Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) gets his wish to have never been president granted and sees how the lives of Michael Cohen (Ben Stiller), Brett Kavanaugh (Matt Damon), Robert Mueller (Robert De Niro) and more have changed in an alternate reality.
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Stephen Miller missed a spot when he was creating in his new look.
Fixed it. pic.twitter.com/cqoMz713N4— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) December 16, 2018
Given today’s tweeting, it seems to me that Trump must be feeling a bit of pressure.
re: #2 freetoken
Given today’s tweeting, it seems to me that Trump must be feeling a bit of pressure.
Merry Christmas Donald!
re: #1 FormerDirtDart ????
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Looks like Steve and Rudy really helped their boss out on this morning’s TV shows.
Fake coverage! That’s not even the real Trump! Checkmate, libturds!
Stephen Miller , Created with the LGF Meme Machine https://t.co/OxdTOyskyE via @Green_Footballs pic.twitter.com/9Y36lVuA6X
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) December 16, 2018
Who says that the wingnuts are all out of ideas?
The UK should hire President Trump and pay him a consultancy fee to manage the Brexit
— Jacob Wohl (@JacobAWohl) December 16, 2018
CL’d!
Hah! A quote from HST found on Driftglass’s blog:
“Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time, and if he ever caught himself telling the truth, he’d lie just to keep his hand in.”
— Harry S Truman
Can you imagine what HST would say about DT? What about Mark Twain?
The mind boggles.
re: #10 retired cynic
What ever it is, it would be very colorful.
BREAKING: New report for Senate Intel Committee provides most sweeping analysis yet of Russian disinformation campaign and how it helped Trump during election and in the White House. https://t.co/ISpwkQHJFK pic.twitter.com/WW3zgnqgn9
— Craig Timberg (@craigtimberg) December 16, 2018
re: #1 FormerDirtDart ????
Instead of mocking Stephen Miller’s spray-on hair, we should be working to stop his vile policies.
Whoa. Just saw the hair. We can multitask.— Z (@surlyZ) December 16, 2018
Why, Praise Jay-Zuss she hates us too!
Arch-conservative pundit Ann Coulter is fingering Jews as a key part of a liberal “hate white men” coalition that she claims runs the Democratic Party.
The right-wing talking head posited that Jews and other Democratic voting blocs like LGBT people and black women actually despise one another — but unite around an implicit shared hatred for white men.
“I mean, you have the Muslims and the Jews and the various exotic sexual groups and the black church ladies with the college queers. The only thing that keeps the Democratic base together is for them to keeping focusing on, ‘No, white men are the ones keeping you down. You must hate white men.’” she said on Laura Ingraham’s show. “It’s the one thing they have in common.”
One of first color photographs ever taken of New York City—Plaza Hotel & Central Park, about 1908: #Kahn pic.twitter.com/nV1loEiBVJ
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) December 16, 2018
Umm, Miller’s hair…the fuck??
He actually thought that looked good?
Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal Maquin’s death at the Mexico border is our fault, not her father’s, writes @julito77.
A child is dead and the Trump administration has shown no remorse. Instead, it deflected responsibility with cheap political talking points: https://t.co/bkZR7gcsa9— NBC News THINK (@NBCNewsTHINK) December 16, 2018
Do you know what the worst thing about Brexit is? For 50 years we’ve been in there, making sure the Germans don’t discover their sense of humour. And now look what’s happened. Serious concerns for our own dear giggle exports. https://t.co/wLsXmVVNel
— Donaeld The Unready (@donaeldunready) December 16, 2018
The British no longer know what they want - get out of the EU or maybe a new referendum after all? They need really professional help! #heuteshow
I follow John Scalzi’s blog, because it is really eclectic and fun. So he reviewed Into The Spider-Verse. We’d better all go!
Curse words. Lots of curse words. You been warned.
I’ve heard crash descriptions just like this.
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re: #14 Joe Bacon ??
Why, Praise Jay-Zuss she hates us too!
Arch-conservative pundit Ann Coulter is fingering Jews as a key part of a liberal “hate white men” coalition that she claims runs the Democratic Party.
The right-wing talking head posited that Jews and other Democratic voting blocs like LGBT people and black women actually despise one another — but unite around an implicit shared hatred for white men.
“I mean, you have the Muslims and the Jews and the various exotic sexual groups and the black church ladies with the college queers. The only thing that keeps the Democratic base together is for them to keeping focusing on, ‘No, white men are the ones keeping you down. You must hate white men.’” she said on Laura Ingraham’s show. “It’s the one thing they have in common.”
Even leaving aside the point that this is Ann (No Meme Too Stupid To Promote) Coulter talking, what does she imagine motivates any “white men” who happen to be Democrats (like, say half of (D) Congressfolk) ?Self-hatred only??
Anyway, comments like this raise another issue entirely, which I don’t see being adequately addressed- I.e. why does anyone still pay any attention to anything Ann
Coulter says anyway?
re: #14 Joe Bacon ??
Why, Praise Jay-Zuss she hates us too!
Arch-conservative pundit Ann Coulter is fingering Jews as a key part of a liberal “hate white men” coalition that she claims runs the Democratic Party.
The right-wing talking head posited that Jews and other Democratic voting blocs like LGBT people and black women actually despise one another — but unite around an implicit shared hatred for white men.
“I mean, you have the Muslims and the Jews and the various exotic sexual groups and the black church ladies with the college queers. The only thing that keeps the Democratic base together is for them to keeping focusing on, ‘No, white men are the ones keeping you down. You must hate white men.’” she said on Laura Ingraham’s show. “It’s the one thing they have in common.”
Nah we just hate bigots like you Ann.
re: #23 Jay C
Even leaving aside the point that this is Ann (No Meme Too Stupid To Promote) Coulter talking, what does she imagine motivates any “white men” who happen to be Democrats (like, say half of (D) Congressfolk) ?Self-hatred only??
Anyway, comments like this raise another issue entirely, which I don’t see being adequately addressed- I.e. why does anyone still pay any attention to anything Ann
Coulter says anyway?
TBH why did anyone pay attention to her in the first place?
re: #26 Patricia Kayden
I still see “DELETED”. :-)
re: #22 nines09
Curse words. Lots of curse words. You been warned.
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“The TV is lying”#Budapest #Hungary pic.twitter.com/24bC6ouUTX
— Balazs Csek? (@balazscseko) December 16, 2018
Pay attention to what is happening in Hungary.
It’s right wing prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has been busily dismantling democracy there under the cover of rhetoric about the dangers of immigration.
Authoritarian policies limiting freedom of the press have been implemented. https://t.co/Y2oDy6N1Cf— Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath) December 16, 2018
re: #10 retired cynic
Can you imagine what HST would say about DT? What about Mark Twain?
The mind boggles.
I’d rather hear from Molly Ivins and Dorothy Parker.
re: #1 FormerDirtDart ????
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On @FaceTheNation, Stephen Miller says the Trump administration will do whatever is necessary to get the border wall, including a government shutdown in the coming days https://t.co/LgthZpkQXj pic.twitter.com/ZjoIsD5LUT
— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 16, 2018
Stephen Miller has a lot of hate towards immigrants. Attacks judges and activists in his interview. https://t.co/nL9dueiM64
— Mana Yegani (@Law_Mana) December 16, 2018
The face of Fascism.
re: #22 nines09
Curse words. Lots of curse words. You been warned.
