I’m disappointed in myself for not discovering this incredible Swedish group sooner, but here’s another amazing track from Dirty Loops. Seems like it might be dangerous to have that much talent concentrated in one room.
A government watchdog recommended that Kellyanne Conway be fired for repeatedly breaking the law by using her office for politics. But she was not fired, and the abuses have continued, so @CREWcrew sued to force disciplinary action as required by law.https://t.co/FPwstqecFP
— Noah Bookbinder (@NoahBookbinder) December 28, 2019
Never underestimate the capacity of the mainstream media to carry unnecessary water for Republicans. https://t.co/Ffs4Vg6Wtw
— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) December 28, 2019
re: #2 Dread Pirate
One can only hope that she ends up in jail for her part in this whole mess. Or, at least, loses what she has earned out of it.
A bit of distressing news from the Balkans involving a dispute between the Montenegran and Serbian Orthodox churches (this a German news article zeit.de)
It involves settling property disputes dating back to the founding of Yugoslavia and the dissolution of the original Montenegran Orthodox Church, the point is that the Serbian minority in Montenegro opposes it and is now calling on Russia for support in the name of “Orthodox unity”.
This is all starting to smell like 1914 all over again…
re: #4 retired cynic
One can only hope that she ends up in jail for her part in this whole mess. Or, at least, loses what she has earned out of it.
Won’t happen. She’ll get a pardon from Trump.
re: #5 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
A bit of distressing news from the Balkans involving a dispute between the Montenegran and Serbian Orthodox churches (this a German news article zeit.de)
It involves settling property disputes dating back to the founding of Yugoslavia and the dissolution of the original Montenegran Orthodox Church, the point is that the Serbian minority in Montenegro opposes it and is now calling on Russia for support in the name of “Orthodox unity”.
This is all starting to smell like 1914 all over again…
Only this time, things can turn so, much, much more ugly.
:sighs:
re: #6 Joe Bacon 🌹
Won’t happen. She’ll get a pardon from Trump.
His pardoning power expires in January 2021.
re: #8 A hollow voice says, Impeachmoot now!
His pardoning power expires in January 2021.
Hopefully. But I fully expect Trump to pardon everyone in his administration!
re: #8 A hollow voice says, Impeachmoot now!
His pardoning power expires in January 2021.
Let us hope!
re: #10 Hecuba’s daughter
Let us hope!
Agreed. I’m still not overly convinced Trump will be a one term President.
I’ve always winced at the words boyfriend/girlfriend for people over 20. But “partner” is dry and often ambiguous. “Significant other” is trying too hard.
At last, an alternative I can support whole-heartedly: https://t.co/oroxhCcAVd— Amelia Bellamy-Royds (@AmeliasBrain) December 28, 2019
re: #11 Eclectic Cyborg
You are not the only one but I remain hopeful.
In case you were wondering what Trump’s tweets would look like if he actually wrote them by hand with his sharpie. pic.twitter.com/IJG70proG0
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 28, 2019
They remind me of everyone from Michael Jackson to Scritti Politti to Go West to Level 42. What a crazy mix of chops and melody.
morons
Crazy Nancy Pelosi should spend more time in her her decaying city and less time on the Impeachment Hoax! https://t.co/enoZZFxxmg
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 28, 2019
re: #16 Backwoods_Sleuth
morons
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Big city has same problems as other big cities. Film at 11.
Dude, hang it up already
Deval Patrick fails to make Michigan primary ballot https://t.co/oHHloaVux4 pic.twitter.com/zDB1z1TFVo
— The Hill (@thehill) December 28, 2019
Dunno if I should spoiler this?
I don’t know, man. Which one seems smarter to you? https://t.co/A0KFRRIR9u pic.twitter.com/YdmeFX3Giv
— Ad Infinitum (@Ad_Inifinitum) December 27, 2019
re: #7 Teukka
Only this time, things can turn so, much, much more ugly.
:sighs:
Locally, maybe, but I don’t see it triggering a continent-wide conflagration.
re: #20 A hollow voice says, Impeachmoot now!
Locally, maybe, but I don’t see it triggering a continent-wide conflagration.
Putin is using Orthodoxy and the Russian ethnic diaspora as his own Sudetendeutsche to project and expand his military and political influence all over Europe and Central Asia.
This distresses me.
re: #11 Eclectic Cyborg
Agreed. I’m still not overly convinced Trump will be a one term President.
I agree with Michael Moore’s latest assessment that Trump will win 2020 despite losing the Popular vote by 5 million.
White supremacism will advance and a de facto Judicial dictatorship will be enacted comprised of Trump appointees for the next 30 years.
