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Now, for a moment of hope and light.
Author: Raine    Date: 01/22/2015 14:03:21

Please take five minutes to read this twitter exchange.

I don't think I would have had the patience this woman has.
 

61 comments (Latest Comment: 01/22/2015 23:55:19 by trojanrabbit)
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Comment by Mondobubba on 01/22/2015 14:21:08
Who's chopping onions this early in the morning?

Comment by Raine on 01/22/2015 14:24:47
Quote by Mondobubba:
Who's chopping onions this early in the morning?
Reading that stopped me dead in my tracks this morning.




Comment by Raine on 01/22/2015 14:27:46
Comment by Mondobubba on 01/22/2015 14:33:58
So, I was listening to an agent this morning who was discussing where our ads run (If you want any cable, you have seen one). The customer says, "Why don't you advertise on Rush?" The agent who is Nova Scotia, just let that one die. In my thought bubble, though was this, "Um because he's a hateful, racist, sexist ass knob who's dwindling audience isn't the demographic who need small business websites?"

Comment by wickedpam on 01/22/2015 14:36:29
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Who's chopping onions this early in the morning?
Reading that stopped me dead in my tracks this morning.





Morning


*sniffles* Ms.Oluo is my hero.

Comment by wickedpam on 01/22/2015 14:37:42
Damn, and now I want a Hardee's biscuit.

Comment by Raine on 01/22/2015 14:38:56
Quote by wickedpam:
Damn, and now I want a Hardee's biscuit.



Comment by Raine on 01/22/2015 14:52:19
So I am pretty pissed at the stunt Boehner is pulling.
But even with that context, experts on American-Israeli relations expressed shock that Boehner had invited Netanyahu to address Congress on Iran next month. One described it as an effort to "humiliate" and "embarrass" Obama as the two sides dig in over Iran. The invitation from the Ohio Republican positions Congress, rather than the White House, as Israel's ally.

"It's unprecedented. It's hitting below the belt. It's taking partisanship to a whole new level," Guy Ziv, a professor at American University who has studied U.S.-Israeli relations, told TPM. "It is a way for them to embarrass and humiliate the Obama administration."



Comment by Raine on 01/22/2015 14:52:59
Comment by Scoopster on 01/22/2015 15:11:10
Mornin' all..

I want Obama to go to Congress when Bibi shows up, and I want him to bring cameras and reporters with him. And I want him to scowl at that murderous bastard.

Comment by wickedpam on 01/22/2015 15:12:34
Quote by Raine:
Quote by wickedpam:
Damn, and now I want a Hardee's biscuit.




Hardee's biscuits used to be so good!

Comment by Mondobubba on 01/22/2015 15:16:27
Quote by Raine:
So I am pretty pissed at the stunt Boehner is pulling.
But even with that context, experts on American-Israeli relations expressed shock that Boehner had invited Netanyahu to address Congress on Iran next month. One described it as an effort to "humiliate" and "embarrass" Obama as the two sides dig in over Iran. The invitation from the Ohio Republican positions Congress, rather than the White House, as Israel's ally.

"It's unprecedented. It's hitting below the belt. It's taking partisanship to a whole new level," Guy Ziv, a professor at American University who has studied U.S.-Israeli relations, told TPM. "It is a way for them to embarrass and humiliate the Obama administration."




I nearly had a stoke pulling into the lot at work when I heard the story on the NPR mosheen.


Comment by wickedpam on 01/22/2015 15:18:26
Quote by Raine:
So I am pretty pissed at the stunt Boehner is pulling.
But even with that context, experts on American-Israeli relations expressed shock that Boehner had invited Netanyahu to address Congress on Iran next month. One described it as an effort to "humiliate" and "embarrass" Obama as the two sides dig in over Iran. The invitation from the Ohio Republican positions Congress, rather than the White House, as Israel's ally.

"It's unprecedented. It's hitting below the belt. It's taking partisanship to a whole new level," Guy Ziv, a professor at American University who has studied U.S.-Israeli relations, told TPM. "It is a way for them to embarrass and humiliate the Obama administration."



I swear I'm surprised Repubs haven't started work on making Israel the 51st state.


Comment by Scoopster on 01/22/2015 15:25:13
Comment by TriSec on 01/22/2015 15:29:54
Yellowstone...Keystone...anyone else think this is a bad idea?

