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Anna Meredith performs Paramour as part of the Mercury Music Prize 2020.
Watch more on BBC iPlayer.
F45. F MMcC. F the Grand Jury.
And much love to all of you lizards helping to keep each other sane.
Jeff Fortenberry frequently describes himself as pro-health care. Then why, Jeff, have you voted over 60 times to take health care away from tens of millions of Americans with no plan to replace it?
Asking for a friend….— Senator Kate Bolz (@katejbolz) September 23, 2020
About that WaPo story on Covid mutating…
Scientists in Houston on Wednesday released a study of more than 5,000 genetic sequences of the coronavirus that reveals the virus’s continual accumulation of mutations, one of which may have made it more contagious.
The new report, however, did not find that these mutations have made the virus deadlier or changed clinical outcomes. All viruses accumulate genetic mutations, and most are insignificant, scientists say.
Also, the protections we should be taking (disinfecting, sanitizing, washing hands) work just as effectively on any version of the virus.
The entire criminal justice system is obligated to uphold the myth that cops can do no wrong, especially prosecutors. Because once they admit that cops fuck up and lie constantly, there goes 99% of the state’s evidence in the modal criminal case.
— Mass for Shut-ins (is a podcast) (@edburmila) September 23, 2020
So…I signed up for the PA trump rally to mess with the totals and now I’m on the email list and just got this PA specific appeal
President Trump needs you to stop the Liberal Democrats in their tracks and request your ballot to vote SAFELY and SECURELY.
Request your ballot here: vote.donaldjtrump.com
President Trump is fighting for the future of Pennsylvania, but he can’t do it without you.
uhhhhh….???? I couldn’t finagle using the link for an imaginary friend, but how is this anything other than a mail-in ballot?
Once this festering pustule has been vanquished I’ll sage my laptop to get the trump slime off it.
re: #6 cat-tikvah
So…I signed up for the PA trump rally to mess with the totals and now I’m on the email list and just got this PA specific appeal
President Trump needs you to stop the Liberal Democrats in their tracks and request your ballot to vote SAFELY and SECURELY.
Request your ballot here: vote.donaldjtrump.com
President Trump is fighting for the future of Pennsylvania, but he can’t do it without you.uhhhhh….???? I couldn’t finagle using the link for an imaginary friend, but how is this anything other than a mail-in ballot?
Once this festering pustule has been vanquished I’ll sage my laptop to get the trump slime off it.
Mail-in ballots are only the scamfraudhoax when the Democratic candidates are selected.
Now here’s an ad for you: Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s new spot is all about how she’s “more conservative than Attila the Hun,” and includes an actor portraying a grunting Attila who delivers orders to, among other things, “eliminate the liberal scribes.” pic.twitter.com/080nIJGwng
— Jacob Rubashkin (@JacobRubashkin) September 21, 2020
re: #7 The Pie Overlord!
So I guess the idea is to target specific counties’ ballots.
This is going to get surreally absurd.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) September 24, 2020
re: #10 jaunte
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Have they ever made entire fucking essays about Trump being chronically late or anything? Considering that Trump has literally shown up late as an enforced habit because it shows his power? Anyone?
Fuck this entire goddamn shit.
re: #6 cat-tikvah
I’ve got three ballot applications from the Trump campaign. It’s twice the size of the ballot, the other side is a picture of the orange turd with his dumb fake smile and some bullshit about making your vote matter or some shit. You have to tear off the picture of trump and the actual application is the same as the one the county sends you when you make a request. This is the first year ever that any Republican mailings have been addressed to me directly. And there have been a bunch of them. From Trump and David Purdue’s campaign mostly. Some scary Jon Ossoff ones too, I get those about once a week.
Tucker Carlson, while claiming BLM “lied” about Breonna Taylor’s death, falsely accuses Kenneth Walker — Taylor’s boyfriend — of “supposedly [being] a drug dealer.”
Walker doesn’t have any drug offenses nor was a part of any warrant involved in the raid on Taylor’s apartment. pic.twitter.com/Qg7SGgTAB0— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) September 24, 2020
I hope Kenneth Walker sues every single Right Wing Fuck who called him a criminal drug dealer for slander.
The internal polling must be a lot worse than the polls we’re seeing, because all this #TrumpCoupPlot nonsense wouldn’t be cooked up by people who thought they were winning. Or even close to winning.
Donate. Volunteer. Vote. And end this fucker.— Jerry 🍨 (@js_edit) September 23, 2020
re: #13 DodgerFan1988
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I hope Kenneth Walker sues every single Right Wing Fuck who called him a criminal drug dealer for slander.
Libel, I think. But I agree. The family’s 12 million settlement should be able to finance it.
re: #14 teleskiguy
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This is what proverbial sea change looks like. Paradigm shift. Always a rough ride.
re: #13 DodgerFan1988
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I hope Kenneth Walker sues every single Right Wing Fuck who called him a criminal drug dealer for slander.
He gave a half hearted correction later in the episode.
“We made a mistake at the top of the show and we want to correct it, as we always do,” the Fox News host stated. “We flipped the names around of a couple people inadvertently. We said police believed Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend was a drug dealer—he might have been. We meant to say her ex-boyfriend. We wanted to correct that, sorry.”
The Lincoln Project has got a 90 minute program about all the ways that Trump and Barr’s people are in the process of fucking up the upcoming election. I scanned it for a couple minutes but I’m honestly found it to frightening to watch tonight.
re: #15 A hollow voice says, Beware the strongman con
Libel, I think. But I agree. The family’s 12 million settlement should be able to finance it.
I thought libel was written and slander was spoken. In Tucker’s case it would be slander.
re: #19 danarchy
I thought libel was written and slander was spoken. In Tucker’s case it would be slander.
Let’s merge them and call it lier.
re: #18 stpaulbear
The Lincoln Project has got a 90 minute program about all the ways that Trump and Barr’s people are in the process of fucking up the upcoming election. I scanned it for a couple minutes but I’m honestly found it to frightening to watch tonight.
Hopefully we’ll get the part where they recommend what to do. The big one is vote for sure.
re: #19 danarchy
I thought libel was written and slander was spoken. In Tucker’s case it would be slander.
Before radio and tv and all that, that was the case and everything was easy. But here we are, and I think what goes over the airwaves is libel. Sooner or later, I hope some lizard lawyer comes by to enlighten us.
Nothing can overcome admin bullshit and cheating like a massive win. 5 million up on the popular vote. Maybe we get Ohio…
“Democrats Critical of Trump for Displaying Heads on Pikes” — NY Times https://t.co/xPf5G2ksrU
— Reza Aslan (@rezaaslan) September 24, 2020
re: #10 jaunte
Trump will be late to his own funeral, for fuck’s sake, you IDIOTS!
re: #23 Rightwingconspirator
Nothing can overcome admin bullshit and cheating like a massive win. 5 million up on the popular vote. Maybe we get Ohio…
I really believe that election night will make it clear that Biden won and trump lost. trump will bitch and pretend he’s going to stay, but in the end he will leave. and we will all say, ” you’re fired.”
re: #26 I Would Prefer Not To
I really believe that election night will make it clear that Biden won and trump lost. trump will bitch and pretend he’s going to stay, but in the end he will leave. and we will all say, ” you’re fired.”
I hope against hope that Joe winds up with an LBJ style landslide and the Tangsnorter winds up with 5 or 6 states…
OK, all you black licorice lovers (including me)…read this! I have a jar of licorice drops my brother gave me a few months back, and they’ve been sitting there, and I haven’t eaten them and I’ve been thinking about getting rid of them…uhm, yeah.
A Massachusetts construction worker’s love of black licorice wound up costing him his life. Eating a bag and a half every day for a few weeks threw his nutrients out of whack and caused the 54-year-old man’s heart to stop, doctors reported Wednesday.
“Even a small amount of licorice you eat can increase your blood pressure a little bit,” said Dr. Neel Butala, a cardiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital who described the case in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The problem is glycyrrhizic acid, found in black licorice and in many other foods and dietary supplements containing licorice root extract. It can cause dangerously low potassium and imbalances in other minerals called electrolytes.
Eating as little as 2 ounces of black licorice a day for two weeks could cause a heart rhythm problem, especially for folks over 40, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns.
More at the link. bostonglobe.com
65 years ago. TODAY. An all white jury aquitted the men who killed Emmitt Till. The anger over #BreonnaTalyor isn’t new it’s BEEN this way in America for all of our lives. #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/e2rXgOqE3D
— Jason Johnson (@DrJasonJohnson) September 23, 2020
History repeats itself.
re: #28 mmmirele
My hatred of black licorice is vindicated. Red licorice is the only way to go.
re: #30 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
My hatred of black licorice is vindicated. Red licorice is the only way to go.
What about orange?
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re: #30 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
My hatred of black licorice is vindicated. Red licorice is the only way to go.
as long as you don’t put it on pizza!
You Trumps ain’t actually above the law, though I know y’all like to think you are. Your comeuppance is coming soon, boy. https://t.co/OeLSHkFjoU
— Ed Mix (@TheEdMix) September 24, 2020
re: #28 mmmirele
I only ate a whole box of black licorice Smith Brothers cough drops once and became severely nauseated. Our Doctor said that was because of the licorice and that’s why he urged his patients to stay away from the licorice drops.
But when I got sick it was creosoted cough syrup which tasted like HELL…
re: #28 mmmirele
OK, all you black licorice lovers (including me)…read this! I have a jar of licorice drops my brother gave me a few months back, and they’ve been sitting there, and I haven’t eaten them and I’ve been thinking about getting rid of them…uhm, yeah.
More at the link. bostonglobe.com
Two ounces a day isn’t a little, and you have to eat that much every day for two weeks. So ration them.
Also, I have some black licorice drops in my cabinet. They’re made with anise.
At least William Zanzinger got six months…https://t.co/C6LAho3LWk
— Thomas Paine ✊ (@TomPaineToday) September 23, 2020
I suspect that if I bring up Trump’s statement about getting rid of all the ballots, the conservatives at work will be like “It’s just a hypothetical.”
Post-tropical cyclone Teddy is approaching Labrador as it rakes along Newfoundland’s coast.
It is predicted to strike Labrador in the overnight hours Thursday morning, and reach the Labrador Sea at 58° north latitude by Thursday afternoon.
