Photos of the Day: Donald and Melania, Dressed for a Hurricane

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JUST IN: President Trump and first lady Melania Trump depart for Texas pic.twitter.com/2EPAtfe4PY

— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 29, 2017

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Here we see our so-called president, with wife Melania appropriately dressed to visit a disaster area in bomber jacket and Manolo stiletto heels.

And here we see the dynamic duo arriving in Texas, with Melania sans bomber jacket but sporting her brand new FLOTUS cap.

Good grief.

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Ace Rothstein Aug 29, 2017 • 10:52:08am

Still holding at 35% approval, per Gallup. That’s basically the Confederacy and the western states that have ten people each. The Rust Belt is gone.

GlutenFreeJesus Aug 29, 2017 • 10:53:33am

Saw this:

Actually looks like I overvalued them a bit. Here ya go: two-fiddy. pic.twitter.com/wk4i7pJFTe

— Christian Delante (@DelanteMedia) August 29, 2017

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I bet he’s buying these up at $2.59 a pop (maybe even less), and selling them for $40.

HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 10:54:22am

re: #1 Ace Rothstein

Still holding at 35% approval, per Gallup. That’s basically the Confederacy and the western states that have ten people each. The Rust Belt is gone.

As I said downstairs, if he loses the Rust Belt, he’s finished.

wrenchwench Aug 29, 2017 • 10:55:05am

They’re having a flood? I’ll wear my new hat…Float-us, get it? And high enough heels to keep my pants dry.

nines09 Aug 29, 2017 • 10:56:01am

re: #4 wrenchwench

They’re having a flood? I’ll wear my new hat…Float-us, get it? And high enough heels to keep my pants dry.

Shittis Flotus.

Ace Rothstein Aug 29, 2017 • 10:56:15am

re: #3 HappyWarrior

As I said downstairs, if he loses the Rust Belt, he’s finished.

He’s at over 60% disapproval there. The majority of them said “quello puzza” when they voted for him and ain’t going back to that well.

HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 10:56:46am

re: #6 Ace Rothstein

He’s at over 60% disapproval there. The majority of them said “quello puzza” when they voted for him and ain’t going back to that well.

That’s good to see. Too bad they couldn’t see it in the election though.

jaunte Aug 29, 2017 • 10:56:53am

For a third time, Trump is using Hurricane Harvey as product placement for a hat he sells for $40 pic.twitter.com/8Js7DEnbAs

— Gabriel Snyder (@gabrielsnyder) August 29, 2017

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GlutenFreeJesus Aug 29, 2017 • 10:57:55am

re: #8 jaunte

$2.59 on eBay!

jaunte Aug 29, 2017 • 10:58:25am

re: #9 GlutenFreeJesus

Handy for those who forget where they are.

jaunte Aug 29, 2017 • 10:59:43am

Not only giving out money, but Obama will be seen today standing in water and rain like he is a real President —- don’t fall for it.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 30, 2012

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GlutenFreeJesus Aug 29, 2017 • 10:59:45am

re: #10 jaunte

But the eBay hats don’t include the rope going across the bill. Guess you won’t be able to pull yourself up out of the water.

HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 11:00:12am

re: #11 jaunte

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A tweet for every moment eh Donnie Shithead?

Kragar Aug 29, 2017 • 11:00:25am

Asked by Pat Robertson to name Trump’s most defining characteristic, Kellyanne Conway says it’s his “humility.” https://t.co/fqWu6NdpZ4

— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) August 29, 2017

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GlutenFreeJesus Aug 29, 2017 • 11:00:48am

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Kinda like what you’re doing now, but with class and compassion, eh chief?

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 11:01:25am

re: #14 Kragar

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Kellyanne, please stop smoking crack, it’s bad for you. Thanks. Humility and Donald Trump don’t ever belong together because Donald Trump is the least humble person ever to be President. Just shut the hell up already.

HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 11:02:31am

I mean if you want to like Trump fine but don’t tell me he’s humble because this is a man who brags about his electoral wins to foreign leaders who constantly needs to have rallies to remind himself he won but go on old fart conservatives tell me more about how awful my generation is for participation trophies.

jaunte Aug 29, 2017 • 11:03:43am

Trump says Brock Long has become “very famous on television” since Harvey

— Nolan D. McCaskill (@NolanDMcCaskill) August 29, 2017

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A relief to those still waiting to be rescued, no doubt. https://t.co/ZrqDRCaGdW

— Jason Sparks (@sparksjls) August 29, 2017

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Charles Johnson Aug 29, 2017 • 11:03:51am

THIS GUY

President Trump in Texas: Recovery will be “better than ever before” https://t.co/s3iyWemvs4 pic.twitter.com/YQX8B4U9v5

— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 29, 2017

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jaunte Aug 29, 2017 • 11:04:34am

“What a crowd, what a turnout,” Trump said from atop this firetruck, addressing hurricane victims. pic.twitter.com/0EdsLctHDi

— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) August 29, 2017

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What a monster.

Ace Rothstein Aug 29, 2017 • 11:04:51am

re: #19 Charles Johnson

THIS GUY

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Jesus fuck, he looks like absolute shit.

Ace Rothstein Aug 29, 2017 • 11:05:15am

re: #20 jaunte

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What a monster.

WHAT A TURNOUT???!!!

I Would Prefer Not To Aug 29, 2017 • 11:05:26am

Fuck Trump

jaunte Aug 29, 2017 • 11:05:34am

re: #22 Ace Rothstein

I know, right?

HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 11:05:45am

re: #19 Charles Johnson

THIS GUY

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Always with the stupid hyperbole. Learn how to speak like an adult, you child.

Charles Johnson Aug 29, 2017 • 11:06:22am

Trump on administration’s disaster relief: “we want to do it like never before - to be looked at in 5 years as,
‘this is the way to do it’ “

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) August 29, 2017

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 11:06:29am

re: #20 jaunte

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What a monster.

It’s all about popularity and crowds to this imbecile.

ObserverArt Aug 29, 2017 • 11:06:43am

re: #19 Charles Johnson

THIS GUY

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Just saw that and commented in the previous thread.

He also said he hopes in five years everyone says “this is how it is done.”

He needs to be gone from the Presidency.

HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 11:06:56am

re: #26 Charles Johnson

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Well maybe you shouldn’t cut funds from FEMA but what the fuck do I know.

Dr Lizardo Aug 29, 2017 • 11:07:10am

re: #21 Ace Rothstein

Jesus fuck, he looks like absolute shit.

It’s all getting to him. Being POTUS is quite possibly one of the most stressful jobs there is, beyond being a first responder or a soldier or things of that nature.

He can’t hack it. And now, what with Mueller poking into his finances, his stress levels are probably through the roof.

HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 11:07:22am

re: #28 ObserverArt

Just saw that and commented in the previous thread.

He also said he hopes in five years everyone says “this is how it is done.”

He needs to be gone from the Presidency.

That makes two of us but I want him gone from America as well into a permanent exile as Putin’s lackey.

makeitstop Aug 29, 2017 • 11:07:40am

re: #21 Ace Rothstein

Jesus fuck, he looks like absolute shit.

Good. The job is taking its toll.

I sincerely hope he’s hating every minute of his life.

HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 11:08:12am

re: #30 Dr Lizardo

It’s all getting to him. Being POTUS is quite possibly one of the most stressful jobs there is, beyond being a first responder or a soldier or things of that nature.

He can’t hack it. And now, what with Mueller poking into his finances, his stress levels are probably through the roof.

He’s too big of a coward to be President. Everything he’s done has been handed to him in life. He’d be one of his father’s poor tenants if he hadn’t been lucky enough to be born to his Dad.

nines09 Aug 29, 2017 • 11:08:32am

re: #14 Kragar

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GlutenFreeJesus Aug 29, 2017 • 11:08:35am

Imagine Trump after 9/11, standing on all the debris: Wow. What a turnout!

HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 11:09:15am

re: #35 GlutenFreeJesus

Imagine Trump after 9/11, standing on all the debris: Wow. What a turnout!

At least G.W. Bush I think wanted to be the President of all Americans. Trump just wants to be President of himself and his cult.

Charles Johnson Aug 29, 2017 • 11:11:05am

Here comes lecturey Twitter…

Don’t be petty. There are bigger issues.

— Avant la Guerre (@Pruit_Igoe) August 29, 2017

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 11:13:24am

re: #37 Charles Johnson

Here comes lecturey Twitter…

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From the people who complained about Michele Obama’s arms.

Kragar Aug 29, 2017 • 11:13:25am

many of the people who showed up were protesters pic.twitter.com/nPeXSs7UAQ

— Peter Hamby (@PeterHamby) August 29, 2017

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jaunte Aug 29, 2017 • 11:13:35am

Trump to a few hundred Texans after disaster-relief briefing: “What a crowd. What a turn out”

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) August 29, 2017

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The man is devoid of empathy. He is a soulless narcissist unfit to be our President. A daily embarrassment to our nation & its people. https://t.co/JUtuFPCeJO

— scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) August 29, 2017

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“Don’t be petty. There are bigger issues.”

ObserverArt Aug 29, 2017 • 11:13:53am

It is the last thread I made the comment, but I am already fearing some damn preacher pimp saying “this is God’s punishment for _____________.”

Don’t.

HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 11:14:43am

re: #41 ObserverArt

It is the last thread I made the comment, but I am already fearing some damn preacher pimp saying “this is God’s punishment for _____________.”

Don’t.

Going by their logic, Trump but I’m not a preacher hustling asshole.

Charles Johnson Aug 29, 2017 • 11:14:56am

Quick note about this bot thing happening. Multiple bots are saying “Trump is a better president. Obama was golfing during Katrina!” pic.twitter.com/ioVrUlY3lQ

— April (@ReignOfApril) August 29, 2017

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Kragar Aug 29, 2017 • 11:15:32am

re: #41 ObserverArt

I assume you saw where Bryan Fischer invoked the power of Jesus to turn Harvey away from Texas.

and now its headed for Louisiana.

ObserverArt Aug 29, 2017 • 11:16:19am

re: #44 Kragar

I assume you saw where Bryan Fischer invoked the power of Jesus to turn Harvey away from Texas.

and now its headed for Louisiana.

No. Glad I didn’t. Figures though.

Ace Rothstein Aug 29, 2017 • 11:16:43am

re: #38 HappyWarrior

From the people who complained about Michele Obama’s arms.

From the people who complained about Obama not holding his own umbrella.

jaunte Aug 29, 2017 • 11:17:11am

Trump, in Texas, praises his FEMA director as “a man who’s become very famous” as a result of Tropical Storm Harvey

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) August 29, 2017

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Leave it to the man baby in chief to make a natural disaster leaving folks dead & homeless…about himself & his team https://t.co/kzNG2TGo6W

— Prosperity Thief (@VeryWhiteGuy) August 29, 2017

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Mike Lamb Aug 29, 2017 • 11:17:55am

re: #26 Charles Johnson

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Well…to the extent that we are dealing with unprecedented damage and flooding, the rebuild will need to be like nothing done before.

Now…raise your hands if you think Fuckface is the person needed to lead an unprecedented recovery effort…

Interesting Times Aug 29, 2017 • 11:18:03am

re: #43 Charles Johnson

I had someone yell at me for not tweeting about Obama during Katrina. There was also no Twitter during Katrina 🙄 #themoreyouknow https://t.co/5EJTQMJIFC

— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) August 29, 2017

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 11:18:07am

re: #43 Charles Johnson

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She’s right. There’s a specific reason why this is being spread.

jaunte Aug 29, 2017 • 11:18:24am

It’s LIT ON CNN 😳 pic.twitter.com/9vbCgYSXgg

— Busted Coverage (@bustedcoverage) August 29, 2017

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Mike Lamb Aug 29, 2017 • 11:18:36am

re: #26 Charles Johnson

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Who is he? Megamind?

ObserverArt Aug 29, 2017 • 11:18:50am

Katy Tur just said FEMA figures at the minimum 450,000 people are going to need help with their homes. I figure they mean 450,000 single home or apartment structures.

Damn.

HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 11:18:55am

re: #47 jaunte

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Like the people of Texas care about that. God I just wish he would actually think before he talks.

HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 11:19:34am

re: #53 ObserverArt

Katy Tur just said FEMA figures at the minimum 450,000 people are going to need help with their homes. I figure they mean 450,000 single home or apartment structures.

Damn.

And the Trump budget wants to cut FEMA, remember.

nines09 Aug 29, 2017 • 11:19:41am

re: #49 Interesting Times

It was all Obama’s fault for not being elected in time to help Katrina
relief. And he let the CCCP launch Sputnik and build the Berlin Wall.

HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 11:20:56am

re: #56 nines09

It was all Obama’s fault for not being elected in time to help Katrina
relief. And he let the CCCP launch Sputnik and build the Berlin Wall.

Obama let Hitler invade Poland.

Ace Rothstein Aug 29, 2017 • 11:21:50am

re: #55 HappyWarrior

And the Trump budget wants to cut FEMA, remember.

And signed an executive order two weeks ago reversing the black guy’s order to shore up flood areas because of climate change.

The Vicious Babushka Aug 29, 2017 • 11:22:06am

re: #17 HappyWarrior

I mean if you want to like Trump fine but don’t tell me he’s humble because this is a man who brags about his electoral wins to foreign leaders who constantly needs to have rallies to remind himself he won but go on old fart conservatives tell me more about how awful my generation is for participation trophies.

Kellyanne figures that the more over-the-top lies she spews to the media she might get a pay raise.

Ace Rothstein Aug 29, 2017 • 11:22:14am

The fall of Rome. Damn you, Obama.

Decatur Deb Aug 29, 2017 • 11:22:19am

re: #53 ObserverArt

Katy Tur just said FEMA figures at the minimum 450,000 people are going to need help with their homes. I figure they mean 450,000 single home or apartment structures.

Damn.

Whether it’s families or structures, it’s going to get fixed a lot faster if a lot of Mexicans come across the border with their toolbelts.

JordanRules Aug 29, 2017 • 11:22:42am

The bakers at El Bolillo got trapped for a few days & utilized their time to bake bread for flood victims ❤️ I love my city #HoustonStrong pic.twitter.com/SGqVAALWs0

— B (@YonksHTX) August 29, 2017

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Ace Rothstein Aug 29, 2017 • 11:22:43am

re: #59 The Vicious Babushka

Kellyanne figures that the more over-the-top lies she spews to the media she might get a pay raise.

If the check doesn’t bounce.

Charles Johnson Aug 29, 2017 • 11:22:55am

“What a crowd, what a turnout,” Trump said from atop this firetruck, addressing hurricane victims. pic.twitter.com/0EdsLctHDi

— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) August 29, 2017

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“Thank you” he said to applause, “we love you, you are special, we are here to take care of you,” he said. “It’s going well.” — Pool Report https://t.co/nL66JpG3V6

— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) August 29, 2017

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 11:23:05am

re: #59 The Vicious Babushka

Kellyanne figures that the more over-the-top lies she spews to the media she might get a pay raise.

Probably. It’s just so pathetic even for a Trump lackey.

jaunte Aug 29, 2017 • 11:23:14am

The editorial cartoon from the @HoustonChron #Trump #HoustonStrong @Nick_Anderson_ pic.twitter.com/icfBSdFcSo

— David Beard (@dabeard) August 28, 2017

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 11:23:43am

re: #62 JordanRules

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nines09 Aug 29, 2017 • 11:24:07am

re: #57 HappyWarrior

Obama let Hitler invade Poland.

Let the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria happen too.

makeitstop Aug 29, 2017 • 11:24:40am

In other news…fuck.

