Becca Stevens and Chris Thile sing “Orphan Girl” for Gillian Welch’s birthday — October 2, 1967,
The band: Mike Elizondo, Alex Brown, Matt Stevens
I think it never really dawned on me before how sloppy and stupid the rise of authoritarianism can be. It makes sense, of course. If brute force is the strategy, smarts aren’t essential. But to see it up close is to appreciate that I missed an important theme in history books.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) October 6, 2019
Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings are two of the best songwriters out there. It’s not just the lyrics but the music too. Love that Chris and Becca covered this for Gillians birthday.
Come for the religious fanaticism, stay for the public beheadings! https://t.co/Dff15fQvNd
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 6, 2019
What’s so funny about this whole “Trump was joking about China” talking point is that we ALL know that within 2 days Trump will again say China should investigate and that when pressed about whether he is joking he will deny it. These dumbass Republicans keep falling for the same thing every single time and are incapable of learning.
re: #4 rhuarc
What’s so funny about this whole “Trump was joking about China” talking point is that we ALL know that within 2 days Trump will again say China should investigate and that when pressed about whether he is joking he will deny it. These dumbass Republicans keep falling for the same thing every single time and are incapable of learning.
It ain’t Stupid Watergate for nothin’.
re: #3 Charles Johnson
Not visiting a place that thinks I can’t be a competent adult,
re: #3 Charles Johnson
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And you could kick your bucket sooner than planned if you kiss a member of the same sex, say something bad about the Crown Prince or read The Satanic Verses on the flight over.
re: #7 A hollow voice says, Impeachmoot now!
Not visiting a place that thinks I can’t be a competent adult,
yep, I’m visiting Somalia that week instead.
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Greenwald isn’t even hiding being a Trumper anymore.
No, @ggreenwald. That Politico report is bunk and the court ruling you mentioned was overturned. https://t.co/LvOK5P6E46
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) October 6, 2019
another episode of woke chuck todd pic.twitter.com/EyF1tzgMr0
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) October 6, 2019
Tapper examines how history will judge today’s GOPpic.twitter.com/iJfltEMQTt
— 🆃🅷🅸🅽🅺🅴🆁 (@someknew) October 6, 2019
I want THINKER’s dancing avatar. I don’t know how to steal it. 😁😂
re: #10 goddamnedfrank
“Greenways” is what comes out when I try to post from the stationary bike.
We have #GOP Senators who have never trusted the agencies that protect our democratic institutions. https://t.co/ONzCRafiYL
— Rodney Caston (@RodneyCaston) October 6, 2019
— Rodney Caston (@RodneyCaston) October 6, 2019
re: #13 goddamnedfrank
“Greenways” is what comes out when I try to post from the stationary bike.
The bike is dreaming of escape.
From the previous thread:
re: #309 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Republicans now saying there is no way China is taking Trump’s invitation to investigate Joe Biden seriously.
“You really think he was serious?” Rep. Jim Jordan told @GStephanopoulos this morning. https://t.co/8molREhPx5— Kate Brannen (@K8brannen) October 6, 2019
“Honestly, officer, I was joking about building bombs to blow up those clinics. Why would I call and threaten so many if I was really going to do it?”
re: #17 Belafon
Trump, tomorrow morning probably in a tweet: “I was absolutely Serious.”
re: #10 goddamnedfrank
Greenwald isn’t even hiding being a Trumper anymore.
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Boss Putin must be cracking the whip.
I thought I heard that Trump also pushed the requests in conversation with Xi. That doesn’t song like joking. Maybe there was nervous laughter involved.
re: #10 goddamnedfrank
Hey Glenn, ever hear of this online magazine called @theintercept before. You should check it out some time.https://t.co/ycpWaPQge2
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) October 6, 2019
They said I was crazy when I told them “invest in stock photos of people blowing whistles”.
WELL WHO’SE CRAZY NOW!— aceoaces (@aceoaces) October 6, 2019
re: #14 Dread Pirate
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Fucking scum. Not that it matters but the full text of today’s email to the “delete without reading” folder at Ron The Traitor’s Office is:
I was not surprised to hear you admit today that you don’t trust the FBI and CIA - after all their job is to put traitors like you and the president* in prison. May God bless this land and have you all in prison soon.
re: #32 MsJ
OMG OMG THANK YOU!!!!
How’d you do that?
Right click, “view image”, right click, “save image as…”. Using firefox.
re: #33 Teukka
Right click, “view image”, right click, “save image as…”. Using firefox.
Duh!! I’m on my phone and that didn’t work.
I’m a real dumbass sometimes.
re: #20 Barefoot Grin
I thought I heard that Trump also pushed the requests in conversation with Xi. That doesn’t song like joking. Maybe there was nervous laughter involved.
You did. That’s why it’s a joke is absurd and Trump even remotely joking about is a serious problem.
re: #35 MsJ
Duh!! I’m on my phone and that didn’t work.
I’m a real dumbass sometimes.
I tried that, too, and just got the one frame. Anyway, thanks to Teukka!
re: #28 KingKenrod
Here is Chris Thile doing another Gillian Welch song, April The 14th (Part 1). The video is unlisted, so I hope it shows up.
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Such a great song.
He wasn’t joking.
His sycophants are trying to throw him a bone but he’s far too dense/ignorant to try and run with it.
re: #36 HappyWarrior
You did. That’s why it’s a joke is absurd and Trump even remotely joking about is a serious problem.
Is everything Trump says a joke unless otherwise stated? Hope he doesn’t “joke” about launching the nukes.
re: #40 b.d. (It’s all true)
Is everything Trump says a joke unless otherwise stated? Hope he doesn’t “joke” about launching the nukes.
Nothing Trump says is a joke unless it’s going to get him in trouble.
So, yes, everything he says is a joke.
re: #36 HappyWarrior
You did. That’s why it’s a joke is absurd and Trump even remotely joking about is a serious problem.
That’s the same excuse republicans have used for years.
Sorry, neither is that applicable nor does it work any longer.
re: #15 wrenchwench
The bike is dreaming of escape.
it remembers when it was young and roamed free through the land…
re: #40 b.d. (It’s all true)
Is everything Trump says a joke unless otherwise stated? Hope he doesn’t “joke” about launching the nukes.
re: #41 Belafon
Nothing Trump says is a joke unless it’s going to get him in trouble.
So, yes, everything he says is a joke.
It is trump that’s the joke… on America and the world.
“In a new campaign ad released over the weekend, McConnell remained firmly at Trump’s side, saying, ‘The way that impeachment stops is a Senate majority with me as majority leader.’” https://t.co/G50FgqAqyk
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) October 6, 2019
re: #45 Dread Pirate
You go ahead and stick that turtle-y neck way out there for Trump, McConnell. I’ll be happy not to have you around anymore.
You know things are weird when the North Korean government is more truthful than the president* of the US. https://t.co/dIVHXL1bPZ
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 6, 2019
Ron Johnson this week and Kevin McCarthy last week, there won’t be one wingnut that will dare go on the Sunday shows next week.
re: #47 Charles Johnson
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It is a sad day for the USA when North Korea is laughing at us and obviously telling the world, who already knows, what is in our hand.
MAGA my ass, the whole world is laughing and horrified at us.
re: #50 Jay C
Let’s see if this works…
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ETA: Yep! Doin’ the happy dance…
Thank you!!
Is that not the cutest thing!?
LOL…this is true:
Me: Answers a grenade question.
HeloTwitter: DID SOMEONE SAY HELICOPTERS?
Me: wut, no I sai…
Whirly-Boi Twitter: ANYWAY AS I WAS MOTHERFUCKIN SAYING.
Me: wait stop
WompWompWomp Twitter: AND SO I TOLD HER, FIXED WING? NEVER HEARD OF HER HAHAHAHAHAH— MENA_Conflict (@MENA_Conflict) October 6, 2019
I love twitter
Everything sounds better with a British accent-even when a reporter asks this woman about Boris Johnson and she calls him a “filthy piece of toe rag.” pic.twitter.com/uZnHsusdxq
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) October 6, 2019
Barr’s Requests for Foreign Help Prompt Backlash in Australia, Italy, U.K. https://t.co/qDgVsrhGpJ
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) October 6, 2019
Why does @GOPLeader #KevinMcCarthy lie so much? He’s a lawyer & knows House impeachment is the equivalent of a #GrandJury indictment. Only the prosecutor is present at #GJ to develop the best case. Trial comes in Senate & defense calls witnesses. English based law works this way. https://t.co/VLQI0zqQb6
— Bob Krause (@KrauseForIowa) October 6, 2019
re: #55 Backwoods_Sleuth
Further degrading U.S. status around the world.
Anyone remember how Trump propped up this sign in New Orleans and then spent SEVEN YEARS telling people he was about to build the tallest, most incredible building in Louisiana?
The phone number now directs to a dude in Destin, FL: https://t.co/WckDNZ5lFn pic.twitter.com/s7nXTJfiwf— Lamar White, Jr. (@LamarWhiteJr) October 6, 2019
re: #57 Dave In Austin
Looks like whatever it is got deleted. You get a screen cap?
re: #60 Eclectic Cyborg
Phone….. never works quite right. I’ll post it up later.