Comment by Raine on 01/22/2015 15:51:40
Quote by TriSec:
Yellowstone...Keystone...anyone else think this is a bad idea?

Amazingly yes.

That spill is catastrophic.

Comment by Raine on 01/22/2015 15:52:04
Quote by Scoopster:
Well, that was deep.

Did you write that?

I like it.

Comment by Scoopster on 01/22/2015 16:29:25
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Scoopster:
Well, that was deep.

Did you write that?

I like it.

Yeah I was quite pissed off about that whole thing, as we all seem to be.

Comment by clintster on 01/22/2015 16:56:21
Staying home sick today and listening to Momma. John from Tampa needs to STFU about the "N-word".

Comment by TriSec on 01/22/2015 17:00:30
Any other country in the world occupies, invades, or otherwise acts like an imperial power, and we react with outrage. So how come Israel gets a pass?

Comment by Mondobubba on 01/22/2015 17:05:32
Quote by TriSec:
Any other country in the world occupies, invades, or otherwise acts like an imperial power, and we react with outrage. So how come Israel gets a pass?



let me put this delicately, no. I won't. Because, Holocaust?

Comment by trojanrabbit on 01/22/2015 17:12:35
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by TriSec:
Any other country in the world occupies, invades, or otherwise acts like an imperial power, and we react with outrage. So how come Israel gets a pass?



let me put this delicately, no. I won't. Because, Holocaust?


Because they're the only "democracy" in the Middle East and we have to defend them against all them evil A-rabs who want to destroy them and they're our "friends"

Comment by Mondobubba on 01/22/2015 17:14:49


Just watch.

Comment by wickedpam on 01/22/2015 17:16:05
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by TriSec:
Any other country in the world occupies, invades, or otherwise acts like an imperial power, and we react with outrage. So how come Israel gets a pass?



let me put this delicately, no. I won't. Because, Holocaust?


because evangelicals


Comment by Raine on 01/22/2015 17:41:44
Thom is certainly putting a lot of 'disclaimers' to his discussion on Abortion.

Not sure how comfortable I am about that.

Comment by clintster on 01/22/2015 17:42:00
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by TriSec:
Any other country in the world occupies, invades, or otherwise acts like an imperial power, and we react with outrage. So how come Israel gets a pass?



let me put this delicately, no. I won't. Because, Holocaust?


because evangelicals


With all due respect, as many as 1.5 million Roma (Gypsies) were put to death during the Holocaust, yet there was never a movement to establish a homeland for them, and in much of Europe they continue to be a much-persecuted and maligned minority. While I am glad that the Jewish people have been able to recover from the horrors of the Shoah, it is important to acknowledge that the death camps were not a "Jews only" club.


Comment by livingonli on 01/22/2015 18:05:46
Quote by clintster:
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by TriSec:
Any other country in the world occupies, invades, or otherwise acts like an imperial power, and we react with outrage. So how come Israel gets a pass?



let me put this delicately, no. I won't. Because, Holocaust?


because evangelicals


With all due respect, as many as 1.5 million Roma (Gypsies) were put to death during the Holocaust, yet there was never a movement to establish a homeland for them, and in much of Europe they continue to be a much-persecuted and maligned minority. While I am glad that the Jewish people have been able to recover from the horrors of the Shoah, it is important to acknowledge that the death camps were not a "Jews only" club.

Not to mention the gays, socialists, and communists who were sent as well.

Comment by Mondobubba on 01/22/2015 18:24:24
Quote by clintster:
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by TriSec:
Any other country in the world occupies, invades, or otherwise acts like an imperial power, and we react with outrage. So how come Israel gets a pass?



let me put this delicately, no. I won't. Because, Holocaust?


because evangelicals


With all due respect, as many as 1.5 million Roma (Gypsies) were put to death during the Holocaust, yet there was never a movement to establish a homeland for them, and in much of Europe they continue to be a much-persecuted and maligned minority. While I am glad that the Jewish people have been able to recover from the horrors of the Shoah, it is important to acknowledge that the death camps were not a "Jews only" club.



I never said they were, Clint.