In the very same day, the U.S. no longer recognizes Alexander Lukashenko as president of Belarus because he refuses to step down after he rigged an election and Donald Trump indicates that he will refuse to step down and would rig the election.
Good work, Republicans. Good work.— JRehling (@JRehling) September 24, 2020
re: #43 jaunte
Lukashenko is not a Republican. IOKIYAR.
re: #44 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Just wait a few weeks and he will be.
Post-tropical cyclone Teddy on Marble Mountain, Newfoundland weather radar from Environment Canada.
Teddy’s looking pretty ragged now. The National Hurricane Center in Miami just issued their last report on the storm.
At 1100 PM AST (0300 UTC), the center of Post-Tropical Cyclone Teddy
was located near latitude 51.0 North, longitude 57.3 West based on
the Marble Mountain, Newfoundland, radar and surface observations
along the west coast of Newfoundland. The post-tropical cyclone
is moving toward the north-northeast near 32 mph (52 km/h), and
this general motion is expected to continue through Thursday. On
the forecast track, the center of Teddy should move closer to the
northwestern Newfoundland coast tonight and into the Labrador Sea on
Thursday before merging with a larger extratropical low.
Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph (85 km/h) with higher gusts.
Little change in strength is forecast before the system merges with
the extratropical low on Thursday.
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 205 miles (335 km)
from the center.
Gov. Newsom’s executive order banned sales of new gas-powered vehicles in California starting in 2035.
Here are some answers to questions you may have about the order: https://t.co/j2OENFlD67— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) September 23, 2020
Remember after the 2016 election President Trump convened a “voting integrity commission” in attempt to substantiate his own allegations that 3-5 million ballots were illegally cast. His own commission found no such evidence. https://t.co/S2N1VoBubQ
— James Hamblin (@jameshamblin) September 24, 2020
re: #48 Dread Pirate Ron
My state’s Secretary of State obligingly sent Trumps bullshyte commission all voters’ names, addresses, party registrations, and driver’s license or state identification numbers.
United States province of Kentucky, famed for production of blue grass, race horses, filthy incestuous murdering hillbilly primitives, and “corn squeezings,” sees civil unrest at restriction on traditional freedom of lynching. pic.twitter.com/aCIphjZeyV
— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) September 24, 2020
Is COVID-19 airborne? The CDC said yes, then no (CBC Radio, audio only, 20:57)
The Canadian Broadcasting Company goes into a deep-dive into the CDC’s whipsaw over its Website on aerosolised Covid-19, including scientific reaction in the USA, Canada, and around the world.
North Korea ‘killed and burned South Korean official’ (BBC)
A South Korean official has been shot dead and burned by North Korean troops, said the South’s defence ministry which condemned the “brutal act”.
Seoul said the man had disappeared from a patrol boat near the border and was later found in the North’s waters.
North Korean soldiers shot him, then poured oil over his body and set it alight, the ministry said. It had come to this conclusion based on its analysis of “diverse intelligence”.
Pyongyang has not commented.
North Korea has tightened its borders and is thought to have a “shoot-to-kill” policy in place to prevent the coronavirus from entering the country.
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Moar BBC;
Trump: Major carmakers sue US government over China tax
The car makers suing the US Government are Ford, Tesla, Mercedes-Benz, and Volvo.
They are seeking a full refund of the tariffs from the Court of International Trade in New York.
Mercedes-Benz in its filing accused Washington of “prosecution of an unprecedented, unbounded, and unlimited trade war impacting over $500bn in imports from the People’s Republic of China”.
Tesla in its filing called the tariffs “arbitrary, capricious, and an abuse of discretion”.
(more)
I see that some Democratic senators are finally coming forward with their concerns that Feinstein simply isn’t up to the job of being the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee.https://t.co/lIpXsMWH4Q
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) September 23, 2020
Enola Holmes on Netflix is fun. She’s Sherlock’s sister.
re: #54 Dread Pirate Ron
Ian Millhiser
@imillhiser
I see that some Democratic senators are finally coming forward with their concerns that Feinstein simply isn’t up to the job of being the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee.
Let’s regain control of the Senate first before arguing about committee assignments.
re: #54 Dread Pirate Ron
(Ian Millhiser)
I see that some Democratic senators are finally coming forward with their concerns that Feinstein simply isn’t up to the job of being the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee.
They may be right… on the other hand, that’s what they said about Pelosi. And has anyone questioned whether Grassley (3 months younger) or Hatch (9 months younger) are up to their jobs?
UPDATE: @LMPD providing an update on the two officers shot tonight in downtown Louisville.
-One officer is stable and alert.
-The other officer is in surgery but stable
-Both appear to have suffered non life-threatening injuries
-A suspect is in custody.— 700WLW (@700wlw) September 24, 2020
re: #57 A hollow voice says, Beware the strongman con
They may be right… on the other hand, that’s what they said about Pelosi. And has anyone questioned whether Grassley (3 months younger) or Hatch (9 months younger) are up to their jobs?
Of course not, this is Politico. Others in the thread have asked about Grassley.
re: #57 A hollow voice says, Beware the strongman con
They may be right… on the other hand, that’s what they said about Pelosi. And has anyone questioned whether Grassley (3 months younger) or Hatch (9 months younger) are up to their jobs?
Pelosi is doing her job well. Feinstein is not.
And now for something completely different (6:06), the government’s XIX Century plan to seed the USA with “amphibious assault cows” (hippopotami) to solve two problems: a) eliminate water hyacinths which were choking waterways and b) provide more meat because of a shortage of cattle for the market due to lack of pastureland.
Fortunately, the plan was defeated in Congress.
Damn. This wasn’t just a “Black Lives Don’t Matter” decision … it was an “Only White Lives Matter” decision … My God, this country can’t get out of the 1920s …
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) September 24, 2020
And once again, an unarmed black person killed by police is successfully convicted for their own murder. It’s already gospel to half the country at this point that she deserved it, and having a black AG deliver this is just the final salt in the wound.
I’m just so fucking tired.
re: #62 Citizen K
In Louisville, #drywallmatters.
— Mike Andrews (@mikeandrewslaw) September 24, 2020
re: #62 Citizen K
Kentucky is a stand-your-ground state, unless you are Black (the law binds but does not protect Black people).
re: #54 Dread Pirate Ron
I see that some Democratic senators are finally coming forward with their concerns that Feinstein simply isn’t up to the job of being the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee.
Oh so the Democrats took some time from veering left to be in disarray?
re: #21 Belafon
Hopefully we’ll get the part where they recommend what to do. The big one is vote for sure.
I did go watch it and at one point Steve Schmidt mentioned the ACLU fighting back against Trump’s election meddling so I decided to make a donation to the ACLU this evening.
Yesterday I called my senators to tell them to fight as dirty as necessary to save this election and the supreme court because traditions have been shattered. I’ve make a number of donations to senators and the MN DFL over the last month and I voted on Monday, so I’ve done some stuff to help.
Someone called in with a question about making sure that all the criminals wind up in jail and Steve Schmidt went on a lame rant about how it wasn’t appropriate to want to lock up the opposition. Picture of things to come after the election. There was only about 10 minutes left so that’s when I shut it off.
I really need to go to bed now…
If I understand the state of Florida’s position here, it is: “These fines have nothing to do with voting, so they can’t be a poll tax. But if you help people pay them off, you’re interfering illegally in an election.” https://t.co/s6DFO3e2Cu
— Jesse Walker (@notjessewalker) September 23, 2020
re: #67 Dread Pirate Ron
If I understand the state of Florida’s position here, it is: “These fines have nothing to do with voting, so they can’t be a poll tax. But if you help people pay them off, you’re interfering illegally in an election.”
Is there a law against paying off another person’s fines?
If so, they have a case.
If not, then case closed…
BREAKING: The Federal Election Commission is asking Mitch McConnell’s reelection campaign questions about suspected accounting errors.
— PoliticsVideoChannel (@politvidchannel) September 23, 2020
I’m sure there are lots and lots of “errors”. Interesting that this nonentity suddenly popped up.
re: #60 EPR-radar
Pelosi is doing her job well. Feinstein is not.
Her job as ranking member? Do you take into account that there’s little she can do?
LOL
Joe diGenova, once a frequent Fox News guest before peddling anti-Semitic tropes on-air about George Soros, claims Fox “fears” Soros and that he has something on Fox CEO Suzanne Scott.
“That network is compromised!” he shouts.
(h/t @ZTPetrizzo)https://t.co/50eLdNgbFh— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) September 23, 2020
re: #70 A hollow voice says, Beware the strongman con
well, she could shut the fuck up about the filibuster and stop believing that this is 1983… and I don’t mean this as DiFi as a woman, but she has a peculiar habit about being a traditionalist regarding Senate procedures at the absolute worse times and maybe that’s based on the press asking her certain questions in certain ways to get an anticipated response but if she wants to make an impact on Judiciary, she should be keeping receipts on all of the GOP toadies who have been granted access into the courts and be ready to impeach them once a Dem administration comes to pass. After all the GOP is throwing people into the judiciary who’ve never been in a courtroom, tried a case and are even under censure for behavior. I would much rather have DiFi weigh in on that (not that she would ever get asked).
And here are the results of how you”do social distancing” in South Dakota.
The ten states with yesterday’s highest number of new cases of COVID-19 reported yesterday. All thanks to your neglect of meat packing workers and your negligent manslaughter in Sturgis: https://t.co/1GJvCpAQD2 pic.twitter.com/sxaWSSzxrt— David Waldman-1, of Yorktown LLC™ (@KagroX) September 24, 2020
re: #74 Dread Pirate Ron
Is it just a coincidence that map looks like a swastika?
— Spry Guy (@SpryGuy) September 24, 2020
re: #74 Dread Pirate Ron
Pheasant season hasn’t started yet in South Dakota. Therefore she either shot a pheasant out of season, or someone released a pheasant for her to shoot for an advert (not particularly sporting).
p.s. I like the way sunglasses magically appear on your face.
Quality production work, Noem. Quality work.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) September 23, 2020
re: #76 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Pheasant season hasn’t started yet in South Dakota. Therefore she either shot a pheasant out of season, or someone released a pheasant for her to shoot for an advert (not particularly sporting).
