This can probably go into any number of threads, but I'm going to put it here:
"In Jim Cooley’s open-carry America, even a trip to Walmart can require an AR-15"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/guns-and-sodas/2016/09/17/805e0db4-79e9-11e6-bd86-b7bbd53d2b5d_story.html
As Maria goes ahead, Jim veers to the right, where he climbs into a complimentary electric scooter, repositions his AR-15 so its barrel points toward the scuffed vinyl floor, and rolls into the store.
― Sentient animated cat gif (kingfish), Monday, 19 September 2016 05:36 (seven years ago) link
Photo of Jim Cooley carrying his AR-15 ran prominently on cover of Washington Post newsprint (likely causing rightwingers to rant about radical Islamists could be anywhere)
― curmudgeon, Monday, 19 September 2016 15:13 (seven years ago) link
Breaking:http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/20/nyregion/bridgegate-trial.html
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey knew that his close associates were involved in a plan to shut down lanes leading to the George Washington Bridge as it was happening and that the closings were intended to punish a local mayor for declining to support him, prosecutors said on Monday. It was the first time Mr. Christie, a Republican, has been accused of knowing about the scheme as it unfolded.
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Monday, 19 September 2016 15:57 (seven years ago) link
what a maroon
― slathered in cream and covered with stickers (silby), Monday, 19 September 2016 16:02 (seven years ago) link
It was the first time Mr. Christie, a Republican, has been accused of knowing about the scheme as it unfolded.
Well, I know that's not true! I have every confidence that several million people have accused him of that.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Monday, 19 September 2016 16:32 (seven years ago) link
Oh look, now you have your white suburban SpecOps/tactical/AR15 fetishists offering their own coffee. No need to give money to those latte liberal companies!
http://www.blackriflecoffee.com/
Oh, and, of course, they have their own blog covering their take of the day's news:
http://blog.blackriflecoffee.com
― Sentient animated cat gif (kingfish), Monday, 19 September 2016 17:41 (seven years ago) link
lmao
"We develop each of our explosive roast profiles with the same mission focus we implemented as Special Forces Operators serving this great country."
― goole, Monday, 19 September 2016 17:46 (seven years ago) link
getting a strong aroma of stolen valor from these guys
― goole, Monday, 19 September 2016 17:47 (seven years ago) link
Found out it today from today's Chapo Trap House:
https://soundcloud.com/chapo-trap-house/episode-42-uber-for-ubermenschen-feat-nkulw-and-edzitron-91816
― Sentient animated cat gif (kingfish), Monday, 19 September 2016 17:48 (seven years ago) link
just searched twitter for this, of course they're all over it
― goole, Monday, 19 September 2016 17:50 (seven years ago) link
Connor Kilpatrick@ckilpatrick
1980s GOP: "Just pull yourself up by your bootstraps!"
2010s Dems: "Just learn to code and/or open a micro-brewery!"
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 19 September 2016 19:24 (seven years ago) link
538 has a senate forecast, and it gives dems 58% of senate majority. Quite surprised at that. A reminder that the polls are still in dems favor, no matter how much they panic right now.
http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/senate/?ex_cid=538twitter
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 17:24 (seven years ago) link
so during MNF last night there were two political commercials during halftime - one right after another. the first was a pro-hillary/anti-trump commercial and the second was an anti-mcginty commercial. i've noticed the same thing w/ mailings. i'm getting pro hillary mailings and anti-mcginty mailings but seeing almost no trump commercials and getting absolutely no trump mailings. republicans in PA must have decided trump doesn't stand a chance here so they're putting all their eggs in the keeping toomey senator basket and totally ignoring the potus race. normal anecdotal disclaimer but alongside the recent PA polling hopefully it gives ppl some relief to know that PA seems totally off the table for Trump.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 18:21 (seven years ago) link
kinda amazing he hasn't ended up in jail yet
http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/the-wrap/article/Anthony-Weiner-Accused-of-Sexting-With-9236883.php
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 22:56 (seven years ago) link
epipen hearing on the hill seemed to get more attention than the one with the head of the IRS (although if one watches Fox News it was probably the opposite)
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 22 September 2016 14:53 (seven years ago) link
The usual games
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/09/22/senate-republicans-move-ahead-with-spending-bill-as-negotiations-with-democrats-stall/?wpisrc=nl_daily202&wpmm=1
The legislation also includes $500 million in disaster relief for flooding in Louisiana, but it does not include a bipartisan aid package for the water crisis in Flint, Mich., that Democrats have demanded.
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee, said she and other Democrats will not support the bill over “partisan policy riders” they oppose. For instance, the legislation includes a measure opposed by Democrats that would keep in place language preventing the Securities and Exchange Commission from requiring corporations to publicly disclose their political spending.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 23 September 2016 14:27 (seven years ago) link
Watching opening ceremony for new Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture on Cspan now, and heading back there shortly. Was cool just seeing Reverend Calvin Butts talking economics and history (If I had people working for nothing for me for 250 years I'd be very successful now too; We kept that Statue of Liberty shined up") in his benediction with Paul makers and takers Ryan having to sit and listen. Chief Justice Roberts too
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 24 September 2016 15:32 (seven years ago) link
NYT blurb i shan't be clicking on
The Bush and Obama families have a deep bond, thanks to the shared experience of life in the White House and George W. Bush’s decorum as an ex-president.