Comment by clintster on 01/22/2015 18:42:19
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by clintster:
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by TriSec:
Any other country in the world occupies, invades, or otherwise acts like an imperial power, and we react with outrage. So how come Israel gets a pass?



let me put this delicately, no. I won't. Because, Holocaust?


because evangelicals


With all due respect, as many as 1.5 million Roma (Gypsies) were put to death during the Holocaust, yet there was never a movement to establish a homeland for them, and in much of Europe they continue to be a much-persecuted and maligned minority. While I am glad that the Jewish people have been able to recover from the horrors of the Shoah, it is important to acknowledge that the death camps were not a "Jews only" club.



I never said they were, Clint.


I know, Mondo. I'm just... I don't know. Sorry.

Comment by TriSec on 01/22/2015 18:57:13
Eep!

Sorry, sorry. Didn't mean to provoke anyone...it just always irks me that we seem to have a different set of rules for Israel. I suppose that's me being cynical.

Comment by BobR on 01/22/2015 18:58:03
Quote by clintster:
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by TriSec:
Any other country in the world occupies, invades, or otherwise acts like an imperial power, and we react with outrage. So how come Israel gets a pass?



let me put this delicately, no. I won't. Because, Holocaust?


because evangelicals


With all due respect, as many as 1.5 million Roma (Gypsies) were put to death during the Holocaust, yet there was never a movement to establish a homeland for them, and in much of Europe they continue to be a much-persecuted and maligned minority. While I am glad that the Jewish people have been able to recover from the horrors of the Shoah, it is important to acknowledge that the death camps were not a "Jews only" club.

While all this is true, I don't think it has anything to do with why Republicans are so batshit in love with Israel.

Comment by Scoopster on 01/22/2015 18:59:15
Quote by TriSec:
Eep!

Sorry, sorry. Didn't mean to provoke anyone...it just always irks me that we seem to have a different set of rules for Israel. I suppose that's me being cynical.

That's the fault of the evangelical Christians in this country, not yours. They're the ones who really believe in that Armageddon bullshit prophecy.

Comment by Scoopster on 01/22/2015 19:00:38
Quote by BobR:
Quote by clintster:
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by TriSec:
Any other country in the world occupies, invades, or otherwise acts like an imperial power, and we react with outrage. So how come Israel gets a pass?



let me put this delicately, no. I won't. Because, Holocaust?


because evangelicals


With all due respect, as many as 1.5 million Roma (Gypsies) were put to death during the Holocaust, yet there was never a movement to establish a homeland for them, and in much of Europe they continue to be a much-persecuted and maligned minority. While I am glad that the Jewish people have been able to recover from the horrors of the Shoah, it is important to acknowledge that the death camps were not a "Jews only" club.

While all this is true, I don't think it has anything to do with why Republicans are so batshit in love with Israel.

It's because it gives us a convenient excuse to go anywhere in the region with our military forces, blow shit up, overthrow governments, and put friendly dictators in who will cut us in on the oil profits.

Comment by livingonli on 01/22/2015 19:24:27
Quote by Scoopster:
Quote by BobR:
Quote by clintster:
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by TriSec:
Any other country in the world occupies, invades, or otherwise acts like an imperial power, and we react with outrage. So how come Israel gets a pass?



let me put this delicately, no. I won't. Because, Holocaust?


because evangelicals


With all due respect, as many as 1.5 million Roma (Gypsies) were put to death during the Holocaust, yet there was never a movement to establish a homeland for them, and in much of Europe they continue to be a much-persecuted and maligned minority. While I am glad that the Jewish people have been able to recover from the horrors of the Shoah, it is important to acknowledge that the death camps were not a "Jews only" club.

While all this is true, I don't think it has anything to do with why Republicans are so batshit in love with Israel.

It's because it gives us a convenient excuse to go anywhere in the region with our military forces, blow shit up, overthrow governments, and put friendly dictators in who will cut us in on the oil profits.

Not to mention all the Fundies who believe that a Greater Israel needs to exist in order to fulfill end-time prophecies.

Comment by Mondobubba on 01/22/2015 19:47:11
Oh Raine!

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10945626_831488993556633_1143767396648938836_n.jpg?oh=b1049cf9cb07e2a69b1404d75db98ddc&oe=5524190E&__gda__=1432210788_7f36f5ed0a83bc8214e9d53c5e47d397


Comment by TriSec on 01/22/2015 19:53:26
So, if every QB in the league has pretty much said "yeah, we mess with footballs all the time", is it still a scandal because the Patriots did it ?

