Seth takes a closer look at the president and his goons threatening everyone from sitting congressmen to ambassadors as new evidence emerges in his impeachment trial.
Shot…Chaser… pic.twitter.com/axdtUfoZAo
— ace-o-aces (@aceoaces) January 28, 2020
re: #1 Ace-o-aces
I kinda want to know what Margaret Cho is following her.
Federal judge Richard Berman on Giuliani’s representation of Zarrab: https://t.co/JkSV8MogrJ pic.twitter.com/jHsbFAEgS5
— David Williams (@dznyc) January 28, 2020
Bolton book leaked after the White House made copies of the single manuscript they were given: report
NBC News corresponded Carol Lee reported Monday that one copy of Bolton’s manuscript was given to the White House — where copies were made.
rawstory.com
Yeah, it’s Raw Story, but still—they have the receipts.
re: #4 BeachDem
Bolton book leaked after the White House made copies of the single manuscript they were given: report
NBC News corresponded Carol Lee reported Monday that one copy of Bolton’s manuscript was given to the White House — where copies were made.
rawstory.comYeah, it’s Raw Story, but still—they have the receipts.
please let it come out that Kellyanne leaked it!
Any day that’s a bad day for President Shitting Bull is a good day for every civilized person.
At least some members of Trump’s legal team also likely knew of Bolton’s knowledge which, if so, potentially subjects them to criminal perjury charges or legal disciplinary actions for their statements before the Senate. https://t.co/Ur4ST3vmSS
— Mark S. Zaid (@MarkSZaidEsq) January 27, 2020
I think Mike should quit. Not because he hurt my liberal fee-fees or whatever, but because he very clearly does not like his job because his job is not what he wants it to be.
Mike wants to be a character in a Tom Clancy novel, not a bureaucrat or a diplomat.— Starfish Who Gave Up And Started Duckposting (@IRHotTakes) January 25, 2020
Yep. As @Kasparov63 warned a few years ago, the circle around an autocrat inevitably becomes increasingly nepotistic and incompetent as loyalty is the only requirement that matters. https://t.co/5uWECvZnDn
— Mig Greengard (@chessninja) January 25, 2020
Christian Website: The Bible Says an Asteroid Will Crash Into Earth in 2029 (Goes to The Friendly Atheist Hemant Mehta, a counter-apologist.)
In case you need something else to worry about, Christian writer Thomas Horn would like you to know that an asteroid is going to crash into the Earth in 2029, and the Bible proves it. He found an outlet for his bananas theory on — where else? — Charisma.
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This fiasco of an administration is coming to an end the only way it could of….
… A complete buttfuck of inept career brown-nosers and ass-kissers clambering onto a sinking fool’s gold Titanic stern, ass end in the air, sinking into a sea of organized criminal activity.
re: #11 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Christian Website: The Bible Says an Asteroid Will Crash Into Earth in 2029 (Goes to The Friendly Atheist Hemant Mehta, a counter-apologist.)
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Good. I hope the asteroid scores a direct hit on Mar-A-LARD-o!
re: #9 Belafon
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Maybe he can play one in a Kevin Sorbo movie after he resigns from being Secretary of State. I admit I haven’t studied Secretaries of State but he’s got to be the biggest failure at that job.
re: #10 Belafon
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Secretaries of states are usually experienced on the big stage. This guy is a Tea Party product. Contrast that with his predecessors. Hell even Tillerson wasn’t completely out of whack though it was very telling Trump made an oil executive our top diplomat.
Early on the primary season, I wholeheartedly joined “Team Warren.” I felt that not only was the she best candidate to actually be president, but that she had the best chance of beating Trump. I was in. I was enthusiastic and I was ready to fight for her and the America I felt she would lead.
And although none of the things I loved about Warren changed, I found my enthusiasm for her wane in the last couple of months. It is not so much that I like Warren less, but somehow I find myself wondering if other candidates might be better to support.
Polls suggest that I am not alone.
So this past weekend, I made myself really take apart what changed my mind. Why did I go from “Team Warren” to team “not so sure”?
I realized that this all started when the tension broke out between her and Bernie. I started seeing negative things written about Warren by people who like Bernie and, while the arguments didn’t change my feelings about her, the fact that people were arguing worried me a lot.
The scars of 2016 are deep and fresh. And a part of me thought, “maybe it would be safer to have Bernie rather than risk people who like him staying home.” Or, “maybe Biden would be better because he is always the strongest against Trump in the polls.”
Instead of following my heart and mind and sticking with the candidate who I really believe would both be best as president AND would be able to beat Trump, I was worrying more about what other people would feel and how other people would act and how to make other people happy.
Of course, I was. That is how women are raised to think. We want everyone to be happy. We feel uncomfortable choosing a course of action that makes people we care about angry or upset.
And that is why I think Warren has been sliding recently. It isn’t that she wouldn’t be a great president (she would) or that she couldn’t win (she could) but things got *uncomfortable* in the race and women are taught to hate discomfort when it happens with their friends and allies. We are raised to do all we can to make that discomfort go away. And if supporting Biden or Bernie or Pete will do that then… we’ll switch. This unconscious desire to not rock the boat and not make our friends mad is powerful and I think it is pulling support from Warren.
Intra-party fighting makes Bernie and Biden supporters draw even closer to their candidates and champion them even more. But because of deeply ingrained gender norms, it makes some Warren supporters uncomfortable on a level we can’t even verbalize and it makes us change our attitudes: just a little perhaps, but just enough to see her slip in the polls.
For me, realizing where my uncertainty came from has been freeing. I am done with that. I am done worrying about making others uncomfortable. I am done questioning my preferences because of how they might make others feel.
I am on team Warren for this primary season. I will vote for her, campaign for her, and encourage others to do so.
Because it is easy to see why Warren would be a great president. She has plans for everything. The plans are smart, evidence based, and filled with both heart and reason. Is every plan perfect? Nope. But they are all strong and they are all starting points for actually using her presidency — from day one — to make a difference. It isn’t just talk with Warren.
I can somewhat understand this. My mother was an emotionally abusive person when I was a kid. She had a short temper - she mimicked her father that way - and I learned to quickly work out how to recognize things that could make her angry (my dad hat PTSD from Vietnam that manifest itself as monthly seizures through the early 2/3 of my childhood). So I can be very quick in deciding to change things when it gets uncomfortable.
The Trumpet cult shall be known forevermore as the Cult of the Black Knight.
Until I forevermore it some other way.
Right now—the look of people who lived through the Clinton impeachment as they listen to Kenneth Starr. pic.twitter.com/MGyFumjKv6
— Julian Zelizer (@julianzelizer) January 27, 2020
Satellite imagery shows activity at NK missile sitehttps://t.co/HpTkAUIzWR
— The Korea Herald (@TheKoreaHerald) January 27, 2020
we all knew it would come to this, and yet it’s still so amazing to watch pic.twitter.com/HJp1bK9UNJ
— Bobby Lewis (@revrrlewis) January 27, 2020
re: #20 Ace-o-aces
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FNC 2020 is peak Orwellian. The clock is always on 13 over there.
The best part about this imo is people are seeing how FNC has been a propaganda outlet for Trump throughout this process. So in this age of shouting FAKE NEWS, Fox is being exposed on a massive scale for what it is.
re: #14 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Maybe he can play one in a Kevin Sorbo movie after he resigns from being Secretary of State. I admit I haven’t studied Secretaries of State but he’s got to be the biggest failure at that job.
He sure is giving William Jennings Bryan, Colin Powell and Kindaslezy a run for the Worst SOS in American History
re: #23 Joe Bacon 🌹
He sure is giving William Jennings Bryan, Colin Powell and Kindaslezy a run for the Worst SOS in American History
This was probably posted here yesterday — but Max Boot is no fan of Pompeo and claims that each day he serves makes Tillerson look better by comparison
re: #23 Joe Bacon 🌹
He sure is giving William Jennings Bryan, Colin Powell and Kindaslezy a run for the Worst SOS in American History
Need to read more on Bryan but I’d say worse than Rice and Powell. I can’t objectively name a country Pompeo has helped improve our relationship with for the better and he’s definitely undermined DOS morale.
re: #24 Hecuba’s daughter
This was probably posted here yesterday — but Max Boot is no fan of Pompeo and claims that each day he serves makes Tillerson look better by comparison
To be fair, Barr does that with Sessions. Tillerson was a tyrant at the State Department too. I’ll grant that he stood up against Trump’s worser impulses and outbursts but it’s like going from a D- to a F.
The problem is Trump doesn’t have any delegation skills. This is something I’m trying to warn people about Sanders as opposed to Warren and Biden. You want a President who will surround himself with capable minds not yes men and women. Trump’s early cabinets had some fairly reasonable picks but as the babysitters I’ll call them leave, we get like the chaos of having Mulvaney be both head of OPM and Chief of Staff. And worse, they even acknowledge Trump likes the acting Secretaries because he thinks it gives him flexibility. I’ve worked at a federal agency. A small one and in a small department no less but continuity matters.
BTW all the doublespeak by the Republicans should show once again that the Tea Party movement was nothing but an astroturfing sham designed to weaken Obama’s Congressional majority. None of these frauds cared about Obama having too much power. It was who Obama was.
re: #1 Ace-o-aces
Well, admittedly, a lot of them have no problem with prostrating oneself and asking for CHARITY–they just feel that ever funding with taxes is wrong.
They don’t take it well when the charity for OTHERS at least isn’t Christian-based, either.— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) January 28, 2020
re: #4 BeachDem
Bolton book leaked after the White House made copies of the single manuscript they were given: report
NBC News corresponded Carol Lee reported Monday that one copy of Bolton’s manuscript was given to the White House — where copies were made.
rawstory.comYeah, it’s Raw Story, but still—they have the receipts.
Extremely difficult to believe Bolton’s team didn’t leak it since yesterday had all the hallmarks of a coordinated rollout; title reveal, juicy quotes, just as the website and Amazon pre-orders both went live. Not that it really matters how it got out, and the nominal mystery helps sow more paranoia into Trump’s brain about leakers within his inner circle, which in turn further poisons morale within the WH.
re: #27 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
The problem is Trump doesn’t have any delegation skills. This is something I’m trying to warn people about Sanders as opposed to Warren and Biden. You want a President who will surround himself with capable minds not yes men and women. Trump’s early cabinets had some fairly reasonable picks but as the babysitters I’ll call them leave, we get like the chaos of having Mulvaney be both head of OPM and Chief of Staff. And worse, they even acknowledge Trump likes the acting Secretaries because he thinks it gives him flexibility. I’ve worked at a federal agency. A small one and in a small department no less but continuity matters.
I have 42 years in Federal Civil Service with Social Security and I can tell you from experience what a goddamned pain in the ass it is when the leadership positions are vacant and we have “Acting Commisioners” who just let the agency run on inertia.
I have a lot of weird animal sex facts stored away.
whatever.
I don’t have to explain my life to you.— fooler initiative (@metroadlib) January 28, 2020
Imagine getting both the Corona virus and Lyme disease
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) January 28, 2020
re: #32 goddamnedfrank
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Hmmm. I’m incredibly geeky about The Godfather trilogy to the point I rewatch it simply to study minor characters.
re: #34 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I think the Godfather 2 is the best movie ever made. It’s an absolute masterpiece. One is outstanding, but 2 is just breathtaking. I love it so.
(2nd LD) N.K. paper reports on Pyongyang’s emergency steps against Wuhan coronavirus https://t.co/wcR8P4Eluw
— Yonhap News Agency (@YonhapNews) January 28, 2020
North Korean secrecy would be a huge problem if nCoV2019 got started in their country.
re: #32 goddamnedfrank
There are exactly 10! (factorial) seconds in 6 weeks.
re: #37 Belafon
Which means that:
11! > number of seconds in a year
12! > number of seconds in a decade
13! > number of seconds in a century
14! > number of seconds in a millennium
Just to show how quickly factorials grow.
re: #35 plansbandc
I think the Godfather 2 is the best movie ever made. It’s an absolute masterpiece. One is outstanding, but 2 is just breathtaking. I love it so.
I love the parallel storyline of Michael and Vito. Plus the story locations . Tahoe, Sicily, New York, Havana, and Washington. It’s an epic.
Your weekly “neither side understands history” thread, assuming that each isn’t a troll:
Wrong. They were all devoted Protestants fleeing religious persecution from Catholicism.
Sorry, Sparky. I’m actually informed.
History can’t just be rewritten according to liberal talking points.
Done here.— Natasja Yonce (@NatasjaYonce) January 28, 2020
I hate to give ANYTHING to a MAGAt, but the Pilgrims should never be used as an argument for religious freedom. They left Britain because the Jacobean C of E was “too Catholic”, but they were safe in the Netherlands when they decided to colonise North America.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) January 28, 2020
SHE, of course, was also dead wrong, as the Church of England was darn high-church but still out of communion with Rome, and the next time it would be at risk of things being otherwise was six decades down the road. Shes just a modern “antipapist” and showing it.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) January 28, 2020
This was so great, how did they get away with it?https://t.co/OlA6tSfksq
— Brian Smith (@bsmithoakland) January 28, 2020
Inside the epicentre.@AFP has a team of journalists on the ground in Wuhan covering the virus outbreak.
Here are some of the topshots by AFP photographer @hectorretemal from the Red Cross Hospital in the city pic.twitter.com/pja5hx2jZb— AFP news agency (@AFP) January 28, 2020
re: #40 Chrysicat
Your weekly “neither side understands history” thread, assuming that each isn’t a troll:
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They were fleeing from political Catholicism? That would be news to the namesake of the King James Bible which is you know a cornerstone of Protestant identity.
re: #39 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
One of my favorite scenes in “2” is early in the film when Sen. Geary tries to shakedown Michael. Michael already knows everything he needs to know about Geary as we learn later in the film. The lighting on Geary’s face as he turns the cannon towards Michael is another gem.
re: #39 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Non-linear is my jam.
re: #44 Ace Rothstein
One of my favorite scenes in “2” is early in the film when Sen. Geary tries to shakedown Michael. Michael already knows everything he needs to know about Geary as we learn later in the film. The lighting on Geary’s face as he turns the cannon towards Michael is another gem.
