Seth takes a closer look at the House voting to rein in President Trump’s war powers as it becomes increasingly clear his administration lied to justify an unconstitutional act of war.
It is also within Trump’s purview to take a dump in his pants and smear the feces on his face but that doesn’t necessarily make it a good idea.
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) January 10, 2020
re: #1 gocart mozart
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So the President can tell his resort’s guests about a pending military attack but not Congressional leaders. Uh ok.
I was just posting about that:
WASHINGTON — The House adopted a war powers resolution Thursday with the aim of limiting President Donald Trump’s military actions against Iran.
The adoption of the measure 224-194 on a largely party-line vote came amid heightened tensions between the two countries after the United States killed top Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani and Iran retaliated with a ballistic missile attack against Iraqi airbases housing U.S. forces.
Republicans Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Matt Gaetz and Francis Rooney, both of Florida, voted for the measure, while eight Democrats voted against it: Joe Cunningham of South Carolina, Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey, Kendra Horn of Oklahoma, Elaine Luria of Virginia, Ben McAdams of Utah, Anthony Brindisi, Stephanie Murphy and Max Rose, all of New York
Was that a little jab at Charlie Kirk (?) when Seth mentioned the girlfriend in Canada?
I ask myself that every day pic.twitter.com/qZpxmM5aDb
— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) January 10, 2020
re: #1 gocart mozart
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These Republicans have gone off the deep end. The entire Republican Party has metastasized into a cancer destroying America. They have got to be so thoroughly slaughtered at the ballot box that they wither, die and get a permanent dirt nap in the political graveyard next to the Whig Raccoon, Progressive Bull Moose, Prohibition Camel, and Federalist Eagle.
re: #2 HappyWarrior
So the President can tell his resort’s guests about a pending military attack but not Congressional leaders. Uh ok.
And he probably told all of his Pulpit Pimp Pals, too! But Gawd Forbid he tells Nancy and Chuck!
If you think that’s an absurd comparison I agree. Trump is far more influential & his health habits massively more important. If Jillian Michaels genuinely gave a shit about health & wellness instead of trying not to alienate middle aged MAGA Moms she’d focus her attention there.
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) January 10, 2020
Add to that the fact Lizzo actually exercises and maintains a demonstrable level of athleticism most people only aspire to
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) January 10, 2020
re: #9 Rightwingconspirator
See if they come at me.
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There is nothing that can shake their belief. They are now waiting for the Durham report. And do you really think that Barr cannot manage to create and pursue a false narrative?
re: #9 Rightwingconspirator
See if they come at me.
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These insane Qbot Assholes are STILL convinced that Hillary and Obama are going to be arrested for running a pedophilic ring. Idiots like Liz Crokin are still posting videos on You Tube saying Tom Hanks will be arrested for child molestations any day now!
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Tough week pic.twitter.com/jIUPncOVKH
— Manksy (@TheManksy) January 10, 2020
CREW is suing the Department of Justice for its failure to release the as-filed Public Financial Disclosure reports of former Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker in violation of the Ethics in Government Act. https://t.co/5fI5i8MjPY
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 10, 2020
Hmmmm…..
What is something that you believe the president has done well? pic.twitter.com/UlFeaOtTVR
— Vic Berger IV (@VicBergerIV) January 10, 2020
A split 11th Cir. panel says a lower court acted appropriately by dismissing a juror who said the Holy Spirit had told him the defendant was not guilty. “A contrary holding would allow criminal defendants to be convicted based on a divine revelation.” pic.twitter.com/XefOT0ehaZ
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) January 10, 2020
Judge Pryor - who had been on President Trump’s Supreme Court short list - dissented. He said the decision means some religious jurors must now “be stricken for cause if a discriminating lawyer elicits during voir dire that God communicates with them.” pic.twitter.com/IF43E3DZFc
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) January 10, 2020
re: #17 Dave In Austin
Hmmmm…..
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They will describe, in depth, his brilliance in handling the economy — the low unemployment, the high markets — how his tariffs are harming our competitors and helping us, how his foreign policy is working in our favor — that we are no longer at the mercy of other leaders — that he’s not working for Putin — and many will laud his judicial appointees.
— ace-o-aces (@aceoaces) January 10, 2020
Feels like it needs more of the “BWWWOOOMMMMMM” sound effect for the intro month…
— jay (@random__name) January 10, 2020
😂😂 this is hilarious😂😂😂.
‘The venue is packed to capacity’
She wasn’t ready for the camera angle to change showing that big empty space 😂😂. pic.twitter.com/J51k6Mxfxw— Covie (@roper_93) January 10, 2020
re: #18 Dread Pirate
And yet, courts have no problem banishing atheists from being jurors.
Split decision? The dissent being from a guy on Trump’s short list for the Supreme Court.
It’s all about timing on the button.
— Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) January 10, 2020
How many four digit combinations can there be, a hundred?!
That’s the point that Medical Police was so bad it became good.
re: #9 Rightwingconspirator
Can you hear the crash when a belief system backed by conspiracy cults collapses?
No, just the sound of them doubling down and ramping up…
Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.
This is what happens when we pivot our focus to Iran:
McConnell is backing a resolution to change the Senate’s rules to allow for lawmakers to dismiss articles of impeachment against President Trump before the House sends them over. https://t.co/OGwGUHIDda— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) January 9, 2020
re: #9 Rightwingconspirator
See if they come at me.
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re: #28 Teukka
My understanding is they need 2/3 majority (67 votes) to change the rules. There are 52 Republicans.
Oof. This is gonna leave a mark:
“This airplane is designed by clowns.”
Internal documents show Boeing employees mocked problems that arose while developing the 737 Max — and bragged about getting regulators to approve the jets without requiring much additional pilot training.https://t.co/zZGPw41fnK— NPR (@NPR) January 10, 2020
BBC News - Boeing 737 Max: Worker said plane ‘designed by clowns’https://t.co/1vKAju0tBM
— planes on the net (@planesonthenet) January 10, 2020
‘Designed by clowns’: internal Boeing messages raise serious questions about 737 Max https://t.co/kxggvshzqT
— The Guardian (@guardian) January 10, 2020
“Designed by clowns who in turn are supervised by monkeys.”
Boeing employees working on 737 Max mocked US regulators, damning documents show https://t.co/mfHkjviZJD pic.twitter.com/9kRolIN6eU— AFP news agency (@AFP) January 10, 2020
Boeing on Thursday released hundreds of emails and communications that appear to show employees criticizing the company’s troubled 737 Max jet, which were grounded after two crashes killed 346 people. https://t.co/dBLTMU1gcU
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 10, 2020
“This airplane is designed by clowns, who in turn are supervised by monkeys,” one company pilot said in a message to a colleague in 2016, referring to the 737 Max https://t.co/e73frlVrqV
— Bloomberg (@business) January 10, 2020
‘Designed by clowns’: Boeing releases internal messages that disparage 737 MAX, regulators https://t.co/6K3B06w6iE pic.twitter.com/HW0RcXqzVy
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 10, 2020
‘This airplane is designed by clowns’: Damning Boeing emails reveal internal complaints made about 737 Max safety and information being covered up https://t.co/KLSDGXfcht
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) January 10, 2020
My flu symptoms were easing this morning, but they’ve come roaring back tonight just as bad. Ugh. I feel like warmed-over crap.
I’m going to go hide in bed some more. Catch y’all later.
re: #31 Teukka
Oof. This is gonna leave a mark:
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*snerk*
If I ever fly again (nothing planned for the foreseeable future) I will not fly in any airline that cannot guarantee that I will not fly in a 737-Max
re: #18 Dread Pirate
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some religious jurors must now “be stricken for cause if a discriminating lawyer elicits during voir dire that God communicates with them
uh…yeah.
but why only “some”?.
re: #34 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I will not fly in any airline that cannot guarantee that I will not fly in a 737-Max
There’s a very real chance that won’t actually exclude any (western) airlines as I really doubt that the 737-max will ever be used on a passenger route ever again.
They’re probably too expensive to be scrapped, but no passenger airline is going to want to put them back into service, as knowingly using a faulty plane would kill their business.
IMO much higher chance that no new ones are made, and all the existing ones are either converted to cargo planes, or sold to African or other third world countries.
re: #35 Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag)
uh…yeah.
but why only “some”?.
SATAN TOLD ME HE IS GUILTY!!!
re: #36 Danack
I’ll bet some African countries won’t even take ‘em. Maybe if Boeing gives them away for free or something.
re: #38 Dr Lizardo
I’ll bet some African countries won’t even take ‘em. Maybe if Boeing gives them away for free or something.
Take the wings off and use them for diners…..
re: #40 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
shoot them through vacuum tubes
I think you’re onto something, they can be Elon Musk’s tunnel transport carriers.
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re: #41 b.d. (Lock Him Up!)
I think you’re onto something, they can be Elon Musk’s tunnel transport carriers.
