...Israelis will have to face unpleasant though rather obvious facts:-Palestinians are human beings, no different from the Jews or anyone else. (They have a rotten political system, but so do we.)-They are not going anywhere.-There are two national movements in the territory west of the Jordan River, with their own legitimate claims and bloody record of atrocities; the two populations are now equal in size, some seven million each.-Israel cannot suppress Palestinian and other Arab resistance by force alone. (The foundational axiom of the Israeli polity has always been that only brute force works.)-Survival depends on sharing the land between these two peoples.-The settlement project in the West Bank has to end.-The barbarian extremists on both sides, as if colluding together, will, given half a chance, kill us all.-God, if there is a god, is unlikely to save us from ourselves.None of these points is going to be easy for Israelis to swallow. I can attest that most people find it easier to sacrifice the lives of their spouses, siblings, and children in a futile cause than to change how they feel and how they understand the world.We have wasted several blood-soaked decades on the obscene dream of annexing the territories and expelling the Palestinian population there. ....There is only one way out of the current morass. As it happens, it’s a good way and, in theory, feasible if we had a minimally rational government capable of articulating a way forward for the people of Israel. What we now call the Biden plan would revolutionize Israel’s place in the Middle East and in the world at large; at the very least it would reverse the present murderous escalation. Its guiding idea is that Israel would become part of a regional system bound together by ties of normalization and full diplomatic relations between it and each of the moderate Sunni states, thus creating a bulwark against Iran and its proxies; the new configuration would necessarily include, indeed depend upon, some acceptable solution to the Palestinian thirst for freedom. That means a demilitarized Palestinian state and the dismantling of the occupation. In the absence of some such systemic solution, Israel will continue to fight recurrent, catastrophic wars. In the end, the state will be overwhelmed. That, in fact, is the Hamas plan, with Iranian backing. The Iranians think they can destroy Israel by 2040, if not earlier...We will be lucky if this government doesn’t precipitate a full-scale war in Lebanon or beyond. So far it lacks any intelligible plan to end the fighting in Gaza and any political goal of some positive import. Even worse, from the start it has been playing into the hands of Hamas’s leader, Yahya Sinwar: first draw the Israeli army into Gaza, then turn it into sitting ducks in a guerrilla war that can continue indefinitely; let Israel kill enough Gazans and wreak enough destruction to turn international opinion against it, while Hamas hangs out safely in the tunnels it has created until the Israelis go away, with nothing to show for their sacrifices. Wars are won only when they have an attainable political goal.Meanwhile, Israel is well on its way to becoming a pariah state. The wave of anti-Israel feeling that is engulfing large numbers of people in the Western world has emerged not merely from the Gaza war, with its unbearable civilian casualties and now mass starvation. What that wave reflects, more profoundly, is the justified disgust with the ongoing occupation, its seemingly eternal and ever more brutal continuation, and the policies of massive theft and apartheid that are its very essence....
"Do not go gentle into that good night. Blog, blog against the dying of the light"
Friday, April 26, 2024
"Never Again for anyone" - Discussions about ending the Israel-Hamas War: Shulman, Fox, Alkhatib, Friedman, Ganz, Elbein
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Support for Ukraine and Israel
(And read to the end for a Trump fart joke!)
The lesson we should hope that people learn from @SpeakerJohnson’s journey here is that, at the end of the day, in politics as in life, the right thing to do is … the right thing to do. https://t.co/7cVImZNJcJ
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) April 21, 2024
In fairness, the overwhelming bipartisan support for Ukraine helped encourage the wishful thinking, and rushing through a bill was likely already difficult by the time the prospect of a Trump dominance over the GOP became clear.
— Victor Lane (@VHLiv) April 15, 2024
Thursday, April 18, 2024
"Protect the rich" is NOT going to catch on
Yeah, lots of financial press whining in the last 2 weeks about how raising taxes on the rich or on corporations would be so unfair & so awful -- but "protect the rich!" just isn't going to cut it as a #BaloneyFactory slogan.
— Cathie from Canada 🇨🇦 😷🏳️🌈 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@CathieCanada) April 17, 2024
If very rich people are mad about the budget perhaps it’s actually good.