A winery in Italy had a vessel rupture last week. It’s a red mess.
re: #59 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“redefining luxury in New Orleans”
That monstrous building is soooooooo not New Orleans, luxury or otherwise.
Unfortunately, this meme is awfully close to the truth. pic.twitter.com/YVjjNEO0df
— Cynthia Coy🐾🐾 (@CynthiaCoy8) October 6, 2019
re: #56 Backwoods_Sleuth
Watching Kev squirm because he changed the rules back in 2015 is just deeeelicious #KarmaAF https://t.co/4ujl9kNab0
— Kevin, respected (@KevINthe406) October 5, 2019
#recap Bonnie Greer’s Question Time statement on Ireland had a vital message about Brexit.https://t.co/xErso2XJxL pic.twitter.com/NAjD3gqNzW
— The Poke (@ThePoke) October 6, 2019
re: #62 Backwoods_Sleuth
“redefining luxury in New Orleans”
That monstrous building is soooooooo not New Orleans, luxury or otherwise.
SRSLY: looks like something generated by the architectural firm of Clipart Associates…
And “$395,000 to $2 million”? I don’t know much anything about New Orleans real-estate prices, but isn’t that a tad on the pricey (as well as ugly) side?
re: #68 Jay C
SRSLY: looks like something generated by the architectural firm of Clipart Associates…
And “$395,000 to $2 million”? I don’t know
muchanything about New Orleans real-estate prices, but isn’t that a tad on the pricey (as well as ugly) side?
it’s for people who want to move to New Orleans but not actually get any New Orleans on them.
Other than crimes, what is Mike Pompeo doing as Secretary of State? Every major issue he focuses on has gotten worse during his tenure - Iran, NK, Afghanistan, China, Venezuela, Cuba, America’s standing, etc.
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) October 6, 2019
re: #70 Dread Pirate
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re: #69 Belafon
Thank God it was never built. That monstrosity is ugly anywhere, but in Classic New Orleans?
re: #69 Belafon
it’s for people who want to move to New Orleans but not actually get any New Orleans on them.
sure would withstand the levees being breached…
O_o
re: #67 Backwoods_Sleuth
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It’s eerie as hell to see. I know quite a few Irish nationals due to my genealogy research. They definitely aren’t happy with what’s going on in the UK.
Meanwhile in Lake Ronkonkoma, NY
Imagine you’re just sitting there getting your hair cut and this happens…😱🦌https://t.co/FmO1EzLe2l pic.twitter.com/My8VqQZc2G
— Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) October 6, 2019
watch it to the end
re: #74 HappyWarrior
It’s eerie as hell to see. I know quite a few Irish nationals due to my genealogy research. They definitely aren’t happy with what’s going on in the UK.
My Catholic Irish family comes from County Cavan and Ulster…we are so entwined in the Border
re: #75 Backwoods_Sleuth
That also happens in NE Philly. There are houses across the street (Algon Ave and Benson St) from Pennypack Park and when the deer see the light from TV’s they jump through the windows of the houses.
re: #76 Backwoods_Sleuth
My Catholic Irish family comes from County Cavan and Ulster…we are so entwined in the Border
Yeah I have roots in Ulster too. Fermanagh and Down. Also got Cork, Clare, Mayo, & Galway. Also have roots in the Irish enclaves of Glasgow.
good afternoon!
those are three green parakeets on the bird feeder
they are always in the trees, making a racket.
we’ve never seen them at any of our feeders
we had just finished today’s pond work. i saw them, mrs dm jumped out of the shower and ran outside in a towel. best she could do with a camera phone from a distance.
Trump has never, EVER said a “joke” that was actually funny, because he doesn’t understand how to do humor. #TheResistance #Resist https://t.co/lXUCqRNfII
— Pumpkin Pie Overlord (@Pie_Overlord) October 6, 2019
Years of Fox-News-fabricated conspiracy theories & propaganda has paved the way for a diseased alternative reality which is trying - at Trump’s behest - to morph into an authoritarian state. https://t.co/RE9wd5C85W
— Rula Jebreal (@rulajebreal) October 6, 2019
“Deep State” conspiracy theories are dangerously credible to some despite hard evidence - call summary, whistleblower found credible by #Trump legal appointee, #Trump calling for China investigation #Biden & blaming #RickPerry. But for a US Senator?! https://t.co/qkmmHqrt3t
— Maya Wiley (@mayawiley) October 6, 2019
re: #81 Backwoods_Sleuth
And it would have worked, but you fucked up so badly, Republicans, that even Chuck Todd caught onto it.
Agreed.
Senator Ron Johnson should be deposed about his communications with Ambassador Sondland and with Trump. https://t.co/vjOUOz4HTf
— Katie Phang (@KatiePhang) October 6, 2019
re: #81 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I still can’t believe Russ Feingold lost to that asshat TWICE.
One of the benefits of being old in Kentucky is that I get senior discount on my property taxes since I’ve become “of age”.
My farm is 190 acres: taxes for the year are $358.46.
That’s about half what they were before I got the discount two years ago and lightyears less than the $7500+ I was paying for a ~7 acre fruit & veggie truck farm in Illinois when I sold it 25 years ago.
re: #85 Patricia Kayden
Agreed.
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Johnson should be deposed about his trip to Moscow.
heh
Ex-Bush aide brutally trashes Trump kids’ corruption: ‘There are bivalves with more self-awareness’ https://t.co/UxYBO50ds2 pic.twitter.com/Xqef3aUwsp
— R. Saddler 📎🗽🌊🌊🌊 (@Politics_PR) October 6, 2019
re: #87 Backwoods_Sleuth
One of the benefits of being old in Kentucky is that I get senior discount on my property taxes since I’ve become “of age”.
My farm is 190 acres: taxes for the year are $358.46.
That’s about half what they were before I got the discount two years ago and lightyears less than the $7500+ I was paying for a ~7 acre fruit & veggie truck farm in Illinois when I sold it 25 years ago.
I am just down to my house and two acres, and the county treasurer said, you are paying too much. He went to the assessor, and presented me with a tax bill of $10, down from $600. I kissed his feet. … Well, nearly!
re: #89 Backwoods_Sleuth
heh
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I’ll give Barbara and Jenna Bush credit. They never saw their identity as daughters and granddaughters of presidents as cash cows. They very much seem to be down to earth people who love their family very much but don’t seem to be interested in forcing their names on public influence.
re: #92 HappyWarrior
I’ll give Barbara and Jenna Bush credit. They never saw their identity as daughters and granddaughters of presidents as cash cows. They very much seem to be down to earth people who love their family very much but don’t seem to be interested in forcing their names on public influence.
Jenna went directly to the NBC Nightly News as a correspondent? A place where one usually doesn’t start out. Maybe not a cash cow and I have no idea how many Boards they are quietly members of?
re: #93 b.d. (It’s all true)
Jenna went directly to the NBC Nightly News as a correspondent? A place where one usually doesn’t start out. Maybe not a cash cow and I have no idea how many Boards they are quietly members of?
True. But I don’t see her as someone who uses the fact she’s W Bush’s daughter and HW Bush’s grand. Yeah she definitely has had privileges as a first daughter but she doesn’t force it like the Trump kids or Meaghan McCain. She and her sister also seem just fine expressing thoughts outside of GOP orthodoxy.
this is just pathetic
Democrat lawyer is same for both Whistleblowers? All support Obama and Crooked Hillary. Witch Hunt! https://t.co/KL78g24AXx
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 6, 2019
get a new fucking argument/insult
re: #95 Backwoods_Sleuth
Oy Vey. Hasn’t this guy heard of a “class action lawsuit?”
re: #95 Backwoods_Sleuth
this is just pathetic
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He’s joking!
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re: #96 PhillyPretzel
Oy Vey. Hasn’t this guy heard of a “class action lawsuit?”
He’s had plenty filed against him…
re: #95 Backwoods_Sleuth
this is just pathetic
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And then Kavanaugh acted like a hot headed boofing drunk before the judiciary committee and had to be saved by Joe Manchin, Susan Collins, Ben Sasse, & Jeff Flake having zero integrity. Or maybe you forgot that one Lindsay.
Lindsey Graham is threatening to expose whistleblowers in a desperate attempt to discourage any future whistleblowers to step forward. He has truly lost his way.
— Tom Bonier (@tbonier) October 6, 2019
re: #95 Backwoods_Sleuth
this is just pathetic
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I wonder what kind of animal Trump has pictures of Graham with?
Jimmy Carter falls at home days after 95th birthday https://t.co/LMZzNKbiHe pic.twitter.com/AAUN8hAbam
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 6, 2019
The inspiring guts and glory tale of one dog’s fight for the leftover chicken nuggets. 🔊
📹 & 🎶: @azolsen pic.twitter.com/sSoAsuAONY— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) October 6, 2019
re: #103 The Pie Overlord!
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So he is still going to be at a Habit gathering this evening? Great!
oooh, wth is this?!?
