Seth takes a closer look at some pundits and members of the Democratic establishment panicking after Bernie Sanders won the Nevada caucus in a landslide.
Bernie panic? Trump is terrifying as President again. Bernie cant even lift my blood pressure.
It looks as if the panicking establishment Democrats have forgotten the first rule of dealing with serious threats from outside the party establishment — adjust their positions on the hot-button issues accordingly.
While I’m no fan of Sanders’ approach to running for office, Democrats being mostly inadequately opposed to the plutocracy is an issue that will need to be dealt with.
re: #2 EPR-radar
It looks as if the panicking establishment Democrats have forgotten the first rule of dealing with serious threats from outside the party establishment — adjust their positions on the hot-button issues accordingly.
While I’m no fan of Sanders’ approach to running for office, Democrats being mostly inadequately opposed to the plutocracy is an issue that will need to be dealt with.
Quantify that for me, please.
To win, you moron. https://t.co/TkcgVQHBKg
— Julia Rosen (@juliarosen) February 24, 2020
FWIW I think Warren has cracked this code, if people would follow her lead. Her issue is *corruption* and the anti-corruption measures that have to go into effect to get things like health care/climate action.
That’s agenda, but also a referendum. https://t.co/SLhsHiIO3b— Mike Caulfield (@holden) February 23, 2020
I called Dr. Jekyll a “Mook” pic.twitter.com/EA1EadSthr
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) February 25, 2020
Sorry, I’m trying to keep my head a Bernie-free zone. Until November.
Elizabeth Warren is now tied for having the most number of endorsements from Texas State Representatives.
Texas will have 228 delegates up for grab on March 3rd. This race is just getting started. https://t.co/QwLBRqo60B— Natalie Montelongo (@natimontelongo) February 24, 2020
James Carville looks like Gollum with glasses.
Farts spread the #COVID19 virus? Pants work just fine to cut off novel coronavirus transmission in farts, a Beijing district disease control center announced on Sunday. https://t.co/SdCm5pmnFZ pic.twitter.com/aPLnlamxn1
— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) February 23, 2020
When I was about 20 years old I was cleaning out an old filing cabinet at my parents home and found a letter from Adolf Hitler to my mother. It was hand written, and included an autographed photograph. I was horrified, and in the letter he said he appreciated her concerns… 1/3
— Maryanne Chisholm #resist 🦋🌊 #art 🍑🌊 #kindness (@MaryanneChisho2) February 24, 2020
…”Wait! Your intentions were pure, that is a piece of history!” She replied, he deserved no illusions of compassion and that people worshipped his evil and it did not deserve to remain in existence. Was she right? I still wonder about this, would you have saved it?
— Maryanne Chisholm #resist 🦋🌊 #art 🍑🌊 #kindness (@MaryanneChisho2) February 24, 2020
Who did she kill to get all that blood splashed on her?
— Lemon Meringue Overlord (@Pie_Overlord) February 25, 2020
Pro Tip: if anyone asks how we’re going to pay for Medicare For All, just tell them Mexico is going to pay for it…apparently Americans are dumb enough to believe that sh*t.
— Private Joker, USMC (@Infantry0300) February 25, 2020
Watching Mayor Pete on CNN Town Hall. I like him. I hope he can break out as a top tier candidate.
re: #12 The Pie Overlord!
I want to see Cillian Murphy play him in the movie. He’s not quite the right look, but I want Murphy’s interpretation of Jared.
re: #15 Rightwingconspirator
Watching Mayor Pete on CNN Town Hall. I like him. I hope he can break out as a top tier candidate.
If it were him, Warren, Biden, and Klobuchar, it would be a tough choice. Right now, I think he needs to go if he doesn’t make much leeway in South Carolina.
re: #17 Belafon
If it were him, Warren, Biden, and Klobuchar, it would be a tough choice. Right now, I think he needs to go if he doesn’t make much leeway in South Carolina.
Super Tuesday is 3 days after SC, why would anyone get out before that?
That sucks:
Urgent ask… Never thought I’d need to do this but my son is missing in #Detroit and I need help locating. Jaden was last seen Sat 2/22 in the Greenacres neighborhood. 16 y/o, 5’9, 175 lbs. He was wearing a blue hoodie/black pants. PLEASE call[no phone numbers allowed] or DM me w/ info. pic.twitter.com/tqtFU1E7F3
— Angela (@TheKitchenista) February 25, 2020
re: #16 Belafon
I want to see Cillian Murphy play him in the movie. He’s not quite the right look, but I want Murphy’s interpretation of Jared.
Interesting. I always imagined Michael Cera.
re: #15 Rightwingconspirator
Watching Mayor Pete on CNN Town Hall. I like him. I hope he can break out as a top tier candidate.
What’s a shame is an openly gay man is a legit contender for President and it’s kinda being forgotten. Pete’s not my choice but there’s no question he needs to play a role in the campaign and hopefully victory.
Scouring Twitter, and someone was pointing out that Avatar: The Last Airbender is now 15 years old.
re: #20 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Interesting. I always imagined Michael Cera.
I could see that. For some reason, when I saw that image, I wanted to see Murphy. I think it might be because while other’s could play him, I think you could see the contempt that Jared feels for others. It would be more of an interpretation of Jared rather than just a portrayal.
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) February 25, 2020
There was an episode of the old GI Joe cartoon where COBRA takes over television and broadcasts shows about how diversity is bad. This is basically Fox News now.https://t.co/N5NffOM06y
— ace-o-aces (@aceoaces) February 25, 2020
COBRA was the original alt-right.
re: #24 gocart mozart
And even there, he is standing in that weird way like he assembled out of Legos, and there is a strange joint in the middle.
re: #23 Belafon
I could see that. For some reason, when I saw that image, I wanted to see Murphy. I think it might be because while other’s could play him, I think you could see the contempt that Jared feels for others. It would be more of an interpretation of Jared rather than just a portrayal.
Yeah I see where you’re coming from. I like Cillian. Talented actor. Who do you see playing Ivanka? That’s definitely going to be as you say an interpretation more than just a portrayal.
re: #25 Ace-o-aces
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COBRA was the original alt-right.
But liberals are Nazis.// FNC doing its best to sound like Hutu Radio. I’m sure I’ll be a cockroach next to this shitbag.
I ran into the Trump supporting woman at work who is becoming very concerned about me planning to retire this July. The last thing I wanted to talk with her about this morning was politics so I just kind of made one-syllable replied and moved on.
I realized that I wanted to yell at her because she’s said she’s willing to vote for Trump again if the stock market is doing ‘well’. Her questions kind of revealed that she thinks that the economy might be ready to go to hell (because socialists are a destabilizing force). Even if (when) Trump tanks everything, she’ll still think that he has the best ideas. Ignore corruption, screw immigrants (I know she’s afraid of immigrants), let the free market save us.
But she’s concerned about my retirement…
You’ll never guess who said this in 2016 about delegates abandoning the plurality winner: “They’re going to have to go into their hearts, and they are going to have to ask, do they want the second strongest candidate to run against Trump or do they want the strongest candidate?” https://t.co/a8ah2YwKi0
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) February 25, 2020
I think this was a dud VBIED, only way it makes sense at all.
Somebody speed this up x2 and set it to Yackety Sax and please check to see that the hell that APC driver was on https://t.co/wGVw3UwANv
— Angry Staff Officer (@pptsapper) February 25, 2020
Oh my goodness this is historically stupid and I mean that with awe
— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) February 25, 2020
Republican running to unseat incumbent Dem in AZ1
OD on heroin, and was apparently lucky first responders had Narcan
Army vet Chris Taylor suspended his campaign for Congress in Arizona after a recent drug overdose.https://t.co/eBN74bTyDr
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) February 25, 2020
Shocked, shocked I say
Weinstein never got to Rikers
UPDATE: Weinstein’s spokesperson tells @ABC he is still being evaluated & examined at Bellevue Hospital after attorney says he experienced high blood pressure and heart palpitations. Could be moved any time to Rikers Island jail infirmary. https://t.co/zAkR0YI3za
— Erielle Reshef (@ErielleReshef) February 25, 2020
re: #35 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Republican running to unseat incumbent Dem in AZ1
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He needs help. Not a political career.
re: #34 gocart mozart
I though it was going to be some pet+mirror video
re: #35 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Republican running to unseat incumbent Dem in AZ1
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Shoplifter challenged Ilhan and is now on the run and now this. Sure is amazing to see how Republicans recruit the dumbest assholes to run for office!
There’s ALWAYS a tweet — but this one is a gem.💎😂😂😂 “Dow Joans”…#DowJones #DJIA #coronavirus#CoronavirusCoverup pic.twitter.com/3Abd1Lbx5S
— Social✽Fly (@socflyny) February 24, 2020
re: #32 Joe Bacon 🌹
It’s one of those nights I needed to watch Kukla, Fran & Ollie.
Loved watching them when I was a kid!
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I remember them! I also dearly loved Felix the Cat in those days too.
re: #40 Dread Pirate
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Sorry everyone, but you have to admit it’s completely plausible and on brand! https://t.co/PgaqOnAsAg
— Social✽Fly (@socflyny) February 24, 2020
Tomorrow is Mardi Gras…damn I wish I could have a slice of King cake!…
re: #44 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Damnit lol
Yeah, there are two separate Trump “1000 pt” DOW drop tweets. The DOW JOANS “loaded in a very big cannon” one is verified as fake snopes.com
The one about impeaching a President after a 1000 pt drop is considered likely to be fake, since no record of it exists prior to the 2018 sharing of a screen grab
snopes.com
re: #45 Joe Bacon 🌹
Tomorrow is Mardi Gras…damn I wish I could have a slice of King cake!…
Some friends of ours, years ago, mailed us a big chunk of King Cake. It arrived rather squashed, but tasted just Fine!
re: #46 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Yeah, there are two separate Trump “1000 pt” DOW drop tweets. The DOW JOANS “loaded in a very big cannon” one is verified as fake snopes.com
The one about impeaching a President after a 1000 pt drop is considered likely to be fake, since no record of it exists prior to the 2018 sharing of a screen grab
snopes.com
Yeah sometimes these are too good to be true.
And in our series “The Daily Rubicon Crossing”:
#BREAKING: Trump demands two Supreme Court justices recuse themselves from all of his cases: ‘I only ask for fairness’ https://t.co/N0ZKR0keWG
— Raw Story (@RawStory) February 25, 2020
Probably a bad sign.
Grifters gonna grift.
And, if you think “Influencers” are anything other than grifters, you’re a “mark”— 𝙒𝘽 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 🍕🐀😷 (@FormerDirtDart) February 25, 2020
I want to point out.. this is EXACTLY what Trump does.
