stage at the Trump rally and is now stressing that she consented to it — “I will NOT be getting Me Too’d this evening!”
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) September 9, 2019
Per the “children seeing trains” discussion: I did an inventory and realize that I have never lived more than 2 miles from a train line. I’m pretty sure that’s true. Anyway, that meant that raising our kids in Indiana, Virginia, and Kentucky we didn’t just see trains, in the case of our rental homes in Virginia and Kentucky, we felt them every day and night. We often went to the tracks to watch them pass (and like so many families, we gathered Thomas the Tank Engine stuff when we could get ahold of it for cheap so that the kids could build their own). There’s a track about 1/2 mile from us now, but it seems it’s rarely used. It doesn’t matter, I doubt I could get my teenaged sons excited to see the trains these days.
Trump says the media first tried “the Russia thing” and then tried “the recession thing.” News outlets have not invented recession fears.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 9, 2019
Trump, as usual, needlessly exaggerates a great number for him, falsely saying women’s unemployment is at the lowest level in “72 years.” Aside from earlier in his term, it’s the lowest in 66 years. https://t.co/gDPWAbzqmW
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 9, 2019
There’s a reason they used data since election vs since inauguration (or even later when his policies actually started being enacted)
That smooth downward trend from about 2010 through 2017 hit a bump once his policies started taking effect. https://t.co/BW7gvNqNkM pic.twitter.com/mEJio2VBDY— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) September 9, 2019
but of course…
Trump: “Our evangelicals are here tonight, and they’re all over the place.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 9, 2019
re: #176 Belafon
I personally don’t think we should require people to aspire to something better, unless you count planting trees or taking care of the elderly or picking up litter as better. I think there are a lot of people doing jobs they don’t want to do, and not really aspiring to anything, because they just want to eat. I also think that keeps people who could be good at those jobs from getting them because the first set of people got lucky in who their parents were.
A classical Social Dem starting point for the relationship between work/pay/and social value is in Edward Bellamy (Looking Backwards) Don’t know if they teach that any more. It’s not perfect, but it’s a start, and shaped a generation.
re: #227 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Trump’s policies started going into force and North Carolina’s unemployment rate has been pretty steadily rising for about the past year or so.
July 2018: 3.8%
July 2019: 4.2% pic.twitter.com/Y5YVqQobnI— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) September 9, 2019
Looks like God is trying to smite you.
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) September 9, 2019
moron just keeps on with the bullshit
Trump says tomorrow’s special election is a chance to send a message to “the America-hating left.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 9, 2019
Trump says there is “a lot of illegal voting going on” in California. As always, there is absolutely no evidence for this.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 9, 2019
Trump usually claims his wall is going up “very fast” or “rapidly.” This time he said “going up very big.” (Zero new additional miles had been built as of August; 60 miles of replacement fencing had been built; some is big.)
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 9, 2019
JFC
There’s a medical issue in the crowd. The rally pauses. Trump breaks the silence to say this happens because people line up so long to get in.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 9, 2019
re: #212 DodgerFan1988
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Trump Cult Followers are alright with it.
As God smiles down on His Golden calf.
re: #222 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“good number of people…”
your mileage may vary.
All tens of that massive crowd!
this is just sad
Dan Bishop on himself and opponent Dan McCready: “Vote for right Dan, not wrong Dan.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 9, 2019
Oh, what a wonderful idea. How happy these pups look.💕 pic.twitter.com/IKW5lEpyvE
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) September 9, 2019
“GRAHAM, SLOW THE FUCK DOWN, YOU’LL KILL US BOTH” pic.twitter.com/tUQlpG4dzL
— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) September 9, 2019
How exactly do desperate people — who just survive a Cat 5 hurricane and lost everything — supposed to have a passport with a US visa, both of which they would have had to apply for before knowing a Cat 5 would hit & destroy everything… https://t.co/QoK0HKpawc
— HawaiiDelilah™ (@HawaiiDelilah) September 9, 2019
Sir Alert: Trump says that since the weather in the state was bad (though it’s fine in Fayetteville), people told him “maybe we could skip North Carolina today, sir,” but he said “no thank you.” (This tale of him rejecting advice not to come has become a staple of his rallies.)
