Seth takes a closer look at the president trying to undermine the integrity of the election by sabotaging the post office because he knows he can’t win in November with a majority of votes.
If you get a minute, you should Google “Marla Maples”.
— Ace-o-aces (@aceoaces) August 12, 2020
Kamala need to have “Nasty Girl” as her walk out music
FT
Never forget what Kamala Harris did to Justice Kavanaugh and his family!
— Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) August 11, 2020
Oh, honey - why do you think we like her so much?
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re: #3 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
He was separated when they dated.
re: #4 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Is that really the best they’ve got? LA-AME.
Aside from the obvious ratfucking, it’s the same tired-ass double standard Cro-Magnons trot out against women: men are duty-bound to sow their oats, but women who aren’t chaste are sluts.
I hope Assange dies in prison.
Wikileaks is an enemy of the United States. Ask me about the time Julian Assange called me “worse than a Jew.“ Of course they’re smearing Kamala.
— Xeni Jardin (@xeni) August 12, 2020
(And that Snowden has an “accident” near a window.)
re: #5 Blind Frog Belly White
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Oh, honey - why do you think we like her so much?
Merrick Garland was once again unavailable for comment.
re: #5 Blind Frog Belly White
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Oh, honey - why do you think we like her so much?
Yeah, let’s not forget, because I want me some more of that; Kavanaugh, but for McConnell and his crew ramming the nom through, should have never been made a SCOTUS justice.
— TedStriker (@talon_262) August 12, 2020
re: #7 Sherlock Hound
I hope Assange dies in prison.
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(And that Snowden has an “accident” near a window.)
“And how many times did he… fall out of the window?”
“I lost count.”
This is pretty good if I do say so myself.
LOL I forgot that this happened today. Accidentally snagged a great water drop on a brush fire off the 118 near Rocky Peak. #PeakFire pic.twitter.com/NwMTUKRC7k
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) August 12, 2020
re: #564 Belafon
I mean … how do people think her Black ancestors got to Jamaica in the first place. Eesh.
— Helen Graves (@helengravesnyc) August 12, 2020
I would like to remind that Mark Krikorian is the massive asshat who said that Justice Sotomayor wasn’t really American because she pronounced her surname the wrong way (the HIspanic way rather than the ‘natural English’ way). So a hearty ‘fuck him’ from me.
re: #11 goddamnedfrank
This is pretty good if I do say so myself.
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Years ago, when I was working in South San Francisco, there was a fire on Mt San Bruno. I watched a couple times as helicopters with those buckets flew in and dumped water.
Each time, from my vantage point, it looked like they missed by a mile, but each time it went right onto the fireline. I guess the pilot knew what he was doing.
re: #12 Citizen K
Sotomayor wasn’t really American because she pronounced her surname the wrong way (the HIspanic way rather than the ‘natural English’ way
The way all those Krikorians on the Mayflower would pronounce it.
This is a man with a severely broken brain. Besides being utterly bizarre to rehash this, he has to frame it in the most fantastically absurd way possible with zero basis in objective reality, because he is delusional and believes he is infallible. Its very severe mental illness. https://t.co/CkU4wWna92
— Spiro Agnew’s Ghost (@SpiroAgnewGhost) August 12, 2020
re: #13 Blind Frog Belly White
Years ago, when I was working in South San Francisco, there was a fire on Mt San Bruno. I watched a couple times as helicopters with those buckets flew in and dumped water.
Each time, from my vantage point, it looked like they missed by a mile, but each time it went right onto the fireline. I guess the pilot knew what he was doing.
I just love how this shit happens so often here that everyone drives along like it’s no big deal.
This was inevitable. You can’t spend years - as a party - embracing conspiracies about Obama’s birthplace, etc. and think you won’t end up becoming the party of half-baked conspiracies. https://t.co/dUzCyeZ4ea
— Midwin Charles (@MidwinCharles) August 12, 2020
This should be read. apple.news
The Trump campaign is using a combination of short-code texts (from 880-22) and peer-to-peer texts from various toll-free 10-digit numbers starting with 855. Most political campaigns use short-code blasts — which can be sent en masse from an autodialer to people who have opted in — for one-sided requests for donations. Peer-to-peer texts, which can be manually sent to anyone, are usually used to initiate back-and-forth conversations.
But the Trump campaign’s shortcode texts are indistinguishable from its peer-to-peer texts. Instead of using peer-to-peer technology to initiate a dialogue with voters, the campaign appears to be using it as a way to spam people who didn’t sign up for this.
That (the text messages) might seem like an obvious scam, and even some Trump supporters have fretted on Twitter that the texts harassing people for not giving enough money could alienate voters.
But people who tweet obsessively about politics are not the target audience for these texts — and based on the sheer number of messages the campaign continues to send, the messages appear to be working.
“It’s a master class in how to persuade people to take action,” Eric Wilson, a Republican digital strategist, said in an interview. “There’s a very clear call to action, there’s a sense of urgency.”
And at least some Democratic operatives are worried that the Trump texting operation is actually much savvier than it appears. “This may be an unpopular opinion, but they’re very good,” a person who has worked on peer-to-peer texting efforts for Democratic candidates said in an interview. “It’s so smart,” they said, referring to the texts promoting unwinnable perks. “People totally believe it.”
Wish John Lewis was here to see this moment.
Snow J. Simpson is talking. Does this mean he cancels his show later this month?
I AM DECEASED. pic.twitter.com/wjL2ub1XVS
— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) August 12, 2020
I don’t know anything about CA electoral politics, but my first reaction to this is “oh, hell yeah!”
Let me start the campaign today— @RepKatiePorter to fill Kamala Harris’ senate seat!
— Nicole Sandler (@nicolesandler) August 11, 2020
You have a being friends with child rapist sex traffickers problem. https://t.co/LVcjdnfdfz
— Spiro Agnew’s Ghost (@SpiroAgnewGhost) August 12, 2020
Interesting factoid: for the third consecutive election, no-one on either ticket has any military service. I don’t think that has ever happened before.
re: #22 Barefoot Grin
No love for Xavier Becerra for the Harris seat? He’s been great as CA AG, even if he’s been a little less in the spotlight than his NY counterpart. And he has a solid Congressional background from his time in the House.
BREAKING: Democrat @SpencerForHouse just flipped a longtime Repubican state house district in Charleston that voted for Trump in 2016 and Romney (by 16!) in 2012. The tide is turning here in South Carolina and this is incredible news for @JoeCunninghamSC and @harrisonjaime. LFG.
— Tyler Jones (@TylerMJones) August 12, 2020
re: #26 (((Archangel1)))
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I’m starting to believe Jaime Harrison could beat Graham!
re: #25 i(m)p(each)sos
No love for Xavier Becerra for the Harris seat? He’s been great as CA AG, even if he’s been a little less in the spotlight than his NY counterpart. And he has a solid Congressional background from his time in the House.
Sounds great! As I said, I don’t know CA electoral politics at all. My wonderful partner, who is not American and who has never been to CA, loves to listen to Katie Porter in recordings from the floor or from hearings. I’ve learned to appreciate her through that.
re: #26 (((Archangel1)))
She won by 20 points! TWENTY POINTS.
— Tyler Jones (@TylerMJones) August 12, 2020
I don’t know: Gun shorts can be lethal, especially if you try to jam the gun into the inside front pocket.
— Lord Piltdown (@jimreynolds54) August 10, 2020
The craziest take I’ve heard today:
The fact Democrats selected a Black woman as VP and a Black man as President 12 years ago means they don’t care about the Black vote.— (((RuggedAmethyst))) (@GrooveSDC) August 12, 2020
PROOF HERE:
Ari Fleischer: She’s just not that historically exciting to African Americans pic.twitter.com/72Y9ZnxozO
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) August 12, 2020
re: #31 The Pie Overlord!
Ari Fleischer, the go-to expert on what excites the African American voter.
Ari Fleischer gladly lied us into a war that killed my son.
Ari can go take an aerodynamic intercourse aimed at Earth’s natural satellite.
re: #32 jaunte
Ari Fleischer, the go-to expert on what excites the African American voter.
Here’s what happens next in the ratfucking process:
Pay attention.
This is all a part of their attack plan. They circulate this, while right wing astroturfs put on their Twitter disguises to circulate this in the Black/POC communities. https://t.co/aVjVQ0tHzI— Ms. Imani Is #MaskedUp (@ImaniKushan) August 12, 2020
re: #34 The Pie Overlord!
They’ll try, but it’s not going to work.
“They’re not going to stop,” she said of the protests. “This is a movement.”
“They’re not going to stop before Election Day in November, and they’re not going to stop after Election Day,” Harris continued. “Everyone should take note of that on both levels, that they’re not going to let up and they should not and we should not.”
Harris said that the protests must continue in order to make a difference and shared that she made a “conscious decision” to become a prosecutor because she doesn’t know one Black man that has never been racially profiled.
“The only way we’re going to truly achieve change is when there are people in the system who are willing or pushing to do it, and when there are those folks who are outside of the system demanding it,” she said.
“Some of the success that we’ve been able to achieve around criminal justice reform would not have happened in recent years were it not for Black Lives Matter,” Harris added. “These movements provide a counterforce to get us to where we need to be.”
This woman is likely going to be in Congress soon.
This is the next stage of Trumpism when it comes to antisemitism.
The monster Republicans created is now loose and while Jews were already seeing a rise in antisemitism, it will now reach unhinged levels. https://t.co/VCigjDXTuJ pic.twitter.com/hBwNrB3VTl— Elad Nehorai (@PopChassid) August 12, 2020
— Ilovecalif 💛🐝💛🏳️🌈 (@KarenAguiar) August 12, 2020
re: #31 The Pie Overlord!
Thankfully Ari doesn’t speak for Black Americans. It’s odd that they didn’t find an African American to speak on this issue. Why him?
re: #12 Citizen K
I would like to remind that Mark Krikorian is the massive asshat who said that Justice Sotomayor wasn’t really American because she pronounced her surname the wrong way (the HIspanic way rather than the ‘natural English’ way). So a hearty ‘fuck him’ from me.
Krikorian is the Executive Director of the white nationalist “Center for Immigration Studies” group.
The Hatewatch link above is chock full of quotes and mission statements of Krekorian, and the group in general.
This shit from the Trump campaign on how Biden and Harris “would destroy America” is so over the top, it’s pretty much camp. pic.twitter.com/wuY1ESp7oS
— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) August 12, 2020
Firehose of Derp continues:
Dinesh D’Souza says Kamala Harris is descended “less from the legacy of, let’s say, Frederick Douglas, than she is from the legacy of the [slave] plantation” pic.twitter.com/OAOCzEqHv5
— Jason Campbell (@JasonSCampbell) August 12, 2020
I think people are excited about Harris, look at the likes:
#BidenHarris2020 pic.twitter.com/4xxJC02cYv
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) August 11, 2020
re: #42 The Pie Overlord!
So D’Souza confirms Harris is a Douglass-like figure, then?
re: #42 The Pie Overlord!
Someone should ask Dinesh why Trump contributed money to her.
Strange the way conservatives decry identity politics while making an argument about why the opponent’s identity is not pure enough.
I knew Republicans were going to attack Harris for not being African American. They’re so predictable.
re: #47 Patricia Kayden
I think she will make a great VP.
re: #41 jaunte
LOL at the Trump campaign for trying to portray Biden/Harris as the second coming of V.I. Lenin and Leon Trotsky.
re: #42 The Pie Overlord!
Firehose of Derp continues:
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Does Dumbash not know where Frederick Douglass came from? Maybe he just says incredibly stupid stuff like this to surreptitiously mock the goobertarians he seeks to exploit.