— SriTal (@SrikanthTalagad) February 25, 2020
Video surfaces of Sanders calling for Obama to be primaried in 2012, right after Sanders denied the story was true. https://t.co/UD23dMY1BJ
— John Aravosis🇺🇸 (@aravosis) February 25, 2020
re: #49 uriel
And in our series “The Daily Rubicon Crossing”:
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Probably a bad sign.
It gets worse everyday.
re: #52 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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Finish him Joe Pete Warren Klobuchar. Please.
Between Trump and Bernie. Not a fun place to be stuck in between.
God, I hate when Sanders has foot in mouth disease. He’s going to hurt himself, but not enough to lose any influence and it’ll insure four more years of Trump.
re: #55 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Between Trump and Bernie. Not a fun place to be stuck in between.
Look I’m no Bernie guy. But Bernie will/would make honest mistakes. Not craven criminal personal gain plays. Easy choice.
re: #54 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Finish him Joe Pete Warren Klobuchar. Please.
He has a cult following. If he receives 30%, the remaining 70% split several ways can guarantee his victory. But no one is dropping out. I know people who say the Bernie would lose Illinois — that his attack on the financial sector alienates money people who might support other Democrats (probably not Warren), his other associations alienate Jewish voters, and certainly his praise of Castro alienates Cuban voters and that it would be McGovern redux.
Tomorrow night I’m going to be glued to the next debate.
re: #56 gwangung
God, I hate when Sanders has foot in mouth disease. He’s going to hurt himself, but not enough to lose any influence and it’ll insure four more years of Trump.
I dunno- I’m still holding on to the faint hope that maybe, at a minimum, it might knock enough of the shine off to at least convince his people that he’s not the messiah, and they’re going to need to work with the rest of us.
If only to the extent that they might drop that idiotic “bend the knee” crap.
(Now that I actually typed that out, I think that small flame of hope just poofed into a cartoon wisp of smoke.)
re: #57 Rightwingconspirator
Look I’m no Bernie guy. But Bernie will/would make honest mistakes. Not craven criminal personal gain plays. Easy choice.
Fair enough. It’s just frustrating to see Trump tactics from him.
re: #58 Hecuba’s daughter
He has a cult following. If he receives 30%, the remaining 70% split several ways can guarantee his victory. But no one is dropping out. I know people who say the Bernie would lose Illinois — that his attack on the financial sector alienates money people who might support other Democrats (probably not Warren), his other associations alienate Jewish voters, and certainly his praise of Castro alienates Cuban voters and that it would be McGovern redux.
Tomorrow night I’m going to be glued to the next debate.
He’s making what could be a victory into an ugly defeat with this nonsense.
Yeah, Bernie, a propaganda program disguised as a “literacy program” is exactly the sort of thing you should praise if you oppose authoritarians.
The more I think about it, Bloomberg should have done the Perot Gambit and just run as an independent to get on the general election ballot in November in all 50 states. I’ve no fucking clue how it would actually play out, but we might as well have gone all the way with our historical cosplay
re: #63 KGxvi
The more I think about it, Bloomberg should have done the Perot Gambit and just run as an independent to get on the general election ballot in November in all 50 states. I’ve no fucking clue how it would actually play out, but we might as well have gone all the way with our historical cosplay
Nope. The Trump cult stays with him and the Democrats would have gone down to a resounding defeat. Bloomberg is a known quantity and lacks the quirky wonkish charm of Perot and his charts. Bush did not have a fanatic base loyal to him and him alone.
I got a feeling that tomorrow’s debate is everyone bodyslams Bernie. I got a feeling Elizabeth is going to turn on him and slice him to pieces.
And on the coronavirus front — does anyone really believe that India has only 3 cases, all of whom have recovered? As reported on table that summarizes status by country:
worldometers.info
re: #66 Hecuba’s daughter
And on the coronavirus front — does anyone really believe that India has only 3 cases, all of whom have recovered? As reported on table that summarizes status by country:
worldometers.info
LOL no. So far, Czech Republic officially has zero cases as well….that being said, northern Italy is extremely popular with Czech vacationers and it was quite recently Spring Break for many students here - and I have no doubt that many of them headed off to northern Italy for their vacation (I know five former students of mine who were there in the last two to three weeks and to say the least, they’re starting to panic).
I’m sure it’s already spreading here as a silent epidemic.
re: #67 Dr Lizardo
LOL no. So far, Czech Republic officially has zero cases as well….that being said, northern Italy is extremely popular with Czech vacationers and it was quite recently Spring Break for many students here - and I have no doubt that many of them headed off to northern Italy for their vacation (I know five former students of mine who were there in the last two to three weeks and to say the least, they’re starting to panic).
I’m sure it’s already spreading here as a silent epidemic.
There is nothing to fear but fear itself. If those former students of yours are under 50, they have little to worry about. Even if they get it, they may not notice it, or may think it’s a cold. (In the interest of preventing spread, it would be courteous to wear a mask if they have cold or flu-like symptoms.)
re: #68 A hollow voice says, Guilty, guilty, guilty!
There is nothing to fear but fear itself. If those former students of yours are under 50, they have little to worry about. Even if they get it, they may not notice it, or may think it’s a cold. (In the interest of preventing spread, it would be courteous to wear a mask if they have cold or flu-like symptoms.)
That’s what I told them.
The only concern is that a good-sized chunk of the population is over 50, smoking is rampant, and Czech notions of hygiene are notably absent. Wearing a facemask? The average Czech wouldn’t be caught dead with one….they’d think it looks silly or something. Hell, people here go to work even when they’re highly contagious with influenza.
I’ve gotta be honest: at this point, I’m trying to decide which would be worse for the Democratic party- a Sanders candidacy or f’ing Bloomberg.
And I really am not finding this choice more palatable as time goes on.
Another COVID-19 lockdown, this time in Tenerife:
An Italian man has tested positive for coronavirus in Tenerife in the Canary Islands, the region’s health authorities said on Monday. Spanish media including El Mundo reported the man was an Italian doctor on holiday in Spain.
There are also reports that 1,000 people at the H10 Costa Adeje Palace hotel where he was staying, and popular with British tourists, have been put into quarantine. Police have been seen outside making sure nobody enters or leaves, according to local reports. Nobody from the hotel’s parent company was immediately available to verify whether the hotel was in lockdown.
The patient is currently being kept in isolation and his test results will be sent to Madrid for a second analysis, as per Spain’s protocol in suspected coronavirus cases, the Canary Islands’ health authorities said in a statement.
He is from the Lombardy region of Italy where several people have died and is thought to have been staying at the hotel with his wife for the last six days. He had felt feverish for several days and went to a private clinic before being transferred to an isolation unit.
Nothing makes sense, we basically live in a Skittles commercial and yet people are still confidently predicting shit like they know what’s gonna happen.
Gotta love that— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) February 25, 2020
re: #73 goddamnedfrank
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This time last year, Biden was a lock for the nomination and Bernie was just wasting the party’s time running a campaign that would go nowhere.
The same people who made those predictions now say that Bernie can not only win the nomination, but the presidency if he continues on the current course.
re: #51 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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— Bloomberg Staff for Bernie (@DavidAgStone) February 25, 2020
He’s stating that we “can’t afford to stand on civility” and “have to adopt their tactics since they win” because “otherwise they’ll win again and OUR ideas we’re intolerant of dissent from are morally RIGHT while theirs are morally REPUGNANT’. I’d prefer NO totalitarianism.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) February 25, 2020
First cases of Wuhan Coronavirus (COVID-19) reported in Florence and Palermo (translated from Italian):
First case of positive swab for coronavirus in Tuscany, Florence. Confirmation of the Higher Institute of Health is awaited. It would be a sixty-year-old entrepreneur who has companies in the East. The man yesterday afternoon showed up at the Santa Maria Nuova hospital in the city center. During the night the swab revealed the presence of the Covid -19 coronavirus. The patient was transferred to the infectious disease department of the Ponte a Niccheri hospital and the rooms of the Emergency Department of Santa Maria Nuova were sanitized. The latest report in Italy speaks of 229 infected and seven dead, all elderly already weakened by other pathologies.
The entrepreneur would have returned from the East in early January and is trying to understand if he could have been infected in Italy by an employee who was ill a few weeks ago.
The tourist from Bergamo on holiday in Palermo also tested positive for the coronavirus who was admitted to the brain hospital last night for checks after showing flu symptoms. Quarantine has been arranged for the group of friends of the woman and for people who have been in close contact with tourists. This is the first case of coronavirus found in Southern Italy. “The sample examined at the Policlinico of Palermo - explained the governor Nello Musumeci - will be immediately sent to Spallanzani for further checks. The lady, who was placed in isolation at the infectious diseases department of the Cervello Hospital, is fully aware and I am It has been reported that it does not present particular conditions of malaise. I thank all the operators because the regional health machine has moved quickly and has shown to be fully alerted.
Original, in Italian: repubblica.it
Update: Mike Casca, Sanders’ communications director, told me that “we are running a multiracial, multigenerational campaign for justice where disgusting behavior and ugly personal attacks by our staff will not be tolerated.”
Mora has been fired. https://t.co/PRmITbU4zk— Scott Bixby (@scottbix) February 25, 2020
Wow. You are SERIOUSLY, because only his sycophants were ever supposed to know his private views, going with “iTs jUSt LoCKer rOOm tAlK”.
And you wonder why we consider Bernie and Trump Tweedledum and Tweedledumber.
Why did no one else blow his cover? BECAUSE THEY B BIGOTS TOO!— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) February 25, 2020
Because it shows WHO HE IS. Because at least some of the people he approved 2follow him were fellow campaign workers and laughed at this shit rather’n “snitchin him”.
Because if his supporters are that toxic, there’s no knowing what type of bolshie bullshit they’ll do on winning.— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) February 25, 2020
I’m a bit confused here. Is it somehow less bigoted or sexist if you make the jokes behind closed doors to like-minded assholes?
re: #50 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
I applaud her. Republicans are intentionally running on lies and boasting about it with the help of Facebook and other media outlets. We need to be very skeptical of what we see and read.
re: #1 Rightwingconspirator
Bernie panic? Trump is terrifying as President again. Bernie cant even lift my blood pressure.
Nominating Bernie all but guarantees four more years of Trump.
re: #56 gwangung
God, I hate when Sanders has foot in mouth disease. He’s going to hurt himself, but not enough to lose any influence and it’ll insure four more years of Trump.
Nothing compared to Trump’s logorrhea, but for some reason that does not count.
re: #80 Targetpractice
I’m a bit confused here. Is it somehow less bigoted or sexist if you make the jokes behind closed doors to like-minded assholes?
I tell entirely tasteless private jokes to people I know that I would never tell in public or to people who do not know me well.