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I’m sure Boeing would give Elon a nice discount on all those airframes: at least as long as they don’t have to fly, they’re ready-made for tunnel-buses.
re: #37 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
SATAN TOLD ME HE IS GUILTY!!!
I actually don’t mind people “talking to god”
I’m concerned with people who say god (or satan, or..) talks to them
Put water bladders on all of them and send them to AU.
Happy Friday. /
MacDill Air Force Base has been put on lockdown after a report of shots fired near the base, according to Fox News https://t.co/7xtuUA8bAA
— Bloomberg (@business) January 10, 2020
re: #17 Dave In Austin
Hmmmm…..
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What is something that you believe the president has done well? pic.twitter.com/UlFeaOtTVR
— Vic Berger IV (@VicBergerIV) January 10, 2020
An astrophotographer has clicked an exceptional video, wherein we can feel the rotation of the earth
Using a tracking mount, aligned with North Star, he kept clicking images every 12 seconds for the next 3 hours.
The camera is looking at the same portion of the Milky Way
Fab! pic.twitter.com/5yAuc9VqZd— atul kasbekar (@atulkasbekar) January 9, 2020
And I’ve just been reliably informed that the photographer of this magical video is: Aryeh Nirenberg
His Youtube channel: https://t.co/JpcOfWL585…
Instagram : https://t.co/8NDyXTLWx6
Thank you @pradyukrish for the info
Appreciate 😊👍🏽🙏🏽— atul kasbekar (@atulkasbekar) January 9, 2020
The youtube channel link is bad in the tweet youtube.com
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Trump continues to lie his ass off about the justifications for the raid on Suleimani. Pompeo and the rest of Trumpworld continue to abuse the definition of imminent and can’t even identify actions in weeks and months to come that they can attribute to Iran.
Here’s the thing. Until Trump abrogated the Iran deal, Iran had been not only complying with the JCPOA, but no attacks on US forces could be attributed to Iran between the signing of the JCPOA and when Trump broke the deal and then slapped sanctions on Iran.
It was only after the sanctions and Trump breaking the deal that Iran began ramping up actions against Americans in the Middle East.
There’s absolutely no reason for Iran to re-enter a JCPOA type deal now when they see the asshat running the US and how Trump fawns over Jong Un for photo ops all while Jong Un has the time and space to build up its nuclear arsenal and missile tech. Now Iran sees that if they follow North Korea’s approach, they can get the space and time to act - and there’s nothing Trump can do once they go nuclear.
re: #54 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
I’m excited when I get a decent night shot, and these folks make amazing photos and videos. We aren’t worthy!
re: #55 lawhawk
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Trump continues to lie his ass off about the justifications for the raid on Suleimani. Pompeo and the rest of Trumpworld continue to abuse the definition of imminent and can’t even identify actions in weeks and months to come that they can attribute to Iran.
Here’s the thing. Until Trump abrogated the Iran deal, Iran had been not only complying with the JCPOA, but no attacks on US forces could be attributed to Iran between the signing of the JCPOA and when Trump broke the deal and then slapped sanctions on Iran.
It was only after the sanctions and Trump breaking the deal that Iran began ramping up actions against Americans in the Middle East.
There’s absolutely no reason for Iran to re-enter a JCPOA type deal now when they see the asshat running the US and how Trump fawns over Jong Un for photo ops all while Jong Un has the time and space to build up its nuclear arsenal and missile tech. Now Iran sees that if they follow North Korea’s approach, they can get the space and time to act - and there’s nothing Trump can do once they go nuclear.
Trump is like the loud barking dog in the cartoons that is just that, a loud barker. Tehran knows this now.
re: #18 Dread Pirate
Trump has corrupted the Federal judiciary beyond repair.
When the Democrats get the House back they MUST expand the Supreme Court from 9 to at least 15 and pack it with as many young women as possible to permanently block religious nuts from killing Roe and Griswald.
re: #50 jeffreyw
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I don’t see the place-card with my name on it. Terrible oversight on your part.
The fascists are gearing up for civil war in Virginia over gun control.
A huge grassroots movement against gun control has been spreading across Virginia. So far, it’s mainly been convered by conservative national news outlets. The rhetoric of some of the movement’s supporters is extreme. https://t.co/XP3qoiB1XX
— Lois Beckett (@loisbeckett) January 10, 2020
re: #64 NO SMOCKING GUN!
The fascists are gearing up for civil war in Virginia over gun control.
So, they’re lining up to be the people on the red flag list that a super majority of Americans want, even Republicans.
re: #65 Belafon
So, they’re lining up to be the people on the red flag list that a super majority of Americans want, even Republicans.
“radical anti-gun legislation” vs “reasonable and constitutional limits on gun ownership”
re: #54 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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so why doesnt everything just roll off the left side….?
An astrophotographer has clicked an exceptional video, wherein we can feel the rotation of the earth
Using a tracking mount, aligned with North Star, he kept clicking images every 12 seconds for the next 3 hours.
The camera is looking at the same portion of the Milky Way
Fab! pic.twitter.com/5yAuc9VqZd— atul kasbekar (@atulkasbekar) January 9, 2020
re: #64 NO SMOCKING GUN!
The fascists are gearing up for civil war in Virginia over gun control.
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Elections have consequences. We here in Virginia had to deal with the VA Tech massacre. Turns out that my youngest brother’s friends live in the hall where that started.
re: #68 Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag)
so why doesnt everything just roll off the left side….?
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re: #58 lawhawk
I’m excited when I get a decent night shot, and these folks make amazing photos and videos. We aren’t worthy!
they make what they do look easy
many people good at something can do that
everybody’s good at something.
nobody’s good at everything
re: #71 Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag)
they make what they do look easy
many people good at something can do thateverybody’s good at something.
nobody’s good at everything
And all we’re seeing is the finished product. No telling how long it actually took to be in the right place with the right weather conditions to get the shots.
re: #62 sagehen
I don’t see the a place-card with my name on it. Terrible oversight on your part.
I made an extra biscuit but it got eated before anyone came over. Sorry!
re: #67 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
“radical anti-gun legislation” vs “reasonable and constitutional limits on gun ownership”
“radical anti-gun legislation” vs “personal responsibility and accountability”
re: #69 HappyWarrior
Elections have consequences. We here in Virginia had to deal with the VA Tech massacre. Turns out that my youngest brother’s friends live in the hall where that started.
when we win we get to do what we want - and you have to do what we want
when you win we get to do what we want, and you have to do what we want
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Fact is Republicans have done nothing to prevent or reduce gun violence. They prevent studies. They and their allies oppose measures that they once supported. They talk about mental illness and then cut funds. Republicans don’t give a fuck about victims of gun violence unless the perp is someone they can scare their base about.
re: #72 Belafon
And all we’re seeing is the finished product. No telling how long it actually took to be in the right place with the right weather conditions to get the shots.
yup - to appear easy
one of the aspects of an artist, craftsman, expert, professional is that ease
try to get really good at something and you learn quickly how the actuality just isnt so
re: #75 Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag)
when we win we get to do what we want - and you have to do what we want
when you win we get to do what we want, and you have to do what we want//
Remember that guy who said his idea of bipartisanship was the Dems doing what the Republicans wavy? That’s exactly what this is. The fact is Republicans shat on our population centers here in Virginia and that’s why in two decades they’ve gone from controlling the executive branch and legislature in Virginia to being a minority party. It’s their own fault.
Iraqi PM tells US to start working on troop withdrawal https://t.co/Tl7EAjzLa3 pic.twitter.com/biru58clgm
— Military Times (@MilitaryTimes) January 10, 2020
re: #79 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Iraqi PM tells US to start working on troop withdrawal
So this attack on Suleimani was truly a case of punching them in the fist with our face…
…followed up with a swift blow to their toes with our scrotum.
re: #80 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The entire point of the airstrike was to deflect attention from impeachment. That’s it.
Trump was willing to start a war with no plan and no strategy to prop up his GOP support regarding impeachment. This itself is an impeachable act. He puts his personal benefit above all else— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 10, 2020
re: #76 HappyWarrior
Fact is Republicans have done nothing to prevent or reduce gun violence. They prevent studies. They and their allies oppose measures that they once supported. They talk about mental illness and then cut funds. Republicans don’t give a fuck about victims of gun violence unless the perp is someone they can scare their base about.
they don’t want a solution
‘gun’s will always be an issue like abortion will be
it keeps them motivated, voting and donating
yeah its about the power
mostly it’s about the money
OH HAI!
Massive rain storm on the way to metro Detroit could have been 10 feet of snow https://t.co/uxYsancjZ2
— Detroit Free Press (@freep) January 10, 2020
The freeways are gonna fill up & drown a bunch of cars.
re: #79 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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“one wonders if Putin was busy “leaking” the intel on Sulemani’s location … the Trump admin is consistently dumb enough to believe they’ve uniquely “discovered” useful info.”
