Impeached President Threatens Rep. Adam Schiff

PoliticsJanuary 2020 • Views: 26,054

Our horrible president* kicked off his Sunday morning by tweeting an ugly threat to Rep. Adam Schiff, probably because he recognizes Schiff as someone who is uncovering his crimes and he’s afraid.

Trump knows how fanatical his followers are, of course. This is his craven style — to incite his followers in a way he can deny if one of them carries out his implicit suggestions.

Shifty Adam Schiff is a CORRUPT POLITICIAN, and probably a very sick man. He has not paid the price, yet, for what he has done to our Country!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 26, 2020

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 26, 2020 • 10:18:15am

On CBS, @SenTomCotton defends Trump downplaying traumatic brain injuries suffered by US troops as mere “headaches,” saying, “he’s not dismissing their injuries, he’s describing their injuries.”

Unbelievable. pic.twitter.com/qx2H8a2KvU

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 26, 2020

jaunte Jan 26, 2020 • 10:21:31am

There is a guy in prison who literally tried to use bombs to take out Trump’s enemies. If the guy knew what he was doing dozens would be dead. This cult leader is talking to his extremist followers. https://t.co/EMKraJqWb2

— Todd Poirier (@todd_poirier) January 26, 2020

LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 10:23:12am

re: #1 Backwoods_Sleuth

Bullshit. He also lied that there were no injuries and honestly since we’ve gone from 11 wounded to 33 wounded, I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s been fatalities that he’s hidden from the public. Maybe not in this but in other adventures.

Charles Johnson Jan 26, 2020 • 10:23:38am

I stopped watching the Sunday morning interview shows because I get enough lying Republicans in my diet already.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 26, 2020

jaunte Jan 26, 2020 • 10:23:52am

Which ALSO means that after three years of squealing NO WAY OUR MAGA OVERLORD COULD BE THE ASSET OF A SOPHISTICATED SPY LIKE VLADIMIR PUTIN!!! they are now squealing “Donald Trump is the asset of two garden variety spies.”

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) January 26, 2020

BigPapa Jan 26, 2020 • 10:24:30am

Tom Cotton is a traitor to this country, a bald faced liar, a fascist supporting thug.

Hecuba's daughter Jan 26, 2020 • 10:26:27am

From downstairs:
re: #432 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Wouldn’t the Muslim citizens of Israel want the opportunity to visit Mecca?

Yes. My quarrel was with the title that said that it was Israel that was finally allowing her citizens to visit Saudi Arabia. My comment was that I didn’t think that Israel barred its citizens from doing so; that it was Saudi Arabia that kept them out.

Hecuba's daughter Jan 26, 2020 • 10:29:34am

re: #6 BigPapa

Tom Cotton is a traitor to this country, a bald faced liar, a fascist supporting thug.

And how does that differentiate him from every other Republican in the Senate? Some occasionally meekly take an alternative position — but really, have any shown any real courage? They all continue to support a President that they KNOW is owned by Putin — that makes them all traitors.

retired cynic Jan 26, 2020 • 10:33:10am

re: #8 Hecuba’s daughter

And how does that differentiate him from every other Republican in the Senate? Some occasionally meekly take an alternative position — but really, have any shown any real courage? They all continue to support a President that they KNOW is owned by Putin — that makes them all traitors.

Yes, but he is worse than most. Pushed that Iran letter to undermine Obama.

retired cynic Jan 26, 2020 • 10:33:59am

WaPo article on the Schiff threat:

washingtonpost.com

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Jan 26, 2020 • 10:34:29am

re: #1 Backwoods_Sleuth

https://t.co/vlUybspqQx

— 𝘞𝘉 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 🍕🐀 (@FormerDirtDart) January 26, 2020

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Jan 26, 2020 • 10:36:44am

She’s a good dog

“She wasn’t your typical apprehensive dog,” Rebecca Tate, the founder of Royal Animal Refuge, told CNN. “It was more like she was telling them, “Hey, just come with me.’ She kept stopping and turning around and waiting until they followed her.”
Clover led the volunteers of the non-profit animal shelter to the property where they “smelled death” and, realizing something was wrong, called the sheriff’s office, Tate said.

An emaciated female dog named Clover led animal shelter volunteers to a home in Georgia where her puppies, along with multiple dead and severely malnourished animals, were found https://t.co/IQ3eWsEqFl

— CNN (@CNN) January 26, 2020

retired cynic Jan 26, 2020 • 10:48:23am

Reminder of why DT doesn’t seem to fear being called to justice:

Just what were Donald Trump’s ties to the mob?
I’ve spent years investigating, and here’s what’s known.
By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON 5/22/16

jeffreyw Jan 26, 2020 • 10:49:05am

Bless His Noodly Appendages.. Ramen

Charles Johnson Jan 26, 2020 • 10:50:43am

pic.twitter.com/yVTEyBL8kU

— Kukla (@pr0udsnowflake) January 26, 2020

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Jan 26, 2020 • 10:53:12am

This year’s Oscar nominee theme:
🎶 White Male Rage 🎶#SNL pic.twitter.com/GCb8mSXqwr

— Saturday Night Live - SNL (@nbcsnl) January 26, 2020

Rightwingconspirator Jan 26, 2020 • 10:56:39am

In criminal trials, the prosecution gets the last word, because the burden of proof falls to them. But in the Senate the self-declared Trump loyalist Senators get the last word. This on top of Trumps successful efforts at hiding most evidence, discouraging the needed testimony. His lawyer lies about the facts with impunity, while a massive burden of perfection is aimed at the House.

Our democracy is on trial as much as Donald johnnie Trump.

unproven innocence Jan 26, 2020 • 11:00:15am

re: #17 Rightwingconspirator

As Franklin forewarned— “A Republic —if we can keep it.”

LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 11:00:26am

re: #9 retired cynic

Yes, but he is worse than most. Pushed that Iran letter to undermine Obama.

He’s another from the Pompeo school imo. The guys who worked to discredit every Obama foreign policy decision in the name of a delusion that Obama was somehow appeasing terrorism and tyranny. All the while embracing American Putinism.

LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 11:01:49am

re: #18 unproven innocence

As Franklin forewarned— “A Republic —if we can keep it.”

More than ever, we need Ben Franklins. Practical yet idealistic.

jaunte Jan 26, 2020 • 11:07:01am

Of course, in real life, career civil servants did come forward to speak truth before the House of Representatives, while the corrupt president’s political appointees refused to fulfill this duty, and the Senate didn’t have the courage to hear them.

— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) January 26, 2020

Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jan 26, 2020 • 11:08:37am

Afternoon Lizardim.

Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 26, 2020 • 11:10:08am

re: #1 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Cotton is a whore.

jaunte Jan 26, 2020 • 11:12:20am

In defense of Tom Cotton, sex work is real work.

jaunte Jan 26, 2020 • 11:16:09am

Apparently. Hell Jim Bakker has been on his apostate network telling the morons that “trump was leading Stormy Daniels to Jesus” when they were screwing. That must be why he paid her $130,000… he was buying prayer answers.

— JamieNT (@jamient1776) January 26, 2020

retired cynic Jan 26, 2020 • 11:16:25am

Impeachment Diary, Opinion
Trump’s lawyers are absolutely entitled to their own facts, Dana Milbank, WaPo

For three days, impeachment managers presented the facts to the Senate. On Saturday, the president’s lawyers presented the alternative facts.
As outlined in two hours on the Senate floor, theirs is a world in which Ukraine interfered in the U.S. election in 2016; where the FBI and intelligence community are disreputable; where the United States, not Europe, gives Ukraine the bulk of its foreign aid; where there was no quid pro quo with Ukraine and where a “transcript” of President Trump’s call conclusively proves it; where the halt of military aid to Ukraine was routine, and where Ukrainian officials didn’t even know about it; where the president was barred from impeachment proceedings; and where Robert Mueller totally vindicated Trump.
The late Daniel Patrick Moynihan famously said that “everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.” Moynihan was wrong. Very likely a majority of senators will, with their votes to acquit, conclude that Trump and his lawyers are perfectly entitled to their own facts.

jaunte Jan 26, 2020 • 11:24:02am

LOL. Schiff’s district is about as bright blue as it gets. Those voters are going to punish him?

Sure, Jan. https://t.co/vwjwJVJ3po

— Ed Bott (@edbott) January 26, 2020

Shropshire Slasher Jan 26, 2020 • 11:27:58am

I sure hope this coronavirus doesn’t affect me getting my baby Yoda doll!

plansbandc Jan 26, 2020 • 11:30:04am

Holy shit Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash.

plansbandc Jan 26, 2020 • 11:31:09am

re: #29 plansbandc

That is, unless TMZ sports was hacked.

LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 11:31:58am

re: #29 plansbandc

Holy shit Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash.

Oh no.

Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jan 26, 2020 • 11:32:59am

re: #29 plansbandc

Holy shit Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash.

WHAT?!

plansbandc Jan 26, 2020 • 11:34:29am

Looks like it’s confirmed. Wow.

PhillyPretzel Jan 26, 2020 • 11:34:44am

re: #32 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

re: #31 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

re: #29 plansbandc

Nothing on yahoo yet. And Wiki doesn’t have anything.

Ace Rothstein Jan 26, 2020 • 11:35:25am

Fuck.

LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 11:36:19am

And the Lakers are at his hometown Philadelphia 76ers with both I believe in contention.

The Pie Overlord! Jan 26, 2020 • 11:36:51am

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 11:37:07am

Nothing on NBA network.

PhillyPretzel Jan 26, 2020 • 11:37:38am

re: #38 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Nothing on WaPo too

LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 11:37:47am

Oops this is from last nyftr.

LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 11:38:14am

re: #39 PhillyPretzel

Nothing on WaPo too

I’m gonna call not able to verify at the moment.

The Pie Overlord! Jan 26, 2020 • 11:38:29am

We are aware of reports about Kobe Bryant and are currently investigating. We will update here as soon as we can confirm anything.

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) January 26, 2020

Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jan 26, 2020 • 11:38:40am

re: #37 The Pie Overlord!

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 11:39:17am

re: #42 The Pie Overlord!

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Charles Johnson Jan 26, 2020 • 11:39:49am

We are aware of reports about Kobe Bryant and are currently investigating. We will update here as soon as we can confirm anything.

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) January 26, 2020

Charles Johnson Jan 26, 2020 • 11:40:18am

TMZ is probably right on this one, sadly.

Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jan 26, 2020 • 11:40:39am

re: #46 Charles Johnson

TMZ is probably right on this one,sadly.

Yeah, I mentioned it to Mrs. Fish and she asked for a link, I sent it to her and she said, “TMZ? Well… fuck.”

PhillyPretzel Jan 26, 2020 • 11:40:51am

I will listen to KYW1060 AM. We will see what the local All News Radio says.

plansbandc Jan 26, 2020 • 11:40:55am

re: #46 Charles Johnson

They’re assholes, but are usually correct.

Charles Johnson Jan 26, 2020 • 11:41:09am

#BreakingNews
This is not a joke-Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas
Our ABC7 Desk has confirmed
#abc7eyewitness

— Curt Sandoval (@abc7curt) January 26, 2020

Eric The Fruit Bat Jan 26, 2020 • 11:41:28am

re: #34 PhillyPretzel

Wiki was just updated

Ace Rothstein Jan 26, 2020 • 11:41:50am

Lebron just broke Kobe’s scoring record last night.

goddamnedfrank Jan 26, 2020 • 11:42:27am

Fuck

#BreakingNews
This is not a joke-Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas
Our ABC7 Desk has confirmed
#abc7eyewitness

— Curt Sandoval (@abc7curt) January 26, 2020

Dr Lizardo Jan 26, 2020 • 11:42:36am

Los Angeles authorities are confirming a helicopter crash in Calabasas that reportedly had Kobe Bryant and four others on board. https://t.co/0YfKuMz6LP

— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) January 26, 2020

Ace Rothstein Jan 26, 2020 • 11:42:38am

Kobe Bryant was one of the baddest bad asses I ever saw play basketball.

The Pie Overlord! Jan 26, 2020 • 11:42:41am

I have 2 action paintings of Kobe Bryant that my Dad made. Rest in Power Kobe & Dad.

PhillyPretzel Jan 26, 2020 • 11:43:07am

Listening to KYW1060. News like that will be the top story on the Sport News which will be coming in a few minutes.

PhillyPretzel Jan 26, 2020 • 11:48:23am

Nada on KYW. RIP Mr Bryant. You will be missed.

Charles Johnson Jan 26, 2020 • 11:49:07am

Looks like TMZ was right, sadly. https://t.co/c8MJH28ngG

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 26, 2020

LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 11:49:29am

Bssevre: #57 PhillyPretzel

Listening to KYW1060. News like that will be the top story on the Sport News which will be coming in a few minutes.

Yes ESPN news has a timer.

PhillyPretzel Jan 26, 2020 • 11:52:01am

re: #60 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

I believe you and practically everyone here at LGF. The fact that Mr Bryant was born in Philly, I thought the local news radio station would have something.

LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 11:53:00am

re: #61 PhillyPretzel

I believe you and practically everyone here at LGF. The fact that Mr Bryant I thought the local news radio station would have something.

I’m not seeing anything on the major networks yet.

LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 11:53:16am

But if true, what a loss.

Ace Rothstein Jan 26, 2020 • 11:54:37am

Twitter over capacity right now.

LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 11:55:16am

Fox Sports news announces

Charles Johnson Jan 26, 2020 • 11:55:46am

ESPN now confirming too. https://t.co/4gNYj8Tqij

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 26, 2020

goddamnedfrank Jan 26, 2020 • 11:56:02am

So far am really not loving this year

— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) January 26, 2020

Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jan 26, 2020 • 11:56:24am

This is a decidedly somber way to begin the week.

Ace Rothstein Jan 26, 2020 • 11:56:41am

I swear to fucking dog. Trump, don’t say a fucking thing about it.

PhillyPretzel Jan 26, 2020 • 11:57:19am

They just announced it on KYW1060. :(

LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 11:57:31am

41 years old

Ace Rothstein Jan 26, 2020 • 11:58:01am

re: #65 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Just saw the tribute.

LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 11:58:50am

re: #69 Ace Rothstein

I swear to fucking dog. Trump, don’t say a fucking thing about it.

Yes especially given how close the NBA community is. They trash talk each other but there’s a shared love of the game that transcends rivalry.

plansbandc Jan 26, 2020 • 11:59:21am

Just a stunning reminder that you can have the world in the palm of your hand and then *poof* you’re gone. Very sad.

Dr Lizardo Jan 26, 2020 • 11:59:45am

re: #67 goddamnedfrank

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2020 needs to calm down.

Well, that’s a sad damn note to call it a day on. RIP to one of the legends of basketball.

William Lewis Jan 26, 2020 • 12:01:26pm

It’s on Sports Illustrated.

Ace Rothstein Jan 26, 2020 • 12:02:01pm

re: #73 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Yes especially given how close the NBA community is. They trash talk each other but there’s a shared love of the game that transcends rivalry.

