Robert Reich: The 5-step CEO pay scam.
Now This: March for Our Lives lays out bold plan for gun reform.
Today I Found Out: The terrifyingly effective Nazi de-bollocker.
Vox: Why the US and Iran are fighting over this tiny waterway.
The Dotard Трамп and Other Rapey Racists:
- Now This: The Dotard Трамп keeps using anti-Semitic “dual loyalty” tropes
- Chris Hayes: The Dotard Трамп pushes anti-Semitic trope — again!
- WaPo opinion: Трамп lacks the courage to act on gun reform
- Ari Melber: Former FAUX News reporter unloads on The Dotard’s embarrassing conduct
- Lauren Mayer: Unlike Трамп (Greenland’s not for sale):
- Lawrence O’Donnell: Psychiatrist on “The essential emptiness of The Dotard Трамп”
- Liberal Viewer: Трамп vs Obama—Who did Putin outsmart?
- The Daily Show: Kids tour the The Dotard Трамп Presidential Twitter library
- WaPo: El Paso hospital denies Трамп’s claim that doctors left operating room to see him
- Conan will help The Dotard buy Greenland
- Rachel Maddow: Whistleblower alleges undue influence on Трамп tax audit
- Trevor: Rep. Ayanna Pressley on the urgency of gun control and Трамп’s immigration cruelty
- Now This: Трамп cancels Denmark trip after learning he can’t buy Greenland
- Ari Melber: Echoes of gitmo? Трамп seizing “indefinite detention” powers
- Conan gets advice from the “Property Brothers” about buying Greenland
- Chris Hayes: The Dotard Трамп makes up a lot of awards
- Lawrence O’Donnell: The Dotard Трамп’s actions create obstacles for Трамп campaign
- Roll Call: Why can the Трамп administration make changes to the Endangered Species Act?
- WaPo: Трамп’s anti-Semitic outbursts
- Rachel Maddow: NY AG Letitia James undaunted by Трамп frenzy to keep finances hidden
- Trevor: Donsplaining:
- Now This: Asylum-seeking mom reveals the horrors she endured at the U.S. border
- Ari Melber: The Dotard Трамп insider says he’s a snowflake
- Mark Fiore: Sabotaging America First
- Rachel Maddow: Another cruel Трамп immigration proposal, another legal challenge
WaPo: Parkland survivors on gun control.
Vox: Why the US drinking age is 21.
Minute Physics: Why some days aren’t 24 hours.
Jim Jefferies: Curing diseases with biotech comes at a huge cost.
The Daily Show: Leading ladies.
Climate Crisis:
- Jonathan Mann: Eulogy For A Glacier (Okjökull)
- WaPo: Who is leading the 2020 climate change debate?
- Alternatino: What will America be like in 2045?
- Francesca Fiorentini: Can our planet survive capitalism?
- AJ+: The Sunrise Movement—Can the Green New deal fix Detroit?
- WaPo: Why you should be worried about the fires raging in the Amazon
- Now This: The Amazon is burning…here is what you can do.
Trevor: Crazy rich nation.
Adam Ruins Everything: How Gillette scammed women into shaving their legs.
Mental Floss: 22 weird old jobs from 100 years ago.
Wired: How this woman started diving in DIY submarines.
The Twenty-Twenty Vision:
- Now This: How the Iowa State Fair became a political mainstay
- Rachel Maddow: Governor Jay Inslee announces exit from Democratic primary race
- Trevor: Bill de Blasio campaigning on progressive change in the 2020 White House
- New York Times: Who is Julián Castro?
- Mother Jones: What sets his plan against climate change apart
- The New Yorker: What campaign songs tell us about presidential candidates
- Now This: The Iowa Corn Kernel Poll makes its bold 2020 election prediction
- Trevor: Q&A with Michael Bennet
Lawrence O’Donnell: What America Can Learn From Legendary Activist Dolores Huerta.
Physics Girl: Why are there giant concrete tunnels in the desert?
