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Initech's JournalConservatives Are Not Victims Of Free Speech, PERIOD.
There's a disturbing trend right now among the right that they think they're victims of "biased, liberal free speech" when they're really not. They can absolutely 100% say what they want to say under their 1st amendment constitutional right. But now with groups like "The Proud Boys" emerging looking to beat the shit out of Antifa and any other protestors who don't kiss Trump's ass 100%, things are getting very scary out there. But I find this whole "conservatives playing like they're the victims of free speech" thing very disturbing. We don't do that on our side. And with this thing in Wisconsin, they're literally playing with fire. Going after education and restricting a person's right to say what they want to say is playing with fire.
They're playing the free speech card like it gives them a free pass to be racist, sexist, belligerent assholes. Which is fine - it's their right to do so under our US Constitution. It's also OK for the other side to not like what the right has to say. But you know what? It's no longer the 1950s. You can be that kind of person, it doesn't mean the other 90% or so of the country has to agree with you or support your ideas. That's how free speech works. If they want to restrict free speech because they feel they don't get an equal say, they should realize that they own the fucking media!!!!!! Fox News is played in more places than CNN. Every book on every book shelf in every airport and every store has a conservative bent to it. Religious rock music is being played in more public places than easy listening music. Even the internet is being ruined - for any one article that could be useful in a report is buried under thousands of advertisements and videos. Conservatives have won the information war. Their message is *THE* message. We liberals don't have a say in anything anymore thanks to 40 years of AM hate radio. Yet the snowflakes act like they don't get a say in the media and that there's a "culture war" going on. There's no liberal media anymore. Even on our own talk shows, conservative guests dominate. Shit, let us have universities, maybe we can at least educate a few people. And if you think you're a conservative victim of free speech, there's plenty of ultra-conservative, right wing religious universities out there like Bob Jones and Oral Roberts that support your ideas.
And if they want to restrict free speech, they should realize that restricting free speech will hurt them as much as it will hurt us. They claim they're victims of free speech, but really they have a right to say what they want to say. I'd be mortified if Ann Coulter or SE Cupp or Rush Limbaugh were the commencement speaker at my graduation, I just wouldn't go. I wouldn't protest or anything, I just wouldn't pay attention. I find this whole "conservatives playing the victim when it comes to free speech" thing very scary. They're playing with fire. But when you show up to rallies drunk and belligerent with ski masks and crowbars, are you really supporting free speech? Really, the only thing you're supporting is your right to be an asshole.
STOP. LETTING. THEM. DISTRACT. US.
The presidential election was stolen from us - fact. We got steamrolled in the Congressional and gubernatorial races - fact. But rather than spend the next two years drowning in our beers and tears trying to figure out where it went wrong - which is what is happening now, we should start going after these rat bastards hard. We are letting them frame the narrative as to why we lost, and that keeps us distracted, which keeps us fighting with each other, which ensures they will keep winning elections. It's the shit cycle that we've gone through since Reagan.
Want to stop that from happening again? What we need to do is get fucking organized with a clear narrative, a clear direction, and a clear mission statement. And that mission statement should be - we don't want another Trump. We don't want to have to waste time figuring out that our election was hacked by a foreign entity, and they're about to do it again. What we have to do is stop this shit from happening.
So the answer is simple: DON'T. LET. THEM. FRAME. THE. NARRATIVE. We need to get our people out there and running at literally every level of government. And I mean every - even if it's something like a city comptroller's office or a school board election. We need to start flipping every office we can't get now, then we can start flipping districts, then we can start flipping states. Did you see that movie "Moneyball"? In that movie, Billy Beane wants to win, and he wants to win at every level. It doesn't matter if their shortstop isn't a household name - what matters is that he plays where it counts. That's how they did it in that movie - little gains first, then big ones. But we can't let them get to us by making us fight over Bernie or Hillary, pro choice or anti choice, and so on and so forth. That's how they win.
These little fights like this are nothing more than gigantic distractions. That's what the GOP does best - they keep us distracted by making us fight over bullshit (which is called "framing the narrative" , and then they go and win elections everywhere. Regardless of whether we win or lose these elections. Any pick ups are pick ups. Any fights put up are fights put up. They need to be held accountable for what they've done to this country, and they need to be held accountable now. We can't afford another distraction for another two years and let Putin steal the 2018 elections. Do we want to stop Fox News or not? Do we want to stop the GOP bullies from steamrolling us or not? Do we want mouthpieces like SE Cupp and Ann Coulter trashing us on even our own talk shows and radio programs? Hell no! I want to kick Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan to the curb. I want to see the Koch Brothers and Trump hauled off in handcuffs. I want to see the dismantling of the Heritage Foundation and the NRA. I want to see Sam Brownback and Scott Walker do the jail time they so richly deserve. We need to stop the infighting and go after the big boss. That should be our mission from here on out.
Trump's Newly Minted Immigration Hotline Bombarded With Calls About Space Aliens
Surrounded by the families of victims of crime committed by undocumented immigrants, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly announced the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement office, also known as VOICE.
All crime is terrible, but these victims as represented here are unique and too often ignored, Kelly said. They are casualties of crimes that should never have taken place because the people who victimized them often times should never have been in the country, CNN reported:
The office will also cover cover victims of any crime with an immigration nexus, officials said. That would cover any potentially removable individual, which include legal permanent residents and visa holders who commit crimes.
The executive order, signed in January, also called for the office to issue reports once a quarter studying the effects of the victimization by criminal aliens present in the United States.
http://www.salon.com/2017/04/26/trumps-newly-unveiled-anti-immigrant-hotline-bombarded-with-reports-of-space-aliens/
I like it! Where's Mulder and Scully when you need them?
Top 10 Conservative Idiots #2-21: Wheel Of Corruption: Skull Island Edition
Top 10 Conservative Idiots #2-21: Wheel Of Corruption: Skull Island Edition
Welcome back to the Top 10 Conservative Idiots! For more information please see our ad in Redbook Magazine! So you know one of my favorite subjects besides politics is music. But I do have to show this recent fail from a Chainsmokers show in Pittsburgh. And I mean really this falls under the you have one job column. Seriously, how do you fuck this up? Well, lets show it.
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Yet another good idea for those Wanna Get Away commercials. Call me, Southwest! And Coachella recently ended and man there was a lot of good stuff as far as music goes. You have everything from Illuminati mind controller Lady Gaga, a guy who says DAMN better than Will Smith Kendrick Lamar, to the weird and eccentric Australian band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, to alt rock staples like Bastille, Lorde, Empire Of The Sun, Capital Cities, The XX, and Radiohead, to hip-hop heavyweights Future, Thundercat, Mac Miller, and Schoolboy Q. And one of my all time favorites legendary Jamaican reggae mainstay Toots & The Maytals. However, with most of Coachella theres lots of crazy shit happening. And then theres the douchebag who stole 100s of cellphones using the Google and Apple find my phone feature. Yeah fuck that guy. But of course the annual Gathering Of The Hipsters brings lots of crazy food, like the Fresno Burger which like most things that come from Fresno, is unusually large and full of crap. I kid. Oh come on, its Fresno. Its Californias Florida! I kid, I kid! Or how about the pulled pork flaming mac and Cheetos tater tots? I mean really, is the goal of modern American street food just to take French fries and dump tons of unnecessary crap on them? Or my personal favorite the gold flaked donut? I mean come on, Coachella has evolved from an innocent music festival into a full blown fuck you to poor people in the last few years anyways, maybe all the rich people who party there should put their money where their mouth is! And literally in this case! OK enough of the intro, we have a lot of idiocy to get to this week. But first John Oliver is back and he explores the impact Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump have on the Trump White House:
Hey everybody the Wheel Of Corruption is back! Yayyyyyyyyyyy!!! Oh the kids love the Wheel Of Corruption dont they? Well the number one slot this week is none other than Fox News. Well not so much Fox News as it is Bill OReilly who is finally seeing the end of The Factor. Does this mean no more War On Christmas? But theyve got to have an armchair general in a fake war that nobody asked for and doesn't want! Taking the 2nd slot is Jason Chaffetz (2) who is making a very mysterious and interestingly timed exit from Congress. Taking the number 3 and 4 slot is of course president Donald J. Trump. In the third slot this week is of course President Donald Trump (3). Who is quickly approaching his first 100 days, and guess what hes doing? If you guessed bragging about ratings, you are correct! In the 4th slot is also President Trump (4) and some very special guests who he had over for dinner last week. And if you guessed it was all about giving the middle finger to liberals, you are once again correct. In the number 5 slot is Donald Trump once again with his recent AP interview, theres some pretty shocking stuff. Mainly that nobody could understand what he was talking about. So were going to apply this to history. Taking the 6th slot, we have a new installment of People Who Somehow Got Elected. And this week its Iowa representative Steve King (6), and if you were to look up American racist in Urban Dictionary, youd see his picture. In the number 7 slot, Alex Jones is back in the news. And in case you were wondering if Alex Jones was smoking some seriously strong shit, the answer to that question is an overwhelming yes! In the number 8 slot, is Ann Coulter (8) and her on again, off again speaking engagement at UC Berkeley. If you think that what happened last week is over, oh no it isnt. not by a long shot! In the number 9 (NEIN!!!) slot, weve got another installment of I Need A Drink, but this time were actually going to ask Millenials what you sipping??? . Yeah thats right the 9th installment is going to talk about Starbucks (9) and their latest offering. Finally this week weve got yet another installment of our ongoing Stupidest State Contest, but this time were getting down to the end. Its the last matchup of round 2, and this time we have an old fashioned shoot out as Montanas white supremacists are going to take on Missouris heavily armed police force. Plus we have some live music for you, this time from Dreamcar. A new band that combines Davey Havok from AFI with No Doubts backup band, and their music is so new, their album isnt even out yet! Theyre also playing Coachella both weekends. Enjoy! And as always dont forget the key!
[font size="8"]Bill OReilly[/font]
Come on everybody say it with me. Its time for the WHEEL OF CORRUPTION!!!! Yayyyyyyyyy!!!
The wheel is back everybody! And of course if we had a bigger budget wed have our own graphics and theme music. Yes just like last time Ill talk about whatever the wheel lands on. But remember that if it lands on the Guacamole option that it costs $1.50 extra. And by the way this week to celebrate the end of the OReilly Factor, the Clips Without Context will either be featuring something crazy someone said about Bill O'Reilly, or will feature Bill O'Reilly himself saying something crazy - and that's pretty easy to find! So this week the items on the wheel will be:
- Go Directly To Jail
- Clip Without Context
- Guacamole
- 5,000
- Dating
- Whammy
- Community Chest
- Bankrupt
- Voter Fraud
- Nazis
- Booze
- Chance
- Going Rogue
- Buy A Vowel
- Donald Trump
- My Wife
- Seinfeld
- Bathrooms
- Double Whammy
- A Recent Study
- Guns
- Stupidest State Contest
- VR Headset
- Whammy
- I Need A Drink
- People Who Somehow Got Elected
- North Korea
- 10,000
- How Is This Still A Thing?
- Talk Shows
- Golf
- Fox News
- 15,000
- Polls
- Hate Crimes
- A Random Tweet
- Conspiracy Theories
- Russia
- Something random in the news
- VR Headset
- ??? (Mystery)
- T-Shirt Cannon
- Florida (Obviously)
- Infowars
- Lightning Round
- Bonus Spin
Lets get this going! Spin that shit! Come on no whammy no whammy no whammy no whammy no whammy stop! Talk shows!
Spin it again! And it lands on . Fox News. You know I dont have to tell you unless youre living under a rock now about the fact that Bill OReilly has left the building. You know Bill OReilly the author of such gripping literature as Killing Kennedy, Killing Lincoln, Killing Jesus, Killing Patton, and his latest Killing The Rising Sun. Bill OReilly loves him some sweet, sweet death doesnt he? Well, he should title his latest book Killing My Career. Hey o!!! Thank you Im here all week! Before we go down the wormhole though, Michael Regan explains the Fox News Gentlemens Club in a nutshell:
Reagan, a contributor to the conservative outlet Newsmax, shared posts on Facebook and Twitter insisting that if women wear low cut dresses, then men should consider suing for sexual arousal:
If women are going to wear low cut dresses that show cleavage dont be harassed when we men look.Or shld we sue for sexual arousal?
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/michael-reagan-men-should-sue-women-for-sexual-arousal/
And he is definitely not helping. Suing women for looking too pretty? I mean seriously what kind of backwards ass place do we live in where that could happen? I mean do we live in a country where Donald Trump is still president? We do? Shit!!! Well, in all seriousness heres what happened:
The network's parent company, 21st Century Fox (FOX), will hold a board meeting on Thursday, a spokeswoman told CNNMoney. One of the sources said O'Reilly will be a primary topic.
The Murdochs, the men who control 21st Century Fox, are pointedly not commenting on any of this. ..................
Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2017/04/18/media/bill-oreilly-fox-news-exit/index.html
I like that one. And how much does poop come out of Bill OReillys mouth? Well, we dont have to tell you about this one particular incident. I mean seriously, Fox News and the modern republican party are blurring the line between human and animal at an alarming rate. I mean really? Grunting and treating women like shit is what passes for being a man in this day and age? They might as well fling feces at each other because thats what gorillas do.
OReilly was let go from Fox News the day before, and co-host Whoopi Goldberg introduced Burgess as potentially the final nail in the coffin of Bill OReillys career at Fox News. (RELATED: Bill OReilly Responds To Being Let Go By Fox News)
According to Burgess, the harassment started pretty much immediately. Within the first week and a half of me working [at Fox News] he always walked past my desk, and he made, like, a grunting noise.
She recounted her previously reported claims of him regularly grunting and leering at her whenever no one else was around. After some time, she started trying to ignore him, leading him to pass by her and say, Hey, hot chocolate, without looking at her.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/20/bill-oreilly-accuser-hot-chocolate-comes-forward-on-the-view-video/
Yeah you cant have it both ways! I mean even the Murdochs have had enough of OReillys sexually harassing ways. I love Saturday Night Live last week when the Weekend Update guys said You must be so good at sexual harassment that every time it happens, you have to pay out $3.5 million..
Mr. OReillys fate at the network is expected to be discussed on Thursday at a board meeting for Fox Newss parent company, 21st Century Fox. Chief among the considerations is a continuing investigation into Mr. OReillys behavior conducted by the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.
Pressure on the company increased on Tuesday when another woman reported sexual harassment allegations against Mr. OReilly to 21st Century Fox.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/business/media/fox-bill-oreilly.html?ribbon-ad-idx=8&rref=business/media&module=Ribbon&version=context®ion=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Media&pgtype=article
And then theres so much more and were only beginning to scratch the surface of the Fox News Gentlemens Club. So Roger Ailes? Gone. OReilly? Gone. And now King Deplorable Sean Hannity might be going away as well:
In an interview this weekend, former Fox News contributor Debbie Schlussel said Hannity once invited her back to his hotel room while they were at an event in Detroit.
"He had some event at a bookstore where he signed his book for people standing in line. He asked me to come meet him at this book signing," Schlussel said, according to a report in the New York Daily News. "So I met him there and it was very awkward. He had me stand up there with him while he signed books and I felt very weird. These people don't know me and they didn't come for me to sign their books. So then I left to get ready for the show and he said, 'Why don't you come back with me to my hotel?' and I said no, I have to get ready for the show."
