^^saw that, good shit.
― resident hack (Simon H.), Monday, 3 December 2018 17:05 (five years ago) link
Alfred what is the proper thing to say other than “on-boarding”
― crüt,
"brainwashing"
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 3 December 2018 17:16 (five years ago) link
"attending to the administrative matters pursuant to starting a new job"
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Monday, 3 December 2018 17:30 (five years ago) link
a lot of talk about the positive economic impacts of immigration, and the need to fight against the perception that leftists want 'open borders', for a piece about 'a new moral imagination on immigration'. ctrl-f climate: 0 results
― sovereignty flight, Monday, 3 December 2018 18:09 (five years ago) link
I do want open borders though
― Οὖτις, Monday, 3 December 2018 18:17 (five years ago) link
(also want to take away everybody's guns fwiw, and have sky-high taxes and universal healthcare)
same but this is one policy position where I am not going to be all that disgruntled that my rep doesn't share (or at least doesn't advocate) my position.
Maybe I'll write her though.
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Monday, 3 December 2018 18:18 (five years ago) link
Shakey otm
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 December 2018 18:18 (five years ago) link
Remember TPP?
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Monday, 3 December 2018 18:27 (five years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Monday, December 3, 2018
we need to onboard those migrants imo
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 3 December 2018 18:28 (five years ago) link
"...Don't ya'll have jobs to do?" AOC is sooooo good.
― Yerac, Monday, 3 December 2018 18:36 (five years ago) link
This thread (only 2 tweets long, don't worry) is really good, and an interesting revelation:
This week I went to dive spot in DC for some late night food. I chatted up the staff.SEVERAL bartenders, managers, & servers *currently worked in Senate + House offices.*This is a disgrace. Congress of ALL places should raise MRAs so we can pay staff an actual DC living wage.— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) December 3, 2018
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 3 December 2018 18:40 (five years ago) link
hoo boy
Joe Biden: "I think I am the most qualified person in the country to be president" https://t.co/TZdhneEqeX pic.twitter.com/oYWS2HGYZI— The Hill (@thehill) December 4, 2018
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 13:55 (five years ago) link
yknow i'd be interested in and open to the idea of a biden critically reconsidering his own self-presentation to tweak & atone for things like his mistakes around anita hill and clear lack of grasp of structural forces at play in our low intensity generational warfare but i will not hold my breath
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 17:00 (five years ago) link
If one's resume can be said to fully describe one's qualifications, then Biden has the right kind of resume to back up his claim. But the idea that qualifications begin and end with one's resume is a stupid conceit.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 17:14 (five years ago) link
atone for things like his mistakes around anita hill
i agree, but he just missed the most obvious opportunity to do that, re: kavanaugh. during those hearings, he called for a delay and gave a pretty boilerplate statement through his spokesperson. he could have used that opportunity to say "i was wrong about anita hill and i deeply regret it. it's time to do the right thing", etc etc.
then there's the non-apology apology he gave to teen vogue (RIP) in dec 2017:
"I believed Anita Hill," Biden told Teen Vogue. "And my one regret is that I wasn't able to tone down the attacks on her by some of my Republican friends. I mean, they really went after her. As much as I tried to intervene, I did not have the power to gavel them out of order.""I wish I had been able to do more for Anita Hill," he added. "I owe her an apology."In a PBS interview in January, Biden said he had not contacted Hill about an apology. His team acknowledged Monday that he and Hill have not spoken.
yeah, ok. one of these days, he's going to get around to talking to anita hill, but he's very busy right now.
nobody's perfect and there's quite a lot that i like about biden, but anyone else please
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 17:17 (five years ago) link
yupp
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 17:18 (five years ago) link
Biden is not gonna drive the minority and youth turnout that the Dems are going to need
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 17:19 (five years ago) link
to say nothing of all the shit I actually disagree w him on + his shitty past positions
Last time I heard, being unable to gather enough votes to win disqualifies a person to be president.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 17:21 (five years ago) link
I mean not really unless you mean enough votes to win in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan - in which case...
