Our most venerated monuments represent a mythology. While we may hope the statue represents our highest aspirations of what America can and should be. It also can be a reminder of where and how far we fall short. Read more: washingtonpost.com. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: wapo.st
F to the T, the GOP, and the mendacious media that enables both™.
Reposted:
I hereby dub this scandal #Bountghazi. https://t.co/0UCDz7EAXM
— Antifa Air Force Commander (@aceoaces) June 28, 2020
Something I learned today: Chef Boyardee (Ettore Boiardi) was a real person - an immigrant from Italy, who found fame and success in Cleveland. And now there’s a proposal in Cleveland to replace the city’s statue of Columbus with Boiardi. https://t.co/VhcTSpbT3F
— Michael Li 李之樸 (@mcpli) June 28, 2020
Putin paid a bounty to kill American soldiers. @realDonaldTrump knew about it but did nothing. How can Trump lead America when he can’t even defend it? pic.twitter.com/oEbnc2cWbT
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) June 28, 2020
I broke that Asian bad driver stereotype by being the best helmsman in the galaxy… https://t.co/jEeC6ae82O
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) June 28, 2020
OT For those Downton Abbey fans out there: this is the last week that it will be on PBS. Please check your local stations for air times. For those who get WHYY (Philadelphia and Wilmington) tomorrow Season 6 will be on tomorrow from 8 AM to 7 PM.
re: #4 Backwoods_Sleuth
The brand ought to fix the spelling of Boiardi, too.
Where is the condemnation for this from our profession? If the President tweeted out photos of any one of your clients like this would think it was acceptable? Can you imagine the sheer terror this is designed to create? For suspected vandalism? https://t.co/vgJDw5LUrn
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) June 27, 2020
re: #9 jaunte
The brand ought to fix the spelling of Boiardi, too.
Well, “Boyardee” was the way old Hector/Ettore insisted on having it on his stuff when they went “commercial” - supposedly to make sure Americans could pronounce it “correctly”. And I’m sure he was OK with however it was spelled, as long as it had “Pay To The Order Of….” somewhere in there.
I knew there had actually been a real “Chef Boyardee” - but I had always thought (Dog knows why) that his name had been Joseph (Giuseppe). But I didn’t know he’d had his first restaurant in Cleveland - live. browse, and learn.
If John McCain were alive right now, I believe he’d fully slap the shit out of Lindsey Graham.
— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) June 27, 2020
Thanks, Charles, for the clip. Bracing. It made me reflect.
re: #8 PhillyPretzel
OT For those Downton Abbey fans out there: this is the last week that it will be on PBS. Please check your local stations for air times. For those who get WHYY (Philadelphia and Wilmington) tomorrow Season 6 will be on tomorrow from 8 AM to 7 PM.
I joke with my wife that they will finish the movie and decide they can run it one more time.
easy things for a healthy world: keep your dog on leash, keep your cat inside, don’t drop litter and wear a mask.
seriously. wear the mask.— Officer Edith (@OfficerEdith) June 25, 2020
This is one of the all time overlooked jazz masterpieces. State of the art 30 years ago and still today. Some of Pat Metheny’s best work.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 28, 2020
The noni fruit: Stinks, tastes like hell, costs too much, and grifters and quacks make all kinds of extravagant claims for it.
— Lord Piltdown (@jimreynolds54) June 28, 2020
re: #6 Backwoods_Sleuth
How this isn’t a huge scandal that ends his presidency is beyond me. This is outrageous.
“Grandpa, tell me the story again about how masks ruined our country.”
We watched Blues Brothers last night (my parents once again had not seen a movie I had shown their grandkids). It was fun trying to figure out who was an actual musician and who wasn’t. I think even with the cops and military people at the end, there were still more musicians than non-musical actors.
re: #21 Patricia Kayden
How this isn’t a huge scandal that ends his presidency is beyond me. This is outrageous.
Because spineless Republicans will let him skate.
Remember when Ricketts said we only have like 65 traffic deaths a year in Nebraska? And we don’t shut down roads.
We are almost 4x that number and crickets from Ricketts about taking care of Nebraskans.— NebraskaNerd (@JTAndersen86) June 27, 2020
I do remember. We can’t compare causes of death that aren’t contagious to an extremely contagious virus we are still trying to understand.
NE’s COVID deaths have LONG surpassed our average annual traffic fatalities. We should not give up working to stop these preventable deaths. https://t.co/Z856yjmt2S— Senator Megan Hunt 😷 (@NebraskaMegan) June 27, 2020
And nobody ever found out what Connie Jo was _really_ up to. https://t.co/WAoGqJgkGc
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 28, 2020
re: #9 jaunte
The brand ought to fix the spelling of Boiardi, too.
According to the Wiki he chose the phonetic spelling so that at least people would pronounce his name correctly.
If Trump truly wasn’t briefed it’s because our National Security experts know he cannot be trusted with intelligence about Russia.
That’s not better.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) June 27, 2020
re: #4 Backwoods_Sleuth
Something I learned today: Chef Boyardee (Ettore Boiardi) was a real person - an immigrant from Italy, who found fame and success in Cleveland. And now there’s a proposal in Cleveland to replace the city’s statue of Columbus with Boiardi.
I did not know this! But I have often wondered where that odd product name came from. Some more trivia to store in the already overstuffed trivia file.
re: #27 William Lewis
According to the Wiki he chose the phonetic spelling so that at least people would pronounce his name correctly.
Similar to my own last name, for which I have found at least a dozen spellings across the generations.
As a Veteran I am deeply hurt and appalled that @realDonaldTrump hasn’t denounced the dastardly acts that #Russia has carried out against my brothers and sisters.
I’m convinced the @GOP and #Trump have been bought and paid for by #Putin and nothing can convince me otherwise.— Michael Thomas (@in_pubs) June 27, 2020
Republican Senate-nominee in Oregon takes the QAnon Conspiracy Theory Digital Soldier oath. Very normal & cool stuff here. https://t.co/rs4oIYSI1P
— JERRY DUNLEAVY (@JerryDunleavy) June 28, 2020
“ATTENTION:
If you or a loved one have been refused entry to a private business anywhere in the United States for not wearing a mask & would like to explore available legal options, our professional associates will gladly explain just how fucking stupid you are.”
#COVIDIOTS— Disloyal Arch (@Arch_LGF) June 28, 2020
Every time I see Fat Donny salute, my bile rises….
Why the hell is the US Space Force advertising on ESPN?
I mean seriously, what the fuck.
re: #37 NetworkKed
Why the hell is the US Space Force advertising on ESPN?
I mean seriously, what the fuck.
Aaaand here it is. 😂 pic.twitter.com/TCabV7AIwn
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) June 28, 2020
Between James Baldwin, Ken Burns, and Sasha Baron Cohen, my heart is full right now.
But shit Charles, if you said ‘5 min video of Ken Burns and James Baldwin’ I would not think much because Burns is about length and depth… but that 5 min was super rich.
If we are going to truly move past our racist founding and history James Baldwin is an extremely important voice. That he speaks with such grace and poise, as if an art, is a bonus.
We’re calling them maskholes, in case you missed the memo.
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) June 28, 2020
re: #39 jaunte
You’re just mad he was saying the evil shit you fucks think about out loud.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) June 28, 2020
I just realized that the bow tie the groomer put on Teddy today is reusable. Teddy has formal wear y’all.
re: #24 Eclectic Cyborg
Because spineless Republicans will let him skate.
Democrats can’t let him skate. Beat Trump up with this scandal every day right up to the election. I’m not sure why Democrats aren’t more aggressive given all the mess Trump has dumped in their laps. Perhaps they’re exhausted.
Can you imagine if this had happened under President Obama? I can.
“It did result in coalition casualties.”
New reporting on Russian military payments to Taliban-linked groups to target US and UK troops.@npwcnn to @AnaCabrerapic.twitter.com/O15Mb3GPgl— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) June 28, 2020
Let’s accept for a moment that the Commander-In-Chief just learned of the Russia program.
He’s spent the day defending monuments to 19th century traitors who took up arms against the U.S. and saying nothing about the incentivizing of killing patriots who defend the U.S. today.— Victor Blackwell CNN (@VictorBlackwell) June 28, 2020
Putin paid a bounty to kill American soldiers. @realDonaldTrump knew about it but did nothing. How can Trump lead America when he can’t even defend it? pic.twitter.com/oEbnc2cWbT
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) June 28, 2020
In the midst of the pandemic, real tragedy hits Texas couple:
How is America selfishly focusing on other issues when someone in Texas was made to wait for shredded cheese?#NoCheeseNoPeace https://t.co/Sza7UneqWS
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) June 28, 2020
re: #39 jaunte
Just commented on this *public* Facebook page. Heard back from Yelm councilmember Mr. Blair right quick.
Cheese deficiency is just sucking the life out of her.
re: #4 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I’ve actually known this for awhile, all because of this special that History Channel used to play every Thanksgiving…back when it was actually about history:
re: #54 teleskiguy
“3. Identification of enemies as a unifying cause.”
re: #54 teleskiguy
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A hit dog will holler, don’t he?
It wouldn’t bother him so much if there wasn’t a bit of truth in there, would it?
re: #53 jaunte
they might as well just nail her to the cross at this point
— 𓆤 𝕲𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖊𝖙𝖙 𓆤 (@GarrettIsVibin) June 28, 2020
This thread is the best thing you will see all evening. Seriously, I got Obama tears after looking at it.