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/04/sean_hannity_latest_fox_news_h.html
Of course theyre going to deny it! Thats the conservative protocol you get caught grabbing pussy, and you immediately deny it. I mean why not? Our president did it! Only makes sense that every single male employee of the closest thing the US has to state run television does it, right? Just once I want to see a conservative go Yeah I grabbed the pussy!. But you know right before this happened OReilly renewed his contract:
O'Reilly, who has been the top-rated host in cable news for 15 consecutive years, was the subject of a front-page New York Times article Saturday that detailed sexual harassment claims by five women that resulted in $13 million in payouts from the network and O'Reilly.
O'Reilly's lawyer, Fredric S. Newman, in a statement to the Times suggested OReilly might take legal action against some people bringing claims against him, stating: We are now seriously considering legal action to defend Mr. OReillys reputation.
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/326953-fox-news-renews-oreilly-contract-report
But theres far more to this story that you might think. Turns out that with that contract renewal, comes a very, very nice pay day for OReilly. Where do you get that job where they can pay you millions to not work? Did they sell their souls to Satan?
It is a staggering amount, one source claimed, according to CNN. Another source gave the specific amount of the alleged payout: an astounding $25 million dollars.
Neither 21st Century Fox nor OReillys representatives have publicly confirmed a payout, but OReilly just signed a new contract in March, which reportedly averaged about $25 million a year. Though the terms of the contract have not been disclosed publicly, according to the sources the multi-year contract extended until at least the end of 2020.
The sources said that Fox News included specific contract language in the recent contract that gave them several outs, but requires them to pay at least one years salary, which is where the $25 million figure came from.
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/04/20/report-the-figure-on-bill-oreillys-severance-package-is-in-and-its-pretty-staggering/
[font size="8"]Jason Chaffetz[/font]
Spin that shit! Come on no whammy no whammy no whammy no whammy no whammy stop! No, a whammy!
Spin it again. And it lands on going rogue. So Jason Chaffetz went rogue this week like a bad spy movie. The idea of going rogue is currently the biggest cliché in movies. You have Spectre, where James Bond went rogue. Jason Bourne, where Jason Bourne went rogue. The Fate Of The Furious, where Dominick Torretto went rogue. You have The Man From U.N.C.L.E., where Napoleon Solo goes rogue. Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation, where Ethan Hunt went rogue. You had Batman Vs Superman, The Lego Batman Movie, and The Dark Knight Rises, where Batman goes rogue. You had Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, where Jack Reacher went rogue. And of course, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story where the Rebel Alliance goes rogue to steal the plans to the Death Star. I could literally do this all day! And Ive got that kind of time. So what happens when a sitting Congressman goes rogue? Well this aint like any of those movies.
Mr. Chaffetz, 50, a Utah Republican who plainly relished his oversight role more under a Democratic administration, said he was ready to return to the private sector after more than 13 years in public service, calling his decision a personal one.
I have long advocated public service should be for a limited time and not a lifetime or full career, he said in a statement posted on Facebook. After more than 1,500 nights away from my home, it is time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/19/us/politics/jason-chaffetz-congress-utah-house-oversight.html
Wait he thinks public service should have term limits? Why doesnt he tell that to some of his fellow Congressmen? But theres got to be more to this story hasnt there? Why is he retiring so suddenly and abruptly?
Chairmen of House committees don't just leave for no reason. So why is Chaffetz doing so?
The most likely answer, theorize Republican strategists watching this play out, is that Chaffetz is just bored with his job. His job as chairman of the oversight panel is to investigate the government, and it probably would have been a lot more fun for this tea party-leaning Republican to investigate Hillary Clinton's government than President Trump's.
After Trump was inaugurated, Chaffetz rather provocatively suggested that he planned to remain a national figure because of Clinton, not Trump. That hasn't really materialized now that Congress is investigating Trump's potential ties to Russia.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/04/19/why-is-jason-chaffetz-suddenly-retiring-from-congress-one-word-ambition/?utm_term=.4e2dcbf023d8
Well that doesnt really explain much. Why did Jason Chaffetz go rogue? Could it be that he said some stupid shit about Hillarys e-mails a couple of months ago? You know the phrase beating a dead horse I dont think is in the GOPs vocabulary. Because they love to beat them some dead horses.
The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Affairs Committee wants you to know that everything is hunky-dory now that Mike Flynn has resigned. Crisis over. Moving on. He's not going to spend any of his committee's time figuring out whats going on with the Russian mole in the Trump regime.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/2/14/1633599/-Jason-Chaffetz-no-need-to-probe-Flynn-and-Russia-after-all-it-wasn-t-in-Hillary-s-emails
Or could it have something to do with this?
The Democratic Coalition Against Trump reported Rep. Chaffetz to the FBI, explaining:
The Democratic Coalition Against Trump reported Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) to the FBI on Wednesday morning for possibly breaking Executive Order 13526 and 18 U.S.C. Sec. 793(f) of the federal code, which makes it unlawful to send or store classified information on a personal email. As was recently resurfaced by the Democratic Coalitions #TrumpLeaks program, Rep. Chaffetz lists his personal Gmail address on business cards brandished with the Congressional seal. Rep. Chaffetz sits on the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations, which has jurisdiction over internal and homeland security, among other things.
http://theproudliberal.org/congressional-gop-utterly-silent-after-jason-chaffetz-busted-using-personal-email-server/
[font size="8"]Donald Trump[/font]
Lets spin it to win it! Ooh, that was a nice strong spin right there. And it lands on clip without context!
When did Bryan Fischer attend the Roast Of Bill OReilly? Although thats one thing I think I actually agree with him on! Just planting seeds! If they bear fruit, I dont know. Spin it again! And it lands on . Donald Trump. Oh and before we get into all things Trump, going back to music, you know the new Gorillaz album drops this week. Yay! Well, Damon Albarn said there wont be any references to Trump on the new album, despite that theres a bonus track called The Apprentice
Trumps ascension was one of the sources of energy that we meditated on, when it was like, Ahh, thats ridiculous, that could never happen, he explains. Humanz is not a conventional protest album against the American president as much as a party record for the apocalypse that his reign might ultimately lead to; The skys falling, baby, drop that ass before it crash, Vince Staples proclaims on Ascension, which has peaked at No. 11 on the Rock Songs chart. The election was a clear catalyst for those overtones, although Albarn made sure that the lyrics to Humanz dont give the president any specific credit.
http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/7767690/damon-albarn-gorillaz-trump-reference-humanz
Oh and if you want to hear the song, here you go:
Now back to the original entry. So stop me if youve heard this one before. A pussy grabber who thinks hes the president goes to meet with another pussy grabber who actually is the Prime Minister of Italy and they walk into a bar well lets roll the tape.
But that wasnt the only epic fail in this never ending nightmare that is the Donald J. Trump administration what else was he up to this week? Well first off we got to mention that one of Trumepnfurors favorite lies about us is that democratic protestors are paid. Well .
According to a report by the Arizona Republic, the states Republican party plotted to pay for protesters to flood a Democratic congresswomans constituents meeting. A political coordinator in Arizona named Kyle Pierce sent an email to Republican party officials in the state urging ordinary GOPers to attend a Coffee Club hosted by Democratic Rep. Kyrsten Sinema.
Republicans planned to target Sinema for accepting political donations from the founders of Backpage.com, a website that has been accused of engaging in child sex trafficking. Pierces email offered to reimburse Republicans for the Coffee Clubs $25 membership fee if they asked Sinema about the donations.
The email said, It would be absolutely wonderful if we had as many of her Republican consituents (sic) as possible attend this event to ask her why she accepted thousands of dollars from the creator of Backpage.com. Im sure most of you have been keeping up with the news on this. Its pretty bad, and were trying to hold her accountable for it.
Read more: http://www.salon.com/2017/04/21/we-found-all-of-those-paid-protestors-they-work-for-the-gop/
But paid protestors werent the only thing that has plagued Trump this week. His administration fails on so many levels. And this is just the first 100 days. Remember when he said we would be winning so much that America would be sick of winning?
"No administration has accomplished more in the first 90 days," Trump told an audience in Kenosha, Wis.
Thats a pretty high bar, especially for an administration that has registered historically low levels of support in public-approval polls for presidents this early in their terms.
The White House didnt respond to an inquiry for this article, but when asked about some of the presidents 100-day accomplishments during the April 19 press briefing, White House press secretary Sean Spicer cited a series of executive orders, including some on regulatory reform; a drop in border crossings; and job creation. He said more details would be offered as the 100-day mark approached.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/apr/24/donald-trump/how-do-donald-trumps-first-100-days-rate-historica/
I like that one! To be fair, I would give him an F--. Maybe an F- when the margin of error is adjusted. But still, its a colossal fail with very few, if any, wins.
Trump is approaching the first symbolic milestone of his presidency on Saturday with a familiar mix of bluster and smokescreens, meant to disguise the reality that he has produced one of the least-prolific first 100 day debuts of any president in modern history.
"No matter how much I accomplish during the ridiculous standard of the first 100 days, & it has been a lot (including S.C.), media will kill!" Trump wrote on Twitter Friday, despite playing up the significance of the first 100 days marker in the past.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/24/politics/donald-trump-first-100-days-plans/
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/855373184861962240
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Oh and you cant discount Donald Trumps 100 Days without him doing the most Donald Trump thing possible. And by that I mean of course bragging about what else? The ratings!
Its the highest for Face the Nation or as I call it, Deface the Nation. Its the highest for Deface the Nation since the World Trade Center. Since the World Trade Center came down. Its a tremendous advantage.
Several hours after the attacks on 11 September 2001, during which almost 3,000 people died, Mr Trump was interviewed on radio and claimed that since the Towers came down, he now owned the tallest building in Manhattan. He was also condemned for claiming around $150,000 of government funds for small businesses to get back on their feet after the attacks.
The President also falsely claimed that he saw Muslims clapping and cheering as they watched the Towers fall, which could have contributed to an anti-Muslim rhetoric that led to a 65 per cent spike in hate crimes against Muslims in 2015, as found by the FBI.
Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-9-11-approval-ratings-interview-who-with-first-100-days-us-president-world-trade-center-a7698516.html
[font size="8"]Donald Trump[/font]
Lets spin that shit! Ooh, that was a nice strong spin right there! And it lands on wait for it Seinfeld!
Well, we have to talk about his dinner guests and I really dont want to because its making me too fucking angry. And you know who he had over for dinner last week right? Sarah Palin, Ted Nugent, and Kid Rock. Or as Bill Maher called them the Axis Of Redneck. And Ted Nugent? A guy who has spent the last 8 years threatening to murder anyone he doesnt agree with including Pres. Obama being allowed in the fucking White House? Where is the outrage there?
Ted Nugent, a longtime Trump supporter; camouflage-cowboy-hat-wearer, Kid Rock, who's been known to be strongly anti-shirt but pro- marijuana; and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin all gathered in the Oval Office for a quick photo shoot to go over some paperwork and have a little dinner.
All three jumped on the Trump train early in the primary campaign and appeared at numerous rallies on Trump's behalf in the months leading up to his election victory last November.
While the White House has opted not to release visitor logs, it was the three guests themselves who spilled the beans on Twitter and Facebook. Palin posted several photos with the caption, "A great night at the White House. Thank you to President Trump for the invite!"
Nugent's take is a little harder to follow but, apparently, there was some "boogie chillin'" going on and some acknowledgment of the 242nd anniversary of the Lexington and Concord battles during the Revolutionary War.
http://www.npr.org/2017/04/20/524895982/white-house-boogie-chillin-trump-hosts-ted-nugent-kid-rock-and-sarah-palin
You know Yeah BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! You know one can only hope that Sarah Palin, Ted Nugent, and Kid Rock were treated to the standards of dining excellence that the Trump brand is known for. I mean come on, at least he has good cake, right? The best cake, nobody makes better cake than the restaurant at Trump Tower, OK? Well, what else happened at the dinner?
Mr. Nugent a guitar demigod, knife-between-the-teeth hunter and conservative provocateur offered an inside glimpse of a gracious, relaxed and house-proud president with ample time to offer his thoughts on a wide array of topics, from entertainment to existential geopolitical perils.
We were there for four hours, man! Mr. Nugent, a 68-year-old Detroit native, said in a telephone interview on Thursday, using a four-letter expletive to signal his amazement at Mr. Trumps willingness to spend so much time with his three casually dressed visitors.
He gave us a wonderful personal tour of every room and talked about the origins of every carpet and every painting there was a Monet and then we had dinner, said Mr. Nugent, who has referred to former President Barack Obama as a mongrel and to Hillary Clinton with an array of unflattering epithets.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/us/politics/sarah-palin-kid-rock-ted-nugent-white-house.html?_r=0
So lets throw that picture up there:
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Dude, Ted Nugent spent the last 8 years threatening to murder any government official hes disagreeing with. You know threatening to murder the previous president and dining with the current one at the White House, is like getting in a car accident with the governors daughter, and then getting elected governor. It just doesnt work that way, am I right? Maybe Ted Nugent listens to too much NOFX?
NOFX is not to be taken seriously. Just kidding, we love NOFX here. Were trying to get them on the show at some point. But as you can expect the usual backlash happens. I mean what can you expect from a guy who does this to grills?
The three White House visitors posed in front of the portrait, with Palin giving the camera a sassy look and Nugent giving a thumbs-up. Kid Rock, surprisingly, is the most mature and normal poser there.
After the visit, Joy Behar ripped the visit apart on The View, saying, Is this the saddest day in in the history of the White House since the British burned it to the ground in 1814?
http://thegrio.com/2017/04/22/kid-rock-and-sarah-palin-receive-backlash-after-white-house-visit/
Ooh, thats a good one. But lets think about Trumps guests here for a minute the biggest airhead in the history of American politics (and Im not including SE Cupp or Ann Coulter), you have a pants shitting draft dodger who adopted a 17 year old for sex, and you have a guy who will someday be a member of the hold my beer and watch this crowd. But now heres the demand for an apology:
In a clear display of disrespect for the presidency and the White House, Palin, Nugent and Kid Rock were photographed under a portrait of Hillary Clinton, as Palin sneered and Nugent scoffed.
Nugent told The New York Times that someone suggested the trio stick up their middle fingers, and Nugent politely declined. Theres nothing polite about what Nugent, Palin and Rock did. Their undignified behavior, reinforced by their social media comments, were a testament to how degraded our civil discourse has become. The U.S. Secret Service investigated Nugent in 2012 after he indirectly threatened President Barack Obama. Its enough to wonder how Nugent got through the White House gates.
http://www.newsday.com/opinion/editorial/trump-should-apologize-to-clinton-for-his-guests-behavior-1.13504458
You know, I think Kid Rock, Ted Nugent, and Ted Cruz should team up and open their own gun themed restaurant. Ted Nugent can kill the food with machine guns, Kid Rock can operate the grill with machine guns, and Ted Cruz can cook the food with machine guns. Its a Triple Gun!
[font size="8"]Donald Trump[/font]
Lets spin the wheel! Wheel goes round, wheel goes round, wheel goes round! Where does it stop, nobody knows! And it lands on North Korea!
