We haven’t featured one of these live press conferences in a while, so let’s do this. Everyone already knows it’s going to be non-stop lies and right wing garbage-think, but maybe he’ll surprise us and be presidential this time.
Kidding! Had you going for a minute, didn’t I?
Simple truth.
You can’t really walk back enthusiastic expressions of bloodlust. Thank you!
— Adam Serwer🍝 (@AdamSerwer) May 29, 2020
Fuck Trump, fuck the fucking feckless GOP, and Fuck the enabling media that equivocates and covers for fucking Trump.
This presser is supposed to be about China?
My guess is that China will get a brief mention, buried somewhere in all the whining.
And let the B.S. begin.
re: #3 makeitstop
This presser is supposed to be about China?
My guess is that China will get a brief mention, buried somewhere in all the whining.
Blaming China for all the deaths of Americans here. Anything to distract from his failures.
Cl’d
I just got back from my 2 mile walk. Went to City MD to get the test for Covid-19 antibodies. If it comes back negative something is wrong (with the test or my brain). It’s 80 degrees in Brooklyn, so I’m more than a little tired, maybe talk a nap, but I’m alive.
get the results back in about two days.
and fuck you trump
Blaming Obama right out of the gate. Predictable.
“China has ripped off the United States like no one has done before”
China’s ripping us off, but they do sew a fine ball cap.
Wuhan (?) virus. DRINK!
re: #9 Eclectic Cyborg
“China has ripped off the United States like no one has done before”
Says a man who has been doing business with China for decades…
Now’s he attacking China for their slow response to the virus.
He just accused China of controlling the entire WHO
Abandoning WHO. Didn’t see that coming. //////
The purpose of this dishonest charade: to blame everything on China. https://t.co/Ig1qnJKzZ3 pic.twitter.com/zKJFGaHEql
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 29, 2020
Now he’s accusing China of Espionage and stealing American industrial secrets.
China tanked the US economy too. Trump’s group is on it.
China broke the taillight on my truck, the bastards.
With more than 100,000 Americans dead and 2 million sick, Trump announces he’s withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization. https://t.co/Ig1qnJKzZ3 pic.twitter.com/ubkg18ROHZ
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 29, 2020
Is this blame China for everything coming from Pompeo? Will China revoke all of Ivanka’s trademarks now?
re: #25 Teddy’s Person
Is this blame China for everything coming from Pompeo? Will China revoke all of Ivanka’s trademarks now?
Do they really expect Xi to just take this without hitting back?
*sigh* And that’s another item on the ever-growing list of things Joe will have to reverse/fix: Returning the US to the WHO.
re: #25 Teddy’s Person
Is this blame China for everything coming from Pompeo? Will China revoke all of Ivanka’s trademarks now?
They can give all of Ivanka’s trademarks to some mid-level party functionary from Guangzhou.
No questions being taken. Par for course.
And he’s done. Not even taking a SINGLE question…at a NEWS CONFERENCE mind you.
re: #28 calochortus
“Lowered the Union flag?”
I guess the Confederate flag his supporters love so much can fly high and proud.
re: #12 makeitstop
‘The Specific Ocean?’
Ohhhhhh-kay…
I give Trump a pass on such verbal mistakes, especially those that arise when reading a teleprompter when you haven’t practiced a speech. We all make these types of errors when speaking — and, when not reading prepared text, even say the opposite of what we intended, without realizing it, especially when speaking extemporaneously. The problems aren’t that he’s overweight, has a terrible diet, mispronounces words, is physically unfit, and not particularly knowledgeable — the problems are that he is cruel, a vicious bully, unwilling to defer to experts, has no empathy, and has no loyalty to our nation or to his oath of office.
re: #30 Teddy’s Person
I believe that’s “owning the libs” or something.
The long overdue follow up to Do The Right Thing is metal af https://t.co/rmptLZG9F5
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) May 29, 2020
re: #30 Teddy’s Person
No questions. Just China sucks and bye.
I think he wants us to talk about pulling out of the WHO, wchich is to keep us from talking about wanting looters shot, which was an attempt to keep us from talking about 103k dead.
Testing
edit:
… alright, never mind. Thought I saw a glitch
I didn’t miss anything. I expected Trump to engage in projectile vomiting and I see from the comments that he was his usual asshole self.
Tune in as I address the unfolding situation in Minnesota and the killing of George Floyd: https://t.co/AKk14gGif5
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 29, 2020
Are you fucking kidding? He stalks off without taking any questions? What was the purpose of having all those sycophantic clowns stand there with him? https://t.co/Ig1qnJKzZ3 pic.twitter.com/nl53Ccr21a
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 29, 2020
re: #32 Eclectic Cyborg
And he’s done. Not even taking a SINGLE question…at a NEWS CONFERENCE mind you.
I bet the only way the could get him to go out was to tell him he didn’t have to take any questions. Oh, that and promising him extra sprinkles on his two scoops.
re: #63 I Would Prefer Not To
I just got back from my 2 mile walk. Went to City MD to get the test for Covid-19 antibodies. If it comes back negative something is wrong (with the test or my brain). It’s 80 degrees in Brooklyn, so I’m more than a little tired, maybe talk a nap, but I’m alive.
get the results back in about two days.
Leaving for my walk, so I’ll drop this and run. A month or so ago (seems like years) UCSF was testing everyone who had covid-19 symptoms (for the virus, not for antibodies), and 95% were negative. And this was with medical professionals doing the screening. So maybe don’t be too, too surprised, if you come back negative.
re: #42 gocart mozart
You should throw a new thread up when this occurs, Charles. It’s time to treat Biden as the president.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 29, 2020
We all knew Trump was incompetent. But the stark reminders still manage to shock.
re: #47 Charles Johnson
It must have been that reprimand from Taylor Swift.
It’s probably better that Trump didn’t say anything about Minneapolis or George Floyd because it would have been nauseatingly insincere, racist, stupid, or all of the above.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 29, 2020
The most lasting damage that this motherfucker is going to do isn’t judge or tax cuts—it’s that he’s made the US untrustworthy as an ally, negotiating partner, etc.
I won’t sit here and even attempt to argue that the US is some paragon of virtue. But, generally speaking, we haven’t been complete fucking flakes when it comes to our friends and allies, or agreements that we enter into. This nihilist piece of shit has completely undone all of that.
re: #49 Dave In Austin
He going to start a war isn’t he?
Naah, just damage the US by ending our relationship with the WHO.
I think he’s going to see how much he can burn down over the next 6 months.
re: #23 makeitstop
China broke the taillight on my truck, the bastards.
Tore the tags off my mattress.
Who hurt my governor?
Gov. Baker on Minneapolis protests: “We hope people protest peacefully. But honestly, it’s - A moment like that, an event like that, I can’t imagine why people wouldn’t want to get out in the streets and make a point about it.”#mapoli
— Mike Deehan (@deehan) May 29, 2020
re: #54 Mike Lamb
The most lasting damage that this motherfucker is going to do isn’t judge or tax cuts—it’s that he’s made the US untrustworthy as an ally, negotiating partner, etc.
I won’t sit here and even attempt to argue that the US is some paragon of virtue. But, generally speaking, we haven’t been complete fucking flakes when it comes to our friends and allies, or agreements that we enter into. This nihilist piece of shit has completely undone all of that.
We have to face up to the fact that The United States will no longer be the leader of the free world.
re: #54 Mike Lamb
The most lasting damage that this motherfucker is going to do isn’t judge or tax cuts—it’s that he’s made the US untrustworthy as an ally, negotiating partner, etc.
I won’t sit here and even attempt to argue that the US is some paragon of virtue. But, generally speaking, we haven’t been complete fucking flakes when it comes to our friends and allies, or agreements that we enter into. This nihilist piece of shit has completely undone all of that.
The US will be worthless to its allies as long as the GOP remains a national party.
re: #56 sagehen
Settled the contents of my cornflakes box.
Stonekettle with the truth:
Let’s be real goddamn clear about this: The racist murdering cop would STILL BE ON THE FORCE RIGHT NOW, if people hadn’t taken to the streets and burned the fucking city down.
That’s not on the people, that’s on those in power.— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) May 29, 2020
Follow up from Yesterday’s rifle talk…
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re: #44 Teddy’s Person
I bet the only way the could get him to go out was to tell him he didn’t have to take any questions. Oh, that and promising him extra sprinkles on his two scoops.
he absolutely hates this job
Joe Biden is currently serving the role as President. He spoke in a moving way on the subject @realDonaldTrump chose to ignore today. Mark this day down.
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) May 29, 2020
re: #65 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
he absolutely hates this job
He hates doing the job, he loves the perks that come with it.
re: #67 Targetpractice
He hates doing the job, he loves the perks that come with it.
Like being able to avoid prosecution and raid the US treasury at will.
re: #63 Sherlock Hound
Stonekettle with the truth:
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That’s why yesterday’s presser by the County Attorney was such a fucking disaster, because even if they wanted to say “We need time to investigate,” hanging out there the idea that the four may walk without even a slap on the wrist was adding fuel to a lit flame.
Horrific
According to the complaint, officers checked for #GeorgeFloyd’s pulse and could not find one. Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd’s neck for almost two minutes after that https://t.co/OYiUVnjac3 pic.twitter.com/YrxGCjZYF7
— Jessica Lussenhop (@Lussenpop) May 29, 2020
Genuinely unfair to goblins
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) May 29, 2020
re: #71 Teddy’s Person
Horrific
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SO, only third degree because they couldn’t prove intent???
Intent all over the place….
re: #26 makeitstop
Do they really expect Xi to just take this without hitting back?
no, but they want an excuse to hit back even harder
You left a football game early because players were peacefully protesting police brutality https://t.co/s7ZcskuqnR
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) May 29, 2020
re: #67 Targetpractice
He hates doing the job, he loves the perks that he thought would come with it.
re: #73 gwangung
SO, only third degree because they couldn’t prove intent???
