Seth takes a closer look at the damning whistleblower complaint that sparked the impeachment inquiry over President Trump’s Ukraine scandal.
The White House has taken extraordinary steps to block details of Trump’s calls with foreign leaders from becoming public, WaPo reports. The number of aides allowed to listen was slashed. The list of officials who could review the call was culled. https://t.co/ZwhsIfQeL7
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 27, 2019
I was never a big Giuliani fan, but he used to be a pretty sharp guy….
Um…..https://t.co/m5NpMiYxRy pic.twitter.com/HRTt2ncxHU
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) September 27, 2019
one of my arguments for impeachment has been that for all their bluster neither the administration nor its allies can actually take a punch, and when it comes, they’ll crumble
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) September 26, 2019
Subpoena his ass
— ☝️SoSayU 🆘 (@sosayu3) September 26, 2019
You do understand that there is no Executive nor any Attorney-Client Privilege between Volker and Giuliani, don’t you? The only thing either one can do to avoid testifying is plead the fifth.
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) September 27, 2019
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May 22, 2017 but nothing changes fast in the hooch world so the advice is still good.
Wine Pairings for Any Impending Impeachment Scenario
We must get serious about what we shall drink
The past few weeks have been a real rollercoaster for the White House! We began the month thinking Trump might be impeached for colluding with Russia, but now there’s literally endless permutations of impeachment opportunities! As the time nears, we must get serious:
Which wines are we going to drink as DJT has those sweet sweet articles of impeachment brought against him?
Below are pairings for a variety of scenarios.
re: #7 plansbandc
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— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) September 27, 2019
re: #9 jaunte
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re: #11 plansbandc
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For everyone who may be hoping for me to meet Stinky after what I did at the top of the previous thread:
re: #180 Anymouse 🌹🎃
I think Chrysicat accidentally downvoted this.
You’re right, I did, and didn’t notice!
Thanks for pointing it out so once I stopped being so out of it, I was able to undo that error!
re: #9 jaunte
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re: #13 Chrysicat
All of us make mistakes from time to time. It proves we are human beings.
re: #7 plansbandc
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As I predicted, fox & conservative media is now using as a source of “fact “ disgraced former Ukrainian prosecutor Victor Shokin, whose blocking of corruption reforms led to demands by the IMF, the EU, foreign investors, and US for his removal. The villain is now the GOP hero.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) September 27, 2019
re: #17 DodgerFan1988
Pro-tip. If a story comes out on the “opinion” page, it’s bullshit that couldn’t make it through fact-checking.
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) September 27, 2019
re: #7 plansbandc
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As much as I would love to join Facebook and chat with my fellow Lizards in another forum I am not going to because of personal security reasons.
#LATEST: Highway 99 in San Joaquin County jammed after skydiver crashes into big rig during descenthttps://t.co/TO8FNSnGhp pic.twitter.com/KfqlE80Obe
— KRON4 News (@kron4news) September 27, 2019
Watch for sky divers next 3 miles.
I’m going to start posting baby pictures here because I look nothing like that now.
This is a half hour audience-sourced recording of Umphrey’s McGee playing in Bonner, Montana at a place called Kettlehouse Amphitheater, just outside Missoula, early last month. That was fun.
From the previous thread:
re: #200 GlutenFreeJesus
Yup. We are kidding ourselves if we think Trump/Pence/Barr etc. will be impeached. Mitch will put a stop to it and Republicans won’t even blink an eye. If the Dems don’t campaign HARD on this next year, labeling the GOP as a whole, a bunch of Constitution-shitting, traitorous weasels, they don’t deserve to win.
I REALLY hope I’m wrong, and enough Republicans come to their senses, but they’ve proven time and time again that they just won’t.
We are in for some serious shit next year if Trump loses and refuses to leave, claiming the election was stolen by illegal votes. He will tie it up in his stacked courts forever. Probably declare a national emergency too.
Back to “conservatism is about conserving and gaining power.” That’s it.
The GOP is defending far more seats next year than the Dems.
Already Republicans are ordering buses to throw each other under, Giuliani just being the craziest of them.
As each one tries to shift blame to others, they will bring evidence or others’ complicity.
Mitch McConnell is one horrible person, but he is just as good at testing the public winds and counting votes as Nancy Pelosi. Moreover, his own wife is in the crosshairs at the moment.
At the same time, he is underwater in polling in Kentucky and Amy McGrath is coming after him hard. If he decides he’s made enough money and he isn’t going to go to jail for any of these other assholes, he’ll metaphorically knife them all in the back in a second.
This old tweet of mine got a lot more awkward after I started using my real name here.
Oh well https://t.co/hcznnNxxtt— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) September 27, 2019
The @VeepHBO writing room would reject these events as being too preposterous to air.
— Old Man Schubert, Design Crank (@ZenOfDesign) September 27, 2019
re: #25 goddamnedfrank
I use my real name on Twitter too, always have. I am certifiably nuts.
re: #26 goddamnedfrank
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Reminder on how to file a request to disbar Giuliani.
Follow the link and click on the form!
TIME Magazine just released their cover for this week’s upcoming edition, and it will make your evening pic.twitter.com/IwqoEiR84W
— Stone 🥶 (@stonecold2050) September 27, 2019
TFW an old acquaintance DMs you to find out if you actually think they’ve turned into a monster pic.twitter.com/VK28I8PyjG
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) September 27, 2019
re: #34 austin_blue
Goddamit to hell and gone. I’m going to go have a private cry.
I’ve had a couple already. Devastating. Destroys me.
Amazon Echo Frames glasses lets Alexa sit on your face https://t.co/O7gsCo3EVd pic.twitter.com/c54BQVBFq4
— Wareable (@wareable) September 25, 2019
This thread makes it absolutely clear that, yes, @chrissyteigen does indeed pack her kids’ lunches herself. pic.twitter.com/IBnZ4fa4vG
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) September 27, 2019
re: #35 teleskiguy
I’ve had a couple already. Devastating. Destroys me.
Anybody know the why or how?
this would be the absolute cringiest thing ever
— EricaJoy (@EricaJoy) September 26, 2019
Sarcasm doesn’t translate through text. Add a /s to the end next time
— ᴇʀɪᴄ ᴇʟʟᴇɴʙʀᴏᴏᴋ (@_ellenbrook) September 26, 2019
Nope. /s
— Ryan Bartholomee (@RyanBartholomee) September 26, 2019
re: #40 teleskiguy
Nope. Not that I can see.
Well, fuck me running. This just sucks. CL, Observer Art, Sionnain. Why we can’t we be immortal?
My deepest regrets to her family and those she loved, and who loved her. She was respected and appreciated, here on this board.
If anyone gets any info on funeral arrangements, please post them up here. Flowers for her kin would be a lovely gesture. Damn.
re: #342 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
The Puritans were on to something when they banned Christmas. They explicitly banned mince pies, which I think shows particularly good insight and judgement.
I would have been burned as a heretic then. I love minced pie.
re: #42 austin_blue
Can’t stop thinking about her kids. So young, and they’ve been through so much. Hoping they have someone caring for them through this, and a safe haven for the future.
I think I’d have to agree with Regina
It is curious that Glenn Greenwald, Staunch Defender of Whistleblowers™️, has been utterly and completely silent on this matter https://t.co/HT6eQyq8Nh
— Regina ⛺️ (@regwag2003) September 26, 2019
I am in no mode to comment about anything tonight. Snuffling off to bed. Damn.
re: #7 plansbandc
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Since the main GOP talking point seems to be that the whistleblower complaint is all hearsay and should be ignored, I did a quick page with a primer on what hearsay is and some important exceptions. It’s a 10,000 feet perspective, but should help if you need to check that argument.
re: #46 Dave In Austin
I think I’d have to agree with Regina
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Did anyone actually believe Greenwald would defend a whistleblower who exposed his BFF?
Tomorrow, Dentist for cleaning at 8, then 2 specialist appointments at Kaiser Hollywood then a PM appointment with Kaiser podiatry in Glendale.
Hoping I can get a thumb up to try to go back to the gym…
RIP to Sionnain and condolences to her family.
Meanwhile, over at FNC, things are apparently getting chaotic.
In public, Donald Trump’s allies are putting on a brave face, repeating talking points, mostly staying on message. But in private, there are few who believe that the allegations leveled by an intelligence agency whistle-blower that Trump abused American foreign policy to leverage Ukraine into investigating Joe Biden won’t result in considerable damage—if not the complete unraveling of his presidency. “I don’t see how they don’t impeach,” a former West Wing official told me today. “This could unwind very fast, and I mean in days,” a prominent Republican said.
Trump’s final bulwark is liable to be his first one: Fox News. Fox controls the flow of information—what facts are, whether allegations are to be believed—to huge swaths of his base. And Republican senators, who will ultimately decide whether the president remains in office, are in turn exquisitely sensitive to the opinions of Trump’s base. But even before the whistle-blower’s revelations, Fox was having something of a Trump identity crisis, and that bulwark has been wavering. In recent weeks, Trump has bashed Fox News on Twitter, taking particular issue lately with its polling, which, like other reputable polls, has shown the president under significant water. Meanwhile, Trump’s biggest booster seems to be having doubts of his own. This morning, Sean Hannity told friends the whistle-blower’s allegations are “really bad,” a person briefed on Hannity’s conversations told me. (Hannity did not respond to a request for comment). And according to four sources, Fox Corp CEO Lachlan Murdoch is already thinking about how to position the network for a post-Trump future. A person close to Lachlan told me that Fox News has been the highest rated cable network for seventeen years, and “the success has never depended on any one administration.” (A Fox Corp spokesperson declined to comment.)
Even Lumpy knows it’s bad.
Sir after reviewing the obvious. I have determined that you are ethically bankrupt and not fit to serve the Nation.
Please resign for the good of America.— 🦈And the Wind Cries “Impeach Him”🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) September 27, 2019
I just sent Rachel Maddow’s Soundcloud file of the whistleblower complaint to my whole E-mail stable (Democrats, Republicans, and don’t-cares). Let’s see what happens.
Here’s a musical recording that may or may not scare away Lizards.
