It’s easy to buy things online, and even easier not to think about how they get to you. John Oliver discusses what happens when you click “buy now.”
Too bad you have no idea where you put them or you could express your sorrow in person instead of a tweet.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) July 1, 2019
Blue lives matter:
“If you want water, just drink from a toilet.” That’s what border patrol told one thirsty woman we met on today’s #DemsAtTheBorder trip. These are the same CBP personnel who threatened to throw burritos at members of Congress. Changes must be made. #DontLookAway pic.twitter.com/dW34DRduDA
— Judy Chu (@RepJudyChu) July 1, 2019
I’d rather my President stood with US troops against a murderous dictator who points nuclear weapons at Los Angeles, than have a President who was literally led down the garden path. https://t.co/O2vCyss9rF
— Mieke Eoyang (@MiekeEoyang) July 1, 2019
Whew, the ending of this segment with a parody of an Amazon PR video is just brutal.
Ok, my stomach hurts 😂😂😂#UnwantedIvanka pic.twitter.com/tdT1jHKGtS
— ᎠᏌNᎬᎷYᎢᎻᎪNᏩ™️ (@Kris_Sacrebleu) July 1, 2019
re: #5 Backwoods_Sleuth
That Jack Ruby one…OMG.
What’s haunting is that the women I met with today told me in no uncertain terms that they would experience retribution for telling us what they shared.
They all began sobbing - out of fear of being punished, out of sickness, out of desperation, lack of sleep, trauma, despair.— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 1, 2019
But it won’t end his presidency-NOTHING will at this point. We’ve gotten to the stage where he/McConnell are able to do exactly what Putin’s done for years…fake elections; fake approval rates & 20 million lies to keep up the facade-trump has a LIFETIME of exploiting/lying. https://t.co/C2KEh84I6m
— Dani Graham (@DaniGramFLA) July 1, 2019
Might be my favorite pic.twitter.com/dNnG8aZhMY
— mike freeman (@mikefreemanNFL) July 1, 2019
from down the stairs
re: #379 Mattand
Goddamn it, this woman should be our President right now.
I was thinking about this today, in relation to the gerrymandered state legislatures where Dems get more votes yet are always in the minority.
Not only is is it idiotic at this point in our history that it’s possible to lose the Presidency with a majority of the popular vote, Republicans had to rely on the Electoral College fucking twice in the last 20 years in order to win.
This party literally cannot win elections without rigging the system, and most Americans, when presented with this, go “Well, both sides are bad!”
This goddamn country, sometimes…
if im correct, the last time a non incumbent R (GHWB) won the popular vote was 1988 - 31 years ago
the only time between then and now an R (GWB) won the popular vote was 2004 reelection - 15 years ago
Democrats on a key House committee are investigating allegations from a State Department whistleblower about Mike Pompeo and his family’s use of taxpayer-funded Diplomatic Security to run errands like picking up Chinese food and the Pompeo family dog.https://t.co/xoVTSDw8UW
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 1, 2019
re: #1 darthstar
The men and women of CBP are saddened by the unfortunate death of a 43-year-old man from El Salvador who was rushed to the hospital after falling into medical distress. Our condolences are with his family. Full statement:
“Fell into medical distress” is an excuse not an explanation
and it’s bullshit
One side likes Nazis and the other side wants to give you healthcare. What am I not understanding? https://t.co/0t68KQ6dv7
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) July 1, 2019
So much for “centrism.”
In a video obtained by the AP, a 12-year old migrant girl — speaking in Spanish — tells her attorney that children were “treated badly” at a Border Patrol station in Texas and were not allowed to play or bathe.
Full report: https://t.co/MgxeHyRuNr pic.twitter.com/YJh3gTYdeh— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 1, 2019
CBP made us check our phones.
But one woman slipped me this packet to take with me.
It says “shampoo,” but she told me that this is all they give women to wash their entire body. Nothing else.
Some women’s hair was falling out. Others had gone 15 days without taking a shower. pic.twitter.com/OsaKS0YD9a— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 1, 2019
I really have no more fucks to give with these people
re: #15 jaunte
So much for “centrism.”
I would love to know in what ways Democrats have radicalized.
A rather stupid question. By the time JFK reached the White House he was a war hero who rescued men from PT 109, had written “Profiles in Courage” which won a Pulitzer Prize, and had served in both the House of Reps. and U.S. Senate. Ivanka’s qualifications for anything? https://t.co/wxQxmQFl8d
— Dave G. - Dem Tsunami 11/3/20 (@YouGiveMeFever7) July 1, 2019
These are the toilets you have to get water from in the hieleras. Also, this photo is from a border patrol station in 2013. I’m happy people are paying attention now but this has been happening for a very long time. https://t.co/ka7HE1feUN
— Aura Bogado (@aurabogado) July 1, 2019
I would also like to know why he thinks Trump isn’t doing what the Republicans want to do since they keep backing him.
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Original photo. Original caption.
BUFFALO, NY - JUNE 03: Toilets stand at the ready in a U.S. Border Patrol processing center for undocumented immigrants near the U.S.-Canada border on June 3, 2013 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) pic.twitter.com/vjLXPEXU2y— John Moore (@jbmoorephoto) December 14, 2018
Hieleras are sometimes so crowded that it’s impossible to use either. People stand on top of the toilets because there’s no room otherwise. https://t.co/dDGoxfwawr
— Aura Bogado (@aurabogado) July 1, 2019
re: #26 jaunte
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border station in Buffalo in 2013…and how long had that been there?
(I know…the implication is that it’s all Obama’s fault because 2013…)
re: #27 jaunte
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re: #29 Backwoods_Sleuth
Racists aren’t worried about our “open borders” with Canada.
