HorsesAss.Org

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

by — ,

The Daily Show: Fox News’ fair and balanced misogyny.

Hasan Minhaj: Why we can’t retire.

The Atlantic: The Nazi hunter—Capturing Adolf Eichmann, the architect of the holocaust.

Now This: Why millions of Americans are “going solar”.

Huffington Post: Washington Rep. Matt Shea engaged in domestic terrorism.

Minute Physics: Hacking the periodic table.

The Dotard Трамп* And Other Constitutional Criminals:

Now This: Most inspiring environmental stories of 2019

WaPo: How massive wood buildings could help fight climate change

Jimmy Kimmel: This week in unnecessary censorship.

Kurzgesagt: Overpopulation & Africa

WA Rep. Matt Shea is accused of domestic terrorism!

Now This: How AI could revolutionize recycling.

The New York Times: What does the rise of homemade guns mean for gun laws? We made one to find out.

Twenty-twenty Vision:

Wired: Could humans hibernate for space travel?.

Verge Science: The science and controversy behind your lightbulbs.

Chris Hayes: Washington State lawmaker, Matt Shea, engaged in “domestic terrorism”:

Now This: How to shop against gun violence.

Minute Earth: Why it’s hard to bring a new apple to market.

Trevor: Mental health stigma in the Black community.

*Impeached and awaiting trial.

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

Comments

  3. 3

    “One of President Donald Trump’s top re-election advisers told influential Republicans in swing state Wisconsin that the party has ‘traditionally’ relied on voter suppression to compete in battleground states but will be able to ‘start playing offense’ in 2020 due to relaxed Election Day rules, according to an audio recording of a private event obtained by The Associated Press.

    “’Traditionally it’s always been Republicans suppressing votes in places,’ Justin Clark, a senior political adviser and senior counsel to Trump’s re-election campaign, said at the event. ‘Let’s start protecting our voters. We know where they are. … Let’s start playing offense a little bit. That’s what you’re going to see in 2020. It’s going to be a much bigger program, a much more aggressive program, a much better-funded program.’”

    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-adviser-gop-voter-suppression-poll-watching-2020_n_5dfd46c5e4b0843d35fc2322

    Ya, tell us something we don’t know — Republicans cheat because there aren’t enough irrational voters to win honestly.

    Really, they see nothing wrong with it, and that’s why they’re outraged by Trump’s impeachment. They think what he did in Ukraine is simply how their party does business. To them, it’s normal.

  4. 4

    For his sake, I hope he doesn’t.

    Robert Reich
    Verified account

    @RBReich
    Dec 19

    .@PeteButtigieg, do you have any labor endorsements?

    Asking for a friend.

    #DemDebate

    The president shouldn’t be chosen by billionaires in wine caves, but neither should (s)he be chosen by criminals who run labor unions.

  5. 5

    Your courage won’t, but you will be, about a week after the polls close in November.

    Robert Reich
    Verified account

    @RBReich
    Dec 18

    To the Democrats representing purple swing districts who voted to advance the articles of impeachment:

    Thank you.

    Your courage to do what is right, regardless of political calculations, will not be forgotten.

    There can only be so many Marjories.

  6. 6

    75+ vacancies on the federal bench.

    By the time Democrats return to earth there will be far fewer than this.

    One-fifth of the judiciary is Trump-nominated. He’s got more than five years to go.

  9. 9

    Y’all libbies were opposed to Trump’s withdrawal from NAFTA.

    Former Vice President Joe Biden announced his support for the revised North American trade deal, a top legislative priority for President Trump that has drawn skepticism from other 2020 Democratic presidential contenders.

    “What I’ve seen change is that the vast majority of the labor movement supported it,” Biden told reporters Friday in Los Angeles while discussing the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), according to Bloomberg News.

    https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/475591-biden-backs-new-north-american-trade-deal

    The good news is y’all gonna have until early 2025 to oppose more of Trump.

  11. 11

    @ 8

    Remember the time that President Barack Obama was impeached?

    I remember the 1,000+ Dem seats lost while he was president. Red, do you?

    It wasn’t necessary to impeach him. It was only necessary to ensure that the weaponization of the government that occurred under his watch could be used by the GOP after his second term ended, Red.

  13. 13

    A Biden promoter on MSNBC tried to pitch that the parties have to start being bi partisan to get anything done. While I think that’s a fine idea, I see no sign of republicans wanting to compromise, to cooperate with Democrats. President Obama hoped Republicans would do the right thing. and look how that worked out.

  14. 14

    The impeached miserable failure needed help from the Commies to cheat and win the election last time and is trying to cheat with a foreign power again for 2020. I don’t think he trusts his chances if he relied on his base to win.

  15. 15

    @ 13

    Bipartisan cooperation:

    “$25 million will be carved out in funding for gun violence research — the first time Congress will have funded the issue in 20 years.
    $425 million is directed toward election security grants.
    $1.5 billion goes into state grants to fight the opioid crisis.
    The bills eliminate some taxes used to fund the Affordable Care Act, including the “Cadillac tax” on high-cost plans.
    The bill increases the age for tobacco purchases from 18 to 21.”

    https://www.axios.com/trump-137-trillion-spending-deal-federal-shutdown-102be300-5bf2-4d4c-9ae3-5ac9651bbf22.html

    Pull your head out of your ass, Red. Yes, we noticed.

  17. 17

    Under Trump so far the GOP is averaging a loss of more than 160 legislative seats in each cycle. Extended over two full terms (as if) that would produce a net loss of 640. Not as bad as Obama. But not great either. And a bit more of an uphill battle considering how so many of those states have shifted their rules and access for voting in that time. Moreover, while the GOP enjoyed their biggest gains immediately after Obama was elected. After which the pace dropped off. The Democrats gains so far are gaining pace with each cycle owing probably to successful efforts in both building a candidate recruitment effort (a big and costly challenge) as well as voter outreach and recruitment that has been very successful in targeted states.