Yes thats our current president praising the guy he currently wants to bomb the living shit out of! Spin it again! And it lands on Donald Trump. I originally wanted to talk about Trump supporters suing for claiming that Trump encouraged them to incite violence but didnt like the entry. This is much better, so you know that Trump gave an interview to the FAKE NEWS!!!! AP and well, the biggest reveal of the whole thing is how unintelligible he is. So lets go through this thing.
Thats not just my personal assessment, either. In 16 instances, the APs transcribers found that they were unable to discern what the fuck it was that Trump was saying. Websters defines unintelligible as impossible to understand. My theory isnt so much that the recording was inaudible so much as that it didnt make a lick of sense.
Im warning you now that theres a whole lot of text down here, but Im sparing you the 55 instances of ellipses, in which he trailed off because he doesnt know what hes talking about.
http://theslot.jezebel.com/donald-trump-is-unintelligible-1794580772
Yes. This is our president here, folks. This is the man who is currently in charge of the free world and nobody can understand what the fuck he is talking about! Remember last year when this happened?
Yes thats an unaltered screen cap of the republican presidential debates with unintelligible yelling, but that was a debate and nobody could understand Trump then. Now Trump is our president, hes giving a one on one interview and nobody can understand him!
And then further down in the interview:
How would you like to be the guy taking dictation on this speech and have to write (unintelligible) without dying laughing? This guy is our president! This fucking guy! What would happen in famous speeches if you tried that? Wouldnt be the same would it? I mean JFKs speech!
Or how about William Wallace from Braveheart?
Or what about the Joker from the Dark Knight?
I could literally do this all day! And I do mean literally! Ill just do one more for good measure Fight Club:
Huffpost, by the way breaks down all the crazy shit that Trump said and contradicted himself on in that interview, such as:
Well he said, youll be the greatest president in the history of, but you know what, Ill take that also, but that you could be. But he said, will be the greatest president but I would also accept the other. In other words, if you do your job, but I accept that. Then I watched him interviewed and it was like he never even was here. Its incredible. I watched him interviewed a week later and its like he was never in my office. And you can even say that.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-ap-interview_us_58fdb6fae4b06b9cb917f7ca
[font size="8"]Steve King[/font]
Lets spin the wheel, shall we? And it lands on . Wait for it clip without context!
Closet Nazis? So tell me discount Tony Stark - werent the Nazis already outed on the Producers? Sorry, Theodore, but I think Mel Brooks already beat you to it.
Spin it again! And it lands on People Who Somehow Got Elected! Hit it! Politicians at national, state and local levels who are so terrible , you wonder how they got elected in the first place. Or in this case reelected. Its now time for another installment of:
This week: Iowa representative Steve King. Theres racism, then theres southern racism, and then Steve King takes it to a whole new level of batshit crazy. And in case you think were kidding, he says some horribly racist, backwards shit nearly every single day. Hes not just a part of the problem that we have Trump as our president. No, hes a massive part of the cause of the reason why we have Trump as our president. Yes, you heard me. This week, he said this:
USA Today reported on Wednesday that in February, federal agents deported Manuel Montes despite his active DACA status.
Montes, who is 23 years old, was brought to the United States at age 9. He has lived in the country since and received deportation protections twice under the program, per USA Today. According to the report, federal agents refused to let him retrieve his ID or prove his status and deported Montes within hours of approaching him.
President Donald Trump in January told ABC News that DACA recipients shouldnt be very worried.
Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/steve-king-toasts-border-patrol-for-deporting-dreamer
https://twitter.com/SteveKingIA/status/854465237977710593
Yes, booo!!! You know, fine ales, wines, and liquors are meant to be drank in celebration when something good happens. Not to celebrate something terrible happening. Steve King just answered the question Bill Maher asked What would a dick do?. This is exactly what a dick would do. But this isnt the only time Steve King got caught saying something racist. Theres this:
Speaking to Cuomo yesterday, King was marginally more accepting of these unnamed other categories of human beings, offering that certain groups contribute differently to our culture and civilization, but maintaining his opinion that certain groups of people will do more from a productive side than other groups of people will. Thats just a statistical fact.
Though King offered that he would one day like to see an America that is so homogenous that we look a lot the same... and that he believed theres been far too much focus on race, ahem, especially in the last eight years. I want to see that put behind us, the more alarmingly racist and floridly delusional parts of his message are the ones that have proven most popularand increasingly soin America today. No less than the sitting president of the United States, Donald Trump, told an audience in Iowa in 2014 that King had the right views on almost everything.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/steve-king-thinks-im-a-threat-to-american-civilization/519399/
So if Steve King is on the right side of Donald Trump, then whos on the wrong side? That is the one million dollar question on the table. In fact in the last month, he has also said that we cant rebuild civilization with somebody elses babies. Damn, so there goes my plan.
Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny, King wrote. We cant restore our civilization with somebody elses babies.
The formulation of our civilization being at risk from somebody elses babies is a deliberate suggestion that American civilization is threatened by unnamed others almost certainly a reference to non-Westerners. The idea that national identity and racial identity overlap entirely is the crux of white nationalism; Kings formulation above toes close to that line, if it doesnt cross. American culture, of course, was formed over the past two centuries by the assimilation of immigrants from a broad range of nations first mostly European but later a broader diaspora. Iowa, the state King represents, remains one of the most homogeneously white in the United States.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/03/12/rep-steve-king-warns-that-our-civilization-cant-be-restored-with-somebody-elses-babies/?utm_term=.aeef9e48b069
But if you think these are isolated incidents, you are wrong. Youre as wrong as Trump saying wrong while sniffing something. Heres a few other choice quotes from Steve King. Like this:
King, a Republican, was on the radio responding to a question about Univision anchor Jorge Ramos' comment to Tucker Carlson on Fox News that whites would become a majority-minority demographic in America by 2044, a point Ramos used to make the argument that it is a multiracial country.
"Jorge Ramos' stock in trade is identifying and trying to drive wedges between race," King told Iowa radio host Jan Mickelson on 1040 WHO. "Race and ethnicity, I should say to be more correct. When you start accentuating the differences, then you start ending up with people that are at each other's throats. And he's adding up Hispanics and blacks into what he predicts will be in greater number than whites in America. I will predict that Hispanics and the blacks will be fighting each other before that happens."
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/14/politics/kfile-steve-king-prediction/index.html
And then theres this. You know compulsive liars and compulsive racists often go hand in hand, and these people just cant help themselves. Every time you think Steve King is going to stop being a racist, you might think Trump might stop being a liar. In fact Steve King lies so much he thinks Iowas universities should be purged of leftists:
On his Twitter account, King made the recommendation while posting a story from Conservative Reviews Daniel Horowitz.
Why does NW Iowa continue to elect Steve King to a federal office when his only trick is to shit on the carpet?
and my 3rd district Trump taint licker David Young (white bread and mayo) is no prize. Link to his latest say nothing interview on KMA
http://www.kmaland.com/news/young-appreciates-passion-in-latest-town-hall-meetings/article_33e60ebe-01f7-11e7-acc2-876854e2edf8.html
Yeah racists. In fact Steve Kings unfiltered, uncensored brand of racism is so horrible that its attracted the attention of the House Ethics Committee who himself said he would repeal the Ethics Commission completely
Rep Steve King reacts to Senator Lindsey Graham calling the House ethics reform bill the dumbest friggin thing Ive ever heard.
https://radio.foxnews.com/2017/01/05/rep-steve-king-ethics-reform-failed-in-the-house-because-republicans-caved-into-trumps-tweet/
Yes, he really hates ethics. Thats Iowa rep Steve King yet another someone who was inexplicably one of the:
[font size="8"]Alex Jones[/font]
Entering the spin zone! Come on no whammy no whammy no whammy no whammy no whammy STOP!!! And it lands on clip without context!
Shh! Just let him ramble. Let's bask in this one for all its' batshit crazy glory. Spin it again! And it lands on Infowars! Shit, we really have to talk about Infowars this week? Can I get a bonus spin? No? OK fine. Well last week we covered Alex Jones and his insane divorce trial. And you know about his Joker defense. Well, did you know that he smokes rather potent strains of weed once a year to test their potency? Yes, Alex Jones admits he smokes rather potent strains of weed. Just contemplate that for a minute.
During cross-examination Wednesday, Bobby Newman, an attorney for Jones ex-wife, Kelly Jones, pressed him on allegations of infidelity and Jones also defended himself saying his InfoWars persona is not a trick, the Austin American-Statesman reported.
Newman questioned Jones on whether he had sex with another woman after his new wife, Erika, had moved in. The host acknowledged in an affidavit that he continued sleeping with the other woman, who remains a friend, until March 2016.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/radio-host-alex-jones-smoked-marijuana-test-strength-article-1.3081845
As if it couldnt get any weirder, Alex Jones is one weird dude. Well, coming out of his divorce trial, there were some stunning insane revelations. This is one of the weirder ones. And its one of those that makes both sides of your brain shut down and go LETS FIGURE IT OUT!!!!:
Jones was laying out his theory that most people today are nothing more than children until they reach the age of 40 unlike himself, who achieved full manhood by the time he was 16 years old.
Youre supposed to have children in every culture, biologically, by 16, Jones claimed. If youre not having them by 16, theres something wrong with you. Oh, but see, theres collegethe priesthood youve got to get intoand then by then, oh, youve got to make money because youre in debt, oh, you dont have time for kids.
Oh, youre 40, youre finally halfway out of debt, oh, you want to have some fun now, oh, you try to find a woman, he continued. Oh, shes barren, shes doing the same thing. By the time you figure out you want to live, by the time you hit 16 at 40Im giving you the big knowledge folksat 40, on averageand they do this by designyou are the equivalent of a 16-year-old.
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/alex-jones-says-he-had-over-150-women-by-the-time-he-turned-16/
I like that one! But really conservatives and women. How can any sane women out there support this guy? Really, I want to know! I mean 150 women by the time he was 16? I couldnt get one! What is he smoking? OK, I answered my own question. By the way, I love Stephen Colberts new character Tuck Buckford who is mocking Alex Jones relentlessly:
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Though Colbert doesnt get as angry as Jones does. I dont think even the best actors on the planet could get as angry as Jones does. In fact it took a team of psychiatrists to examine why Alex Jones is literally ripping his shirt off in Infowars videos:
1. Its an attention-grabbing shtick to show power. Wrestlers like Hulk Hogan are well-known for this. Alex Jones has built a video show on a shoestring by selling supplements and T-shirts and shirt removal is part of the entertainment value.
2. One of Alex Joness philosophical touch points is the fight between man (e.g., freedom, individualism) and the machine (e.g., deep state, social control, transhumanism). The nakedness is a display of humanity.
3. Vanity and exhibitionism might also be an issue. He was allegedly diagnosed with NPD [narcissistic personality disorder] in some of the reporting I saw. He certainly has a big personality, but with Alex Jones I would think the most common personality description would be paranoid because of the interest in conspiracy theories. However, with the world as it is now, it is sometimes hard to tell the difference between conspiracy theory and conspiracy facts.
http://nymag.com/thecut/2017/04/4-psychology-experts-on-alex-jones-taking-his-shirt-off.html
But this is my favorite part of this whole story. Well lets roll tape first.
And this prompted an almost instant from Chobani Yogurt:
Chobani seeks at least $10,000 in damages and an admission of wrongdoing from InfoWars after the conspiracy site published a series of articles alleging a link between owner Hamdi Ulukaya and Twin Falls, an Idaho city where three refugee boys sexually assaulted a 5-year old in an apartment complexs laundry room.
As the Idaho Statesmen reports, Ulukayaa Turkish immigrant who has publicly advocated for refugeeshas in the past been a target for threats and misinformation. InfoWars published several false articles linking Chobani to Twin Falls, including, Idaho Yogurt Maker Caught Importing Migrant Rapists and MSM Covers for Globalists Refugee Import Program after Child Rape Case.
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/04/choboni-yogurt-sues-alex-jones-and-infowars-for-falsely-linking-brand-to-sexual-assault-case/
[font size="8"]Ann Coulter[/font]
Lets spin the wheel shall we? Wheel goes round, wheel goes round, wheel goes round. And it lands on Something random in the news!
Ronald Wesly, 34, was found using Samantha O'Neal's stove cooking up trouble when she and her sister returned home on Wednesday, WOFL reports.
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/04/17/florida-man-accused-of-breaking-into-womans-home-to-fry-chicken/22043069/
Fried Chicken And Beer hey thats the name of my new country music album! Featuring such classics as Hold My Beer, Clogged Arteries, and Wine Em And Dine Em. Spin it again and it lands on Fox News! So here we go with the free speech brigade again. Note we here the top 10 support free speech 100% and dont think anyones rights should be trampled on. That disclaimer aside, last week we mentioned that Ann Coulter got bumped from UC Berkeley over violence concerns:
The university had announced Wednesday that it was canceling Coulters appearance following several political protests in Berkeley that turned violent. But on Thursday, the university said it had found a venue where it could hold the speech on May 2, instead of the original April 27 date. However, a leader of the college Republican group that originally invited Coulter said the university was placing strict conditions on the event, and he said his group intended to reject the new terms.
Before the reversal was announced, Coulter had vowed to go ahead with an appearance anyway.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/04/19/berkeley-cancels-ann-coulter-speech-over-fears-of-more-violent-protests/?utm_term=.ccbde71f1198&wpisrc=al_alert-COMBO-politics%252Bnation&wpmk=1
Ooh, I like that one. So Ann got booted from UC Berkeley, who quickly redacted the redaction of the original invite. Yeah you read that right. So what happened when Berkeley tried to invite Ann back to speak at the university?
Coulter says she cant make it the new date and accused the university of continuing to try to place restrictions on her free speech. And the student group that invited Coulter is now threatening to sue the school.
The university on Wednesday announced that it was canceling Coulters April 27 appearance following several political protests in Berkeley that turned violent. But amid mounting criticism and national attention, the school on Thursday said it had found a venue where it could hold the speech on a different date, May 2.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/04/21/ann-coulter-rejects-berkeleys-new-invite-gop-students-threaten-to-sue-college/?utm_term=.e727c8ef896d
So let me get this straight the GOP the party that hates trial lawyers, is hiring trial lawyers to sue UC Berkeley to allow Ann Coulter, a woman who hates liberalism and liberal education from universities like UC Berkeley to speak.
Harmeet Dhillon, who represents the Berkeley College Republicans, said in letters sent Friday to UC Berkeley's Interim Vice Chancellor Stephen Sutton and chief attorney Christopher Patti that if Coulter is not allowed to give a speech on campus on April 27 she will file a lawsuit in federal court because the university is violating the students' constitutional right to free speech.
http://www.chron.com/news/education/article/UC-Berkeley-students-threaten-to-sue-over-Ann-11092189.php
[font size="8"]Starbucks[/font]
Spin that shit! No whammy no whammy no whammy no whammy no whammy no whammy stop! And it lands on another clip without context!
Spin it again! And it lands on I Need A Drink!
And this time were actually going to talk about a real drink. Sigh millennials, what the fuck are you doing? I mean really, what the fuck are you doing? Is this what our planet has come to? We really need this as a fucking drink? In case you dont know what Im talking about, unless you live under a rock, you know that this week, Starbucks debuted this as a drink.
The magical-looking drink changes color and flavor as its swirled. It starts as a purple beverage with swirls of blue and a first taste that is sweet and fruity.
