As the Senate hears testimony about the deadly insurrection on January 6th, the question of why the Joint Chiefs of Staff waited more than 3 hours before sending help looms large over the proceedings. #Colbert #ALateShow #Monologue
It was an attempted coup. Stop calling it anything else.
The compromise amendment achieves that while helping to address the surprise tax bills that many are facing by eliminating the first $10,200 of UI benefits from taxation for 2020. Combined, this amendment would provide more relief to the unemployed than the current legislation.
— Jen Psaki (@PressSec) March 5, 2021
re: #2 Dangerman
Americans are just going to stop working and grow so reliant on government handouts that the economy will collapse and we will turn into a socialist hellhole that will make Venezuela pale in comparison…
re: #3 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Americans are just going to stop working and grow so reliant on government handouts that the economy will collapse and we will turn into a socialist hellhole that will make Venezuela pale in comparison…
So, like right now?
Dems seem to have outplayed GOP on the Covid delay. After the all-night reading, @ChrisVanHollen simply got up, proposed shortening the debate from 20 hours to 3 and no Republican including @RonJohnsonWI was around to contest. In the end, the dramatic Bill reading delayed nothing
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) March 5, 2021
Cheryl Rofer (whose name you can google to find out she’s kind of an important person) has a review of Blinken’s speech about Biden’s US foreign policy. balloon-juice.com. Not gonna copy it because it’s worth skimming.
#condomsArePenisMasks 😉 pic.twitter.com/0f4oxFKnLH
— Rebecca McHood 🇺🇸 (@RebeccaforAZ) March 4, 2021
A $1400 check will help but it’s far less than the expenses many people have in a single month.
Many countries had regular payments, so citizens would feel better about social distancing and not go further into debt.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 5, 2021
But the US response to the pandemic has been insanely cruel, and only one side is to blame: the Republican Party.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 5, 2021
re: #3 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Americans are just going to stop working and grow so reliant on government handouts that the economy will collapse and we will turn into a socialist hellhole that will make Venezuela pale in comparison…
and then the dragons will come …
I want to report a justifiable homicide:
REPORTER: Americans are saying immigrant surges are happening under President Biden’s watch
PSAKI: Who are the Americans?
REPORTER: The former president
PSAKI: Former President Trump?
REPORTER: Yes
PSAKI: We don’t take our advice or counsel from former President Trump pic.twitter.com/I5d0utFNs9— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 5, 2021
re: #10 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #10 Backwoods_Sleuth
I want to report a justifiable homicide:
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So happy to see that the BS line “people are saying.” is being treated like it deserves. Bring a source or shut the fuck up. More of this and we will have a little less stupidity.
MyPillow’s Mike Lindell readying new lawsuit to convince Supreme Court the election was stolen
I’m starting to believe that 1) he was never a former drug addict and is still actively using, or 2) all those years of cocaine, crack cocaine, and alcohol abuse has permanently damaged his brain.
REPORTER: Americans are saying immigrant surges are happening under President Biden’s watch
PSAKI: Who are the Americans?
REPORTER: The former president
PSAKI: Former President Trump?
REPORTER: Yes
PSAKI: We don’t take our advice or counsel from former President Trump pic.twitter.com/I5d0utFNs9— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 5, 2021
re: #16 Dr. Matt
Why in the hell are they still given press access???!
Any reporter who asks questions regarding the former guy should have a 30 day suspension of their news org’s WHPC credentials.
Love Psaki. She should respond: “President Biden has not held a press conference, he also hasn’t played golf.”
re: #13 Dr. Matt
MyPillow’s Mike Lindell readying new lawsuit to convince Supreme Court the election was stolen
I’m starting to believe that 1) he was never a former drug addict and is still actively using, or 2) all those years of cocaine, crack cocaine, and alcohol abuse has permantley damaged his brain.
Mike should only be told to go to a meeting and to talk to his sponsor in the future regarding this issue.
re: #16 Dr. Matt
Why in the hell are they still given press access???!
Because if a Democrat kicks out a “reporter”, the rest of them all band together to get it reinstated. If a Republican installs a propagandist as a “reporter”, the rest of them are ok.
re: #10 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I like that bit of failed snark: “I know you don’t want to answer to him…”
81+ million Americans voted so that we never have to “answer to him” again, darlin’. But thanks for the pathetic attempt at a gotcha question.
re: #23 Nyet
I assume Weijia Jiang.
If it was her, she should know better. What a dumb question and Donald Trump is a non-entity now.
Is that a hairy shaved arrow pointing to it’s crotch? This is what I’m seeing here.
— And The Wind Cries: “I’m Tired of Donald Trump” (@DaveoutofAustin) March 5, 2021
re: #16 Dr. Matt
Why in the hell are they still given press access???!
probably because it gives the administration a delightfully passive-aggressive way of jamming snark up the right-wing’s asshole.
re: #18 I Would Prefer Not To
Love Psaki. She should respond: “President Biden has not held a press conference, he also hasn’t played golf.”
On 03/05/2017 Donald tRump was playing golf at Trump Intl, West Palm Beach, FL from 9:13 am-12:48 pm with David and Sean Frost.
The question about the solo press conference reminds of 2016 and the clocks that the “liberal media” would have somewhere on the screen that said something to the effect of “# of days since Hillary Clinton held a press conference.”
We get it, guys, you want a return to the shitstorm pressers that Trump threw practically every other day. But it’s time to move on and actually start reporting the news, rather than hoping for the day that you can catch Biden with a “Have you stopped beating your wife?” question.
NEW: With 50+ mil vaccinated, the the urgent question on many minds is: When can I throw away my mask?
In private with other vaccinated people? Right now.
In public spaces? Depends on disease rates and the percentage of vaccinated people.https://t.co/7iXC9DSTyv— Apoorva Mandavilli (@apoorva_nyc) March 3, 2021
Everyone who has published a story on Seussgazhi without informing you about the Pocket Book of Boners has failed as a journalist.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) March 5, 2021
re: #28 Targetpractice
The question about the solo press conference reminds of 2016 and the clocks that the “liberal media” would have somewhere on the screen that said something to the effect of “# of days since Hillary Clinton held a press conference.”
We get it, guys, you want a return to the shitstorm pressers that Trump threw practically every other day. But it’s time to move on and actually start reporting the news, rather than hoping for the day that you can catch Biden with a “Have you stopped beating your wife?” question.
Just a matter of time before the MSM returns to estimating the costs of Biden’s vacations, trips to the ice cream shop, or visits to sites of national disasters.
2/ that Joe Biden came into office proposing a relief bill that surprised almost everyone with its scale and is moving rapidly to pass that bill almost wholly intact - which I guarantee exceeded the White House’s own fondest expectations. That is the big story.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) March 3, 2021
re: #33 Belafon
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Yet we’ve been here before, perfect is gonna end up being the enemy of good. The fact that the $15 minimum wage hike isn’t in there and checks are going to fewer people will end up being talking points that the media will endlessly beat into the public’s heads to undermine any good will generated by this bill’s passage.
re: #35 Targetpractice
Yet we’ve been here before, perfect is gonna end up being the enemy of good. The fact that the $15 minimum wage hike isn’t in there and checks are going to fewer people will end up being talking points that the media will endlessly beat into the public’s heads to undermine any good will generated by this bill’s passage.
Then the vast majority of people will get checks.
Countless Starlings Flock Together in a Miraculous Bird-Shaped Murmuration Over Lough Ennell
Someone posted that glorious video clip in the last couple of weeks, but this still out of the clip is amazing!
Edit:
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re: #37 retired cynic
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And I am mistaken. A still photographer standing with the videographer took the shot.
