Julian Lage plays his original composition “Peru” on the new pre-war voiced Collings OM2H T (Traditional Series) featuring an Adirondack spruce top and Madagascar rosewood back and sides.
Please visit:
http://www.julianlage.com
http://www.collingsguitars.com/Instruments/?ID=229
As for Christmas movies, how about Miracle on 34th Street? I haven’t watched it in years now, but it’s a cute and somewhat sappy flick.
No one has mentioned Die Hard. What is wrong with you people?
re: #1 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
As for Christmas movies, how about Miracle on 34th Street? I haven’t watched it in years now, but it’s a cute and somewhat sappy flick.
No one has mentioned Die Hard. What is wrong with you people?
Scuse me, I mentioned Die Hard last thread. Only one I willingly watch every year.
Yippie-ki-yay!
Real-time American gun violence numbers for 2018, with 18 days left:
•13,781 gun deaths
•26,635 gun injuries
•636 children shot
•2,680 teenagers shot
•1,920 armed home invasions
•1,673 incidents of defensive gun use
•1,509 unintentional shootings
•329 mass shootings— Gun Violence Archive (@GunDeaths) December 13, 2018
Though, there is a new film out this Christmas I have got to see - ‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’
Review: npr.org
Final trailer:
Now THAT is my idea of a Christmas movie.
re: #1 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
As for Christmas movies, how about Miracle on 34th Street? I haven’t watched it in years now, but it’s a cute and somewhat sappy flick.
No one has mentioned Die Hard. What is wrong with you people?
When Christmas Eve comes around there is only one movie that really brings out the Christmas spirit in me—John Waters “Female Trouble”. Such a wholesome story about a girl whose heart was broken because she didn’t get cha cha heels for Christmas!
re: #5 William Lewis
Though, there is a new film out this Christmas I have got to see - ‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’
Review: npr.org
Final trailer:
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Now THAT is my idea of a Christmas movie.
That one looks fantastic, and the reviews are very good. I’ll have to wait for the digital release, as our local theater is really, really bad…
Christmas movie talk? Tie between A Nightmare Before Christmas and Scrooged for me.
@PreetBharara Would the Secret Service protect Trump post Presidency if he were in jail for any reason?
— Ryan Atkins (@theryanatkins) December 13, 2018
This is an interesting question isn’t it https://t.co/Yv8oryAxWQ
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) December 13, 2018
.@KatyTurNBC has an announcement … pic.twitter.com/kERZrqLHRK
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 13, 2018
if this baby isn’t named Summer Tur then i’m fucking done with phish. fucking done! https://t.co/CyXZsGtaer
— trerry garstasio (@phuckchristy) December 14, 2018
When corporation uses profits for stock buy back it’s deciding that returning capital to shareholders is better for business than investing in their products or workers. Tax code encourages this. No surprise we have work life that is unstable & low paying. https://t.co/yHV1qS0yLu
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) December 13, 2018
You voted for the tax bill you lying fuck. @marcorubio isn’t going to burn in hell for his egregious hypocrisy and lying. He’s going to spend eternity having his mouth washed out with human shit. https://t.co/b5ilrWRg5l
— Nick Hanauer (@NickHanauer) December 14, 2018
In which a self-made billionaire calls a sitting US Senator a “lying fuck” and I am HERE FOR IT. https://t.co/Mlx8c7z0fo
— soonergrunt 🇺🇸 (@soonergrunt) December 14, 2018
re: #3 William Lewis
Scuse me, I mentioned Die Hard last thread. Only one I willingly watch every year.
Yippie-ki-yay!
Local theatre is presenting a musical version.
SRO. Promises to be a seasonal classic.
My feed needs some cheese.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) December 14, 2018
#NowPlaying Chicago > The Very Best Of: Only The Beginning > If You Leave Me Now https://t.co/TXs0HIDc50
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) December 14, 2018
Abstract
Objective: To determine if using a parachute prevents death or major traumatic injury when jumping from an aircraft.
Design: Randomized controlled trial.
— Dennis Mersereau (@wxdam) December 14, 2018
re: #8 Targetpractice
Christmas movie talk? Tie between A Nightmare Before Christmas and Scrooged for me.
Good call on Scrooged. Bill Murray is the man.
re: #17 Eclectic Cyborg
Good call on Scrooged. Bill Murray is the man.
The best screen adaptation of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol there is.
re: #2 teleskiguy
No one is down with Christmas Evil, I guess. According to John Waters it’s the greatest seasonal film of all time, a true cinematic masterpiece.
re: #20 teleskiguy
I’ve never seen it.
It’s skiing pretty good up Little Cottonwood Canyon.
The past few days have been incredible. Take a look.
🎥: @SweetgrassP #AltaMagic pic.twitter.com/B5QCvfXnta— Alta Ski Area (@AltaSkiArea) December 14, 2018
I’m behind … left over on the last thread.
re: #133 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
Reading the original story now, I am not so sure Miss USA (from NEBRASKA, Anymouse!) was mocking Miss Vietnam or Miss Cambodia for their English abilities. Rather, she was trying in her clueless, white-bread way to express how difficult it was for the two women to understand what others were saying, given that no one there spoke either Vietnamese or Cambodian. (Though I wonder if either learned French or Chinese in school.)
Kinda like the Southern meaning behind “bless their hearts.”
The Southern meaning behind “bless their hearts” (as I understood it when I lived in the South) is exactly that: mocking.
As for Miss Nebraska, from that article I precisely got the idea she was mocking them. She has since apologised, but down near the bottom of the original article:
Summers drew ire online on Wednesday after she shared her thoughts on Rern Sinat, Miss Cambodia, and H’Hen Nie, Miss Vietnam, and their English-language skills in an Instagram Live video alongside Miss Colombia Valeria Morales.
“She’s so cute and she pretends to know so much English and then you ask her a question after having a whole conversation with her and she goes …” Summers, a 24-year-old pageant contestant from Nebraska, said when asked about Nie before she proceeded to nod and smile, mimicking her fellow contestant.
“She’s adorable,” she continued.
Summers then shifts her focus to Sinat.
“Miss Cambodia is here and doesn’t speak any English and not a single other person speaks her language. Can you imagine?” Summers said. “Francesca said that would be so isolating and I said, ‘yes, and just confusing all the time.’ Poor Cambodia.”
I’m surprised no one’s mentioned Black Christmas, a 1974 Canadian slasher flick - and directed by Bob Clark, no less…..the same director who brought us A Christmas Story.
Heh.
Men need to lift weights, make lots of money and get laid if they want to be happy and confident—Not subscribe to highfalutin, esoteric, guru-worshipping mental operating systems
— Jacob Wohl (@JacobAWohl) December 14, 2018
Says the scrawny, unemployed virgin… https://t.co/SNtQmUBRnq
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) December 14, 2018
re: #23 Anymouse 🌹
Condescending is the word to use here, not mocking. Miss USA assumes people who don’t speak or understand English are somehow mentally defective.
re: #24 Dr Lizardo
I’m surprised no one’s mentioned Black Christmas, a 1974 Canadian slasher flick - and directed by Bob Clark, no less…..the same director who brought us A Christmas Story.
Heh.
And Porky’s.
While Clark did co-write the screenplay with Shepherd for A Christmas Story, it was really Jean Shepherd’s own childhood story, with names and events changed to protect the guilty and Shepherd’s narration throughout the movie (along with the fantastic cast) made the film. However, Porky’s (at least the original and the first sequel) was all Clark (with another fantastic cast), who not only directed it, but wrote the screenplay by drawing on his misspent youth in south Florida in the 50s.
re: #25 Ace-o-aces
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WTF is he babbling about? He really needs to get a life away from Twitter.
My favorite Christmas show was the Grinch. I always loved it when his heart grew. Not sure I have a favorite Christmas movie but God help me I do like Love Actually. Favorite song vacillates between A Christmas Song by Shawn Phillips and I Wish it Could Be Christmas Everyday by Wizzard. Because I do wish it could be Christmas everyday.
Honorable mention Mr Heat Miser by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
re: #28 HappyWarrior
WTF is he babbling about? He really needs to get a life away from Twitter.
He was on some rant about Jordan Peterson for some reason. I mean, I’m no Peterson fan, but J-cob’s such a pathetic poser.
Next we’ll be hearing that Trump had nothing to do with the Trump campaign
— making the yuletide gay AF (@rdhesselbrock) December 14, 2018
re: #29 SteveMcGriftFlynnComey… …corruptemoligate RN
My favorite Christmas show was the Grinch. I always loved it when his heart grew. Not sure I have a favorite Christmas movie but God help me I do like Love Actually. Favorite song vacillates between A Christmas Song by Shawn Phillips and I Wish it Could Be Christmas Everyday by Wizzard. Because I do wish it could be Christmas everyday.
Honorable mention Mr Heat Miser by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
It’s a nice story. Niece was looking at Dr. Seuss the other day. So happy she looks like she’s going to be an active reader.
re: #27 TedStriker
And Porky’s.
Clark had quite a diverse filmography. He was a good director.
BBL - off to work.
re: #17 Eclectic Cyborg
Good call on Scrooged. Bill Murray is the man.
My wife just put on “Christmas Evil.”
re: #30 Ace-o-aces
He was on some rant about Jordan Peterson for some reason. I mean, I’m no Peterson fan, but J-cob’s such a pathetic poser.
Yeah I got that part but the what he’s saying men are doing instead. Me? I hike, do cardio, & sometimes rock climb. I don’t need Jacob Wohl to tell me I’m not a real man because I think Jordan Peterson is a wanker.
re: #27 TedStriker
And Porky’s.
I used to have to call a customer and ask for Mike Hunt. That went on for years until somebody changed the fax cover page to Michael. I guess somebody finally watched the movie. My other fond phone memory was that Lily Tomlin’s Ernestine answered the phone for West American Rubber Company.
re: #26 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
Condescending is the word to use here, not mocking. Miss USA assumes people who don’t speak or understand English are somehow mentally defective.
Why not both?
I’m off to watch the movie … catch y’all later. I’m sure “Christmas Evil” is a cinematic masterpiece.
re: #31 Ace-o-aces
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Apparently they’re trying to shift gears from Nixonian “total denial” to Reaganesque “he was totally in the dark about everything!”
We’re getting to that point in Iran-Contra where the conclusions were either that the man is a criminal or an idiot. That he either knowingly took part in what happened and is thus criminally liable…or he’s such a fucking idiot that he had no control over anything and thus totally in the dark about what was going on around him.
Neither of those are good looks, especially when you’re gearing up for a reelection run.
re: #34 Dr Lizardo
Clark had quite a diverse filmography. He was a good director.
BBL - off to work.
Indeed…here’s something to chew on:
Clark executive-produced the moonshine movie Moonrunners, which was used as source material for the TV series The Dukes of Hazzard. Clark later produced the 2000 TV movie The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood. Clark and others sued Warner Bros. over the studio’s 2005 movie The Dukes of Hazzard, winning a $17.5 million settlement just prior to the movie’s release.[7]
I’m glad Clark got some major coin out of WB (though he and one of his sons was killed in a head-on collision by a drunk driver less than two years later); I like Seann William Scott, Johnny Knoxville, Willie, and Burt, but that movie was a turd, because the plot sucked and Jessica Simpson couldn’t act her way out of a wet paper bag.
re: #36 HappyWarrior
Yeah I got that part but the what he’s saying men are doing instead. Me? I hike, do cardio, & sometimes rock climb. I don’t need Jacob Wohl to tell me I’m not a real man because I think Jordan Peterson is a wanker.
Certainly sounds as though Jacob is no fan of Jordan — which may be the only time he exhibited good judgement in his life.
Well, after thirty minutes or so of that movie, that’s thirty minutes of our lives we will never get back.
— chicago’s finest Ⓜ (@teebizal23) December 13, 2018
President Trump: I’ve Narrowed My Chief of Staff Search to Five People
Poor guys, I wonder if they know.
In memory of Sondra Locke’s death, let’s remember what an absolute piece of shit Clint Eastwood is.
— Walter Chaw (@mangiotto) December 13, 2018
re: #17 Eclectic Cyborg
Good call on Scrooged. Bill Murray is the man.
Are you kidding? The Lion In Winter is the best Christmas movie evah!
It’s the ultimate dysfunctional family Christmas movie. Peter O’Toole as Henry the 2nd, Katherine Hepburn as Eleanor of Aquitaine, Anthony Hopkins as the gay and terribly conflicted Richard the Lionheart, Nigel Terry as the sniveling John Lackland (who capitulated to the Lords and signed the Magna Carta), and Timothy Dalton, in his first movie role as Philip the 2nd, the young French King.
It’s glorious.
Die Hard is #2 (Ho Ho Ho, Now I’ve got a machine gun).
With Joe Arapaio suing for $300 million three media outlets for “defamation resulting in his inability to run for the US Senate” (LOL), does that make him a prime candidate for Chief of Staff? His career is pretty much dead anyway, so working for the guy who pardoned him won’t hurt it.
re: #50 Anymouse 🌹
The dudes in his 80’s. I guess he’s still too angry to retire or die.
re: #50 Anymouse 🌹
With Joe Arapaio suing for $300 million three media outlets for “defamation resulting in his inability to run for the US Senate” (LOL), does that make him a prime candidate for Chief of Staff? His career is pretty much dead anyway, so working for the guy who pardoned him won’t hurt it.
He’s also, like, 102 years old, which gets him bonus points for reasonable deniability for anything he actually says.
re: #8 Targetpractice
Christmas movie talk? Tie between A Nightmare Before Christmas and Scrooged for me.
I got CL’d.
I haven’t seen most of the movies that you guys are talking about. I did see Die Hard, though.
