Michael Brecker With Pat Metheny: “James” [VIDEO]
“James” is a beautiful song written by Pat Metheny. Live with Metheny, Sanchez and Christian McBride Jazz Baltica 2003
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Edwards less than a point behind at 75% counted
re: #1 Decatur Deb
Edwards less than a point behind at 75% counted
This Republican candidate went after his opponent’s military service and time at West Point pic.twitter.com/RGNtcO05Ha
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) November 17, 2019
thoughts and prayers.
where can we send some condolence cheeseburgers?
The “annual physical” talking point about Trump’s mysterious trip to Walter Reed would make sense if this wasn’t the second time Trump traveled to Walter Reed for a physical this year. But he was just there in February. https://t.co/xqY4Z3KR4D
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 17, 2019
re: #4 Jay C
Behind by 8788 votes with 82% reporting
So it depends on where the last 20% of the votes are coming from…
re: #3 b.d. (Where is Rudy?)
thoughts and prayers.
where can we send some condolence cheeseburgers?
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Thinking you have “superhuman energy” is one effect of using uppers.
re: #5 retired cynic
So it depends on where the last 20% of the votes are coming from…
From the NYT recap by parish, it looks like most of the not-yet-reported are from Dem-leaning districts, so it look like it is going to a squeaker either way.
10:34ET Rispone up by 2710 w 88% in
re: #6 The Pie Overlord!
Thinking you have “superhuman energy” is one effect of using uppers.
lol, a 70 something year old with “superhuman energy” is like pushing a Model-T to 100 mph, it may do it for a while but it’s not going to be pretty when it stops.
Yvette was protesting the golden state skinheads, an infamous neo Nazi formation in California with a long history of violence. The Nazis stabbed seven people that day, Yvette pushed someone. Once again Andy is doing pr for Nazis https://t.co/gqbFrgZ67y
— Antifa Human Resources & Comrade Relations (@Antifa_HR) November 16, 2019
I’m just coming in here. Is Pig President still at the hospital?
re: #12 Dave In Austin
I’m just coming in here. Is Pig President still at the hospital?
They’re looking for a pig heart transplant but there are some things that even a pig won’t do….
re: #13 b.d. (Where is Rudy?)
They’re looking for a pig heart transplant but there are some things that even a pig won’t do….
The consequences of mixing pig and human DNA.
This should mean that Rispone is toast. It’s mainly Dem areas still to report. https://t.co/tzUWToD11A
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) November 17, 2019
GOP aimed to get a supermajority in the Louisiana House but they failed.
🚨 #LALEG CALLS 🚨
HD-21: D HOLD
HD-50: R FLIP
HD-62: I HOLD
HD-71: R HOLD
HD-105: D FLIP
Republicans have failed to create a supermajority in the Louisiana House of Representatives tonight. 3 races not yet called. pic.twitter.com/RQIWJyf7oO— Chaz Nuttycombe (@ChazNuttycombe) November 17, 2019
re: #14 Jay C
Edwards up by 11,335 with 91% in!
Well, I’ve spent the last 3 days in the Soros busses voting all over the state….
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re: #20 b.d. (Where is Rudy?)
Well, I’ve spent the last 3 days in the Soros busses voting all over the state….
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Thank you for your service. Check is in the mail.
re: #20 b.d. (Where is Rudy?)
Well, I’ve spent the last 3 days in the Soros busses voting all over the state….
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Did you get your check?
Still waiting for mine….
re: #23 Jay C
Did you get your check?
Still waiting for mine….
I can’t even get a money order from Soros!
The latest from Daily Kos:
To give a sense of how the remaining precincts break down, there are 48 left in Caddo (where Edwards leads 59-41), 108 in East Baton Rouge (where Edwards leads 65-35), and 112 in Orleans (where Edwards leads by a 90-10 margin!). There are only 97 precincts outstanding in the rest of the state.
Here’s a precinct-level map of New Orleans for the #lagov race. Many inner city votes yet to be tallied#Elections2019 #ElectionTwitter pic.twitter.com/AAscDchDJa
— HGN Official 🍂🦃 (@HGNForecasting) November 17, 2019
re: #23 Jay C
Did you get your check?
Still waiting for mine….
It typically shows up stapled in the middle of a latte coupon, Volvo glossy or Birkenstock sale ad mailer
Remarkable, if you think about it though. Rispone was down at least 48 points to Edwards as of 2 weeks ago before Trump came in and nearly dragged him over the finish line.
— Sam Stein (@samstein) November 17, 2019
GO JOHN BEL!!!!!!
I’ve seen enough. Projection: Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) has defeated Eddie Rispone (R) to win a second term. #LAGOV
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 17, 2019
AL needs Roy Moore for GOP candidate, and Trump to come campaign for him.
So it looks like the LA gubernatorial is going to be a repeat of KY: close, but the Dem winning with enough of a margin to be unambiguous.
And the President’s well-publicized endorsement falling short again, as usual. In a nominally “red” state.
Heckuva job, Donnie!
ANNNND: that’s all, folks! Last dump of votes (96% in now) gives Edwards a lead of 19,312…
re: #32 Decatur Deb
AL needs Roy Moore for GOP candidate, and Trump to come campaign for him.
lol, Trump sure as hell isn’t going to campaign for Sessions.
The Louisiana Governor’s race, it’s called for the incumbent John Bel Edwards. #LAGov pic.twitter.com/CtG1g8mEag
— Orly Licious (@Orly_licious) November 17, 2019
re: #33 Jay C
So it looks like the LA gubernatorial is going to be a repeat of TN: close, but the Dem winning with enough of a margin to be unambiguous.
And the President’s well-publicized endorsement falling short again, as usual. In a nominally “red” state.
Heckuva job, Donnie!
When you’re (royal you) feeling down, know that other people in the country are in the fight to claw things back from the GOP.
re: #34 b.d. (Where is Rudy?)
lol, Trump sure as hell isn’t going to campaign for Sessions.
Sessions will very likely win.
It’s almost as if nationalizing a state election doesn’t work.
re: #19 Joe Bacon 🌹
GOP aimed to get a supermajority in the Louisiana House but they failed.
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They did get a supermajority in the Senate.
re: #20 b.d. (Where is Rudy?)
Thank you, comrade. How shall I pay you? Rubles or Trump Casino chips?
re: #33 Jay C
So it looks like the LA gubernatorial is going to be a repeat of TN: close, but the Dem winning with enough of a margin to be unambiguous.
And the President’s well-publicized endorsement falling short again, as usual. In a nominally “red” state.
Not just nominally red, very red, in an off year. Wouldn’t be surprised if next week another couple of House Republicans announce they’re not seeking reelection.
Heh. pic.twitter.com/EmMOHWnsvf
— Yeah Sure WTF Ever (@YeahSureWhatev2) November 17, 2019
re: #40 Ace Rothstein
Thank you, comrade. How shall I pay you? Rubles or Trump Casino chips?
Can I have 3 investigations to be named later?
Thank you, impeachment. https://t.co/jd5yCnTaIh
— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) November 17, 2019
How does Chuck Todd have a job?
“We’re gonna win so much you may even get tired of winning, and you’ll say ‘Please, please, it’s too much winning. We can’t take it anymore. Mr. President, it’s too much.’ And I’ll say ‘No it isn’t. We have to keep winning. We have to win more.’”
- Donald Trump#ETTD pic.twitter.com/l8vuStWBWr— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) November 10, 2019
re: #44 jaunte
Kentucky and Louisiana. What was the third one?
The Alabama quarterback is out for the season with a dislocated hip after a tackle by two Mississippi State players. It looked like a normal tackle, but the way he came down just ended up being wrong.
re: #39 Weaselone
They did get a supermajority in the Senate.
In Louisiana, governors can veto redistricting plans. Since Republicans are also projected to fall short of a supermajority in the legislature, this victory guarantees Democrats some say over redistricting after the 2020 census. https://t.co/rZlMxXUBXI
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) November 17, 2019
re: #48 HappyWarrior
Mississippi
Thanks. There isn’t a reality where Democrats were going to win Mississippi. Marvel producers rejected that one early on.
re: #51 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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I just meant that outside of the Governor’s race, Republicans flipped a fair number of seats in the legislature.
re: #52 Belafon
Thanks. There isn’t a reality where Democrats were going to win Mississippi. Marvel producers rejected that one early on.
Yeah can’t win em all.
Looks like Edwards is going to win by more than Beshear did in Kentucky.
This has to be among Trump’s worst weeks as president.