Trump’s cybersecurity advisors just resigned en masse, citing his ‘insufficient attention’ to threats https://t.co/P7ZOx2SH3L

— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) August 29, 2017

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THREAD. https://t.co/TfGoj9ElyU

— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) August 29, 2017

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 11:24:49am

re: #68 nines09

Let the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria happen too.

Gave Eve the forbidden apple and gave West Point to the British too.

HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 11:25:17am

re: #69 makeitstop

In other news…fuck.

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Because he only thinks Muslims and Hispanics are threats.

goddamnedfrank Aug 29, 2017 • 11:25:23am

re: #51 jaunte

I love that lady. CNN & the other networks are raking in a ratings bonanza by exploiting people’s misery without compensating them for their stories or the use of their likenesses to sell ad time. At the very least they need to be a lot better at making sure their interviewees are giving informed consent to the process before broadcasting their shit.

wheat-dogg Aug 29, 2017 • 11:25:51am

re: #56 nines09

It was all Obama’s fault for not being elected in time to help Katrina
relief. And he let the CCCP launch Sputnik and build the Berlin Wall.

Where was Obama when Caesar was stabbed to death?

Ace Rothstein Aug 29, 2017 • 11:26:43am

Ivanka.

— Ace Rothstein (@BillyBatts1970) August 29, 2017

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nines09 Aug 29, 2017 • 11:28:04am

re: #73 wheat-dogg

Where was Obama when Caesar was stabbed to death?

In Egypt with Cleo and the gang golfing.

Dr Lizardo Aug 29, 2017 • 11:28:30am

re: #57 HappyWarrior

Obama let Hitler invade Poland.

Obama allowed the fall of the Hittite Empire.

Belafon Aug 29, 2017 • 11:28:47am

re: #41 ObserverArt

It is the last thread I made the comment, but I am already fearing some damn preacher pimp saying “this is God’s punishment for _____________.”

Don’t.

“allowing Joel Osteen to own a stadium-sized church.”

Ace Rothstein Aug 29, 2017 • 11:30:11am

If you think Melania ain’t in her private closet on Air Force One picking out an outfit for her exit, you cray. pic.twitter.com/k9UNqwhy10

— Frederick Douglass (@HITEXECUTIVE) August 29, 2017

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 11:31:48am

re: #77 Belafon

“allowing Joel Osteen to own a stadium-sized church.”

The right wing canard I’m seeing is liberals are hypocrites for criticizing Osteen because we believe in separation of church and state. How many times have we been told by conservatives that churches are a better form of charity than the government? Osteen chose to be an asshole. I don’t like questioning anyone’s religious beliefs but oyu know what, I will question Osteen’s because his whole schtick has nothing to do with Christianity, it’s always been a get rich quick scheme for him. His brand of Christianity is nothing but a confidence scheme for people who want to be greedy as hell and yet still feel pious.

nines09 Aug 29, 2017 • 11:33:35am

It just hit me. Trump is so fascinated with size, because when you are as small a man as he is, everything else looks really bigger.

wheat-dogg Aug 29, 2017 • 11:34:11am

re: #76 Dr Lizardo

Obama allowed the fall of the Hittite Empire.

Obama let the Great Khan conquer Asia.

Sir John Barron Aug 29, 2017 • 11:34:17am

re: #64 Charles Johnson

It’s always about the crowd number for Drumpf.

But, you know, Obama said “I” a few times in his speeches. /

JordanRules Aug 29, 2017 • 11:36:37am

Damn.

I was the judicial clerk for the judge in the original Apraio trial. I have some thoughts on the pardon. (1/15)

— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017

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Kragar Aug 29, 2017 • 11:37:03am

Greg is right! pic.twitter.com/zdC7ihRzNN

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 29, 2017

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GlutenFreeJesus Aug 29, 2017 • 11:37:20am

Obama allowed the Big Bang.

FormerDirtDart Aug 29, 2017 • 11:37:44am

re: #19 Charles Johnson

THIS GUY

President Trump in Texas: Recovery will be “better than ever before” https://t.co/s3iyWemvs4 pic.twitter.com/YQX8B4U9v5

— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 29, 2017

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Damn, I had yesterday as when he would say it.
If he never said it, it would have been a push

HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 11:38:58am

re: #83 JordanRules

Damn.

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Well Judge Snow is a liberal to Arpaio because he’s not a fascist. And it seems that we can see why Trump likes Joe so much, they both trash judges who dare to cross them.

FormerDirtDart Aug 29, 2017 • 11:38:59am

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— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) August 29, 2017

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 11:40:03am

re: #88 FormerDirtDart

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wheat-dogg Aug 29, 2017 • 11:40:11am

Another church opens its doors — not Osteen’s though.

Ay guys, my family and I help setup the shelter at Our Lady of Lavang Church. 12320 Old Foltin Rd, Houston, TX 77086. PLEASE RETWEET pic.twitter.com/3k3MXQ2vxg

— vuong (@justvuong) August 28, 2017

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wrenchwench Aug 29, 2017 • 11:41:01am

re: #80 nines09

It just hit me. Trump is so fascinated with size, because when you are as small a man as he is, everything else looks really bigger.

I had a similar realization about my sisters having a problem with age differences. They’re twins, they think 5 minutes is an age difference.

JordanRules Aug 29, 2017 • 11:42:14am

re: #87 HappyWarrior

They are so much alike but in Arpaio we get to see a bit of that feared characteristic that we’ve all been pretty happy that Twitler doesn’t apparently have, competence.

Not a lot of it mind you, but enough to really terrorize minority communities within and without the law for decades.

Dr Lizardo Aug 29, 2017 • 11:42:19am

re: #81 wheat-dogg

Obama let the Great Khan conquer Asia.

It if wasn’t for Obama, Mohenjo-Daro would still be proudly standing!

nines09 Aug 29, 2017 • 11:42:30am

re: #89 HappyWarrior

“Mr. Gorbachov, that’s a great wall. A fine wall. We want a wall just as fine and great. Great work. Great wall.”

Targetpractice Aug 29, 2017 • 11:43:08am

re: #19 Charles Johnson

THIS GUY

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“It’s gonna be better than ever…except for, you know, all the money they’ll need because we need to balance the budget somehow if we want to pass those massive tax cuts. Sorry Houston, my buddies at Goldman Sachs got first dibs.”

nines09 Aug 29, 2017 • 11:43:19am

re: #91 wrenchwench

Because……………………FIRST!

HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 11:43:19am

re: #92 JordanRules

They are so much alike but in Arpaio we get to see a bit of that feared characteristic that we’ve all been pretty happy that Twitler doesn’t apparently have, competence.

Not a lot of it mind you, but enough to really terrorize minority communities within and without the law for decades.

That’s true. I remember watching America’s Most Wanted in the 90’s and John Walsh praised and bought into Arpaio’s “America’s Toughest Sheriff” bullshit.

Sir John Barron Aug 29, 2017 • 11:44:02am

Raining all day here in central Maryland. Sigh. At least no flooding, and I’m teleworking.

Feels an awful lot like a must have pizza day.

Sir John Barron Aug 29, 2017 • 11:44:23am

re: #97 HappyWarrior

That’s true. I remember watching America’s Most Wanted in the 90’s and John Walsh praised and bought into Arpaio’s “America’s Toughest Sheriff” bullshit.

sigh

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wrenchwench Aug 29, 2017 • 11:44:39am

re: #96 nines09

Because……………………FIRST!

They were born by C-section. The door wasn’t even shut between ‘em.

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wheat-dogg Aug 29, 2017 • 11:44:43am

re: #93 Dr Lizardo

It if wasn’t for Obama, Mohenjo-Daro would still be proudly standing!

And there would still be dinosaurs.

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JordanRules Aug 29, 2017 • 11:44:56am

re: #97 HappyWarrior

Yup, he’s always been an attention whore just like his orange monster friend. All hat, no cattle.

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wheat-dogg Aug 29, 2017 • 11:45:21am

OK, had lunch. Gotta go to the post office. bbl

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 11:45:32am

re: #99 Sir John Barron

sigh

Don’t know how Walsh feels now mind you but Arpaio did the bogus assassination attempt in ‘99. I watched a lot of AMW back in the day. I feel terrible for what Walsh and his family went through with their son but in this country criminals do and should have rights.

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 11:46:06am

re: #102 JordanRules

Yup, he’s always been an attention whore just like his orange monster friend. All hat, no cattle.

Yep. It’s no wonder why Trump likes him.

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Sir John Barron Aug 29, 2017 • 11:46:11am

re: #19 Charles Johnson

President Trump in Texas: Recovery will be “better than ever before”

How?

People. America. Other/. Thanks!

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 11:46:39am

re: #98 Sir John Barron

Raining all day here in central Maryland. Sigh. At least no flooding, and I’m teleworking.

Feels an awful lot like a must have pizza day.

Yeah not much better here in NOVA. Going to OCMD on Thursday for the day. Hopefully it’s a better day.

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nines09 Aug 29, 2017 • 11:47:09am

re: #100 wrenchwench

Ah, but one was picked up first. It all goes back to the TOB and the person who wrote it down? “Hmmm….flip a coin here….Ok…That’s at.and that’s at……
Like that?

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Kragar Aug 29, 2017 • 11:48:27am

Mike Pence on Katrina:“It is not acceptable to take a catastrophe of nature & turn it into a catastrophe of debt.” https://t.co/PVvDUgKNlI pic.twitter.com/rScPArO53s

— Jason Sparks (@sparksjls) August 29, 2017

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nines09 Aug 29, 2017 • 11:48:56am

re: #107 HappyWarrior

Get a pit beef at Bull On The Beach on 2nd street for me. Make it two…

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Barefoot Grin Aug 29, 2017 • 11:49:04am

re: #20 jaunte

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What a monster.

So, Glenn Thrush. What say ye?

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GlutenFreeJesus Aug 29, 2017 • 11:49:47am

re: #109 Kragar

They’ll fuck over Texas too. Don’t you worry.

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Barefoot Grin Aug 29, 2017 • 11:50:09am

re: #70 HappyWarrior

Gave Eve the forbidden apple and gave West Point to the British too.

“You knew I was a snake….”

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Ace Rothstein Aug 29, 2017 • 11:50:15am

Fifty bucks says Orange Shit Stain will say that Austin/Travis Co. will be receiving relief funds even though they didn’t vote for him.

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GlutenFreeJesus Aug 29, 2017 • 11:50:52am

FB video of a black guy behind a white guy and his wife/kid, at some fast food place. Black guy just wanting to buy some food. White guy, for no reason, pulls gun on him and searches him.

Facebook Video

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wrenchwench Aug 29, 2017 • 11:50:52am

re: #108 nines09

Ah, but one was picked up first. It all goes back to the TOB and the person who wrote it down? “Hmmm….flip a coin here….Ok…That’s at.and that’s at……
Like that?

They can tell you who was first and by how much, and they assume it matters, 50 years later. I’m the only one who can tell them apart in the first photo. (They’re not identical, fraternal, but I’ve always said ‘sororital’.)

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Belafon Aug 29, 2017 • 11:53:35am

re: #115 GlutenFreeJesus

FB video of a black guy behind a white guy and his wife/kid, at some fast food place. Black guy just wanting to buy some food. White guy, for no reason, pulls gun on him and searches him.

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I can’t click on it, but I hope it was turned over to police.

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Ace Rothstein Aug 29, 2017 • 11:54:59am

re: #115 GlutenFreeJesus

This allegedly happened in Brazil.

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wrenchwench Aug 29, 2017 • 11:55:21am

re: #115 GlutenFreeJesus

FB video of a black guy behind a white guy and his wife/kid, at some fast food place. Black guy just wanting to buy some food. White guy, for no reason, pulls gun on him and searches him.

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That looks like assault and battery and cuts in line, with a decent judge and a good lawyer.

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 11:55:26am

re: #110 nines09

Get a pit beef at Bull On The Beach on 2nd street for me. Make it two…

Love BotB!

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 11:56:00am

re: #109 Kragar

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A dick long before Trump.

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wrenchwench Aug 29, 2017 • 11:56:31am

re: #118 Ace Rothstein

This allegedly happened in Brazil.

Then I have to take it back. I don’t know their laws. Cuts in line are bad all over, right?

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nines09 Aug 29, 2017 • 11:57:29am

re: #120 HappyWarrior

Get 1/2 dozen oysters, 1/2 dozen ~~small neck~~ littleneck or cherrystone clams and a pit beef sandywhich with a big frostie of hoppy beer. Then go jump in ocean.

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Ace Rothstein Aug 29, 2017 • 11:57:33am

re: #109 Kragar

Mike Pence on Katrina: “It is not acceptable to take a catastrophe of nature & turn it into a catastrophe of debt when black people are the victims.”

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GlutenFreeJesus Aug 29, 2017 • 11:57:55am

Warhammer stuff:

Click to Reveal

Friend of mine opened up a retail store here in IL. A big life change for him as he has been a mechanic since before I can even remember. So if any of you need any WH related stuff, consider giving him a call. /end plug

facebook.com

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ObserverArt Aug 29, 2017 • 11:58:53am

re: #115 GlutenFreeJesus

FB video of a black guy behind a white guy and his wife/kid, at some fast food place. Black guy just wanting to buy some food. White guy, for no reason, pulls gun on him and searches him.

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WTF?

I hope this guy is identified, arrested, questioned and prosecuted.

No race problems in this country.

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 11:59:25am

re: #123 nines09

Get 1/2 dozen oysters, 1/2 dozen small neck or cherrystone clams and a pit beef sandywhich with a big frostie of hoppy beer. Then go jump in ocean.

Ha sounds like a plan.

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Targetpractice Aug 29, 2017 • 11:59:47am

re: #109 Kragar

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You want to see unnecessary shit in a bill, watch what the GOP do with the bill to aid Texas. Guarantee you that they will insist that the money come from cuts to social safety net programs or health care spending, and with extraneous shit like the debt ceiling increase rolled in so they can claim any Democrat who votes against it is threatening “full faith and credit.”

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ObserverArt Aug 29, 2017 • 12:00:03pm

re: #126 ObserverArt

WTF?

I hope this guy is identified, arrested, questioned and prosecuted.

No race problems in this country.

Edit: caught the comment it may have happened in Brazil. Still WTF?

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 12:01:06pm

Dad had CNN on earlier. The reporter asked a GOP rep from Texas about his double standard on Sandy and Harvey. He made some excuses about pork but the reporter wasn’t having it.

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GlutenFreeJesus Aug 29, 2017 • 12:01:20pm

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 12:04:53pm

re: #129 ObserverArt

Edit: caught the comment it may have happened in Brazil. Still WTF?

Colorism unfortunately is a big thing in South America.

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blueraven Aug 29, 2017 • 12:05:24pm

re: #115 GlutenFreeJesus

FB video of a black guy behind a white guy and his wife/kid, at some fast food place. Black guy just wanting to buy some food. White guy, for no reason, pulls gun on him and searches him.

[Embedded content]

Yes, this looks terrible. BUT I would be very cautious about a video that you don’t know the source of, especially a video with no sound. Who knows what was going on there…one reply to that post says this was in Brazil and the “white dude” was a cop. That may be a big lie, but without any context at all, who knows?

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jaunte Aug 29, 2017 • 12:07:37pm

As rain continues to fall in Houston, the Addicks Reservoir dam overflows for the first time, @latimes reports https://t.co/CIb9CuCWou pic.twitter.com/mhiEeawuqV

— Apple News (@AppleNews) August 29, 2017

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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Zetterstrom on Houston Addicks: once reservoir reaches 109.5’ “larger flows will go around the ends of the dam” pic.twitter.com/rpyXoLBP1x

— Michael Sheetz (@thesheetztweetz) August 29, 2017

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ObserverArt Aug 29, 2017 • 12:08:36pm

Allegro…you out there? Any updates on how you are doing? Other Texans?