This AND ALSO A DOCTOR https://t.co/7GdA1Fh3cs
— rabia O’chaudry (@rabiasquared) August 12, 2020
Congrats to the democrat VP pick 🇺🇸 Climb upon Geraldine Ferraro’s and my shoulders, and from the most amazing view in your life consider lessons we learned:
1) out of the chute trust no one new;
2) fight mightily to keep your own team with you - they know you, know your voice, and most importantly are trustworthy;
3) don’t get muzzled - connect with media and voters in your own unique way. Some yahoos running campaigns will suffocate you with their own self-centered agenda so remember YOU were chosen for who YOU are. So stay connected with America as you smile and ignore deceptive “handlers” trying to change you;
4) some fun terms you may learn:
“OTR” - an orchestrated campaign stop that’s meant to look un-orchestrated where you “normalize” in front of voters. (I’d remembered not packing my running shoes, they turned it into a whole campaign stop with media detailing my every move trying on shoes.) OTR’s get bizarre (try eating in front of vultures looking for the “gotcha” shot!) but my team made OTR’s the second most fun thing!“Ropeline”: thee MOST fun thing! Every single handshake and holler and hug and smile melted my heart, energized my soul, and gave me the utmost hope in the greatest country on earth! The ropeline is often the only way to literally touch those whom you wish to serve, so be sincere in looking in their eyes, understanding why they’re there, never forgetting they represent the innumerable Americans putting their trust in you to serve for the right reasons. It’s who and what they represent that is all that matters!
5) don’t forget the women who came before you;
6) have fun! This IS the greatest country in the world and hopefully you’ll be blessed beyond belief, like I was, with meeting new people from all walks of life and see just how great it is!
🇺🇸 more to come… including one of the funniest things in my life, right before my debate with Sen. Joe Biden… stay tuned!
- Sarah Palin
re: #52 teleskiguy
“7. Remember your favorite newspapers.”
On a similar note, I would like Charles to know I consider him an astronaut.
Donald Trump to Sean Hannity: “I consider you a journalist” https://t.co/RUexupi4WC
— Media Matters (@mmfa) August 12, 2020
re: #42 The Pie Overlord!
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re: #4 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Is that really the best they’ve got? LA-AME.
Well they’ve got JUSSIE SMOLLET!!!!:
And there’s the sort of birther thing Junior tweeted last year saying she’s not a natural-born citizen because her parents weren’t citizens when she was born, which you will be shocked to learn is false. That won’t stop Trump, who has experience promoting racist conspiracy theories.
Damn. They are so scared of this woman.
This is some fucked up shit right here. https://t.co/HndPkUEI4l
— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) August 12, 2020
Also, Mark Levin needs a punch in the face.
re: #57 makeitstop
“India is… out there near China.”
re: #1 Ace-o-aces
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Good Lord, Brigitte Gabriel. What a nutcase. I had forgotten all about her.
re: #57 makeitstop
These guys are still into determining who’s a quadroon and who’s an octoroon.
re: #61 jaunte
These guys are still into determining who’s a quadroon and who’s an octoroon.
I can’t wait until she gets to clap back.
She’s nowhere near as scared of them as they are of her.
Kudos to GWB. I agreed with him on nothing, but this is a class move.
NEW from George W. Bush alumni group: “Welcome to the ticket, Kamala Harris. Joe Biden has proven once again that he will make decisions that are in the best interest of the American people. Senator Harris will be a role model for America’s children. She will be a great MVP”
— Hanna Trudo (@HCTrudo) August 12, 2020
Think Bush is going to endorse Biden? It could happen.
The Harris pick is really going to unmask a lot of people:
No surprise here for anyone who’s watched his shift to the right. Biden chose Harris, so the former president of American Atheists says he’ll consider four more years of Christian Right rule. pic.twitter.com/59sZaMYVEj
— Hemant Mehta (@hemantmehta) August 11, 2020
re: #60 thecommodore
Good Lord, Brigitte Gabriel. What a nutcase. I had forgotten all about her.
She almost makes Pammy Geller seem like a quiet, retiring…nah, can’t finish that sentence.
re: #64 makeitstop
I’m sort of hoping GWB does not endorse Biden.
First off, GWB still has baggage that has not been reconciled in this nation’s politics.
Second of all, I’m not sure what good such an endorsement will do. It may do more harm than good.
re: #54 bratwurst
Read this to my wife and she replied, “That’s nice because Hannity considers Trump a President.”
Kamala got my vote in the primary. So I’m thrilled. Now “Uncle Joe” has a powerful contemporary POC weapon of magnificent choice to wield against the essentially revanchist evangelical and senile right wing.
Go get em.
re: #54 bratwurst
On a similar note, I would like Charles to know I consider him an astronaut.
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re: #65 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Of course we’ve changed. Democrats represent more than just white males.
— Blue in Red Texas (@RockwallBlue) August 12, 2020
re: #67 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I’m sort of hoping GWB does not endorse Biden.
First off, GWB still has baggage that has not been reconciled in this nation’s politics.
Second of all, I’m not sure what good such an endorsement will do. It may do more harm than good.
It’s not going to do anything if he does, other than that would mean he would actually vote for Biden rather than just not vote.
re: #61 jaunte
These guys are still into determining who’s a quadroon and who’s an octoroon.
Again I point out, using my great-nephew as an example:
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
Save this for the “she’s a centrist” types:
GovTrak ranked Kamala Harris the #1 most liberal Senator for 2019
— Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) August 11, 2020
Sean Hannity just did like a 40 minute interview with @realDonaldTrump and there was no mention of coronavirus. Not one.
We’re at more than 164,000 dead in the US.— Chris Meagher (@chrismeagher) August 12, 2020
The only thing they have to go on is that Harris is a Democrat:
Senator @KamalaHarris will be a formidable opponent.
She is smart, aggressive, and has fully bought in to the Democratic Party’s very liberal agenda. #Trump2020— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) August 11, 2020
I’m watching “Manhattan” for the first time, and now all the weird shit about Woody Allen makes perfect sense.
re: #76 Belafon
The only thing they have to go on is that Harris is a Democrat:
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re: #74 Belafon
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Yeah she actually has a liberal voting record. She just doesn’t talk like Sanders does. And I think her DA/AG experience gives her more credibility on criminal justice reform than not.
re: #74 Belafon
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I think Sen.Cronyn is a LOT closer than a lot of her detractors from the left are.
re: #67 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I’m sort of hoping GWB does not endorse Biden.
First off, GWB still has baggage that has not been reconciled in this nation’s politics.
Second of all, I’m not sure what good such an endorsement will do. It may do more harm than good.
It would be better if W just quietly supported Biden and maybe did some behind-the-scenes work to convince other Republicans that Biden would make a far, far better POTUS than Trump could ever hope to be.
re: #81 Dr Lizardo
It would be better if W just quietly supported Biden and maybe did some behind-the-scenes work to convince other Republicans that Biden would make a far, far better POTUS than Trump could ever hope to be.
That would probably be best. Just keep on painting W and let us know after Biden wins that you voted for him.
re: #42 The Pie Overlord!
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re: #78 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Yes, Lindsey, we get it, she’s a liberal. THAT’S WHY WE LIKE HER. Now get Trump’s balls out of your mouth and do something with what remains of your life before you contract COVID and die.
“We get it, Lindsey. If Trump wanted you to voice your opinion, he’d take his cock out of your mouth already!”
re: #82 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
That would probably be best. Just keep on painting W and let us know after Biden wins that you voted for him.
Exactly.
re: #83 Ace Rothstein
Speaking of hoses, Mommie Dearest once put a garden hose in that felon Dinesh’s front door mail slot, turned it on and flooded that creepy fuck’s house. True story.
Ann Coulter? IIRC, they dated for awhile.
A lot understandably will be made about Senator Harris and the African American community as well as women but don’t underestimate Indian Americans. Indian Americans are an important part of the Democratic Party here in Loudoun County and I know other places. Kamala’s maternal grandfather was actually a member of India’s Civil Service.
re: #85 Dr Lizardo
Exactly.
It’s crazy the lengths that Trump has alienated the previous Republicans in the executive branch. Trump definitely has changed the GOP. He achieved that. But I think it will be his and his party’s undoing in the end.
Another angle - Grizzly Creek Fire #mountains #flying #aerial #rockymountains #fire #grizzlycreekfire #colorado #news #wildfire #aerial #photography #photo #pic #helilife pic.twitter.com/sY1XlIrs1A
— Jason Mowry (@jmowry11) August 11, 2020
In the upper right you can see the ski area I work at.
Fire doubled in size today and jumped the Colorado River. The backroad to Glenwood Springs from my place is closed, only way for me to get there is to drive over Independence Pass and through Aspen.
re: #52 teleskiguy
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re: #89 teleskiguy
The backroad to Glenwood Springs from my place is closed, only way for me to get there is to drive over Independence Pass and through Aspen.
I should amend this. This is the *shortest* route to Glenwood Springs for me. I could also drive to Steamboat Springs, over to Craig then down to Rifle, that’s 200 miles. A 120 or 200 mile detour to get to the next town over (25 miles). Oy.
re: #83 Ace Rothstein
Speaking of hoses, Mommie Dearest once put a garden hose in that felon Dinesh’s front door mail slot, turned it on and flooded that creepy fuck’s house. True story.
What?
re: #74 Belafon
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Nice try, Cornholio but it’s Ed Markey.
But do keep on lying!https://t.co/4nElmTWNr9— The 3-D Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) August 12, 2020
re: #93 🌹UOJB!
Well, she was #1 in 2020, #3 in 2019 and #7 in 2018.
Opinion polls suggest @KamalaHarris is a popular choice for a massive Russian State affiliated disinformation campaign.
— Darth Putin (@DarthPutinKGB) August 12, 2020
None of those shits are Liberals.
Four of them fancy themselves “socialists” which just goes to show that they don’t know what a socialist is, and then there’s Tracey, who, being brain damaged from the vicious lead pipe beating by Maxine Waters, doesn’t know what he is.— soonergrunt 🇺🇸 (@soonergrunt) August 12, 2020
re: #95 teleskiguy
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Once again, as compared to everyone else that would be the same way.
Oh, my, this is too cute for words…
Excuse me, but how has @pptsapper not recreated master and commander like this yet? pic.twitter.com/gRHS6CwHHO
— Destiny is tired of your s#!t (@Destinysraven) August 11, 2020
My sister texted my wife and wanted me to get her a bumper sticker, so I went online and ordered two, one for her and one for me.
https://t.co/CUJ28ZaseR pic.twitter.com/zWiBuRcy5T
— Michael E. Mann (@MichaelEMann) August 12, 2020
re: #97 Belafon
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I only know who two of those people are and I guarantee most voters know who neither are and nor do they care. I don’t care what a bunch of leftist assholes who will be bitter right wingers by decade’s end think.
re: #73 BeachDem
Again I point out, using my great-nephew as an example:
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He’s adorable! My husband wore size 12s, and was only 5’10”. So big feets don’t scare me! I bet those 13s just suit him fine.
Kamala Harris should do a press conference every day at the same time as Trump’s and just rip him apart.
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) August 12, 2020
re: #75 teleskiguy
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That’s because it has a death rate of only 0.04%. I know. Candace Owens talked about it on her show.
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re: #101 teleskiguy
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You know, between this and the “she’s not really African American because her mom’s Indian and Dad is Jamaican” is a great example of why the GOP base is whiter than a buttcheek.
I don’t know much about this, but in the urge to pick her apart, this is something I keep seeing:
Kamala Harris should tell transgender people why we should trust her after she blocked transgender women access to prescribed medical treatments.
— Zan Pyreanor 🌊🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 ✊🏿✊🏽✊🏻 (@ZanPyr) August 12, 2020
re: #97 Belafon
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A Who’s Who of Who Cares?
— Michaleen (@michaleen) August 12, 2020
re: #93 🌹UOJB!
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According to this, Bernie Sanders was ranked #10.
And the bros hate Kamala, who was third, because….?
re: #96 Ace Rothstein
No, Laura Ingraham.
Ah, OK. Yeah, I could see either Ingraham or Coulter being crazy enough to do something like that.
Lre: #109 thecommodore
According to this, Bernie Sanders was ranked #10.
And the bros hate Kamala, who was third, because….?
