Bye, Felicia--I mean Debbie Wasserman Schultz
I was getting dressed this morning with the radio tuned to my usual NPR station, and I heard that Debbie Wasserman Schultz is stepping down as Chair of the DNC.
Good.
Not a moment too soon, in fact.
I only hope that Hillary won't reward DWS's bad behavior, like "Democracy Now!" said she plans to. Talk about kicking us rank-and-file progressives--not to mention the rest of the integrity-loving Dems out there, of whom there are plenty-plenty--right in the teeth. Please, Hillary--we're already holding our noses to vote for you. Don't make us throw up our hands in complete disgust and vote for Jill Stein instead! That reminds me--my dad and I saw a rather apropos campaign bumper sticker as we were driving along running errands this weekend: "EVERYONE SUCKS 2016."
Ya gotta love WikiLeaks for creating some accountability in the establishment Democratic camp. I hope they plan to give Republicans the same treatment before November--you know the documentation is out there, and getting it in front of the public minus all the media spin makes a big difference in credibility.
Ya also gotta love Bernie for hanging in there. And you know what? I totally trust his judgment in backing Hillary to the hilt. He knows that his improvements to the Democratic platform go straight down the terlit if Trump gets in. Bernie knows that we common folk get skrooed when Republicans get in. He also knows that at least three Supreme Court seats and other federal appointments are at stake in this election. Such as she is, Hillary is our only shot at defeating the Christo-fascist bigots in the Republican party as led by Trump. And Bernie knows that.
I also like the idea of keeping Bernie in our hip pocket in case Hillary gets frog-marched away between now and November.
Alas, as I was breathing a sigh of relief that the tumultuous, toxic RNC was over, and as I was expecting the DNC to herald in typical Democratic civility, I heard that there has been "turmoil" at the convention so far...in the form of an estimated 50,000-100,000 protesters inside and outside the venue in Philly.
I understand why the protesters are booing everyone at the convention, and I'm glad they're doing it. We common folk have to get our voices heard, and this has been the first real chance we've had since forever. More power to them! I only hope that, once they speak their piece, they do what it takes to keep Trump out and vote blue--at least in the swing states. Fingers crossed.
Well, dear ones, that's all I've got for now--I'm still limping along with a busticated 'puter and am borrowing one to do todaze post. Forgive me if I blog 'n' run.
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Peas, friends. Hug yourselves and each other for me--please and thank you! You guys 'n' gals are truly awesome! I appreciate you!
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Thank FSM it's finally over: the biggest
MAKE AMERICA HATE AGAIN
masturbation-fest America has ever seen.
At least three SCOTUS seats
are likely up for grabs
in the next presidential term.
Please don't let these angry, bigoted
spray-tan buffoons
decide our destiny for the next generation.
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MAKE AMERICA HATE AGAIN
masturbation-fest America has ever seen.
At least three SCOTUS seats
are likely up for grabs
in the next presidential term.
Please don't let these angry, bigoted
spray-tan buffoons
decide our destiny for the next generation.
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Headlines
Vox: A Republican intellectual explains why the Republican Party is going to die
FiveThirtyEight: So far, protest crowds at the Democratic convention are dwarfing those in Cleveland
FiveThirtyEight: Were Russian e-mail hackers trying to help Trump?
Vox: Donald Trump's long history of racism from the 1970s to 2016, explained
BuzzFeed: Video shows Black caretaker with hands in the air just before police shot him
BuzzFeed: Elite private school accused of shielding sex abuser
Vox: Fort Myers nightclub shooting: What we know
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Democrats are furious with Florida Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz following WikiLeaks' release of documents showing Democratic National Committee officials under her leadership "conspiring to sabotage the campaign of Senator Bernie Sanders," as the New York Times put it. Sanders' supporters are furious that what they long suspected has been proven true. Democrats who didn't support Sanders are furious that the scandal has overshadowed the beginning of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
Representative Wasserman Schultz has a ready means at her disposal to begin to make restitution: come out publicly against the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement [TPP]. Hillary Clinton is against the TPP. Tim Kaine is against the TPP. Bernie Sanders is against the TPP. The labor movement is against the TPP; the climate justice movement is against the TPP; the access to essential medicines movement is against the TPP. Wasserman Schultz was one of only 28 House Democrats who voted for "fast track" authority to negotiate the TPP. By coming out against it now, she can help ensure that there is no anti-democratic "lame duck" vote on the TPP after the election.
Urge Debbie Wasserman Schultz to come out against the TPP now by signing our petition at MoveOn.