Dick Durbin’s email today:
The insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol on January 6 did not wear white robes and hoods, but they might as well have. They are the latest incarnation of a violent white supremacist movement that has terrorized fellow Americans on the basis of their race, religion, and national origin for more than 150 years. And they aren’t going away anytime soon.
Hmm. She really should know better.
Confrontations with President Trump
Upon becoming a White House Correspondent in 2018, Jiang has found herself in numerous clashes with President Trump, often in response to her line of questioning. These interactions have amassed global news coverage questioning sensitive issues around racism.[18][19][20]On June 15, 2018, Jiang asked President Trump why he felt North Korea no longer posed a nuclear threat to which he raised his hand and said “Quiet” before remarking to another person, “She’s so obnoxious”.[21]
On September 26, 2018, Jiang was told to “sit down” after repeatedly asking President Trump about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.[22]
On March 17, 2020, Jiang reported that a “White House official referred to Coronavirus as the ‘Kung-Flu’ to my face.”[23]
On April 3, 2020, in response to Jiang’s question about Jared Kushner’s use of “our” to describe the federal government’s stockpile of medical supplies, President Trump called it a “nasty question.”[24]
On April 19, 2020, when questioned on why President Trump did not warn Americans about the virus sooner, Jiang was told to “just relax” and to “keep your voice down”.[25]
On May 11, 2020, Jiang questioned why there was an emphasis on competitively comparing coronavirus testing, President Trump responded “Don’t ask me. Ask China that question.” Jiang responded “Sir, why are you saying that to me, specifically?” to which Trump replied “I am not saying it specifically to anybody. I am saying it to anybody who would ask a nasty question like that.” Trump abruptly left the press conference soon after this interaction as CNN White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins was turned down from asking her question.[4]
There’s a new kind of ambulance in San Francisco.
Dial 911 in certain neighborhoods, report a nonviolent mental-health crisis, and an experimental team of specialists arrive instead of the police.
We spent the day watching this new team at work. pic.twitter.com/t0GeAkJFiq— Jacob Ward (@byjacobward) March 4, 2021
And consider that, as Chief William Scott told us, some police departments are eager for this sort of help. One study found that more than 20% of law-enforcement time is spent responding to and transporting people in a mental-health crisis. https://t.co/UaqE4iuiju
— Jacob Ward (@byjacobward) March 5, 2021
— Edwin (@EdMix13) March 5, 2021
happening now on Fox News pic.twitter.com/AoAZ2EBiux
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 5, 2021
Did Sinema really have vote against a $15 minimum wage for 24 million people like this? pic.twitter.com/Jv0UXLKLHI
— Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) March 5, 2021
good fucking grief
Looks like we’re going to go with anal swabs.
Those Fever-Scanners That Are Everywhere Might Not Actually Work, Says Report (The Daily Beast)
re: #41 Dread Pirate Ron
Jacob Ward
@byjacobward
And consider that, as Chief William Scott told us, some police departments are eager for this sort of help. One study found that more than 20% of law-enforcement time is spent responding to and transporting people in a mental-health crisis.
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re: #44 Backwoods_Sleuth
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good fucking grief
Can’t watch the video at work. Did she try to channel McCain?
re: #48 Belafon
Yep, with a weird sort-of curtsy.
re: #37 retired cynic
Countless Starlings Flock Together in a Miraculous Bird-Shaped Murmuration Over Lough Ennell
Someone posted that glorious video clip in the last couple of weeks, but this still out of the clip is amazing!
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It’s like mega Voltron.
Texas has had more cases of #COVID19 in the past week than any other state. It ranks 48th in vaccinations. And it’s becoming a breeding ground for even more contagious and deadly mutations of the virus.
Is @GregAbbott_TX a Governors or a Terrorist? pic.twitter.com/unCpvvsKrV— Richard Hine (@richardhine) March 5, 2021
re: #42 gocart mozart
A couple friends of mine had a couple of musical comedy bands. One of them was called Thurston Howell’s Boner.
I gigged with them one night only at one of the most popular bars in Minneapolis (The Cabooze). Someone made a hand-held video of the gig and it was the drunkest video I’ve ever seen. The bass player and guitarist drank a half bottle of Jack Daniels each on the stage. You can buy an album with THB on one side and The Bishops on the other side.
Edit: The Bishops side of the record is titled “It’s a Bitchin’ Diocese”.
re: #12 I Would Prefer Not To
So happy to see that the BS line “people are saying.” is being treated like it deserves. Bring a source or shut the fuck up. More of this and we will have a little less stupidity.
The way Psaki delivers that “What Americans?” question was ruthless.
In all this talk of cancel culture, let us talk about what should really be cancelled.
Warning: you will hate me for this.
This is my shocked face https://t.co/dbKOohulxp
— Jay Johnson (@jmonroej91) March 5, 2021
re: #10 Backwoods_Sleuth
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So OAN is acknowledging that Biden is President! The reporter did call Trump the “former President”, without mentioning his name in the clip.
re: #54 BlueSpotinAL
In all this talk of cancel culture, let us talk about what should really be cancelled.
Warning: you will hate me for this.
re: #57 Hecuba’s daughter
So OAN is acknowledging that Biden is President! The reporter did call Trump the “former President”, without mentioning his name in the clip.
CBS
re: #54 BlueSpotinAL
In all this talk of cancel culture, let us talk about what should really be cancelled.
Warning: you will hate me for this.
I actually enjoy that & never will complain!!
re: #40 Nyet
Hmm. She really should know better.
I’m now wondering if someone at CBS forced that report to ask that question. She clearly knows the jig is up when Psaki calls her on her bullshit.
re: #63 Mattand
I’m now wondering if someone at CBS forced that report to ask that question. She clearly knows the jig is up when Psaki calls her on her bullshit.
“We need to show we are neutral, surely you understand!”
re: #64 Hecuba’s daughter
The lanyard tells the tale ;)
wonder what made her change her mind and make such a dramatic “nay” vote today?
A full-time minimum-wage earner makes less than $16k a year. This one’s a no-brainer. Tell Congress to #RaiseTheWage! http://t.co/gmHYXGZzaT
— Kyrsten Sinema (@kyrstensinema) March 12, 2014
So it’s been a day since I got the second vaccine shot, and aside from a sore arm, I have no symptoms.
On the other hand, the three(ish) mile round trip to the vaccination site, and the three(ish) hours I spent standing around while they were closed because of the demonstration next door have left me with all sorts of sore bits.
Still, the vaccination is done and Rush is still dead, so there’s that.
re: #67 Backwoods_Sleuth
wonder what made her change her mind and make such a dramatic “nay” vote today?
That was 7 years ago, for one thing. For another, I’ve heard that Democrats don’t want to risk killing the COVID bill over this.
re: #68 A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!
So it’s been a day since I got the second vaccine shot, and aside from a sore arm, I have no symptoms.
On the other hand, the three(ish) mile round trip to the vaccination site, and the three(ish) hours I spent standing around while they were closed because of the demonstration next door have left me with all sorts of sore bits.
Still, the vaccination is done and Rush is still dead, so there’s that.
It takes a while before all the nanites can assemble all the receivers to start beaming the sub-conscious suggestions into your brain. Once that is accomplished you will be one with us. Welcome.
Watkins says the Q Shaman simply strolled up the steps of the Capitol and found the doors were open.
