A New Hilarious Parody From Peter Serafinowicz: Sassy Trump Fights With Speakerphone
Sassy tries to make a phone call to the Mexican President.
“All Trump’s Words”
Sassy tries to make a phone call to the Mexican President.
“All Trump’s Words”
I spoke to Steve Bannon tonight about Trump’s war with Big Tech. Bannon told me Big Tech’s data should be seized and put in a “public trust.” He said of FB/Twitter/Google execs, “These people are evil. There is no doubt about that.” And more… https://t.co/50C1xs4gmQ pic.twitter.com/NOImxGgpdi
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) August 30, 2018
I haven’t watched these sassy vids, but the phone fiasco was gold so I watched.
L O FUCKING L
re: #1 MsJ
I spoke to Steve Bannon tonight about Trump’s war with Big Tech. Bannon told me Big Tech’s data should be seized and put in a “public trust.” He said of FB/Twitter/Google execs, “These people are evil. There is no doubt about that.” And more…
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) August 30, 2018
Such freedom-loving conservative principles.
We know how much Trump thinks of public trusts when they involve his own companies…
re: #1 MsJ
More proof that Bannon is an overt fascist. He’s literally advocating for a Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. Goebbels would be proud.
1/ Ok, so deep breath. On my way home, I turned on @NPR & heard an interview on @Studio360show w/ John McNaughton, a pro-Trump artist, &, once again, I would like to ask media organizations to at least *explore* the idea that the president is a white nationalist.
— Mangy Jay (@magi_jay) August 30, 2018
Read this thread https://t.co/nuggdpJNuc
— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) August 30, 2018
re: #1 MsJ
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They keep going back to this guy when there are so many other meth heads they can interview.
re: #1 MsJ
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Yeah if Steve Bannon’s calling you evil, I think you might be okay. Stupid pock faced fascist.
re: #3 Dr. Matt
I spoke to Steve Bannon tonight about Trump’s war with Big Tech. Bannon told me Big Tech’s data should be seized and put in a “public trust.” He said of FB/Twitter/Google execs, “These people are evil. There is no doubt about that.” And more…
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) August 30, 2018Such freedom-loving conservative principles.
so they do that - they seize all three
usership plummets because…
meanwhile all the folks from fb/twitter/google see the writing on the wall, go out and build three new platforms, and fix the, er, questionable stuff from before.
people flock to them (work with me) because right on their front pages they include a ‘one button’ migration tool (they’ve got the internals to the public trust you morans)
don jr gets his wet dream from the last thread
the only people left on the ‘public trust’ sites are ‘trump supporters’
a bass-ackwards way to do it. still, it gets the job done
re: #5 Lidane
More proof that Bannon is an overt fascist. He’s literally advocating for a Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. Goebbels would be proud.
Bannon’s brainchild has already been given its proper name — The Ministry of Truth.
Trump has said twice this month that car companies are moving back to Pennsylvania.
Bernard Swiecki of the Center for Automotive Research notes, “There are no assembly plants in Pennsylvania at all.”— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 30, 2018
Reports of a shooting at Yorkdale mall in Toronto.
WATCH: Chopper 24 is above Yorkdale Mall now as patrons evacuate after shots fired inside https://t.co/QKJ3HdLjrM pic.twitter.com/ulShbDwV0Y
— CP24 (@CP24) August 30, 2018
re: #1 MsJ
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Taking on the tech giants is not going to end well for Trump.
Especially Google. Come on.
The point of taking on tech companies is that Trump wants to control the flow of info.
He doesn’t want people to see his lies, criminality, and misconduct for what they are.
He wants to limit access and cow critics into submission and silence.
Those who control the info control the universe (riffing on Dune).
re: #13 lawhawk
San Francisco high school placed on lockdown after student ‘accidentally fired a gun in the restroom’ https://t.co/v9HKoK2qC3 pic.twitter.com/29x44Xs8H3
— Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) August 30, 2018
Preview of the Chuck Williams collection at the CIA Copia. This is just the jelly mould wall. pic.twitter.com/ZTmIPjfATT
— Omnivore Books (@omnivorebooks) August 29, 2018
I had read that the late Chuck Williams had amassed a large collection of kitchenware and utensils, but this is extraordinary and beyond what I had imagined. https://t.co/iHYr2Xfn4d
— Gastronomic History (@GastroHistory) August 30, 2018
re: #14 BlueGrl21
Taking on the tech giants is not going to end well for Trump.
Especially Google. Come on.
“A new Google search feature: Type in a person’s name, and, based on real time information gathered, you can see what a person’s tax returns looked like for any year, assuming the person didn’t lie.”
OT - Need some help making a few pumpkin pies. Already found a pumpkin:
re: #15 lawhawk
The point of taking on tech companies is that Trump wants to control the flow of info.
He doesn’t want people to see his lies, criminality, and misconduct for what they are.
He wants to limit access and cow critics into submission and silence.
Those who control the info control the universe (riffing on Dune).
What amuses me is he genuinely thinks he will somehow be able to control tech companies that are massive, international, and basically run their own online economy. Like he thought he was going to take on Amazon. Really? Let’s take on Google and Apple too and see how that works out.
The only people that can control these companies are their users, who may simply choose to go somewhere else. The international user base of Google is not going to flinch at a little fly like Trump jumping into the soup to drown himself. He has no idea how the tech world operates.
Let’s see him go after the energy sector next. Oil and gas. They’d eat him alive.
re: #12 Stanley Sea
@ddale8
Trump has said twice this month that car companies are moving back to Pennsylvania.Bernard Swiecki of the Center for Automotive Research notes, “There are no assembly plants in Pennsylvania at all.”
As I tweeted to Mr. Dale, I assume there are at least some auto parts manufacturers in Pennsylvania.
Trump’s on 13 tweets today and counting.
It’s killing him not to be the center of attention.
after all these years, i just found out mrs dm has never seen the fall and rise of reginald perrin
i thought i’d get an eyeroll so i was surprised she agreed to give it a try
and she likes it
we’re in the middle of season 2 (Grot)
It’s one of my faves so i’m enjoying the insightful writing and absolutely spot on acting, esp by leonard rossiter
it’s not fawlty towers obvious broad comedy
its brilliant sometimes scathing broad comedy
NEW POLL: Gillum leads DeSantis by 5 points after historic upset victory in Florida Dem primary https://t.co/BBqgy6uTpL pic.twitter.com/kfRrTqtfqv
— The Hill (@thehill) August 30, 2018
Judge throws out Alex Jones attempt to dismiss lawsuit from Sandy Hook parents https://t.co/kGSyQihEwr pic.twitter.com/diOeK2jFGG
— The Hill (@thehill) August 30, 2018
re: #20 Cheechako
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re: #23 lawhawk
Trump’s on 13 tweets today and counting.
It’s killing him not to be the center of attention.
Since he commits obstruction damn near every day, he’ll really need to lean into another public crime to get the eyeballs back on him.
re: #25 JordanRules
There may have been three Democrats running in the primary, but there’s only one goal.
So Trump’s doing yet another hate rally in Indiana tonight. Will he be able to stop himself from saying something disgusting about John McCain?
And why are Americans continuing to put up with a president who holds weekly Nuremberg rallies?— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 30, 2018
re: #25 JordanRules
Not sure I’m willing to buy into that poll.
BREAKING: Six state legislators in Oklahoma who voted against a bill That would have increased teacher pay were All voted out of office in their primary runoff elections on Tuesday,
— PoliticsVideoChannel (@politvidchannel) August 30, 2018
re: #27 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Might not be the right type of pumpkin for pie
Don’t know about edibility, but the seeds from these behemoths are as valuable as gold nuggets. Seed companies pay top dollar to be able to offer these “competition pumpkin seeds”.
re: #31 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Not sure I’m willing to buy into that poll.
Understandable. 2016 did a number on all of us in so many ways.
re: #27 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Might not be the right type of pumpkin for pie
And, you’d need a damn big pan to cook it in, not to mention a VERY wide oven
I wonder how many federal employees voted for Trump.
re: #20 Cheechako
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Get it about 50% bigger, and it’ll qualify as a tiny house.
re: #16 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
San Francisco high school placed on lockdown after student ‘accidentally fired a gun in the restroom’
forget the ‘accident part’
…after a student got a fucking gun from somewhere / someone, took it to a school, got it into the school, carried it around the school, and was only found out when he negligently, carelessly, lost total control of it and discharged it
if the gun belongs to the student, then hang ‘em. take away his future, his finances, his freedom and his 2a rights. he’s totally irresponsible.
if that gun legally belongs to any other person, hang them
take their future, finances, freedom
IT IS THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE SECOND BIGGEST PART OF THE PROBLEM
if they cannot control their weapons at all times (the absolute minimum requirement for any responsible person) they should NOT be anywhere near guns.
the BIGGEST PART OF THE PROBLEM is every other gun owner that doesnt do anyting about these people who literally dont know where their own weapons are.
According to Gallup, @HillaryClinton has been Americans’ most admired woman the past 16 years straight and for 22 years of the past 25 years.
What exactly is the bar a woman needs to clear before journalists stop describing her as epically unpopular? https://t.co/KSJgBGbe91 pic.twitter.com/speWzMTOF0— Andrei Cherny (@AndreiCherny) August 30, 2018
re: #18 Belafon
“A new Google search feature: Type in a person’s name, and, based on real time information gathered, you can see what a person’s tax returns looked like for any year, assuming the person didn’t lie.”
i am not worried.
once these services are seized into ‘the public trust’ there wont be anyone competent working there who knows how to make these enhancements.
re: #40 JordanRules
Remember the really smart girls that acted stupid to keep the boys around her from treating her badly?
re: #34 JordanRules
Understandable. 2016 did a number on all of us in so many ways.