A Joe Biden & Kamala Harris Thread: A Case Study in Simpaticoness. #KamalaHarrisForVP
1) They’ve each carried two pizza pies pic.twitter.com/HBf4w6mxTY— José (@josecanyousee) June 28, 2020
Something about Judge BoxedWine riding off on a horse with a sex devise in her hand that makes me nervous.
— And the Wind Cries “SLOW THE TESTING DOWN!!!!” (@DaveoutofAustin) June 28, 2020
A civilian appears to have opened fire on protestors in Louisville. https://t.co/H0z91nCKzd
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) June 28, 2020
Shooting at the protests in Louisville tonight, sound like long rifles, was not police. Video from it looks like a potential boogaloo boy shot up the protestors. Also sounds like multiple gunmen. https://t.co/fR852RSs9G
— Eric Heggie (@EricHeggie) June 28, 2020
VP Pence has canceled campaign trips to Arizona and Florida — both part of his ‘Faith in America’ tour aimed at evangelical voters — due to concerns over COVID-19 as the states experience spikes in coronavirus cases.https://t.co/xZaNeO7Ulw
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 27, 2020
Tax the churches.
Trump Goes Golfing in Virginia After Promising He’d Stay Home to ‘Enforce’ Order in D.C.
Liar! https://t.co/vDn9zDV9Rg— Vote Dem for the Planet (@Brasilmagic) June 28, 2020
She’s still at it:
You’re proud of an organization (the CSA) that was formed to defend the right to own people as slaves.
How blind are you that you can’t see what that makes you?— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) June 28, 2020
CONTENT WARNING: This video of today’s shooting at Jefferson Square Park was pulled from the FB livestream of one of Louisville’s more vocal protesters. Absolutely horrifying to see. To my friends, coworkers and anybody else down there, please be vigilant. Please be safe. pic.twitter.com/AT8PiOIKrG
— John Boyle (@JBernardBoyle) June 28, 2020
re: #6 Backwoods_Sleuth
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whats worse?
“they” didn’t tell me (as if)
or
I didnt do anything about it
Putin paid a bounty to kill American soldiers. @realDonaldTrump knew about it but did nothing. How can Trump lead America when he can’t even defend it? pic.twitter.com/oEbnc2cWbT
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) June 28, 2020
re: #69 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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Really defending against tyranny there I see.
Dude, he got people to *sing along* and cheer. https://t.co/9UXG3ds02H
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) June 28, 2020
re: #70 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
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“they” didn’t tell me (as if)
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Both but I know you know this. This whole administration goddamn they make me sick.
LATEST: Two people killed and at least four people in fair condition after a man drove into a distribution center and started shooting at people. https://t.co/7Wie1RcLMc
— ABC News (@ABC) June 28, 2020
NEW: The @JoeBiden campaign has released its staff diversity numbers.
35% of all staff members are PoC
36% of all senior staff are PoC
53% of full-time staff are women
58% of senior staff are women— Kevin Robillard (@Robillard) June 27, 2020
Nightly diversion:
Domino effect with playing cards pic.twitter.com/J4YP9hpCV4
— ZERO GRAVITY MEDIA (@zerogravityhxp) June 28, 2020
The “vote” to approve changes to the Russian Constitution to make Putin’s dictator for life status official is on July 1. But the Constitution with the changes is already published! Should be in the fiction section.. pic.twitter.com/Fdfql9bt7Q
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) June 27, 2020
WATCH: Baby steps for Gloria the baby hippo into the deep pool in her enclosure at Beauval zoo in France pic.twitter.com/18CZuTZTYv
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 28, 2020
rawstory jackson Katz wrote two months ago…..
“The straightforward explanation for why the federal government has done such a poor job in response to the coronavirus crisis is that Donald Trump is simply not man enough to be president of the United States..” {…}
“The model of masculine power on which Trump’s political career is based has been rendered obsolete by COVID-19. You can’t intimidate a microbe with verbal taunts. You can’t bully a virus……. this is a public health crisis that can’t be solved by angry tweets or theatrical displays of bravado.”
“It is beyond tragic that the most powerful man in the world is such a small man, utterly incapable of rising to the occasion and providing the leadership this catastrophe so desperately requires
Dammit. Chat Noir crossed the Rainbow Bridge about an hour ago. QoL issues reared up in the past day or so with him not eating anything at all and having constant nausea and vomiting issues. Vet at the clinic indicated that it was probably renal failure and that while hospitalization could stabilize things the damage couldn’t really be reversed.
Hoisting a few drinks in his honor this evening since he will be missed.
re: #81 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
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Dammit. Chat Noir crossed the Rainbow Bridge about an hour ago. QoL issues reared up in the past day or so with him not eating anything at all and having constant nausea and vomiting issues. Vet at the clinic indicated that it was probably renal failure and that while hospitalization could stabilize things the damage couldn’t really be reversed.
Hoisting a few drinks in his honor this evening since he will be missed.
So sorry, FFL: condolences. 😢
Adieu, Chat Noir.
Police reform seems likely to join gun control and immigration as issues where Americans overwhelmingly support changes, but
Congressthe republican senate is unable or unwilling to do anything
re: #81 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
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Dammit. Chat Noir crossed the Rainbow Bridge about an hour ago. QoL issues reared up in the past day or so with him not eating anything at all and having constant nausea and vomiting issues. Vet at the clinic indicated that it was probably renal failure and that while hospitalization could stabilize things the damage couldn’t really be reversed.
Hoisting a few drinks in his honor this evening since he will be missed.
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May he enjoy eternal chin skritches…
re: #81 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
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Dammit. Chat Noir crossed the Rainbow Bridge about an hour ago. QoL issues reared up in the past day or so with him not eating anything at all and having constant nausea and vomiting issues. Vet at the clinic indicated that it was probably renal failure and that while hospitalization could stabilize things the damage couldn’t really be reversed.
Hoisting a few drinks in his honor this evening since he will be missed.
< Lifts shot glass > To absent friends.
re: #81 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
So sorry to hear of his passing.
re: #87 Patricia Kayden
Damn it
Now I want some boneless cherry cake donuts
re: #81 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
So sorry, FFL. They leave their pawprints on our hearts.
Au revoir, Chat Noir. You were much loved and will be dearly missed.
A lot of people were interested in the #Resister in black, so here ya go, her name is Sharon Sandler: pic.twitter.com/10rYXtZpci
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) June 27, 2020
re: #69 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
And the FBI is busy hunting done statue vandals. This is trumps America @FBI @realDonaldTrump @SpeakerPelosi make it stop! #Protestors, COVID patients #USSoldiers being murdered. make it stop! We
— Terry (@Terry27497860) June 28, 2020
The way the Louisville shooter stands brazenly in the open certainly suggests a boogaloo boy: It does not enter his mind that he might not be the only one there with a gun. This one got away with it this time, but sooner or later this assumption is going to get some of them killed, and good riddance.
I usually visit my Canadian family and friends in June but not this year. Sigh.
As long America’s Covid-19 cases keep rising, Canada’s border will remain closed. They could be banned access for life, have their vehicles seized, forced into quarantine at their own expense, etc.https://t.co/G2tl6TrcDY
— TheGreatWhiteNorthFreePress (@TheGreatWhiteN9) June 28, 2020
It’s not about whether he was “briefed.”
It’s whether he knew — and when.
They are playing games with the word “briefed.”
Media should stop playing their game.
Ask directly, when Trump/VP first knew.
They will lie, but any answer they give will be damning. https://t.co/tgaORyLCeq— Elizabeth de la Vega (@Delavegalaw) June 28, 2020
re: #81 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
So sorry for your loss.
re: #93 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
The way the Louisville shooter stands brazenly in the open certainly suggests a boogaloo boy: It does not enter his mind that he might not be the only one there with a gun. This one got away with it this time, but sooner or later this assumption is going to get some of them killed, and good riddance.
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One more time:
This is why “whether they were briefed” is not the question. The question is when they KNEW. Ask when they knew. Get them on record with whatever lie they want to offer. Any answer will be damning and the truth will come out through other witnesses. https://t.co/2rnY1n0eNE— Elizabeth de la Vega (@Delavegalaw) June 28, 2020
Parler, the Twitter alternative that bills itself as a bastion of the First Amendment, explicitly tells users not to post rumors and advises against posting content that is “sexual in nature” because porn is banned. pic.twitter.com/RmVbvryScA
— nilay patel (@reckless) June 25, 2020
I have never seen a bigger red flag in a privacy policy than this clause from Parler pic.twitter.com/KuGU2MmFXV
— nilay patel (@reckless) June 25, 2020
My mother sat down next to me on the couch and since I had my phone in my hand, I took the opportunity to take a selfie of us. I am 60 and she is 80. I don’t think either of us look our ages.
When I was a kid, mom used to tell me that we were going to be little old ladies together. It might come true!
re: #99 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
“allowing the company to bill users for legal fees relating to their posts”
But muh First Amendment!
BREAKING: Louisville, Kentucky, police say 1 dead, 1 injured in shooting at park hosting protests over Breonna Taylor’s death. https://t.co/XmtRHGR1Hj
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 28, 2020
This statement from @ODNIgov, if true, points to another scandal: intelligence officials withholding explosive information from @POTUS.
Also, @realDonaldTrump knew yesterday about the news that Russia paid bounties to kill US troops. His response? He went golfing today. https://t.co/Kou3oKKR2c— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) June 28, 2020
LOL the CEO is willing to pay a “bounty” (their words) of $20K for “a” liberal to join
You cannot make this up 🤣 https://t.co/fQh4bfpMwI— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) June 28, 2020
re: #81 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
{{{FFL & crew}}}
Always so hard. Knowing it’s the right decision doesn’t ease it much.
Hold tight to the many good memories.
