Seth takes a closer look at President Trump threatening war crimes against Iran after ordering the assassination of a top Iranian General.
Seriously they need to fucking get it together.
Hey @DeptofDefense,
Listen, it’s been a bad few days for all of us. Putting Soleimani on the target list didn’t turn out well and that letter to Iraq fuckup, WOW!
My advice, keep monitoring for missiles ’n whatevs but maybe take a “me day” tomorrow, align your chakras ’n shit— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) January 7, 2020
Another successful SpaceX launch. This first stage has landed 4 times now. We’re truly in the age of a reusable rocket booster. My dad wouldn’t believe the changes in the last 30 years.
I check in at Marcy’s twitter feed at least once a day, but more often than not I have no idea what she’s saying.
Wondering if some FOIA genius can use DOD sending a letter in predecisional form to the Iraqi govt as precedent to get by b5?
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) January 6, 2020
of course
I was told to ask the WH …@EamonJavers https://t.co/WiQGh7ZUru
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) January 6, 2020
re: #4 Barefoot Grin
I check in at Marcy’s twitter feed at least once a day, but more often than not I have no idea what she’s saying.
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So, simplified, I guess she’s asking if anyone with FOIA expertise can search Department of Defense data to find evidence of correspondence before the decision to get by the B5.
Judy Miller?
You have got to be kidding me. https://t.co/Ymu9aAbqam— Ed Bott (@edbott) January 7, 2020
My respite. There’s just something about daughters. pic.twitter.com/dYMP5MLyoc
— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) January 7, 2020
You’ll certainly get trained on toilet seat orientation.
re: #8 Dread Pirate
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Little Women reboot?
First three minutes of Hannity tonight pic.twitter.com/y5ENpVG6yS
— Jason Campbell (@JasonSCampbell) January 7, 2020
3 word bite-size propaganda bits.
I might add that I like Senator Rubio. I donated $500 to his 2016 Presidential campaign. But what he’s saying seems just wrong here. pic.twitter.com/1YX4CmgZGV
— Orin Kerr (@OrinKerr) January 6, 2020
re: #18 Dread Pirate
Rubio knows how wrong he is, but he will persist.
re: #18 Dread Pirate
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Rubio is a hack. He’s not stupid like Trump is. He’s a thinking man’s liar.
Brennt Paris? https://t.co/LckGddWJ2J
— Harry Turtledove (@HNTurtledove) January 7, 2020
BIG: Trump administration begins drafting possible sanctions against Iraq following Trump’s economic threat, by @JStein_WAPO and @JDawsey1 https://t.co/H7f9vGtFe2
— Damian Paletta (@damianpaletta) January 7, 2020
re: #23 Dread Pirate
Which of our other allies would honor such a disgusting act?
“The warmongers are never ruined by their mistakes; that’s a consequence they’ll go on assigning to the whole rest of the world, until there’s no world left to bear it.” https://t.co/2D1X6iJyms
— Murshed Zaheed 🐢 (@murshedz) January 7, 2020
“…here is an entire class of people — hell, not even just a class! In many cases it’s a very specific group of individuals! — whose complete failure, as leaders, as strategists, as analysts, as reporters, as prognosticators, already and in full view of the whole human race killed millions of people, destroyed a society, and fucked up an entire region of the globe… running it back! In much the same positions of authority and prominence as before. The warmongers are never ruined by their mistakes; that’s a consequence they’ll go on assigning to the whole rest of the world, until there’s no world left to bear it.”
Parker mom accused of plotting to kidnap child with help from conspiracy theory group
https://t.co/Ux7lZEiTla— Next with Kyle Clark (@nexton9news) January 7, 2020
#NowPlaying Dave Frishberg > Do You Miss New York? Live at Jazz at Lincoln Center > My Country Used To Be https://t.co/thd8oQWdVw
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) January 7, 2020
which wunnaya too cheap to call an Uber?
I think I see your problem. pic.twitter.com/HU7qhuVuDJ
— jamie (@gnuman1979) January 5, 2020
US sends more troops to Kenya after attack https://t.co/zZUqMRXmf2
— NHK WORLD News (@NHKWORLD_News) January 7, 2020
As a long-time news junkie, this could be an AWESOME game!
Manipulate the politics of a country in Not For Broadcast https://t.co/zL1NbSKZrz pic.twitter.com/c9KV2u6Gk4
— PC Gamer (@pcgamer) January 7, 2020
Let me suggest some DLC:
Opening music to famous news shows (“Frontline” WILL NOT LEAVE MY HEAD NOW!)
“Famous” hosts like Hannity and Limbaugh.
A Historical Hosts pack with Cronkite, Reasoner, Huntley and Brinkley.
More historical hosts like Father Coughlin!
(A Julius Streitcher DLC would not be legal in Germany. Thanks for that! And skip Matt Lauer, please!)
re: #31 Sherlock Hound
As a long-time news junkie, this could be an AWESOME game!
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Let me suggest some DLC:
Opening music to famous news shows (“Frontline” WILL NOT LEAVE MY HEAD NOW!)
“Famous” hosts like Hannity and Limbaugh.
A Historical Hosts pack with Cronkite, Reasoner, Huntley and Brinkley.
More historical hosts like Father Coughlin!
(A Julius Streitcher DLC would not be legal in Germany. Thanks for that! And skip Matt Lauer, please!)
Father Coughlin????
OH HELL NO!
Meanwhile, as Nikki runs her ignorant mouth on Hannity and Lindsey crawls up into Trump’s abdomen, here in south by dog carolina…
This movement just keeps growing and growing! Over 67k of YOU chipped in last quarter to help us hit a record-breaking $3.5M, including folks from every county in South Carolina. 🎉 Thank you from the bottom of my heart. pic.twitter.com/fQy8Ciigeh
— Jaime Harrison (@harrisonjaime) January 6, 2020
re: #33 BeachDem
It would be glorious to see Jamie take out Miss Lindsay!
S. Korea moves Patriot missile unit to central Seoul https://t.co/jz1te6EUXO
— Yonhap News Agency (@YonhapNews) January 7, 2020
Holy shit it’s still Monday
— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) January 7, 2020
re: #32 Joe Bacon 🌹
Heh. The government in the game is 1980’s populist, kind of if Nixon never resigned. I can’t wait to see where this goes!
re: #24 retired cynic
Which of our other allies would honor such a disgusting act?