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or it was (obviously) pasted together out of several unrelated shots taken earlier…
re: #77 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
or it was (obviously) pasted together out of several unrelated shots taken earlier…
And three shotgun shots to hit one bird close enough to hit with a cricket bat, when she knew from where the bird would be released.
I am not terribly worried if conservatives are this bad with guns (they seem to think they are magically experts with rifles or shotguns simply by virtue of buying one). The only thing I would be worried about is how outnumbered I am here.
I didn’t know of or meet *any* out LGBTQ+ people in politics until I was in my late 20s. Now I have the dubious honor of being the first out person in the NE Legislature, which shows what a long way we have to go for equity in representation.
— Senator Megan Hunt 😷 (@NebraskaMegan) September 23, 2020
LGBTQ+ people belong everywhere—in the corner office, in the classroom, in the military, and in the halls where laws are made. While we are moving toward greater inclusion and equality for all people, the tide of history only advances when people make themselves fully visible.
— Senator Megan Hunt 😷 (@NebraskaMegan) September 23, 2020
re: #78 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
And three shotgun shots to hit one bird close enough to hit with a cricket bat, when she knew from where the bird would be released.
I am not terribly worried if conservatives are this bad with guns (they seem to think they are magically experts with rifles or shotguns simply by virtue of buying one). The only thing I would be worried about is how outnumbered I am here.
I recall Sarah Palin displaying similar lack of prowess at hunting…
re: #79 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
LGBTQ+ people belong everywhere—in the corner office, in the classroom, in the military, and in the halls where laws are made. While we are moving toward greater inclusion and equality for all people, the tide of history only advances when people make themselves fully visible.
They belong wherever they are. And they come from everywhere.
They came to congregate in big cities because there they found a community and were not treated as freaks and outcasts.
Think about all those GI’s returning to NYC or SF after WW2 and deciding to stay there with other people like themselves that they had met in the course of their service rather than go back to their small towns and remain repressed and closeted or risk the consequences.
re: #80 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I recall Sarah Palin displaying similar lack of prowess at hunting…
She made up for it with the turkey slaughter gibbet.
Trump warns he may reject FDA plan for tougher standards for a coronavirus vaccine hours after the agency’s commissioner assures Congress that an approval will be free of political interference
(via @lauriemcginley2 @goldsteinamy)
⁰https://t.co/LAHdpfhkzz— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) September 24, 2020
re: #55 Dread Pirate Ron
Enola Holmes on Netflix is fun. She’s Sherlock’s sister.
The household was excited to see the trailer. Glad is turned out good. Looking forward to watching it.
re: #55 Dread Pirate Ron
Enola Holmes on Netflix is fun. She’s Sherlock’s sister.
Is she like his brother Mycroft?
(i.e., is Enola Gay?)
Sitting here printing flyers for our Voter Registration/Education drives. Yesterday at our table outside the library, I started shifting the message from VR to mail-in or absentee walk-in voting, especially for codgers. Almost no-one was interested in that, most were determined to use the polling place in November. (It’s right across the parking lot.) One old guy made it plain: “Soldiers went to war and died for it. I’m not going to be scared away from the voting line.” Hoping he wasn’t a Republican, two out of three locals are.
re: #87 Decatur Deb
Sitting here printing flyers for our Voter Registration/Education drives. Yesterday at our table outside the library, I started shifting the message from VR to mail-in or absentee walk-in voting, especially for codgers. Almost no-one was interested in that, most were determined to use the polling place in November. (It’s right across the parking lot.) One old guy made it plain: “Soldiers went to war and died for it. I’m not going to be scared away from the voting line.” Hoping he wasn’t a Republican.
I am generally in favor of in-person voting over mail-in….under normal circumstances.
200,000 dead in one year from an easily transmitted virus is not “normal”…
Mike Pence tells phony Trump story EVERYWHERE he goes! pic.twitter.com/gIs07yeAkJ
— Jimmy Kimmel Live (@JimmyKimmelLive) September 24, 2020
our founders anticipated a Donald Trump but they failed to anticipate a Mitch McConnell
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) September 23, 2020
re: #68 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Is there a law against paying off another person’s fines?
If so, they have a case.
If not, then case closed…
paying off a debt of another is a gift to the individual
that they were paid directly to the creditor is irrelevsnt
re: #88 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I am generally in favor of in-person voting over mail-in….under normal circumstances.
200,000 dead in one year from an easily transmitted virus is not “normal”…
Yup. That’s why I’m pushing walk-in absentee, though I don’t think our structures are in place to handle a large switch. It’s the middle ground between safety and security. Neither the Left or Right in this area trust the USPS to deliver a clean vote. (Our rules require the ballot be delivered on Election Day by noon, regardless of postmark.)
re: #67 Dread Pirate Ron
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If I understand the state of Florida’s position here, it is: “These fines have nothing to do with voting, so they can’t be a poll tax. But if you help people pay them off, you’re interfering illegally in an election.” https://t.co/s6DFO3e2Cu
— Jesse Walker (@notjessewalker) September 23, 2020
ps
more proof that they don’t want you to vote
Air quality alert triggered by the National Weather Service for Scottsbluff.
The Mullen Fire in Wyoming west of Laramie is still burning, and the smoke is trailing down into the Nebraska Panhandle again. The current AQI is 52.
17,763 acres have burned; the fire is 2% contained.
I think one thing this article shows is there’s groups out there who’s willingness to use violence against fellow citizens is fuelled by increasingly polarised language about protests and Antifa. https://t.co/mfuUnOK7kr
— Eliot Higgins (@EliotHiggins) September 24, 2020
Bellingcat goes through some leaked vigilante chats. Basically, they believe their own bullshit so run around chasing their own tails, they of course talk about violence constantly and threaten elected officials, and are fixated on Portland.
The other fire affecting us is the Cameron Peak Fire near the Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. It’s burned over 104,000 acres and is 27% contained.
The park is currently open, but this is at the top of their Website.
COVID-19 Response
Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and state and local public health authorities, we are increasing access and services in a phased approach across all units of the National Park System. Before visiting a park, please check the park website to determine its operating status. Updates about the overall NPS response to COVID-19, including safety information, are posted on nps.gov.
re: #95 ericblair
Bellingcat goes through some leaked vigilante chats. Basically, they believe their own bullshit so run around chasing their own tails, they of course talk about violence constantly and threaten elected officials, and are fixated on Portland.
Well, these asschapeaus seem to be full of their own bravado, reading the article at Bellingcat. That said, it only takes a couple of these numbnutz to create a terrorist cell.
The problem with terrorism, wherever it comes from, is the FBI or other authorities can stop a hundred planned attacks, and things go on as normal. It only takes one to get through for everyone to be thrown into upheaval.
re: #95 ericblair
I think one thing this article shows is there’s groups out there who’s willingness to use violence against fellow citizens is fuelled by increasingly polarised language about protests and Antifa.
I am of two minds. I disavow violence on principle, but my load sequence for a 12 ga doesn’t include bird shot.
re: #98 Decatur Deb
I am of two minds. I disavow violence on principle, but my load sequence for a 12 ga doesn’t include bird shot.
Same.
From the Bellingcat article was this bit:
In the end, Whitebear decides to put a Trump/Pence flag [sic, it’s a yard sign, not a flag] on display, “With mouse traps on the backside…lol!”
The sign is pictured, put up near a house with mousetraps attached to the backside of the sign (presumably a deterrent against theft). That would work for a Biden/Harris sign as well.
Morning Lizardim from the wild north country, as a late summer thunderstorm passes overhead.
re: #101 Eventual Carrion
As opposed to “on-time” tRump.
Trump is never late, nor is he early; he arrives precisely when he means to.
So Fox is going to call the election for Trump on election Night based on in-person vote tallies. Then Trump will challenge as many mail-in ballots as he can so the issue goes to the courts.
It’s the only way he can win, and again, he cannot afford to lose.
It’s a Texas Goat Rodeo! (Juanita Jean’s)
Back in July, Gov. Abbott extended early voting in the November election by one week. Early voting will begin October 13th instead of Oct. 19.
Well, here it is late September and The Quorum Report - behind paywall - is reporting this morning under breaking news that Texas Republican Party State Chairman Allen West (yes, that Allen West), “Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, conservative activist Dr. Steve Hotze, Sen. Charles Perry, Sen. Donna Campbell, and others have signed onto a lawsuit against GOP Gov. Greg Abbott focused on his decision to extend early voting in Texas.”
No shoot, Sherlock, they are going to the Texas Supreme Court, who took “Equal Justice Under the Law” off the court building and replaced it with “Attilas the Huns” once they seated nine far right conservatives on the bench.
They waited until campaign materials were printed, people to work the polls were hired, locations were reserved, and things would get real crazy if you change things that are written in print and hanging on peoples’ refrigerators doors. And then, and only then, did they want to shorten early voting time.
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re: #104 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
It’s a Texas Goat Rodeo! (Juanita Jean’s)
and so it begins…
it is all so transparent and inevitable that it makes me cringe
re: #93 dangerman
ps
more proof that they don’t want you to vote.
Amendment 4 on the Florida ballot this year is an interesting piece of conservative fuquery.
Florida Amendment 4, Require Constitutional Amendments to be Passed Twice Initiative (2020) (Ballotpedia)
It is what it says on the tin. If the amendment passes, it would require any state constitutional amendment to be approved by voters in a second general election to be passed.
re: #105 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
and so it begins…
it is all so transparent and inevitable that it makes me cringe
Juanita Jean Herownself seems happy about it.
And then, to add a third ring to this circus, they went to the Texas Supreme Court, which I may have mentioned is total Republican. Four of the nine of them are up for reelection and face a strong challenge by four Democratic women with sparkling credentials and a boatload of money. So, no matter which way the four of them rule, they are going to piss off this group of Republicans or that group of Republicans. If nothing else, Democrats will know their names when they go vote and what they do for a living, which is something judges like to hide now that Texas doesn’t have straight ticket voting.
Oh Lordy, this is going to be fun. You know, in fights like these, I always say it’s sad that one side has to be the winner. But no, Texas Republicans have been kind enough to give us a case when both Republican sides lose no matter what happens.
re: #106 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Amendment 4 on the Florida ballot this year is an interesting piece of conservative fuquery.