Intent all over the place….
It’s been pointed out the two of them worked as security for the same nightclub. So if further investigation discovers some sort of past dispute or personal grudge, I wonder if the charges against Chauvin could be upgraded.
re: #25 Teddy’s Person
Is this blame China for everything coming from Pompeo? Will China revoke all of Ivanka’s trademarks now?
at least I finally smartened up and have been selling out of my portfolio as stocks have crept back to even money over the past couple months. He can still break my balls with his reckless stupidity, but at least I have enough cash to keep me alive for awhile now when I have to start double-tapping zombies.
re: #77 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Yeah, he thought he’d be treated like Kim Jong-un.
re: #78 Interesting Times
It’s been pointed out the two of them worked as security for the same nightclub. So if further investigation discovers some sort of past dispute or personal grudge, I wonder if the charges against Chauvin could be upgraded.
This is one of those backstory twists right out of some crime series…
This fucking hypocrite left a football game where players peacefully kneeled in protest. https://t.co/dr2REBEv2C
— Tommy Igoe (@TommyIgoe) May 29, 2020
re: #73 gwangung
SO, only third degree because they couldn’t prove intent???
Intent all over the place….
Given past incidents like this, I imagine his defense at trial is gonna be that the video doesn’t show how Floyd was a “scary black man” with berserker strength and nigh invulnerability. He’ll just say some variation of “I felt he was a danger to me/others” and the jury will be instructed that so long as that “feeling” existed, the law says it’s “self-defense” and any actions taken totally legal because he’s a cop.
re: #76 jeffreyw
Today is the day Joe Biden became president.
I wish.
(And I’m sure we ALL here wish).
Gotta wait til next January, unfortunately enough….
But this sort of stuff is invaluable PR - reminds the viewers what a REAL President should look/act/sound like, and costs a lot less than a campaign ad.
re: #64 William Lewis
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re: #77 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
re: #67 Targetpractice
He hates doing the job, he loves the perks that he thought would come with it.
He thought he could have multiple Nuremberg rallies every week where crowds would endlessly kiss his ass and he’s going stir crazy because he needs the asskissing the same way a junky needs heroin!
re: #86 Joe Bacon 🌹
re: #67 Targetpractice
He hates doing the job, he loves the perks that he thought would come with it.
He thought he could have multiple Nuremberg rallies every week where crowds would endlessly kiss his ass and he’s going stir crazy because he needs the asskissing the same way a junky needs heroin!
Ayep. Which is why he’s probably seething right now that he couldn’t go on another tear, but instead had to run away from the press to avoid questions about his tweets.
Trump takes no questions at press conference.
Slinks off to nurse his wounds: ✅
If I could make money off of calling this guy’s moves, I’d be rich. https://t.co/EUE97WNFvr— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) May 29, 2020
Like the Carbon Monoxide he sucked from the tailpipe by his head??
— And the Wind Cries “REVOKE 230!” (@DaveoutofAustin) May 29, 2020
re: #85 ckkatz
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re: #73 gwangung
SO, only third degree because they couldn’t prove intent???
Intent all over the place….
IANAL — but could it be related to the definition of homicide in that jurisdiction? In any case, as more information is uncovered, they could upgrade the charges. Let’s see what happens. Of course, in the Trump era, even the worst actions are immediately forgotten because they are so quickly replaced by some new scandal or crime or threat to liberty.
When, again, are all those Obama era officials being rounded up and put in orange jump suits? And is Twitter being silenced now? What’s going on with Flynn anyway? … How many outrages can we focus on at once?
re: #58 Joe Bacon 🌹
We have to face up to the fact that The United States will no longer be the leader of the free world.
We’re going to be lucky if we continue to have a free world.
re: #91 Hecuba’s daughter
IANAL — but could it be related to the definition of homicide in that jurisdiction? In any case, as more information is uncovered, they could upgrade the charges. Let’s see what happens. Of course, in the Trump era, even the worst actions are immediately forgotten because they are so quickly replaced by some new scandal or crime or threat to liberty.
When, again, are all those Obama era officials being rounded up and put in orange jump suits? And is Twitter being silenced now? What’s going on with Flynn anyway? … How many outrages can we focus on at once?
Ah but my family insists that Q (John F Kennedy Jr.) is going to resurface any moment now with the Mole Children on OANN and all those adrenochrome drinking satan worshipping Democrats will be arrested!
re: #63 Sherlock Hound
This is so true. The other three murderers also need to be arrested though so the protests should continue.
re: #64 William Lewis
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re: #83 Targetpractice
Given past incidents like this, I imagine his defense at trial is gonna be that the video doesn’t show how Floyd was a “scary black man” with berserker strength and nigh invulnerability. He’ll just say some variation of “I felt he was a danger to me/others” and the jury will be instructed that so long as that “feeling” existed, the law says it’s “self-defense” and any actions taken totally legal because he’s a cop.
And I realize Dallas is not the rest of the country, but they have convicted the last two cops put on trial for killing someone.
re: #69 Targetpractice
That’s why yesterday’s presser by the County Attorney was such a fucking disaster, because even if they wanted to say “We need time to investigate,” hanging out there the idea that the four may walk without even a slap on the wrist was adding fuel to a lit flame.
Yes!
Contrast the County Attorney’s ‘business as usual’ approach versus the Governor and Mayor’s efforts to de-escalate and reform.
It seems to me that there is a ‘debate’ (conducted in numerous ways) over the heart and mind of the Minnesota legal system. And there seems to be some hope that it will turn out with some improvements. I just hope that cost in lives is no higher.
There also seems to something a learning curve happening in the city and state police forces.
I would hate to be the incident commander who made the very poor decision to arrest a peaceable news crew. While they were broadcasting, no less. Or the personally and professionally embarrassed pr person who put out those lies.
re: #67 Targetpractice
He hates doing the job, he loves the perks that come with it.
And the money. He loves the money.
re: #96 Belafon
And I realize Dallas is not the rest of the country, but they have convicted the last two cops put on trial for killing someone.
It’s probably going to depend largely upon how the prosecution approaches this case. Given the reluctance to this point, I’m not feeling very optimistic about the outcome.
I just got a call from my employer. We are to report to work on the 6th of June. Now Saturday is not my regular work day so I am waiting for further instructions. According to the phone call we are supposed to get instructions by Thursday. We shall see what happens. At least I have this next week to enjoy the time off.
re: #95 Dave In Austin
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re: #98 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
And the money. He loves the money.
WUT?
I thought Donny’s whole shtick was that he was so goddam wealthy that he didn’t need the bucks: hence the self-congratulatory tweets every quarter about how much he’s given away….
re: #102 Jay C
WUT?
I thought Donny’s whole shtick was that he was so goddam wealthy that he didn’t need the bucks: hence the self-congratulatory tweets every quarter about how much he’s given away….
He needs the tax breaks, because he’s cash poor.
Oh, I didn’t comment on it earlier, but today marks the first day of VA’s mandatory mask order. So when I stopped at Wawa to fuel up, you can imagine my total lack of surprise that every person I saw was without a mask. The sentiment that seemed to be on display was clear: “It’s over, let’s move on.”
Meanwhile, my manager at work informed me that not only are we to be masked at all times, but we’re also supposed to be barring anyone entry from the hotel if they don’t have a mask on. Easier said than done considering we’ve multiple entrances into the buildings, any of which an unmasked guest can enter without our being aware. All it really means is I’m going to get a lot of arguing and angry stares this weekend as I try to patiently explain the new hotel policy to assholes who think they don’t need a mask because “I’M NOT SICK!”
re: #25 Teddy’s Person
Is this blame China for everything coming from Pompeo? Will China revoke all of Ivanka’s trademarks now?
at least I finally smartened up and have been selling out of my portfolio as stocks have crept back to even money over the past couple months. He can still break my balls with his reckless stupidity, but at least I have enough cash to keep me alive for awhilere: #82 Patricia Kayden
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oh, it was much worse than that. he knew before they flew to the game that the players were going to kneel, so it was all just staged outrage that cost the taxpayer several hundred thousand dollars.
re: #75 jaunte
And Pence went into that game planning to walk out when players took the knee. Reporters covering his visit were told to just stay out by the motorcade. It was a very expensive stunt.
re: #104 Targetpractice
Oh, I didn’t comment on it earlier, but today marks the first day of VA’s mandatory mask order. So when I stopped at Wawa to fuel up, you can imagine my total lack of surprise that every person I saw was without a mask. The sentiment that seemed to be on display was clear: “It’s over, let’s move on.”
Meanwhile, my manager at work informed me that not only are we to be masked at all times, but we’re also supposed to be barring anyone entry from the hotel if they don’t have a mask on. Easier said than done considering we’ve multiple entrances into the buildings, any of which an unmasked guest can enter without our being aware. All it really means is I’m going to get a lot of arguing and angry stares this weekend as I try to patiently explain the new hotel policy to assholes who think they don’t need a mask because “I’M NOT SICK!”
We were told that if we go out from behind the desk and it’s sneeze guards AND there were guests, we had to be masked up. If walking the halls and meet a guest in a mask, put yours on. Other than that, use your discretion. Since I’ve been wearing a shemagh it’s an easy thing to pull it up and on.
Edit: WI so no state order, mostly due to scumbag GOP supreme court.
re: #83 Targetpractice
Given past incidents like this, I imagine his defense at trial is gonna be that the video doesn’t show how Floyd was a “scary black man” with berserker strength and nigh invulnerability. He’ll just say some variation of “I felt he was a danger to me/others” and the jury will be instructed that so long as that “feeling” existed, the law says it’s “self-defense” and any actions taken totally legal because he’s a cop.
nah. he’s gonna do 15 years. the bastards who stood by and let him get away with it are gonna get time as accessories to murder under color of authority. don’t know what the law is in minnesota, but in lots of states, doing something illegal under color of authority is considered especially heinous and worthy of significant sanction. Hell, I’m pretty sure California still executes cops who tamper with evidence in capital trials.
