The official music video for “Hole In The Ice” by Neil Finn. From the album “One Nil”, aka “One All”. Video directed by James & Alex. © 2001 EMI Records. See all Neil’s videos and stream all the albums at neilfinn.com
It occurs to me that the Supreme Court decision prohibiting discrimination against LGBT+ people in the workplace should automatically overturn Trump’s EO ban of transgender servicemembers in the military.
I’m not sure if those separated from the service (presumably “convenience of the government under honourable conditions”) would want to go back in though. Maybe.
re: #4 i(m)p(each)sos
I’m on a ROLL tonight! :)
I had to send my post through my soup can and string Internet connexion to my ISP in Missouri. I blame CenturyLink.
In thinking about it, I guess it’s finally official on all sides: Both my family and Mrs. Fish’s know that we are not the good, obedient Republican children they thought we were. Now comes the awkward period where we figure out how to bridge the enormous cultural gulf that has developed during the time I have matured into a strong, independent, culturally aware male.
Don’t you think you should disclose that you are working for Republican Cory Gardner? Your job is to discredit Hickenlooper and keep the Senate in Republican hands. https://t.co/gOzjMTEykO
— Stuart Rothenberg (@StuPolitics) June 17, 2020
I’ll name one, Brad. That dumbass Republican that Hickenlooper is leading in the polls, Cory Gardner. You suck at your job.
They claimed their lives were at risk in Shake Shack. https://t.co/8b5GGefPhk
— skullsinthestars - black lives matter (@drskyskull) June 17, 2020
So I had a confrontation with my neighbor today. I had been walking my dog in the woods and complained that i was getting eaten alive by mosquitos and black flies. My neighbor said, “wear long sleeved shirts, long pants, and spray exposed skin with Deep Woods Off or similar.” So I did what he said, and I had to yell at him: “you told me to do all of this stuff and I didn’t even get a single bite! I didn’t need any of that gear! Why are you being so alarmist?”
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Now we know why Rage Furby sneaked back on Twitter.
Trump just retweeted a QAnon account pic.twitter.com/vq90CpanI6
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 17, 2020
.@washingtonpost even was kind enough to include this information in our #FOIA (which we are now suing for along with a coalition)! https://t.co/lD52v3q9mf pic.twitter.com/m9ZCiJvDCy
— FOIA Nate📄 (@FOIANate) June 15, 2020
There’s only one reason Mnuchin refuses to reveal PPE details… Trump ripped off PPE money, and gifted it to his crime family.
When Biden takes office, and the magnitude of Trump’s corruption is revealed — to call it the scam of the century would be to downplay it.#lastword— Bill Madden (@maddenifico) June 17, 2020
We will see if this comes to a head Wednesday during the House Judiciary vote on the police reform measure. Several Republicans on that panel - including Jim Jordan, Louie Gohmert and Andy Biggs - have not been wearing masks in the House.
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 17, 2020
re: #5 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
It occurs to me that the Supreme Court decision prohibiting discrimination against LGBT+ people in the workplace should automatically overturn Trump’s EO ban of transgender servicemembers in the military.
I’m not sure if those separated from the service (presumably “convenience of the government under honourable conditions”) would want to go back in though. Maybe.
Actually the Courts typically show deference to military decisions. But it should reverse the Administration decision to allow healthcare discrimination against the lgbtq community.
I WON THE LOTTO!
$4 and four free tickets on a 2x2 multi-state lotto ticket.
My wife is buying us a replacement bird feeder after ours collapsed (it is very old rotted out). The bird feeder is $50 from a seller in Georgia.
The post is still good, so she’s ordering a replacement made from cedar from an Etsy shop. Shipping is by the Post Office and postage costs about $50 (something wood is heavy).
Now back to your regularly-scheduled political programming.
Woman, 15 friends test positive for coronavirus after night out at Lynch’s
JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. - Erika Crisp has been short of breath for several days and has tested positive for COVID-19.
So have more than a dozen of her friends.
The one thing they all had in common: a night out at Lynch’s Irish Pub on June 6 in Jacksonville Beach.
Crisp, a 40-year-old health care worker from Jacksonville, said she’s been sick for eight days, and 15 of her friends have also tested positive for COVID-19.
Lynch’s learned some of its customers had tested positive for coronavirus after visiting the pub and the general manager opted to shut down voluntarily over the weekend for a deep cleaning.
Crisp said she and her friends had been careful with social distancing and had stayed indoors for months “doing everything the right way.”
“And then the first night we go out, Murphy’s Law, I guess,” Crisp said. “The only thing we have in common is that one night at that one bar.”
Crisp said she regrets going out to celebrate after months of quarantining.
6 years, 300 platforms and seven languages, huh? So it wasn’t just a few memes, a conspiracy theory, no big deal, I guess? https://t.co/FWgDuD8VOl
— Sara Danner Dukic (@saradannerdukic) June 17, 2020
re: #15 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Actually the Courts typically show deference to military decisions. But it should reverse the Administration decision to allow healthcare discrimination against the lgbtq community.
It was Trump’s ban, not the military’s. The military ruled that there would be no significant impact on good order and discipline during the Obama administration when he asked them to study it. They implemented it, then Trump rescinded it after he was elected by tweet. The DOD then issued rules saying transgender servicemembers could serve, but only under sex assigned at birth.
Since then,
The Navy grants the first exception to Trump’s transgender military ban (Vox)
An officer who was tossed under Trump’s ban sued, and the Navy reinstated her with a waiver.
Because people are fighting to stop the police from murdering Black people and gheys can sue for discrimination? https://t.co/50qdoWHref
— Hashtag Activism Elects Republicans #Biden2020 (@chrisdameanor19) June 17, 2020
re: #17 Dread Pirate
Woman, 15 friends test positive for coronavirus after night out at Lynch’s
This is going to be a common refrain over the coming weeks. I know, people want to get out and be unleashed, but if you don’t HAVE to… Stay the fuck home, folks.
Bird houses: I put up a blue bird house some years ago. It has had no takers. However, lots of years ago I bought a hollowed out and painted gourd locally, with a small hole in it, and after years of nada, last year a wren took it on. She is back, and she (or her husband) is singing his/her heart out these days. I hung it in the pear tree right next to the sidewalk, and she doesn’t mind a bit. S/he was busy singing yesterday morning, and my son said, “she’s got pipes!”
The barn swallows are raising their umpteenth family outside my office window, and more have taken up spaces in the horse shed. Love watching them hunt over the pasture. Sure wish I could fly like that! Others can want to soar like an eagle, but I’d be happy to swoop like a barn swallow!
Once again, I apologize for doubting Speaker Pelosi.
re: #23 I Would Prefer Not To
Once again, I apologize for doubting Speaker Pelosi.
She has repeatedly proven to me that I am an absolute neophyte when it comes to politics. I have done a complete 180 to come around to respect that woman immensely. All hail Speaker Pelosi.
An apology that is NOT an apology. For those who are unaware, Oklahoma State’s star running back Chuba Hubbard - a Heisman Trophy candidate - called out OSU head coach Mike Gundy for wearing an OAN T-shirt. After a video on Monday, in which Hubbard apologized in front of Gundy for not going through “proper channels,” we get this video statement from Gundy.
It amazes me how head football coaches do not understand or even recognize what their primarily-black recruits experience. So many of these puds are ultra-right wingers, and you can smell the insincere nature of this “statement” - to the extent that is obvious Oklahoma State’s administrators forced Gundy to make.
College football and the NCAA are cesspools in which majority-led African-American players generate vast sums of revenue for white administrators and coaches. You would think the head coaches would have some understanding - or least a semblance of appreciation - for what these players endure on a daily basis.
I was exposed to this crap 20-30 years ago when I was a sports editor for a local newspaper. These fuckers such as Gundy just want to pad their bank account on the backs of “compliant” African-American athletes. They need to be held into account, and black players should just refuse to play - or just take a knee for an entire game - in order to prove a point.
re: #25 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
She has repeatedly proven to me that I am an absolute neophyte when it comes to politics. I have done a complete 180 to come around to respect that woman immensely. All hail Speaker Pelosi.
The best part is that she is winding down her political career on fire. Go out strong!
re: #18 jaunte
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They are talking about that report I linked earlier today: secondaryinfektion.org
And NPR seems to be trying to downplay it too from what I’ve heard.
re: #27 I Would Prefer Not To
The best part is that she is winding down her political career on fire. Go out strong!
She’s definitely doing exactly that. She’s swinging for the fences and the bombas are finding their mark.
True but I appreciate all allies.
Wilson, Tom Nichols, etc. were perfectly happy as the GOP careened toward racist, anti-immigrant, homophobic, demonizing the poor, anti-climate change, etc. hysteria. They know Trump’s a dead end and are trying to bring the party back to ante-Trump. That’s it. They aren’t allies.
— Dan SIoan 🇺🇸🇨🇦🏳️🌈 (@dantoujours) June 16, 2020
re: #7 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
In thinking about it, I guess it’s finally official on all sides: Both my family and Mrs. Fish’s know that we are not the good, obedient Republican children they thought we were. Now comes the awkward period where we figure out how to bridge the enormous cultural gulf that has developed during the time I have matured into a strong, independent, culturally aware male.
Play up Trump’s disgraceful treatment of Allies, quote Reagan.
Whenever I see a photo of Barron Trump, I see Bud Cort as Harold in “Harold and Maude.” pic.twitter.com/So7XulDPdJ
— 🐈Hirondelle🐿 (@realHirondelle) June 17, 2020
It all looks like… exactly what I’ve been telling people is going on.
The scale of the operation is impressive, but the range of topics it focused on was relatively small. In descending order of frequency, the operation posted about nine main themes:
Ukraine as a failed state or unreliable partner
The United States and NATO as aggressive and interfering in other countries
Europe as weak and divided
Critics of the Russian government as morally corrupt, alcoholic, or otherwise mentally unstable
Muslims as aggressive invaders
The Russian government as the victim of Western hypocrisy or plots
Western elections as rigged and candidates who criticized the Kremlin as unelectable
Turkey as an aggressive and destabilizing state
World sporting bodies and competitions as unfair, unprofessional, and Russophobic
This goes back way before the 2014 date they are talking about in the report though. Snowden, Assange, and Greenwald are part of this too.
They’ve always been on Reddit and 4chan, but before they were using Facebook and Twitter, it was Livejournal, fake blogs, fake financial analysts like Zerohedge, and fake news sites like R(ussia)T(oday)
Russians cannot get everything they want with guns, tanks, and nukes, so they started a new kind of war. We (every western Liberal Democracy) are literally at War with Russia right now, and hardly anyone knows it.
It’s good for the soul! 🎸🎩 pic.twitter.com/a5UX6G02en
— Tom Fitzgerald (@FitzFox5DC) June 15, 2020
Phew!
❤️🇨🇦❤️ https://t.co/SYz3aJx5bY— Ms.Miller (@justheragain) June 16, 2020
re: #30 Patricia Kayden
Again, the enemy of my enemy…
Is still my enemy, but we may have common cause.
Tuesday is a great day to demand justice for black lives.
Cuomo Vs. Cuomo: Think Who You Are pic.twitter.com/5bqwKBuvii— Maria DeCotis (@MariaDeCotis) June 16, 2020
Previous thread:
re: #78 Jebediah, RBG
It’s straight up murder. They knew better but still did it wrong.
They did it correctly, for the goals conservatives wish to achieve.
Conservatism is about money and power. So opening businesses and churches as fast as possible is more money for the businesses which gets funneled to GOP candidates for power.
The lives of their constituents do not enter into that equation. Fifty years of propaganda and they are now all parrots who would vote for Satan (R). Voting for Trump (R) already proved that.
re: #33 Jack Burton
It all looks like… exactly what I’ve been telling people is going on.
This goes back way before the 2014 date they are talking about in the report though. Snowden, Assange, and Greenwald are part of this too.
They’ve always been on Reddit and 4chan, but before they were using Facebook and Twitter, it was Livejournal, fake blogs, fake financial analysts like Zerohedge, and fake news sites like R(ussia)T(oday)
Russians cannot get everything they want with guns, tanks, and nukes, so they started a new kind of war. We (every western Liberal Democracy) are literally at War with Russia right now, and hardly anyone knows it.
It’s a new kind of war. If the warfare of last century was defined by the industrial revolution, this one is by the information technology revolution. You’re right. Russia will never dominate the US militarily or economically but they sure as hell can cause discord.
The Trump campaign has put out a “memo” to the news media complaining that Biden is not campaigning enough and is not getting enough coverage. pic.twitter.com/3wzRyImzCd
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) June 16, 2020
Trump desperately wants to run as the unknown in the race, but he can’t.
I know it’s been a while but we still only rate dogs. This is clearly a Canadian Sink Seal. Please send dogs. Thank you… 13/10 pic.twitter.com/LkOqSZLuBs
— WeRateDogs® (@dog_rates) June 16, 2020
re: #40 Belafon
When your opponent is hanging themselves, keep letting them. Duh!!!!
re: #40 Belafon
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Trump desperately wants to run as the unknown in the race, but he can’t.
Someone knows their strategy isn’t working.
This came up on “All Things Considered” this afternoon; I thought I would pass it on so there’s no confusion.
GoFundMe froze $350,000 in contributions after Black Lives Matter supporters mistakenly donated to an unaffiliated group with the same name (Business Insider)
Bullet points:
GoFundMe has frozen $350,000 in donations to a group called Black Lives Matter Foundation after BuzzFeed News informed it the group was unaffiliated with the Black Lives Matter movement.
