Alan Branch not interested in meeting Trump. https://t.co/t3UWp0TEaB
— rob delaney (@robdelaney) April 20, 2017
On O’Reilly-less “The Factor,” Mike Huckabee complaining that in political climate you can’t “kiss a woman leaning away from you.” pic.twitter.com/Z4dk1U1Swp
— Cristiano Lima (@ludacristiano) April 20, 2017
These fucking assholes. Unbelievable. https://t.co/iBlcGSn1nd
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 20, 2017
re: #2 Charles Johnson
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Huckabee is such a pathetic creep. I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s sexually harassed quite a few women in his time at FNC. It’s definitely part of the fucked up culture that Ailes and Murdoch foster there.
re: #4 HappyWarrior
It’s definitely part of the fucked up culture that Ailes and Murdoch foster there.
Well, Fox News needs to come up with a new strategy soon, because demographics is destiny, and their core base is dying.
re: #5 Eric The Fruit Bat
Well, Fox News needs to come up with a new strategy soon, because demographics is destiny, and their core base is dying.
Remember though a lot of the MRA assholes aren’t exactly old. But yeah I hear what you’re saying. I’m really sick and fucking tired of Huckabee justifying this kind of shit while he attacks the morality of LGBT people and liberals.
re: #7 Charles Johnson
Oops. Not really him. But you know he’s really thinking that.
re: #7 Charles Johnson
I hope karma bites them hard! Where it hurts them the most!
This is a great video, BTW. Bill Nye, The Science Guy!
re: #6 HappyWarrior
Remember though a lot of the MRA assholes aren’t exactly old.
Yeah, but the MRA assholes are almost exclusively on the Internet. How many viewers actually watch Fox News? Remember when all we had were the Big 3 networks? Remember the final episode of M*A*S*H and how many people watched that? Compare that number and adjust that population-wise to the number of people watching Fox News in primetime.
Also noteworthy-prior to the switchover to ATSC, ABC, CBS, and NBC had nightly Evening News Shows with a nationwide audience. Curiously absent from that mix-FOX. Things that make you go hmmmm….
@ludacristiano Coming from the asshole who paroled Maurice Clemmons and Wayne Dumond so they could kill again!
— josephebacon (@josephebacon) April 20, 2017
Palmer Not-so-Luckey in the news again….
The Verge: Palmer Luckey reportedly hid $100,000 donations to Trump behind Chrono Trigger references
Oculus founder Palmer Luckey donated $100,000 to fund Donald Trump’s inaugural celebrations through shell companies named after elements from classic video game Chrono Trigger, The Washington Post and Mother Jones report. News of the donation broke today, almost a month after Luckey announced he was leaving Facebook, but the money was handed over on January 4th — when he was presumably still under contract with the social media company.
The money was provided by a company called Wings of Time — named after a fantastical machine used in SNES RPG — on January 4th. While Luckey’s name was not recorded in the inauguration committee filings, California records show that Wings of Time is managed by another corporation called Fiendlord’s Keep — another Chrono Trigger reference — of which Luckey is the sole officer. State records also show that Wings of Time is based at a Long Beach address that Luckey has used for other companies, including Luckey Arms LLC.
THE COMPANIES ARE CALLED WINGS OF TIME AND FIENDLORD’S KEEP
The donation came four months after Luckey admitted that he had funded a pro-Trump group dedicated to “shitposting” and “meme magic.” Speaking in September, Luckey said he had given $10,000 to the Nimble America association because it had “fresh ideas on how to communicate with young voters through the use of several billboards.” Those billboards were reportedly used to repurpose internet memes to attack Hillary Clinton.
re: #9 retired cynic
I hope karma bites them hard! Where it hurts them the most!
Oops. Well, I hope it anyway!
The Simpsons. They were so so good back in the day.
When Bill Mitchell and Mike Cernovich are fighting again pic.twitter.com/Winn5A7oCZ
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) April 20, 2017
Hey for those keeping score it’s Maxine 1 and Bill-0 The KKKlown 0!
Regarding the news on O’Reilly, a day will come when rich men won’t be able to buy their way out of criminal conduct & they will go to jail.
— Maxine Waters (@MaxineWaters) April 20, 2017
Bernie Sanders sees a mongoose fighting a king cobra in his kid’s bedroom, says “I’m not ready to endorse yet, anybody can be a mongoose …”
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) April 20, 2017
re: #17 goddamnedfrank
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I’m ready for him to retire and fade away. Bet there’s nothing but crickets from the people who complained about the DNC in Kansas but have nothing to say about Sanders refusing to endorse Ossoff in a much more winnable district.
re: #13 Eric The Fruit Bat
Palmer Luckey is such a wearing a peach polo golf name.
re: #6 HappyWarrior
“I’m really sick and fucking tired of Huckabee justifying this kind of shit while he attacks the morality of LGBT people and liberals.”
After reading your comment, I was reminded of something my parents used to say and would probably say about Huckabee if they were still living: “He’s going to bust hell wide open.”
For “c”hristians like Jim Bakker, Huckabee and Robertson, it appears to me that their dedication to those Christian values they love to talk about are easily jettisoned when it comes to justifying the immoral, despicable behavior of someone like Trump and O’Reilly.
re: #21 majii
“I’m really sick and fucking tired of Huckabee justifying this kind of shit while he attacks the morality of LGBT people and liberals.”
After reading your comment, I was reminded of something my parents used to say and would probably say about Huckabee if they were still living: “He’s going to bust hell wide open.”
For “c”hristians like Jim Bakker, Huckabee and Robertson, it appears to me that their dedication to those Christian values they love to talk about are easily jettisoned when it comes to justifying the immoral, despicable behavior of someone like Trump and O’Reilly.
Huckabee’s the ultimate hypocrite. He told people to leave Bristol Palin alone when she was unwed and pregnant and told people not to judge her but when Natalie Portman who was much older and in a much better situation independently, he went out of his way to attack her and accuse her of glamorizing unwed pregnancies. I remember when I thought although Huckabee was right wing, he was a likable enough man, I was dead wrong in that assessment. He may in fact be one of the worst the right wing has to offer.
re: #22 teleskiguy
And also humbles. Depends on the person.
Asked if Lassie is a good dog Bernie Sanders shrugs and says, “I don’ t know, if you run as a dog, you’re a dog.”
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) April 20, 2017
re: #24 teleskiguy
And also humbles. Depends on the person.
One thing I find remarkable about humanity is how the same experience can impact two people in remarkably different ways.
re: #23 HappyWarrior
Huckabee’s the ultimate hypocrite. He told people to leave Bristol Palin alone when she was unwed and pregnant and told people not to judge her but when Natalie Portman who was much older and in a much better situation independently, he went out of his way to attack her and accuse her of glamorizing unwed pregnancies. I remember when I thought although Huckabee was right wing, he was a likable enough man, I was dead wrong in that assessment. He may in fact be one of the worst the right wing has to offer.
It was Jamie Lynn Spears I believe they crucified for an underage pregnancy.
All forgotten when Bristol came along.
re: #24 teleskiguy
And also humbles. Depends on the person.
I think it just polished President Obama, so that he was himself, but even more so. And if he was ever driven because of any lingering insecurities, I think he just became completely comfortable in his own skin. And the same with Michelle Obama. We were so lucky.
re: #23 HappyWarrior
“Huckabee’s the ultimate hypocrite.”
Right, and let us not forget how quickly he took to Facebook to defend Josh Duggar, or how fast he ran to Kentucky to defend Kim Davis, tried to call it a campaign event, got into trouble with the FEC, and ended up having to pay over $10,000 out of his own pocket because he lied about why he went to Kentucky. Let us also not forget how he cried broke when he had to pony up the 10K+ and did his d*mnedest to convince us that he was a victim. Huckabee is a horrible person. I guess the reason he keeps popping up on Fox is because he has a contract/agreement with the network that requires him to show up and attempt to defend the indefensible from a “c”hristian perspective. [Laughing my butt off, and rolling my eyes, hard.]
re: #28 retired cynic
Joe Biden, when awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom - With Distinction, Joe spent 10 minutes (at least) praising Barack Obama as a great man, master politician, the biggest heart and soul he had ever worked with, an amazing friend, on and on…
Joe was absolutely correct in all his assertions and accolades.
re: #30 teleskiguy
“Joe was absolutely correct in all his assertions and accolades.”
I’m surprised that none of Trump’s supporters haven’t commented on him receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. ///
re: #22 teleskiguy
Power corrupts.
And absolute power corrupts absolutely.
There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies its holder.
re: #31 majii
I’m surprised that none of Trump’s supporters have commented on him receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.
They weren’t educated well and have short memories. And they probably drink to excess often.
Headline writers:
Berkeley cancels conservative firebrand Ann Coulter’s speech over fears of more violent protests
“conservative firebrand” is media-speak for ugly bigot.
The stupid - it never ends:
Trump’s claim that Korea ‘actually used to be a part of China’
@nytimesworld volleyballistic, even.
— SP!R!T AN!MAL! (@SpiritAnimalUS) April 20, 2017
re: #34 freetoken
“”conservative firebrand” is media-speak for ugly bigot.”
Coulter has said that she will appear at Berkeley anyway. You can guarantee that when/if the sh*t hits the fan while she’s there, her personal bodyguards will make sure nothing happens to her.
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Here’s an example of the problem when a lot of money is concentrated in the hands of the few:
Rift widens over Huntsman Cancer Institute CEO’s firing
The Huntsman senior is apparently mad at this, and now there are concerns over a pending $130 million gift from them to the institution.
re: #34 freetoken
Headline writers:
Berkeley cancels conservative firebrand Ann Coulter’s speech over fears of more violent protests
“conservative firebrand” is media-speak for ugly bigot.
I guess right wing bombthrower is too long.
re: #40 freetoken
Here’s an example of the problem when a lot of money is concentrated in the hands of the few:
Rift widens over Huntsman Cancer Institute CEO’s firing
The Huntsman senior is apparently mad at this, and now there are concerns over a pending $130 million gift from them to the institution.
Sounds like nobody is happy with the decision to fire the director other than those that made the decision. From the article, students, faculty, donors are all upset. And the administration wouldn’t give a reason.
re: #40 freetoken
“The Huntsman senior is apparently mad at this, and now there are concerns over a pending $130 million gift from them to the institution.”
After reading the article, It entered my mind that the Huntsman Family seems to think that it’s contributions should give them the power to decide who occupies the CEO position at the Huntsman Cancer Institute. I’d like to know why Berkele’s demotion is such a big deal for the HF.
re: #2 Charles Johnson
The look on her face in that screen grab is pretty damn amazing
re: #39 Charles Johnson
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re: #42 KGxvi
Who knows what is behind the decision.