My favorite is Bad Santa. What age is appropriate for kids to watch that? I’ve been waiting for years to watch it with my kids. I’m so bad.
re: #20 teleskiguy
No one is down with Christmas Evil, I guess. According to John Waters it’s the greatest seasonal film of all time, a true cinematic masterpiece.
Never even heard of it!
re: #37 SteveMcGriftFlynnComey… …corruptemoligate RN
I used to have to call a customer and ask for Mike Hunt. That went on for years until somebody changed the fax cover page to Michael. I guess somebody finally watched the movie. My other fond phone memory was that Lily Tomlin’s Ernestine answered the phone for West American Rubber Company.
Living in Las Vegas, something we used to do was go down on the Strip and go in the casinos. Easy to find a house phone and asked them to page “Mike Hunt” or other various funny names. LOL.
And everyone ran away. I killed the thread. Going to bed now.
The NRA gave more money to Missouri Senator-elect Josh Hawley than to any other candidate. Hawley is already being investigated for dark money and illegal activity; the Butina case is an impetus to trace NRA money and expose the full extent of corruption
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) December 13, 2018
Worth noting:
* Pence chose Hawley and got the GOP behind him
* Pence was tight with fellow NRA dirty money recipient Eric Greitens, who was indicted and resigned as MO gov
* Pence’s chief of staff, Nick Ayers, is implicated in Greiten probe
* Pence was chosen for VP by Manafort— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) December 13, 2018
Nothing says IOWA better than Mexican street corn.
Loved showing my colleagues a little taste of #Iowa at today’s lunch! Nothin’ says the Iowa State Fair like some:
🐂 Hot beef sundaes
🐖 Iowa pork chops
🥔 Loaded tater tot on a stick
🌽 Mexican street corn
🐄 Butter cow w/rolls
🍦 Ice cream from LeMars, IA pic.twitter.com/b3T03uVc7o— Joni Ernst (@SenJoniErnst) December 13, 2018
re: #59 Single-handed sailor
Nothing says IOWA better than Mexican street corn.
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Which is basically just buttered sweet corn with chili powder sprinkled on it.
Inveterate Liar Sarah Huckabee Sanders Hopes Y’all Will Remember How ‘Honest’ She Was (Wonkette)
After 500 years working as the White House Press Secretary, soul snatcher and country-ass liar Sarah Huckabee Sanders is set to be packing her shit as the “Cheers” theme song plays on her iTunes. Stepping lightly across the carpeted floors in the White House press office, she will place the final memento into her cardboard box and exhale a sigh of relief. “Sigh.” Proudly, she will think on how she outlasted far more talented and valuable people at the White House. She’ll tell you exactly why that was. “If I hadn’t been so pure, honest, and good, wouldn’t I be a jailbird like Michael Cohen, or on my way like Flynn?” See? That fake quote we just invented for Sanders is very truthful.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders has given these 500 years of her life to this nation, and the least we can do is remember her as honest, courageously truthful, and a bold non-liar. She demands her legacy be remembered as TRUTH.
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Inside Saudi Arabia’s secret operation to prop up its stock market when there’s bad news, including the murder of #Khashoggi with @ScheckWSJ and @summer_said https://t.co/KsrNaw9VkO
— Bradley Hope (@bradleyhope) December 13, 2018
That’s gotta piss of the King.
CNN broadcast a segment with Kasich giving resounding support to the reason people were in the caravan.. See the video clip:
cnn.com
For all his flaws, at least he isn’t preaching hatred of the other.
re: #60 sagehen
Butter with rolls?
Not rolls with butter?
You get a portion of butter molded as a miniature Butter Cow to go with your rolls.
The Butter Cow has been a fixture at the Iowa State Fair since 1911*. I have seen it with mine own two eyes. Truly a site to behold!
* Not the same cow or butter, though.
re: #1 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
As for Christmas movies, how about Miracle on 34th Street? I haven’t watched it in years now, but it’s a cute and somewhat sappy flick.
No one has mentioned Die Hard. What is wrong with you people?
I have never seen that movie, not even excerpts. Cannot even claim it is because I have been an expat since 1988, they also know it in Europe.
re: #40 Targetpractice
Apparently they’re trying to shift gears from Nixonian “total denial” to Reaganesque “he was totally in the dark about everything!”
We’re getting to that point in Iran-Contra where the conclusions were either that the man is a criminal or an idiot. That he either knowingly took part in what happened and is thus criminally liable…or he’s such a fucking idiot that he had no control over anything and thus totally in the dark about what was going on around him.
Neither of those are good looks, especially when you’re gearing up for a reelection run.
I recall that GHW Bush claimed to have been asleep in a briefing in which the participants were arguing loudly.
Our family Christmas tradition in Germany involves watching the Winnetou westerns on TV, based on the series of books by Karl May, a German author from Chemitz who never visited the American West until he had written his novels (Much like Ohio dentist and author Zane Grey)
They are filmed in Yugoslavia and feature the same three saguaro cacti moved to different locations.
Germans seem generally amazed that we Americans do not know all about Apache brave Winnetou and his white companion, Old Shatterhand.
Government Requests Harsh New Conditions Governing Joshua Schulte’s Access to Classified Discovery (Goes to Emptywheel, more at the link).
You may recall Schulte is the CIA leaker alleged to have leaked CIA hacking tools to Wilileaks in the name of transparency (and his libertarian leanings).
When we last heard from Joshua Schulte, he had been thrown in solitary in response to FBI’s discovery that he had a cellphone in his jail cell at Metropolitan Correctional Center, after which FBI discovered he had other devices and 13 email and social media accounts.
In or about early October 2018, the Government learned that Schulte was using one or more smuggled contraband cellphones to communicate clandestinely with third parties outside of the MCC. The Government and the FBI immediately commenced an investigation into Schulte’s conduct at the MCC. That investigation involved, among other things, the execution of six search warrants and the issuance of dozens of grand jury subpoenas and pen register orders. Pursuant to this legal process, in the weeks following the Government’s discovery of Schulte’s conduct at the MCC, the FBI has searched, among other things, the housing unit at the MCC in which Schulte was detained; multiple contraband cellphones (including at least one cellphone used by Schulte that is protected with significant encryption); approximately 13 email and social media accounts (including encrypted email accounts); and other electronic devices.
Today, the government asked for supplemental protective order governing Schulte’s access to a special secure facility from which he can review classified discovery. Among other things, it requires his attorney to be searched for devices upon entering the facility, it requires him to remain in manacles throughout the time he is there, and sets up a clean team to monitor both what happens in the room and the computer the defense uses to review discovery.
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re: #64 Hecuba’s daughter
CNN broadcast a segment with Kasich giving resounding support to the reason people were in the caravan.. See the video clip:
cnn.comFor all his flaws, at least he isn’t preaching hatred of the other.
That will doom him with conservative voters then.
Kasich is no moderate, but that will make him a RINO.
re: #71 Anymouse 🌹
That will doom him with conservative voters then.
Kasich is no moderate, but that will make him a RINO.
and that is why the GOP has been in a tailspin; anyone who is not a fanatic cannot win a primary.
I am pretty sure that the reason my work has had a hard time circulating in the mainstream is that I don’t do the “both sides” thing very well. It’s a personality thing. My grandpa always told me I had a left-handed way of seeing things.https://t.co/WsgBo3JeRi
— David Neiwert (@DavidNeiwert) December 14, 2018
“gaslight”
— Very Legal & Very Cool Frank (@goddamnedfrank) December 14, 2018
Ex-CIA official pushes to declassify aspects of agency’s report on Khashoggi | The Jerusalem post https://t.co/m6jlyJ3tjM
— Ned Price (@nedprice) December 13, 2018
re: #79 Anymouse 🌹
Answers in Genesis (Ken Ham’s grifting religious organisation) believes that non-gendered toys being given away by McDonalds are some sort of liberal plot to corrupt the sexuality of children.
People who are sex-obsessed will sexualize any sort of innocuous matter.
re: #78 Single-handed sailor
Ex-CIA official pushes to declassify aspects of agency’s report on Khashoggi | The Jerusalem post
barring that, it will be leaked
Trump has tried to portray the way he is ignoring this as “keeping on good terms with the Saudis”
Point is, he is keeping on terms with MBS, who represents only one faction in the ongoing power struggle that is part and parcel of being allies with a feudal monarchy
If it turns out we have backed the wrong side in this struggle, it can really blow up in our faces
re: #81 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
barring that, it will be leaked
Trump has tried to portray the way he is ignoring this as “keeping on good terms with the Saudis”
Point is, he is keeping on terms with MBS, who represents only one faction in the ongoing power struggle that is part and parcel of being allies with a feudal monarchy
If it turns out we have backed the wrong side in this struggle, it can really blow up in our faces
There’s also that pesky trip by Jared Kushner to Saudi Arabia a couple days before, which was alleged to be a list of opponents to the Kingdom (or Trump) that the US government would not be opposed to being “disappeared.”
If it came out that was actually what happened, Kushner’s keester would be in a sling.
So, looking at Brexit news, the EU is - again - firmly telling PM May that will be no re-negotiations. And May, it seems, doesn’t quite grasp this.
Someone from the EU’s side needs to tell May, “Look, here’s the deal. There is nothing to re-negotiate. It’s a done deal. You need to explain to your people, your parliament and your party, that this is it; there’s nothing left to talk about. And more importantly, you need to explain to your people, in clear and concise language, what’s going to happen if or when your country crashes out of the European Union, and that’s looking increasingly likely; the British public needs to be prepared for such a scenario. But that’s all up to you and your government. The European Court of Justice has ruled that you can, via democratic norms and procedures, revoke Article 50 unilaterally and end this absolute madness, this fever dream of “Rule Britannia”. For God’s sake, it’s not up to us to save your bacon; it’s up to you.”
A QAnon member leaves the movement in tears and rage upon hearing from “Q” that JFK Jr is, in fact, beyond this mortal coil.
These folks need serious help.https://t.co/USDfdRwrHb— David Atkins #11Justices (@DavidOAtkins) December 14, 2018
re: #83 Dr Lizardo
So, looking at Brexit news, the EU is - again - firmly telling PM May that will be no re-negotiations. And May, it seems, doesn’t quite grasp this.
They might be willing to clarify some wording, but not give in on anything that will make it more attractive to those MPs who are currently opposed to it.
May fully grasps the situation, but she also knows that the only thing available to grasp at this point are straws. Plastic bendy ones at that…
re: #83 Dr Lizardo
So, looking at Brexit news, the EU is - again - firmly telling PM May that will be no re-negotiations. And May, it seems, doesn’t quite grasp this.
Someone from the EU’s side needs to tell May, “Look, here’s the deal. There is nothing to re-negotiate. It’s a done deal. You need to explain to your people, your parliament and your party, that this is it; there’s nothing left to talk about. And more importantly, you need to explain to your people, in clear and concise language, what’s going to happen if or when your country crashes out of the European Union, and that’s looking increasingly likely; the British public needs to be prepared for such a scenario. But that’s all up to you and your government. The European Court of Justice has ruled that you can, via democratic norms and procedures, revoke Article 50 unilaterally and end this absolute madness, this fever dream of “Rule Britannia”. For God’s sake, it’s not up to us to save your bacon; it’s up to you.”
Needs to be shorter. Something like, “That was our last and only offer. You have two choices. Eat crow and say it was all a big mistake. Or leave the EU, and see it was all a big mistake. Bye Felicia.”
re: #85 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They might be willing to clarify some wording, but not give in on anything that will make it more attractive to those MPs who are currently opposed to it.
May fully grasps the situation, but she also knows that the only thing available to grasp at this point are straws. Plastic bendy ones at that…
I suspect that deep down, she knows that she (nor anyone else) cannot deliver the rainbows and unicorns Brexit that was promised. And it seems to me that she lacks the mettle to go to the public and bluntly say, “I’m sorry, but what you’ve voted for is essentially an impossibility”.
re: #85 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They might be willing to clarify some wording, but not give in on anything that will make it more attractive to those MPs who are currently opposed to it.
May fully grasps the situation, but she also knows that the only thing available to grasp at this point are straws. Plastic bendy ones at that…
She is a Conservative. She and her whole party will take down their country before they admit they were wrong, or give up a single iota of power.
re: #86 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
I think that many on the Leave side are probably most horrified at the prospect of having to admit they were wrong. I’ve seen language used to refer to the idea of an Article 50 revocation as a “national humiliation”. They’re more worried about being told they were wrong than anything else.
re: #88 Anymouse 🌹
She is a Conservative. She and her whole party will take down their country before they admit they were wrong, or give up a single iota of power.
Yes, they know that they could back out of it, but there would not be enough eggses in all of Britain to cover the faces of the Brexit supporters.
re: #89 Dr Lizardo
I think that many on the Leave side are probably most horrified at the prospect of having to admit they were wrong. I’ve seen language used to refer to the idea of an Article 50 revocation as a “national humiliation”. They’re more worried about being told they were wrong than anything else.
They still sell it as “it would make a mockery of the democratic process.”
Instead of “It would make a mockery of the Conservative party and its petty political brinksmanship-gone-awry.”
re: #91 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They still sell it as “it would make a mockery of the democratic process.”
Instead of “It would make a mockery of the Conservative party and its petty political brinksmanship-gone-awry.”
Yep, and that’s their worst fear. They’ll look like fools.
re: #92 Dr Lizardo
Yep, and that’s their worst fear. They’ll look like fools.
And those fucking MPs might take a financial hit, but none will suffer any particular personal hardship from Brexit.
Unless, of course, they back out of it…
re: #93 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
And those fucking MPs might take a financial hit, but none will suffer any particular personal hardship from Brexit.