I was just going to comment on Geary. The one act he does to the public where he purposely butchers the Corleone surname at Anthony’s holy communion in Tahoe and then his true act in that scene you speak of. I like watching that more than any high budget action scene because it’s a great example as Michael explained it “Senator, we’re part of the same hypocrisy.” Geary as a character reminds me of Lindsay Graham. I remember he was one of the few Republicans who was cordial towards and even voted for Justice Kagan’s confirmation but we’ve also see how ugly he was to Dr. Ford during Kavanaugh,
I don’t particularly intend to do so to a wispy-silver-haired one either, which is why I keep hoping for some way to win without nominating Bernie…
— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) January 28, 2020
Usurpers, unfortunately, still have to be at least referred to if not treated as kings by any part of the populace not openly rebelling against them. I definitely see Richard’s point in saying things the way he did.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) January 28, 2020
re: #45 plansbandc
Non-linear is my jam.
Yeah I’ve never seen it in chronological order. I like the non linear too because it’s a perfect contrast between father and son. Lots of great scenes, my favorite is either Don Fanucci being tracked on the rooftop or when Vito gets revenge for his family. But I love the opening scene in Ellis Island with all the ethnic groups. That era was when my mom’s parents arrived and I imagine them always during that scene. It’s super idealistic compared with the rest of the film.
re: #49 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Oh yeah. Something about non-linear literature and movies tickles my brain. I’m really very plodding with most everything else in my life. (Love LOVE abstract art too.) Guess I’m just wired that way.
France warns US against pulling troops out of unstable Sahel region https://t.co/1QBPhsQvSf
— FRANCE 24 (@FRANCE24) January 27, 2020
re: #50 plansbandc
Oh yeah. Something about non-linear literature and movies tickles my brain. I’m really very plodding with most everything else in my life. (Love LOVE abstract art too.) Guess I’m just wired that way.
Yeah I like it as a storytelling technique. GFII imo is a character study as much as anything and the non linear structure allows you to see Michael and his Dad side by side. Plus the acting is incredible.
re: #52 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
My top four favorite movies. Godfather 2 is not number one, but it is the best movie ever made. :D
Star Wars (The first one released.)
What’s Up Doc?
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Godfather 2
I have no idea how many times I’ve seen these movies, but it could add up to a year. I kid. Sort of.
They’re threatened by her and her party’s main ask: Full equality between Arabs and Jews | Haaretz Editorial https://t.co/AH3UyU5gCF
re: #51 Dread Pirate
Freedom fries in three, as the GOP say “you can’t tell us what to do” then pulls out those troops and a few others just to snub France.
Am I the only transwoman out there who increasingly finds that if she tries to recall her PRE-transition years, she’s STILL picturing herself in a maillot in circumstances where she KNOWS FULL WELL she was wearing boys’ trunks and sometimes not even a t-shirt?
— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) January 28, 2020
I was not aware that Rep. Fortney (Pete) Stark, the former California representative who served his district for forty years until he was primaried by Eric Swalwell, died a couple days ago.
He was the first openly atheistic congressman. Swalwell primaried him for voting against “In God We Trust” to replace “E Pluribus Unum” as the national motto.
Amongst other achievements, Rep. Stark worked on the legislation to create the COBRA insurance program, and the ACA.
Working as a banker in the Sixties, he promoted a very progressive employment programme at the time, offering day-care and bus service for his largely African-American workforce.
Former California Congressman Pete Stark dies at 88 (San Francisco Chronicle).
My only personal contact with Rep. Stark was when he was scheduled to be a guest on the Tacoma, Wash. radio show “Ask an Atheist.” A problem came up where he couldn’t be on the show, and I was asked to appear on it for an interview instead. (That kind of tells you how hard it is for atheists to get elected.)
*smokes more weed & tips imaginary hat*
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) January 28, 2020
re: #57 Anymouse 🌹🎃
I loved him, he could trigger Republicans like no other.
He is capitalism’s greatest son. Surprised the President hasn’t pardoned him or “free market” Republicans haven’t flocked for his release. This is exactly what they stand for.
— Publius Valerius Publicola (@PubliusValeriu7) January 28, 2020
Blindsided by the Bolton bombshell, Mitch McConnell is angry. Angry.
McConnell has serious questions for the White House. Remember, in December McConnell said he was in “total coordination” with White House counsel on Trump’s impeachment.
https://t.co/RPhUSO5Ymr— Stephanie Kennedy (@WordswithSteph) January 27, 2020
If McConnell really was blindsided by this - and it’s entirely possible that he was, given Trump’s sickly paranoia - I can’t help but wonder if he’ll get his sweet revenge by allowing Bolton to testify under oath.
I doubt that would happen, but hey, who knows?
re: #62 Dr Lizardo
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If McConnell really was blindsided by this - and it’s entirely possible that he was, given Trump’s sickly paranoia - I can’t help but wonder if he’ll get his sweet revenge by allowing Bolton to testify under oath.
I doubt that would happen, but hey, who knows?
He might have no choice at this point if he wants to keep the majority or his own seat. I bet public pressure is only go up. You can only stay in the right wing echo chamber for so long.That said, I hope he’s miserable. He was ready to completely dismiss the charges at Trump’s behest even though the WH completely obstructed the investigation from the start. I hope he gets to live to see his work undone.
re: #63 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
He might have no choice at this point if he wants to keep the majority or his own seat. I bet public pressure is only go up. You can only stay in the right wing echo chamber for so long.That said, I hope he’s miserable. He was ready to completely dismiss the charges at Trump’s behest even though the WH completely obstructed the investigation from the start. I hope he gets to live to see his work undone.
I’d bet that behind closed doors, the Republicans are shitting themselves over all this. How did they not see this coming? What did they think was going to happen when they summarily acquitted Trump without witnesses and then all the evidence of Trump’s flagrant criminality comes out anyway, making it even more obvious that their trial was a sham?
What did they think was going to happen when they staked their reputations on, and hitched their political fortunes to, DONALD FUCKING TRUMP?
re: #64 Dr Lizardo
I’d bet that behind closed doors, the Republicans are shitting themselves over all this. How did they not see this coming? What did they think was going to happen when they summarily acquitted Trump without witnesses and then all the evidence of Trump’s flagrant criminality comes out anyway, making it even more obvious that their trial was a sham?
What did they think was going to happen when they staked their reputations on, and hitched their political fortunes to, DONALD FUCKING TRUMP?
The truth is, these aren’t very bright guys, and things got out of hand.
re: #65 Anymouse 🌹🎃
The truth is, these aren’t very bright guys, and things got out of hand.
Mitch claimed “total coordination with the Whitehouse.” I guess Trump didn’t get the memo. McConnell is just as much a narcissist as Trump is and making him look stupid is the ultimate sin. Now that McConnell’s seen that Trump will cheerfully throw him under the bus as well, I think the odds of witnesses testimony may have gone up a bit.
re: #66 Dr Lizardo
Mitch claimed “total coordination with the Whitehouse.” I guess Trump didn’t get the memo. McConnell is just as much a narcissist as Trump is and making him look stupid is the ultimate sin. Now that McConnell’s seen that Trump will cheerfully throw him under the bus as well, I think the odds of witnesses testimony may have gone up a bit.
We could hope that Mitch decides to preserve his seat in the election against Amy McGrath by rallying enough votes to oust Trump. McConnell is an enigma sometimes, but he has a very good sense of how to conserve and expand his power. The second he thought he had more by underbussing Trump than protecting him, out he goes.
re: #67 Anymouse 🌹🎃
The problem is that primary season isn’t over yet. I wonder how things would look if McConnell, Graham, etc., knew they were safe from being primaried from the right. They could then factor into their November electoral calculus would they gain more by removing Trump or by keeping him.
re: #68 Dr Lizardo
The problem is that primary season isn’t over yet. I wonder how things would look if McConnell, Graham, etc., knew they were safe from being primaried from the right. They could then factor into their November electoral calculus would they gain more by removing Trump or by keeping him.
The filing deadline for US Senate in Kentucky was January 10.
In South Carolina, Lindsay Graham has seven primary challengers.
re: #70 Anymouse 🌹🎃
The filing deadline for US Senate in Kentucky was January 10.
In South Carolina, Lindsay Graham has seven primary challengers.
Graham’s probably terrified of facing a RWNJ primary challenger, so he’s gonna go along with Trump to the bitter end.
I get the feeling that the GOP has decided they’re gonna “dance with who brung ‘em”, which is Trump….and if that means they go down with the ship, well, so be it.
re: #71 Dr Lizardo
Graham’s probably terrified of facing a RWNJ primary challenger, so he’s gonna go along with Trump to the bitter end.
I get the feeling that the GOP has decided they’re gonna “dance with who brung ‘em”, which is Trump….and if that means they go down with the ship, well, so be it.
As far as Kentucky goes, they are essentially in the general election season already, since McConnell doesn’t have to worry about a primary challenger.
He does have to worry about the fact he’s stuck in Washington and Amy McGrath is free to travel all over the state and be available to local media.
re: #72 Anymouse 🌹🎃
As far as Kentucky goes, they are essentially in the general election season already, since McConnell doesn’t have to worry about a primary challenger.
He does have to worry about the fact he’s stuck in Washington and Amy McGrath is free to travel all over the state and be available to local media.
McConnell could also be worried that Trump could retaliate against his wife, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao. No one in their right mind would put that past Trump.
Paula White: ‘It Is Statistically Proven’ That Crime Decreased Globally Because Christians Prayed After 9/11 (goes to Right Wing Watch, more at the link).
I have no idea if her correlation between crime and 9/11 is true. That said, the Spurious Correlations Website shows almost a perfect match in the average rainfall my county gets and the United Kingdom’s defence spending.
During a service earlier this month at her City of Destiny church in Apopka, Florida, prosperity gospel preacher and current White House aide,Paula White proclaimed that people who support reproductive rights have sold their souls to Satan while also asserting that is has been “statistically proven” that crime rates fell dramatically around the world after the 9/11 terrorist attacks because Christians prayed.
Also this:
“There will not be any loss of life,” she proclaimed. “There will not be a nuclear attack. There will not be a terrorist attack.”
(Italics mine)
Good luck with that last one.
The Satanic Temple wrote a letter trolling Donald Trump’s so-called spiritual advisor Paula White.
Dear Pastor White,
Greetings from The Satanic Temple (TST)! We were very pleased this weekend to learn that you had recently publicly prayed for God to induce miscarriages in Satanic pregnancies. At a time in which Satanists have had to fight desperately to retain their bodily autonomy in the face of increasingly restrictive anti-abortion laws, we are glad that your “logic” must necessarily lead you to support unrestricted abortion access for Satanists seeking to end unwanted pregnancies!
I am writing to ask you to take a bolder step in the name of your faith, and lend your support to our Religious Reproductive Rights campaign which seeks to invoke religious exemptions from abortion restrictions on behalf of Satanists.
After stating a great deal of pertinent facts concerning a woman’s right to choose, the letter concludes by thanking White for her support:
It was a true relief to all of us at The Satanic Temple to see you in particular defending our health care rights, as we know that you will put your substantial fortune where your mouth is…
You may send a check directly to our headquarters…
Satanic Temple Trolls Trump’s Spiritual Adviser After She Prays To End ‘Satanic Pregnancies’ (goes to Secular Progressive Humanist blog at Patheos, more at the link).
Shit’s gettin’ real.
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday the high-speed rail service between the city and mainland China would be suspended from Jan. 30, and all cross-border ferry services would also be suspended in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus.
Wearing a green face mask, Lam told a press briefing the number of flights to mainland China would also be halved and personal travel permits for mainland Chinese to the city would be suspended.
I’m re-watching Gotham. It’s an absolute masterpiece of storytelling from S1E1 all the way to S5E12.
Good Mornin’… pic.twitter.com/hpvlsK7lKY
— BigPapa (@BigPapa65927761) January 28, 2020
Netanyahu has dropped his request for immunity, and his trial will begin in a few weeks. There was supposed to be a vote today in the Knesset regarding that, but it was a vote he was almost certain to lose - so presumably rather than face that humiliation, he scuttled it instead.
re: #79 Dread Pirate
I’m re-watching Gotham. It’s an absolute masterpiece of storytelling from S1E1 all the way to S5E12.
Netflix, Amazon, or something else?
As if Boeing didn’t have enough problems….
A whistleblower who worked for Boeing for almost 30 years says he would not fly on the plane he helped build due to serious safety concerns.
The 100-year-old US company is facing intense scrutiny after two of its 737 MAX 8 planes were involved in fatal crashes in the last 18 months.
Now a second aircraft model — the 787 Dreamliner — is also facing allegations of production problems which compromise its safety.
Former Boeing quality manager John Barnett worked on the company’s flagship 787 Dreamliner in the United States but he does not consider any of the planes that left the company’s North Charleston factory airworthy.
“I would not fly on a Dreamliner and I’ve asked my family and begged my family not to fly Dreamliners because I know, I know what’s under the skin,” he told 7.30.
re: #57 Anymouse 🌹🎃
That’s too bad. I voted for Pete Stark once or twice (didn’t always live in the same district he represented); I even met him in the 70s when i was a teenager.
OMG! It’s secret John Sebastian!
— And the Wind Cries “We Have All the Documents!!” (@DaveoutofAustin) January 28, 2020
re: #86 Dread Pirate
Thx
I’d heard this, I’ll put it on me weekend list
(Goes to The Independent)
Turkey’s ‘marry your rapist’ law has taken women’s rights right back to the 1950s
This bill will release scores of men who have been sentenced for committing statutory rape - Turkish newspaper Hürriyet estimates this currently stands at around 4000 - on the condition they marry their victim. Whether there will be a limit as to the age difference between the two parties is still undecided. If there is to be one, it will be set at either 10 or 15 years - a small, yet still utterly detestable, concession.
This whole bill is detestable. In fact, even that word fails to convey the absolute anger, horror and disgust felt towards the bill by many women - and men - of Turkish heritage. In an age where sexual harassment against women is finally becoming taboo, where countries who have a more conservative culture, such as Palestine or Egypt, are finally repealing easy escapes for rapists, why would you bring in such a law? Why would you take such a step back? And it is a huge step back for Turkey. In 2004, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s AK Party actually doubled the sentence for child abusers and removed the very law they are now bringing back.