How many treasons is that? I’ve lost count.
— kristen johnston (@thekjohnston) June 27, 2020
I’ve read parts of this thread throughout the day.
It’s 46 tweets long
JC this thread
Remember while reading this that he took a Purple Heart from a vet in 2016, saying, “I always wanted to get the Purple Heart. This was much easier.” https://t.co/pufpXiGN19 https://t.co/bzaYk5IdlO— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) June 28, 2020
I went and looked up the Emancipation memorial with Lincoln. I had never heard of it before, but it looks like it was designed by the Confederacy.
re: #81 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
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Dammit. Chat Noir crossed the Rainbow Bridge about an hour ago. QoL issues reared up in the past day or so with him not eating anything at all and having constant nausea and vomiting issues. Vet at the clinic indicated that it was probably renal failure and that while hospitalization could stabilize things the damage couldn’t really be reversed.
Hoisting a few drinks in his honor this evening since he will be missed.
sorry. sad to lose a beloved animal.
re: #81 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Condolences.
Went into Manhattan today to celebrate my twin’s birthday. We did takeout and ate at my ex’s apt. The subways have never been cleaner (they are closing down every night at 1AM to clean).
We played Settlers of Catan and I was forced to watch an episode of “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.”
No fights, so I will declare victory. Hoping for a non quarantine b-day next year.
Also, FT
Bryant Gumbel talks about the “Black Tax” on Real Sports, and this line stands out for me:
It’s about having to overlook blue failings and white failings so that they can be conveniently viewed as black issues.
We were talking about the flag shapes the other day:
Granting statehood to D.C. is the right thing to do and it would also give us this bomb-ass flag. pic.twitter.com/9zQVBRYv37
— Scott Bixby (@scottbix) June 26, 2020
re: #114 DodgerFan1988
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Censorship!
From that thread, I now can’t unsee this…and it fits:
Somewhat fitting that the Parler logo could be interpreted as someone sticking their finger down their throat. pic.twitter.com/mjGT4t4V9m
— Martin Harvey (@Martin_Harvey) June 27, 2020
My law firm will provide free legal assistance/protection to any #whistleblower who can confirm Pres Trump or VP Pence was provided intel briefings on these disturbing Russian efforts. We will ensure #WBer acts completely within legal boundaries. https://t.co/BnbdbuFCNC
— Mark S. Zaid (@MarkSZaidEsq) June 27, 2020
re: #99 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Uhh, yeah……Parler seems to be more like some kind of data-mining operation than a microblogging site.
The Rolling Stones say there’ll be a lawsuit if Donald Trump continues using their song without a licence https://t.co/3qah9v6e8t
— The Sydney Morning Herald (@smh) June 28, 2020
re: #105 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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*snort* I’d be thrilled if Trump supporters all left Twitter. Might be possible to have something close to a reasoned discourse with conservatives if the batshit crazy ones who believe a child sex ring is being run out of the basement of a pizza parlor w/ no basement are gone.
— Zaydin (@OrranVoriel) June 28, 2020
I have cloth face masks.
You pay the postage.
Masks are free.
You can use PayPal, too. pic.twitter.com/PUP3ZF96uD— OLD IVORY (@oldivory) June 28, 2020
I finally figured out why I hate K-Pop.
It’s not because the music is generic. It’s that the choreography is a cross between synchronized swimming and the Rockettes.
re: #120 Dr Lizardo
Uhh, yeah……Parler seems to be more like some kind of data-mining operation than a microblogging site.
It would certainly be better if it were, because the alternative is that these jackasses have conned hundreds to thousands of people to fork over their personal info in a manner that has “PSN Hack” written all over it.
re: #125 sagehen
I finally figured out why I hate K-Pop.
It’s not because the music is generic. It’s that the choreography is a cross between synchronized swimming and the Rockettes.
A Jason Derulo video.
re: #126 Targetpractice
It would certainly be better if it were, because the alternative is that these jackasses have conned hundreds to thousands of people to fork over their personal info in a manner that has “PSN Hack” written all over it.
I’d forgotten about the PSN hack.
re: #125 sagehen
I finally figured out why I hate K-Pop.
It’s not because the music is generic. It’s that the choreography is a cross between synchronized swimming and the Rockettes.
Also made me think of this commercial:
This has been bothering me. Does the president only get told things once? Hard to believe that something this big would only get mentioned once and forgotten, that intelligence pros would not be concerned that things this big were not being addressed.
re: #81 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
So sorry to hear that. Condolences.
re: #4 Backwoods_Sleuth
Chef Boyardee (Ettore Boiardi) was a real person - an immigrant from Italy, who found fame and success in Cleveland. And now there’s a proposal in Cleveland to replace the city’s statue of Columbus with Boiardi.
Boy, are de bigots gonna be upset wit dat!!!
re: #78 Dread Pirate
The “vote” to approve changes to the Russian Constitution to make Putin’s dictator for life status official is on July 1. But the Constitution with the
Like the story of the Soviet delegation visiting the chambers for the planned Nürnberg Trials and asking where the gallows were. To which the hosts explained: “We wait until they are found guilty before building the gallows!”
Here’s some good news, for a change:
…trying to keep myself entertained while sitting on a phone line for the next 3.5 hours…
re: #136 mmmirele
…trying to keep myself entertained while sitting on a phone line for the next 3.5 hours…
Just click on Claire de Lune and you’ve certainly got better music than what they play over the phone
re: #81 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
QoL is everything. Over the decades we have put down several pets. The only decisions we regret are those that went too long.
re: #137 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Just click on Claire de Lune and you’ve certainly got better music than what they play over the phone
Well now
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That Yelm, WA councilperson and his III% goon friends who got epically punked by Sacha Baron Cohen yesterday are in major CYA mode on Facebook. I’m betting the footage Cohen filmed makes them all look really bad.
re: #140 Dr Lizardo
Did you know that ’80s aerobics are more entertaining when set to Rob Zombie?
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That they are. I had to remember it’s only 02:30 here and, no, my next door neighbor doesn’t need to be hearing the dulcet tones of Rob Zombie in the dead of night.
re: #141 teleskiguy
That Yelm, WA councilperson and his III% goon friends who got epically punked by Sacha Baron Cohen yesterday are in major CYA mode on Facebook. I’m betting the footage Cohen filmed makes them all look really bad.
A sing-along country version of Let’s Throw the Jew Down the Well?
re: #143 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
A sing-along country version of Let’s Throw the Jew Down the Well?
That’s definitely part of it. Someone shot over 8 minutes of footage on a cell phone.
I’m sure the professional crew Sacha Baron Cohen had onsite filmed some truly revolting things we don’t yet know about.
re: #144 teleskiguy
“Saw them up like the Saudi’s do”……
re: #145 Dave In Austin
I have to admit, the fuckin’ ditty is pretty goddamned catchy.
I’m always fascinated by looking at satellite images of our planet, and how the marks we’ve left on the surface can be so obvious and yet so puzzling: goo.gl
re: #48 Patricia Kayden
Democrats can’t let him skate. Beat Trump up with this scandal every day right up to the election. I’m not sure why Democrats aren’t more aggressive given all the mess Trump has dumped in their laps. Perhaps they’re exhausted.
Can you imagine if this had happened under President Obama? I can.
they’re waiting for the white house to completely bury itself by having trump categorically deny all of this with a tweet. then they’ll bring in the evidence clearly showing that trump was briefed on this, possibly multiple times.
“US B-2 bombers flew w/ Norwegian F-35s north of the Arctic Circle, and four US destroyers entered the Barents Sea for the first time since the ’80s, running anti-submarine drills.” https://t.co/U6LUqiID1O
— paul mcleary (@paulmcleary) June 25, 2020
re: #117 TedStriker
So what happened to free speech? Rightwingers are pro-fascist speech — not free speech.
re: #150 Patricia Kayden
So what happened to free speech? Rightwingers are pro-fascist speech — not free speech.
And are just fine as long as it is only white people brandishing weapons in public…
rep katie porters sister
Wear a mask. That is, unless you want to be intubated by a gynecology intern July 1st who did her last semester of med school via Zoom.
— Dr. Emily Porter, M.D. (@dremilyportermd) June 26, 2020
re: #153 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
Regardless of any discussion of rescheduling an election, Trump’s term in office ends on January 20th, 2021. It is not automatically extended if there is no new candidate chosen, instead, laws of Succession would apply.
re: #152 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
rep katie porters sister
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Picture related. Why you don’t want a ObGyn intern who did the last semester of Med School via Zoom tubing you.
With snarky message, apparently written by the virus itself… pic.twitter.com/bc2Vs5QXmI— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) June 28, 2020
re: #119 Dread Pirate
So after Trump and Pence found out about Russia’s bounties on American troops, what action did they take to address this? Did they demand that Congress pass legislation sanctioning Russia? Did they order any military action against Russia? Looks like they did nothing and we wouldn’t be aware of this except for the NYT.
The Washington Post has got a brutal news piece this morning entitled With Trump leading the way, America’s coronavirus failures exposed by record surge in new infections. They are pulling no punches. It’s not an opinion piece at all. It’s straight new.
For a while now, the WaPo has dropped the paywall on news and opinion pieces related to Corona virus.There’s a lot to read for free.
re: #122 Targetpractice
Parler = Rapture Twitter.
re: #156 Patricia Kayden
They can waffle all they want about whether they were briefed on it, but cannot get out of a failure to react to the information.
Or just call it “fake news” because it did not come from Fox or RT?
re: #140 Dr Lizardo
Did you know that ’80s aerobics are more entertaining when set to Rob Zombie?
