Rep. Devin Nunes is taking legal action against Twitter for allowing accounts to mock him. In other words, he’s suing Twitter for being… Twitter?
Kellyanne Conway defended President Trump’s attacks on her husband George Conway saying he’s “a counterpuncher” and asserting that the president is free to respond when he’s accused of having a mental illness
unless this is all kabuki, that’s some woman you married there george
There’s nothing like being on a phone call at work and…
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As of a few moments ago, @devincow has 417,000 followers and Devin’s official account has only 395,000.
Prior to the following of the lawsuit, devincow had… a few thousand followers at most.
This is an own goal (and now Devin’s got to deal with untold number of pile on satirists who want to point out Devin’s dumbassery with the lawsuit and his being such a special snowflake who doesn’t know how twitter works.
But let’s not forget that the reason for him filing the suit is to silence critics. There’s no merit to the suit, but that’s not the point.
Bring the pain.
Sources have said France, Spain, Belgium and maybe Italy stand prepared to reject an extension without evidence Parliament is now ready to accept a deal and “the deadlock can be broken”.
Some member states worry there is no point to an extension as, even after 1,000 days of negotiation, Theresa May’s deal keeps being rejected and the EU cannot move any further towards the UK.
One source said: “We’re not against an extension per se but we need to have two things - first a demonstration that the situation has changed and there is a guarantee the extension is for something and second that an extension won’t be detrimental to the EU.
“Yes, a no-deal Brexit would be damaging and it’s absolutely not what we want but I think we’re ready to go to this situation because there are only two solutions - either a deal is accepted or there is no deal.
“The deal has been rejected and it keeps being rejected so if we come to no-deal then so be it.”
It is understood French president Emmanuel Macron believes Brexit is holding up his plans for radical reform of the EU and needs to be brought to a conclusion.
That was one of Colbert’s best. The ‘smiling for beginners’ bit cracked me up so bad, the cats ran out of the room.
re: #5 Dr Lizardo
Bring the pain.
Looks like the UK’s fucked; it only takes one country to block an extension.
Not only did the Federal Reserve decide not to raise interest rates, but it also indicated that no more hikes will be coming this year. ⚡️ “FED DECISION: Interest rates remain unchanged”https://t.co/5tIFrq1JZj
— CNBC (@CNBC) March 20, 2019
The Fed’s also reporting that they expect economic growth to be 2.1% for the year. Trump’s insane clown budget is predicated on a 3.2% growth rate, which means that the shortfall would further explode the debt.
SS/DD from Trump and the GOPers who back this bulkshit.
re: #7 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Looks like the UK’s fucked; it only takes one country to block an extension.
Yep.
Only three things she can do now.
1) Call a General Election
2) Call a referendum
3) Unilaterally revoke Article 50
Or……crash out on 29 March. That’s the range of options. She’s been kicking the Brexit can down the road repeatedly. And now - she’s just run out of road.
re: #3 lawhawk
I’m following the cow account, now.
When you go after the farm, the farm comes for you, Devin.#DevinCow #NunesCow#NunesMom #Nunes
@DevinCow@NunesAlt@NunesSideCow@NunesDad@DevinNunesDog @DevinsMomsCow @DevinNunesMouth@LeftDevin@DMomcow @DFleas @NunesTears @SdadCow @NunesCow @DevinGerbil @LawyerNunes pic.twitter.com/B2qq7sdo5V— Devin Nunes Mom’s Cow (@DevinsMomsCow) March 20, 2019
re: #9 Dr Lizardo
Yep.
Only three things she can do now.
1) Call a General Election
2) Call a referendum
3) Unilaterally revoke Article 50
Or……crash out on 29 March. That’s the range of options. She’s been kicking the Brexit can down the road repeatedly. And now - she’s just run out of road.
She’s hoping for the extension, but there’s no change to what her options are at that point. She could resign in addition to those options, but that doesn’t change the terms of what is happening here.
A new election would help. A new referendum on Brexit would clarify whether the UK even wants this (and therefore revoke the Article 50 request since the Brits changed their opinion in a public referendum).
Or she could do the courageous thing and unilaterally revoke Art 50 and dare someone else to challenge her and put it to a vote. She’s already going to go down as an awful failure among PMs.
re: #9 Dr Lizardo
Yep.
Only three things she can do now.
1) Call a General Election
2) Call a referendum
3) Unilaterally revoke Article 50
Or……crash out on 29 March. That’s the range of options. She’s been kicking the Brexit can down the road repeatedly. And now - she’s just run out of road.
There is no time for a general election or a referendum before March 29. Unless they can convince the EU to grant an extension for one or the other, May’s options are limited to crashing out of the EU or revoking Article 50. Does anyone know if the Speaker of the Parliament’s decision not to allow a third vote on May’s deal can be overridden?
re: #13 lawhawk
She’s hoping for the extension, but there’s no change to what her options are at that point. She could resign in addition to those options, but that doesn’t change the terms of what is happening here.
A new election would help. A new referendum on Brexit would clarify whether the UK even wants this (and therefore revoke the Article 50 request since the Brits changed their opinion in a public referendum).
Or she could do the courageous thing and unilaterally revoke Art 50 and dare someone else to challenge her and put it to a vote. She’s already going to go down as an awful failure among PMs.
Can she unilaterally revoke the Art 50 request? If so, that sure would make all the Brexiters mad at her. Oh, they already are, and GREAT BRITAIN IS A PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT SYSTEM NOT A REFERENDUM BASED DIRECT DEMOCRACY. So the mad Brexiters can go pound sand.
re: #14 NO SMOCKING GUN!
There is no time for a general election or a referendum before March 29. Unless they can convince the EU to grant an extension for one or the other, May’s options are limited to crashing out of the EU or revoking Article 50. Does anyone know if the Speaker of the Parliament’s decision not to allow a third vote on May’s deal can be overridden?
The EU has said they’d give an extension for a General Election or a second Brexit referendum.
re: #16 Sir John Barron
Can she unilaterally revoke the Art 50 request? If so, that sure would make all the Brexiters mad at her. Oh, they already are, and GREAT BRITAIN IS A PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT SYSTEM NOT A REFERENDUM BASED DIRECT DEMOCRACY. So the mad Brexiters can go pound sand.
There’s debate as to whether she can just pull the plug on Brexit by herself or not. But like you said, the UK is a Parliamentary system, not a direct democracy.
re: #18 Dr Lizardo
There’s debate as to whether she can just pull the plug on Brexit by herself or not. But like you said, the UK is a Parliamentary system, not a direct democracy.
And as the wingnut morans like to remind us over here on this side of the pond, Merica is ‘republic’ not a ‘democracy’, blah blah blah.
re: #20 Joe Bacon 🌹
Nunes just doesn’t have the face for this fight.
re: #17 Dr Lizardo
The EU has said they’d give an extension for a General Election or a second Brexit referendum.
That would be a very hard and humiliating decision for May to make. My bet is that the UK is crashing out on March 29, but who knows really?
re: #18 Dr Lizardo
There’s debate as to whether she can just pull the plug on Brexit by herself or not. But like you said, the UK is a Parliamentary system, not a direct democracy.
And I wonder if the EU would allow it at this point anyway. If things have essentially gone too far.
re: #3 lawhawk
As of a few moments ago, @devincow has 417,000 followers and Devin’s official account has only 395,000.
Prior to the following of the lawsuit, devincow had… a few thousand followers at most.
This is an own goal (and now Devin’s got to deal with untold number of pile on satirists who want to point out Devin’s dumbassery with the lawsuit and his being such a special snowflake who doesn’t know how twitter works.
But let’s not forget that the reason for him filing the suit is to silence critics. There’s no merit to the suit, but that’s not the point.
428k now.
EMOLUMENTS https://t.co/O6SATghPU9
— Ed Bott (@edbott) March 20, 2019
A few instant thoughts on @eucopresidents’s statement. It reflects growing frustration on EU side with UK’s incompetent political class and untrustworthy govt. A growing feeling among 27 that UK should just get out asap, lest it pollute the EU system with its weird politics. 1
— Charles Grant (@CER_Grant) March 20, 2019
re: #1 Man, DangerMan
unless this is all kabuki, that’s some woman you married there george
I was still groggy waking up this morning from a late night working on a web site, but I think I heard the Today show report that George Conway said he tweets about Trump to get it out of his system. He hates Trump and wishes his wife didn’t work for him. So, he takes it out in tweets so he doesn’t take it out on his wife. Or, something like that.
“Attempts to reach Xiu Qong Li were unsuccessful.”
re: #10 Colère Tueur de Lapin
I’m following the cow account, now.
a string of words i never anticipated seeing ever
re: #31 ObserverArt
I was still groggy waking up this morning from a late night working on a web site, but I think I heard the Today show report that George Conway said he tweets about Trump to get it out of his system. He hates Trump and wishes his wife didn’t work for him. So, he takes it out in tweets so he doesn’t take it out on his wife. Or, something like that.
I got a feeling this is all kabuki theater between George and KKKellyanne. If George was really pissed off at Trump he’d have filed the divorce papers a long time ago.
re: #30 Joe Bacon 🌹
Translation:
EU: Buh bye.
GB: But…
EU: Buh bye!
GB: But…
EU: We said ‘Buh bye!’
GB: But…
EU: Did we or did we not say BUH-BYE?! Buh Bye!
re: #35 Sir John Barron
Translation:
EU: Buh bye.
GB: But…
EU: Buh bye!
GB: But…
EU: We said ‘Buh bye!’
GB: But…
EU: Did we or did we not say BUH-BYE?! Buh Bye!
Meanwhile Vlad and his pals are having the time of their lives partying at the Kremlin. Vlad accomplished what Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev and Brezhnev failed to do and that was to bring down the US and he gets bonus points for taking out the UK as well!
re: #3 lawhawk
But let’s not forget that the reason for him filing the suit is to silence critics. There’s no merit to the suit, but that’s not the point.
So Devin the Dim’s announcement of his BFD suit to “silence critics” has basically had the effect of bringing out literally hundreds of thousands of them: mainly to mock him?
Good work, man: way to work social media…..
re: #2 mmmirele
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Liar. You hated him because he put the country first instead of the Party.
There’s no difference between you and a member of the Soviet Politburo. You always put your morally bankrupt party first.
You’re addicted to power the same way a junkie is addicted to heroin.— The 3-D Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) March 20, 2019
Tempted to join Twitter just so I can create the account “DevinNunesRightTesticle” and repeatedly post demands that his other testicle be removed because it’s a Leftist.
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re: #40 Jay C
So Devin the Dim’s announcement of his BFD suit to “silence critics” has basically had the effect of bringing out literally hundreds of thousands of them: mainly to mock him?
