Vote against the kind of Healthcare policy that might help, and then bitch about mental health being "the real problem".
Mar 8, 2018
Samantha Bee
Vote against the kind of Healthcare policy that might help, and then bitch about mental health being "the real problem".
Today's Today
Wanna make your economy hum? Take the shackles off of 50% of your talent pool, dummy.
Want your political system to work better? (see answer above)
Wanna fix what's wrong with the culture? (see answer above)
Get 'em, ladies. We need you.
The Guardian has a rundown on International Women's Day:
Want your political system to work better? (see answer above)
Wanna fix what's wrong with the culture? (see answer above)
Get 'em, ladies. We need you.
The Guardian has a rundown on International Women's Day:
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Mar 7, 2018
Another School Attack
This time, it was in The Netherlands.
But nutballs have a very difficult time getting guns in The Netherlands, so the guy took a beating from his would-be victims.
Dumbass brought a knife to a backpack fight.
Today's Tweet
On this holy day - as on all others - The Dude abides.
(actually, it was yesterday, but The Dude is chill and flexible)
You have to watch The Big Lebowski 2-3 times to move from “meh” to “I now know who I am and will quote this movie every day until I die.” pic.twitter.com/rTS0s8ZUMk— TheBloggess (@TheBloggess) March 6, 2018
Random Shots
(...and cheap ones at that)
The good news is that Billy Graham is still dead.
The bad news is that Franklin Graham still isn't.
The good news is that Billy Graham recently discovered there is no god.
The bad news is that we have to live in this fucked up world without George Carlin.
The good news is that Billy Graham is still dead.
The bad news is that Franklin Graham still isn't.
The good news is that Billy Graham recently discovered there is no god.
The bad news is that we have to live in this fucked up world without George Carlin.
Mar 6, 2018
Good Neighbor Sam
More smoke.
More mud in the water.
More confusion and chaos.
The point is to make people think there's no such thing as 'objective reality'. There are no 'facts'. Nobody's capable of either telling the truth, or knowing the truth when they hear it.
More mud in the water.
More confusion and chaos.
The point is to make people think there's no such thing as 'objective reality'. There are no 'facts'. Nobody's capable of either telling the truth, or knowing the truth when they hear it.
This part of the plan - at its core - is to make it look like there's no plan.
But there is a plan, and it's about Power & Money. Because there's always a plan, and it's always about power & money.
The closer Mueller gets to showing us the enormity of this crime, the bigger the spectacle has to be to keep us entertained.
The crime gets wider & deeper & bigger & uglier, so now it's Sam Nunberg's turn to go on national TV and set himself on fire for our amusement.
Are you not entertained.
WaPo, Aaron Blake:
Former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg had a surreal day Monday. After deciding he wouldn't cooperate with a grand jury subpoena from special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's Russia investigation, he went on a media blitz to, well, air some things. Each interview seemed intent upon out-shocking the last.
By the end, he had suggested that President Trump may have worked with the Russians, dared Mueller to throw him in jail, repeatedly inquired as to what journalists thought his fate might be, and said he thought Trump knew about that Trump Tower meeting with a Russian lawyer. Nunberg did no fewer than three separate interviews with CNN, two with MSNBC and several others.
So what on earth was all that about? Below are some ideas. (And it bears noting that not all of these are mutually exclusive.)
It was an elaborate, Roger Stone-ian show
WaPo, Aaron Blake:
Former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg had a surreal day Monday. After deciding he wouldn't cooperate with a grand jury subpoena from special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's Russia investigation, he went on a media blitz to, well, air some things. Each interview seemed intent upon out-shocking the last.
By the end, he had suggested that President Trump may have worked with the Russians, dared Mueller to throw him in jail, repeatedly inquired as to what journalists thought his fate might be, and said he thought Trump knew about that Trump Tower meeting with a Russian lawyer. Nunberg did no fewer than three separate interviews with CNN, two with MSNBC and several others.
So what on earth was all that about? Below are some ideas. (And it bears noting that not all of these are mutually exclusive.)
It was an elaborate, Roger Stone-ian show
- and -
During Monday's interviews, Nunberg oscillated between saying Trump hadn't colluded and suggesting he might have had some arrangement with Russia. He at one point said Trump was too smart to fall victim to Russian blackmail, only to later say that Trump “caused this, because he’s an idiot.” He also said that “there is nobody who hates [Trump] more than me.”
“I'm not a Donald Trump fan, as I told you before, okay?” Nunberg told CNN. “He treated me like crap.”
Stay focused , and remember - the guy can say he's your enemy's enemy, but that don't make him your friend.
You want a friend? Buy a dog.
