Taking questions from Senators like Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Rand Paul on Tuesday, Dr. Anthony Fauci refused to follow President Trump’s lead arguing that the pandemic is under control. #Colbert #StephenAtHome #DrFauci
New men’s fragrance from Calvin Klein?
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) May 13, 2020
The Chris Christie Show?
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) May 13, 2020
When the so-called “rich guys” speak negatively about the market, you must always remember that some are betting big against it, and make a lot of money if it goes down. Then they go positive, get big publicity, and make it going up. They get you both ways. Barely legal?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 13, 2020
He’s kind of giving up his own game here.
re: #3 Eclectic Cyborg
When the so-called “rich guys” speak negatively about the market, you must always remember that some are betting big against it, and make a lot of money if it goes down. Then they go positive, get big publicity, and make it going up. They get you both ways. Barely legal?
Why does he hate Free Enterprise?
re: #3 Eclectic Cyborg
You’re having it both ways. You’ve repeatedly tried manipulating markets. We’ve caught you doing it around oil prices, and then watching your fellow GOPers use insider info on covid19 to sell stock, while not telling the public the threat.
Profits for you, burdens to all others.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) May 13, 2020
Projecting like IMAX. It’s his go to play when he’s caught doing crap. Blame someone else for the things he’s doing. Claim someone else did it and that’s worse. Make baseless claims that Obama did something.
It’s the same bulkshit every fucking day.
Without saying the name itself, what’s your favorite TV show?
— Eric Alper 🎧 (@ThatEricAlper) May 12, 2020
People and Aliens on a spaceship who sometimes talk and sometimes fight.
re: #6 Eclectic Cyborg
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Farscape?
re: #6 Eclectic Cyborg
Farscape?
Star Trek?
Babylon 5?
BSG? They’re all nominally human or human created creatures.
re: #8 lawhawk
Farscape?
Star Trek?
Babylon 5?
BSG?They’re all nominally human or human created creatures.
It was Star Trek. Probably should have mentioned Vulcans or something.
“Companies reporting tax deferrals or benefits exceeding $100 million each include fast-casual chain Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc., Walt Disney Co., American Airlines Group Inc. and oil refiners Valero Energy Corp. and Marathon Petroleum Corp.” https://t.co/TTUhliT4fO
— Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) May 13, 2020
re: #12 lawhawk
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Repubs: “We’ve saved the economy! No more need for further relief! NOW GET BACK TO WORK, YOUR PLEBES!”
re: #6 Eclectic Cyborg
Without saying the name itself, what’s your favorite TV show?
“Alright, Mr. White: SCIENCE!!!”
The cats have been pretty good lately, so I built them their own battle tank 😼🙀😺😻😸💥 pic.twitter.com/YnMfmihAYk
— Brian Bull (@bcbull) May 13, 2020
From previous thread:
re: #39 Jack Burton
They always say things like:
Claiming (insert something here) is a pretext to create a global government.
I tend to read the underlying context of that as them basically saying:
Oh no!!! We’re going to lose power!!!
re: #6 Eclectic Cyborg
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People and Aliens on a spaceship who sometimes talk and sometimes fight.
Widely imitated but never ever duplicated home improvement show.
re: #17 lawhawk
Widely imitated but never ever duplicated home improvement show.
Well played. Of course one of the easiest choices for such a challenge would be:
DUN DUN
From downstairs.
re: #192 Mike Lamb
Doesn’t matter. It’s conservative dogma that people are dying “with” COVID not “from” it—with the accompanying conspiracy theory that it’s a monetary thing for hospitals to label everything a COVID related death. The other related talking point is that most of the people dying have already outlived average life expectancy in the US—so no biggie.
Forget that a recent study found that the average person dying from COVID would have lived an additional 10 years. Forget also that the actual evidence strongly supports the position that deaths have been significantly undercounted.
I mean, their talking point for a looong time was that it wasn’t even as problematic as the bad flu season we just had. Aside from COVID deaths already having blown last flu season out of the water, there is probably a really good chance that the “bad” flu season was undetected COVID related fatalities.
Another revised talking point is that it doesn’t matter how many people get it, it’s no worse than the flu for most so just keep the olds and sick inside and let the rest of us get on with our lives. That takes the “just like the flu” and moves the goalposts.
But Manafort did not meet qualifications set by the Bureau of Prisons for potential release in the pandemic, and the bureau did not answer questions about why Manafort was freed. (by @MikeBalsamo1) https://t.co/MTFdlA1zkv
— Mike Sisak (@mikesisak) May 13, 2020
re: #21 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Another revised talking point is that it doesn’t matter how many people get it, it’s no worse than the flu for most so just keep the olds and sick inside and let the rest of us get on with our lives. That takes the “just like the flu” and moves the goalposts.
While we ignore all the kids developing Kawasaki disease.
This thread. Fundamentalist Christianity actually believes in nothing. The only operant theology is a case-by-case deification of Republican political maneuver. It’s not a faith at this point. It’s a political action committee with stained glass windows. https://t.co/qzSfg76t6b
— David Simon (@AoDespair) May 13, 2020
re: #23 Eclectic Cyborg
While we ignore all the kids developing Kawasaki disease.
Not just kids. One of my friends, in their 20s, had symptoms of Covid earlier this year and is currently in hospital with complications similar to what we’ve been hearing with some kids in the UK.
re: #22 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
…
But Manafort did not meet qualifications set by the Bureau of Prisons for potential release in the pandemic, and the bureau did not answer questions about why Manafort was freed.
….
Barr is the in-house attorney for a crime family. All such attorneys are themselves criminals who are usually clever enough to escape capture for their crimes.
I am increasingly confident that Barr also arranged the untimely death of Epstein.
re: #23 Eclectic Cyborg
While we ignore all the kids developing Kawasaki disease.
And when I linked to two GIVE US A LINK DAMMIT!! demand, I was blocked.
Typical.
Left hanging on the last thread because it’s long and the conversation moved on.
Nebraska Primary and local primary results are in.
*=incumbent
Turnout: 471,434 out of 1,216,431 eligible
Biden absolutely trampled Sanders.
Biden 119,138
Sanders 20,931
Warren 9,531
Gabbard 4,318
Write-in (all) 1,642
29 delegates total, as of yet unallocated
Republicans:
Trump*: 91%
Weld: 8%
NE-1 Representative (Lincoln):
Democratic Primary:
Kate Bolz*: 78% (incumbent state senator)
Republican Primary:
Jeff Fortenberry* (100%, uncontested)
Libertarian Primary:
Dennis Grace (100%, uncontested)
NE-2 Representative (Omaha, South Sioux City)
Democratic Primary
Kara Eastman (62%), Brad Ashford (former NE-2 rep, 32%)
Republican Primary:
Don Bacon* (100%, uncontested election)
NE-3 Representative:
Democratic Primary:
Mark Elworth, Jr.
David Else (withdrew before election day)
Republican Primary:
Five candidates, Adrian Smith*
Libertarian Primary:
Dustin Hobbs (100%, uncontested)
State Unicameral District 47 (my district, primaries are non-partisan for all non-federal offices):
Steve Erdman* (R, 100%, uncontested)
DALTON - Voters in Cheyenne and Morrill Counties advanced six Leyton School Board candidates to the November election.
Roland Rushman, Susan Ernest, Samuel Schumacher, David Wiedeman, Earl Reily and Kevin Henke will square-off in the General Election for three spots on the board.
Other candidates were Jed Benish*, Elizabeth Twarling and Ryan Jensen.
Nebraska held their primary election on Tuesday.
Cheyenne County had a 42.6 percent voter turnout, while Morrill County 60.1 percent.
Jed Benish was the Republican chairman of the board. Buh-bye.
This result indicates my school board will remain in majority Democratic hands after being flipped in 2018 and possibly expand control.
rivercountry.newschannelnebraska.com
I will never ever stop laughing about Elon Musk stealing an image from Buca de Beppo so he could fake eating out during a pandemic while he has a newborn at home pic.twitter.com/jWDoiGYzX5
— Molly Shah (@MollyOShah) May 13, 2020
re: #27 Hecuba’s daughter
Barr is the in-house attorney for a crime family. All such attorneys are themselves criminals who are usually clever enough to escape capture for their crimes.
Tom Hagen, without the charisma
re: #6 Eclectic Cyborg
People and Aliens on a spaceship who sometimes talk and sometimes fight.
A Gothic Romance where everyone keeps winding up dead from curious puncture wounds.
The wingnuts are throwing their usual tantrum but this doesn’t make a lick of sense to me either?
Former acting CDC director Richard Besser, former HHS secretary Kathleen Sebelius and activist Greta Thunberg join @AndersonCooper & @DrSanjayGupta for a live #CNNTownHall. Coronavirus - Facts and Fears, Thursday at 8 p.m. ET pic.twitter.com/I4FrXgwaL6
— CNN (@CNN) May 13, 2020
Without saying the name itself, what’s your favorite TV show?
“In the not too distant future…”
re: #24 lawhawk
Personal head cannon:
Bad Wolf girl in the 50th anniversary special was not The Moment but actually Rose/Bad Wolf changing the way the Time War ended.
re: #6 Eclectic Cyborg
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People and Aliens on a spaceship who sometimes talk and sometimes fight.
Lost In Space? 😉
re: #25 jaunte
fundamentalism has always been inherently political. in part because it cannot function in a pluralistic society, so it must use government to impose its morals on others.
Without saying the name itself, what’s your favorite TV show?
Bunch of NYPD detectives at work, including one detective who just can’t make a decent cup of coffee.
re: #39 Dr Lizardo
Bunch of NYPD detectives at work, including one detective who just can’t make a decent cup of coffee.
Barney Miller?
re: #34 b.d. (Follow science, survive and vote!)
The wingnuts are throwing their usual tantrum but this doesn’t make a lick of sense to me either?
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Thunberg has always been a demon to the RW; the other two guests worked for the evil Obama administration. Isn’t that sufficient explanation for MAGA heads to explode?
re: #40 Eventual Carrion
Barney Miller?
Yep. One of the all-time greatest sitcoms. That and WKRP in Cincinnati are probably my two faves.
re: #34 b.d. (Follow science, survive and vote!)
The wingnuts are throwing their usual tantrum but this doesn’t make a lick of sense to me either?
The tantrum is Greta Thunberg. She repudiates conservative religious beliefs about climate change.
