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Top 10 Conservative Idiots #42: Meet The Deplorables Edition
Last edited Mon Sep 26, 2016, 01:25 PM - Edit history (1)
Top 10 Conservative Idiots #42: Meet The Deplorables Edition
Welcome back to the Top 10 Conservative Idiots! Football is back everybody! Woooooooooooooooooo! Wooooooooooo!! Woooooo. Well it was a crazy week – my Cardinals lost to the ugh, Patriots on a last second field goal. And we now have football back in Los Angeles. Which is exciting! Woooooooo!! Well maybe not so much if you saw the Monday night game between the Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco 49ers. Holy shit did that game stink. The Rams definitely did not do enough ramming it. There’s a statistic out there – the Rams haven’t scored a single point in Los Angeles since 1994! That is a long ass time to go between touchdowns. In fact even the announcers remarked during the Monday night game how much the Rams’ re-debut in Los Angeles stunk worse than a freshly run over skunk. But at least thank god we have crazy fans out there. And man did the crazy fans know how to welcome football back to Los Angeles in San Francisco. Well there was one moment that did make the game suddenly a lot more interesting. Can we show that?
My favorite part has to be when the announcer says “Oh my gosh, this guy is drunk and he doesn’t seem to care!”. I was nearly on the floor laughing during that comment. OK enough of the intro. But first Stephen Colbert plays a PSA that The Trump Foundation needs your help!
So where do we begin this week? Of course Donald Trump is taking the first 3 slots this week. In the first slot we are going to talk about Donald Trump (1) appearing on the Dr. Oz show. In the second slot, we are going to further discuss Trump’s Dr. Oz adventure – particularly the insanely creepy relationship he has with his daughter Ivanka. In the third slot we’re going to talk about some more Donald Trump (3) madness which will include his $20,000 portrait. Taking the number 4 seed is possible future vice president (see what I did there?) Mike Pence (4). See, he claims he is not in the “name calling business” but we will disprove that to the contrary! In the number 5 slot we are going to introduce “The Deplorables” – mainly Conservative Twitter Trolls (5). So Hillary Clinton got pneumonia last week, but did you know she was secretly replaced with a body double? Either they’re smoking some good stuff or watching too much of the movie “Dave” lately. At number 6 is the Bathroom Police (6). So we have to talk about some sad news – mainly the passing of trans activists Alexis Arquette and Lady Chablis, which is very sad. But if you saw the Twittersphere, the hateful bullshit being spewed from the trolls will make your skin crawl. But HB-2 is having some serious consequences for North Carolina. Meanwhile, an uber religious former mayor in Ohio was arrested for sexual assault on a 4 year old. In the number 7 slot, we are going to ask "How Is This Still A Thing" and we’re going to recap the best (or worst) of the annual Values Voters Summit. The Values Voters are certifiably insane and so are their spokespeople. In the number 8 slot we’re going to talk about robber barons and in America, the banks rob you. None is more true than Wells Fargo (8) where they got caught creating phony bank accounts and pocketing millions. Taking the number 9 (NEIN!!!) slot we are going to recap the first week of the Bundy Bunch trial. It’s the stuff of magic. Finally this week we are going to debut a new feature called “People Are Dumb” because, well, people are dumb. And we’ve got a lot of stories to cover – stupid criminals, stupid lawsuits, stupid pundits, stupid memes, you name it. And they probably will all vote Trump too. Enjoy! And as always don’t forget the key!
[font size="8"]Donald Trump[/font]
Yes, Donald Trump believes he is the healthiest man alive, folks! “I’m the healthiest man alive, folks, nobody is a healthier man than I am. All the sick people out there are stupid losers. You want to know how to make America great again? Stop being so sick!”
This much we know for sure: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is making an appearance on The Dr. Oz Show this Thursday for an episode focused on health. Both Trump and his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton were offered the opportunity to appear on the show; Trump, ever the TV showman, has decided to accept.
In preparation for Thursday’s show — which will actually tape Wednesday — Dr. Oz visited with Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade to discuss the upcoming taping. Kilmeade asked the Doc about the strange letter of health from Dr. Harold Bornstein, Trump’s gastroenterologist, which claimed the candidate to be in “astonishingly excellent,” health.
http://www.mediaite.com/online/report-dr-oz-will-surprise-donald-trump-with-the-results-of-his-physical-on-thursday/
In preparation for Thursday’s show — which will actually tape Wednesday — Dr. Oz visited with Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade to discuss the upcoming taping. Kilmeade asked the Doc about the strange letter of health from Dr. Harold Bornstein, Trump’s gastroenterologist, which claimed the candidate to be in “astonishingly excellent,” health.
http://www.mediaite.com/online/report-dr-oz-will-surprise-donald-trump-with-the-results-of-his-physical-on-thursday/
OK so why the hell would you go on the Dr. Oz show? Have you not seen that now classic John Oliver segment?
So that happened this week. And I love that Claire McCaskill called Dr. Oz a “snake oil salesman”:
Sen. Claire McCaskill characterized both Dr. Mehmet Oz and Donald Trump as charlatans, calling them "two snake oil salesmen."
"Isn't that a pair. Oh my lord," said McCaskill, D- Mo., during a Thursday interview on "Morning Joe." "I mean one of them says, 'Take a pill and you'll be thin' … from your lips to God's ear, wouldn't we all love that? Not true. Not medically true, not scientifically true. And Dr. Oz knows it."
"Then we have Donald Trump promising things that are totally not true. Lying every time he opens his mouth," she said. "So I think it's really a marriage made in heaven.".......................
Read more: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/mccaskill-calls-trump-and-oz-snake-oil-salesmen/article/2601888?custom_click=rss
"Isn't that a pair. Oh my lord," said McCaskill, D- Mo., during a Thursday interview on "Morning Joe." "I mean one of them says, 'Take a pill and you'll be thin' … from your lips to God's ear, wouldn't we all love that? Not true. Not medically true, not scientifically true. And Dr. Oz knows it."
"Then we have Donald Trump promising things that are totally not true. Lying every time he opens his mouth," she said. "So I think it's really a marriage made in heaven.".......................
Read more: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/mccaskill-calls-trump-and-oz-snake-oil-salesmen/article/2601888?custom_click=rss
I like that one. But there’s more to the Dr. Oz insanity and we will spell it out for you:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/15/us/politics/donald-trump-health-dr-oz.html?_r=0
After a whiplash-inducing morning of mixed messages, Donald J. Trump on Wednesday gave a small window into some of the results from his most recent physical examination in a taped appearance with the television celebrity Dr. Mehmet Oz.
The quick run-through of results, which Mr. Trump is said to have given to the doctor to read from a piece of paper, came after the Republican presidential nominee’s aides had said he would, and then that he wouldn’t, broach the topic with the celebrity doctor on the “Dr. Oz Show.”
A person close to Mr. Trump would not discuss specifics of what he said on the syndicated show, which was taped on the West Side of Manhattan and is to be broadcast on Thursday.
Mr. Trump, 70, discussed the results as the campaign of his rival, Hillary Clinton, was expected to release some details of her own latest examinations after her recent bout of pneumonia.
After a whiplash-inducing morning of mixed messages, Donald J. Trump on Wednesday gave a small window into some of the results from his most recent physical examination in a taped appearance with the television celebrity Dr. Mehmet Oz.
The quick run-through of results, which Mr. Trump is said to have given to the doctor to read from a piece of paper, came after the Republican presidential nominee’s aides had said he would, and then that he wouldn’t, broach the topic with the celebrity doctor on the “Dr. Oz Show.”
A person close to Mr. Trump would not discuss specifics of what he said on the syndicated show, which was taped on the West Side of Manhattan and is to be broadcast on Thursday.
Mr. Trump, 70, discussed the results as the campaign of his rival, Hillary Clinton, was expected to release some details of her own latest examinations after her recent bout of pneumonia.
So let’s extrapolate this for a minute. Hillary Clinton gets pneumonia and the Twitter trolls, MRAs, and other bottom feeders of the internet start saying she’s “spreading pneumonia everywhere”, while Donald Trump is overweight and takes cholesterol medication. First off if you don’t know how pneumonia is spread, shut the fuck up!! It only makes you look stupid. Second, why does this make one healthier over the other? WTF? Well in true Donald J. Trump fashion, he likens himself to Patriots quarterback and serial cheater Tom Brady:
2016 cannot be parodied because 2016 parodies itself.
On Thursday, for instance, the former reality television star who is now the Republican presidential nominee appeared on the daytime talk show hosted by the quack doctor popularized by Oprah Winfrey in lieu of releasing his actual medical records.
The appearance was initially billed as an event of Jerry Springer-like proportions. With Trump sitting next to him, Dr. Oz would read the results of the mogul’s recent physical so that Trump and the housewives watching at home (a demographic Trump has struggled to appeal to) would learn his condition at the same time.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/09/15/donald-trump-to-dr-oz-i-m-strong-as-tom-brady.html
On Thursday, for instance, the former reality television star who is now the Republican presidential nominee appeared on the daytime talk show hosted by the quack doctor popularized by Oprah Winfrey in lieu of releasing his actual medical records.
