LEE KRAMER'S ROOM: With Views

[janice shell]

I am aware of that. I like to think of Pence being scratched by cats. Big cats

[BullNBear52]

I really wasn't looking for a response but let me help you as to what I meant.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/euphemism

IOW fuck him.

[janice shell]

They have been indeed! Shocking!!

[newmedman]

We must unite right now! Although I don't have an unlimited supply of chips and popcorn so I need about 20 million dollars to forward our cause.

The chipmunks have been left behind for far too long!!!

[arizona1]

Let's bankrupt Florida!

Corporate conventions are fleeing Florida over 'openly hostile' political climate: report

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' discriminatory policies and culture war tactics are starting to negatively impact the Sunshine State financially, Orlando Sentinel reports.

Two organizations recently decided to remove upcoming conventions from Florida, which Orlando Sentinel notes is "the latest economic blow to the region, coming in the wake of Walt Disney Co.'s decision to drop plans for a nearly $1 billion corporate campus in Orlando with 2,000 high-paying jobs."

This comes after the NAACP issued a travel advisory last month saying, "Florida is openly hostile toward African Americans, people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals."

California-based AnitaB.org, a technology group of female and nonbinary employees, boasts around 16,000 attendees for its annual Grace Hopper Celebration — usually held in Orlando — which is lauded the "world's largest gathering of women in computing."

The group emphasized, "[W]e will not return until this legislation is overturned, and the state becomes more welcoming to all," attributing its reason for relocation to "laws that banned most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, cracked down on illegal immigration and lifted permit requirements for carrying a concealed gun in public, along with measures that organizers said were intended 'to erase the identities and dignities of people from historically marginalized and excluded groups, including Black, Brown, LGBTQIA+, and Indigenous people.'"

The organization's Chief Executive Officer Brenda Darden Wilkerson said in a statement, "We at AnitaB.org are very proud of our diversity because that diversity is our strength. We owe it to our community — to those women and nonbinary technologists — to be vigilant."

Additionally, the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses will no longer hold "its 2027 surgical conference and expo" over "political concerns." Instead, the group of "about 7,000 nurses and exhibitors" will be hosted in Philadelphia, said the organization's spokeswoman, Linda Kanamine, adding, "The decision to move to Philadelphia was the right one for AORN for 2027."
https://www.rawstory.com/desantis-2661138208/

[Susie924]

Here we go. Another installment payment for Kevin’s dirty deal to remain Speaker: help Putin defeat Ukraine.

Kevin may have the title of Speaker but Putin-bloc Republicans like MTG have the job. #SoftOnUkraine pic.twitter.com/mTMWoENHTf

— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) June 6, 2023

[arizona1]

CONGRESS TEES UP NEW BILL STRIPPING PGA TOUR'S TAX-EXEMPT STATUS

Barely a day after the PGA Tour shocked the world by announcing it would be joining a for-profit venture with its heretofore hated rival—the Saudi-backed LIV Golf—a Congressional bill has been introduced to strip the tour of its tax-exempt status.

On Wednesday afternoon, Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.), the third-ranking minority member on the House Armed Services Committee, proposed the “No Corporate Tax Exemption for Professional Sports Act,” which would end the PGA Tour’s ability to file as an IRS 501-C organization, as it has done for decades.

As Sportico noted in a story published earlier Wednesday, the PGA Tour is one of the last major American pro sports organizations to continue operating as a federal nonprofit, after the NFL voluntarily converted to for-profit status in 2015.

Over the last 15 years, there have been several bills proposed, mostly by Republicans, that would change the Internal Revenue Code to disallow pro sports organizations earning more than $10 million in annual revenue from availing themselves of tax-exempt status.

In a statement to Sportico, Garamendi couched his rationale for the legislation in geopolitical terms.

https://www.sportico.com/leagues/golf/2023/pga-tour-tax-exempt-status-congress-bill-1234725406/

[janice shell]

That is just SO wrong!! You and the chipmunks are being DISCRIMINATED against!!

