Nearing the 2020 election, John Oliver checks in on one of the key promises of President Trump’s 2016 campaign: the border wall.
Not sure that I’d like to participate in one, but I do like to watch https://t.co/ISbgSZnd3i
— Ben LaBolt (@BenLaBolt) August 24, 2020
Media, be sure to use “cuckold” in all your @JerryFalwellJr stories- you want Falwell supporters to have to explain that one to the kids.
— Rachel “The Doc” Bitecofer 📈🔭🍌 (@RachelBitecofer) August 24, 2020
re: #1 teleskiguy
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Can’t wait to start Music Class to sing this!https://t.co/euDpI1jV8a
— The 3-D Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) August 24, 2020
Porter: Will you commit to reversing these changes?
DeJoy: No
Porter: If the Inspector General finds you’ve committed misconduct, will you resign?
DeJoy: I don’t think I should.
This exchange between @RepKatiePorter and Postmaster DeJoy is breathtaking. pic.twitter.com/YyCkfwC1l7— Robert Reich (@RBReich) August 24, 2020
Un-fucking-believable. https://t.co/cFqVLzvA4m
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) August 24, 2020
Kellyanne Conway in 2012 on rape:
Republican pollster Kellyanne Conway acknowledged the comments don’t help Republicans with women, but she argues it will be difficult for Democrats to harness electoral victories off of them.
“These unfortunate, untoward completely baseless comments are unhelpful in an environment where the left still seems to be obsessed with a war on women,” Conaway [sic] said, who was quick to point out that the 2012 election was really about abortion politics. “Rape is four a letter word, so is debt to many women.”
re: #2 teleskiguy
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well that is what he is. isn’t he?
Media, be sure to use “cuckold” in all your @JerryFalwellJr stories- you want Falwell supporters to have to explain that one to the kids.
— Rachel “The Doc” Bitecofer 📈🔭🍌 (@RachelBitecofer) August 24, 2020
Wow! @AOC is unreal! Just used her very limited time in the USPS hearing, not only to hold DeJoy accountable, but also to request a ramp for her disabled and elderly constituents in her local Bronx post office!
— Liz (tear down every statue of Andrew) Jackson (@elizejackson) August 24, 2020
I’m not a big fan of AOC, but this is Constituent Service!
re: #2 teleskiguy
Media, be sure to use “cuckold” in all your @JerryFalwellJr stories- you want Falwell supporters to have to explain that one to the kids.
🎵 Uh oh, you made Jerry Falwell a cuckold 🎵
🎵 So time to pay the piper for the pants you unbuckled 🎵
Then they shouldn’t do things that already have laws against doing.
— Blue in Red Texas (@RockwallBlue) August 24, 2020
re: #10 Sherlock Hound
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I’m not a big fan of AOC, but this is Constituent Service!
I don’t mind that she fights even with Pelosi. But, from what I’ve seen, when it comes time she serves her constituents, whether it’s getting people to talk, getting services done, or voting for the right bills, she does what is needed.
Edit: It helps to finish the sentence.
If we’ve learned anything today it’s that it’s definitively better to be Falwell Jr’s wife than Ben Shapiro’s
— Rachel Yoder (@RachelYoder) August 24, 2020
re: #8 dangerman
You mean all that cuck talk has been projection again?
re: #1 teleskiguy
Man, that thread is fired up…..
re: #15 jaunte
You mean all that cuck talk has been projection again?
It’s always projection. Plus they use the term like it’s a bad thing (then do it themselves).
Guilt is a powerful motivator to keep people in line, and Christians have been doing it for a couple thousand years. You’ll sell out your ethics, your principles, anyone or anything to prevent your guilt from being exposed; that’s why Christianity is such a good motivator for conservative politics.
re: #14 bratwurst
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Not having a white supremacist in the WH
Diversity in the WH and on the Supreme Court
Free college
Free childcare
Free Pre-K
Building on Healthcare instead of tearing it down
Protecting women’s rights
Cleaner air & water
5 million more jobs
Pursuing better policing and justice— ☆ Dead Inside ☆ (@therice777) August 22, 2020
re: #19 Patricia Kayden
Democrats actually want police reform.
re: #19 Patricia Kayden
To be honest, I have no problems with the black community calling out Democrats on matters of racial justice; they’ve been very slow getting structural changes done (and that it’s taken this long to get black folks up at the top of the ticket nationally and in various states….)
re: #19 Patricia Kayden
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I mean he could read Biden’s platform and not tweet out antisemitic bs as he was doing before the convention.
2/ “The group is Citizens of the American Republic, a California-based nonprofit that serves as a platform for Bannon’s films and podcasts that promote Trump’s ideology. “
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) August 24, 2020
Here’s @anniekarni on the very Trumpy delegate roll call earlier at the RNC. https://t.co/Wpeaq6n9kz pic.twitter.com/wEEWvmCwGI
— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) August 24, 2020
On CNN now, Trump is complaining about not being covered by CNN. pic.twitter.com/bEwJFjJkyY
— Annie Linskey (@AnnieLinskey) August 24, 2020
The blasting of the land in Arizona breaks my heart.
Cruel, pointless and stupid.
The needless pain and suffering that orange piece of shit causes. God Damn.
Read this thread about official political communication coming out of the national GOP.
The lunatic fringe has completely taken over the party. It’s all that’s left. https://t.co/VWeANfASl2— David Roberts (@drvox) August 24, 2020
Right outside my house. Usually you can see a big mountain range. It’s been like this for two weeks. 🤢 pic.twitter.com/FeKCDp5dWW
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) August 24, 2020
CDOT did repoen Interstate 70 through Glenwood Canyon today, though it will close the next time it rains.
Oops, CL’d
re: #98 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Holy Trinity, Batman!!!
“So, Mrs. Falwell, I am told that you don’t like to give oral or receive anal sex. I believe I can help you and your husband to a more fulfilling relationship.”
re: #19 Patricia Kayden
Not being shot by the cops.
(Ice Cube has NEVER had a confrontation with a roid cop? Pull the third one.)
Jerry Falwell Jr. submitted his resignation to Liberty University after being outted in sex scandal: sources
BREAKING: Three sources affiliated with the @LibertyU board of trustees and administration tell me that Jerry Falwell Jr has just submitted his resignation. Developing…
— Jonathan Merritt (@JonathanMerritt) August 24, 2020
BYE BYE ASSHOLE!!!!!!
re: #31 🌹UOJB!
Jerry Falwell Jr. submitted his resignation to Liberty University after being outted in sex scandal: sources
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BYE BYE ASSHOLE!!!!!!
Ohhh, I’m going to party tonight.
re: #32 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Ohhh, I’m going to party tonight.
Does your party include a threesome? If no, you are not being thematic
Center of Marco is at the mouth of the Mississipppi, slowly drifting west.
Laura is going strong south of Cuba. She moved west far enough to avoid getting too messed up by Cuba.