— Will Greaves (@WillWJGreaves) April 17, 2024
Friday, April 12, 2024
Great stories
Just sharing some stories tonight:
Good Samaritans rush to save herd of elk trapped in frigid water
— StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 (@StrictlyChristo) April 11, 2024
Two dozen people jumped into action Friday morning at 7:30 a.m. when a herd of elk fell through the ice at Palisades Reservoir near Alpine, WY.https://t.co/AshSFx87yshttps://t.co/NGkt21H4xB
Moving on:“I was headed into Jackson to go to work and I noticed a couple cars pulled over,” Dusty Jones tells EastIdahoNews.com. “I looked off to the left and saw a couple of guys beating on the ice with a herd of elk right there in front of them.”Jones ran down to the ice and called a friend to bring him a chainsaw. There were around a dozen elk in the frigid water, which Jones says measured 8-10 feet deep, and suddenly people started appearing to help.“Before you knew it, there were 30-40 people there,” Jones said. “We began cutting a little path toward the shore so the animals could walk out but they were so cold they couldn’t move. That’s when we just started grabbing them and pulling them out.”“Somebody had a backhoe that we were able to put two calves into the bucket and transport them to the Alpine Feed Ground,” Wyoming Game & Fish Biologist Gary Fralick told SVI’s Dan Dockstader.Jones worried the ice might collapse but said it was around 4 inches thick and nobody fell in. The elk just happened to be standing in an area where the ice was thinner due to thermal spring action, according to Fralick.“There normally isn’t any water there at all,” Jones said. “We had so much snow last winter that lake runoff caused this part of the reservoir to be full all summer and fall.”One by one, each of the 13 elk was pulled to safety. Two of the calves were severely stressed and could not get up, according to Fralick. Once they were taken to another area, they were released and stood up with the rest of the herd.“No elk died, which is awesome,” Jones said.
George Springer wants to sign her jersey. Help me find her, Jays fans? #ToTheCore #BlueJays pic.twitter.com/MYR7WA7HNo
— Laura Brady (@LauraB7) April 12, 2024
Saturday, April 06, 2024
Yeah, isn't this just what we all needed now ... bird flu!
The @USDA is closely tracking #H5N1 #flu in the dairy industry, and it's turning up in a very dispersed pattern across the USA.
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) April 4, 2024
States w/confirmed cases since March 25: TX, KA, MI, NM, ID, OH.https://t.co/2vuQKuh3CS pic.twitter.com/XWMoRya2xr
If you're following the #H5N1 in cows story, there's a lot of really important information in this story from @sciencecohen. https://t.co/s88QIYFMQR
— Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 (@HelenBranswell) April 5, 2024
Thursday, April 04, 2024
Trending tonight: #PuntTheRunt
#PuntTheRunt@PierrePoilievre@CBCNews@CPC_HQ
— Clay Thompson. (@harryt59_harry) April 4, 2024
Pierre Poilievre wants to be Prime Minister of Canada, and he doesn't even have the decency to wish a long-time member of parliament any good wishes. Can't get in lower than that.
Not fit to be Prime Minister. pic.twitter.com/kbIFentqLi
I would rate Poilievre's chances of winning at 50/50 and dropping. https://t.co/NrLd6q2GHx
— Frank Graves (@VoiceOfFranky) April 5, 2024
Sunday, March 31, 2024
Random Round-up: from the Sask Easter Bunny, to the Trudeau Liberals, the RCMP, Boeing, the eclipse, and even wigs
...I want this government to be re-elected. Not all that many people seem to be agreeing with me. They were down 18% in Abacus over the weekend, there’s been polls with them in third place in Quebec in recent times, and the Tories just copped a 19 point swing in Durham. Every time we think the bottom has been hit there’s a new low, and the only thing that keeps this government from falling to fourth place in seats is the NDP is led by the human equivalent of using a croissant as a dildo.For all the spilled ink about the media’s role in all of this, at the end of the day that’s not an answer to making this better for the government it’s just an answer to feeling better when the government get fucked. You know what’s going to feel even worse than your smug certainty about how everybody voting for Poilievre is stupider than you? When Pierre Poilievre wins 250 seats and we have to spend the 2025-29 Parliament arguing about whether the Liberal Party should bother to exist.... I want the Liberals to focus on solutions and not just handwaving away responsibility. I want a Liberal government, and if that’s not possible I want as many Liberal MPs so that a Poilievre government can be as short as possible. But yelling about the media would make me more popular, because we definitely have our priorities straight.The left have to decide whether they want to win elections and save the Liberal Party from its current malaise or whether they want to lose safe in the comfort of smug sanctimony. Denying reality ends in a Conservative landslide.
