Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

People really shouldn’t expect the government to help after they watched the GOP drown it in a bathtub.

It’s not hopeless, and we’re not helpless.

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

The new republican ‘Pastor’ of the House is an odious authoritarian little creep.

Can we lighten up on the doomsday scenarios?

Peak wingnut was a lie.

Today’s gop: why go just far enough when too far is right there?

Republicans can’t even be trusted with their own money.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

Optimism opens the door to great things.

“I was told there would be no fact checking.”

You don’t get to peddle hatred on saturday and offer condolences on sunday.

with the Kraken taking a plea, the Cheese stands alone.

I’d try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

Oppose, oppose, oppose. Do not congratulate. This is not business as usual.

I’m starting to think Jesus may have made a mistake saving people with no questions asked.

Maybe you would prefer that we take Joelle’s side in ALL CAPS?

Stamping your little feets and demanding that they see how important you are? Not working anymore.

How any woman could possibly vote for this smug smarmy piece of misogynistic crap is beyond understanding.

Trump makes a mockery of the legal system and cowardly judges just sit back and let him.

Republicans want to make it harder to vote and easier for them to cheat.

“Can i answer the question? No you can not!”

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

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  8. 8.

    Roger Moore

    Not to spoil the comment, but those look more like dump trucks than like trash trucks. Trash trucks are normally completely enclosed so the trash can be compacted and can’t fly out.

  16. 16.

    NotMax

    No doubt next door neighbor Tiffany’s is ecstatic about what this does for the ambience of the block.

    (Do I have to say “snark?”)

  17. 17.

    quakerinabasement

    Here in the Mile High city this weekend, a well-known topless joint hosted a “White Trash Party.” (According to the establishment’s sign, anyway. I didn’t visit.) That got me to wondering how the evening went for those who complimented others on the authenticity of their costumes.

  18. 18.

    dmsilev

    @LAO: Oh my:

    Reminiscent of the inflatable rats often placed outside New York City worksites accused of union-busting, the inflatable features Donald Trump’s likeness characterized with a long tail, buck teeth, a Russian flag lapel, and Confederate flag cufflinks. Erected shortly after 12:30 p.m. Monday, it immediately began drawing crowds of selfie-snapping tourists and office workers out for lunch.

    Karin Bravin, who installed the piece with her husband John Lee, said a representative from the police department helped them place Trump Rat on the sidewalk. She also noted that the inflatable company they commissioned “had a good time with it.”

  21. 21.

    MazeDancer

    RT’d Mr. Roberts and you, laughing and applauding.

    Maybe it’s good news that “white trash” seems to not be universally recognized, because almost no one got it immediately.

    On another note, ICYMI, Deray released a “Bonus” episode of Pod Save the People today. And it was fascinating. Terry McAuliffe talked about how VA was warned how heavily armed the Nazis were going to be – they even found cached arms around the city – so the whole goal of the cops was to prevent a gun battle. Put new light on why the cops were so restrained.

  22. 22.

    JDM

    @Roger Moore:

    Trash trucks are normally completely enclosed so the trash can be compacted and can’t fly out.

    WAY too late for that. It’s made its way into the White House.

  23. 23.

    NotMax

    Oopsie. Used a FYWP word and got poofed. Re-try:

    No doubt next door neighbor Tiffany’s is ecstatic about what this does for the ambience of the block.

    (Do I have to say “snark?”

  27. 27.

    Kay

    I;m so glad protesters are there. Protesters get under his skin.

    President Trump’s motorcade on Saturday reportedly took a longer route than usual on its way back to the president’s Mar-a-Lago resort in what reporters said appeared to be an attempt to avoid large crowds of Tax March protesters.
    According to pool reports, Trump’s motorcade made a long loop to get back to Mar-a-Lago after leaving Trump International Golf Club in Florida around 1:30 p.m.
    Meanwhile, reporters traveling separately in press vans that continued on the shorter route back to the luxury resort immediately encountered “hundreds of protesters” demanding the president release his tax returns.

