tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post6772229594626964081..comments2024-03-28T17:23:53.540-04:00Comments on the daily howler: THE MILBANK FILES: On Fox, Kilmeade mutilates sleep!<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-51296577625450589642022-08-16T04:37:44.729-04:002022-08-16T04:37:44.729-04:00Oops. Bob blows his own cover: he accidentally had...Oops. Bob blows his own cover: he accidentally had on the richest and most watched cable news station, and caught a glimpse of the way things actually are. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-63629931262286608532022-08-12T17:24:02.787-04:002022-08-12T17:24:02.787-04:00There is no one commenting here named mm.There is no one commenting here named mm.Not a rodenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216459357112547141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-70568106143440662882022-08-12T14:37:16.830-04:002022-08-12T14:37:16.830-04:00Sister Cec, I don't understand your point. We...Sister Cec, I don't understand your point. We all know Comey was a dick - even if he did refuse to bend a knee to Donald J Chickenshit - because everyone should be treated equal under the law except for Hillary Clinton, special rules, because he knew the fever swamps would go apeshit when they finally gave up looking for a crime, just like they're doing now. Republicans know how to work the refs, I will give them that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-64748732709105569992022-08-12T14:31:24.557-04:002022-08-12T14:31:24.557-04:00mm isn’t generic like the rest of you anonymices. ...mm isn’t generic like the rest of you anonymices. She’s a character. <br /><br />She’s easily discernible because she’s both smarter and crazier than the rest of you. Ceceliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15162272807640653299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-61418016861366666642022-08-12T14:02:28.371-04:002022-08-12T14:02:28.371-04:00Cecelia, stop calling various anonymous commenters...Cecelia, stop calling various anonymous commenters "mm". If someone wanted to be known as mm, they would call themselves that. To my knowledge (and yours), mm stopped commenting here a long time ago. These stupid games you keep trying to play about identities of commenters are the reason why the "anonymous" option is provided. When you try to label people, you shift the attention from the discussion of topics of interest here and make this about personalities, despite having no information about people here beyond what they choose to share. It is annoying and you need to respect civilities and stop it. <br /><br />Of course, since you are a conservative, nothing matters to you except your own interests, so I fully expect you to say the internet equivalent of "fuck your feelings" and ignore politeness in order to "own" someone, because that is all that is important to people who vote for miscreants like Trump. Go ahead, prove me wrong -- show me that you care about something beyond that...Not a rodenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216459357112547141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-43762053301957539062022-08-12T13:55:58.828-04:002022-08-12T13:55:58.828-04:00Republicas always try to suppress votes. That'...Republicas always try to suppress votes. That's why GOTV efforts are so important.Not a rodenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216459357112547141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-60444724832973441142022-08-12T13:33:37.997-04:002022-08-12T13:33:37.997-04:00The Right only cares about bigotry and white supre...The Right only cares about bigotry and white supremacy. <br />Anything else they talk about is a red herring. This is why it's so easy to get them to contradict something they said two sentences ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-24966494089770228412022-08-12T12:59:29.356-04:002022-08-12T12:59:29.356-04:00mm, the FBI is ever wonderful. Just great public s...mm, the FBI is ever wonderful. Just great public servants staying in the background. <br /><br />And when circumstances are that you have to defend them for this, because they’re were now after the right person, you do. <br /><br />https://www.politico.com/amp/story/2018/04/13/james-comey-clinton-investigation-poll-numbers-522958<br /><br />Ceceliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15162272807640653299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-22412162790990077852022-08-12T12:52:53.209-04:002022-08-12T12:52:53.209-04:0011:34,
That would seem way scarier, if the Republi...11:34,<br />That would seem way scarier, if the Republican Party wasn't working overtime to suppress their votes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-22653705948551933732022-08-12T12:49:18.706-04:002022-08-12T12:49:18.706-04:0011:55,
Bingo.11:55,<br />Bingo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-58104145522678951332022-08-12T12:47:34.972-04:002022-08-12T12:47:34.972-04:00The idea that people who vote Republican are sudde...The idea that people who vote Republican are suddenly going to be people that understand economics is the most laughable thing you'll read on the internet today.<br />QAnoners aren't even gullible enough to believe such nonsense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-47327245341443178632022-08-12T12:38:25.905-04:002022-08-12T12:38:25.905-04:00Trump is the victim of one if his "only the b...Trump is the victim of one if his "only the best people" he named as FBI head.<br />Who would have thought a guy who bankrupts companies at such a rate, might not be the best judge of character?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-26265625617199078362022-08-12T12:23:25.837-04:002022-08-12T12:23:25.837-04:00There is apparently a storage building near the po...There is apparently a storage building near the pool, where some documents taken by the FBI were located. <br /><br />It may amuse Somerby to think of this as poolside reading, but espionage is a serious crime and I doubt Trump will be laughing about this at any point.Not a rodenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216459357112547141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-72418175083611429422022-08-12T12:17:52.322-04:002022-08-12T12:17:52.322-04:00Cut the shit, Cec, you fraud. Hoover died 50 year...Cut the shit, Cec, you fraud. Hoover died 50 years ago, every FBI director since has been a Republican. Whine some more, please. Poor poor Donald J Chickenshit, nobody loves him, everybody hates him, why don't he eat some worms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-88275789663310467152022-08-12T11:55:24.037-04:002022-08-12T11:55:24.037-04:00Oh good. Nothing to worry about then.Oh good. Nothing to worry about then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-73628453457365413992022-08-12T11:41:03.628-04:002022-08-12T11:41:03.628-04:00Anonymouse 11:16am, I’m loathe to tarnish the sacr...Anonymouse 11:16am, I’m loathe to tarnish the sacred memoir of J. Edgar, but there it is. Ceceliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15162272807640653299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-71773120267279447722022-08-12T11:40:06.220-04:002022-08-12T11:40:06.220-04:00"A new snap poll found that Trump's suppo..."A new snap poll found that Trump's support in the 2024 Republican primary went up after the FBI search, but 58% of Americans think he committed a crime."