Spacex suffers catastrophic loss of SN4 prototype .
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— Scott Manley (@DJSnM) May 29, 2020
re: #89 Dave In Austin
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this is where it’s going:
- underlying health conditions
- and any potential intoxicants
note it should be part of police training that all sorts of health conditions are not evident just by looking. even non excessive force can be lethal
most especially now with what covid seems to be doing to lungs, hearts, circulation, brains etc
My statement on the death of George Floyd: pic.twitter.com/Hg1k9JHT6R
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) May 29, 2020
re: #102 Jay C
WUT?
I thought Donny’s whole shtick was that he was so goddam wealthy that he didn’t need the bucks: hence the self-congratulatory tweets every quarter about how much he’s given away….
not the salary silly, the grift money
re: #107 William Lewis
We were told that if we go out from behind the desk and it’s sneeze guards AND there were guests, we had to be masked up. If walking the halls and meet a guest in a mask, put yours on. Other than that, use your discretion. Since I’ve been wearing a shemagh it’s an easy thing to pull it up and on.
That was pretty much the unofficial policy for the past few weeks, even though I was informed Tuesday that corporate made masks a mandatory part of the uniform weeks back. Management had just been dragging its feet as it tried to figure out how to implement such without a revolt. But now that it’s an order from the state gov’t, corporate is puts its foot down and requiring masks at all times.
re: #92 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
We’re going to be lucky if we continue to have a free world.
If we’re lucky we’ll get to be the world’s prodigal son when Biden is elected.
re: #67 Targetpractice
He hates doing the job, he loves the perks that come with it.
HE also loves staying out of jail.
Trump camp confirms @politico report: He’ll be in Dallas June 11 to raise $ as he resumes in-person fundraisers. Private home, ~25 attendees, $580,600/couple. Site “professionally cleaned & sanitized” b4. Attendees must: test neg. day of, do wellness survey, pass temp screening.
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) May 29, 2020
These are the people demanding that everyone go back to work.
re: #108 steve_davis
nah. he’s gonna do 15 years. the bastards who stood by and let him get away with it are gonna get time as accessories to murder under color of authority. don’t know what the law is in minnesota, but in lots of states, doing something illegal under color of authority is considered especially heinous and worthy of significant sanction. Hell, I’m pretty sure California still executes cops who tamper with evidence in capital trials.
Yeah, I’m not that optimistic. I think we’re looking at something closer to Freddie Gray: Chauvin walks after a mistrial, while his fellow cops are acquitted because they were “just following orders.”
re: #116 jaunte
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These are the people demanding that everyone go back to work.
He’s working himself around to resuming the rallies.
re: #117 Targetpractice
Yeah, I’m not that optimistic. I think we’re looking at something closer to Freddie Gray: Chauvin walks after a mistrial, while his fellow cops are acquitted because they were “just following orders.”
I don’t know how they get past the fact he kept his knee on his neck for a full 2 minutes after they checked him for a pulse and couldn’t find one.
My Central Pa county went “Green” today.
Gee, I bet more people will be walking around with no masks on and standing in line up each others asses.
re: #112 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
not the salary silly, the grift money
You think all the money pouring into Trump golf clubs are going to Jr. and Eric?
Tay-Tay has 6 million more followers than Fuckface Von Clownstick. This has been retweeted 221,000 times. https://t.co/M4B5fLj78F
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) May 29, 2020
re: #120 danarchy
I don’t know how they get past the fact he kept his knee on his neck for a full 2 minutes after they checked him for a pulse and couldn’t find one.
They’ll probably shop for an expert witness willing to take the stand and say that his pulse may have become so weak/irregular as to be imperceptible through the wrist, but still there and thus impossible to tell if he died as a result of the hold or aggravation of an “underlying condition.”
You know what really makes me furious about all this?
There’s going to be another one. I don’t know when and I don’t know where, but it will happen.
Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Breona Taylor, George Floyd.
There’s ALWAYS another one.
And until that changes we haven’t accomplished what we need to.
re: #124 Targetpractice
They’ll probably shop for an expert witness willing to take the stand and say that his pulse may have become so weak/irregular as to be imperceptible through the wrist, but still there and thus impossible to tell if he died as a result of the hold or aggravation of an “underlying condition.”
Tara migh tbe available.
Should point out that a lot of people thought the video of Eric Garner made it a slam-dunk case, that it was so clear in the video that they retained the hold after he’d lost consciousness that there could be no conclusion other than malicious intent.
re: #123 teleskiguy
Don’t forget that Obama has 118 million followers vs. Fuckface von Clownstick’s 80.6 million.
Whatever you do, don’t tweet that to him - who knows what kind of carnage he’ll cause….
re: #122 Teddy’s Person
You think all the money pouring into Trump golf clubs are going to Jr. and Eric?
not a chance
NONE OF THIS WOULD BE HAPPENING IF WE’D ELECTED SOMEONE WITH A VA- https://t.co/WdBbx9rnao
— Randy Rainbow (@RandyRainbow) May 29, 2020
What a bunch of bullshit. https://t.co/qPtLp0ZWPV
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 29, 2020
@realDonaldTrump How your parents whelped such a piece of phlegm like you will be an unsolved mystery.
— ericfruitbat (@ericfruitbat) May 29, 2020
Fuck off, Katie
It would be great to hear from @BarackObama right now. A friend just suggested he make a joint appearance with George W. Bush. Thoughts?
— Katie Couric (@katiecouric) May 29, 2020
The best people
A senior Trump administration official in the Interior Department misused his government connections to help land his son-in-law a job at the Environmental Protection Agency, according to an investigative report obtained by @AP. https://t.co/oLULl9Nhd1
— AP West Region (@APWestRegion) May 29, 2020
“… It’s the second finding of ethical violations in six months against Domenech, the agency’s assistant secretary for insular and international affairs. Investigators in December found that he broke federal ethics rules by twice meeting with his former employer, a conservative Texas-based policy group, to discuss legal disputes between the group and the agency in early 2017. …”
@realDonaldTrump Now that you have taken us out of the @WHO you can forget getting effective vaccines from WHO members - way to go, asshole!
— ericfruitbat (@ericfruitbat) May 29, 2020
re: #135 Teddy’s Person
Fuck off, Katie
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Why so nasty?
Though if Katie wanted to get an opinion from former President Obama, she could just check this one : re: #111 teleskiguy.
However, what good would getting Barack and Dubya together do? I mean, it would make Obama certainly look good (as usual) but do we really need photo-ops?*
*No.
re: #132 Charles Johnson
Subtitled: What I tell myself to feel better about my role in fucking up America.
— Yeah Sure WTF Ever (@YeahSureWhatev2) May 29, 2020
There’s actually a “Free Derek Chauvin” Facebook Private Group with over 3,700 Right Wing members.
re: #137 Eric The Fruit Bat
If there’s a pocket of infections anywhere, we’re all at risk. So it’s in WHO’s interest to make sure any vaccine or treatment gets to everyone.
Anyway, we’ll be back in January, arrears of our dues in hand.
@realDonaldTrump and if you think you will have a vaccine before the election? Forget it - it’s like getting 9 women pregnant and hoping you will have a vaccine in one month - it don’t work that way, you smeghead.
— ericfruitbat (@ericfruitbat) May 29, 2020
re: #138 Jay C
Why so nasty?
Because I’m angry. This let’s have both sides come together crap makes me angrier.
re: #140 DodgerFan1988
There’s actually a “Free Derek Chauvin” Facebook Private Group with over 3,700 Right Wing members.
Of course there is.
re: #143 Teddy’s Person
Because I’m angry. This let’s have both sides come together crap makes me angrier.
OK, I hear you: very understandable.
👍
I predict the Orange asshole will do some epic ranting on Twitter this weekend.
I saw a sign at a restaurant today: No Mask, No Service. We have a lot of such signs, but this was the first professionally produced one.
re: #135 Teddy’s Person
Fuck off, Katie
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Yes. Little Miss Navy Seals Rock who endlessly cheerleaded us to war with Iraq can go to hell!
Besides who wants to listen to Dumbya the King of Katrina?
So they’re charging MurderCop with murder AND manslaughter? Sounds like they’re already trying to find a way to clear this guy. I can see them passing on the murder charge saying what he did didn’t meet the threshold and slap his wrist with manslaughter.
Now Los Angeles County is going to start to open up…I’m still not going to go to any restaurants unless there’s outside seating…with The Cone Of Silence!
re: #141 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
If there’s a pocket of infections anywhere, we’re all at risk. So it’s in WHO’s interest to make sure any vaccine or treatment gets to everyone.
Anyway, we’ll be back in January, arrears of our dues in hand.
Excellent summary. The US can withdraw from #WHO, but must first pay what it owes, as required by US law. As of the end of April, the US owed the WHO $99,168,375.The US Cannot Withdraw from the WHO Without First Paying Its Dues https://t.co/ObBmsggYX1 via @just_security pic.twitter.com/IOsjkE3Rb4
— Peter Gleick (@PeterGleick) May 29, 2020
Apparently it isn’t that easy to just leave. The US has to give one year notice (pretty common for international organizations) AND pay up the dues in arrears, which in this case is a cool $100 million. So, the US government would finally need to cough up the desperately needed money it owes the WHO to start the clock running, which the Biden administration would immediately stop.
