By David Futrelle
Last night, boy president Donald Trump announced a bold new plan for Afghanistan that wasn’t bold or new or really much of a plan at all. Meanwhile, the Treasury Secretary’s wife yelled at people for being poor, Big Ben stopped bonging, and the day after the big eclipse people are wondering why their eyes hurt.
https://twitter.com/InternetHippo/status/899808607029559301
I was 27 when I first treated an Afghanistan combat vet w PTSD. Now I'm almost 40 and every year it's new kids from the same fucking war.
— Chris (@tolstoymuseum) August 22, 2017
Trump quoted Afghanistan's prime minister during his address.
The problem? Afghanistan doesn't have a prime minister. It has a president. pic.twitter.com/3YaoHf4iRt
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) August 22, 2017
Never forgive, never forget. pic.twitter.com/EhIbh9qpYm
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) August 22, 2017
In other news, protest works, though not always in expected ways.
BREAKING: After alt-right organizers saw huge counter-protests in Boston, they've canceled 67 "America First Rallies" scheduled in 36 states
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) August 22, 2017
Confederate monuments across the country are being taken down following the violence in Charlottesville https://t.co/ZEXvrA6N9M
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) August 22, 2017
MO Gov. grants stay of execution to Marcellus Williams w/ 3 hrs to go, as attorneys say DNA evidence exonerates him. https://t.co/6RSY1ERfVO
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 22, 2017
Police are a race now?
https://twitter.com/roqchams/status/899429579286134786
Big Ben takes a vacation:
BIG BEN BONGS NO MORE. TIME NO LONGER EXISTS IN THE UK. CHAOS. NO ONE KNOWS WHEN TO MAKE TEA. WHEN IS EASTENDERS ON. HELP US.
— TechnicallyRon (On all the platforms) (@TechnicallyRon) August 21, 2017
A rich lady mocked people for being poorer than her and her husband, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
One thing we learned about Louise Linton, wife of Treasury Sec Steven Mnuchin, is that she's just as awful as her husband (h/t @skenigsberg) pic.twitter.com/RCOAFTdCpq
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) August 22, 2017
I genuinely didn't ever think I'd see a more repulsive exhibition of white privilege than Jared Kushner. Then I saw Louise Linton.
— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) August 22, 2017
Louise Linton, wife of foreclosure bankster @stevenmnuchin1 tagged brands on her Instagram. We tagged how she bought them. pic.twitter.com/57PTHkzc7k
— Working Families Party 🐺 (@WorkingFamilies) August 22, 2017
Julian Assange is mad at the press.
— Everyone is Dril (@EveryoneIsDril) August 22, 2017
Apparently Donald Trump wasn’t the only one to stare directly at the eclipse yesterday:
Data is beautiful. pic.twitter.com/o1ULhw0XKU
— Thomas McConaghie (@thisthomas) August 22, 2017
Ok, time for cute animals.
https://twitter.com/CuteEmergency/status/900125380454907904
https://twitter.com/dognkitty/status/899912586279309312
Goats are basically Spiderman:
Gravity causes objects with mass to gravitate toward one another & on Earth it gives weight to physical objects, however, goats DO NOT care. pic.twitter.com/Ss0S7oRuMy
— Dick King-Smith HQ (@DickKingSmith) August 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/picturecats/status/899910638826377216
The only weird thing about that last one is that they are eating a human baby.
Some animals aren’t quote so cute, though.
https://twitter.com/asproshere/status/899180288978415616
@ Alan
IIRC (and if the Axis Powers Hetalia author was right), the story goes that America in the 20th century sent either the British government or that specific foundry a mock complaint and refund demand, since the Liberty Bell they sold was a lemon.
The response came that they’d happily replace it, provided it was returned with the receipt, and in the original packaging.
Come to think of it, he actually would make a good Viking/Anglo-Saxon total jerk, maybe that’s why the Aryan-obsessive Nazis dig him so much. He has the bragging part down, and the total lack of any and all morals or guiding principles beyond ‘might makes right’, ‘because I sez so’ or (in the case of certain ‘heroes’) ‘me me me’. Watching him speak is a similar disorienting experience to reading Viking Romances and attempting to follow the logic while desperately wondering if the writers were serious.
Beowulf even has the blatantly tacked-on dubious interpretation of Christianity. More things change…
@Ooglyboggles
I don’t exactly have faith in the US, although I try to temper my disapproval with optimism at times, just with the hope of arriving at fairness, and because it’s not fair to blame y’all for this lot.