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Driving drunk is a rite of passage for “conservative white youth” in Texas, especially the more privileged rural/suburban element. Lubbock has an incredible number of stationary object accidents from either yokel pissants coming into town on weekends or “traditional demographic” (aka “redneck”) Texas Tech students. I witnessed an accident in which an 18 year old native of nearby Shallowater was driving his giant pickup at 80+ mph on a narrow side street 2 blocks from the TTU campus. He hit 5 parked cars, including a police cruiser. A girl was thrown 20 feet against a lamppost from one of them and killed instantly. The body was not recognizable. Her friend, who had not been in the car, was standing right there screaming.
Drunk driving is not just about recklessness and ignorance, it is about a culture of privilege.
re: #28 Barefoot Grin
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re: #35 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Oh I know, brother. Out in the sticks it’s a joy ride at 90 with a beer between your legs and 10 between your ears.
Note how de-sensitized we are to the President of the United States publicly suggesting that a media outlet’s right to say something he doesn’t like “should be tested in court?”
We are the frogs and the water is at the boiling point.
Has any prominent Democrat, let alone an office holder, suggested jailing Hannity or Limbaugh?
Remember, Michael Cohen only became a “Rat” after the FBI did something which was absolutely unthinkable & unheard of until the Witch Hunt was illegally started. They BROKE INTO AN ATTORNEY’S OFFICE! Why didn’t they break into the DNC to get the Server, or Crooked’s office?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 16, 2018
Sir, in mobster lingo, a ‘rat’ is a witness who tells prosecutors real incriminating info. Perhaps a different word? Searches of lawyer’s offices common enough that DOJ has a procedure for them. Here it yielded evidence of crimes you said he should be jailed for. You should stop. https://t.co/EV1txBYrhz
— Andy McCarthy (@AndrewCMcCarthy) December 16, 2018
Wow. Andy is a strong conservative former Federal prosecutor who Trump himself invoked and retweeted earlier to try to bolster his defense. https://t.co/ri4xEaQ6en
— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) December 16, 2018
Rudy is no Charlie Parker.
Rudes: “Collusion is not a crime. It was over with before the election.” pic.twitter.com/YHAj8SyZK1
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 16, 2018
A friend of mine called this improv lawyering. Some things work better for jazz than lawyering, I said. https://t.co/hV5hZE2rec
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 16, 2018
re: #40 Blind Frog Belly White
Rudy is no Charlie Parker.
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Yardbird. Check the derivation of Parker’s name.
I binge-watched “Happy!” on Netflix last night, and loved it. I won’t even try to summarize the plot; it’s completely whacked out in the best way. It’s an “imaginary friend” story, but light years away from Harvey the giant rabbit, with a decidedly creepy edge. Christopher Meloni is great.
re: #42 Blind Frog Belly White
Who you callin’ chicken?
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Heh. Parker was for the chicken. Other uses included prisoners in General Population.
re: #43 Charles Johnson
I binge-watched “Happy!” on Netflix last night, and loved it. I won’t even try to summarize the plot; it’s completely whacked out in the best way. It’s an “imaginary friend” story, but light years away from Harvey the giant rabbit, with a decidedly creepy edge. Christopher Meloni is great.
Christopher Meloni is possibly one of my favorite actors right now. He’s fantastic.
re: #43 Charles Johnson
I binge-watched “Happy!” on Netflix last night, and loved it. I won’t even try to summarize the plot; it’s completely whacked out in the best way. It’s an “imaginary friend” story, but light years away from Harvey the giant rabbit, with a decidedly creepy edge. Christopher Meloni is great.
The Older Boy and I watched it. It’s incredible, isn’t it?
re: #22 nines09
Curse words. Lots of curse words. You been warned.
I’ve heard crash descriptions just like this.
Speaking of motherfuckers:
The @TrumpStore 48 hour sale ends today | 20% off your entire order with delivery before Christmas https://t.co/aMZ0rkUhA3 pic.twitter.com/bEyN1eRIJV
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) December 16, 2018
I shudder to think of the kind of people who would actually buy this tacky shit, not to mention that it’s all illegal as shit but NOBODY FUCKING CARES.
So I fed Stephen Miller’s pictures into a weather pattern prediction computer, and based on his hairline progression from 1 year ago to today - it should look like this by the beginning of Trump’s impeachment. pic.twitter.com/rkceAxc5HZ
— Paul Lee Ticks (@PaulLeeTicks) December 17, 2018
re: #48 FormerDirtDart ????
Mein Furrier?? pic.twitter.com/tIu9BaDDRn
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) December 16, 2018
I would say that this is a case where G-D’s law (or plain old ethics & compassion) overrides secular law. What do you think?
Should you help someone if it’s a violation of the law? The dilemma residents face in this Texas border town https://t.co/MLNHX6rRiS pic.twitter.com/sm64M0ieAw
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) December 17, 2018
re: #50 The Vicious Babushka
I would say that this is a case where G-D’s law (or plain old ethics & compassion) overrides secular law. What do you think?
You are exactly right.
re: #50 The Vicious Babushka
I would say that this is a case where G-D’s law (or plain old ethics & compassion) overrides secular law. What do you think?
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It’s the same motivation that compelled Christians to be part of the Underground Railroad.
re: #50 The Vicious Babushka
I would say that this is a case where G-D’s law (or plain old ethics & compassion) overrides secular law. What do you think?
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re: #47 The Vicious Babushka
Speaking of motherfuckers:
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I shudder to think of the kind of people who would actually buy this tacky shit, not to mention that it’s all illegal as shit but NOBODY FUCKING CARES.
That’s what makes me absolutely insane. I/you/them boost something at the store, caught, and I’m in deep shit. THESE motherfvckers get away with murder. Not only that, the entire Republican Party just shrugs, collects the pelts of Americans, and screams about single mothers and SNAP and how the world is going to hell because Steve kissed Bill and we need MY FVCKING RELIGION in your schools.
But what really frosts my glass is the people who buy this shit. And I am deep among them. The ones I know? Gone, baby, gone. Ain’t coming back. Can’t admit being wrong. Or worse.
There’s new CDC data out about gun deaths in America. Last year saw the most gun deaths in 40 years, nearly 40,000 people. What is wrong with us? This is not a problem we should have at all, let alone one that’s getting worse.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) December 16, 2018
re: #52 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
It’s the same motivation that compelled Christians to be part of the Underground Railroad.
The same motivation that inspired Christians to protect Jews during WW2.
re: #50 The Vicious Babushka
I would say that this is a case where G-D’s law (or plain old ethics & compassion) overrides secular law. What do you think?
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Absolutely. They want a better life here.
re: #56 The Vicious Babushka
Yes. People like Carrie Ten Boom (I think that is how her name is spelled).
I found it.
en.wikipedia.org
It Corrie Ten Boom.
Do you think highly of people who fled the DDR? Then you shouldn’t look down on anyone who does whatever they can to come here.
re: #58 PhillyPretzel
Yes. People like Carrie Ten Boom (I think that is how her name is spelled).