  28. 28.

    ? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?

    @lamh36:
    Some comments from that thread:

    Linda Kirk @lindakirk_va
    ·
    8m
    Replying to @DerrickQLewis and @Thomas1774Paine
    Notice the PRE-PRINTED Soros signs here…just like in NYC right now, as well.

    owltown
    owltown @heatherloveva
    ·
    6m
    You know there is this place called kinkos….right

  29. 29.

    Steve in the ATL

    So…what excitement happens on a Monday night in the power and light district of Kansas City?

  35. 35.

    Kay

    @LAO:

    Very simple and easy to undestand, the giant rat. Bravo. Good job:

    “Political discussion is one for me where people trade ideas about what the actual policies are, on the issues, I don’t think thats what we’re going here,” Lee said.
    “We want to ridicule this very thin-skinned, very incompetent guy who has no business being President of the United States.”

  38. 38.

    Roger Moore

    @dmsilev:

    most people don’t usually carry rope or nylon lifting straps or whatever it was they used to pull down the statue.

    I bet there are a lot of pickup truck owners who store them in their truck bed tool chests so they’ll always be available when needed.

  40. 40.

    Phred

    Methinks someone in the Secret Service (or in whatever department of the City of New York that handles trucks) has a wicked sense of humor.

    That’s the first laugh I’ve had since Friday night….

  41. 41.

    ? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?

    @lamh36:
    Bullshit false equivalence abounds in that thread:

    PlanetVaster
    PlanetVaster @PlanetVaster
    ·
    12m
    Replying to @BNONews
    You know who else destroys historical architecture? ISIS

    Replying to @BNONews
    Pretty sure the only point they made by doing this is that they are idiots.. just saying

    Fm22 |FNAM| @fm22roblox
    ·
    16m
    Replying to @BNONews
    Destroying history again I see

    ? Brian B ?? @acebb20
    ·
    11m
    Replying to @BNONews
    These people are absolutely unhinged.

    LMFAO at the fat girl in the white who kicked it twice and fell down.
    ???

    Don Rondel
    Don Rondel @don_rondel
    ·
    12m
    Replying to @BNONews and @lookner
    arrest them, make them pay damages and re install it.. why are govts allowing destruction of our society and doing nothing??!

    Side Watcher @Side_Watcher
    ·
    14m
    Replying to @BNONews
    Then they will burns books, and then people… Soros learned a lot been fascists poppet during WW2…

    Proud American @BillyJoYcE16
    ·
    16m
    Replying to @BNONews and @lookner
    What’s wrong libs? Can’t stand a little history??

    Tami
    Tami @phalenlakota
    ·
    17m
    Replying to @BNONews
    Vandalism, arrest them bastards

    You can’t make that shit up. I don’t know if it was a good idea, but those responses above were fucking stupid.

    BNO News @BNONews
    ·
    5m
    Replying to @BNONews
    Protesters have torn down a Confederate statue in North Carolina where it stood for nearly 100 years (link: http://bit.ly/2w4Sz3g) bit.ly/2w4Sz3g

    Jay @kempatsu
    ·
    3m
    Take a dump on it

    This was a bright spot.

  43. 43.

    Mike J

    Bored? Look at this list of people on the council Merck quit today. Find a company or two that interests you. Tweet or email at their public relations people. Here’s one I did:

    Mike J‏ @emmeyekayeee 23 minutes ago
    Q for @Boeing . You built B-17s to kill Nazis. Why is Dennis Muilenburg helping prop them up by staying on Trump’s council?

    It would be nice to get enough tweets to force a response. Pro nazi, anti nazi, or just no opinion? Your customers and shareholders want to know!

  44. 44.

    Catherine D.

    @NotMax:

    What do you do with a traitor’s statue?
    What do you do with a traitor’s statue?
    What do you do with a traitor’s statue?
    Early in the morning

    Put it in the smelter with the garbage
    Put it in the smelter with the garbage
    Put it in the smelter with the garbage
    Early in the morning

    More shanty verses welcome

  48. 48.

    geg6

    @Phred:

    Since he kicked the SS out of Trump Tower and they are being housed in a trailer, it might just be a sincere gesture reflecting their feelings for him.

