Seth takes a closer look at the countless instances of violent police escalation in response to the protests over the murder of George Floyd.
Hey folks lets hear it for them Senate Republicans!
What a bunch of fucking wimps…
Fuck every single Republican who is slinking off instead of defending democracy.
I just got an email from my place of work and I am to report on June 15. That gives me a little more time to get things in order before I head back to work. I have no idea of what they are expecting but I will do what I can.
My Instagram feed is flooded with plain black screens, and the usual suspects are UPSET.
(Hey, everybody, yes, I’m still alive)
Melania not being able to fake it must be a huge problem for their marriage. https://t.co/R4h2OHoFWJ
— ben schwartz (@benschwartz_) June 2, 2020
Awww, I haven’t got to be the “Fuck Trump” person yet.
/
thegreatpoolpondconversion - 200531 edition ————————>
“Camp Swampy”
re: #9 Eclectic Cyborg
Awww, I haven’t got to be the “Fuck Trump” person yet.
/
you’re young. there’s lots of time
re: #8 Backwoods_Sleuth
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This latest attempt to reboot the Terminator franchise is even worse than Genisys.
re: #6 Dr Lizardo
Trump’sPutin’s got their balls in a mason jar in his desk.
We know why Putin’s boys at the GRU never let Wankyleaks release those GOP e-mails they hacked!
‘Whoever captured this moment deserves an award’https://t.co/BzSBMhT8rX pic.twitter.com/zPPdPSpgIP
— The Poke (@ThePoke) June 2, 2020
photo is from Ukraine
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re: #12 Targetpractice
This latest attempt to reboot the Terminator franchise is even worse than Genisys.
The Failinator.
re: #12 Targetpractice
This latest attempt to reboot the Terminator franchise is even worse than Genisys.
The resemblance really is uncanny:
Trump’s disapproval is back up to 54%. Even Rasmussen has him at 53% disapproval. projects.fivethirtyeight.com
re: #18 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Trump’s disapproval is back up to 54%. Even Rasmussen has him at 53% disapproval. projects.fivethirtyeight.com
Good. Gotta vote but good.
Okay, so I try to access this page, but it is access denied when I try it with my default proxy condom, and when I try direct, it bounces me to the UK page:
bet.com
White Extremists Terrorize and Loot: 14 Videos of Destruction Black…
Demonstrations have been infiltrated by white extremists hellbent on destroying property, vandalizing businesses, torching police cars and leaving the blame with the Black community.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 2, 2020
Not just a photo-op. This will be a campaign commercial. Trump exploited police and the US military—after peaceful protesters were gassed—to gather footage that will likely be used in political ads. https://t.co/bIn66bfuaz
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) June 2, 2020
re: #19 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Good. Gotta vote but good.
Anyone else with Trump’s poll numbers under these circumstances would be viewed as a dead man walking. Everyone is spooked because almost no-one thought he could win in 2016, but it was a total fluke brought about by difficult to replicate circumstances.
Today is Primary Day in Philly. I would have preferred to be a the polls today but due to the virus I voted by mail. With all of the commotion going on I am also at home today. This will be only the second time I have not been at the polls since I have been eighteen. The other time is when my mom died. This morning I went to the local Acme to pick up a few things and found all of the shopping carts inside the store in the aisles. I got what I needed said hi to my favorite cashier and went home.
Also to Charles: I tried to view PM Trudeau’s comment and I got thrown out of LGF. Was there something wrong with that clip?
Meghan, we live in the same building, and I just walked outside. It’s fine. https://t.co/ZvwNrjL6P7
— Kristen Bartlett (@kristencheeks) June 2, 2020
LOLOL
After a week of back-and-forth between North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, and national Republican leaders about plans for the party nominating convention, Cooper on Tuesday wrote that the convention as planned - with large crowds and tens of thousands in attendance in Charlotte - “is very unlikely.”
“With the Nation, the State of North Carolina and the City of Charlotte still under states of emergency it’s important to conduct the RNC convention accordingly. As much as we want the conditions surrounding COVID-19 to be favorable enough for you to hold the Convention you describe in late August, it is very unlikely. Neither public health officials nor I will risk the health and safety of North Carolinians by providing the guarantee you seek,” Cooper wrote to Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel and Republican National Convention President and CEO Marcia Lee Kelly.
Maybe Trump’s not gonna get his coronation this summer, with the crowds chanting sheep bleating his name
From last thread:
re: #650 Targetpractice
re: #642 Hecuba’s daughter
The original definition of “silent majority” was a euphemism for the dead.
The more famous (and likely more relevant) usage of it was the invocation of the term by then-Pres Nixon in ‘69 when he was confident that the majority of Americans secretly supported the Vietnam War and were not supporting the increasingly outraged protests.
For those who weren’t around and may have missed that page in their history books, Nixon ultimately found out that no such “majority” existed.
I’m gonna partially disagree: while Nixon’s use of the phrase was likely just Nixonian bullshit: said “majority” did reelect him in 1972 - in a landslide. A landslide due mainly to the fact that the Democrats ran on what was, by 1972, very much Yesterday’s Issue: the Vietnam War, which had mostly wound down by Election Day.
re: #26 Backwoods_Sleuth
LMAO. That’s an epic takedown.
re: #18 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Trump’s disapproval is back up to 54%. Even Rasmussen has him at 53% disapproval. projects.fivethirtyeight.com
frum / the atlantic
“If Trump seeks historical parallels for his reelection campaign, here’s one that is much more apt [than Nixon]. There was a campaign in which the party of the president presided over a deadly pandemic at the same time as a savage depression and a nationwide spasm of bloody urban racial violence. The year was 1920. The party in power through these troubles went on to suffer the worst defeat in U.S. presidential history, a loss by a margin of 26 points in the popular vote. The triumphant challenger, Warren Harding, was not some charismatic superhero of a candidate. He didn’t need to be. In 2020 as in 1920, the party of the president is running on the slogan Let us fix the mess we made. It didn’t work then. It’s unlikely to work now.”
Now Trump is promoting Dinesh D’Felons new book.
Then why won’t they shut the fuck up? https://t.co/Sox2FHPPdM
— Angry Staffer (@AngrierWHStaff) June 2, 2020
re: #23 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Anyone else with Trump’s poll numbers under these circumstances would be viewed as a dead man walking. Everyone is spooked because almost no-one thought he could win in 2016, but it was a total fluke brought about by difficult to replicate circumstances.
2016 - somewhat unknown challenger (give him a chance!) vs a woman half the country was taught to hate for no reason
2020 - we see you and know all about you now vs Joe who almost nobody doesnt like
Also, notice there haven’t been any “XX APPROVAL IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY! Thank you!” Tweets in awhile?
re: #34 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
2016 - somewhat unknown challenger (give him a chance!) vs a woman half the country was taught to hate for no reason
2020 - we see you and know all about you now vs Joe who almost nobody doesnt like
Yep.
NEW: Senate Democrats to introduce resolution condemning Pres. Trump “for ordering Federal officers to use gas and rubber bullets against the Americans who were peaceably protesting in Lafayette Square…thereby violating the constitutional rights of those peaceful protestors.” pic.twitter.com/FAcgsJSyst
— ABC News (@ABC) June 2, 2020
re: #37 Backwoods_Sleuth
Good. At least it is on the record.
re: #37 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m sure Mitch will have fun killing that one.
EDIT: Wait, it’s a resolution. Not a bill. Nevermind.
Good quick rundown from Rolling Stone
re: #34 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
2016 - somewhat unknown challenger (give him a chance!) vs a woman half the country was taught to hate for no reason
2020 - we see you and know all about you now vs Joe who almost nobody doesnt like
Just spitballin’ here, gonna throw this at the wall and see if it sticks, but maybe we should always run somebody everybody likes.
This is what happened when the president tried last month to cite a line from the Bible. https://t.co/ZmIKbs5YPs
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 2, 2020
re: #26 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Yeah: I went out this morning to the drugstore, and the only destruction I saw was that the Duane Reade/Walgreen’s across the street was closed with a broken (glass) door. Probably fixed by now - I guess, unlike Meghan McCain, I live in an uninteresting neighborhood: nowhere near “burn[ed] to the ground” …
re: #24 Joe Bacon 🌹
Uh oh! Somebody made a boo boo!
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If that’s the one I saw the other day, it’s about a year old. Still very relevant.
re: #42 Backwoods_Sleuth
“Four scores and seven beautiful years ago, our three mothers…”
re: #18 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Some historical context of approval/disapproval numbers at this point in past presidencies:
Obama 47.3 Approval; 47.1 Disapproval
W. Bush 44.4 Approval; 49.9 Disapproval
Clinton 55.0 Approval; 37.5 Disapproval
HW Bush 39.6 Approval: 51.1 Disapproval
Reagan 53.7 Approval; 38.0 Disapproval
Carter 38.5 Approval; 52.0 Disapproval
Nixon 62.9 Approval; 28.8 Disapproval
re: #24 Joe Bacon 🌹
Uh oh! Somebody made a boo boo!
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Just for clarification:
A video was shared through social media on May 30, 2020 from an occurrence at 1:00 a.m. on June 1, 2019, a year ago today… Contrary to social media rumors, the individual was not a Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) agent.
re: #46 TarHellion
Wow, why was Carter so high for disapproval? The Hostage crisis?
re: #48 Eclectic Cyborg
Wow, why was Carter so high for disapproval? The Hostage crisis?
Yes and the economy. I despise Reagan but I’d be giddy if Biden used Reagan’s four years ago line with a straight face.
re: #48 Eclectic Cyborg
Yes.
And GWB was already in freefall due to the failures around the Gulf War and the shine of the 9/11 rally effect evaporated. GHWB was dealing with a recession. And Obama was dealing with an obstructionist GOP.
re: #48 Eclectic Cyborg
Wow, why was Carter so high for disapproval? The Hostage crisis?
That and promoting conservation.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, when asked if what we saw at the White House last night was an abuse of power: “By the protestors, yes.”
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) June 2, 2020
*SPIT*
re: #22 Backwoods_Sleuth
I bet Biden has one out well before setting the proper framing.
re: #34 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
2016 - somewhat unknown challenger (give him a chance!) vs a woman half the country was taught to hate for no reason
2020 - we see you and know all about you now vs Joe who almost nobody doesnt like
The one thing Trump has going for him is that 43% approve of him no matter what, and another 2-3% will vote for him because “the Democrat is worse.” That is why the GOP and the Russians will throw as much mud at Biden as they can to try to get 5-6% of the electorate who would never vote for Trump to also decide not to vote for Biden either. It’s just going to be a lot more difficult because he only has a few months to trash Biden while they had been defaming Clinton for decades, misogyny won’t factor in, and now people know that a protest vote could help get Trump reelected, while they thought it was safe in 2016.
Meghan, we live in the same building, and I just walked outside. It’s fine. https://t.co/ZvwNrjL6P7
— Kristen Bartlett (@kristencheeks) June 2, 2020
What is Trump going to do for an encore tonight?
Firebomb a zoo?
Bulldoze an orphanage?
re: #56 b.d. (Follow science, survive and vote!)
What is Trump going to do for an encore tonight?
Firebomb a zoo?
Bulldoze an orphanage?
Steal candy from a child?
The panel is also preparing to propose a $50 million defunding of Barr’s office and will file an amicus brief in the FLYNN case arguing against DOJ’s effort to dismiss the charge.https://t.co/WoaA9W6FUn
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) June 2, 2020
re: #54 NO SMOCKING GUN!
The one thing Trump has going for him is that 43% approve of him no matter what, and another 2-3% will vote for him because “the Democrat is worse.” That is why the GOP and the Russians will throw as much mud at Biden as they can to try to get 5-6% of the electorate who would never vote for Trump to also decide not to vote for Biden either. It’s just going to be a lot more difficult because he only has a few months to trash Biden while they had been defaming Clinton for decades, misogyny won’t factor in, and now people know that a protest vote could help get Trump reelected, while they thought it was safe in 2016.
I go by what I call the 45% rule. In post 9/11 America, presidential candidates are bound to get 45% of the popular vote no matter what.
re: #58 Teukka
Now that I would love to see and photograph it and then spread it all over the internet.
re: #28 Jay C
From last thread:
I’m gonna partially disagree: while Nixon’s use of the phrase was likely just Nixonian bullshit: said “majority” did reelect him in 1972 - in a landslide. A landslide due mainly to the fact that the Democrats ran on what was, by 1972, very much Yesterday’s Issue: the Vietnam War, which had mostly wound down by Election Day.
The landslide was due to the fact that the best positioned candidate Edmund Muskie was forced out of the Democratic race early on by dirty tricks; McGovern got the nomination but then had problems with his original selection of running mate, Thomas Eagleton, who was revealed to have undergone electroshock therapy and was forced off the ticket. I don’t know if another candidate would have been more successful, but Nixon was probably going to win because the economy was doing well, the stock market was flourishing, and, as you said, the war was winding down.
I just got a text that the closest cannabis smoke shop was closed due to vandalism. Here in Illinois the production has yet to catch up to the demand for bud. That shop usually only has vape and edibles.
re: #52 Backwoods_Sleuth
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*SPIT*
I hope Texas will be ready to dump that garbage in 4 years.
re: #64 jeffreyw
I just got a text that the closest cannabis smoke shop was closed due to vandalism. Here in Illinois the production has yet to catch up to the demand for bud. That shop usually only has vape and edibles.