“The ayatollah of Iran is personally sending Trump a gift basket for handing Iraq officially over to him. The Syrians, Turks and Russians have all signed the enclosed thank you card.”
Iraqi PM tells US to start working on troop withdrawal https://t.co/Tl7EAjzLa3 pic.twitter.com/biru58clgm
— Military Times (@MilitaryTimes) January 10, 2020
re: #80 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
So this attack on Suleimani was truly a case of punching them in the fist with our face…
…followed up with a swift blow to their toes with our scrotum.
ospreyboi1122 • 3 hours ago
We will leave behind a legacy of death and destruction. Sorry Dubya, we aren’t the hailed liberators you envisioned for us. Hope you and Dick got everything you wanted from the invasion, it only cost several trillion dollars, 5000 or so American soldiers and a few hundred thousand Iraqis.
re: #81 lawhawk
The entire point of the airstrike was to deflect attention from impeachment. That’s it.
Trump was willing to start a war with no plan and no strategy to prop up his GOP support regarding impeachment. This itself is an impeachable act. He puts his personal benefit above all else
aaaannnndddd…
it didn’t work
re: #85 Dr Lizardo
That’s a lot of snow
It should be snow at this time of year but it’s rain because the temperature is in the 50’s (10-12 C)
I guess this is a good sign. Trump tried playing one of the major Executive Office cards he had up his voluminous sleeves (starting a war) in order to bolster his popularity and distract from his Senate trial, and fumbled it badly.
re: #90 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I guess this is a good sign. Trump tried playing one of the major Executive Office cards he had up his voluminous sleeves (starting a war) in order to bolster his popularity and distract from his Senate trial, and fumbled it badly.
It’s a sign of just how bad at the job Trump is.
re: #90 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I guess this is a good sign. Trump tried playing one of the major Executive Office cards he had up his voluminous sleeves (starting a war) in order to bolster his popularity and distract from his Senate trial, and fumbled it badly.
- this will go down as a historically bad series of moves and results
and
- he didnt get the intended distraction
re: #92 Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag)
- this will go down as a historically bad series of moves and results
and
- he didnt get the intended distraction
and it left us off in a worse position than before vis-a-vis Iraq.
re: #92 Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag)
- this will go down as a historically bad series of moves and results
and
- he didnt get the intended distraction
And this is why I always slow-walk the panic.
He’s played the war card now, and where has it gotten him? People are asking more questions about what they’re doing and why they’re doing it.
They basically suck at this, and no distraction they’ve tried has had a shelf life of more than a couple of days at best.
re: #31 Teukka
Oof. This is gonna leave a mark:
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re: #94 makeitstop
And this is why I always slow-walk the panic.
He’s played the war card now, and where has it gotten him? People are asking more questions about what they’re doing and why they’re doing it.
They basically suck at this, and no distraction they’ve tried has had a shelf life of more than a couple of days at best.
Playing the War Card involves a lot more than dramatic gestures and threatening speeches. One needs competent and experienced people to carry things out. Those are in scarce supply in this administration.
re: #93 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
and it left us off in a worse position than before vis-a-vis Iraq.
Every single interaction between the US and Iraq since, oh, say 1979 has left the US worse of with the sole exception of the negotiation of the JCPOA.
Hell, let’s get real, almost every single interaction since 1953.
Just came into work, the Planar screens are not all up and I have a mostly complete 80’ x 10’ Jumboton with distorted Fox News crap on it. Yay.
re: #89 The Pie Overlord!
It should be snow at this time of year but it’s rain because the temperature is in the 50’s (10-12 C)
Warmer temps mean more moisture is available in the air - more energy in the system.
For those downwind of the Great Lakes, it means greater shot at lake effect snows when temps are below freezing - since the lakes are at a near record minimum on ice levels.
For those who’d normally see snow storms, we’re seeing rain, which means that snowpack that helps refill aquifers and snowmelt that helps recharge rivers is going to come in quick hits that can lead to flooding and potential drought situations later in the year.
But sure, it’s just weather, not climate. When we see this year after year, it’s no longer just weather - it’s the changed climate and we’re the ones accelerating the changes.
re: #99 lawhawk
But sure, it’s just weather, not climate. When we see this year after year, it’s no longer just weather - it’s the changed climate and we’re the ones accelerating the changes.
It also means more extremes and less predictability.
re: #66 jeffreyw
Smucker’s strawberry jam
They’re closing our Smucker’s distribution plant here in town. Two of my friends kids are losing their jobs. It is a center for their pet food distribution. About 50 jobs lost here.
re: #101 makeitstop
It was four years ago that David Bowie left us. There’s still a huge hole in the space he occupied so long and well.
Brilliant tribute from the Netherlands
I was listening to an interview with a journalist who is supposedly very close to leadership of Hezbullah (sp?) on BBC World this morning. He said, “I’m afraid the rules of engagement have now changed completely.” A lot was implied there without spelling anything out in detail.
re: #86 Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag)
My son died for Wall Street.
re: #94 makeitstop
And this is why I always slow-walk the panic.
He’s played the war card now, and where has it gotten him? People are asking more questions about what they’re doing and why they’re doing it.
They basically suck at this, and no distraction they’ve tried has had a shelf life of more than a couple of days at best.
in addition to the scrutiny, they have quite likely committed more/new impeachable acts in the process
re: #101 makeitstop
It was four years ago that David Bowie left us. There’s still a huge hole in the space he occupied so long and well.
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Four years? Time does fly, and I still miss his towering talent.
Four years already sigh. Well I know there’s a starman in the sky and he still will blow our minds.
Also on the drive I heard “Heroes” and almost cried.
re: #108 Barefoot Grin
Also on the drive I heard “Heroes” and almost cried.
Days, one of his later ones gets me.
And of course Life on Mars.
I’m listening to Jimmie Rodgers this morning. This music is nearly 100 years old but still so good.
re: #111 HappyWarrior
I’m listening to Jimmie Rodgers this morning. This music is nearly 100 years old but still so good.
White man’s soul music
re: #104 Barefoot Grin
I was listening to an interview with a journalist who is supposedly very close to leadership of Hezbullah (sp?)
حزب الله
Any transliteration into the roman alphabet is just that, a transliteration.
(Which is why no-fly lists are and always will be a joke).
re: #115 John Hughes
حزب الله
Any transliteration into the roman alphabet is just that, a transliteration.
(Which is why no-fly lists are and always will be a joke).
Got “hizb allah” from Google translate. I wish I could read and speak Arabic.
re: #116 Barefoot Grin
Got “hizb allah” from Google translate. I wish I could read and speak Arabic.
Duolingo offers it as a language now.
What the hell is wrong with people?
The wounds were grimly familiar to conservationists: Another sea lion had been shot.
Rescuers found the yearling struggling at a popular surfing spot on California’s Newport Beach. One wound — probably from a pellet gun, they found — had left her with a painful abscess. A second projectile was lodged between her ribs.
A volunteer at the Laguna Beach nonprofit Pacific Marine Mammal Center named her Mandalorian, inspired by a binge-watch of the hit Star Wars TV show. For a week in December, the young sea lion got treatment among fellow rescues Yoda, Leia and Skywalker.
But her health kept deteriorating, the center said this week, and eventually the staff made a “difficult decision.” Mandalorian was euthanized.
re: #117 Belafon
Duolingo offers it as a language now.
I’ll look into it. The last time I looked at Duolingo for Japanese I wasn’t terribly impressed, though.
re: #114 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
White man’s soul music
Yeah. I think what did Jimmie right was his ears were open minded.
re: #104 Barefoot Grin
Hiz b’allah. Party of Allah is the closest translation. Transliterated it can be Hizbullah, Hezbullah, Hezballah, etc.
Same way that I’ve seen Suleimani represented in media as Solemani, Soleimani, and Suleimani. Hard to transliterate foreign languages.
Question: “Do you believe that Trump abused his power in the strike that killed General Soleimani?”
Rep. Justin Amash: “Based on the information I have from the classified briefing I attended, I do think so.” pic.twitter.com/PdnGJhyCSz— The Hill (@thehill) January 10, 2020
re: #123 lawhawk
Link not working for me.
The people who tell you we DO have war money but DON’T have healthcare money, tuition-free money, infrastructure money, or Green New Deal money are playing games with you.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 10, 2020
Family values & Christian conservative media commentator republican who raised funds for Roger Stone is headed for prison after taking mom’s SSI checks. @PLB1931 @FloridaGOP @FlaDems @grantstern @Carl_Hiaasen @TB_Times @orlandosentinel https://t.co/Xag7TJELXw
— PLB1931 (@PLB1931) January 10, 2020
re: #125 Rightwingconspirator
The people who tell you we DO have war money but DON’T have healthcare money, tuition-free money, infrastructure money, or Green New Deal money are playing games with you.