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 9, 2019
What? I think this is entirely fair.
Totally unfair comparison, but here we are. pic.twitter.com/ndsWkbR1N8
— Dr. Jennifer Mercieca (@jenmercieca) September 9, 2019
Trump, as usual, says “thousands and thousands” of people are watching the rally from outside. Anyone out there reporting or hanging out? This is the most recent picture I’ve seen. https://t.co/VvCk8UOBic
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 9, 2019
Those ISIS/MS-13 members hiding the Bahamas until they could survive a Category 5 hurricane and get convoyed to Florida with a few belongings were really playing the long game https://t.co/KoLbdwqxZF
— Jonathan M. Katz✍🏻 (@KatzOnEarth) September 9, 2019
Barely cracking 300 EVs and losing the popular vote by 3M is “the greatest election in history.” Trump also has the thickest, most luxurious hair in history.
These ridiculously deluded people. https://t.co/pchsrW7Fhk— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) September 9, 2019
After days of seeing nobody coming over to their booth at the N.C. Mountain State Fair in Asheville, the Republicans began giving inflatable assault rifles away to kids. @BetteMidler @Alyssa_Milano @kathygriffin pic.twitter.com/l1ToZIH6il
— Brian Caskey (@BrianCaskeyNC) September 9, 2019
REMINDER: Our gun violence crisis isn’t about:
❌Video games
❌Mental illness
It’s about:
❎Weak gun laws
❎Corrupt NRA politicians
Call your senators and demand a vote on #HR8, the bipartisan background checks bill: [no phone numbers allowed]. #BackgroundChecksNow https://t.co/yl9PVVWxB4— Giffords (@GiffordsCourage) September 9, 2019
Trump says, in his way, that the trade deficit with China is $500 billion a year, though it has never been $500 billion a year. This is one of the top five most frequent false claims of his presidency; he’s said it more than 125 times.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 9, 2019
JFC
On topic of sanctuary cities, Trump, already sweating, asks a woman in the crowd how she feels about having “them released [into your neighborhood] — hardened, horrible criminals.”
He then pushes a big lie about voter fraud in California. pic.twitter.com/DD078cMUaJ— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 9, 2019
The president is talking about his hair. He says it might not be great, but “it’s better than most of my friends’ who are the same age. A lot better. A lot.” There are mild cheers.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 10, 2019
Thoughts and prayers. https://t.co/c1nTUwUbxM
— Rabbi Latz (@RavMABAY) September 9, 2019
Don’t worry, there are millions of like-minded bigots willing to donate to one of Milo’s grift.
Does heavy abuse of Aderall result in Trump’s never-ending pig sweat?
Jesse Lee Peterson once again says that Andrew Yang should go back to China and declares that Asian people “all look alike to me.” https://t.co/yhRKSBGnqr
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) September 9, 2019
From the article:
Peterson then falsely suggested that Yang is from Taiwan (Yang’s parents are Taiwanese immigrants), which he wrongly asserted has been the location of massive anti-government protests. When Peterson was informed that he was confused and that the protests are actually taking place in Hong Kong, he responded that “they all look alike to me.”
“I can’t tell, they all look alike to me,” he said. “Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Japan, what’s the difference?”
Utah Outcasts reports on the Newsweek article I posted here a couple days ago, where a pastor’s wife grabbed a gun to shoot at a youth pastor’s wife over a t-shirt she was wearing. The pastor’s wife was arrested. They are going to give her a mental health evaluation (narrator: that’s not a mental illness).
She was a lawful gun owner without a record. X and Kyle speculate she’ll simply transfer ownership of her gun to her husband, thanks to the private sale loophole.
