Official Lyric Video for “Troubled Times” from the new album ‘Revolution Radio.’
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Sunday morning ski tour. #SitterSunday #SkiHayden @asponar @aspenate
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re: #2 Resistance Is Not Futile
“The embed code for this video is not valid.” (I tried Firefox and Chrome.)
Me too (on my iPhone, latest iOS, Safari).
I’m on Safari and The video is playing OK with me…
Among all the abnormal, likely deadly, essentially un-American developments of late, the caprices of Mike Flynn and son may be the worst pic.twitter.com/UwQMuflL1Z
— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) January 17, 2017
PLL is now suspended. I gave him a final warning a couple of days ago, and he came in tonight and pulled the same shit again. I’m done. That’s it. Patience officially at an end.
re: #8 Charles Johnson
PLL is now suspended. I gave him a final warning a couple of days ago, and he came in tonight and pulled the same shit again. I’m done. That’s it. Patience officially at an end,
Pity. But you gave him endless warnings.
re: #8 Charles Johnson
PLL is now suspended. I gave him a final warning a couple of days ago, and he came in tonight and pulled the same shit again. I’m done. That’s it. Patience officially at an end,
*sigh*
Everyone tried to help him…
That video error is because of a bad link, now fixed. Reload and all will be fine.
re: #8 Charles Johnson
PLL is now suspended. I gave him a final warning a couple of days ago, and he came in tonight and pulled the same shit again. I’m done. That’s it. Patience officially at an end,
Like I said downstairs, I’m not mourning his suspension. He’s proven himself to be as bigoted and hateful as your average KKK member.
That’s a fine addition to my Dissident playlist
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re: #8 Charles Johnson
This is Charles’ page and he has the right to set the rules and enforce them by his moderation. PLL didn’t heed the warnings.
Actions have consequences…
re: #8 Charles Johnson
PLL is now suspended. I gave him a final warning a couple of days ago, and he came in tonight and pulled the same shit again. I’m done. That’s it. Patience officially at an end.
It’s a good thing. You said so yourself, he puts the whole site at risk with his stupid outlandish comments. Blanket assertions about people should be abhorred. Sure, the southern United States has its share of racists and bigots, doesn’t make it right if I say “all Southerners are racists and bigots.” Which is a sad and frequent tactic of ProLifeLiberal.
Biloxi, Mississippi officially declares 3rd Monday of January MLK Jr. Day after backlash over “Great Americans Day” https://t.co/JThKWB6kNZ pic.twitter.com/smxs1V7c5t
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 17, 2017
re: #15 teleskiguy
I’m sorry. I’m a bleeding heart, and it has gotten me in trouble before this! I hope he learns from this. Not betting.
re: #17 retired cynic
He never learned, after fucking years of us Lizards trying to reign him in. Good riddance.
re: #16 FormerDirtDart
Good of them.
re: #15 teleskiguy
If I say “this is it, the last straw, don’t do this again or else,” and someone does it again, I figure they’re letting me know they don’t value their LGF account. This guy had more chances than he should have. I’m a patient person and I prefer to think the best of people, but there comes a time when you have to realize you’re being taken advantage of.
I found it more offensive that he thought of women as a commodity and felt he was owed being provided with a wife. YMMV
Currently being barraged with insults on Twitter by James O’Keefe’s idiotic followers.
re: #8 Charles Johnson
PLL is now suspended. I gave him a final warning a couple of days ago, and he came in tonight and pulled the same shit again. I’m done. That’s it. Patience officially at an end.
That’s too bad. I understand, but I fear for the mental health of the guy. As much he pissed some off, he may have needed that outlet and the feedback. With that gone it might not be helpful for him.
And I understand you don’t need to have that. Just stating my concern for him.
He has some issues which he admits and he can be his own worst enemy. But that can also be bad, being he can be his own worst enemy.
I hope he finds peace, with himself and with his world.
Later…getting late.
re: #21 allegro
I found it more offensive that he thought of women as a commodity and felt he was owed being provided with a wife. YMMV
*THIS*.
He never took initiative, just wanted his Imam to get him a woman to be with for the rest of his life. That’s not how healthy relationships come about. And he’d then bitch about how he can’t get a wife endlessly (there must be hundreds and hundreds of comments by PLL in this vein).
PLL is on the autistic spectrum, on a further side. I can sympathize with his social awkwardness. Still, he’s been given cues, advice, good will, on this board for many years, and he didn’t listen. It’s his own damn fault he can’t cultivate relationships, and his banning here.
Okay what the Hell did I just miss? I swear I always miss the “shit getting real” moments when I have to run errands even with this dreaded “boot” of mine.
So can anyone clue me in on what happened?
re: #23 ObserverArt
But this isn’t a psychologists’ office, it’s a commenting community, and he was making it a VERY unpleasant experience for a lot of people. We’re all adults here. If he needs help, he should get it, but it’s not LGF’s responsibility to give it to him, and it doesn’t help him to continue tolerating abusive behavior.
re: #24 teleskiguy
Soooo many lizards tried to help that guy.
re: #25 electrotek
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re: #26 Charles Johnson
But this isn’t a psychologists’ office, it’s a commenting community, and he was making it a VERY unpleasant experience for a lot of people. We’re all adults here. If he needs help, he should get it, but it’s not LGF’s responsibility to give it to him, and it doesn’t help him to continue tolerating abusive behavior.
I understand Charles. I was just commenting that I think he seemed to be on the edge…maybe more than just the spectrum, though it could start with that. I had friends that were on the edge. It didn’t go well for them. I just feel for people, and that is why I commented.
Edit to add…Yes, I do hope he gets help for his anger and where that comes from within him.
re: #17 retired cynic
I’m sorry. I’m a bleeding heart, and it has gotten me in trouble before this! I hope he learns from this. Not betting.
If he were capable of that kind of learning, he would not be banned.
I have expressed a lot of exasperation with that young man for a while now. The fact is that I truly have empathy. He has issues. I have issues. We all have issues.
The thing is this: part of being an adult is having a modicum of self awareness. I will be honest: it took me into my 30s to realize that doing the same thing the same way over and over and expecting different results was a dead end. If he is not in his 30s, he soon will be…so I sincerely hope he will arrive at a similar revelation soon.
The other thing is that it is not enough to know one needs help. One also needs to know where to ask. While frequently sub-optimal, most every community in America has an infrastructure for getting troubled people the mental health care they need at a price they can deal with. Most religious communities have an infrastructure for helping members meet like minded singles.
For some reason, he thought this was the place to get both kinds of help. I will never understand that.
re: #28 Resistance Is Not Futile
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re: #23 ObserverArt
That’s too bad. I understand, but I fear for the mental health of the guy. As much he pissed some off, he may have needed that outlet and the feedback. With that gone it might not be helpful for him.
And I understand you don’t need to have that. Just stating my concern for him.
He has some issues which he admits and he can be his own worst enemy. But that can also be bad, being he can be his own worst enemy.
I hope he finds peace, with himself and with his world.
Later…getting late.
I am sorry to see Ziggy suspended. We all have issues and problems; this is certainly magnified for those on the autism spectrum.
As to some of the other criticisms, as a woman, I did not see his desire for help in meeting someone as unusual or offensive. Many guys are awkward and need assistance in finding the right woman.
Could his situation have been handled by removing the offensive posts rather then suspending the account? This site was important to him and I share ObserverArt’s concern that the loss of the community would be harmful to him.
re: #33 Hecuba’s daughter
I am sorry to see Ziggy suspended. We all have issues and problems; this is certainly magnified for those on the autism spectrum.
As to some of the other criticisms, as a woman, I did not see his desire for help in meeting someone as unusual or offensive. Many guys are awkward and need assistance in finding the right woman.
Could his situation have been handled by removing the offensive posts rather then suspending the account? This site was important to him and I share ObserverArt’s concern that the loss of the community would be harmful to him.
I’m still keeping in touch with him. I can’t really afford to ignore the guy because I feel he’s emotionally feeble and he needs the remaining moral support he can get.
re: #33 Hecuba’s daughter
You must realize that ProLifeLiberal has been commenting at LGF for years. And our help and our love and our advice was completely ignored.
re: #35 teleskiguy
You must realize that ProLifeLiberal has been commenting at LGF for years. And our help and our love and our advice was completely ignored.
Ayep. And every time it looks like he’s making progress and getting his shit together, he comes in a day later saying everything’s gone to shit and he backslide.
re: #33 Hecuba’s daughter
Could his situation have been handled by removing the offensive posts rather then suspending the account? This site was important to him and I share ObserverArt’s concern that the loss of the community would be harmful to him.
Charles handled it that way for years — with warnings. He finally got tired of handing out warnings.
re: #34 electrotek
Good for you. Especially since you met him in the real world. I met a Walter Newton in the real world which made reading some of his latter posts difficult. He didn’t get banned, just walked away.
re: #35 teleskiguy
You must realize that ProLifeLiberal has been commenting at LGF for years. And our help and our love and our advice was completely ignored.
Although I joined recently, I have actually been reading the site occasionally over the past few years and Ziggy was part of it. Many mental health problems do not have a real treatment; in some cases, it could be analogous to trying to teach a blind person to see. Maybe, the suspension could be temporary.
re: #34 electrotek
Glad to hear it. I hope you’ll be able to help him. (I’ve thought for a time that what he needs to do is learn to count ten before speaking — but klys, among others, gave him equivalent advise, and he didn’t take it.)
re: #40 Hecuba’s daughter
Although I joined recently, I have actually been reading the site occasionally over the past few years and Ziggy was part of it. Many mental health problems do not have a real treatment; in some cases, it could be analogous to trying to teach a blind person to see. Maybe, the suspension could be temporary.
Up to Charles. I believe he has reinstated people sometimes.
re: #40 Hecuba’s daughter
The guy has has so many chances though. If the suspension is only temporary he will probably start the behavior pattern again.
I for one really hope he gets the help he needs.
re: #41 Resistance Is Not Futile
Glad to hear it. I hope you’ll be able to help him. (I’ve thought for a time that what he needs to do is learn to count ten before speaking — but klys, among others, gave him equivalent advise, and he didn’t take it.)
There’s only so much that I can do, but he’s a fellow Muslim and a convert on top of it. Someone needs to help guide him as much as possible. I think his heart’s in the right place, but he really needs to control his emotions and anger. And it’s imperative for me to stay by his side so he doesn’t get lead astray.
re: #40 Hecuba’s daughter
Although I joined recently, I have actually been reading the site occasionally over the past few years and Ziggy was part of it. Many mental health problems do not have a real treatment; in some cases, it could be analogous to trying to teach a blind person to see. Maybe, the suspension could be temporary.
I have no doubt you are coming from a genuinely warm hearted and sincere place, but I have to say I think you are off base in a couple of different ways.
First of all, while mental health problems may not be “cured”, there are absolutely coping skills that CAN be learned. All it takes is for one to desire to learn these skills and seek them out. He does neither.
Second of all, he has already had temporary suspensions. I am not exaggerating when I say there have also been dozens of “offensive posts” removed over the years.
Again, I get where you are coming from. Just please take it from me and others: the level of empathy and tolerance that was shown here for years was EXTRAORDINARY. I honestly do not feel there are many (or ANY) other online communities that would have put up with as much as Charles and the community here has. At some point, you have to move on.
re: #45 bratwurst
the level of empathy and tolerance that was shown here for years was EXTRAORDINARY. I honestly do not feel there are many or ANY) other online communities that would have put up with as much as Charles and the community here has. At some point, you have to move on.
QFT
I wanted to help the dude, over and over. I gave him some tough love which was criticized by some Lizards here. In the end he doesn’t want to help himself, and he can’t visit this site as a result of his intransigence.
We all have that person in our lives, whether it be a friend, a family member, a coworker, an acquaintance, etc. That person who has so many problems that you can’t help but feel pity for them and want to help them. But every time you try to make the effort, you get through to them for a short time, then they revert back to type and you can’t help but feel that all your effort was wasted. You give them advice, you point them in the right direction, you listen to their concerns, and you do all you can to give them a reassuring shoulder. But no matter what you do, it never seems to lead anywhere, because they end up right back where they started, blaming everybody but themselves for their backsliding.
Eventually, even the patience of Job is tested to its limit and you have to acknowledge that some people are beyond help. As much as it may hurt your heart to admit it, sometimes you just can’t save everybody.
re: #47 Targetpractice
Always one of the wiser Lizards, and we’re fuckin’ the same age!
From a proud Coloradan to a proud Virginian, I salute you.
:-D
re: #45 bratwurst
PLL could have vented almost any way he wanted to here in connection with “Serbian ultra-nationalists”. Instead he went with the broad bush to all Serbians.
IMO that stuff being posted here is a deliberate attempt to seek validation for such angry nonsense, and nobody should be asked to put up with that indefinitely.
I am so sorry to hear about Ziggy.
Charles did what he needed to do. He has to keep the site working. And anger like Ziggy’s can damage his hard work.
But, as has been noted, there is empathy for Ziggy, and I hope that those in contact with him will convey this. Certainly I wish him well.
This place is not for everyone. I refer to my own wife by her nic here, but she does not post because blogging on politics and current events carries risks and nuances she avoids. We get plenty of room to vent, even to make serious mistakes. But the reason this space has value is it that is an oasis from that kind of anger. One under constant assault. Now we have a big damn job ahead to resist certain Presidential agendas and still keep our heads. Not fuck up with violence or hate talk. Not get a mean streak. These are Troubled Times. Hold the high ground, stay smart. It’s more important now, higher stakes. Charles said suspended, so I like to think PLL can one day find his mental center, some inner peace and return in good time and with good style.
re: #49 EPR-radar
PLL could have vented almost any way he wanted to here in connection with “Serbian ultra-nationalists”. Instead he went with the broad bush to all Serbians.
IMO that stuff being posted here is a deliberate attempt to seek validation for such angry nonsense, and nobody should be asked to put up with that indefinitely.
For God’s sake man, not even Bosnian Muslims who suffered the worst of it all in Srebrenica would tar all Serbs with such a brush.
If only he could at least grasp that. And they actually LOST loved ones in that horrific massacre. Neither Ziggy or myself can never relate to the horrors they’ve gone through and how strong they are in forgiving their oppressors.
re: #44 electrotek
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re: #33 Hecuba’s daughter
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re: #48 teleskiguy
Always one of the wiser Lizards, and we’re fuckin’ the same age!
From a proud Coloradan to a proud Virginian, I salute you.
:-D
It’s not the age, it’s the mileage. Seen many folks like PLL on other boards, those who have a lot of negativity in their personal lives that is turning into drama on the boards. Some just need a shoulder to cry on, others need to be slapped upside the heads, and others are just total trolls looking to get a quick laugh. And then there are those who have very real issues, ones that need professional help and not just a kind person willing to listen to them. In those instances, they need to have the door slammed in their face before they’ll stop and reexamine their behavior.
The victory of the Cheeto Benito courtesy of the Electoral College, a legacy from our slave-holding past, has been devastating to many and certainly hit PLL especially hard. Hopefully ED: electrotek will help him get through this. There are others who feel absolute despair over the nightmare facing us.
But who knows what the future now holds when SNL has better insight into our new leader than most MSM.
re: #55 Targetpractice
In those instances, they need to have the door slammed in their face before they’ll stop and reexamine their behavior.
Yup.
I’ve had the door slammed in my face - by women, by job prospects, by cops - and life goes on.
It’s a shame, but inevitable.
re: #57 Hecuba’s daughter
I think you mean elektrotek — I don’t know him personally.
re: #57 Hecuba’s daughter
The victory of the Cheeto Benito courtesy of the Electoral College, a legacy from our slave-holding past, has been devastating to many and certainly hit PLL especially hard. Hopefully Resistance is not futile will help him get through this. There are others who feel absolute despair over the nightmare facing us.
But who knows what the future now holds when SNL has better insight into our new leader than most MSM.
No offense, but while we’ve all had our episodes of anger and despair since Election Night (myself included), PLL’s problems predate this election and many of the things he’s said since the Election, he has said in the past or something similar. He has some very real issues and Trump winning the election was not the start of them.
re: #60 Resistance Is Not Futile
I think you mean elektrotek — I don’t know him personally.
Yeah I was totally confused when your name was dropped. I was like “Wut??”
re: #60 Resistance Is Not Futile
I think you mean elektrotek — I don’t know him personally.
Yes — I was just typing a correction to my note when you posted.
re: #62 electrotek
Yeah I was totally confused when your name was dropped. I was like “Wut??”
For a moment, I thought she was talking about the sentiment, not the handle.
The guy who ran for president on his ability to make and close deals could not successfully book a Bruce Springsteen cover band.
— Chase Mitchell (@ChaseMit) January 17, 2017
So I’m fixing to go on a rant about an entire group upon which I desire violent retribution…
Ants.
My torso and arms are covered with ant bites. Not fire ants, blessedly, whose bites are much more painful and leave behind pus blisters, but bites that are hugely swollen and itchy/burning. They were in a t-shirt - not sure how they got there. Hopefully it was from outside chores and not from inside where the shirt was tossed over a bedroom chair last night.
I want those fuckers to die.
re: #67 allegro
My sympathies. But I have to say that taking revenge on an anthill would be undignified.
Tombstone of two of the best breakdancers pic.twitter.com/i1riSYFsOo
— Mike Glazer (@glazerboohoohoo) September 25, 2014
Fuckface Von Clownstick, confused about the adage ‘all men are created equal.’
Found a transcript of my ‘09 talk w/Trump for the @NYTimes. He says he doesn’t get why “all men are created equal.” pic.twitter.com/No4zS0OHTL
— Deborah Solomon (@deborahsolo) January 16, 2017
Well, I’m off to bed. Night, all.
My friend who just left mind-blowing snow totals in Crested Butte is in Europe now, competing in an extreme skiing circuit.