-Stone convicted
-Two impeachment hearings
-Attack on Yovanovitch backfires
-Holmes overheard Trump/Ukraine call
-Rudy faces deeper legal peril
And now:
-And now, LA gov loss https://t.co/Xa7k8j4nE2— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) November 17, 2019
re: #55 HappyWarrior
Looks like Edwards is going to win by more than Beshear did in Kentucky.
Way more: with 98% reporting, Edwards’ margin jumped to over 33,000. Not much room for doubt.
re: #57 Jay C
Way more: with 98% reporting, Edwards’ margin jumped to over 33,000. Not much room for doubt.
Yep. Can’t wait to see Trump claim he carried Rispone to the edge.
re: #53 Weaselone
I just meant that outside of the Governor’s race, Republicans flipped a fair number of seats in the legislature.
Did they redistrict recently? Like KY, I’m just curious how a Democrat gets elected governor and yet most office go red.
re: #58 HappyWarrior
Yep. Can’t wait to see Trump claim he carried Rispone to the edge.
How many tweets will he delete.
re: #58 HappyWarrior
Rispone was down 95 points going into today.
/
re: #59 Belafon
Did they redistrict recently? Like KY, I’m just curious how a Democrat gets elected governor and yet most office go red.
Bevin was very unlikable. It did amaze me seeing people express disgust with Bevin saying they will stay with Trump because Bevin and Trump act similar.
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
@DLCC
BREAKING: Mack Cormier just flipped Louisiana’s HD-105, a New Orleans suburban district that Trump won by over 5 points!
re: #61 Ace Rothstein
Rispone was down 95 points going into today.
/
NO ONE EVEN THOUGHT WE HAD A PRAYER IN LIBERAL, ELITE LOUISIANA…WE DID BETTER THAN ANYONE HAS EVER DONE
re: #58 HappyWarrior
Yep. Can’t wait to see Trump claim he carried Rispone to the edge.
St. Charles Parish, W/SW of New Orleans went for Trump with 63.5% in 2016. Gov. Edwards (D) won it in 2019 with 50.7%. pic.twitter.com/bhSAWWdd2H
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) November 17, 2019
Even at Free Republic, an ugly dawn is beginning to break.
re: #56 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Still not bad enough.
As a son of NYC I have so embraced this southern colloquialism
lol
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, upon winning reelection: “As for the president, God bless his heart.” #lagov
— Sam Karlin (@samkarlin) November 17, 2019
re: #68 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
As a son of NYC I have so embraced this southern colloquialism
lol
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, upon winning reelection: “As for the president, God bless his heart.”
Translated to proper Pittsburghese: “The President is a jagoff.”
re: #68 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
As a son of NYC I have so embraced this southern colloquialism
lol
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Wait.. was that some sublime shade re: Trump in the hospital for a ‘checkup’ today?
No… too on the nose. Unpossible.
re: #71 BigPapa
“He’s healthy as can be”
Getting no exercise, eating McDonalds, and working at one of the most stressful jobs, this sentence means absolutely nothing.
re: #58 HappyWarrior
And pushed him over the edge to defeat.
WHY DOES EVERYONE FAIL DONALD https://t.co/OSgQ1wB7ZJ
— Markos Moulitsas (@markos) November 17, 2019
“He’s healthy as can be,” she told Pirro. “He has more energy than anybody in the White House. That man works from 6 a.m. until very, very late at night.”
I’m sick of the Cult Speak. My loathing of it only increases.
re: #42 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Sad thing is, my immediate response was to try and figure out if the top left corner tile had *enough* of the bridge to count.
BREAKING: Democrats have officially blocked the GOP supermajority in the Louisiana House of Representatives. That means the newly re-elected Democratic Governor @JohnBelforLA will retain his veto power—Dems will be able to save Medicaid, ensure fair redistricting maps, and more. pic.twitter.com/xo36E1sVB0
— Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (@DLCC) November 17, 2019
re: #76 uriel
Sad thing is, my immediate response was to try and figure out if the top left corner tile had *enough* of the bridge to count.
Same thing with row 2, column 3.
I’m now imagining a scenario where if it does come out that Trump had some heart problems he starts complaining about how even when he has a heard attack, no one will win for him.
A low bar: At least someone has more class than Bevin:
Eddie Rispone has conceded the #lagov race to Gov. John Bel Edwards, giving the Democrat four more years in ruby red Louisiana despite Trump’s best efforts to flip the seat. Edwards camp says Rispone called minutes ago to concede. #lagov #lalege
— Sam Karlin (@samkarlin) November 17, 2019
‘My heart attack was caused by unfairness, the media is unfair, no president has ever been treated like me in the history of the universe, it’s very.. the unfairness, it’s very unfair.’
So with all but 6 precincts reporting, it looks like Edwards’ final margin is going to end up just shy of 40,000: 51.3 - 48.7%.
Good.
OK: the last laggards have reported: presumably the provisional final numbers: LA-GOV:
Edwards* (D) 774,468. 51.3%
Rispone (R). 734,128. 48.7%
re: #80 Belafon
A low bar: At least someone has more class than Bevin:
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To be fair, Edwards’ margin of victory is much greater than Beshear’s
2.66% compared to 0.4%
It would have been perfectly reasonable for Bevin not to concede initially. All he had to do is not be a complete lying douche (Republican) about it.
re: #84 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
To be fair, Edwards’ margin of victory is much greater than Beshear’s
2.66% compared to 0.4%It would have been perfectly reasonable for Bevin not to concede initially. All he had to do is not be a complete lying douche (Republican) about it.
I wouldn’t expect Bevin to have behaved any differently had he lost by that much.
re: #72 Belafon
Getting no exercise, eating McDonalds, and working at one of the most stressful jobs, this sentence means absolutely nothing.
It’s only stressful of you give a shit. Trump doesn’t.
re: #76 uriel
Sad thing is, my immediate response was to try and figure out if the top left corner tile had *enough* of the bridge to count.
Servings Second from the bottom right was the one I was focusing on. Both are marginal.
Fixed
re: #80 Belafon
A low bar: At least someone has more class than Bevin:
[Eddie Rispone has conceded the #lagov race to Gov. John Bel Edwards, giving the Democrat four more years in ruby red Louisiana despite Trump’s best efforts to flip the seat. Edwards camp says Rispone called minutes ago to concede. ]
apparently not so “Ruby red” now.
I’m glad to not have to depend upon mercury, whales’ fat or lead.
And cheese. Who thought of this?
‘Hey, I bet if we took cow’s milk and mixed it with it’s barf, then let it get moldy, it will smell like feet but taste awesome with rotten grape juice and crackers’
And, you know they’re filling the tanks in some warehouse just down the road
— 𝘞𝘉 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 🍕🐀 (@FormerDirtDart) November 17, 2019
Awww… news.yahoo.com
But in a surprise twist, one of the prosecution’s chief witnesses in the case — former radio talk show host and comedian Randy Credico — told Yahoo News Friday that he was in tears upon learning of the verdict and did not want to see Stone, who is facing up to 50 years in prison, go to jail because of his testimony.
Not one comment in old Rog’s favor. Not one.
re: #93 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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What’s interesting to me is that these relatively rich assholes can easily afford HEPA filtration systems for their homes, which would actually be of some measurable benefit, but just want to publicly flaunt their comparative wealth.
the look on Esper’s face kind of says it all….
— Frank Jannuzi (@FrankJannuzi) November 17, 2019
Doctors at Walter Reed unable to remove Lindsey Graham from Trump’s ass.
— Mike Reiss (@MikeReissWriter) November 17, 2019
Am I the only one wondering how, and why, Nick Fury managed to make Hawkeye the President of Ukraine?
And, what the hell can we expect next in this bizarre MCU alternate timeline?— 𝘞𝘉 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 🍕🐀 (@FormerDirtDart) November 17, 2019
You. You threatened to have him murdered. You changed. https://t.co/dXNcPtv7mA
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) November 17, 2019
re: #65 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Seems to be further evidence that Trump is causing the GOP to lose the suburban vote. Without the ‘burbs, the GOP is going to have to scramble for rural votes and in a tight election, that might well prove to be insufficient to eke out a victory.
re: #104 Dr Lizardo
Without the ladies en mass, yes.
re: #98 DodgerFan1988
There’s a hypothesis floating around out there in the ether that Trump might be suffering from frontotemporal dementia…..and that he’s getting MRI’s done at Walter Reed to track the progression of the disease.