Oskar Schindler, Chiune Sugihara
re: #35 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Driving drunk is a rite of passage for “conservative white youth” in Texas, especially the more privileged rural/suburban element. Lubbock has an incredible number of stationary object accidents from either yokel pissants coming into town on weekends or “traditional demographic” (aka “redneck”) Texas Tech students. I witnessed an accident in which an 18 year old native of nearby Shallowater was driving his giant pickup at 80+ mph on a narrow side street 2 blocks from the TTU campus. He hit 5 parked cars, including a police cruiser. A girl was thrown 20 feet against a lamppost from one of them and killed instantly. The body was not recognizable. Her friend, who had not been in the car, was standing right there screaming.
Drunk driving is not just about recklessness and ignorance, it is about a culture of privilege.
About three weeks ago I saw the aftermath of a horrific wreck on during one of my evening walks. Only one car was left on the flatbed tow truck, passenger side of the car was caved all the fucking way in from the front bumper to the rear quarter panel, both right side doors missing, every airbag deployed. It looked like an exploded bag of jiffy pop. Cops had shut Wood Ranch Parkway down heading in, making people divert around to Long Canyon while they completed their investigation. I surmised later that someone had definitely died in the wreck because someone set up a candle and flowers at the location and have been maintaining them ever since. I just looked the location and date up and found out what happened:
Officers arrived and declared the passenger, Ronald Kakeldey, 87, of Simi Valley, dead at the scene. The driver, identified as Janet Kakeldey, 78, of Simi Valley, was taken to Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks with major injuries that were not life-threatening, authorities said.
Upon investigation, officers learned Janet Kakeldey had been driving a 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe down Madera Road when it rear-ended another vehicle near the left turn onto Wood Ranch Parkway. The crash was at a low speed and caused minimal damage to the vehicle and no injuries.
After the initial crash, Kakeldey turned southbound onto Wood Ranch Parkway and drove at a high speed before crashing into the tree at the Lake Park Drive North intersection, authorities said.
Jesus that’s some horrible tragic shit to have to live with.
re: #56 The Vicious Babushka
The same motivation that inspired Christians to protect Jews during WW2.
You really have to wonder what’s wrong with someone who would turn over poor, exhausted and bedraggled people over to the authorities, merely because they crossed an imaginary line on the ground separating one country from another. People don’t leave their families and escape to another country on a whim. They have to have some serious motivation — fear being one — to flee their homeland. A compassionate person would try to help them.
Since it’s Texas, these people should be asking themselves, What Would Jesus Do?
The thing is we’re all selective about law. Wingnuts have tried arguing that Kim Davis was a modern equivalent of those European Christians who ignored the law because they thought something was unjust. Yet you know they have a problem with assisting undocumented people. Law is law but sometimes you gotta do the right thing.
re: #47 The Vicious Babushka
Speaking of motherfuckers:
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I shudder to think of the kind of people who would actually buy this tacky shit, not to mention that it’s all illegal as shit but NOBODY FUCKING CARES.
I was at an ugly Christmas sweater party last night and someone there had one with Trumps face on it and the slogan “Make Christmas Great Again.”
re: #61 The Vicious Babushka
Oskar Schindler, Chiune Sugihara
I had not known about Schindler until the movie came out. It’s a fascinating story, and the man lived with regret that he was unable to help more Jews escape.
There was a Swedish man who also helped Jews escape the Reich. What was his name?
re: #64 The Vicious Babushka
Irena Sendlerowa
One of the only good things Glenn Beck did was to bring her story to my attention. It was a cheap attack on Al Gore but Irena was a hero who in the words of the Talmud saved the world entire. Nicholas Vinton was another hero. He was Jewish and not Christian iirc but as a British subject, he still went beyond what many people did.
re: #67 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
I had not known about Schindler until the movie came out. It’s a fascinating story, and the man lived with regret that he was unable to help more Jews escape.
There was a Swedish man who also helped Jews escape the Reich. What was his name?
Raoul Wallenberg. Soviets killed him. Another reason the USSR was evil.
re: #67 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
Raoul Wallenberg.
My grandfather’s cousins were Yugoslav partisans in the war. I was so proud when my Slovene cousin told me that. The Partisans were far from perfect and I won’t lie did commit atrocities but they were better than the Axis or Chetniks.
re: #70 PhillyPretzel
Raoul Wallenberg.
The street where the Holocaust museum is was named after him.
re: #63 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
You really have to wonder what’s wrong with someone who would turn over poor, exhausted and bedraggled people over to the authorities, merely because they crossed an imaginary line on the ground separating one country from another. People don’t leave their families and escape to another country on a whim. They have to have some serious motivation — fear being one — to flee their homeland. A compassionate person would try to help them.
Since it’s Texas, these people should be asking themselves, What Would Jesus Do?
It’s a fear response. “I just want to be left alone so I ignore things and don’t do anything that might piss off authorities. These kids have no effect on my life so screw them.”
Bascially the people who said nothing when “they” started coming for others around them, only to
learn the hard way that approach doesn’t always work out.
re: #64 The Vicious Babushka
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Found this on the book of faces, and it made my hair stand up. Twelve ways to identify a malignant narcissist:
I always ask myself would I do the right thing. I feel confident in saying I would but I’d be lying if I said fear wouldn’t be a factor. Whether that’s saving Jews I’m occupied Europe, civil rights in the Jim Crow south, Tutsis in Rwanda, etc.
re: #66 Eclectic Cyborg
I was at an ugly Christmas sweater party last night and someone there had one with Trumps face on it and the slogan “Make Christmas Great Again.”
Did they win a prize for ugliest? (others only went for visually ugly, this clever party-goer managed visual, spiritual and moral ugliness all in one garment…)
re: #62 goddamnedfrank
You know, I had to see your words to realize how horrible witnessing what Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel saw was.
I drove truck over 3 million miles in every state east of the Mississippi in every condition imaginable and saw absolute nightmares. Drew me back to the realization that I somehow managed to forget the worst, or just accepted the fact that shit happens and I am fortunate I escaped. All the insane close calls. Inches. Seconds.
When I drove all those miles, in the beginning I was chilled. In the end, I was thankful I rolled on.
In a heartbeat it can close.
re: #76 retired cynic
Found this on the book of faces, and it made my hair stand up. Twelve ways to identify a malignant narcissist:
1. Their last name is Trump.
re: #67 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
I had not known about Schindler until the movie came out. It’s a fascinating story, and the man lived with regret that he was unable to help more Jews escape.
There was a Swedish man who also helped Jews escape the Reich. What was his name?
Raoul Wallenburg
re: #77 HappyWarrior
I always ask myself would I do the right thing. I feel confident in saying I would but I’d be lying if I said fear wouldn’t be a factor. Whether that’s saving Jews I’m occupied Europe, civil rights in the Jim Crow south, Tutsis in Rwanda, etc.
That’s why I really appreciate people who stand out in the crowd and do the right thing. It’s easier to say we would be the same but we don’t really know that.
re: #81 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Scalp Seeding Gone Wild.