The appearance was initially billed as an event of Jerry Springer-like proportions. With Trump sitting next to him, Dr. Oz would read the results of the mogul’s recent physical so that Trump and the housewives watching at home (a demographic Trump has struggled to appeal to) would learn his condition at the same time.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/09/15/donald-trump-to-dr-oz-i-m-strong-as-tom-brady.html
Hey Donald. Stop talking. Please.
And by the way in case you were wondering, Media Matters posted some good info about the nutritional supplement industry which Dr. Oz is a huge fan of:
Oz “Perpetuate[s] Dubious Medical Advice.” A Politico article on Trump's appearance on the “scientifically dubious” Dr. Oz Show reported that Oz has come under repeated scrutiny for “charges that he has perpetuated dubious medical advice on his show.” Oz “has promoted a raft of scientifically unproven therapies and downplayed the risk of concussions for kids.” [Politico, 9/9/16]
Oz Admitted To Congress His Weight Loss Pills “Don’t Have ... Scientific Muster.” On June 17, 2014, The Huffington Post reported that Dr. Oz was ”scolded by [Senate Consumer Protection Committee] Chairman Claire McCaskill for claims he made about weight-loss aids on his TV show.” McCaskill charged that Oz gave people “false hope” disguised as “a miracle.” Oz was forced to admit, “I recognize [the weight-loss pill claims] don’t have the scientific muster to present as fact,” yet he stood by his fraudulent advocacy anyway. [The Huffington Post, 6/17/14]
Oz Promoted Psychic Abilities. Oz has repeatedly hosted psychics on his TV show, and defended such work to his audience by saying, “Doctors don’t have all the answers.” While hosting famous psychic John Edward, Oz also told his audience Edward “seems authentic, not at all like a charlatan.” [RawStory, 9/13/16]
http://mediamatters.org/research/2016/09/14/eight-things-media-should-know-about-scientifically-dubious-dr-oz/213084
Oz Admitted To Congress His Weight Loss Pills “Don’t Have ... Scientific Muster.” On June 17, 2014, The Huffington Post reported that Dr. Oz was ”scolded by [Senate Consumer Protection Committee] Chairman Claire McCaskill for claims he made about weight-loss aids on his TV show.” McCaskill charged that Oz gave people “false hope” disguised as “a miracle.” Oz was forced to admit, “I recognize [the weight-loss pill claims] don’t have the scientific muster to present as fact,” yet he stood by his fraudulent advocacy anyway. [The Huffington Post, 6/17/14]
Oz Promoted Psychic Abilities. Oz has repeatedly hosted psychics on his TV show, and defended such work to his audience by saying, “Doctors don’t have all the answers.” While hosting famous psychic John Edward, Oz also told his audience Edward “seems authentic, not at all like a charlatan.” [RawStory, 9/13/16]
http://mediamatters.org/research/2016/09/14/eight-things-media-should-know-about-scientifically-dubious-dr-oz/213084
[font size="8"]Donald Trump[/font]
If you’re eating something, I highly encourage you to look away from this next entry. You are free to skip over it. I’ll even give you some intermission music. Go!
OK you’ve chosen to stick with us. Ok…. Even I’m disgusted by this entry. In fact I think I may throw up after reading this. So as you may know Donald Trump has an almost incestuous relationship with his daughter Ivanka. And this part of the Dr. Oz interview was very curiously left out:
Oh god make it stop!!!!! Yes, Donald Trump admitted that he kisses his daughter Ivanka every chance he gets!
#ICreatedIvanka
Donald Trump really appreciates his daughter Ivanka's good looks – probably a little too much.
In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Trump delivered a more-than-vaguely-sexual response when the magazine's reporter praised Ivanka Trump, a prominent businesswoman in her own right.
"Yeah, she's really something, and what a beauty, that one. If I weren't happily married and, ya know, her father ..." he said.
It's hardly the first time Trump, the Republican Party's 2016 frontrunner, has gone a shade too far complimenting his daughter.
"If Ivanka weren't my daughter, perhaps I'd be dating her," Trump cracked in a now-infamous 2006 interview with "The View."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/donald-trump-ivanka-rolling-stone
In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Trump delivered a more-than-vaguely-sexual response when the magazine's reporter praised Ivanka Trump, a prominent businesswoman in her own right.
"Yeah, she's really something, and what a beauty, that one. If I weren't happily married and, ya know, her father ..." he said.
It's hardly the first time Trump, the Republican Party's 2016 frontrunner, has gone a shade too far complimenting his daughter.
"If Ivanka weren't my daughter, perhaps I'd be dating her," Trump cracked in a now-infamous 2006 interview with "The View."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/donald-trump-ivanka-rolling-stone
?w=525
Can’t unsee! Cant unsee!!! I do like this meme that surfaced about Ivanka and Don Jr possibly being Barbie and Ken:
Well naturally Dr. Oz would leave that part out of the interview! There’s more:
At this point, it should come as no particular surprise that Donald Trump used daytime TV as the venue for disclosing more detailed medical records than he’d previously shown the public.
His Dr. Oz appearance is in keeping with both a campaign that’s capitalized off lessons the candidate learned in his time on reality TV and a political scene in which all manner of pop-culture TV has come to be more important than ever to transmit messages to discrete groups of voters.
What was surprising was the degree to which Trump tamped himself down. In the past, every Trump appearance, from debates to Morning Joe phoners, was carried across like the boardroom on The Apprentice. Here, Trump was subdued and at times almost melancholic in tone when describing the declines and deaths of his late parents, and restrained rather than triumphalist when going over the letter he presented from his physician to Dr. Oz.
http://time.com/4495653/donald-trump-dr-oz-review/
His Dr. Oz appearance is in keeping with both a campaign that’s capitalized off lessons the candidate learned in his time on reality TV and a political scene in which all manner of pop-culture TV has come to be more important than ever to transmit messages to discrete groups of voters.
What was surprising was the degree to which Trump tamped himself down. In the past, every Trump appearance, from debates to Morning Joe phoners, was carried across like the boardroom on The Apprentice. Here, Trump was subdued and at times almost melancholic in tone when describing the declines and deaths of his late parents, and restrained rather than triumphalist when going over the letter he presented from his physician to Dr. Oz.
http://time.com/4495653/donald-trump-dr-oz-review/
Straight forward – except for one tiny little, extremely significant detail:
‘Dr. Oz Show’ Edits Out Donald Trump Comment About Kissing Daughter Ivanka
[Itay Hod]
Itay HodSeptember 15, 2016
Donald Trump’s favorite physician, Dr. Mehmet Oz, is under fire after producers edited out a joke made by the GOP nominee about how much he loves kissing his daughter Ivanka.
According to MSNBC’s Peter Alexander, when Ivanka came on to the show during Wednesday’s taping, her father greeted her with a kiss… to which Dr. Oz said something along the lines of, “It’s nice to see a dad kiss his daughter.”
That was all it took for The Donald to give everyone the heebie-jeebies, telling the audience he kisses her every chance he gets.
(Ok … First, Eww).
https://www.yahoo.com/tv/dr-oz-show-edits-creepy-donald-trump-kissing-202328937.html
[Itay Hod]
Itay HodSeptember 15, 2016
Donald Trump’s favorite physician, Dr. Mehmet Oz, is under fire after producers edited out a joke made by the GOP nominee about how much he loves kissing his daughter Ivanka.
According to MSNBC’s Peter Alexander, when Ivanka came on to the show during Wednesday’s taping, her father greeted her with a kiss… to which Dr. Oz said something along the lines of, “It’s nice to see a dad kiss his daughter.”
That was all it took for The Donald to give everyone the heebie-jeebies, telling the audience he kisses her every chance he gets.
(Ok … First, Eww).
https://www.yahoo.com/tv/dr-oz-show-edits-creepy-donald-trump-kissing-202328937.html
And there’s even more. I like that Stephen Colbert dissected this whole thing:
Donald Trump's favorite physician, Dr. Mehmet Oz, is under fire after producers edited out a joke made by the GOP nominee about how much he loves kissing his daughter Ivanka.
According to MSNBC's Peter Alexander, when Ivanka came on to the show during Wednesday's taping, her father greeted her with a kiss... to which Dr. Oz said something along the lines of, "It's nice to see a dad kiss his daughter."
That was all it took for The Donald to give everyone the heebie-jeebies, telling the audience he kisses her every chance he gets.
http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/the-wrap/article/Dr-Oz-Show-Edits-Out-Donald-Trump-Comment-9226578.php
According to MSNBC's Peter Alexander, when Ivanka came on to the show during Wednesday's taping, her father greeted her with a kiss... to which Dr. Oz said something along the lines of, "It's nice to see a dad kiss his daughter."
That was all it took for The Donald to give everyone the heebie-jeebies, telling the audience he kisses her every chance he gets.
http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/the-wrap/article/Dr-Oz-Show-Edits-Out-Donald-Trump-Comment-9226578.php
Excuse me a minute:
I feel better!