JUST CONFIRMED BY THE WASHINGTON POST
Jerry Falwell Jr. has agreed to resign as president of Liberty University on Monday, according to a school official. The move came after a series of personal scandals rocked the evangelical university he has led since 2007
We never disclosed sub location. NEVER.
Our families did not know where we were.— Shane (@ShaneCalipari) August 24, 2020
re: #23 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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these people think that just because they manage to acquire not for profit status (im assuming that in fact he did) that then they can do anything and no one can touch them, let alone question whether they are in fact adhering to the rules they just organized under
cf: NRA, trump foundation, etc
re: #39 dangerman
these people think that just because they manage to acquire not for profit status (im assuming that in fact he did) that then they can do anything and no one can touch them, let alone question whether they are in fact adhering to the rules they just organized under
cf: NRA, trump foundation, etc
Nonprofits can’t do the MC Hammer thing with “U Can’t Touch This”…
re: #28 austin_blue
Oops, CL’d
re: #98 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Holy Trinity, Batman!!!
“So, Mrs. Falwell, I am told that you don’t like to give oral or receive anal sex. I believe I can help you and your husband to a more fulfilling relationship.”
once again: gak!
re: #31 🌹UOJB!
Jerry Falwell Jr. submitted his resignation to Liberty University after being outted in sex scandal: sources
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it’s almost safe to go back to school there
I have mentioned this numerous times but will repeat as it is this thread’s topic:
If Trump had been the least damn bit serious about building The Wall, one of the first things he would have done in office would have been to put together a planning commission to prepare engineering and design studies, to commission environmental and legal impact reports and present a schedule and proposed budget.
Especially someone who claims experience with large-scale building projects would know what needs to be done.
But that was never his intention or plan.
re: #42 dangerman
it’s almost safe to go back to school there
Now they only have to deal with coronavirus. That, and the rest of the Pharisees at their university.
Biden’s convention bounce so far, based on fivethirtyeight.com, is 1.3 points. Small, but he was +8 to begin with.
re: #31 🌹UOJB!
Jerry Falwell Jr. submitted his resignation to Liberty University after being outted in sex scandal: sources
BYE BYE ASSHOLE!!!!!!
He will be back again soon enough, right not he is just too hot to handle.
re: #27 teleskiguy
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Yeesh. That’s what Denver looks like too, a muddy haze on the western horizon where the Front Range ought to be.
Breathe carefully, all Western lizards in the smoke paths
Though I do like Spencer saying that Trump’s racism doesn’t make up for his gross incompetence.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) August 24, 2020
re: #48 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Though I do like Spencer saying that Trump’s racism doesn’t make up for his gross incompetence.
that is what a lot of the GOP is saying, just a bit more quietly…
re: #45 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Biden’s convention bounce so far, based on fivethirtyeight.com, is 1.3 points. Small, but he was +8 to begin with.
Not surprising: it seems like an awful lot of the electorate have already made their minds up by this point. It’s likely Trump isn’t going to be getting much of a “convention bounce” either - not in any REAL polls, anyway: though I’m sure that the campaign will be quick to loudly trumpet some outlier claiming Trump will get re-elected in a 1932/1964/1984-level landslide….
re: #50 Jay C
Trump’s chances of winning the popular vote are next to zero, but he is still working on ways to tweak the electoral system to eke out a win or barring that to make the entire election turns out to be such an unprecedented clusterfuck that he can claim that the results are not valid and that he actually won.
re: #43 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I have mentioned this numerous times but will repeat as it this thread’s topic:
If Trump had been the least damn bit serious about building The Wall, one of the first things he would have done in office would have been to put together a planning commission to prepare engineering and design studies, to commission environmental and legal impact reports and present a schedule and proposed budget.
Especially someone who claims experience with large-scale building projects would know what needs to be done.
But that was never his intention or plan.
it’s all about the announcement
always
execution is never the goal
- ukraine / biden - he wanted the news story, not the investigation
- 3 weeks ago 1 XO and 3 memos that have done absolutely nothing so far
- the ersatz plosma ‘cure’ yesterday
- the vaccine he’s just itching to say is ‘his’
- a picture with kim jong un - any actual diplomacy or nuclear disarmament happen?
the list is endless
re: #44 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Now they only have to deal with coronavirus. That, and the rest of the Pharisees at their university.
you got it in one
If I were a betting man, I’d bet that Falwell will still have access to some of Libertys facilities and possibly its bank accounts.
re: #46 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
He will be back again soon enough, right not he is just too hot to handle.
Not according to his wife which is why she was getting it on with the pool boy stud!
re: #55 Eclectic Cyborg
If I were a betting man, I’d bet that Falwell will still have access to some of Libertys facilities and possibly its bank accounts.
He is not gone, just stepping aside until the brouhaha dies down
re: #45 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Biden’s convention bounce so far, based on fivethirtyeight.com, is 1.3 points. Small, but he was +8 to begin with.
there’s nothing much to bounce this year
the format didnt attracting a lot of viewers
the ‘undecideds’ are a very small percentage this time
because most everyone’s position biden or trump is already baked in.
re: #19 Patricia Kayden
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Not having a white supremacist in the WH
Diversity in the WH and on the Supreme Court
Free college
Free childcare
Free Pre-K
Building on Healthcare instead of tearing it down
Protecting women’s rights
Cleaner air & water
5 million more jobs
Pursuing better policing and justice
They forgot “prevent suppression of black votes”.
Katie Porter grilled Louis DeJoy on the cost of postage — and it did not go well for him
.@USPS Postmaster General DeJoy to @RepKatiePorter: “I’ll submit that I know very little about a postage stamp.”
Full video here: https://t.co/FpSllfZzV3 pic.twitter.com/1QGdAIBpDs— CSPAN (@cspan) August 24, 2020
I LOVE KATIE PORTER!!!!!!
re: #60 🌹UOJB!
Katie Porter grilled Louis DeJoy on the cost of postage — and it did not go well for him
I LOVE KATIE PORTER!!!!!!
He was put there to dismantle the Post Office, not run it!
How does the fucking POSTMASTER GENERAL not know anything about stamps??
That’s like Tim Cook saying “I’m really not familiar with how mobile phones work”.
Biden’s campaign, keeping it clean. No Nazis, no misogynists, thank you.
Louis C.K. Donated to Joe Biden’s Campaign; Biden Gave It Back https://t.co/jhEDdcvreg
— 💙Bianca KDH Delarosa Raised $31K 4 BidenHarris 💙 (@RealKHiveQueenB) August 24, 2020
re: #63 Eclectic Cyborg
How does the fucking POSTMASTER GENERAL not know anything about stamps??
That’s like Tim Cook saying “I’m really not familiar with how mobile phones work”.
Chef Boyardee saying “I don’t know from ravioli”
I dont think we’ve speculated enough on how much Trump extracted from Falwell over this:
We know that Cohen struck up a relationship with Falwell as far back as 2011/2012. We know that he got involved in helping keep the couple’s secrets, including hushing up compromising photos of Becki. It was as late as 2015 when Cohen helped the Falwells deal with the photos - photos which were apparently connected to another fit young man close to the couple.