Judge Royce Lamberth suggests that the doors may have been open b/c others who got there before Chansley shoved the cops out of the way.— Alan Feuer (@alanfeuer) March 5, 2021
(Judges have not been kind to the Trump-made-me-do-it defense…)
— Alan Feuer (@alanfeuer) March 5, 2021
re: #69 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
That was 7 years ago, for one thing. For another, I’ve heard that Democrats don’t want to risk killing the COVID bill over this.
doesn’t mean she had to make such cutesy snotty production out of her nay vote today
Vaccination update: After the largest single day of vaccinations…
First shots:
➡️21% of adults
➡️56% of 65+
➡️66% of 75+— Andy Slavitt (@aslavitt46) March 5, 2021
re: #67 Backwoods_Sleuth
wonder what made her change her mind and make such a dramatic “nay” vote today?
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She’s been elected.
Just so you know I block anyone who tells me to shut up and play guitar.
— Peter Frampton (@peterframpton) March 5, 2021
I’m on the move! Just took my first test drive on Mars, covering about 16 feet (5 meters). You’re looking at the very beginning of my wheel tracks. Many more to make. pic.twitter.com/7tFIwWFfJ4
— NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover (@NASAPersevere) March 5, 2021
Q: Why do info sec people prefer the J&J vaccine?
A: Because there’s no sequel injection.— Mark Kriegsman (@MarkKriegsman) March 5, 2021
re: #77 Sherlock Hound
*WHACK!*
re: #13 Dr. Matt
MyPillow’s Mike Lindell readying new lawsuit to convince Supreme Court the election was stolen
I’m starting to believe that 1) he was never a former drug addict and is still actively using, or 2) all those years of cocaine, crack cocaine, and alcohol abuse has permanently damaged his brain.
He may have started with a damaged brain, self medicated with street drugs, then switched to self-medicating with extremist religion and anti-democratic politics.
He might also just be a grifter trying to sell bad pillows to delusional assholes.
My wife asked one of my boys to grab her the phone book.
He went into the other room and said “Mom! We don’t have a phone book! Who has a phone book? You and dad are so old.” And then handed her his phone.
Now he has dead spider guts splattered all over his phone.
Mom ftw.— YS (@NYinLA2121) March 5, 2021
re: #82 🌹UOJB!
Your life must really suck if Pornhub rejects you…
Not these days.
A lot of women got kicked off of Pornhub, losing their source of income, when the site switched to only serving glossy, terrible, professional porn.
IMO one of the best things about Curiosity — which is also, now, true of Perseverance — is the way that the wheel tracks just *start*. No lander or anything. Just no tracks, and then tracks. https://t.co/d2GwcXZYGH
— Emily Lakdawalla (@elakdawalla) March 5, 2021
re: #52 stpaulbear
A couple friends of mine had a couple of musical comedy bands. One of them was called Thurston Howell’s Boner.
I gigged with them one night only at one of the most popular bars in Minneapolis (The Cabooze). Someone made a hand-held video of the gig and it was the drunkest video I’ve ever seen. The bass player and guitarist drank a half bottle of Jack Daniels each on the stage. You can buy an album with THB on one side and The Bishops on the other side.
Edit: The Bishops side of the record is titled “It’s a Bitchin’ Diocese”.
Pittsburgh Punk Scene late 70s—all African American Girl punk band called themselves Sexual Chocolate. And then there was the Punk band that called themselves Urine Test…
Joe Manchin could derail the entire COVID relief bill because he doesn’t want the first $10,200 of unemployment benefits to be tax free. pic.twitter.com/AiX9ePunM7
— PoliticusUSA (@politicususa) March 5, 2021
Been there two weeks and already doing donuts in the dirt. https://t.co/Hgw0O2fM6y
— Dr. Jessie Christiansen (@aussiastronomer) March 5, 2021
We all know who won this battle.. 😇 pic.twitter.com/oFMdKJuqRr
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden_) March 5, 2021
re: #86 Backwoods_Sleuth
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He’s gotten his taste of blood with the minimum wage removal.
re: #89 Belafon
He’s gotten his taste of blood with the minimum wage removal.
For sure.
This is the problem with having only 50 Senators.
One person can keep his whole party hostage.
Frankly, Biden might be better off wooing Murkowski.
Your treasonweasel boss Trump tried to cancel you and democracy and your refusal to hold him accountable makes you complicit.
This nonsensical cancel culture bulkshit is a distraction from the corrupt and incompetent GOP having nothing of value to add to democracy.— lawhawk #maskingforafriend (@lawhawk) March 5, 2021
People need to flood Manchin’s office with calls telling him to cut out the crap and support this bill.
We’re talking about a $1.9 trillion package and Manchin’s looking to cut money to those who are most in need by trying to instate tax liability on UI benefits on the first $10k?
He’s going to derail to the relief package because why? Because people don’t need the money? What does he actually want here or represent? His state has long lagged on economic metrics and suffers from higher unemployment rates than average.
I’m still acting crazy and trying to shame people who can’t feel shame.
You know the Republican party is morally bankrupt. It could have cost you your life, but you’re still derping about this “cancel” nonsense to distract from Republican governors racing against the vaccine to open up and make their people sick. It’s time to do the right thing.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) March 5, 2021
The shock woke up his conscience for one day, when he looked like a half-decent person. The conscience fell asleep soon thereafter.
re: #95 Nyet
Nope. Not even 24 hours. It’s a goddamned cult of personality and they’ll all fall over themselves to prove that they’re loyal cultists.
This is straight up Death of Stalin stuff.
I had thought the massacre that I always see in the responses to stupid Republican Tweets these days might be Twitter’s curation of my feed, showing me what I want to see.
Checking in an inprivate window, I see the massacres are real. There will be a handful of derpsters scumbag-signaling to the Tweeter, but 95% of posts mock the dishonest Tweets and people.
re: #86 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m willing to cut Manchin a lot of slack on how he has to triangulate given the state he represents, but there is NO justification for this.
re: #98 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I had thought the massacre that I always see in the responses to stupid Republican Tweets these days might be Twitter’s curation of my feed, showing me what I want to see.
Checking in an inprivate window, I see the massacres are real. There will be a handful of derpsters scumbag-signaling to the Tweeter, but 95% of posts mock the dishonest Tweets and people.
I’ve noticed that too, and I think it’s a hopeful sign. Maybe it means Twitter has successfully purged more of the bots and insurrectionists than we thought. Or that the polling on Biden’s approval is right and he and his policies really ARE that popular. Either way, I’m not complaining.
Damn right WE are, Ron, you traitorous Repug baboon.
— Lord Piltdown (@jimreynolds54) March 5, 2021
re: #92 lawhawk
a review from Amazon:
“I can’t think of any books on Lincoln that bring ‘the martyred Christ of democracy’s passion play’ to such a wonderful new life as John Cribb’s Old Abe.” —Seth Leibsohn, Senior Fellow, the Claremont Institute, and Radio Host
couldn’t be that Cribb is a wingnut?
re: #103 Eric The Fruit Bat
That’s still a thing these days?
If it’s not, why did you fall for it? //
re: #71 Backwoods_Sleuth
After 75 years, “just following orders” is still the favorite defense of fascists!
The vote over increasing the minimum wage is STILL open, even though it started at 11:03am. They have left it open to prevent further Senate votes until they sort out their internal problems. GOP, meanwhile, confident that all 50 of their members will back Portman plan
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 5, 2021
Portman plan would extend $300 weekly jobless benefits though July 18. Current bill has $400 in weekly benefits through August. And Dem-WH deal has $300 weekly benefits through September with first $10,200 in benefits tax free
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 5, 2021
re: #105 Nyet
re: #103 Eric The Fruit Bat
That’s still a thing these days?
If it’s not, why did you fall for it? //
Since Trump basically hijacked the internet once he was elected, that’s why.
re: #107 Backwoods_Sleuth
Manchin to constituents: I know you’re going to lose your car, and possibly your house, but bipartisanship!