Give it a stir, and its color changes to pink and the flavor evolves to tangy and tart.
Its available for a limited time, starting this Wednesday through Sunday while supplies last.
http://nbc4i.com/2017/04/18/starbucks-releasing-unicorn-frappuccino/
This is a real fucking product! This exists! And its so controversial that its causing a shit storm on both sides. The people who love this drink really love it. And the people who hate this drink really hate it.
The 32-year-old Chained to the Rhythm singer gave the limited-time drink a taste on Thursday, showing off her negative reaction in her Instagram Story.
Covering up her short pixie cut with a long Cher-hair blonde wig, Perry seemed excited to sip the drink at first. But as it hit her mouth, her face changed to that of disgust and she quickly spit it out.
http://people.com/food/katy-perry-spits-out-starbucks-unicorn-frappuccino/
Come on, if you make Katy Perry gag, you know your product is shit! But how shitty is it? Well
On Friday, the Stratford Health Department succinctly called out the drinks high sugar content on its Facebook page. While the Unicorn Frappuccino may be pretty to look at, it's loaded with 59 grams of sugar! That is over two times the amount of sugar recommended by the American Heart Association!
That statement likely shocked few fans, as the Unicorn Frappuccino contains four kinds of syrup, according to its ingredients label Frappuccino syrup (Water, Sugar, Salt, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Xanthan Gum, Potassium Sorbate, Citric Acid); Mango Syrup (Sugar, Water, Mango Juice Concentrate, Natural Flavor, Passion Fruit Juice Concentrate, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Turmeric, Gum Arabic); Vanilla Syrup (Sugar, Water, Natural Flavors, Potassium Sorbate, Citric Acid) and Classic Syrup (Sugar, Water, Natural Flavors, Potassium Sorbate, Citric Acid). The calorie count is also high, at 410 per 16 fluid-ounce serving.
http://www.wcvb.com/article/health-department-criticizes-starbucks-unicorn-frappuccino/9549001
By the way l love Jimmy Kimmels latest offering the Fuck-It-Ccino:
[font size="8"]Stupidest State Contest Round 12: Montana Vs. Missouri[/font]
Lets spin the wheel one final time this week and it lands on Stupidest State Contest, hit it!
16 states will enter, and only one state will be crowned the new Top 10 Conservative Idiots Stupidest State! If you need a reminder of the conferences, theres the Batshit Conference, the Fiscal Irresponsibility Conference, the Gun Nut Conference, and the Family Values Conference. Last week, Kansas out spent Michigan in the area of batshit crazy to become the greediest state! They will go on to face Texas in the Layover League Championship next week! Whew!!! And the odds are going to be about even in the Kansas Texas shootout. This week the Flyover League darlings in Tennessee are awaiting their opponent. Who will outduel to be called the reigning champion of the Gun Nut Conference? Yes the Gun Nut Conference, where shooting first and asking questions later isnt just a way of life, its mandatory! Who will be the last state to enter the Final Four? Will it be Montanas white supremacists or will it be Missouris heavily armed police? Lets get out our brackets, shall we?
[font size="6"]Round 12: Gun Nut Conference Championship: #2 Montana Vs #3 Missouri[/font]
[font size="4"]Montana [/font]
So next on our Stupidest State Contest, we go back to none other than the Treasure State, Montana. You know folks, Montana is the home to some world class ski resorts including Whitefish, Kalliope, The Montana Snowbowl, the Bridge Bowl, and Red Lodge. Its also home to such universities as the University Of Montana, UM Missoula, and Flathead Valley. Its also the home of Yellowstone National Park the basis for one of the most popular cartoon characters of all time Yogi Bear. I hope Ranger Rick isnt around because Yogi looks like hes going to steal some picnic baskets. And its also the home of Old Faithful. But you know what else Montana is the home of? Its the home of racism. And lots and lots of it! You know we reported on this incident a lot the last time we visited Montana. But its not going away any time soon. The alt right (or alt reich), is getting crazier and crazier, and when death threats are involved, that cant be a good thing, can it?
Real estate agent Tanya Gersh filed a civil suit accusing the publisher of the white supremacist Daily Stormer website, Andrew Anglin, of invading her privacy, intentionally inflicting emotional distress and violating the state's anti-intimidation act by calling on his readers in December to target her with e-mails and phone calls.
That followed a dispute over a property in Gersh's town of Whitefish, Montana, owned by Sherry Spencer, the mother of white nationalist Richard Spencer, who earned national attention for shouting "Hail Trump" at a Washington, D.C., conference following Donald Trump's election win last year.
Anglin did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-lawsuit-hate-idUSKBN17K24D
And why do we get the uneasy feeling that when the Nazis are happy, that cant be a good thing at all, can it? And in case youre wondering if Montanas gun nuts couldnt be any more blatantly racist, their governor is among many who flat out rejects the idea of Sharia Law. So if youre keeping score at home, Sharia Law not OK, Deuteronomy Law why thats just fine and dandy!
Montana was one of the 13 states considering legislation seeking to prevent the use of foreign law in state courts. While the bill's focus was not on Sharia law, some supporters specifically spoke out against the religious law used in some parts of the Islamic world.
Some Republicans sided with Democrats in opposing the measure but could not block it from going to the governor.
"There is absolutely no need for this bill," Bullock wrote in his veto message, adding that the proposal could add to the "nationwide surge in hate crimes."
http://helenair.com/news/politics/montana-governor-rejects-bill-banning-sharia-law-in-courts/article_7424b33d-6583-5c1d-a0da-73ae9f875af5.html
So what does this have to do with Montana and guns? Well guns and excessive racism tend to go hand in hand, as evidenced with the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement, and the combination of extremely loose guns with a culture deeply engrossed in hardcore racism, and you get Montana. In fact this was a bill that actually made it to the governors office this very week:
In an amendatory veto Friday, the governor wrote that "Montanans recognize that guns and alcohol in public places don't mix."
He said the bill, House Bill 494, carried by Rep. Seth Berglee, R-Joliet, would create uncertainty. The bill would have let a person with a valid permit to carry a concealed weapon to bring a concealed gun into any restaurant where alcohol is not the chief item for sale.
The governor's veto would only allow concealed weapons in restaurants where alcohol is not served.
http://ravallirepublic.com/news/government-and-politics/article_b0ac99e1-aed2-5a9a-86e4-08baab5ac90b.html
Gee . Ya think guns in restaurants is a bad idea? I mean we live in a country where this exists:
"We're the only range in Oklahoma that has a liquor license to serve alcohol," said Larry McAlister, a spokesman for Wilshire Gun, which is still under construction.
When Wilshire Gun opens in July, it will feature 24 firing lanes, a separate section for archery, and the lounge, where alcohol will be served. McAlister said that customers can bring their own guns, or can rent firearms from Wilshire's arsenal, which will include machine guns.
http://money.cnn.com/2014/06/09/smallbusiness/gun-range-alcohol/
Yup guns and alcohol! What a magnificent combination! So you think guns in restaurants is a bad idea do you? Well this is even coming from a governor who got endorsements from not one, not two, but 3, yes, 3 different gun rights organizations and the NRA. Why do gun rights organizations exist? Guns have more rights than people in this country!
Theres only one candidate endorsed by the NRA, Gianforte has said in variations during interviews and debates. Thats me.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/government-and-politics/gianforte-takes-aim-at-bullock-s-record-on-gun-rights/article_6cabd26d-dcdc-5d97-b79e-e60f884d9240.html
And by the way if youre wondering if Montanas gun nuts are as crazy as their state legislatures, I give you this:
Joseph A. Jakubowski, 32, was apprehended before 6 a.m. at a campsite in Vernon County, Wisconsin, the sheriff's office said. He was taken into custody without incident after a large number of law enforcement officers surrounded him.
Authorities who spoke Friday afternoon at a news conference said they were relieved the arrest was made.
http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/police-man-who-wrote-manifesto-to-trump-arrested/450731474
And Montana is also the home of the Doomsday Preppers craze. Im almost kind of obsessed with doomsday preppers because theyre a special breed of crazy. If you dont believe me, just watch last years doomsday flick 10 Cloverfield Lane and witness the insanity of John Goodmans character. If Montana wins, in the next round were going to do a deep dive on doomsday preppers. So heres how crazy doomsday preppers are in Montana:
Many of you that are reading this article may think that it is quite strange that families are quitting their jobs, packing up everything they own and moving to the middle of nowhere, but for those that are doing it this actually make perfect sense. A recent Chicago Tribune article on this phenomenon began by profiling an ex-California couple that decided to flee the state for the friendly confines of north Idaho:
http://www.charismanews.com/opinion/59866-why-are-so-many-conservatives-preppers-and-christians-moving-to-the-great-northwest
[font size="4"]Missouri [/font]
Finally, the last state we have to cover in the Hateful 8 is none other than the Show Me State and of course you know them as Missouri. Missouri is the home of such universities as the University Of Missouri (aka Mizzou), Missouri State, Linderwood, and University Of Missouri St. Louis. Missouri is also the home of Branson yes, picture all the bland entertainment of the Las Vegas Strip except even blander and no Las Vegas Strip. Branson is the home of the comedy stylings of Yakov Smirnof (in Soviet Russia, war fights you!), and country music and doo wop tribute bands. And youd think after the massive, worldwide fallout from the horrifying shooting of Michael Brown, you would think that Missouri would know better when it comes to guns!
The five states with the highest rates of gun deaths were Alaska, Louisiana, Wyoming, Tennessee and Missouri. Illinois wasnt mentioned in the Violence Policy Center report.
Missouri gun deaths have outpaced motor vehicle deaths three years in a row.
The Violence Policy Center points out that more than 90 percent of households own a vehicle, and less than a third have a firearm
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/gun-deaths-continue-to-surpass-motor-vehicle-deaths-in-missouri/article_c6b66d76-3d84-5b75-9e68-354c6cfb7a95.html
So Missouri is one of the states in the country with the highest concentration of gun deaths. Surpassing even NRA favorite South Carolina. And in case youre wondering if the candidates in Missouri would put a stop to this, well
"Missouri television commercials are suddenly full of scenes of guns being loaded, prayers being offered and big smiles being smiled. Yes, campaign-advertising season is here.
The four candidates for Missouri's Republican nomination for governor businessman John Brunner, former Navy SEAL Eric Greitens, former Missouri House Speaker Catherine Hanaway and Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder all have new campaign ads out this week. Two of them feature firearms. One shows an explosion.
The winner of the Aug. 2 Republican gubernatorial primary will likely face Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster."
And Missouri is also the home of Rush Limabugh. Sure, he may live in a gaudy palace in Miami now, and by the way we really need to teach conservatives some lessons in interior decorating, am I right? I mean heres Limbaughs house:
Compare that with Trumps:
Cant tell the difference, can you? Am I right? Getting off track here. But Limbaugh has said things on guns like this:
The media doesnt want you to know this, Limbaugh said on his program. But practically every one of these young kids shooting up schools is inspired by something to do with leftism, socialism, what have you. Every one of them is.
Last week, 18-year-old Karl Pierson injured a classmate at Arapohoe High School in Colorado before killing himself. His classmates told the Denver Post that he disliked Republicans and described him as a very opinionated Socialist.
After the newspaper labeled the gunman a socialist, it later removed that description. The updated copy was changed to, Thomas Conrad, who had an economics class with Pierson, described him as very opinionated.
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/rush-guns-dont-kill-people-liberalism-does#49237
Yeah BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Blaming liberalism for gun shootings is like blaming your weight gain on the protein supplement you bought after you clicked the You May Like button with the headline MEN TURNING INTO BEASTS WITH POWERFUL NEW MARKET TESTED WEIGHT GAIN SUPPLEMENT! Dude, you clicked on a link in the You May Like section and ordered without reading a word. You deserve whatever side effects you get. Thank you! You both know the dog didnt do it, And in case youre also wondering , Missouri leads the whole United States in the terms of the most stolen guns in the country!
But Ron Quick isnt too worried.
For him, concrete barricades and security cameras among other things are enough to protect his business.
Hes owned Quicks Guns and Transfers in Kansas City, Kan., for about two years, opening it after closing Quicks BBQ at the same location. The old dining room is the gun stores display room.
I have no more concern now owning a gun store than I did with a restaurant, to be quite honest, Quick said.
But the statistics show gun stores increasingly are becoming the targets of thieves.
Last year, 558 burglaries of federally licensed gun dealers were reported nationwide up nearly 50 percent from five years ago, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article146093049.html
And then theres even more than that! You know if youre wondering if Missouris lawmakers have learned their lessons in their reckless disregard for the 2nd amendment, youre not alone:
Since the General Assembly convened on January 4, legislators have sent Governor Eric Greitens (R) five bills. Those measures include barring mandatory union fees in the workplace, changes to the procedure for determining expert witness testimony in jury court cases, creating regulations for ridesharing companies to expand statewide and increasing penalties against those for the off-label use of herbicides on crops.
If the upper chamber cant revive, several critical bills could die this session. Some of them could have life or death consequences.
https://www.missourinet.com/2017/04/24/missouri-senate-turmoil-could-cause-critical-measures-to-die-this-session/
[font size="4"]And The Winner Is [/font]
Oh my god, Montana has outdueled Missouri and they will be headed to face Tennessee for the Flyover League championship. This was a beat down. Montana has all the countrys gun manufacturers and they have all the guns. They took no shit from the police in Missouri! Final score 101 78! Wow, holy crap that was epic! They will go on to face Tennessee in next weeks Flyover League Championship. Just that and the Layover Championship remain until we crown our stupidest state! Stay tuned for next weeks Layover League championship Kansas. Texas. This will be epic!
[font size="8"]And now this:[/font]
[font size="8"]Dreamcar[/font]
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a brand new band to present to you. So new their album isnt even out yet and thats a first for the Top 10! Playing their song Kill For Candy off their new album Dreamcar, available everywhere on 5/12/17, please welcome Dreamcar!
Yeah how about that?
See you next week!
Tuck Buckford Goes Elbow Deep in A Bowl Of Chobani
I love that he's literally wearing a tin foil hat!
Gorillaz' Damon Albarn Edited Out All References To Trump On Latest Release
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For Albarn, who has kept both groups running concurrently since Blur reunited in 2009, Gorillazs animated presentation has allowed the group to come and go without aging (literally) or being tethered to one era. Yet Humanz (due Apr. 27 on Parlaphone/Warner Bros.) marks a return to the end-time themes that were front-and-center on 2005s Demon Days, which Hewlett says was inspired by the Sept. 11 attacks. Albarn warned the world against Donald Trump rising to the Oval Office as far back as the fall of 2015, when he would add a Dont fall for Donald Trump / Hes such a chump sing-along to Blurs live performances of Tender. And indeed, the singer-songwriter says Humanz was inspired in large part by imagining, What would happen if the world was turned, in some unthinkable way, on its head? -- a reality borne out by the 2016 presidential election.
Trumps ascension was one of the sources of energy that we meditated on, when it was like, Ahh, thats ridiculous, that could never happen, he explains. Humanz is not a conventional protest album against the American president as much as a party record for the apocalypse that his reign might ultimately lead to; The skys falling, baby, drop that ass before it crash, Vince Staples proclaims on Ascension, which has peaked at No. 11 on the Rock Songs chart. The election was a clear catalyst for those overtones, although Albarn made sure that the lyrics to Humanz dont give the president any specific credit.