But I guess my concern more is that a single family can hold the levers over what appears to be such an important institution.
A British soldier hiding from the rain under an overturned Tiger tank. Italy, 1944. pic.twitter.com/ovXLl3ork4
— OnThisDay & Facts (@NotableHistory) April 20, 2017
re: #41 Skip Intro
I guess right wing bombthrower is too long.
I used to call her “snake lady” but my herpetologist nephew objected on behalf of his scaly friends, so I now prefer “blonde bombthrower.”
@Green_Footballs Heels. I think I’ll call them heels. If you look at the image, it looks like a shoe-print, with the heel at the top.
— free token (@freetoken) April 20, 2017
re: #19 Joe Bacon
Brings back memories of Elephant’s Memory!
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, by the profoundly colonialist but great Rudyard Kipling, is the best mongoose story that has ever been written or ever will be written. Not that this is a particularly broad field of literary endeavor.
re: #53 Varek Raith
“What do you want me to do, fetch your slippers?”
Even as only a sliver of light in the deep deep dark, #Saturn is strong and proud and glorious. https://t.co/NIGNcoIBJR #Cassini pic.twitter.com/9i3v4I5dXm
— Katie Mack (@AstroKatie) April 20, 2017
re: #45 goddamnedfrank
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Felix Randomkitty hospital update #4:
The veterinarian called this morning to let us know that Felix is hydrating well but still on an IV. He is still not eating and they are still feeding him by syringe. She also said she could still not nail down what the specific problem is, and she had a physician/veterinarian coming from Alliance to do an ultrasound on a dog. She said she thought that Felix might have inclusion of fat in his liver due to not eating (this is a problem with cats), and that his blood sugar was continuing to drop (now 225, down from 625 when we took him in). She was of the opinion that she could have the physician/veterinarian also do an ultrasound on Felix and get a clearer idea about what is going on with his pancreas and liver.
After agreeing to that, the visiting specialist did the ultrasound. She found that Felix’s pancreas is very swollen, and there is fluid surrounding both it and his liver. A second call to us to tell us that, and to ask permission to draw fluid from the two areas and send them out to a lab for analysis. She noted that if there was an infection, it seems to be clearing up as his white blood cell count is dropping (high chance) or he is suffering from lymphoma (low chance). The lab should be able to give an answer to that.
Felix’s hospital bill and tests are now north of a thousand dollars. (That’s over a third of my monthly income.) That trip to Yukon looks like it might be fading, though I’ll toss the money toward Felix before Canada. (The house seems awfully lonely to Beth and me without Felix around.)
The Scottsbluff Star-Herald crossword puzzle contest is up to $3,850, that would come in really handy now. (When we were last in Scottsbluff at the vet on Tuesday, I did the puzzle in the vet’s office and took the entry form directly to the Star-Herald. I told the receptionist there that she could just issue the cheque now, there’s no need to waste time checking my form… .)
Prominent Putin critic dies after being beaten by unknown attackers https://t.co/krOcI4yEuO
— Matt Osborne (@OsborneInk) April 20, 2017
re: #58 Kragar
“Unknown attackers”
Is that what state sponsored assassins call themselves these days?
Just so y’all know, we just blasted two men - one Russian and one American - into space.
re: #61 teleskiguy
Liftoff of #Soyuz with @Astro2fish & Fyodor Yurchikhin to @Space_Station https://t.co/tEyipLK94R pic.twitter.com/r7ZkLoHy2K
— ESA (@esa) April 20, 2017
The War on Coal is coming from inside the house:
thinkprogress.org
Berkeley Energy Group, a coal mining company in Kentucky, announced plans to build the largest solar farm in Appalachia on top of a reclaimed mountaintop coal mine. The solar plant is expected to produce 150MW of electricity.
The company says the project will provide construction jobs to an economically-depressed area. They also say they will use as many of their coal miners as possible to operate the new solar plant (presumably retraining them as necessary).
As I recall, there was a presidential candidate that proposed this very sort of project and retraining, but she was evil or something.
re: #47 teleskiguy
A British soldier hiding from the rain under an overturned Tiger tank. Italy, 1944.
hope that thing does not tip back over…
A picture speaking thirty-nine thousand words. #WednesdayWisdom pic.twitter.com/a30uPTZqH1
— U.S. OGE (@OfficeGovEthics) April 19, 2017
re: #58 Kragar
Prominent Putin critic dies after being beaten by unknown attackers
“Who will rid me of this troublesome priest?”
“Get ‘em out of here!”
re: #63 Anymouse
The War on Coal is coming from inside the house:
thinkprogress.orgBerkeley Energy Group, a coal mining company in Kentucky, announced plans to build the largest solar farm in Appalachia on top of a reclaimed mountaintop coal mine. The solar plant is expected to produce 150MW of electricity.
The company says the project will provide construction jobs to an economically-depressed area. They also say they will use as many of their coal miners as possible to operate the new solar plant (presumably retraining them as necessary).
As I recall, there was a presidential candidate that proposed this very sort of project and retraining, but she was evil or something.
But her e-mails!!!
And, conservative voters continue to be duped. This time on getting “tough on Islam”:
Trump has become the first Western head of state to congratulate Erdoğan as only the leaders of Azerbaijan, Qatar, Guinea, Bahrain, Djibouti and the head of HAMAS called him immediately after the unofficial results were announced Sunday night.
re: #63 Anymouse
The War on Coal is coming from inside the house:
thinkprogress.orgBerkeley Energy Group, a coal mining company in Kentucky, announced plans to build the largest solar farm in Appalachia on top of a reclaimed mountaintop coal mine. The solar plant is expected to produce 150MW of electricity.
The company says the project will provide construction jobs to an economically-depressed area. They also say they will use as many of their coal miners as possible to operate the new solar plant (presumably retraining them as necessary).
As I recall, there was a presidential candidate that proposed this very sort of project and retraining, but she was evil or something.
It is all rhetoric & symbolism: The Wall and the Muslim Ban are symbols of our resolve to retain our purity, talk about trade tariffs and import taxes and reinvigorating traditional mining and manufacturing jobs are symbols of our resolve to return to a mythical America of small towns, nickel cokes and hard-working white people.
re: #69 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It is all rhetoric & symbolism: The Wall and the Muslim Ban are symbols of our resolve to retain our purity, talk about trade tariffs and import taxes and reinvigorating traditional mining and manufacturing jobs are symbols of our resolve to return to a mythical America of small towns, nickel cokes and hard-working white people.
Well, my mythical America (I live in mythical Mountain Time Zone) small town does have hard-working white people (and everyone else as well: ranching and farming are also traditional American jobs); no nickel cokes though.
At my dine-out tonight in Cheyenne, I got in a heated discussion with the group Trump cheerleader, who was complaining about the “liberal agenda” killing off coal mining in Wyoming. I tried to point out that coal is a dying industry because of technology improvements, not liberals trying to take away jobs. I noted the coal trains that used to go through my town from Wyoming every ten minutes or so only five years ago are down to one every ninety minutes.
He went on about how liberal activists shut down the idea of construction of a coal port in Washington state … I pointed out that while there were indeed activists opposed to it, what really killed the idea was that the port is now economically unfeasable due to reduced imports by other tradtionally high-using coal nations such as China and India.
He wasn’t having any of my socialist bullshit though.
While there are people you can explain things to who might not accept them right away but will be influenced by other thoughts, there are those that no amount of evidence will convince. This guy is a first-class fan of FOX News Channel, and no “liberal media” is going to influence him dadgumit.
Okay now I’ve heard everthing … from ABC channel 7 in Denver.
A “furry” convention in Denver has been cancelled after the CEO of the group was found to be a tax-dodging sex offender sovereign citizen Nazi.
The story was broken by JJ MacNab:
Colorado “furry” convention canceled over expired tax-exempt status. CEO was both sex offender & sovereign citizen. https://t.co/bkzYAApWVB pic.twitter.com/LDKLp2FjhJ
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) April 11, 2017
I urge you to think before you type/post and consider, is this something I would say to someone’s face?
— Caroline Gleich (@carolinegleich) April 19, 2017
Remember there is a real person on the other side of the screen. #stopcyberharassment
— Caroline Gleich (@carolinegleich) April 19, 2017
Just wow: “Furry Menace Trying to Infiltrate the Nazi Movement – Daily Stormer” https://t.co/qdCy3DqpRQ
— Furry News Network (@furrynewsntwk) April 18, 2017
This has got to be the derpiest thread I’ve ever read.
@furrynewsntwk So not even actual Nazis want Nazi furs around? Can social death be any more absolute at this point?
— Pangolinfox @ TarPaw (@phoenixtheblade) April 18, 2017
Apparently the law firm representing women harassed at FOX News Channel is upset, claiming it was slandered by FOX:
Attorney for Fox News employees in racial discrimination suit says additional complaints and allegations against the network are coming pic.twitter.com/ZU8OotaPpz
— Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) April 19, 2017
So twitter found out Bill Mitchell had a Yahoo Answers account
of all the hilarious shit on Bill Mitchell’s yahoo answers account, this is the one that has me near tears: pic.twitter.com/1iohuFwcQd
— The Swog Blog (@TheSwogBlog) April 11, 2017
FREEZE PEACH
Ann Coulter wanted any Berkeley student who heckled her to be expelled. Because free speech. https://t.co/nyIvXGmlT2
— Angus Johnston (@studentactivism) April 19, 2017
re: #74 Anymouse
So not even actual Nazis want Nazi furs around? Can social death be any more absolute at this point?
What about those of us who are born furry?
re: #78 The Vicious Babushka
FREEZE PEACH
I guess Anne sees a market gap now that Milo Y is off the circuit.
OH HAI FAILING NY TIMES
The more you flatter Il Trumpolini the bigger your FAIL
Trump’s mix of chest thumping and real action entails serious risks overseas https://t.co/8hUQLg5A1Y
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 20, 2017
re: #79 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
What about those of us who are born furry?
Best avoid us tricho-normatives.
re: #1 teleskiguy
A whole rack of Patriots skipped the meet and greet with Trump.
re: #83 Patricia Kayden
A whole rack of Patriots skipped the meet and greet with Trump.
Losers. Sad.
OK but was it written backward or forward?
Aaron Hernandez reportedly found with “John 3:16” written on his forehead https://t.co/oYv85gbw9u
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 20, 2017
Frell, I didn’t realize how out of shape I was until I decided I was going to walk up eight flights of stairs.
