Don't you just love it when the people who should be on our side, people we need to help defeat the Beast, allow themselves to be defeated in advance by silly fucking cases of the collwobbles. So what if the right wing noise machine and their ever-helpful me-toos in the MSM will raise a stink? That is what they ALWAYS do, go all out to denounce ANY efforts, however obviously lawful, to deny the death of democracy. Hell, what have they been doing the last few months but disseminating fact-free bulls shit to try to nobble Joe? We cannot allow the tender fee-fees of the RWNJs to govern our fight, after all, isn't it they who coined the phrase "FUCK your feelings"? Right back atcha, fascists.
It's a mock battle from the Revolutionary War where the Redcoat commander keeps scolding the Rebel side for not respecting the rules (while his whole contingent is wiped out).
Is there an amicus brief out there that provides a new meaning for the phrase "avoid the appearance of impropriety" because Thomas got appearance all over him?
Thomas only seems to report his billionaire buddies' "hospitality" after it hits the news. Makes you wonder how many millions more he's grifted that he has yet to report.
I wonder if Garland had the temperament for the job. He seems risk- adverse to the point of paralysis. Or more afraid of the criminals than the complainants.
I like her more and more. If she were a Republican, the MSM would label her a "firebrand". My curiosity about what they do call her does not extend to actually dipping a toe in that cesspool.
“Inevitably it would be seen as political retribution for rulings the justices made that they don’t like,” he said. “I just don’t know how you get out of that box.”
so we can never have any kind of investigations again, no matter what the cause. OK then, i guess.
The times gets more public consternation here because it’s nominally the “”””””””liberal””””””” paper and has spent multiple election cycles trying to destroy the Democratic candidate because, to Quote noted theologian Christopher Moltisanti, “little lord fuckpants” Sulzberger got his fee fees hurt
But it bears repeating the Washington Post is just as bad. I’ve been on the teetering fence for a long time and this finally got me to quit today
It’s a chuck Lane Special: simultaneously equally trolling and equally stupid.
The media discourse in this country just makes me want to bash my head in
1. No he doesn’t deserve his reputation back fuck you
2. Just the sheer amount of group think among the incestuous talking head chattering class. There genuinely aren’t any consistent voices willing to say “hey dummies think more than 48 hours in the past you dummies”
Thomas is low-hanging fruit. There needs to be an ethics requirement with at least as much teeth as for the lower courts. But yes, Thomas (and Alito, and Roberts) needs to go.
Really? They don't let you self-police in the clergy and the hospital, and then get all indignant when someone complains about the results of the self-policing? That jerb doesn't sound like very much fun at all. :D
Mrs LS and I were having this very discussion last evening (HIPAA) about patient families posting all kinds of crap on social media and none of the actual hospital staff can say anything. I even temper my Mrs LS ICU stories here.
OT: Abbott left Texas during hurricane season to go on a trade trip to Asia, leaving the state in the less than competent hands of Lt. Governor, Dan Patrick. A large swath of the state is without power with temps approaching 110° in places and humidity through the roof, if any still exist in the impacted area.
Sure, sure, people's lives are being threatened by the heat and the lack of power, but the real tragedy is that I haven't been able to access the Houston data center to pull a report that my manager really needs.
They have a huge "rainy day fund", but will want to Feds to pay for their incompetence. Their electric grid is still incapable of bringing in power from the national grid.
Yep. Patrick tried to blame Biden for not offering Federal aid quickly, but Biden tried to contact the Governor with no response and said so to the Texas media. A Governor has to request aid in order to get the wheels turning. Patrick, probably for political reasons, did not, until Biden was finally able reach him.
“I just don’t know how you get out of that box.” By doing your job.
Don't you just love it when the people who should be on our side, people we need to help defeat the Beast, allow themselves to be defeated in advance by silly fucking cases of the collwobbles. So what if the right wing noise machine and their ever-helpful me-toos in the MSM will raise a stink? That is what they ALWAYS do, go all out to denounce ANY efforts, however obviously lawful, to deny the death of democracy. Hell, what have they been doing the last few months but disseminating fact-free bulls shit to try to nobble Joe? We cannot allow the tender fee-fees of the RWNJs to govern our fight, after all, isn't it they who coined the phrase "FUCK your feelings"? Right back atcha, fascists.
How the Democratic Party fights the Republican Party: https://www.facebook.com/reel/479500087814509
sorry I don't do faceplant, so I couldn't see it.
It's a mock battle from the Revolutionary War where the Redcoat commander keeps scolding the Rebel side for not respecting the rules (while his whole contingent is wiped out).
Ta, Dok.
Is there an amicus brief out there that provides a new meaning for the phrase "avoid the appearance of impropriety" because Thomas got appearance all over him?
