Breaking: Trump admits he hires “lowlifes” for highly-paid top White House positions.
DT would not know class even if it walked right up to him and introduced itself.
Does he really want to piss her off? She seems like she’ll go after Trump hammer and tongs for this.
Might even make those tapes public…
Someday trump is going to have to stand up to a not so friendly crowd and he’s going to learn what it’s like to be hated.
Meanwhile…
“The Nazis of Charlottesville and their leaders have served as an inoculation, numbing us to candidates and ideas that only a year ago would be completely unacceptable.” From @vegastenold: https://t.co/5M77SagrgW
— Lois Beckett (@loisbeckett) August 11, 2018
“In this midterm cycle there are more than a dozen candidates who belong on the far right.” https://t.co/zmltXFBSIF
— Lois Beckett (@loisbeckett) August 11, 2018
In case you thought Ukraine had ceased being a place to find colorful characters, @Hromadske brings us Italian neo-Nazis working as mercenaries in separatist controlled areas. https://t.co/WyqPYxgCm9
— Eric Woods (@Er_Woods) August 11, 2018
You gotta wonder what Trump is promising these ‘bikers’ in return for their support…
re: #9 makeitstop
You gotta wonder what Trump is promising these ‘bikers’ in return for their support…
Keeping Mexican meth out?
i don’t understand cats
(ok that wasnt necessary)
i dont wake up
get out of bed
stretch
then get back into bed and go back to sleep
re: #11 dangerman
Oh, oh, I do! (If I can get away with it!)
re: #9 makeitstop
You gotta wonder what Trump is promising these ‘bikers’ in return for their support…
His perpetual whiteness?
You assume they’re not as hateful as trump.
Haha
All of my book interviews have been pre-canceled to make room for Omarosa.
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) August 11, 2018
BREAKING: Nanotechnologists announce breakthrough violin that is no larger than an ordinary water molecule. https://t.co/oJxbOjTCRD
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) August 11, 2018
Hey, can reduce the volume of pure hate tweets? Like, throw them under the private tag, or post just less than 15?
Yes, this is @Jim_Jordan ‘s second SEX SCANDAL !
This pervert needs to resign.https://t.co/LBpbUnY1hh— The Prince of Shadows👁️ (@ThePrinceofSha1) August 11, 2018
re: #12 retired cynic
Oh, oh, I do! (If I can get away with it!)
;-)
sure at 7
3am is for rolling over
re: #18 MsJ
Hey why can’t he peep at his…
…GYM NEIGHBORS! 😉— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) August 11, 2018
re: #18 MsJ
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Gee—wonder when each and every Republican House candidate will be asked if they support Gym for Speaker?
(Rhetorical question)
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The guy who got the Nazi-collaborating Twitter to suspend my account is back. Let’s help him?
You’re filth, like her.
— Jason Kobble (@JasonKobble) August 1, 2018
Good. Then get your stank ass out of white countries.
— Jason Kobble (@JasonKobble) August 11, 2018
Get out of countries built by white men, you vile, evil slag.
— Jason Kobble (@JasonKobble) August 11, 2018
I’m encouraging whites to celebrate our insane contribution to the world, and to dehumanize liberal filth like you.
— Jason Kobble (@JasonKobble) August 11, 2018
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Get out of my country.— Jason Kobble (@JasonKobble) August 11, 2018
We hate you too, jew.
— Jason Kobble (@JasonKobble) August 4, 2018
We hate blacks all the time.
— Jason Kobble (@JasonKobble) August 4, 2018
I would like you to be excluded from my country, jew
— Jason Kobble (@JasonKobble) August 4, 2018
Don’t worry, it’s whites are going to remove you lefty pigs from our presence soon.
— Jason Kobble (@JasonKobble) August 4, 2018
You look like a pedophile. But you already knew that.
— Jason Kobble (@JasonKobble) August 4, 2018
That must explain all the many advancements blacks have brought the world, like twerking, drill rap, and AIDS.
— Jason Kobble (@JasonKobble) August 4, 2018
Hello, big nose
— Jason Kobble (@JasonKobble) August 4, 2018
Nice haircut, you mouth breathing dribbler.
— Jason Kobble (@JasonKobble) August 4, 2018
Your mouth looks like an asshole.
— Jason Kobble (@JasonKobble) August 4, 2018
Get out of our countries. Also, you have a man face.
— Jason Kobble (@JasonKobble) August 4, 2018
That’s alright. The entire world hates jews.
— Jason Kobble (@JasonKobble) August 4, 2018
I’d rather talk about how much jews suck.
— Jason Kobble (@JasonKobble) August 3, 2018
Get out of my country, mud blood.
— Jason Kobble (@JasonKobble) August 3, 2018
Fucking jews.
— Jason Kobble (@JasonKobble) August 3, 2018
You are truly one of the most unattractive people I’ve ever seen, darkie. Did you swallow a horse?
— Jason Kobble (@JasonKobble) August 3, 2018
If non-whites would just get the fuck out of our country we wouldn’t have this problem.
— Jason Kobble (@JasonKobble) August 3, 2018
Please try this. I’m ready for the Civil War.
— Jason Kobble (@JasonKobble) August 3, 2018
— Jason Kobble (@JasonKobble) August 3, 2018
Could jews not live up to their stereotypes for once…
— Jason Kobble (@JasonKobble) August 3, 2018
We’ll come for the liberal whites before they get a chance.
— Jason Kobble (@JasonKobble) August 3, 2018
— Jason Kobble (@JasonKobble) August 3, 2018
— Jason Kobble (@JasonKobble) August 3, 2018
You’re filth, like her.
— Jason Kobble (@JasonKobble) August 1, 2018
re: #21 BeachDem
Gee—wonder when each and every Republican House candidate will be asked if they support Gym for Speaker?
ANSWER—Never because Your Corporate Controlled Conservative Press is too busy pushing the Republican talking point dissing Nancy.
re: #24 jeffreyw
Add and egg and you can eat off a TABLE like civilized folks.
outstanding!
i will enquire of the missus
when we were in denver we went to Sam’s No 3
their menu included a “B.B.B.B.B.L.T.” lotsa bacon
re: #18 MsJ
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I remember reading this last month and was freaked out. So many people just let shit go. The environment was so toxic.
What could Trump say at this point that would tell us something new about him?
— Jim Zarroli (@JimZarroli) August 11, 2018
To most people with a sophisticated understanding of racism in America, Trump is an open book. But millions of Americans think racism only describes people who use forbidden pejoratives in casual conversation. Hearing Trump do that might be a turning point for some of them. https://t.co/Yg9TalKduv
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) August 11, 2018
A reader stresses the social and economic importance of having official identification: https://t.co/ai9cUoR7Cu
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) August 11, 2018
#NowPlaying The Desert Sessions > Vol. 1 & 2 > Cowards Way Out https://t.co/uKlS24K7P6
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) August 11, 2018
Texas Democratic Party now selling merchandise emblazoned with “Triple Meat Whataburger Liberal” (cups, stickers, t-shirts, magnets, &c)
I was going to retweet this @robdelaney tweet because it’s fucking true, but I cannot fuck with the number of retweets it has. So I will just post a screen shot, out of respect. pic.twitter.com/RcwcfFIQx5
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) August 11, 2018
Just when you thought it was safe to scratch Carl Paladino from your bingo card, he rears his hideous head again.
Two Republicans cast themselves as potential successors to embattled Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.) after he announced he would suspend his reelection campaign Saturday while he faces insider trading charges.
New York businessman and former gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino and Erie County Comptroller Stefan Mychajliw both tweeted out their candidacies that same day.
Paladino tweeted, “I’m all in! #NY27,” referring to the state’s deeply red 27th Congressional District.
re: #34 BeachDem
Just when you thought it was safe to scratch Carl Paladino from your bingo card, he rears his hideous head again.
Two Republicans cast themselves as potential successors to embattled Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.) after he announced he would suspend his reelection campaign Saturday while he faces insider trading charges.
New York businessman and former gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino and Erie County Comptroller Stefan Mychajliw both tweeted out their candidacies that same day.
Paladino tweeted, “I’m all in! #NY27,” referring to the state’s deeply red 27th Congressional District.
Go ahead and run, Carl! Then Democrats can link every Republican to him!
re: #34 BeachDem
Oh gawd no.
They are all zombies.
re: #36 JordanRules
Oh gawd no.
They are all zombies.
And stooopid zombies at that:
It is unclear how the two men intend to get their names on the ballot. While they could mount write-in campaigns, the filing deadline to appear on the ballot passed in April.
And can’t you just see people writing in Mychajliw correctly? Uh huh—that’s gonna happen.
re: #37 BeachDem
And can’t you just see people writing in Mychajliw correctly? Uh huh—that’s gonna happen.
Buffalo is one of two places in the country where you just might lose that bet. (Chicago, of course, being the other.)
It doesn’t hurt that Stefan was on the local teevee news for years, either.
re: #37 BeachDem
And stooopid zombies at that:
It is unclear how the two men intend to get their names on the ballot. While they could mount write-in campaigns, the filing deadline to appear on the ballot passed in April.
And can’t you just see people writing in Mychajliw correctly? Uh huh—that’s gonna happen.
Stefan probably couldn’t do it until he was 10.
re: #39 wrenchwench
Stefan probably couldn’t do it until he was 10.
Hey, my last name is almost as bad, and I could write it well before I entered kindergarten.
That said, he’s not me so who knows.
My wife and I are going out to dinner, so I’ll catch you later. (Still only four plug sockets working and no lights at Chez Tumbleweed.)
re: #30 JordanRules
My bro works for IDignity. They provide id”s. Wrote a page a long time ago. Incredible service.
re: #42 PhillyPretzel
Enjoy your dinner. :)
Going to the mighty unincorporated community of Lisco, NE (pop 68, next town to the east). The have a restaurant which is owned by everyone in town (they took the closed pool hall, sold shares in it, and renovated it as a restaurant).
Plain-folks sit down dining, but surprisingly good at inexpensive prices. If you’re ever this way, you should stop there. (They actually have reviews on Trip Advisor and Yelp.)
re: #9 makeitstop
You gotta wonder what Trump is promising these ‘bikers’ in return for their support…
Gotta wonder why any one of them thinks he would keep any promises he makes.
re: #22 Nyet
The guy who got the Nazi-collaborating Twitter to suspend my account is back. Let’s help him?
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Really didn’t need to see every last revolting racist tweet.
V.S. Naipaul, the Nobel laureate who wrote unsparingly about the British Empire’s unraveling, is deadhttps://t.co/6QZCifieod
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 11, 2018
re: #22 Nyet
Yeah, that thing I just asked to not be done, you did it.
re: #46 JordanRules
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Damn! R.I.P.
I thought his Literature Nobel was a lot longer ago than 2001, though….
re: #9 makeitstop
You gotta wonder what Trump is promising these ‘bikers’ in return for their support…
Guest privileges at Night Wolves events?
Steph, LeBron have class, something that the piece of shit in the whitehouse will never have.
No guaranteed contracts out here.@Warriors guard @StephenCurry30 gets it.Longtime #WebTour pro Scott Harrington (@ScottyGlf) took a leave to be with his wife Jenn as she battles cancer.And Curry wanted to help out. ⛳️🏀 pic.twitter.com/aBY0ZKJAP0
— web.com Tour (@WebDotComTour) August 11, 2018
re: #45 fern01
Really didn’t need to see every last revolting racist tweet.
Seriously, this “Jason Kobble” is obviously an obnoxious troll with nothing better to do with his time than spout dumb racist BS on Twitter? And somebody (anybody?) actually wastes their time responding??
re: #51 VegasGolfer
Steph, LeBron has class that the piece of shit in the whotehouse will never have.
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You’re darn tootin’ (as no one has said for decades).
Tr*mp has a lot of nerve calling anyone “lowlife” or, for that matter, “low IQ.”
re: #45 fern01
Really didn’t need to see every last revolting racist tweet.
How the hell does someone write 1700 tweets in a month? Is meth involved?
re: #41 Stanley Sea
Just got an email yesterday to see if my refund worked. Reminded her i was fine with them keeping the money but they are just soooo nice.
re: #55 I Would Prefer Not To
How the hell does someone write 1700 tweets in a month? Is meth involved?
Correction. 1300 tweets. Opened account in July 2018.
Blocked and reported
re: #22 Nyet
Sickening. Reported that freak on the Long Form but I think Jack is too busy defending his Alt-Right pals today.
re: #56 BeachDem
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re: #58 Joe Bacon 🌹
Sickening. Reported that freak on the Long Form but I think Jack is too busy defending his Alt-Right pals today.
You would think that with all their coding expertise they would come up with a system that detects this crap. After the third or fourth “Jew” a human looks at his tweets and figures out they are dealing with a racist. Who wants to advertise anywhere near this guy?
re: #60 I Would Prefer Not To
Honestly, it’s not as easy as all that. Realistically, they should have a staff dedicated to reviewing reports that are made against tweets. I’m betting they have some kind of automated review process with a variety of weighting factors, probably including number of reports in a time period and the proportion of reports from users with a blue checkmark. All of which play into the hands of the unusually well-organized right-wing jackboot brigade.
re: #43 Anymouse 🌹
I wish to eat there. Maybe the next time we’re in Denver we’ll take a little side trip to Lisco.
I just closed YouTube, reopened and sent them this msg.
that FAIR ad I just saw made me close the site. Won’t be back tomorrow, either.
No account, so I don’t expect to get any kind of response.
Absolutely delightful tshirt at @IECCAZ 😀 pic.twitter.com/Tx6WBJy6zq
— Gwen Pearson🐜🐛 (@bug_gwen) August 12, 2018
I want to make one thing clear: It is probably possible for an automated machine learning system to detect at least some proportion of hate speech with some regularity. The problem is twofold: One, people will start using euphemisms to dodge the banhammer, which will decrease the accuracy, and two, such a system will be limited in scope by its very nature. There will still have to be human oversight of the system if your intent is truly to provide a clean, hate-free platform.
re: #61 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Honestly, it’s not as easy as all that. Realistically, they should have a staff dedicated to reviewing reports that are made against tweets. I’m betting they have some kind of automated review process with a variety of weighting factors, probably including number of reports in a time period and the proportion of reports from users with a blue checkmark. All of which play into the hands of the unusually well-organized right-wing jackboot brigade.
