Taliban Bombs German Consulate in Afghanistan, Michigan Must Deliver Bottled Water in Flint, What Will Trump Do In Syria? A.M. Links
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Trump's cabinet is going to be … interesting.
- The New Yorker looks at Trump's potential policy on Syria.
- A federal judge in Michigan says state officials must deliver bottled-water to Flint residents who can't easily pick up their own from distribution sites.
- Taliban militants attacked a German consulate in northern Afghanistan last night, killing four and injuring more than 100.
- Protests against Trump went down across the country Thursday night, with one in Portland being declared a riot by police.
- George Zimmerman continues to show his charm.
- We can now grow ears on arms.
- Are white women really just the worst?
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On Armistice Day??? President Trump is going to close Reason down.
Squirrels will do it for him.
Hello.
Trump’s cabinet is going to be … interesting.
Keep your puke buckets handy.
It’s going to be fucktacular.
Retread Neocons slither back in to the party after puking behind the sofa.
Retread Neocons would be an okay name for a band.
They should all have private email servers.
For the lulz
Well, it’s legal now isn’t it? ^_-
A mother jones article projects cabinet picks? The media is so desperate to scare up attention.
I voted for Gary, but I’m glad the standard-bearer for corrupt politics lost. I am not looking forward to having big govt Donald and his authoritarian friends run the country. That’s why I voted for Gary.
Don’t bother clicking. It is just a bunch of speculation by hack media.
You see, it’s that precise lack of respect for the Media that gave us Donald Trump.
They earned it. I literally got my election news from 3 or 4 podcasts and it was wildly more accurate than anything from any of the press. I hope that will be the way of the future, and I’d like find out that an unemployed Wolf Blitzer is forced to make a living as a lot lizard.
I had a feeling that this train would not reach the station on election day. The “speculation by hack media” is going to continue unabated up through inauguration day and beyond
Christie’s interesting.In a Himmler kind of way.
Fuck that fat-assed Statist prick.
He should DIAF, Except that would cause an east coast conflagration.
That link is just speculation from Mother Jones.
Trump’s cabinet is going to be … interesting.
Hopefully he hires them Apprentice style.
All news is local: Aberdeenshire business owner wins presidential election
Nice
That is the headline of the year.
It might just be a Scottish thing – consider this news story about another celebrity considering a White House run
PHRASING!
FTA: “Mr Trump is half Scottish – his mother Mary MacLeod.”
There can be only one!!!!
Some excellent newspaper corrections
*slap!*
Enjoying our election festivities, ifh?
*SLAP!*
*Slap!*
*slap!”
SLAPP
*slap!*
Oh most definitely Rich! It gets a lot of coverage here, some people throw election parties etc etc. Everyone has an opinion here, mostly a stupid one. On a more serious policy level, as a US ally, and a country with a serious devotion to free trade combined with a lot of trade with China, we are naturally a bit concerned by your choice and will be watching Trump carefully.
BTW Reason has helped me – I have gotten brownie points from soi-disant experts in US politics by knowing my GayJay from my McMullin. Cheap laughs have already been had by quoting that classic line, “Your tears are delicious and your party will die.”
Australia is great. Would like to visit some time. Been listening to alot of Dick Diver, Eddy Current suppression Ring, UV Race and the ilk. Seem like good blokes.
Just be cognizant of the fact that everything in Australia wants to kill you.
Pencii Neck Geek.
/cue credits flashing in psychedelic colors and mariachi music
+1 Ralph the Wonder Llama
That was the first thing I pictured as well.
Are white women really just the worst?
No booty on a one of them.
That’s why God invented yoga pants.
https://www.instagram.com/jenselter/?hl=en
She’s also Jewish!
Fake, but I’m not complaining
Fake? You sure?
I will be investigating this the rest of the day.
*Pulls magnifying glass out of desk drawer, rubs chin, puts magnifying glass back in the drawer*
That is NOT your chin.
The resemblance is striking
rubs chin
whatever works for you…
My voluminous library of Pawg linx disagrees.
But which demographic has all the redheads? That’s right, the white chicks.
I gots a white girl with a booty.
Okilly Dokilly, the Ned Flanders-themed metal band
Interesting.
They weren’t playing left handed. SMDH.
THAT IS NOT A METAL BAND. Death to the false.
The New Yorker looks at Trump’s potential policy on Syria.
“It’s going to be a big, beautiful civil war.”
In other words, The New Yorker makes shit up.
Build a bunch of casinos, invite everyone in to gamble for free, blow up casinos.
“The biggest, most luxurious civil war ever.”
We can now grow ears on arms.
Adds a level of literalness when I tell people to speak into the microphones that are my fists.
+1 Talk to the hand.
Nice
*applause*
Sex and dentistry: I made a fellatio prosthetic for my mouth
Dentist-turned-artist Kuang-Yi Ku wants to change the way we think about medicine ? and our mouths ? with custom sex prosthetics.
Custom Sex Prosthetics would be a pretty good name for a band.
The debut album could be titled “Grab Em by the Pussy”
I-Anal.
Oh, FFS!
DDSFFS
Exactly.
“This job really sucks!”
Stepped on your joke. *Takes another hit of laughing gas*
Leprosy Surprise: Medieval Scourge Is Lurking In British Squirrels
Do Reason’s server squirrels carry leprosy?
Of course they do, JB. In a place with tentacly horrors and sasquatch rape would you expect anything less?
STEVE SMITH AVOID RAPING OR EATING SQUIRRELZ. WE HAVE PACT.
No. HIV.
I am the 99%
I have always heard that armadillos carry leprosy. Any truth in that? Also, wouldn’t leprosy be an easily treatable bacterial infection in modern times?
Yes, it generally is.
I have always heard that armadillos carry leprosy. Any truth in that? Also, wouldn’t leprosy be an easily treatable bacterial infection in modern times?
Yes and yes.
Worst band name ever.
Not a great phrase to hear from your doctor, either.
Worst band name Chipotle menu item ever.
Sounds like something out of the Gallery of Regrettable Food
I posted this yesterday. Try to keep up!
We can now grow ears on arms.
The Constitution says we have the right to ear arms.
Maybe it was a bunch of cockneys who wrote the Consitution.