My mom died of frontotemporal dementia 15 years ago, and I was genuinely shocked at how rapidly it can progress.
re: #105 prairiefire
Without the ladies en mass, yes.
Yeah, if the GOP is hemorrhaging suburban women voters (which seems to be case as recent election results have shown), they’re fucked six ways from Sunday come 2020.
I wonder how Trump feels about that
Saudi Aramco will not market IPO in the United States: sources https://t.co/VXvK0v3Dom pic.twitter.com/TpTQxjMttx
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 17, 2019
re: #106 Dr Lizardo
There’s a hypothesis floating around out there in the ether that Trump might be suffering from frontotemporal dementia…..and that he’s getting MRI’s done at Walter Reed to track the progression of the disease.
My mom died of the frontotemporal dementia 15 years ago, and I was genuinely shocked at how rapidly it can progress.
The rumors of chest discomfort seem more likely. Trump may be experiencing the fear that he is facing a foe that he has not figured out how to escape despite the best efforts of his acolytes and Wormtongue (aka Barr) working in his defense. The public hearings demanded by the Republicans don’t seem to be working as they planned, his friend Roger Stone after a lifetime of criminal deeds is facing prison, there is a good chance his tax returns will soon be in the hands of his enemies, and Beshear and Edwards won their gubernatorial races, making him a “loser”. This has not been a good week for him — so sudden heart problems may not be an unexpected byproduct.
re: #109 Hecuba’s daughter
The rumors of chest discomfort seem more likely. Trump may be experiencing the fear that he is facing a foe that he has not figured out how to escape despite the best efforts of his acolytes and Wormtongue (aka Barr) working in his defense. The public hearings demanded by the Republicans don’t seem to be working as they planned, his friend Roger Stone after a lifetime of criminal deeds is facing prison, there is a good chance his tax returns will soon be in the hands of his enemies, and Beshear and Edwards won their gubernatorial races, making him a “loser”. This has not been a good week for him — so sudden heart problems may not be an unexpected byproduct.
Fair enough and chest discomfort is a good point. Given his age, borderline morbid obesity, poor dietary choices and lack of regular physical exercise, not to mention the increasing stress he’s now encountering, it’s probably no surprise that he’s experiencing chest pains and it wouldn’t be a surprise if he ended up having a straight-up heart attack.
re: #109 Hecuba’s daughter
The rumors of chest discomfort seem more likely. Trump may be experiencing the fear that he is facing a foe that he has not figured out how to escape despite the best efforts of his acolytes and Wormtongue (aka Barr) working in his defense. The public hearings demanded by the Republicans don’t seem to be working as they planned, his friend Roger Stone after a lifetime of criminal deeds is facing prison, there is a good chance his tax returns will soon be in the hands of his enemies, and Beshear and Edwards won their gubernatorial races, making him a “loser”. This has not been a good week for him — so sudden heart problems may not be an unexpected byproduct.
Another, possibly more likely event is that he had a panic attack. All the same triggers and symptoms.
re: #111 goddamnedfrank
Another, possibly more likely event is that he had a panic attack. All the same triggers and symptoms.
Well, if things keep going to shit for Donnie in the immediate future, we’re gonna be seeing a lot more of those.
Twitter needs this 😊 pic.twitter.com/sQUVsP9OTW
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden_) November 16, 2019
re: #111 goddamnedfrank
Another, possibly more likely event is that he had a panic attack. All the same triggers and symptoms.
So, he’s basically doing a Tony Soprano?
Seems appropriate.
re: #115 uriel
Too far to hope, at the moment.
My turtle quacked like a duck twice, fuck if I know why. She’s in her sunning box.
re: #93 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Delhi, an ‘Oxygen bar’ gives Indians a gulp of fresh air. Low air quality has given a business opportunity to entrepreneurs offering pollution-free oxygen at a price.
I seem to recall reading about “Oxygen Booths” in Mexico City as far back as the 1980’s.
oxygen has been depleted here as well…
re: #50 Belafon
knee got driven into the ground and hip couldn’t handle the stress that it had to absorb from the two guys on top of him.
re: #126 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
awesome axe
Thanks. Amazingly enough, I found it for sale last night on a local website that sells used musical instrument.
About 14 months ago, I ended up in bad financial straits, and I had to sell it. And this morning, I bought it back…..for the exact same price I sold it for last year.
What a great day!
re: #127 Dr Lizardo
I had to unload my 1978 GIbson SG as down payment on a new car…
re: #128 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I had to unload my 1978 GIbson SG as down payment on a new car…
Ouch. Those are beautiful guitars.
re: #129 Dr Lizardo
Ouch. Those are beautiful guitars.
I know. I am sure that if I had hung onto it, it would be worth a lot more than the car itself by now…
re: #131 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I need at least two cups to get to the point that I can feel the third…
Good morning from a chilly CenTex.
It’s looking like a good deck day for the recovering.
I found this humorous…..
Huawei launches new European bug bounty program, with new benchmark figures for detected security vulnerabilities https://t.co/SUk8RfKRni
— Pwn All The Things (@pwnallthethings) November 17, 2019
The more I talk talk to sources, the more i’m hearing America’s betrayal of the Kurds, and the humiliation, “misogynistic” “squashing” of US ambassador in Ukraine for political motivations makes people think, we, Americans, have become the “bad guys.” Hearing it was gut punch.
— Richard Engel (@RichardEngel) November 17, 2019
re: #135 Barefoot Grin
The more I talk talk to sources, the more i’m hearing America’s betrayal of the Kurds, and the humiliation, “misogynistic” “squashing” of US ambassador in Ukraine for political motivations makes people think, we, Americans, have become the “bad guys.”
That’s a bit of a howler to the Mai Lai generation.
re: #136 Decatur Deb
That’s a bit of a howler to the Mai Lai generation.
Or the Gitmo/Abu Ghraib generation
re: #137 jeffreyw
Those hash browns look good. :)
re: #136 Decatur Deb
That’s a bit of a howler to the Mai Lai generation.
But we’ve at least made some kind of pretense of moral clarity above the burning napalm.
@SenJohnKennedy Well…….?
All that humiliation could have been avoided.
When will you get is through your head that Everything Trump Touches Dies…#ETTD @TheRickWilson— 🦈And the Wind Cries “#SOMETHING”🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) November 17, 2019
re: #138 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Or the Gitmo/Abu Ghraib generation
Less so. Gitmo looks like a low-choice situation, and the national response to Abu Ghraib was somewhat redemptive. The Mai Lai disgrace ultimately was endorsed by our legal/political culture. If you want a Schande For Our Times, it’s going to be the Kiddie Koncentration Kamps.
re: #141 Barefoot Grin
But we’ve at least made some kind of pretense of moral clarity above the burning napalm.
Making America Great in the current Trump iteration means totally disregarding all international conventions and standards. That will come back and bite us in the butt and leave a lot of people a lot of cleaning up to do.
re: #143 Decatur Deb
Less so. Gitmo looks like a low-choice situation, and the national response to Abu Ghraib was somewhat redemptive. The Mai Lai disgrace ultimately was endorsed by our legal/political culture. If you want a Schande For Our Times, it’s going to be the Kiddie Koncentration Kamps.
And the missing children whose records were “lost”…That has to be an albatross hung around the GOP’s neck.
Although I do not agree with it, I can begin to understand a policy of deterrence - when directed solely at adults - but to subject children to abject circumstances and conditions due to their parents’ decisions - is totally unconscionable.
re: #140 PhillyPretzel
Those hash browns look good. :)
They’re from frozen. Not that that’s a bad thing!
re: #146 jeffreyw
They’re from frozen. Not that that’s a bad thing!
our family festive casserole recipe: one package of Ore-Ida frozen hash browns, one jar of Velveeta, one jar of pimentos, one tub of sour cream, bake for 40 minutes until a brown crust forms on top…
Dueling stories
Denver radio host Craig Silverman says his conservative station fired him in the middle of his show because he played a clip that was critical of President Trump, the Denver Post reports.
While
NBC’s Saturday Night Live took a barely-veiled shot at NBC News in the first moments of its cold open sketch this week when a C-SPAN voiceover noted that “some people” felt the first impeachment hearings were “lacking in pizzazz
Nvc attacks…nbc and no one’s fired
I’d also bet fox was in a quandary whether to drop the ban hammer on Bret Baier and Chris Wallace the other day
re: #148 DangerMan (misuser of the sarc tag)
Dueling stories
While
Nvc attacks…nbc and no one’s fired
I’d also bet fox was in a quandary whether to drop the ban hammer on Bret Baier and Chris Wallace the other day
These are all strategic business/marketing decisions.