I disagree. Somewhat. Charles had a similar situation at LGF. Newer accounts, overseas accounts are more likely to be problematic. I use the word Jew as an example of a problem. I’m a Jew and a rarely use the word. This guy used it in dozens of tweets. I spent thirty seconds looking through his TL and figured out he was an ass.
It’s not easy, but if they don’t protect their brand what do they have?
re: #61 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Honestly, it’s not as easy as all that. Realistically, they should have a staff dedicated to reviewing reports that are made against tweets. I’m betting they have some kind of automated review process with a variety of weighting factors, probably including number of reports in a time period and the proportion of reports from users with a blue checkmark. All of which play into the hands of the unusually well-organized right-wing jackboot brigade.
What really hurts is when thugs post snowflake pictures as replies to Tweets I post about my son. I report them to Twitter and @JACK IGNORES MY REPORTS EVERY TIME!
Jon McNaughton’s paintings are getting better pic.twitter.com/LJ2P9a9a3b
— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) August 12, 2018
I just figured out why Melanie has stayed with the idiot. Didn’t want to jeopardize her folks chances.
Pres. Trump has repeatedly decried “chain migration.” Now it appears his wife Melania Trump helped her parents gain U.S. citizenship through this very process. https://t.co/l8DTeVR9yg pic.twitter.com/WlsgCgbn5Z
— ABC News (@ABC) August 11, 2018
re: #66 I Would Prefer Not To
I disagree. Somewhat. Charles had a similar situation at LGF. Newer accounts, overseas accounts are more likely to be problematic. I use the word Jew as an example of a problem. I’m a Jew and a rarely use the word. This guy used it in dozens of tweets. I spent thirty seconds looking through his TL and figured out he was an ass.
It’s not easy, but if they don’t protect their brand what do they have?
Also, sorry to keep beating horse, but this stuff pisses me off. Twitter has tons of data. They can use some of it to figure this out. The bots are not rocket scientists. I’m sure that many are following many of the same jerks.
I really don’t think they are trying that hard and won’t until advertisers tell them to.
re: #71 I Would Prefer Not To
Also, sorry to keep beating horse, but this stuff pisses me off. Twitter has tons of data. They can use some of it to figure this out. The bots are not rocket scientists. I’m sure that many are following many of the same jerks.
I really don’t think they are trying that hard and won’t until advertisers tell them to.
On the bolded part, we agree. Regardless of the feasibility of an automated data-driven approach to monitoring and reporting, one thing is for sure: They just don’t give a flying fuck about cleaning up their platform.
Longest thread I have encountered on twitter
Test complete. RESULT: This site sucks ass
— peepee (@peepee) August 10, 2018
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 12, 2018
A security camera caught this dog jumping into a pool to save his friend ❤️ pic.twitter.com/73dTC9rk13
— The Dodo (@dodo) August 11, 2018
— Supernova Jones (@BuyMyDietShakes) August 12, 2018
Good report - but who’s “Pax Dixon?”
One Year Later: Leaders from “Unite the Right” Fall From Grace - Southern Poverty Law Center @byryanlenz— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 12, 2018
re: #75 Ace Rothstein
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Note Tweety Amin squeezing a leather biker’s bicep.
Any good psychologist will decipher the meaning of that…
re: #21 BeachDem
Gee—wonder when each and every Republican House candidate will be asked if they support Gym for Speaker?
(Rhetorical question)
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My congresscritter, Andy Biggs, is already in favor of Gym Jordan. I was pleased to see that some fellow Arizonans in CD-5 gave him hell when he announced his support.
re: #68 jaunte
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Make America Altamont again.
— Nancy Levine (@nancylevine) August 12, 2018
re: #37 BeachDem
And stooopid zombies at that:
It is unclear how the two men intend to get their names on the ballot. While they could mount write-in campaigns, the filing deadline to appear on the ballot passed in April.
And can’t you just see people writing in Mychajliw correctly? Uh huh—that’s gonna happen.
Lisa Murkowski ran a write in campaign where the main goal was teaching people to spell her name. She won.
Cheetolini wouldn’t know a Norton from an Indian if their logos were staring him in his fat orange face.
I wonder why I do not see that Charlie Kurt post on twitter any-more ,,, perhap’s he is just busy running his business !! Very good roll model !!
— Walter(Owen’s Grandp (@walterowensgrpa) August 12, 2018
re: #69 I Would Prefer Not To
I just figured out why Melanie has stayed with the idiot. Didn’t want to jeopardize her folks chances.
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Trump supporters strike back by creating multiple fake stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: https://t.co/YSnbM3hIVc pic.twitter.com/WTOxL7Ljl4
— Slate (@Slate) August 11, 2018
I feel like if Oprah, who is a million times more successful and has some actual history of policy advocacy that we can examine, had her Presidential run trial balloon summarily shot down then Avenatti doesn’t deserve one second more of our collective attention and consideration.
— Ostrich Jacket Fan Account (@goddamnedfrank) August 12, 2018
re: #90 JordanRules
Everything in trump’s word is fake - good to see the followers understand that.
re: #90 JordanRules
Shrek has a star, and he’s actually realer than Donald Trump.
Don’t miss Dreamwork’s “Shrek,” coming to theaters May 18, 2001!
We have a bar here that practices this same policy.
Respect pic.twitter.com/OF2dCgUTmm
— Vomitspit. (@ashleydragulaa) August 4, 2018
This ad, adage.com, is calling shootings that happen in the home, especially those where a child is shot with a family member’s gun, ‘family fire.’
A man got deported to Haiti after he was framed for burglary in the Florida suburb where officers have alleged that the then-chief ordered them to pin crimes on random Black people: https://t.co/knIILuA6Ww
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 11, 2018
this is ridiculous
Someone needs to help this family. https://t.co/oW6jF4syru
— Martha Jackovics (@BeachPeanuts) August 12, 2018
Airplane just landed on I580 in east bay area.
re: #100 Single-handed sailor
How did it find room?
barf
Bikers for Trump at Bedminster earlier today. Thank you! pic.twitter.com/GWN56gYGT3
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 12, 2018
re: #90 JordanRules
Oh for fuck sakes. Does Ben Shapiro have a star now?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 12, 2018
re: #59 Stanley Sea
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My wonderful neighbor just came and brought me the best dog poop bags EVER. pic.twitter.com/fdDNNxqnXi
— Bryce Tache 🇺🇸 (@brycetache) August 12, 2018
Raw Story: Trump now picking a border war with Canada over a tiny and desolate island off the Maine coast
Graphic mine. You can tell by the lack of typos.
re: #106 BeachDem
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From the Opposites Attract Department:
My wife is all about the ice coffee this summer. Anyone have a recipe for an iced cocoa drink?
re: #108 De Kolta Chair
Raw Story: Trump now picking a border war with Canada over a tiny and desolate island off the Maine coast
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“Sheldon, Canada is not going to invade California!”
“Oh, yeah? You think those hippies in Washington and Oregon can stop them?”
At this point, why would we even try?
re: #111 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Yeehaw! Bankruptcy here we come! Suuueeey!
drtucker did a column in Washington Monthly and had a quote from Al Gore that I hadn’t heard before. A good one.
The phrase “the content of our character” takes on a different meaning when it is used by those who pretend that that is all we need to establish a color-blind society. They use their color blind the way duck hunters use their duck blind. They hide behind the phrase and hope that we, like the ducks, won’t be able to see through it…So I say: we see through your color blind.
“hey do you have one dog or two?”
well two, but they share a brain.
(dawspaws6 IG) pic.twitter.com/0iumJkLftT— Clint Falin (@ClintFalin) August 12, 2018
re: #75 Ace Rothstein
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re: #110 De Kolta Chair
From the Opposites Attract Department:
My wife is all about the ice coffee this summer. Anyone have a recipe for an iced cocoa drink?
1
In blender, place milk and syrup. Cover and blend on high speed 2 seconds.
2
Add ice cream. Cover and blend on low speed about 5 seconds or until smooth. Pour into glasses. Serve immediately.
Debating with myself if I’ll give it another try
Tomorrow’s launch of our Parker #SolarProbe spacecraft marks the beginning of a historic journey to fly closer to Sun than any other human-made object. Here’s what we hope to learn from the mission that launches at 3:31 am ET on Sunday, Aug. 12: https://t.co/N5Psu9bQjs pic.twitter.com/6ZMxtwas8y
— NASA (@NASA) August 12, 2018
re: #118 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Debating with myself if I’ll give it another try
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The Perseids should be peaking at about the same time.
re: #117 jeffreyw
Sounds great, jeffreyw. I suspect tomorrow is going to be delicious! Not that tonight isn’t tasty.
Can someone tell me what @DevinNunes is doing in Azerbaijan?
On a side note Trumps business partner Agalarov’s son used to be married to the Presidents daughterhttps://t.co/hqiARUIod6 pic.twitter.com/AxCKXAVaxo— Olga Lautman (@olgaNYC1211) August 12, 2018
*chef’s kiss* https://t.co/NVqaabvb4D pic.twitter.com/pzHsUG9l1P
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) August 12, 2018
re: #110 De Kolta Chair
From the Opposites Attract Department:
My wife is all about the ice coffee this summer. Anyone have a recipe for an iced cocoa drink?
your wish is my command!
re: #86 fern01
Lisa Murkowski ran a write in campaign where the main goal was teaching people to spell her name. She won.
Right—but she was a known quantity and relatively sane (unlike creepy Joe Miller, who somehow beat her in the primary with the help of that other stellar pol, Sarah Palin)
re: #125 BeachDem
Right—but she was a known quantity and relatively sane (unlike creepy Joe Miller, who somehow beat her in the primary with the help of that other stellar pol, Sarah Palin)
Her name is pretty phonetically accessible too. And the state had been exposed to the name for even longer than her original term because of her pops.
So we hadn’t had any rain in my yard since July 9th. Around 4:30, they started diverting airplanes from Austin Bergstrom because of a cell over the airport. I noticed because a FedEx DC-10 flew over the house at about 1,500 ft, diverting to the west and north to land after the cell had passed.
Walked in and checked the local radar at EWX and a line had formed to the east of us, not unusual. The elevation change off the Balcones fault complex into Austin (around 700’), often has this effect.
About twenty minutes later, things blew up. Huge cells exploded over South Austin. In just over two hours, we got 3.9 inches in the rain gauge in the back yard. Didn’t lose power, but it was a wild ride. Rained like a cow pissing on a flat rock. Lots of donder und blitzen.
That was in ninety minutes, people. It’s why they call Central Texas Flash Flood Alley.
re: #22 Nyet
The guy who got the Nazi-collaborating Twitter to suspend my account is back. Let’s help him?
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Sinkhole swallows six cars in Pennsylvania parking lot: https://t.co/TXjgpTmFW5 pic.twitter.com/QtvFA1VxYc
— Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) August 12, 2018
re: #90 JordanRules
Keep taking down the @realDonaldTrump star, and we will further spread Trump Derangement Syndrome by installing a never ending stream of stars. pic.twitter.com/6s0Y3YIkY5
— The Faction (@TheFaction1776) August 9, 2018
Fake stars. Just like trump himself. https://t.co/35y1YLflc6
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) August 12, 2018
At @defcon hacking conference and just learned how easy it is to physically gain admin access on a voting machine that is used in 18 states. Requires no tools and takes under 2 minutes. I’m concerned for our upcoming elections. pic.twitter.com/Kl9erBsrtl
— Rachel Tobac (@RachelTobac) August 12, 2018
We’re back from dinner. (Accident on the highway before we left the restaurant, so we came back on the back road - sixteen miles of sand with thirteen cattle guards. Also got caught for a mile or so behind a horse-drawn farm cart.)
re: #122 JordanRules
Maybe he’s the first of many conservative politicians to decide to flee the country? /s
More than 170 Democrats have pledged not to take any donations from corporate PACs. https://t.co/pr6iqic2fi
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 11, 2018
More than 170 Dems have pledged to unilaterally disarm and give Republicans a huge funding advantage https://t.co/3T3ROWVo14
— Ostrich Jacket Fan Account (@goddamnedfrank) August 12, 2018
re: #132 MsJ
Gotta wonder about people with nothing better to do than paste fake stars to the sidewalk.
re: #137 goddamnedfrank
From yesterday:
I’m a ride or die Democrat, but this is BS. No fossil fuel money! The Democratic Party needs to be an unwavering champion of the environment. Let’s make some noise, force the DNC to reconsider. https://t.co/ElXfc0pzoF
— Adam Best (@adamcbest) August 11, 2018
re: #139 Belafon
From yesterday:
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re: #137 goddamnedfrank
More than 170 Dems have pledged to unilaterally disarm and give Republicans a huge funding advantage
I suspect (and hope) that the people who took that pledge don’t get much, if anything, from corporate donations. But I agree in principle.
re: #134 wheat-dogg
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At @defcon hacking conference and just learned how easy it is to physically gain admin access on a voting machine that is used in 18 states. Requires no tools and takes under 2 minutes. I’m concerned for our upcoming elections.8:27 PM - Aug 11, 2018
Anyone see xkcd’s take:
re: #140 Brian J.
In the words of Willie Brown, paraphrasing Jesse Unruh, “If you can’t take people’s money and screw them, you’ve got no business being in the business.”
“We will astonish them with our ingratitude.” —some Italian politician
re: #142 garzooma
Worse yet, electronic voting machines will be monitored by election volunteers, some of whom can barely manage email and their microwave oven controls.
re: #143 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
“We will astonish them with our ingratitude.” —some Italian politician
Waiting for Hawaii to start producing its primary results; the polls closed at the top of the hour. I’m hoping against hope that Tulsi “Yo Gabba” Gabbard is sent packing.
Here’s my goddamned point
“You can’t take corporate PAC money and then vote against corporate interests” say trust fund having white leftists who understand the exact opposite to be true when it comes to their parents’ money
— Ostrich Jacket Fan Account (@goddamnedfrank) August 12, 2018
re: #142 garzooma
On a peripherally related note, today I discovered my daughter and her husband still have their cable modem/wifi router set to its default username and password. If we can manage to have an adult conversation without being distracted by an infant and a two-year-old, I plan to offer my meagre security services.
Also, I finally got to the root (hah!) of their wifi connectivity issues. Their cable modem/router has 2.4/5.0 GHz wifi built-in, but for some reason they added a Linksys 2.4 GHz wireless router, which was glitchy to say the least. I’m recommending they ditch the Linksys router entirely.
