WATCH LIVE: Donald Trump’s Celebration of 100 Days of Failure in Harrisburg, PA

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Here’s the live video feed of Trump’s “100 Days” rally in Harrisburg, even though I absolutely hate hearing that rotten bastard’s voice, because this is going to be a serious festival of denial, Orwellian double-speak, and all-around incoherent bad craziness as he tries to paint his record of failure after failure as an unbroken cavalcade of TREMENDOUS WINNING! So much winning we’re already tired of it.

With any luck, there won’t be too many more of these because he’s headed for impeachment or removal from office for unfitness to serve.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 29, 2017 • 4:44:34pm
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unproven innocence  Apr 29, 2017 • 4:45:29pm

Trade deals that benefit America First. But fairly, of coarse.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 29, 2017 • 4:47:24pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 29, 2017 • 4:48:15pm

just noticed the first tag for this post.

:D

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Joe Bacon  Apr 29, 2017 • 4:48:42pm

Folks, now you see why I left Pennsylvania for good 35 years ago!

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jaunte  Apr 29, 2017 • 4:49:06pm
Trump is “drivin’ all of them a little bit crazy.”

100 days, one personal accomplishment.

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nines09  Apr 29, 2017 • 4:49:34pm

My wife wanted us to go to this. My head would have exploded. It’s truly a sickness. “FUCK US ALL!!!!!” YAYYYYYYYYY!!!! “AND FUCK YOUR MOM!!!!” FUCK MOM FUCK MOM FUCK MOM….
As a protester, may I add…

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Charles Johnson  Apr 29, 2017 • 4:54:26pm

Amazing how Pence can smear and slander and attack liberals and in the next sentence turn around and claim Trump is “making America great.” Only right wingers allowed in this America.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 29, 2017 • 4:55:35pm
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jaunte  Apr 29, 2017 • 4:55:40pm
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bratwurst  Apr 29, 2017 • 4:57:05pm

He loves being in Pennsylvania so much that he will be on a plane flying away from there about an hour from now.

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 29, 2017 • 4:57:22pm

Please note that this Pennsylvanian is going to be watching a movie this evening. The local PBS station WHYY is showing “The Thin Man Goes Home.”

whyy.org

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Charles Johnson  Apr 29, 2017 • 4:57:24pm
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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 29, 2017 • 4:58:55pm

I’m not drunk enough to watch this.

If I was drunk enough, I should be in the ER for alcohol poisoning.

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Joe Bacon  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:01:14pm

More proof that Pennsylvania is like the 4 on a die. Once you are out of the corners (Erie, Pittsburgh, Philly, Allentown/Bethlehem/Wilkes-Barre) you are in the deepest of the deep Red State that makes Mississippi look like Sweden!

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The Madness of King Orange (aka Sophist)  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:01:16pm

Has he gotten to the part where he hands out copies of the electoral map to everyone in the crowd yet?

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Charles Johnson  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:01:56pm
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Joe Bacon  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:02:07pm

You can bet that a lot of the megachurches packed their buses to go to this Nuremberg Rally!

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Charles Johnson  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:03:54pm
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jaunte  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:06:37pm
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Charles Johnson  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:07:42pm
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Joe Bacon  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:08:14pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:13:57pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:15:04pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:16:38pm
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Charles Johnson  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:17:05pm
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Kragar  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:19:08pm
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Charles Johnson  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:20:23pm
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Barefoot Grin  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:21:31pm

re: #15 Joe Bacon

More proof that Pennsylvania is like the 4 on a die. Once you are out of the corners (Erie, Pittsburgh, Philly, Allentown/Bethlehem/Wilkes-Barre) you are in the deepest of the deep Red State that makes Mississippi look like Sweden!

I went to a conference at Penn State a few years ago. State College was beautiful that autumn weekend. Somehow I got a bit lost on my way out (pre-GPS for me). I drove for about 30 or 40 minutes until I was just deep in the hollers. I stopped at a little gas station to ask directions, but the clientele had a “meth” vibe, so I went on until I came to a major north-south road and went in the proper direction. Such beautiful country; apparently such desperate lives, I’ve later learned.

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nines09  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:21:32pm

If I acted like this at my job, first thing that would happen is I would have a piss test demanded, and secondly, I would be put in counseling. Or just let go…. But fuck me. I’m nobody.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:21:40pm

The guy sitting behind Trump’s left shoulder literally has no neck at all. His head looks like a big toe.

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unproven innocence  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:21:49pm

re: #26 Charles Johnson

I imagine Putin is enjoying this far more than watching HRC being roasted at a Correspondents Dinner.

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austin_blue  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:21:49pm

Massive Executive Orders

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Barefoot Grin  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:23:07pm

re: #28 Charles Johnson

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Jesus. Now it’s just a biker rally.

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:23:19pm

re: #28 Charles Johnson

Do you think this is what the uncouth one is referring to? en.wikipedia.org

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451_Montag  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:23:45pm

I’m a teacher and this taint boil of a fuckwit sounds juuust like a spoilt 13 year old trying to explain why none of it is his fault, yet deserves praise for not completely fucking everything up. The vocabulary, the sentence formation, even the cadence is the same.

Seriously I just do not get why grown ups listen to this shite and think it sounds good. Pretty sure the 2016 election was actually a referendum on racist hate and whether it is ok. Financial anxiety my sweaty ass.

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JordanRules  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:23:52pm

Sick man in charge of a country growing sicker by the day. We’re only 100 days in ffs.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:24:48pm

re: #37 JordanRules

Sick man in charge of a country growing sicker by the day. We’re only 100 days in ffs.