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 17:30 (five years ago) link
Big Credit muppet
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 17:45 (five years ago) link
Biden is certainly one of the most over-35 years old people I know of. There's qualification #1.
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 17:47 (five years ago) link
i love how much she breaks their brains
Quite incredible. Right leaning publishers have written over 10x the articles about @Ocasio2018 than their counterparts on the left since June 2018. Engagement numbers are staggering also - via @NewsWhip pic.twitter.com/2GHyEVPoYj— Jonathan Barnes (@BarnesWhip) December 3, 2018
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 18:56 (five years ago) link
for Biden:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PskygyOhIsM
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 18:59 (five years ago) link
this is normally the kind of self-congratulating trite shit that i hate but i think in this case it might be true that AOC really scares the fuck out of the right bc she's such a charismatic vehicle for socialist ideas.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 19:07 (five years ago) link
also she effectively fights back, which is unusual for democratic candidates
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 19:09 (five years ago) link
apparently she particularly scares never-trumpers, to the extent that they say she's ... like trump
"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the progressive Trump," says @matthewwalther: https://t.co/1g4k0Ic6VN pic.twitter.com/kN8f5x7qo8— The Week (@TheWeek) December 4, 2018
lmao at the author bio:
Matthew Walther is a national correspondent at The Week. His work has also appeared in First Things, The Spectator of London, The Catholic Herald, National Review, and other publications. He is currently writing a biography of the Rev. Montague Summers
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 19:10 (five years ago) link
she's ideologically terrifying + physically attractive = ie clickbait for right-wing outlets
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 19:10 (five years ago) link
In the remote chance that Biden honors the Mike Barnacles and "Morning" Joes and wins the nomination, I'd vote for him. But the only way I'd support him would be if he grew his hair, represent a district encompassing parts of Queens and the Bronx, changed his gender, learned to work Twitter like Geddy Lee does the bass, and changed his gender.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 19:21 (five years ago) link
so... Joe > Josephine > then back to Joe?
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 19:22 (five years ago) link
Joe enbyden or gtfo
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 19:23 (five years ago) link
Joe or Josephine?
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 19:24 (five years ago) link
i appreciate whoever made this
https://i.imgur.com/JMWkzxp.png
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 19:26 (five years ago) link
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Tuesday, December 4, 2018 11:23 AM (twenty-nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
omg
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 19:54 (five years ago) link
For those not familiar with rightwing DC tradcath columnist Matthew Walther, here’s him two years ago on a certain podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvN464imtMQ
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 20:12 (five years ago) link
Shttps://twitter.com/AlecMacGillis/status/1070365397294174208
― resident hack (Simon H.), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 20:44 (five years ago) link
whoops
#hesrunning pic.twitter.com/HvcAYQnYYu— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) December 5, 2018
There shouldn't be an age requirement for office. Or if there is one, it should be no more geriatric fucks allowed.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 20:59 (five years ago) link
i don't want people to respect the dignity of my work. i want to not work.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 21:16 (five years ago) link
Admittedly it would be dope if he or anyone could run on an anti-work line.
― resident hack (Simon H.), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 21:20 (five years ago) link
a recommended anthology for the anti-work gang: https://secure.pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=968
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 21:20 (five years ago) link
(don't read bob black if u can avoid it imo)
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 21:21 (five years ago) link
i don't wanna work why would i wanna read
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 21:22 (five years ago) link
lol otm about Bob Black
― sleeve, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 21:26 (five years ago) link
oh god she's the left-wing Tomi Lahren
― frogbs, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 21:32 (five years ago) link
god thats insulting to AOC
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Thursday, 6 December 2018 00:37 (five years ago) link
so insulting.
― Yerac, Thursday, 6 December 2018 00:52 (five years ago) link
FP-worthy, almost.
― louise ck (milo z), Thursday, 6 December 2018 01:18 (five years ago) link
By rights, the conservative commentariat ought to be calling her "The Honorable Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez".
― A is for (Aimless), Thursday, 6 December 2018 01:24 (five years ago) link