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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Young Turks: Arizona’s fascist attempt to ban protests.

PsychoSuperMom: Hypocrisy, thy name is G.O.P..

Stephen: Senators Kid Rock and The Nuge

Young Turks: Bad news for Gov. Failed-trickle-downer.

President “Enemy of the People”:

Late Show: No ObamaCare, no problem–try these GOP home remedies.

Young Turks: Statue of Liberty gets a sweet new sign.

Mental Floss: 28 facts about internet sensations

Stephen: Advice for avoiding campaign scandals–get it out there.

G.O.P. Snowflakes Find Now Town Hall Safe Spaces:

Jordan Peele revives his Obama impression.

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

Comments

  1. 1

    I remember the raucous town halls 7 years ago. This time seems different, maybe it’s the real people who will be affected by the repeal.

    As for the criticism of the media by the White House, we have a free press, but their always has been some partisan bias, especially print journalism. Papers with Democrat and Republican in them.

  3. 3

    1 – You must work the graveyard shift – your posts are always done in the early, early morning.

  4. 4

    When is arson not arson and more like terrorism?

    When Mosques are being burned. (Or Jewish cemeteries are vandalized, or people shot up in a Christian church).

    Roger posted yesterday that the First Terrorist attack occurred in Kansas. I beg to differ they started with all the burning and acts of vandalism.

    The new America – be Proud – Salute those Stars and Stripes.

    LONG LIVE IRELAND – THE TRUE HOME OF THE FREE AND THE BRAVE.

  5. 5

    Boob posted yesterday about Christ divorcing calling out his fakeness.

    Boob – news for you – anything a Repuke is fake (comes down to the almighty $$). Fake Patriotism, Fake Freedom, Fake Compassion, Fake Businessman, Fake Freedom (worth repeating more than two or three times), so Fake Freedom, Fake Morals, Fake Integrity, Fake Ethics. Fake concern of Corruption, Fake concern of Deficits. And Fake Freedom. Bunch of frauds and sideways talking assholes like Abigail Adams.

    Fucking big fakes, each and everyone of them.

  6. 6

    Boob – we get it you are upset with America and Drumpf…but don’t take it out on Liberals – you built it…..so, go grab another bottle and drink till you pass out.

  7. 7

    Posted yesterday by Thomas Jefferson

    “If Trump moves against recreational cannabis, it’s an attack on individual liberty.

    He should take into account the millions of willingly-paid taxes recreational cannabis has produced.

    It’s simply a matter of individual liberty versus the draconian view of a bunch of religious zealots.”

    Oh really…..tell you what two people of same sex can’t marry and have the same rights that come along with heteros married? Oh well, I guess I can’t support your pot smoking, then.

    America is not free until all is free

    LONG LIVE IRELAND – TRUE HOME OF THE FREEEEEEEEEE AND THE BRAVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

  8. 8

    “Boob”

    Add it up. The traitor has posted thousands of pro-Putin hashtags and not one word criticizing Russia.

  9. 9

    PissCan,

    Thanks for re-posting my comments from yesterday. Actually, I don’t care about same-sex marriage and voted FOR the initiative several years ago. It seemed like the right thing to do. It does not bother me in the least who anyone else weds.

    What’s with this business about Ireland?

  10. 10

    @9 my post wasn’t about acidsingg you per say of being against same sex Marriage. It was more to be intended to point out how individuals, even those that are not opposed to it, haven’t spoken up about it, like you did with the pot post, and stay silent, leaving it to just the gay people to defend.

    Point being defending freedom isn’t about defending what I personally want to be free, and care less about what I don’t care about.

    Prior to the election I saw an interview on tv where a staunch female republican said she couldn’t support Drumpf because of his mimick of the journalist, because she has s mentally challenged son and was offered. Well I thought that was offensive in itself. She wasn’t offended by every other offensive thing Drumpf has done? I don’t have a son like hers, so I guess I didn’t have to be offended by Drumpf? Complete bullshit on her part. What a little snowflake. I’d write more but on my iPhone.

    As far as Ireland. Ireland passed by majority vote same sex. Ireland of all places.