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I live in the Bay Area, Silicon Valley area. I still connect to the Internet via 50 year old twisted pair direct bury telephone cable. I can only get 30 Mb/s. It’s fucking embarrassing!
re: #89 Dread Pirate
I live in the Bay Area, Silicon Valley area. I still connect to the Internet via 50 year old twisted pair direct bury telephone cable. I can only get 30 Mb/s. It’s fucking embarrassing!
My twisted pair telephone cable is new, as the last tornado we had took out my telephone line.
My speed is horrendously slowed by the fact my ISP is in Jefferson City, Mo., hundreds of miles away.
CenturyLink puts my speed as:
Download: 9.3Mb/s
Upload: 800kb/s
re: #90 Anymouse 🌹🎃
My twisted pair telephone cable is new, as the last tornado we had took out my telephone line.
My speed is horrendously slowed by the fact my ISP is in Jefferson City, Mo., hundreds of miles away.
CenturyLink puts my speed as:
Download: 9.3Mb/s
Upload: 800kb/s
That’s not too bad for phone line. I’m lucky as our fiber comes within a half mile of the house and I’m getting full speed due to the shorter wire. I worked on high speed backbones over twisted pair for traffic signal control and monitoring, it’s pretty amazing if we got 8 Mb/s over our own cable between repeaters at about a mile separation.
re: #90 Anymouse 🌹🎃
That got me curious, so I just tested mine; I’m at 15.49 Mbps download, 26.57 Mbps upload.
I’m at 30/2, unless it’s raining, then I may not have anything. Fucking AT&T.
re: #91 Dread Pirate
That’s not too bad for phone line. I’m lucky as our fiber comes within a half mile of the house and I’m getting full speed due to the shorter wire. I worked on high speed backbones over twisted pair for traffic signal control and monitoring, it’s pretty amazing if we got 8 Mb/s over our own cable between repeaters at about a mile separation.
The bad part is how much Internet service costs here. With the monopoly on service, CenturyLink charges a whole bunch of money.
Back when I was on the village board, a Colorado company presented a plan to our board to install wireless service on top of our water tower. They would provide service to all village government offices (the village clerk, the library, and the fire brigade). They would also install an upgraded electrical system at the water tower to power their system.
The wireless service would be powerful enough to encompass a lot of the rural area around the village.
After some back and forth over a couple months, we agreed to their contract to rent space on our water tower.
As soon as the lease was approved by the village board and the company, they upgraded the electrical system at the water tower and installed the antennae necessary to provide their service. The trick to use it would be a home or business would have to have a direct line-of-sight to the water tower with no significant obstacles (like a sandhill) to use the service. That limits the range to about seven miles or so.
The day after they completed their installation, we were hit by a tornado and all their equipment was destroyed.
It took several months, but they came back and replaced their equipment and started providing service.
The problem is they aren’t much cheaper than CenturyLink, and people still need telephones (a service which that company does not provide). There are a few people in town who signed up for it, along with people outside of town, and they seem satisfied with it.
The village clerk, library, and fire brigade’s service are free, saving the village and the not-for-profit which runs our fire department a considerable sum of money.
re: #92 Dr Lizardo
That got me curious, so I just tested mine; I’m at 15.49 Mbps download, 26.57 Mbps upload.
Wow. Can I get service from your provider? /s
Your 26.57 Mb/s upload versus my 800kb/s. CenturyLink calls my service “High Speed Internet” though. (They have lower speed plans.)
re: #94 Anymouse 🌹🎃
It’s not cheap here, either. I pay about $100, but I do pay extra for no cap, as we use about 20 TB a month. I think the base cap is 600 GB.
re: #96 Dread Pirate
It’s not cheap here, either. I pay about $100, but I do pay extra for no cap, as we use about 20 TB a month. I think the base cap is 600 GB.
I have no data cap with the telephone company. I don’t think they have one with any of their plans. I have no idea how much data we use (between YouTube and Hulu, plus me running BOINC science projects on my laptop, probably quite a bit).
Few people in town have Internet service either because they aren’t interested in it or don’t have the money to pay for it (and they can use the public library for free).
As for wire telephone service (since almost no one in town can use Viero’s cell tower four blocks from my house because the signal is oriented up and down the highway and doesn’t cover most of the town), most of us are Luddites and have dial telephones.
I used to have a hard disk drive with like spinning platters, now I have a little stick that bolts flat to the motherboard between the PCIe connectors. It’s smaller than a disposable lighter and holds a Terra-byte of data and is 20x faster than a hard drive. The magnitude of these numbers are getting hard to visualize anymore.
re: #99 Dread Pirate
I used to have a hard disk drive with like spinning platters, now I have a little stick that bolts flat to the motherboard between the PCIe connectors. It’s smaller than a disposable lighter and holds a Terra-byte of data and is 20x faster than a hard drive. The magnitude of these numbers are getting hard to visualize anymore.
I can visualise a Terra-byte: It’s the size of planet Earth. /s
re: #95 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Wow. Can I get service from your provider? /s
Your 26.57 Mb/s upload versus my 800kb/s. CenturyLink calls my service “High Speed Internet” though. (They have lower speed plans.)
My ISP is Poda, a local network here in the Moravian Silesia region, though in my city, there are other ISP’s as well, both big and small.
I currently pay 500 Kč/month for home internet, which comes out to about $22/month. Only ever had two outages* in the almost seven years I’ve been using Poda….so they’re pretty damn reliable.
*Both of the outages lasted less than 90 minutes.
re: #101 Dr Lizardo
My ISP is Poda, a local network here in the Moravian Silesia region, though in my city, there are other ISP’s as well, both big and small.
I currently pay 500 Kč/month for home internet, which comes out to about $22/month. Only ever had two outages* in the almost seven years I’ve been using Poda….so they’re pretty damn reliable.
*Both of the outages lasted less than 90 minutes.
$22? Sign me up.
We were having three or four outages a week for a long time. (I complained about that here in the past.) CenturyLink recently upgraded their equipment in our central telephone office and that seems to have fixed the problem. Now we only get a few interruptions a month.
Writer Calls Egalitarian Marriages “Functionally Homosexual” (Goes to Love, Joy, Feminism)
That writer would be Lori Alexander (the Transformed Wife).
Who knew? I share cleaning duties around the house with my wife (I usually do most of them), so does that make us both gay or both lesbians?
re: #98 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Heh, so as I said, in winter we have phone line problems. Our internet speed was getting spastic so I reset the modem to see if it could negotiate a better speed. it came back, but without phone service. Outside the house and our modem the phone line is fully digital. the modem decodes that and creates a VPN for Internet, and a VPN for VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol (Internet Digital Telephone)). The modem generates the “phone line” and the phone connects to it. We called AT&T and they were able to reset the phone line through their system.
re: #104 Dread Pirate
Heh, so as I said, in winter we have phone line problems. Our internet speed was getting spastic so I reset the modem to see if it could negotiate a better speed. it came back, but without phone service. Outside the house and our modem the phone line is fully digital. the modem decodes that and creates a VPN for Internet, and a VPN for VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol (Internet Digital Telephone)). The modem generates the “phone line” and the phone connects to it. We called AT&T and they were able to reset the phone line through their system.
I dunno, I just pick up the handset and dial a number. While I’ve had many Internet service problems, I’ve never had trouble with my telephone service except when a tornado took out our line (that is probably beyond CenturyLink’s control).
re: #103 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Couldn’t see most of it because they don’t like adblock. What is an egalitarian marriage, for that matter what is an egalitare?
re: #103 Anymouse 🌹🎃
I looked up that Lori Alexander. What a crackpot.
re: #105 Anymouse 🌹🎃
I dunno, I just pick up the handset and dial a number. While I’ve had many Internet service problems, I’ve never had trouble with my telephone service except when a tornado took out our line (that is probably beyond CenturyLink’s control).
Even with the trade-offs I appreciate the buried utilities. No power poles in the area besides the big high tension lines that I chose not to live under when we were looking for houses in the area.
re: #106 Dread Pirate
Couldn’t see most of it because they don’t like adblock. What is an egalitarian marriage, for that matter what is an egalitare?
An egalitarian marriage is one where marital chores are roughly shared equally (such as childrearing or laundry or dishes).
Lori Alexander consistently harps on women to stay at home, raise children, and keep house, while her husband provides for her through outside work. (Note that doesn’t apply to Lori Alexander, who has a prominent YouTube channel, frequently lectures, is beyond childrearing age herself, and is very wealthy.)
She is also opposed to things like women getting an education beyond high school, feeling it is ungodly. (She has a college degree.)
re: #107 Dr Lizardo
I looked up that Lori Alexander. What a crackpot.
She’s a crackpot with a huge following.
I wonder who runs this? They will be holding a “Conservative Unity Rally” at the New Mexico state capitol on Feb. 8.
(One wag I read said the members are probably less intelligent than their horses.)
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Somehow, here in feminist California my wife wound up a stay-at-home mom. I never intended to impose the patriarchy on my family. So I guess I missed out on the eagle-marriage.
re: #112 Dread Pirate
Somehow, here in feminist California my wife wound up a stay-at-home mom. I never intended to impose the patriarchy on my family. So I guess I missed out on the eagle-marriage.
LOL.
We’re what Lori hates: My wife with three college degrees, far wealthier than me when I met her, she had a paying job outside the home when we moved here and I didn’t, and we have no children between us. Plus I wash dishes.
re: #113 Anymouse 🌹🎃
I don’t wash dishes because I get yelled at for putting them back in the wrong place. I’ll put them in the washer and maybe start it but after that I just get yelled at, so fuck it.
re: #111 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Damn. I can’t be a cowboy for Trump.
They believe in unity which transcends partisan lines (I suppose that’s okay).
They insist on Trump’s plan for “closing the porous southern border” (there goes that partisan lines thing).
They demand belief in the Christian God.
re: #114 Dread Pirate
I don’t wash dishes because I get yelled at for putting them back in the wrong place. I’ll put them in the washer and maybe start it but after that I just get yelled at, so fuck it.
I am the dishwasher. Much cheaper than a machine which does it, so where I put them is where they go. I did negotiate with my wife (you’re never supposed to do that according to Lori Alexander, the man is supposed to lay down the household law) on where to put things so they would be easier to get when she cooks, due to her limited mobility.
re: #114 Dread Pirate
I don’t wash dishes because I get yelled at for putting them back in the wrong place. I’ll put them in the washer and maybe start it but after that I just get yelled at, so fuck it.
Back when I was married, I was absolutely forbidden to do the laundry. That was my ex-wife’s job and dammit, she would brook no encroachment.
I did the vacuuming and the household repairs like electricity, gas, and water-related things.
re: #117 Dr Lizardo
Back when I was married, I was absolutely forbidden to do the laundry. That was my ex-wife’s job and dammit, she would brook no encroachment.
I did the vacuuming and the household repairs like electricity, gas, and water-related things.
My wife does plumbing repairs. I do electrical work.
I do all the laundry and most of the sweeping and vacuuming. She does the cooking and most of the canning (though I can do canning as well).
She does mechanical stuff. I shovel snow and take out the trash.
I remember the look on my aunt’s face when she asked if I separated my laundry into loads. I said, “Of course, I throw it in a pile and I have a top load and a bottom load.”
re: #119 Dread Pirate
I remember the look on my aunt’s face when she asked if I separated my laundry into loads. I said, “Of course, I throw it in a pile and I have a top load and a bottom load.”
LOL!
US televangelist Jack Van Impe declared a in televised sermon on January 10:
It’s going to be the bloodiest war in the world. The blood will flow to the bridles of the horses for 200 miles.
Eight days later he died.
There’s a great deal about this lunatic on Christianity Today, but the only interesting thing that jumped out at me was that his paranoia proved too much for the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) which had regularly broadcast his cockamamie rants until 2011.
He started attacking other Christian ministers for not taking a strong enough stand against Islam … Van Impe said megachurch pastors Rick Warren and Robert Schuller, both of whom had spoken to Muslim groups, were secretly promoting a merger of Christianity and Islam, or Chrislam.
TBN refused to air the episode and Van Impe separated from the network. The Van Impes continued the show on their own, broadcasting Jack Van Impe Presents on TV and the internet. On January 10, the most recent episode available on the ministry website, Rexella Van Impe read headlines about the heightening conflict between the US and Iran.
patheos.com (goes to the blog The Free Thinker)
re: #121 Anymouse 🌹🎃
I used to watch his show, he’s not near as good as Dr. Gene Scott. I miss his hat and cigar.
re: #122 Dread Pirate
I used to watch his show, he’s not near as good as Dr. Gene Scott. I miss his hat and cigar.
You watched his show? Do tell. On the scale of Christian pastors from Rev. Barber nice to batshit nutbar, where did he fit?
He was out there talking about the number of steps in the pyramid to to the bible prophecy. He was Pentecostal. I almost married a Pentecostal woman, thank Satan that never happened.
Almost time for Donald Trump to mount his throne and shit tweet.
re: #125 Dread Pirate
He was out there talking about the number of steps in the pyramid to to the bible prophecy. He was Pentecostal. I almost married a Pentecostal woman, thank Satan that never happened.
My first marriage was to a Presbyterian woman. Love seemed to overcome the difference in our religious beliefs.
At first it was fine; neither of us attempted any sort of conversion/deconversion on the other, though we had a number of interesting religious discussions.
Then I developed epilepsy, and she switched to crazy. All of a sudden I was “demon-possessed” (which eventually became the basis of her divorce case and my homelessness).
After that I was not interested in marriage, since I had no way of discerning if another Christian woman would do the same.
Fortunately through a chain of improbable events on the Internet, I met who is now my wife, and found I was not alone as an atheist.
Turns out she had the same problem with her first two husbands (both Christians who decided converting her was more important than her marriage).
We have now been married longer than either my first marriage or her first two.
A Florida man who is the ringleader of a group that has hounded the families of victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting was arrested early Monday morning by sheriffs and charged with unlawful possession of personal identification of another person.Wolfgang Halbig has spent years trying to show the shooting was a hoax and that the 20 children who died were actually actors — as recently as the last few weeks he posted photos of children that he claimed were actually current photos of the victims. Halbig was arrested at 1:39 a.m. at his Sorrento, Florida home, according to the police report.