The ability to hold two diametrically-opposed thoughts is a requirement for conservatives. Miss Thunberg is the epitome of a non-elite (people they claim they trust).
re: #42 Dr Lizardo
Yep. One of the all-time greatest sitcoms. That and WKRP in Cincinnati are probably my two faves.
It is amazing what they managed to pull off in those shows.
In case anyone still wondered where the Republican Party stands on the issue of racism and white supremacism. https://t.co/pmOPaA5Q7f
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 13, 2020
re: #42 Dr Lizardo
That and WKRP in Cincinnati are probably my two faves.
Night Court - especially when Brent Spiner’s hick character and Mr. Tortoise Nervosa appeared.
re: #42 Dr Lizardo
Yep. One of the all-time greatest sitcoms. That and WKRP in Cincinnati are probably my two faves.
Your mean the one about the radio station where turkeys rained down on the unsuspecting populace?
re: #38 KGxvi
fundamentalism has always been inherently political. in part because it cannot function in a pluralistic society, so it must use government to impose its morals on others.
Orthodoxy and Autorcracy go hand in hand…
re: #45 Charles Johnson
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The only people surprised are the handful of pundits who still think the GOP has anything resembling principles.
re: #44 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It is amazing what they managed to pull off in those shows.
Indeed it is. Perfect casting, extraordinarily well-written. I’ll watch them when I need a good laugh.
And another one that I rank as an-time favorite is Sanford and Son.
re: #50 Targetpractice
The only people acting surprised are the handful of pundits who still
thinkpretend the GOP has anything resembling principles.
re: #25 jaunte
Been seeing a lot of this shit: https://t.co/v51jurplkb
— O Congress, Where Art Thou? (@Argle_Bargler) May 13, 2020
re: #46 Eric The Fruit Bat
Night Court - especially when Brent Spiner’s hick character and Mr. Tortoise Nervosa appeared.
Hell yes, Night Court was another one of the great sitcoms.
re: #47 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Your mean the one about the radio station where turkeys rained down on the unsuspecting populace?
One of the funniest moments ever.
re: #6 Eclectic Cyborg
People and Aliens on a spaceship who sometimes talk and sometimes fight.
Four people riding the same horse in space, righting wrongs.
re: #55 Dr Lizardo
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One of the funniest moments ever.
Which was based, in my memory, on an Indiana station’s stunt.
re: #46 Eric The Fruit Bat
Night Court - especially when Brent Spiner’s hick character and Mr. Tortoise Nervosa appeared.
Fun fact: I met Brent at a Comic-Con a couple of years back. I told him I had recently had emergency surgery in Indiana and he went off on a long amusing rant about Mike Pence, but one of the things I made sure to do was mention to him how much I loved his work on Night Court because I’m sure he gets sick of tired of people only giving a shit about what he did on Star Trek and also because he was great on Night Court lol.
That was a pretty good day.
The Repubs seem to have their talking point: “FOAD!”
‘Go back to work’: GOP’s Jim Jordan shoots down additional help for struggling Americans https://t.co/weCwfMDpKk
— Raw Story (@RawStory) May 13, 2020
“It is time to go back to work,” he said. “Instead of passing some new trillion-dollar spending package that Speaker Pelosi will put on the floor Friday, it seems the best stimulus is to go back to work.”
The reporter then pointed out to Jordan that the economy might be in rough shape for a lengthy period, as many people may choose to stay at home even if things are “reopened.”
“That is why the best phase is to go back to work, which we are seeing states do,” Jordan insisted, and then pivoted to say that reopening the economy was “about freedom and opportunity.”
Even your own base doesn’t believe this shit, Gym.
re: #51 Dr Lizardo
Indeed it is. Perfect casting, extraordinarily well-written. I’ll watch them when I need a good laugh.
And another one that I rank as an-time favorite is Sanford and Son.
Like All in the Family, also borrowed from a British TV sitcom, Steptoe and Son, set in East End London instead of East LA
re: #60 Targetpractice
“go back to work”
WHERE, Jim? Where are the FUCKING JOBS?? Are they just going to fall from the sky?
God, I can’t stand these idiots.
re: #45 Charles Johnson
That also means to put the overt racist who said on the House floor he didn’t see anything wrong with white nationalism, the GOP has to remove someone from each of those committees who is less openly racist.
I predicted that would happen when he was removed, they just needed the furore to die down a bit.
Three of four Iowa districts flipped to the Democrats in 2018. I’d really like to see Council Bluffs oust the Iowa Confederate in 2020 (but I’m not too sure, in 2018 the Democratic candidate withdrew over credible bomb threats).
re: #62 Kilroy was here
Wave Motion Gun…
Oh, I grew up watching that as a kid in Los Angeles. Before Star Wars, for me at least, it was Star Blazers.
re: #61 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Like All in the Family, also borrowed from a British TV sitcom, Steptoe and Son, set in East End London instead of East LA
Both of those were perfect adaptations.
Also notice that someone like Steve King can make indisputably racist remarks and openly endorse white supremacism, and the toughest language journalists can summon up to describe it is “widely condemned.”
Even when there’s absolutely no doubt about it.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 13, 2020
re: #64 Eclectic Cyborg
“go back to work”
WHERE, Jim? Where are the FUCKING JOBS?? Are they just going to fall from the sky?
God, I can’t these idiots.
These are the same idiots who thought that the trade war would mean US companies would come home, start up their long-shuttered factories, and go back to churning out “Made in America” products in 4 years.
re: #67 Dr Lizardo
Oh, I grew up watching that as a kid in Los Angeles. Before Star Wars, for me at least, it was Star Blazers.
Gigantor and Astro Boy. Never saw “Tobor (8 Man)”, tho…
re: #46 Eric The Fruit Bat
Night Court - especially when Brent Spiner’s hick character and Mr. Tortoise Nervosa appeared.
Spiner is in Penny Dreadful: City of Angels.
re: #72 Belafon
Spiner is in Penny Dreadful: City of Angels.
I watched one episode and fell asleep. It looked so good in the commercials but….
By the way, note that when the Senate Repubs drum up a bill largely weighted towards bailing out their big business buddies, then any sort of delay is tantamount to leaving millions to die in poverty and disease. But when the House Dems put together their own bill to help out the people directly hurt by the outbreak, then there’s no rush while the Repubs “study” the results of their own bill on the deficit and argue that the country just needs to “go back to work” instead.
I can’t imagine why that is…///////
re: #71 Eric The Fruit Bat
Gigantor and Astro Boy. Never saw “Tobor (8 Man)”, tho…
First anime I saw (this was back in the 1970s) was Speed Racer, Star Blazers and Kimba the White Lion. And of course, I was watching kaiju films before I was six years old.
re: #67 Dr Lizardo
Oh, I grew up watching that as a kid in Los Angeles. Before Star Wars, for me at least, it was Star Blazers.
Star Blazers and G-Force/Battle of the Planets.
re: #45 Charles Johnson
With a helping from the media that says his statements were widely criticized as being racist.
No. They were racist. Full stop. Even now, media both sides things when there’s a right and wrong side. The GOP has gone full bigot. They’re not hiding it, and they’re using the current covid19 crisis where fellow GOPers are saying it’s okay that some of their constituents die so that the economy reopens for millionaires to make more money to restore one of the worst white nationalists in the party to his former committee assignments.
re: #71 Eric The Fruit Bat
Gigantor and Astro Boy. Never saw “Tobor (8 Man)”, tho…
The Tobor theme got its video start in the show in #73.
re: #62 Kilroy was here
Wave Motion Gun…
“Star Blazers.”
That was a big thing when I was stationed at NAS Oceana on my first tour. The whole base practically shut down to watch it.
Man, America’s long infatuation with anti-science, anti-intellectual dumbassitude is really coming back to bite us in the ass now, isn’t it?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 13, 2020
For example, look at this absolute garbage the Federalist is feeding to their mindless hordes.https://t.co/AdZ4qfAXT5
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 13, 2020
re: #60 Targetpractice
The Repubs seem to have their talking point: “FOAD!”
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Even your own base doesn’t believe this shit, Gym.
Did you expect that pervert to say anything else?
Are Republicans really that fucking stupid?
Why Yes They Are!
Kennedy: I don’t want to have to wear a face mask in the shower pic.twitter.com/uB1tAdLeDV
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) May 13, 2020
A small town full of dysfunctional adults & 4 9-year-old kids with incredibly filthy mouths. https://t.co/1QS9qC2uiL
— Lemon Harangue Pie (@Pie_Overlord) May 13, 2020
re: #84 Joe Bacon 🌹
Are Republicans really that fucking stupid?
Why Yes They Are!
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Perhaps he showers with more than 10 people. Pwn’d, Libtard!!1!
re: #76 Dr Lizardo
First anime I saw (this was back in the 1970s) was Speed Racer, Star Blazers and Kimba the White Lion. And of course, I was watching kaiju films before I was six years old.
I also recall watching those as a kid.
re: #84 Joe Bacon 🌹
Are Republicans really that fucking stupid?
Why Yes They Are!
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The crowd that told you the virus was a “hoax” now wants you to believe that OSHA will force you to wear masks in your own private shower.
Welcome to the modern GOP: All the craziness, none of accountability.
re: #87 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I also recall watching those as a kid.
It wasn’t until many, many years later that I finally heard the original Speed Racer theme song.
re: #69 Charles Johnson
The article linked is even worse.
Exoneration?
Good god the GOP have no shame— Ben 🇺🇸 (@ReverendRambo) May 13, 2020
re: #84 Joe Bacon 🌹
Are Republicans really that fucking stupid?
Why Yes They Are!
What the hell is he doing in his shower?
re: #84 Joe Bacon 🌹
Are Republicans really that fucking stupid?
Why Yes They Are!
Remember the idiot who put on his KKK hood just to make some sort of asinine point about his personal freedoms being trodden upon?
A lot of modern Conservatism is related to personality disorder.
re: #91 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The article linked is even worse.
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Guess I have to modify my remarks!
Are Republicans Really That Fucking Stupid?
Why Yes They Are And They’re Fucking Racists, Too!
When the Nazis came to power, a writer began collecting people’s dreams and uncovered the effects the regime had on the collective unconscious. https://t.co/TuWQWNdwC2
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) May 13, 2020
re: #93 Joe Bacon 🌹
I remember when Speed Racer originally ran in the 60s with the original Trans-Lux TV intro.
That was actually a pretty decent cover for the American TV market.
Apparently Ron DeSantis, governor of Florida (R-Ghoul) is inviting the NFL to schedule games there.