There was a famous quote by Gregor Gysi, a prominent left-wing politician in Germany in response to populists’ complaints that they have money for refugees but not enough for their own poor and homeless: “Even without the refugees, there would still not be enough money for the poor and homeless.”
re: #124 Rightwingconspirator
refresh the post - I fixed the link.
re: #125 Rightwingconspirator
This.
And even more true: The productivity gains from going to a $15 minimum wage and a 32 hour week that pays the same as 40 hours will more than pay for the increased cost of the payroll.
re: #101 makeitstop
I’ve never gotten over losing Bowie and Prince.
Sent Tom Steyer some money this morning.
“What? Are you insane? The guy’s a billionaire, he doesn’t need your money!”
In fact, he does. There are so many billionaires any more that they split up into sub-classes just like anyone else. Tom is one of the lesser ones, close to the bottom of the billionaire poverty barrel in fact, at $1.6 billion net worth. Unlike Bloomberg, he cannot finance a presidential run from his own funds, though it has gotten him a good start in the primaries.
I recognize, of course, that a billionaire outsider is a hard sell because of Trump’s negative example. The similarities stop there, with that simple descriptor though. Tom has a consistent record of thoughtful and generous support for environmental action and progressive politics. He has some well formed and articulately expressed ideas. I think he could beat Trump, and he could handle the job.
I still prefer Warren and Klobuchar as candidates, but I will continue to support all viable candidates, since I don’t want to see another Kamala Harris. It still infuriates me that she had to quit, limiting our options more than they really should be.
re: #125 Rightwingconspirator
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the R’s would wage a war on credit and increase the deficit - leaving some future prez (likely D) to deal with paying for it
the things the D’s want to do they explain in advance how they expect to pay for them
The people who tell you we DO have war money but DON’T have healthcare money, tuition-free money, infrastructure money, or Green New Deal money are playing games with you.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 10, 2020
A little Bowie trivia about ‘Valentine’s Day’…
The song, of course, is about a school shooting. When the time came to make a video, the director wanted to go with a literal interpretation of the lyrics, including footage of a simulated shooting. Bowie nixed the idea, feeling it was too heavy handed. Instead, they shot the video at the Red Hook Grain Terminal in Brooklyn, and Bowie specifically chose the guitar he played in the video (a Hohner GT2) for its resemblance to a rifle, and began and ended the video with the extended arm pose quite like that of hoisting a rifle into the air.
And that’s why he was so good at what he did, in every aspect. The obvious, the literal, was never the path he took.
re: #125 Rightwingconspirator
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We’re the wealthiest nation this world has ever seen. We can afford whatever we prioritize, whatever we care about enough.
The people who say we “can’t afford” something… it’s because they have some other reason besides cost, a reason they’d prefer not to admit to out loud, why they don’t want to do it.
re: #136 sagehen
We’re the wealthiest nation this world has ever seen. We can afford whatever we prioritize, whatever we care about enough.
The people who say we “can’t afford” something… it’s because they have some other reason besides cost, a reason they’d prefer not to admit to our loud, why they don’t want to do it.
there are several ways or “paying” that come under consideration when people say heading of “we can’t afford it”…financially or politically, or in terms of our health, life expectancy and well-being.
The techs now have all but 10 of the Planar screens up and have changed the screen configuration to give us six (of eight) huge screens of Fox News. Nothing like looking up from work to see the enormous head of pardoned criminal Oliver North, six times. I have now slid down in my chair so I don’t have to see this garbage.
Introduce the tax bill ” pay for the Iraq war first, deadbeats”.
Any mother fucker that pays less taxes than a secretary but has millions of dollars has absolutely no business talking about needing a tax cut. Pay your bills, deadbeats.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he didn’t know of any specific targets for planned attacks that justified President Trump’s decision to kill Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani, CBS News reports.Said Pompeo: “There is no doubt that there were a series of imminent attacks that were being plotted by Qassem Soleimani. We don’t know precisely when, and we don’t know precisely where, but it was real.”
changing the definition of ‘imminent’
re: #140 Amory Blaine
Any mother fucker that pays less taxes than a secretary but has millions of dollars has absolutely no business talking about needing a tax cut. Pay your bills, deadbeats.
It’s been shown repeatedly that supply side economics does not work. It has one purpose. Keep the already wealthy wealthy and the less well off less off. It’s real elitism.
re: #142 Amory Blaine
#1 property crime is wage theft.
If your bonus is ten times the median income, stfu about how a progressive tax structure persecutes you.
re: #141 Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag)
changing the definition of ‘imminent’
Wagging that dog.
re: #133 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Sent Tom Steyer some money this morning.
“What? Are you insane? The guy’s a billionaire, he doesn’t need your money!”
In fact, he does. There are so many billionaires any more that they split up into sub-classes just like anyone else. Tom is one of the lesser ones, close to the bottom of the billionaire poverty barrel in fact, at $1.6 billion net worth. Unlike Bloomberg, he cannot finance a presidential run from his own funds, though it has gotten him a good start in the primaries.
He doesn’t have to fund a presidential run, just a primary run. For instance according to Open Secrets, Bernie 2020 has raised about $74 million dollars so far. Steyer can afford $100 million if it is important enough to him. He could spend an awful lot more than that and still live like a king for the rest of his life.
If we can’t install a king we’ll do the next best thing. If billionaires are our only hope, the experiment is a failure.
re: #147 Amory Blaine
If we can’t install a king we’ll do the next best thing. If billionaires are our only hope, the experiment is a failure.
We have reached the point where we are a feudal oligarchy instead of landed rich. Which is a difference without distinction.
Another one bites the dust…
Televangelist Acton Bowen Sentenced To 1,008 Years For Sexually Abusing Children
Justice: Popular Alabama televangelist Acton Bowen is sentenced to 1,008 years, the maximum penalty allowed, after pleading guilty to 28 charges of raping and sexually assaulting multiple children.
In addition to the 1,008 year sentence, Bowen was also ordered to pay $840,000 in fines.
Before his arrest in 2018, Bowen was the host of xlroads TV, a global broadcast reaching millions every week.
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) January 10, 2020
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) January 10, 2020
Keep on peaching him, Nancy https://t.co/JH4Xqr8CYa
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) January 10, 2020
re: #146 danarchy
He doesn’t have to fund a presidential run, just a primary run. For instance according to Open Secrets, Bernie 2020 has raised about $74 million dollars so far. Steyer can afford $100 million if it is important enough to him. He could spend an awful lot more than that and still live like a king for the rest of his life.
Not sure what your point is. Any funds raised now will carry over into the general campaign if he does happen to win the nomination. Any Democratic candidate, even Bloomberg, will need every penny to have any hope of competing with the Republicans’ money machine and asymmetrical media support.
re: #126 Joe Bacon 🌹
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While Turk didn’t show any reaction to Reinhart’s decision, she and her lawyers sought to convince him that she has suffered enough and didn’t deserve house arrest, much less prison time.
Since pleading guilty in September to a misdemeanor charge of Social Security fraud, she has been attacked on social media, said her attorney David Tarras.
Turk, who last year was named champion of the year by Best Buddies, a teen mentoring group, has lost her position on various philanthropic groups, he said.
The damage to her reputation and her status in political, business and social circles has been enormous, he said.
Without the ability to hob-nob in the community, travel to interview celebrities for YouTube broadcasts and to host fundraisers, like those she held for now convicted political operative Roger Stone, her career is dead, he said.
“Her livelihood is based on networking and being a social media commentator,” Tarras said.
re: #152 sagehen
She’s a god damned crook. PERIOD!!!!!!!!
re: #151 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Not sure what your point is. Any funds raised now will carry over into the general campaign if he does happen to win the nomination. Any Democratic candidate, even Bloomberg, will need every penny to have any hope of competing with the Republicans’ money machine and asymmetrical media support.
not “even Bloomberg”. He has more than 50 billion dollars, and a media empire of his own.
re: #81 lawhawk
The entire point of the airstrike was to deflect attention from impeachment. That’s it.
Trump was willing to start a war with no plan and no strategy to prop up his GOP support regarding impeachment. This itself is an impeachable act. He puts his personal benefit above all else— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 10, 2020
If true (and it’s Trump, remember), it certainly seems that Trump ordered the strike because Republican Senators told him that this would help him; i.e. he didn’t wag the dog on his own, others with a different agenda pressured him by claiming it would help with the impeachment. They probably looked at impeachment as a godsend because it would allow them to get Trump to do what they long wanted.
BREAKING: @SpeakerPelosi says in letter to House Dems that a resolution to transmit impeachment articles to Senate and appoint managers will be brought to House floor next week
— Josh Lederman (@JoshNBCNews) January 10, 2020
re: #152 sagehen
Without the ability to hob-nob in the community, travel to interview celebrities for YouTube broadcasts and to host fundraisers, like those she held for now convicted political operative Roger Stone, her career is dead, he said.