Halbig is accused of publishing and circulating Pozner’s personal information including his social security number and home address. Pozner has moved several times since leaving Connecticut after the shooting.
Halbig is also a defendant in the civil lawsuit filed by Sandy Hook victims families against Alex Jones, the host of the Infowars internet radio program. The families are suing Jones for claiming the attack on Sandy Hook Elementary School that claimed the lives of 20 first graders and six educators was a hoax, and argue that he profited by spreading the hoax claim.
I remember watching preacher Robert Tilton when I was in college.
He was a hoot. A prosperity evangelist who appeared TV asking people to send money in order to get rich.
He did the “prayer cloth” thing where people sent in a piece of cloth and he would give the cloth a personal blessing.
It was a circus.
He blew up when a TV news org. tracked down his mailing center and found huge piles of discarded cloths as well as the letters and cards sent to Tilton, along with the family photos.
re: #130 Ming5000
What about that time Oral Roberts said that God was gonna “call him home” (kill him, IOW) if he didn’t raise one (or maybe it was two) million bucks by Sunday?
LOL. More like the Godfather. That clown went on TV and basically straight-up said that God was Al Capone, LOL.
Dr. Jack Van Impe and his wife Rexella are the proud winners of an Ig Nobel prize in 2007 for his work on the discovery of Hell in 2001. He also claimed in 2007 the automobile was described in the Bible, but he didn’t win an award for that.
Who was it masturbating in the back of a car (taxi?) to porn mags?
Trump’s Defense Against Subpoenas Makes No Legal Sense
within weeks of the 8/28 politico report of the july call, the house issued a series of subpoenas to the administration for testimony and records. The administration complied with none of them, and on October 8, White House counsel Pat Cipollone sent Speaker Nancy Pelosi a letter declaring a policy of total non-cooperation with House investigations.
Like so many contentions of the president’s legal team, this is malarkey thinly draped with plausible-sounding distortions of facts, rules, court opinions, and the Constitution itself.
“malarkey”
also
“ridiculous”
and
“daft”
and yet they effectively tied it up in the courts
it is 5 months later and still….nothing
it should have been shot down within minutes as the idiocy it is
re: #130 Ming5000
I remember watching preacher Robert Tilton when I was in college.
He was a hoot. A prosperity evangelist who appeared TV asking people to send money in order to get rich.
He did the “prayer cloth” thing where people sent in a piece of cloth and he would give the cloth a personal blessing.
It was a circus.
He blew up when a TV news org. tracked down his mailing center and found huge piles of discarded cloths as well as the letters and cards sent to Tilton, along with the family photos.[Embedded content]
He’s still around. It’s amazing how these grifters can get right back up and start grifting again to a new crowd which hasn’t heard of their old grift.
He has a Webcast now to propagate his grift.
We know what it was, a big bang for 2020 reelection on NYD, then we had to his Wiley Coyote tactics being justified by another episode of Wag the Dog. Don’t fool me. pic.twitter.com/ITt45oWepE
— Kathryn Rynders (@KKJRyn) January 28, 2020
After being banned from Liverpool, people are trying to get Franklin Graham banned from his big event at the O2 arena in London.
The petition, organized by action group All Out had initially claimed that Graham would be speaking at The O2, which it noted has the capacity to hold an audience of 20,000.
However, on Tuesday morning, Stephanie Moses, the head of communications for The O2, told Newsweek that while Graham may have had an interest in holding the event there, no deal was ever made and the event would not be happening at the premises.
Asked why that was, Moses said: “It’s not very us…It’s just not an event we would take.”
While it is still unclear where Graham might host his London event, if at all, Moses’ comments come after plans for a similar speaking event in Liverpool were canceled after protesters brought his anti-LGBT+ sentiments to light.
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JUST IN: UK government says Huawei will have access to 35 percent of its 5G network despite U.S. warnings. https://t.co/nrJoJBQeNU
— NBC News World (@NBCNewsWorld) January 28, 2020
Spyware
Stop infringe in Vietnam’s Truong Sa islands!
— Hung Vu (@VuNgocHung3) January 28, 2020
re: #64 Dr Lizardo
I’d bet that behind closed doors, the Republicans are shitting themselves over all this. How did they not see this coming? What did they think was going to happen when they summarily acquitted Trump without witnesses and then all the evidence of Trump’s flagrant criminality comes out anyway, making it even more obvious that their trial was a sham?
What did they think was going to happen when they staked their reputations on, and hitched their political fortunes to, DONALD FUCKING TRUMP?
Absolutely.
re: #74 Amory Blaine
Interesting listen here. Anne Nelson with her book “Shadow Network”.
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Thanks, listening.
This is not good local news (just posted). Our regional hospital is limiting visitations.
Regional West Medical Center limit visitation due to widespread respiratory illness (goes to the Scottsbluff, Nebr. Star-Herald, the lede of the article):
SCOTTSBLUFF - Regional West Medical Center is temporarily limiting visitor access due to widespread respiratory illness throughout the region. Visitors under the age of 18 will not be allowed in the hospital until further notice, unless they are a patient or parent of a patient. In addition, any person with a fever, cough, or other flu-like symptom should not visit the hospital for social reasons.
Visitor restrictions were put in place based on public health and Regional West Community Health surveillance that showed a large increase in school absences in Scotts Bluff County this week.
Reminder to people driving from Colorado, do not bring maryjane products into my state, and most certainly don’t try to smuggle them to make money.
4 arrested after 30 gallons of THC liquid, 30 pounds of pot found in minivan in Lincoln (Scottsbluff, Nebr. Star-Herald)
Just after 11 a.m. Friday, a police officer stopped a 2019 Dodge Caravan with Florida license planes on Interstate 80 near Cornhusker Highway. The officer noticed an odor of marijuana coming from the minivan. The driver admitted to having a small amount of marijuana in the console.
The officer then noticed that the minivan’s cargo area was filled with crates and boxes. The crates were filled with more than 30 gallons of THC liquid, more than 2,600 THC vape cartridges, more than 30 pounds of marijuana and 79 grams of THC shatter, Lincoln police said. A .40-caliber firearm and $2,000 in cash also were found.
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My dipweed state senator has proposed eliminating both the state income tax and property taxes (Steve Erdman, R-District 47)
He’s trying to snowball people by funding the whole state with a re-named sales tax.
LR 300CA, the EPIC Tax Plan proposed by Erdman would eliminate property tax in its entirety, in addition to individual and corporate income taxes, and inheritance taxes. Those would be replaced by a consumption tax.
A consumption tax, also called an expenditures tax, is a tax on what people spend rather than what they earn, Erdman said.
The bill is in the form of a constitutional amendment that, if approved by the Legislature, will appear on the 2020 general election ballot for consideration by the voters.
re: #33 gocart mozart
Breaking News: The idiot bans the sale of beer made in Mexico to halt the spread of the Coronavirus
From a German humor mag: Corona Beer Changes Name to “Ebola” to Avoid Association with Corona Virus:
re: #144 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Time to limber up the “Letter to the Editor” pen again. It’s been more than a month since they published a letter from a liberal.
I ran into our retired postmaster in the county seat the other day when he and his wife were out walking.
He said to me he always appreciates the letters I write to the newspaper on local topics.
re: #62 Dr Lizardo
If McConnell really was blindsided by this - and it’s entirely possible that he was, given Trump’s sickly paranoia - I can’t help but wonder if he’ll get his sweet revenge by allowing Bolton to testify under oath.
I doubt that would happen, but hey, who knows?
If he was truly blindsided and this isn’t more kayfabe, Moscow Mitch has learned lesson #1: You can’t trust Trump.
Whether he takes the lesson to heart is another story, because it’s never been confirmed that Mitch even has one.
re: #35 plansbandc
I think the Godfather 2 is the best movie ever made. It’s an absolute masterpiece. One is outstanding, but 2 is just breathtaking. I love it so.
GF 3 was generally panned, but I found it a good move.
re: #147 makeitstop
If he was truly blindsided and this isn’t more kayfabe, Moscow Mitch has learned lesson #1: You can’t trust Trump.
Whether he takes the lesson to heart is another story, because it’s never been confirmed that Mitch even has one.
Yep and now all these Republican senators are in a pickle. I think Mitch might have outsmarted himself here guys.
Bipartisanship indeed
Though it took Dems to get it passed..a try work of both parties…
And trump blamed pelosi for the slowdown all along…it was up to her to get it done etc
Trump Invites No Democrats to USMCA Signing
Petty
Small
Sad
re: #142 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Here in Czech Republic, we’re having a major influenza outbreak in the southwest of the country, particularly the area around the city of Česky Krumlov, where the local hospitals have taken similar measures.
Ettd
Minutes ago in Jerusalem: Netanyahu officially indicted for bribery, fraud and breach of trust. Overnight he withdrew his failed request for immunity, which was the last hurdle for the prosecution. All of this while he’s preparing to meet Trump in 3 hours https://t.co/jxdHbnTBPp
— Amir Tibon (@amirtibon) January 28, 2020
The Forward:
Letter from Alabama: ‘Rabbi, will you take my dog when the Rapture comes?’
“Well Rabbi, I am here in a Bible study, and we are studyin’ about the Rapture. Are you familiar with the Rapture?”
“Yes, I am, Mr. Higgins.”
“Well, before the Second Coming, Jesus is gonna appear and all good Christians are gonna be swept into heaven, and the only people left on earth are gonna be the Jews and the atheists. Now don’t you worry, Rabbi, before the Second Coming, God’s gonna take care of the Jews too. So, when the Rapture comes, I need me a Jew to take care of my dog. I don’t want my dog being raised by no atheist.” (emphasis mine)
The Yankee part of me wanted to chew the caller out for being so … obtuse. “For real? You think your dog needs to be raised in a religious home?” But I pushed back against my instinctive response. I told myself, “Be southern.”
“Mr. Higgins, tell me about your dog.”
re: #148 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
GF 3 was generally panned, but I found it a good move.
It wasn’t a bad film, but if the fates had been kinder, it would’ve Robert Duvall continuing his Tom Hagen character and a young, up-and-coming actress named Winona Ryder starring as the ill-fated Mary Corleone.
re: #147 makeitstop
If he was truly blindsided and this isn’t more kayfabe, Moscow Mitch has learned lesson #1: You can’t trust Trump.
Whether he takes the lesson to heart is another story, because it’s never been confirmed that Mitch even has one.
Common sense alone would dictate that you simply cannot trust a two-bit real-estate shyster.
re: #156 Dr Lizardo
It wasn’t a bad film, but if the fates had been kinder, it would’ve Robert Duvall continuing his Tom Hagen character and a young, up-and-coming actress named Winona Ryder starring as the ill-fated Mary Corleone.
16 year gap between films too. Plus I think Pacino’s Michael wasn’t as strong as it had been in GF1/2. Not as good supporting characters either IMO but I’d still give GF 3 a 6-7/10.
re: #157 Dr Lizardo
Common sense alone would dictate that you simply cannot trust a two-bit real-estate shyster.
Keep on saying this- the people who know Trump rejected him soundly, the people who don’t embraced him. BTW the discussion Amory linked to is fascinating. It definitely explains a lot.
Trump was actually bothered by this video of Don Lemon and Rick Wilson laughing at him
It shouldn’t be this easy to distract the President of the United States pic.twitter.com/Y9Vi7GRqsp— PoliticsVideoChannel (@politvidchannel) January 28, 2020
re: #160 Dangerman (slowly converting a pool into a pond)
There was some lady that said that. Butter emails.
re: #151 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Have we talked about this yet?
Bibi got indicted.
It could take many months before the trial starts. And even if convicted, Mr Netanyahu would not be required to step down as prime minister until the appeals process was exhausted - something that could take years.
Sounds like the Knesset needs to pass a law stating that once a government minister has been indicted, he or she must relinquish their ministerial position immediately (they can still continue as an MK, however - after all, they were democratically elected to that position).
I’ve suggested such a law be passed here in the Czech Republic, but the usual reply I get is, “Yeah, but then we’d have no government whatsoever!” To which my reply is, “Then quit electing criminals!”
re: #163 Dr Lizardo
Sounds like the Knesset needs to pass a law stating that once a government minister has been indicted, he or she must relinquish their ministerial position immediately (they can still continue as an MK, however - after all, they were democratically elected to that position).
I’ve suggested such a law be passed here in the Czech Republic, but the usual reply I get is, “Yeah, but then we’d have no government whatsoever!” To which my reply is, “Then quit electing criminals!”
Yeah I like your idea. Man what a crazy ass first month this has been. What’s February gonna be like? It’s only been 3 1/2 weeks since my Grandma passed away and already it’s a world I don’t think she would get.
re: #158 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
16 year gap between films too. Plus I think Pacino’s Michael wasn’t as strong as it had been in GF1/2. Not as good supporting characters either IMO but I’d still give GF 3 a 6-7/10.
Yeah, that 16-year gap didn’t help much either. Pacino’s Michael Corleone was pitch perfect in Godfather 2; I remember my ex saying his performance sent a chill down her spine. I’d rank that as one of the greatest acting performances of all time.
Fox and their viewers are gonna get whiplash if bolton testified and somehow managed to support the Prez
re: #22 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
The best part about this imo is people are seeing how FNC has been a propaganda outlet for Trump throughout this process. So in this age of shouting FAKE NEWS, Fox is being exposed on a massive scale for what it is.
Carlson and hannity are in fact informal trump advisors.
I mean off air
Everyone admits it.
re: #148 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
That priest meeting Michael lol. “Oh, if only the holy father could forgive our $600 million dollar debt.” as he nervously lights his cigarette.
Rick Wilson has triggered the fuck out of MAGAt Nation with his ‘U Crane’ quip.
To the point where even Grandpa Shouty and Princess Vanky took the bait. In case you haven’t seen it, here’s the clip in quesion. I think Don Lemon peed himself.
