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patd
4 months ago

Attribution: Kamala and Trump in air balloons by Bart van Leeuwen, PoliticalCartoons.com

patd
4 months ago

A parody of the theme song from Cheers (Everybody Knows Your Name), an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from September 30, 1982, to May 20, 1993, for 11 seasons and 275 episodes – kind of popular. The parody lyrics were written by David Cohen; Performance and Video Editing by Don Caron. Executive Producers Don Caron and Jerry Pender

patd
4 months ago

David Horsey op ed for The Seattle Times  At Arlington, Trump earns a medal of dishonor Former President Donald Trump’s campaign staff got into an altercation with an official at Arlington National Cemetery as they attempted to take campaign photos in an area where recent military dead are buried — a section where partisan political photography is prohibited. Trump, meanwhile, was laying a wreath in a ceremony honoring the 13 service members who were killed in a suicide bombing when American forces were frantically exiting Kabul in 2021. It is worth remembering that this gesture was being made by the ex-commander-in-chief who denigrated John McCain’s years of tortuous captivity in North Vietnam, who skipped out on a tribute to American war dead in France and who, according to credible witnesses, referred to soldiers as “suckers and losers.” Chances are, Trump would have never been at the Arlington ceremony if it had not… Read more »

patd
4 months ago

about joy and joy spoilers Cartoonist Jeff Darcy’s op ed yesterday at Gus Walz a winner: Darcy cartoon – cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio — Top highlight for me of the DNC convention was 17 year-old Gus Walz standing up and openly shedding tears of love, joy and pride for his father Tim Walz as the Governor of Minnesota, teacher and coach gave his speech accepting the nomination to be Vice President of the United States. Through his tears, Gus stood and pointed to the podium saying “That’s my Dad!” as Tim Walz told the millions watching “Hope, Gus and Gwen, you are my entire world, and I love you !” It was quickly reported that Gus Walz is Neurodivergent and has ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) and a Non-Verbal Learning Disorder. Did not know that and don’t know why it even matters because it shouldn’t and didn’t to me. Showing just how sickened parts… Read more »

Pogo
4 months ago

JDouche is becoming more Dumbasslike by the day. WaPo.  (…) A reporter at the campaign event asked Vance about an altercation involving Trump campaign staff that took place at Arlington National Cemetery, which the former president visited Monday to mark the third anniversary of the Islamic State bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members during the evacuation from Afghanistan.   Federal law prohibits election-related activities at military cemeteries and as  The Washington Post previously reported, a cemetery employee tried to enforce the rules as provided to her by blocking Trump’s team from bringing cameras to the graves of U.S. service members killed in recent years, according to a senior defense official and another person briefed on the incident. A larger male campaign aide insisted the camera was allowed and pushed past the cemetery employee. Vance said at his campaign stop in Erie, Pa., on Wednesday that the press was “creating… Read more »

Blue Bronc
4 months ago

A change that happened in 1975 that is shown today is when the military went volunteer force.  Also it was the thirty year anniversary of WWII.  1976 was my first visit to the VA medical system, I remember sitting in the waiting rooms and seeing a couple of WWI veterans, a lot of WWII, Korea and Vietnam veterans.  Today we are nearing the fifty anniversary of those years.  The waiting rooms are full of Vietnam era veterans and a few from the Iraq wars.  The Iraq wars, including Afghanistan, did not have the sheer quantity of personnel involved, which shows in the medical centers.   We went from a country that had about twenty-five percent active duty and veterans to around seven percent.  Your neighbor might not know anyone who is active duty or a veteran.  The orange idiot carries his hate from the earlier era, he might not know… Read more »

Bink
4 months ago

i’ll be content when her numbers are over %50 and his are under %40
 
…still need both houses to bury the ideology 

Bink
4 months ago

i’ll go to my grave on which i hope trump doesn’t stand and smile maintaining that the Afghanistan withdrawal was a logistical masterstroke, not without tragedy, which is why we got the fuck out.
 
Real leaders make hard choices, fake leaders contrive photo ops.