“pull yourself together, Graham, you’re embarrassing us both”
📹: https://t.co/syLOQs6tym pic.twitter.com/gNLr9VtG3o— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) October 6, 2019
It’s not even a Wow moment anymore. @LindseyGrahamSC has lost his moral compass, ditched his values, and now sees everything solely through protect-Trump colored lenses. Now he wants to out the whistleblowers, who are legally protected for a reason. https://t.co/ayhHiTcBT5
— Michael R. Bromwich (@mrbromwich) October 6, 2019
re: #107 Backwoods_Sleuth
oooh, wth is this?!?
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“My dream in life has always been to be a massage therapist.”
He was so terrified when we brought him home 2 days ago, now he’s a member of the family❤️ pic.twitter.com/AaZpBQ2kP3
— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) October 6, 2019
Wow!! And Trump isn’t Putin’s Puppet?
Trump told Theresa May he doubted Russia was behind Skripal poisoning https://t.co/icf4y8vVnD
— Clint Watts (@selectedwisdom) October 6, 2019
re: #52 MsJ
Thank you!!
Is that not the cutest thing!?
Same steps as the old school dancing baby gif, right?
re: #112 Patricia Kayden
Wow!! And Trump isn’t Putin’s Puppet?
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Putin will go down in history as the autocrat that got an American President to take his side over a vital ally’s.
re: #113 makeitstop
Same steps as the old school dancing baby gif, right?
The Ali Mcbeal thing? (I never saw it but I recall there being a dancing baby)
The wheels are coming off. I think these whistleblowers made more people willing to expose him for what he is.
re: #103 The Pie Overlord!
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For perspective, Barack Obama will not turn 95 until 2056.
re: #117 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
For perspective, Barack Obama will not turn 95 until 2056.
I hope him and Michelle are still with us then. The Obamas along with the Carters are my favorite first family I’ve come to know.
The truth is Jimmy Carter has done more of God’s work in any 60 seconds of his life than all of those Religious Right Pulpit pimps combined have done in their whole lives.
re: #119 Joe Bacon 🌹
The truth is Jimmy Carter has done more of God’s work in any 60 seconds of his life than all of those Religious Right Pulpit pimps combined have done in their whole lives.
Indeed. He lives by example. I can’t imagine Falwell Jr, Graham Jr, or Jeffress doing anything like Habitat For Humanity.
re: #120 HappyWarrior
Indeed. He lives by example. I can’t imagine Falwell Jr, Graham Jr, or Jeffress doing anything like Habitat For Humanity.
They’re all examples, that’s for sure.
re: #121 Belafon
They’re all examples, that’s for sure.
Ha of a completely different kind. This Jeffress guy I fear is going to be in RW circles a long time.
re: #122 HappyWarrior
Ha of a completely different kind. This Jeffress guy I fear is going to be in RW circles a long time.
And it’s only a matter of time before he’s caught with a live boy or girl…
re: #108 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Let’s hope Lindsey continues his idiotic trump crusade, then BRING ON JAIME!
We can make it happen by donating to the right person for the position @harrisonjaime: https://t.co/wXI5zHz9Zl
— Steve Bullock (@GovernorBullock) October 5, 2019
Holy Crap!
I just saw a preview of the new Tom Tomorrow cartoon and it’s the wildest one he’s ever done. It’s going to be published tomorrow. You do NOT want to miss it!
I just watched Wayne’s World 2 yesterday.
Rip Taylor, flamboyant comic and host of ‘The $1.98 Beauty Show,’ dies at 84 https://t.co/BFALfdHlVc pic.twitter.com/AOswKpv2lE
— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) October 6, 2019
re: #126 teleskiguy
I just watched Wayne’s World 2 yesterday.
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Thanks for the laughs, RIP Rip.
re: #126 teleskiguy
I just watched Wayne’s World 2 yesterday.
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Underrated movie IMO
re: #126 teleskiguy
I just watched Wayne’s World 2 yesterday.
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The same age as Diahann Carroll.
more pathetic shit
Good job, I must say, by Bob Woodward on “Deface the Nation.” The CBS no name host(ess), and other guest, Peter Baker of The Failing New York Times, were totally biased, boring and wrong (as usual), but Woodward was cool, calm and interesting. Thank you Bob!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 6, 2019
re: #89 Backwoods_Sleuth
heh
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Damning bivalves with faint praise
— Jason McGlothlenstein (@goddamnedfrank) October 6, 2019
Amazing to witness man-of-the-moment @RepAdamSchiff who is heading impeachment inquiry talking about second Trump whistleblower as he intros @thegreathackdoc in LA. ‘We depend upon people of courage coming forward…We hope others will follow their courageous example.’ pic.twitter.com/5R1HfRN75w
— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) October 6, 2019
HAHAHA. Totally happened // :
Sitting in a diner eavesdropping on the table behind me.
All Dems critical of Trump, saying that Pelosi and Schiff are possibly costing Dems the House.
Said about Trump, “I don’t like him, but what they’re doing to him and his family isn’t right.”
These are normal Americans— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) October 6, 2019
re: #130 Backwoods_Sleuth
Doesn’t he remember that it was Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein who broke Watergate to the nation? Or is he trying to get on Woodward’s good side?
re: #130 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #134 PhillyPretzel
Doesn’t he remember that it was Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein who broke Watergate to the nation? Or is he trying to get on Woodward’s good side?
From what I’ve seen, Woodward has gone off the right edge over the last decade.
re: #133 Belafon
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diners are the new hipster coffee houses
re: #133 Belafon
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And it was probably a hipster diner.
re: #137 Belafon
From what I’ve seen, Woodward has gone off the right edge over the last decade.
Woodward endlessly kissed Dumbya’s ass which is why Media Whores Online named him their Whore Of The Year.
Damn, I still miss The Horse and I hate how Salon magazine did Karl Rove’s dirty work hatchet job on The Horse!
So, being actual pros at this, they floated a trial balloon, in the form of the infamous Trump Tower meeting with Trump Jr., Kushner and Manafort. Nothing real was on offer, because this was, as noted, just a test for the Trump campaign.
— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) October 4, 2019
This Ukraine scandal, Trump’s attempt to get in on a real conspiracy by making his own after the Russians iced him out, just proves that their caution in including him was well-earned.
Just a theory, but I think a good one.— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) October 4, 2019
Heh
This is a good start. A few notes:
We need some scene-building here. Was it a hipster restaurant?
Instead of labeling them dems, have one wear a Hillary shirt, a pussy hat, maybe an antifa badge.
The dialog needs to work. At the very least, fit in a swear word to add character.— Lauren Hough (@laurenthehough) October 6, 2019
I’m sure Anymouse can totally relate to this one:
Women with college degrees outnumber men by a significant margin. That means trouble for the future of love and relationships, writes @gerardtbaker. https://t.co/qitntBwhE0
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) October 5, 2019
re: #143 Belafon
I’m sure Anymouse can totally relate to this one:
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Murdoch will do anything to inflame and incite incels…
re: #143 Belafon
“fewer eligible males” - well, good for those males.
My life experience has been different, perhaps because the fields I studied and in which I worked are so male dominant, and that San Diego is one of the few major metropolitan areas where single men outnumber single women (thanks to the Navy.)
Mostly I’ve found that highly educated women are indeed more discriminating and I gather that young men today who don’t get at least one college degree are going to feel the pressure.
But I suspect this will all level out, sort of automatically. The meaning of a college degree has been greatly diluted to where now it is simply a perfunctory hurdle employers want, even if they aren’t willing to pay more.
This. Fucking. Guy. Master projectionist.
Sleepy Eyes Chuck Todd of “Meet the Press” had a total meltdown in his interview with highly reaspected Senator @RonJohnsonWI. Seems that a not very bright Chuck just wasn’t getting the answers he was looking for in order to make me look as bad as possible. I did NOTHING wrong!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 6, 2019
re: #146 teleskiguy
This. Fucking. Guy. Master projectionist.
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highly reaspected Senator
re: #120 HappyWarrior
Indeed. He lives by example. I can’t imagine Falwell Jr, Graham Jr, or Jeffress doing anything like Habitat For Humanity.
I could, if they could find a way to loot it and twist its mission.
At every step, the conspiracy theory President Trump’s inner-circle believes has been debunked.
Its three parts don’t make sense together.
Yet Giuliani, Barr and Pompeo have been flying around the world, trying to retrofit evidence to fit its conclusion.https://t.co/CMMwlg8ScM— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) October 3, 2019
I have ran out of fucks to give.
Fuckface Von Clownstick blows goats, I have proof.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) October 6, 2019
It’s The Onion, but I had to check that this is not really Jon McNaughton’s latest masterpiece garbage.
‘Please Guide Me In My Darkest Hour Lord,’ Prays Trump Kneeling Before Portrait Of Himself https://t.co/BPYFxzyD5r pic.twitter.com/qAucin4RiZ
— The Onion (@TheOnion) October 6, 2019
re: #119 Joe Bacon 🌹
The truth is Jimmy Carter has done more of God’s work in any 60 seconds of his life than all of those Religious Right Pulpit pimps combined have done in their whole lives.
I want Jimmy Carter to live long enough to see guinea worm eradicated. The Carter Center has been working on that for decades, and it’s close, so close…
re: #143 Belafon
I’m sure Anymouse can totally relate to this one:
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as he has frequently informed us, his wife has extra degrees so he can take possession of one of them
My surprise let me show you it.