Not a bad view #bigassfuckingmountains
Django Unchained is the most racist movie I have ever seen, it sucked!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 25, 2013
Ya sure, you actual racist shitheel.
re: #68 Resistance Is Not Futile
My sympathies. But I have to say that taking revenge on an anthill would be undignified.
But it could be a work of art!
Woke up this morning to a fair amount of anti-US/Trump/Putin rhetoric on the French/German political scenes after the disastrous interview (what a surprise) Caligula gave the Europress yesterday.
Now that England is out of the diplomatic loop & more or less forced to seek refuge in the arms of the Orange Ogre, the core European countries have a freer hand; not seen any mentions of this in the MSM but Germany is now talking nuclear partnership with France in anticipation of NATO’s neutering by the Pumpkin Pinochet. The fact is, no one is trusting the US anymore. This may extend to intelligence sharing which would only increase the risk of another successful strike on US land.
Also talks of a new Europe-China alliance to balance what’s being seen as the Trump-Putin axis.
In 48 hours we’ve gone to the World-as-we-knew-it to “let’s play RISK on speed.”
I’m not sure what your oligarchs are thinking: do they believe that some tax breaks & getting rid of pesky 20th century laws will be enough to make up for the huge backlash & increased risk factors coming your way? Most puzzling.
re: #77 Lupin
Can only hope Trump’s election here snaps people in Europe straight so they don’t do what we just did.
re: #78 GlutenFreeJesus
Can only hope Trump’s election here snaps people in Europe straight so they don’t do what we just did.
Right now my faith in polls isn’t what it used to be but, that said, last week’s showed Marine LePen losing by more than 30 points (!) against anyone running against her in the second round.
re: #79 Lupin
Right now my faith in polls isn’t what it used to be but, that said, last week’s showed Marine LePen losing by more than 30 points (!) against anyone running against her in the second round.
Brexit and DT are real object lessons in what following populist sentiments can ultimately lead to.
re: #80 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Granted, but better to start with a 30-points lead, no? :-)
The peculiarity of the French political scene is that the FN isn’t a new populist/demagogic movement like those that propelled Brexit and DT forward, but an old entrenched and corrupt party that has been there for decades and suffers from a justifiably bad PR image. They’re powerful enough to knock a first round candidate out, but have never expanded they reach beyond the high 20, let’s say 30% tops.
Anyway I’m not making any predictions, but only noting that the situation on the ground is very different from UKIP and DT/Tea Party.
Has this incident been mentioned in recent threads?
Eight shot, one critical, as thousands celebrate peace on MLK Day at park
Incidents like this do not bode well for our country…
Forgive me if someone has already shared this link, but this is probably the best analysis of what is to come you will ever read:
An analysis of Donald Trump’s election win and the prospects for his presidency
Not for all the gold in your Fort Knox.
As a reminder, filing for the class-action payout over fixing milk prices in several states expires on January 31.
The article about the original lawsuit, in which half a million milk cows were slaughtered to drive up milk prices can be found at Huffington Post:
Class action firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP filed the suit in 2011 on behalf of dairy consumers, against dairy lobbying group National Milk Producers Federation and industry cooperatives Dairy Farmers of America, Land O’ Lakes, DairyLea Cooperative and Agrimark.
The suit states that Cooperatives Working Together, a trade group led by the NMPF, oversaw a “herd retirement program” between 2003 and 2010. That “retirement” program consisted of dairy cooperatives buying out entire herds of cattle — primarily from small farms — and sending them for early slaughter. (“Spent” dairy cows are typically slaughtered for cheap ground beef, Leahy said, though she couldn’t speak to the fate of each cow in this program.)
This limited the supply of raw milk, thus driving up prices for products like yogurt, cream and cottage cheese, according to the suit.
(More at the link above)
The site to file for the claim ($10-$20 for consumers, up to $560 for institutions):
boughtmilk.com
re: #86 Anymouse
As a reminder, filing for the class-action payout over fixing milk prices in several states expires on January 31.
The answer to this problem is for each family to own its own cow. Under the Affordable Cow Act or ACA, otherwise known as O’Learycare.
re: #87 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The answer to this problem is for each family to own its own cow. Under the Affordable Cow Act or ACA, otherwise known as O’Learycare.
LOL. I hardly have enough room for six chickens. And cows are prohibited in town.
re: #88 Anymouse
LOL. I hardly have enough room for six chickens. And cows are prohibited in town.
Job killing regulations!
Random things that annoy me: Donate $552 to charity in a year and receive no tax benefits, because like most Americans, you take the standard deduction.
re: #89 Timothy Watson
Job killing regulations!
Darn libruals. Wait, that ordinance was passed here in the 1950’s … we just had a dispute about someone keeping goats in town and I had to look into it.
re: #90 Timothy Watson
Random things that annoy me: Donate $552 to charity in a year and receive no tax benefits, because like most Americans, you take the standard deduction.
The standard deduction is constructed in such a manner that paperwork is reduced for the average taxpayer.
The standard deduction is a tax benefit.
You could itemise deductions, and claim charitable deductions, along with sales taxes, medical expenses, and other such things.
If you itemise you have to be able to produce receipts or other such documentation to prove you actually incurred the expense.
re: #93 Anymouse
The standard deduction is constructed in such a manner that paperwork is reduced for the average taxpayer.
The standard deduction is a tax benefit.
You could itemise deductions, and claim charitable deductions, along with sales taxes, medical expenses, and other such things.
If you itemise you have to be able to produce receipts or other such documentation to prove you actually incurred the expense.
Why would anybody want to even see your tax returns unless they were a liberal journalist out to smear you?
re: #93 Anymouse
The standard deduction is constructed in such a manner that paperwork is reduced for the average taxpayer.
The standard deduction is a tax benefit.
You could itemise deductions, and claim charitable deductions, along with sales taxes, medical expenses, and other such things.
If you itemise you have to be able to produce receipts or other such documentation to prove you actually incurred the expense.
Except that itemizing is designed specifically for people who own multiple homes, etc. If you itemize, you can deduct the real estate taxes on every property you own, as well as the mortgage interest on up to two houses. You tell the average American that, and they will ask “Two houses? Who the hell do I look like?”
And even if I itemized, I probably still wouldn’t meet the deductible threshold for the medical expenses. Thank God I have a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) which at least lets me avoid paying taxes on the copays for my diabetic supplies and insulin.
re: #94 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Why would anybody want to even see your tax returns unless they were a liberal journalist out to smear you?
LOL. I guess we need to ask Mr. Trump that.
re: #95 Timothy Watson
Except that itemizing is designed specifically for people who own multiple homes, etc. If you itemize, you can deduct the real estate taxes on every property you own, as well as the mortgage interest on up to two houses. You tell the average American that, and they will ask “Two houses? Who the hell do I look like?”
And even if I itemized, I probably still wouldn’t meet the deductible threshold for the medical expenses. Thank God I have a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) which at least lets me avoid paying taxes on the copays for my diabetic supplies and insulin.
The only time I filed 1040 and itemised deductions was when I was in the Navy and still performing Irish folk music for money: I had to file for depreciation of my hammered dulcimer for business expense.
I just looked up the rules for charitable deductions at the IRS. You may deduct up to 50% of you taxable income for lawful charities defined in the tax code, including certain foreign charities. If you gave away that much of your income, you would be filing Form 1040 to itemise your deductions. (Lots of zeros on the form, but the list of charities would go on it.)
My wife and I own our home outright (we paid cash for it). No mortgage deductions for us. Since I have been married, we have never itemised deductions.
The IRS advises that if you think you might have a lot of deductions, you should figure your income tax both ways (with the standard deduction and with itemised). You then file the way that means you owe the least tax.
There are certain scenarios where you are required to file an itemised form, notably if you are married filing separately and your spouse itemise.
Certain taxpayers can’t use the standard deduction:
A married individual filing as married filing separately whose spouse itemizes deductions.
An individual who files a tax return for a period of less than 12 months because of a change in his or her annual accounting period.
An individual who was a nonresident alien or a dual-status alien during the year. However, nonresident aliens who are married to a U.S. citizen or resident alien at the end of the year and who choose to be treated as U.S. residents for tax purposes can take the standard deduction. For additional information, refer to Publication 519, U.S. Tax Guide for Aliens.
An estate or trust, common trust fund, or partnership; see Code Section 63(c)(6)(D).
You should itemize deductions if your allowable itemized deductions are greater than your standard deduction or if you must itemize deductions because you can’t use the standard deduction.
You may be able to reduce your tax by itemizing deductions on Form 1040, Schedule A (PDF), Itemized Deductions. Itemized deductions include amounts you paid for state and local income or sales taxes, real estate taxes, personal property taxes, mortgage interest, and disaster losses. You may also include gifts to charity and part of the amount you paid for medical and dental expenses. You would usually benefit by itemizing on Form 1040, Schedule A (PDF), if you:
Can’t use the standard deduction or the amount you can claim is limited
Had large uninsured medical and dental expenses
Paid interest or taxes on your home
Had large unreimbursed employee business expenses or other miscellaneous deductions
Had large uninsured casualty or theft losses, or
Made large contributions to qualified charities
re: #39 prairiefire
Good for you. Especially since you met him in the real world. I met a Walter Newton in the real world which made reading some of his latter posts difficult. He didn’t get banned, just walked away.
Walter made an art of being a PITA, but he more than made up for it by being interesting. I count him among the lost Lizards who made the place a neighborhood bar.
If my memory of Ziggy is correct, he was extremely concerned with the polling leading up to the election. In that, he was correct in his concern.
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re: #88 Anymouse
LOL. I hardly have enough room for six chickens. And cows are prohibited in town.
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SNL’s prop folders look more realistic than the ones at Trump’s actual press conference. lol pic.twitter.com/Edc62m6iPa
— Pascalle Lepas (@lepas) January 15, 2017
Yay! An enemies list. What did they expect, for Trump to put their letters on his fridge?
They are some of the biggest names in the Republican national security firmament, veterans of past GOP administrations who say, if called upon by President-elect Donald Trump, they stand ready to serve their country again.
But their phones aren’t ringing. Their entreaties to Trump Tower in New York have mostly gone unanswered. In Trump world, these establishment all-stars say they are “PNG” — personae non gratae.
Their transgression was signing one or both of two public “Never Trump” letters during the campaign, declaring they would not vote for Trump and calling his candidacy a danger to the nation.
re: #101 Emptor scriptor Remorse
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Tweets by realRealDukatre: #105 Timothy Watson
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re: #109 Timothy Watson
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re: #85 Timothy Watson
Wow, a rebranded Hannidate.
re: #111 Anymouse
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A billionaire who lives in a gold-plated palace and was just elected to the most powerful position on earth wakes up every morning and complains that the whole world is against him.
The same people who did the phony election polls, and were so wrong, are now doing approval rating polls. They are rigged just like before.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 17, 2017
I’ve been waiting for this tweet all morning. https://t.co/DOtxXZhLFy
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) January 17, 2017
re: #114 The Vicious Babushka
A billionaire who was just elected to the most powerful position on earth wakes up every morning and complains that the whole world is against him.
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That ought to shame people into approving him.
re: #113 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
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re: #114 The Vicious Babushka
A billionaire who was just elected to the most powerful position on earth wakes up every morning and complains that the whole world is against him.
This is why Trump is the typical Republican. His tweets are what you’d expect to hear on RNWJ talk radio or see on Fox “News.”
How many days after 1/20 until Trump gives up Gülen?
re: #109 Timothy Watson
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I flagged that one so Charles or one of the monitor Lizards can take care of it. Personally, PLL has been a scroll over for some time now and I will just leave it at that.
re: #118 Barefoot Grin
How many days after 1/20 until Trump gives up Gülen?
How many days before he offers asylum to Julian Assange, a pardon to Snowden and appoints them both to security positions?
Wow Trump wasn’t joking look at all these people in D.C already! @Reflog_18 pic.twitter.com/ljMzekDQiF
— Uncle Drew𓅓 (@AndrewDolphin11) January 17, 2017
re: #120 The Vicious Babushka
How many days before he offers asylum to Julian Assange, a pardon to Snowden and appoints them both to security positions?
It’ll be just before the Serbian invasion of Kosovo. Or perhaps just after. Or was that the Russian invasion of Ukraine…..
re: #120 The Vicious Babushka
How many days before he offers asylum to Julian Assange, a pardon to Snowden and appoints them both to security positions?
I was going to say right after the inauguration, but he’ll be out to lunch until Monday.
Hi @RawStory, I am NOT Omar Mateen’s wife. Plz acknowledge/correct the errors. PS: same photo you used before…lazy pic.twitter.com/2xtdcgNNgk
— Noor Tagouri (@NTagouri) January 16, 2017
re: #122 Barefoot Grin
It’ll be just before the Serbian invasion of Kosovo. Or perhaps just after. Or was that the Russian invasion of Ukraine…..
The Invasion of Scotland
the new healthcare plan is everybody gets 50 tylenol at birth. those are your tylenol. use them whenever or however you want.
— chris (@BassoonJokes) January 13, 2017
MOSCOW (AP) — Putin says those who spread fake allegations about Trump are “worse than prostitutes” https://t.co/io6GUjmVZ8
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) January 17, 2017
Michigan Mayor Refers To Blacks As ‘Chimps’, Older Women As ‘Dried Up C*nts’ | Crooks and Liars https://t.co/L2mfAOWuxt via @crooksandliars
— Republican Swine (@RepublicanSwine) January 17, 2017
Wait, I thought that was the guy in charge of Maine.
Hell, I can’t keep track of these idiots any more https://t.co/qDZXwHfJnW— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) January 17, 2017
Stonekettle on one of his wonderful Twitter fans (Mr. Johnson here isn’t the only one who has to deal with them):
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Good job everyone- Twitter put the users account down. Pretty bad it took over 24 hours and over 90k impressions before they acted.
— David Yankovich (@DavidYankovich) January 17, 2017
@AP pic.twitter.com/EPPJQSxXpF
— Mary A Murter (@MaryMurter) January 17, 2017
re: #130 The Vicious Babushka
As I noted, I am concerned either about anarchists or Trump supporters creating havoc. (I am aware of the supposed tin foil hattery involved in conspiracy theory, but some of Mr. Trumps’ supporters are not exactly our most upstanding citizens.)
We don’t need a moonbat “liberal” causing trouble either (although I am not sure such threats qualify as liberal).
re: #85 Timothy Watson
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Not for all the gold in your Fort Knox.
AND all the Crown Jewels. No fucking way.
And they’re going to breed. Ugh.
re: #132 Anymouse
As I noted, I am concerned either about anarchists or Trump supporters creating havoc. (I am aware of the supposed tin foil hattery involved in conspiracy theory, but some of Mr. Trumps’ supporters are not exactly our most upstanding citizens.)
We don’t need a moonbat “liberal” causing trouble either (although I am not sure such threats qualify as liberal).
The Twitter account that was suspended was a wingnut sending targeted death threats to people planning to protest the Inauguration.
re: #130 The Vicious Babushka
Unfortunately, in order to weed out the bad from Twitter, that’s what has to happen, every time. Milo only got nuked from Twitter because his vendetta against Leslie Jones shamed Jack Dorsey into doing the fucking bare minimum.
Trump will only get suspended from Twitter when a flippant tweet kills billions in a real-life nuclear holocaust. //-half
re: #84 IntegralDoc
The way that picture is cropped out immediately gave me a creepy vibe.
re: #132 Anymouse
It’s not really a tin-foil hat when they’ve actually tried some ratfking like this already (Jimmy “Why Am I Not In Jail Yet?” O’Keefe). But I bet Putin is a bit better than O’Keefe is at shit like this…
Trump, inaugurated on Friday at noon, tells the Times of London he’s going to take the rest of that day and the weekend off. pic.twitter.com/Qae6rW1IMS
— Angus Johnston (@studentactivism) January 16, 2017
FOX NEWS WOULD HAVE ACTUALLY EXPLODED IF PRESIDENT OBAMA STARTED ON MONDAY FOLLOWING HIS INAUGURATION. https://t.co/g3u73GssN6
— sportsyelling. (@sportsyelling) January 17, 2017
INSTEAD, THE NARRATIVE WILL BE “HE DESERVES TO ENJOY HIS WIN! CELEBRATE THE WEEKEND! ETC!”
— sportsyelling. (@sportsyelling) January 17, 2017
@sportsyelling “…and be sure to watch ‘Judge?’ Pirro at 9pm Saturday demanding your full compliance! Only on Fox ‘News!’”
— Nathan Obral 📎😸❄️ (@myronfalwell) January 17, 2017
re: #77 Lupin
Woke up this morning to a fair amount of anti-US/Trump/Putin rhetoric on the French/German political scenes after the disastrous interview (what a surprise) Caligula gave the Europress yesterday.
Now that England is out of the diplomatic loop & more or less forced to seek refuge in the arms of the Orange Ogre, the core European countries have a freer hand; not seen any mentions of this in the MSM but Germany is now talking nuclear partnership with France in anticipation of NATO’s neutering by the Pumpkin Pinochet. The fact is, no one is trusting the US anymore. This may extend to intelligence sharing which would only increase the risk of another successful strike on US land.
Also talks of a new Europe-China alliance to balance what’s being seen as the Trump-Putin axis.
In 48 hours we’ve gone to the World-as-we-knew-it to “let’s play RISK on speed.”
I’m not sure what your oligarchs are thinking: do they believe that some tax breaks & getting rid of pesky 20th century laws will be enough to make up for the huge backlash & increased risk factors coming your way? Most puzzling.
My friends in Europe are saying the same thing. Sending me links to various European articles. First they were laughing at Trump, now they are holding His Ass-Holeyness in utter contempt.
re: #135 Myron Falwell
Unfortunately, in order to weed out the bad from Twitter, that’s what has to happen, every time. Milo only got nuked from Twitter because his vendetta against Leslie Jones shamed Jack Dorsey into doing the fucking bare minimum.