Try as he might to poverty shame homeless people and those who try to help them overcome adversity accelerated by his cruel budget cuts, he can’t tweet himself into a reverse-impeachment.#SaturdayThoughts
— Christine Pelosi (@sfpelosi) December 28, 2019
“I don’t believe in violence,” said the guy who’s stockpiling firearms.
— Milo M. (@Ex67T20) December 28, 2019
re: #24 Backwoods_Sleuth
“I don’t believe in violence,” said the guy who’s stockpiling firearms
“I’m not a racist,” said the guy holding a Confederate flag and giving a Hitler salute…
re: #24 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #26 Florida Panhandler
What he does believe in is White Supremacy and the lies and myths inherent within.
Their claim of patriotism and not white supremacy / nationalism (from the article) rings hollow to me.
re: #21 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Putin is using Orthodoxy and the Russian ethnic diaspora as his own Sudetendeutsche to project and expand his military and political influence all over Europe and Central Asia.
This distresses me.
It distresses me too, as my fatherland is the sights of the clique he hangs out with…
re: #24 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #22 Florida Panhandler
I agree with Michael Moore’s latest assessment that Trump will win 2020 despite losing the Popular vote by 5 million.
White supremacism will advance and a de facto Judicial dictatorship will be enacted comprised of Trump appointees for the next 30 years.
Even if he wins — and the Repugs’ election history has been disastrous beginning in 2018 — if they don’t keep the Senate, he won’t be making judicial appointments.
Moore got lucky once, doesn’t make him a prophet.
Biden asked here in Washington, Iowa, if he would ever nominate former President Obama to serve on the Supreme Court. “If he’d take it, yes,” Biden says.
— Ken Thomas (@KThomasDC) December 28, 2019
re: #28 Teukka
It distresses me too, as my fatherland is the sights of the clique he hangs out with…
My grandparents all came from parts of the old Austro-Hungarian Empire.
re: #30 A hollow voice says, Impeachmoot now!
Even if he wins — and the Repugs’ election history has been disastrous beginning in 2018 — if they don’t keep the Senate, he won’t be making judicial appointments.
Moore got lucky once, doesn’t make him a prophet.
This is absolutely true. Obama won in 2008 and 2012. Hillary got more total votes in 2016. What happened is that too many people thought 2016 was a freebie and they could take it easy since Trump was never going to win. 2018 shows what happens when people work hard against the GOP. We will win if we don’t take it for granted and work hard together. That’s it. That’s the challenge. Let’s do it.
re: #22 Florida Panhandler
I agree with Michael Moore’s latest assessment that Trump will win 2020 despite losing the Popular vote by 5 million.
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I ignored MM’s predictions about 2016, but, as he wrote, that was a matter of pure electoral mathematics.
And again, Trump just has to retain the states that the Republicans carried in 2012 (no real problem there) and carry the four rust-belt states of OH, PA, MI and WI, or three of those plus Florida.
He can do that despite a massive deficit in the popular vote, which he can then ascribe to “Democrat voter fraud”.
re: #33 Unabogie
Exactly. DT must be fought from the grassroots.
re: #35 PhillyPretzel
Exactly. DT must be fought from the grassroots.
and again, apathy and indifference are the best forms of voter suppression…
This week in “Imagine if Obama”
Imagine what the reaction would be if Obama went on an extensive rant about how horrible and poverty stricken Appalachia was, demanding that the Republican leadership spend more time taking care of their towns. https://t.co/Ek8RLZAjra
— Sam Stein (@samstein) December 28, 2019
re: #24 Backwoods_Sleuth
Some of these lunatics could definitely snap and commit violence on an individual or even mass scale (e.g. Timothy McVeigh), but they’re not going to launch a civil war. These are empty threats from dumbasses.
The Confederacy was basically an entire nation, united to defend the slave economy. There’s nothing analogous to that today.
re: #16 Backwoods_Sleuth
I don’t get to travel much but have spent a few days in SanFrancisco about 10 years ago. And yes we saw homeless people and poverty. But honestly the city was cleaner and felt safer than Atlanta any day of the week. And it was pretty, pretty buildings, lovely parks, and really nice people. If I could afford to live there I would leave Georgia in a heartbeat. These idiots need to get out more, with what they get paid, they could afford to. But they’re too busy being assholes to bother to actually see the places they hate to much because conservatives tell them to.