What’s going on at the mo., though, tear gas?
I get that it’s not just peaceful, but the picture he painted sounded rather beyond that, and for very different reasons.
@Leo
See for yourself.
https://twitter.com/DSA_Phoenix/status/900205150643658753
https://twitter.com/TheAnonJournal/status/900205705092902913
https://twitter.com/02Cents0/status/900205718581784579
There’s no excuse for this behavior.
Thanks for the links.
Geez. Trump delivers all the incendiary rhetoric he likes, doubtless further riling up his Nazi supporters, and the police tear gas protesters. It just looks so obviously disproportionate and unnecessary, and where the heck are the police when the Nazis are intimidating people???
The bias is obvious, and it seems also like plain incompetence. Relieved to see some protesters seemed prepared for the possibility of tear gas, I saw a mask, but they shouldn’t have to be.
I honestly find the concept of a president constantly holding rallies, specially ones that are outright partisan, very unnerving and just another example of trump dipping his feet into depotism.
The “rally” thing…
Obama held campaign-funded events when he was Prez, but I’m fairly sure none of them were this early (or this poorly attended, thanks to everyone who signed up for free tickets and protested or stayed home instead *raises hand*).
Tov01, the “blacks for Trump” guy is a former member of a murderous cult. No, really. He’s gotten a primo spot behind Trump in numerous rallies, though Trump’s people obviously know his history.
@ David
The question then becomes whether they hired him because they’re that desperate for their base to see Trump isn’t racist because of his One Black Friend (no, Carson doesn’t count), or if they approve of his history and see him as “one of the good ones.”
It’s a very fine and important distinction of bigotry, like whether you want to pair a red or white wine with 2000 year-old rat-milk cheese.
Personally, I could care less about semantic accuracy.
OMG, “blacks for trump” guy.. “gods2 . com” wonderful website design, from back in 1988 (yeah, I went there). “Click here to Enter >> If the link above doesn’t work click this link >> If that link doesn’t work click this link >> If the link above doesn’t work click this link”
The first “click here” isn’t a link, though “Enter” is. Takes you to a different domain. “Honestfact . com”
That’s as far as I got, the links don’t work. (Just kidding, I didn’t dare click on them, I don’t need that sort of ridiculousness in my life).
I’ll be honest, if a website calls itself “Honestfact” I’m not thinking it’s going to be honest fact.
(soz for odd formatting, I’m tired of stupid people on twitter)
Argh, and Assange… who thinks journalists are so stupid they can’t tell the difference between a blue diamond and a blue checkmark. Or an area of an embassy, and an embassy.
Also, dunno if anyone noticed, but apparently ESPN moved broadcaster Robert Lee’s assignment away from UVa home opener to Pittsburgh instead. Robert Lee is Asian.
Welcome to oddest political year ever.
And if you don’t call it “black racism”, the white racists will decide you’re talking about “white racism” (aka disliking white supremacists/nationalists)
Welcome to arguing with the poorly logicked. *sigh*
@JS
You made a wise choice.
Cherokee babylonians? Oh, of course. Why didn’t I think of that⸮?⸮?
“hunanity”
@ kupo
Relax. I checked with Hawking. You think “the Hawk” would let us down?
kupo:
The Elders of the Internet planned for that:
https://twitter.com/AmiYamato/status/897058664481206273
Corgis always walk single file, to hide their numbers.
Louise Linton? The fake white saviour of Zambia?
Julian Assange angrily denounces journalists for recycling jokes about him from his alcove.
Thanks for reminding me of another reason to hate Maureen Dowd.
Okay, can I get a scientific explanation on how goats are able to pull off this sort of shit without opposable thumbs or fingers??? What the hell, seriously.
@ Diego
I assumed it was something to do with magnets. But it transpires they have vestigial toes as well as the normal hoofy bit.
https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/goats-really-can-climb-trees
Diego: I don’t use opposable thumbs much in climbing. I do use opposable *limbs* all the time, and goats have that.
Goats are still crazy impressive animals.
Eh, I just asked them nicely not to let on that I was helping. Meh-heh-heh.
My favorite memory of goats (yeah, right?) was on a camping trip in mountains of New Mexico. We were camped out in a valley, with maybe a 500 foot mostly steep but walkable climb up to a ridge.
Saw mountain goats at the top of the ridge, thought nothing of it.
Minutes later, they were in our camp trying to steal food/water.
@Moggie Yes, that Linton. Estimated “value” of her outfit in that picture is at least $10000, and that’s just the purse.