What goes through my my mind when I read the news with my morning coffee. …Or for the Simon's Rockers in the group, this is my response journal.
The law requiring people to use toilets corresponding to their birth gender must now go to state Senate.
Texas ‘bathroom bill’ passes key vote – BBC News
If we really want to protect our children where is the law about not using the same bathrooms as people who are an actual statistically more likely to assault them? Like the one against little boys using the same bathroom as Catholic priests? Or any children with family members?
(F’ing morons!)
Some foreign policy experts took issue with Trump’s assertions about contributions to NATO. Ivo Daalder, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO, took to Twitter to argue that Trump didn’t seem to understand how the alliance works.
“US does provide large military commitment to NATO. But this is not a favor to Europe. It is vital for our own security,” Daalder tweeted. “All NATO countries, including Germany, have committed to spend 2% of GDP on defense by 2024.”
Daalder said America’s contribution to NATO is not to help pay for Germany’s defense or that of other European allies. “It is part of our treaty commitment,” he noted.
Trump doesn’t understand how NATO works, former ambassador says
Yup.
Linda Preast has used a wheelchair since she had a stroke two years ago and now relies on Meals on Wheels, a service that provides food to millions of people with disabilities and the elderly. The 56-year-old Georgia resident never envisioned when she voted for President Donald Trump that he’d propose slashing funding for the programs.
Trump Voter Shocked To Find That Her Meals On Wheels Could Be Cut | The Huffington Post
Stupid is, as stupid does. In what delusional universe does an idiot have to live in to believe someone like Donald Trump gives a shit about anyone getting their Meals on Wheels? Buy the snake oil and and you’ll choke on it, ignorant sheeple.
A retired police chief says he was detained at John F. Kennedy International Airport and held for 90 minutes earlier this month because of his name.
Homeland security/border & customs are starting to sound as ignorant and incompetent as Trump.
“I would like to visit again and to talk to other scientists, but I fear that I may not be welcome,” Hawking said Monday in an interview on U.K. TV show Good Morning Britain.
….“His priority will be to satisfy his electorate, who are neither liberal nor that well informed.”
Stephen Hawking: I don’t feel welcome in Trump’s America
“…neither liberal nor that well informed.” Amen, brother, amen to that.
YouTube Blocks LGBTQ, Other Videos for ‘Restricted Mode’ Users – NBC News
WTF? So falling under the LBQTQ umbrella makes you objectionable content now? Maybe Youtube needs to add a “hater whose head is up their ass” mode instead.
Grab a shovel and your winter trekking gear, we’re organizing a posse to save Martha Stewart.
God help us, Martha Stewart’s truck is stuck in the snow
Had such a good laugh over this one, just had to pass it on.
Antonio Tajani issued a statement apologizing to anyone who had been hurt or offended by the MEP’s outburst:
“I will not tolerate such behaviour, in particular when it comes from someone who is expected to discharge his duties as a representative of the peoples of Europe with due dignity. By offending all women, the MEP displayed contempt for our most fundamental values.”
This drew a round of applause from the entire parliament. Korwin-Mikke will lose his daily subsistence allowance for 30 days, a total of €9,180 (£8,047) intended to cover his expenses while he attends parliament. He will also be suspended from all parliamentary work for 10 days and banned from representing the parliament for a year.
EU Parliament applauds as MEP Janusz Korwin-Mikke is suspended for sexist comments
hmmmm
TO APPRECIATE how shocking President Donald Trump is to modern German sensibilities, consider the “America First!” slogan that so cheers his supporters. Then ponder how Germans—and indeed voters across Europe—would react if an avowed law-and-order nationalist were to seek the office of Bundeskanzler with the slogan: “Germany First!”
At an often awkward press conference in the East Room, the two leaders politely disagreed on everything from immigration to free trade and the value of seeking multinational agreements. …Mrs Merkel was every inch the cool, reserved physicist-by-training, at moments giving her American host the icy stare of a Mother Superior told a dirty joke. Mr Trump was dyspeptic, defensive and visibly irritated by press questions about his latest controversial tweets.
…Her core message to Mr Trump was that real political leadership involves seeking a co-operative solution that leaves everyone ahead, and that international relations do not have to be zero-sum.
(Like Trump has the comprehension skills for that concept)
…[Trump] has appalled the German government with his open admiration for the iron-fisted nationalism of Mr Putin, his hints that he might lift sanctions imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, and his suggestions that NATO is obsolete.
…At their press conference Mrs Merkel managed to persuade Mr Trump to state his “strong support” for NATO. She also heard the American leader praise Germany’s schemes for job training and retraining, and apprenticeships in industry.
… Turning to his guest, he said: “At least we have something in common, perhaps.” The look that the chancellor shot back blended incredulity with horror. For Washington-based observers, increasingly used to the idea of an American president who makes baseless claims and attacks other leaders without shame, her dismay was a useful reminder. This is not normal.
Normal? No, it is not. So next time, vote for the clearly lesser of the two major party evils, snake oil buyers and liberal-ship-sinkers.
The Providence Arcade is the oldest shopping mall in America, but now has a whole new purpose.
America’s Oldest Mall Is Turned Into Gorgeous Tiny Homes
Love this. There needs to be more small affordable housing in cities. Everywhere actually. More money to spend on services and shopping. Less need for services. Everyone benefits when the cost of living is down!