Why did Joe Manchin even bother to run as a Democrat? He’s seriously gonna gum this whole thing up because he’s worried people on unemployment won’t rejoin the labor force fast enough? Does he understand how unemployment benefits work? You get an offer, you take it, or you lose benefits.
The party of free speech will compel social media to amplify the party line.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) March 5, 2021
re: #111 steve_davis
Why did Joe Manchin even bother to run as a Democrat? He’s seriously gonna gum this whole thing up because he’s worried people on unemployment won’t rejoin the labor force fast enough? Does he understand how unemployment benefits work? You get an offer, you take it, or you lose benefits.
Thank goodness he did, or McConnell would be running the Senate, and there would be no relief bill at all.
I swear we’re fucked up because our ideologies are invasive species on the continent, abstracted from their natural environment and ballooning out of control, just as much as starlings.
In Europe the Protestant Ethic eventually bounced off the existing culture of not taking shit like that too serious, where we’ve turned it into ever more elaborate ways of merging God and capital.
Another conservative becomes aware of how inhumane America’s criminal justice system is.
The former Trump official charged with storming the Capitol appeared in court today via teleconference. He asked the judge if he could be detained somewhere else. “It would be nice if I could sleep in a place where there were not cockroaches everywhere” https://t.co/llbrN4L6ri
— John Hudson (@John_Hudson) March 5, 2021
re: #113 No Malarkey!
Thank goodness he did, or McConnell would be running the Senate, and there would be no relief bill at all.
I’m just curious why he thinks these actions will help him when it comes time for reelection. He seems to be relying on the idea that Democrats will have no other choice. Eventually, Democrats do get tired of that.
re: #116 No Malarkey!
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re: #116 No Malarkey!
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Fuck him. He should have been shot as soon as they stormed the place.
re: #119 Eventual Carrion
But a bakery doesn’t have to make a ‘gay’ wedding cake?
You’re under the impression that the law should be applied equally, I see.
re: #121 Belafon
You’re under the impression that the law should be applied equally, I see.
Yeah, silly me
Too bad she didn’t bring millions of poor workers a higher minimum wage.
— Oh. My. Glob. (@efuseakay) March 5, 2021
re: #117 Belafon
I’m just curious why he thinks these actions will help him when it comes time for reelection. He seems to be relying on the idea that Democrats will have no other choice. Eventually, Democrats do get tired of that.
Unfortunately it’s true, and Manchin may be planning to run for Governor. The next Senator from WV will be a full fledged member of the Q Caucus. This is a hiccup. A deal will be reached, and the bill will pass.
re: #124 No Malarkey!
Unfortunately it’s true, and Manchin may be planning to run for Governor. The next Senator from WV will be a full fledged member of the Q Caucus. This is a hiccup. A deal will be reached, and the bill will pass.
As long as it doesn’t turn into “Businesses get money, and the un and underemployed get nothing.”
If your reaction to Kyrsten Sinema includes punishing all congressional Democrats in ‘22, including the 219 House Democrats who passed COVID relief with the $15 minimum wage on Feb 27, you’re doing it wrong and should delete your account.
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) March 5, 2021
re: #52 stpaulbear
A couple friends of mine had a couple of musical comedy bands. One of them was called Thurston Howell’s Boner.
I gigged with them one night only at one of the most popular bars in Minneapolis (The Cabooze). Someone made a hand-held video of the gig and it was the drunkest video I’ve ever seen. The bass player and guitarist drank a half bottle of Jack Daniels each on the stage. You can buy an album with THB on one side and The Bishops on the other side.
With a backstory so rich, I had to look it up.
Elite Wedding Combo / It’s a Bitchin’ Diocese
Artist Thurston Howell’s Boner / The Bishops
Type Album
Released 1987
Mark Kelly has the exact same voters as Sinema and voted yes https://t.co/hg5EMBvK6m
— Matt Pearce 🦅 (@mattdpearce) March 5, 2021
re: #117 Belafon
I’m just curious why he thinks these actions will help him when it comes time for reelection. He seems to be relying on the idea that Democrats will have no other choice. Eventually, Democrats do get tired of that.
Especially if Democrats pick up a couple of seats in 2022. Something that isn’t entirely out of the realm of possibilities.
re: #113 No Malarkey!
Thank goodness he did, or McConnell would be running the Senate, and there would be no relief bill at all.
Oh, seriously, fuck Manchin and his Republican-lite ass. People in his own fucking state need all the help they can get. They’re one of the poorest states in the goddamned country and he’s basically going “Nah, I don’t think you need this.”
He’s just as bad as McConnell. He’s a fucking Republican in sheep’s clothing. And you know what’s really fucked up? If he does run for Governor, people will vote for him because “Well, even though we needed help, Manchin held that up in the Senate because he’s fiscally conservative just like a Republican, and that proves he cares about us! He’s got my vote!!!!”
Sorry, I’m sick of this shit. With Democrats like Manchin, it’s not “if” the GOP gets the permanent super majority, it’s “when”.
re: #132 KGxvi
Especially if Democrats pick up a couple of seats in 2022. Something that isn’t entirely out of the realm of possibilities.
That would be fantastic, but if the Democrats don’t retain control of the House, it won’t matter.
re: #134 No Malarkey!
That would be fantastic, but if the Democrats don’t retain control of the House, it won’t matter.
Which he’s actively working to make harder.
re: #134 No Malarkey!
That would be fantastic, but if the Democrats don’t retain control of the House, it won’t matter.
Judges. Cabinet appointments.
re: #134 No Malarkey!
That would be fantastic, but if the Democrats don’t retain control of the House, it won’t matter.
True. I’m not as pessimistic about the House as some. Though, I do believe somebody in the House should start talking about expanding the size of the House to better reflect the population today. My preference is for the Wyoming Plan, but I’ll even take adding an arbitrary number and going from there.
re: #138 KGxvi
True. I’m not as pessimistic about the House as some. Though, I do believe somebody in the House should start talking about expanding the size of the House to better reflect the population today. My preference is for the Wyoming Plan, but I’ll even take adding an arbitrary number and going from there.
Definitely should be several hundred more Congressmen.
re: #138 KGxvi
True. I’m not as pessimistic about the House as some. Though, I do believe somebody in the House should start talking about expanding the size of the House to better reflect the population today. My preference is for the Wyoming Plan, but I’ll even take adding an arbitrary number and going from there.
What’s the “Wyoming Plan”?
re: #133 Mattand
Oh, seriously, fuck Manchin and his Republican-lite ass. People in his own fucking state need all the help they can get. They’re one of the poorest states in the goddamned country and he’s basically going “Nah, I don’t think you need this.”
He’s just as bad as McConnell. He’s a fucking Republican in sheep’s clothing. And you know what’s really fucked up? If he does run for Governor, people will vote for him because “Well, even though we needed help, Manchin held that up in the Senate because he’s fiscally conservative just like a Republican, and that proves he cares about us! He’s got my vote!!!!”
Sorry, I’m sick of this shit. With Democrats like Manchin, it’s not “if” the GOP gets the permanent super majority, it’s “when”.
As a Kentuckian, I can assure you that Manchin is not as bad as McConnell. If it was up to Yurtle, there would be no relief package at all.
“[L]aws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made.”
John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887)
re: #140 Jay C
What’s the “Wyoming Plan”?
Scale everything such that Wyoming (or whichever Congressional district is the smallest by population) gets 1 representative, and every other state gets X representatives based on how much bigger they are than the smallest district, with each district having roughly the same number of voters (ideally).
re: #142 ckkatz
“[L]aws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made.”