Absolutely. They hate each other’s guts on the court, but will have drinks afterwards. And when the older ones retire, there is respect given to them for life. I see it very night at Rockets games. Hakeem Olajuwon has been retired now for close to twenty years, and pre-game every player from the opposing team shakes his hand or gives him a hug. Every time.

PhillyPretzel Jan 26, 2020 • 12:02:02pm

It is on yahoo. :(

Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jan 26, 2020 • 12:03:14pm

re: #74 plansbandc

Just a stunning reminder that you can have the world in the palm of your hand and then *poof* you’re gone. Very sad.

Naked I came into this world, and naked I will depart.

Even if you don’t believe in an afterlife to live for, you still can’t take it with you. Live each moment to the fullest.

Eventual Carrion Jan 26, 2020 • 12:05:11pm

ESPN app on my tablet just sent out a breaking news item about Kobe.

William Lewis Jan 26, 2020 • 12:05:58pm

re: #79 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Naked I came into this world, and naked I will depart.

Even if you don’t believe in an afterlife to live for, you still can’t take it with you. Live each moment to the fullest.

One of those times where the old King James is best…

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

PhillyPretzel Jan 26, 2020 • 12:06:37pm

Kobe is on the front page of the Inky.
inquirer.com

Eric The Fruit Bat Jan 26, 2020 • 12:07:05pm

The Detroit Free Press was updated with the announcement of Bryant’s death at the top.of the page.

Jay C Jan 26, 2020 • 12:09:18pm

Bummer.
RIP Kobe.

LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 12:09:41pm

Now on NBA network

PhillyPretzel Jan 26, 2020 • 12:12:24pm

Gee I tried to go to Wiki and it was very slow and we all know why. Very sad. :(

Eric The Fruit Bat Jan 26, 2020 • 12:15:36pm

WaPo sent out Breaking News alerts on Kobe.

Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 26, 2020 • 12:17:00pm

Boy this year is sucking dead doggy dicks,

PhillyPretzel Jan 26, 2020 • 12:17:18pm

re: #87 Eric The Fruit Bat

I am not a big basketball fan but this is very upsetting.

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Jan 26, 2020 • 12:17:22pm

#Update Downed aircraft is a helicopter. Flames extinguished. #Malibu deputies at crash site looking for survivors, 4200 blk Las Virgenes Rd #Calabasas #LASD pic.twitter.com/eixLhGhLyE

— LA County Sheriffs (@LASDHQ) January 26, 2020

plansbandc Jan 26, 2020 • 12:18:57pm

ABC News is saying that his kids were on board also. Jesus.

PhillyPretzel Jan 26, 2020 • 12:19:48pm

re: #91 plansbandc

Oy Vey. :(

#thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman) Jan 26, 2020 • 12:20:03pm

The Pie Overlord! Jan 26, 2020 • 12:22:37pm

Rest in Power Kobe! My dad was a big fan. He painted these pictures. #Kobe #KobeBryant pic.twitter.com/csapWuenBd

— Apple Pie Overlord (@Pie_Overlord) January 26, 2020

Teukka Jan 26, 2020 • 12:23:58pm

re: #67 goddamnedfrank

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— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) January 26, 2020

plansbandc Jan 26, 2020 • 12:24:15pm

Rick Fox was reportedly on board also. (Another former Laker and actor)

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Jan 26, 2020 • 12:24:43pm

re: #91 plansbandc

ABC News is saying that his kids were on board also. Jesus.

3. An on-air ABC News report has given people the impression that Kobe Bryant’s daughters were on board the helicopter.

So far no one else has that reporting and that reporting isn’t contained in ABC News digital story which I’ve linked in this tweet. https://t.co/3O27sdpENj

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 26, 2020

GlutenFreeJesus Jan 26, 2020 • 12:26:42pm

I really hope his kids weren’t with him too. Geez.

plansbandc Jan 26, 2020 • 12:27:35pm

The Rockets and Nuggets tip off at 1:30 and it’s apparent that no one wants to play.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 12:28:54pm

re: #99 plansbandc

The Rockets and Nuggets tip off at 1:30 and it’s apparent that no one wants to play.

Just call it at this point. People will understand.

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 26, 2020 • 12:28:56pm

re: #99 plansbandc

The Rockets and Nuggets tip off at 1:30 and it’s apparent that no one wants to play.

Can anyone blame them?

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jan 26, 2020 • 12:29:28pm

re: #100 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Just call it at this point. People will understand.

Pretty sure if they made an announcement as to why the game was canceled, the crowd would probably agree.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 12:29:28pm

re: #96 plansbandc

Rick Fox was reportedly on board also. (Another former Laker and actor)

Oh no. IIRC Rick was one of his best friends on the team. Not a star but a valuable contributor to why Kobe/Shaq were such a duo in those days.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 12:29:56pm

re: #102 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Pretty sure if they made an announcement as to why the game was canceled, the crowd would probably agree.

My youngest brother is a big NBA fan. It’s definitely a big family.

105

PhillyPretzel Jan 26, 2020 • 12:30:00pm

re: #101 Joe Bacon 🌹

No. I would not want to play after hearing news like that.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Jan 26, 2020 • 12:30:51pm

Good lord. I turned on the NFL Pro Bowl
They are seem to be playing something akin to flag football

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 12:31:33pm

re: #106 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Good lord. I turned on the NFL Pro Bowl
They are seem to be playing something akin to flag football

The guys I heard didn’t want to risk injury.

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plansbandc Jan 26, 2020 • 12:32:25pm

Now they’re saying the kids were NOT on board. Press conference coming up soon…

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PhillyPretzel Jan 26, 2020 • 12:33:37pm

re: #108 plansbandc

I hope the kids were not on that helicopter. Let us wait for the presser.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Jan 26, 2020 • 12:35:36pm

So @IwriteOK shared some scary “gun safety” pics from #Richmond2ARally and so I thought I’d share this winner from #AustinTX yesterday, spotted by @BatCity_Antifa.

Yes, she’s open carrying with her dog’s leash tied off to her rifle. Any gun safety experts have an opinion? pic.twitter.com/GsFSvBb9iN

— Kit O’Connell (@KitOConnell) January 26, 2020

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Jan 26, 2020 • 12:38:02pm

re: #107 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

The guys I heard didn’t want to risk injury.

It’s time to stop having the game. I’ve literally played rougher games of frisbee

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marcusgorillius Jan 26, 2020 • 12:38:16pm

re: #1 Backwoods_Sleuth

How fucking much lower can these people go!

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 12:39:11pm

re: #111 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

It’s time to stop having the game. I’ve literally played rougher games of frisbee

After seeing the Hernandez docu, I can’t disagree. I’ve lost my love for football. I still love baseball and enjoy basketball.

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sagehen Jan 26, 2020 • 12:42:21pm

re: #113 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

After seeing the Hernandez docu, I can’t disagree. I’ve lost my love for football. I still love baseball and enjoy basketball.

A very wise man once told me “baseball is science, basketball is art, football is war.”

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 26, 2020 • 12:43:06pm

Now the latest post 5 killed in the crash

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 26, 2020 • 12:43:37pm

Video link to KTLA 5

ktla.com

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 12:44:52pm

re: #114 sagehen

A very wise man once told me “baseball is science, basketball is art, football is war.”

Baseball is my poetry. I’m 32 but I still dream about being on the mound trying to get out of a jam in the bottom of the 9th inning against the heart of the order. I’d give up a home run obviously IRL but in my dream of dreams, I’m Mike Mussina or Greg Maddux or Mariano Rivera, stoic as hell and completely calm armed only with my stuff and grit.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Jan 26, 2020 • 12:46:28pm

5. TMZ is reporting (via a statement from Kobe’s rep) that his 13-year-old daughter Gianna Maria Onore aka GiGi was on board the helicopter and has died. https://t.co/VqFyo6T38B

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 26, 2020

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 26, 2020 • 12:50:22pm

STOP SPREADING this! RICK WAS NOT ON THE HELICOPTER!

— Jared Greenberg (@JaredSGreenberg) January 26, 2020

I have personally communicated with Rick Fox via text since the news about Kobe dying came out PLEASE STOP spreading “news” unless you personally can confirm it!

— Jared Greenberg (@JaredSGreenberg) January 26, 2020

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PhillyPretzel Jan 26, 2020 • 12:51:35pm

Local PBS Station WHYY has this news item on Kobe Bryant.
whyy.org

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 26, 2020 • 12:52:55pm

NADLER confirms his wife is battling pancreatic cancer and will miss part of the Senate trial this week pic.twitter.com/zcgBIYAfR0

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 26, 2020

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 12:53:55pm

re: #121 Backwoods_Sleuth

Shit, that’s awful. I understand completely though.

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sagehen Jan 26, 2020 • 12:54:32pm

re: #117 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Baseball is my poetry. I’m 32 but I still dream about being on the mound trying to get out of a jam in the bottom of the 9th inning against the heart of the order. I’d give up a home run obviously IRL but in my dream of dreams, I’m Mike Mussina or Greg Maddux or Mariano Rivera, stoic as hell and completely calm armed only with my stuff and grit.

If I were to fantasize about a baseball moment I’d want to be mine… it’s Kirk Gibson, 1988 World Series, bottom of the 9th, team down 4-3, player on 1st. The man can barely walk, pulled left hamstring, swollen right knee. Two strikes and then… HOME RUN. Limps around the bases, team wins 5-4.

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PhillyPretzel Jan 26, 2020 • 12:55:17pm

re: #121 Backwoods_Sleuth

I do not blame him. Bryant and Nadler on the same day. Very sad news. Oy Vey.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 26, 2020 • 12:55:32pm

fuck off, moron

Reports are that basketball great Kobe Bryant and three others have been killed in a helicopter crash in California. That is terrible news!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 26, 2020

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jan 26, 2020 • 12:57:00pm

re: #123 sagehen

If I were to fantasize about a baseball moment I’d want to be mine… it’s Kirk Gibson, 1988 World Series, bottom of the 9th, team down 4-3, player on 1st. The man can barely walk, pulled left hamstring, swollen right knee. Two strikes and then… HOME RUN. Limps around the bases, team wins 5-4.

I always imagined a Jack Morris moment for myself.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 12:57:12pm

re: #123 sagehen

If I were to fantasize about a baseball moment I’d want to be mine… it’s Kirk Gibson, 1988 World Series, bottom of the 9th, team down 4-3, player on 1st. The man can barely walk, pulled left hamstring, swollen right knee. Two strikes and then… HOME RUN. Limps around the bases, team wins 5-4.

Yeah that is most people’s dream too. However, I discovered I was afraid of inside fastballs when I was 10 :). The Gibson-Eck home run though, it’s the stuff of legends. It’s Roy Hobbs but better since it’s real and Vin Scully is doing the play by play on one side and Jack Buck on another. I believe Don Drysdale- former Dodger also called it. Baseball’s beauty is in its calls too. I DON”T BELIEVE WHAT I JUST SAW.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jan 26, 2020 • 12:57:35pm

re: #121 Backwoods_Sleuth

FUCK pancreatic cancer and I hope that disease is someday confined to the pits of hell from whence it came.

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ckkatz Jan 26, 2020 • 12:57:58pm

To add to mmmirele’s excellent post from last thread…

Some interesting points about the “Spanish Influenza” from the book “The Great Influenza” By John Barry.

1. The medical profession was just starting to professionalize. There were still practicing doctors who had entered the profession under the ‘old’, less scientifically rigorous criteria.

2. Science was just beginning to figure out that viruses even existed. Understanding the rapidity of flu virus mutation and that it could jump across species boundaries took decades of further research.

3. The deadliest issue with the later mutations of the pandemic flu was that it triggered a massive immune reaction in humans. That also meant that the healthiest humans were the ones most likely to become gravely ill.

4. Author Barry subscribes to the theory that the pandemic flu originated on a swine farm in Kansas. He also believes that the first wave of flu was far milder than the later waves.

re: #323 mmmirele

Back in the early 1980s, when I went to university, the pandemic of 1918-1919 had been pretty much forgotten. One of the few scholars was historian Alfred Crosby, who taught at my alma mater, the University of Texas at Austin, and wrote a book called “America’s Forgotten Pandemic.”

People know more about pandemics today than they did four decades ago, and about the 1918-1919 flu, we know quite a lot. Scientists have even exhumed bodies buried in Alaskan permafrost to collect samples of the virus. But we still don’t know the source—it’s been alternately speculated to have been France, Kansas (Crosby), or China. The 1918-1919 pandemic is known to be an H1N1 virus with possible avian origins.

I have a bad feeling we may be looking at another awful pandemic.

Oh, there’s a science fiction novel called “The Doomsday Book” by Connie Willis. It’s a time travel novel but in the background is a massive killing pandemic in the present (2054-2055) day.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 12:58:38pm

re: #124 PhillyPretzel

I do not blame him. Bryant and Nadler on the same day. Very sad news. Oy Vey.

It’s Mrs. Nadler but I can tell you how awful that cancer is. I’ve definitely heard more emotion in Nadler’s voice than the other six managers. Not that he’s been too emotional but his voice has cracked a couple times during his presentations to the Senate.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Jan 26, 2020 • 12:59:14pm

Sources: Kobe Bryant was on his way to a travel basketball game with his daughter Gianna when the helicopter crashed. Those aboard the helicopter also included another player and parent.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 26, 2020

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 12:59:28pm

re: #128 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

FUCK pancreatic cancer and I hope that disease is someday confined to the pits of hell from whence it came.

The mind who develops a pancreatic transplant will be a Nobel Peace Prize winner.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jan 26, 2020 • 12:59:55pm

re: #127 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Yeah that is most people’s dream too. However, I discovered I was afraid of inside fastballs when I was 10 :). The Gibson-Eck home run though, it’s the stuff of legends. It’s Roy Hobbs but better since it’s real and Vin Scully is doing the play by play on one side and Jack Buck on another. I believe Don Drysdale- former Dodger also called it. Baseball’s beauty is in its calls too. I DON”T BELIEVE WHAT I JUST SAW.

To that last point, I’m reminded of the simple understatement of Kirby Puckett’s home run in 1991 Game 6: “And we’ll see you tomorrow night!”

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 26, 2020 • 1:00:22pm

Majority of people being … Fox News?

I don’t think so.

Why don’t you just go golfing and let us sort this out https://t.co/UXmCqbqM4A

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) January 26, 2020

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 1:00:35pm

re: #133 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

To that last point, I’m reminded of the simple understatement of Kirby Puckett’s home run in 1991 Game 6: “And we’ll see you tomorrow night!”

It’s too bad that he couldn’t pass that down to his son. Jack was awesome. Joe on the otherhand is a bore.

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Teukka Jan 26, 2020 • 1:00:49pm

re: #132 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

The mind who develops a pancreatic transplant will be a Nobel Peace Prize winner.

Pancreatic cancer is nasty because it metastases easily.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jan 26, 2020 • 1:00:57pm

re: #135 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

It’s too bad that he couldn’t pass that down to his son. Jack was awesome. Joe on the otherhand is a bore.

Oh, God. Joe Buck grates on me so badly. Every time he shows up, I reach for the mute button.