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That was hysterical. Were people really supposed to follow along with those “exercises”? Because I don’t think I know anyone who can kick that high.
re: #144 teleskiguy
That’s definitely part of it.
I’m sure the professional crew Sacha Baron Cohen had onsite filmed some truly revolting things we don’t yet know about.
Yet.
re: #160 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
That was hysterical. Were people really supposed to follow along with those “exercises”? Because I don’t think I know anyone who can kick that high.
I have my doubts. Maybe someone who was really athletic and had doing aerobics for a long time, or maybe someone who’d been practicing martial arts could do it, but no way in hell could someone just starting out pull that off - at least, not with pulling a muscle (or several).
JFC
After Drinking Hand Sanitizer, 3 Dead and 1 Permanently Blinded In New Mexico
Three people in New Mexico died and one became permanently blinded after drinking hand sanitizer.
The New Mexico Department of Health released a statement Friday indicating that that three of seven people who ingested had sanitizer in May died from methanol poisoning; one was blinded permanently; and the other three remain in critical condition.
Kathy Kunkel, the secretary for the state health department, said in the statement that those who have either consumed or ingested hand sanitizer containing methanol should “seek immediate medical care.”“An antidote to methanol poisoning is available, but the earlier someone gets treated for methanol poisoning the better the chance of recovery,” Kunkel said.
re: #164 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
JFC
After Drinking Hand Sanitizer, 3 Dead and 1 Permanently Blinded In New Mexico
75% protection rate against Corona infection!
re: #152 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
She was getting shit about using OBGYN as the example.
But not as threatening as an OB/GYN to the manly men who won’t wear masks because masks threaten their manly manness.
Consider the audience.— Yeah Sure WTF Ever 🇨🇦🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸🇨🇦 (@YeahSureWhatev2) June 28, 2020
re: #166 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
She was getting shit about using OBGYN as the example.
How about a gay proctologist?
re: #163 Dr Lizardo
I have my doubts. Maybe someone who was really athletic and had doing aerobics for a long time, or maybe someone who’d been practicing martial arts could do it, but no way in hell could someone just starting out pull that off - at least, not with pulling a muscle (or several).
There’s a challenge in there somewhere. The 2020 ice bucket challenge except with more kicks (and you need the ice bucket to maybe stay out of the emergency room).
If you want some reassurance that 2020 won’t be a replay of 2016, Biden is a lot more popular than Clinton was, and Trump beat her by the skin of his teeth. slate.com
re: #138 Decatur Deb
QoL is everything. Over the decades we have put down several pets. The only decisions we regret are those that went too long.
Yes, that’s the key thing to keep an eye on. Up to the middle of last week I thought he was still doing pretty well. He liked going outside for walks, was fairly active for part of the day, was eating decently, and though he was isolating himself for most of the day would show up in the evening to sit on a lap and get some attention.
And he’s not been the first family pet I’ve had to deal with this sort of thing. One of the Siamese went out due to kidney failure as well. (Though at age 17 as compared to this one fairly young at age 7.)
re: #164 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
JFC
After Drinking Hand Sanitizer, 3 Dead and 1 Permanently Blinded In New Mexico
Where product placement rules. 👀
re: #167 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
How about a gay proctologist?
Still not as scary as those icky girl parts.
JFC. I mean holy shit JFC.
Amazing. The President just posted this video and praised his supporters who appear in it. The first to appear agrees he’s a racist and then chants “white power!” https://t.co/jtIAPlM23p pic.twitter.com/8BVJcW9Kd4
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) June 28, 2020
re: #166 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
She was getting shit about using OBGYN as the example.
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I knew collecting corona memes would pay off :D
Knowing people who have been tubed, it takes weeks before her throat and vocal cords fully recovered.
And she was tubed by an experienced doc…
Between that and a mask, mask wins hands down…
Idea for chant for medical staff that do tubings regularly: pic.twitter.com/UiOxIYPgVU— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) June 28, 2020
re: #173 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
JFC. I mean holy shit JFC.
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It seems like the President praising a white power chant should be getting more attention, but there is also the President supporting Russia while it’s offering a bounty on our troops, and the President knowingly distributing defective antibody tests, and the President removing social distancing stickers at his rally, etc.
Hmmm…
If reporting about Russian bounties on US forces is true, the White House must explain:
1. Why weren’t the president or vice president briefed? Was the info in the PDB?
2. Who did know and when?
3. What has been done in response to protect our forces & hold Putin accountable?— Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) June 28, 2020
And like a Twinkie, it’ll last forever!
🚨 CRYSTAL THAT LOOKS LIKE CHICKEN TENDER ALERT 🚨 pic.twitter.com/YLGZFo6XO2
— GarlicPowder (@fartpowder) June 27, 2020
What happens when an aircraft is no longer needed? In the desert dry of the south-western US, vast ‘boneyards’ are homes to thousands of aircraft https://t.co/PeSPhndZQy [photo of B-52 Bombers in “long-term storage” at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base near Tucson, Arizona] pic.twitter.com/6rhuTcSm3c
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) June 28, 2020
Copycating Charles :D
Woah. Here we see the president approvingly posting a video clip of his supporters yelling “WHITE POWER.”
The masks are coming off more and more these days… https://t.co/at0f94uwgF— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) June 28, 2020
re: #155 Teukka
That’s nothing compared to remote emergency rooms where there is no flesh and blood emergency MD, where you may be intubated by a PA.
But that’s nothing compared to the fact that the majority of US ER physicians are owned by a handful of firms, backed by private equity, who are masters at cashectomy.
The best non journalist explanation of trump I have read
A.R. in Los Angeles, CA, writes: (Z) speculated that Donald Trump had declared the China trade deal dead, told Peter Navarro, and then cooled off and changed his mind. He also mused that administrations usually improve their messaging over time and get better at the “nuts and bolts” of running the country. That assumes, of course, that the man at the top cares one iota about running the country or about consistent, truthful messaging. Donald Trump cares about one thing and one thing only: Donald Trump. He has been completely consistent throughout his career and his presidency on that score. He will say whatever he thinks he needs to say to get what he wants at any given moment. I have no doubt he told Navarro that the deal was dead. When Navarro announced that, the markets tanked. So, Trump took to twitter and said exactly the opposite and the markets recovered—problem solved. He doesn’t care whether there’s actually a deal with China and he doesn’t care whether China actually buys more soybeans or not. All he cares about is the announcement and appearances and the reaction of his base, his donors and the markets. That’s it!
It was the same with the Bidens and Burisma. Trump didn’t care whether an investigation was actually done or whether there was any basis for one—all he wanted was the announcement. He doesn’t care whether North Korea actually dismantles its nuclear arsenal. All he cared about was the photo op and the announcement of some vague deal. No one believes Trump is actually religious. All he wanted was a photo in front of a church holding a Bible. Likewise, he doesn’t care about the outcome of Barr’s investigation into the investigators or whether that’s proper—all he wanted was the announcement.
It’s the same with COVID-19. It’s a hoax when he wants to pack an arena and it’s a deadly scourge when he wants to restrict immigration. He doesn’t care how many people actually test positive; he just doesn’t want it announced—that’s why he doesn’t want any more testing. It was the same in his career, and he bragged about it. How many floors are in his new building? It depends who’s asking. If it’s the press, it’s 100 floors. If it’s the Building Department, who will charge more for a permit, then it’s 80. If he wanted a loan, his loan application claimed he was rich as Croesus. If it’s a tax return, suddenly he’s a pauper. The truth is irrelevant. He says whatever he needs to say in the moment to get what he wants in the moment. That’s the entirety of what drives him and he has never, ever deviated from that, even as president.
re: #179 Teukka
Copycating Charles :D
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So is this a preview of Trump’s Presidential campaign “strategy”? Rely mainly on trite Twitter insults?
About what I’d expect, but I’m thinking that The Great Sloganeering Tour might not be so effective this time round….
My bet. It was in his briefing and he didn’t care to read it because he was more concerned about whatever triviality was bothering him at that moment. He’s unfit to be President. That’s as true now in June 2020 as it was when he first ran. He really needs to be the first American President to go to prison and I’d be fine with a life sentence.
re: #183 Jay C
So is this a preview of Trump’s Presidential campaign “strategy”? Rely mainly on trite Twitter insults?
About what I’d expect, but I’m thinking that The Great Sloganeering Tour might not be so effective this time round….
He thinks what worked in 2016 will work again. He’s wrong.
re: #139 mmmirele
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re: #186 jeffreyw
Yes, but they can be killed:
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Sorry, man, you see a shell like that, better start eyeing the bushes VERY carefully for what may be scuttling around.
And take care of that *stomachache* ASAP…
re: #188 Jay C
Sorry, man, you see a shell like that, better start eyeing the bushes VERY carefully for what may be scuttling around.
And take care of that *stomachache* ASAP…
It’s just heartburn, I’m sure..
The word ‘merely’ is doing a helluva lot of work here:
“God TV issued a clarification: The network had no intention of trying to convert Jews to Christianity, Simpson said in a new video message; it merely wanted them to accept Jesus as their messiah”.
https://t.co/4yzCCwabJx— Prof F Stavrakopoulou (@ProfFrancesca) June 28, 2020
re: #122 Targetpractice
Wait. Don’t you mean pizza parler? 😅
— Oh. My. Glob. (@efuseakay) June 28, 2020
Am I too rude/harsh/toxic for having come up with a new derogatory nickname for QAnon afficianados?
Singular: Quck
Plural: Qucks
re: #192 Teukka
Am I too rude/harsh/toxic for having come up with a new derogatory nickname for QAnon afficianados?