Thing is, most polls over time showed HRC ahead, but well within the margin of error…and her popular vote win did indeed fit those results :/ It was state polls that were way the hell off.
In any event, the moral of the story is: if poll after poll shows you within the margin of error, GOTV becomes more important than ever. Even the ever-sobering Sarah Kendzior says that overwhelming turnout can be enough to defeat gerrymandering, suppression, etc.
re: #36 Jay C
And, you’d need a damn big pan to cook it in, not to mention a VERY wide oven
and, do they make 55 gal. drums of condensed milf?
re: #40 JordanRules
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What exactly is the bar a woman needs to clear before journalists stop describing her as epically unpopular?
Being addressed as “Madam President” might be a start….
But, sadly, I doubt it.
re: #43 Interesting Times
Thing is, most polls over time showed HRC ahead, but well within the margin of error…and her popular vote win did indeed fit those results :/ It was state polls that were way the hell off.
In any event, the moral of the story is: if poll after poll shows you within the margin of error, GOTV becomes more important than ever. Even the ever-sobering Sarah Kendzior says that overwhelming turnout can be enough to defeat gerrymandering, suppression, etc.
And I don’t think we’ll ever know how many state races were compromised, but I will forever be suspicious.
re: #26 lawhawk
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“Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein relied on allegations from ‘Deep Throat’ to link the Nixon Administration to the Watergate break-in,” Jones’s lawyers wrote in filing for a dismissal.
jones didnt assert he got it from someone and is just shielding a source
“I’ve watched a lot of soap operas, and I’ve seen actors before,” Jones said in 2016. “And I know when I’m watching a movie and when I’m watching something real.”
I’ve, I’ve, I, I’m, I’m
re: #33 Cheechako
Don’t know about edibility, but the seeds from these behemoths are as valuable as gold nuggets. Seed companies pay top dollar to be able to offer these “competition pumpkin seeds”.
competition seed
like with retired horses?
re: #34 JordanRules
Understandable. 2016 did a number on all of us in so many ways.
and considering how the pre-primary polling was way off…
These ugly rallies Trump keeps staging are NOT NORMAL.
This is not what presidents do, or how they act. This IS what authoritarians, dictators and despots do.
We’re being conditioned to accept this, but no American should ever accept this.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 30, 2018
re: #23 lawhawk
Trump’s on 13 tweets today and counting.
It’s killing him not to be the center of attention.
He’ll get this chance tonight.
A mainstream ‘pro-life’ coalition rallying Senators to confirm Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court includes an organization whose vice president served two years in prison for attempting to bomb an abortion clinic. https://t.co/5TnyZaD5BH #ProtectRoe
— reproaction (@reproaction) August 30, 2018
Oh good, I feel SUPER safe knowing senators are meeting with terrorists. https://t.co/ndPVp0quyH
— Calla Hales (@heyitscalla) August 30, 2018
Sessions is safe until November, says Trump, who adds: “I just would love to have him do a great job.” https://t.co/m32Rhlb8S5
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) August 30, 2018
Trump falsely claims NBC’s Lester Holt ‘got caught’ faking interview where he admitted to firing Comey over Russia https://t.co/iRZGKCR6ek
— Raw Story (@RawStory) August 30, 2018
This is fucking pathetic. When my kids were toddlers they were better liars. https://t.co/fXwgYbGg9b
— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) August 30, 2018
re: #53 Jenner7
Whether he remains or not depends on who wins in November.
re: #39 dangerman
forget the ‘accident part’
…after a student got a fucking gun from somewhere / someone, took it to a school, got it into the school, carried it around the school, and was only found out when he negligently, carelessly, lost total control of it and discharged it
if the gun belongs to the student, then hang ‘em. take away his future, his finances, his freedom and his 2a rights. he’s totally irresponsible.
if that gun legally belongs to any other person, hang them
take their future, finances, freedom
IT IS THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE SECOND BIGGEST PART OF THE PROBLEM
if they cannot control their weapons at all times (the absolute minimum requirement for any responsible person) they should NOT be anywhere near guns.the BIGGEST PART OF THE PROBLEM is every other gun owner that doesnt do anyting about these people who literally dont know where their own weapons are.
if you are always going to take reasonable precautions and never lose physical control (ie safely, reasonably stored / forcibly stolen) of your weaponry then why the hell would you care if the law came down like a sledgehammer on someone who did?
what is wrong with you?
re: #54 JordanRules
Trump: I didn’t do an interview with Lester.
Aide: Yes, you did. Here’s the video.
Trump: Whose that guy on TV? I don’t recognize him.
re: #40 JordanRules
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electoral college aside - it’s a mechanism not a representation
nearly 4m more actual popular votes and yet, unpopular
the brain…it hurts
Such fan girl shit but Brooke Baldwin of CNN liked my tweet about the moving scene of McCain’s plane leaving AZ.
I like being a media fan girl. They are up against a fascist& I have their back.
re: #12 Stanley Sea
Trump has said twice this month that car companies are moving back to Pennsylvania.
Bernard Swiecki of the Center for Automotive Research notes, “There are no assembly plants in Pennsylvania at all.”
It is home to PPG, one of the top 100 automotive component suppliers in the world, so this Trumpism is not entirely contrived.
re: #52 JordanRules
A mainstream ‘pro-life’ coalition rallying Senators to confirm Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court includes an organization whose vice president served two years in prison for attempting to bomb an abortion clinic
how do you leap to ‘mainstream’ from “prison for attempting to bomb”?
re: #45 Jay C
I honestly don’t think this country will see a woman President any time soon. Maybe, if there’s still a country, in fifty years or so.
Judge throws out Alex Jones attempt to dismiss lawsuit from Sandy Hook parents https://t.co/kGSyQihEwr pic.twitter.com/diOeK2jFGG
— The Hill (@thehill) August 30, 2018
re: #62 dangerman
how do you leap to ‘mainstream’ from “prison for attempting to bomb”?
Powered by a whole lot of audacity.
re: #57 Belafon
Trump: I didn’t do an interview with Lester.
Aide: Yes, you did. Here’s the video.
Trump: Whose that guy on TV? I don’t recognize him.
Wait a sec! Am I reading this correctly? Trump did an interview with NBC’s Lester Holt where he (Trump) admitted firing Comey over Russia, and now he’s claiming that Holt “fudged” (misquoted? fabricated? lied?) the interview??
SRSLY?
Man, how soon before we see Jerry Jones tweeting “No collusion, none”?
BREAKING: Colin Kaepernick’s collusion grievance to go to trial after arbitrator denies NFL’s request for summary judgment.
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 30, 2018
This is going to be a hell of a trial. https://t.co/cLPezQyo58
— Trevor Timm (@trevortimm) August 30, 2018
re: #63 plansbandc
I honestly don’t think this country will see a woman President any time soon. Maybe, if there’s still a country, in fifty years or so.
20 years ago, I would have bet any amount of money you cared to name that a woman would be elected President long before a black man. Shows what I know….
re: #66 Jay C
Wait a sec! Am I reading this correctly? Trump did an interview with NBC’s Lester Holt where he (Trump) admitted firing Comey over Russia, and now he’s claiming that Holt “fudged” (misquoted? fabricated? lied?) the interview??
SRSLY?h
He did the interview like 15 months ago.
He’s referred to it since.
Now it’s a problem so now it’s fake news.
re: #23 lawhawk
Trump’s on 13 tweets today and counting.
It’s killing him not to be the center of attention.
Someone needs to create an web app that tracks the number of daily tweets, weekly tweets, years tweets, and running total since taking office.
re: #68 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
This country really doesn’t like women.
Why is Donald Trump’s private lawyer Rudy Giuliani trying to undermine official US State Department policy by writing letters to the Romanian government urging them to abandon anti-corruption efforts? Why won’t he say on whose behalf the letter was sent? https://t.co/Foh4cZt3YA
— Sweaty-Toothed Madman (@goddamnedfrank) August 30, 2018
re: #63 plansbandc
I honestly don’t think this country will see a woman President any time soon. Maybe, if there’s still a country, in fifty years or so.
Most countries of the modern world have been way ahead of the US on that metric of gender equality, not to mention the last 3 or 30 centuries.
re: #17 JordanRules
I thought it was a collection of bronzed barnacles.
re: #67 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Man, how soon before we see Jerry Jones tweeting “No collusion, none”?
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I could totally see Jones involved in a little catch and kill action. I’m surprised he hasn’t seen more scandalous press over the years.
I’m sharing this because Einstein is waving
Marty, Doc, and Einstein, 1989. pic.twitter.com/eaBgOHGwiK
— History In Pictures (@HistoryInPix) August 30, 2018
re: #76 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
I’m sharing this because Einstein is waving
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You did the right thing!
Ted Cruz admits to Texas donors that he hasn’t raised enough money to compete with Beto O’Rourke’s TV adshttps://t.co/1RuwEsXc00
— Raw Story (@RawStory) August 30, 2018
re: #1 MsJ
So if you don’t lie about what Trump is doing to destroy this country and its constitution, you should be sanctioned and punished. This is not fascist thinking at all. No siree bob.
re: #68 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
20 years ago, I would have bet any amount of money you cared to name that a woman would be elected President long before a black man. Shows what I know….
“Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black.”
—Shirley Chisholm, 1972
re: #30 Charles Johnson
And why are Americans continuing to put up with a president who holds weekly Nuremberg rallies?
Because there’s still a hope voters can return things to normal.