Good work, man: way to work social media…..
when he filed his suit about being abused on the internet, he forget that there would still be an internet
re: #45 A Cranky One
Tempted to join Twitter just so I can create the account “DevinNunesRightTesticle” and repeatedly post demands that his other testicle be removed because it’s a Leftist.
Edit to fix typo
THAT is priceless. Do it. Please. I will follow you.
re: #39 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Looks like the EU may be playing bad cop to try to intimidate Parliament into passing May’s deal next week. slate.com
I don’t think that they can bring May’s deal back for another vote unless it’s changed substantially. There’s an ancient rule that the Speaker of the House of Commons brought up that says that you can’t bring the same bill back for multiple votes. Even more chaos.
re: #48 stpaulbear
I don’t think that they can bring May’s deal back for another vote unless it’s changed substantially. There’s an ancient rule that the Speaker of the House of Commons brought up that says that you can’t bring the same bill back for multiple votes. Even more chaos.
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is John Bercow any relation to NunesCow?
re: #48 stpaulbear
I don’t think that they can bring May’s deal back for another vote unless it’s changed substantially. There’s an ancient rule that the Speaker of the House of Commons brought up that says that you can’t bring the same bill back for multiple votes. Even more chaos.
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I was wondering if the Speaker can be overridden. Anyone here up on the arcane, centuries old rules of Parliament?
re: #45 A Cranky One
Tempted to join Twitter just so I can create the account “DevinNunesRightTestical” and repeatedly post demands that his other testicle be removed because it’s a Leftist.
Holy Flying Spaghetti Monster! That’s Priceless!
DevinNunesCow is up to 438k followers. 10k in less than an hour.
Best self own ever.
re: #51 NO SMOCKING GUN!
I was wondering if the Speaker can be overridden. Anyone here up on the arcane, centuries old rules of Parliament?
Apparently, from what I’ve read, the general consensus is that Parliament could simply vote to override the Speaker and allow the legislation to come forward again.
The UK doesn’t have a written constitution, after all; it’s all just precedent.
re: #24 Sir John Barron
And I wonder if the EU would allow it at this point anyway. If things have essentially gone too far.
I’m not sure if the EU could force them out, if the UK simply revoked Article 50. And really, either way this plays out it is a good outcome for the EU - it establishes that it is more costly to try and leave.
Chicken hamentaschen #HappyPurim pic.twitter.com/3FKsf7PyIo
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) March 20, 2019
re: #56 KGxvi
I’m not sure if the EU could force them out, if the UK simply revoked Article 50. And really, either way this plays out it is a good outcome for the EU - it establishes that it is more costly to try and leave.
There is no mechanism to expel an EU member state.
re: #58 Dr Lizardo
There is no mechanism to expel an EU member state.
The UK is expelling itself…from first world status.
re: #58 Dr Lizardo
There is no mechanism to expel an EU member state.
True: IIRC, the UK insisted that the EU adopt Articles 50 and 51 solely to give it (or, presumably, any other member state that wanted to) a mechanism to Leave. But there isn’t, AFAIK, any “expulsion” provision. Though that’s probably not a contingency they really want to have to test (Brexit is agita enough…..)
re: #59 MsJ
The UK is expelling itself…from first world status.
Putin has demonstrated how to successfully employ asymmetric warfare to bring down two of the most prominent democracies in the world.
Any CA lizards nearby…?
I’m not saying it would be hilarious if folks in Fresno showed up to this event just to moo.
I’m not saying that at all. pic.twitter.com/5zFqmtrGBm— andy lassner (@andylassner) March 20, 2019
He likes this 🐄 https://t.co/AjY8XGVWIN
— Devin Nunes’ cow (@DevinCow) March 20, 2019
Well.
So a couple days ago, one of my coworkers accidentally let 22 quarts of ranch dressing slip out of her hand… pic.twitter.com/cMDwUAqfOZ
— G (@BorboaGrant) March 18, 2019
re: #61 Hecuba’s daughter
Putin has demonstrated how to successfully employ asymmetric warfare to bring down two of the most prominent democracies in the world.
Half of our government doesn’t care, and all of the UK gov doesn’t care.
We are watching a global shift … like the fastest ever.
re: #64 GlutenFreeJesus
my only question is why saw “22 quarts” instead of “five and a half gallons”?
My Governor is, of course, an anti-vaccer. God I hope he gets beaten this year! Check out @BGPolitics’s Tweet:
Concerned about vaccines, Gov Bevin says he sent his kids to a chickenpox party. Huh. Our kids prefer bouncy castle parties. ^JC https://t.co/KqY3bShvCC
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) March 20, 2019
Um, McCain did what he was legally required to do.
“John McCain received the fake and phony dossier. Did you hear about the dossier? It was paid for by Crooked Hillary Clinton, right?” [‘BOOOO!!’] “And John McCain got it. He got it. And what did he do? He didn’t call me. He turned it over to the FBI hoping to put me in jeopardy.”
— David Martosko (@dmartosko) March 20, 2019
re: #68 The Vicious Babushka
Trump is an idiot who can’t grasp the concept of protocol. What a shock.
re: #68 The Vicious Babushka
Um, McCain did what he was legally required to do.
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In Trump’s addled mind, you’re only “legally required” to do something when a (bankruptcy) judge tells you to do it.
re: #65 MsJ
Half of our government doesn’t care, and all of the UK gov doesn’t care.
We are watching a global shift … like the fastest ever.
“This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we’ll be lucky to live through it.”
— Admiral Josh Painter , “The Hunt for Red October”
When you play with fascism and nationalism and other -isms like them, people always get hurt :(
re: #66 KGxvi
my only question is why saw “22 quarts” instead of “five and a half gallons”?
Sounds like a moar bigger splash.
Because dead people always send thank-you notes to people who attend their funerals, you know, it’s just like a wedding or a bar mitzvah.
Trump on McCain: “I gave him the kind of funeral that he wanted.” He adds: “I didn’t get a thank you.”
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) March 20, 2019
re: #75 The Vicious Babushka
What did Trump give, exactly?
re: #72 Teukka
“This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we’ll be lucky to live through it.”
— Admiral Josh Painter , “The Hunt for Red October”When you play with fascism and nationalism and other -isms like them, people always get hurt :(
re: #62 Interesting Times
Any CA lizards nearby…?
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Only thing to do is jump
Only thing to do is jump over the moon
Only thing to do is jump over the moon
Over the moon
Over the
Moo
Moo
Moo!
Moo with me
Please sir could you give me a little moo
Moo, yes, moo, yes, moo with me, moo
Yes moo with me
Yes it sounds beautiful
re: #67 NO SMOCKING GUN!
My Governpr is, of course, an anti-vaccer. God I hope he gets beaten this year! Check out @BGPolitics’s Tweet:
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So the dumb fuck wants all his kids to get measles??
My husband said his fam used to do that…50+ years ago. They stopped doing it because it was lethal.
Republicans taking us back to a time when people died. Now it is needless death which is preventable except that republicans are dumber than ferns. #RepublicansKILL— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) March 20, 2019
re: #75 The Vicious Babushka
Because dead people always send thank-you notes to people who attend their funerals, you know, it’s just like a wedding or a bar mitzvah.
“If you or your loved one didn’t say thank you to Donald Trump after death…”
re: #67 NO SMOCKING GUN!
My Governpr is, of course, an anti-vaccer. God I hope he gets beaten this year! Check out @BGPolitics’s Tweet:
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Once again, lethally stupid.
The stupendous unawareness of anyone who demands recognition for staying away from you.
re: #75 The Vicious Babushka
Because dead people always send thank-you notes to people who attend their funerals, you know, it’s just like a wedding or a bar mitzvah.
Trump on McCain: “I gave him the kind of funeral that he wanted.” He adds: “I didn’t get a thank you.”
trump’s irony meter is broken
re: #67 NO SMOCKING GUN!
My Governor is, of course, an anti-vaccer. God I hope he gets beaten this year! Check out @BGPolitics’s Tweet:
Concerned about vaccines, Gov Bevin says he sent his kids to a chickenpox party. Huh. Our kids prefer bouncy castle parties.
i bet you wouldnt keep doing that day after day, week after week
(the exposing part, not the party part)
Saw the interview with Pete Buttigieg on MSNBC this morning. I am really, really starting to like him.
re: #66 KGxvi
my only question is why saw “22 quarts” instead of “five and a half gallons”?
Much quicker to say.
Update on that situation I mentioned earlier.
“Security Guard stabbed in Tempe garage”
Officials on scene near Priest Drive and Broadway Road told ABC15 the incident happened when a security guard was attempting to put out a small debris fire on the fourth floor of the garage.
At that time, an unknown suspect approached and stabbed him in the stomach.
Someone found the seriously injured security guard in a stairwell between the third and fourth floors and called for help.
This is a several block area of light industrial buildings; there are a lot of places to secrete oneself.
Um, @realDonaldTrump is straight up showing 8.5x11 charts to a crowd of plant workers, whilst babbling incoherently. EVERYTHING IS FINE.
— 🛸 D. FLORES 🛸 (@DeniseFlores) March 20, 2019
JFC it’s becoming another CPAC rant
Trump’s audience, seemingly stunned by his bizarre trashing of John McCain, doesn’t respond when he attempts to goad them into booing Obama pic.twitter.com/Fl1IKDMCCv
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 20, 2019
re: #90 Man, DangerMan
trump’s irony meter is broken
Trump is incapable of irony or humor or self-deprecation. But he excels at authoritarian dialogue and impulses and at persuading others to worship him.
Hmmmmmm….
This piece is another must-read from @Sulliview and such a breath of fresh air. #EqualEnthusiasm2020♀️ https://t.co/cmwnR51HPw
— Mary Beth Hastings (@MBHastings94) March 20, 2019
re: #96 The Vicious Babushka
Every public appearance is a fucking campaign rally with this idiot.
re: #99 Backwoods_Sleuth
I wish there were a sympathies ding, sorry for your loss.
re: #96 The Vicious Babushka
Of course it is. He’s completely and totally off the rails, I think he finally cracked for good. It’s been non-stop.
re: #99 Backwoods_Sleuth
My sympathies on your loss.
re: #99 Backwoods_Sleuth
Rainbow Bridge at 2:45 pm DST
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Sorry Brother. The best and worst of times
re: #100 Eclectic Cyborg
Every public appearance is a fucking campaign rally with this idiot.
And the flip side is that it proves he only surrounds himself with yes people.
re: #99 Backwoods_Sleuth
Rainbow Bridge at 2:45 pm DST
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So sorry to hear. Sending a hug.
[Trump in Oval Office]
[door is violently kicked in]
Trump [startled]: “OMG!”
[zombie McCain stands at the door]
“Thanks for the funeral, you shitclown. There. Happy?”
[zombie McCain slowly walks off…..*mumbles* “For fuck’s sake!”]