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Not at all
PERTECK ARE RELIJUSS FREEDUMBS!!!1!!11!
Robert Jeffress has called Mormonism a “cult” & “heresy from the pit of hell,” gay people “filthy,” Islam an “evil religion,” and has compared American Christians today to Jews living in Nazi Germany. pic.twitter.com/cSnMS4T5r7
— jessica from 6’ away🧂 (@jessicashortall) June 28, 2020
re: #194 The Pie Overlord!
PERTECK ARE RELIJUSS FREEDUMBS!!!1!!11!
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Of course Trump loves Jeffress. They both understand scripture and history equally poorly.
re: #190 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
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Big time. The word was just negating what the first part of the statement said.
re: #197 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Of course Trump loves Jeffress. They both understand scripture and history equally poorly.
They both hate non-white non-Protestants equally intensely
re: #200 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They both hate non-white non-Protestants equally intensely
I noticed.
re: #176 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Hmmm…
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Oh honey, none of that is going to happen….
If reporting about Russian bounties on US forces is true, the White House must explain:
1. Why weren’t the president or vice president briefed? Was the info in the PDB?
2. Who did know and when?
3. What has been done in response to protect our forces & hold Putin accountable?— Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) June 28, 2020
re: #177 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
And like a Twinkie, it’ll last forever!
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Anyone try to eat it yet?
🚨 CRYSTAL THAT LOOKS LIKE CHICKEN TENDER ALERT 🚨 pic.twitter.com/YLGZFo6XO2
— GarlicPowder (@fartpowder) June 27, 2020
re: #204 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
If reporting about Russian bounties on US forces is true, the White House must explain:
1. Why weren’t the president or vice president briefed? Was the info in the PDB?
2. Who did know and when?
3. What has been done in response to protect our forces & hold Putin accountable?
I assume they are just gonna call it Fake News.
Eric Boelert:
“…Trump’s at war with an unraveling America, that much is clear. The parallel reality is that the American press corps does not know how to deal with this frightening scenario. Or it does know, it just doesn’t have the courage to put that into practice.
Too timid to call Trump out as a radical saboteur who foments racial violence for political purposes, the Beltway media busies itself chronicling his controversies, documenting his “falsehoods” (never “lies”), and occasionally highlighting his hypocrisy. But an honest discussion about Trump’s plot against America? That’s not really allowed in the news pages.”
pressrun.media
Our racist president, who retweeted a “white power” video today, got caught covering up that Putin, who got him elected, was paying bounties for murdering American soldiers. His response is to lie, attack the press, and take no action against Putin. Trump is at war with America.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) June 28, 2020
re: #192 Teukka
There is nothing too rude, harsh or toxic to describe these horrible assholes.
re: #192 Teukka
Am I too rude/harsh/toxic for having come up with a new derogatory nickname for QAnon afficianados?
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It’s quite clever
I just stick with crackpots
If I want to be clever qrackpots works too
Or quackpots
re: #196 jeffreyw
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Thread needs more bacon.
Mrs dm and I have decided we want to come and live with you
re: #175 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Instead, it’s just another day ending in “y.”
If you’re a political appointee in this administration now would be a good time to resign and tell the country what you know. Otherwise please don’t say you weren’t down with all this after he loses - you’re 100 percent a part of it. https://t.co/KZVDKpf6PB
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) June 28, 2020
re: #211 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
It’s quite clever
I just stick with crackpots
If I want to be clever qrackpots works too
Or quackpots
Q-bots. If I talked about them. Which I don’t.
re: #198 Eventual Carrion
Big time. The word was just negating what the first part of the statement said.
That’s my pet peeve with misusing “but”
re: #214 jaunte
How long until we see points about how chanting “white power!” is just like saying “black lives matter”?
ALL POWER MATTERS!!!!
4th of July is another holiday that makes me homesick for barbecues and fireworks…
I am feeling less homesick again.
Donald Trump is spending another day golfing in my district and he started the morning by sharing a video of a supporter shouting, “white power.”
His handlers will say it was incidental.
It wasn’t. We know who he is.https://t.co/OrCc49bS7M— Jennifer Wexton (@JenniferWexton) June 28, 2020
He’s hiding out in my district again today to golf. Let it rain.
Trumpism asks a lot https://t.co/bC5ebT11mb
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) June 28, 2020
re: #214 jaunte
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If you’re a political appointee in this administration now would be a good time to resign and tell the country what you know. Otherwise please don’t say you weren’t down with all this after he loses - you’re 100 percent a part of it. https://t.co/KZVDKpf6PB
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) June 28, 2020
re: #212 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
Mrs dm and I have decided we want to come and live with you
Do you do windows?
re: #220 jaunte
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Whatever Tim. This isn’t the first time he’s done this and it’s not the last. You and your fellow Republicans ignored the impeachment. He’s all yours and your party should be defined by this orange cowardly racist traitor.
re: #211 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
It’s quite clever
I just stick with crackpots
If I want to be clever qrackpots works too
Or quackpots
Qwackpots.
re: #220 jaunte
If Trump won’t take it down (he won’t), then Twitter should take it down. Fuck it.
What a profile in courage Tim “It’s all offensive” Scott is.
Thinking about the election this November. Let’s say, hypothetically, that Buden wins Texas. This means he’s probably heading toward a victory only rivaled by Nixon’s reelection. But I can imagine Trump screaming about it being proof of electoral fraud. But the thing is, it’s Texas. All of the election shenanigans are going to be to benefit Republicans. There’s no way you could argue that somehow Democrats got away with something.
Heh. It’s actually been deleted. I wonder which staffers lost the coin flip and had to wrestle the phone from him.
President Trump has deleted his tweet thanking a supporter of his who was filmed yelling, “white power!”
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 28, 2020
re: #220 jaunte
Trump’s token knee-grow (apologies, honestly); the guy who’s going to manage the whole police reform issue, is concerned. Maybe even disappointed.
🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
re: #226 stpaulbear
“Won’t play politics” with a supporter of white power.
But then he tweeted this:
Corrupt Joe Biden has confirmed that he “would give UNLIMITED Healthcare to Illegal Immigrants”. This would break our system and bring millions of people to the USA. @foxandfriends
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 28, 2020
re: #229 The Pie Overlord!
Hello, Lincoln Project? We have a deleted tweet for you.
re: #232 The Pie Overlord!
But then he tweeted this:
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Going back to the oldies I see.
re: #232 The Pie Overlord!
Narrator: “But Biden never said that.”
re: #229 The Pie Overlord!
President Trump has deleted his tweet thanking a supporter of his who was filmed yelling, “white power!”
Do not let President White power live this one down
Is it raining on the golf course or something?
…Nobody’s been tougher on Russia than the Trump Administration. With Corrupt Joe Biden & Obama, Russia had a field day, taking over important parts of Ukraine - Where’s Hunter? Probably just another phony Times hit job, just like their failed Russia Hoax. Who is their “source”?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 28, 2020
re: #237 The Pie Overlord!
Probably just another phony Times hit job, just like their failed Russia Hoax. Who is their “source”?
The Fake News fallback position.
re: #227 Belafon
Thinking about the election this November. Let’s say, hypothetically, that Buden wins Texas. This means he’s probably heading toward a victory only rivaled by Nixon’s reelection. But I can imagine Trump screaming about it being proof of electoral fraud. But the thing is, it’s Texas. All of the election shenanigans are going to be to benefit Republicans. There’s no way you could argue that somehow Democrats got away with something.
If the Biden ticket wins Texas in the November election, it will probably be as part of a “blue tsunami” in which TX’s EVs are likely to be irrelevant in any case. Those “extra” 38 EVs would just be more icing on a still-very-delicious cake. Though even tastier when salted by GOP tears…..
re: #237 The Pie Overlord!
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re: #227 Belafon
Thinking about the election this November. Let’s say, hypothetically, that Buden wins Texas. This means he’s probably heading toward a victory only rivaled by Nixon’s reelection. But I can imagine Trump screaming about it being proof of electoral fraud. But the thing is, it’s Texas. All of the election shenanigans are going to be to benefit Republicans. There’s no way you could argue that somehow Democrats got away with something.
any allegation of fraud will have to point to something specific, with evidence
general bloviating that “it just couldn’t be” wont fly
re: #229 The Pie Overlord!
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President Trump has deleted his tweet thanking a supporter of his who was filmed yelling, “white power!”
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 28, 2020
As a former FBIHQ Unit Chief, Organized Crime Section—and the lead House investigator during the Iran Contra inquiry—I’ll add my input: There is no way the “President” (such as he is) was not fully briefed on the Russian, “bounty allegations.” He is lying.
— Clark Hall (@ClarkHall3) June 28, 2020
re: #244 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
still quite a headline isn’t it?
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— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) June 28, 2020
re: #238 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
if you feed us like in the pix
oh wait.
. how many?
I have 4 machines upstairs, 5 in the basement. Plus a linux box.
re: #240 Jay C
If the Biden ticket wins Texas in the November election, it will probably be as part of a “blue tsunami” in which TX’s EVs are likely to be irrelevant in any case. Those “extra” 38 EVs would just be more icing on a still-very-delicious cake. Though even tastier when salted by GOP tears…..
according to electoral-vote.com today Texas is the eighth state past the tipping point state that puts biden over
re: #182 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
“I have no doubt he told Navarro that the deal was dead. When Navarro announced that, the markets tanked. So, Trump took to twitter and said exactly the opposite and the markets recovered—problem solved. He doesn’t care whether there’s actually a deal with China and he doesn’t care whether China actually buys more soybeans or not. All he cares about is the announcement and appearances and the reaction of his base, his donors and the markets. That’s it!”