Woman and also black. Plus HRC had nice things to say about her and we know anyone HRC can’t be liberal. Truth be told, most of the bros like their leftist ancestors will eventually become bitter right wingers with age or still be arguing the same narrow class reductionist nonsense 50 years from now.
re: #107 Belafon
another attempt for the GOP to try and depress turnout…. who knows if the statement is even true and what specifically it even refers to but it smells like the typical Rose Twitter bullshit where they claim that there’s no difference between the two parties, one cites one vote at one time with zero indication as to bringing any receipts and the other group (GOP) is busy trying to eradicate your very existence, so its exactly the same so don’t bother voting…
MADISON, CT (WFSB) - A Republican candidate in the race for CT’s second congressional district has been arrested for domestic violence.
Thomas Gilmer of Madison was charged with second-degree strangulation and first-degree unlawful restraint https://t.co/Sd7dcJuEGq via @WFSBnews— Kim Chernecky (@kchernecky) August 11, 2020
Thomas Gilmer has pulled into a slight lead 50.1 to 49.9%. Still more likely to go to prison than Washington.
re: #107 Belafon
I don’t know much about this, but in the urge to pick her apart, this is something I keep seeing:
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Surely anything serious would have been analyzed during the vetting. I wouldn’t worry. They know what’s coming.
So I added the Imperial March to this video and I don’t know if I’ll ever sleep again.🔊
📹: Imgur user papemaker pic.twitter.com/Vh7vBUDSwi— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) August 7, 2020
KAMALAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Fuck! Yah!
Sorry, I had to just get that out.
(sits back down, kicks leg up, sniffs mezcal)
The mask is all the way off with these scumbags.
In case you were wondering who is in charge: https://t.co/I1G6IkEsIf
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) August 11, 2020
re: #118 teleskiguy
The mask is all the way off with these scumbags.
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It really is the Protocols for a new generation of Anti Semitic pigs.
re: #107 Belafon
I don’t know much about this, but in the urge to pick her apart, this is something I keep seeing:
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A lot of it was threading conflicting requirements for hold trans prisoners in CA prison system.
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The stunning collapse of a glacier in Switzerland, caught on camera pic.twitter.com/6xTanX3jvr
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 12, 2020
re: #39 Patricia Kayden
Thankfully Ari doesn’t speak for Black Americans. It’s odd that they didn’t find an African American to speak on this issue. Why him?
Herman Cain was unavailable.
re: #119 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
It really is the Protocols for a new generation of Anti Semitic pigs.
Absolutely. The spectrum of evil that includes anti-Semitism has returned en masse.
re: #120 gwangung
A lot of it was threading conflicting requirements for hold trans prisoners in CA prison system.
Which from what I gather she had nothing to do with implementing.
re: #123 BigPapa
Absolutely. The spectrum of evil that includes anti-Semitism has returned en masse.
It’s really gotten ugly.
Amazing how many white guys are out there to declare that Harris isn’t black “enough” or exciting “enough” or authentic “enough.”
Wait, did I say “amazing”? I meant to say “fucking pathetic.”
There are now 20 Q Anons running for Congress with most of them Republicans.
Tie every one of those assholes to Republicans. Get every fucking Republican on record if they support Q and if they do not why are they welcoming these assholes into their Party?
re: #126 Targetpractice
Amazing how many white guys are out there to declare that Harris isn’t black “enough” or exciting “enough” or authentic “enough.”
Wait, did I say “amazing”? I meant to say “fucking pathetic.”
They did it to Obama too. Pretty much every shitty take on Harris I’ve seen has come from a white guy. Sometimes we need to shut the fuck up especially about race and ethnicity.
I’m really hammering on Q-cretins being the new Blood Libel. Our society has let it go on for so long now we have the lunatics taking over the asylum.
re: #128 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
They did it to Obama too. Pretty much every shitty take on Harris I’ve seen has come from a white guy. Sometimes we need to shut the fuck up especially about race and ethnicity.
Yes they DID do the same damn thing to Obama saying he was only half-black.
re: #130 🌹UOJB!
Yes they DID do the same damn thing to Obama saying he was only half-black.
Oh and we’re going to see birther crap directed Harris’ way because her parents were immigrants too. That crap is personal to me. My older grand aunts and uncles were born prior to my great grandparents’ naturalizations.
re: #126 Targetpractice
Amazing how many white guys are out there to declare that Harris isn’t black “enough” or exciting “enough” or authentic “enough.”
Wait, did I say “amazing”? I meant to say “fucking pathetic.”
And, like the whole “Democratic Plantation” idea, they cannot comprehend how racist it is to tell black people how they should think.
re: #131 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Oh and we’re going to see birther crap directed Harris’ way because her parents were immigrants too. That crap is personal to me. My older grand aunts and uncles were born prior to my great grandparents’ naturalizations.
Oh shit Looks like Orly Taitz is rising out of the swamp again…
Hint, if you’re whiter than wonder bread, don’t fucking try to claim someone isn’t black and also don’t act like a black former prosecutor was just “locking up Black people” while you contend not to be racist. There was a great oped by a former San Francisco public defender that praised Harris’ record as DA and I trust her more than some random asshole with N agenda.
re: #132 Blind Frog Belly White
And, like the whole “Democratic Plantation” idea, they cannot comprehend how racist it is to tell black people how they should think.
Seriously that shit has always bothered me. You liken people exercising their voting franchise to a slave plantation? Yeah no wonder why the Republican Party is seen as racist because that shit is fucking racist.
re: #128 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
They did it to Obama too. Pretty much every shitty take on Harris I’ve seen has come from a white guy. Sometimes we need to shut the fuck up especially about race and ethnicity.
Yep. But in that cognitive dissonance that is their second nature, they also insisted that white people were voting for him over McCain/Romney because they were afraid of being accused of “racism” if they said they were voting for the white guy.
re: #137 Targetpractice
Yep. But in that cognitive dissonance that is their second nature, they also insisted that white people were voting for him over McCain/Romney because they were afraid of being accused of “racism” if they said they were voting for the white guy.
I mean it couldn’t have been I felt he was a better fit to lead the country. I remember being told that white liberal guilt was why Obama won. Nah, Obama won because he gave hope for a better future and despite the lies I think he mostly suceeded.
re: #135 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Yup. Democratic Plantation talking point is racist AF. It requires two elements:
Evil scheming white people (sound familiar?) convincing black folk to vote against their own best interest. Because you either give them the dignity of knowing what’s in their own best interest or you deny them that because you assume they’re stupid. As if black folks choose to live on a plantation.
Even more ironic when they get folks like Candace Bigsby to sell it.
Well duh…that’s exactly what’s going to happen 💀😭😂😂😂 https://t.co/sTg51MwlYB
— Miss Aja (@brat2381) August 12, 2020
Something never said to a black person: “Oh, wait, you’re not descended from slaves? That changes everything. Sorry I treated you like an African American. “
— Blue in Red Texas (@RockwallBlue) August 12, 2020
Check me out guest hosting @JimmyKimmelLive tonight 🤯 pic.twitter.com/4vVsbT579x
— Sarah Cooper (@sarahcpr) August 12, 2020
Just a drive-by.
I am very very pleased by today’s political events.
Pleased as punch!
As pleased as cat with a warm bowl of cream!
Now get out there and vote as if your Constitution depends on it. Because it does.
Sweet scaly dreams.
That is all.
re: #139 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I mean it couldn’t have been I felt he was a better fit to lead the country. I remember being told that white liberal guilt was why Obama won. Nah, Obama won because he gave hope for a better future and despite the lies I think he mostly suceeded.
Yeah, that’s two words that you can expect to make a comeback in the next few weeks: “White guilt.” The idea that a white person never votes for a black candidate because they’re the better choice, but because they’ve either been “brainwashed” by years of liberal media to feel “guilty” over being white or they’re afraid of being accused by those who have of being “racist” for not supporting the black candidate.
re: #73 BeachDem
Again I point out, using my great-nephew as an example:
re: #103 retired cynic
He’s adorable! My husband wore size 12s, and was only 5’10”. So big feets don’t scare me! I bet those 13s just suit him fine.
I bet he’s just as cute now, and some of us have no problem with tall guys in size 13s. I’ve got two of ‘em, though the young one complains he only made 6’2” and the old one whinges that he’s not 6’4” anymore.
But yeah, for too many people the shoes won’t be the first thing they’ll notice about your sweetie pie.
Does anyone here check their IRS account online?
Today I did, and noticed that my 2020 payment data is not available.
The transcript of my filing is available, however.
Just wondering if the IRS is slow to update the payment information.
re: #150 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Does anyone here check their IRS account online?
Today I did, and noticed that my 2020 payment data is not available.
The transcript of my filing is available, however.
Just wondering if the IRS is slow to update the payment information.
It says on the site that it can take a couple of weeks or something like that for the payment to show up.
re: #10 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
“And how many times did he… fall out of the window?”
“I lost count.”
He fell out of window onto truckload of broken bottles while shooting himself in the back twelve times, pausing only once to reload…
re: #17 jaunte
This was inevitable. You can’t spend years - as a party - embracing conspiracies about Obama’s birthplace, etc. and think you won’t end up becoming the party of half-baked conspiracies.
They had their chance to call these people out or at least distance themselves from them, but why alienate the most rabid, motivated segment of your base?
re: #77 Ace Rothstein
I’m watching “Manhattan” for the first time, and now all the weird shit about Woody Allen makes perfect sense.
yes, I wrote it off as artistic license back then, but it was much too close to home…
re: #143 Belafon
Senator Harris’ father is a Black Jamaican so of course she is descended from slaves. Pretty ridiculous claim.
re: #71 Belafon
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/for those that don’t get it…
There’s a huge problem with misogyny and sexual misconduct (and also now, transphobia) in the skeptic/atheist community.
Just watch any video on Youtube that Rebecca Watson of Skepchick has done on Richard Dawkins and/or Elevatorgate for an introduction.
re: #107 Belafon
I’m not really thrilled by people conflating “transgender women” with “two convicted murderers”
My wife just told me that she had she had gone on FB, and seen comments there about Kamala Harris being antisemitic: which we agreed she must have figured out some way to get over, since her husband (since 2014) is Jewish….
Maybe I should qualify: they’ve been married since 2014, he’s obviously been Jewish his whole life….
re: #31 The Pie Overlord!
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or can’t you see anything else
Ari Fleischer: She’s just not that historically exciting to African Americans pic.twitter.com/72Y9ZnxozO
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) August 12, 2020
re: #76 Belafon
The only thing they have to go on is that Harris is a Democrat:
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Lindsey, she is a Democrat.
what do you think is supposed to happen?
Senator @KamalaHarris will be a formidable opponent.
She is smart, aggressive, and has fully bought in to the Democratic Party’s very liberal agenda. #Trump2020— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) August 11, 2020
I get up at 5am to run in the just a little bit cooler
and its already 82
re: #142 Belafon
Yeah, that’s from the “no shit, Sherlock” files.
Trump team worries Kamala Harris will ‘chew’ up Pence and ‘spit him out’ in VP debate: MSNBC’s @NicolleDWallace https://t.co/GpAXnjDnXA
— Raw Story (@RawStory) August 11, 2020
Hopefully, she’ll reduce Pence to a blubbering wreck on live national TV. “Must-see TV” indeed.
re: #158 Patricia Kayden
Senator Harris’ father is a Black Jamaican so of course she is descended from slaves. Pretty ridiculous claim.
Or pirates. Pirates would be cooler.
re: #170 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Ol’ Peg Leg Harris…
Commandant of our military grade school was a one-legged veteran of the 1st Cav. Amazing man. After a 6th grader dropped his 1903 Springfield in formation:
“Greer, if you ever do that again I’m going to take this leg off and shove it up your ass.”
(He never laid a hand on a kid.)
Yesterday it was reported that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is the highest-paid actor in the world, so a good day for people of mixed ethnicity from Alameda County.
Brief drive-by.
My wife and I are headed out shortly for Valentine and Smith Falls State Park, camera in tow for endless pictures of stabilised sand dunes (and Nebraska’s highest waterfall).
re: #173 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Brief drive-by.
My wife and I are headed out shortly for Valentine and Smith Falls State Park, camera in tow for endless pictures of stabilised sand dunes (and Nebraska’s highest waterfall).
I recall a National Lampoon tourist ad for Mud Skiing in Nebraska.
re: #159 Jack Burton
It turns out quite a bit of the “sceptic” community on YouTube is mostly alt-right adjacent, and not really sceptical at all.