Oooh, so you can mail me gummies??? ////////////
re: #66 KingKenrod
I hope Texas will be ready to dump that garbage in 4 years.
Presidential election year. Cruz has to be a DSCC target.
re: #48 Eclectic Cyborg
The hostage crisis, high interest rates, and high inflation. He had enjoyed a spike in approval back in February with the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid and the U.S. Men’s Hockey team.
re: #56 b.d. (Follow science, survive and vote!)
What is Trump going to do for an encore tonight?
Firebomb a zoo?
Bulldoze an orphanage?
re: #58 Teukka
Steal candy from a child?
A friend on discord came up with this:
“Firebombing an orphanage because he was denied candy by a child there on his way to bulldozing an orphanage”.
re: #67 William Lewis
Oooh, so you can mail me gummies??? ////////////
I’m not setting foot down there until I can be assured of a supply of flower and short lines. If I live that long.
re: #49 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Yes and the economy. I despise Reagan but I’d be giddy if Biden used Reagan’s four years ago line with a straight face.
I’d be willing to bet that the Lincoln Project has got that one in its pocket for use in a future ad. Probably in the last days before the election.
re: #54 NO SMOCKING GUN!
The one thing Trump has going for him is that 43% approve of him no matter what, and another 2-3% will vote for him because “the Democrat is worse.” That is why the GOP and the Russians will throw as much mud at Biden as they can to try to get 5-6% of the electorate who would never vote for Trump to also decide not to vote for Biden either. It’s just going to be a lot more difficult because he only has a few months to trash Biden while they had been defaming Clinton for decades, misogyny won’t factor in, and now people know that a protest vote could help get Trump reelected, while they thought it was safe in 2016.
The other factor in 2016 was that the Libertarian Party ran a “respectable” nominee in Gary Johnson - someone who had actually held statewide office as a Republican. That gave a lot of cover for some Republicans and center-right types to not vote for Clinton while also not voting for Trump. Johnson’s 3.25% nationally was the most votes a third party nominee received since Perot in 1996.
re: #73 makeitstop
I’d be willing to bet that the Lincoln Project has got that one in its pocket for use in a future ad. Probably in the last days before the election.
Yeah I bet they do. They’ve been great.
re: #52 Backwoods_Sleuth
OFFS. If the protesters had power in the first place, none of this shit would be happening.
re: #74 KGxvi
The other factor in 2016 was that the Libertarian Party ran a “respectable” nominee in Gary Johnson - someone who had actually held statewide office as a Republican. That gave a lot of cover for some Republicans and center-right types to not vote for Clinton while also not voting for Trump. Johnson’s 3.25% nationally was the most votes a third party nominee received since Perot in 1996.
Yep.
re: #73 makeitstop
I’d be willing to bet that the Lincoln Project has got that one in its pocket for use in a future ad. Probably in the last days before the election.
The Lincoln Project has an endless supply of material. They put out an ad. Trump’s response gives them material for the next ad. And so on…
re: #48 Eclectic Cyborg
Wow, why was Carter so high for disapproval? The Hostage crisis?
All the things people have mentioned, plus the OPEC oil crisis, and the simple fact that 1977 was some kind of cosmic low point for American culture. Paint fell off the new Fords in dealers’ lots. Russia got in Afghanistan. Three-Mile Island melted a bit. And we had disco.
re: #18 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Trump’s disapproval is back up to 54%. Even Rasmussen has him at 53% disapproval. projects.fivethirtyeight.com
Typically the vote for/against an incumbent president runs pretty close to his approval ratings. So, this would not be good news for Trump, at all. For the rest of the world… it’s a small breath of fresh air.
The same people that have spent recent years doing everything they can to Divide this country.. Are now calming WE’RE dividing it… But CAN’T explain the diversity of the protesters…
— ICE T (@FINALLEVEL) June 2, 2020
re: #65 Joe Bacon 🌹
Waiting for the gerrymandered North Carolina legislature to impeach Roy Cooper…
Fortunately removal requires 2/3 vote of the N.C. Senate.
re: #50 lawhawk
Yes.
And GWB was already in freefall due to the failures around the Gulf War and the shine of the 9/11 rally effect evaporated. GHWB was dealing with a recession. And Obama was dealing with an obstructionist GOP.
Not to mention ‘Heck of a job, Brownie!”
re: #78 Teddy’s Person
The Lincoln Project has an endless supply of material. They put out an ad. Trump’s response gives them material for the next ad. And so on…
And they’ve been pretty adept at re-purposing iconic political spots like the ‘Daisy’ ad and Reagan’s ‘Morning in America’ and ‘Bear in the Woods’ spots.
Those ads no doubt ring bells with OG conservatives. It’s the smartest approach I’ve seen to counter the Party of Trump.
re: #41 Decatur Deb
Just spitballin’ here, gonna throw this at the wall and see if it sticks, but maybe we should always run somebody everybody likes.
Nobody doesn’t like Sara Lee
re: #42 Backwoods_Sleuth
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A pious and learned man
This is what happened when the president tried last month to cite a line from the Bible. https://t.co/ZmIKbs5YPs
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 2, 2020
re: #74 KGxvi
The other factor in 2016 was that the Libertarian Party ran a “respectable” nominee in Gary Johnson - someone who had actually held statewide office as a Republican. That gave a lot of cover for some Republicans and center-right types to not vote for Clinton while also not voting for Trump. Johnson’s 3.25% nationally was the most votes a third party nominee received since Perot in 1996.
And this year they are running a nobody since Amash dropped out of the race.
re: #86 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
But does she have political experience? We need experience now.
re: #88 NO SMOCKING GUN!
And this year they are running a nobody since Amash dropped out of the race.
Greens also have an unknown too.
re: #46 TarHellion
Some historical context of approval/disapproval numbers at this point in past presidencies:
Obama 47.3 Approval; 47.1 Disapproval
W. Bush 44.4 Approval; 49.9 Disapproval
Clinton 55.0 Approval; 37.5 Disapproval
HW Bush 39.6 Approval: 51.1 Disapproval
Reagan 53.7 Approval; 38.0 Disapproval
Carter 38.5 Approval; 52.0 Disapproval
Nixon 62.9 Approval; 28.8 Disapproval
And which incumbents didn’t get reelected?
The two who were more than 10 points underwater
re: #86 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
Nobody doesn’t like Sara Lee
The later lineup of the B-52s had a bass player named Sara Lee.
She came out of the Gang of Four, IIRC.
re: #93 KGxvi
Yeah, I’d expect the third party vote to return to its normal baseline level of about 1% total. Probably a bit less
Agreed.
I.e., a meddlesome priest.
— Triticale (@CyranoKale) June 2, 2020
Thank you all for your insights regarding Carter. I was born in 1981 so he was a bit before my time.
re: #48 Eclectic Cyborg
Wow, why was Carter so high for disapproval? The Hostage crisis?
Hostage Crisis+ 28% inflation+OPEC tripling the price of oil+Kennedy stabbing Carter in the back+Anderson draining anti-Reagan votes
Was toying with this earlier, and he just had to tweet about books…
Funny you should mention books, I was just wondering what the cover for the history book to be written about you will look like: pic.twitter.com/yr2fBl7DYC
— Disloyal Arch (@Arch_LGF) June 2, 2020
re: #69 TarHellion
The hostage crisis, high interest rates, and high inflation. He had enjoyed a spike in approval back in February with the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid and the U.S. Men’s Hockey team.
There’s more
He was a more or less honest and truthful democrat
re: #97 PhillyPretzel
Hmm. It is quiet now. I hope whatever it was it was minor.
I really hope the Biden Team gets that darkened White House image into ads and campaign mailers.
re: #96 sagehen
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All I need to know about Jenna Ellis:
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James Dobson Family Institute
2018 - 20191 year
re: #101 (((Archangel1)))
Was toying with this earlier, and he just had to tweet about books…
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Dinesh is grifting again I see.
re: #65 Joe Bacon 🌹
Waiting for the gerrymandered North Carolina legislature to impeach Roy Cooper…
The can have the GOP convention in Bismarck, ND. I hear the Ramkota Hotel & Conference Center is quite nice.
re: #104 Eclectic Cyborg
I really hope the Biden Team gets that darkened White House image into ads and campaign mailers.
I’m certain we will see it contrasted by the rainbow White House that triggered Ben Shapiro.
re: #106 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Dinesh is grifting again I see.
Again? when did D’Schmuck ever stop? :)
re: #106 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Dinesh is grifting again I see.
Damn, just when Kevin Kruse was going to have a few days to relax!
re: #64 jeffreyw
I just got a text that the closest cannabis smoke shop was closed due to vandalism. Here in Illinois the production has yet to catch up to the demand for bud. That shop usually only has vape and edibles.
I tried to reserve a pick-up time for the only fully-running shop near me and it took me four days. I eventually got through. I would guess they have about 3/4 of normal inventory, but for me a little goes a long way, so I’m probably good for the next few months. Still, I’ll make another journey in the next month or so to get some supplies before the second wave shuts them down again.
re: #107 Dr Lizardo
The can have the GOP convention in Bismarck, ND. I hear the Ramkota Hotel & Conference Center is quite nice.
Oh I’d rather see the 2020 GOP Convention where it really belongs—Branson, Mo!
re: #111 BeachDem
Damn, just when Kevin Kruse was going to have a few days to relax!
Identity socialism lol. Can’t wait for “Bidens America” from this idiot.
re: #111 BeachDem
Damn, just when Kevin Kruse was going to have a few days to relax!
I’m just waiting for another episode of…KRUSE CONTROL!
re: #93 KGxvi
Yeah, I’d expect the third party vote to return to its normal baseline level of about 1% total. Probably a bit less
If it does Trump loses bigly, which is why the GOP and the Russians will run massive disinformation campaigns aimed at leftists who would never vote for Trump, but might be talked into not voting for Biden.
re: #4 Teddy’s Person
Fuck every single Republican who is slinking off instead of defending democracy.
I just finished this very long but excellent discussion of the reasons why they are slinking off.
If you want to understand why, even now, so many high-ranking Republicans are complicit in Donald Trump’s attacks on American democracy, you *must* read this brilliant cover story by @anneapplebaum for @TheAtlantic.https://t.co/3ESQbWFTWO
— Yascha Mounk (@Yascha_Mounk) June 2, 2020
re: #90 PhillyPretzel
But does she have political experience? We need experience now.
Pie. There will be pie.
Breaking news from the Washington Post Barr was the one who ordered that the protesters be pushed back from the DC park.
washingtonpost.com
re: #99 Joe Bacon 🌹
Hostage Crisis+ 28% inflation+OPEC tripling the price of oil+Kennedy stabbing Carter in the back+Anderson draining anti-Reagan votes
Sweaters
..they always get us on wardrobe
re: #99 Joe Bacon 🌹
Hostage Crisis+ 28% inflation+OPEC tripling the price of oil+Kennedy stabbing Carter in the back+Anderson draining anti-Reagan votes
The attempted rescue/chopper crash in the desert was the final nail in that campaign’s coffin.
Also, the unfortunate quip about ‘national malaise.’
re: #119 PhillyPretzel
Breaking news from the Washington Post Barr was the one who ordered that the protesters be pushed back from the DC park.
washingtonpost.com
Trump’s Himmler.
re: #123 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Goering. Miller is Trump’s Himmler.
I am so fucking glad they don’t have a Heydrich…
Absolutely fucking disgusting. https://t.co/wM2drNkM8D
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 2, 2020
re: #116 NO SMOCKING GUN!
If it does Trump loses bigly, which is why the GOP and the Russians will run massive disinformation campaigns aimed at leftists who would never vote for Trump, but might be talked into not voting for Biden.
Right now the truly undecided is running about 4%
While bidens support may not be “enthusiastic”, something big would have to happen for it to bleed off
If trump got *all* the 4% it looks like he’d still be toast by about 6 points nationally
re: #127 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
Right now the truly undecided is running about 4%
While bidens support may not be “enthusiastic”, something big would have to happen for it to bleed offIf trump got *all* the 4% it looks like he’d still be toast by about 6 points nationally
Biden’s secret is the elderly and they vote at a more higher rate than people my age.
re: #119 PhillyPretzel
Breaking news from the Washington Post Barr was the one who ordered that the protesters be pushed back from the DC park.
washingtonpost.com
So where was the “President” when this was going down?
“Where did all those people go, Bill?”
“They left, Mr. President: curfew, y’know”
“All of them?”
“Yes. It’s a very strict curfew.”
“Oh. What’s that smell? Is that tear gas?”
“Uhhh, no: that’s hydroxychloroquine. For disinfecting.”
“OK, then.”
re: #56 b.d. (Follow science, survive and vote!)
What is Trump going to do for an encore tonight?
Firebomb a zoo?
Bulldoze an orphanage?