Comment by Mondobubba on 01/22/2015 19:57:11
Quote by TriSec:
So, if every QB in the league has pretty much said "yeah, we mess with footballs all the time", is it still a scandal because the Patriots did it ?



Yes, because the Patriots are the font of all cheating eeevil in the NFL.

They are

https://kithmeme.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/evil.jpg







Comment by TriSec on 01/22/2015 20:25:44
Haters gonna hate.

Just so you know, I've been playing as ManU on javi's FIFA 2015 game on his Xbox.



Comment by Mondobubba on 01/22/2015 20:30:35
Quote by TriSec:
Haters gonna hate.

Just so you know, I've been playing as ManU on javi's FIFA 2015 game on his Xbox.





You seemed to miss in the lower left corner, Good Sir.

Comment by Mondobubba on 01/22/2015 20:31:59
Quote by TriSec:
Haters gonna hate.

Just so you know, I've been playing as ManU on javi's FIFA 2015 game on his Xbox.




Even though I am supporting Starlord's team over Captain America's team. Because, Starlord, dude.

Comment by Raine on 01/22/2015 20:55:44
So now Brady is going to have a ball gate news conference?

Comment by Raine on 01/22/2015 20:58:25
Quote by Raine:
So now Brady is going to have a ball gate news conference?

I am afraind Tom Brady will tell the world he really likes softer balls….

Comment by Raine on 01/22/2015 21:07:35
Comment by Mondobubba on 01/22/2015 21:14:14



Whoa.

Comment by Raine on 01/22/2015 21:19:30
Comment by Raine on 01/22/2015 21:23:47
Quote by Raine:
live audio here.

Tom brady just said I don't want anyone rubbing the balls, I don't want anyone touching them…



Comment by Raine on 01/22/2015 21:35:05
Brady: "When I felt them, they felt perfect"

Comment by Mondobubba on 01/22/2015 21:35:53
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Raine:
live audio here.

Tom brady just said I don't want anyone rubbing the balls, I don't want anyone touching them…



http://www.quickmeme.com/img/27/279af1e2564b709adc8adb7bf4c2df3605906c143c472dd1df3b0027af5dacb0.jpg


Comment by Raine on 01/22/2015 21:38:21
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Raine:
live audio here.

Tom brady just said I don't want anyone rubbing the balls, I don't want anyone touching them…



http://www.quickmeme.com/img/27/279af1e2564b709adc8adb7bf4c2df3605906c143c472dd1df3b0027af5dacb0.jpg
This is why I HAD to listen to the presser. There is no good way the phrase!!!


Comment by Raine on 01/22/2015 21:38:39
Tom how could you not know that the balls were deflated?

Comment by Raine on 01/22/2015 21:39:48
'Some days one ball may feel good the next day it might. It could be the humidity in the or how old the ball is. Mother nature plays a part in it…. '

Comment by Raine on 01/22/2015 21:41:15
I squeeze it….

Comment by Raine on 01/22/2015 21:42:14
I;m not squeezing the ball… I feel it I just grip it…

Comment by Raine on 01/22/2015 21:43:45
Brady is TRYING SO HARD to use the word football as often as he can…

Comment by Raine on 01/22/2015 21:44:31
'What situation do you mean? You mean breaking in our own balls?'

Comment by Raine on 01/22/2015 21:45:37
I actually feel badly for Tom Brady. This is comedy gold and SNL can just read the transcript for a great sketch this weekend.

Comment by Raine on 01/22/2015 21:46:48
Earlier:

Brady: when the game begins I feel my balls and grip them but I don't squeeze them - that's just my habit

Comment by Raine on 01/22/2015 21:51:32
That was the most epic presser in history.

I am a better woman for having heard it all.


Comment by wickedpam on 01/22/2015 22:08:46


LOVE!


Comment by trojanrabbit on 01/22/2015 23:55:19
I'm hoping against hope that there's some way that this can be pinned on Josh McDaniels. It's not like he hasn't had his share of controversy.

They just let Brady twist in the wind for 30 minutes.

It's too bad we can't have those type of writers as special guests on Press the Meet when fascists like Rove are on there lying through their teeth.

Next year all balls will have to be examined by the head referee with calibrated equipment and the examination will have to be videotaped