Pulmonologist Dr. Vin Gupta debunks claims made about COVID-19 and the national response to the pandemic during the Republican National Convention. Aired on 8/24/2020.
Tried to ask what I missed tonight, since I imposed a self-quarantine of crap until after 11. So what did I miss?
Cori Bush responds to being called a “marxist” by the St. Louis gun couple: https://t.co/dLjzCbYI42
— Ryan Brooks (@ryanbrooks) August 25, 2020
USPS sorting machine capable of handling 36,000 pieces of mail per hour that cost $1 million, thrown out Friday 8/24 in Grand Junction, Colorado.
New mail sorting machine at Grand Junction USPS annex thrown out https://t.co/Rojte2DBBm— FactsREvidence (@BuzzBeeBerkley) August 25, 2020
Breaking News: On night one of their convention, Republicans mounted a misleading defense of President Trump’s record and painted a bleak portrait of Democrats https://t.co/O7iqvEMwnS
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 25, 2020
Marco is now a tropical depression, just west of the mouth of the Mississippi.
re: #2 TarHellion
Tried to ask what I missed tonight, since I imposed a self-quarantine of crap until after 11. So what did I miss?
Don Jr. and Guilfoyle were possibly stoned.
So much cocaine
this is a photograph from this evening that i am now sharing on twitter pic.twitter.com/FPwAeyPrNJ
— Charlie Warzel (@cwarzel) August 25, 2020
congrats again kimberly guilfoyle on a job well done. pic.twitter.com/TORcHmNnPJ
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) August 25, 2020
Republican National Cocaine, eh?
— Schooley (@Rschooley) August 25, 2020
Finally
AP FACT CHECK: Trump, GOP distort on health care, vote fraud, and much more.https://t.co/GQa8aifUkz
— Ted Corcoran (Red T Raccoon) (@RedTRaccoon) August 25, 2020
re: #3 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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I went to go look her up, and one article called her “The midwest AOC.”
I am disturbed by the fact that my initial reaction to this line was the same a Jonah Goldberg’s.
— Ace-o-aces (@aceoaces) August 25, 2020
https://t.co/4dYJQW1S8o pic.twitter.com/SJkpoVRKxl
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) August 25, 2020
re: #19 Eclectic Cyborg
That should serve as the image for this entire week of RNC.
re: #17 Ace-o-aces
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I know there are lint traps with higher IQs than Hewitt, but does he seriously think that is a “great line”? It makes no fucking sense.
re: #9 KingKenrod
Gavin had it first. He correctly realized his mistake.
This is a conservative strategist who writes for the Toronto Star.
Look, personally I love a nude man on a wall. How about you @ratemyskyperoom? pic.twitter.com/VCgvLsr22M
— drex ⚡ (@drex) August 25, 2020
re: #9 KingKenrod
So much cocaine
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Looking at this, I can only assume she’s addressing her freshly summoned army of the undead, before turning them loose on the unsuspecting villagers in the valley below her fell tower. pic.twitter.com/7pj9w41vCY
— Myke Cole (@MykeCole) August 25, 2020
#NowPlaying Grateful Dead > Workingman’s Dead > Casey Jones https://t.co/aKUyhcTDr3
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) August 25, 2020
The driver of a Chevy Camaro who sped through Lincoln on Interstate 80 early Monday was arrested after a chase in which officials say the Camaro topped 155 mph.About 12:25 a.m., a Nebraska State Patrol trooper spotted a westbound Camaro speeding on I-80 in Lincoln. At that point, the patrol said, the trooper clocked the car at 128 mph in a 65-mph zone.
The trooper tried to stop the Camaro, the patrol said, but the driver sped up and fled.
After a 10-minute chase, other troopers put down stop sticks to slow the car, which came to a halt west of Lincoln. The driver, a 33-year-old man from Hinesville, Georgia, was taken into custody. He was arrested on suspicion of willful reckless driving and flight to avoid arrest before he was taken to the Lancaster County Jail.
Over the weekend, state troopers who work out of the Omaha office posted on Twitter that they had stopped drivers going 112, 118 and 133 mph.
re: #25 teleskiguy
This song came to my mind from your comment because the first verse mentions drugs. I’m posting it because the intertwining guitar arpeggios on this song are as calming as can be. It’s like lying in a stream. This is a fave of mine.
re: #25 teleskiguy
Damn. 50th anniversary?
It All Went So Fast
— Ed Mix (@TheEdMix) August 25, 2020
https://t.co/UAHcznxGCT pic.twitter.com/usrwoYqaZa
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) August 25, 2020
They were taped??
The speech was TAPED. How did the RNC not realize this would be bad?
His girlfriend (who happens to get paid $180K/yr) was also DEMENTED. They let that speech go out, too.
This was only Day One. 😱— D Villella ❄️ (@dvillella) August 25, 2020
I’m still mad at myself for arguing with asshole RW (is that redundant?) on FB. When will I learn? Why do I let them get under my skin. If I would just wait a few I could slam them down instead of engaging in hand to hand with morans/cultists. I hate what trump has done with this country.
the positive news is that they believe that trump is going to win in a landslide.
FT
FP
FTS (F trump supporters).
He’s the hairy-handed gent who ran amuck in Kent
Lately he’s been overheard in Mayfair
You better stay away from him
He’ll rip your lungs out, Jim
I’d like to meet his tailor
Aaoooooo…#RepublicanConvention pic.twitter.com/g2xDkOMOpQ— John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) August 25, 2020
Thanks, GOP. We’re not going to get out of this any time soon, are we?
IOWA CITY (AP) — University of Iowa students and several bars in Iowa City are facing criticism after throngs of young adults were seen crowded together outside and within the venues — most without masks — just hours before in-person classes were to start Monday at the university and many Iowa K-12 schools.
Iowa City police took a complaint just after 1 a.m. Sunday that several bars were all over capacity and not enforcing a mask mandate, the Gazette reported.
A reporter with the Gazette also checked several bars around midnight and confirmed that most did not appear to be enforcing social distancing inside or mask wearing ordered by Iowa City’s mayor.
The scene came only a day after university officials issued a campus message reminding students to wear face coverings in accordance with city and county mandates and to keep at least 6 feet apart when possible.
Throngs of University of Iowa students at Iowa City bars raise alarm (Omaha World-Herald)
Donald Trump is unfit to lead our nation. But don’t just take my word for it… pic.twitter.com/vdYcNWiNBk
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) August 25, 2020
You misspelled “boner.” https://t.co/aksmlBOT7B
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) August 24, 2020
re: #37 stpaulbear
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah gasp
I wanna be at the RNC! pic.twitter.com/pio2rKege0
— Nick Lutsko (@NickLutsko) August 25, 2020
re: #33 I Would Prefer Not To
I’m still mad at myself for arguing with asshole RW (is that redundant?) on FB. When will I learn? Why do I let them get under my skin. If I would just wait a few I could slam them down instead of engaging in hand to hand with morans/cultists. I hate what trump has done with this country.
the positive news is that they believe that trump is going to win in a landslide.
FT
FP
FTS (F trump supporters).
That’s a thing: Why are Democrats the only ones getting criticized for being overconfident?
in response to the question of burning and looting in the streets.
yes, I’m pro burning and looting. I’m also pro late-term abortions. I think we should take away all guns and make everyone a vegan. Free kale and college. healthcare for illegals. Plus gay marriage for your pets. You can now marry your dog. Put gang members in charge of policing. defund the military. teach schoolkids to have lots of sex. guilty as charged. Also, I’m going to vote three times in two different states.
re: #41 Belafon
That’s a thing: Why are Democrats the only ones getting criticized for being overconfident?