This moment on #CNNTonight where @TheRickWilson and @WajahatAli got @DonLemon to crack while discussing @SecPompeo’s pettiness toward @NPRKelly. pic.twitter.com/77wPi3krEi
— Geoffrey Sorensen (@GSorensen) January 26, 2020
re: #165 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, that 16-year gap didn’t help much either. Pacino’s Michael Corleone was pitch perfect in Godfather 2; I remember my ex saying his performance sent a chill down her spine. I’d rank that as one of the greatest acting performances of all time.
Yeah I never get tired watching the contrast with DeNiro’s Vito and Pacino’s Michael. You just didn’t get that in 3 and 16 years is a long time. Plus no Hagen was disappointing. Hagen’s always been one of my favorite characters in the series given the way he goes in between the legitimate and underworld with ease that say someone like Luca Brazi could not.
re: #64 Dr Lizardo
I’d bet that behind closed doors, the Republicans are shitting themselves over all this. How did they not see this coming? What did they think was going to happen when they summarily acquitted Trump without witnesses and then all the evidence of Trump’s flagrant criminality comes out anyway, making it even more obvious that their trial was a sham?
What did they think was going to happen when they staked their reputations on, and hitched their political fortunes to, DONALD FUCKING TRUMP?
I think what they “thought” was going to happen IS (unfortunately and disgracefully) what actually IS going to happen - they (GOP) are going to try to conduct the Senate trial as “normally” as possible - notwithstanding that it’s a rigged game from the get-go - vote (along reliably partisan lines) NOT to remove Trump, and then hope that, having got the impeachment matter out the way in January February, can move on to their usual practice of obstructing House legislation, ramming RW judicial nominations through: and working on their (and Trump’s) campaigns: on the assumption that by November, the voting public will have “moved on”. Or not, it will make no difference, since Mitch McConnell (unfortunately and disgracefully, the main power player in Washington now) doesn’t - as has been amply demonstrated - care in the least about anything other than the blatant leverage of political power.
re: #169 makeitstop
Rick Wilson has triggered the fuck out of MAGAt Nation with his ‘U Crane’ quip.
To the point where even Grandpa Shouty and Princess Vanky took the bait. In case you haven’t seen it, here’s the clip in quesion. I think Don Lemon peed himself.
They did make fun of the Trumper worldview wehre everyone else is stupid but Trump but of course they’re trying to twist it that Wilson was making fun of average Americans. I wasn’t offended by it. More making fun of the fact that Trump’s people convince themselves that no oe knows more than him and his guys even though they don’t.
re: #171 Jay C
I was just thinking - if the Republicans do indeed lose the White House the Senate this November (and fail to re-take the House), I do wonder what sort of fuckery they’re gonna get up to between November and when the next Congress/POTUS is officially sworn in.
re: #173 Dr Lizardo
I was just thinking - if the Republicans do indeed lose the White House the Senate this November (and fail to re-take the House), I do wonder what sort of fuckery they’re gonna get up to between November and when the next Congress/POTUS is officially sworn in.
I imagine a lot of shit that will make the Democratic President’s job more difficult so they can set themselves up for a comeback in 2022.
Best case scenario is this: The Republicans lose the Senate, McGrath beats Mitch, and of course the Dems win the Presidency. At this point, I think one of them is very likely, two possible, and all three unlikely but it will be interesting how Mitch plays it since he’s not as popular as Trump is in his homestate but at the same time, he’s dealing with McGrath who is letting people know why he doesn’t care for average Kentuckians with how he treats sick miners for example.
I’m headed off to bed. The sun is coming up. Catch y’all later.
re: #173 Dr Lizardo
I was just thinking - if the Republicans do indeed lose the White House the Senate this November (and fail to re-take the House), I do wonder what sort of fuckery they’re gonna get up to between November and when the next Congress/POTUS is officially sworn in.
Just a guess, but “BAD”???
re: #174 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I imagine a lot of shit that will make the Democratic President’s job more difficult so they can set themselves up for a comeback in 2022.
That’s assuming they would know how to do that.
Remember, Trump has gutted government agencies and all the competent people have left. That’s why we’re stuck with dim bulbs like Pompeo in positions that should be occupied by smart people.
I could see Trump wielding his weapon of choice and singing a bunch of Executive Orders to do fucked up shit, but the new president could just declare them null and void on Day One.
re: #75 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Paula White: ‘It Is Statistically Proven’ That Crime Decreased Globally Because Christians Prayed After 9/11 (goes to Right Wing Watch, more at the link).
I have no idea if her correlation between crime and 9/11 is true. That said, the Spurious Correlations Website shows almost a perfect match in the average rainfall my county gets and the United Kingdom’s defence spending.
Also this:
(Italics mine)
Good luck with that last one.
How the hell do you prove “Christians prayed”?
re: #177 Jay C
Just a guess, but “BAD”???
A lot of lameduck stuff that if Obama had even considered it between November 2016 and January 2017, Mitch would have howled up a storm about. Mitch is one of the worst actors in the Republican Senate. It’s all about power for him. I really hope the reports are true that he’s angry with the Trump WH though. Let them fight it out between each other while Schumer and the Senate Dems and their candidates can unite. Pelosi is helping that effort since she can say “Look we passed a lot of this stuff but Mitch blocked any votes on this at the behest of a President you all know is corrupt.” Hell even point out that Trump ran on things like improving infrastructure but has done nothing on it.
re: #178 makeitstop
That’s assuming they would know how to do that.
Remember, Trump has gutted government agencies and all the competent people have left. That’s why we’re stuck with dim bulbs like Pompeo in positions that should be occupied by smart people.
I could see Trump wielding his weapon of choice and singing a bunch of Executive Orders to do fucked up shit, but the new president could just declare them null and void on Day One.
I was thinking more really bad judicial appointments. It is should Trump lose at the polls gonna be an intersting 2 months between electionday and inauguration day because I’m sure Trump will want to take tons of potshots at the President-elect especially on Twitter.
I NEVER told John Bolton that the aid to Ukraine was tied to investigations into Democrats, including the Bidens. In fact, he never complained about this at the time of his very public termination. If John Bolton said this, it was only to sell a book. With that being said, the…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 27, 2020
…(Democrats said I never met) and released the military aid to Ukraine without any conditions or investigations - and far ahead of schedule. I also allowed Ukraine to purchase Javelin anti-tank missiles. My Administration has done far more than the previous Administration.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 27, 2020
There’s always a tweet.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 28, 2020
re: #180 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
And the sad thing is improving infrastructure is a no-brainer. And Trump can’t even get that done.
re: #181 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I was thinking more really bad judicial appointments. It is should Trump lose at the polls gonna be an intersting 2 months between electionday and inauguration day because I’m sure Trump will want to take tons of potshots at the President-elect especially on Twitter.
I’d still wager that Trump, being the manbaby he is, won’t attend the inauguration if he loses.
re: #185 Dr Lizardo
I’d still wager that Trump, being the manbaby he is, won’t attend the inauguration if he loses.
Health reasons//
re: #184 Dr Lizardo
And the sad thing is improving infrastructure is a no-brainer. And Trump can’t even get that done.
It’s something that he should be able to work bipartisanly on. But he constantly has to be a dick.
re: #186 Dangerman (slowly converting a pool into a pond)
Health reasons//
Nah that would make him look weak. An excuse like an opening at one of his hotels abroad. He’s also not required to be there and I’m sure won’t be missed but he won’t be absent quietly.
re: #184 Dr Lizardo
And the sad thing is improving infrastructure is a no-brainer. And Trump can’t even get that done.
Trump doesn’t know or care about details. He never has. Others do that work. And with national domestic and foreign policy, he doesn’t have a policy shop to create policy beyond a few catchphrases and slogans. The last time he attempted infrastructure week, the “plan” he proposed didn’t even make the cut as vaporware because it was devoid of any substantive suggestions remotely related to the real world.
And now we’re watching him make a DOA proposal for the ME peace process, which remains DOA because Trump didn’t even bother to consult the Palestinians and instead will try to force them to accept a deal that is contingent on them making all the changes, while Israel doesn’t have to do anything. That’s how Trump frittered away our position of being a neutral mediator to help the sides negotiate a deal.
“Are disgusting.”
Since you’re part of the elite, at least make your subject and verb agree.
Let me recommend the serial/Oxford comma, too. https://t.co/0zL6gBTdqy— Harry Turtledove (@HNTurtledove) January 28, 2020
re: #190 lawhawk
And like that - Bibi is formally indicted at about the same time Trump’s trying to claim he’s got a ME peace plan that’s DOA, but meant to show that he’s doing something.
BREAKING: Just hours before he was set to meet Trump for the unveiling of the U.S. administration’s long-anticipated Middle East plan, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been formally indicted on corruption charges. https://t.co/oFQwlcDIa6
— Vicky Ward (@VickyPJWard) January 28, 2020
re: #188 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Nah that would make him look weak. An excuse like an opening at one of his hotels abroad. He’s also not required to be there and I’m sure won’t be missed but he won’t be absent quietly.
Yeah, I can see him live-tweeting it, hurling petty insults and crying tears of impotent rage.
re: #191 jaunte
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Your father literally said he likes people who don’t get captured because he hated McCain. Oh and it was a Republican that made the crack at the idiots that think your father is a genius. Just screw off Ivanka, we never asked for your opinion.
re: #190 lawhawk
And now we’re watching him make a DOA proposal for the ME peace process, which remains DOA because Trump didn’t even bother to consult the Palestinians and instead will try to force them to accept a deal that is contingent on them making all the changes, while Israel doesn’t have to do anything. That’s how Trump frittered away our position of being a neutral mediator to help the sides negotiate a deal.
I’m not sure Trump’s (Jared’s?) latest “peace plan” will, indeed, be DOA (unfortunately), since it appears to be, basically, an imprimatur for the Israelis to impose a unilateral “solution”, secure in the knowledge that the US (even if no one else) will have their backs, and be ready to cast blame (as always) on the Palestinians for any resistance.
But it will, at least, appeal to the “Christian Zionist” and “Israel First” lobbies here at home, so there we are….
Vanky’s mask is coming off though. She’s tried carefully to make herself out to be the “nice Trump” but it’s so hollow as more comes out about her Dad.
re: #195 Jay C
I’m not sure Trump’s (Jared’s?) latest “peace plan” will, indeed, be DOA (unfortunately), since it appears to be, basically, an imprimatur for the Israelis to impose a unilateral “solution”, secure in the knowledge that the US (even if no one else) will have their backs, and be ready to cast blame (as always) on the Palestinians for any resistance.
But it will, at least, appeal to the “Christian Zionist” and “Israel First” lobbies here at home, so there we are….
Yep the Christian Right will love it and compare Jared/Donald to some biblical figure.
More of this please.
Sandy Hook shooting ‘conspiracy theorist’ arrested after tormenting families of victims: Police
He could face as much as a year in prison if convicted as charged.
Wolfgang Halbig, 73, was arrested and charged with unlawful possession of personal identification in Lake County, Florida, and accused of tormenting Sandy Hook parent Leonard Pozner and others connected to the deadly 2012 shooting… …Halbig is a former contributor to the far-right media outlet Infowars hosted by Alex Jones. He has spent years spreading false claims about the shooting, which he called a government hoax aimed at confiscating Americans’ guns, according to court records.
Man, Rick Wilson ain’t playing today. After Vanky scolded him over the ‘U Crane’ segment, this was his reply.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 28, 2020
Dude is really under their skin today.
re: #191 jaunte
The is ties to ridicule so it would be is. Now the real elites are disgusting.
Fiirst Read: “President Trump’s lawyers on Monday were throwing so much spaghetti against the wall — to see what would stick — the Senate chamber might have been the kitchen in an Olive Garden.”
re: #189 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Narrator- there is no transcript.
Sure there is. Locked up in the secret server where we can’t see it, but there absolutely does exist a transcript.
There’s something inherently ludicrous about debating the specifics of just one criminal episode in Trump’s lifetime of criminal activity.
It’s like falling in the ocean and trying to determine if the specific spot you’re occupying is wet.— Grudge of Whales (@grudging1) January 27, 2020
Applies to everyone in that crime family.
re: #197 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Yep the Christian Right will love it and compare Jared/Donald to some biblical figure.
Biblical figures that Trump family members can be compared to:
Donald: King Eglon of Moab
Jared: Ahab
Ivanka: Jezebel
re: #202 sagehen
Sure there is. Locked up in the secret server where we can’t see it, but there absolutely does exist a transcript.
Correct. I did mean that the public has seen.
re: #199 makeitstop
Man, Rick Wilson ain’t playing today. After Vanky scolded him over the ‘U Crane’ segment, this was his reply.
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Dude is really under their skin today.
She’s an empty fraud and she knows when her Dad leaves the WH, she won’t be protected by a corrupted AG.
re: #207 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
She’s an empty fraud and she knows when her Dad leaves the WH, she won’t be protected by a corrupted AG.
Oh, I’m sure her and Jared will come under investigation - and there won’t be anyone they can turn to for protection.
re: #208 A hollow voice says, Guilty, guilty, guilty!
Easter Island! They just cleared us to go ashore.
And we are out of range of TV transmission, so I can’t watch the impeachment hearings. Life is (temporarily , locally) good.
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Say hello to the Moai for us all!
re: #209 Dr Lizardo
Oh, I’m sure her and Jared will come under investigation - and there won’t be anyone they can turn to for protection.
Yep. Glad Rick is hitting back at her using her father’s own words and actions.
re: #205 The Pie Overlord!
Jared: Ahab
Ivanka: Jezebel
I wonder: do they have any pet dogs??
Probably not a good idea….
re: #212 Jay C
I wonder: do they have any pet dogs??
Probably not a good idea….
Didn’t they say they were getting one? No one buys them as dog people given her father’s favorite analogy.
I really think Ivanka sees herself as America’s princess. But we don’t have princesses here. Or do we have czars like her father thinks he is.
Drat, I spoke too soon. They’ve restored TV reception. And I’m not going ashore for a couple of hours. But I may hope to see Repugs twisting in the wind trying to figure out how to avoid hearing Bolton et al.
re: #214 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I really think Ivanka sees herself as America’s princess. But we don’t have princesses here. Or do we have czars like her father thinks he is.
She’s getting so dragged for the ‘real elites’ tweet. I hope it just ruins her day.
