On Monday, the President of the United States ordered military police to fire on peaceful demonstrators assembled outside the White House, including church clergy members, so he could walk to St. John’s Church to pose with a Bible for the most bizarre and pointless photo op of this presidency to date. #Colbert #StephenAtHome #Monologue
Trump pushed the National Enquirer to investigate the Joe Scarborough intern murder conspiracy theory. But the tabloid couldn’t find any proof it was true.
Scoop from @swin24@TheLloydGrove and @maxwelltani https://t.co/nKrBIFXFnV— Will Sommer (@willsommer) June 3, 2020
AHAHAHAHAAAAAAAHAAAAHHHHHAAA!!!!
A couple of years after retaining Trump’s fixer Michael Cohen for unknown legal work https://t.co/P1iBlb3YJw
— Will Bunch Sign Up For My Newsletter (@Will_Bunch) June 3, 2020
re: #2 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Trump pushed the National Enquirer to investigate the Joe Scarborough intern murder conspiracy theory. But the tabloid couldn’t find any proof it was true.
Ergo: Soros must have infiltrated the National Enquirer…
Among the things I never thought I’d live to see: a Black Lives Matter protest in Yorba Linda (my “home town”).
The diverse crowd swelled near Main Street and began marching toward Imperial Highway, chanting “What’s his name? George Floyd!”
Their signs read “Black Lives Matter,” “Enough is Enough,” “I Can’t Breathe” and “Who polices the police?”
Passing motorists on Imperial Highway honked their horns in support as protesters cheered in response. A California Highway Patrol vehicle monitored the demonstration.
For those wondering, that’s about 2 or 3 blocks from the Nixon Library/Birthplace/Burial Site.
Man, how far down the rabbit hole are we when the fucking National Enquirer is actually showing some journalistic integrity?
This should be bigger news https://t.co/f3RXznl8XT
— Max Abelson (@maxabelson) June 3, 2020
re: #6 Eclectic Cyborg
Man, how far down the rabbit hole are we when the fucking National Enquirer is actually showing some journalistic integrity?
I would like to see it as a sign that they are already preparing for life after Trump.
Republicans and Democrats in Congress have begun a new push to shut down a Pentagon program that transfers military weaponry to local law enforcement. It was curtailed by Obama but revived by Trump.#MangoMussolinihttps://t.co/pg9cN79FGC
— chuckwestover (@chuckwestover) June 3, 2020
Protesters are now lying face down, in front of the Capitol. It’s almost entirely silent. Organizers have asked them to stay down and stay quiet for the same about of time police knelt on George Floyd’s neck. pic.twitter.com/dtdb8A4zcq
— Ellison Barber (@ellisonbarber) June 3, 2020
10AM CDT Update: Tropical Storm Cristobal is forecast to move toward the northern Gulf into the weekend. Regardless of the track or intensity, heavy rainfall is possible. In addition, there is a possible risk of some coastal flooding. Stay weather aware. #mswx #lawx pic.twitter.com/GSffTdF6EE
— NWS New Orleans (@NWSNewOrleans) June 3, 2020
JUST IN: Gov. Ron DeSantis says bars & pubs can open in Florida at 50% capacity inside, full capacity outside, starting Friday. pic.twitter.com/2JXXNdnliT
— News4JAX (@wjxt4) June 3, 2020
re: #11 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
10AM CDT Update: Tropical Storm Cristobal is forecast to move toward the northern Gulf into the weekend. Regardless of the track or intensity, heavy rainfall is possible. In addition, there is a possible risk of some coastal flooding. Stay weather aware
Get out the sharpie and send it to a Blue State!
Meanwhile, here on the Rhine, weather radar says that the next big batch of thunderstorms is bearing right down on us and will hit us in about an hour.
(I am about halfway between Frankfurt and Koblenz, right where the squiggly white line (the Rhine) tangents the squiggly black line (border between Hesse and Rineland-Palatinate)
this reminds me a bit of when the Apple Store banned Alex Jones and then every other platform suddenly bailed as well—after allowing him free reign for years https://t.co/OuTRKlIH0d
— Quinta Jurecic (@qjurecic) June 3, 2020
re: #10 Dread Pirate
Great protest idea. However, social distancing is certainly a problem.
re: #15 Eclectic Cyborg
Great protest idea. However, social distancing is certainly a problem.
better six feet apart than six feet under…
re: #12 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
So apparently DeSantis thinks the virus only exists inside?
//
Yeah. This is EXACTLY the attitude to have in a D+37 district where the Democratic Incumbent beat the last GOPer 89.1% to 10.9%.
You should keep running this very angle. That’s going to work very well for you. https://t.co/0dJvrxfOMP— soonergrunt 🇺🇸 (@soonergrunt) June 3, 2020
From last thread (re Jon McNaughton’s imbecilic ripoff of Goya’s “Third of May 1808”):
re: #350 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
350 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Jun 3, 2020 • 9:28:31amreplyquotere: #348 John Hughes
So he views the protesters as patriotic martyrs being killed by foreign invaders. How odd
He knows that is an image that his target audience will just lap right up.
Actually, I see the iconography of McNaughton’s cartoon* as being the opposite: “ordinary Americans” as the “patriotic” martyrs -note the MAGA cap on the central figure** - being killed by domestic “enemies” : the black-clad “anarchist” boogeymen Trump and his creatures have tried to blame-shift anything and everything onto. Still stupid, though….
*”Cartoon” because, IMO, that’s basically what it is. Despite Jon McNaughton’s decent grasp of technique (and ready familiarity with much “classic” iconography), most of his pictures are fundamentally oil-on-canvas versions of hackneyed right-wing political cartoons. Attempts to “elevate” unserious snark to the level of “serious” art. Which usually fail.
**Pace Calochortus, I see the middle figure more as “dark-skinned Indo/Pakistani” than “black”. Maybe it’s the ball cap, but he looks like guys I see behind the counter in nearly every bodega/convenience store in NY…
re: #18 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
You should keep running this very angle. That’s going to work very well for you.
Just an attempt to garner attention by claiming something outrageous
re: #19 Jay C
From last thread (re Jon McNaughton’s imbecilic ripoff of Goya’s “Third of May 1808”):
Actually, I see the iconography of McNaughton’s cartoon* as being the opposite: the “ordinary Americans” - as the “patriotic” martyrs -note the MAGA cap on the central figure** - being killed by domestic “enemies” : the black-clad “anarchist” boogeymen Trump and his creatures have tried to blame-shift anything and everything onto. Still stupid, though….
domestic enemies, but not REAL Americans
and yes, this is just a few technical steps removed from a Ben Garrison cartoon
re: #19 Jay C
**Pace Calochortus, I see the middle figure more as “dark-skinned Indo/Pakistani” than “black”. Maybe it’s the ball cap, but he looks like guys I see behind the counter in nearly every bodega/convenience store in NY…
You’re probably right. I wasn’t really looking at the detail.
If in fact, the central figure is a Trumpster of color being murdered by shadowy figures, this makes even less sense than I thought.
re: #18 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
re: #17 Eclectic Cyborg
So apparently DeSantis thinks the virus only exists inside?
//
The latest studies show that the virus disperses faster outside.thehill.com
The projection is strong with this asshat.
This cretin and convict thinks that Obama’s a criminal?
He’s the one who engaged in criminal acts, and got a slap on the wrist. If there was justice, he’d have spent more time in prison for felony conduct. https://t.co/q8zNMHXtD5— lawhawk (@lawhawk) June 3, 2020
re: #18 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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errol thinks he speaks for the entire ‘black community’
Yeah. This is EXACTLY the attitude to have in a D+37 district where the Democratic Incumbent beat the last GOPer 89.1% to 10.9%.
You should keep running this very angle. That’s going to work very well for you. https://t.co/0dJvrxfOMP— soonergrunt 🇺🇸 (@soonergrunt) June 3, 2020
re: #3 Allow me to light that for you…
AHAHAHAHAAAAAAAHAAAAHHHHHAAA!!!!
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basically, this guy is 3 years older than I (yes, that’s the right pronoun, you scaly bastards!), and looks like he’s spent the last 20 years being tied behind a horse and dragged. This doesn’t give me a lot of confidence about marriage being a stable institution!
re: #22 calochortus
You’re probably right. I wasn’t really looking at the detail.
If in fact, the central figure is a Trumpster of color being murdered by shadowy figures, this makes even less sense than I thought.
Inorite?
Maybe we should re-classify McNaughton among the Surrealists.
re: #3 Allow me to light that for you…
Not news, don’t care.
We do care that Individual Number Three was an accessory to felony conduct by Individual #1’s buddy Paul Manafort.
He’s an unindicted coconspirator on felony conduct, and is a propagandist who lies nonstop for Individual #1 - Trump.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) June 3, 2020
LOL, there’s a single white protester in Walnut Creek across from City Hall. He’s protesting the Covid-19 shutdown.
re: #24 Hecuba’s daughter
The latest studies show that the virus disperses faster outside.thehill.com
In fact, I just heard someone on NPR saying she had been following results of some of the Memorial Day gatherings and either people weren’t being tested adequately, or they weren’t big spreading events. Possibly because they were outdoors.
In a related vein, I’ve been following the cases in Butte County, CA following a Mothers’ Day church service and while Butte Co. has not said they’ve linked the majority of cases to that service, there was a bump in the cases a week or two afterwards which now seems to be easing off. There does not appear to be a similar increase in cases in the surrounding counties.
re: #28 steve_davis
basically, this guy is 3 years older than I (yes, that’s the right pronoun, you scaly bastards!), and looks like he’s spent the last 20 years being tied behind a horse and dragged. This doesn’t give me a lot of confidence about marriage being a stable institution!
It’s not marriage that made hannity ugly, it’s the constant lying about everything the right wing hates (even the stuff they used to love).
re: #29 Jay C
Pornographers, not Surrealists.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Breaking via WaPo: President Trump tried to register to vote in Florida using an out-of-state address. https://t.co/mpRBAQAl4m
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 3, 2020
re: #18 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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Well, he’s 3/5th of one to his new “friends”.
— Arno Nym (@GratuitousGuy) June 3, 2020
re: #35 The Pie Overlord!
Caught engaging in voter fraud.
My shocked face. He thought it easy to do? No one would notice?
Fuck Trump.
re: #28 steve_davis
basically, this guy is 3 years older than I (yes, that’s the right pronoun, you scaly bastards!), and looks like he’s spent the last 20 years being tied behind a horse and dragged. This doesn’t give me a lot of confidence about marriage being a stable institution!
I would think being dragged behind a horse would mean marriage is, in fact, an institution related to stables
Madison County, MS prosecutor Pamela Hancock: ‘We can only hope the deadly coronavirus strain spreads in riots’
Oh, look. Another racist biotch. https://t.co/g11gxUTF83— Risky Liberal 🤠 #BroihierBrigade (@RiskyLiberal) June 3, 2020
Oh, god, this is funny…
A little advice for any protestor about to be arrested by an active duty soldier.
