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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

by Darryl — Saturday, 1/9/16, 1:06 am

The 2016 Festival of Clowns:

  • Trump’s ad may be misleading.
  • What’s inside Donald Trump’s pockets?
  • Michael Brooks: It isn’t the Donald’s fault…he just repeats what other’s say.
  • David Pakman: Trump campaign in panic after disastrous campaign ad.
  • Young Turks: Trump ad cranks the stupid up to 11
  • Farron Cousins: Trump stars in ISIS recruitment video.
  • Trump: Making Al Qaeda great again.
  • Does Donald Trump’s America already exits?
  • Michael Brooks: Trump’s first ad is chocked full of Teh Crazy.
  • Young Turks: Is there anything Carson can’t lie about doing?
  • Stephen: Is this the end of Jeb!?
  • Michael Brooks: Jeb! pulls a Carson on gift from Charlton Heston.
  • Pelosi on the Ted Cruz birfer issue.
  • David Pakman: Trump finally goes birfer on Ted Cruz.
  • Trevor Noah: Birfers target Ted Cruz:

  • Young Turks: Republican Birfers question Cruz’s eligibility to be President.
  • Faux News rings in 2016.
  • Friday hot takes.
  • GOP are wrong on national security.
  • Colbert: Hungry for power games.
  • Jimmy Dore: GOP debate is a race to out-stupid each other.
  • Young Turks: Rubio takes some incoming for his high heeled boots.

Over the counter birth control is very exciting.

Late Night Democratic presidential debate.

Unclear Nuclear:

  • North Korea claims they have tested an H-bomb.
  • White House doubts N. Korea has thermonuclear weapons.
  • Maddow: North Korea nuke claims doubted, still alarming
  • Young Turks: N Korea claims H Bomb

Greenman: Exxon knew about climate change in the 1970s.

Preview: Obama’s Final State of the Union Address:

  • Dave Hawkings’ white board: State of the Union.
  • Obama previews the State of the Union address:

  • White House: 70 Straight Months of Job Growth.

Jimmy Dore: GOP vows to pursue more nightmare policies in 2016.

Mental Floss: 29 facts about dinosaurs.

Gun Violence in America:

  • Trevor Noah: President Obama targets gun violence
  • Young Turks: Obama to Anderson Cooper, “Seriously dude?”
  • Obama tears up over slain children.
  • Thom: Something strange about NRA tax filings.
  • Jimmy Dore: Obama tears up over dead kids, FAUX News attacks in ignorance.
  • Stephen: Much ado about something.
  • David Pakman: Gun nuts go crazy as Obama takes executive action on gun safety.
  • Smart gun makers hope new plan means industry growth
  • When the NRA was reasonable
  • Sam Seder: Obama’s REAL gun control plan
  • Obama: “Sense of Urgency” needed on gun violence.
  • White House: NRA RAN.
  • Jimmy Dore: The undeniable truth about guns & why it scares Obama

Ann Telnaes: White Americans are boiling mad.

Colbert: Beware of the Franken-Lincoln.

Malicious Militias:

  • Militias And The Patriot Movement: Love My Country, Hate My Government
  • Mark Fiore: The United States of Militiadom
  • Oregon Standoff: Burns gives armed occupiers an earful.
  • Sam Seder: Take-over was divinely inspired. Thanks Jesus.
  • Seth Meyers: A closer look at the Oregon militia.
  • Young Turks: How media covered Oregon militia takeover
  • Sam Seder: Lots of guns…not much food.
  • Ann Telnaes: Armed activists? Or terrorists?
  • Stephen: Oregon fail.
  • Jonathan Mann: Terrorists in Oregon:

  • Oregon standoff: What if the armed men were Muslim or Black?
  • Farron Cousins: White men with guns? Okay. Black child with toy gun? You’re dead.
  • Red State Update: Obama cries and Oregon terrorist patriots.
  • Young Turks: Twitter trolls Oregon militia.
  • Thom: Bundy boys want to take us back to the Articles of Confederation.
  • Test Tube News: Why does the government own so much land?
  • Farron Cousins: How FAUX News created the racist right wing terrorist movement

Congressional Hits and Misses of the week.

Farron Cousins: Koch brothers and ALEC team up to protect white collar criminals.

Water Emergency in Flint:

  • Lead in water in Flint Michigan.
  • Maddow: Disaster in Flint.
  • Thom: Why isn’t Gov. Rick Snyder (R-MI) in prison?
  • Republican cuts poison people.

Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.

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Drinking Liberally — Seattle

by Darryl — Tuesday, 1/5/16, 6:18 am

DLBottle

How about this for a New Year’s Resolution: Join us for drinks, laughs, and political conversation at this week’s Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally?

We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the small room at the back of the tavern. We start at 8:00pm.