I mentioned in a previous thread that a sumo wrestler named Shobushi died earlier today from coronavirus. He was 28. He would have practiced in crowded conditions…rather like football players doing full contact practice and dressing/undressing in locker rooms. Of course I think DeSantis is crazy.
Shobushi was a comic sumo wrestler from one of the lower ranks. Here’s a video by a guy on YouTube who *really* loves his sumo and goes to great effort to get the stories behind the sport. It’s another comic sumo routine, but it has translations and a bit of background. Basically, it’s put on to let people know what is NOT acceptable in sumo. But it’s funny in a pratfall sort of way. This does require a great deal of practice, however.
re: #95 Joe Bacon 🌹
“Are Republicans Really That Fucking Stupid?”
The answer to this question will always be yes.
re: #95 Joe Bacon 🌹
Guess I have to modify my remarks!
Are Republicans Really That Fucking Stupid?
Why Yes They Are And They’re Fucking Racists, Too!
Kennedy is not stupid — he’s just a racist, as are most of those who support Trump and adhere to the modern Republican creed. I suspect many who are in this group would do well on IQ tests, but they are gullible, susceptible without reflection to CTs that align with their political views, and a model of the deplorables that Hillary denounced.
re: #100 Hecuba’s daughter
Kennedy is not stupid — he’s just a racist, as are most of those who support Trump and adhere to the modern Republican creed.
They are awful, cynical sociopaths. They really delight in watching other people suffer if whose people belong to groups that they look down on.
From downstairs (okay, okay, I’ll use the LGF-approved terminology /s)
re: #216 Joe Bacon 🌹
Orwell weeps in Heaven.
“The Republican Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
This should be turned into a comment or meme all over social media.
re: #101 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They are awful, cynical sociopaths. They really delight in watching other people suffer if whose people belong to groups that they look down on.
You mean, they’re the Baddies?
re: #101 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They are awful, cynical sociopaths. They really delight in watching other people suffer if whose people belong to groups that they look down on.
It’s what they live for. I saw it in my own family when they absolutely had a collective orgasm when Bill Clinton’s dog was killed in an accident.
I’ll never forgive them for cheering when Trayvon and Michael Brown were executed in cold blood. Seeing relatives gloating over “dead N-Words” on Facebook made me seethe…and of course Marky Mark approved of their posts!
re: #101 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They are awful, cynical sociopaths. They really delight in watching other people suffer if whose people belong to groups that they look down on.
Same as the woman in Mexico Beach, Florida being interviewed for a news report on the lack of help from FEMA after Hurricane Matthew.
“He’s not hurting the people he needs to hurt.”
re: #105 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Same as the woman in Mexico Beach, Florida being interviewed for a news report on the lack of help from FEMA after Hurricane Matthew.
“He’s not hurting the people he needs to hurt.”
Yeah and she probably gloated when Trump killed 4,000+ victims in Puerto Rico…
Watch live: Gov. Whitmer update on Michigan coronavirus response https://t.co/lIDhMOYVBd
— Detroit Free Press (@freep) May 13, 2020
This man was President Obama’s White House doctor. He doesn’t actually believe that his boss was a traitor, but he’s trying to win a GOP congressional primary in Texas so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://t.co/4zDoDEacBl
— Eric Columbus (@EricColumbus) May 13, 2020
Outing yourself as a delusional drug dealing hack.
Thanks for reminding the nation of your malfeasance and covering up Trump’s health issues.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) May 13, 2020
Wiggle wiggle wiggle pic.twitter.com/Sd0NvdwUhr
— Cute Animal Vines (@CuteAnimaIVines) May 13, 2020
re: #108 lawhawk
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Any of these wild-eyed claims need to be met with four simple words: “What is the crime?” Because I have yet to meet an “OBAMAGATE!!!111” nutter who can explicitly name a crime he can prove was committed.
re: #14 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
“Alright, Mr. White: SCIENCE!!!”
we just started watching that last week (for the first time)
i thought the first three/ four episodes were totally ‘i love lucy’-ish.
and just as well done
Folks who eat spicy foods live longer.
Consumption of Spicy Foods and Total and Cause-Specific Mortality: Population-Based Cohort Study (4 August 1015, British Medical Journal)
Objective To examine the associations between the regular consumption of spicy foods and total and cause specific mortality.
Design Population based prospective cohort study.
Setting China Kadoorie Biobank in which participants from 10 geographically diverse areas across China were enrolled between 2004 and 2008.
Participants 199 293 men and 288 082 women aged 30 to 79 years at baseline after excluding participants with cancer, heart disease, and stroke at baseline.
Main exposure measures Consumption frequency of spicy foods, self reported once at baseline.
Main outcome measures Total and cause specific mortality.
(complete study with methods and data at the link)
re: #113 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Folks who eat spicy foods live longer.
Consumption of Spicy Foods and Total and Cause-Specific Mortality: Population-Based Cohort Study (4 August 1015, British Medical Journal)
(complete study with methods and data at the link)
I suppose that means I’ll live forever.
I keep thinking and wondering why it has not occurred to these evil, rancid, shitmuffins that if they actually did the right things for the American people they could be actual heroes. I mean it wouldn’t even be that hard.
I’m not sure how we fix this bloodlust, stupidity and spite combo, but if we cannot, this is going to get a whole lot worse. And we have to reckon with our history of treating each other like shit since even before the founding of America through the centuries. If you don’t face your past and own the shit and heal, you can’t expect much progress. Good decisions never come from a place of anger, fear and hate. As we see.
re: #113 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Folks who eat spicy foods live longer.
Consumption of Spicy Foods and Total and Cause-Specific Mortality: Population-Based Cohort Study (4 August 1015, British Medical Journal)
(complete study with methods and data at the link)
I’mma live to be 200!
re: #114 Targetpractice
I suppose that means I’ll live forever.
And the opposite: I will die without enough spicy foods…
Ok, my cooking peeps, I need help.
I’m making gnocchi with garlic sage cream sauce. The recipes call for parmesan but I have next to no parm, only asiago.
What’s the taste difference between parm and asiago? Can I use them interchangeably in this recipe?
Thoughts?
Bureaucratic Bungling May Have Just Broken Open the Case on Saudi Arabia’s Role in 9/11
It appears the FBI knows a great deal about what the Saudi embassy was up to.
Charlie Pierce
re: #118 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Ok, my cooking peeps, I need help.
I’m making gnocchi with garlic sage cream sauce. The recipes call for parmesan but I have next to no parm, only asiago.
What’s the taste difference between parm and asiago? Can I use them interchangeably in this recipe?
Thoughts?
IMO, yes, and I like asiago better.
re: #108 lawhawk
Also, too:
VA nominee Ronny Jackson dished out opioids, wrecked vehicle while drunk, colleagues say (USA Today, April 25, 2018)
Trump had to withdraw his nomination over that.
re: #123 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I will become undead.
I think that’s somewhere on my bucket list: “Become an all-powerful lich.”
re: #115 A Mom Anon
I keep thinking and wondering why it has not occurred to these evil, rancid, shitmuffins that if they actually did the right things for the American people they could be actual heroes. I mean it wouldn’t even be that hard.
I’m not sure how we fix this bloodlust, stupidity and spite combo, but if we cannot, this is going to get a whole lot worse. And we have to reckon with our history of treating each other like shit since even before the founding of America through the centuries. If you don’t face your past and own the shit and heal, you can’t expect much progress. Good decisions never come from a place of anger, fear and hate. As we see.
They cut taxes on the wealthy. That’s who they think are the American people.
re: #120 retired cynic
IMO, yes, and I like asiago better.
Nice. Thanks. What about in combo? 1/2 cup parm and 1 1/2 cups asiago?
re: #125 Belafon
They cut taxes on the wealthy. That’s who they think are the American people.
You can see that in how their biggest concern in this crisis…is making sure major corps not only get bailouts and tax credits, but think the biggest concern right now is those same corps are allowed to drag their employees in without worry of liability.
re: #108 lawhawk
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Ronny Jackson was friends with Obama and his entire staff. I never heard him make a partisan statement. So it’s really been sad to watch him debase himself by lying for Trump and promoting this toxic bullshit to win a Congressional primary. Truly shameful. pic.twitter.com/l5CbxIv6gz
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) May 13, 2020
re: #126 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Nice. Thanks. What about in combo? 1/2 cup parm and 1 1/2 cups asiago?
My mom, world’s greatest cook, did that.
re: #110 Targetpractice
Any of these wild-eyed claims need to be met with four simple words: “What is the crime?” Because I have yet to meet an “OBAMAGATE!!!111” nutter who can explicitly name a crime he can prove was committed.
Ask my family and they will reply first with the birther shit then they will move on to Obama being mentored by Communists, Michelle is a transexual, Fast and Furious, Benghazi, Pizzagate, Obama and Hillary harvesting adrenochrome from tortured kids…oh and yes the tan suit, dijon on hamburgers and especially all those million dollar trips prove Obama should be arrested for treason.
Oh and my family insists those two “daughters” aren’t really Obama’s…
What makes them post such shit?
Answer—it’s what they hear every Sunday in their fucking Xtian churches!
re: #123 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I will become undead.
As a paladin (9th level), I’ll be sure to turn you kindly.
re: #128 Backwoods_Sleuth
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And as soon as he loses the primary/election, he’ll return to being “Ronny Who?”
re: #115 A Mom Anon
I keep thinking and wondering why it has not occurred to these evil, rancid, shitmuffins that if they actually did the right things for the American people they could be actual heroes. I mean it wouldn’t even be that hard.
This is something that would never, and could never occur to the vast majority of them. Having this conversation with them would be like the Brawndo conversation in Idiocracy or James T. Kirk trying to explain freedom to the leader of the Yangs. They just can’t wrap their brains around it, or they literally think that what they are doing is the right thing.
re: #115 A Mom Anon
I keep thinking and wondering why it has not occurred to these evil, rancid, shitmuffins that if they actually did the right things for the American people they could be actual heroes. I mean it wouldn’t even be that hard.
I’m not sure how we fix this bloodlust, stupidity and spite combo, but if we cannot, this is going to get a whole lot worse. And we have to reckon with our history of treating each other like shit since even before the founding of America through the centuries. If you don’t face your past and own the shit and heal, you can’t expect much progress. Good decisions never come from a place of anger, fear and hate. As we see.