John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887)
The Food Network has shown me a lot of good sausage being made.
re: #141 No Malarkey!
As a Kentuckian, I can assure you that Manchin is not as bad as McConnell. If it was up to Yurtle, there would be no relief package at all.
I’d say purposely fucking over your own constituents during a fucking pandemic in a state that was already an economic shithole going into it does make you as bad as McConnell, but I’m weird like that.
Sorry, I’m not mad at you, but this is just fucking nuts.
LOL, Dad got his dumbass son arrested.
His dad was so proud of him that he texted incriminating pictures to the whole family. Then two different family members turned him in. SAD! #SeditionHasConsequences https://t.co/Dkd2YTN2fN
re: #143 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Scale everything such that Wyoming (or whichever Congressional district is the smallest by population) gets 1 representative, and every other state gets X representatives based on how much bigger they are than the smallest district, with each district having roughly the same number of voters (ideally).
Sounds reasonable, but how big would the House be apportioned on that plan?
Crowded, I’m sure….
re: #139 No Malarkey!
Definitely should be several hundred more Congressmen.
My plan is no state can lose any representatives during reapportionment, unless they actually lose population, and setting the total number of representatives such that the normal requirements of as close as possible to equal numbers of people per representative per state still hold. That’ll allow the total size to _roughly_ grow with population growth.
Like say, if say most of Florida has to be evacuated due to global warming, they lose seats, but New Jersey shouldn’t lose seats just because it’s growing more slowly than the nation as a whole.
The Wyoming plan mentioned elsewhere has the drawback, that it is sensitive to the population of the least populated state.
re: #148 Jay C
Sounds reasonable, but how big would the House be apportioned on that plan?
Crowded, I’m sure….
About 565.
re: #148 Jay C
Sounds reasonable, but how big would the House be apportioned on that plan?
Crowded, I’m sure….
The 2010 Census would put the House of Representatives at 547, an increase of 112.
re: #148 Jay C
Sounds reasonable, but how big would the House be apportioned on that plan?
Crowded, I’m sure….
If New Hampshire can have a large legislative body, so can the country.
re: #148 Jay C
Sounds reasonable, but how big would the House be apportioned on that plan?
Crowded, I’m sure….
If Wyoming had lower population growth than the nation on average, the size of the House would increase faster than population growth. If Wyoming had anomalously high population growth and shot up in population between two censuses, but still had the smallest population, the House could actually decrease in size, at least based on my understanding of it.
re: #152 Belafon
If New Hampshire can have a large legislative body, so can the country.
It would also make the electoral college more representative of the nation.
re: #138 KGxvi
True. I’m not as pessimistic about the House as some. Though, I do believe somebody in the House should start talking about expanding the size of the House to better reflect the population today. My preference is for the Wyoming Plan, but I’ll even take adding an arbitrary number and going from there.
We spent all our efforts on removing DT in 2020. We won’t have that problem for the midterms, and we’ll probably be free to hold rallies and go door to door.
re: #144 Belafon
The Food Network has shown me a lot of good sausage being made.
My mother used to tell us about her (1930’s) experience as a Missouri schoolgirl with her elementary school class touring a local hotdog making factory. The tour began with the hog slaughtering line, through the various mixing and assembly steps, and ended with each schoolchild being offered a cooked hotdog. Each child was promised a prize if they finished the hotdog.
The prize? Another hotdog.
Seems to me to be a life lesson. Get successful at doing some job and you get to do it again.
re: #133 Mattand
Oh, seriously, fuck Manchin and his Republican-lite ass. People in his own fucking state need all the help they can get. They’re one of the poorest states in the goddamned country and he’s basically going “Nah, I don’t think you need this.”
He’s just as bad as McConnell. He’s a fucking Republican in sheep’s clothing. And you know what’s really fucked up? If he does run for Governor, people will vote for him because “Well, even though we needed help, Manchin held that up in the Senate because he’s fiscally conservative just like a Republican, and that proves he cares about us! He’s got my vote!!!!”
Sorry, I’m sick of this shit. With Democrats like Manchin, it’s not “if” the GOP gets the permanent super majority, it’s “when”.
And the guy Manchin beat in 2018—Patrick Morrisey:
opposes abortion
led a multi-state coalition of attorneys general in defending the right of states to prohibit sanctuary cities
has A+ ratings from the National Rifle Association
threatened the Trump administration that they would litigate if the president did not terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
criticized Manchin for supporting the “Keep Families Together Act”
joined Paxton’s lawsuit seeking to overturn the results of the presidential election by challenging election processes in four states where Trump lost
Be careful what you wish for.
re: #155 A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!
We spent all our efforts on removing DT in 2020. We won’t have that problem for the midterms, and we’ll probably be free to hold rallies and go door to door.
The party of the President usually loses seats, perhaps because the other party is more fired up. The Democrats are going to need great messaging and a GOTV operation to retain the House.
re: #158 No Malarkey!
The party of the President usually loses seats, perhaps because the other party is more fired up. The Democrats are going to need great messaging and a GOTV operation to retain the House.
Sure. Your point?
re: #159 A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!
Sure. Your point?
It’s going to be hard to retain control of Congress. That’s all.
Stephen King is fully vaccinated, thank dog.
2nd Moderna vax in Pasco today. Great crew. They’ve really got it together.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) March 5, 2021
re: #160 No Malarkey!
It’s going to be hard to retain control of Congress. That’s all.
If we can get some of the more popular aspects of the Democrats’ agenda passed, the messaging writes itself. “Vote for us, we fixed a bunch of shit and made a lot of people very happy.”
Democrats: But we can’t call any witnesses because Republicans have threatened to block everything and not cooperate!
Me: THEY’RE NOT GOING TO FUCKING COOPERATE ANYWAY!
Twitter: Calm down. We need to get impeachment over with so Republicans will work with us.
Republicans: https://t.co/dNF0jeG1TD— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 5, 2021
re: #124 No Malarkey!
Unfortunately it’s true, and Manchin may be planning to run for Governor. The next Senator from WV will be a full fledged member of the Q Caucus. This is a hiccup. A deal will be reached, and the bill will pass.
sausage making is never pretty
re: #147 No Malarkey!
LOL, Dad got his dumbass son arrested.
I feel bad for the maniacs who were raised to be maniacs.
They didn’t choose to go bad. They were raised to be completely delusional, and had Conservative media keeping them that way.
You still need to lock them up of course. It’s just a shame we can’t lock up the parents as well.
re: #142 ckkatz
“[L]aws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made.”
John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887)
gmta
as usual, i should read ahead first, before jumping in
Say what you will about Manchin, at least he hasn’t pulled something as shitty at this (yet):
In recent weeks Sinema has surpassed Manchin as my most hated senate Dem. I still remember anxiously waiting for the results for her race to come back in 2018 when it looked like McSally was gonna narrowly beat her. God what a disappointment she’s been. https://t.co/bn3QiuACWK
— 🦌🎈Buckley🌹🌈 (@BleatrKropotkin) March 5, 2021
re: #145 Mattand
I’d say purposely fucking over your own constituents during a fucking pandemic in a state that was already an economic shithole going into it does make you as bad as McConnell, but I’m weird like that.
Sorry, I’m not mad at you, but this is just fucking nuts.
he claims he’s doing what his constituents want
polling says otherwise
re: #146 Backwoods_Sleuth
lol
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then explain why that was to your advantage
we’ll wait
Per @FoxReports, Johnson now says he was present but chose not to object.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) March 5, 2021
re: #162 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
If we can get some of the more popular aspects of the Democrats’ agenda passed, the messaging writes itself. “Vote for us, we fixed a bunch of shit and made a lot of people very happy.”