Florida Amendment 4, Require Constitutional Amendments to be Passed Twice Initiative (2020) (Ballotpedia)
It is what it says on the tin. If the amendment passes, it would require any state constitutional amendment to be approved by voters in a second general election to be passed.
The, “We’ve got our state perfectly fucked up and we don’t want any upstarts coming along to fix it” amendment.
Every time I get too concerned about our democracy and a peaceful transfer of power, I remind myself that Ben Sasse is still in the Senate.
— Isaac Chotiner (@IChotiner) September 23, 2020
I’m off to bed. I’ll catch y’all later.
You’ve already heard about dictatorships using AI for oppression.
But here’s a reverse clapback: #FreeBelarus pro-democracy uprising deploys AI to make the dictator accountable. https://t.co/AYHw9Q3AKP— Maksym Eristavi (@MaximEristavi) September 24, 2020
Here’s some digital unmasking that the Belarusians are doing (video in Russian, but kinda self-explanatory). Could come in handy in other places.
Something tells me that Durham’s investigation is not hitting the paydirt they’d hoped for:
‘Highly unusual’: Bill Barr’s Russiagate prosecutor expands probe to include Clinton Foundation https://t.co/ZUr5ptOL9q
— Raw Story (@RawStory) September 24, 2020
re: #112 Targetpractice
Something tells me that Durham’s investigation is not hitting the paydirt they’d hoped for:
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This is going to ruin Hillary’s chances in this election.
re: #112 Targetpractice
Something tells me that Durham’s investigation is not hitting the paydirt they’d hoped for:
Keep digging until you find something!
That is what gave us the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal…
I would think this was a parody account of an ignorant person if I didn’t know John Roberts personally and can attest that nope, this is who he is. https://t.co/cfma6vSBGa
— Soledad O’Brien (@soledadobrien) September 24, 2020
re: #115 Patricia Kayden
What the actual fuck does that even mean?
re: #116 A Mom Anon
What the actual fuck does that even mean?
Shortage of drumsticks at Thanksgiving.
re: #117 Decatur Deb
Scientists did succeed in breeding an eight-legged turkey but no-one could ever catch one so it was not a commercial success.
re: #116 A Mom Anon
What the actual fuck does that even mean?
Listened to too much Iron Maiden (Seventh son of a seventh son) with the volume at 12.
re: #112 Targetpractice
From The NY Times it seems like they aren’t investing the Clinton Foundation, they are investigating the FBI agents that were investigating the Foundation:
Mr. Durham, the U.S. attorney in Connecticut assigned by Mr. Barr to review the Russia inquiry, has sought documents and interviews about how federal law enforcement officials handled an investigation around the same time into allegations of political corruption at the Clinton Foundation, according to people familiar with the matter.
Mr. Durham’s team members have suggested to others that they are comparing the two investigations as well as examining whether investigators in the Russia inquiry flouted laws or policies. It was not clear whether Mr. Durham’s investigators were similarly looking for violations in the Clinton Foundation investigation, nor whether the comparison would be included or play a major role in the outcome of Mr. Durham’s inquiry.
The approach is highly unusual, according to people briefed on the investigation. Though the suspected crimes themselves are not comparable — one involves a possible conspiracy between a presidential campaign and a foreign adversary to interfere in an election, and the other involves potential bribery and corruption — and largely included different teams of investigators and prosecutors, Mr. Durham’s efforts suggest the scope of his review is broader than previously known.
Bold on my part. The delay might be because they opened up a Pandora’s Box of high corruption.
This isn’t Durham’s first rodeo.
nytimes.com
re: #119 BlueSpotinAL
Do NOT blame Mr. Dickinson and company for that madness! Blasphemer! 😜
Now it is raining here, but not assertively. It must be a Beta storm.
re: #119 BlueSpotinAL
Listened to too much Iron Maiden (Seventh son of a seventh son) with the volume at 12.
BTW, in the context of the ‘Maiden lyrics, the 7th son of the 7th son isn’t a good thing, no?
re: #115 Patricia Kayden
Just learned something I didn’t know about Judge Amy Coney Barrett. She is the oldest of 7 children. Which makes the fact that she has 7 children of her own a natural fit.
If you oppose ACB, you hate Motherhood
re: #96 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The other fire affecting us is the Cameron Peak Fire near the Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. It’s burned over 104,000 acres and is 27% contained.
The park is currently open, but this is at the top of their Website.
The Cameron Peak Fire has been nasty for the AQ in Denver.
re: #72 Dread Pirate Ron
Every authoritarian needs their Emmanuel Goldstein. When Soros finally kicks the bucket of old age, I wonder who our right wing nutcases will acknowledge as the next puppet master of all nefarious things against “us” … Hillary, perhaps? Could she be the first female Emmanuel Goldstein?
re: #126 Florida Panhandler
Every authoritarian needs their Emmanuel Goldstein. When Soros finally kicks the bucket of old age, I wonder who our right wing nutcases will acknowledge as the next puppet master of all nefarious things against “us” … Hillary, perhaps? Could she be the first female Emmanuel Goldstein?
Surfeit of shicksatude.
Wait, you mean that’s not how media reports covered those incidents? They’re just random drivers actively driving vehicles through crowds because they were late for a date at Shoney’s?
— lawhawk #maskingforafriend (@lawhawk) September 24, 2020
A word to my fellow principled conservatives and Republicans: Voting for Biden doesn’t mean you agree with every position he holds or that you can’t oppose decisions he makes as president. It just means that you’re prioritizing the Constitution, truth & decency in this election.
— Evan McMullin (@EvanMcMullin) September 24, 2020
re: #120 Shropshire Slasher
They’re insinuating that Clintons are corrupt. That’s the goal. Make no mistake about this, the entire point of this “investigation” is the use of the Justice Department to settle scores by Trump against his political enemies.
re: #132 lawhawk
Hasn’t the Clinton Foundation received very high marks for how efficiently they spend their money and make sure it goes to the causes it is supposed to? Unlike say, a certain charity that literally got kicked out of New York?
re: #132 lawhawk
They’re insinuating that Clintons are corrupt. That’s the goal. Make no mistake about this, the entire point of this “investigation” is the use of the Justice Department to settle scores by Trump against his political enemies.
This could have the potential of a reverse Watergate, with the Democrats wandering the political desert for 30 years.
re: #131 Dave In Austin
Any word on the LV shooting suspect?
With the lack of shouts of “BLM terrorist!!!” from the usual shitstains I am thinking it was a white, FuckaBoo boy or some such.
re: #132 lawhawk
They’re insinuating that Clintons are corrupt. That’s the goal. Make no mistake about this, the entire point of this “investigation” is the use of the Justice Department to settle scores by Trump against his political enemies.
Oh, if only it were that simple. Durham’s investigation was supposed to be about allegations that the DOJ was being used by the Obama admin to actively kneecap Trump’s campaign through false allegations and illegal intelligence gathering. Now, at the 11th hour, suddenly Durham swings into a totally unrelated investigation involving Trump’s opponent. The picture they’re trying to paint is clear: The entire WH was corrupt, which means Biden is corrupt, which means at the very least he has knowledge of crimes he’s not divulging and at worst was an active participant in those crimes.
re: #134 Shropshire Slasher
Nope. The stupid report that they just issued said that they found nothing that shows any improper influence on the Obama administration including the Vice President.
Durham has always been described as a “man of integrity” who is “well regarded,” but we’ve heard the same thing about shitheels like Barr. Didn’t Durham basically give the CIA a pass on destroying torture tapes? I can’t remember exactly and don’t have time to look it up. Speaking of which, torture-woman herself leads the CIA—she’s not going to be any help in preserving democracy.
re: #129 lawhawk
Two separate domestic terrorists engaged in attempted mass killings by vehicle. Seems that this is the mode of violence of choice by right wing domestic terrorists who want to silence protesters of police violence.
they can claim that they were fleeing from an enraged mob (the one they had just driven into) and besides, they were just exercising their God-given Right of Way.
re: #136 Targetpractice
Oh, if only it were that simple. Durham’s investigation was supposed to be about allegations that the DOJ was being used by the Obama admin to actively kneecap Trump’s campaign through false allegations and illegal intelligence gathering. Now, at the 11th hour, suddenly Durham swings into a totally unrelated investigation involving Trump’s opponent. The picture they’re trying to paint is clear: The entire WH was corrupt, which means Biden is corrupt, which means at the very least he has knowledge of crimes he’s not divulging and at worst was an active participant in those crimes.
While tRump uses the DOJ to subvert the current election.
re: #134 Shropshire Slasher
This could have the potential of a reverse Watergate, with the Democrats wandering the political desert for 30 years.
The GOP intent is to corrupt the political process so completely that Democrats are powerless. It’s not merely slouching towards fascism and an authoritarian state, but running headlong into fascism with a goon in the WH who makes no effort to hide his intentions because he lies about so much in plain sight.
re: #137 A Mom Anon
Nope. The stupid report that they just issued said that they found nothing that shows any improper influence on the Obama administration including the Vice President.
Johnson’s “report” (if one can call it that) was basically a long list of “looks bad” allegations and unrelated horseshit that amounts to “Hunter Biden made money working for foreign companies and that was very bad.”
The coronavirus is surging once again across the U.S., with cases rising in 22 states over the past week,” Axios reports.
“There isn’t one big event or sudden occurrence that explains this increase. We simply have never done a very good job containing the virus, despite losing 200,000 lives in just the past six months, and this is what that persistent failure looks like.”
re: #143 dangerman
The coronavirus is surging once again across the U.S., with cases rising in 22 states over the past week,” Axios reports.
“There isn’t one big event or sudden occurrence that explains this increase. We simply have never done a very good job containing the virus, despite losing 200,000 lives in just the past six months, and this is what that persistent failure looks like.”
Persistent Failure is tall, overweight, wears a long red tie, has small hands, orange skin and artificially maintained hair.
Photo of the thing that failed to destroy Two Egg, FL last night. It’s about as big as an M1 Abrams, got within 27,000 km at 17,000 mph.