America - It Was Nice While It Lasted.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:26:05pm
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Kragar  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:26:13pm
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JordanRules  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:26:44pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:27:52pm
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Joe Bacon  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:29:07pm

The world is watching Pumpkin Pinochet’s Nuremberg rally and they’re probably consulting on how to remove the dollar as the world’s reserve currency. China and Japan are accelerating their plans to dump US Treasury securities. Europe may eject the US from NATO and set up a new mutual security pact.

I’m really fearing that the Trump Slump is going to accelerate us into a depression and the Republican congress will make the same mistakes of the late 20s early 30s. I wish I saw an FDR that can pull us out, but I do not believe we have a national will anymore.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:29:11pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:29:50pm
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Barefoot Grin  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:30:46pm

re: #42 Backwoods_Sleuth

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“I was on the phone with Mr. Fu, Fu Manchu, you know, wispy mustache and squinty eyes, and he told me he would deal with the situation….” ////

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:31:14pm

I’m embarrassed for my home state, so I’m thinking of switching to New York. I was actually born in Rochester, but moved to PA at the age of 3.

Then I moved back to New York at 21.

Then California at 24.

Really, what’s 18 years in the grand scheme of things? So, think of me as a New Yorker turned Californian, with a brief interlude in Pennsylvania….

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:31:35pm

re: #40 Kragar

He doesn’t necessarily understand that the people standing outside aren’t there to cheer for him, does he?

(Rhetorical question, of course.)

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Barefoot Grin  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:32:21pm

re: #47 Blind Frog Belly White

I’m embarrassed for my home state, so I’m thinking of switching to New York. I was actually born in Rochester, but moved to PA at the age of 3.

Then I moved back to New York at 21.

Then California at 24.

Really, what’s 18 years in the grand scheme of things? So, think of me as a New Yorker turned Californian, with a brief interlude in Pennsylvania….

Given the state of politics in my home state—Illinois—I thoroughly understand the sentiment.

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jaunte  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:32:23pm

re: #47 Blind Frog Belly White

Those red counties are all over the place.

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thedopefishlives  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:32:54pm

re: #48 klys (maker of Silmarils)

He doesn’t necessarily understand that the people standing outside aren’t there to cheer for him, does he?

(Rhetorical question, of course.)

I know it’s rhetorical, but… he does know. The thing is, it frustrates him. What he doesn’t understand is WHY they aren’t cheering for him. He thinks he’s the greatest thing since sliced bread, and why DON’T they love him?

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Joe Bacon  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:33:00pm

Trump has given a blank check to every racist in this country to go ahead and persecute minorities. I’m afraid that the hate he has unleashed cannot be put back in the bottle.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:34:13pm

gaAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:34:56pm

re: #43 Joe Bacon

The world is watching Pumpkin Pinochet’s Nuremberg rally and they’re probably consulting on how to remove the dollar as the world’s reserve currency. China and Japan are accelerating their plans to dump US Treasury securities. Europe may eject the US from NATO and set up a new mutual security pact.

I’m really fearing that the Trump Slump is going to accelerate us into a depression and the Republican congress will make the same mistakes of the late 20s early 30s. I wish I saw an FDR that can pull us out, but I do not believe we have a national will anymore.

FDR was able to pull the country together because he projected optimism, the belief that things weren’t as dark as they seemed and that we could, and would, get through it.

Trump? He pulls the country apart by appealing to fear, the belief that things are much worse than they are, and that if we don’t give him everything he wants, it’ll only get worse.

He’s like the anti-FDR.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:35:21pm
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Charles Johnson  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:35:46pm
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jaunte  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:35:56pm
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AKA Fascism

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unproven innocence  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:35:58pm

USA! USA! USA! Let’s ban Arabic numbers NOW! Who’s with me?

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Barefoot Grin  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:36:34pm

re: #55 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Ok, so a few hundred people simultaneously left to take a quick cigarette break….

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Charles Johnson  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:37:03pm
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Joe Bacon  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:37:22pm

Meanwhile my e-mail junk filter is filling up with last minute appeals from Cenk for TYT money.

Sorry Cenk, you went off the rails with your Hillary hatred. Keep sending those e-mails and I’ll keep emptying my e-mail’s junk file!

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austin_blue  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:38:00pm

re: #59 Barefoot Grin

Ok, so a few hundred people simultaneously left to take a quick cigarette break….

And kick the shit out of a protester just because they have seven minutes of free time.

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Skip Intro  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:38:17pm

re: #52 Joe Bacon

Trump has given a blank check to every racist in this country to go ahead and persecute minorities. I’m afraid that the hate he has unleashed cannot be put back in the bottle.

He also has the justice department, ICE, and homeland security all doing his bidding, and he’s just 100 days in. Wait to see what he does on the anniversary of “the greatest electoral victory ever”.

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jaunte  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:38:44pm
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thedopefishlives  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:38:46pm

re: #63 Skip Intro

He also has the justice department, ICE, and homeland security all doing his bidding, and he’s just 100 days in. Wait to see what he does on the anniversary of “the greatest electoral victory ever”.

Erects a giant statue of himself on the National Mall?

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:38:50pm

re: #53 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I swear to god, Trump is now just trolling his idiot followers Reciting The Snake - “You knew damn well I was a snake before you let me in.” - clearly meaning HIMSELF, and that they’re too fucking dumb to catch on.

I’d say they’ll be mad when they figure it out, but really - if you voted for Trump, you’re probably still waiting to hear back from that nice Nigerian Finance Minister who emptied the account you set up to help him…

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mmmirele  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:39:04pm

re: #61 Joe Bacon

Meanwhile my e-mail junk filter is filling up with last minute appeals from Cenk for TYT money.

Sorry Cenk, you went off the rails with your Hillary hatred. Keep sending those e-mails and I’ll keep emptying my e-mail’s junk file!

Is it possible that TYT/Cenk will go out of business?

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austin_blue  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:39:46pm

re: #65 thedopefishlives

Erects a giant statue of himself on the National Mall?