I’m sure Falwell was ok with some of Trump, but how far did he have to go to keep this under wraps.
re: #63 Eclectic Cyborg
How does the fucking POSTMASTER GENERAL not know anything about stamps??
That’s like Tim Cook saying “I’m really not familiar with how mobile phones work”.
Do you expect that Ben Carson knows about public housing? He did not even know about how to go about ordering office furniture.
Heck, newly-minted Secretary of Energy Rick Perry was unaware that he was in charge of the nation’s nuclear stockpile.
Anti-Trump PAC ‘The Lincoln Project’ Launching ‘Lincoln Women,’ Led By Prominent GOP Women via @forbes https://t.co/LsNK9iS1xb
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 24, 2020
re: #47 CleverToad
Yeesh. That’s what Denver looks like too, a muddy haze on the western horizon where the Front Range ought to be.
Breathe carefully, all Western lizards in the smoke paths
It’s not quite as hazy here as it was yesterday, but still pretty bad. We are still under a smoke-haze alert from the NWS.
re: #68 makeitstop
Other than that, Ms Lincolns, how was the republican party?
re: #45 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Biden’s convention bounce so far, based on fivethirtyeight.com, is 1.3 points. Small, but he was +8 to begin with.
Was that DNC or RNC?
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Not gonna lie here folks: coming from Flake of all people, after going through that LOOONG piece, I did not expect “That’s why we need Joe Biden” to be the answer … #GoJoe https://t.co/aXIzmeCggJ
— Arch (Soros Antifa Rabbi Commander And Spy Master) (@Arch_LGF) August 24, 2020
re: #71 Sherlock Hound
Was that DNC or RNC?
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After 4 more nights of Trump ranting, that might not be a joke.
re: #72 (((Archangel1)))
I’ll be impressed when republicans start coming out against Mitch McConnell for completely facilitating Trump’s destruction of the US system of government.
re: #57 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
He is not gone, just stepping aside until the brouhaha dies down
We’ll be hearing about his deep apology and personal testimony in a few months. Forgiveness and redemption are built into the religion.
Earnest Ansley’s televised apology and testimony was famous for that.
Accusations popped up again last year against him.
In recording, televangelist who calls homosexuality a ‘sin’ admits relations with another man (Akron Beacon-Journal, with a video of his admission)
re: #74 stpaulbear
I’ll be impressed when republicans start coming out against Mitch McConnell for completely facilitating Trump’s destruction of the US system of government.
Mcconnell indicated months ago that Trump has until Labor Day to get it together. Then McConnell takes him up to the woods behind the north 40.
re: #72 (((Archangel1)))
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re: #77 Decatur Deb
Mcconnell indicated months ago that Trump has until Labor Day to get it together. Then McConnell takes him up to the woods behind the north 40.
All together now:
Jerry Falwell Jr steps down, says he wants to spend more time watching his family.
— Chris Regan (@ChrisRRegan) August 24, 2020
re: #75 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
We’ll be hearing about his deep apology and personal testimony in a few months. Forgiveness and redemption are built into the religion.
Earnest Ansley’s televised apology and testimony was famous for that.
Accusations popped up again last year against him.
In recording, televangelist who calls homosexuality a ‘sin’ admits relations with another man (Akron Beacon-Journal, with a video of his admission)
Oh memories of Ernest who said that the Horny, er, Holy Sprit urged him to minister to men in need of spiritual counseling!
Jerry Falwell, Jr. resigns from Liberty University.
As it turns out, he didn’t ‘fall well’ at all. https://t.co/LGudG5PpeU— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) August 24, 2020
re: #63 Eclectic Cyborg
How does the fucking POSTMASTER GENERAL not know anything about stamps??
That’s like Tim Cook saying “I’m really not familiar with how mobile phones work”.
ben carson —> HUD
jared ——> anything
pence ——-> women
re: #79 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
All together now:
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re: #76 stpaulbear
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I love Daryl & John, but up until the Big Bam Boom album they were responsible for some of the cheesiest videos ever made.
re: #67 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Do you expect that Ben Carson knows about public housing? He did not even know about how to go about ordering office furniture.
Heck, newly-minted Secretary of Energy Rick Perry was unaware that he was in charge of the nation’s nuclear stockpile.
gmta
re: #85 makeitstop
I love Daryl & John, but up until the Big Bam Boom album they were responsible for some of the cheesiest videos ever made.
We’re talking SERIOUS Velveeta here…
re: #74 stpaulbear
I’ll be impressed when republicans start coming out against Mitch McConnell for completely facilitating Trump’s destruction of the US system of government.
I’m getting no small amount of schadenfreude from the Jerry Falwell fallout, because I have a very strongly wingnut friend who graduated from Liberty U. and took every opportunity to brag about it. Not looking so holier than thou now, are ya, bud?
re: #88 🌹UOJB!
We’re talking SERIOUS Velveeta here…
The ‘Private Eyes’ video was probably the cheesiest. Those trenchcoats…
re: #72 (((Archangel1)))
This might be the most critical statement a conservative has leveled against what is left of the conservative movement:
And to the refrain — Well, it’s all about the Supreme Court, I say: To fall back on Supreme Court appointments as the last remnant by which we define a once vibrant conservative movement should offer little solace to conservatives.
I remember when they bragged (rightly or wrongly) about being the “party of ideas” or being a movement based on ideas. They don’t have that anymore, so it’s just “we need judges as a rear guard action”
re: #77 Decatur Deb
re: #74 stpaulbear
I’ll be impressed when republicans start coming out against Mitch McConnell for completely facilitating Trump’s destruction of the US system of government.
McConnell indicated months ago that Trump has until Labor Day to get it together. Then McConnell takes him up to the woods behind the north 40.
Yeah, I’ll second #79 : What’s Mitch gonna do? Threaten to block Trump’s legislative agenda? Not consider another gang of hack appointees? By this point (and Labor Day is, what? Two weeks away?) the numbers look pretty baked-in: I think the best/worst Mitch can do is figuratively cut loose from Trump - if that’s even possible - and try to salvage as many House/Senate seats as the GOP can: to try to maximize their leverage in a Biden Administration. Maybe.
re: #92 KGxvi
This might be the most critical statement a conservative has leveled against what is left of the conservative movement:
I remember when they bragged (rightly or wrongly) about being the “party of ideas” or being a movement based on ideas. They don’t have that anymore, so it’s just “we need judges as a rear guard action”
Literally, “Our agenda can’t stand on its own, or win based on popularity or merit, so we have to just bugger it into existence by fiat of the Court.”
re: #91 makeitstop
The ‘Private Eyes’ video was probably the cheesiest. Those trenchcoats…
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Before MTV, HBO had “Video Jukebox” that showed music videos between movies. Yes lots of Hall & Oates, Village People, Mike Nesmith and The Buggles
Fun fact: 33% of the announced RNC Convention feature keynote speakers are banned — by law — from running charities because they have admitted to swindling people. pic.twitter.com/LtYnojPyOG
— Roshan Rinaldi (@Roshan_Rinaldi) August 23, 2020
re: #93 Jay C
Yeah, I’ll second #79 : What’s Mitch gonna do? Threaten to block Trump’s legislative agenda? Not consider another gang of hack appointees? By this point (and Labor Day is, what two weeks away?) the numbers look pretty baked-in: I think the best/worst Mitch can do is figuratively cut loose from Trump - if that’s even possible - and try to salvage as many House/Senate seats as the GOP can: to try to maximize their leverage in a Biden Administration. Maybe.
