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-Short Attention Span Theater-
WaPo Fact-Checker fails, Issues Correction
[Daily Caller/Bongino Report] Glenn Kessler acknowledged the error following an email from the DCNF. He deleted the inaccurate thread and tweeted a correction.

"Rule #1: never try to do an instant fact check on Twitter. I tweeted from a government report, incorrectly saying it was an IG report, when in fact it was not," Kessler wrote in his correction. "Dumb mistake, and I am glad it was brought to my attention. I have deleted the tweet, shown below, mea culpa."
Posted by: Bobby || 04/17/2020 10:12 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  WaPo Left-Wing Propagandist Half-Cleverly Disguised As A Fact-Checker fails, Issues Correction

We'll do the fact-checking around these parts, city boy...
Posted by: Raj || 04/17/2020 10:34 Comments || Top||

#2  Uh, you divine using entrails. The brown stuff coming out of the entrails is Twitter.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 04/17/2020 11:30 Comments || Top||

#3  Gotta at least give props for the correction. Most news "reporters" don't give a fucking shit.
Posted by: DarthVader || 04/17/2020 12:43 Comments || Top||


Trump hits Pelosi for urging crowds to assemble in Chinatown as coronavirus spread
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/17/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  California Coronavirus Map and Case Count
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/17/2020 4:46 Comments || Top||

#2  And to think my grandma told my dad Lithuanians are "dirty people..."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 04/17/2020 5:17 Comments || Top||

#3  I've read P-Loser has deleted her video, so therefore, no video, no evidence, again therefore, Trump is a poopy headed liar. It just sounds like something the Dims would say.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 04/17/2020 14:16 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Stacey Abrams Campaigning to be Biden's Running Mate
Ahahahahahahahaha...no
[LI] Stacey Abrams touts herself as an ’excellent running mate’ for Biden

Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams has said she would accept an offer to be former Vice President Joe Biden’s running mate, telling Elle magazine she would be "excellent" for the position.

"Yes. I would be honored," Abrams said. "I would be an excellent running mate. I have the capacity to attract voters by motivating typically ignored communities. I have a strong history of executive and management experience in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. I’ve spent 25 years in independent study of foreign policy. I am ready to help advance an agenda of restoring America’s place in the world. If I am selected, I am prepared and excited to serve."
Posted by: Frank G || 04/17/2020 09:28 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I’ve spent 25 years in independent study of foreign policy.

She confuses local Atlanta and Fulton County politics with foreign policy. I can see how that could easily be done.

A most unlikely candidate. Biden already has 90-95% of the African American vote. What would he gain by enlisting 'Boxcar' Abrams ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/17/2020 9:44 Comments || Top||

#2  Parts of Hotlanta sure got Dat thoid woild vibe.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 04/17/2020 10:15 Comments || Top||

#3  independent study of foreign policy = "reading the menu at International House of Pancakes"
Posted by: Frank G || 04/17/2020 10:16 Comments || Top||

#4  She'd be better off playing defensive tackle for the Atlanta Falcons.
Posted by: Raj || 04/17/2020 10:45 Comments || Top||

#5  "Stacey Abrams Campaigning to be Biden's Running Mate"

"Warren says she would accept an offer to be Biden's running mate"


Companion articles? I should be very afraid, but for some reason, it's hard to muster much emotion for either ticket except for uncontrollable giggling that won't stop.
Posted by: JohnQC || 04/17/2020 10:51 Comments || Top||

#6 
Posted by: 3dc || 04/17/2020 12:27 Comments || Top||

#7  Re #4: The Falcons would be better off, too, given what they got now.
Posted by: Dino Poodle9484 || 04/17/2020 17:28 Comments || Top||

#8  Someone tell her it will involve running.
Posted by: gorb || 04/17/2020 21:51 Comments || Top||

#9  These women see this as an opportunity to be thee first woman president after his dementia becomes apparent when in office.
Posted by: Dr. Wheat Faartz007 || 04/17/2020 23:31 Comments || Top||