The foundation’s founder told BuzzFeed News the group had a different mission from that of the anti-white-supremacy movement: “unity with the police department.”
Employees from companies including Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Dropbox also raised over $4 million for the group through the charity platform Benevity, which told Business Insider the funds had not been distributed to the group.
GoFundMe and Benevity told Business Insider they’re working with donors and campaign organizers to get the funds to the intended places.
The fundraising arm for the Black Lives Matter movement was not established until 2017 and is called Thousand Currents.
The Black Lives Matter Foundation was established in 2015, and accuses the Black Lives Matter movement of stealing their name. The Black Lives Matter movement was already well-known when started on Twitter in 2013.
re: #39 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
It’s a new kind of war. If the warfare of last century was defined by the industrial revolution, this one is by the information technology revolution. You’re right. Russia will never dominate the US militarily or economically but they sure as hell can cause discord.
Let’s try this again.
Russia has a GDP about the size of the Texas GDP. The fact that Russia is allowed to blast crap into our social media directly and through echo sites is bullshit.
China simply does not allow it. I don’t want to be China, but don’t tell me that we couldn’t do it. It’s all about click money for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, &tc.
My view regarding Wilson, Nichols, et al going after Trump:
In truth, I suspect that they have burned quite a few bridges with their former colleagues and are going to have a much harder time finding work after this is over. No matter what the outcome.
Finally, I do wonder how many of the random anti-Lincoln Project tweets I see are ratf@cking.
re: #49 austin_blue
Rachel Maddow had Former Secretary of Defense Bill Robert Gates on her show Tuesday night. He has just come out with a new book. At the end of the interview she basically asked him for any thoughts about anything. He discussed the failure of the United States to have coherent strategic information policy since the 1990’s. he noted in particular that China has a well funded and well organized information strategy. And that we need to do better.
Edit - Typos, we got typos! Hopefully fewer now.
Edit #2 - Typos, yup, we got even more. As was graciously pointed out down thread, it’s Bob not Bill.
re: #49 austin_blue
Let’s try this again.
Russia has a GDP about the size of the Texas GDP. The fact that Russia is allowed to blast crap into our social media directly and through echo sites is bullshit.
China simply does not allow it. I don’t want to be China, but don’t tell me that we couldn’t do it. It’s all about click money for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, &tc.
Exactly
re: #51 ckkatz
Rachel Maddow had Former Secretary of defense Bill Gate on her show Tuesday night. He has just come out with a new book. At the end of the interview she basically asked him for any thoughts about anything. He discussed the failure of the United States to have coherent strategic information policy since the 1990’s. he noted in particular that China has a well funded and well organized information strategy. And that we need to do better.
We have arguably access to information Korea readily than any proceeding generation but we’re not processing any faster. Disinformation spreads so easily.
re: #51 ckkatz
Rachel Maddow had Former Secretary of Defense Bill Gates on her show Tuesday night. He has just come out with a new book. At the end of the interview she basically asked him for any thoughts about anything. He discussed the failure of the United States to have coherent strategic information policy since the 1990’s. he noted in particular that China has a well funded and well organized information strategy. And that we need to do better.
Edit - Typos, we got typos! Hopefully fewer now.
I think you may have the wrong Gates
Yes, we have, or at least prior to 2017 had, access to a lot of information from our own and (former) allied intelligence services.
Gates’ argument was that in the 1990’s we basically closed down/defunded most of our Cold War information institutions, Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty, USIA, etc. Thus we disarmed while our rivals still maintain theirs and have been using them.
We have no way to get out an organized national message and we are now seeing the commercial organizations being either co-opted such as Sinclair, Facebook, Fox and Oan, or gamed such as Twitter and most of the rest of the major networks.
Of course, left unsaid was the question of what our national interests are. The current administration seems to view those as anything that enables remaining in power and continuing their grift. (Earlier interview on the show.)
Famous movie lines which give away the movie without naming it entry.
You’ve got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know… morons.
re: #49 austin_blue
Let’s try this again.
Russia has a GDP about the size of the Texas GDP. The fact that Russia is allowed to blast crap into our social media directly and through echo sites is bullshit.
China simply does not allow it. I don’t want to be China, but don’t tell me that we couldn’t do it. It’s all about click money for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, &tc.
Having a whole party of traitors and compromised people and their King Idiot Money Launderer in power to do their bidding helps too.
Oh, and I noticed today that the Mango Fuckwit says that we have an AIDS vaccine.
Huh.
We have *treatments* for AIDS that have placed it into a “chronic” treatable disease as opposed to an “acute” untreatable disease, but thirty-nine years after its appearance, there is still not a vaccine.
Thirty nine years for a viral disease. No vaccine. But we’ll have this COVID licked in no time!
And now, after spending hours catching up on lgf, I need to go do other things.
This afternoon, I finally get to try out my new chainsaw. Woo-Hoo! Took a week of trying to figure out how get the #@%&*! thing started. Turns out the simple solution is to take off my shoe.
Another thing I’ve been wondering is covered by this particular part of that report:
“Muslims as aggressive invaders.”
Since I know the Russians have been doing all of this way longer than that report claims, it makes me wonder…
Was some, most, or all of the Islamophobic bullshit about Taqiyya, “The Caliphate”, and the Eurabia/Muslim demographics bullshit that even some of us here at LGF unfortunately back in the day believed, at least for awhile, actually created by Russian agitprop in the first place, rather than home grown by “Anti-Jihad” assholes and the Russians latched on to it?
I’m angry and ashamed of being duped by a little bit of that for a time. If it was the result of Putin’s fuckery, it’s especially infuriating and personally insulting to me.
Panhandle Public Health District is back with their dashboard.
The previous update was June 13. Since then:
Confirmed: 220 (+2, one Scott’s Bluff County, one Morrill County)
Doubled since 27 May
Most cases by county: Scott’s Bluff (176 total, 78 active), Morrill (12 total, 2 active)
Most cases by age: 10-19, then 40-49
Women are two-thirds of cases
Contact tracing underway for 1 person
Positive test rate: 5%
Deaths: 2 (no change)
This ad, man. Ka-fuckin’-boom.
📺 NEW VIDEO
The GOP can try to run from @realDonaldTrump, but they can’t hide from voters this November.#GOPCowards pic.twitter.com/QbLCMl6nUl
re: #40 Belafon
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Trump desperately wants to run as the unknown in the race, but he can’t.
Basically, somebody in the Trump campaign finally woke up to the reality that their boss’ narcissistic need to be in the center of attention at all times is giving the opposition mountains of ammo every time he opens his fat gob.
But in that way that shows they totally lack self-awareness, they think the answer is to call out the press for not demanding the same from Biden. As if Joe is somehow “unvetted” and the press needs to be pressing him for info.
re: #56 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Famous movie lines which give away the movie without naming it entry.
“Forget the myths the media’s created about the White House. The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.”
Oleg Deripaska lives next door to Kellyanne Conway and her husband George Conway. https://t.co/YXC2vtI5An
— Crow (@sistercrow) June 16, 2020
re: #56 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Famous movie lines which give away the movie without naming it entry.
“This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we’ll be lucky to live through it.”
re: #56 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Famous movie lines which give away the movie without naming it entry.
“I wonder how a degenerated person like that could have reached a position of responsibility in the Army Medical Corps!”
“He was drafted.”
re: #62 Jack Burton
Another thing I’ve been wondering is covered by this particular part of that report:
“Muslims as aggressive invaders.”
Since I know the Russians have been doing all of this way longer than that report claims, it makes me wonder…
Was some, most, or all of the Islamophobic bullshit about Taqiyya, “The Caliphate”, and the Eurabia/Muslim demographics bullshit that even some of us here at LGF unfortunately back in the day believed, at least for awhile, actually created by Russian agitprop in the first place, rather than home grown by “Anti-Jihad” assholes and the Russians latched on to it?
I’m angry and ashamed of being duped by a little bit of that for a time. If it was the result of Putin’s fuckery, it’s especially infuriating and personally insulting to me.
Maybe. Kinda. Sorta.
The “Caliphate” was absolutely real, but it was a regional uprising whose sole purpose was to take and maintain territory in Western Iraq and Northeast Syria. The Kurds, the Iraqis, and US supporting arms blew it into little tiny bits.
As for “Muslims as aggressive invaders”, where is this happening? I’ve seen lots of pitiful refugees, lots of very grateful people being accepted all across the world (except here) but “aggressive invaders”? Show me where this is happening.
It’s just a crock of bulkshit.
re: #56 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Famous movie lines which give away the movie without naming it entry.
“Where we’re going, we don’t need…roads.”
re: #71 Targetpractice
“Where we’re going, we don’t need…roads.”
“If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits eighty-eight miles per hour… you’re gonna see some serious shit.”
re: #68 TedStriker
“but if we’re wrong we go to jail peacefully, quietly but you…. you Mickey…. if we’re right, then you will have saved the lives of millions of registered voters”
Night all, sweet dreams.
4,413 new cases in Texas today. Wheels is blaming it on irresponsible kids.
Ha ha ha.
re: #71 Targetpractice
“It seems that everything’s gone wrong since Canada came along.”
re: #73 piratedan
“Rommel, you magnificent bastard! I read your book!”
re: #70 austin_blue
Yeah but I’m talking about US and European islamophobes hand-wringing about these things in 2001-2010, not necessarily ISIS and the consequences of Syria and Iraq.
Putting out videos like… well just Youtube search the term “muslim demographics” and look at all the decade old or longer videos.
The publishing of books like “Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis” by Bat Ye’or.
Basically the whole idea that Muslim immigration was a secret invasion and that they would outbreed Europeans and take over in like 30 years combining all Sunni lands and the European dhimmi into a reborn Caliphate.
A lot of breath, time, bandwidth, and brain-cells were wasted by a lot of people about this at the time. If it was all started by Russian propaganda in the first place that’s even more infuriating.
re: #76 Targetpractice
“Nothing’s riding on this except the First Amendment of the Constitution, freedom of the press, and maybe the future of the country. Not that any of that matters”
re: #80 Targetpractice
the scary part is being old, so you never know if something that was impressionable in your youth even has an impact today and there are so many good movies that have so many great lines, it can be played endlessly.
“he’s Paul’s Grandfather, he’s very clean”…….
re: #81 piratedan
the scary part is being old, so you never know if something that was impressionable in your youth even has an impact today and there are so many good movies that have so many great lines, it can be played endlessly.
“he’s Paul’s Grandfather, he’s very clean”…….
Ayep. Put that topic on twitter and it would run forever.
re: #80 Targetpractice
“Inconceivable!”
“You fell victim to one of the classic blunders — the most famous of which is, “Never get involved in a land war in Asia” — but only slightly less well-known is this: “Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line”! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha….” (falls over dead)
“You all right?”
“And to think, all that time it was your cup that was poisoned.”
“They were both poisoned. I spent the last few years building up an immunity to iocane powder.”
re: #18 jaunte
6 years, 300 platforms and seven languages, huh? So it wasn’t just a few memes, a conspiracy theory, no big deal, I guess?
Just a 400-pound Russian sitting on the sofa in his mother’s apartment, a poured-concrete prefab high-rise, just like a big basement in the sky.
re: #62 Jack Burton
Another thing I’ve been wondering is covered by this particular part of that report:
“Muslims as aggressive invaders.”
Since I know the Russians have been doing all of this way longer than that report claims, it makes me wonder…
Was some, most, or all of the Islamophobic bullshit about Taqiyya, “The Caliphate”, and the Eurabia/Muslim demographics bullshit that even some of us here at LGF unfortunately back in the day believed, at least for awhile, actually created by Russian agitprop in the first place, rather than home grown by “Anti-Jihad” assholes and the Russians latched on to it?
I’m angry and ashamed of being duped by a little bit of that for a time. If it was the result of Putin’s fuckery, it’s especially infuriating and personally insulting to me.
None of the indicators line up. The internet and social media landscape was completely different, targeted messaging wasn’t really a thing. Russia was still close to a complete fuckshambles trying to get it’s own shit together and America was already primed to go deep into Islamophobia after 9/11. So no reason to blame them for that, after all bigotry is what we do best.
re: #21 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
This is going to be a common refrain over the coming weeks. I know, people want to get out and be unleashed, but if you don’t HAVE to… Stay the fuck home, folks.
I ventured out as far as an open-air venue to play some music the other week. But I am not going to squeeze myself into any tight spaces.
re: #56 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Famous movie lines which give away the movie without naming it entry.
They mostly come at night…mostly
I don’t know if you’ve been keeping up on current events, but we just got our asses kicked pal!
Mayor Jean Stothert (R) of Omaha went out to talk to protestors earlier in the month. She says they became angrier and angrier and one person allegedly spit on her.
She says today she tested negative for Covid-19.
re: #56 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Famous movie lines which give away the movie without naming it entry.
“He slimed me!”
Just have this sick feeling that FFVCS will promote a COVID-19 vaccine, or the rumor of a vaccine, sometime in October. And the media - so dependent upon giving this dipshit excess airtime - will eat it up and treat it as legitimate “news.”
Investors are now suing the company behind TestUtah, TestNebraska, TestIowa, &c.
LINCOLN — The Utah company that provides the COVID-19 tests used by the TestNebraska and TestIowa programs has been sued in federal court, accused of pumping up its stock price through misleading claims about the “100%” accuracy of its test.
The alleged “pump and dump” scheme by Co-Diagnostics Inc. of Salt Lake City cost investors millions of dollars, according to the lawsuit, filed by Cayman Islands-based Gelt Trading Inc.
