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January 1, 2019
[link:https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/trump-begs-nancy-pelosi-make-deal-wall-thing-barely-literate-tweet/|
The art of the deal? beg? hehe
Trump begs Nancy Pelosi to 'make a deal' with him on 'the wall thing' in barely literate tweet
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1080177487517233157President Donald Trump on Tuesday continued his furious New Years Day Twitter rampage, this time targeting presumptive incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
In particular, the president taunted Pelosi for having to deal with the consequences of his government shutdown as her first act as incoming leader of the Democratic House of Representatives.
In particular, the president taunted Pelosi for having to deal with the consequences of his government shutdown as her first act as incoming leader of the Democratic House of Representatives.
[link:https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/trump-begs-nancy-pelosi-make-deal-wall-thing-barely-literate-tweet/|
The art of the deal? beg? hehe
January 1, 2019
https://www.instagram.com/p/BsDs2LgHN_7/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=13tnixngv82dg
Just this to all the bloody marvellous and absolutely splendid DU'ers out there
I Hope....
https://www.instagram.com/p/BsDs2LgHN_7/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=13tnixngv82dg
Just this to all the bloody marvellous and absolutely splendid DU'ers out there
January 1, 2019
Hehehe - 2019 The Year Of The Karma..
Karma? Who Is This Karma Of Which You Speak?!?!
Hehehe - 2019 The Year Of The Karma..
January 1, 2019
[link:https://www.theroot.com/serial-criminal-learns-his-white-privilege-extends-to-k-1831388694|
Just imagine what would have happened if it was the other way round?
Career Criminal Learns His White Privilege Extends to Kicking Black Toddlers and Bonding Out....
.....(for Free) Hours Later
So taking all of that into account, after assaulting a 1-year-old child and hurling racist slurs, this happens:
A Wichita police report says the incident was classified as a case of battery and resist where the man was suspected of using alcohol. A personal weapon, which would include a boot, was involved, the report said.
Riff was arrested and booked into the Sedgwick County jail on Sunday on suspicion of ethnic intimidation, battery and resisting police, an arrest report says.
Hours later, around 3:30 p.m., Riff was released from jail on his own recognizance, meaning he was released without making a payment. If he doesnt show up to future court appearances, he will have to pay $3,500. Riff does not have any special bond conditions, sheriffs Lt. Tim Myers said.
What the fuck?
In what realm of reality does this even begin to make any damn sense?
Oh thats right. It doesnt.
I dont understand, said Yolanda Frierson, grandmother of 1-year-old Jhavii Fry who is entirely justified in her disbelief. Hes out just hours after he attacked a baby.
And got off virtually scot-free despite a history of burglary, larceny, DUIs, domestic battery, possession of marijuana, public drunkenness, felony possession of methamphetamine, possession of paraphernalia, obstruction, and a bunch of other absurd shit.
Oh, and again hes currently on probation.
So like I said, White Privilege is definitely a superpower. Because if anybodys ass should be in prison, its this guy.
A Wichita police report says the incident was classified as a case of battery and resist where the man was suspected of using alcohol. A personal weapon, which would include a boot, was involved, the report said.
Riff was arrested and booked into the Sedgwick County jail on Sunday on suspicion of ethnic intimidation, battery and resisting police, an arrest report says.
Hours later, around 3:30 p.m., Riff was released from jail on his own recognizance, meaning he was released without making a payment. If he doesnt show up to future court appearances, he will have to pay $3,500. Riff does not have any special bond conditions, sheriffs Lt. Tim Myers said.
What the fuck?
In what realm of reality does this even begin to make any damn sense?
Oh thats right. It doesnt.
I dont understand, said Yolanda Frierson, grandmother of 1-year-old Jhavii Fry who is entirely justified in her disbelief. Hes out just hours after he attacked a baby.
And got off virtually scot-free despite a history of burglary, larceny, DUIs, domestic battery, possession of marijuana, public drunkenness, felony possession of methamphetamine, possession of paraphernalia, obstruction, and a bunch of other absurd shit.
Oh, and again hes currently on probation.
So like I said, White Privilege is definitely a superpower. Because if anybodys ass should be in prison, its this guy.
[link:https://www.theroot.com/serial-criminal-learns-his-white-privilege-extends-to-k-1831388694|
Just imagine what would have happened if it was the other way round?
January 1, 2019
[link:https://newsthump.com/2018/12/30/donald-trump-starts-referring-to-himself-as-a-war-veteran-after-spending-five-minutes-in-iraq/|
The best satire can always seem so real
Donald Trump starts referring to himself as a war veteran after spending five minutes in Iraq
President Trump has declared that he is now a war veteran following a quick visit to the US troops stationed in Iraq.
The President, who has never served in the military due to that well known and debilitating condition bone spurs, spent just over five minutes at a joint US and Iraqi air base to the west of Baghdad along with his wife Melania before flying back to the safety of the US as quickly as he could.