Samantha Bee: Full Frontal rewind on gun control:
Ari Melber: Parkland Activist—NRA’s “blood money” in gun companies’ pockets
Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
EvergreenRailfan spews:
I thought the Greenland purchase would be a one day story. Wondering what the distraction is for? BY the way, did we fully compensate Denmark for the Thule Broken Arrow?
@godwinha spews:
Did Denmark fully compensate the Allied forces for liberating it from Nazi control at the end of WWII?
Elijah Dominic McDotcom spews:
Wondering what the distraction is for?
Whaddya got?
Could be anything or nothing. Maybe he saw an infomercial. Maybe he really meant Timberland. He’s “The Chosen One”. When he acts, he creates his own chaos and destruction. And while we’re studying that reality—judiciously, as we will—he’ll act again, creating other new chaos and destruction, which we can study too, and that’s how things will sort out.
I suspect that the Rove doctrine must have sounded very comforting and satisfying to people like Richard Pearl, John Yoo and Teh Dumbfuck back when it was Dick Cheney “creating his own reality”.
But now that they’ve placed the controls for their little horror machine into the hands of president #orangemanbad there may be some second thoughts.
Steve spews:
“Did Denmark fully compensate the Allied forces for liberating it from Nazi control at the end of WWII?”
Good fucking grief. Easy to imagine replacing FDR with your orange fucking moron. It’s not like we would have been nuked by Nazi Germany in 1945. Japan’s flag would have already been flying over the WH after having played your orange moron for the fucking fool that he is.
Instead we’ll probably get nuked by Russia and NK in 2020 if it looks like your orange moron won’t get re-elected. And it would be all your fucking fault, Dumbfuck. You and 300 million other Americans would die because of your fucking stupidity and insatiable greed.
Look on the bright side. spews:
As for David Koch’s passing, look on the bright side: his home state and the Feds are gonna get a ton on money for nothing, through the estate tax and any inheritance tax. And it’s gonna be quite a wealth transfer from the private sector (where wealth is created) to the public sector (where private wealth is destroyed).
Elijah Dominic McDotcom spews:
I can only imagine replacing FDR with your orange moron.
He’d have traded France to Stalin in exchange for a casino deal and a shoe box full of teeth and melted dog tags.
And then he’d put his face on the 100 dollar bill.
And then 63 million Republicans would still vote for him a second time.
Elijah Dominic McDotcom spews:
For example:
The interstate highway system
The University of California
Yosemite
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Medicare
Mark Spitz
The Internet
FDIC
Clean Drinking Water
Smokey Bear
Capturing Bin Laden
The National Weather Service
NASA
Rivers and Lakes That Don’t Catch Fire
The Grand Canyon
Flush Toilets
Curing Polio
etc forever
Look on the bright side: you’re old af. And despite wonderful public investments in senior access to health care and life saving and life extending treatments, selfish entitled idiots like you will be dead soon.
Look on the bright side. spews:
Trillion dollar wars,
Idiotic social programs,
Military interventions,
Ridiculous drug laws.
All cost tons of money.
(You’ll be dead before me, chief!)
Steve spews:
Idiots like @8 are so easily manipulated. We should have pleaded with them to help us stop Hillary. The dumbfucks would have voted for her to “trigger the libs”, which is apparently all they fucking live for. Well, that and fucking farm animals.
Steve spews:
70,000 fires burning in the Amazon and the dry season is only beginning.
As with anything and everything wrong in this world, it’s all your fucking fault, Doctor Dumbfuck. Way to go.
Well, to be honest, I suppose we should shoulder some of the blame. We never should have let you fucktards know that destroying all life on earth would “trigger the libs”. Our bad.
Elijah Dominic McDotcom spews:
Trillion dollar wars
Voted in by Republican Voters, and actively sustained by Republican Congressional majorities forever. Last time we suggested slowing this shit down you called us traitors. Remember?
Idiotic social programs,
Like Medicare, without which you’d be dead right now and we’d all be spared your ignorant inanity. So… Good Point!
Military interventions
Now you’re being redundant as well as inane.
Ridiculous drug laws
So you’ll stop bitching about Dan Satterburg eventually, maybe, possibly, if he agrees to put an (R) after his name?