Or require that all Federal employees be given uniforms with brown shirts.

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Joe Bacon  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:40:24pm

re: #67 mmmirele

Is it possible that TYT/Cenk will go out of business?

What the hell does Cenk need $2 million for to hire another “reporter”?

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stpaulbear  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:41:06pm

re: #56 Charles Johnson

OH NO NOT THE SNAKE POEM AGAIN

It’s more appropriate now than it ever was before the election, but I don’t get why he thinks it works in his favor now.

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jaunte  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:41:29pm
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Barefoot Grin  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:42:02pm

I think Trump knows he’s going down and is trying to drum up as much militant support as he can.

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austin_blue  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:42:52pm

re: #72 Barefoot Grin

I think Trump knows he’s going down and is trying to drum up as much militant support as he can.

Nah. He is simply not that self aware.

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piratedan  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:43:19pm

they don’t care… they won, THEY WON!!!! no fucking idea on what they won, but whoowhee!!!!!!!!!! Dems/Liberals/Coloreds/Beaners/Elites are PISSED… that means great things for us right? Right?

all the reasoning capacity of a cranky sleepy toddler and our media will faithfully report it with all of their solemn measured tones of The MoVehement.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:43:42pm

re: #70 stpaulbear

OH NO NOT THE SNAKE POEM AGAIN

It’s more appropriate now than it ever was before the election, but I don’t get why he thinks it works in his favor now.

I think Joy Reid nailed in the tweet someone posted above -

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thedopefishlives  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:44:02pm

re: #72 Barefoot Grin

I think Trump knows he’s going down and is trying to drum up as much militant support as he can.

I originally thought this, back at the beginning of his presidency, when he was trying to ram through as much bullshit by executive fiat as he could. I don’t think so anymore. I think he just has such a massive ego and entitlement complex that he thinks he can do whatever he wants and get his way all the time. He’s like a small child.

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Joe Bacon  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:44:08pm

Trump could put a microphone by his butt and the crowd would go wild when he farts!

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:45:04pm

re: #70 stpaulbear

OH NO NOT THE SNAKE POEM AGAIN

It’s more appropriate now than it ever was before the election, but I don’t get why he thinks it works in his favor now.

Because his followers are gullible morons who don’t know when they’re being fleeced.

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thedopefishlives  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:45:11pm

re: #77 Joe Bacon

Trump could put a microphone by his butt and the crowd would go wild when he farts!

Well, it would certainly make more sense.

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Joe Bacon  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:45:42pm

re: #78 Blind Frog Belly White

Because his followers are gullible morons who don’t know when they’re being fleeced.

They’re just as dumb as the fools who tithe to every TV Preacher!

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austin_blue  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:46:28pm

re: #77 Joe Bacon

Trump could put a microphone by his butt and the crowd would go wild when he farts!

Can he do The Star Spangled Banner? They’d be in heaven.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:47:18pm

re: #80 Joe Bacon

They’re just as dumb as the fools who tithe to every TV Preacher!

FTFY

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Charles Johnson  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:48:20pm
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Unshaken Defiance  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:48:27pm

“American Destiny” sounds like manifest destiny to me.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:48:30pm

re: #81 austin_blue

Can he do The Star Spangled Banner? They’d be in heaven.

Hey, with that crowd, he could fart ‘Mary Had A Little Lamb’, and tell them it was the Star Spangled Banner, and they’d all believe him.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:50:44pm

re: #84 Unshaken Defiance

“American Destiny” sounds like manifest destiny to me.

American Density.

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451_Montag  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:51:01pm

re: #75 Blind Frog Belly White

I think Joy Reid nailed in the tweet someone posted above -

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The Dems should troll him by offering him a bill to rename Obamacare Trump bestest Super Duper Care. I bet he’d take it.

Helll let him rename it. It would be worth it.

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stpaulbear  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:51:43pm

At least W had the wherewithal to realize that when he went into his ‘Fool me once..” spiel, he should stop before he got to the “shame on me” part for everyone to throw back into his face forever. Trump just finds himself so incredibly smart that he doesn’t have any filters at all.

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Skip Intro  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:51:45pm

re: #65 thedopefishlives

Erects a giant statue of himself on the National Mall?

Mandatory, in every dwelling, framed copies of the map of his electoral victory. YOU WILL BE CHECKED, so it better be displayed in a prominent location.

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Skip Intro  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:52:34pm

re: #76 thedopefishlives

So far he hasn’t been wrong.

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451_Montag  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:52:46pm

re: #86 Blind Frog Belly White

American Density.

A teacher of mine had a great insult. So dense he’d sink in lava

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stpaulbear  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:52:59pm

re: #81 austin_blue

Can he do The Star Spangled Banner? They’d be in heaven.

The Farts and Wipes Forever.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:53:53pm

re: #51 thedopefishlives

I know it’s rhetorical, but… he does know. The thing is, it frustrates him. What he doesn’t understand is WHY they aren’t cheering for him. He thinks he’s the greatest thing since sliced bread, and why DON’T they love him?

More than that, he doesn’t understand why they don’t love him because he won. He’s said as much about the press, that he expected when he won the Primaries that the Press would suddenly treat him better, because he’d won, and isn’t that how it’s supposed to be?

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bratwurst  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:55:45pm
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(alpuz)  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:56:40pm

re: #44 Charles Johnson

Go shopping? Or should I just crash first and then go shopping. Dammit Luntz, you’ve been sending mixed messages!

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Charles Johnson  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:57:03pm
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ObserverArt  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:57:26pm

re: #27 Kragar

Kragar @Kragar_LGF
His remarks tonight show that @RealDonaldTrump is dangerously unstable, detached from reality, and should be removed from office ASAP

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He is getting worse in that he isn’t learning a damn thing, still cannot be controlled and needs the constant accolades for being a winner of an election.

