Jasonisms

If #DonaldTrump had his way this would indeed be coming to a USA near you, and the #GOP would gladly go down that hole with him. Luckily the Democrats have a say. In #TrumpNation if the president does it it must be presidential. Originally shared by Joseph Milan Coming soon to the USA https://www.npr.org/2019/01/29/689616193/russia-proposes-easing-laws-on-corruption-saying-its-unavoidable-sometimes

Whoa! This is a travesty. One farmer told him of his horror: "I was too scared to enter the barn in the mornings ... they were monstrosities you didn't want to see." Researchers also found an alarming 65 per cent of the shepherds of Quirra had cancer. The news hit Sardinia hard. It reinforced their worst fears while also challenging their proud international reputation as a place of unrivalled natural beauty. The military hit back, with one former commander of the Quirra base saying on Swiss TV that birth defects in animals and children came from inbreeding. Originally shared by Michael o'donnell Just fucking breathtakingly moronic! A Mediterranean paradise and its mysterious history of birth defects http://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-29/sardinia-military-weapons-testing-birth-defects/10759614 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-29/sardinia-military-weapons-testing-birth-defects/10759614

As a reminder Voodoo Conservative economics don't work. Never have and never will. Originally shared by Sarah Rios All the way back from 2012, discovered in a Twitter comment: Non-Partisan Congressional Tax Report Debunks Core Conservative Economic Theory-GOP Suppresses Study Initially released on September 14, 2012, the study—authored by Thomas Hungerford who is a specialist in public finance at the C.R.S.—correlated the historical fluctuations of the highest income tax rates and tax rates on capital gains dating back to World War II with the economic growth (or lack of the same) that followed. The conclusion? Lowering the tax rates on the wealthy and top earners in America do not appear to have any impact on the nation’s economic growth. ... Not surprisingly, the results of the study caught the attention of a great many conservatives—so much so that, according to a New York Times piece, Republican’s in the United States Senate successfully pressured the Congressional Research Se...

Pluspora made the cut but so many others did not. And Gab? The online Haven for white nationalist? Really? Originally shared by Michael Swanson https://www.technadu.com/google-plus-alternatives/54082/

I've said it multiple times and I'll say it again: #TrumpNation is the culmination of 40 years of conservative ideology run amok. If nothing else, Trump’s election has disclosed some home truths to a group of Americans who “were asleep, but now maybe are awake”, he says. Among these truths are “that America is not over its racism. That we still have a lot of work to do. That we still have a long way to go to become an equitable and fair nation that lives up to the values that it proclaims to the rest of the world. #DonaldTrump Originally shared by Michael o'donnell A very interesting read on what has happened in the US over the last few decades. ‘We've dug ourselves a really deep hole’ – David Neiwert on the rise of the far right https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/27/american-exceptionalism-has-to-die-david-neiwert-on-the-rise-of-the-far-right?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Google%2B https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/27/american-exceptionalism-has-to-die-david-ne...

I won't say where I'm at, let's just say it's a restaurant I don't frequent due to all the extra carbs. Regardless, I decide to order the "Make Your Own Mac" (and Cheese) option and the waitress asks me if I want white or beer cheese. "What's beer cheese?" I ask. "You know, it's like regular cheese. Yellow cheese." "What do you mean 'regular yellow cheese'? Lots of cheeses are yellow," I reply. "What's it taste like?" "Like regular cheese," she said. "Like you would find in Kraft Mac'n Cheese." Um, I'll have the white. Oh, and I'm having and Apricot Blonde Ale by Drydock Brewing.