Counting the minutes until Daddy jumps in…
re: #216 makeitstop
She’s getting so dragged for the ‘real elites’ tweet. I hope it just ruins her day.
Counting the minutes until Daddy jumps in…
I do too. She’s an enabler of her father not a moderating influence on him.*
* There is no moderating influence on him
Really the last thing the country needs to hear is a pampered and sheltered Ivanka complaining about “elites” as we know more that her father’s policies are not for the interests of humanity but his donors and himsel.
re: #198 Rightwingconspirator
More of this please.
Police, some of the them, are beginning to figure out what a few human resources specialists started to realize some time ago. A purported belief in sadistic conspiracy claims (ie targeting innocent, defenseless or vulnerable people) is a massive red flag for serious ethical and cognitive shortcomings. Batshit conspira-lying is not (usually) a criminal offense, but where there’s smoke, there’s fire.
re: #123 Dread Pirate
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I remember watching Gene Scott late Friday nights and just laughing my ass off at the insane bullshit coming out of his mouth. Greatest moment was the night the FCC took his TV licenses away and he just went on an insane rant with a bunch of windup monkey toys that his brainwashed marks sent to him.
Robin Williams goofed on him in one of the last great SNL episodes.
Goddamn, I love that the fuck your feelings crowd is upset because Wilson rightfully mocked how they treat Trump as being all knowing and everyone else is a bunch of stupid elitists. It was hilarious. I would have laughed too because there’s a huge disconnect in Trump world about what elitism actually is. They really do think that Trump is a big peasant I guess like the more naive elements of the Russian peasantry did for Nicholas II I guess.
And just like that NepotismBarbie is trending on Twitter haha. As I’ve been observing guys, they can’t win when they don’t control the narrative. They’ve lost it. I think we may have been a little unprepared for 2016 in hindsight but now I think we’re ready. Since I got on Twitter, it’s become very easy for me to tell who are bots and or just idiotic Trump supporters repeating talking points.
BWAHAHA - Princess has her own trending hashtag now…
Why do I get the feeling that this is going to turn into a Trump family vs. Twitter fight?
I’m here for the Trump family vs. Twitter fight.
re: #184 Dr Lizardo
Too busy building his fucking wall.
re: #223 makeitstop
BWAHAHA - Princess has her own trending hashtag now…
Why do I get the feeling that this is going to turn into a Trump family vs. Twitter fight?
I’m here for the Trump family vs. Twitter fight.
And it’s going to get more and more information about how Javanka have been profiting off of the Donald Trump Presidency, LLC. I just hope Antisemitic bullshit isn’t directed their way by trolls because yeah Javanka are awful people but they would be if they were Evangelical Protestants, Catholics, Buddhist, Atheist, etc too.
And it looks like Harry Turtledove started Nepotism Barbie or at least got it to spread.
re: #221 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Goddamn, I love that the fuck your feelings crowd is upset because Wilson rightfully mocked how they treat Trump as being all knowing and everyone else is a bunch of stupid elitists. It was hilarious. I would have laughed too because there’s a huge disconnect in Trump world about what elitism actually is. They really do think that Trump is a big peasant I guess like the more naive elements of the Russian peasantry did for Nicholas II I guess.
Which is continued irony because Trump himself has almost always presented himself as Eliter than Elite. That’s his entire MO, he must always be seen as infinitely better, infinitely smarter, infinitely more successful, etc. than anyone else. That’s why you see him claim to have better insight than his Generals, more information than his Intelligence depts. and so on. He honest to god believes himself to be so uniquely perfect and above everyone else.
And for god’s sake, he lived in a literal fucking Golden Tower while decrying “Ivory Tower elitists”. And none of the chuds ever batted an eye.
My great great grandfather Patrick Dowd came here in 1850 as a poor 18 year old with only enough money in his pocket for one meal. He would not have been let in with this new standard. Awful. So unamerican. https://t.co/4WsxxkgQPb
— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) January 27, 2020
re: #227 Citizen K
Which is continued irony because Trump himself has almost always presented himself as Eliter than Elite. That’s his entire MO, he must always be seen as infinitely better, infinitely smarter, infinitely more successful, etc. than anyone else. That’s why you see him claim to have better insight than his Generals, more information than his Intelligence depts. and so on. He honest to god believes himself to be so uniquely perfect and above everyone else.
And for god’s sake, he lived in a literal fucking Golden Tower while decrying “Ivory Tower elitists”. And none of the chuds ever batted an eye.
He literally called himself the chosen one but somehow Wilson and Lemon are the elitists for laughing at the disconnect that Trump’s rank and file does to convince themselves that Trump is the smart one and his opponents are stupid elitists. Wilson’s politics suck but as an observer of the Trump cult, he gets it.
re: #214 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I really think Ivanka sees herself as America’s princess. But we don’t have princesses here. Or do we have czars like her father thinks he is.
What would make her believe that Americans view her as anything but a daughter of an a-hole bully? She has zero accomplishments.
re: #208 A hollow voice says, Guilty, guilty, guilty!
Outstanding - enjoy…
re: #228 Patricia Kayden
My GG Grandfather William Joyce arrived around the same time. He was from an Irish speaking family in what is called Joyce Country in Connemara (the intersection of Coutny Mayo/Galway) on Ireland’s west coast. He was a child fleeing the worst famine that Ireland had seen. We let people like him in. Today his descendants cannot imagine anything else. Trump’s immigration policies are some of the most anti-American shit I’ve ever seen from a President.
re: #230 Patricia Kayden
What would make her believe that Americans view her as anything but a daughter of an a-hole bully? She has zero accomplishments.
That’s why it’s fun to watch because the only people really echoing her in social media are Trump devotees and bots.
re: #232 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Joseph Kennedy’s grandparents came to the U.S. to escape the potato famine. I doubt they arrived with a fortune in hand. Imagine all the potential leaders and innovators this policy is shutting out.
re: #230 Patricia Kayden
What would make her believe that Americans view her as anything but a daughter of an a-hole bully? She has zero accomplishments.
The same thing that makes Trump believe the Zelensky call was ‘perfect.’ Trumps are infallible, doncha know…
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re: #221 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Goddamn, I love that the fuck your feelings crowd is upset because Wilson rightfully mocked how they treat Trump as being all knowing and everyone else is a bunch of stupid elitists. It was hilarious. I would have laughed too because there’s a huge disconnect in Trump world about what elitism actually is. They really do think that Trump is a big peasant I guess like the more naive elements of the Russian peasantry did for Nicholas II I guess.
Well, tbh, Trump really IS a “big peasant” in a lot of ways: for all his big-money RE dealings, and glitz-and-glamour marketing, it’s really easy to picture him as Just Some Guy From Queens made good: Archie Bunker as billionaire. The simple outfits, the fast-food face-stuffing, the crude, autocratic I-Am-The-Boss style of “management”: and above all, the loudmouthed prejudices. Like it or not, Donald Trump is a lot closer to The American Everyman than we would like to think. It doesn’t, in the least, mean he is fit to be President, but it’s a reality.
I’m going to Florida now! I’ll say hi to Florida Man for you!
OMG this thread:
I have to say that really is my personal favorite. @realDonaldTrump is there trashing the presidents of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia for the breakup Yugoslavia, and they’re like, WTF. And then it dons on them—Balkans, Baltics … buffoon.https://t.co/ecZ4a9qOx1
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) January 28, 2020
.@realDonaldTrump thinks there are countries on this planet called “Nipple” and “Button.” (Do NOT, under any circumstances, ask him to point them out. PLEASE.)https://t.co/1rRD1SOw0C
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) January 28, 2020
Oh, wait. A small correction. @realDonaldTrump thought Nipple and Button were in India, not separate countries. My bad—we all make mistakes. Sorry. https://t.co/TfvMJ05n9m
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) January 28, 2020
Let’s also remember what this Trump-right Douchebag Ouroboros frenzy is REALLY about.
What *really* rattled Trump is that I went on the air and said he couldn’t find Ukraine on a map.
He hates being caught out on his ignorance, and *that’ is what triggered this whole thing.— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 28, 2020
Note to self: never get in a Twitter fight with Rick Wilson.
He’s single-handedly raised the blood pressure of MAGAt Nation by 10 points today.
re: #236 Jay C
Well, tbh, Trump really IS a “big peasant” in a lot of ways: for all his big-money RE dealings, and glitz-and-glamour marketing, it’s really easy to picture him as Just Some Guy From Queens made good: Archie Bunker as billionaire. The simple outfits, the fast-food face-stuffing, the crude, autocratic I-Am-The-Boss style of “management”: and above all, the loudmouthed prejudices. Like it or not, Donald Trump is a lot closer to The American Everyman than we would like to think. It doesn’t, in the least, mean he is fit to be President, but it’s a reality.
Donald Trump is the American everyman. He is the living id of FOX news, every collected half-formed idea they broadcast in human form. The American everyman, interviewed endlessly by the NYT, CNN and the Wall Street Journal, is nothing more than an organic regurgitation of some or all of the brain viruses transmitted at them endlessly by their media. That’s what they mean when they say Trump is just like them. His brain absorbs and reflects exactly the same things theirs does.
re: #234 jaunte
Joseph Kennedy’s grandparents came to the U.S. to escape the potato famine. I doubt they arrived with a fortune in hand. Imagine all the potential leaders and innovators this policy is shutting out.
And there’s so many people like that. I don’t make my genealogical findings outwardly political when I share them with family but I am in a way suggesting “Hey, your ancestors were trying to do the same thing that those people that Trump attacks as “invaders.” I use pictures, storytelling, and my own words without memes to make the point more personal because Joseph Kennedy’s grandfather Patrick Kennedy was like my Great Nana’s Grandfather Michael Joyce (the father of William mentioned above). I’ve seen the American dream for immigrants with my SiL’s family too.
Oh, how I wish the Dems would learn to say this (so far, the only one who comes close to making a similar point is AOC):
My FAVORITE conceit from #UCrane from Trump fluffers goes something like this:
“Well, NOW that you’ve insulted my honor, I TOTALLY voting for Trump in 2020. I was on the fence, but you elitists pushed me to Trump!”
Uh huh. NO one who is engaged in this fauxrage was on the fence— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 28, 2020
re: #236 Jay C
Well, tbh, Trump really IS a “big peasant” in a lot of ways: for all his big-money RE dealings, and glitz-and-glamour marketing, it’s really easy to picture him as Just Some Guy From Queens made good: Archie Bunker as billionaire. The simple outfits, the fast-food face-stuffing, the crude, autocratic I-Am-The-Boss style of “management”: and above all, the loudmouthed prejudices. Like it or not, Donald Trump is a lot closer to The American Everyman than we would like to think. It doesn’t, in the least, mean he is fit to be President, but it’s a reality.
True, true. I do mean in how he lives his life. Nicholas II was a lot like that too but at the same time, he was living in a palace isolated from the realities of Russian/American life just like Trump is.
re: #238 Interesting Times
Trump has no interest in learning anything, and it shows. When he hears something of note, he acts as though no one else knows that this is the case (it’s always the same kind of sentence construction too). He’s so totally closed off from reality that daily briefings are impossible to convey actual information necessary to govern. If you can’t get basics of geography right to know geopolitical situations and why they’re there, you’re in real trouble.
We are in real trouble. No one knows what they’re doing in Trumpworld. Least of all Trump himself.
John Thune translated: “We know he’s guilty. We know he will do it again and again. We know he is in Putin’s pocket. But we will protect him because..party over country.” Just despicable. https://t.co/EEWVEhpB5T
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) January 28, 2020
OMG FACTS WOULD BE OUT THERE!!!!
re: #242 Interesting Times
Oh, how I wish the Dems would learn to say this (so far, the only one who comes close to making a similar point is AOC):
Yeah it’s stupid. It was clear as hell that Rick was mocking the Trump supporter who never questions anything he says and thinks everyone is an elitist but Trump and his cronies. And you know what? It’s okay to make fun of people like that especially since they show tehy have no problem with Pompeo bullying a reporter for no reason.
And Trump is meeting with Bibi. Hey, I thought he cared about international corruption.
re: #240 Renaissance_Man
Donald Trump is the American everyman. He is the living id of FOX news, every collected half-formed idea they broadcast in human form. The American everyman, interviewed endlessly by the NYT, CNN and the Wall Street Journal, is nothing more than an organic regurgitation of some or all of the brain viruses transmitted at them endlessly by their media. That’s what they mean when they say Trump is just like them. His brain absorbs and reflects exactly the same things theirs does.
Everyman born on third and already leaning off the bag
Trump’s going off on interest rates again.
The Fed should get smart & lower the Rate to make our interest competitive with other Countries which pay much lower even though we are, by far, the high standard. We would then focus on paying off & refinancing debt! There is almost no inflation-this is the time (2 years late)!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 28, 2020
US has been experiencing historically low interest rates for the past few years, and Trump’s done absolutely nothing to address infrastructure. It’s vaporware, lies, and incompetence. Pushing Fed to lower interest rates again is only to help Trump deal with his personal debt load
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 28, 2020
re: #249 Joe Bacon 🌹
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re: #252 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I stole that.
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You need to throw in his middle initial.
Sometimes the jokes write themselves. https://t.co/RFOcOjpHo7
— Robert Picardo (@RobertPicardo) January 28, 2020
EXCLUSIVE: Oleksandr Danylyuk says the requests to investigate the Bidens “rattled” Zelensky’s team and the one person in the administration he trusted was Bolton https://t.co/COmF6HM6Uk
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) January 28, 2020
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re: #256 Dangerman (slowly converting a pool into a pond)
Well she’s not wrong. There’s no evidence that Ivanka is a decent person. In fact, I honestly find Ivanka’s act more angering than Trump Jr’s.
re: #256 Dangerman (slowly converting a pool into a pond)
I had to look at the Twitter account, and yep, it is indeed the Robert Picardo!
I thought it was China that didn’t protect intellectual property rights. pic.twitter.com/AQAZ7YD7b0
— Robert Picardo (@RobertPicardo) January 24, 2020
re: #257 lawhawk
I looked him up. A legitimate player in actual anti-corruption efforts in Ukraine.
re: #62 Dr Lizardo
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I doubt that would happen, but hey, who knows?