Seriously, if this is what it takes to take down Bernie, I am so in.
Considering that some of his top hires are also social media trolls, yeah.
— Hannah (@Amber_mom_) February 25, 2020
@BrieBrieJoy comes to mind immediately, though mentioning her in this thread will prolly earn me a spot on her blocklist. Sirota isn’t exactly non-trolly.
Though to their credit, I don’t THINK either has a dark account where they make bigoted “jokes”.— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) February 25, 2020
re: #82 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Nominating Bernie all but guarantees four more years of Trump.
That’s my fear as well.
re: #80 Targetpractice
I’m a bit confused here. Is it somehow less bigoted or sexist if you make the jokes behind closed doors to like-minded assholes?
Apparently he was just trying to get everyone health care.
Trump is so ridiculous.
Trump targets Sotomayor, Ginsburg in tweets, seeks their recusal from all ‘Trump related’ cases https://t.co/0KBGTj2lvD
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 25, 2020
re: #13 Belafon
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An oldie but goodie is that “it will pay for itself.” Works everytime the GOP wants to cut taxes for the rich! https://t.co/9n3lcxjBE7
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) February 25, 2020
re: #88 Patricia Kayden
Trump is so ridiculous.
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Meanwhile Thomas’s wife is advising him on purging the “disloyal.”
re: #22 Belafon
Scouring Twitter, and someone was pointing out that Avatar: The Last Airbender is now 15 years old.
Great TV show. Shyamalan’s movie was terrible, and ensured the trilogy wouldn’t make it to the big screen.
re: #88 Patricia Kayden
Trump is so ridiculous.
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Just once I would like to see a 3 word response from the SCOTUS to Impeached President Trump:
“Go Fuck Yourself.”
re: #50 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
I believe the reason she did it was to show that many “influencers” are likely lying about the glamorous and exotic lives they appear to live on the ‘gram, and not to believe everything you see on the internet.
After a team of prosecutors concluded they had insufficient evidence to convict former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, another team was brought in and wasn’t able to indict McCabe.
Yet DOJ tried to press on. That’s *not* how DOJ is supposed to work. https://t.co/UDL8Iw0Lp7— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) February 24, 2020
re: #93 Flying Squirrel Girl
I believe the reason she did it was to show that many “influencers” are likely lying about the glamorous and exotic lives they appear to live on the ‘gram, and not to believe everything you see on the internet.
I wish I had no idea who PewDeePie was.
re: #95 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Well if you asked Trump, he’d tell you that it’s there to go after his enemies.
Well, yes, I suppose you can consider it “subsided” when virtually everyone on earth has contracted it, since it looks to “only” be stabilising at a 7-percent mortality rate. Picked which three friends you want to bury before Halloween yet?
— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) February 25, 2020
Admittedly, this assumes the Iran strain is the one to go worldwide, but it does seem to be trending towards being that effective.
re: #63 KGxvi
The more I think about it, Bloomberg should have done the Perot Gambit and just run as an independent to get on the general election ballot in November in all 50 states. I’ve no fucking clue how it would actually play out, but we might as well have gone all the way with our historical cosplay
I have a clue. It would guarantee Trump’s reelection as the anti-Trump vote would be split. There are no Republican moderates to peel off of Trump’s support; Republicans LOVE him.
re: #80 Targetpractice
I’m a bit confused here. Is it somehow less bigoted or sexist if you make the jokes behind closed doors to like-minded assholes?
According to Prager, yes. He made that exact point in a vid posted here a while age. ‘cause, you know, everyone does it.
re: #100 Colère Tueur de Lapin
According to Prager, yes. He made that exact point in a vid posted here a while age. ‘cause, you know, everyone does it.
I saw the “jokes.” If I didn’t know any better, I’d think it was a Trump staffer.
re: #100 Colère Tueur de Lapin
According to Prager, yes. He made that exact point in a vid posted here a while age. ‘cause, you know, everyone does it.
Notably, anyone liberal—as opposed to “leftist” like Bernouts—would understand that if they’re resorting to PragerU’s main defense of why private bigotry should be completely ignored, they might have lost the argument.
They’re doubling down and calling for the punk to sue for his job.
re: #100 Colère Tueur de Lapin
According to Prager, yes. He made that exact point in a vid posted here a while age. ‘cause, you know, everyone does it.
Racist Prager will justify anything that the Party commands.
So I got a stalker who’s going to look for any time I might have slipped up and been able to be read as even antisemite-adjacent.
Which considering I have a couple spots where I was despairing of being able to keep Jews alive in a one-state Palestine but fully understand that a two-state solution isn’t viable because the current Israel owns all the land worth owning and thus suggested we should evacuate them somewhere actually safe…yeah.
Anyway, the opening volley that makes me wonder if I’ll be getting Twitter-banned:
I’m honestly impressed at the speed with which you jumped from “one of his low-level employees did bitchy tweets on a locked account” to “Sanders is a dangerous Judeo-Bolshevik who must be stopped at all costs”
— skimbleshanks the SEPTA cat (@homunculette) February 25, 2020
>>>if for NO other reason, than because it’s pretty well documented that at the time of his death, Stalin was planning a Second Shoah. The problem is his followers who DO want to move my family from a 2.8-acre plot in an un-gated community to a 2-bedroom flat, forcibly.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) February 25, 2020
re: #90 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Meanwhile Thomas’s wife is advising him on purging the “disloyal.”
And we all collectively shrug when that is a huge deal. Justice Thomas should be called out for his wife’s outrageous activities.
re: #105 Patricia Kayden
And we all collectively shrug when that is a huge deal. Justice Thomas should be called out for his wife’s outrageous activities.
Yeah it’s pretty fucked up that she’s doing this while Trump is attacking Justices Sotomayor and Ginsburg for calling out the majority. God I hate all this.
I’m not really sure what Bernie’s point is supposed to be.
Authoritarianism is bad… except when it economically helps people? Isn’t this the sort of logic free-marketeers use to say Singapore is the “freest” country on the planet?— Pé Resists (@4everNeverTrump) February 25, 2020
Media: @realDonaldTrump, asked by @Acosta in #NewDelhi if he’ll pledge not to take foreign election assistance, attacks @CNN, saying, “Your record on telling the truth is so bad, you ought to be ashamed.” Acosta: “Our record on delivering the truth is a lot better than yours.” pic.twitter.com/2dMz51rBRj
— Porter Anderson (@Porter_Anderson) February 25, 2020
re: #107 jaunte
Yeah I’ve always hated the defenses of Pinochet’s tyranny by right wing capitalists because of the economy. Definitely didn’t like the outright gaslighting and lying by saying the two of the three Democratic Congresswomen who criticized his remarks were “supporting his opponents anyhow” One of them Rep. Murphy is but she has a right to. We all have a right to but especially a Congresswoman who will be sharing the ballot with Bernie potentially November. I genuinely want to give some of Bernie’s ideas a chance since I think we’ve taken a lot of the wrong lessons from the Cold War about capitalism/democracy, socialism/tyranny, etc.
re: #108 jaunte
I am so fucking sick of this shit. Yeah the media annoys me too but they have a right to ask questions about this without getting this stupid snotty attitude.
re: #89 NO SMOCKING GUN!
An oldie but goodie is that “it will pay for itself.”
With the advantage that it’s true.
Countries with single payer health care spend less money to get total coverage with better outcomes than the US spends.
Hell, the UK spends less money on government funding of healthcare than the US does, never mind less money on all healthcare funding.
re: #109 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
This seems like a lifetime back-bencher’s approach to a topic. Focus on being “right” on one point of debate, instead of seeing the bigger picture of how that topic could damage you politically.
re: #15 Rightwingconspirator
Watching Mayor Pete on CNN Town Hall. I like him. I hope he can break out as a top tier candidate.
It’s weird, but he scares me more than any other Democratic candidate. It’s like he decided in highschool that he wanted to be president and has done everything since to strategically build a resume to be able to do that as soon as he was old enough to run. While I admire the forethought and the ability to follow a plan, it seems like he wants to be president just to be president.
He palls around with silicon valley oligarchs and used to work for McKenzie. He may be liberal/progressive on social issues, but fiscally, how can we be sure that would he be better than someone like Bush 41?
And sure, if he’s the nominee, I’ll vote for him over Trump, but how much do we really know about Pete?
re: #112 jaunte
This seems like a lifetime back-bencher’s approach to a topic. Focus on being “right” on one point of debate, instead of seeing the bigger picture of how that topic could damage you politically.
Yep. Great if you’re a backbencher but honestly terrible from an individual running for President. I don’t need gaslight left.
re: #114 JC1
Well I find Bernie to be far more problematic. I’m not sold on Pete, Warren looks good to me. Biden Klobuchar and Bernie not so much but just imho. What I like most about Pete is is brainpower and calm. Time will tell as we move along here.
re: #107 jaunte
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I can sort of see that argument for continuing the production of Fanta or the VW Beetle 75 years ago. But this was a little more strident, especially by finishing “END OF DISCUSSION!”
— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) February 25, 2020
re: #118 Chrysicat
He’s is just saying that good things can be done by bad regimes sometimes.
What’s the point of saying it, though?
re: #117 Rightwingconspirator
Well I find Bernie to be far more problematic. I’m not sold on Pete, Warren looks good to me. Biden Klobuchar and Bernie not so much but just imho. What I like most about Pete is is brainpower and calm. Time will tell as we move along here.
Pete I think would be in over his head as President. I think he has the potential to be President one day though. I wouldn’t mind him being in the cabinet.
Dear new Democrats: All those of us who have been around a while are asking as you consider @BernieSanders is that you make sure you’re not voting for Alma Coin.
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) February 25, 2020
re: #119 jaunte
What’s the point of saying it, though?
Most likely? He thinks he has more Maoists he needs to appease by looking soft on China than centrists he could keep by denouncing authoritarian or totalitarian states.
With a very worrisome secondary option that I harp on enough I won’t repeat it again here.
re: #118 Chrysicat
“Thanos was a horrible person, but he did reduce the amount of CO2 humans were producing.”
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) February 25, 2020
It seems instructive that Trump was so scared of Joe Biden, he engineered a multi-layered conspiracy, hijacking U.S. foreign policy and the DOJ and getting himself impeached.
Let’s just say, Trump isn’t gonna get himself impeached trying to stop Bernie.— Greg Pinelo (@gregpinelo) February 25, 2020
Got to hurry home tonight to see the debate. I got a feeling Bernie will wind up like Fearless Fosdick!
For the love of god UNMUTE THIS pic.twitter.com/MA48mit8MX
— Nerd Girl Says (@Rachael_Conrad) February 23, 2020
To boot, those polls came BEFORE the 60 Minutes story.