Well, either that or you’re a complete phony. Who knew?
All cost tons of money
No free lunch. Not even for hypocritical, ignorant, self-righteous wingnut welfare queens like you.
I think you douche-bros are better off with Teh Dumbfuck taking victory laps on Al Smith
I’llHaveAPilsner spews:
Kablammo, tooooooo daaaaamnnn Fuuuuuuunnnnnnnnyyyyyyy
He’s got the persuasiveness of our departed moron.
FACTS!
I’llHaveAPilsner spews:
It’s weird how conservative punditry is noticeably silent about a President asserting that he has legal justification to shut down free market capitalism.
Not surprising with a GOP President just weird.
Elijah Dominic McDotcom spews:
13,
Not so much as a single shoe thrown.
I’ve searched and searched and I can’t find any TeaBaggers shrieking about tyrrany or second ammendment solutions.
I guess something must be different this time. But nooobody can figure out what.
So weird.
Steve spews:
Holy shit! You really fucked up this time, Doctor.
https://esrica-marketing.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Media/index.html?appid=19af4ed1c7334470ae22968cb7d5e5db
Looks to me like, with the exception of a bunch of white nationalist fascists, all life on earth now hates your fucking guts. Way to go, Doctor!
Steve spews:
Well, I suppose not all forms of life hate you, Doctor. In fact, I’m sure some single cell lifeforms still like you. After all, you may have just given them a chance to rule the world again.
WTF!? spews:
No! No! No!
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-g7-summit-johnson-trump/uk-pm-johnson-to-tell-trump-to-de-escalate-trade-tensions-idUSKCN1VE0HH
We need more of this Stable “Chosen One” Genius.
Oh by the way – Bob supports Terrorists!
WTF!? spews:
@13 they’re all a bunch of cocksuckers. Except in Bob’s case it’s Horse Cocksucker Terrorist supporter. Long live Ireland!
I'llHaveAPilsner spews:
Totally OT but man we live in weird times…
Death Row Records, founded by Suge Knight who is currently serving 28 years, and the back catalogue of acts like Tupac (RIP), “Left-Eye” (RIP of burning down Andre Rison’s crib fame), Lil’ Bow Wow (one of many strange apostrophe Lil’s on the label) and Snoop Doggy Dogg (Of prodigious Marijuana consumption fame) has been purchased by the Hasbro Toy Company.
I think my brain just hurt itself.
Roger Rabbit spews:
Trump now claims his “Chosen One” remark was “sarcasm.” But if so, isn’t that blasphemy? And aren’t evangelicals who still support him after this voting for a blasphemer? Frankly, I don’t believe God is speaking to them through Trump in tongues, nor do I think they’re God’s chosen children.
Roger Rabbit spews:
@1 He’s trying to outdo Jefferson. The Greenland Purchase is a bigger and better deal than the Louisiana Purchase. It’s where we’ll grow our food after the Great Plains become the next Sahara desert.
#artofthedeal
Roger Rabbit spews:
@2 I’m surprised you haven’t sent the Jews a bill yet.
Roger Rabbit spews:
@5 You believe people like him (and their estates) still pay taxes?
Roger Rabbit spews:
@7 You left out federal dams, without which Nazi flags would be flying over the eastern U.S. and Japanese flags would be flying over the western U.S.?
No dams, no aluminum, no bombers or fighters, no A-bomb. We’re damned lucky we had them. Without that guvmint socialism, we would’ve been up shit creek.
Roger Rabbit spews:
@8 “Trillion dollar wars … Military interventions … Ridiculous drug laws … All cost tons of money.”
And that would be which party?
Roger Rabbit spews:
@10 As a feral rabbit, I naturally mourn the loss of habitat and wildlife, but if it gets rid of you stupid humans quicker, the sacrifice is worth it.
The Amazon rainforest is this planet’s lungs. Without it, you’ll be breathing carbon dioxide instead of oxygen. Very few organisms, including yours truly, will survive but bacteria and zooplankton will do fine, which is all that’s needed for a fresh start.