Can’t make it to Seattle tonight? Check out one of the other DL meetings happening this week. The Long Beach, Tri-Cities and West Seattle chapters also meet tonight. The Lakewood chapter meets on Wednesday. And on Thursday, the Tacoma chapter meets.

There are 186 chapters of Living Liberally, including eighteen in Washington state, three in Oregon and one in Idaho. Find—or start—a chapter near you.

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Rep. Jim McDermott rumored to retire without first dying

by Darryl — Sunday, 1/3/16, 10:20 pm

Seattle’s “Congressman for Life” Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA-07) will, apparently, defy his appellation and retire from the House without first dying.

McDermott is expected to announce his retirement on Monday. If KING 5’s sources are correct, that is.

Image of Rep. Jim McDermott
The 79 year-old psychiatrist-turned-politician was first elected to the Washington state legislature, representing the 43 district, in 1970. He was elected to the U.S. House in 1988, taking office on Jan 3 of 1989.

McDermott had several causes in Congress including health care issues of all types and, generally, pissing off the Republican leadership. His battle against Newt Gingrich over Gingrich’s violation of a House Ethics committee agreement was epic (but cost McDermott a lot of money). McDermott also fought an unorthodox battle to strike the phrase “one nation under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance.

McDermott once showed up the the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally. A couple of College Republicans decided to stop by that same evening and pestered the Congressman. He largely ignored them. But, then again, he hasn’t been back.

Maybe he’ll have more time for recreational politics and beer next year.

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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

by Darryl — Friday, 1/1/16, 9:23 pm

Young Turks: Prosecutor throws case in Tamir Rice case.

Obama: What is really important in life.

Jesus was a refugee points out the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Young Turks: NSA caught spying on Congress, Israel, everyone.

The 2016 Festival of KKKrazy:

  • Ben Carson’s top campaign staffers resign.
  • Trevor does Ben
  • David Pakman: Trump spokeswoman appears on CNN wearing bullet necklace.
  • Young Turks: Trump spokesperson wears a bullet necklace.
  • Hitler hates Donald Trump.:

  • Thom: Should we blame Trump for the Christmas Mosque burning?
  • David Pakman: Trump’s massive FLIP-FLOP on wages after Sanders destroys him.
  • Young Turks: Donald Trump is the Twitter Troll-in-Chief.
  • David Pakman: Unhinged Ted Cruz supporters rival trump supporters in insanity.

Michael Brooks: Black Panther Obama?.

Thom: The big lie on the war against drugs.

Young Turks: The surprising story of the bearded woman.

Office Space: Dave Reichert’s Washington Precinct.

Watch 25 years of arctic ice disappear in one minute.

Obama: Making America safer for our children:

Young Turks: Open carry laws are not for Black people.

2015 Leftovers:

  • Congressional hits and misses: Best of 2015.
  • Mark Fiore: The year in one breath.
  • PsychoSuperMom: 2015 musical year in review.
  • David Pakman: How many people overdosed on pot in 2016?
  • Chris Hayes and friends: The power of Black Lives Matter in 2015
  • Jonathan Mann: New Years eve 2015
  • Liberal Viewer: Scariest political clip of 2015.
  • Young Turks: 2015 Turk Of The Year.
  • Why are there so many calendars?
  • Jimmy Dore: Ron Paul’s holiday wish.:

  • Strange New Year celebrations from around the world.
  • David Pakman: funniest foreign policy statement of 2015.

Thom: Should Gov. Rick Snyder (R-MI) be in jail for child abuse?

White House: West Wing Week.

Young Turks: Surprising new poll on abortion.

Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.

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HA upsets your New Year

by Darryl — Thursday, 12/31/15, 9:46 am

From Deez Nuts To Donald Trump: Goodbye 2015:

Jimmy Dore: Bill-O is intoxicated by the holidays.

Say “goodbye” to 2015 bad memories.

The most important people of 2015.

Sam Seder and Digby Year in Review: Part 1 and Part 2.

Young Turks: The real War on Christmas revealed.

Politics is a Drag: The year in politics.

Ann Telnaes: Out with the old, in with the Trump.

Mental Floss: 21 things that turned 21 this year.

Look at the bright side: When politicians made us go WTF in 2015.

Francesca Fiorentini: Resolutions to actually make America great again:

Meet the Press: Crazy year in politics.

Jimmy Dore: Jeb Bush believes in the miracle of billionaires.

The business of New Year’s resolutions.

Let’s Get Political:2015’s Top U.S. Politics Headlines.

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Drinking Liberally — Seattle

by Darryl — Tuesday, 12/29/15, 5:22 am

DLBottleLet’s bid farewell to 2015 over drinks and conversation at this week’s Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the small room at the back of the tavern. We start at 8:00pm.