Seems the lake releases and levee breaches have changed who is getting flooded in the Houston area. I hope all are managing this tragedy.

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FormerDirtDart Aug 29, 2017 • 12:08:53pm

I have a new story on William C. Bradford, a Trump appointee who heads an Energy Department office. https://t.co/pJwOjxuIqo pic.twitter.com/aVOwpPB84t

— andrew kaczynski 🤔 (@KFILE) August 29, 2017

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Trump appointee Bradford claims comments calling Obama’s mom a fourth-rate p&*n actress and w@!re” result of hackinghttps://t.co/pJwOjxuIqo pic.twitter.com/ZmfDaiwunz

— andrew kaczynski 🤔 (@KFILE) August 29, 2017

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Trump Energy appointee Bradford’s account on Syrian refugees, “That’s why we have the 2nd Amendment.”https://t.co/pJwOjxuIqo pic.twitter.com/ruzhUQLe5y

— andrew kaczynski 🤔 (@KFILE) August 29, 2017

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The Bradford account also repeatedly said Obama’a birth certificate was a fake PFD file. (also said this on radio)https://t.co/pJwOjxuIqo pic.twitter.com/fWCwOl1wiI

— andrew kaczynski 🤔 (@KFILE) August 29, 2017

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Trump Energy dept. head claimed to us he had been hacked/had imposters - but evidence pointed to the account as his https://t.co/pJwOjxuIqo pic.twitter.com/Fy6e3AoOzX

— andrew kaczynski 🤔 (@KFILE) August 29, 2017

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The account for instance commented on articles written by Bradford saying it was Bradford and making some tweaks to articles pic.twitter.com/iwyZ9NTE0M

— andrew kaczynski 🤔 (@KFILE) August 29, 2017

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And in the account repeatedly make the same comments Bradford made on the radio/on his Twitter account (that he already apologized for).

— andrew kaczynski 🤔 (@KFILE) August 29, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Aug 29, 2017 • 12:09:31pm

News: Federal judge tosses Sarah Palin’s lawsuit against the New York Times. Negligence, maybe. But “not defamation of a public figure.”

— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) August 29, 2017

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 12:10:17pm

re: #136 FormerDirtDart

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Oh, there’s that personal responsibility I’ve heard so much about from conservatives. Oh wait, that’s just for poor and unwed black mothers.

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HypnoToad Aug 29, 2017 • 12:10:20pm

From Glendo, Wyoming.

Features on moon lit by earthshine, mid eclipse.

Second contact diamond ring.

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Barefoot Grin Aug 29, 2017 • 12:11:04pm

re: #139 HypnoToad

From Glendo, Wyoming.

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Those are so vivid I’m not sure I should be looking without safety glasses.

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The Vicious Babushka Aug 29, 2017 • 12:12:29pm

This is America damn it!

She eats out of dumpsters so she can afford long-term care for her husband https://t.co/prZerk0OxC pic.twitter.com/n4X1vYf2qS

— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) August 27, 2017

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The Vicious Babushka Aug 29, 2017 • 12:14:30pm

“Very famous on television”
Jesus take the wheel.

At his first briefing in Texas, Trump thanks FEMA Director William Brock Long and says he’s come “very famous on television” due to Harvey. pic.twitter.com/TFyD580JPY

— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) August 29, 2017

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blueraven Aug 29, 2017 • 12:16:19pm

LOL

News: Federal judge tosses Sarah Palin’s lawsuit against the New York Times. Negligence, maybe. But “not defamation of a public figure.”

— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) August 29, 2017

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Kragar Aug 29, 2017 • 12:17:53pm

Jim Bakker: If President Trump Is Impeached, Christians Will Rise From The Shadows To Start Another Civil War https://t.co/qyJ2aStiAg pic.twitter.com/nZehR1CnF3

— Liberal Resistance (@LiberalResist) August 28, 2017

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Because Christians are such a fringe and persecuted group in the US, relegated to the shadows, unseen and unheard for years https://t.co/vRipwutpCQ

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 29, 2017

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Stanley Sea Aug 29, 2017 • 12:17:57pm

re: #137 FormerDirtDart

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HA HA

no payday for you Sister Sarah!

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lawhawk Aug 29, 2017 • 12:18:39pm

re: #53 ObserverArt

Katy Tur just said FEMA figures at the minimum 450,000 people are going to need help with their homes. I figure they mean 450,000 single home or apartment structures.

Damn.

NOLA had roughly 500,000 people living there when Katrina hit. Afterwards, that dropped to 230,000. It’s bounced back a bit to 384,000.

A significant number of those who fled NOLA went to Harris County in Texas. That’s greater Houston area.

That gives you some idea of the scope/size of the damage here.

All numbers from here.

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FormerDirtDart Aug 29, 2017 • 12:19:38pm

I was the judicial clerk for the judge in the original Apraio trial. I have some thoughts on the pardon. (1/15)

— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017

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Judge Snow was appointed by George W. Bush. He quoted Scalia favorably. He had a Romney Institute blotter on his desk. (3/15)

— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017

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He took pains to ensure that the trial was procedurally fair – crediting unsupported statements by Arpaio deputies. (5/15) pic.twitter.com/QudUjoNcQF

— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017

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Arpaio’s office had deleted thousands of requested emails (yes!), Snow issued only mild sanctions in response. (6/15) pic.twitter.com/zgxhi6972x

— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017

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When a minor issue came up that could have merited recusal, he held a hearing – Arpaio’s attorneys asked him not to recuse. (7/15) pic.twitter.com/l6E2hRLQoa

— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017

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Judge Snow’s order was upheld on appeal before trial by a Nixon appointee, who singled him out for praise in the opinion. (8/15) pic.twitter.com/cfsiFDFhfM

— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017

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Many of the deleted emails were recovered; they contained racist jokes about “Mexifornia,” “Mexican Yoga” and “Mexican Engineering.” (9/15) pic.twitter.com/9Z4smJ3X5H

— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017

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Snow’s final 142-page order barely referenced the inflammatory stuff – order bars enforcing federal law and stopping bc of race. (10/15) pic.twitter.com/zTVYA7CAr7

— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017

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Arpaio sent investigators after the judge’s wife and constantly insults him publicly. (12/15) https://t.co/MQLkKnEgqv

— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017

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Arpaio kept a paper file in which he printed fan mail favoring racial profiling and attacking a different judge (13/15) pic.twitter.com/hbsFsXiQGB

— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017

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So when you hear Arpaio and Trump on the judge, remember he is a classic Republican judge and a deeply honorable man. (15/15)

— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017

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wrenchwench Aug 29, 2017 • 12:19:50pm

Andrew Breitbart came into the political world as a piece of shit, was a piece of shit right up until he died an even bigger piece of shit

— Crommunist (@Crommunist) August 29, 2017

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But yeah, Steve Bannon’s really dragging down the tone of venerable and respected newsman Andrew Breitbart pic.twitter.com/GmblCvb2bQ

— Crommunist (@Crommunist) August 29, 2017

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Targetpractice Aug 29, 2017 • 12:20:00pm

re: #142 The Vicious Babushka

“Very famous on television”
Jesus take the wheel.

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“Heckuva job, Brownie.”

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lawhawk Aug 29, 2017 • 12:22:46pm

Not only giving out money, but Obama will be seen today standing in water and rain like he is a real President —- don’t fall for it.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 30, 2012

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There’s a goddamned @realDonaldTrump for every single situation. Trump is in TX for a photo op that interferes w/ #Harvey response https://t.co/HQ58yl1Aca

— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 29, 2017

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 12:23:12pm

re: #144 Kragar

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Bring it dipshit.

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 12:24:00pm

re: #148 wrenchwench

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No shit, Breitbart was a racist asshole as is Bannon.

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goddamnedfrank Aug 29, 2017 • 12:26:47pm

Noticed that Newsmax TV is on Uverse, on top of Fox News and One America News. We’re being pickled in right wing dumbfuckery.

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jaunte Aug 29, 2017 • 12:27:19pm

Confirming death of @houstonpolice Sgt. Steve Perez, 60, on Sunday; caught in floodwaters while driving to duty. #hero #HarveyFlood

— Sylvester Turner (@SylvesterTurner) August 29, 2017

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Houston mayor confirms Police Sgt. Steve Perez, 60, died after being caught in floodwaters on the way to work Sunday https://t.co/pOG7UCJdfU

— NPR (@NPR) August 29, 2017

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sagehen Aug 29, 2017 • 12:28:01pm

re: #91 wrenchwench

I had a similar realization about my sisters having a problem with age differences. They’re twins, they think 5 minutes is an age difference.

My brothers are also 5 minutes apart.

And yet, throughout our entire lives, there’s never been any question about who’s the first-born, eldest son. If you spent time with them, got to really know their personalities, hobbies, sense of humor and everything else, you’d swear there was 5 years difference.

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FormerDirtDart Aug 29, 2017 • 12:28:11pm

Ah, the old “those accounts I used to repeatedly call Obama’s mother a whore for years were hacked” defense. https://t.co/LTocUjyvQm

— Dan Murphy (@bungdan) August 29, 2017

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Arrested Development Narrator: In fact, William had been hacked, by a Sri Lankan phisher named Naraj, who found the comments repugnant. https://t.co/ZGFK0xiFoe

— SwiftOnSecurity 🤔 (@SwiftOnSecurity) August 29, 2017

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Sir John Barron Aug 29, 2017 • 12:31:45pm

re: #143 blueraven

LOL

Go grift somewhere else sister Sarah.

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jaunte Aug 29, 2017 • 12:32:49pm

“Thank you! Thanks everyone for coming! See you next Flood”

— Bobby Lanka (@bobilank) August 29, 2017

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Sir John Barron Aug 29, 2017 • 12:34:37pm

re: #142 The Vicious Babushka

“Very famous on television”
Jesus take the wheel.

It’s all just a great big kick, isn’t it, Donny? A time for people to get famous on TV.

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unproven innocence Aug 29, 2017 • 12:43:03pm

A story from 2016: Hell and High Water (Full Text)
by Neena Satija and Kiah Collier for The Texas Tribune, and Al Shaw and Jeff Larson for ProPublica, March 3, 2016
Excerpt:

Houston is the fourth-largest city in the country. It’s home to the nation’s largest refining and petrochemical complex, where billions of gallons of oil and dangerous chemicals are stored. And it’s a sitting duck for the next big hurricane. Why isn’t Texas ready?

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Belafon Aug 29, 2017 • 12:43:15pm

re: #131 GlutenFreeJesus

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The real tell will be in how many of his followers show up after the rain is gone.

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The Vicious Babushka Aug 29, 2017 • 12:44:46pm

MOAR FEELINGS ARE HURT. YOU PEOPLE ARE MONSTERS.

from @FLOTUS comms dir: “It’s sad that we have an active and ongoing natural disaster in Texas, and people are worried about her shoes.”

— Kate Bennett (@KateBennett_DC) August 29, 2017

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lawhawk Aug 29, 2017 • 12:45:12pm

Sarah Palin’s lawsuit against the NYT was dismissed with prejudice. Good. https://t.co/CP1kYAzFyN

— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 29, 2017

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Belafon Aug 29, 2017 • 12:45:12pm

re: #160 unproven innocence

A story from 2016: Hell and High Water (Full Text)
by Neena Satija and Kiah Collier for The Texas Tribune, and Al Shaw and Jeff Larson for ProPublica, March 3, 2016
Excerpt:

Part of the answer is this: you can never be ready. I mean, unless you’re going to put Houston on a giant platform that can be moved on railroad tracks, there’s just no way to prepare. How many roads would you have to build to get everyone out? Where would all of those people go?

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Belafon Aug 29, 2017 • 12:46:16pm

re: #162 The Vicious Babushka

MOAR FEELINGS ARE HURT. YOU PEOPLE ARE MONSTERS.

What’s sad is that Trump was still worried about crowd size.

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danarchy Aug 29, 2017 • 12:47:13pm

re: #133 blueraven

Yes, this looks terrible. BUT I would be very cautious about a video that you don’t know the source of, especially a video with no sound. Who knows what was going on there…one reply to that post says this was in Brazil and the “white dude” was a cop. That may be a big lie, but without any context at all, who knows?

The time stamp on the video is in day/month/year format instead of month/day/year which would be odd in the US. Not proof but it does lend credence to this being somewhere else.

And it does seem like the guy is not unfamiliar with doing a suspect search and the way he is holding his gun made me think he was cop right from the start. Even if he is it doesn’t mean this wasn’t messed up, though audio would be helpful.

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Stanley Sea Aug 29, 2017 • 12:47:55pm

Houston’s conv. ctr is a massive shelter. Today, there was a line around the bldg of ppl wanting to volunteer there https://t.co/fMRI2XAtyn

— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) August 29, 2017

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I signed up on that website Klys posted to volunteer remotely.

Haven’t heard back yet.

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wrenchwench Aug 29, 2017 • 12:48:53pm

re: #166 danarchy

though audio would be helpful.

…if you understand Portuguese.

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lawhawk Aug 29, 2017 • 12:49:18pm

I’m getting a distinct sense of deja vu between this and Katrina. Lots of focus on Houston, which rightfully so is due to the size/scope of flooding. But communities outside Houston were wiped out entirely.

Back in Katrina, there was focus on NOLA, but entire towns like Slidell were nearly wiped out, and those in the parishes south of NOLA took it even harder.

They’re still trying to get into many of these areas in TX due to the widespread damage.

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The Vicious Babushka Aug 29, 2017 • 12:50:09pm

Trump: “We’ll congratulate each other when it’s all finished.” (via ABC) pic.twitter.com/KmtyvxsTcL

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 29, 2017

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Millions of Americans are without their homes, electricity, access to drinking water—or worse. This is how @POTUS closes his remarks. https://t.co/RQqieE2LN0

— Stand Up America (@StandUpAmerica) August 29, 2017

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Stanley Sea Aug 29, 2017 • 12:51:46pm

re: #170 The Vicious Babushka

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Showman/Conman

Barnum & Bailey in the WH

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Targetpractice Aug 29, 2017 • 12:52:04pm

re: #158 jaunte

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Matt must be sad because this means Trump won’t be “rising to the occasion.”

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danarchy Aug 29, 2017 • 12:52:13pm

re: #168 wrenchwench

…if you understand Portuguese.

which I do

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wrenchwench Aug 29, 2017 • 12:53:09pm

re: #173 danarchy

which I do

That would be convenient—-if there were audio.

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FormerDirtDart Aug 29, 2017 • 12:54:36pm

City spox says these are Marine Corps amphibious vehicles, staging on Seawall, heading for the mainland. #GalvNews #Harvey pic.twitter.com/qIJG3jShj6

— John Wayne Ferguson (@JohnWFerguson) August 29, 2017

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goddamnedfrank Aug 29, 2017 • 12:55:25pm

A lot more people are going to die and the stats won’t properly attribute it to the Hurricane response.

Out of my experience covering Katrina and the aftermath, here’s what’s haunting me today: the average time between dialysis treatments.

— Maryn McKenna (@marynmck) August 29, 2017

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Thread on a less-visible but (for those for whom it applies) critical disruption caused by natural disasters: continuity of health care. https://t.co/fJh3mzZmy0

— Deborah Roseman (@roseperson) August 29, 2017

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Targetpractice Aug 29, 2017 • 12:55:48pm

So Trump once again had the opportunity to “unite the country” and once again he spent the opportunity getting Texas Republicans to kiss his ring as he made grandiose promises and boasted about the size of the crowd there to see him.