#NowPlaying Mr. Bungle > Disco Volante > Everyone I Went to High School with Is Dead https://t.co/YIRbjEdmZv
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) September 27, 2019
re: #58 teleskiguy
Warner Bros. published this. There was a time when huge publishing companies took risks. Frank Zappa’s narrative of his fucking battles he had with publishing companies is fascinating, and his frustration with “the recording industry” led to him owning all his recordings when he died and other innovations that people should be aware of.
I need to restart my computer. It’s fouling up again. BRB
#NowPlaying Mr. Bungle > California > None of Them Knew They Were Robots https://t.co/KbDUs3WC7i
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) August 14, 2019
Growing up I thought green eyes were common. I have about 100 aunts, uncles and cousins, most had green eyes. I just found out green eyes are only 2% of the population. Here’s to green eyes.
Thanks for pointing me to the party, tbh
— Anna Merlan (@annamerlan) September 27, 2019
re: #63 Dread Pirate
Growing up I thought green eyes were common. I have about 100 aunts, uncles and cousins, most had green eyes. I just found out green eyes are only 2% of the population. Here’s to green eyes.
How eyes show as green, and prevalence in different parts of the world:
en.wikipedia.org
You can’t always get what you want..
..but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you need.
So I checked the Federalist article and it’s totally bogus. Not one mention of when some hapless bastard gets shoved in a huge Wicker Man and burned as a sacrifice.
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re: #63 Dread Pirate
Growing up, I always thought that being able to see both sets of numbers in a colour-blindness chart was normal.
When I first got glasses at fifteen, the ophthalmologist explained it is actually a rather uncommon form of colour-blindness, in which red-green is weak in one eye and blue-yellow is weak in the other.
The military bans colour-blind people from certain jobs (like the one I had), but makes an exception for those who can see the whole range of colours normally but differently in each eye. (For a person with red-green or blue-yellow colour-blindness in both eyes, it makes reading the colour coding on resistors, capacitors, inductors, and wires difficult.)
The Federalist Doth Accuse Goody Greta Thunberg And Other ‘Climate Worshipers’ Of WITCHCRAFT (goes to Wonkette, more at the link):
Get out the wicker man!
Back in school, when we learned about the Salem Witch Trials, most of us thought to ourselves, “Wow, those people were fucking crazy/ignorant, going around killing people they thought had magic powers and what have you. Good thing people aren’t like that anymore!”
To some degree, they’re not. After all, witchcraft has not been a capital offense in the colonies since at least 1750, and we haven’t even had a real witch trial since that second thing in Salem, in 1878, when the lady who founded the Christian Scientists accused a former disciple of doing “mind crimes,” “malicious animal magnetism,” and mesmerism to some broad in Ipswitch.
And yet.
We somehow still have to deal with backwards townfolk screaming about “witchcraft.” In the ’80s, it was the Satanic Panic. A couple years ago (and today, still), we had all the people wigging out over Marina Abramovic’s performance art and claiming that Hillary Clinton was doing a bunch of performance art-related witchcraft. It seems that no matter how we all try to evolve there will always be someone standing in that corner crying WITCH!
Hot news from America’s favorite baby factory (Duggar clan):
Breaking Family Tradition! Jill Duggar’s Husband Reveals Plan To Send Kids To College
Derick Dillard confessed his two sons will ‘probably’ receive higher education.
Oh, the sin of a higher education. At least Derick has confessed, so he may be forgiven.
Speaking of the baby factory, it appears they have a rebelious daughter who won’t turn on the baby assembly line:
Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar Are ‘Frustrated’ Jana Won’t ‘Follow the Family Norm’ and Settle Down
If you thought you were ready for Jana Duggar to start courting, imagine being her parents. Though Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar have publicly shielded their eldest daughter from too much speculation about her single status, a source close to the family tells In Touch that, behind closed doors, they’re just as impatient as everyone else. Now that her twin, John David Duggar, has found his match and settled down, the Counting On star is the only single member of the family over the age of 21. And as the most eligible bachelorette in their social sphere, she’s surely got plenty of options.
According to the insider, Jim Bob, 54, and Michelle, 53, are trying their best to be “patient” with their daughter as she searches for Mr. Right, but deep down they’re “frustrated” with the wait. “Meet a nice boy, date, get engaged, marry and start a family right away — that’s just how the Duggars do things,” the insider exclusively told In Touch. “But Jana isn’t going to marry someone just to follow the family norm — and that’s refreshing.”
[…]
re: #72 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Hot news from America’s favorite baby factory (Duggar clan):
Breaking Family Tradition! Jill Duggar’s Husband Reveals Plan To Send Kids To College
Oh, the sin of a higher education. At least Derick has confessed, so he may be forgiven.
Only his sons.
Like the so-called Transformed Wife (Lori Alexander, who insists “Little House on the Prairie” and “The Waltons” have secret messages to create feminists, and aims her blog and YouTube channel at young women to stay at home and have babies and not get an education, while she has a college degree and rakes in thousands every month from her Patreon donors).
Job just drug tested me😐 but they took hair from my wig 💀😂🤷🏽♀️
— Big Bank Bhrishae 🥵 (@_MelaninPrncess) September 26, 2019
Calling her Satanic fine but sure calling the Covington boys out on awful behavior was liberal bullying. Goddamn
re: #76 HappyWarrior
Calling her Satanic fine but sure calling the Covington boys out on awful behavior was liberal bullying. Goddamn
Perpetual conservative victimhood.
So this happened in Sweden…
Foreign nationals have been arrested at a sensitive military protection object
Two foreign nationals have been arrested at a sensitive military protection object in Upplands-Bro municipality, writes Aftonbladet.
The people entered the area and were then arrested by security guards. Then they were handed over to the police.
“They are suspected of violating the Protection Act,” Towe Hägg at the police regional control center told the newspaper.
According to information to Aftonbladet, one of the persons showed an Ukrainian ID document.
Expressen writes that in the area is one of the country’s two combat control and air monitoring centers, “Grizzly”.
The persons have been arrested and are suspected of violations of the Protection Act.
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So you get the magnitude of this, and why there might be propaganda mudslinging in the near future, “Grizzly” is a site on the order of magnitude as Raven Rock is for the US.
Considering all the Friday news dumps since Wednesday, I can’t wait for them today.
re: #6 goddamnedfrank
Subpoena Giuliani’s lying behind.
Well, here’s a type of fraud I never heard of (mostly because I used to fix aeroplanes, so I almost never will get on one).
Disloyalty Programs: What Happens If You Break the Frequent-Flier Rules (goes to The New Yorker).
The article cites Popehat for part of its legal analysis.
Last week, Gennady Podolsky was indicted by the Feds for wire fraud. His alleged fraudulent act? Stealing 42 million frequent-flier points from Delta Air Lines.
Podolsky’s alleged fraud involves SkyBonus, the lesser-known companion to Delta’s SkyMiles rewards program. While SkyMiles rewards you for flying Delta, SkyBonus is supposed to reward your employer for your business travel on Delta. Note that I said employer. Podolsky was a partner in a travel agency, and federal prosecutors allege he fictitiously credited his clients’ travel to a SkyBonus account he controlled as though they were his employees, then redeemed the accrued points for “free air travel and other valuable benefits.” You are not supposed to do that.
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President Trump. Ukraine. Joe Biden. Impeachment. (Goes to the KCRW [NPR Santa Monica, Calif.] show “Left, Right, and Center,” a weekly legal analysis show of Trump’s many legal issues. This is a special episode just released by Josh Barro with Ken White [Popehat] weighing in on the impeachment announcement, campaign finance violations, Ukraine, &c., fifty-eight minutes plus a short text article.)
The episode explains the issues surrounding what the law says about what Trump’s actions surrounding Ukraine actually are.
re: #3 Ace-o-aces
I was never a big Giuliani fan, but he used to be a pretty sharp guy….
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Notice, by the way, that Democrats have been really tight-lipped, for the most part, over Giuliani. I think they are delighted to have him show up on news networks to show them possible new leads to pursue in impeachment. I’m guessing eventually he’ll go to prison.
re: #85 steve_davis
Notice, by the way, that Democrats have been really tight-lipped, for the most part, over Giuliani. I think they are delighted to have him show up on news networks to show them possible new leads to pursue in impeachment. I’m guessing eventually he’ll go to prison.
The question here is if Giuliani winds up being the fall guy for the entire maladministration.
re: #24 Anymouse 🌹🎃
From the previous thread:
Back to “conservatism is about conserving and gaining power.” That’s it.
The GOP is defending far more seats next year than the Dems.
Already Republicans are ordering buses to throw each other under, Giuliani just being the craziest of them.
As each one tries to shift blame to others, they will bring evidence or others’ complicity.
Mitch McConnell is one horrible person, but he is just as good at testing the public winds and counting votes as Nancy Pelosi. Moreover, his own wife is in the crosshairs at the moment.
At the same time, he is underwater in polling in Kentucky and Amy McGrath is coming after him hard. If he decides he’s made enough money and he isn’t going to go to jail for any of these other assholes, he’ll metaphorically knife them all in the back in a second.
Trump is clearly going to be impeached. The senate may or may not find him guilty, depending on just how bad things get in the investigation.
Brexiteers continuing their slide towards violence:
British Army corporal tweets Angela Rayner will “perish” in Brexit “civil war”
A corporal in the British Army issued a death threat to a Labour MP and appeared to incite “civil war” on Twitter on Wednesday afternoon.
The corporal, whose Twitter account has now been deleted, wrote to Rayner: “Ohh fuck off you stupid bitch” and said the MP would “perish when civil war comes and it’s coming”. The soldier ended the tweet by adding that “17.4 million people are gunning for blood if we don’t leave”.
[…]
Another statement made by the same soldier on social media described Jo Swinson as “dangerous” and threatened that the Liberal Democrats’ position on Brexit could lead to “civil war”. A comment made under the corporal’s name on the UK Defence Journal website argued that migrants should be sent back to their home countries because they “try impose their way of life into us”.
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Make no mistake, Brexiteers are like Trumpers, and likewise are nascent (to outright) fascists.
re: #73 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
So what happens if Jana never marries? I have several friends with that status and they’re happy, successful people. Good on her for charting a different course from the rest of her siblings.