And Bob’s your uncle!
Paging Swiss!
*narrows gaze*
Are white women really just the worst?
WHERE THE WHITE WOMEN AT
NBA players don’t seem to mind the white wimminz.
Are white women really just the worst?
White women, if you knew what was good for you, you’d start digging up dirt on Comey.
Is it too early to start drinking? Because after reading through my Facederp feed I feel like drinking.
Mine is filled, not with angry Hillbot tears, but with, “I have sympathy for Trump supporters. They don’t know what they’re doing” type shit. They’ve gone from smug to shrill to angry to patronizing. Wonderful salespeople.
Sounds like the progression from anger to acceptance. That sympathy thing is a coping mechanism so they can continue to feel smug even in defeat.
Can we skip the Molotov cocktail stage?
Since Putin is actually behind this hullaballoo as well, no. Dmitri Molotov’s Promethean gift to dissent shall light up the sky.
I guess we won’t have to petition the candlestick maker then.
Not enough salty ham tears there for you? Fill up a pitcher, and freeze the rest for a rainy day.
I’m actually giving up drinking entirely for this very reason. The wailing and rending of cloths by my prog acquaintances is increasing and show no sign of letting up. This is best enjoyed completely sober and by letting them sacrifice their own livers in the process.
Trump’s cabinet is going to be … interesting.
Especially when he abolishes all those departmHAHAHAHAA!! Damn, couldn’t quite get it out!
People keep hyperventilating to me that Trump is going to eliminate the EPA and the Department of Education on his first day in office, or something. I have to keep explaining that even if Trump wanted to do that, it would still require the consent of Congress. They usually squeal something back about “Executive Orders”, as if Executive Orders are some dictatorial loophole granted by the Constitution as opposed to authority ceded to the executive explicitly by Congress.
I know civics classes are meant to be mostly patriotic indoctrination, but could they at least attempt to teach kids the basics?
Your response should be, “Well, you shouldn’t have let Obama get away with his ‘pen and phone’ schtick, then.”
Protests against Trump went down across the country Thursday night, with one in Portland being declared a riot by police.
Great idea! Show how you don’t respect democracy by also disrespecting property rights.
Forget it, Joe, it’s Portlandtown.
According to Chuck Pahlaniuk’s tour guide about the place, anarchists protested a visit by then-president Reagan by eating a bunch of potatoes that had been dyed red, white, and blue, and then making themselves throw up on the street. Unfortunately, their stomach acid reacted with the blue dye and turned it green, so it actually looked like they were mad about Italy.
Both Reagan and Bush I referred to Portland as “Little Beirut.”
I just think it’s funny that the top idea is always to smash someone else’s stuff. Very persuasive.
Well, they are (commie) anarchists. It’s not like any of their crap is worth smashing.
Your crap IS their crap. And vice versa. Workers own the means of production. They can destroy the means of production. Because they own them.
^deep
Interesting how the Hillary shills were squealing about how the Trumpies were going to commit all sorts of violence if Donald didn’t win.
It can’t be stated enough: the primary thought process on the left is projection.
I love the smell of riots in the morning.
Smells like…….. victory.
Someday this butthurt is gonna end.
*Sniffs, sighs, walks wistfully away
Surf… or fight
.
The scary part is…. I don’t think the butthurt IS going to end.
Don’t forget a significant number of lefties still complain about 2000.
So *they* want to put *us* back in chains?
Everything I always hear about the Portland police suggests they really are more thuggish than your average department. It really seems to go against how the rest of the city is portrayed. Do they import them from somewhere?
They probably don’t have to: the police are probably drawn from that small segment of the populace that is pissed off with the foolishness of the majority but haven’t bothered to move to get away from it. If you were surrounded by insufferable Portlanders day in and day out you may be tempted towards thuggishness as well (doesn’t excuse it, just explains it).
George Zimmerman continues to show his charm.
Goddamn white people…SMH.
According to Click Orlando, before Zimmerman left the bar, he said to the manager, “I didn’t know you were a [racial expletive] lover,” deputies said.
Wonder which one?
Wop?
Wait, that’s not technically racist.
I wonder how many people just troll the internet all day everyday for George Zimmerman news?
Eleven.
Dog walker’s fury after coming across woman having sex with six men
VW Fastback, no less.
So the guy with the dog is upset about dogging?
Your morning schadenboner:
This Chick’s Unbelievable Meltdown Because Trump Won Is A Perfect Capper On A Day Full Of Election Blogs
‘It’s a nightmare’: Horror and disbelief at Clinton HQ as stunned supporters watched Hillary’s humiliating loss
Je suis posted a compilation yesterday that included the first one. It included Obama doing a mike drop at how Trump would never be president, and people laughing at Ann Coulter for picking Donnie as the most likely candidate to win.
UK bookmakers had Trump as a 3/1 underdog. I thought he’d lose, but if I could have, I’d have bet a chunk of change on that. Those odds were ridiculous.
If I heard correctly, a $100 Brexit/Trump parlay paid out $6700.
That would’ve been fun.
What really gets me is how Troomp basically threw down his presidential gauntlet by declaring Obumbles a ‘furriner a la “BIRFER!”, gets Obumbles to produce a document, and still manages to become president.
I remember Troomp from when I was kid, stirring up trouble and notoriety. It’s still incredible to me that he actually pulled it off.
After toying with the idea of running under the Reform Party banner a few cycles ago, he was clever to run as a 3rd-party candidate within the banner of the duopoly. As one commentator put it, be defeated the Democrats and the Republicans, but he couldn’t have done it if he hadn’t run as one of them.
Trump burns Obama via Obama (from Jimmy Kimmel show):
////He even had a retort for Donald Trump after reading a mean tweet from the Republican nominee that said, “President Obama will go down as the worst president in the history of the United States!”
“Really?” Obama asked. “Well, @realDonaldTrump, at least I will go down as a President.”////
STFU. Donnie.
This pic from Clinton HQ is reminiscent of Laoco?n and His Sons. Truly a work for the ages. So evocative.
Oopsie
“In Trump’s America, patriarchy smash YOU!”
Good lord WTF is wrong with people. I don’t care which team your on or who wins – that is not the reaction of a normal person.