In a sense it would be a mercy removal to impeach him; mercy for our country and our political system.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:58:26pm

re: #93 Blind Frog Belly White

Here’s a quote from Noot on that very topic:

“This will all be more uphill than he thought it would be because I think he had the old-fashioned American idea that you run for office, you win, then people behave as though you won.”

Now, remember this is the Noot who did everything he could to poison discourse in the Clinton years, to Otherize and demonize the Clintons, and then when Obama was elected went full National Review-style racist.

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danhenry1  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:58:51pm

Good sign? ‘Donald Fuckin Trump’…about the level of thought of his multitude, still ripping off the Stones…and the American people.

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Stanley Sea  Apr 29, 2017 • 5:59:44pm

Kinda cleansing.

Some say he’s still running.

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teleskiguy  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:00:53pm

twitter.com

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allegro  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:01:39pm

re: #100 Stanley Sea

Kinda cleansing.

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Just following the beaver. (I had to)

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thedopefishlives  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:03:39pm

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Hell, I’d take George W. Bush over Fuckface von Clownstick. I know a lot of people here have a low opinion of Dubya, and he was a deeply flawed president who made mistakes, but at least he had some integrity, some intelligence, and some self-awareness. None of which Drumpf possesses in any quantity.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:03:56pm

re: #103 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Yep. I do too. Sigh. How the hell did we go from Obama to Trump?

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ObserverArt  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:04:30pm

re: #36 451_Montag

I’m a teacher and this taint boil of a fuckwit sounds juuust like a spoilt 13 year old trying to explain why none of it is his fault, yet deserves praise for not completely fucking everything up. The vocabulary, the sentence formation, even the cadence is the same.

Seriously I just do not get why grown ups listen to this shite and think it sounds good. Pretty sure the 2016 election was actually a referendum on racist hate and whether it is ok. Financial anxiety my sweaty ass.

Sadly they can’t be considered grown ups. Some are at Trump’s level and then it all goes down from there. These are what you have to call base human beings.

base
adjective, baser, basest.
1. morally low; without estimable personal qualities; dishonorable; meanspirited; selfish; cowardly.

And who fits that description too? Donny Trump.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:04:38pm

re: #104 thedopefishlives

Hell, I’d take George W. Bush over Fuckface von Clownstick. I know a lot of people here have a low opinion of Dubya, and he was a deeply flawed president who made mistakes, but at least he had some integrity, some intelligence, and some self-awareness. None of which Drumpf possesses in any quantity.

You’re getting this from a guy who refused to acknowledge W as President from 2001-05 and someone who definitely had what people called BDS, I definitely would take Bush over Trump right now.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:05:23pm

re: #104 thedopefishlives

Hell, I’d take George W. Bush over Fuckface von Clownstick. I know a lot of people here have a low opinion of Dubya, and he was a deeply flawed president who made mistakes, but at least he had some integrity, some intelligence, and some self-awareness. None of which Drumpf possesses in any quantity.

America: “I gotta say, George W. Bush is the worst President of my lifetime.”

GOP: “Hold my beer. Watch this!”

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Barefoot Grin  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:05:53pm

re: #96 Charles Johnson

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You won’t be surprised to learn that CNN has gathered the usual suspects like Santorum who find his remarks “deeply resonating.”

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thedopefishlives  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:05:54pm

re: #108 Blind Frog Belly White

America: “I gotta say, George W. Bush is the worst President of my lifetime.”

GOP: “Hold my beer. Watch this!”

And with that thought, there’s a new bottle of bourbon that came home with me earlier tonight that’s calling my name. BRB.

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Barefoot Grin  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:06:38pm

re: #108 Blind Frog Belly White

America: “I gotta say, George W. Bush is the worst President of my lifetime.”

GOP: “Hold my beer. Watch this!”

Trump’s single legacy will be making a statesman of GWB.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:06:48pm

re: #108 Blind Frog Belly White

America: “I gotta say, George W. Bush is the worst President of my lifetime.”

GOP: “Hold my beer. Watch this!”

The GOP keeps on getting worse and worse. I don’t even want to think what they’re going to nominate post Trump.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:07:45pm

re: #105 HappyWarrior

Yep. I do too. Sigh. How the hell did we go from Obama to Trump?

Because Obama refused to be white, and also refused to tell black people to shut up about being shot by cops and not getting jobs they’re qualified for and not being allowed to rent apartments, etc.

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thedopefishlives  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:07:47pm

re: #112 HappyWarrior

The GOP keeps on getting worse and worse. I don’t even want to think what they’re going to nominate post Trump.

Steve King.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:08:35pm

re: #111 Barefoot Grin

Trump’s single legacy will be making a statesman of GWB.

That’s the irony. Trump defeated any chance of the Bush family returning to the WH anytime soon but he also ensured that they’ll be seen in a more favorable light. God knows I did not like W but I appreciate that he did not scapegoat immigrants. I appreciate that he seemed to treat his political opponents as people. I can’t imagine him engaging in name calling the way Trump has (I know W had his silly nicknames.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:09:07pm

re: #114 thedopefishlives

Steve King.

Trump’s fascism with a biblical flavor.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:09:21pm

re: #113 Blind Frog Belly White

Because Obama refused to be white, and also refused to tell black people to shut up about being shot by cops and not getting jobs they’re qualified for and not being allowed to rent apartments, etc.

Yep.

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thedopefishlives  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:10:25pm

re: #116 HappyWarrior

Trump’s fascism with a biblical flavor.

If we want to get cute, they could nominate Michele Bachmann (R-Mars). First woman president AND the first president to trigger a pre-emptive nuclear strike from a foreign nation.

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jaunte  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:12:23pm
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HappyWarrior  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:12:49pm

re: #118 thedopefishlives

If we want to get cute, they could nominate Michele Bachmann (R-Mars). First woman president AND the first president to trigger a pre-emptive nuclear strike from a foreign nation.

