The New Yorker’s Christie Cover: “Playing in Traffic”
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Next week’s cover of The New Yorker is by Barry Blitt, and it’s a hoot.
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Justanotherhuman Fri, Jan 10, 2014 5:42:53pm |
Gawd, I love New Yorker cartoons. A perfect cover for the times.
Is he going to take his ball and go home now?
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AlexRogan Fri, Jan 10, 2014 5:43:34pm |
“Playing in Traffic” (or “When Chris Christie Took His GWB Ball and Went Home”).
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AlexRogan Fri, Jan 10, 2014 5:44:25pm |
re: #2 Justanotherhuman
Gawd, I love New Yorker cartoons. A perfect cover for the times.
Is he going to take his ball and go home now?
Jinx!
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GeneJockey Fri, Jan 10, 2014 5:52:11pm |
re: #2 Justanotherhuman
Gawd, I love New Yorker cartoons. A perfect cover for the times.
Is he going to take his ball and go home now?
A man can dream…
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Bubblehead II Fri, Jan 10, 2014 5:52:14pm |
Ouch, this is going to leave a mark.
As might this.
Documents reveal anger, chaos in Christie bridge scandal
(Reuters) - Documents related to the bridge closure scandal engulfing New Jersey Governor Chris Christie revealed on Friday that authorities were deeply divided about the shutdown, with one warning it was illegal and risking people’s lives.
Which again raises the question. How much did he know about this and when did he know about it?
“Included in these documents is a reference to what appears to be a meeting between Port Authority Chairman David Samson and the governor one week before Bridget Kelly issued the order to cause ‘traffic problems’ in Fort Lee,” Wisniewski said in a statement.
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wrenchwench Fri, Jan 10, 2014 5:52:37pm |
He’s done a bunch of good covers for them, as I learned by clicking on his name.
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jaunte Fri, Jan 10, 2014 5:56:06pm |
re: #6 Bubblehead II
There also appears to have been a concerted effort to keep the matter quiet. On the day he ordered the lanes reopened, Foye in an email told Wildstein’s boss, Bill Baroni: “We are going to fix this fiasco.”
Baroni wrote back: “I’m on my way to the office to discuss. There can be no public discourse.”
Foye’s response: “Bill that’s precisely the problem: There has been no public discourse on this.”
Interesting.
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thedopefishlives Fri, Jan 10, 2014 5:56:08pm |
re: #6 Bubblehead II
It appears that Governor Christie’s appeal to incompetence is unraveling fast.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Jan 10, 2014 5:57:23pm |
Taking it on the chin from another baby pic.twitter.com/oJXvwBy4Sl— petesouza (@petesouza) January 11, 2014
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Backwoods_Sleuth Fri, Jan 10, 2014 5:57:26pm |
I still think the elephant hairdo is the best part…
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wrenchwench Fri, Jan 10, 2014 5:58:18pm |
re: #12 Backwoods_Sleuth
I still think the elephant hairdo is the best part…
I would not have noticed! Thanks.
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jaunte Fri, Jan 10, 2014 5:59:10pm |
I like his art materials.
Bile, envy, sass, regret, gall, and bath salts.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Jan 10, 2014 6:00:07pm |
re: #15 jaunte
If I could draw, I’d want to draw like Barry Blitt.
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Bubblehead II Fri, Jan 10, 2014 6:00:07pm |
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jaunte Fri, Jan 10, 2014 6:01:33pm |
Barry Blitt also did the recent Pope Francis cover:
newyorker.com
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wrenchwench Fri, Jan 10, 2014 6:02:25pm |
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lawhawk Fri, Jan 10, 2014 6:03:32pm |
re: #6 Bubblehead II
That meeting between Samson and Christie is going to be the focus of much investigation and speculation.
It’s timing is most curious.
What they talked about will be subject to FOIA/subpoenas.
This will play out over coming months.
In the interim, we’ll still have to hear from the likes of Baroni, Wildstein, and Kelly. Wildstein already indicated his preference for the 5th. I’d expect similar from Baroni and Kelly, but the first to break and cut a deal with prosecutors will end up spilling the beans on the rest.
It wont be pretty, even if nothing ends up tying Christie directly back to the shutdown - that it was all initiated by Kelly and those inside the PANYNJ.
But if it does go back to Christie, then we’ve got a very different situation.
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thedopefishlives Fri, Jan 10, 2014 6:05:24pm |
re: #21 lawhawk
It’s the difference between “major political scandal” and “epic political disaster”.
