Video: John Oliver Needs to Make Some Retractions
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John Oliver sets the record straight about some dubious claims he’s made in the past.
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With “Senator No Name” having fake succumbed to fake brain cancer to avoid a military tribunal, #QAnon is already going after potential replacement Cindy McCain. #characterologically pic.twitter.com/1gNWZaKxER
— Mike Rothschild (@rothschildmd) August 27, 2018
re: #1 Kragar
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But “Q-asshole” sees nothing wrong with a convicted felon with a fetish for pink underwear replacing McCain OR a world class asshole who advocates spraying vinegar in the air to counteract chemtrails…
re: #1 Kragar
Mrs. McCain might actually be a relatively decent choice considering the enormous quality and depth of Derp that is the Arizona GOP. It’s been rumored (whispered actually) that she still retains some semblance of a soul and while that would disqualify her in a political debate in AZ Politics, the Gov is able to do as he wishes (and he’s a loon as well, but a PR savvy one) and thusly, may appoint her.
To be honest, she would be a step above (IMHO) Martha McSally, Kelli Ward and Sheriff Joe and that would even include the remainder of the GOP Congressional representatives that currently hold office.
I could see Ducey following this as somewhat established protocol although to be honest, if McCain had resigned or even switched parties the outcome could have been even more positive. Granted, I will acknowledge the man for some of the stands he took and the few efforts he made that actually served the common good, but make no mistake, he could have done a LOT more had he shown the political will to do so.
In a sense, I think he was just as flummoxed as a lot of old line GOPers are about how to handle the nascent racism and idiocy (if not outright corruption and lack of ethics) that comprise not only the rank and file but much of the leadership.
I’m so glad Twitter gave this asshole a blue check, aren’t you!
Something has to be done about these white male shooters! pic.twitter.com/gdJPcp8tBv
— Roosh (@rooshv) August 27, 2018
what this picture smell like? pic.twitter.com/cmQQA0U9CP
— ᴢᴀɴ (@zancunt) August 26, 2018
“INCEL-EBRATE!” The hot new scent for the alt-Right man on the go!
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 27, 2018
Update on my friend’s son, Tim aka @oLARRY2K. He’s in stable condition after being shot 3x at the Madden tournament in Jacksonville, recovering with his family and his friends.
Please continue to send prayers to him, his family and all of the victims of this horrendous shooting.— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) August 27, 2018
re: #7 Kragar
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The second from the right on the back row looks like he could be a fucking serial killer…
re: #10 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
what this picture smell like?
PSK?
Phi Sigma Kappa, frat bros gonna frat bro.
re: #11 goddamnedfrank
Phi Sigma Kappa, frat bros gonna frat bro.
They cannot even be bothered to use Greek letters?
I once (very briefly) considered joining a fraternity, Beta Theta Pi, because my older bro was a member and their frat house was directly across the street from the Geology Building, and that would have meant being able to sleep in until 7:45 for an 8:00 class.
But I was never cut out for fraternity life.
Last week’s Infrastructure Week was a big success! We’re moving forward to MAGA!
Well, there was that little hiccup about McCain’s death, but, bygones.
Drumpf has been part of 17% of the Greatest Bull Market Ever, but Oboma’s 83% was a fucking disaster.
Meanwhile, quietly, quietly, Mueller’s team, without leaking a fucking word, slowly turns the vise grips on Drump’s balls. It’s going to get worse. The remarkable thing for me is that they didn’t offer Cohen immunity. That means one simple thing:
They didn’t need anything that he had to give them.
Think about that. He was burnt toast. What they recovered from raiding his electronics and paper files was sufficient to put him in prison. Not a very good lawyer, was he? Not very prudent, as GHW Bush would say.
Drumf’s accountant is a different story. That’s the motherfucker who has the juice. He has the tax returns, the financial records, the proof that the Russian money that Fredo Jr. bragged about providing their working capital ten years ago after American banks quit loaning Daddy money after his abject failure as a CEO will bring Daddy down.
It’s going to be a fun new Infrastructure Week, isn’t it?
Night all, sweet scaly dreams.
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) August 27, 2018
re: #14 Ace-o-aces
MPORTANT: President Trump currently presides over the longest running bull market in modern financial history, and the longest streak of job growth ever.
typical liberal, always blaming the previous administration…
re: #14 Ace-o-aces
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The GOP currently presides over the longest running bullshit market in modern political history, since Reagan’s embrace of the religious right 1980 in fact. There’s a sucker born (again) every minute.
re: #18 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I did the math. Taking into account (1) the current US birth rate and (2) the “crazification factor” as calculated by John Rogers, we’re now up to 2 suckers every minute.
From the last thread …
re: #226 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Good point. I was focused on the voodoo cuts and forgot all about the tariffs. Combined with record deficits they will push inflation through the roof.
This raises a thorny question though: Should we still care about the homeless when huge masses of MAGAts find themselves destitute and living on the streets? Would it not be too easy to remember the hate and contempt they spewed on the poor in earlier times?
Not everybody rendered homeless would be a Trump supporter.
As for homelessness, that hate wasn’t just spewed by Trump supporters; conservatives have been doing that for a long time.
Over 90% approval rating for your all time favorite (I hope) President within the Republican Party and 52% overall. This despite all of the made up stories by the Fake News Media trying endlessly to make me look as bad and evil as possible. Look at the real villains please!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 27, 2018
Few crimes are committed by undocumented immigrants, but each day, nearly 100 Americans are killed by gun violence.
Trump didn’t bother to tweet about the shooting in Jacksonville. He’s not outraged by the murder of Americans; he’s selectively using murder to outrage Americans. https://t.co/7E1husQWdo— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) August 27, 2018
Interesting …
Putting on my computer’s HAZMAT suit and wading into Wingnutville, I attempted to go to SMOTI’s Website.
It would appear that Hewlett-Packard has snapped up gatewaypundit (dot) com … it redirects to an HP Enterprise page. (I didn’t know SMOTI uses “the” in front of his Website name.)
He’s on the Jacksonville mass-murderer though:
Jacksonville Shooter Was Member of Anti-Trump ‘Resistance’ - Referred to Trump Supporters at “Trumptards” - Murdered 4 People
Okay, I’ve seen enough conservative media for one night.
Looking at Deadbart’s article on John McCain shows all the love and concern I’ve come to associate with conservatism while I was in the military and later when I was homeless.
Wow, there isn’t a septic tank big enough to hold the swill from that comment section. A lot of it violates Disqus’s terms of service … I suppose Disqus doesn’t care any more than Twitter or Facebook though.
1. One of the deniers’ favorite tricks is comparing the total cyanide amounts in the walls of the homicidal and delousing chambers & claiming that the discrepancy is somehow deeply meaningful. Let me quickly explain why this shows a basic logic (or honesty) failure on their part.
— Confronting Deniers (@AgainstDenial) August 27, 2018
Today is my father’s birthday; had he survived the Vietnam War he would be eighty today.
Fair winds and following seas, Dad.
Sarah Palin Says John McCain “Had Some Strange People Around Him” (Mother Jones)
Even John McCain’s running mate has to weigh in on all that conservative love for the late Senator.
Poor John McCain can’t die in peace without a last few digs from his former vice-presidential running mate, Sarah Palin. While most of the political world was fondly remembering McCain and issuing sympathetic statements to his family, Palin took the opportunity to make McCain’s death all about her. She went on the click-happy British website DailyMailTV to vent—again—about her frustrations with his staff and advisors during and after the 2008 presidential campaign.
She told the DailyMailTV that McCain lived in the DC “bubble” and was out of touch with real people and as a result, overreliant on his advisors to tell him “what America really wanted.” She went on to say:
I don’t think inherently he necessarily was really connected, so he did rely on people telling him - in polls - telling him and…he went from there.
I think that’s unfortunate because he had some strange people around him and..disloyal people, and you know, I don’t say that as like hate speech or griping about it, it’s just a fact they were just some not nice people.
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re: #26 Anymouse 🌹
After careful consideration and much introspection, I have concluded that I couldn’t give a rat’s ass about what Sarah Palin thinks about anything, much less her would-be boss.
Sarah Palin was like the canary in the crumbling mine that is the US.
Garry Trudeau is asking THE question that matters:
A hero is a person who, in the face of danger, combats adversity through feats of ingenuity, bravery or strength. John McCain was unarguably a hero. I only wish he had fought for better causes.
re: #30 Lupin
A hero is a person who, in the face of danger, combats adversity through feats of ingenuity, bravery or strength. John McCain was unarguably a hero. I only wish he had fought for better causes.
As someone noted yesterday, the character of his military service being honourable and his political positions being frequently exasperating can both be true at the same time.
I’m having a beer in honour of my father’s eightieth birthday, after which I’m off to bed.
Good night y’all.
re: #26 Anymouse 🌹
Sarah Palin Says John McCain “Had Some Strange People Around Him” (Mother Jones)
Yeah, like…Sarah Palin.
As of 7am, the White House flag is back to full staff this morning. Still lowered at the Capitol.
— Michael Del Moro (@MikeDelMoro) August 27, 2018
re: #32 makeitstop
Yeah, like…Sarah Palin.
Ha! Too true. As I said last night, Palin owes McCain entirely for her whole grifting existence. It took him a long time to admit she was a mistake but I’m glad he did. She’s a terrible person.
Nick Confessore had a good, if painful, insight this morning talking about McCain’s rebuttal of the woman who called Obama a foreign Muslim: “I can’t help but think that ultimately the woman won and McCain lost” that showdown. Confessore, of course, was speaking of the direction of the Republican party.
re: #21 Patricia Kayden
Over 90% approval rating for your all time favorite (I hope) President within the Republican Party and 52% overall. This despite all of the made up stories by the Fake News Media trying endlessly to make me look as bad and evil as possible. Look at the real villains please!
No.
these are the polls, you are referring to:
between Aug. 18 and Aug. 22 — the president’s approval rating stood at 46 percent approve, 51 percent disapprove.
In a separate NBC/WSJ survey, conducted Aug. 22 through Aug. 25, Trump’s approval rating was 44 percent approve and 52 percent disapprove
you lied
oh, and 56 percent of voters say you have not been honest and truthful about the Mueller probe.
re: #35 Barefoot Grin
Nick Confessore had a good, if painful, insight this morning talking about McCain’s rebuttal of the woman who called Obama a foreign Muslim: “I can’t help but think that ultimately the woman won and McCain lost” that showdown. Confessore, of course, was speaking of the direction of the Republican party.
Unfortunately that is true. I thought McCain could have handled that situation better perhaps but he at least defended Obama’s personal character. Romney and Trump would have never done that. McCain was the last GOP nominee that could actually be a decent person. Not so with Mitt and definitely not so with Trump.
“she’s behind me, isn’t she?” pic.twitter.com/SECU1lIWvn
— Paul Bronks (@BoringEnormous) August 27, 2018
re: #37 HappyWarrior
Unfortunately that is true. I thought McCain could have handled that situation better perhaps but he at least defended Obama’s personal character. Romney and Trump would have never done that. McCain was the last GOP nominee that could actually be a decent person. Not so with Mitt and definitely not so with Trump.
One of the reasons I first supported McCain over Obama was his decency and tendency to put country over party. My support vanished once he chose Palin as his running mate. Granted, he was probably manipulated into choosing her, but that and the Keating 5 scandal were already too many hits against his overall character. In the end, I am glad I voted for Obama and not McCain.
re: #26 Anymouse 🌹
Sarah Palin Says John McCain “Had Some Strange People Around Him” (Mother Jones)
you were around him
I promised an update on my job promotion. As of last week, I am the Director of Teaching Activities — effectively the head — of our unit at the university. I answer to the head of the organization, based in Beijing, and I will have a staff of two office workers and seven other teachers. I get more pay and fewer class hours, but way more administrative work. I’m also in charge of local personnel matters, which given our current line-up of teachers may be very interesting as the term progresses.
Wish me luck.
re: #40 dangerman
you were around him
Let’s remember who “discovered” Sarah Palin and talked McCain’s people into choosing her the next time Bloody Bill Kristol has one of his stopped-clock moments.
re: #39 wheat-dogg
One of the reasons I first supported McCain over Obama was his decency and tendency to put country over party. My support vanished once he chose Palin as his running mate. Granted, he was probably manipulated into choosing her, but that and the Keating 5 scandal were already too many hits against his overall character. In the end, I am glad I voted for Obama and not McCain.
For me, I felt we really needed a break away from the Bush administration’s policies, I genuinely liked Obama early on and thought he was smart enough and would surround himself with people for the job. I’m glad you voted for Obama in the end too. I don’t think McCain would have been a bad President but we made the right choice 10 years ago.