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#thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman) Jan 26, 2020 • 1:01:13pm

re: #125 Backwoods_Sleuth

fuck off, moron

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Man wouldn’t know empathy or how to express it if it came up and hugged him

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PhillyPretzel Jan 26, 2020 • 1:01:29pm

re: #130 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Yes. I realize that and cancer affects all of those involved. Although it is Mrs Nadler he is and will be affected. A one-two punch of bad news. This is not a good way to start off any week.

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sagehen Jan 26, 2020 • 1:01:44pm

re: #136 Teukka

Pancreatic cancer is nasty because it metastases easily.

and because there’s no symptoms until it’s too late.

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#thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman) Jan 26, 2020 • 1:02:33pm

re: #127 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Yeah that is most people’s dream too. However, I discovered I was afraid of inside fastballs when I was 10 :). The Gibson-Eck home run though, it’s the stuff of legends. It’s Roy Hobbs but better since it’s real and Vin Scully is doing the play by play on one side and Jack Buck on another. I believe Don Drysdale- former Dodger also called it. Baseball’s beauty is in its calls too. I DON”T BELIEVE WHAT I JUST SAW.

Yeah ida said my fantasy is to be Roy hobbs

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 26, 2020 • 1:03:02pm

We don’t need taxpayer-funded arrogant dickhead at the State Department either, but here we are. https://t.co/aeq4o0lWbN

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) January 26, 2020

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 1:03:10pm

re: #139 PhillyPretzel

Yes. I realize that and cancer affects all of those involved. Although it is Mrs Nadler he is and will be affected. A one-two punch of bad news. This is not a good way to start off any week.

Yeah it’s a gut puncher all right. It really feels like this is a period of profound disillusionment.

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Mattand Jan 26, 2020 • 1:03:55pm

Pancreatic cancer is what eventually did my dad in two years ago. Although it’s possible he knew he had it for a while and didn’t tell anyone.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 1:03:58pm

re: #141 Dangerman (slowly converting a pool into a pond)

Yeah ida said my fantasy is to be Roy hobbs

Yeah I’m the guy who strikes out Roy Hobbs hahaha. But it’s a great dream. I just as I said realized I stopped dreaming that way because I couldn’t hit way too early.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 26, 2020 • 1:04:35pm

#BREAKING: Of five rockets fired tonight, three rockets in direct hit on US embassy in Iraqi capital, including one on cafeteria: security source - via @AFP

— Maya Gebeily (@GebeilyM) January 26, 2020

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 1:05:06pm

re: #146 Backwoods_Sleuth

Oh but all is fine. //

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jan 26, 2020 • 1:05:11pm

re: #144 Mattand

Pancreatic cancer is what eventually did my dad in two years ago. Although it’s possible he knew he had it for a while and didn’t tell anyone.

Took two of my grandparents. My dad’s mom was the worst because I knew her the best, and I called her a week before she died and it was the absolute most miserable phone call I’ve ever had in my life. Hearing a strong, self-sufficient woman reduced to begging for death…

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DodgerFan1988 Jan 26, 2020 • 1:08:25pm

Sources: Kobe Bryant was on his way to a travel basketball game with his daughter Gianna when the helicopter crashed. Those aboard the helicopter also included another player and parent.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 26, 2020

At a loss for words.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Jan 26, 2020 • 1:09:45pm

re: #146 Backwoods_Sleuth

BREAKING: Rocket Attack on US Embassy in #Iraq

• Katyusha 🚀 hit Emb. in Baghdad
• 3 rockets inside Embassy (AFP)
• One hit Emb. dining hall (@GebeilyM)
• No deaths, but injuries unclear (BBC)
• Iraq Gov, PM condemn
• First Direct hit at embassy, others missed

— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) January 26, 2020

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 26, 2020 • 1:11:08pm

The US abortion rate is at a lower rate than when Roe v. Wade was decided, life is winning in America! pic.twitter.com/IcZEhoE0LR

— Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) January 25, 2020

so, if Roe v Wade is repealed, will the abortion rate go back up, Mikie?

minimoron

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Mattand Jan 26, 2020 • 1:11:32pm

re: #148 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Took two of my grandparents. My dad’s mom was the worst because I knew her the best, and I called her a week before she died and it was the absolute most miserable phone call I’ve ever had in my life. Hearing a strong, self-sufficient woman reduced to begging for death…

Ugh. So sorry to hear that.

My dad had diabetes, Parkinson’s, and arthritis on top of everything else. That last two weeks he just fell apart. He fell out of bed early one morning was stuck in a praying position at the bed for three hours until I kicked down the door to get to him.

When the EMTs got there and got him in a sitting position, they lifted his shirt and his stomach was all bloated and yellow. When we asked how long that had been going on, he nonchalantly replied a month.

One of his drinking buddies may have accidentally let slip that Dad knew he had it for a while, but I was too distracted for that to register until later that day.

Sorry to bring the thread down. There’s probably nothing we could have done, but I’m still angry about the whole thing.

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plansbandc Jan 26, 2020 • 1:11:56pm

re: #113 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

I lost my love for football too. And I was a ridiculous fan for 5 decades.

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steve_davis Jan 26, 2020 • 1:12:05pm

re: #114 sagehen

A very wise man once told me “baseball is science, basketball is art, football is war.”

and chess is all three.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 1:13:10pm

re: #153 plansbandc

I lost my love for football too. And I was a ridiculous fan for 5 decades.

Yeah I’ll always have a soft spot for my Steelers but I’ve lost my love for it. It’s too militant.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 26, 2020 • 1:13:43pm

Wow.

The WH press secretary went on TV today and said she believed Rudy Giuliani was at that dinner, and that he brought his two associates to the table.

But he says he *wasn’t* there, and that he hadn’t even *met* them yet….. https://t.co/Df99YVzdE2

— Steven Portnoy (@stevenportnoy) January 26, 2020

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 1:15:12pm

Another thing about the basketball community that I like is that it’s very inclusionary compared to many other sports.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Jan 26, 2020 • 1:16:56pm

Pilots are ‘the help’ and they don’t count

— 𝘞𝘉 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 🍕🐀 (@FormerDirtDart) January 26, 2020

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 1:18:02pm

re: #158 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

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I just wish he would let the proper authorities speak. This has nothing to do with him.

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plansbandc Jan 26, 2020 • 1:19:11pm

re: #123 sagehen

Always fantasized about playing Bball in the Olympics. I was a decent player, but decidedly not great. Did letter a couple of years though.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 26, 2020 • 1:19:23pm

Actually I prefer “Who cares? Answer the question please.” https://t.co/p3CBplhm6c

— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) January 26, 2020

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 1:19:28pm

Nothing from Obama. You guys gotta remember how much the NBA community loves Obama because Obama really was the first President to be a passionate basketball fan.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 1:20:49pm

re: #160 plansbandc

Always fantasized about playing Bball in the Olympics. I was a decent player, but decidedly not great. Did letter a couple of years though.

I was a recess player. But I always exaggerated my game to my players I assisted coached in youth basketball especially my kid brother who never saw me play team sports. I loved playing with my pals tho.

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Mattand Jan 26, 2020 • 1:20:55pm

re: #159 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

I just wish he would let the proper authorities speak. This has nothing to do with him.

Words cannot express how much I hate this guy is President, and how much I despise every one who voted for him; every fucking Bernie Bro who went suicide bomber and voted for him or stayed home; and the fucknut “independents” who went Magic Balance Fairy and thought HRC was “just as bad”.

Fuck everyone of them.

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PhillyPretzel Jan 26, 2020 • 1:21:24pm

re: #162 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

He is probably stunned by the news. He will say something of note and more eloquent than anyone else could.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 1:22:35pm

re: #165 PhillyPretzel

He is probably stunned by the news. He will say something of note and more eloquent than anyone else could.

That’s what I was thinking. Kobe wasn’t just a tweet click to him. He was a person.

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mmmirele Jan 26, 2020 • 1:23:25pm

re: #151 Backwoods_Sleuth

This very righteous woman (she calls herself “Jamie Jeffries The Pro-Life Wife”) is having this little nugget posted around:

The tl;dr is she convinced a woman to not have an abortion, the woman gave birth, but at six months, the woman couldn’t handle the baby, DCS took the baby, and the woman put Jamie Jeffries down as the next preferred placement. The rest of the rant is I CAN’T HANDLE A BABY IT WOULD RUIN ME.

She’s being dragged and you know, she so deserves it.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 26, 2020 • 1:24:15pm

re: #162 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Nothing from Obama. You guys gotta remember how much the NBA community loves Obama because Obama really was the first President to be a passionate basketball fan.

doing the prudent thing of waiting for more information

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 1:24:17pm

And you all who aren’t even fans of basketball, thank you for not doing the oh “an overpaid athlete” thing I sometimes see in tragedy like this. But this was a person and a person who meant a lot to a lot of people of all ages and backgrounds.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 1:24:48pm

re: #168 Backwoods_Sleuth

doing the prudent thing of waiting for more information

Yeah. I miss Obama’s temperamental conservatism.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 26, 2020 • 1:26:12pm

They missed the asterisk after ‘nations’*

* Exclusions apply https://t.co/mZbjSqV17m

— Tripe Marketing Board (@TripeUK) January 26, 2020

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Eclectic Cyborg Jan 26, 2020 • 1:26:46pm

re: #169 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

I take it as a reminder that we are never guaranteed tomorrow so it’s important to make our lives mean something in the here and now.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 26, 2020 • 1:27:41pm

Also, Barack and Michelle probably prefer to speak with Vanessa first.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 1:28:11pm

re: #172 Eclectic Cyborg

I take it as a reminder that we are never guaranteed tomorrow so it’s important to make our lives mean something in the here and now.

He really meant a lot to the game. For the kids I coached, he was their Jordan.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 1:28:30pm

re: #173 Backwoods_Sleuth

Also, Barack and Michelle probably prefer to speak with Vanessa first.

Yes. That was my point exactly.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 26, 2020 • 1:28:34pm

Meanwhile the commander in chief is amplifying an incorrect report he apparently lifted from watching Fox News about the number of people dead in the crash that killed Kobe Bryant. Dark timeline. https://t.co/JEtJpqOgA6

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 26, 2020

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Eclectic Cyborg Jan 26, 2020 • 1:29:26pm

billy joel only the good die young

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plansbandc Jan 26, 2020 • 1:30:38pm

Well, Kobe’s daughter Gigi, the budding basketball star, died in the crash too. :(

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 1:31:34pm

re: #178 plansbandc

Well, Kobe’s daughter Gigi, the budding basketball star, died in the crash too. :(

Damn.

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Chrysicat Jan 26, 2020 • 1:32:07pm

Hey, #SenCottonMouth, if the injuries are to the right parts of the brain, they leave someone LOOKING able-bodied, but unable to operate some portion of it! Casualties are more than just external maiming!

— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) January 26, 2020

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 26, 2020 • 1:41:05pm

re: #180 Chrysicat

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Usual GOP bullshit coming from a brain dead asshole.

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Chrysicat Jan 26, 2020 • 1:51:24pm

Repeat after me:TheOnlyWayToGetHisExactPlanIsAsADictator.Especially considering how many DEMS in the Senate will refuse it as he wants it, let ALONE Republicans.

— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) January 26, 2020

For the record? I’m now trying to get him to block me, ‘cause I still refuse to block him but I also don’t want to be putting out fires he sets on my lawn 18 hours every day for the next week.

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goddamnedfrank Jan 26, 2020 • 1:56:17pm

Trying to imagine reaction to Obama overtly threatening a US Rep during an impeachment trial over a clear abuse of power while also lying about, denying & then minimizing soldiers’ traumatic brain injuries in order to extricate himself from a conflict he had recklessly started

— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) January 26, 2020

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Chrysicat Jan 26, 2020 • 2:00:26pm

Who can energize the Democratic base? Who is the most charismatic candidate to get almost every Democratic American to brave the cold, the long lines, every barrier the Republicans will create to suppress voters?

— LilDivaz (@LilDivaz1) January 26, 2020

Just “MAG” hats. Bernie’s coalition includes too many #AmericaWasNEVERGreat types for the second “A” to fit. Not that they’re necessarily WRONG, and it certainly wasn’t great when a RED-HAT MAGAt says it was…

— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) January 26, 2020

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Eclectic Cyborg Jan 26, 2020 • 2:02:23pm

Compare with Trumps bullshit tweet from earlier:

Kobe was a legend on the court and just getting started in what would have been just as meaningful a second act. To lose Gianna is even more heartbreaking to us as parents. Michelle and I send love and prayers to Vanessa and the entire Bryant family on an unthinkable day.

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) January 26, 2020

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 2:02:34pm

re: #184 Chrysicat

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Bernie can energize the Dem base? Explains his commanding lead.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 2:03:51pm

re: #185 Eclectic Cyborg

Compare with Trumps bullshit tweet from earlier:

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I miss him. The genuine humanity in that man and his family has been lacking from the Presidency the last three years..

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PhillyPretzel Jan 26, 2020 • 2:05:27pm

re: #185 Eclectic Cyborg

Yes. Barak Obama did it again. A touching and sincere tweet to honor Mr Bryant and emotional support to all those who read it. Thank you

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Jan 26, 2020 • 2:05:58pm

Greta Thunberg slams Associated Press photo that cropped out Ugandan activist Vanessa Nakate https://t.co/TVeytFZmZj pic.twitter.com/waBNTf6lUn

— The Hill (@thehill) January 26, 2020

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 2:08:14pm

re: #188 PhillyPretzel

Yes. Barak Obama did it again. A touching and sincere tweet to honor Mr Bryant and emotional support to all those who read it. Thank you

It’s effortless for him. His mother and grandparents would have been proud to watch him as President. He really realized he was everyone’s president. Something his successor forgets as he live tweets slobbering hacks rationalizing him.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 2:09:26pm

re: #189 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

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Greta is awesome. She’s done more a lot of good not just on climate change awareness but a human face on Asperger’s.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Jan 26, 2020 • 2:09:52pm

re: #189 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

For the love of Dog, don’t read the comments to The Hill article

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Hecuba's daughter Jan 26, 2020 • 2:11:04pm

re: #125 Backwoods_Sleuth

fuck off, moron

Reports are that basketball great Kobe Bryant and three others have been killed in a helicopter crash in California. That is terrible news!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 26, 2020

As usual he gets the facts wrong and he doesn’t know how to express empathy, but this is not an appalling tweet. I hate and despise him with the fire of a million suns but the tweet is not inappropriate. Let’s criticize for all his serious flaws as president and as a human being — but this doesn’t rank anywhere on the list.

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plansbandc Jan 26, 2020 • 2:11:16pm

I think Warren would be an outstanding President, but this country will not vote in a woman for President. Biden in our best shot.

Bernie will lose every state except his own.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 2:12:11pm

re: #193 Hecuba’s daughter

As usual he gets the facts wrong and he doesn’t know how to express empathy, but this is not an appalling tweet. I hate and despise him with the fire of a million suns but the tweet is not inappropriate. Let’s criticize for all his serious flaws as president and as a human being — but this doesn’t rank anywhere on the list.