If you shout “look, the gut truck” at them they will immediately pause to look around, giving you just enough time to wrestle free and escape.— Jay Kirell (@JasonKirell) June 2, 2020
re: #31 Dread Pirate
LOL, there’s a single white protester in Walnut Creek across from City Hall. He’s protesting the Covid-19 shutdown.
At least he’s socially distancing then. I hope he has a hat and plenty of water. It’s gonna be hot.
re: #30 lawhawk
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I wonder how much $$$ Mrs. Hannity will get in the settlement to keep her lip zipped.
re: #28 steve_davis
basically, this guy is 3 years older than I (yes, that’s the right pronoun, you scaly bastards)
So you would also say “This guy is three years older than she”?
Well this is weird. Someone created a Twitter account that does nothing but repeat the content of Trump’s Tweets wfw to see how long it takes to get suspended.
Experiment Update - Well it finally happened. Took longer than expected. 12 hour suspension and had to delete the offending tweet. Here’s the screenshots @suspendthepres. Will post to the account when suspension is lifted. pic.twitter.com/wvKV9HDKBn
— Bizarre Lazar (@BizarreLazar) June 1, 2020
So like 20 years ago I wanted to go back to school and I wanted to start RIGHT NOW but it was in the middle of a regular semester. An ex cop co-worker told me about this school that a lot of cops go to and it has irregular semester classes called Mount Senario college. So I signed up and took a few classes to get my beak wet. This was basically a diploma mill. My classes filled with cops and no kind of rigorous study. They basically show up, get the credits. Needless to say I was disappointed as I was preparing for an engineering degree and I learned nothing. They lost accreditation shortly after my time was up. But I remember thinking in class, this is corrupt and everyone here knows it.
Well we just had a violent thunderstorm go through here. I thought I lost my downspout but thankfully it is still there.
re: #3 Allow me to light that for you…
Hannity is probably trying to protect his assets for when justice rolls around for individual #3.
re: #45 Belafon
So you would also say “This guy is three years older than she”?
That is grammatically correct English although at least 50 years behind in usage.
Whom do you love?
re: #8 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
re: #6 Eclectic Cyborg
Q: Man, how far down the rabbit hole are we when the fucking National Enquirer is actually showing some journalistic integrity?
A: I would like to see it as a sign that they are already preparing for life after Trump.
Rick Wilson has a twitter thread on this:
e.g: @TheRickWilson: 3/Phase IV will be when their [lobbying] firm leaks a client memo outlining how they were a firm that led their clients away from the damage of Trump.
Lobbyists smell danger like herd animals on the African plain., and they’re scared
now, their nostrils wide to the scent of predators.
I’d best do what needs to be done before it gets any hotter here.
re: #45 Belafon
So you would also say “This guy is three years older than she”?
Yes. “This guy is three years older than she is.”
re: #40 calochortus
I would think being dragged behind a horse would mean marriage is, in fact, an institution related to stables
oh, touche. a palpable touche.
re: #45 Belafon
So you would also say “This guy is three years older than she”?
yes you would! the verb is unstated at the end, but it’s still there for grammar purposes.
Ya think
Senior WH official says Esper’s remarks this morning were received “very poorly” at WH.
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 3, 2020
re: #50 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
That is grammatically correct English although at least 50 years behind in usage.
Whom do you love?
oh it is not! Don’t you dare go sassing my impregnable….errr….unimpregnatable….grammar.
Just posted this, because the ACLU released a montage video of all the instances where cops turned away from arresting rioters, looters, arsonists …
re: #40 calochortus
I would think being dragged behind a horse would mean marriage is, in fact, an institution related to stables
Some people like stable relationships.
Breaking via WaPo: President Trump tried to register to vote in Florida using an out-of-state address. https://t.co/mpRBAQAl4m
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 3, 2020
With the nation in turmoil, it’s really hard to see how Trump turns this thing around. He seems incapable of doing anything other than grandstand for his base of deplorables.
With new national polling out today, a good moment to look at the state of the race compared to recent elections. Here are the Real Clear Politics averages at this point for 2004-2020.
2020 Biden +8.0
2016 Clinton +1.5
2012 Obama +1.6
2008 Obama +3.4
2004 Kerry +1.4 pic.twitter.com/Smbznrxqvv— John Horvick (@horvick) June 3, 2020
re: #48 PhillyPretzel
Well we just had a violent thunderstorm go through here. I thought I lost my downspout but thankfully it is still there.
Had a lot of strong wind with it. Cats and I were watching it though the window for a while.
re: #57 Teddy’s Person
Ya think
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Trump probably had a Depends-filling temper tantrum.
This is the next stage in dictatorship.
First, the courts. Which Moscow Mitch is obediently doing.
Then the nepotism & corruption to make sure the Right People are onboard.
Then identifying a hated minority as the enemy. See: “Antifa”
Then move against what remains of the free press.
With the press out of the way, the regime can then proceed with impunity, because the vast mass of the public will never hear of their crimes, or their crimes will be framed as “protecting the people” by their propaganda outfits.
re: #57 Teddy’s Person
Ya think
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It was the sort of waffling and spineless revealing remark that is received poorly everywhere.
re: #63 Teukka
And of course DT will say that the state, FL in this case got it wrong. He will say that The Washington Post got the story wrong because they are “losers.”
re: #24 Hecuba’s daughter
The latest studies show that the virus disperses faster outside.thehill.com
My lesson in real time potential transmission of exhaled virus bodies:
Pulled into a grocery store parking space, and had my front PS window down. I don’t smoke and don’t allow smoking in my car.
While putting on my gloves, I suddenly tasted cigarette smoke.
(Didn’t have my mask on yet, but don’t think anything less than a N95 would have
made much difference.)
Looked over to the right and the guy in the car to my right, 10 - 15 ft away, was smoking a cigarette with his DS window down.
He wasn’t blowing huge clouds of smoke, just the usual inhalation & exhalation.
FUCK!!
Lesson learned.
This crazy ass KAREN just tore up a mural someone made with names of black peoples killed by police while yelling “staged” “antifa” “soros”
DO YOUR THING TWITTER!!!
pic.twitter.com/8kkFE59LkN— Chicano Marine 🇲🇽🇺🇸🧩 (@kingsrush) June 3, 2020
re: #35 The Pie Overlord!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Breaking via WaPo: President Trump tried to register to vote in Florida using an out-of-state address. https://t.co/mpRBAQAl4m
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 3, 2020
Trump made Florida his official residence. He may have also made a legal mess. Official residence or club? (The answer has tax consequences…) https://t.co/NMvxXEklw8
— Kathy McShea 🏠 #StayAtHome (@dcEmerald) May 8, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense officials tell AP that active-duty troops brought to DC area in response to protests are returning to home bases.
— Julie Pace (@jpaceDC) June 3, 2020
re: #73 Khal Wimpo (not drinking damn fish tank cleaner)
The hits just keep on a-comin’
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Will this FINALLY bring the Press Corpse to its senses and turn on Trump and the RepubliKKKlan Party?
re: #71 DodgerFan1988
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Karen’s been identified. Her name, home address and a personal phone number are out there. Her business is out there. Today, Karma pays her a visit. She’s definitely going to demand to talk to a manager. 😂
— Political Southpaw (@DahlELama2) June 3, 2020
Philadelphia apparently has a problem with people taking advantage of the police being distracted by protests to blow up ATMs. Hope that doesn’t get exported to other cities.
re: #71 DodgerFan1988
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*rolls on floor laughing*
“Karens and Susans are not dumb. They are just UNLUCKY when it comes to thinking!”
re: #55 steve_davis
yes you would! the verb is unstated at the end, but it’s still there for grammar purposes.
I always hated grammar, and sucked at sentence diagrams, though I am really fascinated from a machine learning point of view of how people hear and accept certain patterns of speech. Like I hear absolutely nothing wrong with ending your sentence with “me” because implying a verb seems complicated.
re: #74 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
AP write up
BREAKING: Defense officials tell AP that active-duty troops brought to DC area in response to protests are returning to home bases. https://t.co/EvZili5oUT
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 3, 2020
re: #81 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Replaced by rentacops from Blackwater or the BOP who have no qualms about beating on protesters?
This comes from NBC10 in Philly. The Nat’l Guard could leave Philly but we will still have the curfew. nbcphiladelphia.com
Yeah, fuck you too, Governor.
Gov. Justice (R-WV), while discussing the relocation of the RNC Convention, says the state would welcome “any president” except “maybe not Barack Obama.” pic.twitter.com/JBM4JKh590
— The Recount (@therecount) June 3, 2020
re: #14 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Everybody has at least a few little things that drive them pedantic. “Free reign” instead of “free rein” is one of them. (Although that one is really easy to typo or get auto-incorrected.)
Using “affect” and “effect” incorrectly also gets to me a little bit.
re: #73 Khal Wimpo (not drinking damn fish tank cleaner)
The hits just keep on a-comin’
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This reminds me of those famous TV news shows from the late 1960’s:
BEAT THE PRESS
MACE THE NATION
re: #85 Jebediah, RBG
Everybody has at least a few little things that drive them pedantic. “Free reign” instead of “free rein” is one of them. (Although that one is really easy to typo or get auto-incorrected.)
Using “affect” and “effect” incorrectly also gets to me a little bit.
“Marshall Law”. 😡
re: #87 Dr Lizardo
Getting amped about that one, eh?
#US Transportation Department issued an order on Wednesday to suspend scheduled passenger #flights of #Chinese carriers to and from the US. The order will be effective on June 16, 2020. pic.twitter.com/fCl96yn9Ef
— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) June 3, 2020
re: #89 lawhawk
I see that and my teeth are on edge. One of the funniest typos I remember seeing was “marital law”. LOL
re: #85 Jebediah, RBG
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re: #90 Dread Pirate
“I can’t be tough on blacks so I’ll be tough on Chinese.” - Trump
re: #80 Belafon
I always hated grammar, and sucked at sentence diagrams, though I am really fascinated from a machine learning point of view of how people hear and accept certain patterns of speech. Like I hear absolutely nothing wrong with ending your sentence with “me” because implying a verb seems complicated.
i loved my grammar
she baked cookies
The State Department just issued a statement honoring the “brave” people who engaged in nonviolent protest — 31 years ago in Beijing’s Tianamen Square https://t.co/XiHrtzosMn pic.twitter.com/C10A2UQlzH
— Hunter Walker (@hunterw) June 3, 2020
re: #84 Citizen K
Yeah, fuck you too, Governor.