Warren says she would accept an offer to be Biden's running mate
[NEWS.YAHOO] U.S. Senator Elizabeth Being Native American has been part of my story since the day I was born Warren
...The Great White Squaw, Lizzie is the Dem Senatrix from Massachussetts. She traces her noble lineage all the way back to Big Chief Spouting Bull. She has high cheekbones that stretch all the way to the top of her head. It has been alleged that she speaks with forked tongue but she denies that. She had a DNA test to prove her lineage and it turns out she's colorless...
said on Wednesday that she would accept an offer to be Democratic presidential candidate Joe Foreign Policy Whiz Kid Biden
...Failed seeker of the Democratic presidential nomination on multiple occasions, vice president under Barack Obama, giving it a last try in his dotage for 2020...
's running mate if the position were offered.

"Yes," said Warren when she was asked on MSNBC how she would respond if Biden asked her to serve as his vice president.

Biden, who was Barack Obama
I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody...
's vice president, has vowed to pick a woman to be his running mate and said he would name a committee to help him vet a shortlist of names soon.

Warren endorsed Biden earlier on Wednesday.

She ended her own bid for the White House last month and became known for championing detailed and sweeping liberal reforms. Biden has been working to win the support of more liberal parts of the party ahead of his battle against President Donald Trump
...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party...
in the Nov. 3 election.
Posted by: Fred || 04/17/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [21 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Made for each other. The lifelong plagiarist and the serial liar.
Posted by: Lex || 04/17/2020 0:19 Comments || Top||

#2  I am sure Biden is all touchy feely about that.
Posted by: Dr. Wheat Faartz007 || 04/17/2020 0:36 Comments || Top||

#3  I can picture these two feeding on each other's mendacity: Plugz can plagiarize Fauxcahontas's legal writings, and she can invent fables about the Biden family...
Posted by: Lex || 04/17/2020 0:52 Comments || Top||

#4 
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/17/2020 2:13 Comments || Top||

#5  I'm sure Biden is overjoyed - if he remembers who Elizabeth Warren is (which he very well might - if her hair has a distinctive smell)?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/17/2020 4:34 Comments || Top||

#6  Waiting to hear which dem woman would add "gravitas" as Biden's running mate. Tank would add her own gravitational field, but that's not the same thing. Some of the others mentioned are "grave," as in they are as lively as a typical grave dweller.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 04/17/2020 4:49 Comments || Top||

#7  KamalHo's down with bein' sniffed
Posted by: Lex || 04/17/2020 5:58 Comments || Top||

#8  Not Romney?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 04/17/2020 7:02 Comments || Top||

#9  Pierre no es delecto. Doesn't pass the (hair) sniff test.
Posted by: Lex || 04/17/2020 7:31 Comments || Top||

#10  drafting Big Mike is the only chance they have of injecting a little bit of life into an otherwise zombified campaign.

Behind the scenes they are negotiating the terms, promising (him) all the Wagyu beef (he) can eat and the continuing adoration of the press
Posted by: Bob Grorong1136 || 04/17/2020 7:50 Comments || Top||

#11  "Sniff a guy's hair? You think I'm queer?" I so cannot wait to hear the media explain that one.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 04/17/2020 7:50 Comments || Top||

#12  Sniffercanoe and Big Mike Too!
Posted by: Lex || 04/17/2020 7:58 Comments || Top||

#13  Refurbished and recycled:

A plane has five passengers on board: Donald Trump, the Pope, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Liz Warren, and a ten-year-old girl.

The plane is about to crash and there are only four parachutes.

Dr. Fauci said, “I need one, I have to help develop a cure for COVID19!” He straps on a parachute and jumps.

The Pope said “I need one, I have to help spiritually guide people through the global health crisis that is COVID19!” He takes one and jumps.


Warren said, “I need one, I’m the smartest woman in the world.” She takes one and jumps.

President Trump pauses for a moment, then turns to the young girl. After a deep sigh, he says tenderly, “You can have the last parachute. I’ve lived my life, yours is just beginning.”