You aren’t dealing with normal people; you’re dealing with political whores. (as opposed to actual whores, who are much more reputable, decent, and hard-working)
The New Yorker looks at Trump’s potential policy on Syria.
I suspect this will work for a lot of topics: it might be lot more time-efficient to look at what the people around him want to do about Syria
Protests against Trump went down across the country Thursday night, with one in Portland being declared a riot by police.
How long is this stuff going to last? Occupy Wall Street went on way longer than it should have.
White evangelicalism is white nationalism.
…So now white evangelicals were no longer in the morally indefensible position of explicitly defending segregation and white nationalist politics. Now they were able to regard and portray themselves as moral champions battling against Satanic baby-killers, just as earlier generations of segregationist, pro-slavery, white-nationalist white evangelicals regarded and portrayed themselves as moral champions battling against those who disrespected “the Bible.”
Oddly, the political battle against the baby-killers has always been eerily congruent with and indistinguishable from the earlier political agenda of explicit white nationalism. Every vote against the baby-killers also conveniently served as a vote for white nationalism. Every Supreme Court justice hailed as a champion in the battle against the baby-killers also turned out, coincidentally, to also be a proponent of white nationalism. And when it comes down to it, those justices ? the ultimate prize in white evangelical politics since the Civil Rights Movement ? have largely left Roe v. Wade intact, but they gutted the Voting Rights Act….
“Every Supreme Court justice hailed as a champion in the battle against the baby-killers also turned out, coincidentally, to also be a proponent of white nationalism.”
White nationalists like Clarence Thomas want to protect the lives of unborn black babies?
Yes, by all means adopt the “anti-racist” position – legitimize the killing of (disproportionately black) human beings in the womb.
Reality don’t enter into it.
More “babies of color” were aborted than were actually born in NYC last year.
But it’s totally not racial genocide because something something woman’s choice.
We might have lost the next Tracy Morgan in that pile of black baby carcasses.; his little fetal black body being dissected by some medical researcher from Rajasthan.
Yeah, progressives, that’s how you persuade political opponents to join your side and win elections. When screaming that your opponent’s politics are those of racist, anti-Semitic, anti-Muslim, homophobic, misogynistic, xenophobic, cis-gendered sh1tlords doesn’t work, use sophistry to explain to your opponents that they are racist, anti-Semitic, anti-Muslim, homophobic, misogynistic, xenophobic, cis-gendered sh1tlords. That’ll show those neanderthals, and they’ll certainly change their ways. And if it doesn’t ….
We’re in dangerous times if this is what progressives really believe. Progressives seem to believe that their opponents are a basket of deplorables, and now they know that this mass of irredeemable moral defectives can seize power from their party of righteousness. If progressives ever again achieve power, they’ll remember, and who knows what they’ll do to prevent this from ever happening again.
What, you don’t think any white evangelicals read that article, threw their Bibles and Blackwood Brothers LP’s in the garbage, and ran out to grab a copy of the latest Naomi Klein masterpiece?
The revolution is at hand, oppressor, it’s fomenting at the Burnside Bridge as we speak, so you better get woke.
You hate the USMC?
https://yhoo.it/2eJI2gH
Okay. I’ve had it….
It’s only right to vote for a criminal, corrupt, incompetent, lying, sociopath with no achievements, because VAGINA!
Bizarre footage shows salmon crossing a road
It’s just plausible enough to be true!
If only, during Zimmerman’s trial, that racist judge had allowed the jury to hear evidence of Zimmerman’s future behavior, Zimmerman might have been convicted!
Minority Report with Preprogs.
AKA “incoming college freshmen”.
My oldest heads off to college in 9 or so months. Nothing makes me happier than when he emails or texts me a link to something here on Reason (he loves H&R), thecollegefix, Heterodox Academy or whatever.
He gets that he’s about to walk into a shitstorm of irrational emotion & that it’s up to him to carry the banner of rationality. Even when it causes discomfort.
As a dad, I’m nervous, but hopeful.
Trump made saying “Nigger” legal again, so I don’t see the problem.
If there’s a person in America who has a right to be a racist, it’s George Zimmerman (considering that he was almost lynched by a black mob led by President Obama and Eric Holder).
with one in Portland being declared a riot by police.
I thought only Congress could declare a riot.
Taliban militants attacked a German consulate in northern Afghanistan last night, killing four and injuring more than 100.
See what happens when you don’t bring them in!? /Merkeltoxic
“””””Louisiana student ‘fabricated story’ of hijab attack, police say.”””
What a surprise!
“””””This incident is no longer under investigation” by the department”””
Why aren’t they pressing charges about false police reports and the hate crime of false charges against two men wearing white Trump hats
http://preview.tinyurl.com/hlrmzuk
hate crime
So much this.
Yeah, it’s funny how similar stories are coming out across the country that all have similar-sounding narratives. I wouldn’t doubt that there are a few that are legit, but considering the hate-hoax tactics of the left over the last 10-13 years or so, I just assume these are all fake until proven otherwise with hard evidence.
The Sasquatch Summit is Lurking Right around the Corner
STEVE SMITH WAIT IN PARKING LOT OF RESORT, CONDUCT OWN RESEARCH.
AND BY “RESEARCH,” STEVE SMITH MEAN “RAPE.”
“many different philosophies,”
Sasquates: The unexamined scat is not worth eating.
/he said with narrowed gaze
The New Yorker looks at Trump’s potential policy on Syria.
If Assad manages to phone Trump and flatter him, America is going to tag team the rebellion with Russia.
…and avoid World War 3, hopefully
Boss says employees who agree with Trump’s rhetoric should resign
Grubhub looks ripe for boycotting.
I’m writing them a note right now before deleting my account.
…and we have absolutely no concept of irony.
Attacking people and their livelihoods because you disagree with their politics is the pinnacle of love and tolerance.
From a point of freedom of association and at-will employment the Grubhub guy is within his rights to do that, or even take it a step further and dismiss them. It would still be a dick move and people would certainly be entitled to boycott them individually, organize boycotts, etc. There would be a certain level of irony for the folks here, who are normally contemptuous of boycotts, to participate in one.