  50. 50.

    efgoldman

    @Baud:

    A new President’s honeymoon period really is only six months long.

    Or in this case, six hours – or maybe six minutes.

  52. 52.

    Ian G.

    @Roger Moore:

    Seeing lots of white people doing to that statue what people in Vilnius did to statues of Lenin and Stalin warms my heart. Out of curiosity, which traitor was that a statue of?

  53. 53.

    ? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?

    What is instructive is what the Muscovites have done with their statues, collecting them in a sculpture garden and giving them historical context.

    A grove of Lenin statues

    The statues and monuments now reside together in a section of MUSEON Arts Park, a lovely green space next to Gorky Park. MUSEON is also known as the Fallen Monument Park, though “felled monuments” would be the more appropriate name. The park contains more than just felled Soviets. There are hundreds of other pieces sprinkled through the park. But walking through the grove of Lenin statues, sitting in the shade of a monumental Soviet coat of arms, or posing next to a large bust of Leonid Brezhnev or Mikhail Kalinin is the thrill for people like me.

    Each statue or set of statues is accompanied by a panel that informs the viewer about the work, its composition and the history of its display. Notably, there is little about the leader being portrayed in the text. Each description ends with, “By the decree of the Moscow City Council of People Representatives of Oct. 24, 1991, the monument was dismantled and placed in the MUSEON Arts Park exposition. The work is historically and culturally significant, being the memorial construction of the soviet era, on the themes of politics and ideology.” The point, of course, is that the Moscow city council is careful to state that the display is not intended to glorify the past, but to document it.

    I’m okay with this.

  56. 56.

    MazeDancer

    @Roger Moore:

    One more reason open carry is an awful idea.

    McAuliffe said they knew the police and Guard were actually out armed. That the Nazis had bigger guns than they did. More military weapons.

    I, too, was surprised the cops didn’t do more. And joined in the chorus of how come white supremacists don’t get military assault like protests when black children are gunned in the streets. But, apparently, after the ACLU succeeded in preventing moving the Nazis to a large, open park outside of town, and the rally was going to happen in a tiny space, in town, full of people, the Governor made a decision not to provoke a gun battle and the cops aimed to prevent any firing. And it worked.

    The Nazis are scheduling rallies lots of places across the country. Their goal must be to cause first skirmish in the Civil War.

  58. 58.

    jl

    @? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?: Thanks, I think that is a useful post. I’ve read about other approaches in Europe where fascist, Nazi and communist monuments are paired with counter monuments and outdoor museums to put them in context. The former might be a good idea. For some reason, there are very few monuments to the contributions African-Americans, as slaves and free people, made to the US, and few commemorating the liberation from slavery. Why not? We could use some of those in every state of the union, I think. There are many ways to deal with these monuments besides removing them. Some approaches manage to retain some dignity for the monuments.

    But, to be viewed in public as history, they first have to become history. These monuments cannot become history until fascists, Nazis, and white supremacists quit using them as pretexts and political statements as part of their continued attempts to roll back progress in civil rights. I think it has to be an unconditional demand that they do so if these monuments are to remain in public spaces. And that would be a good test for them. Would they be willing to live with a counter monument commemorating African-American slavery, or liberation? Would they be OK with an outdoor museum that explained that a monument was erected not to commemorate Civil War dead, but were actually erected decades later to CELEBRATE the imposition of Jim Crow?

    We may be reaching a tipping point where, as we see, citizens may become so sick of them, that they take matters into their own hands and tear them down spontaneously. (Edit: which is a bad idea. They are heavy and someone will get hurt doing it that way.)

    The white supremacists polluted their own history by using these monuments as political weapons in an unjust cause for the last 130 years. They need to disavow that effort, and do it right now, otherwise they will all be removed. Up to them. I think they polluted the history, and in a sense erased it to further their cause. They have to fess up and clean up if they want anything to remain at all.

