Trump Promised Soldier's Dad $25K But Never Followed Through, Roy Moore Insists Kneeling for Anthem Against the Law, Alligators Eat Sharks: P.M. Links

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  President Trump reportedly promised the father of a soldier who was killed in Afghanistan $25,000 but never followed through.

• Attorney General Jeff Sessions testified in Congress today, insisting he was not part of the Russia "facade."
• Alabama senate candidate Roy Moore claimed it was "against the law" for NFL players to kneel during the national anthem.
• Melania Trump will donate her inaugural gown to the Smithsonian.
• The prime minister of Sweden called an explosion outside of a police station an "attack on our democracy."
• Researchers in Kansas have found alligators are eating sharks in America's rivers.

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[Fist of Etiquette]

President Trump reportedly promised the father of a soldier who was killed in Afghanistan $25,000 but never followed through.

It was a voucher for Trump University.

[Rufus The Monocled]

Hello.

/kneels.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

[Gets tricked into kneeling]

[Citizen X - #6]

You have to stop falling for that, dude.

[Domestic Dissident]

Jesus fucking Christ, some people will believe anything, no matter how absurd.

Especially when they're an Obama-worshipping registered Democrat in Philadelphia.

[Citizen X - #6]

If really stupid, nonsensical hobby horses were pizzas, Simple Mikey would have a solid half dozen pizzas that he never stops riding.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

Melania Trump will donate her inaugural gown to the Smithsonian.

I didn't think they accepted Nazi memorabilia?

[Juice]

They have all sorts of Nazi stuff. The V-2 in the A&S museum is pretty cool.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

I didn't know that, I thought it wasn't kosher to memorialize Nazi paraphernalia.

[BYODB]

It may not be kosher but it's totes halal.

[Atlas Slugged]

A&S is a good museum, especially for some of its priceless pieces. However, the USAF Museum outside of Dayton OH is MUCH larger and has an impressive WW2 collection (allies & axis). [Note: even with including the Udvar-Hazy Dulles annex, the USAF Museum is MUCH larger than A&S]. Only problem...you have to go to Dayton OH. Maybe the Jacket can meet you there, he only lives about an hour away!

[Chipper Morning, Mean Girl]

I bet that dress has seen some absurdity, if you know what I mean.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

At the very least rubbed on with tiny hands.

[Jimbo]

Monica hardest hit.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Alabama senate candidate Roy Moore claimed it was "against the law" for NFL players to kneel during the national anthem.

Well, you know, he's not an attorney.

[KBeckman]

Not a particularly good judge either.

[Chipper Morning, Mean Girl]

Not a particularly good Moore, either.

[Paloma]

Not a particularly good James Bond either

[Unicorn Abattoir]

"all other persons present should face the flag and stand at attention with their right hand over the heart, and men not in uniform, if applicable, should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart."

I'm no lawyer, but "should" and "shall" have completely different meanings.

[Palin's Buttplug]

"It's against the law, you know that?" the former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice. "It was a act of Congress that every man stand and put their hand over their heart. That's the law." He added: "If they didn't have it in there, it would just be tradition. But this is law. If we disobey this, what else are we going to disobey?"

[Citizen X - #6]

Rape apologists can cut and paste, too!

[BestUsedCarSales]

Call me old fashioned, but I think PB should apologize for all his raping.

[Palin's Buttplug]

Bitch had it coming.

[Citizen X - #6]

Well, leaning into your irredeemable dirtbag rep is one response, i guess.

[Chipper Morning, Mean Girl]

It's the only play here for all of us.

[Adam330]

Good point. Wouldn't want people to think they could violate federal court orders.

[BYODB]

I've looked at several stories, and they all assume that Moore is referring to the U.S. code that uses the word should but I'm wondering if perhaps he was talking about Alabama law? I mean, it's pretty hard to tell but I'm thinking he's really just that nuts. I can't seem to locate an Alabama statue saying it's illegal, either way.

[Don't look at me.]

Just nuts.

[BestUsedCarSales]

Certainly not a strong defense of free-speech.

[BYODB]

Definitely true. Honestly my wonder was mostly regarding if Alabama was nutty enough to actually have a statute on the books making it illegal. I wouldn't put that past Alabama.

[Adam330]

There isn't an NFL team that plays in Alabama, is there? So even if there were an Alabama law about this, besides being very unconstitutional, it wouldn't apply to any of the NFL players that are kneeling.

[BYODB]

I have no idea, the last time I watched a football game was in high school because it was mandatory. I'm a terrible Texan in that regard, and I'll admit I have absolutely no clue whatsoever about the game beyond the technical rules and the people's names that show up occasionally in the news.

There are so many much more interesting subjects that which guy on steroids can run faster than that guy who may or may not be on steroids, but is definitely on steroids.

[BestUsedCarSales]

Yeah, that's such a severe abrogation of free speech that it makes me doubt any other claims of being a constitutional conservative.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Researchers in Kansas have found alligators are eating sharks in America's rivers.

But only in Florida.

[Don't look at me.]