I’m not sure this is polite enough for Donald. He’s sensitive.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 28, 2019
Dude is feeling SO impeached. pic.twitter.com/JSBeDoDFkc
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 28, 2019
re: #38 Charles Johnson
Meal-Team 6 could take out all the libtards; don’t need that many people. They gots all da guns
Well damn, thought this had been swept under the carpet
Prosecutors appear to be pushing back against the judges early ruling favorable to Kraft
Florida seeking felony charge against Robert Kraft in prostitution case https://t.co/zClx9fzFO7 pic.twitter.com/AKDsmozpjW
— The Hill (@thehill) December 28, 2019
re: #34 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I ignored MM’s predictions about 2016, but, as he wrote, that was a matter of pure electoral mathematics.
And again, Trump just has to retain the states that the Republicans carried in 2012 (no real problem there) and carry the four rust-belt states of OH, PA, MI and WI, or three of those plus Florida.
He can do that despite a massive deficit in the popular vote, which he can then ascribe to voter fraud”.
Take a look at DT’s polling in those states.
re: #38 Charles Johnson
Some of these lunatics could definitely snap and commit violence on an individual or even mass scale (e.g. Timothy McVeigh), but they’re not going to launch a civil war. These are empty threats from dumbasses.
The Confederacy was basically an entire nation, united to defend the slave economy. There’s nothing analogous to that today.
Not to mention the fact that the secession movement was fostered by, and organized by the bulk of the political Establishments of the slave states: Senators and Congressmen, Governors and state legislatures, all quasi-officially organizing the “Secession Conventions” whose results they gleefully adopted; and voting themselves into the Confederacy with little substantive opposition*. It’s hard to see, today, even the reddest of red-state legislators - outside of the usual rabble of nuts - lining up in any great numbers to try to break up the Union. Over Donald Trump…?
*Yes, I know, pro-secession, pro-Confederacy sentiment was far from universal, even in the “Deep South”. But it still didn’t stop the course of events.
re: #24 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m really tired of constantly reading about White Trump supporters. Can the media please interview the POC who support Democrats and flipped the House in the midterms? We matter too.
re: #6 Joe Bacon 🌹
Won’t happen. She’ll get a pardon from Trump.
I can’t wait to see how many of his admin he preemptively pardons
Especially ones barely on the criminality radar
re: #16 Backwoods_Sleuth
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He’s really got a system down. He doesn’t say a lot
He gets others to do it
Then retweets as if the original represents ” lots of people are saying”
re: #22 Florida Panhandler
I agree with Michael Moore’s latest assessment that Trump will win 2020 despite losing the Popular vote by 5 million.
White supremacism will advance and a de facto Judicial dictatorship will be enacted comprised of Trump appointees for the next 30 years.
Well I wasn’t going for the bourbon today, but now..
Sigh
Nine shot, two dead in shooting near Houston https://t.co/G35kkuiycx pic.twitter.com/WdI59zmNga
— The Hill (@thehill) December 28, 2019
re: #24 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #33 Unabogie
This is absolutely true. Obama won in 2008 and 2012. Hillary got more total votes in 2016. What happened is that too many people thought 2016 was a freebie and they could take it easy since Trump was never going to win. 2018 shows what happens when people work hard against the GOP. We will win if we don’t take it for granted and work hard together. That’s it. That’s the challenge. Let’s do it.
Ok a small bourbon
re: #46 Patricia Kayden
I’m really tired of constantly reading about White Trump supporters. Can the media please interview the POC who support Democrats and flipped the House in the midterms? We matter too.
To be fair there aren’t a whole lot of others
Why the hell is Live PD so addictive?
And, when then hell did half the adult population of the US start driving vehicles without licences?
re: #44 A hollow voice says, Impeachmoot now!
Take a look at DT’s polling in those states.
polling numbers, votes cast and votes actually counted/registered are entirely different matters…
re: #4 retired cynic
One can only hope that she ends up in jail for her part in this whole mess. Or, at least, loses what she has earned out of it.
putting kellyanne in jail is not fair to other prisoners.
The Republican Party showing some success in ending free elections. https://t.co/KmjRiD1Zwo
— Alex Wild (@Myrmecos) December 28, 2019
re: #30 A hollow voice says, Impeachmoot now!
Even if he wins — and the Repugs’ election history has been disastrous beginning in 2018 — if they don’t keep the Senate, he won’t be making judicial appointments.
Moore got lucky once, doesn’t make him a prophet.
YES. Also, the Democratic nominee is going to be spending a lot of time/money in the three or four states that matter. This will get lots of coverage and the bad farm/manufacturing news does not help trump. I don’t think trump is anywhere near a lock for 2020.
re: #57 jaunte
Expect a lot more rulings like this in the future now that Trump has stacked the judiciary.