@16 I’m sure Mother Nature is looking forward to the dawning of a new era during which humans won’t evolve. They simply won’t exist. Without humans, things will be copacetic for the next 4 billion years. After that, it won’t matter.
Elijah Dominic McDotcom spews:
26,
WhitePower! isn’t worried. They can always eat their copies of The Turner Diaries.
Roger Rabbit spews:
“The Trump administration’s $1.5 trillion cut tax package appeared to have no major impact on businesses’ capital investment or hiring plans, according to a survey released a year after the biggest overhaul of the U.S. tax code in more than 30 years.”
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-investment/15-trillion-us-tax-cut-has-no-major-impact-on-business-capex-plans-survey-idUSKCN1PM0B0
Roger Rabbit Commentary: $1.5 trillion more debt for what? Pffft. But Republicans will use that debt to claim we can’t afford Social Security or Medicare anymore. That was their plan all along. They did care what the money they borrowed was spent on. Not being able to think of anything else, they put it in their own pockets.
Steve spews:
Let’s see if I’ve got this straight, Doctor You and orange moron appointed one of America’s greatest enemies to be Fed Chairman, and now he’s fucking up America’s economy.
Looks to me like you fucked up again, Doctor. Fuck, I haven’t seen fascists fuck up like this since I was watching Hogan’s Heroes.
Who would you be, Colonel Klink or Sgt. Schultz?
Steve spews:
“Amazon fires: Bolsonaro sends army after EU threat on trade deal”
“As EU threatens trade retaliation, the far-right leader announces he has authorised troops to help contain raging fires.”
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/08/brazil-bolsonaro-sends-army-fight-amazon-fires-190823215538767.html
Will Doctor Dumbfuck and his orange moron help these people out and send the Brazilian army some rakes? Let us hope.
“California wildfires: Finland bemused by Trump raking comment”
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46256296
@godwinha spews:
I’m so irrelevant that gman mentions @ 17, 18 me in each of his posts so far.
Steve spews:
“I’m surprised you haven’t sent the Jews a bill yet.”
The bills are in the mail, but as is fitting, they’re only being sent to disloyal American Jews, which is nearly all of them, of course, and to those disloyal Israeli Jews who didn’t vote for Netanyahu. Hollywood Jews are billed double.
WTF!? spews:
@31 like I said, nothing relevant said there. Go back to fucking the horse.
WTF!? spews:
@30 Nice. Nice for them to show their power to that little fucking Punk wanna be crook.
WTF!? spews:
@29 Nice one Steve! Like I said he’s Irrelevant….if he want’s to be relevant he’ll start acting like a grown up.
WTF!? spews:
What’s going on in this Country and the rest of them Right Wing Fascist Admins is comical. The whole World is becoming bemused by them. Let them continue – don’t stop them. I love it. Let the World burn!
I gots mine.
WTF!? spews:
I think those fires in the Amazon are because of the gay Brazilians – God is very, very, very upset.
I’llHaveAPilsner spews:
@37
Macron, “Monsieur President how should we deal with the Amazon.”
Donald, “The postal service is getting ripped off by Amazon.”
Merkel, “No, THE Amazon.”
Donald, “Yes, Jeff Bezos is low IQ and he’s going to fail.”
Macron, “I’m sorry but we’re talking about the Amazon.”
Donald, “Yes Jeff Bezos is a Hillary supporter and I have already crushed him.”
Johnson, “Right Governor continue the trade war with China.”
Donald, “I’m doing it. Washington Post is failing fake news. Amazon will pay more for Chinese goods.”
Abe, “No sir, THE AMAZON is burning.”
Donald, “No not burning. Bezos is a loser.”
Trudeau, “Oh for fucks sake, should we just have this meeting later at a bar because THAT GUY doesn’t drink.”
Donald, “I love French wine but I don’t buy it on Amazon.”
Steve spews:
@37 Brown and gay. God won’t like that.
Steve spews:
David Neiwert paints a picture. Doesn’t look good. It doesn’t look good at all.
