Month: August 2016

Adrastos, Bigotry, Elections, Gret Stet Politics, Political Crack, Race

The Gret Stet Senate Race: 24 Candidates In Search Of A Plot

Peter Adrastos Athas

The Gret Stet flood of 2016 put the race to replace Bitter Vitter on hold for a few weeks. It was no great loss for Louisiana  political junkies, it was a snoozer until recently. There are 24 candidates running; only a handful with any chance of making the run-off: State Treasurer John Kennedy, Congresscritters Charles Boustany and John Fleming, and Democrats Foster Campbell and Caroline Fayard. David Duke is running and also has an outside shot at making a run-off. Unlike the others, he has *no* chance at winning the seat. UNO did a Duke oriented  poll and found that his negatives … Continue reading The Gret Stet Senate Race: 24 Candidates In Search Of A Plot

Athenae, Fuck The Mommy Wars, Immoral Values, So Called Liberal Media5 Comments

There Is Literally No Way to Be Married or Work or Raise Your Kids Right

Allison Hantschel

IT IS 20FUCKING16, latest in a series of occasional RAGESMASHes:  […] Weiner isn’t just facing questions about his political career. He’s facing questions about his parenting skills. And for the third time, his questionable decisions are ensnaring his wife, one of Hillary Clinton’s top aides, by raising questions about her decision to leave their son alone with her husband while she’s on the campaign trail. It’s written in the standard contrarian perspective of a lot of politics blogging; the “what if” tone that carries an internal defense that it’s “just speculating.” Phillips isn’t, after all, actually saying that Abedin is a … Continue reading There Is Literally No Way to Be Married or Work or Raise Your Kids Right

Athenae, Kids Today2 Comments

Today in Ungrateful Youngsters

Allison Hantschel

Maybe you kids need to experience STALIN so you understand how good you have it!  Those born in the 1930s were alive during Hitler’s conquest of Europe. Those born a bit later have no memory of World War II, but they do remember Stalinist Russia, a more distant threat, but one that was still frankly terrifying. Those born later still have no memory of the darkest days of the Soviet Union, but they do remember the Cold War and the Berlin Wall. Those born as late as the 1980s have no memory of living in a world where democracy was … Continue reading Today in Ungrateful Youngsters

Free Republic, Stupid Republican Tricks, Tommy T2 Comments

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – natural election edition

Tommy T

OK folks – you know the drill.  ISO suits on, airlock open – let’s open the first drum of…

EEYAHHHH!!!   The floor and walls are covered in Freeper slime! What in the hell could have caused that front drum to rupture and spray like that??

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Clinton ad ties Trump to KKK, white supremacists

A video released Thursday by Hillary Clinton’s campaign makes the case that Donald Trump is the candidate of racists, white supremacists and neo-Nazis.

“The reason a lot of Klan members like Donald Trump is because a lot of what he believes, we believe in,” a robed man identified as the Imperial Wizard of the Rebel Brigade Knights of the Ku Klux Klan says at the top of the video, followed by images of a Confederate flag fluttering in the wind, Trump waving after a speech, and a man performing a Hitler salute at what appears to be a Trump rally.

1 posted on ‎8‎/‎25‎/‎2016‎ ‎11‎:‎55‎:‎40‎ ‎AM by Scythian_Reborn
At Freeperville, they’re finally starting to realize that some extremely unsavoury people are stinking up their “movement”.
To: Scythian_Reborn

 

What’s the message? “The Klan supports Trump, all other Democrats should too!”

4 posted on ‎8‎/‎25‎/‎2016‎ ‎11‎:‎57‎:‎58‎ ‎AM by wheatmiller (No one thinks anymore….)

OK – make that “bowel movement”.
To: Scythian_Reborn

 

Maybe Trump will get Smersh to counter with the history he uncovered that the Kkk was a creation of the democrats

5 posted on ‎8‎/‎25‎/‎2016‎ ‎11‎:‎58‎:‎07‎ ‎AM by stanne

You know, I could just stop the thread right here.
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Either:
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a. Freepers are completely unaware of history, particularly that of the Southern Strategy, and how it flipped the two political parties in the 1940s – 1960s.
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b. Freepers are completely aware of history, are lying out their asses about the Democratic Party being the current abode of racists, and have cognitive dissonanced themselves into a fugue state of denial.
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To: Scythian_Reborn

 

Those are not KKK people, they are actors in KKK robes

At least the left found white guys to play the KKK parts this time

So they got part right for once

The last time they did this the KKK actors at Trump rallies were black, oops

12 posted on ‎8‎/‎25‎/‎2016‎ ‎12‎:‎03‎:‎27‎ ‎PM by arl295

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I’m going with “b”.
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To: Scythian_Reborn

 

WOW – Trump really must be making an impact on the black vote.