Can’t make it to Seattle tonight? Check out one of the other DL meetings happening this week. Tonight the Tri-Cities chapter also meets. And next Monday, the Yakima and South Bellevue chapters meet.

There are 186 chapters of Living Liberally, including eighteen in Washington state, three in Oregon and one in Idaho. Find—or start—a chapter near you.

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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

by Darryl — Friday, 12/25/15, 6:57 pm

Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY) uses big numbers.

Obama: The top 10 things that happened in 2015:

David Pakman: Health care costs rise slowest since 1961 thanks to ObamaCare..

Minute Physics: Why December has the longest days.

Obama wins the War on Christmas™.

Maddow: Debate audiences crush records.

Thom: The Good, The Bad and the Very Very Ludibriously Ugly.

Congressional Hits and Misses: Best of the Rules Committee.

David Pakman: 2015 lies of the year.

White House: West Wing Week.

The 2016 Carnival of Crazy:

  • Thom: Republican’s obsession with strong-man leadership is un-American and un-natural
  • Sam Seder: Trump says Hillary Clinton Got ‘schlonged’ by Obama in 2008
  • Young Turks: Trump jokes about killing reporters.
  • Two guys build an asshole wall around Trump Tower
  • Sam Seder: Don’t worry…Trump comes out against killing journalists.
  • Thom: Trump supporters are building bombs?
  • David Pakman: Trump said Hillary got schlonged….
  • Young Turks: Trump says Hillary got “schlonged” by Obama in 2008.
  • Sam Seder: Donald Trump has no idea with the nuclear triad is.
  • Anne Telnaes: GOP hopes for its own Miss Universe disaster.
  • Maddow: Crass remarks from Trump are a signature style.
  • Sam Seder: Trump suggests that Hillary Clinton is disgusting for going to the bathroom
  • David Pakman: Is Ted Cruz surging or is Donald Trump running away with it?
  • Steve Kornacki: Ted Cruz will not make overturning gay marriage a priority.
  • David Pakman: Does this Ted Cruz rally creep you out?
  • Jimmy Dore: Ben Carson explains how to defeat ISIS.
  • Jimmy Dore: Ben Carson thinks carpet bombing is like saving kids from cancer
  • Sam Seder: Losing is the new winning.
  • Jimmy Dore: Jeb Bush ain’t taking shit from no one anymore.
  • Sam Seder: Jeb’s! sad, sad closing.
  • Young Turks: Down goes Lindsey Graham.
  • Jimmy Dore: Chris Christie takes bold stand for WWIII

Obamas’ Christmas address

Library of Congress highlights the first book printed in America.

Jimmy Dore: Far right kook wonders how he became so liberal:

Young Turks: Senator Cotton suggests that disability benefits lead to heroin abuse.

Maddow: Best campaign ads tell the story of U.S. politics.

White House: A historic agreement to combat climate change.

The Young Turks: Is Chick-fil-A going gay?

Stephen is ready to go to Mars.

Thom: Are the Koch prison reforms only helping executive & white collar crimes?

The FAUX News Chelsea Clinton conspiracy theory.

Twelve rejected political parody videos:

Maddow: NASA to survey belching, toxic gas leak.

Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.

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HA sullies your Christmas

by Darryl — Thursday, 12/24/15, 8:08 am

Mental Floss: 25 holiday film facts.

Mark Fiore: The Real War on Christmas.

What does Santa want for Christmas.

Young Turks: Santa Claus field trip causes controversy

The uncensored 12 Days of Christmas:

David Pakman: Some alternative Christmas carols.

A holiday message from Hillary Clinton.

What do Syrian refugees want for Christmas?

Unaired SNL Christmas with fighting siblings.

Thom: Mystery meat for the holidays?

Uncensored office Santa.

Black Santa is very in demand.

The pagan origins of Christmas:

Key of Awesome Christmas Parody Spectacular.

Young Turks: Cheesy politician Christmas cards.

Best Christmas gift ever.

Happy Holidays from Boston Dynamics.

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Drinking Liberally — Seattle

by Darryl — Tuesday, 12/22/15, 4:33 am

DLBottlePlease join us this evening for a holiday edition of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the small room at the back of the tavern. We start at 8:00pm.



Can’t make it to Seattle tonight? Check out one of the other DL meetings happening this week. Tonight the Tri-Cities chapter also meets. And the Burien chapter meets on Wednesday.

There are 186 chapters of Living Liberally, including eighteen in Washington state, three in Oregon and one in Idaho. Find—or start—a chapter near you.

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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

by Darryl — Friday, 12/18/15, 11:57 pm

Stephen: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power explains the world.

Minute Physics: The physics of car crashes.