(8:09, caution for coarse language and my screen name appearing in the Patreon credits for the first time)
re: #225 Barefoot Grin
Per the “children seeing trains” discussion: I did an inventory and realize that I have never lived more than 2 miles from a train line. I’m pretty sure that’s true. Anyway, that meant that raising our kids in Indiana, Virginia, and Kentucky we didn’t just see trains, in the case of our rental homes in Virginia and Kentucky, we felt them every day and night. We often went to the tracks to watch them pass (and like so many families, we gathered Thomas the Tank Engine stuff when we could get ahold of it for cheap so that the kids could build their own). There’s a track about 1/2 mile from us now, but it seems it’s rarely used. It doesn’t matter, I doubt I could get my teenaged sons excited to see the trains these days.
I have train tracks as close as 50 yards from where I sit here in my office. My road ends 3 houses down from me and picks up after the tracks, there is no crossing for vehicles. I can see the train from my front and back porches. They are not nearly as long as they used to be in my youth. Maybe 20 - 30 cars at most. And just on the other side of the tracks behind my house is the pretty much closed down old rail care manufacturing factory. With many switches meeting the main line coming from inside the facility. The plant is pretty much just down to fixing existing cars now, no new manufacturing.
Want to see the ice giant planet Neptune? You’re in luck!
STEP 1: Grab your telescope 🔭
STEP 2: Go outside 🌃
STEP 3: Look up and enjoy the view! 👀
Get more details from @NASAScienceCast: https://t.co/JGVPQZfMg9 pic.twitter.com/3qdAjBJEQR— NASA (@NASA) September 10, 2019
.@realDonaldTrump walks from backstage into his campaign rally in Fayetteville, NC. pic.twitter.com/KB9HCJqoFC
— Doug Mills (@dougmillsnyt) September 10, 2019
These stories about Trump never leaving office are now coming out more than once a week. He has normalized it. He is not joking either folks. He is consolidating power and does not plan to leave. Believe what he is repeatedly saying! https://t.co/WIzaI6F18d
— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) September 9, 2019
re: #243 Backwoods_Sleuth
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We exist to keep pedantry alive.
You’re welcome, I guess?— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) September 10, 2019
Ok.
House Democrats to investigate Rudy Giuliani’s dealings with Ukraine https://t.co/WE9rlS6AO0 #USRC pic.twitter.com/fmo9euEaOb
— Top U.S. & World News🗽 (@USRealityCheck) September 9, 2019
re: #268 MsJ
What a miserable-looking bastard.
Another AF plane there today! https://t.co/GGYfdXoEfi
— Violeta (@VioletaQSmith) September 9, 2019
Trump is going off script and getting weird pic.twitter.com/1t8Ew3QZhj
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 10, 2019
Second incident of vandalism yesterday at Trump Bedminster: I’m told somebody drove onto the course and did donuts on a putting green. Prosecutors declined comment, b/c investigation is still open. https://t.co/Rqr1sk27xo
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) September 9, 2019
I’d really hate to see anybody do that. pic.twitter.com/wmADfgbXjv
— ｂｅａｔｒａｘａ🌍#RevokeArticle50 #FBPE #StopTheCoup (@beatraxa) September 9, 2019
Trump: “Under the normal rules,” he’ll be out in 2024, before the 2026 World Cup, “so we may have to go for an extra term.” There are cheers. He says people are “going crazy” over this, and are going to say “he’s a dictator,” but “I’m only kidding.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 10, 2019
re: #273 Dread Pirate
Now who would ever think of driving onto a green?