IIRC in that context the threat was that McConnell would hold endangered Republicans harmless for decoupling from Trump and his re-election.
NSFW Things:
1. Falwell Jr is only engaged in cuckholding if his fetish is feeling humiliated by his wife having sex with another man. If his fantasy is, say…having power to groom a younger man to have sex with his wife and be in control of the situation, he’s doing a different kink. This shit is nuanced and…frankly…I don’t read the guy as getting off on self humiliation.
2. Falwell Jr being accused of telling his employees and colleagues about his sexual prowess, his wife’s bedroom behavior, and his dick is, well, context that suggests that this isn’t a person who’s looking to set up a comfortable poly arrangement or something in which there’s a healthy, planned out power dynamic. Abuse of power dynamic sort of seems to be his thing. That Granda’s story includes feeling of being groomed and mentions being coached by Falwell Jr on how to behave in his relationship with Becki Falwell shouldn’t be surprising.
3. The clandestine business arrangement with Granda puts this situation in a place that is neither a healthy polycule nor sex work.
4. That Falwell Jr is part of cultural movement that specifically shuts down open discussion and expression of sexual desire and want is absolutely a contextualizing element beyond the simple label “hypocrisy.” What we see over and over is that purity culture goes hand in hand with predation. The former creates a situation in which there are authority figures that are permitted to sexualize their charges under the putative excuse of “knowing what they’re up to,” but also teach those down-power that their sexuality should be controlled by those up-power. That a powerful figure who operates a bastion of purity culture (that specifically encodes the idea that student’s bodies are not their own) initiates a relationship with younger, down-power person and “teaches’ them to engage in specific form of sexual act for the gratification of those up-power is not diametrically opposed to what these people believe, but a direct expression of it.
re: #81 🌹UOJB!
Oh memories of Ernest who said that the Horny, er, Holy Sprit urged him to minister to men in need of spiritual counseling!
And right here, the core of Charismatic Evangelism (from that article):
“All he’d have had to done, in the beginning, he could have got before the people and said, ‘You know, I must confess. I was lonely, I had a weak moment with somebody.’ Give a brief confession. The people would have forgave him like that [snaps his fingers] and it would have been over. There would have been no fear whatsoever of blackmail. …
If there is a god, it’s proof God hates us. Ainsley is 97 years old and still in the pulpit.
re: #93 Jay C
Yeah, I’ll second #79 : What’s Mitch gonna do? Threaten to block Trump’s legislative agenda? Not consider another gang of hack appointees? By this point (and Labor Day is, what two weeks away?) the numbers look pretty baked-in: I think the best/worst Mitch can do is figuratively cut loose from Trump - if that’s even possible - and try to salvage as many House/Senate seats as the GOP can: to try to maximize their leverage in a Biden Administration. Maybe.
Their chance to cut him loose was when they voted at the impeachment trial. Romney was the only one who took the opportunity to do so.
re: #97 Decatur Deb
re: #100 KGxvi
At this point, I think it’s WAY past any “decoupling”: the Republican Party has turned itself into a personality cult, and they’re going to have to stick with that [sick, disgusting] personality in any eventuality.
I also think they should be thanking their lucky stars that the political system of reliable “red” and “blue” states is still firmly in place, else (IMO) they’d be looking at a Senate blowout as well - and a “60-vote” slam in ‘22 as well. Unfortunately, that’s (again IMO) unlikely.
NEW: State Department memo warned Senate-approved officials against appearing at partisan eventshttps://t.co/yaxXNxQRaY
— Blake News (@blakehounshell) August 24, 2020
LOL, hypocrisy.
While a group of University of Nebraska parents are suing the Big 10 for shutting down the football season:
Campus COVID cases bubble up as college starts — 40 new cases at Creighton, 111 at Iowa (Omaha World-Herald)
Trump Wants to Station Armed Guards at the 2020 Polls, Eric Lutz, Vanity Fair
He can’t legally follow through with the threat to recruit “sheriffs” and “law enforcement,” but Republicans are doing some of the legwork for him.
…
Speaking to Sean Hannity on Thursday evening, the president vowed to enlist law enforcement to monitor polling stations, apparently to root out the rampant fraud he insists will occur this fall. “We’re going to have sheriffs, and we’re going to have law enforcement, and we’re going to have, hopefully, U.S. attorneys,” he said. “And we’re going to have everybody and attorney generals [sic].” As CNN pointed out, Trump doesn’t actually have the authority to mandate this, though election law expert Rick Hasen told the outlet that he could potentially hire off-duty law enforcement as poll watchers—something that would almost certainly trigger pushback from Democrats. “Trump tells Hannity that he will send law enforcement to the polls,” Democratic attorney Marc Elias said Thursday night. “Not without a legal fight he won’t!”
re: #102 Jay C
At this point, I think it’s WAY past any “decoupling”: the Republican Party has turned itself into a personality cult, and they’re going to have to stick with that [sick, disgusting] personality in any eventuality.
I also think they should be thanking their lucky stars that the political system of reliable “red” and “blue” states is still firmly in place, else (IMO) they’d be looking at a Senate blowout as well - and a “60-vote” slam in ‘22 as well. Unfortunately, that’s (again IMO) unlikely.
I didn’t say it was a cunning plan.
re: #104 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Earlier I noted that my little county (5,000 tops) was the last county in Illinois to have zero cases. Then some entitled folks got busy and took care of that. School was in session for two days before the principal of the high school and two grade school pupils tested positive, so that took care of that!
re: #105 retired cynic
How many polling stations does he think there are in the USA? I don’t think he could cover them with every cop and US ADA in the country.
re: #108 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Just the ones where Those People might vote.
re: #108 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
How many polling stations does he think there are in the USA? I don’t think he could cover them with every cop and US ADA in the country.
John Roberts did his best to close as many polling places as he could.
re: #8 dangerman
well that is what he is. isn’t he?
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The kids already are asking that question thanks to Hamilton (the Reynolds Affair):
That was my wife that you decided to—”
“FUUUUUUUU—-“
“Uh oh, you made the wrong sucker a cUCKold”
I realize I hammer on this a great deal, but the only thing conservatives really stand for is the idea that they’re protected by the rules but not bound by them…no matter how elaborate the restrictions they create are, they are always excepted…and this extends to absolutely every moral precept they present as inflexible.