BREAKING: As President Trump urged Ukraine’s leaders to investigate his political rival Joe Biden, associates of his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani were looking to profit from the country’s state-run natural gas company, AP sources say. https://t.co/yhOu9ZliTf
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 6, 2019
re: #133 Belafon
HAHAHA. Totally happened // :
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Was it in a hipster coffee shop?
Because these (not real) conversations usually take place in hipster coffee shops.— YeahSureWhatever (@YeahSureWhatev2) October 6, 2019
“Sleepy eyes” is an anti-semitic slur that that the Nazis used to label Jews. Chuck Todd is Jewish.
Trump’s continued use of the term moots any argument that he didn’t know about Todd’s religion or the anti-semitic origins of the term when he first started using it years ago.— Jason McGlothlenstein (@goddamnedfrank) October 6, 2019
re: #155 MsJ
Cordillo is a Newsmax propagandist.
It still astounds me that these tweets are from the fucking president of the United States and not some lunatic random on 4chan. Not that there’s a whole lot of difference.
Still has no idea how tariffs work.
.@60Minutes “forgot” to report that we are helping the great farmers of the USA to the tune of 28 Billion Dollars, for the last two years, paid for out of Tariffs paid to the United States by China for targeting the farmer. They devalued their currency, therefore paying the cost!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 6, 2019
re: #145 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
“fewer eligible males” - well, good for those males.
My life experience has been different, perhaps because the fields I studied and in which I worked are so male dominant, and that San Diego is one of the few major metropolitan areas where single men outnumber single women (thanks to the Navy.)
Mostly I’ve found that highly educated women are indeed more discriminating and I gather that young men today who don’t get at least one college degree are going to feel the pressure.
But I suspect this will all level out, sort of automatically. The meaning of a college degree has been greatly diluted to where now it is simply a perfunctory hurdle employers want, even if they aren’t willing to pay more.
As a woman with a college degree… let me just point out that a lot of us would give our eyeteeth for a man who can fix the plumbing, the electric, that carburetor, the water heater and furnace, the hole in the roof, and other things that your ordinary literature major needs to call expensive professionals for.
re: #160 sagehen
As a woman with a college degree… let me just point out that a lot of us would give our eyeteeth for a man who fix the plumbing, the electric, that carburetor, the water heater and furnace, the hole in the roof, and other things that your ordinary literature major needs to call expensive professionals for.
One of my law school classmates married a plumber. They had/have a great marriage. I suspect he makes as much money as she does running his own plumbing company.
We have set down for two nights near San Antonio. Debating to visit RiverWalk, a beer hall in New Braunfels, or sleep.
Played the Willie Nelson XM channel across West Texas. When you go to the Vatican, you listen to Palestrina.
re: #160 sagehen
As a woman with a college degree… let me just point out that a lot of us would give our eyeteeth for a man who fix the plumbing, the electric, that carburetor, the water heater and furnace, the hole in the roof, and other things that your ordinary literature major needs to call expensive professionals for.
You don’t have to have a college education to be intelligent and open to learning.
re: #160 sagehen
As a woman with a college degree… let me just point out that a lot of us would give our eyeteeth for a man who can fix the plumbing, the electric, that carburetor, the water heater and furnace, the hole in the roof, and other things that your ordinary literature major needs to call expensive professionals for.
I can do all of those things except the hole in the roof, because I have this fear of heights thing…
re: #160 sagehen
As a woman with a college degree… let me just point out that a lot of us would give our eyeteeth for a man who fix the plumbing, the electric, that carburetor, the water heater and furnace, the hole in the roof, and other things that your ordinary literature major needs to call expensive professionals for.
Not to sound like too much of an ass (of which I’ve been at times), but:
1) easy plumbing jobs women are good at, as good as men, and as a guy I can tell you I leave difficult plumbing jobs to the pros;
2) the electrical problems should be done only by qualified electricians;
3) cars still use carburetors?
4) heaters and furnaces are best replaced when they get so old they continually break down.
That said, I get your point. But gender roles often are quite arbitrary and I’ve come across many women who are far more capable than I at this or that job that needs to be done.
Just to remind people that all sorts of stuff is happening outside the USA:
Hong Kong protests: tens of thousands defy mask ban as mobs go on rampage against mainland China-linked businesses and MTR
* Masked mobs smash banks, stores and bookshops associated with mainland China and trash government buildings
* Rail operator reopens half of its stations at midmorning, only to then close four of them and suspend services on seven lines
and, more unsettling:
For the first time, the People’s Liberation Army barracks in Kowloon East issued a warning in Cantonese in the early evening after demonstrators shone laser lights as they walked past the buildings en route to another location. A yellow flag went up at the top of the building warning the demonstrators as several men in uniform were seen filming the protesters and a floodlight shone on them. Nothing more came of the tense moment, however, as both sides soon cleared from the scene.
Hong Kong is one of the largest financial trading hubs in the world. This has got to be making major financial players nervous.
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re: #164 calochortus
You don’t have to have a college education to be intelligent and open to learning.
and lack of a college education is no reason to pooh pooh those who did manage to go to college or any education post-high school.
Trump has a degree from Penn, and that’s all I’m going to say about that.
“Education” is not a fucking contest.
One learns or one decides to take offense to those who *do* learn.
I’m past losing patience with those who whine about “educated elites”.
re: #169 Ace Rothstein
At least one of his sons does too. Also keep in mind that U of Penn has signed many a petition against DT too. Some even want to revoke his degree.
re: #169 Ace Rothstein
Trump has a degree from Penn, and that’s all I’m going to say about that.
That don’t mean shit…Papa Fred bought that degree (and the draft deferrals that went with it) for him.
re: #162 mmmirele
One of my law school classmates married a plumber. They had/have a great marriage. I suspect he makes as much money as she does running his own plumbing company.
MrBWS has a high school diploma and an IBEW apprentice certification.
He makes a bazillion dollars more than I ever did with my two degrees and a post-graduate fellowship.
But we each have different talents that complement each other.
re: #173 Backwoods_Sleuth
MrBWS has a high school diploma and an IBEW apprentice certification.
He makes a bazillion dollars more than I ever did with my two degrees and a post-graduate fellowship.But we each have different talents that complement each other.
Mr. C. and I have different talents. It’s just that I’ve always been the one with the power tools. (I take a very broad view of what being a “housewife” includes.) Which is funny considering we met in grad school, studying the same thing.
A couple of days ago I mentioned that I picked up a ton of Cds from the library for my son. Tonight we went to see the documentary Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool. On the way out of the theater he asked how much I knew beforehand, and I confessed that I knew very little except that I was always intrigued by my oldest brother’s copy of “Bitches Brew”—the cover art. As we got in the car he said, “want to hear it?” And so we plugged in his phone and listened on the 20-minute ride home. What a beautiful organic beast. I guess that was one of the Cds I picked up for him.
re: #174 calochortus
Mr. C. and I have different talents. It’s just that I’ve always been the one with the power tools. (I take a very broad view of what being a “housewife” includes.) Which is funny considering we met in grad school, studying the same thing.
lol about power tools…
I’m the one who can use them without putting out a blood offering to the power tool gods.
Lindsey you can repeat a lie. And lie again. And then lie. It does not make it true. Ever. What has happened to your character? I never would’ve predicted that you would go this low. https://t.co/fXdR8btJvn
— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) October 7, 2019
60 MINUTES asks “Is an Impeachment Inquiry something the American people want?” like it’s a new menu item at fucking Burger King. #MediaFail
— Don Millard (@OTOOLEFAN) October 7, 2019
re: #176 Backwoods_Sleuth
I know how to use power tools too. I installed my Ring Doorbell on the brick front of my house. Now plumbing is another story.
re: #157 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Cordillo is a Newsmax propagandist.
I saw that. Still fits the narrative. If you’re not saying it’s a hipster coffee shop, you’re doing it wrong. 🤣
re: #179 PhillyPretzel
I know how to use power tools too. I installed my Ring Doorbell on the brick front of my house. Now plumbing is another story.
basic plumbing, for the most part, is easy peasy.
wait…what???
Parnas & Fruman told Naftogaz exec they had flown in from Florida on a private jet to recruit him to be their partner in a new venture to export up to 100 tanker shipments a year of US liquefied gas into Ukraine, where Naftogaz is the largest distributor.https://t.co/ZbUbX1YBHM
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) October 7, 2019
re: #143 Belafon
I’m sure Anymouse can totally relate to this one:
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My mom has a degree and my dad doesn’t. They’ve had their problems but they recently celebrated thirty six years together. My Dad isn’t “woke” but he’s not threatened by changes to the norm either.
Pretty rich to project the Dems going after Trump’s family when Trump’s latest scandal is literally going after Biden’s family.
Projection…. Projection like IMAX. It’s always projection:
BREAKING: As President Trump urged Ukraine’s leaders to investigate his political rival Joe Biden, associates of his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani were looking to profit from the country’s state-run natural gas company, AP sources say. https://t.co/yhOu9ZliTf
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 6, 2019
Like IMAX.