(Starts drafting plans for the garden of the Righteous Among the Rednecks.)
re: #50 The Vicious Babushka
If they are coming here to seek asylum, how are they breaking the law? I’d help them in a heartbeat.
re: #85 Decatur Deb
(Starts drafting plans for the garden of the Righteous Among the Rednecks.)
The sad thing is, that might actually happen.
re: #83 Patricia Kayden
That’s why I really appreciate people who stand out in the crowd and do the right thing. It’s easier to say we would be the same but we don’t really know that.
It’s easy to say you’d do the right thing. A lot easier to actually do it. I hear ya tho. What makes people like that stand out is that they went against the mainstream view.
re: #85 Decatur Deb
(Starts drafting plans for the garden of the Righteous Among the Rednecks.)
Liberal Redneck is a cool dude.
re: #89 HappyWarrior
Liberal Redneck is a cool dude.
You meet surprising numbers of them canvassing around here.
re: #90 Decatur Deb
You meet surprising numbers of them canvassing around here.
I think I might surprise people being as bleeding heart as I am. Big white boy with tats and a beard. :)
The thing is though I’m aware of certain privileges I have as a native born heterosexual White male. Is life always easy for me? No, life on the spectrum is tough but I’m lucky.
re: #91 HappyWarrior
I think I might surprise people being as bleeding heart as I am. Big white boy with tats and a beard. :)
Our Dem congressional candidate (loser) sent me out to the freakn’ boonies to deliver a resupply of yard signs to her “man on the ground”. It was after Hurricane Michael and the GPS/Cell apps were crap, so it took a couple hours to find him. We pulled up to a sort of double-wide near the banks of the Choctawhatchee, with antlers and a fish-cleaning sink on the front porch. Guy came out out in camo/Carhartts. Coolest guy in the county.
My nephew got to unwrap the only Christmas gift he asked for a few days early and his reaction broke my heart?? pic.twitter.com/vEXIRESglR
— Jadin Hart? (@JayRayy7) December 15, 2018
re: #94 The Vicious Babushka
That was a great gift. A parent home for the holidays.
re: #94 The Vicious Babushka
That was awesome. Both me as a little kid and my son as a little kid would always melt down in joy when Dad came home from the Navy.
This is a new writer to me, but I really liked his article and proposal. Joshua Alvarez, writing in Washington Monthly.
A REAL scandal is the one sided coverage, hour by hour, of networks like NBC & Democrat spin machines like Saturday Night Live. It is all nothing less than unfair news coverage and Dem commercials. Should be tested in courts, can’t be legal? Only defame & belittle! Collusion?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 16, 2018
One of the things I recognized in the authoritarian regimes I study is that despots and dictators fear being laughed at more than anything; their thin-skinned narcissism makes comedy a weapon they can’t tolerate—and they often try to use state power to shut down any mocking. https://t.co/bqvDECJzgd
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) December 16, 2018
Trump channeling his inner Idi Amin.
Gotta say, my mood is so much better when I completely ignore the Sunday morning talk shows. Used to love ‘em, now they’re just painful to watch.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 17, 2018
Have any prominent Republican apologized or expressed sympathy in a straightforward way to Democrats for the Russian meddling on behalf of Donald Trump in 2016? Or addressed why Russia chose to support their presidential candidate?
— Harold Pollack (@haroldpollack) December 17, 2018
Short answer: no. They’re all too busy hanging onto the gravy train for dear life. https://t.co/41IPuek95U
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 17, 2018
re: #101 Charles Johnson
“hanging onto the gravy train for dear life”
Watching the “Republican strategist” enablers of Trump retreat to the Cohen-Is-A-Liar line, and the Voters-Aren’t-Paying-Attention redoubt as if they won’t have to continue stumbling backwards as soon as the next revelation comes out.
re: #102 Unshaken Defiance
was this taken near Mount Wilson? Sort of looks familiar but not familiar….
re: #102 Unshaken Defiance
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One fine day I stood on high ground, looked back over my shoulder to appreciate where I arrived from.
Gorgeous!!!
re: #105 geosherman
was this taken near Mount Wilson? Sort of looks familiar but not familiar….
Yes it was. One of my favorite places to de stress and take in the light.
— Marnie Urmaza (@MarnieEU) December 17, 2018
re: #102 Unshaken Defiance
I think I remember reading in one of John McPhee’s books the San Gabriel range is the steepest in the U.S.
re: #106 retired cynic
Gorgeous!!!
Thanks. I love how small it makes downtown look. Perspective is wisdom when/if one can get it.
Got the coveted Soledad O’Brien retweet.
File this under - predictable. They have an American audience of 1 right now and he sits at 1600 Pennsylvania.
— Sam Vinograd (@sam_vinograd) December 17, 2018
And by referencing their regional role, I’m guessing they aren’t giving a nod to their activities in Yemen. Rather they’re echoing @POTUS ‘s point that we need Saudi to confront Iran in the Middle East.
— Sam Vinograd (@sam_vinograd) December 17, 2018
re: #77 HappyWarrior
I always ask myself would I do the right thing. I feel confident in saying I would but I’d be lying if I said fear wouldn’t be a factor. Whether that’s saving Jews I’m occupied Europe, civil rights in the Jim Crow south, Tutsis in Rwanda, etc.
One finds out when one is placed in the crucible.
That said, seeking asylum is not illegal, therefore assisting someone in doing that is also not illegal.
On the other hand, you know the government would make your life miserable right now, and even winning a case of human smuggling against you (a felony) would be a freakin’ expensive proposition.
Some 75% of Americans surveyed said that immigration is good for the country, up from 66% in 2012 https://t.co/dlWi9h391r
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) December 16, 2018
I’ll keep pointing this out until the rest of you motherf**kers acknowledge it: Donald Trump has lost this argument with the American people. https://t.co/DEt36SjNpH
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) December 16, 2018
Another reason for the stench of desperation so evident in his increasingly deranged tweet storms. https://t.co/LjCnXT0D0O
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 17, 2018
re: #102 Unshaken Defiance
One fine day I stood on high ground, looked back over my shoulder to appreciate where I arrived from.
That’s a pretty scene. Where is it?
re: #1 FormerDirtDart ????
His hair is his least repulsive aspect.
He’s a white nationalist pushing a xenophobic policy that seeks to prevent nonwhites from entering the nation - limiting their legal immigration, including under amnesty provisions.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) December 17, 2018
re: #116 lawhawk
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re: #114 Charles Johnson
Trump’s xenophobic white nationalist agenda is the GOP bigot brigade base position. It’s the Stephen Miller position and it’s Trump’s position. Trump thinks we as a nation want this, but a supermajority opposes it.
Even corporate GOPers don’t want this. The GOP in Congress can’t pass the wall in their CRs because they know it’s a losing proposition for them; many of their corporate bosses need immigration to fill jobs that Americans can’t or wont do - and since the economy is supposedly quite tight for certain industries, it means that we have to look outside the US for those jobs (thinking high tech positions).
Then there’s the reports Trump used undocumented persons at his NJ golf resort, which means he’s breaking multiple federal and state laws to personally profit from them (and profit while delivering business from the WH at that - since he’s goosing the business there just by showing up from the WH, complete with the USSS and all the rest of the entourage). It’s yet another scam designed to deliver profits to Trump.
re: #114 Charles Johnson
Lots of people in that thread screeching Legal Immigration!!