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someone needs to explain to the ‘governor’ that there’s only one president at a time
Gov. Justice (R-WV), while discussing the relocation of the RNC Convention, says the state would welcome “any president” except “maybe not Barack Obama.” pic.twitter.com/JBM4JKh590
— The Recount (@therecount) June 3, 2020
re: #90 Dread Pirate
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6 months late and still 13 more days to sneak in under the wire
#US Transportation Department issued an order on Wednesday to suspend scheduled passenger #flights of #Chinese carriers to and from the US. The order will be effective on June 16, 2020. pic.twitter.com/fCl96yn9Ef
— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) June 3, 2020
The Heritage Foundation, interestingly, argued last night that the previous charge (third-degree murder) was incorrect and argued in favor of a second-degree murder charge. https://t.co/nUBtsgTUsc https://t.co/1i5zfKqgmT
— Jane Coaston (@cjane87) June 3, 2020
re: #91 Dr Lizardo
I see that and my teeth are on edge. One of the funniest typos I remember seeing was “marital law”. LOL
we have that in my house
whatever she says, goes.
re: #75 Joe Bacon 🌹
Will this FINALLY bring the Press Corpse to its senses and turn on Trump and the RepubliKKKlan Party?
Something about having tanks in the streets, mass unemployment, and a raging pandemic *does* tend to focus the mind on covering more than just “Har-dee-har, didja see what Trump said today on Twitter! Gobble gobble gobble …”
It was fast-food news. Easy. Required no investigation, no spending, no extra staff. Just: click on Twitter, here’s a story that will fill today’s 5 p.m. timeslot.
I’m just mad I never thought of this when I was younger 🤷🏻♂️ pic.twitter.com/wpfG1Avy4x
— Calvin and Hobbes (@Calvinn_Hobbes) June 3, 2020
re: #93 PhillyPretzel
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If someone emerged from 6 months in a cave and you had to catch them up with just one headline, this would be the one https://t.co/p5GGFmthZs
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) June 3, 2020
re: #95 Belafon
“I can’t be tough on blacks so I’ll be tough on Chinese.” - Trump
He seems to think this alternate bullying/bootlicking behavior towards the Chinese leadership is going to get him some nice deal.
re: #101 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
we have that in my house
whatever she says, goes.
Years ago, when I was still married, my ex asked me to throw away a plant that was pretty much dead. She couldn’t find the words “throw out”, so what she asked me was, “Honey, could you please take this plant and liquidate it for me?”
I burst into laughter and then explained to her that for a lot of English speakers, “liquidate” is a euphemism for “kill”.
re: #107 Jebediah, RBG
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re: #98 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
someone needs to explain to the ‘governor’ that there’s only one president at a time
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Jackass. He’s not doing the dignity of the office any great favor. And a nice fat dogwhistle tossed in as well.
It does my heart good to see just how quickly and thoroughly co-opted and hijacked both the #WhiteLivesMatter and #BlueLIvesMatter tags have been. My personal contribution:
#BlueLivesMatter That’s why you should make sure to pick up every one you see, because it’s hard out there for a Blue Bomber! #Megaman #ロックマン pic.twitter.com/1XAh3Xucms
— Something has to change, K? (@Citizen_Kryptik) June 3, 2020
SUCK IT, BERNERS.
BREAKING: @BidenWarRoom can now project that @JoeBiden has exceeded the 1,991 delegates necessary to OFFICIALLY become the Democratic Nominee for President of the United States! pic.twitter.com/9yFAMvQITz
— Biden War Room (Text UNITED to 30330) (@BidenWarRoom) June 3, 2020
re: #85 Jebediah, RBG
Everybody has at least a few little things that drive them pedantic. “Free reign” instead of “free rein” is one of them. (Although that one is really easy to typo or get auto-incorrected.)
Using “affect” and “effect” incorrectly also gets to me a little bit.
“Just between you and I”
re: #109 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
He seems to think this alternate bullying/bootlicking behavior towards the Chinese leadership is going to get him some nice deal.
It just reminds everyone that his travel ban didn’t actually ban travel.
Why now ban Chinese airlines, if they were already banned as part of his supposed covid19 response?
The reality is that there are a bunch of airlines flying NY-Beijing right now, and Air China is just one. With all the code sharing, have fun trying to stop them from flying without taking out other countries’ airlines too.
But it is also about demand, and right now there isn’t any - not with quarantines seemingly required on both ends (although how enforced they are entering the US is an open question). You’d have to quarantine yourself for longer than many people would otherwise stay there, and then quarantine after the return flight.
Not that Trump gives a shit about the specifics. He just needs to bluster with bulkshit.
emphasizing the right wing blonde white woman’s praise of what a black man said, rather than reporting on the black man, then putting that story on your front page, is *chef’s kiss* fox news pic.twitter.com/VTI0QIMnPY
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) June 3, 2020
re: #113 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Jackass. He’s not doing the dignity of the office any great favor. And a nice fat dogwhistle tossed in as well.
what a great look it would be if the only choice for the RNC was WV
re: #87 Dr Lizardo
“Marshall Law”. 😡
Yeesh! That one too! (Unless you live in a society that uses loud guitar amps to settle legal disputes)
re: #115 The Pie Overlord!
SUCK IT, BERNERS.
Now the waiting game for VP. I’m hoping for Harris but there are a lot of great women that are being looked at so I think I’m going to be happy with the decision either way and I trust Biden who was sinking Bork’s SCOTUS nomination when I was in diapers to make a good decision here. This is an important decision but I trust Biden and his team 100%.
re: #115 The Pie Overlord!
SUCK IT, BERNERS.
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Heard a new single from The Palindromes;
“If I had a Hi-Fi”
B side:
“Avid Diva”
My favorite is “Shakira law,” to which I responded, “Yeah, they’ll make us dance to their wicked tune.”
re: #111 PhillyPretzel
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re: #125 NO SMOCKING GUN!
“White presidents only”
Reminder that Jim Justice party switched too once he became governor. Because, you know, opportunism.
re: #127 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
My favorite is “Shakira law,” to which I responded, “Yeah, they’ll make us dance to their wicked tune.”
I’m fond of the Billboard hit, My Shariah.
re: #121 Jebediah, RBG
Yeesh! That one too! (Unless you live in a society that uses loud guitar amps to settle legal disputes)
I’m all in for that! :)
re: #119 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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emphasizing the right wing blonde white woman’s praise of what a black man said, rather than reporting on the black man, then putting that story on your front page, is *chef’s kiss* fox news pic.twitter.com/VTI0QIMnPY
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) June 3, 2020
re: #129 Citizen K
Reminder that Jim Justice party switched too once he became governor. Because, you know, opportunism.
He’s actually being primaried. I dunno anything about his opponents but Justice is awful. He looks and acts like a 19th century robber barron.
re: #132 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
i believe this is called laundering
More like whitewashing
re: #130 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I’m fond of the Billboard hit, My Shariah.
Fun (well maybe not so much) fact: Pammy Geller actually did a music video for ‘My Sharia.’ It’s every bit as horrible as you can imagine.
Jesus Christ, Kurt.
— jay (@random__name) June 3, 2020
re: #135 makeitstop
Fun (well maybe not so much) fact: Pammy Geller actually did a music video for ‘My Sharia.’ It’s every bit as horrible as you can imagine.
It sounds worse than Palin doing Baby Got Back and I’ve done Baby Got Back myself at karaoke before.
re: #133 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
He’s actually being primaried. I dunno anything about his opponents but Justice is awful. He looks and acts like a 19th century robber barron.
Because he is a 21st century robber baron.
re: #127 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
My favorite is “Shakira law,” to which I responded, “Yeah, they’ll make us dance to their wicked tune.”
“I’m sorry sir, that’s what the statement said and as we all know, hips don’t lie.”
False alarm on the rain, it just dissipated and blew past us - again
re: #140 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Because he is a 21st century robber baron.
Out of central casting as Trump might say.
re: #141 Eclectic Cyborg
“I’m sorry sir, that’s what the statement said and as we all know, hips don’t lie.”
Those certainly don’t. (I’m old but not dead.)
Thank you so much for 1 million followers!
PLEASE VOTE https://t.co/1MOvgoYLUD pic.twitter.com/Kbxqw0DExc— Sarah Cooper (@sarahcpr) June 3, 2020
re: #142 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
That is what happened to Philly the other day. I thought we were going to get it and all we got was clouds and a breeze. Today we got dumped on. It is sunny now. We may get some pop-up showers later with the heat.
re: #88 Teukka
“Martian Law”
Does that mean Matt Damon makes all the decisions? Being as he’s the only voter, the only candidate, and the only cabinet appointee?
re: #90 Dread Pirate
This is Chinese state media whining about the fact that they can no longer fly into the US because they have refused Delta and United carriage back into China.
The fetishization of generals by DC elites and demands they become stewards of moral authority is how we get credulous leaders who fawn over warrior monk bromides. Meanwhile the generals flee unfinished wars to embrace defense contractor boards. At least there they won something. https://t.co/d4KG2ZVw81
— Alex Horton (@AlexHortonTX) June 3, 2020
No — McMaster will be the adult in the r….I mean Dunford will hold the li…
— paul mcleary (@paulmcleary) June 3, 2020
re: #147 sagehen
Does that mean Matt Damon makes all the decisions? Being as he’s the only voter, the only candidate, and the only cabinet appointee?
Marshall Law
Means that Wyatt Earp will be taking charge
Let’s be clear, Trump and his most racist supporters are happy to use the military as a political weapon.👇 pic.twitter.com/wVu8PByJ8v
— Trending Liberal (@TrendingLiberal) June 3, 2020
Been said before, but it bears repeating.
Nextdoor in two screenshots: pic.twitter.com/kHCimG9cuD
— Jenn Takahashi (@jenntakahashi) June 3, 2020
re: #114 Citizen K
It does my heart good to see just how quickly and thoroughly co-opted and hijacked both the #WhiteLivesMatter and #BlueLIvesMatter tags have been. My personal contribution:
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how many smurfs in the thread? how many Dr Manhattan?
That right there is a hell of an endorsement
— 𝙒𝘽 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 🍕🐀😷 (@FormerDirtDart) June 3, 2020
re: #152 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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re: #153 sagehen
how many surfs in the thread? how many Dr Manhattan?
I saw a good handful of Smurfs posts. No Dr. Manhattans but I only briefly glimpsed.
Some asshole killed a pregnant elephant by putting fireworks in a pineapple and feeding it to her and I’m sitting here crying my eyes out.
People suck, man.
re: #157 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
That is sick. I am upset too.
re: #150 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Marshall Law
Means that Wyatt Earp will be taking charge
Naw, Matt Dillon… ;)
“Motorcyclist faces hate crime charges after allegedly riding into Bloomington protest” https://t.co/v4Oxh11GEK
— Mark Pitcavage (@egavactip) June 3, 2020
re: #161 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Right wingers for years have saying for years that it should be acceptable to drive into political rallies that they don’t like. Imagine if we talked that way about gun nuts or anti abortion nutcases.
re: #151 Khal Wimpo (not drinking damn fish tank cleaner)
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— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) June 3, 2020
re: #150 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Marshall Law
Means that Wyatt Earp will be taking charge
Hugh O’Brian was cool as Wyatt Earp. Nice guy too.
If Biden wins I predict a huge “if you resigned due to Trump” recruiting effort.
re: #157 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Some asshole killed a pregnant elephant by putting fireworks in a pineapple and feeding it to her and I’m sitting here crying my eyes out.