Paired with a nice Chardonnay of course.

[Libertarian]

I've always wondered which wine goes with manatees. They are "sea cows", so is it white for the sea part, or red for the cow part?

[Palin's Buttplug]

Alabama senate candidate Roy Moore claimed it was "against the law" for NFL players to kneel during the national anthem.

Moore meant Christian Sharia Law.

[BYODB]

Why don't you use the Christian version of Sharia law instead of equating it with Muslim Sharia Law? Is it because you can't find it, because it doesn't exist, or because you're just super lazy and intellectually bankrupt? You can also feel free to fill out the real reason under 'other' if applicable.

[Palin's Buttplug]

Actually, the Old Testament (Mosaic Law) calls for the stoning of adulterers, non-virgin females who marry, gays, etc. And the Southern US religions pretty much use the OT for their morals.

It is pretty easy to call out by name.

[BYODB]

Huh, so you're comparing anecdotal religious law that was specifically condemned by Christians over 2000 years ago to modern Muslim practices? To what end?

[Palin's Buttplug]

You've never heard of the Southern Baptist religion. They don't give a flying fuck about the New Testament but instead adhere to Mosaic Law.

[BYODB]

I taught bible study for Southern Baptists actually, and I'll admit I did not run into what you describe. Never once did I hear a pastor say that gays should be stoned, and I went to a lot more than just a few of their churches.

[Palin's Buttplug]

I grew up Southern Baptist and heard a ton of cruel beliefs. Did I ever see a stoning? No. But I did hear a lot of damnation and hatred for others. It would be difficult to call them Christian in any literal sense of the word.

[BYODB]

Ah, so you use blatant hyperbole to justify your hate on a group of people who don't share your world view. I would think that gay people wouldn't give a flying fuck about going to hell, which as far as I'm aware is the only 'punishment' for being gay to something like 95%+ of the Christian world.

That said, I would tend to agree that I have never been to a church that accurately reflects Christian values. I had my own anger with them until I recalled that humans are flawed, and churches are human, thus expecting perfect mirroring of Christianity from it's followers is a fools errand.

Obviously, the same is true of Muslims as well.

[Palin's Buttplug]

There have been hundred of crimes and murders of gays simply for being gay by so-called Christians in the last couple of decades. Matthew Shepard's murder comes to mind.

[BYODB]

Indeed, and my point was that according to the holy book of Christians is it not justified to kill gay people, or harm them in any way. It's in there, I absolutely won't deny it, but I can't think of a single modern Christian faith that follows the old testament of the bible because it requires you to ignore the New Testament.

Bizarrely, the Jews sort of follow the Old Testament and you'll note that the Jews aren't exactly known for exterminating gays either.

Of the three Abrahamic religions, Muslim's are the only remaining one that still murders gay people as a matter of course in countries where they are able to do so with impunity.

The idea that a Christian theocratic state would suddenly murder gays again isn't true even in Christian theocratic states that still exist today. That is a fact.

[Bubba Jones]

There is a stronger prohibition on remarriage in the New Testament than there is against gay marriage.

As in Jesus banned one and not the other.

[Bubba Jones]

So the real blame lies with your parents?

[Mock-star]

I could tell from the daily reports of mass adulterer stonings coming from the south.

[Bubba Jones]

I attend a southern baptist church.

You have idea wtf you are talking about.

[Juice]

"It's against the law, you know that?" Moore told the magazine. "It was a act of Congress that every man stand and put their hand over their heart. That's the law."

Someone needs to follow Roy Moore around 24/7 and play the star spangled banner on repeat.

[BestUsedCarSales]

All those saluting will be put down immediately.

[Atlas Slugged]

If I was Bill Gates rich, I'd hire a guy to do exactly this. Bravo@

[Fist of Etiquette]

The prime minister of Sweden called an explosion outside of a police station an "attack on our democracy."

And some day, if they're lucky, the bomber will go on to mentor one of their future presidents.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

The prime minister of Sweden called an explosion outside of a police station an "attack on our democracy."

What... is the last of the old kings blood looking to re-erect the throne?

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

Researchers in Kansas have found alligators are eating sharks in America's rivers.

I have a totally fresh movie idea.

[BYODB]

Does it involve Alligators in a cyclone?

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

It does now.

[Chipper Morning, Mean Girl]

I waa gonna say you can call it Crocknado, but then I realized that is an entirely different kind of horror.

[BYODB]

I was thinking they could just call it 'Alone' and market it as a Rom-Com. What could go wrong?

[BestUsedCarSales]

I'm glad that they made an Archie Comics version of that.

[BestUsedCarSales]

Though it was not as good as Archie Vs. Predator

[BYODB]

Please tell me Archie lost.

[BestUsedCarSales]

He does in fact die.

[Chipper Morning, Mean Girl]

Who won?

[BestUsedCarSales]

At the end after Archie is killed Betty goes crazy and beats the predator unconcious, then in her grief uses an alien surgery machine to make the predator look like Archie and then mind controls it.