Attention journalists who tantrum when people threaten to cancel their @nytimes subscriptions: where are you today on Bret Stephens using “research” from a white supremacist to explain why his ethnic group is smarter than others? Are people allowed to cancel now?
— Clay C. (@ClayC1969) December 28, 2019
“McConnell’s loyalty to Trump should not overwhelm his loyalty to the Constitution,” he asserts. “If he fails in this, he is not only violating his Article I oath but his Article VI oath.”
Boston College law professor, Kent Greenfield, before the fall.— Manksy (@TheManksy) December 28, 2019
re: #59 Eclectic Cyborg
Expect a lot more rulings like this in the future now that Trump has stacked the judiciary.
Actually, the judge who issued the GA ruling was an appointee of President Obama’s. And, even though IANAL, I can see the reasoning behind his decision (State v. Federal grounds) - even if I don’t particularly agree with it.
re: #55 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
polling numbers, votes cast and votes actually counted/registered are entirely different matters…
Really?! Why didn’t someone tell me that?!
Georgia voters-check your status. Monday is the deadline if you want to vote in the special election on January 28. Make sure to spread the word. https://t.co/gLoDB7bIGP
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) December 28, 2019
With IMPOTUS tweeting that he’s heaven sent, & that Jesus likes him better than Obama, churches need to prepare for defections.
‘If that’s who Jesus prefers, I’m converting to Buddhism,’ said one.
‘Atheism never sounded better,’ said the next. #25th https://t.co/gqd4vQix4D— Dr. David A. Lustig (@drdave1999) December 28, 2019
nutzo
So sad to see that New York City and State are falling apart. All they want to do is investigate to make me hate them even more than I should. Governor Cuomo has lost control, and lost his mind. Very bad for the homeless and all!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 28, 2019
Evening Lizardim. What did I miss during my week away from reality? One thing I didn’t - we somehow miraculously avoided the annual Christmastime Airing of Political Grievances. For once, my dad kept his giant yapper shut and we actually had a peaceable, enjoyable week. How go things now that I am safely ensconced behind a moat of glassy ice?
re: #67 I Would Prefer Not To
Why NY Times? Why?
The Times has a long history of favoring fascists.
At this point, maybe we should ask why liberal columnists and reporters haven’t turned in their resignations.
Ancient Artefact of the Day: The Trivulzio Cage Cup, a fourth century Roman glass cage-cup. It bears the inscription “BIBE VIVAS MULTIS ANNIS” - ‘Drink! May you live for many years!’.
Cheers to that! #AAOTD
Image: Museo archeologico Milan pic.twitter.com/4yBqPJo11x— Dr Rob Cromarty (@DocCrom) December 28, 2019
re: #71 can’t think of a decent username
The Times has a long history of favoring fascists.
At this point, maybe we should ask why liberal columnists and reporters haven’t turned in their resignations.
Not enough jobs to go around anymore!
It is not normal for the president to call a former FBI director “scum.” https://t.co/bp95uPsWo0
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 28, 2019
re: #74 jaunte
Maybe not normal for “a” president, but for “this” president, unfortunately…
Today is the #FeastoftheHolyInnocents. Children slaughtered as a result of the jealously cruel King Herod.
Here are six children who died in US custody because of the cruel racist President Trump. pic.twitter.com/4jbmBkC21c— Joseph, Underground Monk (@OLRefugeMonksCA) December 28, 2019
What has she stood up to do? Claim that she’s concerned? That’s not praiseworthy.
The NYT Editorial Board praises Sen. Lisa Murkowski for being the first and only Senate Republican to stand up to #MoscowMitch. https://t.co/fmH5579Szf
— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) December 28, 2019
- someone is jealous
( To attract attention, says I love you ,, ha ha ) 🐶🤗 pic.twitter.com/gYabYUlwxq— Köksal Akın (@newworlddd555) December 27, 2019
MSNBC is airing a Chuck Todd special on Media and Disinformation tomorrow night. Reports are that WaPo’s Marty Baron and NYT’s Dean Baquet (sp?) will be featured. I have some respect for Baron, but I hope this isn’t just another “it’s not our responsibility” promo.
On this week more than 150 years ago, dozens of Native American men were killed by the government in the largest mass execution in US history. The Dakota War of 1862 https://t.co/KL0vZy7tU7
— CNN (@CNN) December 28, 2019
re: #78 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I love that. Our rescue looks much like that dog. When we picked her up she was so scared, but once finally in the car, about 15 minutes into the drive home, she came up briefly from the back seat and gave me one lick on the cheek and then went back to the back seat until we got home. She was actually pretty jealous of my wife and youngest son for the first month or two, but now she gives wife kisses, too. But when we sit together on the sofa she tries to get up between us. She gets sent to the love seat.
re: #77 Patricia Kayden
What has she stood up to do? Claim that she’s concerned? That’s not praiseworthy.