At this point Florida local and state nominees will actively have to run away from him even if he ISN’T nominated, let alone if he is, because more will see the “good points” than the purported “but Castro was still bad”.— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) February 25, 2020
re: #127 A hollow voice says, Guilty, guilty, guilty!
Greetings from thesouthlands!
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If toucan, I bet three can, too!
re: #113 jaunte
It’s just incredibly naive for an old Senator.
Lifting them out of poverty into effectual slave-status in a factory.
re: #123 Belafon
He’s is just saying that good things can be done by bad regimes sometimes. That’s literally it
Autobahns, Volkswagens, rockets and package vacations!
I’ll grant that his policies, personally, don’t INTENTIONALLY harm. However, even assuming that somehow he DOES yellow-vest his exact health plant through, IT will kill UNintentionally. Fund my physical transition with redneck taxpayer money and Bubba’ll kill trans-people.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) February 25, 2020
re: #132 Chrysicat
I’ll grant that his policies, personally, don’t INTENTIONALLY harm. However, even assuming that somehow he DOES yellow-vest his exact health plant through, IT will kill UNintentionally. Fund my physical transition with redneck taxpayer money and Bubba’ll kill trans-people.
?!?
re: #42 William Lewis
I remember them! I also dearly loved Felix the Cat in those days too.
I have only the vaguest memories of them from my childhood, but certainly recall Rock & Bullwinkle
He was hiding ice cream from Trump 😂 https://t.co/xlXJewM2AI
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) February 25, 2020
re: #136 Eventual Carrion
Ditto damnit
I mean we get Poe’s Law’ed by him all the time. So I don’t blame anyone who believed that including myself hahaha.
re: #137 jaunte
He was hiding ice cream from Trump
That should be enough to get you put on the disloyal list, and sneaking cauliflower into his mashed potatoes should get you a prison term…
re: #139 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I think Trump has an ice cream button next to the Coke button.
re: #68 A hollow voice says, Guilty, guilty, guilty!
There is nothing to fear but fear itself. If those former students of yours are under 50, they have little to worry about. Even if they get it, they may not notice it, or may think it’s a cold. (In the interest of preventing spread, it would be courteous to wear a mask if they have cold or flu-like symptoms.)
However, recently two 29 year old Chinese doctors who were treating patients died from the disease. So we may want to be careful before asserting that younger people are immune from the worst effects of coronavirus.
Now I know what it’s like to live in one of those countries that has a weird President that everyone else giggles about for being so weird.
re: #140 jaunte
I think Trump has an ice cream button next to the Coke button.
It’s on the other side of the pizza and bacon cheeseburger button.
re: #134 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
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Character limit, sorry, but I think most on Twitter will get it.
First off, almost no chance his health plan gets through intact. Bernie’s saying that rather than sign a compromise plan, he’s likely to try to get rioters out to scare Congress into passing it untouched (thus “yellow-vest”).
Second, if he manages it, it fully funds physical transition—sex reassignment surgery and probably, even though even Canada leaves it un-funded, facial feminisation/masculinisation surgery.
Think about how angry your average conservative is just being “forced to pay my taxes for abortions” and multiply it about two thousandfold for even one patient.
Society is not ready for that and it’ll get some white men hunting us for the sake of making us disappear.
This morning’s classified coronavirus briefing should have been made fully open to the American people—they would be as appalled & astonished as I am by the inadequacy of preparedness & prevention.
— Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal) February 25, 2020
The Trump Administration’s failure to take Cornavirus seriously is so frightening. It will cost lives.
Many of us were calling for major emergency funding weeks ago and Trump ignored us. Now it’s likely too little and too late. https://t.co/SGrH9pQftx— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) February 25, 2020
re: #98 Chrysicat
Well, yes, I suppose you can consider it “subsided” when virtually everyone on earth has contracted it, since it looks to “only” be stabilising at a 7-percent mortality rate. Picked which three friends you want to bury before Halloween yet?
— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) February 25, 2020
Admittedly, this assumes the Iran strain is the one to go worldwide, but it does seem to be trending towards being that effective.
It’s not that the Iran strain is more lethal, it’s that Iran for whatever reason has not been detecting or reporting milder cases. I wouldn’t be surprised if there were more cases than South Korea. Most of the time Iran may not test until the person is close to death’s door.
re: #107 jaunte
This is some straight “well at least Moussilini had the trains running on time” bullshit and why Sanders will be a disaster in the general. He’s a fucking walking talking oppo file
Can’t wait until he praises the Khmer Rogue or the Islamic Revolution
re: #143 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
It’s on the other side of the pizza and bacon cheeseburger button.
A pizza and bacon cheeseburger? Pepperoni? Because I might order that.
re: #147 KGxvi
Yes, it’s stupid. And we’re trying to get stupid out of the White House.
re: #147 KGxvi
This is some straight “well at least Moussilini had the trains running on time” bullshit and why Sanders will be a disaster in the general. He’s a fucking walking talking oppo file
Can’t wait until he praises the Khmer Rogue or the Islamic Revolution
Only Trump can get away with these statements — as he said, he can shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and not lose any support. Sanders can do the same with his base, but his base is a far smaller percentage of the electorate.
re: #138 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I mean we get Poe’s Law’ed by him all the time. So I don’t blame anyone who believed that including myself hahaha.
My nephew posted it and I was about to report before I checked…as it just fit too terribly well.
re: #132 Chrysicat
I’ll grant that his policies, personally, don’t INTENTIONALLY harm. However, even assuming that somehow he DOES yellow-vest his exact health plant through, IT will kill UNintentionally. Fund my physical transition with redneck taxpayer money and Bubba’ll kill trans-people.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) February 25, 2020
Bubba will kill over anything if he thinks he can get away with it. It’s a primary cultural value with them, part of their depraved fake rebel ideal. That’s why lynching was so popular. It ended when the law finally stepped in and used brute force to stop it. Bubba retreated to his sullen resentment for decades. Now he thinks that the law will take his side again, which is certainly true in many local, and some state jurisdictions, with the usurper in the White House providing inspiration and direction.
re: #140 jaunte
I think Trump has an ice cream button next to the Coke button.
I want one of those.
Oh, good morning!
re: #108 jaunte
Video clip
President Trump: “If you see what CNN, your wonderful network, said I guess they apologized in a way…What was their apology yesterday? What did they say?”
Jim @Acosta: “Mr. President, I think our record on delivering the truth is a lot better than yours sometimes.” pic.twitter.com/KPKcinxdtM— CSPAN (@cspan) February 25, 2020
re: #146 Hecuba’s daughter
It’s not that the Iran strain is more lethal, it’s that Iran for whatever reason has not been detecting or reporting milder cases. I wouldn’t be surprised if there were more cases than South Korea. Most of the time Iran may not test until the person is close to death’s door.
Iranians have been using their nuclear technology to enhance the virus and make it more lethal…
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re: #148 jeffreyw
A pizza and bacon cheeseburger? Pepperoni? Because I might order that.
Just don’t tweet after it, okay :).
re: #156 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Just don’t tweet after it, okay :).
I.. I can’t make that promise.
re: #145 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Richard Blumenthal
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@SenBlumenthal
This morning’s classified coronavirus briefing should have been made fully open to the American people—they would be as appalled & astonished as I am by the inadequacy of preparedness & prevention.
Judd Legum at Popular Information: Unprepared
A 5-4 conservative split in a major immigration case, Hernandez v. Mesa. Court rules that a US border-patrol agent cannot be held to account for killing a Mexican boy at play across the southern border. https://t.co/t8JPjT9GSP
— Steven Mazie (@stevenmazie) February 25, 2020
The Court is enabling the CBP and ICE to be more ruthless and violent, because they will not be held to account for their misconduct - not by the administration (which encourages this behavior as a supposed deterrent to others entering the US) or the Courts, which condones the behavior.
re: #159 retired cynic
Judd Legum at Popular Information: Unprepared
I think this is why I get annoyed by Bernie. We’ve got a potential health crisis and he’s spending his time having to defend that he praised a Cuban literacy program that happened 60 years ago. And there’s going to be more of this if he becomes first the presumptive nominee and then the nominee. I’ll vote for him against Trump but the whole thing isn’t what I as a lifelong Democratic voter/activist signed up for.
re: #160 lawhawk
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The Court is enabling the CBP and ICE to be more ruthless and violent, because they will not be held to account for their misconduct - not by the administration (which encourages this behavior as a supposed deterrent to others entering the US) or the Courts, which condones the behavior.
Really makes me want to shake some of the smug bros who insist to me Gorsuch is better than Garland because Gorsuch sometimes makes them feel better about their paranoia about the Feds getting them.
re: #141 Hecuba’s daughter
However, recently two 29 year old Chinese doctors who were treating patients died from the disease. So we may want to be careful before asserting that younger people are immune from the worst effects of coronavirus.
I said “little,” not “nothing,” thus asserted nothing of the sort.
re: #160 lawhawk
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The Court is enabling the CBP and ICE to be more ruthless and violent, because they will not be held to account for their misconduct - not by the administration (which encourages this behavior as a supposed deterrent to others entering the US) or the Courts, which condones the behavior.
Wonder how they’d rule if a federale fired indiscriminately across the border and killed an American child?
Justice Ginsburg has both dissents in the 5-4 decisions today. Here she says there is no reason why the boy’s grieving parents should “face a closed courtroom door”: pic.twitter.com/RyTaD4z5fl
— Steven Mazie (@stevenmazie) February 25, 2020
Here is Justice Ginsburg responding to the majority’s claim that letting the boy’s parents sue the rogue agent for damages would undermine American national security pic.twitter.com/dSY3sE7548
— Steven Mazie (@stevenmazie) February 25, 2020
In short: the Supreme Court has concluded by a 5-4 margin that there is no legal mechanism to hold border agents accountable for shooting Mexican children in the face if they are standing a few feet south of the US-Mexican border.
— Steven Mazie (@stevenmazie) February 25, 2020
re: #164 A hollow voice says, Guilty, guilty, guilty!
I said “little,” not “nothing,” thus asserted nothing of the sort.
“Little to worry about” might have been phrased better. The two young doctors that died were probably well past exhausted in caring for infectious patients, and that no doubt contributed to their deaths, however.
re: #160 lawhawk
So what are the Court going to rule when some Mexican cop shoots someone across his northern border?
(In fact, since: “the Supreme Court has concluded by a 5-4 margin that there is no legal mechanism to hold border agents accountable for shooting Mexican children in the face if they are standing a few feet south of the US-Mexican border.” the obvious solution is for a Mexican cop to just shoot a US Border Agent. Preferably this one, but I guess another would do).