But that may not last past November.
re: #79 Kragar
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re: #30 Charles Johnson
And why are Americans continuing to put up with a president who holds weekly Nuremberg rallies?
So, basically, all he does his watch tv, tweet, and hold Klan rallies.
Nothing more “American” to Beto than kneeling for Nat’l Anthem. Do you stand w/Ted or kneel w/Beto? Cast your vote… https://t.co/EIsGNjAOjO pic.twitter.com/RP5wT76mWm
— Texas GOP (@TexasGOP) August 30, 2018
GOL
it’s come to this…searching for things to re-live his glory days…
Throwback Thursday! #MAGA pic.twitter.com/8slzITa1l6
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2018
re: #85 Dr. Matt
So, basically, all he does his watch tv, tweet, and hold Klan rallies.
Plus golf and occasional facetime with reporters, because his face on twitter isn’t big enough.
I thought I already detested Ted Cruz as much as one human can detest another human.
Then I saw… this. pic.twitter.com/Y7SsqOgWue— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 30, 2018
re: #33 Cheechako
Don’t know about edibility, but the seeds from these behemoths are as valuable as gold nuggets. Seed companies pay top dollar to be able to offer these “competition seeds”.
So these giant pumpkins are the horticultural equivalent of some of the car culture fads we were discussing yesterday….
re: #66 Jay C
Wait a sec! Am I reading this correctly? Trump did an interview with NBC’s Lester Holt where he (Trump) admitted firing Comey over Russia, and now he’s claiming that Holt “fudged” (misquoted? fabricated? lied?) the interview??
SRSLY?
while the entire, unedited interview is available online
Charming (and by that I mean not at all) that Louis C.K. did an unannounced set for his start at a comeback and proceeded to tell a rape joke.
I’m more than disgusted that I ever gave him support.
What a piece of shit.
re: #48 dangerman
competition seed
like with retired horses?
Yes. There’s big pumpkin growing contests all over the country. Check your local county fair.
re: #85 Dr. Matt
Don’t forget golfing. Lots and lots of golfing.
re: #7 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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12/ Nothing. No challenge. My ears were just basically inundated w/ the 2018 equivalence of the “Boobs in California” Conspiracy theorist from Season 3 of Kimmy Schmidt.
WHY NPR WHY? pic.twitter.com/y8m2PS3o37— Mangy Jay (@magi_jay) August 30, 2018
For non-Kimmy watchers, some of the conspiracies are:
“Milk has an expiration date, we should do that with the elderly,”
“Fluoride makes children gay,” and
“the CIA invented AIDS to sell quilts”
And the song (you have to know Titus to know how hilarious this is)
People in the replies are big mad at my rep.
Citizens having their papers demanded, then confiscated and then put in detention and ordered into deportation proceedings.
The historical resonances here are clear as bell. https://t.co/onnb1Uvf4T— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) August 29, 2018
If you are a US government official and you are deporting Americans be warned. When the worm turns you will not be safe because you were just following orders. You do not have to take part in illegal acts ordered by this President’s administration. https://t.co/BLq48HRkbH
— Ruben Gallego (@RubenGallego) August 30, 2018
re: #79 Kragar
It would be great if O’Rourke won this Senate race and then ran for President in 2020. He kind of reminds me of President Obama in terms of swagger, charisma and empathy. We need someone who can electrify the electorate, get out the vote and overwhelm Republican voter suppression tactics which I expect to be in full force by 2020.
re: #87 Backwoods_Sleuth
Since I’ve given up on social media, I wish that Trump suffers for The Angel of constipation to give him the runs.
(Points from whoever uttered that phrase.)
Trump told Bloomberg he would pull out of the World Trade Organization if it doesn’t treat the U.S. better https://t.co/OcjBpTLtEB pic.twitter.com/DUeeGp5WQd
— TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) August 30, 2018
“It’s not good enough,” Trump says of the EU’s offer to scrap tariffs on cars. “Their consumer habits are to buy their cars, not to buy our cars,” https://t.co/CPPpqZ2K2C pic.twitter.com/TBkaoDihaO
— TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) August 30, 2018
jfc, he’s stupid
Virginia was already looking bleak for Republicans, with a near-broke state party and Corey Stewart at the top of the ticket. Trump jamming federal employees on pay is almost cartoonishly unhelpful.
— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) August 30, 2018
Good. https://t.co/zTgBKhtsqf
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) August 30, 2018
re: #90 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
So these giant pumpkins are the horticultural equivalent of some of the car culture fads we were discussing yesterday….
I’m picturing a huge squash with obnoxious rims now.
re: #86 JordanRules
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GOL
Your party’s former governor literally talked about seceding over health care reform. But we see how scared you are.
re: #102 Backwoods_Sleuth
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jfc, he’s stupid
Europeans are treating America unfairly by buying European cars? That makes total sense! No senile dementia there!
re: #102 Backwoods_Sleuth
So we’re going to force Europeans to buy our cars? I’m flabbergasted. His thinking is beyond delusional. It’s hard to believe that Trump is a 70+ year old businessman.
re: #103 Patricia Kayden
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This isn’t a bad thing. Comstock and the other Virginia GOPers need to go.
re: #107 Patricia Kayden
So we’re going to force Europeans to buy our cars? I’m flabbergasted. His thinking is beyond delusional. It’s hard to believe that Trump is a 70+ year old businessman
He’s never been a businessman. Just a conman and only a conman all his life.
re: #102 Backwoods_Sleuth
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jfc, he’s stupid
He’s seriously crapping on them for buying their own cars? Rich from the most protectionist President in eons.
re: #90 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
So these giant pumpkins are the horticultural equivalent of some of the car culture fads we were discussing yesterday….
Yes. And with our growing conditions here in Alaska, other vegetables such as cabbage have contests of their own.
🐾🦉❤️https://t.co/HQrqO1kdyB pic.twitter.com/fDvR5ZMpA0
— Life on Earth 🌴 (@planetepics) August 30, 2018
re: #99 JordanRules
The fact that the Trump regime is deporting citizens should be much more publicized. It feels as if this is happening under the radar and most of us are shrugging as if it’s not a huge deal. Republicans were never going to stop at illegal immigration. It was always about stopping legal migrants from the “wrong” (otherwise known as sh*thole) countries.
re: #104 JordanRules
I’m picturing a huge squash with obnoxious rims now.
After the racehorse comment, I was imagining pumpkins mating.
re: #111 Cheechako
Yes. And with our growing conditions here in Alaska, other vegetables such as cabbage have contests of their own.
And I made the mistake of buying a really big head of cabbage not long ago, so I can imagine how woody the contest winners are.
re: #114 Patricia Kayden
The fact that the Trump regime is deporting citizens should be much more publicized. It feels as if this is happening under the radar and most of us are shrugging as if it’s not a huge deal. Republicans were never going to stop at illegal immigration. It was always about stopping legal migrants from the “wrong” (otherwise known as sh*thole) countries.
I’m seeing the story everywhere, like the asylum seeking children in cages, but just like that human rights violation, the party in power is okay with it.
ACLU and other orgs are taking on some specific cases too.
re: #115 Belafon
After the racehorse comment, I was imagining pumpkins mating.
Acckk!!
That’s too Trump adjacent!
re: #117 JordanRules
It’s obvious that if Republicans retain control of Congress, they’re going to go for broke between 2018 and 2020. They’re showing their hands now despite the threat of losing the House in November. They’re going to feel emboldened if they continue winning seats. I hope those who voted third party in November 2016 have figured this out by now.
re: #107 Patricia Kayden
So we’re going to force Europeans to buy our cars? I’m flabbergasted. His thinking is beyond delusional. It’s hard to believe that Trump is a 70+ year old businessman.
he’s not
re: #119 Patricia Kayden
It’s obvious that if Republicans retain control of Congress, they’re going to go for broke between 2018 and 2020. They’re showing their hands now despite the threat of losing the House in November. They’re going to feel emboldened if they continue winning seats. I hope those who voted third party in November 2016 have figured this out by now.
Unfortunately the Bernie Brigade is unrepentant. They may come out for DSA members or some Bernie supported candidates, but they would rather see a moderate Democrat lose to a Trumper than vote for someone they consider fatally compromised (and that is anyone they don’t consider to be a progressive). They are like Trump — they don’t accept responsibility for any ills that arise from their actions and treat compromise as a dirty word. .
re: #114 Patricia Kayden
The fact that the Trump regime is deporting citizens should be much more publicized. It feels as if this is happening under the radar and most of us are shrugging as if it’s not a huge deal. Republicans were never going to stop at illegal immigration. It was always about stopping legal migrants from the “wrong” (otherwise known as sh*thole) countries.
and/or democrats
re: #44 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
and, do they make 55 gal. drums of condensed milf?
????? Trying to slip one by us? :-)
problematic when you elect a guy who protects your industry
weirdly ironic that the best thing for gun industry profits is to help elect a president they can demonize
cause that ‘arm every teacher’ idea isnt really catching on
1/ Ok, so deep breath. On my way home, I turned on @NPR & heard an interview on @Studio360show w/ John McNaughton, a pro-Trump artist, &, once again, I would like to ask media organizations to at least *explore* the idea that the president is a white nationalist.
— Mangy Jay (@magi_jay) August 30, 2018
Thread https://t.co/N25nHRO0c9
— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) August 30, 2018
re: #87 Backwoods_Sleuth
it’s come to this…searching for things to re-live his glory days…
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He paid people to be there. That was the first one that came out as being paid “actors” green a Craigslist ad.
re: #89 Charles Johnson
What’s even better is what they were miming… God and Adam and the creation story.🙄
re: #66 Jay C
Wait a sec! Am I reading this correctly? Trump did an interview with NBC’s Lester Holt where he (Trump) admitted firing Comey over Russia, and now he’s claiming that Holt “fudged” (misquoted? fabricated? lied?) the interview??