Trump tells pool in Oval Office there will be tanks at July 4 celebration, as we reported this morning. “And we’re gonna have some tanks stationed outside… So we have to put them in certain areas but we have the brand new Sherman tanks and we have the brand new Abram tanks.”
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) July 1, 2019
re: #30 jaunte
Racists aren’t worried about our “open borders” with Canada.
And you think they would be because Canada has a huge Muslim population.
re: #30 jaunte
Racists aren’t worried about our “open borders” with Canada.
but it’s oh so convenient as a “BOTH SIDES!”
re: #31 The Vicious Babushka
Has Donnie’s brownshirts desperately started to normalize Donnie’s parade yet?
re: #21 Belafon
I would love to know in what ways Democrats have radicalized.
They aren’t sucking Republican dicks and aren’t adopting Republican policies. Fuck him with a rusty manure covered 5 tine mucking pitchfork.
Dear NeverTrumpers,
It’s not the Dems’ fault that your party has fallen in the thrall of a grifty, semi-coherent narcissist who has no clue what he’s doing.
And it’s *very* obnoxious and entitled to demand that they become a sane, less racist GOP.
Go fix your own damn house.— Joshua Holland 🔥 (@JoshuaHol) July 1, 2019
re: #15 jaunte
Who the hell is Matt Lewis and why would any sane person follow his advice? I’ll be gladly and enthusiastically voting for the Democratic nominee. I hope he is getting dragged.
re: #39 Patricia Kayden
He seems to be cast in the role of Libertarian/Moderate on a lot of political talking heads shows.
— VegasJohnny (@VegasJohnny) July 1, 2019
re: #34 jaunte
“we have the brand new Sherman tanks”
What is he talking about?
— Men’s Corner (@Mens_Corner_) June 28, 2019
I’m just sick over how we treat human beings. Just fucking sick. If this isn’t the final straw that leads to impeachment nothing will.
Artisan Sourdough Bread pic.twitter.com/8cWTKOeg6o
— Pie Overlord (@Pie_Overlord) July 1, 2019
This Administration is now going to ease hours of operation for Truck Drivers.
Get ready for more blood on the road.
re: #16 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Conservative response:
“Meh.”
“Who cares! These illegals are terrorists!”
“But let’s talk about what happened to Andy Ngo!”
Far too busy to do any Blackaddering at the moment. Permission to shout in frustration at an annoyingly loud volume? pic.twitter.com/dD074hCNio
— Best of Blackadder 📺🇬🇧 (@pitchblacksteed) July 1, 2019
Lubbock’s Mr. Conservative is on the case!
re: #50 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Laser-focused on the Real Problem!
PROPAGAND-OFF! Fox News vs. North Korean State TV pic.twitter.com/RANF4qZD4b
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) July 1, 2019
AP-NORC poll: Trump approval rating at 38%, handling economy 47%. Just 17% say they received a tax cut. https://t.co/4QloiKeKCe
— Reid Wilson (@PoliticsReid) July 1, 2019
re: #3 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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Good dog…ERic is painfully fucking stupid. But of course, he actually believes that Obama wanted a meeting but North Korea refused.
re: #34 jaunte
“we have the brand new Sherman tanks”
What is he talking about?
“GShermans?”
“Forget it. He’s rolling.”
re: #46 The Vicious Babushka
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Gimme a bread knife and some butter. Then leave me alone for…oh, about an hour.
re: #56 Blind Frog Belly White
Gimme a bread knife and some butter. Then leave me alone for…oh, about an hour.
That works for me as well. oooooooo
I’ll confess to ordering from Amazon a few times a year. Generally for things I can’t easily find locally. As in, a bunch of little things that I can’t find locally and aren’t worth having shipped individually. I keep a list and order stuff every couple months or so. On the other hand, for my new granddaughter I ordered a car seat/stroller “system” directly from a real store. After I did, I looked on Amazon and it turns out I could have bought from the same store through Amazon. Why would you do that? It seems lazy.
Speaking of the granddaughter, they all went home last night and are presumably enjoying some nuclear family time. It’s hard not to race over there, but I’m being good and staying away until they tell me they are ready for company.
In less than 2 years, we went from “Trump is so awesome for threatening war with North Korea!” to “Trump is so awesome for playing footsie with Kim!”
re: #59 Targetpractice
In less than 2 years, we went from “Trump is so awesome for threatening war with North Korea!” to “Trump is so awesome for playing footsie with Kim!”
Meanwhile, our position has fallen back from “North Korea can never be allowed to become a nuclear power!”
to
“North Korea must completely denuclearize!”
to
“North Korea must not build up a nuclear stockpile!”
to
“North Korea should probably stop building up its nuclear stockpile sometime, mmmmKay?”
Man named as unindicted co-conspirator in crimes tied to cheating to win 2016 election now threatening to violate the Constitution to win a decade of elections. https://t.co/cDyiRMxti5
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) July 1, 2019
You Can’t Be #NeverTrump if Trump Is Still an Option for YouLink by Martin Longman in Washington Monthly
For people like Bret Stephens and David Brooks, they’re threatening to not support the Democrat if the Democrat is too far out of the mainstream. That’s a clear indication that the reelection of Trump isn’t the worst thing that can happen in their minds, and that’s a moral judgment. If Medicare-for-All and free college and the abolition of ICE are more repugnant than being a suspected foreign agent, an obvious criminal, an opponent of NATO and friend of Putin, a menace to a free press, and a brutalizer of migrant children, then they should be clear that they’ll tolerate everything Trump can dish out to prevent the election of a far left-wing Democrat.