After the couple posed for photographs with soldiers, Trump told them, Well, I guess this makes me one of you guys now.
I have come here to Iraqistan, faced ISIS head-on, stared death in the face and emerged victorious. I have faced an enemy on the field of battle, and it has changed me forever. At least in the way I describe myself during the election cycle.
Despite his bone spurs having never prevented him running away from dissatisfied tenants or customers at his apartments and hotels, Trump boasted, I got a bit of a twinge from my bone spurs as we were coming in to land, but I battled through the pain so that I could stand side by side with our brave troops in the camp cafeteria.
The President, who has never served in the military due to that well known and debilitating condition bone spurs, spent just over five minutes at a joint US and Iraqi air base to the west of Baghdad along with his wife Melania before flying back to the safety of the US as quickly as he could.
After the couple posed for photographs with soldiers, Trump told them, Well, I guess this makes me one of you guys now.
I have come here to Iraqistan, faced ISIS head-on, stared death in the face and emerged victorious. I have faced an enemy on the field of battle, and it has changed me forever. At least in the way I describe myself during the election cycle.
Despite his bone spurs having never prevented him running away from dissatisfied tenants or customers at his apartments and hotels, Trump boasted, I got a bit of a twinge from my bone spurs as we were coming in to land, but I battled through the pain so that I could stand side by side with our brave troops in the camp cafeteria.
[link:https://newsthump.com/2018/12/30/donald-trump-starts-referring-to-himself-as-a-war-veteran-after-spending-five-minutes-in-iraq/|
The best satire can always seem so real
January 1, 2019
Good grief....
Will there ever be a more idiotic, tone-deaf statement written on New Year's Eve?
https://twitter.com/BettyBowers/status/1079947976875872257"Throughout the ages some things NEVER get better and NEVER change."
Will there ever be a more idiotic, tone-deaf statement written on New Year's Eve?
If there is a God, now would be a good time to prove it.
Will there ever be a more idiotic, tone-deaf statement written on New Year's Eve?
If there is a God, now would be a good time to prove it.
Good grief....
January 1, 2019
[link:https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2018/12/labour-s-refusal-oppose-brexit-becoming-historic-error|
They are assuming that young remainers won't vote Tory, they are not wrong. However if they assume that they will turn out for Labour they are taking a big risk
Labour's refusal to oppose Brexit is becoming a historic error
The attitude of Corbyn loyalists is that Remainers have nowhere else to go besides Labour. If Labour enable Brexit, this will have no noticeable impact on how Remainers vote in any general election. They dismiss a poll that suggests Labour could lose a large number of votes by attacking the poll: it was funded by the Peoples Vote campaign, and who believes polls? A more thoughtful criticism is that you are bound to get a large number in any question who highlight Brexit, but general elections will be fought over many issues. In short, Remainers on the left will always vote Labour.
I would agree that one poll tells you little about any future general election, but what it does reveal is the intensity of feeling over the Brexit issue. I think many among the Labour leadership and Corbyn loyalists fail to understand this. They prefer instead to misplace Remainers as the centrist enemy, and see attacks on Corbyn over Brexit as just one more means by which the centre and right of Labour attack Labour. This is a serious mistake.
I would agree that one poll tells you little about any future general election, but what it does reveal is the intensity of feeling over the Brexit issue. I think many among the Labour leadership and Corbyn loyalists fail to understand this. They prefer instead to misplace Remainers as the centrist enemy, and see attacks on Corbyn over Brexit as just one more means by which the centre and right of Labour attack Labour. This is a serious mistake.
[link:https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2018/12/labour-s-refusal-oppose-brexit-becoming-historic-error|
They are assuming that young remainers won't vote Tory, they are not wrong. However if they assume that they will turn out for Labour they are taking a big risk
January 1, 2019
[link:https://www.mediaite.com/election-2020/cnn-graphic-shows-a-total-of-29-potential-2020-dem-contenders-were-not-scraping-the-bucket-to-find-names/|
Its a long list!
CNN Graphic Shows a Total of 29 Potential 2020 Dem Contenders: We're Not 'Scraping the Bucket...
....to Find Names
Including Warren, others in the graphic included:
Former Vice President Joe Biden
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Former Secretary of State John Kerry
Rep. Robert ORourke (D-TX)
Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT)
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA)
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Democratic billionaire Tom Steyer
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ)
Former Vice President Joe Biden
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Former Secretary of State John Kerry
Rep. Robert ORourke (D-TX)
Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT)
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA)
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Democratic billionaire Tom Steyer
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ)
[link:https://www.mediaite.com/election-2020/cnn-graphic-shows-a-total-of-29-potential-2020-dem-contenders-were-not-scraping-the-bucket-to-find-names/|
Its a long list!
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