Fortunately I think Bachmann is done politically. And as much as I hate to give the loon any credit, I think she was probably eventually done in the GOP primary because she’s a woman. She probably didn’t have the financing either which is why I don’t think King will replace Trump either.

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thedopefishlives  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:12:59pm

My point is, as bad as Drumpf is (and make no mistake about it, he is a fuckup of galactic proportions), there’s plenty of other garbage at the bottom of that particular whiskey barrel for the GOP to draw on, when Drumpf’s term is over and they need to select a new fuckface to try to move forward.

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freetoken  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:13:44pm

re: #96 Charles Johnson

Thing is, the Trumpers are in a world of their own, closed off from input from reliable news sources or paths of serious inquiry.

And the Republicans who know better aren’t going to do anything about it, because even though they can see the Trumpers are nuts, it still a voting bloc they think they can manipulate for their own purposes.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:13:52pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:14:34pm
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HappyWarrior  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:14:58pm

re: #121 thedopefishlives

My point is, as bad as Drumpf is (and make no mistake about it, he is a fuckup of galactic proportions), there’s plenty of other garbage at the bottom of that particular whiskey barrel for the GOP to draw on, when Drumpf’s term is over and they need to select a new fuckface to try to move forward.

No doubt about it. The torch has been passed to an incredibly awful new generation of awful GOPers. People like Bachmann now go to the Senate and Presidency.

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freetoken  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:15:01pm

re: #123 Charles Johnson

TV panels are just filler to sell advertisement.

Trump is good for ratings, and thus good for advertising.

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jaunte  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:15:25pm
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thedopefishlives  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:16:11pm

re: #127 jaunte

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…Dafuq.

I’m probably a better orator than Donald J. Trump.

I actually took a public speaking course in college and came away with the second-highest grade in the class.

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HappyWarrior  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:16:19pm

re: #127 jaunte

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Talk about low standards.

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freetoken  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:16:49pm

Anyone who has a Facebook account and has a decent number of friends will see a stream of the stupidest Trumper posts fly by…

Mind numbing.

But I’ve seen this before.

It’s creationism, metaphorically, all over again.

Except when it is literally creationism still (such as with DeVos.)

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HappyWarrior  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:17:56pm

re: #130 freetoken

Anyone who has a Facebook account and has a decent number of friends will see a stream of the stupidest Trumper posts fly by…

Mind numbing.

But I’ve seen this before.

It’s creationism, metaphorically, all over again.

Except when it is literally creationism still (such as with DeVos.)

Yeah I see the comments from his fans all the time when I see a story from a big media site like CNN. There’s a lot of genuinely ignorant people in our country.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:18:59pm
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Barefoot Grin  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:19:01pm

re: #122 freetoken

Thing is, the Trumpers are in a world of their own, closed off from input from reliable news sources or paths of serious inquiry.

And the Republicans who know better aren’t going to do anything about it, because even though they can see the Trumpers are nuts, it still a voting bloc they think they can manipulate for their own purposes.

I’ve said it before: LE needs to throw a big “kill liberals” BBQ to round up the bad guys; problem is: LE will largely be in attendance on both sides.

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Interesting Times  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:23:02pm

re: #107 HappyWarrior

You’re getting this from a guy who refused to acknowledge W as President from 2001-05 and someone who definitely had what people called BDS, I definitely would take Bush over Trump right now.

Here’s the thing, though - if trump were to magically disappear right this minute, his presidency will still compare favorably to Dubya’s in a pretty blatant respect: body count. 9/11 + Iraq War + Katrina…you get the idea (and yes, I’m putting 9/11 in there because perhaps it could have been prevented had the whole “Bin Laden determined to strike in US” document been taken seriously). Bush’s decisions - either through malice aforethought or sheer incompetence - cost 100s of thousands of lives, destabilized countless nations, ruined the economy, and paved the way for the rise of trump.

No, I don’t miss him one microscopic bit, and this nebulous, ever-present attempt to rehabilitate him makes me more than a little nervous. Are we really about to fall for yet another Overton Window-shifting trick? :/

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Jenner7  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:24:02pm

I can’t say enough what a racist piece of garbage this President is. We are embarrassing.

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Jenner7  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:27:29pm

Jonathan Capeheart tweeted that he stood with Paul Begala. Anyone know what he’s referencing?

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jaunte  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:28:33pm

re: #136 Jenner7

@ paulbegala calls President Trump a “moral midget.”

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:28:43pm

re: #134 Interesting Times

The only reason Dubya’s body count currently exceeds Trump’s is because you’re comparing 100 days to 8+ years.

I don’t think it’s rehabilitating to say that I would prefer a relatively sane and predictable asshole to one who might potentially use nuclear weapons on North Korea. Pre-emptively.

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jaunte  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:29:08pm
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Jenner7  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:29:34pm

re: #137 jaunte

Thanks. And he’s not wrong. :)

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Charles Johnson  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:31:00pm
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JordanRules  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:31:28pm

re: #127 jaunte

More gaslighting. Shit is absurd, abusive and has deadly consequences.

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JordanRules  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:32:42pm

re: #124 Backwoods_Sleuth

What kind of Prime account must you have to get one of those amazingly cute numbers?? I’m jealous!

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Romantic Heretic  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:33:20pm

re: #139 jaunte

Batten down the hatches! Prepare for a Category 5 tweetstorm!

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thedopefishlives  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:33:54pm

re: #144 Romantic Heretic

Batten down the hatches! Prepare for a Category 5 tweetstorm!

Flash derp-flood warning has been issued for most of Middle America.

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Interesting Times  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:34:34pm

re: #138 klys (maker of Silmarils)

The only reason Dubya’s body count currently exceeds Trump’s is because you’re comparing 100 days to 8+ years.