Protectionism as a populist movement is an old song:
Welsh farmers threaten court action to stop ‘tariff-free’ Irish imports
The Farmers Union of Wales (FUW) has said that it is prepared to “go through the courts if necessary” to “properly enforce customs controls” on tariff-free agri-food imports after Brexit, particularly from Ireland.
The FUW said that it is “prepared to challenge any failure” by the government of Boris Johnson to enforce these controls, a failure the union says would allow a “back door” for tariff-free imports, which, it claims, would further affect poor cattle prices in Wales.
Glyn Roberts, the FUW’s president, said: “Since draft import tariff rates and the proposal to allow tariff-free imports from the Republic of Ireland to Northern Ireland were published in March, we have written repeatedly to secretaries of state underlining the damage that those low rates would cause to Welsh agriculture.
[…]
Ethno-nationalism ends in disaster, which every generation has to learn, it appears.
re: #89 Patricia Kayden
But you’re ignoring the important part:
God wants to go a-knitting in her womb.
Why is she keeping God out of her womb?
She must be in rebellion.
This post pulls together a number of news reports over several years in New York State.
A woman donated a kidney to her boss to save her life. Unfortunately, the surgeons apparently damaged a nerve during the surgery, which meant her recovery took much longer. She asked for accommodation from the company while she recovered (her boss demanded she return to work much sooner than is medically suggested for a kidney removal), which was denied. After that, the boss fired her.
After a long investigation, the state ruled she was unjustly fired over the time it took to recover from the kidney donation. She is now suing Atlantic Auto Group (a chain car seller) for $15,000,000.
The company suggests it was “poor work performance” as the reason she was fired.
re: #37 Belafon
Gonna be weird when Alexa starts using Samuel L. Jackson’s voice. Wife had the idea of changing it at my daughter’s house without telling her.
re: #91 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
But you’re ignoring the important part:
God wants to go a-knitting in her womb.
Why is she keeping God out of her womb?
She must be in rebellion.
She can have children without getting married. I have friends who have done that too. 😂
re: #94 Patricia Kayden
She can have children without getting married. I have friends who have done that too. 😂
God doesn’t want to knit in a sinful womb!
re: #93 BlueSpotinAL
Gonna be weird when Alexa starts using Samuel L. Jackson’s voice.
Especially when it starts to quote from Ezekiel.
Trump is playing multi-dimensional chess. Right.
Just staring at this pic.twitter.com/WjIjOAzICb
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 27, 2019
re: #95 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
He or she may have no choice about that. It’s not their womb.
No True Christianity is false, eh?
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) September 27, 2019
re: #89 Patricia Kayden
So what happens if Jana never marries? I have several friends with that status and they’re happy, successful people. Good on her for charting a different course from the rest of her siblings.
Her religion requires her to marry; women are only worthy of bearing children and keeping house.
That goes back to Dad only sending his sons to college.
re: #90 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Protectionism as a populist movement is an old song:
Welsh farmers threaten court action to stop ‘tariff-free’ Irish imports
Ethno-nationalism ends in disaster, which every generation has to learn, it appears.
Pit the Welsh against the Irish!
re: #97 Dizzy
Reading that tweet, I literally feel as if I’m going crazy. This is a grown man writing like that. The idiocy is overwhelming. This is why I’m glad that none of my friends are pro-Trump. I can’t deal with fools who would support such a childish man.
We’re going to invade Greenland this weekend and take it, aren’t we?
Wag the Huskie.
re: #79 Teukka
So this happened in Sweden…
Foreign nationals have been arrested at a sensitive military protection objectTwo foreign nationals have been arrested at a sensitive military protection object in Upplands-Bro municipality, writes Aftonbladet.
The people entered the area and were then arrested by security guards. Then they were handed over to the police.
“They are suspected of violating the Protection Act,” Towe Hägg at the police regional control center told the newspaper.
According to information to Aftonbladet, one of the persons showed an Ukrainian ID document.
Expressen writes that in the area is one of the country’s two combat control and air monitoring centers, “Grizzly”.
The persons have been arrested and are suspected of violations of the Protection Act.omni.se
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polisen.seSo you get the magnitude of this, and why there might be propaganda mudslinging in the near future, “Grizzly” is a site on the order of magnitude as Raven Rock is for the US.
I wonder if Twitler will shut down those places because Putin is our friend now.
re: #102 Patricia Kayden
Reading that tweet, I literally feel as if I’m going crazy. This is a grown man writing like that. The idiocy is overwhelming. This is why I’m glad that none of my friends are pro-Trump. I can’t deal with fools who would support such a childish man.
“Low ratings CNN took the hyphen out.”
That’s an apostrophe, Mr. Trump.
re: #103 b.d.
We’re going to invade Greenland this weekend and take it, aren’t we?
Wag the Huskie.
Greenland was so last week.
We were going to invade Venezuela before that.
Notice neither is in the news now?
re: #103 b.d.
We’re going to invade Greenland this weekend and take it, aren’t we?
Wag the Huskie.
I had literally forgotten about that. That was last year wasn’t it?//
re: #90 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Protectionism as a populist movement is an old song:
Welsh farmers threaten court action to stop ‘tariff-free’ Irish imports
Ethno-nationalism ends in disaster, which every generation has to learn, it appears.
Mad Cow Farmer Disease.
re: #97 Dizzy
Trump is playing multi-dimensional chess. Right.
He spelt describe wrong as well in that tweet.
re: #106 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Greenland was so last week.
We were going to invade Venezuela before that.
Notice neither is in the news now?
Well that’s because Trump literally is doing something destructive daily. I’m sure by the end of the day, we’ll piss off Portugal somehow.
re: #100 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Her religion requires her to marry; women are only worthy of bearing children and keeping house.
That goes back to Dad only sending his sons to college.
Given that, I would say some sort of “shunning” is likely, although that may just be for association outside a family.
re: #110 HappyWarrior
Well that’s because Trump literally is doing something destructive daily. I’m sure by the end of the day, we’ll piss off Portugal somehow.
San Marino and Lichtenstein better watch out.
re: #112 Anymouse 🌹🎃
San Marino and Lichtenstein better watch out.
Trump is looking to invade a country without an extradition treaty.
re: #109 Anymouse 🌹🎃
He spelt describe wrong as well in that tweet.
which again shows that he has nobody checking his work
which again shows that he does not understand how a President governs in a democracy, which is not the same as how a CEO runs a company.
re: #117 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
We can invade Puerto Rico
Brown-skin-people land… we want white-people land.
Greenland… Iceland… are all in trouble.
re: #117 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
We can invade Puerto Rico
or California. Any of those foreign countries, really.
Incels cry foul after the US Army warns service members about possible incel attacks on Joker movie screenings (Goes to We Hunted the Mammoth, more at the link):
On Incels (dot) co [link broken by me] — the biggest online incel hangout outside of Reddit, where the regulars talk and joke openly about carrying out similar attacks all the time — commenters are crying foul, complaining that it’s unfair to incels for the Army to warn anyone about possible attacks by incels. Even though the people engaged in the “disturbing and very specific chatter” that led to the warning were apparently incels and the movie in question apperently portrays the Joker as something of an incel.
re: #101 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Pit the Welsh against the Irish!
And let’s make it a time travel story — Brian Boru v. Arthur Pendragon….
re: #51 Joe Bacon 🌹
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re: #123 jeffreyw
Kilroy was there.
Mika: (reads a statement by Kellyann Conway)
Nancy Pelosi: Why should I have to comment on something said by her?
Joe Scarborough: (laughs) That’s the correct answer.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) September 27, 2019
re: #109 Anymouse 🌹🎃
He spelt describe wrong as well in that tweet.
The whole tweet is culinary derp.
Babyfingers is now calling the transcript he released a fake version of the conversation.
Genius. The guy is a genius. pic.twitter.com/4Q5yYh4WVN— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) September 27, 2019
re: #102 Patricia Kayden
Reading that tweet, I literally feel as if I’m going crazy. This is a grown man writing like that. The idiocy is overwhelming. This is why I’m glad that none of my friends are pro-Trump. I can’t deal with fools who would support such a childish man.
It’s truly astounding.
I both want and don’t want tomorrow to be another big news day.
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) September 27, 2019
Hmm, that seems a little long for a re-election slogan.
You’re never going to fit that on your bumper stickers. https://t.co/W3UGGZ8Jok— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) September 26, 2019
re: #86 Anymouse 🌹🎃
The question here is if Giuliani winds up being the fall guy for the entire maladministration.
If Trump never talked to the Ukrainian president, maybe.
re: #95 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
God doesn’t want to knit in a sinful womb!
He does it an awful lot though.
re: #99 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
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He knows exactly how to interpret the Bible.
re: #135 Belafon
He knows exactly how to interpret the Bible.
Every Christian apologist does. It’s amazing how many different interpretations you can get from a book which is supposed to be the clear instructions of a god.
I’m off to bed. The sun is up and I’m tired. Catch y’all later.
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Trump’s on a twitter bender, and it’s not pretty. It never was.
But as the walls close in on Trump, he’s going to get more desperate and project his criminality on to his rivals and political enemies.
Such as here:
How do you know Schiff is not only under Trump’s skin, but is over target and exposing all of Trump’s criminality?
Trump projects his own criminality, misconduct, and actions on to his enemies. It’s what he always does.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) September 27, 2019
It’s what Trump always does.
Do you think the whistle-blower should be hanged?
— Godless Ape Man (@GodlessApeMan) September 27, 2019
FUN FACT: No innocent person has ever threatened the life of a whistleblower.
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) September 26, 2019
re: #137 lawhawk
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Trump’s on a twitter bender, and it’s not pretty. It never was.
But as the walls close in on Trump, he’s going to get more desperate and project his criminality on to his rivals and political enemies.
Such as here:
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It’s what Trump always does.
Not gonna happen Dumald.
re: #7 plansbandc
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Throw the book at Trump.