<br /><br />That 58% figure means that Trump isn't going to be elected, even if he is nominated for 2024.Not a rodenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216459357112547141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-59496397607355038222022-08-12T11:37:54.042-04:002022-08-12T11:37:54.042-04:00" The National Republican Congressional Commi..." The National Republican Congressional Committee counted 81 African American candidates running under the GOP banner in 72 congressional districts in 2022. This is more than a 50 percent increase over the 2020 election cycle."<br /><br />Good luck playing the race card and making fun of and marginalizing the issues that concern them the most. Good plan!!! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-32873555700526943772022-08-12T11:36:22.128-04:002022-08-12T11:36:22.128-04:00There are probably dozens of Republicans who care ...There are probably dozens of Republicans who care about treason against the United States of America. However, none are in Congress.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-45132524792138499322022-08-12T11:34:58.368-04:002022-08-12T11:34:58.368-04:00I guess black people aren't as concerned about...I guess black people aren't as concerned about it as white people like yourself are. Hence the apathy for 1/6.<br /><br />"Democratic support from Asian American, Black and Hispanic voters is much lower than it has usually been." <br />https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/17/politics/republicans-voters-color-women-midterm-elections/index.html<br /><br />Better tell them how stupid they are for the "economic and inflation concerns" that dominate their alienation from Democrats and how little concern you have for the economically anxious and what bullshit their concerns about it are.<br /> <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-58202513187342561212022-08-12T11:25:17.516-04:002022-08-12T11:25:17.516-04:00"Was Donald J. Trump actually hiding top-secr..."Was Donald J. Trump actually hiding top-secret documents concerning nuclear weapons? If so, why might he have been doing such a thing?"<br /><br />Notice how Somerby juxtaposes Trump's documents with the cattle mutilations, as if both are manufactured paranormal events with mundane explanations. This is how Somerby minimizes a potential crime by our former president, and mocks the investigation, implying that the answer is as trivial and irrelevant as the answer to cattle mutiliations -- something that has been around in the tabloids since the 50s without leading to any alien invasion (except among the Q-Anoners).<br /><br />Needless to say, these are not equivalent situations. It does matter a great deal whether Trump has been providing Top Secret information to Russians or other foreign interests, and it does matter if Trump has been selling secrets for personal profit. These are the most common and usual reasons why an unauthorized person might have stolen Top Secret information, especially on nuclear subjects. So, yes, given Trump's evident willingness to break the law for personal profit, demonstrated repeatedly, this is a real, valid concern, unlike the cattle mutilation story. And no, the concerns among those on the left are not crazy, unlike the ones on the right.<br /><br />But this is how Somerby engages in bothsiderist false equivalence designed to minimize concerns on the left about national security in the face of possible treason by our former president.<br /><br />Meanwhile Somerby does not mention the subpoena for classified material which Trump ignored, nor the FACT that the FBI found and hauled boxes of material out of Mar-a-Lago, and that Trump himself complained about it. There are certainly facts at hand in this situation. Somerby prefers to ignore them, because "everyone doesn't agree" on what they are. That isn't how this works. Somerby's demand for immediate closure is ridiculous -- we all do the best we can with the most reliable sources we can identify because we do not get to wait for perfect knowledge. <br /><br />Meanwhile, isn't it obvious why Fox interviewed Lara Trump? She can say first-hand that she saw no classified documents, leaving Trump viewers the choice of believing that no one else saw them either, when they in fact do exist. Somerby's response is just as fatuous as Fox's evasion. And no, the left is not as crazy as the right, not even close. Because the left cares what Trump was hoarding at Mar-a-Lago, and even more, cares who he was showing it to. Somerby apparently does not.Not a rodenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216459357112547141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-89599508498105297692022-08-12T11:16:19.616-04:002022-08-12T11:16:19.616-04:00Right on, Sister Cec. Down with the establishment...Right on, Sister Cec. Down with the establishment! Power to the people! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-25896832074144874542022-08-12T11:16:18.644-04:002022-08-12T11:16:18.644-04:00Fun math facts:
If you multiply any number with th...Fun math facts:<br />If you multiply any number with the number of temper tantrums Republican voters threw at the United States Capitol, just because black people's votes counted in 2020 Presidential election, the product is equal to the original number.<br /><br />If you multiply any number with the number of temper tantrums Republican voters threw at the United States Capitol, due to the rigged economy, the product is always zero.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-11107537357412286162022-08-12T11:12:08.546-04:002022-08-12T11:12:08.546-04:00"as she went off the high-dive board at the M..."as she went off the high-dive board at the Mar-a-Lago pool."<br /><br />How does Somerby know there is a high-dive board at Mar-a-Lago? That is not typical at resorts. Or did he just make up another so-called fact in his rush to embellish?Not a rodenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216459357112547141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-30291441464217564552022-08-12T10:59:02.707-04:002022-08-12T10:59:02.707-04:00Search Google Images for "January 6th".
...Search Google Images for "January 6th".<br />You can almost smell the apathy.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com