Investors sue company that provides COVID-19 tests for TestNebraska (Omaha World-Herald)
More at the link.
So, no surprise here but @NebraskaMegan and others were absolutely correct when they were telling @GovRicketts that this company may be shady. https://t.co/ARYQMlpCGf
— Daniel Boster (@DrDanielBoster) June 17, 2020
re: #89 Kilroy was here
They mostly come at night…mostly
I don’t know if you’ve been keeping up on current events, but we just got our asses kicked pal!
“You know, Burke, I don’t know which species is worse. You don’t see them fucking each other over for a goddamn percentage!”
re: #56 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Famous movie lines which give away the movie without naming it entry.
What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
“Listen, and understand! That Terminator is out there! It can’t be bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear! And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead!”
re: #97 TedStriker
“Listen, and understand! That Terminator is out there! It can’t be bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear! And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead!”
Disqualified because it mentions title!
“Shai-Hulud! May his passing cleanse the world!”
re: #98 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Disqualified because it mentions title!
Eh…still an iconic line.
“You’re in more dire need of a blowjob than any white man in history!”
re: #102 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
“You’re in more dire need of a blowjob than any white man in history!”
I never heard that one. It’s a bit more direct than “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.”
After 3,000 died on 9/11, the US invaded Afghanistan & Iraq, created the Dept of Homeland Security and started spending $200 bn + yearly on counterterrorism. But 116,000+ Covid-19 US deaths here? Crickets. See this @frontlinepbs —> https://t.co/JeEeIu2qKr
— Jeff Stein (@SpyTalker) June 17, 2020
re: #104 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I never heard that one. It’s a bit more direct than “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.”
Good Morning Vietnam
“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.”
re: #102 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
“You’re in more dire need of a blowjob than any white man in history!”
re: #104 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I never heard that one. It’s a bit more direct than “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.”
re: #106 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Good Morning Vietnam
Sergeant Major Dickerson: Ten-hut.
BG Taylor: At ease. [Turns to Adrian] Cronauer, I’m sorry as hell about this thing. Goddamnit, I like you, son. I like what you do. Most of all, I like what you’ve done for the men. [Pauses, glancing at SGM Dickerson] But fact’s a fact. This could give the Army a black eye. I’m not gonna cover for you this time, son.
Adrian Cronauer: Sir- what about the show?
BG Taylor: We’ll handle it. I’m sorry, son.
[BG Taylor leaves Sergeant Major Dickerson’s office; there is a long pause. Cronauer looks at Sergeant Major Dickerson, at a loss for words.]
A1C Adrian Cronauer: Why’d you do this?
Sergeant Major Dickerson: I don’t like your style, your politics or your sense of humor. I don’t like what you say or how you say it. From now on the fighting men of Vietnam will hear exactly what they’re supposed to hear. You’re on a DC-8 out of Tan Sun Nhut Airport tomorrow morning- I recommend you pack quietly. That’s all I have for you, Airman.
[Sergeant Major Dickerson sits down at his desk, returning to his paperwork. Cronauer heads for the door, but halts suddenly and turns and leans back into the office.]
A1C Adrian Cronauer: You know? [SGM Dickerson looks up] You are in more dire need of a blowjob than any other white man in history.
[Cronauer closes the office door and leaves; Dickerson gets up to pursue him, but BG Taylor is waiting in the hallway.]
BG Taylor: Whoa, there, Dick. Put the brakes on. I wanted to wait until Airman had left to talk with you. Dick, I’m transferring you.
Sergeant Major Dickerson: [Startled] Transferring me, sir?
BG Taylor: Mm-hmm.
Sergeant Major Dickerson: Where to, sir?
BG Taylor: You’re goin’ to Guam.
Sergeant Major Dickerson: Guam, Sir?! There’s nothing goin’ on in Guam! Why Guam?
BG Taylor: Dick, I’ve covered for you a lot of times, ‘cause I thought you was a little crazy. But you’re not crazy, you’re mean. And this is just radio.
[BG Taylor walks away, leaving a stunned Dickerson behind him. As he presses the button for an elevator and gets inside, Taylor starts laughing.]
BG Taylor: “More dire need of a blowjob than any other white man in history”. That’s funny.
re: #106 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Good Morning Vietnam
Is that a guess where the line “Love means never having to say you’re sorry” comes from, or another movie line (because if it’s the latter, it’s disqualified for mentioning the title of the movie)?
“It’s alive!”
“We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold.”
“Goddammit, I’d piss on a spark plug if I thought it’d do any good!”
“Mrs. Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me, aren’t you?”
“Survival kit contents check. In them you’ll find:
- One forty-five caliber automatic
- Two boxes of ammunition
- Four days’ concentrated emergency rations
- One drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills
- One miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible
- One hundred dollars in rubles
- One hundred dollars in gold
- Nine packs of chewing gum
- One issue of prophylactics
- Three lipsticks
- Three pair of nylon stockings.
Shoot, a fella’ could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.”
re: #113 Kilroy was here
Shoot, a fella’ could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.”
I read that the original line was filmed as “Shoot, a fella’ could have a pretty good weekend in Dallas with all that stuff.” but it had to be retroactively changed after the JFK assassination.
“Yes, it’s true. This man has no dick.”
“Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, Mass Hysteria!”
Good morning. [turns on mic] Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world, and you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. [pauses] Mankind. That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can’t be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps it’s fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom. Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution… but from annihilation. We’re fighting for our right to live. To exist. And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice: We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We’re going to live on! We’re going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!
(Yes it breaks the rules.. but hey.. sue me.)
“I bet you’re the kind of guy that would fuck a person in the ass and not even have the goddamn common courtesy to give him a reach-around.”
“Badges? We ain’t got no badges! We don’t need no badges! I don’t have to show you no stinking badges!”
“You know how to whistle, don’t you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow.”
“A census taker tried to test me once. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.”
Slow night I guess.
A treble from the same film:
“Look, if you want to torture me, spank me, lick me, do it. But if this poetry shit continues, shoot me now, please.”
“What? Just one little adjective and we’ll have a whole sentence. Isn’t, glad, sad… mad… Lonely …”
” It’s … really … hard for me… to play with myself in this thing.”
re: #123 Targetpractice
“A census taker tried to test me once. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.”
Hmm. We just got a card in the mail looking for people to be census takers. Coincidence?
“You shouldn’t hang me from a hook. My father hung me from a hook once. Once.”
“Chastise. Do that mean what I think it means?”
-“It do!”
“That is why I have failed where others have succeeded.”
“I am your father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate.”
“What does that make us?”
“Absolutely nothing! Which you are about to become!”
Coronavirus in Beijing: 27 neighbourhoods not allowed to leave as spike continues (BBC, thirty minutes ago)
At least 27 neighbourhoods have been classed as medium risk and one neighbourhood, near the market, is high risk.
People in medium or high-risk areas cannot leave the city. People in low-risk areas can leave, but need to test negative first.
However, getting a test is difficult - three testing stations told the BBC there were no tests available until July. Queues were seen outside other centres.
More than 1,200 flights have been cancelled to and from the city and railway services have been reduced until at least 9 July.
Primary school, middle school, and college classes are suspended, sports teams cannot play, and swimming pools and gyms are closed.
However, roads are open, and companies and factories can still work. The city is on a “level two” alert, the second-highest.
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Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg says users will be able to turn off political adverts on the social network in the run-up to the 2020 US election.
In a piece written for USA Today newspaper, he also says he hopes to help four million Americans sign up as new voters.
Facebook has faced heavy criticism for allowing adverts from politicians that contain false information.
Rival social platform Twitter banned political advertising last October.
“For those of you who’ve already made up your minds and just want the election to be over, we hear you — so we’re also introducing the ability to turn off seeing political ads,” Mr Zuckerberg wrote.
Facebook and its subsidiary Instagram will give users the option to turn off political adverts when they appear or they can block them using the settings features. (more)
bbc.com
Trump Hydroxychloroquine Push Secured Millions of Likely Useless Coronavirus Pills via @SherylNYT https://t.co/YgX9Cu6GG4
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 17, 2020
Fucking dumbass.
re: #136 Dread Pirate
Trump Hydroxychloroquine Push Secured Millions of Likely Useless Coronavirus Pills
Had Hydroxychloroquine proven even the least bit effective in treating or preventing Corona, that would have been the game-winner for Trump: he wold be able to portray himself as the visionary, avatar, savior of the economy and millions of lives.
Which is why they are still clutching so desperately at that straw.
“Did we give up when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?”
Trump still moving very slowly on what the law says he’s supposed to do.
The Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018 was passed and signed into law in January 2019.
This bill views genocide or human rights atrocities as national security issues affecting the United States, and thus those should be identified before they happen if possible, and countered if they occur. It also directs the State Department to train Foreign Service Officers on how to identify atrocities or escalation so positive intervention can occur; it defines those as a threat to both national and international security. It directs the President to set up a committee to identify those areas of the world where atrocities may occur. The President must give an annual report to Congress on progress.
Well, he got around to punting setting up the committee (a whole year late) via a Presidential Memorandum.
Delegation of Certain Functions and Authorities under the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018 (White House Proclamations page)
Delegation of Certain Functions and Authorities under the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, the functions and authorities vested in the President by section 5(a) of the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-441).
re: #137 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Had Hydroxychloroquine proven even the least bit effective in treating or preventing Corona, that would have been the game-winner for Trump: he wold be able to portray himself as the visionary, avatar, savior of the economy and millions of lives.
Which is why they are still clutching so desperately at that straw.
Not just Trump but his whole group of religious followers. As of yet, there has not been a serious schism in Conservative faith.
You might remember this from a couple months ago.
Gov Noem Announces South Dakota will Be First State with a Hydroxychloroquine Statewide Clinical Trial to Help Fight COVID-19 (Goes to the Government of South Dakota)
TL;DR: South Dakota to experiment on people with a drug known not to have an effect on the disease, but many bad side effects.
Florida ordered 1M doses of a Trump-touted drug. Hospitals didn’t want it (Politico)
TALLAHASSEE — Florida is sitting on more than 980,000 unused doses of hydroxychloroquine, a drug President Donald Trump touted as a “game changer” in the fight against the coronavirus, after only a handful of hospitals in the state asked for access to the medicine.
Gov. Ron DeSantis said in April that the state was getting 1 million doses of the drug. The announcement was made during a press conference that came across as a commercial for hydroxychloroquine. Held in the Florida Cabinet room, the event featured the video testimonial of a patient who had taken the drug, a question-and-answer session with a doctor who endorsed the treatment, and DeSantis touting the drug by name, even as he referenced other experimental treatments for Covid-19 only vaguely.
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Utah went all-in on an unproven Covid-19 treatment, then scrambled to course-correct (Stat, a medical report journal)
Even before President Trump started plugging chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as Covid-19 treatments, enthusiasm for the old malaria drugs was swelling in the state of Utah.
The “stunning medications” led to “responses that are equivalent to Lazarus” — the Biblical figure brought back to life by Jesus — one physician said at an event at the state Capitol. The deputy director of the state health department, even as he acknowledged there was not “FDA-type of evidence” showing the drugs worked, said he was willing to put stock in case reports and “test tube evidence.”
Propelled by that hype, as well as mounting fears of the oncoming pandemic, the state pursued a sweeping — and eyebrow-raising — policy that would have let pharmacies dispense the unproven medications to patients with Covid-19 without a prescription. Utah, which took perhaps the most aggressive strategy with the drugs of any state, also put in an order for $800,000 worth of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine to build a stockpile, and considered buying millions of dollars more.
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re: #136 Dread Pirate
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Fucking dumbass.
Follow the cash. I bet some Trump contributors and cronies made a bundle out of this.
The armies of two nuclear weapons powers got in a melee, with clubs and stones, resulting in casualties and fatalities on both sides. Meanwhile, nuclear armed North Korea literally blew up its liaison office with South Korea. In the midst of a global pandemic. And it’s only June. https://t.co/7Sra9H0ydr
— Vipin Narang (@NarangVipin) June 16, 2020
Many may wonder why the clash between Indian-PLA forces involved medieval weapons like clubs or staves, and not firearms. In 1996, both sides agreed not to use firearms within 2km of the LAC. This reduces the number of potential fatalities in a clash, but increases its brutality. https://t.co/xa8c1HR4XW pic.twitter.com/e7uiT99rBr
— Vipin Narang (@NarangVipin) June 17, 2020
re: #142 Dread Pirate
Or it’s both sides practicing for World War IV.
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Morning y’all. I know I don’t post often, but I’ve got a favor to ask. My daughter is in the Denver area and is on the verge of homelessness, so I’m trying raise some funds to help her out. gf.me So, if you’re inclined and able, I’d appreciate it - if not, if you can boost the signal on this, that would be cool too. Also, if you know of someone with a spare room or similar accommodations let me know. Thanks.
Oh, and fuck Trump!
re: #140 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
By the way, the pharmacist chain-store owner who pushed chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine in Utah to the state government also is one of the people behind the TestUtah (et al other states) testing programme that is being sued for defrauding investors.
re: #141 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Follow the cash. I bet some Trump contributors and cronies made a bundle out of this.
Trump apparently got the idea from someone in Utah, while the owner of the drug store chain “Meds in Motion” was pushing to make the drug non-prescription in the state, followed by Utah purchasing $800,000 worth of the drug from that pharmacy chain.
re: #17 Dread Pirate
Woman, 15 friends test positive for coronavirus after night out at Lynch’s
the one time I didn’t wear a seatbelt….
