Former first lady Michelle Obama, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D), New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and former Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) are among the featured speakers on the first night of the Democratic National Convention. https://cs.pn/31O57JI
How crazy will Trump’s tweets be tonight?
FT FR GOTV!
Severe thunderstorm warning just went up, with sixty mile per hour winds and life-threatening hail.
The storm in question is a right-moving supercell north of Bridgeport on the map.
the Diva is ready! pic.twitter.com/qRiIVb9LIM
— justa farmer (@justafarmer4) August 17, 2020
Diva, the early years:#BlackCatAppreciationDay pic.twitter.com/5D3y724xNe
— justa farmer (@justafarmer4) August 18, 2020
TFW you spent most of the day playing with Photoshop’s color replacer tool instead of doing any actual writing.
See you tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/b8OXQTW7QP— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) August 18, 2020
re: #2 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
We had a special weather statement here in Northern NJ - strong storm cells, 40mph winds, and possible hail - training of cells lining up.
Stay safe…
re: #6 lawhawk
We had a special weather statement here in Northern NJ - strong storm cells, 40mph winds, and possible hail - training of cells lining up.
Stay safe…
The National Weather Service gave us a 10% chance of thunderstorms today.
What do we win? /s
The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Eastern Morrill County in the Panhandle of Nebraska…* Until 645 PM MDT.
* At 600 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles northeast
of Northport, or 21 miles south of Alliance, moving southeast at 25
mph.HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.* Locations impacted include…
Broadwater.
We’re just over an hour away from night one of the @DemConvention. I hope you’ll join me and Democrats across the country as we unite around our vision for a better America.
Tune in at 9 PM ET: https://t.co/xk0GcS7PGq pic.twitter.com/Gh4ZGgPWXH— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) August 17, 2020
Imagine if we had a president who cared this much about 170,000 Americans dead from the Coronavirus. https://t.co/q2uCFl9xEq
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) August 17, 2020
.@NicolleDWallace says Whoopi Goldberg told her in 2015 that @realDonaldTrump was going to be president. https://t.co/E6uLVj12LM @latimes
— Stephen Battaglio (@SteveBattaglio) August 17, 2020
this fuckin guy https://t.co/ici6IBbyZZ
— darth™ (@darth) August 17, 2020
More than 170,000 Americans have died of the coronavirus and, for the second day in a row, the president is complaining on Twitter about Fox News.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 17, 2020
Ferret video, 0:43
For those of you that needed this tiktok from tonight’s stream: pic.twitter.com/KHOsbW5IPy
— 🔺iilluminaughtii🔺 (@iilluminaughtii) August 16, 2020
re: #9 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I’d rather listen to one year of Nicole than one second of Chuck U Todd.
re: #9 Backwoods_Sleuth
The very first week, you said Obama didn’t like people. An incredulous Rosie asked you if she heard that right. You repeated it. I stopped watching it after Rosie left. @NicolleDWallace is an opportunist and nothing more.
— mary lee (@iamsugargate) August 17, 2020
Bleah.
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Amber Phillips up there in the DNC stream now promoting the “enthusiasm gap.” The villagers have to have their Democrats in Disarray narrative.
The southern leading edge of the supercell is moving over the village. The sky is now orange.
Trump looks weirdly like Cthulhu at 30 billion. pic.twitter.com/D8oppPooAx
— JRehling (@JRehling) August 17, 2020
Would love to have Dinesh here explain in detail how Harris inherited wealth and power from the man who raped one of her female ancestors. https://t.co/CPyixPAi31
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) August 17, 2020
The entire party is now nothing but degenerates. https://t.co/FslIF2sCxe
— Charles Gaba (@charles_gaba) August 18, 2020
re: #20 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I would love for Dinesh to try shutting his fucking mouth but then again he loves getting owned by the likes of Prof Kruse on Twitter owing to his historical illiteracy.
thank you I’ll be here all night for more insightful political analysis
— Jane Lytvynenko (@JaneLytv) August 18, 2020
Fucker Carlson sics his thugs on a freelance photographer.
I’m not saying it’s aliens… .
The front-edge of the saucer-shaped supercell is moving over town.