That is very important. The next reconciliation bill should be a massive infrastructure package, creating a green industrial base, paid for by repealing Trump tax cuts for the rich and corporations.
re: #157 BeachDem
And the guy Manchin beat in 2018—Patrick Morrisey:
opposes abortion
led a multi-state coalition of attorneys general in defending the right of states to prohibit sanctuary cities
has A+ ratings from the National Rifle Association
threatened the Trump administration that they would litigate if the president did not terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)criticized Manchin for supporting the “Keep Families Together Act”
joined Paxton’s lawsuit seeking to overturn the results of the presidential election by challenging election processes in four states where Trump lostBe careful what you wish for.
Per Wikipedia, Machin identifies as pro-life. If Manchin thinks supporting throwing women and doctors in prison over abortion will help him win an election, he’ll do it. This fucking backstabbing going on right now is proof of that.
re: #171 Mattand
Per Wikipedia, Machin identifies as pro-life. If Manchin thinks supporting throwing women and doctors in prison over abortion will help him win an election, he’ll do it. This fucking backstabbing going on right now is proof of that.
Manchin has never made any secret about who he is or what he supports. It is hard to call it backstabbing, more like front stabbing.
MAGA!
In the final year of Donald Trump’s presidency, more than 450,000 Americans died from COVID-19, and life expectancy fell by 1.13 years, the biggest decrease since World War II. https://t.co/gAOJ09Ye8x
— Scientific American (@sciam) March 5, 2021
re: #173 No Malarkey!
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— Scientific American (@sciam) March 5, 2021
yeah but
Trump’s Businesses Raked In $1.9 Billion Of Revenue During His First Three Years In Office
so it’s a wash, right?
re: #172 danarchy
Manchin has never made any secret about who he is or what he supports. It is hard to call it backstabbing, more like front stabbing.
That being said I still prefer him to the alternative. He still chooses to caucus with the dems so at least there are bills to debate.
re: #174 Dangerman
yeah but
Trump’s Businesses Raked In $1.9 Billion Of Revenue During His First Three Years In Officeso it’s a wash, right?
Is that up or down compared to the previous 3 years?
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) March 5, 2021
Psaki must have really triggered the MAGA-heads, if twitter is an indication.
re: #178 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Psaki must have really triggered the MAGA-heads, if twitter is an indication.
They’re really upset that she won’t give him credit for the vaccine. It’s almost like he was hanging his hopes on being the savior of mankind by being the President who delivered the cure for the plague.
re: #147 No Malarkey!
I am continually amazed at how many of these seditionists have people in their lives quite willing to turn them in. In this case, apparently several.
re: #175 danarchy
That being said I still prefer him to the alternative. He still chooses to caucus with the dems so at least there are bills to debate.
He chooses to caucus with the Dems because if he changed party affiliation his career in WV politics would be over practically overnight. Between incumbency and name recognition, he ensures he’ll keep getting reelected in WV as a Dem because “He’s the only guy who can win.”
If he changed party affiliation to Republican, it’s almost guaranteed that McConnell would spend the next 3 years (and change) either prevent anything from getting done or even ramming through Repub bills just to fuck over Biden’s presidency in anticipation of winning back the WH in 2024. Which means Manchin would lose all his Dem support for any future runs, which would not only preclude a run for governor but also mean he’d likely be gone after losing a primary bid in 2025.
He’s right where he wants to be right now: Being the spoiler vote in order to maintain his reputation as a “centrist.”
The next time I hear a Senator from either side say that $15 an hour is too much, I am going to ask you to tell me your net income and your net worth for the last year.
Get real about the struggles of millions who are living on crumbs.
We are not stopping our #FightFor15.— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) March 5, 2021
re: #182 Backwoods_Sleuth
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yeah…she’s being ratioed
Krysten, you got elected the same year as Mark Kelly. Mark ran against the very same opponent you lost to 2 years prior and won despite her having the benefits that come with incumbency. He voted for this amendment today and did so without staging a scene while doing so.
Nobody’s buying your bullshit.
re: #152 Belafon
If New Hampshire can have a large legislative body, so can the country.
The proportionality of shitheads to reasonable probably stays the same. We’ve got a really Trumpy state legislature this time.
re: #157 BeachDem
And the guy Manchin beat in 2018—Patrick Morrisey:
opposes abortion
led a multi-state coalition of attorneys general in defending the right of states to prohibit sanctuary cities
has A+ ratings from the National Rifle Association
threatened the Trump administration that they would litigate if the president did not terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)criticized Manchin for supporting the “Keep Families Together Act”
joined Paxton’s lawsuit seeking to overturn the results of the presidential election by challenging election processes in four states where Trump lostBe careful what you wish for.
!!!!
Y’all calm down.
Also possibly miscarriage.
— Dr. Lisa Corrigan (@DrLisaCorrigan) March 5, 2021
Really starting to look like Republican Governors are just homicidally determined to deny Biden a win on pandemic handling. https://t.co/jJwBaAZQuB
— Schooley (@Rschooley) March 5, 2021
Somebody’s watching me pic.twitter.com/Pgob0oZ0WL
— Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) March 5, 2021
re: #188 jaunte
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Repubs: “Just watch! As soon as the election is over, Dems will magically declare the pandemic ‘over’ and lift all the restrictions!”
Dems: “We must focus on maintain the mask mandates and business restrictions until enough of the population has been vaccinated to consider easing them.”
Repubs: “FUCK IT, WE’RE LIFTING THE RESTRICTIONS, EVERYTHING IS GOING BACK TO NORMAL!!!”
just a heads up. i will be running around the house. as fast as possible. for the next 15 seconds. i will have no regard for furniture. or any individuals in my way. when i am done. do not ask me why i have done this. because i do not know
— Thoughts of Dog® (@dog_feelings) March 2, 2021
re: #190 Targetpractice
Determined to prove government doesn’t work. (Except as a mechanism for the connected to get well).
HOUSTON – The FBI has arrested a fourth person in the Houston area in connection with the riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Shane Jenkins, 43, was arrested Friday morning
FBI makes 4th Houston-area arrest in Capitol riot https://t.co/2BEqZWG5jY— Denise ᴹᴬᴹᴬᴸᴬ ᴵˢ ᴬ ᴮᴬᴸᴸˢ ᶜᴼᴸᴸᴱᶜᵀᴼᴿ (@thebax33) March 5, 2021
A good one for your Jan. 6 mugshot collection.
re: #188 jaunte
Killing your constituents to own the libs.
— Blue in Red Texas (@RockwallBlue) March 5, 2021
re: #194 Backwoods_Sleuth
Honey, the weiner dog
I’ve been a cat person pretty much all my life, so when the subject of being “watched” during food prep comes up, it’s usually a little furry gremlin who thinking running back and forth between your legs is good way to get food…or leave you unconscious on the floor with a concussion while they help themselves.
re: #195 jaunte
Lol, Lordy. Imagine my surprise that this was a mugshot from 2014. Who could tell he might have some kind of sketchy history just by looking? I’m sure the latest pic is a real treat too. Humans are a mess.
re: #128 ckkatz
With a backstory so rich, I had to look it up.
Elite Wedding Combo / It’s a Bitchin’ Diocese
Artist Thurston Howell’s Boner / The Bishops
Type Album
Released 1987
It’s really sick. Especially The Bishops side. I cringed the couple of times I listened to it. However, the gig with them was one of my legendary memories. I was supposed to get a copy of the video but the bass player had a car accident and the tape got lost. They were selling glow-in-the-dark T-shirts that all sold out before the gig was over so I didn’t get one. The extremely drunk club owner gave me the sweaty T-shirt off his back after he’d been dancing all night. He was kind of hunky without a shirt…
re: #175 danarchy
That being said I still prefer him to the alternative. He still chooses to caucus with the dems so at least there are bills to debate.
