Scout211 linked to Seth Meyers in the morning thread.
Seth Meyers isn’t afraid to tell the truth, unlike some newspapers and other media we know.
Well worth watching, particularly on this discouraging day. Why is there any question about this nominee? The only question should be whether there are 4 Republican senators out of 53 who actually had standards they are unwilling to sink below.
Spanky
“Intellectual Roomba” is destined to enter the lexicon.
Professor Bigfoot
Jesus H. Christ- first I get a banner that says I have to log in to prove I’m not a bot, and then ultimately I get a goddam Jon Fucking Stewart clip?!!
I would love to see this Seth Myers clip, but making me watch Jon Fucking Stewart is a bridge way too far
[Edited to add– damn, I’m grumpy– it’s working for me now. But still *fuck Jon Fucking Stewart.*
[Edited again to add– “…let them fight.”]
Baud
@Professor Bigfoot:
I wouldn’t have gotten past the bot test.
Spanky
@Professor Bigfoot: It goes straight to Seth Meyers for me. The Internet seems to definitely hate you.
cain
Can someone give me a T! Give me an L! Give me a semicolon! Give me a D! Give me an R! What does that spell?! TL;DR! TL;DR!
WaterGirl
@Professor Bigfoot: It didn’t do that to me at all.
Why would you be forced to watch jon F. Stewart in order to watch Seth Meyers? I would have told them to fuck off.
Bill Arnold
The three richest people in the world, according to Forbes (VVP is richer, I believe, off the books; he will be present in spirit.), will be sitting next to each other, on the platform, at Mr. Trump’s inauguration.
THE WORLD’S REAL-TIME BILLIONAIRES (Forbes)
We did not vote for them.
(Haven’t read all of today’s threads; maybe this has been noted.)
WaterGirl
@cain: What’s too long to read?
If the VIDEO is too long to WATCH, then watch the first 2 minutes and close the window.
Jeffro
@Spanky: have to agree
“Intellectual Roomba and Complete Moral Vacuum” for longer pieces/monologues
WaterGirl
@Bill Arnold: That’s disgusting. I hope all 4 of them burn in hell.
Bill Arnold
@Spanky:
I have uBlock Origin on all my browsers, and rarely see ads. Worth a try for those who don’t already have a blocker. (Chrome and Chrome family will be breaking it soon, boo.)
Professor Bigfoot
@Spanky: Yeah, well, I’m not too fond of it right now, either.
Jeffro
@Bill Arnold: something something just one grenade something something
Professor Bigfoot
@WaterGirl: That was EXACTLY my reaction. I mean EXACTLY, as I’m muttering “fuck off you fucking fuck” backing out.
I think since I haven’t looked at YT from a browser in a while it had to check me out… but like I said, I was grumpy. ;)
[ed to add: I can hear someone here saying, “when TF AIN’T you grumpy?” lol]
WaterGirl
@Jeffro:
I know! So great, right?
Professor Bigfoot
@WaterGirl: Honestly, I wouldn’t cry if they did it here on Earth.
Betty
Apparently Trump saw this and was deeply offended.
Anonymous At Work
Sadly, there don’t appear to be 4 such Senators. Murkowski plus Ernst might net two more, and then Suzy Collins would join the bandwagon. But it seems like Ernst got the bribe/threat from Musk and took it to heart, so we’ll see Murkowski plus Collins vote “against” Hegseth but he’ll be confirmed anyway. (I say “against” like that because Collins is never the deciding vote against a nominee for her party)
WaterGirl
@Betty:
That just makes it that much better!
Trollhattan
@Anonymous At Work:
Which Dems will vote yay in order to “reach across the aisle in this contentious time”?
MartyIL
@Professor Bigfoot: I get the same thing on Safari. If you click on the “open in YouTube “ button on the lower left side it should work better as it worked for me.
WaterGirl
@Trollhattan:
I know, I know. Dems who aren’t fit to be senators anymore?
Gin & Tonic
@Trollhattan: Fetterman.
E.
@Gin & Tonic: No. Please no.