The 2016 Krazzzy Klown Kar:

  • Red State Update watches the G.O.P. debate.
  • Young Turks: Worst line of the CNN debate?
  • David Pakman: Which 2016 candidate lies the most?
  • Friday hottakes.:

  • Jessica Williams give some G.O.P. debate pointers.
  • Young Turks: Republican candidates compare childlike ISIS “strategies.”
  • Jimmy Dore: GOP debate ignored Christian and Climate terror
  • Resolve over fear.
  • Totally weak.
  • Daily Show: Fact-checking the G.O.P. debate.
  • Still not a scientist.
  • David Pakman and Ben Dixon: Who bombed and dominated the G.O.P. debate?
  • Thom: The G.O.P.’s path to the Dark Side.
  • Maddow: Facts a low priority at Republican debate:

  • Young Turks: Republicans would target and kill families of terrorists.
  • Farron Cousins: GOP insanity is no laughing matter.
  • David Pakman and Ben Dixon: Most insane moments of the GOP debate.
  • Jimmy Dore: Rand Paul says something sane, but destroys his campaign.
  • Mark Fiore: Trumplandia.
  • Jimmy Dore: Trump gathers goons for his gestapo.
  • The G.O.P. debate summed-up.
  • Darth Trump.
  • Young Turks: Debate summary.
  • Michael Moore’s message for Donald Trump: “We are all Muslim”.
  • When someone shows you they are a Fascist….
  • Seth Meyers: G.O.P. debate wrap-up.
  • Michael Brooks: What are Trump supporters thinking?
  • G.O.P. candidates’ technology fayle.
  • Stephen totally watched the CNN G.O.P. debate.
  • Young Turk: Donald Trump’s YUGELY excellent medical report.
  • Liberal Viewer: Donald Trump supports affirmative action?
  • David Pakman with Pap: Progressives shouldn’t be afraid to call Trump a fascist.
  • Trump wants to be Preznit to finish his bucket list.
  • Trumpax: Make your vagina great again!
  • Jimmy Dore: Trump = Hitler except for one thing.
  • Stephen: Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin explains Trump’s credibility gap.
  • Maddow: Donald Trump defies decency for conspiracy fringe.
  • Did UK Prime Minister David Cameron call Donald Trump ‘stupid’?
  • Young Turks: The worst debate answer ever?
  • Sketch: Trump in the family.
  • You’re a mean one Mr. Trump:

  • Young Turks: Best line of the G.O.P. debate.
  • Ann Telnaes: Cruz or Trump, the G.O.P. loses either way.
  • Sam Seder: Cruz disgusted by suppression of Islamaphobia and paranoia.
  • #CruzYourOwnAdventure: Ted Cruz Genetic Secret Exposed.
  • Jimmy Dore: Ted Cruz out-weirds everyone during National Anthem.
  • Young Turks: FAUX News savages Ted Cruz over immigration.
  • Jimmy Dore: Ted Cruz dog whistles racism using FDR.
  • Farron Cousins: Ted Cruz would nuke the Middle East.
  • The many faces of Ted Cruz.
  • Jimmy Dore: Ted Cruz promises to carpet war crime the Middle East
  • Ann Telnaes: Ted Cruz, carpet bomber-in-chief.
  • Young Turks: What was Jeb! doing during the debate?
  • Jimmy Dore: Jeb! stands up to Donald Trump.
  • Mike Huckabee tells youth to get off their butts and fight ISIS.
  • Sam Seder: Ben Carson’s bizarre analogy between carpet bombing and brain surgery.
  • Richard Fowler: Ben Carson hates transgender people.
  • Michael Brooks: Ben Carson does a perfect impression of an incoherent Ben Carson.
  • Young Turks: Biggest loser of the debate was Rubio.
  • Mike Papantonio and Farron Cousins: No, Marco Rubio is not surging; stop pretending he’s “a thing”.
  • Jimmy Dore: Chris Christie embraces fear itself.

David Hawkings’ Whiteboard: 2016 Calendar.

Phillip Chang comedy: It ain’t easy being Asian-American.

Mental Floss: Misconceptions about holidays.

Farron Cousins and Howard Nations: Koch brothers attempt to infiltrate progressive organizations.

Young Turks: Judge swears in on Koran to “conservative” outrage.

Climate Summit:

  • Seth Meyers: A closer look at the Paris climate change pact.
  • Sam Seder with Ben Adler: What the Paris climate deal means.
  • Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) celebrates climate deal.
  • Mike Papantonio and Farron Cousins: Ted Cruz finds someone dumber than himself to deny climate change.
  • David Pakman: Paris climate deal reached with huge non-binding goals.
  • Stephen: Whoo! The world will stay hospitable for human life!.
  • Thom: What is next for climate activist?
  • Pap and Ferron Cousins: Sociopath Karl Rove perfectly exemplifies Republican selfishness.

Stephen: Walk like a Putin.

Maddow: Anti-Muslim attacks in U.S. more than double.