People suck, man.
Reading the whole story, it sounds as if the villagers were trying to keep wild boars out of their crops, not targeting the elephant. Sad, tragic but not as bad as it seems at first. Hopefully they will now find a different way to protect the crops but wild pigs are hard to defend against.
re: #158 Amory Blaine
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In another dimension, where the Marshall Tucker Band rules the world with an iron fist…..
re: #157 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
That is beyond awful. What the fuck?
re: #135 makeitstop
Fun (well maybe not so much) fact: Pammy Geller actually did a music video for ‘My Sharia.’ It’s every bit as horrible as you can imagine.
re: #172 Joe Bacon 🌹
Yes but is it as horrible as Milo’s poetry?
Or Shapiro’s war novel which Michael Bay would have rejected as being too simple.
I think I’m finally broken. I can’t stop crying.
re: #98 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
someone needs to explain to the ‘governor’ that there’s only one president at a time
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If Gov. Justice wants to step up and offer to host the RNC in West Virginia, a quick google shows that there’s a perfect facility for them there - currently unoccupied, and with plenty of space to accommodate the delegates!
I googled “Conference Centers in West Virginia”, and for some inexplicable reason, this place was on the map. ?? - but it suits!
Seriously bad stuff here. If they’re concealing their identities it means they expect to commit violence without being held accountable. Who the hell are these people anyway? https://t.co/cfLpUGP7S3
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 3, 2020
Damn, they’re prison guards. Trump is putting prison guards on the streets of Washington DC.
How can this be legal?— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 3, 2020
re: #162 Jebediah, RBG
I’d be sunk, my Marshall is one single tiny watt.
Ooohh. Is it one of them fancy 50th anniversary tube amps they made a while back?
If prison guards have so much extra time on their hands why do we need so many of them?
re: #176 Charles Johnson
AG Barr will make it legal for DT.
re: #175 Jay C
If Gov. Justice wants to step up and offer to host the RNC in West Virginia, a quick google shows that there’s a perfect facility for them there - currently unoccupied, and with plenty of space to accommodate the delegates!
I googled “Conference Centers in West Virginia”, and for some inexplicable reason, this place was on the map. ?? - but it suits!
There is a very good chance the RNC is going to be a total shitshow, and I’m there for it. They are going to try to relocate it 2 months beforehand? Good luck with that!
re: #180 NO SMOCKING GUN!
There is a very good chance the RNC is going to be a total shitshow, and I’m there for it. They are going to try to relocate it 2 months beforehand? Good luck with that!
Oh that’s why I want them to have the convention in Branson filling up all those slipshod theaters!
re: #180 NO SMOCKING GUN!
There is a very good chance the RNC is going to be a total shitshow, and I’m there for it. They are going to try to relocate it 2 months beforehand? Good luck with that!
The RNC is gonna have a devil of a time trying to relocate a major political convention on such short notice. Not impossible, mind you - but extremely difficult.
Trump hasn’t talked to Fauci in two weeks but he talked to Putin again this week as Putin makes a power grab. Why? The Russia story never ebbs. We just get distracted.
— Nicolle Wallace (@NicolleDWallace) June 3, 2020
BREAKING: Murder charge upgraded against cop in George Floyd case, 3 other officers charged: Report https://t.co/KWWcjp6Xyj pic.twitter.com/Rim5qf0wHQ
— CP24 (@CP24) June 3, 2020
re: #182 Dr Lizardo
The RNC is gonna have a devil of a time trying to relocate a major political convention on such short notice. Not impossible, mind you - but extremely difficult.
Not difficult at all!
I’m sure Joel 0$teen will open up his church to his Party!
re: #176 Charles Johnson
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I have no problem with prison guards surrounding the White House, for different reasons than Trump wants them there for however…..
re: #182 Dr Lizardo
The RNC is gonna have a devil of a time trying to relocate a major political convention on such short notice. Not impossible, mind you - but extremely difficult.
Organization has always been their strong suit…
re: #162 Jebediah, RBG
I’d be sunk, my Marshall is one single tiny watt.
I got a 50 watter in my storage. That should settle any dispute, unless my opponent has a 100 watter. :)
This is one of the few bright spots from yesterday. There was a record amount of voters for the primary. 1.8 million voted by mail.
kywnewsradio.radio.com
And of course the Democrats have to figure out how to safely conduct their convention.
If FBI is disputing Barr’s statement that Antifa was behind protests, then Congress should demand answers from Barr and Wray to understand the threat and see whether Barr is abusing his position to advance Trump’s political agenda. https://t.co/IAawFwSpy5
— Barb McQuade (@BarbMcQuade) June 3, 2020
She’s a whole new level of sleaze!
‘Like George W. Bush after 9/11’: Kayleigh McEnany declares Trump Bible photo op a historic moment
re: #188 makeitstop
I got a 50 watter in my storage. That should settle any dispute, unless my opponent has a 100 watter. :)
I can remember stacks of those 100 watt Marshalls back in the day. Alvin Lee maybe?
I’m starting to get combat fatigue…
DOJ Wants to Suspend Constitutional Rights for Coronavirus Emergency - Rolling Stone https://t.co/4cgwlwcPqW
— Granny (@sherdngr) June 3, 2020
re: #187 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Organization has always been their strong suit…
That’s a good point.
re: #180 NO SMOCKING GUN!
There is a very good chance the RNC is going to be a total shitshow, and I’m there for it. They are going to try to relocate it 2 months beforehand? Good luck with that!
Meme my wife just showed me:
TRUMP PULLS OUT OF CHARLOTTE AFTER REFUSING TO WEAR PROTECTION.— Harry Turtledove (@HNTurtledove) June 3, 2020
Shout to to this guy for somehow getting the cops called on him for his one man protest (credit tiktok user shanemeyers1) pic.twitter.com/yJWmbrOAyk
— Swagapinos 4 Black Power (@jonny_is_good) June 3, 2020
Triggered by a Black Lives Matter sign.
re: #194 Teukka
The answer from the House Dems, I think, is “FUCK NO!”
re: #194 Teukka
No suspension of any constitutional rights at anytime.
re: #63 Teukka
How great would it be if Trump couldn’t vote for himself this year because he fucked up his registration?
re: #101 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
we have that in my house
whatever she says, goes.
happy wife, happy life
re: #167 Thanos
If Biden wins I predict a huge “if you resigned due to Trump” recruiting effort.
I read somewhere (If it’s online, it must be true!) that those people are already approaching the Biden campaign.
re: #194 Teukka
I’m starting to get combat fatigue…
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No. Fuck you you fucking fucker.
Barr needs to be tried and fucking imprisoned (minimally) for crimes against America and humanity.
Fuck all these anti AMERICAN fucks. https://t.co/vPIrv2jRFT— Yeah Sure WTF Ever (@YeahSureWhatev2) June 3, 2020
Here we see a perfect example of the sort of thinking known as “right wing logic.” https://t.co/OqA1154Spv
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 3, 2020
re: #187 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Organization has always been their strong suit…
The Democrats are at least making plans. The GOP seems to be in a holding pattern because of Trump’s desire for a massive, traditional convention to worship him.
re: #192 Joe Bacon 🌹
She’s a whole new level of sleaze!
‘Like George W. Bush after 9/11’: Kayleigh McEnany declares Trump Bible photo op a historic moment
The even more ludicrous comparison:
McEnany says Trump’s visit to St. John’s Monday is on par with Churchill visiting war bunkers and W throwing out the first pitch during the World Series after 9/11.
— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) June 3, 2020
“She had not a thought in her head that was not a slogan, and there was no imbecility, absolutely none, that she was not capable of swallowing if the Party handed it out to her.” —1984
re: #190 NO SMOCKING GUN!
And of course the Democrats have to figure out how to safely conduct their convention.
Yes, but there aren’t going to be Democrats screaming that it’s their right to gather together in a crowded space.
re: #206 Charles Johnson
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Nothing says “Churchillian” like holding a Bible as though you’ve never seen one before, and you’re not sure what to do with it.
re: #122 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Now the waiting game for VP. I’m hoping for Harris but there are a lot of great women that are being looked at so I think I’m going to be happy with the decision either way and I trust Biden who was sinking Bork’s SCOTUS nomination when I was in diapers to make a good decision here. This is an important decision but I trust Biden and his team 100%.
It’s an incredibly important decision, Biden will by 81 in 2024, so the odds of him serving a second term are minuscule. He’s effectively picking the frontrunner for 2024, if not the nominee themselves.
re: #194 Teukka
I’m starting to get combat fatigue…
Me as judge: You want absolute rights for something you disregarded for months? That’s the exact opposite of what you should get.
re: #197 DodgerFan1988
In the thread:
Why are people scared of the riots and looting?
The flu kills way more people every year.— Tall Paul (@TallPaul612) June 3, 2020
re: #180 NO SMOCKING GUN!
There is a very good chance the RNC is going to be a total shitshow, and I’m there for it. They are going to try to relocate it 2 months beforehand? Good luck with that!
they have no option that would leave them looking good
they may decide the least worst decision is to suck it up and do it the way NC wants
it’s zugzwangs all the way around
re: #210 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Nothing says “Churchillian” like holding a Bible as though you’ve never seen one before, and you’re not sure what to do with it.
Burger King should have offered him a couple of million to cross the park and then hold up a Whopper.
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re: #190 NO SMOCKING GUN!
And of course the Democrats have to figure out how to safely conduct their convention.
Have they?
Last I checked they still seem to be aiming for the 8/17-21 dates in Milwaukee.
But not confirmed one way or another (AFAIK).
re: #191 Dread Pirate
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anything else?
If FBI is disputing Barr’s statement that Antifa was behind protests, then Congress should demand answers from Barr and Wray to understand the threat and see whether Barr is abusing his position to advance Trump’s political agenda. https://t.co/IAawFwSpy5
— Barb McQuade (@BarbMcQuade) June 3, 2020
re: #192 Joe Bacon 🌹
She’s a whole new level of sleaze!
‘Like George W. Bush after 9/11’: Kayleigh McEnany declares Trump Bible photo op a historic moment
it was a historic moment
just not in the way she thinks it was
Today, I’m calling for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate the Attorney General for ordering Monday night’s attack on peaceful protesters outside the White House. pic.twitter.com/wlWKVFuCAR
— David Cicilline (@davidcicilline) June 3, 2020
re: #217 Jay C
Have they?
Last I checked they still seem to be aiming for the 8/17-21 dates in Milwaukee.
But not confirmed one way or another (AFAIK).
They are working on it. washingtonpost.com
re: #210 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Nothing says “Churchillian” like holding a Bible as though you’ve never seen one before, and you’re not sure what to do with it.
In fairness, it looked like he was holding it like he’d never seen and/or held any book before
re: #222 KGxvi
In fairness, it looked like he was holding it like he’d never seen and/or held any book before
He only writes books, he is too busy to read them…
re: #212 Belafon
Me as judge: You want absolute rights for something you disregarded for months? That’s the exact opposite of what you should get.
thought it was a hoax
re: #196 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
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Charlotte thanks him for the one decent thing he’s done in his Presidency.