Trump, who is trailing in every major national poll and in numerous swing state polls, in a Wisconsin speech today: “The only way we’re going to lose this election is if the election is rigged.” https://t.co/Bwwd6Hdt6s
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 18, 2020
mohr distraction
President Trump says he will be issuing a pardon tomorrow for someone “very, very important,” but it would not be Michael Flynn or Edward Snowden, per the pool traveling with him.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) August 18, 2020
I don’t have any place safe to stash my car. Maybe I should bring it inside.
Will we need the third roof in one year? Stay tuned… .
Steve Kornacki’s been hittin’ the espresso pretty hard tonight. His eyes look like they’re about to pop out of his head.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 18, 2020
Cillizza is doing the same thing he did in 2016 because he’s a hack https://t.co/UW06gVhl7Q
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) August 18, 2020
Aca-scuse-me?! The Bella’s are back together for a very special reason. Money raised from the downloads of our rendition of “Love on Top” will go directly to @UNICEF to help children in Lebanon and around the world who need our support right now.https://t.co/jyHNlg3Inl pic.twitter.com/4I2HHpBqru
— Rebel Wilson (@RebelWilson) August 17, 2020
re: #32 Charles Johnson
About like how you felt the other day when the coffee machine reset?
re: #28 Backwoods_Sleuth
mohr distraction
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So who will Shithead pardon?
It ain’t Flynn.
It ain’t Snowden
It’ll be Manafort.
Yes, Steve, we’re excited too. Steve? pic.twitter.com/DfA85tftvw
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 18, 2020
re: #36 🌹UOJB!
So who will Shithead pardon?
It ain’t Flynn.
It ain’t Snowden
It’ll be Manafort.
I say it will be someone that hasn’t been convicted yet to send a message that has your back.
re: #39 I Would Prefer Not To
I say it will be someone that hasn’t been convicted yet to send a message that has your back.
I don’t think a pardon can be issued prior to conviction.
re: #33 Backwoods_Sleuth
Chris Cillizza should be introduced to Chris Cillizza.
This is why the Biden campaign’s best strategy is to limit his media appearances.
The more he talks, the less the race is a straight referendum on Trump. https://t.co/xo5hQ9EWt7— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) August 5, 2020
re: #41 🌹UOJB!
I don’t think a pardon can be issued prior to conviction.
See Richard Nixon pardoned by Gerald Ford.
re: #41 🌹UOJB!
I don’t think a pardon can be issued prior to conviction.
It’s been done in the case of Nixon, but I think the DOJ next year should say that it can’t happen and go for it.
re: #41 🌹UOJB!
I don’t think a pardon can be issued prior to conviction.
I know, and that’s why trump will try. It makes no sense to me, but so has everything in his admin.
Let me guess: he’s going to pardon Louis De Joy.
re: #35 TarHellion
About like how you felt the other day when the coffee machine reset?
dead spiders…
I changed the live feed to MSNBC even though it’s Fuck Todd because man, that Washington Post pre-game show is dry as a bone.
re: #39 I Would Prefer Not To
I say it will be someone that hasn’t been convicted yet to send a message that has your back.
Ghislane.
re: #36 🌹UOJB!
So who will Shithead pardon?
It ain’t Flynn.
It ain’t Snowden
It’ll be Manafort.
yeah, my bet is manafort.
but if he really wants to shake up people, it’ll be Reality Winner
The centre of the storm is moving over US-26; it shifted into motion toward the southwest, so it is closer to Bridgeport than my town.
A new storm is forming in Angora on US-385 which could become a threat.
re: #50 Charles Johnson
I changed the live feed to MSNBC even though it’s Fuck Todd because man, that Washington Post pre-game show is dry as a bone.
Probably still better than PBS’s: I mean, seriously - Mark Shields (didn’t know he was still alive)? David Fucking Brooks (hard to believe he’s “alive”, either)?
re: #50 Charles Johnson
I changed the live feed to MSNBC even though it’s Fuck Todd because man, that Washington Post pre-game show is dry as a bone.
PBS is pretty good…
Convention time! Damn this covid. I’m ready to march, to convene, to speak, to prevail. That’s ok… we are the grownups. We just gotta VOTE. #WeWillNotYieldtheVote
— Deb Butler (@DebButlerHD18) August 18, 2020
Found a convention watch party for my area. Phew.
re: #54 Jay C
Probably still better that PBS’s: I mean, seriously - Mark Shields (didn’t know he was still alive)? David Fucking Brooks (hard to believe he’s “alive”, either)?
hm… 16 seconds difference, exact opposite opinion.
re: #50 Charles Johnson
I’ve got the DNC’s live YouTube feed ready to go. We’ll see how that goes.