Trump is trying to politically capitalize on the police murder of George Floyd, but DO NOT FORGET that he has very specifically encouraged police to commit brutality, on more than one occasion. Example: https://t.co/tMrVItNoB8
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 29, 2020
re: #151 ericblair
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Apparently it isn’t that easy to just leave. The US has to give one year notice (pretty common for international organizations) AND pay up the dues in arrears, which in this case is a cool $100 million. So, the US government would finally need to cough up the desperately needed money it owes the WHO to start the clock running, which the Biden administration would immediately stop.
You think breaching the treaty would bother Trump in even the slightest? Not paying his debts is the one thing he is objectively good at.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has officially paved the way for restaurants to fully reopen in Los Angeles County, announcing today that his office has approved a request by LA County officials to reopen dining rooms. The announcement, first reported by Eater yesterday evening, comes more than two-and-a-half months after restaurants were ordered to close their dining rooms, first by city mayor Eric Garcetti and later on by Gov. Newsom.
The LA Times confirmed the news this morning that Newsom had granted a variance from the county to reopen restaurants for dining in, as well as the structured reopening of barbershops and hair salons. The variance is the formal request put forward by county officials that states that the region has met certain criteria for reopening in a safe and measured way. Los Angeles County officials submitted its plans on Wednesday, showing that the county was meeting a variety of benchmarks in slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus, and received approval after back and forth discussion between mayor Eric Garcetti, Gov. Newsom, and county officials throughout last night.
The approval of the variance that allows the county to reopen hair salons, barbershops, and restaurants hinged in a variety of criteria set forth by the California Department of Public Health, including a low infection rate (LA sits at 6.5 percent currently, below the 8 percent threshold) and a seven-day reduction in the total number of patients hospitalized for COVID-19. However, overall numbers are still grim for the largest county in the largest state in America, as Los Angeles County reported nearly 50 more coronavirus deaths overnight.
Specifics, such physical distancing between tables, health and safety guidelines for workers and diners, and an official reopening timeline, have not been released yet. It is likely that LA restaurants will be able to open their dining rooms as soon as tomorrow, based on sources Eater has spoken with, and the speed at which Orange and Ventura counties allowed dining rooms to reopen. Governor Newsom is scheduled to give a press conference at noon, followed by a county press conference at 1 p.m., and a statement from mayor Garcetti thereafter. More on this story as it comes.
re: #119 sagehen
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Remember what Conservatives told black actors, athletes, & musicians who spoke out against past police killings of unarmed black citizens?
“Shut up and sing!”
“Shut up and dribble”
“Go Woke, Go Broke!”
re: #151 ericblair
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Apparently it isn’t that easy. The US has to give one year notice (pretty common for international organizations) AND pay up the dues in arrears, which in this case is a cool $100 million. So, the US government would finally need to cough up the desperately needed money it owes the WHO to start the clock running, which the Biden administration would immediately stop.
Then there’s the second tweet of the thread:
“As a result, when Trump withdraws, all we’re actually doing is giving UP the right to participate & influence the efforts of WHO - ceding even more authority to China (which Trump has decried). Of course, as of January, the next president can just reenter us into membership.”
re: #149 GlutenFreeJesus
So they’re charging MurderCop with murder AND manslaughter? Sounds like they’re already trying to find a way to clear this guy. I can see them passing on the murder charge saying what he did didn’t meet the threshold and slap his wrist with manslaughter.
Isn’t that actually the way to guarantee conviction? Not murder, then manslaughter!
re: #157 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Isn’t that actually the way to guarantee conviction? Not murder, then manslaughter!
Just wait for the all white jury…
re: #151 ericblair
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Apparently it isn’t that easy to just leave. The US has to give one year notice (pretty common for international organizations) AND pay up the dues in arrears, which in this case is a cool $100 million. So, the US government would finally need to cough up the desperately needed money it owes the WHO to start the clock running, which the Biden administration would immediately stop.
Trump never pays his bills. I don’t think he’ll pay ours either.
re: #156 Teddy’s Person
The there’s the second tweet of the thread:
“As a result, when Trump withdraws, all we’re actually doing is giving UP the right to participate & influence the efforts of WHO - ceding even more authority to China (which Trump has decried). Of course, as of January, the next president can just reenter us into membership.”
The one thing I’ve not been able to figure out with Trump on foreign policy is whether his ceding power to China is intentional or simply a byproduct of his incompetence. I mean, if you wanted to give China more power on the world stage, isn’t this basically the way you’d do it while promoting a psuedo-isolationist foreign policy? Then again, he clearly has no understanding of the dynamics at play within the international system, so it could just be total incompetence.
Remember when he was “America’s Mayor”?
BENGHAZI EXPOSED:
In episode 40 of Common Sense, we sit down with Mark Geist, a United States Marine credited with saving 25 people in the attack on Benghazi. In this interview, Mark provides an accurate account of what really happened in #Benghazi.https://t.co/N6keFRsIXK pic.twitter.com/Q23bD6M2y3— Rudy W. Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) May 29, 2020
re: #160 KGxvi
The one thing I’ve not been able to figure out with Trump on foreign policy is whether his ceding power to China is intentional or simply a byproduct of his incompetence. I mean, if you wanted to give China more power on the world stage, isn’t this basically the way you’d do it while promoting a psuedo-isolationist foreign policy? Then again, he clearly has no understanding of the dynamics at play within the international system, so it could just be total incompetence.
I think it’s total incompetence. He wants to be dictator of America, mainly so he can stuff his bank account and pay off his debts. Being responsible to the rest of the world is way too complicated since he can’t even be responsible to the citizens of his own country.
re: #162 Belafon
I think it’s total incompetence. He wants to be dictator of America, mainly so he can stuff his bank account and pay off his debts. Being responsible to the rest of the world is way too complicated since he can’t even be responsible to the citizens of his own country.
The strong strain of American exceptionalism in the right wing kinda demands that the USA is the top of class in everything; anything that erodes are standing argues against the exceptionalism.
So…incompetence.
Trump kept us waiting for an hour, walked out with the Backfat Boys, said Hong Kong 1500 times and left. That folks, is true cowardice. @realDonaldTrump
— NoelCaslerComedy (@CaslerNoel) May 29, 2020
re: #161 teleskiguy
Remember when he was “America’s Mayor”?
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He’s so full of shit…now he’s linking Joe to Benghazi….
re: #161 teleskiguy
Remember when he was “America’s Mayor”?
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Holy shit. That tweet is from today. I figured that it was something dredged up from 5 years ago.
About the real president’s speech:
Joe Biden’s speech was incredible. I received numerous texts about it from friends and family who’ve told me they are ready to do everything in their power to see him elected. I am too. Who’s with me?
— Ares 🥁🛹 (@AresStopell) May 29, 2020
re: #136 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
It’s the second finding of ethical violations in six months against Domenech
Arizona senator John McCain’s daughter’s husband?
(Did you know who Meghan’s dad was?)
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The Flynn-Kislyak call transcript (via @dnvolz)👇
It’s no wonder, as @BarbMcQuade wrote: “The alarm bells sounded beyond the FBI. Others who expressed concern about the content of the calls included” James Clapper @AmbassadorRice @SallyQYates.
McQuade: https://t.co/4iBu2icLvc pic.twitter.com/E3Oeu9eaNB— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) May 29, 2020
Keep in mind on #FlynnKislyak:
1 #LoganAct HAS been “enforced”—e.g. to strip many Americans of passports. I wrote about that for WaPo.
2 Flynn didn’t act alone. Kushner directed him on UNSC vote. Flynn coordinated with Trump Transition Team on sanctions.https://t.co/arUn5Cgz58— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) May 29, 2020
Philly is not yet marked but there is some heavy weather headed to the Delaware Valley.
weather.gov
Looks like they want more riots.
ah, i see they’re pulling the covid contrarian gambit of “if this person was already unhealthy then that’s what actually killed them” https://t.co/CkpJhCiyrg
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) May 29, 2020
re: #146 Eclectic Cyborg
I predict the Orange asshole will do some epic ranting on Twitter this weekend.
our cat Monster could have predicted that
Squeak on the other hand has no more fucks to give
re: #161 teleskiguy
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SRSLY?
Benghazi?
Fuckin again??
Nobody’s told Rudy! that that show folded with poor ratings four years ago, and exactly NO ONE is calling for it to be revived?
Though I notice he’s relying on a “hero Marine” as co-star here: I guess as cover for (what sounds like) whatever CT BS he’s trying to push?
And meanwhile back at the Batcave…
READ: Transcripts From Flynn Calls With Russian Officials Released
The transcripts from several phone calls between Michael Flynn and Russian officials became public Friday, including his Dec. 2016 call with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak discussing sanctions the Obama administration imposed on Russia.
The transcripts show Kisylak trying to suss out from Flynn what the incoming Trump administration’s policy towards Russia would be, as Flynn tried to ensure that Moscow took a “reciprocal” response to sanctions issued by the Obama administration as a response to Russian meddling in the 2016 election in support of Trump.
re: #176 Eclectic Cyborg
Doug Domenech is actually Ben Domenechs father.
Creepiness runs in the family apparently.
re: #170 jaunte
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re: #161 teleskiguy
Remember when he was “America’s Mayor”?
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over 103k dead, Rudy.
get a grip
ps - no one’s watching you
BENGHAZI EXPOSED:
In episode 40 of Common Sense, we sit down with Mark Geist, a United States Marine credited with saving 25 people in the attack on Benghazi. In this interview, Mark provides an accurate account of what really happened in #Benghazi.https://t.co/N6keFRsIXK pic.twitter.com/Q23bD6M2y3— Rudy W. Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) May 29, 2020
re: #162 Belafon
I think it’s total incompetence. He wants to be dictator of America, mainly so he can stuff his bank account and pay off his debts. Being responsible to the rest of the world is way too complicated since he can’t even be responsible to the citizens of his own country.
he does not have a clue how any of this works
foreign policy
domestic policy
the constitution and the three branches
public service
none of it
re: #161 teleskiguy
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Rudy A Noun, Verb and 9/11 Guiliani still fucking the Benghazi chicken.