SRSLY?
Trump: “I heard they can do all kinds of things to video with Photoshop. They tell me what you see is not what is there.
I know Photoshop. I know digital okay. I’m like the smartest guy around about digits. Okay. Believe me.
Anyway…it was obviously Photoshopped. Fake news.”
I’m afraid to ask for the identity of these “great scholars”.
Trump tells Bloomberg he views the Mueller investigation as “illegal” because “great scholars” have said that “there never should have been a special counsel,” the president said. Asked if he would comply with a subpoena he said: “I’ll see what happens.”
— David P Gelles (@gelles) August 30, 2018
“Let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable, let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.”
Douglas Adams
re: #102 Backwoods_Sleuth
The last one was deleted.
I hope it’s not true because that’s a level of stupid I didn’t think trump was capable of (which says alot).
Doesn’t matter, the damage has already been made:
A Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker canceled a planned Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest Thursday following death threats and concerns other people could be put at risk. https://t.co/t2QtXimeoD
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 30, 2018
Ideological extremism begets extremism. The rest of us in the middle suffer. https://t.co/WIcf7glnJj
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) August 30, 2018
Thread…
The U.S. Marines are updating their policy on participation in white supremacist groups, encouraging service members to report fellow Marines involved with such groups. https://t.co/rhW6hm8cvu
— FRONTLINE (@frontlinepbs) August 30, 2018
re: #123 Bubblehead II
????? Trying to slip one by us? :-)
I checked Amazon and Ebay just to be sure because I woulda bought one or two.
re: #135 JordanRules
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re: #131 Patricia Kayden
I’m afraid to ask for the identity of these “great scholars”.
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the president
this is meaningless drivel
i’m not afraid to ask
No one ever asks him to explain what he just said.
Who? Explain for the viewers exactly who and what you are talking about and what ‘they’ said specifically.
re: #133 MsJ
The last one was deleted.
I hope it’s not true because that’s a level of stupid I didn’t think trump was capable of (which says alot).
apparently they re-did it
“It’s not good enough,” Trump told Bloomberg of the EU’s offer to scrap tariffs on cars. “Their consumer habits are to buy their cars, not to buy our cars” https://t.co/CPPpqZ2K2C pic.twitter.com/nywRcQVPGY
— TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) August 30, 2018
re: #93 dangerman
ted’z already making excuses
And if Teddy doesn’t see an uptick of funds in short order from donors, Ted is in trouble politically.
Nothing worse than begging for dollars to maintain your seat, putting out messages/pleas like what he is doing, and then nothing happens to bring in the money you’ll need.
That is a killer.
I hope it happens, because then everyone will see the real Ted Cruz.
re: #131 Patricia Kayden
I’m afraid to ask for the identity of these “great scholars”.
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“• St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is no longer accepting cases from 28 city police officers and is reviewing their cases for “viability,” but without public explanation.”
We need more of this https://t.co/UvRXkap0Eh via @stltoday— ✊🏿Black Aziz aNANsi✊🏿 (@Freeyourmindkid) August 30, 2018
re: #138 dangerman
the president
this is meaningless drivel
i’m not afraid to ask
No one ever asks him to explain what he just said.
Who? Explain for the viewers exactly who and what you are talking about and what ‘they’ said specifically.
if you keep just interviewing the guy and letting him spout whatever he wants he will forever maintain that veneer of legitimacy
ask one specific follow up question AND THE ENTIRE PERSONA WILL BE EXPOSED FOR WHAT IT IS - empty and meaningless
i say to the media: do it
find your goddamm balls
it’s right there - just a single milimeter below the surface. it’s not even difficult
there’ll be another one along to take his place right quick
it wont impact your bottom lines.
re: #134 electrotek
I see nothing wrong with anti-Mohammed cartoons. Or anti-Jesus cartoons. Or anti-Vishnu cartoons. That event shouldn’t have been canceled in a secular democracy. Religious folk have to be able to tolerate those who disagree, mock and criticize their beliefs.
I remember the brouhaha over “The Last Temptation of Christ” movie because it was allegedly blasphemous. Somehow Christians survived that. Muslims who live in Western democracies need to understand that their religion is not above opposition.
re: #124 dangerman
problematic when you elect a guy who protects your industry
weirdly ironic that the best thing for gun industry profits is to help elect a president they can demonize
cause that ‘arm every teacher’ idea isnt really catching on
What’s even more funny dismaying is that these self proclaimed patriots then have to sell said weapons bought at full market price for whatever they can get (with no back ground checks) just to pay their bills because the economy has crashed or they fucked up and got fired and they need to feed their families. Said weapons then ending up in a unregulated market.
re: #95 Cheechako
Yes. There’s big pumpkin growing contests all over the country. Check your local county fair.
Ohio has the Circleville Pumpkin festival, which is about 40 miles south of Columbus. Typical little downtown with the streets closed off and people doing the street fair and carny thing with a lot of locals selling pumpkin pies, doughnuts, cookies, cakes, breads, ice cream…etc.
And then there are the competitors, which is a parade of trucks and trailers with huge pumpkin/squashes on them heading to the scales.
Ah Americana…and pumpkins.
re: #144 Patricia Kayden
I see nothing wrong with anti-Mohammed cartoons. Or anti-Jesus cartoons. Or anti-Vishnu cartoons. That even shouldn’t have been canceled in a secular democracy. Religious folk have to be able to tolerate those who disagree, mock and criticize their beliefs.
I remember the brouhaha over “The Last Temptation of Christ” movie because it was allegedly blasphemous. Somehow Christians survived that. Muslims who live in Western democracies need to understand that their religion is not above opposition.
Neither do I. I don’t give a shit, because the same fuckwits who draw these stupid cartoons do so because they want to provoke and make us look like savages.
Unfortunately there’s a LARGE chunk of dumbass Muslims in the world who are too fucking eager to go for the bait.
If you want to criticize the Dutch on this, bring up their blackface tradition which even the PM gets ridiculously touchy about.
But personally, I’d rather ignore it since it’s that dumbfuck Geert Wilders who is behind it.
Try to wrap your brains around the fact that this is a real campaign poster being handed out by the Rockwall County Republican Party. 🤦🏼♀️ #VoteBeto @johnpavlovitz @ALT_uscis @JYSexton @PreetBharara @EllenD_world pic.twitter.com/fY6ZF7kU4L
— Terri (@tchoyland) August 30, 2018
Postal Service apologizes for releasing House candidate’s security file @CNNPolitics https://t.co/uLb86i9bn0
— David P Gelles (@gelles) August 30, 2018
The Prophet survived Dante’s Inferno, I’m pretty sure he can survive a bunch of crude caricatures from assholes who have the blood of Norwegian children on their hands.
re: #136 jeffreyw
I checked Amazon and Ebay just to be sure because I woulda bought one or two.
I am not going there.
Bus accident with multiple fatalities in New Mexico near the Arizona border. Awful.
re: #131 Patricia Kayden
I’m afraid to ask for the identity of these “great scholars”.
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re: #150 Charles Johnson
[…this is a real campaign poster being handed out by the Rockwall County Republican Party.]
It must be difficult to be Ted Cruz. The Republicans want to elect a fake Ted Cruz. The one they made up to stand behind that makeup.
Democrats will elect the genuine Beto O’Rourke. It must be easy to be Beto. All he has to do is speak from the heart. The real Beto always comes through. And he’s electable.
NEW: Rudy Giuliani is putting together a ‘counter-report’ to question Robert Mueller’s ‘legitimacy’@swin24 and @lachlan have the details https://t.co/ej1oPs8NOa
— Sam Stein (@samstein) August 30, 2018
re: #156 wrenchwench
Beto winning would make my cold black heart slightly lighter and warmer.
re: #157 MsJ
I guess that birth certificate private investigator team finally came up with something.
BREAKING: Trump cancels pay raises for most federal employees set to take effect in January, citing budget.
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 30, 2018
The President’s proposal to eliminate these pay raises is simply wrong. I urge Congress to take bipartisan action to protect these hardworking employees & keep the promises made to them. https://t.co/YNLrFmkid5
— Governor Larry Hogan (@GovLarryHogan) August 30, 2018
shorter larry: most of my constituents are federal employees and my party is screwing me here https://t.co/pA16JF4XZ8
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) August 30, 2018
re: #158 plansbandc
Beto winning would make my cold black heart slightly lighter and warmer.
Be Beto. That’s got a ring to it.
re: #160 JordanRules
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re: #110 HappyWarrior
He’s seriously crapping on them for buying their own cars? Rich from the most protectionist President in eons.
Gosh. Totally baffling why a continent full of skinny roads and short parking spaces doesn’t want our SUV’s and Ford F150’s.
For years, the Southern California home of Richard Kraft was known as “The Happiest Place in Encino.” Kraft was an avid collector of Disneyland memorabilia, but a few days ago, the collection was auctioned off. Here are some incredible objects in Kraft’s magnificent collection. pic.twitter.com/P9ppMQEKDe
— Atlas Obscura (@atlasobscura) August 30, 2018
re: #144 Patricia Kayden
Also, some people here are just as touchy as those they accuse others of being barbaric.
Wear a shirt here in TX that denigrates a psychopath like Chris Kyle? You’d be lucky to come out unscathed.