Throw the book at him. Preferably a dictionary. https://t.co/P1eHJJBkjt
— Adam Rothman (@arothmanhistory) September 27, 2019
Trump is droning on about how CNN somehow did something around liddle Schiff with an apostrophe or is it a hyphen. No one quite knows what the fuck Trump is talking about, because he doesn’t know what he’s saying. It’s all word salad all the time.
But that’s not what’s important. It’s important to remember that everyone in Trumpworld is implicated in the Ukraine mess and removal from office is the goal here.
At same time, former Sen. Flake claims that there’s 35 GOP Senators who’d be willing to remove Trump from office, if the vote were held today in secret. I’d call them out for being cowards who still wont put party over nation, and continue enabling a corrupt Trump because he puts their regressive agenda into motion (remaking the judiciary, undermining the administrative state, undermining civil and voting rights, etc.).
Doing the right thing has never entered their vocabulary. So the GOP continues to put the nation through this horror show because power is the only thing that matters to them. They don’t care about the rule of law or the Constitution or their own oaths.
As Graham said back in the day - Trump will destroy the GOP.
We’re at the point where the GOP and Trump are proving this very point - as even Graham defends this incomparably corrupt Trumpworld.
Everyone in DC knows that Trump’s engaged in impeachable conduct and should be removed from office along with Pence, Barr, and everyone else associated with Trumpworld. The GOP just doesn’t care.
“How dare CNN mock my spelling” said Trump in a tweet where he misspelled “describing”. https://t.co/TQMrCHMn3w
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) September 27, 2019
re: #147 Ace-o-aces
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Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of the United States of America.
Terrifying. And detail buried in the story: THIS IS THE PRIVATE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL WHERE KAREN PENCE TEACHES. https://t.co/UvkIZb9k7T
— Amy Sullivan (@sullivanamy) September 27, 2019
re: #137 lawhawk
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Trump’s on a twitter bender, and it’s not pretty. It never was.
But as the walls close in on Trump, he’s going to get more desperate and project his criminality on to his rivals and political enemies.
Such as here:
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It’s what Trump always does.
Just a reminder: It’s not just Trump who publicly want to get rid of Adam Schiff. It was the entire Republican membership of the Intelligence Committee
re: #81 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Considering all the Friday news dumps since Wednesday, I can’t wait for them today.
This. It’s going to be cray cray this afternoon.
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re: #128 Targetpractice
Reporter: Mr. President, now you’re saying the transcript you released is fake?
Trump: Yes. They shouldn’t have fallen for it.
Reporter: So, you further obstructed their investigation. You realize this is an impeachable offense, right?
Trump: But the transcript was real. I didn’t do anything wrong.
re: #151 lawhawk
This. It’s going to be cray cray this afternoon.
“liddle” and “hyphen” are already trending. Can’t wait to see how the day ends.
So, who else in the right wing nutosphere thinks Trump didn’t do anything wrong?
Oh yeah, Trump’s go to voter suppressionist (and white nationalist) Kris Kobach:
Dude who was told by judge he sucked at lawyering so badly that he had to take remedial legal skills class is last one to talk about logic, reasoning, or the law.
Everyone in DC knows Trump is engaging in criminal conduct and should be removed from office. GOP just doesn’t care.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) September 27, 2019
Y’know, even if Twitter had existed when Nixon was in office, I cannot for the life of me believe that he would have ever acted like this.
re: #145 lawhawk
In 2009, Democrats voted for the ACA even though some of them knew it would cost them their jobs because they knew it was the right thing to do.
Such cowards, the GOP are.
If somebody paraphrases your treasonous phone call rather than directly quotes it, you are automatically declared innocent…IT’S IN THE CONSTITUTION PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) September 27, 2019
re: #155 lawhawk
So, who else in the right wing nutosphere thinks Trump didn’t do anything wrong?
Oh yeah, Trump’s go to voter suppressionist (and white nationalist) Kris Kobach:
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Kobach has absolutely no clue what will be unearthed between now and when articles are finally put to a vote, let alone what will be in those articles, but he wants the Senate Repubs to go ahead now and declare they won’t ever vote to convict.
The master negotiator:
And then Iran said “OK, we’re going to start up our nuclear program again”, and Trump said, “You can’t do that”, and Iran said, “What are you going to do, sanction us?”, and Trump said, “Oh fuck, I really didn’t think this through.”
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) September 27, 2019
re: #144 makeitstop
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I do believe someone left the Metamucil off his cheezburger yesterday……..
When I was a police officer, I would have never asked the SUSPECT how to conduct my investigation.
But Director Maguire went to President Trump and Attorney General Barr for advice - even though the #WhistleblowerComplaint implicated both of them in criminal abuse of power. pic.twitter.com/1zGQPiVz4t— Rep. Val Demings (@RepValDemings) September 26, 2019
re: #152 BigPapa
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— Oliver Willis (@owillis) September 27, 2019
Every time Trump talks about his “perfect” phone call, I can’t help but think of this:https://t.co/lhjXwj9TqJ
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) September 27, 2019
re: #28 teleskiguy
I have a real name FB. Had to do it to win a meet and greet with Taylor. I use it for family and friends I’ve met and know in real life.
New: GOP Rep @KYComer tells me he believes WH use of a codeword-protected server for presidential phone records should be investigated by Congress.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) September 27, 2019
Give it a month or so, and we may find out that Trump’s 100% backing by Repubs ain’t so 100% after all.
re: #175 makeitstop
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Give it a month or so, and we may find out that Trump’s 100% backing by Repubs ain’t so 100% after all.
Cracks are starting to show.
National security professionals would not have taken this step lightly. https://t.co/RS1KdDwDUz
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) September 27, 2019
re: #34 austin_blue
I cried. Was better and than I looked at the picture of her sweet face and I was done. Goddamn it.
Got some breaking news from the NYT’s intellectually diverse Never Trumpers. pic.twitter.com/JfFaPUfdpM
— Dexter Fergie (@DexterFergie) September 27, 2019
re: #178 plansbandc
I cried. Was better and than I looked at the picture of her sweet face and I was done. Goddamn it.
I’m crying inside thinking about her, OA, CL, & the other people who won’t see the end of this mess. Shannon was such a nice person. One of the kindest here.
re: #180 HappyWarrior
I’m crying inside thinking about her, OA, CL, & the other people who won’t see the end of this mess. Shannon was such a nice person. One of the kindest here.
I admit, the news made me simultaneously depressed and livid. The best of us always seem to die young(or relatively at least), yet the worst of us seem like they’re immortal. It’s so frustrating.
re: #181 HappyWarrior
Yawn. Hacks
Highly paid concern trolls.
I think NYT did real damage to their rep with that whistleblower story yesterday.
re: #179 Citizen K
Dexter Fergie
@DexterFergie
Got some breaking news from the NYT’s intellectually diverse Never Trumpers.
Is Frank Bruni a Republican? For some reason, I never thought he identified as such.
re: #179 Citizen K
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re: #183 makeitstop
Highly paid concern trolls.
I think NYT did real damage to their rep with that whistleblower story yesterday.
Their rep has been tanking since they decided to give Trump a free pass during the election and interview the same six Trump voters over and over.
re: #156 Targetpractice
Y’know, even if Twitter had existed when Nixon was in office, I cannot for the life of me believe that he would have ever acted like this.
I don’t recall any tales of Nixon behaving “unpresidential” — in public.
re: #75 goddamnedfrank
Thank you for this. I laughed my ass completely off.
HERE IS MY ARM
SEE THIS VEIN HERE?
THIS ONE, YEAH, THAT ONE.
NOW, TAKE THE NEEDLE.
THE LONG ONE. THE NEEDLE WITH THE LONG TIP.
NOW.
NOW.
JAM IT IN.
JAM IT DIRECTLY IN.
JAM IT DIRECTLY INTO MY VEINS. https://t.co/y1UkZkaZCZ— Oliver Willis (@owillis) September 27, 2019
re: #157 Belafon
In 2009, Democrats voted for the ACA even though some of them knew it would cost them their jobs because they knew it was the right thing to do.
Such cowards, the GOP are.
Same thing with gun control during the Clinton administration. I remember specifically the representative from the district in Washington state that covers the Olympic Peninsula lost his seat. He won it back one or two cycles later and Clinton helped.
re: #184 Hecuba’s daughter
Is Frank Bruni a Republican? For some reason, I never thought he identified as such.
Republican or not, he is still one of the the paper’s preeminent ‘both sides’ hacks.
re: #181 HappyWarrior
Yawn. Hacks
True, but unfortunately, widely-read hacks in a respectable national paper.
I read through their hackery, btw: and though one can argue with many of their points (well, all of them, really) it basically boils down to one simple phrase: “If you come at the King, you better not miss”. And while all four of these hacks would probably heartily agree that Donald Trump is a disgrace to the nation, and ought to be in jail rather than the White House, they all seem to accept that the system is or will be rigged to ensure a “miss”.
Debatable, IMO, but there we are….
re: #191 Citizen K
Republican or not, he is still one of the the paper’s preeminent ‘both sides’ hacks.
Isn’t he more a Steny Hoyer type Democrat? Isn’t he not so much “both sideism” but more afraid of being too bold and alienating voters?
re: #193 Hecuba’s daughter
Isn’t he more a Steny Hoyer type Democrat? Isn’t he not so much “both sideism” but more afraid of being too bold and alienating voters?
What I’ve seen of him has definitely tended toward ‘both sides’ fence straddling.
Brunhilde snags another Sunday feast.
— Lord Piltdown (@jimreynolds54) September 27, 2019
re: #196 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
My wonder-dog, Roswell II the Atomic Pound-Pup, is giving me the evil eye again.
This is interesting re: Potential violence relating to the Joker movie
Director Todd Phillips is pushing back on recent criticism that his upcoming film “Joker,” starring Joaquin Phoenix, might promote real-world violence.
