Colbert: Roger Stone Threatened the Law and the Law Won [VIDEO]
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Trump confidant Roger Stone threatened the judge presiding over his case and… it didn’t go over well with the judge.
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If you didn’t know about those parties, well, now it makes sense to you why a “real estate mogul” buys beauty pageants.
— David Waldman-1, LLC™ (@KagroX) February 22, 2019
re: #2 Shropshire Slasher
I always thought Stone looked like Beaker from the Muppets.
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Yeah, but Beaker makes sense.
re: #2 Shropshire Slasher
I always thought Stone looked like Beaker from the Muppets.
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I think he looks like a Zika victim.
re: #4 KerFuFFler
I think he looks like a Zika victim.
That is terrible.
Funny as hell.
But terrible.
:P
re: #4 KerFuFFler
I think he looks like a Zika victim.
Woof.
When the Mrs. and I watched get me Roger Stone she couldn’t look at his head. She just kept saying, “My gawd, he doesn’t have a frontal cortex… it (head) just all comes to a point… his brain couldn’t have developed correctly with a skull like that.”
re: #6 CongoJack
Woof.
When the Mrs. and I watched get me Roger Stone she couldn’t look at his head. She just kept saying, “My gawd, he doesn’t have a frontal cortex… it (head) just all comes to a point… his brain couldn’t have developed correctly with a skull like that.”
Trey Gowdy is equally goofy looking.
He definitely looks like an American Horror Story character.
BTW, I found a link to a local TV station’s site (WPTV, W. Palm Beach) with a bunch of information on the recent day-spa prostitution busts.
The operation in Jupiter was only one of those “day spas” raided: apparently, there were more (3 at least) - and the bust was cited as the result of “an 8-month multi-agency” investigation, with trafficking as its focus.
Oh, and the cops say they have “video” enough to charge those clients [unlucky enough to get] caught on camera. Presumably including Robert Kraft and/or the unnamed “celebrity perp”….
Turns out there was another massive set of arrests in the neighboring counties along the same lines as the ones in Jupiter/Palm beach County
The link Link is too the front page of the Florida Today which is published here in Melbourne/Brevard County
re: #12 Broad With Sass
From the Miami Herald:
Jupiter police had been under fire the past several days as rumors with Kraft’s name surfaced. Though other jurisdictions involved in the sting, like Martin County, had released the names of those arrested, Jupiter withheld the names until a Friday morning press conference.
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Law enforcement agencies from Vero Beach to Orlando began making arrests this week in a international sex trafficking scheme that police say has connections between Florida, New York and China.
As of Friday, eight day spas between the Treasure Coast and Orlando have been closed. Hundreds of clients of the spas have been charged, including almost 300 in Indian River and Martin Counties. Twenty-five people were arrested in the Jupiter sting that included Kraft.
Martin County Sheriff William Snyder told the Treasure Coast News that many of the women involved in the sex acts came to the U.S. from China on temporary visas.
“They were cooking on the back steps of the business,” Snyder told the newspaper. “They were sleeping in the massage parlor, on the massage tables.”
I don’t really give a shit about Amy Klobuchar one way or another but it’s weird how much negative press coverage she gets for being weird & cranky when Trump is literally an unindicted criminal co-conspirator & foreign owned traitor who calls the press “the enemy of the people.”
— Franklygoddamn (@goddamnedfrank) February 22, 2019
The ability for people in poverty to access abortion care was just eviscerated and everybody is talking about a comb. We deserve the country we have.
— Katelyn Burns (@transscribe) February 22, 2019
re: #15 goddamnedfrank
Inverse relationship to importance.
The media glossed over the failed businesses, the weird relationships, and shaky financials of Trumpworld, but fixate on Clinton. They’re doing the same with the current crop of Democrats running - as if eating chicken and waffles is a crime (Kamala while visiting Sylvia’s in NYC the other day), or weird habits of Klobachar, or that Booker might be dating and *gasp* vegan.
These are the things that deflect from the important issues - that Trump is unqualified, unprepared, and incompetent to be in the WH - and this was known even before 2016 but the media did its worst to magic balance fairy the fuck out of things to give him a fighting chance against Clinton.
Now we’re watching the media fall down the same rabbit hole and do the same things to the Democrats while not digging into every aspect of Trump’s shady and corrupt practices.
re: #15 goddamnedfrank
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There’s a lot of gender double standards going on about Klobuchar’s reputation as a boss unfortunately. And it’s not just Trump that is benefiting from them.
Since Trump just gutted the ability of poor people to access abortion services this seems like a good time to remind y’all that historically few things have driven up crime rates like increases in the number of unwanted children born within a population. https://t.co/9C7hu903SM
— Franklygoddamn (@goddamnedfrank) February 22, 2019
re: #6 CongoJack
Woof.
When the Mrs. and I watched get me Roger Stone she couldn’t look at his head. She just kept saying, “My gawd, he doesn’t have a frontal cortex… it (head) just all comes to a point… his brain couldn’t have developed correctly with a skull like that.”
Stone looks like a god. A minor Mayan clan deity. Ground squirrels or something.
re: #7 HappyWarrior
Trey Gowdy is equally goofy looking.
I’m not sure there’s anything one could show me that would make me believe Gowdy is not actually a muppet come to life
re: #17 lawhawk
Inverse relationship to importance.
The media glossed over the failed businesses, the weird relationships, and shaky financials of Trumpworld, but fixate on Clinton. They’re doing the same with the current crop of Democrats running - as if eating chicken and waffles is a crime (Kamala while visiting Sylvia’s in NYC the other day), or weird habits of Klobachar, or that Booker might be dating and *gasp* vegan.
These are the things that deflect from the important issues - that Trump is unqualified, unprepared, and incompetent to be in the WH - and this was known even before 2016 but the media did its worst to magic balance fairy the fuck out of things to give him a fighting chance against Clinton.
Now we’re watching the media fall down the same rabbit hole and do the same things to the Democrats while not digging into every aspect of Trump’s shady and corrupt practices.
Each of us is the only antidote. Got to talk to and motivate every nondrumpf voter out there. Fuck drumpf people they are lost cult victims. The media are useless except as a whipping boy for drumpf.
re: #15 goddamnedfrank
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TBF she’s actually (potentially) running for something in a field with other, at least somewhat, more qualified contenders. Also, too, Person 1 seems to be getting a fair bit of attention as well, by now.
Let’s face it, with Trumps approval ratings what they are, him fundamentally incapable of recognising the need for a change in his behaviour, and the amount of voter resentment even with moderate to moderate-right voters the Dem primary has a very high chance of being the presidential election more than the actual 2020 presidential election.
And a potential serious contender being equally incapable of dealing with staff and advisers as the current disaster-in-chief seems like a pretty valid news angle.
It should be disqualifying and she hasn’t exactly backed away from running so far so I’m really not seeing the problem. There’s room for more than one thing in the news.
What would help is if Dem leadership would bother to actually fight the whole collusion thing in the media a bit more; I appreciate the formal approach has to be done right but there’s nothing against taking a more vocal stance than many of them have been doing so far.
If anything it’s the useless blabbermouths (Bernie, Warren as far as I’m concerned) that make some waves where the more sensible party mainstream just… doesn’t.
You can complain all you like how it seems like republicans have gotten themselves on talk shows etc. a lot more over the past 20 years but the reason they managed that was by taking a fairly unified(ish) stand as a party and being vocal about it. And not just in a dry, procedurally correct manner.
And somehow, when handed what should be just about the easiest winning subject they could possibly dream of being handed, the Dem party mainstream just… doesn’t. I’m not saying it wouldn’t be nicer if journalists did their jobs a bit more diligently to begin with but if a national political party largely can’t be bothered to hand them some juicy meat that’s not going to help.