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unproven innocence Aug 29, 2017 • 12:55:49pm

re: #164 Belafon

Part of the answer is this: you can never be ready. I mean, unless you’re going to put Houston on a giant platform that can be moved on railroad tracks, there’s just no way to prepare. How many roads would you have to build to get everyone out? Where would all of those people go?

Agree that you can never really be ready. But risks should be assessed. From my link, two more excerpts:

The Houston Ship Channel and the energy-related businesses that line it are widely described as irreplaceable. The 52-mile waterway connects Houston’s massive refining and petrochemical complex to the Gulf of Mexico.

For all its economic importance, though, the Ship Channel also is the perfect conduit to transport massive storm surge into an industrial area that also is densely populated.

The storm models that scientists have created show that Houston’s perfect storm would push water up the Ship Channel, topping out at a height of more than 30 feet above sea level. The surge would be only slightly lower in Clear Lake.

That’s higher than the highest storm surge ever recorded on the U.S. coast — 27.8 feet during Hurricane Katrina. And it would be almost entirely unabated. Unlike New Orleans, whose levee system failed during that 2005 storm and was rebuilt after, Houston has no major levee system to begin with.

[edit] Of course, it wasn’t a storm surge that’s hurting the Houston area this time, but a major storm stalled over the area. That’s a scenario where levees might even make matters worse.

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dangerman Aug 29, 2017 • 12:57:53pm

i realize i’m just jumping in from outta nowhere…and i havent read the thread yet
so pardon if anyone already thought of this

And here we see the dynamic duo arriving in Texas, with Melania sans bomber jacket but sporting her brand new FLOTUS cap.

i mean this seriously - the cap is because this first lady has to be pointed out to people

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FormerDirtDart Aug 29, 2017 • 12:59:43pm

LOL
Clickhole seeing a potential boon in Twitter engagement activity, markets to the online RWNJ community

Wasting Taxpayer Money? The White House Reportedly Spends $7.99 A Month On A Free Hulu Trial Obama Forgot To Cancel https://t.co/ldaamyBpA0 pic.twitter.com/hyQMzj6aD5

— PatriotHole (@PatriotHole) August 25, 2017

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Blind Frog Belly White Aug 29, 2017 • 12:59:46pm

re: #179 dangerman

i realize i’m just jumping in from outta nowhere…and i havent read the thread yet
so pardon if anyone already thought of this

i mean this seriously - the cap is because this first lady has to be pointed out to people

“Wait, you mean the First Lady isn’t that blonde girl you always see him trying to kiss?”

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dangerman Aug 29, 2017 • 1:00:34pm

re: #22 Ace Rothstein

WHAT A TURNOUT???!!!

it coulda been bigger if only we rescued more people

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BeachDem Aug 29, 2017 • 1:01:41pm

re: #142 The Vicious Babushka

“Very famous on television”
Jesus take the wheel.

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Guess he’ll be next to follow in Comey’s footsteps.

Pres. Trump greets FBI Director James Comey during First Responders ceremony at the White House: “He’s become more famous than me.” pic.twitter.com/9Rdgyqi1iM

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Blind Frog Belly White Aug 29, 2017 • 1:03:34pm

re: #183 BeachDem

Guess he’ll be next to follow in Comey’s footsteps.

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He’s safe as long as they don’t put him on the cover of Time.

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 1:03:36pm

re: #183 BeachDem

Guess he’ll be next to follow in Comey’s footsteps.

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He’s threatened so easily. Almost like a snowflake.

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Blind Frog Belly White Aug 29, 2017 • 1:04:35pm

I read that even Ari Fucking Fleischer complained about how tone deaf Trump’s remarks are.

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wheat-dogg Aug 29, 2017 • 1:08:22pm

re: #142 The Vicious Babushka

“Very famous on television”
Jesus take the wheel.

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Trump epitomizes rich, white boy privilege. He’s mentally deficient, and if it weren’t for his family’s money, he’d be working some blue-collar job somewhere in Queens.

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 1:09:06pm

re: #186 Blind Frog Belly White

I read that even Ari Fucking Fleischer complained about how tone deaf Trump’s remarks are.

If you’ve lost Ari….

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sagehen Aug 29, 2017 • 1:09:18pm

re: #187 wheat-dogg

Trump epitomizes rich, white boy privilege. He’s mentally deficient, and if it weren’t for his family’s money, he’d be working some blue-collar job somewhere in Queens.

He’d be selling used cars. The perfect job for his skill-set.

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goddamnedfrank Aug 29, 2017 • 1:11:40pm

LOLWUT? Yesterday Cohen said he discussed the potential Russia deal with Trump three times. https://t.co/WMMTJTOh8T

— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) August 29, 2017

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wrenchwench Aug 29, 2017 • 1:13:45pm

re: #190 goddamnedfrank

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It is possible for both to be true. It’s one of the many problems.

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lawhawk Aug 29, 2017 • 1:16:44pm

Entirely deserved. It’s as though you didn’t even read your own (let alone your paper’s) coverage of Trump to date (or ever).

— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 29, 2017

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(this guy being Wonkette, and it was glorious!)

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Partisan22 Aug 29, 2017 • 1:19:58pm

Dressing down for the yahoos, here are the putative millionaire Pres and First Lady (she left her diamonds behind) of Idiocracy. Could it be any more obvious? Yet the suckers are buying it, are thrilled. Someone on Twitter wrote that that’s what a real world leader ‘looks” like when dealing with a crisis, and mocked Trudeau’s socks as not particularly substantive or leader like (take that, you martinet). It definitely is all about image. And a loosening of associations. With guns.

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Blind Frog Belly White Aug 29, 2017 • 1:20:00pm

re: #189 sagehen

He’d be selling used cars. The perfect job for his skill-set.

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TedStriker Aug 29, 2017 • 1:22:33pm

re: #194 Blind Frog Belly White

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At least Biff’s using Meguiar’s there…it is the best car wax.

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goddamnedfrank Aug 29, 2017 • 1:24:41pm

re: #191 wrenchwench

It is possible for both to be true. It’s one of the many problems.

Trump signed a letter of intent to pursue the project. I guess one could argue that signing doesn’t mean he read it, but Trump is famous for his micromanaging.

Strains all credulity.

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Kragar Aug 29, 2017 • 1:25:29pm

EXCLUSIVE: @USGSA inspector general evaluating Trump Hotel leasehttps://t.co/PuBTpA6Xyy @msomersWFED pic.twitter.com/CCUelldB4h

— FedNewsRadio (@FedNewsRadio) August 29, 2017

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danarchy Aug 29, 2017 • 1:27:53pm

People need to just stop tweeting everything that pops into their heads. How many people need to get fired before people figure that out.

The following was shared with the UT community this morning. https://t.co/3k8yL59qPz pic.twitter.com/H0DLBwFF23

— University of Tampa (@UofTampa) August 29, 2017

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makeitstop Aug 29, 2017 • 1:28:57pm

re: #198 danarchy

People need to just stop tweeting everything that pops into their heads. How many people need to get fired before people figure that out.

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What did this idiot say, I wonder?

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Blind Frog Belly White Aug 29, 2017 • 1:29:22pm

re: #198 danarchy

People need to just stop tweeting everything that pops into their heads. How many people need to get fired before people figure that out.

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Holy crap! What did he say?

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wrenchwench Aug 29, 2017 • 1:29:48pm

re: #196 goddamnedfrank

Trump signed a letter of intent to pursue the project. I guess one could argue that signing doesn’t mean he read it, but Trump is famous for his micromanaging.

Strains all credulity.

If he signed it, the only way to get out of knowledge of it is to be declared incompetent, I think.

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makeitstop Aug 29, 2017 • 1:29:57pm

re: #199 makeitstop

What did this idiot say, I wonder?

Never mind, I looked it up. Stupid.

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makeitstop Aug 29, 2017 • 1:30:39pm

re: #200 Blind Frog Belly White

Holy crap! What did he say?

That Texas deserved Hurricane Harvey because they voted for Trump.

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Charles Johnson Aug 29, 2017 • 1:30:51pm

re: #192 lawhawk

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(this guy being Wonkette, and it was glorious!)

I’m really at the point where I dread reading New York Times takes on Donald Trump. Some of their most prominent writers seem utterly determined to normalize him, whiplashing back and forth like idiots every time Trump manages to say something without tripping on his own dick.

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Ace Rothstein Aug 29, 2017 • 1:31:33pm

re: #197 Kragar

What’s to evaluate? He’s leasing it from us and making money which is illegal.

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 1:31:58pm

re: #203 makeitstop

That Texas deserved Hurricane Harvey because they voted for Trump.

WTF.

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Blind Frog Belly White Aug 29, 2017 • 1:32:23pm

re: #203 makeitstop

That Texas deserved Hurricane Harvey because they voted for Trump.

Jesus.

Mrs. FBW and I will often say things to each other that we’d never say to anyone else about current events, etc. But that’s even too dumb to say in the privacy of your home.

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makeitstop Aug 29, 2017 • 1:33:05pm

re: #206 HappyWarrior

WTF.

Yeah, just a stupid thing to put on Twitter.

You’d think a college professor would be smarter than that.

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 1:33:30pm

re: #208 makeitstop

Yeah, just a stupid thing to put on Twitter.

You’d think a college professor would be smarter than that.

No kidding.

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Blind Frog Belly White Aug 29, 2017 • 1:33:57pm

re: #208 makeitstop

Yeah, just a stupid thing to put on Twitter.

You’d think a college professor would be smarter than that.

Well, I’d have thought that, before I went to college.

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Ace Rothstein Aug 29, 2017 • 1:34:06pm

re: #206 HappyWarrior

WTF.

I live here and I didn’t vote for him. Do I deserve it?

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CongoJack Aug 29, 2017 • 1:34:22pm

re: #209 HappyWarrior

I’d assume he has Trump Fatigue Syndrome which clouded his judgement.

sort of /

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Ace Rothstein Aug 29, 2017 • 1:35:08pm

The entire South is a hurricane region and it voted for Trump.

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 1:35:08pm

re: #211 Ace Rothstein

I live here and I didn’t vote for him. Do I deserve it?

Exactly. This kind of rhetoric is just stupid.

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lawhawk Aug 29, 2017 • 1:35:10pm

re: #204 Charles Johnson

They’re absolutely determined to try and make the pivot argument, despite all the evidence that shows Trump is exactly who he has always been - a no talent assclown who (in no particular order):
will never ever show empathy;
lacks all interest in learning anything necessary to do the job of president;
is uninterested in being president except for the perks of pomp/circumstances and golfing on the taxpayer dime;
giving the white supremacists and bigots the ability to undermine civil and voting rights nationally; and
who doesn’t care who he does business with so long as he profits and sticks the bill to someone else.

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 1:36:11pm

re: #212 CongoJack

I’d assume he has Trump Fatigue Syndrome which clouded his judgement.

sort of /

I mean fuck Trump and I’m not fond of his fans but they still should be helped in the aftermath of natural disasters even if they don’t feel I should.

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petesh Aug 29, 2017 • 1:37:11pm

re: #192 lawhawk

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Indeed. But fair play to Thrush for admitting it.

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danarchy Aug 29, 2017 • 1:37:29pm

re: #213 Ace Rothstein

The entire South is a hurricane region and it voted for Trump.

If I recall correctly, Florida voted for Trump too, and last I checked, Tampa is in Florida…

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Aug 29, 2017 • 1:38:05pm

Afternoon/Evening Lizardim.

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 1:38:16pm

re: #218 danarchy

If I recall correctly, Florida voted for Trump too, and last I checked, Tampa is in Florida…

And prime ground for hurricanes. Idiot.

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Ace Rothstein Aug 29, 2017 • 1:38:32pm

i just came across this gem on facebook. imagine the bar being set lower for any human being ever pic.twitter.com/fZU6Y28yo7

— Timothy Simons (@timothycsimons) August 29, 2017

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Ace-o-aces Aug 29, 2017 • 1:38:43pm

Pro Tip: Whatever Bownie says to do for a natural disaster, do the opposite.

— aceoaces (@aceoaces) August 29, 2017

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Patricia Kayden Aug 29, 2017 • 1:39:29pm

re: #2 GlutenFreeJesus

Saw this:

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I bet he’s buying these up at $2.59 a pop (maybe even less), and selling them for $40.

Grifter-in-Chief. Emoluments Clause be damned.

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Belafon Aug 29, 2017 • 1:40:12pm

re: #210 Blind Frog Belly White

Well, I’d have thought that, before I went to college.

Yep. Being a college professor means you’re good at being the thing that made you a college professor. It doesn’t give you unlimited wisdom.

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EPR-radar Aug 29, 2017 • 1:40:30pm

re: #215 lawhawk

They’re absolutely determined to try and make the pivot argument, despite all the evidence that shows Trump is exactly who he has always been - a no talent assclown who (in no particular order):
will never ever show empathy;
lacks all interest in learning anything necessary to do the job of president;
is uninterested in being president except for the perks of pomp/circumstances and golfing on the taxpayer dime;
giving the white supremacists and bigots the ability to undermine civil and voting rights nationally; and
who doesn’t care who he does business with so long as he profits and sticks the bill to someone else.

Most in the main stream media will do all that they can to avoid real reporting on tr*mp because that would raise too many follow-up questions, the most pressing of which is how did the Republicans degenerate to this state?

Those questions lead straight back to the plutocracy itself, including its ownership of the media. So naturally ownership does all it can to turn the news into a meaningless circus act.

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dangerman Aug 29, 2017 • 1:40:43pm

re: #213 Ace Rothstein

The entire South is a hurricane region and it voted for Trump.

(not all of us)

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Patricia Kayden Aug 29, 2017 • 1:41:34pm

re: #14 Kragar

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Speechless.

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Ace-o-aces Aug 29, 2017 • 1:42:01pm

i just came across this gem on facebook. imagine the bar being set lower for any human being ever pic.twitter.com/fZU6Y28yo7

— Timothy Simons (@timothycsimons) August 29, 2017

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Patricia Kayden Aug 29, 2017 • 1:43:23pm

re: #37 Charles Johnson

Here comes lecturey Twitter…

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Be petty. You can chew gum and walk at the same time.

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 1:43:35pm

re: #224 Belafon

Yep. Being a college professor means you’re good at being the thing that made you a college professor. It doesn’t give you unlimited wisdom.

Well he’s a sociology professor.

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Belafon Aug 29, 2017 • 1:43:38pm

re: #226 dangerman

(not all of us)

The region did, even though plenty of us didn’t. Kind of like there are parts of me that are against eating that giant, jalapeno loaded burrito, but I still ate it.

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m0nkeyb0y Aug 29, 2017 • 1:43:52pm

re: #187 wheat-dogg

Trump epitomizes rich, white boy privilege. He’s mentally deficient, and if it weren’t for his family’s money, he’d be working some blue-collar job somewhere in Queens.

More tragically he epitomizes the way our system protects inherited wealth at all our expense.
After a lifetime of screwing business partners, investors, contractors, employees, etc and avoiding taxes at all costs, his ilk demand to be relieved of inheritance taxes as a form of social justice.

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lawhawk Aug 29, 2017 • 1:43:54pm

Tacit admission that CNN is pulling punches on their coverage of @realDonaldTrump admin; giving him more favorable coverage than they should

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The media has done more to give Trump and his cronies the White House, and they’re still at it. This time, we’ve got CNN admitting that they’re shading coverage to avoid Trump complaining.