There’s a large difference between a sceptic such as Matt Dillahunty and one such as the now-banned Steven Crowder.
re: #172 Deep State SuperElite Satinist
Yesterday it was reported that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is the highest-paid actor in the world, so a good day for people of mixed ethnicity from Alameda County.
Yep, second year running I believe. No doubt about it, he’s a bankable star. Even in some of the more preposterous films he’s in (think San Andreas), he’s good.
And there’s nothing wrong with being in a preposterous film - I think of Michael Caine’s quip regarding Jaws: The Revenge…”I have never seen it, but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific.”
We’ve all got bills to pay, after all.
So Kamala Harris is a “former cop” when the trolls are trolling leftist sites, but Biden is going to dismantle Amerca’s police forces when trolling the right?
Got it.
Nate Silver dropped his election model, and Trump has a horrifyingly high 29% chance of winning, about the same odds he faced in 2016. It should be zero, of course, but his cult of ignorant white racists are coccooned from reality by Fox News and Facebook. fivethirtyeight.com
re: #178 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Nate Silver dropped his election model, and Trump has a horrifyingly high 29% chance of winning, about the same odds he faced in 2016. It should be zero, of course, but his cult of ignorant white racists are coccooned from reality by Fox News and Facebook. fivethirtyeight.com
His chances of winning a majority or even a plurality of the popular vote are next to zero, but this is the American electoral system, which Trump successfully gamed in 2016 and as incumbent, can game even more effectively this time around.
re: #178 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Nate Silver dropped his election model, and Trump has a horrifyingly high 29% chance of winning, about the same odds he faced in 2016. It should be zero, of course, but his cult of ignorant white racists are coccooned from reality by Fox News and Facebook. fivethirtyeight.com
It should be zero but Trump is in awful shape for an incumbent.
re: #178 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Nate Silver dropped his election model, and Trump has a horrifyingly high 29% chance of winning, about the same odds he faced in 2016. It should be zero, of course, but his cult of ignorant white racists are coccooned from reality by Fox News and Facebook. fivethirtyeight.com
The reasoning is simply that there’s almost 100 days before the election, so it’s accounting for that amount of unknown unknowns in some way. Apparently, if the election were held today Biden would have a 93% chance of winning under this model.
we’ve been participating in postcardstovoters.org for about a year
they do absentee/mail in awareness mailings when there’s no specific campaign going on that needs support
it’s all anonymous of course. the post card recipient has no idea who wrote it or where it was mailed from
lately we’ve received 2 post cards
it’s kinda odd
and weirdly reassuring
Just kinda cruising around and reading random posts on FB and Twitter, and some people have it in their heads that Most American cities are having non-stop riots and looting 24/7. Carnage! Violence! Destruction! Anarchy! Mayhem! Criminality!
…the fuck? Everybody’s gone stupid. I want to scream at them, but it would be a waste of effort.
re: #184 dangerman
we’ve been participating in postcardstovoters.org for about a year
they do absentee/mail in awareness mailings when there’s no specific campaign going on that needs support
it’s all anonymous of course. the post card recipient has no idea who wrote it or where it was mailed from
lately we’ve received 2 post cards
it’s kinda odd
and weirdly reassuring
I don’t believe I have the artistic skills they seem to want for that.
re: #187 makeitstop
Just kinda cruising around and reading random posts on FB and Twitter, and some people have it in their heads that Most American cities are having non-stop riots and looting 24/7. Carnage! Violence! Destruction! Anarchy! Mayhem! Criminality!
…the fuck? Everybody’s gone stupid. I want to scream at them, but it would be a waste of effort.
It’s hard to remember sometimes that the majority of Americans are not on social media at all.
re: #182 ericblair
The reasoning is simply that there’s almost 100 days before the election, so it’s accounting for that amount of unknown unknowns in some way. Apparently, if the election were held today Biden would have a 93% chance of winning under this model.
Even 93% isn’t high enough! The danger, of course, is a close election in which Trump tries to engineer victory out of chaos.
re: #187 makeitstop
Just kinda cruising around and reading random posts on FB and Twitter, and some people have it in their heads that Most American cities are having non-stop riots and looting 24/7. Carnage! Violence! Destruction! Anarchy! Mayhem! Criminality!
…the fuck? Everybody’s gone stupid. I want to scream at them, but it would be a waste of effort.
McConnell is running scare ads against McGrath featuring scenes of rioting. Its happening in Trump’s America, and McConnell is about to cause massive defunding of police leftists could only dream of, but Democrats’ fault.
re: #126 Targetpractice
Amazing how many white guys are out there to declare that Harris isn’t black “enough” or exciting “enough” or authentic “enough.”
Wait, did I say “amazing”? I meant to say “fucking pathetic.”
Goes right along with Biden isn’t Catholic enough
re: #132 Blind Frog Belly White
And, like the whole “Democratic Plantation” idea, they cannot comprehend how racist it is to tell
black peopleanyone how they should think.
re: #190 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
It’s hard to remember sometimes that the majority of Americans are not on social media at all.
I suspect that a majority are on Facebook, but maybe I’m overestimating.
Kamala lived in Montreal for a time. I hope some of our positive values make it to the U.S. through her.
‘How Canadian is she?’ Probably more than you think, say Kamala Harris’ one-time Montreal classmates
re: #197 A Cranky One
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re: #158 Patricia Kayden
Senator Harris’ father is a Black Jamaican so of course she is descended from slaves. Pretty ridiculous claim.
Not *american* slaves//
Here’s a thing I don’t get. Say you’re a QAnon believer who gets elected to Congress. Do you just…show up to the office every day with people you think are Satan-worshipping pedophiles?
— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) August 12, 2020
re: #200 makeitstop
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Yeah, I was wondering that, too. But then again, Congress is already an environment that nurtures Louis Gohmerts and Jim Jordans. What’s a little Q-anonsense thrown into the mix (until enough get elected to form a caucus).
re: #178 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Nate Silver dropped his election model, and Trump has a horrifyingly high 29% chance of winning, about the same odds he faced in 2016. It should be zero, of course, but his cult of ignorant white racists are coccooned from reality by Fox News and Facebook. fivethirtyeight.com
Only this time we know and were prepared
And Bidens leads are significantly more than Clinton’s ever were
re: #10 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
“And how many times did he… fall out of the window?”
“I lost count.”
My favorite lines from Sherlock.
re: #201 Barefoot Grin
Yeah, I was wondering that, too. But then again, Congress is already an environment that nurtures Louis Gohmerts and Jim Jordans. What’s a little Q-anonsense thrown into the mix (until enough get elected to form a caucus).
They’ll fall in with the leftovers of the Tea Party-based Freedom Caucus.
Insanity
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) August 12, 2020
re: #188 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I don’t believe I have the artistic skills they seem to want for that.
Use any postcards
Just neat penmanship , and they do want a sample
..if mine’s good enough…..
re: #190 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
It’s hard to remember sometimes that the majority of Americans are not on social media at all.
And yet will still believe anything
re: #202 dangerman
Only this time we know and were prepared
And Bidens leads are significantly more than Clinton’s ever were
But this time Trump has the DOJ and Bill Barr on his side to try and engineer victory out of chaos if the election is close.
re: #206 NO SMOCKING GUN!
we lost a cop to Covid las week. I realize it’s Florida, but a lot of them should walk out.
re: #206 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Does he even have that authority? That might be a good use for a police union to step in.
On the way out, will have to stop my mail (I don’t need my anti-seizure drugs sitting in my outside box for several days to be stolen).
A couple three or so donations in the mail: Biden campaign, USO, Planned Parenthood of the Heartland. A few bills.
Copying new music to my car’s flashdrive: U. Utah Phillips, Woodie Guthrie, Olivia Newton-John, Barbara Mandrell, The Cars, Carpenters, Cat Stevens, Jim Croche. Bounced a bunch of Disco off the flash drive.
re: #201 Barefoot Grin
Yeah, I was wondering that, too. But then again, Congress is already an environment that nurtures Louis Gohmerts and Jim Jordans. What’s a little **Q-anonsense** thrown into the mix (until enough get elected to form a caucus).
** +1
re: #206 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Kinda hot in Florida for the ski masks.
re: #212 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Does he even have that authority? That might be a good use for a police union to step in.
On the way out, will have to stop my mail (I don’t need my anti-seizure drugs sitting in my outside box for several days to be stolen).
A couple three or so donations in the mail: Biden campaign, USO, Planned Parenthood of the Heartland. A few bills.
Copying new music to my cars flashdrive: U. Utah Phillips, Woodie Guthrie, Olivia Newton-John, Barbara Mandrell, The Cars, Carpenters, Cat Stevens, Jim Croche. Bounced a bunch of Disco off the flash drive.
I doubt his deputies have a union, and he can probably fire them at will. It should be an OSHA safety violation during a pandemic, but it probably isn’t.
The Northwest Passage is essentially open sailing now:
re: #206 NO SMOCKING GUN!
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Marion County, Fla., Sheriff Billy Woods bans deputies from wearing face masks https://t.co/3ja8eYIDOj
— Daniel Uhlfelder (@DWUhlfelderLaw) August 12, 2020
re: #214 Shropshire Slasher
Kinda hot in Florida for the ski masks.
Not as hot as it is here. They just have more humidity. We’re managing 90 and 100 degree days here with pretty good compliance in Wyobraska.
I’d prefer someone without a mask stay a good distance away from me.
re: #210 NO SMOCKING GUN!
But this time Trump has the DOJ and Bill Barr on his side to try and engineer victory out of chaos if the election is close.
As of right now I am confident it won’t be close
Even tho a week is a lifetime in politics
Wondering about Russia’s “licensed” #Covid19 vaccine? Read @Dereklowe. Says all that needs to be said. It is impossible to design, test and produce a vaccine for widespread roll out this quickly. https://t.co/JEMCMonkcl pic.twitter.com/RMTEBS4PKH
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) August 11, 2020
I brought up I Am Legend the other night:
It is hard to read this without thinking about the beginning of “I Am Legend.” https://t.co/a9ifx1wsGm
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) August 12, 2020
re: #215 NO SMOCKING GUN!
I doubt his deputies have a union, and he can probably fire them at will. It should be an OSHA safety violation during a pandemic, but it probably isn’t.
There is still a certification process to become a sheriff’s deputy in Florida. It’s not quite so simple to simply fire them and replace them.
That said, if you need the pay because conservatives would rather force everyone to work than just sit out for three weeks because that will cost their donors money, it’s tough to walk off the job.
re: #221 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
There is still a certification process to become a sheriff’s deputy in Florida. It’s not quite so simple to simply fire them and replace them.
That said, if you need the pay because conservatives would rather force everyone to work than just sit out for three weeks because that will cost their donors money, it’s tough to walk off the job.
Of course when they get sick you’re replacing them anyway
re: #215 NO SMOCKING GUN!
I doubt his deputies have a union, and he can probably fire them at will. It should be an OSHA safety violation during a pandemic, but it probably isn’t.
It could be a General Duty Clause violation if the regional OSHA shop could show an unreasonable risk to life and health. That would be easy in a crowded chicken plant, harder in a small office with low traffic.
In all cases, it wouldn’t stick because a Trump flunky heads the DoL.
re: #219 dangerman
As of right now I am confident it won’t be close
Even tho a week is a lifetime in politics
It shouldn’t be close, but somehow its still closer than it should be. I expect the pandemic and economy are going to get even worse this Fall, but its terrible to think that things have to get even worse to ensure removal of a man unfit for office in every way.
re: #223 Decatur Deb
It could be a General Duty Clause violation if the regional OSHA shop could show an unreasonable risk to life and health. That would be easy in a crowded chicken plant, harder in a small office with low traffic.
In all cases, it wouldn’t stick because a Trump flunky heads the DoL.
Florida should have a state OSHA. Kentucky does; I use to hear those cases. Of course if they do, its probably run by a DeathSantis flunky.
re: #224 NO SMOCKING GUN!
It shouldn’t be close, but somehow its still closer than it should be. I expect the pandemic and economy are going to get even worse this Fall, but its terrible to think that things have to get even worse to ensure removal of a man unfit for office in every way.