Instead a lot of what we see from the Democratic party is infighting. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing, with a primary coming up, but to argue that this discrepancy is due to biases external to the Dem party seems a little disingenuous to me.
Kevin Kruse pwns Dipshit D’Stupids again. It must be a day ending in y.
No, the historical narrative I’ve advanced — one that’s been pretty standard in the profession for fifty years — is grounded in empirical facts.
You should really try that yourself sometime. https://t.co/aYIA7WaJhK— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) February 22, 2019
Guys listen, it’s never cool to make fun of someone’s appearance unless that someone is Scott Walker who looks that way because his grandmother fucked a flounder.
re: #18 HappyWarrior
There’s a lot of gender double standards going on about Klobuchar’s reputation as a boss unfortunately. And it’s not just Trump that is benefiting from them.
I worked for a lot of bad bosses, and the worst was the adult daughter of an alcoholic. Read about Klobuchar’s dad. Double standard or not, a toxic work environment like the current White House is damaging to our national security. When it turns into toadies and backstabbers and hunger games. Here’s the thing- hire good people get good results. So is Klobuchar a shitty boss or a shitty judge of talent? If you hire someone who underperforms, that’s on you and no amount of browbeating changes that fact.
re: #27 goddamnedfrank
Guys listen, it’s never cool to make fun of someone’s appearance unless that someone is Scott Walker who looks that way because his grandmother fucked a flounder.
D Deb was being very respectful. Looks like a jai alai champion.
re: #24 Old Liberal
They may or may not be cult members. But Trump enablers definitely are beholden to a White Supremacist agenda that entitles white males extraordinary societal benefits no other group of people are allowed to posses.
…Like not getting automatically shot and killed in confrontation with police for one thing. Basic things like that.
re: #6 CongoJack
Woof.
When the Mrs. and I watched get me Roger Stone she couldn’t look at his head. She just kept saying, “My gawd, he doesn’t have a frontal cortex… it (head) just all comes to a point… his brain couldn’t have developed correctly with a skull like that.”
Stone is literally a pinhead.
You know if I went to a shady massage place like that, I’d probably assume the place was wired to hell and back and factor that in to any decision to do business with them.
re: #28 Old Liberal
I worked for a lot of bad bosses, and the worst was the adult daughter of an alcoholic. Read about Klobuchar’s dad. Double standard or not, a toxic work environment like the current White House is damaging to our national security. When it turns into toadies and backstabbers and hunger games. Here’s the thing- hire good people get good results. So is Klobuchar a shitty boss or a shitty judge of talent? If you hire someone who underperforms, that’s on you and no amount of browbeating changes that fact.
And it’s actually a little hard to compare people to Trump in this case because he’s had zero government experience, and he’s tried to run his company like a crime organization. Maybe we should have asked him how many horse’s heads he’s had to use.
re: #18 HappyWarrior
There’s a lot of gender double standards going on about Klobuchar’s reputation as a boss unfortunately. And it’s not just Trump that is benefiting from them.
Now here’s the thing- the media has no business critiquing Klobuchars turnover and then giving drumpf a pass. He’s the worst ever.
re: #21 KGxvi
I’m not sure there’s anything one could show me that would make me believe Gowdy is not actually a muppet come to life
Why do you hate Muppets?
re: #26 The Vicious Babushka
Kevin Kruse pwns Dipshit D’Stupids again. It must be a day ending in y.
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Dinesh really is stupid isn’t he. Jussie is a moron. A criminal one even but that doesn’t change that oh I don’t know that Republicans like him do campaign on racial prejudice all the fucking time. Not one Virginia Republican has expressed an apology to the state’s minority community about ohw Corey Stewart runs his campaigns here. Not a damn one. But go on Dinesh act like a B list celebrity making MAGA hats look like bigots is somehow worse than that.
re: #34 Old Liberal
Now here’s the thing- the media has no business critiquing Klobuchars turnover and then giving drumpf a pass. He’s the worst ever.
Absolutely. And Trump has tons of turnover.
Advertisers are feeling Youtube in droves after the discovery their cesspool of a comment system is getting overrun by pedophiles on certain videos.
re: #28 Old Liberal
I worked for a lot of bad bosses, and the worst was the adult daughter of an alcoholic. Read about Klobuchar’s dad. Double standard or not, a toxic work environment like the current White House is damaging to our national security. When it turns into toadies and backstabbers and hunger games. Here’s the thing- hire good people get good results. So is Klobuchar a shitty boss or a shitty judge of talent? If you hire someone who underperforms, that’s on you and no amount of browbeating changes that fact.
Also in the camp of having worked for a lot of bad bosses… and I feel like being a shitty boss and being a shitty judge of talent are often related. Shitty bosses often over estimate their own importance and under estimate the importance of their employees.
Then, when word gets around that you’re a shitty boss, you tend to draw less talented applicants. It sort of spirals on itself. Beyond that, you end up in a situation where all the employees, regardless of talent level are constantly looking for a new job. Which just intensifies the spiral of toxic/hostile work environments.
re: #29 wrenchwench
D Deb was being very respectful. Looks like a jai alai champion.
Natchez and Flathead groups achieved that look, but it took mechanical intervention.
re: #19 goddamnedfrank
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Alternative hypothesis:
Removing lead from gasoline results in drastic reductions in violent crime 20 years later.
Lead: America’s Real Criminal Element
The hidden villain behind violent crime, lower IQs, and even the ADHD epidemic.
re: #40 Decatur Deb
Natchez and Flathead groups achieved that look, but it took mechanical intervention.
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Probably got its start as protection of a newborn’s soft spot in the great outdoors.
I usually have a theory.
I cringed so hard my ass just took a bite out of my chair
— Sean McAllister (@smcallister27) February 22, 2019
re: #41 sagehen
Alternative hypothesis:
Removing lead from gasoline results in drastic reductions in violent crime 20 years later.
Lead: America’s Real Criminal Element
The hidden villain behind violent crime, lower IQs, and even the ADHD epidemic.
Just think, for decades we pumped vaporized lead into our breathing air and that was due to lobbying by the lead pushers. Still remember the conservatives being upset that they couldn’t use leaded gas. Some fucking things never fucking change.
re: #42 wrenchwench
Probably got its start as protection of a newborn’s soft spot in the great outdoors.
I usually have a theory.
“Hey, look at this rad body mod.”
“Sick, dude.”
re: #44 Old Liberal
Just think, for decades we pumped vaporized lead into our breathing air and that was due to lobbying by the lead pushers. Still remember the conservatives being upset that they couldn’t use leaded gas. Some fucking things never fucking change.
There was a reason for it being added at one time. Then cars got better.
re: #42 wrenchwench
Probably got its start as protection of a newborn’s soft spot in the great outdoors.
I usually have a theory.
Do you publish these theories?
You may be missing out on followers.
re: #28 Old Liberal
I worked for a lot of bad bosses, and the worst was the adult daughter of an alcoholic. Read about Klobuchar’s dad. Double standard or not, a toxic work environment like the current White House is damaging to our national security. When it turns into toadies and backstabbers and hunger games. Here’s the thing- hire good people get good results. So is Klobuchar a shitty boss or a shitty judge of talent? If you hire someone who underperforms, that’s on you and no amount of browbeating changes that fact.
Hm….the more that leaks out, the more I’m concluding that Klobuchar isn’t a good manager. There was a bit in the NYTimes that people who went on parental leave had to stay on the job three times as long as they were gone (and if they left anyway, they had to pay back the leave). That’s an old policy, but that it was there in the first place is kinda troubling….
re: #25 ThomasLite
You can complain all you like how it seems like republicans have gotten themselves on talk shows etc. a lot more over the past 20 years but the reason they managed that was by taking a fairly unified(ish) stand as a party and being vocal about it. And not just in a dry, procedurally correct manner.