Uh…
‘Be brave’: Bill O’Reilly’s downfall teaches a wonderful lesson to working women
A “wonderful lesson” of a business that spent over a decade condoning this type of behavior?
re: #87 Timothy Watson
Uh…
‘Be brave’: Bill O’Reilly’s downfall teaches a wonderful lesson to working womenA “wonderful lesson” of a business that spent over a decade condoning this type of behavior?
again, his actions themselves were not the cause of his dismissal, just the negative economic impact they were having on the company.
re: #86 Timothy Watson
At least you didn’t learn how out of shape you are by falling down eight flights of stairs.
re: #87 Timothy Watson
The Lesson being “Grin and bear it”? Gretchen wouldn’t know bravery if it hit her in the face. Repeatedly. It bearing a name badge stating Bravery.
re: #89 I cannot.
Well you’ll be a different shape by the end of it.
Good morning all,
Last night I saw that the trump administration had now moved it’s laser focus to Iran, following the Syrian cruise missile attack, the dropping of the moab in Afghanistan, and the debacle of NK and our lost armada.
Trump’s foreign policy reminds me of a drunk, stumbling from bar to bar, till he finds a fight.
French paper asks if Trump is suffering from early dementia.
Donald Trump souffre-t-il de démence précoce ? https://t.co/6juTe8V1aF pic.twitter.com/tFB0LiB7Ft
— L’Obs (@lobs) April 19, 2017
@th3j35t3r At least they’re asking the question. He could roll around on the east lawn rubbing poop on himself and half our media’d say ‘presidential’.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) April 20, 2017
Forgive me if I screenshot this from the Office of Ethics before the Trump admin forces them to take it down. pic.twitter.com/4wkxjMXLnQ
— Jason Karsh (@jkarsh) April 19, 2017
re: #2 Charles Johnson
Media wingnuts: always the victim.
re: #95 darthstar
French paper asks if Trump is suffering from early dementia.
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Overlooked here in the US: in Korea/Japan, Trump is becoming seen as another version of Kim Jong Un. https://t.co/eiZRaElYZ8
— Dave Min (@DaveMinCA) April 20, 2017
Spotted this critter on the commute this morning, and I don’t recall seeing one like it before, especially in the NYC metro area.
Spotted on my commute this morning: pic.twitter.com/C30R19ezPx
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) April 20, 2017
I’m trying to search on Birds of North America, and the closest I get is a Clapper Rail.
re: #99 darthstar
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Why should they trust him in the first place? He spent most of 2011 teasing a presidential run and constantly bitching about the South Korean-American free trade deal and how he would get rid of it.
re: #97 Sir John Barron
Media wingnuts: always the victim.
Huckabee also thinks it’s okay for Josh Duggar to fuck his little sisters because boys these days…
re: #99 darthstar
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The man is alienating every one of our allies. Vlad must be absolutely overjoyed.
re: #47 teleskiguy
I’m such a grognard I didn’t even need to read the caption to recognize everything in the photo.
Except the cigarette. Too small to tell the brand. ;)
re: #103 Targetpractice
The man is alienating every one of our allies. Vlad must be absolutely overjoyed.
God and I thought Obama had his hands full cleaning up the bad juju Bush caused with our allies.
re: #57 Anymouse
Glad to hear Felix is doing better.
re: #58 Kragar
Saw that yesterday. The individuals may be unknown but who gave them their orders is not.
.@POTUS invited @SarahPalinUSA to dinner and told her to bring some friends pic.twitter.com/Okk6wVWpha
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) April 20, 2017
re: #104 Romantic Heretic
I’m such a grognard I didn’t even need to read the caption to recognize everything in the photo.
Except the cigarette. Too small to tell the brand. ;)
Lucky Strike
Trump’s idiocies are going to start a war, ruin alliances, and make America far less safe.
And he can do it in 140 characters or less.
This particular time wasn’t in a tweet, but in comments that Korea was part of China.
South Korea dismisses #Trump’s remark that Korea was “part of China.” pic.twitter.com/DtHa4gOSHe
— Jeffrey Guterman (@JeffreyGuterman) April 20, 2017
This is a thorough and smart read on why Trump was wrong about Korea once having been part of Chinahttps://t.co/so4UkAQE2P
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) April 20, 2017
This fucknut is going to get a lot of people killed because of sheer dumbassery and ignorance. He doesn’t have anyone around him who knows a damned thing about world events, history, culture, or politics of the regions he pontificates on, and instead thinks he can bullshit his way through foreign policy.
Where’d Trump get the idea? China’s leader told him - at their summit a few days back at Mar a Lago, when Trump got lectured on history and politics of the Korean peninsula. Instead of checking something like the CIA Factbook, Trump decided to take China at its word and repeated it.
That’s how wars start.
re: #110 lawhawk
JFC, he’s lucky that South Korea hasn’t recalled its ambassador over that statement.
re: #111 Timothy Watson
JFC, he’s lucky that South Korea hasn’t recalled its ambassador over that statement.
No, but now we probably know why Pence was in South Korea.
It’s the perpetual apology tour for everything Trump says.
re: #108 darthstar
I don’t even know where to start with that Palin/Nuge/Kid Rock pic
re: #112 lawhawk
No, but now we probably know why Pence was in South Korea.
It’s the perpetual apology tour for everything Trump says.
Pre-apology tour.
re: #113 darthstar
I don’t even know where to start with that Palin/Nuge/Kid Rock pic
Call it what it is: The Has-Beens.
Remember the outrage when Obama had Common at the WH. Nugent and his telling both Obama and Clinton to suck his gun is okay though.
PUNCH MARVEL IN THE FACE
Marvel Reveals Captain America Was ALWAYS a Villain - https://t.co/8iiiPpGWBT pic.twitter.com/tQVuaLrASe
— Screen Rant (@screenrant) April 20, 2017
Punch his stupid face. https://t.co/PRfzVxobap
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) April 20, 2017
South Korea mocks ‘ignorant’ Trump for being completely oblivious about their region’s history https://t.co/ek1PjvCkb7 pic.twitter.com/jGtJ6RYZff
— Raw Story (@RawStory) April 20, 2017
re: #116 HappyWarrior
Remember the outrage when Obama had Common at the WH. Nugent and his telling both Obama and Clinton to suck his gun is okay though.
How many pedophiles can they fit into the Oval Office?
re: #117 The Vicious Babushka
That has been such a ride, and - as a metaphor for current affairs - such a beautiful thing to do. But the punch in his face is going to be so satisfying - because it’ll be from a one of the new, young, diverse cast of heroes they have now.
re: #119 Timothy Watson
How many pedophiles can they fit into the Oval Office?
Heh OT but did you see that Jennifer Wexton is going to run against Comstock today? I actually met her at the Leesburg Farmers Market gathering signatures for Perriello. She signed even though she’s supporting Northam. Really nice lady and when I brought up my boss, she knew him.
re: #117 The Vicious Babushka
PUNCH MARVEL IN THE FACE
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I stopped reading when I saw “The Catalyst”.
This shit is as dumb as Mass Effect 3…
re: #121 HappyWarrior
Heh OT but did you see that Jennifer Wexton is going to run against Comstock today? I actually met her at the Leesburg Farmers Market gathering signatures for Perriello. She signed even though she’s supporting Northam. Really nice lady and when I brought up my boss, she knew him.
Hadn’t heard about her. I saw a story about an Army vet who had already raised over $100,000 a couple days ago so it’s going to be a competitive primary.
I only saw last afternoon that poor Delegate Jackson Miller (R) lost the Prince William County Clerk of the Court special election.
re: #109 Cheechako
Lucky Strike
Now thinking of the Willie and Joe cartoon with the punchline, “You blokes leave an awfully messy battlefield.”
re: #122 Timothy Watson
No. Worse. This makes Mass Effect 3 look brilliant. I’m serious.
There was one cover where they showed Magneto as an agent of Hydra.
Magneto. Max Eisenhardt from Germany…from before the war.
Hydra. A conspiracy created by Nazis to bring about a Fourth Reich.
THEY MADE A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR INTO A NAZI AGENT.
The whole point of comic book story lines is there are good guys and bad guys. You can have secondary characters change teams but the main characters?
If Cap is a bad guy now does that mean one of the Marvel villains comes over to the good guy team?
re: #123 Timothy Watson
Hadn’t heard about her. I saw a story about an Army vet who had already raised over $100,000 a couple days ago so it’s going to be a competitive primary.
I only saw last afternoon that poor Delegate Jackson Miller (R) lost the Prince William County Clerk of the Court special election.
Yeah I saw that too. Should be a good race. I am glad it’s going to be competitive.
re: #126 I cannot.
No. Worse. This makes Mass Effect 3 look brilliant. I’m serious.
There was one cover where they showed Magneto as an agent of Hydra.
Magneto. Max Eisenhardt from Germany…from before the war.
Hydra. A conspiracy created by Nazis to bring about a Fourth Reich.THEY MADE A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR INTO A NAZI AGENT.
So Magneto is really George Soros?
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Marvel will retcon til the end of time to generate new story lines and intrigue.
You’re talking about it right now.
And they’ll turn around and say later on that he was really a deep OSS/SHIELD agent who let Hydra think he was a OSS/SHIELD agent who was for them so he could get deep into Hydra so he can root it out from SHIELD and the US.
Last line of Kissinger on Kushner is…slightly foreboding? https://t.co/TxC88eqLOU pic.twitter.com/HToHmhaFcg
— Rosie Gray (@RosieGray) April 20, 2017
I hate to say anything nice about Kissinger but this state is hilarious example of damning with faint praise. https://t.co/bxSJMaz8Sv
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) April 20, 2017
Flying too close to the sun?
Yeah, Henry Kissinger has a way with words, and what he’s saying is that Kushner’s in over his head and he’s gonna get burned for thinking he’s up to any of the tasks Donny has given him.
re: #133 lawhawk
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Yeah, Henry Kissinger has a way with words, and what he’s saying is that Kushner’s in over his head and he’s gonna get burned for thinking he’s up to any of the tasks Donny has given him.
Poor Icarus.
I think we have a new nickname for Kushner at least!
re: #134 Timothy Watson
Poor Icarus.
I think we have a new nickname for Kushner at least!
We should call him Icky.
re: #95 darthstar
French paper asks if Trump is suffering from early dementia.]
At his age I don’t believe that dementia would be considered early onset. Signs of dementia. He very obviously overlaps with some, some are not ones we would see unless we were with him.
re: #137 Colère Tueur de Lapin
At his age I don’t believe that dementia would be considered early onset. Signs of dementia. He very obviously overlaps with some, some are not ones we would see unless we were with him.