“We didn’t make the movie to push buttons,” Phillips told TheWrap’s Sharon Waxman in an interview last Friday about the filmmaking process. “I literally described to Joaquin at one point in those three months as like, ‘Look at this as a way to sneak a real movie in the studio system under the guise of a comic book film’. It wasn’t, ‘We want to glorify this behavior.’ It was literally like ‘Let’s make a real movie with a real budget and we’ll call it f-ing Joker’. That’s what it was. “
But the movie, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival in August and received an eight-minute standing ovation, is already kicking up controversy for its dark tone. The plot focuses on an irredeemable villain who escapes punishment. The film’s detractors say it creates an its all-too-realistic reminder of the angry loners who have been committing mass shootings in our country.
Though “Joker” has yet to hit theaters, film critics have already described its depictions of violence. In a scene described by TheWrap critic Alonso Duralde, Phoenix’s character incites a mob of protesters after a violent act on a subway. “But this act of violence makes Arthur feel seen for the first time,” he wrote.
Last week, families of victims killed in the 2012 mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, wrote a letter to Warner Bros., the studio behind ‘Joker,’ calling for donations to gun-victim charities because of the film “presents the character as a protagonist with a sympathetic origin story.” The mass shooting occurred during a showing of the Batman film “The Dark Knight Rises.” The shooter, James Holmes, was likened to Joker for his bleached orange hair and voicemail he left at a private-gun range a month before the mass murder.
“Gun violence in our society is a critical issue, and we extend our deepest sympathy to all victims and families impacted by these tragedies. Our company has a long history of donating to victims of violence, including Aurora, and in recent weeks, our parent company joined other business leaders to call on policymakers to enact bi-partisan legislation to address this epidemic,” a representative from Warner Bros. said in a statement on Tuesday. “At the same time, Warner Bros. believes that one of the functions of storytelling is to provoke difficult conversations around complex issues. Make no mistake: neither the fictional character Joker, nor the film, is an endorsement of real world violence of any kind. It is not the intention of the film, the filmmakers or the studio to hold this character up as a hero.”
A U.S. Army Base at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, has also warned about the film’s violence at an upcoming showing, saying in a memo to commanders Monday: “Commanders need to be aware of this threat for Soldier and family safety and to increase situational awareness should they choose to attend the release of this movie.”
To the issue of controversy over the movie, Phillips confesses confusion. “I’m surprised… Isn’t it good to have these discussions? Isn’t it good to have these discussions about these movies, about violence? Why is that a bad thing if the movie does lead to a discourse about it?”
Phillips thinks that people as a whole are waiting for a target they can pounce on - and “Joker” may be an obvious one. And in this case, it’s not about the right-wing targeting Hollywood movies over guns - it’s broader than that.
“I think it’s because outrage is a commodity, I think it’s something that has been a commodity for a while,” he said. “What’s outstanding to me in this discourse in this movie is how easily the far left can sound like the far right when it suits their agenda. It’s really been eye opening for me.”
Also of note: The theater where the Aurora showing took place will NOT be screening Joker.
I’m a huge fan of comic books and pop culture and I think anyone who describes the Joker as an incel just doesn’t understand the character. First of all, Joker frequently does NOT work alone. He usually has a group of henchmen at the ready for when he needs them (even if he does consider them readily expendable). Secondly, Joker is a violent, mentally ill individual and while there are occasional sexual overtones to his conduct (at least in the comics, not so much in live action), I really don’t think there’s much sexual motivation to the characters actions. He wants to be a fucking crime king, not a playboy. I think a good contrast for this Joker would be James McAvoys multiple personality, violent character from Split. That guy wasn’t really sexual motivated either. He was just mentally ill and keyed in on violence as his main way to cope.
Also important to note that both of these characters are VILLAINS. They’re meant to be the bad guys in their particular stories, even though they are also the lead character.
But the key thing is that the Joker is a FICTIONAL CHARACTER. Sure, there are real world elements that are part of him, but it’s a movie. It’s not real.
I certainly hope all this concern is overblown because I do think the movie will be quite good.
re: #198 Eclectic Cyborg
Shrug. Just another violence porn masquerading as cinema. Just like Tarantino’s trash.
re: #50 KGxvi
Since the main GOP talking point seems to be that the whistleblower complaint is all hearsay and should be ignored, I did a quick page with a primer on what hearsay is and some important exceptions. It’s a 10,000 feet perspective, but should help if you need to check that argument.
i posted this to your page:
in summary:
- ask the R’s why ‘hearsay’ is a problem
- let em spout
- then say “so we should get the actual witnesses in and talk to them, right?”
I just want to let everyone know that when you find me on FB, the lovely avi with the delightful fro is not, I REPEAT, not me.
I may have had that unfortunate hair do when I was a kid, but now I rock a vibrant green or purple (depending on the season) “sensible” hair style.
re: #184 Hecuba’s daughter
Is Frank Bruni a Republican? For some reason, I never thought he identified as such.
Oh I remember how he endlessly trashed Al Gore in 2000 and kissed Dumbya’s ass!
re: #92 Anymouse 🌹🎃
This post pulls together a number of news reports over several years in New York State.
A woman donated a kidney to her boss to save her life. Unfortunately, the surgeons apparently damaged a nerve during the surgery, which meant her recovery took much longer. She asked for accommodation from the company while she recovered (her boss demanded she return to work much sooner than is medically suggested for a kidney removal), which was denied. After that, the boss fired her.
After a long investigation, the state ruled she was unjustly fired over the time it took to recover from the kidney donation. She is now suing Atlantic Auto Group (a chain car seller) for $15,000,000.
The company suggests it was “poor work performance” as the reason she was fired.
ask for the kidney back
re: #55 Dr Lizardo
Meanwhile, over at FNC, things are apparently getting chaotic.
Even Lumpy knows it’s bad.
I love how Hannity was looped in to Confidential/Top Secret/Whatever communications.
re: #93 BlueSpotinAL
Gonna be weird when Alexa starts using Samuel L. Jackson’s voice. Wife had the idea of changing it at my daughter’s house without telling her.
i use the cookie monster voice on waze
“C is for careful. Also for cookie”
re: #204 Joe Bacon 🌹
Oh I remember how he endlessly trashed Al Gore in 2000 and kissed Dumbya’s ass!
Definitely was not reading him back then. Wasn’t the entire NY Times opinion page behaving that way? They officially endorse the Democrat but their opinion writers trash them every time.
re: #106 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Greenland was so last week.
We were going to invade Venezuela before that.
Notice neither is in the news now?
they cut the annual refugee quota in half to 18k yesterday
that didnt make much news either
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re: #97 Dizzy
Trump is playing multi-dimensional chess. Right.
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Trump isn’t even playing tiddly winks. He couldn’t master checkers if he tried.
re: #209 DangerMan
they cut the annual refugee quota in half to 18k yesterday
that didnt make much news either
Sorry persecuted Christians.
America won’t take you in https://t.co/mL3eSKIpiL— Aki Peritz (@AkiPeritz) September 27, 2019
re: #126 Targetpractice
Mika: (reads a statement by Kellyann Conway)
Nancy Pelosi: Why should I have to comment on something said by her?
Joe Scarborough: (laughs) That’s the correct answer.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) September 27, 2019
she also said “the president of the United States used taxpayer dollars to shake down the leader of another country for his own political gain.”
what a clear, simple, concise, easy to understand statement
the mueller report was 400+ pages. a lot of nuance. and of course mueller felt he couldnt indict. (doesnt mean the house stopped working on it no matter how it ‘appears’). try summarizing it for a bumper sticker.
this is one reason why i think she waited so long and why (i think) she’s as good as she is. 12 words.
Ukraine’s president is being dubbed
“Monica Zelensky”
at home.#MonicaZelensky
https://t.co/rHN0VJXNkb— ProfHelen (@Helenhs) September 27, 2019
re: #210 SteelPH
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re: #150 Hecuba’s daughter
Just a reminder: It’s not just Trump who publicly want to get rid of Adam Schiff. It was the entire Republican membership of the Intelligence Committee
its stupid posturing and everybody knows it
and its all they got
re: #205 DangerMan
ask for the kidney back
Atlantic’s main showroom is right near my house. Those guys have a rep for being obnoxious turds. I hope she wins.
re: #216 plansbandc
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re: #208 Hecuba’s daughter
Definitely was not reading him back then. Wasn’t the entire NY Times opinion page behaving that way? They officially endorse the Democrat but their opinion writers trash them every time.
Yep. Standard operating procedure at the NYT: with, of course, its converse practice when Republicans occupy the WH (as in the Dubya Era)* - official editorial disapproval: but little-to-bupkis in the way of contrary opinionizing.
*at least until the economy cratered
re: #155 lawhawk
kobach: In light of the lack of evidence presented up to this point that the president has committed any high crimes or misdemeanors, I call on the Senate GOP conference to declare that they will not vote to convict on articles of impeachment based on what the Democrats have presented.
- pelosi announced ‘inquiry’ earlier this week.
- they got the complaint and the transcription-not-a-transcript yesterday (spin the content any way you’d like)
- how much should have happened “up to this point”?
re: #207 DangerMan
i use the cookie monster voice on waze
“C is for careful. Also for cookie”
We do that too. It’s hilarious, but the cookie monster voice doesn’t do street names the way the standard waze voices do.
I would pay for the Samuel L. Jackson voice on Alexa.
Alexa, what’s my bank account total.
SLJ: I don’t remember asking you a goddamned thing.
Alexa, should I go out tonight?
SLJ: Given That It’s A Stupid-Ass Decision, I’ve Elected To Ignore It.
re: #156 Targetpractice
Y’know, even if Twitter had existed when Nixon was in office, I cannot for the life of me believe that he would have ever acted like this.
- i have to believe that nixon had a sense of government
- he knew what he did was wrong
- when it came to light he knew he was gonna lose and actually get creamed by congress
- and yes, he probably thought if it never came to light he’d be fine
re: #175 makeitstop
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Give it a month or so, and we may find out that Trump’s *public* 100% backing by Repubs ain’t so 100% after all.
just helpin out
re: #196 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Huckabee learns how to treat dogs
NSC lawyers don’t “direct” the White House on anything. They advise.
Give it about four hours for a multitude of sources to call bullshit on this. https://t.co/48VvUFpDeb— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) September 27, 2019
re: #211 MsJ
Trump isn’t even playing tiddly winks. He couldn’t master checkers if he tried.
i’ve heard people say he eats them
re: #222 lawhawk
Alexa: What should I wear tonight?