And somehow, when handed what should be just about the easiest winning subject they could possibly dream of being handed, the Dem party mainstream just… doesn’t. I’m not saying it wouldn’t be nicer if journalists did their jobs a bit more diligently to begin with but if a national political party largely can’t be bothered to hand them some juicy meat that’s not going to help.
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I’d like to find out more about Klobuchar but it does kind of rub me the wrong way that all the people who have criticized her managing style haven’t gone out by name and those who have praised her have. I think the truth is probably somewhere in between. I don’t know. I think it’s a fair issue to discuss but if you’re going to discuss it for her, discuss it for other people who have a reputation of being tough to work for who are running for President and it’s not just Amy as I said.
re: #46 Belafon
There was a reason for it being added at one time. Then cars got better.
I read that the benefit/need ended decades before the use did. I’ll try to find that article.
re: #41 sagehen
Alternative hypothesis:
Removing lead from gasoline results in drastic reductions in violent crime 20 years later.
Lead: America’s Real Criminal Element
The hidden villain behind violent crime, lower IQs, and even the ADHD epidemic.
Not really an alternative since both theories work together, and leaded gas doesn’t explain the crime spike in Romania.
re: #48 gwangung
Hm….the more that leaks out, the more I’m concluding that Klobuchar isn’t a good manager. There was a bit in the NYTimes that people who went on parental leave had to stay on the job three times as long as they were gone (and if they left anyway, they had to pay back the leave). That’s an old policy, but that it was there in the first place is kinda troubling….
I hadn’t seen that bit. I dunno honestly.
re: #47 ObserverArt
Do you publish these theories?
You may be missing out on followers.
Before the internet, my goal in life was to avoid having followers. So far, I’ve limited my publishing to pixels on LGF.
re: #51 Old Liberal
I read that the benefit/need ended decades before the use did. I’ll try to find that article.
Don’t worry. I agree. They were holding on just because someone said they had to change.
Trump denies that his incendiary rhetoric played any role in motivating the Coast Guard officer who is a fan of his and allegedly plotted to kill Trump’s critics in media and politics: “I think my language is very nice.” pic.twitter.com/Ie7afV5Ema
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 22, 2019
re: #52 goddamnedfrank
Not really an alternative since both theories work together, and leaded gas doesn’t explain the crime spike in Romania.
No thing is caused by one thing. No thing causes only one thing. That’s a Sociology sequella to Fr. Guido Sarducci’s $5, 5 minute college summary.
Here’s what I do know, Amy Klobuchar was never going to be the nominee and this all feels like the spectacle of deliberate distraction.
re: #56 The Vicious Babushka
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Your language sucks, asshole. You’re constantly complaining about the press when they don’t kiss your ass. You’re constantly showing more favor to Putin than your fellow Americans whose only crime is criticizing oyu. You’re a disgrace. It’s sickening that you’re not only our President but an American.
re: #56 The Vicious Babushka
“I call all my friends ‘enemies of the people’. It’s just something I do.”
re: #56 The Vicious Babushka
“I think my language is very nice.”
In fairness, it does sound better in the original German.
re: #58 goddamnedfrank
Here’s what I do know, Amy Klobuchar was never going to be the nominee and this all feels like the spectacle of deliberate distraction.
I don’t think so either but it wouldn’t have surprised me if she got vetted for VP.
Trump just claimed, falsely, that there were 1 million illegal votes in California. When the reporter tries to correct him, he shuts her down.
Trump effectively uses his “excuse me!” line to cut reporters off who try to hold him accountable for a lie. They shouldn’t stop. pic.twitter.com/8C2Vyw28sI— John Aravosis 🇺🇸 (@aravosis) February 22, 2019
re: #63 The Vicious Babushka
It seems to involve a lot of female reporters.
re: #63 The Vicious Babushka
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He needs to be held accountable for continuing to lie like this. I know it’s not impeachable to lie offhand like this but he’s creating doubt in the democratic process by continuing to make up bullshit like this.
re: #64 Belafon
It seems to involve a lot of female reporters.
Of course, they’re the worst offenders.
re: #64 Belafon
It seems to involve a lot of female reporters.
Usually female and often not white. He’s a patronizing douchebag.
re: #63 The Vicious Babushka
Dear Media: stop showing him live. Run his speeches/press events on a ten minute delay and use the chyron to point out his lies.
re: #68 KGxvi
Dear Media: stop showing him live. Run his speeches/press events on a ten minute delay and use the chyron to point out his lies.
That’s a great idea.
re: #11 Jay C
BTW, I found a link to a local TV station’s site (WPTV, W. Palm Beach) with a bunch of information on the recent day-spa prostitution busts.
The operation in Jupiter was only one of those “day spas” raided: apparently, there were more (3 at least) - and the bust was cited as the result of “an 8-month multi-agency” investigation, with trafficking as its focus.
Oh, and the cops say they have “video” enough to charge those clients [unlucky enough to get] caught on camera. Presumably including Robert Kraft and/or the unnamed “celebrity perp”….
i’ve read/heard 5, but dont have locations yet
re: #68 KGxvi
Dear Media: stop showing him live. Run his speeches/press events on a ten minute delay and use the chyron to point out his lies.
And visibly skip through the parts where he repeats himself.
re: #63 The Vicious Babushka
John Aravosis 🇺🇸
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@aravosis
Trump just claimed, falsely, that there were 1 million illegal votes in California. When the reporter tries to correct him, he shuts her down.Trump effectively uses his “excuse me!” line to cut reporters off who try to hold him accountable for a lie. They shouldn’t stop.
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The Big Lie: Keep on repeating a falsehood and it will seep into the public consciousness. Trump learned his lessons from his collection of Hitler’s speeches.
re: #38 Eclectic Cyborg
Advertisers are feeling Youtube in droves after the discovery their cesspool of a comment system is getting overrun by pedophiles on certain videos.
Yeah, I saw mention of that in the news earlier today. The pedos are not only making comments, they’re timestamping certain segments of videos and sharing non-YouTube links to god only knows what in the YT comments.
re: #71 Belafon
And visibly skip through the parts where he repeats himself.
Nah, keep those, just run on the chyron “he already said that, and it was a lie then, too”
re: #68 KGxvi
Dear Media: stop showing him live. Run his speeches/press events on a ten minute delay and use the chyron to point out his lies.
I stole that & Tweeted it.
Hell give him a shock collar. If he lies, he gets zapped.
re: #59 HappyWarrior
Your language sucks, asshole. You’re constantly complaining about the press when they don’t kiss your ass. You’re constantly showing more favor to Putin than your fellow Americans whose only crime is criticizing oyu. You’re a disgrace. It’s sickening that you’re not only our President but an American.
Trump is a disgrace to his nation, gender, race, species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom and domain.
He may be the single most loathsome living thing produced in billions of years of evolution on earth.
re: #77 EPR-radar
Trump is a disgrace to his nation, gender, race, species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom and domain.
He may be the single most loathsome living thing produced in billions of years of evolution on earth.
It still makes me ill that he got elected. I’m never going to jet over that.
re: #44 Old Liberal
Just think, for decades we pumped vaporized lead into our breathing air and that was due to lobbying by the lead pushers. Still remember the conservatives being upset that they couldn’t use leaded gas. Some fucking things never fucking change.
Lead in gasoline isn’t the only niche that has experienced lobbying which has had detrimental knock-on effects… There are numerous examples of systemic issues that no-one dares to really look into, because really looking into them would require decision-makers to radically re-evaluate policy and its effects.