I can’t watch Chuck Todd.
Ford’s greatest mistake. Had he not pardoned Nixon, he could have used the Bicentennial bump to win election. David Gergen described Ford as a thoroughly decent man but one who did not understand optics.
Who knows, if we would have had Ford in ‘76, it probably would have opened the door to Kennedy, Brown or Glenn in 1980.
I enjoy the Internet Archive for a 1987 computer version of President Elect ‘88. Not a perfect game. But one you can screw around with and run all kinds of scenarios.
re: #60 TarHellion
Ford’s greatest mistake. Had he not pardoned Nixon, he could have used the Bicentennial bump to win election. David Gergen described Ford as a thoroughly decent man but one who did not understand optics.
Who knows, if we would have had Ford in ‘76, it probably would have opened the door to Kennedy, Brown or Glenn in 1980.
I enjoy the Internet Archive for a 1987 computer version of President Elect ‘88. Not a perfect game. But one you can screw around with and run all kinds of scenarios.
Looks fun.
OK, then, switched the live feed to C-SPAN because that’s usually the least painful.
The storm is trampling our county seat right now.
…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHEYENNE AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MORRILL COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM MDT…
At 656 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
The Intersection Of Highway 385 And 92, or 32 miles north of Sidney,
moving south at 15 mph.
Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.
This strong thunderstorm will be near…
Court House And Jail Rocks around 705 PM MDT.
Dalton around 745 PM MDT.
Other locations impacted by this storm include Broadwater.
OH WHAT THE FUCK
TeleTracking Claims NDA On Trump Admin Contract
I frankly don’t want Trump prosecuted at the national level after he’s out (let NY do him good) as direct prosecution of previous presidents is bad news. But everyone around him - just do it.
re: #68 NetworkKed
OH WHAT THE FUCK
TeleTracking Claims NDA On Trump Admin Contract
I frankly don’t want Trump prosecuted at the national level after he’s out (let NY do him good) as direct prosecution of previous presidents is bad news. But everyone around him - just do it.
Subpoena these asshats. Let them make that assertion in the US House.
I’m crawling over broken glass to vote for Joe, but I’m not going to last very long through this presentation.
re: #71 stpaulbear
I’m crawling over broken glass to vote for Joe, but I’m not going to last very long through this presentation.
Yeeeah. Ugh.
I’m amazed the cable nets haven’t broken away for commentary yet - but then, what do you even say about this pablum?
re: #71 stpaulbear
I’m crawling over broken glass to vote for Joe, but I’m not going to last very long through this presentation.
Jeez, where is your polling location? You should call the mayor and demand they clean up all the glass.
//
How do you do this without a live audience and make it engaging? That is the challenge.
Probably goes without saying, but…
the DNC video with Springsteen’s The Rising for a soundtrack… absolutely had authorization to use the track.
I did not mind he opening. But the “interviews” went a bit too long.
re: #75 sagehen
Probably goes without saying, but…
the DNC video with Springsteen’s The Rising for a soundtrack… absolutely. had authorization to use the track.
I believe both Bidens are big Bruce fans.
re: #78 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Hashtag at the end was good
re: #74 TarHellion
How do you do this without a live audience and make it engaging? That is the challenge.
Yes, I’m just starting to realize that. The first half hour of a live convention wouldn’t have been a lot more exciting, but there would be the buzz and anticipation of people in the convention hall to fill in some of the gaps. I liked the Springsteen bit and I think I’m going to be more open about this. It is a huge challenge.
re: #80 TarHellion
Hashtag at the end was good
Didn’t catch that. I’m watching a stream of this with other Va Dems. Mayor Bowser speaking now.
People are fed up everywhere. The common thread is authoritarianism and corruption. https://t.co/6duPvhHDCD
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) August 17, 2020
Oh god, how much cocaine did he do before this interview pic.twitter.com/SevcI7TDJJ
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) August 18, 2020
re: #74 TarHellion
How do you do this without a live audience and make it engaging? That is the challenge.
It’s not awful but it’s sure different. We’ve had numerous specials on solidarity and health, concerts, comedy shows that are like this.