Unless, of course, they back out of it…
I have a feeling that some of the biggest Brexit supporters among the MP’s are probably disaster capitalists, just waiting like vultures to pick clean the carcass of the UK.
In Brexit-related news, there’s this:
Boris Johnson has been warned he has just hours to respond to claims he lied about the UK sending £350,000,000 a week to Brussels - or face prosecution. The clock is ticking for the Vote Leave figurehead after a private prosecutor announced plans to take him to court over figures plastered over his big red bus.
……….
The former Foreign Secretary was notified on November 16 of the intention to bring a private court case over alleged misconduct in public office. He was given 28 days to reply and that deadline expires at the end of Friday December 14.
So far Mr Johnson and his team have remained silent. Mr Ball told metro.co.uk there was no legal requirement for Mr Johnson to respond and it was purely a ‘courtesy’ for him ‘to present his own version of events’.
The U.S. budget deficit for just **November 2018** was $205 billion.
It was $139 billion a year ago.https://t.co/98neeYlrhg— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) December 13, 2018
This is not even a little funny.
This is 48% growth in the deficit in one year.
This is not recession deficit spending.
This money went corporate stock buybacks.
This did not go to education or health or infrastructure.
This is a mess Trump, Ryan, and McConnell chose to make. https://t.co/UPoTqKFX59— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) December 14, 2018
*multitudes of four letter words*
I’m rich! I won the Wyoming Lottery!
Next time I’m over there I’ll collect my $5.
re: #94 Dr Lizardo
I have a feeling that some of the biggest Brexit supporters among the MP’s are probably disaster capitalists, just waiting like vultures to pick clean the carcass of the UK.
do not doubt it
“moral risk” is no longer a concept to these people
or to our financial system
Thread (seven tweets, burn cream required):
OUTRAGEOUS.
ProPublica, a left-wing activist group funded by the likes of George Soros, is now funding … “investigative reporting” at the @courierjournal.
Is this the future of journalism?
Who is holding the Courier-Journal accountable? https://t.co/U3fdQUO6U9— Governor Matt Bevin (@GovMattBevin) December 13, 2018
Very nice to meet you too, @GovMattBevin!
You asked who @ProPublica is. We thought we’d give you some answers. Like everything we do, they are, you know, actually accurate. https://t.co/hiRsyoQXhk— ProPublica (@ProPublica) December 13, 2018
re: #96 Single-handed sailor
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1. Push the deficit to the brink with tax cuts and military spending.
2. Solve the crisis by gutting social spending programs.
3. Put a couple bucks in the collection plate on Sunday.
re: #100 Decatur Deb
1. Push the deficit to the brink with tax cuts and military spending.
2. Solve the crisis by gutting social spending programs.
3. Put a couple bucks in the collection plate on Sunday.
the plan is working so far
re: #100 Decatur Deb
1. Push the deficit to the brink with tax cuts and military spending.
2. Solve the crisis by gutting social spending programs.
3. Put a couple bucks in the collection plate on Sunday.
wash, rinse, repeat.
Oh, hey.
Did the hearing lead to the immediate arrests of the Clintons?
No? Shocker.#Qanon— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 13, 2018
“Obvious.” pic.twitter.com/UcfUGH5tK0
— Javier Landes (@JavierLandes) December 13, 2018
Another stable genius:
That’s South America pic.twitter.com/T9vdNmf4kH
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) December 14, 2018
re: #97 Anymouse 🌹
I’m rich! I won the Wyoming Lottery!
Next time I’m over there I’ll collect my $5.
Hey. You have to share!
Teh China givez Trumpy a three-month reprieve. Or Elon Musk. Take your pick.
China will roll back an extra tariff it slapped on US car imports for three months, the State Council, the government cabinet, announced Friday, in a likely boon to US electric car maker Tesla.
The tariff will be rolled back to 15 per cent - the tariff now applied to all foreign car imports - from the 40 per cent rate China imposed in July in retaliation for the first round of US tariffs on Chinese imports imposed that month. The reprieve will commence at the start of the new year.
Tesla, which is competing against dominant domestic electric car makers in the world’s largest auto market, announced after the State Council’s move that it will reduce the prices of its cars sold in China. For example, the price of its Model S 75D will be cut by 84,200 yuan (aboutUS$12,200), according to the company’s Chinese website.
China also bought 2 million tonnes of soybeans earlier this week.
re: #12 gwangung
Local theatre is presenting a musical version.
SRO. Promises to be a seasonal classic.
I love this!! Where is this? I need to look for reviews. Die Hard - A Christmas Musical.
Outfreakingstanding.
re: #11 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
When corporation uses profits for stock buy back it’s deciding that returning capital to shareholders is better for business than investing in their products or workers. Tax code encourages this. No surprise we have work life that is unstable & low paying.
You know, Marco, there is a big discrepancy between work as a social and moral virtue and labor as an economic commodity. We know which aspect your party pays lip service to and which aspect it sucks up to…
There is something the fuck wrong with a country in which it is impossible to support a family above the poverty level at minimum wage.
re: #109 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
You know, Marco, there is a big discrepancy between work as a social and moral virtue and labor as an economic commodity. We know which aspect your party pays lip service to and which aspect it sucks up to…
There is something the fuck wrong with a country in which it is impossible to support a family above the poverty level at minimum wage.
Who voted for that tax code he’s decrying? He did.
We can fix that (Fifties tax code).
re: #110 Anymouse 🌹
Who voted for that tax code he’s decrying? He did.
We can fix that (Fifties tax code).
exactly…it is all about having one’s cake and eating it, too
we don’t need a 50’s tax code but we do need one that encourages employment and awards tax breaks (or even tax credits) to low-income families
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Kircaldy man giving Florida man a run for his money
“The alarm was raised in the early hours of Friday when the injured man was found in Kirkcaldy by people leaving a nearby nightclub.…
…The death is being treated as non-suspicious and enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances. A report will be sent to the procurator fiscal”
I am not one to wager based on others’ misfortune, otherwise I would bet a bottle of finest single malt that alcohol was somehow involved in this incident.
re: #30 Ace-o-aces
He was on some rant about Jordan Peterson for some reason. I mean, I’m no Peterson fan, but J-cob’s such a pathetic poser.
Looks like he’s taking a swipe at Peterson’s “12 Rules for Life” book, which has had some very entertaining reviews.
EDIT: Ah, I see. He’s having a love-in with Mike Cernovich about how Jordan Peterson is Not A True Conservative.
See Cernovich…. this is why I follow you. You don’t give a shit about being popular or money. You’re about calling it as you see it, and finding truth that’s relevant to the here and now.
— Mookjuice (@mookjuice) December 13, 2018
Jordan Peterson won’t debate adults (only college kids), said Kavanaugh should resign, and won’t stand firm with Sargon / Carl.
He’s a coward.
And none of his followers can defend his cowardice, so they lash out. https://t.co/hqEZ7gg0jC— Mike Cernovich 🇺🇸 (@Cernovich) December 13, 2018
I agree 100% — If you want to spot the cowards, look at the Hollywood leftist creeps who they have as their handlers. Typically it’s CAA and UTA—the same people who rep Crooked H. https://t.co/ho4LItZfAl
— Jacob Wohl (@JacobAWohl) December 13, 2018
For the record, Ben and Jordan and Joe’s “Out of 300M people, Trump’s really the best we could do?” line was carefully focus grouped by the Hollywood creeps (I know someone at the meeting)
Designed to keep right-leaning fans while also sticking it to President Trump— Jacob Wohl (@JacobAWohl) December 14, 2018
re: #113 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Kircaldy man giving Florida man a run for his money
“The alarm was raised in the early hours of Friday when the injured man was found in Kirkcaldy by people leaving a nearby nightclub.…
The death is being treated as non-suspicious and enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances. A report will be sent to the procurator fiscal”
I am not one to wager based on others’ misfortune, otherwise I would bet a bottle of finest single malt that alcohol was somehow involved in this incident.
Not too sure about that. It’s Kirkcaldy, so it’s might be copious quantities of Tennant’s lager.
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re: #114 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
That’s just fucking sad.
Fun times at the EU summit.
NEW - Two expert lipreaders tell 5 News that Theresa May accuses Jean-Claude Juncker of describing her as nebulous.
This is how the conversation went, according to the lipreaders: pic.twitter.com/IuP99fJiXG— Channel 5 News (@5_News) December 14, 2018
re: #117 A Mom Anon
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re: #84 Anymouse 🌹
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Won’t stop my brainwashed family from believing the Q bullshit.
Hate radio pushes it.
Fox pushes it.
Right wing blogs push it.
Churches push it.
Michael Cohen to @gma on Trump’s denial that he directed Cohen to arrange hush-money payments: “I don’t think there is anybody that believes that. First of all, nothing at the Trump organization was ever done unless it was run through Mr. Trump.” https://t.co/g8PLz4Dfu7
— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) December 14, 2018
File that under ‘Things people say when they think they’re untouchable.’ Now we get to the ‘I never said that - it was my daughter and her Jew husband!’ part of his defense…and just in time for Xmas.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) December 14, 2018
re: #115 Alephnaught
Looks like he’s taking a swipe at Peterson’s “12 Rules for Life” book, which has had some very entertaining reviews.
EDIT: Ah, I see. He’s having a love-in with Mike Cernovich about how Jordan Peterson is Not A True Conservative.
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Wohl and Cernovich are cowards too. Cerno is the one who talks all the shit about women while mooching off his ex. Wohl? Don’t even need to say any more. Patterson is a wanker tho. All these famous for being right wing douches are.
So, I’m fairly sure most Lizards are familiar with the (now-jailed) Turkish creationist Adnan Oktar. I’m seeing in Turkish media sources that the authorities have been able to more or less answer that burning question: Where the fuck does this guy’s money come from?
Well, aside from grifting the gullible, his little cult was apparently also into money laundering and setting up fraudulent import/export business. Like this (courtesy of Google Translate, cleaned up by yours truly):
-Creating limited and joint-stock companies with funds transferred to the organization, the commercial legal process begins.
- The new company is recognized in the market and after being secured, it begins taking out loans. Revenues from the company are then transferred to the personal accounts of members of the [Oktar] organization. Then, after awhile, the company goes bankrupt. The money of the companies that go bankrupt is invested in other company accounts which have no commercial activity related to the organization.
- Then, the money is sent abroad to members of the organization outside Turkey who have established offshore accounts; that money is transferred to these offshore accounts. Following that step, the money is reintroduced via repatriation as if it is related to the exports of companies that are involved in the organization.
Also, blackmail, extortion, etc.
In any event, it looks like Oktar and some of his cronies are going to the slammer for a long time if they’re found guilty of the crimes they’ve been accused of. Interestingly, more than a few of his inner circle have flipped on him and have turned state’s evidence in exchange for immunity.
Grifters gonna grift - seems to be a fairly universal constant.
Here’s a story from HaberTurk, who’ve been covering this since day one. It’s in Turkish, so you’ll need to use Chrome or another translating tool.
Fox & Friends worries what Michael Cohen had taped, says Trump needs an “A Team” of lawyers given that Cohen might have corroborating evidence, and attacks Cohen for being disloyal to Trump. pic.twitter.com/9H9FaBT9bQ
— John Whitehouse (@existentialfish) December 14, 2018
BREAKING: Trump’s top three advisers openly lamenting how fucked he is on his morning briefing show. https://t.co/8QUJgUGYRP
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) December 14, 2018
re: #121 Joe Bacon 🌹
Won’t stop my brainwashed family from believing the Q bullshit.
Hate radio pushes it.
Fox pushes it.
Right wing blogs push it.
Churches push it.
The biggest purveyor of that Q bullshit is 8Chan and Voat - it spreads from there.
Yep…..the wingnuts are putting their faith into 8Chan shitposters. Jesus wept.
re: #125 darthstar
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Kilmeade will make any excuse for him as will the other highly paid liars at FNC.
re: #127 HappyWarrior
Kilmeade will make any excuse for him as will the other highly paid liars at FNC.
I’m just glad Trump’s waking up to this shit.
..and now we have Trump, Auto-bizness know-it-all telling GM about their decision to go all-in on electric cars.
I think Trump should stick to his expertise on bankrupting casinos instead of how to build cars.
re: #129 Rocky-in-Connecticut
..and now we have Trump, Auto-bizness know-it-all telling GM about their decision to go all-in on electric cars.
I think Trump should stick to his expertise on bankrupting casinos instead of how to build cars.
If electric cars were all equipped to roll coal, then they’d be OK. That’d work, right?
re: #122 darthstar
Michael Cohen to @gma on Trump’s denial that he directed Cohen to arrange hush-money payments: “I don’t think there is anybody that believes that. First of all, nothing at the Trump organization was ever done unless it was run through Mr. Trump.”
we are looking at a guy who will not even let anyone edit his tweets
re: #117 A Mom Anon
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According to this thread, Paul Erickson will be the next to be indicted in the Trump-Russia investigations.
THREAD: What can we learn from the cooperation deal with Russian spy Maria Butina? (Answer: A lot.)
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) December 13, 2018
I’m actually quite surprised how blatant the acts were in this thread. According to the sentencing document, some people in the GOP/NRA knew full well they were working with the Russians.
re: #128 darthstar
I’m just glad Trump’s waking up to this shit.
Me, too. It should make for some fascinating rage tweets this morning.
re: #137 jeffreyw
Gorgeous in-flight blue jay.
re: #133 Alephnaught
According to this thread, Paul Erickson will be the next to be indicted in the Trump-Russia investigations.