[font size="8"]Donald Trump[/font]
So we’re going to talk about some random Trump madness for this entry and add our usual brand of hilarity using the Fake Trump Tweet generator. For instance you know Matt Lauer had his lips firmly implanted on Trump’s ass this week:
Lauer's handling of the NBC News "Commander-In-Chief Forum" with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on Wednesday night was widely panned by journalists and pundits.
The "Today" show co-host was criticized for spending too much time on Clinton's emails, lobbing softball questions to Trump, and neglecting to fact-check the Republican nominee when he falsely claimed to have opposed the Iraq War in 2002.
"This #NBCNewsForum feels like an embarrassment to journalism," New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof wrote on Twitter.
http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/07/media/matt-lauer-nbc-commander-in-chief-forum/
The "Today" show co-host was criticized for spending too much time on Clinton's emails, lobbing softball questions to Trump, and neglecting to fact-check the Republican nominee when he falsely claimed to have opposed the Iraq War in 2002.
"This #NBCNewsForum feels like an embarrassment to journalism," New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof wrote on Twitter.
http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/07/media/matt-lauer-nbc-commander-in-chief-forum/
#NiceTrump
But there’s also more Trump madness. He went a full 180 on the birther situation which in both of Obama’s terms in office, Donald Trump said some things about Obama’s birth certificate that weren’t exactly what one would call “flattering”:
Hillary Clinton’s campaign first raised this issue to smear then-candidate Barack Obama in her very nasty, failed 2008 campaign for President. This type of vicious and conniving behavior is straight from the Clinton Playbook. As usual, however, Hillary Clinton was too weak to get an answer. Even the MSNBC show Morning Joe admits that it was Clinton’s henchmen who first raised this issue, not Donald J. Trump.
In 2011, Mr. Trump was finally able to bring this ugly incident to its conclusion by successfully compelling President Obama to release his birth certificate. Mr. Trump did a great service to the President and the country by bringing closure to the issue that Hillary Clinton and her team first raised. Inarguably, Donald J. Trump is a closer. Having successfully obtained President Obama’s birth certificate when others could not, Mr. Trump believes that President Obama was born in the United States.
Except that's not true. Indeed, virtually every line of the statement is a lie.
Hillary Clinton did not allege that the president was born in Kenya. Trump did not compel Obama to release his birth certificate "when others had not"—Obama had already released a copy of his birth certificate, but critics, including Trump, believed it to be a fake. So Obama released a longer birth certificate in 2011—but that release did not bring "closure" to the issue. Instead, Trump called it a forgery, citing "Israeli science," and announced that he was sending a team of investigators to Hawaii to uncover the truth. He suggested that a Hawaiian health official who knew of the cover-up had died in suspicious circumstances.
MORE:
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/09/every-line-donald-trumps-birther-statement-lie
In 2011, Mr. Trump was finally able to bring this ugly incident to its conclusion by successfully compelling President Obama to release his birth certificate. Mr. Trump did a great service to the President and the country by bringing closure to the issue that Hillary Clinton and her team first raised. Inarguably, Donald J. Trump is a closer. Having successfully obtained President Obama’s birth certificate when others could not, Mr. Trump believes that President Obama was born in the United States.
Except that's not true. Indeed, virtually every line of the statement is a lie.
Hillary Clinton did not allege that the president was born in Kenya. Trump did not compel Obama to release his birth certificate "when others had not"—Obama had already released a copy of his birth certificate, but critics, including Trump, believed it to be a fake. So Obama released a longer birth certificate in 2011—but that release did not bring "closure" to the issue. Instead, Trump called it a forgery, citing "Israeli science," and announced that he was sending a team of investigators to Hawaii to uncover the truth. He suggested that a Hawaiian health official who knew of the cover-up had died in suspicious circumstances.
MORE:
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/09/every-line-donald-trumps-birther-statement-lie
But here’s what could probably be my favorite Trump story of the week. He allegedly may or may not have spent Trump Foundation money to buy a $20,000 portrait of himself. Ok this makes my head hurt. So Donald Trump has a giant building in New York with his name on it:
A casino in Las Vegas with his name on it:
A Boeing 757 with his name on it:
Eats KFC with a silver knife and fork:
Proudly proclaims that the best taco bowls come from Trump Tower:
And now spends $20,000 on a portrait for himself, and Hillary Clinton is the elitist? Get the fuck out of here!
In 2007, Donald Trump spent $20,000 that belonged to his charity — the Donald J. Trump Foundation — to buy a six-foot-tall portrait of himself during a fundraiser auction at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida.
That purchase was reported Sunday by The Washington Post. Since then, the portrait has been the center of a mystery: What did Trump do with the painting after he bought it?
If Trump did not give the painting to a charity — or find a way to use it for charitable purposes — he may have violated IRS rules against “self-dealing,” which prohibit nonprofit leaders from spending charity money on themselves.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-clue-to-the-whereabouts-of-the-6-foot-tall-portrait-of-donald-trump/2016/09/14/ae65db82-7a8f-11e6-ac8e-cf8e0dd91dc7_story.html
That purchase was reported Sunday by The Washington Post. Since then, the portrait has been the center of a mystery: What did Trump do with the painting after he bought it?
If Trump did not give the painting to a charity — or find a way to use it for charitable purposes — he may have violated IRS rules against “self-dealing,” which prohibit nonprofit leaders from spending charity money on themselves.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-clue-to-the-whereabouts-of-the-6-foot-tall-portrait-of-donald-trump/2016/09/14/ae65db82-7a8f-11e6-ac8e-cf8e0dd91dc7_story.html
Can we show that?
He looks like Shooter McGavin from Happy Gilmore. You will not make this putt, jackass!!
[font size="8"]Mike Pence[/font]
We’ve discussed possible future president Donald Trump ad nauseum in the last few months – even going so far as to do an all Trump edition (see [link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028087991 | Idiots #38]. But we really haven’t talked about possible future VICE president Mike Pence yet (see what I did there?
) all that much. Anyway, he said some pretty controversial shit about the “deplorables” which we will cover in the next entry. In fact let’s take a look at some choice Pence quotes to get a feel for what’s coming down the pike.
From the man who brought you one of the nation’s strictest anti-choice laws, defunded Planned Parenthood and caused an HIV outbreak, voted three times against a bill to address workplace gender discrimination, and most recently, giddily joined the presidential ticket of America’s most prominent misogynist, the many sexist comments of Mike Pence should hardly come as a surprise. Pence made headlines for a very sexist op-ed which somehow managed to cite Disney’s Mulan as evidence for why women shouldn’t be in the military, but it was rife with plenty of other misogynistic points worth noticing. Recently, yet another very sexist op-ed by the Indiana Governor and staunch social conservative, published in The Indianapolis Star in 1997, came to light and is worth dissecting.
It’s true that both essays by Pence were written nearly 20 years ago at this point, and there is a social statute of limitations on saying stupid things. That is, if you go on to offer some evidence that you’ve learned, know better, and see things differently now — none of which Pence has done. With regard to his Mulan comments, not only does it at least appear that Pence has maintained his stance, joining the ticket of a man who famously proposed preventing military rape by barring women, but he also called for a ban on gay men in the military in 2000.
http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/terrible-mike-pence-quotes-against-women
It’s true that both essays by Pence were written nearly 20 years ago at this point, and there is a social statute of limitations on saying stupid things. That is, if you go on to offer some evidence that you’ve learned, know better, and see things differently now — none of which Pence has done. With regard to his Mulan comments, not only does it at least appear that Pence has maintained his stance, joining the ticket of a man who famously proposed preventing military rape by barring women, but he also called for a ban on gay men in the military in 2000.
http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/terrible-mike-pence-quotes-against-women
http://images.memes.com/meme/747347
Yes we can and are being serious. So let’s go through some of these shall we?
“For years, we have gotten the message from the mouthpieces of the popular culture that you can have it all, career, kids and a two-car garage.”
His 1997 op-ed, “Day-care Kids,” was filled with gems like this. In Pence’s eyes, the privilege of balancing family life and career, popularly known as “having it all,” should be reserved for men. Why, you ask?
“Sure, you can have it all, but your day-care kids get the short end of the emotional stick.”
This doesn’t appear to be gendered language on the surface. But children go to day care when both of their parents are working, and they don’t have a parent to stay home with them. And I bet you can guess which parent Pence thinks should be staying at home with the kids and should be blamed for “stunting” their children’s “emotional development.” If you can’t guess, he makes it perfectly clear in another line in the op-ed.
http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/terrible-mike-pence-quotes-against-women
His 1997 op-ed, “Day-care Kids,” was filled with gems like this. In Pence’s eyes, the privilege of balancing family life and career, popularly known as “having it all,” should be reserved for men. Why, you ask?
“Sure, you can have it all, but your day-care kids get the short end of the emotional stick.”