“‘This will not end well’: Far-right extremism expert warns of Trump’s intensifying authoritarianism”
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/08/this-will-not-end-well-far-right-extremism-expert-warns-of-trumps-intensifying-authoritarianism/
I was reminded that it was on Neiwert’s blog that I earned of the fate of little nine year old Brezina Flores. Some of Doctor Dumbfuck’s fellow radical right-wing travelers got the brilliant idea to murder illegal immigrant families in their homes and take whatever money they could find to use to fund their vigilante border patrol.
Their first targets were the Flores family. The right-wing vigilantes broke into the house and first shot the mother and father. Then, as little Brezina held her puppy close while pleading for her life, they shot her and the puppy dead,
Brezina’s father was also dead. The mother, however, survived to testify against the right-wing asswipes who murdered her husband and little girl.
Like our Doctor Dumbfuck, these vigilantes were right-wing dumbfucks who couldn’t do a goddamned thing right. Their intent was to murder illegal immigrants. The Flores family were American citizens.
Way to go, Doctor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_Raul_and_Brisenia_Flores
Your people sure fuck up a lot, Doctor. And it’s all your fucking fault. Gotta blame somebody. As you’re our resident right-wing fuck up, why not you?
Live in shame, Doctor. You’ve earned it.
Steve spews:
Whoa! That’s one butt ugly hat! Looks like the orange moron decided to add some…orange! Given that they sell the rubes a dozen plastic straws for $15, that hat’s got to be fucking expensive. You bought one yet, Doctor? How much was it?
I wonder what that orange thing is on his lapel? I’d bet it’s expensive, too.
Oh well, grifters gotta grift.
“Trump campaign mocked after unveiling new red hats: ‘Do you have arm bands as well?’”
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/08/trump-campaign-mocked-after-unveiling-new-red-hats-do-you-have-arm-bands-as-well/
Orange arm bands? Great idea! With that hat, you’d be stylin’, Doctor, looking good! I think you guys should go for it.
EvergreenRailfan spews:
24)Believe the Alcoa Smelter at Rock Island/Malaga is still operating. Just up river from Chelan PUD ‘s Rock Island Dam. As for Hanford, still providing jobs for the Tri-Cities today.
WTF?! spews:
Go Pete !
https://apnews.com/bf10ec40db0b407f85a45edd1f261819
WTF?! spews:
Just another day in the park, The Park of The Straights.
https://www.wtnh.com/top-news/officials-to-give-update-on-missing-meriden-woman/
But, but, but, Jeffery.
WTF?! spews:
@40. Definitely Bob is to blame, 100%. He’s not only to blame for this shit but also the terror of mass murders happening. He can stop it but he is silent to it.
WTF!? spews:
Joe Walsh!? Come on. He’s a reincarnation of The Hump. My god – Repukes are ska bunch of mother fuckers.
Roger Rabbit spews:
@41 “Keep America Great”? Who are they kidding? America under Trump resembles Nazi Germany. Ask any migrant, Muslim, or Jew.
Roger Rabbit spews:
“The Congressional Budget Office has predicted the federal deficit could reach $1 trillion by the 2020 fiscal year. Once again, President Trump has exposed a myth in American politics. That myth? That Republicans are the party of fiscal responsibility.”
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/24/opinions/trump-deficit-gop-myth-zelizer/index.html
Roger Rabbit Commentary: Exposed? More like exploded. But deficits aren’t Trump’s invention. Republicans have been fiscally irresponsible for as long as I can remember. The only times they ever want spending restraint is when there’s an opportunity to turn a recession into a depression, or there’s some program that benefits working-class Americans they want to kill.
@godwinha spews:
“Pull my finger.” gets old after awhile.
Biden struggles to hit it off with millennials
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/458631-biden-struggles-to-hit-it-off-with-millennials
Of course, to gman it’s foreplay.
Elijah Dominic McDotcom spews:
49,
Yet, amazeballs, it still beats “Smell my finger.”
#youbuiltthat
Elijah Dominic McDotcom spews:
I wonder how many 25 to 35 year olds Joe Walsh will appeal to?
Sadly, not this Joe Walsh. If only.
@godwinha spews:
At Stanford even subatomic particles feel emotion.