    Aside from timing, Obama’s biggest down ballot failure would have to be in failing to use his appointments to elevate rising stars in key states where he had over performed in both elections. States like Michigan and Florida. Michigan 2016 was a dumpster fire. Michigan 2018 was a 180 reversal. I don’t blame Republicans for needing that Time Musheen. Most of us felt the same way in November of 2016.

  19. 19

    Say, Doctor, what’s up with you sick bastards and child rape?

    Asked during a radio interview on Thursday why he chose to pardon a child rapist, Bevin responded, “which one?”

    Bevin’s pardon allowed Schoettle to walk free after serving just 19 months in prison. Schoettle will also not be required to register as a sex offender.

    https://www.rawstory.com/2019/12/ex-kentucky-gov-matt-bevin-defends-pardoning-child-rapist-by-citing-ignorant-intact-hymen-myth/

    As I’ve said for years, never, ever leave a child or an animal alone with a Republican. Very bad things will happen.

  20. 20

    @ 19

    Ed Mole.

    Seattle Mayor Ed Murray resigns after latest child sex-abuse allegation

    The mayor’s announcement comes after his cousin gave an interview with the Seattle Times alleging abuse, the latest in a series of similar accusations. The cousin is the fifth person to publicly accuse Murray of child sexual abuse since a lawsuit was filed against him in April.
    Murray denied the allegations, as he has in the past. Previously, he called them part of a political effort to stymy his progressive agenda and support for LGBTQ and immigrant rights.

    https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/12/us/seattle-mayor-ed-murray-resigns/index.html

    Steve, why did it take FIVE credible accusations of sexual molestation of minor children by your POS mayor before something was finally done about it?

    Is it because four instances of sexual abuse of a minor child aren’t enough for Seattle Democrats to act, Steve?

  21. 21

    On this blog I’ve identified literally hundreds of Republican politicians and officials who have been busted for child rape.

    And all you’ve got is Ed Mole?

    Case closed, dumbfuck.

  22. 22

    Hey, y’all HA libbies, next time a post shows up that refers to the City’s payment of $100k to Jesse Hagopian, expect me to respond that the same City paid $150,000 to one of Ed Mole’s accusers.

    The City of Seattle has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who accused former Seattle mayor Ed Murray of sexually abusing him.

    https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/seattle-mayor-ed-murray-to-resign-at-5-pm-wednesday-read-details/608164468/

    In Hagopian’s case, a cop squirted without knowing what she was doing. Ed Mole knew exactly what he was doing with his squirts.

  23. 23

    “In Hagopian’s case…”

    …you repeatedly posted lies about Jesse having had it coming to him. For walking across the street while talking on his cell phone while black.

  25. 25

    See if you can see the trend on some of our favorite Christmas heroes and shows:
    Jesus = Socialist,
    Santa Claus = Socialist
    Scrooge = Capitalist Turned Socialist
    It’s a wonderful life = Stays Socialist after seeing what life would be like under a Capitalist.
    The Grinch – Thief who develops compassion, returns stolen goods.
    Charlie Brown – Undiagnosed manic depressive socialist

    5 out of 6 is not bad.

  26. 26

    why did it take FIVE credible accusations of sexual molestation of minor children by your POS mayor before something was finally done about it?

    Maybe because he never really admitted in on a tape recording.
    The way your Republican president did. Right before you and 63 million other Republicans voted for him.

    Either Donald J. Trump has admitted to committing violent acts of sexual assault against frightened employees,

    OR

    Donald J. Trump is pathologically fascinated by sexual assault fantasies and fabricated violent rape exploits to earn the respect of Billy Bush and the producers of Inside Edition.

    Every Republican You Know chose one of those two conclusions and voted for him anyway weeks later. Because that’s who they are.

  27. 27

    Pretty much sums up my feelings.

    “I am not made at you that Clinton lost. I am unconcerned that we have different politics. And I don’t think less of you because you vote one way and I vote another. No…I think less of you because you watched an adult mock a disabled person in front of a crowd and still supported him. I think less of you because you saw a man spouting clear racism and backed him. I think less of you because you listened to him advocate for war crimes, and still thought he should run this country. I think less of you because you watched him equate a woman’s worth to her appearance and got on board. It isn’t your politics that I find repulsive. It is your personal willingness to support racism, sexism and cruelty. You sided with a bully when it mattered and that is something I will never forget. So, no…you and I won’t be “coming together” to move forward or whatever. Trump disgusts me, but it is the fact that he doesn’t disgust you that will stick with me long after this election.”

  28. 28

    @ 23

    He did deserve it.

    For walking across the street while talking on his cell phone while blackcompletely oblivious to the police activity going on immediately to his left.

    He would have been paid had he walked into an uncovered manhole while on his phone and oblivious, too.

    Black had nothing to do with it, Steve, but without crying race y’all got nuthin’. That cop sprayed white people at the same time, asshole.

    And as long as the subject of lies was brought up, Steve, recall that Hagopian posted to his FB page that a cop ran up and sprayed him intentionally in his face, and Goldy posted that Hagopian was specifically targeted.

    Fuck you.

  29. 29

    @ 25

    What do Jesus, Santa, Scrooge, It’s a Wonderful Life, The Grinch, and Charlie Brown have in common, Red?

    None of them are real. Neither is successful socialism.

    You’re a fucking moron for bringing them up.

    Red = Fucking Moron II.

  30. 30

    28 looks badly triggered to me.

    To be expected. Loss of dignity and self control is part of the journey beyond Teh Orange Event Horizon.

  31. 31

    “That cop sprayed white people at the same time, asshole.”

    And yet you only rag about how a black man had it coming to him.

    “immediately to his left”

    To his left and behind him. He had already walked past that officer and you know it.

    That you can’t stop lying about this incident is quite the tell, Doctor.

  32. 32

    Neither is successful socialism.

    You guys have to realize it believes this. And that belief is unshakable in the purest, most cult-like sense.

    Probably about the same way it believes that tax cuts increase revenues and that whatever Trump said on that tape, it was okay. Somehow it was okay. It has to be okay.

  33. 33

    @4 “The president shouldn’t be chosen by billionaires in wine caves, but neither should (s)he be chosen by criminals who run labor unions.”