Never mind the GOP has been trying to stop that for decades.
Never mind asylum is legal.
On the question “would you help an asylum seeker if one came up to you,” I just put that question to my wife. She kind of gave the same answer I did that you’re only really tested when you actually have to face the situation, but she believes she would. (There is an advantage in this area that we know most people here, so if one of them came up to us seeking help it’s not exactly the same as helping a total stranger. The question becomes a lot tougher if you don’t know the person, though ethics and empathy dictate the same response.)
re: #76 retired cynic
Found this on the book of faces, and it made my hair stand up. Twelve ways to identify a malignant narcissist:
I almost married a malignant narcissist at 20 years old. There but for the grace of God.
Once you have been around one you can spot them easily. The hair on the back of my neck stands up.
Trump is a classic malignant narcissist. I know it’s a cliche to say that now. But he is. I cannot stand to hear his voice, see his facial expressions, or read his tweets. Way, way too familiar.
For a snarky take:
Crybaby President Can’t Handle Saturday Night Live Making Jokes About Him.
As they have with literally every other president. (Robin Pennacchia at Wonkette):
When I close my eyes and picture George H.W. Bush, I do not picture actual George H.W. Bush. I picture Dana Carvey as George H.W. Bush. Since SNL first premiered in 1975, they’ve been making fun of whoever the President is. Since the dawn of their even being presidents, comedians have made fun of whoever the president is. There are probably people out there who could tell you exactly nothing about Gerald Ford other than “He fell down a lot? I guess?” Making fun of whoever’s in charge — for those not living in a country where such a thing could land them in jail or executed — is what humans do. Generally speaking, most leaders — in America, anyway — have taken this in stride, as it is something that happens when you are President.
But apparently no one told Donald Trump that, because he is VERY UPSET about the fact that Saturday Night Live is making fun of him and it’s not fair because they should only be doing skits about how he is super great and handsome and the best President ever. Why can’t they do skits about that, huh?
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Before “Saturday Night Live” there was “Laugh-In” which did the same thing. Nixon was one of their favourite targets.
Skewering presidents has been a staple of comedy for a long long time. Apparently Trump is not aware of that (or it hurts his feelings).
re: #40 Blind Frog Belly White
Rudy’s not a very good defense lawyer. His defense of Trump exposes Trump to even more criminal liability - admissions against interest.
And we also know that Trump’s conspiracy against the US didn’t end with election day, or inauguration. The coverup extends to this day.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) December 17, 2018
re: #124 Anymouse ??
That article on malignant narcissism says that is a classic sign. Can’t take being the butt of humor.
What a pic
Steve Mnuchin and Mitch McConnell posing with gold at Fort Knox.
Via #FOIA docs obtained by Government Attic pic.twitter.com/oevzi1i5vk— Jason Leopold (@JasonLeopold) December 17, 2018
re: #127 teleskiguy
Who is Jason Leopold? For some reason he has me blocked.
re: #50 The Vicious Babushka
I would say that this is a case where G-D’s law (or plain old ethics & compassion) overrides secular law. What do you think?
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If you need some sort of deity to tell you it’s okay to help another person in distress or a life-threatening situation, you’re doing humanity wrong.
Of course, the point regarding TX is that far too many religious (usually Christian/usually white) people are perfectly fine with letting someone with brown skin drop dead in front of them.
Case in point are the border patrol guards who basically let that 7-year-old Guatemalan girl suffer an agonizing death. Betcha those fuckers were in church at some point, clutching their bibles and telling themselves either “It’s God’s will she died” or “Her father is a dirty illegal, they had it coming.”
Lutz!
Remember, Michael Cohen only became a “Rat” after the FBI did something which was absolutely unthinkable & unheard of until the Witch Hunt was illegally started. They BROKE INTO AN ATTORNEY’S OFFICE! Why didn’t they break into the DNC to get the Server, or Crooked’s office?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 16, 2018
Please listen to your lawyers and stop tweeting your thoughts on ongoing legal matters. https://t.co/tb6Cz0UtA5
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) December 16, 2018
Not. Gonna. Happen. https://t.co/uMI7CWerD5
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) December 16, 2018
re: #102 Unshaken Defiance
One fine day I stood on high ground, looked back over my shoulder to appreciate where I arrived from.
re: #118 Unshaken Defiance
Mt Wilson observatory above Pasadena.
Made me think the view I caught a glimpse of while trudging up to the top of Mt. Yonah in GA on Nov. 9th (maybe 10th) 1992. it apparently cause me to break out in a huge smile, which drew the ire of my Company First Sergeant in Ranger School
One good thing about having Donald Trump as president is that many more people are becoming aware of malignant narcissism and how to recognize it.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 17, 2018
re: #133 jaunte
One more twitter mystery!
Such as how in the hell does Ben Shapiro have a check mark and George Conway not?
re: #130 Dave In Austin
It’s not a matter of if Kellyanne is going to divorce George, it’s when.
I sometimes wonder if a couple times a week, George begs her to quit because of what a vile, horrible role model she is for their kids.
re: #128 jaunte
He got tossed from Salon for plagiarism back in the day, and now spends most of his time doing FOIAs to release info like this.
re: #139 lawhawk
Oh maybe that’s it. I probably said something unkind.
re: #138 Mattand
It’s not a matter of if Kellyanne is going to divorce George, it’s when.
I sometimes wonder if a couple times a week, George begs to quit because of what vile, horrible role model she is for their kids.
Matalin and Carville repped opposite ends of the political spectrum for years. It’s not unheard of.
I’m blocked by David Shuster. I said something unkind.
re: #130 Dave In Austin
Even Trump supporters realize that Trump’s a fucking disaster as the more he tweets, the more he reveals that he’s up to his eyeballs in criminality. More than that, Rudy’s screwing his client by admitting against self interest that the “collusion” ended before the election.
Umm… .so it happened. Thanks for that Rudy.
And for the record, it continued afterwards because the conspiracy to cover up those prior crimes continues to this day. The obstruction, conspiracy, etc. All of it.
These people are screwed, and it’s only time before Mueller takes the next step.
And then it will be the deep breath before the plunge.
Thank you @kasie and @selectedwisdom! Except for my secret negotiations with V. Putin that continued right up to Election Day, my campaign had absolutely nothing to do with Russia. SPACE FORCE! pic.twitter.com/iDuroHaeO9
— Donald J. Drumpf (@RealDonalDrumpf) December 17, 2018
re: #141 lawhawk
Matalin and Carville repped opposite ends of the political spectrum for years. It’s not unheard of.
From Wikipedia: “Both Matalin and Carville have gone on record saying that they do not talk politics at home.”
I can’t believe Trump, with as thin a skin as he has, isn’t giving her grief about George’s tweets. George has to know that, and he does it anyway.
James and Mary they ain’t.
re: #144 lawhawk
These people are screwed, and it’s only time before Mueller takes the next step.
And then it will be the deep breath before the plunge.
I got this feeling that Mueller has all he needs to implicate the whole fucking shebang and he’s biding his time, waiting for the new Congress to be seated. Hmm?
re: #130 Dave In Austin
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Honestly what do Kellyanne and George talk about at the dinner table or does George just pop something in the microwave and retreat into his man cave?
re: #149 Joe Bacon ??