— John G. Hartness - Black Lives Matter (@johnhartness) June 3, 2020
re: #222 KGxvi
In fairness, it looked like he was holding it like he’d never seen and/or held any book before
I would bet the last time Trump cracked open a book was when forced to in a classroom 60 years ago.
re: #223 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
He only writes books, he is too busy to read them…
I’m suddenly thinking about the Trump presidential memoirs in 3 years time… I can absolutely see him dictating it on his phone to have someone else type up/edit and I feel incredibly bad for anyone involved in that process.
Charlotte thanks him for the one decent thing he’s done in his Presidency.
— John G. Hartness - Black Lives Matter (@johnhartness) June 3, 2020
The W.H. physician says Trump is 6 feet 3 inches … 244 lbs.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) June 3, 2020
This is yet another one of Trump’s patented distractions while he flails about unable to deal with massive nationwide protests against police brutality and is incapable of showing the slightest bit of empathy regarding the economic collapse and 107k dead Americans from covid19
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) June 3, 2020
Trump is not going to leave office willingly, no matter what happens in the election. At this point I don’t see how anyone can seriously believe he would.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 3, 2020
re: #227 NO SMOCKING GUN!
I would bet the last time Trump cracked open a book was when forced to in a classroom 60 years ago.
Donald Trump’s ex-wife once said Trump kept a book of Hitler’s speeches by his bed
But he claims he never read them, just checked them during the day…
Iowa Steve King lost.
I am the last Steve King standing.
(Takes a bow.)— Stephen King (@StephenKing) June 3, 2020
Bush standing atop the rubble with a bullhorn and his arm around a firefighter after 9/11; Obama singing “Amazing Grace” at the memorial service for the murdered. Each man had “it.” This fucking guy? He ain’t got it.
re: #231 Charles Johnson
I’ll be there to party when they drag him out.
re: #234 Ace Rothstein
Bush standing atop the rubble with a bullhorn and his arm around a firefighter after 9/11; Obama singing “Amazing Grace” at the memorial service for the murdered. Each man had “it.” This fucking guy? He ain’t got it.
“It” includes empathy. “It” includes compassion and thinking of other people in even a limited fashion.
Trump doesn’t think or care for anyone but himself. He’s self-absorbed and it’s all consuming. He’s a sociopath.
re: #210 NO SMOCKING GUN!
I sort of figured that it was burning his fingers. That’s why he had Ivanka carry it in her armoured fireproof satchel thing.
So are the people complaining about the protests and “riots” the same people who say we need guns to protect us from tyrannical government?
re: #236 Belafon
I’ll be there to party when they drag him out.
I fully expect that Trump will present every sort of legal challenge, make every sort of claim and summon supporters to defend him when the time comes.
To the morons saying Americans are only marching because gEoRgE soRoS pAiD tHeM.
Donald Trump sent us each $1200 and we still forced his ass into a bunker.— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) June 3, 2020
re: #174 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I think I’m finally broken. I can’t stop crying.
I think I am not far behind you. Reading about George Floyd’s last words, I tried but couldn’t tell my wife because I couldn’t say it without getting too choked up to speak.
I try to put more of my focus on good things (like the guy in DC who took a whole bunch of protesters into his house for the night) but there is a never-ending firehose of bullshit people doing horrible things to the innocent - human or animal.
I wish I could find something to say to cheer you up.
I’m glad the three other murderous cops have been arrested but I’m exhausted. The country shouldn’t have had to go through so much turmoil for the cops to face justice. This should have happened from day one.
re: #236 Belafon
When JFK was assassinated and Jackie returned to DC on board AF1 with President Johnson, the WH staff was already moving the Kennedy stuff out and bringing in Johnson’s stuff.
They will drag his crap out. They will have no choice unless they want to be the ones ending the American experiment.
I did see a news story indicating that someone in Trumpworld has already set up a transition team for the next admin.
re: #230 lawhawk
6’3”, 244 lb puts you at the lower limits of obesity as defined by BMI*. Given that trump isn’t the sort that is carrying around a lot of muscle, that’s probably a fair definition of him. They couldn’t even get him to 29.x to get him to the overweight category.
*I think BMI is mostly a worthless measurement because it doesn’t consider body composition. For example, BMI says that both LeBron James and Patrick Mahomes are considered overweight. Which is sort of ridiculous.
Playing make believe is fun
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) June 3, 2020
OJ is also 6’1” pic.twitter.com/MSV0bROLwB
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) June 3, 2020
re: #177 Amory Blaine
Ooohh. Is it one of them fancy 50th anniversary tube amps they made a while back?
Naw, just a tiny little tube combo with an 8” speaker. (DSL1) Definitely not fancy! On the other hand, I was able to afford it.
re: #240 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I fully expect that Trump will present every sort of legal challenge, make every sort of claim and summon supporters to defend him when the time comes.
Remember when he summoned his MAGA supporters on the second night of the DC protests the other day?
I’m actually slightly more concerned that on November 4th he’ll skip town.
Shot:
Deeply enraging too. Brings to mind The Handmaid’s Tale. https://t.co/D4odQyvZd4
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) June 3, 2020
Chaser:
Authoritarians are fond of using any kind of social unrest as an excuse for a coup or an elimination of opposition. See Stalin’s purges etc etc etc. https://t.co/pYnB1lVIIz
— Margaret E. Atwood (@MargaretAtwood) June 2, 2020
LA County just sounded an alert on my phone and watch—Curfew starts at 9PM tonight and goes to 5AM tomorrow.
“You have the MOST RACIST EYEBROWS I’ve ever seen”
😂😂😂🤣☠️ https://t.co/Hon5uLYD8o— Michelle B. Young ⚖️ (@MichelleBYoung1) June 3, 2020
re: #250 Belafon
I’m actually slightly more concerned that on November 4th he’ll skip town.
Let him. Swear in Pence for the transition.
re: #188 makeitstop
I got a 50 watter in my storage. That should settle any dispute, unless my opponent has a 100 watter. :)
Haha yeah, you would prevail.. maybe I oughtta invest in one of these Fenders.
re: #244 lawhawk
I did see a news story indicating that someone in Trumpworld has already set up a transition team for the next admin.
I remember seeing that, too - but now I can’t recall where.
re: #251 Interesting Times
IIRC, it was a coup d’etat - a false flag operation, a terrorist attack that effectively wiped out the government, made to look like a jihadist attack. Martial law was declared, and that was that. Prior to that, a series of natural and man-made disasters had occurred, including some kind of catastrophic nuclear power plant accident in California.
re: #208 BeachDem
It could have been similar to W, but they fucked it up. I think a problem in the White House is that all that’s left is “idea people.” You know. The people that highjack meetings with their great ideas that they have neither the skill or will to implement. The ones that make simple update meetings last 3 hours.
re: #250 Belafon
I’m actually slightly more concerned that on November 4th he’ll skip town.
Seriously, with all the crimes he can be charged with and all the classified information he has access to — except the only saving grace is that by every single report he doesn’t like reading the things he has access to….
re: #240 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I fully expect that Trump will present every sort of legal challenge, make every sort of claim and summon supporters to defend him when the time comes.
Trump will never concede, and will have an army of lawyers challenging the election results across the country due to “massive voter fraud.”
re: #230 lawhawk
The W.H. physician says Trump is 6 feet 3 inches … 244 lbs.
So he finally finished that physical?
Am I having a stroke or did the paper of record just publish a call to crush a popular uprising by turning the American military against the country’s citizens pic.twitter.com/9SSGK5rsew
— Abraham Riesman אברהם ריסמאַן (@abrahamjoseph) June 3, 2020
Biden begins to map out ‘revolutionary’ agenda, reimagining his presidency amid national upheaval, WaPo, fairly long
This is disgusting, Tom Cotton is disgusting, and the Times should never have published it. It’s a call for racialized state violence. Throw it in the trash. pic.twitter.com/hHrRJUIwBa
— Sam Thielman (@samthielman) June 3, 2020
re: #239 Sir John Barron
So are the people complaining about the protests and “riots” the same people who say we need guns to protect us from tyrannical government?
The ones on Facebook who were opening complaining about tyranny in North Carolina due to stay-at-home orders and the closure of state parks have been complete crickets over the past few days.* Once the state parks reopened they seemed to decide that everything was tolerable.**
* - One tossed out a single post about the Castle Doctrine and if they were faced with protesters while in their car and “thought themselves threatened” they’d willingly run over the protesters. (Saw this from the same thing when the Ferguson protests spilled over into blocking highways as well.)
** - Their outrage seems to be directly proportional to how much they are inconvenienced. Since most of the current unrest is in cities which they live well outside of they don’t seem to care much - or at least vocalize much in that direction.
One of the others has retreated into putting up lots of Catholic imagery - like that will generate divine protection.
He is not 6’3”. He is my age. I used to be 5’10” now I am 5’8”. If he ever was even 6’2” he is definitely not above 6’ now.
Way way way off topic regarding my impending retirement (5 weeks):
I received two letters from the Social Security Administration this week asking for more info before they can process my applications for Medicare and SocSec, one from Chicago and one from St. Paul. Called both offices today and everything appears to be OK now, but then the woman in Chicago asked if I want to start SocSec in June instead of August. I was planning on waiting until I was done with work but the Chicago office told me I could start right away because my 66th birthday is late this month. YAY!! I am now officially an old.
Gotta say that everyone that I’ve ever talked to at SocSec are the most helpful, generous and pleasant people I’ve ever dealt with about bureaucratic issues. It’s pretty amazing.
re: #257 Jebediah, RBG
Haha yeah, you would prevail.. maybe I oughtta invest in one of these Fenders.
Heh. Im not gonna fight, I just want ~15 watts in that old Princeton Reverb vibe.
re: #266 jaunte
I see they’re getting back to their Nazi sympathetic roots.
re: #231 Charles Johnson
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— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 3, 2020
re: #240 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I fully expect that Trump will present every sort of legal challenge, make every sort of claim and summon supporters to defend him when the time comes.
we need to stop giving this oxygen
we’ve been over and over it
and it’s been gamed out every way the smart people can think of (lgf)
unless he wins reelection, his term ends on 1/20/21 at 12:00 noon
even if no one else is sworn in
there is no mechanism for him to ‘stay in office’ / refuse to leave
if the election is anywhere close, he would have to make many, many legal challenges - not just ‘one’. Because there is not just one election. They are administered by states and run by counties (where the counting takes place)
What you, a civilian see: scary Army people here to intimidate me
What I, a NCO see: okay what’s up with this one dude wearing his PT belt and black boots, freaking Air Force pic.twitter.com/XQhV2JUAxG— Lethality Jane (@LethalityJane) June 3, 2020
The face you make when you sign up for the Air National Guard to help pay for college and because the recruiter said the Air Force was chill but now you’re standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial with a gas mask. pic.twitter.com/oe79BiqRQI
— Lethality Jane (@LethalityJane) June 3, 2020
Someone here commented yesterday that Tom Cotton was auditioning to be Trump’s Reinhard Heydrich. So his op-ed tracks.