In our opinion: Utah’s rush to buy hydroxychloroquine lacked any definable purpose (Deseret News Editorial Board)
Much remains unknown about both the virus and its speculative treatments, but this latest information should give pause to the rush for the drug. Little definitive evidence exists to prove its effectiveness against COVID-19, despite anecdotal examples of success.
The study also ought to inform the actions of over-eager Utah lawmakers, as well. They passed HB4001 on Thursday, over the objections of the few lawmakers with medical expertise, authorizing $6 million for purchase of the drugs. This is on top of a separate bill passed last week that authorized $2 million for that purpose.
We hope those plans will be put on hold, as well.
The Deseret News learned Thursday that the governor’s office, unbeknownst to the state health department, purchased 20,000 doses of the drugs in late March for $800,000. The health department, meanwhile, was negotiating for a separate 200,000-dose order.
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Surprise, spending tax money without the legislature’s approval. That seems to happen a lot in conservative-run states.
re: #66 Targetpractice
“Forget the myths the media’s created about the White House. The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.”
follow the money
Hey Beach Dem, YouTube is sending me up all sorts of adverts to rent properties or hotel rooms for your newly-opened beaches. Glad to see your city is spending money on adverts to import more disease vectors.
“Bring your epidemic to us; we’re open for business!” /s
re: #56 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I’m sorry Dave, I can’t do that.
Do you like films about Gladiators?
Mr. President, I’m not saying we wouldn’t get our hair mussed. But I do say no more than ten to twenty million killed, tops. Uh, depending on the breaks.
Look out! He’s got a broken milk carton!
re: #105 Dread Pirate
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so we should reinvade Afghanistan and Iraq then?
After 3,000 died on 9/11, the US invaded Afghanistan & Iraq, created the Dept of Homeland Security and started spending $200 bn + yearly on counterterrorism. But 116,000+ Covid-19 US deaths here? Crickets. See this @frontlinepbs —> https://t.co/JeEeIu2qKr
— Jeff Stein (@SpyTalker) June 17, 2020
No kidding #IronyIsDead https://t.co/ToeyRA48rM
— Andrea Valentini 🇨🇦 (@GypsySpirit46) June 17, 2020
“No! No disassemble! No disassemble Number Five!”
re: #151 John Hughes
“I want my two dollars.”
“Looks like we’re in a tight spot!”
re: #84 TedStriker
The pellet with the poison’s in the vessel with the pestle.
“You are without a doubt the worst pirate I’ve ever heard of.”
re: #158 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
“You are without a doubt the worst pirate I’ve ever heard of.”
“But you have heard of me.”
re: #159 Targetpractice
“But you have heard of me.”
The last line of the movie sounds like a good thing to do now: “Drink up me hearties, yo ho.”
re: #97 TedStriker
“Listen, and understand! That Terminator is out there! It can’t be bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear! And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead!”
You were not supposed to name the movie. :)
re: #160 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The last line of the movie sounds like a good thing to do now: “Drink up me hearties, yo ho.”
I really liked that film because you could see that the actors were all having a contagiously good time. That means a lot in any creative endeavo(u)r.
In light of events of the last two weeks:
“They call me Mister Tibbs.”
re: #56 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Famous movie lines which give away the movie without naming it entry.
“It’s too bad she won’t live. But then again, who does?”
Bit late to the game - I was at work.
re: #164 Dr Lizardo
“It’s too bad she won’t live. But then again, who does?”
Bit late to the game - I was at work.
“End of line.”
re: #153 Dread Pirate
LOL
Someone pointed out that Europeans just flavor their Lysol better
It’s more of a cultural thing that’s centuries in the making - can’t blame Trump for that - although the libs will— Pooch Agholor (@AgholorPooch) June 17, 2020
re: #166 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Someone pointed out that Europeans just flavor their Lysol better
It’s more of a cultural thing that’s centuries in the making - can’t blame Trump for that - although the libs will
a cultural thing, yes, and not having leaders who get up and call Covid a “Democrat hoax”…
Morning Joe went on a very angry rant about Zuckerberg enabling rightwing terrorists to use Facebook to organize.
Iran reports their highest Covid-19 daily death toll in two months.
re: #157 John Hughes
The pellet with the poison’s in the vessel with the pestle.
One of my wife’s favorite movies!
re: #157 John Hughes
The pellet with the poison’s in the vessel with the pestle.
Used to watch that with my kids a lot.
“You did what you had to - what you always do - turn death into a fighting chance to live.”
re: #168 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Morning Joe went on a very angry rant about Zuckerberg enabling rightwing terrorists to use Facebook to organize.
I don’t think I’ve seen him that pissed before. The more he spoke of it the angrier he got.
re: #70 austin_blue
As for “Muslims as aggressive invaders”, where is this happening?
A lot of white supremacist types have a thing for the Siege of Vienna in 1683 when the Ottomans invaded Europe and threatened to do to white people what the white people had been doing to the locals in the Americas, Africa and elsewhere. There’s also the Moors in Spain, another not-white-people invasion even earlier.
This is just unbelievable. Preventing cities from undertaking health measures? https://t.co/CqGkYaGDC3
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) June 17, 2020
re: #176 Patricia Kayden
Gov. Greg Abbot is a loyal soldier for the faith. Conservatism hasn’t failed; those cities in Texas are failing conservatism.
Even the statement, “Let’s invite more Black people to the table,” implies ownership of the table and control of who is invited.
Racism is about power.— Be A King (@BerniceKing) June 17, 2020
I join the @NebraskaDems in calling for Chris Janicek to withdraw from the U.S. Senate race due to sexually inappropriate language with a staffer.
I spoke to former primary opponent @AngieForNe. I am prepared to run as a write-in candidate against Chris Janicek with her support! pic.twitter.com/4Y1zTKF4Gv— Alisha Shelton (@Shelton4Senate) June 16, 2020
re: #176 Patricia Kayden
Honest to God, I don’t understand this.
Here in Czech Republic, the government passed emergency legislation requiring that face masks be worn at all times, including even if you were just walking down the street, not to mention if you were in the supermarket or on public transportation. And you’d face stiff fines for non-compliance, too.
And now? Things are opened up pretty much to 90% of normal, life is continuing as before (I was in Ostrava’s biggest shopping center yesterday afternoon and you’d think it was the week before Christmas…it helps that you still have to wear face masks indoors or in shops or on public transportation) and even though plenty of Czechs grumbled about wearing them, they wore them, because it was explained in plain language that the use of face masks helps.
JFC, how difficult is this to do? WTF is wrong with some Americans that they think wearing a face mask in a supermarket or on the bus is some species of totalitarianism?
re: #175 Nojay UK
A lot of white supremacist types have a thing for the Siege of Vienna in 1683 when the Ottomans invaded Europe and threatened to do to white people what the white people had been doing to the locals in the Americas, Africa and elsewhere. There’s also the Moors in Spain, another not-white-people invasion even earlier.
I recall a serious RW site called The Gates of Vienna, and, yes, that is a very prevalent view, look at Orban and his xenophobic politics in Hungary.
Although not so important in the big picture of life, it really irks me that Youtube isn’t using “list” view for videos anymore. Or so it appears.
And I’m not alone in noticing this, as I posted yesterday about someone who posted a question on the Google help site about this issue.
re: #180 Dr Lizardo
They have been ordered to believe that by the prelate of their religion, Donald Trump, and his bishops, FOX and OANN.
People within religions are discouraged from questioning the tenets of their faith. Those who adopt positions contrary to the faith are branded heretics and cast out.
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Gun Cases, Liberty Abolished Yet Againhttps://t.co/oKZEj4YeWR by @DoktorZoom
— Wonkette (@Wonkette) June 17, 2020
re: #180 Dr Lizardo
Honest to God, I don’t understand this.
Here in Czech Republic, the government passed emergency legislation requiring that face masks be worn at all times, including even if you were just walking down the street, not to mention if you were in the supermarket or on public transportation. And you’d face stiff fines for non-compliance, too.
And now? Things are opened up pretty much to 90% of normal, life is continuing as before (I was in Ostrava’s biggest shopping center yesterday afternoon and you’d think it was the week before Christmas…it helps that you still have to wear face masks indoors or in shops or on public transportation) and even though plenty of Czechs grumbled about wearing them, they wore them, because it was explained in plain language that the use of face masks helps.
JFC, how difficult is this to do? WTF is wrong with some Americans that they think wearing a face mask in a supermarket or on the bus is some species of totalitarianism?
FREEEEEDUMB!
NOAA Broke Scientific Ethics And Integrity under pressure from Trump.
weather.com
We must remember that Republicans are NOT anti-science, anti-reason, and anti-reality. Just repeat this to yourself. Over and over. Let the lie sink in.
re: #182 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Although not so important in the big picture of life, it really irks me that Youtube isn’t using “list” view for videos anymore. Or so it appears.
And I’m not alone in noticing this, as I posted yesterday about someone who posted a question on the Google help site about this issue.
I get “List View” any time I type in a topic in the search bar, or hit “videos” on the menu of a channel (it defaults to “home”).
A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.
re: #188 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.
How about a nice game of chess?
re: #184 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Awww, poor Elie… I always thought she got treated badly in that particular manga and anime. The mangaka had a thing for Swiss engineering (Super-sniper Sig-sama!) but I don’t know if they ever introduced AI-dono (Accuracy International) to the cast of characters.
re: #189 NO SMOCKING GUN!
” In 1930, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the… Anyone? Anyone?… the Great Depression, passed the… Anyone? Anyone? The tariff bill? The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act? Which, anyone? Raised or lowered?… raised tariffs, in an effort to collect more revenue for the federal government. Did it work? Anyone? Anyone know the effects? It did not work, and the United States sank deeper into the Great Depression. Today we have a similar debate over this. Anyone know what this is? Class? Anyone? Anyone? Anyone seen this before? The Laffer Curve. Anyone know what this says? It says that at this point on the revenue curve, you will get exactly the same amount of revenue as at this point. This is very controversial. Does anyone know what Vice President Bush called this in 1980? Anyone? Something-d-o-o economics. “Voodoo” economics‘
re: #187 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I get “List View” any time I type in a topic in the search bar, or hit “videos” on the menu of a channel (it defaults to “home”).
That used to work for me too. But some of us this week have discovered that ?flow=list no longer works in the URL for some channels.
Doing a search typically will give a list view.
But when looking at a channel there used to be both grid and list views available.
re: #192 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
That used to work for me too. But some of us this week have discovered that ?flow=list no longer works in the URL for some channels.
Doing a search typically will give a list view.
But when looking at a channel there used to be both grid and list views available.
For me looking at a channel defaults to the “home” tab (grid view).
Clicking on the “videos” tab changes it to the “list” view.
“This sweater is Ralph Lauren, and I have no pants.”
A man in Vienna has been fined €500 (£447) for breaking wind loudly in front of police in a move the Austrian capital’s police force was at pains to defend.The Österreich newspaper reported that the penalty stemmed from an incident on 5 June and that the offender was fined for offending public decency.
City police wrote on Twitter that “of course no one is reported for accidentally letting one go”.
They added that the man had behaved provocatively and uncooperatively during an encounter with officers that preceded the incident.
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Austrian police defend decision to fine man after ‘provocative’ fart (The Guardian)
re: #17 Dread Pirate
Woman, 15 friends test positive for coronavirus after night out at Lynch’s
A healthcare worker should know better. This really bodes poorly for the general population of idiots when a HC worker does this.
re: #22 retired cynic
Bird houses: I put up a blue bird house some years ago. It has had no takers. However, lots of years ago I bought a hollowed out and painted gourd locally, with a small hole in it, and after years of nada, last year a wren took it on. She is back, and she (or her husband) is singing his/her heart out these days. I hung it in the pear tree right next to the sidewalk, and she doesn’t mind a bit. S/he was busy singing yesterday morning, and my son said, “she’s got pipes!”
The barn swallows are raising their umpteenth family outside my office window, and more have taken up spaces in the horse shed. Love watching them hunt over the pasture. Sure wish I could fly like that! Others can want to soar like an eagle, but I’d be happy to swoop like a barn swallow!
Hither my love!
Here I am! here!
With this just-sustain’d note I announce myself to you,
This gentle call is for you my love, for you.
re: #197 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
A healthcare worker should know better. This really bodes poorly for the general population of idiots when a HC worker does this.
The article doesn’t say, but I would put real money on her being a conservative.
re: #8 Dread Pirate
It’s the same thing with Rudy asking where Biden is.
He’s more than 10 points up on Trump at the polls. That’s where he is - he’s leading while Trump’s a bunker bitch leading from the rear with no compassion or interest in anything but his personal enrichment.
re: #50 ckkatz
My view regarding Wilson, Nichols, et al going after Trump:
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In truth, I suspect that they have burned quite a few bridges with their former colleagues and are going to have a much harder time finding work after this is over. No matter what the outcome.
I doubt that. Highly doubt that. News media loves the drama and the horserace and these guys bring that.
Remember, they’re all wealthy and all in on cutting taxes. They’ll all find a place post-trump. Every last one.
Aw, youth is wasted on the wrong people!
I’m going to head off to bed. Catch y’all later.
NewYork Times: “We Need Fascism” by Tom Cotton.
Washington Post: Hold my beer.
“Kneeling During the Anthem Isn’t Protesting Against Racism. It’s Protesting Against America.” by Marc A. Thiessen
That’s the headline. Not providing a link. Fuck the WaPo for having this guy on staff.