Nuke the fridge.
re: #128 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Joe Biden’s secret is that he has the common touch. I have seen it many times. He appeals to an individual on their level and he makes them feel as though they matter.
re: #127 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
Right now the truly undecided is running about 4%
While bidens support may not be “enthusiastic”, something big would have to happen for it to bleed offIf trump got *all* the 4% it looks like he’d still be toast by about 6 points nationally
Which, given Republican suppression and ratf*ckery, MIGHT be enough to win.
I don’t always log in. Sometimes I just read.
re: #605 Hecuba’s daughter
Let’s face it — does anyone here really think Trump believes in God? He’s not Pence. Anymouse is probably not around now — but i would argue that Trump is basically an atheist. He’s like his BFF Putin who uses religion to further his goals, but was raised in atheistic Russia, and I’m sure thinks believers are rubes who can be taken to the cleaners.
I wasn’t around at the time you posted this, but I am now.
The thing is, I don’t know. He says he’s a Christian. He displays a lack of knowledge about the Bible, but so do a lot of Christians. He’s apathetic about faith, but so are a lot of Christians. Whatever Presbyterian Church he is a member of has not excommunicated him.
Even with the strong statements yesterday by Episcopalian priests and bishops deploring his actions, none of them said “you are not a Christian.” I figure a pastor or priest should be able to make that determination, not me.
I don’t engage in “he’s not a real Christian” discussions. The same claims are made about Stalin (who went to an Orthodox seminary) and Hitler (who was never excommunicated by the Catholic Church).
Ok, that’s weird. Just found a bag of Cauliflower/Potato Fries in my freezer. Bake them for 12 ~ 13 minutes. Must have gotten them from the pantry because I can’t imagine spending money on them. Well, what the heck, it’s time for some lunch so I’ll try em.
re: #131 PhillyPretzel
Joe Biden’s secret is that he has the common touch. I have seen it many times. He appeals to an individual on their level and he makes them feel as though they matter.
He’s able to empathize with people really well. A lot of his strengths fit this set of circumstances perfectly.
jfc every police force in the country is rotten. https://t.co/7QvmY6BLCP
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 2, 2020
re: #125 Charles Johnson
The President of United States is actively encouraging this behavior.
Right wingers all over Twitter are absolutely ecstatic to see protesters being beaten and pepper-sprayed, and many of them are openly calling for murder.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 2, 2020
re: #125 Charles Johnson
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Openly engaging in brutality, knowing they are being filmed, and not caring. The US is a fascist police state.
re: #135 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
He’s able to empathize with people really well. A lot of his strengths fit this set of circumstances perfectly.
Again, his TAPS speech from 2012—
Short version:
Full speech:
re: #99 Joe Bacon 🌹
Hostage Crisis+ 28% inflation+OPEC tripling the price of oil+Kennedy stabbing Carter in the back+Anderson draining anti-Reagan votes
another thing that really hurt Carter was the Iran rescue mission that was a disaster. Not all his fault, but he got all the blame.
re: #143 BeachDem
Again, his TAPS speech from 2012—
Short version:
Full speech:
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I really think a lot of people and I’ll include myself here underestimated him. I not only think Biden will be a substantial improvement over Trump but I think he will be a good President in his own right.
re: #119 PhillyPretzel
Breaking news from the Washington Post Barr was the one who ordered that the protesters be pushed back from the DC park.
washingtonpost.com
Of course, someone not named Trump is responsible.
re: #79 Decatur Deb
All the things people have mentioned, plus the OPEC oil crisis, and the simple fact that 1977 was some kind of cosmic low point for American culture. Paint fell off the new Fords in dealers’ lots. Russia got in Afghanistan. Three-Mile Island melted a bit. And we had disco.
Don’t forget the clothes.
OMFG, the clothes that men were wearing that year…
re: #142 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Openly engaging in brutality, knowing they are being filmed, and not caring. The US is a fascist police state.
Again, the President has given them the green light to do this. They are not afraid of being held accountable.
“I’m highly recommending they blow you back out of the house with their guns.”
“Be sure of your target and what is beyond it, like the neighbors’ kids across the street and down the block.”
re: #142 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Openly engaging in brutality, knowing they are being filmed, and not caring. The US is a fascist police state.
They care. That’s why they’re arresting and shooting reporters.
re: #147 sagehen
Don’t forget the clothes.
OMFG, the clothes that men were wearing that year…
My parents got married in ‘76 and my dad wore a Lime Green tuxedo. I still make of fun of him for it to this day.
re: #140 Charles Johnson
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Some of the wingnuts on the internets actually have gotten caught planning rounding up “libs” (read: non-wingnuts) for re-education and/or execution. On totally open forums.
And that was far from the only time they have done similar things…— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) June 2, 2020
re: #152 Teukka
The comments always reveal the inner fascist that exists in too many people in this world.
Fun fact: Someone flying backwards when getting shot is a Hollywood fabrication.
An EXPLOSION can throw you backwards, but not getting shot. Now if you get shot, you might get knocked back a few feet or what have you but you won’t go flying through the air like in an action movie.
re: #150 Belafon
They care. That’s why they’re arresting and shooting reporters.
Which is why the media’s* “bothsidesism” is concerning and confusing. If they don’t get the word out, there won’t be a media free enough to report things.
*At least for media that’s not reichwing supporting…
re: #102 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
There’s more
He was a more or less honest and truthful democrat
It also helped candidate Reagan to have the ex-director of the CIA as his VP choice…
re: #146 Teddy’s Person
Of course, someone not named Trump is responsible.
They’re all fucking responsible.
Chester County, PA COVID-19 data:
Confirmed Cases: 2,864
Deaths: 253
+6 deaths over yesterday. Day-to-day confirmed case changes very hard to track due to the way they update the data now on the web-site.
It looks like there was a Memorial Day caused spike since right now 5/29 shows 89 new confirmed cases and that was a bit higher than the running (and currently constantly changing average.) There’s a drop from there to 5/30, but I expect that the reported confirmed cases for the end of May and beginning of June to increase as they process more testing returns (which I think is what is going on.)
Did a grocery run today. The Wegman’s protection efforts has started to scale back a bit. No one at the front entrance controlling rate at which people enter, and a secondary exit appears to be open now as well. Facial covering still required to go inside at least even though there are still people in there who don’t know how to wear masks correctly. Lysol/bleach cleaning products still not to be found, but everything else seems to generally be in stock.
All quiet on the cat front. Neighbor cat opted not to chase Tuxedo Cat when she had the chance after sneaking up on her. Neighbor cat also saw my open front door, came up to the doorway, but opted not to enter upon seeing Fat Cat sitting 3’ away on the far side of the cat barrier. Changed food up on Chat Noir away from his prescription diet stuff simply to get him to eat - I think that’s more important since him starving himself is not the solution.
In the 1970’s Donald Trump was prosecuted by the DOJ for racial housing discrimination.
In the 1980’s Donald Trump demanded the execution of Black youths who were later found innocent. #Biden2020 #VoteBlue #UniteBlue #resist #RacistTrump pic.twitter.com/u2jqPhj4XZ— Lemon Harangue Pie (@Pie_Overlord) June 2, 2020
In the 1990’s Trump said: “Laziness is a trait in Blacks” #Biden2020 #VoteBlue #UniteBlue #resist #RacistTrump pic.twitter.com/mtD2J4uyGp
— Lemon Harangue Pie (@Pie_Overlord) June 2, 2020
re: #144 I Would Prefer Not To
another thing that really hurt Carter was the Iran rescue mission that was a disaster. Not all his fault, but he got all the blame.
Carter also understood that the ultimate responsibility was his though through approving the operation taking place.
re: #153 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
The comments always reveal the inner fascist that exists in too many people in this world.
Indeed.
re: #146 Teddy’s Person
Of course, someone not named Trump is responsible.
Now, if that Donnie feels that Bill Barr is hogging the lime light, he’ll throw him to deflect attention… Or maybe even Donnie realizes that Bill Barr is his main enabler..
re: #149 jaunte
“I’m highly recommending they blow you back out of the house with their guns.”
“Be sure of your target and what is beyond it, like the neighbors’ kids across the street and down the block.”
Nice piece of fearmongering there. If it’s more than rumors than say so, if it’s just rumors make sure to point that out. Maybe say it’s being investigated.
From previous thread:
re: #494 cat-tikvah
There must be a true reckoning. I want Nuremberg style trials.
No one walks.
They have to be held accountable for corruption and criminal actions, betraying America and democracy.
I would agree with that, and I would also add to that: there ought to be an equivalent of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa, after the fall of Apartheid. In that, it’s not just punitive (Which I think would be necessary.), but aids to moves society in a more understanding and healing direction.
re: #163 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
It’s just jaw-droppingly irresponsible for a policeman to advocate for random gun owners to shoot from their houses at whatever if they feel like it.
Perhaps she studied history, and knows what happened to Clara Petacci, the mistress of Mussolini when everything finally fell apart
— Surreal painters were just ahead of the curve (@MutatedReality) June 2, 2020
Clara was a pretty girl who liked jewels & living the high life, and wound up getting dragged behind a jeep and strung up with piano wire from a lamppost when the partisans finally got their hands on the hated dictator.
re: #165 jaunte
It’s just jaw-droppingly irresponsible for a policeman to advocate for random gun owners to shoot from their houses at whatever if they feel like it.
But how fast would they jail a black guy who tried this?
re: #165 jaunte
It’s just jaw-droppingly irresponsible for a policeman to advocate for random gun owners to shoot from their houses at whatever if they feel like it.
They think the race war they having been arming for is finally here.
re: #167 Eclectic Cyborg
But how fast would they jail a black guy who tried this?
Naw, they’d just shoot him.
re: #167 Eclectic Cyborg
I think if it happened anywhere that would be an excuse to bulldoze the entire neighborhood.
re: #147 sagehen
Don’t forget the clothes.
OMFG, the clothes that men were wearing that year…
Polyester Leisure Suits in neon colors.
I plead guilty because I had six of them in the rainbow neon colors—bright red, flaming orange, solar yellow lime green, turquoise blue and light purple—and those were the actual color names that they used!
re: #165 jaunte
It’s just jaw-droppingly irresponsible for a policeman to advocate for random gun owners to shoot from their houses at whatever if they feel like it.
He should have just said that the monsters had arrived on Maple Street.
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re: #162 aatharuv
… Or maybe even Donnie realizes that Bill Barr is his main enabler..
I don’t think Donnie’s that self aware. The Trump rules are simple. Anything that gets positive press is his accomplishment. His alone. Any thing that gets negative press is someone else’s fault.
re: #26 Backwoods_Sleuth
You don’t even see how privileged this makes you look.
— Oh. My. Glob. (@efuseakay) June 2, 2020
re: #154 Eclectic Cyborg
Fun fact: Someone flying backwards when getting shot is a Hollywood fabrication.
An EXPLOSION can throw you backwards, but not getting shot. Now if you get shot, you might get knocked back a few feet or what have you but you won’t go flying through the air like in an action movie.
I came back from the Nam and tried to tell a buddy that. He was sure I was wrong. I said that when you get shot you just fall down. I mentioned that he had shot a duck with a shot gun, did he go flying backwards from the recoil? For every action an equal and opposite reaction? Ring a bell?
“Fucking know it all”, he muttered, “how about I shoot you and we’ll see?”
re: #167 Eclectic Cyborg
But how fast would they jail a black guy who tried this?
I doubt he’d make it to jail.
HOLY SHIT https://t.co/8RR4iDmziM
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) June 2, 2020
According to one survey, 84% of working cops supported Trump in 2016 in case you’re wondering about the ratio of bad apples to good.
— Joshua Holland 🔥 (@JoshuaHol) June 2, 2020
I’m putting German captions on Trump Tweets. My German might be a little weird because I get it mixed up with Yiddish. All the captions mention Great Piles of Shit.
UND DIE BESTE, DIE SCHÖNSTE, DIE UNGLAUBLICHSTE GROßE SCHEIßHAUFE KOMMT BALD pic.twitter.com/4LGBa38UMf
— Lemon Harangue Pie (@Pie_Overlord) June 2, 2020
With unemployment now over 25% nationwide, reminding everyone of your failed covid19 response that has hard hit persons of color isn’t a great idea.
You inherited a strong economy and you have shattered it because you refused to take advice from your predecessor who is black.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) June 2, 2020
UMGESCHLUNGENE SCHEIßBÜNGELEN! pic.twitter.com/OjaZiOY8LX
— Lemon Harangue Pie (@Pie_Overlord) June 2, 2020
GESETZLOS! SCHEIßATOMBOMBE! pic.twitter.com/mHS6WS9RTV
— Lemon Harangue Pie (@Pie_Overlord) June 1, 2020
re: #178 lawhawk
Welcome to Donald Trumps America. You may not survive the day if you’re black.
re: #180 The Pie Overlord!
I’m putting German captions on Trump Tweets. My German might be a little weird because I get it mixed up with Yiddish. All the captions mention Great Piles of Shit.
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I just can’t even. He tweeted out the best is yet to come. Like what’s going on right now pandemic, economic collapse and the violent suppression of protest is good.
Fun fact courtesy of @kksteffany pic.twitter.com/TtQUCqukb6
— Julia Salazar (@JuliaCarmel__) June 2, 2020
re: #179 jaunte
I am not surprised. A woman who used to work the polls who was a D changed to R when she married a cop. She and cop husband went down to Florida for retirement. Before her leaving the area she tried to get “chummy” with me by saying DT is going to be the best President. I just nodded and was thankful went she left for Florida.