I do know that Alzheimers runs in his family. I honestly wouldn’t be shocked if something’s going on there but I don’t know. I really think we do need to run someone considerably younger than him against him in 2020 though.
re: #138 HappyWarrior
I do know that Alzheimers runs in his family. I honestly wouldn’t be shocked if something’s going on there but I don’t know. I really think we do need to run someone considerably younger than him against him in 2020 though.
Not Saint Bern the Anointed One?
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This bullshit makes me entirely furious.
[musical notes]O’Reilly is gone, ding, dong O’Reilly is gone[musical notes]
Proof there is a Kracken and it loves us!
re: #139 Timothy Watson
Not Saint Bern the Anointed One?
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You know, I honestly wonder about him showing some signs of it too. Or maybe Bernie’s just a cynical ass when it comes to politics. Or maybe it’s a little of both. Speaking of which, the Khans endorsed Perriello. That means much more to me than Bernie doing so since they’re actually you know Virginians who aren’t using this race to stir up shit.
re: #86 Timothy Watson
Frell, I didn’t realize how out of shape I was until I decided I was going to walk up eight flights of stairs.
My knees and ankles are screaming at just the thought of 8 flights!
A better “perspective” (as they called the last story I linked) on O’Reilly from The Washington Post:
For years when I was growing up, Fox News was the soundtrack of my family home. I’m convinced my father slept with it on so he could sublimely absorb more Sean Hannity, Bill O’Reilly and friends. So my parents were thrilled in August 2002 when producers from “The O’Reilly Factor” called to book me for a segment to promote my book “A Girl’s Life Online.” Before taping the show, O’Reilly came out to introduce himself, and my mother was giddy to tell him that she watched him when she was hot and sweaty, while on the treadmill. O’Reilly seemed baffled.
Though this was almost 15 years ago, I can remember the experience of being a guest on “The Factor” so well because it’s an episode that still haunts and disturbs me to this day. And the dismissive way O’Reilly dealt with my own history as a victim of assault made the allegations that finally pushed Fox News to fire him this week feel all too familiar.
At 19, I appeared on “The O’Reilly Factor” to tell my story in the hopes that it would prevent sexual assault. Six years earlier, I had been molested by a man who I went to go meet after I spent six months developing an online relationship with him. The assault occurred in 1996 and resulted in a landmark federal case.
O’Reilly challenged me about the fact that I decided to go meet this person I didn’t know. He then insisted that at 13, I should have known better than go meet someone, and I should have been able to predict what would happen. Fair enough; in the back of my head, even then, I did know I was taking a massive risk. In typical O’Reilly preaching, though, he told me I made a huge mistake and appeared to suggest that I deserved to become a victim of sexual assault because I knew I was doing something I shouldn’t have done.
re: #126 I cannot.
THEY MADE A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR INTO A NAZI AGENT.
*checks Wikipedia* Nope, its even worse than that.
Escaping from the mass grave, he was ultimately captured yet again[22] and sent to Auschwitz, where he eventually became a Sonderkommando.[22][23][24] While at Auschwitz, Eisenhardt reunited with a Romani girl named Magda, with whom he had fallen in love when he was younger, and with whom he escaped the prison camp during the October 7th 1944 revolt.
re: #144 Timothy Watson
Blame the Victim?
re: #144 Timothy Watson
A better “perspective” (as they called the last story I linked) on O’Reilly from The Washington Post:
I’ve often said that while O’Reilly may not be the most right wing ideologically person FNC has given a show over the years, he’s probably the biggest asshole. I mean I don’t know how Lumpy Hannity, Crybaby Beck, or Wacky Judge Napolitano are off camera but I’d be shocked if they had Bill-O’s history of molesting women.
@bls1999c @MissyPDX @Stonekettle Son NK firing NUCLEAR ROCKETS the past weeks is @POTUS starting war? WOW. YOU ARE STUPID. 2ND AMD means I KEEP MY GUNS & I WILL USE THEM.
— stephney smith (@stephsdept) April 20, 2017
So, if I’m readin’ this right, she’s gonna shoot down some OMG NUKLER ROCKETS with her pistol
USA! USA! https://t.co/7ZDQsfBjOi— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) April 20, 2017
re: #146 Birth Control Works
Blame the Victim?
Of course. The best statement I saw on Mike Pence was. “Yes, Trump is the face of your rapist but Mike Pence has the face of every judge that let him get away with it.”
re: #145 I cannot.
*checks Wikipedia* Nope, its even worse than that.
And Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, both Jewish war vets, created Cap.
The writer, Nick Spencer, gets really pissy when criticized.
re: #148 The Vicious Babushka
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This $30,000 robot will make you a salad https://t.co/6DoM3RKqfo pic.twitter.com/R80iCut8zU
— CNN (@CNN) April 20, 2017
Salad-making robot gets the equivalent of $15/hr https://t.co/rYIPBLih61
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) April 20, 2017
Will the Supreme Court Allow the Direct Public Funding of Religious Activities?
Link
Theocracy, here we come …
re: #152 The Vicious Babushka
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But it’s a nice depreciable asset! Not a dirty stinky employee.
re: #154 Timothy Watson
But it’s a nice depreciable asset! Not a dirty stinky employee.
Also needs daily maintenance from a robotics technician.
This is fine, I’m sure. | Putin-linked think tank drew up plan to sway 2016 US election https://t.co/tj84USYCC6
— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) April 19, 2017
re: #152 The Vicious Babushka
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re: #155 The Vicious Babushka
Reminds me of the scenes from Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory where Charlie’s dad used to work at a toothpaste factory until his job was replaced by a robot screwing the tops on - and he then got a new job fixing those robots.
re: #148 The Vicious Babushka
Instead of “USA! USA” he should have ended with “Pew! Pew!”
Kendrick DNA video is a masterpiece. Don Cheadle rapping is my new favorite thing. pic.twitter.com/nYgJ6DGPtx
— Travon Free (@Travon) April 18, 2017
re: #152 The Vicious Babushka
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Here’s the thing: When a worker gets sick, you send him home and bring in another worker. When a machine goes down, you spend hours waiting for the tech to come out, then find out that he needs parts that he’ll need to spend another couple hours to grab, before finding out that it’s going to be down for longer because the parts are on back order and you’re at the back of the queue.
Here’s my article on discrimination against Black women’s natural hair. https://t.co/nC5QGfTfqh
Also, finger guns. pic.twitter.com/Gl0lljZB9y— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) April 17, 2017
re: #162 Targetpractice
Here’s the thing: When a worker gets sick, you send him home and bring in another worker. When a machine goes down, you spend hours waiting for the tech to come out, then find out that he needs parts that he’ll need to spend another couple hours to grab, before finding out that it’s going to be done for longer back the parts are on back order and you’re at the back of the queue.
Exactly.
re: #162 Targetpractice
Here’s the thing: When a worker gets sick, you send him home and bring in another worker. When a machine goes down, you spend hours waiting for the tech to come out, then find out that he needs parts that he’ll need to spend another couple hours to grab, before finding out that it’s going to be down for longer because the parts are on back order and you’re at the back of the queue.
And the way the different vegetables are stored in that machine would result in such spoilage day-to-day it would be absurd. Not to mention the bacteria contamination. Or the amount of time to serve just one customer.
Etc., etc., etc., etc.
LOL
Yes, that headline is real. From the largest newspaper in New Zealand. https://t.co/KyhmAAb8Q1 pic.twitter.com/mcNSpLatUy
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) April 20, 2017
I mean the tech advancements are important but we can’t discount human labor too. Anyhow, people just want any excuse not to pay their employees a decent wage and I just don’t get it. You pay your employees well. I think you create employees who enjoy working for you and have an incentive to work hard. I know this much. I’ve worked my hardest when I knew there was a bigger incentive. If you’re just paying me barely above minimum wage, what real incentive do I have to work that extra mile for you?
I guess Brown being in NZ prevents him from completing the gambit and running for another Senate seat in NE.
re: #165 Timothy Watson
And the way the different vegetables are stored in that machine would result in such spoilage day-to-day it would be absurd. Not to mention the bacteria contamination. Or the amount of time to serve just one customer.
Etc., etc., etc., etc.
Plus, you’d need to have someone prep the veggies and load them into the machine…seriously, this is not useful.
“Bill O’Reilly’s Publisher Standing by Their Man” via @PublishersWkly https://t.co/X8JRgldH6S pic.twitter.com/5oi52uduQ8
— C-SPAN2’s BookTV (@BookTV) April 20, 2017
re: #167 HappyWarrior
I mean the tech advancements are important but we can’t discount human labor too. Anyhow, people just want any excuse not to pay their employees a decent wage and I just don’t get it. You pay your employees well. I think you create employees who enjoy working for you and have an incentive to work hard. I know this much. I’ve worked my hardest when I knew there was a bigger incentive. If you’re just paying me barely above minimum wage, what real incentive do I have to work that extra mile for you?
I saw something the other day taking about how parts workers in Alabama are working 6-7 days a week, basically taking wages and hours that compete with Asian parts companies. I blame this straight up on their racism. They can’t get through their heads that their voting for people that promise to hurt blacks are also hurting them.
Betsy DeVos rolled back student loan protections because exploitation is apparently what makes America great pic.twitter.com/iZFCBFXiMk
— vlh (@coton_luver) April 20, 2017
re: #164 HappyWarrior
That’s the argument for and against things like the self-checkouts, I can keep track of 10 registers at once, yes, customers ring themselves up much slower, but there’s TEN going at once.
When the whole system goes down, even for a few minutes on a normal day…holy shit, things get bad fast. I’ll let you figure out how bad it can get on a holiday.
And there’s no room in our scheduling for errors.
re: #171 Birth Control Works
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Killing My Career is next. His book on the Lincoln Assassination was panned by Fords Theater. The James Swanson book on the subject is much better.
re: #174 I cannot.
That’s the argument for and against things like the self-checkouts, I can keep track of 10 registers at once, yes, customers ring themselves up much slower, but there’s TEN going at once.
When the whole system goes down, even for a few minutes on a normal day…holy shit, things get bad fast. I’ll let you figure out how bad it can get on a holiday.
And there’s no room in our scheduling for errors.
The major chain in the Chicago area took theirs out —I asked why. After 10 years they all started breaking down and it wasn’t cost effective to replace them…
ha!
re: #175 HappyWarrior
Killing My Career is next. His book on the Lincoln Assassination was panned by Fords Theater. The James Swanson book on the subject is much better.