    But to clarify, your tribe thinks it’s perfectly okay to vote for a billionaire criminal who employs criminals in his administration who implement criminal policies.

    Also, Wall Street crooks okay, labor union crooks not okay.

    Got it.

  36. 36

    Evangelical Christianity is done. It will still have followers, but it will never again have any moral credibility.

  37. 37

    @7 “And everyone gets a pony.”

    Not you, Dumbfuck. Santa and his elves rescued it by delivering it to AWS instead of you. They have more conscience than evangelicals do. But keep looking under your tree for the pony that isn’t there if thinking about it makes you happy.

  38. 38

    @8 Not for wanting of trying, though. And …

    “Multiple surveys of U.S. public opinion found that the clear majority of Americans rejected the idea of impeaching Obama, while a majority of Republicans were in favor; for example, CNN found in July 2014 that 57% of Republicans supported these efforts while about two thirds of adult Americans in general disagreed with them.”

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efforts_to_impeach_Barack_Obama

    A Republican is someone who thinks a grifter, groper, and liar in the White House is okay, but a black guy in the White House isn’t okay. After all, their reasoning goes, if the Founding Fathers wanted black presidents they would’ve named it the Black House.

  40. 40

    @13 “the parties have to start being bi partisan to get anything done”

    The flaw in this idea is that it only works in a system where you have two political parties. It doesn’t work with insurrectionists, secessionists, domestic terrorists, or lynch mobs.

  42. 42

    @22 “a cop squirted without knowing what she was doing”

    So the very best defense you’ve got for Seattle’s bullies in blue is that she didn’t know what she was doing?

    You understand, don’t you, that this line of argument reinforces Elijah’s contention that more cops make us less safe?

    Personally, I want a cop on the beat to discourage your tribal members from trying to run over me because they don’t like the color of my fur or just enjoying squishing rabbits.

    But I’m talking about good, honest, competent, professional cops. I have no problem with those cops, in fact I celebrate them. My only concern is with the cops you like.

    P.S., anyone who’s watched that tape realizes the cop knew exactly what she was doing.

  43. 43

    35,
    I’ve always felt like the “values voters”, “moral majority”, “evangelical base” group was predisposed to reactionary politics.
    And the biggest problem with adopting a reactionary pose is you’re always, by definition, too late.

    They wait until three years after they all went out and voted a rapist into the White House to decide that “character matters”? That’s not really much different from deciding more than a decade after simple, safe, $50 at home medical abortions are perfected that they should try to regulate abortion clinics out of existence.

    The evangelical vote was never a threat to anybody. Not then. Not now.
    https://youtu.be/7AEMiz6rcxc?t=35

  44. 44

    @22 & @23: $100,000 of taxpayer money says the cop violated an innocent black man’s civil rights.

  45. 45

    @28 “Black had nothing to do with it”

    Just like brown has nothing to do with the absence of white kids inside Trump’s toddler rape cages.

    You can’t possibly be that naïve, doc, so you’ve gotta be a liar.

  46. 46

    @30 Does to me, too. Not finding that pony was a real disappointment. This Christmas, he’ll have to get off on a knothole in a fence board instead of a poor helpless pony. But thank goodness the pony was rescued in time. Santa and the whistleblower, unlike any Republican you know, especially doc, know when to call the help line.

  47. 47

    Trumpers being honest on Facebook:
    “Why do I like Donald Trump?”
    “Because he pisses off all the people that I can’t stand.”

    It’s just grievance to them. They are butt hurt and going to burn it down rather than be the better people and get over it.

  48. 48

    46,
    by now he’s off in Freeland making lots of new friends, parking in a disabled spot, humiliating a barista, and letting his dog shit in the aisle at the hardware store, before heading over to his seasonal gig at the mall: https://imgur.com/71NIUQz

  49. 49

    47,
    So it might be worthwhile then to examine that phenomenon in terms of the corp mass media. They pander or at least empathize with that segment of their audience – a segment whose only interest is to alienate, offend, humiliate, and otherwise denigrate the rest of their audience. It is fundamental to their operating business model right now. From The New York Times to CNN to ABC to your local daily.

    They know this demographic is more addicted to print and broadcast media than any other they will ever see again. They can’t afford to lose them. And yet in order to keep them they must agree to disrespect, insult, and essentially gaslight every other member of their audience.

    As with the GOP, they should be made to pay for a long, long time.

  51. 51

    @48, Part II: “Freeland is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) on Whidbey Island in Island County, Washington, United States. At the time of the 2010 census the population was 2,045. The town received its name based on its origins as a socialist commune in the early 1900s: in the eyes of its founders, the land of the town was literally to be free for all people. Some of the first settlers were veterans of a prior experiment in socialism, the nearby Equality Colony.”

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeland,_Washington

    Of course he lives in Freeland. He’s a closet commie. His parents probably were commies. All his brothers and sisters, too. His horse votes Democrat (although it must be noted that Democrats are anti-communist, but why would his horse vote for him?).

  52. 52

    Of course he lives in Freeland. He’s a closet commie.

    He likes Clinton, which is 97.7 percent white.

    https://www.towncharts.com/Washington/Demographics/South-Whidbey-Island-CCD-WA-Demographics-data.html

    And he probably thought Whidbey was still the home of neo-Nazis.

    “Neo-Nazis accused in hate crime attended vigil on Whidbey”

    “An alleged hate crime in Lynnwood this week prompted news organizations across the country to retell the story of the white supremacist leader killed by FBI agents on Whidbey Island in 1984.”

    https://www.southwhidbeyrecord.com/news/neo-nazis-accused-in-hate-crime-attended-vigil-on-whidbey/

  53. 53

    Jane Lynch blasts Fauxchahontas:

    Hollywood actress and comedian Jane Lynch slammed U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Friday, accusing the presidential hopeful of promoting “class warfare” in her debate-stage “wine cave” dig at South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg.