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Iwouldprefernotto Fri, Jan 10, 2014 6:09:05pm |
re: #22 thedopefishlives
It’s the difference between “major political scandal” and “epic political disaster”.
the real question is….When is Fox news going to start blaming Obama.
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EPR-radar Fri, Jan 10, 2014 6:09:56pm |
re: #23 Iwouldprefernotto
the real question is….When is Fox news going to start blaming Obama.
Several days ago, no doubt. Is this trick question? :-)
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Bubblehead II Fri, Jan 10, 2014 6:10:35pm |
re: #21 lawhawk
That meeting between Samson and Christie is going to be the focus of much investigation and speculation.
It’s timing is most curious.
What they talked about will be subject to FOIA/subpoenas.
This will play out over coming months.
In the interim, we’ll still have to hear from the likes of Baroni, Wildstein, and Kelly. Wildstein already indicated his preference for the 5th. I’d expect similar from Baroni and Kelly, but the first to break and cut a deal with prosecutors will end up spilling the beans on the rest.
It wont be pretty, even if nothing ends up tying Christie directly back to the shutdown - that it was all initiated by Kelly and those inside the PANYNJ.
But if it does go back to Christie, then we’ve got a very different situation.
Well this is your bailiwick, I am out west. But I will point out that, at the end of the hearing, Wildsein attorney asked for immunity from both the State and the Fed. The Chairman (rightfully) told him to go for it.
*Edit*
The race is now on. Who will cave first or end up dead?
100 bucks on Wildseisn caving.
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Iwouldprefernotto Fri, Jan 10, 2014 6:11:19pm |
re: #24 EPR-radar
Several days ago, no doubt. Is this trick question? :-)
All questions are tricks, so yes.
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moderatelyradicalliberal Fri, Jan 10, 2014 6:14:06pm |
re: #23 Iwouldprefernotto
the real question is….When is Fox news going to start blaming Obama.
I’m sure from now on Christie will have a ‘D’ behind his name.
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missliberties Fri, Jan 10, 2014 6:16:53pm |
Not interested in rubbing his nose in it…. but the dude had gotten way too big for his britches if he had the hubris to get away with this petty, stupid, vindictive stunt.
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GeneJockey Fri, Jan 10, 2014 6:17:54pm |
re: #23 Iwouldprefernotto
the real question is….When is Fox news going to start blaming Obama.
Well, you know, Wingnuts are already trying to spread the meme that:
1) Christie’s a RINO the GOP Establishment was going to shove down their throats. He’s no better than a Democrat.
2) The MSM is afraid he’d win, so they are playing up this piddling ‘scandal’. After all, he’s the only one in the GOP who isn’t 10 points behind Hillary Clinton.
3) This means they can nominate a REAL Conservative and win!!!
Now, how they reconcile #2 and #3, I don’t know. But again, Love Conservatism means never having to say you’re sorry make sense.
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jaunte Fri, Jan 10, 2014 6:20:54pm |
re: #21 lawhawk
But if it does go back to Christie, then we’ve got a very different situation.
The way it looks, he either had no idea what senior people in his staff were up to, or he was lying about what he knew. Neither option is positive for him politically.
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lawhawk Fri, Jan 10, 2014 6:22:18pm |
And Sarah Palin weighs in, claiming that Bridgegate is nothing compared to what Obama has done. Well, she’s nothing if not consistent.
Obama scandals - IRS, Benghazi, etc.
All of which anyone with a bit of rationality, facts, and logic would realize are nothing of the sort.
But the right wing isn’t about facts or logic, or investigations that have produced exactly zero evidence of a scandal - yeah Darell Issa, I’m talking about your incessant efforts to produce a scandal about Benghazi, or well anything else.
Nothing. Nada. Zilch. Zip. Null set. And Match!
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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Fri, Jan 10, 2014 6:25:11pm |
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Bubblehead II Fri, Jan 10, 2014 6:25:39pm |
re: #30 jaunte
The way it looks, he either had no idea what senior people in his staff were up to, or he was lying about what he knew. Neither option is positive for him politically.
And as I stated, either way his “goose” is cooked.
Vir waving fingers, Goog Bye Mr. Mordan.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Jan 10, 2014 6:25:40pm |
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jaunte Fri, Jan 10, 2014 6:26:01pm |
Per @maddow, the Foye memo was forwarded to the Governor's office. Meaning that his office DID KNOW the week of the shutdown.
— Kevin Grussing (@KevDGrussing) January 11, 2014
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jaunte Fri, Jan 10, 2014 6:26:24pm |
The new docs show Foye's damning 9/13 memo was forwarded to Regina Egea — Christie's incoming chief of staff — hours later.