Can you explain a bit more how ‘freedom of association and at-will employment’ means it’s ok to fire someone who doesn’t fit inside your echo chamber? I need to update my manifesto
It’s a dick move, but would be perfectly fine in Libertopia.
Because your company is your property. Your only obligation to continuing someone’s employment should be if you signed a contract.
But just because they should be allowed to do it doesn’t mean we should support them doing it.
Because your company is your property.
Not necessarily in this case. They went public two years ago.
Yep, checked yesterday – something like less than 15% of the stock is held by insiders. Not even close to being his property to fuck up as he pleases. As I mentioned, I suspect the board will want to have a word.
Yes, so they’ll possibly fire him for it, but as long as they’ve delegated the power to fire to him then he can fire for whatever reason.
The fact that it’s public doesn’t really change anything about this discussion. It just means that there’s one more level above him, who are able to fire him for whatever reason they want.
Can Grubhub also refuse to provide service to Trump supporters?
Can Trump supporters refuse to do business with Grubhub?
Obviously, in libertopia people are free to make such refusals. Grubhub would, of course, sacrifice a wider market to fill a very special, bigoted niche.
He has already issued a retraction of his statement saying that he meant for his memo to be a statement of inclusion /
WTF ?
Even in his retraction he is blind to his lack of self awareness.
“My statement of exile to deplorables was meant to be inclusive ” ?
Depends what you mean by ok. If the “not ok” case covers your directing the state force him to continue your employment against his will, it’d be a bit odd to go on calling it “at-will employment”, no?
From a point of freedom of association and at-will employment the Grubhub guy is within his rights to do that, or even take it a step further and dismiss them.
Agree completely. That doesn’t invalidate my point, however.
Not really irony. I feel about boycotts the same way I feel about the grubhub guy wanting to fire Trump supporters.
Both are mostly stupid but perfectly within rights.
I can be contemptuous of both the CEO and people boycotting things while acknowledging the right to do both. Seems the exact opposite or irony to me. Unless consistency is ironic.
^ This.
It should be legal to fire for any reason, hire for any reason, and to do or not do business with anyone for any reason.
Some reasons are stupid, wrong, and disgusting.
Both these statements are true. Freedom must necessarily include the freedom to make choices others disagree with.
I don’t get the attitude against boycotts myself. Even if they rarely accomplish anything, there’s nothing wrong or irrational about not giving your money to someone who offends you in some way.
I would think the Grubhub CEO would welcome my boycott. There’s no way he wants to do business with anyone who didn’t vote for Hillary. I’m just trying to keep him from unknowingly sullying himself with my dirty money.
This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell out of here
Unless you’re scared of losing your job based on who you voted for. Because in that case, fuck you.
In my link on this story (below), he tries to walk it back. And fails, imo.
and yet…
I have to agree that it was a failure walking it back.
That charming gentleman Andrew Cuomo has used these exact words in referring to New Yorkers who aren’t on board with his leftist platform. But remember folks, it’s “the right” who are divisive.
Having your stock take a hit due to unforced errors is not a great way to stay CEO. The board should be pissed.
Next headline: Grubhub CEO fired for opposing Trump; Are you next?
Hey slumbrew, are you still in the Boston area? You came up in conversation recently in our New England email threads.
Yep, still in blue-est Somerville, right in the middle of the real estate bubble. Up-side – so much equity in my tiny condo! Down-side – even with the “extra” equity I’m still unwilling to pay $1MM for a 1,500 condo.
1,500 sq. ft., that is.
I moved out of Somerville in August. I tried to buy but couldn’t afford a multifamily in the bidding wars (I could have squeaked in on some of the listing prices, but they kept going way over and usually all cash). Now I’m in Malden. I’m missing Somerville a bit, but it’s way more house (and yard) for a bit less money. Only big downside so far is that the couple of bridges to cross the mystic get backed up and our inherited first-floor tenants left a mouse problem when they moved out last week. But turns out I’m actually digging Night Shift more than Slumbrew anyway (with the exception of the Porter Square Porter).
Anyone, if you’re up for one of the meetups (or just off board discussion) you should join one of the reasonoid lists.
Anyway*
My kingdom for EDIT BUTTON
reasonoid lists, you say? Do tell.
Yeah, my criteria has gone from “really need to be on the T” to “a good bus line is OK” to “as long as I can take an Uber”. Arlington/Malden seem likely; I really want to hold onto my current place as a rental, so we’ll see. The girl wants to be in on whatever is purchased next but she’s between jobs right now, so it’ll be awhile before she has enough job history for a mortgage, I suspect.
I’m still on the T, but now it’s the Orange instead and it’s about twice as far of a walk (although they did just propose an in-fill station which would end up being close again).
Contact D.E.G. (dgroves140 AT gmail DOT com) and he’ll get you on the email list for the meetups.
Done. We’ll see if I ever make it out – my track record is spotty, but I’ll give it a whirl. Like I told him, let me know if it’s monocle-required or BYO orphan.
In case you see this, I’m catching up and still at the office. I’ll get a reply out to you this evening.
“Could be construed?”
“Could be?”
These people lecturing.
Think about it. If integrity is sooooo fucking important to them, on what what planet do they live to think Hillary Bleeping Clinton was a better choice? Yeh. Here’s the thing. I teach my kid not to lie yet Hillary (i.e. sniper fire, Benghazi (where her and Obama’s actions led to an innocent man being jailed etc.) does little if nothing but lie. I teach my kid to respect others. Yet Hillary holds them in contempt (e.g. she let her distraught supporters down when she didn’t address them personally after the election, or the now infamous ‘deplorables’ quip etc.). I teach my kid to observe rules and the law. Yet, Hillary broke the law by having an unsecured private server while Secretary of States. Her irresponsibility was not just a spit in the face of American law but by extension to the people of the country she so desperately wanted to rule not govern. I teach my kid civil ethics. Ethics, in part, include when you’re in a position of power or influence, you keep to accepted basic notions of ‘dos and donts’. Hillary via her Foundation, broke this principal.