Yeah, that’s right. Because Trump would complain about reporting his failings, CNN is misinforming the American people by omission.

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jaunte Aug 29, 2017 • 1:45:07pm

re: #228 Ace-o-aces

.@realDonaldTrump “Harvey. It sounds like such an innocent name, but isn’t.” pic.twitter.com/NuCwZFVG0f

— jonathantilove (@JTiloveTX) August 29, 2017

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“President” name card, in case anyone wasn’t sure.

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 1:45:22pm

Me thinks Professor missed a point of Obama’s 2004 DNC Keynote- “There are no red and blue states only the United States.”

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451_Montag Aug 29, 2017 • 1:45:59pm

CNN reporting new supoenas for Manafort’s ex attorney and current spokesman.

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lawhawk Aug 29, 2017 • 1:46:48pm

re: #217 petesh

Indeed. But fair play to Thrush for admitting it.

Except he keeps doing the same exact thing. He’s admitting that he’s hoping for the pivot, writing asinine items about a pivot, and then it doesn’t happen.

That’s misinformation and it helps no one but Trump.

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 1:46:51pm

re: #233 lawhawk

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The media has done more to give Trump and his cronies the White House, and they’re still at it. This time, we’ve got CNN admitting that they’re shading coverage to avoid Trump complaining.

Yeah, that’s right. Because Trump would complain about reporting his failings, CNN is misinforming the American people by omission.

In a free society, the media should never operate in fear of offending or angering politicians.

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Ace Rothstein Aug 29, 2017 • 1:47:25pm

re: #234 jaunte

So does “Donald.”

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EPR-radar Aug 29, 2017 • 1:48:07pm

re: #221 Ace Rothstein

Low bar indeed. But tr*mp’s response to Harvey so far has merely been tone-deaf, crass and vulgar. I’m not aware of tr*mp having done anything yet to markedly make the situation worse (although give him time).

So on the perpetually-being-revised ten point scale of tr*mp’s horrible behavior (with the Arpaio pardon and both-sidesing with Nazis currently serving as the reference for a score of 10), this isn’t even a 1.

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dangerman Aug 29, 2017 • 1:48:16pm

re: #231 Belafon

The region did, even though plenty of us didn’t. Kind of like there are parts of me that are against eating that giant, jalapeno loaded burrito, but I still ate it.

i know, but i hadda say it anyway

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nines09 Aug 29, 2017 • 1:49:21pm

re: #233 lawhawk

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The media has done more to give Trump and his cronies the White House, and they’re still at it. This time, we’ve got CNN admitting that they’re shading coverage to avoid Trump complaining.

Yeah, that’s right. Because Trump would complain about reporting his failings, CNN is misinforming the American people by omission.

Pretty bold. Saying that they’re cowards because a bloated grifting slimeball would complain about the truth is staggering.

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Charles Johnson Aug 29, 2017 • 1:50:10pm

Have asked for clarification on what exactly @POTUS meant (via pool): “There’s probably never been something so expensive” in US history pic.twitter.com/BixPpZUjKL

— Hallie Jackson (@HallieJackson) August 29, 2017

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He really does have to brag about having the best hurricane. His brain is so weird. https://t.co/b4hBrlhLbP

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makeitstop Aug 29, 2017 • 1:50:13pm

re: #238 HappyWarrior

In a free society, the media should never operate in fear of offending or angering politicians.

‘Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.’ Finley Peter Dunne

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Blind Frog Belly White Aug 29, 2017 • 1:50:52pm

re: #218 danarchy

re: #220 HappyWarrior

Maybe that’s why he’s been ‘relieved of duty’ - not that he’s insensitive, but rather that he’s just plain dumb.

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Dave In Austin Aug 29, 2017 • 1:51:06pm

We’ve never seen water like this…..

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 1:52:23pm

re: #243 Charles Johnson

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He’s so strange. Tell you, he makes Nixon look well adjusted.

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The Vicious Babushka Aug 29, 2017 • 1:52:35pm

re: #193 Partisan22

Dressing down for the yahoos, here are the putative millionaire Pres and First Lady (she left her diamonds behind) of Idiocracy. Could it be any more obvious? Yet the suckers are buying it, are thrilled. Someone on Twitter wrote that that’s what a real world leader ‘looks” like when dealing with a crisis, and mocked Trudeau’s socks as not particularly substantive or leader like (take that, you martinet). It definitely is all about image. And a loosening of associations. With guns.

President Camacho had more self-awareness than Trump since he realized he wasn’t competent and acknowledged that Notsure was more intelligent.

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 1:52:35pm

re: #245 Blind Frog Belly White

Maybe that’s why he’s been ‘relieved of duty’ - not that he’s insensitive, but rather that he’s just plain dumb.

Perhaps so.

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FormerDirtDart Aug 29, 2017 • 1:52:55pm

Driving through this 3-lane highway, I listened to a news segment about the partisan politics surrounding federal aid for disaster relief pic.twitter.com/S9a9JXnztP

— Roque Planas (@RoqPlanas) August 29, 2017

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Targetpractice Aug 29, 2017 • 1:53:51pm

re: #237 lawhawk

Except he keeps doing the same exact thing. He’s admitting that he’s hoping for the pivot, writing asinine items about a pivot, and then it doesn’t happen.

That’s misinformation and it helps no one but Trump.

It’s as I noted this morning, this is the entire MSM MO since last year: Keep playing up Trump as approaching that point when he’ll suddenly become “presidential,” keep lowering the bar further into the ground, then throw your hands up in frustration when he still figures out how to limbo under the bar. Lather, rinse, repeat.

If insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different outcome, then the MSM are all stark-raving mad.

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Ace-o-aces Aug 29, 2017 • 1:54:23pm

re: #208 makeitstop

Yeah, just a stupid thing to put on Twitter.

You’d think a college professor would be smarter than that.

Yeah, but the right wingers who were upset at James Damore being fired from Google because “free speech”, were all clamoring for this guy to be fired.

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Dave In Austin Aug 29, 2017 • 1:54:48pm

A giant sound of phallic suction going around the table.

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nowherenorth2 Aug 29, 2017 • 1:54:51pm

re: #247 HappyWarrior

Funny. I dont remember bill Clinton or Pataki being this arrogant durong the 1998 ice storm in northern new York.

It’s a catastrophe but it has to be the best and most expensive

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JordanRules Aug 29, 2017 • 1:54:55pm

GA lawmaker threatens a former Af-Am colleague opposed to CW monuments w “something more definitive” than “torches” https://t.co/9a91OskxlU pic.twitter.com/W4mzD6WHsa

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 1:55:43pm

re: #254 nowherenorth2

Funny. I dont remember bill Clinton or Pataki being this arrogant durong the 1998 ice storm in northern new York.

It’s a catastrophe but it has to be the best and most expensive

Because they’re normal people.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Aug 29, 2017 • 1:56:26pm

re: #252 Ace-o-aces

Yeah, but the right wingers who were upset at James Damore being fired from Google because “free speech”, were all clamoring for this guy to be fired.

Well, yeah, because if you criticize the god-emperor, you deserve to be sacked. Hell, let’s just wait for them to call for him to be taken out back and shot.

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 1:56:45pm

re: #255 JordanRules

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But but party of Lincoln. This is pathetic and exactly why the statues need to go.

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nines09 Aug 29, 2017 • 1:56:49pm

re: #251 Targetpractice

Waiting for Trump to become “Presidential” is like waiting for the bus to pick you up in Centralia Pennsylvania. It ain’t happening.

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petesh Aug 29, 2017 • 1:57:23pm

re: #234 jaunte

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“President” name card, in case anyone wasn’t sure.

What is Melania doing? Taking notes?

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FormerDirtDart Aug 29, 2017 • 1:58:16pm

caps lock too
stroke that ego

pic.twitter.com/CEUBbcz6pX

— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) August 29, 2017

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Note the font sizes https://t.co/2hglpdFpx2

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makeitstop Aug 29, 2017 • 1:58:35pm

re: #260 petesh

What is Melania doing? Taking notes?

Praying that no one in the meeting pisses him off. She has to ride home with him.

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ObserverArt Aug 29, 2017 • 1:58:49pm

re: #219 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Afternoon/Evening Lizardim.

Howdy!

How are things?

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nines09 Aug 29, 2017 • 1:59:12pm

re: #260 petesh

What is Melania doing? Taking notes?

Wishing she could take a key bump of blow….

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Aug 29, 2017 • 1:59:16pm

re: #263 ObserverArt

Howdy!

How are things?

Keeping busy.

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Dave In Austin Aug 29, 2017 • 1:59:16pm

re: #263 ObserverArt

Howdy!

How are things?

Meh

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EPR-radar Aug 29, 2017 • 1:59:24pm

re: #251 Targetpractice

It’s as I noted this morning, this is the entire MSM MO since last year: Keep playing up Trump as approaching that point when he’ll suddenly become “presidential,” keep lowering the bar further into the ground, then throw your hands up in frustration when he still figures out how to limbo under the bar. Lather, rinse, repeat.

If insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different outcome, then the MSM are all stark-raving mad.

IMO this nonsense is coming from media ownership.

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petesh Aug 29, 2017 • 2:01:30pm

re: #237 lawhawk

Thrush admitting that Wonkette’s piece was good is a little like hearing (from Al Franken’s book) that McConnell can be a funny guy in private. I try hard not to dismiss anyone as irredeemable, though with McConnell it’s extremely difficult and with Trump it’s impossible. (Sorry, God, if you’re there and happen to be listening.)

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Patricia Kayden Aug 29, 2017 • 2:02:31pm

re: #177 Targetpractice

So Trump once again had the opportunity to “unite the country” and once again he spent the opportunity getting Texas Republicans to kiss his ring as he made grandiose promises and boasted about the size of the crowd there to see him.

Trump is not interested in uniting this country. He’s interested only in playing to his base and grifting. Any journalist who can’t see this should turn in his/her credentials and do something else for a living.

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BeachDem Aug 29, 2017 • 2:02:41pm

re: #234 jaunte

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“President” name card, in case anyone wasn’t sure.

And both assholes keep their fucking hats on.

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Targetpractice Aug 29, 2017 • 2:02:42pm

re: #267 EPR-radar

IMO this nonsense is coming from media ownership.

In part there’s a culture of “don’t rock the boat.” But another part of the equation is something Charles Pierce noted ages ago, that for a brief moment after Watergate the media realized it had the power to bring down an American president and recoiled in horror at the implication. And thus ever since the effort has been to maintain some measure of “normality” but smoothing out bumps in the road as “business as usual.”

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FormerDirtDart Aug 29, 2017 • 2:04:20pm

GA lawmaker threatens a former Af-Am colleague opposed to CW monuments w “something more definitive” than “torches” https://t.co/9a91OskxlU pic.twitter.com/W4mzD6WHsa

— Taniel (@Taniel) August 29, 2017

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His defense is that this is no threat but a friendly warning—”just trying to keep her safe if she decided to come down.” h/t @stevesingiser pic.twitter.com/ngZNP8VLUd

— Taniel (@Taniel) August 29, 2017

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Ace Rothstein Aug 29, 2017 • 2:06:12pm

re: #243 Charles Johnson

The bank bailouts in 2008 were pretty expensive.

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Ace Rothstein Aug 29, 2017 • 2:06:30pm

Trump on Monday: Finland’s “purchasing large amounts of our great F-18 aircraft.”

Finland on Tuesday: No we’re not. https://t.co/p35QBqCF5R

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 29, 2017

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 2:07:00pm

re: #272 FormerDirtDart

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Friendly warning my ass.

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Targetpractice Aug 29, 2017 • 2:07:03pm

re: #272 FormerDirtDart

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The sort of “friendly warning” that generally preceded a flaming cross in the front yards of “uppity” ni-CLANGs.

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 2:08:05pm

re: #276 Targetpractice

The sort of “friendly warning” that generally preceded a flaming cross in the front yards of “uppity” ni-CLANGs.

Yep.

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wrenchwench Aug 29, 2017 • 2:08:26pm

Hugely influential jazz saxophonist and composer Charlie Parker, called “Yardbird,” was born today in 1920. pic.twitter.com/nc9qbW0LVY

— Postal Museum (@PostalMuseum) August 29, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Aug 29, 2017 • 2:09:18pm

Face it, sitting in that wheel chair, it’s a lot easier for Abbott to blow trump

Gov. Abbott sure to praise: “Mr. President, we’re stronger, better and better prepared because of your leadership from the very beginning”

— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) August 29, 2017

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Also said that he saw Trump having “genuine compassion” and “heartbroken” over video from Houston they watched on AF1 https://t.co/HLsawv7cyq

— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) August 29, 2017

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The Vicious Babushka Aug 29, 2017 • 2:09:22pm

re: #234 jaunte

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“President” name card, in case anyone wasn’t sure.

So he’s not sitting where the tables meet, he has a whole fucking table to himself.

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 2:09:47pm

If you’d kill over a statue removal, you’re one sensitive son of a bitch imo.

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nines09 Aug 29, 2017 • 2:09:56pm

re: #261 FormerDirtDart

The hands and voice and man tan give him away. Selling hats….I wonder when the “Limited Edition Houston Rally Rain Slicker With Official Presidential Seal” comes up for sale? Buy two, get third for half price!

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 2:10:31pm

re: #279 FormerDirtDart

Face it, sitting in that wheel chair, it’s a lot easier for Abbott to blow trump

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Sucking Trump off much like he completely disrespected Obama.

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Targetpractice Aug 29, 2017 • 2:10:50pm

re: #274 Ace Rothstein

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I’m sure that Donny will take this in the measured, mature manner that he’s known for…by threatening Niinisto until he agrees to buy Super Hornets.

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goddamnedfrank Aug 29, 2017 • 2:11:42pm

It’s Stockholm Syndrome Journalism.

— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) August 29, 2017

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danarchy Aug 29, 2017 • 2:12:34pm

re: #280 The Vicious Babushka

So he’s not sitting where the tables meet, he has a whole fucking table to himself.

I think that was referring to earlier:

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Targetpractice Aug 29, 2017 • 2:13:15pm

re: #285 goddamnedfrank

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“Both Sides,” dontchaknow.

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jaunte Aug 29, 2017 • 2:14:35pm

“We’re going to be working with these characters over here,” @realDonaldTrump says, gesturing to @tedcruz and @JohnCornyn.

— Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) August 29, 2017

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nines09 Aug 29, 2017 • 2:18:20pm

I cant handle his hat pic.twitter.com/uMqG166qNq

— Cutest Animals Ever (@CUTEST_ANlMALS) August 29, 2017

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Chrysicat Aug 29, 2017 • 2:18:23pm

If they had the straight, white, Republican councilwoman as mayor already rather than the Black man or his Sapphic predecessor?

— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) August 29, 2017

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Sir John Barron Aug 29, 2017 • 2:20:28pm

re: #288 jaunte

So much fun! Gosh!

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Jebediah, RBG Aug 29, 2017 • 2:21:05pm

re: #81 wheat-dogg

Obama let the Great Khan conquer Asia.

In case no one has mentioned it yet - Obama told Cain that Abel had been talking shit about him.

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 2:22:10pm

re: #290 Chrysicat

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Wouldn’t shock me.