Honestly what do Kellyanne and George talk about at the dinner table or does George just pop something in the microwave and retreat into his man cave?
“Hey, honey, guess who I trolled on Twitter today?”
WHOA
#resist #impeach #TheResistance pic.twitter.com/NBIS4TV3iy
— OctopusRidingADolphin (@parker_hm007) December 17, 2018
re: #151 The Vicious Babushka
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I’ve always wondered if other countries had Tea Party/Q Anon analogues within their borders.
Now I know, and it’s really upsetting.
??DEBUT: ‘Dragnet’ starring Jack Webb made its television debut 67 years ago tonight, December 16, 1951, on NBC pic.twitter.com/REWFUSrTkW
— RetroNewsNow (@RetroNewsNow) December 17, 2018
re: #148 teleskiguy
Part of the delay is that the more Trump talks, and the more info he gets from the new plea deal (Butina comes to mind), the more the case is made in other aspects, new avenues for investigation, etc.
Mueller might have his end of things ready, but he might actually be waiting on EDNY/SDNY to do more - so that they have the full range in play - everyone in the remaining corner of Trumpworld (Donny, Jr., Ivanka, Eric, Jared, plus Trump Org., Trump Found., etc.)
They’re going to make it impossible for the GOP to ignore. It’s going to be overwhelming in scope, criminality, etc. that the GOP leadership will have no choice but to consider going along with impeachment. And they may also roll some of the NRA and members of Congress in as well - precisely because the GOP was rolling in the NRA money that came via Russian money/influence.
Will the War on Christmas never cease pic.twitter.com/eRiAif4hPR
— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) December 16, 2018
Pretty sure this next week is going to be crazy af. The new normal.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 17, 2018
re: #156 lawhawk
They’re going to make it impossible for the GOP to ignore. It’s going to be overwhelming in scope, criminality, etc. that the GOP leadership will have no choice but to consider going along with impeachment. And they may also roll some of the NRA and members of Congress in as well - precisely because the GOP was rolling in the NRA money that came via Russian money/influence.
This is how I see it. Trump lost his chance to kill this 18 months ago. This game is over when Mueller says it is, and not a second before.
Going to sleep. I read all the comments from overnight on the train into work, so keep them coming.
Peace.
re: #141 lawhawk
Matalin and Carville repped opposite ends of the political spectrum for years. It’s not unheard of.
They even went on TV and made a thing of ripping on one another. It was professional comedy and it shows how some take the political battles as pure entertainment.
What I am surprised about though is why Trump hasn’t asked Kellyanne to have Goerge shut up.
I still think Kellyanne looks at all of it as a job that entails not taking it seriously. She is paid to lay down smoke screens and that is what she does. She sees it as a game…a chess match to stifle Trump detractors in the press. She is the Trump deflector.
She probably laughs at how ridiculous some of what she says sounds, yet works, and her and George talk about how bizarre it all is. And then they cash their checks. It’s all very cynical.
re: #158 Charles Johnson
Oh, dear God, I cannot wait for the day when this whole craziness is over and we have a stable and rational government again, when I don’t have to wake up every morning and go, “What da FUQ kind of crazy news is going to happen today?”
re: #159 coin operated
At this point, Mueller’s just one of several prosecutors involved at the federal level.
SDNY, EDNY, and even the NJ prosecutors are potentially involved. The NJ AG is investigating Trump’s potential hires of undocumented persons. The NY AG is investigating Trump Org and everyone from Cohen to CFO Weisselberg are spilling their guts to these investigators.
I think there might be an investigation in Illinois too, given Trump’s tax lawyer getting raided twice in recent weeks, or it could be an extension of the SDNY work.
re: #163 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
That was so nice! We didn’t know how good we had it…
re: #165 retired cynic
That was so nice! We didn’t know how good we had it…
Honestly, we kinda did. The Shrub Administration had its own flavor of bad crazy, but rather than being criminal conspiracy and mafioso bullshit, it was wondering which country the warmongers chose to blow up that day. Obama, by contrast, was a breath of fresh air.
The Washington Post has obtained a report made for the Senate Intel committee that says the Russians used “every major social media platform” to deliver content “tailored to voters’ interests” to help elect Trump https://t.co/70yrH8YWw1
— Michael Del Moro (@MikeDelMoro) December 16, 2018
When you start losing Fox… you’re truly fucked:
Chris Wallace gets in heated exchange with Giuliani: “I’m asking you for the truth, sir” https://t.co/nsmt4vXiT3 pic.twitter.com/nN3iM3pbtU
— The Hill (@thehill) December 17, 2018
Rudy’s lost Chris Wallace. Of course, Hannity will claim that this was pwning Fox.
Either that or Hannity will be fixated on Hillary as usual. When things go from bad to worse (and worse to awful, or whatever’s beyond that), Hannity always goes to Clinton. Because that’s all he has.
re: #76 retired cynic
Found this on the book of faces, and it made my hair stand up. Twelve ways to identify a malignant narcissist:
I found a very educational youtube clip about this a couple of months ago:
I dated a capital-N Narcissist a couple of years ago, not long after arriving in state. Her friends described her as “quirky” and everyone knew she was “different” but hey, she’s geeky, you’re geeky, why don’t you meet?
It took me getting basically chewed up and spit out to discover that she’s a fragmented, phenomenally insecure child in a woman’s body, said insecurity being compensated for by a vicious, cold-blooded Narcissist operator personality. I said after the breakup that the difference between this woman and a serial murderer is only that she’s too lazy to physically kill people. Our mutual friends acknowledged that they knew she was “a bit fucked up”, but I got a look under the hood and what I found was downright evil.
The icing on the cake is that she’s an elementary school teacher…
Between her and Trump, I have a conviction that we should treat Narcissism as a threat to public health, like we do sex offense; if you’re diagnosed as such, you have to register with the government, inform your neighbors when you move, and be kept from positions of power.
re: #168 lawhawk
When you start losing Fox… you’re truly fucked:
Rudy’s lost Chris Wallace. Of course, Hannity will claim that this was pwning Fox. Either that or Hannity will be fixated on Hillary as usual. When things go from bad to worse (and worse to awful, or whatever’s beyond that), Hannity always goes to Clinton. Because that’s all he has.
“I’m asking you for the truth, sir.”
YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!!!!
re: #170 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
“I’m asking you for the truth, sir.”
YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!!!!
YOU’RE DAMN RIGHT I ORDERED THE CODE RED!!!
re: #169 Pawn of the Oppressor
I’m familiar with that from my ex-wife. It makes me somewhat shy of meeting new people at all (and I was always shy in real life).
re: #164 lawhawk
At this point, Mueller’s just one of several prosecutors involved at the federal level.
SDNY, EDNY, and even the NJ prosecutors are potentially involved. The NJ AG is investigating Trump’s potential hires of undocumented persons. The NY AG is investigating Trump Org and everyone from Cohen to CFO Weisselberg are spilling their guts to these investigators.
I think there might be an investigation in Illinois too, given Trump’s tax lawyer getting raided twice in recent weeks, or it could be an extension of the SDNY work.