(con’t)
She peddled influence and profited from it. Which brings me to respect again. This behaviour shows an utter disrespect for the office and title she held. I teach my kid to stick to deeply held and observed principles. Hillary cynically slithers around leaving herself open to how the polls and trends swing (ie. marriage is between a man and woman). And what of women? This is a woman who, rather than stand up and take a principled stand, let her husband commit acts of adultery and sexual assaults acing as an enabler to his misdeeds. We’re told she’s a strong woman but acted weak and even unjust by destroying the life of a person in the process. The fact is, over 30 years, all I’ve seen from her is a sleazy and scandalous track record. Where there’s dubious activities, you can bet Hillary was around it.
It’s Remembrance Day. I want give my team to people who actually gave something to their countries. Many of whom would probably fall under the ‘deplorables’ category.
my time. Ugh.
*Nice* rant, Rufus!
Very well said, today of all days.
I close with a crumpling of paper and throwing it in Meyers face.
*pumps fist!*
Motherfuckers
Mayor: Database of undocumented New Yorkers could be deleted
Who’d have thought Trump would usher in a new era of privacy.
That cloth sure does get around…. I assume the maid comes with it?
If there is a database, are they really ‘undocumented’?
*polite applause*
Mayor Bill De Blasio wants Trump to cut off NYC’s federal funding.
Good idea. Go after Trump.
Cool, now purge the tax rolls.
Maybe the city could delete its registry of gun owners and their guns at the same time?
New York City is advising rifle and shotgun owners that if their registered firearms meet the new definition of an “assault weapon”, they must surrender them immediately. Note that the assault weapon definition in NYC includes .22 rifles with tube magazines that can hold more than 5 rounds. And the New York Daily News celebrates:
http://www.nydailynews.com/opi…..-1.1540358
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013…..ns-rifles/
New York sure has had a lot of success getting new yorkers to register their assault weapons lately.
So delete it already, who the fuck cares?
What are you doing with such a list in the first place?
GrubHub Under Fire After CEO Tells Employees Who Support Trump’s Rhetoric to Resign
Dammit, Pat
“that I and everyone else here at Grubhub will fight for your dignity and your right to make a better life for yourself and your family here in the United States,” he continued.” That’s truly laughable. That company’s been accepting money for over two years to change my orders without my knowledge, not have them delivered, or charge me for items not delivered. My day-to-day life is one hassle after another, so having a decent meal *that I pay his company to provide without hassle* is not how I would define a better life, or even a dignified way for him to make a little side money.
But I guess it’s good optics.
That aside, writers of Reason, I’m still waiting for you to contact me via e-mail.
Interesting, I’ve used Grub Hub and get their marketing emails, and I didn’t get anything telling me that I should stop using the service if I disagree with that statement…
George Zimmerman continues to show his charm.
He’s almost as bad as white women.
Rare bed bug re-emerges in Florida after 60 years
Well, I’ll be brewing up a little Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane in my bathtub this weekend instead of the usual meth run. This is why we shouldn’t let dirty people from states that start with “New” winter in our great state!
(Just kidding. Please come and pay for the roads I use every day and you use 4 months a year.)
Democratic Underground is still down, but now posting emails about how their members feel. It’s like watching a train wreck.
not a Republican like Bloomberg or McCain or a generic Republican, who I may disagree with but am not frightened of
Most of the people saying this regurgitated the same histrionic bullshit about how fearful they were in 2008 and 2012. Were you lying then or now?
Yes.
“Oh, and LOVE TRUMPS HATE!”
LOVE TRUMP’S HATE.
What can we do. I need a direction for this, please point me.
Have you considered getting a life? It’s harder than basing all of your feelings and identity around tribal politics, but it’s infinitely less retarded.
So I glad I brought my two liter mega gulp cup cause these tears are beyond delicious.
It’s raining men prog tears
I’d really, really like to thank the left for now making it 3 days since Trump’s election where I’ve been able to laugh instead of starting to worry about what he means for individual liberty.
^This
Thirded
Canada has enough people with mental illness.
..and funny accents.
*ducks*
They have ducks, too.
If these people had been around in WWII era, we’d all be speaking German.
And they would have shut their fucking mouth about “racism” a long while ago. It’s one thing to complain about it when you know the “racists” won’t hurt you. It’s another when they are actual, real racists who have no problem disappearing you and your family if you even argue with them.
No hatred is so pure and intense as the hatred of progressives toward their political opponents.
Hatred is a negative emotion. It is morally unworthy and psychologically disturbing. Psychological projection is the theory that humans defend themselves against their own such impulses by denying their existence in themselves while attributing them to others. This explains why progressives are always arguing that their political opponents are primarily motivated by mindless hatred of some other racial, ethnic, or religious group. Sometimes the unconscious hatred of the political opposition breaks through the progressive facade with an expression like we see on Democratic Underground.
“HELP ME. What can we do. I need direction for this, please point me.”
Ok, that’s easy. Put the barrel of a pistol in your eye and pull the trigger.
Gun? They would never be friends with a gun owner.
US Election 2016: A survivor’s guide to unexpected voting results
Fuck you all. I’ve never had my side win an election. Grow up and deal with it.
Slovak brothers win burial competition with fastest, neatest grave
In fairness, the former Soviet bloc countries would have a massively unfair advantage in grave digging.
“Slovak town of Trencin”
From Trenching. Unfair advantage.
Wild and crazy guys.
Can someone translate this Facebook post for me?
You are seeing the complete mental and emotional disintegration of a fellow human being in real time. Make sure you have plenty of popcorn and a comfy seat from which to watch.
“I’m retarded. Please take my PC away from me before I try to eat it.”
I think it says, I am a fucking moron.
Cuba? Republican rule? Saw what now?
I’m trying to get the Soviet-Cuba link going with the Putin reference.
That’s like what AC would write if he was a Proggie.
AC is a billion times more poetic and elegant than this fool.
A federal judge in Michigan says state officials must deliver bottled-water to Flint residents who can’t easily pick up their own from distribution sites.
Slavery.
Literal water-carriers?
How does the judiciary get involved at this level?
Well, who would you victimize? The residents paid for usable water in their taxes, so it’s up to whoever taxed them to deliver it. I don’t know which unit of gov’t was in charge at the time, but that’s how it should go down…or a refund.
I think it’s hilarious the state officials have to hand deliver water to their constituents.