If you vote for Republicans, Trump says, “We will enact trade deals that result in more products proudly stamped with the four beautiful words Made in the USA. Made in the USA.” (He and his family have long made products outside the USA. https://t.co/Xjnyfo3VBx)
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 10, 2019
! Trump on his decision to weaken energy efficiency rules for light bulbs: “I’m not a vain person…But I look better under an incandescent light than these crazy lights that are beaming down.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 10, 2019
Yikes! @cspan pans the camera to the back of the room and it’s clear that there’s lots of open space at this Trump rally. pic.twitter.com/ZSF7swHeet
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 10, 2019
Trump, putting his hands together in a prayer gesture, claims that his opponents or the media, I’m not sure, have been saying, “Please, please let there be a recession, please.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 10, 2019
re: #270 Backwoods_Sleuth
A C-37B is a Gulfstream G550 (VIP configuration)
i may have gotten bigger. but my desire to be held. has remained constant
— Thoughts of Dog (@dog_feelings) September 10, 2019
Lindsey’s challenger:
I remember how much it means to have new school supplies on your first day of school. That’s why we went down to Orangeburg pass out backpacks and other supplies to families in need. Because it takes all of us. pic.twitter.com/5oWU04T5zF
— Jaime Harrison (@harrisonjaime) September 9, 2019
re: #251 The Pie Overlord!
JFC
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An article about Trump’s lack of mental health talked about how having pity for his state of mind might help with the anger we feel.
NO.
Trump has concluded. It was the same dishonest stuff as always. Only real new thing was his vanity-centric defense of his decision to weaken efficiency standards for light bulbs.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 10, 2019
FYI, from a local reporter on the scene: https://t.co/Jtl0RRCGLF
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 10, 2019
re: #200 sagehen
And in a month or two, he’ll start whining about how Democrats are refusing to give the military more money that is desperately needed to pay for…. the stuff it was already appropriated to pay for.
He’s already said he would go after the EU to make up the difference because “they’re not paying enough for their own defence.”
I imagine when Brussels got that the laughter was quite wild.
“Context: What The F*ck Is It?” Next time on PBS. https://t.co/eIvewJRbB4
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) September 10, 2019
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WATCH: Video shows motorist asleep behind wheel of self-driving Tesla.@tomcostellonbc has the story now on @NBCNightlyNews. pic.twitter.com/QzPxadqqNX
— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) September 10, 2019
Dear @EsperDoD: Prestwick is a defense contractor and is a “prohibited source” under @DeptofDefense regulations and 5 CFR 2635.203. Military members may NEVER accept a gift from a prohibited source. And it’s even worse when this helps funnel taxpayer dollars to @realDonaldTrump. https://t.co/5cO9UazVyH
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) September 10, 2019
re: #285 plansbandc
An article about Trump’s lack of mental health talked about how having pity for his state of mind might help with the anger we feel.
NO.
It’s not his fault he was born a psycho motherfucking prick.
Because The Bahamas hasn’t had enough yet, a tropical wave with heavy rains is moving into the southeast portion of the country right now, and moving through the entire island chain toward Florida.
Expectation of the National Hurricane Center is it will move into the Gulf of Mexico then have a chance of development into a storm.
Trump might yet get his Alabama hurricane.
re: #285 plansbandc
An article about Trump’s lack of mental health talked about how having pity for his state of mind might help with the anger we feel.
NO.
Honestly, my anger is all for Trump enablers. I’ve known Trump is a human sack of garbage for decades.
re: #290 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
If they didn’t have autopilot enabled, they would have crashed and perhaps killed somebody.
Why do you need trade marks on voting machines from CHINA Ivanka? https://t.co/l9ayp6BGvD
— Country Over Party (@lizzyvoice) September 9, 2019
re: #291 jaunte
Unless someone can turn up a written order or strong evidence of verbal orders, the people who would get burned for accepting in-kind gifts from a defence contractor will be the aircrews. No one at DOD will get in trouble (the crews should have known better, and even I can buy that argument), and certainly not any civilians at DOD or in the maladministration.
re: #294 bratwurst
I absolutely agree. If the GOP had not abdicated their constitutional responsibility to serve as a check and balance on abuses of power, corruption, self-dealing, nepotism, and all the other everyday transgressions of this administration, it would have made a difference. Instead they just turn a blind eye, cede their power as a co-equal branch of government, and sell us all out.
re: #297 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Unless someone can turn up a written order or strong evidence of verbal orders, the people who would get burned for accepting in-kind gifts from a defence contractor will be the aircrews. No one at DOD will get in trouble (the crews should have known better, and even I can buy that argument), and certainly not any civilians at DOD or in the maladministration.