He should wait for the facts to come out especially given that the NBA community as a whole has had a difficult relationship with him.

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Jay C Jan 26, 2020 • 2:13:54pm

re: #193 Hecuba’s daughter

True comment: it’s formulaic and awkward, but if that’s as bad as a Trump tweet gets, it’s still better than virtually all the others.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 2:15:27pm

Lre: #196 Jay C

True comment: it’s formulaic and awkward, but if that’s as bad as Trump tweet gets, it’s still better than virtually all the others.

It’s just this whole pattern of blurting out without knowing the facts. He thinks he’s a social media star. Let the facts come out from the people in the know and turn comment.

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Citizen K Jan 26, 2020 • 2:16:39pm

re: #194 plansbandc

I think Warren would be an outstanding President, but this country will not vote in a woman for President. Biden in our best shot.

Bernie will lose every state except his own.

It really does feel like at this rate, we won’t see another black and/or female president in this country for at least another 20-30 years.

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Jay C Jan 26, 2020 • 2:17:47pm

re: #192 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

For the love of Dog, don’t read the comments to The Hill article

I couldn’t get the comments to open: how bad are they?

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Mescalero09 Jan 26, 2020 • 2:20:04pm

Kobe wore #24. Nicely done.
Raptors and Spurs Take 24 Second Violations to Honor Kobe

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plansbandc Jan 26, 2020 • 2:20:40pm

re: #198 Citizen K

Certainly not in my lifetime.

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plansbandc Jan 26, 2020 • 2:21:30pm

I’m not sure this country will EVER elect a women President. This country really really REALLY hates women.

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Eclectic Cyborg Jan 26, 2020 • 2:22:58pm

re: #202 plansbandc

I’m not sure this country will EVER elect a women President. This country really really REALLY hates women.

Given current trends, we might be stuck with rich old white guys for the foreseeable future.

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Chrysicat Jan 26, 2020 • 2:24:24pm

I was in a “not havin’ any” mood earlier:

And just as importantly, the ones it’s lost the parental connections to? Linda, sweetie, those kids ARE going to come into the US. And be adopted into Quiverfull and other fundamentalist families, where if they’re lucky they’ll be more than glorified slaves.

— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) January 26, 2020

Oh, GOOD! Then it didn’t lose anything in the transition from mouth to screen! I was GOING for a “bless your heart” vibe!

— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) January 26, 2020

Note how in the response to my first one she outright says it’s fine for them to come in as long as they’re severed from Maya culture.

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 26, 2020 • 2:25:33pm

re: #194 plansbandc

I think Warren would be an outstanding President, but this country will not vote in a woman for President. Biden in our best shot.

Bernie will lose every state except his own.

Bernie will join McGovern and Mondale in the One State Plus DC Club.

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lizardofid Jan 26, 2020 • 2:26:13pm

re: #200 Mescalero09ue

Kobe wore #24. Nicely done.
Raptors and Spurs Take 24 Second Violations to Honor Kobe

Lot of pain around the league. I doubt anyone cares wants to play.

This Doc Rivers press conference is heartbreaking #RIPKobe pic.twitter.com/MdNr5KQyhG

— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) January 26, 2020

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 2:26:16pm

re: #205 Joe Bacon 🌹

Bernie will join McGovern and Mondale in the One State Plus DC Club.

I don’t think it would be that bad but I think Bernie would be a flop as a GE nominee.

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Eclectic Cyborg Jan 26, 2020 • 2:26:57pm

re: #206 lizardofid

ue

Lot of pain around the league. I doubt anyone cares wants to play.

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There’s no words to express the pain Im going through with this tragedy of loosing my neice Gigi & my brother @kobebryant I love u and u will be missed. My condolences goes out to the Bryant family and the families of the other passengers on board. IM SICK RIGHT NOW pic.twitter.com/pigHywq3c1

— SHAQ (@SHAQ) January 26, 2020

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calochortus Jan 26, 2020 • 2:27:27pm

re: #205 Joe Bacon 🌹

Bernie will join McGovern and Mondale in the One State Plus DC Club.

I hope you’re not right. My current nightmare is Warren and Biden splitting the sane vote (with a few percent of that going to other candidates,) and Bernie walking away with the nomination.

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PhillyPretzel Jan 26, 2020 • 2:28:48pm

re: #206 lizardofid

I could not watch more than a few seconds of it to see he was very upset. Lots of people are upset by this news. :(

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The Pie Overlord! Jan 26, 2020 • 2:29:22pm

I. Just. Can’t.

Trump says Bloomberg isn’t going to win because he’s a terrible speaker and can’t speak properly pic.twitter.com/qJqxp6NIUf

— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) January 26, 2020

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 2:29:53pm

re: #211 The Pie Overlord!

I. Just. Can’t.

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That’s rich.

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The Pie Overlord! Jan 26, 2020 • 2:30:19pm

As I try to write this post, my mind is racing. I’m in disbelief and have been crying all morning over this devastating news that Kobe and his young daughter, Gigi have passed away in a helicopter crash. Cookie and I are heartbroken. pic.twitter.com/X2vF0M0a1u

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) January 26, 2020

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plansbandc Jan 26, 2020 • 2:33:45pm

re: #207 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Yep, it will be that bad. The Republicans will call him a commie and it will be a bloodbath. Trump wins and he never relinquishes power. Installs one of his kids, and shit is done.

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Citizen K Jan 26, 2020 • 2:35:24pm

re: #212 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

That’s rich.

The consistency of his projection is just amazing. That’s about the only thing consistent or amazing about him though.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 2:35:33pm

re: #214 plansbandc

Yep, it will be that bad. The Republicans will call him a commie and it will be a bloodbath. Trump wins and he never relinquishes power. Installs one of his kids, and shit is done.

I really think so many people overrate Bernie as a GE candidate. He’s never faced attack ads from the right.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jan 26, 2020 • 2:36:14pm

re: #216 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

I really think so many people overrate Bernie as a GE candidate. He’s never faced attack ads from the right.

They will annihilate him.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 2:37:07pm

re: #217 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

They will annihilate him.

I think so too.

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danarchy Jan 26, 2020 • 2:37:20pm

re: #205 Joe Bacon 🌹

Bernie will join McGovern and Mondale in the One State Plus DC Club.

Do you seriously believe states like california, massachusetts, NY, NJ and probably a dozen others would ever vote for Trump regardless of who the Dem candidate is? We live in polarized times and that just isn’t going happen.

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 26, 2020 • 2:37:50pm

re: #207 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

I don’t think it would be that bad but I think Bernie would be a flop as a GE nominee.

It will be that bad. Friend still active in Democratic politics told me that they got a hold on the Frank Luntz dossier on Bernie and it’s a GOP wet dream. Luntz outlined dozens of attacks on Bernie and if they used that it will not only sink Bernie but take down lots of Democrats for Senate, House, Governors, state legislators and local candidates. It’s far more devastating than what they did to McGovern and Mondale.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 2:38:50pm

re: #219 danarchy

Do you seriously believe states like california, massachusetts, NY, NJ and probably a dozen others would ever vote for Trump regardless of who the Dem candidate is? We live in polarized times and that just isn’t going happen.

That’s where I am. He’s easily good for 150-200 EVs but I have no faith in him running an effective GE campaign.

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 26, 2020 • 2:39:07pm

re: #219 danarchy

Do you seriously believe states like california, massachusetts, NY, NJ and probably a dozen others would ever vote for Trump regardless of who the Dem candidate is? We live in polarized times and that just isn’t going happen.

I lived thru 1972 and 1984. Yes I can believe that what I posted above would happen with Bernie losing the electoral college 532-6.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 2:40:36pm

re: #220 Joe Bacon 🌹

It will be that bad. Friend still active in Democratic politics told me that they got a hold on the Frank Luntz dossier on Bernie and it’s a GOP wet dream. Luntz outlined dozens of attacks on Bernie and if they used that it will not only sink Bernie but take down lots of Democrats for Senate, House, Governors, state legislators and local candidates. It’s far more devastating than what they did to McGovern and Mondale.

I just think right now we’re so polarized that he’s got a higher ceiling than McGovern or Mondale but I think it’s more a sign of the times.

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unproven innocence Jan 26, 2020 • 2:41:57pm

Nine died in the crash —just reported.

Youtube Video

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 2:42:39pm

re: #224 unproven innocence

Nine died in the crash —just reported.

Shit.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Jan 26, 2020 • 2:43:01pm

LA County Sheriff: 9 people were on flight manifest. Q: Were there 9 bodies? “Yes, that is the belief.” Adds that it’s wholly inappropriate to learn about a loved one who has perished from TMZ.

— Molly Hunter (@mollymhunter) January 26, 2020

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Citizen K Jan 26, 2020 • 2:44:21pm

re: #221 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

That’s where I am. He’s easily good for 150-200 EVs but I have no faith in him running an effective GE campaign.

This is about where I’m at. That said…

re: #222 Joe Bacon 🌹

I lived thru 1972 and 1984. Yes I can believe that what I posted above would happen with Bernie losing the electoral college 532-6.

If this comes to pass, it basically means that the entire country just hopelessly and endlessly conservative to the point of no return. The only thing Reagan and Trump have in common appeal-wise is the cultish fervor from their supporters. If Trump would be able to pull off that kind of win, even as stratified and polarized as the lines are drawn at this point, it basically means that any support for Dems is about a millimeter deep while conservative support is truly endless. It’ll be the deathknell of any hope other than eternal conservitopia.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 2:44:23pm

re: #226 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

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That’s why I appreciated that the sports media waited to confirm.

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William Lewis Jan 26, 2020 • 2:44:26pm

re: #153 plansbandc

I lost my love for football too. And I was a ridiculous fan for 5 decades.

Lost it years ago when they allowed Peterson to get away with abusively beating his child as “discipline” only because he was a star combined with all the TBI stuff that was coming out then. I watch EPL soccer these days; go Gunners!

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Hecuba's daughter Jan 26, 2020 • 2:45:07pm

re: #220 Joe Bacon 🌹

It will be that bad. Friend still active in Democratic politics told me that they got a hold on the Frank Luntz dossier on Bernie and it’s a GOP wet dream. Luntz outlined dozens of attacks on Bernie and if they used that it will not only sink Bernie but take down lots of Democrats for Senate, House, Governors, state legislators and local candidates. It’s far more devastating than what they did to McGovern and Mondale.

That seems right; however, today I was engaging in one of my favorite pastimes — visiting open houses that I never plan to buy. My coat sports a “Democrat for President” button. The realtor for the open house admired my button and said she agreed entirely. I laughed and said that, for me, it applied to everyone except Tulsi — and she dissented and said she would vote for ANY Democrat. It is possible that, just like the Trump cult doesn’t care about any facts, Bernie will get elected because a sufficient number of Americans are so angry they won’t care and will treat any of the facts against Bernie as lies. After all, how does anyone know what is true these days.

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danarchy Jan 26, 2020 • 2:45:19pm

re: #222 Joe Bacon 🌹

I lived thru 1972 and 1984. Yes I can believe that what I posted above would happen with Bernie losing the electoral college 532-6.

This isn’t the same country as it was 50 years ago or even 40 years ago. I prefer to live in the reality of the present. The Dems could run Obama’s dog Bo and carry a dozen states at least.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 2:47:02pm

re: #231 danarchy

This isn’t the same country as it was 50 years ago or even 40 years ago. I prefer to live in the reality of the present. The Dems could run Obama’s dog Bo and carry a dozen states at least.

I call it the 45-45 rule which ironically Trump himself I think proved. I don’t see a true landslide happening again anytime soon especially with Trump who has a consistent close to or below 50% approval.

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 26, 2020 • 2:47:59pm

Fuck the Q-assholes now alleging the Deep State killed Kobe…

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 2:49:10pm

re: #233 Joe Bacon 🌹

Fuck the Q-assholes now alleging the Deep State killed Kobe…

Lemme guess to “distract” from impeachment. Fucking ghouls.

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Chrysicat Jan 26, 2020 • 3:07:14pm

re: #206 lizardofid

ue

Lot of pain around the league. I doubt anyone cares wants to play.

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Nuggets and Rockets were apparently also playing just after learning of the death, as a moment of silence was observed prior to the game. Nuggets must have regrouped a bit better, as they won 117-110.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Jan 26, 2020 • 3:11:06pm

Breaking News: President Trump said he wanted to keep aid to Ukraine frozen until its officials helped him with investigations into Democrats, John Bolton wrote in an unpublished manuscript of a new book https://t.co/J1tJ5oPZAY

— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 26, 2020

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PhillyPretzel Jan 26, 2020 • 3:14:42pm

re: #236 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

He did give some warning that he had information.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Jan 26, 2020 • 3:14:48pm

re: #236 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

NY Times: President Trump told Bolton in August that he wanted to continue freezing $391 million in security assistance to Ukraine until officials there helped with investigations into Democrats including the Bidens, according to an unpublished manuscript. https://t.co/iqvOc2Z00W

— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) January 26, 2020

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Jan 26, 2020 • 3:16:31pm

New data point in Barr timeline. Bolton says that after Trump’s July call with Zelensky, he told Barr that Trump mentioned his name on the call. DOJ has said that Barr learned about the call in mid-August in the context of the whistle-blower’s complaint. https://t.co/KyNFzwQaOO

— Michael S. Schmidt (@nytmike) January 26, 2020

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Ace Rothstein Jan 26, 2020 • 3:23:57pm

re: #185 Eclectic Cyborg

That’s my president.

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Ace Rothstein Jan 26, 2020 • 3:28:13pm

When they decide to do Kobe’s funeral, it’s literally going to be as large as a President’s would be. Trump will look at that, and know deep down in his empty black heart that when he takes his dirt nap, no one will bother to show up to his.

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lizardofid Jan 26, 2020 • 3:33:34pm

re: #241 Ace Rothstein

When they decide to do Kobe’s funeral, it’s literally going to be as large as a President’s would be. Trump will look at that, and know deep down in his empty black heart that when he takes his dirt nap, no one will bother to show up to his.

Trump damn well better hope there’s good weather for his.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Jan 26, 2020 • 3:34:08pm

#Bolton
(Cartoon from the archives) pic.twitter.com/E5quxr0LXc

— Ann Telnaes (@AnnTelnaes) January 26, 2020

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Charles Johnson Jan 26, 2020 • 3:34:29pm

Bolton’s going for the big payoff. He made a $2 million deal with Simon & Schuster, probably got a big chunk of it already.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 26, 2020

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Eclectic Cyborg Jan 26, 2020 • 3:34:41pm

re: #241 Ace Rothstein

When they decide to do Kobe’s funeral, it’s literally going to be as large as a President’s would be. Trump will look at that, and know deep down in his empty black heart that when he takes his dirt nap, no one will bother to show up to his.

Oh, I’m sure a few “very fine people” will show up.