OR, the family made a killing on the drop and bounce.
re: #245 jaunte
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— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) June 28, 2020
Here come the “Low IQ” attacks
THE VAST SILENT MAJORITY IS ALIVE AND WELL!!! We will win this Election big. Nobody wants a Low IQ person in charge of our Country, and Sleepy Joe is definitely a Low IQ person!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 28, 2020
re: #248 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
according to electoral-vote.com today Texas is the eighth state past the tipping point state that puts biden over
They show a MAY poll in Utah that had Trump +3. In May. Wow.
re: #252 The Pie Overlord!
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Has the orange one ever used “Low T” attacks?
He blows the whistle to call his white supremacist dogs to him, because he knows he’s in trouble for his treason. #RussianBounty #TraitorTrump
— 🆘Rev Magdalen |This Machine Dismantles Patriarchy (@revmagdalen) June 28, 2020
Imbecile
Since imposing a very powerful 10 year prison sentence on those that Vandalize Monuments, Statues etc., with many people being arrested all over our Country, the Vandalism has completely stopped. Thank you!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 28, 2020
re: #237 The Pie Overlord!
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re: #252 The Pie Overlord!
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re: #252 The Pie Overlord!
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Low iq? That’s the best this lame ass has?
Have you seen @RepRaskin defending #DCStatehood on the floor of the House? 🔥 pic.twitter.com/qGn6I6r5V5
— Mayor Muriel Bowser (@MayorBowser) June 27, 2020
I don’t think anything I’ve seen so perfectly captures why there’s no way the US is going to be getting on top of COVID-19 pandemic anytime soon. pic.twitter.com/Sa0WNYyYs6
— Cassandra of Troy (@BrynnTannehill) June 28, 2020
re: #260 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Low iq? That’s the best this lame ass has?
Worse, this is actually among the more-articulate of Trump’s inane insult-tweets….
re: #261 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #263 Jay C
Worse, this is actually among the more-articulate of Trump’s inane insult-tweets….
Sad!
Texas Medical Center deleted ICU data amid state’s coronavirus spike https://t.co/3aIG3hqv5V
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) June 28, 2020
Imagine playing golf with a man the day after you found out he let Putin put a bounty on American troops and the same morning he praised a video of a man who shouted ‘white power.’ Lindsey Graham is an embarrassment. pic.twitter.com/W5tJMfES6x
re: #267 Backwoods_Sleuth
Trump to TMC. Hide the spike or you get no more money. Count on it!
.@MalcolmNance: There is a special reporting communications system set aside for very critical, very imminent, threatening intelligence when it has been recognized and identified that gets these reports in the hands of the president 24-7, 365 in no more than 10 minutes… #AMJoy pic.twitter.com/ALwZO3tdKu
— AM Joy w/Joy Reid (@amjoyshow) June 28, 2020
re: #270 GlutenFreeJesus
I didn’t have that on my “2020 Apocalypse Bingo” card. Dammit.
re: #272 Dr Lizardo
I didn’t have that on my “2020 Apocalypse Bingo” card. Dammit.
We’re gonna need a bigger card.
re: #237 The Pie Overlord!
Narrator: “But nobody is denying it.”
re: #196 jeffreyw
I see a trend:
My son and I got some bacon from a local farm yesterday.
I don’t want to make too much of this but it’s Baconmas morning!!!
Soon the house will be filled with the smell of my favorite holiday.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) June 28, 2020
heh
You obviously don’t know who Fifty Shades of Whey ( @davenewworld_2 ) is…😏 pic.twitter.com/1w0JjDkY0u
— 🍷Passionate 4 Pete🐝Champion 4 Chasten🍷 (@JackiSec62) June 28, 2020
Of course
Bannon aims to make a comeback in circle of Trump influencers ahead of election https://t.co/74tE92B5BF
— Guardian news (@guardiannews) June 28, 2020
Fash jokes are so bad https://t.co/CuoRDREEbt
— flavortown alderman (@jesseltaylor) June 28, 2020
re: #271 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“If the f███ing president is in a f███ing audience with f███ing G-d, he will be interrupted.”— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) June 28, 2020
Make sure you read the response. pic.twitter.com/hVyELxDlJA
— Jeh Bruce (J. E. Bruce), SciFi & Fantasy author (@bruce_jeh) June 27, 2020
re: #280 Backwoods_Sleuth
Buzz Aldrin is from New Jersey. Born in Glen Ridge, grew up in Montclair.
I’d rather much a school be named after him than Woodrow Wilson, TBH.
Trump shared a video of numbskulls in a Florida retirement community leading a pro-Trump golf cart parade.
But there is a hero in this story.
His name is Ed McGinty.
Meet Ed.
1/ pic.twitter.com/ADaqRlDh9z— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) June 28, 2020
… Pardon me; make that three. pic.twitter.com/WlnVBhncNW
— David S. Bernstein (@dbernstein) June 28, 2020
please sir, she needs shredded cheese for her fajitas pic.twitter.com/yXZLjKjPCS
— inventor of “thats right” (@burgerkrang) June 28, 2020
I have a serious answer. What they are trying to conserve is hereditary status and privilege, especially in the hinterland gentry. Generational decay is a major issue with that demographic. We all know the smart but crooked local boss whose children turned out to be drooling idiots. There are real reasons this happens, having mostly to do with poor reproductive choices and bad child rearing practices that result from deeply embedded cultural factors. They must have an extra advantage to avoid sinking back into poverty.
Here’s Mike Pence brazenly lying on Face the Nation
(Trump didn’t ban “all travel” from China and it’s highly likely the coronavirus was already spreading in the US by the time travel restrictions went into effect on Feb. 2) pic.twitter.com/BDKONsuEbC— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 28, 2020
.@jdickerson: “So you won’t say ‘black lives matter?’”
PENCE: “John, I really believe that all lives matter.” pic.twitter.com/hU3HFyGaBm— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 28, 2020
re: #283 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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— Lord Piltdown (@jimreynolds54) June 28, 2020
I had a premonition. First Trump/Biden debate. Halfway through. Trump is asked a question, responds with half-sentences, non-sequitur topics. Moderator re-asks, Trump does more of the same. Moderator makes a pointed comment, Trump deems the debate “rigged” and “fake,” storms off.
— Duty To Warn 🔉 (@duty2warn) June 27, 2020
Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no votes, and may God have mercy on your soul.”
/END— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) June 28, 2020
re: #286 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #291 Teukka
But I could actually see Trump doing something like that. He’d much rather attend one of his ego-stroking rallies than an actual presidential debate.
re: #294 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
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Let Putin have them. Send the surplus FEMA trailers and confiscated RVs to Siberia so he will have enough “dachas” for all, rather than just the kingpins and propaganda shills who have served him so faithfully.
I’m fine with them leaving. It’s not like they contribute anything to the country.
re: #287 Backwoods_Sleuth
please sir, she needs shredded cheese for her fajitas pic.twitter.com/yXZLjKjPCS
— inventor of “thats right” (@burgerkrang) June 28, 2020
“It followed me home. Can we keep it????”
re: #294 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
That’s a legit question. They’re going to be angry; heaven only knows those folks lead lives filled to the brim with bitterness and resentment; Trump was their champion, the man who gave voice to their primitive rage and bigotry and racism. And when/if he’s defeated this November, they’re going to feel that somehow they’ve been cheated.
re: #299 Dr Lizardo
That’s a legit question. They’re going to be angry; heaven only knows those folks lead lives filled to the brim with bitterness and resentment; Trump was their champion, the man who gave voice to their primitive rage and bigotry and racism. And when/if he’s defeated this November, they’re going to feel that somehow they’ve been cheated.
Trump will insist that the election was manipulated/stolen/rigged, etc., and they will be holding BIDEN NOT MY PRESIDENT rallies from one end of the country to the other.
I don’t have to go to Florida to get my racism - Southside Hospital worker fired after Instagram messages
A nursing student was fired from her position at Southside Hospital in Bay Shore Thursday after writing messages on Instagram disparaging Black and Hispanic people.
In the messages, which were obtained by Patch, Emily Patysiak wrote to another employee that the patients at the hospital were all “gang members” who are “Black and Hispanic” and claims they are only treated for gunshot wounds or drinking.
“The fact that my f—-ing paycheck goes to these scums is disgusting,” Patysiak wrote in one message.
In another message, Patysiak admits to being a racist and claims she will “never marry or date anyone besides a white kid.” She also says all Hispanic people and Black people are “lazy” and “part of gangs.”
The messages were then shared publicly on Instagram. Patysiak’s Instagram account has since been deleted.
How fucking bone-stupid do you have to be to post that shit to Insta, and leave it public? Racists are pretty fucking dumb.
re: #300 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Trump will insist that the election was manipulated/stolen/rigged, etc., and they will be holding BIDEN NOT MY PRESIDENT rallies from one end of the country to the other.
Demographics are working against them as well. Their cohort is a continually shrinking group and I don’t doubt they’re feeling pressure there as well, even if they may not articulate it well.
They have no future - unless they’re willing to recognize the realities of 21st century American life….and that’s something that, so far at least, they stubbornly refuse to do.
re: #227 Belafon
Thinking about the election this November. Let’s say, hypothetically, that Buden wins Texas. This means he’s probably heading toward a victory only rivaled by Nixon’s reelection. But I can imagine Trump screaming about it being proof of electoral fraud. But the thing is, it’s Texas. All of the election shenanigans are going to be to benefit Republicans. There’s no way you could argue that somehow Democrats got away with something.