This doesn’t appear to be gendered language on the surface. But children go to day care when both of their parents are working, and they don’t have a parent to stay home with them. And I bet you can guess which parent Pence thinks should be staying at home with the kids and should be blamed for “stunting” their children’s “emotional development.” If you can’t guess, he makes it perfectly clear in another line in the op-ed.
http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/terrible-mike-pence-quotes-against-women
Now let’s fast forward to approximately last week:
PENCE: As I've told you the last time I was on, I'm not really sure why the media keeps dropping David Duke's name. Donald Trump has denounced David Duke repeatedly. We don't want his support and we don't want the support of people who think like him.
BLITZER: So you call him a deplorable. You would call him deplorable.
PENCE: No, I'm not in the name-calling business, Wolf. You know me better than that. What Hillary Clinton did Friday night was shocking. I mean, the millions of people who support Donald Trump around this country are not a basket of anything. They are Americans. And they deserve the respect of the Democrat nominee for president of the United States. For her to rattle off this litany of pejoratives was just really shocking.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/09/12/mike-pence-declines-to-say-if-david-duke-is-deplorable-because-pence-is-not-in-the-name-calling-business/
BLITZER: So you call him a deplorable. You would call him deplorable.
PENCE: No, I'm not in the name-calling business, Wolf. You know me better than that. What Hillary Clinton did Friday night was shocking. I mean, the millions of people who support Donald Trump around this country are not a basket of anything. They are Americans. And they deserve the respect of the Democrat nominee for president of the United States. For her to rattle off this litany of pejoratives was just really shocking.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/09/12/mike-pence-declines-to-say-if-david-duke-is-deplorable-because-pence-is-not-in-the-name-calling-business/
[font size="8"]The Deplorables[/font]
So that happened. And you might ask yourself “Who are the deplorables?” Well we answer you – they are simply put, deplorable. Like Mike Pence in the previous entry. Or Alex Jones. Or Rush Limbaugh. Or Ted Nugent. They’re just the most racist, sexist, hateful people on the planet. People who think that Hillary Clinton was replaced with a body double when she had a bout with pneumonia last week!
Famous Clinton impersonator Teresa Barnwell first played along, tweeting she might have been in New York that day. She was actually on the West Coast, preparing for a Spike TV network show. She had been in New York just a few weeks ago and a friend took her past Chelsea Clinton's building, where they took photos.
"As I was sitting in my dressing room, I posted [a photo] to have a little fun," Barnwell said, adding that she had never shared the New York photo previously. "I had already posted that I was in L.A. before that, so I was just joking with people."
Barnwell later said she was in Los Angeles during the time of the photos, telling people to “calm down.”
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/09/13/internet-thinks-hillary-clinton-has-body-double/90297312/
"As I was sitting in my dressing room, I posted [a photo] to have a little fun," Barnwell said, adding that she had never shared the New York photo previously. "I had already posted that I was in L.A. before that, so I was just joking with people."
Barnwell later said she was in Los Angeles during the time of the photos, telling people to “calm down.”
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/09/13/internet-thinks-hillary-clinton-has-body-double/90297312/
In fact I think if you made a ven diagram based on who the deplorables are, and America’s religious right, you would find these two things have a lot in common. So here’s what happened:
New York (CNN)Hillary Clinton expressed "regret" Saturday for comments in which she said "half" of Donald Trump's supporters are "deplorables," meaning people who are racist, sexist, homophobic or xenophobic.
"Last night I was 'grossly generalistic,' and that's never a good idea. I regret saying 'half' -- that was wrong," Clinton said in a statement in which she also vowed to call out "bigotry" in Trump's campaign.
The Democratic presidential nominee sparked an uproar late Friday when she described Trump's supporters at a fundraiser.
"To just be grossly generalistic, you can put half of Trump supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables," Clinton said. "Right? Racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic, you name it."
www.cnn.com/2016/09/09/politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-basket-of-deplorables/
"Last night I was 'grossly generalistic,' and that's never a good idea. I regret saying 'half' -- that was wrong," Clinton said in a statement in which she also vowed to call out "bigotry" in Trump's campaign.
The Democratic presidential nominee sparked an uproar late Friday when she described Trump's supporters at a fundraiser.
"To just be grossly generalistic, you can put half of Trump supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables," Clinton said. "Right? Racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic, you name it."
www.cnn.com/2016/09/09/politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-basket-of-deplorables/
Did she say half? You know what, Hillary? We support you here 100%, and we will not fault you if your math is off. It’s not half of Trump supporters who are “deplorable”. It’s not half, it’s 100 fucking percent of Trump followers that are deplorables! Like this guy!
Or this guy:
Even that baby in that picture is like “what the fuck am I getting into?”
Or this guy:
Or these women:
In fact these douchebags and douchebagettes love Trump so much that they’re proudly wearing their ignorance on their sleeve:
Well, that didn't take long.
Just days after Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton said half of Donald Trump's supporters make up a "basket of deplorables," some of those supporters are embracing the label. Among those whom Clinton dismissed as the "basket" cases there is a sense of pride in being insulted by the candidate they despise.
A wide variety of "deplorable" merchandise is already available online. On the shopping website Etsy, one can find deplorable T-shirts, key chains, car decals, buttons, pendants, coffee mugs and even a deplorable pocket watch.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/09/12/deplorable-and-proud-some-trump-supporters-embrace-label/90290760/
Just days after Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton said half of Donald Trump's supporters make up a "basket of deplorables," some of those supporters are embracing the label. Among those whom Clinton dismissed as the "basket" cases there is a sense of pride in being insulted by the candidate they despise.
A wide variety of "deplorable" merchandise is already available online. On the shopping website Etsy, one can find deplorable T-shirts, key chains, car decals, buttons, pendants, coffee mugs and even a deplorable pocket watch.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/09/12/deplorable-and-proud-some-trump-supporters-embrace-label/90290760/
Can we show that?
Good! You’re easy to identify! Bravo, well done!
In fact Trumpenfuror has been weighing in on the subject:
ASTON, Pa. — From the fundraising circuit to campaign stops in places like suburban Philadelphia, Donald Trump is trying to turn Hillary Clinton's "basket of deplorables" comment from last week into this year's version of Mitt Romney's "47%" remark from the 2012 election.
Just as Romney's comment that 47% of the electorate would be with President Obama because they are "dependent upon government" undermined his campaign, Trump and his aides are looking for a similar effect from Clinton's claim that half of the businessman's supporters are racist xenophobes, saying it reflects disdain for all Americans.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/09/15/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-basket-of-deplorables/90352670/
Just as Romney's comment that 47% of the electorate would be with President Obama because they are "dependent upon government" undermined his campaign, Trump and his aides are looking for a similar effect from Clinton's claim that half of the businessman's supporters are racist xenophobes, saying it reflects disdain for all Americans.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/09/15/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-basket-of-deplorables/90352670/
And even worse – he’s embracing the idea. This is not good, it’s almost like Mitt Romney’s 47% comment that cost him the election in 2012. Almost. :
Baltimore (CNN)Donald Trump pounced Monday on Hillary Clinton for calling half of his supporters a "basket of deplorables" late last week, launching a new attack ad and arguing on the stump that the remark disqualifies Clinton from the presidency.
The Republican nominee, speaking Monday at the National Guard Association's annual conference, called on Clinton to apologize for and retract her remarks, arguing that she had "slandered" millions of Americans. Trump's outrage Monday was a significant political statement for a candidate who has repeatedly offended millions of Americans throughout his controversial campaign.
"The disdain that Hillary Clinton expressed toward millions of Americans disqualifies her from public service. You cannot run for president if you have such contempt in your heart for the American voter," Trump said. "You can't lead this nation if you have such a low opinion of its citizens."
http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/12/politics/trump-ad-hits-clinton-for-deplorables/
The Republican nominee, speaking Monday at the National Guard Association's annual conference, called on Clinton to apologize for and retract her remarks, arguing that she had "slandered" millions of Americans. Trump's outrage Monday was a significant political statement for a candidate who has repeatedly offended millions of Americans throughout his controversial campaign.
"The disdain that Hillary Clinton expressed toward millions of Americans disqualifies her from public service. You cannot run for president if you have such contempt in your heart for the American voter," Trump said. "You can't lead this nation if you have such a low opinion of its citizens."
http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/12/politics/trump-ad-hits-clinton-for-deplorables/
[font size="8"]The Bathroom Police[/font]
So we got to talk about some Twitter trolling this week when it comes to the Bathroom Police. Some incredibly sad news happened last week. Not one, but two trans activists passed away very sadly and suddenly. The first of course is Alexis Arquette:
It is with a heavy heart that we’ve learned actor and trans-rights activist Alexis Arquette has passed away at age 47 on Sunday, September 11. Her passing was confirmed by her brother Richmond Arquette. Alexis was born Robert Arquette, and her transition from male to female was documented in the 2007 film Alexis Arquette: She’s My Brother. Alexis’ cause of death has not yet been confirmed.