Trump will only get suspended from Twitter when a flippant tweet kills billions in a real-life nuclear holocaust. //-half
Another reason I am not on Twitter. I applaud the intestinal fortitude of those like you or Mr. Johnson or others who can go toe-to-toe with such people, but I don’t think I could really do much.
Twitter seems more like a no-holds barred free-for-all of slurs, bullying, threats, and stalking.
Who knew that could be monitised as a business model?
Y’know, I thought his profile pic was bad enough…
Ready for the Deploraball! Hope I see you there. We ain’t afraid of no hippies with stink bombs! :-) pic.twitter.com/GFPL94hX8e
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) January 17, 2017
@KagroX It’s important we have a president ready to take action on day 3…
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 17, 2017
re: #121 Myron Falwell
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Just look at that crowd just waiting to see Trump lay his hand on his original copy of The Art Of The Deal as he takes the Oath of Office!
#Putin now on state TV: @realDonaldTrump has been with the most beautiful women in the world, so why would he need prostitutes in Moscow?
— Amie Ferris-Rotman (@Amie_FR) January 17, 2017
re: #142 I cannot.
Y’know, I thought his profile pic was bad enough…
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— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 17, 2017
.@DeptVetAffairs agrees to pay billions to marines affected by toxic water at Camp Lejeune https://t.co/syMBpEuvgx
— VFW National HQ (@VFWHQ) January 16, 2017
re: #22 Charles Johnson
Currently being barraged with insults on Twitter by James O’Keefe’s idiotic followers.
Department of Redundancy Department?
re: #146 darthstar
Geez, I have a better suit (and a better tux) than Bill Mitchell, and I live out in the middle of nowhere.
re: #141 Barefoot Grin
Yeah, but golf….
When you get into a sand trap, it’s a [you-know-what] to get out.
re: #149 Anymouse
To me, it looks pretty damn good…as long as you’re not looking at the head its attached to.
There is a #BetterWay. We will repeal #Obamacare and replace it with a truly patient-centered system with more choices and lower costs. pic.twitter.com/L6JkIJ835t
— Paul Ryan (@SpeakerRyan) January 17, 2017
Happy Birthday, talking point! I can’t believe you’re already 7 years old.https://t.co/pd3AhZPj5Y
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) January 17, 2017
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Grey, raw, and still warmer than a typical January. Can’t do anything about the weather, and there seems to be little anyone can do to stop the Trump takeover and Putin’s puppet having his way with the US intel services and shifting US foreign policy in ways that inure benefit to Putin’s Russia.
Meanwhile, Putin’s putting his 2 cents in to the Trump takeover and the assorted scandals even before he takes office:
Doing jobs that Americans wont do? @Amie_FR @realDonaldTrump
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 17, 2017
Why do powerful people go to hookers in the first place? Because of the thrill? Because they get off on the power of paying someone to do their bidding? Because they can?
Or, in Trump’s case, because they’re doing jobs that Americans refuse to do.
re: #151 I cannot.
To me, it looks pretty damn good…as long as you’re not looking at the head its attached to.
LOL. My head is pretty frightening too.
I am off to bed; I leave you with this media fail:
@CNNMoney @cnnbrk @Walmart didn’t they; not to long ago, shutter 339 stores putting thousands out of work. How quick the media forgets!
— VFW POST 10047 (@VFWPOST10047) January 17, 2017
re: #144 Joe Bacon
Just look at that crowd just waiting to see Trump lay his hand on his original copy of The Art Of The Deal as he takes the Oath of Office!
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Those puppets look more realistic than Bill Mitchell’s new suit.
re: #135 Myron Falwell
Unfortunately, in order to weed out the bad from Twitter, that’s what has to happen, every time. Milo only got nuked from Twitter because his vendetta against Leslie Jones shamed Jack Dorsey into doing the fucking bare minimum.
Trump will only get suspended from Twitter when a flippant tweet kills billions in a real-life nuclear holocaust. //-half
Trump will never be banned from twitter even if he explicitly threatens every single person who didn’t vote for him.
re: #114 The Vicious Babushka
A billionaire who lives in a gold-plated palace and was just elected to the most powerful position on earth wakes up every morning and complains that the whole world is against him.
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Not the whole world. Puty-Pute likes him, and is really getting pissed off that people keep criticizing his puppet.
re: #154 lawhawk
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Grey, raw, and still warmer than a typical January. Can’t do anything about the weather, and there seems to be little anyone can do to stop the Trump takeover and Putin’s puppet having his way with the US intel services and shifting US foreign policy in ways that inure benefit to Putin’s Russia.
Meanwhile, Putin’s putting his 2 cents in to the Trump takeover and the assorted scandals even before he takes office:
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Why do powerful people go to hookers in the first place? Because of the thrill? Because they get off on the power of paying someone to do their bidding? Because they can?
Or, in Trump’s case, because they’re doing jobs that Americans refuse to do.
Trump might get to meet the most beautiful women in the world but he can’t get them to sexually degrade themselves unless he pays them money. That BTW includes Melania.
re: #157 MsJ
Trump will never be banned from twitter even if he explicitly threatens every single person who didn’t vote for him.
Nope, for the libertarian dudebros at Twitter, it’s all about the Benjamins.
TWITTER TERMS-OF-SERVICE:
Account suspension
Your account will be suspended, if in the opinion of Twitter, your comments cost us more money than if we do not suspend you.
Rape threats, stalking, death threats, harassment, and other illegal activity will only be considered on a case-by-case basis and weighed against our quarterly report.
I like this paragraph from Richard Cohen:
By the end of the week, Trump will be the president. I wish him the best; I wish him the worst. The dilemma is how to separate loathing for him from love of country. I am leaving it to time to work that out. Meanwhile, Trump will have his moment, that’s for sure, but when things go wrong he will be chased from office — just like Johnson once was. The ancient Greeks knew why: A man’s character is his fate. In that case, Trump’s presidency is doomed.
re: #157 MsJ
Or, if he wipes out the entire population with a nuclear weapon, thus eliminating the need for Twitter.
Felix Randomkitty is apparently into pain.
Nowadays, if he goes too far beyond his time for an insulin injection, he will park in front of the refrigerator and start yowling. He just did that now, I had to duck out and give him a shot.
My cat is weird.
re: #162 Myron Falwell
Or, if he wipes out the entire population with a nuclear weapon, thus eliminating the need for Twitter.
Mr. Trump on Twitter:
I just ordered a nuclear strike.
Millions of complaints to Twitter
Twitter: We are reviewing your complaint and if we find it in violation of our Terms of Service, we will send the offending account a sternly-worded warning.
Twitter to Earth: After reviewing the offending tweet, we have suspended Earth’s account for ten days.
re: #164 I cannot.
Your cat is a cat. Weird is what they do.
The village clerk was complaining to me when we were setting up her new computer that there are mice in the village office (there was mouse effluvium under the keyboard when we removed it).
She said she did not understand why there were so many mice coming in the building and was considering asking the village board for money for an exterminator.
I pointed out that the village hall is one block west of a feedlot and three blocks east of a cornfield. When it gets cold, mice come into the building - that has been a complaint ever since I moved here.
We have the same problem in my house. I live equidistant between the cornfield and the feedlot. I suggested to her that she ask the village board for a cat.
re: #145 The Vicious Babushka
Why in Gawd’s name would Anthony Weiner need to send out pictures of his underwear?
Our next president is searching Twitter for compliments and retweeting his own praise. pic.twitter.com/0QqXY7VdOk
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) January 17, 2017
Clinton Foundation shutting down the Clinton Global Initiative.
Foreign governments began pulling out of annual donations, signaling the organization’s clout was predicated on donor access to the Clintons, rather than its philanthropic work. In November, the Australian government confirmed it “has not renewed any of its partnerships with the scandal-plagued Clinton Foundation, effectively ending 10 years of taxpayer-funded contributions worth more than $88 million.” The government of Norway also drastically reduced their annual donations, which reached $20 million a year in 2015.
On January 12, the Clinton Foundation received more bad news: a WARN notice was filed with the New York Department of Labor. The main office of the Clinton Global Initiative in New York City would be closing, laying off 22 employees.
This doesn’t surprise me completely. But Bill Clinton did do some good work with his foundation and that should be recognized. In the age of Trump any kind of charity lost will be felt.
re: #145 The Vicious Babushka
Because he can. It’s like climbing Mount Everest: Because it’s there.
re: #168 Belafon
Why in Gawd’s name would Anthony Weiner need to send out pictures of his underwear?
Ewww. Perhaps Samsung can send him one of their self-combusting cell phones? That would keep future FBI investigations from trying to view his photos.
re: #171 darthstar
Clinton Foundation shutting down the Clinton Global Initiative.
This doesn’t surprise me completely. But Bill Clinton did do some good work with his foundation and that should be recognized. In the age of Trump any kind of charity lost will be felt.
I guess they will have to wait for the Trump Foundation to pick up the good work.
And wait, and wait, and wait….
re: #171 darthstar
Good job conservatives: Manufacture scandal to get your guy elected and cause the shutdown of a worthwhile charity. (I thought the GOP was big on private charity over government support? Oh, right, Clinton
re: #145 The Vicious Babushka
#Putin now on state TV: @realDonaldTrump has been with the most beautiful women in the world, so why would he need prostitutes in Moscow?
— Amie Ferris-Rotman (@Amie_FR) January 17, 2017
@Amie_FR @realDonaldTrump Because Melania eats too much asparagus? https://t.co/udTYqONXgC
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 17, 2017
That was a stinky pee joke…and a damn good one if you ask me.
re: #173 Anymouse
Because he can. It’s like climbing Mount Everest: Because it’s there.
Ewww. Perhaps Samsung can send him one of their self-combusting cell phones? That would keep future FBI investigations from trying to view his photos.
The point being that Huma Abedin is very beautiful, and thus Weiner didn’t need to go after other women. Trump, being power hungry, wouldn’t be limited by his wife’s beauty.
re: #175 Anymouse
Good job conservatives: Manufacture scandal to get your guy elected and cause the shutdown of a worthwhile charity. (I thought the GOP was big on private charity over government support? Oh, right, Clinton
The certifiable dudebro would wrote the linked piece isn’t helping.
re: #176 darthstar
Ewww. Bush would have banned it from the White House.
If Mrs. Trump stays in Manhattan, does that mean Mr. Trump can turn the White House into a brothel?
(I am not opposed to brothels per se, but I think the government shouldn’t be running them.)
Truly incredible Corey Lewandowski quote about why Trump didn’t spend Christmas or Thanksgiving at a soup kitchen: https://t.co/D1hAapiL9w pic.twitter.com/RuzBCq6sqS
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 17, 2017
re: #177 darthstar
That was a stinky pee joke…and a damn good one if you ask me.
Didn’t need explaining. Truly. ;-)
re: #175 Anymouse
Good job conservatives: Manufacture scandal to get your guy elected and cause the shutdown of a worthwhile charity. (I thought the GOP was big on private charity over government support? Oh, right, Clinton
Well, they don’t have to shut down the charity completely…they just need to scale back from doing hundreds of millions of dollars a year to tens of millions of dollars a year. It’s entirely possible to still do good work with that much money. I’m sure even I could do some good with an eight figure budget.
re: #179 Timothy Watson
The certifiable dudebro would wrote the linked piece isn’t helping.
Can’t help but notice the link goes to Jared Kushner’s NY Observer
re: #183 darthstar
Well, they don’t have to shut down the charity completely…they just need to scale back from doing hundreds of millions of dollars a year to tens of millions of dollars a year. It’s entirely possible to still do good work with that much money. I’m sure even I could do some good with an eight figure budget.
I could do good work with a four-figure budget. I imagine many charitable causes would be more than happy to receive a cheque for $2,000.
#OperationDesertStorm began at 7 p.m. EST January 16, 1991. Here are some #facts about that operation. pic.twitter.com/52jCDSlGbP
— U.S. Air Force (@usairforce) January 16, 2017
OPERATION DESERT STORM https://t.co/NOGkj6VYRh
— VFW Post 7916 (@OccoquanVFW) January 17, 2017
Pres.-elect Trump tweets at wrong Ivanka; she responds and tells him to use “more care on Twitter.” https://t.co/mP82YQTXSW pic.twitter.com/ujbtt1BKKo
— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) January 17, 2017
re: #184 Honey Punch!
Can’t help but notice the link goes to Jared Kushner’s NY Observer
I was suspicious of the language the author was using, sounded like wingnut, and I speak wingnut. Discovered after looking at some of the author’s other stories (e.g., “Warren to Run for Re-election, Will Continue to Sell Out Progressives”), it’s wingnut’s linguistic cousin, dudebro.
re: #186 The Vicious Babushka
LOL.
Wingnuts would burn the section of this Army handout today:
I found a Code of Conduct pamphlet from Operation Desert Storm at a VFW hall [via https://t.co/BBifSFZ92T] pic.twitter.com/Q78soE8Jv2
— Fitness Directory (@fitnessdir) January 17, 2017
re: #187 Timothy Watson
I was suspicious of the language the author was using, sounded like wingnut, and I speak wingnut. Discovered after looking at some of the author’s other stories (e.g., “Warren to Run for Re-election, Will Continue to Sell Out Progressives”), it’s wingnut’s linguistic cousin, dudebro.
And here’s why:
About
Observer offers a sophisticated readership of metropolitan professionals an original take on the latest in news, culture, politics and luxury, bringing its irreverent sensibility to a national audience.
MASTHEAD
Publisher: Jared Kushner
In other words, Trump’s mouthpiece.
observer.com (About the Observer)
That author is no more a progressive than my typewriter.
I spent too much time making this pic.twitter.com/Pul0aeIthf
— Florida Man (@_FloridaMan) January 16, 2017
Good morning! This sirloin roast has spent 30 days dry brined and vac sealed, and is resting at room temp while the cherry wood chips soak. Will spend the day in a 200 degree smoker before it’s brought in for an oven finish. I shall bake a loaf of rye in anticipation.
Okay…apparently the Observer is Kushner’s rag. Sorry about that. Disregard the post about the CGI shutting down. Ain’t happening.
re: #191 jeffreyw
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Good morning! This sirloin roast has spent 30 days dry brined and vac sealed, and is resting at room temp while the cherry wood chips soak. Will spend the day in a 200 degree smoker before it’s brought in for an oven finish. I shall bake a loaf of rye in anticipation.
You’re invited to bring that roast over to my house.
In 3 more days, “POTUS” will have a new meaning: “Putin Owns The United States.”
— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) January 17, 2017
re: #191 jeffreyw
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Good morning! This sirloin roast has spent 30 days dry brined and vac sealed, and is resting at room temp while the cherry wood chips soak. Will spend the day in a 200 degree smoker before it’s brought in for an oven finish. I shall bake a loaf of rye in anticipation.
Sounds good…and reminds me. I have 4lbs of short ribs to throw into the slow cooker before I leave for work.
re: #192 darthstar
Okay…apparently the Observer is Kushner’s rag. Sorry about that. Disregard the post about the CGI shutting down. Ain’t happening.
might want to edit that original post.
Remember that story last night about Laura Ingraham wanting to challenge Tim Kaine’s Senate seat next year?
I saw this in my daily email from radio trade blogger Tom Taylor, which summarizes the Examiner article…
She was close to Donald Trump through his campaign and may’ve contracted an even deeper case of the political bug. The Washington Examiner says that syndicated radio talker Ingraham “is eyeing a Senate run in Virginia, and a challenge to Hillary Clinton’s running mate, Senator Tim Kaine.” It says “several party insiders have approached her to run, and she is considering it.” Not only that, her business partner Peter Anthony has reportedly “begun buying website domains” like IngrahamSenate. net, Ingraham2018. com and IngrahamForVirginia. com. The downside - she’d have to give up her radio platform, once she’s an official candidate.
Uhhhh… that’s not really a downside. If anything, this is a campaign that NEEDS to happen.
re: #192 darthstar
Okay…apparently the Observer is Kushner’s rag. Sorry about that. Disregard the post about the CGI shutting down. Ain’t happening.
Nothing about shutting down on their Website.
Cue wingnut happy dances.
In the meantime, it would appear that Google quietly removed the “fake news” reason for removing Websites from AdSense after Media Matters for America complained about several Websites that were distributing fake news in violation of its terms of service.
Google continuing to be evil.
Google has removed language referencing fake news from its “prohibited content” policy for websites that use its advertising network. The policy previously stated that these sites cannot engage in “deceptively presenting fake news articles as real.”
As of January 10, at least 20 of the 24 fake news-purveying websites flagged by Media Matters in December were still using Google’s advertising network, Google AdSense, despite Google’s November 14 announcement that it would restrict websites from using the network if they feature misrepresentative content. That announcement drew a wave of positive press saying Google was combating fake news, but it appears not to have led to the promised changes.
In December, Media Matters shared its findings directly with Google and asked the company to enforce its new policy. A Google spokesperson initially took issue with the characterization that it has a policy on “fake news,” stating that the company had “no policy specific to fake news.” Media Matters responded with a screenshot of Google’s policy page that explicitly cited “fake news” as an example of unacceptable content and offered additional evidence demonstrating that the flagged sites were in violation of Google’s policy.
Google proceeded to leave the ads on the misrepresentative sites, instead quietly removing the reference to “fake news” from its much-lauded “fake news” policy.
More at Media Matters. They are not happy about Google’s quiet change of policy. Expect sites like Breitbart and such to continue to receive revenue from Google AdSense.
re: #197 MsJ
might want to edit that original post.
Nah…I live with my mistakes…warts and all. And while I don’t love the source I sourced it’s still a fairly significant news event…fortunately it will get buried under the avalanche of Trump crap so it’s unlikely to damage the Clinton’s image any.
re: #133 MsJ
AND all the Crown Jewels. No fucking way.
