6 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

It felt like the last paragraphs of that article focused almost exclusively on defending and supporting Netanyahu. It was a jarring tonal shift.

 

I thought about adding a disclaimer at the bottom of the post reminding people that it is the New York Times but I figured everybody already knows what The Times is about and will adjust expectations accordingly. 

39 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

 

I thought about adding a disclaimer at the bottom of the post reminding people that it is the New York Times but I figured everybody already knows what The Times is about and will adjust expectations accordingly. 

 

Oh I know it's the NYT, I just thought this was kind of low even for them. Using hate crimes and photos of swastikas this way. I guess I need to remember there is no floor with that paper.

 

In other news, this lady is a real treasure.

 

 

He never runs out of profoundly stupid things to say.

 

 

Amazing. President Trump thinks court cases are named after judges. (?!) And blamed Judge Flores for the Flores decision. Jenny Flores was a young migrant girl. There is no Judge Flores. pic.twitter.com/vYTyXGE9kB

— Farrah Alexander (@AuthorFarrah) April 5, 2019

I saw that he tweeted a "joke" about Biden groping himself.

 

And this is our President.  

1 hour ago, DRW50 said:

I saw that he tweeted a "joke" about Biden groping himself.

 

And this is our President.  

And with his history of grabbing women no less!  He's a shameless charlatan and he gets away with it to a degree that just does not make sense.  If Biden is the nominee you just know Trump is going to call Him Creepy Uncle Joe at every turn.

16 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

You're welcome @Khan.

When the troubles of the world get to feel as though they've reached (over)saturation point, I often feel like disengaging with the world.  Over the past week or so, I've been dealing with a personal issue that has really got me feeling down (it's less about me and more about what loved ones are currently going through) but I realize that thoroughly disengaging (which I have tried) probably makes me feel worse.  I still ponder emotional disengagement but as a writer, that's probably all but completely impossible.  In any case, I've developed a life-long habit of reading and consuming the news, which means I can't help but care about what goes on in the world, although, right now, I really wish I didn't. 

 

I agree with this completely. With everything that's going on around the world, sometimes I feel that, for my own sanity, I should just cut myself off from everything as much as possible. But at the same time I want to believe that it will get better. It has to.....

Sadly, I am not surprised by this.

 

"The United States has revoked the entry visa of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, her office said on Thursday, a response to her inquiry into possible war crimes by U.S. forces in Afghanistan." https://t.co/mY8fdhWnD1

— Brooke Binkowski (@brooklynmarie) April 4, 2019

12 hours ago, Juliajms said:

If Biden is the nominee you just know Trump is going to call Him Creepy Uncle Joe at every turn.

 

Sometimes, I wonder whether Trump is one of the trolls on SON.

Speaking of that old troll in the White House, by now many people might know of the damage Fred and his son Donald did to the housing market with their exploitative policies in Queens, NY and their racist policies that brought about lawsuits from the feds, but their demolition of property in Brooklyn's Coney Island and their racist policies that affected primarily African American tenants in the area, is less well-known, I think.

 

I remember going to concerts in Steeplechase Park in the late 90s and by that time, it was literally only a grassy open field.  I had no idea that a pavilion and all of that other stuff used to be there.

 

The Trumps once forced 900 mostly Black families living in Coney Island out of their homes — here's how the family used taxpayer money to decimate a New York neighborhood pic.twitter.com/YSGPHcdcd9

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) April 6, 2019

I know James Wood is a nut, but good lord. I didn't know he was this far gone.

 

Here's an odd factoid that I've committed to memory for no particular reason.  When Queen Elizabeth II came for a visit during Bush Jr's presidency the administration could not get any Hollywood stars to attend.  Since WWII, the Queen has had an understanding that Presidents in their first four years went to the Palace for a state dinner and then, if they get a second term, the Queen comes to DC for state dinner.  Unfortunately, the only media types at her State Dinner that year were The View's Elizabeth Hasselbeck (in a cape recycled from her wedding) and a still-in-the-closet Robyn Roberts, (she was doing a behind the scenes story for ABC).

 

By contrast, Obama's last state dinner had Georgio Armani, Beyonce, and Jerry Seinfeld - and it was for an Italian President who was voted out of office two months later.  The Obama's were not only the first administration to invite gay couples to state dinners, but they also had a gay couple at the head table of every state dinner, including for countries with a history of poor civil rights for gay citizens.  The Republican Speaker of the House was invited to every Obama dinner and rejected every invitation. 

 

The latest knucklehead has only had one state dinner in DC; once again not star-studded.  Every other foreign leader that has visited didn't get a formal dinner and they had to stay at his hotel.  This may be because the first family has to pay for each state dinner.  He is going for his state dinner in England in June before the G20 summit this year.

 

Nancy Reagan had a state dinner every six weeks until Ronnie was shot.  They were the last couple to entertain bipartisan crowds.

I can't believe this is real.

 

 

JUST IN: Two US officials tell @CBSNews DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen meeting with President Trump at 5pm, expected to resign.

— Paula Reid (@PaulaReidCBS) April 7, 2019

16 hours ago, DRW50 said:

I can't believe this is real.

 

 

What incident is he talking about?

As for Kirstjen Nielsen, another one bites the dust, I guess.  She should be ashamed for the rest of her life that she went along with Trump's crimes against children.

Trump became increasingly angry believing Nielsen wasn’t doing enough to control the border & demanded she do more, including things that were not legal or even possible like blocking migrants from claiming asylum. @maggieNYT on her ouster https://t.co/3lNGzTJ9zj

— Julie Davis (@juliehdavis) April 7, 2019

Grain of salt per usual re: the Times.