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FormerDirtDart Aug 29, 2017 • 2:22:41pm

Exclusive: Trump administration considering Adm. Harry Harris, PACOM Commander, for Ambassador to Australia https://t.co/txyuZb5VIc

— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) August 29, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Aug 29, 2017 • 2:26:10pm

#USArmy Soldiers from @forthood, #Texas, prepare to convoy south in support of #Harvey relief efforts. pic.twitter.com/ISWtYWmRqi

— U.S. Army (@USArmy) August 29, 2017

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Stanley Sea Aug 29, 2017 • 2:26:37pm

re: #295 FormerDirtDart

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Hurry up!

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jaunte Aug 29, 2017 • 2:27:30pm

Amazing video sent to us @KHOU, freeway concrete barrier broke away on Hwy 59 at San Jacinto Bridge. #HoustonFloods pic.twitter.com/xMUfcIPj3Y

— Daniel Gotera (@DTGoteraKHOU) August 29, 2017

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Stanley Sea Aug 29, 2017 • 2:30:25pm

re: #297 jaunte

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Tsunami hitting those homes.

Dog I hope there aren’t people in them.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 29, 2017 • 2:30:45pm

re: #141 The Vicious Babushka

This is America damn it!

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“It’s primarily the daughters, the sisters, the wives, the mothers,” said Melissa Radloff, project manager of a nonprofit organization called Legacy Corps, whose volunteers provide respite for caregivers. “These are the people who step up. … They have to come up with some kind of resilience, some kind of strength day to day.”

So Winkler makes her regular rounds: Tuesdays and Thursdays to the grocery store for donations, the dumpster for produce, the food bank. Wednesday mornings to Ashley Manor, where she knocks and hopes the man she married 31 years ago greets her with a glimmer of recognition.

I am just about ready to dissolve in tears.
This was my father-in-law taking care of the love of his life at home until she passed.
Then he ended up with dementia in an assisted living facility in South Carolina that was over-priced (in excess of $10K/month) and extremely short on any sort of actual “assistance”. (He fell at least 3 times in as many months, splitting open his head, because he “had places to go, things to do” but no one was paying any attention…)
And then he just gave up and left us last November.

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FormerDirtDart Aug 29, 2017 • 2:31:32pm

re: #297 jaunte

It’s K-rail, not like they’re secured to the ground. But yeah, that’s a lot of weight the water is moving

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Backwoods_Sleuth Aug 29, 2017 • 2:32:28pm

re: #141 The Vicious Babushka

This is America damn it!

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OK, I’m crying now…

The visit is soon over. She heads to the minivan with the cracked windshield and bum door handle. Before she climbs in, she turns, and her eyes well up.

“I couldn’t ask for a better man. Too bad he’s not here anymore.” Then she stops. Smiles.

“He said my name again. The second time in two years.”

This has been a good day.

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FormerDirtDart Aug 29, 2017 • 2:33:21pm

If Kelly had much hair left, he’d probably be pulling it out

Rep. Rohrabacher says ‘rendezvous’ being set up with Trump to relay info from WikiLeaks’ Assange on DNC hack https://t.co/SNleyXwqcn

— Geoff Ziezulewicz (@JournoGeoffZ) August 29, 2017

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Targetpractice Aug 29, 2017 • 2:34:04pm

re: #290 Chrysicat

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They’re already working themselves into pulling another Nagin: Blaming local leadership for “failure” to do something that most locals will acknowledge would have just made things work.

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ObserverArt Aug 29, 2017 • 2:35:23pm

re: #300 FormerDirtDart

It’s K-rail, not like they’re secured to the ground. But yeah, that’s a lot of weight the water is moving

I gallon water: 8.34 pounds. Get it moving in millions of gallons and there is not much man builds that can stop it.

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makeitstop Aug 29, 2017 • 2:37:25pm

This song seems appropriate for today.

Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism

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Ace Rothstein Aug 29, 2017 • 2:37:41pm

If you went to @JoelOsteen’s church for shelter & found it closed, don’t worry, the Islamic Society of Greater Houston’s 21 mosques are open

— Alternative NOAA (@altNOAA) August 29, 2017

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nines09 Aug 29, 2017 • 2:38:52pm

re: #304 ObserverArt

I gallon water: 8.34 pounds. Get it moving in millions of gallons and there is not much man builds that can stop it.

I’m sure many here have stood at the edge of a large river in flood stage. Now multiply that by about 35. Maybe more. Raw power yards deep. Miles wide. Coming up from the ground itself. It shakes the earth if you are near it. This will be a huge loss. Huge. And it’s just the start of the hurricane season. What if. What. If.

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Interesting Times Aug 29, 2017 • 2:40:41pm

Facebook Post

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Stanley Sea Aug 29, 2017 • 2:41:55pm

Traitor

Rep. Rohrabacher says ‘rendezvous’ being set up with Trump to relay info from WikiLeaks’ Assange on DNC hack https://t.co/zUMpWnvq6O

— andrew kaczynski 🤔 (@KFILE) August 29, 2017

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“@DanaRohrabacher hung up on a CNN reporter who inquired about his comments.” https://t.co/tMNHpmqYKT

— andrew kaczynski 🤔 (@KFILE) August 29, 2017

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jaunte Aug 29, 2017 • 2:42:03pm

We don’t need a border wall.

We need sea walls.

Disaster relief. Refugee funds. Green power.

We. don’t. need. that. damn. wall.#Harvey

— Derrick Crowe (@electcrowe) August 29, 2017

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I Would Prefer Not To Aug 29, 2017 • 2:42:05pm

My conservative friend is butthurt that people are making fun of Melania’s shoes. “I voted for Donald not Melania.” It’s work, so I should not scream, but i just said “why did conservatives spend 8 years treating Michelle like garbage.”

I’ve some to the sad conclusion that conservatives have no desire to interact with anyone other than other conservatives. They just don’t give a fuck about others (or facts for that matter). Fuck em.

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Patricia Kayden Aug 29, 2017 • 2:42:55pm

re: #272 FormerDirtDart

And he is forced to resign when exactly? Or is this okay language for the GOP?

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Ace-o-aces Aug 29, 2017 • 2:43:18pm

BREAKING: Ken Storey has been fired.

Thank you, @UofTampa.#TuesdayMotivation #KenStorey pic.twitter.com/LcKM6jwmBa

— #ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) August 29, 2017

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Conservatives: How DARE Google fire #JamesDamore for what he wrote
Also Conservatives: Fire #KenStorey for what he wrote! https://t.co/2V8WGWlW3o

— aceoaces (@aceoaces) August 29, 2017

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nines09 Aug 29, 2017 • 2:43:57pm

In that area, with the plants and yards and tank farms of petro and chemical interests, this was my first thought/fear when this began.

A chemical plant east of #Houston being evacuated after flood knocked out refrigeration. Dangerous chemicals will explode if they get warm!

— John Moffitt (@JohnRMoffitt) August 29, 2017

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Patricia Kayden Aug 29, 2017 • 2:44:19pm

re: #311 I Would Prefer Not To

“I’ve some to the sad conclusion that conservatives have no desire to interact with anyone other than other conservatives.”

I actually don’t have a problem with that. What did she say when you pointed out how the Right treated Mrs. Obama for the last 8 years?

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EPR-radar Aug 29, 2017 • 2:44:40pm

re: #285 goddamnedfrank

One really has to believe that ownership has neutered most of the reporting at the NYT, CNN, etc.

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Ace Rothstein Aug 29, 2017 • 2:44:53pm

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nines09 Aug 29, 2017 • 2:47:38pm

re: #317 Ace Rothstein

Is that a photoshop? His tiny fingers seem…tinier…

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I Would Prefer Not To Aug 29, 2017 • 2:48:03pm

re: #315 Patricia Kayden

“I’ve some to the sad conclusion that conservatives have no desire to interact with anyone other than other conservatives.”

I actually don’t have a problem with that. What did she say when you pointed out how the Right treated Mrs. Obama for the last 8 years?

He. Not much. Suggested that Michelle Obama deserved it (mostly for being liberal. He’s black and likes to pretend that racism doesn’t exist).

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Belafon Aug 29, 2017 • 2:48:15pm

re: #318 nines09

Is that a photoshop? His tiny fingers seem…tinier…

Check out her hat.

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Ace Rothstein Aug 29, 2017 • 2:48:32pm

re: #318 nines09

Is that a photoshop? His tiny fingers seem…tinier…

Yes, and look at Melania’s hat.

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Cheechako Aug 29, 2017 • 2:48:42pm

re: #318 nines09

Is that a photoshop? His tiny fingers seem…tinier…

Yes it is. Read the fine print on her hat.

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Decatur Deb Aug 29, 2017 • 2:48:47pm

re: #203 makeitstop

That Texas deserved Hurricane Harvey because they voted for Trump.

Freedom of speech includes the freedom to shut the fuck up.

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sagehen Aug 29, 2017 • 2:48:50pm

re: #318 nines09

Is that a photoshop? His tiny fingers seem…tinier…

Must be. (also, what’s written on her hat.)

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Patricia Kayden Aug 29, 2017 • 2:48:56pm

re: #313 Ace-o-aces

I have no problem with Google or the University’s actions. Businesses and institutions have a right to terminate employee’s for objectionable speech. I’d be fired from my job if I said anything crazy and it reflected negatively on my employer.

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Decatur Deb Aug 29, 2017 • 2:49:37pm

re: #303 Targetpractice

critical typo

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Patricia Kayden Aug 29, 2017 • 2:49:37pm

re: #319 I Would Prefer Not To

Well then, you should have said that Melania deserves any criticism she gets as well. Simple.

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Ace Rothstein Aug 29, 2017 • 2:50:22pm

re: #323 Decatur Deb

Freedom of speech includes the freedom to shut the fuck up.

Someone tell Trump that.

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nines09 Aug 29, 2017 • 2:50:34pm

re: #321 Ace Rothstein

Ahhhh……I’m sharp…..sometimes..And his. Looks like Pin Head with a soup bowl on it.

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Patricia Kayden Aug 29, 2017 • 2:51:03pm

re: #309 Stanley Sea

What more can be said about the DNC hack at this point in time?

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petesh Aug 29, 2017 • 2:53:30pm

re: #330 Patricia Kayden

What more can be said about the DNC hack at this point in time?

Assange could reveal his source! That is, he could pretend his source was not Russia. And of course everyone will believe Julian. NOT.

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makeitstop Aug 29, 2017 • 2:53:44pm

re: #330 Patricia Kayden

What more can be said about the DNC hack at this point in time?

He’s going to present ‘evidence’ that the DNC hacked themselves.

You watch. It’ll be everywhere before long. Wait until the bots get hold of it.

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Patricia Kayden Aug 29, 2017 • 2:55:17pm

re: #285 goddamnedfrank

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You can put quotes around the word journalism. Any media entity which is still looking for Trump to pivot and become presidential is pushing fiction and ignoring reality.

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goddamnedfrank Aug 29, 2017 • 2:56:10pm

Houston, uniquely for a large city, has absolutely NO zoning ordinances. One of the consequences of that is this much residential flooding.

— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) August 29, 2017

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EPR-radar Aug 29, 2017 • 2:57:49pm

re: #319 I Would Prefer Not To

He. Not much. Suggested that Michelle Obama deserved it (mostly for being liberal. He’s black and likes to pretend that racism doesn’t exist).

So this conservative you are talking to is a black tr*mp voter? Wow.

I knew that such people existed, but it’s still a surprise to hear direct testimony relating to the most batshit insane voter group in the nation.

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nines09 Aug 29, 2017 • 2:58:06pm

Telecaster after Telecaster after Telecaster after……and I’ll bet most only have 5 strings and is tuned to open “G”….

Getting ready….. #StonesNoFilter pic.twitter.com/YBLhX4DUCB

— Keith Richards (@officialKeef) August 29, 2017

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danarchy Aug 29, 2017 • 2:58:11pm

re: #330 Patricia Kayden

What more can be said about the DNC hack at this point in time?

That it wasn’t a hack but a leak!!!!!!11!!!

thenation.com

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Patricia Kayden Aug 29, 2017 • 2:58:51pm

re: #332 makeitstop

And why would the DNC hack itself and reveal information to hurt its presidential prospects? Okay. I’ll look out for this “revelation” but that sounds beyond ridiculous.

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Eclectic Cyborg Aug 29, 2017 • 2:58:59pm

re: #330 Patricia Kayden

What more can be said about the DNC hack at this point in time?

I was about to make a snarky Seth Rich related comment but on second thought I decided I would be better than that.

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Patricia Kayden Aug 29, 2017 • 3:00:54pm

re: #109 Kragar

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That’s exactly what Jesus would have said!!

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Patricia Kayden Aug 29, 2017 • 3:04:04pm

re: #131 GlutenFreeJesus

I thought Pastor Osteen relented after facing criticism and is now allowing needy folks to use his mega church as a shelter. Is this no longer true? I’m still seeing memes mocking him.

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Eclectic Cyborg Aug 29, 2017 • 3:05:25pm

Christian satire site:

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Chrysicat Aug 29, 2017 • 3:05:50pm

First off, going O/T to show you my first response to the first Talibangelical I ran into when I was reading one of ‘my side’s’ responses to the Nashville Statement, which actually makes Harvey only the second-worst news of the day unless that chem plant blows.

>>>if we show these sinners *a* hell (little H) on earth, they might accept that #biologyisdestiny, make behbehz and avoid the big-H Hell!”

— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) August 29, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Aug 29, 2017 • 3:07:10pm

2/ Multiple media outlets report that Manafort’s spokesman and former attorney have been subpoenaed to testify. https://t.co/5xLqgQKlNq

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) August 29, 2017

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Click to Reveal

4/ As a starting point, the issuance of grand jury subpoenas to Manafort’s former attorney and his spokesman confirm what was already

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) August 29, 2017

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6/ Manafort’s home indicated that Mueller had evidence showing there was a good reason to believe a crime had been committed and evidence of

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) August 29, 2017

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8/ “flipped” and was a focus of Mueller’s investigation. In that context, I disagree with @CNN that issuance of a subpoena to the spokesman

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) August 29, 2017

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10/ told the spokesman is fair game. Mueller could be interested in proving that Manafort had knowledge that contradicted disclosures or

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) August 29, 2017

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12/ carefully and has guidance that requires prosecutors to seek approval before issuing a subpoena to an attorney. The subpoena to

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) August 29, 2017

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14/ It also suggests that they already tried to obtain information from her without issuing a subpoena. It would be interesting to know

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) August 29, 2017

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16/ As for Trump Jr., I would advise him to take the Fifth, because lying to the Senate Committee is a crime and his words can be used by

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) August 29, 2017

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18/ I would permit Trump Jr. to sit for the interview, if I were his lawyer, is if I had reviewed every relevant document and communication

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) August 29, 2017

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20/ the PR downside of taking the Fifth outweighs any legal concerns, or that he’s convinced that he would be pardoned in any event.

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) August 29, 2017

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21/ As I discussed here in @thehill a pardon would mean he couldn’t take the Fifth and wouldn’t cover state crimes. https://t.co/j2IXFzfDFQ

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) August 29, 2017

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makeitstop Aug 29, 2017 • 3:07:12pm

re: #336 nines09

Telecaster after Telecaster after Telecaster after……and I’ll bet most only have 5 strings and is tuned to open “G”….

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Probably $100K worth of Fender on that rack…

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Decatur Deb Aug 29, 2017 • 3:08:06pm

re: #341 Patricia Kayden

I thought Pastor Osteen relented after facing criticism and is now allowing needy folks to use his mega church as a shelter. Is this no longer true? I’m still seeing memes mocking him.