It’s easier to impose harsher sanctions for some crimes than it is to admit to yourself and the public that your policies and the underlying causes of societal problems are intertwined.
re: #63 The Vicious Babushka
Trump just claimed, falsely, that there were 1 million illegal votes in California. When the reporter tries to correct him, he shuts her down.
Trump effectively uses his “excuse me!” line to cut reporters off who try to hold him accountable for a lie. They shouldn’t stop.
the NEXT person needs to ask “why wont you answer the last question?”
Here’s a very detyarticle on the deliberate poisoning by lead when a superior solution was available.
thenation.com
re: #72 Hecuba’s daughter
The Big Lie: Keep on repeating a falsehood and it will seep into the public consciousness. Trump learned his lessons from his collection of Hitler’s speeches.
which is why i keep saying stop debating ‘the wall’
he made the wall a thing and now it is a thing permanently
now we’re only talking about where, how much, and where’s the money coming from
we should be saying “a wall is not what america is”
re: #81 Old Liberal
Here’s a very detyarticle on the deliberate poisoning by lead when a superior solution was available.
thenation.com
No Joy, #502’d.
re: #28 Old Liberal
I worked for a lot of bad bosses, and the worst was the adult daughter of an alcoholic. Read about Klobuchar’s dad.
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Is it a little weird to anyone else that a fucking billionaire was getting his rocks off at a seedy ass strip mall massage parlor?
re: #85 goddamnedfrank
Is it a little weird to anyone else that a fucking billionaire was getting his rocks off at a seedy ass strip mall massage parlor?
Yeah. So what else was going on?
re: #85 goddamnedfrank
Is it a little weird to anyone else that a fucking billionaire was getting his rocks off at a seedy ass strip mall massage parlor?
Common touch.
re: #79 Teukka
Lead in gasoline isn’t the only niche that has experienced lobbying which has had detrimental knock-on effects… There are numerous examples of systemic issues that no-one dares to really look into, because really looking into them would require decision-makers to radically re-evaluate policy and its effects.
It’s easier to impose harsher sanctions for some crimes than it is to admit to yourself and the public that your policies and the underlying causes of societal problems are intertwined.
money = policy = money = policy….
re: #88 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
money = policy = money = policy….
Is that a perpetual motion machine?
The focus is Zinke’s 2017 decision not to grant two Connecticut tribes’ petition to operate a commercial casino, according to those familiar with the proceedings. Interior officials have appeared as witnesses already.
— Juliet Eilperin (@eilperin) February 22, 2019
Zinke’s in trouble…. (department of redundancy department, since this is Trumpworld we’re talking about).
re: #85 goddamnedfrank
Is it a little weird to anyone else that a fucking billionaire was getting his rocks off at a seedy ass strip mall massage parlor?
its either that or you gotta first get an NDA, then a lawyer to make hush payments through a couple of llc’s….
re: #89 wrenchwench
Is that a perpetual motion machine?
sure seems like it is for the people we keep voting for
Donald Trump refuses to calm rhetoric after Coast Guard member’s terror plot: “My language is very nice” https://t.co/ZPtDrtpz1H pic.twitter.com/zcMtiNYA1V
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) February 22, 2019
Gaslighting with a flamethrower, napalm, and WP.
re: #85 goddamnedfrank
Is it a little weird to anyone else that a fucking billionaire was getting his rocks off at a seedy ass strip mall massage parlor?
I mean there’s the old joke about how you become rich by spending as little as possible, but you’d think being an 80-something year old billionaire, you’d spring for the high class, high price, discreet escort service, no?
re: #93 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
sure seems like it is for the people we keep voting for
…so that government of the money, by the money, and for the money shall not perish…
re: #95 KGxvi
I mean there’s the old joke about how you become rich by spending as little as possible, but you’d think being an 80-something year old billionaire, you’d spring for the high class, high price, discreet escort service, no?
Just keep a Justice of the Peace, cardiologist, and divorce lawyer on retainer.
re: #94 lawhawk
Of course Trump is not going to moderate his language. He is the Spiritual Leader of the Pig-People precisely because he is such a blatant gaping asshole.
So perhaps the reason the GOP Powers That Be haven’t disposed of Trump is that they think the time is right for a right-wing fascist takeover of the US, and appreciate that Trump is the most effective rabble rouser they have.
That’s getting very close to the only available rational reason why they haven’t sent this clown off to a rubber room to play with blocks and brightly colored pieces of string using the 25th amendment.
Damit, I keep forgetting to check the little box that returns you to the post you were replying to. Do I get one if I reply to myself?
If you want to believe the Daily Mail, Trump has made a mild statement on Kraft. He’s “surprised”.
re: #100 Decatur Deb
If you want to believe the Daily Mail, Trump has made a mild statement on Kraft. He’s “surprised”.
Isn’t the DailyFail notorious for its inaccuracy?
…but I don’t get to upding my own comments. I think one should be able to upding before and after a reply (not necessarily to oneself).
re: #103 Hecuba’s daughter
Isn’t the DailyFail notorious for its inaccuracy?
Hence the warning. (And we call it “bullshit” here in the Land o’ Cotton.)
re: #84 Eric The Fruit Bat
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This is great! @EmmaKennedy Someone on Quora asked “Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?” Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote this magnificent response.
— Anthony Philipson (@MrAPhilipson) February 15, 2019
#97 edited to hornor the subject’s staying power.
re: #100 Decatur Deb
If you want to believe the Daily Mail, Trump has made a mild statement on Kraft. He’s “surprised”.
No concern about the women that were being trafficked, of course.
re: #107 CongoJack
Good string
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The question ought not be why do British people not lke Donald Trump. The question ought to be why does anyone like him?
re: #27 goddamnedfrank
Guys listen, it’s never cool to make fun of someone’s appearance unless that someone is Scott Walker who looks that way because his grandmother fucked a flounder.
gee…Scott Walker is my guess for the mystery massage guy…
re: #68 KGxvi
Dear Media: stop showing him live. Run his speeches/press events on a ten minute delay and use the chyron to point out his lies.
And use a game show style buzzer to emphasize whenever he is caught in a lie they want you to check the chyron for.
re: #111 Backwoods_Sleuth
gee…Scott Walker is my guess for the mystery massage guy…
What is McConnell’s take on the NFL?
re: #109 HappyWarrior
No concern about the women that were being trafficked, of course.
on his watch
inside his country
got by his border
the only thing missing was the duct tape
re: #114 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
on his watch
inside his country
got by his borderthe only thing missing was the duct tape
Accessories cost extra.
re: #95 KGxvi
I mean there’s the old joke about how you become rich by spending as little as possible, but you’d think being an 80-something year old billionaire, you’d spring for the high class, high price, discreet escort service, no?
Exactly my point, I think he at least partly got off on the power disparity between him and these trafficked girls, and it fucked up his risk analysis calibration.
re: #111 Backwoods_Sleuth
gee…Scott Walker is my guess for the mystery massage guy…
Nah. Walker isn’t that well known nationally.
re: #109 HappyWarrior
No concern about the women that were being trafficked, of course.
Wait till we find out they were brought across the border in a panel van, tied up with duct tape, by a driver who took a right turn, then a left turn, then another left turn, right across the border into Vermont.
re: #117 HappyWarrior
Nah. Walker isn’t that well known nationally.
I hope beyond hope… Rick Scott
My outside sports figure who may have been involved…. Tiger Woods
re: #117 HappyWarrior
Hahahahahaha. Right after I post that reax to the “more people than Kraft” story a friend texted:
“Please be Limbaugh. “Please be Limbaugh. “Please be Limbaugh. “Please be Limbaugh. “— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 22, 2019
I used to work with a guy who talked about frequenting massage parlors and getting happy endings and I was like “man, you are seriously gross.”