They project like IMAX.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) October 7, 2019
These fuckers were deflecting and dodging scrutiny all while trying to benefit financially. Every last one in Trumpworld is corrupt and complicit, and this is still more proof that Trumpworld corrupts and destroys everything they touch. In this case, they’re destroying US foreign policy and statecraft so as to maximize their personal power, wealth, and control over the levers of govt to further enrich themselves and shift the burdens to everyone else.
re: #183 HappyWarrior
My mom has a degree and my dad doesn’t. They’ve had their problems but they recently celebrated thirty six years together. My Dad isn’t “woke” but he’s not threatened by changes to the norm either.
and I’m pretty sure that college degrees and lack thereof really have nothing to do with anything
Someone needs to play Graham’s 1999 call for impeaching Clinton to cleanse the office on a loop outside his office and attach it to every public utterance by the compromised crony.
Throw in Pence saying that soliciting foreign assistance for political purposes was wrong too.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) October 7, 2019
re: #186 Backwoods_Sleuth
and I’m pretty sure that college degrees and lack thereof really have nothing to do with anything
Nothing. They’re both intelligent people in their own way. Mom’s helped shape my more practical side and Dad my more idealist.
re: #185 lawhawk
Projection…. Projection like IMAX. It’s always projection:
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These fuckers were deflecting and dodging scrutiny all while trying to benefit financially. Every last one in Trumpworld is corrupt and complicit, and this is still more proof that Trumpworld corrupts and destroys everything they touch. In this case, they’re destroying US foreign policy and statecraft so as to maximize their personal power, wealth, and control over the levers of govt to further enrich themselves and shift the burdens to everyone else.
Right but Trump was soooo concerned about corruption. These fucking assholes.
Where did Trump get the idea of claiming that the Bidens were profiting from some relationship with Ukraine?
Rudy: how about we accuse them of profiting from trying to get business ties to enrich themselves by changing who’s in charge of those businesses?
Trump: Awesome. Perfect. Let’s go with that.
Trump: Where’d you get that idea from?
Rudy: I know a couple of guys… they work with me. That’s what they’re doing right now.
Trump: Clever Rudy. No one will ever know.
re: #177 Backwoods_Sleuth
Claire, you knew the answer to that question before you asked it.
Lindsay Graham doesn’t give a fuck, because he’s still in Congress and in power, while you were defeated by a Republican last year and became a part of the “liberal media” their party puts on par with Satan himself.
re: #186 Backwoods_Sleuth
and I’m pretty sure that college degrees and lack thereof really have nothing to do with anything
They only matter if the people involved care.
re: #188 HappyWarrior
Nothing. They’re both intelligent people in their own way. Mom’s helped shape my more practical side and Dad my more idealist.
and I’m betting your dad never whined about your mom having a degree while he didn’t have one.
LOL. Even without impeachment, his legacy is going to be as the worst, most disgusting con man ever to occupy the White House. Impeachment is just a bonus. https://t.co/xxfdnyJzfi
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 7, 2019
It’s definitely great to hear that he’s miserable, though.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 7, 2019
Some day there will be a comic titled, “Donnie Trump, the Human Stain.”
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 7, 2019
Donnie can instantly transform into a foul-smelling two-dimensional stain to escape questions by his nemesis Phake Gnus.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 7, 2019
He gon be in club getting the shit slapped out his head. pic.twitter.com/XSh1XpiAVG
— Steezy Steamboat 💨 (@STARKS27) October 5, 2019
re: #193 Backwoods_Sleuth
and I’m betting your dad never whined about your mom having a degree while he didn’t have one.
Precisely. And the thing is, he’s always told my brothers he regretted not getting one. My closest brother in age and I each have one and are doing post graduate work and our kid brother recently started college. I think he sees that my mom and her brother were among the first in their families to get degrees and he sees how hard she’s worked. It doesn’t threaten him.
re: #195 Charles Johnson
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re: #198 b.d. (It’s all true)
his legacy?
just wait until he is out of office, then the real staining starts
He’ll need the brown pants…
People who keep saying they never thought Graham could go this low have no idea of whatever it is that Trump has on him. Of course I don’t either, but whatever it is it must be radioactive.
re: #196 goddamnedfrank
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that spider is just chilling and minding its own bidness.
re: #195 Charles Johnson
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Shouldn’t have run for President then Donny. You would have died eventually and been forgotten but now you’re eternally one of the biggest scoundrels of American history. You’re up there with Benedict Arnold, John Wilkes Booth, & Bernie Madoff as an anti Mount Rushmore member.
re: #197 HappyWarrior
Precisely. And the thing is, he’s always told my brothers he regretted not getting one. My closest brother in age and I each have one and are doing post graduate work and our kid brother recently started college. I think he sees that my mom and her brother were among the first in their families to get degrees and he sees how hard she’s worked. It doesn’t threaten him.
regret is one thing, whinging about how one never got a degree after decades of blaming other people is completely different.
Donnie’s superpower is the ability to empty a room really fast, once the stain is deployed. Not even the dreaded Presskore can withstand the odor.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 7, 2019
The same people behind the Clinton Cash book that NYT credulously covered are behind the “Biden scandal.” It’s not working this time.
re: #160 sagehen
As a woman with a college degree… let me just point out that a lot of us would give our eyeteeth for a man who can fix the plumbing, the electric, that carburetor, the water heater and furnace, the hole in the roof, and other things that your ordinary literature major needs to call expensive professionals for.
There was only ever one of my dad, and I didn’t become my dad. My brother came close, but he’s an asshole.
re: #195 Charles Johnson
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re: #203 Backwoods_Sleuth
regret is one thing, whinging about how one never got a degree after decades of blaming other people is completely different.
Exactly why I contrasted regret with resentment. MRA types resent women being educated. I think it’s great that women are pursuing their full academic potential. I mean aside from a feminist/equalitarian POV, don’t we want half of our population pursuing what will help them achieve the best jobs? I swear BWS, I think most conservatives aren’t over the advances that began to be made a half century ago. It’s why their ideology doesn’t adapt. It’s an ideology of resentment of change.
Definitely would look bad. Best thing for Trump to do is cut his losses and resign as soon as possible.
Just tell him it’s like declaring bankruptcy, only it’s moral bankruptcy. https://t.co/8hs57xnQGT— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 7, 2019
re: #209 Charles Johnson
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Shit he could even try admit that he’s wrong for once. It shouldn’t save him but if he’s really that worried about his legacy, he could try not being a miserable asshole but I also want to be able to play music like Chris Thile.
re: #210 HappyWarrior
Shit he could even try admit that he’s wrong for once. It shouldn’t save him but if he’s really that worried about his legacy, he could try not being a miserable asshole but I also want to be able to play music like Chris Thile.
His ego will NOT let him.
re: #211 Eclectic Cyborg
His ego will NOT let him.
Yeah exactly. He’ll never admit to being wrong even off camera. I should clarify. Especially off camera.
re: #202 HappyWarrior
Rudy too.
Funny how Christie is rather quiet these days. He’s counting his lucky stars right about now that Bridgegate ended his chances of working for the most corrupt and treasonous person to ever step foot in the WH.
re: #213 lawhawk
Rudy too.
Funny how Christie is rather quiet these days. He’s counting his lucky stars right about now that Bridgegate ended his chances of working for the most corrupt and treasonous person to ever step foot in the WH.
Yeah. Palin too. I thought for sure she’d get some role for helping to endear him to the GOP base. She was his first big name political endorsement iirc.
Rudy could have just stayed Mayor 911. Eventually it’d be understood he wasn’t that great but his failed law and order policies are nothing compared to what being Michael Cohen 2.0 for Trump has done to his legacy. All the fairly smart Republicans avoid this administration. Jeb, Kasich, come to mind.
re: #214 HappyWarrior
Yeah. Palin too. I thought for sure she’d get some role for helping to endear him to the GOP base. She was his first big name political endorsement iirc.
I think her Big Gulp speech killed any chance of her getting in on the grift. She sounded shitfaced that day, and I think it rubbed Trump the wrong way.
re: #214 HappyWarrior
Yeah. Palin too. I thought for sure she’d get some role for helping to endear him to the GOP base. She was his first big name political endorsement iirc.
Sarah’s got bigger issues right now, with Todd suing for divorce and custody of Trig.
re: #217 TedStriker
Sarah’s got bigger issues right now, with Todd suing for divorce and custody of Trig.
Yep. She didn’t two years ago though and I think MiS is right about why she never got in the Executive Branch.
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— Austin Bat Refuge (@AustinBatRefuge) October 5, 2019
re: #216 makeitstop
I think her Big Gulp speech killed any chance of her getting in on the grift. She sounded shitfaced that day, and I think it rubbed Trump the wrong way.
re: #216 makeitstop
I think her Big Gulp speech killed any chance of her getting in on the grift. She sounded shitfaced that day, and I think it rubbed Trump the wrong way.