Upload a video of yourself urinating on the American flag on the 4th of July? Rape threats by the wingnuts.
The latter did happen, of course. Emily Vance comes to mind.
re: #157 MsJ
Rudy Giuliani is putting together a ‘counter-report’ to question Robert Mueller’s ‘legitimacy’
NO PUPPET! NO PUPPET! YOU’RE THE PUPPET!
Because Nabisco and Keebler get to toss around the word cracker all the time, I get to call the people who work at Breitbart a “bunch of craker ass crackers” any time I want. Fair is fair.
— Ed Mix (@the_edwin_mix) August 30, 2018
re: #150 Charles Johnson
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Ted liked it in 2016—for a while anyway:
Cruz was telling Anderson Cooper during CNN’s Town Hall event how much he enjoyed Los Angeles’ artist Sabo’s unauthorized image of the Texas-senator-as-gangbanger: Shirtless, defiant and covered in tattoos, a cigarette dangling from his lip…
When the Texas Tribune raised questions in September about the Cruz campaign’s association with Sabo — given the artist’s prolific use of racial epithets, sexual imagery and profane language — Sabo himself seemed puzzled. “I honestly still don’t believe my name is on that site,” he told the political news website. In last week’s interview on CNN, Cruz said the Sabo poster helped his campaign connect with young voters.
re: #144 Patricia Kayden
I see nothing wrong with anti-Mohammed cartoons. Or anti-Jesus cartoons. Or anti-Vishnu cartoons. That even shouldn’t have been canceled in a secular democracy. Religious folk have to be able to tolerate those who disagree, mock and criticize their beliefs.
I remember the brouhaha over “The Last Temptation of Christ” movie because it was allegedly blasphemous. Somehow Christians survived that. Muslims who live in Western democracies need to understand that their religion is not above opposition.
For the most part I agree; everyone needs to accept that their group, religion or whatever may be mocked at some point in time and that violence is an unacceptable response to it.
However, the idea of having a contest to generate a competitive motivation to depict a faith as mean spiritedly as possible is reprehensible. Perhaps it should not be illegal but whoever is behind it should be publicly lambasted for their imbecility and hatefulness. If they have a business it should be boycotted. They should be ejected from restaurants. People should point and laugh at them in the streets.
re: #135 JordanRules
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Marines have been anti fascist since WW2.
— Big Sky (@BigSkyFlyer) August 30, 2018
When you’re attacking your opponent, and you’re making him look cooler than you, you’re doing it wrong.
re: #157 MsJ
Sam Stein ✔
@samstein
NEW: Rudy Giuliani is putting together a ‘counter-report’ to question Robert Mueller’s ‘legitimacy’@swin24 and @lachlan have the details thedailybeast.com …3:53 PM - Aug 30, 2018
Rudy, you grandstanding jackass, this is not how it works. This is not how any of this works.
No one is going to give a fuck about your stupid counter report.
And while you are working on that, ask your client, The Big Donny, why he is going to such lengths to stop a process that will find him not guilty as you and he claim?
Is any fool acting as a Trump professional lawyer or political handler, capable of seeing how this all appears?
Give it up. You guys look more and more foolish every day.
Every Republican that is running for Federal Office is running to keep Trump’s tax returns in the dark.
The Party’s goal is to KEEP you from knowing how the President is enriching himself off of foreign and domestic tax dollars.— Nunca Trump (@NeverTrumpTexan) August 30, 2018
re: #170 KerFuFFler
For the most part I agree; everyone needs to accept that their group, religion or whatever may be mocked at some point in time and that violence is an unacceptable response to it.
Exactly. My faith isn’t deterred by some crappy drawings that are amateur at best.
However, the idea of having a contest to generate a competitive motivation to depict a faith as mean spiritedly as possible is reprehensible. Perhaps it should not be illegal but whoever is behind it should be publicly lambasted for their imbecility and hatefulness. If they have a business it should be boycotted. They should be ejected from restaurants. People should point and laugh at them in the streets.
Or at best, ignored. Wilders thrives off of attention, and to make himself into a hero for “Western civilization”.
Ideally I would have brought up their outdated “blackface” tradition that they still cling on to, but I don’t want Wilders any more attention to his antics.
And also, it would be grossly unfair to smear all Dutch for one asshole’s provocative antics by bringing something up as a convenient cudgel against them.
Hence why it’s best to ignore and let them run back into the abyss from whence they rose from.
re: #157 MsJ
NEW: Rudy Giuliani is putting together a ‘counter-report’ to question Robert Mueller’s ‘legitimacy’@swin24 and @lachlan have the details
rudy, rudy
mueller’s on the roster
he’s picking out a bat and heading for the on-deck circle
you gonna kick dirt at the umpire’s shoes?
further, there is no need for a ‘counter-report’ because there is no ‘report’
re: #172 Ace Rothstein
When you’re attacking your opponent, and you’re making him look cooler than you, you’re doing it wrong.
Looking cool could be important in Texas. Beto looks cool when he’s sweating.
re: #163 HappyWarrior
Hello Larry, your party doesn’t care about federal workers. Maybe you should know that by now.
every move they make is to keep people poor
re: #177 dangerman
We need to see Giuliani’s counter report on the legitimacy of the SDNY.
re: #13 lawhawk
Reports of a shooting at Yorkdale mall in Toronto.
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re: #170 KerFuFFler
For the most part I agree; everyone needs to accept that their group, religion or whatever may be mocked at some point in time and that violence is an unacceptable response to it.
However, the idea of having a contest to generate a competitive motivation to depict a faith as mean spiritedly as possible is reprehensible. Perhaps it should not be illegal but whoever is behind it should be publicly lambasted for their imbecility and hatefulness. If they have a business it should be boycotted. They should be ejected from restaurants. People should point and laugh at them in the streets.
they should be followed by tubas
One of the signs posted in McCorkle Place by UNC/Chapel Hill ahead of the planned protests tonight near the Silent Sam pedestal @ColleenWNCN pic.twitter.com/p1EpC4ZpbE
— Colleen Quigley (@ColleenWNCN) August 30, 2018
re: #178 wrenchwench
Looking cool could be important in Texas. Beto looks cool when he’s sweating.
Three town hall attendees in Hamilton told us they’re over 90 years old! Grateful that they’d join us, ask questions, and share their experiences. pic.twitter.com/6cQ3T2ECav
— Beto O’Rourke (@BetoORourke) August 29, 2018
The speech that raised the perspiration is in a tweet before this one.
re: #168 gocart mozart
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Because “monkeying around” is a phrase, you morons! “Monkey it up” isn’t!
Sam Stein ✔
@samstein
NEW: Rudy Giuliani is putting together a ‘counter-report’ to question Robert Mueller’s ‘legitimacy’@swin24 and @lachlan have the details thedailybeast.com …3:53 PM - Aug 30, 2018
Rudy’s “counter-report” is nothing more than an attempt to placate trump. Toss trump a bone to keep him happy and to show that Rudy is really working hard to get trump off the hook.
re: #184 JordanRules
NOW: Police setting up more barriers around Silent Sam pedestal ahead on tonight’s planned protests on UNC’s campus. The school is advising students to stay away from McCorkle Place tonight @ColleenWNCN pic.twitter.com/3kteaIfyZ9
— Colleen Quigley (@ColleenWNCN) August 30, 2018
Remember Crystal Mason, the woman sentenced 5 yrs for illegal voting?
She’s facing a new battle this afternoon, now in fed court, & could get thrown back in prison if revocation hearing doesn’t go her way.
More at 5 & 6 @wfaa pic.twitter.com/VsksIVE4rR— Todd Unger (@ToddWFAA8) August 30, 2018
BREAKING: fed judge gives Mason 10 months behind bars & 26 months of supervised release.
She’ll be allowed self surrender in 2 weeks @wfaa @BudKennedy @wfaalauren https://t.co/v6DYEdqdVi— Todd Unger (@ToddWFAA8) August 30, 2018
Outrageous sentence. Black woman in Texas who didn’t realize she was ineligible to vote gets 10 months in jail & 26 months of supervised release (and still facing additional 5 years in Texas). White woman in Iowa who voted twice for Trump gets 2 years probation & $750 fine https://t.co/NighcCKldu
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) August 30, 2018
What if they are involved in Antifa ?
— Mark A Knowles (@MarkAKnowles2) August 30, 2018
Every Marine is supposed to be an Anti Fascist. The one who aren’t are the problem. https://t.co/sqqFRnOzLE
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 30, 2018
Now Trump’s saying Democrats are going to be “violent” if they win big in November? What are we going to do? Throw our PBS tote bags at them?
— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) August 30, 2018
Yes, the Democrats would be so very angry that they won. That makes perfect sense. https://t.co/zkJ2mWD4on
— Kait Richardson (@qirennia) August 30, 2018
That’s wasn’t his message to these people. It was, if we win, Democrats/Progressives are going to be burning their churches down and feeding them to the Lions. Nothing more, nothing less. And they will take that message back to their flock (sheep) and spread it. Fear sells. https://t.co/UVM0VcUBGo
— Bubblehead II: Out of the Closet and into the fire (@BubbleheadII) August 30, 2018
Ron DeSantis Clarifies That ‘Monkey’ Comment Was Intended As Subtle Enough Dog Whistle To Get Away With https://t.co/kWjGQRSP4L pic.twitter.com/vsmretFJYL
— The Onion (@TheOnion) August 30, 2018
re: #187 Cheechako
Rudy’s “counter-report” is nothing more than an attempt to placate trump. Toss trump a bone to keep him happy and to show that Rudy is really working hard to get trump off the hook.
off a hook he isnt even on yet - he hasnt even been charged with anything
no one in this country, including the president, has an inherent right not to be investigated
no one has the right not to be accused
(you prevent that by staying out of compromising situations)
no one has an inherent right to protection from vilification in the press
re: #31 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Not sure I’m willing to buy into that poll.