And they’re going to breed. Ugh.
“Dueling Banjos” softly playing in the background…
So, Whiner-Elect of the US is continuing to Twit about John Lewis.
John Lewis said about my inauguration, “It will be the first one that I’ve missed.” WRONG (or lie)! He boycotted Bush 43 also because he…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 17, 2017
re: #198 Myron Falwell
Remember that story last night about Laura Ingraham wanting to challenge Tim Kaine’s Senate seat next year?
I saw this in my daily email from radio trade blogger Tom Taylor, which summarizes the Examiner article…
Uhhhh… that’s not really a downside. If anything, this is a campaign that NEEDS to happen.
And Tim Kaine is probably sitting in his office laughing and yelling, “please proceed, Laura.”
re: #200 darthstar
Nah…I live with my mistakes…warts and all. And while I don’t love the source I sourced it’s still a fairly significant news event…fortunately it will get buried under the avalanche of Trump crap so it’s unlikely to damage the Clinton’s image any.
Watch all the real news sites (Free Republic, Twitchy, FOX, InfoWars, &c) run with it.
Those are the ones now going into the White House Press Office.
CNN, MSNBC, CBS, &c, the fake news sites won’t cover it. Wingnuts will get their news from the real news sites.
And in short order, Steve Bannon will have control of Voice of America.
No, it won’t be buried, if anything, the stenographer corps of the media trying to maintain access to the President-Elect will try to normalise this: Bet on it.
re: #201 Myron Falwell
“Dueling Banjos” softly playing in the background…
There is nothing wrong with Dueling Banjos. I once heard a band in Virginia Beach do it as Dueling Tubas.
re: #200 darthstar
Nah…I live with my mistakes…warts and all. And while I don’t love the source I sourced it’s still a fairly significant news event…fortunately it will get buried under the avalanche of Trump crap so it’s unlikely to damage the Clinton’s image any.
I meant editing it for clarity not removing it. Like (EDIT: Turns out that this is a Trump mouthpiece via his son-in-law). Otherwise, anyone who reads it - but not downstream - will think it is as it says. Your call though.
re: #202 I cannot.
So, Whiner-Elect of the US is continuing to Twit about John Lewis.
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Whiner-Elect really has his eye on the ball.
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But his followers say we should just all be nice and unite behind Dear Leader and his Deplorables because DT really wants to unite the nation and get rid of all the hate. This after threatening to have Hillary Locked Up, eight years opposing everything Obama, eight years of claiming Obama was a Kenyan Muslim traitor trying to destroy America.
Yeah, DT and Deplorables, FO.
re: #202 I cannot.
So, Whiner-Elect of the US is continuing to Twit about John Lewis.
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John Lewis has really gotten under his skin.
re: #205 Anymouse
There is nothing wrong with Dueling Banjos. I once heard a band in Virginia Beach do it as Dueling Tubas.
Cleveland TV horror hosts ‘Hoolihan and Big Chuck’ had it done with accordions in the mid-70s.
re: #202 I cannot.
So, Whiner-Elect of the US is continuing to Twit about John Lewis.
I would be surprised if Lewis actually said it was the first one he’d miss.
re: #21 allegro
I’ve been here a fairly short time, and many times I saw folks trying to explain how getting a SO/life partner/spouse really works and he seemed to always revert to “I am unhappy that my demand for an appropriate spouse is not being met.” He just could not, or would not, let go of that idea that, as you say, a wife is a commodity. ( On top of the obvious problem with that, I can’t imagine that would result in a long, happy marriage.) So I guess it isn’t too surprising that he also couldn’t let go of the stereotyping habit, but I am a little surprised nonetheless.
re: #202 I cannot.
So, Whiner-Elect of the US is continuing to Twit about John Lewis.
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Such presidential, very leadership.
And right on cue, courtesy of Google:
John Lewis said about my inauguration, “It will be the first one that I’ve missed.” WRONG (or lie)! He boycotted Bush 43 also because he…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 17, 2017
The thin-skinned Cretin in Chief is STILL attacking John Lewis. He really got under Donny’s skin. @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/dNAYA01r5k
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 17, 2017
re: #118 Barefoot Grin
How many days after 1/20 until Trump gives up Gülen?
I’d hope Gulen would be smart enough to have already headed to Canada.
Man, these people are just completely lost in Bizarro world. pic.twitter.com/CWpkikkLo2
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 17, 2017
I guess Media Matters was right: Google really lied about weeding fake news. Now that Bloomberg has it, over and under before the rest of the fake media like ABC or CNN picks it up?
@CraigCaplan @JohnCornyn @NMAAHC Where was @repjohnlewis outrage over this omission of African American achievement?
— Triple 000 (@NDP5733) January 16, 2017
Being white supremacy’s silent, nodding mascot is not a laudable black achievement. Would you like extra mayonnaise on your sandwich? https://t.co/FEcV6Atx7l
— Boney Hurdle (@eclecticbrotha) January 17, 2017
re: #213 Anymouse
And right on cue, courtesy of Google:
Yep, I found the Blaze link of the story in my inbox bight and early yesterday morning. Proudly left, like a bag of poop on the porch, by my pet wingnut.
re: #218 The Vicious Babushka
I think the Democrats should tack on an amendment to include Anita Hill to that resolution.
re: #220 lizardofid
Did you tell your pet wingnut it is fake news created by Trump’s son in law?
re: #154 lawhawk
Why do powerful people go to hookers in the first place? Because of the thrill? Because they get off on the power of paying someone to do their bidding? Because they can?
Or, in Trump’s case, because they’re doing jobs that Americans refuse to do.
“You don’t pay a prostitute for sex, you pay her to leave afterwards.”
—Dashiell Hammett
Need sleep. Sun is up. Time for bed.
It was noteworthy here in Trump Country that yesterday everyone that normally puts a flag out for Federal flag observances had their flags out for Martin Luther King’s Birthday.
Paul LePage says John Lewis owes Trump a “thank you” for civil rights efforts by 19th-century white Republicans: https://t.co/SfpY2evqhp pic.twitter.com/5PIA1SztXL
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 17, 2017
That species of Republican was extinct by 1964. #MLKDAY #TheResistance #UniteBlue #NotMyPresident https://t.co/J03iBU0hLx
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) January 17, 2017
re: #225 The Vicious Babushka
That’s a big problem with Republicans right there. They think that they deserve a reward for something their predecessors did. It’s why they’re ruining America: They think that America deserves an award for being America, for what it did in the past.
re: #226 Belafon
The Chris Rock monologue about “What do you want, a cookie?” fits here with some edits…
Alex Jones: “John Lewis is a lying pile of garbage” https://t.co/JQYKDW57Q9 pic.twitter.com/eKLvthDnWx
— Media Matters (@mmfa) January 17, 2017
Lying Pile of Garbage who made up #Pizzagate calls Civil Rights icon John Lewis “a lying pile of garbage” #NotMyPresident #TheResistance https://t.co/b6YnMkkgzu
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) January 17, 2017
re: #200 darthstar
So, just so you know why I downdinged you. The “significant news event” was announced by the Clinton Foundation in fucking SEPTEMBER. Out of all of the links in that shit of an article, the main “support” went to another site’s hit piece filled with unsourced bullshit on the Clintons, all but three went to other Observer articles. How did you even read that and go “eh, seems legit, I should share this with LGF”?
re: #222 Anymouse
Did you tell your pet wingnut it is fake news created by Trump’s son in law?
I honestly did not at the time. After a cursory glance at the article, I believe I simply invited him to let the Hillary hate rest, (the election, is, unfortunately over) and focus his attention on what his candidate is up to.
Armed with this new information however, an addendum to my reply to him will be forthcoming.
re: #168 Belafon
Why in Gawd’s name would Anthony Weiner need to send out pictures of his underwear?
It’s missing and he’s offering a reward to the finder.
re: #160 Anymouse
Nope, for the libertarian dudebros at Twitter, it’s all about the Benjamins.
TWITTER TERMS-OF-SERVICE:
Account suspension
Your account will be suspended, if in the opinion of Twitter, your comments cost us more money than if we do not suspend you.
Rape threats, stalking, death threats, harassment, and other illegal activity will only be considered on a case-by-case basis and weighed against our quarterly report.
If I may paraphrase:
Rape threats, stalking, death threats, harassment, and other illegal activity will only be tolerated when they benefit us financially.
re: #228 The Vicious Babushka
Lying Pile of Garbage who made up #Pizzagate calls Civil Rights icon John Lewis “a lying pile of garbage” #NotMyPresident #TheResistance
Alex Jones: “John Lewis is a lying pile of garbage” https://t.co/JQYKDW57Q9 pic.twitter.com/eKLvthDnWx
— Media Matters (@mmfa) January 17, 2017
— Vicious Babushka
I regret I have only one peasly upding to give for this awesome tweet.
re: #225 The Vicious Babushka
Paul LePage says John Lewis owes Trump a “thank you” for civil rights efforts by 19th-century white Republicans: pressherald.com pic.twitter.com
— Daniel Dale
OMFG.
Anyway, I think we’re seeing, and have seen, what the SOP is going to be for this admin and his acolytes: attack every critic relentlessly, continuously. A boot stomping your neck forever.
re: #234 Sir John Barron
OMFG.
Anyway, I think we’re seeing, and have seen, what the SOP is going to be for this admin and his acolytes: attack every critic relentlessly, continuously. A boot stomping your neck forever.
Which only works if you can overpower the other person. Trump nor the other Republicans going after Lewis will win this. Lewis has seen far worse than people saying unkind things about him.
re: #234 Sir John Barron
OMFG.
Anyway, I think we’re seeing, and have seen, what the SOP is going to be for this admin and his acolytes: attack every critic relentlessly, continuously. A boot stomping your neck forever.
Good. I want the GOP/RWNJs to be forever coated with Trump, like a fresh coat of paint on an outhouse. The next four years will be a relentless solemnization of the marriage of the Republicans and this buffoon.
re: #225 The Vicious Babushka
Paul LePage says John Lewis owes Trump a “thank you” for civil rights efforts by 19th-century white Republicans: pressherald.com pic.twitter.com
— Daniel Dale
Sigh, and it’s only Monday Tuesday.
My shifts have changed so I might not be such a regular during the week but I’ll be sure to ding everyone on my breaks :)
And hopefully, I’ll be more engaged on my weekends.
There are disadvantages to being a foreigner on an American board. I don’t have the experience of life in the states. I’ll never truly know your horror until the day Pauline Hanson becomes PM *retches*…
But I thought I’d just post this, coz there is one thing I know about liberal America.
It sings the Internationale of our times. Truly.
Don’t ever give up.
The beauty of being a non-native Americophile is that I can say, from without, and with sincerity, that to resist Trump is patriotic. Do it.
— Alyosha (@mediocremensch) January 17, 2017
Have a great day. I’m for bed now.
This made me chuckle.
Detectives are understood to be baffled this morning after the writer of BBC’s ‘Sherlock’ vanished up his own arse.
The incident is believed to have occurred at about 9:30pm last night, during the broadcast of the last episode of the current series entitled ‘Mary-Sue Saves the Day’.
Police are appealing for witnesses to the event, which coincided with the adventures of Sherlock Holmes irrevocably turning into an episode of The Crystal Maze run by Hannibal Lecter.
re: #225 The Vicious Babushka
White-splaining to us poor, pitiful, woefully underdog white folks who just never can catch a break.
Everyone else in the world knows the score but these poor downtrodden folks who yearn for times past when we could kill and maim them “others” at will; where mom stayed home and baked cookies for Timmy when he came home from school and didn’t want to take away the menfolk’s livelihoods; where kids (and moms!) knew they would never lip off to dad because he’d backhand ya in the grocery store or local diner where other dad’s would look on appreciatively.
re: #236 Decatur Deb
Good. I want the GOP/RWNJs to be forever coated with Trump, like a fresh coat of paint on an outhouse. The next four years will be a relentless solemnization of the marriage of the Republicans and this buffoon
Like a dead chicken around a dog’s neck.
So, I’ve spent the past couple days watching CGTN, the latest global Chinese media venture.
Very well-done, I have to say. It gets its point across, which is of course global news from China’s POV, but it’s not too heavy-handed at it.
You can watch for yourself; it’s cgtn.com, go to ‘Live Now’ at the top.
John Dean has nightmares about Donald Trump
theatlantic.com
Yet, he’s profoundly pessimistic about the prospect of Trump facing any true accountability while in office. In the four decades since Nixon resigned, Dean says, the institutions that are meant to keep a president’s power in check—the press, Congress, even the courts—have been rendered increasingly weak and ineffectual by a sort of creeping partisan paralysis. (Imagine, if you dare, the Breitbart headlines that would follow Woodward and Bernstein’s first scoop if they were breaking their story today.)
Who’d have thought???
The fierceness of the Save Obamacare movement is surprising Republicans and the media.
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) January 16, 2017
It turns out that when you try to kill people, they get upset. https://t.co/9kH0MaHdpq
— Jim Snowden (@snowdenlit) January 16, 2017
On Monday night, Michael Flynn Jr. — son of and former chief of staff for President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for national security adviser, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn — tweeted out a story published on Voltaire Network entitled, “General Flynn’s Proposals to Reform Intelligence.”The story, published last month with a Damascus dateline and authored by Thierry Meyssan — a 9/11 truther who published a book in 2002 entitled, “The Big Lie” — previews how Flynn plans to rollback “the big reforms that took place during the Bush and Obama years.”
Perhaps most significantly, the story says the “radical overhaul” Flynn is planning involves the elimination of the office of the Director of National Intelligence, an office created by President Bush in 2004, with power centralized under Flynn instead.
“The 16 agencies should no longer be accountable to the National Intelligence Director but only to the National Security Adviser,” Meyssan writes. “In other words, they will be accountable to General Flynn personally.”
The story cites anonymous sources, which some informed observers believe include Flynn Jr. himself. Last month, CNN broke news that Flynn Jr. was working in an official capacity for the Trump transition team, but the Trump team quickly distanced themselves from him after Flynn Jr.’s social media posts amplifying unfounded conspiracy theories and racist memes came under scrutiny.
re: #247 Myron Falwell
Who’d have thought???
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Yeah but Trump will replace the ACA with something “really terrific”, at some point in time, maybe.
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re: #246 sagehen
John Dean has nightmares about Donald Trump
theatlantic.com
It wasn’t exactly a Watergate break-in one day, Nixon resigns the next event back then. It also helped the Democrats were in charge of Congress.
The flying idiot swarms are out in full force.
This is how Tucker Carlson celebrated MLK Day by hosting a former Black Panther to smear John Lewis https://t.co/tHLppYtGkv pic.twitter.com/aBSVMWIIqr
— Media Matters (@mmfa) January 17, 2017
re: #247 Myron Falwell
Who’d have thought???
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GOP spokespeople furiously spinning decimating CBO report this morning on costs of repeal but claiming the CBO report doesn’t take into account the GOP’s awesome replacement, although the GOP has been bragging for years of just repealing, not replacing, Obamcare, and of Trump’s saying that the repeal must come immediately but the replace can occur whenever.
re: #252 Sir John Barron
GOP spokespeople furiously spinning decimating CBO report this morning on costs of repeal but claiming the CBO report doesn’t take into account the GOP’s awesome replacement, although the GOP has been bragging for years of just repealing, not replacing, Obamcare, and of Trump’s saying that the repeal must come immediately but the replace can occur whenever.
Governing bites them in the butt. They can spin, but people know what “pre-existing conditions” and “keeping my kid on until 27” means.
re: #253 Belafon
Governing bites them in the butt. They can spin, but people know what “pre-existing conditions” and “keeping my kid on until 27” means.
apparently the repeal bill currently under consideration keeps the ACA’s pre-existing condition ban but drops the individual mandate, which doesn’t make much sense. But, OK, GOP.
/
This is how Tucker Carlson celebrated MLK Day by hosting a former Black Panther to smear John Lewis https://t.co/tHLppYtGkv pic.twitter.com/aBSVMWIIqr
— Media Matters (@mmfa) January 17, 2017
Are there any former Black Panthers still around to vouch for this dude’s claim to be a party member? All I can find are conservative links https://t.co/DgWRLK7nXS
— Boney Hurdle (@eclecticbrotha) January 17, 2017
re: #254 Sir John Barron
Feature not a bug. People don’t carry insurance until they have a preexisting condition, insurance companies quit writing policies, O-care is dead. “Well, we tried, but it was fatally flawed.”
re: #111 Anymouse
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I have a huge problem with nationalist Serb idiots, but that goes for any group where they take pride in the past to make up for their failures of the present.
But while I realize that Serbs do deny the crimes of their own like Turks do with Armenians, that doesn’t necessarily mean all Serbs are evil; same with Turks.
Unfortunately, Serbs as a whole are victims of nationalist propaganda so despite their vehement denial and victimhood, that doesn’t make them ‘genocidal’ or horrible people all to their own. I admit I still have some kind of prejudice against Serbs because in the past the ones I encountered were nationalist blowhards who justify their anti-Muslim bigotry by citing their supposedly “heroic” efforts in the war. However, after meeting quite a few Serbs in the interim who not only admit their fucked up in the war, but also have the courage to apologize and make amends for what they did and to ensure it never happens again. That struck a chord in me because I’m the same way, as a Pakistani, when it comes to the genocide of Bengalis in the 1970s which is undoubtedly a dark stain on the country’s history (which can also explain why I’m unapologetic about being critical of Pakistan and the nationalist sentiments of many Pakistanis). Hopefully in my case, I will eventually have ZERO prejudice against Serbs with the more I meet and realize that they are just people, like Bosniaks and Croats.