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jaunte Jan 26, 2020 • 3:34:41pm

Excellent point. They knew. https://t.co/u5CSuzcHFX

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 26, 2020

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jaunte Jan 26, 2020 • 3:35:14pm

House dems should subpoena publisher and his associates tomorow for draft. This way republicans know it will come out if they try to do trial with out testimony. Any privilege would have been waived by Bolton having shared draft with others already

— r weinberg (@rweinberg1) January 26, 2020

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Ace Rothstein Jan 26, 2020 • 3:37:34pm

If all Bolton is doing is trying to sell a book, then the RepubliKKKans should have no problem getting him on the stand and let him perjure himself, right?

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jaunte Jan 26, 2020 • 3:38:16pm

This is absolutely my preferred outcome. The Senate subpoenas Bolton’s manuscript; it becomes a part of the public record in the impeachment trial; and then no one has any need to actually buy Bolton’s book and he ends up making like $50 off of it.https://t.co/giOXc8AKy7

— Susan Simpson (@TheViewFromLL2) January 26, 2020

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 26, 2020 • 3:39:04pm

re: #193 Hecuba’s daughter

As usual he gets the facts wrong and he doesn’t know how to express empathy, but this is not an appalling tweet. I hate and despise him with the fire of a million suns but the tweet is not inappropriate. Let’s criticize for all his serious flaws as president and as a human being — but this doesn’t rank anywhere on the list.

Naw…you can be in charge of giving him a break on his stupid shit.
I’ll keep calling him out for every damn thing.

and the tweet was TOTALLY inappropriate

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Charles Johnson Jan 26, 2020 • 3:39:18pm

Trump is gonna fight tooth and nail to stop Bolton from testifying.

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jaunte Jan 26, 2020 • 3:39:22pm

I’m happy for Simon & Schuster to have to eat $2 million for sitting on this.

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 26, 2020 • 3:41:37pm

re: #252 jaunte

I’m happy for Simon & Schuster to have to eat $2 million for sitting on this.

Your think they would have learned from the Milo Debacle!

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 3:42:27pm

re: #250 Backwoods_Sleuth

Naw…you can be in charge of giving him a break on his stupid shit.
I’ll keep calling him out for every damn thing.

and the tweet was TOTALLY inappropriate

It’s as I said not his job. It’s like when he lied about the hurricanes. He never lets the facts come in. Imagine if this was a 9/11 style attack.

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Semper Fi Jan 26, 2020 • 3:44:23pm

Can Trump buy the book and all rights from Simon & Schuster to stop any release?

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Ace Rothstein Jan 26, 2020 • 3:45:59pm

re: #255 Semper Fi

With what? Trump Casino chips?

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I Would Prefer Not To Jan 26, 2020 • 3:46:02pm

re: #255 Semper Fi

Can Trump buy the book and all rights from Simon & Schuster to stop any release?

It’s going to get released, buying it will just delay what’s going to happen.

OT had a great comedy class. Was super pumped. As it ended we heard about Kobe.

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Citizen K Jan 26, 2020 • 3:47:03pm

re: #193 Hecuba’s daughter

As usual he gets the facts wrong and he doesn’t know how to express empathy, but this is not an appalling tweet. I hate and despise him with the fire of a million suns but the tweet is not inappropriate. Let’s criticize for all his serious flaws as president and as a human being — but this doesn’t rank anywhere on the list.

re: #250 Backwoods_Sleuth

Naw…you can be in charge of giving him a break on his stupid shit.
I’ll keep calling him out for every damn thing.

and the tweet was TOTALLY inappropriate

Not only does he get his facts wrong, but he comes off like a muckraker trying to stake claim on a scoop, not a leader. No condolences, no expression of grief or sympathy, no show of honor for Kobe’s existence at all, just a shallow ‘This is Terrible!’ like he’s going through the motions, like Willy Wonka. There’s just nothing there. It’s as if someone told him he had to make a statement and he thought that up without any sort of understanding about why it was such a terrible loss.

Not to mention in getting the facts wrong, he diminishes the loss of everyone else that was on that helicopter just in the rush to put SOMETHING out.

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jaunte Jan 26, 2020 • 3:47:07pm

This breaks it open. Trump told Bolton that frozen military aid to Ukraine was directly linked to his demand for the political investigations he wanted, NYT reports.

This is what GOP Senators *don’t* want to hear from witness testimony:https://t.co/O7Z0VjYn0W pic.twitter.com/S2AhjB9deG

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) January 26, 2020

This once again underlines the colossal level of lying we’ve been experiencing from the entire GOP.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 26, 2020 • 3:48:12pm

re: #254 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

It’s as I said not his job. It’s like when he lied about the hurricanes. He never lets the facts come in. Imagine if this was a 9/11 style attack.

And, most likely, he hasn’t got a clue who Kobe Bryant is.
(also, Kobe made no effort to hide his extreme dislike for and very low opinion of trump)

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 3:49:16pm

re: #258 Citizen K

Not only does he get his facts wrong, but he comes off like a muckraker trying to stake claim on a scoop, not a leader. No condolences, no expression of grief or sympathy, no show of honor for Kobe’s existence at all, just a shallow ‘This is Terrible!’ like he’s going through the motions, like Willy Wonka. There’s just nothing there. It’s as if someone told him he had to make a statement and he thought that up without any sort of understanding about why it was such a terrible loss.

Not to mention in getting the facts wrong, he diminishes the loss of everyone else that was on that helicopter just in the rush to put SOMETHING out.

He’s like obnoxious person in the comments who always has to be first to comment. It was completely insensitive especially given he’s repeatedly attacked many of Kobe’s friends and former colleagues in the NBA who have criticized him.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Jan 26, 2020 • 3:50:04pm

Crucial detail from the new NYT scoop: Bolton, Pompeo and Esper pressed Trump almost *a dozen times* to release the aid!@SecPompeo’s sliming of reporters might ingratiate him with the Audience of One, but he simply must come before Congress now.https://t.co/O7Z0VjYn0W pic.twitter.com/S17xt7YkNX

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) January 26, 2020

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 3:50:13pm

re: #260 Backwoods_Sleuth

And, most likely, he hasn’t got a clue who Kobe Bryant is.
(also, Kobe made no effort to hide his extreme dislike for and very low opinion of trump)

I still remember Trump’s pal Limbaugh calling the NBA a sport for thugs.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jan 26, 2020 • 3:51:03pm

re: #263 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

I still remember Trump’s pal Limbaugh calling the NBA a sport for thugs.

Well, yeah, because most of the best players are black. You see, in football, the quarterbacks are almost exclusively white, so that’s OK.

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jaunte Jan 26, 2020 • 3:51:23pm

Bolton, Pompeo and Esper pressed Trump almost *a dozen times* to release the aid, and Pompeo and Esper still didn’t resign.

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JC1 Jan 26, 2020 • 3:51:47pm

re: #194 plansbandc

I think Warren would be an outstanding President, but this country will not vote in a woman for President. Biden in our best shot.

Bernie will lose every state except his own.

I disagree. HRC won the popular vote by over 3 million and that was with 30+ years of right wing vilifying, a number of independents voting for Trump expecting him to become more presidential, and Jill Stein taking votes. I think that Warren would win easily. Biden would win as well, but I don’t think he’s what we need right now.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 3:52:44pm

re: #264 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Well, yeah, because most of the best players are black. You see, in football, the quarterbacks are almost exclusively white, so that’s OK.

Yep. Rush doesn’t like black QBs either. Remember his comments on McNabb.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jan 26, 2020 • 3:53:17pm

re: #267 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Yep. Rush doesn’t like black QBs either. Remember his comments on McNabb.

Oh yes. I heard him rant on that many times. A few of them by proxy.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 3:54:13pm

re: #265 jaunte

Bolton, Pompeo and Esper pressed Trump almost *a dozen times* to release the aid, and Pompeo and Esper still didn’t resign.

Bolton is a shitbag but I think he does probably value our national security over Trump’s ego. And I’m sure anyone who acknowledges that will be attacked by the same right wing crowd who now will paint Bolton as a radical Never Trump leftist.

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Ace Rothstein Jan 26, 2020 • 3:54:45pm

re: #263 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

I still remember Trump’s pal Limbaugh calling the NBA a sport for thugs.

Limbaugh on the NBA: “Call it the TBA, the Thug Basketball Association … They’re going in to watch the Crips and the Bloods”

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 3:55:46pm

re: #268 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Oh yes. I heard him rant on that many times. A few of them by proxy.

Meanwhile Rush probably wasn’t even the best QB in his backyard.

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BigPapa Jan 26, 2020 • 3:55:48pm

re: #266 JC1

Hillary won the PV with *under* 3m at 2.84m.

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Ace Rothstein Jan 26, 2020 • 3:57:51pm

More.

“There is something about this hip-hop culture business. I’m not going to mention the name because there’s thousands of them, but I’ve been watching interviews with ex-NBA players and current NBA players. You know what the common theme that I’m hearing is? “Well, I’m not going to be dissed. I’m simply not going to be disrespected. Somebody disrespects me, they’re going to pay for it.” Meaning, “A fan disrespects me, that fan’s going to pay for it,” not just another player.

And that comes right out of the hip-hop culture, and it’s not just that. You look at NBA players and the uniforms, you don’t have to go back very far. The uniforms have changed totally. They’re now in gang colors. They are in gang styles.” -Limbaugh

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 26, 2020 • 3:59:34pm

re: #273 Ace Rothstein

And that comes right out of the hip-hop culture, and it’s not just that. You look at NBA players and the uniforms, you don’t have to go back very far. The uniforms have changed totally. They’re now in gang colors. They are in gang styles.” -Limbaugh

good fucking grief.
and people actually believe him…

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 4:00:06pm

re: #270 Ace Rothstein

Limbaugh on the NBA: “Call it the TBA, the Thug Basketball Association … They’re going in to watch the Crips and the Bloods”

Yeah right wingers have always been ugly to the NBA. It’s the only league in the big four where PoC really exist throughout the league in players, coaches, & executives in large numbers. Not to mention their passion for social causes. Lebron has never so much as gotten a speeding ticket and is as respected off the court as on because we all remember that kid from Akron competing with twilight MJ for tv time. That was a big part of my sophomore year. The same year my own high school began going to the state finals with a freshman wunderkid of our own that later attended Villanova and got them into the final four.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 4:01:09pm

re: #274 Backwoods_Sleuth

good fucking grief.
and people actually believe him…

Of course they do. Rush would never lie would he!

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 4:02:02pm

re: #273 Ace Rothstein

More.

“There is something about this hip-hop culture business. I’m not going to mention the name because there’s thousands of them, but I’ve been watching interviews with ex-NBA players and current NBA players. You know what the common theme that I’m hearing is? “Well, I’m not going to be dissed. I’m simply not going to be disrespected. Somebody disrespects me, they’re going to pay for it.” Meaning, “A fan disrespects me, that fan’s going to pay for it,” not just another player.

And that comes right out of the hip-hop culture, and it’s not just that. You look at NBA players and the uniforms, you don’t have to go back very far. The uniforms have changed totally. They’re now in gang colors. They are in gang styles.” -Limbaugh

Meanwhile people like Rush found the stories of Richie Incongito physically bullying a teammate funny.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 26, 2020 • 4:02:39pm

he did not write this…

…..Melania and I send our warmest condolences to Vanessa and the wonderful Bryant family. May God be with you all!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 26, 2020

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jan 26, 2020 • 4:02:42pm

re: #276 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Of course they do. Rush would never lie would he!

IT’S JUST ENTERTAINMENT THEATER!!!!

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Ace Rothstein Jan 26, 2020 • 4:03:30pm

re: #277 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

And when Don Imus called the Rutgers women basketball team “Nappy-headed hoes” they couldn’t get what the big deal was.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 4:03:41pm

re: #278 Backwoods_Sleuth

he did not write this…

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He definitely didn’t. It’s who writes his tweets when they want him to seem statesmanlike.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 26, 2020 • 4:03:46pm

re: #278 Backwoods_Sleuth

he did not write this…

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You just literally plagiarized Obama’s tweet that he sent earlier! WTAF?! pic.twitter.com/EbtWzqSuDt

— Leadfoot _LA (@Leadfoot_LA) January 26, 2020

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PhillyPretzel Jan 26, 2020 • 4:04:56pm

re: #278 Backwoods_Sleuth

It is not a word for word copy of what Barak Obama wrote but close. DT’s staff is trying to make him sound almost human.

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Teddy's Person Jan 26, 2020 • 4:05:11pm

re: #282 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Easier than trying to access their atrophied humanity.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 4:06:47pm

re: #279 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

IT’S JUST ENTERTAINMENT THEATER!!!!

SATIRE now if you’ll excuse me let me go get outraged by SNL making fun of Trump. Rushbo isn’t a satirist. He’s a bullying blowhard.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 26, 2020 • 4:06:50pm

Delta Air Lines is being fined $50,000 for ordering three Muslim passengers off planes even after the airline’s own security officials cleared them to travel.https://t.co/xXMaI6GO5F

— WCPO (@WCPO) January 27, 2020

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jan 26, 2020 • 4:09:12pm

re: #285 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

SATIRE now if you’ll excuse me let me go get outraged by SNL making fun of Trump. Rushbo isn’t a satirist. He’s a bullying blowhard.

I agree, but because his on-air persona projects like the right-wing nutjob ideal of a masculine person, they love him.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 26, 2020 • 4:09:27pm

¯\(°_o)/¯ pic.twitter.com/BY7weAAYwP

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) January 26, 2020

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Jan 26, 2020 • 4:11:28pm

The Deep State leaked it

Sarah Tinsley, an adviser to Bolton, told me: “The ambassador’s manuscript was transmitted to the White House for pre-publication review by the NSC. The ambassador has not passed the draft manuscript to anyone else. Period.” Story TK

— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) January 27, 2020

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The Pie Overlord! Jan 26, 2020 • 4:14:13pm

re: #241 Ace Rothstein

When they decide to do Kobe’s funeral, it’s literally going to be as large as a President’s would be. Trump will look at that, and know deep down in his empty black heart that when he takes his dirt nap, no one will bother to show up to his.

A big crowd will show up to piss on his grave.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 4:14:20pm

re: #287 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I agree, but because his on-air persona projects like the right-wing nutjob ideal of a masculine person, they love him.

You know, not that I care but I hear Rush doesn’t even like guns.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Jan 26, 2020 • 4:14:20pm

re: #288 Backwoods_Sleuth

Obviously, Melania wrote the Trump tweet. We know she has an affinity for plagiarizing an Obama

— 𝘞𝘉 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 🍕🐀 (@FormerDirtDart) January 27, 2020

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 4:14:54pm

re: #290 The Pie Overlord!

A big crowd will show up to piss on his grave.

Maybe Lindsay will agree to be buried with his pharaoh.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 4:15:34pm

re: #292 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

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Makes sense. Or at least Melanias speech writer.