Anyhow, I’ve heard a lot of great stories about how McCain was to people on the opposite side of the aisle especially if they were young staffers. You all saw the elevator intern Kennedy one. McCain was also very gracious to the interns that he met that my former poli sci teacher administered. He took the time to remember my teacher’s name, where he taught, and was always eager to place interns in his office. McCain valued public service like George H.W. Bush and Bob Dole before him. That sort of mindset has been deeply missing from his party since his defeat ten years ago. Instead you get scumbag businessmen like Mitt and Trump who see government as a means of protecting their interests and not the people from the lowest intern to POTUS in our government as people who are serving their country. I have no regrets at all about preferring Obama over McCain but I do wish this was John McCain’s GOP much more than it was Mitt and now Trump’s GOP. A party of bigoted, self absorbed assholes.
re: #21 Patricia Kayden
Over 90% approval rating for your all time favorite (I hope) President within the Republican Party and 52% overall. This despite all of the made up stories by the Fake News Media trying endlessly to make me look as bad and evil as possible. Look at the real villains please!
— Donald J. Trump
I see we have created a new goalpost.
re: #45 Sir John Barron
I see we have created a new goalpost.
90% of the 80% of the 27%? Welp, we might as well quit right now :-(
re: #21 Patricia Kayden
Over 90% approval rating for your all time favorite (I hope) President within the Republican Party and 52% overall. This despite all of the made up stories by the Fake News Media trying endlessly to make me look as bad and evil as possible. Look at the real villains please!
— Donald J. Trump
Amazing there’s not a link in this tweet.
re: #21 Patricia Kayden
This despite all of the made up stories by the Fake News Media trying endlessly to make me look as bad and evil as possible. Look at the real villains please!
We aren’t getting the ‘bad’ and ‘evil’ part from the news media. We’re getting it right from your Twitter feed.
re: #21 Patricia Kayden
Over 90% approval rating for your all time favorite (I hope) President within the Republican Party and 52% overall. This despite all of the made up stories by the Fake News Media trying endlessly to make me look as bad and evil as possible. Look at the real villains please!
— Donald J. Trump
Interesting he’s tweeting this out on the Monday morning after McCain died on Saturday night. Dude can’t take a break from his own self-praise.
re: #51 Sir John Barron
Interesting he’s tweeting this out on the Monday morning after McCain died on Saturday night. Dude can’t take a break from his own self-praise.
If he’s not bragging about himself, he’s crying that he’s not getting enough praise. Really says a lot about the GOP electorate that they prefer Trump over McCain.
re: #53 I Would Prefer Not To
Perfect
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“I see you need me to mansplain something to you. Here is my mansplaining. Thank me for mansplaining this to you.”
re: #47 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
90% of the 80% of the 27%? Welp, we might as well quit right now :-(
Nixon territory
He is so petty. Such an embarrassment.
Flag back at full staff atop WH. Pres Trump did not issue proclamation on the death of @SenJohnMcCain, which usually calls for flags to remain at half-staff through the day of interment, which is Sunday at the @NavalAcademy. pic.twitter.com/NGasNPT0VB
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) August 27, 2018
re: #58 Stanley Sea
He is so petty. Such an embarrassment.
“Did you see my new Great MAGA poll numbers?”
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re: #58 Stanley Sea
He is so petty. Such an embarrassment.
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He’s such a petty piece of shit.
re: #59 Sir John Barron
“Did you see my new Great MAGA poll numbers?”
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Actually I think nobody sees them except you
re: #6 Ace-o-aces
I’m so glad Twitter gave this asshole a blue check, aren’t you!
Was the shooter discovered to be a non-white person?
re: #62 Sir John Barron
Was the shooter discovered to be a non-white person?
Jewish so Roosh the Douche is fixating on how all these mass shooters have been Jewish in some way using very very loose evidence.
re: #16 Scout
I’m sure you’ve seen this already:
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The yellow part was a bubble.
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re: #62 Sir John Barron
Was the shooter discovered to be a non-white person?
From the name “Katz”, I guess he assumes he’s Jewish—ergo not white. From the faux-Hebrew font all the names are in, he seems to be implying they were all Jewish—ergo not white. He’s wrong about all the rest AFAIK.
re: #65 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
From the name “Katz”, I guess he assumes he’s Jewish—ergo not white. From the faux-Hebrew font all the names are in, he seems to be implying they were all Jewish—ergo not white. Hes wrong about all the rest AFAIK.
Right. Fucking bigoted asshole.
It’s quite surreal seeing Donnie cultists and worshipers spend so much time and effort spitting on John McCain’s grave….a man that most certainly all of them voted for. The only people paying respect to McCain are Never Trumpers and the non-Bernie Democrats (you know, actual Democrats).
re: #68 Dr. Matt
It’s quite surreal seeing Donnie cultists and worshipers spend so much time and effort spitting on John McCain’s grave….a man that most certainly all of them voted for. The only people paying respect to McCain are Never Trumpers and the non-Bernie Democrats (you know, actual Democrats).
I said it while he was alive but the Democrats showed far more respect for McCain’s service than his fellow Republicans did and I really hope Meaghan, Cindy, and the rest of the family know that. I may have disagreed with their Dad/husband more than not, I may have even cursed him a few times, and been annoyed by him but I never doubted his service and love towards this country. His fellow Republicans and I include you Karl Rove in this tried to create doubt about that.
re: #68 Dr. Matt
It’s quite surreal seeing Donnie cultists and worshipers spend so much time and effort spitting on John McCain’s grave….a man that most certainly all of them voted for. The only people paying respect to McCain are Never Trumpers and the non-Bernie Democrats (you know, actual Democrats).
McCain: Lifelong Republican
Trump: not
re: #14 Ace-o-aces
Bitch please.
The GOP is trying to whitewash the longest sustained stock market bull market by ignoring that 80+% of the increase was on Obama’s watch.
Trump inherited a strong economy and it suddenly is awesome. All while Obama was in the WH, Trump attacked it as weak and growth was awful (including when Obama saw 4% growth or better). Trump gets 4% in a single quarter and he and Fox are celebrating like this is the second coming.
re: #70 dangerman
McCain: Lifelong Republican
Trump: not
That gets me thinking about Mueller too. Mueller has been a Republican ever since he entered public life. Trump quite frankly has been a political hermaphrodite for much of his until he eventually settled on his final stage: Bigoted fuckwad. But I guess that’s what matters more to Republican voters. It doesn’t matter that McCain and Mueller for that matter have served their country in some way since the 1960’s. Nor does it matter that they were serving Republican administrations including the one many Republican voters claim to love. No, they’re not acceptable because they’re not bigoted assholes. This is the modern party of Lincoln. It’d be as if P.T. Barnum replaced Lincoln as the standard bearer after Abe died and I’m sure that’s being unfair to Barnum since he was a better man than Trump is from the little I know of his character.
re: #4 piratedan
Mrs. McCain might actually be a relatively decent choice considering the enormous quality and depth of Derp that is the Arizona GOP. It’s been rumored (whispered actually) that she still retains some semblance of a soul and while that would disqualify her in a political debate in AZ Politics, the Gov is able to do as he wishes (and he’s a loon as well, but a PR savvy one) and thusly, may appoint her.
To be honest, she would be a step above (IMHO) Martha McSally, Kelli Ward and Sheriff Joe and that would even include the remainder of the GOP Congressional representatives that currently hold office.
I could see Ducey following this as somewhat established protocol although to be honest, if McCain had resigned or even switched parties the outcome could have been even more positive. Granted, I will acknowledge the man for some of the stands he took and the few efforts he made that actually served the common good, but make no mistake, he could have done a LOT more had he shown the political will to do so.
In a sense, I think he was just as flummoxed as a lot of old line GOPers are about how to handle the nascent racism and idiocy (if not outright corruption and lack of ethics) that comprise not only the rank and file but much of the leadership.
Not if she listens to her daughter who has really gone to the dark side since she got married. She married a lunatic rightwing asshole and if you look at what she’s saying, she has become a lunatic rightwing asshole herself. That she was talking shit about Hillary when she was decent to the whole family really speaks volumes about how bad of a turn the younger McCain has taken.
Think about that a moment. McCain thought so highly of both GWB and Obama - men who defeated McCain and his aspirations to be president.
He wanted nothing to do with Trump, who thought McCain wasn’t a hero because he was a POW.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 27, 2018
McCain refused to be released until all the other POWs at the Hanoi Hilton were released ahead of him.
That’s heroism in the face of brutality. That’s putting others above self.
Trump will never ever understand that. Trump dodged the draft.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 27, 2018
re: #71 lawhawk
Bitch please.
The GOP is trying to whitewash the longest sustained stock market bull market by ignoring that 80+% of the increase was on Obama’s watch.
Trump inherited a strong economy and it suddenly is awesome. All while Obama was in the WH, Trump attacked it as weak and growth was awful (including when Obama saw 4% growth or better). Trump gets 4% in a single quarter and he and Fox are celebrating like this is the second coming.
Hell they had no problem with Trump saying e were in the worst economic conditions since the Depression. Two years later? Things are more or less the same and it’s all a sduden: TRUMP SHOULD BE PRAISED FOR HIS HANDLING OF THE ECONOMY. Uh no. Especially because Trump’s policies are actually hurting the economy and it’s eventually going to show big time.
re: #74 lawhawk
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Trump never would have gotten captured for the same reason why Trump never wore an uniform. Trump only cared and still only does care about himself. That wasn’t the case with McCain.
re: #75 HappyWarrior
We actually would be doing better if the tax cuts weren’t in place and trade war wasn’t ongoing. The latter is having a depressive effect, and the tax cuts were done via redistributing wealth to millionaires while the burdens flow to everyone else in higher debt and service cuts (and the GOP demanding more cuts to “balance” the books).
re: #71 lawhawk
Bitch please.
The GOP is trying to whitewash the longest sustained stock market bull market by ignoring that 80+% of the increase was on Obama’s watch.
Trump inherited a strong economy and it suddenly is awesome. All while Obama was in the WH, Trump attacked it as weak and growth was awful (including when Obama saw 4% growth or better). Trump gets 4% in a single quarter and he and Fox are celebrating like this is the second coming.
No prize for inheriting your predecessors economy or your dad’s estate
re: #77 lawhawk
We actually would be doing better if the tax cuts weren’t in place and trade war wasn’t ongoing. The latter is having a depressive effect, and the tax cuts were done via redistributing wealth to millionaires while the burdens flow to everyone else in higher debt and service cuts (and the GOP demanding more cuts to “balance” the books).
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re: #75 HappyWarrior
Hell they had no problem with Trump saying e were in the worst economic conditions since the Depression. Two years later? Things are more or less the same and it’s all a sduden: TRUMP SHOULD BE PRAISED FOR HIS HANDLING OF THE ECONOMY. Uh no. Especially because Trump’s policies are actually hurting the economy and it’s eventually going to show big time.
They’ll blame that on the next guy
“I handed you a booming economy and look what you did”
The disrespect shown by the US far right over John McCain is… unbelievable.
De Gaulle was as divisive a personality as could be, and the French far right never forgave him over what they saw as his “betrayal” of “French Algeria,” but when he passed, no one, but absolutely no one, let out a whisper of disrespect. Like McCain, his historical stature was just too great to express such opinions then.
Speaking of Algeria (or Indochina), my late dad served in both conflicts, although he was never really in great danger (French medical corps). While French troops behaved with great heroism, and we salute their service, with the passing of years and historical perspective, for the most part, we no longer glorify the cause they served then, i.e.: colonialism.
I thought the same judgment had been made over your side of the Viet-Nam war and I was a little surprised to see some of the hagiographic comments about McCain’s service there; I mean, bombing civilian populations (whether London or Dresden) doesn’t strike me as something one should flaunt.
This is in no way a reflection of McCain himself, whose public comments on the topic were (AFAIK) always wise and balanced, but some of the media’s hyperbole.
re: #80 dangerman
They’ll blame that on the next guy
“I handed you a booming economy and look what you did”
I’m honestly worried about that but we’ll have to cross that bridge when we come to it because Trump needs to go now.
re: #81 Lupin
Indeed. Been watching, taking names. Because when their day comes, memories will be freshened of their conduct at this time.
The guy who imprisoned McCain said nicer things than Trump has https://t.co/fyVK9UzYVl
— Justin Miller (@justinjm1) August 27, 2018
You guys are so pathetic you can’t even get to The Ratio.
— jay (@random__name) August 27, 2018
Dear Trump: The media’s not out to get you.
The media’s out to get ratings.
America’s out to get you.
The media’s just covering it.— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) August 26, 2018
Email this morning from a Trump supporter: “Where in the Constitution does it mention a person must be fit to serve as president?”
— Dana Milbank (@Milbank) August 26, 2018
re: #88 Belafon
Just darling, aren’t they?
re: #84 lawhawk
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re: #88 Belafon
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Email this morning from a Trump supporter: “Where in the Constitution does it mention a person must be fit to serve as president
To be elected….
It doesn’t
The founders didn’t think they needed to spell it out
They didn’t figure on a bunch of rubes like you actually voting for someone not fit to serve
Though there is that pesky 25th amendment….
re: #58 Stanley Sea
He is so petty. Such an embarrassment.
I just ran outside and checked at my government contractor job. Yep, the flag is at full staff.