“Her livelihood is based on networking and being a social media commentator,” Tarras said.
Y’know, I was really all set to play poor Karyn a really sad, sad song over her travails, but that tiny violin just slipped right off my pinky-nail…..
re: #94 makeitstop
And this is why I always slow-walk the panic.
He’s played the war card now, and where has it gotten him? People are asking more questions about what they’re doing and why they’re doing it.
They basically suck at this, and no distraction they’ve tried has had a shelf life of more than a couple of days at best.
Will be curious if this makes the warhawk GOP Senators start to reassess their view on Trump. Perhaps Pence will be easier to use to actually get that war.
re: #152 sagehen
Entitlement is a hell of a drug.
re: #156 lawhawk
BREAKING: @SpeakerPelosi says in letter to House Dems that a resolution to transmit impeachment articles to Senate and appoint managers will be brought to House floor next week
How long before we hear comments and see op-eds about how Nancy is now “rushing things”?
re: #158 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Will be curious if this makes the warhawk GOP Senators start to reassess their view on Trump. Perhaps Pence will be easier to use to actually get that war.
A President needs competent people to conduct a war.
re: #152 sagehen
While Turk didn’t show any reaction to Reinhart’s decision, she and her lawyers sought to convince him that she has suffered enough and didn’t deserve house arrest, much less prison time.
Since pleading guilty in September to a misdemeanor charge of Social Security fraud, she has been attacked on social media, said her attorney David Tarras.
Turk, who last year was named champion of the year by Best Buddies, a teen mentoring group, has lost her position on various philanthropic groups, he said.
The damage to her reputation and her status in political, business and social circles has been enormous, he said.
Without the ability to hob-nob in the community, travel to interview celebrities for YouTube broadcasts and to host fundraisers, like those she held for now convicted political operative Roger Stone, her career is dead, he said.
“Her livelihood is based on networking and being a social media commentator,” Tarras said.
prison could stifle that ability pretty good
re: #162 Dangerman (misuser of the sarc tag)
prison could stifle that ability pretty good
i particularly enjoyed how she tried to rich-lady her way out with a check for the judge.
The unsuccessful operation may indicate that the killing of Soleimani was part of a broader operation than previously explained, raising questions about whether the mission was designed to cripple the leadership of the IRGC or solely to prevent an imminent attack 2/
— John Hudson (@John_Hudson) January 10, 2020
re: #160 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
How long before we hear comments and see op-eds about how Nancy is now “rushing things”?
I’m wondering if she got concessions out of Yertle. Unlikely, I know.
But what’s the alternative? Have the Senate dismiss, and then make the case to the public that the whole thing was a sham?
I trust Pelosi, but I hope she’s got a strategy here.
… and you’re just noticing this NOW???
Trump has “the worst national security team I’ve ever seen.” - @mitchellreports https://t.co/cPYtsuC83S
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 8, 2020
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) January 9, 2020
I guess since the latest investigation found nothing wrong with Hillary the Q-anon folks will admit defeat and admit to their delusions and we won’t hear from them again, right?
Did Sean Hannity recklessly cause the airliner to be shot down? https://t.co/4ZPpZjxEU2
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) January 10, 2020
VIDEO/ OK, here it is…and…{*sigh*}… JFC—I hate this. It’s bad. Bad because he did what folks said, there’s no doubt Iran was watching, and based on the Trump-Hannity history of near-daily contact it’s possible his source for this fake news was POTUS. https://t.co/yYbBLTkHZJ
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) January 9, 2020
NOTE2/ I’d say about *half the country* was telling conservatives that their bloodlust was dangerous—*not* that Iran was a good actor, but that the bloodlust to destroy and scare Iran was *dangerous*. And Hannity was the spearhead. Anyway, someone needs to check the timeline now.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) January 9, 2020
A rare bit of light in this darkness is the fact that polls are showing that the majority of Americans ARE NOT BUYING the excuses, rationalizations & wild theories surrounding Trump’s impulsive man-baby ordering of the assassination of Suleimani.
The problem is: this is not over.
How would we describe Donald Trump’s neck?
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) January 10, 2020
re: #168 Barefoot Grin
I guess since the latest investigation found nothing wrong with Hillary the Q-anon folks will admit defeat and admit to their delusions and we won’t hear from them again, right?
Nah. Like the Millennial Cults that all laid down in shallow graves on Dec. 31, 1999, waiting for the Lord’s Trumpet to call them up to heaven in The Rapture … who climbed creakily out of said graves the next morning … they will just double-down on the CrazyStupid.
The alternative would be to admit that they were gullible fools, and that’s just an ego-hit that they cannot take.
re: #172 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
Nah. Like the Millennial Cults that all laid down in shallow graves on Dec. 31, 1999, waiting for the Lord’s Trumpet to call them up to heaven in The Rapture … who climbed creakily out of said graves the next morning … they will just double-down on the CrazyStupid.
The alternative would be to admit that they were gullible fools, and that’s just an ego-hit that they cannot take.
Good analogy. End of the world types always readjust their calculations and the faithful follow right along.
re: #168 Barefoot Grin
I guess since the latest investigation found nothing wrong with Hillary the Q-anon folks will admit defeat and admit to their delusions and we won’t hear from them again, right?
Just like when Obama released his long-form birth certificate…
Let me be clear: when I called you a motherfucker I did not actually believe you fuck your mother. Asshole.
— Clay C. (@ClayC1969) January 10, 2020
re: #173 Barefoot Grin
Good analogy. End of the world types always readjust their calculations and the faithful follow right along.
If you really want an insight into the dupes, and the sleazy lowlifes who prey upon these mentally deficient True Believers, check out Rapture Ready:
re: #168 Barefoot Grin
I guess since the latest investigation found nothing wrong with Hillary the Q-anon folks will admit defeat and admit to their delusions and we won’t hear from them again, right?
Unlikely: they’ll probably just assume that “Killary” “got to” the investigators, and threatened them into NOT finding the “obvious evidence”. Said threats, one assumes, being sent pictures of Hillary and Chelsea standing over Seth Rich’s body with bloody machetes… and YOUR NEXT as a caption….
re: #177 Jay C
Unlikely: they’ll probably just assume that “Killary” “got to” the investigators, and threatened them into NOT finding the “obvious evidence”. Said threats, one assumes, being sent pictures of Hillary and Chelsea standing over Seth Rich’s body with bloody machetes… and YOUR NEXT as a caption….
Dude. You’re not far wrong. Here’s the ramblings of the demented minds at Rapture Ready:
“All members of the House, Senate and Executive Branches are in office as our “representatives.” However, personal agendas are totally obvious, and it just keeps on going on. Would you agree with me that evil forces are involved? I do not recall any other time where a president who has improved our economy, reduced unemployment, and overall has made America “respectable” in the eyes of the world again has been persecuted as this one has.
Sad part about all of this, it will not get any better. Satan is pulling out all the stops. Alternate lifestyles, advocating the killing of newborn babies, open satanic worship, and just about every other form of evil is rising at unprecedented rates. Jesus spoke of this. Paul, Peter, John and others also warned us that these times would be here just before the end of this age. To present ourselves as being followers of Jesus is to leave us open to verbal, and sometimes physical abuse. Some very liberal areas are enacting laws that would have been seriously challenged previously. One is taking parents’ rights away as to the curriculum that their kids are being exposed to, and it’s being started in the lower grades.”
Marianne Williamson is out. At least we no longer have an anti-vaxxer in the race, even if only marginally in.
Author and self-help guru Marianne Williamson is out of the 2020 presidential race
Marianne Williamson Is Using “Safe-Vaxx” Because Anti-Vaxxers Don’t Call Themselves Anti-Vaxxers
BREAKING: New Age whackaloon exits presidential race.
Breaking - @marwilliamson suspends her presidential campaign
“As of today, therefore, I’m suspending my campaign.” pic.twitter.com/NWbdCmHWo2— Josh Lederman (@JoshNBCNews) January 10, 2020
re: #182 makeitstop
She misread her crystals.
re: #166 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
… and you’re just noticing this NOW???
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re: #185 Scottish Dragon
She wasn’t able to find anything in her self help books to get her past 0% in the polls.
If a candidate with 0% support drops out, should anyone actually notice?
This is the most news recognition she’s had since word came out that she dumped all of her campaign staff (and before that *crickets*). She’s claiming she’s dropping out to give progressives a better chance.
She had 0%. She was inside the MOE, which means she could have negative support.
She wasn’t taking away from anyone else.
re: #175 bratwurst
Let me be clear: when I called you a motherfucker I did not actually believe you fuck your mother. Asshole.
— Clay C. (@ClayC1969) January 10, 2020
How do all these pastors who claim to represent Jesus show themselves to be so without love or compassion or empathy? It would seem that those flaws would be disqualifying characteristics of any who proclaim themselves ministers.
re: #188 lawhawk
If a candidate with 0% support drops out, should anyone actually notice?