SLJ: WHERE IS MY SUPER SUIT?!
Alexa: Where should I go for dinner?
SLJ: Big Kahuna Burger? That’s that Hawaiian burger joint. That *IS* a tasty burger. Just make sure you have something to wash it down.
re: #214 lawhawk
which nicely feeds “you wanna compare [lying about] a consensual blow job to international extortion?”
Ukraine’s president is being dubbed
“Monica Zelensky”
at home.#MonicaZelensky
https://t.co/rHN0VJXNkb— ProfHelen (@Helenhs) September 27, 2019
re: #226 Targetpractice
Especially Trump. Everyone advised Obama to give up his phone. He could have kept it, being the president, but he decided, being the president, that he needed to give it up. Trump goes against advisements from others all the time.
re: #227 DangerMan
One of the late nite hosts said that Trump eats chess pieces, and when he chokes on one, he eats another to dislodge the first.
Trump isn’t playing 3d chess, or even tic-tac-toe. He’s wiping his inane excremental bloviations all over everything and everyone as he flails about knowing that his hold on power is in doubt.
One can’t help but wonder what role Bolton plays in this little caper.
But for me, I’m particularly interested in calls with the saudi prince over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a heinous crime that will tragically go unpunished.
re: #230 Belafon
Especially Trump. Everyone advised Obama to give up his phone. He could have kept it, being the president, but he decided, being the president, that he needed to give it up. Trump goes against advisements from others all the time.
They’re basically stuck at the “blame anyone and everyone” stage, in this case insisting that they only put that transcript on a secret computer server away from any scrutiny because the NSC lawyers told them to do so.
In the process, they’re:
A) Confirming another part of the whistleblower’s complaint, which continues to undermine their own party’s efforts to dismiss it as “hearsay.”
B) Inviting yet more denials, this time from the NSC, which will only further erode whatever trust they had within those agencies.
C) Make the Dems more determined to get that transcript and others that are alleged to be stored on there in direct contravention of the Presidential Records Act.
re: #232 Scout
One can’t help but wonder what role Bolton plays in this little caper.
But for me, I’m particularly interested in calls with the saudi prince over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a heinous crime that will tragically go unpunished.
President Warren can do something about this. Or Harris.
re: #231 lawhawk
One of the late nite hosts said that Trump eats chess pieces, and when he chokes on one, he eats another to dislodge the first.
Trump isn’t playing 3d chess, or even tic-tac-toe. He’s wiping his inane excremental bloviations all over everything and everyone as he flails about knowing that his hold on power is in doubt.
He knows his base delights in anything that offends the “libs”; he was a reality TV star and his base feeds on craziness — the more intense, the better. He’s trying to keep up his ratings because none of this is real to him. He’s never faced adverse consequences for any of his crimes/incompetence before in his life — why should he expect this to be different? Every prior time, he’s escaped retribution and he is confident the same will hold true now. Indeed, impeachment hearings will keep him in the limelight — which is exactly where he wants to be — the focus of attention of the whole world.
House Intel Chairman Adam Schiff told CNN there will be a “busy couple weeks” and says “we are” preparing for hearings as soon as next week. “I expect subpoenas” as well as “depositions” are going to go out and move as “expeditiously as possible.”@mkraju
— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) September 27, 2019
re: #232 Scout
One can’t help but wonder what role Bolton plays in this little caper.
But for me, I’m particularly interested in calls with the saudi prince over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a heinous crime that will tragically go unpunished.
Me too. I have always believed that the Trump administration gave advance approval to MBS — that he wasn’t just an accessory after the fact.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said after closed-door briefings with the acting director of national intelligence and the intelligence community inspector general that she wants a “word-for-word” transcript of President Trump’s call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, The Hill reports.
She noted the whistleblower complaint “suggests that an ‘official word-for-word transcript of the call was produced.”
re: #233 Targetpractice
They’re basically stuck at the “blame anyone and everyone” stage, in this case insisting that they only put that transcript on a secret computer server away from any scrutiny because the NSC lawyers told them to do so.
In the process, they’re:
A) Confirming another part of the whistleblower’s complaint, which continues to undermine their own party’s efforts to dismiss it as “hearsay.”
B) Inviting yet more denials, this time from the NSC, which will only further erode whatever trust they had within those agencies.
C) Make the Dems more determined to get that transcript and others that are alleged to be stored on there in direct contravention of the Presidential Records Act.
when the dems do get the entire phone call and it’s seen for what it is (not natsec sensitive), then the question will be why exactly did ‘the NSC lawyers’ think this call was so sensitive that it needed to be protected this way
“Whack Job” — perfect. https://t.co/6d85JPJvtc
— John Gruber (@gruber) September 27, 2019
I’m digging how the subpoenas and demands for documents are coming from all corners now.
In that asshole Bannon’s words, ‘Flood the zone.’ These clowns are barely competent enough to run day-to-day business. Dems should go out of their way to bombard them with more legal demands than their incompetent lawyers can handle.
Something’s gonna break.
OK, maybe it’s an artifact of either age, or the hideously-rapid pace of “breaking news” in the Trump Era, but… as I seem to recall:
President Orangeanus was claiming in his tweetstorm this morning that Liddle’ Adam Schiff (did I get the apostrophe right?) was misquoting/misrepresenting/making shit up re Trump’s conversations with President Zelensky at yesterday’s HPSCI hearings.
But wasn’t Schiff simply reading/citing the *official* transcription that the Government had provided ? And if it was in any respect inaccurate, why was it released to the Committee in the first place? I haz a confuse….
I saw, yesterday, a bunch of Internet waggery about how the “real” Trump/Zelensky conversation went, but I swear, I wouldn’t be surprised if, when pressed, the WH released the “real” transcripts of the “actual” conversations (from those “secure servers” or whatever), and scream “GOTCHA!!!” when they “prove” to be innocuous - or, more likely, prove all of Trump’s/Sean Hannity’s conspiracy theories to be “completely true”….
re: #244 Jay C
OK, maybe it’s an artifact of either age, or the hideously-rapid pace of “breaking news” in the Trump Era, but… as I seem to recall:
President Orangeanus was claiming in his tweetstorm this morning that Liddle’ Adam Schiff (did I get the apostrophe right?) was making misquoting/misrepresenting/making shit up re Trump’s conversations with President Zelensky at yesterday’s HPSCI hearings.
But wasn’t Schiff simply reading/citing the *official* transcription that the Government had provided ? And if it was in any respect inaccurate, why was it released to the Committee in the first place? I haz a confuse….
I saw, yesterday, a bunch of Internet waggery about how the “real” Trump/Zelensky conversation went, but I swear, I wouldn’t be surprised if, when pressed, the WH released the “real” transcripts of the “actual” conversations (from those “secure servers” or whatever), and scream “GOTCHA!!!” when they “prove” to be innocuous - or, more likely, prove all of Trump’s/Sean Hannity’s conspiracy theories to be “completely true”….
Wouldn’t that be obstruction of justice?
re: #244 Jay C
OK, maybe it’s an artifact of either age, or the hideously-rapid pace of “breaking news” in the Trump Era, but… as I seem to recall:
President Orangeanus was claiming in his tweetstorm this morning that Liddle’ Adam Schiff (did I get the apostrophe right?) was misquoting/misrepresenting/making shit up re Trump’s conversations with President Zelensky at yesterday’s HPSCI hearings.
But wasn’t Schiff simply reading/citing the *official* transcription that the Government had provided ? And if it was in any respect inaccurate, why was it released to the Committee in the first place? I haz a confuse….
I saw, yesterday, a bunch of Internet waggery about how the “real” Trump/Zelensky conversation went, but I swear, I wouldn’t be surprised if, when pressed, the WH released the “real” transcripts of the “actual” conversations (from those “secure servers” or whatever), and scream “GOTCHA!!!” when they “prove” to be innocuous - or, more likely, prove all of Trump’s/Sean Hannity’s conspiracy theories to be “completely true”….
- in this context, it’s really that none of this matters - it’s tv, kabuki, posturing, whatever
- there will be investigations (leading to endless meaningless spin)
- there will (eventually) be articles of impeachment that will include supportable allegations
- there will (maybe) be a senate trial - evidence will be presented. this is the only point at which facts/truth matter
that is of course besides the point that facts matter re: lying directly to congress
BREAKING: Spider-Man is BACK in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Disney and Sony reach a deal and ‘Spider-Man 3’ from Marvel Studios will be released July 16, 2021. pic.twitter.com/hKSyCVhHOA— Lights, Camera, Pod (@LightsCameraPod) September 27, 2019
re: #244 Jay C
…
But wasn’t Schiff simply reading/citing the *official* transcription that the Government had provided ? And if it was in any respect inaccurate, why was it released to the Committee in the first place? I haz a confuse….…
Schiff was characterizing the call — not a verbatim read. And let’s say it’s accurate — but not literal.
IDGAF who you are, you need this today https://t.co/IlmhKSI48i
— Angry Staff Officer (@pptsapper) September 27, 2019
re: #249 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
That’s good. Spider-man 3: Far from Marvel would have been a hard one to pull off with way the end credits left things.
re: #250 Hecuba’s daughter
Schiff was characterizing the call — not a verbatim read. And let’s say it’s accurate — but not literal.
still doesnt matter
it doesnt mean anything
re: #250 Hecuba’s daughter
Schiff was characterizing the call — not a verbatim read. And let’s say it’s accurate — but not literal.
Schiff was translating Mafia Donese into English.
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re: #251 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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it’s like watching the porcupine races in council, idaho. (and yes, i’ve seen the race in person)
Trump’s ‘impeach the son of a bitch’ rating is higher than Nixon’s was when his impeachment started. So he can brag about that, I guess.