I think that’s an excellent theory. Trump definitely looks down on people who he thinks aren’t in control and I can’t discount sexism either. Trump’s administration has few high profile women.
re: #214 HappyWarrior
Yeah. Palin too. I thought for sure she’d get some role for helping to endear him to the GOP base. She was his first big name political endorsement iirc.
but when she was running as VP, trump took her to eat crappypizza (with a fork) (at one of a pizzeria connected with him—did I mention crappy pizza?)for the meet and greet.
re: #216 makeitstop
I think her Big Gulp speech killed any chance of her getting in on the grift. She sounded shitfaced that day, and I think it rubbed Trump the wrong way.
she was staggering shitfaced that day
re: #221 Backwoods_Sleuth
but when she was running as VP, trump took her to eat crappypizza (with a fork) (at one of a pizzeria connected with him—did I mention crappy pizza?)for the meet and greet.
Was that when she ran for VP or in the early years of the Tea Party bs? But I do remember that. It was really trashy.
re: #223 MsJ
Christie is too fat.
Palin is a woman who’s crazy.
Trump cares about marketing and he’s good at it (all lies and bullshit) and marketing is all about image. Neither Christie nor Palin has the image trump wants or desires.
This would explain Bachman too.
re: #224 HappyWarrior
Was that when she ran for VP or in the early years of the Tea Party bs? But I do remember that. It was really trashy.
she was running for VP.
It was one of her meet and greets to build up some gravitas she was lacking.
she also met with kissinger around the same time.
re: #224 HappyWarrior
Was that when she ran for VP or in the early years of the Tea Party bs? But I do remember that. It was really trashy.
she brought little Piper along with her for the pizza thing
Federalist Faceplant Sean Davis appears unaware of the details that link Mifsud to the Russians who did the hack and troll operations. That’s the hazard of not reading the Mueller Report, I guess. https://t.co/CzfELz1vCq
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) October 6, 2019
Nearly impossible for any Republican presidential candidate next year to win the presidency without winning Wisconsin. https://t.co/yIwF7jBDfD
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) October 7, 2019
re: #227 Backwoods_Sleuth
she brought little Piper along with her for the pizza thing
Ahhhh okay. Thanks.
re: #229 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I see the Rust Belt that helped him last time leaving him this.
re: #231 HappyWarrior
I see the Rust Belt that helped him last time leaving him this.
Tariffs for the win.
A woman told me undocumented immigrants are a “slap in the face” to “legal immigrants.”
I told her it’s a slap in the face to lock kids in cages.
Immigrants pose no threat to her. And we need to call people out for saying they do. pic.twitter.com/cpnE9PGBvF— Beto O’Rourke (@BetoORourke) October 6, 2019
re: #228 Dread Pirate
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I don’t think Seán reads anything that isn’t a tongue bath of Trump.
re: #223 MsJ
Christie is too fat.
Palin is a woman who’s crazy.
Trump cares about marketing and he’s good at it (all lies and bullshit) and marketing is all about image. Neither Christie nor Palin has the image trump wants or desires.
Corrupt-a-crats. He’s got a stock look for them.
Exhibit A - C: Junior, Eric, and Ivanka.
Exhibit D: Pompeo
Exhibit E: Rudy
Exhibit F: Pence
Exhibit G: Perry
Trump cares less about the marketing than he does making sure he surrounds himself with sycophants telling him what he wants to hear. Christie apparently is too independent minded for Trump. That’s disqualifying.
There’s another theory that their parents’ generation thrived within the post WWII liberal order that was only made possible by subsidized higher education & the welfare safety net, then turned around & jealously screwed their own children for tax breaks going mostly to the rich.
— Jason McGlothlenstein (@goddamnedfrank) October 7, 2019
NARRATOR: “They were not affidavits.” https://t.co/zOkQpxL6pV
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) October 6, 2019
re: #233 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Beto is still awesome. He won’t be the nominee but I want him in the next administration. Hopefully on an issue involving a marginalized group.
Clinton and Bush must be terrified that he is going to outlive them both.
And, these types of incidents must send them scurrying to their panic rooms
President Jimmy Carter had a fall today at home requiring stitches above his brow, per @CarterCenter. But in less than an hour, the 95 year-old is expected to take the stage here at Ryman Auditorium, kicking off the 36th Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project with @Habitat_org pic.twitter.com/4FBXSixSEv
— Betsy Klein (@betsy_klein) October 6, 2019
Seriously though. With the elderly an in home fall with a head impact can be potentially life threatening.
I would imagine, it being President Carter, they ran a CAT scan or MRI to rule out any brain bleed.
re: #236 goddamnedfrank
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Thank you Frank. I’m so sick of older people who grew up in arguably the most socialist period of our history crapping on my generation for not conforming to what they want.
re: #239 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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Seriously though. With the elderly an in home fall with a head impact can be potentially life threatening.
I would imagine, it being President Carter, they ran a CAT scan or MRI to rule out any brain bleed.
or he is 95 years old, he has old people’s skin that is very thin and easily breached.
re: #239 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Clinton and Bush must be terrified that he is going to outlive them both.
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Seriously though. With the elderly an in home fall with a head impact can be potentially life threatening.
I would imagine, it being President Carter, they ran a CAT scan or MRI to rule out any brain bleed.
Being denied a second term probably helped his long term health. If you look at our longest lived presidents, most didn’t serve eight years. Reagan is an exception.
re: #238 HappyWarrior
Beto is still awesome. He won’t be the nominee but I want him in the next administration. Hopefully on an issue involving a marginalized group.
I still think he should be the VP if Warren or Harris get the nomination (I’m not sure who I would want if Biden gets the nod because they should either keep being senators, or heads of a department). He can do the attack thing while they look presidential.
re: #243 HappyWarrior
Being denied a second term probably helped his long term health. If you look at our longest lived presidents, most didn’t serve eight years. Reagan is an exception.
He slept through his; no stress!
re: #205 Barefoot Grin
The same people behind the Clinton Cash book that NYT credulously covered are behind the “Biden scandal.” It’s not working this time.
I would not be surprised at all if the Screw York Times is conspiring with BreitFART to produce another libelous book—“Biden Cash”!
Soccer club fires coach for calling Greta Thunberg a ‘whore’ and the ‘right age to take a pounding’
An Italian youth soccer coach was fired from his club after he called 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg a “whore” who “can take a pounding” in a Facebook comment.
“This whore! A 16-year-old can take a pounding, she’s at the right age!” Tommaso Casalini, a former assistant Coach of Grosseto’s Giovanissimi A team, wrote in a post earlier this week. Grosseto immediately removed Casalini as a coach saying in a statement that the trainer was fired for “not acting in line with the club, who focus on moral values even more than technical values,” according to Football-Italia.
Following his removal, Casalini issued an extended apology to regional sports website Grosseto Sport, where he acknowledged the fact that his behavior was not appropriate, especially since he did not realize he was attacking a minor.
Giuliani’s un-documented son?
Nope. But covertly pressuring a foreign government to dig up dirt on your political rival is. https://t.co/zj9i5gJq3x
— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) October 7, 2019
re: #240 b.d. (It’s all true)
well said
It’s so frustrating watching children whose parents benefited from the GI Bill that birthed the modern middle class screaming at people who don’t 100% subscribe to Capitalism. I don’t think socialism is the only answer either but what we’ve been sold to as Capitalism is a system that created wealth disparities not seen in a long time.
Taking my second crack at ratatouille tonight. First attempt wasn’t half bad. Using eggplant this time, less tomato sauce, more roux.
re: #247 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Soccer club fires coach for calling Greta Thunberg a ‘whore’ and the ‘right age to take a pounding’
Giuliani’s un-documented son?
so, if Greta was NOT a minor, his comments were OK?
*SPIT*
re: #247 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Soccer club fires coach for calling Greta Thunberg a ‘whore’ and the ‘right age to take a pounding’
Giuliani’s un-documented son?
Funny how this enraged him but not Trump talking shit all the time. Another fragile douchebag.
re: #248 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #248 Backwoods_Sleuth
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He really thinks the state of the economy mitigates any crimes he does. Asshole.
re: #253 Belafon
We need to show Trump Bernie, one of Jack Black’s best roles. “But he was so nice to people.” “Yep, and he killed someone.”
God that was an entertaining movie.
re: #236 goddamnedfrank
“Stingy millennials”? Uhm, if you’re overwhelmed trying to pay back your college loans, it’s hard to find a job that pays a living wage, rents are outrageous, food is expensive…yeah, you’re going to be stingy. Signed, 59 years old and smarter than this writer.
— Dee “Nice is not my middle name” Holmes (@mmmirele) October 7, 2019
And if we (millennials) did buy more homes, we would be called irresponsible too. I don’t reflectively bash Boomers or Gen Xers because each generation has enough of people who are great and people who suck.
re: #258 HappyWarrior
For shame! They stopped buying all of the avocados and lattes we said were the only reason they couldn’t afford houses!
— Big Square Trainer (@BSTrainer) October 6, 2019
re: #254 HappyWarrior
He really thinks the state of the economy mitigates any crimes he does. Asshole.
He did not create the economy.
re: #236 goddamnedfrank
“…Wages of young college grads have been falling since 2000.
Employers are cutting health care for young workers, both college and high school graduates.
CEOs now make 296 times what a typical worker earns.