Short answer? None. Hell, Russia and China would likely make a big show of violating them just to prove how powerless Trump is.
Not that it really matters, as sanctions that have any real teeth to them would require Congressional approval, something Trump is going to find little of if he tries to seriously go forward with this shit.
Are there four GOP Senators with the character to demand live testimony in the Senate? I’m not holding my breath. thehill.com
So how many of you, if any, watched tonight’s American Experience on PBS? McCarthy. Disturbingly parallel to Trump. Deliberately, I think. Including the “OK” sign…
Reassuring that it was slightly under 4 years before he overstepped to such a degree the Army finally brought him down. Within 2 years of losing his mojo, he was dead from alcoholism (cirrhosis of the liver).
wasn’t there a guy who killed a bunch of ppl at a synagogue https://t.co/kvJCOrdeH2
— Jellicle Albright (@Bowsnonk) January 6, 2020
re: #39 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Are there four GOP Senators with the character to demand live testimony in the Senate? I’m not holding my breath. thehill.com
So far, all seem to be going along with McConnell’s plan, which is to hold a vote on witnesses after the Senate has heard the AoI sent from the House. The expectation being that the vote will fail on a party line, at which point the Senate Repubs go “Well, I didn’t hear anything from a direct witness,” then vote to “acquit” on the excuse that the evidence was all “hearsay.”
re: #42 teleskiguy
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— Jewish Thought (@JewishIdentity) January 6, 2020
re: #43 Targetpractice
So far, all seem to be going along with McConnell’s plan, which is to hold a vote on witnesses after the Senate has heard the AoI sent from the House. The expectation being that the vote will fail on a party line, at which point the Senate Repubs go “Well, I didn’t hear anything from a direct witness,” then vote to “acquit” on the excuse that the evidence was all “hearsay.”
That’s what I am expecting, but maybe they will surprise me. It would only take 4 of them to stop the insanity.
re: #45 NO SMOCKING GUN!
That’s what I am expecting, but maybe they will surprise me. It would only take 4 of them to stop the insanity.
That’s like playing russian roulette with 1 empty chamber.
Prager was ranting about anti-Zionism being anti-semitic. They cannot compete without bad faith arguments
re: #47 BigPapa
Prager was ranting about anti-Zionism being anti-semitic. They cannot compete without bad faith arguments
The same Dennis Prager who trashed Anne Frank.
Prager is lower than scum.
re: #45 NO SMOCKING GUN!
That’s what I am expecting, but maybe they will surprise me. It would only take 4 of them to stop the insanity.
Hence why McConnell’s desperate ploy is to offer a “vote” on witnesses, but only after the House hands over the AoI and thus surrenders all leverage.
Hi.
My wife and I just got home. Probably going to hit the rack soon.
Ten days, two thousand miles, about $2,000, everyone in my family except my mother hates my wife and me.
All in all a pretty good trip. /s
At least we had some good food and I got to go to the Museum of Science and Industry.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Trump didn’t threaten to target Iran’s cultural sites. He did. https://t.co/EL9BmLRCma
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) January 7, 2020
I gotta count my loose change
Steve McQueen’s iconic car from the 1968 film “Bullitt” is going up for auction. The Ford Mustang GT was made famous by the movie’s 11-minute car chase. https://t.co/slqphTExjD pic.twitter.com/tsypFpW3ek
— CNN (@CNN) January 7, 2020
re: #52 Dread Pirate
PolitiFact
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@PolitiFact
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Trump didn’t threaten to target Iran’s cultural sites. He did. bit.lyFrom the article:
“President Trump didn’t say he’d go after a cultural site,” Pompeo said. “Read what he said very closely.”
They are all liars in this administration— it’s no different from Trump telling everyone to read the transcript. And these liars assume, with total justification, that MAGAts will accept their word. Trumpsters are incapable of logical thinking; they are religious fundamentalists who treat their orange messiah as infallible and his words as absolute truth.
re: #6 Barefoot Grin
So, simplified, I guess she’s asking if anyone with FOIA expertise can search Department of Defense data to find evidence of correspondence before the decision to get by the B5.
Yup, she’s talking about Exemption B5 in the Freedom of Information Act. Which, I would guess that she suspects will be used to quash attempts to find out what happened here.
It exempts from mandatory disclosure “inter-agency or intra-agency memorandums or letters which would not be available by law to a party other than an agency in litigation with the agency.”
Utah Flies Public Employees To Mexico To Fill Prescriptions And Isn’t That Normal AF? (Goes to Wonkette, more at the link):
Utah came up with a great idea to save big money on prescription drugs: Fly public employees who need the most expensive meds to Mexico, where they can purchase the same drugs they’d get in US America for about half what they cost here. And as an incentive, the program, called “RX Tourism,” pays airfare for the employee and one family member, plus $500 per trip to get a 90-day supply of meds. The savings in costs to the state insurance plan more than cover the cost of the travel and the $500 cash payouts. It’s such a big savings for some employers that there’s an entire niche industry built around arranging trips for Americans to purchase drugs at Mexican hospitals. The Salt Lake Tribune ran a jaw-dropping story on the arrangement Sunday.
You know, maybe what we laughingly call our healthcare “system” is completely fucked up if those are the lengths employers and states are going to so they can cover pricey prescription drugs. But at least it’s not socialism!
Urgent Zarif: “The path that America has chosen for itself and for the region is the path of war and bloodshed” https://t.co/qKl9mXZMvk
— Brooke Binkowski (@brooklynmarie) January 7, 2020
re: #58 teleskiguy
Well, that’s a direct violation of the UN Charter (as if conservatives ever gave a crap about that):
(Reuters) - The United States has denied a visa to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif that would have allowed him to attend a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York on Thursday, a U.S. official said.
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reuters.com
Over 60% of #Israeli parents refused to vaccinate their children after schools offered the #flu vaccination to 300,000 students. Meanwhile, a 54-year-old woman died of flu-related complications bringing this season’s death toll to 18. https://t.co/4S0wpZvZL3
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) January 6, 2020
Wife and I got flu shots. I told my daughters once a month starting in September. they didn’t go. one daughter is just getting over the flu, other daughter hardly ever gets sick but there’s still more flu season. Just reminded her again to get a shot. Walk in, show card, get shot, leave. It’s not a hassle.
Rep. Gosar shared on Twitter a faked picture of President Obama shaking hands with Ayatollah Kahmenei (it was faked from a picture of President Obama shaking hands with India’s prime minister).