I just want to know who he’s listening to because it’s neither his party or the people in his state.
Oh *now* the press is reporting Republicans are “united against” Covid relief
why on earth did press spend last 10 months spreading nonsense abt how GOP supported? https://t.co/OGTsfyIsFI— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) March 5, 2021
Oh look, the economy has recovered, no one’s laid off, no one’s getting evicted, no one is sick. The rich fantasy life of the GOP.
re: #163 Backwoods_Sleuth
From what i understand, the witnesses that would have potentially been called really wouldn’t have been model witnesses to have in the stand.
re: #201 jaunte
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Oh look, the economy has recovered, no one’s laid off, no one’s getting evicted, no one is sick. The rich fantasy life of the GOP.
The Repub worldview is that joblessness is a voluntary act: If you’re not employed, it’s because you chose not to get a job and thus you’re not worth helping. In the same vein, if you are employed and struggle to make ends meet, then you’re simply not working hard enough and thus it’s still your fault.
Of course, when your party is majority old white men who are worth millions because they either were born to the purple or married into it, it’s no wonder they think anybody who’s not independently wealthy is a useless sponge.
re: #203 Targetpractice
They think you can just get a job working at a convenience store or a restaurant and make ends meet, like they did when they were teenagers. They are intentionally ignoring the complete destruction of that lifestyle that they themselves have perpetrated now that they’re rich and old.
Is that bag full of donor cash? https://t.co/n7GDqIaFlW
— Blue Heron Farm (@BlueHeronFarmTX) March 5, 2021
This dumbfuck’s latest horseshit sandwich is the moronic claim he’s going to regulate private speech. https://t.co/tOsxeiZmcK
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) March 5, 2021
If you’re upset about Hunter Biden, Elaine Chao should send you into fits of rage, @helaineolen writes, via @PostOpinions: https://t.co/Rxe1mDFRBD
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) March 5, 2021
Dude……. 30secs. to Bliss. And an insulated no heat carraffe is a must.
— And The Wind Cries: “I’m Tired of Donald Trump” (@DaveoutofAustin) March 6, 2021
Marie Antoinette has better shoes. #justsayin pic.twitter.com/UukfULhOxA
— Gregg Levine (@GreggJLevine) March 5, 2021
To be fair to Antoinette, the original (alleged) quote was “let them eat brioche,” which is not a type of cake but a very buttery type of bread usually eaten by the noble classes because butter was a luxury in 18th century France. Even if the quote were real, it’s less one of malice or disinterest and more like a modern politician who’s never stepped foot in a grocery store acting shocked that you can’t just run down to the local bodega for a jar of premium caviar.
This isn’t that. It’s a first-term senator dumping her career in a ditch and putting two shots in the back of its head.
Belushi died 39 years ago today. [3/5/82]
If you’ve never seen it, here’s the very first sketch of the very first episode of @nbcsnl. #RIP pic.twitter.com/oQMLoe6iDQ— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) March 5, 2021
cool beans batman!
This headline, from @BBCNews isn’t as inane as it sounds: ‘Floating ship’ photographed off Cornish coast by walkerhttps://t.co/crDiyn1ciR
— Jennie Pollock (@MissJenniep) March 5, 2021
Happy Friday Lizards!
I am on the mend after a nasty fall on Tuesday night. Nothing broken, but definitely pulled muscles and a tendon. Just when I was prepping to begin drawing, sewing and making stuff again after a long pause. I was almost feeling good enough after over a year in pain to go out and begin yard and gardening stuff (with a little assist here and there), but not now. My right shoulder on the back side and my rib cage on that side are sore as hell. No bruising, I think wearing my heavy winter jacket saved me from worse injury. But damn it hurts a lot sometimes. I have edibles, and ibuprofen, and a heating pad and ice packs, which are helpful. I was actually able to drive to pick up a grocery store order today so that is progress, but it’s going to take a bit to get back to where I’m not in serious pain a few times a day.
I hope you all are well and figuring out how to stay safe and sane in all the madness. It’s really isn’t easy so I think it’s ok to give yourself a little hug for making it through another week, and a treat this weekend if you can. I keep missing so much happening here because real life calls, but I do think about all of you here daily, I miss this place. I read threads when I can but replying and hanging out is hard. So, big hugs all around and I hope I keep reading about more and more of us getting vaccinated and putting life back on the mend.
re: #209 Targetpractice
Sinema should be dragged endlessly for this alone after her vote on the minimum wage:
When her stepfather lost his job and the bank foreclosed on their home, the family lived for three years in an abandoned gas station. Sinema has said that for two years they had no toilet or electricity while living there. She later recalled, “My stepdad built a bunk bed for me and my sister. We separated our bunk bed from the kitchen with one of those big chalkboards on rollers. I knew that was weird. A chalkboard shouldn’t be a wall. A kitchen should have running water.”
re: #213 A Mom Anon
The weather is supposed to be gorgeous this weekend - 50 degrees F (10 degrees C) tomorrow, 60 degrees F (15.6 degrees C) Sunday. I plan to make use of it by wheeling the big brown Lincoln out of the garage and giving her another chance to disappoint me. Maybe this will be the year I finally take her to somebody to get fixed.
This afternoon in the Omaha World-Herald:
Husband of Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert found dead at couple’s southwest Omaha home
First responders found the body of the husband of Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert at the couple’s house Friday afternoon.
Authorities received a call at 1:53 p.m. about a shooting at Joe and Jean Stothert’s southwest Omaha home in the St. Andrew’s Pointe neighborhood south of 120th and Q Streets. Omaha police said in a press release that when they arrived, officers located a deceased male.
No foul play is suspected.
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re: #195 jaunte
But can they be sure he’s really the guy?
re: #210 Backwoods_Sleuth
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It’s sort of interesting to theorize on what Belushi’s life and career might have been like if he hadn’t died from an overdose. For one thing, Ghostbusters would have been a much different film with him instead of Murray.
re: #218 Targetpractice
It’s sort of interesting to theorize on what Belushi’s life and career might have been like if he hadn’t died from an overdose. For one thing, Ghostbusters would have been a much different film with him instead of Murray.
Probably a much worse film really. His standard character (think Wild Bill Kelso from 1941) would not have been as good a fit.
This gets funnier every time I watch it
pic.twitter.com/AORBuiSke1— Pugnado 🐾😾 (@LuvPug) March 6, 2021
re: #210 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #220 Backwoods_Sleuth
People are all upset saying the pug is being traumatized.
It’s pretty obvious who has had a pug and who hasn’t lol.— Boise Tech Girl (@boisetechgirl) March 6, 2021
Hey Selma! I know a good way to commemorate the 56th anniversary of Bloody Sunday at the Edmund Pettus Bridge. How about we rename it the John Lewis Bridge and remove the name of Edmund Pettus, a treasonous Confederate officer and GRAND DRAGON OF THE KU KLUX FUCKING KLAN!
— Stevie Van Zandt (@StevieVanZandt) March 5, 2021
Wife went into town (Cedar Park, TX) for carry out seafood. She just texted the place is completely full with a 30 min. wait. #SpikeTexas
LMAO. #newtgingrich https://t.co/jrYVYMaH7j
— Sophia A. Nelson (@IAmSophiaNelson) March 6, 2021
And men wonder why women give fake phone numbers to them. https://t.co/warCZVBYME
— ❄️Julie❄️ShadyTomatoStudio (@vintagegoddess) March 6, 2021
I think it’s maybe time to ban our Princes from meeting dodgy American men in parks. pic.twitter.com/vZ8CmCJwO2
— Total Anorak 💙 (@Totalanorak1) March 5, 2021
tough
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) has had to leave Washington in the middle of the pandemic relief bill debate because of a family issue, Punchbowl News reports.