There is no GOP primary campaign. And besides, every Dem who drops out now is a “loser” and it fits the overall narrative to associate the Democrats with “loser”.
She wasn’t seeing any of that GOP ratfucking money, so she decided to spend her time finding another grift.
Though if I were a big Trump fan I think I’d be wary of this protocol.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) January 10, 2020
Russian warship ‘aggressively approached’ American destroyer in Arabian sea, Navy says https://t.co/dbeTZ6G7FC via @nbcnews
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 10, 2020
US rejects Iraq request to discuss troop withdrawal https://t.co/zhsDtob5LU @AFP
— W.G. Dunlop (@wgdunlop) January 10, 2020
We are now occupying Iraq against their will.
re: #188 lawhawk
If a candidate with 0% support drops out, should anyone actually notice?
This is the most news recognition she’s had since word came out that she dumped all of her campaign staff (and before that *crickets*). She’s claiming she’s dropping out to give progressives a better chance.
She had 0%. She was inside the MOE, which means she could have negative support.
She wasn’t taking away from anyone else.
and John Delaney, polling at <1% after 2-1/2 years in the race (and not making it onto the Ohio ballot), marches on…
re: #164 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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Isn’t Yemen where we had that fucked-up inadequately planned operation in 2017 that cost us several SEALs and a helicopter?
re: #196 sagehen
Isn’t Yemen where we had that fucked-up inadequately planned operation in 2017 that cost us several SEALs and a helicopter?
Who can keep track?
re: #155 Hecuba’s daughter
So there was no imminent threat. And no embassy(ies) were going to be attacked. And tens, possibly hundreds of American lives were not at stake. He had him whacked because of his upcoming impeachment trial.
re: #126 Joe Bacon 🌹
There’s a word for her.
This is nuts… https://t.co/oYheeMgoxv
— Deirdre🇺🇸🏴 (@celtichumanscum) January 10, 2020
Lemon Pie Bars #FridayFeeling #ShabbatShalom pic.twitter.com/KzanyQ64wO
— Lemon Pie Overlord (@Pie_Overlord) January 10, 2020
re: #199 Ace Rothstein
So there was no imminent threat. And no embassy(ies) were going to be attacked. And tens, possibly hundreds of American lives were not at stake. He had him whacked because of his upcoming impeachment trial.
Except, this was a GOP neocon action — not something that Trump knew or cared about. So that means any likely GOP replacement, including Pence, will be leading us into a conflict with Iran and more devastation in the Middle East.
re: #194 jaunte
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Then the only thing left for the Iraqis to do is demand that we leave.
Markle abandoned her own family. Now she has forced Harry to abandon his.
Good riddance to her. Leave our Royal Family alone. pic.twitter.com/4NsXOjWl7M— Katie Hopkins (@KTHopkins) January 9, 2020
Racism? What racism?
re: #205 DodgerFan1988
Bitter…table for one ready for you….
— Deirdre🇺🇸🏴 (@celtichumanscum) January 10, 2020
re: #206 Scottish Dragon
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Reading the comments it would appear that there’s a whole cafeteria of hate.
re: #207 Barefoot Grin
Reading the comments it would appear that there’s a whole cafeteria of hate.
yep
Spicy….
The de Blasio administration has referred findings from a review of the Trump Organization’s property tax filings to the Manhattan district attorney’s office, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday morning.
In October, WNYC reported that President Donald Trump’s business portfolio would cite lower income from its properties when reporting to the Department of Finance, which is in charge of levying property taxes, but would report higher values when speaking with investors.
The desire to shrink property taxes has spawned a cottage industry in New York. Each year, landlords big and small hire tax certiorari firms to contest assessments from the finance department in an attempt to revise them downward. However, WNYC cited experts in its report that said the discrepancies in the Trump Organization’s reported income may rise to the level of fraud, Marritz said.
The District Attorney’s office declined to comment.
Who’s Trump gonna line up in his crosshairs next?
re: #205 DodgerFan1988
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Racism? What racism?
Gosh. Can’t imagine why Meghan feels the UK press are unkind to her.
re: #179 Scottish Dragon
I stole your picture and added play by play
“And down the stretch they come! Plane Gray at the rail. Meow Say Tongue Bath on the outside. Meow Say Tongue Bath ahead in front. Fifty yards to go. Meow Say Tongue Bath. Meow Say Tongue Bath wins it by half a length, denying Plane Gray, who finished second, his Triple Crown.” pic.twitter.com/OZ6O6OjhJR
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) January 10, 2020
re: #209 Dr Lizardo
However, WNYC cited experts in its report that said the discrepancies in the Trump Organization’s reported income may rise to the level of fraud
“MAY”??
It’s the Trump Org.: how much uncertainly can there really be?
Trump now tells Laura Ingraham four embassies were involved in the plots, per a clip that just aired on Fox News. Yesterday, he said singular embassy, last night mentioned multiple and now is more specific than his national security aides have been, though doesn’t say which ones.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 10, 2020
This would be hilarious if it weren’t so insane.
Trump keeps embroidering the lie. He can’t stop himself. https://t.co/jhmzwURh4N— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 10, 2020
re: #212 Jay C
Businesses regularly try to reduce their property tax burden. If they’re reporting the same or similar amounts both for property tax and income tax purposes as well as to their investors, then there’s no problem.
But if you start reporting completely and wildly different figures to those different constituencies, then you have a problem. Wire/mail fraud, tax fraud, etc. Because you’re claiming that the property has one valuation for property tax purposes, and an entirely different value for income purposes. It’s the degree of difference.
Trump doesn’t deal in degrees though. He’s spent his entire life flouting rules and avoiding consequences. But now it seems he’s determined to show how much of a crook he is, thinking that he can avoid the consequences even now.
re: #213 The Pie Overlord!
Trump now tells Laura Ingraham four embassies were involved in the plots, per a clip that just aired on Fox News. Yesterday, he said singular embassy, last night mentioned multiple and now is more specific than his national security aides have been, though doesn’t say which ones.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 10, 2020
Wakanda, Nambia, Fredonia, and the chargé-d’affaires’ office in the Duchy of Grand Fenwick….
re: #216 Jay C
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Wakanda, Nambia, Fredonia, and the chargé-d’affaires’ office in the Duchy of Grand Fenwick….
Why not Agrabah?
re: #212 Jay C
“MAY”??
It’s the Trump Org.: how much uncertainly can there really be?
Well, of course it needs to be investigated and looked into by the DA, but seeing as it’s the Trump Organization, it’s
1) egregious
2) an open-and-shut case.
re: #213 The Pie Overlord!
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Soon its gonna be every embassy
Trump now tells Laura Ingraham four embassies were involved in the plots, per a clip that just aired on Fox News. Yesterday, he said singular embassy, last night mentioned multiple and now is more specific than his national security aides have been, though doesn’t say which ones.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 10, 2020
re: #206 Scottish Dragon
Cool short film I posted the other day. Realized later that Meghan Markle stars in it as the secretary
re: #217 The Pie Overlord!
Why not Agrabah?
He hasn’t gotten confirmation from the DNI the CIA Sean Hannity yet….
Let me be clear: I do not believe Democrats are in love with terrorists, and I apologize for what I said earlier this week. (1/5)
— Rep. Doug Collins (@RepDougCollins) January 10, 2020
“When someone show you who they are, believe them the first time.” - Maya Angelou
re: #217 The Pie Overlord!
Why not Agrabah?
And of course, Wadiya and its infamous dictator, Admiral General Aladeen.
By tomorrow it will be ALL THE EMBASSIES with nukes, bio-weapons and invisible ninja assassins.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 10, 2020
re: #224 Charles Johnson
Trump’s going to be claiming that ninja assassins on motorcycle were thwarted.
Because he saw John Wick 3.
re: #225 lawhawk
Trump’s going to be claiming that ninja assassins on motorcycle were thwarted.
Because he saw John Wick 3.
No one better show him this clip, ‘cause his dumb ass will probably think it’s real.
re: #216 Jay C
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Wakanda, Nambia, Fredonia, and the chargé-d’affaires’ office in the Duchy of Grand Fenwick….
You left out Niifgaard and the witcher threat.
Yes, I know this is an obvious cheap shot. That’s why I like it.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 10, 2020
re: #222 DodgerFan1988
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“When someone show you who they are, believe them the first time.” - Maya Angelou
Or, if you’re Chuck Todd, Toni Morrison.
So the right wing has now decided en masse that President Obama killed Muammar Gaddafi.
Interesting.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 10, 2020
Good riddance crook!