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I’m actually quite surprised how blatant the acts were in this thread. According to the sentencing document, some people in the GOP/NRA knew full well they were working with the Russians.
Conservatives went from hating the Communist Russians in the 1950s to inviting post-Communist Russians to help run the US government in the 2010s. What a difference 60 years makes.
The Manchurian Candidate got it all wrong. Enemies don’t need to run a brainwashed presidential candidate. All they need is a hot redhead (or blonde, as in Anna Chapman) to lead influential politicians around by their dicks, and the gates of Washington, DC, will magically open for them.
I beg to differ. America got robbed. Bigly.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) December 14, 2018
re: #133 Alephnaught
According to this thread, Paul Erickson will be the next to be indicted in the Trump-Russia investigations.
I’m actually quite surprised how blatant the acts were in this thread. According to the sentencing document, some people in the GOP/NRA knew full well they were working with the Russians.
Since Twitter doesn’t forget:
My table mate at National PrayerBreakfast is Mr&mrs Makarov He is long time member of Russian… https://t.co/w7mWzIWZKD
— ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) February 2, 2017
Marvellous. E.U. leaders greet Theresa May, ahead of the renegotiation she wants over the Northern Ireland border. Smashing. pic.twitter.com/yxJdr6rjig
— Stansaid Airport (@StansaidAirport) December 14, 2018
re: #140 darthstar
“Nobody got killed, nobody got robbed… This was not a big crime,” Giuliani told The Daily Beast, re alleged violations of campaign finance law.
“Nobody got killed, nobody got robbed… This was not a big crime,” Giuliani told The Daily Beast, re alleged violations of campaign finance law. https://t.co/LmLziJM6ab
— Sam Stein (@samstein) December 14, 2018
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, except where nobody gets killed or robbed.” https://t.co/H5W6gDGTIq
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) December 14, 2018
FOX & FRIENDS: What do you know about the 7-year-old girl who died in Border Patrol custody?@SecNielsen: “This is just a very sad example of the dangers of this journey. This family chose to cross illegally… I cannot stress [enough] how dangerous this journey is.” pic.twitter.com/bjFMdFlW3E
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 14, 2018
Send @SecNielsen to The Hague, that is all. https://t.co/BBQtQXrouz
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) December 14, 2018
re: #120 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
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Nancy Pelosi on Trump being willing to do a shutdown: “Perhaps he doesn’t understand people need their paychecks. Perhaps that’s not the life he leads.”
— Natalie Andrews (@nataliewsj) December 13, 2018
I thought Andy was kidding.
He wasn’t. Dobbs actually said, “the Chinese coming up from the Panama Canal for a visit.” Actually said it. Because that’s what these racist paranoid mental patients believe. https://t.co/eEWrlmhoac— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) December 14, 2018
re: #144 darthstar
The FOX bit possibly came from here (posted eight hours ago), as wingnuts reinforce each other and the best of the best go to the Big Show (FOX):
A 7 year old child died…. Of dehydration… And this is what you posted. I always did wonder how the people of Germany allowed a genocide to happen. Comments like this tell me how.
— Amanda Slinker (@SlinkerAmanda) December 14, 2018
A seven-year-old child was used as a propaganda prop to get Democrats elected in America. She was dragged hundreds of miles and neglected in the process and finally literally died of thirst and starvation. So kindly shut your idiot liberal pie hole. https://t.co/clZt6NOZbL
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) December 14, 2018
re: #117 A Mom Anon
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re: #79 Anymouse 🌹
I seem to recall someone using a flow chart to accurately describe this situation.
Does the toy in question require the use/manipulation of your genitals in order for it to work under regular use?
Yes? Then it’s not meant for children you sick fuck.
No? Then anyone can use it no matter whether they’re a boy or girl.
re: #147 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I thought Andy was kidding.
He wasn’t. Dobbs actually said, “the Chinese coming up from the Panama Canal for a visit.” Actually said it. Because that’s what these racist paranoid mental patients believe.
So we’re full circle back to Fu Manchu and Yellow Peril?
re: #150 lawhawk
I seem to recall someone using a flow chart to accurately describe this situation.
Does the toy in question require the use/manipulation of your genitals in order for it to work under regular use?
Yes? Then it’s not meant for children you sick fuck.
No? Then anyone can use it no matter whether they’re a boy or girl.
When my sister was about seven she was hospitalised. She shared a room with another girl the same age.
That girl had parents who were hidebound about gender roles. They brought her flowers for a get well gift. My mother brought my sister a toy dump truck.
According to my mother, any time the other girl’s parents weren’t around, she would ask my sister if she could play with the dump truck. (Apparently that is more interesting to a kid than flowers.)
re: #148 Anymouse 🌹
The FOX bit possibly came from here (posted eight hours ago), as wingnuts reinforce each other and the best of the best go to the Big Show (FOX):
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Pisses me off that Twitter won’t let me report that Tweet from Mr. Asshole.
Woods can shut his right wing fat ass. He lives in a state that heavily benefits from undocumented people and I bet he has hired more than a few. This girl died. Her parents wanted to give her a better life and DHS cares more at being “tough.”
re: #155 HappyWarrior
Woods can shut his right wing far ass. He lives in a state that heavily benefits from undocumented people and I bet he has hired more than a few. This girl died. Her parents wanted to give her a better life and DHS cares more at being “tough.”
In that thread, he and other conservatives go into blaming the parents for her death.
“They deserve what they get” seems to be an attitude reserved for the poor and the brown.
re: #156 Anymouse 🌹
In that thread, he and other conservatives go into blaming the parents for her death.
Of course they are. It’s not a crime to apply for asylum which you must do on our soil. And it’s not a felony to be undocumented either. Meanwhile the Trump administration has committed plenty of felonies.
re: #155 HappyWarrior
Woods can shut his right wing fat ass. He lives in a state that heavily benefits from undocumented people and I bet he has hired more than a few. This girl died. Her parents wanted to give her a better life and DHS cares more at being “tough.”
She died in government custody. She didn’t die during the trip to the US border.
re: #157 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
“They deserve what they get” seems to be an attitude reserved for the poor and the brown.
They never go after white parents whose kooky views on vaccines get their kids killed.
What the Hell Is Wrong With Paul Ryan? (The Nation, more at the link):
What the hell is wrong with Paul Ryan? At a point when the whole world is demanding urgent action to end the Saudi-led bombardment and starvation of Yemen, the Speaker of the House has been scheming to prevent congressional debate on a resolution to get the United States out of a humanitarian crisis.
This is not about partisanship or ideology. As Ryan was blocking action in the House Wednesday, 11 Senate Republicans—including some of the chamber’s most conservative members—voted with Democrats to open the Senate debate on ending US military support for the Saudi Arabia’s assault on Yemen.
The Senate bill was sponsored by Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Mike Lee (R-UT)
re: #160 HappyWarrior
They never go after white parents whose kooky views on vaccines get their kids killed.
Or when they substitute prayer for medicine.
re: #159 lawhawk
She died in government custody. She didn’t die during the trip to the US border.
Exactly. Nielsen needs to go to jail as does Trump and Kelly. These people are ghouls. It’s not her parents fault.
re: #161 Anymouse 🌹
What the Hell Is Wrong With Paul Ryan? (The Nation, more at the link):
The Senate bill was sponsored by Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Mike Lee (R-UT)
Because Ryan wants to be a baby dick till the end.
stahhhhhhp 😂 pic.twitter.com/tgKlFrarrC
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) December 14, 2018
I just saw a tweet from a father who lost his daughter at Sandy Hook and I’m bawling again at my desk. Every year. I can’t imagine the pain those families—and way too many others whose loved ones were taken away by shooters—feel. I want to go home and crawl under my quilt.
Today’s another sad reminder of the costs of the GOP/NRA refusal to address gun violence substantively with anything other than efforts to promote more gun sales. #SandyHook
And of course we now know the Russians were funneling money thru NRA to GOPers on their dole.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) December 14, 2018
re: #156 Anymouse 🌹
In that thread, he and other conservatives go into blaming the parents for her death.
they could have stayed home and let her starve to death there or be killed by gang violence…then nobody in the USA would have to know or care
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re: #167 Barefoot Grin
I just saw a tweet from a father who lost his daughter at Sandy Hook and I’m bawling again at my desk. Every year. I can’t imagine the pain those families—and way too many others whose loved ones were taken away by shooters—feel. I want to go home and crawl under my quilt.
I hope the NRA gets ruined by Bulina’s revelations. They’ve only cared about pursuing a twisted interpretation of the 2nd and have been willing to attack anyone like shooting victims who gets in the way not to mention court the help of an adversary to attack fellow Americans. They need to pay.
re: #163 HappyWarrior
Exactly. Nielsen needs to go to jail as does Trump and Kelly. These people are ghouls. It’s not her parents fault.
Add Steven Miller to that list. That SOB needs to be extradited to The Hague.
LOL the comments on this tweet:
John Solomon claims a woman threw tacos at him on his way to the Fox News studio pic.twitter.com/CZx1zo9eAf
— Madeline (@peltzmadeline) December 14, 2018
re: #172 Anymouse 🌹
John Solomon claims a woman threw tacos at him on his way to the Fox News studio
If ever I saw a man who looked like he needed a taco, it’s him…
re: #172 Anymouse 🌹
LOL the comments on this tweet:
President Hillary Clinton and the Tacos on Every Corner is coming back to bite us.
re: #172 Anymouse 🌹
LOL the comments on this tweet:
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re: #172 Anymouse 🌹
LOL the comments on this tweet:
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Did she throw rice and refried beans at him too?
Did she spritz him with a Mexican Coke?
re: #148 Anymouse 🌹
The FOX bit possibly came from here (posted eight hours ago), as wingnuts reinforce each other and the best of the best go to the Big Show (FOX):
So we libs starting the caravan and dragged a dead girl up to the border to get Dems elected?
That’s not how this works.
re: #175 Joe Bacon 🌹
According to the $tenographer$ who $nort The Magic Balance Fairy Dust, having tacos thrown at you is just as evil as phoning in bomb threats to CNN.
Some people get bomb threats, some people have tacos thrown at them. Civility, people, civility please!
re: #177 Sir John Barron
So we libs starting the caravan and dragged a dead girl up to the border to get Dems elected?
That’s not how this works.
Woods proving that he’s not as intelligent as he thinks.
re: #175 Joe Bacon 🌹
According to the $tenographer$ who $nort The Magic Balance Fairy Dust, having tacos thrown at you is just as evil as phoning in bomb threats to CNN.
Actually getting tacos thrown at you is worse because the tacos might actually land on you while the bomb threats are just threats, nobody gets hurt, etc.
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re: #177 Sir John Barron
So we libs starting the caravan and dragged a dead girl up to the border to get Dems elected?
That’s not how this works.
Especially since her death happened a month after the election.
re: #182 Anymouse 🌹
Especially since her death happened a month after the election.
And she died in our custody. Woods could benefit from not eating glue and then doing political commentary.
re: #181 Sir John Barron
Actually getting tacos thrown at you is worse because the tacos might actually land on you while the bomb threats are just threats, nobody gets hurt, etc.
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Speaking of bomb threats, US CERT (Homeland Security’s cyber crime unit) noted that in the worldwide E-mailed bomb threat to libraries, government offices, and businesses, they note it should be reported as spam to their spam collection site ( spam@uce.gov ) but also should be reported to your local FBI Field Office or satellite office (because bomb threat).
The FBI is trying to get a handle on it to find out who is perpetrating the threat to have them arrested (if here) or reported (if in another country so they can arrest that person).
A reminder; the Steele dossier, which is a collection of reports and raw data, continues to get confirmation from the SDNY and Mueller investigations into Trumpworld.
In case what’s missing from your life is a rigorous analysis of what has been validated and disproven in the “Steele Dossier”—and what remains neither at this stage—@segrant39 and Chuck Rosenberg have you covered…https://t.co/OLPoYLwlAB
— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) December 14, 2018
Far from being a bogus document, it turns out that Steele was quite diligent and largely accurate in the raw data he was presenting.
re: #176 Joe Bacon 🌹
Did she throw rice and refried beans at him too?
Did she spritz him with a Mexican Coke?
pepper spray = taco sauce, remember?
Trump’s key advisers suggest turning the US-Mexico border into a DMZ.
On Fox & Friends, Diamond & Silk propose that President Trump turn the US-Mexico border into a demilitarized zone. pic.twitter.com/8qhUVH36MA
— Bobby Lewis (@revrrlewis) December 14, 2018
re: #119 Alephnaught
Fun times at the EU summit.
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re: #187 lawhawk
Trump’s key advisers suggest turning the US-Mexico border into a DMZ.
This week’s Infrastructure Week has taken an unusual turn.
re: #138 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Gorgeous in-flight blue jay.
Yeah it is. Really takes bright sunlight for the auto-everything camera to set the shutter speed fast enough to stop motion blur. And luck in the timing.
re: #145 A Mom Anon
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re: #186 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
pepper spray = taco sauce, remember?
Pepper spray is actually good, very tasty, while taco sauce is lethal.
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re: #187 lawhawk
Trump’s key advisers suggest turning the US-Mexico border into a DMZ.
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re: #9 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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I imagine Trump would do his time in the presidential wing of a prison, maybe with other inmates from his family and administration surrounded by secret service agents. I still expect him to pardon himself before he leaves office though; then it will be up to SCOTUS to decide if he can or not.
re: #143 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Mr. George Conway is pretty good at this.
re: #152 Anymouse 🌹
When my sister was about seven she was hospitalised. She shared a room with another girl the same age.
That girl had parents who were hidebound about gender roles. They brought her flowers for a get well gift. My mother brought my sister a toy dump truck.