Thanks for all you do to help make U.S. foreign policy more just,
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Democrats are furious with Florida Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz following WikiLeaks' release of documents showing Democratic National Committee officials under her leadership "conspiring to sabotage the campaign of Senator Bernie Sanders," as the New York Times put it. Sanders' supporters are furious that what they long suspected has been proven true. Democrats who didn't support Sanders are furious that the scandal has overshadowed the beginning of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
Representative Wasserman Schultz has a ready means at her disposal to begin to make restitution: come out publicly against the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement [TPP]. Hillary Clinton is against the TPP. Tim Kaine is against the TPP. Bernie Sanders is against the TPP. The labor movement is against the TPP; the climate justice movement is against the TPP; the access to essential medicines movement is against the TPP. Wasserman Schultz was one of only 28 House Democrats who voted for "fast track" authority to negotiate the TPP. By coming out against it now, she can help ensure that there is no anti-democratic "lame duck" vote on the TPP after the election.
Urge Debbie Wasserman Schultz to come out against the TPP now by signing our petition at MoveOn.
Thanks for all you do to help make U.S. foreign policy more just,
Robert Naiman, Avram Reisman, Sarah Burns
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Mike Pence: cigarette truther
He insisted long after proven otherwise
that smoking doesn't cause cancer
Mike Pence: hates LGBTQ+
Ya think he's gay?
Male "escorts" made a killing at the RNC
Maybe Pence rented one!
Hey, Republicans...
DON'T PRAY--FIX IT!
Hey, Republicans...
DON'T PRAY--FIX IT!
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Who wore it better?
Jerry Seinfeld, you say?
Yeah, I think so, too!
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Movies
By the power of a gentle touch from the Noodly Appendage of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, I've been able to access my queue of videos from my laptop, which I'm still in the process of getting back up and running. You're welcome!
By the power of a gentle touch from the Noodly Appendage of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, I've been able to access my queue of videos from my laptop, which I'm still in the process of getting back up and running. You're welcome!
If you go to The Thinking Atheist's YouTube channel, Seth's promo video is one of Dr. Donald Prothero's full presentations. It's well worth watching. Meanwhile, if you're more in the mood for a podcast, here's Seth and the call-in audience's conversation with the real Dr. Fossil:
This is beautiful: a short video about 100 atheists speaking about a better life...where they find peace, joy, and wonder in this amazing world of ours
Hilarious--Pastor Jim Jeffress would elect Trump over Jesus! Jefress said out loud that Christianity is not the driver of government and that government should be a (not his words) bad ass--not a "turn the other cheek" (not his words) pussy like JEEzus. Of course, government isn't told to exterminate anyone who doesn't believe in Yahweh, either, like the Bible clearly does. TYT tells it like it is when it comes to this hater's hypocrisy.
Pence used campaign funds for personal expenses. Is this really the kind of corruption you want running the country?
ICYMI...
The man who built the poison empire...selling sex and anger...that gave us Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump...has been forced out of FUX Noise for sexually harassing and assaulting women. And the male FUX anchors wept. They shouldn't: Ailes got to pocket a cool $40M in "severance."
Blacks have violent tendencies? Trump said he could believe that. Just check out the Vox article above on Trump's racism. This is not recent just-to-get-votes Trumpism, friends--this is Trump being his usual sick, bigoted self. PLEASE do not let the tiny-appendaged orange POS get into the White House!!!!
This is nuts. My bestie is Black, and this shit could just as easily happen to her as to these innocent people. Unholy phuque.
Trump's over-the-top bigotry--the house that FUX Noise built--has emboldened former KKK leader David Duke to try running for office again. As TYT says, the blood isn't even dry in Louisiana, where Duke wants to run. IT'S 2016, REPUKES. I can't believe we have to have this conversation AGAIN!
Trump associates with dirtbag liars like Roger Stone and Alex Jones, who crashed the TYT live set at the RNC uninvited and caused mayhem in order to hijack viewers because their own audiences are so puny. What does that say about them?
That was fun. Now I'm pissed because I've been watching videos on my iPhone while my 'puter has been on the fritz, so now I don't have that queue of vids to give you. Harrumph! Oh wait...here are a few. Yay!
Trump and Pence shit the bed on 60 Minutes. Too damn funny.
Here are some more I found in my travels.
'Til next time, check out these great channels:
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In Brit-speak,
"trump" = "fart"
and "pence" = "penny"
so here's "cheap fart" of a joke for you...
a bit of Trumpy-pumpy...
to coin a Brit-inspired term
...I need more TP for my bunghole, heh!
posted by Dot Calm @ 6:03 PM