“the cruelty is the point”
re: #128 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Ronny was willing to bend the knee all along. Obama doesn’t require this of people. Trump brings out the worst in people. The big O brings out the best.
re: #134 Jack Burton
This is something that would never, and could never occur to the vast majority of them. Having this conversation with them would be like the Brawndo conversation in Idiocracy or James T. Kirk trying to explain freedom to the leader of the Yangs. They just can’t wrap their brains around it, or they literally think that what they are doing is the right thing.
It’s what happens when you run a cargo cult of a party where “freedom” and “liberty” are treated as buzzwords rather than actual concepts.
re: #131 Joe Bacon 🌹
Ask my family and they will reply first with the birther shit then they will move on to Obama being mentored by Communists, Michelle is a transexual, Fast and Furious, Benghazi, Pizzagate, Obama and Hillary harvesting adrenochrome from tortured kids…oh and yes the tan suit, dijon on hamburgers and especially all those million dollar trips prove Obama should be arrested for treason.
Oh and my family insists those two “daughters” aren’t really Obama’s…
What makes them post such shit?
Answer—it’s what they hear every Sunday in their fucking Xtian churches!
I can’t imagine what churches they are going to, where they would hear that! I think I’ve lost my religion over the years, but honestly, if I ever had heard 1% of that from my church, I would have been gone on the instant.
Without saying the name itself, what’s your favorite TV show?
Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down…tell you she’s hurtin’ ‘fore she keens…makes her a home.
re: #128 Backwoods_Sleuth
Didn’t this guy say trump was a healthy 238 pounds? Isn’t that the guy?
If so, didn’t a bunch of really questionable shit come out about him?
I hope Sen. Warren gets a chance to pull Facebook apart like warm bread in 2021.
I am convinced Zuck broke campaign finance laws in his solicitation of the Trumpenreich. I want him bankrupted by litigation.— Uncle Jeff, Noble Laureate (@Undershafted) May 12, 2020
re: #126 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Nice. Thanks. What about in combo? 1/2 cup parm and 1 1/2 cups asiago?
that’ll work too just fine
“At the last moment, the Springbok engaged it’s powerful lift-fan. Literally blowing the Cheetah off it’s feet.”
— 𝙒𝘽 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 🍕🐀😷 (@FormerDirtDart) May 13, 2020
The highly packaged media rollout continues, but without any allegation of … anything wrong in particular. Of course they unmasked the name of the US person who could tell Russia how to respond to their sanctions and get the Russian government to comply. https://t.co/crPYPiNClW https://t.co/3SXmQoxNkL
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) May 13, 2020
This is the essential guide to cooking in a crisis (don’t forget to have a quick cry!)
From: @stephenbucomedy pic.twitter.com/T4hs5Wqndv— BBC Scotland (@BBCScotland) May 13, 2020
re: #134 Jack Burton
This is something that would never, and could never occur to the vast majority of them. Having this conversation with them would be like the Brawndo conversation in Idiocracy or James T. Kirk trying to explain freedom to the leader of the Yangs. They just can’t wrap their brains around it, or they literally think that what they are doing is the right thing.
we’re watching mrs. america.
schlafly is/was galling
2020 GOP: The problem is not that the Trump campaign tried to work with Russians during the 2016 campaign, it is that the FBI investigated it 🙄 https://t.co/BUYHmFsdEU
— Rachel “The Doc” Bitecofer 📈🔭🍌 (@RachelBitecofer) May 13, 2020
re: #141 Teddy’s Person
By launching this American Edge project, sounds to me like Zuck sees the writing on the wall and he’s getting worried about a Democratic Congress and a Democratic-run DOJ launching an antitrust investigation into Facebook.
re: #138 retired cynic
I can’t imagine what churches they are going to, where they would hear that! I think I’ve lost my religion over the years, but honestly, if I ever had heard 1% of that from my church, I would have been gone on the instant.
It’s the ASSemblies of Gawd…
Just back from a visit to the local general store in rural southeast Texas. No one but me and my wife were wearing masks/bandannas; people walking around with their kids in tow as if nothing was happening. The only concession the establishment had made to the pandemic was to place 24” x 18” plexiglas ‘sneeze guard’ panels at the cash register to take a stab at protecting the checker, who was not wearing a mask.
re: #145 jaunte
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It also lays out at the very beginning that this was all standard and authorized. pic.twitter.com/BdwBMHNZnb
— The Dragnet News + Observer of Troll Armies* (@dragnetizen) May 13, 2020
Actually, the most interesting document would be the transcripts of Flynn’s calls with the Russian ambassador, so we can see for ourselves how he framed his request. https://t.co/zWtfTitngc
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) May 13, 2020
Media latching onto this as an “optics” story, totally ignoring their own conclusions from 2 years ago that unmasking is not only totally legal, but that it happens all the time and this admin is no different.
Cincinnati:
Day two of retail shopping. Not every store chose to reopen. Parking lots were not full at Cincinnati malls and strip malls. I spoke to locally owned boutiques yesterday. Today, I’ll tell you what to expect at larger stores. @wcpo pic.twitter.com/yfADhS8k8r
— Courtney Francisco (@CFranciscoWCPO) May 13, 2020
The Kenwood Towne Centre had shoppers inside. Some wearing masks, some not. Watch at 4:30 on @wcpo pic.twitter.com/kpUOTgGpqc
— Courtney Francisco (@CFranciscoWCPO) May 13, 2020
re: #159 retired cynic
WTF is going on with the DOW today?
The Fed announced the strong possibility (read: certainty) of a prolonged recession.
Hm. I think this statement is actually true, although most people don’t recognize it as so at this time
Kushner and Trump can literally do anything they want right now. Cancel all elections. Order mass summary field executions. Declare Federal Reserve their personal property https://t.co/icpVQQC7Kn— Surreal painters were just ahead of the curve (@MutatedReality) May 13, 2020
I mean, seriously. Who’s going to stop them? The Senate? The DOJ will arrest them for giving such an order? Their slavering goons will refuse to carry it out? Fox State Television will recoil in horror as thousands of Americans die horrible painful deaths?
Objection. Assumes facts not in evidence.
I think we’re already living in a dictatorship.
We just don’t all realize it yet.
Abusers always work from home.
Domestic abuse incidents are up 49% in the UK since lockdown.
If you or someone you know is affected, we can help with free legal injunctions.
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re: #160 Backwoods_Sleuth
NJ is moving to start reopening businesses with curbside delivery next week, though I’m not sure what that actually means for things like enclosed shopping malls.
re: #159 retired cynic
WTF is going on with the DOW today?
Coronavirus cases continuing to increase, customers not flocking to reopened businesses, Republicans and Democrats fighting over the next stimulus, etc.
If you were the departing president and you knew the incoming national security adviser was in the pocket of Russia and Turkey, would you take perfectly legal actions to expose him?
I would.
Apparently, Nikki Haley wouldn’t. pic.twitter.com/TTR2esAz7W— Mark Jacob (@MarkJacob16) May 13, 2020
re: #163 Khal Wimpo (not drinking damn fish tank cleaner)
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I mean, seriously. Who’s going to stop them? The Senate? The DOJ will arrest them for giving such an order? Their slavering goons will refuse to carry it out? Fox State Television will recoil in horror as thousands of Americans die horrible painful deaths?
Objection. Assumes facts not in evidence.
I think we’re already living in a dictatorship.
We just don’t all realize it yet.
The WH has no control over whether or not to hold elections. Constitution puts limits on the length of his term, federal election laws set date, and states actually conduct elections.
re: #165 lawhawk
I live near a couple of fairly large shopping malls. I haven’t set foot I either one for over 15 yrs. I have no need to, most mall stores are for wants, not needs. I have enough stuff, I honestly don’t need more. Malls never appealed to me, not even as a much younger person.
re: #159 retired cynic
WTF is going on with the DOW today?
Someone told them there were rumors of a flu epidemic pandemic plague apocalypse.
re: #163 Khal Wimpo (not drinking damn fish tank cleaner)
I mean, seriously. Who’s going to stop them? The Senate? The DOJ will arrest them for giving such an order? Their slavering goons will refuse to carry it out? Fox State Television will recoil in horror as thousands of Americans die horrible painful deaths?
Objection. Assumes facts not in evidence.
I think we’re already living in a dictatorship.
We just don’t all realize it yet.
The. Federal. Government. Cannot. Cancel. The. Election.
re: #168 Targetpractice
The WH has no control over whether or not to hold elections. Constitution puts limits on the length of his term, federal election laws set date, and states actually conduct elections.
At this point I almost want trump to try something really stupid like talking about canceling elections. It will backfire.
I don’t think he will, not because he is against it, but because he’s a coward.
re: #171 Belafon
The. Federal. Government. Cannot. Cancel. The. Election.
No, but Alabama is eager to turn it into a Wisconsin kamikaze fest.
re: #161 Targetpractice
The Fed announced the strong possibility (read: certainty) of a prolonged recession.
Thanks. Whoop.
O_o
This guy is “president” now. Great job, America. https://t.co/zRAf4eV4PX
— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) May 13, 2020
“This virus may never go away,” Dr. Michael Ryan said in a press briefing Wednesday. Without a vaccine, he said it could take years for the global population to build up sufficient levels of immunity: https://t.co/dmYwG8rDPE
— Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) May 13, 2020
If Trump and his people didn’t want to show up on NSA wiretaps, they shouldn’t have conversed with Russian diplomats, spies or mobsters (a big overlap in those 3 categories). Focus on that rather than attacking patriots doing their jobs protecting this country.
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) May 13, 2020
“Unmasking” sounds vaguely sinister but it means intel agents flagged Flynn’s suspicious contacts with Russia - which Flynn would later lie to the VP and FBI about, for some reason - and officials found out who he was, with proper approvals and through authorized channels.
— Elie Honig (@eliehonig) May 13, 2020
Can Mannfort be sent back to prison when Biden takes office?
re: #2 gocart mozart
Ahem*
Trump ‘despises’ his own supporters and would be ‘disgusted’ by them, says ex-friend Howard Stern
Mr Stern told listeners last month that he was endorsing Democrat Joe Biden for president, whilst criticising Mr Trump’s comments on the possibilities of using disinfectant to weaken Covid-19.
re: #157 Backwoods_Sleuth
The GOP engaging in stochastic terrorism. Who’d’ve thunk it?
They aren’t going to try to prosecute any of these people, they’re going to let their armed, rabid base take care of business for them.
I imagine Biden and Obama are safe (both have Secret Service protection). The rest? Not so much.
re: #178 lawhawk
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re: #170 Decatur Deb
Someone told them there were rumors of a
fluepidemicpandemicplagueapocalypse.