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
We're all bridge experts now, aren't we?
Post by @stonekettleView on Threads
Post by @stonekettleView on Threads
Here's some more:You useless squib. The correct answer is the IDF's abduction of the first mate, coupled with a draining of the ship's power by Jewish space lasers.
— David Simon (@AoDespair) March 27, 2024
Also no ship's captain, collapsed or otherwise, is ever at the helm in Baltimore harbor. Licensed Bay pilots have control of ships. https://t.co/mzqAMCC0qz
Does anyone know if either the ship or the bridge were vaccinated? If so, mystery solved.
— Scottacular (@Scottcrates) March 26, 2024
#baltimorebridge
So far, Repubshave tried their darnedest to blame the #baltimorebridge disaster on:
— UTDemoLatterDaySaint (@UTDemLttrDaySnt) March 27, 2024
1- DEI initiatives
2- Covid lockdowns
3- Drug policy
4- Biden’s infrastructure bill
These are not serious people.
Sunday, March 24, 2024
Canada is re-thinking Mulroney today. And maybe Poilievre, too
But life goes on, as Pierre Poilievre is going to find out -- he seemed to think the Mulroney funeral should be just another campaign stop, and Canada is not impressed:Good God… when Marc Hervieux and Mulroney’s granddaughter Elizabeth Lapham stopped to let a recording of Brian Mulroney finish singing When Irish Eyes are Smiling — man, how moving. pic.twitter.com/Qr1YwfNk95
— Bryan Passifiume (@BryanPassifiume) March 23, 2024
Re: Brian Mulroney.
— G Godwin (@gill_godwin) March 23, 2024
I watch funerals, not because of religion. I find these interactions fascinating.
And, it was nice to see grown up politicians being kind to each other no matter their stripe.
And then Pierre Poilievre opened his mouth 😡#cdnpoli
The late Prime Minister Brian Mulroney was a great man and leader and I’m outraged to learn his funeral cost 87% more because of the costly coalition’s carbon tax. Common sense conservatives will axe the tax and bring home more affordable funerals for hardworking Canadians. pic.twitter.com/v7QzszRAVU
— Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions (@mynamesnotgordy) March 23, 2024
PP, you won't get a second chance to make a first impression on Canada. Everybody found you appalling:Saw the weasel, Poilievre speak as he entered the Basilica for Mulroney's funeral. He repeated exactly what he said in the House & then turned it into a political attack on the Liberals. The man is despicable & completely without class. #NeverPoilievre #NeverVoteConservative
— D. J. R. 🇨🇦❤️🇺🇦 (@Cool2bCorgi) March 23, 2024
The late Prime Minister Brian Mulroney’s funeral was briefly interrupted today when Pierre Poilievre’s T-shirt cannon accidentally fired off six Axe the Tax T-shirts during the singing of Amazing Grace.
— Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions (@mynamesnotgordy) March 23, 2024
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Trending tonight: #ScrapTheCrap and #22Minutes
#ScrapTheCrap #ScrapTheCrapPoilievre #PierrePoilievreBaloneyFactory #BaloneyFactory #HandsOffMyRebate #IStandWithTrudeau pic.twitter.com/xDCjFTUM2Q
— Carla⚡️⚡️⚡️ #IStandWithTrudeau (@CarlaMeckelborg) March 20, 2024
This dingus just called the NDP and Bloc childish names and then asked them to join the #CPC in their vote of non-confidence.
— Jason Pugh 🏳️🌈 (@TheJasonPugh) March 20, 2024
Nothing says you're serious about the vote like calling everyone else childish names.#ModiMuppet #ScrapTheCrap #BaloneyFactory #cdnpoli #QP pic.twitter.com/jGT6WFeQeM
Sunday, March 17, 2024
Has America finally reached its gag limit with Trump?
I try to ignore just about everything Trump babbles.