Yeah…I’m aware. Like others, I use Mueller as a pronoun more than anything else.
re: #171 teleskiguy
YOU’RE DAMN RIGHT I ORDERED THE CODE RED!!!
The normal part of me is glad you caught the reference. The snarky part of me says, “Well, it’s better than ordering a classic Mountain Dew.”
re: #172 Anymouse ??
I’m familiar with that from my ex-wife. It makes me somewhat shy of meeting new people at all (and I was always shy in real life).
Online communities are good for you, then!
People pay Jay Caruso to write seriously about politics and I will never stop being gobsmacked by that. pic.twitter.com/3BGlBeDlu5
— Gary Legum (@GaryLegum) December 17, 2018
Just how big is your airlock as a venue?
— Charles Orr (@CharlesKOrr) December 17, 2018
Eventually I just have all the keepers suit up and grab onto something and we vent the ship. More efficient. https://t.co/zjpP4iCX6V
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) December 17, 2018
When you order a pussy hat on Amazon without reading the reviews pic.twitter.com/Lg6ewI3UGC
— Randy Rainbow (@RandyRainbow) December 17, 2018
re: #178 Anymouse ??
If I ever decide to go onto Twitter, it’s so I can “like” Stonekettle’s tweets!
re: #178 Anymouse ??
I was talking to a friend of mine about difficult members in his gaming clan, and I mentioned something about how some days you just want to throw them out the airlock. In his best deadpan, he returned, “I’m a fleet admiral. We have a lot of airlocks to choose from.”
re: #178 Anymouse ??
Eventually I just have all the keepers suit up and grab onto something and we vent the ship. More efficient.
I dunno. Didn’t work with the Watchmakers….
re: #169 Pawn of the Oppressor
I found a very educational youtube clip about this a couple of months ago:
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I dated a capital-N Narcissist a couple of years ago, not long after arriving in state. Her friends described her as “quirky” and everyone knew she was “different” but hey, she’s geeky, you’re geeky, why don’t you meet?
It took me getting basically chewed up and spit out to discover that she’s a fragmented, phenomenally insecure child in a woman’s body, said insecurity being compensated for by a vicious, cold-blooded Narcissist operator personality. I said after the breakup that the difference between this woman and a serial murderer is only that she’s too lazy to physically kill people. Our mutual friends acknowledged that they knew she was “a bit fucked up”, but I got a look under the hood and what I found was downright evil.
The icing on the cake is that she’s an elementary school teacher…
Between her and Trump, I have a conviction that we should treat Narcissism as a threat to public health, like we do sex offense; if you’re diagnosed as such, you have to register with the government, inform your neighbors when you move, and be kept from positions of power.
Also, remember that the narcissistic entity, i.e. the focal point of the malignant “love”, does not have to be the self of the narcissist. It can be the ingroup an individual belongs to as well, and is then called Collective or Group Narcissism.
Other than the narcissistic entity, the symptoms and reaction pattern to the narcissistic entity being threatened or wounded (see narcissistic rage) are the same.
On a personal note, only those whose narcissistic entity is their racial ingroup are recognized for what they are, racists. Other entities tend to be misinterpreted as devotion (ingroup religion), party loyalty (ingroup political party), patriotism (ingroup nationality), etc.
re: #179 The Vicious Babushka
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I’m thinking our boy wonder saw this on TV and said ‘yeah…this will do the trick’
FYI…I know someone who uses it. It works, but it takes practice
re: #180 retired cynic
If I ever decide to go onto Twitter, it’s so I can “like” Stonekettle’s tweets!
The main reason I’m on Twitter is to follow people. Stonekettle alone makes twitter worth it.
Should be watched with sound on
re: #185 coin operated
The main reason I’m on Twitter is to follow people. Stonekettle alone makes twitter worth it.
The only problem is, I end up reading LGF all day, and have to fight with myself to get any work done. Add Twitter, and I’m a goner!
re: #164 lawhawk
At this point, Mueller’s just one of several prosecutors involved at the federal level.
SDNY, EDNY, and even the NJ prosecutors are potentially involved. The NJ AG is investigating Trump’s potential hires of undocumented persons. The NY AG is investigating Trump Org and everyone from Cohen to CFO Weisselberg are spilling their guts to these investigators.
I think there might be an investigation in Illinois too, given Trump’s tax lawyer getting raided twice in recent weeks, or it could be an extension of the SDNY work.
And let’s not forget the investigation into Deutsche Bank’s possible money laundering. Trump may get dragged into that as one of DB’s debtors.
re: #187 retired cynic
The only problem is, I end up reading LGF all day, and have to fight with myself to get any work done. Add Twitter, and I’m a goner!
I know your struggle. It’s been a real bitch since the mid-terms concluded and everyone investigating Trump & Company started appearing in court almost daily.
re: #162 ObserverArt
I still think Kellyanne looks at all of it as a job that entails not taking it seriously. She is paid to lay down smoke screens and that is what she does. She sees it as a game…a chess match to stifle Trump detractors in the press. She is the Trump deflector.
She probably laughs at how ridiculous some of what she says sounds, yet works, and her and George talk about how bizarre it all is. And then they cash their checks. It’s all very cynical.
According to Mika, the reason they don’t have Kellyanne on the show anymore is because off-camera she admits it’s all a load of crap, laughs at the people who believe her, it’s just an entertainment job.
re: #191 Anymouse ??
My wife wants to drag me out into the Sandhills to observe the comet (which should be at its highest point here in an hour or so). The problem is it’s 32 Fahrenheit (or 0 Commie) right now here.
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T-shirt weather, then.
Twitter. It’s a great information source and a pointless distraction at the same time.
re: #191 Anymouse ??
My wife wants to drag me out into the Sandhills to observe the comet (which should be at its highest point here in an hour or so). The problem is it’s 32 Fahrenheit (or 0 Commie) right now here.
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Heck, it’s 36 down here close to St Louis. I won’t go so far as to suggest a tshirt, but a sweatshirt should work for short runs.
Speaking of St Louis, my 95 year old uncle lives there. He always calls me on Sunday. Today he was late, and I could barely understand him. He’d had a bad choke earlier in the week, and was still down for the count. They handled it at the nursing home, but I wish they had taken him to the hospital to be checked out. He normally walks 2 miles a day, but says he is too weak to do that. I’m concerned… Think maybe I should take a day this week and look in on him.
re: #192 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
T-shirt weather, then.
Brrr. I’m cold in the summertime.
Giuliani says Trump knew Cohen was working on the Trump Tower Moscow deal “all the way up to…November of 2016” https://t.co/jaZDn41gAJ
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) December 16, 2018
So, basically, @RudyGiuliani is conceding that @realDonaldTrump broke the law repeatedly… Even odds who needs memory care - the President or his alleged “lawyer.” https://t.co/HozcIgPbON
— Montel Williams (@Montel_Williams) December 16, 2018
#NowPlaying Fugazi > The Argument > Cashout https://t.co/q1j7mxF6xL
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) December 17, 2018
re: #197 Anymouse ??
Brrr. I’m cold in the summertime.
Don’t come visit me in January, then. The wild north country is one of the coldest states in the Union, outdone only by the Dakotas and Alaska. For about a week or so in January, low temperatures at night can approach -40 (both degrees F and degrees C).
re: #197 Anymouse ??