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This is the defense mechanism that Repub “moderates” have developed in the past few years, making noises about “concern” or “dismay” or “disappointment” so that the media wastes ink portraying them as “principled,” right before they vote the party line on some BS excuse. Nobody should be the least bit surprised when Murkowski and her fellow “moderates” do something like blaming Schumer for why they’re voting for a sham “trial.”
Mountain Olympus Mons on Mars, tallest planetary mountain in the solar system. Its almost 3 times as tall as Mount Everest!
(Credit: NASA/Seddon) pic.twitter.com/17j9Ddav4Z— Universal-Sci (@universal_sci) December 28, 2019
In 18th century English, the period around Christmastime—and in particular, the days between Christmas Day and New Years—were known as the ‘Daft Days’. pic.twitter.com/YWXBl2kS2w
— Haggard Hawks 📚🦅 (@HaggardHawks) December 28, 2019
re: #84 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m still giggling over “Wonderwench”
re: #84 Backwoods_Sleuth
Those Haggard Hawks have found some unusual words. And I agree wonderwench is a good one. :)
*waves hands frantically in the air*
THIS SHOULD BE MUCH BIGGER NEWS!https://t.co/VGs6lX9m6B pic.twitter.com/tWZIWRsQLS— Katelyn Burns (@transscribe) December 28, 2019
re: #88 Backwoods_Sleuth
Hungary’s population has been declining and their median age has been climbing since 1985.
worldometers.info
…Despite government efforts and the costly family policy system, Hungarian couples don’t appear motivated to have bigger families. The new national statistics reveal the true extent of the population loss and reflect the dismal reality of the country’s fertility rates.
At the beginning of January, PM Viktor Orbán announced a seven-point action plan for family protection which includes a preferential loan, tax breaks, new creche places, a state-sponsored grant for buying a new car and child-care available for parents and grandparents.”
hungarytoday.hu
When all else fails, blame immigrants.
Happy hannukah! pic.twitter.com/Ma4Ms9L1G5
— Blair Braverman (@BlairBraverman) December 24, 2019
there were daily posts in the thread, and then this happened tonight:
*stealin bones and taking names* pic.twitter.com/cWshEAROLb
— Blair Braverman (@BlairBraverman) December 29, 2019
re: #91 Backwoods_Sleuth
Jenga and Zagat; great names.
This planet is overpopulated as is. A few declines here and there aren’t necessarily a bad thing.
re: #93 Eclectic Cyborg
This planet is overpopulated as is. A few declines here and there aren’t necessarily a bad thing.
Butbutbut WHITE PEOPLE!!!!!
#HappyHanukkah 7th Light #Hanukkah #HappyHolidays #resist pic.twitter.com/2gbGYFmz8h
— Hanukkah Doughnuts Overlord (@Pie_Overlord) December 28, 2019
Just wondering if anyone at NBC has noticed that there are a LOT of people out here who think Chuck Todd is the absolute LAST person they want to see pontificating about political misinformation.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 29, 2019
re: #91 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Hopefully, that’s a bulb, not a lit candle?
Otherwise, it might be just a tad of a hazard…
Who was it from the Olden Days, Hannibal, I think? He was besieged by a Roman army, so he rounded up a herd of cattle, tied torches onto their horns, then stampeded them, on fire, towards the Roman lines. Hoping, I guess that all the flammables were on the other side of the field…..
Well there’s something you don’t see every day! Thanks to Neil D. Marriott for sharing this video of a school bus sliding sideways “downhill” on Eden Prairie Road near Highway 5. | https://t.co/VqSViIxQIJ pic.twitter.com/1khKPV1UV4
— WCCO - CBS Minnesota (@WCCO) December 28, 2019
re: #88 Backwoods_Sleuth
*waves hands frantically in the air*
THIS SHOULD BE MUCH BIGGER NEWS!
Should be! But nah, lets insinuate that Biden is really the one obstructing justice because he’s refusing to rise to bait because God-King Cheeto demands he be held to a higher standard instead. Lets laud Serious Person David Brooks and Totally-Not-A-White-Supremacist Bretbug Stephens for their clear minded displays of bothsiderism and racial analyses, respectively.
As if being surrounded by folks on all sides who insist that Trump’s election is purely the fault of Hillary and the DNC for being the worst candidate and party in all of history and if only a certain Saint was nominee we’d all have a utopia by now wasn’t bad enough. Fuck.