We want a landslide so that No one will take Trumps complaints about voter fraud seriously. The danger is a close electoral college result that gives the GOP the opportunity to try to steal the election.
re: #302 Dr Lizardo
Demographics are working against them as well. Their cohort is a continually shrinking group and I don’t doubt they’re feeling pressure there as well, even if they may not articulate it well.
They have no future - unless they’re willing to recognize the realities of 21st century American life….and that’s something that, so far at least, they stubbornly refuse to do.
GOP ids well aware of that fact and they know that they have to resort to even more dirty and desperate tricks than they used in 2016.
re: #303 NO SMOCKING GUN!
We want a landslide so that No one will take Trumps complaints about voter fraud seriously. The danger is a close electoral college result that gives the GOP the opportunity to try to steal the election.
No normal person, but that still means that 30% will, and they will continue to protest out loud.
If ever there’s a photo of these times to best portray the domestic calamity for future history books, it’s this one here…
— Disloyal Arch (@Arch_LGF) June 28, 2020
re: #282 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
We don’t do this at the UU church. We also have a pool table rather than a shooting range. No wonder Evangelicals think we’re heathens.
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re: #304 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
GOP ids well aware of that fact and they know that they have to resort to even more dirty and desperate tricks than they used in 2016.
And if their magic bag of dirty tricks fails to work this November, I think they’re going to be spending their time in the political wilderness figuring out “What the fuck do we now?”
re: #284 Dr Lizardo
Buzz Aldrin is from New Jersey. Born in Glen Ridge, grew up in Montclair.
I’d rather much a school be named after him than Woodrow Wilson, TBH.
My elementary school, junior high and high school were all named for geographic features. Two of them in Spanish.
re: #308 Dr Lizardo
And if their magic bag of dirty tricks fails to work this November, I think they’re going to be spending their time in the political wilderness figuring out “What the fuck do we now?”
They will be back soon enough, the economy is not going to recover for a long time, long enough for them to start blaming it on the Democrats…Don’t forget that Nixon resigned in 1974 and by 1980 they were back in the saddle again for twelve years.
re: #284 Dr Lizardo
Buzz Aldrin is from New Jersey. Born in Glen Ridge, grew up in Montclair.
I’d rather much a school be named after him than Woodrow Wilson, TBH.
and fucking punches people who talk CT bullshit in his face…
re: #309 sagehen
My elementary school, junior high and high school were all named for geographic features. Two of them in Spanish.
When I was a kid growing up in South Pasadena, the elementary school I went was originally Lincoln Elementary - the name was changed to Arroyo Vista Elementary School back in (I think) 1978 or 1979.
I don’t know why the name was changed, to be honest. It was changed over the summer break….we came back in September and it was Arroyo Vista. No one kicked up a fuss about it or anything that I recall.
re: #294 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I’m for public shaming and outing and driving them back into their caves and under the rocks they slithered out from under. Let them lose their jobs and family connections. If they want a white America let them live in their isolated groups (there’s plenty of places in the south where you won’t see any people of color, mostly because those places are shitholes beyond the racism) where it’s easier to keep an eye on them. Make them own their shit. I’m sick of these fucking people breaking everything around them and blaming it on POC. Fuck their feelings.
re: #305 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
No normal person, but that still means that 30% will, and they will continue to protest out loud.
Of course. What I don’t want is a serious play by the GOP to keep Trump in office.
re: #297 Jay C
Rocket has found the newest fledgling Avenger
re: #310 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They will be back soon enough, the economy is not going to recover for a long time, long enough for them to start blaming it on the Democrats…Don’t forget that Nixon resigned in 1974 and by 1980 they were back in the saddle again for twelve years.
This won’t happen if Democrats learn to promote their agenda with the same effectiveness and gut-punch framing that the Lincoln Project uses against trump. And the younger/newer crop of Democrats (AOC, Katie Porter, Ted Lieu, Brian Schatz) show how it can be done. If more Dems followed suit, it would be enough to overwhelm the built-in both-sides beltway media bias.
re: #314 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Of course. What I don’t want is a serious play by the GOP to keep Trump in office.
They are working on one as we type…
My elementary school was named after Neil Armstrong. When I was in third grade or so, a nearby opened school named for Buzz opened nearby and we had a rivalry. Buzz visited his namesake. Unfortunately Neil never did. He handled fame differently than Buzz did. My middle and high school are the same as my hometown who was named for a Navy hero whose daughter married President Arthur.
re: #297 Jay C
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“I followed him home. Can you keep me?”
re: #297 Jay C
“It is said you provide food bowls.”
re: #297 Jay C
“I washed it like you said. Now what do I do with it?”
re: #308 Dr Lizardo
And if their magic bag of dirty tricks fails to work this November, I think they’re going to be spending their time in the political wilderness figuring out “What the fuck do we now?”
Unfortunately, they will come roaring back in the 2022 midterms, because marginal voters have the memories of mayflies.
Trip down memory lane: remember @SenShelby leading a delegation of 8 Republicans to Russia on Independence Day, July 4, 2018.
And we wonder why Republicans are so quiet about bounties on US soldiers?— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) June 28, 2020
re: #316 Interesting Times
This won’t happen if Democrats learn to promote their agenda with the same effectiveness and gut-punch framing that the Lincoln Project uses against trump. And the younger/newer crop of Democrats (AOC, Katie Porter, Ted Lieu, Brian Schatz) show how it can be done. If more Dems followed suit, it would be enough to overwhelm the built-in both-sides beltway media bias.
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Which is why I think the 2022 election* is going to be every bit as important as this year’s: hopefully the “1934” to FDR’s big win in 1932 - and, even more hopefully, by similar margins. A Democratic Administration and Congress are, I think, going to have just two years to establish themselves as a viable Government - in the face of what will undoubtedly be Republican obstructionism on steroids (worse, I imagine, than Obama’s first term, as the GOP didn’t have the Trump-stink clinging to them, and weren’t facing a possible electoral rebuke of epic proportions) - and of course, that insane media bias: with the MSM ready to run “How Biden Has Failed” thumbsuckers 24/7/365.
I think the way to do that is going to have to be two-fold: and in the old-fashioned way: 1) get a (D) Congress to enact popular legislation and sign it into law (and make sure the GOP gets raked for their obstruction); and 2) “clean up” the Federal Government after four years of Trumpian corruption and ineptitude. And make damn sure the Biden Admin and (D) Congress get the credit (and Trump/GOP the blame)
Oh, and 3) Bust ass to sweep the GOP out of the Senate in 2022.
* 22 or 24 GOP Senators up for reelection, vs. 12-13 Dems.
ETA: re: #322 NO SMOCKING GUN!. I disagree. In the normal course of politics, I think you’d be right: but I’m not sure “normal” is normal anymore. Hence my recommendations above.
re: #322 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Unfortunately, they will come roaring back in the 2022 midterms, because marginal voters have the memories of mayflies.
As I said upthread, not inevitable if Dems as a whole learn effective framing and message discipline for a change. They were terrible during the Obama era, running away from him (instead of defending him) like a bunch of timid little milquetoasts. Low-info voters tend to respond favorably to “strong and wrong” vs “weak and right”, so just imagine what could be accomplished with “strong and right”.
In the Trump White House, under John Kelly, the President’s Daily Brief happened only three times a week, and sometimes less, if Trump seemed to be in a foul mood. “It was awful,” a former White House official said. “He just rants and raves.” https://t.co/IA7MrWdwPN
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) June 28, 2020
“…Trump often did not appear in the Oval Office until 11:30 A.M. Typically, the first item on his schedule was the President’s Daily Brief, a top-secret summary of the nation’s most sensitive intelligence. “It was awful,” a former White House official told me. “He just rants and raves. It’s mostly about what was on Fox News. He really does believe that he knows more than the generals, more than the intelligence professionals.” Trump’s chief of staff, John Kelly, a retired Marine Corps general, who had replaced Priebus, limited the P.D.B. sessions to three a week, to avoid wasting time. If Trump seemed to be in an especially foul mood, Kelly would cancel that day’s briefing.”
This irresponsible piece of shit is not up to the job, and all his people know it.
re: #307 sagehen
Hey. If you wanted good music at your religious services, you’d have joined a black church. I’m not even a Christian, and I’ve gone to AME services. There’s always some little old lady in an excellent hat who wants to welcome me to worship, and she’s disappointed when I tell her I’m Jewish and only there for the choir.
Excellent Hat Lady: “So there’s hope, then.”
re: #323 jaunte
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completely normal baseball price, $85 was just too low, but $90 was just too much :) nothing weird about it pic.twitter.com/UvyunMnsOL
— emily kahn (@KingK4hn) June 28, 2020
The lie that Trump didn’t know about Russian bounties on U.S. troops is going to dissolve like a sugar cube in hot water.https://t.co/RuwsNGmHsF
— JRehling (@JRehling) June 28, 2020
re: #326 jaunte
Ladies and gentlemen, President Manbaby.
re: #328 Teukka
They’re not even trying to hide it anymore, are they?
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re: #301 makeitstop
They don’t think that many people will disagree with them. Even with all recent evidence to the contrary. And then, when it happens, many of them try to make it into money, via go fund me, or even getting the attention of conservative media. I think they honestly believe that because Trump made this all ok by design that it won’t come back and bite them. They aren’t the sharpest crayons in the box….
re: #331 Jay C
And S&H charges of $14.88 perhaps?
Do they sell a clear plastic box for it, for $14?
— 𝙒𝘽 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 🍕🐀😷 (@FormerDirtDart) June 28, 2020
Went to Costco in Harrisburg Pa yesterday.
Needed/hoped to pick up steaks. Got them!