    Anyway, up to them. Bottom line: they quit the BS or out all of them go, one way or another.

  59. 59.

    ? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?

    @lamh36:
    I know. I’m not sure I agree with what the protesters did. The statue should have been removed but not destroyed like that. But those commenters I’m sure would be silent if alt-righters pulled down an MLK statue or something. I doubt their concerns about history or due process are sincere.

    After Saturday and Trump’s response to it, how did they think people were going to react? The alt-right and the Trump admin are at odds with much of current American culture. That’s why antifa and other groups are doing these things. They’re pissed. You can only push people so far before they start to lash back.

  62. 62.

    Yutsano

    @Roger Moore: Fun fact: I worked there right during the corporate buyout. The biggest change we had was going from the comfy blue shirts to the gad-awful Star Trek clone uniforms. And our insurance got slightly better.

  63. 63.

    kindness

    Not sure what the dump trucks are supposed to do. Sure they keep a car bomber from plowing into the building but aren’t most protestors on foot in NYC? I have no doubt they can still get to the sidewalk around the building at the intersections at the corner.

  65. 65.

    Mike J

    @Mike J: Wasn’t a particular traitor, just a monument to treason in general:

    In 1924, the Confederate statue was dedicated to Durham.

    Engraved on the front of the monument is “The Confederate States of America.”

    Above it, is a statue representing a soldier who fought in the civil war.

  66. 66.

    TenguPhule

    @MazeDancer:

    so the whole goal of the cops was to prevent a gun battle. Put new light on why the cops were so restrained.

    Letting Nazis attack peaceful people just short of bullets flying doesn’t really put them in a better light.

  68. 68.

    jl

    @jl: “The white supremacists polluted OUR history” probably more accurate than “The white supremacists polluted their own history”

  69. 69.

    efgoldman

    @? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?:

    how did they think people were going to react?

    I think the nazis’ (incorrect) assumption was that liberals are too weak minded/willed to take that kind of definitive action.
    Surprise!
    The assholes are supposed to have a march/rally in Boston, i think this week. Governor Baker and Mayor Marty Walsh tried to warn them off in no uncertain terms, very publicly and definitively.
    Open carry is NOT legal in Massachusetts. The MA and Boston police will not be outgunned.

  71. 71.

    TenguPhule

    @MazeDancer:

    and the rally was going to happen in a tiny space, in town, full of people, the Governor made a decision not to provoke a gun battle and the cops aimed to prevent any firing.

    And only because the Nazis in question were white.

    Let’s not pretend otherwise.

    Tiny space and lots of people are not concerns when cracking down on non-whites.

  72. 72.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @lamh36:

    Welp… BWHAHAHA…hope the one lady is fake kicking the statue…girl…you gon hurt yo feet…

    lamh, darlin, you need to make a book. You give the divinely awesome Luvvie a good run for her money.

  74. 74.

    ? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?

    @jl:

    Would they be willing to live with a counter monument commemorating African-American slavery, or liberation? Would they be OK with an outdoor museum that explained that a monument was erected not to commemorate Civil War dead, but were actually erected decades later to CELEBRATE the imposition of Jim Crow?

    I think you know the answer to that.

    We may be reaching a tipping point where, as we see, citizens may become so sick of them, that they take matters into their own hands and tear them down spontaneously. (Edit: which is a bad idea. They are heavy and someone will get hurt doing it that way.

    That’s already happened.
    I think it’s most important to remove these statues from public places that aren’t specifically designed for them. Tax dollars, from ancestors of slaves surely, should not go to maintaining them in a context of honor.

  75. 75.

    japa21

    Just got back from a weekend in northern Wisconsin and haven’t had a chance to go through all the threads so I may be duplicating some things. But here are some of my observations regarding the weekend.