Decline in union membership mirrors income gains of top 10%.”
re: #247 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
[snip] “A 16-year-old can take” …
Moral compass seems broken. I guess he’s not so good at logic or math, either.
re: #259 Belafon
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A few decades of class warfare animated in a few seconds. The rich guys are winning. https://t.co/6YXN0Zixni
— Ezra “do us a favor though” Levin (@ezralevin) October 7, 2019
I’ll know for certain in the morning when I check the gauge, but safe to say that we’ve gotten more rain here in The Backwoods since 7 a.m. than we got for the entire month of September.
re: #265 jaunte
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When two Rudy Giuliani associates met with an executive from Ukraine’s state-owned natural gas company, their lawyer says it was “an attempt to do legitimate business.” That’s not how the Ukrainian saw it, people with knowledge of the meeting tell @AP. https://t.co/B7Sa8w4CeI
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 7, 2019
re: #267 HappyWarrior
They seem to have missed a lot of history.
re: #267 HappyWarrior
Wealthy home builders have lobbied for years to manipulate building codes so housing had to get bigger, more expensive and more profitable.
We present: The top 7 biggest fails ever seen on #HalloweenWars! pic.twitter.com/QyylRpPCHh
— Food Network (@FoodNetwork) October 7, 2019
re: #265 jaunte
In 1950, the ultra-wealthy paid 70% on part of their income in taxes.
LOL
Oh, no. Was it everything I said? pic.twitter.com/44n8QMcQWq
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) October 7, 2019
re: #222 Backwoods_Sleuth
she was staggering shitfaced that day
A lot of the blood of Jesus. It was in her contract rider.
re: #272 Dread Pirate
Right, much lower rate on investment income vs. wages.
re: #237 Backwoods_Sleuth
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GOP donors connected to Trump and Giuliani pushed for control of Ukraine’s government-owned gas company at the same time Rick Perry pushed to replace its board members.
A Ukrainian “was floored” because he thought the U.S. had “a higher ethical standard.” https://t.co/NERXJTKkqS— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) October 7, 2019
Pretending Republicans of 1860 resemble Republicans of 2019 is one of the most ignorant memes on Twitter.
From 1860 to 1972, Republicans and Democrats, basically switched bodies. It was like a Freaky Friday of Politics. Except with more racism — and they never switched back. pic.twitter.com/kOWtoAvUqU— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) October 7, 2019
re: #279 HappyWarrior
So they did what they are implying Biden did.
Well, it’s on brand. I’ll give them that.
re: #279 HappyWarrior
“…The three approached Favorov with the idea while the Ukrainian executive was attending an energy industry conference in Texas. Parnas and Fruman told him they had flown in from Florida on a private jet to recruit him to be their partner in a new venture to export up to 100 tanker shipments a year of U.S. liquefied gas into Ukraine, where Naftogaz is the largest distributor, according to two people briefed on the details.
Sargeant told Favorov that he regularly meets with Trump at Mar-a-Lago and that the gas-sales plan had the president’s full support, according to the two people who said Favorov recounted the discussion to them.”
This is my new favourite thing pic.twitter.com/DAtPXlifdj
— Giles Paley-Phillips (@eliistender10) October 5, 2019
This underscores why Trump’s story that he was fighting “corruption” has never made sense. Govt never sends privateers out to do law enforcement missions precisely b/c of the possibility of other agendas. Such things are handled by prosecutors and FBI agents. Made-up from start. https://t.co/OSaGG2isF4
— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) October 7, 2019
re: #283 jaunte
Mar a Lago is just the Ravenite Social Club except it’s in Florida.
re: #281 The Pie Overlord!
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It’s on FB too. Dumbass conservatives really think they’re changing minds. I still remember some of them “telling” baseball legend Hank Aaron he should have known that Jim Crow was done by Democrats when he compared the racism he experienced chasing Ruth’s home run record to Obama’s experiences as our first Black President. Can’t forget Rand Paul talking down to the Howard students either.
I tend to think this is true. I’ve recently had two old high school acquaintances whom I “friended” years ago come out as full-blown Trumpists. I have found that their essential knowledge comes not from Fox (as far as I know from citations) but from Judicial Watch. These are/were smart guys.
Then today I saw a tweet from a CNN political analyst (name escapes me) reporting, yet again, that ‘quietly, out of earshot, increasing numbers of GOP pols are wondering how to get off the crazy train without pain.’ The comments—I read a couple hundred—were mostly Trumpists saying that these, then, are RINOs. And I think the GOP has already shed two or three skins of RINOs.* We are at the core of racist, know-nothings who will follow Trump into violence if need be.
Henceforth the RINO slough.
Anywho…. sleep tight and don’t let Bret bite!
I’m thinking about something else as I go to bed but I notice a lot of our conservatives love to tout the superiority of Western civilization. Most people have a parent, grandparent, or great grandparent who was alive for lynchings, the Holocaust, or the worst excesses of colonialism.
re: #243 HappyWarrior
Being denied a second term probably helped his long term health. If you look at our longest lived presidents, most didn’t serve eight years. Reagan is an exception.
That’s because Reagan wasn’t all there during his second term. The toll is mental not physical. Reagan didn’t have the mind four a full to be taken from.
re: #289 Barefoot Grin
I tend to think this is true. I’ve recently had two old high school acquaintances whom I “friended” years ago come out as full-blown Trumpists. I have found that their essential knowledge comes not from Fox (as far as I know from citations) but from Judicial Watch. These are/were smart guys.
Then today I saw a tweet from a CNN political analyst (name escapes me) reporting, yet again, that ‘quietly, out of earshot, increasing numbers of GOP pols are wondering how to get off the crazy train without pain.’ The comments—I read a couple hundred—were mostly Trumpists saying that these, then, are RINOs. And I think the GOP has already shed two or three skins of RINOs. We are at the core of racist, know-nothings who will follow Trump into violence if need be.
Anywho…. sleep tight and don’t let Bret bite!
My mom has a second cousin who is a doctor. He’s obviously an intelligent guy but he posts Breitbart propaganda and spouts stupid red baiting bs.
re: #291 MsJ
That’s because Reagan wasn’t all there during his second term. The toll is mental not physical. Reagan didn’t have the mind four a full to be taken from.
Yep already covered. Reagan didn’t really age as other two termers have to further support your point.
re: #1 Charles Johnson
it’s easier when it’s enabled, say by one house of Congress and a dysfunctional press/media
I think it never really dawned on me before how sloppy and stupid the rise of authoritarianism can be. It makes sense, of course. If brute force is the strategy, smarts aren’t essential. But to see it up close is to appreciate that I missed an important theme in history books.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) October 6, 2019
re: #292 HappyWarrior
My mom has a second cousin who is a doctor. He’s obviously an intelligent guy but he posts Breitbart propaganda and spouts stupid red baiting bs.
My uncle is a hardcore racist. He graduated from Emory Medical School and became a leading heart surgeon in Atlanta. He asked my mom why in the hell she would vote for Obama: “do you want the blacks in charge of the country?”
re: #295 Barefoot Grin
My uncle is a hardcore racist. He graduated from Emory Medical School and became a leading heart surgeon in Atlanta. He asked my mom why in the hell she would vote for Obama: “do you want the blacks in charge of the country?”
Jeezus.
If you like Gothic mystery fiction, I want to recommend Oscar De Muriel as my new favorite author. He has a series of mysteries set in the 1880’s featuring an eccentric Scottish detective and his super-straight upper-class twit sidekick.
re: #287 Backwoods_Sleuth
just found this whilst looking for something banjo related:
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I am totally lost in the rabbit hole of Justin Johnson music vids on Youtube now.
I am become visible. Want you guys to see me…
New color! pic.twitter.com/CNj3oZeQ9n
— Peg Johnson (@PFlowerstone) October 7, 2019
re: #289 Barefoot Grin
I tend to think this is true. I’ve recently had two old high school acquaintances whom I “friended” years ago come out as full-blown Trumpists. I have found that their essential knowledge comes not from Fox (as far as I know from citations) but from Judicial Watch. These are/were smart guys.
Then today I saw a tweet from a CNN political analyst (name escapes me) reporting, yet again, that ‘quietly, out of earshot, increasing numbers of GOP pols are wondering how to get off the crazy train without pain.’ The comments—I read a couple hundred—were mostly Trumpists saying that these, then, are RINOs. And I think the GOP has already shed two or three skins of RINOs.* We are at the core of racist, know-nothings who will follow Trump into violence if need be.
Henceforth the RINO slough.
Anywho…. sleep tight and don’t let Bret bite!
We need some place for those fleeing Republicans to go, and that would leave the core group losing elections and getting arrested.
re: #301 plansbandc
I love you guys. Always.
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We got our rescue dog a year ago this month. She has been nothing but sweet. She usually prefers her own sofa, but sometimes jumps up to snuggle. But tonight she’ stretched out next to with her head using my arm as a pillow and snoring away. I really need to go to bed, as i said earlier, but I don’t want to wake her. One-handed typing!
re: #299 plansbandc
I wanted to follow you, but it looks like I’m blocked. I’m this jerk:
Know what’s the American ideal? Coming to this country to find a better life.