I know. In fact, my main thought when trump got elected was, “Well fuck, now we’re going to get the Bush administration on a cocktail of meth and steroids.” And that’s already happened when you look at his flagrantly craptastic cabinet choices.

I don’t think it’s rehabilitating to say that I would prefer a relatively sane and predictable asshole to one who might potentially use nuclear weapons on North Korea. Pre-emptively.

I waver between that feeling and the “optimistic” flip side - trump’s “mainfest awfulness” (as Krystal Ball put it) might be such that maybe he *won’t* get away with starting a major war after all. Remember all that “you’re either with us or with the terrorists” crap? Remember how Iraq war opponents were smeared, demeaned, demonized, and dismissed? Of course trump would use an even worse version of that garbage rhetoric, but maybe, just maybe, enough people will live up to another quote of Dubya’s: “Ain’t gonna fool me again.”

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Joe Bacon  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:35:01pm

re: #144 Romantic Heretic

Batten down the hatches! Prepare for a Category 5 tweetstorm!

I need clean my twitter stream with Preparation H wipes!

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BlueGrl21  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:37:28pm

I did my part….reserved my tickets for the Pennsylvania POTUS Pissant Pontification, but oh no, couldn’t make it! My nails are chipped and I needed to paint them. Pity.

We did wave at our empty seats.

Look, these morons can do plenty of damage but they can’t destroy our country. They can’t break us or our spirits. But we have to keep fighting and taking care of ourselves and reminding ourselves to laugh. Because yes, we have a long time to deal with this but the world turns. Up one day, down the next, back up again.

Now, I voted in my local municipal election today. One of my favorite Dems here is about to replace a winger on our local school board. That and those empty seats are my victory for today.

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Stanley Sea  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:37:57pm

re: #139 jaunte

And then the voice I love = David Gergen

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:40:24pm

re: #148 BlueGrl21

I need to be able to upding this more, but the button seems broken.

The biggest victory they could win would be to convince people to stop fighting. Despair does that. It’s insidious.

Fuck that noise. I’m fighting.

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NoSoapForYou  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:41:39pm

mcsweeneys.net

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:42:39pm

re: #26 Charles Johnson

Bring it on Trump, us Canadians have zero tolerance for your bullshit.

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thedopefishlives  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:42:44pm

re: #148 BlueGrl21

re: #150 klys (maker of Silmarils)

That’s the spirit, both of you. And this is what I’ve been preaching from Day One of the 45th President of the United States. I know a lot of us are discouraged by how easily people are falling for Drumpf’s bullshit, but they cannot break us as long as we won’t let them. It’s time to find another gear and keep plowing.

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Kragar  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:43:13pm
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Interesting Times  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:43:24pm

re: #146 Interesting Times

Along those lines, see the following:

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The 2013 essay she’s referring to was first published here. And as usual, the prescience is downright terrifying:

The worst thing about the Iraq war was not that people got away with lying. It was that they did not - and it did not matter.
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The Iraq war is notable not only for journalistic weakness, but for journalistic futility: the futility of fact itself. Fact could not match the fabrications of power. Eventually, our reality shifted to become what they conceived. “I could have set myself on fire in protest on the White House lawn and the war would have proceeded without me,” wrote Bush speechwriter David Frum.

That was the message of the Iraq war: There is no point in speaking truth to power when power is the only truth.
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We lost more in Iraq than a war. We lost accountability and faith in our institutions, and most of all, we lost the outrage that accompanies that loss, because we came to expect it and accept it as normal. This quiet acquiescence is, in the end, as damaging as any lie we were told.

Sound familiar? :/

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thedopefishlives  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:45:24pm

re: #154 Kragar

Is it bad that it depresses me, the thought that the Stars and Stripes may someday be as vilified as the Nazi Swastika?

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BlueGrl21  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:47:36pm

re: #150 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I need to be able to upding this more, but the button seems broken.

The biggest victory they could win would be to convince people to stop fighting. Despair does that. It’s insidious.

Fuck that noise. I’m fighting.

Damn straight.

I really do look for a victory every day. One day may be a big march, the next day may be a phone call to my Senators, the next may be a conversation with someone souring on Trump.

Some days it’s court rulings and other days it’s teaching one of my son’s friends about the three branches of government when I’m driving carpool.

One victory a day.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:47:37pm

re: #110 thedopefishlives

And with that thought, there’s a new bottle of bourbon that came home with me earlier tonight that’s calling my name. BRB.

I mself just got back from fetching some propane.

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Cheechako  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:48:38pm

re: #154 Kragar

I must have a sick and warped mind. Every time I see photos of those huge Nazi rallies I wonder: what do you do if you’re in the middle of the crowd and have to pee?

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Puss Power  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:49:15pm

re: #153 thedopefishlives

What we learned in the first 100 days is that resistance is not futile. Battalions of people turning up at town meetings derailed Trumpcare, steady opposition has so far blocked DT’s travel and immigration bans… and so forth.

Another thing we’ve learned is that DT is not only a bad negotiator, he’s WEAK. If people get in his face (China trade, NAFTA ban, et al.), he backs down.

Keep fighting, Turn out for local elections, support out-of-state Democratic candidates with money or volunteering.

And take care of yourself, it’s going to be a long few years.

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Unshaken Defiance  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:50:16pm

re: #157 BlueGrl21

Damn straight.

I really do look for a victory every day. One day may be a big march, the next day may be a phone call to my Senators, the next may be a conversation with someone souring on Trump.

Some days it’s court rulings and other days it’s teaching one of my son’s friends about the three branches of government when I’m driving carpool.

One victory a day.

I got Monday off because of the protests downtown. I’m going. I hope for some area friends to join in.

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thedopefishlives  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:51:08pm

re: #160 Puss Power

What we learned in the first 100 days is the resistance is not futile. Battalions of people turning up at town meetings derailed Trumpcare, steady opposition has so far blocked DT’s travel and immigration bans… and so forth.