    LONG LIVE IRELAND! No fake people they like here.

  11. 11

    Lots of interesting news around concerning ICE raids. Quietly many government agencies and large and mid-sized employers are seeking specific legal advice in order to formulate governing policy surrounding such enforcement actions.

    So far it appears that the majority of these enforcement actions are initiated based on tips to the ICE tip line. Information available is too sketchy right now to determine if LE are obtaining warrants before carrying out enforcement actions. And if they are, time will tell if the warrant information is sufficient to enter a workplace and basically go fishing. Employers may be liable if their actions can be shown to have violated employee rights and/or terms of CBAs. Of course some of this is politically motivated. Some employers and some agencies wish to project a certain public image.

    One of the key issues will concern ICE Administrative Removal Orders. These are orders issued by an agency official. The are not warrants issued upon oath or affirmation of facts submitted to an independent judicial authority. They have very specific limits. First and foremost they must specifiy the target of the removal order by full legal name. Secondly, and perhaps of greater importance to many employers is that ICE Administrative Removal Orders do not convey authority to enter non-public spaces in order to carry out the order. Many of the enforcement actions being undertaken right now may be supported by nothing more than an ICE Administrative Removal Order. Employers and public agencies (and of course private citizens) have the legal right to refuse access to non-public spaces when presented with such an order.

  14. 14

    So, The Wisdom of PissCan and Dipshit are the same person.

    I have my interests and you (and your multiple personalities) have yours.

  15. 15

    Part 1 of 2 posts

    @14 that’s the problem and my point. We all have special interests and if we only concern ourselves with our own special interests then we don’t get along, like we aren’t getting along. Not sure what your political leaning is, and I don’t think you are a Republican but who knows. Is in Republicans that always cry about the special interests? Shouldn’t people stand up for principle and not just what their interests are? I’m sure you feel all your interests are valid interests, because they are your interests. And maybe you fell that other non interests are also valid, but you should be vocal when others are wrong or in non support for whatever reasons, when it basically comes down to what you wrote.

    “…. it’s an attack on individual liberty…….It’s simply a matter of individual liberty versus the draconian view of a bunch of religious zealots.”

    Shouldn’t people speaking up about the basic principle of what you wrote, not the little special interest?

    My 53 year old brother smokes pot (I smoke in College years – the shit never agreed with me, but if it did I could imagine that it would be fun to continue), he stopped when his first kid was born, about 7 years ago. Had kids late in life, with his second wife. He has two great kids. His other son is almost 2 now. But he’s started up again recently (he vapes). Not sure the logic – that he quit for the birth of the first son, but now he started up again even though he has a newborn son of 1 1/4 years old.

    But anyways – I think he voted for Drumpf. I’ve never asked him and I really don’t care to a great extent (he’s made two comments to lead me to believe that he did). I don’t even know how he is registered – not my business really. But the last comment that he made (not really a comment) most recently leads to me to believe that he did or at least supports Drumpf in one particular issue that I will get to later.

    My Brother, I quess you can call him a hippee, was a big Greatfull Dead fan. He followed the band all over creation. I think he did more than just smoke pot.

    He is very talented – he went to a 2 year school that taught fine woodworking with all hand tools (very limited mechanical means to work – I think maybe just a datto machine for dovetail joints). He can build any type of furniture that would sell for thousands. But there is not much of a market I quess, because he doesn’t. He’s worked in several celebrity homes building and installing Libraries and Mantle Pieces and stairways. He would travel 2 hours to NYC from a neighboring state. He thinks plastic laminate is junk and will not work with it, even if he starves.

    Well, when the economy got bad (part of the reason) he got laid off. Without going into a lot of detail.

    He’s been on unemployment on many occasions. He didn’t take some jobs because of the dislike of plastic laminate (wasn’t good enough for him).

    He own’s guns. Even when collecting unemployment himself he complained of people on welfare not working and costing taxpayers money. I’m sure there is more that I could say that would make you think he’s 100% Republican but he really isn’t. He doesn’t talk at all about politics. He currently works as a State employee (not sure – but I think in a Union), and he complains about waste and other employees that don’t work hard, when he himself is a bit lazy.