Unfortunately, only 8% of Serbia’s population admit that Srebrenica happened, so there will be a lot of work that’s needed for Serbs to admit their crimes and to ensure they don’t happen again. Not to mention that they won’t be tarred even further when another anti-Muslim fascist commits a massacre in their name like Anders Breivik did. They are unfortunate victims of nationalist propaganda that strives to cover the truth by all means necessary. This is not unique to Serbs so we can’t pin this entirely on Serbs or on Orthodox Christians in general.
re: #249 Sir John Barron
Yeah but Trump will replace the ACA with something “really terrific”, at some point in time, maybe.
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Trump is running another con, like Trump University. Promise the moon and the stars on healthcare so that they can get that Obamacare repeal passed and the massive tax cuts for the rich that comes with it.
re: #113 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
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Exactly. Even if some Serb blowhards keep saying how Croats are all Nazis to justify their acts of aggression, that’s just them.
I keep that logic in mind when I encounter Islamophobic Armenians from time to time, realizing that they are just them and they only represent themselves as individuals, not Armenians as a whole.
I just wished I would extend that courtesy with Assyrians and Chaldeans, but hopefully with time and more communication with them that will occur.
re: #163 Anymouse
Felix Randomkitty is apparently into pain.
Nowadays, if he goes too far beyond his time for an insulin injection, he will park in front of the refrigerator and start yowling. He just did that now, I had to duck out and give him a shot.
My cat is weird.
“I don’t know what Papa does with that sharp thing, but he makes me feel better!”
re: #254 Sir John Barron
apparently the repeal bill currently under consideration keeps the ACA’s pre-existing condition ban but drops the individual mandate, which doesn’t make much sense. But, OK, GOP.
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Oh…well I am certain insurance companies will love losing buckets of money when that happens.
Wait. What?
The GOP will keep the preexisting conditions provision, but scrap the individual mandate?
Ryan keeps talking about how the ACA/Obamacare is in a death spiral (which it isn’t), but the repeal of the individual mandate (the GOP/Heritage plan to counter the Democrats’ plans during the 1990s) would actually facilitate a death spiral and mean that people who aren’t sick aren’t getting into covered plans, meaning that the risk pool for the insurers would be confined to only those who are sick - meaning that it would add to the debt, harm the insurers, and make it worse for everyone.
This is how the GOP operates. And they want to hide the details and consequences of their actions.
re: #254 Sir John Barron
apparently the repeal bill currently under consideration keeps the ACA’s pre-existing condition ban but drops the individual mandate, which doesn’t make much sense. But, OK, GOP.
/
Wouldn’t be surprised if they ultimately cave to some degree or another. Even if they rebrand it “TrumpCare” but wind up keeping the core of the ACA intact, that’s still a cave.
It IS the GOP we’re talking about…
re: #263 Myron Falwell
Wouldn’t be surprised if they ultimately cave to some degree or another. Even if they rebrand it “TrumpCare” but wind up keeping the core of the ACA intact, that’s still a cave.
WE repealed the sucky Obamacare and replaced it with this really terrific plan that bans pre-existing conditions, establishes insurance “marketplaces” and helps poor people pay for their insurance premiums!!!!
re: #262 lawhawk
Wait. What?
The GOP will keep the preexisting conditions provision, but scrap the individual mandate?
Ryan keeps talking about how the ACA/Obamacare is in a death spiral (which it isn’t), but the repeal of the individual mandate (the GOP/Heritage plan to counter the Democrats’ plans during the 1990s) would actually facilitate a death spiral and mean that people who aren’t sick aren’t getting into covered plans, meaning that the risk pool for the insurers would be confined to only those who are sick - meaning that it would add to the debt, harm the insurers, and make it worse for everyone.
This is how the GOP operates. And they want to hide the details and consequences of their actions.
If the Republicans want to kill the insurance companies, I would say more power to them, but that’s pretty much an economic atomic bomb right there.
I could see them rolling back the individual mandate and make a big deal out of keeping the pre-existing condition component only to then either:
A) Turn a blind eye
B) Not bother enforcing the law
Thereby allowing insurance companies to deny coverage for all sorts of bullshit reasons and get away with it.
I’m not going to lie, I’m taking Ziggy’s behavior very personally that lead to his ban. I’m obviously not upset at Charles for his decision because I understand he had to do what he had to do…because when push comes to shove, there’s only so much leniency to apply to someone who keeps repeating it. It just frustrates me because I totally think he’s a good guy at heart but he keeps letting these transgressions get to him. And he’s more of a religious Muslim than I am, but he still does this from time to time. It says a lot that I have to remind him of what Islam teaches when it comes to this. None of us are perfect, but as long as we have someone to keep each other in check, that’s what is needed at times.
Not everyone is self-sufficient enough to keep themselves in line, unfortunately.
This is also part of my self-introspection as well, because I’ve been guilty of it in the past so I can speak from experience.
Oh goodie, Maine loon Gov. LePage is whitesplainin’ to Rep. John Lewis about legitimacy and how to be a good follower.
Guess LePage wanted to get in on the Trump twit action.
LePage, who’s white, said on WVOM-FM that the black Democratic Georgia congressman needs a history lesson on how Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves and how Ulysses S. Grant and Rutherford B. Hayes fought against Jim Crow laws, which enforced racial segregation.
“A simple thank you would suffice,” LePage said.
Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and pushed for the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery. But historians say LePage is wrong about Jim Crow laws.
Jim Crow laws didn’t exist during the Grant administration and an electoral deal that put Hayes in office led to the end of Reconstruction and the removal of federal troops, setting the stage for the creation of Jim Crow laws that followed, said Colby professor Dan Shea.
“Paul LePage is going to give John Lewis a tutorial on the history of black oppression in the United States? That’s rich,” Shea said.
re: #268 lawhawk
Where is the trusty blackboard-splainer of how the CRA was passed?
re: #269 Franklin
Where is the trusty blackboard-splainer of how the CRA was passed?
Here are 2 pages that I put up back in the day:
The Civil Rights Act, and the GOP “Southern Strategy” Part I: The Actual History
The Civil Rights Act, MLK, and the GOP “Southern Strategy” Part II: The Denial
re: #270 The Vicious Babushka
Here are 2 pages that I put up back in the day:
The Civil Rights Act, and the GOP “Southern Strategy” Part I: The Actual History
The Civil Rights Act, MLK, and the GOP “Southern Strategy” Part II: The Denial
Thanks!!
Hey @Governor_LePage - here is some history for you: https://t.co/FC7uKh2TQu @mikeshepherdME
— Franklin (@franklinftw) January 17, 2017
re: #272 Skip Intro
And it will be plugged into Trump…
re: #209 Myron Falwell
Cleveland TV horror hosts ‘Hoolihan and Big Chuck’ had it done with accordions in the mid-70s.
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Myron,
Are you familiar with former Cleveland horror host Ghoulardi?
He was very risque for the time. He ran into some troubles with TV censors doing some of his pranks, but it was fun.
Used to watch him in my youth…being 9 to 11 years old it was easy to be scared with those old black and white creature type movies and the like.
He would cut himself into some of the movie scenes many times right in the scenes where you would see the monster or creature. But his own bits before and during the shows were the best feature. He used to pick on Parma all the time as a ling running side joke.
Big Chuck and Hoolihan then took over and I watched them some, but Ghoulardi set the stage for them.
Wikilink Ghoulardi
re: #266 Eclectic Cyborg
I could see them rolling back the individual mandate and make a big deal out of keeping the pre-existing condition component only to then either:
A) Turn a blind eye
B) Not bother enforcing the lawThereby allowing insurance companies to deny coverage for all sorts of bullshit reasons and get away with it.
The insurance companies will jack up premiums and deductibles and sell bare bones catastrophic plans. The protection of people with preexisting conditions will only remain in effect if they maintain “continuous coverage”, so that if their coverage lapses for any reason they can be refused a new policy.
re: #214 Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson ✔ @Green_Footballs
The thin-skinned Cretin in Chief is STILL attacking John Lewis. He really got under Donny’s skin. @realDonaldTrumpJohn Lewis said about my inauguration, “It will be the first one that I’ve missed.” WRONG (or lie)! He boycotted Bush 43 also because he…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 17, 2017
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9:58 AM - 17 Jan 2017
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What did it was Lewis was said to be a great man and a true hero and The Don can’t have anyone else be called either.
There is room for only one great and heroic person and it’s Putin Trump!
re: #229 Bass Reeves
So, just so you know why I downdinged you. The “significant news event” was announced by the Clinton Foundation in fucking SEPTEMBER. Out of all of the links in that shit of an article, the main “support” went to another site’s hit piece filled with unsourced bullshit on the Clintons, all but three went to other Observer articles. How did you even read that and go “eh, seems legit, I should share this with LGF”?
Thaniks. No worries on the downding. Now that I’m at work and have had time to look, it appears to be a rightwing talking point story anyway.
The nice thing about sharing stories here though is it’s an instant crowd sourced fact-check. :)
Okay…got a billion dollar company’s new infrastructure to test right now…and lots of eyes on me as I’m the performance guru. Better get on it. Be back later when the scripts are running.
Thanks for the Twitter promo Charles
What Should Martin Luther King Jr. Mean To Us? https://t.co/dRrAqbrImY
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 17, 2017
More schock waves in D.C. 2day frm @SecretsBedard : Boom: Trump eyes 10% spending cuts, 20% slash of fed workers https://t.co/BBPhC3sQgM
— Susan Crabtree (@susancrabtree) January 17, 2017
10% spending cuts. 20% workforce cuts.
This is a GOP wet dream of slash and burn of government services, regardless of the consequences.
For instance, the NPS has a $10B backlog on infrastructure projects, thanks to sequestration and GOP making it impossible to properly fund core services of the NPS to maintain its assets. A 10% hit to the NPS would mean expanding the backlog (much of it is road and facility maintenance), and meaning that despite record attendance across the NPS system, they’d see worse service thanks to Trump and the GOP.
Rinse and repeat across federal agency after agency.
Again, I am struck by the belief that the future president is completely incapable of communicating in a clear, coherent manner…
Happening now: @POTUS surprises @PressSec Josh Earnest at his final press briefing. Tune in!
Happening now: @POTUS surprises @PressSec Josh Earnest at his final press briefing. Tune in! https://t.co/b4tqL36eMn https://t.co/3VxYlxqstp
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 17, 2017
my surprise let me show you it
Man used for 4 years as Germany + Middle East expert by Russia Today is actually the editor of a neo-Nazi magazine https://t.co/fLH5XYbh6V
— Miriam Elder (@MiriamElder) January 17, 2017
re: #275 Big Beautiful Door
The insurance companies will jack up premiums and deductibles and sell bare bones catastrophic plans. The protection of people with preexisting conditions will only remain in effect if they maintain “continuous coverage”, so that if their coverage lapses for any reason they can be refused a new policy.
If the pre-existing condition component is kept, then they couldn’t deny you coverage for a lapse nor could they make your rates different. That’s the entire point of that component.
Now, there is enforcing that that comes into play.
re: #229 Bass Reeves
So, just so you know why I downdinged you. The “significant news event” was announced by the Clinton Foundation in fucking SEPTEMBER. Out of all of the links in that shit of an article, the main “support” went to another site’s hit piece filled with unsourced bullshit on the Clintons, all but three went to other Observer articles. How did you even read that and go “eh, seems legit, I should share this with LGF”?
Easy.
Clinton.
OT. I’m back. :D
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re: #118 Barefoot Grin
How many days after 1/20 until Trump gives up Gülen?
Trump is going to give up Gluten? OMG! Who is his White House chef?
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re: #283 Belafon
If the pre-existing condition component is kept, then they couldn’t deny you coverage for a lapse nor could they make your rates different. That’s the entire point of that component.
Now, there is enforcing that that comes into play.
You are accepting GOP assurances at face value? Buhlieve me, any GOP replacement plan will require people with preexisting conditions to maintain continuous coverage; that is their alternative to the mandate.
re: #286 klys (maker of Silmarils)
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re: #255 The Vicious Babushka
Boney Hurdle @eclecticbrotha
Are there any former Black Panthers still around to vouch for this dude’s claim to be a party member? All I can find are conservative linksThis is how Tucker Carlson celebrated MLK Day by hosting a former Black Panther to smear John Lewis https://t.co/tHLppYtGkv pic.twitter.com/aBSVMWIIqr
— Media Matters (@mmfa) January 17, 2017
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He was Black. That was all that was needed for Fucker Carlson and FOX News’ viewers absorbers.
re: #286 klys (maker of Silmarils)
OT. I’m back. :D
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Ooh, “reality” show participant defends “reality” show host by threatening Democrats with future boycott—I’m shaking in my boots!
Duffy warned that Republicans may retaliate by boycotting the inauguration of future Democratic presidents
The real reason Barnum & Bailey are closing down is because after the inauguration there’s no way to compete with the other circus.
At Davos, Trump aide Scaramucci discussed possible joint investments with Russian fund that is under sanction https://t.co/hhGhHcWbrx
— David S. Joachim (@davidjoachim) January 17, 2017
“…Anthony Scaramucci, aide to President-elect Donald Trump and founder of SkyBridge Capital, discussed possible joint investments in a meeting in Davos with the head of a Russian sovereign wealth fund that the U.S. sanctioned in 2015, the fund’s press service said.
The meeting with Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, a $10 billion state-run investment vehicle, is the first public contact between the incoming administration and Kremlin-backed business…”
And, they can’t claim the meeting didn’t happen…
“…Scaramucci confirmed the Davos meeting. ..”
re: #291 wrenchwench
Welcome back!
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GOP plans to replace the ACA with more choices:
1. bad
2. even worse
3. terrible
4. OMFG are you serious
5. What’s that jar of leeches for— Boney Hurdle (@eclecticbrotha) January 17, 2017
re: #295 klys (maker of Silmarils)
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re: #293 Thanos
The real reason Barnum & Bailey are closing down is because after the inauguration there’s no way to compete with the other circus.
They’ll be performing here in Jacksonville, FL over the Inaugural weekend, starting Thursday night, through Sunday.
Also have a show schedule in Birmingham, AL during same period.
I wonder if they’ll out-draw the Inaugural balls Friday evening…
Trump comments send dollar reeling https://t.co/faMLub8xda
— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) January 17, 2017
Fuck this guy
There is a #BetterWay. We will repeal #Obamacare and replace it with a truly patient-centered system with more choices and lower costs. pic.twitter.com/L6JkIJ835t
— Paul Ryan (@SpeakerRyan) January 17, 2017
Paul Ryan’s “choices”:
1. Die
2. Die faster
3. Die in pain
4. Hurry up & die
5. Die of cancer
6. Die of kidney failure
7. Eat shit & die https://t.co/bI37De26zA— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) January 17, 2017
The fierceness of the Save Obamacare movement is surprising Republicans and the media.
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) January 16, 2017
It turns out that when you try to kill people, they get upset. https://t.co/9kH0MaHdpq
— Jim Snowden (@snowdenlit) January 16, 2017
re: #297 The Vicious Babushka
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The CBO has reported that Obamacare repeal will result in the immediate loss of insurance by 18 million people, and premiums will skyrocket. By 2026, 32 million more people will lack health insurance.
Here’s a pleasant 6 minutes with the guy who has my favorite name:
9 years ago, I was lucky enough to be working for a man who would show the world what it means to hope. #YesWeCan pic.twitter.com/o0YftiW0yu
— Josh Earnest (@PressSec) January 3, 2017
re: #303 Big Beautiful Door
The CBO has reported that Obamacare repeal will result in the immediate loss of insurance by 18 million people, and premiums will skyrocket. By 2026, 32 million more people will lack health insurance.
So making it EVEN MORE expensive for us, great job Trump.
re: #305 electrotek
So making it EVEN MORE expensive for us, great job Trump.
But the 1% will get yuuuge tax cuts, and really, isn’t that more important?
re: #305 electrotek
So making it EVEN MORE expensive for us, great job Trump.
But it will be BEAUTIFUL, TERRIFIC healthcare. SO BEAUTIFUL! THE MOST TERRIFIC!
re: #307 The Vicious Babushka
But it will be BEAUTIFUL, TERRIFIC healthcare. SO BEAUTIFUL! THE MOST TERRIFIC!
I’m very fortunate to have employer-funded health care, but fuck man, what about the rest of the country who need it?
I can’t just have the “I got my shit, fuck everyone else” attitude that others would have when they get what they want.
Christ, even George (43) Bush had at least a basic comprehension of the US Constitution. Dan Quayle too…
Found a transcript of my ‘09 talk w/Trump for the @NYTimes. He says he doesn’t get why “all men are created equal.” pic.twitter.com/No4zS0OHTL
— Deborah Solomon (@deborahsolo) January 16, 2017
My 4-year-old had a very similar exchange with me recently https://t.co/A1Ske1JaHL
— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) January 17, 2017
re: #308 electrotek
I’m very fortunate to have employer-funded health care, but fuck man, what about the rest of the country who need it?
I can’t just have the “I got my shit, fuck everyone else” attitude that others would have when they get what they want.
We have been told and told again that ACA is redistributive in nature and therefore socialistic. And we have been taught that socialism is one of the Great Evils perpetrated on the world.
re: #288 Big Beautiful Door
You are accepting GOP assurances at face value? Buhlieve me, any GOP replacement plan will require people with preexisting conditions to maintain continuous coverage; that is their alternative to the mandate.
I imagine one consequence of any “continuous coverage” requirement would be to “anchor” people to their current home states. Or, if insurance companies are allowed to sign up customers from any of these United States, but with freedom to “headquarter” in whichever state has insurance regulations most corporate-business-friendly, and subscriber-hostile, there will be a rapid race to the bottom for value vs cost.
re: #310 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
We have been told and told again that ACA is redistributive in nature and therefore socialistic. And we have been taught that socialism is one of the Great Evils perpetrated on the world.
God forbid if everyone else has quality health care.