According to my mother, any time the other girl’s parents weren’t around, she would ask my sister if she could play with the dump truck. (Apparently that is more interesting to a kid than flowers.)
I intend to buy my granddaughters toys that they like. Their mom survived quite well without Barbies, so I figure their parents (dad is an engineer) will be happy with trucks, dolls, or whatever.
re: #187 lawhawk
On Fox & Friends, Diamond & Silk propose that President Trump turn the US-Mexico border into a demilitarized zone.
you mean like the Rhineland after WW1?
re: #187 lawhawk
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re: #151 Barefoot Grin
I thought Andy was kidding.
He wasn’t. Dobbs actually said, “the Chinese coming up from the Panama Canal for a visit.” Actually said it. Because that’s what these racist paranoid mental patients believe.
So we’re full circle back to Fu Manchu and Yellow Peril?
So now it’s the Chinese pouring over the border instead of the Islam ISIS terrorists?
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re: #117 A Mom Anon
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re: #193 Joe Bacon 🌹
See what happens when hundreds of Texas residents protest eminent domain taking their land at the border for the Doofy Duo’s DMZ…
Texas hopefully goes blue forever.
re: #170 HappyWarrior
I hope the NRA gets ruined by Bulina’s revelations. They’ve only cared about pursuing a twisted interpretation of the 2nd and have been willing to attack anyone like shooting victims who gets in the way not to mention court the help of an adversary to attack fellow Americans. They need to pay.
Agree!
re: #187 lawhawk
Trump’s key advisers suggest turning the US-Mexico border into a DMZ.
Kudos to Fox & Friends for getting the Best experts on their teevee show.
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re: #199 Sir John Barron
So now it’s the Chinese pouring over the border instead of the Islam ISIS terrorists?
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Yes, and they’re bringing their dastardly global warming hoaxes with them!
re: #187 lawhawk
Trump’s key advisers suggest turning the US-Mexico border into a DMZ.
It already is, per treaties. Trump has militarised it. Are Burlap and Sandpaper going against the God-Emperor?
In copious amounts of “eww.”
On Jared’s first day as Chief of Staff, his Mom gave him a lingering kiss and a new messenger bag, which the nanny filled with PB&J sandwiches with the crusts cut off. Jared dressed in an Office Casual look from his internship at Banana Republic, and was fired by noon pic.twitter.com/GSvP7eDmKI
— Paul Rudnick (@PaulRudnickNY) December 14, 2018
re: #204 Barefoot Grin
Yes, and they’re bringing their dastardly global warming hoaxes with them!
wan tan trucks on every corner
re: #125 darthstar
Amazing how the Lock Her Up network has gone from Law & Order to demanding Loyalty Oaths of presidential servants.
re: #207 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
wan tan truck on every corner
Steamed dumplings, too!
It’s 11 pm here, and I’ve had a long day. See you all later on!
re: #206 Anymouse 🌹
It already is, per treaties. Trump has militarised it. Are Burlap and Sandpaper going against the God-Emperor?
In copious amounts of “eww.”
“We mean, militarize it, make it a no-go zone, like the Sharia law no go zones all over the U.S., which DJT should also put a stop to.”
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re: #208 Sir John Barron
Amazing how the Lock Her Up network has gone from Law & Order to demanding Loyalty Oaths of presidential servants.
The only loyalty oaths considered legal in the Constitution are those to uphold the Constitution from elected and appointed officials, and the military. The Constitution does not support loyalty oaths to individuals.
re: #204 Barefoot Grin
Yes, and they’re bringing their dastardly global warming hoaxes with them!
They’re bringing non-tariffed goods.
re: #11 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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Elizabeth Warren has a plan to address that; Rubio should co-sponsor it (he won’t). As long as corporations act as though their only responsibility is to maximize shareholder value, they will behave like sociopaths.
re: #144 darthstar
Fox & Friends is having quite the morning I see. Get the DHS on to blame the seven year old dead girl for dying in US Custody, then having D&S on to say Drump should demilitarize militarize the demilitarized zone on the Mex border.
re: #215 Sir John Barron
Fox & Friends is having quite the morning I see. Get the DHS on to blame the seven year old dead girl for dying in US Custody, then having D&S on to say Drump should demilitarize militarize the demilitarized zone on the Mex border.
I really want to see FNC investigated for their role in carrying water for Trump. Lumpy and Trump did share Cohen as a lawyer. I bet you good money that Lumpy needed something covered up by Cohen.
Just a reminder…
David Pecker sure made a lot of campaign contributions pic.twitter.com/StRwt2NR2H
— Andrea Dubé (@AndDube) December 12, 2018
re: #211 Sir John Barron
“We mean, militarize it, make it a no-go zone, like the Sharia law no go zones all over the U.S., which DJT should also put a stop to.”
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Obligatory Shakira Law reference here.
Racist Columbia University Dipwad Not Racist, According To Racist Columbia University Dipwad (Wonkette, more at the link):
This weekend, an extremely twerpy Columbia University student named Julian von Abele (of course) went viral after video emerged of him screaming his head off about how great white people are to a bunch of students of color. It was … well, it was the kind of thing that happens now, every month or so these days! (It happened before “these days” too, we just didn’t have video phones and Twitter in “those days.”)
As Aala Nasir, the woman who initially posted the video, said, it was disappointing, but not surprising.
Disappointed, but not surprised. Twitter, do your thing@Columbia @CC_Columbia #ColumbiaWhiteExcellence pic.twitter.com/UCcyv4aII5
— Aala (@aalanasir) December 9, 2018
They will be burying their 7 yr old daughter this Christmas -
for lack of a drink of water.
We have children in #TornilloConcentrationCamp.
In tents, in a desert.
Join the protest: Tornillo-Guadalupe Toll Plaza, TX
Dec 23 - until it is shutdown #ShutItDown
Help #Refugees pic.twitter.com/bzROgD68nX— Dianna A. (@ArtistsPo) December 14, 2018
re: #83 Dr Lizardo
So, looking at Brexit news, the EU is - again - firmly telling PM May that will be no re-negotiations. And May, it seems, doesn’t quite grasp this.
Someone from the EU’s side needs to tell May, “Look, here’s the deal. There is nothing to re-negotiate. It’s a done deal. You need to explain to your people, your parliament and your party, that this is it; there’s nothing left to talk about. And more importantly, you need to explain to your people, in clear and concise language, what’s going to happen if or when your country crashes out of the European Union, and that’s looking increasingly likely; the British public needs to be prepared for such a scenario. But that’s all up to you and your government. The European Court of Justice has ruled that you can, via democratic norms and procedures, revoke Article 50 unilaterally and end this absolute madness, this fever dream of “Rule Britannia”. For God’s sake, it’s not up to us to save your bacon; it’s up to you.”
The UK has three doors to choose from: another referendum. May’s plan or a hard Brexit. And they keep resolutely demanding a fourth that includes their flying pink unicorn that farts rainbows and shits ice cream.
Why so many white people think they’re great simply because of our skin color is beyond me. I’m not ashamed to be white but I’m not exactly proud either. So called superior white culture is why my irish family members starved during the Famine years, why the Hapsburgs didn’t give my Slavic family members self-rule. To kind of rephrase what Muhammad Ali, no black man ever called my family dumb micks who deserved to starve because of his poor work ethic and Roman Catholicism.
re: #84 Anymouse 🌹
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It amazes me so much that people hate on Beto O’Rourke and Kamala Harris for being “centrist” then speak highly of Tulsi Gabbard who is an Assad asskisser. But I get it having friends in the Dem establishment is worse than being an apologist for Assad to teh holier than thou assholes.
re: #226 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Sounds like the scales may have finally fallen from her eyes. Maybe.
Let’s hope that having fallen for such an out there conspiracy theory, she will take the next conspiracy theory that comes along with more scepticism.
“…and over there is where we dumped Osama Bin Laden. After we killed him. During the Obama Administration.” pic.twitter.com/KaqVc4k1TI
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) December 14, 2018
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie went to the White House to meet with President Trump Thursday to discuss the chief of staff role, but two sources familiar with the discussion said no offer was made https://t.co/HBeS9iygtq pic.twitter.com/h1PNMju6OE
— CNN (@CNN) December 14, 2018
re: #115 Alephnaught
From the LAreview of books review:
That Peterson is also vehemently anti-Marxist would be relatively unremarkable were it not for the fact that, in many of his online disquisitions about what he sees as a left-wing takeover of campus culture, he uses the terms “Marxism” and “postmodernism” almost interchangeably. Not only are these two schools of thought very different from one another, they are also in certain respects mutually antagonistic. You don’t need an MA in critical theory to figure it out: the travails of the Democratic Party during the primaries for 2016’s presidential election highlighted, in a very public and destructive way, the ideological fault lines in US progressive politics. The bitter schism between the Hillary Clinton camp — which mobilized aggressively around identity politics — and the old-school leftists who rallied around Bernie Sanders ultimately helped clear Donald Trump’s path to the presidency. (Historically, the burgeoning of identity politics in US campus culture in the 1980s and ’90s went hand in hand with the ascendancy of postmodernist ideas that explicitly repudiated Marxism.) It’s not just that this sloppy use of language exposes Peterson as an intellectual lightweight; the tendency to causally conflate various disparate phenomena that one happens not to like — in this instance, postmodernism, Marxism, and political correctness — is the calling card of the paranoiac.
Not sure who to root for in the circular firing squad that is Cernovich vs Peterson, but I thought this comment on Peterson was rather interesting.
re: #221 Anymouse 🌹
Racist Columbia University Dipwad Not Racist, According To Racist Columbia University Dipwad (Wonkette, more at the link):
I plan to introduce the word ‘dipwad’ into my posts and conversations as often as possible.
re: #230 Backwoods_Sleuth
Awkward.
Trump might want Christie, but Jared and Ivanka don’t, because Christie put Jared’s dad in prison back when Christie was NJ federal prosecutor.
Christie would be dumber than a bag of hammers to take Trump’s offer even if it was extended to him. That’s like taking up the role of Captain of the Titanic after it already hit the iceberg.
Just in: GOP Sen. Jon Kyl –– appointed to fill the seat held by the late Sen. John McCain –– has written to Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey to announce his resignation effective Dec. 31, 2018.
— NPR (@NPR) December 14, 2018
re: #232 Sir John Barron
I plan to introduce the word ‘dipwad’ into my posts and conversations as often as possible.
I prefer “douchecanoe.”
Kyl plans to resign Arizona Senate seat, clearing the way for another GOP appointment (Washington Post)
He plans on resigning from the Senate on December 31 (having completed his work on getting Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court).
re: #221 Anymouse 🌹
On a Twitter account he started this week, Von Abele has been going on offense, trying to explain that he’s not racist and is in fact a very kind person, and that people who like him will tell you so.
Things can only go downhill from here.
re: #234 lawhawk
A remarkably brief second tenure.
re: #233 lawhawk
Christie put Jared’s dad in prison back when Christie was NJ federal prosecutor.
OK, I admit, this would be a fun appointment.
This investigation is beyond the point where Trump could shut it down easily, and the fact that it is being carried out by career federal prosecutors in Manhattan and Brooklyn makes it hard to argue that they’re “Angry Democrats.” The “No Collusion” line doesn’t work either. https://t.co/c5qHlftwDc
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) December 14, 2018
re: #235 Anymouse 🌹
I prefer “douchecanoe.”
Kyl plans to resign Arizona Senate seat, clearing the way for another GOP appointment (Washington Post)
He plans on resigning from the Senate on December 31 (having completed his work on getting Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court).
I use fuckwit. Used to use the more politically incorrect fucktard.
re: #239 Backwoods_Sleuth
The career prosecutors are all Angry Dems just like lifelong Republicans Comey and Mueller.
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— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) December 14, 2018
re: #115 Alephnaught
Jacob has fallen in love with the word ‘creep’ today.
re: #239 Backwoods_Sleuth
Mueller’s notable for getting plea deals, convictions, and rooting out all the criminality in Trump’s inner circle. He’s notable for passing non-Russia crimes uncovered to the appropriate investigative teams.
SDNY is notable for prosecuting financial crimes.
EDNY is notable for going after terrorists and foreign bad actors.
Trump’s fucked (legal term).
Let’s also point out that Trump’s former tax lawyer has had his office raided by the FBI twice in recent weeks. Let’s also point out that the EDVA has also been busy.
re: #234 lawhawk
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Does Arizona have another high-quality Dem candidate to offer?
America’s top racist Islamophobic hater calling people traitors? 55 NORWEGIAN CHILDREN & 22 ADULTS WERE MURDERED QUOTING YOUR WORDS. You’re a physical COWARD. A intellectual LARPer cum keyboard “commando” chickenhawk -Our enemies’ best friend. Both Jihadis & Nazis love you. #STFU https://t.co/US267NvhUy
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) December 14, 2018
re: #245 sagehen
So another special election?
Does Arizona have another high-quality Dem candidate to offer?
There’s a former Republican AG who switched parties and who is a family friend of the McCains who I saw some people mention. Not sure about the Dem representatives though. This is definitely a state we’re going to need a moderate type probably though to win since I’m certain McSally will run again.
re: #245 sagehen
So another special election?
Does Arizona have another high-quality Dem candidate to offer?
Senator Jon Kyl has resigned, effective Dec. 31, 2018.
Gov. Doug Ducey (R) gets to appoint his successor, who’ll face re-election in 2020 (a special) and again in 2022 (the McCain cycle). pic.twitter.com/pN2X1sM23y— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) December 14, 2018
re: #125 darthstar
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I guess this is what a talk news show for the Mafia would sound like, only with the language cleaned up.