It’s weird but it’s the new normal.
Republicans will have some in person stuff for theirs and people will get sick and done will die.
That’s the new normal as well.
Fox News cuts to virtual convention coverage for the moment of silence pic.twitter.com/UidEhbfnkm
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) August 18, 2020
Good God this video. Please watch to the end. #WearAMask https://t.co/fSGjZbQ41M
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) August 17, 2020
re: #88 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
There needs to be trials for genocide.
Sen. Ron Wyden said in a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray on Monday that the bureau was improperly providing documents and other information to Republicans, sometimes without even informing Democrats of their existence. via @AndrewDesiderio https://t.co/F2G7pEeBF8
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) August 17, 2020
I promise you’re going to want to watch this.#DemConvention pic.twitter.com/K8T7qWjsWj
— 2020 #DemConvention 🇺🇸 (@DemConvention) August 18, 2020
— Ed Mix (@TheEdMix) August 18, 2020
Or maybe, just maybe, it’s not really schlocky; you’re just jaded and cynical. https://t.co/tt5tRlsTAp
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 18, 2020
2/2: DHS’s central claim is that GAO should’ve focused on the fact that Nielsen *told* everyone McAleenan would succeed her (and then swore him in).
But if—as GAO concluded—she didn’t correctly change the order of succession in the first place, nothing else she said/did matters.— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) August 17, 2020
This is such uncharted territory. I like the emphasis on We the People. And I like how Cuomo is bringing home a message.
I worry about Massachusetts because I live here. But I lay awake at night terrified for Mississippi.
Because there’s just not health care infrastructure there like the rest of the US. There’ll be a human cost, primarily paid by black people, that will go by unnoticed by America. https://t.co/cUzb7Emk7X— Brianna Wu (@BriannaWu) August 18, 2020
This girl is a barn burner. So sad for her.
The daughter is making a very strong, heartfelt statement in memory of her late father.
re: #98 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
This girl is a barn burner. So sad for her.
I know. The Trumpists are definitely going to go after. I bet you Don Jr or Eric or even Don himself like a hateful tweet about her.
Perhaps this election is seeing a lot more “male fraud” than “mail fraud?”
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) August 17, 2020
Megan Rapinoe doing a discussion with the frontline heroes.
re: #100 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I know. The Trumpists are definitely going to go after. I bet you Don Jr or Eric or even Don himself like a hateful tweet about her.
I’m sure she knows that.
But, since I’m not watching, who is she?
Is this Trump’s “October Surprise”?
Jill Biden’s ex-husband accuses her of affair with Joe in 1970s https://t.co/BFfcpIhbqB pic.twitter.com/uVT8eZ2jnQ
— New York Post (@nypost) August 17, 2020
re: #10 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Jared:. I’m not dead, so yeah.
this fuckin guy https://t.co/ici6IBbyZZ
— darth™ (@darth) August 17, 2020
re: #103 Belafon
I’m sure she knows that.
But, since I’m not watching, who is she?
She lost her father to Covid. Wasn’t someone in the spotlight before this.
re: #103 Belafon
This is the story of Kristin Urquiza. https://t.co/jBse0sLUSx
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) August 18, 2020
re: #105 dangerman
Jared:. I’m not dead and I made a shit ton of money!, so yeah.
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re: #102 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
She is so irrepressible and impressive. I see her having a future in Washington state politics, if she would so choose.
re: #103 Belafon
I’m sure she knows that.
But, since I’m not watching, who is she?
A regular girl, whose father took Trump’s word for it that Covid was no big deal, just a flu. So as soon as the lockdown lifted, he went to a bar to celebrate. 10 days later he was in the hospital, and after five days on a ventilator he died alone, with a nurse holding his hand.
Don’t know this singer but she’s good. Gedeon is gonna be a nice improvement over the concern troll too.
re: #104 The Pie Overlord!
Is this Trump’s “October Surprise”?
Like that means anything any longer. 🙄
re: #110 sagehen
A regular girl, whose father took Trump’s word for it that Covid was no big deal, just a flu. So as soon as the lockdown lifted, he went to a bar to celebrate. 10 days later he was in the hospital, and after five days on a ventilator he died alone, with a nurse holding his hand.