PHYSICS 93SI: Beyond the Laboratory: Physics, Identity, and Society
Beyond its laws and laboratories, what can physics teach us about society and ourselves? How do physicists¿ identities impact the types of scientific questions that are asked throughout history? And who do we call a physicist? This course seeks to address questions such as these, with an eye to understanding how physics relates to history, politics, and our own identities as young researchers. Students will develop a broader appreciation for where physics comes from, how it relates to themselves, and how they can shape its future. No prior knowledge of physics is necessary; all voices are welcome to contribute to the discussion about these big ideas. As an optional addendum to 93SI, students can participate in POISE (Physics Outreach through Inclusive Science Education), an intensive spring break program in which the themes discussed during the course will be explored in more depth. During POISE, students will develop short workshops for high school students that are geared towards making Physics interesting and accessible. In addition, we will take frequent off-campus trips to Bay Area national labs, museums, companies, the beach, camping sites, and more! Our intention is to create a retreat-style experience in which students can learn more about themselves and each other as Physicists, and put their knowledge to good use in the classroom. Those wishing to participate in the spring break component should apply here, https://goo.gl/forms/KAOA0aCjD7QxxVbW2, and expect to be enrolled in 2 units. Those who are interested in only the course component should apply here, https://goo.gl/forms/xlrsDP0V2ESkMnbS2, and expect to be enrolled in 1 unit.
https://explorecourses.stanford.edu/search?view=catalog&filter-coursestatus-Active=on&page=0&catalog=&academicYear=&q=physics+93&collapse=
Sorry, YLB’s kids. You can only take the course for credit one time.
“…and more!”
Elijah Dominic McDotcom spews:
So the police officer who choked Eric Garner to death five years ago was fired this week. An obviously very lengthy process examining his actions by multiple agencies and jurisdictions ultimately determined that at the time the officer choked Mr. Garner to death during a misdemeanor arrest for selling cigarettes on the street, a department-wide ban was in effect prohibiting the type of choke hold the officer employed. The agencies and jurisdictions further determined that the officer was fully aware of the ban, aware that the reason for the ban was because of an exceptional risk of death, and proceeded to intentionally employ the prohibited choke hold in violation of the ban with reckless disregard for any consequences. So he was fired for recklessly refusing to abide by binding workplace regulations that he understood and that resulted in the death of a suspect in custody.
In response, New York’s largest police union is calling for an organized (albeit highly illegal) work slow down in which officers will refrain from making certain kinds of arrests for minor offenses. The threat implicit in the call for a work slow down is that the city would descend into chaos and mayhem if police stop arresting “suspicious types” for petty shit like selling cigarettes, double parking, or smoking in a bus shelter.
But we’ve seen this movie before. And it doesn’t end like that at all.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-017-0211-5
In 2014-2015 when NYPD police unions carried out the exact same work slow down the results were unequivocal. When “proactive” policing tactics were sharply reduced, citizen reports of major crimes did not increase. They fell.
Elijah Dominic McDotcom spews:
52,
After all these years, just let it go. It was just another admissions rejection letter. You must have read dozens of them.
@godwinha spews:
@ 53
And when it was done in Baltimore, murders spiked.
Baltimore police stopped noticing crime after Freddie Gray’s death. A wave of killings followed.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/07/12/baltimore-police-not-noticing-crime-after-freddie-gray-wave-killings-followed/744741002/
@godwinha spews:
@ 54
I floated Stanford to my parents. Went exactly nowhere.
I still enjoy seeing reruns of “The Play”.
They ruined my last game as a college player.
Elijah Dominic McDotcom spews:
55,
SOURCE USA TODAY analysis of Baltimore Police Department records
A USA TODAY analysis of the browser history you provided them proves you exclusively view pages from archives.gov.
Yup.
Roger Rabbit spews:
Thanks, Proud Boys! The funds you raised for anti-fascists are greatly appreciated!