These people have a product to sell, and it is not news or information, it is advertising time. To make that product more attractive, they need to attract viewers/listeners.
Too many people labor under the illusion that the audience is the “customer” and the broadcast content is the “product”.
re: #148 DangerMan (misuser of the sarc tag)
Dueling stories
While
Nvc attacks…nbc and no one’s fired
I’d also bet fox was in a quandary whether to drop the ban hammer on Bret Baier and Chris Wallace the other day
Nothing from the free peach absolutists. Why, it’s almost like they’re frauds.
Rubio predicting his own future.
— Yeah Sure WTF Ever (@YeahSureWhatev2) November 17, 2019
re: #151 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
For the day is coming, blazing like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble, And the day that is coming will set them on fire,
leaving them neither root nor branch, says the LORD of hosts.Malachi 3:19
More blazes for the Burning God!!!
re: #151 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Prophecy? Or is Marco making a prediction for next Election Day?
This guy is so funny.
🤣🤣🥳🥳🥳🖕👏https://t.co/kH6qkOZxAJ
— Jesus Chrysler (@JesusChrysler15) November 17, 2019
re: #151 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
It is his Sunday school lesson for today. /half
Fukken right.
“The great danger is that the legacy of this period will be that Mr. Trump got caught doing one bad thing rather than that he abused power across the board and wantonly violated the Constitution,” writes @ElizabethDrewOH https://t.co/igFGPvNhPA
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) November 17, 2019
re: #156 PhillyPretzel
It is his Sunday school lesson for today. /half
Or just a random quote he plucked out of the OT
re: #157 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
“The great danger is that the legacy of this period will be that Mr. Trump got caught doing one bad thing rather than that he abused power across the board and wantonly violated the Constitution,” writes
We don’t need an Impeachment process or a Mueller report, his conflicts of interest and violations of the Emoluments Clause so blatant and egregious that they would serve as grounds in and of themselves.
What is lacking is the political will to recognize what he is doing.
Finished minor housework to assuage my guilt of wrapping in a blanket & watching The Crown all day…
re: #151 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
James 4 has some words for Trump followers:
13 Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 15 Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.” 16 As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil. 17 If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.
??? Would you?
philly is WILD this bathroom has NO DOORS and they’re calling it “open concept” pic.twitter.com/GUffKs6HGY
— the bat man (@amelendez1996) November 11, 2019
re: #163 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Open concept? No thanks.
re: #163 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Even if you’re alone, you get to freeze your ass off in the winter.
The president does not have the legal authority to block any congressionally-appropriated funds, is that correct?
This elderly Japanese guy is a watercolor painting hobbyist with a bunch of videos on YouTube with English subtitles. He’s apparently traveling around Japan right now. Today’s video is about sketching around Ryogoku station in Tokyo. This is the neighborhood where the Grand Sumo venue, the Kokugikan, is located. My plan is to go to Japan in May and watch a day’s worth of sumo matches while there, so of course I was all eyes glued on the video.
My leg, knee and back are doing MUCH BETTER. I’m thinking I’m about 75 percent back to normal.
re: #122 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I seem to recall reading about “Oxygen Booths” in Mexico City as far back as the 1980’s.
Japan had dispensers in the Tokyo Subway in 71
Looked like a soda machine
re: #136 Decatur Deb
That’s a bit of a howler to the Mai Lai generation.
And no Hmong were interviewed for this article.
Good morning Lizards:
This might be a good time for someone at Walter Reed to hold a briefing.
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) November 17, 2019
Lawyers, guns, and money has a blurb about my Congress person stefanik, and it links to the article.
I find it more compelling that she has gone from moderate to full blown trumpista to stay relevant. The article is through Yahoo news and does an ok job but it does not talk about the reasons why this area is the way it is, with massive issues regarding depression, job loss, and the supreme republican stronghold of talking points but no action but a strong love of military and a police state.
I have lived here for all but 2 years of my life, and have gone to college here.
It is upsetting to know what the problem is but to have no way of telling any one because it is such a pyramid of shit mixed together.
Love too emerge from Phase I of my annual medical checkup and make my partisans defend my trashing of a US vice president to a communist dictator pic.twitter.com/7aJJIHOGOy
— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) November 17, 2019
re: #147 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
our family festive casserole recipe: one package of Ore-Ida frozen hash browns, one jar of Velveeta, one jar of pimentos, one tub of sour cream, bake for 40 minutes until a brown crust forms on top…
I saw that somewhere, prob a foodie tweet, so I looked up the recipe and made it. It’s a pretty good side. Tastes something like a loaded baked potato.
I learned something new. I’ve never heard of gribenes before. YUMMO!
I’m going to try making homemade Jewish chopped liver.
Schmaltz & gribenes: toriavey.com
Chopped liver: toriavey.com
I see the coldest heart in the land still beats. Call the band’s management and caterers. The party is being postponed.
Sorry but this exchange is stunning.
The murderous dictator of North Korea, Kim Jung Un, calls for the former VP to be beaten to death and Trump does not denounce him.
Instead, Trump tweets a friendly reply that also attacks Biden and ends with “See you soon!” #BeBest pic.twitter.com/pHYrW9adeU— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) November 17, 2019
1000 points for “homunculus”.
Well played, sir.— Yeah Sure WTF Ever (@YeahSureWhatev2) November 17, 2019
re: #175 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I learned something new. I’ve never heard of gribenes before. YUMMO!
I’m going to try making homemade Jewish chopped liver.
Schmaltz & gribenes: toriavey.com
Chopped liver: toriavey.com
Gribines=kosher bacon.
re: #157 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Fukken right.
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I have to disagree with the premise. That would be like saying “The great failure in going after Al Capone for his taxes is that will be his only legacy.” The choice of what to impeach Trump on is a choice of what will force a Republican controlled Senate to have to take seriously. And you definitely don’t want this to look like they’re trying to throw spaghetti at the wall.
I’m seeing cracks on the Republican side here in Red Texas. They shifting to both-siding in their discussions of politics, which might only mean that they stay home next year, but I’ll take it. The impeachment process has to pierce through the Fox veil, and to do that, it’s going to have to be a concentrated blow rather than a scattershot attack.
#Trump didnt write this. https://t.co/f01arSUyyg
— Maya Wiley (@mayawiley) November 17, 2019
Our great Farmers will recieve another major round of “cash,” compliments of China Tariffs, prior to Thanksgiving. The smaller farms and farmers will be big beneficiaries. In the meantime, and as you may have noticed, China is starting to buy big again. Japan deal DONE. Enjoy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 17, 2019
“cash” in scare quotes…
re: #182 Backwoods_Sleuth
Narrator: “Socialism.”
Look everybody. Kelly is reporting that the Baby in Chief will be doing absolutely the same as he does everyday. And that is nothing productive.
— mommy1971 (@mommy1971) November 17, 2019
re: #175 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I learned something new. I’ve never heard of gribenes before. YUMMO!
I’m going to try making homemade Jewish chopped liver.
Schmaltz & gribenes: toriavey.com
Chopped liver: toriavey.com
not an expert (or a lawyer) or a chef, and certainly others have their own opinions
mine is do not use a food processor other other machine
my experience is its too hard to control the texture of the outcome and it ends up too fine - more like french pate
i use a wooden bowl and a two blade hand chopper (never tried just a knife)
mine’s way older and looks more like a two bladed one of these
“It was like watching a man in quicksand.” British media rip Prince Andrew for TV interview in which he defended his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and denied claims he had sex in 2001 with a teenager who now says she was trafficked by the sex offender. https://t.co/YD0jn9YcdZ
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 17, 2019
re: #179 The Pie Overlord!
Gribines=kosher bacon.
My friends gave me some Romanian chopped liver when I was in Chicago last to bring home with me. It was awful. I froze it because I felt guilty throwing it away. Now, those two recipes gave me what I need to fix it.
How was I unaware of kosher bacon? I’ve been on keto(ish) for two years for crying out loud.
re: #180 Belafon
I have to disagree with the premise. That would be like saying “The great failure in going after Al Capone for his taxes is that will be his only legacy.” The choice of what to impeach Trump on is a choice of what will force a Republican controlled Senate to have to take seriously. And you definitely don’t want this to look like they’re trying to throw spaghetti at the wall.
I’m seeing cracks on the Republican side here in Red Texas. They shifting to both-siding in their discussions of politics, which might only mean that they stay home next year, but I’ll take it. The impeachment process has to pierce through the Fox veil, and to do that, it’s going to have to be a concentrated blow rather than a scattershot attack.