Not now Mother Nature
Over half a million people are without power in Southeast Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, including around Philadelphia, due to violent #Derecho which unleashed widespread 60-90 mph winds. This event shares some similarity to the DC 2012 derecho.https://t.co/b0kxRCQGYf
— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) June 3, 2020
re: #281 Teddy’s Person
I am thankful to have power and be on the internet. :)
A new Quinnipiac poll in Texas finds Donald Trump barely ahead of Joe Biden in the presidential race, 44% to 43%.
re: #182 Dr Lizardo
The RNC is gonna have a devil of a time trying to relocate a major political convention on such short notice. Not impossible, mind you - but extremely difficult.
They can have it on a cruise ship. Plenty of room available.
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America do you have any idea how insane this looks the outside pic.twitter.com/O0FpVrSN4q
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) June 3, 2020
re: #286 Dread Pirate
And not one mask amongst them.
re: #282 PhillyPretzel
I am thankful to have power and be on the internet. :)
I never lost power or internet. Walked over to pet store a few blocks away for cat food and their power is out. I also see the local diner and bar are prepping outdoor seating since they’ll be able to use in a few days. The diner already had a patio and such. The bar is constructing something in the parking lot right now.
Sarah nails it again.
How to bible pic.twitter.com/Kib5lTdlRt
— Sarah Cooper (@sarahcpr) June 3, 2020
re: #286 Dread Pirate
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they are holding their guns the way trump held the bible
standing there with your gun hanging out doesn’t ‘say’ anything
it’s a pointless gesture
re: #290 Belafon
What’s in the picture?
assholes with rifles protecting a fence from non violent marchers.
re: #290 Belafon
What’s in the picture?
A bunch of armed, economically-anxious white people “guarding” a fenced in playground/park (or maybe someone’s very big yard) as BLM protester walk on by.
re: #283 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
A new Quinnipiac poll in Texas finds Donald Trump barely ahead of Joe Biden in the presidential race, 44% to 43%.
Joe is leading in Florida and if he takes Texas Trump is finished.
A police perimeter prevented our Executive Director @revadamtaylor from praying at St. John’s church before the #SolidarityPrayerVigilDC. You can join the vigil, which will still take place, at 3:30pm 16th and I St NW. https://t.co/L4qnyJBrTn
— SojoAction (@SojoAction) June 3, 2020
re: #294 Joe Bacon 🌹
Joe is leading in Florida and if he takes Texas Trump is finished.
we can dream
as long as we also register, donate, verify our registration, volunteer and vote!
I think maybe we should stop allowing people who desire to become cops to actually become cops.
Instead we should be looking at redirecting people whose hearts are in the right place, like someone who wants to become veterinarian but sucks at biochemistry. Make THAT person a cop— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) June 3, 2020
re: #295 Teddy’s Person
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Why does Trump hate priests?
re: #273 William Lewis
Heh. Im not gonna fight, I just want ~15 watts in that old Princeton Reverb vibe.
A lot of the time, if I am not going through headphones, I use the power cut switch to drop it to .1 watt. My Silvertone is around 22 or so watts and if I ever turned that up here, pretty sure I would get evicted. It’s kind of crazy to me that a single watt can make so much sound. Doesn’t take all that many watts to get to where you feel it as well as hear it.
J Mascis plays with 3 hundred-watt stacks a few feet behind him (with a fender combo similarly close and pointed directly at his face. And he wears earplugs… he said he likes to feel the sound. 300+ watts must rattle his bones pretty good!
re: #286 Dread Pirate
A bunch of white guys with the tiniest dicks imaginable.
re: #296 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
we can dream
as long as we also register, donate, verify our registration, volunteer and vote!
Twice 1912 & 1936, Republicans only carried 2 states with a total of 8 electoral votes. Nothing would give me greater pleasure than seeing Trump pick up less than 8 electors in November.
ORGANIZE. STRATEGIZE. PLAN. THEN ACT TO GET OUT THE VOTE AND DESTROY THE GOP!
re: #297 goddamnedfrank
Pay them a real salary, not an “I’ll give you the perk of beating a citizen” incentive.
re: #298 garzooma
Why does Trump hate the 1A, in all of its aspects.
He’s preventing the free exercise of religion, free exercise of speech, and of the press.
Because he’s a tangerine toddler who hates anyone who isn’t a sycophantic suckup.
re: #295 Teddy’s Person
Isn’t the church now essentially closed after Trump used it?
re: #269 jaunte
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That idiot-ass Tom Cotton wrote this idiot-ass neofascist crap? Or that the NYT published it?
He’s a fucking US Senator, it’s not going to be hard for him to find some outlet to publish his garbage: on reflection, it might as well be a big respectable publication like the Times: easier to refute…
re: #298 garzooma
Why does Trump hate priests?
But evangelicals assure me that he’s the most godly president ever. Even more than Jimmy Carter, who (checks notes) conducts weekly bible study at his church.
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re: #275 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
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we need to stop giving this oxygen
we’ve been over and over it
and it’s been gamed out every way the smart people can think of (lgf)unless he wins reelection, his term ends on 1/20/21 at 12:00 noon
even if no one else is sworn in
there is no mechanism for him to ‘stay in office’ / refuse to leaveif the election is anywhere close, he would have to make many, many legal challenges - not just ‘one’. Because there is not just one election. They are administered by states and run by counties (where the counting takes place)
I wish I could agree, but Trump has shown amazing ingenuity about exploiting the weakness of US laws to his advantage, and he’d almost certainly still have the entire GOP behind him, or most of it even if some of them do take a stand — which is almost unthinkable at this point.
I’m not feeling all that comforted knowing that the laws are against him, to be honest.
re: #300 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
A bunch of white guys with the tiniest dicks imaginable.
Congratulations, you’ve won our photo caption contest today.
Great ad from the Biden camp.
#BREAKING NEW @JoeBiden ad
RT THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF IT
pic.twitter.com/CgjORw9lDp— Biden_Brigade (@biden_brigade) June 3, 2020
re: #304 gwangung
Isn’t the church now essentially closed after Trump used it?
Needs to be decontaminated. The fiery bowels of the sun may suffice.
(I know there is no burning going on in the sun)
re: #309 Teddy’s Person
And like Joe I approve of this message. And re-tweet the daylights out of it.
Imagine living in a country that it took months to respond to a pandemic and seconds to militarize the police against its citizens
— Solomon Georgio (@solomongeorgio) June 3, 2020
likely the first time a POTUS has used prison guards to secure the White House
re: #310 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Needs to be decontaminated. The fiery bowels of the sun may suffice.
(I know there is no burning going on in the sun)
Nuclear reactions as in the sun are even better for disinfecting Trump taint than normal fire.
re: #307 Charles Johnson
I wish I could agree, but Trump has shown amazing ingenuity about exploiting the weakness of US laws to his advantage, and he’d almost certainly still have the entire GOP behind him, or most of it even if some of them do take a stand — which is almost unthinkable at this point.
I’m not feeling all that comforted knowing that the laws are against him, to be honest.
Agree. And everyone needs to a) burn the last paragraph of the article into their brains b) develop any practical steps you can dream of to prevent the scenario described:
I have incredible respect and admiration for our constitutional system, but I’ll go back to one of the points you made, which is that the system really assumes that political actors have absorbed the norms that make the system work. But if you have a president who ignores those norms; if you have a party that ignores those norms, that continues to facilitate the rejection of those norms; and if you have a fractured media universe that rewards the president for rejecting those norms, then we’re in a very dangerous situation.
The only real way to avoid this is to make sure we don’t enter into this scenario, and the best way to do that is to ensure that he loses decisively in November. That’s the best guarantee. That’s the best way that we can secure the future of a healthy constitutional democracy.
The town hall will be livestreamed on https://t.co/4x2XN7l80t at 5 pm ET. President Obama will be joined by police reform activists and public figures, including former Attorney General Eric Holder. https://t.co/u4u48svHsX
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) June 3, 2020
re: #302 Belafon
Pay them a real salary, not an “I’ll give you the perk of beating a citizen” incentive.
Yeah that ain’t it, cops in every major city get paid very well. Between base earnings, overtime, pension contributions and assorted benefits the tactical crew chief across from me makes well over $300K per year. The US has some of the best paid and supported law enforcement in the world, which is why this isn’t a classic corruption issue.
It’s first and foremost an issue of racism, and then more broadly of overweening aggression, DARVO and the psychology of in-group bias that results in cops reflexively defending the institution of policing instead of the society the institution purportedly exists to serve.
With Trump in control, I’d almost rather have Colossus and Guardian running the show.
re: #316 goddamnedfrank
The lower ranges for Dallas:
Police Officer $61,367 - $81,983
Senior Corporal $79,387 - $89,350
Sergeant $91,584 - $98,626
But I do get what you’re saying.
Fat Cat just shoved my keyboard into my lap and plopped down.
re: #283 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
A new Quinnipiac poll in Texas finds Donald Trump barely ahead of Joe Biden in the presidential race, 44% to 43%.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Attorney General Ellison says arrest warrants issued for 3 officers newly charged in George Floyd’s death.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 3, 2020
re: #318 Belafon
FWIW, NYPD starting salary is $43,500 before OT and other factors. NYPD pays less than other departments in the region. PAPD (Port Authority has among highest in region).
re: #319 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
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re: #294 Joe Bacon 🌹
Joe is leading in Florida and if he takes Texas Trump is finished.
If Joe takes Florida, Trump is likely to be finished anyway. The EV totes (based on likely state-by-state results) don’t allow the Rs too many “battleground” states to be able to lose and still get to 270.
Speaking of Florida, is Covid-19 still on the loose there among the seniors and the governor has the state lying about the numbers of cases?
Whoa: The White House is circulating a video which it claims shows a cache of antifa bricks, but the image is actually just a year-old security barrier set up by the Chabad Jewish center in Sherman Oaks to prevent anti-Semitic car ramming attacks. https://t.co/hTjTErAHXm
— (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) June 3, 2020
That’s what’s called a gambion - rock/stone filled metal cage. Chabad set it up to deter against car bombs and terror attacks involving someone attempting to drive into the Chabad.
Chabad agreed to allow LA to remove them - again opening them up to potential terror attack threat.
This is bugnuts insanity, and the GOP and Trumpworld doesn’t care how many lies they spew. Their base doesn’t give a shit.
Afternoon Lizardim. Fuck Trump. How go things among the lizardfolk on this hot sunny day?
Right after I posted the video of Beau of the Fifth Column last night, my Internet service died. (Apparently some piece of equipment died in the central office. The telephone company just restored the town’s Internet service)
From the last thread on the misprinted ballots in Baltimore:
re: #199 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Here our county discovered a few days before the Democratic Primary that the ballots were misprinted for my school board. The school board election was not a primary, it was the election.