    He doesn’t hunt, but he loves to fish.

    Anyways, my brother knows I am gay and could care less. Actually our relationship has gotten better over the last 10 years after him knowing that I am gay. I could go on but I don’t have much more time.

    Actually, looking at the clock I have to get going now….

    Part II to follow…. later when I return home.

  16. 16

    (((Goldy))) @GoldyHA
    Westneat’s opining is context free. Nothing about levy expirations. Nothing about funding cycles. Nothing about actual tax “burden.”
    4h

    I guess you must have shamed him into editing this in, then:

    Only one public official is fretting it might all pop. The new King County assessor, John Wilson, has been saying that “skyrocketing” tax bills are helping drive some people of modest means out of town.
    Last year, after property tax bills went up an average of 15 percent in the city — which was $600 on the median bill — Wilson suggested it couldn’t last.
    He warned: “At some point, are we placing at risk one or more critical public services by a levy failure because we asked once too often.”

    There’s even a link, to this:

    Skyrocketing property taxes threaten stability

    http://www.kingcounty.gov/dept.....ility.aspx

    Ah, but what does he know. It’s not like he’s ever been paid to shill by a billionaire.

  17. 17

    New DNC head honcho says Dems face a crisis of relevance.

    Hell, I could have told y’all that last year, back when it was such a tough decision between a septuagenarian socialist and a corrupt woman who made crawl the skin of far too many of her own party.

    He also said Dems face a crisis of confidence.

    He should have said Dems face a crisis of competence.

  18. 18

    Meet the new boss.
    Same as the old boss.

    WikiLeaksVerified account
    ‏@wikileaks

    New #DNCChair Tom Perez: 18 Podesta Emails show him working for Hillary Clinton against Bernie Sanders

    https://search.wikileaks.org/?query=tomperez1&exact_phrase=&any_of=&exclude_words=&document_date_start=&document_date_end=&released_date_start=&released_date_end=&new_search=True&order_by=most_relevant#results …

    12:55 PM – 25 Feb 2017

    Like I said: He shoulda mentioned the crisis of competence.

  19. 19

    Aw, c’mon, BernieBros.

    I hear once the sphincter gets stretched out during the primaries of 2016, there’s no reason to feel the same way the second time.

    Jennifer Epstein ✔ @jeneps
    Chants of “party of the people not big money!” continued as Brazile and others tried to quiet down Ellison supporters
    12:24 PM – 25 Feb 2017

    Anyone else looking forward to the 2020 DNC presidential debates?

  20. 20

    As you BernieBros prepare to swallow the DNC crap sandwich you were served today, it may be calming to recall this throne-sniffing tweet provided you the last time you were served by the Democrat Diner:

    Goldy @GoldyHA
    I’m a big lefty too, but Jesus Christ, Twitter friends, Hillary is the nominee! Push her on policy, but stop attacking her credibility.
    27 May

    Shut up and fall in, motherfuckers.

  21. 21

    I believe him. DWS and Brazile were pretty fucking scary when they ran the shit show.

    (((Goldy))) Retweeted
    Tom Perez ✔ @TomPerez
    Call me Tom. And don’t get too happy. @keithellison and I, and Democrats united across the country, will be your worst nightmare.
    1h

  22. 22

    Heh. Now that boob has finished boring us to tears, there’s the babbling buttwipe to laugh at as it comes out of its cage..

    Sun sets at 5:49 pm..

  23. 23

    The loon hasn’t been heard from since he ripped off nine head explosions in row. Must still be looking for pieces of his skull.

  24. 24

    I find myself skipping over a lot of Boob’s posts now, as I do (or did – since he has been around for a while) Puffballs posts.

  25. 25

    Part 2 of 2

    So where was I – so recently, just before Drumpf took action on the transgender, my brother likes something on facebook, a Breibart article on the pre announcement that Drumpf will reverse Obama’s protection on the Transgender.