“He hates these cans! Stay away from the cans!”
re: #206 stpaulbear
NewYork Times: “We Need Fascism” by Tom Cotton.
Washington Post: Hold my beer.
“Kneeling During the Anthem Isn’t Protesting Against Racism. It’s Protesting Against America.” by Marc A. Thiessen
That’s the headline. Not providing a link. Fuck the WaPo for having this guy on staff.
Theissen always has the most god awful takes. All he does is push right wing propaganda.
re: #206 stpaulbear
NewYork Times: “We Need Fascism” by Tom Cotton.
Washington Post: Hold my beer.
“Kneeling During the Anthem Isn’t Protesting Against Racism. It’s Protesting Against America.” by Marc A. Thiessen
That’s the headline. Not providing a link. Fuck the WaPo for having this guy on staff.
Thiessen sounds easily triggered. Very snowflake.
re: #206 stpaulbear
NewYork Times: “We Need Fascism” by Tom Cotton.
Washington Post: Hold my beer.
“Kneeling During the Anthem Isn’t Protesting Against Racism. It’s Protesting Against America.” by Marc A. Thiessen
That’s the headline. Not providing a link. Fuck the WaPo for having this guy on staff.
Well, if there’s anyone who knows everything about racism and is fully qualified to lecture us all about racism, it’s [checks notes] Marc Thiessen.
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They loved him up and turned him into a horny toad!
Rod Dreher of American Conservative:
Gosh, President Trump, thank you. You really came through there. I’m being sarcastic, of course. The last reason, though, why religious conservatives should grit their teeth and vote for Trump anyway has now been blasted to smithereens by this decision written by a Trump justice. And not just a Trump justice, but the paradigmatic Trump justice, the man whose place on the Supreme Court was meant to justify religious conservatives turning a blind eye to Trump’s many other failures. This is what “but Gorsuch” means. Those words are like ashes in the mouth today
They don’t even pretend that justices are supposed to be nonpartisan and impartial anymore
re: #97 TedStriker
“Listen, and understand! That Terminator is out there! It can’t be bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear! And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead!”
So you’re saying there’s a chance!
re: #84 TedStriker
“You fell victim to one of the classic blunders — the most famous of which is, “Never get involved in a land war in Asia” — but only slightly less well-known is this: “Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line”! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha….” (falls over dead)
“You all right?”
“And to think, all that time it was your cup that was poisoned.”
“They were both poisoned. I spent the last few years building up an immunity to iocane powder.”
We watched that one last Friday.
re: #215 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
They don’t even pretend that justices are supposed to be nonpartisan and impartial anymore
They do, but only when it’s a Clinton/Obama judge, at which point they scream loud enough to wake the dead.
re: #56 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Famous movie lines which give away the movie without naming it entry.
“You’re a funny guy Sully. I like you. That’s why I’m going to kill you last.”
re: #215 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
They don’t even pretend that justices are supposed to be nonpartisan and impartial anymore
Wingnuts are textualists-originalists, except when they aren’t.
re: #220 Sir John Barron
Well don’t I feel sheepish
Movies by characters…
Clarice…
Mrs. Robinson…
Neo / Trinity / Morphius…
re: #126 Jack Burton
“You shouldn’t hang me from a hook. My father hung me from a hook once. Once.”
This is the content I come here for.
re: #215 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
They don’t even pretend that justices are supposed to be nonpartisan and impartial anymore
Nope, the Justices are supposed to be the high priests of the theocracy; that is what the Religious Right is voting for.
re: #215 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
They don’t even pretend that justices are supposed to be nonpartisan and impartial anymore
If memory serves, Gorsuch is the justice the conservatives got after filibustering Obama’s last court appointment.
Karma, something, something
“Man, it’s a real shame when folks be throwin’ away a perfectly good white boy like that.”
re: #147 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
I don’t really have any compassion for this level of stupid. She’s a healthcare worker? I wouldn’t want her near me or anyone else. I am not a mean person, but she needs to lose her healthcare worker job. And how many people did she and her buddies expose or infect with Covid? Yeah she’s sorry and regretful now, but she’s not a kid, she’s in her 40s FFS.
Selfish shit like this is why we’re still seeing an increase of cases and deaths. And that’s all it is, being a selfish brat.
2 died of Ebola: They said Obama should resign.
4 died in Benghazi: They had Hillary testify for 11 hours, held 33 hearings, and launched a multiyear probe.
118,741 died thanks to Trump’s incompetence: They cheered him in the Rose Garden. #TrumpPressConference— Andrea Junker (@Strandjunker) June 16, 2020
The GOP are intent on infecting and killing as many people as possible with their fact free crap.
This is basic CDC guidance. Masking and social distancing are essential to stopping the spread of covid19. The GOP just doesn’t give a shit about any of it.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) June 17, 2020
Ok, I promise not to do this again, but for great dialogue, this is one of my favs:
“What’s the rumpus?”
“Are you giving me the high-hat!?”
Dispatch war rocket Ajax to bring back his body!
There are two kinds of spurs my friend, those who come through the door… and those who come through the window!
As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster. *shuts trunk door and Tony Bennett’s Rags to Riches begins to play.*
Speaking of bird houses.
I’ll be building more screech owl boxes this year. If anyone want one I’ll start making a list. Cost will be minimal +shipping.
“I tell you, we got two categories of pilots around here. We got your prime pilots that get all the hot planes, and we got your pud-knockers who dream about getting the hot planes. Now what are you two pud-knockers gonna have? Huh?”
“I said I didn’t have much use for one. I didn’t say I didn’t know how to use it.”
Elections have wonderful consequences. https://t.co/Ru2b7bcEBl
— Greg Pinelo (@gregpinelo) June 16, 2020
re: #195 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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Austrian police defend decision to fine man after ‘provocative’ fart (The Guardian)
I wonder how US police would react to such a gesture…
Birmingham Alabama. One of the nation’s covid19 hotspots. ICUs and hospitals are overrun and at or near capacity. Cases soaring and deaths rising.
City Council takes up two measures - one to require masking with enforcement. The other is a resolution calling for mask wearing.
The enforcement ordinance fails. Read the whole thread and how everyone kept ignoring the doctors on the front lines insisting on this to save lives. The city council members opposing this couldn’t get out of their own way claiming that it was unenforceable - even though we impose criminal sanctions for not wearing seatbelts and other types of laws that save lives.
Montgomery City Council about to consider a mandatory mask ordinance. Mayor Steven Reed: Our ICUs are at capacity. Our hospitalizations are up. … I don’t want to see any more deaths in this city.
Urges the council to take action. pic.twitter.com/rs6e58THLq— Brad Harper (@BradMGM) June 16, 2020
The fact-free anti-science GOP are going to kill millions of Americans. Because covid19 will not go away. It wont disappear and all it does is spread relatively easily among people who don’t wear masks and aren’t social distancing.
Fuck Trump, Fuck the GOP, and fuck the mendacious media who enables both;trade&
re: #246 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I wonder how US police would react to such a gesture…
Fart back at you…… And laugh. 😂😂
Sorry. That’s as American as it gets right there.
I’m not crying. Not at all.
Meanwhile, in Canada:
🇨🇦 https://t.co/aOoFk6Cuyl— Muhammad Lila (@MuhammadLila) June 16, 2020
This Winslow guy makes a pretty good video.
My *NEW* Trump video is here!!
For years I’ve watched Donald Trump repeatedly congratulate himself for FAILING. I call this bizarre process:
“THE ART OF THE FAKE VICTORY LAP”
And I’ve made a video to show exactly how Trump does it. pic.twitter.com/Oe18dJrjMp— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) June 17, 2020
“Childs! Mac wants the flamethrower!”
“Mac wants the WHAT?!”
re: #245 Belafon
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Good riddance. I was always so embarrassed we celebrated them concurrently with MLK.
re: #251 Targetpractice
“Childs! Mac wants the flamethrower!”
“Mac wants the WHAT?!”
My favorite sci-fi movie.
re: #254 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
My favorite sci-fi movie.
Ah, then one more line:
“I know you gentlemen have been through a lot, but when you find the time, I’d rather not spend the rest of this winter TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH!”
re: #255 Targetpractice
Ah, then one more line:
“I know you gentlemen have been through a lot, but when you find the time, I’d rather not spend the rest of this winter TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH!”
Garry!
“They don’t call it a ‘Quarter-Pounder’, they call it a ‘Hamburger Royale’. Because they have Metric…”
re: #257 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
“They don’t call it a ‘Quarter-Pounder’, they call it a ‘Hamburger Royale’. Because they have Metric…”
“Oh man, I shot Marvin in the face.”
When you invade earth but you have to spend two weeks in quarantine. pic.twitter.com/9JXTW5XItU
— You Had One Job! (@_youhadonejob1) June 12, 2020
Private Pyle what is this donut doing in your foot locker?
Masks 😷
“Mandating public use of face masks is assoc’ed w/a reduction in the #COVID19 daily growth rate…the average daily county-level growth rate decreases by…2.0%-points,” w/21+ days after signing orders-to-mask.https://t.co/5NWuImVs8a— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) June 16, 2020
He would have an enormous schwanzstucker.
re: #206 stpaulbear
“America is Racism” by Marc A. Thiessen.
“It’s pronounced ‘Eye-gor.’”
“But they told me it was ‘E-gor.’”
“Well they were wrong then, weren’t they?”
“Terrorize this!”
Conservatives are showing way more anger towards Gorsuch than Roberts, which shows how desperate they were for a non-racist excuse to like Trump.
— Tentin Quarantino (@agraybee) June 15, 2020
DAY-UM.
The Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) just ended Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg’s lives just now.
Zuckerbook (@Facebook) may never recover after this.
Please watch, from @Morning_Joe pic.twitter.com/p9ub0bMPQe— Andrew Jerell Jones, Luke 1:37 (@sluggahjells) June 17, 2020
re: #247 lawhawk
Lyons: at the end of the day if an illness or a pandemic comes through we do not throw our constitutional rights out the window. Calls it “overreach”. Doctors in crowd asking him to come to the hospital.
— Brad Harper (@BradMGM) June 16, 2020
No. No, fuck you, Lyons. You do not have a constitutional right to infect other people with a highly communicable disease.
Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) says on @Morning_Joe people with underlying health conditions should not attend President Trump’s Tulsa rally and also recommends anyone attending wears a mask.
— Michael Del Moro (@MikeDelMoro) June 17, 2020
re: #262 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
He would have an enormous schwanzstucker.
Well, that goes without saying.
re: #269 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
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How many Republicans that want to turn up at Trump’s rally are going to want to wear masks? How many masks is Trump willing to see? I suspect no one with a mask will be able to sit behind him.
re: #269 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) says on @Morning_Joe people with underlying health conditions should not attend President Trump’s Tulsa rally and also recommends anyone attending wears a mask.
Toss him in the Sarlac Pit after Gorsuch!!!
re: #271 Belafon
How many Republicans that want to turn up at Trump’s rally are going to want to wear masks? How many masks is Trump willing to see? I suspect no one with a mask will be able to sit behind him.
I suspect that people who wear masks will risk being confronted and even physically accosted for showing such liberal cowardice and sheepfulness.
re: #268 SteelPH
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No. No, fuck you, Lyons. You do not have a constitutional right to infect other people with a highly communicable disease.
Correct. You DO have rights. But they END at someone else’s breathing space. You do NOT get to infringe on THEIR rights.
re: #234 lawhawk
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Shorter: jim Jordan is revolting
Jim Jordan and other GOP lawmakers set to revolt against Pelosi’s new face mask requirements: report https://t.co/ohjyYJNh3R
— Raw Story (@RawStory) June 17, 2020
re: #238 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
There are two kinds of spurs my friend, those who come through the door… and those who come through the window!
+1
re: #276 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
Shorter: jim Jordan is revolting
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You said it. He stinks on ice.
re: #267 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
DAY-UM.
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Brutal to say the least. And completely on point.
just, wow https://t.co/D5b1caNAqN
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) June 17, 2020
re: #255 Targetpractice
Ah, then one more line:
“I know you gentlemen have been through a lot, but when you find the time, I’d rather not spend the rest of this winter TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH!”
“You gotta be fucking kiddin’.”
re: #280 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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Trump beginning to poll under 40% is awesome. Gotta keep up tho.
re: #280 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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It’s not impossible for Donny to recover his losses and win, but it’s becoming obvious by this point that “business as usual” isn’t going to do that.
re: #268 SteelPH
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No. No, fuck you, Lyons. You do not have a constitutional right to infect other people with a highly communicable disease.
couldn’t even name which “rights” he’s talking about
He’d probably come up with the 2A
City clerk says the ordinance is enforceable. Says Birmingham has had success with a similar ordinance.
— Brad Harper (@BradMGM) June 16, 2020
re: #283 Targetpractice
It’s not impossible for Donny to recover his losses and win, but it’s becoming obvious by this point that “business as usual” isn’t going to do that.
Yeah what worked for him in 2016 isn’t working now. His campaign is literally complaining about Biden running a modern front porch campaign because they want him to be baited into gaffes.
re: #267 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
DAY-UM.
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This is why I’ve said we need to pass British style libel laws in the US paired with a Federal SLAPP law. Hold Zuckerberg, Murdoch, OANN, Rush, SMOTI and the rest of the right wing liars liable for the lies they peddle. Not only hold them liable but hold their sponsors liable as well—and that includes that piece of shit coke-snorting My Pillow fat fuck!
re: #286 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Yeah what worked for him in 2016 isn’t working now. His campaign is literally complaining about Biden running a modern front porch campaign because they want him to be baited into gaffes.