Nate Sliver grades PPP as a “B” Pollster (better than Rasmussen, but not top tier) with a slight Democratic lean. Taking the MoE into account, this race is a tossup.
re: #123 Bubblehead II
????? Trying to slip one by us? :-)
I thought I was the only one who saw that.
re: #196 Grunthos the Flatulent
I thought I was the only one who saw that.
I think we all thought that.
re: #60 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It is home to PPG, one of the top 100 automotive component suppliers in the world, so this Trumpism is not entirely contrived.
LGF is such a great place to get facts at, even when they don’t necessarily fit the narrative.
Came across this 1948 editorial that lambasted black baseball fans for protesting the Detroit Tigers’ refusal to sign black players. It accused protesters of using the “race issue” to “create problems.” It called them “silly” and a “sad spectacle.” Remind you of anything? pic.twitter.com/gBGCYtdpa9
— Luke Epplin (@LukeEpplin) August 28, 2018
“Negro Leadership in Detroit ought to lay a restraining hand on the young Negroes who made a sad spectacle of themselves picketing Briggs stadium, charging the Tigers with Jim Crowism because it has no Negro players”
— 1948 Editorial
The more thing change… #TakeAKnee https://t.co/qGxnDMVjMQ— ChuckModi (@ChuckModi1) August 30, 2018
re: #196 Grunthos the Flatulent
I thought I was the only one who saw that.
Wasn’t a typo. 4 keys over to the left. He tried to slide one by us. Lizard eyes are sharp though. :-)
This is Eagle. He just wanted a little sip. Was not expecting a whole h*ckin shower. 13/10 someone help him pic.twitter.com/FPWPOBHqi8
— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) August 30, 2018
Woody Allen’s latest movie has been “shelved indefinitely” by Amazon https://t.co/PLuVwtnEg7
— GQ Magazine (@GQMagazine) August 30, 2018
“Amazon hasn’t specified why they’re shelving the film, but it reportedly contains scenes of a 44-year-old man (played by Jude Law) having sex with a 15-year-old girl (Elle Fanning). So… not great!”
🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 https://t.co/rFgMHU8XN1— Daniel on Insecure Type Beat (@fwmj) August 30, 2018
re: #63 plansbandc
I honestly don’t think this country will see a woman President any time soon. Maybe, if there’s still a country, in fifty years or so.
I think there is an excellent chance we’ll have a woman President elected in 2020.
re: #66 Jay C
Wait a sec! Am I reading this correctly? Trump did an interview with NBC’s Lester Holt where he (Trump) admitted firing Comey over Russia, and now he’s claiming that Holt “fudged” (misquoted? fabricated? lied?) the interview??
SRSLY?
Why not? His base will believe anything he says.
So it was an autobiography, then?
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) August 30, 2018
re: #204 Big Beautiful Door
Why not? His base will believe anything he says.
The whole purpose of the report.
re: #203 Big Beautiful Door
I hope you are right.
*HGTV House Hunters*
Man: Well, I spraypaint disadvantaged models and sell clean air in the summertime & my wife…
Wife: I repackage mouse farts & sell them to cat people online, it’s very lucrative & rewarding.
Our budget is btwn 700K to maybe 950K, we know it’s small but… pic.twitter.com/uXi7QqbJkE— suprihmbé 🦄 (@thotscholar) August 30, 2018
re: #160 JordanRules
To be honest, Ben Jealous has ghosted Maryland. I don’t recall seeing even one ad from him and I watch tv all the time. I’ve seen a few Hogan ads though. I’m going to vote for Jealous, of course, but I worry about his scarce visibility since he won the primary.
re: #206 MsJ
The whole purpose of the report.
Don’t forget Rudy’s invoice for services!
Trump doing shit like this may be good for his base, but it further separates anyone that is realistic about how fucked up Trump is behaving from that base.
Every day there is a new, sad demonstration of Trump flailing to save his butt.
re: #210 Patricia Kayden
To be honest, Ben Jealous has ghosted Maryland. I don’t recall seeing even one ad from him and I watch tv all the time. I’ve seen a few Hogan ads though. I’m going to vote for Jealous, of course, but I worry about his scarce visibility since he won the primary.
Interesting.
Even looking at it from the outside, way on the other side of the country, I feel like his campaign hasn’t been loud enough. He’s got quite story that he could leverage more.
re: #208 wrenchwench
They’re waiting for Ronan Farrow to retire.
That’s after he does a new biography of Frank and the Rat Pack, playing Sinatra.
re: #211 ObserverArt
Don’t forget Rudy’s invoice for services!
The grift is always in there somewhere.
re: #209 JordanRules
LOL!
On a related note, I was disappointed when I learned that those house hunter shows are fake in the sense that the buyers have bought the house before filming the show.
re: #154 plansbandc
Bus accident with multiple fatalities in New Mexico near the Arizona border. Awful.
MCKINLEY COUNTY, N.M. —
What happened?
The New Mexico State Police Department says a Greyhound bus and semitrailer collided Thursday afternoon.
Where did this happen?
The crash happened on westbound I-40 near Thoreau. Traffic is being diverted at mile marker 53.
How many people were on board?
Greyhound said a total of 47 passengers were on board during the time of the crash.
Were there any fatalities?
Officials said multiple people were killed in the crash. There are also additional victims who suffered serious injuries and were taken to hospitals.
A spokesperson with the Gallup Indian Medical Center said they received a total of 37 patients.
The spokesperson said up to six of those patients were transferred to other hospitals that are trained in trauma care, including a baby.
Other hospitals in the area haven’t released information.
What caused the crash?
Police are still investigating the cause of the crash.
Where was the bus traveling?
Greyhound said the bus left from St. Louis and was heading through New Mexico to Los Angeles.
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The ruling by an arbitrator who was appointed by the league and the NFL Players Association said that Kaepernick’s lawyers had unearthed enough evidence in the past year for the case to proceed to a full hearing https://t.co/kn11dWrvAu
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 30, 2018
#BREAKING In a blow to the #NFL, #ColinKaepernick’s case will go foward. The NFL sought to end Kaepernick’s claim that the NFL was keeping him off the field. Evidence says otherwise.
Expect Trump to weigh in. https://t.co/Y6q93rY3sz— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) August 30, 2018
re: #60 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It is home to PPG, one of the top 100 automotive component suppliers in the world, so this Trumpism is not entirely contrived.
He deserves no leeway - no “this is partly correct”. He speaks as if cars are being built in PA - they are not.
re: #218 Patricia Kayden
NO COLLUSION NO COLLUSION YOU’RE THE COLLUSION
It still needs a daily counter.
“This is about the President coming after American citizens based on the color of their skin and ancestry.” My full interview tonight on @CNN @CNNSitRoom @wolfblitzer about reports that @StateDept is denying passports to Hispanic American citizens in #TX. pic.twitter.com/6Xw4iFahu6
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) August 30, 2018
The weak crumble, are slaughtered and are erased from history while the strong, for good or for ill, survive. The strong are respected, and alliances are made with the strong, and in the end peace is made with the strong.
— PM of Israel (@IsraeliPM) August 29, 2018
Disturbing rhetoric in this thread.
Damn.
Joe Biden on remembering and mourning John McCain in the months to come: https://t.co/8Dr4fj7aHu
“You know you’re going to make it when … a smile comes to your lip before a tear to your eye.” pic.twitter.com/jvCP3M2kQe— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 30, 2018
One Iraqi man detained by ICE has been in detention, incl 21h/day of solitary, since last summer, ACLU says. And there are 100+ more. https://t.co/UAhPnY0TVS
— Miriam Elder (@MiriamElder) August 30, 2018
I believe healthcare should reside within the social contract of out society. Like clean air and water…… Oh Wait, he’s trying to screw that up as well. #RepairAmerica
— 🦈🦈Dave’s Not Believing this Crap🦈🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) August 30, 2018
re: #68 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
20 years ago, I would have bet any amount of money you cared to name that a woman would be elected President long before a black man. Shows what I know….
And electing the first person who was not a white male turned politics into a den of horror. With all the talk of McCain and bipartisanship - the latter stopped on the day President Obama was elected. The next 50 years will see nothing but white male presidents.
If the country is lucky one of them might be less than 60 years old.
re: #223 JordanRules
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Disturbing rhetoric in this thread.
Damn.
I noticed “for good or for ill” right off.
The world is getting damn scary again. Too many hotheads getting traction.
re: #227 fern01
With all the talk of McCain and bipartisanship - the latter stopped on the day President Obama was elected.
QFT
Longest thread yet.
1. Ron Unz @UnzReview has come out as a Holocaust denier in this article:https://t.co/5iTc0BHdz8
No surprise there, we’ve already pointed out the signs before:https://t.co/GsdCGxwoYhhttps://t.co/sEUY6sDHvw
I’ll just comment on a few factual points.— Confronting Deniers (@AgainstDenial) August 30, 2018
Trust in our institutions continuing to erode.
So the State Department is denying the WaPo story about passport revocation. Normally this would carry some serious weight, BUT we all watched for weeks as the Trump admin denied the child separation policy AFTER FIRST BRAGGING ABOUT IT.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) August 30, 2018
re: #224 Backwoods_Sleuth
Joe is certainly showing some Irish in his phrase.
re: #227 fern01
And electing the first person who was not a white male turned politics into a den of horror. With all the talk of McCain and bipartisanship - the latter stopped on the day President Obama was elected. The next 50 years will see nothing but white male presidents.