[newmedman]

For some reason CNN will not give me time at my town hall... something about six people and a bunch of chipmunks but we are working on it.

This is cancel culture in its purest form and I will be updating with further developments. I will define CRT and tell you why we should burn every book in the library as soon as I can get the people to stop voting. Newmedman 24!!! A proud conservative for like two days!

[janice shell]

That does not sound good. But then Meadows is an idiot...

[blackcat]

Another one is going to bite the dust.

David Corn
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SCOOP!: @MotherJones has uncovered video revealing that George Santos' lawyer, Joseph Murray, was part of the pro-Trump mob that surrounded the US Capitol on January 6. Story by @JSweetLI and me.

[newmedman]

baaaaahhhhh. Have a Koch and a smile!

[janice shell]

LOLOLOLOL! But you know what they say: Koch is bad for you.

[236T568]

MedowsBoy in trouble. Big time.

BREAKING—

Investigative journalist @murraywaas reports that Mark Meadows removed MORE THAN A THOUSAND PAGES of classified documents from the White House late at night on the final evening of Trump’s presidency. https://t.co/Z3fkHy2yl3 pic.twitter.com/bOlLoA4WPt

— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) June 8, 2023

[newmedman]

Hey? I'll scratch him and mother too. LOL every man has his price and I've already announced my plans to run in the GOP primary!!!

Shoot me some of them Koch dollars baby!

[236T568]

Robertson.......

The only appropriate Pat Robertson obituary pic.twitter.com/rfixgrmhZt

— Wu Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) June 8, 2023

[janice shell]

You can scratch Pence.

Eeeeeuuuwww. What a creepy idea! But if some cats want to, that'd be fine.

[janice shell]

Why was the PGA tax exempt in the first place?

Because Eisenhower loved golf?

[BullNBear52]

I'm waiting for the DOJ to step in and declare the merger an anti-trust violation.

The PGA made a deal with the devil.

[BullNBear52]

You can scratch Pence. He just couldn't agree to denounce Trump if he was the nominee.

[newmedman]

because they were always a not for profit organization. The worm has definitely turned now.

[ergo sum]

Why was the PGA tax exempt in the first place?

[236T568]

Yep, that jail time:

You know what's the best part of Trump getting indicted for espionage?

Trump signed a law changing the penalty for mishandling classified docs to 5 years in prison & made it a felony.

The law he signed to punish Hillary will be used against him.#ProudBlue #IndictmentWatch pic.twitter.com/yWIU60a0sc

— LA Blue Dot in GA 🌊💔 (@namwella1961) June 8, 2023

[Susie924]

What a crock! Pence said he would still vote for him

[Susie924]

Let’s hope it continues and they bring their friends

[newmedman]

Yes but SNAP recipients will not jump up and steal your food. All that I know are thankful and will even share if they can.

[blackhawks]

They get used to being fed too much by the patrons and now have a sense of entitlement.

Argument used by the GOP in favor of work requirements for SNAP benefits.

[janice shell]

I suppose they do help with cleanup...

[newmedman]

Oh yeah they are...

Happy to eat from your hand.

There's a ton of those little runts that run wild in the zoo and they'll jump up and steal your snacks if you're not paying attention. Most of them are really timid but there are a rash of repeat offenders that crave popcorn and chips.

They get used to being fed too much by the patrons and now have a sense of entitlement.

We have names for most of them like one we call Frenchie because it craves fries. Little varmint hangs out right where the big restaurant is and bides his time. Where those little suckers stuff all that junk food, I'll never know but they sure keep coming back for it.

When I got in trouble for feeding the chimp, I thought damn, this is strict but apparently all the zoologists could care less about the ground squirrels. I guess they help clean the place up or something.

[236T568]

First Pence Ad attacks his former boss:

https://twitter.com/DavidJollyFL/status/1666835353582419968?s=20

[ergo sum]

NEW: I’m proposing the 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution to help end our nation’s gun violence crisis.

The American people are sick of Congress’ inaction.