The Democrats want to win the votes of all decent people, but you’re not a decent person if you would consider Trump over the alternative. It is not “reasonable” to say “no thanks” to the Democrat because you think their policies are too far left if those policies don’t involve crippling America’s alliances and moral leadership while committing a litany of crimes, including crimes against humanity.
re: #64 retired cynic
Well, the hashtag messed up the link on that: washingtonmonthly.com
re: #34 jaunte
“we have the brand new Sherman tanks”
What is he talking about?
The new stealthy Sherman tanks. You can’t see them, they’re invisible.
IANAL. Fuckface Von Clownstick can’t delay the census, can he? I mean, the census doesn’t even fall under Article II. It’s Article I Section 2. Am I crazy? Are we in hell?
And while I’m there: an article about Amanda Litman and Run for Something, in the Wash.Monthly by Tabitha Sanders. Obviously, I think we would all agree.
Litman said she is playing a long game to not only help Democrats win back control of government at all levels—but to keep it. That’s why she’s putting all of her energy not into the defeat of Donald Trump, but into the defeat of Republicans in state houses and city halls and school boards across the country, from Texas to Tennessee to Alaska.
re: #62 calochortus
Wait! That doesn’t leave any for me.
I have a bread knife, and I’m not afraid to use it…..
re: #68 teleskiguy
IANAL. Fuckface Von Clownstick can’t delay the census, can he? I mean, the census doesn’t even fall under Article II. It’s Article I Section 2. Am I crazy? Are we in hell?
Constitutionally mandated for 2020. Mandated by statute for April 2020.
re: #64 retired cynic
You Can’t Be #NeverTrump if Trump Is Still an Option for YouLink by Martin Longman in Washington Monthly
This really is the long and short of it: If you identify yourself as “NeverTrump” but are suggesting you will vote for him or vote in a way that will increase his chances of winning if you don’t get the Dem nominee you want, then you’re not “NeverTrump.”
re: #68 teleskiguy
Also, I can’t be the only one who titters when they see “IANAL”, can I?
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re: #70 Blind Frog Belly White
I have a bread knife, and I’m not afraid to use it…..
I took a semester of fencing in college. Not that I ever owned a foil, but I could wave a knife around in an intimidating fashion.
re: #68 teleskiguy
IANAL. Fuckface Von Clownstick can’t delay the census, can he? I mean, the census doesn’t even fall under Article II. It’s Article I Section 2. Am I crazy? Are we in hell?
He can do anything the Roberts USSC and McConnell senate let him get away with.
re: #72 Targetpractice
This really is the long and short of it: If you identify yourself as “NeverTrump” but are suggesting you will vote for him or vote in a way that will increase his chances of winning if you don’t get the Dem nominee you want, then you’re not “NeverTrump.”
Gazackly. Tom Nichols is a smarmy asshole, but I respect his position of voting for no Republican for any position at any level till Trump is gone. He voted for Hillary and urged others to.
Rick Wilson writes nice, cathartic columns, a funny book, and did actually take some of the blame for Trump, but when push came to shove, he put up a 3rd party guy (McMullin) and drained off anti-Trump votes from the one person who could have won.
re: #74 calochortus
I took a semester of fencing in college. Not that I ever owned a foil, but I could wave a knife around in an intimidating fashion.
I’d be a lot more impressed if I hadn’t qualified for Nationals in Foil back in 1980.
Hidden because eww.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) July 1, 2019
re: #77 Blind Frog Belly White
I’d be a lot more impressed if I hadn’t qualified for Nationals in Foil back in 1980.
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ensre: #68 teleskiguy
IANAL. Fuckface Von Clownstick can’t delay the census, can he? I mean, the census doesn’t even fall under Article II. It’s Article I Section 2. Am I crazy? Are we in hell?
Von Clownstick rants all the time — he cannot delay the census though I suspect that “Hermann Goring” Barr is probably investigating whether there is a “legal” way to accomplish Der Fuhrer’s objectives.
200 Jews are shutting down an ICE detention center because we when we say never again we 👏🏼 fucking 👏🏼 mean 👏🏼 it. #NeverAgainIsNow pic.twitter.com/iVBL6tv85z
— Alyssa Rubin 🔥 (@aly_mixed_up) June 30, 2019
re: #79 calochortus
Oh. Well, never mind then.
To be fair, there was a big snowstorm that prevented fencers in Rochester from getting to the tournament that weekend…..
I predict that, in coming months, we’ll start seeing the “NeverTrump” crowd begin talk about a “centrist” party nominee, about how this election is the perfect time for such a third party to come to the fore, and start throwing around names of people they think would totally win the election by running on a “unity” ticket.
OH NOM NOM
EAT EAT EAT EAT EAT EAT pic.twitter.com/TxjeomnFvm— Pie Overlord (@Pie_Overlord) July 1, 2019
re: #81 Belafon
Now THAT’S the side of the New Jersey personality (my childhood home) that I appreciate!
Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, 27, dies in Texas
Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs died Monday at the age of 27, stunning the baseball world and leading to the postponement of the team’s game against the Texas Rangers.
Police responded to a report of an unconscious man in a hotel room in Southlake, Texas, and pronounced Skaggs dead at the scene. No foul play is suspected and an investigation is ongoing, police said.
A Southlake police spokesperson said suicide “is not suspected,” according to the Los Angeles Times.
He had gotten married in December
re: #84 The Vicious Babushka
The crust and the crumb on that bread looks SPECTACULAR!!!! I can almost smell it!
Wait… Maybe I’m having a stroke…..
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re: #83 Targetpractice
I predict that, in coming months, we’ll start seeing the “NeverTrump” crowd begin talk about a “centrist” party nominee, about how this election is the perfect time for such a third party to come to the fore, and start throwing around names of people they think would totally win the election by running on a “unity” ticket.
Depends on the NeverTrumper. I HOPE that people learned from last time, that it really is a fucking binary choice.
re: #77 Blind Frog Belly White
I’d be a lot more impressed if I hadn’t qualified for Nationals in Foil back in 1980.