We have idiots in this country who complain about rising obesity (for example), but won’t allow the government to do the things needed to combat the problem.
Not sure anyone’s posted these yet:
Anonymous entity pounces and pummels Donald Trump in grand fashion.
TEH STUPIDS STRIKES AGAIN
I voted for Trump, not against Planned Parenthood: Column https://t.co/WlQ9HnexPK via @USATOpinion
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) January 17, 2017
re: #312 electrotek
God forbid if everyone else has quality health care.
We have idiots in this country who complain about rising obesity (for example), but won’t allow the government to do the things needed to combat the problem.
Because the Free Market can do everything better, like lace every snack and beverage with unlabeled high-fructose corn syrup
Exclusive sneak preview of Trump’s inaugural address:
Exclusive sneak preview of Trump’s inaugural address: pic.twitter.com/Goduie8cwR
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) January 17, 2017
Just want to mention…
Happy Birthday Betty White.
95 years young today!
re: #314 The Vicious Babushka
I voted for Trump, not against Planned Parenthood
Bless her heart.
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re: #314 The Vicious Babushka
So many lessons are being learned. Will they be enough?
I didn’t check to see if this had already been posted, but WTFF? This is some over-the-top catering to the Orange Vulgarian’s ego. The Russians must be laughing their asses off at us—it’ll make getting what they want as easy as taking candy from a baby. Excuse me while I go hurl.
#OFFS: Russian company minting “In Trump we trust” coins https://t.co/6gpGB8udqH Silver, not gold—he’ll be disappointed 🤢 #p2 #tiot
— CuriousLurker (@CuriousLurker) January 17, 2017
re: #319 Belafon
So many lessons are being learned. Will they be enough?
Not before things get a lot worse…
re: #315 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Because the Free Market can do everything better, like lace every snack and beverage with unlabeled high-fructose corn syrup
Some things are best left for the government to utilize, even though I blame past government policies for allowing corn farmers with unhealthy subsidies whereas we used to have cane sugar in our products.
re: #320 CuriousLurker
I didn’t check to see if this had already been posted but WTFF? This is some over-the-top catering to the Orange Vulgarian’s ego. The Russians must be laughing their asses off at us—it’ll make getting what they want as easy as taking candy from a baby. Excuse me while I go hurl.
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And they used a totally ugglo photo for the bas-relief. Putin is sticking his thumb in Trump’s eye while whispering sweet flatteries.
re: #324 The Vicious Babushka
Heh, yeah, his face looks all bloated. Not exactly a flattering profile.
re: #321 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Not before things get a lot worse…
My kids still got grounded after they figured out they fucked up.
re: #321 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Not before things get a lot worse…
And they will be forgotten so fast. Its been only eight years since the last GOP Administration left the nation a flaming wreck.
By the way, will Trump place a 35% tariff on Russian-built Chevrolet Tahoes if brought over to American shores?
re: #325 CuriousLurker
Heh, yeah, his face looks all bloated. Not exactly a flattering profile.
It’s almost like someone took a Pepe the Frog picture and said, “Here, use this, but make it look like Donald Trump”.
re: #314 The Vicious Babushka
TEH STUPIDS STRIKES AGAIN
Holy fucking shit, how stupid are these white women?
re: #325 CuriousLurker
Heh, yeah, his face looks all bloated. Not exactly a flattering profile.
The Russians only wanted to make him look good to get him elected.
Now they roll out the ugly. A sign that it is time to mess with Trump from here on out.
Hey Donny! You trusted them to help you get elected. Time to pay up.
‘I never thought leopards would eat MY face,’ sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People’s Faces Party.
— Adrian Bott (@Cavalorn) October 16, 2015
I think this tweet deserves to be brought up again: https://t.co/dseACWasA0 @gkfahnbulleh
— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) January 17, 2017
re: #324 The Vicious Babushka
And they used a totally ugglo photo for the bas-relief. Putin is sticking his thumb in Trump’s eye while whispering sweet flatteries.
THE CHIN!!!
LOL
re: #334 makeitstop
THE CHIN!!!
LOL
LOL That’s the same photo that he told US media he didn’t want them to use.
There are so many people on television lately saying what Trump “should” do or stating what they “hope” Trump will learn once in office. We need a new word for it.
re: #336 jaunte
There are so many people on television lately saying what Trump “should” do or stating what they “hope” Trump will learn once in office. We need a new word for it.
Mass delusion.
The western intelligence community appears to have some common concerns about the near future…
British intelligence asks for guarantees that its spies in Russia will remain anonymous under the Trump administration. Source: Sunday Times pic.twitter.com/rI30iKeDpC
— Hans de Vreij (@hdevreij) January 15, 2017
re: #336 jaunte
There are so many people on television lately saying what Trump “should” do or stating what they “hope” Trump will learn once in office. We need a new word for it.
HOPE AND CHANGE BACK
It’s a phrase, not a word, but it’s all I got.
re: #336 jaunte
There are so many people on television lately saying what Trump “should” do or stating what they “hope” Trump will learn once in office. We need a new word for it.
“BlindTrust” —the meaning of which is subject to change at any time, without notice.
re: #338 FormerDirtDart
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I wouldn’t count on it.
I voted for Trump, not against Planned Parenthood: Column https://t.co/WlQ9HnexPK via @USATOpinion
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) January 17, 2017
“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.” https://t.co/OuKgKSIdFE
— Pookleblinky (@pookleblinky) January 17, 2017
re: #255 The Vicious Babushka
I’m going to point out his biography page doesn’t mention his former affiliation with the Black Panther movement, and I’m not sure his timeline does either.
I’m going to go out on a limb here, and think they may have this man confused with this. Does that make sense? The fake wrestler and this guy share the same name, and the fake wrestler’s shtick dealt with the BPP?
re: #314 The Vicious Babushka
TEH STUPIDS STRIKES AGAIN
I want to see the comments in that article, but the settings at work are preventing them from coming up, so I’ll look at them later.
The right has spent years training its followers to only read the news they want to hear, and to not believe any news they don’t. Trump is the logical conclusion to that, because he will tell you what you want to hear, even while doing exactly the opposite. It’s just a shame that everyone will have to suffer for it.
re: #343 jaunte
Melody, you ignorant fool. You voted for a Republican. Opposing reproductive choice is what Republicans do. QED.
re: #345 Belafon
I want to see the comments in that article, but the settings at work are preventing them from coming up, so I’ll look at them later.
The right has spent years training its followers to only read the news they want to hear, and to not believe any news they don’t. Trump is the logical conclusion to that, because he will tell you what you want to hear, even while doing exactly the opposite. It’s just a shame that everyone will have to suffer for it.
and even better, people will come on the news to tell you that what he is doing is not actually what he is doing…
re: #330 electrotek
Holy fucking shit, how stupid are these white women?
Read this, it explains everything:
Despite all the evidence to the contrary, most political consultants still assume that there’s a middle ground of reasonable voters out there to be claimed. …None of the strategies to win the “moderate middle” succeeded this year because there are very few actual “moderate” voters left. So-called “moderate” voters often simply have extremist policy preferences that don’t line up neatly with the division between America’s two parties.
Most crucially, “swing” voters tend to be the least informed voters in the electorate. Partisans on both sides tend to know far more about politics than the undecided voters in the alleged middle.
These are the so-called “undecideds” who broke so heavily for Pumpkin Pinochet in the week before the election. And yes, to win again, Democrats need to figure out a message that breaks through such willful and abject dumbassery.
re: #346 EPR-radar
Melody, you ignorant fool. You voted for a Republican. Opposing reproductive choice is what Republicans do. QED.
And she claims to have voted for him because he will “get the economy moving again.”
Groan.
re: #328 electrotek
By the way, will Trump place a 35% tariff on Russian-built Chevrolet Tahoes if brought over to American shores?
Call me a conspiracy nut, but if they are imported as part of an overall program that includes a so called “warming of relations”, sanction lifting, and other policies that lead to billions of petrodollars pouring in to Vlad’s coffers………
35% on a few Tahoes would not be a problem.
re: #348 Interesting Times
Read this, it explains everything:
These are the so-called “undecideds” who broke so heavily for Pumpkin Pinochet in the week before the election. And yes, to win again, Democrats need to figure out a message that breaks through such willful and abject dumbassery.
Those were the people Comey was targeting, and succeeded in converting.
re: #349 jaunte
And she claims to have voted for him because he will “get the economy moving again.”
That’s actually true, as long as you’re not fussy about which direction…
.re: #116 Anymouse
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re: #344 Bass Reeves
I’m going to point out his biography page doesn’t mention his former affiliation with the Black Panther movement, and I’m not sure his timeline does either.
I’m going to go out on a limb here, and think they may have this man confused with this. Does that make sense? The fake wrestler and this guy share the same name, and the fake wrestler’s shtick dealt with the BPP?
You know what, IDGAF. They found some random Black guy who would say what they wanted to hear.
re: #350 lizardofid
Call me a conspiracy nut, but if they are imported as part of an overall program that includes a so called “warming of relations”, sanction lifting, and other policies that lead to billions of petrodollars pouring in to Vlad’s coffers………
35% on a few Tahoes would not be a problem.
Especially when they can just tweak the export prices and recoup the losses around a few other corners as you described in the for of this “package deal”
re: #351 Belafon
Those were the people Comey was targeting, and succeeded in converting.
It takes a special kind of meathead to have been undecided about Trump vs. Clinton in Oct 2016.
Betsy DeVos in 2001: “Our desire is to confront the culture in ways that will continue to advance God’s kingdom.” https://t.co/pf7MSa0Hdb
— Brandon E. Patterson (@myblackmindd) January 17, 2017
re: #350 lizardofid
Call me a conspiracy nut, but if they are imported as part of an overall program that includes a so called “warming of relations”, sanction lifting, and other policies that lead to billions of petrodollars pouring in to Vlad’s coffers………
35% on a few Tahoes would not be a problem.
It’s interesting because in Russia, there’s a huge widespread disconnect between the Asian and European parts of the country.
The further east you go, the more you will have RHD Japanese imports dominating the roads in Siberia. It’s a lot more common to find Japanese-market Toyota Land Cruisers, Nissan Safaris/Patrols, and Mitsubishi Pajeros in the streets of Vladivostok than you would see Russian-built Chevrolet Tahoes/Trailblazers. And this for a country that drives on the right side of the road, while having the steering wheel also on the right.
The European part is consistent with the rest of the continent, so you wouldn’t see second-hand Japanese vehicles clogging up the freeways and city streets of Moscow and St. Petersburg.
The Russians that live in Siberia wouldn’t even purchase a Russian-built Japanese car as they know first-hand that Japanese imports are far more reliable and better built than the ones made by their countrymen.
Interesting, huh?
re: #356 EPR-radar
It takes a special kind of meathead to have been undecided about Trump vs. Clinton in Oct 2016.
Not special at all, according to the election results.
re: #356 EPR-radar
It takes a special kind of meathead to have been undecided about Trump vs. Clinton in Oct 2016.
Yep, the kind who doesn’t notice that Republicans have been trying to kill PP for a while.
re: #357 jaunte
Well, Betsy, you’re doing it wrong.
This is fit to coronate a king, not welcome a leader of a democratic society. https://t.co/EiV0Xa8hoM
— Chris Slocum (@ChristineLSloc) January 17, 2017
Jfc trump’s poet is actually a shittier writer than ayn rand. How is that possible. How https://t.co/jQkkCEWCxW
— Pookleblinky (@pookleblinky) January 17, 2017
When crippling corruption polluted our nationAnd plunged our economy into stagnation,
As self-righteous rogues took the opulent office
And plump politicians reneged on their promise
The forgotten continued to form a great crowd
That defended the Domhnall, the best of MacLeod!
The author is obviously unfamiliar with Trump.
re: #361 Belafon
Well, Betsy, you’re doing it wrong.
I dunno. It echoes my perception that Trump thinks he was elected to be God.
The Domhnall’s a giver whilst others just take,Ne’er gaining from that which his hands did not make.
A builder of buildings, employing good men*,
He’s enriched many cities by factors of ten.**
* Often Polish
** Excludes Atlantic City
re: #365 jaunte
None of those four lines apply to Trump.
re: #366 Belafon
Nothing in the poem applies to Trump, except that he’s experienced cheering crowds.
re: #366 Belafon
None of those four lines apply to Trump.
But it will be divisive and unpatriotic not to memorize and quote them whenever His name is mentioned…
“How Trump Won—And How The Media Missed It” https://t.co/Hfab41h65X
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 17, 2017
There’s “fake news,” and then there’s “FAKE NEWS.” This is “FAKE NEWS.” https://t.co/9sCt9AIsVr
— Hal Perry (@halperry) January 17, 2017
re: #366 Belafon
None of those four lines apply to Trump.
The third could; of course Trump often stiffs the good men he employs. As he is currently doing to the people who worked on the D.C. hotel.
re: #371 jaunte
It will be the first poem Trump has ever read.
Well, there was the one about the old man from Nantucket……….
{ducks}
#Yes! I don’t know who the artist is, but this is the most accurate depiction I’ve seen yet of how the majority of Americans felt on Nov. 9. pic.twitter.com/AfU65FyCaz
— CuriousLurker (@CuriousLurker) January 17, 2017
This “poetry” sucks harder than the Edgar Guest crap that I had to read in grade school.
The poem, published in full in The Scotsman this weekend, reads as follows:
“Come out for the Domhnall, ye brave men and proud,
The scion of Torquil and best of MacLeod!
With purpose and strength he came down from his tower
To snatch from a tyrant his ill-gotten power.Now the cry has gone up with a cheer from the crowd:
“Come out for the Domhnall, the best of MacLeod!”
When freedom is threatened by slavery’s chains
And voices are silenced as misery reigns,We’ll come out for a leader whose courage is true
Whose virtues are solid and long overdue.
For, he’ll never forget us, we men of the crowd
Who elected the Domhnall, the best of MacLeod!When crippling corruption polluted our nation
And plunged our economy into stagnation,
As self-righteous rogues took the opulent office
And plump politicians reneged on their promiseThe forgotten continued to form a great crowd
That defended the Domhnall, the best of MacLeod!
The Domhnall’s a giver whilst others just take,
Ne’er gaining from that which his hands did not make.A builder of buildings, employing good men,
He’s enriched many cities by factors of ten.
The honest and true gladly march with the crowd
Standing up for the Domhnall, the best of MacLeod!True friend of the migrant from both far and near,
He welcomes the worthy, but guards our frontier,
Lest a murderous horde, for whom hell is the norm,
Should threaten our lives and our nation deform.We immigrants hasten to swell the great crowd.”
Coming out for the Domhnall, the best of MacLeod!
Academe now lies dead, the old order rots,
No longer policing our words and our thoughts;Its ignorant hirelings pretending to teach
Are backward in vision, sophomoric in speech.
Now we learnèd of mind add ourselves to the crowd
That cheers on the Domhnall, the best of MacLeod!The black man, forgotten, in poverty dying,
The poor man, the sick man, with young children crying,
The soldier abroad and the mother who waits,
The young without work or behind prison gates,The veterans, wounded, all welcome the crowd
That fights for the Domhnall, the best of MacLeod!
Whilst hapless old harridans flapping their traps
Teach women to look and behave like us chaps,The Domhnall defends the defenseless forlorn;
For, a woman’s first right is the right to be born.
Now the bonnie young lassies that fly to the crowd
Have a champion in Domhnall, the best of MacLeod!
re: #371 jaunte
It will be the first poem Trump has ever read.
Class! Much poemier than Maya Angelou’s at Obama’s Inauguration!
re: #362 jaunte
Maybe it sounds better in the original Russian? @pookleblinky
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 17, 2017
re: #257 electrotek
I have a huge problem with nationalist Serb idiots, but that goes for any group where they take pride in the past to make up for their failures of the present.
But while I realize that Serbs do deny the crimes of their own like Turks do with Armenians, that doesn’t necessarily mean all Serbs are evil; same with Turks.
Unfortunately, Serbs as a whole are victims of nationalist propaganda so despite their vehement denial and victimhood, that doesn’t make them ‘genocidal’ or horrible people all to their own. I admit I still have some kind of prejudice against Serbs because in the past the ones I encountered were nationalist blowhards who justify their anti-Muslim bigotry by citing their supposedly “heroic” efforts in the war. However, after meeting quite a few Serbs in the interim who not only admit their fucked up in the war, but also have the courage to apologize and make amends for what they did and to ensure it never happens again. That struck a chord in me because I’m the same way, as a Pakistani, when it comes to the genocide of Bengalis in the 1970s which is undoubtedly a dark stain on the country’s history (which can also explain why I’m unapologetic about being critical of Pakistan and the nationalist sentiments of many Pakistanis). Hopefully in my case, I will eventually have ZERO prejudice against Serbs with the more I meet and realize that they are just people, like Bosniaks and Croats.
Unfortunately, only 8% of Serbia’s population admit that Srebrenica happened, so there will be a lot of work that’s needed for Serbs to admit their crimes and to ensure they don’t happen again. Not to mention that they won’t be tarred even further when another anti-Muslim fascist commits a massacre in their name like Anders Breivik did. They are unfortunate victims of nationalist propaganda that strives to cover the truth by all means necessary. This is not unique to Serbs so we can’t pin this entirely on Serbs or on Orthodox Christians in general.
Years ago I was friends with a woman whose father was Serb; she would talk vividly about the Kosovo war of 1389 when the Serbs confronted the Turks. She was still hostile to Muslims because of that battle.
At one time I believed that if Tito could have lived another 50 years this hostility between these nationalities would have disappeared, but it looks like it takes only one malicious leader to reignite hatreds that had been slowly dissipating.
re: #374 The Vicious Babushka
The veterans, wounded, all welcome the crowd
That fights for the Domhnall, the best of MacLeod!