Those stories are the most heartbreaking because they’re people we could know. I know a few Trumpers. As adherent as I find their beliefs, it goes without saying I don’t want them to suffer.
re: #97 Patricia Kayden
Derp
Mississippi public schools have confirmed 199 cases among students and 245 among teachers, Dobbs said, and school districts have ordered 2,035 students and 589 teachers to quarantine at home for two weeks after possible exposure to COVID-19. Schools in 71 of Mississippi’s 82 counties have reported cases, the state health officer said.
“It doesn’t mean they caught it there,” though, Dobbs added, saying some students and teachers likely had COVID-19 when classes began.
re: #43 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
See Richard Nixon pardoned by Gerald Ford.
Fwiw no one questioned or tested the legitimacy
No lawsuits no nothing
These days there are lawsuits to determine whether “shall” means shall, whether the exec can exercise the powers delegates only to congress etc
The fact that something was done just once or even was done for 100 years doesn’t necessarily mean it was correct and constitutional.
re: #116 stpaulbear
Hour two begins. This has been engaging.
I can’t get it to stream properly. I presume it’s my two-cans-and-a-string Internet service.
Good for Gov. Whitmer to mention mail carriers.
Goosebumps here as they show those we’ve lost.
Ok. John Prine got me.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) August 18, 2020
No one embodies the radicalization of the Republican Party more than John Kasich, one of Newt Gingrich’s fiercest lieutenants when the GOP swept the house in 1994… now speaking at the #DemocraticNationalConvention.
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) August 18, 2020
A really strong statement by Kasich. Actually surprising.
re: #123 TarHellion
A really strong statement by Kasich. Actually surprising.
Yeah I don’t like him but that was a nice message.
I’m Senator Doug Jones. I’m a great guy and have no chance, but I get my TV time.
re: #126 TarHellion
I’m Senator Doug Jones. I’m a great guy and have no chance, but I get my TV time.
He could be our future AG.
re: #128 TarHellion
That would be a great thing.
He’s the anti Sessions/Barr just like Joe is the Anti Trump. Jones is a profile in courage.
re: #129 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
And in another state, he would be a Senator getting 6 more years. But as the national AG, he would be terrific.
re: #130 TarHellion
And in another state, he would be a Senator getting 6 more years. But as the national AG, he would be terrific.
Absolutely.
— Paul Musgrave🍕 (@profmusgrave) August 18, 2020
I’m a disabled combat veteran and I get my all my meds (a considerable amount) through the #USPS. I have asthma and I’m waiting on an inhaler. I can’t breathe. #USPSprotest
— Mike is not amused (@dustmyblues) August 16, 2020
re: #126 TarHellion
I’m Senator Doug Jones. I’m a great guy and have no chance, but I get my TV time.
There are an awful lot of people in Alabama who would like to see him reëlected (the same people who put him in office the first time: African-Americans).
Tommy Tuberville has a Trump endorsement, which so far more often than not means the kiss of death.
re: #133 Patricia Kayden
Fortunately the other half of my epilepsy prescription came while we were in Valentine. My wife picked it up at the Post Office this morning.
Yay, I get to go through the same thing in thirty days, and every thirty days until we can pry these destroyers out of the government.
Nice video with the other Democratic primary candidates
Really doing a great job showing Joe as an unifier from his former opponents.
re: #135 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I have medical conditions for which I take medication and can’t imagine having my health put in jeopardy because of that bastard in the White House. Trump is worse than I imagined he’d be.
re: #136 TarHellion
Nice video with the other Democratic primary candidates
The Booker story was really cool.
re: #140 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
It sure was!
Berners wondering why we rallied around him should take note.
Rep. Richmond has a future. Great presentation.
Eva is doing a good job tying things together as well. I think she was a good choice.
re: #138 Patricia Kayden
I have medical conditions for which I take medication and can’t imagine having my health put in jeopardy because of that bastard in the White House. Trump is worse than I imagined he’d be.
I’m stuck with thirty-day renewals because conservatives in death penalty states experimented on death row inmates with my medication in Virginia and Oklahoma. The result was the company which makes it banned it for sale in the USA.
President Obama negotiated a solution with the EU to allow its sale here, but it requires signing an affidavit saying you won’t transfer the drug if you live in a death penalty state to any state agency, and limits prescriptions to thirty days.
Prior to human experimentation to kill people in Virginia and Oklahoma, I had ninety-day prescriptions.