[end scene]— ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@Theteamibrahim) March 20, 2019
re: #99 Backwoods_Sleuth
Rainbow Bridge at 2:45 pm DST
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So sorry. {{{tears and hugs}}}
re: #45 A Cranky One
Tempted to join Twitter just so I can create the account “DevinNunesRightTesticle” and repeatedly post demands that his other testicle be removed because it’s a Leftist.
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If I were on social media, I’d be inspired by this to post voluminously about Republicans being a newly-discovered form of mammalian life with two right testicles and no brain.
re: #75 The Vicious Babushka
Because dead people always send thank-you notes to people who attend their funerals, you know, it’s just like a wedding or a bar mitzvah.
Sweet fancy Moses Elijah and Aaron.
re: #75 The Vicious Babushka
Because dead people always send thank-you notes to people who attend their funerals, you know, it’s just like a wedding or a bar mitzvah.
I guess Meagan and Cindy were supposed to fall all over in praise and grateful tears on Faux News afterwards.
re: #99 Backwoods_Sleuth
Rainbow Bridge at 2:45 pm DST
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I’m so sorry, Sleuth. Good girl, Daisy.
well at least the people in britain are taking this whole #brexit thing in typical british measured fashio….https://t.co/VzrnYCiPEZ
— darth™ (@darth) March 20, 2019
TRUMP on wind energy: “You know, Hillary wanted to put windmills all over the place. Let’s put up some windmills — when the wind doesn’t blow, just turn off the television darling, please. There’s no wind — please turn off the television quickly!” pic.twitter.com/HTDklSU13i
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 20, 2019
Trump takes another veiled swipe at McCain: “We reduced the number of unemployed veterans by nearly 50 percent. I am so proud of that. That is why the veterans like me more than other people. That is why they like me.” pic.twitter.com/zuAjX91dX2
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 20, 2019
He’s at the Lima Army Tank Plant in Ohio
re: #96 The Vicious Babushka
JFC it’s becoming another CPAC rant
Gosh, can’t even get a good non-partisan crowd of workers to boo your presidential predecessor.
re: #3 lawhawk
As of a few moments ago, @devincow has 417,000 followers and Devin’s official account has only 395,000.
Prior to the following of the lawsuit, devincow had… a few thousand followers at most.
This is an own goal (and now Devin’s got to deal with untold number of pile on satirists who want to point out Devin’s dumbassery with the lawsuit and his being such a special snowflake who doesn’t know how twitter works.
But let’s not forget that the reason for him filing the suit is to silence critics. There’s no merit to the suit, but that’s not the point.
Not sure on the answer to this one, but I’m pretty sure one of our lawyers can answer -
When Nunes filed this lawsuit, one of the items he specifically mentioned was his involvement in the investigation into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election. Since it’s a fairly open secret that Nunes is running interference for the Trump administration in efforts to shut the investigation down (at the very least at the congressional level), two questions come up for me.
I’m wondering if (a) this opens him up to discovery since he is the one making the claims about his role in the investigation, but more importantly (b) if discovery is allowed, and during that process, documented evidence that he engaged in obstruction and conspiracy is found, even though this is civil litigation, would he open himself up to criminal prosecution?
re: #124 Backwoods_Sleuth
Trump takes another veiled swipe at McCain: “We reduced the number of unemployed veterans by nearly 50 percent. I am so proud of that. That is why the veterans like me more than other people. That is why they like me.”
Well, look, at least WH staffers don’t have to bother writing his speeches when he just rants like this everywhere.
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re: #126 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
Not sure on the answer to this one, but I’m pretty sure one of our lawyers can answer -
When Nunes filed this lawsuit, one of the items he specifically mentioned his involvement in the investigation into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election. Since it’s a fairly open secret that Nunes is running interference for the Trump administration in efforts to shut the investigation down (at the very least at the congressional level), two questions come up for me.I’m wondering if (a) this opens him up to discovery since he is the one making the claims about his role in the investigation, but more importantly (b) if discovery is allowed, and during that process, documented evidence that he engaged in obstruction and conspiracy is found, even though this is civil litigation, would he open himself up to criminal prosecution?
1) Yes.
2) Yes.
This is one of the reasons why this lawsuit is spectacularly dumb. Facts and evidence are an absolute defense, and the people he’s suing would be able to depose Nunes and gather evidence showing that they were accurate in calling Nunes out for being complicit with Trumpworld.
re: #66 KGxvi
my only question is why saw “22 quarts” instead of “five and a half gallons”?
My guess is that’s how it was written on the container and no one considered what that means in gallons?
re: #130 Jebediah, RBG
I’ll send him a thank you note if he’ll just go back to his home planet.
re: #99 Backwoods_Sleuth
I am so very sorry.
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re: #124 Backwoods_Sleuth
He’s claiming credit for the factory being open.
That too is a lie.
Politicians in Ohio sought to keep the plant open because they wanted the jobs. https://t.co/44SuYHz8F1
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 20, 2019
The Army wanted to shut down the line. Let me repeat that… the US Army, which is the prime operator of the M1 Abrams, wanted the line shut down because they could shift resources to a next generation tank. Congress changed priorities, because jobs come first. So they’re keeping the line open.
As Trump takes the stage at a tank factory in Lima, Ohio — reminder that this is an “official” White House visit, NOT a campaign event.
So in theory he shouldn’t be politicking, attacking Democrats, talking about his re-election, etc.— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) March 20, 2019
re: #98 gwangung
In fairness…
Biden, O’Rourke, and Sanders all have national profiles that the other candidates are currently working on building. Biden because he served in the Senate for decades and then was VP; Sanders because he was the runner-up in 2016 (and thus, under normal circumstances, a presumptive frontrunner this time); and, O’Rourke because he ran a compelling campaign in a red state that almost beat the most obnoxious Senator since the Strom Thurmond. Biden and Sanders are the types who traditionally would get a lot of national coverage in a presidential primary. O’Rourke is sort of an outlier in that regard.
It should be expected that these types of candidates get a lot of early attention. It also is worth reminding people that early attention from the national media isn’t the end-all-be-all in presidential primary campaigns.
Otherwise Bill Clinton wouldn’t have been the nominee in 1992, nor would have Barack Obama in 2008.
One would think the national embarrassment was voting to leave the EU & *after* the vote the most Googled phrase in the UK was”What is the EU”.
And allowing the lies about NHS and EU funding to stand - and allowing the vote to stand after all the lies were revealed. #WhatDoIKnow— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) March 20, 2019
re: #128 lawhawk
1) Yes.
2) Yes.This is one of the reasons why this lawsuit is spectacularly dumb. Facts and evidence are an absolute defense, and the people he’s suing would be able to depose Nunes and gather evidence showing that they were accurate in calling Nunes out for being complicit with Trumpworld.
Thanks for that info. Given that, it isn’t outside of the realm of possibility that there are more than a few criminal lawyers who may be contacting Twitter (and the parody account owners) for some pro-bono representation, because before now they may not have had the legal footing to subpoena Devin’s records, and he just handed it to them on a platter.
re: #99 Backwoods_Sleuth
We lose many friends along the way.
I’m sorry. It always hurts.
re: #99 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #66 KGxvi
my only question is why saw “22 quarts” instead of “five and a half gallons”?
The Cambros (those huge restaurant containers) go by quarts. ;)
The Downing Street statement people are waiting for:
“I’ve had enough - the other cats and I are taking over” pic.twitter.com/Vu7eb0fBvp— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) March 20, 2019
re: #99 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #99 Backwoods_Sleuth
So sorry. I know you had said you had a long and good time together, and I am sure he was thoroughly happy living with you, but I am still getting quite a pang of sadness over here.
“Trump…embroiled in Twitter wars against the late John McCain and the husband of a senior aide… Today eagerly lobbed a last minute smear against Mueller… Also greenlighting the Mueller report’s release with a Trumpian spin that he may live to regret…” - @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/vhstexq75O
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) March 20, 2019
If you had a bad day, here is a water slide for ducklings pic.twitter.com/W6NyrSB0CK
— Eric Alper 🎧 (@ThatEricAlper) March 20, 2019
And a happy birthday to those who celebrate theirs tomorrow,especially those like myself who turns 97!
— carl reiner (@carlreiner) March 20, 2019
Listening to Trump continuing to trash John McCain is truly disturbing. The guy was locked up in a cell and beaten within an inch of his life while you were on a yacht nursing your bone spur. What’s the matter with you? He’s dead for Gods sake.
— Albert Brooks (@AlbertBrooks) March 20, 2019
In the civil justice system, insults by cows are considered especially heinous. On Twitter, the dedicated public servants who refuse to endure these vicious calumnies are part of an elite squad known as the @GOP. These are their stories.
MOO MOO— DefamatoryCowHat (@Popehat) March 20, 2019
Yesterday, a QAnon account posted a hit list calling for followers to kill or capture a number of pols (it now says it was “hacked”). Today that same account reacted to Trump’s tweeting of a QAnon video, writing, “No one is safe.”https://t.co/t2VVSvwHof
— Andy Campbell (@AndyBCampbell) March 20, 2019
re: #131 jaunte
Me too!
Although mine might get sweary even though that would be such a happy occasion.
re: #150 jaunte
Listening to Trump continuing to trash John McCain is truly disturbing. The guy was locked up in a cell and beaten within an inch of his life while you were on a yacht
nursing your bone spur. What’s the matter with you? He’s dead for Gods sake.
FTFY.
Well that wasn’t supposed to happen.https://t.co/VDY1bgiURe
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) March 20, 2019
I’m sorry you’ve been misinformed, again, What have you done to unite America today? This certainly isn’t it. Has he now robbed you of your patriotism?
— 🦈DETodd🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) March 20, 2019
re: #156 Dread Pirate Whitebeard
Make the black market great again.
re: #157 Dave In Austin
lol they blocked me after that!
Today at sunset, Jewish communities in Canada & around the world will join together to celebrate the start of Purim. Happy Purim to all those celebrating. Chag Purim Sameach! https://t.co/0aKy2TwSZP
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) March 20, 2019
I am thrilled to be here in Ohio with the hardworking men and women of the Lima Army Tank Plant! We are here today to celebrate a resounding victory for all of you, for Northwest Ohio, for our GREAT MILITARY, and for our entire Country…https://t.co/ZWbjX0Be9m
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 20, 2019
moron still hasn’t mentioned Purim
re: #160 Backwoods_Sleuth
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PURIM: “They tried to kill us. They failed. Let’s eat! Have some chocolate and wine!”
do ya think they let him drive one of the tanks?
re: #161 Backwoods_Sleuth
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moron still hasn’t mentioned Purim
I don’t want him to.
re: #161 Backwoods_Sleuth
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moron still hasn’t mentioned Purim
It has no clue what Purim is.
re: #159 GlutenFreeJesus
They alway do. Ask them for a definition of any of that stuff. They never can. 14yr old MAGAs
re: #163 Backwoods_Sleuth
He wouldn’t like it if no one could see him driving.
re: #163 Backwoods_Sleuth
do ya think they let him drive one of the tanks?