Arquette was maybe best known for playing a Boy George-inspired character in the 1998 comedy The Wedding Singer, as well as a memorable bit role in Pulp Fiction. She also had small but memorable parts in dozens of other films in the ’90s and early 2000s, like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Threesome, Inside Out, and Bride of Chucky, and television series like Xena and Roseanne. Alexis came from a famous family, as her siblings were well-known actors Rosanna, Patricia and David Arquette.
http://nerdist.com/cult-movie-and-tv-actoractivist-alexis-arquette-has-died/
Arquette was maybe best known for playing a Boy George-inspired character in the 1998 comedy The Wedding Singer, as well as a memorable bit role in Pulp Fiction. She also had small but memorable parts in dozens of other films in the ’90s and early 2000s, like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Threesome, Inside Out, and Bride of Chucky, and television series like Xena and Roseanne. Alexis came from a famous family, as her siblings were well-known actors Rosanna, Patricia and David Arquette.
http://nerdist.com/cult-movie-and-tv-actoractivist-alexis-arquette-has-died/
That’s sad enough. And then this happened also:
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Lady Chablis, the transgender performer who became an unlikely celebrity for her role in the 1994 best-seller "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil," died Thursday in Savannah, her family said. She was 59.
Chablis' sister, Cynthia Ponder, confirmed she died at Candler Hospital. A close friend, Cale Hall, said Chablis died from pneumonia and had been in the hospital for the past month.
A modern, nonfiction take on Southern Gothic storytelling, author John Berendt's "Midnight" thrust Savannah into the pop-culture spotlight. And the sassy, blunt-spoken Chablis rode the book's popularity to a level of fame that was rare for transgender performers at the time.
http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/lady-chablis-transgender-midnight-star-dies-age-59-n645006
Chablis' sister, Cynthia Ponder, confirmed she died at Candler Hospital. A close friend, Cale Hall, said Chablis died from pneumonia and had been in the hospital for the past month.
A modern, nonfiction take on Southern Gothic storytelling, author John Berendt's "Midnight" thrust Savannah into the pop-culture spotlight. And the sassy, blunt-spoken Chablis rode the book's popularity to a level of fame that was rare for transgender performers at the time.
http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/lady-chablis-transgender-midnight-star-dies-age-59-n645006
Now that we got that out of the way, the shit being spewed on Twitter was unbelievable. In fact the hate and vitriol was so toxic that, as they say on Animal House, “the decorum prohibits me from listing that here.”. But really do a search – it’s pretty horrifying. Now that we got that out of the way – we got to talk about the real consequences that the North Carolina HB-2 bill is having on the state. You know a few editions ago, we talked about how the NCAA was threatening to pull the College World Series out of Lincoln if a proposed bill similar to HB 2 was passed. Well they actually put their foot down in regards to HB-2:
Oh, sweet home, North Carolina. What a mess you have become. After the insane HB2 bill passed (which essentially forces trans men and women to have an unnecessarily uncomfortable bathroom visit), people have been canceling on the state left and right.
Now, they may have lost their biggest endorsement to the state, and the GOP's response surely isn't helping.
If you grew up in North Carolina like I did, you would know that the NCAA Tournament is one of the most long-awaited events of the year. There are games, cookouts, parties, concerts, etc. It has to be the single greatest week for the state, for sure (but don't quote me on that). What you can quote me on is the fact that North Carolina is now set to lose over $100 million due to this stupid bill.
http://www.oxygen.com/very-real/the-ncaa-is-protesting-ncs-anti-trans-bill-and-the-gops-response-is-absolutely-insane
Now, they may have lost their biggest endorsement to the state, and the GOP's response surely isn't helping.
If you grew up in North Carolina like I did, you would know that the NCAA Tournament is one of the most long-awaited events of the year. There are games, cookouts, parties, concerts, etc. It has to be the single greatest week for the state, for sure (but don't quote me on that). What you can quote me on is the fact that North Carolina is now set to lose over $100 million due to this stupid bill.
http://www.oxygen.com/very-real/the-ncaa-is-protesting-ncs-anti-trans-bill-and-the-gops-response-is-absolutely-insane
Well let’s expand on that. Of course the GOP reacted in the typical way that you would expect a 5 year old to react when you take their toys away:
But there is some good news in the war on bathrooms – I don’t want you to think this show is just about negativity, no good sir / madam! We head across the pond to China for this one (yes the same anti-human rights violating China):
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-textbook-idUSKCN11I174
”Since 2001 when homosexuality was declassified as an illness in mainland China, 40 percent of the psychology and mental health teaching materials published on the mainland say homosexuality is an illness," Qiu said.
She first raised the issue and lodged legal cases with the Ministry of Education in 2015, as well as with publishers of the textbooks. But her complaints were ignored and her applications were rejected.
A promise by the Ministry of Education to deal with her case through their internal mediation process in return for dropping one of the lawsuits also failed to materialize, Qiu said.
"As someone studying within the education system, when the Ministry of Education tells me that the education materials have no connection with us and we won't deal with it, it's really disappointing."
”Since 2001 when homosexuality was declassified as an illness in mainland China, 40 percent of the psychology and mental health teaching materials published on the mainland say homosexuality is an illness," Qiu said.
She first raised the issue and lodged legal cases with the Ministry of Education in 2015, as well as with publishers of the textbooks. But her complaints were ignored and her applications were rejected.
A promise by the Ministry of Education to deal with her case through their internal mediation process in return for dropping one of the lawsuits also failed to materialize, Qiu said.
"As someone studying within the education system, when the Ministry of Education tells me that the education materials have no connection with us and we won't deal with it, it's really disappointing."
And of course here at the Top 10 whenever we talk about the Bathroom Police, we have to mention actual sex crimes committed by actual fundies, and they of course leave me no shortage of material here:
A former Ohio mayor has admitted to repeatedly raping a child, prosecutors said — but the self-described Christian blames the girl for her own sexual abuse.
Richard Keenan, who served as mayor of Hubbard in 2010 and 2011, was indicted last month eight counts of rape and 12 counts of attempted rape and gross sexual imposition, reported the Youngstown Vindicator.
The 65-year-old Keenan pleaded not guilty last month during a court appearance, but prosecutors said he admitted to sexually assaulting the girl over a three-year period, beginning when she was 4 years old.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/09/ohio-ex-mayor-who-dedicated-life-to-christ-admits-to-raping-4-year-old-and-blames-her-as-willing/
Richard Keenan, who served as mayor of Hubbard in 2010 and 2011, was indicted last month eight counts of rape and 12 counts of attempted rape and gross sexual imposition, reported the Youngstown Vindicator.
The 65-year-old Keenan pleaded not guilty last month during a court appearance, but prosecutors said he admitted to sexually assaulting the girl over a three-year period, beginning when she was 4 years old.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/09/ohio-ex-mayor-who-dedicated-life-to-christ-admits-to-raping-4-year-old-and-blames-her-as-willing/
Hey Christian fundamentalists!!!! Stop taking AK47s into bathrooms because you’re afraid of trans people needing to pee because they “might commit a sex crime”. THIS IS WHAT AN ACTUAL SEX CRIMINAL LOOKS LIKE!!!!!!
[font size="8"]Values Voters Summit Recap[/font]
Time once again to ask:
The Values Voters Summit. How is this still a thing? You might remember the Values Voters from the 2004 election when George Bush touted them as the saviors of the country, or in 2008 when John McCain touted them as the saviors of the country, or in 2012 when Mitt Romney touted them as the saviors of the country. Well in those elections, they didn’t show up. Ha ha. Another year another jaw-breaking yawn that is the Values Voters Summit. And every year the speakers for the summit seem to decline in quality on a huge scale. And I do mean a steep decline in quality. They went from this guy:
To this guy:
To this woman:
To this woman:
To the father of a serial child molester:
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To this guy:
Yup, that's a steep decline all right. This is the same group of people who think batshit crazy homophobes like Phil Robertson and Jim Bob Duggar are the “moral high ground”. If these people are your friends, who are your enemies? Well look at the lineup of speakers they had this year!
At the annual Values Voter Summit this weekend, Christian conservative leaders and attendees offered interesting and sometimes bizarre explanations for why they’re supporting the thrice-married, often offensive and insulting Donald Trump in interviews with me for SiriusXM Progress. Outside the conference of evangelical activists at which Trump spoke on Friday, a group of religious leaders opposed to Trump staged a protest, explaining that the Republican nominee didn’t exemplify Christian values when he mocked a reporter with disabilities and called women “pigs.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jon-voight-donald-trump_us_57d3fed2e4b03d2d459ab14c
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jon-voight-donald-trump_us_57d3fed2e4b03d2d459ab14c
The sad thing is Jon Voight will forever be tied with a certain 1984 LeBaron convertible:
And a certain batshit crazy congressman from Texas:
WASHINGTON ― Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) said Hillary Clinton is “mentally impaired” during a speech at the Values Voter Summit on Friday.
Gohmert said that he didn’t want to make fun of Clinton, then went on to do just that.
“You don’t make fun of people who are impaired, have special needs, and whether you like her or not, Hillary Clinton has made clear that she is mentally impaired and this is not somebody you should be making fun of,” Gohmert said to laughter in the audience.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/louie-gohmert-hillary-clinton_us_57d2cc22e4b03d2d4599fc74
Gohmert said that he didn’t want to make fun of Clinton, then went on to do just that.