Things more trustworthy than Donald J. Trump.
I will start.
*Gas station Sushi.
*A monogamous relationship with Tiger Woods.
*Matt Gaetz 30 day sobriety coin.— Andrew Goss ✊USAF✊ (@Goss30Goss) February 22, 2019
re: #119 CongoJack
I hope beyond hope… Rick Scott
My outside sports figure who may have been involved…. Tiger Woods
If it’s Scott, wouldn’t that mean that DeSantis would get to appoint a replacement (that has to run next year)? And wouldn’t that replacement be the most Trumpian Trumpist who ever tried to Trump?
re: #115 Decatur Deb
Accessories cost extra.
like i said earlier, i actually did go for a massage today
the things they try to sell you when you’re laying prone, face in the donut hole trying to forget everything…
oils, upgrade services, memberships, vibrators (no not that kind) and lots of woo stuff
re: #124 HappyWarrior
Limbaugh for someone not in sports, Tiger for someone who is. Imo
Politician class: Cruz
Sports: Tiger
Pundit/media: Hannity
re: #123 KGxvi
If it’s Scott, wouldn’t that mean that DeSantis would get to appoint a replacement (that has to run next year)? And wouldn’t that replacement be the most Trumpian Trumpist who ever tried to Trump?
as if scott would resign
Lre: #127 lawhawk
Politician class: Cruz
Sports: Tiger
Pundit/media: Hannity
I’d take Rush over Hannity. Rush has ties to that part of FLA. I’d take Rubio before Cruz tbh for the same reason.
re: #127 lawhawk
Politician class: Cruz
Sports: Tiger
Pundit/media: Hannity
I could see Limbaugh, though. Didn’t he like to take “vacations” in the Dominican Republic or something like that? IIRC, it was somewhere notorious for underage prostitution - and if I’m remembering right, he got busted with a shit-ton of Viagra on his return from his “vacation”.
re: #128 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
as if scott would resign
Hard to be a Senator when you’re spending six to eight months in prison.
re: #130 Dr Lizardo
I could see Limbaugh, though. Didn’t he like to take “vacations” in the Dominican Republic or something like that? IIRC, it was somewhere notorious for underage prostitution - and if I’m remembering right, he got busted with a shit-ton of Viagra on his return from his “vacation”.
Yes. And he’s based out of that part of FLA.
re: #65 HappyWarrior
He needs to be held accountable for continuing to lie like this. I know it’s not impeachable to lie offhand like this but he’s creating doubt in the democratic process by continuing to make up bullshit like this.
2020 come on
re: #132 KGxvi
Hard to be a Senator when you’re spending six to eight months in prison.
this is an administration of firsts…
- argument 1: like the senate actually does anything
- argument 2/ mcturtle: i’m not gonna expel a guy for one indiscretion. he deserves a second chance. so while we have enough votes without him, we’ll just keep his seat warm
re: #123 KGxvi
If it’s Scott, wouldn’t that mean that DeSantis would get to appoint a replacement (that has to run next year)? And wouldn’t that replacement be the most Trumpian Trumpist who ever tried to Trump?
Could it be DeSantis?
What’s in the boxxxxxxx?! What’s in the boxxxxxx?! pic.twitter.com/zqfJjecusH
— Not Scott F. (@notscottf) February 22, 2019
re: #139 Hecuba’s daughter
Could it be DeSantis?
I don’t think DeSanttis is that well known nationally.
Metal af!
— Franklygoddamn (@goddamnedfrank) February 22, 2019
re: #142 HappyWarrior
Just a dick in a box.
Step 1: Cut a hole in a box
Step 2: Put your junk in that box
Step 3: Make her open the box
And that is how you do it
///
re: #85 goddamnedfrank
Is it a little weird to anyone else that a fucking billionaire was getting his rocks off at a seedy ass strip mall massage parlor?
With what he’s worth, he could get a porn star escort or two, but lots of rich people are cheap ass like that.
re: #143 goddamnedfrank
They are so prehistoric looking. It’s like staring at a live dinosaur.
re: #146 NO SMOCKING GUN!
With what he’s worth, he could get a porn star escort or two, but lots of rich people are cheap ass like that.
Maybe he’s got a fetish for Asian women.
re: #85 goddamnedfrank
Honestly it’s not that surprising. You’re a rich famous old white dude, you see what the tabloids do to those types, you know if you get spotted with a high price escort you’re gonna be in deep doo doo. Or, even worse, end up on a list like what happened with the Manhattan Madam situation. So rather than going to some high price escort deal you instead find a nondescript “massage” parlor and get your rocks off with someone who doesn’t know you at all and doesn’t even really speak english.
re: #98 EPR-radar
Of course Trump is not going to moderate his language. He is the Spiritual Leader of the Pig-People precisely because he is such a blatant gaping asshole.
So perhaps the reason the GOP Powers That Be haven’t disposed of Trump is that they think the time is right for a right-wing fascist takeover of the US, and appreciate that Trump is the most effective rabble rouser they have.
That’s getting very close to the only available rational reason why they haven’t sent this clown off to a rubber room to play with blocks and brightly colored pieces of string using the 25th amendment.
To me the answer is simply fear. Trump panders to the base, and they love him for it. So any Republican who gets crosswise with Trump will get crosswise with their own primary voters. Simple as that.
re: #149 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
Honestly it’s not that surprising. You’re a rich famous old white dude, you see what the tabloids do to those types, you know if you get spotted with a high price escort you’re gonna be in deep doo doo. Or, even worse, end up on a list like what happened with the Manhattan Madam situation. So rather than going to some high price escort deal you instead find a nondescript “massage” parlor and get your rocks off with someone who doesn’t know you at all and doesn’t even really speak english.
Someone that doesn’t have a command enough of English to rat you out to either the tabloids or the cops.
Unfortunately for Kraft (and the other as-of-yet-unnamed famous person referenced, as well as the other johns), the cops were already all over it.
re: #151 TedStriker
Someone that doesn’t have a command enough of English to rat you out to either the tabloids or the cops.
Exactly. And who never really sees the light of day and is probably told they’ll be deported if they ever say anything to anyone.
re: #150 NO SMOCKING GUN!
To me the answer is simply fear. Trump panders to the base, and they love him for it. So any Republican who gets crosswise with Trump will get crosswise with their own primary voters. Simple as that.
the only ‘clever’ thing he did and i think it was by accident
he pulled their voters out from under them while they watched
re: #152 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
Exactly. And who never really sees the light of day and is probably told they’ll be deported if they ever say anything to anyone.
Or, as in many human trafficking situations, they’re threatened with much, much worse.
a great quote
“Look, you could be a senior senator and have never managed more than a hundred people in your life. I not only have more years of government experience than the president of the United States, but I have more years of executive experience than the vice president of the United States, and more wartime experience than anybody who arrived in the office since George H.W. Bush.”
— South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, quoted by the Washington Post, on his experience to be president despite being 37 years old.
…if a last name alone could sink your chances…
re: #87 Decatur Deb
Common touch.
There’s not enough purell in the world to be with anyone who’s doing 1500 people a year.
(I know they are not doing this of their free will and I am completely being snarky and flippant and would never, ever say that anywhere else but here [or to the spouse in person].)
Those trafficking fuckers should have their dicks cut off and then spend life in prison for making women do that.
re: #123 KGxvi
If it’s Scott, wouldn’t that mean that DeSantis would get to appoint a replacement (that has to run next year)? And wouldn’t that replacement be the most Trumpian Trumpist who ever tried to Trump?