The online telescope site looks cool.
virtualtelescope.eu
The rats are turning on each other:
Matt Gaetz accuses GOP’s Kelly Loeffler of bribing Trump with $50 million to push out her opponent https://t.co/RSCDkmDscQ
— Raw Story (@RawStory) September 24, 2020
re: #95 ericblair
Think about how threads here tend to recirculate and reinforce despair and imagine it being anger instead
re: #149 Belafon
Think about how threads here tend to recirculate and reinforce despair and imagine it being anger instead
right now it is annoyance because Trump’s plan to challenge election results, throwing the outcome to the states or to the courts, is so transparent and ultimately inevitable…
OFFS:
‘You could die!’ CNN’s Camerota shocked when Trump supporter tells her he won’t take any vaccines https://t.co/Gyt3swFI4Z
— Raw Story (@RawStory) September 24, 2020
“I’m just not comfortable, myself in taking vaccines,” Roberts said. “I’d rather go just the all-natural way of like, okay, if I get it, I push through and hopefully I’ll get to the other side.”
Camerota seemed surprised by this statement.
“That is a big risk,” she said. “I mean, obviously, you could push through or you could die.”
“That is true,” Roberts admitted. “But I just think that if we constantly are taking vaccine, then our systems don’t know how to fight these things.”
This is the dumbing down of America in action: This moron has no idea how vaccines work and just assumes it’s something injected into your body to fight a disease in place of your own body’s immune response.
Ye gods.
Fat Donny has got the drools……
Belarus plans to punish opposition bloggers with criminal charges after President Alexander Lukashenko’s surprise inauguration triggered a night of protests, clashes and arrests https://t.co/rfHvXOpicK
— Bloomberg (@business) September 24, 2020
re: #153 Targetpractice
… “I’d rather go just the all-natural way of like, okay, if I get it, I push through and hopefully I’ll get to the other side.”…
It is possible to do free-fall from 13,000 feet “the all-natural way”, without a parachute deployment. Several people have managed the 200-G landing.
The 200,000 people we’ve lost to COVID-19 weren’t nobodies, Mr. President.
They were our parents and grandparents, sons and daughters, friends and co-workers.
They were Americans. pic.twitter.com/EcdaEiwgUS— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) September 24, 2020
Opinion: Democrats lay out a plan to halt the drift toward authoritarianism https://t.co/1jMC7iqUJj
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 23, 2020
re: #157 Belafon
Opinion: Democrats lay out a plan to halt the drift toward authoritarianism
they need to get proactive, because we all know what is coming…
re: #146 Targetpractice
Fuck ‘em all. They’re all corrupt as fuck. Loeffler especially. She profited personally and directly from insider info about covid19 while telling her state’s residents that there was nothing to worry about.
Sen. Duckworth introduces bill banning federal law enforcement from wearing camo that makes them look like soldiers https://t.co/DG066MrG1g
— Steve Beynon (@StevenBeynon) September 23, 2020
re: #157 Belafon
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Lay out plan to halt drift towards authoritarianism?
OR
Democrats are protecting Democracy while GOP is running headlong to fascism under Trump.
re: #146 Targetpractice
I’m rooting for injuries…. she really is awful. She also has a second Atilla the Hun commercial that’s even more idiotic than the first. She’s really going with “I’m farther right than Atilla the Hun” as her slogan. This race is nuts. There are two dozen candidates in the special election. It takes a 50 percent plus to win. No one has that percentage in polls. I’m pissed the other Dems have not stepped back to support Raphael Warnock. He’s our best candidate. What will probably end up happening is another special election after Nov 3. Loeffler isn’t popular, which means we could end up with fucking Doug Collins as senator.
Jon Ossoff is barely holding against David Perdue but it’s a fairly straightforward choice.
re: #160 Belafon
If you wanted to camouflage your forces for urban riot environments, you would dress them like fast-food workers.
re: #165 lawhawk
Naw…. homeless people.
It worked for the Bowery King. /half
If they dressed like the down-and-out, they might come over to our side.
re: #166 Decatur Deb
I think a light feminine pink would be perfect. With sequins. Maybe clown shoes.
re: #167 Rightwingconspirator
I think a light feminine pink would be perfact. With sequins. Maybe clown shoes.
I was going with skirmish lines of Ronald McDonalds.
Here’s what we know are some of Trump’s plans for victory:
-Make the mail late
-Call Biden’s win fake
-Maybe something with courts?
-Convince state legislators to just, you know, don’t let Biden win, or something.
Does this sound like a guy who thinks he’s winning?— Tentin Quarantino (@agraybee) September 23, 2020
Related:
As the 2016 election approached, then-candidate Donald Trump’s rhetoric escalated. He would lose only if there was fraud committed against him, he said at multiple points, and he regularly derided the process as “rigged.” …
When he won the election anyway, this idea that he had somehow been cheated persisted. After all, he had lost the popular vote, so he has repeatedly as president asserted that somehow millions of illegal votes were cast without being detected, enough to suggest that it was he, not Hillary Clinton, who was actually the choice of the overall electorate four years ago…
“Mr. President, real quickly, win, lose or draw in this election, will you commit here today for a peaceful transfer of power after the election?” a reporter asked. He noted various incidents of violence that have occurred in recent weeks, apparently to demonstrate the elevated national temperature. “Will you commit to making sure that there is a peaceful transferral of power after the election?”
Trump’s answer was not reassuring.
“Well,” he began, “we’re going to have to see what happens.”…
“We want to have—” Trump continued, before changing direction. “Get rid of the ballots and you’ll have a very trans — we’ll have a very peaceful—”
We’ll awkwardly interject here to illustrate how Trump’s thought process was probably playing out. His argument, which he seems perhaps to actually believe, is that mail-in ballots are subject to massive fraud, which is not at all demonstrably true. Since those ballots will be counted after Election Day, he views them (or, at least, hopes America views them) as suspect. While counting the ballots is obviously necessary to determine the will of voters, Trump argues that the inclusion of those ballots is itself an act that introduces instability and uncertainty, a factor that will erode public confidence in the count. Again, this is only because he incorrectly claims that these ballots are subject to rampant fraud, but that’s his position.
But he doesn’t really finish that thought before he realizes what he’s about to say. He begins, “We’ll have a very peaceful—” But the only way to end that sentence is with “transfer of power.” And the only way you have a transfer of power is if he loses. And he can’t admit he loses. So, instead, he abruptly transitions.
“There won’t be a transfer, frankly,” he continued. “There’ll be a continuation.”…
Fat Donny is at the SCOTUS. I’m going to be pissed if he touches that coffin.
Still giving cover to Trump, because the winner is determined not on November 3 but when the votes counts are officially reported to the EC in December.
— lawhawk #maskingforafriend (@lawhawk) September 24, 2020
The president is a lunatic with a microphone.
The president is a lunatic who has his finger on the nuclear button.
The president is incompetent and killed 200,000+ Americans with his failed covid19 response.
But the GOP will cover for his crimes and incompetence no matter what.— lawhawk #maskingforafriend (@lawhawk) September 24, 2020
Trump is now at the Supreme Court getting taunted by the crowd shouting Vote him out.
Trump at Supreme Court. Driven back inside by chants of “Vote him out!”. Well done. pic.twitter.com/Ab9CXZFvGR
— Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) September 24, 2020
re: #171 lawhawk
I want to give McConnell as little credit as possible, but the election is November third, and no election was actually determined on election night, so following every other election means this one won’t be either.
re: #170 Dave In Austin
He stood there for a couple minutes while people on the walkway below the stairs shouted VOTE HIM OUT. Heh. Then he and Melanoma turned around and left. He was there maybe a couple of minutes tops.
re: #175 A Mom Anon
He stood there for a couple minutes while people on the walkway below the stairs shouted VOTE HIM OUT. Heh. Then he and Melanoma turned around and left. He was there maybe a couple of minutes tops.
Good, RBG didn’t need his stench around her coffin anyway.
re: #176 Eventual Carrion
They weren’t even near the coffin. They stood on the top step outside the door. I don’t even think they took a second to even lay flowers on her coffin or show any sort of anything but stand there.
re: #171 lawhawk
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The media needs to be ready for the reality that every time they declare a state “won” by Trump, he’s going to use that to contest the results by declaring that only the votes counted on Nov 3rd matter.
About state legislative races this year:
Democrats are fielding more than 2,000 [new] legislative candidates this year while Republicans have put forth just 1,700, indicating a possible enthusiasm gap between the parties. The gulf is much smaller, though, than it was in 2018, when more than 2,600 Democrats ran for state legislatures nationwide versus just 1,300 Republicans (albeit for a somewhat different set of seats). Partly, though, that reflects Democrats’ success two years ago: The party went into the midterms controlling less than 43% of legislative seats up that year but now holds 47% of all seats on the ballot in November.
re: #179 Belafon
I’ve been thinking about running for something locally but I have zero experience and have been a full time mom/homemaker for over 25 years. And this is Georgia which means dealing with some truly horrible republicans. I’d also guess I would get death threats along with my family. I’m investigating if there’s any way I qualify for any office.
re: #180 A Mom Anon
I’ve been thinking about running for something locally but I have zero experience and have been a full time mom/homemaker for over 25 years. And this is Georgia which means dealing with some truly horrible republicans. I’d also guess I would get death threats along with my family. I’m investigating if there’s any way I qualify for any office.
Check first with your party rules. Ours make it very difficult for someone without a lot of on-hand cash to run.
re: #169 Belafon
Here’s what we know are some of Trump’s plans for victory:
-Make the mail late
-Call Biden’s win fake
-Maybe something with courts?
-Convince state legislators to just, you know, don’t let Biden win, or something.Does this sound like a guy who thinks he’s winning?
He won the last time by gaming the system.
He has to game it a lot more aggressively this time as he has gotten people’s dander up and can no longer count on apathy and indifference to suppress the vote in his favor.
But this time around he he has not only a criminal organization and a foreign government working for him, but also the full powers of the Executive Branch at his disposal.
We need to be prepared for a clusterfucking goat rodeo of an election such as nobody has ever seen.
re: #182 Decatur Deb
I’m thinking of school board or something like that. We so need someone here who gets why special education is so important and deserves proper funding and pay for those teachers. I was also thinking of contacting Emily’s List for some advice.
Here’s a website you might find helpful…
re: #73 piratedan
well, she could shut the fuck up about the filibuster and stop believing that this is 1983… and I don’t mean this as DiFi as a woman, but she has a peculiar habit about being a traditionalist regarding Senate procedures at the absolute worse times and maybe that’s based on the press asking her certain questions in certain ways to get an anticipated response but if she wants to make an impact on Judiciary, she should be keeping receipts on all of the GOP toadies who have been granted access into the courts and be ready to impeach them once a Dem administration comes to pass. After all the GOP is throwing people into the judiciary who’ve never been in a courtroom, tried a case and are even under censure for behavior. I would much rather have DiFi weigh in on that (not that she would ever get asked).