Bills was probably written at a lower grade level.
re: #172 Belafon
I saw something the other day taking about how parts workers in Alabama are working 6-7 days a week, basically taking wages and hours that compete with Asian parts companies. I blame this straight up on their racism. They can’t get through their heads that their voting for people that promise to hurt blacks are also hurting them.
That’s how right wing populism works. You convince people that they (poor whites) are still better than any black person through virtue of being white.
re: #173 Birth Control Works
re: #177 Birth Control Works
Bills was probably written at a lower grade level.
I think it was the historical inaccuracies that peeved the Fords Theater people. He definitely upset people who were present for the Hinckley assassination attempt on Reagan with his inaccuracies. I love reading historical books but I stick to books written by people who are actual historians. My favorite historian is probably David McCullough. He’s fair to his subjects. He doesn’t over glamorize or over vulcanize them. He writes about people.
re: #162 Targetpractice
Here’s the thing: When a worker gets sick, you send him home and bring in another worker. When a machine goes down, you spend hours waiting for the tech to come out, then find out that he needs parts that he’ll need to spend another couple hours to grab, before finding out that it’s going to be down for longer because the parts are on back order and you’re at the back of the queue.
Or have another stored (paying for space) onsite to replace it as fast as possible, so basically a waste of space and upfront money for that. Or paying for a hot shot replacement being available if needed, thus paying a retainer for this service. Or having a bunch of spare parts to fix the only machine you have, and possibly paying a tech to be onsite all the time or on retainer (paying monthly) to be available in some SLA criteria. These people that think things can happen without an initial outlay and recurring expense are crazy.
I have had people come back at me after I made this argument saying “I have a coffee maker that i have had for years and it still works fine with not much maintenance”. So I ask, “Do you make a few hundred pots per day with it?”. A business will make more coffee in a day than an average individual may make in a year through the machine. You can’t run a business like you run your home any more than you can run government like you run a business.
re: #183 Eventual Carrion
Or have another stored (paying for space) onsite to replace it as fast as possible, so basically a waste of space and upfront money for that. Or paying for a hot shot replacement being available if needed, thus paying a retainer for this service. Or having a bunch of spare parts to fix the only machine you have, and possibly paying a tech to be onsite all the time or on retainer (paying monthly) to be available in some SLA criteria. These people that think things can happen without an initial outlay and recurring expense are crazy.
I have had people come back at me after I made this argument saying “I have a coffee maker that i have had for years and it still works fine with not much maintenance”. So I ask, “Do you make a few hundred pots per day with it?”. A business will make more coffee in a day than an average individual may make in a year through the machine. You can’t run a business like you run your home any more than you can run government like you run a business.
That’s a great point. And honestly with your home coffee maker, you can afford to be leisurely while making the coffee and alll that. As I said, tech developments are important but we should never discount human labor.
Meanwhile, as I’ve been warning here for a while, the GOP is trying to resurrect the Trumpcare/Ryancare/#GOPDontCare plan that failed so miserably just a few weeks ago.
There’s the possibility that the GOP may be able to broker a deal between the far right extremists of the Freedom Caucus and the slightly less extreme garden variety GOP, but the reality is that any deal means millions lose coverage, everyone will see far higher premiums than they otherwise would, and what kind of coverage people will have will be greatly reduced.
These fuckers are intent on getting their tax cuts by any means necessary - and it means going after those who can least afford losing coverage or seeing their coverages affected.
So the Freedom Caucus and the Tuesday Group think they might have a deal, but no one knows if it gets 216. https://t.co/x77dtj9rwg
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) April 20, 2017
RED ALERT: This is not a drill. Republicans may have a deal. Today and tomorrow are absolutely critical. FLOOD THE PHONES:[no phone numbers allowed]. https://t.co/kqYbUTLd9z
— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) April 20, 2017
re: #186 HappyWarrior
That’s a great point. And honestly with your home coffee maker, you can afford to be leisurely while making the coffee and alll that. As I said, tech developments are important but we should never discount human labor.
It also ignores that amount of thought and time companies like McDonald’s have put into configuring their kitchens and work spaces.
People have wanted 24-hour breakfast from them for years and how long did it take for them to figure out how to do it without messing up every function of their business?
re: #181 HappyWarrior
I think it was the historical inaccuracies that peeved the Fords Theater people. He definitely upset people who were present for the Hinckley assassination attempt on Reagan with his inaccuracies. I love reading historical books but I stick to books written by people who are actual historians. My favorite historian is probably David McCullough. He’s fair to his subjects. He doesn’t over glamorize or over vulcanize them. He writes about people.
Bill probably has a staff of unpaid interns writing and researching for him.
re: #187 Birth Control Works
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re: #192 Birth Control Works
Bill probably has a staff of unpaid interns writing and researching for him.
Probably.
re: #191 Timothy Watson
It also ignores that amount of thought and time companies like McDonald’s have put into configuring their kitchens and work spaces.
People have wanted 24-hour breakfast from them for years and how long did it take for them to figure out how to do it without messing up every function of their business?
Exactly.
re: #193 HappyWarrior
I have this great idea for a comic sketch where a person obsessed with the idea of going back to the “good old days” somehow develops a time machine and does in fact go there and they encounter a person of a similar age who just can’t wait to get out of that time and that person takes the time machine and goes ot the present and has a blast while the person romanticizing the past gets a fatal illness or something like that. I admit it would be dark humor but I think it would be a fun way of showing how silly people are to romanticize the past.
Years ago, I read a short story where a guy makes a deal with Satan to send him back in time so that he can play the stock market or invest in railroads and automobiles but as soon as he steps into the past he gets an infection and realizes there is no antibiotics.
Another twist on that story is the guy does not specify to Satan what race or gender he wants to be.
re: #112 lawhawk
No, but now we probably know why Pence was in South Korea.
It’s the perpetual apology tour for everything Trump says.
Can’t be…only Obama had apology tours. Fox fact…check it out.
Interesting news for horror fans — the BBC’s “Ghostwatch,” a pre-Blair Witch found-footage TV movie which has been difficult to find anywhere since it aired, is now available in the US.
re: #185 HappyWarrior
I did…. the writers sure do like their strong female characters, and the blundering of a few people makes for a headache for everyone around them.
Winstead’s character reminds me of Dunst’s from Season 2. Someone who has very strong ideas about what they’re doing and will do whatever it takes, but it will probably end up very badly for them.
It’s also fun watching David Thewlis putting the screws to a couple of guys who think they’re all smart and sophisticated and not realizing that they’re now owned by a shady outfit who’ll be using them for what I’m expecting will be money laundering.
re: #198 The Vicious Babushka
Another twist on that story is the guy does not specify to Satan what race or gender he wants to be.
I think there’s a Twilight Zone episode where a white supremacist wakes up as a black woman. Not sure. I like satires like this though. It plays well on the old adage of “Be careful what you wish for”.
re: #191 Timothy Watson
There’s a reason some fast food companies specialize in breakfast or certain kinds of food, but not others. They’ve invested money, time, effort, and training, to make sure that the product gets out per company policy, and if you start pushing to get 24 hour breakfast (or open to close), then it affects other food service, especially when it comes to prepping food items and space needed for each.
re: #201 lawhawk
I did…. the writers sure do like their strong female characters, and the blundering of a few people makes for a headache for everyone around them.
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Flying too close to the sun?
Yeah, Henry Kissinger has a way with words, and what he’s saying is that Kushner’s in over his head and he’s gonna get burned for thinking he’s up to any of the tasks Donny has given him.
Icarus with his wax wings all melted…and down he goes!
I’ve come to realize why restaurants with smaller menus often deliver more high quality food than places with larger menus.
re: #191 Timothy Watson
It also ignores that amount of thought and time companies like McDonald’s have put into configuring their kitchens and work spaces.
People have wanted 24-hour breakfast from them for years and how long did it take for them to figure out how to do it without messing up every function of their business?
I’m glad they’ve made that change although for me it’s more a matter of driving up to the window at 11:03 am and still being able to get a breakfast sandwich rather than a burger.
re: #157 Timothy Watson
Further analysis: That thing is a waiting epidemic of E. coli poisoning.
It’s always the salad bar!
re: #206 HappyWarrior
If you’ve ever watched any of those Restaurant/Bar Rescue type shows, or Gordon Ramsay’s show where he goes in and fixes restaurants, the fundamental move he makes is reducing the size of the menu. It inevitably comes down to better control on food items, portion control, and costs.
Fewer items means you spend more time with each item, and the quality goes up.
Happy 420 pic.twitter.com/ra3D2Xc5Xc
— Darth Vader (@DepressedDarth) April 20, 2017
re: #173 Birth Control Works
Betsy DeVos rolled back student loan protections because exploitation is apparently what makes America great pic.twitter.com
re: #179 The Vicious Babushka
Well of course.
Getting on the President’s staff is all about opportunity!
re: #213 Birth Control Works
Congress Just Filed A Bill To Allow Ex-Presidents To Remove Trump From Office
We could use those guys.
re: #205 ObserverArt
Icarus with his wax wings all melted…and down he goes!
Heh…
I just remembered. Our host Charles used Charles “Icarus” Johnson as his stage name.
re: #197 The Vicious Babushka
Years ago, I read a short story where a guy makes a deal with Satan to send him back in time so that he can play the stock market or invest in railroads and automobiles but as soon as he steps into the past he gets an infection and realizes there is no antibiotics.
In the “Outlander” series, wherein a woman from the mid-20th century first visits, then goes back to live in, the 1700’s… the thing she’s most vehement about taking back with her is a bunch of pre-filled syringes full of penicillin. Then she demands that her 1760-husband build a special air-tight room in their house, buy her the best microscope available, and she sets out slices of bread in the room trying to cultivate more penicillin. She can only make enough for immediate-family emergencies, but it’s her absolute top priority project through all eight books. (her best future-advice for her Scottish farmer in-laws is to grow potatoes. She teaches them all the many ways to fry, mash, sauté, bake, how to sprout them in a glass, the 4th-grade potato battery project her 1960’s children had done, etc).
Here’s the thing about automation, it generally takes years of trial and error before it becomes accepted as the industry standard. Go back 50 years, to when automation first started showing up in auto plants, and you’d find automakers dealing with all sorts of headaches. Paint not being applied properly/evenly, parts being assembled wrong, and of course the occasional case of a robot injuring/killing one of his human coworkers.