When his staff was called on it, they responded with “we didn’t say it was real” and left it on his Twitter feed.
This year’s flu is nasty. I had it, and I assume it’s because I got the shot that the worst phase only lasted a day. (It was a very bad day.)
Now if this cough would go away….
The Pentagon is planning to begin the deployment of six B-52 aircraft to the British territory of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean on Monday, according to a US official. The B-52s will be available for operations against Iran if ordered, the official said.
cnn.com
The ultra-rich seem to be enjoying the benefits of the Trump/GOP tax scam cut.
Carmaker Rolls-Royce annual sales surge 25% https://t.co/yGf5vBfTmJ pic.twitter.com/XcA2gF2zYt
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 7, 2020
re: #64 teleskiguy
The ultra-rich seem to be enjoying the benefits of the Trump/GOP tax
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They are a nice ride. I got to cruise ‘The Main’ in a Rolls Standard. (American Graffiti)
I want a Bentley Continental.
Iran’s Jewish community pays condolences after Soleimani death (Jerusalem Post)
Representatives of the Iranian Jewish community visited the home of former IRGC Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani to pay their condolences after he was assassinated in a US strike on Thursday night.
One of the members of the Jewish community in Tehran told the Israeli, Haredi news outlet Bahadrei Hadarim that “many Jews took part in the funeral” and that members of the community, including the chief rabbi of Tehran, visited the Soleimanis’ house to pay their condolences.
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When Pete Buttigieg was asked recently in Iowa about the $100 billion the Mormon Church has stashed away and if churches should comply with the same laws as other charities, Buttigieg’s response was LOL no.
Caution for coarse language and Felicia bagging on Buttigieg as an empty suit, 14:27, goes to Utah Outcasts.
I wonder if the Soleimani hit came down to Trump trying to chase the dragon from the op that killed al-Zarqawi, for which he also feels he was denied proper credit.
FYI That was two and a half months ago, it feels a lot longer because of the dense fuckery induced time-dilation— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) January 7, 2020
Well, I’m gonna hit the rack. It’s been a long day and a crappy trip overall. Catch y’all later.
6.6 quake off the south coast of Puerto Rico. Follow up to the 5.6 earlier.
⚠️#UnitedStates🇺🇸: A powerful #earthquake of magnitude Mi=6.6, was registered at 6 KM SSE of #Indios, commonwealth of #PuertoRico🇵🇷. Depth: 6,7 KM. [PRELIM.].
Source info: PTWC.
Did you feel this earthquake?, Tell us!.#EQVT,#quake,#tremor,#seísmo,#sismo,#temblor,#terremoto. pic.twitter.com/vyFEp6slT5— American Earthquakes 🌋🌊🌎 (@earthquakevt) January 7, 2020
re: #70 Dread Pirate
6.6 quake off the south coast of Puerto Rico. Follow up to the 5.6 earlier.
So maybe that 5.6 quake was a foreshock?
Puerto Rico right now is like.. m6.5 #earthquake pic.twitter.com/GLaNcHwDGX
— Guccifer4.0 (@guccifer4) January 7, 2020
re: #70 Dread Pirate
6.6 quake off the south coast of Puerto Rico. Follow up to the 5.6 earlier.
does that mean there’ll be a tsunami in Florida?
re: #75 sagehen
Only if we’re extremely lucky.
re: #70 Dread Pirate
6.6 quake off the south coast of Puerto Rico. Follow up to the 5.6 earlier.
re: #75 sagehen
does that mean there’ll be a tsunami in Florida?
re: #76 Dread Pirate
Only if we’re extremely lucky.
Why does the following dialogue come to mind?
A: “You feel that?”
B: “Was it over 5.0?”
A: “Nope.”
B: “Quit stalling and deal the cards.”
That sounds like here in California. but the last 4.5 right under me did some damage so I’m not going to challenge mother nature. I did that about a lightning storm once and regretted it.
re: #64 teleskiguy
The ultra-rich seem to be enjoying the benefits of the Trump/GOP tax
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Just the sort of thing that really benefits working Americans…
re: #67 Anymouse 🌹🎃
When Pete Buttigieg was asked recently in Iowa about the $100 billion the Mormon Church has stashed away and if churches should comply with the same laws as other charities, Buttigieg’s response was LOL no.
Caution for coarse language and Felicia bagging on Buttigieg as an empty suit, 14:27, goes to Utah Outcasts.
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Here’s a good church (there are some) who genuinely deserves tax-free status:
the parish was founded in 1844, the large church was completed in 1848 (it’s architecturally significant), but the neighborhood has changed a lot in recent generations and there’s very few Episcopalians there anymore. So they pulled out the pews, the couple of dozen parishioners sit in folding chairs for morning prayer, and then the place turns into a soup kitchen for the rest of the day. 900 meals a day, M-F.
They also give out socks, underwear, soap and toothbrushes, etc to the homeless, and backpacks full of non-perishable food to homeless families, or local low-income families whose kids rely on free school lunches. Volunteers and cash donations come from dozens of smaller congregations around town (multiple faiths), non-faith groups, even corporate sponsors.
Read this about Ms. Lindsey. Sopan nails him to the wall.
going to be thinking about this quote from steve schmidt about lindsey graham for awhile in this rolling stone piece by @markbinellihttps://t.co/uhM3nEjuaX pic.twitter.com/60lCI8P8Yr
— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) January 7, 2020
From now on #PilotFish should follow Linsey around for the rest of his days.
“It’s a biological Armageddon.”
Millions of animals, many found on no other continent, may have perished in Australia’s disastrous bush fires, and Australians are taking care of survivors. https://t.co/FAskomWMBN— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 7, 2020
re: #23 Dread Pirate
So the politicians of a sovereign country asks you to leave and you sanction them? Keep in mind that we had zero valid reasons for invading their country in the first place and that our invasion destroyed their country and caused the death of thousands of their citizens.
Hannity on going to war in Iraq in February 2003 is really something: pic.twitter.com/NuI2lWkdP0
— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) January 7, 2020
Many of Donald Trump’s critics find it difficult to ascribe to a president they consider to be both subliterate and historically insensate a foreign-policy doctrine that approaches coherence. A Trump Doctrine would require evidence of Trump Thought, and proof of such thinking, the argument goes, is scant. This view is informed in part by feelings of condescension, but it is not meritless.
