John Oliver discusses a week that saw the Republican National Convention, a horrific series of shootings in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and a strike in professional sports — three stories that are really one story, about race in America.
Really speaks volumes of the average MAGAt that my Trump-loving neighbor is flying both a 6’ x 4’ Trump campaign flag and 1.5’ x 1’ American flag.
Repost from downstairs because this is a pretty f*cking big deal:
NEW … @LeaderHoyer tells House Democrats the chamber will vote to decriminalize “marijuana and expunging records of nonviolent federal cannabis convictions.”
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) August 31, 2020
baby steps but steps none the less
re: #3 b.d. (Boring Competence 2020!)
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Uber hippy liberal bombthrower Steney Hoyer
re: #5 stpaulbear
But when Flynn the Eskimo gets here, everybody’s gonna wanna doze…
re: #3 b.d. (Boring Competence 2020!)
What is the point of doing this when the GOP Senate will just ignore it?
re: #215 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I could never vote Libertarian but Johnson has actual credibility that Trump will never have.
I’ve voted Libertarian a few times. Partly because I’m in California and I know that my vote isn’t going to make much/any difference (the joys of the electoral college). Partly because I have, more often than not, been disappointed by the nominees the major parties have offered. 2016 I went into the booth not knowing what I was going to do on the presidential line - I knew I wouldn’t be voting for Trump, and always had major reservations about Clinton. In the end, I ended up voting for her, but I did think about voting for Johnson, and I did think about leaving the line blank.
Between that Flynn decision and the military polling, it’s already a bad week for Trump. And it’s only Monday. FT.
What time is Biden due to speak today?
Also, it’s now been about a month since the Coronavirus stimulus dried up. I expect a wave of evictions coming very soon.
re: #7 Eclectic Cyborg
What is the point of doing this when the GOP Senate will just ignore it?
make them go on record as being against it
re: #7 Eclectic Cyborg
What is the point of doing this when the GOP Senate will just ignore it?
One more thing to pound them over the head with in the general election. Legalization is fairly popular at this point - by like a 2:1 margin. If Republicans in the Senate won’t even act on something that popular, it’s a pretty useful tool to go after every Republican up in the Senate this year.
re: #11 b.d. (Boring Competence 2020!)
make them go on record as being against it
Unfortunately, Mitch just drops things in a drawer so no one has to vote against it.
re: #10 Eclectic Cyborg
Also, it’s now been about a month since the Coronavirus stimulus dried up. I expect a wave of evictions coming very soon.
Newsom and Garcetti still have eviction moratoriums in place here but they are being ignored.
re: #13 Kamrade Teddy’s Person
Unfortunately, Mitch just drops things in a drawer so no one has to vote against it.
unlike impeachment
which puts them on record as aiding and abetting a criminal
re: #3 b.d. (Boring Competence 2020!)
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Private prison profiteers and drug cops (like New York’s most sued) will revolt. Of course most of them are already pretty revolting so no need to worry.
re: #3 b.d. (Boring Competence 2020!)
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baby steps but steps none the less
That’s a pretty big step for America.
re: #7 Eclectic Cyborg
What is the point of doing this when the GOP Senate will just ignore it?
Sometimes you have to take votes to show why people should vote for you. Also, it sets it up to be reconsidered in 2021.
re: #13 Kamrade Teddy’s Person
Unfortunately, Mitch just drops things in a drawer so no one has to vote against it.
Republicans in the House still have to vote on it.
re: #14 🌹UOJB!
Newsom and Garcetti still have eviction moratoriums in place here but they are being ignored.
The unlawful detainer moratoriums only apply if the tenant can show they’re unable to pay rent due to loss of income due to the pandemic. If tenants are still working and still able to pay and just decided “fuck it, I’m not paying this month” they can still be evicted. Same goes if they break the lease in some other way (like doing illegal shit or causing massive damage to the property).
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NEWS: The MCGAHN appeals court panel says the House has no legal ability to enforce subpoenas because there is no law on the books allowing it.
It may do so, but Congress must pass a law first, the panel says. pic.twitter.com/z7O9NsP7ei— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) August 31, 2020
The full ruling and dissent: https://t.co/agma3iv1fY
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) August 31, 2020
I don’t know if any of you gave to the gofundme David Anderson had put up to help the parents of his niece, but they hit their goal: balloon-juice.com.
This is huge.
New @MilitaryTimes survey of active duty troops has absolutely devastating numbers for @realDonaldTrump. The Republican Party has long considered the military as part of its base, but Biden is now leading Trump among servicemembers 43/37.https://t.co/2c5ifD4KI1 pic.twitter.com/wqfIxrNOkc
— Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) August 31, 2020
re: #1 Mattand
Really speaks volumes of the average MAGAt that my Trump-loving neighbor is flying both a 6’ x 4’ Trump campaign flag and 1.5’ x 1’ American flag.
People are desperate to belong to something.
Something they think is the winning side
— Laura D’Olimpio (@Lauradol4) August 30, 2020
re: #21 Kamrade Teddy’s Person
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Is this going to be another one where they’re going to have to get the full appeals court to overturn that?
Why the hell is the media still taking part in this deceptive charade? It’s disgusting to see. https://t.co/d3JSlz7O2P
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 31, 2020
It’s no mystery why Trump refuses to condemn white supremacist murderer Kyle Rittenhouse. Not even remotely mysterious. Why are we still supposed to pretend we don’t know?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 31, 2020
re: #7 Eclectic Cyborg
What is the point of doing this when the GOP Senate will just ignore it?
Signal to the voters of another thing that Ds stand for
And it forces the RS to oppose
re: #27 Charles Johnson
Why is the House going to vote on a Marijuana bill?
Make the White House say something, but they need to report that Trump is backing a white supremacist.
re: #21 Kamrade Teddy’s Person
so, thru 200 years of self governance, where Congressional subpeonas existed and were enacted mean nothing now because the words themselves we’re not put into a 2nd grade format where Trump judges could understand them?
re: #13 Kamrade Teddy’s Person
Unfortunately, Mitch just drops things in a drawer so no one has to vote against it.
Wrt the R party that is the same as opposing it
re: #27 Charles Johnson
It’s no mystery why Trump refuses to condemn white supremacist murderer Kyle Rittenhouse. Not even remotely mysterious. Why are we still supposed to pretend we don’t know?
It is not to his political advantage to comment.
re: #9 makeitstop
Between that Flynn decision and the military polling, it’s already a bad week for Trump. And it’s only Monday. FT.