    And this surprised me – that’s what leads me to believe big brother voted for this idiot. So I just have to wonder – the odds are very slim, but I wonder how my brother will feel if 10-15 years from now he finds out that one of his sons feels like he would be more comfortable as the opposite sex. Will he, like the Republican woman who couldn’t vote for Drumpf because she had a mentally challenged son (let’s not be politically correct and just call the kid a retard) will he feel differently then?

    I am not Transgender – so why should I care about the Transgender.
    I have no kids – so why should I care about the future of this Country (Global Warming or Education).
    I don’t own a gun – so why should I care about whether gun ownership is outlawed.
    I’m not black – so why should I care about racism.
    I’m not an immigrant – so why should I care about immigrants.
    I’m not Jewish – why should I care about Jews.
    I’m don’t practice any religion (but I’m not an Atheist either) – so why should I care about religion
    I’m not a woman – why should I care about abortion being outlawed.
    etc., etc., etc.

    Oh but I’m gay – so the only thing I care about should be keeping same sex marriage legal. Well that very well isn’t going to be the case if I care less about everything else above.

    The underlying theme is what you said

    “…. it’s an attack on individual liberty…….It’s simply a matter of individual liberty…”

    and if that thinking is not applied to every issue, than how can I expect it to be applied to my special interest of being able to have equality and be able to marry who I wish, if I ever decide to marry?

    And if we don’t apply it that way then I could give two shits if they make pot legal or illegal. I’ll actually go out of my way, just for the fuck of it, to say it should be illegal for the fun of it. And even tell my brother that hopefully Drumpf goes after pot smokers and heavily fines them (all of them including him) or even put him in jail. Nice guy I am – right.

    LONG LIVE IRELAND! TRUE HOME OF THE FREE AND THE BRAVE.

  27. 27

    This Navy Seal died for Trump’s ego.

    “‘I want an investigation’: Father of slain SEAL blames Trump’s carelessness and ego for son’s death”

    “Although U.S. military officials told The New York Times that “everything went wrong” during the mission, the Trump administration has called the operation a success.”

    http://www.rawstory.com/2017/0.....ons-death/

  28. 28

    I’m sure that there is a massive difference between what Mitch McConnell, then Senate Minority Leader, said a few weeks before the 2010 election:

    “After 1994, the public had the impression we Republicans overpromised and underdelivered,” McConnell said. “We suffered from some degree of hubris and acted as if the president was irrelevant and we would roll over him. By the summer of 1995, he was already on the way to being re-elected, and we were hanging on for our lives.”

    McConnell said Republicans need to treat the midterm elections as “the first step in retaking the government.”

    It was in that context that McConnell said, “The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president.”

    Garrett asked if that meant “endless, or at least frequent, confrontation with the president?”

    Said McConnell, “If President Obama does a Clintonian backflip, if he’s willing to meet us halfway on some of the biggest issues, it’s not inappropriate for us to do business with him.”

    http://www.politifact.com/trut.....nell-says/

    and what Tom Perez, new leader of the Democrat Party, said yesterday:

    “They’re going to ask the question of all of us: Where were you in 2017 when we had the worst president in the history of the United States? We will be able to say that the Democratic Party led the resistance and made sure this was a one-term president.”

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/tom-perez-elected-as-first-latino-leader-of-democratic-party/2017/02/25/1fd76f52-fad7-11e6-9845-576c69081518_story.html?utm_term=.21bed71c1d35

    Maybe it was because McConnell left the door open to some negotiation with the president. Did Perez do the same?

    This makes me wonder:

    Is it evident that DNC Chair Perez hates Donald Trump more than he loves his country?

    Someone around these parts once

    His top priority was to ensure that Obama should be a one-term president. Evidently Senator McConnell hates Obama more than he loves his country.

    http://webcache.googleusercont.....#038;gl=us

    highlighted a passage that sounded very similar to that.

    Once. When it was useful.

  29. 29

    @ 27

    This Navy Seal died for Trump’s ego.

    Hey, Steve, if you click through to the actual Miami Herald article, you know what’s missing?

    The word “ego”. That was added by Raw Story. Then parroted by you, Mr. Originality.

    You know what the Herald piece includes, Steve?