Case in point, you ever hear the joke about the Fiat Strada? Fiat made this whole big song and dance about how the Strada was built on their new automated assembly line, even came out with an advertising campaign that went: “The Strada, handbuilt by robots. The robots, handbuilt by Fiat.” But within a year of introduction, owners found so many problems with their cars that it became a joke: “Built by robots, driven by idiots.”
And guess what: No fast food chain wants to have that reputation. And these machines seem “cheap,” but when you toss in the contracts for years of tech support, the cost of regular maintenance, and the cost of either pre-packaged ingredients or paying people on-site to prepare them fresh, they represent a major investment that is going to ward off even those billionaire’s considering a venture into totally automated restaurants. So don’t expect to roll into your local McDonald’s and partake of their totally automated kitchen any time soon.
re: #215 ObserverArt
Heh…
I just remembered. Our host Charles used Charles “Icarus” Johnson as his stage name.
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re: #218 sagehen
In the “Outlander” series, wherein a woman from the mid-20th century first visits, then goes back to live in, the 1700’s… the thing she’s most vehement about taking back with her is a bunch of pre-filled syringes full of penicillin. Then she demands that her 1760-husband build a special air-tight room in their house, buy her the best microscope available, and she sets out slices of bread in the room trying to cultivate more penicillin. She can only make enough for immediate-family emergencies, but it’s her absolute top priority project through all eight books. (her best future-advice for her Scottish farmer in-laws is to grow potatoes. She teaches them all the many ways to fry, mash, sauté, bake, how to sprout them in a glass, the 4th-grade potato battery project her 1960’s children had done, etc).
I read the first book in the series many years ago, started the second book, got bored and never finished. How do you achieve an “air tight” room in 1760? I’m not sure I could make one in my house now without special equipment.
re: #216 Birth Control Works
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A fake architect named Newman was charged by New York Attorney General’s office Thursday with nearly 60 counts of larceny in a Seinfeldian sting Eric Schneiderman dubbed “Operation Vandelay Industries.”
re: #221 The Vicious Babushka
I read the first book in the series many years ago, started the second book, got bored and never finished. How do you achieve an “air tight” room in 1760? I’m not sure I could make one in my house now without special equipment.
With enough plaster and/or honey and no windows, you can get close enough.
Something’s up. He’s compromised.
BREAKING NEWS: @jasoninthehouse tells KSL’s @DougWrightShow he might not finish his Congressional term. Updates now https://t.co/LwgY6HeJOO
— KSL Newsradio (@kslnewsradio) April 20, 2017
This is an interesting development… https://t.co/sDrSc4MsfM
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 20, 2017
Never read Outlander. The whole concept didn’t seem plausable.
re: #227 Stanley Sea
Something’s up. He’s compromised.
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Oh, I think Stanley is right. Putin got something on him and L’il Jason’s Magic Underwear isn’t going to protect him!
re: #228 Birth Control Works
Never read Outlander. The whole concept didn’t seem plausable.
Worm poop allowing people to fold space never seemed all that plausible to me either, but Dune was pretty good.
re: #227 Stanley Sea
Something’s up. He’s compromised.
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Hmmm. Well, if he crashes and burns it couldn’t happen to a more deserving politician.
re: #227 Stanley Sea
It’s either family or something to do with the Trump/Russia investigation.
re: #232 ObserverArt
Hmmm. Well, if he crashes and burns it couldn’t happen to a more deserving politician.
Oh, I want to be in the room when Hillary hears this. She and Bill are going to have a laugh riot!
re: #233 Jenner7
It’s either family or something to do with the Trump/Russia investigation.
I do kind of wonder if it’s not political in nature.
FBI Dir just informed me, “The FBI has learned of the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation.” Case reopened
— Jason Chaffetz (@jasoninthehouse) October 28, 2016
In case you forgot, @jasoninthehouse is a liar. https://t.co/D6QHBw8wzJ
— IWillResistTrump (@JetScoozr77) October 28, 2016
re: #227 Stanley Sea
Something’s up. He’s compromised.
Gotta be. These guys all have a cushy gig. They live off of government money, they barely work, they answer to no one.
He’s knee-deep in some kind of bad shit.
re: #113 darthstar
I don’t even know where to start with that Palin/Nuge/Kid Rock pic
Anti nausea medicine seems like a safe bet.
re: #237 makeitstop
Gotta be. These guys all have a cushy gig. They live off of government money, they barely work, they answer to no one.
He’s knee-deep in some kind of bad shit.
Hmmm, is it an underage girl or did Putin find his Manhunt profile? Maybe that’s why L’il Jason sleeps on a cot in his office!
My initial hunch was he wants to run for Governor, but now he might leave before term ends? Doesn’t make sense.
re: #239 Joe Bacon
Hmmm, is it an underage girl or did Putin find his Manhunt profile? Maybe that’s why L’il Jason sleeps on a cot in his office!
Dead girl, live boy?
re: #243 Teukka
Pregnant underage girl?
Someone other than his wife would be enough, no matter what age.
re: #238 Eclectic Cyborg
Anti nausea medicine seems like a safe bet.
He’s so bored & lonely that he invites every person he knows to the WH to give them the tour.
I’ve seen stuff online saying Chaffetz may be trying to set up a run for Utah governor. But quitting his Rep office early wouldn’t seem to help that.
From the WaPo article linked…
McKay Coppins sums it up well:
Even before Chaffetz announced his abrupt exit, his political luck had suffered a steep decline when Trump was elected. As oversight chairman, he was preparing to spend four years investigating President Hillary Clinton’s alleged scandals and misdeeds. Then the Republicans unexpectedly seized control of the White House, leaving Chaffetz with the unenviable task of policing his own party. It was a fraught job to begin with, and his casual attitude toward the Trump family’s potential conflicts of interest — demonstrated in his interview with me last month — has only increased the pressure on him.
“Aside from Trump and Clinton,” one Utah Republican told me last month, “nobody’s fortunes changed more on presidential election night than Jason Chaffetz.”
BREAKING NEWS: @jasoninthehouse tells KSL’s @DougWrightShow he might not finish his Congressional term. Updates now https://t.co/LwgY6HeJOO
— KSL Newsradio (@kslnewsradio) April 20, 2017
I think you and I predicted fireworks last week @TrueFactsStated :) #TrumpRussia https://t.co/cmPpxzEKxc
— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) April 20, 2017
Latest from a well placed Congressional source is that @jasoninthehouse multi year affair with a woman was about to be revealed. https://t.co/Dg4hKCRtbZ
— Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) April 20, 2017
An affair by itself wouldn’t force any of these pompous self righteous blowhard GOPers to step down.
There’s likely something even more salacious.
re: #247 lawhawk
Louise Mensch isn’t someone I’d pay attention to. She seems to call everyone a Russian agent these days. I think she called Bernie one yesterday.
re: #249 Jenner7
Louise Mensch isn’t someone I’d pay attention to. She seems to call everyone a Russian agent these days. I think she called Bernie one yesterday.
Yeah I don’t like Sanders but calling him a Russian agent is just stupid. He’s a headstrong politician. The explanation with Sanders is indeed the simplest one.
I’m going with he doesn’t want to stick around for what’s coming with Trump investigation.
re: #249 Jenner7
Not relying on her - she was somehow included in the tweet chain; the key bit was Claude Taylor’s claim that there was something to a long time affair.
In other news, I hear this unit was on standby during the shit in Stockholm… en.wikipedia.org
re: #253 lawhawk
The party of family values strikes again…
Latest:
Black and white, wrong and right,
Go ahead, trade the day for night.
Boots on the street, a slow defeat.
The lions are hungry, time to eat.— Steve The Poet (@Steve_The_Poet) April 20, 2017
re: #247 lawhawk
An affair by itself wouldn’t force any of these pompous self righteous blowhard GOPers to step down.
There’s likely something even more salacious.
Republicans are allowed to have cheated before, they’re just not allowed be caught cheating.
Meanwhile, Alex Jones’ trial continues, and his dumbassery is yet again on display.
He can’t claim to be putting on an act when he goes into the courtroom complaining that the reporters are fiction writers all while bitching about how his family should have privacy (when he gave none to Pizza shop owners or the families of Sandy Hook victims).
re: #258 lawhawk
Meanwhile, Alex Jones’ trial continues, and his dumbassery is yet again on display.
He can’t claim to be putting on an act when he goes into the courtroom complaining that the reporters are fiction writers all while bitching about how his family should have privacy (when he gave none to Pizza shop owners or the families of Sandy Hook victims).
I hope he goes down hard. He’s one of the most miserable pieces of shit out there.
re: #257 Belafon
Republicans are allowed to have cheated before, they’re just not allowed be caught cheating.
When caught cheating, they must offer a teary apology for having been caught, have asked their family for forgiveness, then spend a short period in the political wilderness before popping back up as if nothing happened.
re: #261 Targetpractice
When caught cheating, they must offer a teary apology for having been caught, have asked their family for forgiveness, then spend a short period in the political wilderness before popping back up as if nothing happened.
See, Sanford, Mark or Gingrich, Newt or Vittier, David.
“I wish that you respect my family’s privacy.”*
*Unless this was me attacking Bill Clinton, Ellliott Spitzer, or Anthony Weiner.
re: #261 Targetpractice
When caught cheating, they must offer a teary apology for having been caught, have asked their family for forgiveness, then spend a short period in the political wilderness before popping back up as if nothing happened.
Yep, as long as it’s “in the past.”
Note that this only works for Republicans. For Democrats, being caught in an affair is immediate career death. Your life might as well end as well, as yours will become a cautionary tale (see: Edwards, John). And just being accused of an affair will be enough to swing an election against a Democrat, while a Republican basically needs to be caught in mid-thrust to lose an election.
re: #244 Belafon
Someone other than his wife would be enough, no matter what age.
Well, he does represent Utah. Maybe he went full-on Mormon Fundamentalist. ///////s
Seriously, I doubt it’s that.
ETA: An affair, seriously? I could see some of his constituents saying, “At least it wasn’t polygamy / plural marriage.”
Wayne Allyn Root claims Trump won the popular vote in a landslide & only appeared to lose b/c of massive cheating. https://t.co/3zXD7LDPfl
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) April 20, 2017
re: #231 Belafon
Worm poop allowing people to fold space never seemed all that plausible to me either, but Dune was pretty good.
Upding for “Worm poop”.
Wayne Allyn Root is seriously fucked up:
“All the makers are on one side, they all support Trump,” he said. “All the takers, who don’t pay anything into the system and want everything free and welfare checks and food stamp checks and free healthcare and free Obamaphones, all of them are on the other side. They hate Trump … Isn’t it significant to note that the people who are important to America, who create all the jobs and pay all the taxes, are all for Trump and the people who are not important to America, who only suck off the system and take out, are all against Trump?”
re: #269 The Vicious Babushka
It looks like he has a tiny head and a giant fist though, the exact opposite of his hero…
re: #269 The Vicious Babushka
Wayne Allyn Root is seriously fucked up:
He’s a “Libertarian”, so yeah, of course.