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/portland-fascists-donations-latino-immigrants_n_5d624b7fe4b0dfcbd48eae54
Roger Rabbit spews:
“Order? Somebody should tell Chairman Trump this isn’t the People’s Republic of America”
Some liberal rag? Nah. Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal. Trump’s authoritarian bent doesn’t look so good to its rightwing editors when business is getting gored.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/wall-street-journal-scolds-trump-on-trade-war_n_5d620131e4b02cc97c8ec7af
I’llHaveAPilsner spews:
So the KKK has a Rally in Hillsborough NC yesterday where the key note speaker praised Donald and urged Keeping America great and,
“Thank the President for returning to traditional White American values.”
But no one call his supporters racists. It will make them have a sad.
Roger Rabbit spews:
The real reason Trump wants the Fed to cut interest rates:
“President Donald Trump won’t stop haranguing Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to cut the Fed interest rate …. One entity that would save millions annually from such a move would be Trump’s own company — along with its various businesses.
“The Washington Post reports that before he became president, Trump borrowed more than $360 million in four loans from Deutsche Bank for his hotels in Chicago and Washington, D.C. — and his Doral golf resort in Florida. All of the loans have variable interest rates …. That means the more he can convince Powell to lower the Fed rate, the more money he’ll save. …
“Bloomberg found that for every quarter-point reduction in rates, Trump could save $850,000 in annual interest rate payments on his loans. That would mean Trump could reap more than $3 million in annual savings if the Fed dropped rates a full percentage point — as Trump is demanding. …
“Trump, unlike other presidents, has retained his businesses despite accusations of conflict of interest as he weighs what’s best for him — against what’s best for the American economy.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-would-reap-millions-annually-fed-rate-cut_n_5d61ce41e4b02cc97c8eafad
I’llHaveAPilsner spews:
They unsealed Charles Koch’s will this morning.
Daughter Elizabeth got Mitch McConnell, Marco Rubio and Tom Cotton while son Chase got Clarence Thomas, Marsha Blackburn, Susan Collins and Rand Paul.
YLB spews:
Oldest has been a grad for over a year and has flown the nest.
Youngest doesn’t need any courses from the physics dept for the major, not anymore.
Both are blissfully ignorant of boob’s weak shit.
But thanks in advance mary k for your checks to liberal causes. Does wonders for the veins in boob’s pin head.
I’llHaveAPilsner spews:
Well if we want to restore dignity and sanity to the Republican Party Joe Walsh and his race war on Obama and Black Lives Matter is just the man for the job.
@godwinha spews:
@ 57
Your Nature article looked at burglary, larceny, and assault in one city. I looked at murders in another.
I’m OK with the lack of academic credentials behind the USA piece.
David Allen spews:
Godwinha, you are wasting your time trying to talk to these people.
YLB spews:
Yours truly recalls Sherm went to Stanford, graduated and went on to get a Super Bowl ring.
Straight outta Compton and richer than boob can ever dream. Probably will keep his hair.
YLB spews:
@66 how could it be possible that a losertarian (thanks Mike Medved) speak sense for a change?
As inconceivable as boob NOT frittering its life away on HA.
WTF!? spews:
@66 he’s not really talking. He’s just flapping his lips.
@godwinha spews:
@ 63
Both are blissfully ignorant of boob’s weak shit.
I’d imagine, YLB, that having suckled at your breast they are blissfully ignorant in general.
Do they speak in exclamation points the way you do, girlfriend?
Elijah Dominic McDotcom spews:
64,
It’ll be interesting to see whether and how much Walsh manages to change the GOP positioning on race.
IOW How low can you go?
And his history should play especially well with suburban female voters who are bound to love his stance on abortion,
https://news.wttw.com/2012/10/18/8th-district-congressional-forum
“I’m pro life without exception. Understand though, that when we talk about exceptions, we talk about rape, incest, health of a woman, life of a woman. Life of the woman is not an exception,”,
as much as they’ll admire how he handles “the bitches”
https://youtu.be/8qO_ON4NL-M
YLB in 2019, still laughing at misogynist trolls. spews:
“they are blissfully ignorant in general.”
Oh they’re well aware of rapey, hateful freaks.. Shit happens..
“Do they speak in exclamation points ”
Every time mary k writes a check to a liberal cause.. POP!
Elijah Dominic McDotcom spews:
Was it the one with the police union issuing the threats?