I really can’t stand these morons who think the Democrats need to become GOP-lite to start appealing to working class voters.
Oh, and by the way, the guy who stole the 4000 at SeaTac last night didn’t do a “barrel roll”. He did a half roll and a Split S and nearly plowed it into the sound. When I was watching that I said to myself, “Well, that’ll do it. He’s either going to hit the water or pull the wings off the plane.”
He was as lucky as he thought he was to survive it. Crazy idjit.
re: #148 wheat-dogg
On a peripherally related note, today I discovered my daughter and her husband still have their cable modem/wifi router set to its default username and password. If we can manage to have an adult conversation without being distracted by an infant and a two-year-old, I plan to offer my meagre security services.
Also, I finally got to the root (hah!) of their wifi connectivity issues. Their cable modem/router has 2.4/5.0 GHz wifi built-in, but for some reason they added a Linksys 2.4 GHz wireless router, which was glitchy to say the least. I’m recommending they ditch the Linksys router entirely.
Funny, usually it’s the modem/router combos that have dodgy wifi. I know mine does; I’m planning on replacing it soon(ish).
re: #149 Eclectic Cyborg
I really can’t stand these morons who think the Democrats need to become GOP-lite to start appealing to working class voters.
Did you mean the Just Us Democrats and BernieBros, or did you mean the media? Not that there’s much of a difference, of course. Both seem to still think most of the Whiny Working Class take lunchbuckets to work in factories, and apparently that the Dodgers still play in Brooklyn.
re: #150 austin_blue
He didn’t survive. He committed suicide.
re: #100 Single-handed sailor
Airplane just landed on I580 in east bay area.
According to sources, the plane was heading from Lake Tahoe to the Hayward airport when there was a problem with the fuel pump and the pilot decided to land 580 W at the 164th St exit in San Leandro. It appears CHP is planning to tow the plane off the freeway. @KPIXtv pic.twitter.com/fVGOM2LYd4
— Katie Nielsen (@KatieKPIX) August 12, 2018
Talk about your hard-hitting journalism:
Maggie Haberman asks Trump “Do you feel betrayed by Omarosa?”
re: #150 austin_blue
Oh, and by the way, the guy who stole the 4000 at SeaTac last night didn’t do a “barrel roll”. He did a half roll and a Split S and nearly plowed it into the sound. When I was watching that I said to myself, “Well, that’ll do it. He’s either going to hit the water or pull the wings off the plane.”
He was as lucky as he thought he was to survive it. Crazy idjit.
He survived?? Really??
re: #150 austin_blue
Oh, and by the way, the guy who stole the 4000 at SeaTac last night didn’t do a “barrel roll”. He did a half roll and a Split S and nearly plowed it into the sound. When I was watching that I said to myself, “Well, that’ll do it. He’s either going to hit the water or pull the wings off the plane.”
He was as lucky as he thought he was to survive it. Crazy idjit.
re: #153 teleskiguy
He didn’t survive. He committed suicide.
He ended up turning the plane into a giant lawn dart by plowing into Ketron Island, WSW of downtown Tacoma; because that island is so sparsely inhabited and has no road links to the “mainland”, they were literally ferrying emergency equipment there all night.
There were still fuel fires going on at the crash site as of this afternoon.
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happened upon an abandoned boneyard after taking a wrong turn in the desert, at least that’s what I told the hitchhiker
📸 https://t.co/I1EFABfGMn pic.twitter.com/nfl0jPXjEa— Matt Oswalt (@MattOswaltVA) August 12, 2018
re: #158 teleskiguy
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re: #158 teleskiguy
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re: #159 teleskiguy
And the hitchhiker said, “Dude, it’s way better than Yuma.”
re: #153 teleskiguy
He didn’t survive. He committed suicide.
Yes, but not on that particular maneuver.
Speaking of which, hello my man! Good to hear from you. You may have noticed that many of us have been desperately worried about you, perhaps in some cases going too far to try to make sure you were still alive.
Did you notice that last bit? To make sure you were still alive? Because we love you?
After my mom and dad died, closely together, I spent 18 months on the little blue happy pills until I got my shit back together and then quit them because they took the joy out of my life.
Do what you have to do, but this life is all you’ve got, and a dinner date with Lindsay Vonn is always a possibility.
You should put that on your bucket list.
🎶On the night of Aug 11, 1973, DJ Kool Herc introduced one of the most important innovations in hip hop, the break. At a back to school jam in the Bronx, he extended a beat (breaking) to allow people to dance longer (breakdancing) & began emceeing (rapping) during the break pic.twitter.com/xq3y1wxPc4
— RetroNewsNow (@RetroNewsNow) August 12, 2018
re: #158 teleskiguy
“I’m takin’ my time”
I like that a lot. I’m going to use it too.
re: #165 JordanRules
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Loved when Anthony Bourdain did a Parts Unknown episode on the Bronx and had DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, and Melle Mel on it.
Not that I’m sticking up for Omarosa, but why did Trump hire her to work in the White House if he thought she was a “low life”? https://t.co/aSYdj1k53B
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) August 11, 2018
re: #167 TedStriker
Loved when Anthony Bourdain did a Parts Unknown episode on the Bronx and had DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, and Mellie Mel on it.
Holy schmokes!!
I knew that there were a few I missed, but I didn’t know that existed.
I have a binge session set and now I’m even more excited!
re: #169 JordanRules
Holy schmokes!!
I knew that there were a few I missed, but I didn’t know that existed.
I have a binge session set and now I’m even more excited!
I forgot…Baron Ambrosia was in that episode too ;-)
re: #170 TedStriker
I forgot…Baron Ambrosia was in that episode too ;-)
Gahhh!! I know that episode had to be epic.
I miss Bourdain so much.
re: #171 JordanRules
Gahhh!! I know that episode had to be epic.
I miss Bourdain so much.
Season 4, Episode 2.
Yes, this please! LOL
I’d like to see Sharice Davids challenge Ben Shapiro to a boxing match, tbh.
— Candice Aiston (@CandicePDX) August 11, 2018
Welp, I guess I went too far in reaching out to a man I consider a brother.
re: #174 austin_blue
Welp, I guess I went too far in reaching out to a man I consider a brother.
This is called a subtweet on Twitter.
I love you. I love you all.
I would rather have a dinner date with Caroline Gleich. It’d be better if I skied with her or Lindsey Vonn. I want to ski with them, not eat with them.
What was I saying?
Listen to Umphrey’s McGee. Playing in Austin on 31 August. Dave out of Austin is going, I think.
First result from Hawaii shows Colleen Hanabusa beating Governor David Ige in the early vote. Such a shame. Issue one missile alert telling 1.4 million people they’re going to get nuked, and they lose confidence in you for some reason.
re: #151 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
My modem/router has been working like a charm since the day I bought it.
re: #178 Romantic Heretic
My modem/router has been working like a charm since the day I bought it.
I have HughesNet Gen5, and the modem and router are combined. It is the first such I have had, and there have been absolutely no glitches. Knock wood!
re: #175 teleskiguy
This is called a subtweet on Twitter.
I love you. I love you all.
I would rather have a dinner date with Caroline Gleich. It’d be better if I skied with her or Lindsey Vonn. I want to ski with them, not eat with them.
What was I saying?
Listen to Umphrey’s McGee. Playing in Austin on 31 August. Dave out of Austin is going, I think.
Dammit, we are going up to Hot Springs, that long weekend.
Our dear friend has a flavor of ALS (PLS, it has a longer kill time, but the same result) and she probably won’t survive until next June, when we will go up for the next HSMF
(hotmusic.org). Some decisions are just easy as pie.
And now the bad news: Tulsi Gabbard has 84% of the early vote in the 2nd District. So we will get to hear her Assad-apologist ways for two more years. There’s really no pretending any GOoPer has a chance.
I guess the reason this Avenatti shit is so aggravating is that it’s white male privilege personified yet again.
Lawyers like Avenatti are a dime a dozen.
“he’s a street fighter!”
What are you smoking.— Imani Gandy o—€ (@AngryBlackLady) August 12, 2018
Do you know how many solid litigators I know? Dozens. He’s just on TV. That’s all.
— Imani Gandy o—€ (@AngryBlackLady) August 12, 2018
If he’s so successful then why is his law firm declaring bankruptcy and if he wants to champion transparency in politics why doesn’t he want the public to see his testimony in that case? https://t.co/7ji05smY96
— Ostrich Jacket Fan Account (@goddamnedfrank) August 12, 2018
Oprah literally made billions of dollars off her own talent and hard work and society collectively told her to pound sand after she gave one good speech and other people said she was running. Unlike Avenatti Oprah has actually staked out some policy positions too. Just ridiculous
— Ostrich Jacket Fan Account (@goddamnedfrank) August 12, 2018
What could Trump say at this point that would tell us something new about him?
— Jim Zarroli (@JimZarroli) August 11, 2018
Confess that’s he is actually a gestalt colony organism comprised of various assorted arthropods operating together inside a human shaped leather sack. https://t.co/JAIadPxnIK
— Ostrich Jacket Fan Account (@goddamnedfrank) August 12, 2018
re: #184 goddamnedfrank
Confess that’s he is actually a gestalt colony organism comprised of various assorted arthropods operating together inside a human shaped leather sack.
Nah, those arthropods would have made the sack look much more convincingly human.
Blast from the past.
Straight up Saturday chilling at the @altalodge. Circa 1940s. 🎙📻 Tune in tomorrow while the Alta Lodge takes over our Insta stories over #SundayBrunch. #altamagic #viewsfordays
What could Trump say at this point that would tell us something new about him?
— Jim Zarroli (@JimZarroli) August 11, 2018
Confess that’s he is actually a gestalt colony organism comprised of various assorted arthropods operating together inside a human shaped leather sack. https://t.co/JAIadPxnIK
— Ostrich Jacket Fan Account (@goddamnedfrank) August 12, 2018
I said NEW
Trump on Omarosa” “Lowlife”
Me on Trump: “Takes one to know one and you hired her exactly why?”
re: #183 goddamnedfrank
I guess the reason this Avenatti shit is so aggravating is that it’s white male privilege personified yet again.
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Yes indeedy.
His pivot from looking like a solid advocate for his clients into super pol was sloppy as fuck too. There are so many ways he can do good, but that brass ring is calling him.
And of course the Oprah thing gets my goat. I didn’t want her to run but the way folks treated her and erased her work was just foul.
re: #182 Brian J.
And now the bad news: Tulsi Gabbard has 84% of the early vote in the 2nd District. So we will get to hear her Assad-apologist ways for two more years. There’s really no pretending any GOoPer has a chance.
Damnet Hawaii!
re: #182 Brian J.
And now the bad news: Tulsi Gabbard has 84% of the early vote in the 2nd District. So we will get to hear her Assad-apologist ways for two more years. There’s really no pretending any GOoPer has a chance.
Oh, my goodness! A fringe democrat has caused your tighty whiteys to be sucked through your alimentary canal to the point where it is tickling your uvula!
This has absolutely nothing to do with this election cycle. It’s a complete outlier. Take a nap.
re: #189 JordanRules
Yes indeedy.
His pivot from looking like a solid advocate for his clients into super pol was sloppy as fuck too. There are so many ways he can do good, but that brass ring is calling him.
And of course the Oprah thing gets my goat. I didn’t want her to run but the way folks treated her and erased her work was just foul.
Right, I didn’t want her to run either but it sucked because all she did was give a good speech and then everyone read tea leaves into that shit and as a result her agency in the entire fucking thing got taken away. Even her friends got in on it.
Like listen, I’m pretty sure if she’d wanted to do it she’d have just straight up said so.
re: #155 BeachDem
Talk about your hard-hitting journalism:
Maggie Haberman asks Trump “Do you feel betrayed by Omarosa?”
Did you expect anything else from that stenographer?
re: #191 austin_blue
Oh, my goodness! A fringe democrat has caused your tighty whiteys to be sucked through your alimentary canal to the point where it is tickling your uvula!
This has absolutely nothing to do with this election cycle. It’s a complete outlier. Take a nap.
Not sure I get your comment. Gabbard, as far as I have seen, has been one of those Dems we would rather not have in office. But there’s really no chance she will lose in November.
re: #194 Belafon
Not sure I get your comment. Gabbard, as far as I have seen, has been one of those Dems we would rather not have in office. But there’s really no chance she will lose in November.
Who we?
re: #193 Joe Bacon 🌹
Did you expect anything else from that stenographer?
Even the way she framed the question was just a prep for her stenography.
I’d much rather have her ask about 100 other things but *if* she was going to go there it should be more like: Any comment on the latest revelations from your former Director of Communications, Omarosa Manigault, ahead of the release of her new book?
Apple just started adding the Deutsche Grammophone Catalogue to Apple Music. Just what I needed to listen to to decompress…
OMG, I’m watching a ghost hunter show on cable. I turned it on as background noise while researching stuff, but I keep looking at these guys on the screen and they’re convinced they’re doing science.
re: #196 JordanRules
Even the way she framed the question was just a prep for her stenography.
I’d much rather have her ask about 100 other things but *if* she was going to go there it should be more like: Any comment on the latest revelations from your former Director of Communications, Omarosa Manigault, ahead of the release of her new book?
She’s incapable of doing that. But the minute Frank Luntz passes on the next nugget of Hillary hate, Maggie will jump on it like white on rice.
re: #199 Mattand
They’re now praying for God to keep them safe as they hunt for ghosts. LOL.
I don’t normally post political tweets but this is very important. pic.twitter.com/8030Ja8j6U
— Paul Bronks (@BoringEnormous) August 11, 2018
re: #194 Belafon
Not sure I get your comment. Gabbard, as far as I have seen, has been one of those Dems we would rather not have in office. But there’s really no chance she will lose in November.
She’s an outlier. A fringe Democrat. She doesn’t represent the Party in any way. Trying to to say that she’s representative of the Party is just bullshit, because that is what the R’s will do. But the D’s response should just be “Meh, we’ve got a big tent, even if some of the inhabitants are a bit odd, unlike your fascist groupthink.”
re: #201 Eclectic Cyborg
Charles, are you aware the NRA is advertising on LGF?