What time is Biden due to speak today?
speaking now.
re: #21 Kamrade Teddy’s Person
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Yep, we’re boned. Trump has just kneecapped the entire House.
re: #21 Kamrade Teddy’s Person
FUCK THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY!
re: #37 Eclectic Cyborg
“He’s just not going to.”
1 are you speaking for him or is that what he said?
2 that’s the same as your first answer with an extra word. It doesn’t answer the question why. What is the president’s reasoning? On what basis did he decide not to comment?
Anyone can do this. It’s not so hard
🚨 NEW: in paperwork filed minutes ago, USPS Board of Governors Chairman Robert M. Duncan is listed as Director of Mitch McConnell’s $130M super PAC, Senate Leadership Fund.https://t.co/vYxNfIag9F pic.twitter.com/ILOzdXcCPb
— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) August 31, 2020
re: #30 piratedan
so, thru 200 years of self governance, where Congressional subpeonas existed and were enacted mean nothing now because the words themselves we’re not put into a 2nd grade format where Trump judges could understand them?
It’s insane thinking. So Congress has to pass a law that permits enforcement of subpoeanas, which could then be veto’ed by the entity to which a huge number of subpoeanas will be directed? It is a total destruction of separation of powers. I’m not sure it survives even this iteration of SCOTUS.
Good way to address this, but incredibly frustrating that it needs to be said at all. The Trump Party spreads obvious lies, and Democrats always play along and respond. I wonder if it wouldn’t be better to just say, “This is so ridiculous it isn’t worth a response.” https://t.co/BrzPndAMI6
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 31, 2020
When right wingers pull this garbage, they want the response because it helps the lies spread no matter what is said.
I think we should be looking at ways to break out of this dysfunctional political moebius strip, instead of walking endlessly around in the same circle.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 31, 2020
re: #34 Eclectic Cyborg
Yep, we’re boned. Trump has just kneecapped the entire House.
The decision kneecaps the entire legislative branch. And it’s utterly insane logic.
re: #30 piratedan
so, thru 200 years of self governance, where Congressional subpeonas existed and were enacted mean nothing now because the words themselves we’re not put into a 2nd grade format where Trump judges could understand them?
Not Trump judges. Henderson was appointed by GHW Bush and Griffith (no relation) was appointed by GW Bush.
re: #42 Charles Johnson
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Charles what hurts is that my family in Pennsylvania will say that Joe Biden is a socialist no matter what Joe says.
We got to dismantle the fucking Republican 24/7 Bullshit Machine!
re: #44 KGxvi
Not Trump judges. Henderson was appointed by GHW Bush and Griffith (no relation) was appointed by GW Bush.
Doesn’t matter what Republican Asshole appointed those corrupted crooks to the bench. They’ve now made it official that Republicans are above the law.
Last night, on the 20/20 special they did about Chadwick Boseman, Robert Downy, Jr. said that he thought Black Panther was the best of all of the Marvel movies so far.
re: #39 dangerman
1 are you speaking for him or is that what he said?
2 that’s the same as your first answer with an extra word. It doesn’t answer the question why. What is the president’s reasoning? On what basis did he decide not to comment?Anyone can do this. It’s not so hard
Right but it’s also easy to stonewall back the other way. You’d have to get creative to get anything meaningful out of little miss windbag.
re: #45 🌹UOJB!
Charles what hurts is that my family in Pennsylvania will say that Joe Biden is a socialist no matter what Joe says.
We got to dismantle the fucking Republican 24/7 Bullshit Machine!
I hear ya Joe. Some of my distant cousins are Trumpnuts who will believe anything he says and any lie about Biden.
I don’t see that as an equivalent situation; it was a much more involved campaign of deception, there were veterans who told stories, etc.
But these lies from the Trumpites are just outright absurd. Joe Biden as the radical socialist who wants to abolish police? Please.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 31, 2020
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As much as I like and respect Kerry, Kerry was easier to paint as “not one of us”, Joe isn’t easy to frame as an out of touch elitist.
re: #43 Mike Lamb
The decision kneecaps the entire legislative branch. And it’s utterly insane logic.
The constitution is law.
Sometimes it needs clarification.
It doesn’t need to be re-codified by re-iteration.
So, reading through this decision, a few thoughts:
1. the majority opinion is essentially daring the House to use its inherent contempt powers
2. the majority opinion is super narrowly tailored and might be “technically” right, but the practical effect is going to be much less than ideal (the Sargent at arms arresting people for ignoring Congressional subpoenas is probably not an outcome anyone really wants)
3. Congress has, apparently, been really fucking terrible at drafting laws related to its own power and the next Congress needs to get its shit together and fix a lot of this
4. this is going to get another en banc review and I suspect the full panel is going to tell this panel to stop being so obtuse
re: #45 🌹UOJB!
Charles what hurts is that my family in Pennsylvania will say that Joe Biden is a socialist no matter what Joe says.
We got to dismantle the fucking Republican 24/7 Bullshit Machine!
Every democrat is the most liberal, most lefty, marxist, socialist, communist
It’s all politically meaningless
And it works
re: #45 🌹UOJB!
Charles what hurts is that my family in Pennsylvania will say that Joe Biden is a socialist no matter what Joe says.
We got to dismantle the fucking Republican 24/7 Bullshit Machine!
Do they have a realistic/accurate idea of what a socialist is?
re: #55 b_sharp
Do they have a realistic/accurate idea of what a socialist is?
For the average American “socialist”, “communist”, and “fascist” each loosely translate to “someone I don’t like from the other party”
The young artillery officer with a fondness for holocaust jokes probably won’t be laughing much by week’s end
The Army now says it is investigating, and the statement made in the video is “completely inconsistent with our values.” https://t.co/31VWYY5w65
— Paul Szoldra (@PaulSzoldra) August 31, 2020
If you are not aware…
2nd Lt. Nathan Freihofer, a popular TikTok influencer with nearly 3 mil followers, posted a joke about the holocaust.
“If you get offended, get the fuck out because it’s a joke,” he says.
May be contrary to Army’s “Think, Type, Post” social media policy, but hey what do I know pic.twitter.com/TpkLr1xhPt— Paul Szoldra (@PaulSzoldra) August 31, 2020
re: #48 Eclectic Cyborg
Right but it’s also easy to stonewall back the other way. You’d have to get creative to get anything meaningful out of little miss windbag.
Oh for sure.
I’d hammer at who’s talking him or you.
If you’re talking for him how do you know?
How is it that the president isn’t able to explain his thinking?