That’s the message! Going home each night on Amtrak.
re: #143 BeachDem
Eva is doing a good job tying things together as well. I think she was a good choice.
Did you see Rubio scoffing at her?
re: #144 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The experiments by Virginia and Oklahoma to kill people are in fact grounded in Nazi Germany’s Aktion T4. Phenobarbital was used to kill disabled and elderly people.
Those states were explicitly using Nazi medical murder.
He really is a decent guy at his core and that matters for something.
re: #146 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Did you see Rubio scoffing at her?
Nope—glad I missed the little turd.
REPORT: NFL won’t have live NATIONAL ANTHEM performances, may BAR MILITARY and POLICE HONOR GUARDS from field…
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE NFL?— Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) August 18, 2020
And when was the last time they broadcast the National Anthem during a regular season game? Did you even notice that they don’t.
— Ace-o-aces (@aceoaces) August 18, 2020
So you don’t know. Didn’t notice if they did before or didn’t. Because they cut to commercial and you went to get a beer out of the fridge. Because you don’t really give a shit and this is just conservative “virtue signaling”.
— Ace-o-aces (@aceoaces) August 18, 2020
And then he blocked me, so I’ll assume I was on target.
Bernie has been chopping wood like he’s preparing to box Ivan Drago
— The Mysterious LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) August 18, 2020
re: #150 BeachDem
Nope—glad I missed the little turd.
Just your usual crap about celebrities. Motherfucker your party nominated Reagan and Trump. Take a goddamn seat.
re: #152 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Bernie combed his hair. 🤣
Now he needs to send a copy of this little speech to BrieBrie and Nina.
I don’t remember seeing Bernie speak before. Does he have more than one hand gesture, and has anyone told him that doing it every 2.5 seconds is not a good look?
Oh, wait, he has a slightly different one where his right hand gets raised more and points a little. But I’m exhausted just watching.
“…preserve this nation from a threat that so many of our heroes fought to defeat.”
He’s not bad really. He’s just not presidential material and that’s okay. Not everyone in Congress is.
If he would have altered his message by 30 percent he would have been the nominee, but it was all or nothing for him. But that was his fatal flaw.
re: #164 TarHellion
Not that I would have ever supported him.
I stood at home during the National Anthem.
My choice.
In this week’s today’s this hour’s what the actual fucking fuck news:
NEW: On the flight home from Wisconsin, the President told us he plans to pardon someone “very, very important” tomorrow who is not Edward Snowden or Michael Flynn.
— Weijia Jiang (@weijia) August 18, 2020
re: #154 Ace-o-aces
I dated an Austrian au pair back in the early 1990s. She could not believe teams played the national anthem before games. She associated it with Nazism from the 30s. How prescient she would be. I love the national anthem. But the way it has been perverted.
A proposal by Pentagon officials to slash Military Healthcare by $2.2 billion dollars has been firmly and totally rejected by me. We will do nothing to hurt our great Military professionals & heroes as long as I am your President. Thank you!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 18, 2020
re: #169 KGxvi
In
this week’s today’sthis hour’s what the actual fucking fuck news:[Embedded content]
Today’s shiny object.
re: #156 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Just your usual crap about celebrities. Motherfucker your party nominated Reagan and Trump. Take a goddamn seat.
While Marco tweets bible quotes, Eva actually DOES things to help people:
Eva Longoria Charity Work, Events and Causes
re: #170 TarHellion
Grandpa Bacon said that “This Land Is Your Land” should have been our National Anthem.
re: #170 TarHellion
I dated an Austrian au pair back in the early 1990s. She could not believe teams played the national anthem before games. She associated it with Nazism from the 30s. How prescient she would be. I love the national anthem. But the way it has been perverted.
I don’t mind it but I hate the mixing of the military & LEO with sport.
re: #174 🌹UOJB!
Grandpa Bacon said that “This Land Is Your Land” should have been our National Anthem.
That or America the Beautiful, the Ray Charles version.
re: #170 TarHellion
I dated an Austrian au pair back in the early 1990s. She could not believe teams played the national anthem before games. She associated it with Nazism from the 30s. How prescient she would be. I love the national anthem. But the way it has been perverted.