This ad currently shows at the bottom of my current page:
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How can the Normalizing Russian Authority folks hand out duffel bags if they’re teetering on insolvency?
re: #206 Eclectic Cyborg
The Bible endorses the idea of ghosts. One of the sins of the leaders of ancient Israel was conjuring spirits.
Therefore, ghosts have to exist.
re: #199 Mattand
OMG, I’m watching a ghost hunter show on cable. I turned it on as background noise while researching stuff, but I keep looking at these guys on the screen and they’re convinced they’re doing science.
Trump supporters watch that shit……. And believe it.
Dang, 12:40. Night all. Sweet scaly dreams.
Best wishes for Teliskiguy. I wish for him the best of all worlds, and hope he finds it. I know it is there for him to find,.
It’s out there for all of us.
re: #204 austin_blue
She’s an outlier. A fringe Democrat. She doesn’t represent the Party in any way. Trying to to say that she’s representative of the Party is just bullshit, because that is what the R’s will do. But the D’s response should just be “Meh, we’ve got a big tent, even if some of the inhabitants are a bit odd, unlike your fascist groupthink.”
He’s posting election results (*as he always does) with some loose, late night commentary that didn’t seem that inflammatory or conclusory to me.
*And he definitely can get his old school (pushing a button, but not gamer like) troll on, but this ain’t it IMO.
.@bengleib is a comedian.
He makes jokes.
That’s kind of his job.
He told a (very mild) joke about Trump.
A Trump supporter approached him after and said he shouldn’t make jokes about Trump or he would “end up with a bullet in the head”.#SaturdayMorningpic.twitter.com/vKNBGF3fbY— Holly Figueroa O’Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) August 11, 2018
re: #52 Jay C
Good Lord. I feel like my brain needs a bath after that.
Imagine being so full of hate.
re: #204 austin_blue
She’s an outlier. A fringe Democrat. She doesn’t represent the Party in any way. Trying to to say that she’s representative of the Party is just bullshit, because that is what the R’s will do. But the D’s response should just be “Meh, we’ve got a big tent, even if some of the inhabitants are a bit odd, unlike your fascist groupthink.”
The main reason I don’t want BernieBros (or -Sisses) to win Democratic Primaries is that they’ll almost certainly lose in the General. In a case like Ocasio-Cortez or Gabbard where they’ll almost certainly win—fine.
New breed of Crocodile discovered in South Wales woodland pic.twitter.com/2gpIuNPjWS
— Denis Law⚽️🐾 (@DenisLaw_WFT) August 11, 2018
re: #214 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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re: #199 Mattand
Someone should slip them some acid before the show. Now that I’d watch.
If I lived on the west side of the river, and it wasn’t cloudy, and I had a telescope, I could possibly beginning to see it at around T+2:45-3:00
Looking to watch the #DeltaIV Parker #SolarProbe launch? Here are the areas that can expect to see it (weather permitting). Not in the area? Be sure to tune in at 3 a.m. EDT to watch the broadcast. On track for liftoff at 3:31 a.m. EDT. https://t.co/IUd13yZFEx pic.twitter.com/reRVBdo1Ir
— ULA (@ulalaunch) August 12, 2018
Here I am, about to educate the public…
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re: #213 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
The main reason I don’t want BernieBros (or -Sisses) to win Democratic Primaries is that they’ll almost certainly lose in the General. In a case like Ocasio-Cortez or Gabbard where they’ll almost certainly win—fine.
Generally yes, but specifically for Gabbard there are policy, optics and party issues I have concerns with.
But it’s Hawaii’s call and I register my disappointment from afar. My underwear configuration is fine tho. LOL
re: #218 BlueSpotinAL
Here I am, about to educate the public…
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LIVE NOW: Join us as we launch our mission to “touch” the Sun! Watch the countdown to the 3:31am ET liftoff of Parker #SolarProbe: https://t.co/T3F4bqwcib pic.twitter.com/s6NDB0Wwac
— NASA (@NASA) August 12, 2018
re: #221 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
and…
on youtube, without those silly ass hearts and comments popping up onscreen
re: #144 wheat-dogg
Worse yet, electronic voting machines will be monitored by election volunteers, some of whom can barely manage email and their microwave oven controls.
And that’s why electronic voting machines aren’t used in Czech Republic; it’s all done the old-fashioned way, paper ballots and pens.
There was a proposal about 12 years ago to switch to electronic voting, but it died in the Parliament in a few weeks. The reason? It would’ve involved creating a new level of bureaucracy in order to ensure that there weren’t any shenanigans and the governing conservative party at the time was having none of that, thank you very much.
The BBC is absolutely fascinated with the dude who stole the plane. He’s been their top story for hours on their ‘Breakfast’ show.
re: #222 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
and…
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OK, here’s NASA’s real channel. The other one is a rebroadcast
PERMISSION TO LAUNCH
T-minus 4:00 and holding
It’s also pretty nice that by and large, European media spends very little time at all on Trump. After a couple of days of watching Belgian and UK news, he’s not even been mentioned once!
I wish the media in the US was capable of that. It’s so nice to not have to listen to that asshole.
re: #231 teleskiguy
VROOM!!!
We’re off to the sun!!!
Gotta say, a night time launch in those 5 seconds or so with the engines running before liftoff, with that fireball pretty much engulfing the launch site, makes you wonder if everything is going OK
lol
re: #232 makeitstop
It’s also pretty nice that by and large, European media spends very little time at all on Trump. After a couple of days of watching Belgian and UK news, he’s not even been mentioned once!
I wish the media in the US was capable of that. It’s so nice to not have to listen to that asshole.
How long does it take to point out that he is dangerous, boorish and incompetent?
re: #232 makeitstop
It’s also pretty nice that by and large, European media spends very little time at all on Trump. After a couple of days of watching Belgian and UK news, he’s not even been mentioned once!
I wish the media in the US was capable of that. It’s so nice to not have to listen to that asshole.
Surely one of the best parts of a foreign vacation. Enjoy!
re: #234 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
How long does it take to point out that he is dangerous, boorish and incompetent?
More time than they care to spend, from the look of it.
The hell are y’all doing awake at this hour, anyway? :)
My 13 y.o. son told me that when he hits 99 pounds, he wants to eat one pound of nachos on his own so he can be 1% nacho.
— David Juurlink (@DavidJuurlink) August 12, 2018
Great launch……
Go, #ParkerSolarProbe. I hope you packed some summer clothes.
My picture of the Sun, October 6, 2016. UV, Green, and IR filters. pic.twitter.com/VUBWfvlXDo— JRehling (@JRehling) August 12, 2018
OK, I’ll say it.
There is a definite need for NASA to hire some British announcers (they join in at around 30 seconds), It would seriously add something to the experience
Lift off! Nasa launches the Parker Solar Probe on its mission to ‘touch’ the Sun https://t.co/dPxdBaG0Ic pic.twitter.com/2Oo5TGLNFw
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) August 12, 2018
re: #232 makeitstop
It’s also pretty nice that by and large, European media spends very little time at all on Trump. After a couple of days of watching Belgian and UK news, he’s not even been mentioned once!
I wish the media in the US was capable of that. It’s so nice to not have to listen to that asshole.
I was back in the ‘States in the spring of 2016 when news was equally divided between Harambe and an empty podium waiting for Donald Trump to appear and give a speech about his charitable foundation.
re: #239 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
it’s morning in europe
Indeed! That’s where we are at the moment.
Currently listening to…
re: #232 makeitstop
It’s also pretty nice that by and large, European media spends very little time at all on Trump. After a couple of days of watching Belgian and UK news, he’s not even been mentioned once!
I wish the media in the US was capable of that. It’s so nice to not have to listen to that asshole.
Canadian television spent a little time on him, presumably due to the proximity of Canada to the USA and the huge amount of trade between the two nations. None of the news programmes I watched spent more than a few seconds on him however.
So, a friend of mine was fishing in Alaska and got caught up in the plane heist. Was stuck at SEA-TAC for the better part of the day. He just got back to LI about 20 minutes ago.
re: #242 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I was back in the ‘States in the spring of 2016 when news was equally divided between Harambe and an empty podium waiting for Donald Trump to appear and give a speech about his charitable foundation.
I miss Harambe a whole lot more than I miss Trump, TBH.
#HolyFire [update] off Holy Jim Canyon Rd, west of N. Main Divide (Orange County) is now 22,158 acres and 36 % contained. Unified Command: US Forest Service, CAL Fire, Riverside County Fire, Orange County Fire Authority, and the California Highway Patrol https://t.co/nJEQdBze9s pic.twitter.com/G9zynmjEHp
— CAL FIRE (@CAL_FIRE) August 12, 2018
Bloody sheep pic.twitter.com/PczvlrVF5f
— Ben Hunt (@funky_farmer) August 8, 2018
A real ladies’ man here pic.twitter.com/S9ezIqr2YE
— Emily G (@EmilyGorcenski) August 12, 2018
A couple days ago, someone posted an article from a newspaper about rich guys getting E-mails trying to scam them, showing them a password they’ve used and trying to extort money from them over their porn viewing habits.
The suggestion was to report each one to the police, though I’ve gotten so many in the past few days if I reported everyone to the sheriff, he’d come to my house and tell me to stop harassing him.
I just got another. Each one reads exactly the same (including the bad grammar and spelling), except for the suggested amount for the extortion and the name of the sender. Interestingly, this one shows a blank for a password, whereas all the previous ones showed a password I haven’t used in years.
I put the E-mail behind the hide bar if you’re not interested, but this sort of thing seems to be sent out all over the continent the past few weeks so others you know have probably gotten them as well.
Aside from the fact I don’t give a hoot in my personal circle knows my porn viewing habits (research for my job after all), the giveaways are I always keep a piece of electrical tape over my laptop camera, and I don’t have a Facebook account and never did.
It appears that, (), is your password. May very well not know me and you are most likely wondering why you are getting this e-mail, right?
actually, I setup a malware over the adult videos (porno) web-site and you know what, you visited this website to have fun (you really know what I mean). When you were watching videos, your internet browser started off operating as a RDP (Remote Access) which provided me accessibility to your screen and web camera. after that, my software programs obtained all of your contacts from your Messenger, Outlook, Facebook, in addition to emails.
What did I really do?
I produced a double-screen video recording. First part shows the video you’re watching (you have a good taste haha …), and Second part shows the recording of your web camera.
exactly what should you do?
Well, in my opinion, $1300 is a fair price for our little hidden secret. You’ll make the payment by Bitcoin (if you don’t know this, search “how to purchase bitcoin” in Google).
BTC Address: (Bitcoin wallet address deleted with prejudice for this post)
(It’s case sensitive, so copy and paste it)
Important:
You’ve got 1 day in order to make the payment. (I have a completely unique pixel in this e-mail, and at this moment I am aware that you have read this email message). If I do not get the BitCoins, I will certainly send your video recording to all of your contacts including family members, coworkers, and so forth. Having said that, if I get the payment, I’ll destroy the recording immidiately. If you need evidence, reply with “Yes!” and i’ll undoubtedly send out your videos to your 6 contacts. It is a non-negotiable offer, that being said don’t waste my personal time and yours by responding to this message.
Meanwhile, Turkey’s financial woes are continuing. What started off as a currency crisis is now on the verge of becoming a debt and liquidity crisis……the same thing that sank Greece.
Over the better part of the last decade and a half, Turkey’s economy has been growing and kept afloat thanks to a credit bubble; notions of Islamic banking aside, the reason Erdogan doesn’t want the Turkish Central Bank to raise interest rates (which they need to do) is that he’s trying to keep this credit bubble inflated because he seems to understand that when this credit bubble pops (what we’re seeing now), it’s gonna sink their economy.
From Bloomberg: bloomberg.com
re: #252 Anymouse 🌹
A couple days ago, someone posted an article from a newspaper about rich guys getting E-mails trying to scam them, showing them a password they’ve used and trying to extort money from them over their porn viewing habits.
The suggestion was to report each one to the police, though I’ve gotten so many in the past few days if I reported everyone to the sheriff, he’d come to my house and tell me to stop harassing him.
I just got another. Each one reads exactly the same (including the bad grammar and spelling), except for the suggested amount for the extortion and the name of the sender. Interestingly, this one shows a blank for a password, whereas all the previous ones showed a password I haven’t used in years.
I put the E-mail behind the hide bar if you’re not interested, but this sort of thing seems to be sent out all over the continent the past few weeks so others you know have probably gotten them as well.
Aside from the fact I don’t give a hoot in my personal circle knows my porn viewing habits (research for my job after all), the giveaways are I always keep a piece of electrical tape over my laptop camera, and I don’t have a Facebook account and never did.
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I’ve gotten about 20 of them over the last couple of weeks. My wife did a little sleuthing and determined that the ‘passwords’ came from data breaches on a few sites.
The password that they’ve been identifying as mine is one I stopped using years ago. Delete, delete, delete…
re: #253 Dr Lizardo
Also, read the stories on Bloomberg that follow - it’s a good analysis of what’s happening there.
re: #254 makeitstop
I’ve gotten about 20 of them over the last couple of weeks. My wife did a little sleuthing and determined that the ‘passwords’ came from data breaches on a few sites.
The password that they’ve been identifying as mine is one I stopped using years ago. Delete, delete, delete…
I just find it somewhat humorous (and somewhat sad, because some people with guilty consciences will respond and fork over hard-earned money).
This is sort of the modern version of someone sending you a letter or telling you “I have photographs of you in a compromising position with a woman, and if you want to get the negatives and photographs, drop a bag of money in the park tomorrow.”
Just as in the old-fashioned scenario, even if the spammer has such video of a person, there is no guarantee that that spammer will delete jack.
re: #258 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Sad, really; so much untreated mental illness out there.
Pushing back:
Globe rallies newspapers to protect free press from Trump attacks
BOSTON (AP) — A Boston newspaper is proposing a coordinated editorial response from publications across the U.S. to President Donald Trump’s frequent attacks on the news media.
”We are not the enemy of the people,” said Marjorie Pritchard, deputy managing editor for the editorial page of The Boston Globe, referring to a characterization of journalists that Trump has used in the past. The president, who contends he has largely been covered unfairly by the press, also employs the term ”fake news” often when describing the media.
The Globe has reached out to editorial boards nationwide to write and publish editorials on Aug. 16 denouncing what the newspaper called a ”dirty war against the free press.”