Four people died. A tragedy for sure.
We’re now will over 100,000 Americans dead.
Do a show on that. https://t.co/6XBdHWlfPJ— Yeah Sure WTF Ever (@YeahSureWhatev2) May 29, 2020
re: #175 jaunte
Looks like they want more riots.
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like i said above, it’s absurd to train police that when they use force (excessive or not) to assume everyone is healthy
ah, i see they’re pulling the covid contrarian gambit of “if this person was already unhealthy then that’s what actually killed them” https://t.co/CkpJhCiyrg
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) May 29, 2020
The wingnut response to the transcripts is the same as it was to the Ukraine transcript: “He didn’t explicitly say ‘sanctions,’ so they lied to us! FREE FLYNN!!!”
re: #186 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
And why kneel on his neck? Do they not issue handcuffs to Mpls police?
re: #143 Teddy’s Person
Because I’m angry. This let’s have both sides come together crap makes me angrier.
and it’s white people (Katie isn’t the only one saying this) asking Obama (the black guy) to fix the problem that the white guys started.
re: #188 jaunte
And why kneel on his neck? Do they not issue handcuffs to Mpls police?
i thought i read that he was cuffed
(not completely sure)
re: #189 Backwoods_Sleuth
and it’s white people (Katie isn’t the only one saying this) asking Obama (the black guy) to fix the problem that the white guys started.
..and the white guy president is throwing gasoline on watching it burn (per limbaugh)
re: #151 ericblair
Anyway, we’ll be back in January, arrears of our dues in hand.
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Apparently it isn’t that easy to just leave. The US has to give one year notice (pretty common for international organizations) AND pay up the dues in arrears, which in this case is a cool $100 million. So, the US government would finally need to cough up the desperately needed money it owes the WHO to start the clock running, which the Biden administration would immediately stop.
We will be back. January 20, 2021 https://t.co/rbsjR50TJ7
— Susan Rice (@AmbassadorRice) May 29, 2020
Coroner attributes Leon Trotsky’s death to pre-existing conditions, spicy Mexican food, possible intoxicants. No physical evidence to support diagnosis of an ice pick to the forehead being a contributing factor in his death.
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) May 29, 2020
There’s video.
Arrest them all.https://t.co/x4U1ofebiJ
— Yeah Sure WTF Ever (@YeahSureWhatev2) May 29, 2020
re: #100 PhillyPretzel
I just got a call from my employer. We are to report to work on the 6th of June. Now Saturday is not my regular work day so I am waiting for further instructions. According to the phone call we are supposed to get instructions by Thursday. We shall see what happens. At least I have this next week to enjoy the time off.
I am still awaiting word. Gov. Sisolak is prepared to reopen Casinos on 4 June depending on how the numbers look. The only problem is that the Casino I work at is next to the Idaho border and Twin Falls County is currently one of the biggest hot spots in the State. I worry about the CoVidiots ignoring PPE/social distanceing requirements and management letting them get away with it. We’ll see I guess.
re: #151 ericblair
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What are they going to do? Release a pandemic upon us?! Asking for a friend.
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re: #191 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
There is supposed to be video from a business in the area’s that shows the cops pulling him over and taking 4 adults out of the car, handcuffing George and having him sit on the ground up against a building. Before the cops threw him on the ground next to the car.
re: #121 juan carlos mescalero nine09
My Central Pa county went “Green” today.
Gee, I bet more people will be walking around with no masks on and standing in line up each others asses.
Mine goes green next Friday.
re: #198 A Mom Anon
There is supposed to be video from a business in the area’s that shows the cops pulling him over and taking 4 adults out of the car, handcuffing George and having him sit on the ground up against a building. Before the cops threw him on the ground next to the car.
I saw that yesterday.
re: #175 jaunte
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NOT ONE of those other conditions would have killed him that day
Only ONE thing killed him that day.
re: #191 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
i thought i read that he was cuffed
(not completely sure)
If he hadn’t been cuffed, his hands would have been on the cop’s boot.
Until we asked, the official bio for DHS Inspector General “Dr. Joseph Cuffari” said he had a Ph.D. in philosophy.
His Ph.D. in management is from an uncredited school that charged less than $5,000 for doctorates that required no classroom instruction. https://t.co/pcEQZRRKcr— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) May 29, 2020
re: #203 Backwoods_Sleuth
Ahh yes. Par for the course with DT.
re: #175 jaunte
Looks like they want more riots.
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BREAKING: The Hennepin County Medical Examiner has found “no physical findings that support a diagnosis of traumatic asphyxia or strangulation,” after conducting an autopsy on George Floyd on May 26.
So now the autopsies are fake, too?— Essential Cernovich (@Cernovich) May 29, 2020
That’s going to be the Right Wing’s talking point: “Bad health killed George Floyd, not the cops.”
That Trump ‘looting’ and ‘shooting’ post Twitter said broke its rules?
Racking up all the likes on Facebook and Instagram.
Facebook: 220,000 reactions, 47,000 shares
Instagram: 345,000 likes https://t.co/jANwJdhgmz— Donie O’Sullivan (@donie) May 29, 2020
Classic conservative family values. https://t.co/OZc8uvrhui
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) May 29, 2020
re: #199 Eventual Carrion
Mine goes green next Friday.
i dont care what colors they use,
i’m still not going near anybody
“the boss is aware”
Trump knew Flynn was talking to Kislyak. https://t.co/eAykAIOfbi— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) May 29, 2020
re: #208 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
I do not blame you at all. I do not want to go back to work yet because it is still too dangerous.
re: #205 DodgerFan1988
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That’s going to be the Right Wing’s talking point: “Bad health killed George Floyd, not the cops.”
Like I said above, they’re gonna bring in the Medical Examiner and get them to testify that they saw no evidence that Floyd was subjected to strangulation or asphyxiation. Then follow up by getting them to totally muddy the water by saying that he could have croaked from his underlying conditions. After that, all it will take is one asshole on the jury saying that he thinks the ME was right and it was just “bad luck” that Floyd happened to die while being restrained and the whole thing ends in a mistrial.
The Verge: “Facebook’s decision not to take action against recent posts about mail-in ballots and the Minnesota protests by President Trump is roiling employees, some of whom are calling on executives to reconsider their stance.”
Said one employee in an internal post: “I have to say I am finding the contortions we have to go through incredibly hard to stomach. All this points to a very high risk of a violent escalation and civil unrest in November and if we fail the test case here, history will not judge us kindly.”
Trump on George Floyd: “This was a terrible insult to police and to policemen”
— darlene superville (@dsupervilleap) May 29, 2020
re: #125 Eclectic Cyborg
You know what really makes me furious about all this?
There’s going to be another one. I don’t know when and I don’t know where, but it will happen.
Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Breona Taylor, George Floyd.
There’s ALWAYS another one.
And until that changes we haven’t accomplished what we need to.
There was. Tallahasse Fl. Wednesday May 27th.
Multiple reports by local news and on social media said that McDade was unarmed and had not been warned before the officer began shooting. This has been disputed by the police, who said that McDade was armed with a gun and “made a move consistent with using the firearm against the officer”. (Uh huh. Typical excuse)
Asked by reporters at the briefing, Revell said he did not know whether body-camera footage of the incident was taken, and he also did not know how many shots were fired.
Odds are if he was wearing a body cam, it somehow got turned off or was never turned on in the first place.
One final point. The lies to Pence and Spicer would have been irrelevant if Flynn hadn’t lied to the FBI. Maybe he gets fired but that’s probably it. The FARA stuff would have been addressed administratively.
But no: he lied to FBI officials. https://t.co/oqOVgYUnT6— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) May 29, 2020
re: #211 Targetpractice
Like I said above, they’re gonna bring in the Medical Examiner and get them to testify that they saw no evidence that Floyd was subjected to strangulation or asphyxiation. Then follow up by getting them to totally muddy the water by saying that he could have croaked from his underlying conditions. After that, all it will take is one asshole on the jury saying that he thinks the ME was right and it was just “bad luck” that Floyd happened to die while being restrained and the whole thing ends in a mistrial.
Sigh. The family is going to have to get its own pathologist to examine the body to determine cause of death. The ME in too many places is tied in with the police department and there to serve whatever the police demand from them.
re: #216 Hecuba’s daughter
Sigh. The family is going to have to get its own pathologist to examine the body to determine cause of death. The ME in too many places is tied in with the police department and there to serve whatever the police demand from them.
Oh, I have no doubt that the family’s gonna want their own autopsy and the prosecution will receive a copy of that report. But then it’s dueling witnesses, rather than the clear-cut call that his death was due to the hold.
stephen miller? https://t.co/mNSNcFYPDb
— darth™ (@darth) May 29, 2020
re: #217 Targetpractice
Oh, I have no doubt that the family’s gonna want their own autopsy and the prosecution will receive a copy of that report. But then it’s dueling witnesses, rather than the clear-cut call that his death was due to the hold.
All I know is that he was alive prior to the cop placing his knee oh his throat.
Chicago Mayor on Trump’s “Thugs” Tweet: “It Begins with ‘F’ and Ends with ‘You’” https://t.co/xwIolF9Ce2 pic.twitter.com/QwdlMXbJBG
— R. Saddler 📎🗽🌊🌊🌊 (@Politics_PR) May 29, 2020
re: #216 Hecuba’s daughter
Sigh. The family is going to have to get its own pathologist to examine the body to determine cause of death. The ME in too many places is tied in with the police department and there to serve whatever the police demand from them.