Kennedy grilling Wolf on coronavirus. “You’re the Sec of Homeland Security and you can’t tell us if we have enough respirators!”
— Nick Miroff (@NickMiroff) February 25, 2020
Trump’s fact-challenged word salad makes no sense.
There’s an ongoing outbreak in Africa. Trump’s response has been to cut funding for the CDC and WHO as part of his budget.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) February 25, 2020
re: #169 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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Well Senator Kennedy this is the government you’ve gaslit for. repeatedly.
re: #160 lawhawk
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No “maybe” about it.
Unfortunately, short of EU involvement, it’s a war Mexico can’t win and really can’t get out of without THIS government seizing whatever Mexican territory (preferably not occupied by humans) it might want.— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) February 25, 2020
re: #170 lawhawk
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No one ever heard of Ebola? Uh yeah they had. I know I’m biased because I grew up near Reston but Ebola was definitely known before that outbreak and that’s part of why people freaked out including “your favorite President” who was so eager to use it against Obama.
re: #168 John Hughes
So what are the Court going to rule when some Mexican cop shoots someone across his northern border?
What do you think? Trump’s going to make Mexico pay. Or start a war (trade or military). Because that’s what he thinks should be done.
apod.nasa.gov
Moon Corona, Halo, and Arcs over Manitoba
re: #175 retired cynic
apod.nasa.gov
Moon Corona, Halo, and Arcs over Manitoba
Sorry! Missed the image!
Illustris Simulation of the Universe
Speaking of NASA: “How did we get here? Click play, sit back, and watch. A computer simulation of the evolution of the universe provides insight into how galaxies formed and perspectives into humanity’s place in the universe. The Illustris project exhausted 20 million CPU hours in 2014 following 12 billion resolution elements spanning a cube 35 million light years on a side as it evolved over 13 billion years.”
Dem turnout in Iowa: 5K than 2016, 64K less than 2008.
Dem turnout in NH: 46K more than 2016, 9K more than 2008.
Dem turnout in NV: 21K more than 2016, 13K less than 2008.https://t.co/0hrcRgixoz pic.twitter.com/sqauA43TNW— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) February 25, 2020
So, turnout is seemingly better than 2016, but not as good as 2008. What does any of this mean? Tea leaf readers will read tea leaves.
Frankly, I’m waiting on Super Tuesday to clarify matters. We’ll see a shakeout from that that should end all but 2 campaigns.
I’m expecting Bloomberg to flame out spectacularly. Steyer too. Sorry to say, but Klobuchar will also be an also ran. Warren and Biden and Buttigieg may end up splitting majority of the delegates - it’ll likely come down to one of those 3 plus Sanders.
re: #95 NO SMOCKING GUN!
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Good think this isn’t a witch hunt. Last one we had against the president* came up with all kinds of chargeable offenses right from the start, and jail time for many.
An 11-year-old boy was airlifted to a hospital and received six stitches to his forehead after an alleged altercation with his teacher during the school day. https://t.co/G0qakuLAWY
— ABC News (@ABC) February 25, 2020
“… Randolph (child’s mother FDD) said she has seen portions of the school’s surveillance footage and was not pleased with what she allegedly saw, claiming that the teacher grabbed her son by his hoodie and slammed his head against the counter in the classroom.
“You see him at one point, my son’s feet lift up off the ground and he is basically being choked,” she said. …”
re: #177 retired cynic
And another, a 45 second video from today: apod.nasa.gov.
Jupiter’s Magnetic Field from Juno
How similar is Jupiter’s magnetic field to Earth’s? NASA’s robotic Juno spacecraft has found that Jupiter’s magnetic field is surprisingly complex, so that the Jovian world does not have single magnetic poles like our Earth. A snapshot of Jupiter’s magnetic field at one moment in time, as animated from Juno data, appears in the featured video. Red and blue colors depict cloud-top regions of strong positive (south) and negative (north) magnetic fields, respectively. Surrounding the planet are imagined magnetic field lines. The first sequence of the animated video starts off by showing what appears to be a relatively normal dipole field, but soon a magnetic region now known as the Great Blue Spot rotates into view, which is not directly aligned with Jupiter’s rotation poles. Further, in the second sequence, the illustrative animation takes us over one of Jupiter’s spin poles where red magnetic hotspots are revealed to be extended and sometimes even annular. A better understanding of Jupiter’s magnetic field may give clues toward a better understanding of Earth’s enigmatic planetary magnetism.
re: #178 lawhawk
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So, turnout is seemingly better than 2016, but not as good as 2008. What does any of this mean? Tea leaf readers will read tea leaves.
Frankly, I’m waiting on Super Tuesday to clarify matters. We’ll see a shakeout from that that should end all but 2 campaigns.
I’m expecting Bloomberg to flame out spectacularly. Steyer too. Sorry to say, but Klobuchar will also be an also ran. Warren and Biden and Buttigieg may end up splitting majority of the delegates - it’ll likely come down to one of those 3 plus Sanders.
Yeah I’m sorry but I’m not ready to crown Bernie the King of the Youth. And I have to tell y’all as the youngest Lizard here, we are a lot more ideologically diverse than it’s made out to be.
NPV in a country that’s still 60 electoral votes short of the NPV Compact going into play.
Yeah, THAT’s relevant. How ‘bout winning-margin-over-time in each swing state instead, since the folks above you only re-posted how badly Hillary LOST in each?— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) February 25, 2020
re: #183 Chrysicat
It’s Shaun f’king. Nope. Just nope. He’s another toxic Bernie guy.
re: #173 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
No one ever heard of Ebola? Uh yeah they had. I know I’m biased because I grew up near Reston but Ebola was definitely known before that outbreak and that’s part of why people freaked out including “your favorite President” who was so eager to use it against Obama.
That’s right up there with “no one ever imagined using passenger airplanes as weapons”…
Hell yes they did.
The Tom Clancy book where somebody crashed a fully-fueled 747 into the capitol at the start of the State of the Union (“Debt of Honor”, 1994).
The very next book in the series (“Executive Orders” 1996), Jack Ryan is president in this one, there’s an Ebola attack (aerosolized live virus set loose in a bunch of convention centers in a half dozen cities. Like at the Boat Show, or Comic-Con, or things like that.)
Thread is hours old, so there’s a lot there
Thread https://t.co/iLFcW9ltkT
— soonergrunt 🇺🇸 (@soonergrunt) February 25, 2020
re: #186 sagehen
That’s right up there with “no one ever imagined using passenger airplanes as weapons”…
Hell yes they did.
The Tom Clancy book where somebody crashed a fully-fueled 747 into the capitol at the start of the State of the Union (“Debt of Honor”, 1994).
The very next book in the series (“Executive Orders” 1996), Jack Ryan is president in this one, there’s an Ebola attack (aerosolized live virus set loose in a bunch of convention centers in a half dozen cities. Like at the Boat Show, or Comic-Con, or things like that.)
I do wonder what Tom Clancy would think of Trump. Ultra right winger as we know but I wonder what he would think of an American POTUS that stans a former KGB man.
re: #188 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I think he’d be aghast, especially as the so-called adults in the room reveal later that things are even more fucked up than we already know them to be. He’d probably turn into a Joe Walsh type.
re: #189 lawhawk
I think he’d be aghast, especially as the so-called adults in the room reveal later that things are even more fucked up than we already know them to be. He’d probably turn into a Joe Walsh type.
I think so too. I can’t see Clancy being happy with the IC being made into a boogeyman by Trump.
Do you know WHICH candidate insisted that primaries be open in as many states as possible this year, as far back as just after the ‘16 election?
Do you know what “establishment” TRIED to prevent it because they knew the turnout could potentially be 40% Republicans?— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) February 25, 2020
The difference here is between “can” and “should”. You MAY have enough of your toxic asses to get him elected. If you even just have enough to get him NOMINATED, though, expect people on both sides to try to flee the country assuming they can get someplace to grant asylum.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) February 25, 2020
Seriously, how do these people start thinking that being toxic is a virtue because the Nazis see it as a virtue?
Trump shut down the NSC’s entire global health security unit, eliminated the NSC and DHS’s epidemic teams, gutted the global health section of the CDC, and proposed huge cuts to both the CDC and the National Institutes of Health as recently as two weeks ago https://t.co/hwlBErzc2T
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 25, 2020
re: #192 Chrysicat
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Seriously, how do these people start thinking that being toxic is a virtue because the Nazis see it as a virtue?
I really don’t know and it’s frustrating because we should be able to talk about the man who is considered the frontrunner without getting “LOL why you stupid”.
re: #186 sagehen
That’s right up there with “no one ever imagined using passenger airplanes as weapons”…
Hell yes they did.
The Tom Clancy book where somebody crashed a fully-fueled 747 into the capitol at the start of the State of the Union (“Debt of Honor”, 1994).
The very next book in the series (“Executive Orders” 1996), Jack Ryan is president in this one, there’s an Ebola attack (aerosolized live virus set loose in a bunch of convention centers in a half dozen cities. Like at the Boat Show, or Comic-Con, or things like that.)
1990’s movie Executive Decision in which terrorists hijack a 747 with the intention of crashing it into a significant landmark.
The way I look at it is “if he doesn’t get his changes past Congress, even on the off chance that he’s alive to BE voted for in ‘24, his base will have abandoned him, and thus we’ll sew up THAT election for Trump Jr or whatever other MAGAt crawls out of the woodwork”.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) February 25, 2020
They. Honestly. Do. Not. Get. That. Even. If. His. Reverse. Coattails. Are. Not. Sufficient. To. Let. The. MAGAts. Keep. The. Senate,
Even Majority Leader Patty Murray will play gatekeeper to most of what he wants unless the language is substantially more conservative-friendly than Bernie claims to be willing to sign.
And that that is a drawback unique to him.
re: #195 The Pie Overlord!
1990’s movie Executive Decision in which terrorists hijack a 747 with the intention of crashing it into a significant landmark.
1996. And I think the plane had a bomb (possibly including stolen nerve agent) aboard.
I saw that in a theater and the crowd actually cheered when an early surprise twist occurred. (Steven Seagal’s character falling out of the plane.)
re: #195 The Pie Overlord!
1990’s movie Executive Decision in which terrorists hijack a 747 with the intention of crashing it into a significant landmark.
Marla Maples was in that.
re: #173 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
No one ever heard of Ebola? Uh yeah they had. I know I’m biased because I grew up near Reston but Ebola was definitely known before that outbreak and that’s part of why people freaked out including “your favorite President” who was so eager to use it against Obama.
Reston as in the home of the Reston Ebolavirus strain?
*shudders*
re: #198 sagehen
Marla Maples was in that.