He claims they were never closed. Boy is missing a couple Commandments.

washingtonpost.com

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jaunte Aug 29, 2017 • 3:09:11pm

The @RiceKinderInst made a map w/ info on shelters, the Transtar Road Map (with cameras!) + radar. #HopeForHouston https://t.co/t7T2oUtqRS pic.twitter.com/8FHzQ2oAWA

— alex anderson (@accentshift) August 29, 2017

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Patricia Kayden Aug 29, 2017 • 3:11:25pm

Yep. Osteen has opened his church up after facing criticism.
cnn.com

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Chrysicat Aug 29, 2017 • 3:11:58pm

And secondly, since I’m no longer double-posting:

re: #337 danarchy

That it wasn’t a hack but a leak!!!!!!11!!!

thenation.com

beyond depressing that the last surviving major reason the War to Retain Treacherous Ideas Within Our Borders was fought, is now an organ for the party that claims the history of that august periodical’s original party, but espouses the exact opposite viewpoints.

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Ace Rothstein Aug 29, 2017 • 3:12:59pm

Conroe, TX. to mission control. The sun has ben spotted.

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jaunte Aug 29, 2017 • 3:17:08pm

re: #314 nines09

In that area, with the plants and yards and tank farms of petro and chemical interests, this was my first thought/fear when this began.

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Horrified at human toll of #HurricaneHarvey. Not sad about billions of damage to oil industry. Chickens coming home to roost. #ClimateChange

— Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) August 28, 2017

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Cenk’s rooting for a chemical disaster, just to show everyone they shouldn’t have used fossil fuel.

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Charles Johnson Aug 29, 2017 • 3:18:39pm

Pizzagate conspiracy theorist thanks Trump for the retweet, brags about his appearance on network Trump touted: https://t.co/spBsIcWsk0 pic.twitter.com/89niwPHYEF

— Media Matters (@mmfa) August 29, 2017

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So disgusting that evil-minded lying dirtbags like this are promoted by Trump. @JackPosobiec https://t.co/K7WkwfKV7u

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 29, 2017

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JordanRules Aug 29, 2017 • 3:20:17pm

re: #351 jaunte

When Ceck aims his feigned opposition to Oil Industry money at his pimp Buddy Roemer we’ll take him more seriously:https://t.co/JErwggW2dO

— Al Giordano (@AlGiordano) August 29, 2017

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Patricia Kayden Aug 29, 2017 • 3:20:24pm

re: #351 jaunte

I don’t know whether to laugh out of frustration or be horrified at his lack of logic. Does he not understand that many regular folks would be harmed if the oil industry tanks or if there is a chemical disaster? Sigh.

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Eclectic Cyborg Aug 29, 2017 • 3:23:16pm

re: #354 Patricia Kayden

I don’t know whether to laugh out of frustration or be horrified at his lack of logic. Does he not understand that many regular folks would be harmed if the oil industry tanks or if there is a chemical disaster? Sigh.

Collateral damage…

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electrotek Aug 29, 2017 • 3:23:48pm

re: #351 jaunte

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Cenk’s rooting for a chemical disaster, just to show everyone they shouldn’t have used fossil fuel.

Typical of Bernie supporters.

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makeitstop Aug 29, 2017 • 3:24:06pm

re: #354 Patricia Kayden

I don’t know whether to laugh out of frustration or be horrified at his lack of logic. Does he not understand that many regular folks would be harmed if the oil industry tanks or if there is a chemical disaster? Sigh.

For Cenk, the ends justify the means.

Who cares abut a little collateral damage? He has a point to make!

///

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Decatur Deb Aug 29, 2017 • 3:25:28pm

re: #351 jaunte

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Cenk’s rooting for a chemical disaster, just to show everyone they shouldn’t have used fossil fuel.

Perhaps he doesn’t have our best interests at heart.

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Stanley Sea Aug 29, 2017 • 3:26:05pm

So now @DLoesch needs the MSM? pic.twitter.com/12UYIhILgf

— Lydia DePillis (@lydiadepillis) August 29, 2017

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I didn’t make nor was I aware of this request, but after your unprofessional grasp for attention w this I definitely wouldn’t ask for you. https://t.co/rRowvuweot

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) August 29, 2017

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Good luck finding others. https://t.co/56GhP5XBab

— Lydia DePillis (@lydiadepillis) August 29, 2017

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Lydia DePillis
Economics reporter at the @HoustonChron. Ex-@washingtonpost, @TNR, @WCP.

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jaunte Aug 29, 2017 • 3:26:47pm

re: #358 Decatur Deb

I wonder if he’s ever seen a real chicken, roosting.

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Stanley Sea Aug 29, 2017 • 3:27:06pm

a hurricane is a natural disaster

but the suffering and devastation it causes for disproportionately poor people & PoC is entirely man-made

— Lana Del Raytheon (@LanaDelRaytheon) August 29, 2017

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Please retweet this simple truth. https://t.co/xvRF7dNI2f

— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) August 29, 2017

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ObserverArt Aug 29, 2017 • 3:27:51pm

re: #338 Patricia Kayden

And why would the DNC hack itself and reveal information to hurt its presidential prospects? Okay. I’ll look out for this “revelation” but that sounds beyond ridiculous.

Beyond ridiculous is the GOP way since about 2000 on.

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Stanley Sea Aug 29, 2017 • 3:28:29pm

re: #354 Patricia Kayden

I don’t know whether to laugh out of frustration or be horrified at his lack of logic. Does he not understand that many regular folks would be harmed if the oil industry tanks or if there is a chemical disaster? Sigh.

Same with those who want to end the insurance industry.

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jaunte Aug 29, 2017 • 3:29:32pm

On the road in Texas, where all the roads look like rivers, by @mattdpearce https://t.co/Rx9QWVsCQU

— Charles Ornstein (@charlesornstein) August 29, 2017

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Decatur Deb Aug 29, 2017 • 3:30:22pm

re: #360 jaunte

I wonder if he’s ever seen a real chicken, roosting.

He left Turkey rather young, before the poultry really started perching.

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jaunte Aug 29, 2017 • 3:30:22pm

Fearing a possible explosion, a chemical plant in Crosby advised everyone within a 1.5-mile radius to evacuate. https://t.co/Qlm8VxfAN4

— Texas Monthly (@TexasMonthly) August 29, 2017

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Decatur Deb Aug 29, 2017 • 3:34:38pm

Trump has burned his standing with just about everyone who didn’t vote for him. Now the hardcore are turning soft.

washingtonpost.com

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ObserverArt Aug 29, 2017 • 3:38:56pm

re: #358 Decatur Deb

Perhaps he doesn’t have our best interests at heart.

Imma call Cenk a word I haven’t used in many years.

He’s a clod.

And if you have ever heard him, the sound of the word fits him.

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 3:40:23pm

re: #351 jaunte

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Cenk’s rooting for a chemical disaster, just to show everyone they shouldn’t have used fossil fuel.

Cenk’s an idiot.

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines Aug 29, 2017 • 3:41:15pm

re: #368 ObserverArt

Imma call Cenk a word I haven’t used in many years.

He’s a clod.

And if you have ever heard him, the sound of the word fits him.

“Clod” was a popular epithet when I was in high school (ca. 1963-67). I used it a lot after my parents moved to Lubbock, thankfully after I graduated.

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John_Manyjars Aug 29, 2017 • 3:42:15pm

re: #20 jaunte

Those stupid, stupid hats…

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ObserverArt Aug 29, 2017 • 3:42:28pm

re: #359 Stanley Sea

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Lydia DePillis
Economics reporter at the @HoustonChron. Ex-@washingtonpost, @TNR, @WCP.

Whoa, wait up!

Did Dana just accuse someone of grasping for attention?

Hahahahahahaha.

Also, I guess she has no control over her show. She is as truthful and responsible as Trump. Is there any wonder that would be the case?

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Ace Rothstein Aug 29, 2017 • 3:43:09pm

re: #372 ObserverArt

Whoa, wait up!

Did Dana just accuse someone of grasping for attention?

Hahahahahahaha.

Also, I guess she has no control over her show. She is as truthful and responsible as Trump. Is there any wonder that would be the case?

Yes.

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John_Manyjars Aug 29, 2017 • 3:47:45pm

re: #294 FormerDirtDart

re: #36 HappyWarrior

Bush was and is every bit as much of a monster as tRump, IMHO. Remember him strutting around the Situation Room after he ordered the bombing of Iraq to begin: ‘Feels good!’

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Stanley Sea Aug 29, 2017 • 3:48:00pm

Some really apocalyptic scenes driving through #Houston right now… pic.twitter.com/B66n1DIY2e

— Gadi Schwartz (@GadiNBC) August 29, 2017

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Eclectic Cyborg Aug 29, 2017 • 3:49:23pm

re: #375 Stanley Sea

Wow, looks more like a Fallout 5 trailer than a real video.

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wheat-dogg Aug 29, 2017 • 3:50:37pm

re: #375 Stanley Sea

Needs more zombies, and then could be a scene from some apocalypse movie.

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Stanley Sea Aug 29, 2017 • 3:50:48pm

One guy counted rescuing 200 people, the other guy didn’t count.

WATCH: @GadiNBC talks with boaters who are going in and out of flooded areas to rescue people, pets - @MSNBC #Harvey https://t.co/ZaMRYDxyvF

— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) August 29, 2017

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Ace Rothstein Aug 29, 2017 • 3:53:38pm

re: #375 Stanley Sea

That’s on I-45 South, about two miles from University of Houston (I noticed the Dot Coffee shop).

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Stanley Sea Aug 29, 2017 • 3:54:35pm

re: #377 wheat-dogg

Needs more zombies, and then could be a scene from some apocalypse movie.

Note my brothers & sisters flying around.

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The Vicious Babushka Aug 29, 2017 • 3:54:59pm

re: #371 John_Manyjars

Those stupid, stupid hats…

PHOTO: First lady Melania Trump sports a FLOTUS hat during a briefing on Harvey relief efforts in Texas https://t.co/bTyjHoZk38 pic.twitter.com/0b7Zd491ew

— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) August 29, 2017

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How kind of Ivanka to let her wear it. I thought she would be more territorial about her swag. https://t.co/1lTBK0huTR

— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) August 29, 2017

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wheat-dogg Aug 29, 2017 • 3:55:12pm

re: #378 Stanley Sea

One guy counted rescuing 200 people, the other guy didn’t count.

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He said 40-50 in just the last couple of hours, and I think he said about 50 pets, too.

Both those guys deserve medals.

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gocart mozart Aug 29, 2017 • 3:55:15pm

Victoria & I are praying for everyone affected by Hurricane Harvey. Please join us as we pray for the safety of our Texas friends & family.

— Joel Osteen (@JoelOsteen) August 26, 2017

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Everybody mad at Joel Osteen should remember he is offering to pray FOR FREE. He normally charges thousands of dollars for that. https://t.co/tql3K9MeUm

— Nunca Trump (@NeverTrumpTexan) August 28, 2017

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wheat-dogg Aug 29, 2017 • 3:55:50pm

re: #380 Stanley Sea

Note my brothers & sisters flying around.

Yeah. Looking for free eats.

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electrotek Aug 29, 2017 • 3:56:01pm

So the USD is declining now?

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Stanley Sea Aug 29, 2017 • 3:58:53pm

HOLY SHIT

DOG RESCUE

This is in Lumberton, Texas, down the street from my moms house. That’s my brother in the black shirt.#Harvey pic.twitter.com/z3Jn9M2eDo

— Carson Crosby (@carson_crosby) August 29, 2017

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Grown up Merle.

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ObserverArt Aug 29, 2017 • 3:59:09pm

re: #374 John_Manyjars

Bush was and is every bit as much of a monster as tRump, IMHO. Remember him strutting around the Situation Room after he ordered the bombing of Iraq to begin: ‘Feels good!’

Finally got payback for threatening Daddy Bush he did.

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BeachDem Aug 29, 2017 • 4:01:41pm

re: #381 The Vicious Babushka

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I actually saw a comment somewhere that she HAD to wear it so in case there was an emergency, they would be able to identify her. Uh huh.

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Big Beautiful Door Aug 29, 2017 • 4:02:45pm

re: #16 HappyWarrior

Kellyanne, please stop smoking crack, it’s bad for you. Thanks. Humility and Donald Trump don’t ever belong together because Donald Trump is the least humble person ever to be President. Just shut the hell up already.

Trump is very proud of his humility. He’s probably the most humble person you will ever meet, buh lieve me!

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Scout Aug 29, 2017 • 4:04:33pm

re: #374 John_Manyjars

Bush was and is every bit as much of a monster as tRump, IMHO. Remember him strutting around the Situation Room after he ordered the bombing of Iraq to begin: ‘Feels good!’

I agree 100 percent. Hundreds of thousands of human beings in Iraq are now dead because of that scumbag.

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Dave In Austin Aug 29, 2017 • 4:04:40pm

Could I ask Ya’ll to give @glward65 a follow. She’s special to me and just joined. I warned her……

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goddamnedfrank Aug 29, 2017 • 4:05:25pm

re: #366 jaunte

This is the reason most modern US cities try to prioritize residential zones to higher ground, easier to rebuild w/out a displaced workforce

— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) August 29, 2017

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Literally none of that, nor CC&Rs and other private property deed restrictions replicate municipal zoning land use planning.

— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) August 29, 2017

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It would’ve made a difference in what got flooded, shifted the damage away from homes and towards commercial real estate.

— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) August 29, 2017

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So because zoning isn’t done with perfect foresight everywhere it can’t help, got it.

— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) August 29, 2017

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Simplistic nonsense. Tougher zoning laws would’ve prevented many unnecessary deaths caused by the Texas City refinery explosion.

— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) August 29, 2017

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I need more free market evangelizing randos in my timeline extolling the virtues of laissez faire urban planning.

— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) August 29, 2017

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Please random internet bros, do tell me again how the lack of strong local zoning laws is totally irrelevant to analyzing this disaster.

— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) August 29, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Aug 29, 2017 • 4:06:35pm

OK, some things I noticed in the video.
While Trump was speaking up on the fire engine they had formed a barrier in front of him with the USSS SUVs.
Also, it definitely looked like they kept all the “villagers” on the other side of a fence, a good distance away.
I kind of understand that, IF, they had reduced support from local LEO’s for crowd control & surveillance.
A bit disgusted with the waste of resources being used for photo op efforts.
The rescue boat and fire truck full of shiny tools inside as backdrops. The other two freakin’ fire engines outside that he spoke from. Who knows how much other equipment were sitting around that we didn’t see in the video.

Facebook Video

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Ace Rothstein Aug 29, 2017 • 4:08:41pm

When BLOTUS stepped off AF1 in Corpus today, he paused for a second before shaking Gov. Abbot’s hand. I swear he probably had no idea that Abbott is paralyzed from the waist down and is always in a wheelchair.

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Stanley Sea Aug 29, 2017 • 4:09:10pm

re: #391 Dave In Austin

ta/6+NbCaIiD31yxSRYjSD6lDibhXC40Z4VUX7RxdVYi+WEzILXR5TNYQKdkvh2C

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BeachDem Aug 29, 2017 • 4:09:59pm

re: #393 FormerDirtDart

OK, some things I noticed in the video.
While Trump was speaking up on the fire engine they had formed a barrier in front of him with the USSS SUVs.
Also, it definitely looked like they kept all the “villagers” on the other side of a fence, a good distance away.
I kind of understand that, IF, they had reduced support from local LEO’s for crowd control & surveillance.
A bit disgusted with the waste of resources being used for photo op efforts.
The rescue boat and fire truck full of shiny tools inside as backdrops. The other two freakin’ fire engines outside that he spoke from. Who knows how much other equipment were sitting around that we didn’t see in the video.