Senate Republicans want you to think the House isn’t doing anything. Apparently they’ve missed the stack of House-passed legislation piling up on Leader McConnell’s desk. #ForThePeople https://t.co/pLDxdyzAbd
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) December 28, 2019
Every MAGA knows that showing empathy to vulnerable animals or humans makes your genitals shrivel. And the same scientists who say CO2 is fine for the environment can prove it.
— June Casagrande (@JuneCasagrande) December 29, 2019
re: #98 Dread Pirate
The linked article has a photo of a truck wreck that I drove past on my way home from fish country. One of five such wrecks, in fact. It was a … fun drive.
Also, that intersection where that video was taken, I drove through it about 4 hours later.
re: #97 Jay C
Hopefully, that’s a bulb, not a lit candle?
Otherwise, it might be just a tad of a hazard…Who was it from the Olden Days, Hannibal, I think? He was besieged by a Roman army, so he rounded up a herd of cattle, tied torches onto their horns, then stampeded them, on fire, towards the Roman lines. Hoping, I guess that all the flammables were on the other side of the field…..
yes, a bulb
BUSTED: This propaganda account -> @sandyleevincent claims there are no white supremacists and no racism by white people. Guess who the real “racists” are?
You guessed it. People of color.
NOTE: This is a 2012 account recently re-branded and re-purposed. pic.twitter.com/8wQho6zuUA— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) December 28, 2019
Biggest political story of the decade is not Trump or impeachment, but GOP’s willingness to destroy the rule of law for political expediency. My grandfather would not recognize his Republican party. It’s like a star that flames bright red just before it dies.
— Barb McQuade (@BarbMcQuade) December 28, 2019
re: #44 A hollow voice says, Impeachmoot now!
Take a look at DT’s polling in those states.
He is unfortunately either leading or within the margin of error in all of them in head to head polling with the leading Dem candidates. He needs to thread the needle to win, but he needed to do that last time as well.
re: #38 Charles Johnson
It’s going to be a door-to-door escalation of violence. Agreed that there won’t be a particular dividing line, but it will be a Civil War of sorts. And it will not be solved. Ideological opposites will never be happy together in the same country. I do not think the US as we know it survives much longer.
re: #98 Dread Pirate
Brings back memories of riding a shuttle bus over Austin hills during an ice storm.
Sally, Basset Hound (3 y/o), Tompkins Square Park, New York, NY • “All she cares about is food. We got to a point in training where you reward them with admiration, but she flunked out of that.” pic.twitter.com/FGFRJci5Pr
— The Dogist (@thedogist) December 29, 2019
5 years ago I set out to photograph and show how visible the #Aurora can be in #Northumberland & #Cumbria with the right conditions then onto @iceland which is famous for their Northern Lights let’s hope the start of 2020 brings some amazing displays @StormHour @VirtualAstro @PA pic.twitter.com/wdxiHWG0SA
— Owen Humphreys (@owenhumphreys1) December 28, 2019
re: #94 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Butbutbut WHITE PEOPLE!!!!!
Go dig up the newspapers from the 1910s and see what the Conservative press was calling the Hungarian immigrants to the US at that time.
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re: #111 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Go dig up the newspapers from the 1910s and see what the Conservative press was calling the Hungarian immigrants to the US at that time.
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my maternal grandfather was a Rom born in Budapest in 1889, came here around 1904.
kinda familiar with how they were welcomed.
That’s gonna be an “aw hell naw” for me dawg. https://t.co/Gk9pgUaByz
— Wakandan War Dog (@Kennymack1971) December 29, 2019
re: #111 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Go dig up the newspapers from the 1910s and see what the Conservative press was calling the Hungarian immigrants to the US at that time.
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Step back another generation and see what they were calling my immigrant ancestors, the Irish.
re: #114 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Step back another generation and see what they were calling my immigrant ancestors, the Irish.
Yep. And not long before that they were ranting about the Germans.
My new drawing is titled “Bret Stephens Is A New York Times Columnist.” pic.twitter.com/AwsKmg7kBZ
— Eli Valley (@elivalley) December 29, 2019
re: #113 jaunte
Hell to the HELL NO. Covered in tons of NOPE sprinkles.
re: #117 A Mom Anon
Those rides always make me wonder who won the low bid on bolts.
re: #118 jaunte
I see no good reason to have this. Humans are weird.
re: #22 Florida Panhandler
I agree with Michael Moore’s latest assessment that Trump will win 2020 despite losing the Popular vote by 5 million.
White supremacism will advance and a de facto Judicial dictatorship will be enacted comprised of Trump appointees for the next 30 years.
Naaaah.