Cupola was not designed for his ergonomics.
re: #162 The Vicious Babushka
PURIM: “They tried to kill us. They failed. Let’s eat! Have some chocolate and wine!”
And let’s drink enough so we can’t tell the difference between the fuckers who tried to kill us from the people who saved us (those recent polls showing Jewish support for Trump started drinking early?! ///)
re: #17 Dr Lizardo
The EU has said they’d give an extension for a General Election or a second Brexit referendum.
Theresa May ruled out a general election at meeting just now with ERG, says Nigel Evans who was there - @SkyNews
— lisa o’carroll (@lisaocarroll) March 20, 2019
ERG is the group of Conservative hard Brexiter MPs.
re: #163 Backwoods_Sleuth
do ya think they let him drive one of the tanks?
His staffers probably said no - the Dukakis rule.
re: #170 Alephnaught
May doesn’t have any feet left to shoot. Christ.
re: #135 lawhawk
As Trump takes the stage at a tank factory in Lima, Ohio — reminder that this is an “official” White House visit, NOT a campaign event.
So in theory he shouldn’t be politicking, attacking Democrats, talking about his re-election, etc.
yeah, that’s precious.
re: #136 KGxvi
In fairness…
Biden, O’Rourke, and Sanders all have national profiles that the other candidates are currently working on building. Biden because he served in the Senate for decades and then was VP; Sanders because he was the runner-up in 2016 (and thus, under normal circumstances, a presumptive frontrunner this time); and, O’Rourke because he ran a compelling campaign in a red state that almost beat the most obnoxious Senator since the Strom Thurmond. Biden and Sanders are the types who traditionally would get a lot of national coverage in a presidential primary. O’Rourke is sort of an outlier in that regard.
It should be expected that these types of candidates get a lot of early attention. It also is worth reminding people that early attention from the national media isn’t the end-all-be-all in presidential primary campaigns.
Otherwise Bill Clinton wouldn’t have been the nominee in 1992, nor would have Barack Obama in 2008.
correlation <> causation
re: #163 Backwoods_Sleuth
do ya think they let him drive one of the tanks?
Would you trust a 6 year-old with a tank??
re: #172 Eclectic Cyborg
May doesn’t have feet left to shoot. Christ.
definitely time for Larry the Cat to take over
re: #157 Dave In Austin
I’m not uniting with democrats whose policies are to destroy the constitution, freedom, liberty, etc. and destroy capitalism with destructive socialism. Go back to bed.
Excellent!
We’re promoting productive “socialism”.
Join us.
re: #48 stpaulbear
I don’t think that they can bring May’s deal back for another vote unless it’s changed substantially. There’s an ancient rule that the Speaker of the House of Commons brought up that says that you can’t bring the same bill back for multiple votes. Even more chaos.
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Maria Butina’s Legal Bills Are Being Paid by a Russian Who Has Supported Texas Independence https://t.co/LjLwgM8hGg pic.twitter.com/ckscf7FzKV
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) March 20, 2019
re: #171 lawhawk
His staffers probably said no - the Dukakis rule.
that was as much about the helmet
instead we end up with this nonsense
my congresscritter
*THUD*
Here’s how Thomas Massie became the most Kremlin-friendly member of the House https://t.co/6a5ZKt4JnZ pic.twitter.com/sWvLtZACOg
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) March 20, 2019
lindsey’s a moron, too
Sen. Graham: “I think the president’s comments about Sen. McCain hurt him more than they hurt the legacy of Sen. McCain … I don’t like it when he says things about my friend John McCain.” pic.twitter.com/GD9lppUIWt
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 20, 2019
Whoops! and… Whoops… and… pic.twitter.com/dSKcHFshL5
— Call Me Nomad (@ANomadicView) March 20, 2019
Everyone in Trumpworld is under investigation… including by the agency/department IGs:
Pentagon’s inspector general formally opens investigation into a watchdog group’s allegations that Acting Defense Sec. Shanahan used his office to promote his former employer, Boeing Co., the AP reports. https://t.co/tq8aRtuPJz
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 20, 2019
re: #171 lawhawk
His staffers probably said no - the Dukakis rule.
Yeah, but at least Dukakis was actually in the army.
The PM’s speech in full pic.twitter.com/mdDl5c0mNB
— The Poke (@ThePoke) March 20, 2019
re: #185 Belafon
What do you think is being accused of causation?
agreeing with what you pointed out
the three straight white men are not dominating the coverage because they are straight white men
re: #193 Man, DangerMan
agreeing with what you pointed out
the three straight white men are not dominating the coverage because they are straight white men
ok
re: #191 Backwoods_Sleuth
And Trump’s moral flexibility (aka no morals).
And Rohrabacher’s penchant for sucking up to the Russians.
this seems to be going…well…https://t.co/CBiq065452
— darth™ (@darth) March 20, 2019
I always say with this President—it’s not surprising, but it’s shocking. Bashing John McCain is beyond shocking. It’s disgraceful. John loved a fight, but he also put his love for his country over anything else, especially partisan politics. We should honor him by doing the same.
— Tim Kaine (@timkaine) March 20, 2019
Trump is trying to claim credit for “approving” McCain’s funeral, where he was honored and lay in state. If I outlast Trump, I’m going to claim credit for his funeral, and for the fact that nobody decent showed up.
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) March 20, 2019
re: #76 jaunte
What did Trump give, exactly?
Every good thing we have, every worthy event, comes from Orange Julius. Failure to bow in reverent worship every day for such bountiful blessings is a High Sin against Mr. Tang.
In 1996, Swedish artist Lars Vilks declared 1km² of land around two of his sculptures in Kullaberg, Sweden, as an independent nation named Ladonia. According to its constitution, Ladonia’s official language, Ladonian, has just two words: ŸP and WAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLL. pic.twitter.com/6Xw6XHujlU
— Haggard Hawks 📚🦅 (@HaggardHawks) March 20, 2019
Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue raises more than $40,000 for families of Christchurch mosque attack victims https://t.co/m0OC5eHGYT pic.twitter.com/mHT1StU8B3
— JTA | Jewish news (@JTAnews) March 20, 2019
re: #184 Backwoods_Sleuth
lindsey’s a moron, too
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You could you know do something but that would require actually standing up to Trump which you won’t do since he has you by the balls.
The feeling is ever so mutual. https://t.co/MH3azWHPOO
— Sir Baba NostraAdeptus (@brill_inst) March 20, 2019
re: #168 Decatur Deb
Cupola was not designed for his ergonomics.
I wonder if we could trick him into trying to get into a t-55 with its much smaller hatches? < whistles innocently >
re: #171 lawhawk
I can’t imagine how he’d ever get into it.
Or how he’d then ever get out again.
re: #112 Sir John Barron
At a tank plant in Ohio…
re: #92 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
Saw the interview with Pete Buttigieg on MSNBC this morning. I am really, really starting to like him.
Maybe he can get a Cabinet Post in the next Administration. But it would definitely trigger the rwnj if a married gay man was the nominee; heads would be asploding!
In the current debate over -isms, @ShadowingTrump has chosen a favorite: Capitalism or Socialism? No, *Consumerism*. @DavidCayJ has an example: pic.twitter.com/bgalYnfOZ3
— Shadow Cabinet (@ShadowingTrump) March 20, 2019
re: #211 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Maybe he can get a Cabinet Post in the next Administration. But it would definitely trigger the rwnj if a married gay man was the nominee; heads would be asploding!
If he continues to impress, dare I say, VP might be in the cards but I really think a cabinet post or run for office in Indiana is the next step for Pete. That said, I’m glad he’s getting recognition. He really impressed me in his DNC chair run and he’s doing a good job so far running for potus.
re: #99 Backwoods_Sleuth
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They’ve gotten to Hopey. https://t.co/hOvJOvX7xe
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) March 20, 2019
re: #213 HappyWarrior
If he continues to impress, dare I say, VP might be in the cards but I really think a cabinet post or run for office in Indiana is the next step for Pete. That said, I’m glad he’s getting recognition. He really impressed me in his DNC chair run and he’s doing a good job so far running for potus.
The governor’s race in Indiana is also in 2020. Historically, it’d make more sense for him to pursue that office rather than the presidency, but here we are.
re: #124 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Republicans only believe in weaponized Keynesianism.
“…Last year, Hicks testified behind closed doors before the House Intelligence Committee, but she did not answer all of the questions from Democrats, who at the time were in the minority.
One of the Trump campaign’s earliest hires, Hicks in 2018 was willing to answer questions about the 2016 campaign and some questions about the Trump transition, but she would not address questions about her time in the White House. Democrats on the committee had urged their Republican colleagues to subpoena Hicks to answer their questions. Now in the majority, House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, a California Democrat, has indicated he also is interested in getting additional information from Hicks, too.”
re: #214 A Cranky One
I’m so sorry to hear of your loss. It’s hard to lose a family member, especially one who gave unconditional love. May memories of that love sustain you and help reduce the pain of your loss.
MrBWS’s general foreman told him to leave work early, so Daisy is buried in the family cemetery.
GF told him to take off tomorrow because he’s been there himself.
17 years is a very long time.
It will be Spring in 28 minutes.
re: #103 Man, DangerMan
i so want to respond. i wont cause someone was hurt.
It’s an uncommon but legitimate usage.
The craziness of student loan debt: “The average defaulted student borrower still ends up paying the Treasury more than 100 percent of their loan’s principal. Student loan default does not, on average, exist.”
From “Kids These Days”: pic.twitter.com/5qLMdICEXe— Matt Pearce 🦅 (@mattdpearce) March 20, 2019
re: #217 KGxvi
The governor’s race in Indiana is also in 2020. Historically, it’d make more sense for him to pursue that office rather than the presidency, but here we are.
I agree. But these are different times.
re: #221 Grunthos the Flatulent
Hide ‘n go secrete.
JUST IN: Embattled former spa owner Li “Cindy” Yang defends President Trump, telling @ABC News, “I believe that we will make America great again” https://t.co/Rl5cvig9i7 pic.twitter.com/YB6l5WWrSY
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) March 20, 2019
“Embattled Madam and People Trafficker”?
— cuilleog (@cuilleog) March 20, 2019
All The Best People
Great news from @Ford! They are investing nearly $1 BILLION in Flat Rock, Michigan for auto production on top of a $1 BILLION investment last month in a facility outside of Chicago. Companies are pouring back into the United States - they want to be where the action is!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 20, 2019
they’ll be electric cars
re: #227 HappyWarrior
Making America slave traders again.
re: #89 stpaulbear
Twin Cities legends:
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That was far from the most in-your-face show of the day, however.