Sturgeone
4 months ago

Trouble is, fake leaders get to lie about everything.  

Bink
4 months ago

Well, i got my Biden-hater on Team Kamala, i made her case for her and the convention sealed the deal, so that’s +1 for the good guys
 
…ain’t much but it ain’t nothing.  if i get y’all two more real votes you wouldn’t have gotten otherwise before Nov. i’ll be pleased with myself 🫡 🇺🇸 
 
✌️ 
 

Jamie
4 months ago

If any tombstone used by Trump isn’t one of the families that invited him, I hope the family sues the hell out of him for desecrating their loved one grave.  

Jamie
4 months ago

Taking my hobby horse out for a walk

 

IvyGreen
4 months ago

Donald Trump lacks any and all decency or reverence for the dead and their grieving families. He utterly lacks the human capacity to feel anything. 
While my heart goes out to the bereaved military mother who blames Joe Biden for “murdering” her child, her grief process is not served by aligning with a cemetery desecrator, and her words and actions contribute to the pain of other mothers. 

Sturgeone
4 months ago

Decency to them is weakness.   

Dexter
4 months ago

Jonathan Lemire said today that “Democrats must win Georgia and Republicans must win Pennsylvania, sort of…”  while the general sentiment on the show was that if Harris wins Georgia, she wins the election. Trump is trying to mend the fence he established between him and Governor Kemp.  Who knows how that will go.   That article features the tired old theme I heard all through my career job and also other jobs I had along the way including the US Army. When someone succeeds on merit and is promoted the naysayers and haters always trotted out “It ain’t who you know, it’s who … ….”   .  Harris will soar over this degradation-soaked hate speech.   Vance is appearing more and more like he’s worse, much than Dan Quayle’s potato-potatoe flub years ago.  His attack on childless women is generating so much hate towards him and exposing him as such an imbecile that… Read more »

Bink
4 months ago

get us Ohio, Dex
 
i know, i know, but y’all voted for Obama twice 
 
Also, people respect you!  Ain’t nobody carrying my groceries for me.  You got this 🫡 🇺🇸 

Like, the residents of a state where service is so respected that people volunteer to carry a veteran’s groceries might not want to elect a guy who stands and smiles on the graves of the fallen. Let’s get Ohio! 🦅

blueINdallas
4 months ago

Folks have chaos fatigue.  Those who, somehow, are still undecided or who “aren’t political” are fed up with the MAGAt hate and nonsense. As for the folks with the radio show making fun of a young man being emotionally proud of his dad, Proft has been removed from Envision’s board…and I wonder if the sponsors for the show will change to MAGAty businesses? 

Bink
4 months ago

i want Kansas, too
 
Democrat governor, unexpected electoral rebuke of anti-choice zealots, can’t think of a 3rd reason, let’s get Kansas!  🇺🇸 
 
ok pardon me, let’s gooooo, have an inspiring day!  Like, you do the inspiring! 🫡 

(i realize one may think me being silly or unrealistic, but observe i’m not being so absurd as to call for Texas or Florida. i do think there are gains to be made in the “heartland” if sound messaging and strong contrasts can be effectively employed)

Pogo
4 months ago

Buncha polling averages from Phil Bump at WaPo.
What jumps out at me is that with the exception of Georgia and North Carolina, in each of the charts Harris is above 45 and SFB is below 45.
 

IvyGreen
4 months ago

It’s working. I hate him. 

Sturgeone
4 months ago

If ugly was illegal he’d be doing hard time.  

IvyGreen
4 months ago

It would have been totally righteous for the Arlington officer to “push back” and defend the ground in which the honored dead lay. 

“The Army is defending an Arlington National Cemetery official involved in an incident with the Trump campaign this week at the national memorial, saying the woman was “abruptly pushed aside” and “unfairly attacked” by the Trump staffers and its surrogates.”

The unidentified female staff member has declined to press charges due to concern over retaliation, and the Army, which runs national cemeteries, said in a statement Thursday morning that it considers the matter closed.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/29/donald-trump-arlington-cemetery-army-employee-00176729

Pogo
4 months ago

Seems the Army isn’t amused at the Dumbass team and their (typical) lies about the incident. Someone needs to ask the family if they’ve been provided the video.
Ooh, and fuck JDouche. 