The Fake News Media worked hard to get Tiger Woods to say something that he didn’t want to say. Tiger wouldn’t play the game - he is very smart. More importantly, he is playing great golf again!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 27, 2018
re: #60 HappyWarrior
He’s such a petty piece of shit.
He said he didn’t like people that become prisoners. Which was his passive-aggressive way of saying he didn’t like McCain.
He is just showing everyone how much he meant it.
This is why his base likes him. He is an asshole like they like being assholes.
I bet the White House is celebrating McCain being gone now so they can do what they want to do without his interference.
While America is all thoughts and prayers, Trump is all “fuck that guy!”
There’s an interview with Kathleen Turner in the current issue of New York magazine; she says
Certainly in terms of film there is an intense pressure to repeat successful characters. I’ll give you an example, but you mustn’t use her name. [Very famous Hollywood actress] has played the same role for 20 years. She even looks pretty much the same. She’s probably one of the richest women out there, but I would shoot myself if I were like that, only giving people what they expect.
So who do we think she’s talking about? I’m going to guess Jennifer Anniston.
re: #90 Dr. Matt
The bar literally hit rock bottom.
Actually I think it’s about four feet below the surface at this point.
re: #93 dangerman
To be elected….
It doesn’t
The founders didn’t think they needed to spell it outThey didn’t figure on a bunch of rubes like you actually voting for someone not fit to serve
Though there is that pesky 25th amendment….
I remember when RWNJ quoted lofty words from the Founders about Virtue and such.
Now, it’s “Show me in the literal Constitution where it says that DJT can’t MAGA?”.
re: #98 Eclectic Cyborg
Actually I think it’s about four feet below the surface at this point.
And still digging
re: #95 lawhawk
Watching Faux & Fiends again this morning, I see.
re: #86 Sufficient unto the day…
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My comments to the editor there:
That is quite possibly the most pitifully drunken and stupid bit of
Anti-Christian writing I have ever had the misfortune to read.You want secular power? You’re willing to prop up a cowardly draft
dodging, treasonous, serial philanderer who makes Clinton look chaste
to get it? Fine. But be careful what you wish for and remember that
you received your reward here on earth when you spend eternity in
hell.To support Trump is to oppose the word and work of the Lord Christ Jesus.
May God have mercy on your souls.
Won’t phase those morons but it felt good to hit send anyway.
INT: INDEPENDENCE HALL
Founding father 1: Hey guys, you think we should add more qualifications for a person to be President?
Founding father 2: Do you really think the people would ever elect a moron as President?
[Everyone laughs]
Founding father 2: Yeah, you’re right. The American People are better than that. Okay, moving on…
re: #98 Eclectic Cyborg
Actually I think it’s about four feet below the surface at this point.
The bar is gone. It fell into the swamp and is now buried in the muck at the bottom.
Trump did that. He has eliminated any measurement of how bad things are and can be.
re: #80 dangerman
They’ll blame that on the next guy
“I handed you a booming economy and look what you did”
I fully expect Trump to keep going on about how he presided over the longest bull market in history even as unemployment his 20%.
This is the Stupidest Tweet You Will See All Minute:
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Let’s Trigger every Liberal on Social Media that uses #RESIST & #ImWithHer to Harass Conservatives!
They are too dumb to know they are stupid!#RETWEET
Join us today @ https://t.co/He2Hz6BjaW#LockHerUp#DrainTheSwamp pic.twitter.com/qKsnilWspE— Lock Her Up (@LockHerUp4Life) August 27, 2018
They are all complicit by staying there.
Trying to imagine the scene at the WH this morning when the order was conveyed to put the flag back up to full staff.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) August 27, 2018
re: #108 The Vicious Babushka
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Yeah I’m totally triggered by that idiocy. More so amused that this ass thinks this will trigger anyone.
re: #108 The Vicious Babushka
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Oh yeah, the wingnuts favorite task…trigger libs.
Such a high goal to strive for.
And they do it while they lose so much to Trump too, but damn, we triggered us some libs…hahahahaha.
re: #109 Stanley Sea
They are all complicit by staying there.
I wonder when they lowered to half staff—Saturday night?
re: #112 ObserverArt
Oh yeah, the wingnuts favorite task…trigger libs.
Such a high goal to strive for.
And they do it while they lose so much to Trump too, but damn, we triggered us some libs…hahahahaha.
I shot my dick off but I triggered the libs by using a gun! My God they’re obsessed with triggering us. Sad!
re: #108 The Vicious Babushka
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They should have reserved theredalgae2018.com
I don’t even want to think what they’d do I’d say John Lewis were to pass away.
re: #110 HappyWarrior
Yeah I’m totally triggered by that idiocy. More so amused that this ass thinks this will trigger anyone.
I’m completely triggered. Don’t know what I’ll do with myself now.
re: #95 lawhawk
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Tiger Woods said that we should show respect for the office of the presidency, you should try it sometime.
re: #117 Sir John Barron
I’m completely triggered. Don’t know what I’ll do with myself now.
I think it’s pretty sad how obsessed they are by triggering us. I want good policy and discussion not because it pisses off morons like that but because I want good policy and discussion. Their obsession with triggering the libs is why men like Trump are more popular to their base than McCain.
re: #116 HappyWarrior
I don’t even want to think what they’d do I’d say John Lewis were to pass away.
Davey Duke will have an orgasm.
LMAO.
The legal strategies here are mind boggling.
Ignore the investigation into Russia’s complicit and compromised toadies in Trumpworld and instead focus efforts against the SDNY on garden variety corruption.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 27, 2018
I sincerely hope Milo is enjoying his new status as a total laughingstock.
HOLY FUCKING SHIT MILO POSTED THIS ON FACEBOOK pic.twitter.com/TkJguE6uwf
— Elmo ‘Head Chef’ 3000 (@g1Elmo3000) August 26, 2018
re: #26 Anymouse 🌹
Sarah Palin Says John McCain “Had Some Strange People Around Him” (Mother Jones)
Even John McCain’s running mate has to weigh in on all that conservative love for the late Senator.
(more)
Yeah. Like SARAH PALIN.
re: #122 makeitstop
I sincerely hope Milo is enjoying his new status as a total laughingstock.
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Weren’t you the guy who chose to out transgendered students? Oh it’s not fun when people treat you like you’ve treated them.
There’s a phrase for people like Milo and that’s that karma is a bitch. He chose the life he did. He chose to encourage harassment and threats. All for a buck and notoriety. Now the latter is gone and the former is running low and he can’t handle it. Maybe if he did some self reflection, he’d get why people give him and his husband shit.
re: #123 GlutenFreeJesus
Yeah. Like SARAH PALIN.
so many people posted exactly this
she is that tone deaf
Happy 100th Birthday to Ms. Katherine Johnson, NASA human computer who calculated trajectories for the Apollo space missions by hand! pic.twitter.com/ZFZAmM3jYd
— AB Hosey (@DrABHosey) August 26, 2018
re: #127 lawhawk
Happy 100th Birthday to Ms. Katherine Johnson, NASA human computer who calculated trajectories for the Apollo space missions by hand!
an example of competence overcoming some levels of bigotry
her boss(es) understood what she and her team could do (and apparently others could not)
i know it was just a movie - near the end clearly the pilots/astronauts trusted and relied her work
re: #122 makeitstop
I sincerely hope Milo is enjoying his new status as a total laughingstock.
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Milo— the ass that keeps on hole-ing!
Arrrgh!
I hate how certain things get picked up and used by everyone. Take “fake news” as an example.
I am an auto racing fan. This morning I am reading some coverage of yesterday’s Begian Grand Prix at Spa.
World Champion British driver Lewis Hamilton, came second in yesterday’s race won by Sebastian Vettel in a Ferrari. Hamilton drives for Mercedes Benz.
Hamilton talking after the race said he thought Ferrari had some trick things going on in their cars.
British newspapers played it up and did headlines saying Hamilton said Ferrari used tricks (hinting illegal) to win the race.
Hamilton this morning is saying he never meant that. Tricks can mean legal parts or systems that are just advanced beyond what everyone was doing before. A new trick.
So what did he say? Hamilton is quoted as saying the headlines are “fake news.”
We are going to have to deal with Trumpisms for some time aren’t we? We have let the BS artist put his BS into the world’s language. Lasting damage.
re: #121 lawhawk
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Nation’s top official overseeing student loans resigns, citing White House hostility to protecting borrowers.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 27, 2018
re: #132 lawhawk
Draining the SWamp! Populism!
When people in the WH leak to *me* about how bad the McCain statement/flag shitshow has become with President Man-Baby, you know it’s bad.#wouldntyouliketoknow
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 27, 2018
re: #132 lawhawk
Only elites go to college should pay their own way no borrowing! Populism!
re: #134 Belafon
Not bad enough that any of them are quitting the Trumpworld morass.
No, they’re sticking it out and even this latest depravity and disrespect isn’t getting them to change their mind working for a corrupt and complicit Trump.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 27, 2018
re: #134 Belafon
Yeah it’s still flying full staff from what I can see here in DC.
re: #132 lawhawk
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AP obtained the resignation letter of the top student loan officer, addressed to Mulvaney.
“The damage you have done to the Bureau betrays these families and sacrifices the financial futures of millions of Americans in communities across the country.”https://t.co/778oBISuuj— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 27, 2018
re: #136 lawhawk
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Like I’ve said before, for most of these fuckers, this is the end of the line for them. They know that quitting now pretty much means the end of their careers, the toxicity of being associated with this administration such that they’ll struggle to find new jobs. Seriously, who would want to write “White House staff, Trump Administration” on their resume now?
re: #137 Sir John Barron
Yeah it’s still flying full staff from what I can see here in DC.
Businesses near me have their flags at half mast today, showing more respect that this White House can manage.
re: #71 lawhawk
Bitch please.
The GOP is trying to whitewash the longest sustained stock market bull market by ignoring that 80+% of the increase was on Obama’s watch.
Trump inherited a strong economy and it suddenly is awesome. All while Obama was in the WH, Trump attacked it as weak and growth was awful (including when Obama saw 4% growth or better). Trump gets 4% in a single quarter and he and Fox are celebrating like this is the second coming.
Drumpfenscheiss got 4.1% growth because of an accounting trick- The Tax Cut for the Rich and Famous and Various Corporate Peoples. Middle class earnings were flat to slightly depressed. Wait till next quarter.
re: #142 austin_blue
A bigger part of the economic growth for Q2 was the shifting of resources/purchases due to Trump’s trade wars.
If the war goes ahead, the growth slows.
If the war doesn’t, then those companies have excess inventory and will depress further purchases to avoid having excess inventory.
Either way, the growth will slow. It was goosed because of the trade war, and it will depress it going forward.
In other words, it was a one-shot boost due to avoiding taxes - the Trump trade war tariffs.
re: #141 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Businesses near me have their flags at half mast today, showing more respect that this White House can manage.
According to Dok Zoom over at Wonkette, the flag at the Washington Monument was still at half staff this morning, but by 9:15 it had been raised again. Had to be a direct order from the WH.
re: #142 austin_blue
Drumpfenscheiss got 4.1% growth because of an accounting trick- The Tax Cut for the Rich and Famous and Various Corporate Peoples. Middle class earnings were flat to slightly depressed. Wait till next quarter.
Not to mention the mad dash to beat the Chinese tariffs on soy beans. But you watch, when the 3rd quarter comes back as being weaker, those same economists heralding that 4.1% as a harbinger of the glory of The Donald will be arguing that the 3rd quarter numbers are a “fluke” and the economy is really roaring to new heights.
Hey everyone! @Linux turns 27 today. Happy birthday, Linux! pic.twitter.com/ivSA092uJx
— Slashdot (@slashdot) August 25, 2018
re: #147 makeitstop
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“Here’s your cake, go ahead and compile it yourself.”
That’s perfect.
Donny’s being this petty for a Senator who served as a thorn in his side and who wanted him nowhere near his funeral, imagine how he’s going to be if Carter or Bush Sr should die in the next 2 years? He might be the first president ever barred from attending the funeral of a former president.
re: #149 Targetpractice
The League of Former Presidents is very selective at who they want in their club.
Traitors need not apply.
re: #131 Targetpractice
To be fair to Alan, he’s not wrong that the odds of the Mueller probe leading to a conviction are long.
IANAL, so I may well be missing something, but it looks like the odds of a conviction on at least obstruction are pretty good.
re: #151 garzooma
IANAL, so I may well be missing something, but it looks like the odds of a conviction on at least obstruction are pretty good.
That assumes the GOP were voting based upon the evidence, when we know it’s because even those who feel the man is guilty will not want to have their fingerprints on the vote to make a Republican the first president ever removed from office.
Vaporware.
A deal to look at adjusting the deal down the road.
It isn’t a deal itself. Stop treating this like it’s the deal. We dealt with this with North Korea’s denuclearaization talk by Trump. He claimed there was a deal.
