Since TomCat posted two articles for Saturday, I relaxed a bit with the furbabes . . . lots of scritches and belly rubs for them and headrubs for me. No rain today and lots of sun and breeze. I hope tomorrow is the same because my car is so dirty that a neighbour is going to help me wash it. I only hope that the removal of the dirt does not cause it to fall apart!
Short Takes
Alternet — While the British vote on Thursday to leave the European Union has inspired concern—and in some cases, regret—among not only British citizens but international observers, several conservatives took the moment to instead put out statements that went beyond the pale.
2. A Fox News regular uses the “no-go zone” canard to defend Trump’s response.
Jedediah Bila, who regularly appears on Outnumbered and The Five, tried to justify Donald Trump saying that “there’s nothing to talk about” with his foreign policy advisors regarding the British vote during an appearance on The View. She said:
"What he’s defending is the right of a country to make decisions for itself when it comes to immigration, when it comes to finance. If you look all over Europe, there is a problem right now with terrorism. There are areas of Paris that you can’t go into, these sections are quartered off. And what this country is saying right now is, ‘Look, we want to be responsible for our own decisions.’ It’s a very American concept—Manifest Destiny, so to speak. We want to determine the fate of our country."
Bila failed to mention that the idea of a “no-go zone” in Paris was debunked so thoroughly that Fox News aired four separate apologies for spreading that allegation. She also did not mention that Manifest Destiny caused what Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Daniel Walker Howe called “bitter dissent” within the country, and was opposed by both Ulysses S. Grant and Abraham Lincoln before James Polk was elected as president.
Her comments, as aired on Friday, can be seen here.
This is the second of Five Dumbest Reactions by Nutters to the Brexit Vote. "Dumbest" does not do justice to them. Click through for the other four. Of course Bullseye Barbie had to have her say too which can be found in Alternet". In a FB post, she compared the Brexit referendum to the US Declaration of Independence. This is one of the holes that the articles author poked in Palin's rant.
"Britain’s vote wasn’t an expansion of rights or a declaration of freedom from a tyrannical ruler who forced people to pay taxes without granting them the right to vote. It was a fearful and cowardly expression of the rising tide of nationalism that perfectly characterizes the ultra-right-wing movement currently permeating Western democracies."
They are NUTTERS without doubt!
The Nation — Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has been ripping into the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee for president with the precision and focused fury of a great prosecutor. …
No Democrat does a better job of prosecuting Trump’s political wrongdoing than Warren. As Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin told The New York Times, “What she is doing right now, focusing on the outrageousness of Donald Trump is really important. In the universal sense I am always saying, ‘Go, Elizabeth, go!’”
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AN: Sonny had a good comback to her rants though. Good for her! Yes, they are all nuts, Palin needs to just.stop.talking.
The Nation: Love Ms. Warren.We'll have to wait and see if she accepts the VP position if asked.
HP: I'd love to see Mr. Obama on Bill's show. He was on Jimmy Fallon's show a couple? weeks ago. Glad to see Larry there on his show too.
Hope that you have a relaxing evening, thanks, Lynn for post.
Continuing her statement in her trademark stupidity, Sister Sarah is now calling for the U.S.A. to leave the U.N..
I was actually utterly amazed she spelled "U.N." correcctly.
So glad you got some Q-time with the furbabes. I'll bet they are glad too.
AlterNet – I saw this this morning, wonderd if one or the other of you would use it – but as I read down I just kept getting more and more speechless. And still am.
Nation – If Lizzie is comfortable in the Vice Presidency, and doesn't accept the nimination just feeling pressured, then I trust her decision. But I didn't read the whole thing. the Nation has a paywall now so I am very selective what I read there, and when I do read something, I generally print it in order to be able to reach it again. thank heaven I have a huge portable hard drive.
HuffPo – I would love to think that Bill is right, but after all the times we have said things like "This is so stupid they will never recover from the blow," and – what blow, they didn't even break stride! – I am afraid it will always be with us. And that probably is why he didn't get more laughs than he did. I am not alone.
Universe – Adorable photos, and for heaven's sake, go watch that video! I saw it this morning too. Man, that baby kitten just doesn't know how to stop!
Assuming your forecast is like ours, there will be no rain for at least a week.
Nutters is much too kind a description.
This ia almost a great minds situation. I stilkl prefer Liz in the Senate.
I don't know how I missedf this from Maher!! Love it!!
This TomCat will peep!
I'm way, way behind in commenting, three to be exact, so my apologies for that. I'll make this and the next shorties then, shall I?
Alternet: Faux News' No-go-zone: Why do stupid people always think other people are just as stupid as they are. Well, perhaps in case of Faux News viewers, they may have a point. Faux News has been dumbing down their viewers from the first day they broadcasted. We have a saying: To hear the bell toll, but not knowing where its clapper's at, and that is about the best that can be said about its host and its "pundits". As for Palin: She's been hit in the head by the bell, again…and again…
TN: As I've said before, if you want to silence someone, make him or her your VP. Elizabeth should stay in the senate where she will continue to do America a lot of good, together with Bernie.
Thanks for Bill Maher, Lynn. His list of apologies was both funny and spot on. America, like the old countries, have a lot to apologize for.
My Universe: Loved those Peeping Toms.