Another thing we’ve learned is that DT is not only a bad negotiator, he’s WEAK. If people get in his face (China trade, NAFTA ban, et al.), he backs down.

Keep fighting, Turn out for local elections, support out-of-state Democratic candidates with money or volunteering.

And take care of yourself, it’s going to be a long few years.

People like me are in the most vulnerable position: Apostates from the Righteous Path, people who have abandoned evangelicalism and hard-core right-wing politics and who have embraced moderation in political and religious life. I expect both church and state to come down hard on people in my position sooner rather than later, but there’s no way in hell I’m going to just roll over and die.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:54:58pm

re: #157 BlueGrl21

Damn straight.

I really do look for a victory every day. One day may be a big march, the next day may be a phone call to my Senators, the next may be a conversation with someone souring on Trump.

Some days it’s court rulings and other days it’s teaching one of my son’s friends about the three branches of government when I’m driving carpool.

One victory a day.

I’ve noticed the people who have been most successful at keeping their outlook positive have been the ones who have actually been focused on doing things, and connecting with other people who are also resisting.

Food for thought for anyone who is struggling right now.

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Timothy Watson  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:55:36pm

re: #158 Blind Frog Belly White

I mself just got back from fetching some propane.

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Taste the meat, not the heat!

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jaunte  Apr 29, 2017 • 6:58:17pm
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“…If we were ever naïve enough to believe that progress in political life is inevitable, we are experiencing the contradiction. Freedom House, a nongovernmental organization that researches global trends in political liberty, has identified an eleven-year decline in democracies around the globe and now issues a list of “countries to watch.” These are nations that “may be approaching important turning points in their democratic trajectory.” The ones that most concern Freedom House include South Africa, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Ecuador, Zimbabwe, and, the largest of them, the United States. The reason the group includes the U.S. is Trump’s “unorthodox” Presidential campaign and his “approach to civil liberties and the role of the United States in the world.”

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Jenner7  Apr 29, 2017 • 7:03:54pm
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Stanley Sea  Apr 29, 2017 • 7:04:34pm

re: #162 thedopefishlives

I hope you can find more moderates to join your friendship circle. You need support from like minds.

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thedopefishlives  Apr 29, 2017 • 7:06:13pm

re: #167 Stanley Sea

I hope you can find more moderates to join your friendship circle. You need support from like minds.

Mrs. Fish helps. Most of my friends, alas, are wingnuts, but I find companionship with the Lizardim and a select few other online friends.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 29, 2017 • 7:09:21pm

Samantha Bee is on fire.

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freetoken  Apr 29, 2017 • 7:11:07pm

re: #155 Interesting Times

The Trumpers on my Facebook timeline for the most part are the hyper-militaristic type, idolizing people in uniform.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Apr 29, 2017 • 7:12:25pm

re: #112 HappyWarrior

The GOP keeps on getting worse and worse. I don’t even want to think what they’re going to nominate post Trump.

VB’s not here, so, President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho, without the self-awareness he had to realize he’s an idiot.

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William Lewis  Apr 29, 2017 • 7:13:05pm

OT: Just got my notice that my order has shipped from the third party vendor for Amazon. What order you ask? Well, I’m risking $32 to get something that should cost about a $100 - 2 8gb SO-DIMM DDR3L memory sticks to max my laptop out to 16 gb. New vendor, no track record, so they may be good, bad or indifferent. They are Kingston Tech so I doubt they’ll be fakes but they could be misidentified. Usually I’m a “if it’s too good” kind of shopper but once in while taking a risk that you can afford isn’t a bad idea either.

But hey, if they’re legit, 16 gb is enough to keep GIMP & Xubuntu happy for quite some time to come ;) (he says thinking back to the 512kb on his first personally bought computer, an Amiga 500 so long ago & the even smaller amounts on the computers he used before that… )

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ObserverArt  Apr 29, 2017 • 7:13:51pm

re: #169 Backwoods_Sleuth

Samantha Bee is on fire.

I love the empty podium and all the flags set up for the special guest.

And then reminding the TV audience to watch the empty podium while a woman talks about real stuff over here.

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bratwurst  Apr 29, 2017 • 7:15:49pm

WTF New York Times?!?!?!? First climate change denial and now this?

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retired cynic  Apr 29, 2017 • 7:15:56pm

re: #172 William Lewis

I just upped my iMac to the max 16GB (it’s six years old! how did that happen?). I hope that will put off the next one for a few years. Adobe Creative Cloud eats GB for breakfast.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 29, 2017 • 7:16:21pm

I planted my garden today. Or rather, I went shopping and got a bunch of seedlings to plant in my pots in the hopes that I will not screw up the watering this year. And then planted them in their pots with some new soil and fertilizer.

Fingers crossed the cucumbers turn out well.

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Dave In Austin  Apr 29, 2017 • 7:21:42pm

re: #139 jaunte

Needs to be said 10-2-4, everyday.

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thedopefishlives  Apr 29, 2017 • 7:22:40pm

re: #176 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I planted my garden today. Or rather, I went shopping and got a bunch of seedlings to plant in my pots in the hopes that I will not screw up the watering this year. And then planted them in their pots with some new soil and fertilizer.

Fingers crossed the cucumbers turn out well.

I observed the fruits of last week’s labor, seeing all the dandelions, creeping Charlie, and even the lilacs that crossed the boundary into the yard wilting and withering under the chemical assault I put down upon them. It is good. Now if only I could re-establish the grass in the yard to take their place…

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ObserverArt  Apr 29, 2017 • 7:25:55pm

Samantha Bee is really giving CNN some tough love with pokes at even Rachel. She is pleading for them to let their journalist go free and do their jobs.I didn’t realize this was going to be her making it about the media. Thank gawd for someone like Samantha Bee!