There was no deal.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 27, 2018
re: #121 lawhawk
Trump can’t do anything about any state AG. Dershowitz is an idiot.
Congratulations to the Trump administration on reaching a preliminary agreement in principle to begin negotiations with half of America’s NAFTA counterparties with a view to revising one section of the trade agreement!
— David Frum (@davidfrum) August 27, 2018
re: #136 lawhawk
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re: #41 wheat-dogg
I promised an update on my job promotion. As of last week, I am the Director of Teaching Activities — effectively the head — of our unit at the university. I answer to the head of the organization, based in Beijing, and I will have a staff of two office workers and seven other teachers. I get more pay and fewer class hours, but way more administrative work. I’m also in charge of local personnel matters, which given our current line-up of teachers may be very interesting as the term progresses.
Wish me luck.
Congrats and good luck!!
re: #155 Stanley Sea
Trump’s announcing partial credit on a preliminary entry level baseline evaluation and treating it like the final exam.
I blame Duncan Hunter’s wife for my performance in “Revenge of the Nerds 2: Nerds in Paradise. “
— Bradley Whitford (@WhitfordBradley) August 25, 2018
I blame Duncan Hunter’s wife for my performance in”Superman IV.” https://t.co/h5XaXTF1wJ
— Jon Cryer (@MrJonCryer) August 27, 2018
They are going to go back to the original NAFTA and call it some kind of deal. The expiration that trump wanted was pulled back and what they are considering now is what NAFTA was.
Vaporware, indeed.— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) August 27, 2018
re: #130 ObserverArt
…
We are going to have to deal with Trumpisms for some time aren’t we? We have let the BS artist put his BS into the world’s language. Lasting damage.
for a while yes
i have faith that at some point in the future, when someone says “fake news” they are going to be mercilessly ridiculed
re: #134 Belafon
When people in the WH leak to *me* about how bad the McCain statement/flag shitshow has become with President Man-Baby, you know it’s bad.#wouldntyouliketoknow
any of em, you know, doing anything about it?
going on record
or quitting
or?
He’s broadcasting the call to Mexico. Just sitting there.
THIS IS BIZARRE
In another unusual scene, Trump patched through Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto by speakerphone. After congratulating EPN, he sat at his desk looking around and looking down in silence as EPN spoke to him through a translator.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 27, 2018
re: #163 Stanley Sea
He’s broadcasting the call to Mexico. Just sitting there.
THIS IS BIZARRE
Are they telling him they’re gonna pay for The Wall?
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This is some fucked up repugnant bullshit.
Trump is beyond all levels of fucked up in the head.
Sens. Schumer and McConnell request that the Dept. of Defense “provide necessary support so that U.S. flags on all government buildings remain at half mast through sunset on the day of Senator McCain’s interment,” Sen. Schumer’s spokesperson says.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 27, 2018
I can also imagine that Trump would veto Schumer’s bill to rename the Russell Office Building after McCain.
If we want to play four-dimensional chess, @JeffFlake should resign from the Senate forthwith and @dougducey should appoint him to Sen. McCain’s seat, leaving Flake in office until 2021.
— Reed Galen (@reedgalen) August 27, 2018
re: #165 Stanley Sea
Hey Neeto? Is that your real name? Don’t you think I’m great? You’re gonna pay for that Wall, right?
re: #140 Targetpractice
Like I’ve said before, for most of these fuckers, this is the end of the line for them. They know that quitting now pretty much means the end of their careers, the toxicity of being associated with this administration such that they’ll struggle to find new jobs. Seriously, who would want to write “White House staff, Trump Administration” on their resume now?
they keep telling us - if your situation is not working out, just up and move.
job dried up, change professions, learn a new skill, pack up and move
health care where you are not what you need? sell everything and move
screw your house, kids schools, community ties, family
re: #167 lawhawk
This is some fucked up repugnant bullshit.
Trump is beyond all levels of fucked up in the head.
I can also imagine that Trump would veto Schumer’s bill to rename the Russell Office Building after McCain.
At least it’s Friday.
re: #142 austin_blue
Drumpfenscheiss got 4.1% growth because of an accounting trick- The Tax Cut for the Rich and Famous and Various Corporate Peoples. Middle class earnings were flat to slightly depressed. Wait till next quarter.
remember a few weeks ago when he suggested the sec should move to semi- or annual reporting?
if they did that with the economy this would be a non story
re: #154 Patricia Kayden
Trump can’t do anything about any state AG. Dershowitz is an idiot.
Are we so sure about that? Trump can (at least I think so) take refuge behind the State/Federal “firewall” and basically ignore any State investigations as long as he’s President. I can imagine the WH response to, say, a subpoena from the NY AG - for either records or personal appearance - would be to first, dump it in the nearest bin, and secondly, say “see you in court”. And then, create (AFAICT) an entirely new legal/constitutional crisis over the relative “immunity” of a sitting President: one which might take months/years to resolve (if ever), and then, might not get as “favorable” a ruling from SCOTUS as we might like.
Unexplored territory, to be sure, but not unexpected when “we” elected a shady-verging-on-crooked businessman like Donald Trump to the Presidency.
re: #174 Jay C
Are we so sure about that? Trump can (at least I think so) take refuge behind the State/Federal “firewall” and basically ignore any State investigations as long as he’s President. I can imagine the WH response to, say, a subpoena from the NY AG - for either records or personal appearance - would be to first, dump it in the nearest bin, and secondly, say “see you in court”. And then, create (AFAICT) an entirely new legal/constitutional crisis over the relative “immunity” of a sitting President: one which might take months/years to resolve (if ever), and then, might not get as “favorable” a ruling from SCOTUS as we might like.
Unexplored territory, to be sure, but not unexpected when “we” elected a shady-verging-on-crooked businessman like Donald Trump to the Presidency.
That might work had Trump followed the rules about divesting himself. But they can get to him through his companies.
re: #156 MsJ
You have to admit that the people still working for trump have virtually no opportunities a standard white house employee would have. Those who have tied their careers to the trump thing are going to hurt for life. They better have fully formed resumes that will allow them to not put their trump experience on them because any resume that sniffs of trump is a career killer.
they could learn to be coal miners
re: #170 dangerman
they keep telling us - if your situation is not working out, just up and move.
job dried up, change professions, learn a new skill, pack up and move
health care where you are not what you need? sell everything and movescrew your house, kids schools, community ties, family
They want a nomadic populace that will never live anywhere long enough to bother registering to vote—or have the special paperwork each jurisdiction will require.
Just when you think he couldn’t sink lower pic.twitter.com/IzRMyVLkG1
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) August 27, 2018
Sometimes I wonder why the Trump team’s alleged abilities to communicate with ordinary Americans can’t mask the fact that they’re assholes.
And then I remember that the thing they most want to communicate is the very fact that they’re assholes. https://t.co/7aLjZ1Qbyt— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) August 27, 2018
Pool report: Trump is calling this “the U.S.-Mexico Trade Agreement,” says he wants to get rid of the name NAFTA, says, “We’ll see if Canada can be part of” the deal.
This is not what his administration is doing. His administration is working on a three-country NAFTA.— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 27, 2018
re: #179 lawhawk
OK, Donny, whatever, you can go back to Twitter now or turn on Faux Noooze.
re: #153 lawhawk
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Donny basically trying to revamp NAFTA as something to which he can put his name on, even if it is functionally identical to the very agreement he argues is such a “disaster” for America.
re: #182 Targetpractice
It’s a branding thing.
He thinks anything that doesn’t have his name glued to the side sucks.
Doubly so if it’s got Obama (and now McCain) involved.
Heh.
Neil Simon, Broadway’s master of comedy, dies at 91/ There’s a small error in the Times obit. His 3rd wife, Diane Lander, was not an actress; she was at the make-up counter @NeimanMarcus spritzing perfume. She won him over by baking pies.
— Margo Howard✍️ (@Margoandhow) August 27, 2018
re: #182 Targetpractice
Donny basically trying to revamp NAFTA as something to which he can put his name on, even if it is functionally identical to the very agreement he argues is such a “disaster” for America.
This is precisely what they are doing.
I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S NOT NAFTA.
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) August 27, 2018
re: #183 lawhawk
It’s a branding thing.
He thinks anything that doesn’t have his name glued to the side sucks.
Doubly so if it’s got Obama (and now McCain) involved.
Ayep. His entire obsession now is with being seen as more “successful” than the black man ever was. It’s all about image, because he’ll never be able to match on substance. A man who failed to sell substandard steaks and vodka to a country that loves red meat and alcohol shows that he’s nowhere near the salesman he thinks he is.
Breaking story from Sweden:
A Swedish MP has had shots fired at the bus or van he was travelling in. Apparently, a car overtook the bus and shots were fired from it. Inside the car was a member of Parliament who apparently has a leading position and already was under the protection of the Swedish Security Service. The Swedish Security Service has taken over the investigation and so far, it is being investigated as a aggravated criminal threat.
Only Swedish links so far:
- aftonbladet.se
- sverigesradio.se
- expressen.se
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Can’t stop watching Trump trying to get the President of Mexico on speakerphone. (via CBS) pic.twitter.com/1KDrFHV2qp
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 27, 2018
The president of the United States on hold with Mexico is the comic gold our country longs for. https://t.co/G173RlemBh
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) August 27, 2018
re: #179 lawhawk
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“This is one of the largest trade deals ever made, maybe the largest trade deal ever made,” Trump says of something that is not a trade deal and would not be the largest trade deal ever made even if it were a trade deal.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 27, 2018
Pentagon just told me they will not return flag to half-staff for McCain (a war hero) unless the White House issues a proclamation. It did so over the weekend (per Flag Code) but custom calls for flag to remain at half-staff until day of interment (McCain’s funeral is Sunday).
— John Haltiwanger (@jchaltiwanger) August 27, 2018
FLAG WARS courtesy of Donald Trump. https://t.co/v59BeRxdIG
— Kevin Baron (@DefenseBaron) August 27, 2018
re: #190 BeachDem
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Well, if it were a deal, it would certainly be the largest he’s ever achieved. But it’s not, so it isn’t.
HAPPY MONDAY
DON’T FORGET THAT SPITE IS THE SECRET INGREDIENT TO YOUR MILKSHAKE OF SUCCESS
FEEL THE ACID BURN OF PEOPLE’S DISMISSAL OF YOU AND LET IT FUEL THE WEEK AHEAD
FORM THEIR HATE INTO LITTLE COOKIES AND EAT THEM MESSILY
REVEL IN THE CRUMBS, GLORIOUS SPITEMONSTER— Chuck Wendig (@ChuckWendig) August 27, 2018
re: #191 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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This Kelli Ward person seems incapable of not saying exactly the wrong thing. Kind of a double negative there…
Political correctness is like a cancer!
— Dr. Kelli Ward (@kelliwardaz) August 27, 2018
And “Doctor” Kelli likes war heroes who didn’t get fatal brain cancer and who aren’t dead. Sad! https://t.co/T5wbSMPMDs
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) August 27, 2018
Shade—Canadian style.
Timely statement from the Prime Minister’s Office. Trudeau and EPN talked yesterday, reaffirmed commitment to a three-way deal. pic.twitter.com/uRTe7IOfEY
— Alex Boutilier (@alexboutilier) August 27, 2018
re: #130 ObserverArt
Arrrgh!
I hate how certain things get picked up and used by everyone. Take “fake news” as an example.
I am an auto racing fan. This morning I am reading some coverage of yesterday’s Begian Grand Prix at Spa.
World Champion British driver Lewis Hamilton, came second in yesterday’s race won by Sebastian Vettel in a Ferrari. Hamilton drives for Mercedes Benz.
Hamilton talking after the race said he thought Ferrari had some trick things going on in their cars.
British newspapers played it up and did headlines saying Hamilton said Ferrari used tricks (hinting illegal) to win the race.
Hamilton this morning is saying he never meant that. Tricks can mean legal parts or systems that are just advanced beyond what everyone was doing before. A new trick.
So what did he say? Hamilton is quoted as saying the headlines are “fake news.”
We are going to have to deal with Trumpisms for some time aren’t we? We have let the BS artist put his BS into the world’s language. Lasting damage.
All scandals end with ‘gate’, thanks to Nixon. Still.
It did not diminish the gloriousness of the day he resigned. Still.
re: #196 BeachDem
He hablado con el Presidente @realDonaldTrump. México y Estados Unidos han alcanzado un entendimiento comercial. Deseamos la reincorporación de Canadá a las pláticas para lograr una exitosa negociación trilateral del TLCAN esta misma semana.
— Enrique Peña Nieto (@EPN) August 27, 2018
President of Mexico seems to suggest that he doesn’t intend to sign a bilateral agreement w/ the U.S. - but rather that he expects the breakthrough in Mexico portion of the talks to be part of a full re-negotiated deal between U.S., Mexico, and CANADA. =>> https://t.co/kcYTsZDmUo
— David M. Drucker (@DavidMDrucker) August 27, 2018
Unclear: Trump said he is “terminating” NAFTA in favor of “US-Mexico Trade Agreement.” Mexico’s President however signaled agmt would be part of renegotiations w/Canada. Is Trump negotiating or withdrawing from NAFTA, which would require notice to Congress? - asks @JDiamond1
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) August 27, 2018
Upon reaching an “understanding” with Mexico on trade, Pres. Trump says he will be “terminating” NAFTA and “going into this deal” once an agreement is also reached with Canada.