They’ve hired Benjamin Crumb.
re: #219 I Would Prefer Not To
All I know is that he was alive prior to the cop placing his knee oh his throat.
Not disputing that. And the new video of the other cops holding him down will only further the case against Chauvin. But this ME report is a boon to the union lawyer who is gonna want to throw out as much doubt that his client’s actions were responsible for Floyd’s death as possible.
BREAKING: An unknown male called House Minority Leader Emilia Sykes from her father’s phone number. He claimed to have her father, state Sen. Vernon Sykes hostage. He said if she didn’t resign, he’d kill her father.
All per a police report just released https://t.co/TrIt3nT3am— Jake Zuckerman (@jake_zuckerman) May 29, 2020
re: #211 Targetpractice
Can Mr Floyd’s family request an independent autopsy? Because that’s something that maybe needs to happen now.
re: #213 jaunte
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Trump on George Floyd: “This was a terrible insult to police and to policemen”
— darlene superville (@dsupervilleap) May 29, 2020
re: #220 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“She made no apologies for the vulgar reference that ran contrary to the advice of former First Lady Michelle Obama’s infamous line that, “When they go low, we go high.”
‘I am not Michelle Obama,’ the mayor said.”
Chicago Mayor on Trump’s “Thugs” Tweet: “It Begins with ‘F’ and Ends with ‘You’” https://t.co/xwIolF9Ce2 pic.twitter.com/QwdlMXbJBG
— R. Saddler 📎🗽🌊🌊🌊 (@Politics_PR) May 29, 2020
re: #223 jaunte
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This all happened on the 23rd and her father is okay. From the article linked in the tweet:
Democratic House Minority Leader Emilia Sykes received a call from an unknown man on May 23 calling from her father’s phone number, threatening to kill him if she didn’t “step aside” politically, according to a police report released Friday.
The suspect claimed he had her father, Democratic state Senator Vernon Sykes, captive. He told her not to contact the police.
Emilia Sykes hung up the phone and called the number belonging to her father. He then answered the phone.
re: #225 A Mom Anon
Can Mr Floyd’s family request an independent autopsy? Because that’s something that maybe needs to happen now.
They can and they very likely will. But between then and now, the court of public opinion only has one autopsy report in hand (so to speak). And that report says “no strangulation/asphyxiation,” which his defenders are gonna spend coming days screaming out every time that video is played.
— Ⓜ𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚊 Ⓜ𝚎𝚍𝚟𝚒𝚗 (@MarinaMedvin) May 29, 2020
Conservatives already calling for Derek Chauvin to be cleared of murder charges.
re: #227 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
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When they go low, you kick them in the teeth.
So worldometer reports -1,915 deaths for Spain on May 25th. Wonder how reliable their other figures are? Its count of total cases in Spain has long been suspicious — 27,000 more than John Hopkins, but John Hopkins probably requires a more substantial level of confirmation than worldometer.
re: #205 DodgerFan1988
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That’s going to be the Right Wing’s talking point: “Bad health killed George Floyd, not the cops.”
I think you might actually be misreading what Cernovich is saying. I believe he might be arguing that the autopsy is bullshit.
These transcripts CONFIRM pretty much everything Mueller accused Flynn of doing, and they DEBUNK much of what Trump has said about Flynn. The transcripts corroborate Flynn’s guilty plea and further prove that he lied to the FBI about his Russian calls. https://t.co/amOEtAPrDR
— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) May 29, 2020
re: #228 Teddy’s Person
This all happened on the 23rd and her father is okay. From the article linked in the tweet:
Someone who knows how to spoof phone numbers.
Hello, medical examiner here. You are going to see a lot of people saying this today. This is 100% a misinterpretation of this autopsy report. What the Medical Examiners office has released is a preliminary report, it is not the final version. 1/? https://t.co/a7YuRhcN6o
— Mario (@TomatoGrandpa) May 29, 2020
The presence of natural disease such as coronary artery atherosclerosis does not exclude traumatic or positional asphyxia as a cause of death. Those findings may be ultimately deemed contributory, however it does not make the manner not a homicide.
— Mario (@TomatoGrandpa) May 29, 2020
Just to clarify for anyone who gets this far, none of this is to say a medical examiner might come to a different conclusion, one which I may disagree with, or might have found a better way to convey this. Just trying to help clear this up.
— Mario (@TomatoGrandpa) May 29, 2020
On average it takes 3 months for a final report, whereas the preliminary is done at or near the time of autopsy. So as you can imagine it is definitely not complete.
— Mario (@TomatoGrandpa) May 29, 2020
re: #235 Hecuba’s daughter
Someone who knows how to spoof phone numbers.
When I firsts read the tweet, I thought it was happening now and thought what fresh hell is this. Was relieved when I clicked through.
re: #236 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Somebody needs to get to the mic and make that clear to the public, that these are preliminary findings and the final report may have a different conclusion. To let this stand without such is only going to further inflame public ire.
re: #236 Backwoods_Sleuth
Because of pedo Epstein we are all experts in strangulations.
re: #228 Teddy’s Person
This all happened on the 23rd and her father is okay. From the article linked in the tweet:
Either I’m really tired or something, but I’m having a hard time understanding what this is supposed to say:
The suspect claimed he had her father, Democratic state Senator Vernon Sykes, captive. He told her not to contact the police.
OK—that seems clear
Emilia Sykes hung up the phone and called the number belonging to her father. He then answered the phone.
Who is the “he” in this one? Her father or the suspect?
The report states Vernon Sykes had received a call 17 minutes before the suspect called Emilia Sykes, and that call was disconnected.
Who was that call from? Are we to assume it was the suspect? Did the guy actually kidnap her father? How did he get the father’s phone? I am so confused.
None of the other articles (from the Dispatch or the Plain Dealer) have these details—just that she got a threatening call on her phone.
I actually believe him this time, that he doesn’t know where it came from, and that he picked it up from his racist friends and family. https://t.co/gQt7DoZfV7
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 29, 2020
The cop would have cut off blood flow through the carotid artery, not asphyxiation, IMHO.
re: #240 BeachDem
Either I’m really tired or something, but I’m having a hard time understanding what this is supposed to say:
The suspect claimed he had her father, Democratic state Senator Vernon Sykes, captive. He told her not to contact the police.
OK—that seems clear
Emilia Sykes hung up the phone and called the number belonging to her father. He then answered the phone.
Who is the “he” in this one? Her father or the suspect?
The report states Vernon Sykes had received a call 17 minutes before the suspect called Emilia Sykes, and that call was disconnected.
Who was that call from? Are we to assume it was the suspect? Did the guy actually kidnap her father? How did he get the father’s phone? I am so confused.
None of the other articles (from the Dispatch or the Plain Dealer) have these details—just that she got a threatening call on her phone.
I interpreted it as someone called E. Sykes making it look like it was a call from her father. Once that call ended she called her father’s number and he answered unharmed. No actual kidnapping.
Judges are not “mere scriveners of whatever dismissal the government places before them,” the former judges said in their brief in the Michael Flynn case at the DC Circuit https://t.co/j5YYRXue9j from @cryanbarber
— Mike Scarcella (@MikeScarcella) May 29, 2020
re: #242 Shropshire Slasher
The cop would have cut off blood flow through the carotid artery, not asphyxiation, IMHO.
I mean, George’s dying words were that he couldn’t breathe. I assume that pressure in that area could have caused restricted breathing and loss of blood flow, and one or the other killed him.
The other important thing I want to note is that the ME was very clear that the cop stayed on him even after he became non-responsive. That’s evidence that what he was doing was excessive and maybe even intentional.
re: #241 Charles Johnson
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The cadence of the phrase would appeal to Trump’s rhetorical style. Either that or it’s part of the sweet nothings that Stephen Miller whispers into his ear daily.
re: #240 BeachDem
Either I’m really tired or something, but I’m having a hard time understanding what this is supposed to say:
The suspect claimed he had her father, Democratic state Senator Vernon Sykes, captive. He told her not to contact the police.
OK—that seems clear
Emilia Sykes hung up the phone and called the number belonging to her father. He then answered the phone.
Who is the “he” in this one? Her father or the suspect?
The report states Vernon Sykes had received a call 17 minutes before the suspect called Emilia Sykes, and that call was disconnected.
Who was that call from? Are we to assume it was the suspect? Did the guy actually kidnap her father? How did he get the father’s phone? I am so confused.
None of the other articles (from the Dispatch or the Plain Dealer) have these details—just that she got a threatening call on her phone.
Some sort of phone-cloning app? That “disconnected call” sounds suspiciously related.
re: #243 Teddy’s Person
I interpreted it as someone called E. Sykes making it look like it was a call from her father. Once that call ended she called her father’s number and he answered unharmed. No actual kidnapping.
Thanks—that’s kind of what I got from the other articles, but this one is so poorly written, I wasn’t sure.
To the surprise of no one who’s been paying attention.
Wisconsin saw a record number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported in a single day on Wednesday, two weeks after the state’s Supreme Court struck down its statewide stay-at-home order. Source: Yahoo News
Atlanta
I’m outside CNN Center where a separate protest away from Centennial Olympic Park ihas started up. It’s more confrontational with the police. pic.twitter.com/MOXeeIdizw
— Richard Elliot (@RElliotWSB) May 29, 2020
#BREAKING: Armored vehicles have just arrived outside of CNN center where tensions are high between protesters and police. WATCH LIVE: https://t.co/izwmSdUyF3 pic.twitter.com/MuNEs6Keqg
— WSB-TV (@wsbtv) May 29, 2020
#BREAKING: Police have just announced that protesters must get out of the streets or face arrest: https://t.co/pcc4NclNk6 pic.twitter.com/poUGPHt6Ht
— WSB-TV (@wsbtv) May 29, 2020
Rainbow twizzlers are pretty damn tasty!