Know what’s not the American ideal? Taking children away from parents in an attempt at genocide (what else do you call making it so families can’t be reunited).
30% of Americans are ok with genocide.— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) June 24, 2018
I post myself here a lot.
re: #95 Backwoods_Sleuth
this is just pathetic
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Trump is channeling Rudy
noun verb Hillary, witch hunt
re: #303 Barefoot Grin
So beautiful. My heart is filled with joy.
re: #109 Belafon
“My dream in life has always been to be a massage therapist.”
I wanted to be a lumberjack
re: #304 Belafon
Unblocked and followed. Now don’t piss me off again. LOL :D
re: #1 Charles Johnson
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— Jason McGlothlenstein (@goddamnedfrank) October 7, 2019
The projection is strong with this one. https://t.co/jfM8u6ER9V
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) October 7, 2019
re: #311 jaunte
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It really can’t be overstated just how desperate Trump is. He’s making stuff up on the fly. Only his most diehard supporters are willing to publicly defend him. The president is flailing. https://t.co/fW29B03mpa
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 7, 2019
I can’t believe I’ve reached retirement age while the president of the US is a clown who tweets stupid gradeschool nicknames for his opponents.
re: #170 Backwoods_Sleuth
“Education” is not a fucking contest.
One learns or one decides to take offense to those who *do* learn.
I’m past losing patience with those who whine about “educated elites”.
“educated elites”, is a lazy way of saying i was too lazy to get an education, and still am
I mean, I expected jetpacks, not buffoonish dictators with clown makeup.
re: #316 jaunte
I can’t believe I’ve reached retirement age while the president of the US is a clown who tweets stupid gradeschool nicknames for his opponents.
The juvenile name-calling has been part of his “shtick” from the beginning. Just imagine if Obama… (why even bother)
re: #311 jaunte
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Dammit, Trump, impeachment is not an option when it comes to senators and congresspeople.
Impeachment applies to presidents, vice presidents, judges, justices, and cabinet secretaries.
Resign, Trump, and to back to school and take a remedial U.S. Government class.
Comedian Rip Taylor died Sunday in Beverly Hills at the age of 84 https://t.co/gdt0IuxVFB pic.twitter.com/qYDwuKMOgk
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 7, 2019
re: #314 CleverToad
Indeed. I will never have regular hair ever again. :D
haha of course he’s accusing Nancy Pelosi of treason because what else would he do https://t.co/aq51eHcJcY
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 7, 2019
Donnie has absolutely no idea what impeachment really is. He just knows it’s something bad that’s about to happen to him. Like a prostate exam.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 7, 2019
re: #294 DangerMan
it’s easier when it’s enabled, say by one house of Congress and a dysfunctional press/media
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One thing I notice is that many people are surprised by how fast the institutions have fallen. I don’t believe that’s quite correct. The institutions have been under assault for decades which means they’ve actually persevered fairly well. That they’re only falling now is actually quite remarkable.
re: #202 HappyWarrior
Shouldn’t have run for President then Donny. You would have died eventually and been forgotten but now you’re eternally one of the biggest scoundrels of American history. You’re up there with Benedict Arnold, John Wilkes Booth, & Bernie Madoff as an anti Mount Rushmore member.
politics ain’t beanbag
BUT BIDENZ!!!1!!!!1!1!!!!
Trump donor, Harry Sargeant III, told Naftogaz executive, Andrew Favorov, that he regularly meets with Trump at Mar-a-Lago and that the gas-sales plan had the president’s full support.https://t.co/FGWKOXMfAh
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) October 7, 2019
re: #209 Charles Johnson
too late
impeachment has begun.
you’re asterisked for all eternity
Definitely would look bad. Best thing for Trump to do is cut his losses and resign as soon as possible.
Just tell him it’s like declaring bankruptcy, only it’s moral bankruptcy. https://t.co/8hs57xnQGT— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 7, 2019
She found and read his journal. Which outlined his plan, in great detail, to conduct a massacre on Apr 20, 2020. The anniversary of Columbine
He, of course, is claiming it is a creative writing project
A 17-year-old planned to shoot up his school until his mother turned him in to police https://t.co/JSFnzVE0H0
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) October 7, 2019
Since some of love Red Rocks I thought I share this. My friend does the stage design of Mac Demarco. If you don’t know Mac, you’re probably not in your 20s. I didn’t know who he was when I moved into this house, but he used to live here.
The White House announces that Turkey will be invading Northern Syria and will take custody of all ISIS fighters captured in the past two years pic.twitter.com/Akp8eKLKRO
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) October 7, 2019
This is the big heist. All of Trump’s grift and corruption, all the tweets and chaos and hatefulness, all tolerated if not welcomed because his hand can hold a pen that can sign off on judges and cut taxes for corporations and billionaires. https://t.co/6hoH2WhZVj
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) October 7, 2019
re: #243 HappyWarrior
Being denied a second term probably helped his long term health. If you look at our longest lived presidents, most didn’t serve eight years. Reagan is an exception.
Reagan served 6 years at best. /
re: #243 HappyWarrior
Being denied a second term probably helped his long term health. If you look at our longest lived presidents, most didn’t serve eight years. Reagan is an exception.
Actually Reagan’s astrologer, Joan Quigley, was calling the shots while Pruneface merely held the pen to sign the tax cuts and pack the courts with right wing assholes just like Trump does…
re: #331 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
INBOX: @realDonaldTrump will allow his dictator friend Erdogan to attack Kurdish forces in Syria, who until now had US backing and were among our strongest allies in the region. pic.twitter.com/pYj7IZIssY
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) October 7, 2019
re: #333 DangerMan
Reagan served 6 years at best. /
When did he serve? I only ever saw him sleeping, eating jelly beans & committing treason.
FAR MORE LIKELY is that the SDF, who did all the ACTUAL fighting and dying to defeat ISIS, will just let 11,000 ISIS-tied prisoners go. Cuz they’re gonna be far too busy scrambling to stop the Turkish tanks Trump just put out the welcome mat for. https://t.co/clfk9DTinN
— Zeddy (@Zeddary) October 7, 2019
re: #336 William Lewis
He did invade Grenada.
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The Chicago Tribune published a column today by Lara Weber, a member of their editorial board, summarizing editorials that the Tribune published the previous 3 times that a President was being investigated for impeachable offenses, The Tribune to date has had no more than mild rebukes of Trump’, even describing the infamous “transcript” as a collegial conversation.
Here is part of the Tribune characterization of Clinton written four days after the release of the Starr report:
If Clinton continues in office, it will be as a hollow man, unable to command support in Congress, among foreign leaders, maybe even among his own aides.
Who will know when he’s telling the truth and when he’s not, whether he’s being sincere or play-acting, whether his word is his bond or just another artful dodge?
At this point, Bill Clinton would best serve the United States by resigning the presidency, and that is the course we urge upon him. If he truly cares about the nation, and not just himself, he will step down and spare it the constitutional crisis toward which his recklessness has propelled us.
Not that it will do any good, but I am intending to send them a caustic letter criticizing their outright hypocrisy in their treatment of Trump: After all if dissembling about a consensual affair with an adult woman — as sleazy and inappropriate as it might have been — deserves resignation, Trump’s outright betrayal of his oath of office, his constant lies, his loyalty to Putin, his extortion of allies, etc all certainly merit a much harsher judgement than the one they imposed on Clinton. It is clear that every Republican in the current Congress and every newspaper that refuses to take a real stand against Trump is a coward and dishonest to the core.
re: #338 Ace Rothstein
He did invade Grenada.
/
Hey, hey !
Don’t mock World War G
36th Anniversary is just weeks away.
re: #339 Hecuba’s daughter
The Chicago FIBUNE has always been a Republican propaganda rag with the only exception being it’s endorsement of Obama in 2008 and 2012. In 2016 it gave “no endorsement” for President but the same editorial was far more caustic to Hillary than it was to Shithead.
re: #338 Ace Rothstein
He did invade Grenada.
/
The ultimate wag the dog to hide a cut and run. I was active duty Army then; a lot of people were unhappy about that cut and run bullshit.
Actually, I’m finding I like twitter. So many soft targets.
Really? So the top fifty pay *all* the sales taxes, *all* the consumption taxes, *all* the vehicle taxes, *all* the FICA, *all* the fuel taxes…
I could go on, but why bother. You’ll just weasel around and pretend they do, somehow.— Uriel (@sickendun2death) October 7, 2019
So, now we’re down from “💯 of taxes” to just income taxes.
Are you including local, state and federal taxes in “income” taxes?
Are you including fed. taxes paid by people making under, say, $20,000? Because they do.
But you’re not. Because you’re not arguing in good faith.— Uriel (@sickendun2death) October 7, 2019
re: #334 Joe Bacon 🌹
Actually Reagan’s astrologer, Joan Quigley, was calling the shots while Pruneface merely held the pen to sign the tax cuts and pack the courts with right wing assholes just like Trump does…
Gotta disagree with you there.
Reagan was a great actor who played “president” on campaign swings, at state dinners, radio addresses, etc…. while GHWB very quietly behind closed doors did all the policy stuff.
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