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 29, 2017 • 7:26:07pm

re: #178 thedopefishlives

I observed the fruits of last week’s labor, seeing all the dandelions, creeping Charlie, and even the lilacs that crossed the boundary into the yard wilting and withering under the chemical assault I put down upon them. It is good. Now if only I could re-establish the grass in the yard to take their place…

Our lawn consists of juniper bushes in the front and concrete around some tree landscaping in the back. mr. klys did not want a high maintenance lawn. (I keep fantasizing about changing it to something else low maintenance but…)

I’d love to put in some raised beds in the backyard, but the reality is that I have no idea how long we’re going to stay here and the dirt would be a decent chunk of $$$ so I opted against it for this year. If it looks like we’re still going to be here through next summer, I may work on it then and see about adding in a split to the irrigation pipe in the back that I installed with my dad so that I can put in some drip irrigation into there as well.

In the meantime, pots.

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thedopefishlives  Apr 29, 2017 • 7:28:52pm

re: #180 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Our lawn consists of juniper bushes in the front and concrete around some tree landscaping in the back. mr. klys did not want a high maintenance lawn. (I keep fantasizing about changing it to something else low maintenance but…)

I’d love to put in some raised beds in the backyard, but the reality is that I have no idea how long we’re going to stay here and the dirt would be a decent chunk of $$$ so I opted against it for this year. If it looks like we’re still going to be here through next summer, I may work on it then and see about adding in a split to the irrigation pipe in the back that I installed with my dad so that I can put in some drip irrigation into there as well.

In the meantime, pots.

My lawn is mostly weeds, with some grass mixed in ;) My house is built on the side of a hill; while it makes for a gorgeous view down into the valley, mowing the back yard is an arduous process, made all the more difficult by the fact that the grass there grows much more quickly due to all of the water running down from the top of the hill and from the terraced garden, especially.

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b_sharp  Apr 29, 2017 • 7:30:16pm

re: #26 Charles Johnson

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 29, 2017 • 7:32:48pm

re: #182 b_sharp

Let’s put him in a pair of skates during an NHL playoff game and stick him in the corner trying to dig the puck out.

In goal with Shea Weber allowed to take slapshots?

I’m sure he doesn’t need any padding.

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b_sharp  Apr 29, 2017 • 7:39:55pm

re: #183 klys (maker of Silmarils)

In goal with Shea Weber allowed to take slapshots?

I’m sure he doesn’t need any padding.

That would work too, although an elbow in the face would be the best, or a full speed check. You know he would have his head down - boom.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 29, 2017 • 7:45:15pm

Sentient Liver Spot Rupert Murdock…

:D

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electrotek  Apr 29, 2017 • 7:51:16pm

Edited

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 29, 2017 • 8:05:48pm

re: #180 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Our lawn consists of juniper bushes in the front and concrete around some tree landscaping in the back. mr. klys did not want a high maintenance lawn. (I keep fantasizing about changing it to something else low maintenance but…)

I’d love to put in some raised beds in the backyard, but the reality is that I have no idea how long we’re going to stay here and the dirt would be a decent chunk of $$$ so I opted against it for this year. If it looks like we’re still going to be here through next summer, I may work on it then and see about adding in a split to the irrigation pipe in the back that I installed with my dad so that I can put in some drip irrigation into there as well.

In the meantime, pots.

We had a lawn in front, but when the drought started, we ripped it out and covered it in mulch. One problem is that when MOST people do that, they put down landscape cloth, so that the weeds don’t grow. Not Mrs. FBW! No, she HATES landscape cloth, and insisted we’d just pull the weeds when they came up, till they finally gave up trying.

Turn out by ‘We’, she meant ME. So, this afternoon, I spent two hours pulling grass tufts. Enough to fill the Big Green Compost Bin from Recology. Probably 150# of that shit. This is after pulling TWO big green bins full of thistles in the back yard two weeks ago!

I like weeding better than gardening, oddly enough. Weeding is satisfying. It restores order and gives one the brief hope that one can actually control something.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 29, 2017 • 8:07:00pm

Huh. Unintentional homage to CL. Now my eyes are getting watery…

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 29, 2017 • 8:07:53pm

re: #187 Blind Frog Belly White

We had a lawn in front, but when the drought started, we ripped it out and covered it in mulch. One problem is that when MOST people do that, they put down landscape cloth, so that the weeds don’t grow. Not Mrs. FBW! No, she HATES landscape cloth, and insisted we’d just pull the weeds when they came up, till they finally gave up trying.

Turn out by ‘We’, she meant ME. So, this afternoon, I spent two hours pulling grass tufts. Enough to fill the Big Green Compost Bin from Recology. Probably 150# of that shit. This is after pulling TWO big green bins full of thistles in the back yard two weeks ago!

I like weeding better than gardening, oddly enough. Weeding is satisfying. It restores order and gives one the brief hope that one can actually control something.

I should remulch the tree landscaping in the backyard but that’d mean either getting mulch delivered (and like …I’d only need the minimum amount) or buying a hauling a ton of bags again. And the theme of this year’s landscaping contributions is CHEAP.

So it just sort of languishes. But at least between the rain and fixing the irrigation last year we did save the tree.


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A Water War Is Brewing Between the U.S. And Mexico. Here’s Why A water dispute between the United States and Mexico that goes back decades is turning increasingly urgent in Texas communities that rely on the Rio Grande. Their leaders are now demanding the Mexican government either share water or face ...
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Harper’s Magazine: Slippery Slope - How Private Equity Shapes a Ski Town …Big Sky stands apart for other reasons. The obvious distinction is the Yellowstone Club, a private resort hidden in the mountains above the community that Justin Farrell, a professor of sociology at Yale and the author of Billionaire Wilderness, ...
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