This little cutie is Nereis sandersi, a polychaete worm that makes its home in deep-sea geothermal vents. pic.twitter.com/LcqcOU0DiN
— Nature Is Weird (@NaturelsWeird) December 13, 2018
Hello from the federal courthouse, where the DC Circuit is set to hear arguments in a sealed grand jury matter. Politico previously reported observing someone refer to it as a special counsel matter: https://t.co/L469FxtYlr Arguments are sealed, we’re waiting to see who goes in
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) December 14, 2018
The case first went up to the DC Circuit in September. It was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction and then the court denied en banc rehearing pic.twitter.com/Lax7b3B3M2
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) December 14, 2018
The DC Circuit is about to hear arguments in the sealed grand jury matter. They’ve sealed not only the courtroom, but the whole floor, so we’ve been moved away. Haven’t recognized anyone going in earlier as being connected to Mueller’s office, now we won’t be able to see
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) December 14, 2018
curiouser and curioser
re: #245 sagehen
So another special election?
Does Arizona have another high-quality Dem candidate to offer?
Nope. The next appointee ( who is very likely to be Martha McSally, as I called it back at election time) won’t have to run til the next GE (2020).
And in any case, IIRC, Arizona may be one of those states with a same-party rule for replacement Senators.
AZ is on pace to have a US Senate election every 2 years between 2016 - 2024. That’s 5 elections in 9 years. In other words, in 5 straight cycles, AZ voters will vote for both US House and US Senate. This will have crazy implications on the evolution of a purple state #AZSEN https://t.co/XT27N6g46l
— Joe Slaven (@JTSlaven) December 14, 2018
re: #117 A Mom Anon
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re: #232 Sir John Barron
I plan to introduce the word ‘dipwad’ into my posts and conversations as often as possible.
I ran across a great German word today: Duschgenuss
Was on a bottle of shampoo, it just means “shower enjoyment” but has such a great ring to it.
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This was yesterday’s update— Olga Lautman (@olgaNYC1211) December 14, 2018
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This information is according to Ukraine’s military intel official Skibitsky.— Olga Lautman (@olgaNYC1211) December 14, 2018
In law enforcement’s search for suspects, start with the roster of Infowars goons. https://t.co/NcGRbshxhi
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) December 14, 2018
re: #161 Anymouse 🌹
What the Hell Is Wrong With Paul Ryan? (The Nation, more at the link):
The Senate bill was sponsored by Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Mike Lee (R-UT)
The answer may be in the donations Ryan has received from defense contractors and the Saudis, or in the money he expects to earn from them in his upcoming career as a highly paid lobbyist.
Here’s what I don’t understand. In any other UK election, if criminality uncovered, the result would be set aside. The referendum only election to lack that legislation. Farage is spouting bollocks. But he’s NEVER challenged on it. It’s not the democratic will. It’s a crime. https://t.co/wcc3zkpOWR
— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) December 14, 2018
Trump is now at the cell block tango stage of defending his indefensible and criminal acts as everyone in Trumpworld is either under investigation, cutting deals, or already convicted.
Trump still trying to deflect and project, but those claims are getting less credible hourly.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) December 14, 2018
Just because:
re: #163 HappyWarrior
Exactly. Nielsen needs to go to jail as does Trump and Kelly. These people are ghouls. It’s not her parents fault.
At least one of the responses to woods’ tweet was “the man is probably a churld traffiker”
This is unconscionable. https://t.co/JPxJ4arznL
— NY AG Underwood (@NewYorkStateAG) December 14, 2018
honestly nobody cares abt Melania. Hillary and Michelle were brutalized by right-wing media for 16 yrs as First Ladies https://t.co/I6GKI2RgBh
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) December 14, 2018
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has described Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal as “dead in the water” and says she has “utterly failed in her attempts to deliver any meaningful changes”
— Sky News Breaking (@SkyNewsBreak) December 14, 2018
European Council President Donald Tusk says he has “no mandate” for renegotiating the Withdrawal Agreement and has treated Prime Minister Theresa May “with the greatest respect”
— Sky News Breaking (@SkyNewsBreak) December 14, 2018
re: #263 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I remember watching Kurtz on ‘Reliable Sources.’ I always thought he was pretty fair on that show.
That Fox money can turn anybody dishonest.
re: #187 lawhawk
Trump’s key advisers suggest turning the US-Mexico border into a DMZ.
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S&D are lying; Pelosi doesn’t live behind a wall. Also the wall won’t pay for itself.
re: #221 Anymouse 🌹
I thought it very interesting that he said “white men invented ‘science’” — riiiggghhhttt.
re: #117 A Mom Anon
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“That’s never good…”
A car apparently stuck in floodwaters - the result of foolish thinking & driving. pic.twitter.com/9ugmda9ogP— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) December 14, 2018
I wanna hear this in Michael Rapaport’s voice.
re: #266 NO SMOCKING GUN!
S&D are lying; Pelosi doesn’t live behind a wall. Also the wall won’t pay for itself.
Oh man I knew it the second I saw that rebuked that FNC would push the Pelosi lie.
re: #199 Sir John Barron
So now it’s the Chinese pouring over the border instead of the Islam ISIS terrorists?
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According to a crazy rightwing message board I read, they are bringing their furniture as part of their sinister communist plot to get Americans to live in apartments.
re: #269 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Nah, Leslie Jones’ voice is great.
Kirstjen Nielsen blamed the death of a 7-year-old migrant girl in U.S. custody on her family https://t.co/cpJUdHqkor
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) December 14, 2018
Burn in Hell, Kristjen Nielsen!
re: #117 A Mom Anon
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re: #231 Sir John Barron
From the LAreview of books review:
Not sure who to root for in the circular firing squad that is Cernovich vs Peterson, but I thought this comment on Peterson was rather interesting.
Root for them both to shoot each other.
re: #167 Barefoot Grin
I just saw a tweet from a father who lost his daughter at Sandy Hook and I’m bawling again at my desk. Every year. I can’t imagine the pain those families—and way too many others whose loved ones were taken away by shooters—feel. I want to go home and crawl under my quilt.
Damn, that is right. Decmeber 14, 2012.
Seems so long ago because there have been so many other senseless mass shootings since then.
Damn, this country is sick.
re: #264 Backwoods_Sleuth
European Council President Donald Tusk says he has “no mandate” for renegotiating the Withdrawal Agreement and has treated Prime Minister Theresa May “with the greatest respect”t]
He treated her with all due respect, and if you speak British English, you know that “with all due respect” is their code for “fuck off, you wank!”
re: #171 Joe Bacon 🌹
Add Steven Miller to that list. That SOB needs to be extradited to The Hague.
Do you notice how he manages to stay out of the news? Possibly the most evil individual in Trump’s administration and he is never mentioned by the media.
Evil always operates just out of site.
re: #245 sagehen
So another special election?
Does Arizona have another high-quality Dem candidate to offer?
I think they changed the law so that the next appointee can serve the rest of the term. Wouldn’t be surprised if its McSally.
I was wrong; the special election will be in 2020, then the regular election is in 2022.
re: #279 ObserverArt
Do you notice how he manages to stay out of the news? Possibly the most evil individual in Trump’s administration and he is never mentioned by the media.
Evil always operates just out of site.
He’s Trump’s Martin Bormann imo. Loyal to no one but his boss, a true believer, & behind everything cruel this admin does.
re: #278 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
He treated her with all due respect, and if you speak British English, you know that “with all due respect” is their code for “fuck off, you wank!”
like this:
“It’s a bloody nightmare”
Meaning: Something is proving a mild inconvenience; typically used to describe slightly heavy traffic, or the internet not working
“It’s not ideal”
Meaning: Something terrible has happened and life is almost certainly ruined— VeryBritishProblems (@SoVeryBritish) December 6, 2018
re: #178 HappyWarrior
Waste of tacos.
I like how he says “we” should stay focused on the facts and stop the vitriol.
I agree when is Fox News going to start doing that?
re: #283 ObserverArt
I like how he says “we” should stay focused on the facts and stop the vitriol.
I agree when is Fox News going to start doing that?
Never
heh
this is true
“Gov. Matt Bevin’s worst enemy is his own mouth,” @tomeblen says in a new column. “You would think he would have learned that by now, but he seems to be a slow learner.” https://t.co/RBICX7sDVL
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) December 14, 2018
re: #184 Anymouse 🌹
Speaking of bomb threats, US CERT (Homeland Security’s cyber crime unit) noted that in the worldwide E-mailed bomb threat to libraries, government offices, and businesses, they note it should be reported as spam to their spam collection site ( spam@uce.gov ) but also should be reported to your local FBI Field Office or satellite office (because bomb threat).
The FBI is trying to get a handle on it to find out who is perpetrating the threat to have them arrested (if here) or reported (if in another country so they can arrest that person).
10 or more bomb threats here in Columbus yesterday. One was for Capital University in Bexely, a landlocked suburb a couple miles east of me on Main Street. They called classes and abandoned the buildings.
I hope they catch the people, but I think there is a good chance it was done by a foreign spammer group.
*blink*
JUST IN: Johnson & Johnson knew about asbestos in baby powder for decades: report https://t.co/xkV0zXAGkG pic.twitter.com/Uo1qhBzpaW
— The Hill (@thehill) December 14, 2018
re: #190 jeffreyw
Yeah it is. Really takes bright sunlight for the auto-everything camera to set the shutter speed fast enough to stop motion blur. And luck in the timing.
Looks like the stationary ‘jay is saying “stop showing off for the camera.”
these people
Mueller target Jerome Corsi raised $25K to pay for cancer treatment. One problem: the doctor Corsi claimed would get the money doesn’t actually exist. https://t.co/1if3cQSozp
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) December 14, 2018
re: #286 ObserverArt
10 or more bomb threats here in Columbus yesterday. One was for Capital University in Bexely, a landlocked suburb a couple miles east of me on Main Street. They called classes and abandoned the buildings.
I hope they catch the people, but I think there is a good chance it was done by a foreign spammer group.
It was just a dumb idea to spam the entire country with a bomb threat. Some idiot took a look at the ‘I recorded you watching pr0n’ email and decided to up the ante.
I got one of the bomb threat emails yesterday morning before the story broke, and all I could think was ‘woe upon this asshole if they ever catch up with him.’
re: #289 Backwoods_Sleuth
these people
Hey you shush, you, this brilliant, honorable man has a new “book” out saying Hitler escaped Germany.
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re: #265 makeitstop
I remember watching Kurtz on ‘Reliable Sources.’ I always thought he was pretty fair on that show.
That Fox money can turn anybody dishonest.
That liar never disclosed his wife was a Republican operative. Explained his consistent GOP bias!
he found his phone.
still a moron.
China just announced that their economy is growing much slower than anticipated because of our Trade War with them. They have just suspended U.S. Tariff Hikes. U.S. is doing very well. China wants to make a big and very comprehensive deal. It could happen, and rather soon!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 14, 2018
Brilliant runs of cats are spectacular!
Via: inscatgramers #instagram #catlovers #ねこ部 #cutest pic.twitter.com/vCg5f9qxIK— Junko (@dct_ihjc) December 14, 2018
re: #294 Backwoods_Sleuth
he found his phone.
still a moron.
was wondering if there was Executive Time today.
re: #294 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Am I safe in assuming that precisely none of this is actually true?
re: #256 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Trump will blame Obama if Russia invades Ukraine.
He’ll say something like had Obama been stronger and stopped Russia from taking Crimea in ‘14 this would never have happened.
And had Trump been president all of this would never have happened because he and Vlad have an understanding.
re: #257 Backwoods_Sleuth
#BREAKING: #SandyHook Elementary School evacuated after reported bomb threat on shooting anniversary bit.ly
Like those people haven’t been through enough.
Too many assholes in America.
Employees at The Weekly Standard were told to clear their desks by end of the day, but that they would be paid through the end of year.
They will also receive severance…if they sign an NDA. https://t.co/ddTXTUesGc— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) December 14, 2018
re: #300 lawhawk
They will also receive severance…if they sign an NDA.
So, what’s worth more, the severance package or the book deal for The Rise and Fall of the Weekly Standard
Looks like the Conservatives in Scotland might be rebelling against the Conservatives in Westminster over Brexit.
The Scottish Tories are preparing to back a second Brexit referendum and may even declare independence from the UK Conservatives - must-read piece by @ChrisDeerin. https://t.co/0fLcDxzVNP
— George Eaton (@georgeeaton) December 14, 2018
I find it quite ironic that in seeking to prevent Scotland going independent from the rest of the UK, they’re seriously considering declaring independence from the UK Conservatives.
re: #297 KGxvi
Am I safe in assuming that precisely none of this is actually true?
Apparently at least some of it is. China’s economy really is slowing, and apparently they are doing some tariff lowering on American cars.
re: #302 Alephnaught
Looks like the Conservatives in Scotland might be rebelling against the Conservatives in Westminster.
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re: #297 KGxvi
Am I safe in assuming that precisely none of this is actually true?
Partially. I heard on TV that the Chinese cut back 15% on auto import tariffs.
re: #302 Alephnaught
Looks like the Conservatives in Scotland might be rebelling against the Conservatives in Westminster.
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re: #303 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Apparently at least some of it is. China’s economy really is slowing, and apparently they are doing some tariff lowering on American cars.
Yeah, I saw the tariff lowering bit on CNN’s website, apparently it’s part of the G-20 deal they struck for a truce. Of course, that article also pointed out that because of Trump’s idiotic trade war, American auto exports to China were down 30% this year.
re: #305 Belafon
Partially. I heard on TV that the Chinese cut back 15% on auto import tariffs.
for three months
re: #304 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Makes sense since Scotland voted heavily against Brexit.