Because we have the sense to know we can’t let up (all the criticism is self- criticism).
“If your enemy errs, do not correct him.”
So I’m assuming it was a sequential shitshow?
Excellent! I can go to bed happy.
And The Mango Mussolini touting Falwell, JR.s endorsement today?
Bonus!
Night all, sleep well.
So cocaine AND Jon Voight are trending. Is now a good time to start an Anaconda watch party? pic.twitter.com/9ef0wVREMF
— Ryan Scott (@RyanScottWrites) August 25, 2020
I guess it’s official now.
JUST IN: After a daylong back and forth, Jerry Falwell Jr. officially resigned from Liberty University on Monday night, he told @ABC News. https://t.co/SZfpcH3LJV
— ABC News (@ABC) August 25, 2020
re: #46 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
And Trump touted that man’s endorsement a few hours ago.
Perfect timing. 😁
re: #46 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I guess it’s official now.
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Does he get custody of the pool boy or the trainer?
and with that, good night.
edit. I did it.
Does he get custody of the pool boy or the trainer?#falwell
— yntbe (@yntbe) August 25, 2020
The tweet of Fuckface Von Clownstick touting his endorsement of Jerry Falwell Jr. is from 2016.
re: #49 teleskiguy
Yeah, you’re right, that tweet was from ‘16.
I haven’t even looked, largely because I have no desire to do so, but was Falwell, Jr scheduled to speak at the GOP convention this year?
On the first day of the GOP Convention, Cthulhu gave to me
Jerry Falwell Jr got pink slipped.
On the second day of the GOP Convention, Cthulhu gave to me
Claudia Conway spilling family secrets on The View
On the third day of the GOP Convention, Cthulhu gave to me
Leticia James indicting Eric Trump
On the fourth day of the GOP Convention, Cthulhu gave to me
Donald Trump poops his pants on live TV…
re: #50 Dr Lizardo
was Falwell, Jr scheduled to speak at the GOP convention this year?
No. But Franklin Graham is.
re: #50 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, you’re right, that tweet was from ‘16.
I haven’t even looked, largely because I have no desire to do so, but was Falwell, Jr scheduled to speak at the GOP convention this year?
They knew this was coming. Now, I’m really logging off and going to sleep. (there may be a little weed in between those two).
re: #51 🌹UOJB!
On the first day of the GOP Convention, Cthulhu gave to me
Jerry Falwell Jr got pink slipped.
On the second day of the GOP Convention, Cthulhu gave to me
Claudia Conway spilling family secrets on The View
On the third day of the GOP Convention, Cthulhu gave to me
Leticia James indicting Eric Trump
On the fourth day of the GOP Convention, Cthulhu gave to me
Donald Trump poops his pants on live TV…
LOL but honestly, if Eric got indicted during this whole GOP clown-a-thon, I might well laugh myself into a hernia.
The State of Texas deserves the utmost condemnation from the entire civilized world for its policy of forcing elderly and severely at-risk “essential workers” to stay at their jobs through the Covid pandemic. Many have died because of this. People who were laid off by their employers can refuse to return to work if they are severely at risk and still receive unemployment but those who were not laid off in the first place could not, and cannot, voluntarily leave their jobs and claim unemployment no matter how great their risk. This is fucking inhuman, yet neither political party has addressed it at all. State affiliated medical personnel are under strict orders not to assist these people in claiming unemployment, for example by recommending quarantine. Essential workers, especially the low paid and high risk ones, are just not even human in this state. I intend to raise bloody hell over this until someone in power pays attention.
NEW from @CREWcrew … The Trump admin is using every tool of the government it has to boost his political prospects. Now the Department of Interior is making and promoting illegal propaganda videos for Trump. Congress and the IG should investigate ASAP! https://t.co/UbkOY3gq44
— An Ethical Donald (@donaldonethics) August 24, 2020
re: #55 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
The State of Texas deserves the utmost condemnation from the entire civilized world for its policy of forcing elderly and severely at-risk “essential workers” to stay at their jobs through the Covid pandemic. Many have died because of this. People who were laid off by their employers can refuse to return to work if they are severely at risk and still receive unemployment but those who were not laid off in the first place could not, and cannot, voluntarily leave their jobs and claim unemployment no matter how great their risk. This is fucking inhuman, yet neither political party has addressed it at all. State affiliated medical personnel are under strict orders not to assist these people in claiming unemployment, for example by recommending quarantine. Essential workers, especially the low paid and high risk ones, are just not even human in this state. I intend to raise bloody hell over this until someone in power pays attention.
Texas is the Land of Galt’s Gulch where the rich have carte blanche to cull the herd.
Why do skunks always come out and get all stanky when it rains? Got skunk scent coming in through the swamp cooler and DAMN.
Seriously though, why does rain bring them out? Does the rain startle them into a blast, or are they just pissed off about being wet and let go with a vengeance? Inquiring minds want to know.
re: #35 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Thanks, GOP. We’re not going to get out of this any time soon, are we?
Throngs of University of Iowa students at Iowa City bars raise alarm (Omaha World-Herald)
When I read this story and others like it I start to get nervous about whether the kids who want to crowd into bars without masks may just decide that Trump is there guy because he lets them do what they want. I suppose you can worry about the biker faction for the same reason, but we’re kind of counting on college aged kids to be fired up for Biden. But what if they want a burger and a beer more?
I hope I feel less like this tomorrow. If not , maybe I’ll have to look at what a fat old semi-depressed drop-out can try to do about it without lecturing them about their behaviors.
re: #59 stpaulbear
When I read this story and others like it I start to get nervous about whether the kids who want to crowd into bars without masks may just decide that Trump is there guy because he lets them do what they want. I suppose you can worry about the biker faction for the same reason, but we’re kind of counting on college aged kids to be fired up for Biden. But what if they want a burger and a beer more?
I hope I feel less like this tomorrow. If not , maybe I’ll have to look at what a fat old semi-depressed drop-out can try to do about it without lecturing them about their behaviors.
(Good idea to do something even if you do feel less like that tomorrow.)
re: #59 stpaulbear
When I read this story and others like it I start to get nervous about whether the kids who want to crowd into bars without masks may just decide that Trump is there guy because he lets them do what they want. I suppose you can worry about the biker faction for the same reason, but we’re kind of counting on college aged kids to be fired up for Biden. But what if they want a burger and a beer more?
I hope I feel less like this tomorrow. If not , maybe I’ll have to look at what a fat old semi-depressed drop-out can try to do about it without lecturing them about their behaviors.
I get the impression it’s more Republicans politicising a pandemic, so there is a lot of FUD, combined with the usual sense of YOLO.
The youngest generation is the ones least-likely to vote. However, those who are concerned about voting also know who’s loading them up with college debt.
re: #61 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I get the impression it’s more Republicans politicising a pandemic, so there is a lot of FUD, combined with the usual sense of YOLO.
The youngest generation is the ones least-likely to vote. However, those who are concerned about voting also know who’s loading them up with college debt.
And, based on the voting patterns of my kids and their friends, the ones likely to vote are the ones wearing masks and staying away from bars.
re: #58 plansbandc
Why do skunks always come out and get all stanky when it rains? Got skunk scent coming in through the swamp cooler and DAMN.
Seriously though, why does rain bring them out? Does the rain startle them into a blast, or are they just pissed off about being wet and let go with a vengeance? Inquiring minds want to know.
Ahh yes, that familiar ambiance of Eau De Skunk. A cloying reminder of what lurks in the darkness outside.
