Today's winning quote:
"If it were good foreign policy, Donald Trump would not be doing it." --David Frum
"If it were good foreign policy, Donald Trump would not be doing it." --David Frum
hat tip = Crooks & Liars
Apr 17, 2017
Apr 16, 2017
Today's Tweet
Trump shoulda hired the guy that "paid" the tax marchers to organize his inauguration, then folks mighta showed up.https://t.co/yjam1vU9be— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) April 16, 2017
Apr 15, 2017
Fox Wins
Here's the latest score card for everybody's favorite, Bullshit Mountain:
2017 Pulitzer = 0
2017 Peabody = 0
2017 Polk = 0
Thus the record that Fox News established at the very beginning in 1996 remains unblemished by recognition as an actual news organization.
2017 Pulitzer = 0
2017 Peabody = 0
2017 Polk = 0
Thus the record that Fox News established at the very beginning in 1996 remains unblemished by recognition as an actual news organization.
Apr 14, 2017
Today's Today
On this, the holiest of holy days, let us pause for a moment's reflection on the awesomely awesome awesomeness of god's own church on Earth.
Amen, motherfucker.
Apr 13, 2017
Today's Tweets
Nunes: "Thanks, Uber"— 🖕🏻Aunt Crabby 🖕🏻 (@DearAuntCrabby) April 12, 2017
Uber: "Thanks, Pepsi"
Pepsi: "Thanks, United"
United: "Thanks, Spicer"
Spicer: "Thanks, Carter Page"
Carter Page: ?
Tommy Jeff's Birthday
Thomas Jefferson April 13, 1743
From the Monticello website:
Thomas Jefferson was always reluctant to reveal his religious beliefs to the public, but at times he would speak to and reflect upon the public dimension of religion. He was raised as an Anglican, but was influenced by English deists such as Bolingbroke and Shaftesbury. Thus in the spirit of the Enlightenment, he made the following recommendation to his nephew Peter Carr in 1787: "Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear."1 In Query XVII of Notes on the State of Virginia, he clearly outlines the views which led him to play a leading role in the campaign to separate church and state and which culminated in the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom: "The rights of conscience we never submitted, we could not submit. We are answerable for them to our God. The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. ... Reason and free enquiry are the only effectual agents against error.2 Jefferson's religious views became a major public issue during the bitter party conflict between Federalists and Republicans in the late 1790s when Jefferson was often accused of being an atheist.
From the Monticello website:
Thomas Jefferson was always reluctant to reveal his religious beliefs to the public, but at times he would speak to and reflect upon the public dimension of religion. He was raised as an Anglican, but was influenced by English deists such as Bolingbroke and Shaftesbury. Thus in the spirit of the Enlightenment, he made the following recommendation to his nephew Peter Carr in 1787: "Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear."1 In Query XVII of Notes on the State of Virginia, he clearly outlines the views which led him to play a leading role in the campaign to separate church and state and which culminated in the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom: "The rights of conscience we never submitted, we could not submit. We are answerable for them to our God. The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. ... Reason and free enquiry are the only effectual agents against error.2 Jefferson's religious views became a major public issue during the bitter party conflict between Federalists and Republicans in the late 1790s when Jefferson was often accused of being an atheist.
Apr 12, 2017
It Still Ain't Normal
From Brookings:
With the exception of building the wall, majorities of white voters without college degrees lean in the same direction as the overall electorate.
Healthcare is flashing another warning signal. As the debate over repealing the Affordable Care Act (AKA “Obamacare”) has unfolded, public sentiment has shifted from “repeal and replace” toward a strategy of “repair and retain.” In the meantime, the people are holding President Trump and congressional Republicans responsible for the condition of the healthcare system.
In the wake of the failed effort in the House of Representatives to repeal the law, President Trump threatened to leave the law alone and let it self-destruct. But the April Kaiser Family Foundation survey finds that 75 percent of the public wants the president and the Republicans to do what they can to make the law work, compared to only 19 percent who think they should let the law fail so they can replace it later. Moreover, 61 percent say that the president and the Republicans are now in charge and are responsible for problems with the ACA—not President Obama and the Democrats who enacted it.
Quinnipiac Poll:
64 percent of voters oppose building a wall on our southern border.
72 percent oppose lowering taxes on the wealthy.
62 percent oppose removing regulations intended to combat climate change
With the exception of building the wall, majorities of white voters without college degrees lean in the same direction as the overall electorate.
Healthcare is flashing another warning signal. As the debate over repealing the Affordable Care Act (AKA “Obamacare”) has unfolded, public sentiment has shifted from “repeal and replace” toward a strategy of “repair and retain.” In the meantime, the people are holding President Trump and congressional Republicans responsible for the condition of the healthcare system.
In the wake of the failed effort in the House of Representatives to repeal the law, President Trump threatened to leave the law alone and let it self-destruct. But the April Kaiser Family Foundation survey finds that 75 percent of the public wants the president and the Republicans to do what they can to make the law work, compared to only 19 percent who think they should let the law fail so they can replace it later. Moreover, 61 percent say that the president and the Republicans are now in charge and are responsible for problems with the ACA—not President Obama and the Democrats who enacted it.
Quinnipiac Poll:
64 percent of voters oppose building a wall on our southern border.
72 percent oppose lowering taxes on the wealthy.
62 percent oppose removing regulations intended to combat climate change
65 percent believe that climate change is “primarily” caused by human activity
59 percent want the United States to do more to address this problem
68 percent think that we can do so and protect jobs at the same time.
With Apologies To Click & Clack
When you've got a guy who knows nothing, and you put him together with other guys who know nothing, it's possible to break thru the lower limits of ignorance to achieve a state of knowing even less than nothing.
The 45* administration is making a valiant attempt to prove this hypothesis.
The 45* administration is making a valiant attempt to prove this hypothesis.
Apr 11, 2017
Wanna Know What's Dumb?
Preventing Syrian children from escaping the bombing and then thinking I'll buy your story about how we had to bomb Syria on behalf of the children.
Apr 10, 2017
Today's Tweet
In re: United: I just heard someone use the phrase "Refused to volunteer." Words, how do they work anyway?— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) April 10, 2017
Daddy State Derangement Syndrome
The only thing missing is the beheading of a hostage at the end.
This is what the derangement caused by the militarization of our police looks like. pic.twitter.com/NMNjmtWa5c— Jack Smith IV (@JackSmithIV) April 9, 2017
hat tip = @JackSmithIV
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