16 West Point Cadets Test Positive for COVID-19 upon Returning for Trump’s Commencement Speech https://t.co/8v6axsZy7w
re: #151 Eclectic Cyborg
My parents got married in ‘76 and my dad wore a Lime Green tuxedo. I still make of fun of him for it to this day.
With a frilly shirt?
re: #178 lawhawk
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Medical Workers Fighting COVID Say Cops Are Attacking Them
From the story:
At the hospital, Valentine said some officers took a statement. Then he hired an attorney. Elena Cohen, Valentine’s lawyer, said Tuesday that she and her client are “certainly exploring all legal possibilities.”
“Someone getting seven staples in their head while complying with all laws—that seems to be excessive force,” said Cohen, a civil-rights litigator. “We’re reviewing videos and witness counts and will take whatever actions seem appropriate after that process.”
Hopefully, the priest and others who were assaulted by Barr’s goons last night “while complying with all laws” are also hiring attorneys.
— Cody Keenan (@codykeenan) June 2, 2020
Trump dressed down by retired military officials for unleashing troops on protesters: ‘Fellow citizens are not the enemy’
#TrumpDictatorship is trending on Twitter now.
re: #192 Joe Bacon 🌹
Trump dressed down by retired military officials for unleashing troops on protesters: ‘Fellow citizens are not the enemy’
Unfortunately, it seems like the active duty officials seem all on board for it.
re: #178 lawhawk
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Protective sign
Read up on the Geneva and Hague Conventions regarding Protective signs, and see if you are able to use the red cross/crescent/crystal for medics. However, I can’t stress enough that you need to abide by the limitations for protected objects to be protected. As I recall, red cross/crescent/crystal are protected both in times of war and in times of peace, and attacking them without proper cause is very bad optics for the attacker. Red crystal sign in pic.
re: #194 Citizen K
Unfortunately, it seems like the active duty officials seem all on board for it.
Do you have a poll for that?
re: #124 William Lewis
I am so fucking glad they don’t have a Heydrich…
Stephen Miller fits the bill there.
Just ask the kids in cages on the border.
Meanwhile, Facebook employees are having a little revolution against Zuckerberg.
A Facebook employee resigns.
“Mark always told us that he would draw the line at speech that calls for violence. He showed us on Friday that this was a lie.” pic.twitter.com/29YbQ0I27O— Donie O’Sullivan (@donie) June 2, 2020
re: #125 Charles Johnson
That’s what a 1st Amendment violation really looks like. Not being fact checked on Twitter.
“I’m press, I’m press, I’m press! I’m with the Des Moines Register,” she keeps clearly repeating as she tries to move out of the area.
Police surround her, then pepper spray her in the eyes anyways. https://t.co/emnbIMzMUG— U.S. Press Freedom Tracker (@uspresstracker) June 2, 2020
re: #178 lawhawk
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HOLY SHIT https://t.co/8RR4iDmziM
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) June 2, 2020
Attacking protected objects without proper cause is very bad optics for the attacker, and depending on situation, can land the attacker in trouble of the international variety.
Starting point for more info: https://t.co/xrbZxIokM6— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) June 2, 2020
a much better front page than the NYT in my opinion https://t.co/wIRrrbOMNl pic.twitter.com/sWZNLhHIrH
— Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) June 2, 2020
re: #176 jeffreyw
I came back from the Nam and tried to tell a buddy that. He was sure I was wrong. I said that when you get shot you just fall down. I mentioned that he had shot a duck with a shot gun, did he go flying backwards from the recoil? For every action an equal and opposite reaction? Ring a bell?
“Fucking know it all”, he muttered, “how about I shoot you and we’ll see?”
From Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried: “But Ted Lavender, who was scared, carried 34 rounds when he was shot and killed outside Than Khe, and he went down under an exceptional burden, more than 20 pounds of ammunition, plus the flak jacket and helmet and rations and water and toilet paper and tranquilizers and all the rest, plus the unweighed fear. He was dead weight. There was no twitching or flopping. Kiowa, who saw it happen, said it was like watching a rock fall, or a big sandbag or something—just boom, then down—not like the movies where the dead guy rolls around and does fancy spins and goes ass over teakettle—not like that, Kiowa said, the poor bastard just flat-fuck fell. Boom. Down. Nothing else.”
Season 1 of TWD spin-off, Fear The TWD, in which LA is torn apart by riots in the midst of a pandemic resulting in a military crackdown, is looking pretty damn prescient right about now.
THESE PEOPLE
Ivanka carried the prop Bible across the street in that purse, and handed it to Donald once he got to his posing spot on the church sidewalk.
Go to 4:45 in this video and you’ll see the handoff.https://t.co/caD3hPqHTI pic.twitter.com/6dh8guEfap— Loren Collins (@LorenCollins) June 2, 2020
re: #205 Charles Johnson
THESE PEOPLE
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Because you know damn well Trump had never held that Bible in his life before the daughter wife handed it to him.
And Macron turned down the invitation.
Trump has been soundly rebuffed by other World leaders. They will not enable him by providing him with any credibility with another G7 meeting. I doubt there will be another one until next year, after Trump is gone.— Nicholas Miller🇨🇦🇬🇧 (@nicholasrmiller) June 2, 2020
and AUstralia are launching an investigation in to why their press were brutally attacked by US police
— JenniferJHenry (@jenniferjhenry) June 2, 2020
Tangerine tantrum in 1, 2, 3…
North Carolina governor calls full GOP convention ‘unlikely’ https://t.co/fpk2ODxwtD pic.twitter.com/3D8C85kxPZ
— New York Post (@nypost) June 2, 2020
Wow. The protests are actually getting larger. We may have hit some kind of tipping point. Trump’s explicit brutality is enraging people.
Holy shit this is literally endless. This is the #BlackLivesMatter protest in NYC right now.
pic.twitter.com/721nNuH9rx— Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) June 2, 2020
re: #52 Backwoods_Sleuth
*SPIT*
Cruz doubles down and gets pushback from the reporter.
Kasie, if you’re going to use my quote, pls use the entire quote (don’t selectively omit the last two words):
Q: “Is what we saw at the White House last night an abuse of power?”
A: “By the protestors, yes: THE VIOLENCE.”— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) June 2, 2020
Here’s what Sen. Cruz said to me before lunch. He also spoke again after lunch; I can post some of those comments after this news conference. pic.twitter.com/XZS7coQ4A3
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) June 2, 2020
re: #210 Charles Johnson
Wow. The protests are actually getting larger. We may have hit some kind of tipping point. Trump’s explicit brutality is enraging people.
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Over/under on Trump and the GOP escalating this to an international incident?
re: #41 Decatur Deb
Just spitballin’ here, gonna throw this at the wall and see if it sticks, but maybe we should always run somebody everybody likes.
If we ran George Washington conservatives would smear him.
I thought Dems were environmentalists!!! Why are you running someone who chopped down a cherry tree, you hypocrites, henghhh???? Checkmate, libs!!!
Philly will have another curfew this time it will be at 8:30 PM because of the polls being open to 8:00 PM.
kywnewsradio.radio.com
re: #51 Teddy’s Person
That and promoting conservation.
One of the first things Ronald Reagan did upon taking over the White House was have the solar panels removed that Jimmy Carter had put up.
re: #214 PhillyPretzel
Philly will have another curfew this time it will be at 8:30 PM because of the polls being open to 8:00 PM.
kywnewsradio.radio.com
The curfews and the enforcement of same is a huge reason why these protests are turning violent.
The moment the curfew comes down, the cops spring into beast mode and decide that they’re above the law.
re: #196 Belafon
Do you have a poll for that?
No polls, but considering how briskly military units have geared up (like appropriating the LA Convention Center as a staging base about as quick as possible), a General and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff overseeing things in DC in fatigues, and the lack of statement from anyone else in the military to the contrary, that kind of sends a message, doesn’t it?
re: #213 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
If we ran George Washington conservatives would smear him.
I thought Dems were environmentalists!!! Why are you running someone who chopped down a cherry tree, you hypocrites, henghhh???? Checkmate, libs!!!
Well, slaveowners would be out, and then there’s Franklin’s love life…..
Los Angeles County continues 6PM curfew tonight and tomorrow.
re: #212 Teukka
Over/under on Trump and the GOP escalating this to an international incident?
Guaranteed.
re: #215 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
One of the first things Ronald Reagan did upon taking over the White House was have the solar panels removed that Jimmy Carter had put up.
I remember as a teen my extended family having fits that Carter suggested setting the thermostat at 68 and putting on a sweater. That’s what we did at my house and when we went to my maternal grandparents house it was so hot. They cranked up the heat to own the libs.
A major NYPD police union, the Sergeant Benevolent Association, just…doxxed De Blasio’s daughter, tweeting out PII (redacted) including her government IDI #’s (h/t @dellcam) pic.twitter.com/koXniZh80O
— Avi Asher-Schapiro (@AASchapiro) June 1, 2020
It seems that Cuomo doesn’t really care for de Blasio:
.@NYGovCuomo: “But I believe in the inherent capacity of the NYPD if managed and if deployed. That’s what I think hasn’t worked and that has to be fixed and it has to be fixed today.” (2/2)
— Jimmy Vielkind (@JimmyVielkind) June 2, 2020
Our statement on @ABC11_WTVD refusing to air our ad, “Flag of Treason” pic.twitter.com/B9WY89vw6q
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) June 2, 2020
The ad is ‘inflammatory.’ But they prolly ran Trump’s stunt in full yesterday.
re: #225 Joe Bacon 🌹
That is true. It is good to see that there people who understand science as well as religion.
Meghan, we live in the same building, and I just walked outside. It’s fine. https://t.co/ZvwNrjL6P7
— Kristen Bartlett (@kristencheeks) June 2, 2020
re: #216 lawhawk
The curfews and the enforcement of same is a huge reason why these protests are turning violent.
Sorry, this ignores the fact that the curfews weren’t put into place until after days of late night looting and burning.
Not saying the curfews are the answer but they certainly aren’t the cause. The curfew in NYC was 11pm yesterday and the worst looting was between 8-11pm.
re: #79 Decatur Deb
All the things people have mentioned, plus the OPEC oil crisis, and the simple fact that 1977 was some kind of cosmic low point for American culture. Paint fell off the new Fords in dealers’ lots. Russia got in Afghanistan. Three-Mile Island melted a bit. And we had disco.
Disco libelz.
Which plague are we on?
Yesterday:
Dangerous aquatic life warning: Man o’ war ‘swarms’ possible in Myrtle Beach area
Today:
Snake slithers into power station and causes a blackout, SC company says
re: #229 gocart mozart
Meghan has never recovered from that time Starbucks misspelled her name.
OK but in this case the grownups are really just co-dependent enablers muttering disapproval in the corner
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) June 2, 2020
Is Trump going to come and rough them up so he can look tough? https://t.co/WTs2VF5m0D pic.twitter.com/bVIcbIHcUH
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) June 2, 2020
The base of a massive Confederate monument in Alabama’s largest city was all that remained Tuesday after crews dismantled the towering obelisk and trucked it away in pieces. https://t.co/8Rcai0Ql3h
— Florida Times-Union (@jaxdotcom) June 2, 2020
“… Alabama authorities said Birmingham would face a $25,000 assessment for violating a state law that bans the removal of such monuments. Mayor Randall Woodfin said the fine would be much more affordable than the cost of continued unrest in the city. …”
Also:
“… In Alexandria, Virginia, it was the United Daughters of the Confederacy that took action early Tuesday, removing the statue of a soldier gazing south from Old Town since 1889. And outside Tampa, Florida, a Sons of Confederate Veterans chapter lowered a huge Confederate battle flag that has long been flown in view of two interstate highways. …”
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Mayor of Alexandria:
Alexandria, like all great cities, is constantly changing and evolving. pic.twitter.com/CZTjlOkpfT
— Justin Wilson (@justindotnet) June 2, 2020
re: #233 A Thousand Points Of Light…..Like Bullet Holes
Meghan has never recovered from that time Starbucks misspelled her name.
I’ll channel my late mother, who in the 1980s commented on Julian Lennon, “it’s a good thing he has a famous father.”
re: #226 Belafon
It seems that Cuomo doesn’t really care for de Blasio:
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Never has.
re: #233 Allow me to light that for you…
Meghan has never recovered from that time Starbucks misspelled her name.
And the barista didn’t really care who her father was.
re: #227 makeitstop
I though this might be a Sinclair station, but no- it’s owned by Disney.
re: #237 Teddy’s Person
Her having a job on air on the View is a joke.
She spews lies and stains what little was left of her fathers legacy.
Once in a while she says something like she has a soul, quickly followed by shit like that.
That appeared to be a CS grenade, not fireworks
— 𝙒𝘽 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 🍕🐀😷 (@FormerDirtDart) June 2, 2020
re: #98 Eclectic Cyborg
Thank you all for your insights regarding Carter. I was born in 1981 so he was a bit before my time.