And they not only demand every person who enters wear a mask, but if you want to play stupid shithead and show up without one, THEY GIVE YOU A MASK.
I thanked every employee I came across.
Meanwhile up here in “I HAVE A MEDICAL CONDITION AND CAN ONLY SCREAM!” its abject cowardice in every fucking store.
Sign says “must wear mask” fuck that shit, and no enforcement.
Corporate cowardice. Truly. Fuck these people.
But we knew that.
It’s now been almost 48 hours since we learned trump sold out our troops.
Not a *single one* of my gop colleagues has unequivocally condemned trump’s treachery so I’m calling out a search party. Tweet in the replies if you locate one principled republican. pic.twitter.com/48VUHhD87U— Bill Pascrell, Jr. (@BillPascrell) June 28, 2020
re: #335 jaunte
It’s now been almost 48 hours since we learned trump sold out our troops.
Not a *single one* of my gop colleagues has unequivocally condemned trump’s treachery so I’m calling out a search party. Tweet in the replies if you locate one principled republican.
Trump’s response has been to call it Fake News, which will give the GOP something to hide behind: “we have to look into the authenticity of these reports from the liberal, anti-Trump media…”
Y’all really thought y’all would have a successful KKK rally in Saint Louis? https://t.co/2QkVCMYenL
— Big Bank Tank (@T_tha_god_) June 28, 2020
re: #334 nines09
I think I’m going to start calling corporate offices and bitching. Some companies like Walmart and Kroger have inconsistent rules and enforcement depending on where you are. Which is stupid because it confuses the public and enforces a lot of this dumbassery. I bet if you put a cop at the front door of most of these places a lot of bullshit would stop. Especially if there were fines, permabans and other measures taken. And even more important, companies backing the employees who are responsible for keeping the public safe.Public safety and health is way more important than Karen and Co and their precious feelings. Not enough of us are fighting back against this as it happens. And there’s a fear there that’s legit, there is a contingent of these people that won’t only spit or cough on you, there’s a real possibility of being shot or hurt. They can’t be allowed to bully everyone into submission, that’s a big part of why this mess has exploded.
The @GOP has responded to catastrophically to #COVID19 because over the decades their party has been reduced to little more than holding voter attention through culture wars and social wedge issues. It’s why their only response to Coronavirus was to politicize wearing masks.
— Max Burns (@themaxburns) June 28, 2020
And a standing ovation for @GovAbbott, for what exactly? Sending them to heaven sooner? https://t.co/xphS425f77
— Blue in Texas (@tx_bluebonnet1) June 28, 2020
re: #337 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
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According to several commenters, the male Klanster brought a big stick and started daring bystanders to come and take it. You can see him drop it as he flees for his life.
Personally, I had no idea that obese bigots could move so fast. Guess it depends on the motivation.
It’s just a coincidence that his most enthusiastic supports keep saying the same shit
White House spokesman Judd Deere said in a statement that Trump “did not hear the one statement made on the video. What he did see was tremendous enthusiasm from his many supporters.” https://t.co/sap77O8RQ9
— The Detroit News (@detroitnews) June 28, 2020
re: #341 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I saw what looked like a steel baton thehomesecuritysuperstore.com dropped on the ground, too.
BREAKING: @Starbucks pulling advertising from Facebook (and all other social media platforms)
Starbucks is a major Facebook advertiser, spending $95 million on the platform last year pic.twitter.com/i5baH12ezM— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 28, 2020
re: #341 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
According to several commenters, the male Klanster brought a big stick and started daring bystanders to come and take it. You can see him drop it as he flees for his life.
My understanding is that for most historic cases, “MOLON LABE COME AND TAKE IT” meant that the enemy looked at each other, shrugged, and came and took it.
re: #344 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Facebook’s lost quite a few major advertisers over the last few days. The heat’s building up on Zuck to do something beyond muttering platitudes.
re: #341 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
According to several commenters, the male Klanster brought a big stick and started daring bystanders to come and take it. You can see him drop it as he flees for his life.
Personally, I had no idea that obese bigots could move so fast. Guess it depends on the motivation.
they make excellent sprinters, but they’re wasted on cross-country…
re: #342 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
White House spokesman Judd Deere said in a statement that Trump “did not hear the one statement made on the video. What he did see was tremendous enthusiasm from his many supporters.”
so he just posts things without being clear what message they are conveying?
re: #346 Dr Lizardo
Facebook’s lost quite a few major advertisers over the last few days. The heat’s building up on Zuck to do something beyond muttering platitudes.
Does he still hold a majority stake in the company?
re: #349 William Lewis
Does he still hold a majority stake in the company?
Marky Mark still has a lot of Russian money invested in his propaganda machine.
re: #338 A Mom Anon
Do it. I call and a few days later I get someone saying “I see you filled out a survey….”
No.
Stay calm. Explain your concern. Ask why bad behavior is being allowed.
Then ask if you could shop with no shoes and shirt.
Of course not.
Then what do shoes and a shirt do to help knock down CV-19.
Yes.
Cowards.
And they will say “well if it’s medical” which is the dodge.
I can understand a manager who does not want his employees to confront these assholes.
BUT.
I’ve had people on the other end of the phone have no answers.
Cowardice.
If I get crazy enough maybe I try to enter a store with a mask and no shirt or shoes.
Wish I was younger.
Call. Call. Call. Call. Call.
re: #252 The Pie Overlord!
Here come the “Low IQ” attacks
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President Trump has deleted his tweet thanking a supporter of his who was filmed yelling, “white power!”
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 28, 2020
— Antifa Air Force Commander (@aceoaces) June 28, 2020
Obviously Soros has been paying mercenary PR types to gin up anti-mask hysteria among GOP voters, so Texas will turn blue when there are no GOPers left.
Texas Republicans are moving forward with plans for an indoor convention in Houston, the state’s biggest coronavirus hot spot.
*Gov. Abbott is limiting outdoor crowds, but not indoor gatherings.* - WTF?
And so far will not require face masks. https://t.co/w9LAUSIDmd— Bill Maxwell 😷 ByeDon2020 (@Bill_Maxwell_) June 28, 2020
re: #257 The Pie Overlord!
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Since imposing a very powerful 10 year prison sentence on those that Vandalize Monuments, Statues etc., with many people being arrested all over our Country, the Vandalism has completely stopped. Thank you!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 28, 2020
re: #334 nines09
Went to Costco in Harrisburg Pa yesterday.
Needed/hoped to pick up steaks. Got them!
And they not only demand every person who enters wear a mask, but if you want to play stupid shithead and show up without one, THEY GIVE YOU A MASK.
I thanked every employee I came across.
Costco v. Walmart
hbr.org
Though the businesses are direct competitors and quite similar overall, a remarkable disparity shows up in their wage and benefits structures. The average wage at Costco is $17 an hour. Wal-Mart does not break out the pay of its Sam’s Club workers, but a full-time worker at Wal-Mart makes $10.11 an hour on average, and a variety of sources suggest that Sam’s Club’s pay scale is similar to Wal-Mart’s. A 2005 New York Times article by Steven Greenhouse reported that at $17 an hour, Costco’s average pay is 72% higher than Sam’s Club’s ($9.86 an hour).
On the benefits side, 82% of Costco employees have health-insurance coverage, compared with less than half at Wal-Mart. And Costco workers pay just 8% of their health premiums, whereas Wal-Mart workers pay 33% of theirs. Ninety-one percent of Costco’s employees are covered by retirement plans, with the company contributing an annual average of $1,330 per employee, while 64 percent of employees at Sam’s Club are covered, with the company contributing an annual average of $747 per employee.
(the article this is quoting from is 2006.
Recent figures are that Costco pays an average wage of $21/hr, Walmart is $13)
re: #348 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
so he just posts things without being clear what message they are conveying?
+1
re: #310 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They will be back soon enough, the economy is not going to recover for a long time, long enough for them to start blaming it on the Democrats…Don’t forget that Nixon resigned in 1974 and by 1980 they were back in the saddle again for twelve years.
Part of this is due to the fact that Nixon was not prosecuted for his crimes. You let people get away with treason, it makes it much easier to get away with it over and over. The lesson here should be obvious to all lizards.
re: #357 sagehen
Costco v. Walmart
hbr.orgThough the businesses are direct competitors and quite similar overall, a remarkable disparity shows up in their wage and benefits structures. The average wage at Costco is $17 an hour. Wal-Mart does not break out the pay of its Sam’s Club workers, but a full-time worker at Wal-Mart makes $10.11 an hour on average, and a variety of sources suggest that Sam’s Club’s pay scale is similar to Wal-Mart’s. A 2005 New York Times article by Steven Greenhouse reported that at $17 an hour, Costco’s average pay is 72% higher than Sam’s Club’s ($9.86 an hour).
On the benefits side, 82% of Costco employees have health-insurance coverage, compared with less than half at Wal-Mart. And Costco workers pay just 8% of their health premiums, whereas Wal-Mart workers pay 33% of theirs. Ninety-one percent of Costco’s employees are covered by retirement plans, with the company contributing an annual average of $1,330 per employee, while 64 percent of employees at Sam’s Club are covered, with the company contributing an annual average of $747 per employee.
(the article this is quoting from is 2006.
Recent figures are that Costco pays an average wage of $21/hr, Walmart is $13)
Exactly why I dropped Sam’s Club, stopped going to Wal-Mart, and got my Costco membership a long time ago. The Wall Street types were dissing Costco for their foolish strategy of actually treating their retail employees as essential and valued colleagues instead of replaceable widgets. Such an un-American business practice!
re: #298 Teukka
Which is an even worse insult in Celsius-using countries.
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