There are some loopholes, as well—non-availability, avoid giving offense, etc. They all have low dollar thresholds.
re: #298 cat-tikvah
I absolutely agree. If the GOP had not abdicated their constitutional responsibility to serve as a check and balance on abuses of power, corruption, self-dealing, nepotism, and all the other everyday transgressions of this administration, it would have made a difference. Instead they just turn a blind eye, cede their power as a co-equal branch of government, and sell us all out.
This is what the GOP has been working for, ever since Grover Norquist came out and said all they needed was a president who could hold a pen.
re: #299 Decatur Deb
There are some loopholes, as well—non-availability, avoid giving offense, etc. They all have low dollar thresholds.
If the company that owns the airport is a defense contractor, as it seems, they know the rules, and can get fined and sanctioned.
re: #300 Anymouse 🌹🎃
This is what the GOP has been working for, ever since Grover Norquist came out and said all they needed was a president who could hold a pen.
Remember when Obama said he had a pen and a phone, and wingnuts freaked the fuck out?
Good times.
re: #299 Decatur Deb
There are some loopholes, as well—non-availability, avoid giving offense, etc. They all have low dollar thresholds.
Gift to DoD employee from outside source
With some exceptions, you may not accept a gift from anyone who is giving the gift to you because of your Government position. Ask yourself if the gift would have been offered if you were not working for the Government. If the answer is no, then the gift is being offered because of your position.
Also, you may not accept a gift from a defense contractor. You also must turn down a gift from those who have interests that may be significantly affected by your official duties.
There are many exceptions to the gift prohibition rule and exclusions to the definition of a gift. The deskbook below summarizes these exceptions and exclusions in more detail.
The exceptions given:
You cannot give gifts or donations to or on behalf of an official superior. Civilians may not accept gifts from subordinates unless they are not in their direct chain of command and are strictly personal.
Military personnel may not accept gifts from foreign governments. The airport in question is owned by a foreign government.
DOD can give authority to military personnel to accept gifts of lodging or food while in a combat zone.
So there’s the loophole. We must declare war on Scotland.
re: #301 Belafon
If the company that owns the airport is a defense contractor, as it seems, they know the rules, and can get fined and sanctioned.
Not these days.
SHOW ME THE DOCUMENTS: Here are a series of documents obtained via Scottish Freedom of Information law that shows Trump Org negotiating with Glasgow-area airport. The goal: send air crews to Trump Turnberry golf resort. That now includes US Air Force crews https://t.co/is5lxyR1V8
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) September 10, 2019
The first part of the deal was a promise—never really delivered on in a big way—that Trump Org was going to put its helicopter and plane at the Glasgow Prestwick Airport, abt 20 miles from his resort. Helps airport and could carry Trump customers too. pic.twitter.com/HWZWzemzJg
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) September 10, 2019
The goal here was clear: Drive more air traffic to Prestwick airport and more hotel business to Trump Turnberry. “Mutual benefit,” is the term the airport manager used after a meeting with “Donald Trump’s team” pic.twitter.com/b753OaBMtb
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) September 10, 2019
re: #301 Belafon
If the company that owns the airport is a defense contractor, as it seems, they know the rules, and can get fined and sanctioned.
They know the loopholes, too. I was allowed to accept lunch in the cafeterias of Israeli Military Industries and other contractors at their locations in the boondocks. Nothing they served was likely to constitute a bribe.
Fucking traitor.