Spiritual guru Marianne Williamson, who warned of a “dark psychic force” in America, has dropped out of the race for the White House. @9NewsAUS pic.twitter.com/ODaS6bOIRL
— Charles Croucher (@ccroucher9) January 10, 2020
@giantcat9 OMG this is good… https://t.co/4OZeDSif4V
— Deirdre🇺🇸🏴 (@celtichumanscum) January 10, 2020
re: #224 Charles Johnson
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Why does Trump’s ever-expanding “explanations” of the “thwarted terror plots” remind of an old commercial(?) I heard ages ago: IIRC, a little kid being questioned about how the cookie jar came to get broken: mostly “I don’t know! It was the cat! It was the dog! It was the cat AND the dog!” ending with “It was a giant two-headed monkey from outer space that busted in!!”
Trump isn’t quite at the “giant two-headed monkey from space” level yet: but it really sounds like he’s going there….
re: #227 Eclectic Cyborg
Invisible Ninja Assassin sounds like a really fascinating occupation.
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I can’t see it
Pomepo appeared to dispute claims that Soleimani attacking embassies wasn’t part of Wednesday’s briefing.
But then he kept talking. https://t.co/GFdleqyRd3— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) January 10, 2020
re: #234 Jay C
Why does Trump’s ever-expanding “explanations” of the “thwarted terror plots” remind of an old commercial(?) I heard ages ago: IIRC, a little kid being questioned about how the cookie jar came to get broken: mostly “I don’t know! It was the cat! It was the dog! It was the cat AND the dog!” ending with “It was a giant two-headed monkey from outer space that busted in!!”
Trump isn’t quite at the “giant two-headed monkey from space” level yet: but it really sounds like he’s going there….
It’s always hyperbole with him. Everything and one is great & better than ever or awful and a complete failure.
Bin Laden’s killing was under the 2002 AUMF because it centered on al Qaeda. Reporters are asking questions about the “imminent attacks” because that was the administration’s stated justification for taking out Soleimani. https://t.co/GSzYfFL7kP
— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) January 10, 2020
To add to this, as @shaneharris points out: Obama kept the Republican HPSCI chairman in the loop about the Bin Laden operation at least four months ahead of time.https://t.co/0K14WzB366
— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) January 10, 2020
re: #240 Dread Pirate
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All Muslim terrorist groups are Al Queda basically is his bs logic along with the Qaddafi lie.
It was a storm trooper of the Evil Empire that did the deed.https://t.co/rWqyeGBRLT
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) January 10, 2020
re: #29 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Might be a Facebook thing.
re: #240 Dread Pirate
It’s hilarious that Gidley thinks Obama wouldn’t have crossed all the T’s and dotted all the I’s before ordering the Bin Laden strike.
People should go to prison, buts it’s corporate crime so of course nothing will be done about it.
“This airplane is designed by clowns, who are in turn supervised by monkeys.” Boeing employees mocked federal rules, talked about deceiving regulators and joked about potential flaws in the 737 Max as it was being developed, internal documents show. https://t.co/Aoj9Fg8u7d
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 10, 2020
re: #244 Eclectic Cyborg
It’s hilarious that Gidley thinks Obama wouldn’t have crossed all the T’s and dotted all the I’s before ordering the Bin Laden strike.
When I think impulsive, I think Obama.//
re: #242 gocart mozart
Khadafy killed by 20-year-old Yankees fan
Thank all that is holy; I couldn’t have borne it if it had been a Red Sox fan.
re: #245 NO SMOCKING GUN!
People should go to prison, buts it’s corporate crime so of course nothing will be done about it.
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re: #188 lawhawk
This is the most news recognition she’s had since word came out that she dumped all of her campaign staff (and before that *crickets*). She’s claiming she’s dropping out to give progressives a better chance.
She had 0%. She was inside the MOE, which means she could have negative support.
The only way this possibly could be true if she were blanketing the airwaves with media, driving up prices and reducing the visibility.
If one of the big spending billionaires were to drop out that might help things, but Williamson is not amongst them.
re: #233 Scottish Dragon
Just between you and me, all I did was Google “Horse race play by play dialogue”, copy pasted and changed the names. “Meow Say Tongue Bath” is mine though
re: #248 sagehen
Thank all that is holy; I couldn’t have borne it if it had been a Red Sox fan.
Now I’m imagining Qaddafi with a stereotypical Southie accent talking about Nomah. (Orioles fan here, the AL East’s lost child fan base.)
re: #252 HappyWarrior
Now I’m imagining Qaddafi with a stereotypical Southie accent talking about Nomah. (Orioles fan here, the AL East’s lost child fan base.)
I was going to school in Baltimore when they won the series in ‘83. I went to a lot of games at old Memorial Stadium!
re: #251 gocart mozart
Just between you and me, all I did was Google “Horse race play by play dialogue”, copy pasted and changed the names. “Meow Say Tongue Bath” is mine though
Cracked me up too
re: #249 Eventual Carrion
The cynic in me says that some of the people joking will get some relatively severe punishment, but the higher ups won’t get even a slap on the wrist.
From the article: nytimes.com
“Would you put your family on a Max simulator trained aircraft? I wouldn’t,” one employee said to a colleague in another exchange from 2018, before the first crash. “No,” the colleague responded.
The Romans reportedly made engineers spend time under the bridges they built while an army rode over it. That might be apocryphal, but Boeing execs, senior management and engineers should be forced to fly exclusively in any new model for the first couple of years after the first passenger flights. (Ditto for any other form of transport..)
re: #245 NO SMOCKING GUN!
People should go to prison, buts it’s corporate crime so of course nothing will be done about it.
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But Ben Shapiro told me we didn’t need government regulations on aviation!
re: #253 NO SMOCKING GUN!
I was going to school in Baltimore when they won the series in ‘83. I went to a lot of games at old Memorial Stadium!
Grew up a huge Ripken Jr fan in the 90’s and never looked back. Camden Yards is where I fell in love with professional baseball and even though the tough times out number the good, I can’t imagine rooting for anyone else.
Collins claims she is working with a “small group of GOP senators” who want to hear witnesses at the trial. I’m skeptical, but fingers crossed!
re: #256 Scottish Dragon
But Ben Shapiro told me we didn’t need government regulations on aviation!
Ben Shapiro: regulate gender but not aviation.
re: #258 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Collins claims she is working with a “small group of GOP senators” who want to hear witnesses at the trial. I’m skeptical, but fingers crossed!
She’s gotta be feeling some pressure at home.
Worth noting that there were arrest warrants for bin Laden. He did choose to resist and he took the consequences like any other violent criminal. Apparently there were no orders to take him alive if he somehow tried to surrender but there didn’t need to be, it would have been SOP. That his surrender was as likely as me being elected pope does not change that.
I tuned in to Canada’s new version of Family Feud and may have witnessed one of the most iconic game show moments I’ve ever seen. pic.twitter.com/QsTIjEzoM7
— Mike Morrison 🏳️🌈 (@mikesbloggity) January 10, 2020
re: #245 NO SMOCKING GUN!
People should go to prison, buts it’s corporate crime so of course nothing will be done about it.
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And this, from an unlikely source:
Boeing’s all-star board bears blame for flawed corporate culture: Experts
The board is packed with a number of high-profile members, including Amgen CEO Robert Bradway, the Seventh Vice Chair of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Edmund P. Giambastiani Jr., Duke Energy chair Lynn Good, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy and former Allstate CEO Edward Liddy.
But while the board is loaded with powerhouse names, it may lack one critical factor - relevant experience.
“The board didn’t have the level of broad range of expertise that would’ve made them more sensitive to these issues earlier on,” Charles Elson, the Edgar S. Woolard, Jr., Chair in Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware, told FOX Business.
So Donald Trump just told @IngrahamAngle that four embassies were being imminently targeted by Soleimani — not three or five, but four. Isn’t it horrible that we have NO REASON AT ALL to believe the American president about this? None at all.
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) January 10, 2020
re: #245 NO SMOCKING GUN!
People should go to prison, buts it’s corporate crime so of course nothing will be done about it.
Germany had a similar thing with its diesel emissions scandal, but that did not result in any direct deaths or injuries, just elevated levels of diesel exhaust…
But much the same, it was blamed on “corporate culture” and nobody went to jail over it.
… and here on Earth, far below the heady realm of antiquated and deliberately deceptive economic indicators, I covered eviction proceedings five days before Christmas in Cobb County Magistrate Court. 141 families were undergoing the eviction process. https://t.co/rPt7M4QshA
— Larry Felton Johnson (@larryfeltonj) January 10, 2020
So Democrats are “mourning” the death of Soulemani.
And who is cheering it besides those patriots in the GOP?
How about Isis?
Qasem Soleimani: Why his killing is good news for IS jihadists
The Islamic State (IS) group has welcomed the death of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, the head of the elite Quds Force.
In a statement, it described the general’s demise as an act of divine intervention that benefitted jihadists.
Whoda thunk that Donald Trump would become an agent of Allah’s Divine Will?
re: #265 BeachDem
Well well well
Coal ash pond disaster Duke Energy right there on the board of Boeing.