    “Hello everyone. Billionaires in wine caves have as much right to say who gets to be president as waitresses in diners and plumbers in my bathroom. Class warfare is ugly, @ewarren Thanks for listening everyone,” Lynch tweeted Friday afternoon.

    https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/12/20/elizabeth-warren-faces-backlash-over-wine-cave-comments/

  54. 54

    53,
    Whenever I seek perfect pitch…

    I always like to turn to a mulit-millionaire celebrity who works fewer than 500 hours a year, travels by charter and limo, and suffers from a disabling hearing loss.

    Yup.

  57. 57

    I see the good Dr. Troll was being a good troll in the past couple of days, with mis-characterizing and being a homophobe. He’s says he’s not a homophobe, and to some extent I actually believe him. The Troll just likes to push buttons.

    The unfairness of it all. Mayor Pete should be installed as president without an election. That’s the hallmark of a true democratic society. It’s the gay guy’s turn.

    Well, to set you straight – No, I don’t think Mayor Pete should be installed as president without an election…but that will come soon enough in 5 more years with The Hump (except a pretend election will be had), especially if Democrats choose the wrong candidate which is more than likely, and I know you will revel in it.

    If you remember correctly, it is I who thinks the idea of having a candidate just for the sake of being diverse isn’t right. All these people talking about how an African American isn’t on stage isn’t “acceptable”; you yourself keep spouting it, even though for different reason. I’ve said or asked here, possibly directing the question/comment to you, what would be next then, that an African American has to be on the ticket or the nominee? Are you going to tell me that I just have to vote for African American? So there isn’t an African American in the debates any longer and Harris dropped out – too bad.

    To attack Mayor Pete for his experience or lack of, or for where he gets his campaign contributions from – fair game. What political experience does Steyer have? Did he ever get 1 vote? But that’s besides the point.

    My comments of displeasure with Klobuchar was regarding her comments of the Bar (full of men only), to me it was a bit of a dog whistle. But you are obviously tone def. Period. At the least, I think her comment was sexist. She’s a woman, we can all see that, she has tits, we don’t need be reminded by her that she is woman…that to me is her weakness, that she and others have to keep reminding us that she’s a woman, just be a candidate for god’s sake. Kind of like if Obama played the race card against the candidates he was against when running. She’s playing the sex card. And she see’s Pete as a threat and she’s playing the sex card against him. I think she’s lower than The Hump in her subtle way. I actually feel sorry for her, she looks like she wants to cry every time she talks.

    As far as Goldy’s friends, they better choose wisely, otherwise they’ll have many, many, many, many, many, many more years of The Hump. I’m ready for it, I hope they are.

    Finally, I sometimes think that in the end, if Pete were to be the nominee or actually become President more so, that it would be a short lived joyful moment, and in the end not be that great for the gay community, because we all know what happened when a Black guy became President. There are too many homophobe bigots out there as there are racists; and many are even black, which would be more trouble.

    Don’t forget Bob, you are just a Troll.

  58. 58

    “Republicans are so angry right now, it’s like they just saw a poor kid eating a free lunch.”
    The trumper responds: “There is no free lunch. someone had to pay for it.”

  59. 59

    Yeah, the crystal chandelier looked very nice.

    https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/475622-buttigieg-wine-cave-event-attendee-details-the-fundraiser-in-new-op-ed

    Your choice – I thought that Repukes only played fear politics. Sure, there’s a point to be made, but just because “the very rich”, or not so according to the article, were being courted, doesn’t mean Mayor Pete’s integrity and decisions would be jeopardized. Who is Wall Street giving all their money to?

    “Democrats can find more important things to debate in the United States of America at this dark hour.”

    Kind of says it all – your choice. Sashay to the Left?

    But it was in a cave….a Man Cave?

  60. 60

    I prefer Warren, I like her policies better. And if Pete is the nominee, I’ll fight like hell to get him elected, just the same.

  62. 62

    @60 I like them all and would do the same for any of them, so long as I don’t find them to fight dirty….but I fear, because of who the Repukes are, that too far to the left isn’t going to win. Especially with the word Socialism tossed about.

    I have to go to the middle on my choice. I liked Martin O’Malley last time. Not so much Jim Webb. there was just something about him that I didn’t think he was as polished as O’Malley.

  64. 64

    Sometimes I wish that there were more than 1 president. Like all 7 of those candidates should be co-presidents, like as in a Corporate Board.

    To think we pick one individual to make all the decisions that need to be made. Sure, there is a cabinet and advisors. But we treat it as if the one person is the mastermind of all the decisions and has all the know how….they don’t.

  65. 65

    I attended an event here in NYC this past Summer. In attendance was Chasten Buttigieg. A fundraiser held in Brooklyn at a local bar, outdoors along the East River. It was no cave, and there were no free refreshments. The cost of the donation $25.00. Sure, it wasn’t meant to target the wealthy, but anyone could have joined, even the wealthy. Kind of sad that they feel like they have to attend places in a cave that have big chandeliers. Says more about America than having to court these individuals.

    Kind of like needing a horse.

  66. 66

    I was also offered as a member of the public to attend other events here in NYC for $500 (with dinner). But I couldn’t attend. I already had given about $1000.00 at the time in cash donations. And I’m no millionaire, like Bob as we know. But if I had paid $2800 I better get some wine, and I don’t even like wine.

  67. 67

    @57 “No, I don’t think Mayor Pete should be installed as president without an election”

    You can’t blame him for thinking that way, though, because that’s how Republicans think. To them, elections are just a damned nuisance to be dealt with by gerrymandering, voter suppression, bribing foreign governments, and whatever else is necessary to keep them from being democratic so a wildly unpopular minority party can extend its rule.

  68. 68

    @57 “To attack Mayor Pete for his experience or lack of, or for where he gets his campaign contributions from – fair game. What political experience does Steyer have? ”

    More to the point, what elective office experience did Trump have? Absolutely none, and does it ever show. He can’t even pass a seventh-grade civics test.

  71. 71

    To think we pick one individual to make all the decisions that need to be made.

    Whither Congress?

    We choose 535 individuals.

  72. 72

    @71 Yeah, but he may be onto something, because Trump doesn’t think he needs Congress. He believes, apparently quite fervently, that governing America only requires a king. That is, provided he’s the king and things are done his way. A Congress, whether of 1 individual or 535, just gets in his way.