The Senate does not impeach judges (or anyone else), the House does.
re: #177 A Mom Anon
They weren’t even near the coffin. They stood on the top step outside the door. I don’t even think they took a second to even lay flowers on her coffin or show any sort of anything but stand there.
He must have forgotten his bible this time. Strange, I thought he would barely have put it down, being such a devoted reader n all.
Be ready for some grievance Twitter-on-the-shitter to fix his poor bruised ego.
re: #187 ericblair
He must have forgotten his bible this time. Strange, I thought he would barely have put it down, being such a devoted reader n all.
Be ready for some grievance Twitter-on-the-shitter to fix his poor bruised ego.
He must have thought it would look less like he was dancing on her grave (and her dying request) if he appeared at her funeral.
fucker.
Comeback level: expert
The Special Victims Unit will be coming for you soon. https://t.co/aqAKNZUFvm
— Rick Tyler-Still Right (@rickwtyler) September 24, 2020
About Trump and his threat to not transition peacefully should he lose: We all know the man is full of bluster but usually backs down from his crazy claims once shit starts to get real. He may well have made the statement just to appear tough and macho and try to get some people to vote for him.
I know this is Trump and I know we have to take it seriously, but the man has a long history of being more show than go.
That said, no one knows for sure what is going to happen so I think it’s important we all start mentally preparing for how we’d deal with a second Trump term.
Then do everything we can to PREVENT that from happening.
re: #189 Interesting Times
LAW & ORDER!
= Police should be exempt from consequences for use of excessive force against Antifas, BLM or dark-skinned, leftist-liberal people in general.
He doesn’t seem scared at all…
Sleepy Joe Biden just closed down his campaign for the day (Again). Wants to rest! He is a very LOW ENERGY INDIVIDUAL, and our Country cannot make it in these exciting, but complex and competitive times, with a Low Energy President !!!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 24, 2020
re: #191 Eclectic Cyborg
again, he knows that he cannot afford to lose
he is a criminal and will not shy away from doing criminal things to avoid prosecution
re: #141 lawhawk
The GOP intent is to corrupt the political process so completely that Democrats are powerless. It’s not merely slouching towards fascism and an authoritarian state, but running headlong into fascism with a goon in the WH who makes no effort to hide his intentions because he lies about so much in plain sight.
The Red Rose Ratfuckers are blaming Democrats for everything that the Republicans are doing.
Donald Trump & his Kremlin handlers want you to BELIEVE that he will overthrow the election results & stay in power. They want you to give up & not vote. #VoteLikeYourLifeDependsOnIt #BidenHarris #VoteBlueToSaveAmerica #BlueWave #Resist #GOPCorruption #Propaganda pic.twitter.com/SJxU9vzzSu
— #VoteBlue Blueberry Pie (@Pie_Overlord) September 24, 2020
re: #193 Eclectic Cyborg
He doesn’t seem scared at all…
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Huckaboo was on Faux earlier, and one of the comments she made was to blame the media for “lowering the bar” for Biden in the debates.
Tell me, does this look like a guy who is trying to build up his opponent so that knocking him down will look more spectacular?
re: #193 Eclectic Cyborg
He doesn’t seem scared at all…
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Why is Joe Biden sticking with a strategy that has built him a large and consistent lead rather than adopting a different one that would be more entertaining for the campaign press corps?
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) September 24, 2020
I bet OANN will call the election for Trump by about 10 PM on 11/3.
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re: #170 Dave In Austin
Fat Donny is at the SCOTUS. I’m going to be pissed if he touches that coffin.
This is what will happen if he touches it.
re: #195 The Pie Overlord!
The Red Rose Ratfuckers are blaming Democrats for everything that the Republicans are doing.
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Antifa Anne, I doubt you can vote from Moscow, but the rest of us are voting to get him out of power because WE are going to stop him.
President Trump and @FLOTUS Melania Trump pay thier respects as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lies in Repose at the U.S. Supreme Court. #SCOTUS
Protesters chant: “Vote him out!” and “Honor her wish!” pic.twitter.com/uJ88bD98uc— CSPAN (@cspan) September 24, 2020
re: #201 The Pie Overlord!
Well, at least the asshole actually wore a mask.
re: #191 Eclectic Cyborg
About Trump and his threat to not transition peacefully should he lose: We all know the man is full of bluster but usually backs down from his crazy claims once shit starts to get real. He may well have made the statement just to appear tough and macho and try to get some people to vote for him.
I know this is Trump and I know we have to take it seriously, but the man has a long history of being more show than go.
That said, no one knows for sure what is going to happen so I think it’s important we all start mentally preparing for how we’d deal with a second Trump term.
Then do everything we can to PREVENT that from happening.
in the end he is always the coward
re: #198 Eclectic Cyborg
I bet OANN will call the election for Trump by about 10 PM on 11/3.
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Why wait for Nov. 3?
re: #196 Targetpractice
Huckaboo was on Faux earlier, and one of the comments she made was to blame the media for “lowering the bar” for Biden in the debates.
Tell me, does this look like a guy who is trying to build up his opponent so that knocking him down will look more spectacular?
the media didnt lower the bar for biden
trump did that all by himself.
That this is even something that you - the Senate majority leader (not for long) - need to address represents a staggering, unprecedented failure on your part in ensuring the public’s basic trust in its government & political system.
You own this, in its anti-American entirety.— Disloyal Arch (@Arch_LGF) September 24, 2020
re: #207 (((Archangel1)))
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The winner of the November 3rd election will be inaugurated on January 20th. There will be an orderly transition just as there has been every four years since 1792.
— Leader McConnell (@senatemajldr) September 24, 2020
I fear the holiday season is really going to suck this year.
<re: #134 Shropshire Slasher
This could have the potential of a reverse Watergate, with the Democrats wandering the political desert for 30 years.
And what 30 years are you talking about? Republicans regained the WH in 1980. There was no political desert after Watergate. In any case, Barr is a fascist piece of trash who is searching for any lies to discredit Democrats; only a brain dead cult member (of which there are tens of millions of Americans) would believe anything that he says.
re: #209 Eclectic Cyborg
I fearthe holiday season is really going to suck this year.
We have a virus that is killing thousands and keeping people apart, and weakening people so that more will die from the flue than usual; and a pivotal election. It’s going to be a rough end of the year.
re: #180 A Mom Anon
I’ve been thinking about running for something locally but I have zero experience and have been a full time mom/homemaker for over 25 years. And this is Georgia which means dealing with some truly horrible republicans. I’d also guess I would get death threats along with my family. I’m investigating if there’s any way I qualify for any office.
Don’t sell yourself short. You’ve got lots of experience navigating government (and maybe private?) programs for your son. You’re not a homemaker; you’re a home manager. JFC, you’re probably more qualified for public office than Sarah Palin. Being a mayor and governor for a short time didn’t make her qualified to be VP, but it looked good on paper I guess. I think the problem a lot of people have is not seeing how skills they actually have transfer to other things. To me one of the biggest skills you need to run for office is self promotion. It’s a skill I lack for myself, but I’m kickass at promoting other smart, capable people.
re: #210 Hecuba’s daughter
Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Those who do not remember their past are condemned to repeat their mistakes. Those who do not read history are doomed to repeat it. Those who fail to learn from the mistakes of their predecessors are destined to repeat them.
re: #198 Eclectic Cyborg
I bet OANN will call the election for Trump by about 10 PM on 11/3.
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Hell, they’ll do it at 12:01am on 11/3.
re: #208 dangerman
mitch, define ‘winner’
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re: #212 Teddy’s Person ✌
Thanks for the encouragement. I’m 60, no college degree, out of the workforce for about 27 years. I also do not have any friends around here, so I don’t have a cheering section beyond my husband and son( who I haven’t talked about this with yet because I am trying to figure out what is actually required). I do know how to research and navigate things, but Lordy is that shit time consuming. And to do this and still run the household. My husband is medically fragile, my kid is autistic, I gotta figure out a plan for making as much work as possible and know what to delegate.
It sounds like I’m talking myself out of it, lol. But no, I am just making sure I am dealing with reality. It keeps waking me up at night, so I feel like I should at least see what’s possible.
re: #217 A Mom Anon
Thanks for the encouragement. I’m 60, no college degree, out of the workforce for about 27 years. I also do not have any friends around here, so I don’t have a cheering section beyond my husband and son( who I haven’t talked about this with yet because I am trying to figure out what is actually required). I do know how to research and navigate things, but Lordy is that shit time consuming. And to do this and still run the household. My husband is medically fragile, my kid is autistic, I gotta figure out a plan for making as much work as possible and know what to delegate.
It sounds like I’m talking myself out of it, lol. But no, I am just making sure I am dealing with reality. It keeps waking me up at night, so I feel like I should at least see what’s possible.
I look forward to hearing about your journey as you puzzle this out. Any time you need some virtual cheerleading, all you have to do is ask. Frankly, I’ll cheerlead without being asked.
re: #214 Shropshire Slasher
A fair point, one thing we must learn from history is that Trump’s crimes cannot simply be swept under the rug in an effort to “move forward.” That Congressional Dems cannot allow worry over “precedent” get in the way of the need for answers and for accountability.
guys its been more than a month since twitter booted bill mitchell and he hasn’t been on his youtube show in 2 months.
i am beginning to believe @CahnEmily’s theory that he was never real.— Oliver Willis (@owillis) September 24, 2020
re: #217 A Mom Anon
Skool board is a good start. I know you could be a very serious and vocal advocate for those under-represented in your district. I could definitely see you making a difference there.
re: #130 dangerman
Letter to the editor, today’s Philadelphia Inquirer (not from me but PA Republican)
re: #214 Shropshire Slasher
Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Those who do not remember their past are condemned to repeat their mistakes. Those who do not read history are doomed to repeat it. Those who fail to learn from the mistakes of their predecessors are destined to repeat them.
The lesson the Republicans learned from Watergate: Consistently lying, attacking the opposition, and supporting the President of your party no matter what their crimes is the surest route to preserve power.