19 posted on ‎8‎/‎25‎/‎2016‎ ‎12‎:‎06‎:‎34‎ ‎PM by Baldwin77 (They hated Reagan too ! TRUMP TOUGH – AMERICA STRONG)

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Of course he is. Why, one poll has him all the way up to 6%.
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To: nhwingut

Maybe Trump is making in roads(sic) with blacks and Hispanics. They can’t have that. They must keep them on the government plantation

43 posted on ‎8‎/‎25‎/‎2016‎ ‎12‎:‎15‎:‎56‎ ‎PM by Trumplican

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“Government plantation”?
I’m so glad we cleared up the misconception that Trump supporters are racists.
I feel so much better now.
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In the mean time (not a typo) , READ MORE!!
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Athenae, Bigotry, Geek Cred, Immoral Values, Propaganda, So Called Liberal Media, Stupid Republican Tricks, Twitter, Web/Tech1 Comment

#NeverWingnuts

Allison Hantschel

Watching otherwise intelligent people make common cause with scumbag assholes just because they both hate Trump is going to be the thing that ends me this election cycle. Jude and I have been texting this GIF back and forth to each other for like a year now: Example one: This from @JonahNRO is a good taste of what the alt right is about https://t.co/A5A4z6bunM pic.twitter.com/09oFMyBUM9 — Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) August 25, 2016 On the one hand I think it’s pathetic that these people think this is the highest and best use of their time. On the other hand, I do … Continue reading #NeverWingnuts

Adrastos, Art, Books, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, Law/Justice, Music, Nature is Scary, New Orleans, Odds & Sods, So Called Liberal Media, Sports, Television

Saturday Odds & Sods: Feels Like Rain

Peter Adrastos Athas
Rain, Steam, and Speed by JMW Turner, 1844.
Rain, Steam, and Speed by JMW Turner, 1844.

Tis the season for New Orleanians to freak out over the tropics. Social media is *great* after a disaster but it’s a disaster as storms line up in the Atlantic Ocean. It’s what happens at the end of every August, y’all. It’s too early to freak out about storms that may or may not pay us a visit. Here’s what I said on the Tweeter Tube the other day:

It doesn’t matter if a storm is named if it has your name on it. Look at what happened in the Baton Rouge area: that was an unnamed storm and it wreaked havoc.  My advice to people who are new to the hurricane zone is to prepare but take a deep breath and relax. Freaking out never helped anybody even if Freak Out is the title of the first Mothers album:

End of obligatory Zappa reference.

It’s been a hyper-allergenic week here in New Orleans. I’m not sure if the wind has blown allergens our way from the Gret Stet flood, but I’ve felt like warmed over shit all week. Sinus headaches are no fun, y’all; neither is being dizzy because your sini are clogged. I prefer them to be as dry as the Sinai. I have a tell-tale allergy related red spot on my right cheekbone. It’s usually dime-sized, this week it’s like a Kennedy half-dollar. Instead of day drinking like a proper New Orleanian, I’ve been day benadryling. Enough whining, wheezing, and whinging, Let’s move on to our theme song.

It’s been raining a lot so this week’s theme song is one of John Hiatt’s finest, Feels Like Rain. It’s so well crafted and constructed that it’s been covered by a wide variety of singers. I also like it because of the Lake Pontchartrain reference.

We have three versions for your enjoyment. First, the songwriter’s original version from his classic Slow Turning album. Buddy Guy loves the song so much that he made it the title track of a 1993 album. Finally, Aaron Neville crooning Feels Like Rain with the Neville Brothers to a crowd that included Dr. A and little old me.

Aaron sure can sing, y’all. There’s more to come after the break. I’m not sure if it qualifies as a full English breakfast but it’s all I got.