It’s early yet, when did Comey announce his findings before 2016?
re: #217 dangerman
North Florida, man
Good timing though. He’s just another conservative genocidaire.
13 new COVID-19 deaths, a one-day record, Tuesday in Marion County (Goes to the Ocala Star-Banner)
Dr Scott Atlas is a big believer in herd immunity to “conquer” #COVID19 , a loud anti-#AnthonyFauci voice & favors ending lockdowns. It’s music to @realDonaldTrump ears, so now Hoover Inst’s Atlas is appointed to the @WhiteHouse #Coronavirus Task Force . https://t.co/GDqUWJ4jom
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) August 11, 2020
Beginner mistake in that headline, I now realize. Should be “The Experimental New Russian Covid Cure the US Government Doesn’t Want You to Know About!” And instead of giving it away for free, charge them $19.99. Will get more engagement.
— Mig Greengard (@chessninja) August 11, 2020
re: #227 Shropshire Slasher
It’s early yet, when did Comey announce his findings before 2016?
Just days before the election. Barr is probably planning some kind of October surprise; like a report on the investigation he has been running of the investigation of Russian interference in 2016.
re: #229 Belafon
G-d help us. I rather listen to Dr Fauci.
Think you can make your office, school or theater “safe” from #SARSCoV2 ? Here, a hospital had top-of-the-line HEPA filters & ventilators so powerful that the air got full exchange 6Xs/hour.
BUT still had loads of virus in the air around #COVID19 patients.https://t.co/SlDOouslRH— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) August 11, 2020
re: #220 Belafon
The fastest, thus far, that a vaccine has been developed, tested and put into mass distribution is four years. That was the mumps vaccine.
Four years. I’d bet that what Russia’s putting out is little more than an influenza vaccine.
re: #235 Decatur Deb
Florida has not created a State Plan. They haven’t extended the Fed rules to public employees either.
osha.gov
Even applies to visitors to the sheriff’s office. 🔥 Lawsuits incoming for Marion County and Sheriff Billy Woods “as Florida set a daily record for covid-19 deaths.”☠
— Jane Moore (@janeworld1) August 12, 2020
The old white guys at my office are scared of Harris.
“When he becomes president and suddenly dies in office -“
“He won’t have to die, just step down.”
“And she becomes president, what won’t she do?”
Here we go on that sheriff thread, bashing people with high school diplomas again. You know, that’s not really a wonderful strategy for Democrats to call people like me “stupid.”
I really wish liberals would quit that.
That asshat? He’s evil and stupid, but it’s not because of a high school diploma.
This is what happens when you give a high school diploma holder, who has been looking for power his whole life, a job that allows him to hurt people as he pleases.
— lisa anny 🆘 (@historygirlMA) August 12, 2020
re: #238 Belafon
Good. I hope the old white guys remain scared of her. Like Joe she is a force to be reckoned with.
Earning your well-deserved nickname time after time… pic.twitter.com/DbVUlTlA2f
— Arch (Soros Antifa Rabbi Commander And Spy Master) (@Arch_LGF) August 12, 2020
I don’t see what a high school diploma has to do with a, but I agree with the rest.
— CJ (@CJenni6) August 12, 2020
Referring to lack of a higher education.
— Juli armstrong (@Juliarmstrong4) August 12, 2020
Which does not make you evil and stupid. Gaaa. With friends like these, &c.
re: #239 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Here we go on that sheriff thread, bashing people with high school diplomas again. You know, that’s not really a wonderful strategy for Democrats to call people like me “stupid.”
I really wish liberals would quit that.
That asshat? He’s evil and stupid, but it’s not because of a high school diploma.
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I can’t agree with you more. From reading all your posts here you certainly aren’t stoopid, far from it.
re: #238 Belafon
The old white guys at my office are scared of Harris.
“When he becomes president and suddenly dies in office -“
“He won’t have to die, just step down.”
“And she becomes president, what won’t she do?”
WTF are they scared of? Lemme guess, they’re scared of a woman of color being in a position of executive authority.
I really don’t get it. Do they think she’s going to end up as POTUS, call a live presser, utter some magic incantation and suddenly their peckers are all gonna fall off or something?
re: #239 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
There’s more than a little privilege-ism that lurks among the progressive twitterati.
re: #242 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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Which does not make you evil and stupid. Gaaa. With friends like these, &c.
In a lot of cases it makes you ignorant. But I have met plenty of people with college degrees that didn’t learn anything more than what they learned in school.
re: #244 Dr Lizardo
That is exactly what they are afraid of.
re: #242 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I’m sure Bill Gates is crying himself to sleep on a mattress of $100 bills piled thirty feet high.
Ocala mayor (KKK) Kent Guinn also vetoed the mask ordinance passed by the city council last week, and has been peacocking about it on local radio and social media. He’s also refused to enforce bar and restaurant closures/capacity rules. And we have the case counts to show for it.
— Jack *Significantly More Vulgar* Burden 😷 (@Jack_Burden13) August 12, 2020
The veto is subject to override , but even if that happens, the good mayor has had the MCSO and Chief of Ocala PD state publicly that they won’t enforce that either. These are horrible people.
— Jack *Significantly More Vulgar* Burden 😷 (@Jack_Burden13) August 12, 2020
re: #243 Shropshire Slasher
I can’t agree with you more. From reading all your posts here you certainly aren’t stoopid, far from it.
Thanks. Either that or I’m a good faker.
re: #244 Dr Lizardo
WTF are they scared of? Lemme guess, they’re scared of a woman of color being in a position of executive authority.
I really don’t get it. Do they think she’s going to end up as POTUS, call a live presser, utter some magic incantation and suddenly their peckers are all gonna fall off or something?
Pretty much, yes. There are crazies who believe in literal witchcraft; I saw them on my Facebook feed.
re: #233 Belafon
I’m putting in a new HVAC system and we had option for filter systems. MERV 11, 13, 16, or 20. Those are industry standard types of filters, and 11 is the cheapest, 20 is the most expensive. We went with the 16, since it reduces like 95% of particles down to 0.3 microns. It wasn’t particularly expensive (but like printer cartridges, the cost is the filters over time). Most people don’t have filter systems that good, or replace their filters or clean their ducts (like ever).
Hospitals can have even higher quality with UV scrubbers.
re: #247 PhillyPretzel
That is exactly what they are afraid of.
I’m guessing you mean the “POC in position of authority” part, not the “peckers fall off” bit…..?
But yeah, gotta be a big part of it: along with the incessant “radical leftist” BS harping from Republicans: the notion that electing Democrats is going to bring on the Red Terror….
LB 814, Nebraska’s anti-abortion bill which in other states has been shot down by the courts, is up for debate.
(Thread two tweets)
The AG addressed the question of whether LB 814 “would impose a substantial obstacle on access to abortion in Nebraska.” This is a misleading question. The issue isn’t whether the bill limits access to abortion, it’s whether banning this procedure imposes an undue burden. https://t.co/8j7a4XYJM1
— Senator Megan Hunt 😷 (@NebraskaMegan) August 11, 2020
re: #238 Belafon
The old white guys at my office are scared of Harris.
“When he becomes president and suddenly dies in office -“
“He won’t have to die, just step down.”
“And she becomes president, what won’t she do?”
She won’t talk about sports and ratings as a pandemic infects 5 million people.
Portland officials: Protesters arrested on nonviolent misdemeanor charges won’t be prosecuted https://t.co/kljSnGs4N2 pic.twitter.com/wuP7kalwfr
— The Hill (@thehill) August 12, 2020
re: #253 Jay C
I’m guessing you mean the “POC in position of authority” part, not the “peckers fall off” bit…..?
But yeah, gotta be a big part of it: along with the incessant “radical leftist” BS harping from Republicans: the notion that electing Democrats is going to bring on the Red Terror….
The GOP has their base convinced that Biden/Harris = Lenin/Trotsky.
re: #238 Belafon
The old white guys at my office are scared of Harris.
“When he becomes president and suddenly dies in office -“
“He won’t have to die, just step down.”
“And she becomes president, what won’t she do?”
She won’t go golfing as people are evicted from their homes.
re: #254 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
LB 814, Nebraska’s anti-abortion bill which in other states has been shot down by the courts, is up for debate.
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re: #239 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
In England and Wales a police officer may only have a school qualification at the moment but from 2020 new applicants need to either hold a three-year college degree or be working towards such as a so-called “apprentice” police constable. They still have to go through a three-month on-campus training course before being assigned as a probationary constable. Anyone who gets promoted will undergo further specialised training and education and it’s expected that managerial ranks will have the equivalent of a Masters degree and quite possibly actual academic qualifications in law, forensics, psychology, management etc. For example, the Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police, Dame Cressida Dick graduated in 2001 as a Master of Philosophy in criminology from Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, with the highest grade in her year.
Half-assing it as the US does, electing upper-ranks police officers by popular vote beggars the imagination.
re: #257 Dr Lizardo
The GOP has their base convinced that Biden/Harris = Lenin/Trotsky.
So, a standard election cycle then.
re: #257 Dr Lizardo
The GOP has their base convinced that Biden/Harris = Lenin/
TrotskyRosa Luxemburg.
Fixt for historical/pedantry accuracy.
re: #257 Dr Lizardo
The GOP has their base convinced that Biden/Harris = Lenin/Trotsky.
538 is projecting that, despite the pandemic and mass unemployment, Trump will get the exact same vote % as in 2016, 46%. The difference is few anti-Trump votes are going to 3rd party candidates, and Biden is projecting to 52%. Hence GOP efforts to get Kanye West on the ballot.
re: #259 NO SMOCKING GUN!
What are the provisions?
It would ban D&E procedures, which the GOP has been scare-mongering as “dismemberment abortion.”
It imposes a criminal penalty on any provider who uses a D&E. It is even banned for a dead foetus.
Allegedly it has a procedure where a physician or nurse can appeal to the state Board of Health, but that is run by Republicans.
The effect is to cause providers to shy away from a commonly-used procedure which is ofttiimes the safest method.
re: #262 Jay C
Fixt for historical/pedantry accuracy.
Fair enough. But let’s be honest….how many of them would even know who Rosa Luxemburg was?
OH YEAH, ISN’T SHE THAT WOMAN THEY NAMED THAT COUNTRY IN EUROPE AFTER? would be the most likely response.
re: #263 NO SMOCKING GUN!
538 is projecting that, despite the pandemic and mass unemployment, Trump will get the exact same vote % as in 2016, 46%. The difference is few anti-Trump votes are going to 3rd party candidates, and Biden is projecting to 52%. Hence GOP efforts to get Kanye West on the ballot.
So far, that effort seems to failing rather miserably. Maybe the USA’s saving grace will end up being the Trump administration’s utter incompetence.
re: #248 Dr Lizardo
I’m sure Bill Gates is crying himself to sleep on a mattress of $100 bills piled thirty feet high.
You would think he could afford something better.
re: #265 Dr Lizardo
Rosa Luxemburg from Wiki:
en.wikipedia.org
re: #269 Amory Blaine
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Damn…it’s 735 in the morning and I already have to wipe the coffee off of my monitor…
This would be pre-DeJoy’s changes, but:
Donald Trump’s sabotage of the U.S. Postal Service could already have changed the outcome of one election. The clerk in Sterling Heights, Michigan, said that 165 ballots arrived too late to be counted in the August 4 primary election—even though they were postmarked five days before the primary. One primary in Macomb County was decided by just 87 votes.
The ballots arrived Monday August 10 with July 30 postmarks. This comes after some Michigan voters reported not receiving their absentee ballots in time despite having requested them well ahead of the primary. At the same time, people around the country are experiencing mail delays.
re: #184 dangerman
I may have written it! Is it addressed to Super Voter?
I’ve written hundreds for them in the past 3 years.
Rafael Cruz once again makes an asshole of himself!
Public health expert offers brutal edits to Ted Cruz’ latest wildly misleading claims
re: #229 Belafon
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Yay, confirmation bias for Trump and a (presumably) libertarian doc on the task force. Awesome.
re: #188 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I just use a highlighter to make a color border around the edges.
re: #245 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
There’s more than a little privilege-ism that lurks among the progressive twitterati.