Personally think it’s an extension of Donny’s anger over questions about his health. He’s hoping, nay expecting, that if Biden is forced into making more public appearances then there will be more gaffes that can be spun as evidence of “dementia.”
re: #283 Targetpractice
It’s not impossible for Donny to recover his losses and win, but it’s becoming obvious by this point that “business as usual” isn’t going to do that.
From 12 angry men:
8: I’m just saying it’s possible
3: but not very probable
re: #276 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
Ted Cruz approves of this imagery.
— Tricia (@wishdog1) June 17, 2020
re: #288 Targetpractice
Personally think it’s an extension of Donny’s anger over questions about his health. He’s hoping, nay expecting, that if Biden is forced into making more public appearances then there will be more gaffes that can be spun as evidence of “dementia.”
Yep.
Thread:
While I’ve got the Vice President here, let’s have a little history lesson about the dog-whistle that is the phrase “law and order.” When people in positions of power spout the phrase “law and order” you can be pretty confident that they are white-supremacists. 1/ https://t.co/v15CnAKsHz
— Cara Zelaya (@carazelaya) May 29, 2020
re: #286 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Yeah what worked for him in 2016 isn’t working now. His campaign is literally complaining about Biden running a modern front porch campaign because they want him to be baited into gaffes.
Wisconsin Michigan Pennsylvania firmly back in the blue
The tipping point states today is Minnesota
re: #282 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Trump beginning to poll under 40% is awesome. Gotta keep up tho.
I think 35% is Trump’s floor. I would be genuinely surprised if he went under that.
I was just scrolling the headlines on Google News this morning and I found myself reading this well written article from The Atlantic discussing in detail the possibility of what happens if Trump loses in November and refuses to leave office in January.
When I finished reading it, it suddenly dawned on me how truly fucking crazy things are right now. I just read a factual article discussing the VERY REAL POSSIBILITY the sitting U.S. President might REFUSE TO LEAVE OFFICE even if he loses the election.
We are truly in crazy town here.
Also, the article notes that if a peaceful transition does NOT occur if Trump loses it will further hurt our standing in the world as peaceful transitions are the hallmark of a healthy democracy.
re: #293 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
Wisconsin Michigan Pennsylvania firmly back in the blue
The tipping point states today is Minnesota
Biden I think although a Pa/De guy is a great fit for the Midwest. Pair him with someone who appeals in the Sun Belt and we could have a really nice Election Night.
OK so I wake up and see
1) The Onion scooped everyone about Aunt Jemima
2) Joe went 11 on the Richter scale
3) Tennessee Republican lets his racist farts fly on the floor
4) Trump now going to sue his niece
And it’s only Wednesday gang!
re: #295 Dr Lizardo
I think 35% is Trump’s floor. I would be genuinely surprised if he went under that.
He goes under that, and stays there, then it’s all over but the crying.
re: #287 Joe Bacon 🌹
This is why I’ve said we need to pass British style libel laws in the US paired with a Federal SLAPP law. Hold Zuckerberg, Murdoch, OANN, Rush, SMOTI and the rest of the right wing liars liable for the lies they peddle. Not only hold them liable but hold their sponsors liable as well—and that includes that piece of shit coke-snorting My Pillow fat fuck!
The problem isn’t that they couldn’t police it all and so might get nailed for being diligent and still missing something
It’s that with all their obvious beaucoup money, technology and brain trusts to call on, they aren’t even trying
re: #296 Eclectic Cyborg
I was just scrolling the headlines on Google News this morning and I found myself reading this well written article from The Atlantic discussing in detail the possibility of what happens if Trump loses in November and refuses to leave office in January.
Here is what happens: The Secret Service will haul his lard ass outta there like Hannibal Lechter on a forklift.
re: #268 SteelPH
Wearing a mask is not an infringement on anyone’s rights. It doesn’t violate your 1A. It doesn’t prevent your ability to assemble. It allows it to occur safely and in conjunction with social distancing where possible.
Without masking, you greatly increase risks to everyone in your community.
This is a bogus argument that carries zero weight as courts have already found around the nation (that masks somehow violate rights).
re: #296 Eclectic Cyborg
I was just scrolling the headlines on Google News this morning and I found myself reading this well written article from The Atlantic discussing in detail the possibility of what happens if Trump loses in November and refuses to leave office in January.
When I finished reading it, it suddenly dawned on me how truly fucking crazy things are right now. I just read a factual article discussing the VERY REAL POSSIBILITY the sitting U.S. President might REFUSE TO LEAVE OFFICE even if he loses the election.
We are truly in crazy town here.
Also, the article notes that if a peaceful transition does NOT occur if Trump loses it will further hurt our standing in the world as peaceful transitions are the hallmark of a healthy democracy.
We haven’t had a healthy democracy since Bush v. Gore.
re: #295 Dr Lizardo
I think 35% is Trump’s floor. I would be genuinely surprised if he went under that.
I agree. I can’t see him falling below that. I don’t know Biden’s floor but I think it’s much higher than that. The thing is Joe has broad appeal. That’s something that the purity politics never got.
re: #301 The Pie Overlord!
Here is what happens: The Secret Service will haul his lard ass outta there like Hannibal Lechter on a forklift.
Oh I want to see Joe slap the handcuffs on the Heinous Anus while Leticia James stuffs a warrant in Orange Foolius’ hand during the perp walk to the paddy wagon!
re: #284 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
Here’s some enforcement. When the Czech government passed the law making masks compulsory here, they set a fine for non-compliance. That amount, $500, is equivalent to about one-third of what a lot of Czechs make per month. The second fine was the equivalent of $5,000. And police were authorized to issue the fine on the spot.
re: #296 Eclectic Cyborg
I was just scrolling the headlines on Google News this morning and I found myself reading this well written article from The Atlantic discussing in detail the possibility of what happens if Trump loses in November and refuses to leave office in January.
When I finished reading it, it suddenly dawned on me how truly fucking crazy things are right now. I just read a factual article discussing the VERY REAL POSSIBILITY the sitting U.S. President might REFUSE TO LEAVE OFFICE even if he loses the election.
We are truly in crazy town here.
Also, the article notes that if a peaceful transition does NOT occur if Trump loses it will further hurt our standing in the world as peaceful transitions are the hallmark of a healthy democracy.
If we end up with a Civil War, than we weren’t a healthy democracy. If it’s just Trump and a couple others, it shows that our democracy can survive a takeover.
re: #283 Targetpractice
It’s not impossible for Donny to recover his losses and win, but it’s becoming obvious by this point that “business as usual” isn’t going to do that.
I am worried that if he sees no other way to win, he will try to kick over the table. The Georgia Primary was a good dress rehearsal for that: if enough states find their results disqualified and no candidate can get an EC majority, then it devolves to the House, with one vote per state, where he stands a slightly better chance.
We need to be extra vigilant that votes get properly cast, counted and registered…everywhere
re: #299 Targetpractice
He goes under that, and stays there, then it’s all over but the crying.
Exactamundo.
re: #293 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
Wisconsin Michigan Pennsylvania firmly back in the blue
The tipping point states today is Minnesota
Nixon was the last republican to win the presidential race in MN. I’ll admit that 2016 was a bit too close for comfort, but Clinton still won here. Walz is well liked at the moment so I think democrats are in good shape for November.
Jesus Christ
5️⃣2️⃣8️⃣ Louisville, KY: a guy records a half-dozen cops dogpiling a protestor – and then one of the cops shoots the window to stop him from recording
Lawlessness
[@kenjiboijoi]
pic.twitter.com/Z32ZRZ9bMs— T. Greg “Iranian Propagandist” Doucette (@greg_doucette) June 17, 2020
Question: Could Trump like, overrule Pelosi and tell House Republicans they don’t have to wear masks or does the buck stop with Nancy on this one?
re: #296 Eclectic Cyborg
I was just scrolling the headlines on Google News this morning and I found myself reading this well written article from The Atlantic discussing in detail the possibility of what happens if Trump loses in November and refuses to leave office in January.
When I finished reading it, it suddenly dawned on me how truly fucking crazy things are right now. I just read a factual article discussing the VERY REAL POSSIBILITY the sitting U.S. President might REFUSE TO LEAVE OFFICE even if he loses the election.
We are truly in crazy town here.
Also, the article notes that if a peaceful transition does NOT occur if Trump loses it will further hurt our standing in the world as peaceful transitions are the hallmark of a healthy democracy.
That were even contemplating, talking about it, writing about it is a big deal
In reality not gonna happen
Jan 20 will happen as it always does except likely trump doesn’t show up
Prob not much of a “transition” though and I’m sure Bidens already accounted for that
re: #296 Eclectic Cyborg
I was just scrolling the headlines on Google News this morning and I found myself reading this well written article from The Atlantic discussing in detail the possibility of what happens if Trump loses in November and refuses to leave office in January.
Again, the trick will be to muddy the waters so much that the results can be contested.
re: #313 Eclectic Cyborg
Question: Could Trump like, overrule Pelosi and tell House Republicans they don’t have to wear masks or does the buck stop with Nancy on this one?
Trump and POTUS by extension from what I gather has no influence on Congress’s internal rules.
re: #309 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I am worried that if he sees no other way to win, he will try to kick over the table. The Georgia Primary was a good dress rehearsal for that: if enough states find their results disqualified and no candidate can get an EC majority, then it devolves to the House, with one vote per state, where he stands a slightly better chance.
We need to be extra vigilant that votes get properly cast, counted and registered…everywhere
Georgia still had over 3 times as many Democrats vote as in the 2016 primary. It’s going to take a lot more than those type of shenanigans to win.
It’s going to take the first six months of the Biden presidency just to go through the federal gov’t and clear out all of the Trump trash while rehiring people who actually know stuff.
re: #313 Eclectic Cyborg
Question: Could Trump like, overrule Pelosi and tell House Republicans they don’t have to wear masks or does the buck stop with Nancy on this one?
Separate Branches of Government
re: #314 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
The article actually straight up says that with Trump there is no hope of a graceful transition so the goal now is for an ungraceful one. In other words, he’ll yell, bitch and complain and perhaps blow off the photo ops with Joe Biden and such but will STILL LEAVE.
re: #305 Joe Bacon 🌹
Oh I want to see Joe slap the handcuffs on the Heinous Anus while Leticia James stuffs a warrant in Orange Foolius’ hand during the perp walk to the paddy wagon!
I’d love to see Trump arrested on live TV.
The instant after Biden finishes taking the oath of office on Inauguration Day. Right then and there….a couple of NY cops come up to Trump, one of them shows him an arrest warrant while the other slaps the cuffs on him and they can Mirandize him….for all the world to see.
Imagine that - “Mr. Trump, you have the right to remain silent…..” picked up by the microphones as he’s led away.
re: #298 Joe Bacon 🌹
OK so I wake up and see
1) The Onion scooped everyone about Aunt Jemima
2) Joe went 11 on the Richter scale
3) Tennessee Republican lets his racist farts fly on the floor
4) Trump now going to sue his nieceAnd it’s only Wednesday gang!
Good morning to you, too.
re: #301 The Pie Overlord!
Here is what happens: The Secret Service will haul his lard ass outta there like Hannibal Lechter on a forklift.
Now that I want video of.
re: #314 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
That were even contemplating, talking about it, writing about it is a big deal
In reality not gonna happen
Jan 20 will happen as it always does except likely trump doesn’t show upProb not much of a “transition” though and I’m sure Bidens already accounted for that
They have connections to the last real president, so they’re probably good to go.
re: #316 Dave In Austin
All day long
It’s been a long 20 years. But yeah I owe first my interest and then involvement in political causes to that.
re: #313 Eclectic Cyborg
Question: Could Trump like, overrule Pelosi and tell House Republicans they don’t have to wear masks or does the buck stop with Nancy on this one?
Only if Congress is controlled by the president. And while Trump doesn’t care for the Constitution, the House leadership knows what it says.
I’m not worried about him getting out of office. More so about him continuing to have a platform to spread disinformation and agitation.
re: #314 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
That were even contemplating, talking about it, writing about it is a big deal
In reality not gonna happen
Jan 20 will happen as it always does except likely trump doesn’t show upProb not much of a “transition” though and I’m sure Bidens already accounted for that
I wonder if Pence will show up in a wheelchair so he doesn’t have to stand for Biden?
re: #328 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I’m not worried about him getting out of office. More so about him continuing to have a platform to spread disinformation and agitation.
Oh, he will. Do you think really think he would stop doing rallies on 1/20/21?
re: #329 stpaulbear
I wonder if Biden will show up in a wheelchair so he doesn’t have to stand for Biden?
There’s no rule saying he has to be there but it hasn’t happened in a long time.
re: #329 stpaulbear
I wonder if Biden will show up in a wheelchair so he doesn’t have to stand for Biden?
I like how you have Biden in both places.
re: #330 Eclectic Cyborg
Oh, he will. Do you think really think he would stop doing rallies on 1/20/21?
Nope. That’s why I’m hoping his post 1/20/21 life involves warrants, subpoenas, & court appearances. And I hope his kids and cronies are there too.
re: #303 Targetpractice
We haven’t had a healthy democracy since Bush v. Gore.