It’s something I never really thought about until recently. I remember finding it weird when we started singing God Bless America during the 7th inning stretch after 9/11. Now I feel the same way about the national anthem. If our patriotism is so weak that we need to sing the song before sporting events, then maybe we aren’t we who thought we were
re: #154 Ace-o-aces
And then he blocked me, so I’ll assume I was on target.
They have to have their culture war, because they sure can’t run on Trump’s or the GOP’s record.
If the GOP actually ran on what they support, tax cuts for billionaires and deregulation of such things as your safe water, they would be a rump party.
In my sixty years, I don’t ever recall a GOP campaign which did not include outrage at a perceived cultural ill.
re: #173 BeachDem
While Marco tweets bible quotes, Eva actually DOES things to help people:
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He may not be the most right wing in the Senate but he is one of the most obnoxious ones. I hate his choir boy act and his wanting to play the proud son of Cuban immigrants while shitting on other immigrants and not acknowledging the privileges that Cuban immigrants compared with other immigrants have had.
re: #177 KGxvi
It’s something I never really thought about until recently. I remember finding it weird when we started singing God Bless America during the 7th inning stretch after 9/11. Now I feel the same way about the national anthem. If our patriotism is so weak that we need to sing the song before sporting events, then maybe we aren’t we who thought we were
Forced patriotism isn’t patriotism at all. I always stand but I don’t knock anyone for choosing to kneel.
re: #177 KGxvi
Kind of like people who have to advance their religiosity as if it is some affirmation of their faith. I’m a proud Episcopalian, but I do not advance it. I just try to silently live it, imperfect as it may be.
re: #182 BeachDem
Michelle is fanfuckingtastic.
One half of my favorite first couple. I thoroughly enjoyed her memoir.
re: #170 TarHellion
I dated an Austrian au pair back in the early 1990s. She could not believe teams played the national anthem before games. She associated it with Nazism from the 30s. How prescient she would be. I love the national anthem. But the way it has been perverted.
I’m not a big fan of the slavery apologtics of the third verse:
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore,
That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion
A home and a Country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wash’d out their foul footstep’s pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Or the religious call-out of the fourth verse:
O thus be it ever when freemen shall stand
Between their lov’d home and the war’s desolation!
Blest with vict’ry and peace may the heav’n rescued land
Praise the power that hath made and preserv’d us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto - “In God is our trust,”
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
re: #183 TarHellion
Kind of like people who have to advance their religiosity as if it is some affirmation of their faith. I’m a proud Episcopalian, but I do not advance it. I just try to silently live it, imperfect as it may be.
Exactly. If your faith needs to be forced on others, it ain’t strong. I am not religious but I understand that faith is supposed to be a deeply personal thing. So something like forced prayer is something that I just don’t get.
re: #181 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Because in our country, people have fought for the right for us to kneel or stand.
re: #187 TarHellion
Because in our country, people have fought for the right for us to kneel or stand.
Exactly.
This is a great speech. I know she doesn’t like politics but she is a powerful speaker.
re: #190 Dave In Austin
Michelle is Killing it. Wow!!!
I’ll have to wait for it to go up on YouTube.
Cheer on my behalf, please.
“He told us to stop giving money to people whose houses had burned down from a wildfire because he was so rageful that people in the state of California didn’t support him.” https://t.co/noU9koawCv
— Dan Friedman (@dfriedman33) August 17, 2020
She really more than anyone tonight has articulated how I feel.
re: #186 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Exactly. If your faith needs to be forced on others, it ain’t strong. I am not religious but I understand that faith is supposed to be a deeply personal thing. So something like forced prayer is something that I just don’t get.
It’s part of their plan to make America a “Christian” nation by making everyone follow Christian rules. Apparently they aren’t understanding that rules and laws aren’t what Christ came to preach.
Michelle Obama: “You simply cannot fake your way through this job.”
Waiting eagerly for the transcription of this perfect speech.— Senator Megan Hunt 😷 (@NebraskaMegan) August 18, 2020
re: #186 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I just try to be good to people. From talking by name with the cashier who checks me out, to the pharma tech who brings me or Mrs. TarH’s medicines. We are all in this together.
Ya’ll see who made Barack Obama president, right?
— Midwin Charles (@MidwinCharles) August 18, 2020
If I were scoring for points, I’d say I’d like a little less rhetorical and tonal pleading, and just a touch higher wpm.