The county sent letters to everyone notifying people of the error (the error said “select one” when the correct line should have been “select three”)
The county also hand-counted every ballot for the school board election rather than scan them. (I’ll grant Baltimore’s 1st city council district election is probably a bigger deal than my school board.)
The election commissioner said they would rather get the election done right than get it done quickly. There were poll watchers from the Dems, Republicans, and Libertarians on hand to ensure the hand counting went as planned; there were no complaints.
re: #314 Interesting Times
Agree. And everyone needs to a) burn the last paragraph of the article into their brains b) develop any practical steps you can dream of to prevent the scenario described:
Yes, that interview is very alarming.
re: #312 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
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and Border Control.
Of course he did.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) “acknowledged that he is holding up a bill with broad bipartisan support that would make lynching a federal hate crime, saying he fears it could allow enhanced penalties for altercations that result in only ‘minor bruising,’” the Washington Post reports. Source WaPo via Political Wire
re: #307 Charles Johnson
I wish I could agree, but Trump has shown amazing ingenuity about exploiting the weakness of US laws to his advantage, and he’d almost certainly still have the entire GOP behind him, or most of it even if some of them do take a stand — which is almost unthinkable at this point.
I’m not feeling all that comforted knowing that the laws are against him, to be honest.
I have to admit, that the scenes this week of cops & guys in uniform attacking journalists and peaceful protesters made me question the blithe dismissal of #5, “Trump stages a coup.”
If he had say, someone truly evil like a Stephen Miller whispering words of encouragement in his ear, I can totally see him ordering the troops into the streets to overturn a fraudulent election and arrest Biden and his VP pick for “treason.”
What happens when Barr’s goons, Eric Prince’s people and a cordon of the 82nd airborne surround the DNC victory party and order everybody out and onto the flatbed trucks?
re: #332 Teddy’s Person
Of course he did.
Rand: Okay, fine, I’ll concede you won’t let me kill black people anymore, BUT AT LEAST LET ME PUNCH THEM!
re: #275 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
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we need to stop giving this oxygen
we’ve been over and over it
and it’s been gamed out every way the smart people can think of (lgf)unless he wins reelection, his term ends on 1/20/21 at 12:00 noon
even if no one else is sworn in
there is no mechanism for him to ‘stay in office’ / refuse to leaveif the election is anywhere close, he would have to make many, many legal challenges - not just ‘one’. Because there is not just one election. They are administered by states and run by counties (where the counting takes place)
There is an extra legal mechanism; Trump simply refuses to leave, and armed branches of the federal government back him up. Then we potentially have a civil war.
re: #335 NO SMOCKING GUN!
There is an extra legal mechanism; Trump simply refuses to leave, and armed branches of the federal government back him up. Then we potentially have a civil war.
We will unless people just give up.
But if we’re going to go that far into hypotheticals, even with the dangers of the Trump admin, what happens if we all just stay home on November 3rd?
re: #318 Belafon
The lower ranges for Dallas:
Police Officer $61,367 - $81,983
Senior Corporal $79,387 - $89,350
Sergeant $91,584 - $98,626But I do get what you’re saying.
That’s base pay.
Add 25%-50% overtime
20-40% for “special detail” ie canine, motorcycle, bicycle, narco, whatever
About $15-25K/yr for health insurance (depending on size of family)
Pension of about 6-10% per year
California has the “3% at 50” which means that you can retire at age 50 with a guaranteed pension of 3% of final salary for every year you serve.
If you’re in for 30 years, you get 90% of your final salary, which you can spike in your last year by cashing in sick time, leave time, etc. etc.
On Rick Wilson’s tweet in the last thread about Lindsey Graham dying his hair to match Donald Trumps comes a wag for the win:
The mark of the beast.
Everything Trump Touches Dyes— SteveTheKamala’sCat (@TheSteveTheCat) June 3, 2020
re: #335 NO SMOCKING GUN!
There is an extra legal mechanism; Trump simply refuses to leave, and armed branches of the federal government back him up. Then we potentially have a civil war.
No, because the military swears an oath to the Constitution, not to the President. And even if they did swear an oath to the President, Trump would not be that President.
Secret Service will haul his lard ass outta there like Hannibal Lechter on a forklift.
re: #336 Belafon
We will unless people just give up.
But if we’re going to go that far into hypotheticals, even with the dangers of the Trump admin, what happens if we all just stay home on November 3rd?
I refuse to fight problems that don’t exist. trump can only stay in office if he destroys the country. He can’t do it alone. It could happen, but I think we have an election to win first.
Yes, things are precarious, but the demonstrators are doing it because they believe things can be changed, it’s just taking more than “call your congressperson”. What’s the point of them if we’re going to go “oh, but he might do this”?
re: #320 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
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Texas, of course, isn’t a tipping point state. In the unlikely event Trump loses there, it will just be the icing on the cake of a landslide Biden victory.
re: #330 Charles Johnson
Yes, that interview is very alarming.
This is what gives me agita:
imagine, come January 20, that we don’t have a president. By the terms of the 20th Amendment, Trump ceases to be president at noon on January 20 and [Mike] Pence likewise ceases to be vice president.
At this point, by the terms of the presidential succession act of 1947, the speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, could become acting president, but only if she resigns her House seat. But what if Trump continues to insist that he has been reelected and is the rightful president? Imagine if, come January 20, Trump stages his own inauguration ceremony with Clarence Thomas issuing the oath of office.
Then we might have Nancy Pelosi and Trump both claiming to be the commander in chief. This is a world of hurt.
#TrumpShill pic.twitter.com/ujuTE7Qs5D
— Hal Perry (@halperry) June 3, 2020
While Trump tear-gasses peaceful protestors for a photo op, Speaker Pelosi greets and empowers them. This is real leadership.
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) June 3, 2020
re: #341 I Would Prefer Not To
I refuse to fight problems that don’t exist. trump can only stay in office if he destroys the country. He can’t do it alone. It could happen, but I think we have an election to win first.
Yes, we win the election first, then we prepare for a national strike and massive demonstrations when Trump tries to cling to power.
re: #345 Khal Wimpo (not drinking damn fish tank cleaner)
This is what gives me agita:
imagine, come January 20, that we don’t have a president. By the terms of the 20th Amendment, Trump ceases to be president at noon on January 20 and [Mike] Pence likewise ceases to be vice president.
At this point, by the terms of the presidential succession act of 1947, the speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, could become acting president, but only if she resigns her House seat. But what if Trump continues to insist that he has been reelected and is the rightful president? Imagine if, come January 20, Trump stages his own inauguration ceremony with Clarence Thomas issuing the oath of office.
Then we might have Nancy Pelosi and Trump both claiming to be the commander in chief. This is a world of hurt.
If you’re going to follow the constitution you say applies, then none of the House members are in office. Likewise, 1/3 of the Senate. The Senate will change to Democratic hands, and whoever the senate majority leader is will become president.
There’s a whole chain if you’re going to apply the rules of the constitution.
He’s still on the “Black people love me” kick,
“There has never been a president in the White House who has been more supportive of HBCUs and their mission than President Trump” https://t.co/ooezBsHR20
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 3, 2020
re: #325 Jay C
If Joe takes Florida, Trump is likely to be finished anyway. The EV totes (based on likely state-by-state results) don’t allow the Rs too many “battleground” states to be able to lose and still get to 270.
There’s a few roads for Trump to get to 270, but they pretty much all include Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, and Ohio along with one of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, or Pennsylvania. Lose one in that first group, and he’s got to win two in that second group.
For the love of everything good in this world. trump is a fucking coward. He’s not going to stand up and do anything that would require real courage. He’s a wimp. The only thing he will do, the only thing he can do, is send out mean tweets. Very few are going to put their necks on the line (treason is punishable by death) to aid this POS. No one. (barr and jarad and miller are not human beings). He will do his best to cause violence in the streets and let others die for him, but when he loses, he will leave office.
re: #340 The Pie Overlord!
No, because the military swears an oath to the Constitution, not to the President. And even if they did swear an oath to the President, Trump would not be that President.
Secret Service will haul his lard ass outta there like Hannibal Lechter on a forklift.
The military aren’t the only armed branches of the federal government. The Border Patrol are Trump men, and he could potentially deploy them to D.C. to help him retain power.
re: #348 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Yes, we win the election first, then we prepare for a national strike and massive demonstrations when Trump tries to cling to power.
This.
Also, let me tell you how I think things will most likely play out:
Trump loses on Nov. 3 in a landslide of Biblical proportions. For about a week, maybe two, he rage-tweets every day about STOLEN ELECTION, VOTER FRAUD, COLLUSION, FILING LAWSUITS!!! Meanwhile, behind the scenes, even Trump’s fluffers are quietly dropping hints and nudging him. Let’s not forget: Even despite this pants-on-head stupid incident we just witnessed this week, his actual most dangerous and destructive boasts have been curbed by somebody. We don’t know who. At some point, maybe some actual legal challenges will come out, to be quietly withdrawn some time around Christmas. On January 20, 2021, Donald J. Trump will slink quietly out of a back exit of the White House, drive off, and within hours be arrested in the State of New York on charges of tax evasion and fraud.
re: #350 Eclectic Cyborg
Of course. Those people in that picture are there to supposedly there in his mind at least to make him look good. It is not going to work.
re: #299 Jebediah, RBG
A lot of the time, if I am not going through headphones, I use the power cut switch to drop it to .1 watt. My Silvertone is around 22 or so watts and if I ever turned that up here, pretty sure I would get evicted. It’s kind of crazy to me that a single watt can make so much sound. Doesn’t take all that many watts to get to where you feel it as well as hear it.
J Mascis plays with 3 hundred-watt stacks a few feet behind him (with a fender combo similarly close and pointed directly at his face. And he wears earplugs… he said he likes to feel the sound. 300+ watts must rattle his bones pretty good!
He’s nuts. :)
I use a 35 watt Two Rock amp most of the time, and that one will hurt you if you lean on it too hard.
The closest I ever got to using that level of power was two 50w Marshalls with 1 4x12” cabinet each. And that was crazy loud.
re: #349 Belafon
If you’re going to follow the constitution you say applies, then none of the House members are in office. Likewise, 1/3 of the Senate. The Senate will change to Democratic hands, and whoever the senate majority leader is will become president.
There’s a whole chain if you’re going to apply the rules of the constitution.
We hope the Senate changes to Democratic control; still a 50-50 proposition.
re: #351 DodgerFan1988
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WTF?
Dude shouldn’t be too hard to find. His license plate was clearly visible. No excuse for him not being in custody.
re: #355 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
This.
Also, let me tell you how I think things will most likely play out:
Trump loses on Nov. 3 in a landslide of Biblical proportions. For about a week, maybe two, he rage-tweets every day about STOLEN ELECTION, VOTER FRAUD, COLLUSION, FILING LAWSUITS!!! Meanwhile, behind the scenes, even Trump’s fluffers are quietly dropping hints and nudging him. Let’s not forget: Even despite this pants-on-head stupid incident we just witnessed this week, his actual most dangerous and destructive boasts have been curbed by somebody. We don’t know who. At some point, maybe some actual legal challenges will come out, to be quietly withdrawn some time around Christmas. On January 20, 2021, Donald J. Trump will slink quietly out of a back exit of the White House, drive off, and within hours be arrested in the State of New York on charges of tax evasion and fraud.