Someone’s always out to piss on your parade
Someone’s always ruining your day
You gotta beware, there’s strange ducks out there
I’m telling you, it’s all I gotta say
Yeah, never mind singing about police on your back
You’re a shady geezer looking for a snack
You might think someone’s cool, till they play you like a fool
Put the spoon down or you’ll get a smack
Oi! Mick Jones nicked my pudding, then I said
Oi! Mick Jones leave my pudding alone
Life ain’t always fair when your hero breaks your heart
I was really in denial from the start
I owned all his records, he didn’t even care
The least he could’ve done was share
Resentment it’s a killer, that’s all you gotta know
To forgive a living legend is the only way to go
But he really wasn’t sorry, I may have seen him laugh
As he ate the tasty treat on my behalf
Oi! Mick Jones nicked my pudding, then I said
Oi! Mick Jones leave my pudding alone
Your lunatic husband tweeted a quote from a white supremacist to murder Americans. You’re a birther who wore a jacket which read “I really don’t care” to an epicenter of where your husband had children separated from their parents. Sit the fuck down. Ma’am. https://t.co/URI3mwHl8b
— Richard Marx (@richardmarx) May 29, 2020
re: #254 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I doubt Melania tweets at all. Her staff probably gets their marching orders from the West Wing. I just don’t see her as that engaged with anything. She’s pretty vapid is all I’m saying.
re: #251 Backwoods_Sleuth
Atlanta
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No social distancing there. These protests are going to trigger ANOTHER wave.
where was mitch when colin kaepernick was peacefully demonstrating
oh thats right he was picking a fight over betsy ross sneakers
fuckin hypocritehttps://t.co/pK0WfS6Vvg— darth™ (@darth) May 29, 2020
Derek Chauvin did not act alone.
When George Floyd laid on the ground, crying out for his life, it was not one, not two, but three cops who kept their knees on him, snuffing out his life as a fourth stood by and watched.
Everyone involved must be brought to justice immediately.— James E. Clyburn (@WhipClyburn) May 29, 2020
Insecure, Frustrated Bully With Something To Prove Considering Career In Law Enforcement https://t.co/rf1vIFgXdn pic.twitter.com/s56Dfg08yJ
— The Onion (@TheOnion) May 29, 2020
we tried peacefully kneeling but you had a problem with that too… https://t.co/mxjUJSs5G1
— KING ✿ ᵇˡᵐ (@brandon_severs) May 29, 2020
This information is not “from autopsy.” It’s from a statement of probable cause signed by a Minnesota special agent purporting to describe the medical examiner’s “preliminary” findings, which apparently didn’t include any cause of death at all. The assertion warrants suspicion. https://t.co/XreqVRwHPu
— Max Kennerly (@MaxKennerly) May 29, 2020
George Floyd’s death is the culmination of many events. As he lay on the ground dying, he was a victim representing so many others before him. His death impacts us all. We have a responsibility to each other, regardless of race, to stand up & say we won’t tolerate this conduct.
— Governor Mike DeWine (@GovMikeDeWine) May 29, 2020
I acknowledge that I hear the voices of frustration. I receive those words and emotions with empathy and a commitment to seek solutions and justice when it is denied.
— Governor Mike DeWine (@GovMikeDeWine) May 29, 2020
re: #262 Backwoods_Sleuth
Do we actually have a decent Republican here?
re: #262 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I know DeWine isn’t moderate, but he seems to have a semi-functioning brain.
re: #262 Backwoods_Sleuth
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DeWine was the Ohio Attorney General when Tamir Rice was murdered by cops. Actions speak louder than words.
re: #263 plansbandc
Do we actually have a decent Republican here?
not consistently decent, but he does have his moments
Cincinnati
The crowd has grown to two block’s worth of people, now moving as a unit past Washington Park. @Enquirer pic.twitter.com/lIN6nhJll1
— mad mitch (@maddiemitch_) May 29, 2020
The march is continuing down 12th street pic.twitter.com/TwK8QFKLEs
— Briana Rice (@BriRiceWrites) May 29, 2020
re: #266 Backwoods_Sleuth
not consistently decent, but he does have his moments
Pretty sad if that’s the best a person can do.
re: #232 Hecuba’s daughter
So worldometer reports -1,915 deaths for Spain on May 25th. Wonder how reliable their other figures are? Its count of total cases in Spain has long been suspicious — 27,000 more than John Hopkins, but John Hopkins probably requires a more substantial level of confirmation than worldometer.
Worldometer acknowledes issues with spanish data.
Spain
There are many issues with Spanish data, including a number of historical downward adjustments that have not been documented through revised reports (which still show the original - higher - numbers being reported), nor explained.
Statement from Head Coach Brian Flores. pic.twitter.com/dJOdHHSvNT
— Miami Dolphins (@MiamiDolphins) May 29, 2020
Confession: every time I see the abbreviation “OAN” or even worse, “OANN,” my filthy mind thinks for a split second it says “Onan.”
Which is kind of apt in this case.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 29, 2020
re: #271 Charles Johnson
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Wondering how many people will get the reference. [Smirking slightly.]
re: #232 Hecuba’s daughter
So worldometer reports -1,915 deaths for Spain on May 25th. Wonder how reliable their other figures are? Its count of total cases in Spain has long been suspicious —
27,00047,000 more than John Hopkins, but John Hopkins probably requires a more substantial level of confirmation than worldometer.
Typo!! My bad !! See correction above!! Need to spend more time rereading text before posting!
re: #240 BeachDem
Either I’m really tired or something, but I’m having a hard time understanding what this is supposed to say:
The suspect claimed he had her father, Democratic state Senator Vernon Sykes, captive. He told her not to contact the police.
OK—that seems clear
Emilia Sykes hung up the phone and called the number belonging to her father. He then answered the phone.
Who is the “he” in this one? Her father or the suspect?
The report states Vernon Sykes had received a call 17 minutes before the suspect called Emilia Sykes, and that call was disconnected.
Who was that call from? Are we to assume it was the suspect? Did the guy actually kidnap her father? How did he get the father’s phone? I am so confused.
None of the other articles (from the Dispatch or the Plain Dealer) have these details—just that she got a threatening call on her phone.
I notice that more and more lately. Pronouns that are placed poorly without clarification, no resolution, just word vomit that barely explains the WTF is going on.
There was a weird Florida Man story I read last week that was exactly that. I read it and was none the more informed.
re: #256 Eclectic Cyborg
No social distancing there. These protests are going to trigger ANOTHER wave.
Everywhere.
The white woman who ran over protesters demonstrating against the lynching of George Floyd yesterday in Denver has been identified as Jennifer Watson, Owner of JP Watson Interiors.
Let’s make her famous.https://t.co/f9p7zrssnb pic.twitter.com/RjaIpK6xC3— Colorado Springs Anti-Fascists (@COSAntiFascists) May 29, 2020
The twitter doctors would be out in full force right now making their diagnosis if this was Joe Biden. https://t.co/OBz5331jGa
— Covie (@roper_93) May 29, 2020
re: #242 Shropshire Slasher
The cop would have cut off blood flow through the carotid artery, not asphyxiation, IMHO.
A friend’s daughter and son in law are officers at a prison. They both are betting on this. They said that you can kneel on a suspect until you get the cuffs on, and then you get off. They are both RWNJ as far as I can see, but they were both calling foul on this, and calling it murder.
re: #271 Charles Johnson
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Dear @realDonaldTrump: You’re full of shit. You wrote: “the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts.” The “we will assume control” language destroys your attempt to backtrack. Delete your tweet. https://t.co/5Nvarm4adc
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) May 29, 2020
re: #262 Backwoods_Sleuth
Want Tamir (?) Rice from OH?
re: #271 Charles Johnson
You’re not the only one.
re: #265 Teddy’s Person
DeWine was the Ohio Attorney General when Tamir Rice was murdered by cops. Actions speak louder than words.
I thought so.
Fuck dewine. Sorry.
FREEDUMB!!11!!
#BREAKING: The Camden County Health Department says a positive COVID-19 case out of Boone County, Missouri, visited pool bars at the Lake of the Ozarks during Memorial Day Weekend, including ones seen in viral video and photos.
CLICK FOR TIMELINE: https://t.co/K2eqhyzMG1— Andrew Havranek KY3 (@Andrew_Havranek) May 29, 2020
re: #265 Teddy’s Person
DeWine was the Ohio Attorney General when Tamir Rice was murdered by cops. Actions speak louder than words.
Also when John Crawford was shot in Beavercreek.
Mike DeWine Has Serious Conflicts Of Interest In Beavercreek Walmart Shooting Case
The mood in Minneapolis pic.twitter.com/RXhjvIwor7
— Scott Heins (@scottheins) May 29, 2020
re: #172 PhillyPretzel
Philly is not yet marked but there is some heavy weather headed to the Delaware Valley.
weather.gov
We had a nasty front move through this side of the state earlier this morning. Winds in the mid 50 MPH range with some heavier gusts.
☺️Roger Stone ordered to report to prison by June 30 https://t.co/AXpXQPNB4I
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) May 29, 2020
3/ It’s not yet known what prison Roger 19579-104 may have to report to.
“Stone is designated to be inmate #19579-104 after a federal judge sentenced him to 40 months in prison for lying to Congress and witness intimidation.”— Laffy (@GottaLaff) May 29, 2020
re: #289 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #288 Eventual Carrion
Well so far Philly has not been hit but there is some more weather in western PA.
Jeez, they don’t have to sell it so hard. I’m on board already! https://t.co/KGaSeyXN3g
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) May 29, 2020
re: #263 plansbandc
Do we actually have a decent Republican here?
There’s several.
Hogan (Maryland), Baker (Massachussetts), Rick Wilson and the rest of his Lincoln Project crew, Cheri Jacobus, Jennifer Rubin…
Let’s not dwell on the fact there’s few enough we can list them by name.