But yes, a good speech, a strong message, saying things that need to be said.
re: #143 BeachDem
Eva is doing a good job tying things together as well. I think she was a good choice.
She was a guest on that PBS genealogy show; her first immigrant ancestor was 1603. Her family’s been in what’s now Texas since before the Mayflower set sail. Before Jamestown. Before any African slaves were brought to this side of the Atlantic.
This speech is something else. I’m tearing up.
I’m watching Star Trek, the original series. That’s as close to politics as I want to get tonight.
re: #194 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
It’s part of their plan to make America a “Christian” nation by making everyone follow Christian rules. Apparently they aren’t understanding that rules and laws aren’t what Christ came to preach.
Most of the history of Christianity has been about forcing others to believe as they, or killing them if they don’t.
You don’t hear much about the 2nd Century Ebionites anymore (because Christians slaughtered them). Ditto with the Marcionites. Same with the Gnositcs later.
The most famous part of Christian rule was the Inquisition, on the heels of the Dark Ages.
The modern definitions of faith do not comport to the history of the religion. It was dragged into the modern era by the Enlightenment, not by anything the faithful did.
When the United States was founded as a secular state, we were the only one in the world. Zealous Christians want to correct that “mistake.”
Baby steps. The law forbidding changing your gender on your birth certificate was shot down earlier and now this. Fuck the bigots.
District judge temporarily stops Idaho’s controversial transgender athlete law https://t.co/alPLKD3fwH via @KTVB
— Michele: Out of the Closet and into the fire (@michele_out) August 18, 2020
re: #199 sagehen
She was a guest on that PBS genealogy show; her first immigrant ancestor was 1603. Her family’s been in what’s now Texas since before the Mayflower set sail. Before Jamestown. Before any African slaves were brought to this side of the Atlantic.
Next year is the centennial for my last direct ancestor’s immigration. The first one was in Washington’s first term. I’m a newcomer compared to Eva.
re: #204 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Baby steps. The law forbidding changing your gender on your birth certificate was shot down earlier and now this. Fuck the bigots.
They have to have their culture wars. They can’t win on their positions.
They’re plenty happy fiscal conservatives spending tax money on unconstitutional laws.
See also the anti-abortion bill just passed in my state, which will also get shot down.
I just caught Billy Porter singing the opening? I didn’t know he can sing that good. Damn.
All Michelle has left to say is “On my signal: unleash hell!” #DemConvention
— Wajahat “Wears a Mask Because of a Pandemic” Ali (@WajahatAli) August 18, 2020
re: #170 TarHellion
I love the national anthem. But the way it has been perverted.
This should be America’s national anthem. https://t.co/gduxHoddl6
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) August 18, 2020
170,000 people were alive who are dead today because your Dear Leader can’t manage his way out of a paper bag. And millions were employed who are today waiting for hours on line for food.
But yeah. America is great again. Keep up the great work. https://t.co/GPeKKh7sDS— digby (@digby56) August 18, 2020
re: #205 The Pie Overlord!
I am ugly crying right now.
Does that mean you’re going to make us a pie? /s
re: #210 teleskiguy
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If the Republicans have their way this would be our National Anthem
re: #174 🌹UOJB!
Grandpa Bacon said that “This Land Is Your Land” should have been our National Anthem.
I’d have picked America the Beautiful.
re: #211 jaunte
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Gosh I remember when you weren’t addicted to kissing Trump’s ass.
— The 3-D Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) August 18, 2020
re: #207 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
They have to have their culture wars. They can’t win on their positions.
They’re plenty happy fiscal conservatives spending tax money on unconstitutional laws.
See also the anti-abortion bill just passed in my state, which will also get shot down.
The sad thing is that Idaho’s A.G. flat out told Little that these laws would be found unconstitutional if he signed/enacted them and he did it anyway.
re: #175 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I want the National Anthem gone from sportsball other than national team games.
re: #197 jaunte
2008 I was uncertain who to vote for because I actually met Cdr John McCain post POW. He was very cool dude and gracious to my wild haired hell raiser self. And Obama was still a wild card
Two women sealed the deal: Michelle and Sarah
Michelle gave such a great and impassioned life story video at 2008 that made me respect the hell out of her and family.
Sarah. Sarah made me realize the effectiveness of willful ignorance in a sexyish package. But that wink made me sick to think she was the VP choice.
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