Good times. Good times. I think I almost remember most of them.
re: #206 HappyWarrior
Yeah that makes two of us, Bob.
They should just post it at pornhub for any sickos who do.
re: #183 Backwoods_Sleuth
my congresscritter
*THUD*
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re: #229 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
I saw The Cows performing on the 2nd stage at Lollapalooza ‘96 at Irvine Meadows. Lead singer was a real fruitcake. Wore a WWI flying ace leather helmet and tried to play two bugles that were alligator-clamped to his testicles.
That was far from the most in-your-face show of the day, however.
Good times. Good times. I think I almost remember most of them.
I miss Irvine Meadows, such a great venue. And now it’s going to be Irvine Company apartments.
re: #223 HappyWarrior
I agree. But these are different times.
He’s interesting, but I think it’s a very big jump from the 301st largest city in the country to POTUS. Hell, it’s a big jump from governor of California or New York to president.
this but in caps lock https://t.co/R2RKQSE3lJ
— Mollie Goodfellow (@hansmollman) March 20, 2019
re: #233 KGxvi
He’s interesting, but I think it’s a very big jump from the 301st largest city in the country to POTUS. Hell, it’s a big jump from governor of California or New York to president.
It certainly is.
Jesus Christ, motivated by I don’t know what, I went to the Google Machine, and found out all about The Cows:
The band are notorious for their raucous live performances. Acts the band have performed onstage include kicking people in the front row, spitting on the stage, throwing the microphone stand into the crowd, throwing food at the crowd, drawing on themselves, among others. Lead singer Shannon Selberg’s trademark is that he has a tattoo illustrating the game Hangman on his body that reads “F_CK” and another tattoo of an anchor with the word “DAD” on top of it. One reviewer wrote about the band’s shows, “I have no doubt that the Cows know how to play their instruments. What I don’t understand is why they refuse to tune them.”
re: #217 KGxvi
The governor’s race in Indiana is also in 2020. Historically, it’d make more sense for him to pursue that office rather than the presidency, but here we are.
True, smart and impressive as Buttigieg might be, city Mayor - however big the city - is almost always a steppingstone position in American politics (among current national politcos, only Diane Feinstein, AFAICR, ever sat in a City Hall - not that she had much of a choice). If Mayor Pete really does want to be President Pete someday, that road is going to have to go through the Statehouse or the Senate some time or other…
“”Set against Trump, he deserves sainthood.” — Most folk, if set against Trump, deserve sainthood, because Donald Trump is a very, very low bar.
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 20, 2019
OMG, I so want to be in a mosh pit again.
Actually, I want to have the body I did back when I was in the mosh pit. With no lower-back pain, and the ability to run all day and party all night …
In its biography of Cows, Allmusic credits Selberg’s “squealing, shrieking, and general lunacy” as “the bizarre, often engaging, focus” of the band.[1] He is known for his “legendary” antics on stage, described by the Detroit Metro Times as a “demented roadside attraction”.[5] His onstage behavior has included performing naked except for strategically placed shaving cream, performing with mousetraps “dangling from his ears”,[3] wearing a business suit with stuffed animals at the crotch and a skin suit made from a love doll.[2] In a 1992 review, The New York Times assessed Selberg’s stage wear as a visual counterpart to the music of his then band, Cows, “merging defiance, pain and dark comedy”.[6] Selberg’s general presentation with Cows was described as a mingling of “requisite menace and a disarmingly arch, lowbrow wit…, leveling both barrels at the oozing backalley/trailerpark underbelly of life.”
Fun fact: Solyndra was the 1st firm to get a renewable loan because it was #1 on Bush DOE’s list. (Also: The loan portfolio is profitable.) https://t.co/AaknMfkt1K
— Michael Grunwald (@MikeGrunwald) March 20, 2019
Instead of saying “hi” Trump now greets people with, “no collusion, no collusion.” pic.twitter.com/Pj70oF0DgG
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 20, 2019
re: #238 freetoken
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He wasn’t the Antichrist in 2008. Just the wrong candidate who showed poor judgment with Palin.
Do @SecNielsen next https://t.co/8i48TJUgTj
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) March 20, 2019
The thing that stands out about Trump publicly bashing John McCain almost seven months after he died is that there’s literally nothing even remotely advantageous about it. Trump is just that fucking obsessed with his narcissistic injuries and utterly incapable of letting shit go.
— Devin Nunes’ Raging Bile Duct (@goddamnedfrank) March 20, 2019
“McCain was horrible …” — and Trump is worse, which is why those of us who notice such things point out not only how mean-spirited Trump is but how Trump’s continual attack on a dead man is a sign of a debilitating obsession.
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 20, 2019
re: #242 HappyWarrior
He wasn’t the Antichrist in 2008. Just the wrong candidate who showed poor judgment with Palin.
I still think McCain was the best choice in 2000. But that’s going way back in the way back machine.
re: #250 KGxvi
I still think McCain was the best choice in 2000. But that’s going way back in the way back machine.
I would disagree but I liked 2000 McCain better than the one that came after. Point while I never wanted him Potus, I wouldn’t be embarrassed by him either like I am Trump.
It’s been officially Spring for 5 minutes and the sun is shining.
Snow Friday morning…
BTW if the left are hypocrites for defending McCain over Trump, what are the right wingers who now hate Bush and McCain?
re: #237 Jay C
True, smart and impressive as Buttigieg might be, city Mayor - however big the city - is almost always a steppingstone position in American politics (among current national politcos, only Diane Feinstein, AFAICR, ever sat in a City Hall - not that she had much of a choice). If Mayor Pete really does want to be President Pete someday, that road is going to have to go through the Statehouse or the Senate some time or other…
Sanders was a mayor, wasn’t he?
re: #251 HappyWarrior
I would disagree but I liked 2000 McCain better than the one that came after. Point while I never wanted him Potus, I wouldn’t be embarrassed by him either like I am Trump.
In 2000, McCain had yet to make the Devil’s Bargain with the extreme right-wing Christian wackos that he had to fellate in ‘08 to get the nomination. They had not yet consolidated their takeover of the GOP.
The problems with the party stem from this. Their “base” is utterly divorced from reality. “Jeebus will fix it!” is their answer to climate change, the national debt … anything but abortion.
Your characterological anti-social tweets are not a sign of intelligence or wit.
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 20, 2019
re: #255 Jay C
Yeah, Burlington VT, I think.
So two at least.
Looking at the list of current Senate members, looks like there were a couple who were on city/county councils as well. I’m guessing that the further down you go, the more likely you’ll see former mayors or city councilpersons - probably more in the House and definitely more in the state legislatures.
re: #256 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
In 2000, McCain had yet to make the Devil’s Bargain with the extreme right-wing Christian wackos that he had to fellate in ‘08 to get the nomination. They had not yet consolidated their takeover of the GOP.
The problems with the party stem from this. Their “base” is utterly divorced from reality. “Jeebus will fix it!” is their answer to climate change, the national debt … anything but abortion.
Yeah, I don’t think McCain would have nominated Justices like Roberts or Alito. I feel like his nominees would have been closer to O’Connor and Kennedy. I also don’t think he’d’ve been fooled into going into Iraq, either.
re: #256 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
In 2000, McCain had yet to make the Devil’s Bargain with the extreme right-wing Christian wackos that he had to fellate in ‘08 to get the nomination. They had not yet consolidated their takeover of the GOP.
The problems with the party stem from this. Their “base” is utterly divorced from reality. “Jeebus will fix it!” is their answer to climate change, the national debt … anything but abortion.
Oh definitely. I just think Gore would have been better namely on the environment. I think McCain 2000 would have had a chance to be a solid President and gotten his party in the correct direction for the new century.
“… may have been a war hero, I don’t know.” — you’re acting as if that is some sort of questionable history. As if it’s hard to research McCain’s military history.
Perhaps you should feel sorrow for your own soul?— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 20, 2019
re: #260 KGxvi
Yeah, I don’t think McCain would have nominated Justices like Roberts or Alito. I feel like his nominees would have been closer to O’Connor and Kennedy. I also don’t think he’d’ve been fooled into going into Iraq, either.
he wouldn’t have been saddled with Cheney
re: #260 KGxvi
Yeah, I don’t think McCain would have nominated Justices like Roberts or Alito. I feel like his nominees would have been closer to O’Connor and Kennedy. I also don’t think he’d’ve been fooled into going into Iraq, either.
He would have been more ethical than the Bush administration too. I don’t think McCain would have been bad but I think Gore would have been the best of those that ran. That said, it’s interesting to wonder what a McCain administration would look like.
re: #263 Backwoods_Sleuth
he wouldn’t have been saddled with Cheney
And maybe we’d have been lucky enough for him to appoint Lieberman to some cabinet post or ambassadorship and we wouldn’t have had to deal with his bullshit later.
re: #262 freetoken
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The same sitting President that belittled him. He had no obligation to show respect to Trump when Trump showed zero to him in his lifetime. McCain could be bitter sure but he wasn’t so bitter that he did the kind of things Trump does all the time. And McCain it should be noted did have the two men that denied him POTUS speak at his funeral.
re: #263 Backwoods_Sleuth
he wouldn’t have been saddled with Cheney
Because he never would have asked Cheney to head his VP search team and then snookered him into making him his VP. I do this said about W Bush wonder how his administration looks without Cheney and 9/11. Bush funnily enough criticized nation building as a candidate.
re: #266 HappyWarrior
The same sitting President that belittled him. He had no obligation to show respect to Trump when Trump showed zero to him in his lifetime. McCain could be bitter sure but he wasn’t so bitter that he did the kind of things Trump does all the time. And McCain it should be noted did have the two men that denied him POTUS speak at his funeral.
I imagine Trump’s funeral looking like the funeral scene from the Umbrella Academy.
re: #265 KGxvi
And maybe we’d have been lucky enough for him to appoint Lieberman to some cabinet post or ambassadorship and we wouldn’t have had to deal with his bullshit later.
Without Iraq, Lieberman probably fades into obscurity IMO. He decided to make that the issue he would stand out from other Democrats on. Other Democrats voted wrong on Iraq too but Joe’s the only one that still is convinced Iraq was 100% rightly done.
re: #268 KGxvi
I imagine Trump’s funeral looking like the funeral scene from the Umbrella Academy.
I really am not looking forward to the revisionism when Trump dies.
*sighs* pic.twitter.com/NVjZBgCpsB
— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) March 20, 2019
re: #271 Teukka
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Great father you are Matt. Would you expose your kids to polio too?
re: #267 HappyWarrior
Because he never would have asked Cheney to head his VP search team and then snookered him into making him his VP. I do this said about W Bush wonder how his administration looks without Cheney and 9/11. Bush funnily enough criticized nation building as a candidate.