If the country is lucky one of them might be less than 60 years old.
I disagree with that. This country is not becoming more white. Quite the opposite. I expect to see another President of color in the next decade or so. There’s a reason why White Supremacists are losing their minds. They see the demographic writing on the wall.
re: #100 Patricia Kayden
It would be great if O’Rourke won this Senate race and then ran for President in 2020. He kind of reminds me of President Obama in terms of swagger, charisma and empathy. We need someone who can electrify the electorate, get out the vote and overwhelm Republican voter suppression tactics which I expect to be in full force by 2020.
Just too soon for him. 2024/28 definitely - Although President Obama had the same problem - 2012 would have been perfect for him - but a dem would have been in office at that time.
re: #234 fern01
He has been a congressional rep for a while.
re: #235 MsJ
Did Obama speak at McCain’s funeral?
The actual funeral is Saturday in the National Cathedral in Washington DC.
re: #236 Belafon
He has been a congressional rep for a while.
And before that, El Paso city council.
re: #230 Nyet
Longest thread yet.
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Nothing new for Unz. Pete Wilson levied that against him when Unz tried to unseat Wilson in 1994.
Not a parody account…..
The weak crumble, are slaughtered and are erased from history while the strong, for good or for ill, survive. The strong are respected, and alliances are made with the strong, and in the end peace is made with the strong.
— PM of Israel (@IsraeliPM) August 29, 2018
re: #240 Scottish Dragon
When you think of all the people who have been slaughtered via genocide, the Holocaust, the slave trade, colonialism, etc., Netanyahu’s comments become even more reprehensible. He should know better.
re: #240 Scottish Dragon
Not a parody account…..
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This honestly sounds like something from a Nuremberg torchlight rally. I wonder what Jewish citizens of Germany in 1935 would have have said upon hearing that exact quote.
re: #235 MsJ
Did Obama speak at McCain’s funeral?
Came across info that Bush and Obama are scheduled to deliver eulogies on Saturday; at 2min into this video:
re: #242 Scottish Dragon
This honestly sounds like something from a Nuremberg torchlight rally. I wonder what Jewish citizens of Germany in 1935 would have have said upon hearing that exact quote.
That thread is so disturbing. I’m horrified.
BREAKING: Judge blocks grizzly bear hunts that were set to begin Saturday in Idaho, Wyoming while he weighs restoring protections.
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 30, 2018
U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein says the federal government will take swift and aggressive legal action if Philadelphia and other cities open supervised injection sites for illegal drug users: https://t.co/s1FG0ZEn5O
— NBC10 Philadelphia (@NBCPhiladelphia) August 30, 2018
.@davidhogg111 doing the ground work to create a coalition of mayors to activate local communities voter registration efforts.
Announcement on @Morning_Joe. More info @ https://t.co/VVMAq3uAgF! pic.twitter.com/FCjCFW5Yf4— March For Our Lives (@AMarch4OurLives) August 30, 2018
We’re calling all Mayors to join “Mayors For Our Lives” to register all local college and high school students on National Voter Registration Day (September 25th!) and continue to empower young local leaders! https://t.co/5jGWNCkPch
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) August 30, 2018
The (obvious) racial dog-whistle Rep. Ron DeSantis used on Fox News Wednesday is the least of his problems now.
He was, until today, a moderator of a virulently racist Facebook group (with 95,000+ members) that referred to black people as “ghetto scum.”https://t.co/SWDwxjIMm5— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) August 30, 2018
@tedcruz has no valid points and doesn’t care about serving Texans. All he’s got is personal attacks and attack ads. And they’re not even good or valid
— Niels Søgaard 🇧🇪🇩🇰❄🌊 (@natty_ice49ers) August 30, 2018
re: #242 Scottish Dragon
This honestly sounds like something from a Nuremberg torchlight rally. I wonder what Jewish citizens of Germany in 1935 would have have said upon hearing that exact quote.
Well, well, well….
History proves: He who has not the strength - him the ‘right in itself’ profits not a whit. A world court without a world police would be a joke. And from what nations of the present League of Nations would then this force be recruited? Perhaps from the ranks of the old German Army? THE WHOLE WORLD OF NATURE IS A MIGHTY STRUGGLE BETWEEN STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS - AN ETERNAL VICTORY OF THE STRONG OVER THE WEAK. There would be nothing but decay in the whole of Nature if this were not so. States which should offend against the elementary law would fall into decay.
Adolf Hitler
MUNICH
SPEECH OF APRIL 13, 1923
hitler.org
re: #247 JordanRules
Hogg is such a treasure. He has been unfazed by all the haters and just continues to be awesome. I’m looking forward to the day when he runs for office.
re: #249 Backwoods_Sleuth
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To be fair, that describes virtually all GOP candidates.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) August 30, 2018
re: #250 Big Beautiful Door
Much better that they get HIV or die from an overdose.///
And much better to do the same things over and over with the same shitty results. Gotta keep building up that prison labor tho.
re: #230 Nyet
The following book came up as recommended reading (while looking at denier take-down comments); I have no idea if the book will be good or bad, but it seems to be an important subject:
In a chilling and controversial book, Swedish author Sven Lindqvist recounts the grisly history of nineteenth-century European imperialism and its connection to a legacy of genocide. Moving through present-day Africa while tracing the routes of British conquerors, Lindqvist tells how armed troops massacred 11,000 Sudanese (at a ‘cost’ of only forty-eight British deaths) in 1898 and how the King of Ashanti was made to kiss the feet of British officers in 1896. Lindqvist doesn’t stop in Africa, writing of the extermination of the Tasmanian aborigines and other atrocities inflicted on native people. He then connects those acts with those of the Nazi regime, showing how rampant imperialism sowed the seeds of the Holocaust. This is a moving account of the forces of history.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump cancels pay raises for most federal employees set to take effect in January, citing budget.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 30, 2018
“Man who blew $100 mil of federal money on golf trips cancels pay raises for federal workers.” https://t.co/dPvbkh5K81
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) August 30, 2018
re: #251 Scottish Dragon
Well, well, well….
Adolf Hitler
MUNICH
SPEECH OF APRIL 13, 1923
hitler.org
Bibi is plagiarizing Hitler. Unbelieveable.
re: #256 Patricia Kayden
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As an air traffic controller, I can tell you that we reroute hundreds of aircraft each day when 45 is in residence at Mar-a-Lago
— Greg T (@greg1t) August 30, 2018
The weekly golf course vacations have cost taxpayers millions, but here’s an expense I didn’t think about. https://t.co/FOxUAoRtt1
— shauna (@goldengateblond) August 30, 2018
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Here is GOP’s Ron DeSantis mocking @Ocasio2018 as “that girl or or whatever she is.” No wonder Trump loves him - he’s just as sexist pic.twitter.com/0odOMtvieU
— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) August 29, 2018
Andrew Gillum couldn’t have been blessed with a better opponent. Ron DeSantis’ toxicity and Trump worship will drive people to the polls to vote against him. https://t.co/iKBHcgzQCx
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) August 30, 2018
re: #173 ObserverArt
Rudy, you grandstanding jackass, this is not how it works. This is not how any of this works.
No one is going to give a fuck about your stupid counter report.
And while you are working on that, ask your client, The Big Donny, why he is going to such lengths to stop a process that will find him not guilty as you and he claim?
Is any fool acting as a Trump professional lawyer or political handler, capable of seeing how this all appears?
Give it up. You guys look more and more foolish every day.
27% of the population will join their leader in lauding it as the real story about the Mueller investigation
He obsessed over the music. He choreographed the movement of his coffin. And he sent an unmistakable rebuke to President Trump. How John McCain spent 8 months planning the week after he would die. https://t.co/6unUwNWyBr pic.twitter.com/IQHxbdgeMw
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) August 30, 2018
you have to hand it to McCain, he essentially choreographed a presidential funeral and that’s how it’s being covered.
i’m not sure Ted Kennedy got a media send off like this https://t.co/aqi1bZvcfW— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) August 30, 2018
Teresa May might be the whitest person on planet Earth. pic.twitter.com/cBEgVEyuM4
— Greg Sarafan, Esq (@GSarafan) August 30, 2018
The great thing about the funeral that McCain himself organized is that it will drive Trump to distraction. Who knows how much he’ll incriminate himself this weekend via twitter.
re: #261 fern01
27% of the population will join their leader in lauding it as the real story about the Mueller investigation
27% will believe Rudy’s report is the Mueller report
She really did try it pic.twitter.com/CdmlUjV0sL
— annie (@annie_brooks_) August 29, 2018
re: #264 Barefoot Grin
Hopefully he will hang himself with his own rope. /half
re: #233 Patricia Kayden
I disagree with that. This country is not becoming more white. Quite the opposite. I expect to see another President of color in the next decade or so. There’s a reason why White Supremacists are losing their minds. They see the demographic writing on the wall.
I hope you are right, but I am not optimistic
re: #237 ObserverArt
The actual funeral is Saturday in the National Cathedral in Washington DC.
Trump will be tweeting his golf score, hole by hole.
re: #236 Belafon
He has been a congressional rep for a while.
I know, but his name recognition outside of Texas has just begun. The Senate provides a much wider audience. I’d love him to run in 2020, just don’t think that he will.
Was talking to a friend today and we got into it about the Trump-thing, and I guess I was ranting pretty hard because he said, “You should try smoking some pot occasionally.”