Theres no references to [Trump] on the record -- in fact, any time when anyone made any reference, I edited it out, he says. I dont want to give the most famous man on earth any more fame, particularly. He doesnt need it!
Hewlett says that the groups return with their first LP in seven years -- since they released Plastic Beach and The Fall in quick succession in 2010 -- was not the product of grand design, so much as bar talk between the Gorillaz godfathers back in 2014, after Albarn had just played a show in support of his solo album, Everyday Robots. We went to some party, says Hewlett, and in a drunken conversation, he said, Do you want to do more Gorillaz? And I said Yeah, do you? And he said Yeah. And I said Right, then. That was the end of the conversation.
http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/7767690/damon-albarn-gorillaz-trump-reference-humanz
I like it!
Top 10 Conservative Idiots #2-20: You Dropped A Bomb On Me Edition
Top 10 Conservative Idiots #2-20: You Dropped A Bomb On Me Edition
Welcome back to the Top 10 Conservative Idiots! This is going to be unusually long this week because we missed a lot being off last week, so bare with us! You know what? Im back from spring break, I am in a good mood, lets talk movies. I saw The Fate Of The Furious this week and that was great might be the best one in the series so far. And I mean really after the disaster that was Tokyo Drift, things can only get better right? And by the way, how great was that trailer for Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi? Whew, man am I looking forward to that! Plus the trailer for Thor: Ragnarock
Right? Oh man that looks so good. I know this guy! Hes a friend from work!. That line is a definite win, and it sucks that we have to wait until November to see how this all pans out. Marvel is batting 1.000 right now. They have Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 which looks awesome (and only a mere 15 days away!). Spiderman: Homecoming looks to be just as good, and then you have Thor: Ragnarok. And I mean who wouldnt want to see Thor fighting the Hulk? I mean its a perfect metaphor for modern society the establishment (Thor) taking on the ginormous beast known as the Hulk. And thats not even including Trumps enormously fat ass. Hey o!!! Im here all week, dont forget to tip your waitress! All right, thats enough of the intro. But first, John Oliver is back and he goes overseas to talk the French elections and their possible impact on the world:
Ladies and gentlemen, returning to the top 3 slots this week is President Trump! Bravo, well done, take a bow! So in the number one slot of course, you know that by now, Trump (1) dropped the Mother Of All Bombs on Afghanistan this week. And he fucked up in telling the press which country he was bombing in the first place! I mean seriously! In the second slot, you know the cake from the first slot? Well we're going to appear on the show "Cake Boss" and see how much Donald Trump's (2) claim about Mar-A-Lago having "the best cake" really rings true or not. In the number 3 slot, if you thought Trump (3) celebrates Cinco De Mayo and Thanksgiving as an elitist, wait until you see how he celebrates Easter! So what was Trump doing? If you guessed golf, you are correct sir / madam! Plus were going to come up with some other uses for that golf cart rental money hes been using. In the number 4 slot, were going to recap yet another incident at UC Berkeley, only this time, the group attacking now has a name and theyll be easy to identify at future events Antifa (4) ! In the number 5 slot is United Airlines (5). Because another incident if youve been living under a rock is that you know about the horrific story about the guy dragged out of his seat and beaten senseless by police. But they just keep shooting themselves in the foot over this incident, and several others have popped up in recent weeks. In the number 6 slot is Alex Jones. So Alex Jones (6) and his lawyer claim that his Infowars persona is actually a character like The Joker. So were going to channel the Joker and have him explain a few things to Mr. Jones. In the number 7 slot is none other than Fox News Bill OReilly (7). He is on what we like to call a sinking ship thanks to sexual harassment lawsuits and it looks like Fox News might be pulling the plug on the Factor. So no more War On Christmas this year? Taking the 8th slot is Pizzagate founder, and the court jester of the deplorables, Mike Cernovich (8) who might be engaged in some light blackmail if Steve Bannon gets fired from the Trump administration. In the number 9 (NEIN!!!!) slot, weve got another installment of I Need A Drink because really, I just got back from Spring Break, but I dont need a drink, I need something much stronger a joint! And were going to talk about all the fun events happening on 4/20 and your source for legal-ish pot. Finally this week, weve got the next round of our ongoing Stupidest State Contest, where were going to a Fiscal Irresponsibility Showdown. This time, Michigan takes on Kansas, and the winner will face Texas in the battle for which state is greedier. Were just 3 rounds away from the league championship, and 4 rounds away from the deciding who is going to be our Top 10 Conservative Idiots Stupidest State! Things are getting exciting! Plus we have some live music for you, this time from Iration. Were going to get some reggae up in this joint and I do emphasize the word joint. Enjoy! And as always dont forget the key!
[font size="8"]Donald Trump[/font]
We need some appropriate music for this entry. Can we get that please?
Yeah! Were getting old school up in this joint! And I need some old school music, because this entry is going to make me, and you very fucking angry! If it hasnt already. Because Donald Trump and the republicans are quite literally playing with fire when it comes to North Korea. So lets go through what happened shall we?
A GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb, nicknamed MOAB, was dropped at 7 p.m. local time Thursday, the sources said.
The MOAB is also known as the "mother of all bombs." A MOAB is a 21,600-pound, GPS-guided munition that is America's most powerful non-nuclear bomb.
The bomb was dropped by an MC-130 aircraft, operated by Air Force Special Operations Command, according to the military sources.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/13/politics/afghanistan-isis-moab-bomb/index.html
Now if youre not already angry enough, while we dont mind that 36 terrorists were killed in the explosion, theres some other strange musings regarding this story. Were teetering on the brink of nuclear war. And this shit isn't helping:
Pence, dressed in a green military jacket, said aboard the hulking USS Ronald Reagan that President Donald Trump's administration would continue to "work diligently" with allies like Japan, China and other global powers to apply economic and diplomatic pressure on Pyongyang. But he told the sailors, "as all of you know, readiness is the key.
"The United States of America will always seek peace but under President Trump, the shield stands guard and the sword stands ready," Pence told 2,500 sailors dressed in blue fatigues and Naval baseball caps on a sunny, windy morning aboard the carrier at the U.S. Yokosuka naval base in Tokyo Bay.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-vp-pence-says-to-north-korea-the-sword-stands-ready/ar-BBA0ULZ?li=AA4Zpp&ocid=spartanntp
Where have I seen this before, I wonder?
And we all know how that ends! You know nuclear war - its a step up from regular war in a way that Premium Economy is a step up from Basic Economy - it's still the shitty part of the plane, and it's much more fucking expensive, despite that you get very little back in return for your investment. What do you get in return? A headrest! Ooh, a headrest! That means my neck will be slightly less crooked when I wake up from 13 minutes of sleep on my 6 hour flight from LA to New York! And let's face it, its what the military industrial complex really wants.
Afghan officials said 36 militants were killed in the strike in Nangarhar province, near the Pakistan border. The US military previously estimated ISIS had 600 to 800 fighters operating in the area.
On Thursday night, a GBU-43/B Massive Ordinance Air Blast bomb (MOAB), capable of destroying an area equivalent to nine city blocks, was dropped on a network of fortified underground tunnels ISIS had been using to stage attacks on government forces.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/14/asia/afghanistan-isis-moab-bomb/
George Carlin was right war is just a big prick waving dick fight and thats exactly what Mr. Tiny Hands Donald J. Trump is doing. And if you dont believe he has tiny hands, just look at his gigantic fat ass waddling up a hill on his precious Trump branded golf course:
Wheres Stewie with a Tuba when you need him?
And this guy has the power to declare war, people! I mean it cant get much scarier than that, can it? I mean can it? Well maybe, in a very Bush-era move, if you add in the fact that Trump couldnt remember what country he just bombed. You know what? Lets roll tape first.
In a new interview on Fox Business Network, President Trump recounted to Maria Bartiromo the moment he told Chinese president Xi Jinping about his decision to attack Syria. However, there was one major eyebrow-raising instance in the interview: Trump seemed to forget which country he had bombed.
"I was sitting at the table, we had finished dinner, and we're now having dessert," Trump recalls. "And we had the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake that you've ever seen.... And I was given the message from the generals that the ships are locked and loaded." He adds: "I said, 'Weve just launched 59 missiles, heading to Iraq.'"
www.teenvogue.com/story/donald-trump-just-forgot-which-country-he-bombed-last-week
Wanna Get Away? That would make a great ad campaign! I mean nothing says wanna get away like a world leader having dessert and then forgetting what country he just bombed! Call me, Southwest! But lets talk about the cake for a minute. It was the best cake, OK? Tremendous, tremendous cake! I mean the best cake comes from Trump Tower. I love chocolate!.
Despite urging President Obama to stay out of Syria in 2013, Trump told Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo on Tuesday that he believes conditions in the country would not be as bad if Obama had acted earlier.
"When I see people using horrible, horrible chemical weapons, which they agreed not to use under the Obama administration, but they violated it," he said, "what I did should have been done by the Obama administration a long time before I did it. And I think Syria would be a lot better off than it has been."
Trump explained how he told President Xi that the U.S. military had launched airstrikes in Syria in response to the chemical attack.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-trump-syria/story?id=46739220
[font size="8"]Donald Trump[/font]
Ladies and Gentlemen, its time for Cake Boss!!!!
This week on Cake Boss, were going to the king of cakes. The sultan of sugar (Sultan Of Sugar, by the way, saw them at the Troub last week, great show!). Im of course talking about the best cake in the land the chocolate cake with a very drab scoop of ice cream thats served at Mar-A-Lago. Why its good enough to feed visiting dignitaries and Trumps fat ass! And we dont even have to make this one!
"I was sitting at the table, we had finished dinner," Trump told Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo. "We're now having dessertand we had the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake that you've ever seenand President Xi was enjoying it."
Bartiromo then said it was "brilliant" that the missiles were "unmanned."
"It's so incredible. It's brilliant," Trump agreed.
Then Trump appeared to momentarily forget which country the United States had attacked last week, naming Iraq instead of Syria.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/04/trump-syria-chocolate-cake-mar-a-lago
Because whats an internet show without some cat memes? I mean come on seriously people! But how good was the cake at Mar-A-Lago? Why its good enough to make world leaders forget which country they sent cruise missiles to! Ha ha ha! But how good is a piece of cake really worth? And what does it look like? Well heres a real, unaltered image!
Doesnt that look tasty? I mean it just screams class! Ive made better looking cakes than that, and Im not exactly what one would call a professional chef. And come on, use a bigger scoop of ice cream, damn it! You get that giant piece of chocolate cake with a radioactive red filling in the center, we're presuming it's strawberry, but we could be wrong, and you get just a thimble full of vanilla ice cream? Come on! The place I go to get pie serves you with a giant scoop of ice cream! But really folks, theres got to be an underlying motive here, doesnt there? I mean doesnt there?
Reports show Florida health inspectors cited President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort with 15 violations in late January, days before the U.S. leader hosted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for a diplomatic visit.
Still, the state inspectors allowed the luxury resort's main restaurant and beach club grill to remain open as staff scrambled to make several immediate corrections.
Among the "high priority" problems described as "potentially hazardous" were faulty fridges with meats stored well above the required 41 degrees Fahrenheit. For example, in the restaurant's walk-in cooler, the duck and beef were measured at 50 degrees, while a ham was at 57 degrees.
Other issues included smoked salmon being served without undergoing "proper parasite destruction" and a hand washing sink for employees with water that was not hot enough.
Stephen Lawson, spokesman for the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, said the violations were the result of a routine inspection and not prompted by any consumer complaints or food-borne illnesses.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-trump-mar-a-lago-health-violations-20170413-story.html
Oh and it gets so much worse from there ladies and gentlemen! Smoked salmon is great, but smoked salmon without proper parasite destruction? WTF are they serving? Mold in the ice machine?
And in fact there were over 13 violations in the kitchen alone! So if youre going to Mar-A-Lago, dont hesitate to bring your own food! Although, Im sure President Trump would hate that. Because after all, he serves the best food at Mar-A-Lago and Trump properties all over the world! But at least you can have cake, which is what Marie Antionette would have wanted.
According to a report by the Miami Herald, the inspectors found 13 violations in the resort's kitchen, including undercooled meat and dangerous fish.
The inspectors deemed three of the violations to be high priority, which means that they could cause the presence of bacteria on dining room plates.
The state inspectors' latest evaluation of Mar-a-Lago on Jan. 26 revealed that the club's kitchen did not did meet minimum Florida standards.
The inspectors specifically noted the issues with the club's raw or undercooked fish, two of the clubs coolers that were too warm, and other minor violations.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/328612-multiple-health-code-violations-found-in-mar-a-lago-kitchen
[font size="8"]Donald Trump[/font]
So we wont get to cover the Georgia special election this week, but Trumps latest Tweet storm is something you got to see to believe. Particularly this one:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/853964023846588420
Learn to spell Congressional correctly and we might take you seriously for once. So in case youre wondering how much Trump flip flops , he flip flops more than the sandals I wore in Hawaii last time I visited. And when youre in Hawaii, you got to wear sandals and shorts, there really isnt any other way to go there, am I right? But getting back to Trump and flip flopping, heres something that you should know the guy lies so much that his lies are lies, and his truth are lies. In fact hes a real life Tony Montana. I mean think about it he lives in a giant mansion in Miami, made his money through questionable means, never questions the other guys greed, and he might have gotten high on his own supply. We just dont know. Plus we know hes said crazy shit like this:
And with that in mind heres how much Trump lies:
In an interview and a press conference, Trump either shifted or completely reversed positions on matters of foreign and economic policy, including how to handle China and the future of the Federal Reserve chairwoman.
Labeling China a currency manipulator
Trump told the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday that China is not artificially deflating the value of its currency, a big change after he repeatedly pledged during his campaign to label the country a currency manipulator.
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Janet Yellen's future
Trump also told the Journal hed consider renominating Yellen to chair the Fed's board of governors despite attacking her during his campaign.
I like her. I respect her, Trump said, Its very early.
Trump called Yellen obviously political in September and accused her of keeping interest rates low to boost the stock market and make Obama look good.
<snip>
Export-Import Bank
Trump also threw his support behind the Export-Import Bank, which helps subsidize some U.S. exports, after opposing it during the campaign.
It turns out that, first of all, lots of small companies are really helped, the vendor companies, Trump told the Journal. Instinctively, you would say, Isnt that a ridiculous thing, but actually, its a very good thing. And it actually makes money, it could make a lot of money.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/328568-trump-flips-on-four-policies-in-one-day
By the way in the case of the Import Export Bank (IEB), this is what happened this week it turns out Trump was going to eliminate the branch until someone explained to him how it worked! Hey, someone might want to explain to him how the environment and energy work, too, huh?
We also knew that Trump is thoroughly impressionable, meaning that when the lobbyists, the bankers, and the special interests got his ear and this being the swamp, that was inevitable they could probably win him over.