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Doc, Education, Uncategorized

Tripping Triggers on College Campuses

docphd

As colleges across the country come back to life after a three-month slumber, the issue of who has the right to do what and when and where has once again trumped almost every other issue. Perhaps the college gaining the most attention is the University of Chicago, which welcomed its freshmen this week with the typewritten version of Cher’s famous scene in Moonstruck. The letter explained that students should not expect “trigger warnings” in classes or “safe spaces” on the campus, in large part because the university embraces freedom of expression and isn’t into this whole coddling thing. Seconds after … Continue reading Tripping Triggers on College Campuses

Adrastos, Bigotry, Elections, Fog Of History, Immigration, Political Crack, Race5 Comments

Hillary Clinton’s Alt-Right Speech

Peter Adrastos Athas

It’s no secret that I’m an ardent Democrat and staunch Hillary Clinton supporter. She’s a helluva tough woman who has endured 25 years of vicious attacks and has always, to paraphrase the old Kern-Fields song, picked herself up, dusted herself off, and started all over again. I have never been prouder of her than I am today. It took guts for Hillary to call out Donald Trump over his ties to white nationalists/supremacists.The speech was timely and well-delivered. It was also effective. Trump is  squealing like a stuck pig on his Twitter feed. And some people claimed Good Cop Kellyanne Conway took his phone away. They were wrong.

The more squeamish quarters of the punditocracy have been squirming ever since HRC’s speech. It’s impolite to say such things; just as one should never call one’s opponent a liar. Donald Trump doesn’t abide by the Marquess of Queensbury Rules and neither should his opponent. He *is*a liar. He *is* a racist. He *is* a misogynist. He *is* a con man. He *is* everything horrible that has been said about him. He *is* a menace.

Trump gave racialists/racists a seat at the table by hiring Breitbart Dude as his campaign CEO. David Dukkke has been one of his most ardent defenders. It may be impolite to tell Republicans that they’ve allowed the lunatic fringe to take over their party but it’s the truth. While it’s true that this has been coming on for years, the short-fingered vulgarian has accelerated the process. Reagan and Bush the elder denounced David Duke in the late 1980’s. Trump pretended not to know who he is in 2016. Reagan and Bush maintained a facade of plausible deniability when it came to the racists in their party as opposed to Trump’s implausible claim that Hillary Clinton is the bigot, not him. It’s just more projection by a sociopath. It’s what they do.

In addition to burying Trump, I want to praise Ms. Clinton for discarding euphemisms by calling a racialist a racist. After the break is  the transcript of her very important speech via TPM. I have omitted her introductory remarks since it’s the longest quote I’ve ever posted at First Draft. It’s also the most important.

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Adrastos, Bigotry, Music, Political Crack1 Comment

Vagenda Of Manocide

Peter Adrastos Athas

I don’t usually post things I see on Facebook but this was too good to pass up: I think Vagenda of Manocide is an excellent name for a thrash metal band. You’ll be glad to know that somebody on  Team Clinton has hijacked vagendaofmanocide.com. Well played, y’all. I don’t care for thrash metal so I’ll post some Deep Purple instead. Why Highway Star?Gulf of Maine Gunsmithing is right off U.S. Route 302 in Raymond, Maine. I bet human bowling jacket Paul LePage shops for all his weaponry there.     Continue reading Vagenda Of Manocide

Michael F

Lipstick On A Pig Time

mmferry1965

Well, that was 45 minutes I’ll never get back…though, to be fair, Kellyanne Conway managed to remain what I assume would be called “poised” and/or “professional” throughout…which is about 44 minutes and 59 nine seconds longer than the person whose campaign she’s now managing could. No, no minds were changed, and despite Ms. Conway’s best efforts to paint (or lipstick) The Donald as anything other than the crashing-and-burning Hindenburg of a candidate, this was really more the better part of an hour of kabuki (albeit kabuki where Maddow, as usual, um…ruled, for lack of a better word) … something to normally … Continue reading Lipstick On A Pig Time

Athenae, So Called Liberal Media1 Comment

How The World Was Going to Work

Allison Hantschel

A lot of the grave-dancing on Gawker has been rubbing me the wrong way and Nick Denton’s farewell post gets close to why:  It’s difficult to recall now, but at Gawker’s founding there was a sense that the internet was a free space, where anything can be said. An island off the mainland, where people could be themselves. Where writers could say things that would get you fired in an instant from a print publication. Where you could say what you thought without fear of being fired, or sued out of existence. But when you try to make a business … Continue reading How The World Was Going to Work

Free Republic, Stupid Republican Tricks, Tommy T1 Comment

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Electoral goats edition

Tommy T

Well, screw it.

I thought it would be funny to see the Freeperati’s take on the naked statue of The Darnold, and the snarky report from the NYC Parks Department on – um – erection policies.

As of last Friday morning, what did I find?

CricketsCan

 

Not a single chirp. I wonder if Jim Rob issued an edict to the mods – “If you let one single post about that filthy statue through, I’m canning you!” ?

Oh well.

(UPDATED!!!  Please scroll to the bottom for the official thread on The Darnold’s Dummy!)

In the meantime we always have  – those stupid Jews!