"and you got to keep the helicopter too."
Thank you Dok for my most spontaneous bark of a laugh for the day.
Thomas only seems to report his billionaire buddies' "hospitality" after it hits the news. Makes you wonder how many millions more he's grifted that he has yet to report.
I wonder if Garland had the temperament for the job. He seems risk- adverse to the point of paralysis. Or more afraid of the criminals than the complainants.
Senate Dems Want Special Prosecutor To Investigate Clarence Thomas 'Gifts'... Ooooops! Forgot the "r".
Meanwhile, in the House…
Ocasio-Cortez Introduces Articles of Impeachment Against Justice Thomas and Justice Alito
https://ocasio-cortez.house.gov/media/press-releases/ocasio-cortez-introduces-articles-impeachment-against-justice-thomas-and
I like her more and more. If she were a Republican, the MSM would label her a "firebrand". My curiosity about what they do call her does not extend to actually dipping a toe in that cesspool.
I want her as President, but Fox has been defaming her since day-one, and the right wing of the Dems don't like her much.
but still she persists. she knows Fox's racist shitbags will never like anything she says or does, so why bother trying to placate the implacable?
We should all profit by her example. The Fascists have hoisted the black flag, and we must either defeat them or be trodden into the dirt.
DOOOO EEEEEET!!!
Damn, we need to bring back that poop emoji!
We also need to be able to combine it with the angry emoji for ANGRY POOP.
“Inevitably it would be seen as political retribution for rulings the justices made that they don’t like,” he said. “I just don’t know how you get out of that box.”
so we can never have any kind of investigations again, no matter what the cause. OK then, i guess.
The I know you are but what am i defense.
> ... an improbable AI-generated luxury RV that's also a yacht
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWlmUHjuQRo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CykytBCLy24
New thread is up. It’s NATO.
Dark Brandon rises.
So no potatoes - nay 'to.
Better than mayo
The times gets more public consternation here because it’s nominally the “”””””””liberal””””””” paper and has spent multiple election cycles trying to destroy the Democratic candidate because, to Quote noted theologian Christopher Moltisanti, “little lord fuckpants” Sulzberger got his fee fees hurt
But it bears repeating the Washington Post is just as bad. I’ve been on the teetering fence for a long time and this finally got me to quit today
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/10/joe-biden-robert-hur-report/
It’s a chuck Lane Special: simultaneously equally trolling and equally stupid.
The media discourse in this country just makes me want to bash my head in
1. No he doesn’t deserve his reputation back fuck you
2. Just the sheer amount of group think among the incestuous talking head chattering class. There genuinely aren’t any consistent voices willing to say “hey dummies think more than 48 hours in the past you dummies”
Thomas is low-hanging fruit. There needs to be an ethics requirement with at least as much teeth as for the lower courts. But yes, Thomas (and Alito, and Roberts) needs to go.
I have far more stringent ethics rules as a clergyman and a hospital employee than these clowns have as judges on the highest court in the country.
BTW, I also had far stricter Rules Of Engagement as a combat soldier in the IDF than any law enforcement officer has in the US.
Really? They don't let you self-police in the clergy and the hospital, and then get all indignant when someone complains about the results of the self-policing? That jerb doesn't sound like very much fun at all. :D
And they do not care who knows it.
Mrs LS and I were having this very discussion last evening (HIPAA) about patient families posting all kinds of crap on social media and none of the actual hospital staff can say anything. I even temper my Mrs LS ICU stories here.
I make damn sure I never give any identifying information if I talk about my work here.
That is all too entirely accurate.
It graphically underscores just how far from any semblance of grace this nation has plummeted.
OT: Abbott left Texas during hurricane season to go on a trade trip to Asia, leaving the state in the less than competent hands of Lt. Governor, Dan Patrick. A large swath of the state is without power with temps approaching 110° in places and humidity through the roof, if any still exist in the impacted area.
Sure, sure, people's lives are being threatened by the heat and the lack of power, but the real tragedy is that I haven't been able to access the Houston data center to pull a report that my manager really needs.
Not that Abbottoir’s hands, or indeed any hands in the government of the State of Texas, are especially competent.
They have a huge "rainy day fund", but will want to Feds to pay for their incompetence. Their electric grid is still incapable of bringing in power from the national grid.
At least they've got the Whataburger app to tell them which areas don't have power!
Yep. Patrick tried to blame Biden for not offering Federal aid quickly, but Biden tried to contact the Governor with no response and said so to the Texas media. A Governor has to request aid in order to get the wheels turning. Patrick, probably for political reasons, did not, until Biden was finally able reach him.
That was the best story I read this morning. I hope Whataburger uses that to skewer Goobnor Abbott and Lt Dan.
They make a nice burger.