Mueller must be shaking his head at how unbelievably stupid Rudy and Trump are.
re: #199 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Don’t come visit me in January, then. The wild north country is one of the coldest states in the Union, outdone only by the Dakotas and Alaska. For about a week or so in January, low temperatures at night can approach -40 (both degrees F and degrees C).
It’s downright balmy here when it gets to -20F then.
Men’s rights activists are attacking women’s scholarships and programs. The DOE is listening.
This douchecanoe published a book “How to Abolish Affirmative Action for Women” and was a member of the National Coalition for Men (an MRA group). He was found in a Title IX complaint to have been stalking and harassing a former girlfriend.
He now files Title IX complaints on behalf of men to subvert Title IX, and the DeVos mis-Education Secretary allows it (to tear out Title IX).
Honestly while Miller using spray on hair is funny on some level it’s also deeply sad because I’m sure the only reason he did it is because everyone knows Trump pathologically views his own baldness as synonymous with weakness. This is the reason he swirls his combover into a massively constructed siege work of dyed cotton candy, tape and hairspray. So, in a pathetic attempt to mitigate the bullying he knew his boss would inflict on his apearance Stephen went down this desperate path, failing so spectacularly that Trump certainly can’t help but mock Miller mercilessly and reflexively hate him deeply for representing his Administration in such a visibly ridiculous manner. It’s an odd thing but this spectacle illustrates the pathology of Trump’s own image issues and how his shallow focus on surface level optics debases and abuses even his most ardent and loyal henchmen.
re: #202 goddamnedfrank
It may be sad, but I don’t feel sorry for that sob in any way.
re: #201 Anymouse ??
It’s downright balmy here when it gets to -20F then.
-20 degrees F is a typical winter day here in the wild north country. I might have to take a few extra minutes to warm up the car.
One thing that I appreciate about the extremely cold winter days, though, is the clarity of astronomical observations. Because the temperature difference between the upper atmosphere and the lower atmosphere is much smaller in the winter, it is easier to see stars and planets, despite the discomfort involved in going outside with a telescope in temperatures that are far below freezing.
re: #195 retired cynic
Hope he didn’t aspirate any of it into his lungs.
LOL a comment on the Montel Williams tweet:
Giuliani could defend a traffic violator all the way to the electric chair.
— Eric Woods (@TheSithChicken) December 16, 2018
re: #205 prairiefire
I’m afraid that’s what happened. He says he thinks he is on antibiotics. He has two daughters in the area, and I am sure they are on top of things, but 95 is no spring chicken. He just did an honor flight the first of November. He and my dad were in WW2. He was involved in building things, so didn’t see combat, like Pop, who went in on Utah beach D+1. He took advantage of the GI bill and did very well. Pop would have done well if he hadn’t become disabled at work, back before there were the pension safeguards there are now. Anyway, my uncle is my last close relative, besides some cousins. We are fond, but not close, unfortunately.
re: #117 jaunte
Looking at that, I can clearly see where Max von Sydow got his inspiration when he played Ming the Merciless.
First Trump made money from his campaign.
Then he made money from his inauguration.
Now he’s making money from his presidency.
So he must already be thinking about how he can get a quick buck out of his impeachment.— Victor Laszlo (@Impolitics) December 16, 2018
re: #191 Anymouse ??
My wife wants to drag me out into the Sandhills to observe the comet (which should be at its highest point here in an hour or so). The problem is it’s 32 Fahrenheit (or 0 Commie) right now here.
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Nice weather for watching. But serious astronomy is great at -20 or colder with clear skies and no wind. To have a serious sleeping bag wrapped around you and a really good telescope or, if solar system exploring, some nice 10x50’s binos will do.
Jaw dropping World War II color photo: Shorpy Photo Archive
July 1942. Servicing an A-20 bomber at Langley Field, Virginia. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer.
Palmer was an incredibly talented photographer who took thousands of photos to document the war effort.
re: #212 Belafon
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I continue to believe that Donny will end up taking a deal to resign in exchange for no federal prosecution of his various felonies, while waving to the kids as they’re carted off to Club Fed.
re: #215 Targetpractice
I continue to believe that Donny will end up taking a deal to resign in exchange for no federal prosecution of his various felonies, while waving to the kids as they’re carted off to Club Fed.
I could see that happening. Trump’s all about himself, first and foremost, and if that means he throws his progeny under the bus in order to save his own skin…..well, so be it.
Back later - off to work, bright and early here in Europe.
re: #215 Targetpractice
I continue to believe that Donny will end up taking a deal to resign in exchange for no federal prosecution of his various felonies, while waving to the kids as they’re carted off to Club Fed.
And he gets to keep all his ill-gotten gains? Nothing less than total forfeiture of all assets tied to his criminal enterprise should be acceptable.
re: #191 Anymouse ??
My wife wants to drag me out into the Sandhills to observe the comet (which should be at its highest point here in an hour or so). The problem is it’s 32 Fahrenheit (or 0 Commie) right now here.
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Can’t see it at all here in Los Angeles. Heavy clouds.
re: #219 Joe Bacon ??
Can’t see it at all here in Los Angeles. Heavy clouds.
And light pollution.
But reasonable commuter range to the desert, where you can see everything.
The Mary Sue collected a whole bunch of tweets on Stephen Miller’s spray on hair.
Stephen Miller’s Spray-On Hair Distracts From His Terrible Policies Which Are Trash
re: #218 Hecuba’s daughter
And he gets to keep all his ill-gotten gains? Nothing less than total forfeiture of all assets tied to his criminal enterprise should be acceptable.
The unpaid taxes outlined in that NYT story, plus penalties and interest… plus the rent control overcharges also described in that story… would comprise his entire net worth.
re: #221 Anymouse ??
The Mary Sue collected a whole bunch of tweets on Stephen Miller’s spray on hair.
Stephen Miller’s Spray-On Hair Distracts From His Terrible Policies Which Are Trash
I like this one, too:
This is better. pic.twitter.com/rG9LKs5TuJ
— Randy (@rs_ran) December 16, 2018
re: #215 Targetpractice
I continue to believe that Donny will end up taking a deal to resign in exchange for no federal prosecution of his various felonies, while waving to the kids as they’re carted off to Club Fed.
I stopped predicting shit awhile ago because Trump isn’t rational, his supporters aren’t rational and none of the last three years makes sense.
re: #177 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
I’ve become too familiar with the wingnut-o-sphere. This came up on my YouTube recommendations and I read it “Jim Hoft”. I went WTFITS!
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To answer the question of the video, “Why not?”
re: #50 The Vicious Babushka
I would say that this is a case where G-D’s law (or plain old ethics & compassion) overrides secular law. What do you think?
In France the conseil constituionelle (rough equivalent of the supreme court) has ruled that the wording in the constitution that makes Liberté, Egailté, Fraternité the motto of the Republic implies a right to help people in need, specifically undocumented immigrants entering via the Alps from Italy.
re: #51 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
You are exactly right.
God’s law? You’ve got to be kidding. Helping people in trouble has been part of humanity since humans evolved. Golden rule is centuries older than any organized religion.
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