We know that Trump doesn’t read. It’s an almost certainty that Trump was totally unaware of the contents of Bolton’s book but the more literate members of his administration were trying to decide what to suppress — and then someone with access who is loyal to our nation (or who prefers Pence) decided to leak it. So Trump was probably as blindsided as McConnell.
re: #256 Dangerman (slowly converting a pool into a pond)
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Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr. Were Close to Being Charged With Felony Fraud https://t.co/kjBksgA0zX— Ken_D (@skyco_g) January 28, 2020
re: #265 Barefoot Grin
Trump fixer Kasowitz delivered a campaign donation to DA Cy Vance, and the charges went away to the chagrin of the prosecutor running that case.
They should have been prosecuted, and the case was strong. They broke the law, and Trump paid off those who could hold his kids accountable (and in prison).
re: #266 lawhawk
Trump fixer Kasowitz delivered a campaign donation to DA Cy Vance, and the charges went away to the chagrin of the prosecutor running that case.
They should have been prosecuted, and the case was strong. They broke the law, and Trump paid off those who could hold his kids accountable (and in prison).
How many fixers does Trump have? It really seems that Trump Inc is what the people who despise the Clintons think they are.
re: #190 lawhawk
Trump doesn’t know or care about details. He never has. Others do that work. And with national domestic and foreign policy, he doesn’t have a policy shop to create policy beyond a few catchphrases and slogans. The last time he attempted infrastructure week, the “plan” he proposed didn’t even make the cut as vaporware because it was devoid of any substantive suggestions remotely related to the real world.
And now we’re watching him make a DOA proposal for the ME peace process, which remains DOA because Trump didn’t even bother to consult the Palestinians and instead will try to force them to accept a deal that is contingent on them making all the changes, while Israel doesn’t have to do anything. That’s how Trump frittered away our position of being a neutral mediator to help the sides negotiate a deal.
Pre-Trump, the US had honest mediators who worked hard to find a solution — and every time, the Palestinian leadership was unable to support legitimate plans. Certainly one can argue that if Rabin had not been assassinated or Sharon had not had a stroke, there may have been Israeli leaders who could have closed the deal. But as long as Netanyahu is in charge of Israel or Trump is leading the US, there is no hope for a possible diplomatic solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
re: #266 lawhawk
Trump fixer Kasowitz delivered a campaign donation to DA Cy Vance, and the charges went away to the chagrin of the prosecutor running that case.
They should have been prosecuted, and the case was strong. They broke the law, and Trump paid off those who could hold his kids accountable (and in prison).
Pam {cough} Bondi
Oh look, it’s my 4th favorite kind of twitter behind Trump bots, Berners, and misogynists: “Depression isn’t real and you should feel like shit for having it” Twitter….
Hey this shit is Bad for Depression. The majority of my clients I see who are depressed very much recognize the people who love them, the things they have, etc, and think that, on top of being depressed, they are ungrateful/self-absorbed for not being Appropriately Grateful https://t.co/x07nRalF0u
— Dre (@Swandre3000) January 27, 2020
“Senators Seek Classified Access to Bolton’s Book”
It’s gonna be published
Why you want to do this in a classified setting?
(Yes I can guess)
re: #273 Citizen K
Oh look, it’s my 4th favorite kind of twitter behind Trump bots, Berners, and misogynists: “Depression isn’t real and you should feel like shit for having it” Twitter….
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Suck it up/walk it off
It’s just a stress fracture. Doesn’t even show up on xrays
re: #273 Citizen K
Oh look, it’s my 4th favorite kind of twitter behind Trump bots, Berners, and misogynists: “Depression isn’t real and you should feel like shit for having it” Twitter….
I hear ya man. I’ve got anxiety. It’s getting better this year since I decided to learn meditation but it’s never easy. I forget whose suicide it was, may have been Robin Williams but I remember that asshole Gene Simmons called him a coward or some shit like that. I’ve always loathed Gene Simmons who quite honestly may accurately be called the Donald Trump of music. I know some might say Nugent but it’s Gene. Nugent is his own brand of asshole.
re: #275 Dangerman (slowly converting a pool into a pond)
Suck it up/walk it off
It’s just a stress fracture. Doesn’t even show up on xrays
We really do need to better in how we deal with mental health. The problem is othering people with mental disorders and anxieties. Treating them like they’re a future mass murderer isn’t helping. I as I said, I have anxiety but harming others is always the furthest on my own when I despair.
re: #273 Citizen K
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This. Is. Idiocy.
I’m just gonna leave this right here, mmmkay?
YOU NEED TO READ THIS.
YES, YOU. https://t.co/Fy9ENhaZCl— Jeremy Price (@dr_jfprice) January 28, 2020
re: #199 makeitstop
Man, Rick Wilson ain’t playing today. After Vanky scolded him over the ‘U Crane’ segment, this was his reply.
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Rick Wilson was mocking Trump’s knowledge. The Trump family and the entire RW media are working overtime — and it probably does not require much work — to persuade MAGAts of the American maxim “my ignorance is equal to your knowledge”. But there has been a long standing trait of anti-intellectualism in this nation — of contempt toward “pointy-headed” professors. It’s not new with Trump — he’s just taking advantage of this characteristic. goodreads.com
re: #279 Teukka
I’m just gonna leave this right here, mmmkay?
That’s consistent with the Christian fundamentalist worldview of Jews. They’re just pawns in their sick fantasies. The Republican Party wonders why they don’t win Jewish voters. Well, when you act like Israel is the only thing that matters and use Israel as a pawn in your belief that the world will end, it tends to piss people off. I’m not Jewish but I can tell when people are feigning concern and that’s always been the case with how most Christian fundamentalists view Israel. See, my point above about Pat Robertson being gleeful that Prime Minister Sharon had a stroke.
re: #279 Teukka
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YOU NEED TO READ THIS.
YES, YOU. https://t.co/Fy9ENhaZCl— Jeremy Price (@dr_jfprice) January 28, 2020
re: #208 A hollow voice says, Guilty, guilty, guilty!
Easter Island! They just cleared us to go ashore.
And we are out of range of TV transmission, so I can’t watch the impeachment hearings. Life is (temporarily, locally) good.
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Wow. “God wanted to gas 6 million people because he loved them” is one HELL of a take.
JFC.
re: #273 Citizen K
The majority of my clients I see who are depressed very much recognize the people who love them, the things they have, etc, and think that, on top of being depressed, they are ungrateful/self-absorbed for not being Appropriately Grateful
Truth. When I was deep in the fight with depression, I was fully aware of all I had and how lucky I was to have it - and I still felt terrible.
That cartoon is an awful take.
re: #275 Dangerman (slowly converting a pool into a pond)
Suck it up/walk it off
It’s just a stress fracture. Doesn’t even show up on xrays
Just a headache.
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The funny thing is that most of the “depression isn’t real” gang is probably made up of people in deep denial about their own (very real) depression.
John Bolton:. Paperback writer
Rando commenter:
“How effed up is it that the moral compass of this nation and its future course need to depend on a publication date of a book? “
re: #284 Eclectic Cyborg
Wow. “God wanted to gas 6 million people because he loved them” is one HELL of a take.
JFC.
And I guess the Romani, LGBT, Slavs, etc were just collateral damage in Fundie God’s great vision. It’s such a disgusting and offensive take. It’s why I will never even if I were to become a believer in Jesus Christ tomorrow would never want any common ground with the fundamentalist zealots who view our worst cruelty as “God’s will.” And of course, this all comes from American fundamentalist assholes who weren’t directly impacted by Nazism.
re: #289 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
And I guess the Romani, LGBT, Slavs, etc were just collateral damage in Fundie God’s great vision. It’s such a disgusting and offensive take. It’s why I will never even if I were to become a believer in Jesus Christ tomorrow would never want any common ground with the fundamentalist zealots who view our worst cruelty as “God’s will.” And of course, this all comes from American fundamentalist assholes who weren’t directly impacted by Nazism.
My questions to this assholes is “Did you support Obama, when he was elected?”
re: #284 Eclectic Cyborg
Wow. “God wanted to gas 6 million people because he loved them” is one HELL of a take.
JFC.
God wanted Hitler to kill 12 million, 6m of which were Jewish.
Why didn’t god do it itself?
I mean just sent a flood, 10 plagues, etc? Worked before.
Wouldn’t even take the flourished wave of a hand.
re: #214 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I really think Ivanka sees herself as America’s princess. But we don’t have princesses here. Or do we have czars like her father thinks he is.
You are too young to recall the Kennedy presidency: the Kennedys were treated like a royal family by the American public when John was President. Like Trump, it was a close election marred by suspicions of voter fraud (no foreign influence though). So none of this is new — it’s just that then the President was a man of erudition and eloquence and now we have a semi-literate Mafia don.
re: #284 Eclectic Cyborg
Wow. “God wanted to gas 6 million people because he loved them” is one HELL of a take.
JFC.
6 million Jews died for this sick religious fantasy. Tens of millions were killed and murdered by the Nazis.
Fuck all this to hell and back. Trump is these religious fucknuts endgame - Rapture and Apocalypse by fucking up so much that we get the End Times?
re: #290 I Would Prefer Not To
My questions to this assholes is “Did you support Obama, when he was elected?”
The video that Amory linked to with the writer talking about how these people view the world was quite telling. And what a shock to see it’s something that the scumbag Kochs have invested in too. The Kochs also bankrolled a Kansan by Mike Pompeo. It’s why I want to laugh my ass off when I see libertarians who are anti-Trump act like we’re unfair to the Kochs. Nope, the Kochs will ally their money with anyone who shares some of their goals and that includes assholes like Pompeo.
re: #284 Eclectic Cyborg
Wow. “God wanted to gas 6 million people because he loved them” is one HELL of a take.
JFC.
And totally ignoring the 6 million more that also were killed. Like, Jews were the single largest group that fell victim to the Holocaust, but they are slightly less than half of the total 13 million victims of the Holocaust.
Jesus Hello Kitty Christ on a rocket-powered toboggan, is he frikkin’ serious!?
re: #290 I Would Prefer Not To
My questions to this assholes is “Did you support Obama, when he was elected?”
I didn’t vote for Obama so he wasn’t gods chosen. //
Obama is also their equivalent of the 6 million argument.
God needed an instrument to mess things up
Cause Obama sure messed it all up. //
re: #292 Hecuba’s daughter
You are too young to recall the Kennedy presidency: the Kennedys were treated like a royal family by the American public when John was President. Like Trump, it was a close election marred by suspicions of voter fraud (no foreign influence though). So none of this is new — it’s just that then the President was a man of erudition and eloquence and now we have a semi-literate Mafia don.
I’m talking about how they sell themselves. That’s a very big distinction. Also if you want to say the Kennedys presented as royalty, you can say the same about the Bushes.
re: #287 Eclectic Cyborg
The funny thing is that most of the “depression isn’t real” gang is probably made up of people in deep denial about their own (very real) depression.
Quite likely. I often wonder just how many of the people I know are depressed and don’t even know it.
That was me. If it weren’t for my wife making me realize it, I’d probably still be in that hole. I’m grateful every day for her making me see it.
re: #299 makeitstop
Quite likely. I often wonder just how many of the people I know are depressed and don’t even know it.
That was me. If it weren’t for my wife making me realize it, I’d probably still be in that hole. I’m grateful every day for her making me see it.
I’ve often towed the line between frustration with life/despondence and Depression. I did go through a depression in my early 20s but fortunately I’ve never fallen back that far. Like with you, my wife has proven to be one hell of a safety net for me when I need it.
re: #267 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Don’t like to speak ill of the dead, but the hair of the 80’s was terrifying.
re: #273 Citizen K
Oh look, it’s my 4th favorite kind of twitter behind Trump bots, Berners, and misogynists: “Depression isn’t real and you should feel like shit for having it” Twitter….
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re: #274 Dangerman (slowly converting a pool into a pond)
“Senators Seek Classified Access to Bolton’s Book”
It’s gonna be published
Why you want to do this in a classified setting?
(Yes I can guess)
Makes sense though. There may be sections that should be removed for legitimate national security concerns. The book was submitted for that review, which is not yet complete.
Lowest ranking sumo wrestler in the top division (Maegashira 17, aka the 42nd guy) won the Emperor’s Cup and the Hatsu Basho with a 14-1 record. This is the first time in 20 years a bottom ranked rikishi has prevailed. This guy is 33 and probably pretty close to retirement I would think.
re: #298 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I’m talking about how they sell themselves. That’s a very big distinction. Also if you want to say the Kennedys presented as royalty, you can say the same about the Bushes.
Good point.
The Kennedys were a glamorous young family with charisma. That did not apply to the Bushes. Like today, our nation was fractured among many lines in the early 1960’s. But it wasn’t because a political party was maliciously inciting division. Civil rights — voting rights — Cuba — the fear about nuclear war — the beginning of the Viet Nam war. It was a dark time — and now we are living in a new very dark time
re: #300 Eclectic Cyborg
I’ve often towed the line between frustration with life/despondence and Depression. I did go through a depression in my early 20s but fortunately I’ve never fallen back that far. Like with you, my wife has proven to be one hell of a safety net for me when I need it.
Individualism can be a good thing in society. It’s good to encourage people to discover their own identity and what they want to follow but at the same time, I think it isolates people too. Like so much, I think you need balance. Just as I think you need the elements of socialism and capitalism in economics, I think you need the elements of individualism and collective identity in sociology. We should never dismiss someone who is feeling down.
re: #298 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I’m talking about how they sell themselves. That’s a very big distinction. Also if you want to say the Kennedys presented as royalty, you can say the same about the Bushes.
Not to wade too heavily in the weeds of American history, but I’d disagree. Not about the Kennedys: they did a splendid job of selling themselves: aided and abetted by a media that was still entranced by the vision of a stylish, young(ish) First Couple with small children in the WH (for the first time in fifty+ years, and the first in the TV era).
I’d say the Bushes were a different matter, though: especially by the time Dubya fell into the Presidency….
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Trump’s former chief of staff John Kelly:
“I believe Bolton.” https://t.co/slV9iMAowi— Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig) January 28, 2020
re: #309 lawhawk
Who is John Kelly, never heard of him…
Once again, Trump/Jared think that they’ve got a peace deal?
Seriously?
