mccain is awful but tbh johnstone seems like a nutjob
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 20 July 2017 02:03 (six years ago) link
https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/if-this-tweet-bothers-you-its-because-you-re-a-piece-of-shit-de0f0cec0e1f
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 20 July 2017 02:04 (six years ago) link
Really don't get the humor here
― calstars, Thursday, 20 July 2017 02:11 (six years ago) link
(xpost) The writing there is in a voice that most people outgrow by the time they're 20. Regardless of whether she has anything valid to say, it's unreadable.
― clemenza, Thursday, 20 July 2017 02:18 (six years ago) link
"A 2014 report published in the journal Earth’s Future found that it would only take the detonation of 100 nuclear warheads to throw 5 teragrams of black soot into the earth’s stratosphere for decades"
good thing we all have way more than that
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 20 July 2017 02:22 (six years ago) link
So much cognitive dissonance will give anyone brain cancer.
McCain: The Most Reprehensible of the Keating Five
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 20 July 2017 02:22 (six years ago) link
This world is oh so beautiful, and life is oh so fragile, and our stay here is oh so tenuous. Our species has enough looming hurdles it’s going to have to clear in the near future without having to worry about getting us all killed over some dumbass deep state power struggle. For the love of ever living fuck let’s please get a fucking grip and put this Russia nonsense behind us once and for all.
lmao
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 20 July 2017 02:23 (six years ago) link
'i prefer senators who don't have brain tumors'
― mookieproof, Thursday, 20 July 2017 02:27 (six years ago) link
"In conclusion, San Dimas high school football rocks!"
X-post
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 20 July 2017 02:31 (six years ago) link
My friend's husband died of glioblastoma in AZ. They wrote a letter to McCain begging for his help. He advised them to move.— Jessica Roy (@jessica_roy) July 20, 2017
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 20 July 2017 04:32 (six years ago) link
Lol Elvis
― albvivertine, Thursday, 20 July 2017 04:34 (six years ago) link
what did shakey know and when did he know it
― he tasted like mouth (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 20 July 2017 10:01 (six years ago) link
it was in the air
― flappy bird, Thursday, 20 July 2017 14:29 (six years ago) link
Old-ass men are always making word salad in congressional hearings and then finding worse medical problems during routine procedures. Suddenly Shakey's a precog.
― how's life, Thursday, 20 July 2017 14:37 (six years ago) link
I predict McCain will be dead for real in less than 10 years.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 20 July 2017 14:40 (six years ago) link
Twenty at the most.
I'm willing to bet the dude wouldn't have made it through his first term if '08 had gone differently. So in a way, those extra years have been our gift to him.
― Mandal Envy (Old Lunch), Thursday, 20 July 2017 14:48 (six years ago) link
Ugh. Thanks to John McCain's political acumen in picking Sarah Palin to be his running mate, the GOP legitimated a toxic kind of imbecility for which the Republic has been paying for nine years (look at who sits in the Oval Office). Thanks to the authorizations for war that McCain has endorsed, hundreds of thousands of men, women, and children in the Middle East are dead. Had he won the presidency, he would have bombed Iran. He would bomb Scranton if one of his staff whispered in his querulous ear that terrorists ran the snack shop of a bowling alley. He would have voted for the Millionaires Bailout Act, aka Trumpcare, sending thousands of his constituents into penury. His "maverick" reputation, based on little more than barbeques and shooting the shit with bovine reporters, is one of the more mendacious examples of resumé swelling I've seen this century. The Beltway press abetted the rise of this fraud, and when the press abandoned him for Barack Obama the intensity of his resentment and the depths of his shallowness were exposed. He is an awful senator and unfeeling man.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 July 2017 15:00 (six years ago) link
Didn't he also call his wife a cunt in public? Class act.
― Mandal Envy (Old Lunch), Thursday, 20 July 2017 15:03 (six years ago) link
He's a bad man. Humanity would be better off if he died 50 years ago.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 20 July 2017 15:06 (six years ago) link
A+ obituary, Alfred
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 20 July 2017 15:53 (six years ago) link
but still, cancer is awful
― j., Thursday, 20 July 2017 16:10 (six years ago) link
I'd prefer he retire than die.
― mh, Thursday, 20 July 2017 16:16 (six years ago) link
misread that as "then", was thinking "ice cold, wau"
― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Thursday, 20 July 2017 17:34 (six years ago) link
well I hope he dies eventually, seems cruel to wish immortality on his crumbling body
― mh, Thursday, 20 July 2017 17:36 (six years ago) link
For anyone who thought brain cancer would slow McCain down, he slams WH for halting the CIA arming of Syrian rebels fighting Assad. pic.twitter.com/sDhTR23ZYA— Jacqueline Klimas (@jacqklimas) July 20, 2017
@pareenenot even cancer can stop his staff from releasing statements attributed to him calling for strategically incoherent war-making without end
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 20 July 2017 17:37 (six years ago) link
So brave
― flappy bird, Thursday, 20 July 2017 18:09 (six years ago) link
this fucking guy
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 20 July 2017 18:13 (six years ago) link
c'mooooon Grim Reaper
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 25 July 2017 19:01 (six years ago) link
pvmic
― crazed with patience (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 25 July 2017 19:22 (six years ago) link
Baller badass. The Maverick strikes again
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 25 July 2017 19:23 (six years ago) link
the replies to this are 'touching';
If you're near a TV, watch McCain come to the Senate floor. Really touching.— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) July 25, 2017
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 25 July 2017 19:26 (six years ago) link
mccain to america: "i'm taking you all with me!"