Years back, a colleague who lived in Loudoun County, Va was taking a nap in the living room of his brand new house. On his brand new couch. He heard the dog barking on their front porch and went to open the door. As did his wife and teenage son.
The son got there first, opened the door and the dog came running in, as expected. Just as the other critter on the porch, an apparently irritated skunk, let loose. The dog who was the original target received a significant amount of the skunks ‘wrath’, fled into the living room, over the oriental rug, and proceeded to hide under their brand new and expensive couch.
They lost most of their living room furniture. It was gently suggested by her employer that the wife maybe take a week off. And nobody really wanted to work in the cubicles next to the husband’s for several days.
re: #65 ckkatz
Havoc was wreaked. Oh dear.
RIP to the rug and furniture and cubicle.
How can something so cute be so lethal??
Fuck Jon Voight. On Ray Donovan he slapped me across the face in the middle of a scene because he couldn’t keep up, then denied doing it. He forgot about the still photographer who was on set. Bottom line: Jon Voight is a major dick. #RNCConvention2020 pic.twitter.com/l7o2HQOxx9
— Frank Whaley (@TheFrankWhaley) August 25, 2020
re: #59 stpaulbear
When I read this story and others like it I start to get nervous about whether the kids who want to crowd into bars without masks may just decide that Trump is there guy because he lets them do what they want. I suppose you can worry about the biker faction for the same reason, but we’re kind of counting on college aged kids to be fired up for Biden. But what if they want a burger and a beer more?
I hope I feel less like this tomorrow. If not , maybe I’ll have to look at what a fat old semi-depressed drop-out can try to do about it without lecturing them about their behaviors.
Yes, I also find it easy to get overwhelmed by the news, the absolute stupidity and malice, and then get depressed.
As mentioned earlier by C1nnabar, one good solution is to just get moving. Find something that is important to you and just start working on it.
Another option is to bring in one’s circle of control by recognizing that one only has control over oneself and not much else. I try to minimize contact with the stupidity as there is only one of me and an infinite supply of stupidity.
Stonekettle has an ongoing gag. It started out as “You can’t fix stupid”. But has morphed. Currently it is at “You can fix stupid, but it ruins the carpets”.
https://t.co/0rR8tCKYAM pic.twitter.com/8H0EwoFvmb
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) August 25, 2020
Hey, @Ask_Spectrum, have you ever noticed how sexist your program info is? For example, for A Star is Born, your info lists Bradley Cooper and Andrew Dice Clay. I think there was a woman much better known in the movie. This isn’t the only time it’s occurred.
— Blue in Red Texas (@RockwallBlue) August 25, 2020
re: #66 plansbandc
Havoc was wreaked. Oh dear.
RIP to the rug and furniture and cubicle.
How can something so cute be so lethal??
Very true.
As a teenage boy at a boy scout camp in the northern Pennsylvania woods, I had quite a few close encounters with skunks. I was very fortunate to not get sprayed at all. I did find most of the skunks were actually pretty mellow. They even would warn us, in their skunk way, before they would spray.
re: #71 ckkatz
I think they’re charming little creatures. And they seem to like people too. Not into exotics, but I do think a skunk would be a lovely pet.
I see them occasionally, wandering the campus. If you don’t approach them, they won’t bother you. (And rabies is another hazard of approaching skunks, so don’t.)
Many years ago, when I was growing up in Pennsylvania, it was legal to catch and keep raccoons and skunks as pets.
I never knew anybody that had a skunk as a pet. Presumably they were descented.
The kids I knew who had raccoons found out that they were really cute pets until they reached sexual maturity. Then the call of the wild proved irresistible to them. All the kids who had them quickly found that a 40lb close relative of the bear was not going to be deterred in following its destiny.
I don’t think keeping those critters as pets is legal anymore in Pa.
re: #70 Belafon
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re: #68 ckkatz
I did want to mention that there was a Hungarian psychologist, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi who spent a lot of time thinking about the idea of happiness and concluded that it was a state of hyperfocus that he called ‘flow’. He wrote about this in his book, also called “Flow”.
In an interview with Wired magazine, Csíkszentmihályi described flow as “being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. The ego falls away. Time flies. Every action, movement, and thought follows inevitably from the previous one, like playing jazz. Your whole being is involved, and you’re using your skills to the utmost.
I found the book quite accessible and highly recommend it.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
en.wikipedia.org
and
Flow (psychology)
en.wikipedia.org
Welp, off to bed. G’night to the night crew. To you are entrusted the rhetorical fires. Keep thm burning and drive away the Trump darkness until the morrow.
Off to bed. Catch y’all later … stay safe on the Gulf Coast; my brother- and sister-in-law are battening down the hatches in SE Texas tonight.
I’m sorry, but @IngrahamAngle told me that athletes should not voice political opinions.
— Ace-o-aces (@aceoaces) August 25, 2020
DT/45 supporters are sharing this on FB. I don’t have the desire to tell them than the man cloaked in white is Charles Manson. pic.twitter.com/jOEUlXpIju
— @297_Aruba_Lover_Jo_Anne (@297_ArubaLover) August 24, 2020
On a scale from 1 to 10, 1 being an embarrassment and 10 being a total shitshow, just how far into the stratosphere was the RNC tonight?
re: #80 Dread Pirate Ron
Here’s the full Twitter image:
and here’s Charles Manson at the time of arrest in 1969:
re: #81 Targetpractice
On a scale from 1 to 10, 1 being an embarrassment and 10 being a total shitshow, just how far into the stratosphere was the RNC tonight?
I’d give it a 9 out of 10. Kim Guilfoyle’s attempt to summon Yog-Sothoth was definitely a highpoint. And Donnie, Jr doing his best Tony Montana impression is worth an honorable mention.
Really says a lot that, when the DNC’s first night ended, all anybody could talk about was how amazing a speech Michelle gave, while after the first night of the RNC the top trending topics on Twitter involved whether or not Don Jr was coked out of his gourd.
re: #79 Ace-o-aces
I’m sorry, but Ingraham Angle told me that athletes should not voice liberal political opinions.
There’s a group of leftists on twitter who just use leftist causes as a vessel for sociopathic behavior. They exploit issues like Single Payer to simultaneously claim the moral high ground while also working out their racism & misogyny, not to mention their violent fantasies.
— Mangy Jay (@magi_jay) August 24, 2020
Good thread.
re: #86 ericblair
There’s a group of leftists on twitter who just use leftist causes as a vessel for sociopathic behavior. They exploit issues like Single Payer to simultaneously claim the moral high ground while also working out their racism & misogyny, not to mention their violent fantasies..
too many people still equate an Internet presence with a real person voicing their sincerely held opinions.
So, some good news out there amidst all the shit…
Africa is to be declared free from wild polio by the independent body, the Africa Regional Certification Commission.
Polio usually affects children under five, sometimes leading to irreversible paralysis. Death can occur when breathing muscles are affected by the paralysis.
There is no cure but the polio vaccine protects children for life.
The disease is now only found in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Nigeria is the last African country to be declared free from the disease, having accounted for more than half of all global cases less than a decade ago.
#Pompeo ought to consult his attorney before speaking at the #RepublicanNationalConvention@POGOBlog obtained internal @StateDept memorandum spelling out #HatchAct and dept policies.