I get what you’re saying and I agree-ish. I want them all in prison. Every last fucking traitor. Without consequences, it’s just another day. And it invites the next Republican to do it again.
I agree Katrina, Pam Bondi is a great womem! https://t.co/NllcAz0bWB
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 17, 2019
“womem”
re: #185 DangerMan (misuser of the sarc tag)
not an expert (or a lawyer) or a chef, and certainly others have their own opinions
mine is do not use a food processor other other machine
my experience is its too hard to control the texture of the outcome and it ends up too fine - more like french patei use a wooden bowl and a two blade hand chopper (never tried just a knife)
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I actually like the more pate texture. This stuff I’m using as a base is very rough chopped. I didn’t care for that but the taste was what was really off-putting.
My fix is to fry up the gribenes with onions, add that and a good amount of salt with some schmaltz and use my stick blender instead of a FP. That will give me better control of the texture.
I miss The Bagel (a Chicago legendary deli). They had the best everything.
re: #178 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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She’s over 800k$ and 200k followed per her web site this am
stefanik needs to hug trump even closer.
How else to explain this? //
re: #189 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“womem”
Bondi is also a crook who happily took a “campaign donation” to give Donny a pass for “Trump University.”
re: #182 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“cash” in scare quotes…
If your giving the farmers tariff cash you’re ,’collecting’ how is that better than no tariffs and market prices? Weren’t they competing before?
re: #188 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I get what you’re saying and I agree-ish. I want them all in prison. Every last fucking traitor. Without consequences, it’s just another day. And it invites the next Republican to do it again.
I don’t care how he remembered
Meanwhile any tool available that will work
re: #191 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I actually like the more pate texture. This stuff I’m using as a base is very rough chopped. I didn’t care for that but the taste was what was really off-putting.
My fix is to fry up the gribenes with onions, add that and a good amount of salt with some schmaltz and use my stick blender instead of a FP. That will give me better control of the texture.
I miss The Bagel (a Chicago legendary deli). They had the best everything.
Food is personal
As you like it. ;-)
re: #186 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“I expected a train wreck,” said Charlie Proctor, editor of the Royal Central website, which covers the British monarchy. “That was a plane crashing into an oil tanker, causing a tsunami, triggering a nuclear explosion-level bad.”
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“I have never seen anything so disastrous. For any students of PR, that is how not to do it,” crisis consultant Mark Borkowski told Britain’s Press Association. “It was like watching a man in quicksand and, unfortunately, I don’t think anyone would have thrown him a line to get him out.”
The scandal burned far longer than eight days and nights.
A miracle. https://t.co/CxqSbhATWF— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) November 16, 2019
‘The Laura Loomer of Gym Jordans.’ Pretty much nailed it.
Stefanik is the Laura Loomer of Jim Jordans.
A troll, who slithered into Congress by crafting a fake persona to pimp a district she doesn’t live in.
Mean & ambitious. Glory-seeking thru diminishment of others. Always the victim in her own narrative, & 4ever the fool in history’s.— Lincoln’s Bible (@LincolnsBible) November 17, 2019
For the second consecutive week, the U.S. Senate—under Senator Mitch McConnell’s control—didn’t vote on a SINGLE piece of legislation.
Senator McConnell:
Stop playing games.
Put the House-passed bipartisan, universal background checks bill up for a vote immediately.— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) November 17, 2019
So my husband is staying in an A*rbnb this weekend and uh, these are the rules there pic.twitter.com/GttU7I2uLO
— Meg Elison (@megelison) November 15, 2019
re: #163 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I’ve been known to leave the door open, so…
People on Twitter like to complain about Twitter, but today is one of those days where my feed is full of tweets that are giving me new information, helping me see things from a different perspective, and making me laugh.
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) November 15, 2019
re: #168 DangerMan (misuser of the sarc tag)
Japan had dispensers in the Tokyo Subway in 71
Looked like a soda machine
You couldn’t see Mt. Fuji from Tokyo in those days at all. Now on certain clear days from elevated positions you can see the iconic cone.
re: #174 jeffreyw
I saw that somewhere, prob a foodie tweet, so I looked up the recipe and made it. It’s a pretty good side. Tastes something like a loaded baked potato.
no, no, no. Velveeta!!!
A clear eyed article on the crisis we are facing, and how fucked we are if impeachment doesn’t break through with the general non-politically engaged public, leading to Trump and lots of other Republicans losing in 2020. We are teetering on the brink of fascism, in which nothing matters except the will to power.
re: #182 Backwoods_Sleuth
Our great Farmers will recieve another major round of “cash,” compliments of China Tariffs, prior to Thanksgiving. The smaller farms and farmers will be big beneficiaries. In the meantime, and as you may have noticed, China is starting to buy big again. Japan deal DONE. Enjoy!
The idiot supporters who read this will assume that China is somehow paying those tariffs and not the US…
re: #186 Backwoods_Sleuth
“It was like watching a man in quicksand.” British media rip Prince Andrew for TV interview in which he defended his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and denied claims he had sex in 2001 with a teenager who now says she was trafficked by the sex offender.
Did the interviewers dare to ask what a man of his stature was doing with such a fucking sleazebag and why a Prince of the Realm would want to associate with the sort of company he kept?
re: #209 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Dems SURGE in large suburban counties, Louisiana edition: Edwards won Jefferson Parish (suburbs of NoLa) by 1.2% in 2015, on his way to a large statewide win.
Tonight, he won it by 14%.
And turnout surged by 14% since October. Far more than in heavily-conservative areas.— Taniel (@Taniel) November 17, 2019
Democrats are now turning out in the kind of numbers that allow them to win. It would be nice if we could get more Republicans to flip, but the troops are are showing up.
I will say I am encouraged by the fact that this month two Democrats Trump campaigned against won governor’s races in deep red states. Our democracy is still functioning, and close elections aren’t being stolen.
I’m wondering if that report on Russian Brexit fuckery blocked by Boris is going to get released… or leaked. Trump and Brexit are inherently linked to Russia.
Spectrum goes down (again) at 830 last night and finally comes up an hour ago. Ticks me off that we have no choice of an internet provider here in Los Angeles…
re: #215 Joe Bacon 🌹
Spectrum lost the entire island of Kauai for over a day. They had to move over to a fiber owned by cell providers. Caused us a mass amount of phone calls.
What’s one thing the 1920s had that the 2020s should bring back?
— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) November 14, 2019
Another great Trump Nickname: the Cheeze Wizard.
re: #137 jeffreyw
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Oh, I used to love hashed browns until my glucose meter said they were a no-no!
re: #220 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Another great Trump Nickname: the Cheeze Wizard.
Oh I think Cheese WHIZZ is more accurate when it comes to His Ass-Holeyness!
I noticed last nigh, right before collapsing into bed that Charles was listening to Sketches of Spain. I remembered that this morning and have it on.
It is one of those records that you think you remember how brilliant it is right up to the second you hear him blow his flugelhorn and you shiver realizing it’s even more brilliant than you remembered.
Miles at his absolute peak. It may not be as famous as Kind of Blue or even Birth of the Cool, but it is, I would dare say the better album.
re: #223 Joe Bacon 🌹
Oh those poor cheesesteaks. /half
re: #220 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Another great Trump Nickname: the Cheeze Wizard.
The Cheez Wiz President.
Gross cheese like unknown substances.
Can’t wiz on his own.
Fake ass president.
re: #227 William Lewis
That gets an upding even without hearing it. 1928 was the year that my dear late mom was born in.
re: #218 The Pie Overlord!
What’s one thing the 1920s had that the 2020s should bring back?]
Wobblies.
Good luck with that.
“I did a racism when cops & Republicans were an important part of my political base but now that I’m running in a Democratic primary I’d like black votes.”https://t.co/t9jWxrudkG
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) November 17, 2019
re: #218 The Pie Overlord!
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Grandma loved Eddie Cantor. He did a live radio show from Pittsburgh in the early 40s. The crowd yelled “WE WANT CANTOR” for a good half hour before the broadcast started.
If Trump were to have a serious medical emergency in office you’d know by his family immediately rushing to a no extradition treaty country.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) November 17, 2019
I don’t think they’re that smart.
So my Aunt Helen had a recipe for fresh spinach salad. I loved it and always asked for seconds, my parents were impressed that I would eat spinach without any problems.
I later asked her for the recipe for the dressing:
Fry up one package of bacon, reserving the grease.