― nomar, Tuesday, 25 July 2017 19:36 (six years ago) link
Can't believe it's been a year in this McCainless world.
― how's life, Tuesday, 17 July 2018 15:20 (five years ago) link
grrrr stop getting my hopes up
― BIG RICHARD ENERGY (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 17 July 2018 15:27 (five years ago) link
One down
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 26 August 2018 01:08 (five years ago) link
NBC inadvertently gave him the most fitting sendoff possible
NBC solemnly announces death of Sen. John McCain.Wait for it. pic.twitter.com/xAqZ3HtvHa— Rob Beschizza (@Beschizza) August 26, 2018
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Sunday, 26 August 2018 01:31 (five years ago) link
that is the best thing i have seen
― imago, Sunday, 26 August 2018 01:32 (five years ago) link
Hard LOL. Very hard.
― These Sticks Were Made For Dipping (Old Lunch), Sunday, 26 August 2018 01:34 (five years ago) link
John McCain dead today
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Sunday, 26 August 2018 01:35 (five years ago) link
He was eaten by wolves
He was delicious
Woo hoo I just won $40
― flappy bird, Sunday, 26 August 2018 01:54 (five years ago) link
https://78.media.tumblr.com/7bf2d0a009018efe046a8a7823f80aeb/tumblr_o29u44e24g1qgcqzko1_250.gif
― Britain's Sexiest Cow (jed_), Sunday, 26 August 2018 02:01 (five years ago) link
i piss on your grave, Maverick
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 26 August 2018 02:54 (five years ago) link
after reading his press release, let me invite you all to join me in a hearty "fuck Obama"
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 26 August 2018 03:04 (five years ago) link
Christ, man. Anything Obama puts in a press release about McCain is purely ceremonial. Like the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace. Or the hoopla when a Jeopardy contestant picks the Daily Double.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 26 August 2018 03:10 (five years ago) link
nope, read the fucking slop he released. all these dicks are in the same gang.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 26 August 2018 03:11 (five years ago) link
II liked Obama's statement
― Dan S, Sunday, 26 August 2018 03:21 (five years ago) link
John McCain to Lie in State at Capitols in Washington and Arizona
If this means they’re gonna saw his corpse in half, then thumbs up from me. I hope they do it lengthwise, like a Damien Hirst cow.
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 26 August 2018 03:29 (five years ago) link
nope, read the fucking slop he released.
it's supposed to sound heartfelt and genuine, you ass. you and I will never be close enough to the obamas to hear what they really think about McCain. but whatever it is, the odds are overwhelming it is different, deeper and more nuanced than that press release.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 26 August 2018 03:31 (five years ago) link
I think my biggest takeaway over the past week has been that McCain's talent as an accidental cult leader went sadly unrecognized in his lifetime. It's really been something to behold.
― Digital Squirts (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 13:33 (five years ago) link
is the sentiment really that galling tbh
...
yes?
― my dream is to never be a champion (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 13:34 (five years ago) link
oh well carry on so
― lee guacamole (darraghmac), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 13:36 (five years ago) link
*doffs cap, continues posting*
― my dream is to never be a champion (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 13:39 (five years ago) link
Just as 9/11/01 galvanized a generationU outta touch lady, the leader describes that as “a tiny period of time with a bullhorn.”
― Hunt3r, Tuesday, 4 September 2018 13:40 (five years ago) link
Perhaps she’s right tho and it’s better to remember it as “the battle of little bullhorn” in which we rode hard for george custer bush.
― Hunt3r, Tuesday, 4 September 2018 13:41 (five years ago) link
this is never gonna end huh
As McCain (R-Ariz.) ascends to heaven on an updraft of praise, Trump’s political hell on Earth will burn hotter. Through the wall-to-wall coverage of McCain’s life, and his memorial and burial that will take place over the next few days, Trump will become a bystander as our nation is given a reminder of the best of what it stands for, and the best of what it can be. The president and the rest of America are about to look in the mirror and see Trump’s opposite.McCain lived a life of service to country; Trump lives in service of self. McCain exemplified sacrifice; Trump, indulgence. McCain played down his heroism; Trump boasts of imagined rescues into school buildings to save children from gunfire. McCain sought reconciliation with his enemies; Trump thrives on creating new ones. McCain was, in the words of his longtime aide and collaborator Mark Salter, a “romantic about his causes and a cynic about the world.” Trump is a cynic about both.