“One way or the other, we have a deal with Canada,” he says https://t.co/QCr2M3hcxt pic.twitter.com/nqHayKE0h2— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) August 27, 2018
Trump super-casually said he’ll be “terminating the existing deal.” Until we hear more, I’d be skeptical that he is actually doing that. It is very clear that he does not know what he’s talking about and that he’s making this up as he goes. https://t.co/PgnfyUAuU4
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 27, 2018
re: #194 Targetpractice
And the people who gave Obama shit every time the White House did not immediately drop the flags to half-staff are oddly silent.
Curious, that…/////
And they made shit up, like Obama dropped the flags to honor some celebrity who took an overdose.
re: #137 Sir John Barron
Yeah it’s still flying full staff from what I can see here in DC.
How many Republicans will say something about this? ZERO!
I can’t begin to express how badly I want another indictment to drop today, just to fuck with this asshole even more.
I’d even take another high-level Trump employee flipping. As long as it makes that son of a bitch miserable, I’m here for it.
re: #200 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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Donny not having a fucking clue what he’s saying is generally a safe bet. Trudeau and EPN both expect this breakthrough to lead to either a new trilateral agreement or a revision of NAFTA, while Trump thinks he’s got Mexico in his pocket and can use it to bring Canada to their knees.
In other words, he’s wasting our time…again.
During Trump’s announcement Trump said that Mexico is a bigger trade partner than Canada when in fact Canada is (was) the US’s biggest trade partner. He’s tossing out NAFTA and he doesn’t even know that basic fact?
— Bruce Fulton 🇨🇦 (@dbfulton) August 27, 2018
Narrator Voice: “Facts are irrelevant”
re: #191 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
FLAG WARS courtesy of Donald Trump.
Need Anymouse to weigh in on this debate.
re: #149 Targetpractice
Donny’s being this petty for a Senator who served as a thorn in his side and who wanted him nowhere near his funeral, imagine how he’s going to be if Carter or Bush Sr should die in the next 2 years? He might be the first president ever barred from attending the funeral of a former president.
I’m sure he will be. His presence would be a desecration.
re: #201 The Vicious Babushka
And they made shit up, like Obama dropped the flags to honor some celebrity who took an overdose.
Ayep, they accused him of lowering the flags for Whitney Houston, but not for Nancy Reagan.
re: #196 BeachDem
Shade—Canadian style.
Timely statement from the Prime Minister’s Office. Trudeau and EPN talked yesterday, reaffirmed commitment to a three-way deal.
…called the North American Free Trade Agreement
re: #208 Targetpractice
Can we not go down this rabbit hole? It’s what the Trumperoids want.
re: #204 Targetpractice
Donny not having a fucking clue what he’s saying is generally a safe bet. Trudeau and EPN both expect this breakthrough to lead to either a new trilateral agreement or a revision of NAFTA, while Trump thinks he’s got Mexico in his pocket and can use it to bring Canada to their knees.
In other words, he’s wasting our time…again.
Trump’s boss (Vlad) would like almost nothing better than to bust up NAFTA. What he would like better is to bust up the EU. Ever since the USSR bust up, Putin wants to see everybody else busted up.
Well now, what happened is, uh, our Commander in Chief, he had a sort of - Well, he went a little funny in the head. You know. Just a little funny. And uh, he went and did a silly thing.
— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) August 27, 2018
re: #178 sagehen
Ryan Lizza ✔
@RyanLizza
Just when you think he couldn’t sink lower8:09 AM - Aug 27, 2018
Who Ryan?
Who didn’t think he could sink lower?
Not me. Not a lot of people here at LGF.
Stop it with the benefit of a doubt bullshit. Trump doesn’t deserve it. Expect him to be an asshole. Expect him to sink lower and then deal with the reality of that and take it from there.
the first q to Sarah Huckabee Sanders should be why she didn’t quit when Trump refused to put out a statement honoring McCain.
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) August 27, 2018
re: #208 Targetpractice
Ayep, they accused him of lowering the flags for Whitney Houston, but not for Nancy Reagan.
To be fair, if I were President, that’s what I would have done….
re: #183 lawhawk
It’s a branding thing.
He thinks anything that doesn’t have his name glued to the side sucks.
Doubly so if it’s got Obama (and now McCain) involved.
And yet, anything that does have TRUMP plastered on it sucks.
Dude has a blind spot to his name now. Hint to big Donny: your name is now toxic and a laughing stock. Or, worse.
Reality is going to be so hard for him to accept.
I hope he lives long enough to get a feel for how much he will be trashed once he is out office.
It might be so bad, his family will want to change their names to get away from anything Trump and anything to do with the Trump presidency.
Having no fucks left to give can make sales phone calls (receiving end) actually pleasant. When I make it unmistakably clear that I will not be their customer, I become a human being, then they do, then we can have a nice chat about something unrelated. It can turn out to be the highlight of the morning.
re: #215 Stanley Sea
the first q to Sarah Huckabee Sanders should be why she didn’t quit when Trump refused to put out a statement honoring McCain.
she’ll prob say something like, i made a recommendation. he’s the boss. he decided….
either that or she’ll say “that’s a question for his lawyers”
re: #210 Skip Intro
Can we not go down this rabbit hole? It’s what the Trumperoids want.
I’m not arguing the rightness or wrongness of Obama’s actions, only listing the accusations made. Accusations which, I should note, came from a chorus of voices of which Donald Trump was one.
re: #203 makeitstop
I can’t begin to express how badly I want another indictment to drop today, just to fuck with this asshole even more.
I’d even take another high-level Trump employee flipping. As long as it makes that son of a bitch miserable, I’m here for it.
I think you can be assured he is miserable.
He isn’t getting the glory he thinks he deserves. He has prosecutors from all over chewing on his ankles. He is trashed in the media all the time, and even calling it fake news is not enough to cover the butthurt.
But I agree…more is needed to drive him insane and force his resignation.
— miles reed (@milesjreed) August 27, 2018
re: #222 ObserverArt
I think you can be assured he is miserable.
He isn’t getting the glory he thinks he deserves. He has prosecutors from all over chewing on his ankles. He is trashed in the media all the time, and even calling it fake news is not enough to cover the butthurt.
But I agree…more is needed to drive him insane and force his resignation.
Donny wishes he was the president of a banana republic, waltzing around daily in a military uniform covered in faux ribbons and medals as he makes grand declarations to the peasants about how he’s going to create the greatest country ever, thinking the cheers from below genuine rather than forced at gunpoint. He has no real interest in the job, he just wants the glory he thought would come with it.
Just as my kids are about to go to college (or maybe not):
In his resignation letter, the nation’s top official overseeing the student loan market says the White House has “betrayed (borrowers) and sacrificed the financial futures of millions of Americans in communities across the country.”
Our full story:https://t.co/PdUT7pFfrk— Ken Sweet (@kensweet) August 27, 2018
Sounds bad. https://t.co/won5v9CTJo
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) August 27, 2018
Who would you say was worse to McCain: Rove in 2000 or Trump in 2015?
I just called the White House and the line is busy. Keep calling, that petty orange creep has to be forced to cave.
re: #227 electrotek
Who would you say was worse to McCain: Rove in 2000 or Trump in 2015?
Rove, because he leveled a filthy and disingenuous racist attack against McCain’s family. (i.e. implying McCain’s adopted South Asian daughter was actually his illegitimate mixed-race child).
I’m seeing a bunch of Trumporrhoids on Twitter claiming that the Jax shooter was A LIBTARD IN #THERESISTANCE!!!11!! HE CALLED TRUMP SUPPORTERS MEAN NAMES!!!1!!! but there is no evidence of this outside Twitter.
re: #230 The Vicious Babushka
I’m seeing a bunch of Trumporrhoids on Twitter claiming that the Jax shooter was A LIBTARD IN #THERESISTANCE!!!11!! HE CALLED TRUMP SUPPORTERS MEAN NAMES!!!1!!! but there is no evidence of this outside Twitter.
If it’s on Twitter that means it’s real Proof FACT.
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re: #224 plansbandc
In the news in 1912…
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This is “secret science”, very bad. Fake news.
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re: #231 Sir John Barron
If it’s on Twitter that means it’s real Proof FACT.
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Oh, it’s from the SMOTI
Jacksonville Shooter Was Member of Anti-Trump ‘Resistance’ - Referred to Trump Supporters at “Trumptards” - Murdered 4 People https://t.co/mnjkZgjQob via @gatewaypundit
— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) August 27, 2018
Sen McCain’s desk in the Senate chamber is draped in a black cloth and has a vase of white flowers on it.
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) August 27, 2018
re: #205 Backwoods_Sleuth
Narrator Voice: “Facts are irrelevant”
Wait, are we starting to like Mexico again? I thought Drump hated Mexico. Or have we always still been at war with Mexico?
/
re: #227 electrotek
Who would you say was worse to McCain: Rove in 2000 or Trump in 2015?
Trump, by a mile. McCain could have responded to Rove. Trump’s punching someone who cannot punch back, the coward.
A prominent senator passed,
And public reaction came fast.
Some noted his flaws,
Some offered applause,
And Trump was a dick to the last.— Limericking (@Limericking) August 27, 2018
uhhhh…
NRATV host criticizes survivor of Madden tournament shooting for supposedly not hearing gunshots because of his headphones: https://t.co/fZpeexvV9H pic.twitter.com/PbFDBaxQLI
— Media Matters (@mmfa) August 27, 2018
re: #200 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Mexico pay for build Wall must be part of any Agreement!
re: #206 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Need Anymouse to weigh in on this debate.
I’ll jump in and right back out to weigh in.
According to the US Flag Code, the flag is to be placed at half-mast on the day of death and the day after on the death of a sitting senator or representative, and that person’s desk in the House or Senate is to be draped in black.
The relevant branch of government (in this case the Senate) can order a longer period (that was done with the Supreme Court when Associate Justice Antonin Scalia died), hence the flag is at half-mast at the Capitol.
The Department of Defense has no authority to order flags on Federal buildings around DC to be lowered, though they can weigh in with an opinion to the President if asked.
At the White House, where the flag is at full mast now, Trump has chosen not to lower the flag for the customary period (until McCain’s interment).
An example of that is Sen. John Glenn’s death. President Obama issued a proclamation for the flag to remain at half-mast until his interment. As he laid in state first in Ohio, then in the Capitol Rotunda, the flag was at half-mast for a long time.
obamawhitehouse.archives.gov (Proclamation of Sen. Glenn’s Death)
Trump has already made his decision - no proclamation. Trump doesn’t admit he is wrong, so if every government official in DC howls about this, he will not reverse his decision.
On the issue of what day the flag goes back up based on the Flag Code, his death was very close to sunset. As such, I made an executive decision in my town that it was after dark when he died (our time) and decided the flags would go back up to full-mast tonight.
Any state governor can also order a longer period for his or her state, and Federal properties within that state are required to reply. It is a bit difficult for me to check every state, but I know neither Arizona nor Nebraska have issued such a proclamation. (Arizona’s governor’s office has a proclamation up about John McCain, but no half-mast proclamation.)
No Republican governor is going to cross Trump. It would be nice if Democratic governors did; you can call your governor’s office to find out if they will release a proclamation to lower the flag to half-mast (even if only for the day of interment).
re: #224 plansbandc
In the news in 1912…
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more than 100 years later and we’re still here
that warning was way too alarmist
besides there’s nothing we can do
re: #227 electrotek
Who would you say was worse to McCain: Rove in 2000 or Trump in 2015?
I’m a bad judge of assholes. They are just assholes.
Trump says negotiatons with Canada will be “smaller,” because Mexico is a much larger trading partner. U.S. trade with Canada was more than $50 billion larger than U.S. trade with Mexico last year.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 27, 2018
Full USTR announcement on #nafta has more specifics:
*40-45% of cars made with “high wage labor” of $16 or more
*75% of content of cars sold in the US made in US or Mexico
*New textile rules about making contents in US/Mexico pic.twitter.com/n6i2fhnBRd— Heather Timmons (@HeathaT) August 27, 2018
re: #240 Anymouse 🌹
I’ll jump in and right back out to weigh in.
According to the US Flag Code, the flag is to be placed at half-mast on the day of death and the day after on the death of a sitting senator or representative, and that person’s desk in the House or Senate is to be draped in black.
The relevant branch of government (in this case the Senate) can order a longer period (that was done with the Supreme Court when Associate Justice Antonin Scalia died), hence the flag is at half-mast at the Capitol.
The Department of Defense has no authority to order flags on Federal buildings around DC to be lowered, though they can weigh in with an opinion to the President if asked.