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Belafon Jan 26, 2020 • 4:17:42pm

I’m so glad I was at D&D rather than joining in the periodic “how the Democrats will lose” that went on earlier. No, no Democrat (or even Democratic Socialist) is going to lose CA, MA, VA, NY, or a whole lot of other states. And Democrats are going to show up in force because not only do they know what’s on the line, but there are a whole lot of Democrats running for office in places that Democrats didn’t run. A woman can and will be elected if she’s nominated

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Jan 26, 2020 • 4:18:28pm

This little kid, the smallest on the court, is ballin’ right now during halftime at Madison Square Garden and the crowd is loving it. A nice warm moment on a somber day. pic.twitter.com/UayW0bbP0D

— Mike Vorkunov (@MikeVorkunov) January 27, 2020

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Belafon Jan 26, 2020 • 4:18:49pm

re: #293 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Maybe Lindsay will agree to be buried with his pharaoh.

Naaah, Graham will just latch onto the next GOP “leader” and copy whatever that person says, even if that person completely turns on Trump.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 4:20:19pm

re: #297 Belafon

Naaah, Graham will just latch onto the next GOP “leader” and copy whatever that person says, even if that person completely turns on Trump.

True, the pilot fish theory right?

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Jan 26, 2020 • 4:21:05pm

Orange Coast College baseball coach John Altobelli, wife and daughter die in helicopter crash with Kobe Bryant
https://t.co/X64LTBTeWs

— Dan Lamothe (@DanLamothe) January 27, 2020

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 26, 2020 • 4:21:26pm

Remember when @mikepompeo tweeted this? That was this morning. https://t.co/uAPL1MW7tC pic.twitter.com/aNhnBTzSQP

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) January 26, 2020

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 4:21:49pm

re: #295 Belafon

I’m so glad I was at D&D rather than joining in the periodic “how the Democrats will lose” that went on earlier. No, no Democrat (or even Democratic Socialist) is going to lose CA, MA, VA, NY, or a whole lot of other states. And Democrats are going to show up in force because not only do they know what’s on the line, but there are a whole lot of Democrats running for office in places that Democrats didn’t run. A woman can and will be elected if she’s nominated

VA I can’t say for sure but I still believe even Bernie is safe for 150-200 EVs. As I said, there’s a big base ready to vote against Trump. My argument with Sanders has never been electable based, it’s been presidential leadership based. I too think a woman could win.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 4:22:32pm

re: #299 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Aw shit. They must have been the family of his daughter’s teammate. God how awful. Glad they’re reporting on this too. Kobe is a great loss but so are the other people too.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Jan 26, 2020 • 4:24:57pm

Statement from House Managers on Bolton bombshell: “There can be no doubt now that Mr. Bolton directly contradicts the heart of the President’s defense and therefore must be called as a witness at the impeachment trial of President Trump.” pic.twitter.com/I2IgsqZjOz

— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) January 27, 2020

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Belafon Jan 26, 2020 • 4:27:12pm

This is kind of cool, even though I know how people here feel about the Grammy’s. Lewis Capaldi, a cousin of Peter Capaldi, is nominated for song of the year for “Someone You Loved”:

Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved

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I Would Prefer Not To Jan 26, 2020 • 4:28:23pm

re: #299 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

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I went to OCC before I transferred to Cal State Fullerton

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 4:29:50pm

re: #303 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

I just don’t see how they refuse to allow witnesses and then acquit him without some major political damages to them. I know some of us are cynical. And I get that since 2016 was one of the worst bits of political shock we’ve ever had but this is only going ot increase support for at the very least witnesses and documents and at most outright removal.

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Belafon Jan 26, 2020 • 4:30:10pm

Also, Jacob Collier has won two more Grammy’s, one for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella, for “Moon River”:

Jacob Collier - Moon River

And Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals for “All Night Long”:

Jacob Collier - All Night Long (Official Video)

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jaunte Jan 26, 2020 • 4:33:52pm

The President blocked our request for Bolton’s testimony.

Now we see why:

Bolton directly contradicts the heart of the President’s defense.

If the trial is to be fair, Senators must insist that Mr. Bolton be called as a witness, and provide his notes and other documents. https://t.co/go9DJdRDEf

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) January 27, 2020

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The Pie Overlord! Jan 26, 2020 • 4:34:44pm

Wait for it…
pic.twitter.com/Z4HPulb4Fi

— RichieFed 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇹🇺🇸 (@RichieFed) January 27, 2020

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 4:36:28pm

re: #308 jaunte

You all do realize we are watching our next Democratic House leader in action I hope.

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PhillyPretzel Jan 26, 2020 • 4:37:24pm

re: #310 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Yes. And he is darn good.

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Ace Rothstein Jan 26, 2020 • 4:37:24pm

As big of a basketball fan as I am, I had no idea that Kobe won an Oscar.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 4:39:33pm

re: #311 PhillyPretzel

Yes. And he is darn good.

He is. Those in the Democratic circles who didn’t want Pelosi to be Speaker last January I think should look at themselves next times. She’s got good political instincts. People love to rag on the Dems who voted for the Iraq War Resolution but I never see those same people give props to the House Democratic leader who whipped out House Dem opposition to that. I think her name is Nancy.

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unproven innocence Jan 26, 2020 • 4:41:19pm

re: #312 Ace Rothstein

As big of a basketball fan as I am, I had no idea that Kobe won an Oscar.

Online today, saw some (or all?) of the animation film that won the award. It was about basketball, of course.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 4:41:27pm

If Schiff doesn’t succeed Pelosi as Speaker, he will certainly be Majority Leader or Chairman of the Appropriations Committee. I don’t know if he would run for Senate if a vacancy opened up but I really think he’s great in the House. And his press presence is superb. He’s got good people working for him.

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Dave In Austin Jan 26, 2020 • 4:41:49pm

re: #307 Belafon

GAH!!!! That’s so amazing!!!

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jaunte Jan 26, 2020 • 4:42:50pm

3. GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy: “Listen to the diplomats: no quid pro quo.”https://t.co/mZX6nJAXNa

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) January 27, 2020

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jaunte Jan 26, 2020 • 4:43:44pm

5. Congressman Mark Meadows: “Evidence continues to mount that zero conditions were attached to the aid for Ukraine. There was no quid pro quo.”https://t.co/l69GwFZIMh

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) January 27, 2020

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 4:43:57pm

re: #314 unproven innocence

Online today, saw some of (or all?) of the animation film that won the award. It was about basketball, of course.

One of the coolest things I heard was that Kobe learned some Slovenian I believe to talk with Luka Doncic. Slovenian only has a language of 2.5 million speakers. To put things in perspective, 2/3’s of our states have more people than that. But Kobe like many NBA players is a fan of the game as much as he his own accomplishments which is why instead of bemoaning Lebron moving over him last night, he was there to celebrate it.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 4:45:34pm

re: #318 jaunte

Gaslight Mark really wants to get a job with Trump. IT’s okay, Mark, when Trump loses, you can be the next Jay Sekulow once Jay realizes Trump is hopelessly guilty.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 26, 2020 • 4:45:46pm

Nancy Pelosi would be smart to suggest she’s considering impeachment for Pompeo, Barr, and Mulvaney, just to make it sure that the Senate knows they can’t make this go away.

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) January 27, 2020

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Mescalero09 Jan 26, 2020 • 4:47:03pm

All you wanted to know about latest Coronavirus appearance. And more.

Firstly, the CSSE at JHU

Now the details.

Mapping the Wuhan Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

And last but not least a real time visual of the transmission worldwide.

Radar for Virus

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 26, 2020 • 4:47:14pm

For months there just hasn’t been any question what happened.

But Republicans hung on to the idea that if they kept Trump’s top people from testifying, they could plausibly deny he was behind it all.

The game is now up. Their coverup has fallen apart.

BOLTON MUST TESTIFY.

— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) January 27, 2020

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Dave In Austin Jan 26, 2020 • 4:47:31pm

THE IMPEACHMENT THUS FAR:
1. Dems: Here’s an overwhelming case to impeach.
2. GOP: Fake news!
3. Bolton: No, I was there, we did that shit.
4. ?
😂

— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) January 27, 2020

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 4:48:05pm

re: #321 Backwoods_Sleuth

Absolutely. This quite honestly is one of the most disturbing executive branch scandals I’ve ever seen. It’s worse than Watergate IMO. It would be if CREEP had gotten South Vietnam to investigate McGovern in exchange for military aid during Vietnam. As scummy as Nixon was, even he wouldn’t have done that IMO.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 4:49:10pm

re: #323 Backwoods_Sleuth

Senator Murphy is someone I could see having a future too. He’s one of those guys who is a great FP voice. We got to see him first as the guy who was one of the first Senate Democrats to really stand up to the NRA loudly but he’s a good FP voice too. And I believe he is the youngest Senator too.

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retired cynic Jan 26, 2020 • 4:54:26pm

re: #282 Backwoods_Sleuth

Hey, Leadfoot LA! An old friend from another blog.

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Hecuba's daughter Jan 26, 2020 • 4:54:41pm

re: #325 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Absolutely. This quite honestly is one of the most disturbing executive branch scandals I’ve ever seen. It’s worse than Watergate IMO. It would be if CREEP had gotten South Vietnam to investigate McGovern in exchange for military aid during Vietnam. As scummy as Nixon was, even he wouldn’t have done that IMO.

But to win in 1968, Nixon interfered with Johnson’s peace process. True, it may have gone nowhere, but it could have succeeded - sparing 10’s of thousands of American and Vietnamese lives, and possibly preventing the ascension of Pol Pot in Cambodia, thereby sparing a million lives.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 4:56:30pm

re: #328 Hecuba’s daughter

But to win in 1968, Nixon interfered with Johnson’s peace process. True, it may have gone nowhere, but it could have succeeded - sparing 10’s of thousands of American and Vietnamese lives, and possibly preventing the ascension of Pol Pot in Cambodia, thereby sparing a million lives.

I’m aware of that. I know my history. The point is that Nixon did not use South Vietnam’s sovereignty as a bargaining chip. That was a fucking scummy thing to do but it’s not the same as “if you don’t get dirt on my opponent, I’ll cut off aid to you.” I know some people don’t like pointing out how Trump is uniquely malicious because they think I’m somehow donwplaying his predecessors’ fuckups as President but this really is it clear as day.

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Targetpractice Jan 26, 2020 • 4:57:51pm

I think we have to bear two things in mind, both very important for events going forward:

1. John Bolton is not a hero in any way. If not for somebody in the WH leaking this draft manuscript, we likely would never have read these words until after Trump had been “acquitted.” The man had every opportunity to come forward and say these words to the American people, he chose instead to make a buck on revealing the truth after it would have been relevant. He deserves every bit of scorn he receives.

2. Even with these revelations, don’t get your hopes up that anything will really change. Mitch has his mission: “Acquit” his boss and do it before the SOTU. Senate Repubs will crawl over broken glass and hot coals to make that happen. So the most we can hope for is that the damage done from the shrapnel this bombshell produces is enough to swing the election in November.

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Dread Pirate Jan 26, 2020 • 4:58:46pm

Gosh, what a problem it would be then if you worked for a man who has lied 16,000+ times in the last three years, huh? https://t.co/6E1z7JyBrQ https://t.co/RTFA8mknRo

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) January 26, 2020

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 4:58:49pm

re: #330 Targetpractice

I think we have to bear two things in mind, both very important for events going forward:

1. John Bolton is not a hero in any way. If not for somebody in the WH leaking this draft manuscript, we likely would never have read these words until after Trump had been “acquitted.” The man had every opportunity to come forward and say these words to the American people, he chose instead to make a buck on revealing the truth after it would have been relevant. He deserves every bit of scorn he receives.

2. Even with these revelations, don’t get your hopes up that anything will really change. Mitch has his mission: “Acquit” his boss and do it before the SOTU. Senate Repubs will crawl over broken glass and hot coals to make that happen. So the most we can hope for is that the damage done from the shrapnel this bombshell produces is enough to swing the election in November.

Bolton is no hero but as I said with Parnas coming forward, it took Sammy Gravano to bring down John Gotti.

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goddamnedfrank Jan 26, 2020 • 4:58:55pm

So rather than testify under oath Bolton is leaking a draft of his book.

Fuck it, in a way I admire his cynical dedication to the grift above everything else. The fact that he wraps himself in faux patriotism while doing it is still pretty irritating tho’. https://t.co/TnyAE7jnn2

— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) January 27, 2020

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 5:01:19pm

To put another way, Trump’s actions were if FDR had told the Brits during Lend-Lease, sure we’ll give you assistance from the Nazis but you have to give me dirt on Wendell Wilkie. That’s what Trump did here guys and I cannot think of any scandal that resembles it. You can argue that Trump hasn’t caused as much bloodshed as some of his predecessors and that’s fair though I would argue that we still don’t know the result of Trump’s fuck ups. After all, Pol Pot aforementioned was not on our radar in 1969. The danger of what Trump has done is something deeper than that. It’s a destroying of the credibility of the American people in the eyes of the world.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Jan 26, 2020 • 5:03:01pm

q: explain why this happened.
answer: beep beep.

— dave💧 (@miyares_dave) January 26, 2020

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Dread Pirate Jan 26, 2020 • 5:07:24pm

Exactly. The vote to acquit is only a “win” for the GOP if the cover-up holds…. https://t.co/scDFJq8rWw

— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) January 26, 2020

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Targetpractice Jan 26, 2020 • 5:08:43pm

So Pompeo knew the campaign against Yovanovitch was bogus all along and still wouldn’t defend her. Maybe that’s why the NPR interview the other day struck such a nerve. pic.twitter.com/VDn7OgoWGV

— Nicholas Miller (@Nick_L_Miller) January 27, 2020

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 5:11:00pm

re: #337 Targetpractice

The pressure is getting to him and he knows he’s never going to be the first Evangelical bedwetter in the WH.

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Dread Pirate Jan 26, 2020 • 5:13:35pm

It fits within their standard operating practice https://t.co/tsJXNRRJA9

— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) January 26, 2020

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 5:14:07pm

So Don Jr was definitely in the Parnas talks. Here’s my two cents since a lot of people think Ivanka’s Trump’s successor in his family. Ivanka I think is Trump’s business successor. The one that will make the family money by putting up a facade of respectability. Don Jr is the political one. You will note that Don Jr and not Ivanka attacks his father’s opponents as well as making contacts in the alt-right sphere. He’s the one auditioning to replace his father as the political face of the Trump dynasty.

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piratedan Jan 26, 2020 • 5:14:52pm

re: #336 Dread Pirate

so…. the cover up is leaking like a sieve… we have oodles of senior GOP’s claiming, shrilly even, that there was no quid pro quo… despite Trump saying it, Mulvaney saying it, the House impeachment witnesses saying it and the “transcript” implying it. Now we have video and audio courtesy of Lev “Zelig” Parnas and Bolton’s soon to be published recollections added on top of all of this and the incredulity of the GOP continuing to toe this particular line is looking less and less likely although, we’ve seen the GOP and 45 double down on equally shitty hands, so who’s to say, they still have their multiple broadcasting networks and various shills to keep fucking that chicken, but even the wired-for-the GOP narrative free-pres is starting to catch on…

I keep waiting for the next strand of hay to cause the collapse of the dromedary, but these guys are so delusional/desperate that I’m not sure this ends until someone writes a note and eats a pistol.