Thom: Time to cure 21st century America of its original sin and prosecute Bush, Cheney, & Co.

Adam Ruins Everything: The reason we thing vitamin supplements are good for us.

Thom: The Good, The Bad & The Very Very Clinquantly Ugly!

Merry War On Christmas:

  • Trevor Noah & friends: War on zombie Christmas.
  • Kids perform an accurate nativity scene.
  • Holiday gifts nobody wants.
  • Sam Seder: War on Christmas™ update.
  • John Oliver: Regifting.
  • David Pakman: It’s “Merry Christmas” so fuck off.
  • 360 holiday tour of the White House.
  • PsychoSuperMom: Jew-In-A-Gentile-World-Blues.

Young Turks: Congressman pranked by C-SPAN Caller.

Jimmy Dore: Your fear is being used against you.

Stephen: Creepy advertisements.

White House: West Wing Week.

Sydney Robinson: Baby boomers brought us this Republican creep show.

David Pakman: The disastrous impact of income & wealth inequality.

Non-Shutdown Accomplished:

  • Young Turks: Bipartisan budget agreement gives more to the rich.
  • Some thing in the new spending bill.

Thom: The Good, The Bad and The Very, Very Orecticly Ugly!.

Songify the News: The Fish Awakens:

Congressional hits and misses of the week.

Maddow: New clues about mysterious buyer of Nevada’s largest newspaper.

Adam Ruins Everything: Why orange juice is so unnatural.

Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.

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Donald Trump for President…

by Darryl — Wednesday, 12/16/15, 10:30 am

For months now, pundits have been trying to explain Donald Trump.

“He’s not serious,” we heard in the early days of the campaign.

“He’s a Clinton plant,” some right-wing insiders have declared.

Following his “ban Muslims from entering the U.S.” statement, some have claimed Trump is trying to stir up feelings of oppression among one fifth of the world’s population in order to catalyze world-wide Islamic jihad.

The Truth is out there…and Jeb!™ knows the truth. During last night’s G.O.P. debate, he made a startling revelation:

So Donald, you know, is great at the one-liners, but he’s a KAOS candidate, and he’d be a KAOS President.

That explains it! It all makes sense now: totally serious, not a Clinton plant, not a jihad-enabler.

Image of Trump as President of KAOS

President of KAOS

Trump is running for President of KAOS. It all makes sense now.

Donald Trump for President…of KAOS!

Mr. Trump would totally be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency of KAOS.

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G.O.P. Debate Open Thread

by Darryl — Tuesday, 12/15/15, 4:35 pm

The debate should start at 5:30. I’ll be at Drinking Liberally and live-blogging the event (internet bandwidth permitting).

To get this thread started, here is an interesting video that was released today:

Does this provide any insights about one particular G.O.P. candidate’s (1) truthfulness, (2) great memory, (3) campaign substance?

5:10: The kiddie debate is over. Caught the closing statements. Sen. Man-on-dog wins just because he had such an upbeat way of talking about death.

Oh lord. That was the kiddie debate. What fresh hell is the grown-up freak show going to bring?

— digby (@digby56) December 16, 2015

Santorum, a Catholic, outraged that children are coming to US in desperation. #NoRoomAtTheInn #NoRoomInTheStableEither #MerryChristmas

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) December 16, 2015

5:25: What the fuck, CNN? “Trump arrives at debate” isn’t fucking news.

5:33: Someone named “Rinse Prius” or something is giving some bullshit talk. He sounds like a used car salesman.

5:36: Is Donald Trump holding up the show? Holy fuck…start without him!

Jeb Bush is trying to smile like a human being backstage. This could be his night!

— Civic Skunk Works (@civicskunkworks) December 16, 2015

5:43: Rand Paul has morphed into Ron Paul: Unelectable oddball.

5:44: Red ties are in.

5:46: Again?!? Seriously? The national anthem? This debate better involve some sort of physical test of skill!

5:48: Did Paul just say the Constitution is wrong?

5:52: Hey, Chris Christie, those LA father’s are probably thankful they aren’t crossing a bridge in NJ!

5:55: Jeb Bush: “I’ll keep our country safe, secure, and free”…just like my Brother did.

5:58: Carson pauses for a moment of silence. Don’t be fooled…he just REALLY needed to close his eyes.

6:02: Jeb: “Trump would be a Kaos president.” Get Smart!

6:05: Cruz is a one issue candidate tonight: “Obama won’t say ‘radical Islamic Terrorism’, so vote for me.

6:08: Is Christie wearing a “junk” pin on his lapel?