And that goes doubly for anything they say about fucking.
re: #67 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Do you expect that Ben Carson knows about public housing? He did not even know about how to go about ordering office furniture.
Heck, newly-minted Secretary of Energy Rick Perry was unaware that he was in charge of the nation’s nuclear stockpile.
Being an incompetent know nothing or a saboteur was a requirement for being in Trumpworld because that was telling Trump what he wanted to hear, not that you were competent or know anything about the subject matter.
I checked Fallwell’s black book—It wasn’t a threesome, it was a foursome.
Matthew 18:20
re: #115 Decatur Deb
I checked Fallwell’s black book—It wasn’t a threesome, it was a foursome.
Matthew 18:20
< insert Rim shot here >
😀😁😂🤣🤣😂😂
Looking at speakers for RNC convention. I haven’t seen this many family members performing against a backdrop of impending fascism since the The Sound of Music.
— Timothy Frye (@timothymfrye) August 24, 2020
Almost every appointment made by Trump has been someone who could dismantle their assigned portfolio. Knowledge of the portfolio has never been a criterion. Dislike of it has.
I hear the one on the holy trinity is wild.
— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) August 24, 2020
I wonder how the conservative residents of The Villages will incorporate this messaging into their golf-carts-for-Trump parades.
BREAKING: Social Security Chief Actuary: Trump’s proposal to eliminate payroll taxes would deplete the Social Security Trust Fund by 2023, “with no ability to pay benefits thereafter.” https://t.co/gVX3ktboEm
— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) August 24, 2020
re: #122 Kamrade Teddy’s Person
I wonder how the conservative residents of The Villages will incorporate this messaging into their golf-carts-for-Trump parades.
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Trump will do it anyway and tell them it’s Obamas fault their SS checks will disappear.
re: #122 Kamrade Teddy’s Person
I wonder how the conservative residents of The Villages will incorporate this messaging into their golf-carts-for-Trump parades.
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Phony Joni Ernst will tell them to go to a church and ask for help!
Sounds like good advice…
Not a PR expert, but now seems like the perfect time to get out in front of the story. Whatever story. Especially if that story involves some dirt Trump has on you. Get it out now. Set yourself free. He’s going to bring everyone down with him. Do this on your own terms.
— Jennifer Taub (@jentaub) August 24, 2020
Katie Porter for the win!!
Spoiler alert: he did not. https://t.co/uJaqQvcWZK
— Rep. Katie Porter (@RepKatiePorter) August 24, 2020
I hate to be this macabre, but do you ever wonder what it will be like the day Trump dies?
re: #127 Kamrade Teddy’s Person
Katie Porter for the win!!
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She’s just trying to take all de joy out of the Postal Service.
re: #128 Eclectic Cyborg
I hate to be this macabre, but do you ever wonder what it will be like the day Trump dies?
Toss him an RIP and go on working to defeat the next Trump.
re: #127 Kamrade Teddy’s Person
Katie Porter for the win!!
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I would have gone with “Ron Howard Narrator” for the Arrested Development reference, but to each their own and good job Representative Porter!
re: #128 Eclectic Cyborg
I hate to be this macabre, but do you ever wonder what it will be like the day Trump dies?
re: #119 b_sharp
Almost every appointment made by Trump has been someone who could dismantle their assigned portfolio. Knowledge of the portfolio has never been a criterion. Dislike of it has.
David Cay Johnston put out a book about it in 2018:
“…The Trump administration deposited political termites throughout the structure of our government. Their task, in the words of Trump’s first White House strategic adviser, Steve Bannon, is the “deconstruction of the administrative state.” By that, Bannon has explained, he means to undo the tax, trade, regulatory, and other means by which the federal government carries out its duties. The endgame is not just a smaller government, which Republicans always say they want, but a weak government, a government that looks first after the best-off in the land, not those most in need of a helping hand in the form of a sound education, clean water, and the other basics of a healthy society in the twenty-first century. These termites operate out of sight, in some cases in extraordinary secrecy, to bully or scare scientists into leaving, remove from public access important public records, and for all anyone knows destroy many of them. Such records are often necessary to enforce environmental, worker safety, and other laws.”
It’s Even Worse Than You Think: What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America
amazon.com
re: #93 Jay C
Yeah, I’ll second #79 : What’s Mitch gonna do? Threaten to block Trump’s legislative agenda? Not consider another gang of hack appointees? By this point (and Labor Day is, what? Two weeks away?) the numbers look pretty baked-in: I think the best/worst Mitch can do is figuratively cut loose from Trump - if that’s even possible - and try to salvage as many House/Senate seats as the GOP can: to try to maximize their leverage in a Biden Administration. Maybe.
Trump be taking Mitch behind the woodshed, and soon…
re: #128 Eclectic Cyborg
I hate to be this macabre, but do you ever wonder what it will be like the day Trump dies?
Hopefully Joe bans a state funeral and says all government offices will remain open.
re: #135 Sherlock Hound
Trump
be takingwill have someone else take Mitch behind the woodshed, and soon…
FIFY
re: #126 makeitstop
Even if it’s criminal. First criminal to come clean gets the best plea deal and choice of bunks.
re: #136 🌹UOJB!
Hopefully Joe bans a state funeral and says all government offices will remain open.
Fireworks.. lots of fireworks.. Maybe burn a few Trump properties in tribute.
re: #122 Kamrade Teddy’s Person
I wonder how the conservative residents of The Villages will incorporate this messaging into their golf-carts-for-Trump parades.
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Well, it’s what the GOP has been angling for for decades…
re: #102 Jay C
At this point, I think it’s WAY past any “decoupling”: the Republican Party has turned itself into a personality cult, and they’re going to have to stick with that [sick, disgusting] personality in any eventuality.
I also think they should be thanking their lucky stars that the political system of reliable “red” and “blue” states is still firmly in place, else (IMO) they’d be looking at a Senate blowout as well - and a “60-vote” slam in ‘22 as well. Unfortunately, that’s (again IMO) unlikely.
2022 has Florida, North Carolina (open seat), Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Wisconsin as Republican held seats up for re-election that should be targets. Indiana is as well, and Mayor Pete might consider a run. There aren’t any Democratic seats (except possibly Arizona after the special election this year) that are seats that will be tough for Dems to defend.
And I think this presidential election is more likely to be a blow out (Biden +10 nationally) than any other outcome.
So it’s entirely possible they get slammed.
re: #128 Eclectic Cyborg
I hate to be this macabre, but do you ever wonder what it will be like the day Trump dies?
Depends on how long the news takes to reach the US, from whichever country that allows him to land after fleeing, and refuses to extradite him back.
The story isn’t that Jerry Falwell Jr’s wife had sex with someone other than him, it’s that the guy she was having sex with had photos of her and then Michael Cohen somehow got the photos and then Falwell suddenly and unexpectedly endorsed Donald Trump. https://t.co/oOeHNjM5mD
— Hank Green: A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor is Out! (@hankgreen) August 24, 2020
re: #133 jaunte
David Cay Johnston put out a book about it in 2018:
It’s been obvious from the start. He’s a Libertarian wet dream.
re: #128 Eclectic Cyborg
I hate to be this macabre, but do you ever wonder what it will be like the day Trump dies?