So when Trump said early in the campaign that he didn't think the Export-Import Bank (at that point it was in liquidation) should exist because the private sector can and does finance exports, I didn't get too excited. He was correct on the specific matter, but his personality suggested that this wouldn't last.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-backflips-backs-export-import-bank/article/2620133
But we got to switch subjects and talk about how Trump spent Easter. But for transparency heres how Obama spent Easter last year:
After greeting attendees from the balcony of the White House alongside a festive Easter Bunny, the pair shared a sweet kiss before heading down on the lawn to roll some eggs and read to the kids. Both Mr. and Mrs. Obama got very into the story, gesturing with their hands and making funny faces.
http://www.instyle.com/news/easter-egg-roll-2016-barack-obama-michelle-obama
And heres how Trump spent Easter this year:
Trump attended services at the Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach along with first lady Melania Trump, daughter Tiffany, son Barron and Melania's parents, a White House spokeswoman said.
The family was to celebrate the rest of the Christian holiday with a brunch at Mar-a-Lago and Easter egg hunt with the families of two of Trump's other adult children, Eric and Donald Trump Junior, the spokeswoman told reporters.
Trump wished a "Happy Easter to everyone!" via his favourite medium, Twitter, and had earlier used his weekly address to mark Easter and the Jewish holiday of Passover.
The religious services were the first attended by Trump since his inaugural weekend in January.
And by the way what else happened at the White House Easter Egg roll? Well there was this.
Meant to be a day for children to meet the leader of their nation and to have some fun, Trump inevitably made it about himself. When one child asked him to sign his hat, Trump happily did so before flinging the hat far into the crowd, prompting a cry of rage from the disappointed child who just learned that hard way what kind of a man Donald Trump really is.
http://occupydemocrats.com/2017/04/17/trump-just-bullied-child-white-house-easter-egg-roll/
Why do I get the feeling that sounds like something that happens in a bad Adam Sandler or Kevin James comedy movie? Stay classy, Trump. As if thats not deplorable enough, Melania Trump didnt make things better. Just like everything else Trump does, his first WH Easter Egg roll was a total disaster:
RIP Satire, beginning of civilization April 15th, 2017. You will be missed. And in case you couldnt help but wonder about Trumps arrogance and elitism, weve spent the last 3 weeks talking about how much time hes wasting golfing at Mar-A-Lago. Well, this week, some numbers were released that were pretty staggering, and if this doesnt make your blood boil, youre most likely a Trump supporter and watch Fox News as much as he does.:
CBS News reported that it had reviewed purchase orders showing $35,185 in costs for renting golf carts during Trump's frequent visits to Palm Beach, Fla.
The president has played several rounds of golf at Trump-branded clubs, including in Florida and Virginia.
Trump has come under fire for his frequent trips, which current estimates show have cost more than $20 million nearly the amount President Obama spent on travel in his first two years combined. Obama spent approximately $97 million on travel, averaging $12.12 million per year in office.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/328942-secret-service-has-spent-more-than-35000-on-golf-cart-rentals
http://images.memes.com/meme/330488
So what can $35,000 buy you? Time for a little transparency and lets put things in perspective. Wait a minute, I know! Why dont we cue up the Top 10 Home Shopping Network? *cue music* Welcome to the Top 10 Home Shopping Network. Today were going to show you things that you can buy for $35,000 because thats what President Trump has spent so far on golf cart rentals. So heres things that $35,000 can buy you. To start with we have this lovely Volvo S60! For the low low price of $35,000 it comes with a sun roof and GPS navigation service!
Or perhaps cars arent your thing. Maybe youre looking for a place to live. This tiny house, featured on Tiny Houses runs approximately $35,000:
Or maybe youre an Elvis fan. This replica of the ring that the King wore, also cost $35,000!
And you know how much a new golf cart costs? Well this is why facts dont matter to President Trump. Because this lovely red golf cart from Ez Go costs, get ready - $12,695!
[font size="8"]Antifa[/font]
Antifa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That name sounds like it would fit perfectly at the end of that song. In fact play that song again and then scream Antifa instead of Tequila. Well we need some upbeat music for this next entry because its another one that will make you fucking angry. And you know, no matter which side youre on whether youre a Trump supporter or a liberal like we are, we can all agree that people showing up at your rallies wearing ski masks and carrying crowbars arent there to join hands, am I right about that? Well lets discuss
According to CNN, Berkeley Police issued a statement that said, A large number of fights have occurred and numerous fireworks have been thrown in the crowds, Berkeley police said in a statement. There have also been numerous reports of pepper spray being used in the crowd.
The Berkeley protest began as a so-called Patriots Day rally of Trump supporters, but counter-demonstrators quickly assembled and tempers began to flare.
Protesters gathered around the country on Saturday to protest the Trump administration and demand that the former reality TV game show host reveal his tax returns to public scrutiny.
As the Berkeley protest turned violent, social media began to fill with videos taken at the scene.
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/04/watch-images-and-video-of-berkeley-violence-floods-twitter-graphic/
And yes there is video of this. By the way can we say that Trump supporters are not in any way shape or form supporting free speech? Especially when they support his illegal deportation plan and the building of the wall? (BTW there is a content warning on this video)
But this isnt the first time Antifa showed up and things turned violent. Remember the last Berkeley protest over professional tool Milo Yiannopolous? Yup, that was them. In fact theres more to this story and it was a category 5 shit storm, as was expected.
The latest example of this came Saturday, when clashes between backers and critics of the president resulted in 21 arrests.
Berkeley is one of Americas most liberal cities, with a long history of left-wing activism. Trump supporters used the city as a setting for a Patriots Day rally Saturday.
But it goes beyond protests and counter-protests.
A February scheduled appearance by conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos was canceled amid a violent protest on the UC Berkeley campus. That sparked a national debate in which Trump himself took part about the line between the right to demonstrate and protecting free speech that some find objectionable.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-berkeley-trump-20170416-story.html
And you know when smoke grenades are brought into the picture, they go from alleged terrorist group into full blown terrorist group. And heres what happened then! I mean this shit gets crazier and crazier!
In Berkeley, police told media they had arrested 13 people by mid-afternoon, as opposing rallies spilled out of a park and into the streets.
With several hundred people on each side, the crowds mostly taunted each other with bullhorns, chants and shouts. Occasionally, anti-Trump protesters threw fireworks. Small bands on both sides chased each other or brawled, sometimes with wooden planks, homemade shields, poles and pepper spray.
One standoff at a downtown intersection ended only when a smoke grenade detonated. In confusion, anti-Trump protesters fled as supporters of the president charged after them, attacking stragglers. In one altercation, demonstrators threw a pot of beans at each other.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/15/arrests-violent-berkeley-trump-protests-tax-marches
And boy did shit just get real. In fact it might be a preview for what a modern liberal vs conservative Civil War might look like. And thats a scary fucking thought. And in that war, we liberals do not want Antifa on our side. In fact, we want to stay very far away from the Antifas and Daily Stormers of the world. And if the Nazis are happy, this cant be a good thing, can it?
This is just the beginning, wrote a member of the neo-Nazi website the Daily Stormer. This is a sign that we have moved into a new era in the Nazification of America. Normie Trump supporters are becoming racially aware and Jew wise. They are willing to stick up for themselves side by side with Nazis without being adverse to violence.
www.salon.com/2017/04/17/this-is-just-the-beginning-alt-right-rejoices-as-violent-protests-rock-berkeley/
And we really did get a preview of Civil War II: Electric Boogaloo Die Harder With A Vengeance at Berkeley on Saturday. Shit is getting really ugly out there, folks. And I mean really ugly.
A group of hard-right extremists came to Berkeley to hold a rally in support of Trump. While they are, of course, claiming that they only resorted to violence in self-defense, its clear from the social-media organizing done ahead of time that their intention was to start a riot.
http://www.salon.com/2017/04/18/pro-trump-rioters-got-away-with-beating-anti-fascists-in-berkeley-and-they-likely-wont-stop-there/
By the way lets take a look at some of these winners for a minute. I mean both Antifa and Daily Stormer were looking for a beat down on both sides. It wasnt just a peaceful demonstration. Nope, this was a full on category 5 shit storm. But the Daily Stormers were going full on Insane Clown Deplorable:
In fact, in Civil War II: Electric Boogaloo Die Harder With A Vengeance, Id rather not have Antifa on our side. And by the way, why do Trump supporters think they support free speech more than we do? I think we need to have that discussion at some point? These guys fail at explaining what free speech means.
Starting around 10 a.m., protesters from both the far right and the far left gathered in a park next to City Hall. For the first few hours they stood on opposite sides of a no-mans land space that police had set up with orange webbed fencing in the park. There were good-natured taunts between the opposing sides initially, but as more and more people arrivedeventually more than 2,000the exchanges turned into name-calling and jeers. Police were able to temporarily maintain peace because they had confiscated flagpoles, bats, pipes, sticks, knives and other items as people entered the park. Police also positioned themselves in the neutral zone when the shouting got too intense.
By 1 p.m., all semblances of order or peaceful protest were gone. The two sides had moved onto city streets and set upon each other with fists, M-80 firecrackers, and pepper spray. They hurled bagels, soda cans and even dumpsters back and forth as police largely stood by. The policy of the Berkeley Police Department is not to break up small fights as police involvement might result in more violence and injuries. Even so, 20 people were arrested by the end of the day, and 11 protesters reported injured.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/04/16/a-little-american-civil-war-in-berkeley.html
And in case you think were not done in Berkeley get ready! Look whos coming over for dinner! Are they going for the idiot trifecta over at Berkeley? Ive got some good odds saying they are! You might want to stock up on plenty of butter for round 3!
On April 27, right-wing polemicist Ann Coulter will come to speak on campus about illegal immigration as part of a three-part series hosted by newly founded campus club bridgeCal.
Why this club thought Coulter was a reputable source to speak on an immigration is beyond us. With her past incendiary remarks toward Muslims, Mexicans and many other communities of color, Coulter has shown an unwillingness to partake in intellectual discourse. Simply put, she would astonish us if she sparked meaningful dialogue on campus.
http://www.dailycal.org/2017/04/14/ann-coulter-campus-will-not-productive/
Oh come on Berkeley, you should realize that having Ann Coulter "bridge the gap" between liberals and conservatives is like having Goldman Sachs executives teach a class on wealth management, or having Alex Jones teach an anger management class, or having Rush Limbaugh teach hot yoga. You might as well literally shoot yourselves in the foot! But still...
[font size="8"]United Airlines[/font]
Well if youre United Airlines the last week has been rough. Ooh boy, it was rough I tell ya, a plane made an emergency landing, and no one got hurt. And that was the best thing that happened to me last week!. Thank you Mr. Dangerfield. And yes that actually did happen!
United Airlines Flight 1721 was on its way to Kona International Airport in Hawaii when it turned around and made an emergency landing.
Airlines spokeswoman Maggie Schmerin said the problem was a maintenance issue.
http://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/Update-United-Airlines-Plane-Makes-Emergency-11076927.php
And thats probably the best thing that happened to United Airlines this week! Hey o!! Because unless youre living under a rock, by now you know the extremely horrifying tale of Dr. David Dao, who was traveling from Chicago to Atlanta, and you know the video, we wont show it, but did you know that United may have tried to PR smear the wrong guy?
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/united-airlines-doctor-david-dao-drugs-gay-sex-court-documents-oscar-munoz-a7680221.html
And thats not all. The United flub will be forever remembered as a lesson in how *NOT* to do public relations. And I think the only way things could be worse is if you hire Sean Spicer as your PR guy. And then this happened and its not something you want to be the receiving end of, much like you dont want to be on the receiving end of a flaming bag of dog shit:
...Another United employee told passengers that the plane would not leave until four people got off, Mr. Bridges said. The employee then specified that the airline had four United employees who needed to get to Louisville, he said...
A United employee first approached a couple that appeared to be in their mid-20s, Mr. Bridges said, and the pair begrudgingly got off the plane. Then the United employee went to a man five rows behind Mr. Bridges, and told him he needed to get off the plane. The man told the employee, Im not getting off the plane. Im a doctor, I have to see patients in the morning, Mr. Bridges said.
We explained the scenario to the customer, Mr. Hobart said. That customer chose not to get out of his seat.
The situation became uncomfortable for the United employees who then got on board and took the vacated seats, Mr. Bridges said. They were berated by passengers and told they should be ashamed, he said.
And you know remember the movie Airplane? I mean how appropriate is this scene now?
You know I must be boring shit never happens on my flights. I flew American last week nothing of anything interesting happened. I did get to watch the Zach Galafinakis flick Masterminds which was pretty funny. And I also watched the Ryan Gosling / Russell Crowe flick The Nice Guys which was great, loved it. But thats about it. And then this just happened, once again United Airlines shoot themselves in the foot:
Instead, the Utah couple found themselves stranded in a layover city after they said a U.S. Marshal asked them to leave the aircraft, several news outlets reported. Their reported deplaning followed a controversial viral video last week which showed police officers dragging a doctor off a United Express flight in Chicago when the flight was overbooked.
In a statement, the airline said the couple repeatedly attempted to sit in upgraded seating which they did not purchase and they would not follow crew instructions to return to their assigned seats.
But the couple denied to several news outlets that they were trying to sit in a better section of the plane.
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article144973654.html#storylink=cpy
But then my favorite part of this whole cluster fuck is that the United CEO said they wont drag people off planes anymore:
Munoz had just been named PRWeek's "Communicator of the Year," an honor he shared with gay rights pioneer Edie Windsor and Malala Yousafzai, a young Pakistani activist who survived being shot in the head by the Taliban for championing women's rights.
Munoz had not done anything like that. But he had, PRWeek explained, rehabilitated the image of an airline once tangled in multiple image crises unpopular with employees and customers alike.
"Communication and communication strategy is not just part of the game, it is the game," Munoz said as he accepted PRWeek's award.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-united-oscar-munoz-20170413-story.html
[font size="8"]Alex Jones[/font]
So by now you know Alex Jones is under fire for threatening California Congressman Adam Schiff. And heres what happened. I love that the GOP says that theyre pro free speech when theyre really not, and by attacking the media and threatening people they disagree with, they hurt free speech more than anybody! Its how republicans are able to get away with legalizing silencers and calling it hearing protection. Well heres what Alex Jones did.
But, says an attorney with expertise in federal law, Joness threats appear to break a federal law, U.S. Code Title 18, Section 115, which makes it illegal to threaten to assault a U.S. official and provides a penalty of up to six years in prison.
I do think that the combination of Joness comments would amount to a threat, says Amanda Berman, director of legal affairs with Lawfare Project, a consortium of experts on national security law. It seems to be a clear provocation. Ultimately, the question would have to be put to a judge or jury, but I think there is a legal basis for a conviction based on Joness threat, which was made with intent to impede, intimidate or interfere with Congressman Schiffs exercise of his duties as the ranking member of the committee investigating the connection between the Trump campaign/administration and the Russians.
Schiff likely became a Jones target because he is the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, which is investigating possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. Schiff has said there is more than circumstantial evidence of collusion between Trump associates and Russia.
Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/alex-jones-threat-congressman-may-be-felony-579730
But heres why the Joker, er, Alex Jones is in the news this week. I love this defense so much. So did you know that Alex Jones is involved in a bitter divorce and custody battle? Wait, wait back up! Somebody married this guy? And he has children? Someone swiped right on the only guy in the US who has bigger rage issues than Trump does? The guy who said that Hillary Clinton was involved in a child sex ring and that the murder of 20 school children was all an act? That fucking guy reproduced?