This makes me sick to my stomach. This asset provided irreplaceable intelligence and his extraction creates a hole in our knowledge of Russia’s intentions and capabilities, even as its attacks on the U.S. continues 1/ https://t.co/01OLy23goO
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) September 10, 2019
— Toby Nangle (@toby_n) September 9, 2019
The absolutely hilarious thing for me is watching the cognitive dissonance at work, at a government contractor job, of all of the Trump supporters who go through all of this training telling us that we can’t accept gifts or bribes, and that, when working with military or other government people, we cannot be seen as giving them some type of bribe. We are trained to not buy military people lunch, to not ride in a cab so that we don’t look like were paying for their fair, and not to accept or give anything more expensive than a ball point pen or a soda.
re: #307 MsJ
All while Putin has an asset in a very high place in the WH.
re: #307 MsJ
Fucking traitor.
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— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) September 10, 2019
He’s wanted this job his entire life pic.twitter.com/QuVL5SYCPb
— Ian Stone (@iandstone) September 9, 2019
re: #309 Belafon
The absolutely hilarious thing for me is watching the cognitive dissonance at work, at a government contractor job, of all of the Trump supporters who go through all of this training telling us that we can’t accept gifts or bribes, and that, when working with military or other government people, we cannot be seen as giving them some type of bribe. We are trained to not buy military people lunch, to not ride in a cab so that we don’t look like were paying for their fair, and not to accept or give anything more expensive than a ball point pen or a soda.
When I was a contractor at Ford (a private corporation) I had to re-certify every year in corporate ethics and Sarbanes Oxley compliance.
re: #312 Backwoods_Sleuth
You can’t always get what you want, but you just might get what you need.
And in his case.. it’s historic drubbing by the Parliament.
re: #306 Decatur Deb
They know the loopholes, too. I was allowed to accept lunch in the cafeterias of Israeli Military Industries and other contractors at their locations in the boondocks. Nothing they served was likely to constitute a bribe.
The only time I was in a position to accept any such gift was when I was a recruiter in Pittsfield, Mass.
I took a tour of the GE facility there at the invitation of the company, since that plant was a military contractor.
I took a tour of the plant, after which they offered me lunch. I politely declined, noting I had to get back to work.
re: #313 The Pie Overlord!
When I was a contractor at Ford (a private corporation) I had to re-certify every year in corporate ethics and Sarbanes Oxley compliance.
We just merged with another company, and one of the things we picked up from them is recertifying our ethics every quarter.
Who among us has not sent a sex pic of their wives to their wife’s trainer and accidentally sent it to colleagues at work. pic.twitter.com/dxg0qolv5J
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 10, 2019
My guess, Falwell likes to watch other guys have sex with his wife.
@KenDilanianNBC Then WHY DID YOU REPORT HIS EXISTENCE?
You’re damn right, the Russians knew and his existence being public knowledge makes his life expectancy about 30 more days.
Until we could use the news to TAKE TRUMP OUT OF OFFICE, the country had #noneedtoknow he exists.— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) September 10, 2019
re: #315 Anymouse 🌹🎃
The only time I was in a position to accept any such gift was when I was a recruiter in Pittsfield, Mass.
I took a tour of the GE facility there at the invitation of the company, since that plant was a military contractor.
I took a tour of the plant, after which they offered me lunch. I politely declined, noting I had to get back to work.
You probably could have had the lunch, to make the work flow smoothly. If a Turkish base commander offers you lunch, you eat the damn lunch, or the DoD and DoS will re-educate you.
(You note it on your travel settlement, which used to make a difference when the per diem was broken down by meals.)
re: #317 Ace-o-aces
Just think, Christian ladies, you too can aspire to be treated the way Jerry treats his wife.
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) September 10, 2019
re: #151 goddamnedfrank
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Didn’t even have to say that much. Just not say anything (I know, impossible for him).
re: #177 The Pie Overlord!
Every time I see Trump holding an old, wired phone to his ear I am reminded of this photo-op:
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The caption for this creepy photo could be even now “See the power I have? I could’ve doinked her, but I didn’t.”
Trump and his cult’s entire understanding of the world can be summed up as the accumulation and exercise of power over others…with power over women being an ultimate expression of that power.