Back when Trump was just that obnoxious New York guy who was always making cameos for some reason. Sigh different times. Sorry. I still cannot believe we are in a reality where Donald Trump is the President of our country. I’ll never fully be over it.
re: #195 The Pie Overlord!
1990’s movie Executive Decision in which terrorists hijack a 747 with the intention of crashing it into a significant landmark.
Hell, there was an episode of an X-files spinoff series in which a government cabal electronically hijacks a 747 mid-flight with the intent of crashing it in to the WORLD TRADE CENTER.
And this was like 6 months BEFORE 9/11.
A look into the future pic.twitter.com/xecCpmuCDk
— Meanwhile in Canada (@MeanwhileinCana) February 25, 2020
re: #197 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
1996. And I think the plane had a bomb (possibly including stolen nerve agent) aboard.
I saw that in a theater and the crowd actually cheered when an early surprise twist occurred. (Steven Seagal’s character falling out of the plane.)
Though with the title, that makes sense in hindsight. Seagal characters by that point, the audience is only wondering when they’ll take the plane back. Without him, it totally makes sense that even before 9-11, the best way to deal with it may well be to consider the passengers dead the moment they were hijacked and just down it. And that’s defs the President’s call in a time when we still think most hijacked planes will just spend several days on a third-world airstrip.
re: #199 Teukka
Reston as in the home of the Reston Ebolavirus strain?
*shudders*
Yep. A lot of my childhood- elementary school, Little League, summer camp, swimming pools, etc was in Reston. I grew up right on the border. It’s changed a lot in the 33 years since I was born. I spent my first two years there before moving.
Was there not a Cessna pilot who tried to fly into the White House in the 90’s?
re: #200 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Back when Trump was just that obnoxious New York guy who was always making cameos for some reason. Sigh different times. Sorry. I still cannot believe we are in a reality where Donald Trump is the President of our country. I’ll never fully be over it.
It is the New Media Reality. I have to grudgingly admit that people like Karl Rove and Breitbart were visionaries who understood that by controlling media images and narrative, you can control reality.
And our modern media love Donald Trump, he is ratings gold, daily Tweets and outrageous statements, add a bit of crime and scandal to that mix and you have the biggest ongoing reality TV show going.
They have no interest in seeing that come to an end.
re: #203 Chrysicat
Though with the title, that makes sense in hindsight. Seagal characters by that point, the audience is only wondering when they’ll take the plane back. Without him, it totally makes sense that even before 9-11, the best way to deal with it may well be to consider the passengers dead the moment they were hijacked and just down it. And that’s defs the President’s call in a time when we still think most hijacked planes will just spend several days on a third-world airstrip.
Steven Seagal who now works for the Russians and is a Russian citizen.
re: #206 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It is the New Media Reality. I have to grudgingly admit that people like Karl Rove and Breitbart were visionaries who understood that by controlling media images and narrative, you can control reality.
And our modern media love Donald Trump, he is ratings gold, daily Tweets and outrageous statements, add a bit of crime and scandal to that mix and you have the biggest ongoing reality TV show going.
They have no interest in seeing that come to an end.
Just let me remember there was a time when this festering asshole wasn’t considered to be Presidential. That’s all my post was. I know what’s happened. I’ve been on FB from the start. I know how the new media operates and I don’t like it at all.
The “scare” of SARS subsided because people got scared and got their shit together and acted to isolate the sources of the virus, quarantine the affected people etc.
Fear is a survival trait. Panic or denial does NOT have a strong correlation with survival.— jay (@random__name) February 25, 2020
re: #205 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
One crash landed on the WH lawn.
Before that, a guy landed a Huey on the lawn too.
re: #160 lawhawk
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So I guess they would be cool if the father of that child started shooting every fucking border agent he sees walking on the US side of the fence?
re: #210 lawhawk
One crash landed on the WH lawn.
Before that, a guy landed a Huey on the lawn too.
We’ve gone 57 years without a successful presidential assassination. Close to the 62 years we had before Oswald killed JFK. Also the same amount without a POTUS dying in office. The so called 20 year curse got brought up a lot in the lead up to 2000. Fortunately no deaths in 2000.
re: #211 Eventual Carrion
So I guess they would be cool if the father of that child started shooting every fucking border agent he sees walking on the US side of the fence?
Nah, that would be used as a reason to provoke war with Mexico. Nationalism’s going to be the death of this country.
re: #212 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
We’ve gone 57 years without a successful presidential assassination. Close to the 62 years we had before Oswald killed JFK. Also the same amount without a POTUS dying in office. The so called 20 year curse got brought up a lot in the lead up to 2000. Fortunately no deaths in 2000.
I remember the 0 year curse was brought up in 1980 and folks really freaked out when Reagan was shot.
re: #211 Eventual Carrion
So I guess they would be cool if the father of that child started shooting every fucking border agent he sees walking on the US side of the fence?
He would be shot by the border agents before he could get more than a couple shots off.
Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf simply cannot answer a series of questions on coronavirus from @SenJohnKennedy. He can’t say how many surgical masks are needed, why he doesn’t have the same answer as others on a vaccine. “You’re supposed to keep us safe.” pic.twitter.com/JiHvT3pdvM
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) February 25, 2020
Life goes on. Fat Tuesday. Fasnacht. Carnival. Did it once. Doubt I’ll do it again, even though I was sure I would.
In any case, here’s WWOZ out of NOLA.
re: #193 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
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Their plan is to close the border. That will be it. They will use it as an excuse to curb immigration further. Don’t need money in CDC, etc. for that.
I wonder what Trump would do if Coronavirus got to one of his properties.
re: #208 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Just let me remember there was a time when this festering asshole wasn’t considered to be Presidential. That’s all my post was. I know what’s happened. I’ve been on FB from the start. I know how the new media operates and I don’t like it at all.
People voted for Trump because he successfully sold himself as the anti-politician. They wanted someone who was anything but Presidential, even if he was a festering asshole and blowhard showman.
When people started relying on FB news feeds for information on anything except friends, family and local music & events, I began to despair for the future of the Republic.
And when I saw that # Trending on Twitter # was a news item in itself, I saw how easy it was to generate and manipulate the narrative.
re: #220 Eclectic Cyborg
I wonder what Trump would do if Coronavirus got to one of his properties.
Charge extra for flu and other medicines in the hotel’s convenience store.
re: #214 Joe Bacon 🌹
I remember the 0 year curse was brought up in 1980 and folks really freaked out when Reagan was shot.
Yeah Reagan was said to have broken that. It’s a weird fluke of history that I think every President but Taylor that died in office was part of the 20 year curse.
Some Good News: Monsey stabbing victim Joseph Neumann has regained consciousness. His family is calling it a “miracle” since his prognosis was very grim.
(In spoilers for disturbing image of victim on respirator)
גיטע נייעס ביי יהוסף ניימאן לרפואה שלימה, וואס איז געשטאכן געווארן אין פארשעי.https://t.co/b9yJdHPOnR
— Hasidic2 (@hasidic_1) February 25, 2020
re: #220 Eclectic Cyborg
I wonder what Trump
wouldwill doifwhen Coronavirusgotgets to one of his properties.
Carried there by one of his business partners from abroad
re: #221 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
People voted for Trump because he successfully sold himself as the anti-politician. They wanted someone who was anything but Presidential, even if he was a festering asshole and blowhard showman.
When people started relying on FB news feeds for information on anything except friends, family and local music & events, I began to despair for the future of the Republic.
And when I saw that #Trending on Twitter# was a news item in itself, I saw how easy it was to generate and manipulate the narrative.
No offense but you come off like a broken record when you repeat yourself like this. I know what happened Wendell. I’m not new to American politics and I’ve even been in some campaigns. I saw Trump’s rise just as much as you did. You don’t need to repeat the story a gazillion times. All I said was that in the 90’s that it was a time when someone like Trump wasn’t presidential to anyone but a fringe and I was just reflecting on that.
Ah someone talks to TPM about Grenell and it’s not complimentary toward that partisan ass!
re: #226 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
All I said was that in the 90’s that it was a time when someone like Trump wasn’t presidential to anyone but a fringe and I was just reflecting on that.
The media landscape was also very different back then.
Cannot understate the change that has brought to our political system.
Not seeing many people talking about the fact that Bloomberg’s campaign tweeted an entire thread of fake quotes yesterday attributed to Bernie Sanders, then quietly deleted it without saying anything.
That is a thing that happened. Here are the tweets. pic.twitter.com/SWnz783I9g— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) February 25, 2020
re: #219 Mike Lamb
Their plan is to close the border. That will be it. They will use it as an excuse to curb immigration further. Don’t need money in CDC, etc. for that.
Yeah I wouldn’t past Trump to use Corona as justification for this.
Cryin’ Chuck Schumer is complaining, for publicity purposes only, that I should be asking for more money than $2.5 Billion to prepare for Coronavirus. If I asked for more he would say it is too much. He didn’t like my early travel closings. I was right. He is incompetent!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 25, 2020
Getting Americans killed to own the Libs.
re: #229 The Pie Overlord!
In fairness, I don’t think they were intended to be perceived as real quotes. I think it was a joke that was in very poor taste.
re: #232 Eclectic Cyborg
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Getting Americans killed to own the Libs.
Free Market will control the virus better than some government agency staffed with liberal elitist science types…
re: #234 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Free Market will control the virus better than some government agency staffed with liberal elitist science types…
And don’t forget the churches. I’m sure that church elders are waiting with the holy oil to anoint the sick after they pay up…
re: #229 The Pie Overlord!
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We’re fucked as a party if it comes down to either of these two idiots.
re: #232 Eclectic Cyborg
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Getting Americans killed to own the Libs.
I really want to say something I shouldn’t but I won’t because I don’t want to get in trouble here. So I’ll just let out a fuck Trump and call it even.
Boubron street live cam, if anyone is interested:
re: #238 Eclectic Cyborg
Boubron street live cam, if anyone is interested:
Was there this past Spring. Man NOLA is a fun city. Great food, people, and times. Really could use a vacation here. I hate the middle of the winter so much. At least Spring Training is here and March Madness around the corner.
DJIA continues to slide: down 470. That’s another 1.7%.
10% marks a correction. We’ve seen the Dow drop about 5% in 2 days.
re: #236 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
We’re fucked as a party if it comes down to either of these two idiots.
The last thing America needs is a Presidential race between two old white guys.
re: #241 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The last thing America needs is a Presidential race between two old white guys.
Well it’s very likely going to be that. Hopefully Warren goes hard after Sanders tonight. She can go after Bloomberg too if she likes but go after Bernie too FFS.
re: #212 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
We’ve gone 57 years without a successful presidential assassination. Close to the 62 years we had before Oswald killed JFK. Also the same amount without a POTUS dying in office. The so called 20 year curse got brought up a lot in the lead up to 2000. Fortunately no deaths in 2000.