As Stephen Hawking (Not Ashkenazi & not Jewish) famously said, “People who boast about their IQ are losers”
re: #121 William Lewis
What’s it called? I’ve not seen that one in real life.
Heh. Is “schmendrick” Yiddish for “bedbug?”
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 29, 2019
re: #114 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Step back another generation and see what they were calling my immigrant ancestors, the Irish.
Paternal side of my family…arriving here in the early to mid-1800s
re: #125 Backwoods_Sleuth
Paternal side of my family…arriving here in the early to mid-1800s
Mid-1700’s here, on the same side. Mother’s side of the family is largely descended from a Hessian soldier who came over and decided to stay after surviving the war.
re: #126 The Pie Overlord!
“Shmendrick” is Yiddish for “douchebag”
Oh, please tell me this is actually true.
re: #128 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Oh, please tell me this is actually true.
Edited: Yiddish for “dumbass”
It’s a generic word for a stupid, obnoxious person.
re: #130 The Pie Overlord!
It’s a generic word for a stupid, obnoxious person.
I have a new favorite word. Thank you.
re: #130 The Pie Overlord!
It’s a generic word for a stupid, obnoxious person.
Illustrated with a picture of Bret Stephens.
re: #106 danarchy
He is unfortunately either leading or within the margin of error in all of them in head to head polling with the leading Dem candidates. He needs to thread the needle to win, but he needed to do that last time as well.
I don’t know where you’re getting your polls, but that’s not what I ‘m seeing.
re: #106 danarchy
He is unfortunately either leading or within the margin of error in all of them in head to head polling with the leading Dem candidates. He needs to thread the needle to win, but he needed to do that last time as well.
I just don’t see it.
Iowa’s metropolitan areas, some of the fastest growing in the country over the past two decades, have given birth to a new political front where Democrats saw gains in 2018…There are also signs Iowa Democrats have shaken some of the apathy that helped Trump and hobbled Clinton in Iowa in 2016.
Democratic turnout in 2018 leaped from the previous midterm in 2014 from 57% to 68%, according to the Iowa Secretary of State. Republican turnout, which is typically higher, also rose, but by a smaller margin.
Overall turnout in Iowa, as in more reliably Democratic-voting presidential states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, was down in 2016, due mostly to a downturn in Democratic participation.
“The trend was down, across the board,” said Ann Selzer, who has conducted The Des Moines Register’s Iowa Poll for more than 25 years. “So it doesn’t take much to create a Democratic victory in these upper Midwestern states.”
“I think the success in the midterms kind of made people on the Democratic side believe that ‘we can do it,’” Selzer said…
re: #135 Rightwingconspirator
I just don’t see it.
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Unfortunately, that’s his national numbers, which as we saw in ‘16 only meant that Hillary beat his ass by millions of votes while he won the election in key states by a few thousand. Running up the score nationally don’t mean much if he’s winning key battles where he needs to.
re: #137 Targetpractice
Look at the far left. The numbers were literally inverted from now.
RCP Ohio-Trump loses to Biden bigly.
re: #137 Targetpractice
Unfortunately, that’s his national numbers, which as we saw in ‘16 only meant that Hillary beat his ass by millions of votes while he won the election in key states by a few thousand. Running up the score nationally don’t mean much if he’s winning key battles where he needs to.
And we’re in a possible position where the Dem could rack up an even larger popular vote lead and still lose the Electoral College because of that shit.
I’d go for White Snakes. Apologies to White Snake.
— Manksy (@TheManksy) December 29, 2019
re: #139 Citizen K
And we’re in a possible position where the Dem could rack up an even larger popular vote lead and still lose the Electoral College because of that shit.
We can win. It’s going to take 2-3 times as much effort and money as 2016.
re: #137 Targetpractice
Unfortunately, that’s his national numbers, which as we saw in ‘16 only meant that Hillary beat his ass by millions of votes while he won the election in key states by a few thousand. Running up the score nationally don’t mean much if he’s winning key battles where he needs to.
Again, we are not fighting the last war. We know where we need to fight. The candidates (Warren, Biden, Sanders) all know this. Hillary, hindsight is 20/20, should have spent more time there. Trump doesn’t campaign, he holds rallies. The democrat candidate will meet a lot of people, shake a lot of hands, and offer something other than hate. Doesn’t mean we are going to win, but we are going to fight in the most important places on the map. I predict we will win the EC. trump is not getting more popular.
Edit. I really like Warren’s ground game. I think it can deliver in MI, WI, and other states.
re: #138 Rightwingconspirator
Look at the far left. The numbers were literally inverted from now.