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My favorite sword is not quite a foil, epee or saber…
Just veddy English…
Look out, Decatur Deb!
Giant, Sprawling Yellow Jacket Nests Are Surging in Alabama
Accompanied by photos to haunt your dreams.
re: #90 retired cynic
Look out, Decatur Deb!
Giant, Sprawling Yellow Jacket Nests Are Surging in Alabama
Accompanied by photos to haunt your dreams.
That ‘57 Chevy needs to be cleansed with holy fire…
re: #53 Patricia Kayden
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A lot of the high earners, who’d expected to see a tax cut, are in NY/NJ/CT/CA/WA, as losing the SALT deduction offset whatever they would have had from the top-line federal cut.
re: #90 retired cynic
Look out, Decatur Deb!
Giant, Sprawling Yellow Jacket Nests Are Surging in Alabama
Accompanied by photos to haunt your dreams.
Ewwww. I wonder why they aren’t a thing here in California? Not that I’m complaining, mind you.
I went to the sword museum in Tokyo last year. There were some beauties from as far back as the 9th c. CE.
re: #88 Blind Frog Belly White
Depends on the NeverTrumper. I HOPE that people learned from last time, that it really is a fucking binary choice.
This is so not the time for a quixotic third party candidacy against the President. Unless the thought is to attract people who would otherwise vote for Trump and thereby reduce his vote totals. But that is a too-clever-by-half strategy.
re: #94 retired cynic
With William here, I got up off my chair and took a photo of three old “swords” ? that were in my husband’s family. I have no idea what they are or what they are worth.
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Bayonets.
That’s not what you say in your video
In your tweet you make it sound like you heard the CBP official say it to the detainee yet in your video you say that a detained person told you that they were told that
People who are detained for breaking the law have incentive to lie https://t.co/kUbvX1UGXk— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) July 1, 2019
No @AOC, the Illegal alien detainees are not forced to “drink out of the toilets.” This is a compact lavatory / sink facility all in one.
Since you don’t know how to use a garbage disposal, obviously you have no idea how basic plumbing works. pic.twitter.com/qachXk4q4f— Mark Dice (@MarkDice) July 1, 2019
All the Democrats SUDDENLY coming out of the woodwork and landing themselves at the Border detention centers in the past 2 days and talking about all these sob stories that are taking place can look in the mirror and know they’re the person to blame.
— Go Trump (@GKeile) July 1, 2019
The Left hates law enforcement, period. Gets in the way of growing their precious illegal immigrant voting bloc. The demonization of @CBP is disgusting. They are dealing with this invasion every single day while Democrats just come down for a photo op & shed crocodile tears.
— Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) July 1, 2019
#RememberKateSteinle https://t.co/hTnM1gwWUZ
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) July 1, 2019
Of course the Right-Wing Twitterverse is defending racists in the Border Patrol, and their the mistreatment of detained immigrant children.
re: #86 Belafon
National Review contributor. The comments are amaze balls.
Tyler Skaggs was pitching pretty well this year. Which is a small thing compared to dying at 27, but a shame for him he didn’t get to finish a good season.
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) July 1, 2019
re: #99 DodgerFan1988
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Of course the Right-Wing Twitterverse is defending racists in the Border Patrol, and their the mistreatment of detained immigrant children.
Kate Steinle is the 21st Century William of Norwich.
re: #99 DodgerFan1988
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Makes me wish there actually was an afterlife, so they could burn in Hell.
re: #94 retired cynic
With William here, I got up off my chair and took a photo of three old “swords” ? that were in my husband’s family. I have no idea what they are or what they are worth.
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The upper is a bayonet for a French Lebel rifle.
The lower two are bayonets (two different styles) for Mauser 98 type rifles - not sure which nation’s because I havn’t seen those scabbards before.
About $50 each at most shows to the right collector.
One problem Dems so far have had in explaining M4A or other universal systems is that 1) Yeah, taxes will go up, but you’re already paying that money to insurance companies. You might not see all of it in your paycheck, but your employer calls it compensation anyway, and 2) Properly done, M4A might not ‘get rid of’ private insurance, but for most people should render private insurance redundant and stupid.
Among self-identified Ds and leaners, even liberals (51-37) prefer a universal system that preserves a role for private insurance. Mod/conservative prefer it by about 2-1. 57% of non-whites too Would seem an obvious opening for @JoeBiden to push back on Warren/Harris next debate https://t.co/SwGHZmYlMC
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) July 1, 2019
re: #94 retired cynic
With William here, I got up off my chair and took a photo of three old “swords” ? that were in my husband’s family. I have no idea what they are or what they are worth.
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Looks like all three are bayonets, WWI or earlier. The middle one might be a Pattern 1907. The top one is interesting because it looks like it was designed with a twist.
re: #104 William Lewis
The upper is a bayonet for a French Lebel rifle.
The lower two are bayonets (two different styles) for Mauser 98 type rifles - not sure which nation’s because I havn’t seen those scabbards before.
About $50 each at most shows to the right collector.
Thank you! WW 1, WW 2? I am truly ignorant.
re: #107 goddamnedfrank
Looks like all three are bayonets, WWI or earlier. The middle one might be a Pattern 1907. The top one is interesting because it looks like it was designed with a twist.
To me, it looks to have that triangular cross section, like a modern Epee blade. Definitely for stabby-stabby, not slashy-slashy.
re: #106 Blind Frog Belly White
One problem Dems so far have had in explaining M4A or other universal systems is that 1) Yeah, taxes will go up, but you’re already paying that money to insurance companies. You might not see all of it in your paycheck, but your employer calls it compensation anyway, and 2) Properly done, M4A might not ‘get rid of’ private insurance, but for most people should render private insurance redundant and stupid.