To Trump’s cult, women are possessions, most especially daughters and wives. Trump’s compulsive need to display his own sense of power is on full display even back then, using his own daughter as a prop for his own compulsive need to display sexual dominance. Women are tools, at best in his world. Pets to be procured and tossed aside when their looks first start to go. Ivanka better pray that 45 years old never happens while he is still alive.
re: #318 Chrysicat
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Kind of a Catch-22 test you’ve set up there. You’re saying Ken shouldn’t have reported something clearly in the public interest until the situation existed where revealing it would have guaranteed Trump’s removal, but we may never get to that point without it having been reported.
At the end of the day Ken isn’t responsible for maintaining the cover identity of foreign spies living under their own name that the CIA has expatriated to the US because they couldn’t trust the President not to burn them.
re: #319 Decatur Deb
You probably could have had the lunch, to make the work flow smoothly. If a Turkish base commander offers you lunch, you eat the damn lunch, or the DoD and DoS will re-educate you.
A GE plant in this country knew what it was doing. Anymouse was correct to decline it. That is exactly the sort of thing the rules are there for.
The place I work at has an entire Air Force division on site. There are significant rules in place just to keep it from looking like we’re favoring each other.
re: #323 goddamnedfrank
Kind of a Catch-22 test you’ve set up there. You’re saying Ken shouldn’t have reported something clearly in the public interest until the situation existed where revealing it would have guaranteed Trump’s removal, but we may never get to that point without it having been reported.
At the end of the day Ken isn’t responsible for maintaining the cover identity of foreign spies living under their own name that the CIA has expatriated to the US because they couldn’t trust the President not to burn them.
This is all on Trump.
re: #309 Belafon
I imagine that’s the case for most companies which do business with the military or are considering it.
That’s not so much because they care if the military person gets in trouble, but if the information gets out the company can lose their contract.
good to see them removed, US shouldn’t be spying in Russia
— Matt Bruenig (@MattBruenig) September 10, 2019
All carefully staged to look like he’s pulling large crowds, but in fact…they’re small in small venues https://t.co/CVwYzdTONT
— Karoli (@Karoli) September 10, 2019
This guy’s little dancing gif makes me happy.
His tweet, not so much.
— 🆃🅷🅸🅽🅺🅴🆁 (@someknew) September 10, 2019
re: #294 bratwurst
Same here, but pitying him ever? Fuck no.
re: #324 Belafon
A GE plant in this country knew what it was doing. Anymouse was correct to decline it. That is exactly the sort of thing the rules are there for.
The place I work at has an entire Air Force division on site. There are significant rules in place just to keep it from looking like we’re favoring each other.
A Navy recruiter really isn’t in the position of influencing large government contractors or the Navy. The point is the appearance of impropriety (and in the case of a recruiter, military services really want recruiters to be paragons of ethics, since they are the people the military needs to find applicants).
An older post but still holds.
Ectopic pregnancies are not exploding gifts from Godhttps://t.co/nlktDLHrq9— Jennifer Gunter (@DrJenGunter) September 9, 2019
re: #324 Belafon
A GE plant in this country knew what it was doing. Anymouse was correct to decline it. That is exactly the sort of thing the rules are there for.
The place I work at has an entire Air Force division on site. There are significant rules in place just to keep it from looking like we’re favoring each other.
He was being safe. Our shop in Israel was the Defense Contract Management Command—we got a lot of training on the subtleties.
re: #325 Belafon
This is all on Trump.
That we had to extract the asset in order to prevent his almost-hundred-percent-likelihood of being burned by Trump is on Trump.
But what exercised me to tweet what I did was that Dilanian specifically said that Putin lets exfiltrated assets live lives of quiet exiled anonymity, but only if their existence doesn’t become a matter of public record.
When it does, he dispatches an assassination team within the week, as happened in Britain with the Skripals.
Though I’ll admit, my anger might be slightly misplaced. I’m not sure he was the first to report the extraction, so it might be someone at CNN I want boiled in oil instead for effectively murdering this man and whoever might happen to run into the poison they use on him after it’s done its intended job.