I voted for him for you against Reagan, though it hurt my Navy career to do so. (Officers on my ship were directed to “review federal ballots” to “prevent fraud”—screening for people who voted for Carter. That was later reflected in personnel evaluations. That’s illegal of course, but try to do something about it.)
re: #244 makeitstop
That is another way to look at it.
re: #243 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I voted for him for you against Reagan, though it hurt my Navy career to do so. (Officers on my ship were directed to “review federal ballots” to “prevent fraud”—screening for people who voted for Carter. That was later reflected in personnel evaluations. That’s illegal of course, but try to do something about it.)
I was 26 days too young to vote in that election.
NYPD is as much a problem now as it was years ago. Blue wall of silence. Refusal to purge department of those who abuse.
And they’re going after De Blasio for mere mention of accountability, while Cuomo plays into this game too.
There needs to be widespread and systematic reform.
For starters, every fucking department in the nation that gives a presser about protest arrests needs to be asked how many cops were arrested for excessive force in said protests (in places where documented cases have occurred within the past week - to set a limit). Given that the answer is virtually none of those have been held accountable in any fashion, that’s why these protests continue. The cops aren’t going to get ahead of the protests because they keep revealing the protesters are right. The cops are out of control and don’t give a shit about persons of color and that they’ll go full fascist at the behest of the Trumpists and white nationalists in their midst.
319 officers were found to have engaged in conduct worth firing for, but they still have their jobs.
At least 250 employees faced accusations of using excessive force, threatening someone, getting into a fight, or firing their gun unnecessarily. Some faced only minor penalties. School safety agents Rufus Felder, Lydia Goodwin, and Timothy Wheeler, for example, each lost five vacation days after using excessive force against students. After striking someone on the head and threatening to kill two people, Detective Denise Rinaldi lost 20 vacation days.
NYPD rules say that, barring exceptional circumstances, officers who lie about a “material matter” must lose their jobs. But of the more than 100 employees in these files who were accused of lying on official reports, under oath, or during an internal affairs investigation, only a handful were fired, while others were docked anywhere from a few days to a month of vacation time. Officer Alexis Valdez, for example, lost 30 vacation days when he was found to have given false testimony to a grand jury.
Of at least two dozen officers accused of conducting illegal searches, three-quarters suffered only a verbal reprimand, the loss of a few vacation days, or a similar penalty. Officer Erlene Wiltshire lost five vacation days after the department found she conducted a strip search without her supervisor’s approval or a reasonable suspicion that the individual had concealed evidence under her clothes.
The department found at least 16 employees falsified records to collect overtime. Sgt. Ruben Duque, for example, submitted false overtime claims 93 times. He was put on probation, forfeited 30 vacation days, and ordered to pay back $6,000. Duque remains on the force today and collected over $50,000 in overtime pay in 2017, according to the latest New York City payroll data.
The process is broken, the Unions hold tremendous sway, even in political elections, and prosecutors need them to go after criminals (who aren’t wearing blue).
re: #244 makeitstop
I have a JHS Supreme fuzz on order. Might take a few weeks. It’s a clone of my old Univox Super Fuzz. I’ve went through quite a few high end fuzzes and never found one I can use in live band. This I think will fill the bill and it sounds good with single coils.
Stay safe.
I enlarged the picture, those t-shirts worn by the riders, which you may have noticed are the same, have an image of George Floyd, with ‘I can’t breath’ written across his mouth
Protest Texas style pic.twitter.com/7OQyhnczo7
— Elizabeth Findell (@efindell) June 2, 2020
The king of Law & Order is not on Trump’s side.
Craig Gore, a staff member on the upcoming Law & Order: SVU spinoff starring Christopher Meloni, was fired Tuesday after his Instagram post about getting violent with looters got significant attention on social media.
“I will not tolerate this conduct, especially during our hour of national grief,” Law & Order boss Dick Wolf said in a statement. “I am terminating Craig Gore immediately.” Source: TVLine
re: #242 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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Looks like fireworks to me. It came from the wrong direction to have been fired by the police, and it didn’t seem to be releasing enough gas to be a cs canister.
re: #250 Teddy’s Person
He’ll have plenty of time to watch SVU: Unemployment Edition.
A good debunker of false crap:
recommended by Daniel Dale
As usual, @JaneLytv is a helpful person to follow right now. She’s rapidly debunking inaccurate viral claims of all kinds. https://t.co/kaf7qZ4nnE
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 2, 2020
re: #226 Belafon
It seems that Cuomo doesn’t really care for de Blasio:
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New York City mayors and New York State governors have almost always hated each other.
among other reasons… the state administers the federal mass transit money, and way too much of it somehow ends up going to the municipal bus systems in Rochester, Syracuse, Buffalo, Albany, Schenectedy, White Plains, etc. Then there’s not enough to do NYC subway maintenance or new construction, the mayor gets pissed off, and the state legislature laughs because they’re mostly red districts and they hate the city. Then when the legislature is forced to send funds to the city… too much goes to Staten Island.
re: #253 BeachDem
A good debunker of false crap:
recommended by Daniel Dale
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I saw the Soros fake quote about using African American anger to start a race war. Soros really is the 21st century Protocols. I’m so sick that we’re still seeing the same antisemitic tripe that inspired the pogroms, Holocaust, & countless antisemitic dictators and agitation the past century.
re: #255 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
You are not the only one.
Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force
Thread:
Who am I?
I am a Black man who happens to be the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force.
I am George Floyd…I am Philando Castile, I am Michael Brown, I am Alton Sterling, I am Tamir Rice.
(1) pic.twitter.com/KuVpPkAjcm— Kaleth O. Wright (@cmsaf18) June 1, 2020
‘I Am George Floyd:’ Top Enlisted Airman Voices Outrage, Calls for Justice Review https://t.co/aVlPBfl2xH
Chief of Staff of the Air Force
Text made its way around social media. USAF officials confirm it went to Wing CCs last night, after CMSAF’s letter.
— Brian Everstine (@beverstine) June 2, 2020
Cheers rose up from the crowd as these dudes rolled up. Clip-clip-clip-clop. pic.twitter.com/x1h8UpmyQy
— Mike Hixenbaugh (@Mike_Hixenbaugh) June 2, 2020
Oh, you have to shake it a little to activate the two Corinthians. Every Christian knows that. https://t.co/RVGUGKMQYM
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) June 2, 2020
re: #257 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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Had no idea about the rise of suicide in the armed forces. I’ve known that morale was a problem. Two of my cousins are in the armed forces right now so I’ve definitely tried to be on top of military news more since then.
re: #257 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
I am Spartacus still rings true.
re: #203 Barefoot Grin
The craziest Hollywood ‘fly backwards when hit’, though, is arrows. You won’t knock somebody off a horse with an arrow, even shot from a bow that makes a wholly unrealistic ‘creaking’ noise when you draw it. (if your bow makes that noise, it’ll break before you get to full draw. Think about it.)
re: #247 lawhawk
NYPD is as much a problem now as it was years ago. Blue wall of silence. Refusal to purge department of those who abuse.
And they’re going after De Blasio for mere mention of accountability, while Cuomo plays into this game too.
There needs to be widespread and systematic reform.
…
the police accountability problem is very similar to the gun accountability problem
- there is (apparently / hopefully) a small minority who are demonstrably dangerous, irresponsible, careless and reckless…
- the other 95%+, the responsible ones, for some reason do not want to create a fair system to purge out the worst of them.
-probably they fear they might themselves get swept up in a system of accountability
- so they all get tarred with the same brush
some for being the idiots
the rest for protecting and enabling them
re: #261 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Had no idea about the rise of suicide in the armed forces. I’ve known that morale was a problem. Two of my cousins are in the armed forces right now so I’ve definitely tried to be on top of military news more since then.
Imagine finding out you hate your job and not only is it nearly impossible to leave before your contract ends, but, if you try it will ruin your chances to get a lot of jobs after you leave.
re: #254 sagehen
New York City mayors and New York State governors have almost always hated each other.
among other reasons… the state administers the federal mass transit money, and way too much of it somehow ends up going to the municipal bus systems in Rochester, Syracuse, Buffalo, Albany, Schenectedy, White Plains, etc. Then there’s not enough to do NYC subway maintenance or new construction, the mayor gets pissed off, and the state legislature laughs because they’re mostly red districts and they hate the city. Then when the legislature is forced to send funds to the city… too much goes to Staten Island.
42% of the state lives in NYC (8.3 million out of 19.45 million). NYS GDP is $1.7 trillion. NYC is a huge percentage of that (the NYC combined statistical area has a GDP of $1.5 trillion, but that includes outside 5 borough). It’s a disproportionate percentage of the economic power of the state, and it gets back proportionally less from NYS than it delivers in revenue.
It’s the same situation as blue states sending more revenue to the feds than they get back. In fact, it’s perhaps even worse than the typical situation (balance of payments). NYC never gets back what it pays to the state. That’s why taxes are even higher and they’re at the behest of the rest of the state on MTA projects - Cuomo is notorious for messing with the MTA and forced the ouster of effective leaders like Byford because he was getting too much good press for fixing Cuomo’s mess of accelerating the 2A subway by taking funds from other higher priority projects.
re: #255 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I saw the Soros fake quote about using African American anger to start a race war. Soros really is the 21st century Protocols. I’m so sick that we’re still seeing the same antisemitic tripe that inspired the pogroms, Holocaust, & countless antisemitic dictators and agitation the past century.
The conspiracy theories wingnuts are posting on Facebook are batshit insane.
It’s been 6 years since Tamir Rice.
4 years since Philando Castile.
1 week since George Floyd.
Until we have serious consequences and accountability for police brutality, these tragedies won’t end.— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) June 2, 2020
So far…
Merkel said FUCK YOU to Trump
Macron said FUCK YOU to Trump
Justin Trudeau will be next in line to say FUCK YOU to Trump.
Boris Johnson said FUCK YOU to Putin.
Congratulations, Trump! You’ve fucked up another alliance!
re: #267 NO SMOCKING GUN!
The conspiracy theories wingnuts are posting on Facebook are batshit insane.
I know. I’m honestly surprised my rant I posted earlier on my TL didn’t trigger any right wingers. I know I got some true right wing believers.
March begins. Again this is only a fraction of the crowd #GeorgeFloyd #Houston #Houstonprotest #BlackLivesMatter #BLM pic.twitter.com/EW8GkKYTvF
— Robert Downen (@RobDownenChron) June 2, 2020
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 2, 2020
This is the scene in Paris, where thousands have gathered to protest in solidarity with Americans against racism and human rights violations in the United States.pic.twitter.com/srh8Xfxpc9
— Travis Akers (@travisakers) June 2, 2020
re: #87 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
A pious and learned man
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re: #268 jaunte
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again…when there is a long an unending string of events, they are not anomalies
it’s business as usual
It’s been 6 years since Tamir Rice.
4 years since Philando Castile.
1 week since George Floyd.
Until we have serious consequences and accountability for police brutality, these tragedies won’t end.— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) June 2, 2020
re: #272 Charles Johnson
I am surprised too.
re: #267 NO SMOCKING GUN!
The conspiracy theories wingnuts are posting on Facebook are batshit insane.
My family is posting the Q shit that’s been cranked up to 12. Insisting that the Mole Children will appear on OANN which will trigger the arrests of Soros, Obama, Bill, Hillary, Hunter, Joe and thousands of satanic Democrats. They insist that this is the storm…oh and JFK Jr. is going to appear beside Trump…
re: #271 jaunte
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If we weren’t in the midst of a pandemic, I would feel nothing put pride for how the resistance is exercising it’s free speech rights. But as is I do fear a big wave of infections.
re: #276 Joe Bacon 🌹
My family is posting the Q shit that’s been cranked up to 12. Insisting that the Mole Children will appear on OANN which will trigger the arrests of Soros, Obama, Bill, Hillary, Hunter, Joe and thousands of satanic Democrats. They insist that this is the storm…oh and JFK Jr. is going to appear beside Trump…
My mom posted what amounted to a giant LEAVE TRUMP ALONE!!!! earlier this morning. After watching his SS thugs tear-gas peaceful protestors, attack a church, and assault a reporter and cameraman - sparking a full-fledged goddamn international incident - I literally cannot even with my family right now.
re: #255 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I saw the Soros fake quote about using African American anger to start a race war. Soros really is the 21st century Protocols. I’m so sick that we’re still seeing the same antisemitic tripe that inspired the pogroms, Holocaust, & countless antisemitic dictators and agitation the past century.
Well, Lara Logan, after having her bullshit Antifa crap debunked, now thinks she’s Nelson Mandella, so there’s that.
What are they going to do when SOROS dies? There will be a lengthy period of mourning from the right-wing lunatics I fear.
re: #276 Joe Bacon 🌹
My family is posting the Q shit that’s been cranked up to 12. Insisting that the Mole Children will appear on OANN which will trigger the arrests of Soros, Obama, Bill, Hillary, Hunter, Joe and thousands of satanic Democrats. They insist that this is the storm…oh and JFK Jr. is going to appear beside Trump…
They are lunatics.
re: #269 Joe Bacon 🌹
So far…
Merkel said FUCK YOU to Trump
Macron said FUCK YOU to Trump
Justin Trudeau will be next in line to say FUCK YOU to Trump.