Look how crystal clear the legal memo is.👇@schwellenbach’s analysis: https://t.co/MPeeU0zMpR pic.twitter.com/O5QEAQuvfM— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) August 24, 2020
3. Link to the full Department of State legal memo of December 3, 2019, which states in bold print for emphasis:
“Senate confirmed Presidential appointees may not even attend a political party convention or convention-related event”https://t.co/BXikB3qNUB— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) August 24, 2020
re: #89 Dread Pirate Ron
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Mike expects that anybody who doesn’t sign off on this blatant violation of the law can either be fired or intimidated into keeping quiet.
re: #90 Targetpractice
Mike expects that anybody who doesn’t sign off on this blatant violation of the law can either be fired or intimidated into keeping quiet.
A law is only a law if it is enforced…can anybody here say “Emoluments Clause”?
re: #46 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I guess it’s official now.
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JUST IN: After a daylong back and forth, Jerry Falwell Jr. officially resigned from Liberty University on Monday night, he told @ABC News. https://t.co/SZfpcH3LJV
— ABC News (@ABC) August 25, 2020
via cnn
Liberty University says Jerry Falwell Jr. agreed to resign as president but then withdrew his resignation
schrodinger’s falwell?
what miles was hinting at yesterday
Miles Taylor and Elizabeth Neumann, former senior DHS officials who served in the Trump administration, have started a group of Republicans “who work or have worked for Trump but want to elect Biden and reform the Republican Party,” Politico reports.
“So far, two current senior administration officials have anonymously signed on to the effort and one of them has preliminary plans to reveal their identity closer to the election and expects to get fired as a result…”
“The person also said the group is preparing another ‘bombshell’ to be revealed as soon as Tuesday but didn’t get into any more detail when pressed.”
re: #92 dangerman
Maybe’s he negotiating for a better golden parachute or maybe he’s trying to avoid the appearance of being forced out or something.
Being president of Liberty U was pretty much his one claim to fame and I’m sure he’s gotta be seething about losing that.
I get up at 530 to run in the cool
its already 85 degrees
whats the point?
There is way, way more dishonesty in this first convention speech by Trump than in every Democratic convention speech combined.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 24, 2020
“The Purge” is trending on Twitter right now. Make of that what you will.
re: #98 Targetpractice
“The Purge” is trending on Twitter right now. Make of that what you will.
chicken purgatory
re: #98 Targetpractice
I suspect that if Trump does indeed lose badly this November - and takes the GOP down in flames with him - there’s gonna be a purge in the Republican Party. And that will probably end up splitting them into the classic establishment GOP with the pro-Trump faction perhaps leaving to form their own party and then the two will be locked into a near-perpetual struggle.
re: #100 Dr Lizardo
I suspect that if Trump does indeed lose badly this November - and takes the GOP down in flames with him - there’s gonna be a purge in the Republican Party. And that will probably end up splitting them into the classic establishment GOP with the pro-Trump faction perhaps leaving to form their own party and then the two will be locked into a near-perpetual struggle.
The Base will not budge, but it is a shrinking constituency that needs a constant supply of Red Meat to keep it motivated to vote. Anyone appealing to that is boarding a sinking ship.
The MAGAts won’t abandon the GOP, they’ll do as they’ve been doing since they were Tea Partiers: Blame the “establishment” for sabotaging Trump, saying the leadership never really wanted him in the first place, and run Quacks in 2022/2024 to purge the party of “liberal” influence.
Rave reviews from… Russia Today. https://t.co/m4vZCXXsa8
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) August 25, 2020
re: #103 Patricia Kayden
Trump Jr’s girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle steals show at RNC with high-volume speech
Looks like Bat Boy’s sister
re: #93 dangerman
Good. All hands on deck.
After watching the roll call of the Republicans across America, I have to wonder: Is America about 95% white?
— Steven Beschloss (@StevenBeschloss) August 25, 2020
re: #106 Patricia Kayden
After watching the roll call of the Republicans across America, I have to wonder: Is America about 95% white?
that is their idealized view of what our country should look like
As story arcs go, hers is a doozy: she went from schmoozing and taking selfies with Bernie Sanders and Winnie Wong in the 2016 Iowa Caucuses to openly vowing to vote for a fascist to crush all leftist dissent. https://t.co/MuodS6ykou
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) August 25, 2020
re: #110 Patricia Kayden
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Isn’t it kinda weird that Falwell Jr has the same kink as Roger Stone AND Paul Manafort?
re: #27 stpaulbear
This song came to my mind from your comment because the first verse mentions drugs. I’m posting it because the intertwining guitar arpeggios on this song are as calming as can be. It’s like lying in a stream. This is a fave of mine.
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I love that album so much.
re: #112 Deep State SuperElite Satinist
Isn’t it kinda weird that Falwell Jr has the same kink as Roger Stone AND Paul Manafort?
I mean I have so many questions about how I heard cuck more in 2016 than the two semesters of Shakespeare I took.
re: #75 goddamnedfrank
Sometimes the listings are alphabetical because that’s just what all the egos involved in the project landed on. Other times it’s order of appearance. Not saying either is the case here.
I would agree except that when I had service through AT&T, they never had that problem. They always listed, as far as I saw, in order of cast importance.
Well Brad, you don’t HAVE to watch it on any medium, like 90% of America isn’t…😄
— Scotty Christopher Knight (@scottycknight) August 25, 2020
re: #99 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
chicken purgatory
New stop-motion film from Aardvark Productions?
“They are larger than life.”
For the first time in its history, New York City’s Central Park will have a statue commemorating real-life women featuring women’s rights pioneers Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth and Elizabeth Cady Stanton pic.twitter.com/L1nRVOJDAI— Bloomberg QuickTake (@QuickTake) August 24, 2020
re: #92 dangerman
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via cnn
schrodinger’s falwell?
It’s Schroedinger all the way down. Mama and the pool boy are only fucking as long as they are being observed.
180,000 deaths and counting. pic.twitter.com/Tw4mGxEEEh
— Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) August 23, 2020
I only watched a few minutes last night and Don Jr (I think it was) dropped the “so our kids can play safely in our back yards again” line.
Clearly a shout-out to all the folks sharing memes about the 5yo white boy who was killed a couple of weeks ago.
So fucking transparent.
re: #122 Barefoot Grin
I only watched a few minutes last night and Don Jr (I think it was) dropped the “so our kids can play safely in our back yards again” line.
Clearly a shout-out to all the folks sharing memes about the 5yo white boy who was killed a couple of weeks ago.
So fucking transparent.
The way they’re using that tragedy is sick. His alleged killer was quickly apprehended and indicted. And he didn’t have people trying to rationalize his death either.
re: #102 Targetpractice
The MAGAts won’t abandon the GOP, they’ll do as they’ve been doing since they were Tea Partiers: Blame the “establishment” for sabotaging Trump, saying the leadership never really wanted him in the first place, and run Quacks in 2022/2024 to purge the party of “liberal” influence.
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I don’t take credit for this observation
Did you notice that the only Republican politicians not currently in office who will be speaking at the convention are Nikki Haley, former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Rudy Giuliani.
Those trump can’t threaten or pressure want nothing to do with him
LA Times on the RNC: “Welcome to a parallel universe”
re: #128 dangerman
LA Times on the RNC: “Welcome to a parallel universe”
The narrative matters. And Trump hasn’t had control of it ever as President.
SCOOP: Trump administration conditioned billions of $$ in coronavirus relief aid for hospitals this spring on reporting to a private vendor, TeleTracking, that bypassed CDC.
Hospitals balked. Leaked emails show one HHS official said: “What a mess.” https://t.co/p6qnUryLzq— Sheryl Gay Stolberg (@SherylNYT) August 23, 2020
Good morning!
From what I’m reading, day one of the GOP hate fest was a real rip snorter.