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re: #257 makeitstop
My wife took a picture of the bee that drowned in my beef stroganoff yesterday.
Can’t blame the lil’ thing, though. It was pretty yummy. I fished out the bee and kept eating.
Bee stroganoff?
re: #261 Dave In Austin
Whoa. They found Duke violated their rules? I really, truly did nazi that coming.
Wait…now you’re basically saying “Chicago may not be in the top 10, but SOMEWHERE IN ILLINOIS is, therefore it’s still Crimechago” pic.twitter.com/HNKPpit5Gu
— jay (@random__name) August 12, 2018
re: #264 Sufficient unto the day…
Wait…now you’re basically saying “Chicago may not be in the top 10, but SOMEWHERE IN ILLINOIS is, therefore it’s still Crimechago”
It is a matter of Right Wing doctrine and dogma that Chicago is a criminal center because it has strict gun-control laws and is overpopulated by people of the wrong color.
re: #247 makeitstop
I miss Harambe a whole lot more than I miss Trump, TBH.
If trump went away I might be able to miss him.
Who am I kidding? I’ll never miss him. But God, I wish he’d go away (20 to life would be good).
Another stable genius.
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) August 12, 2018
re: #247 makeitstop
I miss Harambe a whole lot more than I miss Trump, TBH.
Harambe showed me what had happened to America: in the anonymous and egalitarian Internet, anyone’s opinion is as good as anyone else’s.
In the real world there are experts who are trained and then called upon to make educated decisions.
America has decided that when we disagree with those decisions at a gut level (granted, sometimes even experts are sometimes wrong) then it is time to dismiss the very concept of experience and training and “elites”, and appeal to “common sense” solutions that play well in the media.
re: #220 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
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“Every time a white supremacist agrees to an interview, or stages a public event, they are trying to weaponize your media platform for recruitment. Those are the stakes of this coverage” —@LoisBeckett https://t.co/2zIXd4iMOG
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 12, 2018
re: #220 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
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re: #196 JordanRules
Even the way she framed the question was just a prep for her stenography.
I’d much rather have her ask about 100 other things but *if* she was going to go there it should be more like: Any comment on the latest revelations from your former Director of Communications, Omarosa Manigault, ahead of the release of her new book?
I would have been ecstatic if someone had asked how his antfarm is doing.
re: #258 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
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That happened to me too,
By an Embraer jet.
re: #273 wheat-dogg
I would have been ecstatic if someone had asked how his antfarm is doing.
Could you imagine if that’s true?
re: #274 wheat-dogg
That happened to me too,
By an Embraer jet.
There have been plenty of times when I have woken up far, far away from the last place I recalled being, but that usually involved alcohol…
2:3 While Americans are blessed to live in a nation that protects liberty, freedom of speech and diversity of opinion, there is no place for white supremacy, racism and neo-nazism in our great country.
— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) August 12, 2018
Hey @IvankaTrump: Your father’s rhetoric is celebrated by white supremacists. You should talk to him, not tweet at Americans. Also—your stepmother @FLOTUS is a birther. https://t.co/wm4V3hpUjw
— Soledad O’Brien (@soledadobrien) August 12, 2018
He swamped the drain, so to speak.
— Teo (@Teukka72) August 12, 2018
This is a hell of an article. Read it. You’ll be glad you did.
“But we don’t ‘balance’ arguments on child protection by hearing advocates for paedophilia, nor do we confront anti-slavery campaigners with racists arguing that other people can be personal property.” https://t.co/DsfQriLtCf
— 25th Century Girl (@25thcenturygirl) August 12, 2018
re: #282 MsJ
The article has hit the nail directly on the head.
“This is a White House where everybody lies… you have to have your back,” @OMAROSA on why she recorded her conversation with Chief of Staff John Kelly as he was firing her. #MTP
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) August 12, 2018
Both sides. FFS.
“A year after Charlottesville, extremists on all sides endanger our future” https://t.co/DGKUClXMvd pic.twitter.com/dZmY5ze48d
— The Hill (@thehill) August 12, 2018
Is anyone else here following the situation in the UK where the Labour Party is full of anti-Semites and Holocaust deniers?
She’s off again - Julia Hartley-Brewer tells caller ‘women in burkas do look like bank robbers’. “They do, they do” she screams…Brexiteers becoming increasingly hysterical over criticism of serial shagger and pathological liar Boris Johnson. pic.twitter.com/WpiA0MaZlH
— Brexitshambles (@brexit_sham) August 11, 2018
Here’s Julia Hartley-Brewer calling Muslim & Jewish women that wear the burqa bank robbers. https://t.co/AjEAPZUujU
— Shahmir Sanni (@shahmiruk) August 12, 2018
re: #287 Dr. Matt
“We have anarchists on the left who purport to speak for the marginalized, minorities and the poor.” No, Mr. Woodson, we have anarchists on the left who claim to want to stand up to fascists, nothing else.
GODDAMNIT, I might have to read this.
Read this review. If you’ve forgotten, Unhinged is the name of the book.
Unhinged review: Omarosa dishes the dirt on Trump’s circle – and few are spared https://t.co/J4lf3qrbn7
— Ed Urbain (@Teesus) August 12, 2018
STURGIS, S.D. —The founder of Bikers for Trump is mobilizing opposition to Harley-Davidson for making bikes abroad. But he’s selling Trump T-shirts made in Haiti, because American shirts are too expensive. https://t.co/hbIMyeSxCS pic.twitter.com/WKbJ9rqdwh
— Alan Rappeport (@arappeport) August 11, 2018
re: #288 The Vicious Babushka
Maybe Julia Hartley-Brewer should re-take her Western Civilization (civilisation for those on the other side of the pond) courses. Hopefully something will penetrate that thick mass that is called a brain.
Perhaps your reptilian qualities are hurting you, Ted. https://t.co/Df0bYaUwLu
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) August 12, 2018
The Guardian is on fire. If you’re so inclined, toss them a few bucks if you can.
Media history every journalist should know, from @FelixHistory:
In the 1920s, newspaper investigations helped the KKK gain hundreds of thousands of members. The stories were intended to expose the Klan. Instead, they massively increased its membership. https://t.co/sO9hvziisB— Lois Beckett (@loisbeckett) August 11, 2018
Morning!
I am watching the local NBC politics show to get an update on Ohio D12.
The host said they are also going to do a piece on Trump’s “groupies” that travel around all over to see him. Must be from when Trump was in central Ohio last weekend.
Can I call them Dead Heads?
To be following Trump around like a groupie you’d have to be dead in the head.
Democrats need to stop trying to cater to people who don’t know how to win.
This is incredibly naïve. They’ll still be at an incredible disadvantage because conservatives can donate too. Better to just take the money and then pass legislation preventing it entirely for both sides. Idealism doesn’t work, learn from the GOP, fight dirty.
— Ostrich Jacket Fan Account (@goddamnedfrank) August 12, 2018
Seriously, she’s probably fucked now.
Omarosa just said on Meet the Press that she recorded John Kelly in the Situation Room. (They are playing the tape.)
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) August 12, 2018
Congratulations, madam. You have just given the FBI a reason to seize and review all your electronic media for classified material. https://t.co/xtId6mx6DZ
— Splitcoil (@Splitcoil) August 12, 2018
re: #272 BlueSpotinAL
All IPAs lose flavor rapidly over time, only a few can still be good after two months.
I don’t agree, nor do many producers of American style IPA. Hops serve many purposes; as preservative, as bittering agent to balance sugar and alcohol, and as an aromatic and flavoring. Highly hopped beers beers will often improve with age; you may lose some of the aromatics, but the aging process will generate new chemicals to give different aromatics and flavors. The whole point of the original IPA was to create an beer that would survive transport to India. So, it was hopped at a much higher lever than the traditional British pale.
Who in their right mind thinks it’s appropriate to secretly record the White House chief of staff in the Situation Room?
— Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman) August 12, 2018
“I hire the best people.” https://t.co/vbCvbvLY1s
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) August 12, 2018
re: #299 goddamnedfrank
Seriously, she’s probably fucked now.
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Trump hires only the best people.
re: #299 goddamnedfrank
Seriously, she’s probably fucked now.
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Assumption that she hasn’t spilled everything to the FBI already.
re: #302 b.d.
Only the best the swamp has to offer.
re: #303 MsJ
Assumption that she hasn’t spilled everything to the FBI already.
We can check the DC hospitals to see if anyone was treated for bleeding ears….what an annoying person.
re: #304 PhillyPretzel
Only the best the swamp has to offer.
See! Trump hires a black person and see what he got for it!!
re: #301 goddamnedfrank
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This is what happens when a reality star potus hires reality stars.
GOOD MORNING LIZARDIA!
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re: #307 Dr. Matt
This is what happens when a reality star potus hires reality
stars.
She was never a star. She was on TV.
Here’s today’s Doonesbury.
Ohio Republicans: “The Democrats are forgetting these special elections cannot be used to foretell the November real elections.”
re: #308 The Vicious Babushka
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re: #299 goddamnedfrank
I am so reluctant to believe anything she says. Reality show cast protocol. Try to find a better confirmation bias trap on our side…
re: #310 ObserverArt
Ohio Republicans: “The Democrats are forgetting these special elections cannot be used to foretell the November real elections.”
Spinning like a top.
I disagree…..we need “fighters” on our side! Someone has to help us win while @chuckschumer is busy crocheting and tweeting worthless blather!
Auntie Maxine and Ms. Harris could use a helping hand in this ridiculous dog fight…..— Dean Martin Is Drunk Again! (@MartiniLounge62) August 12, 2018
From some random attorney no one ever heard of before 6 months ago? lol https://t.co/eBs8fNMKwm
— Imani Gandy o—€ (@AngryBlackLady) August 12, 2018
But he’s a white dude Imani. We desperately need a random truculent white dude because reasons
— Ostrich Jacket Fan Account (@goddamnedfrank) August 12, 2018
re: #308 The Vicious Babushka
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re: #309 I Would Prefer Not To
She was never a star. She was on TV.
Here’s today’s Doonesbury.
Thank you!
“Star” is a self-serving TV hype machine term.
Omarosa is a danger made more so by her TV appearances.
Just the same as Trump.
re: #308 The Vicious Babushka
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re: #263 Sufficient unto the day…
Whoa. They found Duke violated their rules? I really, truly did nazi that coming.
Did Twitter give Duke a half day suspension?
Greets and saluts from the soggy NYC metro area.
We got over 4 inches of rain here, and a few towns over saw serious flash floods that swept away more than a dozen cars from a dealership in the blink of an eye.
Lots of flood damage in neighboring towns but thankfully not much here. I might swing by the Great Falls later to see the output.
But that’s not what has my blood boiling - it’s that right wing extremists are continuing to enable a corrupt and complicit Trump admin and GOPers are going out of the way to claim that Trump isn’t a racist when every single action and utterance since before he ran for president shows that he is indisputably a white nationalist pushing a racist agenda.
A year after Charlottesville we have to be reminded that Trump equated goddamned Nazis with the people protesting them.
Let me repeat: Trump equated the goddamned Nazis with the people protesting them.
That singular statement encapsulates everything wrong with Trump and the GOP.
They back this white nationalist because they ARE the white nationalist party.
And you have to be willfully blind to those facts to claim he isn’t racist. His policy choices are racist. His immigration policy is racist. His domestic agenda is about punishing minorities and women to give white guys a boost (to their egos, if not their bottom line) by screwing minorities out of hard won civil and voting rights advances over the past 100 years.
re: #313 Big Beautiful Door
Spinning like a top.
I don’t know if local NBC puts up video of this local political show. I hope they do, because the Ohio GOP chairman, Jane Timken, was making me woozy from her spin.
I will post video if I can find it.
re: #299 goddamnedfrank
I think Omarosa would be fine with the FBI getting hold of her recordings if those tapes end up hurting Trump. All this drama will also extend her 15 minutes of fame.
re: #318 Big Beautiful Door
Did Twitter give Duke a half day suspension?
Yeah. But Jack sent him a dozen of Dunkin Bavarian cream donuts and a gallon of coffee to apologize for the inconvenience.
Love Pelosi explaining on MSNBC that Republicans shouldn’t be selecting the House Leader for Democrats.
Omarosa isn’t a hero.
She’s complicit and compromised. That’s why she was in Trumpworld to begin with. And now she sees a way of extending her 15 minutes by being a foil?
Yeah, that’s not going to work for me.
She allowed herself to be used by Trump when it was convenient for both. Now she’s going to try and parlay her notoriety?
Nope.
The FBI will take the evidence. And send her on her way.
Secret recordings in a SCIF. This administration is an Infosec disaster.
— Space Force Draft Dodger Adamant_Actual (@Adamant_Actual) August 12, 2018
re: #319 lawhawk
And in particular, there was a segment on CBS Sunday Morning about GOP Senator Tim Scott from SC, who says he doesn’t believe that Trump’s a racist.
Yeah, he’s deluding himself when Trump’s own statements and actions say he is a raging white nationalist pushing a white nationalist agenda.
Oh, and Scott is African American for those who aren’t up on who he is.
Trump uses Scott wherever possible to try and blunt the claims he’s a goddamned racist.
It isn’t working - most Americans and more than 80% of African Americans think Trump’s a racist POS.
re: #326 lawhawk
Trump’s racism is explicit. He has never tried to pretend that he was anything but racist even before he ran for his current position.
re: #325 jaunte
Omarosa says ‘I was complicit’ in White House ‘deceit,’ claims Chief of Staff John Kelly threatened her https://t.co/dOWYwzqH85
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 12, 2018
EVERYONE in Trumpworld is compromised and complicit.
Everyone working for Trump is a POS. That’s who he wanted surrounding him. He wanted people telling him what he wanted to hear, and ignored all evidence to the contrary.
re: #299 goddamnedfrank
Seriously, she’s probably fucked now.
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I feel neither sorry for her, nor for everyone she taped.
re: #310 ObserverArt
Ohio Republicans: “The Democrats are forgetting these special elections cannot be used to foretell the November real elections.”
Seems that Republicans haven’t learned the Democrats had to in 2010.
re: #312 Unshaken Defiance
I am so reluctant to believe anything she says. Reality show cast protocol. Try to find a better confirmation bias trap on our side…
There’s a tape.
re: #331 Belafon
There’s a tape.