At a rally today outside the Dayton International Airport in Vandalia, Ohio, Trump warned that “if I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a blood bath … for the country.”He also warned that if he didn’t win, “I don’t think you’re going to have another election, or certainly not an election that’s meaningful.”In the rest of the speech he repeated his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen, which have been utterly discredited.He praised the people serving sentences in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol — calling them “hostages” and “unbelievable patriots,” commending their spirit, and promising to help them if elected in November.He cast migrants as threats to American citizens — claiming without evidence that other countries were emptying their prisons of “young people” and sending them across the border. “I don’t know if you call them ‘people,’ in some cases,” he said. “They’re not people, in my opinion.” He later referred to them as “animals.”Trump is clearly desperate. He knows that his future freedom and his fortune both depend on winning in November. He has no qualms about turning Americans against Americans to achieve this goal. Apparently he is even willing to fuel violence, a second civil war.
"If I don't get elected, it's gonna be a bloodbath. It's going to be a bloodbath for the country"
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) March 16, 2024
He's taken a political party and transformed it into a cult of political violence & chaos. The only way to stop the madness is to vote against him in Nov. pic.twitter.com/EaFR2RfkYB
Insurrectionist orange traitor has now issued a threat today at his MAGA hate rally in Ohio that if he isn’t given access to our White House again, he foresees a bloodbath throughout the US.
— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) March 17, 2024
He needs to be in jail for the rest of his disgusting existence. Period.
Trump is threatening a “bloodbath” if he loses in November. You know what I say to that? Screw you, Trump. The American people will not be intimidated by your threats and your lies. We will show up, vote, and make sure that Trump NEVER gets into the Oval Office again.
— Harry Sisson (@harryjsisson) March 17, 2024
Friday, March 15, 2024
The Golden Calf and the Three Little Pigs
In America, Trump is the Golden Calf - because he has no philosophy or morals or principles himself, he can only reflect the hatreds and prejudices of his worshipers. And they love him for it.
Now his MPs are following in his footsteps:"SMOKE THE TOKE" "FLOAT THE BOAT" "SPLASH THE CASH"
— RF 🇺🇦 (@dipbrat70) March 12, 2024
Any other #PierrePoilievre slogans come to mind? https://t.co/t4dIIN2iqU
Dirty tricks politics. They are not the loyal opposition. Looks like each Con MP has been tasked to fabricate a scandal and hammer away at it whether it is one or not.
— Colleen 🟦 (@wildplumbay) March 11, 2024
#Kate-Gate: maybe she just exited, pursued by a bear
The Princess of Wales is missing and the spare Prince is in exile and the King is treating his cancer with herbs. If this were the 1300s France would be looking to invade.
— Stefan Smith (@TheStefanSmith) March 11, 2024
if I was kate middleton I would tweet “they got me” and then log off
— empress sissi (@historicalfits) March 13, 2024
I got about 8 seconds into explaining the Kate Middleton situation to my French husband before he told me, in the Frenchest voice imaginable, "ah yes, that's why we decided not to have those sorts of people anymore"
— Janel Comeau (@VeryBadLlama) March 14, 2024
Husband: “So what’s the deal with all the Kate Middleton”
— 📣Cheryl B (@forevermrsccbb) March 13, 2024
Me: “I thought you’d never ask.” *pulls out projector for my professional grade power point presentation*#KateGate #WhereIsKateMiddleton
Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri has a whole list of possibilities [gift link] -- from turning into a giant bug, to stepping into a mysterious wardrobe, to falling down a rabbit hole, or just "exited, pursued by a bear" (ie, she left William).Imagine they bring Kate out to prove she’s fine but then they cut into her & it turns out she’s actually Cake Middleton instead. Will the horrors never cease
— Gwdihŵ 🦉 (@youwouldknow) March 14, 2024
The cover-up is always worse than the crime. #WhereIsKate #KateGate
— LC (@lc1_summit) March 13, 2024
pic.twitter.com/eSfnj4Q4mt
We also didn't warn them about the Boston Tea Party or the Battle of Yorktown and they both turned out pretty well, too.
— Carla Pace (@carlapaceNY) March 14, 2024
Stephen Colbert owed the British monarchy nothing and the arrogance of such a statement is disgusting.
Sunday, March 10, 2024
"Say....what????" moments -- with Campbell, Middleton, Moe, and LA
Kim Campbell. Brian Mulroney. Flora MacDonald.