People have been having lots of fun with Donald Trump’s car crash of a meeting with Angela Merkel. Trump was widely criticised for refusing to shake the German chancellor’s hand when they met at the White House – he could barely bring himself to look at her
When Angela Merkel owned Donald Trump – our 10 favourite tweets | The Poke
These are priceless.
Meals on Wheels received 50 times the typical amount of daily donations on Thursday after the White House proposed cuts to some of the program’s sources of funding, a spokesperson for the group said.
Meals on Wheels sees donations, volunteer sign-ups pour in – CNN.com
So keeping low-income seniors from starving to death isn’t “results” in this White House’s opinion. They are either woefully ignorant or completely evil. By the looks of it, probably both. In any case, that’s more Trump supporters who are getting f*cked up the ass with a running chainsaw. Doh! Guess you shouldn’t have bought all that snake oil folks!
At a press conference with Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, on Friday afternoon, a German reporter asked Trump, “Why do you keep saying things you know are not true?” Trump didn’t answer directly.
When another German reporter asked Trump about the White House citing claims that the British government bugged him, he refused to take responsibility.
Donald Trump Finally Pays a Price for His False and Reckless Words – The New Yorker
Hmmmm
The woman welcomes her daughter on her lap, feeds her milk and calmly continues to talk to her BBC host. When the toddler steps in, she hands him a toy.
The parody then goes on with the mum removing roast chicken from the oven, cleaning the toilet, and even defusing a bomb. And the ending is just hilarious.
‘BBC dad’ parody imagines how a mom would handle the situation
<Snicker>
“Always remember to forget the friends that proved untrue. But never forget to remember those that have stuck by you,” said Nigerian poet Albashir Adam Alhassan.
Alhassan was born to Nigerian parents in the Kano State of Nigeria, which, coincidentally, is not Ireland.
Trump Recites an Irish Proverb Written by a Nigerian Poet
sigh….
President Donald Trump says he’s aware the current version of the GOP’s health care bill could hurt the very people who helped put him in the White House.
The president acknowledged the findings of a recent Bloomberg report, which said working- and middle-class counties that voted for him in November would fare far worse under the new bill than affluent counties that supported Hillary Clinton.
“Yeah,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson that aired Wednesday. “Oh, I know that.”
Donald Trump Concedes Health Care Bill Could Hurt Many Of His Supporters | The Huffington Post
You buy snake oil, you get taken.
President Trump’s proposed budget takes a cleaver to domestic programs, with many agencies taking percentage spending cuts in the double digits.
The 62 agencies and programs Trump wants to eliminate
hmmm
The chief justice of California’s Supreme Court on Thursday asked the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump to prevent immigration agents from arresting undocumented immigrants inside the state’s courthouses.
Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye said she was gravely troubled by recent reports that federal agents were “stalking undocumented immigrants in our courthouses to make arrests,” in a letter addressed to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly.”
Courthouses should not be used as bait in the necessary enforcement of our country’s immigration law,” Cantil-Sakauye wrote.
California judge seeks to prevent immigration arrests inside state courts | Reuters
hmmmm
In an impressively geeky retort, the drivers responded that all the other exempted activities were listed as gerunds, words ending with “-ing”: Canning, processing, preserving, freezing, drying, marketing, storing, packing. The word “distribution,” they argued, was therefore not intended to be one of the items in the list.
The first court to hear the case ruled in the company’s favor, but the appellate court disagreed. Wrote Barron, since Maine’s overtime laws are meant to have “remedial purpose,” that is, to help the state’s workers, they should be read liberally. He and the appeals court therefore sided with the drivers, ruling that they are still eligible to receive their unpaid overtime.
Heh
The resistance has been expertly resisting everything, including voting.
Every. Single. Word. Of. This.
Anything Donald Trump says may be used against him in a court of law. Take the fight over the White House’s Muslim ban, for example.
As Muslim ban flops again, Team Trump is its own worst enemy | MSNBC
hmmm
The budget would cut a program that reimburses jails for holding undocumented immigrants.
Trump budget cuts immigration aid and local police are stunned
Pssst…. When you buy snake oil, you get taken.
The Netherlands now faces lengthy haggling before a government based on dozens of compromises can take shape. In other words, Dutch politics as usual—just what Mr Wilders and his followers despise. The anti-immigrant right had hoped the row with Turkey would help them reframe the election as a battle between the Netherlands and Islam. Instead, it handed Mr Rutte control of the agenda.
hmmm
Tillerson reportedly used an email with a pseudonym to talk about climate change risks and other important issues.
The discussions over Exxon Mobil’s climate-change risk-management is the focus of New York’s inquiry into the oil company. Schneiderman’s office uncovered the information as part of its investigation, which found Tillerson allegedly used the email pseudonym “Wayne Tracker” – Wayne is Tillerson’s middle name – for at least 7 years, from 2008 to 2015.
Rex Tillerson email alias Wayne Tracker Exxon climate change risks – Business Insider
hmmmm
The BBC has seen a message board where servicemen from all branches have shared hundreds of photos.
US military nude photo sharing scandal widens beyond marines – BBC News
Disorder and dishonor in corps
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