#ChrisChristie is looking into the camera to try to make us believe him. #NotWorking #GOPDebate

— GottaLaff (@GottaLaff) December 16, 2015

Pretty sure Cruz taking that sip of water was a Rubio taunt. #GOPDebate

— Michael Maddux (@michaeljmaddux) December 16, 2015

.@MarcoRubio voted for unconstitutional mass surveillance of innocent Americans, which hasn't identified a single tangible threat #GOPDebate

— TimKarr (@TimKarr) December 16, 2015

6:20: Christie needs to make an executive decision to straighten his tie.

6:22: Carson bails on a question…and looks really bad doing it. Wow.

To Carson: Who was right on last debate question? Carson: Sorry, I wasn’t listening.

— Samuel Minter (@abulsme) December 16, 2015

6:26: Fiorina throws around “CEO” as if Americans have a positive association with the term.

Trump has a Ted Stevens-level grasp of the internet
/p>— Joshua Green (@JoshuaGreen) December 16, 2015

It would have been awesome if Trump has called it the intertube

— Taegan Goddard (@politicalwire) December 16, 2015

6:36: Aaaaaaahhhh…a Muslimey looking questioner! Everyone duck under your podiums!!! (podia?)

6:39: Actually, Donald, Bush seems a little more energetic than you do this evening….

Jeb Bush: "Donald, you're not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency." Boom!

— Jim Brunner (@Jim_Brunner) December 16, 2015

Bush's "attack Trump" policy is four months out of date.

— Civic Skunk Works (@civicskunkworks) December 16, 2015

Carson: “Death by a thousand pricks” – sounds like a description of this debate

— Samuel Minter (@abulsme) December 16, 2015

Anyone who lets Ben Carson perform brain surgery on them after this debacle is crazy.

— Murtaza Hussain (@MazMHussain) December 16, 2015

7:08: This debate has become exceptionally empty and repetitive.

7:11: “Punch Russia in ‘The Nose'” Nikolai Gogol smiled.

7:12: Earth to Fiorina: The withdrawal from Iraq was Bush’s doing.

In a fairly deep level of hell, you hear GOP presidential candidates swaggering around talking & acting tough on an infinite loop.

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) December 16, 2015

By my count, so far nothing Carly F has said is true.

— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) December 16, 2015

7:19: Trump hurt himself with his juvenile “tough guy” insults to Jeb and then talking poll numbers. He should save that crap for campaign events.

"We do need more fencing" will be a great line for Jeb Bush's Home Depot ad after he drops out of the race in February.

— Civic Skunk Works (@civicskunkworks) December 16, 2015

7:32: Donald Trump. A totally low energy debater. Low ENERGY. Am I right?

7:37: Kasich says stuff that doesn’t sound extreme. But doesn’t really say anything at all.

7:45: As President, Dr. Carson could do brain surgery on “unstable” Kim Jong Un

7:45: Carson memorized a bunch of military stuff!

#Zing! RT @SarahWoodwriter Fiorina knows a thing or two about China, after all, that's where she sent all the HP jobs. #GOPDebate

— Left Out Loud (@LeftOutLoud) December 16, 2015

7:47: Ummm…Jeb Bush used a private email server while Gubernator of FL.

Ted Cruz has a strategy for propagating tautologies by saying he would definitively do what he says he intends to do. #GOPDebate

— Greg Greene (@ggreeneva) December 16, 2015

7:55: At this point Carson seems almost incapable of speaking…

One of you being elected is the biggest threat to our national security. #GOPDebate

— Lizz Winstead (@lizzwinstead) December 16, 2015

.@tedcruz wants to keep our children safe. Who kept the children of #SandyHook safe? #GOPDebate

— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) December 16, 2015

8:03: Jeb bush stumbles his way through his closing comments. He was doing okish until then.

8:04: Rubio: “Now millions of Americans feel left behind”…like most Muslim Americans?

8:05: Carson’s “exceptionalism” closing statement makes him sound like he munched on lead paint chips as a lad.

Wrap-up. Another retched debate. My complaints is that WAAAAYYYYYY too much time was spent on security and terrorism. Fact is…foreign terrorism is a pretty minor threat in the U.S. Domestic terrorism is a much bigger threat, but no real discussion of that. That’s because IT DOESN’T SCARE VOTERS enough. I missed a chunk of the debate, but I didn’t hear anything about climate change, the environment, air polution, the economy, health care, domestic infrastructure, gun safety, white collar & Wall Street crime, higher education, primary education, mass transit & reducing traffic congestion, tax relief for the poor, reducing income inequality, energy independence, credit card fraud, etc., etc. These are issues that affect Americans every single day. And there was nothing.

These guys are in a political campaign bubble, and completely out of touch with the real America. But they got that fear thing going….

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Drinking Liberally — Seattle

by Darryl — Tuesday, 12/15/15, 2:58 am

DLBottle

It’s always fun when debates happen to fall on a Tuesday. And it’s happened once again—CNN will host a G.O.P. debate tonight. So please join us this evening for a special debate watching edition of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the small room at the back of the tavern. Our normal starting time is 8:00pm, but this week we will start at 5:30pm for the debate.