— Mark Gerretsen 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 (@MarkGerretsen) March 10, 2024
Back when Conservativism was actually just a different way of trying to make a country better...not take it backwards. #cdnpoli https://t.co/yGVpuylyOb
Former Conservative Leader, Kim Campbell, says she won’t vote for Poilievre because he is “a liar and a hate monger”, & a “climate denier”, and he doesn’t address
— MP Ryan Turnbull 🇨🇦🇺🇦 (@TurnbullWhitby) March 9, 2024
Russia & plays footsie with Donald Trump!
This guy is risky and reckless, and reasonable people know it! #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/XjFKEb1kev
Hey Canadian media!!!
— Christopher Byrne 🇨🇦🇺🇦 (@CBinVAN) March 10, 2024
The story here isn't that Kim Campbell called Poilievre a "liar and a hate monger". The story is that Poilievre is a liar and a hate monger.#CdnMediaFailed
And on a side note, isn't this the truth?@AKimCampbell called @PierrePoilievre a liar and a hatemonger and Conservative clapping seals attacked her mercilessly BUT....not one came out and said Pierre wasn't a liar OR a hatemonger. Not one. Think about that.
— LightningCatcherExtraordinaire (@ButlerLonney) March 10, 2024
Even weirder, there really isn’t anything out there showing him with ANY actual human interests. No sports, no music, no favourite books - his entire personality seems to be hating Trudeau. https://t.co/NHzxOwPigI
— Diamond Jim Lowe (Parody. Maybe.) (@DiamondJimLowe) March 6, 2024
Friday, March 08, 2024
Wow, wasn't that a great State Of The Union?
Dark Brandon was in the House tonight!
President Joseph R. Biden kicked ass.
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) March 8, 2024
Enjoyed watching Biden dancing the hully gully on Mike Johnson’s Adam’s Apple. #StateOfTheUnion
— Al Franken (@alfranken) March 8, 2024
Let this be absolutely clear: that wasn't just a great speech for President Biden. That was a great speech for anyone. The President gave brilliant rhetoric, but moreover, he directly engaged heckling Republicans with disarming humor, making them look small and petty and weak.
— Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 (@cmclymer) March 8, 2024
The Republican response from their Senator Kitchen Barbie was long and lurid - especially the way-too detailed gang rape anecdote with her whispery, overly-dramatic voice:WOW. CNN just found 64% of their SOTU viewers had a positive reaction to President Biden’s speech & that 62% now think Biden policies will move U.S. in the right direction—which is 17 points HIGHER than pre-speech. Joe Biden won the night. He will win this election. Amazing.
— Victor Shi (@Victorshi2020) March 8, 2024
Kate Britt sounds like an out of touch lunatic.
— ❤️🧡💛ᗰia💚💙💜 (@mommamia1217) March 8, 2024
This makes Bobby Jindal's response look like the Finest Hour speech.
— Tim Miller (@Timodc) March 8, 2024
Sunday, March 03, 2024
More great stuff -- from #snowmageddon to dogs to Amish barn-raising
#Saskatoon #Saskatchewan 🇨🇦 is closed 🔒 DON'T even try to get around without a 4 x 4 with #winter tires 🛻 AWD pretty much useless with low clearance 😐 Cars 🚗 stranded everywhere 🤦♂️ #CantFixStupid Hardly any ploughs out either 🤬 #StayHome #skstorm #Snowmageddon2024 pic.twitter.com/VPGAo0xC2t
— George - Bulls Club 🐂 🌾 💪 🇨🇦 (@Big_G_09) March 4, 2024
Latest from the highways in Saskatchewan as of 10:30AM today. Find something to binge and cancel your plans. #skstorm #yxe #yqr pic.twitter.com/FmcOhIHiKE
— Pat Dubois (@patdubois) March 3, 2024
My pupper loves the snow and especially when we shovel! Happy snow day for her! #skstorm #lightsnow pic.twitter.com/0ObbJ29L83
— Hntrss🫎&Fshr🐟 (@hamiltond3) March 3, 2024
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Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Here's some great stuff - from the solar system to dogs, bruh!