Of course I had 10 minutes to work this out
re: #57 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Why I always try to follow the advice of Herm Edwards when it comes to social media:
re: #56 KGxvi
For the average American “socialist”, “communist”, and “fascist” each loosely translate to “someone I don’t like from the other party”
They’re out to steal all the freedoms and liberties.
re: #53 KGxvi
I was thinking about this one earlier:
Congress has, apparently, been really fucking terrible at drafting laws related to its own power and the next Congress needs to get its shit together and fix a lot of this
And the next president that gets affect will challenge whether those laws are valid.
re: #61 Belafon
I was thinking about this one earlier:
And the next president that gets affect will challenge whether those laws are valid.
It’s always tricky. Hopefully Biden, having spent decades in Congress would be more inclined to support such legislation. Otherwise, you’re going to need veto-proof majorities to get it passed (which, in theory, shouldn’t be hard to do). There’s the other unfortunate issue in that Congress has spent at least a century deferring its power to the executive branch, while the courts are loathe to get involved in a lot of these cases.
re: #56 KGxvi
For the average American “socialist”, “communist”, and “fascist” each loosely translate to “someone I don’t like from the other party”
That’s true. Though l do believe Trump is a fascist with his own brand of it.
re: #62 KGxvi
It’s always tricky. Hopefully Biden, having spent decades in Congress would be more inclined to support such legislation. Otherwise, you’re going to need veto-proof majorities to get it passed (which, in theory, shouldn’t be hard to do). There’s the other unfortunate issue in that Congress has spent at least a century deferring its power to the executive branch, while the courts are loathe to get involved in a lot of these cases.
I could see him voting for it.
Maybe the Biden administration should come up with their own versions of some of the stuff Trump has done and say that if Congress doesn’t fix the president’s ability to do these, he’s just going to go ahead and do them.
re: #64 Belafon
I could see him voting for it.
Maybe the Biden administration should come up with their own versions of some of the stuff Trump has done and say that if Congress doesn’t fix the president’s ability to do these, he’s just going to go ahead and do them.
One would hope, but we have a long history of people moving from the legislature to the executive branch and their opinions on the relative powers of each branch changing as a result.
A 2011 video of Harry Belafonte apparently falling asleep was doctored to falsely depict Joe Biden // Be ready to see this sort of shit constantly from the Trump team. https://t.co/0Tud21lmI5
— skullsinthestars - Black lives matter (@drskyskull) August 31, 2020
re: #57 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
The young artillery officer with a fondness for holocaust jokes probably won’t be laughing much by week’s end
“If you get offended, get the fuck out because it’s a joke,” he says.
Easy guess about who’s going to be told to “Get the fuck out”.
re: #65 KGxvi
One would hope, but we have a long history of people moving from the legislature to the executive branch and their opinions on the relative powers of each branch changing as a result.
With all the things Democrats are going to have to fix, and be exciting enough to get Democrats to turn out in 2022, curbing the executive may end up taking a back seat.
re: #67 Decatur Deb
Easy guess about who’s going to be told to “Get the fuck out”.
Yes and watch the Republican Bullshit Machine turn that asshole into their latest martyr!
re: #69 🌹UOJB!
Yes and watch the Republican Bullshit Machine turn that asshole into their latest martyr!
Never make the cut, unless he trades weapons for cocaine.
re: #57 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
The young artillery officer with a fondness for holocaust jokes probably won’t be laughing much by week’s end
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Hey Nathan, you’re the product of your mother fucking a syphilitic pig.
HaHa, dude it’s just a joke.
Just watched what Biden had to say. To me, he’s blaming the Police far more than he’s blaming the Rioters, Anarchists, Agitators, and Looters, which he could never blame or he would lose the Radical Left Bernie supports!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 31, 2020
re: #72 The Pie Overlord!
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He really lives in an alternate reality. I watch Biden live whenever I can because I know how absurd the lies are.
I present to you, Scott Pruitt’s $43,000 phone booth https://t.co/LiTSNAffHK w/ FOIA master @KevinBogardus pic.twitter.com/VrjMtyB1ek
— Timothy Cama (@Timothy_Cama) August 31, 2020
re: #74 teleskiguy
Seems like maybe he overpaid slightly?
re: #57 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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On a side note related to that, the Senate passed a bill banning US Federal Government employees from using TikTok on government devices.
And even if it weren’t illegal, and even if he had TikTok on a personal phone, should a serving officer really be using an application that could let the Chinese government know where he is at all times? Some US military deployment locations in really strange places were discovered because they had devices hooked up to the internet that were broadcasting their location publicly (Strava, IIRC).
re: #56 KGxvi
For the average American “socialist”, “communist”, and “fascist” each loosely translate to “someone I don’t like from the other party”
Casual both-siderism like this obscures the important fact that Republicans are a hell of a lot closer to fascism than Democrats are to socialism, much less communism.
New Zealand is expelled from UN General Assembly in 192-1 vote. pic.twitter.com/kaDsB2paEU
— Free Belarus News (Eng.) (@BelarusMiniInfo) August 31, 2020
re: #78 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Needs moar pineapple!
re: #72 The Pie Overlord!
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That’s some fucking projection. Now you do White Supremacists, Donny.
I just got an early early call-in. I go to work at the scheduled time today, but I go in early tomorrow. I have a good (acting) manager. The (acting) assistant mgr. is good, too. I hope one or both get confirmed.
re: #81 Shropshire Slasher
Needs moar pineapple!
So does my comment. I don’t know where those strawberries came from. I blame my phone, which I am not posting on.
This is their game: do dishonest stuff; when called on it, call it a joke, say people who are pointing out the dishonesty are triggered libs https://t.co/URrNvreIfL
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 31, 2020
White House said this trip was for an early start on Trump’s annual physical. What are they covering up? When I get a physical, I don’t make plans for being possibly incapacitated. This is headline news that’s not being presented as such. https://t.co/hkuRUgooo2
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) August 31, 2020
At this point I worry the Presidential debates will just degenerate into Trump and Biden yelling at each other.
I also wonder if Trump might end/leave a debate early if he doesn’t like certain questions or whatever like he does at his press briefings.
re: #85 The Pie Overlord!
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So frustrating. I’m tired of these sleazy mashups. And I’ve seen them work on people I care about too.
Donald Trump keeps telling us if he was president, you’d feel safe.
Well, he is president — whether he knows it or not.— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) August 31, 2020
re: #86 Charles Johnson
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I confess, it’s been awhile since I’ve had a complete physical. But you know, I really don’t anticipate having to undergo a procedure that would require, let’s say, general anesthesia.