; )
These are nasty and creepy people
In 2013, the synagogue placed beehives along the wall to produce honey for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. One morning they found the hives destroyed and all the bees dead. Mark McCloskey had taken an ax or sledgehammer to them.
This story is well done — and damning. https://t.co/AbBWxHXzWV
— Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) August 25, 2020
China says it began public use of #COVID19 vaccine a month ago, bypassing clinical trials https://t.co/M5TKtBwB9c
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) August 24, 2020
From CNN this morning. 😂😂😂
Instead of testifying in any personal capacity to his father’s character, Donald Trump Jr. compared Democratic nominee Joe Biden to the Loch Ness Monster.
I dont entirely trust the numbers out of China:
China logs ninth consecutive day with no locally transmitted COVID-19 cases https://t.co/vmpTo1O8K5 pic.twitter.com/ri5NWVYRsk
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 25, 2020
re: #138 Belafon
I dont entirely trust the numbers out of
ChinaFlorida.
re: #77 ckkatz
Welp, off to bed. G’night to the night crew. To you are entrusted the rhetorical fires. Keep thm burning and drive away the Trump darkness until the morrow.
It’s (as you were writing) 9:16 AM in Europe, we’ve got your back.
It’s going to be an off the wall day seeing Dean Cain and Carly Fiorina trending on Twitter….
re: #141 🌹UOJB!
It’s going to be an off the wall day seeing Dean Cain and Carly Fiorina trending on Twitter….
Wait, Carly’s not going to fluff Trump, is she?
re: #131 lizardofid
Good morning!
From what I’m reading, day one of the GOP hate fest was a real rip snorter.
; )
From electoral-vote.com
“let’s start with the good news for Team Red. It was not a disaster, …”
re: #143 dangerman
From electoral-vote.com
“let’s start with the good news for Team Red. It was not a disaster, …”
LOL,
“It is also our guess that Trump Jr. was ailing in some way; his eyes were watering and bloodshot, and his face was pink and swollen.”
re: #139 Decatur Deb
I stopped tracking Florida when rebeckah quit
re: #144 dangerman
…who btw does not live in a swamp as jr said
Where Nessie lives is literally in his name. And the drain the swamp thing doesn’t work when you have the likes of Bill Barr at DOJ.
re: #145 lizardofid
LOL,
“It is also our guess that Trump Jr. was ailing in some way; his eyes were watering and bloodshot, and his face was pink and swollen.”
I hear cocaine will do that
It would be irresponsible not to speculate
re: #146 dangerman
I stopped tracking Florida when rebeckah quit
I’ve got people there. (The DIL who went positive had a mild case, tested out.)
re: #149 Decatur Deb
I’ve got people there. (The DIL who went positive had a mild case, tested out.)
We’re in Broward
I don’t trust the state’s numbers
I do trust the county’s response so far. It’s been mostly sober, strict and reasonable.
re: #145 lizardofid
LOL,
“It is also our guess that Trump Jr. was ailing in some way; his eyes were watering and bloodshot, and his face was pink and swollen.”
Highs indeed. 😂😂😂
What happened at last night’s #RNC2020?
Here’s a roundup of the event’s highs and lows, including the astonishing normalcy of Nikki Haley and misinformation about Covid-19: https://t.co/s750E080Al— Vox (@voxdotcom) August 25, 2020
re: #148 dangerman
I hear cocaine will do that
It would be irresponsible not to speculate
Especially if it’s cut with Bisquick.
re: #148 dangerman
I hear cocaine will do that
It would be irresponsible not to speculate
Rick Wilson didn’t even bother to speculate about it last night on the Lincoln Project’s summation of the first day. He just up and said that Junior and his girlfriend had been in to the Peruvian marching powder.
re: #155 stpaulbear
Rick Wilson didn’t even bother to speculate about it last night on the Lincoln Project’s summation of the first day. He just up and said that Junior and his girlfriend had been in to the Peruvian marching powder.
I can’t get over that all that was taped and someone - or several someone’s - said FUCK YEAH, THAT’S GREAT.
re: #155 stpaulbear
Rick Wilson didn’t even bother to speculate about it last night on the Lincoln Project’s summation of the first day. He just up and said that Junior and his girlfriend had been in to the Peruvian marching powder.
Fascists love that stuff. Well, and disco folks, and anyone who has tried it until the high goes away and you feel like your soul has been scooped out with an ice cream scoop and so you make desperate phone calls at 3:30am trying to find someone to help you fill that hole and sometimes it will lead you to some blowhard who wants to rant about how great his dad is and….
re: #153 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Highs indeed. 😂😂😂
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Haley and Scott are basically auditioning for the 2024 primaries.
the one friend who doesn’t want to go home at 330am but try a fourth bar pic.twitter.com/EmEXbvPfEm
— Steadman™ (@AsteadWesley) August 25, 2020
re: #156 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I can’t get over that all that was taped and someone - or several someone’s - said FUCK YEAH, THAT’S GREAT.
It could be the Ed Wood convention, except that Ed Wood wasn’t this mean.
Edit: I wonder if a video of outtakes might show up mysteriously. That would be fun.
I’m watching the end of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Again.
Does anyone else roll it back and watch it over and over… And laugh uncontrollably?
No?
Shit.
re: #161 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I’m watching the end of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Again.
Does anyone else roll it back and watch it over and over… And laugh uncontrollably?
No?
Shit.
It’s brutal - but it’s also meant as pitch-black humor, standing history on its head.
I’ve had to explain it to quite a few Czechs as the Tate/LaBianca murders and how that all went down isn’t too well known here.
re: #162 Dr Lizardo
It’s brutal - but it’s also meant as pitch-black humor, standing history on its head.
I’ve had to explain it to quite a few Czechs as the Tate/LaBianca murders and how that all went down isn’t too well known here.
I have always been into psychology. When I was a teenager, I read every book about Manson, the Family, everything. It fascinated me.
re: #156 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I can’t get over that all that was taped and someone - or several someone’s - said FUCK YEAH, THAT’S GREAT.
“This goes on the air or you get fired…and don’t forget that fucking NDA you signed.”
re: #159 Barefoot Grin
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The only thing missing from her orgasm was a big assed fart.
re: #164 Eclectic Cyborg
I wonder if anyone cares any more about the NDAs that they’ve signed with the Trumps.
re: #155 stpaulbear
Rick Wilson didn’t even bother to speculate about it last night on the Lincoln Project’s summation of the first day. He just up and said that Junior and his girlfriend had been in to the Peruvian marching powder.
“When they go low, we get high”??
Who could have foreseen that the most likely thing would happen? https://t.co/PApOrj76PT
— Ace-o-aces (@aceoaces) August 25, 2020
re: #163 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I have always been into psychology. When I was a teenager, I read every book about Manson, the Family, everything. It fascinated me.
When I first OUATIH’s revisionist ending, I admit, my first thought was “Well, well, looks like the Family got exactly what they had coming to ‘em.”
I grew up in the aftermath of the Tate/LaBianca murders and from what I was told, yeah that changed L.A. forever.
LOL
WIAT THIS MEME HAD A FULL STORY????????????? pic.twitter.com/4mR28P3aLT
— 【adeline】 (@skepholic) August 21, 2020
I guess the were originally going to title it “Best President Ever Donald Trump Has Cured COVID-19 and Should Be Re-Elected and Is Very Smart and Handsome and Has a Large Penis That In No Way Resembles a Mushroom!” but decided to turn it down a notch.