Boris Johnson said FUCK YOU to Putin.Congratulations, Trump! You’ve fucked up another alliance!
So we just need Italy and Japan to make it a clean sweep.
1️⃣5️⃣0️⃣ Philadelphia, PA: cop pulls down a protestor’s mask to pepper-spray her in the face as she’s kneeling with her hands up, then the cop sprays another one, then he pushes over a third to make sure he can pepper-spray them in the face too
pic.twitter.com/Ca3liTraTH— T. Greg Doucette (@greg_doucette) June 2, 2020
re: #276 Joe Bacon 🌹
… They insist that this is the storm…oh and JFK Jr. is going to appear beside Trump…
Did they say where the meetup will be?
Noise outside, and helicopters, so I look out and see a “march” (really just a lot of people) going up my street (Park Ave. So): not in order, just walking: all dressed mostly in black, so not just a random crowd.
OK: gone now: weird, because the Ave. wasn’t closed: traffic just seems to have waited for them.
Life in 2020…..
Science time y’all!
The effect of the promiscuity stereotype on opposition to gay rights
Abstract
Opposition to gay rights is prevalent in countries around the world. Recent correlational research suggests that opposition to gay rights may be driven by an interaction between one’s own short-term mating orientation (i.e. willingness to engage in casual sex) and representations of gay people as sexually promiscuous. Here, we experimentally manipulated representations of gay men by randomly assigning participants to read one of two versions of a fictitious newspaper article, one of which contained faux scientific evidence confirming the stereotype that gay men are promiscuous, and the other containing faux scientific evidence refuting the stereotype. We found that the manipulation interacted with short-term mating orientation (STMO) to predict opposition to gay rights, such that low-STMO individuals (i.e. more averse to casual sex) exhibited more support for gay rights when assigned to read the stereotype-refuting article compared to the stereotype-confirming article, whereas high-STMO individuals (i.e. less averse to casual sex) were not significantly influenced by the manipulation. We discuss the implications of these findings for the study of antigay attitudes, as well as for recent societal changes in acceptance of homosexuality./blockquote>
It is excellent that police officers are expressing solidarity with those protesting police brutality. It is terrible that both protesters and officers have adopted the Kaepernick kneeling symbology, which indicts America writ large as a racist nation.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) June 2, 2020
Narrator voice: It is.
re: #279 BeachDem
Well, Lara Logan, after having her bullshit Antifa crap debunked, now thinks she’s Nelson Mandella, so there’s that.
What are they going to do when SOROS dies? There will be a lengthy period of mourning from the right-wing lunatics I fear.
I dunno but they will find someone or something. It’s just heartbreaking as a student of history to see some of the worst parts of history repeat itself. It’s not a matter of one’s age. It’s a matter of one’s values and it’s why my first presidential financial donation went to the fella who likes to quote Heaney.
re: #272 Charles Johnson
As a first-generation Dutch-American, I say “goed gedaan mijn broers en zussen”
re: #282 Charles Johnson
Hey, Philly, if Atlanta can charge six cops for pulling people out of a car, you can charge an officer for using excess force.
re: #283 Decatur Deb
Did they say where the meetup will be?
They’re waiting for the next “breadcrumb” from Q…who I would not be surprised is Snowden working with his GRU pals and they’re laughing their asses off at how stupid Americans are!
re: #287 Blind Frog Belly White
Time to wake up, Ben.
re: #283 Decatur Deb
Did they say where the meetup will be?
That’s why Trump went to the local Holy Trinket Museum, so the corpse of JFK Jr. could be reanimated.
re: #287 Blind Frog Belly White
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Hot take from someone who never has given the pretext of understanding people angry about police brutality.
re: #292 jaunte
Time to wake up, Ben.
Hey, this is a guy who didn’t think Milo was a Nazi, or at least Nazi-curious.
re: #287 Blind Frog Belly White
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re: #277 NO SMOCKING GUN!
If we weren’t in the midst of a pandemic, I would feel nothing put pride for how the resistance is exercising it’s free speech rights. But as is I do fear a big wave of infections.
Alabama has 651 dead in 3 months, almost 600 of them AA. You don’t need Bull Connor when you have CV-19.
re: #269 Joe Bacon 🌹
So far…
Merkel said FUCK YOU to Trump
Macron said FUCK YOU to Trump
Justin Trudeau will be next in line to say FUCK YOU to Trump.
Boris Johnson said FUCK YOU to Putin.Congratulations, Trump! You’ve fucked up another alliance!
At this point, it may end up being the G6 once we get kicked out.
Millions are protesting around the world against human rights violations in the United States.
Here was the scene in Amsterdam.pic.twitter.com/B8bqAbuuu0— Travis Akers (@travisakers) June 2, 2020
protest for #BlackLivesMatter in new zealand today. we may be a little country but we are going to use our voice pic.twitter.com/sNbvJJPERy
— maia (@rpankws) June 1, 2020
LIVE in Tel Aviv #JusticeForGeorge pic.twitter.com/5VdeG0cEEw
— Hallel Silverman (@JustHallel) June 2, 2020
re: #295 Blind Frog Belly White
Hey, this is a guy who didn’t think Milo was a Nazi, or at least Nazi-curious.
Worked for Steve Bannon yet thinks he can shame Democratic voting Jews.
north carolina says nuh-uh and maybe buh-bye
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) rejected the GOP’s plans for a full-fledged convention in Charlotte, telling Republican officials the only way the convention would move forward is with proper health protocols in place, Politico reports.
Said Cooper in a letter: “The people of North Carolina do not know what the status of COVID-19 will be in August, so planning for a scaled-down convention with fewer people, social distancing and face coverings is a necessity.”
…
“Neither public health officials nor I will risk the health and safety of North Carolinians by providing the guarantee you seek.”
re: #287 Blind Frog Belly White
Has the though ever crossed your nanocephalic mind that racism in the United States not only exists, but is now being amplified by none other than @realDonaldTrump ? Some of the most stupidest people have advanced degrees - and that includes you, Bengy. https://t.co/XBRF7TigKG
— ericfruitbat (@ericfruitbat) June 2, 2020
re: #299 DodgerFan1988
“Millions are protesting around the world against human rights violations in the United States.”
Now there’s a sentence I’d never thought I’d read outside of dystopian fiction.
re: #291 Joe Bacon 🌹
They’re waiting for the next “breadcrumb” from Q…who I would not be surprised is Snowden working with his GRU pals and they’re laughing their asses off at how stupid Americans are!
Betting there will be a big, vicious dog with three heads. Sad, Trump hates dogs.
re: #300 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Worked for Steve Bannon yet thinks he can shame Democratic voting Jews.
“But George Soros isn’t REALLY a Jew by my definition, so accusing him of being a rootless cosmopolitan banker pulling the strings to keep the white man down isn’t antisemitic!”
For the record:
1) Minnesota AG Keith Ellison has reiterated his commitment to charging the other three officers with something, as soon as his office can figure out what to charge them with;
2) Shit is hitting the fan big-time with the police, as the union chief has been called upon to resign by the former chief of the MPD and the head of the AFL-CIO, as well as an investigation by the MN Department of Civil Rights into 10 years of MPD abuses of power.
re: #299 DodgerFan1988
Trump: Why are all of these countries attacking me?!
re: #307 Belafon
Trump: Why are all of these countries attacking me?!
It generally helps if you don’t send jackbooted thugs to beat the ever-loving shit out of foreign journalists, pal. Just as a starting point.
re: #306 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
For the record:
1) Minnesota AG Keith Ellison has reiterated his commitment to charging the other three officers with something, as soon as his office can figure out what to charge them with;
2) Shit is hitting the fan big-time with the police, as the union chief has been called upon to resign by the former chief of the MPD and the head of the AFL-CIO, as well as an investigation by the MN Department of Civil Rights into 10 years of MPD abuses of power.
The protests and riots seem to be working.
re: #283 Decatur Deb
Did they say where the meetup will be?
Perhaps here?
JFK Jr’s grave looks like a Q. #Qanon pic.twitter.com/bIlyYCrvN8
— Michael ST 2256 (@MichaelSt222195) May 4, 2018
Also, that is not actually a picture of John F. Kennedy Jr.’s gravesite. But these are mere thorns in the white rabbit’s paw. We can all see the general gist of the truth.
JFK Jr. didn’t die! He runs QAnon! And he’s No. 1 Trump fan, omg!!!
washingtonpost.com
Still my favorite Q story—from 2018
re: #307 Belafon
Because DT you are a bully and since the press won’t take you down our allies are doing it.
re: #305 Blind Frog Belly White
“But George Soros isn’t REALLY a Jew by my definition, so accusing him of being a rootless cosmopolitan banker pulling the strings to keep the white man down isn’t antisemitic!”
One of my favorite conspiracy theories is that the nine year old George Soros somehow took part in the execution of the Holocaust(which some of these ghouls also like to deny happened).
re: #309 Belafon
The protests and riots seem to be working.
With respect to the union chief, it really didn’t help his case that he opened his big racist yap and said that the officers were “wrongfully terminated” and should be reinstated immediately. That immediately drew fire from literally everybody with a functioning brain who doesn’t want to see the union permanently busted.
re: #298 Eclectic Cyborg
At this point, it may end up being the G6 once we get kicked out.
And the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing consortium… will be Four Eyes (the jokes write themselves).
UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have all recently expressed extreme dissatisfaction and distrust of the U.S.
Susan Collins emerges to both sides this bitch.
“It was painful to watch peaceful protesters be subjected to tear gas in order for the president to go across the street to a church that I believe he’s attended only once,” she [Collins] said.
“All of us are upset at the fire that was set at the church, an historic house of worship for many, many presidents, but I thought the president came across as unsympathetic and as insensitive to the rights of people to peacefully protest,” she added. Source: The Hill
Probably been shared here already, but bears repeating:
Y’all can understand a white kid shooting up a school cuz he was bullied after 4 months of school but don’t understand why an oppressed group is compelled to burn shit down after 400yrs
— Oski Isaiah (@MoneyOsk) May 31, 2020
re: #305 Blind Frog Belly White
“But George Soros isn’t REALLY a Jew by my definition, so accusing him of being a rootless cosmopolitan banker pulling the strings to keep the white man down isn’t antisemitic!”
Seriously there may be a lot more stupid right wingers than Ben out there but Ben is probably top of the old list when it comes to twisting himself in an ideological pretzel. He’s a clueless hack who relies on bad faith arguments and being adored by sycophants who see the Harvard’s JD and ignore that he’s just Millennial flavored Buckley and last I saw most Millennials didn’t ask for a Buckley period..
re: #313 SteelPH
One of my favorite conspiracy theories is that the nine year old George Soros somehow took part in the execution of the Holocaust(which some of these ghouls also like to deny happened).
“Little Georgie Soros personally killed all of the Jews who weren’t really killed in the Holocaust!!!”
Funny…only just now realized they’re both one syllable names, each five letters apiece…. https://t.co/xcsm9Z4gpg
— J. Michael Straczynski (@straczynski) June 2, 2020
re: #316 Teddy’s Person
Susan Collins emerges to both sides this bitch.
Really hoping Maine sends her home this fall.
if i’d driven a vehicle into a crowd of civilians as a Marine in Afghanistan, i’d have been sent to prison — and rightly so.
there is no reason for the police to be held to a lower standard.
there must be accountability.— matthew. 🦛💨 (@iAmTheWarax) June 2, 2020
re: #279 BeachDem
Well, Lara Logan, after having her bullshit Antifa crap debunked, now thinks she’s Nelson Mandella, so there’s that.
What are they going to do when SOROS dies? There will be a lengthy period of mourning from the right-wing lunatics I fear.
They talk about Alinsky years after he passed away. No problem in doing the same with Soros.
re: #321 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Really hoping Maine sends her home this fall.
She’s not polling well, that’s for sure.
re: #313 SteelPH
One of my favorite conspiracy theories is that the nine year old George Soros somehow took in the execution of the Holocaust(which some of these ghouls also like to deny happened).
Seriously. The man wasn’t even fifteen years old when the war ended in Europe. Meanwhile the same people who say that shit actually embrace literal neo-fascist movements and political parties.
The Dow ended up 267 points. Someone expects to get rich behind all this shit.
re: #320 Teukka
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Just like Clark, this could have been seen coming and it could have been stopped. Babylon 5 is so scarily accurate to the rise of fascism
— Johnny - beautiful furry man (@SkirrAme) June 2, 2020
Most days I feel like Babylon 5 has uniquely prepared me for this timeline. I have mixed feelings on this, haha
— m🍻hawkins (@mikamala) June 2, 2020
re: #326 Decatur Deb
The Dow ended up 267 points. Someone expects to get rich behind all this shit.
Follow the money.
re: #287 Blind Frog Belly White
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Good dog, he is an absolute clown. Was marching in Selma, like Rep. Lewis and Pres. Obama did, adopting symbology that America is a racist nation writ large? Is holding a fist in the air too traumatic for Ben or does that also adopt symbology that America is racist writ large?
I can only imagine Ben Shapiro in post-Nazi Germany tut-tutting the criminalization of Nazi symbols, etc., as that would have suggested Germany was still anti-semitic, etc. “writ large”.
re: #315 sagehen
And the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing consortium… will be Four Eyes (the jokes write themselves).
UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have all recently expressed extreme dissatisfaction and distrust of the U.S.
Biden will have to go on an “apology tour.”
Maybe we should “reconstruct” the Trump family so that it wouldn’t commit $400 million in tax fraud? https://t.co/GJFolrBnBa
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) June 2, 2020
There are as many National Guard members activated in the US as there are active duty troops in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan (CNN)
re: #329 Mike Lamb
Good dog, he is an absolute clown. Was marching in Selma, like Rep. Lewis and Pres. Obama did, adopting symbology that America is a racist nation writ large? Is holding a fist in the air too traumatic for Ben or does that also adopt symbology that America is racist writ large?
I can only imagine Ben Shapiro in post-Nazi Germany tut-tutting the criminalization of Nazi symbols, etc., as that would have suggested Germany was still anti-semitic, etc. “writ large”.
No protest that might possibly be effective is acceptable. Ben is following in the traditions of Willam F. Buckley Jr, who declared - “sadly” - that ‘the Negro race’ were not ready to participate in democracy fully, so that white Southerners needed to be allowed to continue to dominate them.
re: #330 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Biden will have to go on an “apology tour.”
Naaah. He’ll just need to clean house a bit and make the norms normal again. We can’t apologize for Trump. We just have to be there when the other countries need us.
This is America. https://t.co/bwM8J6w7E4
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 2, 2020
re: #333 Blind Frog Belly White
No protest that might possibly be effective is acceptable. Ben is following in the traditions of Willam F. Buckley Jr, who declared - “sadly” - that ‘the Negro race’ were not ready to participate in democracy fully, so that white Southerners needed to be allowed to continue to dominate them.
He really wants to be my and his generation’s Buckley so bad.
https://t.co/PYuKo0klaa pic.twitter.com/FNypiYYBv7
— DominateBattlespaceHat (@Popehat) June 2, 2020
re: #171 Joe Bacon 🌹
Polyester Leisure Suits in neon colors.
I plead guilty because I had six of them in the rainbow neon colors—bright red, flaming orange, solar yellow lime green, turquoise blue and light purple—and those were the actual color names that they used!
The only tuxedo I ever owned was given to me by the Brazilian family I was staying with in 1976-1977 as an exchange student. It was maroon with sparkly silver threads throughout, with a pink shirt.
I could still fit in it today if I had it, but it was mercilessly lost by family whilst I was in the Navy.
re: #339 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The only tuxedo I ever owned was given to me by the Brazilian family I was staying with in 1976-1977 as an exchange student. It was maroon with sparkly silver threads throughout, with a pink shirt.
I could still fit in it today if I had it, but it was mercilessly lost by family whilst I was in the Navy.
Sure you didn’t mean ‘mercifully’?
re: #314 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
With respect to the union chief, it really didn’t help his case that he opened his big racist yap and said that the officers were “wrongfully terminated” and should be reinstated immediately. That immediately drew fire from literally everybody with a functioning brain who doesn’t want to see the union permanently busted.
Wonder if a new term like “Camdened” might make it into the vocabulary as various localities raze their police departments to the ground in order to start completely afresh.
re: #326 Decatur Deb
The Dow ended up 267 points. Someone expects to get rich behind all this shit.
All those broken windows need to be replaced. All the looted stores have to buy truckloads of replacement merchandise. A lot of the people who get evicted because they can’t pay their rent were rent-controlled and the new tenants will pay a lot more. And the newly homeless will be moved to some federally-funded shithole with inadequate maintenance.
re: #314 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
With respect to the union chief, it really didn’t help his case that he opened his big racist yap and said that the officers were “wrongfully terminated” and should be reinstated immediately. That immediately drew fire from literally everybody with a functioning brain who doesn’t want to see the union permanently busted.
Ya know, I’m generally in favor of unions, but it just seems like police union heads are the worst enemy that police could possibly have. They’re like the friend who, when you say you’ve had too much to drink and shouldn’t drive, tells you not to be such a pussy and hands you a 6-pack ‘For the road’.
re: #343 Blind Frog Belly White
Ya know, I’m generally in favor of unions, but it just seems like police union heads are the worst enemy that police could possibly have. They’re like the friend who, when you say you’ve had too much to drink and shouldn’t drive, tells you not to be such a pussy and hands you a 6-pack ‘For the road’.
I agree - and that’s why the AFL-CIO head told this guy off. He was like, “You’re a dumbass, unions exist to protect people who haven’t actually done anything wrong, your boys done killed a man, shut up and resign.”
re: #344 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I agree - and that’s why the AFL-CIO head told this guy off. He was like, “You’re a dumbass, unions exist to protect people who haven’t actually done anything wrong, your boys done killed a man, shut up and resign.”
I suspect he views that as a quaint notion.
From another forum. The comments are (so far) worth reading.
…like no one has ever seen before…
FUN FACT: Trump’s disapproval rating has climbed to 54% — the highest disapproval for any president in U.S. history.
— Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) June 2, 2020
re: #133 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I don’t always log in. Sometimes I just read.
I wasn’t around at the time you posted this, but I am now.
The thing is, I don’t know. He says he’s a Christian. He displays a lack of knowledge about the Bible, but so do a lot of Christians. He’s apathetic about faith, but so are a lot of Christians. Whatever Presbyterian Church he is a member of has not excommunicated him.
Even with the strong statements yesterday by Episcopalian priests and bishops deploring his actions, none of them said “you are not a Christian.” I figure a pastor or priest should be able to make that determination, not me.
I don’t engage in “he’s not a real Christian” discussions. The same claims are made about Stalin (who went to an Orthodox seminary) and Hitler (who was never excommunicated by the Catholic Church).
Anglican theology is frustratingly non-commital on some points. If someone claims to be a Christian, we can say “your actions are not Christian in nature,” but we’d never say, “You are not a Christian.” All are open to salvation. Even Trump, though I rather doubt he would ever have enough self-reflection to right his ship. Still, there is “A Christmas Carol” as an indication it can happen.
re: #316 Teddy’s Person
Susan Collins emerges to both sides this bitch.
this part is entirely untrue
“It was painful to watch peaceful protesters be subjected to tear gas in order for the president to go across the street to a church that I believe he’s attended only once,” she [Collins] said.
they werent even asked to clear the way
(whether they would have is another question)
re: #171 Joe Bacon 🌹
Polyester Leisure Suits in neon colors.
I plead guilty because I had six of them in the rainbow neon colors—bright red, flaming orange, solar yellow lime green, turquoise blue and light purple—and those were the actual color names that they used!
(yes, pedants, I know it isn’t a real ad)
re: #334 Belafon
Naaah. He’ll just need to clean house a bit and make the norms normal again. We can’t apologize for Trump. We just have to be there when the other countries need us.
Pretty much. Everyone who is paying attention overseas understands the basics of domestic US politics: European papers talk about Barr and Mueller and Pelosi and Biden in headlines like it was domestic news. The US is hardly a black box.
Foreign governments have now gotten used to two American governments: the working level, which is predictable, law-abiding, and basically the same as always; and the nutjobs in the White House who run in and blow shit up.
re: #350 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
this part is entirely untrue
they werent even asked to clear the way
(whether they would have is another question)
I don’t see in your quote where they were asked.
re: #321 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Really hoping Maine sends her home this fall.
Maine Democrats are absolutely furious with her for expressing her “concern” about the possibility that Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh may have committed sexual assault and then voting to confirm him anyway. They even raised $4 million to give to her opponent. [whoever wins the nom). That opponent is most likely going to be Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon.. In the most recent poll, Gideon is leading Collins by 9 points, and this is before she gets the $4 million[*], which is a huge amount in rural Maine. It’s too early to say that Collins’ Canada goose is cooked, but if there is a Democratic wave this year, it will be goose on toast for her.
* +9 and again, hasn’t won the dem nomination yet
re: #349 steve_davis
Anglican theology is frustratingly non-commital on some points. If someone claims to be a Christian, we can say “your actions are not Christian in nature,” but we’d never say, “You are not a Christian.” All are open to salvation. Even Trump, though I rather doubt he would ever have enough self-reflection to right his ship. Still, there is “A Christmas Carol” as an indication it can happen.
In the version of “A Christmas Carol” featuring Trump he would have accused the three ghosts of being socialists, fired Bob Cratchit and replaced him with a foreigner, made sure Tiny Tim lost his health insurance and, if people got upset about it, blamed the whole thing on Jacob Marley.
re: #322 jaunte
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while i understand the point, no need to go half way around the world:
there is no reason for police to be held to a lower standard than that applied to the very people they swear to protect and serve
if i’d driven a vehicle into a crowd of civilians as a Marine in Afghanistan, i’d have been sent to prison — and rightly so.
there is no reason for the police to be held to a lower standard.
there must be accountability.— matthew. 🦛💨 (@iAmTheWarax) June 2, 2020
re: #348 makeitstop
…like no one has ever seen before…
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except not true unfortunately, that distinction goes to W. He hit 71% disapprove in 2008.
re: #355 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
* +9 and again, hasn’t won the dem nomination yet
Sweet. I still need to “adopt” a Senate race to donate to. Not worried about Warner here in Va. I’ve been thinking Amy McGrath in Kentucky or Cal Cunningham in North Carolina since their states border my own.
re: #217 Citizen K
No polls, but considering how briskly military units have geared up (like appropriating the LA Convention Center as a staging base about as quick as possible), a General and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff overseeing things in DC in fatigues, and the lack of statement from anyone else in the military to the contrary, that kind of sends a message, doesn’t it?
The Chair of the Joint Chiefs was throwing his weight around.
As for people in the military making a statement, that’s explicitly against the law. Officers can resign their commissions and then speak, enlisted people cannot do the same.
re: #359 danarchy
except not true unfortunately, that distinction goes to W. He hit 71% disapprove int 2008.
Yeah, it really needed to say for an incumbant running for reelection.
Houston:
The horse riders reach the front, later stop at Louisiana to let the crowd catch up: pic.twitter.com/982kkYOWu0
— Dylan McGuinness (@dylmcguinness) June 2, 2020
re: #349 steve_davis
Anglican theology is frustratingly non-commital on some points. If someone claims to be a Christian, we can say “your actions are not Christian in nature,” but we’d never say, “You are not a Christian.” All are open to salvation. Even Trump, though I rather doubt he would ever have enough self-reflection to right his ship. Still, there is “A Christmas Carol” as an indication it can happen.
Being atheist, I don’t have a god in this fight, but to me, Trump’s actions speak of a man who doesn’t believe in any power larger than himself, and who believes there are no consequences to his actions, in this world or the next. I’m not the one to declare him Christian or not, but I can tell you that the Christians in my family are very, very different.
If Trump DOES believe in any deity, then it’s like Zaphod Beeblebrox, coming out of the Total Perspective Vortex declaring it showed him just how amazing he really is.
re: #343 Blind Frog Belly White
Ya know, I’m generally in favor of unions, but it just seems like police union heads are the worst enemy that police could possibly have. They’re like the friend who, when you say you’ve had too much to drink and shouldn’t drive, tells you not to be such a pussy and hands you a 6-pack ‘For the road’.
their knee jerk reaction seems to always be to protect the officer, facts and circumstances be damned
no matter what actually happened or who was harmed
that makes for some very pretzel logic
and makes the officer the opposing party to the civilian victim(s)
this is not what unions were made for
forget nine effing minutes. while handcuffed a large part of the time
how anybody can look at the video of the other three and say yes, it wasnt their responsibility, these guys should be allowed to just go back to work…
re: #356 Eclectic Cyborg
In the version of “A Christmas Carol” featuring Trump he would have accused the three ghosts of being socialists, fired Bob Cratchit and replaced him with a foreigner, made sure Tiny Tim lost his health insurance and, if people got upset about it, blame the whole thing on Jacob Marley.
A Trump Christmas Carol (selected scenes):
Bob Cratchit: please, Mr Trump, I’d like to get home early today, it is Christmas Eve after all.
Trump: Get me a Diet Coke, dammit!
Cratchit: But can I go after that?
Trump: Huh? Where’s my phone, I need to tweet.
Ghost of Christmas Past: behold, Donald
Trump: That’s Mr Trump to you! Mr President, actually
GOCP: Look, asshole!
Trump: Damn, Ivanka was fine at that age
GOCP: She’s 15, dude… you know, fuck this…
Ghost of Christmas Present: look at the love in the house Cratchit
Trump: This place is a shithole. I wonder if I could get the building on the cheap?
GOCP: You’re missing the point
Trump: some paint, new carpet, I could charge double on the rent
GOCP: you know, fuck this
Ghost of Christmas Future: *waves toward empty graveyard*
Trump: *dicking around on phone*
GOCF: *knocks phone out of Trump’s hand; waves at grave*
Trump: How dare you? And what is this? My tomb is going to be so huge, the best! Believe me.
GOCF: you know what, fuck this
re: #357 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
while i understand the point, no need to go half way around the world:
there is no reason for police to be held to a lower standard than that applied to the very people they swear to protect and serve
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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
If anything, police should be held to a higher standard. You wield power on behalf of the state, you should be held to the highest of standards.
re: #362 Belafon
Yeah, it really needed to say for an incumbant running for reelection.
