I love how flip floppy bobby digital is in his insane quest to run for president.
HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN?
“We’ve got to stop being the stupid party. It’s time for a new Republican Party that talks like adults.”— Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal in the keynote address at the Republican National Committee’s winter meeting in Charlotte yesterday.
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 23 April 2015 19:00 (nine years ago) link
are there people that still believe he can be president? has he officially announced his bid? if it seemed unlikely in 2012, it just seems hilariously impossible in 2016, and yet his name routinely gets thrown into the pool of possible candidates.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 23 April 2015 19:02 (nine years ago) link
I dont think he'd be out there so much in the public trying to champion insane issues like this discrimination bill and muslim 'no go zones' if he wasnt jockeying for a run.. or hes trying to be someones vp? either way hes a fucking dunce.
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 23 April 2015 19:05 (nine years ago) link
i keep thinking that he's actually just the mayor of a small town called Louisiana, in Alabama, and no one has noticed because they're too busy covering his presidential ambition stunts
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 23 April 2015 19:16 (nine years ago) link
petraeus gets probation and a fine
all of twitter making the same joek:
https://twitter.com/search?q=petraeus%20speaking&src=typd
― goole, Thursday, 23 April 2015 19:35 (nine years ago) link
Pvt Manning shd've changed her name to Petraeus imo
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 23 April 2015 20:18 (nine years ago) link
kiriakou is in jail, they want to give james risen's leaker 20 years
― goole, Thursday, 23 April 2015 21:00 (nine years ago) link
Poll isn't surprising given US long-standing tendency of fetishizing the military.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 23 April 2015 21:04 (nine years ago) link
Or self-made millionaires. That's basically the protagonist of every movie out right now.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 23 April 2015 21:07 (nine years ago) link
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0123507
http://i.imgur.com/HLWXDaG.jpg
blue are the democrat members of congress, red the republicans, and the lines are drawn between members of congress who vote in agreement
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 23 April 2015 21:11 (nine years ago) link
hey, don't knock the millionaires. i keep voting for politicians who want to lower taxes on millionaires because that's gonna be me someday really soon, as soon as i get discovered
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 23 April 2015 21:12 (nine years ago) link
lmao that the years of greatest 'bipartisan' 'cooperation' were the hated 1970s
cool ass find caek, thx
― goole, Thursday, 23 April 2015 21:14 (nine years ago) link
which one is anaphase
― j., Thursday, 23 April 2015 21:18 (nine years ago) link
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/steve-king-unveils-radical-court-scheme
King wants to court-strip! lol good luck bro
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Thursday, 23 April 2015 22:29 (nine years ago) link
Milbank's generally a not very incisive writer + Obama apologist so to see him against this = man this must really be a shit dealhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-trans-pacific-partnership-trade-deal-is-an-abomination/2015/04/24/903e5a12-ea85-11e4-aae1-d642717d8afa_story.html
― Οὖτις, Friday, 24 April 2015 16:20 (nine years ago) link
altho of course no one knows the details so his objections are broader
― Οὖτις, Friday, 24 April 2015 16:23 (nine years ago) link
if Joe Scarborough and "Mika" haven't seen it, it can't be good.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 24 April 2015 16:30 (nine years ago) link
Ha.
Milbank wants spending on worker training and US infrastructure tied in to the trade deal, and he seems to think Republicans would have accepted that as part of a trade deal. I'm not so sure. Plus he barely mentions Dem Wyden who is crafting the whole bipartisan mess with Republicans
But conservative Politico says there is a separate "assistance" bill regarding workers--
Another key point of concern for undecided Democrats is the inclusion of trade adjustment assistance, a program that provides job retraining benefits to workers displaced by trade deals. Wyden and Ryan agreed to move the fast-track bill simultaneously with the renewal of the assistance program, which has become a prerequisite for Democratic votes on a trade bill.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/dems-stuck-between-warren-obama-in-trade-rumble-117211.html#ixzz3YFNqtEhX
― curmudgeon, Friday, 24 April 2015 17:05 (nine years ago) link
a program that provides job retraining benefits to workers displaced by trade deals
tbh I don't have a lot of faith in this. What are the requirements for qualifying as a worker "displaced by a trade deal" and what kind of training benefits are they going to provide - subsidies/scholarships for training programs, I assume? but training programs for what? how to be a brogrammer?
― Οὖτις, Friday, 24 April 2015 17:06 (nine years ago) link
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/obama-progressives-trade-tpp
obama's excuses here are some weak tea.. im glad to hear hes 'fired up' about something =\
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 24 April 2015 17:36 (nine years ago) link
x-post--drone operator?