The girl replies, “Don’t worry, there are two parachutes left. The smartest woman in the world is wearing my bookbag.”
Posted by: Mercutio || 04/17/2020 9:01 Comments || Top||

#14  Re #6:

M.Murcek for the win!
Posted by: Ulaiter Grumble3713 || 04/17/2020 9:04 Comments || Top||

#15  Considering voters hate Warren more than Biden, Bern-boy or Buttage.... go for it!

I see no problem with this plan!
Posted by: DarthVader || 04/17/2020 10:07 Comments || Top||

#16  Hasn't it been fun watching all the Dem candidates savage each other during the campaign, only to have to suck Joe's balls (*) right now? It is, however, a half-clever move on her part - if whoever gets the VP nod before they push Slow Joe out the door, that person's in a pretty good position politically, which is why they'll get rid of Joe first, to avoid (in my guy Lex's words) the next chapter of The Shitshow.

(*) OK - you could've done without that visual but it's not lunchtime yet, right?
Posted by: Raj || 04/17/2020 10:51 Comments || Top||

#17  Should be obvious to everyone that whoever is Plugz's running mate is the effective Dem nominee for POTUS not later than 2022.

The guy's mind is going so fast, he can't possibly hang on to the office beyond a year at most.
Posted by: Lex || 04/17/2020 11:00 Comments || Top||

#18  Cuomo, Hillary or Big Mike.
eenie meenie miney mo, catch The Wookie by his toe ...
Posted by: Lex || 04/17/2020 11:03 Comments || Top||

#19  Seen the latest?

Keep on pluggin' away, Plugz. You'll get it sooner or later - Cooper can keep a stone face for 45 seconds if you need him to - quote:

BIDEN on CNN today: "Um, you know, there's a uh, during World War... Two, uh, you know, where Roosevelt came up with a thing that uh, you know, was totally different than a, than the, the, it's called, he's called it a, you know, the World War Two,
Posted by: Lex || 04/17/2020 11:45 Comments || Top||

#20  Hey, at least he got the Roosevelt part right
Posted by: Lex || 04/17/2020 11:49 Comments || Top||

#21  Will someone *please* invite me to the prom? Anyone? -- Liz Warren
Posted by: SteveS || 04/17/2020 11:52 Comments || Top||

#22  ...another Donk leader keen on interning people.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/17/2020 11:53 Comments || Top||

#23  That was for #20
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/17/2020 11:53 Comments || Top||

#24  They will have a woman on their ticket. She will be named at the last minute to minimize the time frame for #meetoo questions.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 04/17/2020 12:09 Comments || Top||

#25  I am sure Biden is all touchy feely about that.

Gag me with a spoon.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 04/17/2020 12:29 Comments || Top||

#26  Heard CBS and PBS finally raised the issue of the sexual assault claims against the Snifferator. The only reason I can see for them to break their long-standing practice of providing covering fire for the Donk of the Day is they realize he's a complete loss and they want to give him the coup de grace in time to get someone at least marginally electable in the race. (come-a, come-a, come-a chameleon Cuomo)
Posted by: Mercutio || 04/17/2020 17:26 Comments || Top||

#27  319--Keep on pluggin' away, Plugz. You'll get it sooner or later - Cooper can keep a stone face for 45 seconds if you need him to - quote....

That's not Anderson Cooper, it's BEAKER!
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 04/17/2020 21:43 Comments || Top||


Mitt Romney Only Republican Not Included on President Trump's Congressional Coronavirus Group
So All ACTUAL Republicans are on?
[Gateway] Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) is the only one of 53 Republican senators who was not invited to be on President Trump's Congressional coronavirus group on reopening the U.S. economy. Romney was the only Republican senator who voted to convict and remove Trump from office in his impeachment trial earlier this year. Nearly two dozen House and Senate Democrats were named to the group, all of whom voted to impeach or convict Trump.
So NO Republicans were left off? THIS is how you play hardball
The cut direct. Doubly so because as a former double barreled (Harvard MBA/Harvard JD) Bain consultant, he would have brought a big toolkit to the discussion, if only he had his head on straight. And he already grovelled to Trump once before turning on him again, so no one will believe claims of contrition or a call to duty now.
Go ahead Mittens, order some BBQ Horseshoe Bat carry-out and a liter of Pepsi and teach the Orange Man a lesson.
Posted by: Frank G || 04/17/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Quarantined. Stay home.
Posted by: Dr. Wheat Faartz007 || 04/17/2020 0:34 Comments || Top||

#2  Go ahead Mittens, order some BBQ Horseshoe Bat carry-out and a liter of Pepsi and teach the Orange Man a lesson.