Nationwide parades
re: #128 Eclectic Cyborg
I hate to be this macabre, but do you ever wonder what it will be like the day Trump dies?
I’d guess it’d be similar to when Nixon died. Though, Trump probably won’t get any of the “well at least he [insert actual accomplishment here]” the way Nixon did.
Of course, it’ll also depend on how long he lasts after he leaves office, how much the cult of personality dies off, and a few other factors, I suppose.
re: #146 KGxvi
I’d guess it’d be similar to when Nixon died. Though, Trump probably won’t get any of the “well at least he [insert actual accomplishment here]” the way Nixon did.
Of course, it’ll also depend on how long he lasts after he leaves office, how much the cult of personality dies off, and a few other factors, I suppose.
I fully expect the Q Assholes to insist that Trump faked his death and he joined JFK Jr and Elvis in freeing the Mole Children…
So what time are the cable news networks showing the RNC? I want to watch the first few minutes. I’m curious.
Wise words
Pelosi to voters: Ignore Trump https://t.co/E4ozMCdPQU pic.twitter.com/sa7gCau9YU
— The Hill (@thehill) August 24, 2020
re: #128 Eclectic Cyborg
I hate to be this macabre, but do you ever wonder what it will be like the day Trump dies?
I will regrettably have to lower the US Flags in the village for thirty days. His final stain on America.
re: #139 Kilroy was here
Fireworks.. lots of fireworks.. Maybe burn a few Trump properties in tribute.
A vote for Biden is a vote for “Blank Panthers” in our schools!
A massive document dump revealed what your kids may be learning in school. One lesson plan has kids MEMORIZE the Black Panthers’ Ten-Point Program, and not just to learn it. This is INDOCTRINATION. pic.twitter.com/ccVc69EWDC
— Glenn Beck (@glennbeck) August 24, 2020
re: #128 Eclectic Cyborg
I hate to be this macabre, but do you ever wonder what it will be like the day Trump dies?
re: #155 bratwurst
A vote for Biden is a vote for “Blank Panthers” in our schools!
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re: #155 bratwurst
A vote for Biden is a vote for “Blank Panthers” in our schools!
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The Black Panthers sure do get popular around August/September every four years….
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Jerry Falwell Jr. tells Virginia news outlet that reports he has resigned are “completely false.”
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) August 24, 2020
Oh, to be in the room where it happened… and I’m referring to the Board room at Liberty where they’re trying to avoid getting the vapors and/or titillated from Falwell’s proclivities.
so much for the son who’s named falwell
his coverup went not at all well
he had trump’s endorsement
but now feels remorsement,
left alone when his grifts caught him all hell— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) August 24, 2020
re: #159 Barefoot Grin
The Black Panthers sure do get popular around August/September every four years….
Wassamatta with Wakandan cultural celebrations?
(Or would it be Chaka Khan marathons?)
Nope pic.twitter.com/wm1VdKT4VR
— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) August 24, 2020
Hey, if you wanna see the very definition of ‘living hell,’ by all means move back to NYC, Vanky.
We’ll be waiting. And you’ll never see the outside of your apartment again, if you’re not in a cell.
re: #128 Eclectic Cyborg
I hate to be this macabre, but do you ever wonder what it will be like the day Trump dies?
The last 3 1/2 years have hardened many hearts.
For myself, on the day I learn Donald J. Trump has finally died, Mrs. Fish and I are going out for a delicious meal, and then we are going to get uproariously drunk at home in celebration.
Okay, that makes four GOP convention speakers who have their very own scnadals. And it’s only Monday.
BREAKING: Chairman @RepEliotEngel announces that the Committee has obtained internal State Department documents that show Secretary Pompeo’s #RNCConvention2020 speech apparently violates legal restrictions and his own instructions to Department personnel. pic.twitter.com/UNjCcuje4z
— House Foreign Affairs Committee (@HouseForeign) August 24, 2020
The day Trump dies.
Hell I’ll celebrate by staying on the job!
re: #128 Eclectic Cyborg
I hate to be this macabre, but do you ever wonder what it will be like the day Trump dies?
Can you imagine how short the list of foreign dignitary attendees to that funeral would be? The only ones who would actually miss him will (hopefully) all either be deposed by then or unable to travel internationally due to international criminal indictments.
re: #170 2020 Blue Wisconsin
Can you imagine how short the list of foreign dignitary attendees to that funeral would be? The only ones who would actually miss him will (hopefully) all either be deposed by then or unable to travel internationally due to international criminal indictments.
Putin, Booby Nincompoopo, and that’s about it.
Got damn.
Best case scenario for him is that they bring on someone else to do the job while he sticks around and watches. https://t.co/5Y8Sm1UeUb
— Josh Gondelman (@joshgondelman) August 24, 2020
I love everyone trying to stop this reckless ass party but @SecPompeo does not give one, chorizo-fried fuck about violating his own diplomatic cable. https://t.co/C5K1dTpAV8
— Denise Flores 😷 (@DeniseFlores) August 24, 2020
re: #108 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
How many polling stations does he think there are in the USA? I don’t think he could cover them with every cop and US ADA in the country.
When William Rehnquist was up for nomination to the Supreme Court, it was brought up that he had started a group to challenge non-white (read Hispanic) voters here in Arizona in 1964.
Assholes, the lot of them.
re: #176 jaunte
Rules only apply to underlings and Democrats.
re: #18 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Well that’s because the only person Ben is capable of pleasuring is himself.
Ben Shapiro might be the one person on earth incapable of doing that. It would explain much about him.
Spoke to another USPS worker in West Virginia just now. Citing his 1A rights, he says he refused to sign a letter supervisors are passing out saying workers won’t talk to reporters. He says overtime has been banned in the entire building since last month despite what DeJoy claims
— Dell Cameron (@dellcam) August 24, 2020
What say you?
… I have some mixed feelings about this…
It’s fine to disagree with me but I don’t like this… https://t.co/nB9TEhEYsW— File411 (@File411) August 24, 2020
A letter in my regional newspaper, the Scottsbluff, Nebr. Star-Herald today.
They cannot be reasoned with. They can only be outvoted.
In response to Jonah Goldberg’s dismal article (July 9) about the leader of our nation’s Godly visit to Mount Rushmore.
What a good example Donald Trump gave in his demeanor, best speech, covered many historical facts. Important policies he’s put in place. Brilliant mind for America’s help.
Commending our Godly Mount Rushmore, presidents.
What an act of our Almighty God, true servants of Christ. Exalted they are because they have humbled themselves under the mighty hand of God.
May we all be as the Godly in Washington D.C. and elsewhere.
re: #173 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Left off the mustard stain. Sorry:
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I found it hysterical that as lawyers, the gun couple won several cases against gun companies, in one the manufacturer had to go out of business.
re: #181 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
What say you?