Even that wouldn’t be true. Both Carter and HW had lower ratings at different points of their first term. Maybe at this point in the election cycle, but I am not sure about that.
HW was at 60% disapprove in July of the election year
Edit: And isn’t crazy that HW who was by most accounts a pretty competent guy had a higher disapproval than Trump does for the sin of a small tax hike.
re: #349 steve_davis
Anglican theology is frustratingly non-commital on some points. If someone claims to be a Christian, we can say “your actions are not Christian in nature,” but we’d never say, “You are not a Christian.”
As a Jew, I have total sympathy with this approach.
If you’re born of a Jewish mother, you’re a Jew. Even if you’re atheist, Buddhist, non-observant, if you’re a hideous embarrassment and we really wish you weren’t, whatever. Still a Jew.
The only way a Jew can become not-a-Jew is to decide, of your own free will, to become Christian or Muslim.
re: #360 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Sweet. I still need to “adopt” a Senate race to donate to. Not worried about Warner here in Va. I’ve been thinking Amy McGrath in Kentucky or Cal Cunningham in North Carolina since their states border my own.
JAIME HARRISON
Also: 700 members of the 82nd are at Joint Base Andrews and Fort Belvoir. 1,400 more soldiers are ready to be mobilized within an hour. Soldiers are armed and have riot gear. They also were issued bayonets—standard issue but some feel could be inflammatory https://t.co/Ieo86bc4yF
— James LaPorta (@JimLaPorta) June 2, 2020
re: #360 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Sweet. I still need to “adopt” a Senate race to donate to. Not worried about Warner here in Va. I’ve been thinking Amy McGrath in Kentucky or Cal Cunningham in North Carolina since their states border my own.
I’m choosing Hegar and McGrath, one in state and one out of state.
re: #351 Backwoods_Sleuth
I had you beat - I had not pink chinos with a bright orange turtleneck.
re: #326 Decatur Deb
The Dow ended up 267 points. Someone expects to get rich behind all this shit.
I finally had the nerve to look at my deferred comp retirement account today and was kind of surprised to see that it was up to almost 95% of where it was pre-crash.Given that I’m retiring in five weeks, I’ll take it. I did notice that it all went up when everyone got laid off, just like it always has. It’s the opposite of fairness. I’m glad that it’s back up where there’s enough extra in there to buy a cheap used car when my 2009 Vibe wears out (in 10 years).
re: #360 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Sweet. I still need to “adopt” a Senate race to donate to. Not worried about Warner here in Va. I’ve been thinking Amy McGrath in Kentucky or Cal Cunningham in North Carolina since their states border my own.
our assessment is this:
biden doesnt need our (personal) dollars. he’ll do ok
it’s all about the senate
alabama Jones is lost. Money won’t help.
arizona - Kelly is fine with money and polling.
colorado - hickenlooper is fine with polling.
montana - Bullock’s strategy doesnt rely on $
Maine, as above, probably doesnt need us
so when we have it to give, we’re focusing on:
Texas, NC, Iowa, Kansas, Georgia, Kentucky
re: #363 jaunte
Houston:
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Those are some very pretty horses. And their riders have excellent posture.
Kentucky is worth it to me. Seeing Mitch go down would be amazing.
A heads up: Dark money just got even darker.
Donors have long been allowed to give unlimited and undisclosed $$$ to political “non-profits,” aka dark money groups.
But groups still had to disclose their donors to the IRS.
Not anymore…
https://t.co/IxhV3QxUsj— Eric Umansky (@ericuman) June 2, 2020
re: #368 danarchy
Even that wouldn’t be true. Both Carter and HW had lower ratings at different points of their first term. Maybe at this point in the election cycle, but I am not sure about that.
HW was at 60% disapprove in July of the election year
Edit: And isn’t crazy that HW who was by most accounts a pretty competent guy had a higher disapproval than Trump does for the sin of a small tax hike.
I always thought the right of the Republican Party were jerks to him. Not just Coulter’s crazy crap about how he was a wuss but their complete lack of understanding about the difficult decisions he had to make fiscally.
re: #367 KGxvi
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
If anything, police should be held to a higher standard. You wield power on behalf of the state, you should be held to the highest of standards.
indeed
He’s still going:
Sleepy Joe has been in politics for 40 years, and did nothing. Now he pretends to have the answers. He doesn’t even know the questions. Weakness will never beat anarchists, looters or thugs, and Joe has been politically weak all of his life. LAW & ORDER!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 2, 2020
re: #358 jaunte
The father of Chuck Norris Action jeans.
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I recently bought some new Carhartt jeans and I accidentally bought some that are basically their version of action jeans. I hate to say this but they are the most comfortably forgiving jeans this fat old guy has owned for ages. I feel like I’ve become my dad.
Want to really stand for racial justice? Change your name. https://t.co/XTlIJrfNx4
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 2, 2020
re: #383 stpaulbear
Hah! Thanks for the recommendation; I’ll have to try some.
re: #375 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
our assessment is this:
biden doesnt need our (personal) dollars. he’ll do okit’s all about the senate
alabama Jones is lost. Money won’t help.
arizona - Kelly is fine with money and polling.
colorado - hickenlooper is fine with polling.
montana - Bullock’s strategy doesnt rely on $Maine, as above, probably doesnt need us
so when we have it to give, we’re focusing on:
Texas, NC, Iowa, Kansas, Georgia, Kentucky
Yeah I think your observations are right. And you’re right about Kansas. That’s one that I didn’t think would be a possibility but I think it’s a state that could be provide surprise bonus Democratic senator. Glad you brought up Iowa too.
re: #382 Eclectic Cyborg
He’s still going:
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he thinks if he keeps yelling ‘law and order’ then something will happen.
or he’ll win or something
(he won’t)
Sleepy Joe has been in politics for 40 years, and did nothing. Now he pretends to have the answers. He doesn’t even know the questions. Weakness will never beat anarchists, looters or thugs, and Joe has been politically weak all of his life. LAW & ORDER!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 2, 2020
Hum the appropriate music:
Imperial March of border patrol and CBP headed into White House entrance down Pennsylvania #dcprotests pic.twitter.com/IKbSqLuTRG
— Alexis Goldstein (@alexisgoldstein) June 2, 2020
re: #375 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
our assessment is this:
biden doesnt need our (personal) dollars. he’ll do okit’s all about the senate
alabama Jones is lost. Money won’t help.
arizona - Kelly is fine with money and polling.
colorado - hickenlooper is fine with polling.
montana - Bullock’s strategy doesnt rely on $Maine, as above, probably doesnt need us
so when we have it to give, we’re focusing on:
Texas, NC, Iowa, Kansas, Georgia, Kentucky
Not giving up on Jones until after the GOP primary runoff. Tuberville is stupider than Roy Moore and there is a chance real life conditions will prove it. I’m also not donating until it’s clear. If he’s hopeless, we’ll send a bit more token money to Amy, but get the rest to old Dem allies in Florida for GOTV.
re: #386 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Yeah I think your observations are right. And you’re right about Kansas. That’s one that I didn’t think would be a possibility but I think it’s a state that could be provide surprise bonus Democratic senator. Glad you brought up Iowa too.
the choices are mine
the observations are from my first stop every morning: electoral-vote.com
;-)
re: #147 sagehen
I loved and love disco. Disco bashing comes out of hating the fabulous people who made the music. Yes, after a while it got a little repetitive, but the alternatives were either weepy rock or retread stuff. KC and the Sunshine Band still makes me dance years later, and there’s Sylvester and Donna Summers, and all the others. Dance, baby Dance.
re: #305 Blind Frog Belly White
“But George Soros isn’t REALLY a Jew by my definition, so accusing him of being a rootless cosmopolitan banker pulling the strings to keep the white man down isn’t antisemitic!”
I don’t think the courts will accept that when I file a complaint as the defendant says, “The victim wasn’t really a k**e, Your Honor, dismiss the charges!”
///
re: #389 Decatur Deb
Not giving up on Jones until after the GOP primary runoff. Tuberville is stupider than Roy Moore and there is a chance real life conditions will prove it. I’m also not donating until it’s clear. If he’s hopeless, we’ll sent token money to Amy, but get the rest to old Dem allies in Florida for GOT.
Stupider than Roy Moore. I didn’t know such a creature existed.
re: #390 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
the choices are mine
the observations are from my first stop every morning: electoral-vote.com
;-)
Cool deal. Thanks.
re: #389 Decatur Deb
Not giving up on Jones until after the GOP primary runoff. Tuberville is stupider than Roy Moore and there is a chance real life conditions will prove it. I’m also not donating until it’s clear. If he’s hopeless, we’ll sent token money to Amy, but get the rest to old Dem allies in Florida for GOT.
yes. after the runoff it’ll be clearer whether jones has any chance
re: #393 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Stupider than Roy Moore. I didn’t know such a creature existed.
We had to import this one.
re: #396 Decatur Deb
We had to import this one.
That’s what most of our worst ones usually are. Cory CSA is originally from Duluth.
What is truly amazing is that when the whole Cliven Bundy situation occurred, the government stood down - why? Because they were targeted by other whites.
Here? Forget it…
Saw an interesting Reddit post on all those “mysterious” brick videos:
re: #398 Eric The Fruit Bat
What is truly amazing is that when the whole Cliven Bundy situation occurred, the government stood down - why? Because they were targeted by other whites.
Here? Forget it…
I’ve had some people who oppose gun control try to tell me that gun control is racist and all that. But reality proves time and time again that absolutist interpretations of the 2A favor whites.
re: #391 CarolJ
I loved and love disco. Disco bashing comes out of hating the fabulous people who made the music. Yes, after a while it got a little repetitive, but the alternatives were either weepy rock or retread stuff. KC and the Sunshine Band still makes me dance years later, and there’s Sylvester and Donna Summers, and all the others. Dance, baby Dance.
listening to some disco now and then, now, is enjoyable
because it’s voluntary. and not everywhere all the time
and some of that music is just….fun and simple, and silly
plus we dont have to wear the clothes, shoes, hair…
re: #247 lawhawk
The officer that shot and killed Tamir Rice had been deemed unfit for duty by another police department before he was hired by the Cleveland Police Department.
After being fired in Cleveland (for lying on his application), he then applied to work for another police department. https://t.co/8OrTLebCHL— Ohio Dems (@OHDems) June 2, 2020
re: #393 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Stupider than Roy Moore. I didn’t know such a creature existed.
jones squeaked out over moore not because moore is/was stupid but because he was reprehensible to just barely enough people
re: #402 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s not that different from what has happened in the dioceses. Just transfer your abusive cop to another city or precinct that hasn’t gotten complaints about him.
re: #403 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
jones squeaked out over moore not because moore is/was stupid but because he was reprehensible to just barely enough people
True.
I like the part where they pretend whole thing wasn’t televised on national TV and everyone knows this is false https://t.co/bTtIqSXLuj
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) June 2, 2020
re: #403 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
jones squeaked out over moore not because moore is/was stupid but because he was reprehensible to just barely enough people
Moore lost because his gun was small enough for a purse and his horse was demonstrably the brains of the operation. And they never saw us coming.
2. Will Biden be attending the funerals of others killed the last several days, by rioters, including innocent citizens and police officers? If he’d like their names, I’d be happy to provide them.
— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) June 2, 2020
Whataboutism.
re: #407 Decatur Deb
Moore lost because his gun was small enough for a purse and his horse was demonstrably the brains of the operation. And they never saw us coming.
i think i just laughed out loud
re: #376 sagehen
Those are some very pretty horses. And their riders have excellent posture.
Just hope that they don’t run into any fireworks, flash-bangs or rubber bullets. They’re not immune to bullshit.
re: #391 CarolJ
I loved and love disco. Disco bashing comes out of hating the fabulous people who made the music. Yes, after a while it got a little repetitive, but the alternatives were either weepy rock or retread stuff. KC and the Sunshine Band still makes me dance years later, and there’s Sylvester and Donna Summers, and all the others. Dance, baby Dance.
Donna Summers, RIP. That lady from Dorchester was gone too soon.
[taking the bag with eyeholes off my head. Yeah, I love disco!]
re: #142 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Openly engaging in brutality, knowing they are being filmed, and not caring. The US is a fascist police state.
…and the Stock Market celebrates.
re: #393 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Stupider than Roy Moore. I didn’t know such a creature existed.
Never underestimate Alabama…….
re: #279 BeachDem
Well, Lara Logan, after having her bullshit Antifa crap debunked, now thinks she’s Nelson Mandella, so there’s that.
What are they going to do when SOROS dies? There will be a lengthy period of mourning from the right-wing lunatics I fear.
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Trump’s “Stolen Election” Lie Based on Evidence From Pervy Bathroom Cam-Spy OK, this really takes the cake. If you have relatives that still cling to the “election was stolen, dadgum, I jes’ KNOW IT … This should be a slight remedy to the stubborn madness Thanks to online anonymity, the ... Khal Wimpo (free internal organs upon request!)
Best of April 2024 Nothing new here but these are a look back at the a few good images from the past month. Despite the weather, I was quite pleased with several of them. These were taken with older lenses (made from the ...
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Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ... Cheechako