A LOT of privilege!
Threads like these are EVERYWHERE!
everyone: defund the police
biden: here’s a cop vp— james (@heybuddy_comic) August 11, 2020
re: #277 Kamrade Teddy’s Person
Someone may have already posted something. I’m working my way through the thread.
Kamala Harris Takes ‘Responsibility’ for Opposing Trans Surgeries
article at Out
so tear her apart on that while saying nothing about Trump banning trans from military?
playing the “there’s no difference so just don’t vote” card…
re: #281 Sherlock Hound
everyone: defund the police
biden: here’s a cop vp
If they are trolling the left, that is the line,
if they are playing to the base, it is that Biden is going to disband police and turn our neighborhoods over to armed Mau-Mau rape gangs
re: #281 Sherlock Hound
A LOT of privilege!
Threads like these are EVERYWHERE!
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Hey, James, you realize “Defund the police” doesn’t mean “no more cops”, right?
re: #284 Belafon
Hey, James, you realize “Defund the police” doesn’t mean “no more cops”, right?
It is a slogan used to browbeat the opposition.
re: #281 Sherlock Hound
Of course. Twitter is just like the meat space and reflects the real world. /
The reality is that Biden and Harris have called for significant reforms for policing, prosecutions, and incarceration.
And what better than to have someone who knows how it works at present, what it could be, and impacts to PoC - namely disproportionate impacts and discriminatory impacts.
re: #285 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It is a slogan. And it as hollow as “build the wall!”
But “Reduce Police Funding Appropriately” doesn’t fit on a bumper sticker.
re: #264 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I have participated in a D & E procedure. It was horrifying and heart-breaking. That being said, it was absolutely necessary to avoid health complications to the mother. No doctor wants to do it just for the shits and giggles so it’s use is vanishingly rare. I saw it once in my 30 year career as an L&D nurse in a hospital serving a region of over 200,000 people. This is politicians with an agenda and a solution looking for a problem.
re: #283 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
If they are trolling the left, that is the line,
if they are playing to the base, it is that Biden is going to disband police and turn our neighborhoods over to armed Mau-Mau rape gangs
And this thread:
i have no comment either way i’m just noting facts x
— what’s not clicking? (@Muna_Mire) August 11, 2020
“I’m just saying!”
re: #282 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
so tear her apart on that while saying nothing about Trump banning trans from military?
playing the “there’s no difference so just don’t vote” card…
“Both sides are bad” radical centrist rhetoric that the GOP stokes for good reason.
Shutting down my computer. I’ll take it with me, so perhaps I might log in sometime during our vacation. We’ll be home again Monday.
Catch y’all later.
re: #188 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I don’t believe I have the artistic skills they seem to want for that.
I’ve sent them out with little artistic flourish but lots of information.
re: #291 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Enjoy your vacation. :)
re: #190 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
It’s hard to remember sometimes that the majority of Americans are not on social media at all.
They may not all be on social media but too many of those are definitely watching Faux News and listening to talk radio; they are getting the message that there is rioting and violence in the streets.
re: #289 Sherlock Hound
And this thread:
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“I’m just saying!”
It would help if you started with facts, Muna.
“Family Values” Trumper: Joe Biden’s on his 2nd wife.
My kid: Biden’s 1st wife died in a car crash.
Trumper: Can you prove that? I never heard that.
My kid: You have a smartphone. Look it up.
Trumper: No way, you can’t trust the fake news.— David Cay Johnston (@DavidCayJ) August 12, 2020
re: #289 Sherlock Hound
And this thread:
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“I’m just saying!”
Biden never said to abolish prisons. I’m really beyond exhausted with people who want criminal justice reforms thinking we need to do stupid shit like abolish prisons, act like prosecutors & leo can’t help with reform efforts, and in general display their total ignorance of the justice system.
re: #289 Sherlock Hound
No serious person has said abolish all prisons. Some people, like the Trumps, belong in them. I would think people who understand that “Black Lives Matter” is a shorthand would understand that “Defund the Police” doesn’t mean a get rid of police departments.
— Blue in Red Texas (@RockwallBlue) August 12, 2020
re: #296 jaunte
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FFS it’s common knowledge. His daughter even died. I swear 40% of this country is mind numbingly stupid as hell about shit.
re: #298 Belafon
No serious person has said abolish all prisons. Some people, like the Trumps, belong in them. I would think people who understand that “Black Lives Matter” is a shorthand would understand that “Defund the Police” doesn’t mean a get rid of police departments.
The shouting match is now ready to ramp up to 11…
FFVCS endorses this Qturd.
Congratulations to future Republican Star Marjorie Taylor Greene on a big Congressional primary win in Georgia against a very tough and smart opponent. Marjorie is strong on everything and never gives up - a real WINNER!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 12, 2020
re: #298 Belafon
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Hell ask black communities, they don’t want to abolish the cops. They want law enforcement to act more equitable and not do things like no knock warrants on the wrong homes. I’m a white guy but too many damn white activists have totally been ignoring what African Americans actually want.
If we could only get Schumer to agree:
I think @SenWarren would make a great Senate Majority Leader. What do you think?
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) August 12, 2020
Though I suspect that would cause Manchin to flip parties.
re: #303 Belafon
If we could only get Schumer to agree:
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Though I suspect that would cause Manchin to flip parties.
I actually don’t. I’m sorry. I like her but she’s never been a part of leadership. If you’re going to replace Schumer, Patty Murray is better. People like Bob need to stop acting like ideology is the only prerequisite for leadership. It’s narrow minded. Let Warren chair an important committee before you make her majority leader.
Here is a stupid racist cartoon from Andy Branco, who is dumber & has less talent than Ben Garrison:
#BidenHarris2020 pic.twitter.com/ncrVjpsxBe
— Nur (@s8470) August 12, 2020
re: #299 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
FFS it’s common knowledge. His daughter even died. I swear 40% of this country is mind numbingly stupid as hell about shit.
They’re not stupid, they don’t care.
Information is only true if it makes them feel good and reinforces that the people they don’t like are bad.
re: #304 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I actually don’t. I’m sorry. I like her but she’s never been a part of leadership. If you’re going to replace Schumer, Patty Murray is better. People like Bob need to stop acting like ideology is the only prerequisite for leadership. It’s narrow minded. Let Warren chair an important committee before you make her majority leader.
Fair enough. There are just times when even I think Schumer’s being too timid, and I’m in the “There’s only so much Democrats can do” camp.
re: #303 Belafon
If we could only get Schumer to agree:
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Though I suspect that would cause Manchin to flip parties.
What do I think?
BAD idea.
If fortune runs in favor of The Light Side this fall, the (D)s, in the next Congress, are going to have control of the Senate with - AT BEST - a 2-3 seat Majority (if that). And given the GOP’s well-honed and fatally efficient obstruction skills, pretty much an absolute caucus unity is going to be needed to accomplish anything - whether “progressive” legislation, or mere routine operational appropriation.
The last thing the Senate Democrats need is to get bogged down in a leadership fight
re: #229 Belafon
Dr Scott Atlas is a big believer in herd immunity to “conquer” #COVID19 , a loud anti-#AnthonyFauci voice & favors ending lockdowns. It’s music to @realDonaldTrump ears, so now Hoover Inst’s Atlas is appointed to the @WhiteHouse #Coronavirus Task Force . https://t.co/GDqUWJ4jom
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) August 11, 2020
So Atlas is head of neuroradiology? That makes him an expert on infectious diseases? This is so ridiculous — but this is not unexpected from members of the medical community, especially those associated with RW think tanks like the Hoover Inst. Too many are arrogant jerks who think that their degree confers expertise in all areas of the medical field.
I have to confess that I am especially biased against radiologists. 20 years ago, when my late husband was on chemotherapy fighting metastasized cancer, a radiologist, who never bothered reading his prior scans, read his latest scans and pronounced him clear of cancer. I looked at the same scan and could see the tumor, which had shrunk significantly but was still there. The oncologist agreed with my assessment. In the case of Atlas, it should be considered medical malpractice to pontificate on areas in which you have no expertise.
If you nedd a way to spot ratfckers and idjuts, this DudeBro volunteers as tribute. https://t.co/vTBBzZVWcJ
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) August 12, 2020
re: #305 The Pie Overlord!
Here is a stupid racist cartoon from Andy Branco, who is dumber & has less talent than Ben Garrison:
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JFC. And they wonder why they poll with black people like herpes.
re: #244 Dr Lizardo
WTF are they scared of? Lemme guess, they’re scared of a woman of color being in a position of executive authority.
I really don’t get it. Do they think she’s going to end up as POTUS, call a live presser, utter some magic incantation and suddenly their peckers are all gonna fall off or something?
These are the same people who were terrified of a black man as POTUS and shared vicious attacks on him. They also hated the thought of a white woman in authority. They spew contempt for Mayor Lightfoot. Racism and misogyny will be the death of our republic.
re: #311 🌹UOJB!
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It’s incredibly racist. As if she’s not allowed to be a prosecutor because there will be African American defendants. If she had been a defense attorney, they’d smear her for her clients just like they did HRC when she was a PD.
re: #244 Dr Lizardo
WTF are they scared of? Lemme guess, they’re scared of a woman of color being in a position of executive authority.
I really don’t get it. Do they think she’s going to end up as POTUS, call a live presser, utter some magic incantation and suddenly their peckers are all gonna fall off or something?
well she’s part jamacian, so who knows what kind of voodoo powers she has
re: #308 Jay C
What do I think?
BAD idea.
If fortune runs in favor of The Light Side this fall, the (D)s, in the next Congress, are going to have control of the Senate with - AT BEST - a 2-3 seat Majority (if that). And given the GOP’s well-honed and fatally efficient obstruction skills, pretty much an absolute caucus unity is going to be needed to accomplish anything - whether “progressive” legislation, or mere routine operational appropriation.
The last thing the Senate Democrats need is to get bogged down in a leadership fight
Reich is a good economist and gets what’s wrong with the economy but as a political analyst (completely different field), he’s crappy.
re: #305 The Pie Overlord!
Here is a stupid racist cartoon from Andy Branco, who is dumber & has less talent than Ben Garrison:
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I guess it never occurs to RWers (and we probably shouldn’t clue them in) that promulgating insulting racist crap like this is one of the main reason that black voters DO reliably vote Democratic?
re: #309 Hecuba’s daughter
Trump would pick Dr. Feelgood as his health expert if they were telling him to pop pills. Oh wait, that’s Drs. Jackson and Bornstein.
re: #317 Jay C
I guess it never occurs to RWers (and we probably shouldn’t clue them in) that promulgating insulting racist crap like this is one of the main reason that black voters DO reliably vote Democratic?
The leftists don’t see it either. See the bros deriding the South Carolinans as low information voters. I disagreed with Iowans, New Hampshirites, & Nevadans on their choice but insulting their intelligence is dipshit behavior. Biden and the Democratic Party in general is popular with African Americans because they actually listen rather than treating them like they’re dumb children.
re: #238 Belafon
The old white guys at my office are scared of Harris.
“When he becomes president and suddenly dies in office -“
“He won’t have to die, just step down.”
“And she becomes president, what won’t she do?”
Are they scared about the “president can do anything, He (yes they only think he) is above the law!”? They never seem to think they might be out of power some day and that “unlimited power” will be in the hands of someone they really don’t like the ideas of.
re: #308 Jay C
What do I think?
BAD idea.
If fortune runs in favor of The Light Side this fall, the (D)s, in the next Congress, are going to have control of the Senate with - AT BEST - a 2-3 seat Majority (if that). And given the GOP’s well-honed and fatally efficient obstruction skills, pretty much an absolute caucus unity is going to be needed to accomplish anything - whether “progressive” legislation, or mere routine operational appropriation.
The last thing the Senate Democrats need is to get bogged down in a leadership fight
If one party holds the trifecta, most all of the policy is going to be set by the president. We are long past the days of FDR vetoing hundreds (if not thousands) of bills by a Democratic caucus. Congress isn’t going to be fighting with the president in those circumstances (which would probably be a waste of Warren’s talents). If we had a “normal” Republican president (assuming such a thing will ever exist again in the future), someone like Warren as the Senate Majority Leader would make more sense.