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Well, except for the part where many of us oldsters have “Medigap” insurance. But it keeps costs at a manageable level.
You’d think with the popularity of Medicare among its recipients, people would figure younger folks might like it too.
re: #108 retired cynic
Thank you! WW 1, WW 2? I am truly ignorant.
Probably WWI, especially the Lebel one. All could be WWII because most nations used all their old stuff over.
evening lizards
Trump says July 4 celebration will have “brand new Sherman tanks.”
Sherman tanks haven’t been in service since 1957. https://t.co/c4CNwdkgCg— Greg Miller (@gregpmiller) July 1, 2019
re: #112 William Lewis
Thank you, all. I have a lot of stuff to “unload” here. Everything I can sell extends the length of time I am able to stay in this house! Thinking of girding my loins and doing an ebay or etsy store…
re: #107 goddamnedfrank
Looks like all three are bayonets, WWI or earlier. The middle one might be a Pattern 1907. The top one is interesting because it looks like it was designed with a twist.
Double checked after seeing this and I think you’re right on the middle one. English 1907 fits perfectly. The other may be a cut down one for WWII issue.
re: #100 Ace Rothstein
National Review contributor. The comments are amaze balls.
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re: #111 calochortus
Well, except for the part where many of us oldsters have “Medigap” insurance. But it keeps costs at a manageable level.
You’d think with the popularity of Medicare among its recipients, people would figure younger folks might like it too.
Right, and indeed that’s part of the confusion. What exactly do people mean by ‘private insurance’? People aren’t necessarily happy with their current insurance, but they are afraid of losing it. But M4A funded at anything like our current per-person expenditure on healthcare and your private insurance will seem like a punishment. Medicare is THE most popular healthcare in the US.
At the same time, something like the private supplemental plans people get currently to cover what Medicare doesn’t also makes sense, so ‘private health insurance’ doesn’t go away, except most of it becomes redundant.
re: #86 Belafon
Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, 27, dies in Texas
He had gotten married in December
And his birthday was in 12 days. Life is too short my friends…
re: #106 Blind Frog Belly White
One problem Dems so far have had in explaining M4A or other universal systems is that 1) Yeah, taxes will go up, but you’re already paying that money to insurance companies. You might not see all of it in your paycheck, but your employer calls it compensation anyway, and 2) Properly done, M4A might not ‘get rid of’ private insurance, but for most people should render private insurance redundant and stupid.
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There’s a decent small-c conservative argument that says having Medicare as a market competitor might be a better system - at least at first - because if it goes tits up, at least we still have the, um, (no pun intended) pre-existing system. There’s also the question of what happens to all those people who work for health insurance companies when their jobs are rendered obsolete.
Personally, I tend to trust people to make decisions as to what is best for them in their own lives, which is why I favor a public option.
One of the great free solo climbers has died. Condolences to his family and friends. Austin Howell, 31, Known For Bold Solos in the Southeast, Dies in Free Soloing Fall https://t.co/tlEmwpxDU1
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) July 1, 2019
Austin came to prominence with this video. NSFW (nudity, language)
re: #120 KGxvi
There’s a decent small-c conservative argument that says having Medicare as a market competitor might be a better system - at least at first - because if it goes tits up, at least we still have the, um, (no pun intended) pre-existing system. There’s also the question of what happens to all those people who work for health insurance companies when their jobs are rendered obsolete.
Personally, I tend to trust people to make decisions as to what is best for them in their own lives, which is why I favor a public option.
If they had perfect information and equal access to all options.
re: #121 teleskiguy
Condolences to his family, but isn’t free soloing pretty fucking dangerous?
re: #122 Belafon
If they had perfect information and equal access to all options.
That’s one of the good things that the ACA did - if you’re on the exchange you get most all of the material information. Same if you get employer provided health insurance and they give you options, you get a nice chart telling you what the cost is, what’s included, and all that jazz. Including another column that shows info for a medicare option is pretty straightforward.
I don’t see anything wrong with getting Chinese food for his dog.
Oh, AND his dog. Never mind. https://t.co/eeA6WwUqN3— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 1, 2019
re: #124 Eclectic Cyborg
One of the most dangerous things one can do, IMO. Anyone who’s seen Free Solo knows. My palms were sweaty during all the climbing sequences.
re: #121 teleskiguy
Sad. Reminds me of a fellow I knew, the late great Derek Hersey. en.wikipedia.org
re: #120 KGxvi
There’s a decent small-c conservative argument that says having Medicare as a market competitor might be a better system - at least at first - because if it goes tits up, at least we still have the, um, (no pun intended) pre-existing system. There’s also the question of what happens to all those people who work for health insurance companies when their jobs are rendered obsolete.
That’s an amazing argument for Conservatives to make, isn’t it? “We need to preserve a suboptimal system that doesn’t serve everyone, serves many people poorly, and costs like stink because we need to preserve jobs for low and mid-level functionaries whose jobs aren’t really necessary.”
Personally, I tend to trust people to make decisions as to what is best for them in their own lives, which is why I favor a public option.
I feel like The Dread Pirate Roberts Westley when Inigo offers him his word as a Spaniard - I’ve known too many people to trust them to make decisions as to what is best. Not that I’m advocating rolling over them, but the thing is, we really do all pay for this system, and if people stick with expensive shit we all pay for, for stupid reasons, I’m less inclined to let them make all the decisions.
It’s like the mandate - sure, you might feel like you should be responsible for your own healthcare. But if you’re in the hospital and run out of the money you set aside because you’re a Rugged Individualist, we’re not gonna toss you on the street. No, we’re all gonna pay to care for you.
So, no. You don’t get to opt out of the mandate because we have no provision to turf you when you’re broke.