Trump Wanted a Photo Op With The Taliban And Raged When He Didn’t Get It
JM Ashby, on bobcesca.com
Over the weekend, Trump claimed that he canceled a secret meeting with the Taliban that was going to be hosted at Camp David on or just before the anniversary of 9/11, and while that sounds bad, the truth is somehow worse.
re: #272 MsJ
He’s looking more like trump every day.
That’s what happens with dogs and their owners.
“They’re dead. They’re dead.” https://t.co/k73Rt7DjdN
— Al Jazeera News (@AJENews) September 9, 2019
Saudi Arabia wants to enrich uranium but the US may not like that https://t.co/sodIh6rLoZ pic.twitter.com/vC2rzWUP1o
— Al Jazeera News (@AJENews) September 9, 2019
re: #332 Backwoods_Sleuth
We cannot educate Christian wingnuts. We can only outvote them.
Why do you want babies to die so much. You’d think you’re making money from it… 👀
— Smiler (@DrSmileFace) September 9, 2019
re: #303 Anymouse 🌹🎃
DOD can give authority to military personnel to accept gifts of lodging or food while in a combat zone.
So there’s the loophole. We must declare war on Scotland.
Bagpipes. Absolutely a causus belli.
F Boris Johnson!
Democracy shut down. Parliament silenced. #shameful pic.twitter.com/yqSB9tI2Sc
— Anna McMorrin MP 🏴🇪🇺 (@AnnaMcMorrin) September 10, 2019
We know @realDonaldTrump & Putin (former KGB) held one on one meetings where @POTUS refused to have notes or any US official present. How can anyone at @CIA @NSAGov @ODNIgov be confident that Trump didn’t give away source information either intentionally or accidentally? https://t.co/JmxC9LqS5G
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) September 10, 2019
re: #247 Backwoods_Sleuth
@janekleeb @nebraskadems @aksarbent @WayneGoodwinNC
Aside from the inflatable gun issue, each time I walked by the NE GOP booth at the Nebraska State Fair it was virtually empty. I was there four days. I wonder if this is a trend? pic.twitter.com/lJ1yI6DDAF— Robert Smith (@NebraskaSower) September 9, 2019
You know another (unrelated) crazy thing about this movie is that the address that Jack Nicholson gives for her daughter’s house actually is the real address. Not that it’s not public information, but it was just funny to hear it, because my friend used to live on that street. pic.twitter.com/Nowall0c2Q
— D.B. 🦐 (@dennisbhooper) September 8, 2019
re: #334 Chrysicat
That we had to extract the asset in order to prevent his almost-hundred-percent-likelihood of being burned by Trump is on Trump.
But what exercised me to tweet what I did was that Dilanian specifically said that Putin lets exfiltrated assets live lives of quiet exiled anonymity, but only if their existence doesn’t become a matter of public record.
When it does, he dispatches an assassination team within the week, as happened in Britain with the Skripals.
Though I’ll admit, my anger might be slightly misplaced. I’m not sure he was the first to report the extraction, so it might be someone at CNN I want boiled in oil instead for effectively murdering this man and whoever might happen to run into the poison they use on him after it’s done its intended job.
I wouldn’t trust the idea that Putin just lets then live.
Elizabeth Warren rises as Joe Biden clings to delegate edge — CBS News Battleground Tracker https://t.co/JErtxWWCV3 via @CBSPolitics
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) September 10, 2019
re: #287 Anymouse 🌹🎃
He’s already said he would go after the EU to make up the difference because “they’re not paying enough for their own defence.”
I imagine when Brussels got that the laughter was quite wild.
Roughly speaking (SIPRI figures):
US: 650 billion
China: 250 billion
Saudi: 68 billion
India: 66 billion
France: 64 billion
Russia: 61 billion
United Kingdom: 50 billion
Germany: 49 billion
So, basically, the EU is outspending everyone except the US and China.
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