  73. 73

    25)It’s a Wonderful Life also showed how one person can make decisions that have repercussions for generations. If George was not their to save his brother, his brother was not their to save the troopship.

  75. 75

    “Doxing” has evolved into “swatting,” which is a growing problem nationwide, and the Seattle Police Department is playing a leading role in developing methods to combat it.

    SPD’s innovative program includes training 911 operators to spot “swatting” calls, training police in response tactics to potential “swatting” calls, and setting up a registry that enables persons who think they may become victims to flags their addresses as potential “swatting” targets. (There are 57 names on the Seattle registry, and 4 of them have been “swatted” since the registry was established.)

    Doxxing and “swatting” have been around a long time, but now are being carried out by organized groups. Their targets include journalists, activists, tech executives, and online gamers.

    “’One thing you can say about those kinds of bad actors is that they’re fundamentally opportunistic,’ said Whitney Phillips, an assistant professor of communication and rhetorical studies at Syracuse University who has written books on the history and evolution of online trolls and harassment. ‘They’re operating in a climate where: Who’s going to cry when journalists get attacked?’

    “Phillips explained that the doxxing site and chats were ‘a more violent articulation’ of previous online harassment campaigns against journalists, including one waged early in 2019 in which trolls, and eventually even Donald Trump Jr., barraged Twitter accounts belonging to recently laid-off journalists with the message ‘Learn to Code,’ then denied any connection to the wave of death threats and gore that accompanied many of the messages.”

    Read more here:

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/all/trolls-turned-911-weapon-now-cops-are-fighting-back-n1105991

    Note: The NBC News article doesn’t accuse Donald Trump Jr. of being a doxer or “swatter;” it only says he’s an online harasser. However, if your caller ID says “White House,” you probably should alert the police, simply from an abundance of caution.

  76. 76

    News is out that Kevin Costner will endorse Mayor Pete, and gman melts. It’s been a very long time since we’ve seen Costner’s butt onscreen.

  77. 77

    @74 point taken. But to run a campaign it takes money. Even Warren needs money to be successful. I guess different approaches are taken to get that money.

    A presidential candidate or sitting president can be influenced by many outside forces at any point in time, before or after being inaugurated. Just because Warren is taking selfies, for free, with potential voters, doesn’t mean she would never be influenced by the “outside” forces.

    Nor does it mean that Mayor Pete would be influenced by the “outside” forces, solely because of donations taken during the campaign.

    If this were 100% the case (taking money from millionaires, billionaires, and Wall Street, etc..), then we have to question the integrity and trust of every potential candidate. Kind of like conviction before any evidence of wrongdoing or being found guilty without a trial.

    This kind of goes along with what I was saying @64.

    To think we pick one individual to make all the decisions that need to be made. Sure, there is a cabinet and advisors. But we treat it as if the one person is the mastermind of all the decisions and has all the know how….they don’t.

    Understood with respect to @71, I forgot to mention the whole political process of passing laws and establishing policies and programs, but I did mention that there is a cabinet and advisors.

    Sure there are nuances of differences between the candidates, but even when each of them answer the questions, generally speaking I like a little of each answer from each of them. My point regarding @64 is that we put these people up on a pedestal as individuals to determine who is the better candidate, but I would argue that none of them are better than the other to any large degree and that the best answers to the questions or problems are a combination of all their responses – take a little from each. One mind doesn’t have all the correct answers but yet that’s exactly the match or competition we put them under.

    So sure, those other 535 individuals are part of the process. But they seem to all have their own agendas, whether it be party, or geographic region and demographic concerns – sometimes I think we would all be better served if we don’t always personally get what we want individually, crazy to say. It’s like a marriage – your marriage is going to end up in divorce, if you can’t compromise and always expect your spouse to do or think like yourself and vice versa.

    Bob was reluctant to get the horse, but he caved (no pun intended), to save his marriage and to be a happier Troll.

  79. 79

    @ 75

    “Learn to code” was directed at laid-off “journalists” at HuffPo and at Buzzfeed News.

    Buzzfeed is the POS publication that made the entirety of the Steele dossier public. In January, about the time Trump’s son weighed in.

    You, and the NBC News piece, conflate “Learn to code” with an implied threat of physical violence. You might as well suggest that the term “Fuck you.” is an implied threat of an actual physical rape, Roger Dumbfuck Rabbit.

    Your logic is why your side will lose. Deservedly so.

    Learn to code, Roger Dumbfuck Rabbit. You’ve been a failure as an attorney, and you only have a little time left to earn some money for your family.

  80. 80

    Rather hypocritical that Roger Dumbfuck Rabbit, who sees nothing wrong with the violence inherent in “Liberals must arm.”, gets his Depends in a twist @ 75 over “Learn to code.”.

  81. 81

    A friend of mine, Nick, and Independent, is very cynical of all politicians, but mostly Democrats because he cries about the “infringement” of Capitalism.

    Anyways, he’s always complains about cronyism. But I told him that if he himself were in the same position as these politicians are in, or even if it was in a non political situation, that he would do the same. He argues he wouldn’t, but it’s human nature to some extent, just a matter how far on the spectrum you go to be corrupt.

  82. 82

    Liberals must arm as in defend themselves? Depends on what context you put that statement. As a defensive measure its a must, I think you would even agree. As in a offensive move, well it could be good as preemptive to a forth coming assault. To do it as in a blatant assault, then could question it.

    Mis-characterizing again Bob? Is that they only way you can win an argument. Your dirty fight only brings more of a dirty fight. Being on the farm, you like dirt, don’t you.

  83. 83

    It’s been a very long time since we’ve seen Costner’s butt onscreen.

    You should have written that better with more thought, because it sounds like you can’t wait to see Costner’s ass.

  84. 84

    @ 82

    Mis-characterizing again Bob?

    gman, Darryl has called Roger Dumbfuck Rabbit out for his use of the term. If Roger Dumbfuck Rabbit’s context was self-defense this would not have happened.