All apocalypses have been canceled until further notice. We have to open the economy first.
Why are bots tweeting that we “lost” CA-25 when there are still a large number of ballots to count?
Why, indeed.— Karoli (@Karoli) May 13, 2020
A coalition of 31 global companies is urging U.S. lawmakers to fund research into next-generation technology, particularly open radio access networks (RANs), to shift 5G infrastructure away from costly proprietary hardware primarily controlled by China. The firms announced the establishment of the Open RAN Policy Coalition to support virtual, software-based 5G networks. James Lewis at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC, said an open RAN system “changes the business model for all the telecom suppliers, in that it moves telecom services to software and cloud computing rather than proprietary hardware.” The coalition said the infrastructure switch will enable multiple vendors to interchangeably operate on the system, rather than having to rely on a single manufacturer for all equipment.
re: #118 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Ok, my cooking peeps, I need help.
I’m making gnocchi with garlic sage cream sauce. The recipes call for parmesan but I have next to no parm, only asiago.
What’s the taste difference between parm and asiago? Can I use them interchangeably in this recipe?
Thoughts?
Asagio is much, much saltier than parmesan.
re: #162 Eclectic Cyborg
That’s Dr. Dumbass to you.
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No, he just thinks conservative voters are dumbasses.
re: #161 Targetpractice
The Fed announced the strong possibility (read: certainty) of a prolonged recession.
And these financial geniuses who get paid the really big bucks for managing portfolios couldn’t just look around and realize the economy is going to be bad for the foreseeable future? Step aside and let me take one of those jobs for them.
re: #81 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
“Star Blazers.”
That was a big thing when I was stationed at NAS Oceana on my first tour. The whole base practically shut down to watch it.
WYAH, Channel 27, the flagship station of Pat Robertson’s “Christian Broadcasting Network.”
It has always amused me that, after he sold it in the late eighties and its call letters changed, it eventually became the home of “Married With Children” reruns.
re: #169 A Mom Anon
I live near a couple of fairly large shopping malls. I haven’t set foot I either one for over 15 yrs. I have no need to, most mall stores are for wants, not needs. I have enough stuff, I honestly don’t need more. Malls never appealed to me, not even as a much younger person.
ditto
Great job to the 10 Democrats who voted *against* the Wyden-Daines amendment that would have prohibited FBI warrantless surveillance of web browser history. Special shout out to Bernie Sanders who didn’t show up to vote. It was defeated by *one* vote.
— jeremy scahill (@jeremyscahill) May 13, 2020
Both my Senators just voted against this amendment. FFS
Cinnamon Rolls #StayHomeSaveLives #stayhome #QuarantineLife @kingarthurflour pic.twitter.com/JoivKSBh86
— Lemon Harangue Pie (@Pie_Overlord) May 13, 2020
re: #184 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Upding for “whilst.”
i remember this specific issue of the old Archie comic from when i was a kid
Veronica: (angry at Archie, as usual) What goes on whilst I sleep??!
Pop Tate: (thinking) “Whilst”. That shows class!
re: #194 Targetpractice
The 10 Democrats who joined GOP in defeating amendment to stop FBI warrantless surveillance of web browser history: Carper, Casey, Feinstein, Hassan, Jones, Kaine, Manchin, Shaheen, Warner and Whitehorse. Joined 2 Republicans & a Democrat in not showing up to vote: Bernie Sanders
— jeremy scahill (@jeremyscahill) May 13, 2020
So, what do the replies respond with?
Almost universally blaming the Dems for this (not the Dems that voted against this, but the entirety of the Dems), absolving Bernie particularly of blame, and using it as proof that the Dems are horrible and useless and should be burned down first and foremost, because clearly they didn’t want it hard enough and therefore never really wanted it at all.
I just fucking….
re: #124 Targetpractice
I think that’s somewhere on my bucket list: “Become an all-powerful lich.”
Are you going to get a wise-cracking goblin cleric sidekick like Xykon has?
re: #35 Targetpractice
“In the not too distant future…”
MST3K.
Which begs the question? Joel, or Mike?
re: #198 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Are you going to get a wise-cracking goblin cleric sidekick like Xykon has?
Doesn’t have to be a goblin, I’m an equal-opportunity employer.
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re: #199 Vote Cthulhu - No longer the greater evil!
MST3K.
Which begs the question? Joel, or Mike?
Yes.
re: #163 Khal Wimpo (not drinking damn fish tank cleaner)
I mean, seriously. Who’s going to stop them? The Senate? The DOJ will arrest them for giving such an order? Their slavering goons will refuse to carry it out? Fox State Television will recoil in horror as thousands of Americans die horrible painful deaths?
Objection. Assumes facts not in evidence.
I think we’re already living in a dictatorship.
We just don’t all realize it yet.
The states select electors. The states certify elections.
Conservatism is about gaining and conserving power. That’s it. No elected Republican governor is going to let an unelected slumlord dictate how her or his state selects electors.
re: #167 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Period.
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….oh good fucking grief.
Jackson stayed on as Trump’s doctor; his nomination to run the Department of Veterans Affairs head was pulled due to his inexperience and accusations of misconduct.
Also, he once injected @Scaramucci in the butt aboard Air Force One at Trump’s request. https://t.co/bQZ5qcTPFg pic.twitter.com/PQaDK8eZXX— Eric Columbus (@EricColumbus) May 13, 2020
This is undeniable proof that he fudged Trump’s physical
— Sam (@TaserCake) May 13, 2020
This gigantic flaming asshole. I’m not sure if he was always this much of an asshole or if it’s another case of Trump corrupting everything that surrounds him.
One side-effect of people opposing governors’ efforts to delay or cancel primaries is that the court rulings will apply to the November election.
The NSA was listening to the Russian ambassador, which as far as I know is absolutely in bounds. https://t.co/LpOBcOMpel
— Gary Legum (@GaryLegum) May 13, 2020
re: #163 Khal Wimpo (not drinking damn fish tank cleaner)
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I mean, seriously. Who’s going to stop them? The Senate? The DOJ will arrest them for giving such an order? Their slavering goons will refuse to carry it out? Fox State Television will recoil in horror as thousands of Americans die horrible painful deaths?
Objection. Assumes facts not in evidence.
I think we’re already living in a dictatorship.
We just don’t all realize it yet.
Republicans are fascists who despise democracy from the bottom of their black hearts.
However, it would be stupid for them to attempt to cancel elections. State level control of elections makes that difficult to pull off. But more importantly it would be too blatant, even for these degenerate times.
IMO the real danger from Republican fascism is the reality of a dictatorship while keeping the appearances of democracy. So stolen elections is a much greater threat than canceled elections.
Once again I ask: why won’t national media delve into Rand Paul’s association with Jane Orient’s quackery AAPS?
Chester County, PA COVID-19 stats as of 5/12:
Confirmed cases: 1996 (+23)
Total tested: 9521 (+244)
Deaths: 197 (+8)
(Pop: 525,000 approx.)
Did a quick grocery run after picking up some cat meds from the vet. Mask required to enter store. Markers for social distancing in place around store and outside. Requested use of hand sanitizer (supplied) when you enter store. People inside not being very talkative and mostly just going about their business, giving the employees doing restock some space, and place was generally pretty quiet.
Shelves seemed to be pretty well stocked outside of some empty cleaning products area shelves which have been empty since March. I did not quick the frozen foods section since my freezer got stocked up last week. This visit was mainly to resupply yogurt, fresh fruit, and milk for cooking/coffee.
re: #17 lawhawk
Widely imitated but never ever duplicated home improvement show.
The Red Green Show?
re: #213 Jebediah, RBG
The Red Green Show?
I still hum the theme from that show whenever I pick up duct tape.
I’m guessing he knew you were a wanker. #RandPaulIsAnIdiot https://t.co/jQpuQDwLon
— Patti M Piatt #OneFamily (@PiattPatti) May 13, 2020
re: #215 Backwoods_Sleuth
We’ve got a major pandemic to deal with here but sure, lets waste resources going after the brown President again because why not?
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re: #215 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #168 Targetpractice
The WH has no control over whether or not to hold elections. Constitution puts limits on the length of his term, federal election laws set date, and states actually conduct elections.
That’s assuming there is any body left that will actually enforce such quaint concepts as “Laws.”
As we are learning, laws are just flowery language in leatherbound books when there is no enforcement.
Manafort is a free man. As is Flynn.
Who cares what laws say, at this point?
re: #185 Backwoods_Sleuth
The New York Times has the following as ballot counting continues in CA-25 with 76% reporting:
Garcia (R) 80,337 (56%)
Smith (D) 62,998 (44%)
The district is the one Katie Hill flipped from the odious Steve Knight. It leans heavily Republican.
So in NYT fashion we get this:
Jennifer Medina 1:30 AM ET
But there is no doubt that a win for Republicans in a state that is overwhelmingly controlled by Democrats would be remarkable.
It doesn’t matter how the state leans, it matters how the district leans. In 2016, Knight won with 53.1% of the vote.
Then there’s this, possibly a reason why the election is going toward Garcia now:
Jennifer Medina 1:17 AM ET
Tracking data shows a significant voting gap along generational lines. Roughly 56% of voters 65 and older returned a mail ballot. Just 19% of those younger than 35 did so.
Jennifer MedinaJennifer Medina 1:17 AM ET
There’s a voting gap along ethnic lines, too: While 40% of white voters returned their mail ballots, only 21% of Latinos did so.
re: #219 Khal Wimpo (not drinking damn fish tank cleaner)
That’s assuming there is any body left that will actually enforce such quaint concepts as “Laws.”
As we are learning, laws are just flowery language in leatherbound books when there is no enforcement.
Manafort is a free man. As is Flynn.
Who cares what laws say, at this point?
We’re also seeing just how many GOP governors are willing to basically sell their souls to Trump
More than 80,000 Americans are dead, more than 30 million are out of work, but Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are primarily focused on peddling conspiracies to defend a guy they fired in the first place.
These people do not give a shit about you.— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) May 13, 2020
re: #165 lawhawk
NJ is moving to start reopening businesses with curbside delivery next week, though I’m not sure what that actually means for things like enclosed shopping malls.
No sooner did I write this that Westfield emailed to survey about how to do curbside and how we would feel about valet and call ahead options for businesses inside the mall.
Mind you, we’re talking about Garden State Plaza - one of the nation’s biggest and most profitable malls in the nation. I wouldn’t set foot inside anytime soon, and I doubt I’d do curbside either as I can get direct shipping from the retailers inside that could be safer than queuing up to do curbside.
re: #219 Khal Wimpo (not drinking damn fish tank cleaner)
That’s assuming there is any body left that will actually enforce such quaint concepts as “Laws.”