— Ace-o-aces (@aceoaces) August 25, 2020
Critical parts have been removed, specifically from the machines that sort ballots.
Ballots. https://t.co/GUcH17hksY— Kaz Weida (@kazweida) August 25, 2020
re: #176 Barefoot Grin
“Critical parts dismantled” is the Trump governing theme.
re: #178 Decatur Deb
I’ve been thinking about designing some “I wouldn’t be caught dead in your establishment” cards to sell on Etsy.
Make it a thing, America. #GuilfoyleChallenge pic.twitter.com/xHo8jNs2dT
— Santiago Mayer (@santiagomayer_) August 25, 2020
#GuilfoyleChallenge family style pic.twitter.com/zboEXjsIHH
— Ryan Prominski (@realryanpro) August 25, 2020
I think Ira has nailed it. 🤣https://t.co/uDLdrfo6uk#Guilfoylechallenge
— Nina (@Nighthawk18Nina) August 25, 2020
What an embarrassment.
One more…
ICYMI here’s Kimberly Guilfoyle’s #RNC speech.
pic.twitter.com/IBaQiXmAoN— JerriLynn (@Jerri_Lynn25) August 25, 2020
I’m not watching the RNC. If I wanted to see an old, incoherent despot being praised by family members while urging his population to drink bleach I would’ve stayed in Uzbekistan.
— Rita Konaev (@RitaKonaev) August 25, 2020
— mike luckovich (@mluckovichajc) August 21, 2020
re: #180 makeitstop
Trump won’t be getting a bump from the convention. Jr. Took them all. #GuilfoyleChallenge pic.twitter.com/c2XS5j2sqb
— 86•45 (@JeffNewberry3) August 25, 2020
re: #180 makeitstop
Ok. Rabbit hole here I come.
TOTALLY 😂😂😂👍 #GuilfoyleChallenge https://t.co/8j3LpfDiw3
— Nerdy One (@sneakyriki) August 25, 2020
We need Buffy! She who fights all evil!
Kimberly Guilfoyle’s speaking voice pic.twitter.com/E1RfI5JDv0
— Ira Madison III (@ira) August 25, 2020
re: #156 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I can’t get over that all that was taped and someone - or several someone’s - said FUCK YEAH, THAT’S GREAT.
more likely “this is as good as it’s gonna get”
Odds of Jr. ODing in the next five years?
Preach the, sister I’m gonna fuck Donnie Jr while he’s married. Really on brand for both the trumps and the evangelicals.
Kimberly at a church telethon trying to raise money: #GuilfoyleChallenge #RNCConvention2020 #RNC2020 pic.twitter.com/2Zhjj8NnOG
— Justice for Jacob Blake!😔 (@DJ_BruceBanner) August 25, 2020
re: #191 Eclectic Cyborg
Odds of Jr. ODing in the next five years?
Much higher than him being President.
re: #192 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Preach the, sister I’m gonna fuck Donnie Jr while he’s married. Really on brand for both the trumps and the evangelicals.
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Jerry Falwell wanted to watch.
re: #190 dangerman
more likely “this is as good as it’s gonna get”
Hubs said, “damn they should have done another take or twenty. Wait, maybe that was take twenty.”
Pretty good mashup here.
But @rainnwilson was acting and it’s not clear what Kimberly Guilfoyle was doing
pic.twitter.com/3n6MtYZ2QH— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) August 25, 2020
The #Guilfoylechallenge p2 @kimguilfoyle @DonaldJTrumpJr @NikkiHaley @realDonaldTrump RINO Romney McDaniel @GOPChairwoman #GOPConvention pic.twitter.com/w5II81ydnP
— M 🐝 noj Go 💛 ind 🐝 n | 🇮🇳🇯🇲🇺🇸 (@jongovi) August 25, 2020
Also, this…
Kimberly Guilfoyle’s speech at the #RepublicanConvention seemed to make way more sense with North Korean propaganda music in the background.
So that’s what we did. https://t.co/SRPHl2kOLZ pic.twitter.com/VLCyasMbge— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) August 25, 2020
Ya think FVC is maybe a little pissed off about this?
For our Country to be sending 80 million UNSOLICITED BALLOTS is very unfair and a roadmap to disaster. Even recent small and easier to control elections which did this are a catastrophic disaster. Fraudulent & missing Ballots like never seen before. 20% and 30% off. STOP!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 25, 2020
re: #200 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
He seems confident of victory this fall.
Yep and I wish I was more confident that he is going to lose.
re: #165 🌹UOJB!
The only thing missing from her orgasm was a big assed fart.
you’re assuming, right?
re: #201 Eclectic Cyborg
Yep and I wish I was more confident that he is going to lose.
I know. I’m optimistic but I know the worst can always happen.
re: #169 b.d. (Boring Competence 2020!)
The most people to ever pass a test in Alabama.
and not a full set of teeth between em
(sorry)
I love that Twitter’s algorithm places Charles Manson in entertainment and Satan in politics.
— K Sawyer Paul (@ksawyerpaul) August 25, 2020
Make sure your grandma knows about this https://t.co/arF5Znysz3
— Ben Wexler (@mrbenwexler) August 25, 2020
re: #199 Eclectic Cyborg
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Which is why his campaign was able to show to a PA court that mail-in ballot fraud is so prevalent that it needs to be banned.
Oh wait, they couldn’t and the court slapped them around for their failure to show such.
Huh, missed this yesterday.
The Ronald Reagan presidential foundation asked Donald Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee to stop using his likeness or any reference to Reagan for fundraising.
— Mia Farrow (@MiaFarrow) August 24, 2020
Even Zombie Reagan is backing away from the psychopath.
re: #208 Targetpractice
Which is why his campaign was able to show to a PA court that mail-in ballot fraud is so prevalent that it needs to be banned.
Oh wait, they couldn’t and the court slapped them around for their failure to show such.
icing on the cake: trump appointed that judge
re: #209 makeitstop
Huh, missed this yesterday.
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Even Zombie Reagan is backing away from the psychopath.
Maybe the Wallace library will let them use footage of George.
A lot?https://t.co/tVKkQ4zPLp
— Erik Halvorsen (@erikhalvorsen18) August 25, 2020
re: #213 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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A lot and then some. Putin has him by the orange balls.
The Kimberly Guilfoyle/Dwight Schrute RNC mashup is the video I needed today…pic.twitter.com/zXO1dMxuBY
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) August 25, 2020
Usain Bolt had tested positive for coronavirus.
re: #216 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Usain Bolt had tested positive for coronavirus.
There are many jokes that cannot be made.
“Twelve More Years” by Jeff Sharlet, Vanity Fair
The media shrugs, yet again, as Trump makes extremist comments. It’s just a “provocation”—until it isn’t.
…
We tell ourselves Trump is too lazy, too incompetent, too fixated by his own image on the screen to look past it to fascism. Not just the gestures—those he’s already proved himself capable of—but the real deal, the full-fledged authoritarianism he’s teased in Portland and on the border and nearly every time he takes the podium. And it’s true—Trump lacks the drive of Mussolini or the will of Putin. He won’t seize that kind of power. He’s not actually that bold. But he’ll take it if he can. If it’s easy. Inertia, the tendency of things in motion to remain in motion, will carry him there if we don’t apply friction every inch of the way.
re: #218 retired cynic
Good morning. The guy threatening to ignore the results of the election has installed a multi-layered barricade around the White House. Have a nice day. pic.twitter.com/yQdXRnE3gK
— Jon Zal (@OfficialJonZal) August 25, 2020
re: #169 b.d. (Boring Competence 2020!)
