When Trump goes low CNN goes lower: CNN threatens to dox artist behind "CNN head" video if he makes fun of them again:

https://twitter.com/JulianAssange/status/882450827339812865

CNN also appears to have committed a federal felony violation of 18 U.S. Code § 241 in relation to the 1st Amendment.

Then you laugh when I say that the mainstream media is the real enemy.

Yes; I think you're pathetically small-minded about such matters, and schoolboy-desperate to affirm who your enemies are, as if just-the-right fistfight at recess could bring global contentment. I "laugh" when you say things.

Hmmm...fake violence against fake media.

Seems reasonable.

Oh, come on, you know wrasslins fake.

Oh, come on, you know wrasslins fake. ~ I R A Darth Aggie at July 5, 2017 6:43 AM

Wrasslin's fake?! Say it ain't so.

Of course it's fake. We've known that since at least 1941.

Bit of dialog from that year's Shadow of the Thin Man:

'Link' Stephens: You're gonna see some great wrestling tonight.
Nick Charles: How do you know? Were you at the rehearsal?

I was listening to the Capitol Steps last night on the radio - guess what song they've picked (with somewhat changed lyrics) for Trump's ongoing behavior?

http://www.naplesnews.com/story/entertainment/2017/01/11/capitol-steps-bring-political-humor-mayo-pac-friday/96442952/

For those who don't know, there are maybe two dozen members or more and they perform in groups of 5 or 6, so they can be in two places at once.

More on them:

http://www.jsnyc.com/season/cap_steps_SS.htm

They performed four of those songs last night. You can see plenty of videos on YouTube as well.

...And as Spy magazine noted thirty years ago, there's perhaps never been such a mirthless venture of distraction in the history of showbiz: By the demands of their milieu and by the weaknesses of their individual personal deportment, these CS "performers" flatter as much as they tease or mock, and there's nothing amusing about it.

See also: Mark Russell.

Here 'Tis— Spy, May 1990, Richard Stengel:

Irony is all but unknown in Washington. After all, what is there to be ironic about when the masters of geopolitical gravity demand attention 24 hours a day? Archness is deemed a sign of unseriousness. Irony, like style, is considered somehow unseemly, evidence of a lightweight mind. Is it any wonder, then, that Washington comedians are so insistently unfunny? Was Art Buchwald ever clever? The last time someone said, "Have you read Buchwald?" was during the Kennedy administration — and that's because Art was pals with Jack. Mark Russell and the Capitol Steps are not comedians but court jesters, practicing a lank Whiffenpoof kind of comedy that flatters as much as it pokes fun.

I find the Capitol Steps funnier than MR, for what that's worth.

Btw, here's an unusual letter to Amy Dickinson:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/ask-amy-half-of-a-couple-is-itchy-to-get-married/2017/06/22/2f3fc176-579b-11e7-ba90-f5875b7d1876_story.html?utm_term=.4c0cdd9943ed#comments

In a nutshell: Girl, 20, wants to marry her 20-year-old boyfriend soon because "we are from a small Southern town where it is not uncommon for couples, especially high school sweethearts, to be married and even have a child by now." He wants to wait.

First lines from AD's response:

"I do believe that immaturity is an issue here, but you are the one who is being immature.

"One reason some couples marry and have children very young is because they belong to a faith system or culture that frowns on premarital sex. This prohibition can sometimes urge people toward the altar.

"Another reason some couples marry young is if they are going into the military..."

Some of the top-rated comments:

margaretlemberg
7/3/2017 12:17 AM EST
"LW1, how about building a life that you will have with or without him? Stop talking about getting married. Become an independent adult. Get an education. Get a job. Live on your own. Find out who you are."

Les Morrow
7/3/2017 2:41 AM EST
"LW1, please please please listen to me: consider me you from the future-- I got married at 21 to escape from my over-sheltering-yet-well-meaning southern parents who thought I still wasn't supposed to be having sex at 21 and he 24. They made my boyfriend drive home in an ice storm because they were afraid of what the neighbors would think if he slept over (even with them there). I did love my husband but I didn't even know who I was yet or what it meant to be a good partner to someone. It took me until I was in my 30's for that. That marriage didn't last. I never even got to enjoy dating many different people and living on my own until nearly 33...and...it...was...awesome!!! Stop pressuring your boyfriend and just enjoy young love taking its course. My biggest regret in life is getting married at 21 and the guilt of the divorce has haunted me ever since. Try being married to yourself first! Good luck!"

Mimihaha
7/3/2017 7:44 AM EST
"My parents marrried at 19 and 21 and stayed married until Dad died. My elderly mother does not know how to be an adult on her own and she's miserable.
So yeah learn how to live on your own before you marry."