Who’s surprised?https://t.co/b4ojb4PIEP
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) August 31, 2020
re: #78 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
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New Zealand is expelled from UN General Assembly in 192-1 vote. pic.twitter.com/kaDsB2paEU
— Free Belarus News (Eng.) (@BelarusMiniInfo) August 31, 2020
If only I had the video-making skills…
To all the triggered MAGATs who can’t take a joke about their candidate, it’s not our fault Donald Trump was crazy enough to speak in support of ISIS on camera.
— Disloyal Arch (@Arch_LGF) August 31, 2020
Ben Shapiro, PhD, Epidemiology, Dunning-Kruger University, MD, Prager University Medical School. https://t.co/jDBLf0MyK0
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) August 31, 2020
re: #89 (((Archangel1)))
Maybe Trump’s dementia has caused him to forget he’s POTUS?
Offending rural people and urban people in the same tweet
(But where do you get baby alpacas without grown-up alpacas?)
Get out of the cities. Move to a farm in the middle of nowhere. Raise baby alpacas. Walk your kids to the park without fear of being attacked or stepping on a drug-needle. There is more to life than $8 cappuccinos and gloomy 300 sq foot studio apartments.
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) August 30, 2020
This is fake. You know how I know? I was the coanchor in studio.
We were interviewing Harry Belafonte. https://t.co/gPRU9JGyI7— John Dabkovich (@JohnDabkovich) August 31, 2020
re: #94 teleskiguy
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The idea of achieving herd immunity by letting the virus spread uncontrolled is like saying proper forest management entails letting every fire burn willy nilly.
re: #97 Sherlock Hound
Offending rural people and urban people in the same tweet
(But where do you get baby alpacas without grown-up alpacas?)
Most people that lionize their “ruralness” are suburbanites with trucks, and we should all unite to destroy them.
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re: #94 teleskiguy
Twenty-year-old students getting covid at universities, isolated from the most vulnerable, is not a crisis.
How exactly are these 20-year olds isolated from the most vulnerable? What about those on the custodial staff or on-campus food services who have to work or lose their jobs and not qualify for unemployment? My guess would be that some of them are from vulnerable populations or perhaps live with someone vulnerable.
Ben is a fuckwit of the first order.
re: #102 Kamrade Teddy’s Person
I normally wouldn’t wish Covid on anyone but I might have to make an exception for Ben.
re: #97 Sherlock Hound
Because it’s SO easy to just pack up and buy a farm. Hell, most people can’t even afford to relocate unless there is a guaranteed well paying job waiting for them. Upward mobility is hard for everyone except wealthy people and it’s been that way for a long ass time now.
If I could move to a more rural place with an affordable home and a little land, I would LOVE it. But I can’t. And it’s not because I’m lazy or didn’t plan my life right. You can plan the fuck out of your life and still get shithammered by life’s bullshit. And let’s just say you want to move and stay in the US. Where the fuck do you go that’s not bugfuck stupid now?
re: #99 Mike Lamb
The idea of achieving herd immunity by letting the virus spread uncontrolled is like saying proper forest management entails letting every fire burn willy nilly.
Perhaps Trump would get it if we told him wearing a mask was like raking the forest.
re: #7 Eclectic Cyborg
What is the point of doing this when the GOP Senate will just ignore it?
because several hundred thousand potentially persuadable libertarians who are one-issue voters will see the Democrats voting to nationally legalize, and a REpublican senate that won’t touch this, and they may be the difference in a swing state.
re: #94 teleskiguy
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hey ben, can you tell with certainty and just by looking who’s ‘susceptible’?
or are you telling other people to just play the odds that they’ll ‘likely’ be ok?
who do you think makes up those statistics that are not 100%?
(i mean people, as data, not people as statisticians)
Ben Shapiro, PhD, Epidemiology, Dunning-Kruger University, MD, Prager University Medical School. https://t.co/jDBLf0MyK0
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) August 31, 2020
re: #95 Dr Lizardo
Maybe Trump’s dementia has caused him to forget he’s POTUS?
this is a great and not too subtle line of attack
he doesnt know he’s president
he certainly doesnt act it…
re: #97 Sherlock Hound
Offending rural people and urban people in the same tweet
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and how is that a baby alpaca business any kind of going-concern that’ll pay the mortgage on that huge spread you just bought? (and obviously somehow had to means to buy)
Not that I have nice things to say about actual “rural” people either.
Things seem nicer because everyone in the small community is willing to hide one another’s terrible acts, and the casualties are incentivized to leave or simply slotted into one of many convenient outcast positions.
Cities are full of people who left their small rural town because it made them feel safer.
re: #100 The Ghost of a Flea
Most people that lionize their “ruralness” are suburbanites with trucks, and we should all unite to destroy them.
I’m still reading the thread. Kyle (what is it with “Kyles”? They’re all assholes!) is being wrecked completely. I guess alpacas are the cool, hip, gentleman farmer “crop” de jour, that most people think they can raise, but are proven sadly, very, wrong.
Time to call it a day. Have a good one, Lizards and stay healthy.
re: #104 A Mom Anon
Because it’s SO easy to just pack up and buy a farm. Hell, most people can’t even afford to relocate unless there is a guaranteed well paying job waiting for them. Upward mobility is hard for everyone except wealthy people and it’s been that way for a long ass time now.
If I could move to a more rural place with an affordable home and a little land, I would LOVE it. But I can’t. And it’s not because I’m lazy or didn’t plan my life right. You can plan the fuck out of your life and still get shithammered by life’s bullshit. And let’s just say you want to move and stay in the US. Where the fuck do you go that’s not bugfuck stupid now?
I’ve wanted to move from my urban apartment for decades. I’m too poor to do so and the only other places I could move to are also urban—I won’t make it in the sticks or even the burbs.
re: #102 Kamrade Teddy’s Person
How exactly are these 20-year olds isolated from the most vulnerable? What about those on the custodial staff or on-campus food services who have to work or lose their jobs and not qualify for unemployment? My guess would be that some of them are from vulnerable populations or perhaps live with someone vulnerable.
Ben is a fuckwit of the first order.
are they all gonna be asymptomatic?
if not, who’s gonna pay for their treatment and hospitalization?
what percentage of the 20 -29 year olds will in fact get sick enough to die?
you ok with that number ben? (i guess he is)
re: #94 teleskiguy
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One of my university colleagues is 70, got a covid-19 exemption for in-person classes.