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And what, exactly, did Melon bring to the party? She was going to “lend her support to the people of Texas,” but mostly sat next to the yam, hands in her lap, with that stupid hat on her head. Did she actually talk to any of the “people?”

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ObserverArt Aug 29, 2017 • 4:11:03pm

re: #382 wheat-dogg

He said 40-50 in just the last couple of hours, and I think he said about 50 pets, too.

Both those guys deserve medals.

That was earlier today too. I had commented having seen it. By now, they may have doubled those numbers. Good guys.

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John_Manyjars Aug 29, 2017 • 4:12:11pm

re: #270 BeachDem

Well if I had ‘hair’ like the orange shit stain, I’d wear a hat indoors too.

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ObserverArt Aug 29, 2017 • 4:13:21pm

re: #389 Big Beautiful Door

Trump is very proud of his humility. He’s probably the most humble person you will ever meet, buh lieve me!

He’ll tell you that. Let me tell you.

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Chrysicat Aug 29, 2017 • 4:13:23pm

re: #343 Chrysicat

Hate to self-shill, but this really is important. As I pointed out down the twitthread when he claimed I was strawmanning, I will be shocked if this DOESN’T lead to mutual excommunication. I just hope I’m right about my local UMC remaining in the O-and-A side of the schism.

Unfortunately, I don’t think I’m the right person to Page it, and they get maybe one comment apiece over there anymore anyway.

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines Aug 29, 2017 • 4:17:19pm

The Soros bot “Alex Jones” was invented to make right wingers look like fools and drooling idiots. It seems to be working.

Alex Jones wonders if Houston’s mayor didn’t order city evacuation in order to hurt Trumphttps://t.co/7h16BXs1g9

— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) August 29, 2017

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ObserverArt Aug 29, 2017 • 4:17:23pm

re: #393 FormerDirtDart

OK, some things I noticed in the video.
While Trump was speaking up on the fire engine they had formed a barrier in front of him with the USSS SUVs.
Also, it definitely looked like they kept all the “villagers” on the other side of a fence, a good distance away.
I kind of understand that, IF, they had reduced support from local LEO’s for crowd control & surveillance.
A bit disgusted with the waste of resources being used for photo op efforts.
The rescue boat and fire truck full of shiny tools inside as backdrops. The other two freakin’ fire engines outside that he spoke from. Who knows how much other equipment were sitting around that we didn’t see in the video.

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He probably has set designers.

And no, I am not kidding.

TV guy worried about crowd size and ratings all the fucking time will have someone come in and arrange where he is going to be and how it will look. This is Trump showing how much he cares.

Our President is an Asshole.

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Targetpractice Aug 29, 2017 • 4:18:36pm

re: #401 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

The Soros bot “Alex Jones” was invented to make right wingers look like fools and drooling idiots. It seems to be working.

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Jones says aloud what Faux has already started hinting at.

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majii Aug 29, 2017 • 4:20:04pm

re: #311 I Would Prefer Not To

“My conservative friend is butthurt that people are making fun of Melania’s shoes. “I voted for Donald not Melania.”

Duh. I wonder if it has ever crossed your “conservative friend’s” mind that it’s not a good idea for a FL to visit a disaster area where thousands of Americans are facing great adversity while wearing a pair of designer shoes that cost thousands of dollars to purchase? I own some Manolo Blahniks, so I know what they sell for. Mine are not in the price range of the ones Melania wore to Corpus Christi, and I bought mine when they were on sale. Someone should have told her a pair of hiking boots/low-heel pumps would have been a better choice for the occasion/photo-op. I’m quite sure a competent WH Social Sec. could have advised her so that she could have made a choice that didn’t make her look like an entitled *ss in the presence of those less fortunate than her and the Talking Yam.

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Decatur Deb Aug 29, 2017 • 4:20:12pm

re: #400 Chrysicat

Hate to self-shill, but this really is important. As I pointed out down the twitthread when he claimed I was strawmanning, I will be shocked if this DOESN’T lead to mutual excommunication. I just hope I’m right about my local UMC remaining in the O-and-A side of the schism.

It’s just not possible for leadership to come out of a disaster with gains. That’s the nature of the beast. Christie and Obama got off as lightly as possible. And we haven’t even seen the really bad part of Harvey’s impact yet. When the camera crews are gone the insurance adjusters take over.

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majii Aug 29, 2017 • 4:23:33pm

re: #319 I Would Prefer Not To

“He’s black and likes to pretend that racism doesn’t exist).”

So, he’s kinda sorta like Michael Steele was about racism until he discovered there was a movement afoot at the RNC to give him the boot? Got it.

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goddamnedfrank Aug 29, 2017 • 4:23:39pm

We don’t need a border wall.

We need sea walls.

Disaster relief. Refugee funds. Green power.

We. don’t. need. that. damn. wall.#Harvey

— Derrick Crowe (@electcrowe) August 29, 2017

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If anything this highlights the extreme challenges of AGW & makes clear there is no engineering solution that obviates lifestyle changes.

— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) August 29, 2017

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calochortus Aug 29, 2017 • 4:23:49pm

re: #404 majii

I think Melania was wearing sneakers by the time they were sitting at the table in the fire station.

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Chrysicat Aug 29, 2017 • 4:27:42pm

re: #405 Decatur Deb

It’s just not possible for leadership to come out of a disaster with gains. That’s the nature of the beast. Christie and Obama got off as lightly as possible. And we haven’t even seen the really bad part of Harvey’s impact yet. When the camera crews are gone the insurance adjusters take over.

Ummm…Mr. Deb, Sir? Unless I grabbed the wrong reply link, that was about the Nashville Statement again…

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Charles Johnson Aug 29, 2017 • 4:27:55pm

I’d like to say thank you to all the right wing loons who are tweeting #Pizzagate memes at me. Makes it very easy to see who needs blocking.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 29, 2017

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goddamnedfrank Aug 29, 2017 • 4:28:12pm

re: #407 goddamnedfrank

Wrong tweet posted. Reload for the correct tweet being responded to.

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Blind Frog Belly White Aug 29, 2017 • 4:29:46pm

re: #411 goddamnedfrank

Wrong tweet posted. Reload for the correct tweet being responded to.

Now it makes sense.

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wheat-dogg Aug 29, 2017 • 4:29:47pm

re: #388 BeachDem

I actually saw a comment somewhere that she HAD to wear it so in case there was an emergency, they would be able to identify her. Uh huh.

Because Melania would blend in so well with all the Texas ladies wearing designer clothing and shoes in a flood zone.

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wheat-dogg Aug 29, 2017 • 4:31:57pm

re: #393 FormerDirtDart

Also, it definitely looked like they kept all the “villagers” on the other side of a fence, a good distance away.

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Were any carrying pitchforks and blazing torches?

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majii Aug 29, 2017 • 4:32:42pm

re: #363 Stanley Sea

“Same with those who want to end the insurance industry.”

And, I’d like to add: Same with those who think insurance companies are paying out too much of their profits to their customers who file weather-related claims.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Aug 29, 2017 • 4:32:50pm

re: #410 Charles Johnson

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…WHY are they tweeting Pizzagate memes at you? That seems like a complete non sequitur.

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meteor Aug 29, 2017 • 4:33:05pm

re: #289 nines09

Squee!!

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Blind Frog Belly White Aug 29, 2017 • 4:33:08pm

re: #414 wheat-dogg

Were any carrying pitchforks and blazing torches?

In all that rain? Have to use magnesium flares.

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The Vicious Babushka Aug 29, 2017 • 4:34:03pm

re: #402 ObserverArt

He probably has set designers.

And no, I am not kidding.

TV guy worried about crowd size and ratings all the fucking time will have someone come in and arrange where he is going to be and how it will look. This is Trump showing how much he cares.

Our President is an Asshole.

The President of Televisionland!

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wheat-dogg Aug 29, 2017 • 4:34:26pm

re: #418 Blind Frog Belly White

In all that rain? Have to use magnesium flares.

OK, then, pitchforks and axes.

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majii Aug 29, 2017 • 4:35:59pm

re: #369 HappyWarrior

“Cenk’s an idiot.”

And, might I add he’s also an opportunist?

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BeachDem Aug 29, 2017 • 4:36:21pm

Hey, Melon wants to offer her “help and support in the most productive way possible, not just through words but also action.” Apparently, details will follow, much like the anti-bullying campaign, and the immigration explanation and…don’t hold your breath.

Statement by @FLOTUS Melania Trump on Hurricane Harvey: pic.twitter.com/dKo3aMJfx4

— Dan Scavino Jr. (@Scavino45) August 29, 2017

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makeitstop Aug 29, 2017 • 4:36:23pm

re: #421 majii

“Cenk’s an idiot.”

And, might I add he’s also an opportunist?

Also an egotist.

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Chrysicat Aug 29, 2017 • 4:36:52pm

With the way this year’s gone, let alone just today, I dreaded when I saw “Thornton” trending on Twitter [it’s maybe 35 miles from me, prolly less, to the northwest]. Turns out that they found a Triceratops where they were digging for the town’s new public-safety building, though, so a small flash of light in a very dark day.

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wrenchwench Aug 29, 2017 • 4:37:49pm

Whew. I argued with real live people instead of lizards for a change. Let me just warn anybody who might show up in person—do NOT tell me how to be safe on a bike or as a pedestrian. I lost one battle almost three years ago. The verbal battles I do not lose. I know certain subjects very well. And I am not impressed with the great bike you keep in the van you live in, especially when, at a later point in the ‘conversation’, as you called it, you tell me you haven’t driven in 12 years. You had to come clean about moving your van every day.

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Varek Raith Aug 29, 2017 • 4:38:25pm

re: #366 jaunte

Fucking hell.
Also, Harvey is heading back towards Houston.
These poor people can’t catch a break.

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Blind Frog Belly White Aug 29, 2017 • 4:40:13pm

“Lost papers found in filing cabinet”

So Alan Turing was just like me!

148 Lost Alan Turing Papers Discovered in Filing Cabinet — https://t.co/Mr7jewA7Zc pic.twitter.com/bwc1ljTRvr

— Mental Floss (@mental_floss) August 29, 2017

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jaunte Aug 29, 2017 • 4:40:45pm

HOUSTON WE GOTTA STICK TOGETHER #HarveyFlood #HurricaneHarvey pic.twitter.com/9LNsdmhMKj

— 〽️OOK (@nh60dmook) August 29, 2017

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Ace Rothstein Aug 29, 2017 • 4:40:54pm

Fifty bucks says BLOTUS never donates a dime of his own money to hurricane relief.

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Blind Frog Belly White Aug 29, 2017 • 4:43:13pm

re: #429 Ace Rothstein

Fifty bucks says BLOTUS never donates a dime of his own money to hurricane relief.

He’ll donate his salary from on Quarter to FEMA, while cutting their funding by billions. Like he did with the NPS.

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The Vicious Babushka Aug 29, 2017 • 4:44:03pm

His vast building experience as a slumlord for rich people.

.@RepRWilliams: “[@POTUS] is a builder… What better person to have in the White House right now than maybe the builder in chief?” pic.twitter.com/DhTsSFGG48

— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 29, 2017

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The Vicious Babushka Aug 29, 2017 • 4:44:42pm

re: #430 Blind Frog Belly White

He’ll donate his salary from on Quarter to FEMA, while cutting their funding by billions. Like he did with the NPS.

And DOE.

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whitebeach Aug 29, 2017 • 4:44:47pm

re: #422 BeachDem

Hey, Melon wants to offer her “help and support in the most productive way possible, not just through words but also action.” Apparently, details will follow, much like the anti-bullying campaign, and the immigration explanation and…don’t hold your breath.

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Hey, it’s right there at the end of her announcement: She’s offering her “thoughts and prayers.” If that not productive action, what is?

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HappyWarrior Aug 29, 2017 • 4:44:51pm

re: #431 The Vicious Babushka

His vast building experience as a slumlord for rich people.

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:”Builder.”

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Ace Rothstein Aug 29, 2017 • 4:45:02pm

re: #431 The Vicious Babushka

His vast building experience as a slumlord for rich people.

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Using illegal Polish immigrants and then stiffing them.

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meteor Aug 29, 2017 • 4:45:03pm

re: #427 Blind Frog Belly White

I love that man.

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ObserverArt Aug 29, 2017 • 4:45:55pm

re: #410 Charles Johnson

Charles Johnson ✔ @Green_Footballs
I’d like to say thank you to all the right wing loons who are tweeting #Pizzagate memes at me. Makes it very easy to see who needs blocking.
7:27 PM - Aug 29, 2017

Pizzagate? I thought the ‘nuts were embarrassed by all that now.

Is this their newest way to divert away from The Real Trump?

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Blind Frog Belly White Aug 29, 2017 • 4:45:59pm

re: #431 The Vicious Babushka

His vast building experience as a slumlord for rich people.

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For decades, all he’s done is license his name and brand to ACTUAL builders.

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Stanley Sea Aug 29, 2017 • 4:47:26pm

The people who showed up have not a care in the world. From earlier.

the @dallasnews WH pooler is pretty done with @potus’s TX visit. No “expression of sympathy,” came with mysterious crowd of fans: pic.twitter.com/3poiXShQJG

— Heather Timmons (@HeathaT) August 29, 2017

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Chrysicat Aug 29, 2017 • 4:47:37pm

re: #428 jaunte

Uplifting to see them saving the woman, highly depressing to see her terrified not of the water, but her rescuers.

And while I can hope she sees Black people in a new light now, I’m not necessarily counting on it.

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The Vicious Babushka Aug 29, 2017 • 4:47:40pm

re: #438 Blind Frog Belly White

For decades, all he’s done is license his name and brand to ACTUAL builders.

And sold his condos to gangsters in money laundering schemes. Because what kind of rich person wants to live in a slum?

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jaunte Aug 29, 2017 • 4:48:16pm

Facebook Post

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Decatur Deb Aug 29, 2017 • 5:10:45pm

re: #409 Chrysicat

Ummm…Mr. Deb, Sir? Unless I grabbed the wrong reply link, that was about the Nashville Statement again…

Oops. Attach it mentally to your earlier comment about storm visits by leaders. (Been dogwalking.)

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danarchy Aug 29, 2017 • 5:10:49pm

re: #404 majii

“My conservative friend is butthurt that people are making fun of Melania’s shoes. “I voted for Donald not Melania.”

Duh. I wonder if it has ever crossed your “conservative friend’s” mind that it’s not a good idea for a FL to visit a disaster area where thousands of Americans are facing great adversity while wearing a pair of designer shoes that cost thousands of dollars to purchase? I own some Manolo Blahniks, so I know what they sell for. Mine are not in the price range of the ones Melania wore to Corpus Christi, and I bought mine when they were on sale. Someone should have told her a pair of hiking boots/low-heel pumps would have been a better choice for the occasion/photo-op. I’m quite sure a competent WH Social Sec. could have advised her so that she could have made a choice that didn’t make her look like an entitled *ss in the presence of those less fortunate than her and the Talking Yam.

Well, she didn’t actually wear them in Corpus Christie. By the time they walked off Air Force 1 she had done a complete wardrobe change and was wearing sneakers.

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InTheWeeds Aug 30, 2017 • 9:12:45am

re: #115 GlutenFreeJesus

FB video of a black guy behind a white guy and his wife/kid, at some fast food place. Black guy just wanting to buy some food. White guy, for no reason, pulls gun on him and searches him.

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Seems like this happened in Brazil, and the fool with the weapon was an off-duty cop. He needs to lose his badge. It kinda breaks my heart that the guy still ordered his food. The idea that it’s so commonplace that he didn’t even bother to call for help is just disheartening as hell.

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