Without 9/11, Bush is probably a one term president (I have no idea who the nominee is in 2004). I don’t think he can make the case for war in Iraq without the backdrop of the war on terror. He’d have been an average president that some would remember fondly and others would just sort of shrug their shoulders about.
Without Cheney (but with 9/11) it probably goes mostly the same. Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz probably still talk him into Iraq. And Iraq becomes the key issue in 2004.
re: #272 HappyWarrior
Great father you are Matt. Would you expose your kids to polio too?
Chickenpox, Diphteria,TB, Pertussis (a.k.a. whooping cough), Mumps, Rubella and Measels are vaccinated against for a reason. They are killers.
I admit. Didn’t like McCain much politically especially after he started doing the sort of things that he had not done in the past but as a man? Yeah I admire his heroism. Same thing with HW Bush. Trumpers should really shut the hell up about McCain being a “warmonger” when he has John Bolton advising him on national security and Trump’s lies about Iraq.
re: #99 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Awwww…sorry to hear that about your Daisy Sleuth.
Take care. You did all you could for her and you gave her a nice full life as a family friend.
(Sniff)
I should add, from what I remember of the 9/11 Commission Report, the wheels were already in motion by election day 2000, and there wasn’t much that was going to stop it.
re: #271 Teukka
Apparently Bevin is a fan of Shingles?
Losing my vision and dental to own the libs!
— 2020 Democrat Presidential Frontrunner Chet Mauser (@Malthaez) March 20, 2019
re: #278 freetoken
Apparently Bevin is a fan of Shingles?
And kids getting encephalitis and becoming developmentally challenged as a result?
re: #279 jaunte
maybe we should give Ohio to the yogurt.
re: #280 Teukka
Bevin is one of those signs that the end game of the American reactionary hate-right is just self destruction.
re: #124 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Heh, I think I have mentioned before, the mayor of Lima is a former school mate and good friend back in grade school, David Berger.
He left our school in 8th grade to go into the priesthood. He fell out of that after a few years and he has been the mayor for many years now. He is a Democrat, so I can imagine he is not too fond of Trump being there.
Edit: Fond…not found, sheesh.
re: #282 freetoken
Bevin is one of those signs that the end game of the American reactionary hate-right is just self destruction.
Self destruction of the kind which has serious collateral damage :(
re: #252 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s been officially Spring for 5 minutes and the sun is shining.
Snow Friday morning…
My wife tells me we’re to expect a Nor’Easter tomorrow. Ah, Spring. ///
re: #282 freetoken
Bevin is one of those signs that the end game of the American reactionary hate-right is just self destruction.
The end game of most reactionary movements is self destruction. The same can be said for most radical movements as well. It’s at the heart of extremism.
re: #278 freetoken
Apparently Bevin is a fan of Shingles?
I’m sure he’d figure that anyone who got any diseases from his little pest-fest simply hadn’t prayed hard enough…
re: #283 ObserverArt
Heh, I think I have mentioned before, the mayor of Lima is a former school mate and good friend back in grade school, David Berger.
He left our school in 8th grade to go into the priesthood. He fell out of that after a few years and he has been the mayor for many years now. He is a Democrat, so I can imagine he is not too found of Trump being there.
I spent the weekend at Lima Ohio National Guard station during the 1977 winter storm that shut down I-75.
re: #273 KGxvi
Without 9/11, Bush is probably a one term president (I have no idea who the nominee is in 2004). I don’t think he can make the case for war in Iraq without the backdrop of the war on terror. He’d have been an average president that some would remember fondly and others would just sort of shrug their shoulders about.
Without Cheney (but with 9/11) it probably goes mostly the same. Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz probably still talk him into Iraq. And Iraq becomes the key issue in 2004.
I think you’re right. Without 9/11 though, it’s interesting to wonder about where we are now.
Phew. I start to get antsy when a Trump official isn’t under some kind of investigation:
Shanahan was notified yesterday that he was under investigation by the Pentagon inspector general for allegedly boosting his ex-employer Boeing while in office.
— Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman) March 20, 2019
he keeps running into the bedroom to hide in the bed then coming back out to fight the hail because he’s stupid and also a very good boy pic.twitter.com/kbMUplYtuM
— Scafe for America (@erinscafe) March 20, 2019
re: #279 jaunte
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Yeah guys trash the union that is why you have the benefits you do and cheer for the moron that would sell you out to make Ivanka a penny richer. God what a bunch of deranged cultists. If this is the white working class that Bernie wants us to get back, the Republicans can keep these guys.
re: #289 HappyWarrior
I think you’re right. Without 9/11 though, it’s interesting to wonder about where we are now.
I wonder how many Americans today can acknowledge that 9/11 happened as a result of American foreign policy the previous 2 decades?
re: #293 freetoken
I wonder how many Americans today can acknowledge that 9/11 happened as a result of American foreign policy the previous 2 decades?
Chalmers Johnson: Blowback.
re: #293 freetoken
I wonder how many Americans today can acknowledge that 9/11 happened as a result of American foreign policy the previous 2 decades?
I doubt it and most of those who would get mad if you pointed that out are the same ones who think Trump being a petty douchebag to McCain is justified because MCCAIN WAS A WARMONGER. Nevermind that many of them supported the same wars and only opposed the Obama FP actions because it was Obama.
re: #99 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m so sorry for your loss. We just went through this about two weeks ago. It never, never gets any easier.
re: #293 freetoken
I wonder how many Americans today can acknowledge that 9/11 happened as a result of American foreign policy the previous 2 decades?
Two decades? I’m thinking longer than that. When did we help get the Shaw Reza Pahlavi into Iran, early 50’s or so.
And that may not even been the beginning. It could go back to WW1.
re: #297 ObserverArt
Two decades? I’m thinking longer than that. When did we help get the Shaw Reza Pahlavi into Iran, early 50’s or so.
And that may not even been the beginning. It could go back to WW1.
Yeah the Iranian coup was in the Eisenhower years. You’re getting me thinking about why I find WWI so fascinating though. I definitely think Wilson’s double standard on the sovereignty of those in racial minority nations like Vietnam led to trouble.
re: #272 HappyWarrior
Great father you are Matt. Would you expose your kids to polio too?
He would be that dumb.
re: #186 Backwoods_Sleuth
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By the way, I thought only kittehs were known for punting objects for entertainment.
re: #299 Joe Bacon 🌹
well if he has 9 kids, i’m sure that he feels he could just make another
re: #278 freetoken
Apparently Bevin is a fan of Shingles?
I have had two Shingles attacks. Each time was on different sides of the body and both attacks were 24/7 HELL!
Only an ass like Bevin would love Shingles.
re: #296 Marsupial
I’m so sorry for your loss. We just went through this about two weeks ago. It never, never gets any easier.
It really doesn’t get easier.
But, for me, there’s another dog out there right this moment, waiting for us to find each other.
And I’ll go through all of this again, without hesitation.
re: #301 piratedan
well if he has 9 kids, i’m sure that he feels he could just make another
four of them are adopted
re: #297 ObserverArt
Two decades? I’m thinking longer than that. When did we help get the Shaw Reza Pahlavi into Iran, early 50’s or so.
And that may not even been the beginning. It could go back to WW1.
I think the straightest line to 9/11 is the background support to the mujahideen in Afghanistan against the Soviets.
I mean, you can draw lines further back, because history is a continuum built off prior events and eventually blame the Romans or the Greeks or even the Pharaohs.
re: #262 freetoken
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re: #301 piratedan
well if he has 9 kids, i’m sure that he feels he could just make another
How’d you like to be the middle child in THAT family?
Also, five are biological, four are Ethiopian adoptees.
Surf’s up? Just when it appeared there wouldn’t be a Mavericks big wave surf competition once again, there’s now a glimmer of hope: https://t.co/6sJNu6Fdw1
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) March 20, 2019
re: #297 ObserverArt
Two decades? I’m thinking longer than that. When did we help get the Shaw Reza Pahlavi into Iran, early 50’s or so.
And that may not even been the beginning. It could go back to WW1.
It does- it started with Wilson’s racist and theological based bigotry that set us on a very different path of making the world safe for the Right Kind of Democracy.
re: #309 Dread Pirate Whitebeard
This would be the first big wave contest at Maverick’s since the 2015/2016 season. Likewise, the Eddie hasn’t had conditions since February 2016. Those contests in February 2016 were two weeks apart.
Soon. pic.twitter.com/GCVAtKRDj0
— Andrew Gillum (@AndrewGillum) March 20, 2019
Register. Engage. Win. 2020. https://t.co/F3dJCImTJP
— Andrew Gillum (@AndrewGillum) March 20, 2019
Remember when Stormy Daniels was arrested at the Erotic Dance Club in Columbus?
Then it was found out the Columbus Police Department Vice Squad set it all up for political fuckery, which led to them firing and moving a few officers involved?
And at the same time, a vice cop was being investigated for a very questionable shooting of a young woman and he has been fired and indicted.
Well, that has now caused this. And all at a time when our former police chief retired. She was scheduled to anyway, but I’m pretty sure she is glad to be past some of this, even though it was on her overall watch.
Now the new chief gets to do his thing. I hope he is good, we need it.
Meanwhile, from the “She’s running circles around them” file:
Meanwhile as folks wring their hands over a nonbinding #GreenNewDeal, I spent this AM touring LaGuardia airport + discussing:
- Securing solar panels on every roof
- Living wage jobs
- Electric shuttle fleets
- Building for rising sea levels coming in
- Centering community issues pic.twitter.com/GriEO7ew9U— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 20, 2019
I’m a big fan of requiring new commercial and industrial construction (including major renovations) to require installation of solar panels, and tax incentives to do the same on residential (actually any major condo or apartment building should probably get them as well).
The idea that there are a lot of freshmen in congress that aren’t just buying into the same old games is one of those break the system (in a good way) moments. Hopefully it lasts.
re: #314 ObserverArt
I’m still sort of surprised that police in America in 2019 still have vice squads.
re: #316 KGxvi
I’m still sort of surprised that police in America in 2019 still have vice squads.
those sort of cops need a safe space of their own…
“Hair Love is a wonderful father-daughter story and we are proud to nurture talented young filmmakers like Matthew who are breaking new ground.” Here’s your first look at the upcoming short film, “Hair Love,” from director Matthew A. Cherry. pic.twitter.com/zs1mywljm9
— Sony Pictures Animation (@SonyAnimation) March 20, 2019
The story of Esther’s bravery to save the Jewish people is as relevant today as it was back then. For those who are celebrating, have a joyous #Purim. pic.twitter.com/KgeWp7WzpJ
— Eliot Engel (@RepEliotEngel) March 20, 2019
As I’ve previously noted, once jackpots get large then they become fodder for news stories:
Everything you need to know about Wednesday’s $550 million Powerball jackpot
At around 2:00 the reporter notes that the general odds of winning in Powerball is about one in 25, she then claims that these are not bad odds and that you can win one of several smaller awards.