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You needed Sammy the Bull to bring Gotti down.
re: #182 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Not speaking in sentences, complete.
re: #183 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I found it hysterical that as lawyers, the gun couple won several cases against gun companies, in one the manufacturer had to go out of business.
They are one fucking litigious couple. Every thing about their lives involve lawsuits.
CL’d
re: #179 Hecuba’s daughter
Coronavirus front: It’s often been mentioned here that we are the worst in the world regarding certain key metrics. However, given we are the third most populous nation, it would not be surprising if we had more cases and more deaths than most other nations. The important numbers are cases per million (a very unreliable number because most cases are so mild they are never reported) and deaths per million. And when it comes to deaths per million among advanced industrial nations, the UK, Spain, Italy, Belgium, and Sweden still have higher rates than us. It wouldn’t be surprising if we eventually surpass them because of the sheer negligence of our leadership, but not yet.
Firstly, I think you are too quick to dismiss the cases/capita rate where the US is notably worse than the other industrialised (non asian) countries:
But, even if we stick to your preferred metric, deaths/capita please don’t just look at the numbers, look at the trend:
Within a week the US will exceed the death rate of Sweden, soon after that Italy, the UK in another week or so. Belgium will take a while, but under Trump’s leadership I’m sure you can do it.
Edit: fix 2nd graph to be deaths.
re: #172 goddamnedfrank
Got damn.
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Falwell is holding out for a golden parachute or at the very least a golden shower.
re: #184 Kilroy was here
I must say Republicans can make good ads…
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Literally all they are good at. And bumper sticker slogans.
re: #128 Eclectic Cyborg
I hate to be this macabre, but do you ever wonder what it will be like the day Trump dies?
PARTY TIME!
re: #12 Belafon
If you can’t do the time don’t do the crime.
This is 🔥
The last panel ((chef’s kiss))
I know it’s unnecessary to say “watch @AOC’s Insta story” but srsly watch how she preps for hearings. She *can* do this b/c she doesn’t have to fundraise, &, she *has* to do this b/c opponents will jump at any chance to criticize her. Either way: She does the damn thing.👑👑 pic.twitter.com/lhTT1I1FPT
— Amanda Litman (@amandalitman) August 24, 2020
Biden holds 1-point lead over Trump in new Texas poll https://t.co/lPNlMKlxkI pic.twitter.com/eaDTAYoR8a
— The Hill (@thehill) August 24, 2020
re: #193 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I don’t always agree with her, but she’s brilliant.
re: #194 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Same here. I’ve seen more MJ Hegar signs from Southeast Texas through Dallas and North.
— M_Tex (@M23412963) August 24, 2020
re: #128 Eclectic Cyborg
I hate to be this macabre, but do you ever wonder what it will be like the day Trump dies?
Let’s hope that he doesn’t decide on some way to take the rest of the world with him, a narcissist of his capacity can’t imagine the world continuing to exist without him.
re: #194 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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It’s winnable. But more importantly it forces Trump to play defense in a state Republicans haven’t had to for years.
I’m honestly convinced more than ever that Biden is the right candidate at the right time for the right opponent. We can’t always have an Obama. Sometimes an old warhorse is necessary. But what I like about Biden is he will value a Democratic majority in Congress and a strong rapport with them.
Another RVAT spot. This one’s running on Fox News.
New Ad: Miles Taylor For Biden.
Airing nationally on Fox News Channel during Republican National Convention coverage. pic.twitter.com/IbifOuWwzN— Republican Voters Against Trump (@RVAT2020) August 24, 2020
Trump is fighting to stay out of jail!
*NO COVID plan!
*1 new job for every 3 people out of work
*1 million shell companies to wash Russian money
*DEFUND Social Security!
*More scams for Jared! #voteblue #bluewave #BidenHarris #KHive #Resist #TrumpVirus #TrumpCrimeFamily pic.twitter.com/82Hcess0fy— #VoteBlue Blueberry Pie (@Pie_Overlord) August 24, 2020
re: #183 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Realy? What gun company?
re: #46 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
He will be back again soon enough, right not he is just too hot to handle.
CNN will offer him an hour slot in the evening.
“He is risen!” https://t.co/d1pD8jpHZg
— Harry Turtledove (@HNTurtledove) August 25, 2020
*Detroit*
Exclusive: Eyewitness Says as Many as 20,000 Unverified Absentee Ballots Counted in Detroit Primary https://t.co/za6Yr37RUu via @BreitbartNews
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 24, 2020
re: #128 Eclectic Cyborg
I hate to be this macabre, but do you ever wonder what it will be like the day Trump dies?
There was a “Wizard of Id” cartoon, where the King and the Duke are standing on a balcony, and there are cheers of “Long Live The King” from the peasants below.
The King asks the Duke, “What do they shout when kings die?”
The Duke replies, “Beats me. I’ve never been able to make it out through the cheering.”
re: #202 William Lewis
Realy? What gun company?
I don’t remember. I read it today but didn’t care enough to really pay attention.
re: #184 Kilroy was here
I must say Republicans can make good ads…
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Which is the main reason that Democrats and Progressives complaining about the Never-Trumpers “not being our friends” and how they are going to try to pin all their bullshit on Trump as if he alone was the problem, while true in many cases, is totally not helpful right now and needs to be sidelined until Jan 20.
The Left cannot properly frame messages. The Left is horrible at PR. We need those Anti-Trump Republicans really bad right now.
Well, tropical storm Marco is getting wrecked as it’s torn apparent by wind shear. Like it’s namesake Florida Senator, it is, as we say in Texas, a “blowhard motorcycle”, a popcorn fart, which sounds like this:
Cabron!, Cabron!, Cabron!, (puta, puta, puta..)
re: #128 Eclectic Cyborg
I hate to be this macabre, but do you ever wonder what it will be like the day Trump dies?
Knowing his evil, birther wife and kids won’t receive any money because he’s so far in debt makes me smile.
re: #202 William Lewis
Realy? What gun company?
Bryco Arms.
But their new profile ignores a significant chapter in their professional histories: The couple, who for decades ran a personal injury law practice in Missouri, litigated numerous cases against prominent gun manufacturers and contributed to the downfall of what was once America’s largest handgun maker. In fact, the handgun Patricia McCloskey brandished on June 28 appears to have been an exhibit used in one of those cases.
In several cases in state and federal courts, Mark McCloskey represented plaintiffs who had been injured by handguns manufactured by Bryco Arms, a gunmaker that became notorious in the late 1990s and early 2000s for producing low-quality pistols derided as “junk guns” by gun-rights and gun-control activists alike. Bryco’s products had a reputation for being used in crimes — and having design defects that lead to unintentional discharges.
One case, Chronister v. Bryco, ended in a judgment of more than $350,000 in 2001 after Mark McCloskey successfully argued that the company was liable for a defective design that caused one of its handguns to misfire in a man’s hand with the chamber open. The explosion left the plaintiff in the case with shrapnel in his face, hearing loss, tinnitus and temporary blindness.