As I have said before, I believe the 1st Republic ended 22 November 1963. This has been something like the warring states period in Chinese history ever since and it still remains to be seen if a second republic will arise or if a fascist regime will take the first republic’s place. The “culture wars” have been a real war.
re: #329 stpaulbear
Previous comment edited to make some sense. Refresh.
re: #328 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I’m not worried about him getting out of office. More so about him continuing to have a platform to spread disinformation and agitation.
OAN is not nearly so catchy as Trump TV.
// with a Shudder.
So that’s it, @VP Pence? You’re just going to close your eyes, plug your ears, & pat yourself on the back for the public health catastrophe under your watch? This is as pathetic as it is reckless. https://t.co/qDhLpg7sbG
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) June 17, 2020
re: #334 William Lewis
As I have said before, I believe the 1st Republic ended 22 November 1963. This has been something like the warring states period in Chinese history ever since and it still remains to be seen if a second republic will arise or if a fascist regime will take the first republic’s place. The “culture wars” have been a real war.
That what’s going on in the China-Indian border isn’t getting more press astounds me.
I say the last months Fat Donny will be sequestered in Mara Lago. And he won’t come out. Nor will he attend the inauguration. He won’t concede on the Nov. 4 either.
re: #339 Dave In Austin
I say the last months Fat Donny will be sequestered in Mara Lago. And he won’t come out. Nor will he attend the inauguration. He won’t concede on the Nov. 4 either.
That I could easily see happening, given what we know of Trump’s personality.
re: #337 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
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re: #338 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
That what’s going on in the China-Indian border isn’t getting more press astounds me.
No surprise. The ones in the press who know better are terrified and know Trump will fuck it up if he gets involved. If he doesn’t hear about it, he won’t think he can help. Our best hope right now is the Germans or French doing diplomacy between them.
re: #340 Dr Lizardo
That I could easily see happening, given what we know of Trump’s personality.
if today’s polling holds he wont have to concede
re: #337 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
Pence is a thoroughly stupid man. Stuff doesn’t register in his brain. He just reads a script.
re: #342 William Lewis
No surprise. The ones in the press who know better are terrified and know Trump will fuck it up if he gets involved. If he doesn’t hear about it, he won’t think he can help. Our best hope right now is the Germans or French doing diplomacy between them.
Chancellor Merkel is the most consequential democratically elected leader of this century. I would definitely read her memoirs if she wrote them. But yeah I hope they are doing what they can too. That could get really ugly. Two nuclear powers with two leaders who are part of the same nationalist shit show that has come into play in recent years.
Remind me again who gave the order to re-open bars? https://t.co/gCJTIVsntZ
— Alex Wild (@Myrmecos) June 17, 2020
Mark Taylor says that Donald Trump is a prophet. pic.twitter.com/rpf1q1y8Dy
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) June 17, 2020
re: #338 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
That what’s going on in the China-Indian border isn’t getting more press astounds me.
One thing I’ve found living in America is that by and large, Americans don’t give a shit about these kind of international skirmishes that don’t involve us.
In Canada, these kinds of stories are regularly featured. I just went to CTV News and CBC News, two of the biggest Canadian outlets and both have stories about the tensions.
As for ABC, NBC and CBS, only NBC had a story on it.
re: #292 Belafon
While I’ve got the Vice President here, let’s have a little history lesson about the dog-whistle that is the phrase “law and order.”
In the US, “law and order” is the political opposite of “justice”, which tells you all you need to know.
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Please Beto O’Rourke, run for governor against this fuckwad. RUn for governor against this fucking asshole who blames people for getting sick due to his re-opening decisions.
re: #348 Eclectic Cyborg
One thing I’ve found living in America is that by and large, Americans don’t give a shit about these kind of international skirmishes that don’t involve us.
In Canada, these kinds of stories are regularly featured. I just went to CTV News and CBC News, two of the biggest Canadian outlets and both have stories about the tensions.
As for ABC, NBC and CBS, only NBC had a story on it.
You’re right. We do have an ugly isolationist side to us that acts like the rest of the world’s going ons don’t impact us.
re: #347 Dave In Austin
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Mark Taylor says that Donald Trump is a prophet. pic.twitter.com/rpf1q1y8Dy
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) June 17, 2020
re: #343 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
if today’s polling holds he wont have to concede
Corey Stewart still never conceded to Tim Kaine. As I said, if all holds up, in six months I think we will be talking about President elect Biden. My worry is about the transition and Trump’s allies doing all they can to stir up shit. But I’m hoping Biden wins in a landslide that will make that harder.
re: #349 ericblair
In the US, “law and order” is the political opposite of “justice”, which tells you all you need to know.
Maricopa County, AZ loved them some Law and Order, the only thing they loved more was Low Taxes. Then they elected Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who wound up costing them tens of millions in lawsuits for his abusive practices…
re: #302 lawhawk
Wearing a mask is not an infringement on anyone’s rights. It doesn’t violate your 1A. It doesn’t prevent your ability to assemble. It allows it to occur safely and in conjunction with social distancing where possible.
Without masking, you greatly increase risks to everyone in your community.
This is a bogus argument that carries zero weight as courts have already found around the nation (that masks somehow violate rights).
Does that mean seat belt laws are unconstitutional? Occupancy limits per fire code need to get tossed?
re: #314 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
That were even contemplating, talking about it, writing about it is a big deal
In reality not gonna happen
Jan 20 will happen as it always does except likely trump doesn’t show upProb not much of a “transition” though and I’m sure Bidens already accounted for that
Trump won’t show up because he will run into the Russian embassy and plead for asylum…and they will throw him out to the street…
re: #340 Dr Lizardo
That I could easily see happening, given what we know of Trump’s personality.
Rage tweets, sulking, and plenty of calls to FNC where he cries to Hannity about how ungrateful we were to him because he didn’t take a salary!
re: #349 ericblair
In the US, “law and order” is the political opposite of “justice”, which tells you all you need to know.
Yeah.
Just-Us Rich White Xtian Men folks…
re: #352 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
For a moment there I thought that was the MyPillow guy but no, it’s another Trump loving jerk with a mustache.
re: #356 Joe Bacon 🌹
Trump won’t show up because he will run into the Russian embassy and plead for asylum…and they will throw him out to the street…
His use to them is running out. China has more or less admitted they want him to win re-election because they know how great he is for stirring up Anti-American sentiment.
I believe Trump will leave peaceably but not at all gracefully. He is just too much of a coward to do otherwise. His Russian masters will make a maximum effort to incite violence and chaos; not to help Trump, of course; but to cause damage to the US. In general, the effort will fail, though there will probably be some ugly incidents and casualties as a few of the more deranged boogalosers react to the total collapse of their worldview and decide to go down fighting.
re: #206 stpaulbear
NewYork Times: “We Need Fascism” by Tom Cotton.
Washington Post: Hold my beer.
“Kneeling During the Anthem Isn’t Protesting Against Racism. It’s Protesting Against America.” by Marc A. Thiessen
That’s the headline. Not providing a link. Fuck the WaPo for having this guy on staff.
Thiessen is on the Post payroll; so publishing his column is not the same affront to truth and justice the way the NY Times apparently solicited and then published a column by an outsider. The Times was under no contractual obligation to run the Cotton rantings.
re: #350 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Please Beto O’Rourke, run for governor against this fuckwad. RUn for governor against this fucking asshole who blames people for getting sick due to his re-opening decisions.
We’re rooting for the Dallas County Judge to run against him, because I think that 2022 might still be about how Abbott refused to act like an elected official and more like a political operative.
re: #347 Dave In Austin
Yeah, a prophet of horseshit.
re: #363 Belafon
We’re rooting for the Dallas County Judge to run against him, because I think that 2022 might still be about how Abbott refused to act like an elected official and more like a political operative.
Oh okay. I’ll definitely defer to you as a Texan. Maybe Beto gets a job in Biden’s administration especially if he helps flips Texas to Joe? Either way, yeah I can’t stand Governor TCOT.
re: #355 Mike Lamb
Does that mean seat belt laws are unconstitutional? Occupancy limits per fire code need to get tossed?
BAC > .08?
freedom of expression
re: #364 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, a prophet of horseshit.
Trump could shit on a Bible and people like this dude would claim that Trump was just praying in a different way.
I may be late to this, but saw a post referring to Trumps recent health concerns tagged with #watergait and I think that’s hilarious.
re: #264 Targetpractice
“It’s pronounced ‘Eye-gor.’”
“But they told me it was ‘E-gor.’”
“Well they were wrong then, weren’t they?”
blind gene hackman lighting the monter’s thumb on fire is the funniest scene in the entire damned movie. well, also, “no matter what you hear, you are not to open this door, under any circumstances!!”
re: #369 steve_davis
blind gene hackman lighting the monter’s thumb on fire is the funniest scene in the entire damned movie. well, also, “no matter what you hear, you are not to open this door, under any circumstances!!”
Peter Boyle was so great as the monster.
re: #361 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I believe Trump will leave peaceably but not at all gracefully. He is just too much of a coward to do otherwise. His Russian masters will make a maximum effort to incite violence and chaos; not to help Trump, of course; but to cause damage to the US. In general, the effort will fail, though there will probably be some ugly incidents and casualties as a few of the more deranged boogalosers react to the total collapse of their worldview and decide to go down fighting.
Check out Rural King’s 12 gauge availability.
rkguns.com
re: #298 Joe Bacon 🌹
OK so I wake up and see
1) The Onion scooped everyone about Aunt Jemima
2) Joe went 11 on the Richter scale
3) Tennessee Republican lets his racist farts fly on the floor
4) Trump now going to sue his nieceAnd it’s only Wednesday gang!
So, you haven’t seen ‘Officer Karen’ yet?
re: #361 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I believe Trump will leave peaceably but not at all gracefully. He is just too much of a coward to do otherwise. His Russian masters will make a maximum effort to incite violence and chaos not to help Trump, of course, but to cause damage to the US. In general, the effort will fail, though there will probably be some ugly incidents and casualties as a few of the more deranged boogalosers react to the total collapse of their worldview and decide to go down fighting.
As far as the government is concerned, we’ll probably see the Trumpie crooks desperately trying to shred all the evidence and cover their asses. Meanwhile, the bureaucracy will have absolutely no reason to help them with this and will stall everything out completely like only a bureaucracy can. I would guess that copies of documents will mysteriously turn up in all sorts of places when they were supposed to have been destroyed.
Authoritarian governments live and die on top cover. With the proper top cover, you can do whatever you want to your inferiors and steal whatever you can get away with. Once that’s gone, you’re gone too.
re: #375 The Pie Overlord!
Balaam was a prophet, and he also had sex with a donkey.
That’s an ad asino argument.
re: #232 A Mom Anon
I don’t really have any compassion for this level of stupid. She’s a healthcare worker? I wouldn’t want her near me or anyone else. I am not a mean person, but she needs to lose her healthcare worker job. And how many people did she and her buddies expose or infect with Covid? Yeah she’s sorry and regretful now, but she’s not a kid, she’s in her 40s FFS.
Selfish shit like this is why we’re still seeing an increase of cases and deaths. And that’s all it is, being a selfish brat.
Let’s not blame her. She’s not a doctor and probably not a nurse. So a woman who is being assured by people in authority that this behavior is safe is not the one who deserves castigation. It is the government officials and hospital administrators who merit chastisement.
And look how many doctors fell for the hydroxychloriquine scam, ordering pills and prescribing them because their supreme leader Trump repeatedly recommended the treatment. These are highly trained medical professionals and they don’t know what they are doing. That’s what should should terrify us.
re: #347 Dave In Austin
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He talks about Trump “always being ten steps ahead of of everyone”. When our daughter was a toddler she would do that when we took her shopping. We would put her in the cart when it got crowded.
Trump’s Tulsa rally will be the Liberty Bond Parade of this pandemic.
re: #313 Eclectic Cyborg
Question: Could Trump like, overrule Pelosi and tell House Republicans they don’t have to wear masks or does the buck stop with Nancy on this one?
house rule. he’s got nothing to say about it.
re: #322 Dr Lizardo
I’d love to see Trump arrested on live TV.
The instant after Biden finishes taking the oath of office on Inauguration Day. Right then and there….a couple of NY cops come up to Trump, one of them shows him an arrest warrant while the other slaps the cuffs on him and they can Mirandize him….for all the world to see.
Imagine that - “Mr. Trump, you have the right to remain silent…..” picked up by the microphones as he’s led away.
he won’t be arrested, but I promise as soon as that oath is sworn, a process server is going to hand him paperwork.
re: #369 steve_davis
blind gene hackman lighting the monter’s thumb on fire is the funniest scene in the entire damned movie. well, also, “no matter what you hear, you are not to open this door, under any circumstances!!”
sed-a-give?!?!?!
re: #381 steve_davis
he won’t be arrested, but I promise as soon as that oath is sworn, a process server is going to hand him paperwork.
which he will refuse to accept
Pretty big news here. Two whistleblowers have agreed to testify to @HouseJudiciary Democrats about William Barr’s ongoing politicization of the Justice Department: pic.twitter.com/aUXMZ3Y7io
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) June 16, 2020
re: #287 Joe Bacon 🌹
This is why I’ve said we need to pass British style libel laws in the US paired with a Federal SLAPP law. Hold Zuckerberg, Murdoch, OANN, Rush, SMOTI and the rest of the right wing liars liable for the lies they peddle. Not only hold them liable but hold their sponsors liable as well—and that includes that piece of shit coke-snorting My Pillow fat fuck!