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 September 2016 17:06 (seven years ago) link
Ha, I guess vanishing from sight after a disastrous presidency and generally not further embarrassing yourself counts as decorum these days.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 26 September 2016 17:10 (seven years ago) link
well he never came out w/ verbal guns blazing after O
maybe bcz he carried on with so many of his policies
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 September 2016 17:11 (seven years ago) link
The presidential clubhouse is even smaller and more exclusive than the senatorial clubhouse. all the members are usually chummy with each other.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Monday, 26 September 2016 17:13 (seven years ago) link
http://images.indianexpress.com/2016/09/michelle-bush-hug-main_759_dessinemoi-twitter.jpg
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 September 2016 17:17 (seven years ago) link
that doesn't bother me. so few ppl who know what it's like to have that job - ppl bond over far less.
― Mordy, Monday, 26 September 2016 17:20 (seven years ago) link
@NickPinkerton A daring reinterpretation of the Pietà.
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 September 2016 17:23 (seven years ago) link
yeah wgaf ex-prezzes are all chummy
― Οὖτις, Monday, 26 September 2016 17:26 (seven years ago) link
Hail to the Chiefs with a wave of the hand
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 September 2016 17:30 (seven years ago) link
http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1996864.1410196140!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_620/image.jpg
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 September 2016 17:32 (seven years ago) link
There are fewer living ex-presidents than there are Morbs posts on this thread in the last half hour.
― Cumstaun (Phil D.), Monday, 26 September 2016 17:33 (seven years ago) link
Ex presidents tend to get along when they don't belong to the same party.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 26 September 2016 17:43 (seven years ago) link
Pappy Bush and Jr definitely seem far less evil out of power.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Monday, 26 September 2016 17:57 (seven years ago) link
hey speaking of d-money, foia request got gov lepage's li'l trapper keeper of drug dealers:
https://twitter.com/mikeshepherdME/status/780409434082279424
― goole, Monday, 26 September 2016 17:58 (seven years ago) link
hey also if you see it on video that hug is pretty cold and lasts all of a quarter of a second
photographs lie
― goole, Monday, 26 September 2016 18:04 (seven years ago) link
Famous TV guy weighed in on Michelle-W photo:
David Simon@AoDespairAn American Rohrschach: If offended from either end of spectrum, you're an ideologue. If just a moment, maybe not.
@ggreenwald If you're opposed to the embracing & normalizing of a torturer & war criminal, then you're a dirty "ideologue." After all, he's an AMERICAN.
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 September 2016 18:09 (seven years ago) link
It's like what they did never happened! Etch-a-Sketch history.
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 September 2016 18:11 (seven years ago) link
Boy, you're really obsessed with this.
Just so we're all on the record, what, in this situation, should Michelle Obama have done? Spit on him? Slap him? Snub him? Shake his hand with a sneer of contempt? Please include in your answer what you think the result from the chattering classes would have been.
― Cumstaun (Phil D.), Monday, 26 September 2016 18:16 (seven years ago) link
exiled him to live with Snowden
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 September 2016 18:17 (seven years ago) link
i don't expect slime to do anything but slime, chief
Greenwald was backing that torturer and war criminal up when it actually mattered.
― Frederik B, Monday, 26 September 2016 18:35 (seven years ago) link
But good on him for jumping on a high horse years after the fact.
― Frederik B, Monday, 26 September 2016 18:36 (seven years ago) link
i'd like to see a high horse jump on y... nah, too easy
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 September 2016 19:02 (seven years ago) link
Money for Flint, MI may get approved today in a separate bill from the Continuing budget resolution bill that is gonna get voted on by Friday (Republicans were obsessed with using the latter bill only for aid to Louisiana)
http://patch.com/michigan/bloomfield-mi/senate-democrats-threaten-government-shutdown-over-flint-aid
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 28 September 2016 18:37 (seven years ago) link
First veto override today. Big day!
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 September 2016 18:38 (seven years ago) link
nice election-year pandering, but it's the thought that counts
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 September 2016 18:42 (seven years ago) link
idk if you've noticed -- the catholic left feels like it's having a moment right now. bernie, frances, etc etc
anyway, if you want to abolish capitalism and also abortion maybe it's your thing:
http://tradinista.com/a-tradinista-manifesto/
have fun!
― goole, Wednesday, 28 September 2016 20:50 (seven years ago) link
The money for Flint took TOO FUCKING LONG.
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 29 September 2016 11:42 (seven years ago) link
well see the residents of Flint aren't Real Americans like the rural whites of Louisiana
― serge thoroughgoods (will), Thursday, 29 September 2016 13:14 (seven years ago) link
MO Senate race moved to toss-up column
http://cookpolitical.com/senate/charts/race-ratings
― Οὖτις, Friday, 30 September 2016 15:55 (seven years ago) link
chris christie announces deal raising new jersey's gas tax by 23 cents per gallon . . . at 5pm on a friday, of course
― mookieproof, Friday, 30 September 2016 21:10 (seven years ago) link
@JoseCansecowhere is the new Dick Lugar. Where?
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 October 2016 14:46 (seven years ago) link
@DougHenwood"I'd rather end my own life with a plastic fork than watch the VP debate." - Barbara Ehrenreich on Facebook
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 5 October 2016 22:01 (seven years ago) link