The thought probably is that it would damage Scott’s 2024 presidential run. But it would probably only clinch him the GOP nomination.
re: #156 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
a great quote
…if a last name alone could sink your chances…
I was impressed with his DNC chair bid. TBH I think he’d be better off running for another position but he’s not wrong at all.
re: #155 TedStriker
again, very true.
did y’all see this letter this morning. it’s an outstanding op-ed in the wapo
Adam Schiff: An open letter to my Republican colleagues
When the president attacked the independence of the Justice Department by intervening in a case in which he is implicated, you did not speak out. When he attacked the press as the enemy of the people, you again were silent. When he targeted the judiciary, labeling judges and decisions he didn’t like as illegitimate, we heard not a word. And now he comes for Congress, the first branch of government, seeking to strip it of its greatest power, that of the purse.”
“Many of you have acknowledged your deep misgivings about the president in quiet conversations over the past two years. You have bemoaned his lack of decency, character and integrity. You have deplored his fundamental inability to tell the truth. But for reasons that are all too easy to comprehend, you have chosen to keep your misgivings and your rising alarm private.”
“That must end. The time for silent disagreement is over. You must speak out.”
re: #149 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
Honestly it’s not that surprising. You’re a rich famous old white dude, you see what the tabloids do to those types, you know if you get spotted with a high price escort you’re gonna be in deep doo doo. Or, even worse, end up on a list like what happened with the Manhattan Madam situation. So rather than going to some high price escort deal you instead find a nondescript “massage” parlor and get your rocks off with someone who doesn’t know you at all and doesn’t even really speak english.
“Romantic Hit of the Year!! You’ll laugh. You”ll cry. You’ll retch!!!”
re: #132 KGxvi
Hard to be a Senator when you’re spending six to eight months in prison.
Its only a misdemeanor; he’ll pay a fine and be on his way.
re: #157 MsJ
There’s not enough purell in the world to be with anyone who’s doing 1500 people a year.
(I know they are not doing this of their free will and I am completely being snarky and flippant and would never, ever say that anywhere else but here [or to the spouse in person].)
Those trafficking fuckers should have their dicks cut off and then spend life in prison for making women do that.
looks like the ‘ring leaders’ are a couple of chinese women
re: #164 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
looks like the ‘ring leaders’ are a couple of chinese women
*looks for germane Madeline Albright quote*
re: #156 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
a great quote
…if a last name alone could sink your chances…
Obama won with the middle name Hussein.
re: #166 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Obama won with the middle name Hussein.
Twice.
It just drove what was left of the GOP’s collective mind into open racist, bigoted insanity, culminating in the world of shit we’re in now with Trump.
re: #166 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Obama won with the middle name Hussein.
true enough and that did come to mind
and i was only half joking really
‘mayor pete’ works fine for me
Mayor Pete’s website doesn’t have any info on the issues but I like the guy and think he shouldn’t be ignored.
re: #169 plansbandc
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Some people shit on taggers and graffiti/”street” artists, but when it’s done right, it’s just as much “art” as anything in a stuffy gallery.
I’ve been enjoying goddamnedfrank’s posts on the cool fishtank project. But I keep thinking about this ‘caper’ of a couple of years ago…
The hackers attempted to acquire data from a North American casino by using an Internet-connected fish tank, according to a report released Thursday by cybersecurity firm Darktrace.
The fish tank had sensors connected to a PC that regulated the temperature, food and cleanliness of the tank.
“Somebody got into the fish tank and used it to move around into other areas (of the network) and sent out data,” said Justin Fier, Darktrace’s director of cyber intelligence.
….
“This one is the most entertaining and clever thinking by hackers I’ve seen,” said Hemu Nigam, a former federal prosecutor for computer crimes and current chief executive of SSP Blue, a cybersecurity company.
How a fish tank helped hack a casino
By Alex Schiffer
July 21, 2017
re: #171 TedStriker
Some people shit on taggers and graffiti artists, but when it’s done right, it’s just as much “art” as anything in a stuffy gallery.
Yeah. I had a classmate do a presentation on graffiti art. Was very neat.
re: #173 ckkatz
And here we see the pitfalls of connecting everything around us to the internet.
re: #169 plansbandc
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there are some clever people out there
and i love that one tooth…
re: #94 lawhawk
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Gaslighting with a flamethrower, napalm, and WP.
I watched his response to the the question posed to him regarding the capture of the white nationalist terrorist.
Regarding Hasson’s arrest, Trump found it to be “a shame” that it happened. By his phrasing, it isn’t exactly clear whether he was talking about Hasson getting caught before he could attempt to kill Trump’s enemies.
re: #173 ckkatz
I’ve been enjoying goddamnedfrank’s posts on the cool fishtank project. But I keep thinking about this ‘caper’ of a couple of years ago…
“Somebody got into the fish tank and used it to move around into other areas (of the network) and sent out data,” said Justin Fier, Darktrace’s director of cyber intelligence.
How a fish tank helped hack a casino
By Alex Schiffer
July 21, 2017
so many possibilities in that quote
re: #179 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
so many possibilities in that quote
I’m thinking that I will not ask… :)
re: #171 TedStriker
Some people shit on taggers and graffiti/”street” artists, but when it’s done right, it’s just as much “art” as anything in a stuffy gallery.
Wherever I go, I take a good amount of photography of the city, and I always make it a point to seek our street art and photograph that. It’s cool to see regional spin on street art, and also to see the similarities between street art in DC and Brussels, for instance.
And some of it is just so good.
re: #177 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
I watched his response to the the question posed to him regarding the capture of the white nationalist terrorist.
Regarding Hasson’s arrest, Trump found it to be “a shame” that it happened. By his phrasing, it isn’t exactly clear whether he was talking about Hasson getting caught before he could attempt to kill Trump’s enemies.
And you think Trump is actually aware of the details or even cares anything about it? And he won’t be the wiser even after the supposed briefing he is receiving.
re: #171 TedStriker
Some people shit on taggers and graffiti/”street” artists, but when it’s done right, it’s just as much “art” as anything in a stuffy gallery.
Some street art is fantastic, most is just an ugly mess, all of it is vandalism unless the artist gets permission in advance and that’s my main issue with it.
re: #177 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
I watched his response to the the question posed to him regarding the capture of the white nationalist terrorist.
Regarding Hasson’s arrest, Trump found it to be “a shame” that it happened. By his phrasing, it isn’t exactly clear whether he was talking about Hasson getting caught before he could attempt to kill Trump’s enemies.
‘a shame’ is probably his phrase for today and he’ll stick it in everything
It’s almost as though the non-Fox media were actively sabotaging every Dem not named Bernie. But that couldn’t actually be it, could it?🤔
— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) February 22, 2019
re: #174 HappyWarrior
Yeah. I had a classmate do a presentation on graffiti art. Was very neat.
When Anthony Bourdain did his show for either the Bronx or for Queens for Parts Unknown (I think it was the Bronx episode), he did a bit about the subway graffiti art of the 70s; some of that shit was impressive, to say the least.
re: #164 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
looks like the ‘ring leaders’ are a couple of chinese women
But of course. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
re: #171 TedStriker
Some people shit on taggers and graffiti/”street” artists, but when it’s done right, it’s just as much “art” as anything in a stuffy gallery.
Yeah, well… I bet art in that stuffy gallery can get the placement of the eyebrows right though. pfeh.
/need I?
re: #161 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
did y’all see this letter this morning. it’s an outstanding op-ed in the wapo
Adam Schiff: An open letter to my Republican colleagues
Any idea how this letter has gone over?
I’m thinking there is much quiet and possibly some low grumbling and moaning.