See where I’m coming from?
re: #120 KGxvi
There’s a decent small-c conservative argument that says having Medicare as a market competitor might be a better system - at least at first - because if it goes tits up, at least we still have the, um, (no pun intended) pre-existing system. There’s also the question of what happens to all those people who work for health insurance companies when their jobs are rendered obsolete.
Personally, I tend to trust people to make decisions as to what is best for them in their own lives, which is why I favor a public option.
Except for the constant reminder that people do not make the best decisions, especially involving risks of high costs and very low probabilities or events that no one has the knowledge to evaluate properly. People will make decisions based on what they think they can afford now and then suddenly they are stricken by a health catastrophe out of the blue.
When I was 17 I did a three pitch climb with my brother-in-law in Eldorado Canyon outside Boulder. I seized up and just got too scared about halfway up the third pitch (about 200 feet off the ground). Never did anything like that again.
re: #99 DodgerFan1988
Seeking asylum is not breaking the law. How many times does this have to be said?
re: #132 Patricia Kayden
For me I need no reminders for others as often as possible.
re: #120 KGxvi
There’s a decent small-c conservative argument that says having Medicare as a market competitor might be a better system - at least at first - because if it goes tits up, at least we still have the, um, (no pun intended) pre-existing system. There’s also the question of what happens to all those people who work for health insurance companies when their jobs are rendered obsolete.
Personally, I tend to trust people to make decisions as to what is best for them in their own lives, which is why I favor a public option.
I believe in a purely government solution (Canada, England, etc), but I can see having to allow private insurance for the rich to feel they have the opportunity to fuck over the poor. That would leave some jobs there, some in the expanded Medicare system, some retirees and probably not as many as people think, needing retraining and/or new jobs.
But in the end, I believe that it is a moral imperative to provide health care to all. It’s not that expensive when you subtract the lost costs of our current system (bankruptcies, lost wages, lost productivity, etc), get the marginal rate back to where it was prior to Ronald Fucking Reagan and significantly cutting back on unnecessary defence expenditures. As I’ve advocated before, we have far too many aircraft carriers. We have 11 in service, 2 under construction and 2 more ordered. Scrap the five oldest and scrap the oldest in turn as new ones come on line. Make similar cuts in their escorts. We’d still have twice as many as everyone else combined and the amount of money saved annually would probably pay for M4A by itself.
Thanks to above lizards for pointing out the yellowjacket problem. We had become used to the fire ants, kudzu and alligators.
With a little Bondo and Armor-All, that Chevy could rule the roads.
re: #113 b.d.
Doesn’t matter. Trump gets what Trump wants.
re: #91 William Lewis
That ‘57 Chevy needs to be cleansed with holy fire…
I have cars on two of the three 9-hole disc golf courses, retirement fitness centers, at my home.
The Red Course Hole 6 has a red 1963 Corvair convertible parked on it at the point where your dogleg goes right. The White Course Hole 7 has a white 1959 Cadillac Coupe deVille on it, just inside a slight right hand curve.
When I first posted a pic of the Caddy, a friend down south replied that, “Down here we call that a hive.”
re: #135 Decatur Deb
Thanks to above lizards for pointing out the yellowjacket problem. We had become used to the fire ants, kudzu and alligators.
With [5000 gallons of neurotoxin]a little Bondo and Armor-All, that Chevy could rule the roads.
FTFY.
re: #132 Patricia Kayden
It is when you have brown skin.
re: #129 Blind Frog Belly White
That’s an amazing argument for Conservatives to make, isn’t it? “We need to preserve a suboptimal system that doesn’t serve everyone, serves many people poorly, and costs like stink because we need to preserve jobs for low and mid-level functionaries whose jobs aren’t really necessary.”
I feel like
The Dread Pirate RobertsWestley when Inigo offers him his word as a Spaniard - I’ve known too many people to trust them to make decisions as to what is best. Not that I’m advocating rolling over them, but the thing is, we really do all pay for this system, and if people stick with expensive shit we all pay for, for stupid reasons, I’m less inclined to let them make all the decisions.It’s like the mandate - sure, you might feel like you should be responsible for your own healthcare. But if you’re in the hospital and run out of the money you set aside because you’re a Rugged Individualist, we’re not gonna toss you on the street. No, we’re all gonna pay to care for you.
So, no. You don’t get to opt out of the mandate because we have no provision to turf you when you’re broke.
See where I’m coming from?
All out of fucks to give, if someone deliberately turns down insurance free or otherwise because “freedumb” they should be shown to the nearest dumpster when they run out of money because they sure as hell haven’t set aside money for disposition of their useless corpse.
Little accident at work…
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Jesus Christ. https://t.co/XxCHooVOX1 pic.twitter.com/JRrxSYz9dX
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) July 1, 2019
If there’s any saving grace, this whole stupid wasteful stunt is going to blow up in Fuckface Von Clownstick’s face bigly, that is if it goes down. You’d think there were some cooler heads over at the Pentagon, right? RIGHT?!?!
The Memorial Bridge in D.C. is going to collapse on Thursday, isn’t it.
re: #142 Rightwingconspirator
I cannot get into facebook. :( Can you tell me what happened?
This moment captures what it’s like for women in CBP custody to share a cramped cell—some held for 50 days—for them to be denied showers for up to 15 days and life-saving medication. For some, it also means being separated from their children. This is El Paso Border Station #1. pic.twitter.com/OmCAlGxDt8
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) July 1, 2019
After I forced myself into a cell w/ women&began speaking to them, one of them described their treatment at the hands of officers as “psychological warfare” - waking them at odd hours for no reason, calling them wh*res, etc.