The most people to ever pass a test in Alabama.
Meanwhile at my University in the Univ of Alabama system, 6.
re: #209 makeitstop
Huh, missed this yesterday.
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Even Zombie Reagan is backing away from the psychopath.
I’m sure the Trump people will react to this request in their usual manner: i.e. adding MORE pix and quotes from Reagan to their campaign pitches…..
Trump is no 1988 Bush: Reality is a drag on his rhetoric and prospects
Very true. The comparisons are poor because in 1988 we did not have a lying desperate lunatic involved in the race who was dividing Americans to desperately hold onto power. https://t.co/OVYHCatkGa— Spiro Agnew’s Ghost (@SpiroAgnewGhost) August 25, 2020
Pretty brutal for USA Today.
As of Monday, the first day of the 2020 convention, more than 177,00 Americans had died of COVID-19. During the evening, Trump and his supporters tried to paint his botched response as a managerial masterpiece. His son proclaimed: “The President quickly took action and shut down travel from China.” No, the travel ban was late and porous. Trump dithered and dissembled as the virus spread. And now the best that Donald Jr. can brag about is that his father closed one porthole on the Titanic.
Lots of speakers talked about Trump’s success with the economy. Yeah, right. He has created a lot of jobs … for gravediggers.
re: #215 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
I know this makes me a bad person, but I hope Kimberly is having a big cry (and more screaming) while surfing the net today.
— Ace-o-aces (@aceoaces) August 25, 2020
re: #224 Ace-o-aces
First night of GOP convention delivers nearly six times more views than start of Democrats’ event on C-SPAN livestream thehill.com
re: #224 Ace-o-aces
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You mean even with all those who are tuning in out of morbid curiosity, they can’t pull in better numbers than the DNC?
The American Dream: Dying alone of COVID19 while unemployed, with no health insurance or UI benefits #BidenHarris #VoteBlueToSaveAmerica2020 https://t.co/cFSf7BS7rt
— #VoteBlue Blueberry Pie (@Pie_Overlord) August 25, 2020
When your drunk best pal runs onstage before the show starts #janeygodleyvoiceover pic.twitter.com/MC3AolHaIW
— Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) August 25, 2020
re: #224 Ace-o-aces
re: #225 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
re: #226 Targetpractice
Conflicting numbers here: whether it’s “trainwreck” viewership or not, there has to be some solid data out there about how many folks tuned in/logged on.
Myself, I hope the RNC really DID pull a lot fewer eyeballs than the Dems: if only because I know that the “ratings”-obsessed Asshole-in-Chief is going to be pissed….
re: #216 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Usain Bolt had tested positive for coronavirus.
This hoax sure has gotten out of hand.
re: #229 Jay C
Conflicting numbers here: whether it’s “trainwreck” viewership or not, there has to be some solid data out there about how many folks tuned in/logged on.
Myself, I hope the RNC really DID pull a lot fewer eyeballs than the Dems: if only because I know that the “ratings”-obsessed Asshole-in-Chief is going to be pissed….
Even if the online views were up, Donny is all about TV, it was his bitching point yesterday that CNN and Faux weren’t showing things like the roll call live.
So to hear that the TV ratings are lower than the DNC is gonna cause a bit of foaming at the mouth.
re: #229 Jay C
Conflicting numbers here: whether or not it’s “trainwreck” viewership or not, there has to be some solid data out there about how many folks tuned in/logged on.
Myself, I hope the RNC really DID pull a lot fewer eyeballs than the Dems: if only because I know that the “ratings”-obsessed Asshole-in-Chief is going to be pissed….
Neilsen is as good as it gets. They’re supposed to release this afternoon.
re: #227 The Pie Overlord!
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Kim embodies the American Dream…of being a diversity hire at Faux because you’re an “immigrant” from Puerto Rico.
So, who is the current Acting DHS Secretary if Wolf is now the nominee? (@steve_vladeck ?) https://t.co/pdsFcwE7Xy
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) August 25, 2020
re: #112 Deep State SuperElite Satinist
Isn’t it kinda weird that Falwell Jr has the same kink as Roger Stone AND Paul Manafort?
“cuckold porn” is one of the most popular Internet categories all over the Bible Belt…
I’m wondering why Twitter is full of Kimberly Gargoyle video, but there’s none to be found of Greazy Elder Son.
re: #235 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
“cuckold porn” is one of the most popular Internet categories all over the Bible Belt…
Joke or factual statement?
/
re: #135 Belafon
China says it began public use of COVID19 vaccine a month ago, bypassing clinical trials
If it is introduced in the USA, insist that Trump call it “The China vaccine”
re: #220 BlueSpotinAL
Grad of class 84 of Univ of Alabama. Passing exams was an actual requirement in the engineering dept.
re: #199 Eclectic Cyborg
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That tweet gets reported for advocating voter suppression.
re: #218 retired cynic
“Twelve More Years” by Jeff Sharlet, Vanity Fair
up to now we assumed, yes assumed, that everyone in government was more or less playing by the same set of accepted rules, customs, norms, that we all thought were underpinned by the general rule of law, the constitution, three co-equal branches, separation of powers etc.
That checks and balances were inherent, would be respected and actually worked.
and that no one, let alone an entire political party with well established history, would turn its back *all at the same time* and ignore all that.
while it may have been a ‘goal’ it wasnt an actual detailed plan or a concerted effort. it just sort of happened under trump. they all caved. and the codependent press gave them cover.
we have learned that without the cooperation - the buying in to the idea of how our government works and should work - there is not much that can be done to stop dishonesty, thievery, fraud, cronyism, nepotism, and myriad other violations of law and the constitution.
Rumor has it that Kimmy-G dumped Junior and has taken a new lover.
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re: #229 Jay C
Conflicting numbers here: whether it’s “trainwreck” viewership or not, there has to be some solid data out there about how many folks tuned in/logged on.
Myself, I hope the RNC really DID pull a lot fewer eyeballs than the Dems: if only because I know that the “ratings”-obsessed Asshole-in-Chief is going to be pissed….
i dont care how many people tune in.
based on monday, it appears they’ve decided to talk to ‘the base’ and no one else.
they’re not convincing any outsiders or crossovers or undecideds.
independents and unsures are not gonna swing towards the R’s in any kind of numbers to matter - based on this programming
so who’s watching / listening?
the choir.
we already know how big it is 40% +/-.
the way they programmed this shit show isn’t going to grow it any.
Laura strengthens to hurricane as it barrels toward U.S. Gulf Coast; thousands ordered to evacuate. https://t.co/ZxrbdTOnoE
— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) August 25, 2020
Animator Walt Kelly, born August 25, 1913, was no favorite of J.Edgar Hoover, or the majority of Americans loathe to self-reflection, whose only entertainments offer the forced jollity of laugh-track inanities, in a progress of profit. I’m with Pogo. pic.twitter.com/KsZ8coyBvL
— Van Dyke Parks (@thevandykeparks) August 25, 2020
There’s a statue in this town of a scene from Pogo. I sometimes think I have found civilization.
re: #233 Targetpractice
Kim embodies the American Dream…of being a diversity hire at Faux because you’re an “immigrant” from Puerto Rico.
Plus it’s a way to give Gavin Newsom a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.
re: #238 (((Archangel1)))
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Pretty much sums up the first day of the RNC in a nutshell…
If there was ever a photo like that as part of the DNC, there would be 100000 Sunday sermons about the demonic nature of the Democratic party.
re: #237 Eclectic Cyborg
Joke or factual statement?