There would be no reason if what Ben Shapiro, PhD, Epidemiology, Dunning-Kruger University, MD, Prager University Medical School said about students being isolated from vulnerable populations was true.
re: #114 dangerman
are they all gonna be asymptomatic?
if not, who’s gonna pay for their treatment and hospitalization?
what percentage of the 20 -29 year olds will in fact get sick enough to die?you ok with that number ben? (i guess he is)
Ben Shapiro should volunteer to get covid19 himself to help out with herd immunity.
re: #111 Sherlock Hound
I’m still reading the thread. Kyle (what is it with “Kyles”? They’re all assholes!) is being wrecked completely. I guess alpacas are the cool, hip, gentleman farmer “crop” de jour, that most people think they can raise, but are proven sadly, very, wrong.
emus 20 years ago
re: #97 Sherlock Hound
Offending rural people and urban people in the same tweet
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Weirdly my son wants to be an alpaca (and llama) farmer. He just gets on really well with them.
re: #115 BlueSpotinAL
One of my university colleagues is 70, got a covid-19 exemption for in-person classes.
There would be no reason if what Ben Shapiro, PhD, Epidemiology, Dunning-Kruger University, MD, Prager University Medical School said about students being isolated from vulnerable populations was true.
this is 21st century america
we are all interconnected - that’s why contact tracing is so important, and valuable
NO ONE is ‘isolated’
we’re likely less than 6 degrees from everyone, let alone kevin bacon
re: #118 451_Montag
Weirdly my son wants to be an alpaca (and llama) farmer. He just gets on really well with them.
He’s gotta be better than this Kyle guy…
Also…anybody telling you to get into small scale farming is either a fool or setting you up to be financially fucked. Economy of scale is destroying small farms through bankruptcy or turning them into subcontractors that eventually collapse under the low pay and the terrible health-affecting conditions of factory farm conditions.
People don’t say this because they interact with the actual country, but because they rely on the volkisch fantasy of yeoman farmers as good, wholesome people as a thought-ending cliche. It’s virtue signalling.
Tiffany Trump. Fresh out of law school and auditioning for the right-wing welfare.
Congrats for officially becoming a lying piece of trash Trump family member on twitter. Glad to know you are a con artist and fake Christian too. https://t.co/ig104f0P9g
— Spiro Agnew’s Ghost (@SpiroAgnewGhost) August 31, 2020
re: #110 The Ghost of a Flea
Things seem nicer because everyone in the small community is willing to hide one another’s terrible acts
Precisely the experience of my wife, who was dragged out of Memphis after the King assassination to finish high school in rural Mississippi. Her parents didn’t want to hear about all the predators coaching the girls’ sports teams, because they went to church with them.
it’s like in the Ocean’s movies, you always have to get the security guard out of the way timed for the heist. https://t.co/Tmdc0jXVDH via @ABC
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 31, 2020
MSNBC gave an interview to Patriot Prayer’s Joey Gibson. The hardest question they aired was whether Gibson had any regrets about this weekend.
Patriot Prayer is a far-right extremist group. It previously was caught with a cache of guns on a rooftop. https://t.co/ogrbxO0LNl pic.twitter.com/DICL9BZ8fl— John Whitehouse (@existentialfish) August 31, 2020
And there it goes. Patriot Prayer, Proud Boys, and the like will be promoted not just as a mainstream platform but assumed to be the default because anything and everything ‘conservative’ must be treated as the default, and valid and safe on its face.
The rehabbing of fascism is almost complete guys. Aren’t you soooooooooo excited? ///////
How much more obvious can they possibly be? It’s getting like pulling into the bank parking lot in a van with ROBBER painted on both sides. https://t.co/1TDH4cropr
— Schooley (@Rschooley) August 31, 2020
🚨 NEW: in paperwork filed minutes ago, USPS Board of Governors Chairman Robert M. Duncan is listed as Director of Mitch McConnell’s $130M super PAC, Senate Leadership Fund.https://t.co/vYxNfIag9F pic.twitter.com/ILOzdXcCPb
— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) August 31, 2020
re: #123 jaunte
Precisely the experience of my wife, who was dragged out of Memphis after the King assassination to finish high school in rural Mississippi. Her parents didn’t want to hear about all the predators coaching the girls’ sports teams, because they went to church with them.
Yeah.
ETA: I’m sorry to hear that your wife went through that. I’m responding with a lot of vehemence because I’ve had some similar experiences, and people I’ve cared about have had much worse ones.
Thirty years in the same community and I’m sick to the gills with the wealthy creeps and crooks that run shit on one hand, and the total fucking terrifying people that everyone just pretends don’t exist because of convoluted social etiquette about who’s “really” part of the community.
re: #97 Sherlock Hound
Offending rural people and urban people in the same tweet
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Moving to Montana soon.
Gonna be a dental floss tycoon.
The heck with alpacas.
Want to make a point that’s illustrative of the difference between police departments and the military.
Look what happened today when an Army officer made a holocaust joke on camera: The 3rd Infantry Division pulled him from the line within four hours and nobody closed ranks. pic.twitter.com/XGgiXWAFhR— Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) August 31, 2020
re: #110 The Ghost of a Flea
Not that I have nice things to say about actual “rural” people either.
HEY!!11!!
Kellyanne likes being a deplorable actor for an audience of one.
🤡🤡🤡🤡Shifty is still lying. Anchors still allowing it. We’ve offered to quell the violence in Democrat cities.
Plus, I don’t trust men who weigh less than me. https://t.co/sfMdOYu6iZ @DanaBashCNN @RepAdamSchiff https://t.co/LxmIFUPkd1— Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) August 31, 2020
re: #21 Kamrade Teddy’s Person
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So…just a thought….could this be precisely why the House hasn’t exactly been going subpoena crazy lately? Because of shit stink rulings like this? Just a thought.
Because it seems like the courts have defanged the House in much the same way that state gov’ts defanged Governor’s offices soon as Dems were in charge, and get away with it because they have all the actual power able to be leveraged to do so and Dems can’t do shit about it because ‘hey, turns out you don’t actually have that power and we’ll destroy you completely if you try’?
And anyone expect the power of inherent contempt to survive that either if it’s pulled out?
re: #102 Kamrade Teddy’s Person
How exactly are these 20-year olds isolated from the most vulnerable? What about those on the custodial staff or on-campus food services who have to work or lose their jobs and not qualify for unemployment? My guess would be that some of them are from vulnerable populations or perhaps live with someone vulnerable.
Ben is a fuckwit of the first order.
what about those of us who teach them, and who in my case woke up yesterday with a slight fever and immediately wondered if this was the start of a beautiful friendship with lady corona? turned out it was just the usual complaint—some variety of colitis I’ve been dealing with 25 years, but I hate that I just had to blow another 70 bucks on kn95 masks so I can stand in front of kids without worrying about them accidentally killing me.
re: #126 jaunte
JFC.