In which case, someone else will figure out whether it’s genuine or not. We can wait and see.
re: #326 lawhawk
And in particular, there was a segment on CBS Sunday Morning about GOP Senator Tim Scott from SC, who says he doesn’t believe that Trump’s a racist.
Yeah, he’s deluding himself when Trump’s own statements and actions say he is a raging white nationalist pushing a white nationalist agenda.
Oh, and Scott is African American for those who aren’t up on who he is.
Trump uses Scott wherever possible to try and blunt the claims he’s a goddamned racist.
It isn’t working - most Americans and more than 80% of African Americans think Trump’s a racist POS.
My parents and I were talking about Trump Friday, and we agreed that Trump is a salesman, and his biggest strength is that he can identify how you want to be conned and play to that. Scott wants to believe Trump’s not a racist, so Trump made himself not appear to be a racist for Scott.
This is crazy: Omarosa secretly recorded Chief of Staff John Kelly IN THE SITUATION ROOM pic.twitter.com/08AWjEpqJb
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) August 12, 2018
Omarosa needs a lawyer—she made a recording of the White House Chief of Staff in a classified area called a SCIF.
But someone needs to ask John Kelly: Why did you feel the need to have Omarosa’s exit conversation in a SCIF? Is it because said something you didn’t want recorded? https://t.co/75bw2RwbZF— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) August 12, 2018
Everyone in Trumpworld needs a lawyer - they’re all complicit and compromised.
The only question is what crimes did they commit.https://t.co/bmdPa98rl8https://t.co/876cpgVgFY
Making a recording in a SCIF can be a federal crime. https://t.co/ejoGUSJ3Ln— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 12, 2018
re: #331 Belafon
There’s a tape.
Look I don’t think there is a single reality show “star” (esp that personal drama genre) that I take seriously. Whatever comes out that hurts Trump is fine with me. I will listen to the tape. Not Omarosa.
re: #298 goddamnedfrank
Democrats need to stop trying to cater to people who don’t know how to win.
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“We’re on the verge of a blue wave that will restore the House Dem majority and potentially even the Senate.”
“Then it’s the perfect time to slit our own throats!”
Omarosa will clearly say anything to make a buck. It’s obvious that no one should believe a word she says. #OmarosaUnhinged
— GOP (@GOP) August 12, 2018
It’s a shame that someone forced Trump to staff his White House with all these crooks and liars. https://t.co/qIpRgXsAkf
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) August 12, 2018
re: #334 lawhawk
Kelly held her exit interview in the situation room to prevent it from being recorded.
It’s amazing how so many of Trump’s former staff turn out to be “liars” and “nuts” the moment they start presenting a threat to the Don…
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Keep the same energy for Omarosa tapes as you did for Cohen’s.
However that may apply to you.
re: #338 Belafon
Kelly held her exit interview in the situation room to prevent it from being recorded.
Begging the question, how prevalent must secretly recording people be in Trump’s White House for this to even be a concern?
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re: #282 MsJ
This is a hell of an article. Read it. You’ll be glad you did.
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Blimey, that’s from Gavin Essler as well! He’s a giant in UK news reporting.
re: #275 MsJ
Could you imagine if that’s true?
My husband had a form of dementia, and in one of the early stages, he “saw” things. He had the police come to the farm because there was a car up on the hill with its headlights on us. [It was the pole light in the yard.] Once, he was sure he was holding a baby, and it got smaller and smaller until it slipped from his fingers, went down a crack in the floor to the basement. Except he was a sweet man, so he wept for its loss, and didn’t yell at people to pick things up.
A friend of ours who was knew about his illness read that with me, and we said, “OOOHH BOY!”
re: #324 lawhawk
I, personally, would love to find a way to leave shivs around the White House
re: #325 jaunte
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Yes this regime is definitely an infosec disaster.
The President still uses unsecured communications. They invite shady people to the WH (beyond all the ones that work there). They have reduced transparency processes and norms tremendously.
And sometimes they even let Russian officials release pictures of their compromised ambassador and our compromised President laughing as they yuck it up about firing our FBI Director as an extreme act of obstruction of justice.
Have you seen the people Trump surrounds himself with? He’s part of a lowlife movement to roll back progress against racist, sexism, and homophobia.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) August 12, 2018
re: #350 JordanRules
So this Situation Room detail is just not that surprising to me.
It’s indicative of a whole lot of dysfunction, incompetence and nat sec vulnerabilities that we all knew already existed.
Remember this:
re: #326 lawhawk
And in particular, there was a segment on CBS Sunday Morning about GOP Senator Tim Scott from SC, who says he doesn’t believe that Trump’s a racist.
Yeah, he’s deluding himself when Trump’s own statements and actions say he is a raging white nationalist pushing a white nationalist agenda.
Oh, and Scott is African American for those who aren’t up on who he is.
Trump uses Scott wherever possible to try and blunt the claims he’s a goddamned racist.
It isn’t working - most Americans and more than 80% of African Americans think Trump’s a racist POS.
BUT…
When it came to Obama Timmy said something else…
Seriously this poor racist biker looks super uncomfortable with the way Trump is touching him #MeToo pic.twitter.com/gt2Ge3EmQz
— Ostrich Jacket Fan Account (@goddamnedfrank) August 12, 2018
About the sanest thing I’ve read on this sad story. Also, notes one real weirdness: did the plot have more experience flying than he let on? https://t.co/BALoyyb6eH
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 12, 2018
Both sides… pic.twitter.com/HACY42Cj2M
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) August 12, 2018
I’m getting a giggle right now out of how absolutely ridiculous all those stories about efforts to stamp out leaks in the White House now look in light of the fact that Omarosa was able to record a conversation in the Situation Room and never be caught. They were grabbing staffer phones and using thug lawyers to justify rifling through people’s personal communiques, yet she walked out of the White House without ever having been caught.
hahahahahahaha
no, moron, that’s not gonna happen
Many @harleydavidson owners plan to boycott the company if manufacturing moves overseas. Great! Most other companies are coming in our direction, including Harley competitors. A really bad move! U.S. will soon have a level playing field, or better.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 12, 2018
re: #361 Backwoods_Sleuth
hahahahahahaha
no, moron, that’s not gonna happen
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re: #361 Backwoods_Sleuth
Yes, all Harley owners are going to stop buying Harley parts.
re: #360 Targetpractice
I’m getting a giggle right now out of how absolutely ridiculous all those stories about efforts to stamp out leaks in the White House now look in light of the fact that Omarosa was able to record a conversation in the Situation Room and never be caught. They were grabbing staffer phones and using thug lawyers to justify rifling through people’s personal communiques, yet she walked out of the White House without ever having been caught.
Is there any country small enough to not have all our shit at this point? Foreign dirtboxes all over DC, can’t prohibit because the cops want that warrant-less access to data. Trump won’t stick to secure places or devices. Hell before this is over white house secrets are going to be on Tor with 3d printable weapons.
re: #361 Backwoods_Sleuth
There is nationalist ideology and there is free trade ideology, which is multinational by nature
we know where the true loyalties of the GOP leadership lie
HEADS UP: Here are instructions from #UniteTheRight2-they plan on starting at Metro stations (Vienna Square, Foggy Bottom) and this could get messy for unintending tourists on the orange lines. Please get this info out and look out for everyone out there! #AllOutDC #ShutItDownDC pic.twitter.com/wBjnOED67f
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) August 12, 2018
re: #364 Unshaken Defiance
Is there any country small enough to not have all our shit at this point? Foreign dirtboxes all over DC, can’t prohibit because the cops want that warrant-less access to data. Trump won’t stick to secure places or devices. Hell before this is over white house secrets are going to be on Tor with 3d printable weapons.
Everyone snoops in on Trump’s unsecured phone…and they’re ROTFLTMFAO!
White nationalists planned to gather in front of the White House Sunday to mark the anniversary of their deadly rally in Charlottesville https://t.co/MNuGAARB8O pic.twitter.com/wep0lOEHJZ
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) August 12, 2018
This is special because these days they usually gather inside the White House. https://t.co/KGtXjMXNmo
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) August 12, 2018
Anti-racist protesters beginning to assemble at Lafayette Park, across the street from the White House pic.twitter.com/3xsBJfKDqy
— Joe Heim (@JoeHeim) August 12, 2018
White nationalism is being mainstreamed and treated as if it were just another accepted point along the political spectrum
we must not stop pointing out that fascism and white supremacism have nothing to do with American values and that Americans have fought and died trying to prevent its spread
re: #339 Targetpractice
It’s amazing how so many of Trump’s former staff turn out to be “liars” and “nuts” the moment they start presenting a threat to the Don…
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And here I was thinking Trump was the lying nutjob…and threat to the U.S.A. and the world.
re: #369 jaunte
Anti-racist protesters beginning to assemble at Lafayette Park, across the street from the White House
How about “pro America protesters” instead: white supremacism and fascism have nothing to do with American values
re: #372 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The “better angels of our nature” still need a lot of support.
re: #373 jaunte
The “better angels of our nature” still need a lot of support.
They need to vote themselves back into power
Doonesbury for Aug 12, 2018 | https://t.co/K9IR1bPncL https://t.co/4yc0WJo7Rb
— (((Robert Arthur))) (@jaunte) August 12, 2018
Only the best people for you, right sir? Thats an “SS” tattoo by the way, have one of your interns google that for you. #Resist #theResistance #FatFacist pic.twitter.com/XbYv4ohdxV
— Xin Divad (@XinDivad) August 12, 2018
Watch the video, then look behind the clicky
Brazilian surfer Rodrigo Koxa broke the world record for the highest wave ever surfed, during a session in Nazare, Portugal, according to the World Surf League. The São Paulo native set the new record riding an 80-foot (24,38m) wave in November 2017 https://t.co/lMUkJm8bBl pic.twitter.com/PYL7qscNd6
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 12, 2018
Who else toward the end found themselves thinking, or muttering under their breath:
Go faster, go faster …
re: #372 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Call them pro-America demonstrators.
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) August 12, 2018
She understands the challenge.
There is a striking contrast between the scoldy, condescending tone of coverage of @Ocasio2018’s budget hand-waving and the decade of credulous-verging-on-worshipful coverage of the same from Paul Ryan.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) August 11, 2018
1st time female candidate makes small slip on a budgetary figure during extemporaneous interview: “This girl is SO uninformed! She needs to stay quiet until she knows everything!”
Incumbent male Congressman brings a snowball to Congress to “disprove” climate change: 🤷🏼♂️ https://t.co/ApKiqnEPQp— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) August 11, 2018
I…would be surprised if Omarosa got in trouble for that recording. Boss sets the rules.
1. Peter, in your statement you claim that you accept the Holocaust.
However I’ve seen deniers redefine the Holocaust to “maybe up to 1m died from typhus” and on that basis claim they’re not deniers (hey, they accept the Holocaust after all!).
So do you mind answering these Qs?— Confronting Deniers (@AgainstDenial) August 12, 2018
2. Did the Nazis have an official extermination policy towards Jews?
— Confronting Deniers (@AgainstDenial) August 12, 2018
3. Does the most probable estimate of the number of the Jewish victims of the Nazi extermination policy fall somewhere between 5 and 6 million?
— Confronting Deniers (@AgainstDenial) August 12, 2018
4. Of that number, was a significant part killed in homicidal gas chambers in extermination camps?
— Confronting Deniers (@AgainstDenial) August 12, 2018
5. Thank you in advance for clearing this up.
— Confronting Deniers (@AgainstDenial) August 12, 2018
re: #379 Unshaken Defiance
She understands the challenge.
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Shall we bring up Ryan’s “Roadmap” that was held up (time and time again) as evidence of his “policy wonkery,” but when you did more than a cursory examination of it found that huge portions of it were basically labeled “Magic Happens” to make the numbers work?
re: #382 Targetpractice
If you want to sure but not sure what that has to do with this. Did you think I meant for her to challenge Nancy Pelosi? That was not a thought I have or had.
EXCLUSIVE: @OMAROSA tells @chucktodd that John Kelly firing was a “threat” pic.twitter.com/y53SZm0uzL
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) August 12, 2018
Omarosa says she was fired by Kelly in the situation room which is a SCIF - how did she take her phone or a recording device in there? If this indeed happened in the situation room this is a major breach. https://t.co/j9dudqcl5H
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) August 12, 2018
Set aside that Omarosa recorded a conversation in the Sit Room. Why was she there in the first place? Why did John Kelly, who has a large, private office, feel that was the best place to fire her? This is bigger than Omarosa. It’s a culture of disregard for our natl security. https://t.co/tpOTWqM2ag
— Ned Price (@nedprice) August 12, 2018
re: #383 Unshaken Defiance
If you want to sure but not sure what that has to do with this.
It’s for comparison’s sake. She makes a single error and it’s treated as “She doesn’t know what she’s doing.” Yet the entire argument for Ryan being a “wonk” was the same warmed over snake-oil that he kept selling for years as a “cure” for the national debt but which never could explain how you cut taxes while boosting spending yet avoid making major cuts to Medicare/SS to lead to deficit reductions.
Omarosa! I hear you mentioned me on Meet The Press. Don’t reference me or use my name. Keep my name out of your mouth. You have done enough. Your lies and crazy behavior are catching up to you. Can you say National Security breach? Lawyer up!
— AprilDRyan (@AprilDRyan) August 12, 2018
re: #385 Targetpractice
I think Dem women experience this a LOT. GOP women too but so few of high placement.
re: #387 Unshaken Defiance
I think Dem women experience this a LOT. GOP women too but so few of high placement.
Women treated as if they don’t know anything, while men can lie their asses off and be taken credibly?
The hell you say!
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re: #384 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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There’s really two major stories here. Omarosa making recordings in a SCIF is serious shit, but it seems the bigger story should be why Kelly chose to hold her exit interview in the Situation Room and not in his office. Based on the bits of the recording that she made public today, the answer seems to be that Kelly wanted to make threats against her personal safety with the expectation that they would never leave that room.
This raises a question I’d like to ask her: Was it just you and Kelly in that room?
re: #388 Targetpractice
I think it’s time to take that head on. Loud and strong.
re: #381 Nyet
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Sweden should be banned for this stupidity
The word Nazi is actually just a made up slur to hide the fact that they were Socialists.