Silver Blaze
7/3/2017 9:26 AM EST [Edited]
"She may have all the life her family will support her getting. I remember my grandmother once, when I mentioned getting an apartment, saying, 'You'd never do that. You're a decent woman.' Granted, she was born in the 1880s, but there are still a lot of people who think a woman who wants more education or a job of her own is 'that kind' of woman (meaning anything from gay to a prostitute.
My guess is she took no college-prep or business courses in high school and is working as a cashier or waitress while waiting for her boyfriend to 'make an honest woman of her.'"

BEEPEE
7/3/2017 12:44 AM EST
"LW1 - slow down, take a step back. Do you want to be married at 20 and divorced at 22, possibly w/ a child?

"Amy made a very good point, get some education, be prepared to take care of yourself. Actually it would be better if both you and your BF spent a yr or 2 living on your own if you haven't already.

"Personally I got married in my early 20's after living on my own for a very short time. If I had to do it again, I would have waited until at least 30 and only after being on my own for 5+ yrs."

rhinoceri
7/3/2017 9:38 AM EST
"Poor guy. He’s probably feeling trapped and desperate, but can’t break up with her because of the weight of expectations: “our families love each other..he’s my best friend”...And she’s oblivious to everything but her own blueprint.

"Hey LW, want to wind up divorced with two kids at 25? Keep this up.

"Contemplate this statistical fact: the regions in the U.S. with the earliest average age of marriage are the ones with the highest divorce rates. That is not a coincidence. Yes, there are exceptions but you’re not going to be one. Your relationship is in trouble already."

> Then you laugh when I say
> that the mainstream media
> is the real enemy.

Laughing or not, it will be tough to worry when you offer thoughts about North Korea, food safety, fiscal coherence or tax policy.

The

Real

Enemy™

Are we absolutely sure that it's just liberals who are the snowflakes around here?

Normally, I don't post things from HuffPo, but this is hilarious.

NPR, as they have done for over a decade every July 4th, tweeted the entire Declaration of Independence. Trump supporters, not knowing what it was, assumed that the NPR was advocating treason, and responded accordingly.

D.A.R.V.O.

https://twitter.com/HuffPostPol/status/882466851996958720

The plot thickens:

That’s right: a Senior Editor for CNN is blackmailing an American citizen for daring to criticize them.

This isn’t Kaczynski’s first attempt at destroying a private citizen’s life. As a BuzzFeed reporter, he gained notoriety for publicizing a lame joke Tweeted by a 30-year-old PR director named Justine Sacco. As Sacco was boarding a plane from London to Cape Town, South Africa, she poked fun at many people’s poor understanding of the continent. Kaczynski decided the joke was racist and helped gin up a digital lynch mob while she was in the air for 11 hours sans internet. By the time Sacco landed, she was mobbed by reporters, was fired from her job, and had to go into hiding.

https://ricochet.com/441182/trump-driven-cnn-stark-raving-mad/

Lets get ready to rumble!!

Indian Liz Warren vs. Indian Shiva

https://twitter.com/va_shiva/status/836059796461731840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fbig-government%2F2017%2F07%2F03%2Fexclusive-all-american-indian-launches-senate-campaign-against-elizabeth-warren%2F

You can taste the mesquite just by looking at it

https://twitter.com/Helen_KelIer/status/882374223913783296

> I think you're pathetically small-minded about
> such matters

And yet there are now hundreds of news articles about it, including on the New York Times, The Hill, and the Washington Post.

Julian Assange talks about all sorts of rights abuses, and he chose this one to focus on, and I'm simply quoting him.

This is chilling speech. It makes people afraid even to create a harmless meme against a large corporation, because that large corporation will hunt them down and seek revenge.

CNN could be using their resources to hunt down real wrongdoing instead of this.

Even your buddy iowahawk commented on it:

"Hell hath no fury like a billion dollar media corporation mocked."

But I guess he's small minded too.

> But I guess he's small
> minded too.

I'll let you take that up with him yourself.

"It's pretty obvious that CNN thinks freedom of speech is reserved for a select cartel of media corporations."

Is that what "real war" looks like from Mom's basement?

> Is that what "real war" looks like from Mom's
> basement?

Sure. The mainstream media has declared war on Trump and his supporters, and Trump and his supporters will take them down by showing that they're just hacks, fake news, and the publicity wing of the DNC.

In a larger context, there is a culture war going on, and we've got to win that too.

Living the trite lifestyle —clumsy metaphors, ludicrous exaggerations, laserbeam obsession— has made you insane.

Does the "war" have any shades of meaning for you at all? Do you know how the word came into circulation?

Just kidding! You don't have to answer! No one cares.

"Capitol Steps"

I thought they were funny, back in the '70s. Then again, I was a teenager, so anything that mocked authority was funny. And Richard Nixon was so easy to mock...