This dumb shit is all he’s got.
The “suburban housewife” will be voting for me. They want safety & are thrilled that I ended the long running program where low income housing would invade their neighborhood. Biden would reinstall it, in a bigger form, with Corey Booker in charge! @foxandfriends @MariaBartiromo
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 12, 2020
Remember that CT GOP primary house race where one of the candidates was arrested for beating up and strangling an ex girlfriend Monday evening and dropped out of the race Tuesday morning? He is currently leading with 91.7% of the vote counted.
politico.com
Thomas Gilmer
8,399
50.1%
Justin Anderson
8,380
49.9%
re: #309 Hecuba’s daughter
It’s depressing, but for current conservatism expertise is a fetish not a process.
They found someone who’s qualifications sound legit, but his job is to use his clout to Argue From Authority.
Kamala Harris will be one of the most experienced and qualified vice presidents in American history. #1u
pic.twitter.com/wN3ah7LeaT— AFL-CIO (@AFLCIO) August 11, 2020
re: #323 The Pie Overlord!
This dumb shit is all he’s got.
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Sometimes, all you can do is laugh to keep from crying:
A retired Long Beach police sergeant is facing a misdemeanor charge that he was illegally carrying a concealed weapon when he accidentally shot himself in the ankle at a gas station, authorities announced today.
Jeffrey Garcia, 54, shot himself on June 26, according to police, which was one day after his name was spread across the internet when activist Shaun King accused Garcia and a handful of other retired police officers of participating in a Facebook discussion about killing King, who is an outspoken critic of police.
Just fucking amazing.
re: #322 KGxvi
If one party holds the trifecta, most all of the policy is going to be set by the president. We are long past the days of FDR vetoing hundreds (if not thousands) of bills by a Democratic caucus. Congress isn’t going to be fighting with the president in those circumstances (which would probably be a waste of Warren’s talents). If we had a “normal” Republican president (assuming such a thing will ever exist again in the future), someone like Warren as the Senate Majority Leader would make more sense.
I think you missed “the GOP’s well-honed and fatally efficient obstruction skills” part. You need to factor Mitch McConnell and the ‘fillibuster’ into what happens into the senate. We’re not going to have 60 votes, so keeping the senate democrats 100% unified is going to be important. Power struggles will not be our friend.
re: #307 Belafon
Fair enough. There are just times when even I think Schumer’s being too timid, and I’m in the “There’s only so much Democrats can do” camp.
I just think Warren’s talents are better off in a more narrow field like say the Senate Banking Committee. I was never that big on her for POTUS since by her own admission she wasn’t interested in FP. No doubt she’d learn but FP is important to me especially now.
re: #323 The Pie Overlord!
This dumb shit is all he’s got.
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But he’s not racist. The blacks have never had it so good.
re: #296 jaunte
“Family Values” Trumper: Joe Biden’s on his 2nd wife.
My kid: Biden’s 1st wife died in a car crash.
Trumper: Can you prove that? I never heard that.
My kid: You have a smartphone. Look it up.
Trumper: No way, you can’t trust the fake news.
“And where did you hear that Joe Biden is on his second wife?”
re: #331 stpaulbear
I think you missed “the GOP’s well-honed and fatally efficient obstruction skills” part. You need to factor Mitch McConnell and the ‘fillibuster’ into what happens into the senate. We’re not going to have 60 votes, so keeping the senate democrats 100% unified is going to be important. Power struggles will not be our friend.
I’m operating on the idea that the filibuster is probably going away, for better or for worse.
The way it operates now is incredibly stupid and needs to change. Personally, I’d prefer a system where if you vote against cloture you have to get up and talk, once everyone who voted against cloture has had the opportunity to speak, the “debate” is ended and it should proceed to a vote. But at this point, I’m probably also fine with just saying 50+1 to get cloture.
re: #333 stpaulbear
But he’s not racist. The blacks have never had it so good.
Booker has become one of his new boogeymen I see.
re: #334 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
“And where did you hear that Joe Biden is on his second wife?”
Seriously people complain about the media while getting their info from other media….
re: #187 makeitstop
Just kinda cruising around and reading random posts on FB and Twitter, and some people have it in their heads that Most American cities are having non-stop riots and looting 24/7. Carnage! Violence! Destruction! Anarchy! Mayhem! Criminality!
…the fuck? Everybody’s gone stupid. I want to scream at them, but it would be a waste of effort.
re: #190 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
It’s hard to remember sometimes that the majority of Americans are not on social media at all.
re: #294 Hecuba’s daughter
They may not all be on social media but too many of those are definitely watching Faux News and listening to talk radio; they are getting the message that there is rioting and violence in the streets.
And before we get into how ‘social media isn’t real life’, remember that we have an election where the GOP may end up having a genuine QAnon caucus because of how many Q-berts will actually get elected to the US House. And as pointed out, how Faux News basically dictates the direction of the rest of the news? Social media is getting up there in how much it actually influences coverage everywhere else, whether we like it or not. It doesn’t have to actually reflect the real world. It just has to create the narrative for ‘real media’ to latch on to and disseminate to the less internet savvy for it to become ‘truth’.
EDIT: Also, is there just something weird going on with the quoting system? If I try to add in multiple quotes, each subsequent quote will paste itself smack dab in the HTML address for the first quoted post, and that’s no matter where I leave the cursor in the text window before I hit the ‘quote’ button.
re: #338 Citizen K
Social media is getting up there in how much it actually influences coverage everywhere else, whether we like it or not. It doesn’t have to actually reflect the real world. It just has to create the narrative for ‘real media’ to latch on to and disseminate to the less internet savvy for it to become ‘truth’.
It is a lot cheaper & easier to get an intern to mine the Internet for what is trending than to pay journalists to investigate.
re: #257 Dr Lizardo
The GOP has their base convinced that Biden/Harris = Lenin/Trotsky.
Lenin? Trotsky? We need updated references — maybe the favorites from 2008: Alinksy (who died in 1972) and the still-living Bill Ayers, who co-founded the Weather Underground but is now a retired professor of Education from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Of course Biden/Harris don’t have the Chicago ties of Obama, but that never stopped the GOP before.
re: #336 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Booker has become one of his new boogeymen I see.
Trump’s tweets are nothing more than him shouting OMG BLACKITY BLACK BLACK BLACK!!!
re: #341 Dr Lizardo
Trump’s tweets are nothing more than him shouting OMG BLACKITY BLACK BLACK BLACK!!!
Yeah, but that’s a natural continuation of the rhetoric that got him elected last time.
re: #336 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
You’re letting your white nationalist foghorn shine through. Why mention “Corey Booker”, who is a sitting US Senator from NJ unless you’re trying to scare suburban white people? Do white people not live in NJ?
No one is ending suburbs, just your awful admin.— lawhawk #maskingforafriend (@lawhawk) August 12, 2020
Booker is African American. He’s a current US Senator from NJ. He’s a former mayor of NJ. He’s a Rhodes Scholar. Smart guy.
So of course Trump not only misspells his name, but thinks he’s a bogeyman for cancelling suburbs - which NJ has none? I live in the fucking suburbs. NJ is the suburbs for NYC and Philly, plus urban areas like Paterson, Trenton, Newark, Edison, Linden, etc.
No one is ending suburbs. Trump’s a fucking lunatic spewing racist claptrap.
re: #187 makeitstop
Just kinda cruising around and reading random posts on FB and Twitter, and some people have it in their heads that Most American cities are having non-stop riots and looting 24/7. Carnage! Violence! Destruction! Anarchy! Mayhem! Criminality!
…the fuck? Everybody’s gone stupid. I want to scream at them, but it would be a waste of effort.
My family insists that Los Angeles is in a constant state of rioting and there are Muslim No-Go zones in the city, including the part of Koreatown where I live…
Preach to the choir, Asshole! pic.twitter.com/559lVMV7nJ
— The 3-D Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) August 12, 2020
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re: #328 makeitstop
“But, but, she’s a corporate Democrat!”
re: #346 Barefoot Grin
Be careful what you smoke you might get really stoned.
re: #346 Barefoot Grin
Check out the new weed promo from the DEA:
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I read The Cornbread Mafia…I know why it’s more potent now.
Those Kentucky growers were really good at what they were doing.
*suppresses urge to breathe fire*
QAnon Followers Are Hijacking the #SaveTheChildren Movement https://t.co/I19ZPng30m
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) August 12, 2020
re: #333 stpaulbear
But he’s not racist. The blacks have never had it so good.
When asked what he has done for “The Blacks” that is just as great, if not greater, than Abe Lincoln, he mumbles something something “Criminal Justice Reform” & “Prison Reform” which was spoon fed to him by Kim Kardashian using Kanye as a prop.
re: #349 Backwoods_Sleuth
I read The Cornbread Mafia…I know why it’s more potent now.
Those Kentucky growers were really good at what they were doing.
you’ll never come back from Copperhead Road…
re: #338 Citizen K
And before we get into how ‘social media isn’t real life’, remember that we have an election where the GOP may end up having a genuine QAnon caucus because of how many Q-berts will actually get elected to the US House. And as pointed out, how Faux News basically dictates the direction of the rest of the news? Social media is getting up there in how much it actually influences coverage everywhere else, whether we like it or not. It doesn’t have to actually reflect the real world. It just has to create the narrative for ‘real media’ to latch on to and disseminate to the less internet savvy for it to become ‘truth’.
And also, that “the majority of Americans are not on social media” once again is incorrect…
in 2019, 79 percent of the population in the United States had a social networking profile, representing a two percent increase from the 77 percent usage reach in the previous year. This equals approximately 247 million U.S. social media users as of 2019.
statista.com
And more frightening:
Pew Research Center published a report Oct. 2 that revealed that 55% of US adults get their news from social media either “often” or “sometimes.”
re: #346 Barefoot Grin
Check out the new weed promo from the DEA:
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They say that like it’s a bad thing…
re: #353 BeachDem
And also, that “the majority of Americans are not on social media” once again is incorrect…
in 2019, 79 percent of the population in the United States had a social networking profile, representing a two percent increase from the 77 percent usage reach in the previous year. This equals approximately 247 million U.S. social media users as of 2019.
statista.comAnd more frightening:
Pew Research Center published a report Oct. 2 that revealed that 55% of US adults get their news from social media either “often” or “sometimes.”
Prior to social media, they would get it from social circles: their friends, neighbors, and church.
re: #353 BeachDem
And also, that “the majority of Americans are not on social media” once again is incorrect…
in 2019, 79 percent of the population in the United States had a social networking profile, representing a two percent increase from the 77 percent usage reach in the previous year. This equals approximately 247 million U.S. social media users as of 2019.
statista.comAnd more frightening:
Pew Research Center published a report Oct. 2 that revealed that 55% of US adults get their news from social media either “often” or “sometimes.”
I still get my WaPo subscription. I read people who have earned credibility with me rather than some meme clickbait bullshit. I could post a photoshop of Trump or Biden strangling a bald eagle and get likes.
re: #356 Belafon
Prior to social media, they would get it from social circles: their friends, neighbors, and church.
I think the problem isn’t with social media in itself, it’s the rise of clickbait that reenforces existing biases. I still read George Will and Bob Novak. I don’t read Hugh Hewitt or Marc Theissen’s opeds because they’re just Trump excuse pieces.
re: #352 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
you’ll never come back from Copperhead Road…
I volunteered for the Army on my birthday
They draft the white trash first, ‘round here anyway
I done two tours of duty in Vietnam
I came home with a brand new plan
I take the seed from Columbia and Mexico
I just plant it up the holler down Copperhead Road
And now the DEA’s got a chopper in the air
I wake up screaming like I’m back over there
I learned a thing or two from Charlie don’t you know
You better stay away from Copperhead Road
re: #359 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I think the problem isn’t with social media in itself, it’s the rise of clickbait that reenforces existing biases. I still read George Will and Bob Novak. I don’t read Hugh Hewitt or Marc Theissen’s opeds because they’re just Trump excuse pieces.