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fact check indicates that it is low on the list but more popular in Red States than in Blue…
re: #252 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
fact check indicates that it is low on the list but more popular in Red States than in Blue…
Interesting. I wonder if it’s low because it’s a relatively new subgenre?
So I called Illinois to confirm my ex Pat vote by mail and I’m all set.
We have to fill out the ballot and sign the envelope. Not the ballot, the envelope.
People need to know how to do this for their state.
I’m going to UPS it back and confirmed that’s acceptable as long as I put the signed envelope in the UPS package.
re: #236 makeitstop
I’m wondering why Twitter is full of Kimberly Gargoyle video, but there’s none to be found of Greazy Elder Son.
He was a little too high.
re: #248 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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here’s a question
if you wont wear a mask, will you still evacuate?
yes i know some idiots never do….
Laura strengthens to hurricane as it barrels toward U.S. Gulf Coast; thousands ordered to evacuate. https://t.co/ZxrbdTOnoE
— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) August 25, 2020
re: #246 dangerman
i dont care how many people tune in.
based on monday, it appears they’ve decided to talk to ‘the base’ and no one else.
they’re not convincing any outsiders or crossovers or undecideds.independents and unsures are not gonna swing towards the R’s in any kind of numbers to matter - based on this programming
so who’s watching / listening?
the choir.
we already know how big it is 40% +/-.
the way they programmed this shit show isn’t going to grow it any.
And a bunch of lefties for the LULZ.
thegreatpoolpondconversion - 200823 edition —————————————->
“Update and we change course”
Here we go again…
…They must stop calling these anarchists and agitators “peaceful protestors”. Come back into the real world! The Federal Government is ready to end this problem immediately upon your request.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 25, 2020
“The Federal Government is ready to end this problem immediately.”
Good God, imagine the screeching had Obama ever made a statement like that.
re: #259 Eclectic Cyborg
Here we go again…
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The Guard was sent in, uninvited, Gov. Brown had some meetings and made some calls, and they left. If you do it again, use your own money, Mr. *President.
THIS IS AN IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE
You know. In case anyone cares about that anymore. https://t.co/QRLE0T094W— Kaz Weida (@kazweida) August 25, 2020
“…When aides have suggested that some orders are illegal or unworkable, Trump has suggested he would pardon the officials if they would just go ahead, aides said. He has waved off worries about contracting procedures and the use of eminent domain, saying “take the land,” according to officials who attended the meetings.
“Don’t worry, I’ll pardon you,” he has told officials in meetings about the wall.
“He said people expected him to build a wall, and it had to be done by the election,” one former official said.”
Trump fantasized openly about gassing, shooting, maiming migrants at Mexico border, says DHS insider https://t.co/OHwnfLu5MJ
— Xeni Jardin (@xeni) August 25, 2020
“…The national security official couldn’t get through a meeting “without him doing 20 tangents, becoming irascible, turning red in the face, demanding a diet Coke, spewing spit,” Taylor explained. “Literally out of goddamn nowhere, he’d be like, ‘You know, who’s just my favorite guy? The MyPillow guy. Do any of you have those pillows?’”
When it came to the border wall, Trump would dream up “sickening” medieval plots “to pierce the flesh” of migrants, rip all the families apart, “maim,” and gas them, Taylor claims. “This was a man with no humanity whatsoever,” Taylor says. “He says, we got to do this, this, this, and this, all of which are probably impossible, illegal unethical,” Taylor recalls, but he was writing them down as the president spoke. “And he looks over me and he goes, ‘you fucking taking notes?’”
re: #225 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
First night of GOP convention delivers nearly six times more views than start of Democrats’ event on C-SPAN livestream thehill.com
Is that not a bit like comparing apples and oranges. After all, the buzz around the DNC- that it showed that virtual Conventions could work, and work really well- it built up during the week.
Before the DNC, virtual Conventions were an unknown quantity, so of course you would expect the “ratings” at the start to be low.
I think it’s pretty dubious to compare “ratings“ on a genre, which, so far, only has two entries, but I’d say look at the overall trajectory. Is the RNC “ratings” on a downward slope?
re: #263 jaunte
“And he looks over me and he goes, ‘you fucking taking notes?’”
I hope it is all recorded in audio for the convenience of the international courts.
nsfw
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re: #263 jaunte
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Remember when he whined about how Kathy Griffin was awful for an image she posted. Fucking asshole.
AOC has a problem with Kimberly Guilfoyle, Don Jr.’s girlfriend.
“The woman the GOP picked as their ‘proud’ Latina … didn’t seem to know that Puerto Rico is already part of the United States,” @AOC tweeted.https://t.co/UjP8I6aB0j— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) August 25, 2020
re: #259 Eclectic Cyborg
Here we go again…
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“The Federal Government is ready to end this problem immediately.”
Good God, imagine the screeching had Obama ever made a statement like that.
What do you call a cop who shoots a guy in the back at point blank range 5+ times?
We again request Kate Brown (@OregonGovBrown), the Governor of Oregon, and Mayor @TedWheeler of Portland, to call up the National Guard like should have been done 3 months ago…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 25, 2020
re: #259 Eclectic Cyborg
Here we go again…
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“The Federal Government is ready to end this problem immediately.”
Good God, imagine the screeching had Obama ever made a statement like that.
We don’t have to imagine. JADE HELM!!
re: #269 dangerman
What do you call a cop who shoots a guy in the back at point blank range 5+ times?
not defunded enough
re: #257 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
And a bunch of lefties for the LULZ.
This is so over the top.
White House aides said the Republican convention would show off hope and optimism. How does this sound? pic.twitter.com/NAWr2kD5BJ
— The Recount (@therecount) August 25, 2020
How sad does your life have to be that you buy into this bullshit?
RNC Day 1 was packed with lies cynicism, general BS, and hate. As such, was effective. Too many liberals make the mistake the ugliness of Trumpism for failed messaging. The ugliness is the message that brought him to power.
— Jeff Sharlet (@JeffSharlet) August 25, 2020
“If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate.” https://t.co/IzYkF6wP3a
— Jeff Fecke (@jkfecke) August 25, 2020
re: #1 TarHellion
Intercourse FFVCS
Hello! Well, it’s just after eight o’clock, and time for FFVCS to explode.
Oh, and “BURMA!”
re: #273 jaunte
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How many undecideds is that message going to move?
The authoritarian stans are already there.
re: #272 makeitstop
This is so over the top.
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How sad does your life have to be that you buy into this bullshit?
Crazy? Literally crazy.
Hateful. So much hate.
Fear mongering.
And ignorance. Shouty, coked-up Kim didn’t know her “immigrant” parents were US Citizens? Hello, Puerto Rico is part of the US.
DAY 1 was awful. And guaranteed it’s only going to get worse.— Yeah Sure WTF Ever 🇨🇦🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸🇨🇦 (@YeahSureWhatev2) August 25, 2020
re: #276 makeitstop
At this point the amped-up agitation seems like more stochastic terrorism.
UN Security Council president dismisses U.S. sanctions move on Iran https://t.co/8cIkUtmZUB
— The Globe and Mail (@globeandmail) August 25, 2020
re: #273 jaunte
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What matters is: does it persuade?
Does it swing votes or attract the undecided?
I am comfortable it does not
re: #280 dangerman
At this point the aim may be to convince his supporters that a win is inevitable and a loss is the Democrats stealing the election.
re: #281 jaunte
At this point the aim may be to convince his supporters that a win is inevitable and a loss is the Democrats stealing the election.
That is his meta-message, he is going to contest the outcome of the election (unless he somehow wins)
re: #263 jaunte
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