  85. 85

    Today’s News: Emails show the Ukraine aid was frozen 90 minutes after Trump’s July 26 phone call to Zelensky concluded.

  86. 86

    “You’ve been a failure as an attorney”

    Understandable that you’d say that. By your reasoning, Dr. Albert Schweitzer is a failure and you’re not. Dr. Jonas Salk is a failure, and you’re not. All hail Doctor Dumbfuck.

    What a douche.

  87. 87

    @80 More than just “rather hypocritical” that a shill for Republican gun policies (see, e.g., “arm toddlers”) complains about liberals defending themselves. The only “inherent violence” in “liberals must arm” is if someone attacks a liberal. Apparently we’re supposed to stand there and let ourselves be killed. I’m sure that’s what Ann Coulter wants when she talks about “executing” liberals.

    What’s your next spiel, “The Americans had it coming at Pearl Harbor, because the Japanese felt threatened by our battleships”?

    Idiot.

  88. 88

    @81 Tell him we get more crony capitalism under Republicans than Democrats. He won’t believe you, but that’ll give you an opportunity to reel off a list of all the things Republicans do to stack the deck in favor of the rich and to the detriment of working people.

    Here’s a little, but telling, one: Billionaires deduct the cost of their private jet travel from their taxes as business expenses, even when they use their jets for pleasure (e.g., trips to ski resorts), but a maid can’t deduct her bus fare to her housecleaning job.

  89. 89

    One unintended consequence of the Ryan/McConnell/Trump Tax Relief Act For Billionaires, though, was that the lowest tax rate on capital gains and dividends is now higher than the lowest tax rate on wages (15% vs. 12%).

    I’m sure this was a mistake, not intentional, because it’s very un-Republican. The GOP would never intentionally tax the income of passive investors like me who get paid for sitting on their lazy asses more than they tax productive work. In their world, workers are regarded with contempt, and gainful employment is to be punished, because if you weren’t born rich and have to work for a living you’re a “loser.”

  90. 90

    @82 It’s sport. Everything we say here is in good clean fun. Even the “liberals must arm” and horse fucking bits. Right, Bob?

    Bob is just having fun when he calls me a “failed lawyer,” and I’m just stating fun facts when I say he fucks horses. Right, Bob?

    Your horse is nodding his head “yes.”

  91. 91

    @84 Yeah, never mind that for years my “liberals must arm” comments have quoted rightwing threats against liberals (e.g., Ann Coulter’s comments about “executing” liberals), or that I’ve explicitly said the purpose is self-defense. That counts for nothing, because a dumbfuck is going to ignore context and read it in a way that feeds his victimhood complex, because that complex must be fed no matter what.

    By the way, what do you think Major League Baseball should do about the umpire who tweeted he was going to buy an AR-15 and there would be “cival war” if Trump was impeached?

    Should he be banned from posting on HA, if he ever comes here? Yes or no?

  92. 92

    @84 “Darryl has called Roger Dumbfuck Rabbit out for his use of the term.”

    Really? I was kicked off HA for advocating violence against poor helpless wingnuts like Ann “Execute Liberals” Coulter, or Mr. “Cival War” Umpire?

    When did I leave? I thought I was still here.

  93. 93

    I mean, anyone who advocates unprovoked violence should be kicked off this blog, and any other blog. Swatters should be in jail (but what do you think the odds are that Republicans will block any bill that makes swatting a federal crime?).

    Except you. I don’t think you should be kicked off HA for endorsing a Seattle police officer’s unprovoked violence against Jesse Hagopian, for which Seattle taxpayers compensated him to the tune of $100,000.

    Because trolls are scarce and hard to come by, and if you were kicked off HA we wouldn’t have anyone to verbally kick around now that Squid is gone, who some speculate was lynched by the very people he tried to befriend.

  94. 94

    @86 “What a douche.”

    That’s a given. It’s one of those things that’s so obvious it doesn’t need to be stated. But feel free to say it anyway.

    I knew Bob was low, but I never expected him to take Japan’s side in that Pearl Harbor thing.

    That surprised me. I assumed everyone recognizes self-defense as a universal right. I guess I forgot how many times conservatives have advocated preemptive war. About every other week since 1949.

  95. 95

    …but what do you think the odds are that Republicans will block any bill that makes swatting a federal crime?

    Guess what, failed attorney @ 93?

    Swatting’s a federal crime.

    Viner and Gaskill were also charged with federal crimes as a result of Finch’s death. Viner—the man who allegedly asked Barriss to swat Gaskill—was charged with conspiracy. Gaskill was charged with wire fraud for giving Barriss the wrong address and then goading him into swatting it anyway. Both men are also in trouble for allegedly trying to destroy records of potentially incriminating chat messages.

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/03/man-gets-20-years-for-deadly-swatting-hoax/

  97. 97

    Republican talking points are, of course, constantly evolving (even though they don’t believe in evolution). The latest iteration goes like this:

    “Christianity Today isn’t the publication it once was. They don’t speak for anyone. No, Trump isn’t a moral person, but the impeachment process was flawed, and what he did doesn’t rise to removal.”

    https://www.msnbc.com/weekends-with-alex-witt/watch/andy-card-trump-is-not-a-moral-person-but-nothing-has-risen-to-the-level-of-removal-75510341784

    By the way, just a couple months ago this dude said the impeachment inquiry was “warranted.”

    https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/10/08/bush_chief_of_staff_andrew_card_an_impeachment_inquiry_is_warranted.html

    He must’ve got a phone call from Trump last week.

  98. 98

    Guess what armchair attorney @95? They were charged with “conspiracy” and “wire fraud” because swatting isn’t a federal crime. You would know that if you’d read the article linked @75.

    Of course, you wouldn’t have read the article if you can’t read; or, even if you read the article, you still wouldn’t know that if your reading comprehension skills are zero.

    There’s substantial empirical evidence of the latter in many of your recent comments.

  99. 99

    I wonder why Bob is so scared of liberals arming to protect themselves? He has nothing to fear from that if he’s not planning any criminal attacks on liberals, and I have no reason to believe he is.