This is how our Solar system is.. ❤️🔥pic.twitter.com/zOXqT87Hob
— The Random Guy (@RandomTheGuy_) February 27, 2024
You've seen me share a few maps and videos of the Panama Canal. I love that engineering marvel. This animation shows a map and a timelapsed journey through the canal. 15 seconds worth watching! pic.twitter.com/NcAuOe4tSH
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) February 19, 2024
Never beaten. That’s why you love the #WorldBollardAssociation
— World Bollard Association™ (@WorldBollard) February 3, 2024
pic.twitter.com/emDIIIsJ3r
Friday, February 23, 2024
Poilievre wants Canadian Porn Constables -- our new CPC!
Poilievre features prominently on the editorial page of today’s Winnipeg Free Press. When he tells us who he his, we must believe him. pic.twitter.com/JVQiKngjPi
— Judith Richardson 🇨🇦 😷💉🇺🇦🌻🇺🇦 (@juderich59) February 23, 2024
Even media who smile and nod when someone is lambasting Trudeau are mystified by Poilievre's new porn policing ID idea:"If Pierre Poilievre wants to know what presents a clear and present danger to young people in Canada, perhaps he should stop thinking about pornography and look in the mirror." https://t.co/rgDvovfqGT
— Charles Adler (@charlesadler) February 23, 2024
"I want to see what the Freedom Movement does with the Jerk Off Police." - @mattgurney https://t.co/cY8yVRBe5Q
— The Line (@the_lineca) February 23, 2024
Evan Scrimshaw, Poilievre's Graphic Gambit a Needless Gamble:Hope journos will now demand specifics from Poilievre. How does he propose keeping trans people from using appropriate bathrooms? Will everyone need to carry special birth-sex ID? Who’ll be allowed to demand to see it? Who’ll be deputized to enforce? What could possibly go wrong? https://t.co/UOt3hq36Jh
— Tabatha Southey 🇺🇦 (@TabathaSouthey) February 22, 2024
... On a week that started with Justin Trudeau standing beside David Eby announcing a big Federal support for a provincial housebuilding program, the end of the week is focused on showing ID to watch porn and what bathroom trans people can use because the Tory leader wants us focused on that. As a matter of motivating the Liberals and getting them back in gear, this has helped. As a matter of potentially reinvigorating the PPC, Poilievre has given them an issue....Poilievre is taking the Tories off of an economic message that has worked for them into culture war fights there’s no guarantee they can win. And that’s a stupid thing to do when you could cruise control to the government benches. ...Going on flights of bigotry about trans bathrooms...is just an excuse to those who are thinking about voting for Poilievre but don’t like it to come home....The porn flight of fancy is even dumber, because it’s a massive encroachment of civil liberties that threatens to give Max Bernier a defining issue at the next election,...
Thursday, February 15, 2024
Today's News: A Nelson moment for Canadian Press
Conservative and NDP MPs backed a 2022 amendment to the Online Streaming Act, opposed by the governing Liberals, that allowed Canada’s private broadcasters to save about $120 million a year in regulatory fees.Bell’s share of those savings was $40 million — the precise total of annual operating losses the broadcaster’s parent, BCE Inc., cited when it slashed 4,800 jobs last week.But Poilievre is now blaming Justin Trudeau for those cuts, calling on the prime minister to claw back some of his government’s federal grants to media companies....The June 2022 motion, introduced by Conservative MP John Nater, passed with the support of New Democrat and Bloc Québécois MPs on the House of Commons heritage committee without debate.The motion sought to amend the Liberals' update to broadcasting law, the Online Streaming Act, so that it would abolish certain licensing fees....
So, when @theJagmeetSingh and @PierrePoilievre claim @JustinTrudeau gave $40 million to @Bell, they're lying.
— Stephen Best (@BestStephenD) February 13, 2024
Why is Singh lying like Poilievre? https://t.co/Jv9rxXH3Um
Friday, February 09, 2024
Today's News: Speculatively smearing Biden
...the Justice Department has provided the media and Republicans with a both sides defense on documents to use in their fluffery of Trump, with a bonus dig at Biden’s mental health. So that’s fucking awesome. I remain very concerned about the Fall election. It’s clear that it does not matter how well things are going or anything concrete, a lot of people just want to burn shit to the ground and a lot of people just want to carry out their vengeance porn on the poor and minorities and those different than them.