While you can win smaller amounts, the return on these lotteries is abysmal by usual gambling standards.
PB gives you $4 for getting the right PowerBall number (the red number), but you have a one in 26 chance of picking that for any play you buy. $4/26 = an expected value of 15 cents. For a $2 ticket.
Why oh why can’t news outlets find reporters who know something about math?
re: #297 ObserverArt
Two decades? I’m thinking longer than that. When did we help get the Shaw Reza Pahlavi into Iran, early 50’s or so.
And that may not even been the beginning. It could go back to WW1.
Reza Pahlavi had been Shah since 1941, when his father abdicated under pressure from the British and Soviets after their joint invasion of Iran. He did not leave the throne until 1979. Mossadegh did not replace him, Mossadegh was prime minister and the country was a monarchy before, during and after his tenure. These are facts of history, easily accessible everywhere.
re: #162 The Vicious Babushka
PURIM: “They tried to kill us. They failed. Let’s eat! Have some chocolate and wine!”
On Purim we eat a pastry called hamantaschen to symbolize the sweet victory of defeating the antisemitic Haman. In sum, we eat cookies to celebrate not getting killed. Classic Judaism. pic.twitter.com/EAin47tGwd
— Peter Fox (@thatpeterfox) March 20, 2019
Fuzzy math: Trump says US taking in ‘billions and billions’ from #tariffs on #Chinese goods https://t.co/QE8ODVLmYF
— Jeff Stein (@SpyTalker) March 20, 2019
Looks like the China trade deal is going as expected.
But , But, But, #JohnMcCain was a hero! Not my hero. Watching all the #NeverTrumpers Crow.
— Chuck Woolery (@chuckwoolery) March 20, 2019
A Ranger Battalion (3/75) veteran who did 3 deployments texts me, “John McCain was a traitor.” https://t.co/hSQZ5EbUGZ
— Mike Cernovich (@Cernovich) March 20, 2019
Raise your hand if you agree with President Trump the John McCain was wrong to leas America into so many Middle East wars
— Jack Posobiec ✝️ (@JackPosobiec) March 20, 2019
Fuck off, assholes!
re: #242 HappyWarrior
He wasn’t the Antichrist to me. I was set to vote for him until he picked Palin to be his running mate. And even then I wasn’t completely set on Obama until I went to vote. But to put Palin in that position of power? Couldn’t do it.
re: #304 Backwoods_Sleuth
We always do, don’t we? :-)
re: #320 freetoken
As I’ve previously noted, once jackpots get large then they become fodder for news stories:
Everything you need to know about Wednesday’s $550 million Powerball jackpot
At around 2:00 the reporter notes that the general odds of winning in Powerball is about one in 25, she then claims that these are not bad odds and that you can win one of several smaller awards.
While you can win smaller amounts, the return on these lotteries is abysmal by usual gambling standards.
PB gives you $4 for getting the right PowerBall number (the red number), but you have a one in 26 chance of picking that for any play you buy. $4/26 = an expected value of 15 cents. For a $2 ticket.
Why oh why can’t news outlets find reporters who know something about math?
I play PB twice a week, two draws a ticket (one Quick Draw, one with my own numbers, both with PowerPlay), when I remember to buy the tickets; for 12 bucks a week, it’s cheap entertainment and I’m fortunately in a financial position where I can easily spare the money to play, though I realize that many who play are spending money they really shouldn’t or can’t spare (as it is for pretty much all lottery games).
However, as the man said, you can’t win if you don’t play; to me, while I am fortunate to have enough money to pay the bills and save some (but am not, by any means, anything remotely approaching rich), some nice daydreams are worth 12 bucks a week.
re: #324 DodgerFan1988
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Fuck off, assholes!
pre-2015: “JOHN MCCAIN IS AN AMERICAN HERO! HOW DARE YOU QUESTION HIS PATRIOTISM!?!”
post-2015: “FUCK JOHN MCCAIN! I WANT A HERO LIKE DONALD TRUMP TO BE OUR DICTATOR!!!”
Sandwiches. Seriously.
And if that doesn’t start a fight, there’s always Jesus. https://t.co/VfTX6SNT5c— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 20, 2019
I felt relaxed
But then it struck
I did a sneeze
And now I’m stuck pic.twitter.com/qT5eBIBdVC— Curious Zelda (@CuriousZelda) March 20, 2019
re: #99 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #328 TedStriker
Gambling is entertainment save for the few professionals who make a living at it.
As for entertainment costs, a few lottery tickets are much cheaper than most nights out at a restaurant.
I just wish that news stories would strive for a bit of knowledge and not just be filler to get the large-breasted-blonde-anchor-to-laugh spot in.
This is the 60th time Trump has falsely taken credit for creating the Choice program. (He signed a bill that changes the program.) It’s the first time he has cited his nonexistent creation of Choice as evidence he’s done more for vets than the guy who actually created Choice.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 20, 2019
I wanted to say that attacking McCain is wrong because he’s dead, but when trump dies I’m going to wait in line to piss on his grave. Also, Fuck trump.
A federal judge says her injunction preventing Donald Trump’s transgender troop ban from taking effect remains in place despite the Pentagon releasing a memo to implement the policy: “Defendants were incorrect in claiming that there was no longer an impediment”
— Edward Hardy (@EdwardTHardy) March 20, 2019
re: #324 DodgerFan1988
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Fuck off, assholes!
These assholes. Calling McCain a traitor while sucking Trump off is really brazen.
Trump’s EPA Head Said Climate Change Is Not a Top Threat Because It’s ‘50 to 75 Years Out’
The Environmental Protection Agency’s new administrator says unsafe drinking water is “probably the biggest environmental threat” the world faces.
Andrew Wheeler told CBS News in an interview airing Wednesday that climate change is “an important issue,” but most of the threats it poses are “50 to 75 years out” and it’s “unreasonable” for the 2020 Democratic candidates to focus so much on it.
Climate scientists see the necessity for broad and immediate action to address global warming. The United Nations says “now is the defining moment to do something about it.”
Wheeler was nominated by President Donald Trump and was confirmed last month.
I’ll bet that’s what fossil fuel barons said in 1955 in response to the concerns about CO2 and climate change described in The World We Live In.
Yet for the past century, temperatures have shown an upward trend. This has been particularly true in the last four decades (since 1915- SK), during which glaciers have been in retreat all around the world. The reasons for this gradual warming of the Earth cannot be defined with certainty. Along with water vapor and ozone, carbon dioxide helps to trap the Earth’s heat within the greenhouse of the atmosphere and prevents it from radiating away into space. In the last half century, the carbon dioxide ratio in the atmosphere has increased by 10%, a phenomenon which some attribute to expanding industry, pointing out that six billion tons of carbon dioxide pour from factory chimneys every year. (Emphasis added)
I’ll admit it: I often have a really hard time tracking Marcy Wheeler’s writing. She’s, I guess, inside baseball: she doesn’t explain tangents and of course expects you to know things she’s already reported. But this about Andy McCabe was eye-opening; not just about McCabe, but about what he represented as an institutional failure to think critically about white supremacist movements and domestic terrorism:
Fucking 8chan still has a link to the NZ video. Ugh.
re: #338 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Trump’s EPA Head Said Climate Change Is Not a Top Threat Because It’s ‘50 to 75 Years Out’
I’ll bet that’s what fossil fuel barons said in 1955 in response to the concerns about CO2 and climate change described in The World We Live In.
When wingnuts say that the dangers of global warming are “Years/decades away,” what they’re really saying is “I don’t care about the future, I want to be wealthy now!”
John Podhoretz, notorious popinjay and columnist for the New York Post, appears to have either deleted his account or been suspended after posting this tweet about two women journalists. pic.twitter.com/5rQUSZS0aN
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) March 20, 2019
Elijah Cummings in Wa Po: washingtonpost.com
I serve as chairman of the Oversight and Reform Committee, the primary investigative body in the House of Representatives. I have sent 12 letters to the White House on a half-dozen topics — some routine and some relating to our core national security interests. In response, the White House has refused to hand over any documents or produce any witnesses for interviews.
im not gonna say i am queen of the jews, but https://t.co/m4IpNBQR3b
— Talia Lavin (@chick_in_kiev) March 20, 2019
so what you’re saying is im legendary
— Talia Lavin (@chick_in_kiev) March 20, 2019
Wow, some ppl are furious that Trump would insult John McCain’s war record the exact same way they insulted John Kerry’s war record.
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) March 20, 2019
re: #340 GlutenFreeJesus
Fucking 8chan still has a link to the NZ video. Ugh.
8chan makes the rest of the chans look like SJWs
Nixon at his worst was never as loathsome and twisted as this man, who is simply a terrible human-being. Does Trump think he could have stopped McCain’s state funeral (to which Trump was asked not to attend)? Not possible, Congress would passed a veto proof law overruling him! https://t.co/fQU1SjlkzQ
— John Dean (@JohnWDean) March 20, 2019
re: #324 DodgerFan1988
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Fuck off, assholes!
Disgusting assholes. All of them. And ESPECIALLY Lindsay Graham Cracker who once again crumbles his sorry ass before Trump.
re: #348 Backwoods_Sleuth
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And let’s remember that Nixon kept an enemies list and tried to use the IRS and FBI to attack some of them. But even he never went on the sort of public tirade that Donny has engaged in over being asked to stay away from a funeral.
re: #350 Targetpractice
Or a wedding for that matter.
re: #320 freetoken
As I’ve previously noted, once jackpots get large then they become fodder for news stories:
Everything you need to know about Wednesday’s $550 million Powerball jackpot
At around 2:00 the reporter notes that the general odds of winning in Powerball is about one in 25, she then claims that these are not bad odds and that you can win one of several smaller awards.
While you can win smaller amounts, the return on these lotteries is abysmal by usual gambling standards.
PB gives you $4 for getting the right PowerBall number (the red number), but you have a one in 26 chance of picking that for any play you buy. $4/26 = an expected value of 15 cents. For a $2 ticket.
Why oh why can’t news outlets find reporters who know something about math?
I do one Powerball, Mega Million and California Super Lotto play with each draw. I figure that if the lightning is going to strike, it will.
Once in a while I will play one shot at California’s Daily Derby if that jackpot goes over half a million as well.
“The man just out of the blue writes a report.”
Yes, out of the blue. https://t.co/ZhG4MFQEeD— John Aravosis 🇺🇸 (@aravosis) March 20, 2019
re: #350 Targetpractice
And let’s remember that Nixon kept an enemies list and tried to use the IRS and FBI to attack some of them. But even he never went on the sort of public tirade that Donny has engaged in over being asked to stay away from a funeral.