We used to say Reagan in ‘80 Bush in ‘81. Almost got it too. My girlfriend and I held hands and skipped down the hall cheering after we heard Reagan had been shot. Alas, modern medicine…
Perspective: “I’m no fan of Bernie Sanders,” writes Joe Walsh for The Post. “But #NeverTrump means never Trump.” https://t.co/OShIi7d4Dq
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 25, 2020
re: #243 William Lewis
We used to say Reagan in ‘80 Bush in ‘81. Almost got it too. My girlfriend and I held hands and skipped down the hall cheering after we heard Reagan had been shot. Alas, modern medicine…
What’s unfortunate is that it didn’t make him a better person let alone a better President.
re: #245 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
What’s unfortunate is that it didn’t make him a better person let alone a better President.
strengthened his sense of destiny and his status as an icon and hero
I see Joe Walsh has an op-ed in the WashPo today reiterating his promise to vote D.
This isn’t complicated. “Never Trump,” “never-Trump” or, if you prefer, #NeverTrump has always been a straightforward concept — the word “never” is right there in the name. But with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) moving ahead of the pack as the clear front-runner in this year’s Democratic presidential primaries, some of my Republican and ex-Republican brethren have started implying that what never-Trump actually meant was something more like: fingers-crossed-I-really-really-hope-not-Trump-but-I-guess-sometimes-Trump if Democrats wind up nominating a self-described democratic socialist. But that’s not how this works.
I mean, I get it. They’re chafing at the thought of voting for a guy who calls his movement a “political revolution,” talks nonstop about Medicare-for-All (but talks a lot less about how he’ll pay for it) and who said “it’s unfair to simply say everything is bad” about Fidel Castro — not in a stray comment back in his radical heyday, but in a “60 Minutes” interview earlier this week. And I sympathize: My congressional career was short-lived, but I came in with the original tea party wave. If it were up to me, Sanders isn’t the guy I’d put in charge.
But when I finally came around to saying, “never Trump,” I meant it. And if you’re a Republican who claimed the never-Trump label as a badge of honor during the last few years, to prove to the world that you’re a principled conservative, and not a Trump dupe, then you should have meant it, too.
re: #247 William Lewis
I see Joe Walsh has an op-ed in the WashPo today reiterating his promise to vote D.
I can’t believe how many times that Joe Walsh has sounded like me the past few years. That weirds the hell outta me.
A 5-4 conservative split in a major immigration case, Hernandez v. Mesa. Court rules that a US border-patrol agent cannot be held to account for killing a Mexican boy at play across the southern border. https://t.co/t8JPjT9GSP
— Steven Mazie (@stevenmazie) February 25, 2020
The Conservative-controlled Supreme Court ruled it’s ok to shoot Mexicans.
re: #249 DodgerFan1988
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The Conservative-controlled Supreme Court ruled it’s ok to shoot Mexicans.
Steven Miller just had an orgasm over that decision…
re: #249 DodgerFan1988
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The Conservative-controlled Supreme Court ruled it’s ok to shoot Mexicans.
If they can shoot a kid playing, then there is no issue at them shooting to fire at the “hordes swarming our borders”
re: #249 DodgerFan1988
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The Conservative-controlled Supreme Court ruled it’s ok to shoot Mexicans.
The conservative-controlled Supreme Court ruled it’s ok to shoot Mexicans - ACROSS THE BORDER WITH THE VICTIM STANDING IN MEXICO.
So basically, they are fine with what is universally considered as an act of war.
This is what incompetence looks like. America is about to pay a hefty price for embracing mediocrity. https://t.co/WZ0FOSO5R8
— Midwin Charles (@MidwinCharles) February 25, 2020
re: #249 DodgerFan1988
The Conservative-controlled Supreme Court ruled it’s ok to shoot Mexicans.
So is all murder now legal or only Gestapo executing non-white children?
(I’d sarc tag it but … )
re: #245 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
What’s unfortunate is that it didn’t make him a better person let alone a better President.
Whatever his many flaws, he didn’t whine about how unfair things were and he reacted with humor to his near death experience. And he didn’t demand absolute loyalty. Nor was he subservient to the Russians. Nor did he demonize immigrants.
But his administration did a lot of damage to the working class of this nation and he waged war on the environment. He was a typical modern Republican President, profligate and anti-social safety net; he set the standard for contemporary Republican policies, including ignoring the health crisis of the 80’s (AIDS) until someone he knew was stricken.
Rush Limbaugh has gone Q-turd
Rush Limbaugh on coronavirus: ‘The common cold’ that’s being ‘weaponized’ against Trump
Just hours after World Health Organization officials said they are preparing for a “potential pandemic” as coronavirus cases increase worldwide, conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh told his listeners Monday that he would try to put the concerning news about the novel virus “in perspective” for them.
“It looks like the coronavirus is being weaponized as yet another element to bring down Donald Trump,” Limbaugh said during his Monday show. “Now, I want to tell you the truth about the coronavirus. … Yeah, I’m dead right on this. The coronavirus is the common cold, folks.”
Trump-loving QAnon conspiracy theorist Ann Vandersteel speculates that the coronavirus may be a British/deep state plot to destabilize global markets in order to prevent Trump’s reelection. https://t.co/V9vo3vdfFe pic.twitter.com/HIpYO2SikR
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) February 25, 2020
This evil fucker can’t die and go to hell soon enough.
re: #254 William Lewis
So is all murder now legal or only Gestapo executing non-white children?
(I’d sarc tag it but … )
Waiting for Mexico to call an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council…and the US will use its veto…
re: #256 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
As I told a co-worker last night, the average IQ of America will go up 10 points when that fucker starts his dirt nap.
re: #255 Hecuba’s daughter
Whatever his many flaws, he didn’t whine about how unfair things were and he reacted with humor to his near death experience. And he didn’t demand absolute loyalty. Nor was he subservient to the Russians. Nor did he demonize immigrants.
But his administration did a lot of damage to the working class of this nation and he waged war on the environment. He was a typical modern Republican President, profligate and anti-social safety net; he set the standard for contemporary Republican policies, including ignoring the health crisis of the 80’s (AIDS) until someone he knew was stricken.
He may not have scapegoated immigrants like Trump does but he sure as hell did scapegoat African-Americans. Racist prick and that’s something that needs to be discussed rather than remember Grandpa Ron and his love of jelly bellys.
The opioid crisis takes another victim: children’s innocence and our ability to protect it. https://t.co/QtzykKIS21
— Crooks and Liars (@crooksandliars) February 25, 2020
re: #259 William Lewis
As I told a co-worker last night, the average IQ of America will go up 10 points when that fucker starts his dirt nap.
Quite honestly, he’s one of the most destructive forces this country has never elected.
re: #259 William Lewis
As I told a co-worker last night, the average IQ of America will go up 10 points when that fucker starts his dirt nap.
Don’t count on that. As Shakespeare said, “The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones.” Once evil is set in motion, there are followers who will continue to spread the message. Think of the Faux News team of Carlson, Hannity, Ingraham et al. Their message perseveres. Rush gone, they will take up the mantle.
re: #256 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Rush Limbaugh has gone Q-turd
Rush Limbaugh on coronavirus: ‘The common cold’ that’s being ‘weaponized’ against Trump
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This evil fucker can’t die and go to hell soon enough.
He is evil incarnate. I’m rooting for the lung cancer. And I make no apologies for that.
re: #263 Hecuba’s daughter
Don’t count on that. As Shakespeare said, “The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones.” Once evil is set in motion, there are followers who will continue to spread the message. Think of the Faux News team of Carlson, Hannity, Ingraham et al. Their message perseveres. Rush gone, they will take up the mantle.
He set the standard for “no negative news about the opposition will be questioned or doubted, even if it is groundless or even contradictory.”
and that has become the basis of modern political discourse…
re: #264 Joe Bacon 🌹
He is evil incarnate. I’m rooting for the lung cancer. And I make no apologies for that.
I almost feel sorry for the cancer cells who have to reside in that body of his
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re: #265 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
He set the standard for “no negative news about the opposition will be questioned or doubted, even if it is groundless or even contradictory.”
and that has become the basis of modern political discourse…
No, Rush is the one who made it acceptable discourse to mock children and then to hide behind being a “satirist” even though Rush would be asking for a deep fried child if he ever had to read Swift.
re: #268 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
No, Rush is the one who made it acceptable discourse to mock children and then to hide behind being a “satirist” even though Rush would be asking for a deep fried child if he ever had to read Swift.
That is the excuse that Alex Jones used…and scarily enough, he could plausibly state in most cases that no reasonable person could be expected to take him seriously.
re: #215 Hecuba’s daughter
He would be shot by the border agents before he could get more than a couple shots off.
Shooter wouldn’t have to be that close to the border and would have plenty of time to be dug in and camouflaged hundreds of yards from the border. I’m sure high power sniper rifles and good scopes are available in Mexico.
re: #256 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Rush Limbaugh has gone Q-turd
Rush Limbaugh on coronavirus: ‘The common cold’ that’s being ‘weaponized’ against Trump
This evil fucker can’t die and go to hell soon enough.
The ranks of his most loyal listeners are soon to be thinned (I just paged this)
re: #269 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
That is the excuse that Alex Jones used…and scarily enough, he could plausibly state in most cases that no reasonable person could be expected to take him seriously.
These are not reasonable people.
re: #272 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
These are not reasonable people.
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That’s the guy that bitches about those people on the dole and then doesn’t want the government to take away his medicare.
Imagine it if it was a viral disease outbreak of all things that ultimately brought down the Trump Admin?
Enough preventable deaths and even Russia won’t be able to save him.
re: #85 Chrysicat
Seriously, if this is what it takes to take down Bernie, I am so in.
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OK, I’m starting to suspect you’re in a St. Petersburg and not the one bordering Tampa Bay. You specifically asked “such as?” when Hannah mentioned some of Bernie’s top hires are media trolls. I then NAMED media-trolls-who-are-top-hires and you sealioned.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) February 25, 2020
re: #265 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
He set the standard for “no negative news about the opposition will be questioned or doubted, even if it is groundless or even contradictory.”
and that has become the basis of modern political discourse…
Didn’t Father Coughlin pioneer this approach in the 1930’s? Once modern mass media arose, there were racists and bigots who took advantage of this platform to reach millions that were formerly unavailable because previously there was no way to target them as an adoring audience. In the past it was necessary to be in someone’s presence for them to hear your voice and be moved by your words.