Mulligan and other sources told ABC News that the new head of the office is 36-year-old Kellen Dwyer, a cyber-crimes prosecutor who joined the federal government six years ago and made international headlines in November 2018 when he accidentally revealed that federal charges had been secretly filed against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Mulligan said that given Dwyer’s limited time and experience handling national security matters, he is “a very odd” choice to replace Wiegmann, whom she described as “exceptional” at managing government bureaucracy and resolving “highly contentious matters across the government.”
The timing of the personnel change - coming just two months before the U.S. presidential election, and in the midst of a battle against domestic terrorism and foreign interference in the election - has worried current and former members of the national security community.
So question:
Why isn’t it extortion when Trump claims that the violence is ‘Biden’s America’ and we have to vote for Trump to solve it?
Oh, right, I keep forgetting, #IOKIYAR. Double standards are their only standards, and projection is always on the menu.— Citizen K’s sick of 2020… (@Citizen_Kryptik) August 31, 2020
“DHS OIG confirmed that, as reported in the NBC News story, children brought to Port Isabel on July 15, 2018, waited extended periods — and in many cases overnight — to be reunited with their parents.”
Here’s the OIG report: https://t.co/FHVCmD1dnj pic.twitter.com/U1jRX3fZAP— Jacob Soboroff (@jacobsoboroff) August 31, 2020
re: #129 A Cranky One
Moving to Montana soon.
Gonna be a dental floss tycoon.The heck with alpacas.
just me and the pygmy pony..
Adderall and Percocet
— The Wind Cries “Transparency.” (@DaveoutofAustin) August 31, 2020
re: #92 dangerman
it’s not pineapple
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Possibly its only advantage. Btw, I had to check to see if kiwi fruit had any real connection to New Zealand. Turns out the name does. It originated in China but became well known in the west only after it was exported to New Zealand and American and British servicemen encountered it there during World War II.
en.m.wikipedia.org
John is fresh out of fucks to give.
I’ll take the lack of an answer as a “no.”
— John Aravosis 🇺🇸🇬🇷🏳️🌈 (@aravosis) August 31, 2020
White House privately warned states of Covid-19 ‘red zone’ threat, records show
By late June, documents revealed 10 states were in the red zone, and that cases had surged in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. But Pence at the time continued to say that “all 50 states are opening up safely and responsibly.”
Alabama, one of the alerted states, is 5th in per-capita cases and 34th in per-capita testing. We have been blindfolded and sent out to play in traffic.
re: #141 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Possibly its only advantage. Btw, I had to check to see if kiwi fruit had any real connection to New Zealand. Turns out the name does. It originated in China but became well known in the west only after it was exported to New Zealand and American and British servicemen encountered it there during World War II.
en.m.wikipedia.org
LGF, come for the politics. Stay for the fruit history.
Always, always present them with this….. pic.twitter.com/8guIwZanaf
— Desperate For Change (@ChangeDesperate) August 31, 2020
re: #142 Kamrade Teddy’s Person
John is fresh out of fucks to give.
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He shouldn’t. It’s nuts that they’d still be pushing this kind of propaganda using Cain’s name.
re: #122 Kamrade Teddy’s Person
Tiffany Trump. Fresh out of law school and auditioning for the right-wing welfare.
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Why the ‘Ariana’ all of a sudden? Trying to remind Daddy that she’s got a name that ends in an ‘A’, too?
All of those adult children are just so goddamn needy.
re: #102 Kamrade Teddy’s Person
How exactly are these 20-year olds isolated from the most vulnerable? What about those on the custodial staff or on-campus food services who have to work or lose their jobs and not qualify for unemployment? My guess would be that some of them are from vulnerable populations or perhaps live with someone vulnerable.
Ben is a fuckwit of the first order.
Those 20-year-olds leave campus on a regular basis; these campuses aren’t way out in the middle of nowhere, they’re in CITIES.
re: #148 makeitstop
Why the ‘Ariana’ all of a sudden? Trying to remind Daddy that she’s got a name that ends in an ‘A’, too?
All of those adult children are just so goddamn needy.
Children of malignant narcissists desperately want the approval of the narcissist. But they’ll never get it. They’ll go to their graves with that wish unfulfilled.
And in this case, that’s fine with me.
Biden: “Trump, you want to talk about fear? Do you know what people are afraid of? They’re afraid they’re gonna get Covid. They’re afraid they’re gonna get sick and die. And that is in no small part b/c of you. We’re now on track for more than 200,000 deaths in this country.” pic.twitter.com/MbhFcCKTpl
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 31, 2020
BIDEN: “We have arrived in a moment in this campaign that we all knew we would get to: The moment when Donald Trump would be so desperate he would do anything to hold onto power. Donald Trump has been a toxic presence in our nation for four years.” pic.twitter.com/ecJq4cZHHZ
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 31, 2020
Actually savage. pic.twitter.com/OXwzPpm9SH
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) August 31, 2020
re: #153 Backwoods_Sleuth
Edit
What did Joe say? “Don’t jump”
I couldn’t make out what the heckler said.
re: #54 dangerman
It works with White voters who don’t support Democrats anyway.
I hate to admit it, and it kills me to say it. Trump is right.
“It just seems that the economy does better under the Democrats than the Republicans.”
- Donald Trump, 2004
A useful quote/clip for his opponents to use, you might think.#justsayin pic.twitter.com/wDfRsWOgOK— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) August 31, 2020
re: #154 Ming5000
What did Joe say? I couldn’t make any of it out.
the guy was yelling something about Joe in the basement
Hooray! At last.
Narcissists can’t tolerate being confronted with their failures and mistakes. They lie, rewrite history and create convoluted explanations to blame someone else.
We’ve seen this pattern with Trump his entire term. So, happy to see Trump being blamed directly for his failures by a person he can’t ignore. It will drive orange foolious nuts and he’ll have to respond. And those responses will be unhinged.
Keep driving home the message. He’s president and all the country’s problems are HIS fault.
It should be interesting.
re: #158 Backwoods_Sleuth
the guy was yelling something about Joe in the basement
Did anyone else hear something to the effect of “ban fracking”? The yeller was so incoherent that, if he did in fact speak those words, one couldn’t tell if he was for or against such a policy (in other words, I can’t even tell if the yeller was a trumper or a berner. Epic yelling fail.)
re: #160 Interesting Times
Did anyone else hear something to the effect of “ban fracking”? The yeller was so incoherent that, if he did in fact speak those words, one couldn’t tell if he was for or against such a policy (in other words, I can’t even tell if the yeller was a trumper or a berner. Epic yelling fail.)
“Basement” language means they’re following Trump cues.
More generally…the kind of yelling strikes me as Trumpian.
re: #143 Decatur Deb
Signs of hope in more ways than one?