    1. The “on many sides” part of Trump’s statement on Saturday was pure Trump. I highly doubt it was in the written remarks. He has a tendency to really concentrate on what he is reading and when he lifts his head and throws something out there, it is usually an ad-lib.
    2. The media was taking no prisoners this weekend. Even Fox was, for them, being critical of the President.
    3. By this morning Trump was screwed. Any statement he made would seem forced and insincere. So when the alt-right didn’t get all fussy about what he said, it was because they knew he didn’t mean it. And even having made it, there was a lot of push-back from a lot of sources. media and otherwise.
    4. There is the old adage “action speaks louder than words.” If Trump meant what he said today than why are Bannon, Miller and Gorka still there? And this is being picked up more and more.
    5. I was wondering how long it wuld take for this all to have an impact on his numbers. Turned out wasn’t long at all. Down to 34% approval today in Gallup with 61% disapproval and 5% idiots.

  77. 77.

    Kay

    @Baud:

    Trump’s fun to watch get creamed though because it’s so clear how much it bothers him. He must hate this one:

    Carrie Dann‏Verified account @CarrieNBCNews 6h6 hours ago
    More
    As of mid-August of 1st term: (Gallup)
    Obama approval
    white: 46%
    nonwhite: 73%
    Trump approval:
    white: 46%
    nonwhite: 15%

    It has to be dawning on him that he’s horrible and unlikable. Has to. And we know he has the weird, envious Obama obsession where Obama seems unflappable and serene, as usual.

  78. 78.

    Jeffro

    Oh great, now I have to listen to more “both sides” crap from talking heads (and RWNJ relatives).

    Actually, I’m ok with that. Keep pulling those statues down, folks!!

  84. 84.

    TenguPhule

    @jl:

    We may be reaching a tipping point where, as we see, citizens may become so sick of them, that they take matters into their own hands and tear them down spontaneously.

    Only its not going to stop at statues.

    The beast, once unleashed, doesn’t go back into the cage quietly.

  86. 86.

    Baud

    @Kay:

    As of mid-August of 1st term: (Gallup)
    Obama approval
    white: 46%

    Damn.

    As for Trump, he’s why the Germans invented the term schadenfreude.

  87. 87.

    Roger Moore

    @kindness:

    Sure they keep a car bomber from plowing into the building but aren’t most protestors on foot in NYC?

    The Secret Service needs to worry about the most dedicated attackers, not just the typical protestor.

  90. 90.

    Gelfling 545

    @Roger Moore: In my area these are the trucks they send around along with the lifty, scoopy thing (I forget it’s proper name) on BIG trash days.

  91. 91.

    efgoldman

    @different-church-lady:

    Very very strong chance they’ll be deeply outnumbered.

    Yes, surely. But also the city and state police aren’t going to stand by and watch shit happen. I expect A LOT of arrests.

  92. 92.

    jl

    @? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?: I think it would be best of whatever jurisdiction, state, county, local, runs these things could set up a community process to decide what happens to them.

    If they all get torn down, I won’t shed a tear. One side put up with them for over 100 years in a law abiding way. The other side can’t let their racist cause go, and if they can’t let that go, the monuments will have to go. Too bad for them, huh? Life can be rough.

    Edit: problem is that we know one side tends to throw tantrums, which would probably spoil it. But it’s their decision…

  97. 97.

    ? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?

    @lamh36:
    Screw politeness with Nazis and other fellow travelers. They’re not worthy of it.

    @Mnemosyne:
    Fine with that solution.
    Can understand the desire to want to melt them down but I don’t think that’s the best solution.

  98. 98.

    germy

    @JPL:

    Imagine what Trump’s approval would be with the economy in the tank.

    I think he’d stall at 27%. Those people believe what they’re told: “The democrat party is tanking the economy!”

  102. 102.

    jl

    @japa21:

    ” The “on many sides” part of Trump’s statement on Saturday was pure Trump. ”

    I think, and I have been saying and commenting, that in regards to this weekend’s tragic events, it was a plain and simple lie he told to the whole country. And Trump needs explain how he came to say something that was not factually true, and say it to the whole country. Has he been asked why he told that untruth yet?