Their real name was National Socialist German Workers Party.— PeterSweden (@PeterSweden7) August 11, 2018
or this
BREAKING: Reports of a Police officer being beaten by leftist Antifa protesters in #Charlottesville
When will CNN get on it🤔— PeterSweden (@PeterSweden7) August 12, 2018
This is why Trump said he condemned all violence.
That didn’t satisfy the left however because he actually called them out. https://t.co/PXH9sD4cSO— PeterSweden (@PeterSweden7) August 12, 2018
or this
Trump: “The MSM is colluding against me.
The media: “We are colluding against Trump”
You can’t make this up, they are now openly colluding against the President. pic.twitter.com/630IgCVxcZ— PeterSweden (@PeterSweden7) August 12, 2018
She has lately been telling people that she has given copies of her Trump tapes to family members for safekeeping in the event that she is murdered https://t.co/3eoG5tqFge me and @elianayjohnson
— Annie Karni (@anniekarni) August 10, 2018
On this somber anniversary, we remember Heather Heyer, Jay Cullen, and Berke Bates.
And we recommit ourselves to speaking out against hate and embracing true equality.#Charlottesville pic.twitter.com/fssF0jYh7B— Tim Kaine (@timkaine) August 12, 2018
Look at that ridiculously doofy “Ain’t I tough and cool ‘cause I’m hangin’ with bikers” look on @POTUS’s face. It’s also the same face every teenage girl makes in her selfies. I’m actually embarrassed for him… #Trump pic.twitter.com/WsZtewktVx
— Andy Ostroy (@AndyOstroy) August 12, 2018
I’ve not seen this mentioned yet, but at no time last year did was a security clearance granted to Omarosa In other words, the only way she could enter the Situation Room was under the supervision of a person with appropriate clearance (Kelly) and any classified materials would immediately need to be removed and/or covered up so she could not view them. And she had to surrender any recording devices before she entered the room, which is usually not on the honor system.
But what do you expect from the administration that brought a Russian diplomat into the Oval Office (where they are never supposed to be) and only acknowledged such when the Russian gov’t released photos of the meeting?
Sadly, in Mississippi he’ll probably get a promotion:
This is racist white man in Flowood, Mississippi repeatedly called a black woman the “N” word at a diner. Twitter, spread his image, let’s identify him & find out where he works. pic.twitter.com/v4or67jF2H
— Simar (@sahluwal) August 12, 2018
re: #389 Targetpractice
There’s really two major stories here. Omarosa making recordings in a SCIF is serious shit, but it seems the bigger story should be why Kelly chose to hold her exit interview in the Situation Room and not in his office. Based on the bits of the recording that she made public today, the answer seems to be that Kelly wanted to make threats against her personal safety with the expectation that they would never leave that room.
This raises a question I’d like to ask her: Was it just you and Kelly in that room?
I know nothing of the particulars when an area holds the designation of an SCIF.
Is part of the process for a person that doesn’t have clearance a pat-down or full search?
Just wondering how much Kelly shirked his responsibilities.
re: #389 Targetpractice
There’s really two major stories here. Omarosa making recordings in a SCIF is serious shit, but it seems the bigger story should be why Kelly chose to hold her exit interview in the Situation Room and not in his office. Based on the bits of the recording that she made public today, the answer seems to be that Kelly wanted to make threats against her personal safety with the expectation that they would never leave that room.
This raises a question I’d like to ask her: Was it just you and Kelly in that room?
Criswell Bacon predicts it will come out that Steven Miller was also in that room!
Shaking my damn head all the “OMG! Omarosa brought a phone into the Situation Room!”
Folks, I spent most of my adult in SCIFs. One thing you learn: the rules don’t apply to flag officers and politicians.
If they did, well, for starters, Petraeus would be in prison.— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) August 12, 2018
re: #252 Anymouse 🌹
Wow. This reminds me of a really dark episode of Black Mirror (Shut up and dance). The plot is uncomfortably close to your scammers except they have actually downloaded malware to the victim’s laptop to compromise them. You keep thinking things can’t get worse but the story takes you on a rollercoaster ride of the darkest turns of blackmail and murder. It is a horrendous, awful, superbly, executed story.
re: #399 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Strange that people aren’t focusing on Omarosa’s claim that Trump has declined mentally, can’t process complex information, and is not part of some of the most important policy decisions. SEEMS LIKE A BIG DEAL.
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) August 12, 2018
Watch Kellyanne struggle to name another African American WH staffer. Even after she comes up with someone, she clearly doesn’t know his last name.
Contrast: from first day to last day of Obama WH, there were always multiple people of color holding the most senior positions. https://t.co/oL5oarlUJ3— Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) August 12, 2018
re: #401 Targetpractice
That is (basically) what I was about to write, that even if a full search is necessary to enter the Situation Room, Kelly could have waived it for any number of reasons. The one that tops the list (in my mind) is that he wanted as few people to know what was about to go down as possible.
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re: #394 Backwoods_Sleuth
Pres. Donald Duckface.
— Confronting Deniers (@AgainstDenial) August 12, 2018
Waiting for a real counterargument from @KevinMKruse & his claque although I expect the usual diversionary factoids https://t.co/PSz5JlCbeH
— Dinesh D’Souza (@DineshDSouza) July 30, 2018
Ask and ye shall receive.https://t.co/8bC2Mbiz1I
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) July 31, 2018
Still no response from @DineshDSouza to this thread, in which I noted he invented a Dixiecrat senator out of whole cloth, among other lies and distortions. (The original article hasn’t been corrected either.) https://t.co/p8282FTJnl
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) August 12, 2018
Kevin’s rebuttal starts here:
The myth of the Southern Strategy is just the Democrats’ excuse for losing the South, and yet another way to smear Republicans with the label “racist.”
👉https://t.co/IVjWdbEWk7 pic.twitter.com/ihFMWp5d8Z— PragerU (@prageru) May 14, 2018
I’d really rather stop talking about this, but the video at this link has nearly 10 million views now, so … buckle up. https://t.co/SADJsUu45f
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) May 15, 2018
Pasty-faced white leftist unsuccessfully tries to take on one of the country’s leading African American historians https://t.co/z00u6nNNX4
— Dinesh D’Souza (@DineshDSouza) July 27, 2018
I’ll say at the start that I’m not going to pick apart the entire piece, mostly because I have real work to do, but also because the last time I fact-checked his claims at length, the sum total of his response was to call me a “pasty-faced white leftist” https://t.co/kbQSfie7L1
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) July 31, 2018
re: #403 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I cannot wait for the day when Kellyanne Conway is no longer mentioned in any form of media.
Just so sick of her act.
Maybe in a year or so she can work for some tinpot dictator somewhere…after she is finished with the one we need to kick out of office here.
Hopefully she is so despised no one will want to associate with her in America again.
re: #402 Jenner7
Maybe because it’s so obvious to everyone except Trumperoids and the media.
An email from Kessler to followers says they have a bus to take them to a Vienna, Virginia Metro station where they’ll take a train into the city. Per our prev. reporting, that’s likely a church bus volunteered by a northern VA pastor who supports them: https://t.co/zC0rXXW5oB
— Kelly Weill (@KELLYWEILL) August 12, 2018
Hundreds of anti-racist protesters gathering at DC’s Freedom Plaza right now. Amanda Trebach, who was among the crowd attacked by a neo-Nazi in Cville last year, says she and friends are here to help make the demonstration as large and safe as possible. pic.twitter.com/f0pLt57X86
— Kelly Weill (@KELLYWEILL) August 12, 2018
re: #405 Nyet
Confronting Deniers
@AgainstDenial
Pres. Donald Duckface.12:50 PM - Aug 12, 2018
I know the ‘i’ and ‘u’ keys are close together…
re: #296 ObserverArt
Morning!
I am watching the local NBC politics show to get an update on Ohio D12.
The host said they are also going to do a piece on Trump’s “groupies” that travel around all over to see him. Must be from when Trump was in central Ohio last weekend.
Can I call them Dead Heads?
To be following Trump around like a groupie you’d have to be dead in the head.
Gropies.
Something is wrong in our nation when Neo-Nazis can march in our streets but black athletes can’t take a knee to fight against injustice. #ShutItDownDC #UniteTheRight2
— Simar (@sahluwal) August 12, 2018
re: #406 Backwoods_Sleuth
The South was always reactionary, they just could not being themselves to vote for the Party of Lincoln until the Democrats became the Party of Civil Rights
Is it wrong for me to want to see an Omarosa versus Candace cage fight???
Hell, we don’t even need the actual fight…just the run-up and weigh-in will be epic!
Maybe Ari Melber can get them both on his show at one time.
oh
Also, Trump knows these are problematic optics. He’s covering a confederate flag with his hand here. h/t @asaltandbuttery#Sundaymorning #AMJoy #UniteTheRight pic.twitter.com/yPsAxozlRz
— Holly Figueroa O’Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) August 12, 2018
re: #415 Backwoods_Sleuth
Also, Trump knows these are problematic optics. He’s covering a confederate flag with his hand here.
so he won’t get up and own Southern Heritage?
re: #415 Backwoods_Sleuth
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— Theresa Lee Otte (@TeeLeeOtte) August 12, 2018
A great point by @sarahkendzior How many times does Trump have to publicly confess to obstruction of justice before someone in power does something about it? He is not a monarch. We have laws. Why does he not have to follow them? https://t.co/aVt9CE9Lk7
— Roberto Abramowitz (@RobAbramowitz) August 12, 2018
re: #414 ObserverArt
Is it wrong for me to want to see an Omarosa versus Candace cage fight???
Hell, we don’t even need the actual fight…just the run-up and weigh-in will be epic!
Maybe Ari Melber can get them both on his show at one time.
Heh. I was wondering if using “Candace” as one name only would be enough reference. So I did the Google search using only the single name and sure enough…Candace!
She’s that big.
re: #386 Jenner7
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Remember when Omarosa confronted April Ryan early in the Trump administration? Omarosa has a nerve pretending that she is the champion of Black journalism in any form or fashion.
re: #415 Backwoods_Sleuth
What’s the point of Trump meeting with Bikers? Are the rest of us supposed to be afraid that he’ll sic them on us if we continue to oppose him?
Check this story & the amazing way WaPo did the graphics.
Tough to read, especially for people who were there, but this is an excellent piece of journalism from my colleagues @SBHendrix and @JoyceKohTV https://t.co/HGK7INtk3E
— Joe Heim (@JoeHeim) August 12, 2018
The same can be said of the Republican party as a whole as it enables a for-profit President who rejects our laws and values. #GOPUnhinged
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) August 12, 2018
re: #423 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Omarosa will clearly say anything to make a buck. It’s obvious that no one should believe a word she says
ergo, nobody should believe anything anybody says from that administration
re: #420 Patricia Kayden
Remember when Omarosa confronted April Ryan early in the Trump administration? Omarosa has a nerve pretending that she is the champion of Black journalism in any form or fashion.
I remember when Omarosa made an ass of herself at the NABJ convention. Shows what a self centered narcissistic asshole she really is!
“These are good and trustworthy people who have chosen to forego riches or fame in the private sector to serve their country by working for the Trump administration.”
“This one just released a tell-all book about all the creepy and/or immoral shit that goes on in this administration.”
“THEY’RE A LIAR AND A CHEAT! YOU CAN’T TRUST ANYTHING THEY SAY! THEY’LL LIE ABOUT EVERYTHING TO MAKE A BUCK!”
re: #423 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
The Republican Party must die.
Anti-Trumpers need to form a new moderate conservative party and let the GOP take a permanent dirt nap.— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) August 12, 2018
re: #421 Patricia Kayden
What’s the point of Trump meeting with Bikers? Are the rest of us supposed to be afraid that he’ll sic them on us if we continue to oppose him?
It’s the Altamont approach to national security.
Good morning! To encourage Twitter to drop Alex Jones, I just blocked the Twitter accounts of every Fortune 500 company w/ a Twitter presence. Ready to mass block Twitter’s most lucrative advertisers with me? There are three quick & easy ways. Instructions are in this thread.
— Shannon Coulter (@shannoncoulter) August 12, 2018
Done with Block Together https://t.co/VTRTKMZtdp
— Charming Persistence (@Charmingly2020) August 12, 2018
re: #427 Joe Bacon 🌹
If I could give you multiple up-dings for the use of the phrase “dirt nap,” I would.
re: #428 Barefoot Grin
It’s the Altamont approach to national security.
It’s his secret fantasy to be an outlaw leather biker.
re: #421 Patricia Kayden
What’s the point of Trump meeting with Bikers? Are the rest of us supposed to be afraid that he’ll sic them on us if we continue to oppose him?
Probably a combination of factors:
1. The bikers will present themselves as adulatory fanboys, and since fanboy adulation is all the Asshole-in-Chief cares about, it’s all just irresistible.
2. The bikers are a useful prop for his obsessive ragging on Harley-Davidson for (correctly) blaming his asinine tariff regime for their sending production abroad.
3. It’s a [not-so] subtle shout-out to the neo-Nazi/bigot/white-supremacy faction that Trump is “on their side” (just a coincidence that he meets these characters at the WH on the weekend of the second “Unite the White Right” rally? Don’t think so).
re: #422 Stanley Sea
Check this story & the amazing way WaPo did the graphics.
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re: #425 Joe Bacon 🌹
I remember when Omarosa made an ass of herself at the NABJ convention. Shows what a self centered narcissistic asshole she really is!
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re: #422 Stanley Sea
Check this story & the amazing way WaPo did the graphics.
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That’s both a tough read and a fascinating one at the same time.
The one thing that is hitting me is the small world, weird path crossing of the driver of the car, James Fields Jr., being from Ohio and one of the guys badly hurt and lying right next to Heather Heyer, Bill Burke, was also from Ohio.
And both found themselves in Charlottesville that day on completely different political stances. Wow.
“Everyone knows Omarosa loves to record people and meetings using the voice notes app on her iPhone,” a source disclosed. “Don’t be surprised if she has secret audio files on everyone in that White House, past and present staffers included.” 👀 https://t.co/nEvZXmp6nX
— shauna (@goldengateblond) January 20, 2018
I tweeted this back in January. https://t.co/mS0OF5mJtx
— shauna (@goldengateblond) August 12, 2018
Wear swastikas, light torches, chant Nazi slogans and run over an innocent woman with a car, and Trump will call you “very fine people”.