Duke Energy chair Lynn Good,
WASHINGTON — Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s massive campaign apparatus and an army of some 500 staffers will march on through the general election in November even if he loses the Democratic nomination, campaign officials tell NBC News, shifting their efforts toward working to elect whomever the party selects to face President Donald Trump.Bloomberg’s vast tech operation will also be redirected to help the eventual nominee, as Democrats struggle to compete with the vaunted digital operation built by Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale. Hawkfish, a digital company started by Bloomberg that’s carrying out his $100 million online ad campaign, will be retained through Election Day to help defeat Trump, the officials said.
re: #265 BeachDem
LOL, I read that at first as : “Boeing’s all-star board blames bears for flawed corporate culture: Experts”
Temporary dyslexia.
re: #266 jaunte
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— Deirdre🇺🇸🏴 (@celtichumanscum) January 10, 2020
Reindeer Jedi.
— Deirdre🇺🇸🏴 (@celtichumanscum) January 10, 2020
I’ve been binge watching Star Warts Rebels on Disney Plus and the final lightsaber fight between Obi Wan Kenobi and Darth Maul is freaking awesome. Just gonna put that out there for no particular reason.
re: #184 Amory Blaine
Well, she is married to super sleuth and noted economic ostrich Alan Greenspan. 2 peas.
She has been ripping DT a new one for some time now. I have been surprised.
re: #245 NO SMOCKING GUN!
People should go to prison, buts it’s corporate crime so of course nothing will be done about it.
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Some will be strapped to their seats while those in first class will have golden parachutes, as it were….
Maybe he meant to say “4 of my golf resorts.”
Remember: Everything out of Trump’s mouth is a lie and/or projection. https://t.co/FHyBfb8mSu— Laffy (@GottaLaff) January 10, 2020
re: #270 Scottish Dragon
Well well well
Coal ash pond disaster Duke Energy right there on the board of Boeing.
And of course, the vastly knowledgeable Nikki Haley. (Don’t know what Caroline Kennedy brings to the party either.)
“U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials are assessing whether Russia is trying to undermine Joe Biden in its ongoing disinformation efforts.” https://t.co/fymFhbCqIg pic.twitter.com/TP5e9M51m8
— David Gura (@davidgura) January 10, 2020
re: #257 HappyWarrior
Grew up a huge Ripken Jr fan in the 90’s and never looked back. Camden Yards is where I fell in love with professional baseball and even though the tough times out number the good, I can’t imagine rooting for anyone else.
I grew up in LA as a Dodgers fan; my dad grew up in Brooklyn as a Dodgers fan. Whenever they had a bad year, we could console ourselves with the team’s proud history.
re: #275 Scottish Dragon
I’ve been binge watching Star Warts Rebels on Disney Plus and the final lightsaber fight between Obi Wan Kenobi and Darth Maul is freaking awesome. Just gonna put that out there for no particular reason.
Yes. Yes it was
One of the very few times a sword fight was realistically portrayed.
I love that the most investigated woman in history remains clean as a whistle while, one by one, the people who lead “lock her up” chants go to prison.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) January 10, 2020
re: #283 sagehen
I grew up in LA as a Dodgers fan; my dad grew up in Brooklyn as a Dodgers fan. Whenever they had a bad year, we could console ourselves with the team’s proud history.
They certainly do have that. I have family that were Dodgers fans since my Grandmother had cousins in Brooklyn. With the O’s, we certainly do have the history too. Just finished an excellent biography on Brooks Robinson.
re: #285 NO SMOCKING GUN!
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re: #265 BeachDem
And this, from an unlikely source:
Boeing’s all-star board bears blame for flawed corporate culture: Experts
But while the board is loaded with powerhouse names, it may lack one critical factor - relevant experience.
“The board didn’t have the level of broad range of expertise that would’ve made them more sensitive to these issues earlier on,” Charles Elson, the Edgar S. Woolard, Jr., Chair in Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware, told FOX Business.
Usually an unlikely source for such a story; but at this particular moment, Fox has a strong motive for suddenly caring that board members should have relevant experience.
Well FUCK this does not look like it’s going to be fun.
Massive ice storm headed for Michigan: What to know https://t.co/G8taomeDJS
— Detroit Free Press (@freep) January 10, 2020
re: #269 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Qasem Soleimani: Why his killing is good news for IS jihadists
The Islamic State (IS) group has welcomed the death of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, the head of the elite Quds Force.
In a statement, it described the general’s demise as an act of divine intervention that benefitted jihadists.Whoda thunk that Donald Trump would become an agent of Allah’s Divine Will?
he’s the chosen one!
Steve King is on the floor of the House talking about how white nationalism isn’t real and the Democrats are funded by George Soros pic.twitter.com/b7P3zGCHUD
— Alex Thomas (@AlexThomasDC) January 10, 2020
King keeps talking about this donor meeting, saying that during they donors in this meeting basically cooked up the idea that they were going to start smearing Republicans with articles on “white nationalism”https://t.co/koASPsjaoA
— Alex Thomas (@AlexThomasDC) January 10, 2020
re: #291 Dread Pirate
I’m sure all of that would be news to people who call themselves white nationalists.
re: #288 sagehen
Usually an unlikely source for such a story; but at this particular moment, Fox has a strong motive for suddenly caring that board members should have relevant experience.
There are reasons to have outside board members, Fox Newsies are too stupid to understand. It’s all about the Bidens. ;)
Oh, man, I’m bummed.
Rush’s Neil Peart, the Hall of Fame drummer who set a new standard for rock virtuosity, has died at age 67 https://t.co/zjLWCDMIuE pic.twitter.com/5zMsMRfd0C
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) January 10, 2020
Another great musician gone. Damn it.
re: #285 NO SMOCKING GUN!
re: #287 HappyWarrior
Unfortunately, even as they can’t find shit to actually pin on her, the collateral damage to the Dems and the country remain, which is exactly why the GOP pursues it.
And instead of getting mad at the Republicans, we have a gigantic swath of liberals and lefties who want to burn Hillary in effigy instead for being the bane of all the party.
re: #295 makeitstop
Oh, man, I’m bummed.
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Another great musician gone. Damn it.
I am not a big Rush fan, but what a massive talent Neil was. RIP.
re: #295 makeitstop
Oh, man, I’m bummed.
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Another great musician gone. Damn it.
That sucks. RIP
re: #261 HappyWarrior
She’s gotta be feeling some pressure at home.
Stephen King is hammering away at her on Twitter; it can’t be good to have your state’s most beloved citizen as a vocal critic.
re: #295 makeitstop
Oh, man, I’m bummed.
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Another great musician gone. Damn it.
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Damn. I’ve seen them in concert a bunch of times. He was a god behind the drum kit. He was always improving his style, even to the point of completely learning a new way to drum even after all of his success.
re: #296 Citizen K
Unfortunately, even as they can’t find shit to actually pin on her, the collateral damage to the Dems and the country remain, which is exactly why the GOP pursues it.
And instead of getting mad at the Republicans, we have a gigantic swath of liberals and lefties who want to burn Hillary in effigy instead for being the bane of all the party.
And the guy who wrote “Clinton Cash” is going to publish another hit piece of fake scandals about Democratic candidates.
I fondly remember a Neil Peart poster that hung on the wall of my high school music classroom.
Another great Canadian gone. :(
re: #295 makeitstop
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Another great musician gone. Damn it.
Well fuck. At least they got into the HoF before he died.
re: #293 Joe Bacon 🌹
As usual the Press Corpse kisses Steve King’s ass…
I dunno: old Steve looks pretty lonely out there - I guess this is C-SPAN’s general coverage (?) and he’s using his half-hour for the usual bullshit….
SO “white nationalism” is just a Soros smear cooked up by Loser Democrats to try to embarrass Republicans? Glad I asked…..////
If the articles are sent to the Senate next week, is the impeachment going to be finished before the State of the Union? My liver can take two hours of trump gloating.
re: #301 lawhawk
One of my first concerts. Damn it.
re: #302 NO SMOCKING GUN!
And the guy who wrote “Clinton Cash” is going to publish another hit piece of fake scandals about Democratic candidates.
No doubt promoted by the NYT without any sort of disclosure.
re: #274 Scottish Dragon
Herders spraying reflective paint on their reindeer’s antlers to avoid road accidents leads to absolute surreal and scary pictures
Like a walking Jägermeister logo
re: #297 Barefoot Grin
I am not a big Rush fan, but what a massive talent Neil was. RIP.
any rocker who kicks it past 70 is sad, but 67 is tragic…
re: #271 Belafon
OK, this is the first decent news I heard today.
Now, if only Bloomberg would abandon the ego-driven Presidential campaign and focus on ratfucking the GOP senators in vulnerable states, I might move to canonize the little shrimp.
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