And of course, FOX News attacks coming soon on a TV near you.
re: #189 ObserverArt
Any idea how this letter has gone over?
I’m thinking there is much quiet and possibly some low grumbling and moaning.
And of course, FOX News attacks coming soon on a TV near you.
i saw it on politicalwire.com
a wide range of comments, mostly positive
I had a young art student working under me from the same Columbus art college I went to. He was doing some of our graphics decal and cut vinyl work.
He was kicked out of the art college due to getting busted a couple times for tagging here in Columbus.
He had it bad, It was almost an addiction for him. I think it had a lot to do with the late nights and getting away with it.
I think he did manage to get back into school to finish his degree, but he was on a severe time-out.
He also was a huge Shepard Fairey fan.
A free upding to anyone that knows the one piece Shepard is most well known for having created?
(I bet this won’t take lizards too long…)
re: #191 ObserverArt
I had a young art student working under me from the same Columbus art college I went to. He was doing some of our graphics decal and cut vinyl work.
He was kicked out of the art college due to getting busted a couple times for tagging here in Columbus.
He had it bad, It was almost an addiction for him. I think had a lot to do with the late nights and getting away with it.
I think he did manage to get back into school to finish his degree, but he was on a severe time-out.
He also was a huge Shepard Fairey fan.
A free upding to anyone that knows the one piece Shepard is most well know for having created?
(I bet this won’t take lizards too long…)
OBEY
re: #194 TedStriker
The Obama “HOPE” piece.
DING!
Did you Google by any chance, or did you already know it? Just wondering. It is pretty easy to find it in images.
re: #85 goddamnedfrank
Is it a little weird to anyone else that a fucking billionaire was getting his rocks off at a seedy ass strip mall massage parlor?
Well, Kraft’s’ wife did pass away a few years ago. Maybe got a start to try and ease grieving and got hooked?
re: #193 ObserverArt
Good guess…but not the piece I had in mind.
That’s what put him on my map, anyway.
Squier made a Telecaster with his Obey graphics.
re: #195 ObserverArt
DING!
Did you Google by any chance, or did you already know it? Just wondering. It is pretty easy to find it in images.
I had to use Google to dust the cobwebs off mah brain; that piece is the first one I saw and I said “oh yeah!”
re: #196 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
Well, Kraft’s’ wife did pass away a few years ago. Maybe got a start to try and ease grieving and got hooked?
He’s in a relationship. Or, at least, he was up to today.
re: #197 makeitstop
That’s what put him on my map, anyway.
Squier made a Telecaster with his Obey graphics.
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Do you remember having seen these as stickers on light poles, telephone poles, street signs and anywhere someone could slap one in and around New York and probably everywhere else in America?
At least some credentials for the latest Trump nominee for the United Nations ambassador — Kelly Knight Craft but really not sufficient…
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re: #200 ObserverArt
Do you remember having seen these as stickers on light poles, telephone poles, street signs and anywhere someone could slap one in and around New York and probably everywhere else in America?
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Andre the Giant has a posse…
Interesting 21 minute talk by Historian, Author and Yale University Professor Timothy Snyder.
Basically he provides some very interesting observations on Brexit and other leave EU movements. And in passing, to MAGA. He talks about the weaknesses of the European Union and how Russia is exploiting these weaknesses.
In short:
1. He basically identifies two current mindsets:
- Inevitability - The World will get better because our country makes wise choices
“a sense that the future is just more of the present, that the laws of progress are known, that there are no alternatives, and therefore nothing really to be done.”
Versus
- Eternity - Our country’s good fortune has been stolen by others.
“places one nation at the center of a cyclical story of victimhood. Time is no longer a line into the future, but a circle that endlessly returns the same threats from the past.”
2. He argues that the European Union views itself as a voluntary collection of successful Nation-States.
He then points out that this is not true. The Western nations were failed or collapsed Empires, while the Eastern European nations were failed nation-states.
He argues that a “successful Nation State of ‘Britain’” never existed, that it was an Empire. And attempting to return to a Nation-State is going to end up with a diminished nation state of England, not Britain.
Timothy Snyder Speaks, ep. 16: The European Union
Judge rules that the State Department cannot deny citizenship to a child born abroad to a married, same-sex couple as long as one of them is a US citizen. DOJ falsely claimed the US citizen must be biologically related to the child, proven by a DNA test, a requirement not imposed on opposite-sex couples.
re: #203 ckkatz
Interesting 21 minute talk by Historian, Author and Yale University Professor Timothy Snyder.
Basically he provides some very interesting observations on Brexit and other leave EU movements. And in passing, to MAGA. He talks about the weaknesses of the European Union and how Russia is exploiting these weaknesses.
In short:
1. He basically identifies two current mindsets:
- Inevitability - The World will get better because our country makes wise choices
“a sense that the future is just more of the present, that the laws of progress are known, that there are no alternatives, and therefore nothing really to be done.”Versus
- Eternity - Our country’s good fortune has been stolen by others.
“places one nation at the center of a cyclical story of victimhood. Time is no longer a line into the future, but a circle that endlessly returns the same threats from the past.”2. He argues that the European Union views itself as a voluntary collection of successful Nation-States.
He then points out that this is not true. The Western nations were failed or collapsed Empires, while the Eastern European nations were failed nation-states.
He argues that a “successful Nation State of ‘Britain’” never existed, that it was an Empire. And attempting to return to a Nation-State is going to end up with a diminished nation state of England, not Britain.
Timothy Snyder Speaks, ep. 16: The European Union
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He’s a really good historian.
re: #204 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Judge rules that the State Department cannot deny citizenship to a child born abroad to a married, same-sex couple as long as one of them is a US citizen. DOJ falsely claimed the US citizen must be biologically related to the child, proven by a DNA test, a requirement not imposed on opposite-sex couples.
Absolutely the correct ruling. Yet another reason this administration screws lgbt people to appease bigots.
re: #164 dangerman-call me sandy, not a drink named Steve
looks like the ‘ring leaders’ are a couple of chinese women
One of the Chinese restaurants here in Rockwall got in trouble because the Chinese owners subjected their Latino employees to indentured servitude.
re: #205 HappyWarrior
He’s a really good historian.
Yes he is.
And what I found interesting is that the issues he points out are internal, systemic and underlying all of Europe. Are also things that Russia not long ago also went through. (The collapse from a multi-ethnic empire to a supposed Nation-State. Although, in many ways, they really are not.)
And are also things being brought up by MAGA trolls. Such as claiming race, ethnicity and groups they disagree with, do not deserve citizenship in the supposed ‘Nation-State’ of the United States.
re: #191 ObserverArt
I had a young art student working under me from the same Columbus art college I went to. He was doing some of our graphics decal and cut vinyl work.
He was kicked out of the art college due to getting busted a couple times for tagging here in Columbus.
He had it bad, It was almost an addiction for him. I think it had a lot to do with the late nights and getting away with it.
I think he did manage to get back into school to finish his degree, but he was on a severe time-out.
He also was a huge Shepard Fairey fan.
A free upding to anyone that knows the one piece Shepard is most well known for having created?
(I bet this won’t take lizards too long…)
He’s most known for the blue and red Obama posters but my LGF avi is a riff on his Andre the Giant has a Posse stickers from the 90’s.
Rep Omar should troll them with constant flower deliveries every hour.
— Will Solo (@WillSolo5) February 22, 2019
Your Dad endorsed a Congressman because he violently assaulted a journalist; told supporters he would pay legal fees if they beat up protesters; encouraged police brutality; and continued attacking the press after a deranged supporter mailed pipe bombs to his main Twitter targets https://t.co/aPF9F0fQCp
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) February 22, 2019
It’s really too bad that Fairey turned out to be such a clown regarding appropriation and fair use.
re: #212 Single-handed sailor
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Your Dad does it all the time and so have you but yeah find one asshole at Berkeley and use it to tar the whole left, you’re a joke no wonder why your Dad didn’t want anything to do with you.