McCain lived a life of service to country; Trump lives in service of self. McCain exemplified sacrifice; Trump, indulgence. McCain played down his heroism; Trump boasts of imagined rescues into school buildings to save children from gunfire. McCain sought reconciliation with his enemies; Trump thrives on creating new ones. McCain was, in the words of his longtime aide and collaborator Mark Salter, a “romantic about his causes and a cynic about the world.” Trump is a cynic about both.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/08/26/in-death-mccain-shows-an-alternative-to-trump/?utm_term=.ee7b2449341b
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 13:47 (five years ago) link
McCain sought reconciliation with his enemies
*ahem*
https://proxy.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Feehard.files.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F09%2F5052a31b1f.jpg&f=1
― my dream is to never be a champion (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 13:49 (five years ago) link
I mean, look, if we're all in agreement that this ridiculous overpraise of McCain and his 'legacy' is all for the sake of trolling Trump, then I'm happy to play along. Just wish y'all had sent me the memo a little earlier, is all.
― Digital Squirts (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 13:50 (five years ago) link
We might want to pull the reins back just a touch on going too full-bore Kelly cartoon, though. I think even Trump will start to see through the purple prose at some point.
― Digital Squirts (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 13:52 (five years ago) link
We’ll go through this all again when we try to square Jimmy Carter, the good Christian peanut farmer, with Jimmy Carter, the nuclear submarine engineer and Admiral Rickover acolyte who changed the US nuclear policy to first strike is his belief that a nuclear war was winnable.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 4 September 2018 19:37 (five years ago) link
*in* his
there are, famously, no good us presidents but carter at least has spent the last four decades working with habitat for humanity rather than endlessly urging war like mccain did
― my dream is to never be a champion (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 19:50 (five years ago) link
tbh i'd be shocked if the media gave carter the mccain/reagan/etc great hero treatment when he dies.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 19:57 (five years ago) link
elvis t -- do you have a link or a book recommendation w/ more info on carter changing nuclear strike policy? embarrassed to say i had no idea about that
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 19:58 (five years ago) link
CarterI’m not at home (and typing this on my phone) so I can’t consult my library, but this is a good overview:https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nukevault/ebb390/Worth noting that much of these changes were occurring during the false alarms of 1979-1980https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nukevault/ebb371/
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 5 September 2018 04:09 (five years ago) link
Honestly this is better suited to the Cold War thread because there was more going on politically and technically in a short period of time (the accuracy of the MX, the B-1 cluaterfuck, stealth bombers, cruise missiles, neutron bombs, Afghanistan)
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 5 September 2018 04:17 (five years ago) link
Anyway, fuck McCain.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 5 September 2018 04:18 (five years ago) link
While I respect Bernie, I disagree with him strongly on this. John McCain was a war hawk who sent American youth to fight and die and never met a problem he didn't think could be solved through invasion or intervention. The real heroes are those who fought for PEACE.#GravelGang https://t.co/a3l6700Vo4— Mike Gravel (@MikeGravel) March 21, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 21 March 2019 23:25 (five years ago) link
yup.
there are impressive number of tulsi gabbard trolls.
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Thursday, 21 March 2019 23:26 (five years ago) link
(i mean i keep seeing them in the responses to tweets that have nothing to do w/ her.)
mccain obviously showed personal bravery, but a "hero"-- how can we agree that the vietnam war was a near genodical disaster and claim that those who perpetrated it (even if they weren't calling the shots) are "heroes." nope, nope, nope.
sorry, i know we all know this, just that military worship is down there with cop worship as one of the great sicknesses of our country.
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Thursday, 21 March 2019 23:29 (five years ago) link
Turns out the orgasm that made Meghan was his greatest crime.
― Joe Biden Stan Account (milo z), Monday, 22 February 2021 19:34 (three years ago) link
there must have been some way you could have written that Meghan is an irredeemably bad person whose every television appearance exhibits a remarkable negative-count of charisma that didn't make me want to throw up
― Ray Cooney as "Crotch" (stevie), Monday, 22 February 2021 20:07 (three years ago) link
2009 in one photo
https://44.media.tumblr.com/d1697f0b37f334d069d74a69a5d78d07/tumblr_p7yuytcwn31sj0oe0o4_400.gif
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 22 February 2021 20:15 (three years ago) link
I get her mixed up with Meghan Trainor a lot
― frogbs, Monday, 22 February 2021 20:18 (three years ago) link
i don't trust megans who sneak an h in there
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 22 February 2021 20:20 (three years ago) link
It’s 2021 and we are all Whoopi. pic.twitter.com/SncHJPxHTW— Justin Martindale (@justmartindale) March 9, 2021
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 9 March 2021 21:56 (three years ago) link
Meghan McCain advertises her book on her fathers headstone. (2022) pic.twitter.com/Q8IgStY8BM— crazy ass moments in american politics (@ampol_moment) May 10, 2022
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 10 May 2022 22:37 (two years ago) link
A book that's officially (?) only sold slightly more than 300 copies.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 10 May 2022 22:39 (two years ago) link
It’s a nice look at what all these godawful books would sell without the bulk purchases that every party-line republican is guaranteed.
― JoeStork, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 22:53 (two years ago) link
maybe he preordered
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 10 May 2022 22:58 (two years ago) link
dog
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 22:59 (two years ago) link