At the White House, where the flag is at full mast now, Trump has chosen not to lower the flag for the customary period (until McCain’s interment).
An example of that is Sen. John Glenn’s death. President Obama issued a proclamation for the flag to remain at half-mast until his interment. As he laid in state first in Ohio, then in the Capitol Rotunda, the flag was at half-mast for a long time.
obamawhitehouse.archives.gov (Proclamation of Sen. Glenn’s Death)
Trump has already made his decision - no proclamation. Trump doesn’t admit he is wrong, so if every government official in DC howls about this, he will not reverse his decision.
On the issue of what day the flag goes back up based on the Flag Code, his death was very close to sunset. As such, I made an executive decision in my town that it was after dark when he died (our time) and decided the flags would go back up to full-mast tonight.
Any state governor can also order a longer period for his or her state, and Federal properties within that state are required to reply. It is a bit difficult for me to check every state, but I know neither Arizona nor Nebraska have issued such a proclamation. (Arizona’s governor’s office has a proclamation up about John McCain, but no half-mast proclamation.)
No Republican governor is going to cross Trump. It would be nice if Democratic governors did; you can call your governor’s office to find out if they will release a proclamation to lower the flag to half-mast (even if only for the day of interment).
Pageworthy topic if you have time to jump back in.
re: #238 Backwoods_Sleuth
uhhhh…
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NRA TV really needs to lose their license like now.
re: #233 The Vicious Babushka
Oh, it’s from the SMOTI
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I’ll level even if true, so? He didn’t target Trump supporters. But leave it to SMOTI to be SMOTI.
re: #247 HappyWarrior
They don’t have a license. They need to lose their platform on Apple, Roku, and Amazon.
re: #248 HappyWarrior
I’ll level even if true, so? He didn’t target Trump supporters. But leave it to SMOTI to be SMOTI.
I’m glad SMOTI is waiting until all the facts are in and until at least 24 hrs afterward to start politicizing the shooting.
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re: #240 Anymouse 🌹
I’ll jump in and right back out to weigh in.
According to the US Flag Code, the flag is to be placed at half-mast on the day of death and the day after on the death of a sitting senator or representative, and that person’s desk in the House or Senate is to be draped in black.
The relevant branch of government (in this case the Senate) can order a longer period (that was done with the Supreme Court when Associate Justice Antonin Scalia died), hence the flag is at half-mast at the Capitol.
The Department of Defense has no authority to order flags on Federal buildings around DC to be lowered, though they can weigh in with an opinion to the President if asked.
At the White House, where the flag is at full mast now, Trump has chosen not to lower the flag for the customary period (until McCain’s interment).
An example of that is Sen. John Glenn’s death. President Obama issued a proclamation for the flag to remain at half-mast until his interment. As he laid in state first in Ohio, then in the Capitol Rotunda, the flag was at half-mast for a long time.
obamawhitehouse.archives.gov (Proclamation of Sen. Glenn’s Death)
Trump has already made his decision - no proclamation. Trump doesn’t admit he is wrong, so if every government official in DC howls about this, he will not reverse his decision.
On the issue of what day the flag goes back up based on the Flag Code, his death was very close to sunset. As such, I made an executive decision in my town that it was after dark when he died (our time) and decided the flags would go back up to full-mast tonight.
Any state governor can also order a longer period for his or her state, and Federal properties within that state are required to reply. It is a bit difficult for me to check every state, but I know neither Arizona nor Nebraska have issued such a proclamation. (Arizona’s governor’s office has a proclamation up about John McCain, but no half-mast proclamation.)
No Republican governor is going to cross Trump. It would be nice if Democratic governors did; you can call your governor’s office to find out if they will release a proclamation to lower the flag to half-mast (even if only for the day of interment).
Trump ordered flags flown at half staff for five days in Barbara Bush’s honor.
His need to be an absolute dick overrules any attempt at consistency.
re: #249 Skip Intro
They don’t have a license. They need to lose their platform on Apple, Roku, and Amazon.
Ah very well then. Agreed.
re: #250 Sir John Barron
I’m glad SMOTI is waiting until all the facts are in and until at least 24 hrs afterward to start politicizing the shooting.
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Haha yep.
New: Senior Trump official says they’ll notify Congress of a US-Mex agreement on Friday no matter what: “Ideally Canada will be in it and we’ll be able to notify that. If Canada’s not in we’ll notify that we have an agreement with Mexico and we’re open to Canada joining us.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 27, 2018
This is unusual. Asked if Mexico has actually *agreed* to be part of a bilateral deal without Canada - agreed to be part of the deal the Trump team says it’s submitting to Congress! - a senior administration official would not respond directly. https://t.co/b2GdOyDeQY
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 27, 2018
Other news: Senior administration official says they’ve agreed on an “alternative” to the auto-termination “sunset” clause, which Trudeau has called a dealbreaker. Not yet clear what Canada thinks of the alternative.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 27, 2018
If one of the parties decided, at the 6-year mark, not to renew for another 16 years, they’d meet every year to try to resolve whatever the issue was that was preventing renewal.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 27, 2018
what a clusterfuck
Regardless of how one might feel about McCain, this is a picture of pure cowardice https://t.co/cpei1uwyCX
— Mark Follman (@markfollman) August 27, 2018
re: #231 Sir John Barron
If it’s on Twitter that means it’s real Proof FACT.
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That came from SMOTI’s Website … he has that as a headline article.
re: #256 Anymouse 🌹
That came from SMOTI’s Website … he has that as a headline article.
Oh, so it’s completely, entirely and absolutely 100% credible, then. OK…..
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re: #255 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Of course. That’s why I laugh at the idiots who he’s a tough guy. He’s a pampered brat too afraid to face anyone.
In remembrance of the life and service of Senator John McCain, I’ve ordered the U.S. and Delaware flags to half staff effective immediately. Flags are to be returned to full staff at sunset Sunday, September 2, the day of Senator McCain’s interment.https://t.co/lDOLploPre pic.twitter.com/VOHz7mP59g
— Governor John Carney (@JohnCarneyDE) August 27, 2018
JUST IN: Judge upholds ban on posting 3D-printed gun blueprints online https://t.co/MnvCzJDzDI pic.twitter.com/3ZeQhhsWae
— The Hill (@thehill) August 27, 2018
re: #255 Backwoods_Sleuth
[Sat silent and cross-armed…]
He’s going to get elbow bone spurs if he keeps that up.
re: #225 Targetpractice
Donny wishes he was the president of a banana republic, waltzing around daily in a military uniform covered in faux ribbons and medals as he makes grand declarations to the peasants about how he’s going to create the greatest country ever, thinking the cheers from below genuine rather than forced at gunpoint. He has no real interest in the job, he just wants the glory he thought would come with it.
he made it into the club
he’s gonna get a portrait
and it’s likely gonna have an asterisk where the name would go
re: #240 Anymouse 🌹
No Republican governor is going to cross Trump. It would be nice if Democratic governors did; you can call your governor’s office to find out if they will release a proclamation to lower the flag to half-mast (even if only for the day of interment).
Kasich has no fucks to give:
I have ordered all public flags in Ohio to be lowered to half-staff in honor of the life of @SenJohnMcCain
— John Kasich (@JohnKasich) August 26, 2018
re: #263 Backwoods_Sleuth
Kasich has no fucks to give:
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Shameful. https://t.co/DRpwwj2fZs
— John Kasich (@JohnKasich) August 27, 2018
It’s on at the Big Tree after school!!
Naturally, Gorka is tweeting at me from behind a block, mainly because he’s a soft-handed fop who reeks of Drakkar Noir, erectile dysfunction, and insecurity.
And a reminder: The Dragon of Budapest is McLovin. pic.twitter.com/SEDmTMATcV— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 27, 2018
re: #252 HappyWarrior
The thing is a simple business decision is all it would take to get rid of NRATV, yet the companies giving them an outlet won’t make it. It’s not as though two of the richest companies in the world, Apple and Amazon, would notice the revenue loss.
re: #264 Backwoods_Sleuth
A Republican! It’s a MIRACLE!
Wow, my governor’s office has a fantastic statement about John McCain (a press release, Pete Ricketts didn’t even want to be bothered with a proclamation):
LINCOLN - Today, Governor Pete Ricketts issued a statement following news that U.S. Senator John McCain passed away at the age of 81.
“Our country has lost a great patriot who dedicated his life to serving our country in our military and then in the U.S. Senate. Our prayers and condolences are with the McCain family.”
Wow. Two whole sentences. Betcha it took his press person all of thirty seconds to write that. No proclamation, no half-mast notice.
re: #227 electrotek
Who would you say was worse to McCain: Rove in 2000 or Trump in 2015?
all of them, katie
re: #266 Skip Intro
The thing is a simple business decision is all it would take to get rid on NRATV, yet the companies giving them an outlet won’t make it. It’s not as though two of the richest companies in the world, Apple and Amazon, would notice the revenue loss.
Right. Be but a hiccup for Amazon and Apple’s revenues.
The Latest: President Trump says he’ll be “terminating” the North American Free Trade Agreement as he pursues a deal with Mexico and starts negotiations with Canada. https://t.co/cm5r4exGLC
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 27, 2018
Terminating NAFTA will have a real life, long lasting impact on farmers, ranchers, manufacturers, energy producers, small business owners in Texas. It generates $112 billion in exports for our state annually with 1 million jobs in our state connected to trade with Mexico alone. https://t.co/NsaqWeaxlG
— Beto O’Rourke (@BetoORourke) August 27, 2018
re: #266 Skip Intro
The thing is a simple business decision is all it would take to get rid on NRATV, yet the companies giving them an outlet won’t make it. It’s not as though two of the richest companies in the world, Apple and Amazon, would notice the revenue loss.
Censorship First Amendment violate our freedom give us platform or we boycott!
re: #250 Sir John Barron
Still got it wrong though.
re: #270 dangerman
all of them, katie
Yep. There’s still a special place for Rove given his role in his Atwater tactics.
re: #272 wrenchwench
So we did elect a dictator who can just do whatever he wants with no Congressional intervention. Good to know.
re: #269 Anymouse 🌹
Wow, my governor’s office has a fantastic statement about John McCain (a press release, Pete Ricketts didn’t even want to be bothered with a proclamation):
Wow. Two whole sentences. Betcha it took his press person all of thirty seconds to write that. No proclamation, no half-mast notice.
Now he better hope that even that lame statement doesn’t make the dotard mad.
Since the sun is also moving, this is a better representation of how the planets revolve around the sun. pic.twitter.com/Y5oZQsBff7
— Roberto Alonso González Lezcano (@robertoglezcano) August 18, 2018
And a dipshit weighs in on John Kasich’s action:
That’s not US Code. I thank God everyday that you were rejected so swiftly by my party.
Go be a Democrat you pansy.
US Code concerning flying the flag at half staff: “on the day of death and the following day for a Member of Congress.”— Dylan 🇺🇸 (@PatrickJDylan) August 27, 2018
Yes it is in the Flag Code. A state governor may order the flag to half-mast for any person.
For as much as conservatives claim to love the US Flag, they ought to read the Flag Code at least once. It’s a lot shorter than the Bible they don’t read… .
Some schools, festivals, and sports venues now require you to use a clear or mesh bag for your supplies. These backpacks (and one tote) are the best we’ve found so far: https://t.co/iw8S70C9lX pic.twitter.com/pNxUdFkGFi
— Wirecutter (@wirecutter) August 27, 2018
This is obviously an entrepreneurial opportunity
Time to market “4th Amendment bag liners”
Preferably made recycled material, or hemp— WB Young 🍕🐀 (@FormerDirtDart) August 27, 2018
re: #280 Anymouse 🌹
And a dipshit weighs in on John Kasich’s action:
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Yes it is in the Flag Code. A state governor may order the flag to half-mast for any person.
For as much as conservatives claim to love the US Flag, they ought to read the Flag Code at least once. It’s a lot shorter than the Bible they don’t read… .
You could apply that same rule to anything with the cons.
re: #270 dangerman
all of them, katie
see?
even though we know from whose mouth (or legacy) they sprung,
w/r/t ‘fake news’ and ‘—gate’ we’re not gonna lose “all of them, katie” either
McCain refused to let Manafort run 2008 convention due to Russia ties: report https://t.co/NbGh81ouoV pic.twitter.com/XwHPxPL3Eb
— The Hill (@thehill) August 27, 2018
re: #280 Anymouse 🌹
And a dipshit weighs in on John Kasich’s action:
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Yes it is in the Flag Code. A state governor may order the flag to half-mast for any person.
For as much as conservatives claim to love the US Flag, they ought to read the Flag Code at least once. It’s a lot shorter than the Bible they don’t read… .
Who doesn’t know the flag code where the live and are from?
In my place of origin, it’s up at sunrise, down at sunset, treat the flag (regardless of nation) with respect, proper procedure for raising half mast is up full mast, then lower to half or at least one flag height from top, proper procedure for lowering is up to full mast, then fully lower.