It appears that we have another entry for Philly Pretzel’s thread killers.
This ruling is incredible! Both the voter ID & income tax cap amendments would be struck down because the court finds that North Carolina’s Republican legislature lost its claim to popular sovereignty after it was elected by illegal gerrymanders #NCpol https://t.co/lLJ6wbrb5u
— Stephen Wolf (@PoliticsWolf) February 22, 2019
Her husband is a billionaire coal executive and they’re both big GOP donors.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) February 23, 2019
Current mood. pic.twitter.com/VnD6RB69EC
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 23, 2019
“thank God you’re home, a bit of the couch fell off” pic.twitter.com/g5lixzN8e8
— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) February 22, 2019
Left-wing extremist arrested in Washington for threatening to shoot right-wing sheriffs who are refusing to enforce a state gun control measure until it is upheld by the courts. Said sheriff of Spokane County “is gonna get a bullet in his skull.”https://t.co/BEcagWCO7i
— Mark Pitcavage (@egavactip) February 22, 2019
Every nsfw subreddit caption ever
— Aryaman Raj (@AryamanRaj1) February 23, 2019
No phone calls is a really interesting denial. https://t.co/OP9WCSOYZE
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) February 22, 2019
Just. Stop.
Just fucking stop with this bullshit. https://t.co/X7peVjyWpf— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) February 23, 2019
While Robert Kraft is in the headlines, court documents reveal true victims of prostitution ring: women averaged 8 clients a day…1,500 a year…no days off…living in Florida strip mall…sleeping on tables at “Orchids of Asia Day Spa.” https://t.co/WZC8BlTRnX pic.twitter.com/aA5RkpkkeU
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) February 22, 2019
FUNNY VIDEO!😂
The Tucson Police Department is investigating a suspicious white powdery substance.#AZwx #SayITAintSnow pic.twitter.com/MtsPKwcuLe— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) February 23, 2019
Random stupid observation:
In the last couple of days I heard Adam McCabe on “Fresh Air” and Ann Milgram on “Stay Tuned with Preet” flip back and forth between the pronunciations of Rod “RosenSTINE” and Rod “RosenSTEEN”. These are people who know. I don’t feel so bad for occasionally forgetting.
there’s always an old tweet
Where serenity meets luxury: Trump Nat’l Jupiter’s Spa offers treatments which help restore youthful vitality http://t.co/7Pp2Mx0h6x
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 10, 2014
re: #233 Backwoods_Sleuth
there’s always an old tweet
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Please let it be revealed he was a “client.”
re: #234 HappyWarrior
Please let it be revealed he was a “client.”
reminds me of the old commercial:
“I’m not only the Hair Club president. I’m also a client.”
re: #227 Backwoods_Sleuth
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So, how long before she gets a call from the White House and suddenly backs off from voting for it?
Billionaire private equity firm owner John Childs is one of several men accused of soliciting prostitution in connection with Florida massage parlor investigation. https://t.co/ds06cAtOLm pic.twitter.com/LFj9oPhzAW
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) February 22, 2019
jacob really needs to get out more in the real world
Minnesota is like nothing I’ve ever seen before
Tens of thousands of Somalis imported every month. Previously nice neighborhoods turned into third world ghettos. Enormous offices to hand out free stuff to newly arrived Somalis.
I’m shocked and saddened.
Wake up!— Jacob Wohl (@JacobAWohl) February 22, 2019
I can’t read the NYT article about Amy Klobuchar demeaning staff and trying to undermine their prospects for better jobs, so I don’t know details. But when asked about it at the town hall I attended last week she skirted the issue by saying something like ‘I demand a lot from my staff because I demand the best for America’. It was her weakest moment of the evening.
re: #239 Backwoods_Sleuth
jacob really needs to get out more in the real world
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“whispering hipsters”
And you thought your job made YOU wait a long time for a promotion pic.twitter.com/dkxAf8p6Qe
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) February 23, 2019
re: #242 Backwoods_Sleuth
Yes it is a long time but at least they know what they are doing and how to go about it.
For those keeping score at home, at least .37% of America’s billionaire population was charged in a single sex trafficking case at a strip mall in southeast Florida today. https://t.co/JqQBu48S6K
— Zeddy (@Zeddary) February 23, 2019
re: #219 Backwoods_Sleuth
Think of this as a precursor of what would happen of it was determined Trump worked with Putin.
re: #239 Backwoods_Sleuth
jacob really needs to get out more in the real world
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Racist piece of shit.
re: #44 Old Liberal
Just think, for decades we pumped vaporized lead into our breathing air and that was due to lobbying by the lead pushers. Still remember the conservatives being upset that they couldn’t use leaded gas. Some fucking things never fucking change.
Tetraethyl lead (TEL) was used as an anti-knock ingredient in gasoline (a perfectly viable alternative was ethanol) made in refineries by the Ethyl Corporation. Hundreds of employees died of lead poisoning, and toxic lead plumes in groundwater are still a problem today. The stuff is damn persistent.
It was replaced by Methyl-tert Butyl Ether (MtBE), a man-made chemical that also could be made at refineries (instead of ethanol) in the 70’s. It has its own problems as a groundwater pollutant.
But the worst part about TEL was that, on combustion, it left elemental lead on cylinder walls and plugs that fouled the engine and required the addition of more additives called “lead scavengers”, also man-made in refineries. This pelletized the lead, which passed through the exhaust system and coated the sides of roads and highways.
The two that were primarily used were Etyhylene Dibromide (EDB) and Dichloroethane (1,2-DCA).
Depending on subsurface chemistry, DCA, which is a probable carcinogen and has a Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) in drinking water of 5 parts per million (PPM), can decay to Vinyl Chloride (VC), which is a listed carcinogen and has an MCL of 1 PPM.
Another of the primary sources of VC is a result of the breakdown cascade of Tetrachloroethylene (TCE), a ubiquitous dry cleaning fluid used in the US since the end of WW2. It was also used as a degreaser in metal and paint shops. It is also everywhere in groundwater. It had the unfortunate ability to penetrate concrete like crap through a goose. Most dry cleaners just poured their spent TCE out the back door until the establishment of the EPA.
Everyone knows about the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act, but the most effective legislation passed during the initial fervor was the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). RCRA required a host of chemicals to be tracked from production to recycling/disposal/destruction. All three were reviled by Industry as Government over-reach. They have saved or extended millions of lives. Flint should never have happened.
Back to lead scavangers: EDB, another man-made chemical which was developed in the thirties, is a much more dangerous chemical. It doesn’t break down to any significant degree. It remains stable for a hell of a long time. It is also a vicious carcinogen. The MCL for Vinyl Chloride is 1 PPM, among the lowest of any groundwater contaminants. The MCL for EDB is 50 parts per trillion. That is such a low level that there was no gas chromatography method for that level of detection of the contaminant until the SWA-846 Test Method 8011 was developed and accepted in the the mid-2000’s. Many Leaking Petroleum Storage Tank (LPST) sites identified after regulation was imposed on gas stations in 1986 identified historical leaks that had impacted groundwater. In many cases, the leaks were old and involved leaded gasoline. But the dangers of EDB weren’t known and not investigated. The vast majority of cases were closed before the danger of EDB, or a viable method of identifying it in groundwater at the MCL of 50 PPT were known or available.
Almost none of these cases have been re-opened. The threat involves, potentially, hundreds of thousands of people who think what is coming out of their taps is perfectly safe. It isn’t.
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