― curmudgeon, Friday, 24 April 2015 17:37 (nine years ago) link
also this is crazy to me
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) further distanced himself from foreign policy adviser James Baker on Thursday during a closed-door meeting hosted by the Manhattan Republican Party.Bush had previously said it was a mistake for Baker, an adviser and former secretary of state, to speak at the left-leaning Israel policy group J Street. In that appearance, Baker criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over seeming to change his position on a two-state solution.
Bush had previously said it was a mistake for Baker, an adviser and former secretary of state, to speak at the left-leaning Israel policy group J Street. In that appearance, Baker criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over seeming to change his position on a two-state solution.
Jeb having to throw his family's longtime consiglieri under the bus because he spoke to a pro israel lobby that gives money to Dems.
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 24 April 2015 19:16 (nine years ago) link
Baker and Poppa Bush are not remembered well by the Israel lobby though.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 24 April 2015 19:24 (nine years ago) link
why is that? I can't remember
― Οὖτις, Friday, 24 April 2015 19:29 (nine years ago) link
I can't rememember either. I don't see Jeb's action here as being too dramatic. J Street is the much more liberal Israel lobby group that does not back Bibi, so Jeb just wants to reassure right-wing Israel supporters that he does not support even talking to liberal Israel supporters. Then once this calms down, he will talk to Baker again.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 24 April 2015 19:36 (nine years ago) link
Baker and Poppy came down hard on Shimon Peres for not being enthusiastic about a two state solution iirc.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 24 April 2015 19:43 (nine years ago) link
From an article on the Correspondents Dinner thing with the Prez:
The dinner and its preliminaries were telecast live by Fox News, MSNBC and CNN, in addition to C-SPAN. The cable news networks largely put aside breaking news events in Nepal (site of a devastating earthquake) and Baltimore (site of an unruly demonstration against the local police force) to provide live coverage of red-carpet arrivals and the dinner itself.
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 26 April 2015 14:13 (nine years ago) link
the prez can tell a joke to his peers, all is fucking right with the world
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 26 April 2015 15:59 (nine years ago) link
When Ms. Feinstein was asked in a meeting with reporters in 2013 why she was so sure she was getting the truth about the drone program while she accused the C.I.A. of lying to her about torture, she seemed surprised.
“That’s a good question, actually,” she said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/26/us/politics/deep-support-in-washington-for-cias-drone-missions.html?&moduleDetail=section-news-3&action=click&contentCollection=Middle%20East®ion=Footer&configSection=article&isLoggedIn=true&module=MoreInSection&pgtype=article
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 26 April 2015 17:21 (nine years ago) link
Susan Rice@AmbassadorRiceThis Administration believes deeply in the importance of free and independent global media. Will continue to support. #FreethePress
good responses
https://twitter.com/AmbassadorRice/status/592774145970204672
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 00:23 (nine years ago) link
#freethelols
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 00:32 (nine years ago) link
Nation magazine editor's guest editorial in Washington Post
excerpt:
It has come to this. To sell his trade treaty — specifically the fast-track trade authority that would grease the skids for passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP), President Obama is mobilizing a coalition anchored by corporate lobbies, the Chamber of Commerce and Republican congressional leadership. He is opposed by the majority of Democratic legislators, the labor movement and a broad array of mainstream environmental, consumer and citizen organizations.
Democrats are stunned by the intensity of the lobbying effort mounted by the administration. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), a staunch supporter of the president, noted that Democrats have been “talked to, approached, lobbied and maybe cajoled by more Cabinet members on this issue than any issue since Barack Obama’s been president. That’s just sad. I wish they put the same effort into minimum wage. I wish they put the same effort into Medicare at 55. I wish they put the same effort into some consumer strengthening on Dodd-Frank.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-progressives-lament-about-the-trans-pacific-partnership/2015/04/28/6627523e-ed18-11e4-8abc-d6aa3bad79dd_story.html
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 15:13 (nine years ago) link
they know what side their bread is buttered on
― Giant Purple Wakerobin (Aimless), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 15:52 (nine years ago) link
we're fighting this ^^ in my office and every meeting people are more taken aback by how hard the full court press is
obama addressed OFA last week with a line like "people are saying i'm turning my back on working families--i've spent my whole career fighting for working families, why would i turn my back on them now?" then his lackeys are turning around saying that opponents to TPP are "living in the past" and aren't ready for the global modern realities of trade.
i think we're gonna win. the pressure is coming down hard now because the japanese prime minister is visiting and japan insists they want progress on congressional approval before they'll move TPP through on their end. this is as intense as the pressure is gonna get, and we expect to lose in the senate, but we think we can hold the house--and if we can hold the house, we win.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 15:53 (nine years ago) link
― curmudgeon, Friday, April 24, 2015 5:05 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is a garbage ass bill
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 15:54 (nine years ago) link
like as trade adjustment assistance goes this does nothing new, just continues the status quo, and they're presenting it like a goddamn concession
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 15:55 (nine years ago) link
and what's "job training" – how to run the cash register at Dunkin Donuts?