[BestUsedCarSales]

It was amazing. It was more amazing than it sounds. Archie versus Sharknado wasn't very good though.

[BYODB]

Note to self: Archie comics are far more dark and insane than I assumed. 0.o

[BestUsedCarSales]

They've gotten weird. They're probably going to go out of business in the next few years. But Afterlife with Archie was also weird and grim. Also, had incest and Jughead is the original Zombie.

[BestUsedCarSales]

I have a weird love of Archie comics. It will be sad to see them die. But they are an awful company.

[BYODB]

No, your description of them actually makes them out to be far more awesome than I ever would have guessed.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Attorney General Jeff Sessions testified in Congress today, insisting he was not part of the Russia "facade."

If it wasn't about the marijuana, he wasn't interested.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Melania Trump will donate her inaugural gown to the Smithsonian.

An exhibit sure to draw huge crowds.

[Chipper Morning, Mean Girl]

Holy shit, it's 4:30 already?

[Fist of Etiquette]

IT WAS SEVEN MINUTES AGO.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

Nah, 3:30.

[BestUsedCarSales]

Where is Crusty?

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

Maybe his Lucy Lu bot arrived and all he wants to do is make out with it?

[Citizen X - #6]

It's busy season for chinchilla merchants.

[Chipper Morning, Mean Girl]

Staying with Citizen X, apparently. But he is not allowed to use the computer.

[BestUsedCarSales]

Would YOU let Crusty (or me for that matter) use your computer?

[Fist of Etiquette]

Banned.

[BestUsedCarSales]

Was he too much for the powers at be? They couldn't handle his power?

[Chipper Morning, Mean Girl]

Are you serious? If yes, we need more info.

[BestUsedCarSales]

I can only assume he knows the truth as Fist was confirmed to be Matt Welch years ago.

[Fist of Etiquette]

AND I'm always DEAD serious.

[Entropy Drehmaschine Void]

Where is Crusty?

On his way to Gainesville, reading Gov. Skelator's Emergency Decree very carefully.

PPPPPPPAAAAAARRRRRRTTTTTTYYYYYY!!!111!!!111!1

[Unlabelable MJGreen]

President Trump reportedly promised the father of a soldier who was killed in Afghanistan $25,000

A regular Don Draper.

[Rebel Scum]

President Trump reportedly promised the father of a soldier who was killed in Afghanistan $25,000 but never followed through.

He knew what he signed up for.

[Palin's Buttplug]

Orange Fucking Moron's "tax re-form" plan is already fucked:

Mulvaney: Tax reform likely pushed to 2018 if budget is delayed

http://thehill.com/homenews/ad.....-if-budget

Like usual he can't get the GOP together on the basics.

[Philadelphia Collins]

I love the way he makes liberal's heads explode.

[Palin's Buttplug]

I love how fucking inept he is.

I was telling someone today - as much as I hate Trump he hasn't really hurt the country yet like Dubya did with the Iraq Nation-Building $2 Trillion fiasco. Trump would fuck that up and never get off the ground then blame it on Corker in a tweet-storm.

[Juice]

he hasn't really hurt the country yet like Dubya did with the Iraq Nation-Building $2 Trillion fiasco

It's early yet. Dubya didn't really do shit except NCLB before 9/11.

[Philadelphia Collins]

The economy is doing better than Obama's 1.6% growth.

[BYODB]

Isn't that Paul Ryan's actual job, though, and not Trump's?

[Palin's Buttplug]

Well, sure. But that is like blaming Obamacare on Nancy Pelosi. Obama led it all the way.

[Juice]

Well, he was the chief cheerleader and that's about it.

[XM]

Which is why we all blame him for Obamacare. The moniker for ACA is literally "Obamacare".

[BYODB]

Not to mention, who was it again that said the line 'if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor'? I mean, I don't really blame Obama for the language in the ACA I blame Democrats. I blame Obama for being a feckless liar that cared more about his position and appearance than he did about results or principles.

[Palin's Buttplug]

90% of us kept their doctors.

The ones that didn't changed insurers.

[Philadelphia Collins]

My insurance changed. Then a chorus of liberals told me my old plan was "crappy". Fucking liars.

[Bubba Jones]

I do blame Obamacare on pelosi.

[Stormy Dragon]

Alabama senate candidate Roy Moore claimed it was "against the law" for NFL players to kneel during the national anthem.

A "constitutional conservative".

[Palin's Buttplug]

Some of the GOP apologists around here claim that Moore is a one-off exception. But in reality the GOP is chock full of these assholes.

Which reminds me, old Paul "Playboy should be banned" Broun of Georgia is about to make a comeback.

[XM]

Rick Santorum and Huckabee each count as 2000 republican members. That's the law. They're everywhere!

[Unlabelable MJGreen]

He wants to cut taxes.

[Rebel Scum]

Researchers in Kansas have found alligators are eating sharks in America's rivers.

I smell a new syfy movie series...

[Citizen X - #6]

President Trump reportedly promised the father of a soldier who was killed in Afghanistan $25,000 but never followed through.

Is... is that technically a bounty?