…
But what is mainly interesting about “We’re America, Bitch” is its delusional quality.
The House is not taking this shit
This Media Post will serve as a reminder that war powers reside in the Congress under the United States Constitution. And that you should read the War Powers Act. And that you’re not a dictator. https://t.co/VTroMegWv0
— House Foreign Affairs Committee (@HouseForeign) January 5, 2020
re: #87 Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag)
The House is not taking this shit
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I am so sick of his shit.
re: #87 Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag)
The House is not taking this shit
Nobody should be taking that sort of shit from a public servant (which the President ultimately is)
Even more shocking than these numbers, is the fact that they are from 11 days ago … pic.twitter.com/e5eJ0ye748
— Duty To Warn 🔉 (@duty2warn) January 6, 2020
re: #70 Dread Pirate
6.6 quake off the south coast of Puerto Rico. Follow up to the 5.6 earlier.
I woke up, saw that and said, “Oh God, Trump’s going to screw over Puerto Rico yet again, isn’t he?”
re: #92 Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag)
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We’re going to be isolated because of this moron.
re: #95 HappyWarrior
We’re going to be isolated because of this moron.
Remember all those who see isolation as strength.
This fella had a bad day. I laughed a few times when I shouldn’t have:
BATH (WGME) — Eighty-eight-year-old Norman Kenney says that his Friday afternoon was going smoothly.
“I had just returned from the store, parked my car, and when the door closed I heard this little ‘mew,’” Kenney said.
The retired fire chief of Bath says that he thought the sound came from his cat.
“So I looked, and it was a fox, starting to come to me,” Kenney said.
He says the fox was able to take him down after pouncing on him.
“I’m in the middle of that driveway trying to beat it off with a cane, and the cane kept breaking,” Kenney said.
The fox was put down and is being checked for rabies.
Last September Kenney was also attacked by a fox, but that time Kenney was able to stay on his feet and put the fox down himself.
re: #88 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Make a little birdhouse in your birdhouse
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re: #44 Targetpractice
Hey, it worked against Jeremy Corbyn.
re: #65 Dread Pirate
They are a nice ride. I got to cruise ‘The Main’ in a Rolls Standard. (American Graffiti)
I want a Bentley Continental.
I want a nice cheap car. A Bentley Turbo R should do. About EUR 20,000 these days.
Probably never be able to afford to turn the engine on though.
re: #52 Dread Pirate
Don’t think that’s sufficiently loud enough to indicate Pompeo and Trump are liars.
This notion that we only let US citizens back into the country after we interrogate them on their opinions about the current President and US policy is appalling.
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) January 7, 2020
re: #84 Barefoot Grin
Client number 3 with deep thoughts.
He should have been indicted along with Manafort for conspiracy and accessory to crimes for being the go-between for Trump and Manafort.
re: #104 jaunte
Their opinion doesn’t matter if they’re US citizens. As long as there’s no evidence they’re breaking the law, they’re entitled to have any opinion on it they want, and it’s none of the government’s business.
How do you say “Manzanar” in Farsi?
re: #107 lawhawk
And how absurd is it to believe this is a way to catch spies. Better to look among the membership of Trump’s golf clubs.
re: #108 jaunte
And how absurd is it to believe this is a way to catch spies. Better to look among the membership of Trump’s golf clubs.
This is just a way of sending a message and looking “tough”.
Fixed the headline:
“Trump prepares to throw Pence under the bus, tasking the VP to lay out the Administration’s Iran policy in speech next Monday: White House official”#TrumpsWar https://t.co/AMbySHDzRb— Social✽Fly (@socflyny) January 7, 2020
re: #109 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
This is just a way of sending a message and looking “tough”.
Image is everything. Content is irrelevant. Law is irrelevant. Rules are meant to be broken by the GOP. After all, it’s just a bunch of Muslims who aren’t real Americans.
That’s the GOP line and GOP way. They don’t care that this is illegal and improper conduct that violates the rights of these American citizens - mostly because the GOP doesn’t consider them to be American (they’re not real Americans because they aren’t white and they aren’t GOP supporters).
This is a logical end when the GOP is a white nationalist party intent on imposing their fundamentalist Christian views on everyone and treats those who disagree as unAmerican.
re: #96 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Remember all those who see isolation as strength.
Yeah morons.
re: #110 Belafon
There’s no foreign policy here or anywhere else. It’s entirely reactionary, but the sum total of Trump’s actions have been to undermine our national security, decimate our alliances and strategic partnerships, elevate dictators and despots, and enable our rivals and enemies to fill the power vacuum Trump leaves in his wake.
As the US bizarrely attacks Iraq with threats of sanctions, Russia swoops in offering an air defense system along with support and solidarity. Another opportunity for Russia in the region at the expense of US unpredictability. https://t.co/tE0PDSx8T1
— Bianna Golodryga (@biannagolodryga) January 7, 2020
re: #114 jaunte
Everywhere you look, Trump aims to increase Russian influence.
re: #83 Patricia Kayden
So the politicians of a sovereign country asks you to leave and you sanction them? Keep in mind that we had zero valid reasons for invading their country in the first place and that our invasion destroyed their country and caused the death of thousands of their citizens.
About a million, actually.
re: #115 GlutenFreeJesus
Everywhere you look, Trump aims to increase Russian influence.
More like that everywhere Trump aims, he misses, but the Russians usually hit the bullseye….
Think Trump would not nuke Iran? Think again. the bombers are in place already, out of reach of Iranian attacks. littlegreenfootballs.com
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This is pretty close to an admission that the strike on Soleimani was meant as a distraction from impeachment. https://t.co/MgNF0hhTuI
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) January 7, 2020
re: #119 The Pie Overlord!
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JUST IN: Authorities prepared to hand over sealed Roger Stone records to media: report https://t.co/4Zi61Bg6NE pic.twitter.com/67oHTYGbu7
— The Hill (@thehill) January 7, 2020
re: #121 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
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re: #120 Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag)
And of course, we all know “who” is politicizing the Soleimani killing for domestic advantage, right….? //
“The only ones mourning the loss of Soleimani are our Democrat leadership and Democrat Presidential candidates.” pic.twitter.com/IZJJqpxkBE
— Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) January 7, 2020
re: #126 Jay C
And of course, we all know “who” is politicizing the Soleimani killing for domestic advantage, right….? //
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re: #126 Jay C
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Not mourning the death of this person, mourning the death of our democracy and checks and balances that were established by the founders and the constitution.
re: #124 The Pie Overlord!
