I don’t know how they talk in Texas, but for those of us who grew up speaking English, “someone should go over and kick her butt” is advocating violence.
Yeah, at one time, but the actual wording isn’t the point, there are all kinds of things people commonly say that literally have violent connotations but commonly don’t, as in “Hillary kicked his ass in the debate”.
As for the phrase itself, I dimly recall “snatch a knot” as referring to ropes, a cowboy thing for quickly creating a sturdy knot. Don’t think I learned it in Texas, maybe from Louis Lamour books riding the Greyhound…
Akin to “tying a knot is his tail”.
Per the Urban Dictionary (useful for things like this), “snatch a knot” means:
Trump just nominated Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback to be “Ambassador for International Religious Freedom.”
He should be nominating Michael Vick to WWF any day now…
Skypist
July 27, 2017, 12:47am
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I’ve (unfortunately) lived in Texas all my life and have never heard this saying! Maybe it’s localized to a certain region. It sounds terrible.
I suddenly became curious. I recall that Priebus dude having been a Reincid wad of glop as top RNC guy, so I wondered who was in there now and why there has been so little noise thence. Lo,
(http://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/2017/07/26/are-playing-ping-pong-rnc-chair-blasts-dems-absence-governing.print.html )"]Republican National Party Chair Ronna Romney McDaniel said Tuesday’s health care vote was proof that Republicans can govern without bipartisan support. “There were all the Democrats there, they weren’t even voting on anything and they put this in place.
“We are governing all over the place and the Democrats have been sitting on their hands. I don’t know what they are doing. Are they playing ping pong? Are they knitting? What are they doing right now? They are not helping the American people. We know that.
“The obstruction version of the Democrat Party, the obstructionists, the obstructorcrats that they’ve become are not helping the American people. It’s on the Republicans alone, we are leading, we are showing we can do it and yesterday was a great first step.”
That would be Willard’s niece. From the articulate branch of the family.
eschereal the seriously twisted:
I suddenly became curious. I recall that Priebus dude having been a Reincid wad of glop as top RNC guy, so I wondered who was in there now and why there has been so little noise thence. Lo,
That would be Willard’s niece. From the articulate branch of the family.
That’s so adorable! They’re showing that they can pass a bill that firmly states that they are going to pass a future bill. Awwwwww.
Dear America,
I.O.U. 1 backrub (redeemable later)
Love,
Dear Mr. Trump;
Next time, just leave the soap where it is.
Senator Majority Whip Tom Cornyn:
“People keep talking about a secret process. Well, this is about as open and transparent as it gets, and everybody will have an opportunity to offer an amendment, to discuss what’s in the amendment, and to vote on it.”
From his own website: https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/content/news/cornyn-democrats-refuse-help-fix-health-care-mess-they-created
Irony is truly dead.
I suppose it’s possible that Cornyn literally doesn’t know the meaning of the words “open” and “transparent,” but it’s far more likely that the Senate Majority Whip is trying to gaslight the public.
It’s a dynamic that requires no exaggeration or hyperbole. Senate Republicans this week began a floor fight on a health care proposal they had not yet written. While amendments are usually offered as a way to improve legislation, GOP leaders invited senators to introduce amendments on a bill they haven’t read – not because they’re lazy, but because it’s impossible to read a bill that does not exist.
Grrr
July 27, 2017, 4:29pm
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Well, he’s working for a guy who likes to objectify 10 year old girls. So…
It’s a dog whistle to the “college football is more important than child rape” crowd. Thank heavens we don’t know anyone like that !
My god, he looks like Alfred E Newman aged 30 years.
If you hold up a paper towel tube like a telescope, though, you might spot one. Do not feed.
The frat rats are now in charge. Next: wet t-shirt contest in the East Room.
The Nickname “Reince Penis” Is Now Part of the Public Record
Courtesy of Scare-a-mooch.:smack:
In fact, the Washington Post reported last week, Scaramucci even uses a “crude nickname” for Priebus:
Scaramucci has coined a particularly crude nickname for Priebus and, in private conversations with associates in recent weeks, repeatedly savaged both the chief of staff and the entire White House press operation.
It seemed obvious that this nickname was “Reince Penis,” but was it? WAS IT???
Yes, the Daily Beast now reports. It was, and is, “Reince Penis.”
Ludovic
July 28, 2017, 12:36am
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I call him “Prince Rebus” myself. “Reince Penis” isn’t even funny except if you were a writer thinking up something a complete dumbass would do.
This is why Sessions will never resign. He’s getting to do everything he’s dreamed of.
Justice Department Says Rights Law Doesn’t Protect Gays
This is a detailed article about a particular case that Sessions has butted into. I can’t do it justice (as it were) in a short summary. The upshot:
In 2014, Eric Holder, Mr. Obama’s attorney general, issued a memo stating that in any litigation that came before it, the Justice Department would take the position that the protections afforded by Title VII would be extended to include a person’s gender identity, including transgender status. The future of that memo under Mr. Trump remains unclear.
Mr. Holder noted the Trump administration’s moves on Twitter on Thursday.
Eric Holder@EricHolder