As we are learning, laws are just flowery language in leatherbound books when there is no enforcement.
Manafort is a free man. As is Flynn.
Who cares what laws say, at this point?
They would have to enforce their actions on CA, NY, and the other 50 states. The good thing about a federal government is that there are many governments that they have to try to get under control.
re: #219 Khal Wimpo (not drinking damn fish tank cleaner)
That’s assuming there is any body left that will actually enforce such quaint concepts as “Laws.”
As we are learning, laws are just flowery language in leatherbound books when there is no enforcement.
Manafort is a free man. As is Flynn.
Who cares what laws say, at this point?
Manafort is still under house arrest for the next 4 years. And Flynn remains in legal jeopardy because Judge Sullivan has taken a very jaundiced view to the DOJ’s end-run around their own damned case.
I think it’s a little early to start manning the lifeboats.
Exactly. The fact that so many different officials, in disparate parts of government, found the content of the intelligence report so red flaggy that they needed to know who the person was is actually NOT a great defense of Flynn. What was he doing that was so alarming? https://t.co/ODTG8mcKkw
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) May 13, 2020
re: #202 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The states select electors. The states certify elections.
Conservatism is about gaining and conserving power. That’s it. No elected Republican governor is going to let an unelected slumlord dictate how her or his state selects electors.
Um.
If Fox News whips the cretins up into a frenzy that the election is about to be stolen and the only way to Preserve The Future For The White Race And Our Children is to cancel this useless election until the commie democrats can all be rounded up & forced to confess to their sneaky plots …
… what then?
Seriously. And the refs keep falling for it.
— SIVA VAIDHYANATHAN🗽🤘🏽 (@sivavaid) May 13, 2020
Meanwhile no matter how hard Dems push or how many receipts they provide for their points, they’re treated as suspicious and illegitimate by default. It’s hard to game a ref that already is willing to kick you in the balls even (especially) when you’re in the right.
— Citizen K says “Wash Your Hands” (@Citizen_Kryptik) May 13, 2020
re: #227 Khal Wimpo (not drinking damn fish tank cleaner)
Um.
If Fox News whips the cretins up into a frenzy that the election is about to be stolen and the only way to Preserve The Future For The White Race And Our Children is to cancel this useless election until the commie democrats can all be rounded up & forced to confess to their sneaky plots …
… what then?
Then we spend all day engaged in pointless hypotheticals rather than deal with the reality that an election cannot be “canceled.”
re: #187 The Pie Overlord!
Asagio is much, much saltier than parmesan.
That’s very good to know. Thank you!
re: #151 jaunte
Just back from a visit to the local general store in rural southeast Texas. No one but me and my wife were wearing masks/bandannas; people walking around with their kids in tow as if nothing was happening. The only concession the establishment had made to the pandemic was to place 24” x 18” plexiglas ‘sneeze guard’ panels at the cash register to take a stab at protecting the checker, who was not wearing a mask.
I just talked with my youngest sister who is working part time in a Lowe’s store near Appleton WI. She was kind of incredulous that couples were coming in with their newborn babies and children and are doing the same non-essential shopping that they did before the plague. She’s also had multiple people come up to her and thank her for working at the store (literally thanking her for “her service”). She hates going in but her family needs the income. She has a 14 year old daughter so the quarantine has been rough.
re: #228 Citizen K
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— Adam Serwer🍝 (@AdamSerwer) May 13, 2020
If the right is hitting them, they better tone things down to be more neutral. If the left is hitting them, they know they’re on the right track. It’s a badge of honor; it affirms the fairness of their coverage.
— Adam Serwer🍝 (@AdamSerwer) May 13, 2020
re: #225 Targetpractice
Manafort is still under house arrest for the next 4 years. And Flynn remains in legal jeopardy because Judge Sullivan has taken a very jaundiced view to the DOJ’s end-run around their own damned case.
I think it’s a little early to start manning the lifeboats.
“Under house arrest” - until he snips the ankle bracelet. And nobody bothers to answer the alarm, because they’ve been told not to.
Judge Sullivan is about to become target #1 on Fox & Hate Radio. They’ll whip the rubes into a frenzy, seize on some minor inconsistency or point of law as being the PROOF POSITIVE, which the TV networks & NY Times will “both-sides” to death in their quest to see all sides of the issue, Joe Public will throw up his hands and say it’s no big deal, Democrats will sigh and give in.
Is this really quite so hard to grasp?
re: #233 Khal Wimpo (not drinking damn fish tank cleaner)
“Under house arrest” - until he snips the ankle bracelet. And nobody bothers to answer the alarm, because they’ve been told not to.
Judge Sullivan is about to become target #1 on Fox & Hate Radio. They’ll whip the rubes into a frenzy, seize on some minor inconsistency or point of law as being the PROOF POSITIVE, which the TV networks & NY Times will “both-sides” to death in their quest to see all sides of the issue, Joe Public will throw up his hands and say it’s no big deal, Democrats will sigh and give in.
Is this really quite so hard to grasp?
…
I’m beginning to worry that my title as “LGF’s Cynical Bastard” is in danger.
re: #62 Kilroy was here
Space Cruiser Yamato/Star Blazers
re: #233 Khal Wimpo (not drinking damn fish tank cleaner)
“Under house arrest” - until he snips the ankle bracelet. And nobody bothers to answer the alarm, because they’ve been told not to.
Judge Sullivan is about to become target #1 on Fox & Hate Radio. They’ll whip the rubes into a frenzy, seize on some minor inconsistency or point of law as being the PROOF POSITIVE, which the TV networks & NY Times will “both-sides” to death in their quest to see all sides of the issue, Joe Public will throw up his hands and say it’s no big deal, Democrats will sigh and give in.
Is this really quite so hard to grasp?
Yes, it’s actually quite hard to grasp why you’re panicking this much. Of course everythign is serious. But every time they have tried the “let’s frame Obama/Clinton/Biden” it’s backfired on them big time. At some point they’re going to release what Flynn did and say “See, this is why Obama felt the need to spy on them” and everyone will go “Yep, and that’s a good reason.”
re: #179 I Would Prefer Not To
Can Mannfort be sent back to prison when Biden takes office?
He’ll have fled the country by then.
re: #221 Citizen K
We’re also seeing just how many GOP governors are willing to basically sell their souls to Trump
I would have thought Pete Ricketts would have kept charting his own course, since he’s richer than God. For a long time he had nothing to do with all the conspiraderp coming from the national party.
He caved. I wonder why that was? He is not up for election, no Democrat has won the office since 1999.
re: #180 Amory Blaine
punch him in the nuts
re: #237 stpaulbear
He’ll have fled the country by then.
Fine with me. He doesn’t deserve to live here.
re: #238 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I’m going with blackmail material gathered by Russian/Republican sources to keep the cult in line. It’s about the only thing that makes sense. Beyond them being just craven,thieving assholes, that is.
re: #206 jaunte
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dont want to get caught on tape?
dont talk to people who might get wire tapped.
The NSA was listening to the Russian ambassador, which as far as I know is absolutely in bounds. https://t.co/LpOBcOMpel
— Gary Legum (@GaryLegum) May 13, 2020
re: #231 stpaulbear
I just talked with my youngest sister who is working part time in a Lowe’s store near Appleton WI. She was kind of incredulous that couples were coming in with their newborn babies and children and are doing the same non-essential shopping that they did before the plague. She’s also had multiple people come up to her and thank her for working at the store (literally thanking her for “her service”). She hates going in but her family needs the income. She has a 14 year old daughter so the quarantine has been rough.
I’ve personally done some shopping at stores like Lowe’s, here in the San Francisco Bay Area. Some of it is essential (need to fix my toilets), and some not as essential but nice to have.
But in my store trips (amazon can be useful, but I’d prefer to keep local businesses afloat) I’ve been averaging ~2-4 times as much as I usually would per trip because I’ve been trying to clubbing my purchases together so I can minimize the number of my trips.
I’ve never seen any kids though — only the occasional dog.
Grenell put out a much longer list of names by using a date range that precedes the Flynn-Kisluk call, which mainly makes me curious what happened Dec. 14-16 that raised so many alarms at Treasury/NATO/etc. https://t.co/2FutYwr1Uc
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) May 13, 2020
re: #229 Targetpractice
Then we spend all day engaged in pointless hypotheticals rather than deal with the reality that an election cannot be “canceled.”
You are forgetting. This is Donald Trump we are talking about here.
When did the Constitution ever stop him from performing illegal acts?
Here’s a headline you don’t see very often.
Essential? Sex toy shops, private zoo and others allowed to open ahead of COVID-19 changes
Those of you who watched Tiger King know who they’re talking about with the “private zoo” crap.
re: #241 A Mom Anon
I’m going with blackmail material gathered by Russian/Republican sources to keep the cult in line. It’s about the only thing that makes sense. Beyond them being just craven,thieving assholes, that is.
We never did find out what the Russians got from the GOP’s servers in the 2016 election, did we.
re: #232 Targetpractice
They don’t even allow that shit from their own reporters, clearly. But damned if they’ll gleefully accept “Clinton Cash” grift and promote Republican talking points wholesale, that’s for sure.
Sigh. https://t.co/7QpQjd4qE8 pic.twitter.com/yzHRNhuazH
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) May 13, 2020
re: #246 BeachDem
Sex toys are essential if you’re trapped at home. No snark.
re: #248 Citizen K
The editors are pretending that sycophancy is not objectively identifiable?
Off for some “Dark Shadows.”
Episode 456: An Illogical Explanation
It’s the final week in 1795, and the characters have moved into a new level of nonsensical behavior. There’s got to be an illogical explanation for all of this.
re: #250 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
The editors are pretending that sycophancy is not objectively identifiable?
You don’t know what’s in their hearts or what they’re thinking, so you can’t really call it a lie sycophancy.
It’s a thing of beauty. pic.twitter.com/RZ60C9i4eR
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) May 13, 2020
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) May 13, 2020
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) May 13, 2020
I don’t know if I can take this brain-dead “unmasking” bullshit again. How many times are these bottom-feeding Republicans going to recycle this festering garbage heap of a pseudo-scandal?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 13, 2020
re: #255 Charles Johnson
As many times as it takes.
re: #185 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Washington Post calling CA 25 for Mike Garcia.