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 15:57 (nine years ago) link
but we think we can hold the house--and if we can hold the house, we wi
is this because of unified opposition from the Dems + Tea Party isolationist weirdos?
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 15:58 (nine years ago) link
yes
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 16:21 (nine years ago) link
for once I'm glad Boehner can't hold his caucus together I guess
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 16:23 (nine years ago) link
Well that was some total word-salad from Abe.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 16:59 (nine years ago) link
pass social security from cradle to grave before you sell us any more 'trade deals', rich people
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 19:01 (nine years ago) link
now now, that's class warfare can't have that
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 19:04 (nine years ago) link
class warfare's only ok when the rich do it do u see
UBI A-OK
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 19:31 (nine years ago) link
Steny Hoyer
The Bryce Harlow Foundation awards dinner, a party thrown by lobbyists as a “celebration within the lobbying community in Washington, D.C.” brings together senior lawmakers and lobbyists for a night of self-congratulation.At last week’s gala, when Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., the second ranking Democrat in the House, introduced Steve Elmendorf, a lobbyist for Goldman Sachs, Verizon, and other corporate interests, Hoyer was effusive in thanking his hosts. The Politico Influence newsletter quoted Hoyer as saying:“I’m thankful to all of you for what you do because I think what you do is critically important to what I do and to what our people expect us to do, and that is to understand the issues that confront us and them and make the decisions that help them.”The event serves as annual opportunity for lawmaker to single out a lobbyist for an award, and vice versa. Elmendorf was the lawmakers’ pick. Lobbyists gave their award to Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich.
At last week’s gala, when Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., the second ranking Democrat in the House, introduced Steve Elmendorf, a lobbyist for Goldman Sachs, Verizon, and other corporate interests, Hoyer was effusive in thanking his hosts. The Politico Influence newsletter quoted Hoyer as saying:
“I’m thankful to all of you for what you do because I think what you do is critically important to what I do and to what our people expect us to do, and that is to understand the issues that confront us and them and make the decisions that help them.”
The event serves as annual opportunity for lawmaker to single out a lobbyist for an award, and vice versa. Elmendorf was the lawmakers’ pick. Lobbyists gave their award to Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich.
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 21:34 (nine years ago) link
;_;
― brownie, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 21:47 (nine years ago) link
"let's not all start sucking each other's dicks just yet"
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 22:03 (nine years ago) link
hell might have just frozen over
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/nevada-sandoval-republicans-largest-tax-hike-state-history
suck it, norquist
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 29 April 2015 16:09 (nine years ago) link
N.D. legislator who voted against gay rights bill caught sending pics on Grindr
“I’m sure I’ve talked to this person before,” Smith remembers thinking to himself, as he told The Washington Post in a telephone interview from his home in Bismarck, N.D. “Suddenly it dawned on me: I think I’ve seen this guy on Grindr!”Smith started going through his conversations on Grindr — “an all-male location-based social network“— searching for the round, bespectacled face and bushy eyebrows. And there he was: Top Man!, a.k.a. Randy Boehning, the Republican state representative from Fargo . . . Grindr-gate, however, has plunged Boehning into an existential crisis. Confronted with the photos he had sent Smith, the lawmaker admitted that he was gay. (His Grindr bio reads: “Seems I haven’t found mister right yet, so need to keep looking for and having fun on the way! Hit me up boys.”)Boehning, 49, also defended sending the younger man a picture of his private parts and pickup lines such as “What’s up tonight sexy?”
Smith started going through his conversations on Grindr — “an all-male location-based social network“— searching for the round, bespectacled face and bushy eyebrows. And there he was: Top Man!, a.k.a. Randy Boehning, the Republican state representative from Fargo . . .
Grindr-gate, however, has plunged Boehning into an existential crisis. Confronted with the photos he had sent Smith, the lawmaker admitted that he was gay. (His Grindr bio reads: “Seems I haven’t found mister right yet, so need to keep looking for and having fun on the way! Hit me up boys.”)
Boehning, 49, also defended sending the younger man a picture of his private parts and pickup lines such as “What’s up tonight sexy?”
― I might like you better if we Yelped together (Phil D.), Wednesday, 29 April 2015 16:53 (nine years ago) link