During Monday's interviews, Nunberg oscillated between saying Trump hadn't colluded and suggesting he might have had some arrangement with Russia. He at one point said Trump was too smart to fall victim to Russian blackmail, only to later say that Trump “caused this, because he’s an idiot.” He also said that “there is nobody who hates [Trump] more than me.”
“I'm not a Donald Trump fan, as I told you before, okay?” Nunberg told CNN. “He treated me like crap.”
Stay focused , and remember - the guy can say he's your enemy's enemy, but that don't make him your friend.
You want a friend? Buy a dog.
Mar 5, 2018
Smarm Space
Smarm Space is the gap - big or small - between what you know you should do and what someone thinks they can force you to do.
It's also the distance between what you're committed to do and what you actually do.
In sales, it's the difference between what you promise before you close, and what you deliver afterwards.
Most of us will hold up our end of a bargain. We sign the papers and we come through with the goods. Being true to our word - being honorable - we understand that's what keeps any civilization from coming completely unglued.
Smarm Space is where the loopholes are; where loopholes can be manufactured by a good-n-smarmy lawyer.
Smarm Space is where 45* lives, because he is without a sense of honor.
Trump Inc, at Propublica:
Today's Tweet
It's no surprise learning McConnell wanted to help 45*. I think lotsa folks were willing to look the other way - and/or waste a vote on Bernie or Jill Stein or Sponge Bob because they were so sure about Hillary winning it. I think what most people really had in mind was to keep the margin manageable.
What has to fuck with everybody's head is the purely and nakedly cynical ambition that McConnell and Ryan demonstrated then, and insist on staying with now.
EXCLUSIVE: @DenisMcDonough says Mitch McConnell “watered down” the White House’s statement on Russian interference in the election. #MTP pic.twitter.com/VLeAWmZXBt— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) March 4, 2018
Mar 3, 2018
Some Art
Gunduz Aghayev:
In 1998-2002 he studied in Azerbaijan State Painters' Academy. His first exhibition was held in 2004. The second exhibition of his works was held in Baku Muesum Center. His exhibitions were held outside of country, as well. He took part in exhibitions held in Russia (2008), Turkey (2011) as well as "Friendship" exhibition held by the French embassy in 2002 and international artistry exhibition held in Turkmenistan in 2013.
Also he participated in the "Art for democracy" project. As a protest against injustice in his country he turned to cartoon genre and faced strong pressure; he was sacked of all projects. After constant pressure, in 2014 he left Azerbaijan.
In 1998-2002 he studied in Azerbaijan State Painters' Academy. His first exhibition was held in 2004. The second exhibition of his works was held in Baku Muesum Center. His exhibitions were held outside of country, as well. He took part in exhibitions held in Russia (2008), Turkey (2011) as well as "Friendship" exhibition held by the French embassy in 2002 and international artistry exhibition held in Turkmenistan in 2013.
Also he participated in the "Art for democracy" project. As a protest against injustice in his country he turned to cartoon genre and faced strong pressure; he was sacked of all projects. After constant pressure, in 2014 he left Azerbaijan.
ProLeft Podcast
Mar 2, 2018
Oh, Those Moonies
"...they cling to guns or religion..." Yeah - that stupid Obama guy.
Vox, Tara Isabella Burton:
As the debate over gun control raged across America in the wake of last month’s school shooting in Florida, a group of worshippers wearing bullet crowns and toting AR-15 rifles gathered in a Pennsylvania church this week to hold a “commitment ceremony” for about 250 couples.
The ceremony was held at the World Peace and Unification Sanctuary in Newfoundland, Pennsylvania. The weapons, which Reuters reported were unloaded, were meant to represent the biblical “rod of iron” referenced in the Book of Revelation, used by God’s representative to dominate his enemies.
As the nearby Wallenpaupack Area School District moved its students to another school over concerns about the armed celebrants, church leaders argued for the power of guns to do God’s will — and protect the innocent. “Each of us is called to use the power of the ‘rod of iron’ not to arm or oppress as has been done in satanic kingdoms of this world, but to protect God’s children,” said the church leader, Rev. Hyung Jin “Sean” Moon, in a statement. “If the football coach who rushed into the building to defend students from the shooter with his own body had been allowed to carry a firearm, many lives, including his own, could have been saved.”
One thing I noticed: in every picture I've seen so far, all of the AR15s are 'safed' with a zip tie through the receiver, making it almost impossible to load them with any ammo.
If the guns (and the gun owners) are blessed with ethereal powers for good, then earthly measures to ensure they don't fall into evil ways are totally unnecessary.
It's almost as if there's some kinda scam going on here.
Mar 1, 2018
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