‘Crazy’ to say Facebook helped Trump win – Zuckerberg
If they are going to talk about “fake news” effecting the election shouldn’t they at least quote one of these fake news items?
That is the fake story. Enjoy the meta…
Some data has shown that fake stories were being far more widely shared on the platform than follow up stories debunking the claims.
I have for years been operating under the assumption that every news story on facebook is fake. If you are getting your information from facebook, you are really fucking up.
People see a headline that confirms their echo chamber view of the world and they add it to their derp pile.
Facts get twisted, so why bother to wade through the nuance of fact checkers?
There’s no room for cognitive dissonance in the derp pile.
I think Derpbook did help Trump win, but not for the reasons stated. The political echo chamber that it creates makes Hilldog supporters completely blind to opposing viewpoints and drives people not onboard with the SJW agenda to the margins and into silence.
“drives people not onboard with the SJW agenda to go to the polls and raise their orange middle finger”
FTFY
” I don’t think you have internalised the message Trump supporters are trying to send in this election.”
The message: Yes, Hillary is really is that shitty.
Cat-Licking And ‘Dirty Jobs’: Mike Rowe Nails Why Trump Won
I read his facebook post last night. One of the first comments was some white, lesbian ham planet shouting about white privilege.
I replied to her in total seriousness that she should just take a breath, calm down, stop looking at social media, and relax, because nothing bad would happen and if it did the 2nd Amendment preserves our right to shoot the government in self-defense, essentially.
I’m sure she appreciated that…
Nice.
Mike Rowe for Secretary of Labor
No, abolish the Department of Labor and the NLRB.
I really like Mike Rowe. His bit a few months back about learning a few things before you go vote was great.
After Donald Trump victory, Oregonians submit ballot proposal to secede from the union
Oh, *please* let this go lean forward!
I seem to recall some other states seceding after a Republican won the presidency once. It went pretty well for them, IIRC.
Secession is part of Oregon’s proud history, as shown in this bio of state founding father and U. S. Senator Joseph Lane:
“Upon the secession of the Lower South from the Union in early 1861, Lane rejected compromise and defended separation. Oregon Republicans in the legislature denied him reelection to the Senate. He completed his term, defending secession and denying the Union’s right to coerce the South. His son John’s decision to leave West Point and accept a commission in the Confederate Army added to the senior Lane’s growing unpopularity.”
This time we will just let them go.
54-40 or fight!
I think now that would be 120 degrees W or fight
white women really just the worst
Jeez ENB. self promote much. Linking to your own article.
It’s just more of that, “performance woke,” she prattles on about.
The Democrats should ban White Women from the party and then rally behind Native American Elizabeth Warren.
Today’s work derp:
Everyone is signing an online petition to have the electoral college not elect trump. Or something like that.
Is this what democracy looks like?
Only after they are standing on each of The Electors lawns looking menacingly at their property, tapping billy clubs in their palms and leering at their families. Then true democracy has been reached.
Here is the stupidest part about it.
Lets say you could get 37 faithless electors to not vote for Trump.
Okay. Who are they gonna vote for? it wont be Clinton, it would be some GOP politician that the House would be likely to pick over Trump.
And would the House do that? Or would they stick to the will of the voters? A lot would depend on if the D states were willing to support this other Republican providing cover so that a few GOPers to vote for him and the rest to stay with Trump.
It was always my hope that Gary would show up to the Electoral College party with a +1 and that would be enough to spare us from both Hillary and Trump
I have the fortune of being able to work from home when I want. A perk I’m taking full advantage of this week.
Chelsea Clinton Being Groomed for Congress
Well, she’s proven herself thoroughly mediocre at every other career she’s attempted, might as well enter the family business.
I don’t know if she’s quite mediocre enough to succeed in Congress, but one must have aspirations.
Nice. That quip is iowahawk worthy (or even O’Rourke back when he wasn’t a douche).
Did you compare Citizen X to P.J. O’Rourke?
The only plausible explanation is that Lee Genes is a Citizen X sock.
Shut up, Tulpa!
He might be one of my clones, this is possible.
This goes for both the Bush’s and the Clinton’s: Do you think anyone is going to give them money after they took in so much this cycle with nothing to show for it?
It never ends.
I don’t feel she’s gonna be anymore than a careerist politician/bureaucrat moving from job to post based on her connections.
“once Lowey, a 79-year-old respected career politician with nearly 30 years in office, decides to retire”
…which he would probably be well advised to do, if he knows what’s good for him.
Retire, or die. Whatever it takes to open the seat and keep the Clinton Foundation coffers full.
It would be nice to see her walk around most of Mount Vernon.
Idiocy isn’t just a river in Egypt.
How dare the FBI decline to prosecute our egregiously corrupt candidate! And I didn’t see a single negative Trump article at all in the past 18 months!!!
Podesta going after the media is too. Fucking. Rich.
He really is a vile creature with no sense of shame.
So the fact that the media said Hilary had the election in the bag and Trump was bound to lose…ultimately harmed Hillary? Yes, but not for the reasons Podesta thinks.
Lads, they are starting to eat their own. The shrill denouncements will provide weeks or months of entertainment, and then the confessions… [swoons]
We’re not witnessing a meltdown here.
It’s something different.
And far more entertaining.
Michael Moore Releases Plan To IMMEDIATELY Impeach Donald Trump
“Beloved”?
LMFAO
Eating contest between Moore and Christie. If Moore wins, Trump is impeached. If Christie wins, Moore is never allowed to speak again.
I’ll take a piece of that action. Put me down for a hunge on Christie and I’ll lay the points.
Doesn’t Christie have one of those bands restricting his stomach? Unfair advantage to MM
I see it ending with a double explosion a la Mr. Creosote in Python’s Meaning of Life.
Michael Moore has the impeachment power? Jeebus, in law school they told me it was the House of Representatives! What a bunch of idiots those professors were!
“Bipartisan Report,” huh? So they represent the views of both parties, Bolsheviks AND Mensheviks?
“Begin a national push while it’s fresh in everyone’s mind for a constitutional amendment to fix our broken electoral system: 1. Eliminate the Electoral College ? popular vote only”
And when they lose the pop. vote they will demand to switch back. The petulance is breathtaking.
No principles on display once more.