  104. 104.

    Kay

    @TenguPhule:

    We don’t have to be universally loved by all. We just have to win with a governing majority and keep majority approval after we win. And for Democrats 46% of white people is pretty much a high water mark. Obama was really talented. We aren’t going to do better than he did with white people. Ever. Which is fine.

    Trumpster, on the other hand, needs more from one group or another.

  105. 105.

    TenguPhule

    @JPL:

    Imagine what Trump’s approval would be with the economy in the tank.

    In three months, you won’t have to imagine.

  107. 107.

    ? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?

    @Jeffro:
    Just tell them pulling down a statue does not equal running down people in a car. Simple as that.

  109. 109.

    TenguPhule

    @Kay:

    We don’t have to be universally loved by all. We just have to win with a governing majority and keep majority approval after we win.

    I see the flaw in this plan of yours.

  111. 111.

    a thousand flouncing lurkers (was fidelio)

    @Steve in the ATL: The area around Union Station has several good restaurants. So does Country Club Plaza, which isn’t all that far from the Power and Light District. For livelier nightlife, try Westport–it’s not too far by cab to there, either.

  114. 114.

    ? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?

    @Baud:

    : I agree. There’s this sense that only Trump is allowed to break norms but everyone where has to play by the old rules. Norms don’t work that way.

    Yup. Trumpy and his band of misfit neo-nazis are going to need to learn this. As racist as many people in this nation are, they made the mistake of killing an affluent white woman in a disgusting terrorist attack. It can happen anywhere and that’s scared and angered a lot of people. Trump’s response of insincere and not what Americans were looking for to feel safe.

  115. 115.

    ? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?

    @LAO:
    Tough. Fairbanks was never a liberal if she was willing to associate with such lowlife before getting all of the pushback

  117. 117.

    Kay

    @TenguPhule:

    Obama’s 39 percent showing among white voters matched the percentage that Bill Clinton received in 1992 — albeit it in a competitive three-way race — and exceeded the percentage of the white vote earned by Walter Mondale in 1984, Jimmy Carter in 1980 and George McGovern in 1972.

    There’s a lot of ways to look at it and I voted for Clinton and supported her proudly but arguably the white candidate blew Obama’s lead with the white vote – “lead” in terms of Democrats, because Democrats don’t win the white vote.

    It’s a very complicated issue but what seems clear is Obama was a quite successful Democratic candidate re: white voters. On just a per cent basis. Trumpster, on the other hand, is sucking wind for a Republican.

  121. 121.

    Kay

    Why is Trump going to NYC anyway? He should just lay low for a while. We know he’s not a big fan of working and he’s clearly suffering from over-exposure, meaning people heard him talk too much already this week. Just go away for a while. People would be grateful.

  122. 122.

    Roger Moore

    @LAO:

    Godwin himself gave the ok, I’m perfectly happy to call them nazis.

    Godwin’s Law, as originally formulated only said that people eventually would be compared to Nazis. The whole thing about people making the comparison automatically losing the argument was something added later. If somebody parades around with swastikas, it seems fair to call them Nazis.

  129. 129.

    jonas

    @NotMax: Exactly. I’ve been to NYC a couple of times since the Shitgibbon stole the election and 5th Ave. around Trump Tower is a nightmare, between the continual protesters, Secret Service, NYPD making whatevergazillions in overtime directing traffic, and assorted tourists and lollygaggers, local retailers along that block must be fit to be tied. It used to be a swanky stroll between Rockefeller Center and Central Park. Now it’s just a zoo.

  130. 130.

    jonas

    @Kay:

    It has to be dawning on him that he’s horrible and unlikable.

    That’s what Fox and Friends and his twice daily “Positive News” briefing are for.

    I swear, Hitler’s last days in the bunker weren’t this delusional.

  131. 131.

    Michael R. Corliss

    @Roger Moore: Not all trash trucks are compactors. Some only pick up and haul bagged trash (especially in large cities, like NYC) and don’t need to be covered.

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