Byron York: Asking for black votes, a very different Donald Trump

How many times have Donald Trump’s supporters and critics debated whether he will pivot to a larger, more presidential candidacy? Too many to count. So put aside any talk of pivoting — the fact is, Trump delivered a focused, powerful, and disciplined speech Tuesday night in West Bend, Wisconsin, about 45 minutes north of Milwaukee. Trump focused largely on problems that disproportionately afflict black Americans, arguing that his proposals on crime, immigration, trade, jobs, education, and other issues will improve African-American lives more than Hillary Clinton’s.

Trump began by declaring, “We’re at a decisive moment in this election,” which few would deny, given Trump’s perilous position in the polls. Last week he laid out a jobs plan, Trump said, and on Monday he outlined a plan to defeat radical Islamic terrorism. Now, he came to discuss “how to make our communities safe again.”

Calling the recent riots in Milwaukee “an assault on the right of all citizens to live in security and live in peace,” Trump won applause with the declaration that “Law and order must be restored.”

“The main victims of these riots are law-abiding African-American citizens living in these neighborhoods,” Trump continued. “It’s their jobs, it’s their homes, it’s their schools and communities which will suffer the most as a result. There’s no compassion in tolerating lawless conduct for anyone.”Trump charged that Clinton and the Obama administration have pushed a “totally false” narrative of widespread police abuse across the United States. “The problem in our poorest communities is not that there are too many police,” Trump argued. “The problem is that there are not enough police.”

“Those peddling the narrative of cops as a racist force in our society — a narrative supported with a nod by my opponent — share directly in the responsibility…

1 posted on ‎8‎/‎17‎/‎2016‎ ‎6‎:‎26‎:‎01‎ ‎AM by RoosterRedux

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So – The Darnold is attempting to get his percentage of the African-American vote up from 0.0% to a whopping 0.0017% ?  Good luck with that.
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To: RoosterRedux

I always keep wondering if that will ever change… sadly I dont think so. Only the stupid Jews are as bad.

7 posted on ‎8‎/‎17‎/‎2016‎ ‎6‎:‎31‎:‎23‎ ‎AM by wyowolf (Be ware when the preachers take over the Republican party…)

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CartmanJews
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Aaaalllllrightythen!
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To: Harpotoo

 

At least the blacks have an excuse… they got paid. what is the Jews??

83 posted on ‎8‎/‎17‎/‎2016‎ ‎12‎:‎12‎:‎48‎ ‎PM by wyowolf (Be ware when the preachers take over the Republican party…)

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Masks off.
Masks all the way off.
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Read more after the “read more”
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Athenae, Economy, So Called Liberal Media2 Comments

Journalism Isn’t Paying For Itself

Allison Hantschel

DIGITAL FIRST PARADIGM SHIFTING notwithstanding, this is pretty typical:  Conservatively, counting just the biggest chunks of staff time that went into it, the prison story cost roughly $350,000. The banner ads that appeared on the article brought in $5,000, give or take. Had we been really in your face with ads, we could have doubled or tripled that figure—but it would have been a pain for you, and still only a drop in the bucket for us. I saw a lot of people quoting this passage in the past few days with “see, you lazy kids with your iPhones getting your … Continue reading Journalism Isn’t Paying For Itself

Athenae, So Called Liberal Media

Nobody Gets to Go Back

Allison Hantschel

Can you feel the desire to get things back to normal? https://t.co/NF2yRlInqv [Reposted with correct link: sorry!] pic.twitter.com/xKQH7Pz9JN — Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) August 20, 2016 For shit’s sake. From that piece Rosen links to up there:  Trump’s trip to Louisiana will still likely be remembered as one of the smarter things he’s done during this campaign. But even in doing it, he and his campaign betrayed their tendency to use a heavy hand as a default. A big reason Trump’s speech Thursday night in Charlotte worked so well was because it was more subtle and less controversial, while also maintaining some of the … Continue reading Nobody Gets to Go Back

Athenae, Ferretblogging2 Comments

Friday Ferretblogging: Claire’s Gaining

Allison Hantschel

Weight, that is. I went to the vet this week expecting bad news: she’s been super-lazy, is blowing her summer coat early, and generally seemed pretty out of it the last few days. I thought for sure the meds weren’t working. Turns out her blood sugar is back up to reasonable levels and she’s put on a couple of ounces! For an animal that at her fattest, fuzziest-caterpiller-est stage was 1.5 pounds, that’s a big gain. Extra scritches for the mini-pet! A. Continue reading Friday Ferretblogging: Claire’s Gaining