Note: We’ll have sound and video for the debate. But the pub has other customers, so the sound may not be as loud as you want, especially with the background noises of a busy tavern and peripheral conversations. If you are intent on hearing every word, I recommend you bring stuff to stream the audio. The pub has free wifi.




Can’t make it to Seattle tonight? Check out one of the other DL meetings happening this week. Tonight the Tri-Cities, Vancouver, WA, and Shelton chapters also meet. The Lakewood meets on Wednesday. On Thursday, the Tacoma chapter meets. And next Monday, the Aberdeen and Yakima chapters meet.

There are 186 chapters of Living Liberally, including eighteen in Washington state, three in Oregon and one in Idaho. Find—or start—a chapter near you.

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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

by Darryl — Friday, 12/11/15, 11:53 pm

Judge not lest ye be judged: the quiz game.

City Hall Drama: Nick Licata battles Kshama Sawant aid Clay Showalter.

Jimmy Dore: Erick Erickson trashes his own mom to defend his racist lie Part I and Part II.

The Koch Brother’s Climate change deniers’ anthem.

Lee Camp: The truth about being a drone pilot.

Mental Floss: 25 facts about the science of music.

Islamophobia: Woman yells at and hits Muslim praying in California park.

The 2016 Clown Convention:

  • The 2016 Republican field: Extreme across the board
  • Trevor: Awkward moments at the Republican Jewish Coalition Forum
  • David Pakman: Republicans panic…will Romney save the day?
  • Harry Reid: “Trump’s just saying out loud what other Republicans merely suggest.”
  • Sam Seder: Trump, “We have no choice” but to be insane bigots.
  • Stephen: A tahini bit of perspective on politics:

  • Lawrence O’Donnell: Republicans slam Trump.
  • Meet the Trumps.
  • Jimmy Dore: Trumpism is fascism & his supporters couldn’t be happier (Part 1)
  • Jimmy Dore: Trumpism is fascism & his supporters couldn’t be happier (Part 2)
  • Maddow: G.O.P. is too frightened of Trump 3rd party run to confront him.
  • Sam Seder: Philly Mayor says about Trump, “He’s an Asshole”
  • Pap: Trump is the new ugly face of the Republican party.
  • Donald Trump sings “White Christmas”
  • Young Turks: Bald eagle is not a Trump fan.
  • David Pakman: How Trump would run as an independent.
  • Richard Fowler: Donald Trump elevates the Republican party to America’s largest hate group.
  • Sam Seder: Trump knows all the cool Jewish jokes.
  • Maddow: Trump message plays into hands of ISIS recruitment
  • Mark Fiore: Trump recruitment and retention.
  • Young Turks: G.O.P. may be planning a coup if Trump wins.
  • Everyone agrees that Trump’s Muslim ban “idea” is the worst
  • Sam Seder: Republican fearmongering has come to its natural conclusion…Donald Trump
  • Trump’s “Celebrity Apprentice”: Vice Presidential.
  • Young Turks: Trump suggests his Muslim ban is “not about religion.”
  • Sen. Jeff Merkley slams Trump over proposal to ban Muslims entering U.S.
  • Matthew Filipowicz: How Donald Trump plans to “take out” more than just families of terrorists
  • Young Turks: Trump Spox, “So what? They’re Muslim.”
  • David Pakman: Trump Spox, “So what? They’re Muslim.
  • Larry Wilmore: The Donald isn’t funny anymore.
  • Watch “Person of the year” nominee Donald Trump cower in fear of an American Eagle.
  • Republicans weren’t always Islamophobes
  • Seth Meyers: A closer look at Trump’s plan to ban Muslims
  • Sam Seder: The G.O.P. prefers a War of Civilizations to gun control.
  • Trump’s Muslim ban idea has some strong reactions
  • Jimmy Dore chats with Jeb Bush on “women stuff”.
  • Pap and Farron Cousins: Ted Cruz’s latest ad is a substitute for his missing masculinity
  • #CruzYourOwnAdventure: Portrait of a Serial Killer Ted Cruz
  • Jimmy Dore: Ted Cruz smears Democrats with “violent criminals” lie
  • Young Turks: Ted Cruz doesn’t trust Trump’s finger on the button.
  • #CruzYourOwnAdventure: Genetic Experiment
  • Pap and Farron Cousins: Ted Cruz just cannot stop lying.
  • Jimmy Dore: Ted Cruz gets big laughs with his contraception comedy
  • Young Turks: Carly Fiorina grilled on her constant Planned Parenthood lies and rhetoric

Stephen helps the cause of free speech in Turkey.

Harry Reid blasts Justice Scalia’s racist remark.