FUCK YOU, CARPETBAGGER CENK!!!!!!!!!!!
JFC
Watters: At this point, we’ve found out more dirt from Barack Obama in three weeks than they found on Donald Trump in three years pic.twitter.com/H0BZqdkJjp
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) May 13, 2020
Paul Doubles Down On Dig At Fauci: ‘We Have To Take With A Grain Of Salt These Experts’ https://t.co/fmqZI8B6a9 pic.twitter.com/Yp7sc2EmE9
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) May 13, 2020
re: #245 Vote Cthulhu - No longer the greater evil!
You are forgetting. This is Donald Trump we are talking about here.
When did the Constitution ever stop him from performing illegal acts?
You’re right, Donald Trump is going to step out one day and declare that he is canceling the elections not because he is losing badly in the polling, but because he has secret info that the “Democrat Party” intends to steal the election from him and he cannot allow that to happen. So he’s tasked the DOJ with arresting just enough Dem members of Congress to swing any votes there in his favor in order to pass federal legislation to cancel the election as well as a Constitutional amendment to allow him to remain president-for-life. He’s also shredding Posse Comitatus in order to have the Armed Forces take any governor and/or state legislature into custody that refuses to agree to cancel their elections. And, for the cherry on top, he’s imposing a national state of martial law with military police tasked to take any who protest his actions into custody for treason.
I mean, if we’re going to just assume that the entire federal government is ready to let this D-list celebrity seize permanent dictatorial power, let’s go big.
This is just so pathetic. https://t.co/b1Z0GnMOA3
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 13, 2020
re: #253 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Looks like someone binged out on many seasons of Ancient Aliens, put it on paper and filled in the gaps with anything that popped into their head. /I have watched some episodes of Ancient Aliens, unwillingly, with my brother. He doesn’t actually believe that stuff. He just wants to see how crazy it gets.
re: #255 Charles Johnson
As many times as the media will fall for it.
So we’re gonna be here for a while, as you’ve already seen.
re: #259 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #261 Charles Johnson
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Wait until someone tells him that the document his own henchman released…admits that the unmasking requests were A) totally lawful and B) totally normal. Or his head explodes when the logic is explained to him that if Obama and/or his staff knew that the call was made by Flynn then there would be no need for the unmasking request(s).
re: #47 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Your mean the one about the radio station where turkeys rained down on the unsuspecting populace?
a funnier episode was when andy briefly convinced herb that jennifer was actually a transvestite.
re: #265 Targetpractice
Wait until someone tells him that the document his own henchman released…admits that the unmasking requests were A) totally lawful and B) totally normal. Or his head explodes when the logic is explained to him that if Obama and/or his staff knew that the call was made by Flynn then there would be no need for the unmasking request(s).
Which Republican White House staffer or congressvarmint will tell him? I’m guessing none of them.
re: #267 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Which Republican White House staffer or congressvarmint will tell him? I’m guessing none of them.
He’ll figure it out right around the time Faux suddenly starts trying to downplay the story.
re: #221 Citizen K
We’re also seeing just how many GOP governors are willing to basically sell their souls to Trump
for election purposes there arent enough.
re: #227 Khal Wimpo (not drinking damn fish tank cleaner)
Bullies fade away fast when you show up with your own guns. Show them they need their brown pants…
re: #223 lawhawk
No sooner did I write this that Westfield emailed to survey about how to do curbside and how we would feel about valet and call ahead options for businesses inside the mall.
Mind you, we’re talking about Garden State Plaza - one of the nation’s biggest and most profitable malls in the nation. I wouldn’t set foot inside anytime soon, and I doubt I’d do curbside either as I can get direct shipping from the retailers inside that could be safer than queuing up to do curbside.
recirculating air.
so, nope. no way.
Trump said he just asked Joint Chiefs chairman General Mark Milley about Michael Flynn and Milley told him Flynn is an “incredible man, an incredible soldier, he’s an incredible general.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 13, 2020
re: #226 jaunte
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discovery can be a mf’er*
Exactly. The fact that so many different officials, in disparate parts of government, found the content of the intelligence report so red flaggy that they needed to know who the person was is actually NOT a great defense of Flynn. What was he doing that was so alarming? https://t.co/ODTG8mcKkw
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) May 13, 2020
*an mf’er?
Asked about Fauci’s warning yesterday about reopening too soon, Trump said, “Look, he wants to play all sides of the equation.” Pressed, he said, “I was surprised by his answer, actually…It’s just, to me, it’s not an acceptable answer, especially when it comes to schools.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 13, 2020
re: #214 Eclectic Cyborg
I still hum the theme from that show whenever I pick up duct tape.
Keep your stick on the ice.
Trump on Fed chair Jerome Powell: “In many ways I call him my MIP. You know what an MIP is? Most Improved Player. It’s called the Most Improved Player Award.” He asked Sen. Cory Gardner, “Did you ever get one when you were playing baseball, Cory?”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 13, 2020
My wife just finished making a loaf of rye bread. Time to sit down with some Irish butter and “Dark Shadows.” Catch y’all later. (My computer also wants to update.)
re: #277 Backwoods_Sleuth
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jeebus
Trump on his call to reopen colleges: Young people are in great shape. “Now, will you have an incident, one out of a million, one out of 500,000, will something happen? Perhaps. But you know, you can be driving to school and some bad things can happen too.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 13, 2020
Trump: The “only thing that would be acceptable” is if professors and teachers of a certain age don’t work for five weeks, four weeks, who knows, whatever the case may be. (He says otherwise schools need to be open.)
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 13, 2020
re: #269 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
for election purposes there arent enough.
They don’t need them all. Just enough that the GOP can game the rest via good old fashioned voter suppression and culture jamming.
I mean, for full clarification, my fear isn’t that he’s going to try to cancel the election. My fear is that he’s going to do his best to either rig it or undermine the integrity of it so he can pull some bullshit to call his loss into question and nullify it. And with Congress and the Courts basically standing in tandem with him (At least, enough in the Courts, including the SCOTUS, for it to matter), I’m terrified they’ll find a way to keep him in place, damn the laws.
re: #227 Khal Wimpo (not drinking damn fish tank cleaner)
Um.
If Fox News whips the cretins up into a frenzy that the election is about to be stolen and the only way to Preserve The Future For The White Race And Our Children is to cancel this useless election until the commie democrats can all be rounded up & forced to confess to their sneaky plots …
… what then?
- there is no “the” or “this”
- there are federal, state and local elections all going on at the same time / on the same ballot
- run by the states
- administered by the counties - more or less
- the president has no control over any of them
- let alone the ability to stop the vote for dogcatcher of Anytown, USA
and if all those other elections are still going on all across the country, including senators, congress, governors, etc, what’s the rationale for ‘only’ the presidential should be ‘delayed’
re: #273 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
discovery can be a mf’er*
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In the wingnut mind, the fact that so many officials from across the Obama admin asked for this unmasking is further proof of the “deep state” being a real thing. That all these agencies had someone in their ranks (directors, generals, etc) who were “in” on the whole thing is further proof that they were looking to hobble Trump’s presidency and eventually remove him in a “coup.”
This is actually what the Trump regime is trying to deflect from. https://t.co/x6sXSgm7O0
— Matt Murphy (@MattMurph24) May 13, 2020
re: #280 Backwoods_Sleuth
jeebus
California is keeping their state colleges closed through the fall.
Asked about his confidence in the Supreme Court ruling for his side in the tax returns case, Trump said, “I hope they will. I mean, look, you have a situation where a president has to be able to focus on this.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 13, 2020
moron
Come on CNN. “Theory” makes it sound legit. Do better. https://t.co/6zkLcL5fWy
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) May 13, 2020
Any other completely lawful actions taken by the Obama administration you want to disclose? https://t.co/088BvDqnmc
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) May 13, 2020
Kentucky reports 227 new cases of COVID-19; Beshear says state still in plateau https://t.co/BaDWcgKqoC
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) May 13, 2020
re: #287 Backwoods_Sleuth
moron
“What you’re saying is that you are less capable than Bill Clinton at being president.”
re: #281 Citizen K
They don’t need them all. Just enough that the GOP can game the rest via good old fashioned voter suppression and culture jamming.
I mean, for full clarification, my fear isn’t that he’s going to try to cancel the election. My fear is that he’s going to do his best to either rig it or undermine the integrity of it so he can pull some bullshit to call his loss into question and nullify it. And with Congress and the Courts basically standing in tandem with him (At least, enough in the Courts, including the SCOTUS, for it to matter), I’m terrified they’ll find a way to keep him in place, damn the laws.
He can’t nullify it either. Congress is not in tandem with him, unless you really believe that there are enough Dems in both houses willing to vote to keep his corpulent ass in power for however long he chooses to stay. And while we all agree that Bush v. Gore was a steaming turd on the SCOTUS legacy, I don’t believe that Roberts has the balls to stand up and basically rule to install a dictator.
As for rigging it, there are not enough Repub governors and/or legislatures to get him to 270+ votes. And the ones who are out there aren’t likely to sacrifice their careers in what might be a futile bid to save a deeply unpopular president from electoral doom.
Focus on what? Tweeting batshit conspiracies from the depths of the Internet?
Trump: “You know, in the old days, no president gave tax returns.” (Those old days were prior to 1973.)
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 13, 2020
WATCH: Whitmer addresses stay-at-home protests less than 24 hours after losing a loved one to COVID-19. @GovWhitmer: “These are political rallies, make no mistake. … They bring confederate flags, which is not something you see very often in Michigan. They bring swastikas.” pic.twitter.com/Nbfn8r25JX
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) May 13, 2020
re: #289 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Meanwhile, Grenell’s letter requesting the list be declassified is dated 10 days ago. IOW, Rand is trying to take credit for something that was going to happen anyway.
re: #292 Targetpractice
He can’t nullify it either. Congress is not in tandem with him, unless you really believe that there are enough Dems in both houses willing to vote to keep his corpulent ass in power for however long he chooses to stay. And while we all agree that Bush v. Gore was a steaming turd on the SCOTUS legacy, I don’t believe that Roberts has the balls to stand up and basically rule to install a dictator.
As for rigging it, there are not enough Repub governors and/or legislatures to get him to 270+ votes. And the ones who are out there aren’t likely to sacrifice their careers in what might be a futile bid to save a deeply unpopular president from electoral doom.
This. Let’s focus on what we need to do.
They worship him, he holds them in contempt.