I’m personally uncomfortable with this whole notion of adopting British libel laws; we have to be very careful with tinkering with the 1A for fear of rendering it moot. Trump would have been able to use such laws to prevent unflattering articles from seeing the light of day. It’s bad enough that too many feel that they cannot criticize the powerful for fear of losing their job or out of greed to maintain their position. Let’s not make it even easier for the wealthy to silence us.
I don’t want to hear another goddamn word about how Florida is doing so much better than New York in this pandemic.
Oh come on…… https://t.co/OiCj5FqGbc
— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) June 17, 2020
Florida’s a fucking petri dish, and before it’s done their COVID numbers are going to dwarf New York’s.
re: #386 Hecuba’s daughter
I’m personally uncomfortable with this whole notion of adopting British libel laws; we have to be very careful with tinkering with the 1A for fear of rendering it moot. Trump would have been able to use such laws to prevent unflattering articles from seeing the light of day. It’s bad enough that too many feel that they cannot criticize the powerful for fear of losing their job or out of greed to maintain their position. Let’s not make it even easier for the wealthy to silence us.
The First Amendment does not give someone a right to lie just as it does not cover a person maliciously shouting “fire” in a crowded theater.
re: #372 makeitstop
So, you haven’t seen ‘Officer Karen’ yet?
Seriously, what’s wrong with Officer Karen? Why didn’t she just shoot the MacDonalds person? Obviously not cut out for a job in the police.
re: #387 makeitstop
I don’t want to hear another goddamn word about how Florida is doing so much better than New York in this pandemic.
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Florida’s a fucking petri dish, and before it’s done their COVID numbers are going to dwarf New York’s.
I’m just glad that my uncle is in North Carolina right now. He’s a cancer survivor so higher risk than most of the public.
re: #378 lizardofid
He talks about Trump “always being ten steps ahead of of everyone”. When our daughter was a toddler she would do that when we took her shopping. We would put her in the cart when it got crowded.
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For a long time, the incongruity between Trump’s bumbling and erratic style on one hand, and his rapid political rise coupled with the fanatical devotion of his base on the other, led many (including us) to wonder if Trump was masterfully playing a game of 3-D chess that the rest of us just could not see. These stories make clear, once again, that no, he isn’t.
electoral-vote.com 5/22/20
he doesnt play x-dimensional chess.
he’s just an instinctual idiot who flies by the seat of his pants.
and badly at that.
re: #391 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
electoral-vote.com 5/22/20
he doesnt play x-dimensional chess.
he’s just an instinctual idiot who flies by the seat of his pants.
and badly at that.
He has toadies covering his ass for him, cleaning up his messes, “clarifying” (lying) and dissembling for him.
re: #388 Joe Bacon 🌹
The First Amendment does not give someone a right to lie just as it does not cover a person maliciously shouting “fire” in a crowded theater.
You also have speech which is not covered by the 1st amendment, such as 18 USC § 1091 (c) as well as issuing a “give no quarter” order (war crime).
re: #387 makeitstop
I don’t want to hear another goddamn word about how Florida is doing so much better than New York in this pandemic.
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Florida’s a fucking petri dish, and before it’s done their COVID numbers are going to dwarf New York’s.
we’re staying way over by the edge of the dish where hopefully they didnt spread enough agar
re: #394 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
Western good morning!
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That looks refreshing.
re: #387 makeitstop
Their excess deaths so far this year is over 4,000 above what they admit as covid19 deaths.
They’ve been caught categorizing excess deaths as pneumonia cases. That would either be a separate and distinct outbreak 4x larger than the annual death toll from pneumonia, or they’re simply treating covid19 deaths as pneumonia.
Yeah, it’s the latter - because they weren’t doing enough testing early on, and COD was listed as something other than covid19.
With the lack of social distancing and masking, this will get a lot worse (in the middle of the summer no less). What Trumpists don’t get is that summer means a lot of people are outdoors, but when they come inside, they’re dealing with HVAC blowing air around that can contain covid19 particles. So, cases keep rising - and it just keeps spreading.
As with Texas, the GOPers are ignoring the health experts and tying hands of localities that are trying to impose mask requirements and social distancing more stringent than what the Trumpists want.
re: #389 John Hughes
Seriously, what’s wrong with Officer Karen? Why didn’t she just shoot the MacDonalds person? Obviously not cut out for a job in the police.
Really! At the very least, whip out the damn truncheon and break a bone or two. They don’t make cops like they used to.
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re: #391 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
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he doesnt play x-dimensional chess.
he’s just an instinctual idiot who flies by the seat of his pants.
and badly at that.
He’s a reactionary know nothing who listens only to those telling him what he wants to hear and ignores those who tell him what he needs to hear.
re: #387 makeitstop
I don’t want to hear another goddamn word about how Florida is doing so much better than New York in this pandemic.
Florida’s a fucking petri dish, and before it’s done their COVID numbers are going to dwarf New York’s.
One’s trending up, one’s trending down:
But there’s quite a way to go:
re: #395 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
we’re staying way over by the edge of the dish where hopefully they didnt spread enough agar
Hope so, DM. Stay safe, please.
re: #144 dharmamark
Morning y’all. I know I don’t post often, but I’ve got a favor to ask. My daughter is in the Denver area and is on the verge of homelessness, so I’m trying raise some funds to help her out. gf.me So, if you’re inclined and able, I’d appreciate it - if not, if you can boost the signal on this, that would be cool too. Also, if you know of someone with a spare room or similar accommodations let me know. Thanks.
Oh, and fuck Trump!
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Trump nearly 15 points underwater now, as more people realize that he doesn’t have a clue. projects.fivethirtyeight.com
re: #403 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Trump nearly 15 points underwater now, as more people realize that he doesn’t have a clue. projects.fivethirtyeight.com
And it only took a Covid sized iceberg to sink the Trumptanic.
re: #387 makeitstop
I don’t want to hear another goddamn word about how Florida is doing so much better than New York in this pandemic.
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Florida’s a fucking petri dish, and before it’s done their COVID numbers are going to dwarf New York’s.
Imagine all the billions they will make available for new tax cuts if they can kill off enough of those useless geezers. Trump and his donors will be duly grateful, assuming they aren’t already in jail by then.
re: #387 makeitstop
I don’t want to hear another goddamn word about how Florida is doing so much better than New York in this pandemic.
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Florida’s a fucking petri dish, and before it’s done their COVID numbers are going to dwarf New York’s.
And the GOP convention will be in that state. Wheeeeee
re: #401 makeitstop
Hope so, DM. Stay safe, please.
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re: #403 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Trump nearly 15 points underwater now, as more people realize that he doesn’t have a clue. projects.fivethirtyeight.com
could we just freeze things as they are, wake up on 11/2 and then vote?
re: #408 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
could we just freeze things as they are, wake up on 11/2 and then vote?
Trump still has a lot of tricks up his voluminous sleeves. I can only hope that the Democrats are prepared and ready to get proactive.
He will only grow more desperate as time passes and his numbers do not recover
re: #405 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Imagine all the billions they will make available for new tax cuts if they can kill off enough of those useless geezers. Trump and his donors will be duly grateful, assuming they aren’t already in jail by then.
A lot of those useless geezers are people who earned money in other states, and brought their SS and 401K’s to spend in Florida.
re: #409 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Trump still has a lot of tricks up his voluminous sleeves. I can only hope that the Democrats are prepared and ready to get proactive.
He will only grow more desperate as time passes and his numbers do not recover
Tricks like suing John Bolton to prevent the release of his book and then openly stating that everything is a lie, undermining his lawsuit. Tricks like using teargas to clear a church for a photo op.
re: #410 Belafon
A lot of those useless geezers are people who earned money in other states, and brought their SS and 401K’s to spend in Florida.
When they die, those 401K’s are going to end up in the hands of their liberal grandchildren.
re: #411 Belafon
Tricks as in crimes and misconduct.
“Patriots”
Proof that shit floats…
What would you name this?
I’ll go first… The KKK Minnow pic.twitter.com/6jMLueYxJt— CK (@charley_ck14) June 17, 2020
re: #411 Belafon
Tricks like suing John Bolton to prevent the release of his book and then openly stating that everything is a lie, undermining his lawsuit. Tricks like using teargas to clear a church for a photo op.
Executive branch tricks like declaring War somewhere in the world or or a State of Emergency in the USA, for example…
I’d be ok with removing Franklin Pierce’s statue from the NH statehouse—
If he would like to include some Northern Confederate generals, be my guest. https://t.co/IVoee4LgMr
— Doug Stafford (@dougstafford) June 17, 2020
re: #417 Barefoot Grin
I’d be ok with removing Franklin Pierce’s statue from the NH statehouse—
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Why can’t he just say white people instead of the South?
re: #417 Barefoot Grin
If he would like to include some Northern Confederate generals, be my guest.
There were a few
Generals Who Fought Against their Home State in the Civil War
Yeehaw. Brilliant logic moving the RNC/KKK festival to Jacksonville. Please…pretty please, proceed.
UPDATED INFO | Gov. Ron DeSantis said 260 workers at the Orlando International Airport have tested positive for the coronavirus after nearly 500 employees were tested. https://t.co/tfiAN6MRtx
— News 6 WKMG (@news6wkmg) June 17, 2020
re: #410 Belafon
A lot of those useless geezers are people who earned money in other states, and brought their SS and 401K’s to spend in Florida.
Sure it won’t do the State of Florida any good at all, but that is hardly on Trumpite radar.
re: #409 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Trump still has a lot of tricks up his voluminous sleeves. I can only hope that the Democrats are prepared and ready to get proactive.
He will only grow more desperate as time passes and his numbers do not recover
the worse it looks for him the harder it’ll be to mess with it
re: #414 Dr. Matt
“Patriots”
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the poop deck?
Proof that shit floats…
What would you name this?
I’ll go first… The KKK Minnow pic.twitter.com/6jMLueYxJt— CK (@charley_ck14) June 17, 2020
re: #424 Dr. Matt
Yeehaw. Brilliant logic moving the RNC/KKK festival to Jacksonville. Please…pretty please, proceed.
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but jacksonville is nowhere near orlando //
re: #357 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Rage tweets, sulking, and plenty of calls to FNC where he cries to Hannity about how ungrateful we were to him because he didn’t take a salary!
Nobody cares about the lack of salary; nobody takes the job for the money. The entire federal government salary is irrelevant to the budget; it is only used as a cudgel to score points by freezing salary increases and pretending that means something.
Until this week, only 22 cases had previously been reported in Union County in eastern Oregon. It’s now the county with the highest number of cases per capita in Oregon. @rachelamonahan reports. https://t.co/NcMa8cDrfS
— Aaron Mesh (@AaronMesh) June 16, 2020
[…]
But in an indication that the numbers may represent just the beginning of the outbreak in Union County, 50% of the tests reported today in the county came back positive for COVID-19. OHA officials say they have tested the majority of church members, so they are hopeful they won’t have a significant increase in cases in the future.
[…]
When you hit 100%, there will be no significant increases.
re: #406 Eclectic Cyborg
And the GOP convention will be in that state. Wheeeeee
Presided over by Governor DeSADIST!
re: #431 wrenchwench
I wonder what caused the spike. Out of towners?
re: #414 Dr. Matt
“Patriots”
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Damn! Looks like it’s out of a Sid and Marty Krofft show!
re: #434 wrenchwench
Church services.
Ayyy. That figures.
The Bible says so much about NOT being stupid, it’s a shame so many people ignore those parts.
re: #436 Eclectic Cyborg
Ayyy. That figures.
The Bible says so much about NOT being stupid, it’s a shame so many people ignore those parts.
I shoulda went with the tweet I first saw, not gone back for the original. Bit by my strategy.
One church, 236 covid cases. https://t.co/9vYd8YT2tw
— Tim Dickinson (@7im) June 17, 2020
re: #424 Dr. Matt
Yeehaw. Brilliant logic moving the RNC/KKK festival to Jacksonville. Please…pretty please, proceed.
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regardless of what desantis is doing, broward county is requiring all businesses and restaurants to post signs as they start to reopen:
facial coverings required (including staff during interactions with the public)
social distancing required
report violations… (subject to fines/imprisonment)
re: #431 wrenchwench
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Q; why do we gotta do all this stuff if no one’s getting sick
A: no one’s getting sick because we’re doing all this stuff
The guy who “wrote” the book “Triggered” is throwing a fit on Twitter because this police officer’s egg McMuffin wasn’t ready when she pulled up to the window.
You can’t make this shit up. https://t.co/zdIuQGTvS4— Angry Staffer (@AngrierWHStaff) June 17, 2020
re: #439 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
Q; why do we gotta do all this stuff if no one’s getting sick
A: no one’s getting sick because we’re doing all this stuff
I tell myself that every day (not word-for-word…). I need to stay motivated to stay safe. I’m really tired of long shifts with face coverings.
Oh oh……
— And the Wind Cries “Very Very LAW & ORDER!” (@DaveoutofAustin) June 17, 2020
re: #402 calochortus
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re: #440 makeitstop
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Son of guy who called FBI corrupt did investigating his father’s cronies has a sad about McMuffins.
re: #440 makeitstop
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Uh, Shithead Jr. didn’t write that book.
He could barely comprehend a Dick and Jane tome!
re: #445 Joe Bacon 🌹
Uh, Shithead Jr. didn’t write that book.
He could barely comprehend a Dick and Jane tome!
I think that’s why ‘wrote’ is in scare quotes in the tweet.
re: #292 Belafon
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We condemn violence against property or persons.
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re: #295 Dr Lizardo
I think 35% is Trump’s floor. I would be genuinely surprised if he went under that.
I’m holding for 27% crazy factor floor.
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