Driving thru Birmingham, Mountain Brook & Homewood Alabama this morning, seeing signs for @SenDougJones everywhere. On some blocks, every house has a Jones sign, including some folks who are Republicans. Hundreds of Jones signs but only 1 for his opponent during the entire drive. pic.twitter.com/TnD7Y0qF5B
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) August 29, 2020
re: #161 The Ghost of a Flea
“Basement” language means they’re following Trump cues.
More generally…the kind of yelling strikes me as Trumpian.
I gathered that it was “hiding in the basement” jab, based on a comment from the President who went and hid in his bunker…
re: #159 A Cranky One
Hooray! At last.
Narcissists can’t tolerate being confronted with their failures and mistakes. They lie, rewrite history and create convoluted explanations to blame someone else.
We’ve seen this pattern with Trump his entire term. So, happy to see Trump being blamed directly for his failures by a person he can’t ignore. It will drive orange foolious nuts and he’ll have to respond. And those responses will be unhinged.
Keep driving home the message. He’s president and all the country’s problems are HIS fault.
It should be interesting.
they’ve been prepping this strategy for a while i’d guess
keeping their powder dry so to speak
Name this band pic.twitter.com/lgSUC0Bidj
— Joely Fisher (@MsJoelyFisher) August 31, 2020
re: #165 The Pie Overlord!
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couldnt possibly
i’d have to know who they are and i dont have a clue so obviously one hit wonders
him on the left i do
Name this band pic.twitter.com/lgSUC0Bidj
— Joely Fisher (@MsJoelyFisher) August 31, 2020
“The president’s never seen that video.”
— White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, quoted by the New York Times, referring to a video President Trump himself tweeted out.
this is just effing stunning
I should not play with numbers when I’ve only had 3 hrs of sleep.
Bitched at a guy about Covid and it took me several attempts to notice I was using the wrong set of numbers.
re: #162 Interesting Times
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No Trump or Tuberville signs in my suburban neighborhood, some Jones signs. We know most will vote R, but still. Ds have nothing to be ashamed of, can’t be said of T&T.
re: #167 dangerman
— White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, quoted by the New York Times, referring to a video President Trump himself tweeted out.
this is just effing stunning
“Sunday was not the first time Trump has amplified videos of a Black person committing a crime against a White person, nor even the first time he has shared this particular video. It comes days after RNC speakers forcefully argued that he is not a racist.”https://t.co/usbROYimZQ
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) August 31, 2020
re: #166 dangerman
Eric the Burden and War
re: #165 The Pie Overlord!
bleach blanket bingo
He sacrificed slaughterhouse workers. He sacrificed prisoners. He sacrificed nursing home residents. Now he is sacrificing KIDS. https://t.co/gZzWkS5B9i
— Barbara Malmet (@B52Malmet) August 31, 2020
re: #166 dangerman
couldnt possibly
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The Displicable Chicks
This is the best obituary I have read in ages
“Holly Blair exploded into glitter and bats on aug 17th 2020”
Rest in fabulousness, Holly pic.twitter.com/H3MNCGGn7N— Professor Sarah Parcak (@indyfromspace) August 31, 2020
it’s real
woodriverchapel.com
re: #165 The Pie Overlord!
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The Vichy Chicks
— Lord Piltdown (@jimreynolds54) August 31, 2020
re: #177 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
The White Supremes
The U.S. Postal Service didn’t care that my grandmother was a poor Black woman, or that she lived in a rural area. They never failed to deliver. This is an American institution worth protecting – for all of us.
— Rep. Val Demings (@RepValDemings) August 31, 2020
Lindsey Graham was just photographed with prominent white supremacist Geert Wilders.
But the picture was taken down fast!
Don’t share this. Lol pic.twitter.com/HNBMitboEk— Fired Up (@MikeTheBigMac) September 8, 2019
The human thinks this “math problem” is so funny, but I don’t get it. Why would someone use pancake mix to re-shingle a roof if they have used kitty litter? My human swears that stuff sticks like Super Glue every time they scoop the litter box…#mondaythoughts #CatsOfTwitter pic.twitter.com/vAsPs8BOUK
— “Mad Cat” Cattis (@GeneralCattis) August 31, 2020
re: #171 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Nick Saban and Alabama Crimson Tide football players lead a march for change in Tuscaloosa https://t.co/DGCBvC7mdv pic.twitter.com/or0mFzrWNd
You would never believe it was this same dog who go ahold of a roll of toilet paper and ripped it to shreds in multiple rooms, like he did last night.
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) August 31, 2020
Fleetwood MAGA
CUTE BREAK! If this doesn’t help you feel better, you’re already dead:
Puppy party in the ball pit pic.twitter.com/KLmNNFcB4u
— Chris Vannini 😷 (@ChrisVannini) August 18, 2020
Idea for a reality show, send young Kyle here into an Appalachian coal mining town (bonus if the mine is closed) for like a month.
— aggressively mediocre LT (@CdtSalty) August 31, 2020
no, send him to Compton
re: #189 Backwoods_Sleuth
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no, send him to Compton
On minimum wage and with no car.
Our Special Report starts at 6 PM ET. Join @RonSteslow, @reedgalen, and @madrid_mike at https://t.co/Y5Vj0SGL03
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) August 31, 2020
I hate our healthcare system. Grrrrr….
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re: #137 Citizen K
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The Republican 24/7 Bullshit Machine is too goddamned efficient.
re: #165 The Pie Overlord!
I think Kevin might have won this one early:
The Dipsy Shits
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) August 31, 2020
Trump accusing Biden of telling a “monstrous lie” that rioters are peaceful protesters. Biden has called peaceful protesters peaceful protesters.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 31, 2020
Trump calls Biden’s speech today “strange,” criticizing Biden for not specifically naming “Antifa.” (Biden delivered a thorough denunciation of all violence, looting, rioting.)
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 31, 2020
Days after one of his supporters shot and killed two people in Kenosha, Trump says “I want to provide an update on left-wing political violence that we’re seeing in Democrat-run cities.” pic.twitter.com/FwLYvcXlgY
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 31, 2020
Trump is still disrespectfully pronouncing Kamala Harris’s name incorrectly pic.twitter.com/NxM2Pft1Pd
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 31, 2020
more about Biden’s heckler
Biden was being heckled by a Trump supporter as he arrived to deliver pizzas. The man was waving a Trump flag as he stood on top of a truck. Biden’s response to him: “Don’t jump.” pic.twitter.com/yWIOIJ6IPB
— Tyler Pager (@tylerpager) August 31, 2020
TRUMP: “If [Democrats] have power, every city in this country could be another Portland … they want to destroy our country. They are going to destroy our suburbs … what we are witnessing today is a result of left-wing indoctrination in our nation’s schools & universities.” pic.twitter.com/TQ6dIBiJLP
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 31, 2020
“Antifa is a criminal organization.” Well, except for the “criminal” and “organization” parts.