Oh, wait. No. It wan’t. You chose a completely different city in which to gather your delicious cherries.
And yet you still have to depend on a complete lack of rigor in your statistics. You might as well post links to clips from The Wire.
Elijah Dominic McDotcom spews:
Kind of a mixed bag out of the the 6th circuit re Crazy Church Lady Kim Davis.
On the one hand, good that ACLU gets paid ($225k) because denying someone a marriage license abridges a civil right. So ‘nother nail in that coffin. So many broad decisions throughout the federal courts now affirming that marriage is a civil right doesn’t just nullify GOP bigotry. It makes it a profitable cottage industry to seek out instances of violations. That’s important. You need groups like the ACLU to trailblaze this shit. But once established every strip mall rainmaker has a hunting license.
But I was actually kinda hoping the Commonwealth of Kentucky would prevail in its efforts to hang the bill on Ms. Davis. Would have served as a useful cautionary tale for all the other Crazy Church Ladies. As it is, it’ll be up to the various state’s AGs to get rid of all the Crazy Church Ladies instead.
Elijah Dominic McDotcom spews:
Brave Sheriff’s Deputy shot down in the line!
Active shooter loose in the community!
Sniper at large running amok!
Private homes and businesses breached and searched without any warrants!
Likely suspects rounded up for “friendly interrogation”!
Community evacuated!
Streets, bridges, and airwaves shutdown!
A nervous public waits in terror and uncertainty!
First responders hold candlelight vigil at hospital for fallen hero!
Blue Lives Matter!
Oh.
Wait.
https://abc7.com/lancaster-deputy-confessed-to-fabricating-sniper-shooting-authorities-say/5491304/
Psych!
Hey Dumbfuck. Was that enough exclamation points for ya?
WTF!? spews:
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/25/intl_business/asian-market-latest/index.html
You got to give credit to President Trump for this great economy. Heck if it wasn’t for him we’d all be starving.
Elijah Dominic McDotcom spews:
https://www.axios.com/trump-nuclear-bombs-hurricanes-97231f38-2394-4120-a3fa-8c9cf0e3f51c.html
Yep.
That my friends is what 63 million Republiclowns voted for.
Roger Rabbit spews:
@52 “At Stanford even subatomic particles feel emotion.”
How come you don’t?
Roger Rabbit spews:
@52 “At Stanford even subatomic particles feel emotion.”
How come you don’t?
Roger Rabbit spews:
@66 No, he’s not. Since Puddy’s lynching, he’s the only troll we’ve got to kick around. That’s very worthwhile. Why don’t you stick around? Then we’ll have two trolls to kick around. Make yourself useful. You’re useless right now.
Roger Rabbit spews:
I smell an RNC plot. I think they put Joe Walsh up to run in order to make Trump look good by comparison.
Steve spews:
I don’t want him impeached. I want him to suffer the most humiliating defeat in history. After that, a trial, then prison. How he dies in prison, I don’t fucking care.
“Trump told his administration to check if he can stop hurricanes with a nuclear bomb”
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/08/trump-told-his-administration-to-check-if-he-can-stop-hurricanes-with-a-nuclear-bomb/
And no, Dumbfuck, losing in 2016 to Putin and a traitor was not humiliating. It was a fucking crime and your stupid fucking, batshit insane orange moron deserves to die in fucking prison.
RedReformed spews:
My lukewarm support for Biden can be summed up in a blue hat that says “make America kinda 2008 again.”
RedReformed spews:
Both Biden and the racist snowflake in the White House are Nostalgia candidates telling their base they can go back to a simpler happier time
Elijah Dominic McDotcom spews:
84,
Anything looks like a golden age in comparison to the current one.
But we can do better, we should expect no less, and real leadership has that vision. 2008 wasn’t so great. And even after eight years, owing entirely to WhitePower! madness and obstruction, they were only barely better. We should expect more.
The 200,000 “Leftist” voters in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania who chose to stay home in 2016 did not do so because Clinton was “too visionary”. After four years of GOP-NUKETHEHURRICAINES horror we deserve more.