Whilst hapless old harridans flapping their traps
Teach women to look and behave like us chaps
Gimme that old time misogyny.
re: #267 electrotek
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Totally off topic…though our topics have jumped this thread….but is anyone going to the national or their local Women’s Marches?
I am going in Houston, wearing my “Women Are Strong As Hell” t-shirt. My oldest son, 14, asked if he can go with me, so he’s hanging out too. Get ‘em started protesting young, by God.
The “main” Texas march is in Austin, but there are a lot of us in Houston that just can’t get there. We were trying to defer to Austin for the march to keep their numbers high but we’re the 4th largest and most diverse city in the U.S. We need to stand up here too. That was decided this weekend and the social media call went out Sunday.
24 hours later, we’re at over 10,000 committed online to be there. We’re scrambling for the necessary permits but the City of Houston is working beautifully with us to get it done. Now they’re lining up speakers for the event.
24 hours. That’s all it took. And it will grow this whole week.
Onward.
re: #272 Skip Intro
Trump is bringing in a surprise performer for his inauguration. h/t Skip Intro Thanks, bud! pic.twitter.com/WqvtwgLJPD
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) January 17, 2017
It was pretty bad when we were all thinking it was “one” company…
Rep. Tom Price, Trump’s pick to lead HHS, invested in 6 drug companies, then sponsored a bill that benefited them. https://t.co/jpsJcqJnwH
— Alex Altman (@aaltman82) January 17, 2017
S-T-O-C-K
S-T-O-C-K
S-T-O-C-K
and STOCK Act was its name-o https://t.co/O83VUfTBJL— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) January 17, 2017
That “poem” is so many kinds of fucked up, I just can’t.
re: #186 The Vicious Babushka
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@realDonaldTrump @drgoodspine And you’re a man with great responsibilities. May I suggest more care on Twitter and more time learning about #climatechange. pic.twitter.com/kBMEGZYtig
— Ivanka Majic (@ivanka) January 17, 2017
re: #21 allegro
I found it more offensive that he thought of women as a commodity and felt he was owed being provided with a wife. YMMV
Same here. I had to bite my tongue so many times when he expressed his entitled attitude. It’s also no fun to watch someone have a continuous mental breakdown because life doesn’t cater to their desires.
re: #383 FormerDirtDart
It was pretty bad when we were all thinking it was “one” company…
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This just might sink his nomination. Which would delay the reveal of Trump’s “terrific” healthcare plan.
Kitty!
The @buffalozoo has announced the birth of a new ocelot! pic.twitter.com/pMHgyOsDPM
— News 4, WIVB-TV (@news4buffalo) January 17, 2017
@news4buffalo @buffalozoo pic.twitter.com/aIOLHtoqNu
— Matt Giangreco (@m_giangreco) January 17, 2017
re: #308 electrotek
I’m very fortunate to have employer-funded health care, but fuck man, what about the rest of the country who need it?
I can’t just have the “I got my shit, fuck everyone else” attitude that others would have when they get what they want.
Whether you have employer funded healthcare or not, this will affect you. It is not just people who buy from the exchanges that are going to get fucked.
re: #390 MsJ
Whether you have employer funded healthcare or not, this will affect you. It is not just people who buy from the exchanges that are going to get fucked.
exactly. If employer is also paying more for employee healthcare, he has less to put into any potential raises in salary
Thank you to General Motors and Walmart for starting the big jobs push back into the U.S.!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 17, 2017
GM’s $1B plan has nothing to do with Trump, likely dates back to 2014 https://t.co/O8rj7h8x9r @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/GbMqApNxr9
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 17, 2017
re: #392 Charles Johnson
Thank you to General Motors and Walmart for starting the big jobs push back into the U.S.!
And Wal-Mart jobs are often sub-poverty level and have to be “subsidized” by SNAP.
*thud*
Excited to announce that I’ve joined the @CNN team as a Senior Political Commentator!
— Rick Santorum (@RickSantorum) January 17, 2017
re: #393 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
And Wal-Mart jobs are often sub-poverty level and have to be “subsidized” by SNAP.
Walmart employees take $6.2 billion in SNAP which is spent at Walmart.
re: #390 MsJ
Whether you have employer funded healthcare or not, this will affect you. It is not just people who buy from the exchanges that are going to get fucked.
A new poll shows that for the first time in years more Americans approve of Obamacare than disapprove. The prospect of losing your health insurance does focus the mind. This issue is a winner for Democrats; they must not give the GOP the votes to strip good healthcare coverage from millions of Americans.
My #RealClimate post: “Non-Condensable Cynicism in Santa Fe” https://t.co/MgRATBN3mJ … where scientists meet with #GlobalWarming #deniers pic.twitter.com/4DWe9V58Ts
— Mark Boslough (@MarkBoslough) January 17, 2017
The Fourth Santa Fe Conference on Global & Regional Climate Change will be held on Feb 5-10, 2017. It is the fourth in a series organized and chaired by Petr Chylek of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and takes place intervals of 5 years or thereabouts. It is sponsored this year by LANL’s Center for Earth and Space Science and co-sponsored by the American Meteorological Society. I attended the Third in the series, which was held the week of Oct 31, 2011. I reported on it here in my essay “Climate cynicism at the Santa Fe conference”.
[…]
I concluded after the 3rd Santa Fe conference that cynicism was the only attribute that was shared by the minority of attendees who were deniers, contrarians, publicity-seekers, enablers, or provocateurs. I now think that cynicism has something in common with greenhouse gases. Cynicism begets cynicism, to the detriment of society. There are natural-born cynics, and if they turn the rest of us into cynics then we are their amplifiers, just like water vapor is an amplifier of carbon dioxide’s greenhouse effect. We become part of a cynical feedback loop that generates distrust in science and the scientific method. I refuse to let that happen. I might have gotten a little steamed by an unfair or inappropriate rejection, but I’ve cooled off and my induced cynicism has condensed now. I am not going to assume that everyone is a cynic just because of a couple of misguided and misinformed decisions.
[…]
Even the scientists can speak up and inspire. I think they have been all along, for the most part.
re: #348 Interesting Times
Read this, it explains everything:
These are the so-called “undecideds” who broke so heavily for Pumpkin Pinochet in the week before the election. And yes, to win again, Democrats need to figure out a message that breaks through such willful and abject dumbassery.
Just ask Ken of the Red Sweater. Undecideds are the dumbest people in the country and those most likely to vote for a personality, a celebrity, someone whose face they see in their favorite (likely subscribed to) periodical the National Enquirer.
re: #381 BlueGrl21
Yes, I will be going to a rally in support of the March. Will be wearing my Pinche Trump shirt.
Garth Brooks chose Cincinnati over Donald Trump’s inauguration https://t.co/djbAjc7f1q pic.twitter.com/4szwQgnaX1
— WCPO (@WCPO) January 17, 2017
re: #364 wrenchwench
I dunno. It echoes my perception that Trump thinks he was elected to be God.
God? More like a god!
I don’t buy for a minute he is religious. His “religion” is money.
re: #377 Hecuba’s daughter
Years ago I was friends with a woman whose father was Serb; she would talk vividly about the Kosovo war of 1389 when the Serbs confronted the Turks. She was still hostile to Muslims because of that battle.
At one time I believed that if Tito could have lived another 50 years this hostility between these nationalities would have disappeared, but it looks like it takes only one malicious leader to reignite hatreds that had been slowly dissipating.
This is where I was getting to, about Breivik. If they keep spewing this type of hateful rhetoric about Muslims, then they should not be upset when someone like Anders Breivik cites their historical grievance to justify one of the worst terrorist attacks in European history.
And many of them do get extremely defensive when you point out that their anti-Muslim rhetoric mirrors that of Anders Breivik, without noting the irony of it all.
In short, they should get over the fucking past and move the fuck on. Croats aren’t Nazis, Bosniaks aren’t the Turks of yesteryears, and Albanians aren’t all Muslim or Catholic.
re: #403 ObserverArt
God? More like a god!
I don’t buy for a minute he is religious. His “religion” is money.
I think Trump’s plan is to steal as much as he can for four years and leave the wreckage he causes behind.
re: #381 BlueGrl21
I am planning to attend my local march in Chicago. Because of health issues, Washington was not feasible, but some friends are taking buses there. Don’t yet have an appropriate shirt but hoping to acquire one before then
re: #381 BlueGrl21
There’s one here local, and I think we’re going to go.
re: #397 Big Beautiful Door
A new poll shows that for the first time in years more Americans approve of Obamacare than disapprove. The prospect of losing your health insurance does focus the mind. This issue is a winner for Democrats; they must not give the GOP the votes to strip good healthcare coverage from millions of Americans.
And it shows that the Democrats who ran against Obamacare in 2010, 2012, and 2014 did more to screw up the long term prospects for the health care program (and the nation) because they thought opposition to something that would benefit all Americans was a bad thing.
Now, it turns out that when people realize just how bad things will get now that the program is under assault are having a change of mind.
Reality has a way of sharpening the senses.
re: #405 Big Beautiful Door
I think Trump’s plan is to steal as much as he can for four years and leave the wreckage he causes behind.
So, his standard operating procedure then.
UPDATED: RT/SHARE to thank 51 @HouseDemocrats who are standing w @repjohnlewis & skipping Trump’s inauguration of hate #StandWithJohnLewis pic.twitter.com/wxgB7wqY1A
— CREDO Mobile (@CREDOMobile) January 17, 2017
good to see that Kentucky’s only Democrat in DC is included on the list.
re: #403 ObserverArt
God? More like a god!
I don’t buy for a minute he is religious. His “religion” is money.
AGREED. And he relishes the thought of being the boss of all that, as the god over the Federal Reserve.
re: #377 Hecuba’s daughter
Furthermore, it’s also ironic that Serbs benefited immensely during Ottoman rule (they had a extremely extravagant Orthodox Church built for them in the 1870s, in spite of opposition by area Muslims), while the Albanians were the ones that fought against the Ottomans (Skanderbeg comes to mind).
A lot of Serbs do rely on historical revisionist dogma that would fit their victimization mentality about how they were supposedly the victims of Muslims, which could be further from the truth.
OFFS:
Tidbit from TrumpWorld: PEOTUS has the Olympics on his to-do list. 2024 Los Angeles for summer games. Working on it already, per sources
— Robert Costa (@costareports) January 17, 2017
Trump’s more concerned about pushing to get the 2024 Olympics than making sure that his nominees for the Cabinet are properly vetted and prepared, let alone qualified.
Priorities. Always about the priorities.
*snerk*
I just can’t believe that Trump is breaking his promise to be all pro-choice and women’s health and stuff… pic.twitter.com/GofeyR11XG
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) January 17, 2017
More OT.
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re: #405 Big Beautiful Door
I think Trump’s plan is to steal as much as he can for four years and leave the wreckage he causes behind.
We got a whiff of that when he declared I WILL DONATE THE PROFITS OF MY HOTELS TO THE U.S. TREASURY which is OMG the con-man scammer saying to the mark LET’S PUT ALL OUR MONEYS TOGETHER.
re: #384 The Vicious Babushka
That “poem” is so many kinds of fucked up, I just can’t.
This is a sign that starting in 2018 we will not only pay taxes to the IRS, we will also need to fill out a form to pay homage to The Great President Trump.
And it better be good, or there will be penalties!
re: #358 electrotek
There is an infamous dashcam video of a Japanese SUV, the “Navarro” (also the title of the video). The driver, and the road, are in Vladivostok, the Russian Far East. The climate at the time of the video was like San Francisco across the ocean.
In winter. Fog. Black ice everywhere.
The driver of the Navarro was going fast when the car skidded out, and then into, an oncoming truck.
The car was stopped VERY fast. It’s the most disturbing dashcam video you’ll ever see.
re: #410 Backwoods_Sleuth
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good to see that Kentucky’s only Democrat in DC is included on the list.
Got a couple of Texans on there, one of whom is Joaquin Castro. If he challenges Ted Cruz for his Senate seat it could get very interesting. Love the Castro brothers.
Shelia Jackson Lee better get her name on that list quick or her district will NOT be pleased.
re: #419 Sherlock Hound
There is an infamous dashcam video of a Japanese SUV, the “Navarro” (also the title of the video). The driver, and the road, are in Vladivostok, the Russian Far East. The climate at the time of the video was like San Francisco across the ocean.
In winter. Fog. Black ice everywhere.
The driver of the Navarro was going fast when the car skidded out, and then into, an oncoming truck.
The car was stopped VERY fast. It’s the most disturbing dashcam video you’ll ever see.
How did they recover the dashcam video?
Excited to announce that I’ve joined the @CNN team as a Senior Political Commentator!
— Rick Santorum (@RickSantorum) January 17, 2017
Pretty sure every US citizen is by default a CNN commentator and you have to opt out on your birth certificate? https://t.co/geUl64dV0l
— Full Frontal (@FullFrontalSamB) January 17, 2017
re: #419 Sherlock Hound
There is an infamous dashcam video of a Japanese SUV, the “Navarro” (also the title of the video). The driver, and the road, are in Vladivostok, the Russian Far East. The climate at the time of the video was like San Francisco across the ocean.
In winter. Fog. Black ice everywhere.
The driver of the Navarro was going fast when the car skidded out, and then into, an oncoming truck.
The car was stopped VERY fast. It’s the most disturbing dashcam video you’ll ever see.
Those Russian dashcams are crazy man. It’s amazing how much stuff happens on Russian roads!
Not to nitpick, but there’s no such thing as a SUV named Navarro by Nissan. It’s most likely a Japanese-market Pathfinder or Safari/Patrol. The Navara is a pickup, which is the same as the Frontier sold stateside (except Frontier is built in TN while the Navara is built in JP and Thailand).
Sorry couldn’t resist on that one haha
This is superb. https://t.co/Iv8hhfbJmQ pic.twitter.com/7s1Nm4gcyq
— Matt Bors (@MattBors) January 17, 2017
After a while, couples often start sounding similar… https://t.co/uYYR8IuXmr
— Joshua Holland (@JoshuaHol) January 17, 2017
Tidbit from TrumpWorld: PEOTUS has the Olympics on his to-do list. 2024 Los Angeles for summer games. Working on it already, per sources
— Robert Costa (@costareports) January 17, 2017
@samsteinhp @KeithOlbermann same folks that decried Obama’s nuke reduction efforts with Russia.
But now it’s Trump, so…— WB Young (@FormerDirtDart) January 17, 2017
re: #421 The Vicious Babushka
The video was from an onlooker, and not from the crash vehicle.
re: #129 Anymouse
Stonekettle on one of his wonderful Twitter fans (Mr. Johnson here isn’t the only one who has to deal with them):
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@AgalarovAras I had a great weekend with you and your family. You have done a FANTASTIC job. TRUMP TOWER-MOSCOW is next. EMIN was WOW!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 11, 2013
Now:
“I have no deals that could happen in Russia because we’ve stayed away.”
2013: https://t.co/qBZ30b72Z3— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) January 17, 2017
re: #421 The Vicious Babushka
Dashcam was from a vehicle trailing the cars that got in the accident. The vehicle in the accident was essentially deconstructed by a tractor trailer at a high rate of speed.
re: #414 Backwoods_Sleuth
*snerk*
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re: #413 lawhawk
OFFS:
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Trump’s more concerned about pushing to get the 2024 Olympics than making sure that his nominees for the Cabinet are properly vetted and prepared, let alone qualified.
Priorities. Always about the priorities.
Why? Because Obama didn’t get Chicago. (Sorry is someone else has already pointed it out.)
re: #424 jaunte
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Will Trump get into a twitter war with Putin over which country has the classiest prostitutes?
Republican men say it’s a better time to be a woman than a man https://t.co/Aj0woccjnm
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 17, 2017
And who knows more about being a woman than Republican men? https://t.co/yd7vhOVXU1
— Clay C. (@ClayC1969) January 17, 2017
re: #142 I cannot.
Y’know, I thought his profile pic was bad enough…
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@mitchellvii That’s one rough-looking homeless person.
I guess you gave up on your opposition to open-fascism, and joined the deplorables.— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) January 17, 2017
re: #379 MsJ
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re: #422 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #433 Big Beautiful Door
Putin knows exactly how to apply the oil to manipulate Trump.
Trump’s inaugural address is expected to be less than 20 minutes, anchored in Jacksonian approach, per two ppl familiar with it.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 17, 2017
No capacity at all to be coherent. Surprised he can go for 20. Repeating, “I won” 20x?
Imagine his SOTU. .. .. No, don’t. https://t.co/y8Zun7ibtP— Laffy (@GottaLaff) January 17, 2017
re: #314 The Vicious Babushka
I made the author an excellent deal on seafront property in her home state. It’s obvious that her due diligence skills are excellent.
And more than likely the last press briefing in the White House has ended.
Sigh. I don’t really like living in interesting times.
re: #325 CuriousLurker
Heh, yeah, his face looks all bloated. Not exactly a flattering profile.
That’s because they used his ego for the model.
re: #381 BlueGrl21
Planning to go. Haven’t decided which one (more than one available in my CA location).
re: #154 lawhawk
@lawhawk @Amie_FR Of course the women he gets are prostitutes too. They’re not with him for his toxic personality or hideous looks.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) January 17, 2017
From Gloria Allred: a Trump accuser is holding a PC at 2:30 EST to announce the filing of a lawsuit against the president-elect pic.twitter.com/8CJCIOd2MR
— Allan Smith (@akarl_smith) January 17, 2017
re: #420 BlueGrl21
Got a couple of Texans on there, one of whom is Joaquin Castro. If he challenges Ted Cruz for his Senate seat it could get very interesting. Love the Castro brothers.
Shelia Jackson Lee better get her name on that list quick or her district will NOT be pleased.