— Gary Legum (@GaryLegum) August 31, 2020
Trump claims without evidence that left-wing protesters have “killed a lot of people” pic.twitter.com/Avi4Ue8ktO
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 31, 2020
REPORTER: Your trip to Kenosha could exacerbate tension and increase violence. Do you give consideration to that?
TRUMP: Well, it could also increase enthusiasm. It could increase love and respect for our country. pic.twitter.com/pAuYwbhDHl— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 31, 2020
jeebus
NOW: Pointing at @kaitlancollins President Trump says “Your supporters and they are your supporters” shot and killed people in a protest. @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/qkdFy6nzlr
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) August 31, 2020
! Asked about Kyle Rittenhouse, supporter accused of murder, Trump says he’s looking into it but adds, “That was an interesting situation…he was trying to get away from them…looks like…and then they very violently attacked him…he probably would’ve been killed.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 31, 2020
Trump’s always welcome in Russia. You know, the place where you like to spend July 4th. https://t.co/zN2weAV4uU
— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) August 31, 2020
re: #205 Backwoods_Sleuth
I told you. I fucking told you Trump would come out in support of Rittenhouse.
re: #206 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Well, in a rare moment of Stopped Clock Syndrome, the not-so-good senator is actually correct. It is a tragically sad state of affairs when the President of the United States is such a gianormous twatwaffle that a sitting Governor has to ask him to stay out of his state to avoid further inflaming political and racial tensions.
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re: #204 Backwoods_Sleuth
jeebus
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I swear, the last lying liar who so enraged me with his incessant lies to the media was Mohammad Saeed al-Sahhaf, first in 1990-91 as Iraq’s ambassador to the UN, and then circa 2003 as their infamous Information Minister.
re: #207 Eclectic Cyborg
I told you. I fucking told you Trump would come out in support of Rittenhouse.
Was it ever in doubt.
re: #207 Eclectic Cyborg
I told you. I fucking told you Trump would come out in support of Rittenhouse.
When you realize that there’s already some infiltration of Law Enforcement across the country by members of these right-wing extremists groups, and that both are in communication with Trump’s WH, it’s not just an odd thing to say. He’s lining it all up.
re: #95 Dr Lizardo
Maybe Trump’s dementia has caused him to forget he’s POTUS?
Before Biden’s speech today, I was watching the CNN anchor question a white suburban woman (Mary Andersen?) who voted for Trump in 2016 and the interview reminded me of yesterday’s exchange about Ian Millhiser’s joke on the undecided voter. It wasn’t quite as bad but close to it.
She said that she thought Biden was a good man but not as sharp as he used to be — when the anchor pushed back that allegations of dementia were thrown at both candidates, Ms Andersen(?) said that she had been watching Trump for years and thought there was no decline in his intellect during the period.
She actually made 2 valid points (1) while the stock market is soaring, small businesses were hurting and many were going out of business and (2) Trump should not go to Kenosha, because it would not be helpful. Unfortunately, she thought a great man like Ben Carson should travel there instead to address the issues. And she really believed that the problem with Trump was that he was micromanaging the situation and that instead he should have his staff handle the details. These people are so deluded that no information can penetrate their brains.
I bet that Biden beats Trump by far more than HRC’s 3 million in the popular vote, but because of the stupid EC, Trump can still eek past.
re: #90 Dr Lizardo
I confess, it’s been awhile since I’ve had a complete physical. But you know, I really don’t anticipate having to undergo a procedure that would require, let’s say, general anesthesia.
Well, propofol isn’t general anaesthesia, but it is deep sedation. I’ve had it several times for colonoscopy and endoscopy. That stuff will throw you for a loop. The first time I had an endoscopy, I woke up to hear the doctor saying blah blah blah CANCER blah blah before falling unconscious again. Turns out he was looking for Barrett’s esophagus, a precursor to cancer. He didn’t find any. Which I found out from the report my dad handed to me. What I learned from that experience was that propofol will overcome any inclination to grab a doctor’s arm and yell CANCER!?!!!
It doesn’t actually take long to be put under for a scope. The prep takes far longer.
re: #216 mmmirele
My most recent procedures were done using Versed and Fentanyl when I had my colonoscopy and cataract replacements. What pissed me off is that the opthomoligist used a nurse anestesist (who worked at the only anesthesia practice in my area, and not in network) whereas my (and my mothers) gastroenterologist does it himself.
At least with propofol its just one drug, which I had with a prior colonoscopy and shoulder separation reduction.
The first time I had an endoscopy they used Demerit and Valium - of all the non-general
sedation liked that one the best.
re: #8 KGxvi
2016 I went into the booth not knowing what I was going to do on the presidential line - I knew I wouldn’t be voting for Trump, and always had major reservations about Clinton. In the end, I ended up voting for her, but I did think about voting for Johnson, and I did think about leaving the line blank.
So, you’re an idiot who made the right choice by accident. Cool.
re: #76 aatharuv
And even if it weren’t illegal, and even if he had TikTok on a personal phone, should a serving officer really be using an application that could let the Chinese government know where he is at all times?
Could. Could let the Chinese government know where he is at all times.
How many “apps” don’t fall into that class?
Do you seriously think Trump’s war on TikTok is really about national security?
re: #84 wrenchwench
So does my comment. I don’t know where those strawberries came from. I blame my phone, which I am not posting on.
My brain is all fucked up by the stupid autocorrect function some idiot installed.
re: #131 jaunte
There’s an interesting difference between perception of the Police (civilian, mostly patrol urban areas) and the Gendarmerie (military, mostly patrol rural areas) in France.
Contrary to what one might think the Police are often seen as an occupying force, out of control and unprofessional where the Gendarmarie are more highly respected.
Odd.
(There are counter examples — see the case of Adama Traoré — but that is the general feeling).
(And of course many people in the rest of the military still detest the Gendarmarie for obvious reasons).
So, as I predicted the US per capita death rate has just equaled Sweden (give or take a bit).
Next stop Italy!
re: #177 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
A fucking insult to the French republic.
re: #180 gocart mozart
Fucking hell, Lindsey Graham is Geert Wilders’ mini-me.
re: #184 Backwoods_Sleuth
You would never believe it was this same dog who go ahold of a roll of toilet paper and ripped it to shreds in multiple rooms, like he did last night.
Uh, yes I would.
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