Trump thinks Palestinians who believe that they should have all of Jerusalem and all of the West Bank, plus parts of 1948 border Israel itself, will see this as a nothingburger and dismiss.
Trump’s not offering them anything. It’s a DOA proposal.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 28, 2020
Let’s take this from the top. Palestinians have spent decades demanding Jerusalem as their capital, all of the West Bank, Gaza, and Israel proper (the part from 1948). Now, what’s Trump offering them?
A map that differs from Oslo how?
Wait, you mean Oslo didn’t have a map other than civil administrative control, and that ultimate borders were meant to be negotiated between the parties.
This isn’t a negotiation. It’s Trump showing everyone once again that all he knows is extortion and threats, and his so-called stick is putting a US embassy where he wants it to go, which wont be where Palestinians want the capital.
re: #289 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
And I guess the Romani, LGBT, Slavs, etc were just collateral damage in Fundie God’s great vision. It’s such a disgusting and offensive take. It’s why I will never even if I were to become a believer in Jesus Christ tomorrow would never want any common ground with the fundamentalist zealots who view our worst cruelty as “God’s will.” And of course, this all comes from American fundamentalist assholes who weren’t directly impacted by Nazism.
It’s the juvenile view that “it’s not our fault since Daddy wanted it that way”. Avoiding taking any responsibility for the results of action (or inaction) taken. The evil is external and not actually in ourselves.
re: #305 Hecuba’s daughter
Good point.
The Kennedys were a glamorous young family with charisma. That did not apply to the Bushes. Like today, our nation was fractured among many lines in the early 1960’s. But it wasn’t because a political party was maliciously inciting division. Civil rights — voting rights — Cuba — the fear about nuclear war — the beginning of the Viet Nam war. It was a dark time — and now we are living in a new very dark time
I guess coming from a nominal Catholic family, I always saw it like this. American Catholics were for until the Kennedys outsiders in a lot of American society. It wasn’t as bad as the Antisemitism and it sure as hell wasn’t as bad as the hostility towards PoC but there were country clubs that would ban Catholics from membership and there was a suspicion of Catholics in high office. When JFK won, we stopped being outsiders even though we’ve been part of the American experience from the get go. Maryland was a Catholic colony after all and Catholic immigrants and their descendants played a big role in building our cities, railroads, and waterways. So yeah, someone like my Dad’s Mom who like JFK had a grandparent that escaped the Famine or was born to a parent who did, it meant a lot. What the Trumps are is all about their wealth and no perspective. You don’t see Trump going back to Scotland and Germany like JFK did in Ireland and marveling about the American dream and how it’s meant for all of us regardless of our background. And I think the people who despised the Kennedys were often people from the old guard regardless of their own economic background hated that.
re: #204 Dr Lizardo
The McDonald’s ad team was smoking some really good shit back in 1970.
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It was total Sid and Marty Kroft stuff. Funny and hallucinogenic.
Maybe I’m being way too sanguine here but the Wutan flu appears more akin to the standard seasonal flu and not the deadly SARS and MERS viruses. Yes — so far mortality rate seems significantly higher than traditional flu (2-3%, instead of .1%)but that could be an artifact of under diagnosis. No need to panic yet.nytimes.com
re: #307 Jay C
Not to wade too heavily in the weeds of American history, but I’d disagree. Not about the Kennedys: they did a splendid job of selling themselves: aided and abetted by a media that was still entranced by the vision of a stylish, young(ish) First Couple with small children in the WH (for the first time in fifty+ years, and the first in the TV era).
I’d say the Bushes were a different matter, though: especially by the time Dubya fell into the Presidency….
I think they did do a great job selling themselves but I think it was more democratic in how it was. The Kennedys never forgot where they started. JFK’s first election was to the part of Boston where his great grandfather first lived after fleeing the Famine for example. It’s hard to articulate but I do think there is a difference. I also don’t think they thought their money made them better. They and I’ll give the Bushes credit here never thought their status made them more better than the average citizen. Both JFK and HW Bush served bravely in WWII for example.
re: #314 Scottish Dragon
It was total Sid and Marty Kroft stuff. Funny and hallucinogenic.
Yeah, I immediately thought of H.R. Pufnstuf when I saw it. I used to watch those Sid and Marty Krofft shows when I was a kid.
re: #312 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
It’s the juvenile view that “it’s not our fault since Daddy wanted it that way”. Avoiding taking any responsibility for the results of action (or inaction) taken. The evil is external and not actually in ourselves.
What infuriates me about the right wing Evangelicals is they think just going “We love Israel” is a way to get out of the fact that they have a lot of hostility towards the beliefs held by many (albeit not all) American-Jews. Likening legalized abortion to the Holocaust for example when most America-Jews have expressed support for legalized abortion or state sanctioned and encouraged homophobia when American Jews tend to support LGBT rights, etc. Not to mention the attacks on “coastal elites” and “globalists”.
re: #301 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Don’t like to speak ill of the dead, but the hair of the 80’s was terrifying.
The fashion police were too busy cleaning up the clothing wreckage of the 70s.
Among the 12 candidates the DCCC is announcing as their first wave of candidates this cycle, Wendy Davis is going to run against Chip Roy in the 12th district here in Texas: m.dailykos.com
BTW, Sid and Marty Krofft are still very much alive; they’re 90 and 82, respectively.
re: #320 Belafon
Among the 12 candidates the DCCC is announcing as their first wave of candidates this cycle, Wendy Davis is going to run against Chip Roy in the 12th district here in Texas: m.dailykos.com
I’m going to predict here but I think Texas could go down to the wire this fall. Trump beat HRC by 9% there. That’s a little further than what Bush had beaten Kerry here in 2004 but four years later, the Dems won it. I’d still be shocked if Texas was won but I think Texas is going to continue its purple trend this fall. And I have to say, I really like the Texas Democrats. They’re a diverse bunch of people who offer a lot of perspectives. It’s not just Julian and Beto but one of the impeachment managers, Garcia is also a Texan. I’m not sure what part of the state she is from.
re: #315 Hecuba’s daughter
Maybe I’m being way too sanguine here but the Wutan flu appears more akin to the standard seasonal flu and not the deadly SARS and MERS viruses. Yes — so far mortality rate seems significantly higher than traditional flu (2-3%, instead of .1%)but that could be an artifact of under diagnosis. No need to panic yet.nytimes.com
Normal seasonal flu killed 12,000 to 61,000 Americans annually over the past 10 years: cdc.gov
Wow. In a video posted to Facebook on Monday, Eddie Gallagher referred to some members of his former platoon as “cowards” and highlighted names, photos and their duty status and current units, potentially putting them in jeopardy. https://t.co/2j264O6urE
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) January 28, 2020
re: #324 Patricia Kayden
At some point, I expect him to run for office with Trump by his side.
re: #324 Patricia Kayden
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Wingnut cred for a show on OANN (I don’t think even Fox is going to want to touch him after this)??
re: #325 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
At some point, I expect him to run for office with Trump by his side.
Good: The Donald’s endorsement, AFAWCT, is a sure indicator of defeat at the polls…
re: #288 Dangerman (slowly converting a pool into a pond)
John Bolton:. Paperback writer
Rando commenter:
“How effed up is it that the moral compass of this nation and its future course need to depend on a publication date of a book? “
Isn’t the WH defense basically that “Yeah We did it who cares get over it”? or was that last week’s yesterday’s defense?
It’s stunning that some folks are treating the idea that Senate Republicans were “blindsided” by the Bolton bombshell as a real argument. It’s self-incriminating. What really “blindsided” them is that their cover-up for Trump has been upended. New piece: https://t.co/PzWeTgIYQS
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) January 28, 2020
The notion that Senate Republicans were “blindsided” by Bolton’s revelations is a sick joke. They always knew what Bolton would tell us — which is *exactly why* they have opposed hearing his testimony so aggressively.
The coverup blew up in their faces.https://t.co/PzWeTgIYQS pic.twitter.com/CRNYYxSI2t— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) January 28, 2020
re: #326 Jay C
I really wonder what Gallagher thinks he is going accomplish by doxxing - and publicly insulting - his (former-?) comrades?
Wingnut cred for a show on OANN (I don’t think even Fox is going to want to touch him after this)??
Good: The Donald’s endorsement, AFAWCT, is a sure indicator of defeat at the polls…
I hope so. I think in most of the country that will be true at some point but just as they are still people who hate the Loving v Virginia, theres gonna be pockets of this country that still will think that Trump has been wronged. It’s disgusting but I wouldn’t put it above an asshole like Gallagher to set up shop there and run for a Congressional seat there especially if the Congressman or woman there starts to distance themselves from Trumpism.
re: #329 lawhawk
Has Bolton been declared public enemy number one now by Team Drump Fox and somebody the POTUS never knew, that Bolton only got coffee, etc?
re: #331 Sir John Barron
Has Bolton been declared public enemy number one now by Team Drump Fox and somebody the POTUS never knew, that Bolton only got coffee, etc?
Dobbs borrowed some poster board from Glenn Beck and disclosed that Bolton has ties to Mitt Romney. He didn’t disclose that Lou Dobbs also has ties to John Bolton and so does Donald Trump. FNC really is everyday becoming more apparent it’s out of Orwell’s worst nightmares. The clock has been near 13:00 there for years but now it’s 13:00 there all the time.
Bibi abandons quest to be anointed King of Israel, will be indicted and face trial for corruption. We have to wait another year before Trump can be indicted. bloomberg.com
re: #324 Patricia Kayden
Wow. In a video posted to Facebook on Monday, Eddie Gallagher referred to some members of his former platoon as “cowards” and highlighted names, photos and their duty status and current units, potentially putting them in jeopardy.
Have they paid the price for betrayal yet?
re: #331 Sir John Barron
Has Bolton been declared public enemy number one now by Team Drump Fox and somebody the POTUS never knew, that Bolton only got coffee, etc?
John Kelly is next to go on the enemies list.
Part of me wants to laugh at how absurd Fox is but another part of me is like “Okay, is this how Stalinism worked” where someone who was once an ally gets tarnished as an enemy. We often talk about Stalinism as an economic and foreign policy ideology. That is rapid industrialization and collectivization of agriculture and bullying smaller nations but it was a social ideology too. Trotsky, whom I’m no admirer of went from being a key part of the establishment of the USSR to being a non entity. I’m not saying I think Bolton has to worry about running into an ice pick in Mexico City at this point but I’m definitely seeing how someone with legitimate in this case right wing street creds gets reduced to “someone who has always been our enemy.” I’ve seen it with the war in Iraq. No one supported the Iraq War more in the media than Fox News. And Trump’s own VP Mike Pence was an unapologetic supporter of it in Congress. But yet the Trump cult wants to act like it was they who were actually anti war all along. And having been in a couple protests, I know that’s bullshit. I’m not saying the Democratic leadership were great leaders in the opposition to it though I will note that Pelosi did rally House Democratic votes against it and got most of the House Dems to vote against the resolution and I will note that even pro war resolution Dems like Biden and Kerry were almost immediately critical of how the Bush administration handled iraq.
That headline is basically a campaign ad for Donald Trump, and it’s false. Hell of a job, New York Times.
— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) January 28, 2020
Also take a look at these two @nytimes paragraphs.
Republicans have long identified themselves “with economic prosperity,” while Democrats have been “accused of working to keep the poor poor.”
This is jaw-droopingly biased and sleazy. pic.twitter.com/8UNTWyjHb7— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) January 28, 2020
re: #335 NO SMOCKING GUN!
John Kelly is next to go on the enemies list.
Couldn’t happen to a nicer asshole. I’m sure we all remember how he attacked Rep. Wilson and trashed her because she as a family friend of a KIA soldier was on the line when Trump called the widow and acted unsympathetically. That’s another moment of Trump’s assholishness that totally matches with his response to the soldiers who suffered trauma in the aftermath of the Solemaini attack.
re: #337 Citizen K
Yes, it’s right wing propaganda. They would lose it if the NYT said something like this “Democrats see themselves as champions of modernity and Republicans have been accused of being reactionary dinosaurs.” That’s exactly why I don’t hate why they despise the NYT. The NYT gives them a lot of cover for their shit.
re: #339 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
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Nicer vocals than getting Trump to sing “Just Somebody that I don’t know”.
HAven’t heard that in years.
re: #331 Sir John Barron
Has Bolton been declared public enemy number one now by Team Drump Fox and somebody the POTUS never knew, that Bolton only got coffee, etc?
Lou Dobbs called him ‘a tool for the Left,’ so there’s that.
re: #334 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Have they paid the price for betrayal yet?
Gallagher better hope that those SEALs don’t take it personally. He could wind up in a ditch somewhere, and nobody would know nothin’.
re: #339 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
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Nicer vocals than getting Trump to sing “Just Somebody that I don’t know”.
I’m not a fan of that song, but Kimbra is a brilliant artist. I don’t understand why she’s not a superstar.
re: #324 Patricia Kayden
This fucker should be brought up on charges relating to violations of opsec. He’s putting these teams and team members in danger by releasing information about them and their families.
Benjamin Netanyahu…….
Speak you me of Corruption one more time Ted. pic.twitter.com/ZaGBcFr2J1— And the Wind Cries “We Have All the Documents!!” (@DaveoutofAustin) January 28, 2020
re: #336 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Part of me wants to laugh at how absurd Fox is but another part of me is like “Okay, is this how Stalinism worked” where someone who was once an ally gets tarnished as an enemy.
I also liked the part in the show trials where the public defenders got up to announce that due the heinous nature of the crimes committed, no defense could possibly be offered…
re: #304 mmmirele
Lowest ranking sumo wrestler in the top division (Maegashira 17, aka the 42nd guy) won the Emperor’s Cup and the Hatsu Basho with a 14-1 record. This is the first time in 20 years a bottom ranked rikishi has prevailed. This guy is 33 and probably pretty close to retirement I would think.
There have been scandals before, so I doubt there were any matches thrown, but….
re: #279 Teukka
I’m just gonna leave this right here, mmmkay?
Well, now that, to use an old fashioned word is probably the single largest bit of blasphemy I’ve seen in a long while. Sorry, I know that word isn’t liked much, yet what other do we have for saying things that go utterly against God in his name?
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