RCP Ohio-Trump loses to Biden bigly.
That’s now. What’s it look like in 6 months? In 9?
None of us foresaw Comey so blatantly putting his thumb on the scale a week before the election in ‘16 by sending a letter he knew would leak to the press saying that he was “reopening” the Clinton investigation. Not because there was new evidence, not because of new “revelations,” but simply to avoid a potential “leak” from the FBI NY office which he knew to be packed with agents that hated her with a fiery passion.
re: #142 I Would Prefer Not To
Again, we are not fighting the last war. We know where we need to fight. The candidates (Warren, Biden, Sanders) all know this. Hillary, hindsight is 20/20, should have spent more time there. Trump doesn’t campaign, he holds rallies. The democrat candidate will meet a lot of people, shake a lot of hands, and offer something other than hate. Doesn’t mean we are going to win, but we are going to fight in the most important places on the map. I predict we will win the EC. trump is not getting more popular.
And 2018 was not an anomaly.
By the way, I’m not saying we can’t win or that the Dems haven’t learned from 2016. I’m simply cautioning that we need to avoid the same complacency that gripped us then. If the polls say Biden is up by 10, we should be working to drive it up to 15, 20, or even higher. Why? Because 10 point leads can vanish like a 28-3 lead in the Superb Owl.
re: #118 jaunte
Those rides always make me wonder who won the low bid on bolts.
Decades ago, I used to sell magic mushrooms. When I found out that one of my regular customers worked at Magic Mountain, his job was to walk the track of one of the roller coasters every night, testing the bolts and tightening those that needed it… that was the last time I ever went to that park.
re: #141 Decatur Deb
We can win. It’s going to take 2-3 times as much effort and money as 2016.
Pretty much this.
We’re up against:
• Russian interference
• A GOP base who is energized by the idea they got the dictator they’ve always wanted
• the Bernie Bros (if Sanders doesn’t get the nom); aka, the suicide bombers of the Democratic party
• A purported news network that is essentially a GOP propaganda mill.
• My personal fave, the fuckwit “independents” who’ll go “Gosh, my finances are fine and I’m sooooo tired of being reminded that Trump is unfit for office! I don’t know how I’ll vote.”
It will not be easy.
re: #140 Rightwingconspirator
Sgt. Pences Lonely Hearts Club Band
OK. this is too depressing, logging off for now, but let me leave you with this thought. Trump has a lot more time to do many stupid things and lose more votes. and he will do stupid things……
so good night sisters and brothers
peace and love & love and peace.
re: #151 Eclectic Cyborg
Sgt. Pences Lonely Hearts Club Band
Manksy is humbled in defeat. OMG that’s perfect.
re: #149 Mattand
Pretty much this.
We’re up against:
• Russian interference
• A GOP base who is energized by the idea they got the dictator they’ve always wanted
• the Bernie Bros (if Sanders doesn’t get the nom); aka, the suicide bombers of the Democratic party
• A purported news network that is essentially a GOP propaganda mill.
• My personal fave, the fuckwit “independents” who’ll go “Gosh, my finances are fine and I’m sooooo tired of being reminded that Trump is unfit for office! I don’t know how I’ll vote.”It will not be easy.
And
*The genuine practical power of incumbancy
*Somewhat successful GOP voter suppression efforts.
*The continued growth of the economy/employment that started under Obama.
re: #140 Rightwingconspirator
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Average White Bund
— Hanukkah Doughnuts Overlord (@Pie_Overlord) December 29, 2019
re: #122 The Pie Overlord!
As Stephen Hawking (Not Ashkenazi & not Jewish) famously said, “People who boast about their IQ are losers”
Our physical, inherent intellectual potential is pretty much the same as everyone else’s.
What we do have is a long, long history of escaping, or being thrown out of, a lot of countries. Usually on short notice; you can’t bring your house or furniture or livestock or tools or money. And then you have to start over again, from scratch, somewhere new.
We’ve internalized over the generations that the one thing nobody can ever take from you is your education. Whatever you know, it comes with you to the new place. That’s why we put so much emphasis on education, and our kids never hear the end of it if they don’t make it their priority too.
That’s why we have so many doctors, lawyers and rocket scientists.
re: #155 The Pie Overlord!
Below Average White Band (with no rhythm at all….)
re: #159 A Mom Anon
Below Average White Band (with no rhythm at all….)
All the rhythm has been bred out of my people
re: #106 danarchy
He is unfortunately either leading or within the margin of error in all of them in head to head polling with the leading Dem candidates. He needs to thread the needle to win, but he needed to do that last time as well.
The needle wasnt widely enough recognized in 2016
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