For fixed flags, the procedure to mark mourning is black sorrow band on top.
re: #277 Skip Intro
So we did elect a dictator who can just do whatever he wants with no Congressional intervention. Good to know.
they’re letting him
Rick Davis is talking about the services etc. for John McCain.
He just said that McCain wanted an Hispanic woman to succeed him.
4+ minutes
BREAKING: A “final message” from the late John McCain is read by an aide. pic.twitter.com/lOqK1D8npz
— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) August 27, 2018
Plenty more of the walking brain dead on that Kasich thread posting the single line from the US Flag Code “on the day of death and the day after” and completely ignoring the part where a governor may order the flag to half-mast for any person (and for any length of time).
I don’t know if it’s a lot of bot/spam traffic, or just Biblical legalists using their legalism to parse the US Flag Code.
re: #290 Anymouse 🌹
Upding for “walking brain dead”.
re: #279 Stanley Sea
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i was looking for a B.C. comic that i couldnt find
i saw this instead. i was amused
For people confused about Donald Trump’s claim to have a 52% approval rating: Trump says that whenever you see his approval rating, you have to add 7 points, 8 points, 9 points, or 12 points to it to get the true approval rating. pic.twitter.com/IjWrpFURF3
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 27, 2018
re: #281 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
This is obviously an entrepreneurial opportunity
Time to market “4th Amendment bag liners”
Preferably made recycled material, or hemp
repurposed steel plates
re: #289 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
4+ minutes
@NBCNightlyNews
BREAKING: A “final message” from the late John McCain is read by an aide.
I particularly liked his veiled dig at the current administration
Do I remember wrong, but isn’t the procedure at sunrise up to full mast, then down to half or at least one flag height from full, at sunset up to full mast then down, flag staff exaggerating respect.
To be applied from the day mourning is declared until the deceased is interred?— Teo (@Teukka72) August 27, 2018
re: #290 Anymouse 🌹
Plenty more of the walking brain dead on that Kasich thread posting the single line from the US Flag Code “on the day of death and the day after” and completely ignoring the part where a governor may order the flag to half-mast for any person (and for any length of time).
I don’t know if it’s a lot of bot/spam traffic, or just Biblical legalists using their legalism to parse the US Flag Code.
cf: “a well regulated militia”
It’s very weird! https://t.co/17fK4HRI2m
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) August 27, 2018
I drew this cartoon in July of 2015. Sadly, it seems even more accurate today. #JohnMcCain #DonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/O9JAfYxbcI
— Clay Bennett (@BennettCartoons) August 27, 2018
I checked Governor Inslee’s office—flag status is still “full staff.” I emailed the guy in charge, Schuyler Hoss (Just because I’ve always wanted to email someone named “Schuyler Hoss”) that they should lower the flag just to annoy the Tangerine Wankmaggot. We’ll see—I’ve got an email notification set up.
re: #293 Backwoods_Sleuth
Fake polls can’t fool him!
Given their track record to date, I expect before the late-Senator’s body is finally laid to rest, the White House will be trying to paint Donny as the “victim.” That his petty acts of passive-aggressiveness are a “response” to some “wrong” that was visited upon him by the deceased or his family.
re: #293 Backwoods_Sleuth
Trump always has to add 7 million, 8 million, 9 million, or 12 million gallons to his leaky self-esteem tank.
Breaking:
Democrat @friendsforbatch will suspend her campaign in a competitive #ncga race to battle #breastcancer #ncpol https://t.co/y1uX7AkPgH— Andy Specht (@AndySpecht) August 27, 2018
re: #293 Backwoods_Sleuth
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It sounds like shit his staff started telling him when his poll numbers didn’t get that “honeymoon period” rise: “Well boss, you can’t take those numbers at face value, you gotta add a few points. The media’s never gonna publish the real numbers, so you gotta add a few points that they shave off.”
it’s endorsement time!
Rick Scott of Florida is doing a fantastic job as Governor. Jobs are pouring into the State and its economic health is better than ever before. He is strong on Crime, Borders, and loves our Military and Vets. Vote for Rick on Tuesday!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 27, 2018
Congressman Ron DeSantis is a special person who has done an incredible job. He is running in Tuesdays Primary for Governor of Florida….Strong on Crime, Borders and wants Low Taxes. He will be a great Governor and has my full and total Endorsement!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 27, 2018
Governor Doug Ducey of Arizona is doing a great job. It would be really nice to show your support tomorrow by voting for him in Tuesdays Primary. Doug is strong on Crime, the Border, and our Second Amendment. Loves our Military & our Vets. He has my full and complete Endorsement.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 27, 2018
wonder if he’ll still like Ducey if Cindy gets the appointment for filling John’s seat.
re: #293 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I used to have a similar system leading up to Presidential elections—I’d keep a running mental average of all the polls I saw and assume that that was two points pessimistic for the Democrat. It was always dead on—until 2004. The fix has been in ever since.
Honestly, I expect to be told before Sunday that the reason Donny is being such a prick about all this is because the McCains barred him while inviting Obama and Dubya, the two men who Comrade Combover views himself as being “better” than.
The thing about Glenn Greenwald is that, as far as I can tell, his crusade isn’t directed at “establishment Democrats,” it’s directed at cable news talking heads and people he doesn’t like on Twitter, then mischaracterized as a problem with the Democratic Party https://t.co/9ridPuqSG7
— USPS Fan (@jesseltaylor) August 27, 2018
An excerpt from Rob Tibbetts’ eulogy for his murdered daughter, Mollie:
“The Hispanic community are Iowans. They have the same values as Iowans. As far as I’m concerned, they’re Iowans with better food.”
Amen, including the food. https://t.co/rbrx8fufQO— Dan Fagin (@danfagin) August 27, 2018
The behavior of Mollie’s relatives has been so noble and humane compared to the vomitous and cruel exploitation of her death by the racists in the GOP. https://t.co/Qbr47o811q
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) August 27, 2018
Federal Protective Service has put in a flag lowering request to the President.
The following states now have gubernatorial orders in to lower the flag to half-mast for John McCain:
DE, MA, AR, RI, NC, SC, KS, MD, AZ, WI, VA, OH
(Other states are at half-mast for other people)
Click on the specific state to see the order and length of time.
#ICYMI: This shit’s about to get real. #teachers #labor https://t.co/Ee7nEdrCTB
— L.A. TACO 🌴🌮 (@LATACO) August 27, 2018
re: #293 Backwoods_Sleuth
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so he didnt misquote or ‘confuse’ the poll by using the disapproval number of 52%
he just put his finger on the scale, added 8 points to the 44% approvaland didnt tell anybody he was doing it
it’s still a lie.
he lied
just a different lie than we (i) thought yesterday
re: #312 Anymouse 🌹
Federal Protective Service has put in a flag lowering request to the President.
The following states now have gubernatorial orders in to lower the flag to half-mast for John McCain:
DE, MA, AR, RI, NC, SC, KS, MD, AZ, WI, VA, OH
(Other states are at half-mast for other people)
Click on the specific state to see the order and length of time.
Last November is the gift that keeps on giving.
Our heartfelt condolences go out to the family of Arizona Sen. John McCain, who passed away yesterday. His service to the American people, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Senate and his relentless support of U.S. service members will always serve as an example of true patriotism. pic.twitter.com/jH47tfGYTR
— USForces Afghanistan (@USFOR_A) August 26, 2018
re: #300 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
I checked Governor Inslee’s office—flag status is still “full staff.” I emailed the guy in charge, Schuyler Hoss (Just because I’ve always wanted to email someone named “Schuyler Hoss”) that they should lower the flag just to annoy the Tangerine Wankmaggot. We’ll see—I’ve got an email notification set up.
I just called the Nebraska governor’s office and left a request with his aide that Gov. Ricketts issue a proclamation to lower the flag to half-mast until the day of interment for Senator McCain, as is customary for a sitting senator. I noted who I was (my name, village trustee, village flag committee chair).
She took my telephone number and said her office would get back with me.
re: #224 plansbandc
many many many thanks for “make trump tweets eight again”
This tidbit from Dan Sneider’s must read article on the NK negotiations….dayyum. Kim Yong Chol pwned Pompeo. pic.twitter.com/CZ7nOTkKqW
— Vipin Narang (@NarangVipin) August 27, 2018
After @MicheleBachmann, Trent Franks, @replouiegohmert , @TomRooney, and @Westmoreland_GA falsely accused @HumaAbedin of being part of a conspiracy by the Muslim Brotherhood to infiltrate the US government, Senator McCain stood on the Senate floor for seven minutes to defend her. pic.twitter.com/WzPHZQ4ncF
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) August 27, 2018
Donny spends more time screaming out his wild-eyed proclamations of “innocence” as he drops a deuce in the morning than he spent recognizing the life and times of a man whose legacy he will never be able to match.
re: #319 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Full article here: https://t.co/4GEX2dpq2w
— Vipin Narang (@NarangVipin) August 27, 2018
The White House flag is not flying half staff today. The US Capitol flag is pic.twitter.com/YBcoLXcNiw
— Noah Gray (@NoahGrayCNN) August 27, 2018
President who uses the flag and respect for veterans as weapons refuses to use flags to respect a veteran. https://t.co/nlqgjP5Ca0
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) August 27, 2018
His entire fury over kneeling football players is his opinion that they’re disrespecting Veterans. Today he disrespected a Veteran who spent 5 years in a Vietnamese prison cell alone. A man who could have gone home, but wouldn’t leave his men behind. https://t.co/80ItHY9hsG
— Zach Braff (@zachbraff) August 27, 2018
Just now in the Oval: Trump just ignored multiple Qs about McCain, including four from @jonkarl who stood about 6 feet away from the president and asked if he had anything to say about the late senator and whether he believed McCain was a hero. The president stared straight ahead
— Michael C. Bender (@MichaelCBender) August 27, 2018
Well, well, well…isn’t Trump more or less holding his own flag protest and dishonoring the men and women that fight for that flag by not flying the flag at half-staff in honor of McCain?
Where are all the cries from wingnuts?
Where are the statements from some of the NFL owners?
Where are the Republican politicians that were disgusted by the players taking a knee.
Where is Mike Pence…is he going to go to the White House and check if Donny is doing the honorable thing?
re: #325 ObserverArt
Well, well, well…isn’t Trump more or less holding his own flag protest and dishonoring the men and women that fight for that flag by not flying the flag at half-staff in honor of McCain?
Where are all the cries from wingnuts?
Where are the statements from some of the NFL owners?
Where are the Republican politicians that were disgusted by the players taking a knee.
Where is Mike Pence…is he going to go to the White House and check if Donny is doing the honorable thing?
In the Federal government, hypocrites all of them.
Some Republican state governors (as I noted above) have now ordered the flag to half mast.
Donald Trump doesn’t get to say shit about “disrespecting” veterans
ever again.https://t.co/y8FEazvgf7— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 27, 2018
Trump’s trash, but he’s also a coward, so the zombie stare is all you get.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) August 27, 2018
re: #327 Kragar
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Like that will stop him. Or give his supporters even a second of pause before they scream about those “thugs” are being so disrespectful to players by refusing to stand during the National Anthem.
Unlike @POTUS, the private sector understands that John McCain is an American hero. Thank you @McDonalds for doing the honorable thing. pic.twitter.com/J3IJT5rDWw
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) August 27, 2018
re: #324 The Vicious Babushka
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And the press will treat this as a story…for an afternoon. Before finding some “Both Sides” moment to provide false balance.
Huh.
I assume this dinner was scheduled far in advance, but Trump often leans on his evangelical supporters during times of crisis — e.g., Charlottesville, original Stormy Daniels news, etc. — and his administration is certainly at a tense point right now. https://t.co/9IYWYV8uN2— Jack Jenkins (@jackmjenkins) August 27, 2018
I’m seeing the same at businesses in my town. Trump’s trash, so we should have expected this failure.
— Jeff “We call BS” Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) August 27, 2018
Under the flag code, I don’t have the authority to go beyond it (that requires the governor or his permission - for example, I obtained permission on the death of our village clerk a couple years ago). I do have it at half-mast today at my house (along with my Gold Star Family flag, as today would have been my father’s birthday).
hey, Art!
CORRUPTION CONNECTED TO PAYDAY LENDING ALLEGED https://t.co/jCAcG8w7Cq
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) August 27, 2018
Someone’s scared… pic.twitter.com/NhNNakJQbc
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) August 27, 2018
re: #307 Backwoods_Sleuth
it’s endorsement time!
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wonder if he’ll still like Ducey if Cindy gets the appointment for filling John’s seat.
Wait—Skeletor didn’t get his “full and total/complete Endorsement!”
What’s up with that?
White House Releases Moving Statement Honoring Woman Who Called Obama An Arab In 2008 https://t.co/rq8R5qMmEZ pic.twitter.com/otyKG58uFv
— The Onion (@TheOnion) August 27, 2018
re: #336 gocart mozart
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Kelli must feel rather conflicted right now, between the wingnut impulses to screech about how evil and rotten McCain was, and her desire to win a seat held by a man who is receiving praise from even some of his worst “enemies.”
re: #240 Anymouse 🌹
No Republican governor is going to cross Trump.