Geminid
@WaterGirl: I’ve been fed up with these internet news sites for a while. Always sending me off to other places, asking me if I’m a robot, telling me “You may be interested in” stuff I’ve never heard of and wish I’d never heard of. They never stop with this bullshit.
And another thing: I’ve been accepting cookies for years now, and I have yet to receive so much as a fu*king macaroon!
RevRick
@Spanky: Yes! Intellectual roomba is epic.
Baud
@Betty:
Good. All we have left is our disrespect.
WaterGirl
@Gin & Tonic: To say Fetterman has been a disappointment is a gross understatement.
RevRick
@Anonymous At Work: If Ernst says no in committee, then the nomination is dead.
WaterGirl
@Geminid: Maybe today would be a good day to watch Network?
I’m mad as hell and I’m not gonna take it anymore.
Me, today? I am just sad that our government has come to this. Profoundly sad.
Old Man Shadow
Hahahahahahahahaha…
You serious?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Geminid
@WaterGirl: I’m actually in a good mood and that’s why I was joking. Maybe I should be upset about the Hedgseth nomination, but it’s one of many outrages and I’ve dialed my outrage meter back.
As someone said:
And I am still not convinced Hedgeseth will be confirmed. Right now it seems like a 50-50 proposition, and some more skeletons could still come clattering out of Hedgeseth’s closet. I think there’re more in there.
Raoul Paste
I shudder to think what a malevolent force like Hegseth is going to do to this society.
I’m sure Putin will love it.
WaterGirl
@Geminid: It’s true that part of the game is to put the word out that it’s a fait accompli – which then moves some undecideds to your side.
We could learn from that!
WaterGirl
@Geminid: I’m not saying that I know which way this nomination is going to go, but that there’s even a good chance says a whole lot, and that’s what I find profoundly sad.
Democracy dies in darkness.
Thanks, Washington Post. I had no idea that was their actual plan.
Dan B
@Raoul Paste: And what Steve Miller will do. He’s been below the radar which makes me think he’s up to seriously bad things. Our next door neighbors are Mexican citizens and wonderful people. We don’t know how to protect them.
Miki
@WaterGirl: I would love to see someone let loose a Roomba with a US flag (don’t want to ever see guns aimed at LGBTQ) stuck on top at the Inauguration ….
ETA to fix the flag.
Geminid
@WaterGirl: Hey WaterGirl, recall commenting last week about how you’d put up.an excellent post on Jimmy Carter. Afterwards I regretted that I did not add that it was some fine writing, so– that was some fine writing, WaterGirl!
Professor Bigfoot
@E.: Yeah, but that’s how I’d bet, too.
Dammitall.
danielx
@Bill Arnold:
Actually I believe one Vladimir Putin is (unofficially) the richest man in the world.
But yeah, they’re all rich assholes.
WaterGirl
@Geminid: Thank you.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Raoul Paste:
What would he do?
Bill Arnold
@danielx:
Yeah, Mr. Putin will be present at the inauguration in spirit. (VVP == Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin).
Shalimar
@Professor Bigfoot: I get the bot test thing on RawStory occasionally. I assume it is malware in the advertising and reload rather than trying to do what it asks.
Raoul Paste
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):
“ What would he do?”
in Hegseth’s own words,” Whatever Trump wants”
Geminid
@Shalimar: I usually get the bot tests when I look at foreign media sites like Kurdistan24 and Deirezzor24 which is a Syrian site. They’re worth checking out though, so I don’t mind.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Raoul Paste:
However, Trump’s backtracked on a lot of the worst stuff he claimed he’d do from what I understand. Plenty of reports of corporations lobbying him to not deport their workforces, etc. I recall reading this from a mistermix post from a few weeks/a month ago
Ksmiami
@Dan B: slash the tires of the ICE trucks if they arrive?
frosty
@Trollhattan: Fetterman
@Gin & Tonic: You beat me to it.
MrPug
I said something similar on another thread, but I predict that not only will there not be 4 Republicans voting “no” there will be 0 Republicans voting “no”. Not sure if Murkowski is a Republican or an Independent these days but it doesn’t matter because I include her in the “yes” vote column. The more interesting question is how many Democrats will vote “yes”, and I’m looking at Fetterman on this one.