The 28th will enshrine 4 widely supported gun safety freedoms -- while leaving the 2nd Amendment intact:

1)… pic.twitter.com/ZJ7fyfH0Cf

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) June 8, 2023

[ergo sum]

Looks like a few people on the court are starting to realize how terrible they look.

[Susie924]

That’s a pleasant surprise https://t.co/LumG7km6MV

— Angry Staffer 🌻 (@Angry_Staffer) June 8, 2023

[Homebrew]

LOLOL

[236T568]

The coolest Trump poster ever:

[236T568]

*fun times

[236T568]

Yep. Dun times ahead

.@gtconway3d on the DOJ telling Trump he is a target of their investigation: “They’re basically telling him they’re likely to indict him.

If you’re a believer in the rule of law and been hankering for the rule of law, Santa’s gonna come early this year..” pic.twitter.com/EYr9jlVKUe

— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) June 8, 2023

[janice shell]

It's painstaking making sure that a chipmunk is not really transgender.

Maybe not. But they're adorable! Happy to eat from your hand.

[arizona1]

It's time to investigate Ginni Thomas

Want to get Clarence Thomas off the Supreme Court? The best route to do so may be through his wife, Ginni.

There’s history here, and it’s really worth knowing.

Back in March, I shared with you the story of how Senator Strom Thurmond torpedoed LBJ’s plan to make Abe Fortas Chief Justice — Fortas was then the most liberal justice on the Supreme Court — by running the “Abe Fortas Film Festival,” showing porn movies to men in the Senate on a continuous basis for weeks.

Thurmond dragged the process out long enough that Johnson’s term expired and Vice President Hubert Humphrey lost the election to Richard Nixon (who’d committed treason to win the White House by cutting a deal with the Vietnamese to turn down the peace treaty they’d negotiated with LBJ). Once Nixon became president, he put Warren Burger on the Court and into that top slot.

read more:
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/it-s-time-to-investigate-ginni-thomas/

[janice shell]

Me too. I think she most have SOME information. Apparently he confides in her,

[blackhawks]

Mrs Betty Bowers: Mike Pence wanabee a macho man.



As an old VP it was fun for me to say
Secret Service into that car no way
It's fun to say to the Secret Service
uh, uh, Not...To...Day....Mikey...No...Way

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217979698

[ergo sum]

Lamer yet.

[Susie924]

What a terrible answer!

“Sir, I just want to clarify what you're saying is if they believe he committed a crime, they should not go forward with an indictment? You just talked before about committing to the rule of law.” pic.twitter.com/8tk5XBZOxe

— Acyn (@Acyn) June 8, 2023

[newmedman]

I think the animals at the zoo will vote for me as well. I just need to get them signed up.

some of those critters are hard to catch and I'm not sure what country they came from. When DHS gets involved, there's an inevitable backlog.

It's painstaking making sure that a chipmunk is not really transgender.

[arizona1]

Glad to see MAGA insurrectionists are still getting arrested.

'Anchorman' actor charged for rioting on Jan 6: report
https://www.rawstory.com/jay-johnston/

[arizona1]

Glad to see MAGA insurrectionists are still getting arrested.

'Anchorman' actor charged for rioting on Jan 6: report
https://www.rawstory.com/jay-johnston/

[arizona1]

Well, you've got the iHub vote so there's that.

[janice shell]

Eeeeeeuuuwww! Certainly doesn't.

[arizona1]

Doesn't sound like a winning strategy.

CNN's town hall with Republican nominee candidate Nikki Haley drew in an audience of 562,000 total viewers, down 83% from the network's highly criticized town hall with Donald Trump last month.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/cable-news-ratings-cnn-nikki-165920819.html#:~:text=CNN's%20town%20hall%20with%20Republican,with%20Donald%20Trump%20last%20month.

[newmedman]

I'm throwing my hat into the ring with the other 86 people!! I'd make a great Republican!!

I don't know shit about world diplomacy or how to maneuver through the Capitol for that matter but I'm a snarky ass son of a bitch that will make up lies and tell you stories that you like to hear about owning the libs.

Currently polling at .02% but if I get Kari Lake's endorsement it could skyrocket me to the top!