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Targetpractice Jan 26, 2020 • 5:15:22pm

Republican Senators are reportedly preparing to reject witnesses because they say privately that holding a fair trial would not “benefit themselves politically.”

In other words they think evidence could prove Trump’s guilt, so they intend to cover it up. https://t.co/UHgDnLv2Md

— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) January 27, 2020

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retired cynic Jan 26, 2020 • 5:15:53pm

re: #340 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Lock ‘em both up.

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Dread Pirate Jan 26, 2020 • 5:17:43pm

Do we think she’s been granted his sacred semen?

— Just Wondering … (@BrandXJazz) January 27, 2020

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel Jan 26, 2020 • 5:18:09pm

re: #332 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Bolton is no hero but as I said with Parnas coming forward, it took Sammy Gravano to bring down John Gotti.

Speaking of mobsters, there has still been no apparent reprisal for the murder of reputed Gambino boss Francesco Cali by a Q-Anon dupe. The real mafia are known to take their time with these things though.
I would think that the assholes who incited the killer might be as vulnerable as the killer himself, maybe more so since they are not in protective custody. They would also be at least as guilty in Mafia eyes. Would retaliation only prove that the Q-ers are right, which is the standard conspira-liar explanation for why they are not assassinated by the evil forces they purport to expose? Not really, it would only “prove” that Cali had Mafia connections, which is hardly in doubt to begin with. Rather reminds me of the old movie Conspiracy Theory, in which a lying nutcase inadvertently finds himself on the wrong side of some actual conspirators.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 5:19:08pm

re: #343 retired cynic

Lock ‘em both up.

Jared too. Eric actually has the good sense to shut up for once. I don’t think they see a big role for him. Third kid after all. Maybe they let him run the paegants.

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retired cynic Jan 26, 2020 • 5:20:36pm

re: #346 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Jared too. Eric actually has the good sense to shut up for once. I don’t think they see a big role for him. Third kid after all. Maybe they let him run the paegants.

Lock ‘im up anyway.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 5:22:26pm

re: #347 retired cynic

Lock ‘im up anyway.

AG James is going to be a busy lady come next January. As I got at the other day, Trump can’t pardon in NY even if he wants to and Barr’s claws don’t extend there either. There’s a lot of state crimes that we can get these guys on too.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 26, 2020 • 5:26:10pm

welp…

Giuliani reacts to Bolton report in the Times - telling me via text: “I used to like and respect John [Bolton] and tell people they were wrong about how irresponsible he was. I was wrong.” More @ABC

— John Santucci (@Santucci) January 27, 2020

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 26, 2020 • 5:27:53pm

INBOX: House impeachment managers release a statement on the NYT report on Bolton.

“There can be no doubt now that Mr. Bolton directly contradicts the heart of the President’s defense and therefore must be called as a witness at the impeachment trial of President Trump.” pic.twitter.com/STj70OJJTl

— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) January 27, 2020

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Dread Pirate Jan 26, 2020 • 5:28:00pm

They. All. Lie. https://t.co/knMy2cAPQb

— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) January 27, 2020

I’ve been saying this since Nixon.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Jan 26, 2020 • 5:28:32pm

re: #141 Dangerman (slowly converting a pool into a pond)

Yeah ida said my fantasy is to be Roy hobbs

The movie version and not the book version I hope.

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Chrysicat Jan 26, 2020 • 5:31:03pm

Wait wait wait.Let me get this straight.You think that Warren has better healthcare policies than Sanders, because he has put out no details.is that right? I want to get you on the record here.

— Jack Elgin #NobodyForBernie (@JackElgin7) January 27, 2020

>>and that the only way to do that is to start by ending all individuals’ expenditures other than one tax bill for healthcare.

— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) January 27, 2020

[Hauls out another can of halon-4 to the poor yard]

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jaunte Jan 26, 2020 • 5:32:58pm

re: #353 Chrysicat

You think that Warren has better healthcare policies than Sanders, because he has put out no details.

Is that right? I want to get you on the record here.

This guy must have bought a lot of bags of magic beans in his day.

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makeitstop Jan 26, 2020 • 5:34:59pm

re: #200 Mescalero09

Kobe wore #24. Nicely done.
Raptors and Spurs Take 24 Second Violations to Honor Kobe

Trey Young did it a little differently. He caught the tip and din’t bring it over the center line, for an 8 second violation - honoring Kobe’s other number.

RIP, Mamba. He’ll always be one of the greatest to play the game.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 26, 2020 • 5:36:21pm

BREAKING: Statement from Bolton’s lawyer Chuck Cooper. Story TK. pic.twitter.com/u3JOV7l5dD

— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) January 27, 2020

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jaunte Jan 26, 2020 • 5:38:19pm

@dibelloholly
‘Sadly, someone was more patriotic than Mr. Bolton, and came forward with information without being paid.’

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 26, 2020 • 5:40:49pm

There is nothing more important than family. Thinking of my friend and colleague @RepJerryNadler and his wife during this difficult time. His leadership has been crucial.

Jerry, we’re keeping you and Joyce in our prayers as we continue our important work together. https://t.co/1x5kGTWw8A

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) January 27, 2020

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 26, 2020 • 5:42:55pm

“Irresponsible and failed career”. Says the guy who is Trump’s lawyer. 🙄 https://t.co/vgcfKfpifH

— April (@speakout_april) January 27, 2020

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Jan 26, 2020 • 5:44:10pm

If irony wasn’t dead… this might be the blow that killed it. https://t.co/nRENWkxHLd

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) January 26, 2020

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Targetpractice Jan 26, 2020 • 5:44:35pm

re: #357 jaunte

@dibelloholly
‘Sadly, someone was more patriotic than Mr. Bolton, and came forward with information without being paid.’

That (sadly) is what it looks like, that Bolton was looking for a payday and now he/his lawyers are angry that such won’t be happening because somebody else released his manuscript early.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 26, 2020 • 5:45:16pm

This letter is dated December 30 and indicates the White House owed Bolton an answer within 30 days, which is this week. I wonder if that deadline, and a belief they could keep him quiet until then, was driving the push on impeachment timing. https://t.co/FDGX6jnhc5

— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) January 27, 2020

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 26, 2020 • 5:46:03pm

re: #357 jaunte

@dibelloholly
‘Sadly, someone was more patriotic than Mr. Bolton, and came forward with information without being paid.’

Imagine being a book publisher and knowing that you have a document that could determine the future of a country…

…and so far being like, “nah, sales will kill in November.”

— Graham Brookie (@GrahamBrookie) January 27, 2020

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 26, 2020 • 5:48:37pm

re: #362 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Correction: It’s actually 30 *working* days, which accounting for federal holidays I think puts the deadline at February 13. But the question still stands as to whether it factored into trying to beat the clock.

— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) January 27, 2020

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jaunte Jan 26, 2020 • 5:52:58pm

[Can’t find this tweet right now: twitter.com ]

The thinnest possible sliver of “impropriety” will do.

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jaunte Jan 26, 2020 • 5:53:45pm

(To give GOP Senators an excuse for not demanding testimony)

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Dread Pirate Jan 26, 2020 • 5:59:11pm

I realize the game that’s being played here as Bolton tries to apply pressure behind the scenes. but how sad the whole thing is….what happened to people just coming forward and doing honorable thing?

— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) January 26, 2020

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Belafon Jan 26, 2020 • 6:03:14pm

re: #367 Dread Pirate

“Where’s the money in that?”
Republicans have monetized patriotism.

— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) January 27, 2020

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Dread Pirate Jan 26, 2020 • 6:04:22pm

At long last, vindication for @RayBonner1
& other journalists whose truthful 1981 El Mozote massacre reporting was denounced by Reagan Admin officials.

Bonner got yanked back from El Salvador to NYC by @nytimes editors. Other journalists also wronged.https://t.co/DVZed9MGti

— David Cay Johnston (@DavidCayJ) January 26, 2020

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jaunte Jan 26, 2020 • 6:04:46pm

The only substantively relevant news here is that the Senate is on the notice - DURING THE TRIAL - that the President’s then foreign policy chief claims to know for a fact, based on the President’s own words, that the entire impeachment defense is bogus.

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 27, 2020

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Belafon Jan 26, 2020 • 6:05:41pm

This is a wise choice in the future when Space Force troops are deployed to Afghanistan https://t.co/ItlUTpNqvI

— Alex Horton (@AlexHortonTX) January 18, 2020

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Patricia Kayden Jan 26, 2020 • 6:07:12pm

re: #244 Charles Johnson

Life is precious and heartbreakingly finite. Do not spend any of it reading Ambassador John Bolton’s book. You can get the gist from other people who had to read it as part of their job

— Erin satanic pregnancy Ryan (@morninggloria) January 27, 2020

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Targetpractice Jan 26, 2020 • 6:09:46pm

re: #370 jaunte

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The sad reality is that they couldn’t give a fuck less. They’re still operating under the pre-internet rules that say the public will have forgotten the major details by November and only remember that Trump was “acquitted.” So plow forward, get this all done as quick as possible, and then get back to the important work of whining about how they can’t get anything done because Dems are being so “mean” to them.

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makeitstop Jan 26, 2020 • 6:11:54pm

Short thread, right to the point.

1/ Sitting down for a dinner with REDACTED and the Bolton news is lighting up my phone.

Watch for Mitch and the WH team (but I repeat myself) to work overtime to end the entire proceedings as fast as possible.

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 27, 2020

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Chrysicat Jan 26, 2020 • 6:11:59pm

Umm…no.

— Nalini Singh (@nal4democrats) January 27, 2020

Well, yes, that’s basically what this all boils down to…you cementing white power until I’M 20 years in the grave.

— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) January 27, 2020

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retired cynic Jan 26, 2020 • 6:14:25pm

re: #374 makeitstop

Short thread, right to the point.

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Dadgummit it. I can’t access twitter at all! I’ve chewed on my frustration all day!

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Patricia Kayden Jan 26, 2020 • 6:16:09pm

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Belafon Jan 26, 2020 • 6:16:27pm

re: #375 Chrysicat

There’s a difference between political gain and violating the office. Everything I do is to ensure a better life for my kids. I can’t use that to justify robbing a bank.

— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) January 27, 2020

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Charles Johnson Jan 26, 2020 • 6:18:03pm

oh fuck it’s the grammys again

the most offensive and irrelevant awards show on tv

don’t mind me, i just hate the grammys that’s all

always have

always will

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 27, 2020

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retired cynic Jan 26, 2020 • 6:19:24pm

re: #379 Charles Johnson

I hate all of them. Never have watched ‘em.

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jaunte Jan 26, 2020 • 6:19:47pm

re: #378 Belafon

He’s a Posobiec and Deep State Conspiracy re-tweeter: block and move on.

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Belafon Jan 26, 2020 • 6:20:02pm

re: #379 Charles Johnson

I thought this was a good song and video and is up for song of the year (kind of surprised actually).

re: #304 Belafon

And Jacob won two more:

re: #307 Belafon

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Belafon Jan 26, 2020 • 6:21:10pm

re: #381 jaunte

He’s a Posobiec and Deep State Conspiracy re-tweeter: block and move on.

Not surprised. But you know what’s coming: President Biden/Warren/Sanders/Whoever is being political, and therefore can be impeached.

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Patricia Kayden Jan 26, 2020 • 6:24:05pm

Yep. So true.

This is a good time to remember that unlike John Bolton, former NSC official Dr. Fiona Hill didn’t need a book deal to reveal that the WH made military aid to Ukraine contingent on investigations of Trump’s political opponents. pic.twitter.com/6Osm45TKP7

— Rachel Dzanashvili (@rachel_dz) January 27, 2020

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Dread Pirate Jan 26, 2020 • 6:25:59pm

Cruz paused for 5 long seconds when I asked, after 5 years holding the Senate majority, why Rs were just now talking about investigating Biden.
He had no answer.
Dems see Biden-Ukraine as another Benghazi. https://t.co/XxnRVGnLHz

— Paul Kane (@pkcapitol) January 26, 2020

But her emails

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Targetpractice Jan 26, 2020 • 6:29:21pm

re: #385 Dread Pirate

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But her emails

Which really says that Donny is yelling their ears to investigate Biden as “revenge” for his being impeached.

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Belafon Jan 26, 2020 • 6:30:13pm

re: #384 Patricia Kayden

Yep. So true.

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Bolton needs to #WomanUp and testify.

— Bills Fan 🇺🇸😷🇺🇸 (@SpaceFan2019) January 27, 2020

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jaunte Jan 26, 2020 • 6:31:01pm

Yes, the people who want to have “witnesses” at the presidents trial are “fanatics.” https://t.co/QYC6aAKPSH

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) January 27, 2020

Whoever this guy is, it seems to him that Bolton doesn’t need to testify.

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Dread Pirate Jan 26, 2020 • 6:34:46pm

Just to recap: The president’s personal lawyer contradicted his press secretary, implying that his client’s relationship with Parnas and Fruman—made manifest by Fruman’s video—predates his own…. which also contradicts his client’s prior denial that any such relationship exists. https://t.co/OFT7e9YdjU

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) January 27, 2020

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jan 26, 2020 • 6:38:39pm

re: #388 jaunte

Whoever this guy is, it seems to him that Bolton doesn’t need to testify.

Bolton doesn’t need to testify. Trump is already declared innocent, remember? Why do we need some embittered former employee jackass to inject inconvenient truth into our narrative?

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Rightwingconspirator Jan 26, 2020 • 6:46:27pm

A trial without witnesses, depositions, or documents is just a meeting at best, a conspiracy at worst. A conspiracy to wrongly acquit.

— Manksy (@TheManksy) January 27, 2020

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sagehen Jan 26, 2020 • 6:47:01pm

Doctor Who!! OMG! Somebody’s run a net through the waters of the show’s past…

Click to Reveal

Judoon!! (Doctor and Martha hiding in WWI British countryside)

CAPTAIN JACK!! Hasn’t aged a day.

Cybermen to come.

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Targetpractice Jan 26, 2020 • 6:48:21pm

re: #392 sagehen

Doctor Who!! OMG! Somebody’s run a net through the waters of the show’s past…

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One gets the impression that the show’s staff realized that last season landed with a thud and are desperately trying to get fans to come back.

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makeitstop Jan 26, 2020 • 6:50:02pm

Wow. Bill Taylor, who Pompeo picked to lead US embassy Kyiv after Amb. Yovanovitch was recalled & before having him depart this month, writes in NYTimes: “Yes, Secretary Pompeo, Americans Should Care About Ukraine.” https://t.co/f4jA7gVWKH

— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) January 27, 2020

They’re being hit from all sides. Something’s gotta give here.

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Targetpractice Jan 26, 2020 • 6:50:41pm

This is Fox News basically telling Bolton “stop snitching” pic.twitter.com/K9kK5BPazK

— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) January 27, 2020

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Belafon Jan 26, 2020 • 6:52:21pm

re: #393 Targetpractice

One gets the impression that the show’s staff realized that last season landed with a thud and are desperately trying to get fans to come back.

Not the first time Doctor Who has revisited old lines.

I think the biggest thing hurting the show is the Sunday slot.