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) won’t attend the inauguration: “Winning an election does not mean a man can show contempt for millions.” pic.twitter.com/DXkKTHUn1g
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 17, 2017
re: #445 Backwoods_Sleuth
Check didn’t clear…
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If Bikers4America want to make a “wall of meat” maybe they could just save us some money by lining their bikes up along the US-Mexican border.
re: #390 MsJ
Whether you have employer funded healthcare or not, this will affect you. It is not just people who buy from the exchanges that are going to get fucked.
You’re right. We’re all in this together, for real.
Citizens have no faith in political institutions, but vote for GOP politicians who try/end up doing exactly what they’ve promised, and those voters all a sudden are SHOCKED, SHOCKED I TELL YOU?
re: #439 Backwoods_Sleuth
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DT is a lot like Jackson, minus the heroic qualities, physical bravery.
On the other side of the Pond, it looks like the UK is going to have a hard Brexit to keep those furriners out, which could decimate the City of London’s finance sector. Oh, and Scotland is likely to secede from the UK to try to stay in the EU. Great move, UK, I only wish the US hadn’t made an even bigger blunder.
Of course. OF COURSE pic.twitter.com/D8jpW5tlPR
— Patrick Monahan (@pattymo) January 17, 2017
re: #452 Sir John Barron
DT is a lot like Jackson, minus the heroic qualities, physical bravery.
But he makes up for it with even more racial hatred.
re: #452 Sir John Barron
DT is a lot like Jackson, minus the heroic qualities, physical bravery.
Also lacks Jackson’s self-made qualities, Jackson’s loss of father and mother during childhood.
re: #441 plansbandc
And more than likely the last press briefing in the White House has ended.
Sigh. I don’t really like living in interesting times.
I believe that is why they call it a curse.
re: #202 I cannot.
So, Whiner-Elect of the US is continuing to Twit about John Lewis.
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@realDonaldTrump Keep attacking the civil-rights hero, you worthless bigot. See where hate gets you!
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) January 17, 2017
re: #452 Sir John Barron
DT is a lot like Jackson, minus the heroic qualities, physical bravery.
Jackson took a bullet during a duel; Trump took a dose of clap during the War of Personal Viet Nam.
There are significant issues with Andrew Jackson that should probably get him off the currency, but I will absolutely not be insulting his memory by comparing him to Donald Trump.
re: #368 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
While waving a copy of The Little Red Book Art of The Deal.
re: #389 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Which one of the Trump boys will get to shoot it?
Dude from another Springsteen tribute band pinged me asking if I could help them replace the other band that backed out of inauguration.
— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) January 17, 2017
@DavidCornDC Probably the U-Street Band…
— WB Young (@FormerDirtDart) January 17, 2017
so…we can look forward to seeing TWO bolts of lightning?
Transition: PEOTUS Trump will be sworn in using “his Bible, as well as the same Bible that President Lincoln used at his first inauguration”
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 17, 2017
re: #458 Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters
That’s just it - his bigotry and hate got him the White House. His supporters see it as a necessary cleansing following Obama’s term. When pressed on what made past 8 years so horrible - that it was the worst period ever - they are notoriously ambiguous or silent.
Reality is that it’s because they hate the black guy who was in the White House, and this is restoring politics to its proper order. That’s why they opposed Clinton so much - having a woman follow a black guy would have been too much for these special snowflakes to handle - that their fellow Americans now had the same rights and privileges that these white guys took for granted all these decades.
re: #225 The Vicious Babushka
@ddale8 So LePage has become part of Trump’s deranged narcissism. Crazy people with dedicated supporters will be the death of us.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) January 17, 2017
re: #465 Backwoods_Sleuth
so…we can look forward to seeing TWO bolts of lightning?
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Only on the insignia worn by Trump’s personal Imperial Guard.
The fact that PEOTUS hasn’t named an Ag Secretary deserves more attention. 10% of Americans are in agriculture-related jobs.
— Jason Kander (@JasonKander) January 17, 2017
Looking at the 2016 House map, the clearest path to the next Dem majority runs through the sun belt suburbs more than midwest.
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) January 17, 2017
But the media is obsessed with covering depressed blue collar guys in mill towns. You can’t take that from them. https://t.co/c505CAOeVP
— robert napper (@bythehandofbob) January 17, 2017
Oh, I think the national media will be okay with it if AZ/NC/GA become the new places to spend October. https://t.co/niWYWPFD6p
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) January 17, 2017
re: #434 bratwurst
Republican men say it’s a better time to be a woman than a man
Remember the famous 1989 Trump quote: “A well-educated black has a tremendous advantage over a well-educated white in terms of the job market. … If I was starting off today, I would love to be a well-educated black, because I really do believe they have the actual advantage today.”
They sure know how to be anybody than themselves…
re: #465 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Let’s use my Bible.
“Where is it?”
The one from the hotel, made by Gideon. I liked that one.
re: #286 klys (maker of Silmarils)
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re: #228 The Vicious Babushka
@mmfa Of course Alex Jones is a lying pile of garbage. These worse-than-useless lunatics always project their dysfunction onto others.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) January 17, 2017
re: #469 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I love the farmers and farms. I’m like a farmer. There’s a farm Department?
re: #476 Sir John Barron
I love the farmers and farms. I’m like a farmer. There’s a farm Department?
“Let’s appoint that Joe-the-Farmer guy. I liked him. Very smart.”
Bevin on his UofL appointments: “We don’t answer to accrediting agencies. We answer to you. We answer to you the voter.” #kyga17
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) January 17, 2017
Gov. Bevin doesn’t believe that University of Louisville losing accreditation (which is going to happen due to his actions) is any big deal.
good grief…
re: #471 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Remember the famous 1989 Trump quote: “A well-educated black has a tremendous advantage over a well-educated white in terms of the job market. … If I was starting off today, I would love to be a well-educated black, because I really do believe they have the actual advantage today.”
They sure know how to be anybody than themselves…
Speaking of which, an African-American doctoral student was assaulted by six cops for allegedly stealing his own car.
The same people who did the phony election polls, and were so wrong, are now doing approval rating polls. They are rigged just like before.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 17, 2017
You should go back to begging people on Facebook to go to your inauguration for free. You orange shitgibbon. https://t.co/CHhAC9ezox
— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) January 17, 2017
As PEOTUS, Trump has shunned traditional politician photo ops — Vet’s Day, Thanksgiving soup kitchen, Xmas w/ troops https://t.co/KfirCaziRx
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) January 17, 2017
Well he did go to a disaster area & give away Play-Doh, does that count? https://t.co/FMXmCtFHIC
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) January 17, 2017
re: #478 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Gov. Bevin doesn’t believe that University of Louisville losing accreditation (which is going to happen due to his actions) is any big deal.
good grief…
He’ll be answering to some pretty upset voters if their kids’ UofL degrees suddenly turn out to be worthless.
3 days before @realDonaldTrump sworn in, CIA posts 12 million pages of declassified docs covering a half century https://t.co/ZXFOQ0eMyT
— Jason Leopold (@JasonLeopold) January 17, 2017
“Toby Keith is a bigger deal than Beyonce.”
A thing Kayleigh McEnany said with a straight face. @VanJones68 @TheRickWilson @JeffersonObama— Steph Bello (@steph_bello) January 17, 2017
re: #251 The Vicious Babushka
The flying idiot swarms are out in full force.
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@mmfa This is how terrible racists operate. The Conservatives are too bigoted to govern a secular, egalitarian, nation.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) January 17, 2017
“We want these types of events to go. We won’t allow one more.” - Playa Del Carmen Mayor Cristina Torres Gómez https://t.co/qBMvXfCdAh pic.twitter.com/FEFTpTAjZE
— Resident Advisor (@residentadvisor) January 17, 2017
Comment took the words out of my mouth:
Good to see that Cristina Torres Gómez has found the source of the problem; electronic music. And not the drug cartels that can seemingly get away with literal murder.
If we need a clear sign of corruption within Mexico, this is it.
San Diego Moving Companies Band Together, Say They Won’t Move Chargers To LA https://t.co/lCCFXCUxS0
— Phil Hecken (@PhilHecken) January 17, 2017
re: #486 Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters
Didn’t Eldridge Cleaver go from being a Black radical in the ‘60’s to a right-wing evangelical grifter in the ‘90’s?
heh
yesterday i convinced a boy that i am a beet farmer by using quotes from the office pic.twitter.com/3xzSEJGVfz
— caroline (@caro_bearo) January 15, 2017
her twitter profile says “not a beet farmer”
re: #478 Backwoods_Sleuth
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good grief…
One should always read the plaques on everything around a college campus. I read the one at the old stadium (twice replaced now) to discover they had named it for the guy who was instrumental in winning back their accreditation.
81% of Repubs, 56% of indies think Trump has done enough to separate himself from his business https://t.co/rdXLGekEDS
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) January 17, 2017
Fooling some people all the time apparently. Or they just don’t care.
Or they’ve bought Trump’s baffling BS about divestment and eliminating his conflicts of interest.
Nothing Trump’s done passes muster with the people who make these determinations for a living - and whose job it is to make sure that elected leaders aren’t violating the law.
There’s been no divestment. No blind trusts. Nothing. Just promises to do so and throwing a bunch of empty file folders on to a table. That’s not proof. That’s just spin and BS.
re: #466 lawhawk
When you’re used to privilege equality feels like oppression.
re: #489 The Vicious Babushka
Didn’t Eldridge Cleaver go from being a Black radical in the ‘60’s to a right-wing evangelical grifter in the ‘90’s?
Yeah, he was involved with the Moonies at some point there in the late 1970s I do believe.
re: #494 Romantic Heretic
When you’re used to privilege equality feels like oppression.
That’s why Hillary lost.
re: #267 electrotek
I’m not going to lie, I’m taking Ziggy’s behavior very personally that lead to his ban. I’m obviously not upset at Charles for his decision because I understand he had to do what he had to do…because when push comes to shove, there’s only so much leniency to apply to someone who keeps repeating it. It just frustrates me because I totally think he’s a good guy at heart but he keeps letting these transgressions get to him. And he’s more of a religious Muslim than I am, but he still does this from time to time. It says a lot that I have to remind him of what Islam teaches when it comes to this. None of us are perfect, but as long as we have someone to keep each other in check, that’s what is needed at times.
Not everyone is self-sufficient enough to keep themselves in line, unfortunately.
This is also part of my self-introspection as well, because I’ve been guilty of it in the past so I can speak from experience.
I think he portrays himself as a good-guy, but really isn’t.
He showed up here with the absurd username “ProLifeLiberal,” which shows he embraced wingnut alternate-reality where Liberals are anti-life.
This is someone who constantly blames and wants to physically attack large groups of people.
He’s also someone who got involved in a locally-minority-religion expecting the leaders of this religion to provide him with a submissive wife when our local religions are too Liberal to trade in women as property.
There was a lot that’s off about that guy, and he got a lot more sympathy here than he would in most places. He just refused to improve for way too long.
Right now on InfoWars, Roger Stone states “Everything Glenn Greenwald says is true”
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) January 17, 2017
And the universe has folded in on itself. Good run everyone. See ya on the other side! https://t.co/joqR4wHuva
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) January 17, 2017
Wonkette is going to give the Trump Inaugural Poem its Vogon Poetry Award
Vogon Poetry To Dominate Trump Inauguration. You Have Been Warned https://t.co/3UaFHiCb0O via @DoktorZoom
— Wonkette (@Wonkette) January 17, 2017
re: #463 FormerDirtDart
It’s going to be the P Street Band with their golden sound.
I will break an ultra important story tomorrow at 2:30 east dealing with high level trump operatives targeted for murder.
— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) January 16, 2017
LOL. The murder weapon will be — chemtrails! In the library! https://t.co/UKntU3Qjxu
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 17, 2017
re: #499 The Vicious Babushka
Wonkette is going to give the Trump Inaugural Poem its Vogon Poetry Award
I was hoping someone would say that.
re: #314 The Vicious Babushka
TEH STUPIDS STRIKES AGAIN
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— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) January 17, 2017
re: #501 Charles Johnson
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“How much do you hate the Romans?”
“A lot!”
“Ok, you’re in.”
Kos’s response to the “not my Planned Parenthood” writer:
I voted for Trump, not against Planned Parenthood
When you vote for someone, it’s a package deal. You don’t get to pick and choose.
My vote for Trump was not a vote against Planned Parenthood. I voted for him based on the issues he campaigned on: creating jobs, making health care more affordable, and making our country great again. I voted for him because I trust him to get our economy moving again.
Trump campaigned on hating Latinos, hating Muslims, and hating women—aka “making America great again.” He also campaigned on “draining the swamp,” which he promptly did by stocking his cabinet with Wall Street billionaires. He campaigned on making Russia great again. BUT, making health care more affordable? Creating jobs? That was empty boilerplate, absent any details on how he’d do it. If you voted for that, then you are a fucking moron. Don’t sit there and pretend that you’re somehow being betrayed when he does exactly what he promised to do.
The guy is a sexual predator. Overtly so. Self-admitted! And you’re going to be surprised and outraged when he and his party target Planned Parenthood? My fucking god!
You want to vote for someone based on hating others, aka “Making America Great,” then you’re going to get someone who fucking hates others. And you don’t get to exclude yourself from his targets, hoping that he gives a shit that you voted for him.
So there’s news reports showing that the Ft Lauderdale shooter did the shooting for Da’esh.
Given the fact that he had mental problems, I’m going to take this with a grain of salt given family testimonials about his issues.
re: #348 Interesting Times
Read this, it explains everything:
These are the so-called “undecideds” who broke so heavily for Pumpkin Pinochet in the week before the election. And yes, to win again, Democrats need to figure out a message that breaks through such willful and abject dumbassery.
And they have to do it without mentioning that these people are stupid.
Getting willful, stupid, people to engage with reality will not be easy.
re: #507 Belafon
Speaking of picking and choosing, Girl Scouts is apparently marching in the inauguration parade. I am UBER-disappointed.
As a lifetime member and Gold Award recipient I’m really disappointed in the @girlscouts organization right now.
— sylk (@sylk) January 17, 2017
re: #508 electrotek
So there’s news reports showing that the Ft Lauderdale shooter did the shooting for Da’esh.
Given the fact that he had mental problems, I’m going to take this with a grain of salt given family testimonials about his issues.
Since he seems to suffer from a number of severe mental health disorders it is doubtful that Daesh would recruit him.
re: #362 jaunte
@pookleblinky Because people with no talent become Conservative alternate-versions of what they aspired to be.See Christian-Rock for example
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) January 17, 2017
re: #501 Charles Johnson
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Roger Stone tells Alex Jones he was poisoned, likely with Polonium.
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) January 17, 2017
re: #510 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Speaking of picking and choosing, Girl Scouts is apparently marching in the inauguration parade. I am UBER-disappointed.
They should sell cookies on the route. It would be the most Trumpian thing anyone could do.
re: #383 FormerDirtDart
It was pretty bad when we were all thinking it was “one” company…
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@aaltman82 This is what total corruption looks like. How’s that swamp-draining going, Trump supporters?
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) January 17, 2017
re: #511 The Vicious Babushka
Since he seems to suffer from a number of severe mental health disorders it is doubtful that Daesh would recruit him.
They have many to recruit with on their own turf so no need to recruit someone from afar.
Trump *still* trying to raise money off suckers by getting them to donate to win inauguration trip. This text is from his campaign team. pic.twitter.com/eujH6WS0Zy
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) January 17, 2017
re: #514 Belafon
They should sell cookies on the route. It would be the most Trumpian thing anyone could do.
I was really pleased that as an organization they were avoiding some of the Boy Scouts stupidity, in terms of being welcoming to all orientations.
I have lots of words today about this decision and none of them have been all that nice. But I put the nicer ones in the tweetstorm.
re: #511 The Vicious Babushka
Plus he was caught alive, with no resistance whatsoever. Even those Da’esh terrorists who are caught alive usually show some injury of some sort during the attempt.
re: #286 klys (maker of Silmarils)
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re: #413 lawhawk
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Lamarr’s more concerned about pushing to get the 2024 Olympics than making sure that his nominees for the Cabinet are properly vetted and prepared, let alone qualified.
Priorities. Always about the priorities.
@costareports It’s always about putting on a show for this blockhead, reality-TV President-elect.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) January 17, 2017
re: #446 Backwoods_Sleuth
@kylegriffin1 Trump is starting to find that it’s not winning that matters, it’s how you do it. He still thinks winning is EVERYTHING.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) January 17, 2017
re: #510 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Speaking of picking and choosing, Girl Scouts is apparently marching in the inauguration parade. I am UBER-disappointed.
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You are not alone. Read this thread:
.@girlscouts How does “nonpolitical, nonpartisan” add up to encouraging girls to march for a man who admits to committing sexual assault?
— Happy ValengrimesDay (@andreagrimes) January 17, 2017
re: #469 Backwoods_Sleuth
@JasonKander He probably knows no one who has food-production experience. When there’s no crony for the job, what’s a scoundrel to do?
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) January 17, 2017
re: #493 lawhawk
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Fooling some people all the time apparently. Or they just don’t care.
Or they’ve bought Lamarr’s baffling BS about divestment and eliminating his conflicts of interest.
Nothing Lamarr’s done passes muster with the people who make these determinations for a living - and whose job it is to make sure that elected leaders aren’t violating the law.
There’s been no divestment. No blind trusts. Nothing. Just promises to do so and throwing a bunch of empty file folders on to a table. That’s not proof. That’s just spin and BS.
@allahpundit Republicans refuse to engage with realities that make them sad. It looks like many indies are lost too.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) January 17, 2017
Fortunately the beliefs of stupid people do not change the law.
re: #510 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Speaking of picking and choosing, Girl Scouts is apparently marching in the inauguration parade. I am UBER-disappointed.
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Drat. Not a good choice on their part, though probably planned before the election. :(
re: #436 electrotek
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