[applause] BBQ Horseshoe Bat - where can I get me some?
Posted by: Bobby || 04/17/2020 0:37 Comments || Top||

#3  Sorry but his skill is mainly in financial engineering - specifically, how to fame the tax code and pay himself and hhs partners dividends after saddling a struggling company with debt. IIRC He invested in s.t. 67 companies and 63 of them went belly up. His big hit was a brick and mortar retailer.

This man knows nothing about manufacturing or agriculture or tech or energy or biomedical industries. He's a money-fiddler who manipulates the tax code and leverage to juice up jus returns.

He is a relic of the over-financialized economy of the 1980s and 1990s, and he has nothing whatsoever to add to the debate about how we move forward in a post-financialized economy.

Different world now. We need people who actually know how to operate businesses. Not Bainies or arbs or traders or 2-and-20 carried-interest scammers.
Posted by: Lex || 04/17/2020 0:47 Comments || Top||

#4  This is what should have been done to McCain: If you want to be a loose cannon then go over in a corner and play with by yourself -- nobody can trust you so buzz off!"
Posted by: magpie || 04/17/2020 0:52 Comments || Top||

#5  McSchssssssstain wasssssssch a "revered" elder schssssssstateschsssssman. Romney is just a carpet bagging schmuck.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 04/17/2020 4:05 Comments || Top||

#6  Both McStain and Womney are pieces of shit and should never be allowed near the inner circles of the Republican party.
Posted by: DarthVader || 04/17/2020 9:05 Comments || Top||

#7  Flake was another well-justified political exile.
Posted by: JohnQC || 04/17/2020 10:36 Comments || Top||

#8  This man knows nothing about manufacturing or agriculture or tech or energy or biomedical industries. He's a money-fiddler who manipulates the tax code and leverage to juice up jus returns.

Largely correct, but there's one angle missing from that - the ability to find undervalued companies relative to their true worth. If you're looking at a company and perform your own financial analysis and determine a company's worth $50 a share but the stock's at $30, that's useful information.
Posted by: Raj || 04/17/2020 11:03 Comments || Top||

#9  /\ Well, Raj, the whole point was covered by Larry the Liquidator (Danny DeVito) in Other People's Money(1991). So, yeah, they are necessary if unpopular folks.
Posted by: magpie || 04/17/2020 13:46 Comments || Top||

#10  He wants to be a gadfly. This is how Trump deals with gadflies.
Posted by: Iblis || 04/17/2020 14:39 Comments || Top||


Conrad Black: ‘Claiming any grandeur of emergency now, on behalf of Joe Biden, is a formidable stretch, even for Tom Friedman's elastic imagination...‘
[NationalReview] BLUF: The New York Time’s Thomas Friedman is an idiot.
Posted by: Lex || 04/17/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  A time of troubles, when confusion reigned and ill fared the land
Posted by: Lex || 04/17/2020 0:15 Comments || Top||

#2  The New York Time’s Thomas Friedman is an idiot.

Bigger than New York Time’s Paul Krugman?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/17/2020 4:36 Comments || Top||

#3  Well, Krugman has that Nobel Prize credential.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 04/17/2020 5:15 Comments || Top||

#4  Comparing the stupidity of the pair is a bit like comparing the size of asteroids as they're about the smash into the planet. We could, but why bother? If left alone, they'd both kill us all.
Posted by: Vernal Hatrick || 04/17/2020 9:44 Comments || Top||

#5  So, can we nuke them?
Posted by: M. Murcek || 04/17/2020 12:22 Comments || Top||



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