    This:

    …if the assault team knew ahead of time that it had been compromised, the SEAL commanders on the ground had the ability to abort the raid at any time.

    Some reports said that they did know, and went forward anyway.

    “The SEALS, unlike other forces, make their decision on the ground and that decision — in this case — cost a life, which is very very tragic, but that’s war,” Mann said.

    “These people are good human beings. It weighs heavily on them. Seeing one person die, especially a teammate or friend, is beyond comprehension.”

    He said it’s natural that Owens’ loved ones would have questions about what happened, but they shouldn’t be swayed by the politics surrounding the tragedy.

    “Nobody knows the truth of what happened except the person on the ground. When politicians get it, they warp it far from the truth,” he said.

    Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/new.....rylink=cpy

    Same thing happens when people who gain from politicizing bad news get it, Steve.

  30. 30

    Goldy, last May:

    Goldy @GoldyHA
    I’m a big lefty too, but Jesus Christ, Twitter friends, Hillary is the nominee! Push her on policy, but stop attacking her credibility.
    27 May

    Goldy, this morning:

    (((Goldy))) @GoldyHA
    Every time I tweet something positive about Tom Perez, I lose some followers. My lefty friends need to get a grip & gain some perspective.
    30m

    It might be the most overused cliche’

    http://www.salon.com/2013/08/0....._all_time/

    of all time. Doesn’t mean it doesn’t apply.

  31. 31

    “Then parroted by you, Mr. Originality.”

    Fuck off, traitor. I concluded it was for show soon after it happened. It was all about the world’s biggest narcissist’s fucking ego.

    Focus on what the father said. “I’m sorry, I don’t want to see him,” Owens recalled explaining to the chaplain. “I told them I don’t want to meet the president.” “I told them I didn’t want to make a scene about it, but my conscience wouldn’t let me talk to him.” “Why at this time did there have to be this stupid mission when it wasn’t even barely a week into his administration? Why?” he asked. “For two years prior, there were no boots on the ground in Yemen — everything was missiles and drones — because there was not a target worth one American life. Now, all of a sudden we had to make this grand display?”

    One more time. “stupid mission” “not…worth one American life” “Grand display”

    A narcissist’s need to have his ego stroked led to this courageous young man’s death.

    YLB is spot on with his assessment of you.. You’ve become a fucking bore. But I’d like you to stick around anyway, you witless fuck, because I don’t like traitors like you and I’m looking forward to letting you know it every time you fucking show up here.

  32. 32

    I take it you believe the father owes Trump a fucking apology.

    “I think anybody who undermines the success of that raid owes an apology,” he said.

    “Is that your message to Senator John McCain?” NBC News’ Kristen Welker pressed. “He’s called it a failure.”

    “That’s my message to anybody who says that,” Spicer replied. “I don’t know how much more clearer I can be.”

    http://talkingpointsmemo.com/l.....nald-trump

  33. 33

    @ 31

    I concluded it was for show soon after it happened.

    Yeah, I remember you going on all five Sunday talk shows and attributing it to that heinous and offensive video, Steve. It got your guy re-elected, even if it cost you SoS. Sometimes ya gotta take one for the team.

  34. 34

    I notice the hillbilly troll “winner” finds himself on perpetual defense.
    Its a very peculiar kind of triumph for the hillbillies.

  35. 35

    @ 34

    I dunno about perpetual. For the last six-plus years, yeah.

    HA already has a YLB. People like me don’t come here except to find themselves on defense.

    Nice to see some decent offense for a change. YLB has been three-and-out for as long as I can remember. He’s HA’s human participation trophy.

  36. 36

    LOL! Boob is in a gloating mood..

    Let’s talk about Uber, shall we?

    “But after a month marked by one disaster after another, it’s hard to see how Uber’s defiant, confrontational attitude hasn’t blown up in its face. And those disasters mask one key, critical issue: Uber is doomed because it can’t actually make money.”

    Waytogo randroid Kalanick. Another randroid, Eddie Lampert shruggs.. to the tune of 200 million MORE dollars.