Tell me what about that is due to a “lack of funding?”— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 1, 2019
One #unwantedivanka to rule them all. pic.twitter.com/9eWlAaWtNE
— Marissa Yi (@bellamusephoto) July 2, 2019
Another reason, besides the cruelty, for not accepting donations? Trump cronies making money off supplying the camps.
re: #143 teleskiguy
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If there’s any saving grace, this whole stupid wasteful stunt is going to blow up in Fuckface Von Clownstick’s face bigly, that is if it goes down. You’d think there were some cooler heads over at the Pentagon, right? RIGHT?!?!
The Memorial Bridge in D.C. is going to collapse on Thursday, isn’t it.
Trump is turning our 4th of July celebration into Russia’s Victory Day parade and nobody is going to stop him.
Upper income taxes are way too low https://t.co/dDFXymHSWe
— Adam Serwer🍝 (@AdamSerwer) July 1, 2019
Members of Congress had to surrender their phones before today’s CBP trip.
But @JoaquinCastrotx was able to get a device in. This photo is of the women we spoke to.
We asked their permission to photograph - they said yes, please share what’s happening. https://t.co/4ZhOMlEBVA— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 1, 2019
re: #152 Backwoods_Sleuth
Members of Congress have to give up their phones? Oy Vey that is very bad.
Never forget the withdrawal date was agreed to and set by the military and President George W. Bush; and that @LindseyGrahamSC, noted damned liar, knows this and thinks you are stupid. https://t.co/3gZjJMyVVl
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) July 1, 2019
re: #153 PhillyPretzel
I wouldn’t use those phones until I had them checked out for spyware.
re: #153 PhillyPretzel
Members of Congress have to give up their phones? Oy Vey that is very bad.
Well they’ve already given up pretty much everything else, so what’s a phone?
re: #155 Ace Rothstein
Same here. Actually a “throw away” phone would be a good idea in this case.
re: #152 Backwoods_Sleuth
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This moment captures what it’s like for women in CBP custody to share a cramped cell—some held for 50 days—for them to be denied showers for up to 15 days and life-saving medication. For some, it also means being separated from their children. This is El Paso Border Station #1. pic.twitter.com/OmCAlGxDt8
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) July 1, 2019
But I thought migrants were lying about their mistreatment at these “detention centers.” Fox News told me so.
re: #152 Backwoods_Sleuth
I wish they’d all worn body cameras (though CPB might’ve searched for that sort of thing…)
re: #152 Backwoods_Sleuth
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bad when you need a burner phone to give to the Geheime Staatspolizei…
2) Facilities are wholly inadequate. Cells maxed to capacity, concrete floors…It felt jail-like. No way to keep a child or innocent human being. Group of 13 women from Cuba were in tears when we spoke with them.
— Rep. Joe Kennedy III (@RepJoeKennedy) July 1, 2019
3) The entire system is broken, rotten and rife with abuse. And Trump doubles down on it despite the growing horror — child detention, metering, Remain in Mexico, threatened ICE raids. Every action he takes exacerbates and entrenches the humanitarian crisis at our nation’s feet.
— Rep. Joe Kennedy III (@RepJoeKennedy) July 1, 2019
Meanwhile, one refrain we‘ve heard is that people are overcrowded in CBP concentration camps because the shelters (which are humane places where families can stay together) are full.
So we went to a shelter. They said that wasn’t true at all. Only 150/500 spots were filled. pic.twitter.com/E0yPQ3o7CC— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 1, 2019
re: #89 William Lewis
My favorite sword is not quite a foil, epee or saber…
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Just veddy English…
Looks like a schiavona.
Even if they let you in, these women told us CBP did a lot of “cleaning up” before we arrived.
They were moved into that room from outside tents before our arrival. They said they’d gone 15 days w/o a shower, & were allowed to start bathing 4 days ago (when visit was announced). https://t.co/gozTUeaWa5— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 2, 2019
re: #152 Backwoods_Sleuth
Ever since finding out people can only be upset about one thing I really regret using it for a butterfinger I paid for that got stuck in the vending machine…. but…. I can’t complain.
— FawkesThisShit (@fawkesthisshit) July 1, 2019
His last Tweet (yesterday)
Howdy y’all 🤠 #TexasRoadtrip https://t.co/aoYnmPH1Eo
— Tyler Skaggs (@TylerSkaggs37) July 1, 2019
Why does Tommy deserve YOUR #AllStarGame vote?Team correspondent @TylerSkaggs37 spoke with several players to state their case. #VoteLaStella pic.twitter.com/xF7bymkqqa
— Los Angeles Angels (@Angels) June 26, 2019
re: #162 Backwoods_Sleuth
Yeah, but some rich guy won’t make $800 if they’re in those shelters.
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) July 2, 2019
Here’s another photo from inside taken by @JoaquinCastrotx, where we’re trying to comfort women trapped in cells.
This woman was telling me about her daughters who were taken from her - she doesn’t know where they’ve taken them.
We held & listened to them. They were distraught. pic.twitter.com/ca1GwKfDfU— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 2, 2019
re: #163 Scottish Dragon
Looks like a schiavona.
Similar. The English Backsword (later called Mortuary swords - royalists put an image of Charlie 1 on the basket) was a distinctly English version. Single sided and the basket was usually ambidextrous. The earliest examples were found in the wreck of the Mary Rose and they would be common in the military till the rise of the saber in the 1700’s.
The Schiavona was double edged and the complex hilt was generally tighter around the hand and right handed. But both were cut and thrust military swords for an era when most gentlemen and fops were wearing rapiers about town.
Modesty, she’s gots it!
My favorite so far. pic.twitter.com/fQUJzQEFrO
— Marianne Williamson (@marwilliamson) July 1, 2019
Been watching NOS4A2 because I really enjoyed @joe_hill’s novel, but the series isn’t quite getting what made the book great.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 2, 2019
I thought people like you hated her because she was a working class bartender. I know conservatives keep mocking her about it. Pick a theme and stick with it.