Dexter
4 months ago

Cremated remains of Vietnam War veterans are eligible for inurnment in the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery: 
I have been thinking of having this service when my time comes, since I’ll be 75 soon.  This latest Trump episode there made me furious. Even as the family of the deceased invited him to come, the thumbs-up-smiling Trump was highly off limits. The columbarium area is a beautiful resting place for veterans.  I only took a virtual tour so far.

IvyGreen
4 months ago

I know maggers with recently departed loved ones interred in Arlington. I’m keeping my ears open for any murmurs from among them. Sadly, I’m not expecting any minds changed. 

blueINdallas
4 months ago

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4854344-senator-vance-heckled-firefighters/   “Upon taking to the stage after Rep. Carlos A. Gimenez (R-Fla.), a former firefighter, Vance drew some boos from the crowd.” “The Ohio senator received boos at another point in his speech moments after he argued the Trump-Vance ticket was the “most pro-worker Republican ticket in history.” “At the same time, Vance also received applause from the crowd at various points, including when he said Republicans would defend peoples’ right to free speech, “including your right to speak out about unconstitutional COVID vaccine mandates.” If you don’t believe in public safety, you should get out of the business. “He also drew applause from saying a Trump White House would respect workers’ rights to engage in collective bargaining and for his mention of Corey Comperatore, the volunteer firefighter who died during the attempted assassination against Trump in Butler, Pa.” There are either plants, idiots or both in that crowd.… Read more »

Jamie
4 months ago

Re-watching West Wing and currently midway through season three which was 23 years ago.  Every single issue is still the same.  Hope Kamala has at least one or two new ideas.

Pogo
4 months ago

Draws a nice contrast between her and the Orange idiot whose “values” (as if he has any) only change with the wind and a whim.

blueINdallas
4 months ago

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/26/texas-voter-registration-election-ken-paxton-investigation/ “Officials in a North Texas county debunked claims made by a Fox News host that migrants were registering to vote outside a state drivers license facility west of Fort Worth — an unsubstantiated claim that appeared to spark an investigation by Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office.” “Both the Parker County Republican chair and election administrator said there was no evidence to support the Aug. 18 social media post made by television personality Maria Bartiromo, who previously promoted conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.” “Paxton’s office announced it was opening an investigation into “reports that organizations operating in Texas may be unlawfully registering noncitizens to vote” Wednesday.” “In announcing the investigation, the attorney general’s office said investigators confirmed that nonprofits had booths set up outside of license offices to offer voter registration assistance, though it did not state specifically where these offices were located.”   “Gabriel Rosales, Texas state director for the League… Read more »

blueINdallas
4 months ago

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/29/us/gateway-church-scandal-texas/index.html  “Gateway Church draws an estimated 100,000 people to its weekend services and has more than 560 employees at nine locations in Texas, and two others in Missouri and Wyoming, according to the church.” “Summer was off to a tumultuous start when allegations of child sexual abuse surfaced on a blog dedicated to Christian survivor stories. This time, the man involved had gone on to lead one of America’s largest megachurches.” “Robert Morris, who founded and led Gateway Church for nearly 25 years in the affluent Dallas-Fort Worth suburb of Southlake, Texas, resigned after the scandal came to light in June. His exit sent thousands of evangelicals into a season of struggle that has lasted months.” “Last week, a pastor who oversaw all of Gateway’s campuses departed amid an undisclosed “moral issue,” becoming the latest in a series of changes for the church: The cancellation of its annual conference. The departure of Morris’ successor. The… Read more »

Jamie
4 months ago

The Jews and Arabs are pausing a war to give infants Polio vaccine.  Here we have idiots like Elon and Kennedy encouraging parental options.

Pogo
4 months ago

Poobah, re your 4:52, he ain’t speaking to people who have a clue. He’s talking to the dumfucks who’ll believe anything he spews on X or “Truth” Social (which BTW you can buy for a song.).