When the House launched its formal impeachment hearings against Nixon in February 1974, only 38% of Americans supported it.https://t.co/AlXlOmpfJp
Today, polling shows that 49% of Americans support launching formal impeachment hearings against Trump.https://t.co/lU86wKp1fv pic.twitter.com/9aMwQiCRq5— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) September 26, 2019
There’s a LOT to unpack here: the fact that the Trump misspelled describing, that he misidentified an apostrophe as a hyphen, the eternal mystery of what the apostrophe in Liddle’ is supposed to even signify, but all that matters is that he is sliding into a deep cognitive abyss. https://t.co/8MZVcHotXt
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) September 27, 2019
re: #257 makeitstop
Trump’s ‘impeach the son of a bitch’ rating is higher than Nixon’s was when his impeachment started. So he can brag about that, I guess.
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not likely but we’re at 980 or so and counting
re: #257 makeitstop
Trump’s impeach the SOB rating is higher than Trump’s approval rating…
In fact, one of the impeachment related polls shows a majority of the nation wants to impeach Trump (55, including strongly and leaning combined), compared with Trump who has never had a majority approve of him.
re: #257 makeitstop
Trump’s ‘impeach the son of a bitch’ rating is higher than Nixon’s was when his impeachment started. So he can brag about that, I guess.
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Shhh don’t tell the professional concern trolls.
re: #261 HappyWarrior
Shhh don’t tell the professional concern trolls.
Yet, if you look at the numbers, you can see why some Democrats are hesitant.
We live in a nation that is fine with a malicious dunce at the top.
I guess this is the result of our great wealth, which has allowed an ease of life (for most if not all Americans) to let us forget that big picture decisions do eventually reach our daily lives, in how we inhabit our communities and the choices we will have.
That so many Americans are not concerned with Trump’s policies of cruelty is a sign that we are docile.
re: #262 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Yet, if you look at the numbers, you can see why some Democrats are hesitant.
We live in a nation that is fine with a malicious dunce at the top.
I guess this is the result of our great wealth, which has allowed an ease of life (for most if not all Americans) to let us forget that big picture decisions do eventually reach our daily lives, in how we inhabit our communities and the choices we will have.
That so many Americans are not concerned with Trump’s policies of cruelty is a sign that we are docile.
True but not impeaching him has its risks too that they’re not talking about.
Consciousness of guilt
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) September 27, 2019
re: #262 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
That so many Americans are not concerned with Trump’s policies of cruelty is a sign that we are docile.
It’s information overload. So much insane shit coming at us so fast there’s no time to process it all.
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re: #263 HappyWarrior
True but not impeaching him has its risks too that they’re not talking about.
those -not impeach- risks are now becoming clearer to more and more people
D’s having the power and not impeaching may be seen as worse than R’s ‘theoretically’ voting to acquit in a trial that never comes to be
re: #262 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Yet, if you look at the numbers, you can see why some Democrats are hesitant.
We live in a nation that is fine with a malicious dunce at the top.
I guess this is the result of our great wealth, which has allowed an ease of life (for most if not all Americans) to let us forget that big picture decisions do eventually reach our daily lives, in how we inhabit our communities and the choices we will have.
That so many Americans are not concerned with Trump’s policies of cruelty is a sign that we are docile.
It’s a reminder of how racist this nation has been since its beginning. It’s not being docile; it’s verification of the LBJ quote: “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.” The Trump supporters of my acquaintance are not poor; they are just racist (or Netanyahu acolytes — which is a different form of racism)
re: #267 HappyWarrior
But the most important question is who is the new Rosemary?
re: #268 DangerMan
those -not impeach- risks are now becoming clearer to more and more people
D’s having the power and not impeaching may be seen as worse than R’s ‘theoretically’ voting to acquit in a trial that never comes to be
Exactly.
re: #264 goddamnedfrank
“the lawyers told me to do it” defense won’t work
NEW: White House says lawyers directed moving documents to highly secure system (@KaitlanCollins) pic.twitter.com/jdbtRUDLhL
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) September 27, 2019
re: #270 Ace Rothstein
But the most important question is who is the new Rosemary?
Whoever inserted the ellipsis in the “transcript”.
re: #267 HappyWarrior
These are the new Nixon tapes.
i said yesterday those ellipses may prove to be the 18 minute gap
re: #272 DangerMan
Lol, do they think that’s a defense? It’s total bullshit anyway, someone had to approve it.
re: #257 makeitstop
The latest polls are just more confirmation of the deep ideological hole we are in. Impeachment is the remedy. But basically, nearly half the country is still just fine with white supremacism. The other half for Impeachment is splintered into those firmly against racial bigotry and those that are fine with white supremacism but just bothered by the lawlessness and crass behavior of Trump.
This is the reality underlying the shape of the country in 2019.
As a car guy myself, I’m noticing a lot of them are so triggered by Greta it is beyond pathetic.
I will have the biggest party of my life when the fat orange tyrant gets tossed out.
— Peg Johnson (@PFlowerstone) September 27, 2019
Baby Toucans in buckets pic.twitter.com/HMmDGOwtxR
— 41 Strange (@41Strange) September 27, 2019
re: #272 DangerMan
“the lawyers told me to do it” defense won’t work
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More like the White House lawyers knew these calls were so flagrantly criminal that they tried to bury them … over and over again. That makes the people whose job is to legally represent the Office of the President accessories after the fact.
re: #256 DangerMan
it’s like watching the porcupine races in council, idaho. (and yes, i’ve seen the race in person)
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I don’t know
The corgis seemed to be enjoying their race quite a bit more
re: #277 Ace Rothstein
Lol, do they think that’s a defense? It’s total bullshit anyway, someone had to approve it.
i dont know what they think
i do believe they are playing way over their heads
and lewandowski to spearhead this thing? the best you can do? ‘only the best?’
these people really dont understand politics and political gamesmanship
they are lightweights compared to some folks who have been through these kinds of investigations, high profile hearings and yes, impeachments, before.
re: #198 Eclectic Cyborg
““I literally described to Joaquin at one point in those three months as like, ‘Look at this as a way to sneak a real movie in the studio system under the guise of a comic book film’. “
Well this explains why my first impression of the trailer was “This looks like a good movie, it just doesn’t look like a good Joker movie.”
I mean… pic.twitter.com/Mti88Dbo9b
— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) September 27, 2019
The absolute thin-skinnedness of NYT reporters will never fail to be depressing. It’s just…wow.
It’s clear it’s not about actual journalism, and it’s not even about overcorrecting their own supposed tendencies toward liberalism. THey have overt grudges against Dems and liberals and seem all too content to air them out in full, in their own coverage, while still trying to cling to some veneer of objectivity. To wit…
I have to take it back, the NYT is very good at what it does.
What it does, unfortunately, is not journalism. It’s quisling propaganda couched in self-righteousness. All offered up in service to a man and party who would have the entire news room executed if he had his way.— Exhausted K (@Citizen_Kryptik) September 26, 2019
re: #287 DangerMan
i dont know what they think
i do believe they are playing way over their headsand lewandowski to spearhead this thing? the best you can do? ‘only the best?’
these people really dont understand politics and political gamesmanship
they are lightweights compared to some folks who have been through these kinds of investigations, high profile hearings and yes, impeachments, before.
When Clinton was impeached, he found experts on the law who could represent him throughout.
Trump’s getting a guy like Lewandowski? And Trump got rid of Flood (who was on the Clinton legal team). Others who’d be in a position to rep Trump due to their experience in dealing with these issues wont touch Trump because they know Trump will ruin their careers too - not just in not paying, but because everyone knows Trump lies to everyone and doesn’t listen to anything he’s told if it contradicts his opinion. He always thinks he’s the smartest guy in the room, even when that’s clearly not the case. His own lawyers for his real estate business had a 2-man rule for a reason. No one trusted Trump, even his own lawyers.
Not only that, but by admitting that they attempted to hide the evidence this seems like an admission that the lawyers assigned to represent the Office of the President willingly became accessories to Trump’s criminal act after the fact.
How many times have they done this?— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) September 27, 2019
re: #255 The Pie Overlord!
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re: #269 Hecuba’s daughter
It seems I was radicalized when young… as I turned to reading science instead of doing religious things… and this led me to being a skeptic early on.
In my adult life I have drifted around beliefs/politics, but I guess my youth has stuck with me and I am an inveterate skeptic.
Early on I learned about troubling things in this society in which I was born and grew up. At times in my life I just ignored them, thinking more of my own career and needs.
As I grow older, though, I realize how selfish I have been. That I, even though growing up quite poor, had a lot of privileges that people of color did not have, which became more clear to me when after college doors opened up for me.
Still, I can empathize with the poor and the very real life-long problems that childhood poverty can engender.
That today in our country, half the people are fine with an extremely malicious narcissist setting policies that hurt people is just sad to me. I have a very low opinion of us humans anyway so I can’t say I am surprised. Just sad.
Even today on my Facebook timeline was one of those crazy forwarded posts, written by a religious nut, going on about how Trump will be vindicated and the real criminals are Clinton, etc.
It will not end with these folk because they are so deep into religious fantasy (that particular example of someone into a Christian spin-off cult) that to call them to reality on Trump is to call them to reality on their core religious beliefs, which are delusional.
re: #256 DangerMan
it’s like watching the porcupine races in council, idaho. (and yes, i’ve seen the race in person)
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That’s horrible. I’m crying.
She’s almost certainly right. Pelosi on Trump and Ukraine and Rudy’s Excellent Adventure: “By the way, think Russia has a hand in this.” pic.twitter.com/lCu3FlwbSM
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 27, 2019
Russian state TV directed Trump to pressure a specific official within the U.S. Department of State for “dirt on Biden,” openly hoping that Trump will “disprove” Russia’s interference in the 2016 US elections & destroy the Democratic party in the process. https://t.co/15pp0iP2JL
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) September 27, 2019
moron
If that perfect phone call with the President of Ukraine Isn’t considered appropriate, then no future President can EVER again speak to another foreign leader!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 27, 2019
re: #289 Citizen K
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hell hath no fury like NYT reporters on the receiving end of literally any criticism at all https://t.co/1o18zfrryZ
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) September 27, 2019
All caps makes people look less guilty. https://t.co/NyHY25Kwfc
— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) September 27, 2019
Fairfax County Police Chief on the assault by three boys of a girl at “Mother” Pence’s school:
Statement from Chief Edwin C. Roessler Jr. on Alleged Assault at the Immanuel Christian School
We are actively investigating an alleged assault on Sept. 23 at the Immanuel Christian School located in Fairfax County. The Va. Code Ann. § 16.1-301 prohibits our Police Department from disclosing to the community law enforcement records concerning juveniles. The code section also provides that such disclosures may only occur under certain circumstances, generally related to the disclosure of the information by order of the court or to individuals involved with the juvenile in the criminal justice system. As such, we are prohibited by law from disclosing further information regarding this case.
re: #299 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Trump and the NYT are a match made in hell apparently. That’s why they’re so subservient to a man who would have the entire newsroom executed if he could. They seem so obsessed with thumbing Obama in the eye by proxy by any means that they can’t see that Trump is doing worse things to them every single fucking day.