Two threads ago:
re: #595 calochortus
A few morning tasks have been completed, I have brewed a cup of tea and it’s time to settle in here for a little while.
On this date 567 years ago Constantinople fell to the Turks.
67 years ago Norgay Tenzing and Edmund Hilary summited Everest. This did not get mentioned in the newspaper on the day of my birth because no one else knew until they got back to civilization a couple weeks later. Oh well.
Yes, I’m 67 today. Whee!
🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺
The measure of how this is all about a bigoted distinction isn’t just the George Floyd protests versus the armed “Open the Country” protests, but the former versus the Malheur Bird Refuge takeover.
What does “peaceful” mean when these assholes use it as the hinge for critique? What does “respect for property” mean? What constitutes legitimate resistance to tyranny, what constitutes a form of “freedom” that merits the threat of violence?
Those aren’t rhetorical questions: try and figure out what the fuck these concepts mean, when a conservative or reactionary, within their full cultural context, applies them in the process of excusing…or lauding…one kind of behavior but condemning another. What are the contextual factors that makes them make a distinction?
Because the only answer I can come to is a belief that there’s an in-group of inherently superior individuals that are permitted to dictate the rules of society but permit themselves exception to those rules. The many and ever-shifting categories of inferiors, by contrast, cannot question rules, violate rules, or challenge the arbitrary allowance of exceptions.
re: #289 Backwoods_Sleuth
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Are there summersaults & high five emojis?
I hope he’s rots.— Yeah Sure WTF Ever (@YeahSureWhatev2) May 29, 2020
junior moron
Giving money directly to US companies for clinical trials will benefit the world more than giving money to WHO for world wide research which simply spreads US money around to many nations @SenAlexander. https://t.co/Z6UB3PwjGa
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) May 29, 2020
re: #175 jaunte
Looks like they want more riots.
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Let’s test then. Get one of those fucking strapping, in good health cops. I’ll put my 200 lbs of weight over my knee on their neck for 8 minutes and we’ll see how that turns out for them. And the experiment will run the full 8 minutes no matter how much they fucking whine about not being able to breath.
They’re referencing the sedition clause of the secret QAnonstitution for the secret tribunals that Q has set up. There’s a whole body of case law by the SQOTUS. Deep State attorneys like you wouldn’t know about this. Everyone involved was specially cloned for secrecy reasons.
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) May 29, 2020
re: #24 Charles Johnson
Republicans have wanted to withdraw from the United Nations all my life. Trump is doing exactly what the party wants, which is why they will not interfere. They will tear the country apart before they give up one iota of power.
If This Means Democrats Are Finally Getting It on the Courts, It’s About Damn Time
A new report from Senate Democrats pulls no punches with regard to the conservative movement’s attempt to make policy through the federal judiciary. Charlie Pierce
You may recall that, back in February, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat of Rhode Island, declared war on the dark-money-Federalist Society conveyor belt that is bringing us all of this administration’s federal judges while simultaneously taking the law back to 1881. These days, as the butcher’s bill for the pandemic blows through the 100,000-mark, and with the president* throwing buckets of vile deflection all over the Intertoobz, the only thing that the United States Senate actually is doing right now is running that conveyor belt at top speed. Comes now the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee with the latest salvo in this ongoing brawl. It is in every way a partisan document, but, as I was saying to Supreme Court Justice Merrick Garland just the other day, fck the begrudgers anyway.
re: #293 sagehen
There’s several.
Hogan (Maryland), Baker (Massachussetts), Rick Wilson and the rest of his Lincoln Project crew, Cheri Jacobus, Jennifer Rubin…
Let’s not dwell on the fact there’s few enough we can list them by name.
Only at this moment.
Let’s not ever forget how we got where we are. I can’t. I won’t.
re: #57 Sherlock Hound
Who hurt my governor?
Gov. Baker is a conservative first, and an American second.
He may be a bit slower than the other Republicans, but he will fall in line with conservative faith or be excommunicated.
re: #203 Backwoods_Sleuth
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So uniquely qualified (by current standards) for a position in the tRumps admin.
The White House is currently under lockdown orders. https://t.co/LasnCIjkum
— Weijia Jiang (@weijia) May 29, 2020
Under siege is a good way to describe Trumpworld. He’s fucked up so much so fast with so much incompetence to go along with it, that he may hope that this makes him look somehow sympathetic to his violent extreme base.
And encourages them to retaliate.
Things are going to get a whole lot worse.
The White House is currently under lockdown orders. https://t.co/LasnCIjkum
— Weijia Jiang (@weijia) May 29, 2020
More Charlie (and I am reading Jane Mayer’s Dark Money, about just this bunch of f*ckers): Dark Money Avengers, Assemble!
The same-old right-wing billionaires have launched another disinformation campaign, this time to stop people voting by mail.
First, you plant the federal judiciary thick with your grant-fattened proteges, and then those same proteges rule on your attempts to restrict the franchise. It’s the Circle of White. And it is only the latest demonstration of the wisdom of former Justice Anthony Kennedy, who wrote for the ages:
We now conclude that independent expenditures, including those made by corporations, do not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption. … The fact that speakers [i.e., donors] may have influence over or access to elected officials does not mean that these officials are corrupt. … The appearance of influence or access, furthermore, will not cause the electorate to lose faith in our democracy.
Of course not, Part MCMXVL.
More footage of protests outside the White House. Press has now been directed from pebble beach and back inside the WH. pic.twitter.com/S46TpV0r4Y
— Mario Parker (@MarioDParker) May 29, 2020
Protests currently outside White House, with chants of George Floyd. Press isn’t currently being allowed to leave WH grounds. pic.twitter.com/TXSR02QWPQ
— Mario Parker (@MarioDParker) May 29, 2020
re: #301 gocart mozart
Seriously?? Is that a thing?
Pro life GOP on display:
Pro life GOPers reveal that they’re nothing but fascists who want to control women, deny minorities rights and protections under the law, and don’t care how many die of covid19 so long as millionaires can get richer.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) May 29, 2020
re: #293 sagehen
There’s several.
Hogan (Maryland), Baker (Massachussetts), Rick Wilson and the rest of his Lincoln Project crew, Cheri Jacobus, Jennifer Rubin…
Let’s not dwell on the fact there’s few enough we can list them by name.
I’m convinced that the current GOP in its present form needs to be destroyed and purged of its racist, reactionary elements. The few Republicans that are like my governor can form a new center-right party. I won’t like them any more than I like center-right policies, but I can be assured the members of this new party can have a commitment to good government.
re: #298 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Cohen and Manafort should be required to return to prison to fulfill the remainder of their sentences.
re: #293 sagehen
I like Rick a lot. He’s funny, smart and anti-Trump. Fairly sure it’s a temporary thing though.
Angela Merkel has rebuffed Donald Trump’s invitation to attend a G7 summit. https://t.co/XaTBVD5pHq
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 29, 2020
re: #317 Backwoods_Sleuth
In other words. FUCK YOU DONALD! NO!
Friend just sent this to me “Cops getting ready for tonight”. https://t.co/24D7gx8H3z pic.twitter.com/Dn7ryBIYTT
— Lemu. (@lmckr) May 29, 2020
Literal Nazis at the Barclays Center protests pic.twitter.com/QUkEZvSejm
— Timothy Mac (@TimMcErlean) May 29, 2020
Pretty sure that tattoo isn’t parody pic.twitter.com/m8JVwEppz6
— Timothy Mac (@TimMcErlean) May 29, 2020
Protesters gathering outside WH. pic.twitter.com/jAYE5RJz7h
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) May 29, 2020
We are a country with an open wound.
None of us can turn away. None of us can be silent. None of us any longer can hear those words — “I can’t breathe” — and do nothing.
We must commit, as a nation, to pursue justice with every ounce of our being. pic.twitter.com/veodlR1UYU— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 29, 2020
re: #271 Charles Johnson
That’s how I wind up reading it too. Every time I see it.
This is being posted by white women friends on facebook who typically don’t address ‘controversial’ things and I think it’s a good way to try and promote understanding of privilege and a tiny good thing. pic.twitter.com/gLj8aJkkTX
— Lori Lou 💧🐋 (@loufreshwater) May 29, 2020
re: #323 Teddy’s Person
Yep, one of my sisters-in-law posted that this morning. I thought it was fantastic.
The Teletubbies are bloody terrifying in black and white. pic.twitter.com/QHSSTjD2ub
— James Melville (@JamesMelville) May 29, 2020
re: #318 Dave In Austin
In other words. FUCK YOU DONALD! NO!
Donald, you dolt, while you might think it’s a no big deal hoax, but it’s not and no one wants to be near you because you’re a spreader.
Glass getting broken outside the main entrance to CNN’s Atlanta headquarters; protesters cheer pic.twitter.com/EToiEj5Pom
— Fernando Alfonso III (@fernalfonso) May 29, 2020
#MAGA Twitter on the CNN Center trend pic.twitter.com/cjlYDBEcqk
— 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚍𝚎 🥖🌹 (@idislikeshane) May 29, 2020
re: #175 jaunte
Looks like they want more riots.
This is just so wrong. There is no supreme state of health that allows a person to survive choking.
— Jennifer Gunter (@DrJenGunter) May 29, 2020
re: #312 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
It will be if enough people retweet my jokes.
re: #114 stpaulbear
If we’re lucky we’ll get to be the world’s prodigal son when Biden is elected.
I feel like we already got that when Obama was elected after W Bush. If I were the world I wouldn’t have any trust or even optimism going forward.
re: #304 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I always say, “The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy, but we may have common cause.”
And yes, all those who paved the way and sowed the ground for Trump and Trumpism need to be held accountable and face their complicity.
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