“You don’t make fun of people who are impaired, have special needs, and whether you like her or not, Hillary Clinton has made clear that she is mentally impaired and this is not somebody you should be making fun of,” Gohmert said to laughter in the audience.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/louie-gohmert-hillary-clinton_us_57d2cc22e4b03d2d4599fc74
Yup! Bet you didn’t think it was going to be him did you? But the craziest takeaway from the Values Voters Summit? According to Matt Blevin, the new governor of Kentucky, if Hillary Clinton is elected in November – guess what? We are all going to die tonight! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!
Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin may be calling for a violent uprising if Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton is elected in November.
After being elected following his unwavering support for anti-equality crusader Kim Davis, Bevin received the Distinguished Christian Statesman award from the D. James Kennedy Center for Christian Statesmanship on Friday night at the Values Voters Summit. But it was his Saturday speech that is raising eyebrows. Bevin told the ultra-right audience that he thinks America is at a crossroads.
“We don’t have multiple options,” he warned. “We’re going one way or we’re going the other way, politically, spiritually, morally, economically, from a liberty standpoint. We’re going one way or we’re going the other way.”
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/09/ky-gov-matt-bevin-predicts-shedding-of-the-blood-of-tyrants-and-patriots-if-clinton-is-elected/
After being elected following his unwavering support for anti-equality crusader Kim Davis, Bevin received the Distinguished Christian Statesman award from the D. James Kennedy Center for Christian Statesmanship on Friday night at the Values Voters Summit. But it was his Saturday speech that is raising eyebrows. Bevin told the ultra-right audience that he thinks America is at a crossroads.
“We don’t have multiple options,” he warned. “We’re going one way or we’re going the other way, politically, spiritually, morally, economically, from a liberty standpoint. We’re going one way or we’re going the other way.”
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/09/ky-gov-matt-bevin-predicts-shedding-of-the-blood-of-tyrants-and-patriots-if-clinton-is-elected/
And of course he happened to show up. You know – him:
Donald Trump has been often accused of sounding like and/or patterning his speeches after Adolf Hitler, and after delivering his Values Voters Summit speech Friday in Washington, D.C., he’ll likely be accused of paraphrasing Hitler once again. Because inasmuch as many political speeches speak to nationalism and patriotism, and neither Trump nor Hitler are exceptions to the rule (and far from it), 2016 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump seems to have taken a line straight from the Nazi Party slogan “Ein volk, Ein reich, Ein Fuhrer!” (“One people, one empire, one leader!”).
Right Side Broadcasting streamed the Values Voters Summit in Washington, D.C., live on YouTube Friday, September 9, presenting several speakers — such as Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani — at the annual conference. The main speaker, of course, was Republican Party nominee for president Donald Trump. He regaled the crowd of Christian voters in his usual bombastic way, but near the end of the speech, Trump seemed to play into the hands of his accusers who claim that not only does Trump remind people of infamous dictators like Italian fascist Benito Mussolini and German Nazi leader Adolf Hitler with his jingoism, blatant nativist nationalism, and over-the-top fact-twisting scapegoating, but he sounds like them as well. He paraphrased the infamous Nazi Party slogan, “Ein volk, ein reich, ein Fuhrer!”
http://www.inquisitr.com/3497058/did-donald-trump-paraphrase-hitlers-slogan-ein-volk-ein-reich-ein-fuhrer-at-values-voters-summit/
Right Side Broadcasting streamed the Values Voters Summit in Washington, D.C., live on YouTube Friday, September 9, presenting several speakers — such as Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani — at the annual conference. The main speaker, of course, was Republican Party nominee for president Donald Trump. He regaled the crowd of Christian voters in his usual bombastic way, but near the end of the speech, Trump seemed to play into the hands of his accusers who claim that not only does Trump remind people of infamous dictators like Italian fascist Benito Mussolini and German Nazi leader Adolf Hitler with his jingoism, blatant nativist nationalism, and over-the-top fact-twisting scapegoating, but he sounds like them as well. He paraphrased the infamous Nazi Party slogan, “Ein volk, ein reich, ein Fuhrer!”
http://www.inquisitr.com/3497058/did-donald-trump-paraphrase-hitlers-slogan-ein-volk-ein-reich-ein-fuhrer-at-values-voters-summit/
That’s enough to make you ask – the Values Voters Summit:
[font size="8"]Wells Fargo[/font]
You know that Russian comedian who performs in Branson, Missouri - Yakov Smirnov? Well this next story will make you incredibly angry. Because in capitalist America, banks rob you! And now we have proof because the biggest of all banks, Wells Fargo got caught creating tons of phony accounts. And well it doesn’t end well and you know who’s going to wind up paying for it? Well it ain’t Wells Fucking Fargo, that’s for damn sure!
Here’s the story as it initially broke:
Financial regulators recently ordered Wells Fargo to pay $185 million to resolve allegations that the bank’s sales quotas and incentives pushed employees to open millions of unauthorized accounts, but that my not be the end of Wells’ troubles, with the U.S. Department of Justice now looking into the matter.
Federal prosecutors in U.S. attorney’s offices in New York and San Francisco are in the early stages of an investigation related to the bank’s alleged improper sales tactics that started in 2013, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing sources familiar with the matter.
The investigation centers on whether someone in senior management within the bank directed employees to falsify documents in conjunction with the opening of more than one million accounts and other banking products without customers’ knowledge.
https://consumerist.com/2016/09/15/feds-investigating-wells-fargo-after-employees-open-2-million-fake-accounts/
Federal prosecutors in U.S. attorney’s offices in New York and San Francisco are in the early stages of an investigation related to the bank’s alleged improper sales tactics that started in 2013, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing sources familiar with the matter.
The investigation centers on whether someone in senior management within the bank directed employees to falsify documents in conjunction with the opening of more than one million accounts and other banking products without customers’ knowledge.
https://consumerist.com/2016/09/15/feds-investigating-wells-fargo-after-employees-open-2-million-fake-accounts/
Yes that’s right – Wells Fargo is ordered to pay $185 million. Which means us regular chumps who have accounts with them will probably get… 35 cents. 36 cents if we’re lucky. But there’s more. So much more.
Everyone hates paying bank fees. But imagine paying fees on a ghost account you didn't even sign up for.
That's exactly what happened to Wells Fargo customers nationwide.
On Thursday, federal regulators said Wells Fargo (WFC) employees secretly created millions of unauthorized bank and credit card accounts -- without their customers knowing it -- since 2011.
The phony accounts earned the bank unwarranted fees and allowed Wells Fargo employees to boost their sales figures and make more money.
"Wells Fargo employees secretly opened unauthorized accounts to hit sales targets and receive bonuses," Richard Cordray, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, said in a statement.
http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/08/investing/wells-fargo-created-phony-accounts-bank-fees/
That's exactly what happened to Wells Fargo customers nationwide.
On Thursday, federal regulators said Wells Fargo (WFC) employees secretly created millions of unauthorized bank and credit card accounts -- without their customers knowing it -- since 2011.
The phony accounts earned the bank unwarranted fees and allowed Wells Fargo employees to boost their sales figures and make more money.
"Wells Fargo employees secretly opened unauthorized accounts to hit sales targets and receive bonuses," Richard Cordray, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, said in a statement.
http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/08/investing/wells-fargo-created-phony-accounts-bank-fees/
5300 employees! How deep does this thing go? This is just plain fucking evil. Which I am sure has absolutely nothing to do with this:
http://fortune.com/2016/09/12/wells-fargo-cfpb-carrie-tolstedt/
Wells Fargo & Co’s ( wfc ) “sandbagger”-in-chief is leaving the giant bank with an enormous pay day—$124.6 million.
In fact, despite beefed-up “clawback” provisions instituted by the bank shortly after the financial crisis, and the recent revelations of massive misconduct, it does not appear that Wells Fargo is requiring its former consumer banking chief Carrie Tolstedt to give back any of her nine-figure pay. Until recently, Tolstedt was in charge of the unit where Wells Fargo employees opened more than 2 million largely unauthorized customer accounts—a seemingly routine practice that employees internally referred to as “sandbagging.”
On Thursday, Wells Fargo ( wfc ) agreed to pay $185 million, including the largest penalty ever imposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, to settle claims that that it defrauded its customers. The bank’s shareholders will ultimately have to swallow the cost of that settlement. The bank also said it had fired 5,300 employees over five years related to the bad behavior.
Wells Fargo & Co’s ( wfc ) “sandbagger”-in-chief is leaving the giant bank with an enormous pay day—$124.6 million.
In fact, despite beefed-up “clawback” provisions instituted by the bank shortly after the financial crisis, and the recent revelations of massive misconduct, it does not appear that Wells Fargo is requiring its former consumer banking chief Carrie Tolstedt to give back any of her nine-figure pay. Until recently, Tolstedt was in charge of the unit where Wells Fargo employees opened more than 2 million largely unauthorized customer accounts—a seemingly routine practice that employees internally referred to as “sandbagging.”