KPLU: A preview of the Inslee–Bryant gubernatorial race.

Jimmy Dore: What could Obama possibly say to appease the Republicans?

VSauce: Supertasks.

For the First Responders:

  • Jon crashes Stephen’s monologue.
  • Jon returns to the daily show to scold Congress over 9/11 first responders.

White House: West Wing Week.

Jimmy Dore: Jokes of the Week.

Pap and Farron Cousins: Congress critters own stock in the pharma companies that they (de)regulate.

David Pakman: Could a guaranteed basic income work?

Sam Seder: GOP terrifies people then argues policy should be formed around ‘feelings’.

How I feel right now as a Muslim in America.

The Week in Gunz:

  • Colbert makes the case for gun controls.
  • Mock mass shooting planned by gun advocates in Texas
  • The Yelling Man takes on guns.
  • Daily Show: Good guy with a gun.

  • Democrats blast inaction on gun control with silent speech.
  • GunTV coming to a cable TV channel near you.
  • Jimmy Dore: Want sane gun laws like universal background checks? Then you are just like most NRA members.
  • Biggest driver of gun sales? Barack Obama.
  • Sam Seder: FAUX News wants kids to attach active shooters.
  • Young Turks: FAUX News faceplant…Hey, kids, attach shooters.

Rent-An-Endorsement : hooks politicians up with celebrities!.

Congressional Hits and Misses of the week.

Jimmy Dore: Dick Cheney predicted the quagmire he later created.

Jay Pharoah and Michelle Obama: Go To College Music Video.

Sens. Al Franken and John McCain do some trash talkin’:

Mental Floss: Does cracking your knuckles cause arthritis?

Friday hot takes.

Seth Meyers does Hillary:

  • Part I: On Donald Trump
  • Part II: Gun control
  • Part III: Why Bill will make a great first gentleman
  • Part IV: Bill’s mission to North Korea

Stephen: How to defeat ISIS.

Pap and Farron Cousins: Texas is trying to redefine “personhood” to keep Blacks and Hispanics from voting

Jimmy Dore chats with John Boehner on life after Congress.

Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.

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Chaos in the G.O.P.

by Darryl — Friday, 12/11/15, 4:09 pm

Throughout the 2012 presidential campaign season, I thought the G.O.P. primary was about as crazy as it could be. I mean, what can be crazier than a field that included Michele “HPV vaccine-retarded” Bachmann, Herman “9-9-9” Cain, Rick “Oops” Perry, Newt “Poor kids as school janitors” Gingrich, Rick “Ewwww” Santorum , and crazy ol’ Ron “Social Security is unconstitutional” Paul?

Boy…did I underestimate Republicans, and their God-given talents to indulge in The Crazy.

Trump in charge
I won’t rehash The Crazy to date—there’s been just too much. This week, though, The Crazy seems to have reached some kind of boiling point after Donald Trump proposed banning Muslims from entering the U.S. Since then, he has doubled down, and even had a spokesperson callously state, on national TV, “So what? They’re Muslim.” This arguably isn’t his craziest, his most racist or even his most outrageously unconstitutional proposal. But it combines elements of crazy, racist, and unconstitutional, and distills them down to a pseudo-policy proposal that is easy to understand. It’s done two things.

First, it has “legitimized” open expression of bigotry and racism for a big chunk of the G.O.P. Trump has “let down” the dog whistle and made it okay for many Republicans to unleash their inner-racist at full volume. Even Sen. Lindsey Graham admits that about 40% of the G.O.P. are racist. Trump’s liberation of closet racists in the G.O.P. has actually helped his poll numbers in some early primary states, and he maintains a sizable lead in the first national poll taken since the policy was announced.

Second, it has created a sense of panic among the G.O.P. establishment over a “nightmare scenario” of Trump or Cruz. Trump would, apparently, end the G.O.P. as we know it. So in the past 24 hours, there have been reports that the G.O.P. leadership is making contingency plans for a brokered convention. This has further fueled speculation that there is a secret plan to nominate Mitt Romney. Ben Carson is so outraged (and has so misunderstood the brokered convention plans), that he is threatening to leave the G.O.P. Crazy.

And a Trump supporter speaks. https://t.co/HE6kvaEjU1

— deray mckesson (@deray) December 10, 2015


[I mean, things have gotten so freaking crazy that Sen. Ted Cruz has taken one last swallow, gotten off his knees and boldly (well…in a private meeting) questions Trump’s judgment. Trump, in turn, dares and then double-dares Cruz to take his best shot and orders him back to his knees.]

The Crazy has been working well for Trump (and Cruz and Carson to a lesser extent) in the primary. As a general election strategy, peddling fear and bigotry seems like a sure-losing strategy. It will take boatloads of money to help American’s forget this crazy primary before November. And even that may not be enough.

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