And we have a very valid point being made here. #DonaldTrump #TrumpNation Originally shared by Rich LaDuca

We all knew #DonaldTrump was bad for business and we knew #TrumpNation is nothing more than a kakistocracy, but what happens when the fools start following other fools? Even if Trump and his ship of fools and knaves do not start a war in Venezuela, they could just as easily trigger new conflicts in the Middle East or with China, without even meaning to. And Venezuela’s Juan Guaidó should be aware – these people do not make reliable allies. With Trump’s “team of morons” in charge, there is no safety net, no room for error – and no telling what happens next. Originally shared by Joseph Milan This is not getting the attention it deserves. WW III? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/24/donald-trump-venezuela-nicolas-maduro

In #TrumpNation the conservative wing of the Republican party is not conservative enough: One of them, Connie Hair, was identified by Ms. Thomas’s group as a conservative columnist when the meeting was being assembled, according to the people. In reality, she is the chief of staff to Representative Louie Gohmert, Republican of Texas. During the campaign, she had posted several comments on Twitter describing Mr. Trump as unfit for office, including calling him “certifiable” and saying he would “never be elected president.” In the meeting, Ms. Hair described herself as a strong Trump supporter, according to those familiar with the events. Ms. Hair did not respond to an email seeking comment. A central focus for Ms. Hair and Ms. Thomas was administration appointments that they wanted made and that they accused the president’s aides of blocking. People familiar with the situation indicated that the people Ms. Hair and Ms. Thomas wanted hired were rejected for a range of reasons, and in at ...

About that wall #TrumpNation wants so badly ... https://thehill.com/latino/426857-border-patrol-shares-video-showing-migrants-climbing-over-border-wall-with-ladder

Can we print this out, make it a post card and send it to #DonaldTrump? Originally shared by Ed Christian

Oh look, the #DonaldTrump administration is looking to skip over the separation clause and dive headfirst into picking winners and losers based on nothing but religion. You're welcome #TrumpNation, we know you have been wanting this: Wednesday’s decision purports to apply only to Miracle Hill, but its reasoning extends to every other foster and adoption agency that asserts a religious mission. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has already requested an exemption from the federal rule for all the state’s agencies; Wagner will presumably grant it. Once he does, other conservative states may begin to demand exemptions from the HHS policy, opening the floodgates to widespread discrimination. Non-Christian families and same-sex couples will be turned away from state-subsidized child welfare agencies because of their identity or religious beliefs—discrimination that the Trump administration views as “religious liberty.” With Hobby Lobby, the Supreme Court turned RFRA into a dangerous new ...

Facebook: let's double down on messaging! Google: that's dumb. What the people really want is to get used to a communications tool and then you take it away, like Charlie Brown and the football. It's funnier that way. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47001460

...and #TrumpNation will have a collective heart attack. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/24/male-cheerleaders-will-perform-at-the-super-bowl-for-the-first-time.html

A girl in my office casually mentioned something about she and I being the same age. "Your birthday is tomorrow," I said. "You're only 26." She replied, "Yeah, but we're the same age group." I shook my head. "Well, you're under 35, right?" "I'm not even under 40," I said. Then she said I must look so young because I'm not a smoker. ...or it's because I'm awesome.

A return to the days of Dredd Scot? It seems the SCOTUS that McConnell stacked with conservative justices is heading that way because ... well, that Constitution is just pesky and inconvenient. But in Jennings, the court’s five-member conservative majority interpreted another federal law to permit indefinite detention of thousands of aliens, with no apparent concern for the constitutional problems that reading creates. Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the majority, revealed from the outset of his opinion that he dislikes Zadvydas, dismissing it as a “notably generous” holding that avoided the constitutional issue in order to secure due process for immigrants. Unlike the Zadvydas court, Alito has no interest in protecting the constitutional rights of noncitizens. Instead, he read the current statute as stingily as possible, concluding that it did, indeed, allow the government to detain all three groups of immigrants indefinitely. https://amp.slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/03/justice-...

I've read numerous horror stories about +500px and wouldn't use them if the paid me. ... Okay, maybe it they paid me. via Andreas Katifes whose post, for some reason, I couldn't comment on or share. https://petapixel.com/2019/01/22/500px-nukes-photographer-for-photos-not-being-photographic-enough/

This should terrify you. Or scar you for life. Whatever. #DonaldTrump #TrumpNation

Wow! The photographer was able to catch the Super Blood Wolf Moon through the trees like this! Amazing! Originally shared by Kiki Moon (LunarDisco) The blood moon was beautiful last night

Seems about right. Originally shared by Lee Grupsmith-Pedersen What a certain segment of the population expected to see last night. So sorry to disappoint... /s/