The McCloskeys’ website says they handled at least two other product liability cases against gun manufacturers, including one that resulted in a judgment of more than $400,000 and another misfiring-gun death case, which resulted in a confidential settlement.
In 2003, Bryco Arms declared bankruptcy and was sold for $510,000 after another lawsuit, not handled by McCloskey, forced the company to pay $24 million in damages, as The Trace has reported. After the bankruptcy, the company was revived as Jimenez Arms.
I went over to Twitter, and this was at the top:
“China will own our country if [Biden] gets elected.” -@realDonaldTrump
#RNC2020— GOP (@GOP) August 24, 2020
it is time for that mini-deer because it is so tiny pic.twitter.com/gvEA1xxoKL
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 25, 2020
Fuck it. Some people have a death wish.
RNC warned by local health officials about lack of masks at convention https://t.co/h6teXf0CVH pic.twitter.com/Lp4PcpBKzZ
— The Hill (@thehill) August 24, 2020
re: #205 The Pie Overlord!
*Detroit*
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Absentee Ballots
Wasn’t he swearing up and down that they were different than mail voting and totally fine… like 5 minutes ago?
re: #212 Belafon
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Phoenix is failing its homeless people (which is pretty much the same with every city, but particularly bad in a pandemic):
COVID-19 is ‘a crisis within a crisis’ for homeless people (Scottsbluff, Nebr. Star-Herald)
PHOENIX (AP) — Nearly 200 tents stand inches apart on the scorching gravel lots, many covered in blankets for an extra layer of relief from the desert sun. Outside, their occupants sit on hot ground or in folding chairs, nearby palm trees providing no shade. Despite 12-foot-square sections painted in the gravel, there is little social distancing for Phoenix’s homeless population.
Created by local officials in late April as a temporary solution for some of the estimated 3,700 unsheltered homeless, the fenced-in lots on the edge of downtown promised round-the-clock security, social distancing and access to water and toilets. But residents complain that hygiene supplies have become scarce, and measures meant to contain the spread of COVID-19 are not enforced.
“We have been, like, ignored,” said 61-year-old Elisheyah. “There’s no safety, nothing to guarantee you can be safe out here.”
(more)
re: #217 austin_blue
Is that Jerry Falwell, or a Dik-dik?
Well, Charles says it’s “tiny” so either way….
re: #220 Jay C
Well, Charles says it’s “tiny” so either way….
Ahh, you got it! Well, done, Grasshopper.
re: #222 Blind Frog Belly White
How Rango’s handling the local air quality - with nonchalance.
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re: #222 Blind Frog Belly White
How Rango’s handling the local air quality - with nonchalance.
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Sadly, the tiger has succumbed and is now deed.
My deepest condolences to Rango on the loss of his boon companion.
re: #211 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Bryco Arms.
Ah. I was confused because Jimenez (the buyers of the Bryco property) were put out of biz (chapter 7) by a KC Mo suit over their gun trafficking early this year. No loss. Zinc guns more dangerous to the shooter than the target … (Perhaps not literally but close).
UPDATE: So Liberty University said Jerry Falwell Jr. had agreed to resign. Then he tells us, no, he hasn’t.
A university source tells us that he had agreed to resign, and the process was underway when it broke down. They are currently in discussions.https://t.co/EQH96qy1sO— Sarah Pulliam Bailey (@spulliam) August 24, 2020
The people who know Donald Trump best are sounding the alarm: our country cannot survive four more years of a Trump presidency.
In our latest ad, a former member of his inner circle & “fixer” — @MichaelCohen212 — has a dire warning for us all. #RNC2020 pic.twitter.com/suPUODOdwz— American Bridge 21st Century (@American_Bridge) August 24, 2020
RNC opens with a prayer from Cardinal Dolan, who helped cover up pedophile priests. Neat.
— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) August 25, 2020
re: #215 Jack Burton
Absentee Ballots
Wasn’t he swearing up and down that they were different than mail voting and totally fine… like 5 minutes ago?
Only when they are used by white people.
Glenn Greenwald is prepared to lay down his life on this hill to make himself feel better about being 37 when he macked on a 19 year old as if 19 and 29 are the same. 👀👀 pic.twitter.com/z5IsmhzghP
— Imani Gandy ☄️🌏🔥 (@AngryBlackLady) August 24, 2020
I’m still so irritated by this tweet. The sly implication that she slept her way to the top—“patronage jobs”. The way he somehow makes Kamala out to be the party in the wrong when she would have been the wronged party, since Willie Brown was her superior. Always the woman’s fault
— Imani Gandy ☄️🌏🔥 (@AngryBlackLady) August 24, 2020
re: #228 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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They’re in discussions with him? Shouldn’t it be limited to, “Clean out your desk”?
I flipped over to MSNBC (for 10 seconds) to hear Charlie Kirk say that trump was the guardian of Western Civilization.
Click.
And 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
re: #228 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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Grift, grift, grift, grift, grift.
It never ends for these shameless hypocrites.
re: #227 William Lewis
Ah. I was confused because Jimenez (the buyers of the Bryco property) were put out of biz (chapter 7) by a KC Mo suit over their gun trafficking early this year. No loss. Zinc guns more dangerous to the shooter than the target … (Perhaps not literally but close).
It was pointed out by the McCloskey’s former lawyer that the handgun the woman was holding was the Bryco gun they demonstrated in their lawsuit against the company. As such, the gun would have been made unable to fire. (For the purposes of brandishing, that doesn’t matter though.)
re: #234 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I flipped over to MSNBC (for 10 seconds) to hear Charlie Kirk say that trump was the guardian of Western Civilization.
Click.
And 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
“What do you think about Western Civilization?”
“I think it would be a good idea!” - (maybe Ghandi)
re: #232 Belafon
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Also, Glenn should have spared a couple of seconds to Wiki Willie Brown: he was a longtime power in CA politics, but never Governor.
re: #232 Belafon
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Hey! It’s a different cultural milieu! There’s a big difference between two consenting older adults and a chickenhawk and his prey.
That is so *not* PC! I feel triggered.
re: #233 Blind Frog Belly White
They’re in discussions with him? Shouldn’t it be limited to, “Clean out your desk”?
Depends on how much of the Liberty U franchise—IP, physical property, investments—are entangled with Falwell’s personal finances.
re: #111 lawhawk
The kids already are asking that question thanks to Hamilton (the Reynolds Affair):
That was my wife that you decided to—”
“FUUUUUUUU—-“
“Uh oh, you made the wrong sucker a cUCKold”
“And he walked down to his parents’ room, and he said, ‘Father?’ ‘Yes son?’ ‘I want to kill you.’ ‘Mother?’ ‘Yes son?’ ‘I….want….to……..WAAAAAAAATCH you.’” Jerry Falwell does Jim Morrison, available only on 980 gram vinyl.
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