It was to laugh. But hey, it is legal now and I haven’t done that in, jeez, decades? Maybe I’ll give it a try. Hope I don’t get more paranoid than I am already.
On the other hand, more people need to get really really upset about what Trump is doing and where he’s pushing this goddamned country.
re: #272 Charles Johnson
Get yourself a dab rig, mainline that shit. 90% pure THC.
re: #272 Charles Johnson
Was talking to a friend today and we got into it about the Trump-thing, and I guess I was ranting pretty hard because he said, “You should try smoking some pot occasionally.”
It was to laugh. But hey, it is legal now and I haven’t done that in, jeez, decades? Maybe I’ll give it a try. Hope I don’t get more paranoid than I am already.
On the other hand, more people need to get really really upset about what Trump is doing and where he’s pushing this goddamned country.
I would suggest you take some time off (hours even) no phone, computer etc. We need you to stay sane. I did it a few weeks ago, it was nice. We are running a marathon, not a sprint.
peace.
It Turns Out Mike Pence Has Been Working on Being Unlikable for Decades
Your vice president once turned in his fraternity brothers for—gasp—drinking beer.
The President of the United States today threatened violence if his side doesn’t win this November. And Republicans say absolutely nothing.
How far we’ve fallen.— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) August 29, 2018
Remember when Joe talked about grabbing his musket if Trump lost the election? https://t.co/5vKNvmHERx
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 31, 2018
re: #275 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Going from Joe Biden to Mike Pence is like going from an iPhone X to two cups tied together with string.
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) August 30, 2018
re: #276 Kragar
I’m all about second chances, and people can change. But I’m really suspicious about a few of the never-Trump right wingers. Joe Walsh is one.
re: #278 Charles Johnson
I’m all about second chances, and people can change. But I’m really suspicious about a few of the never-Trump right wingers. Joe Walsh is one.
Agreed.
re: #278 Charles Johnson
Temporarily embarrassed Republicans.
Along with @ACLU, @LawyersComm, @NAACP, and @USHRN, we sent a letter today to the @StateDept expressing concern over the Trump administration’s failure to submit its periodic report to the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – which was due last November. pic.twitter.com/4vkxtpBcQC
— The Leadership Conference (@civilrightsorg) August 30, 2018
This is important. The US ratified a human rights treaty in 1994 to eliminate racial discrimination. We’ve sent periodic reports since then, but the Trump admin missed a Nov 2017 deadline and is still in violation of reporting obligations. @StateDept must send the US report ASAP. https://t.co/0RrM9dXVsF
— Vanita Gupta (@vanitaguptaCR) August 30, 2018
LoL! Yes I came out as Trans. The Mate? So what? The yard still needs mowed and the garbage taken out.. Shit. I just can’t win
re: #278 Charles Johnson
I’m all about second chances, and people can change. But I’m really suspicious about a few of the never-Trump right wingers. Joe Walsh is one.
Joe Walsh is a known asshole in other ways. I suspect that he is just finally starting to get it into his dim head just how much shit Trump is in, and is trying to escape the damage.
re: #275 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
It Turns Out Mike Pence Has Been Working on Being Unlikable for Decades
My fraternity had a horrible schism over drug dealing. A bunch of guys were selling on campus, even from the house. My position was that we risked losing the house. I didn’t take a moral stand at that point. Those same dealers are holier than thou right wingers nowadays.
This has been bugging me. The guy running against Ted Cruz, do you pronounce his first name Bee-toe or Bay-toe? I’ve been using the latter.
re: #286 Eclectic Cyborg
This has been bugging me. The guy running against Ted Cruz, do you pronounce his first name Bee-toe or Bay-toe? I’ve been using the latter.
I’ve been using bet-o
re: #284 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I’ve generally felt that the extremes of Trump give poseurs cover to pretend to be moderate.
BREAKING: Judge Scott Jenkins of the 53rd District Court in Texas just threw out Alex Jones’ attempt to dismiss the lawsuit filed by parents of Sandy Hook victims.
In other words, Alex Jones may very well lose everything he’s ever owned.
I really don’t care, do u?— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) August 30, 2018
Bragging about how well he did in the 2016 election in Indiana.
Trump just boasted “we have the best economy in the history of our country.”
Do I really have to check? Gotta be a lie, and how do you even measure something like that?
re: #286 Eclectic Cyborg
This has been bugging me. The guy running against Ted Cruz, do you pronounce his first name Bee-toe or Bay-toe? I’ve been using the latter.
You got it right.
What will Trump brag about when the economy takes a shit?
re: #278 Charles Johnson
I’m all about second chances, and people can change. But I’m really suspicious about a few of the never-Trump right wingers. Joe Walsh is one.
The enemy of my enemy can still be a complete fucking asshole I want nothing to do with.
Says he’s putting coal miners and steel workers back to work, bragging about his tariffs.
Best economy in the history of the country, but no raises for government workers. Because reasons.
re: #293 Eclectic Cyborg
What will Trump brag about when the economy takes a shit?
He alone made it work but losers and haters took it down.
re: #291 Charles Johnson
There is no unique metric. If you go by GDP, every non-recession year is the best in history until the economy grows a couple percent the following year. You could argue that seven of President Obama’s eight years featured the best economy in history by that standard.
Hello all. Figured I drop by and say hello. Lurking more, saying less, but I was In Philly today with my girl moving some of her things into an apartment in Mantua.
She’s entering graduate school and I could not be prouder of her.
And this weekend they are having the Made In America gigantic concert on the Parkway in front of the Art Museum.
Hoo, boy.
It was starting to build, and the traffic was bonkers.
So we unloaded some things and went to my first Mega Ikea store.
HUGE.
And not only that, it was so big they had an Ocean Liner parked nearby at Pier 82.
SS United States
It is moored there and looks like this.
Not in the best of shape…
Going back down Monday to finish up. Party should be over by then.
Maybe.
Have a great Labor Day weekend.
re: #299 teleskiguy
Protester just got booted.
Trump just loves his rallies. Wonder if he’ll pay for private rallies after he’s out of office.
He’s bragging that there are thousands of people outside the arena that didn’t get in. That’s always a big lie.
re: #274 I Would Prefer Not To
I would suggest you take some time off (hours even) no phone, computer etc. We need you to stay sane. I did it a few weeks ago, it was nice. We are running a marathon, not a sprint.
peace.
Ditto
And I’m training for an actual marathon besides
re: #303 teleskiguy
I wonder if they pay people to stand outside like they pay people to attend?
re: #300 nines09
That SS United States must be some kind of griftomatic. Somebody keeps raising just enough money to pay for the dock and pretending to try to restore it. If you got a close up view you would realize just how preposterous the notion of rehabbing it into some sort of hotel/casino would be.
re: #272 Charles Johnson
Perhaps take a short mental health break and let someone you trust moderate and run LGF while you’re away. Because Trump does something idiotic every other minute, you probably wouldn’t want to be away that long though. Sigh.
He really fuckin’ thinks there are Canadian car companies.
re: #274 I Would Prefer Not To
I would suggest you take some time off (hours even) no phone, computer etc. We need you to stay sane. I did it a few weeks ago, it was nice. We are running a marathon, not a sprint.
peace.
Ditto
And I’m training for an actual marathon besides
re: #305 plansbandc
I wonder if they pay people to stand outside like they pay people to attend?
It’s usually protesters outside if there’s anybody.
re: #309 teleskiguy
He really fuckin’ thinks there are Canadian car companies.
There is a large auto industry in Canada. Place I used to live is home to a Toyota plant that’s a huge local employer.
re: #289 Patricia Kayden
I care about the families.
re: #293 Eclectic Cyborg
What will Trump brag about when the economy takes a shit?
He’ll lie. He’ll brag about your rations are going up from three to two pieces of bred per day. And his followers will cheer.
re: #300 nines09
Mantua? Is she going to Drexel or to U of Penn? Those are the only one near Mantua that I can think of.
re: #317 nines09
Dragons (Drexel) or Quakers (U of Penn)?
“Unscrupulous golfing” was well known. No point in trying to buy that info back.
What on earth is “unscrupulous golfing” and is it a high crime and misdemeanor? pic.twitter.com/GBzvlqDHfk
— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) August 30, 2018
I was looking for an article that appeared in, I think Golf Digest, about a round to review a Trump course and Trump took multiple yard-long gimme putts and mover mulligans that allowed. The author said that he didn’t want to write about that stuff, but instead focus on the course, which was very good. But Trump got mad when he heard that the score he claimed for himself wasn’t going to be in the article.
Anyway, it’s now pretty clear that Trump was never upset about Obama playing golf—and it’s possible that he didn’t resent a black man playing golf as president, though I’d assume that was part of it—it’s that he thought he would be the bestest, greatestest, golf-playing president ever if he could get elected. And with his game, just like the election, the only way to do it was to cheat. And his particular psychology told him that cheating is not cheating because you already believe you’r the best. Be Best.
re: #291 Charles Johnson
Trump just boasted “we have the best economy in the history of our country.”
Do I really have to check? Gotta be a lie, and how do you even measure something like that?
best economy in history, that’s why he’s not giving government workers the raise they were promised.
re: #309 teleskiguy
He really fuckin’ thinks there are Canadian car companies.
All the Acadians and Parisiennes and Fargos and Fords that said “Mercury” on them that I saw on the road growing up, I’m sure I thought the same thing at one time,
re: #278 Charles Johnson
I’m all about second chances, and people can change. But I’m really suspicious about a few of the never-Trump right wingers. Joe Walsh is one.
I like to think they’re finger-to-the-wind types, hoping they’re in time to blend in with the crowd when it turns our way.