But in emotional testimony at the hearing, Kelly Jones, who is seeking to gain sole or joint custody of her three children with Alex Jones, portrayed the volcanic public figure as the real Alex Jones.
Hes not a stable person, she said of the man with whom her 14-year-old son and 9- and 12-year-old daughters have lived since her 2015 divorce. He says he wants to break Alec Baldwins neck. He wants J-Lo to get raped.
http://www.mystatesman.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/travis-county-custody-case-jury-will-search-for-real-alex-jones/rnbWzMHnFCd5SOPgP3A34J/
So his lawyers are claiming that his Infowars persona is all an act. Much like Jack Nicholsohs Joker. And why did they choose Jack Nicholsons Joker? Why not the much better Heath Ledger? Or the much worse Ben Affleck?
Hes playing a character, Wilhite said of Jones. He is a performance artist.
But in emotional testimony at the hearing, Kelly Jones, who is seeking to gain sole or joint custody of her three children with Alex Jones, portrayed the volcanic public figure as the real Alex Jones.
Hes not a stable person, she said of the man with whom her 14-year-old son and 9- and 12-year-old daughters have lived since her 2015 divorce. He says he wants to break Alec Baldwins neck. He wants J-Lo to get raped.
http://www.mystatesman.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/travis-county-custody-case-jury-will-search-for-real-alex-jones/rnbWzMHnFCd5SOPgP3A34J/
What would a dialogue between the Joker and Alex Jones sound like? You know we obtained an actual transcript of a conversation between Jones and the Joker.
Alex: Oh my god, I cant believe you would say that! I cant believe that youre blabbing this to the mainstream media when babies are being poisoned by vaccines! Youre more concerned about what the devil is doing to you in the form of globalism and the illuminati via mind control and satellites? Look all around you man! This is the end times were living in!
Joker: You remind me of my father! I hate my father!
Alex: Fathers are a myth perpetuated by the mainstream media to trick you into thinking that parents are a vial part of modern society! Its not! Its just the globalists and the Clinton agenda who are tricking you into supporting gay families! It is not Christian! WE ARE MEN!!! THIS IS WHO WE ARE!!! YOU ARE A TERRIBLE HUMAN BEING!!!
Joker: Why dont I cut you up into little pieces and feed you to your pooches? Then we can see how loyal a hungry dog really is!
Alex: I WILL FIND YOU AN D I WILL BEAT YOUR ASS!!!!!
Joker: You know how I got these scars?
Alex: I am sorry to our Christian affiliates. I wont let this happen again. I am a Christian first and foremost, I usually dont get that angry.
End scene! Thank you! Oh and heres one of my favorite parts of this whole thing Alex Jones goes full on cartoon crazy in his rebuttal to this madness! I mean you cant make this shit up!
Jones attorney recently said that the InfoWars broadcaster is simply playing a character on his conspiracy theory radio program. The right-wing talk show host is []involved in a custody lawsuit with his ex-wife, whose attorneys want jurors to see footage of Jones unhinged and explosive outbursts. His attorney, however, said that his manic and sometimes violent statements are not relevant in the dispute since he is a performance artist.
While he did not specifically address his own lawyers statements in the video message, Jones said that were all actors, but I believe in what I stand forIm not an actor as my main identity.
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/alex-jones-i-am-not-fake-i-am-completely-real-and-everybody-knows-it/
[font size="8"]Bill OReilly[/font]
We were originally going to talk about the show Survivor in this entry but I didnt like the entry, so were going to change it up and talk about Bill OReilly instead. Whew, I mean holy fucking shit. Talk about whats called a sinking ship. This is what we call a category 6 shit storm. Its way worse than a category 5 in that the shit is literally hitting the fan, and is getting caught up in what we call a shit cyclone, meaning that the shit is getting recirculated. And thats not a good thing, especially at the Gentlemens Leisure Club known as Fox News, where Jabba The Hutt Roger Ailes has already been booted, and now it looks like theyre going after their main man next. So lets go through what happened.
Neither O'Reilly nor Fox has said much about last weekend's report in the New York Times about settlements with five different women who accused the host of sexual harassment or verbal abuse. The matter has only been addressed briefly on Fox's air, and O'Reilly hasn't discussed it in the two editions of his show, "The O'Reilly Factor," that have aired since the story broke.
Fox's strategy of silence might make sense for now, given that O'Reilly is more than just a profit center for the company: he is an institution there, almost inseparable from the network, and long seemingly invincible.
Then again, that's exactly what media observers said last summer when Roger Ailes was sued by former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson for sexual harassment. Ailes resigned two weeks later.
http://money.cnn.com/2017/04/05/media/can-fox-news-stand-by-bill-oreilly/
That did indeed go south. But you know I think the question needs to be asked if were so concerned with sexual harassment in this country, why the fuck did Donald Trump get elected president? I mean thank you! But even the pussy grabber in chief thinks that Bill OReilly didnt do anything wrong. I mean gee you know what they say about birds of a feather flock together, am I not right about that?
Mr. Trump gave no evidence to support his claim, and current and former intelligence officials from both Republican and Democratic administrations have said they do not believe Ms. Rices actions were unusual or unlawful. The president repeatedly rebuffed attempts by two New York Times reporters to learn more about what led him to the conclusion, saying he would talk more about it at the right time.
The allegation by a sitting president was a remarkable escalation and, his critics say, the latest effort to change the story at a time when his nascent administration has been consumed by questions about any role his associates may have played in a Russian campaign to disrupt last years presidential election.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/05/us/politics/trump-interview-susan-rice.html?_r=0
So even Trump himself is playing the nothing to see here card in regards to Bill OReilly, which is extremely telling about Trumps past aggressions with women. So how much hot water is Bill OReilly in in regards to his sexual harassment discrepancies? Well this might take the cake, and not the cake served at Trump Tower.
New York Magazines Gabriel Sherman reported Tuesday that the Murdoch family is leaning toward pulling Bill OReilly off of Fox News airwaves in the middle of growing pressure from advertisers and activist groups.
The report comes amid a separate claim by attorney Lisa Bloom that OReilly used to call a black woman who worked as a clerical worker at Fox News hot chocolate during her time at the network in 2008. The television host would reportedly make her feel uncomfortable in other ways as well.
He would never talk to her, not even hello, except to grunt at her like a wild boar, Bloom told The Hollywood Reporter. He would leer at her. He would always do this when no one else was around and she was scared.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bill-oreilly-hot-chocolate_us_58f66fece4b0de5bac41a5cd?54f&ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
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So the line between human and animal has officially been blurred. Remember when men actually acted like men and not animals like Bill OReilly and Alex Jones? This is what passes for being a man in 2017 treating women like shit and acting like unsophisticated animals? If so then I want no part of it, and I am a white male. This is what passes for being a bad ass? I mean this is Kid Rocks definition of bad ass!
And the republicans want this guy to run for senate! You know the party who says that oh celebrities should stay out of politics! Shut the fuck up! Well, back to Bill OReilly for a minute you know what? His Factor show on 4/12, may have been his last:
The fact that none of these sources were willing to go on the record speaks to the delicate maneuvering underway.
The network's parent company, 21st Century Fox (FOX), will hold a board meeting on Thursday, a spokeswoman told CNNMoney. One of the sources said O'Reilly will be a primary topic.
The Murdochs, the men who control 21st Century Fox, are pointedly not commenting on any of this.
Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2017/04/18/media/bill-oreilly-fox-news-exit/index.html
[font size="8"]Mike Cernovich[/font]
Before we get into this entry, you know folks - context matters. And this is real. This happened.
Excuse me a minute...
So we got to go back to the Berkeley outing for a minute. So chief Trump troll (try saying that one five times fast!) and Pizzagate co-conspirator Mike Cernovich was back in the news this week. Not just for leading the [strikethrough]Idiot Patrol[/strikethrough], er, Free Speech Brigade through UC Berkeley, that happened. First off, someone is feeding this troll inside information. And if theres one thing Ive learned in all my various years on the internet, its that you do not feed the troll. Oh, no, good sir / madam, never, ever feed the troll!
7:40 p.m.
Fifty-nine Tomahawk missiles were launched from Navy destroyers in the eastern Mediterranean. All 59 hit their target.
8:30 p.m.
Notification of foreign leaders and congressional leadership began. The vice president called several congressional leaders and began calling some foreign leaders. The secretary of State, the secretary of Defense, national security adviser and others were also involved in making those phone calls to...heads of government, defense ministers and congressional leaders.
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/4/7/1651419/-Prominent-Trump-supporter-tweeted-about-the-attack-an-hour-before-the-attack
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And as if the trolls didnt need more feeding at Berkeley, Mike Cernovich is falsely claiming he was assaulted by those Antifa morons we talked about earlier in the show.
According to AOL News, Cernovich showed up on Saturday at tax day rally in Austin ..............
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The video shows a protester chanting Show your taxes before Cernovich begins to shout, Im being assaulted. Im being pushed Im under assault. I have a free speech right.
Look at the hatred in their eyes and in their hearts, he yells.
A second video shows a man swinging his fist, which Cernovich claimed was a shot at him.
Cernovich is known for pushing the debunked Pizzagate conspiracy theory.......................
Watch the video below.
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/04/alt-rights-mike-cernovich-gets-punched-in-the-face-while-yelling-clinton-is-a-rapist-at-anti-trump-rally/
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! And yes there sadly is tape of this.
https://twitter.com/MikeLewisATX/status/853314469837115392
I mean really could these asshats be any more deplorable? And you know what? Could the guy who punched Cernovich in the face and the guy who punched Richard Spencer in the face come to my show please? Id like you to stay for an interview and a couple of beers! But heres the main reason why chief Trump troll Cernovich is in the news this week.
The Daily Beast captured an 11-minute Periscope video from Cernovich that threatened of a series of scoops that could bring people down.
Bannon was thought to be on the outs as hes said to have alienated President Donald Trumps son-in-law Jared Kushner. Trump said in an interview this week that he serves as his own strategist. When asked about the feud, Trump claimed, I told them to straighten it out or I will.
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/04/alt-right-head-threatens-to-release-intel-on-the-personal-lives-of-gop-if-bannon-is-fired/
Who needs butter?
Well he already planted one fake news story on Susan Rice a couple of weeks ago. So what does he have on them?
The former national security advisors surveillance activity is neither illegal or unethical.
National Security Advisor Susan Rice follows President Barack Obama across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, to board Marine One, Thursday, July 7, 2016. CREDIT: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
Conservatives are seizing on a report that former national security advisor Susan Rice requested the identity of anonymous people named in intelligence reports, claiming that it provides evidence for President Trumps false claim that Trump Tower was wiretapped.
Bloombergs Eli Lake reported Monday that Rice requested the unmasking of third parties whose information is collected during targeted surveillance of other individuals. Conservative media jumped on the claim and reported that it corroborates Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), chairman of the House Intelligence Committees allegation that information about Trumps transition team had been incidentally collected during U.S. government surveillance of foreign officials.
http://thkpr.gs/1a72785b100e
[font size="8"]420 Events[/font]
Its now time for another installment of:
You know what? Fuck it, I need a joint. And can we get some appropriate music?
Especially before Jeff Sessions unleashes The War On Drugs II: Electric Boogaloo Die Harder. Ah yeah thats some good shit right there! And it has to be some good shit because you dont want to smoke the wrong ganja. Am I right about that? Because yeah we dont want you here at the Top 10 to think its all about negativity. No, we want you to leave here with a positive vibe. Especially since its legal now!
But the pot-smoking holiday will look a lot different this year.
Every year thousands of stoners converge on the parks Hippie Hill to celebrate 4/20.
Sarah Madland Director of Policy and Public Affairs at the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department said, This has been a rogue kind of spontaneous thing.
And for just as long, the citys police and officials have chosen to sit back, hope for the best and then spend around $50,000 cleaning up after everyone.
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/03/29/san-franciscos-420-marijuana-festival-will-be-a-city-permitted-event/
And theres other 420 Events that you could choose to go to if youre into smoking the reefer. You can go watch 2 Chainz in downtown Denver celebrating 4/20. I dont know if youve ever been to Denver since weed was made legal in Colorado, but on 4/20 downtown Denver is so smoky that it gets a contact high!
"I think it's going to be huge," Walter says. "Denver is still the biggest destination to travel to and legally buy and consume retail cannabis for 4/20. You can see it in the way the hotels are already booked out, the cost of flights out here, how flights are booked up, the amount of superstar celebrities who will be in our city the four or five days of 4/20 weekend. So I think we're probably going to have the largest event we've ever had."
When he's asked if there were any lessons learned from last year's postponement, Walter is adamant: "No. That is a major misconception." Granted, the ultra-late postponement of the 2016 rally stirred controversy, and Walter says decisions about any possible weather-related delays will be made at least 24 hours in advance going forward. But otherwise, he sees the way things worked out as having been "a gift from God."
http://www.westword.com/news/inside-the-2017-denver-4-20-rally-starring-2-chainz-8939505
God, I love that movie! Or maybe go to Miami where theres going to be some bumping 4/20 parties, and dont tell Jeff Sessions!
The date has been nearly ubiquitous in weed culture for the past 30-odd years. The term originated with a group of California potheads in the '70s and was popularized by the Grateful Dead once the bandmates caught a whiff of the super-duper-secret code and spread its use with every show thereafter. Considering the close relationship marijuana has enjoyed with music for the better part of the past half-century, it seems natural that a rock 'n' roll jam band became the Johnny Appleseeds of planting 4/20 in the minds of the masses.
http://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/miamis-five-best-4-20-parties-in-2017-9277737
But whatever you do, dont be like this douchebag and start selling tickets to free events. That shit isnt cool, and it definitely doesnt fly here at the Top 10!
The only problem? The event in Golden Gate Park is free of charge.
The opportunist is advertising the event as "HIPPY HILL 420 EVENT IN GOLDEN GATE PARK" on Eventbrite. Beyond the fact they misspelled Hippie Hill, the tickets are $20 each.
According to the Eventbrite page, the organizer is "Kind Friends Advertisement." A Google search yields nothing on the organizer, and their profile page on Eventbrite is empty.
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/hippie-hill-golden-gate-park-420-tickets-sf-11071698.php
[font size="8"]Stupidest State Contest Round 11: Michigan Vs. Kansas[/font]
16 states will enter, and only one state will be crowned the new Top 10 Conservative Idiots Stupidest State! If you need a reminder of the conferences, theres the Batshit Conference, the Fiscal Irresponsibility Conference, the Gun Nut Conference, and the Family Values Conference. Last week Tennessee showed Alabama whos boss when it came to which state hurt their LGBT citizens the most, and they utterly destroyed them in the competition to advance to the next round. So two states have advanced to the Final Four Tennessee, and Texas. So who will their challengers be? We have two more conference finals the Fiscal Irresponsibility Championships and the Gun Nut Championships. This week, Texas is awaiting their opponent and were headed back to the land of greed and irresponsible spending. The Fiscal Irresponsibility Conference you know, where your governor will roll your rights as a worker back to the stone age, while he walks away with a giant sack of that sweet, sweet green. And by green of course, I mean money. Not marijuana, you stoners! Lets get out our brackets shall we?