As Hegel said: “We learn from history that we do not learn from history.”
It’s becoming more obvious that the plan is to declare the election “over” on Election Night, that any votes counted past midnight are “invalid,” and try to use the courts to overrule states who continue to count those “invalid” votes rather than simply certifying results that declare Trump the “winner.”
Belarus plans to punish opposition bloggers with criminal charges after President Alexander Lukashenko’s surprise inauguration triggered a night of protests, clashes and arrests https://t.co/rfHvXOpicK
— Bloomberg (@business) September 24, 2020
B̶e̶l̶a̶r̶u̶s̶ United States plans to punish opposition bloggers with criminal charges after President A̶l̶e̶x̶a̶n̶d̶e̶r̶ ̶L̶u̶k̶a̶s̶h̶e̶n̶k̶o̶’̶s̶ Donald Trump’s surprise inauguration triggered a night of protests, clashes and arrests.
re: #217 A Mom Anon
Thanks for the encouragement. I’m 60, no college degree, out of the workforce for about 27 years. I also do not have any friends around here, so I don’t have a cheering section beyond my husband and son( who I haven’t talked about this with yet because I am trying to figure out what is actually required). I do know how to research and navigate things, but Lordy is that shit time consuming. And to do this and still run the household. My husband is medically fragile, my kid is autistic, I gotta figure out a plan for making as much work as possible and know what to delegate.
It sounds like I’m talking myself out of it, lol. But no, I am just making sure I am dealing with reality. It keeps waking me up at night, so I feel like I should at least see what’s possible.
Just starting to think about running?
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re: #223 Hecuba’s daughter
The lesson the Republicans learned from Watergate: Consistently lying, attacking the opposition, and supporting the President of your party no matter what their crimes is the surest route to preserve power.
As Hegel said: “We learn from history that we do not learn from history.”
What Repubs learned from Watergate is that the answer to future scandals…was to stick together and gaslight the fuck out of the public. Portray impeachment not as the enforcement of the law, but a political process by the opposition using drummed up charges to attack a “successful” president as “payback” for an electoral loss. That all they need to do is deny the Dems the voted needed for removal and the public will eventually “move on.”
Theory: A number of Republicans in the House and Senate have contracted Covid at some point this year, but it has been kept under wraps so as not to ruin their public image.
re: #227 BeachDem
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re: #223 Hecuba’s daughter
The lesson the Republicans learned from Watergate: Consistently lying, attacking the opposition, and supporting the President of your party no matter what their crimes is the surest route to preserve power.
As Hegel said: “We learn from history that we do not learn from history.”
it’s not just ‘we do not learn from history’. Look at the media and their fond, fond memories of 2016. For a whole lot of our discourse, the problem is not learning the lessons of things like 2016, but learning the exact wrong lessons. The media has fully and lovingly embraced the role they had 2016, given Trump an even softer hand despite him ramping up the hatred and fearmongering toward them, committed even further to ‘both sides same thing’ and horse race coverage, given the GOP even more benefit of the doubt, etc. They only learned that they were ‘too harsh on Republicans’ and ‘not adversarial enough toward Dems’ because of fucking course.
re: #225 Targetpractice
It’s becoming more obvious that the plan is to declare the election “over” on Election Night, that any votes counted past midnight are “invalid,” and try to use the courts to overrule states who continue to count those “invalid” votes rather than simply certifying results that declare Trump the “winner.”
Except if Trump is behind on Election Night. Then he will have to adopt a different strategy. Maybe freeze counts in states where he is ahead and allow continued counts in states where he is behind? Maybe challenge any red state results that go for Biden? Interesting to see what stunt he pulls. Or maybe if he loses, take a plane to Moscow on November 3?
re: #230 A Mom Anon
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re: #233 Hecuba’s daughter
Except if Trump is behind on Election Night. Then he will have to adopt a different strategy. Maybe freeze counts in states where he is ahead and allow continued counts in states where he is behind? Maybe challenge any red state results that go for Biden? Interesting to see what stunt he pulls. Or maybe if he loses, take a plane to Moscow on November 3?
If he doesn’t “win” on Election Night, then it’s going to make court battles difficult to impossible. There’s virtually no way for the courts to rule that some states can continue to count until Trump “wins,” but others must stop as soon as he’s “won.” Bush v. Gore only addressed a recount, not the counting of votes received by the state’s deadline.
re: #231 Citizen K
it’s not just ‘we do not learn from history’. Look at the media and their fond, fond memories of 2016. For a whole lot of our discourse, the problem is not learning the lessons of things like 2016, but learning the exact wrong lessons. The media has fully and lovingly embraced the role they had 2016, given Trump an even softer hand despite him ramping up the hatred and fearmongering toward them, committed even further to ‘both sides same thing’ and horse race coverage, given the GOP even more benefit of the doubt, etc. They only learned that they were ‘too harsh on Republicans’ and ‘not adversarial enough toward Dems’ because of fucking course.
Wrong for whom?
Wrong for the good of our country? Well yes. 1000 x yes!
Wrong for the profitability of their publication? No way. Very helpful for them in fact.
“Because they hate my guts.” pic.twitter.com/yLFrXk4qzP
— Disloyal Arch (@Arch_LGF) September 24, 2020
re: #197 b.d. (Competence 2020!)
Why is Joe Biden sticking with a strategy that has built him a large and consistent lead rather than adopting a different one that would be more entertaining for the campaign press corps?
He will pay dearly for this…ratings first!
re: #225 Targetpractice
It’s becoming more obvious that the plan is to declare the election “over” on Election Night, that any votes counted past midnight are “invalid,” and try to use the courts to overrule states who continue to count those “invalid” votes rather than simply certifying results that declare Trump the “winner.”
And he can try, and Biden will stand up and say that it’s not over until every vote is counted, and 2/3 of the country will agree.
The only way Trump will win is if we let him get away with it.
Loud boos and chants of “Vote him out!” as Trump visits Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s casket pic.twitter.com/5ZhsaYW8iN
— Eric Morrow (@morroweric) September 24, 2020
Already was upset this morning…and now my main Dr has died from COVID…
re: #242 🌹UOJB!
So sorry to hear this. Sigh.
Doctor Who actor Tom Baker honoured by scientists who name a 450 million-year-old trilobite after him
Australian experts named the newly-discovered species ‘Gravicalymene bakeri’
The specimen was found preserved within the shale rocks of Northern Tasmania
Both experts said they were inspired to study science by watching Doctor Who
Mr Baker said that he was ‘delighted’ to have the creature in recognition of him
re: #242 🌹UOJB!
Already was upset this morning…and now my main Dr has died from COVID…
How dreadful! You have lost so many in your life to this dreadful disease.
It does demonstrate how dangerous repeated and prolonged exposure is. So many health care workers have perished, even many who are young.
re: #245 Hecuba’s daughter
How dreadful! You have lost so many in your life to this dreadful disease.
It does demonstrate how dangerous repeated and prolonged exposure is. So many health care workers have perished, even many who are young.
AND THERE ARE STILL ASSHOLES WHO INSIST THAT THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS COVID!
OMG I HAVE TO MAKE THESE
There are no words for this level of perfection.
Get the recipe for Pecan Pie Brownies: https://t.co/iTHQ8ptbmr pic.twitter.com/rQEa7pDBz0
Gathered 3 lbs 4 Oz of green figs this morning from my tree. And I just planted a Russian Red pomegranate tree. All these ‘tropical’ Fruits growing in MD.
Ah, but have you considered the more important news? pic.twitter.com/FNl109Swuu
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) September 24, 2020
BREAKING: Nearly 500 generals, admirals and fmr national security officials from both parties just endorsed Joe Biden
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) September 24, 2020
re: #30 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
My hatred of black licorice is vindicated. Red licorice is the only way to go.
Red licorice is not licorice.
re: #235 Targetpractice
If he doesn’t “win” on Election Night, then it’s going to make court battles difficult to impossible. There’s virtually no way for the courts to rule that some states can continue to count until Trump “wins,” but others must stop as soon as he’s “won.” Bush v. Gore only addressed a recount, not the counting of votes received by the state’s deadline.
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re: #249 Citizen K
This is the difference between media criticism from the left and from the right:
I say page A15 is insufficient for the president threatening not to allow a peaceful transition of power.
Ben Shapiro says it’s excessive.
The NYT *adores* Shapiro. https://t.co/WclrVmxXdE pic.twitter.com/zKwNXNBXlQ— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) September 24, 2020
I look forward to the NYT issuing a very serious apology for ever making a story on that, because clearly Ben Shapiro’s opinion counts for infinitely more than any dirty fucking lying lib lib’s.
re: #248 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Gathered 3 lbs 4 Oz of green figs this morning from my tree. And I just planted a Russian Red pomegranate tree. All these ‘tropical’ Fruits growing in MD.
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re: #240 Belafon
And he can try, and Biden will stand up and say that it’s not over until every vote is counted, and 2/3 of the country will agree.
The only way Trump will win is if we let him get away with it.
THIS
re: #253 Citizen K
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I look forward to the NYT issuing a very serious apology for ever making a story on that, because clearly Ben Shapiro’s opinion counts for infinitely more than any dirty fucking lying lib lib’s.
From what I understand, Fox has been trying to memory-hole the whole thing. So, the extended nazi-verse has decided that this is Not Helpful.
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— BBC Earth (@BBCEarth) September 23, 2020
Suspect charged in shooting that injured 2 LMPD officers downtown
A suspect is in custody after two Louisville Metro police officers were wounded in a shooting Wednesday evening downtown.
He’s been identified as Larynzo Johnson. He’s charged with 14 counts of wanton endangerment on police officer and two counts of assault on police officer.
re: #250 (((Archangel1)))
BREAKING: Nearly 500 generals, admirals and fmr national security officials from both parties just endorsed Joe Biden
Deep State loyalty. And Soros payoffs…
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re: #253 Citizen K
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I look forward to the NYT issuing a very serious apology for ever making a story on that, because clearly Ben Shapiro’s opinion counts for infinitely more than any dirty fucking lying lib lib’s.
CNN certainly gave it major play on its online front page:
re: #242 🌹UOJB!