It’s just…fucking hell.
“…on or around 14 May, the president instructed Vice President Pence to cancel his planned travel to Ukraine to attend President Zelenskyy’s inauguration… the President did not want to meet with Mr. Zelenskyy until he saw… whether Zelensky showed willingness to “play ball.” pic.twitter.com/CUuT7VAQbW
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) September 26, 2019
re: #263 HappyWarrior
True but not impeaching him has its risks too that they’re not talking about.
These risks have been seriously understated. The Whistleblower stuck his neck out. There were dozens of other witnesses who didn’t. Not impeaching is saying that they were right and he was wrong: if the direct targets of illegal foreign election interference don’t care enough to do anything about it, why should anyone else? It’s basically a license to commit crimes to fix elections, just like in Russia.
That one on the right has seen some SHIT, man https://t.co/WDCHP5ffzv
— Angry Staff Officer (@pptsapper) September 27, 2019
re: #303 Backwoods_Sleuth
Completely fucking blatant. Wow.
From Kyiv @RichardEngel just did some terrific reporting on his interview w/ former prosecutor general Yuri Lutsenko on @mitchellreports . 1. After Shokin was removed, Lutsenko investigated Hunter Biden 2. Found no wrong doing, 3. Had 10 conversations/meetings with Giuliani.
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) September 27, 2019
Someone’s career light should be flashing in the red. And by someone, I mean everyone in Trumpworld. This latest crisis should end everyone in Trumpworld from Trump and Pence on down. They all knew, and engaged in criminal conduct, including the coverup.
Releasing the readout only shows further criminal conduct, and the WB report shows even more. Every step of the way Trump engages in crimes. A delay in releasing report that was required to be release doesn’t indicate transparency. It shows complicity and an ongoing coverup of crimes.
re: #70 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Growing up, I always thought that being able to see both sets of numbers in a colour-blindness chart was normal.
When I first got glasses at fifteen, the ophthalmologist explained it is actually a rather uncommon form of colour-blindness, in which red-green is weak in one eye and blue-yellow is weak in the other.
The military bans colour-blind people from certain jobs (like the one I had), but makes an exception for those who can see the whole range of colours normally but differently in each eye. (For a person with red-green or blue-yellow colour-blindness in both eyes, it makes reading the colour coding on resistors, capacitors, inductors, and wires difficult.)
My husband was color blind, perhaps with both forms. He memorized that part of the test, and served stateside in the Korean War.
“People Filed Complaints about Stray Cat Roaming around Law Firm so They Hired Him” https://t.co/PmNR61FFGN pic.twitter.com/xrDcNabQ1m
— CT Bar Association (@CTBar) September 27, 2019
Rep. GABBARD has backed an impeachment inquiry. One of the last remaining holdouts becomes the 225th Democrat on board. pic.twitter.com/Dp5H5b3FSe
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) September 27, 2019
re: #311 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Fuck a bunch of Gabbard. That is all.
re: #312 MsJ
Fuck a bunch of Gabbard. That is all.
lol, Gabbard had to approve impeachment now that she’s going to be in the debate, can you imagine the pile on she would have gotten if not?
Otherwise she wouldn’t have…..
Wondering how genuine that was or if Tulsi is jumping on the bandwagon now that everyone else has to try and boost her 2020 campaign.
re: #311 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
I’m confused. They say Gabbard is a holdout, and yet they’ve got her checked off as a yes. Did something change?
Why yes… yes it did.
Wow: Trump has lost Tulsi Gabbard. pic.twitter.com/Hys75PfkpY
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) September 27, 2019
Trump’s lost Gabbard.
re: #311 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Rep. GABBARD has backed an impeachment inquiry. One of the last remaining holdouts becomes the 225th Democrat on board.
To maintain her cover.
not /
re: #316 makeitstop
To maintain her cover.
not /
Hard to be under cover when you stick out like a sore thumb
ADVOGATO!
“People Filed Complaints about Stray Cat Roaming around Law Firm so They Hired Him” https://t.co/PmNR61FFGN pic.twitter.com/xrDcNabQ1m
— CT Bar Association (@CTBar) September 27, 2019
re: #313 b.d.
lol, Gabbard had to approve impeachment now that she’s going to be in the debate, can you imagine the pile on she would have gotten if not?
Otherwise she wouldn’t have…..
Exactly. What happy horseshit. I can’t imagine how much less I like her for that. Nothing but opportunism. (spit)
Expected.
BREAKING: Judge Dolly M. Gee has ruled in federal court that the government’s new rule regarding indefinite family detention violates the Flores Settlement Agreement and cannot go into effect.
— Max RN (@MaxRivlinNadler) September 27, 2019
re: #50 KGxvi
Since the main GOP talking point seems to be that the whistleblower complaint is all hearsay and should be ignored, I did a quick page with a primer on what hearsay is and some important exceptions. It’s a 10,000 feet perspective, but should help if you need to check that argument.
In federal courts, hearsay is defined as defense testimony.
The consensus of national security experts is clear: President Trump’s actions concerning Ukraine endanger America’s security.
By subjugating the national interest to his own political interest, Trump has shown he is incapable and unwilling to fulfill his oath of office. https://t.co/8NttxkhDl2— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) September 27, 2019
A good friend of mine has a very young son who in currently in ICU and near death. We don’t know what exactly happened to him (was found unresponsive in his crib last night) but…it’s not looking good.
So if you could send some prayers and good juju their way I’d appreciate it.
Hmm, interesting detail in that Vanity Fair article about Fox News and their internal battle about how to cover Trump.
The ultimate referee of this fight will be Lachlan Murdoch. In recent months, Rupert’s oldest son has been holding strategy conversations with Fox executives and anchors about how Fox News should prepare for life after Trump. Among the powerful voices advising Lachlan that Fox should decisively break with the president is former House speaker Paul Ryan, who joined the Fox board in March. “Paul is embarrassed about Trump and now he has the power to do something about it,” an executive who’s spoken with Ryan told me. (Ryan did not return a call seeking comment.)
Bernie was on Colbert last night and… am I the only one who thinks his laugh is fake as shit? I hate it.
I have created a page with a truly gobsmacking story of working for the Trump administration. It is both hilarious and horrible.
re: #324 Eclectic Cyborg
Am so sorry to hear that. My best wishes to the family and friends — and especially to the doctors.
Thread.
Read it. https://t.co/ANADNXwuok— soonergrunt 🇺🇸 (@soonergrunt) September 27, 2019
re: #325 Alephnaught
Hmm, interesting detail in that Vanity Fair article about Fox News and their internal battle about how to cover Trump.
NOW he has the power to do something about it!? Not when he was Speaker and could have refused to pass any of the things he most certainly did not refuse to pass?
re: #101 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Pit the Welsh against the Irish!
Tom Jones v. The Clancy Brothers
You guys @MSNBC know that’s actually me, right?
I grew a beard. Do I need a face tattoo? https://t.co/d3OJHoY4US— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) September 27, 2019
re: #329 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
I will have to read the whole thing later, but there aren’t any more villages for Trump to run to unless he ends up being the prison power figure.
re: #298 Backwoods_Sleuth
moron
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What is a “perfect phone call”? The Platonic ideal of a phone call? Crystal clear sound throughout? He didn’t stutter? Was it Putin perfect?
re: #327 Charmingly Persistent
If Trump is doing that regularly in the WH (and the staff has been reduced to piece things back together), imagine what he was doing in his businesses. That’s all the more reason one has to get his tax returns to piece together what he did.
re: #333 Belafon
I will have to read the whole thing later, but there aren’t any more villages for Trump to run to unless he ends up being the prison power figure.
At the end he suggests that if/when Trump leaves office he may attempt a foray into ‘Trump TV’, as many thought was his ultimate objective back in 2016
That’s a possibly pretty huge village, when you consider the likes of Sinclair Broadcast Group
re: #336 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
At the end he suggests that if/when Trump leaves office he may attempt a foray into ‘Trump TV’, as many thought was his ultimate objective back in 2016
That’s a possibly pretty huge village, when you consider the likes of Sinclair Broadcast Group
I could see that. I was thinking about the idea that the narcassist burns everything down in the current village before moving onto the next, and was basically thinking that if you burn down the country, there’s nowhere else to go.
I take it the negotiations with China aren’t going well at all, and Trump’s about to take the trade war to a whole new level, bringing about a global recession in the process.
Why? Impeachment is coming, and he’s flailing and failing about everything he touches. https://t.co/BwXajQlxu8— lawhawk (@lawhawk) September 27, 2019
re: #337 Belafon
I could see that. I was thinking about the idea that the narcassist burns everything down in the current village before moving onto the next, and was basically thinking that if you burn down the country, there’s nowhere else to go.
Hey — Putin would give him a beautiful dacha on the Black Sea for his successful implementation of the Putin plan to destroy this country.
re: #334 Mike Lamb
What is a “perfect phone call”? The Platonic ideal of a phone call? Crystal clear sound throughout? He didn’t stutter? Was it Putin perfect?
Yes.
re: #314 Eclectic Cyborg
Wondering how genuine that was or if Tulsi is jumping on the bandwagon now that everyone else has to try and boost her 2020 campaign.
really?
you’re wondering? ;-)
re: #282 plansbandc
It will last a week and become a new national holiday.
SINK-O DE PENDEJO!
as christened by one of our fellow lizards - whose name escapes me at the moment, but I am ever in your debt!
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