Apparently Biden's meeting with the prosecutor came the day after the Hamas Massacre in Israel -- seems to me Biden might well have been a little distracted that day, with, you know, the possibility of war in the Middle East and all...Hur did his version of Comey's "I have no case but need to slap 'em around a little" routine
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) February 8, 2024
as for Biden's mental fitness, I talked to him one-on-one at the White House 10 days before Hur did
here's the video; judge for yourselfhttps://t.co/uZHiWLjCo6
At Talking Points Memo, Josh Marshall writes:Robert Hur's interviews with Biden were on October 8th and October 9th...days if not hours after the October 7th Hamas attack. If he seemed distracted, there is a pretty good reason why that doesn't require Hur to speculate on what conclusion a fictitious jury might have.
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) February 8, 2024
...this is another example of the universal rule: Republican special counsels are chosen to investigate Democrats. And Republican special counsels are chosen to investigate Republicans. It may not have been a great idea for Merrick Garland to have a two-time Trump appointee investigate Joe Biden. But here we are. Robert Hur totally slimed Biden with these gratuitous comments about his mental acuity and memory, referring to him as a “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.” Even if you assume they are the product of a good faith evaluation they are still wildly inappropriate.DOJ guidelines make clear that if you’re not bringing charges you don’t bash the subject of the investigation in your announcement (a la James Comey).You certainly aren’t supposed to affirmatively attempt to demean the subject of the investigation with clearly political attacks that aren’t even related to what you’re investigating. Hur might as well have called him “Fake News Joe Biden.” It’s really that transparent and that bad.
Finally, this:Parker failed to mention that Hur is a former Trump administration official. That's a fairly significant omission..
— Dennis P. Crawford (@DennisPCrawford) February 8, 2024
ding ding ding https://t.co/PRJukyOkeu
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) February 9, 2024
Wednesday, February 07, 2024
Today's News: Is Poilievre actually Mr. Roboto?
I thought yesterday's clip of Poilievre being interviewed by several reporters was very strange.
So now I'm wondering, is Pierre Poilievre actually just a robot?Reporters asked @PierrePoilievre why he sent a memo to @CPC_HQ MPs not to comment on @ABDanielleSmith's policies regarding transgenderism and what his parties stance on the issues are.
— Bret 🍁 (@Bret_Sears) February 5, 2024
I'm not going to give my opinion, I want to know what you think of his answers.
Watch 👇🏻 pic.twitter.com/L2HkIrdmtd
Is this slogan salad what the CPC leader misidentifies as common sense? Before wasting your time filling the reply box with the same tedious labels, listen to Poilievre's words and ask whether you have any friends in the real world who ghoulishly & foolishly speak like bots.
Saturday, February 03, 2024
Words of Wisdom -- from Dark Brandon to Ford v Trudeau to Taylor Swift to Wikipedia's finest moment
In Everyone is Entitled to My Opinion, Jeff Tiedrich writes Donald Trump’s a sick fuck, this I know — because Joe Biden tells me so hey Joe — tell us how you really feel:Isn't this why Trump voters like him though https://t.co/c0eXBjuKdF
— Drew McKevitt (on a hiatus, mostly) (@drewmckevitt) February 2, 2024
we already know that Dark Brandon loves him some f-bombs......answer me this, you defenders of Dear Leader: where is the lie?of course Trump’s a sick fuck. who else would look at a department store dressing room and think gosh, what a great place to rape someone.of course he’s a fucking asshole. just look at … his entire fucking life.but Donald John Diaperstain is more than just a sick fucking asshole. he’s also a quadrice-indicted twice-impeached popular-vote-losing adderall-huffing insurrection-leading testimony-ducking judge-threatening lawyer-ignoring witness-tampering day-one-dictatoring disabled-veteran-dishonoring inheritance-squandering clown-makeup-smearing language-mangling serial-sexual-predating draft-dodging casino-bankrupting butler-bullying daughter-perving hush-money-paying real-estate-scamming bone-spur-faking ketchup-hurling justice-obstructing classified-war-plan-thieving golf-cheating weather-map-defacing horse-paste-promoting paper-towel-flinging race-baiting tax-evading evidence-destroying charity-defrauding money-laundering diaper-filling 91-count fluorescent tangerine felony factory.
Sunday, January 28, 2024
Hey, it's time for some funny stuff!
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I had never heard musical rocks before:One of the best shots in live TV history pic.twitter.com/QiXs7Jjg2Z
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