On Thursday, Wells Fargo ( wfc ) agreed to pay $185 million, including the largest penalty ever imposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, to settle claims that that it defrauded its customers. The bank’s shareholders will ultimately have to swallow the cost of that settlement. The bank also said it had fired 5,300 employees over five years related to the bad behavior.
Yup! They get laid off and the boss pockets big! But you know there’s nothing to see here. Which I think could be the end result of what happened with this story from 2014:
Attorneys, forensic accountants and consumer advocates have long suspected that banks were systematically creating improper documents to prove ownership of loans. Foreclosure defense lawyers use the term ‘ta-da’ endorsement to describe situations in which they say a document appears, as if by magic, in the bank’s possession as needed in a foreclosure case—even though the proper endorsement was not included in the original foreclosure filing. It might sound like a technicality, but correct proof of ownership lies at the heart of the foreclosure crisis for securitized loans, which were sold by the lender that originally issued the mortgage. To legally transfer a securitized loan, the endorsements and allonges have to be created in a very specific way and within a specific time frame, usually 90 days after a residential mortgage trust closes. For many loans in foreclosure now, which were originated years ago and then sold, it’s way too late to correct incomplete documents, experts said.
http://nypost.com/2014/03/12/wells-fargo-made-up-on-demand-foreclosure-papers-plan-court-filing-charges/
http://nypost.com/2014/03/12/wells-fargo-made-up-on-demand-foreclosure-papers-plan-court-filing-charges/
[font size="8"]The Bundy Bunch[/font]
So by now you know that the Bundy Bunch’s long awaited trial for what they did to the Malheur Wildlife Sanctuary is well underway in Oregon. But that’s not before they made some batshit crazy demands and that they really hate prison. Let’s recap some of it, shall we?
Ammon Bundy, his brother Ryan Bundy, and co-defendants Ryan Payne and Brian Cavalier are appealing ... U.S. District Court Judge Anna J. Brown's ruling last week that would allow U.S. marshals to transport them April 13 to Nevada ...
Their defense lawyers argued that they didn't think federal prosecutors in Oregon and Nevada should pursue criminal cases against the defendants at the same time. Splitting time between courtrooms and jail cells in Oregon and Nevada would severely compromise their ability to meaningfully communicate with their defense attorneys and would interfere with their rights to speedy trials, they argued ...
The formal notice of appeal was made to the court on Monday, likely placing any transfer on hold until the matter is heard by the appellate court.
http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/03/bundy_brothers_and_2_co-defend.html
Their defense lawyers argued that they didn't think federal prosecutors in Oregon and Nevada should pursue criminal cases against the defendants at the same time. Splitting time between courtrooms and jail cells in Oregon and Nevada would severely compromise their ability to meaningfully communicate with their defense attorneys and would interfere with their rights to speedy trials, they argued ...
The formal notice of appeal was made to the court on Monday, likely placing any transfer on hold until the matter is heard by the appellate court.
http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/03/bundy_brothers_and_2_co-defend.html
Which the prosecutors quickly opposed:
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Prosecutors are telling a federal judge in Las Vegas that Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and 18 co-defendants should be tried together in a criminal conspiracy case stemming from an armed standoff with federal agents in 2014.
Documents filed Friday by the U.S. attorney in Nevada respond to filings by Bundy, his adult sons and nearly all the other defendants seeking separate trials.
Prosecutors argue it’s more efficient for one trial with one jury that can see “the entire picture of an alleged crime” ...
http://koin.com/2016/06/14/prosecutors-oppose-separate-bundy-case-trials/
Documents filed Friday by the U.S. attorney in Nevada respond to filings by Bundy, his adult sons and nearly all the other defendants seeking separate trials.
Prosecutors argue it’s more efficient for one trial with one jury that can see “the entire picture of an alleged crime” ...
http://koin.com/2016/06/14/prosecutors-oppose-separate-bundy-case-trials/
And – my favorite part – they want to act as their own attorney in all of this! Because you know that’s the type of sanity you want in a trial like this – and you know what they say – a man who is his own attorney has a fool for a client!
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge agreed to let Oregon standoff defendants Ryan Bundy and Kenneth Medenbach represent themselves at their upcoming trial, despite concerns they won't follow court rulings in the presence of the jury.
U.S. District Judge Court Anna Brown threatened to take away their right to self-representation because they have repeatedly challenged the court's jurisdiction. At a hearing Tuesday, she wanted them to promise they wouldn't raise issues in front of a jury that have already been resolved.
Medenbach said he would follow the rules. Bundy was more hesitant, but eventually agreed ...
http://www.ktvz.com/news/ryan-bundy-can-continue-as-own-lawyer-in-malheur-refuge-case/41442452
U.S. District Judge Court Anna Brown threatened to take away their right to self-representation because they have repeatedly challenged the court's jurisdiction. At a hearing Tuesday, she wanted them to promise they wouldn't raise issues in front of a jury that have already been resolved.
Medenbach said he would follow the rules. Bundy was more hesitant, but eventually agreed ...
http://www.ktvz.com/news/ryan-bundy-can-continue-as-own-lawyer-in-malheur-refuge-case/41442452
So here’s what they’re on trial for exactly:
... When we last left the Bundy posse, the federal government had charged 26 individuals who took part in the Malheur occupation and 19 people ...
So far, 11 Malheur defendants have pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to impede federal employees at the Malheur wildlife refuge through intimidation, threats or force ... The eight Malheur defendants who will step into court this week have entered not guilty pleas ... Another seven Malheur defendants are part of a separate trial also set for next February ...
“The Bundy family and their outlandish opinions on American democracy and American public lands will no doubt be on display during this trial,” says Greg Zimmerman, of the progressive research group Center for Western Priorities. “But let's not lose sight of the fact that the Bundys have continued to receive support from elected officials.”
“The reality is the history of this family’s engagement with the federal government is not a laughing matter,” adds Lenz. “It’s a serious safety concern.”
http://www.hcn.org/articles/the-bundys-go-to-court
So far, 11 Malheur defendants have pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to impede federal employees at the Malheur wildlife refuge through intimidation, threats or force ... The eight Malheur defendants who will step into court this week have entered not guilty pleas ... Another seven Malheur defendants are part of a separate trial also set for next February ...
“The Bundy family and their outlandish opinions on American democracy and American public lands will no doubt be on display during this trial,” says Greg Zimmerman, of the progressive research group Center for Western Priorities. “But let's not lose sight of the fact that the Bundys have continued to receive support from elected officials.”
“The reality is the history of this family’s engagement with the federal government is not a laughing matter,” adds Lenz. “It’s a serious safety concern.”
http://www.hcn.org/articles/the-bundys-go-to-court
And they’ve already made a list of demands for the trial – and we’re not even two days in!
Oregon sheriff David Ward said Ammon Bundy and his armed supporters repeatedly threatened “to overthrow” him and tore apart his small rural community, in the first testimony in the high-profile militia standoff case.
Ward’s town is still recovering from the impact of the Malheur national wildlife refuge occupation, the sheriff told a packed federal courtroom in Portland on the second day of the trial.
“We’re still dealing with a lot of the fallout,” he said.
Ward, the local sheriff in rural Harney County, was thrust into the national spotlight at the start of the armed occupation, which began on 2 January when brothers Ammon and Ryan Bundy led a takeover of the Malheur national wildlife refuge to protest against the federal government.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/14/oregon-militia-standoff-bundy-trial-oregon-sheriff-david-ward
Ward’s town is still recovering from the impact of the Malheur national wildlife refuge occupation, the sheriff told a packed federal courtroom in Portland on the second day of the trial.
“We’re still dealing with a lot of the fallout,” he said.
Ward, the local sheriff in rural Harney County, was thrust into the national spotlight at the start of the armed occupation, which began on 2 January when brothers Ammon and Ryan Bundy led a takeover of the Malheur national wildlife refuge to protest against the federal government.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/14/oregon-militia-standoff-bundy-trial-oregon-sheriff-david-ward
But strap in folks because we are in this shit for the long haul!
[font size="8"]People Are Dumb[/font]
We need some music for this entry can we get that please?
Yeah love me some Depeche Mode! But seriously people are people, and people are dumb. As the late great George Carlin once said “There are a lot of stupid motherfuckers out there!”. Well no more stupid than child murderer / fucking scumbag George Zimmerman:
George Zimmerman used his testimony at the trial of a man accused of trying to murder him to say that Black Lives Matter is a “terrorist” group.
The 32-year-old was questioned Wednesday in the case of Matthew Apperson, who admits that he shot at Zimmerman’s truck on the highway last year but claims that the former Florida neighborhood watch volunteer threatened him first.
Apperson’s lawyer Michael Fay has alluded to Zimmerman’s 2012 killing of Trayvon Martin since the alleged victim took the stand on Tuesday.
Zimmerman, who said that he shot the unarmed 17-year-old because he feared for his life, was ultimately acquitted for the shooting during a 2013 trial.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/george-zimmerman-blm-members-terrorists-article-1.2792682
The 32-year-old was questioned Wednesday in the case of Matthew Apperson, who admits that he shot at Zimmerman’s truck on the highway last year but claims that the former Florida neighborhood watch volunteer threatened him first.