    That’s an Ann Coulter, Comet Pizza, and “Cival War” Umpire thing. I’m pretty sure he’s not one of them. He doesn’t have time for that; he’s busy fucking horses.

    He could, however, get into trouble for offering legal advice without the required license. Especially given the quality of his legal advice.

  100. 100

    77,
    “Nor does it mean that Mayor Pete would be influenced by the “outside” forces, solely because of donations taken during the campaign.”

    Didn’t say that. And I’m not sure that’s what this debate is really about, despite fairly obvious gaslighting by multi-millionaire media elites.

    If wealthy people or really even people of modest means want to give lots and lots of money to individual candidates, PACs, and parties that’s their right. But when the people who do that do it in such a way as to create an expectation of privileged access to elected leaders that’s a problem for the rest of the people.

    It only gets worse if campaign finance committees create programs and opportunities for those big donors that specifically trade that privileged access in exchange for big donations. Only some candidates and their finance committees are doing that. And it is at the very least a concern that we ought to be able to discuss without anyone collapsing into wounded tears. Especially if the people collapsing into wounded tears are mostly billionaires.

    Doesn’t it bother you that you have expressed more concern about the malign influence of money over college athletics than you have over elected democratic government?

    I’m not pointing any of this out to criticize you, or Buttigieg or any other candidate. Because most of them do it. Obama was shameless. As were both Clintons. But if we ever hope to break the stranglehold that money has over our elected government we have to start somewhere by talking about it the way it really is. Exclusive high donor access events are a feature of too many political campaigns. They are there often because big dollar donors who serve on the finance committees make sure the finance plan depends on them. And they don’t just deprive the majority of people of the attention and concern they deserve. They deprive the campaigns themselves of the energy and enthusiasm that can only come from a broad, deep, base of support that produces real voter engagement and turnout. Whoever the nominee winds up being they will lose in November without that.

  101. 101

    Memo to evangelicals: Christianity Today is right; your credibility is on the line. People who support Trump have no business preaching morality to anyone else.

  102. 102

    @ 96

    In response to the permanently butt-fucked gman @ 96 I meandered to the 2016 Election Night Open Thread to re-read Darryl informing me that “Clinton is not the least bit corrupt.” As in OJ Simpson is not the least bit murderer, I suppose. It’s the one time I can point to something Darryl said and with some confidence maintain he was incorrect.

    But then I found this. I really miss ArtFart.

    http://horsesass.org/election-.....nt-1325624

    If the Democrats go down in this election, it’ll be for what Joe Bageant and others were warning about nearly 20 years ago: Intellectual urban elitist Democrats (probably including yours truly) thumbing their noses at working-class rural white people.

    This is far better than parsing Darryl’s words, because it’s gonna be why y’all libbies lose in 2020, too. Y’all have learned nothing from your Clinton experience. The most recent example is Joe Biden tossing union jobs over the side so he can kiss green job ass.

  105. 105

    @102.

    Why the fuck are you addressing that to me for? All I asked was if you were suggesting that Daryl is always correct. And you proved my point right, the he isn’t, thank you very much. So why would you suggest it?

  106. 106

    @104….is that comment the beginning of you giving up on your failed Putin Puppet? Is that the one trick pony that we have the honor of hearing you spew for the next 50 years?

  107. 107

    likely affecting future progressive legislation and priorities

    Name them.

  108. 108

    @102 “As in OJ Simpson is not the least bit murderer”

    The jury acquitted him, just as the Senate will acquit Trump, and acquittal will make him every bit as innocent as OJ.

  109. 109

    @100 I didn’t suggest that that was what you said, I was just spewing my comments.

    But when the people who do that do it in such a way as to create an expectation of privileged access to elected leaders that’s a problem for the rest of the people.

    And I guess that’s what you have to prove, before accusing the parties of being guilty. Sure it opens people up to suspicion, but many actions can make people suspicious of a lot of things.
    What if they just want to support the candidate they prefer or would like to support? How are they suppose to contribute? I’m almost nearing my $2800 limit….I doubt very much that that gives me privileged access. I think the privileged access doesn’t necessarily have to come with money. Hahah – just think of some College superstar athlete wanting to me one of the leaders. I bet he or she gets more privileged access to the leader than my money. Oh wait, there is probably some NCAA rule that says they can’t speak to any politicians…just kidding.

    I don’t disagree with the notion that big money and PAC’s are not good but as you say it is their right, and until all parties are forbidden to do so, then why tie a person’s arm around their back?

    I’m not here to debate the just and the bad of it, just saying that to convict an individual for being compromised in the future for receiving such donations isn’t necessarily correct either. And to think that you can take money out from the equation of governing in a capitalistic society is unrealistic.

    To think that any candidate that objects to this and isn’t partaking or doesn’t have to fuel a campaign in this manner isn’t going to make decisions later as president that aren’t influenced by “outside” forces is wrong too – not suggesting that that’s what you think – just saying.

  110. 110

    @103 I agree Jones probably will lose. It’ll be tough for the GOP to come up with another candidate like Roy Moore. Unless, of course, they come up with Roy Moore again.

  111. 111

    Speaking of the economy, the Trumpublican Retirement Plan (TM) consists of buying 50 lottery tickets every payday.

  114. 114

    Doesn’t it bother you that you have expressed more concern about the malign influence of money over college athletics than you have over elected democratic government?

    I may have mentioned the possibilities of malign influence of money over college athletics, but if college athletics wants to become the WWE I could care less.

    My objection to college students being paid for playing sports is over the inclusion of taxpayer’s money as part of the whole scheme of things, including coaching staff and facilities that are funded with taxpayer’s money to the level of which they are.

    Like I’ve said before, divorce the NCAA from the Institutions and get the taxpayer’s money out of it, and then pay these kids millions if you want to at the same time as giving them a tutor. Call it Pro Camp Training facilities.

    Also, if I knew more of the rules, and regulations regarding this I could be more open to it. Such as, allowing a student to go it alone and have a job at Starbucks or limits of income levels before having the student pay his own way or receive no more than a limited amount of public funding. For example, the kid has income of $50,000 annually then he can afford to pay for some of his education. I use $50,000 just as a figure.