NEW: Village People gives Trump OK to play gay anthems ‘YMCA,’ ‘Macho Man’ at rallieshttps://t.co/u6ky6yGqEg
— NBC Out (@NBCOUT) February 25, 2020
re: #271 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
The ranks of his most loyal listeners are soon to be thinned (I just paged this)
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Why yes, the common cold is caused by a corona virus, but by that logic we have nothing to fear from tigers because they are related to house cats, and we all know house cats are unlikely to kill us.
re: #277 The Pie Overlord!
Gee, now I’m going to have to stop buying their albums.
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re: #277 The Pie Overlord!
NEW: Village People gives Trump OK to play gay anthems ‘YMCA,’ ‘Macho Man’ at rallies
willing to bet that they get stiffed on royalty payments?
re: #278 calochortus
Why yes, the common cold is caused by a corona virus, but by that logic we have nothing to fear from tigers because they are related to house cats, and we all know house cats are unlikely to kill us.
And no reason to worry about face-eating leopards either.
re: #283 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
And no reason to worry about face-eating leopards either.
Of course not. They won’t eat my face!
He’s lying his ass off. We haven’t contained anything. Sheer dumb luck is preventing the spread of the disease, and the markets are already volatile because they know the JIT supply chain is in jeopardy.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) February 25, 2020
re: #283 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
And no reason to worry about face-eating leopards either.
Make face eating great again.
DJIA now down more than 570. Down 2%.
Over 5% drop over 2 days. That’s not a sign of confidence. It’s that people are recognizing that the JIT supply chain is in jeopardy when so much starts off in China. That the disease is showing signs of emerging in other places, like Italy is concerning, and even the US military is bracing for impacts to its operations in Africa and Middle East.
re: #80 Targetpractice
I’m a bit confused here. Is it somehow less bigoted or sexist if you make the jokes behind closed doors to like-minded assholes?
This was literally the worst-case scenario when I worked at a law office.
I can still remember the quote: “Yes, the jokes were off-color, racist & perverted in nature, but everyone there laughed and agreed they were funny.”
I remember my old boss screaming and throwing stuff out the door of his office, yelling “Why don’t you just say, ‘Here’s the goddam check!!!?”
re: #287 lawhawk
Equity volatility is probably a compounding of many fears.
We should not be giving losers of the war of Southern Succession and War of Southern Insurrection over their right to own slaves consolation prizes like statues and holidays.
Lost causers are lost.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) February 25, 2020
re: #290 lawhawk
“Secession”
re: #278 calochortus
Why yes, the common cold is caused by a corona virus, but by that logic we have nothing to fear from tigers because they are related to house cats, and we all know house cats are unlikely to kill us.
If this goes sideways on Fox/Rush/Trump, the campaign ads pretty much write themselves:
“They listened to Fox. They believed every word that Rush said. They trusted Trump. And now they’re all gonna die. Don’t you think it’s time maybe to come out of your information bubble and rejoin the rest of the world … while you still can?”
re: #290 lawhawk
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Glad though not surprised to see Bell on the Yes’s. I’ve also met Boysko and Howell. Boysko succeeded Wexton who is now in Congress and Howell was my state senator growing up. All these elections matter so don’t sit on your ass if it’s an off year election ever.
re: #288 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
This was literally the worst-case scenario when I worked at a law office.
I can still remember the quote: “Yes, the jokes were off-color, racist & perverted in nature, but everyone there laughed and agreed they were funny.”
I remember my old boss screaming and throwing stuff out the door of his office, yelling “Why don’t you just say, ‘Here’s the goddam check!!!?”
And I’ll note this but that Sanders staffer wasn’t an old guy. I have a lot of respect for my generation in some ways but in other ways, we’re not different than any other generation with bigoted dickheads, this guy is one of em.
re: #292 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
If this goes sideways on Fox/Rush/Trump, the campaign ads pretty much write themselves:
“They listened to Fox. They believed every word that Rush said. They trusted Trump. And now they’re all gonna die. Don’t you think it’s time maybe to come out of your information bubble and rejoin the rest of the world … while you still can?”
I doubt it will be quite that bad. And unless they are dying too, they won’t pay attention. It will magically be the liberals’ fault.
This is horrible.
“Please give me a second chance”: Video shows a police officer arresting a crying six-year-old at her Orlando school. Kaia Rolle pleaded with the officer as she was restrained with zip ties last September. pic.twitter.com/3RqhcD0jvL
— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 25, 2020
re: #278 calochortus
Why yes, the common cold is caused by a corona virus, but by that logic we have nothing to fear from tigers because they are related to house cats, and we all know house cats are unlikely to kill us.
Actually, I believe colds are caused by rhinoviruses.
re: #296 The Pie Overlord!
This is horrible.
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I see my niece in everyone of these kids as I’m sure you do your grands VB. It makes me angry, sad, helpless, confused, and so much more.
re: #219 Mike Lamb
Their plan is to close the border. That will be it. They will use it as an excuse to curb immigration further. Don’t need money in CDC, etc. for that.
Yup.
re: #295 calochortus
I doubt it will be quite that bad. And unless they are dying too, they won’t pay attention. It will magically be the liberals’ fault.
Well, if the fatality rates continue to track the way they have been, the angry old racists in those huge retirement communities in central Florida & west Phoenix are in for a bit of a shock.
But yeah, “Damn lib’ruls!” is going to be the go-to for blame for most. A few may be capable of comprehending that the Democrats weren’t the ones telling them to relax, that Trump had this well in hand.
Maybe.
re: #296 The Pie Overlord!
This is horrible.
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I am having real fucking trouble developing the factual background that would warrant putting fucking handcuffs on a 6 year old and taking her away in a police car.
Look at this dangerous corrupt idiot==>
The coronavirus outbreak shows how important it is for us to keep our borders secure.
It’s also why @realDonaldTrump is right to want a trade policy focused on increasing American manufacturing. He understands that it’s dangerous for our economy to be beholden to China!— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) February 25, 2020
re: #297 Eclectic Cyborg
Actually, I believe colds are caused by rhinoviruses.
The majority are, but apparently corona viruses cause what we refer to as “common colds” as well.
re: #304 Joe Bacon 🌹
Needless to say, Kudlow’s comments didn’t go over well with the people who know.
re: #302 The Pie Overlord!
Look at this dangerous corrupt idiot==>
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Some would do well reading up on a certain pandemic in the 1340’s…
re: #297 Eclectic Cyborg
Actually, I believe colds are caused by rhinoviruses.
Coronaviruses and rhinioviruses both cause the common cold.
re: #301 Mike Lamb
I am having real fucking trouble developing the factual background that would warrant putting fucking handcuffs on a 6 year old and taking her away in a police car.
When you see black people as little more than animals, it’s not that big of a leap. The arresting officer was Hispanic I believe, but Hispanics can be as racist towards black people as white people can.
re: #302 The Pie Overlord!
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Of fucking course.
re: #308 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Coronaviruses and rhinioviruses both cause the common cold.
Well, there you go. I learned something today.
An associate of now-flat flat-Earth rocketeer “Mad Mike” Hughes has admitted what every reasonable observer already knew:
“Mad” Mike Hughes at times said his rocket launches aimed to prove the Earth’s shape, but a representative told BuzzFeed News that was all for publicity
On Saturday, a public relations representative disputed Hughes’ flat Earth beliefs, telling BuzzFeed News that the argument had helped him raise money but that he didn’t actually believe it.
“We used flat Earth as a PR stunt. Period,” Darren Shuster told BuzzFeed News. “He was a true daredevil decades before the latest round of rocket missions. Flat Earth allowed us to get so much publicity that we kept going! I know he didn’t believe in flat Earth and it was a shtick.”
As for why Shuster would admit this, why not? It’s not as though the flat-Earth faithful could sue Mad Mike, and it does help his legacy. I would certainly rather be remembered as a huckster who grifted flat-Earth idiots than as a flat-Earth idiot myself.
re: #313 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
An associate of now-flat flat-Earth rocketeer “Mad Mike” Hughes has admitted what every reasonable observer already knew:
“Mad” Mike Hughes at times said his rocket launches aimed to prove the Earth’s shape, but a representative told BuzzFeed News that was all for publicityAs for why Shuster would admit this, why not? It’s not as though the flat-Earth faithful could sue Mad Mike, and it does help his legacy. I would certainly rather be remembered as a huckster who grifted flat-Earth idiots than as a flat-Earth idiot myself.
Mad Mike learned a valuable lesson about fleecing the ignorant from the Pulpit Pimps it seems. A fool and his money are some party.
re: #307 Teukka
Some would do well reading up on a certain pandemic in the 1340’s…
I can think of one that happened just a little over 100 years ago. Killed my grandpa.
re: #313 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
An associate of now-flat flat-Earth rocketeer “Mad Mike” Hughes has admitted what every reasonable observer already knew:
“Mad” Mike Hughes at times said his rocket launches aimed to prove the Earth’s shape, but a representative told BuzzFeed News that was all for publicityAs for why Shuster would admit this, why not? It’s not as though the flat-Earth faithful could sue Mad Mike, and it does help his legacy. I would certainly rather be remembered as a huckster who grifted flat-Earth idiots than as a flat-Earth idiot myself.
People will remember him?
re: #278 calochortus
Why yes, the common cold is caused by a corona virus, but by that logic we have nothing to fear from tigers because they are related to house cats, and we all know house cats are unlikely to kill us.
That’s a good analogy, but I do have to admit to being frustrated by the fact that so many people who should know better keep collapsing the discussion from a coronavirus to *the* coronavirus. It paints an inaccurate picture that seems to be leading to a lot of confusion on the topic, especially among people who are largely ignorant about epidemiology and are getting their information from the media/ internet.
Inaccurate information can be almost as dangerous the actual disease itself in this sort of situation.
That said, Rush can’t leave the national stage soon enough.
re: #285 lawhawk
He’s lying his ass off. We haven’t contained anything. Sheer dumb luck is preventing the spread of the disease, and the markets are already volatile because they know the JIT supply chain is in jeopardy.
And what is the point in launching new products if you cannot be sure that you can deliver. And more than JIT, our economy thrives on the business strategy of Upgrade to the Latest Model With the Newest Features
re: #288 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
This was literally the worst-case scenario when I worked at a law office.
I can still remember the quote: “Yes, the jokes were off-color, racist & perverted in nature, but everyone there laughed and agreed they were funny.”
I remember my old boss screaming and throwing stuff out the door of his office, yelling “Why don’t you just say, ‘Here’s the goddam check!!!?”
I see a big distinction between the private sphere or a club where you have paid admission, the workplace, and the public forum.
For the first two, I say pretty much anything goes, you are free to voice your objections leave if offended.
Workplace is a touchier matter, you are not free to leave or express your objections. There we need consistent standards.
Public forum is another matter, we do have certain “community standards” as people should not feel compelled to leave, although they are free to voice their objection.
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