Add one cup sugar and one cup mayonnaise to the crumbled bacon and grease.
Yum…
Bohlert on point
impeachment hearings highlighted how Fox News has swallowed the entire GOP, which now wallows in obscene conspiracies; @amjoyshow pic.twitter.com/K0Dmivrfvn
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) November 17, 2019
re: #230 Decatur Deb
Wobblies.
Great Grandpa was a loyal Republican who got to be Congressional Postmaster until they made him the fall guy in a 1910 scandal. That turned him into a hard core Socialist who became friends with Eugene Debs and he was one of the organizers of the IWW. I remember Grandma showing me his IWW Union Red Book!
re: #222 jeffreyw
I just bought one of these so next time I go Krogering I’m going to be on the lookout for various cheeses in blocks.
If they succeed with my background check, I got a job at a Kroger’s family-of-stores outlet. I told them I had the exact same responsibilities at a previous job. I didn’t tell them that job was over 40 years ago. They didn’t ask. When I had that old job, I used something like one of these.
I haven’t seen the equipment yet at the new place.
Guess we can only hope that the conservative echo sphere implodes eventually if they keep firing any who issue a critique of Trump and as reality slowly leaches in.
re: #209 NO SMOCKING GUN!
A clear eyed article on the crisis we are facing, and how fucked we are if impeachment doesn’t break through with the general non-politically engaged public, leading to Trump and lots of other Republicans losing in 2020. We are teetering on the brink of fascism, in which nothing matters except the will to power.
“You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they’ve tried everything else.”
—often attributed to Winston Churchill.
re: #240 wrenchwench
If they succeed with my background check, I got a job at a Kroger’s family-of-stores outlet. I told them I had the exact same responsibilities at a previous job. I didn’t tell them that job was over 40 years ago. They didn’t ask. When I had that old job, I used something like one of these.
I haven’t seen the equipment yet at the new place.
My wife is at Walmart buying KerryGold Dubliner Irish Cheese and ground lamb to make Irish Shepherd’s Pie for dinner.
re: #242 sagehen
“You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they’ve tried everything else.”
—often attributed to Winston Churchill.
It has to be done next year, that’s for sure.
re: #241 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Guess we can only hope that the conservative echo sphere implodes eventually if they keep firing any who issue a critique of Trump and as reality slowly leaches in.
American Conservatives are exactly the same as Soviet Communists. They will believe to their dying days that their IDIOTology can’t fail, it can only be failed!
re: #218 The Pie Overlord!
Bring back from the 1920’s? Those beaded flapper dresses. They were gorgeous.
Yep, every GOP President in the last six decades has been terrible, and no truly great ones in over a century. And to get one worse than Trump, they will have to nominate a literal Nazi.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) November 17, 2019
re: #241 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Guess we can only hope that the conservative echo sphere implodes eventually if they keep firing any who issue a critique of Trump and as reality slowly leaches in.
They made no attempt to question or distance themselves from the wildest conspiracy theories as long as they seemed to look the Dems look bad.
Remember how Newt tried to warn them that is was a “trap”?
Especially when Obama quietly let Birtherism become an established pillar of RW doctrine before finally releasing his documents, prompting yet another round of even more outrageous “proof” that is was all a fake.
And when McCain got shouted down for suggesting that Obama was anything other than than a Kenyan Islamist Manchurian Candidate Antichrist, it really set off an attention-seeking race to come up with the most outrageous claims.
re: #218 The Pie Overlord!
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The dresses. I really liked those sleeveless, loose below-the-knee flapper dresses with the fringe.
re: #247 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Eisenhower to some degree, Teddy Roosevelt more so.
Eisenhower had his choice of parties, but opted for the GOP. Teddy’s party was still to a great extent the Party of Lincoln.
re: #246 PhillyPretzel
Bring back from the 1920’s? Those beaded flapper dresses. They were gorgeous.
My grandmother had one. She was hot!
re: #250 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Eisenhower had his choice of parties, but opted for the GOP. Teddy’s party was still to a great extent the Party of Lincoln.
Teddy was also an outlier for the GOP and disliked by the “business and more business” wing of the party. To some extent making him McKinley’s VP was an attempt to sideline him. They were much happier with people like Taft.
re: #250 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Eisenhower had his choice of parties, but opted for the GOP. Teddy’s party was still to a great extent the Party of Lincoln.
Teddy definitely wouldn’t be a Republican now. heck, He broke with the GOP to run as an independent progressive in 1912.
Just checked the weather forecast and it’s going to 91 today in Los Angeles.
It’s November when it SHOULD be cooler with bands of rain!
But remember boys and girls that the Republican Bullshit Machine continues to tell us there is no such thing as global warming!
re: #258 Joe Bacon 🌹
Just checked the weather forecast and it’s going to 91 today in Los Angeles.
It’s November when it SHOULD be cooler with bands of rain!
But remember boys and girls that the Republican Bullshit Machine continues to tell us there is no such thing as global warming!
39° here in Motown. Quite the heat wave after the Polar Vortex & record snowfall we had last week.
re: #258 Joe Bacon 🌹
This is what Philly has on tap today.
weather.gov
Can someone clue me in what “Friendsgiving” is? Is it something that was inspired by the TV show “Friends”? Is it for people who can’t stand their relatives and would rather get together with people they like?
re: #258 Joe Bacon 🌹
and then rain later this week. I can’t wait for that even if it means working from home but being over 90 today is bs
re: #262 The Pie Overlord!
Can someone clue me in what “Friendsgiving” is? Is it something that was inspired by the TV show “Friends”? Is it for people who can’t stand their relatives and would rather get together with people they like?
Pretty much.
re: #265 stpaulbear
I want to say architecture, but 1920’s architecture was the antithesis of green.
I like Art Deco. Brutalism not so much.
re: #265 stpaulbear
I want to say architecture, but 1920’s architecture was the antithesis of green.
but it was still quite attractive in its own way
re: #265 stpaulbear
I want to say architecture, but 1920’s architecture was the antithesis of green.
I like some of the literature. I concede Hemingway was a sexist asshole but The Sun Also Rises inspired my wanderlust.
re: #262 The Pie Overlord!
Can someone clue me in what “Friendsgiving” is? Is it something that was inspired by the TV show “Friends”? Is it for people who can’t stand their relatives and would rather get together with people they like?
Well my family disowned me. For a while I spent Thanksgiving setting up meals for the Downtown Los Angeles missions until I contracted RA and can’t set up the tables anymore. Now I spend Thanksgiving with my RAZZIE pals.
What really hurts are the holidays where I spend Passover with my RAZZIE pals and know my family is brainwashed by the Radical Xtians.
Imagine how much energy these people are spending trying to explain away the simple fact that our president is a moron. https://t.co/3msfJGdycF
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) November 17, 2019
We are $100,000 away from our goal of $1 million raised to flip #NY21
Will you pitch in whatever you can to help defeat DC insider @EliseStefanik?https://t.co/6CMH7QhNvs— Tedra Cobb for Congress (@TedraCobb) November 17, 2019
well, no, actually…
On “Meet the Press,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) says the whistleblower’s sources “exposed things that didn’t need to be exposed.”
“This would have been far better off if we would have just taken care of this behind the scenes,” Johnson says.— Felicia Sonmez (@feliciasonmez) November 17, 2019
“In 2018, the Trump administration authorized sales to Ukraine of Javelin missiles…But there is a big catch.
The Trump administration provided the Javelin missiles on the condition that they not be used in the war [with Russia].”https://t.co/VsfCpDhqoohttps://t.co/hZPftLxJuA pic.twitter.com/ud00ggzBhQ— Polly Sigh (@dcpoll) November 17, 2019
re: #259 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
And cannabis was not illegal until Prohibition…
Reefer Madness…
re: #240 wrenchwench
If they succeed with my background check, I got a job at a Kroger’s family-of-stores outlet. I told them I had the exact same responsibilities at a previous job. I didn’t tell them that job was over 40 years ago. They didn’t ask. When I had that old job, I used something like one of these.
I haven’t seen the equipment yet at the new place.
I once bought a 50 lb wheel of cheddar for reasons. The store guy cut it off of a bigger chunk that was barrel sized.
He used a garrote looking thing, wire between two handles.
Thank you Pete. Our great warfighters must be allowed to fight. I would not have done this for Sgt. Bergdahl or Chelsea Manning! https://t.co/3zM6LVqYn7
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 17, 2019
re: #262 The Pie Overlord!