Unless he flees to Moscow or Riyadh.
re: #360 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Unless he flees to Moscow or Riyadh.
Gosh I wonder what Liz Crokin will say when Trump runs into the Russian embassy?
Obama is just moments away from speaking on MSNBC.
Trump acts tough, talking about thugs, looting and shooting, domination. But Donnie, who turned off the lights and hid in the basement? pic.twitter.com/E0Iv3r3eE4
— Chip Franklin (@chipfranklin) June 3, 2020
re: #360 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Unless he flees to Moscow or Riyadh.
A fair point, and I agree with what was said above.
re: #353 I Would Prefer Not To
Trump IS a coward. The only reason he felt safe walking out in Lafayette Square was because of the overwhelming display of force from his goon squad. I do not see any realistic scenario in which Trump refuses to leave. He might make noises and pretensions - and, let’s be fair, I’m basically batting an 0-fer where Trump is concerned - but between his own cowardice and the fact that even the people who service him most faithfully aren’t that stupid, come January, our national nightmare WILL be over as long as we do our part and actually vote the motherfucker out.
re: #360 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Unless he flees to Moscow or Riyadh.
Then we get to seize all his US asests. He’s a conman till the end. He think he can beat the rap at any trial. So did al capone.
re: #354 NO SMOCKING GUN!
The military aren’t the only armed branches of the federal government. The Border Patrol are Trump men, and he could potentially deploy them to D.C. to help him retain power.
That would be an actual COUP if he is not re-elected.
re: #365 I Would Prefer Not To
Then we get to seize all his US asests. He’s a conman till the end. He think he can beat the rap at any trial. So did al capone.
I will be amused to see his lawyers claim he has no assets.
/
re: #366 The Pie Overlord!
That would be an actual COUP if he is not re-elected.
Yes, Trump will at least think about staging a coup to stay in office.
re: #80 Belafon
I always hated grammar, and sucked at sentence diagrams, though I am really fascinated from a machine learning point of view of how people hear and accept certain patterns of speech. Like I hear absolutely nothing wrong with ending your sentence with “me” because implying a verb seems complicated.
There’s really nothing wrong with finishing off a sentence with “than her” rather than “than she.” In English department offices, you generally hear people say on the phone “this is she/he” because we just know the rule that applies, but if you said “this is her/him,” we would only make fun of you if you had a D.Ed. from University of Phoenix, or something. Otherwise we’d assume you knew better but were just being colloquial.
re: #354 NO SMOCKING GUN!
The military aren’t the only armed branches of the federal government. The Border Patrol are Trump men, and he could potentially deploy them to D.C. to help him retain power.
In this particular dystopian nightmare, it would come down to the government employees physically closest to him: either the Secret Service or the Marines who guard the White House. There’s no reason to believe that he’s corrupted the Secret Service (yet). And we can only hope that the Marines assigned to that detail are of the highest moral code.
re: #350 Eclectic Cyborg
Every single one of them is hyper-religious, I bet.
re: #161 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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Good on those folks for protesting. They need to: large swaths of Illinois are as racist as Merrick, LI. My hometown there certainly was/is.
re: #354 NO SMOCKING GUN!
The military aren’t the only armed branches of the federal government. The Border Patrol are Trump men, and he could potentially deploy them to D.C. to help him retain power.
There are many who would love an excuse to create job openings at CBP…
re: #342 Belafon
Yes, things are precarious, but the demonstrators are doing it because they believe things can be changed, it’s just taking more than “call your congressperson”. What’s the point of them if we’re going to go “oh, but he might do this”?
I swear I just clicked the updinger 10 times. Only recorded one, but it’s the thought that counts.
re: #330 Charles Johnson
Yes, that interview is very alarming.
i am by no means an expert
i read the article
in my amateur opinion he’s left a few steps out and got some facts wrong, so i dont put a lot of credence in his ‘concerns’.
yes. legislatures have the power to appoint electors. What state would “submit competing electoral certificates” and how? Not the way he imagines.
My understanding is the legislatures have that power to appoint electors in lieu of an election. They can’t invalidate an election that has legally taken place.
“If the 28 Republican-controlled legislatures already agreed that the governors may move forward with the elections, but that they are still going to invoke their constitutional right to choose electors, they would have to change state law in order to do so.”
multiple states. in collaboration. see here
further, if the election were truly ‘in dispute’ because congress couldnt agree on a vote count, trump couldnt just get a justice to swear him in and that’s that. (taking the oath doesnt ‘make’ you president). there’s already a procedure for that circumstance and we’d all know about it weeks before 1/20/21.
in any event at that point the president of the senate pro tempore would be next in line to be sworn in not the speaker of the house
because he’s made these several errors, im really not worried about his fantasies.
im not an expert.
i just dont see any of it.
voter suppression, registration shenanigans, vote-by-mail fights, other ratfucking? sure.
yes, trump won 2016 when virtually no one thought he would. even though mathematically he could. he wasnt brilliant. he got lucky. and there was a lot of complacency to go around.
2020 is not 2016 for hosts of reasons.
trump is not a magician. there are only so many moves.
there is no way for trump to successfully game the system. if he wants a second term he has to win the EC unambiguously. all these other thought exercises are either very unlikely or just plain impossible.
re: #257 Jebediah, RBG
Haha yeah, you would prevail.. maybe I oughtta invest in one of these Fenders.
I’ve mentioned it before, but my amp is a Music Man RD-110-50. The 110 means one 10” speaker, and the 50? Well, you can guess. I’ve never been able to turn it past 4. That was in a rehearsal where the other guitar player was being unusually obnoxious with his volume on his Hiwatt. My amp doesn’t work well with my townhouse-share-walls lifestyle. I have to attenuate with pedal volume and/or guitar volume because it’s nearly impossible to get at a decent sound using the amp control.
re: #335 NO SMOCKING GUN!
There is an extra legal mechanism; Trump simply refuses to leave, and armed branches of the federal government back him up. Then we potentially have a civil war.
a literal coup? still more from electoral-vote.com
Obviously, coups happen, so this is not impossible. However, this approach would require buy-in from federal law enforcement and from the military. You will notice that nearly all successful coups involve military officers, or else civilian leaders who had seeded the upper ranks of the military with their close personal allies. Neither of these things is true of Trump, and our experience is that America’s soldiers take their oaths to defend the Constitution (not the President, take note) very, very seriously. And even if the President and a cabal of soldiers and law enforcement officers do try to seize extralegal power, then they will have a rebellion of tens of millions of people to put down.
And, by the way, can we really expect all of this from a president who is more than willing to talk a big talk, but is rarely willing to walk a big walk. When push comes to shove, doesn’t he nearly always back down? Can we really believe he has the spine to go full Augusto Pinochet or Idi Amin?
re: #345 Khal Wimpo (not drinking damn fish tank cleaner)
This is what gives me agita:
imagine, come January 20, that we don’t have a president. By the terms of the 20th Amendment, Trump ceases to be president at noon on January 20 and [Mike] Pence likewise ceases to be vice president.
At this point, by the terms of the presidential succession act of 1947, the speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, could become acting president, but only if she resigns her House seat. But what if Trump continues to insist that he has been reelected and is the rightful president? Imagine if, come January 20, Trump stages his own inauguration ceremony with Clarence Thomas issuing the oath of office.
Then we might have Nancy Pelosi and Trump both claiming to be the commander in chief. This is a world of hurt.
i’m saying that the experts are saying this cant happen.
not wont.
cant.
and again - its the president if the senate pro tempore. not the speaker of the house who is next.
re: #355 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
This.
Also, let me tell you how I think things will most likely play out:
Trump loses on Nov. 3 in a landslide of Biblical proportions. For about a week, maybe two, he rage-tweets every day about STOLEN ELECTION, VOTER FRAUD, COLLUSION, FILING LAWSUITS!!! Meanwhile, behind the scenes, even Trump’s fluffers are quietly dropping hints and nudging him. Let’s not forget: Even despite this pants-on-head stupid incident we just witnessed this week, his actual most dangerous and destructive boasts have been curbed by somebody. We don’t know who. At some point, maybe some actual legal challenges will come out, to be quietly withdrawn some time around Christmas. On January 20, 2021, Donald J. Trump will slink quietly out of a back exit of the White House, drive off, and within hours be arrested in the State of New York on charges of tax evasion and fraud.
see, it’s much easier to write non-fiction
Day seven since Trump said he would issue a proclamation declaring Antifa a terrorist organisation.
No proclamation.
There is one, extending the Stafford Act for relief and emergency assistance to state National Guards called up to assist in combating Covid-19.
States like mine are using the Guard to screen people going into hospitals and ensuring they are wearing masks, protecting hospitals and clinics, processing tests, that sort of thing.
It also extends orders for federal assistance through August 20 (meaning Guardsmen and women serving long enough will get their federal benefits).
re: #272 stpaulbear
Way way way off topic regarding my impending retirement (5 weeks):
I received two letters from the Social Security Administration this week asking for more info before they can process my applications for Medicare and SocSec, one from Chicago and one from St. Paul. Called both offices today and everything appears to be OK now, but then the woman in Chicago asked if I want to start SocSec in June instead of August. I was planning on waiting until I was done with work but the Chicago office told me I could start right away because my 66th birthday is late this month. YAY!! I am now officially an old.
Gotta say that everyone that I’ve ever talked to at SocSec are the most helpful, generous and pleasant people I’ve ever dealt with about bureaucratic issues. It’s pretty amazing.
After a couple pleasant decision-making meets with local Social Sec office, we have had no contact in the last 10 years or so. The process has been seamless. We get periodic Medicare statements in the mail and tax info yearly.
re: #354 NO SMOCKING GUN!
The military aren’t the only armed branches of the federal government. The Border Patrol are Trump men, and he could potentially deploy them to D.C. to help him retain power.
Which sounds like insurrection to me. If they wanna die for trmp, well, I think that’s a foolish choice.
re: #357 makeitstop
He’s nuts. :)
I use a 35 watt Two Rock amp most of the time, and that one will hurt you if you lean on it too hard.
The closest I ever got to using that level of power was two 50w Marshalls with 1 4x12” cabinet each. And that was crazy loud.
Totally nuts! OK, earplugs, but I would worry that 300 watts that close behind me might start liquefying my kidneys and livers and suchlike.
Given the volume I got out of my Silvertone at about 70%, 35 watts sounds about right for any non-huge venue. Those two Marshall half-stacks must have been approaching skull-crushing.
re: #295 Teddy’s Person
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So tRump has now broken:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;
or abridging the freedom of speech,
or of the press;
or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Clean sweep of the 1st. But any Tom Dick or lunatic Larry can still get a gun.
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