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So, this is what this Lizardim is reading this evening:
Hate messages and violent extremism in digital environments by FOI (Swedish Total Defence Research Agency).
The report is highly unusual as the authors have been anonymized citing security concerns.
re: #269 The Vicious Babushka
Wayne Allyn Root is seriously fucked up:
Quite true, but this isn’t that different (save for the “Obamaphone” reference) from the stock right-wing bullshit about “makers” and “takers” we’ve been hearing from wingnut cranks for decades. Not only false, but hackneyed and stale, too: can’t these guys ever get any new material??
re: #273 Jay C
Quite true, but this isn’t that different (save for the “Obamaphone” reference) from the stock right-wing bullshit about “makers” and “takers” we’ve been hearing from wingnut cranks for decades. Not only false, but hackneyed and stale, too: can’t these guys ever get any new material??
Tell me again: who is the biggest taker, who has never paid anything into the system, who takes free golf trips and never does any work?
re: #269 The Vicious Babushka
Wayne Allyn Root is seriously fucked up:
It’s typical right wing delusion where they think they’re the only successful people and every liberal/Democratic voter is on public assistance.
re: #274 The Vicious Babushka
Tell me again: who is the biggest taker, who has never paid anything into the system, who takes free golf trips and never does any work?
No kidding.
MOMENTS AGO: Pres. Trump signs order against foreign-made steel
MOMENTS AGO: Pres. Trump signs order against foreign-made steel https://t.co/T5uqoA85rO pic.twitter.com/I34a1sUP8i
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 20, 2017
re: #278 The Vicious Babushka
MOMENTS AGO: Pres. Trump signs order against foreign-made steel
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Because it worked out so well during the Bush administration.
Tomorrow: EU announces traffic against American citrus.
Fun fact, Trump and Romney’s biggest numbers in the state of Virginia were in some of the biggest receiving aeras of federal assistance. I don’t mind helping these people but I’ll be damned if I’m going to let them lie and act like they’re the only successful ones and they’re paying for the rest of us.
re: #247 lawhawk
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An affair by itself wouldn’t force any of these pompous self righteous blowhard GOPers to step down.
There’s likely something even more salacious.
Maybe he paid for her to have an abortion?
re: #279 Timothy Watson
Because it worked out so well during the Bush administration.
Tomorrow: EU announces traffic against American citrus.
Canada has already announced a tariff on US dairy products. Trump cried that they are being “so, so very very unfairly unfair”
re: #278 The Vicious Babushka
I see that one lasting about a week.
re: #283 Belafon
I see that one lasting about a week.
It’s just a “proclamation” and has no force of law. A photo op. For the common clay of the New America. You know.
re: #282 The Vicious Babushka
Canada has already announced a tariff on US dairy products. Trump cried that they are being “so, so very very unfairly unfair”
Tariffs are MAGA when he does them but so so unfair when they’re done to us, I see. He’s such a baby.
Conservatives are some insecure sons of bitches if they have to lie about being hte only successful ones in the country.
re: #286 HappyWarrior
He really expects other countries to get in line to be taken advantage of by him.
re: #247 lawhawk
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There’s likely something even more salacious.
Abortion
Donald Trump sours on Canada over ‘very unfair’ milk policy
“We are also going to stand up for our dairy farmers in Wisconsin. And I’ve been reading about it, I’ve been talking about it for a long time, and that demands, really, immediately, fair trade, with all of our trading partners. And that includes Canada,” he said Tuesday, raising his voice to emphasize the country.
“Because in Canada, some very unfair things have happened to our dairy farmers and others.”
CRYBABY IN CHIEF
re: #291 The Vicious Babushka
Crying over spilled milk
ummmmmmmm
.@NRA Board Member Ted Nugent: “What sort of racist prejudiced POS could possibly not know that Jews for guncontrol are nazis in disguise?” pic.twitter.com/KjAoWmmwtI
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) April 20, 2017
re: #293 Backwoods_Sleuth
Fuckit, there’s not enough alcohol in all of the universe to make that make sense…
re: #291 The Vicious Babushka
Donald Trump sours on Canada over ‘very unfair’ milk policy
CRYBABY IN CHIEF
Very unfair, bigly. Things I’ve read. I’ve been talking about. Fair trade with everybody and Canada.
/
I can’t tell you how much it bothers me to see Ted Nugent in the White House…
re: #297 Eclectic Cyborg
I can’t tell you how much it bothers me to see Ted Nugent in the White House…
Same thing with Palin. Kid Rock bothers me less.
re: #282 The Vicious Babushka
Canada has already announced a tariff on US dairy products. Trump cried that they are being “so, so very very unfairly unfair”
Why doesn’t Canada want to MAGA?
re: #230 Joe Bacon
Oh, I think Stanley is right. Putin got something on him and L’il Jason’s Magic Underwear isn’t going to protect him!
Perhaps affair with Anna Chapman ? ///
Since Ted Nugent is at the White House chilling with Trump & Co., let’s all reflect on this gem of a song. https://t.co/nckbKcBVYf pic.twitter.com/6NspkVc9q8
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) April 20, 2017
GET READY
White House plans Obamacare showdown next week. Text of a new bill is likely to circulate Friday or by the weekend. https://t.co/LD0vVXWrtv
— Evan Rosenfeld (@Evan_Rosenfeld) April 20, 2017
@AoDespair With our Soros dollars and Alinsky tactics we shall be unstoppable.
— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) April 20, 2017
re: #303 Stanley Sea
GET READY
Not surprising. They have all term to bang something out. Hope the Left didn’t think this was over.
BREAKING: Russia’s Supreme Court bans Jehovah’s Witnesses from operating in the country. https://t.co/2ELnwSUNoL
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 20, 2017
re: #278 The Vicious Babushka
MOMENTS AGO: Pres. Trump signs order against foreign-made steel
And, then attacks Canada. There is no foreign state that he will not insult and attack and antagonize.
re: #303 Stanley Sea
So, the GOP is pushing yet another Obamacare repeal w/no JCT/CBO scoring, and hoping to do it on the down-low. @Evan_Rosenfeld
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) April 20, 2017
I’ve been warning y’all that the GOP was still focused like a laser beam on repealing Obamacare, because that’s the only way that they unlock the next level tax cuts they’re hoping to do later this year.
Congrats to Ivanka for securing China trademarks! BIG PROFITS! I don’t know how she is so successful w/ the Chinese! https://t.co/gTNOXLrD25
— Donald J. Trump (@RealDonaldTrFan) April 20, 2017
Trump celebrates daughter’s receipt of forbidden Foreign Emoluments. Good going! https://t.co/xL7coAKcOu
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) April 20, 2017
re: #311 gocart mozart
That’s a fake tweet - not the real Trump account:
Donald J. Trump @RealDonaldTrFan
re: #311 gocart mozart
Congrats to Ivanka for securing China trademarks! BIG PROFITS! I don’t know how she is so successful w/ the Chinese! theguardian.com
— Donald J. Trump
Her father is the POTUS? I don’t know, just throwing things out here.
re: #312 lawhawk
That’s a fake tweet - not the real Trump account:
Donald J. Trump @RealDonaldTrFan
%$@!#!!!!!
These parodies are so like the real thing
I did not realize how short Sean is:
Sean Spicer with Sarah Palin, Ted Nugent, and Kid Rock pic.twitter.com/OBELoPOp2D
— Yashar (@yashar) April 20, 2017
re: #309 Colère Tueur de Lapin
And, then attacks Canada. Their is no foreign state that he will not insult and attack and antagonize.
Russia.
NYC’s unemployment rate fell to 4% in March, the lowest level it has reached since records began in 1976, labor department said Thursday.
— Patrick McGeehan (@NYTpatrick) April 20, 2017
Number of employed people in NYC is at all-time high of 4.01M. Number of unemployed lowest since Reagan was president, Labor Dept. says.
— Patrick McGeehan (@NYTpatrick) April 20, 2017
Minimum wage increase in NYC doesn’t seem to be hurting employment. Jobs in clothing stores up 3.9% from last year; fast-food jobs up 2.4%.
— Patrick McGeehan (@NYTpatrick) April 20, 2017
Fake news—there’s no such place as New York City in America.
Stop using those Arabic numerals. You’re imposing Sharia on us
/
.@jasoninthehouse texts me he isn’t ruling out leaving early. Confirming @KSLcom radio host comments pic.twitter.com/b1CvW88l7k
— andrew kaczynski 🤔 (@KFILE) April 20, 2017
Good, @jasoninthehouse. Keep your foot on the gas. Thelma and Louise style. You can be both Thelma AND Louise. https://t.co/gSNbfckRMg
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) April 20, 2017
re: #315 Backwoods_Sleuth
I did not realize how short Sean is:
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OK, maybe it’s a petty observation, but WTF is Sarah Palin wearing? Does she always assume a visit to the White House requires her to be dressed for an evening of bar-crawling?
re: #326 Jay C
OK, maybe it’s a petty observation, but WTF is Sarah Palin wearing? Does she always assume a visit to the White House requires her to be dressed for an evening of bar-crawling?
She probably was going bar crawling after she left the WH.
The yam is such an idjit. He just wants to get the deal done, not knowing a thing how this all works.
I am sensing HEAVY SKEPTICISM from senior House Republicans about a vote next week. And I’m putting that mildly.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) April 20, 2017
re: #250 Stanley Sea
I’m leaning affair.
I’m kinda wondering… since his only purpose in life was to get Hillary on something/anything, could he also be hip deep in the Russia hacking thing?
re: #326 Jay C
OK, maybe it’s a petty observation, but WTF is Sarah Palin wearing? Does she always assume a visit to the White House requires her to be dressed for an evening of bar-crawling?
Did she come in the Hummer limo they had the night of the party where the family got into that brawl?
re: #325 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“I have a job to do, and I’m gonna give it my very best, unless I decide to quit.”
re: #326 Jay C
OK, maybe it’s a petty observation, but WTF is Sarah Palin wearing? Does she always assume a visit to the White House requires her to be dressed for an evening of bar-crawling?
She has always dressed in Forever 21 style.
oh….
Read. 😰
Read again! 😱😡🤢
This is crazy!
Source: https://t.co/oLpFwgRBSq (pdf)
What can I say?