— Steve Kornacki (@SteveKornacki) January 11, 2014
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goddamnedfrank Fri, Jan 10, 2014 6:26:32pm |
re: #30 jaunte
The way it looks, he either had no idea what senior people in his staff were up to, or he was lying about what he knew. Neither option is positive for him politically.
The second version is really the only plausible one. It strains credulity to the breaking point to believe that the port commissioner and a Christie staffer cooked up this whole thing on their own in advance and then set it into motion with one single, cryptic email. There were meetings before and after involving Christie, phone calls, and every reason to believe that his staffers were acting out his express will. This isn’t the kind of bullshit scheme that makes the slightest bit of sense for his underlings to set up and execute all on their own, it didn’t advance their individual interests in the slightest. At the very least they had to have been given reason to believe this is the exact kind of thing he wanted to happen.
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thedopefishlives Fri, Jan 10, 2014 6:27:46pm |
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HappyWarrior Fri, Jan 10, 2014 6:27:51pm |
re: #31 lawhawk
And Sarah Palin weighs in, claiming that Bridgegate is nothing compared to what Obama has done. Well, she’s nothing if not consistent.
Obama scandals - IRS, Benghazi, etc.
All of which anyone with a bit of rationality, facts, and logic would realize are nothing of the sort.
But the right wing isn’t about facts or logic, or investigations that have produced exactly zero evidence of a scandal - yeah Darell Issa, I’m talking about your incessant efforts to produce a scandal about Benghazi, or well anything else.
Nothing. Nada. Zilch. Zip. Null set. And Match!
Yeah that’s how I expected her to respond to this. She’s got a pathetic vendetta against POTUS. It’s honestly quite sad. Sarah, you’re the reason why you’ll never be president not Barack Obama.
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thedopefishlives Fri, Jan 10, 2014 6:28:25pm |
Luuuuucyyyyyy… You got some ‘splainin’ to do!
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HappyWarrior Fri, Jan 10, 2014 6:33:26pm |
re: #29 GeneJockey
Well, you know, Wingnuts are already trying to spread the meme that:
1) Christie’s a RINO the GOP Establishment was going to shove down their throats. He’s no better than a Democrat.
2) The MSM is afraid he’d win, so they are playing up this piddling ‘scandal’. After all, he’s the only one in the GOP who isn’t 10 points behind Hillary Clinton.
3) This means they can nominate a REAL Conservative and win!!!
Now, how they reconcile #2 and #3, I don’t know. But again,
LoveConservatism means never having tosay you’re sorrymake sense.
To go with 1, they’ll claim this scandal makes him like a Democrat, so you get Christie the RINO is going down and the whole No True Conservative Scotsman circle jerk all in one.
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AlexRogan Fri, Jan 10, 2014 6:33:42pm |
re: #37 goddamnedfrank
The second version is really the only plausible one. It strains credulity to the breaking point to believe that the port commissioner and a Christie staffer cooked up this whole thing on their own in advance and then set it into motion with one single, cryptic email. There were meetings before and after involving Christie, phone calls, and every reason to believe that his staffers were acting out his express will. This isn’t the kind of bullshit scheme that makes the slightest bit of sense for his underlings to set up and execute all on their own, it didn’t advance their individual interests in the slightest. At the very least they had to have been given express reason to believe this is the exact kind of thing he wanted to happen.
In my understanding of Christie’s management style, nobody squeezes a drop without his say-so, to paraphrase Red (Morgan Freeman) in The Shawshank Redemption; I don’t buy his routine that his staff and his cronies at the PANYNJ cooked this up and kept him in the dark about it.
In my mind, the only question is this: what did Christie know and when did he know it?
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Lidane Fri, Jan 10, 2014 6:34:50pm |
Documents show Christie appointees stonewalled media queries into #GWBridge lane closures. http://t.co/AXsPT0Ivzu— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) January 11, 2014
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Dave In Austin Fri, Jan 10, 2014 6:35:54pm |
re: #44 Kragar
Some AZ gold nugs I prospected when I lived there… Found them with a metal detector.. As well as the pot shard they are sitting on. It must have a high iron content.
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Feline Fearless Leader Fri, Jan 10, 2014 7:23:57pm |
re: #45 AlexRogan
In my understanding of Christie’s management style, nobody squeezes a drop without his say-so, to paraphrase Red (Morgan Freeman) in The Shawshank Redemption; I don’t buy his routine that his staff and his cronies at the PANYNJ cooked this up and kept him in the dark about it.
In my mind, the only question is this: what did Christie know and when did he know it?
Wildstein flew. Christie Knew. Turk one-eighty-something…
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