God, I wish they would just so I could hear the howls of outrage here in New England after campaigns ignore us in favor of more populous states. I’m looking at you, New Hampshire.
Yup, the 10 or 12 most populous states will get all the attention, while the remaining 40 get completely ignored.
I’m ok with the Nebraska and Maine method of allocating electors
Yeah, it’s funny how none of the large blue states (NY, CA, IL) have set up a system like that because they’re certainly allowed to do so.
The media, well off, political class, etc. (you know, the people that matter) will be totally ok with that.
So they want every election to go to the House as no one would ever get 50% in the popular vote again.
Just because we got rid of the EC doesnt mean we would get rid of the majority reuqirement.
So the House would be deciding between Trump, Clinton and Johnson.
I am okay with that.
*Someone* has a secret man-crush on the Donald, methinks.
Didn’t he just get a Nobel for his songwriting?
But it was just in literature. He hasn’t murdered enough people to get the Peace prize.
Well, Obama hadn’t when he got his. I think of it as an investment in the future, a demonstration of confidence that you’ll do your share of killing. Arafat’s was more of a Lifetime Achievement Award.
More rights that are subject to “reasonable regulation”
A guy soaps a message about Hillary on his car saying he hopes “she gets shot in her fucking head” if she wins the election. Hilarity ensues.
Yeah, only use the 7 protected words that you are allowed, peon!
Argh! More stupidity from Chief Beahen. This quote is from a story about the Trump protests in Minnesoda. The threw in some stuff about the guy who soaped an anti-Hillary message on his car to balance the story out.
Yup, you get to decide which words are unacceptable
Ooh, looks like Chief Beahen is a gift that keeps on giving.
He went with the old “Can’t yell fire in a crowded theater” defense.
“Can’t yell Trump in a crowded riot”?
Shit piss fuck cunt cocksucker motherfucker and tits.
“Tits! Such a friendly word! Sounds like a snack.
I know I know, it is. ”
Carlin ruled.
Dreadful, tinny sort of word.
Is the owner of the car a journalist? Which J-School did they go to? Which publication do they write for? My guess is that the First Amendment doesn’t apply to this person!
Lafayette PD: UL student made up story about attack, stolen hijab
This is why my attitude to reports of this type of thing consists of “video, or it didn’t happen”.
Never Trump becomes Maybe Trump in Foreign Policy Circles
Suspected Killer of 10-Year-Old Texas Girl Snatched at Church Should Have Been Deported Two Years Ago
This is why we need more “sanctuary cities”.
Rosie O’Donnell Joins New Showtime Comedy as She Mourns Donald Trump’s Win
So a win for the Canuckistanis, then?
The 54-year-old comedian has joined the cast of Showtime’s SMILF
Simpering Morons I’d Like to Forget?
Nice.
Killer Russian robot can detect a human from over four miles away before shooting them dead in an instant
Putin’s going to give Trump several for riot control.
Just a human? What about other robots?
Your tears are so yummy!
Best quote from the article:
Brazile did cut a wide enough path for Clinton to land.
which is going to cut 40 years off my life expectancy
I think that aneurysm is going to get you first there, Zach.
Do you know how hard it is to move slightly further from the water?
MN is experiencing the longest growing season on record. Weather’s fine here
It’s been pretty great in MN. I’m a little worried that climate change will make this place the new California though.
We can now grow ears on arms.
“Ah! May I have your autograft, please? I’m your biggest fan!”
I’d narrow my gaze but unlike Swissy I don’t want to develop crow’s feet
Crows’ feet are a Helvetian delicacy, it is known.
Indeed.
*narrows gaze*
Great open letter to George Takei on the LPs FB page
“When Gary Johnson, a candidate whose foreign policy literally embodies the Prime Directive, was kept hidden, why was your Twitter account silent?”
Nerds!
It’s my understanding that the Prime Directive is part of the Force. It binds us together.
Kirk ignored the prime directive at least once per episode.
Like when he recruited the Ewoks to attack the Empire?
I’m pretty sure the main point of the Prime Directive was to be broken. I think across the franchise that happened more often than it was followed.
Not surprising. Kirk liked to grab them by the pussy too. And they let him because he’s a starship captain.
It’s my understanding that the Prime Directive is part of the F****. It binds us together.
Heretic!
?Are white women really just the worst?
Viciously attacking and demeaning white men totally won them over to Hillary, so why not keep up a winning strategy?
Are white women really just the worst?
I rather like them
You and a lot of middle eastern refugees!
*rimshot*
I started my coed volleyball league this week. I forgot how many hot girls are out there.
Trump’s cabinet is already more interesting than the alt-text, and it doesn’t exist either.
That’s a future-picture of America on January 22, 2017, I think.
Hey yo, I heard Trump’s gonna bring Frasier back.
Wasn’t that implied when he said he would make America great again?
Illegals already leaving:
“Some 1.4 million illegals who followed President Obama’s request to sign up for two controversial amnesty programs could be among the first to face deportation under the new administration.”
“Secrets has already received reports that illegals are already starting to leave the country. One source said that some in Virginia left for the border on Wednesday, the day Donald Trump was declared the winner.”
http://www.washingtonexaminer……le/2607171
So they’re going to North Carolina?
As long as they stay out of Maryland and stop tekkin ar gud Merlinder jerbs!
I admit i looked at a map. Racist since that could’ve meant North. I’m not woke enough.
In what may be the single most un-self-aware entry yet….
How to Trump-Proof Your Electronic Communications
How do you do it, man? I can feel the IQ points threatening to leave my head just reading the excerpts, and yet you manage to keep derp-diving into these articles, day after day after day.
Years of forwarded conspiracy-theory emails from my aunts and uncles have toughened my senses and raised my immunity.
I posted this in the Snowden on Trump article:
One thing that doesn’t seem to be being talked about much after the election…
Many here have observed that perhaps the left’s leopards will all of a sudden change their spots regarding foreign intervention and limiting the power of the presidency after a Trump win.
Perhaps (and hopefully), the leftists will also polish off their tinfoil hats with regard to privacy, encryption, and whistleblowing when it’s Trump’s death squads that are the ones spying on them.
Would Silicon Valley be more likely to roll over and offer their collective taints to a Hillary or Trump run administration?