Sullivan’s absence means that Republicans will have one less vote as they try to advance amendments to the bill.
At age thirty, Patsy Cline died tonight 1963 in air crash: pic.twitter.com/89aAMJI5qA
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) March 6, 2021
LOL
Don’t let them get away with it Pete https://t.co/OqcJFUoCWj
— Senator Megan Hunt 😷 (@NebraskaMegan) March 5, 2021
A former employee of the Missouri House of Representatives filed a lawsuit this week alleging he was fired for raising concerns to legislative leadership about the lack of a statehouse mask mandate,” the Kansas City Star reports
they are ghouls
So apparently Sinema decided that her little cutesy routine on the Senate floor wasn’t enough to kill her career and has chosen to nuke it from orbit just to be sure:
LETS GOOOOOO pic.twitter.com/Y6XkrLV9Kg
— shoe (@shoe0nhead) March 6, 2021
re: #226 Backwoods_Sleuth
The UK media trying not to just say nigga: pic.twitter.com/aFTtIQQMac
— shibuya skulu (@SkudoodlesHD) March 5, 2021
Here’s @SenatorSinema walking on to the floor, patting Mitch McConnell on the back, looking back to make sure he sees her, then giving the thumbs down to a $15 minimum wage https://t.co/U4yqXXFrRG
— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) March 6, 2021
And McConnell didn’t even turn around to watch
— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) March 6, 2021
A bill moving through Kentucky’s Senate would make it a crime to insult or taunt a police officer during a riot,” CBS News reports.“Supporters say the bill targets people who unlawfully ‘cross the line’ but opponents call it a blatant attempt to crush protests and a violation of First Amendment rights.”
can we insult them if it’s not during a riot?
Pretty clear, I’d say. https://t.co/1jJmqtiuFq
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) March 6, 2021
Just made my first trip to a Dollar General since our dumbass Governor ended covid restrictions and I’d say about 70% of the customers there were not wearing masks.
Sigh…
Democrats trimmed benefits for the jobless from $400 to $300 a week reportedly bc @Sen_JoeManchin believed the higher number would keep folks from wanting to return to work. https://t.co/t9nNp2TFeh
— Trip Gabriel (@tripgabriel) March 6, 2021
First page I’ve created in god only knows how many years…
Sinema is playing the fool. If she thinks she can gain some sort of help from the Republicans for whatever her pet issues are that she intends on bringing to the fore this term, she is deluded.
This deeply stinks of shenanigans by McConnell. He probably sweet talked her by promising to not seriously support whatever Arizona wingnut runs against her next time.
But McConnell will likely be dead (or at least retired) by that time.
And Sinema will find support from Democrats in her state drying up rapidly if she tries to play all footsies with Republicans.
All McConnell has to do is siphon off one lonely Democrat for whatever hill he wants to make his project, and the Democrats are screwed.
This, again, is the problem with not being able to flip either IA or ME or NC seats.
Some here got irritated as I lamented election results on election night.
This is why.
The Democrats won on election day but very weakly.
If it wasn’t for Georgia and a heroic effort by black voters in that state to send a message to the powers that be, Biden would have been truly screwed.
“Has anyone seen my good black leggings?” #janeygodleyvoiceover
Original video Tiktok user finik12.18 pic.twitter.com/FyHG7cWny5— Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) March 5, 2021
re: #231 Targetpractice
So apparently Sinema decided that her little cutesy routine on the Senate floor wasn’t enough to kill her career and has chosen to nuke it from orbit just to be sure:
I’m not a big fan of Shoe0nHead’s “alt-right” form of allegedly progressive politics, with her millions of followers on YouTube.
She was a Bernie supporter who has a tendency to drag everything Democrats try to do.
RationalWiki has a snarky article about her:
June Nicole Lapine (1991-), better known as Shoe0nHead is a YouTube commentator and political grifter who criticizes feminism and Tumblr (“SJW”) culture.
While seemingly identifying with anti-feminist Youtube at-large, and espousing mainly anti-feminist views, she also shies away from the label ‘anti-feminist’, and has preferred the label, “egalitarian” instead, and self-describes as a social democrat. Her extensive history of cover for totally-not-racists, videos with literal white supremacists and so on, may not accord with the label “egalitarian.”
Lapine is a part of a growing number of popular Youtubers who claim to lean left/liberal and anti-feminist at the same time (something mostly unheard of from 2008-2016), with Ethan Klein and The Amazing Atheist being other examples. As of October 2020, Lapine’s main channel has over 1.54 million subscribers and 120 million views.
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What are the odds Sinema will defect to the GOP?
re: #243 Eclectic Cyborg
What are the odds Sinema will defect to the GOP?
Hard to say. She has long argued for LGBT rights and secular governance, two issues in opposition to the GQP.
Sen. Sinema’s spokesperson said it’s sexist to comment on a female politician’s “body language” or “physical demeanor” when HuffPost inquired about her thumbs down vote on min. wage. Okay. https://t.co/HT4ENmE6fP by @sara_bee
— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) March 6, 2021
Anyway just did an hour-long #WITHPod convo on the actual economics of the minimum wage w @arindube, which will be out in two weeks.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) March 5, 2021
When I announced our first cases of COVID-19 one year ago, none of us could have fathomed the toll this pandemic would take.
While each day brings us closer to a return to normalcy, we will never forget the 7,748 Marylanders who have been taken from us by this deadly virus. pic.twitter.com/CXjZlwZCJ1— Governor Larry Hogan (@GovLarryHogan) March 6, 2021
re: #240 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
All McConnell has to do is siphon off one lonely Democrat for whatever hill he wants to make his project, and the Democrats are screwed.
This, again, is the problem with not being able to flip either IA or ME or NC seats.
Some here got irritated as I lamented election results on election night.
This is why.
The Democrats won on election day but very weakly.
If it wasn’t for Georgia and a heroic effort by black voters in that state to send a message to the powers that be, Biden would have been truly screwed.
But we got rid of that effete liberal Doug Jones, and got a real fireball with Coach Tuberville.
Wife and I will do most of our political effort, post-coronavirus, across the Chattahoochee in Georgia.
Say what you will about Joe Manchin, but he made his point, which is apparently “Joe Manchin is messy and dramatic and will arbitrarily grind everything to a halt with demands that will not alter the government’s fiscal position but will cause more pain for millions of people.” https://t.co/Ir94S1xZqp
— Max Kennerly (@MaxKennerly) March 6, 2021
re: #238 darthstar
First page I’ve created in god only knows how many years…
I’m watching Minari right now. Grow the veggies!!
re: #246 Backwoods_Sleuth
Chris Hayes
The thing about the minimum wage vote today was that it was a free vote! It needed 60 votes and wasn’t gonna get it. $15 an hour is popular! It’s a lay-up. If you’re voting against it, it’s for reasons other than clear-eyed, ruthless fidelity to optimal political messaging.
As long as there is a 50-50 split in the Senate, we have no choice: Manchin and Sinema control the agenda and losing either one to the GOP means that the Biden policies are dead and Biden judges are dead. And as much as I like him, I wouldn’t rely on Chris Hayes as the ultimate authority on optimal political messaging; after all, wasn’t he a Bernie supporter in 2020?
I double dog dare you to try to get close to my wife.
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