Howard Stern: “The oddity in all of this is the people Trump despises most, love him the most. The people who are voting for Trump for the most part… he wouldn’t even let them in a fucking hotel. He’d be disgusted by them.” -— Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) May 13, 2020
re: #281 Citizen K
They don’t need them all. Just enough that the GOP can game the rest via good old fashioned voter suppression and culture jamming.
I mean, for full clarification, my fear isn’t that he’s going to try to cancel the election. My fear is that he’s going to do his best to either rig it or undermine the integrity of it so he can pull some bullshit to call his loss into question and nullify it. And with Congress and the Courts basically standing in tandem with him (At least, enough in the Courts, including the SCOTUS, for it to matter), I’m terrified they’ll find a way to keep him in place, damn the laws.
electoral-vote.com gamed this out virtually every way possible.
see
and this addition that starts a bit down the page with:
…I very much appreciate you continuing to respond to the questions of what happens if there’s no election….
short of a literal coup, it aint gonna happen. no way, no how.
This Fox News story appears to be wrong, based on reading the document on which it’s based. https://t.co/08IwoBaF8m
— Dan Friedman (@dfriedman33) May 13, 2020
The Trump White House seems to have revealed that the NSA apparently picked up intel in late ‘16 on Flynn’s involvement in a shady nuclear reactor deal, and on his secret work for Turkey. That highlights how problematic Trump picking him as an adviser was. https://t.co/nIq4ctjjjB
— Dan Friedman (@dfriedman33) May 13, 2020
re: #297 Patricia Kayden
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it’s self loathing
they wish they were him so they could be disgusted by the rest of them too…
They worship him, he holds them in contempt.
Howard Stern: “The oddity in all of this is the people Trump despises most, love him the most. The people who are voting for Trump for the most part… he wouldn’t even let them in a fucking hotel. He’d be disgusted by them.” -— Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) May 13, 2020
re: #297 Patricia Kayden
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That’s because it’s always been about finding acceptance among the crowd that has ignored and belittled him for ages: The NY high society. He’s tried for ages to get their approval, to be seen as one of them, and instead has found that they consider him little more than a failed businessman and a slumlord. If he shows up at their parties, it’s often uninvited and unwanted. They don’t seek him out for advice, they don’t put him on lists of VIPs, and they see his brood as “more of the same.” He’s spent himself into massive debt trying to “fake it til [he] makes it” and while he’s fooled the rubes into thinking he’s a success, the people who actually know success see him as the rich society equiv of the redneck who won the lottery.
re: #301 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
it’s self loathing
they wish they were him so they could be disgusted by the rest of them too…
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re: #302 Targetpractice
That’s because it’s always been about finding acceptance among the crowd that has ignored and belittled him for ages: The NY high society. He’s tried for ages to get their approval, to be seen as one of them, and instead has found that they consider him little more than a failed businessman and a slumlord. If he shows up at their parties, it’s often uninvited and unwanted. They don’t seek him out for advice, they don’t put him on lists of VIPs, and they see his brood as “more of the same.” He’s spent himself into massive debt trying to “fake it til [he] makes it” and while he’s fooled the rubes into thinking he’s a success, the people who actually know success see him as the rich society equiv of the redneck who
won thestole a winning lottery ticket.
re: #261 Charles Johnson
I notice that this “corruption “ wasn’t discovered until the election was near.
I guess the Ukraine Quid Pro Quo didn’t work out to make Biden look like the crook trump is so now it’s time for the next round of trump lies and bullshit. https://t.co/Jw3jNhGDw9— Yeah Sure WTF Ever (@YeahSureWhatev2) May 13, 2020
re: #300 Dread Pirate
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The “scandal” is not even 6 hours old and it’s already blowing up in their faces. This isn’t 2017 where we knew virtually nothing of what went on behind closed doors and thus could only guess. Mueller has had his go, as has Congress, on getting to the bottom of the whole mess. If there’s things we don’t know by this point, then odds are they’re not favorable to either Flynn or Trump.
A U.S. military spokesman said there were no casualties at a U.S. base in southern Afghanistan last fall.
In reality, several Marines and a sailor were injured seriously, including one who required multiple tourniquets and chest seals.
via @Tmgneff https://t.co/jp69XYCNgB— Dan Lamothe (@DanLamothe) May 12, 2020
More lying about casualties.
The lame-duck Republican justice on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court who lost his seat by a wide margin last month just cast the decisive vote in favor of striking down Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ stay-at-home order at the request of the minority-rule GOP legislature https://t.co/59PKGeOe0o https://t.co/amJeS5jaMS
— Stephen Wolf (@PoliticsWolf) May 13, 2020
And as Wolf points out further in the thread, Kelly has unrecused on several other cases, including ones that will potentially boot 200k voters off the rolls. He’s going to help the conservatives on the WI Supreme Court burn things down to ensure it remains a Red state for at least one more cycle, if not for a generation.
Vice President Mike Pence is seen in the back of his SUV wearing a protective mask as he arrives at the White House. @VP pic.twitter.com/lR09xkWRYu
— Doug Mills (@dougmillsnyt) May 13, 2020
re: #300 Dread Pirate
This is exactly the crap that they are going to do that is going to undermine their entire argument. “Obama investigated Flynn because he was doing illegal deals” isn’t a defense.
We see a spectrum where some states had single (early) introductions that fueled the majority of the epidemic, while in others the epidemic appears to be driven by a larger number of separate introductions. 2/14
— Trevor Bedford (@trvrb) May 12, 2020
These analyses depend on comparison of sequenced viruses and so equitable sampling over geography and time is necessary to make reliable conclusions. This sampling has improved recently, but there are still gaps in sequencing and caution in interpretation is warranted. 4/14
— Trevor Bedford (@trvrb) May 12, 2020
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Flynn is not “home free” by a long shot.
Sullivan also asks the judge to look at whether Flynn could be held in criminal contempt for perjury.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) May 13, 2020
re: #312 The Pie Overlord!
Flynn is not “home free” by a long shot.
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We now go to live footage of Mike Flynn:
re: #312 The Pie Overlord!
Flynn is not “home free” by a long shot.
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Trump can always pardon Flynn, but he’d prefer to have Barr do the dirty work instead.
It’s a pleasure to see this isn’t going as planned for Trump. Everything that goes wrong for Trump is good news.
Evening Lizardim from the cloudy and rainy wild north country. Governor Walz is expected to lift his “Safe at Home” order, replacing it with a “Stay Safe” order that allows gatherings of up to 10 people and some retail stores to reopen. He’s trying to balance science and not giving the GOP a leg to stand on, and I honestly empathize with him. At least he doesn’t have the Supreme Court shooting him down, like our neighbors to the east. How go things among the lizardfolk this evening?
re: #315 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Evening Lizardim from the cloudy and rainy wild north country. Governor Walz is expected to lift his “Safe at Home” order, replacing it with a “Stay Safe” order that allows gatherings of up to 10 people and some retail stores to reopen. He’s trying to balance science and not giving the GOP a leg to stand on, and I honestly empathize with him. At least he doesn’t have the Supreme Court shooting him down, like our neighbors to the east. How go things among the lizardfolk this evening?
Nice out today and going to get warmer as the week goes on. Plants starting to sprout in the planters (herbs and peas). Neighbor cat sighting today. Chat Noir seems to be doing OK with the dail Sub-Q fluids and is eating well. Tuxedo Cat being Tuxedo cat and is often being banned from the computer room due to being an annoyance.
re: #118 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Ok, my cooking peeps, I need help.
I’m making gnocchi with garlic sage cream sauce. The recipes call for parmesan but I have next to no parm, only asiago.
What’s the taste difference between parm and asiago? Can I use them interchangeably in this recipe?
Thoughts?
Yes.
re: #314 EPR-radar
Trump can always pardon Flynn, but he’d prefer to have Barr do the dirty work instead.
It’s a pleasure to see this isn’t going as planned for Trump. Everything that goes wrong for Trump is good news.
Trump might have considered a pardon when he could spin such as getting Flynn sprung from “wrongful” charges. But if Sullivan has Flynn charged with criminal contempt for two instances of perjury…yeah, that’s gonna be a hard one to spin.
OT I finally got the notice from the Election Commission stating that most of the polls will be closed and that if I want to I can work at another polling place. I am not doing it for two reasons. One I do not have a car and you cannot rely on public transit at this time. And second is that I do not want to expose myself to this virus any more than I have to. As it is I am saving the letter and envelope because it will be evidence that the coronavirus shut almost everything down.
According to the DNI, NSA received these amounts of SIGINT “unmasking” requests per year:
2016: 9200
2017: 9500
2018: 17000
2019: 10000
Something very odd was happening in 2018. Remind me who was in the White House then…— John Schindler (@20committee) May 12, 2020
After seeing the dangerous lines and time-consuming misery Wisconsin dems had to go through (in cold, rainy weather no less!), I can’t help but wonder WTF is wrong with dems in this district who were sent a mail-in ballot:
That’s right- in CA 25 every single voter was sent a mail-in ballot. Despite that, just over a third of the district’s registered voters bothered to vote.
When we talk about America’s broken politics-don’t forget that we (average Americans) are a big part of the problem! https://t.co/HTmlqgQyrU pic.twitter.com/gpNb9MLtAq— Rachel “The Doc” Bitecofer 📈🔭🍌 (@RachelBitecofer) May 13, 2020
re: #316 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
I got some work done on the brown Lincoln today. I confirmed that I most likely do not have a blown gasket (no water in the oil, and the stuff I got out in the water was most definitely not oil). However, the new radiator I bought for it will not fit in the old mount… many curse words ensued. I think I can modify it (either the mount or the radiator, not sure which to do) to fit, though.
BREAKING: Judge SULLIVAN has appointed retired judge to argue against the government’s motion to dismiss the charge against Flynn. pic.twitter.com/OUGyAbNcIB
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) May 13, 2020
re: #323 gocart mozart
The Klan that Couldn’t Shoot Straight fucks it up again… trying to get Flynn off, they open him up to more criminal liability (criminal contempt/perjury). Fucking brilliant.
re: #306 Targetpractice
The “scandal” is not even 6 hours old and it’s already blowing up in their faces. This isn’t 2017 where we knew virtually nothing of what went on behind closed doors and thus could only guess. Mueller has had his go, as has Congress, on getting to the bottom of the whole mess. If there’s things we don’t know by this point, then odds are they’re not favorable to either Flynn or Trump.
Joe Biden knows.
re: #179 I Would Prefer Not To
Can Mannfort be sent back to prison when Biden takes office?
A president can do anything!
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