    And poor Boob couldn’t retire fast enough to join its favorite non-company:

    And by Fowler’s estimation, the percentage of women site reliability engineers dropped from 25% to 3% when she left last year.

    No longer a target rich environment for HA’s resident misogynist.

    But there’s hope…

    “Women make up around 30 percent of the workforce at major tech companies, but take up only 15 percent of technical roles. In a 2016 survey of 200 women who had worked in Silicon Valley for over 10 years, 60 percent of respondents said they’d received unwanted sexual advances, 65 percent said those advances came from a superior and one of three said they were in fear for their personal safety.”

    Same link.. But damn boob, those real estate prices..

  37. 37

    Is Boob still wistfully dreaming for repatriation of U.S. corporate cash?

    Nope, not that I recall ever since yours truly called it out on its fantasy.

  38. 38

    Heh. Lee on his latest post is discussing the culture of white victimhood..

    I definitely recall boob whining about being a “victim” of 42 pages of a reconciliation bill that somehow morphed within its pinhead into a 901 page health care legislation that passed with 60 votes.

    Get your memory checked boob. But then again, “winning” albeit “winning” with total bullshit is still winning, amirite?

  39. 39

    @ Uber

    “But after a month marked by one disaster after another, it’s hard to see how Uber’s defiant, confrontational attitude hasn’t blown up in its face.

    I’m reading a valuation of $68-70B. That’ll protect against quite a few Yosemite Sam events.

    Microsoft was defiant and confrontational, too, when up against the government for this or that antitrust allegation.

    Last I heard they’re still around. Oh, wait…

    Nope, my bad. Still there.

    It’s not like Uber’s Air America, YLBTrophy. Uber’s target audience is actually willing to spend its own money.

  40. 40

    @33 “that heinous and offensive video”

    Benghazi! An almost loon-like response.

    Think, “must elevate my game”, Doctor, as HA already has the loon position filled.

  41. 41

    @ 40

    Think, “must elevate my game”, Doctor…

    A wee bit of work went into @ 28, Steve.

    Meanwhile, you’ve been phoning it in for awhile now.

  42. 42

    I’m reading a valuation of $68-70B.

    You can read. I’m impressed. I bet Pan Am once had a high valuation at one time as well. Remember them? I believe their logo was stamped on the hull of a space shuttle in Kubrick’s 2001 too.

  43. 43

    “YLBTrophy.”

    LOL! Hrrrmmhrmmmhrrmmmmspecialsnowflake..
    hrmmmrhmmhrmmvirtuesignallinghrmmmm..
    hrmmmhrmmmhumanparticipationtrophyhrrrmmm.
    hrrrmmhrrrmmmmmsjwhrrmmmhrrmrm…

    CuCK!

  44. 44

    @ 42

    Uber offers the commodity of a ride without the high fixed cost of a medallion to push up prices.

    It does so in an environment in which vehicle ownership is under pressure due to parking and maintenance costs, while millenials are being encouraged to take other means of transportation and can’t afford a vehicle payment, anyway.

    Lemme know when Goldy leaps to the defense of Alaska Air the way he did to the defense of Seattle cabbies. Until then, your Pan Am point is like the rest of you, YLBTrophy…… a joke.

  45. 45

    “Uber offers the commodity of a ride without the high fixed cost of a medallion to push up prices.”

    And charges the customer 41 cents to a dollar of cost… And after some fare cuts to boot? Did I read that right?

    Wow. How generous of them.. Combine that with a cutthroat, predatory, misogynist internal culture headed up by a funny randian guy and you have a very FUNNY and sustainable business model.

    Thanks for the laughs. Deregulation has to be just around the corner.

  46. 46

    The image of La La Land’s people on stage at the end reminded me of Bill, Chelsea, and #CrookedHillary celebrating prematurely on Election Night.

    She and Obama have done incalculable damage to the Democrat Party.

    Good.

  50. 50

    Randy Rainbow is a comedic genius. But his real talent lies in his ability to turn horror into simple fear. Kind of like a mouse that is being chased around a kitchen and unexpectedly finds an appliance to duck under. A chance to catch your breath, look around and add perspective.

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