Support @RonWyden! pic.twitter.com/dgJWENRJyN— Per Thorsheim (@thorsheim) April 20, 2017
re: #329 allegro
I’m kinda wondering… since his only purpose in life was to get Hillary on something/anything, could he also be hip deep in the Russia hacking thing?
Maybe the Oversight gig is not interesting since he’d have to be overseeing a Republican, and whereas his role with BHO and HRC was to spin nothing into SCANDAL!!!!, his role now would be to spin SCANDAL!!!! into nothing.
re: #328 Stanley Sea
The yam is such an idjit. He just wants to get the deal done, not knowing a thing how this all works.
Just pass a bill, a legislation. Put some words in something and do a vote. How hard is that? Write it up. Pass a law and I’ll do it.
re: #332 Stanley Sea
She has always dressed in Forever 21 style.
She’s probably still working her way through the wardrobe the RNC bought her in 2008.
re: #328 Stanley Sea
The yam is such an idjit. He just wants to get the deal done, not knowing a thing how this all works.
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Because an artificial deadline was such a successful ploy the last time they tried to steal health insurance from 24 Million Americans to give more money to the rich.
Bing says,
Fiona, the adorable Hippo premature, continues to make mischief at the Cincinnati Zoo.
Fiona, la adorable hipopótamo prematura, sigue haciendo de las suyas en el zoológico de Cincinnati. https://t.co/DbzHeWWM4z pic.twitter.com/2kk0cKsfhj
— Univision (@Univision) April 20, 2017
Boring video at the link, unless you enjoy watching a baby hippo take a shower. At least no translation is needed, except for the preceding commercial.
re: #328 Stanley Sea
The yam is such an idjit. He just wants to get the deal done, not knowing a thing how this all works.
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The bills need to go to committee for markup/hearings/vote. The JCT and CBO each need to score the bill. The entire House would need to vote.
And here’s a hint - there’s no version of this that will pass JCT/CBO muster. It’ll be more of the same vaporware found in Trumpcare/Ryancare/#GOPDontCare v.1. Millions lose their coverage, higher premiums for all, and massive tax cuts for the rich w/burden shifting to everyone else.
It’s the same repackaged bullshit that the GOP has spewed for years. They can recycle their bullshit, but it still wont pass the smell test.
re: #328 Stanley Sea
The yam is such an idjit. He just wants to get the deal done, not knowing a thing how this all works.
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From everything we’ve learned in the last two years, the “dealmaker” is a guy who usually has other people do the actual dealmaking and he just signs the paper. Add in that he’s used to dealing with people who are at a massive disadvantage to him and you begin to understand why he’s frustrated that Congress hasn’t given him a big “win” yet.
re: #336 Blind Frog Belly White
She’s probably still working her way through the wardrobe the RNC bought her in 2008.
Nah, that stuff was nice. She had to return it & she did - in garbage bags.
This is probably her daughter’s stuff.
re: #339 lawhawk
The bills need to go to committee for markup/hearings/vote. The JCT and CBO each need to score the bill. The entire House would need to vote.
And here’s a hint - there’s no version of this that will pass JCT/CBO muster. It’ll be more of the same vaporware found in Trumpcare/Ryancare/#GOPDontCare v.1. Millions lose their coverage, higher premiums for all, and massive tax cuts for the rich w/burden shifting to everyone else.
It’s the same repackaged bullshit that the GOP has spewed for years. They can recycle their bullshit, but it still wont pass the smell test.
As we know, the goal here is to get it far enough down the reconciliation highway that all they need to do is line up 216 in the House and 51 in the Senate. They don’t even have the balls to try to convince Democrats to pass it, they’re just going to ram it through in the very same fashion that they’ve bitched for years the ACA was passed.
PWN3D
Chelsea: America Was Just Too Sexist To Elect My Mom https://t.co/hCQ2pUIivX
— The Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) April 20, 2017
Hello! Not what I said. Please read the interview. Was talking abt my experiences (e.g., the man who asked me if my vagina dictated my vote) https://t.co/n0SMpbG2ua
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) April 20, 2017
re: #343 The Vicious Babushka
PWN3D
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Her mom did encounter sexism. And it was done by both the Sanders and Trump campaigns.
re: #338 wrenchwench
Bing says,
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Boring video at the link, unless you enjoy watching a baby hippo take a shower. At least no translation is needed, except for the preceding commercial.
They’re really cute before they get to boat-crushing size!
Ted Nugent, Sarah Palin, and Kid Rock walk into the Oval Office to meet President Trump…
What more do you need in a joke?— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) April 20, 2017
re: #344 HappyWarrior
Her mom did encounter sexism. And it was done by both the Sanders and Trump campaigns.
Is Baby Whiplash still running the DailyWire? That site is firewalled here, because of an “identified risk”
re: #333 Backwoods_Sleuth
Holy crap, a PIV card with a photo of a chip on it….? Executive branch employee here; we’ve had 2-step authentication (PIV card+PIN & password) to log on to our computer in our office and from home for 8+years now.
That’s insanity in this day and age.
re: #339 lawhawk
Here’s how the new Trumpcare deal guts protections for pre-existing conditions: https://t.co/48ffzG5rKO pic.twitter.com/2PBAswjmqz
— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) April 20, 2017
Estimated spike in premiums if you have…
Lung cancer: $73k
Breast cancer: $28k
Diabetes: $5k
Autism: $5k
Asthma: $4k
A pregnancy(!): $17k https://t.co/62b2I7RHEH— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) April 20, 2017
re: #341 Stanley Sea
Nah, that stuff was nice. She had to return it & she did - in garbage bags.
This is probably her daughter’s stuff.
Which one? Bristol? Willow? Magnesia? Spark Plug?
re: #347 The Vicious Babushka
Is Baby Whiplash still running the DailyWire? That site is firewalled here, because of an “identified risk”
I honestly don’t know. I assume so. I stopped getting my friend who posts DailyWire crap on Facebook. I didn’t defriend him but I definitely did not want to see Shapiro or Crowder’s crap in my TL 5 times a day.
re: #349 Backwoods_Sleuth
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It must bug the living hell out of these assholes to pay insurance on their houses, knowing that they’re ‘subsidizing’ the undeserving people whose houses burned down.
In among the beat of the war drums comes the
Theater Of The Absurd *dramatic echo”
North Korea tension: Volleyball spotted in nuclear test siteNorth Korea: ‘Super-mighty pre-emptive strike’ will reduce US to ashes
North Korea nuclear threat: should California start panicking?
BUSTED: Leaked docs show GOP is selling monthly meetings with House leadership staff for just $5,000 https://t.co/tOniLJjPpq pic.twitter.com/8R9BTZh2NV
— Raw Story (@RawStory) April 20, 2017
@TheRickWilson “My Father in Law has asked me to fix the problems here” as the wind carried the insane pipings of the blind idiot gods of chaos. #IMetJared
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) April 20, 2017
re: #343 The Vicious Babushka
PWN3D
Chelsea, nobody cares about The Daily Wire. Tell ‘em to go get stuffed.
re: #353 Unshaken Defiance
In among the beat of the war drums comes the
I like how Mike Pence went and frowned at North Korea
— Ian Boudreau (@iboudreau) April 20, 2017
Literally LOL. 😭 https://t.co/47HwUFOrAd
— Summer Crawford (@summerasana) April 20, 2017
re: #346 Kragar
A bottle of gin? Or vodka? Or whiskey? (Preferably all of the above in copious quantities!)
re: #349 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Shit - hopefully this doesn’t go through as I cant afford $17k increase to have a baby (I mean I can but there goes literally all the money I saved for future emergencies).
Side note - the baby is a BOY!!!
My god my family name will live on (reason I don’t share my last name online is that there are only 4 people with the same last name in the country - me, my wife, and the other 2 are my parents).
But hey - it is nice to be unique!
The Lizard Kingdom continues to grow! Muah hahahahaha
re: #339 lawhawk
The bills need to go to committee for markup/hearings/vote. The JCT and CBO each need to score the bill. The entire House would need to vote.
And here’s a hint - there’s no version of this that will pass JCT/CBO muster. It’ll be more of the same vaporware found in Trumpcare/Ryancare/#GOPDontCare v.1. Millions lose their coverage, higher premiums for all, and massive tax cuts for the rich w/burden shifting to everyone else.
It’s the same repackaged bullshit that the GOP has spewed for years. They can recycle their bullshit, but it still wont pass the smell test.
Look, I don’t care. Write up a bill, put numbers in it. Or don’t put numbers in it. Does it really matter? Nobody cares, the media doesn’t get it. Pass the laws and I’ll give it to Price.
Kissinger’s take on Jared seems …diplomatic.
Last line of Kissinger on Kushner is…slightly foreboding? https://t.co/TxC88eqLOU pic.twitter.com/HToHmhaFcg
— Rosie Gray (@RosieGray) April 20, 2017
re: #361 Blind Frog Belly White
Another way to say it is that Kissinger spoke with Kushner and didn’t think that Kushner had the skills to do the job.
Another way to say it is Kissinger issued a warning to everyone that Kushner’s going to flame out spectacularly.
Another way to say it is Kissinger’s worried that Trump’s done gone fucked everything to hell and put this nitwit in charge of foreign policy.
re: #362 lawhawk
Another way to say it is that Kissinger spoke with Kushner and didn’t think that Kushner had the skills to do the job.
Another way to say it is Kissinger issued a warning to everyone that Kushner’s going to flame out spectacularly.
Another way to say it is Kissinger’s worried that Trump’s done gone fucked everything to hell and put this nitwit in charge of foreign policy.
I’d bet the latter two are correct. No way Kissinger would think this baby faced neophyte would be successful in this realm.
re: #281 sagehen
Maybe he paid for her to have an abortion?
That was exactly my thought on the subject.
re: #362 lawhawk
Another way to say it is that Kissinger spoke with Kushner and didn’t think that Kushner had the skills to do the job.
Another way to say it is Kissinger issued a warning to everyone that Kushner’s going to flame out spectacularly.
Another way to say it is Kissinger’s worried that Trump’s done gone fucked everything to hell and put this nitwit in charge of foreign policy.
Waiting for the Trump tweet thanking Kissinger for his kind words extolling Jared’s virtues.
re: #257 Belafon
Republicans are allowed to have cheated before, they’re just not allowed be caught cheating.
i.e rent boys
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re: #312 lawhawk
That’s a fake tweet - not the real Trump account:
Donald J. Trump @RealDonaldTrFan
Harvard’s preeminate legal scholar Lawrence Tribe tripped up by Poe’s Law.