I think the movie took itself way to seriously although it did have its comedic moments.
Those are what really saved it. That and the music.
re: #126 Jay C
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Fucking liar.
re: #128 Eventual Carrion
Not mourning the death of this person, mourning the death of our democracy and checks and balances that were established by the founders and the constitution.
Something Nikki knows and cares nothing about because she just wants to kiss Trump’s ass.
re: #126 Jay C
“The only ones mourning the loss of Soleimani are our Democrat leadership and Democrat Presidential candidates.”]
Nobody is “mourning his loss”, at most just expressing doubts on how and why he was killed.
The smiling and laughing makes me think that this guy might just be making stuff up. https://t.co/LZFgxJIVEr
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) January 7, 2020
re: #132 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Nobody is “mourning his loss”, at most just expressing doubts on how and why he was killed.
Doesn’t matter shit to the GOP and the RWNM: anything other than loud, repeated and unqualified praise for Glorious Leader Trump and his brilliant “bold” action can and will be spun as “pro-terrorist”. Loudly and repeatedly.
I’m old enough to remember when the Left were accused of siding with terrorists for opposing dubyah’s invasion of Iraq.
Asked by @APDiploWriter about the administration’s stated reasoning of an imminent attack for Suleimani’s killing, Pompeo says you only have to “look at the days that lead up” to the attack, thereby not answering the question.
— Philip Crowther (@PhilipinDC) January 7, 2020
Confronted with Trump’s threats against Iranian cultural sites and his claim that the US would not violate international law, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo falsely claims that the Trump administration has been consistent. Pompeo then runs off instead of answering follow-ups. pic.twitter.com/dSB65QicdY
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) January 7, 2020
Joke read elsewhere: ‘since hearing that cultural sites closely linked to Trump may be targeted by Iran, McDonalds across the DC area have been put on high alert.’
re: #126 Jay C
“The only ones mourning the loss of Soleimani are our Democrat leadership and Democrat Presidential candidates.” pic.twitter.com/IZJJqpxkBE
— Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) January 7, 2020
of course, we all know “who” is politicizing the Soleimani killing for domestic advantage, right….? //
To the degenerate Republican base, this kind of lying is not a bug but a feature. They regard strawmen and half-truths (“Confederates were Democrats!”) as the very height of rhetorical trickery and wit and the ideal way to own the “thinks-they’re-smart libruls.” Right wing media and political strategists (including their Russian allies) have identified and mapped goober ignorance and resentment, fed it for 50 years, and mobilized it into a voting bloc.
FFS
Perfectly normal journalist @sullydish has spent the last 24h demanding NYT writers and editors provide him with evidence that there are no racial differences in penis size.
Why? The NYT ran an article referring to this belief as a myth. 1/4 pic.twitter.com/BSuTYzK8zs— Simon Whitten (@Simon_Whitten) January 7, 2020
re: #135 Dr. Matt
I’m old enough to remember when the Left were accused of siding with terrorists for opposing dubyah’s invasion of Iraq.
Same shit, different year.
re: #138 Barefoot Grin
Joke read elsewhere: ‘since hearing that cultural sites closely linked to Trump may be targeted by Iran, McDonalds across the DC area have been put on high alert.’
KFC
Texas banksters have invented time travel. If you owe them money, the black magic of 21st century technology allows them to grab it instantly. If they owe you money, it’s suddenly 1890 again and you have to wait for the stagecoach to bring it in a strongbox.
Dog’s Roasted Sweet Potato Stand
The only thing sweeter than the potatoes is the canine proprietor of this roadside stall.
Apparently, he is not the only one!
Trump is leaving a vacuum of leadership and power and influence around the world.
Right wing isolationists might be cheering this on, but we are less secure as a result, and we leave our allies and partners hanging out to dry.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 7, 2020
Trump is such a craven and vain snowflake that he wont help millions of Americans in Puerto Rico because they didn’t vote for him.
He thinks he’s just president of GOPers. It’s a cult, and they’re fine with it. We are not.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 7, 2020
re: #144 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Texas banksters have invented time travel. If you owe them money, the black magic of 21st century technology allows them to grab it instantly. If they owe you money, it’s suddenly 1890 again and you have to wait for the stagecoach to bring it in a strongbox.
Believe me, that’s a trick that has been mastered well beyond Texas: here in New York, funds banks owe you get transferred down the Erie Canal on a mule-boat…..
re: #119 The Pie Overlord!
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re: #131 HappyWarrior
Something Nikki knows and cares nothing about because she just wants to
kiss Trump’s ass.
…be president.
re: #146 lawhawk
this again is like their global warming thinking
nothing’s going to happen today so no worries, we’re fine and there’s nothing to do
.@djrothkopf: Trump’s Iran clusterfuckery just handed the Middle East to China https://t.co/fg9X6cC4f1
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) January 7, 2020
re: #140 Dr. Matt
FFS
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“The administration tore up the Iran agreement, placed a significant, severe embargo on Iran, and then killed one of their major generals — nobody in their right mind would actually think that that would lead to negotiations. So when Secretary of State Pompeo’s out there saying, ‘Well, maximum pressure, our goal is to get them back to the negotiating table,’ no naive child would believe that, you would have to be brain-dead to believe that.”
— Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), on CNN.
I’m just waiting for word that Trumpworld’s business ventures were hit with ransomware attack and it shut down all their hotels and golf businesses. Because that’d be the kind of thing Iran could and would do.
And I figure Trump was too cheap to get proper data security in place. Either that, or Iran finds and releases all of Trump’s business information showing he’s leveraged to the gills to Russia.
re: #110 Belafon
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re: #158 lawhawk
I’m just waiting for word that Trumpworld’s business ventures were hit with ransomware attack and it shut down all their hotels and golf businesses. Because that’d be the kind of thing Iran could and would do.