Yup. Though Hogan is keeping the state flag at half-mast until internment.
Gov. Larry Hogan orders Maryland flag at half-staff for Sen. John McCain
According to the Secretary of State’s website, the Maryland State Flag will return to full-staff at sunset on the interment date, which has not yet been announced. The U.S. flag will return to full-staff at sunset Sunday.
I hope we can get rid of Hogan next election.
I’ve ordered the flag of the Commonwealth of Virginia to be flown at half-staff over the state Capitol and all local, state, and federal buildings and grounds in the Commonwealth in respect and memory of Senator John McCain until sunset, September 2.
— Ralph Northam (@GovernorVA) August 27, 2018
Honoring the memory and legacy of Senator John McCain, an American patriot, who served our great nation with distinction.
My prayers are with Senator McCain’s family and loved ones as our nation mourns his passing.— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) August 26, 2018
Literally, the White House is not even bothering to lower the flag to half staff, so this is a lie, lady. @IvankaTrump https://t.co/Fwm4H23nCv
— Soledad O’Brien (@soledadobrien) August 27, 2018
re: #330 Backwoods_Sleuth
And plenty of dingbats weighing in on that thread with “day of and day after” in the Flag Code, without reading the relevant part of the law noting the Flag Code applies to government entities, not citizens or private entities.
I really despise conservative faux patriotism.
re: #312 Anymouse 🌹
Federal Protective Service has put in a flag lowering request to the President.
The following states now have gubernatorial orders in to lower the flag to half-mast for John McCain:
DE, MA, AR, RI, NC, SC, KS, MD, AZ, WI, VA, OH
(Other states are at half-mast for other people)
Click on the specific state to see the order and length of time.
So is Henry confused or am I? Where is this proclamation from the yam?
South Carolina observing Half Staff
Sunday, August 26, 2018
As a mark of respect for the memory of Senator
John McCain, the President has issued a
proclamation ordering that the flag of the United
States be flown at half-staff until sunset, on
the day of interment. Accordingly, the Governor
directs that flags atop the State
Capitol Building be flown at half-staff
immediately and until sunset on the day of
interment.
re: #320 Backwoods_Sleuth
Wait, wait, are you saying that Crazy Eyes Bachmann, Gohmert! and Trent Franks were full of cockadoodoo?
Who else can we trust?
re: #324 The Vicious Babushka
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Just now in the Oval: Trump just ignored multiple Qs about McCain, including four from @jonkarl who stood about 6 feet away from the president and asked if he had anything to say about the late senator and whether he believed McCain was a hero. The president stared straight ahead
He’s such a baby
re: #328 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
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Trump’s trash, but he’s also a coward, so the zombie stare is all you get.
This close to holding his breath
American Legion National Commander Denise Rohan to WH:
“I strongly urge you to make an appropriate presidential proclamation noting Senator McCain’s death and legacy of service to our nation, and that our nation’s flag be half-staffed through his internment.”— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) August 27, 2018
Trump had his chance to do the right thing. He missed it. Anything he puts out at this point will simply be because his spin doctors forced him to put something out.
He’s a petty, small man and he’s a national disgrace. https://t.co/X4fvvjEVRa— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 27, 2018
re: #347 dangerman
Trump’s trash, but he’s also a coward, so the zombie stare is all you get.
This close to holding his breath
If you turn purple when you’re already orange…where does that end up?
re: #344 BeachDem
So is Henry confused or am I? Where is this proclamation from the yam?
South Carolina observing Half Staff
Sunday, August 26, 2018As a mark of respect for the memory of Senator
John McCain, the President has issued a
proclamation ordering that the flag of the United
States be flown at half-staff until sunset, on
the day of interment. Accordingly, the Governor
directs that flags atop the State
Capitol Building be flown at half-staff
immediately and until sunset on the day of
interment.
I bet I can guess what happened.
My own state governor usually issues proclamations that say “the President has ordered the flag to half-staff” and releases them.
I’m guessing the So. Car. governor’s office prepared such a statement in advance, and simply released it with the assumption the President would release such a proclamation; or they used a boilerplate proclamation and just inserted the relevant information.
re: #349 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
If you turn purple when you’re already orange…where does that end up?
Maybe red. It might make him look more human.
re: #272 wrenchwench
Trump lied.
Again.
This isn’t surprising or shocking. It’s all he does. He lies. He thinks changing the name will somehow change what is going on (it doesn’t). NAFTA isn’t going away.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 27, 2018
I hope every @NFL player “takes a knee” at every game in protest of @realdonaldtrump disrespecting the flag, veterans and POWs by refusing to fly our American flag at half-mast at the White House to honor John McCain @AriMelber @chrislhayes @jaketapper @NicolleDWallace @Lawrence
— Cheri Jacobus (@CheriJacobus) August 27, 2018
re: #348 Kragar
Maybe the AL (among others) is finding out who they cheered and helped elect.
re: #348 Kragar
And if he tries to blame it on his staffers, then it goes to their sheer incompetence, and his vanity.
It isn’t about him.
It’s about respecting a man who spent 50+ years in public service, nearly dying several times while in the Navy (the Forrestal incident and then as a POW).
All that happened while Trump was dodging the draft so he could have his own personal Vietnam at Studio 54.
huzzah for Australian nannas…
81-year-old nanna Faye Morgan has saved the day, by pulling two pythons from a barbecue in Brisbane on the weekend. More in the news at 4pm and 6pm. https://t.co/dIKIXO6M9c #7News pic.twitter.com/rsMOqlK6Vo
— 7 News Brisbane (@7NewsBrisbane) August 27, 2018
Donald Trump is a vile piece of shit.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 27, 2018
.@jonkarl: “Mr. President, do you have any thoughts on John McCain? Do you have any thoughts at all about John McCain? Do you believe John McCain was a hero, sir? Nothing at all about John McCain? OK.” pic.twitter.com/82x4QP2Gbp
— CSPAN (@cspan) August 27, 2018
re: #348 Kragar
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A president that has to be shamed into being a decent human being has never been one. If he releases such a proclamation now, it’s not because he’s had a “change of heart” or because of “long thought,” it’s because the same people in the press office who beat him into reading prepared statements after Charlottesville and Helsinki have again pistol-whipped him into showing an ounce of fake humanity.
watch this:
as the states avalanche and lower their flags
the white house quietly lowers theirs - early in the am tomorrow or the next day
when asked, sanders says “it was an error by some flunkie and was corrected immediately when we found out”
re: #357 Backwoods_Sleuth
huzzah for Australian nannas…
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Throw a python on the barbie?
re: #360 dangerman
watch this:
as the states avalanche and lower their flags
the white house quietly lowers theirs - early in the am tomorrow or the next daywhen asked, sanders says “it was an error by some flunkie and was corrected immediately when we found out”
The magabots are gonna have to get it into gear to defend this.
re: #360 dangerman
watch this:
as the states avalanche and lower their flags
the white house quietly lowers theirs - early in the am tomorrow or the next daywhen asked, sanders says “it was an error by some flunkie and was corrected immediately when we found out”
Agree on the former part, disagree on the latter. They’ll spin it as the White House needing time to write a proclamation encompassing how great and awesome McCain was…before releasing something so generic you could mistake it for a pre-written macro.
re: #361 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Throw a python on the barbie?
I wouldn’t. So many extremely sharp ribs are going to tear a person up.
re: #349 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
If you turn purple when you’re already orange…where does that end up?
Brown—-ish?
— Scott Linnen (@ScottLinnen) August 27, 2018
re: #350 Anymouse 🌹
I bet I can guess what happened.
My own state governor usually issues proclamations that say “the President has ordered the flag to half-staff” and releases them.
I’m guessing the So. Car. governor’s office prepared such a statement in advance, and simply released it with the assumption the President would release such a proclamation; or they used a boilerplate proclamation and just inserted the relevant information.
Henry McMaster, one of the original yam butt-kissers, should have known better. Wonder if he’ll change it to remain in the asshole’s good graces (new polling shows James Smith within 4 points of Henry—wonder if the yam turns on Henry, how it will affect the race)
Narcissists take others’ popularity as a negative commentary on them.
“If you love him more than me, you’re saying he’s better than me.”
They’re gonna tell ya how much better they are or rip that person every time. Every time.
Utterly compulsive.
2/2— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) August 27, 2018
Media is still giving Trump passes on claiming a deal was struck.
Ask him specifics on the deal struck. What was changed. SPECIFICALLY.
What will change from NAFTA? BE SPECIFIC. Here’s the text - ask what is changing. A great negotiator would be able to tell you what is changing. If he can’t even manage that, then ask why he doesn’t know.
The media just goes out there and repeats his stuff at these pressers, all while later acknowledging Trump pushed his vapid vaporware again and again.
Even the USTR recognizes this isn’t repealing NAFTA or invoking Congressional action on the repeal. They’re looking to modify some provisions - not an entire rewrite.
re: #360 dangerman
watch this:
as the states avalanche and lower their flags
the white house quietly lowers theirs - early in the am tomorrow or the next daywhen asked, sanders says “it was an error by some flunkie and was corrected immediately when we found out”
She’s such a pathetic liar.
re: #358 Charles Johnson
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Mr. President, do you have any thoughts on John McCain? Do you have any thoughts at all about John McCain? Do you believe John McCain was a hero, sir? Nothing at all about John McCain? OK.”
With that continued silence he just keeps digging the hole deeper
sit down and STFU, Hugh
Hugh Hewitt claims Trump just forgot to fly flag at half staff for McCain: ‘It’s an egregious oversight’ https://t.co/M4EDPGRBOr
— Raw Story (@RawStory) August 27, 2018
re: #371 Targetpractice
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He doesn’t get that McCain was liked more than he was because McCain wasn’t a stupid asshole who thought he was awesome. McCain was fully aware he wasn’t perfect.
wait, whut????
From the White House to Broadway: Anthony Scaramucci brings a musical about the Trump family to the stage pic.twitter.com/2lIirKQY2q
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) August 27, 2018
re: #372 lawhawk
Media is still giving Trump passes on claiming a deal was struck.
Ask him specifics on the deal struck. What was changed. SPECIFICALLY.
What will change from NAFTA? BE SPECIFIC. Here’s the text - ask what is changing. A great negotiator would be able to tell you what is changing. If he can’t even manage that, then ask why he doesn’t know.
The media just goes out there and repeats his stuff at these pressers, all while later acknowledging Trump pushed his vapid vaporware again and again.
Even the USTR recognizes this isn’t repealing NAFTA or invoking Congressional action on the repeal. They’re looking to modify some provisions - not an entire rewrite.
Wall Street is just very, very happy Trump isn’t blowing it up.
re: #377 Backwoods_Sleuth
wait, whut????
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“Scamilton?”
— Dixomatic, Friend of the Show (@dixomatic) August 27, 2018
re: #365 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Never had rattlesnake chili I take it?
re: #335 Backwoods_Sleuth
hey, Art!
Eric Garland ✔
@ericgarland
CORRUPTION CONNECTED TO PAYDAY LENDING ALLEGED
Meanwhile little fuckwad Mike DeWine is running ads in his governors race against Richard Cordray calling his time as Secretary of State corrupt even though he went after big banks and their bad practices in Ohio.
Then he attacks him for his time as the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau saying he “secretly collected hundreds of millions of credit card accounts and mortgages. Worse, Cordray failed to protect our information. It was hacked over 200 times.”
That is called mostly false by PolitiFact and the only “hack” to the credit card info was more due to the contractors hired to enter the info. Plus, that was all done to set up the bureau even before Cordary started operating it.
So, what is the Ohio House Speaker, who resigned his seat due to bad dealing being investigated for? That’s right…payday lending scams.
And DeWine probably knew it was all going on being the Ohio Attorney General.
But don’t vote for the guy who was trying to protect ALL Americans against bad lending practices.
I hope that little snake DeWine gets beaten by Cordray…but right now it is too close.
re: #377 Backwoods_Sleuth
wait, whut????
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I guess that’s one Broadway musical for Mike Pence to feel safe at.
re: #380 Single-handed sailor
Never had rattlesnake chili I take it?
Of course not. Never ate road kill either.
re: #383 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
Of course not. Never ate road kill either.
“Darrel, go on out to the Interstate and see what the Special of the Day is.”
—Larry
re: #375 Backwoods_Sleuth
sit down and STFU, Hugh
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Yeah just like you forget you have a functioning brain when you suck off Trump, Hughie.
re: #349 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
If you turn purple when you’re already orange…where does that end up?
Somewhere around flame red.
re: #369 BeachDem
Upding for “yam butt-kissers”.
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Best of April 2024 Nothing new here but these are a look back at the a few good images from the past month. Despite the weather, I was quite pleased with several of them. These were taken with older lenses (made from the ...
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