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Citizen K Jan 26, 2020 • 6:52:38pm

Why now and not 4 years ago?

— Clay C. (@ClayC1969) January 27, 2020

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Belafon Jan 26, 2020 • 6:53:26pm

re: #397 Citizen K

I vaguely remember a similar attempt back then as well.

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jaunte Jan 26, 2020 • 6:54:01pm

re: #395 Targetpractice

Wow, she really crammed the talking points in.

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Hecuba's daughter Jan 26, 2020 • 6:56:03pm

re: #396 Belafon

Not the first time Doctor Who has revisited old lines.

I think the biggest thing hurting the show is the Sunday slot.

I really like the new doctor just am not so fond of the plots

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Targetpractice Jan 26, 2020 • 6:59:25pm

re: #396 Belafon

Not the first time Doctor Who has revisited old lines.

I think the biggest thing hurting the show is the Sunday slot.

The whole big selling point of the new leadership and new Doctor was “We’re moving on from the past, we’re bringing in new villains and new ideas.” And the first season of this ends with a lot of talk about how the new Doctor and new leadership might end up taking a hike, followed by a hiatus longer than any seen since the Tennant days. No Christmas special and the New Year’s special brings back the Daleks. And the new season is name-checking old villains and old storylines left and right.

They tried the whole “We’re moving past Old Who” bit before and it generally fell flat. Capaldi’s second season had them make a big fuss about how they were getting rid of the sonic screwdriver, were gonna have him solving problems without using the sonic every episode. That lasted less than a season before they gave him a new screwdriver and you could argue that they never really held to the promise because of the “sonic sunglasses.”

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 26, 2020 • 6:59:48pm

re: #397 Citizen K

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Too late Bernie.

The extremely rude Berniebots who hijacked DSA in Los Angeles have alienated a lot of potential voters!

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Targetpractice Jan 26, 2020 • 7:02:36pm

re: #397 Citizen K

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I’m so old, I remember when Bernie declared that he had no control over his supporters. You know, back in 2016, when he knew they were savaging his opponent but couldn’t give a flying fuck because they were hurting her poll numbers. And even adopted some of their talking points, such as going after her for “HER SPEECHES!” when he insisted he was all about “the issues.”

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 26, 2020 • 7:05:03pm

What really disgusted me in 2016 were the Bernie delegates who had a “bean supper” and boasted they would fart whenever Hillary was mentioned.

Oh and those California Bernie delegates who screamed “Lock Her Up” when Hillary was nominated alienated me even further!

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Patricia Kayden Jan 26, 2020 • 7:05:07pm

Is Pompeo subtweeting…himself. https://t.co/CxxUBV3vT2

— Miriam Elder (@MiriamElder) January 26, 2020

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sagehen Jan 26, 2020 • 7:12:01pm

Google wants to remind us that American culture is Black culture.

The Most Searched: A Celebration of Black History Makers

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Patricia Kayden Jan 26, 2020 • 7:14:11pm

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jaunte Jan 26, 2020 • 7:14:14pm

Pompeo knew Giuliani was corrupt, but stood by and let him gut the entire State Department.

There ain’t a cell dark and damp enough to properly lock this coward up in.

https://t.co/vJaxtfjzmO

— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) January 27, 2020

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goddamnedfrank Jan 26, 2020 • 7:17:07pm

Last April, on the day of the Notre-Dame fire, I served jury duty in a misdemeanor criminal trial. The charge was resisting, obstructing or delaying a police officer in the course of his duties 148a. We acquitted, in part, because the second officer on the scene never testified.

— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) January 27, 2020

And, I don’t know … Something about the executive branch of government being in literal legal control of a crucial witness while refusing to make them available & then just expecting a bunch of responsible jurors to mindlessly co-sign the fuckery reminded me of that experience

— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) January 27, 2020

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Hecuba's daughter Jan 26, 2020 • 7:25:30pm

re: #408 jaunte

Tea Pain
@TeaPainUSA
Pompeo knew Giuliani was corrupt, but stood by and let him gut the entire State Department.

There ain’t a cell dark and damp enough to properly lock this coward up in.

Is he a coward or is he basically supportive of this president? His treatment of NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly suggests it’s not cowardice, but active malice toward anyone who is not a supine Trump supporter.

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Targetpractice Jan 26, 2020 • 7:26:16pm

re: #409 goddamnedfrank

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Similarly in the trial I sat on the jury of back in ‘15, I found I had no choice but to acquit because the prosecution had failed to ensure their expert witness had the qualification necessary to offer an expert opinion about crucial evidence. Though, given that my fellow jurors almost immediately started in on the “she wanted it, then changed her mind out of guilt” bit that the Southern-fried defense lawyer had pounded into the ground like a tent peg, it was unlikely even that evidence being in the record would have gone anywhere.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 7:34:17pm

re: #394 makeitstop

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They’re being hit from all sides. Something’s gotta give here.

Everyone needs to read this.

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mmmirele Jan 26, 2020 • 7:38:53pm

re: #411 Targetpractice

I was on a civil trial jury in 2017. We had to find for the defendant Big Satellite TV Company against the plaintiffs, the satellite dish installers, because the installers could not present a key piece of evidence, which was that their daily HOURS (not the number of jobs they did) were being tracked by their employers. It made me sick, but within the confines of what we were asked to do, we had to find for Big Satellite TV Company.

For the record, Big Satellite TV Company did not present a case (as is their right). They made their point in the cross-examination of plaintiff’s witnesses.

I sent an email to Martha McSally, telling her that Arizonans wanted witnesses called, and if she didn’t vote to call witnesses, I was going to make a point of telling everyone that Martha McSally didn’t want the truth.

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i(m)p(each)sos Jan 26, 2020 • 7:40:34pm

Hey - is it too late in the day to revisit the “could Bernie win against Trump” thread from earlier? Because I have some thoughts.

I am not a Berner, not at all. As with others here, I have serious misgivings about Bernie’s skill set when it comes to most of the important duties of the presidency. He’s a shitty judge of people, too susceptible to flattery, a terrible diplomat and… well, you all know.

Here’s what I do see, though: I think a Bernie candidacy in the general would bring out a very different Democratic coalition from the Hillary coalition (which would in turn become the Biden or Warren or Klobuchar or Pete coalition in 2020, most likely.)

He’ll gain the hardcore socialists who probably weren’t Hillary voters in 2016. Sanders as nominee would blunt any sort of third-party run to the left. There won’t be Jill shills (or Tulski tools) if Sanders is the D nominee, or at least there won’t be any in enough numbers to do the damage Stein did in the midwest in 2016. So that’s a good thing.

He’ll get more energy from younger voters. That’s important, too. It could even be very important - IF it comes with a push downballot, too, to bring out the younger voters who could take out a McConnell or a Ben Sasse or enough other Rs to take the Senate. But downballot isn’t Bernie’s thing, of course, and how many of his cult members will vote for Bernie and not even bother with the rest of the ballot because it’s not Saint Bernie’s name there?

He’ll get a few disgruntled Trump 2016 voters, the ones who hate “the system” and are inclined to look for someone to topple it. I don’t think that’s a huge number of real-world voters, though, and probably not enough to swing any states one way or the other for him.

But the Democratic tent is a big one, with a lot of constituencies he’d have to work harder to get than a nominee like Biden or Klobuchar.

Black voters, we know about. They’re going to be so essential everywhere, especially if there’s any hope of unseating a Lindsay Graham in SC or (equally iffy) flipping GA or TX blue. If I had no other reason to not want Bernie as the nominee, this would be it - except there’s more.

There’s the category I call “my mom.” Mid-70s. Always, ALWAYS votes. Pretty much always votes blue. When I see Berners complain “the DNC sabotaged Bernie in 2016,” I think about mom and her friends. The DNC didn’t do Bernie in. My mom and tens of millions of other 70-something women did him in, because they’ve put up with crotchety 70-plus men like my dad - I mean, Bernie - for their entire adult lives and, dammit, it was Hillary’s turn this time. When the Bernie cult excludes them entirely from their narrative of 2016, that’s problematic. And it will be problematic for building enthusiasm and turnout for Bernie in 2020.

I don’t think any coalition that doesn’t include minority voters and “my mom” is going to be big enough to win the general and take back the Senate. What I worry about is whether a coalition that doesn’t include Bernie’s young socialists (and the smaller subset of crotchety old men who seem to be his most loyal base) will be big enough, either.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 7:42:42pm

re: #410 Hecuba’s daughter

Is he a coward or is he basically supportive of this president? His treatment of NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly suggests it’s not cowardice, but active malice toward anyone who is not a supine Trump supporter.

Well, I think it’s pretty cowardly to bully someone and lie about them and then proceed to put up a judgement Bible verse on your professional social media account while stories come out about how you have a tendency to be rude especially to women reporters.

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dell*nix Jan 26, 2020 • 7:47:09pm

re: #245 Eclectic Cyborg

How many balloons full of yellow water will there be?

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goddamnedfrank Jan 26, 2020 • 7:49:22pm

I’m so incredibly fucking done with this shit.

The Room Where It Happened? pic.twitter.com/W5NMSwpiJi

— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) January 27, 2020

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Targetpractice Jan 26, 2020 • 7:53:49pm

re: #417 goddamnedfrank

I’m so incredibly fucking done with this shit.

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Honestly, if the WH comes out tomorrow and says that Bolton is just saying this shit to sell a book, I’d have a hard time disagreeing with them. The quickest way to kill your credibility is to put a price tag on it.

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Rightwingconspirator Jan 26, 2020 • 7:55:52pm

Am I the only guy thinking that Bolton is just low hanging fruit, witness wise? We already have sworn testimony from far better people.

The President should be required to at least undergo a deposition. Anything less is far less of a fair trial. *So wanted to say “be deposed”…*

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Targetpractice Jan 26, 2020 • 7:57:35pm

re: #419 Rightwingconspirator

Am I the only guy thinking that Bolton is just low hanging fruit, witness wise? We already have sworn testimony from far better people?

The President should be required to at least undergo a deposition. Anything less is far less of a fair trial.

Stepping stone is probably more accurate. Just as Taylor and Hill put Bolton in the spotlight by testifying as to his remarks made during the events in question, his manuscript is now making it clear that the bigger fish were active participants. Having him testify at this point would just raise the pressure to seek their testimony.

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bratwurst Jan 26, 2020 • 7:57:38pm

My favorite part of #GRAMMYs is the tone of pomp & circumstance permeating the evening, as if The Recording Academy hadn’t totally missed 90% of the good music over the last 60 years and the industry itself hadn’t become a bad joke mostly focused on the secondary ticket market.

— Clay C. (@ClayC1969) January 27, 2020

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Chrysicat Jan 26, 2020 • 7:58:02pm

re: #338 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

The pressure is getting to him and he knows he’s never going to be the first Evangelical bedwetter in the WH.

That last part—are you just using it as an insult, or is he literally night-incontinent?

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 7:59:58pm

re: #422 Chrysicat

That last part—are you just using it as an insult, or is he literally night-incontinent?

It’s what I call the Evangelical nuts who make policy and their political ideology based on end times and a theocratic worldview.

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Dread Pirate Jan 26, 2020 • 8:01:09pm

Brit Hume on Fox Jan 15: “assume Bolton says, ‘The president wanted the Bidens investigated and withheld aid to get that done.’ I don’t think that adds to our knowledge. I don’t think many GOP senators are going to say he’s guilty of that, but I think most of them think he did.”

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) January 27, 2020

FNC really IS the WH Press Office. Obviously.

— WM Felmlee (@WM_Felmlee) January 27, 2020

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 8:04:02pm

re: #424 Dread Pirate

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I’m sure he wishes he could make FNC his version of Putin’s state network. Name escapes me. It’s not RT. RT is what they aim at non Russians.

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Chrysicat Jan 26, 2020 • 8:12:56pm

re: #340 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

So Don Jr was definitely in the Parnas talks. Here’s my two cents since a lot of people think Ivanka’s Trump’s successor in his family. Ivanka I think is Trump’s business successor. The one that will make the family money by putting up a facade of respectability. Don Jr is the political one. You will note that Don Jr and not Ivanka attacks his father’s opponents as well as making contacts in the alt-right sphere. He’s the one auditioning to replace his father as the political face of the Trump dynasty.

That’s not that much of a surprise to me. Handing the crown to Ivanka would be considered almost literally sacrilege by half his base, after all, because they act as though Paul of Tarsus’s words deserve red letters even more than Yeshua ben-Yosef’s.

And some of them would have a problem with Jared being the figurehead because it would be obvious from the past half-decade that he was.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 8:15:18pm

re: #426 Chrysicat

That’s not that much of a surprise to me. Handing the crown to Ivanka would be considered almost literally sacrilege by half his base, after all, because they act as though Paul of Tarsus’s words deserve red letters even more than Yeshua ben-Yosef’s.

And some of them would have a problem with Jared being the figurehead because it would be obvious from the past half-decade that he was.

Yeah it’s not a surprise to me either. Plus yeah Ivanka would never resonate with Republican voters. Don Jr knows how to pander to them more like his Dad.

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Dr Lizardo Jan 26, 2020 • 8:18:09pm

re: #396 Belafon

Not the first time Doctor Who has revisited old lines.

I think the biggest thing hurting the show is the Sunday slot.

You’re right; look at how many times the Daleks have come back, after being seemingly finished off by the Doctor.

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Dr Lizardo Jan 26, 2020 • 8:24:41pm

re: #410 Hecuba’s daughter

Is he a coward or is he basically supportive of this president? His treatment of NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly suggests it’s not cowardice, but active malice toward anyone who is not a supine Trump supporter.

Trump is just a means to an end for Pompeo - in this case, bringing about the Apocalypse (IIRC, Pompeo’s an End-Times fundie and people like that have no business whatsoever in charge of anything, beyond perhaps running the Walter Thurston Gentleman’s Lounge in the State Department building).

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Jan 26, 2020 • 8:28:27pm

re: #429 Dr Lizardo

Trump is just a means to an end for Pompeo - in this case, bringing about the Apocalypse (IIRC, Pompeo’s an End-Times fundie and people like that have no business whatsoever in charge of anything, beyond perhaps running the Walter Thurston Gentleman’s Lounge in the State Department building).

Pompeo is an interesting one though. Read an article on how he’s got ties to three key parts of the GOP machine. One as you got at is his Evangelical ties, two obviously are his Trump ties, three and this hasn’t been touched on but the Koch PACs heavily financed some of his early candidacies.

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 26, 2020 • 8:29:35pm

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BeachDem Jan 26, 2020 • 8:46:32pm

re: #417 goddamnedfrank

I’m so incredibly fucking done with this shit.

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I’m sure Lin Manuel Miranda is just thrilled with Bolton’s book title.

Oh ho
A quid pro quo
I suppose…

No
One else was in
The room where it happened
The room where it happened
The room where it happened
No one else was in
The room where it happened
The room where it happened
The room where it happened
My God
In God we trust
But we’ll never really know what got discussed
Click-boom then it happened
And no one else was in the room where it happened

The Room Where It Happens

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