And I figure Trump was too cheap to get proper data security in place. Either that, or Iran finds and releases all of Trump’s business information showing he’s leveraged to the gills to Russia.
actually they dont even have to do anything
just announce they’re gonna target trumps properties and if you have any sense, you’d avoid them
it’ll hit him in the wallet and other than some tweeting, they dont have to lift an actual finger
re: #159 Florida Panhandler
* disclaimer: Trump Administration reserves the right to change and contradict any and all stances concerning Iran strategy every 5 minutes after speech.
well the Pentagon initially told lawmakers on Capitol Hill the letter announcing U.S. withdrawal from Iraq was faked before they called it a mistake
if you ask them now “we never said ‘faked’. we totally said ‘mistake’. they sound alike. you misheard”
re: #160 Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag)
actually they dont even have to do anything
just announce they’re gonna target trumps properties and if you have any sense, you’d avoid them
it’ll hit him in the wallet and other than some tweeting, they dont have to lift an actual finger
Or just hit one property.
If they go in and grab credit card info for everyone who stayed at Mar A Larceny, it would kill business in all Trump properties.
Added benefit: If Iran didn’t claim responsibility, there would be absolutely nothing Trump could do to retaliate. I’m sure Iran is gaming all of this out as I type this.
re: #96 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Remember all those who see isolation as strength.
Trump is a member of the Pat Buchanan wing of the Republican party: white supremacist, homophobic, misogynist, isolationist, supporter of theocracy (yeah — Trump himself is not a theocrat, but supports those who are), fine with dictators elsewhere committing mayhem against minorities.
re: #162 makeitstop
The Iranians are going to be very patient in their tactical and strategic response to Trump.
And the patience and silence will be deafening to Trump, who’s expecting a response for every outburst.
All the while, Iran will tweak Trump visibly, as when they noted the funeral crowd size compared to his inauguration.
Fuck.
Australian police say they have arrested two dozen people for intentionally setting bushfires as massive swaths of the country burn https://t.co/HMBsFSUptE
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) January 7, 2020
Put them all in prison for life. They killed millions of animals and destroyed entire towns. Assholes.
re: #67 Anymouse 🌹🎃
When Pete Buttigieg was asked recently in Iowa about the $100 billion the Mormon Church has stashed away and if churches should comply with the same laws as other charities, Buttigieg’s response was LOL no.
Caution for coarse language and Felicia bagging on Buttigieg as an empty suit, 14:27, goes to Utah Outcasts.
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re: #119 The Pie Overlord!
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re: #165 makeitstop
Fuck.
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Put them all in prison for life. They killed millions of animals and destroyed entire towns. Assholes.
Burn them at the [Outback] Steak[house]
Is it a bird?
Is it a plane?
No! It’s Capitalist Man!
He has a red, white and blue bow tie.
Oh, yeah, and he’s carrying a see-through acrylic briefcase — to which he is handcuffed — that he says contains $500,000 in hundred-dollar bills.
And he’d like to sell you this piece of art — that briefcase full of a half-million dollars — for a million bucks.
Meet the performance artist who calls himself Capitalist Man. He had been asked to leave the recent Art Basel show in Miami. He was apparently causing too much of a stir that was detracting from the artists who had paid to exhibit their works.
If you don’t know what Art Basel is, let me help. It’s the four-day art extravaganza where someone paid $120,000 for a banana taped to a wall. Then someone ate the banana.
Fools and their money are soon parted.
re: #165 makeitstop
Fuck.
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Put them all in prison for life. They killed millions of animals and destroyed entire towns. Assholes.
After they spend the rest of the fire season on the front lines. Might as well get some use out of them.
re: #163 Hecuba’s daughter
Trump is a member of the Pat Buchanan wing of the Republican party: white supremacist, homophobic, misogynist, isolationist, supporter of theocracy (yeah — Trump himself is not a theocrat, but supports those who are), fine with dictators elsewhere committing mayhem against minorities.
Sounds like Putin’s MO also
Had to get the Meatman from Preacher into the conversation today.
Lou Dobbs is really reaching new lows in bootlicking and cowardice.
In his home, @LouDobbs has built a Meat Effigy of Trump, and every night he curls up in its greasy arms and sucks his thumb, comforted by feeling like a helpless little servant baby in arms of his daddy pic.twitter.com/UYNs5tVNXA
— Surreal painters were just ahead of the curve (@MutatedReality) January 7, 2020
re: #172 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
Had to get the Meatman from Preacher into the conversation today.
Lou Dobbs is really reaching new lows in bootlicking and cowardice.
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re: #174 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Dogs know Trump’s an asshole… so what then?
re: #172 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
Had to get the Meatman from Preacher into the conversation today.
Lou Dobbs is really reaching new lows in bootlicking and cowardice.
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Someone ask him how he served President Obama.
So this happened. Someone decided to leave a pressure cooker out near Kosher Nosh deli in Glen Rock NJ. Police and bomb squad responded, calling it harmless.
Who leaves a pressure cooker unattended? It was intended to be a threat.https://t.co/1f4rbOEQgV— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 7, 2020
re: #176 A hollow voice says, Guilty, guilty, guilty!
Someone ask him how he served President Obama.
A daily banquet of lies, vitriol and shit talking.
re: #140 Dr. Matt
FFS
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Following that thread, it’s worth reminding that this same rabbit hole Sully goes down has the exact same basis as the myth that black people don’t feel pain the same way other races do and thus therefore don’t need pain management during medical treatment. Sully even married the two together in his indignant demands for proof, even if he didn’t follow it to near the same obsession as his racial penis “science”.
re: #177 lawhawk
The same people that leave a pill box full of bed bugs in a Walmart changing room?
China’s Belt-and-Road Initiative is more aspirational than reality (draw Asia-Europe-Africa-and South America into a new China-led economic order) but it may have just gotten a huge boost from Trump.
re: #181 Barefoot Grin
China’s Belt-and-Road Initiative is more aspirational than reality (draw Asia-Europe-Africa-and South America into a new China-led economic order) but it may have just gotten a huge boost from Trump.
If China can demonstrate that it is a fair and reliable partner, then why should it not be a world leader?
re: #182 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
If China can demonstrate that it is a fair and reliable partner, then why should it not be a world leader?
They’re still working on the fair part.
re: #183 Belafon
They’re still working on the fair part.
Trump has trashed the reliable part for the USA.
re: #184 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Trump has trashed the reliable part for the USA.
Yep, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the next nation to step up to the plate is automatically the winnner.
re: #179 Citizen K
Following that thread, it’s worth reminding that this same rabbit hole Sully goes down has the exact same basis as the myth that black people don’t feel pain the same way other races do and thus therefore don’t need pain management during medical treatment.
which, hey, silver lining… black people have a MUCH lower rate of opioid addiction than white people.
