That Would Be Awesome. pic.twitter.com/hM1jHCxum8— Tomthunkit™ (@TomthunkitsMind) February 3, 2017
Feb 3, 2017
Today's Tweet
A Question
Are we creating terrorists faster than we're killing them?
The key question after a mission like last week in Yemen: Are we creating terrorists faster than we're killing them? https://t.co/PcndhFLC7f— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) February 3, 2017
Here's another question: What kinda fucked up world we got here when that's a valid Policy Question?
You kill your way into problems, not out of them.
Well Now
It seems we've been invaded by an armed force from Dumfuckistan.
And to be clear, guys - this is illegal. What we really really REALLY can't have is a CinC who cultivates and propagates a personal constituency within the military.
Black History Month 3 of 7
From Atlanta Black Star - 7 Lies Taught In American Schools
Downplaying Slavery’s Cruelty
These are the words contained in a textbook called United States History for Christian Schools, second ed., published by Bob Jones University Press in 1991: “A few slave holders were undeniably cruel. Examples of slaves beaten to death were not common, neither were they unknown. The majority of slave holders treated their slaves well.” As noted by historian Edward Baptist, large numbers of enslaved Black people were killed during slavery.
These are the words contained in a textbook called United States History for Christian Schools, second ed., published by Bob Jones University Press in 1991: “A few slave holders were undeniably cruel. Examples of slaves beaten to death were not common, neither were they unknown. The majority of slave holders treated their slaves well.” As noted by historian Edward Baptist, large numbers of enslaved Black people were killed during slavery.
Feb 2, 2017
Today's Nature Tip
How to tell the difference between a black bear and a grizzly bear:
Climb a tree.
If the bear climbs the tree and eats you, it's a black bear.
If the bear knocks the tree down and eats you, it's a grizzly.
Oops
At the very end, after he's off camera, "...waste of my fuckin' time" is clearly audible.
So we don't know for sure it was Ryan who said it, and we certainly don't know what exactly he thinks is a waste of time. The issue of the ban? The ban itself? The distractions coming from the Trump While House? A press conference in itself?
Or are we seeing the normal inter-branch friction getting to a point where's it's making it very much more difficult for Ryan to do the shitty things we're all sure he's itchin' to do?
I guess I'm wondering mostly about whether or not the Press Poodles will follow up and ask him for clarification.
And it might be really interesting to ask Trump and/or Spicer about it too.
Oh, and BTW, here's today's anagram:
So we don't know for sure it was Ryan who said it, and we certainly don't know what exactly he thinks is a waste of time. The issue of the ban? The ban itself? The distractions coming from the Trump While House? A press conference in itself?
Or are we seeing the normal inter-branch friction getting to a point where's it's making it very much more difficult for Ryan to do the shitty things we're all sure he's itchin' to do?
I guess I'm wondering mostly about whether or not the Press Poodles will follow up and ask him for clarification.
And it might be really interesting to ask Trump and/or Spicer about it too.
Oh, and BTW, here's today's anagram:
Sean Spicer = Scare Penis
Today's Tweet
I see some celebrities will leave the US if Trump wins. Not me. I'll be buying property here— John Cleese (@JohnCleese) November 8, 2016
In four years' time when prices hit rock bottom
Black History Month 2 of 7
From Atlanta Black Star - 7 Lies Taught In American Schools
Abraham Lincoln Was Strongly Opposed to Slavery
Abraham Lincoln is often put on a pedestal in American textbooks as one of the greatest opponents of slavery for freeing enslaved people with his Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. But in fact, he struggled with conflicting and ambiguous views on slavery during his entire presidential career. This fact is confirmed by his own words: “If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union.”
Abraham Lincoln is often put on a pedestal in American textbooks as one of the greatest opponents of slavery for freeing enslaved people with his Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. But in fact, he struggled with conflicting and ambiguous views on slavery during his entire presidential career. This fact is confirmed by his own words: “If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union.”
Feb 1, 2017
The Gorsuch Appointment
Even if I could agree with what Judge Gorsuch is likely to hand down, I think I'd still have to be opposed just because he's a Rich-Boy Legacy Puke who started climbing the ladder fifteen rungs above everybody else.
Handing things off to the next generation is one thing, but enough with this American Aristocracy shit.
Vox:
Handing things off to the next generation is one thing, but enough with this American Aristocracy shit.
Vox:
Donald Trump has selected Neil Gorsuch, a 49-year-old federal appeals court judge on the 10th Circuit, as his choice to fill the late Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat on the Supreme Court.
Gorsuch is a widely acclaimed jurist, a favorite of conservatives and libertarians but also very respected by liberal colleagues. He’s exactly the kind of elite, educated figure who's traditionally made it onto the Court. His mother, Anne Gorsuch Burford, was Ronald Reagan's director of the Environmental Protection Agency from 1981 to 1983. A graduate of Columbia (where he was a Truman scholar), Oxford (where he got a doctorate under the acclaimed Catholic legal philosopher John Finnis as a Marshall scholar), and Harvard Law (which five other members of the Court attended), Gorsuch clerked on the DC Circuit and then for both Justices Byron White and Anthony Kennedy before working at a boutique litigation firm in Washington, DC, for 10 years and doing a brief stint in the George W. Bush Justice Department.
So it’s perhaps not surprising that when Bush appointed to him to the 10th Circuit — which covers much of the Mountain West, including Gorsuch's home state of Colorado — at the age of 38, he was easily confirmed by voice vote.
This time should be different. Gorsuch is more outspoken and forthright in his positions than your typical Supreme Court aspirant, providing a lot of fodder for any opponents. A Democratic filibuster motivated by Republicans’ successful obstruction of President Obama’s nominee, Merrick Garland, for this same seat last year is a certainty for any nominee, and if Democrats conclude that Gorsuch’s views on issues like the right to life and religious liberty are outside the mainstream, the filibuster might have a chance of success.
Today's Fake News
Here in the Age Of Alt-Fact, we have to get used to Poe's Law having supplanted Godwin's Law.
Alas, snopes.com says it's false.
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