Can someone clue me in what “Friendsgiving” is? Is it something that was inspired by the TV show “Friends”? Is it for people who can’t stand their relatives and would rather get together with people they like?
We went to one yesterday, for a segment of the LI musician community. Just a chance for people who wouldn’t normally spend TG together to do so.
Much yummy food was consumed, and not a note was played. A day off for everybody to chill.
the moron has tweeted/retweeted about 30 times in the last four hours.
jeebus
re: #268 HappyWarrior
I like some of the literature. I concede Hemingway was a sexist asshole but The Sun Also Rises inspired my wanderlust.
He was what he was. He had two stories he had to tell - for me A Farewell To Arms is the book of his with this moment as it’s peak:
“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.”
Frankly he should have sold his typewriter after that but that’s not how writing goes…
re: #185 DangerMan (misuser of the sarc tag)
not an expert (or a lawyer) or a chef, and certainly others have their own opinions
mine is do not use a food processor other other machine
my experience is its too hard to control the texture of the outcome and it ends up too fine - more like french patei use a wooden bowl and a two blade hand chopper (never tried just a knife)
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I have one of these in my kitchen drawer (not my pic, for illustration):
re: #262 The Pie Overlord!
Can someone clue me in what “Friendsgiving” is? Is it something that was inspired by the TV show “Friends”? Is it for people who can’t stand their relatives and would rather get together with people they like?
We will be dining with strangers at the better of the two Chinese buffets hereabouts.
re: #279 William Lewis
He was what he was. He had two stories he had to tell - for me A Farewell To Arms is the book of his with this moment as it’s peak:
Frankly he should have sold his typewriter after that but that’s now how writing goes…
You’re always looking for that perfect prose as a writer.
re: #275 jeffreyw
I once bought a 50 lb wheel of cheddar for reasons. The store guy cut it off of a bigger chunk that was barrel sized.
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He used a garrote looking thing, wire between two handles.
I am nobody, but I have been next to the Big Cheese…
re: #273 Backwoods_Sleuth
Not being able to use weapons against your number one enemy is an important caveat. Sometimes I wish Democrats had a propaganda network to get important information like this out to the public.
re: #262 The Pie Overlord!
Can someone clue me in what “Friendsgiving” is? Is it something that was inspired by the TV show “Friends”? Is it for people who can’t stand their relatives and would rather get together with people they like?
One of my best friends (an ex-, actually) had a big Thanksgiving dinner every year for a bunch of his friends and it was spectacular. He baked pies that had won ribbons at the MN State Fair. All of his food was made with TLC.
He was an incredibly special guy. A professor at the U of M who was on of the first people in the country to teach “Queer Theory”, and a legend with his students.
He passed away unexpectedly in his sleep last August at the age of 74. I’m still missing him horribly. We didn’t see each other enough, but he was (and still is) in my thoughts daily when he was alive.
re: #285 Patricia Kayden
Not being able to use weapons against your number one enemy is an important caveat. Sometimes I wish Democrats had a propaganda network to get important information like this out to the public.
We could have one if Bloomberg and Steyer launched a hostile takeover of Fox Broadcasting!
re: #286 stpaulbear
One of my best friends (an ex-, actually) had a big Thanksgiving dinner every year for a bunch of his friends and it was spectacular. He baked pies that had won ribbons at the MN State Fair. All of his food was make with TLC.
He was an incredibly special guy. A professor at the U of M who was on of the first people in the country to teach “Queer Theory”, and a legend with his students.
He passed away unexpectedly in his sleep last August at the age of 74. I’m still missing him horribly. We didn’t see each other enough, but he was (and still is) in my thoughts daily when he was alive.
Friends can mean so much if family isn’t there. I’m lucky to have my family but I know others don’t have that.
re: #218 The Pie Overlord!
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Told my 21-year-old yesterday that we’re about to hit the Roaring 20’s again. He wants Art Deco back.
re: #272 Backwoods_Sleuth
well, no, actually…
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Translation: “Damn this whistleblower for exposing our cover-up!”
This is an abomination before God and man and should be condemned in the harshest terms possible. I call on all Jews, Arabs, Kurds, Persians and other peoples of the Middle East to unite and protest this assault on our shared culinary heritage 👇 https://t.co/aXCxFE79Qs
— Sam Sokol (@SamuelSokol) November 17, 2019
I have some bad news for you pic.twitter.com/RcY4HiE3Ez
— (((Sherman Dorn))) (@shermandorn) November 17, 2019
Had a quick chat with a couple of acquaintances who are in the military (one an officer and the other an NCO). Both have the opinion that Trump pardoning the three charged/convicted with war crimes, plus other activities where he has ignored or overruled the recommendations of the higher armed forces commands has been detrimental to morale and trust in the armed forces.
So it’s just anecdotal, but I am not surprised that Trump is damaging other important institutions.
Picked up some spicy red lentil hummus the other day just to try out.
tfw you suddenly get a bunch of dimwitted James O’Keefe fans in your mentions, demanding that you prove he deceptively edits his dumbass videos, and saying “Go ahead, I’ll wait.”
OK, just wait right there, don’t do anything until I get back to you.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 17, 2019
Pro tip: when you suddenly get bombarded by wingnut idiots like this, replying to a very old tweet, it’s usually because one of them dug it up somehow and retweeted it, to cause exactly this to happen. So…
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 17, 2019
Search for the tweet’s URL and you can sometimes find and block the tool who’s responsible. That stops the annoying pile-on.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 17, 2019
re: #293 wrenchwench
Guacamole hummus is good.
I shall say no more.
Someone needs to make hummus from ham and pineapple. It would make a killer pizza spread,
re: #292 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Had a quick chat with a couple of acquaintances who are in the military (one an officer and the other an NCO). Both have the opinion that Trump pardoning the three charged/convicted with war crimes, plus other activities where he has ignored or overruled the recommendations of the higher armed forces commands has been detrimental to morale and trust in the armed forces.
So it’s just anecdotal, but I am not surprised that Trump is damaging other important institutions.
If you properly gather and document enough anecdotes, they become data. Right?
Mystery continues: CNN: Typically, Walter Reed’s medical staff would get a general notice about a “VIP” visit to the medical center ahead of a presidential visit. That did not happen this time, indicating the visit was a non-routine visit and scheduled last minute.
— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) November 17, 2019
Yeah, that was a routine visit, totally.
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Just what I need to deal with the knuckleheads at the office!
re: #282 jeffreyw
We will be dining with strangers at the better of the two Chinese buffets hereabouts.
Wife and I kick around the idea of the Asian buffet, but decided to go support the local VFW. Part of the cost of the meal will go to veterans causes.
re: #297 wrenchwench
If you properly gather and document enough anecdotes, they become data. Right?
Yes, and no. They are already data, but they are not proper data to build a reliable conclusion or model on. (Collection method, number, etc. etc.)
re: #296 jeffreyw
Someone needs to make hummus from ham and pineapple. It would make a killer pizza spread,
But for only one upding to give
re: #292 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Had a quick chat with a couple of acquaintances who are in the military (one an officer and the other an NCO). Both have the opinion that Trump pardoning the three charged/convicted with war crimes, plus other activities where he has ignored or overruled the recommendations of the higher armed forces commands has been detrimental to morale and trust in the armed forces.
So it’s just anecdotal, but I am not surprised that Trump is damaging other important institutions.
Of course, he’s not really doing it because our military personnel want it. He’s doing it because it’s what his base fantasizes our military personnel want.
re: #289 CleverToad
Told my 21-year-old yesterday that we’re about to hit the Roaring 20’s again. He wants Art Deco back.
Flappers and the Charleston!
re: #293 wrenchwench
Guacamole hummus is good.
I shall say no more.
re: #294 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Picked up some spicy red lentil hummus the other day just to try out.
re: #296 jeffreyw
Someone needs to make hummus from ham and pineapple. It would make a killer pizza spread,
I honestly do not remember ever trying hummus
Well, this is awkward timing:https://t.co/AGe1dhsnWo
— ace-o-aces (@aceoaces) November 17, 2019
The flashing of black and white these Sandpipers display is caused by their black backs and white chests. Coupled with the colour of the sky it looks like they keep disappearing. pic.twitter.com/TNw4faFFwn
— Daniel Holland (@DannyDutch) November 17, 2019
Educating our youth in civics and American history I suspect would result in a flood of young conservatives? Probably quite the opposite.