— Deirdre (@Celticlassy10) July 2, 2019
re: #170 William Lewis
Similar. The English Backsword (later called Mortuary swords - royalists put an image of Charlie 1 on the basket) was a distinctly English version. Single sided and the basket was usually ambidextrous. The earliest examples were found in the wreck of the Mary Rose and they would be common in the military till the rise of the saber in the 1700’s.
The Schiavona was double edged and the complex hilt was generally tighter around the hand and right handed. But both were cut and thrust military swords for an era when most gentlemen and fops were wearing rapiers about town.
Used with a small buckler also, weren’t they?
re: #175 Scottish Dragon
Used with a small buckler also, weren’t they?
That was popular as was offhand dagger. I practice with buckler.
re: #176 William Lewis
That was popular as was offhand dagger. I practice with buckler.
I’m getting the feeling you should bring a sword to a gun fight.
re: #174 Scottish Dragon
I don’t know about fucking assholes like Matt, but I tend to be on the side of NO CONCENTRATION CAMPS. That’s kinda my moral compass and shit. Godless and evil liberal that I am. These people need to be publicly called on their fucking shit wherever they go forever. Shunning, I iz for eet. Fuck all these people. I don’t care if I end up friendless and alone, anyone still supporting this genocidal, gaslighting motherfucking group of shit muffins can fuck right off. In perpetuity.
re: #177 Belafon
I’m getting the feeling you should bring a sword to a gun fight.
What was that about a revolver in my shoulder holster? :LOL:
The key to the two is distance. A bladed weapon inside of 10 meters can beat a handgun easily; it is one of the few legitimate reasons for some cops to shoot first and ask questions later.
re: #178 A Mom Anon
I don’t know about fucking assholes like Matt, but I tend to be on the side of NO CONCENTRATION CAMPS. That’s kinda my moral compass and shit. Godless and evil liberal that I am. These people need to be publicly called on their fucking shit wherever they go forever. Shunning, I iz for eet. Fuck all these people. I don’t care if I end up friendless and alone, anyone still supporting this genocidal, gaslighting motherfucking group of shit muffins can fuck right off. In perpetuity.
Thank you. Agree 1000%. Dropped all the shitheads out of my life, haven’t missed a thing. I have standards for the company I keep.
Oh hell no. https://t.co/lAe3ZcHbsg pic.twitter.com/ALWD1wi8oB
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) July 2, 2019
re: #182 The Vicious Babushka
I wonder why trump does nothing but pander to the military? ‘‘Tis a head scratcher, it is.
WTFITS
Donald Trump says that homelessness didn’t exist until 2 years ago and also that police officers get sick just by walking near homeless people pic.twitter.com/QhwY2U3LB3
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) July 2, 2019
re: #183 Skip Intro
I wonder why trump does nothing but pander to the military? ‘‘Tis a head scratcher, it is.
He doesn’t pander to the military. He wants the military to pander to him.
The Trumpist protesters were trying their best to pretend they were pro-immigrant and diversity, but their mask disintegrated when @RashidaTlaib spoke.
They yelled about how much they loved pork. When she said she loved her country, they called her a foreigner. pic.twitter.com/4gdljhS8Ty— Jonathan M. Katz✍🏻 (@KatzOnEarth) July 1, 2019
re: #183 Skip Intro
I wonder why trump does nothing but pander to the military? ‘‘Tis a head scratcher, it is.
It’s common for a coward to pander to that which terrifies him. He also probably understands at some level that he doesn’t want to push them to the point we go fully banana republic and a coup d’etat sends him to hell.
re: #106 Blind Frog Belly White
One problem Dems so far have had in explaining M4A or other universal systems is that 1) Yeah, taxes will go up, but you’re already paying that money to insurance companies. You might not see all of it in your paycheck, but your employer calls it compensation anyway, and 2) Properly done, M4A might not ‘get rid of’ private insurance, but for most people should render private insurance redundant and stupid.
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In addition, Change Research just published their general election polls for South Carolina taken a couple of weeks ago, and they’re… not good for Warren or Harris; Warren would get a sub-Mondalian 34% of the vote in South Carolina and Harris 33% (Clinton won 41%). Nominate either and kiss the entire South and the Senate goodbye.
re: #185 The Vicious Babushka
Close, but not quite there.
re: #189 Brian J.
In addition, Change Research just published their general election polls for South Carolina taken a couple of weeks ago, and they’re… not good for Warren or Harris; Warren would get a sub-Mondalian 34% of the vote in South Carolina and Harris 33% (Clinton won 41%). Nominate either and kiss the entire South and the Senate goodbye.
Just like we were going to lose the house for being too progressive in 2018???? This early those numbers are meaningless.
re: #14 DangerMan
“Fell into medical distress” is an excuse not an explanation
and it’s bullshit
It’s not, as we say at work, the root cause. *Why* did he fall into medical distress? And when they give you a bullshit answer, you ask, Well, *why* did that happen? *Why, why, why, why, why*. That’s what we do to get to the bottom of issues. Same with these deaths.
re: #189 Brian J.
In addition, Change Research just published their general election polls for South Carolina taken a couple of weeks ago, and they’re… not good for Warren or Harris; Warren would get a sub-Mondalian 34% of the vote in South Carolina and Harris 33% (Clinton won 41%). Nominate either and kiss the entire South and the Senate goodbye.
Aw yes, whatever South Fucking Carolina think dictates everything else. Who broke your brain? And why do you drop in to stink up the place?
re: #144 PhillyPretzel
I cannot get into facebook. :( Can you tell me what happened?
30 foot tall baghouse (steel air filter) was being removed and it just fell over when it cut the rigging. BOOM.
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