Oh sheesh #anthrocon pic.twitter.com/wOJdEOemXh
— Chef Anthrocongoose (@ChefMongoose) July 3, 2019
They tried, I appreciate it, it was just way clumsy. :)
— Chef Anthrocongoose (@ChefMongoose) July 4, 2019
And there are many entertaining tweets under the hashtags #ColonialAirports, but this IMO is the best:
My dearest Martha:
I have just emerged from something called “secondary” at the Philadelphia Airport security checkpoint, and let’s just say the guy seemed extremely interested in exactly how I am endowed by our Creator.#ColonialAirports
— RammedTheRampartsHat (@Popehat) July 5, 2019
debbie
#revolutionarywarairportstories is also a real hoot.
debbie
Mike in NC
People are still cracking up over Trump’s moronic July 4th airports rant. One that we got from a neighbor read in part, “During the assault on Newark Airport, we lost several good men in Baggage Claim, but we quickly rallied and prevailed at Concourse D”.
NotMax
Red caps yes, Redcoats no!
trollhattan
Bowling Green Massacre got nothing on defeating Conwallis at Newark.
#TSAtookMySelfieStick
Martin
Eagerly awaiting learning that civil war was the result of northern states granting TSA precheck status to negroes.
geg6
Heh. That Subway has to be in Pittsburgh. Anthrocon has been going on since Thursday. Pittsburgh LOOOOOOOOOVES furries! They come here every year and we welcome them with open arms.
Mandalay
Desperate Joe is now playing the O-card for all it’s worth….
Ah, the old bogus appeal to authority ruse: Obama gave me a job, so I don’t have to respond to anything Kamala Harris said about me.
And some deceitful word salad from Biden’s speech this afternoon….
Riiiiiiiiiiiight…you say “President Obama” instead of “The president” so we don’t think you were talking about working alongside Trump. So easy to fall into that trap. And you feel the need to share with us that privately you call him “Barack”. Gotcha, you phony fucker.
Now step down you worthless waste of space.
Yutsano
OT: I just read a horrifically stupid Will column. I need an adult now.
@geg6: I have quite a few friends in the furry community and Anthrocon is basically their Christmas. Not to mention it’s a great economic boost. I would go save me getting sick in March almost blew up every summer plan I had.
satby
@Yutsano: isn’t he dead?
Steeplejack (phone)
I liked this exchange in the Anthrocon tweet comments:
“They could have asked furry Twitter for help.”
“Then they would have gotten furry Twitter helping, though.”
“Oh, God, you’re right, that would be worse.”
I say they should take it as a win that a local business is reaching out to them, albeit awkwardly.
NotMax
@Mandalay
Sheesh, Joe. Helen Keller was less tone deaf.
Frankensteinbeck
@geg6:
I have heard, but you can never really know if news opinion articles are worth anything, that furry conventions are the most popular conventions with the neighbors where they’re hosted. Specifically, that furries are friendly, polite, responsible guests, good spenders and good tippers.
Betty Cracker
Wingnuts are still trying to pass that garbage speech off as soaring oratory. GWB was Pericles compared to the babbling blob of hirsute marmalade.
Wapiti
@Mandalay: When Obama picked Joe for his running mate, I figured it was to *not* pick an heir apparent. By going with a second tier candidate, significantly older than himself, Obama would be setting up a competitive primary in 2016, and let the most competitive Democrat win.
The Dangerman
@Betty Cracker:
th
Their also trying to sell Trump’s “genius” for doing something so “imaginative” as lighting off fireworks on the 4th. Wherever did he get that idea?
Steve in the ATL
@Wapiti: and to get the senator from MBNA out of the senate
Ruckus
@Steve in the ATL:
This was my thought as well.
rikyrah
Murky to whom?
I am clear as to what she would do as President. Particularly on the domestic side.
Foreign policy side….I don’t know all of what she would do, but I know a lot of it would be to repair our standing in the world after this clown. ??