[font size="6"]Round 11: Fiscal Irresponsibility Conference Championship: #5 Michigan Vs. #7 Kansas[/font]
[font size="4"]Kansas [/font]
So the Kansas Jayhawks nearly won the actual Final Four. Except they didnt. But will they win this Final Four? Only time can tell. In the last round it was a tossup as to whether or not Kansas would beat Chris Christies New Jersey. But theres no denying that Sam Brownback is one of the single most evil people in all of America. So in case youre wondering why Kansas makes the Fiscal Irresponsibility Conference every tournament, well, theres their Tea Party darling of a governor, Sam Brownback. And Sam Brownback embodies everything that is soulless and wrong with the Tea Party. And the Tea Party mantra is cut spending, cut spending, cut spending. Well, heres how spending was cut. Behind door #1:
State lawmakers in the Republican-controlled senate voted in favor of the measure on Tuesday, just days after President Donald Trumps efforts to repeal and replace the ACA, also known as Obamacare, ended with the bill being pulled from a vote.
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/kansas-governor-sam-brownback-vetoes-medicaid-expansion-bill/
But theres got to be more to make Sam Brownback the reigning king of Fiscal Irresponsibility. If theres one thing the GOP hates, its the perception of people getting free handouts. I mean first off, arent all handouts free? And second, these people suck. Just a big, steaming bag of suck.
Most state agencies will have a 4 percent cut. The governor exempted the Department of Corrections, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the Kansas Highway Patrol and state hospitals.
Public K-12 education, which represents half of the states general fund budget, also was shielded from cuts. Lawmakers had written that provision into the budget bill.
Medicaid, which provides health care for low-income Kansans, accounts for 20 percent of the states general fund budget and shouldered the brunt of the budget cuts. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, the two agencies that administer the program, saw $57.4 million in combined cuts.
http://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article78450362.html#storylink=cpy
In case youre wondering how much shit Kansas is in economically and how it will translate to the rest of the country, heres how fucked up it is.
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, the Republican responsible for the states business-friendly tax policies, is now trying to erase any evidence of just how wildly unsuccessful his Reaganomics experiment has proved.
Last month the states Council of Economic Advisors, which Brownback created in 2011 and still chairs, quietly discontinued quarterly reports originally intended to showcase the states rapid economic growth. (During Brownbacks re-election campaign in 2014, the reports were scrubbed from the internet and subsequently available only upon request.)
The council issued what ended up being its last report in May.
Brownback specifically asked the council to hold him accountable through rigorous performance metrics, Heidi Holliday, executive director of the Kansas Center for Economic Growth, told The Topeka Capital-Journal. Five years later, the metrics clearly show his tax experiment has failed while business leaders and local chambers of commerce across the state openly ask him to change course.
Wow, thats another good one! But we have barely scratched the surface on the Kansas Tea Partys insane greed and corruption. Although some good news for Sam Brownback. You know we dont want you to think the Top 10 is all about negativity. No, we want you to have the Top 10 as a positive feeling. And theres some good news Sam Brownback is no longer Americas least popular governor. And we dont need to hold an Americas Next Least Popular Governor Contest to find out who it is!
The Republican is now the second least popular governor in the country. Missouri Democrat Claire McCaskill, meanwhile, is among the least popular U.S. senators, according to a new poll released Tuesday.
Whos the least popular governor in the U.S.? That would be Chris Christie of New Jersey.
Morning Consult, a media and survey research company based in the nations capital, said it polled more than 85,000 registered voters across the country from January to March in an effort to determine American public officials approval rankings.
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article143945244.html#storylink=cpy
Why yes! The new least popular governor in the country was none other than the governor of the state that was Kansas competition for this tournament! And that is Donald Trump stage prop Chris Christie! I mean ya gotta wonder how these assholes keep getting elected! But theres far more. Sam Brownback, like the good republican he is, often passes the blame onto others in the event he loses. And it looks like the GOP might actually lose a seat in Kansas. And you know who he would blame?
The wave of moderate Republicans who swept last years GOP primaries should have been Brownbacks first clue that a revolt was brewing in his own party. Fourteen conservative state legislators allied with the governor were ousted in favor of more moderate Republicans who were critical of Americas least popular governor and his failed trickle-down economics experiment in the Sunflower State. Last month, in a stunning rebuke of Brownback, Republicans passed a bill to expand Medicaid in the state an extremely popular move that Brownback vetoed.
In the first election since Brownbacks most controversial move and just ahead of the 100-day anniversary of what can at best be described as a tumultuous first 100 days in office for President Donald Trump, Republicans are bracing for blowback. It may very well be the longest of longshots, but for the first time in a long time, Democrats actually have a shot in the district that houses Koch Industries, owned by right-wing billionaires Charles and David Koch.
http://www.salon.com/2017/04/11/blame-sam-brownback-if-republicans-lose-a-seat-in-kansas-it-wont-be-donald-trumps-fault/
I mean even fucking Wall St is thinking that Sam Brownback is a complete and utter disaster. When youre on the bad side of Wall Street, that is not a side you want to be on!
Early in his tenure as governor, Brownback pushed a series of steep income and business tax cutsthe biggest in state history, with the benefits heavily tilted to the wealthyas a means of juicing the state's economy. The cuts, he argued, would spur massive job growth and bring in enough new revenue to offset the lower tax rates.
That hasn't panned out. Tax collections have regularly come in far below expectations in recent years, leaving Kansas lawmakers scrambling to slash government services in order to comply with a state law requiring a balanced budget. (Most states, unlike the federal government, have balanced budget requirements.)
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/02/sam-brownback-kansas-tax-cuts-moody-credit-rating
But some good news, Sam Brownback may soon no longer even be the governor. Apparently he was tapped by Trump to be the head of a lucrative United Nations post. Yes, he has gone from bankrupting Kansas, to possibly bankrupting the world!
Neither the governors office nor the White House has confirmed the reports, which quote sources alternately describe it as a done deal and more tentative than that. The job would take Brownback to and from Rome, where the cluster of U.N. agencies he would be be charged with assisting are based.
Under normal circumstances there might be little to say about one politician setting another up with a cushy gig on the Mediterranean. But Brownback would be fleeing a political and economic crisis, leaving about 3 million Kansans behind in a budgetary inferno of his own devising.
https://thinkprogress.org/is-sam-brownback-about-to-get-a-political-bailout-from-donald-trump-9545f12f5628
[font size="4"]Michigan [/font]
Next up in our Stupidest State contest is the return of the other reigning king of Fiscal Irresponsibility the Great Lakes State - Michigan. Michigan is unique for its Upper Peninsula a hotbed for hunters and white supremacists alike. By the way, if you want a feel for what it's like to live in the Upper Peninsula - Jeff Daniels is from Central Michigan. Yes, the same Jeff Daniels who was in Dumb & Dumber, The Martian, and The Newsroom. He directed a movie about elk hunting called "Escanaba In Da Moonlight". It's very low budget but you definitely will know what's it's like to live in the UP after watching this flick. Plus lots and lots of drinking! Michigan is the home of such universities as my mothers alma matter Michigan State University (go Spartans!), the University of Michigan, my brothers alma matter Wayne State, and several other noted universities. Michigan is also the home of world class sports teams including the Detroit Tigers, the Detroit Pistons, and of course Hockey Town USA, the Detroit Red Wings! Where fans are known to do this:
And we do have to mention one hilarious and quite stinky story before we get started on all things Michigan that happened this week after Joe Louis Arena finally closed:
It was a glorious day of celebration and misty-eyed nostalgia, as former Red Wings greats acted as the ice crew to shovel during the second period and fans were treated to memories made in that arena through the decades. Heres what the final minutes in the history of the Joe sounded like from the stands:
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/red-wings-fans-threw-35-octopuses-ice-joe-louis-arena-farewell-004926074.html
I like that one! So what else has Michigan been up to since we last visited them? You know the toxic water crisis in Flint is only getting worse by the day. In fact you know who one of the biggest problems with Flint actually was? If you guessed its a giant, evil corporation then youre 100% correct! And of course its Nestle Waters.
"The injustice of this situation could not be starker," said Liz Kirkwood, executive director of For Love of Water (FLOW). "At the same time the people of Flint are forced to drink bottled water, the state is considering authorizing a water grab for a $200 fee."
Fifty-five people opposed the company's permit application during the public hearing, urging the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to protect the state's water instead of kowtowing to Nestle.
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2017/04/flint_water_crisis_casts_shado.html
But there is some good news on the Flint front the Michigan House recently voted to send $100 million to Flint, but hopefully the Flint City Council will use it for its intended purpose and not funnel the money back to themselves!
"This money is deeply needed for the city of Flint," said Rep. Phil Phelps, D-Flushing.
The Flint water crisis emerged when a water source switch lead to more corrosive water going through pipes, leaching lead out of the pipes and into the water supply. The neurotoxin is particularly dangerous to children. An unknown number of residents were exposed.
The state has dedicated $234 million at efforts to help the city recover. But the House of Representatives on Tuesday made an administrative move to send $100 million from the federal government over in House Bill 4329.
Read more: http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/03/michigan_house_votes_to_send_1.html
And yes that is indeed excellent. But the Flint water crisis isnt the only problem plaguing Michigan besides insane Tea Party representatives and leaders like Rick Snyder, who might be one of the worst governors in the country (thank you Koch Brothers! ), did you know that the former home of the Detroit Lions, the Pontiac Silverdome, is still standing? And that it has a major parking lot problem?
The city of Pontiac has taken legal action against the owner of the derelict stadium, citing it for city code violations for storing hundreds of Volkswagen cars and crossovers on the property without the necessary permits.
The Volkswagens, which have been gathering outside the Silverdome since January, are the vehicles the German automaker has been forced to buy back back from customers following its diesel emissions scandal.
The city cited the Silverdome's owner -- Triple Investment Group -- last month for six separate citations generally related to the mass of Volkswagens and for failing failure to secure the property from trespassers. The city says the owner needs a site plan and business license to store so many cars there, even though the land in question is a parking lot.
Read more: http://www.freep.com/story/money/business/2017/03/22/silverdome-owner-denies-responsibility-parked-volkswagens/99506732/
Thats a strange story indeed. but when it comes to Michigan and spending Michigans state senators and representatives are just as batshit crazy as they are in the rest of America.
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Charged was Bertram Johnson, Jr., 43, of Highland Park, Michigan. The two-count indictment charges that from approximately March 2014 through January 2015, Johnson, Jr., a Senator for the State of Michigan, conspired to commit theft, and did commit theft, of monies under the care, custody, and control of the State of Michigan.
According to the indictment, Johnson borrowed thousands of dollars in cash from an unnamed co-conspirator, and later placed that co-conspirator on the public payroll as a member of his staff, knowing that the co-conspirator was a ghost employee who contributed no work on behalf of Johnsons staff. The indictment alleges that Johnson placed this ghost employee on the public payroll solely to pay off Johnsons personal loan debt, and that the ghost employee was paid over $23,000 in taxpayer money.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edmi/pr/state-senator-indicted-conspiracy-and-theft-charges
And in case youre wondering if Michigans wealthiest residents are as greedy and corrupt as their representatives are, did you know that theres a massive grift going on between multiple Michigan area doctors? Theres this:
Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Departments Criminal Division, Acting U.S. Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch of the Eastern District of Michigan, Special Agent in Charge David P. Gelios of the FBIs Detroit Division and Special Agent in Charge Lamont Pugh III of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector Generals (HHS-OIG) Chicago Regional Office made the announcement.
Leonard Van Gelder, 69, of Caledonia, Michigan, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud before U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn of the Eastern District of Michigan. Sentencing will be set at a later date.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/second-detroit-area-physician-pleads-guilty-171-million-health-care-fraud-scheme
And this:
A Detroit podiatrist was charged in an indictment unsealed today for his alleged participation in a $13.9 million health care fraud scheme involving fraudulent claims for unnecessary foot surgeries and other podiatric services that were never rendered.
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Lawrence Young, D.P.M., of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, was charged with six counts of health care fraud in an indictment filed in the Eastern District of Michigan. Young was arrested this morning and made his initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Anthony P. Pattiof the Eastern District of Michigan.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/detroit-podiatrist-charged-role-139-million-medicare-fraud-scheme
[font size="4"]And The Winner Is [/font]
Oh my god this was an incredibly solid matchup. Both teams gave each other a game. Which is what this competition really is about. But sadly only one state can move on to face Texas. Kansas is incredibly tough, and dont discount them as favorites to win the whole thing. Michigan on the other hand puts up a good fight and theyre not going down easily. They came back and tied it with just 3.2 seconds left OH MY GOD!!! Kansas sinks a 3 pointer!!! They will beat Michigan and advance to play Texas in the Layover League Championship! Final score 74 71! I tell you anything can happen in this tournament, folks and we have just 4 rounds left before we crown our Stupidest State. Next week the final piece of the puzzle remains. Missouri and Montana will be bringing their big guns out. The winner gets to face Tennessee for the Flyover League championship. The loser goes home.
[font size="8"]And now this:[/font]
[font size="8"]Iration[/font]
Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you have some joints ready playing their song Midnight from their album Hotting Up, please welcome Iration!
Yeah how about that?
See you next week!
Secret A.T.F. Account Paid for $21,000 Nascar Suite and Las Vegas Trip
Agents also used the account to finance undercover operations around the country, despite laws prohibiting government officials from using private money to supplement their budgets, according to current and former government officials and others familiar with the account.
The revelations highlight the lax oversight at the A.T.F. that allowed agents and informants to spend millions while avoiding the normal accounting process. The Justice Departments inspector general, who is investigating the secret account, criticized the A.T.F. recently for mismanagement and said the agency did not know how many informants it had or how much they were paid.
The New York Times revealed the existence of the bank account in February, prompting an investigation by the House oversight committee. The Justice Department, which oversees the A.T.F., has denied any wrongdoing, and the department has refused to say whether the bureau continues to operate such secret accounts, which the government called management accounts.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/secret-atf-account-paid-for-dollar21000-nascar-suite-and-las-vegas-trip/ar-BBzHwxf?li=BBnb7Kz
Grifters gonna grift.
Neil Gorsuch takes first of 2 oaths, prepares to join court
Source: Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) Surrounded by family and his soon-to-be Supreme Court colleagues, Neil Gorsuch took the first of two oaths on Monday as he prepared to take his seat on the court and restore its conservative majority.
The 49-year-old appeals court judge from Colorado is being sworn in after a bruising fight that saw Republicans change the rules for approving high court picks over the fierce objection of Democrats.
The first ceremony took place privately in the Justices' Conference Room, with Chief Justice John Roberts administering the oath required by the Constitution. Gorsuch placed his hand on the family Bible held by his wife, Louise. His two daughters watched, along with all eight of the current justices and most of their spouses.
Also in attendance was Maureen Scalia, widow of the late Justice Antonin Scalia, and her eldest son Eugene, said court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg.
Later, Gorsuch will appear at a public White House ceremony, where Justice Anthony Kennedy is to administer a second oath in which Gorsuch will pledge to administer justice impartially and "do equal right to the poor and to the rich." Gorsuch, who once clerked for Kennedy, will be the first member of the court to serve alongside his former boss.
Read more: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/neil-gorsuch-takes-first-of-2-oaths-prepares-to-join-court/ar-BBzDptZ?li=BBnb7Kz
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! The fucking assholes did it. They got their god damned seat. May it be forever cursed.
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