I agree, but I remember the pre-internet world, and we also have known history. Part of what really got the Tulsa Riots going was the rumor spread among local whites that black militias were coming in from out of town and state to cause trouble.
re: #346 Barefoot Grin
Check out the new weed promo from the DEA:
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Well, yes: I DID know that current strains of weed are much more potent than in previous eras.
I recall reading, a few years back, a piece on that little-known government operation: the Federal marijuana farm in Mississippi, where they have been growing the same strain of happy-hemp since the 60’s, to use as a research standard. The article noted that, since it was established, the strain they grow there is now virtually a “living fossil” with a THC content, if consistent, about (IIRC) at least half that of almost every other commercially-available type. And probably less.
Better living through science…..
re: #358 BigPapa
Fuck Branco, racist POS. I’m officially in a snit.
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Fact. Biden is the first person to have an African American running mate and to be one to an African American. For a while man who could have been a classmate of Emmett Till, I think Biden is more forward thinking on race and representation than many including on the left will give him credit for. Most of the hot takes I see on things like the Crime Bill come fr people who have no idea about the situation that led to that Bill being written not to mention it having significant support from African American leaders in and out of Congress.
re: #361 Belafon
I agree, but I remember the pre-internet world, and we also have known history. Part of what really got the Tulsa Riots going was the rumor spread among local whites that black militias were coming in from out of town and state to cause trouble.
True. And yeah social media is just an extension of the old ways in more ways than not. I just want people to actually read articles rather than post ten of them or ten memes in quick succession.
This stinks of desperation and flop sweat
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 12, 2020
re: #366 TedStriker
While I don’t care for Gary Oldman’s politics at all, he’s a multi-threat artist in multiple disciplines; here, Adam Savage makes a glass clamp for Oldman to do 11x14 wet-plate photos with:
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He’s someone I can separate his politics from his acting. Helps that he’s the best chameleon of his generation too.
re: #359 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I think the problem isn’t with social media in itself, it’s the rise of clickbait that reenforces existing biases. I still read George Will and Bob Novak. I don’t read Hugh Hewitt or Marc Theissen’s opeds because they’re just Trump excuse pieces.
I mean, I’m not sure it’s exactly the existence of clickbait. It’s the fact that the social media platforms have committed the exact same sins of ‘real media’: Privileging conservative speech by treating it as good and honest on its face even when it continues to prove the exact opposite, especially outlets that have peddled in absolutely nothing but bad faith. What was supposed to help disseminate the truth that ‘real news’ filtered out for ‘objectivity’s sake, now often reinforces it instead, and now has become print and TV media’s prime go-to outlet for peddling, at best, the both-sides nonsense, and at worse laundering the worst of conservative thought as genuine controversy and serious discussion (the fact that Q Anon has persisted to potentially gain a serious foothold in Congress this election is proof of that).
All while making sure that liberals, Dems, etc. are held to the most stringent of double standards because of course.
re: #364 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
True. And yeah social media is just an extension of the old ways in more ways than not. I just want people to actually read articles rather than post ten of them or ten memes in quick succession.
Definitely. Which is why I occasionally wade into Facebook and post links and comments when people post crap memes. I also don’t post memes, but I do post stories.
re: #360 TedStriker
I volunteered for the Army on my birthday
They draft the white trash first, ‘round here anyway
I done two tours of duty in Vietnam
I came home with a brand new plan
I take the seed from Columbia and Mexico
I just plant it up the holler down Copperhead Road
And now the DEA’s got a chopper in the air
I wake up screaming like I’m back over there
I learned a thing or two from Charlie don’t you know
You better stay away from Copperhead Road
One of Steve’s best.
re: #356 Belafon
Prior to social media, they would get it from social circles: their friends, neighbors, and church.
Don’t forget Hate Radio and Right Wing Newspapers.
re: #349 Backwoods_Sleuth
I read The Cornbread Mafia…I know why it’s more potent now.
Those Kentucky growers were really good at what they were doing.
Humboldt County, CA and PNW as well, according to Michael Pollan in Botany of Desire.
re: #345 🌹UOJB!
Is it wrong that every time I see “Jesus saves” my first thought is “Gretzky rebounds and scores”?
re: #367 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
He’s someone I can separate his politics from his acting. Helps that he’s the best chameleon of his generation too.
Sid and Nancy—he was amazing.
re: #372 Barefoot Grin
Humboldt County, CA and PNW as well, according to Michael Pollan in Botany of Desire.
Once people who understood botany and growing got involved, it was inevitable that new/better strains were going to be bred. Happens with pretty much every plant that becomes agriculturalized.
I give it about another 5-10 years until someone introduced “heritage” or “heirloom” marijuana the way we have heritage and heirloom veggies and eggs.
I’m “silent” because I’m working on my fall lectures today, stalker, but thanks for checking in!
But I bet someone else can help you out with your idea that descendants of slaveowners aren’t authentically black or whatever it is you’re trying to argue here, Captain Thailand. https://t.co/29LNoa2lQL— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) August 12, 2020
re: #373 KGxvi
Is it wrong that every time I see “Jesus saves” my first thought is “Gretzky rebounds and scores”?
For me it’s Oh Brother:
Jesus saves, George Nelson withdraws!
re: #373 KGxvi
Is it wrong that every time I see “Jesus saves” my first thought is “Gretzky rebounds and scores”?
Anyone interested in the All-Clad super sale, it’s on now.
You have to register if you don’t have an account but it’s worth it.
Biden/Harris 2020.
Hey @bobcesca_go! Got my T-Shirt today. It will definitely piss off the Idaho red hats. 🤣 pic.twitter.com/FDWDS6w9u2
— Michele: Out of the Closet and into the fire (@michele_out) August 12, 2020
Link to Bob’s T-Shirts: cafepress.com
re: #373 KGxvi
Is it wrong that every time I see “Jesus saves” my first thought is “Gretzky rebounds and scores”?
Jesus Saves…Moses Invests…
re: #359 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I think the problem isn’t with social media in itself, it’s the rise of clickbait that reenforces existing biases. I still read George Will and Bob Novak. I don’t read Hugh Hewitt or Marc Theissen’s opeds because they’re just Trump excuse pieces.
Social media is like any other media We’re scared of it, with good reason. That’s happened with every other media in history. Eventually, we reach an understanding and a peace with a given artform as we realize how to express ourselves and interact with it.
That’s hard right now because our social media barons are just like the newspaper barons in 1900—in other worlds, total assholes. But understanding will come. Social networks are too much part of our lives now.
P.S. Facebook did something I never expected. I saw a totally American feel-good post involving a dog, or something sentimental, where everyone in the comments was saying how sweet and good it is.
In small print, Facebook informed me, “Posted from Kosovo”.
There is a famous group of Kosovars who post very uber total awesome American photos and inspirational articles. You’ve seen them on Pinterest, posting those stupid “MY MOM SLAPPED ME INTO NEXT YEAR BUT I TURNED OUT OK!” image memes. They outright scam people by collecting money for giveaways that never seem to actually happen. They even made a fake Police Lives Matter page with a stock-photo cop. There wasn’t a real American anywhere in that group.
I said as much in the original thread. No response. I usually get called out for Harshing Someone’s Mellow.
Good for Facebook for doing this. Kosovars can all eat shit.
re: #346 Barefoot Grin
Check out the new weed promo from the DEA:
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Hey DEA, I’ve been smoking for 40+ years. Should have tried the shit weed that was being passed off back then. I appreciate the gains that have been made in the last 40 years in potency.
re: #381 🌹UOJB!
Jesus Saves…Moses Invests…
I’ve always been partial to: Jesus saves…he hates having to re-type everything.
re: #383 Eventual Carrion
Hey DEA, I’ve been smoking for 40+ years. Should have tried the shit weed that was being passed off back then. I appreciate the gains that have been made in the last 40 years in potency.
To borrow a line from Jim Croce, how many people spent Friday nights back in the day trying to get right on an ounce of oregano?
re: #367 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
He’s someone I can separate his politics from his acting. Helps that he’s the best chameleon of his generation too.
Him and Daniel Day-Lewis, complete chameleons.
It’s hard to believe the same actor can play Sid Vicious (Sid and Nancy), Dracula (Bram Stoker’s Dracula), Zorg (The Fifth Element), the Devil (Beat the Devil, a BMW Films short in the early 2000s with James Brown and Danny Trejo; the whole The Hire series [with Clive Owen as the titular character in all of them] is good, but Beat the Devil is great just on the strength of Oldman’s performance), and Winston Churchill (Darkest Hour); if you didn’t know it was him in all of those roles, you wouldn’t be able to tell.
re: #369 Belafon
Definitely. Which is why I occasionally wade into Facebook and post links and comments when people post crap memes. I also don’t post memes, but I do post stories.
I’m more likely to read a link if someone constantly isn’t posting links and memes because to me it suggests the person actually read the link
re: #346 Barefoot Grin
Check out the new weed promo from the DEA:
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Funny, that’s what they told me in “drug education” classes back in the 60’s. If weed has been strengthening all along, one puff should be enough now to put you away for a weekend.
re: #385 KGxvi
To borrow a line from Jim Croce, how many people spent Friday nights back in the day trying to get right on an ounce of oregano?
It really could be a crap shoot. I was usually good, since two of my friends had older brothers who dealt and had connections to some of the better stuff around. Definitely had some ditch weed passed off as good a time or two. I never dreamed I would be able to scan a menu, do a little research on effects, etc., and then buy it legally (though can’t have it legally where I live even though it’s been decriminalized). And damn, a 1/4 oz lasts me a long, long time.
Sarah Cooper is on her way. Good to see.
Netflix has picked up a Sarah Cooper (@sarahcpr) comedy special, to be directed by Natasha Lyonne (@nlyonne) and executive produced by Maya Rudolph. pic.twitter.com/eSbVXL1wAs
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) August 12, 2020
FYI:https://t.co/ELO1JcMBry https://t.co/PgrmQe2OSa
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) August 12, 2020
lol, I guess this is fine?
Kanye West Met with Jared Kushner in Colorado, Trump Tie to His Campaign? https://t.co/xPGXR2OonD
— TMZ (@TMZ) August 12, 2020
re: #389 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
Funny, that’s what they told me in “drug education” classes back in the 60’s. If weed has been strengthening all along, one puff should be enough now to put you away for a weekend.
And quite often, it does.
“One-hit wonder” dope* used to be a rarity: now it’s fairly common even in legal dispensary product.
Progress!
*Minor exaggeration used for effect.
re: #373 KGxvi
Is it wrong that every time I see “Jesus saves” my first thought is “Gretzky rebounds and scores”?
The first thing I think of is Green Stamps.
Yeah, I’m old.
re: #359 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I loathe Hugh Hewitt and cannot bear to hear him talk with that sycophantic smile.
I really really loathe Marc Thiessen and continue to plead with the Philadelphia Inquirer to drop him. He’s nothing but a propagandist. Opinion pieces belong in newspapers; there is no reason to amplify propaganda.
Someday (soon, I think) we will have GMO pot. Before federal legalization. Market forces are at work.
re: #175 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
It turns out quite a bit of the “sceptic” community on YouTube is mostly alt-right adjacent, and not really sceptical at all.
There’s a large difference between a sceptic such as Matt Dillahunty and one such as the now-banned Steven Crowder.
Sounds like “sceptic” being used as a cover word for “shit thrower” rather than someone honestly interested in uncovering deceit and finding the truth.
re: #238 Belafon
The old white guys at my office are scared of Harris.
“When he becomes president and suddenly dies in office -“
“He won’t have to die, just step down.”
“And she becomes president, what won’t she do?”
Mass projection.*
Afraid that if a minority gains powers then the payback begins for all the abuses they supported and took part in.
* - Knew a guy in college who was a total “might makes right” person. Asked him one evening about what happens when the other side gets power? He answered. “And then we are on the short end of the stick.” He pretty much represented not how I wanted a society to be run; based on force and fear. (He was a borderline alcoholic and a few years later switched his focus into being a full-scale right-wing Jesus Freak. Was even then still pretty much not someone to be around according to people I knew who worked with him in an engineering firm.)
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