Silently kneel during the anthem, and Trump calls you “sons of bitches” and says you don’t deserve to be in the country.— Denizcan Grimes (@MrFilmkritik) August 10, 2018
re: #437 Patricia Kayden
Silently kneel during the anthem, and Trump calls you “sons of bitches” and says you don’t deserve to be in the country.
some to the country legally seeking asylum and you may never see your children again
New breed of Crocodile discovered in South Wales woodland pic.twitter.com/2gpIuNPjWS
— Denis Law⚽️🐾 (@DenisLaw_WFT) August 11, 2018
Taxpayer money being thrown down the toilet so Nazis, yes, fucking Nazis, can march on our nation’s capital. We are not a great country.
They just closed the gates from the north side of the Vienna metro. South side is still open. @nbcwashington pic.twitter.com/k9Py2GLsmx
— Julie Carey (@JulieCareyNBC) August 12, 2018
re: #440 Dr. Matt
Taxpayer money being thrown down the toilet so Nazis, yes, fucking Nazis, can march on our nation’s capital. We are not a great country.
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Remember the proposal to provide them with separate (but equal) metro wagons?
This is what I was talking about yesterday. Getting the attention of advertisers so twitter will do what it should have done from the beginning.
Good morning! To encourage Twitter to drop Alex Jones, I just blocked the Twitter accounts of every Fortune 500 company w/ a Twitter presence. Ready to mass block Twitter’s most lucrative advertisers with me? There are three quick & easy ways. Instructions are in this thread.
— Shannon Coulter (@shannoncoulter) August 12, 2018
Drink that shit when you’re pregnant and your daughter will be able to see the past and future as soon as she’s born.
— jay (@random__name) August 12, 2018
re: #443 Sufficient unto the day…
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— Teo (@Teukka72) August 12, 2018
Reading Rick Wilson’s book. It’s a good read. He pulls no punches, writes great insults, takes a fair amount of responsibility.
But….
He doesn’t let you forget he’s Conservative, and so you’ll end up rolling your eyes at certain points, like when he compares Obama’s followers to Trump’s. Yeah, there was a lot of silly, unearned praise - the Nobel Peace Prize comes to mind - but mostly, Wilson misses that what people liked about Obama was that he talked to them like they could understand complexities, and he showed a glimpse of a better future that we could have.
He talks about all the things that Conservatives hated about Obama, and a couple things really struck me: his support for bailing out Wall Street and the auto industry. Here, I think, you run into the dishonesty of the GOP. They offered no alternative. None. Honestly, they were happy to have him do it, because it he didn’t, they’d have had to. And it was a twofer - they didn’t have to shoulder the responsibility for something they KNEW had to be done, AND they got to bitch about it the whole time. I remember being told by wingnuts that this was Government takeover of GM and Chrysler! That from now on nothing but Chevy Volts would ever roll off the assembly lines of Government Motors.
Well, you know, I have, sitting in my driveway, a car made by one of those companies, that should not exist, according to those folks. GM and FCA are making cars that we didn’t dream were possible in 2009. And we’ve been paid back, and our auto industry hasn’t collapsed, and all those jobs haven’t gone away.
And not one of those assholes has ever said, “You know, I was wrong.”
Another thing - in his chapter about Trump supporters, he rags on how awful the education system has become in the last 50 years, that this is how we got the “poorly educated” who’d fall for Trump’s bullshit. Then he says, correctly, that Trump’s fan base is mostly older folks. O-o-okay… Doesn’t that mean that they AREN’T the products of the current education system? And that those who oppose Trump and see through his bullshit ARE?
This is what’s wrong with Wilson’s book. He’s still stuck in the Republican mindset. There’s Mea Culpa in it, but not nearly enough.
So, while I have huge respect for the man for standing up, being the Voice That Crieth In The Wilderness, he’s still full of shit. As I’ve repeatedly said, I look forward to the day when Republicans go back to just being wrong about everything, instead of being fucking Nazis.
Why do 45 and Republicans in Washington do this? It’s simple: they’re afraid of @MaxineWaters, they’re afraid of me, and they’re afraid of the avalanche of women who are going to be winning their elections in November.
🎥 Watch Nancy say it! 👇 pic.twitter.com/Jyxt9updOY— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) August 12, 2018
re: #449 Backwoods_Sleuth
You know how many say the big fear of racist white nationalist types is what will happen to them in a world dominated by the people they fear.
What is going to happen to all those conservative men that are fearful of women having political power?
I am enjoying the speculation.
Wait not the confederate battle flag… What is it?
No other president would entertain these criminal, racist, misogynist bikers. Jackets are littered with patches expressing these views. If you look close, you will see Trump covering the confederate patch for the photo #AMJoy #Maddow #TheLastWord pic.twitter.com/awMRq5Cxqf
— asalt & buttery (@asaltandbuttery) August 12, 2018
Here’s Obama in the Situation Room when they got bin Laden, surrounded by serious people at a serious moment. How it’s supposed to be.
Now picture John Kelly taking Omarosa, an unqualified reality star who never should’ve been hired, there to fire her and get secretly recorded. pic.twitter.com/xDnAHBVHQ4— Adam Best (@adamcbest) August 12, 2018
re: #451 Unshaken Defiance
Please look at another shot of that guy. Not the confederate battle flag of fame. Not sure what
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) August 12, 2018
Let’s start with just the most egregious: falsely asserting for years that the first African American president wasn’t born in the U.S. https://t.co/dB5Fa9R4HF
— Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) August 12, 2018
So today, outright Nazis are holding a hate rally right in front of the White House, while Donald Trump is at his golf resort in New Jersey. Don’t expect a single word of condemnation from Trump. These are his people and he knows it.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 12, 2018
Again, did McConnell write this headline? Get rid of it unless you can back it up in the article. Schumer is quoted:: “we have a chance to win & we’ll keep fighting.” No Democratic official quoted or sourced here affirms this headline. What gives @washingtonpost? https://t.co/X7OHnqIUeV
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) August 12, 2018
re: #454 Backwoods_Sleuth
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For the 350th time, allowing Kellyanne Conway to filibuster is a sign of media weakness writ large.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 12, 2018
Weakness, or complicitness? /why not both.gif
Wait, what???? https://t.co/u50scUDMXx
— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) August 12, 2018
Guy wearing the American flag as a cape.
Can’t wait to hear Trump demand THAT guy show some respect for the flag. https://t.co/YMFvE36mb8— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) August 12, 2018
In one of the most pathetic photos I’ve ever seen, Trump poses and mugs like a jackass with a biker wearing a patch that says “I ♥ GUNS & TITTIES”. pic.twitter.com/92YcvR1qyX
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 12, 2018
Only the best people for you, right sir? Thats an “SS” tattoo by the way, have one of your interns google that for you. #Resist #theResistance #FatFacist pic.twitter.com/XbYv4ohdxV
— Xin Divad (@XinDivad) August 12, 2018
Did they think it was free?
Perhaps 25 “Unite the Right” attendees, led by Jason Kessler, arrive at Vienna metro. A bunch of them don’t have metro cards. pic.twitter.com/FyuHvwFjJj
— Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) August 12, 2018
re: #460 Charles Johnson
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re: #462 JordanRules
Expecting free benefits from socialism, Nazis are confused.
Charlie Pierce summed up the week in a manner that indicates he would fit in well here:
Hey, did you hear what Omarosa wrote about the presid…no, I can’t. I just can’t. This is one I’m leaving alone. Turning the executive branch of the United States government into a late-night cable access show is not something of which I want to be a part. Did he pay her off? I don’t care. I lost my fascination for that part of his life when he paid off the porn star. You can’t make me care about this.
Also, Avenatti For President. Don’t bring that in my kitchen, either.
re: #464 jaunte
Expecting free benefits from socialism, Nazis are confused.
Confused or rocks for brains?
Kessler’s escort awaits: a big square of cops, double lines of trucks and cars front and back, a line of motorcycle cops and bike cops on each side. pic.twitter.com/aGmo5eC6Nd
— Lois Beckett (@loisbeckett) August 12, 2018
The scene in Lafayette Park: Counter protesters cordoned off to the north; white nationalists area, still empty, to the west; the White House to the south. They have us, the press, roughly in between. Plenty of buffer space between all quadrants. Police everywhere. pic.twitter.com/gQcGHgWIOU
— michael viqueira (@mikeviqueira) August 12, 2018
I have a feeling there’s going to be some serious violence in DC today. People are fucking fed up with these Nazi pieces of shit.
re: #473 Charles Johnson
I have a feeling there’s going to be some serious violence in DC today. People are fucking fed up with these Nazi pieces of shit.
I’m pissed off that taxpayers are paying to protect nazis.
re: #473 Charles Johnson
I have a feeling there’s going to be some serious violence in DC today. People are fucking fed up with these Nazi pieces of shit.
I share your concerns.
re: #473 Charles Johnson
I have a feeling there’s going to be some serious violence in DC today. People are fucking fed up with these Nazi pieces of shit.
and when it breaks out it will be portrayed as peaceful nazis defending themselves against violent antifa
I was enjoying a nice pleasant sunny summer day and then someone blackened the sky to the north and it started rumbling and booming.
Talk about a pop up storm. All in fifteen minutes or so.
Even the weather.com maps aren’t really showing it properly.
But the idea that you get special accommodation *because* you’re employing hate speech and inherently threatening the public is insane and backwards.
— David Klion🌹🔥 (@DavidKlion) August 12, 2018
The latest media take on the Nazi movement is that it’s collapsing and is no longer a force.
But I remember when the same media were telling us the same soothing words about Birtherism.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 12, 2018
re: #480 Charles Johnson
The latest media take on the Nazi movement is that it’s collapsing and is no longer a force.
But I remember when the same media were telling us the same soothing words about Birtherism.
And that Trump was going to self-destruct any moment and drop out of the GOP primaries
Absolutely massive crowd forms as D.C. United Against Hate rally begins at Freedom Plaza. #ShutItDownDC #UniteTheRight2 pic.twitter.com/xkhssyWW8S
— Michael Brice-Saddler (@TheArtist_MBS) August 12, 2018
Black Lives Matter organizers announcing: “We are not here to confront the Nazis. Fuck the Nazis. We’re here to shine. We’re here to be unapologetically black.” They’re going to have a block party here instead. #BlackLivesMatter #ShutItDownDC #UnitetheRight2 pic.twitter.com/SEegxyftCh
— Marissa J. Lang (@Marissa_Jae) August 12, 2018
Wouldn’t be surprised if there are some instigators posing as antifa to try to set things off.
Right wing rando: HEY WHAT’S WRONG WITH GUNS AND TITTIES, LIBTARD?
Me: [silently clicks block button]— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 12, 2018
The march has been bottlenecked into the gates leading towards Lafayette Park. Huge crowd of press and counter-protesters surrounding #ShutItDownDC #UniteTheRight2 pic.twitter.com/7chL3i33z7
— Alec Sears (@SearsAl) August 12, 2018
re: #478 Eclectic Cyborg
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Funny, but it’s not fair to Barf (or John Candy).
Pizza the Hut is much more apropo.
This is the “Unite the Right”’rally crowd. All of them. pic.twitter.com/flgi9jqZQ2
— Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) August 12, 2018
Here’s some of the counter protest following them pic.twitter.com/ztQrAIqBH2
— Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) August 12, 2018
re: #488 The Vicious Babushka
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That gross interview NPR did with Jason Kessler was probably more beneficial than this pathetic showing.
re: #490 JordanRules
That gross interview NPR did with Jason Kessler was probably more beneficial than this pathetic showing.
Problem is there are millions of Americans who sympathize with these guys but don’t have the balls to publicly out themselves as Nazis.
We can’t afford to start thinking this problem has gone away.
re: #488 The Vicious Babushka
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…Snerk…
re: #491 Eclectic Cyborg
Problem is there are millions of Americans who sympathize with these guys but don’t have the balls to publicly out themselves Nazis.
We can’t afford to start thinking this problem has gone away.
Indeed. They are in front of the White House for a reason.
Today we went running all over Brussels on a sightseeing bus. We got out to see the crazy cool Atomium, which is an extremely large and shiny representation of an atom.
Then back into town where we visited the world famous Manneken Pis, a little statue of a kid peeing. Anyone know why this thing is world famous? Is Belgium just trolling everybody?
Also - Smurfs. They are everywhere here.
re: #494 makeitstop
Today we went running all over Brussels on a sightseeing bus. We got out to see the crazy cool Atomium, which is an extremely large and shiny representation of an atom.
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Then back into town where we visited the world famous Manneken Pis, a little statue of a kid peeing. Anyone know why this thing is world famous? Is Belgium just trolling everybody?
Also - Smurfs. They are everywhere here.
Tell us about the beer. And chocolate. And waffles. What condiments have you tried on their french fries?
re: #394 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Rich guys love bikers.
Back in the day, I was in a band that played a lot of parties for a certain high-profile MC club in NYC. One of their biggest benefactors, believe it or not, was Malcolm Forbes. There used to be a club downtown called The Cat Club, where said club would hang out on Thursday nights. And every week, Forbes and his bodyguard would ride up on Harleys (Forbes had a huge collection of them), come into the club and buy the bar drinks for two hours, then go out and get on their bikes and ride home. Forbes never drank, but he’d drop a bundle on that club every week.
One July 4th, the MC club would have a party at their clubhouse on E. 3rd Street. We played one year, and we were among the very few non-members who actually got to hang out in the clubhouse. There was a chef making the food for the club, and we learned that the chef was loaned to the club by Malcolm Forbes.
re: #495 sagehen
Tell us about the beer. And chocolate. And waffles. What condiments have you tried on their french fries?
I usually drink Stella Artois at home and enjoy it. Here, it’s stronger, sharper, much more tasty. I’ve been having the Big Glass with every meal outside of breakfast.
We had waffles from a street vendor in the Grand Place yesterday, and we found a place that actually gives waffle lessons! We’re going to do that on Tuesday.
Can’t speak to the chocolate, haven’t had any yet. But we passed an absolutely huge Godiva chocolates store on the tour bus this afternoon. We’ll get around to that sometime this week as well.
We did go to a small patisserie and bought a big box of pastries. They look so good, it’s almost a shame to eat them! We got a bunch that looked exactly like sushi, and some that looked like wontons. I can’t devour the sweets like I used to - I had three of them in one sitting last night and couldn’t do any more.
The food in general has been excellent, everywhere we’ve gone. I can feel myself gaining weight, but it’s worth it.
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