Jeff Spross (@jeffspross) Tweeted:
Harris is shaping up to be the Clinton of this primary: The case for nominating/electing her is essentially that she is very intelligent, capable and accomplished. What she would actually do, stand for, or fight for as president is murky and unclear by comparison. https://t.co/Q59HhdZgNS https://twitter.com/jeffspross/status/1146984327613427712?s=17
Ruckus
@Betty Cracker:
Says as much about them as it does the orator. They wouldn’t know soaring oratory if it walked up and smacked them in the head with a large fish.
rikyrah
@debbie:
That hashtag is hilarious ??
Ruckus
@rikyrah:
Everything is less clear to some one like Jeff, who seems like he runs through life with his head up his ass.
Cameron
@geg6: Yeah,I knew it,too. A few years ago I went to a niece’s wedding,with the reception at the William Penn. Half the floor was wedding guests,the other half was furries. We had a ball.
Chyron HR
@rikyrah:
“Harris is shaping up to be the Clinton of this primary: We’re going to burn down the country because a Facebook ad told us she’s the devil.“
Mnemosyne
@rikyrah:
This seems like a signal that they’re planning to do the same thing to Kamala that they did to Hillary: pretend that she has no plans despite the detailed plans she presented in speeches and on her website. ?
thaddeu
Susan Collins On Kavanaugh: ‘I Do Not Regret My Vote In The Least’
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Mnemosyne: Hope Kamala doesn’t have a email server in the basement.
chris
Brace yourselves! On Monday shitgibbon’s gonna tell you all the great news about his environmental accomplishments.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/07/trump-is-going-to-brag-about-all-hes-done-for-the-environment-no-really/
dmsilev
@rikyrah: I have no idea who this Jeff guy is, but Matt Stoller I know and seeing him quoted approvingly ….does not give me much faith in Jeff’s judgement.
NotMax
Anyone happen to come across photos of what the grounds look like after the tanks?
Frankensteinbeck
@rikyrah:
Clinton gave you a detailed list, dude. She told you over and over. A wave of bank regulations. I particularly liked her ‘tax high speed trades out of existence’ one. Free day care. Forgive student loan debt. Raise the minimum wage. Expand Obamacare. Equal pay laws. That’s just the stuff off the top of my head.
Baud
@rikyrah:
Oh no!
Keith P.
Chuck E. Cheese says, “Hold my beer.”
Betty Cracker
@rikyrah: It’s interesting to see how the candidates are sorting themselves. Harris is definitely challenging Biden for the “I’ll bring the fight to Trump” slot, and frankly, I find her far more convincing on that score so far.
Biden talked about “smacking bullies in the mouth” as a child when they taunted him for stuttering. Harris talked about prosecuting predators and called Trump out as a predator. She came across as the grownup who knows how to deal with criminals.
I’m still with the plan lady, but I’m impressed with Harris too.
Steve in the ATL
@Baud: and if you don’t like those qualities, vote for Baud!
Immanentize
@Betty Cracker:
I swear to Dog that is what my 88 year old mother called her on our phonecall today! Rhoda approved!
mrmoshpotato
@Yutsano:
Did you read it at the Department of Redundancy Department?
Bill Arnold
@chris:
I hope at least a significant subset of the US press is teed-up and ready to call him a liar. This is not hard; his environmental record sucks (and his policies related to climate change (including fortifying the southern border) will kill 10s or hundreds of millions IMO in the fullness of time even if reversed in several years.)
Jay
@NotMax:
As far as I can tell so far, they trucked the tanks, IFV’s and Engineering vehicles in on lowbed trailers, protected the pavement, curbs and display pads with heavy planking, drove them the few yards into position, and parked them.
So, minimal to no damage.
Jay
@Bill Arnold:
Yeah, no.
https://www.thecut.com/2019/07/politics-is-changing-why-arent-the-pundits-who-cover-it.html
Tinare
@geg6: They spend a lot of money in the city. And they’re fun.
Mainmata
@Frankensteinbeck: (Chuckling). I grew up in Pittsburgh, a lovely city and a great place to grow up but this was a long time before the advent of Furries. Pittsburgh has really changed a lot and mostly in good ways (based on my last visit there).
Steeplejack (phone)
@Jay:
Good piece. Thanks for the pointer.
Kristine
During some of the World Science Fiction conventions I attended, the main hotel bar would offer SF-themed cocktails. They were usually hit-or-miss at best. I’ll never forget the solvent taste and blue color of the Dilithium Crystal.