By far. Northern Ireland did too but a lot of the divide was on old sectarian grounds. Scots seem to have been the most United against it. TBH I hope they get independence eventually. Want reunification ultimately in NI if it can be done peacefully.
re: #290 makeitstop
Two schools in our town were evacuated. One went to a local Jewish Center, the other to a community center until the all clear was given.
Considering that law enforcement has to treat each as a live-valid threat, that means bringing out bomb squads, K-9 units, and smaller towns have to bring in extra resources to address the issue. Even larger communities see their LEO overwhelmed by these and call on neighboring towns for assistance. When you make these kinds of blanket threats that have to be investigated across a region, let alone the nation, you’re inflicting significant costs on law enforcement and could lead to accidents, injuries, etc., on top of everything else. There are reports of false alarms and responding units getting into accidents all too frequently.
There are costs to these threats, and whoever perpetrated them should be liable for them as well (some states do treat these as false alarms and pranks are treated as crimes).
re: #309 HappyWarrior
By far. Northern Ireland did too but a lot of the divide was on old sectarian grounds. Scots seem to have been the most United against it. TBH I hope they get independence eventually. Want reunification ultimately in NI if it can be done peacefully.
I’m just hoping the Troubles don’t come back and Brexit doesn’t close the border between NI and the Republic.
We know this won’t end well.
“General Motors is not going to be treated well.”
President Trump attacked GM and its CEO Mary Barra in a Fox interview Thursday, saying “she’s making a big mistake” in not diverging from plans to close five plants and eliminate as many as 15,000 jobs. https://t.co/P3EcSXVDez— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 14, 2018
re: #148 Anymouse 🌹
The FOX bit possibly came from here (posted eight hours ago), as wingnuts reinforce each other and the best of the best go to the Big Show (FOX):
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In whose custody did she die, douchebag? She was held for 8 FUCKING HOURS before they decided there was a problem and sent her to a hospital in El Paso. She was not given sufficient water during her 8 hours in custody and died as a result.
I immensely regret that I’ve ever seen any movie with James Woods in it.
Well damn.
This weekend FOX News should get a good 36 hrs of coverage out of this
Should Santa be gender-neutral? Debate started over new survey https://t.co/4muyMRX7tt pic.twitter.com/MBW3hnpIFL
— New York Post (@nypost) December 14, 2018
re: #311 NO SMOCKING GUN!
I’m just hoping the Troubles don’t come back and Brexit doesn’t close the border between NI and the Republic.
Same. I’ve been talking about the issue with a lot of Irish people that I know through genealogy. They don’t want the hard border back. The Irish themselves like the EU.
re: #314 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Well damn.
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One survey will mean every liberal believes it. TBH I don’t care. Santa can be an old man, young woman, it’s the message that matters to kids and FNC doesn’t get that since they’re fake outrage junkies.
re: #300 lawhawk
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I hope I don’t see a single liberal bemoaning the death of the Weekly Standard.
This is a publication that’s crusaded against LGBT civil rights for the last 20 years. There’s no other word for their views on #blacklivesmatter but “racist.” Goodbye and good riddance.— Brianna Wu (@BriannaWu) December 14, 2018
re: #316 Dr. Matt
It’s not clear what the case is about, but it’s likely involving Mueller and Trump.The secrecy is the giveaway that it’s involving Trump. They’re trying to challenge something Mueller’s got afoot.
re: #312 The Vicious Babushka
We know this won’t end well.
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re: #319 DodgerFan1988
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re: #317 HappyWarrior
One survey will mean every liberal believes it. TBH I don’t care. Santa can be an old man, young woman, it’s the message that matters to kids and FNC doesn’t get that since they’re fake outrage junkies.
re: #309 HappyWarrior
By far. Northern Ireland did too but a lot of the divide was on old sectarian grounds. Scots seem to have been the most United against it. TBH I hope they get independence eventually. Want reunification ultimately in NI if it can be done peacefully.
Big “IF”.
Scottish sentiments are easy to understand: with the UK part of the EU, they’re a quasi-autonomous regional state, with a modicum of self-government, and profitable economic advantages wrt a larger entity. With the UK “independent”, they’re back to their traditional relationship with “England”: i.e., a poor, backward province with limited political leverage.
I’m sure that Brexit IS going to spur a second independence referendum in Scotland: the big problem, though is still going to be there even if it goes through. There is no guarantee that the EU would accept an independent Scotland as a member: IIRC, acceptance has to be unanimous by ALL the other EU member states: and Spain (because of Catalan separatism) has always been thought to be a stumbling-block.
re: #265 makeitstop
I remember watching Kurtz on ‘Reliable Sources.’ I always thought he was pretty fair on that show.
That Fox money can turn anybody dishonest.
He stole the show from Bernard Kalb who was fair. Kurtz has always been a steaming pile of shit.
re: #316 Dr. Matt
DC court clears out entire floor for grand jury hearing in mysterious Mueller case
Whoa. That seems rather unprecedented.
I hope it means Mueller is getting into the real weighty issues of Trump’s criminality with his campaign and how it ties to Russia and lead to him obstructing.
Plus, Mueller must know there are too many people sneaking info back to Trump so they are doing everything to keep this sealed up tight.
re: #325 Jay C
As I recall, Spain has said earlier they have no problem with Scottish independence - provided it’s all done nice and legal.
And why is everything underlining?
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I’m going to also add the following caveat. I had not heard of this site before, so it should take additional verification and corroboration. There hasn’t been anything else before/since about it. Given that Dworkin is involved, take with a grain of salt.
re: #320 lawhawk
It’s not clear what the case is about, but it’s likely involving Mueller and Trump.The secrecy is the giveaway that it’s involving Trump. They’re trying to challenge something Mueller’s got afoot.
If they are clearing out an entire floor, is some high-ranking gummit official going to make a visit….???????
re: #329 lawhawk
I’d feel bad for Butters, but just like on the show, every time he tries to be true to himself, he ends up being a little shitstained asshole.
re: #318 plansbandc
Hip Hopera!
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Babatunde Akinboboye has some talent! And, he may just have made a new form of music that could lead to some youngsters wanting to learn to sing like him. A good thing.
I just checked his web site…seems like he is pretty active in California opera productions.
Here is a link to his site: BABATUNDE AKINBOBOYE - BARITONE
re: #329 lawhawk
Sen. Lindsey Graham Now Under Investigation For Campaign Finance Crimes, Ties To Russians.
Huh. I must have been a better boy than I thought this year to deserve this!
And if they’ve got evidence against a late-comer like Graham, what do you think they’ve got on McConnell?
Lock ‘em all up, I say.
re: #332 KGxvi
I’d feel bad for Butters, but just like on the show, every time he tries to be true to himself, he ends up being a little shitstained asshole.
He wanted to be Professor Chaos.
re: #328 Dr Lizardo
As I recall, Spain has said earlier they have no problem with Scottish independence - provided it’s all done nice and legal.
And why is everything underlining?
Have they? Good, if so - I had thought the Catalan issue was still simmering, and that the Spanish weren’t going to be stirring that turd if they could help it. Though any issue of Scottish independence is still likely to be some years in the future…
Interesting question: if Scotland does vote for “independence” from the UK, is the British Sovereign still going to be Queen/King of Scotland? Or are they likely to declare themselves the Republic of Scotland?
re: #329 lawhawk
I’m going to also add the following caveat. I had not heard of this site before, so it should take additional verification and corroboration. There hasn’t been anything else before/since about it.
I’m adding a caution and putting it behind the privacy screen.
re: #335 Dr Lizardo
I don’t remember seeing the name DC Tribune before. I WANT TO BELIEVE.
re: #329 lawhawk
If true, it could explain why Linsey has turned into one of Donnie’s cabana boys.
re: #340 Sufficient unto the day…
I don’t remember seeing the name DC Tribune before. I WANT TO BELIEVE.
Unfortunately, it seems the source of this story is……Scott Dworkin.
So take it with a grain of salt.
“This is my oldest and least favorite case. Please stop trying to become my least favorite lawyers. HAPPY HOLIDAYS.” pic.twitter.com/Z9QTSZKa2o
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) December 14, 2018
re: #329 lawhawk
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Sen. Lindsey Graham Now Under Investigation For Campaign Finance Crimes, Ties To Russians.
Pardon me.
FUCK YEAH!
That just made my day.
I hope Rob Portman makes the list. I am thinking he will eventually.
I may have to rattle the ol’ Portman cage and contact him asking if he is next.
Dayton Daily News - NRA spent millions to keep Ohio Sen. Portman in office
WASHINGTON —
During the 2016 election, the National Rifle Association and its donors gave Sen. Rob Portman’s campaign $9,900 — a drop in the bucket of the $25 million Portman raised and an argument against the notion that the gun rights group had “bought” the support of the state’s junior senator.But three other numbers are also worth considering: $242,708; $1.55 million and $3.06 million.
The first represents the amount that the NRA spent on independent expenditures such as ads supporting Portman in 2016. The second represents the amount spent opposing Democrat Ted Strickland, who Portman defeated in 2016.
The third is what the organization has spent on Portman since 1990, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
…more at link…
re: #329 lawhawk
So, umm…who exactly is “investigating” him?
Some super PAC?
Excuse me while I turn the page.
re: #344 ObserverArt
Pardon me.
FUCK YEAH!
That just made my day.
I hope Rob Portman makes the list. I am thinking he will eventually.
I may have to rattle the ol’ Portman cage and contact him asking if he is next.
Dayton Daily News - NRA spent millions to keep Ohio Sen. Portman in office
Be careful with that Sen. Graham story; the source of the story seems to be Scott Dworkin.
re: #338 Jay C
Have they? Good, if so - I had thought the Catalan issue was still simmering, and that the Spanish weren’t going to be stirring that turd if they could help it. Though any issue of Scottish independence is still likely to be some years in the future…
Interesting question: if Scotland does vote for “independence” from the UK, is the British Sovereign still going to be Queen/King of Scotland? Or are they likely to declare themselves the Republic of Scotland?
I suspect they’d probably stay in the Commonwealth. Republican presidents in parliamentary systems are mostly figure heads, might as well keep the tradition of the Queen/King of Scots.
re: #336 makeitstop
Huh. I must have been a better boy than I thought this year to deserve this!
And if they’ve got evidence against a late-comer like Graham, what do you think they’ve got on McConnell?
Lock ‘em all up, I say.
…and throw away the keys!
re: #140 darthstar
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re: #346 Dr Lizardo
Be careful with that Sen. Graham story; the source of the story seems to be Scott Dworkin.
Yeah, I saw that after posting.
But I like it anyway because it may bring some heat and eyes on Graham.
re: #321 Joe Bacon 🌹
Their Sugar Daddy pulled the plug. Wonderful!
If they did it is only because they are opposed to trump. So, not so wonderful.
re: #343 lawhawk
That case is 7 years old! No wonder Her Honor is slightly pissed off.
re: #340 Sufficient unto the day…
I don’t remember seeing the name DC Tribune before. I WANT TO BELIEVE.
It is an online…ummm…news source. It appears to include 3 people. One each in Atlanta, Philadelphia and Seattle.
Trump offers CoS to Christie, and Christie declined.
HEH.
Hmm… Haberman just deleted a tweet indicating Christie declined the CoS. She reposted:
Deleted previous tweet, reposted to clarify quote - Christie declines chief of staff role. His statement. pic.twitter.com/SH1lTRxzKf
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) December 14, 2018
Now is not the right time for me or my family to undertake this serious assignment.
Translation: You’re fucked, and I’m not going down with this ship.
re: #329 lawhawk
Updinging for the Dworkin warning.
If Dworkin told me the sky was blue, I’d have to ask two people.
re: #355 lawhawk
Trump offers CoS to Christie, and Christie declined.
HEH.
Hmm… Haberman just deleted a tweet indicating Christie declined the CoS. She reposted:Translation: You’re fucked, and I’m not going down with this ship.
Many, many brilliant accomplished people want this CoS job, believe me.
Looks like there’s a new business open in Ostrava - a dog café.
There’s a photogallery in the link. They sell doggo accessories, but you’re totally welcome to bring your faithful friend and have a cup of joe while you’re there.
Pretty cool.
Doubt Christie forgets Trump making a fool of him.
re: #314 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Well damn.
This weekend FOX News should get a good 36 hrs of coverage out of this
Wall to Wall. “Evil liberals won’t say Merry Christmas and now making Santa gender-neutral.”
re: #29 SteveMcGriftFlynnComey… …corruptemoligate RN
My favorite Christmas show was the Grinch. I always loved it when his heart grew. Not sure I have a favorite Christmas movie but God help me I do like Love Actually. Favorite song vacillates between A Christmas Song by Shawn Phillips and I Wish it Could Be Christmas Everyday by Wizzard. Because I do wish it could be Christmas everyday.
Honorable mention Mr Heat Miser by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
The Bishop’s Wife…the one with Cary Grant….has always been one of my favorites. Also, The musical Scrooge with Albert Finney.
re: #355 lawhawk
Trump offers CoS to Christie, and Christie declined.
HEH.
[Can’t find this tweet right now: twitter.com ]
Translation: You’re fucked, and I’m not going down with this ship.
I was listening to MSNBC last night, and someone was on Brian Williams’ show, older reporter, I believe, and he made the point that CoS is a terrible job and always has been. In the best case, with a disciplined, smart, and focused president, the job is rough - with hundreds of people trying to get on the schedule. Now imagine having to do that job with someone like Trump.