    You tell me what you think the rules and regulations should be if it was your decision. Do you think a kid should be receiving income of say $50,000 or more annually and then directly or indirectly be part of a program that that same individual receives taxpayer’s money?

    And because you brought it up in the same context….what if that same player then wanted to give Mayor Pete $2800.00 and attended the Cave event? Is he now one of the privileged few?

  115. 115

    When Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders and the other candidates speak of affordable education for all, I doubt they are really thinking that the education includes the concept of paying students for playing sports. I think they are speaking of education as in academics.

    But I could be wrong – maybe part of their plan is to build more taxpayer funded stadiums and facilities to churn out Pro athletes, and to give the NCAA more status.

  116. 116

    @ 100

    Whoever the nominee winds up being they will lose in November without that.

    Hell, Hillary managed to lose WITH that.

  117. 117

    @116 And you’re still celebrating the election — with Putin’s help — of a pathological liar and cheater, serial adulterer and chronic deadbeat, and sociopathic thug who locks toddlers in rape cages, encourages his followers to attack journalists, and threatens to shoot whistleblowers.

    Pull your dick out of the horse long enough to get your head examined.

  118. 118

    Tulsi Gabbard’s cowardly impeachment vote
    https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-impeachment-vote-tulsi-gabbard-democrats-a9253916.html

    The problem is this: Gabbard’s vote of “present” was, in essence, a non-vote, an abject refusal to acknowledge the grave sins committed by this president and, also, a cowardly way of avoiding true defection of the party.

    But what is courageous, or moral, about failing to form an opinion on one of the most important political matters facing the current American condition? What courage does a neutral actor exhibit, when things in the world are deeply wrong?

    Failing to take a position on impeachment represents great cowardice at work. Representative Gabbard may believe that she is placating dueling forces by avoiding the fray. Instead, she is showing herself to be a woman without a moral compass.

    The only reasonable thing one can take away from Tulsi Gabbard’s vote is that she was too scared to choose a side.

    And that is why, IMHO, she won’t be president, and she has probably destroyed her career and why she will probably fade into obscurity promoted only by Russian bots and incel fanboys.

  119. 119

    Fucking Moron II @ 118

    She doesn’t have to become president. She just needs to be this year’s Ralph Nader. This year’s Ross Perot. This year’s Jill Stein.

    She just has to siphon enough votes from the Democrat nominee to ensure Trump’s re-election. There’s nothing obscure about that.

    You belong here, Red. Among people like Roger Dumbfuck Rabbit and YLB you might see yourself as less stupid. That will provide you with comfort, until the first Wednesday in November.

  120. 120

    Wherein bot=farm troll NEEEED-splains how Ross Perot cost Bill Clinton the election.

    Nobody wants Gabbard to run an EEEN-DEEE-PEN-DUNCE campaign more than the DNC. They’re just ready for her to move on to that next logical phase now, rather than a couple of months from now.

    All you have to do is picture 11,000 shy-Trumpers in Michigan given an escape hatch.
    Then picture that escape hatch on a beach with a surf board.
    Why, wasn’t it the bot-farm troll itself who claims to have voted for some EEEN-DEE-PEN-DUNCE candidate in 2016?
    Cowards like that are never lonely.

  121. 121

    @119 Thanks for confirming that you and the Commies are promoting her in hopes the impeached miserable failure wins again.

  122. 122

    @ 120

    All you have to do is picture 11,000 shy-Trumpers in Michigan given an escape hatch.

    They had one. Evan McMullin.

  123. 123

    122,
    Sure about that?
    You fucking idiot.

    Only on the ballot in 11 states. And yours was not one of them either. Everyone knows you never go full retard Marlin Applewhite.

    Now give us the thrilling recap of how many electoral votes Perot got.

  124. 124

    @ 123

    Now give us the thrilling recap of how many electoral votes Perot got.

    Same as Nader. Just ask Al Gore – Gore received the same number of EVs in his home state of Tennessee as did Nader, in fact. each

    Nader and Perot had similar effects without gaining electoral votes.

    You do know, QoS McHillbilly, that siphoning EVs isn’t the way a third-party candidate successfully plays spoiler.

  125. 125

    You do know, QoS McHillbilly, that siphoning EVs isn’t the way a third-party candidate successfully plays spoiler.

    Probably why I brought it up, Dumbshit.

    Now just think, Tulsi will be on the ballot in Michigan with more petition signatures than president RapeFantasy’s margin of victory. Please, keep right on pimping her. Some of us are counting on it.

  126. 126

    @120 You need for her “to be this year’s Ralph Nader. This year’s Ross Perot. This year’s Jill Stein.” because your candidate is a dog turd who will struggle just to scrape out another plurality and can’t even daydream of a majority against a generic candidate. Even a dog could beat your candidate, paws down.

    Ya, that’s you and your tribe, you need the help of Putin and an obscure DINO from Hawaii to “win.”

    Losers. You couldn’t even beat “awful Hillary” without the Electoral Slave College. She cleaned your clock in the popular vote by nearly 3 million. What does that say about you, your party, and your dog-turd candidate?

    With sincere apologies to dogs.

  127. 127

    To be clear, I don’t mean to suggest that Perot cost Bush the election. Bush was toast no matter what. But without Perot Bush conceivably might have won five or so of the ten most competitive states, shifting maybe 40 EVs.

    Shift that many close states from Trump and he loses, badly.

Can’t Bring Yourself to Type the Word “Ass”?

Eager to share our brilliant political commentary and blunt media criticism, but too genteel to link to horsesass.org? Well, good news, ladies: we also answer to HASeattle.com, because, you know, whatever. You're welcome!

Follow Goldy

[iire_social_icons]

HA Commenting Policy

It may be hard to believe from the vile nature of the threads, but yes, we have a commenting policy. Comments containing libel, copyright violations, spam, blatant sock puppetry, and deliberate off-topic trolling are all strictly prohibited, and may be deleted on an entirely arbitrary, sporadic, and selective basis. And repeat offenders may be banned! This is my blog. Life isn’t fair.