Already was upset this morning…and now my main Dr has died from COVID…
When my wife fell ill with COVID-19 we had two video consultations with our GP in the first week, but he was unavailable for the 3rd. Only weeks later did we learn that he was in intensive care (in an artificial coma for a month, followed by 2 months of what the French call “re-education”, relearning to breath, walk and so on) happily he survived.
I feel for your loss.
Let’s talk about your son-in-Law who actually *works* in your administration AND has a security clearance (neither of which were true for Hunter). #GOPCorruption #TrumpCrimeFamily #DictatorTrump #VoteBlue2020 #BidenHarris #VoteBlueDownBallot #VoteBlueToEndThisNightmare https://t.co/cf0sUnfdyC
— 🇺🇸 American Promise 💙 (@Dem_4_Good) September 24, 2020
— Voodoo Pork (@Voodoo_Pork) September 24, 2020
re: #227 BeachDem
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re: #265 Mike Lamb
Who wouldn’t locomote like that if they could?
…jump up, jump back, I think you’ve got the knack…
re: #264 Ace-o-aces
That is funny as hell. I know it’s also appalling, but let’s see how this shit gets spun by wingnuts. And isn’t Tucker Carlson connected to the Daily Caller somehow?
re: #268 A Mom Anon
That is funny as hell. I know it’s also appalling, but let’s see how this shit gets spun by wingnuts. And isn’t Tucker Carlson connected to the Daily Caller somehow?
Yep, he’s a cofounder.
re: #245 Hecuba’s daughter
How dreadful! You have lost so many in your life to this dreadful disease.
It does demonstrate how dangerous repeated and prolonged exposure is. So many health care workers have perished, even many who are young.
I’m trying to find a definitive count of the number of health care workers who have died of Covid-19. It’s hard to find.
People like this vote, even though they think they others shouldn’t.
Unpopular opinion: too many people are allowed to vote. And yes, as a woman, I would support repealing the 19th amendment.
— Aspiring Housewife 🇺🇸 (@westerninfidel) September 21, 2020
re: #268 A Mom Anon
That is funny as hell. I know it’s also appalling, but let’s see how this shit gets spun by wingnuts. And isn’t Tucker Carlson connected to the Daily Caller somehow?
“Press credentials? These?”
re: #271 The Pie Overlord!
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re: #270 garzooma
I’m trying to find a definitive count of the number of health care workers who have died of Covid-19. It’s hard to find.
I think The Guardian had something on this recently .
re: #270 garzooma
I’m trying to find a definitive count of the number of health care workers who have died of Covid-19. It’s hard to find.
You might be able to find an approximate reported number.
We’ll never know the real number.
This is part of Donald’s sociopathic con game - putting it right out in the open, shoving it in our faces. Imagine the sick rush he gets from doing this. https://t.co/fKevJEcHLE
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 24, 2020
re: #277 Charles Johnson
Nevermind that it hasn’t been definitely established if it’s even legal for him to vote in Florida.
re: #278 Eclectic Cyborg
Nevermind that it hasn’t been definitely established if it’s even legal for him to vote in Florida.
It’s clear that Trump has no idea where he votes. He went to vote by mail when he was living in NYC because he couldn’t remember his proper polling place.
Now, he’s supposedly living at Mar a Lago, but that’s not a valid residence for purposes of a ballot. That technically means that NYC is still his proper polling place.
I wouldn’t be surprised in the slightest if we come to learn that he tried voting in both NY and FL.
re: #271 The Pie Overlord!
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I don’t know why, but I clicked over to see her profile. there’s… um… a lot going on there.
re: #279 lawhawk
It’s clear that Trump has no idea where he votes. He went to vote by mail when he was living in NYC because he couldn’t remember his proper polling place.
Now, he’s supposedly living at Mar a Lago, but that’s not a valid residence for purposes of a ballot. That technically means that NYC is still his proper polling place.
I wouldn’t be surprised in the slightest if we come to learn that he tried voting in both NY and FL.
Depends… he may not be eligible to vote at all, he’s publicly declared that NY is no longer his state of residence, so he might not be able to vote there. And if MAL isn’t a legal residential address, then he might not be able to vote in Florida either.
Of course, knowing the criminality projection complex that is Trump, he’ll probably try and vote in both states.
re: #281 KGxvi
Depends… he may not be eligible to vote at all, he’s publicly declared that NY is no longer his state of residence, so he might not be able to vote there. And if MAL isn’t a legal residential address, then he might not be able to vote in Florida either.
Of course, knowing the criminality projection complex that is Trump, he’ll probably try and vote in both states.
And then the NYAG can add to her charges against him.
Taxpayer paid White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany begins her briefing in the taxpayer-operated White House briefing room with this:
“The radicals are in control of the Democrat Party.”— Jonathan Allen (@jonallendc) September 24, 2020
huh weird she probably just picked those states at random https://t.co/4YsctjiPXF
— Sam Adams (@SamuelAAdams) September 24, 2020
Welp. Our ballots were supposedly mailed on the 18th. They did not come in today’s mail either. Almost a week. The county offices are about 5 miles from here. They should have arrived by now.
look, I may not agree with the way our president is meddling with our election process, but he is our leader and I will defend to the death his right to be crushed in a landslide, arrested, stripped of his wealth, tried for his crimes and thrown straight the fuck into prison
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) September 24, 2020
You’re lying your ass off and relying on Daily Caller as your proof is spreading their misinformation.
Reality: Florida voted to allow felons to vote. GOPers sought to stop this by initiating a modern day poll tax. You just can’t stand that Bloomberg’s called your scam.— lawhawk #maskingforafriend (@lawhawk) September 24, 2020
Discarded the barber, threw away the comb, have a mandolin and I give lecturers on astrophysics!
What do I call my touring road show? pic.twitter.com/lfI1Alfvd3— John Moffitt 🌊🌊 (@JohnRMoffitt) September 24, 2020
Voting in Biden will not solve everything overnight, no. It’s not contingent on him to solve it overnight. It will be contingent on him to help facilitate fixing it in the longer run. I can at least trust that.
The election is not the fucking finish line. It’s the starting gun.— Citizen K Dissents (@Citizen_Kryptik) September 24, 2020
re: #280 KGxvi
I don’t know why, but I clicked over to see her profile. there’s… um… a lot going on there.
This seems to be a widespread view among a certain group of religious fanatics. The 21st century Phyllis Schlafly — women should be silent and know their place, except when they parrot patriarchal talking points.
— Disloyal Arch (@Arch_LGF) September 24, 2020
re: #287 lawhawk
But it’s not every felon. It’s just those which have been specifically identified as Biden voters.
So the GOP can pay off the debts of felons identified as Trump supporters…
re: #285 A Mom Anon
Welp. Our ballots were supposedly mailed on the 18th. They did not come in today’s mail either. Almost a week. The county offices are about 5 miles from here. They should have arrived by now.
Voting absentee by mail here requires that you buy 4 first-class stamps to mail the application (1) and ballot overpack (3) to the county. The post office is 600 yards from the county’s Absentee Voting desk.
re: #278 Eclectic Cyborg
Nevermind that it hasn’t been definitely established if it’s even legal for him to vote in Florida.
You got desantis and barr.
It’s legal
re: #287 lawhawk
My question: if Bloomberg pays for the fees for a felon, who pays income taxes on that amount? Is it Bloomberg who pays gift taxes or the felon (who probably has no money)?
re: #284 jaunte
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— Sam Adams (@SamuelAAdams) September 24, 2020
“The president wants…”
Elections are run by the states
re: #295 Hecuba’s daughter
Bloomberg’s not paying any fees greater than $1,500 as far as I can tell. The threshold on the federal gift tax is $15,000 lifetime from any one person.
So, there’s little chance that any of these people would have to pay the tax at all.
re: #209 Eclectic Cyborg
I fear the holiday season is really going to suck this year.
All I want is a Biden/Harris presidency.
re: #290 Hecuba’s daughter
This seems to be a widespread view among a certain group of religious fanatics. The 21st century Phyllis Schlafly — women should be silent and know their place, except when they parrot patriarchal talking points.
They don’t need to repeal the amendment
Just don’t vote
As has been said,
What they want is for other women not to be able to vote
re: #298 jeffreyw
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We have had this brush pile going for 30 years or so. I try to toss everything on the top, often failing.
I think I found California’s Forest Raker.
re: #287 lawhawk
Is he … trying to imitate DT’s HAIR? gag
re: #295 Hecuba’s daughter
My question: if Bloomberg pays for the fees for a felon, who pays income taxes on that amount? Is it Bloomberg who pays gift taxes or the felon (who probably has no money)?
If it was bloomberg directly it would be a gift.
Gift tax is a pittance /rounding error to him
Since the money was fundraised it’s a little unclear
While the fines are obviously a lot of money to the exfelons, as taxble income effect still probably negligible
re: #297 lawhawk
Bloomberg’s not paying any fees greater than $1,500 as far as I can tell. The threshold on the federal gift tax is $15,000 lifetime from any one person.
So, there’s little chance that any of these people would have to pay the tax at all.
Gmta
re: #187 ericblair
He must have forgotten his bible this time. Strange, I thought he would barely have put it down, being such a devoted reader n all.
Be ready for some grievance Twitter-on-the-shitter to fix his poor bruised ego.
Just be glad that Trump didn’t order Barr to order someone to teargas the crowd so that he could approach the coffin without “fear”.
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re: #297 lawhawk
Bloomberg’s not paying any fees greater than $1,500 as far as I can tell. The threshold on the federal gift tax is $15,000 lifetime from any one person.
So, there’s little chance that any of these people would have to pay the tax at all.
The $15k is per each individual giver/recipient combo and is per year, not lifetime. The lifetime limit is about $5 million now, and only kicks in if the $15k limit is exceeded in a year and is then usually taken from the givers estate tax exemption.
re: #298 jeffreyw
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We have had this brush pile going for 30 years or so. I try to toss everything on the top, often failing.
I’ve been told that is an explosion just waiting to happen…
re: #308 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’ve been told that is an explosion just waiting to happen…
In Oregon, it would be an explosion of blackberries.
re: #295 Hecuba’s daughter
My question: if Bloomberg pays for the fees for a felon, who pays income taxes on that amount? Is it Bloomberg who pays gift taxes or the felon (who probably has no money)?
I’m no tax attorney, but it is not considered as income because the felon never had possession of the money nor does he/she receive any property, merchandise, or service benefit from it.
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