Apperson’s lawyer Michael Fay has alluded to Zimmerman’s 2012 killing of Trayvon Martin since the alleged victim took the stand on Tuesday.
Zimmerman, who said that he shot the unarmed 17-year-old because he feared for his life, was ultimately acquitted for the shooting during a 2013 trial.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/george-zimmerman-blm-members-terrorists-article-1.2792682
After seeing this, is there any doubt that he murdered Trayvon Martin? By the way I don’t know if you saw this week’s South Park but they took some jabs at the alt-right movement, BLM, and Colin Kaepernick:
So moving on to the next entry in “People Are Dumb” – we have stupid lawsuits. There really isn’t anything I can say for this intro so I’ll just let the story do the talking:
A woman is suing her dildo manufacturer for knowing too much about when and how she uses it.
A few weeks ago, two researchers told the Defcon hacking convention audience that We-Vibe “smart” sex toys send a lot of data about their users back to the company that makes them. According to Courthouse News, one We-Viber took this news hard. A woman known only as “N.P.” filed a class action civil suit in a federal court in Illinois against Standard Innovation, which makes the We Vibe line of sex toys and corresponding app.
The smartphone app lets users “customize” their We-Vibe experience, unlock app-only “bonus” vibration modes such as the “cha-cha-cha” and the “crest,” and “create unlimited custom playlists,” according to the product’s website. In the suit, N.P. says she bought a We-Vibe in May and used it “several times” until she realized that it was sending data about her usage practices back to Standard Innovation’s servers, including when she used it, which vibration settings she used, and her email address.
http://www.vocativ.com/358530/smart-dildo-company-sued-for-tracking-users-habits/
A few weeks ago, two researchers told the Defcon hacking convention audience that We-Vibe “smart” sex toys send a lot of data about their users back to the company that makes them. According to Courthouse News, one We-Viber took this news hard. A woman known only as “N.P.” filed a class action civil suit in a federal court in Illinois against Standard Innovation, which makes the We Vibe line of sex toys and corresponding app.
The smartphone app lets users “customize” their We-Vibe experience, unlock app-only “bonus” vibration modes such as the “cha-cha-cha” and the “crest,” and “create unlimited custom playlists,” according to the product’s website. In the suit, N.P. says she bought a We-Vibe in May and used it “several times” until she realized that it was sending data about her usage practices back to Standard Innovation’s servers, including when she used it, which vibration settings she used, and her email address.
http://www.vocativ.com/358530/smart-dildo-company-sued-for-tracking-users-habits/
Wait wait wait… back up. You bought a smart phone connected vibrator. You bought a vibrator that works on Bluetooth. And you’re concerned about privacy? Don’t you know that everything we do on smartphones is recorded and tracked? Shit, there’s pleasure devices you can buy that don’t require Bluetooth. I mean what’s next? A French tickler that works by drone? A dildo that whistles “oh come all ye faithful”?
Next in “People Are Dumb”, I give you a guy who inexplicably still thinks he’s relevant, you know this guy:
In a column for WorldNetDaily this week, entertainer and conservative activist Pat Boone declared that “America is abandoning God” and that, as a result, God is lifting “His hand of protection” from the nation, leading us to a presidential election “between two candidates no current majority wants.”
“He knows we’re headed toward financial ruin, escalating internal violence, loss of world leadership, moral corruption and eventual collapse of our government—unless we collectively call Him back into our national life!” Boone wrote.
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/pat-boone-war-christmas-causing-god-reject-america
“He knows we’re headed toward financial ruin, escalating internal violence, loss of world leadership, moral corruption and eventual collapse of our government—unless we collectively call Him back into our national life!” Boone wrote.
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/pat-boone-war-christmas-causing-god-reject-america
Hey Pat and Bill - you know why we "secular progressives" don't stand up and defend retail stores during the non existent "war on Christmas"? It's called "not giving a shit"!!!! You guys are the ones who started this whole thing, and you're fighting a one sided "war" that nobody cares about but you! You should too - try not giving a shit, it's good for you. You know – if you actually believe there’s a war on Christmas and that we’re losing, and Gawd is the only solution, you’re dumb.
But this might be my favorite story of the week. We go to Tennessee for this one. Before I begin to talk about this story, I am not making light of sexual assault AT ALL. I don’t want to get any complaints because I am making fun of this story. But this right here is the definition of a conservative idiot. Bar none. This is why real sexual assault crimes like Brock Turner aren’t taken seriously, because of fucking morons like this who have to go ruin it for actual victims of sex crimes.
Hibachi chefs at Wasabi restaurant in Murfreesboro have used Wee Wee's antics for years to amuse diners by squirting a little H2O while they juggle their knives and sizzle up onions.
Most people think it’s pretty funny. Isabelle Lassiter isn’t one of them.
Lassiter, her husband, James, and their four children were seated at the hibachi table in the Japanese restaurant Tuesday night when the chef brought out Wee Wee, pulled down his plastic pants and squirted water on her.
Hilarity did not ensue.
Lassiter was offended. In fact, she said, she felt sexually offended. So she called the police, according to NewsChannel5 in Nashville.
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2016/07/28/woman-alleges-was-sexually-assaulted-by-peeing-toy-in-hibachi-restaurant/
Most people think it’s pretty funny. Isabelle Lassiter isn’t one of them.
Lassiter, her husband, James, and their four children were seated at the hibachi table in the Japanese restaurant Tuesday night when the chef brought out Wee Wee, pulled down his plastic pants and squirted water on her.
Hilarity did not ensue.
Lassiter was offended. In fact, she said, she felt sexually offended. So she called the police, according to NewsChannel5 in Nashville.
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2016/07/28/woman-alleges-was-sexually-assaulted-by-peeing-toy-in-hibachi-restaurant/
Yeah they went and filed a lawsuit. Because of this toy. This toy!!!!!!!!!
Now here’s where things get as they say batshit fucking crazy. It’s a toy people! You don’t get 911 involved for something like this. The mere stupidity of this is simply mind boggling!
The manager said the man gave her two choices—either refund them for the meal or he would call police and have the business shut down.
He ultimately called 911, telling the dispatcher he isn’t from Tennessee so he wasn’t sure of their protocol about calling the emergency number.
The husband then relayed what happened.
“The chef here that was doing our meal, at the end of the meal pulled out this little freakin’ doll with its pants down and he shot water on my wife out of its d***,” the man told a Murfreesboro police dispatcher.
http://wkrn.com/2016/07/28/man-calls-911-says-wife-was-assaulted-by-toy-at-tenn-hibachi-restaurant/
He ultimately called 911, telling the dispatcher he isn’t from Tennessee so he wasn’t sure of their protocol about calling the emergency number.
The husband then relayed what happened.
“The chef here that was doing our meal, at the end of the meal pulled out this little freakin’ doll with its pants down and he shot water on my wife out of its d***,” the man told a Murfreesboro police dispatcher.
http://wkrn.com/2016/07/28/man-calls-911-says-wife-was-assaulted-by-toy-at-tenn-hibachi-restaurant/
Did you look at the toy you morons? It has no dick!!! As the late great Alan Rickman said in the movie Dogma “It’s about as anatomically incorrect as a Ken doll.”. But there’s more!
“It was a sexual-style assault on my wife,” said James. “In front of our minor children and grandchildren.”
The officer that took the report found that the description wasn’t totally accurate. “I observed the toy to have no penis and just a hole for the water to shoot out.”
The restaurant’s management said chefs will now ask permission before spraying the guests.
No charges have been filed. Click here to read the full incident report.
http://kxan.com/2016/07/27/texas-woman-claims-urinating-toy-sexually-assaulted-her-at-restaurant/
The officer that took the report found that the description wasn’t totally accurate. “I observed the toy to have no penis and just a hole for the water to shoot out.”
The restaurant’s management said chefs will now ask permission before spraying the guests.
No charges have been filed. Click here to read the full incident report.
http://kxan.com/2016/07/27/texas-woman-claims-urinating-toy-sexually-assaulted-her-at-restaurant/
It was really??? I just… I can’t…. I don’t… the stupid… ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!
[font size="8"]And Now This:[/font]
[font size="8"]Dwight Yoakam Covers "Purple Rain"[/font]
You know folks, to get the smell of stupid out of the room, before we go this week I have a bonus song for you. You know ever since the tragic death of His Purpleness, Prince Rogers Nelson, back in June, the tributes have just been pouring out. Some have been great, and some have been really shitty. And then there's unique mashups like this. And - surprisingly - a Bluegrass tribute to Prince actually works! Break out your cowbells and get a hoedown going for this one! Yeehaw!
We are off next week, I will be traveling and not have a lot of access to my computer during that time, but we will back on Sunday 9/30 with a brand new edition! See you in two weeks!
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Let me start reading and laughing 
You may burn up your keyboard if conservative idiots continue in kind
as usual 