Well, I bet they are also presuming that they can totally control and slant both the teaching texts and approach as well… in which case our system will be attempting to 1984 everything.
yeppers…it’s a trainwreck…
Andrew: “Do I regret that he has quite obviously conducted himself in a manner unbecoming? Yes”
Maitlis: “Unbecoming?! He was a sex offender”
Andrew: “Yeah. I’m sorry. I’m being polite. Overly sensitive. He was a sex offender”#PrinceAndrew #Epstein pic.twitter.com/7nLPjuYnEA— Ian Fraser (@Ian_Fraser) November 16, 2019
re: #307 Ace-o-aces
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I guess it never occurs to these doofus ideologues that educating young Americans in “an understanding of civics and American history” might ever lead them to conclude that hysterical hyperventilating over “socialism” is just so much RW BS scare-talk?
Or do they just assume that the teaching of “civics” is going to, and ALWAYS going to follow the stock conservative template?
re: #287 Joe Bacon 🌹
That would actually be a good thing.
re: #212 Belafon
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Democrats are now turning out in the kind of numbers that allow them to win. It would be nice if we could get more Republicans to flip, but the troops are are showing up.
When Dems vote Dems win!
for the no shit file:
Prince Andrew’s spin doctor @JasonAStein quit two weeks after advising the prince not to proceed with the @maitlis interview on the grounds it could backfire https://t.co/pP19782VxS
— Ian Fraser (@Ian_Fraser) November 17, 2019
re: #234 Joe Bacon 🌹
Grandma loved Eddie Cantor. He did a live radio show from Pittsburgh in the early 40s. The crowd yelled “WE WANT CANTOR” for a good half hour before the broadcast started.
I don’t know how well Eddie Cantor would go over these days.
re: #306 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
I honestly do not remember ever trying hummus
I tried some curry hummus that was quite good
re: #315 Deep State SuperElite Satinist
I don’t know how well Eddie Cantor would go over these days.
Last thing we want to bring back from the 20’s are the race relations and attitudes…
what a time to be alive. pic.twitter.com/VXcMdgm2nR
— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) November 17, 2019
re: #306 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
I honestly do not remember ever trying hummus
It’s hard to describe. Sorta a savoury, vegetable-y paste. Not really my thing but sometimes the grocery packs it in veggie trays instead of ranch, and it works well enough. Decent with carrots and olives, not so much with celery or tomatoes. I see it sold with crackers, know some people that use it as chip dip. I cannot imagine a sweet hummus, and pumpkin spice sounds as bad as every other pumpkin-flavored anything.
I like hummus. But I prefer a nice guacamole.
re: #319 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
As much as I hate Fox, I’ve always liked Chris Wallace. And his show is one of the highest-rated on Sunday.
A host from a conservative radio station criticized Trump on the air.
He was fired mid-show, he says. https://t.co/huKDuPaUIT— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 17, 2019
But I thought Conservatives were against “Cancel Culture.”
Michael Gove is completely wrong to say people from EU are accessing the NHS without ‘paying in’.
EU workers pay taxes.
The NHS is not a contributory system.
This is how it begins - the Tory project to undermine the NHS, by bashing and blaming migrants first.— Diane Abbott (@HackneyAbbott) November 17, 2019
Putin is giving conservatives worldwide a consistent set of messages to agitate the ignorant.
re: #324 jaunte
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Putin is giving conservatives worldwide a consistent set of messages to agitate the ignorant.
Someone should replace Trump’s Fox feed with a translated Russian TV feed. I’m sure he’d be on the phone to Putin within minutes.
re: #298 makeitstop
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Maybe it was just a case of a bored older person amusing himself by going to the doctor so someone will listen to his recital of his aches and pains? Covered by Medicare and even the motorcade is presumably free, so why not.
re: #321 Barefoot Grin
I like hummus. But I prefer a nice guacamole.
I make an outstanding edamame based hummus
re: #322 Ace Rothstein
As much as I hate Fox, I’ve always liked Chris Wallace. And his show is one of the highest-rated on Sunday.
Related
lol
“The study found that those who regularly watched Fox News actually knew less about both domestic and international issues than those who watched no news at all. “@NickKristof in @nytimes https://t.co/SdLINbDgTY
— Monte Francis (@MonteReports) November 17, 2019
(On a ‘First World problem’ note: the ‘left clicker’ on my mouse has shit the bed. Finding muscle memory to be a serious pain in the ass after I have reconfigured mouse settings for ‘right click’)
re: #323 DodgerFan1988
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But I thought Conservatives were against “Cancel Culture.”
The Freepers were pointing out that the first amendment only applies to the government and the radio station was well within their rights to fire the guy. And they (Freepers) never liked him anyway, so there.
re: #327 DangerMan (misuser of the sarc tag)
I make an outstanding edamame based hummus
Everything’s better with avocado. And whipped cream.
Ooops, I said I would say no more…
re: #298 makeitstop
Mystery continues: CNN: Typically, Walter Reed’s medical staff would get a general notice about a “VIP” visit to the medical center ahead of a presidential visit. That did not happen this time, indicating the visit was a non-routine visit and scheduled last minute.
— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) November 17, 2019
Yeah, that was a routine visit, totally.
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You know, I was just wondering if maybe the Trump staff made a decision to do an unscheduled visit for the annual physical process. In an effort to possibly prevent an opportunity for any protest crowds to have time to form. In order to avoid a clearly horrible optic of Trump protests outside Walter Reed/Bethesda
ICYMI: A meteor flashing across the Midwest sky was captured by a CCTV camera outside a house in St. Louis, Missouri pic.twitter.com/IU5jawpLQr
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 17, 2019
re: #331 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
You know, I was just wondering if maybe the Trump staff made a decision to do an unscheduled visit for the annual physical process. In an effort to possibly prevent an opportunity for any protest crowds to have time to form. In order to avoid a clearly horrible optic of Trump protests outside Walter Reed/Bethesda
I was away from the news yesterday, so I’m just catching up on this now.
The excuses I’ve seen from the White House were saying that he went for a ‘partial physical.’
I’m not a doctor, but I’m pretty sure there ain’t no such thing.
re: #333 makeitstop
I was away from the news yesterday, so I’m just catching up on this now.
The excuses I’ve seen from the White House were saying that he went for a ‘partial physical.’
I’m not a doctor, but I’m pretty sure there ain’t no such thing.
Don’t “womem” get them when they are almost pregnant?
a supermajority while entire US economy teetered on collapse and US auto industry had to be saved from ruin https://t.co/zrJKere5ZH
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) November 17, 2019
they had a supermajority and he *checks notes* willfully chose to compromise with mitch mcconnell
but honestly i think he was probably a good candidate at the wrong time. him being the first black president probably forced him to make concessions. or maybe he just sucked. idk— Rick P. Johnson (@G0NinjaG0Ninja) November 16, 2019
How many of them are members in good standing of CSPOA?
I’m gonna guess all of them— 𝘞𝘉 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 🍕🐀 (@FormerDirtDart) November 17, 2019
re: #333 makeitstop
I was away from the news yesterday, so I’m just catching up on this now.
The excuses I’ve seen from the White House were saying that he went for a ‘partial physical.’
I’m not a doctor, but I’m pretty sure there ain’t no such thing.
The only way this might be true is if there are other routine screen tests that may be appropriate for his age. Colonoscopy every 10 years or similar procedures would be something you’d do separate to a standard physical, and it would be a reasonable thing to just say ‘part of the annual checkup’ rather than ‘the President got a hose up his butt for routine screening’.
Of course, I can’t remember any previous Presidents having any of the mundanities of life reported on, so there are a few possible explanations:
1) this is just a reflection of the hateful timeline we live in where Donald fucking Trump is the focus of every human’s life and worldview, and even these dull events become news;
2) this is an ordinary event that would not normally be news, but making it unannounced and sudden made it unusual enough, which is a reflection of Trumpian chaos and incompetence;
or 3) this isn’t a routine or mundane event and is another White House lie.
All of these seem equally likely.
re: #336 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
You know, I hadn’t heard much about them since Malheur
I guess with Arpaio’s legal problems, Mack committed himself more to the Oathkeepers— 𝘞𝘉 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 🍕🐀 (@FormerDirtDart) November 17, 2019
One of the speakers was New Zealander Trevor Loudon of the Epoch Times. pic.twitter.com/vJ0wTBARU2
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) November 17, 2019
re: #336 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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Let them. Then when someone is killed by their refusal, charge them with accessory to murder.
re: #272 Backwoods_Sleuth
well, no, actually…
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You guys, Senator, weren’t taking care of things behind the scenes. That’s why it has to be done this way.
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) November 17, 2019