Highlight: Breaking news on Sonos suing Google: pic.twitter.com/kCAkagRAkb
— Yahoo Finance (@YahooFinance) January 7, 2020
re: #187 Dr. Matt
They also want to sue Amazon for the same reasons but don’t think they could take on both at once.
re: #179 Citizen K
Following that thread, it’s worth reminding that this same rabbit hole Sully goes down has the exact same basis as the myth that black people don’t feel pain the same way other races do and thus therefore don’t need pain management during medical treatment. Sully even married the two together in his indignant demands for proof, even if he didn’t follow it to near the same obsession as his racial penis “science”.
Speaking of ignorant, racist assholes, what happened to Rage Furby?
re: #162 makeitstop
Or just hit one property.
If they go in and grab credit card info for everyone who stayed at Mar A Larceny, it would kill business in all Trump properties.
Added benefit: If Iran didn’t claim responsibility, there would be absolutely nothing Trump could do to retaliate. I’m sure Iran is gaming all of this out as I type this.
every non 42%’er in his basement is gaming this out
no matter who did it he couldnt retaliate
re: #164 lawhawk
The Iranians are going to be very patient in their tactical and strategic response to Trump.
And the patience and silence will be deafening to Trump, who’s expecting a response for every outburst.
All the while, Iran will tweak Trump visibly, as when they noted the funeral crowd size compared to his inauguration.
they’re copying the pelosi gambit
Yeah, that DoD letter to Iraq was a mistake. Sure, Jan.
Since when did the Pentagon start putting its “mistakes” in Arabic? pic.twitter.com/4nQAkmpwpM
— Michael Steele (@MichaelSteele) January 7, 2020
re: #171 Eventual Carrion
Sounds like Putin’s MO also
Putin is not an isolationist. His goal is to expand his nation, both geographically and in influence.
re: #187 Dr. Matt
I’ve been a Sonos dealer for a decade. Funny that Google screws them, but they screw dealers without a second thought while blowing smoke about how wonderful it will all be.
re: #189 Dr. Matt
Speaking of ignorant, racist assholes, what happened to Rage Furby?
Probably still smoozing his way into policy dinners with GOP Congressmen somehow.
re: #192 makeitstop
Yeah, that DoD letter to Iraq was a mistake. Sure, Jan.
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re: #184 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Trump has trashed the reliable part for the USA.
“Khalid [bin Salman] told [Jamal] Khashoggi, a contributing columnist to The Washington Post, that he should go to the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul to retrieve the documents and gave him assurances that it would be safe to do so.” https://t.co/Kud7SphK8K https://t.co/jiCJzMN23Y
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) January 7, 2020
re: #196 Dr. Matt
In two languages AND on official letterhead….
like i said yesterday, in addition to plastering “DRAFT” all over an unfinished doc, you never, ever print it on ‘the good paper’, let alone actual letterhead
A federal judge has ruled that defrauded students can submit arguments on why a $100K contempt fine against Education Sec. Betsy DeVos should be increased after the Dept. revealed it made 45,000+ students repay loans in violation of a court order, not 16,000. @CourthouseNews pic.twitter.com/uaQ6VWRGAA
— Nicholas Iovino (@NicholasIovino) January 7, 2020
re: #97 Ming5000
This fella had a bad day. I laughed a few times when I shouldn’t have:
The fox was put down and is being checked for rabies.
Last September Kenney was also attacked by a fox, but that time Kenney was able to stay on his feet and put the fox down himself.
well, now we understand the second fox’s motivation.
re: #186 sagehen
which, hey, silver lining… black people have a MUCH lower rate of opioid addiction than white people.
There was an NPR piece on that this weekend. Seems that doctors discriminate against black folks in pain - not wanting to prescribe opioids because of the perception that blacks are *more likely to become junkies*.
Yep. Stop for a second. Second part is coming.
Other perception: blacks have a higher pain tolerance, and thus don’t need meds.
OK, at this point I was yelling at the radio & may have swerved a bit.
Result has been that black folks haven’t been drowned by Purdue Pharma et al. in oxy pills for the last 20 years, and thus don’t have as high an instance of opioid addiction.
re: #179 Citizen K
Following that thread, it’s worth reminding that this same rabbit hole Sully goes down has the exact same basis as the myth that black people don’t feel pain the same way other races do and thus therefore don’t need pain management during medical treatment. Sully even married the two together in his indignant demands for proof, even if he didn’t follow it to near the same obsession as his racial penis “science”.
When he still had a blog, I followed Eric Alterman who hated Sully with a passion, due to Sully’s support for Iraq and unwavering attacks on those who didn’t share his outlook. But eventually Sully reconsidered his views and then supported Obama. When Eric discontinued his blog, I started following Sully, who seemed reasonable in those days, but I really had failed to pay sufficient attention to his 1990’s support for Charles Murray and the Bell Curve (a vile, dishonest piece of work) and his misogyny. It does seem as though that, after Obama gave him SSM, he started reverting to his racist Tory heritage and now he has returned to full-blown white supremacism. He is an example of how sanity can be a brief interlude in someone’s history — that the pull of racism can overcome rational thoughts.
re: #197 Barefoot Grin
Incidentally…
white house did not announce or readout this meeting. https://t.co/X49OxarKm3
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) January 7, 2020
Again, we get information about meetings with the president from the guest country and not our own government.
ONLY 6 MONTHS FOR FUCKING FLYNN??????
Prosecutors are now calling for Flynn to get sentenced from 0-6 months per sentencing guidelines because his lack of candor/cooperation and refusal to accept responsibility.
Frankly, far too many of the Trump cronies who took deals got slaps on the wrist comparatively speaking. But it’s still prison, and he deserves it.
Trump too. Trump surrounded himself with criminals and undeclared foreign agents.
Oh yeah, and black folks will sell the pills rather than take them.
But never fear! Purdue Pharma et al. have noticed that black folks aren’t as addicted to their pain meds as the whites.
Why, that’s a market opportunity!
So the pharmabros are hard at work on marketing campaigns to reach out to black/brown communities, to convince them that taking opioids (that are paid for by Medicare) is a REALLY GOOD IDEA.
Fuck. Those. Guys.
re: #205 Joe Bacon 🌹
I thought he’d get 6 months for cooperating. WTF?
re: #202 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
Who knew hillbilly heroin would become such a scourge?
re: #206 lawhawk
Prosecutors are now calling for Flynn to get sentenced from 0-6 months per sentencing guidelines because his lack of candor/cooperation and refusal to accept responsibility.