I fully expect Kushner ends up getting the job because as family, he can’t say “no”.
re: #363 KGxvi
I was listening to MSNBC last night, and someone was on Brian Williams’ show, older reporter, I believe, and he made the point that CoS is a terrible job and always has been. In the best case, with a disciplined, smart, and focused president, the job is rough - with hundreds of people trying to get on the schedule. Now imagine having to do that job with someone like Trump.
I fully expect Kushner ends up getting the job because as family, he can’t say “no”.
Yeah I think Jared will get it by default.
The LA Times has an interesting piece about Trump’s ongoing demise. This part, in particular, jumped out at me:
Several others close to the president, granted anonymity to speak openly about conversations with him, said Trump already senses diminishing respect and worries about losing support from powerful financial donors and Republican lawmakers as his legal and political troubles worsen.
“They’re still not saying it publicly, but most Republicans on the Hill understand … that it’s not going to end well, that it’s going to be bad,” said a longtime Republican operative close to party leadership.
They’ll say it on background, but they won’t say it publicly… yet. When the dam breaks, it’s going to be very, very bad.
And then they cap off the story with this:
While his difficulty filling the job highlights the president’s isolation, Schwartz, Trump’s ghost writer, said Trump almost certainly doesn’t agree.
“He doesn’t feel the ordinary human emotions most of us do,” he said. “For example, he’s free of shame because he has no conscience, nor any self-awareness. So while his behavior certainly suggests he feels increasing fear and isolation, he would be the last one to know it.”
re: #366 KGxvi
He’s going to be like the Dukes at the end of Trading Places - one has a heart attack and the other is like fuck him, turn the machines back on… turn the machines back on.
Trump is a sociopath with no redeeming social features or characters. He’s a con artist whose beliefs mirror that of the GOP base - white nationalist, bigoted, and misogynist.
The base wont revolt and turn on Trump if more indictments and impeachment drops on Trump, because they think Trump’s just like them. They’re impervious to facts or logic.
The GOP elites aren’t impervious to facts or logic, but they’ve been decades cultivating a know nothing base and they are divorced from reality as a result. The elites wont act because that’d cause the base to turn on them too (for turning on a corrupt Trump).
re: #355 lawhawk
And again deleting clarifying earlier post, right statement this time - Christie was not offered the job, took himself out of running. pic.twitter.com/hIRUyIcHwh
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) December 14, 2018
Christie asked Trump to “no longer keep me in any of his considerations” for the chief of staff. https://t.co/IQcZRu64mS
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) December 14, 2018
European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative (ESJF) completes restoration and fencing of the historic Jewish cemetery of Buchach in the Ternopil region of Western Ukraine.https://t.co/1qCSeAn7HT pic.twitter.com/Z1OggLizOv
— Tombstones and Tea (@TombstonesTea) December 14, 2018
re: #174 Sir John Barron
President Hillary Clinton and the Tacos on Every Corner is coming back to bite us.
The tacos are back, and they’re pissed!
re: #368 Backwoods_Sleuth
I also, regretfully, request that my name be taken out of the search for the next CoS.
Periodic reminder that these guys sold the patent on insulin for $1 and they’d be pissed that people are dying because they can’t afford it. pic.twitter.com/BB1QuhAkl1
— David Juurlink (@DavidJuurlink) December 5, 2018
Legacy…….
Breaking: Scott Walker just signed the controversial lame duck legislation into law https://t.co/p7gq2lIKkz
— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) December 14, 2018
Reince has been approved for a direct commission (after complete two weeks of training) as a reserve off icer in the US Navy. (Link to non-paywalled access at Laredo Morning times)
Former Trump chief of staff Reince Priebus selected to join Navy with backing from Mattis https://t.co/pJWDsfOaiS
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 14, 2018
re: #373 Dave In Austin
Legacy…….
The Drump era has created so many new normals: pardoning everyone in your circle convicted of a federal offense; passing lameduck legislation at the loss of at least one chamber of Congress, etc.
re: #371 Sir John Barron
I also, regretfully, request that my name be taken out of the search for the next CoS.
I’d take the job, but I’d be fired before the end of my first day. I’d take a hammer to every cellphone in the president’s possession, as well as most all of the TVs in the Oval and Residence. I’d also fire Ivanka and Jared.
So, yeah, it probably wouldn’t last until lunch.
re: #376 Sir John Barron
The Drump era has created so many new normals: pardoning everyone in your circle convicted of a federal offense; passing lameduck legislation at the loss of at least one chamber of Congress, etc.
Like the US Embassy burning all their docs as Saigon fell.
re: #377 KGxvi
And why should I get on a sinking ship anyway? I’d do better doing nothing compared to what I would have to do. My best bet is to sit this one out, and take my chances with a post-Trump party.
re: #379 CarolJ
And why should I get on a sinking ship anyway? I’d do better doing nothing compared to what I would have to do. My best bet is to sit this one out, and take my chances with a post-Trump party.
The guy who initiated the Bridgegate protocol is fearful lest he become more scandalized by accepting a CoS role in the Drumpy WH.
re: #379 CarolJ
And why should I get on a sinking ship anyway? I’d do better doing nothing compared to what I would have to do. My best bet is to sit this one out, and take my chances with a post-Trump party.
I mean, yeah, that’s really the smart play.
At this point, the only reason to go to work for Trump is to convince him to resign before the feces really hits the ventilation.
Yondu training Collies to heard ducks through locations pic.twitter.com/AvdiyNuDJ0
— Oregon I.T. not IT ⚾ (@OregonJOBS2) December 14, 2018
From the “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things” file:
In an interview with the Telegraph, Papadopoulos revealed that he wants to reboot his career in public service with a 2020 run for Congress.
Why does every comment south of 315 look underlined?
re: #384 KGxvi
From the “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things” file:
I guess the problem for him is finding a state where he can vote for himself.
re: #384 KGxvi
From the “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things” file:
A federal conviction will soon be a pre-requisite for a GOP political career.
re: #387 Sir John Barron
A federal conviction will soon be a pre-requisite for a GOP political career.
“I fought the law and the law won” is better as a song than a campaign slogan.
re: #388 Blind Frog Belly White
BREAKING: Rocks in the hot sun.
re: #388 Blind Frog Belly White
“I fought the law and the law won” is better as a song than a campaign slogan.
“I took a bullet for Team GOP, vote for me.”
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re: #388 Blind Frog Belly White
“I fought the law and the law won” is better as a song than a campaign slogan.
What would be the worst campaign slogans from music?
“I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy” has to be up there, right?
re: #31 Ace-o-aces
White House distances Trump from inaugural committee amid new scrutiny
We know where this is going. White House having to distance trump from trump in the very near future.
moron is on a tear
….Kim Jong Un sees it better than anyone and will fully take advantage of it for his people. We are doing just fine!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 14, 2018
Thank you to @tim_cook for agreeing to expand operations in the U.S. and thereby creating thousands of jobs! https://t.co/2zOVxp9nTF
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 14, 2018
he has no idea what he’s talking about
re: #394 Backwoods_Sleuth
moron is on a tear
he has no idea what he’s talking about
Executive Time coming late today.
re: #394 Backwoods_Sleuth
….Kim Jong Un sees it better than anyone and will fully take advantage of it for his people. We are doing just fine!
— Donald J. Trump
“Brutal dictator is a great guy, very Smart, we are doing just fine!”
re: #393 fern01
We know where this is going. White House having to distance trump from trump in the very near future.
“Never knew the inaug committee, just got coffee.”
Trump probably a speed-freak thread:
11…filled at least for a time at a Duane Reade drugstore on 57th Street in Manhattan, a few blocks from Trump Tower. The executive said, like many celebrities, Trump used an alias for the prescription. Diethylpropion has a high risk of dependency and chronic abuse – such as…
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 14, 2018
re: #376 Sir John Barron
Except it’s just the GOP era. They would have done this had Mitt Romney been elected in 2016.
re: #399 Belafon
Except it’s just the GOP era. They would have done this had Mitt Romney been elected in 2016.
Yeah possibly. And I realize the GW Bush WH/DOJ were no saints, but the shameless politicizing and naked self-protection and perpetuation that has characterized the GOP post-2016 is still pretty shocking.
He can start by vetoing the two abortion bans sitting on his desk. https://t.co/jFwDDiS9NY
— Brie Shea (@BrieShea) December 14, 2018
The holidays are trying to kill me.
First I come home Tuesday night from visiting The Ancestral Home, and The Older Boy has not only made Mac and Cheese for me, but also bought a bunch of holiday treats - stollen, panetonne, pfeffernussen.
Then the next day, because my boss and his boss were in town, we went out to dinner where I ate entirely too much.
Then yesterday, the company had its holiday lunch, where I again ate entirely too much.
Then Mrs. FBW texted me that I should pick up ice cream because she was feeling blue and The Younger Boy was sick, so I got comfort snacks and ate too many of those.
Then this morning, a coworker brought a flourless chocolate cake with whipped cream to accompany it for the office.
Next week, it’ll be Christmas cookies.
.@GovChristie takes his name out of the running to be @realDonaldTrump’s chief of staff. pic.twitter.com/BqRqRGFStx
— Matt Arco (@MatthewArco) December 14, 2018
Pretty hilarious to see all these Republicans suddenly getting cold feet about being associated with the Criminal in Chief. https://t.co/JE8IVXwpVs
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 14, 2018
re: #402 Blind Frog Belly White
BTW, a few years back, The Younger Boy came up to me after a grocery shopping trip near Christmas, and asked, echoing Capt. Jack Sparrow, “Why is the rum gone?”
Then held up this…
re: #403 Charles Johnson
Well, after all, the saying isn’t “Rats are always first to climb aboard a sinking ship.” And The Trumptanic is in the ‘stern high in the air before the final plunge into the icy deep’ stage, and rearranging the deck chairs is even more pointless.
France to Probe Possible Russian Influence on Yellow Vest Riots
France opened a probe into possible Russian interference behind the country’s Yellow Vest protests, after reports that social-media accounts linked to Moscow have increasingly targeted the movement.
According to the Alliance for Securing Democracy, about 600 Twitter accounts known to promote Kremlin views have begun focusing on France, boosting their use of the hashtag #giletsjaunes, the French name for the Yellow Vest movement. French security services are looking at the situation, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Sunday in a radio interview with RTL.
re: #338 Jay C
Interesting question: if Scotland does vote for “independence” from the UK, is the British Sovereign still going to be Queen/King of Scotland? Or are they likely to declare themselves the Republic of Scotland?
Short answer: yes. The Union of Crowns is seperate to the Union of Parliaments. And the official policy of the SNP since its inception has been that, whilst it rejects the Union of Parliaments, it respects the Union of Crowns i.e. Queen Elizabeth would be head of state in an independent Scotland. More modern SNP policy added that, by implication, Scotland would join the Commonwealth.
re: #407 Belafon
They still support him, they just don’t want to be tainted by him.
Imagine one of those lifeboats cheering the captain for his decisions.
Weirder: imagine the people locked in steerage cheering his decisions.
TFW your White House stinks too bad for Chris Christie — Jesus fucking Christ, Chris Christie! — to stomach working there. Only the best!
— Harry Turtledove (@HNTurtledove) December 14, 2018
Is it just me or does it seem like all the news since the midterms has really been nailing Trump to a wall (even from some more conservative sources)? It’s like everyone waited to see how the midterms came out and now that the results are in the knives are really out. Yes his base will always support him but other dams seem to have broken.
re: #230 Backwoods_Sleuth
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How many times does Christie have to be hit by trump before he realizes that will happen every time they meet?
re: #407 Belafon
They still support him, they just don’t want to be tainted by him.
Imagine one of those lifeboats cheering the captain for his decisions.
“No collision!”
re: #402 Blind Frog Belly White
The holidays are trying to kill me.
First I come home Tuesday night from visiting The Ancestral Home, and The Older Boy has not only made Mac and Cheese for me, but also bought a bunch of holiday treats - stollen, panetonne, pfeffernussen.
Then the next day, because my boss and his boss were in town, we went out to dinner where I ate entirely too much.
Then yesterday, the company had its holiday lunch, where I again ate entirely too much.
Then Mrs. FBW texted me that I should pick up ice cream because she was feeling blue and The Younger Boy was sick, so I got comfort snacks and ate too many of those.
Then this morning, a coworker brought a flourless chocolate cake with whipped cream to accompany it for the office.
Next week, it’ll be Christmas cookies.
Here is wishing you strength to find your appropriate level of resistance to the almighty calorie.
It was a bridge too far for Christie…
Christie didn’t want to cross that bridge…
Thanks, and tip your waitress.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) December 14, 2018
Christie declines the CoS position, which would have been hilariously awful as Kushner runs a truck over and around Christie every time he sees him.
Christie’s self preservation won out - he doesn’t want to go down with the Trumptanic.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) December 14, 2018
re: #411 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
Is it just me or does it seem like all the news since the midterms has really been nailing Trump to a wall (even from some more conservative sources)? It’s like everyone waited to see how the midterms came out and now that the results are in the knives are really out. Yes his base will always support him but other dams seem to have broken.
The weak needed some cover. They couldn’t stand up to Trump without knowing a majority of the USA voting citizens want to seem him at the least controlled and at the most…gone.
After an exhaustive search, I am happy to announce I have a new chief of staff pic.twitter.com/plQWzrcgBK
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) December 14, 2018
re: #416 ObserverArt
Agreed. They bought into the myth he was spinning that he was somehow strong. We knew the media bought into the myth of the “forgotten” voter even though the numbers didn’t point to that at all. Now everyone smells blood in the water. Gotta say, it’s pretty glorious.
re: #417 Backwoods_Sleuth
After an exhaustive search, I am happy to announce I have a new chief of staff
He’s got it backwards: he’s the cat’s chief of staff.
re: #287 Backwoods_Sleuth
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