Nixon didn’t have to since Spiro Agnew loved to shoot his mouth off at Tricky Dicky’s enemies.
re: #352 Joe Bacon 🌹
I am in the “office pool” at work. We shall see what happens.
well, I know that Senator Isaakson has responded quite stridently in regards to what Trump tweeted but I have yet to see anything from the AZ GOP contingent, Gov Ducey, Sen McSally (who’s inherited his seat) or any of the AZ Congressional contingent. You’d think that they would say something
seems like the press just isn’t as rabid looking for the GOP in disarray theme as they are parsing what Reps Omar or AOC have said….
And yes @DiploMog was in on it too. Here he is surveying #10, and trolley at the ready to wheel the PM out of office. Just look at his steely eyed stare. he is ready for it. #MeolitaryCoup pic.twitter.com/m8fNgrT1ia
— Justin Ng (@justin_ng) March 21, 2019
re: #356 piratedan
well, I know that Senator Isaakson has responded quite stridently in regards to what Trump tweeted but I have yet to see anything from the AZ GOP contingent, Gov Ducey, Sen McSally (who’s inherited his seat) or any of the AZ Congressional contingent. You’d think that they would say something
And Flake quit rather than have to deal with this kind of thing.
Since this past Saturday it has been nothing but a complete meltdown from Trump.
Is he going to even make it until Friday?
Oh, wouldn’t it be nice if something really juicy came out on Friday so it completely turns Trump into a blob of nothingness?
Telemundo: @CBP detains a 9 year old girl w a US passport for 36 hours because they confused her for her cousin https://t.co/UoBwdFC1vm
— Michel Marizco (@BorderReporter) March 20, 2019
re: #359 ObserverArt
He’s declining.
On top of that, the rest of the world around him is forcing its way, stumbling its way, forward to take on this or that issue, leaving Trump to just play his old tunes over and over.
Sure, there are still masses of bitter old folk on Facebook who, when not steeping themselves in nostalgia, mindlessly forward a MAGAmeme.
But I think these folk are not growing in number, and die-off is a real thing.
And now, your random flying dog of the day. pic.twitter.com/A0MzV4YkHm
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 21, 2019
Great idea for starting your presidential campaign, reminding the people whose support you need of your worst judgment call.
Gillibrand invokes Al Franken in fundraising pitch https://t.co/mPEPqTLmYf pic.twitter.com/M8mDhUhhXv
— The Hill (@thehill) March 19, 2019
This is … actually kind of sweet. Sorta https://t.co/3WY2QDuop2
— Michel Marizco (@BorderReporter) March 20, 2019
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 21, 2019
re: #99 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m so sorry for your loss.
re: #365 Charles Johnson
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BBC presenters and smart folk overall know what needs to be done:
I have too, of course, - who else out there in Twitteria? https://t.co/KAPC2EwhOS
— Simon Schama (@simon_schama) March 21, 2019
But the Brexiteers like Farage still hold disproportionate influence in the mess in the UK.
re: #367 Targetpractice
I’m so old, I remember when the faithful were assuring us that the problem in the Catholic church was just “a handful of priests.”
They meant, of course, priests’ handfuls.
Pretty much:
Siri, show me the brand of ‘economic anxiety’ that mocks Americans of color as unintelligent + unskilled, while *also* mocking those same Americans for speaking more languages than you: pic.twitter.com/HXBC7Osexu
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 21, 2019
Theresa May tells the British People ‘I’m on your side” …which side is that? Leave, Remain, or Resign?
— Jon Snow (@jonsnowC4) March 20, 2019
re: #365 Charles Johnson
When they’re dying and you’re a priest you can grab them by the pussy too.
re: #370 Interesting Times
I see Laura’s wearing her giant cross again.
re: #371 Alephnaught
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re: #367 Targetpractice
I’m so old, I remember when the faithful were assuring us that the problem in the Catholic church was just “a handful of priests.”
When it was actually priests with a handful.
Edit: Annnd I see I’m ten minutes late on that one.
A 40-year-old Mexican migrant has died while in U.S. Border Patrol custody. It’s the fourth death in as many months. https://t.co/iXyhjZ14mF
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) March 20, 2019
People Don’t Understand How Hard It Was for Leni Riefenstahl…https://t.co/lz7pDwNUmJ#vf!
— driftglass (@Mr_Electrico) March 21, 2019
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro’s approval rating has plummeted 15 points since his inauguration. He’s down to 34 percent. (via @anabeatrizrr1): https://t.co/WuzXTSuYxh
— Travis Waldron (@Travis_Waldron) March 20, 2019
So the UK is just a little over a week from economic armageddon and May decides, only after she’s told that she can’t just keep putting the same vote before her party until they finally bow to her will, to beg the EU to give her an extension on the deadline. Not because she’s gonna try something new, not because she’ll call an election, but because she thinks 3 months will give her time to figure out a way past the roadblock to a third damned vote on her deal.
The 21st century has not been kind to the British Isles. First they had Tony going along with Dubya’s Bogus Iraqi Journey, then David throwing the UK into a double-dip recession, and now Theresa is about to top them both by driving the nation into the shitter over her damned ego.
re: #385 Targetpractice
So the UK is just a little over a week from economic armageddon and May decides, only after she’s told that she can’t just keep putting the same vote before her party until they finally bow to her will, to beg the EU to give her an extension on the deadline. Not because she’s gonna try something new, not because she’ll call an election, but because she thinks 3 months will give her time to figure out a way past the roadblock to a third damned vote on her deal.
The 21st century has not been kind to the British Isles. First they had Tony going along with Dubya’s Bogus Iraqi Journey, then David throwing the UK into a double-dip recession, and now Theresa is about to top them both by driving the nation into the shitter over her damned ego.
Apparently part of the problem is that Corbyn is a Leaver pretending for some reason to be a Remainer, which can’t be helping the Labour party properly oppose the Tory fuckwits.
re: #387 EPR-radar
Apparently part of the problem is that Corbyn is a Leaver pretending for some reason to be a Remainer, which can’t be helping the Labour party properly oppose the Tory fuckwits.
No, Corbyn being a Leaver masquerading as a Remainer is really just indicative of how utterly repugnant a man he is, which is why the idea of Labour being in charge is enough of a turn-off to keep May’s coalition from breaking up and forcing a new election.
re: #388 Targetpractice
it really seems that the UK needs someone to form a coalition outside of the current party leadership to form a common-sense government that remains and settles that question and allow them to get their shit together. It seems like that is so far outside the box that it will never happen even though that appears to be where the majority of the people are at and perhaps even a large plurality of the politicians themselves.
Too many people trapped inside the boxes of their own construction allowing some kind of political orthodoxy to prevent them from doing the right thing (see America: GOP). No one on the Conservative/Tory side wants to admit that they were played by bad faith actors inside their own party and at the behest of outside agencies (Russia). This is the kind of face saving bullshit that infuriates people (see also GOP: America) into thinking that you’ll never be able to extricate your head out of your ass unless/until you can be honest about it)
re: #387 EPR-radar
Apparently part of the problem is that Corbyn is a Leaver pretending for some reason to be a Remainer, which can’t be helping the Labour party properly oppose the Tory fuckwits.
Which is seemingly because there are as many Leavers in the Labour camp as there are in the Tories. (And as many Remainers, too, fwiw).
Even a competent Government (and/or, needless to say, a competent Opposition) would be facing an uphill trudge trying to negotiate as complex a deal as Brexit; this lot, though…
Hard to figure out who to root for in this one. https://t.co/qofvxdrQUI
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) March 21, 2019
re: #383 Joe Bacon 🌹
Poor Kellyanne, growing up poor with her mob connected grandfather.
re: #389 piratedan
it really seems that the UK needs someone to form a coalition outside of the current party leadership to form a common-sense government that remains and settles that question and allow them to get their shit together. It seems like that is so far outside the box that it will never happen even though that appears to be where the majority of the people are at and perhaps even a large plurality of the politicians themselves.
Too many people trapped inside the boxes of their own construction allowing some kind of political orthodoxy to prevent them from doing the right thing (see America: GOP).
The question is how would this new party force an election?
re: #382 gocart mozart
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You know who had it bad, women who had to flee Germany due to the Nazis.
— rob delaney (@robdelaney) March 21, 2019
re: #391 gocart mozart
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This is the sort of game where you don’t root for a winner, you root for injuries.
re: #393 Belafon
enough people leave the Tories where they can’t form a government would be my only guess…
unless there would be an internal revolt inside either or both parties, which seems about as likely as anything else.
re: #396 Targetpractice
This is the sort of game where you don’t root for a winner, you root for injuries.
Kind of like car crashes in auto races.
re: #99 Backwoods_Sleuth
Rainbow Bridge at 2:45 pm DST
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I know there are a few auto racing enthusiasts around these parts. I gotta say, though, a lot of people I know who enjoy watching the sport also like the element of a good crash and a car fire. Fights in hockey are kind of in the same category. Hell, I watch ski crash videos a lot.
re: #394 HappyWarrior
You know who had it bad, women who had to flee Germany due to the Nazis.
or women and their children that didn’t flee…
re: #382 gocart mozart
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Again, we’re reminded about how the media only thinks a woman is “accomplished” if they’re a Republican. Hillary comes from humble beginnings and all the media can do is criticize her for her success.
just a minor rant after absorbing the latest crazy shit from Trump:
Trump is a disgusting pig.
His sycophants are pathetic trolls.
that is all.
re: #354 Joe Bacon 🌹
Nixon didn’t have to since Spiro Agnew loved to shoot his mouth off at Tricky Dicky’s enemies.
You have to admit “Nattering Nabobs of Negativity” is sheer poetry compared to Trumpgrunts.
re: #406 The Vicious Babushka
You have to admit “Nattering Nabobs of Negativity” is sheer poetry compared to Trumpgrunts.
Wasn’t that (along some other of old Spiro’s epigrammatic gems) one of William Safire’s lines?
At least in the olden days, even hacks like Agnew hired decent ghostwriters.
re: #398 teleskiguy
Kind of like car crashes in auto races.
I am an life-long auto racing fan, and I have never watched for any wrecks.
That is like someone saying they watch downhill skiing for the wipeouts.
There are different kinds of racing fans. I watch sportscar and formula car racing. No one wants to crash a formula car, like no downhiller wants to take a tumble in a race. It is not good for ones constitution.
re: #260 KGxvi
Yeah, I don’t think McCain would have nominated Justices like Roberts or Alito. I feel like his nominees would have been closer to O’Connor and Kennedy. I also don’t think he’d’ve been fooled into going into Iraq, either.
McCain was a pretty big hawk; I’m fairly certain he would’ve invaded Iraq.
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