Considering WikiLeaks’ roll in the election, it would be absolutely delicious to see Trump offer a hat tip to Assange in some way, if possible.
Obviously less likely that Trump’ll do anything for Snowden or Manning, but perhaps the left will at least bring this shit up now.
1.4 million Obama amnesty applicants on deportation hit list
Remember to register your guns!
Remember Obama’s “bitter clingers” remark? He was talking about Pennsylvania.
“Trump’s cabinet is going to be … interesting.”
I’ve been citing a Mother Jones article around here since May–because it was all about the facts of Hillary’s corruption rather than opinions and because Mother Jones is so unabashedly progressive, no one could question the facts based on the right wing slant of their editors.
But I wouldn’t cite Mother Jones’ opinions about Donald Trump’s potential cabinet picks as evidence of anything but their progressive bias.
That is a magazine published by an organization that calls itself the Foundation for National Progress.
It’s more progressive than progressives.
That is a magazine that proudly supported both the Sandinistas and Hugo Chavez.
If you want a progressive opinion on Trump’s cabinet positions, maybe you link to Mother Jones, but I wouldn’t link to their opinions from a libertarian magazine without irony. I’m more interested in what ENB has to say about Trump’s cabinet than Mother Jones’ opinion.
They’re about as anti-libertarian as you can get without trolling libertarians like Salon would.
I’m more interested in what ENB has to say about Trump’s cabinet than Mother Jones’ opinion.
Burnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
“George Zimmerman continues to show his charm.”
Linking to The Root writing about George Zimmerman is like getting the take of Black Entertainment Television. . . . not that there’s anything wrong with that.
“Karma hasn’t caught up with George Zimmerman yet.”
“Karma” for exercising his right to self-defense?
Do we not believe in the right of self-defense if the one defending himself isn’t a cute big-eyed bunny?
?
Michigan Must Deliver Water In Flynt
The need tu hustle
I recently looked up the term “mostly peaceful” and found a lot of articles about anti-Trump demonstrations where some of the demonstrators were violent. As in blocking highways, attacking cars and businesses. The police literally reading the Riot Act.
So apparently, “mostly peaceful” means not very peaceful at all.
Then I found a couple articles which used the term “mostly peaceful” to describe US/China relations in the South China sea.
oops, posted in the wrong place
You’re killing me here Elizabeth
They need to hustle.
And trump needs to get us an edit button.
I recently looked up the term “mostly peaceful” and found a lot of articles about anti-Trump demonstrations where some of the demonstrators were violent. As in blocking highways, attacking cars and businesses. The police literally reading the Riot Act.
So apparently, “mostly peaceful” means not very peaceful at all.
Then I found a couple articles which used the term “mostly peaceful” to describe US/China relations in the South China sea.
So I mostly lurk, but I know a bunch of commenters here have prog-leaning wives/girlfriends. How do you handle it?
Mine has been despondent since the election and keeps sending me huffpo articles about how white people are saying mean things and attacking minorities. Not sure if responding to each one by texting “American Reich!” is productive.
We have an implicit agreement not to discuss her stupid politics (she might phrase that differently). There are more important things in life.
Though she did threaten the truce yesterday with something along the lines of “I just need to ask this – if Trump turns his hate on the Jews, you’ll support me, right?” (she’s Jewish). That quickly devolved into “I don’t need you to laugh at me, I just need to know”. Ivanka being Orthodox & observing the Sabbath fairly strictly was news to my girl.
I would love an agreement like this, but she vetoed it. Mentioned I thought most of these anecdotal “the racists are all coming out!” tweets huffpo has been aggregating were probably BS and got in an argument about believing without evidence.
This is my strategy as well, though it’s really an explicit one. That (the ability to avoid talking about politics constantly) was one of my larger criteria when dating.
My wife leans that way a bit, but really doesn’t like to talk about politics, unlike her sisters who have been on witch hunt since Tuesday night, determined to rid their lives once and for all of all the nasty, evil people who might not agree with them 100% on everything. If I was married to one of them, I’d be handling it with divorce, much like their previous husbands who got out while they could.
My wife used to be a prog-by-default – she wasn’t very political but picked up a lot of ideas from her artsy leftist friends simply because she wasn’t exposed to anything else and didn’t care enough to go looking.
This year, she bought a bunch of Gary Johnson yard signs and bumper stickers and tried to recruit our kid to hand out copies of the Declaration of Independence at school.
Just be patient, and when events prove you right, don’t gloat.
prog-by-default is an excellent description of my chica. Too much time on Facederp (not to mention the goddamn women’s studies degree her parents wasted money on). It’d be saying too much to even call her “political”.
A couple weeks of Lou Reed stories but Leonard Cohen isn’t even going to get a mention?
Shocking, isn’t it? I would’ve thought Cohen’s death would be the perfect opportunity for The Jacket to do some of his pop analytics shtick. Guess Cohen’s not cool enough for him.
Isn’t he on tour with Lou Reed right now? I want to go, but i don’t have the money.
Please join me in wishing Sesame Street a happy 47th birthday.
/sorry if already mentioned above
Dobryj den’!
My wife voted for Trump because she wants to see him say, “You’re fired!” to someone in government.
I crap you negative.
It’s just blowing in the wind now.
At least Trump had a reason to vote for him.
Hopefully several million of the 22 million federal employees.
Ignoring Zach’s derpiness, he’s right. The fact that he was booed and Brazille was cheered is why Team Blue will continue to fail. They do not get it.
I LOLd
I LOLD.
That’s gold.
first comment,
so, if you are on the road to 2020, wouldn’t that make you a statist.
LP response, It could be a voluntary privately funded road.
trivia: Jane Leeves was in To Live and Die in L.A.
semi-NSFW pic
Anyone else remember “Throb”? I think it was a syndication-only tv show, but that is where I first saw Jane Leeves.
She was the only reason to watch it.
Note: I had to go to imdb to figure out the name of the show.
Roz or gtfo.
Better trivia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bxoAsvhcOI
agree 100%
and what about 2018? Mid-terms, with lower voter turnout, might give Team L an easier path to pick up some seats – especially at the state and local level
sigh….
*narrows gaze*
Coward of the county.