Frankly, far too many of the Trump cronies who took deals got slaps on the wrist comparatively speaking. But it’s still prison, and he deserves it.
Trump too. Trump surrounded himself with criminals and undeclared foreign agents.
Getting a slap on the wrist after several have shown themselves to dispute the terms of guilt as it relates to their plea agreement is particularly galling, though.
re: #189 Dr. Matt
Speaking of ignorant, racist assholes, what happened to Rage Furby?
Have not missed hearing about him at all.
re: #199 lawhawk
I’m actually interested in this story and was having a hard time finding information. My question is, who pays the fine? Betsy? Me?
re: #192 makeitstop
Yeah, that DoD letter to Iraq was a mistake. Sure, Jan.
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BTW, do we know that that Arabic translation is, in fact, a copy of the original, delivered at the same time as the original “draft”? (Neither document is signed, I notice). I mean, even in this day and age I don’t think everything should be dismissed as fake unless reliably proven otherwise - but when the Trump clownshow is involved, more than the usual dose of skepticism is warranted.
Also: the Arabic letter has a bunch of extra text in the lower left corner: too much to hope that it says: “ignore this letter”???
Team Trump knew what they were doing was wrong. Then then lied about it (which shows they knew it was wrong). What’s clear in all this is they don’t ever exhibit, any of them, a sense of duty or service to the public in their actions. Everything is driven by deals and schemes to make money. Gordon Gecko public service.
re: #203 Hecuba’s daughter
When he still had a blog, I followed Eric Alterman who hated Sully with a passion, due to Sully’s support for Iraq and unwavering attacks on those who didn’t share his outlook. But eventually Sully reconsidered his views and then supported Obama. When Eric discontinued his blog, I started following Sully, who seemed reasonable in those days, but I really had failed to pay sufficient attention to his 1990’s support for Charles Murray and the Bell Curve (a vile, dishonest piece of work) and his misogyny. It does seem as though that, after Obama gave him SSM, he started reverting to his racist Tory heritage and now he has returned to full-blown white supremacism. He is an example of how sanity can be a brief interlude in someone’s history — that the pull of racism can overcome rational thoughts.
The main reason Sully became an Obama fan is… being HIV+ used to be grounds to deny entry at the airport. Sully couldn’t visit his family, or go to his college reunion, because he was afraid he wouldn’t be allowed back into the country. Candidate Obama promised to change that rule. The Iraq thing was a tangential reason that he only adopted to keep people from noticing too quickly that his true motive was entirely personal.
re: #209 Shropshire Slasher
Who knew hillbilly heroin would become such a scourge?
The yokels are still scarfing it up as fast as they can. Only now, since the crackdown & disruption of heroin supplies, it’s mostly powdered milk mixed with fentanyl. Problem is, you can cut heroin down to 20% and if you’re off in a small batch and it’s up to 40%.
(Quick check to research street-level purity and HOLY SHIT!)
Turns out that purity can range from 11% in Canada, to 44% in England, to 60% in Australia!!!
Guess being close to the supply lines from Afghanistan & the Golden Triangle means the junkies in Sydney get a lot more bang for the buck.
… anyway, fentanyl is so fucking powerful, that you have to cut it down to 99% filler, 1% drugs. And it STILL will knock you on your ass.
Make a small mistake, or the powder clumps up a bit, and that 1% can become 3%. Or 5%.
Which means that the strength goes up 300% or 500%. Instant OD.
Get the NarCan syringes ready, oh ye hillbillies, for the batches of fentanyl are headed your way.
“Those people are all addicts” is what Trump had to say about them
re: #218 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
40 POUNDS seized in Ohio.
Christ on a crutch. Headed across the border to Kentucky, West Virginia, and the rest of the Confederacy.
Slow-motion chemical warfare indeed.
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If it was enough to kill the entire population of Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia… maybe we should let it?
Just spit-balling here… as long as it happens before the census, and they lose a bunch of EV’s.
re: #217 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
It’s freaking brutal. Let’s not even start with the carfentanil.
re: #213 Jay C
BTW, do we know that that Arabic translation is, in fact, a copy of the original, delivered at the same time as the original “draft”? (Neither document is signed, I notice). I mean, even in this day and age I don’t think everything should be dismissed as fake unless reliably proven otherwise - but when the Trump clownshow is involved, more than the usual dose of skepticism is warranted.
Also: the Arabic letter has a bunch of extra text in the lower left corner: too much to hope that it says: “ignore this letter”???
I’ve done enough time as an action officer for these kinds of government documents. I’m guessing it’s in Farsi, not Arabic, although I don’t know either language. I’d assume the extra text is the translator’s name and details. It depends from country to country which language(s) the document is delivered in, but in this case the Iranians probably wouldn’t put their translation on a US DoD letterhead. ETA: Obviously, you only do the translation on the finished approved document; otherwise, if you make a change to it you have to send it through again.
Most official documents are delivered electronically, even at high levels, and you won’t be able to do much with an electronic signature between different governments, so it’s either a picture of a signature or just the text of the name as signature. So having a blank signature block in the final document wouldn’t be strange.
Any document of significance gets formally staffed per a checklist, and nobody is going to “accidentally” send out a draft to the fucking recipient before that. Drafts are marked DRAFT all over them to avoid this kind of thing. I have no idea what actually happened here because this kind of confusion would not be possible if there had been any sort of normal process for this.
I don’t think any other President; indeed, all other Presidents combined; have had so many kooks claiming they were literally anointed and empowered by God.
Frank Amedia says his POTUS Shield network is a “spiritual weapon” anointed by God to protect President Trump from his evil opponents https://t.co/DJaht0sQnM
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) January 7, 2020
re: #223 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I don’t think any other President; indeed, all other Presidents combined; have had so many kooks claiming they were literally anointed and empowered by God.
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Frank Amedia says his POTUS Shield network is a “spiritual weapon” anointed by God to protect President Trump from his evil opponents
But your god can’t seem to find the time to protect children from getting ripped from their parents and put in cages to die cold, scared and without parents. If so, then FUCK your god.
re: #205 Joe Bacon 🌹
ONLY 6 MONTHS FOR FUCKING FLYNN??????
The only thing he plead guilty to was lying to a federal officer right. Popodopulous spent just shy of 2 weeks in prison for the same offense. I don’t see Flynn doing much more than that.
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