Trump Says U.S. ‘Not Going To Look Foolish As Long As I’m Here’
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re: #1 Skip Intro
Trump Says U.S. ‘Not Going To Look Foolish As Long As I’m Here’
Watch out for irony meter shrapnel
Well, we’re looking pretty dangerous and idiotic. That’s different from foolish I think.
THE LIBEL LAWS ARE VERY WEAK IN THIS COUNTRY, OK? WE HAVE TO MAKE STRONG, SMART, TOUGH LIBEL LAWS! VERY, VERY STRONG LIBEL LAWS! PEOPLE SHOULD GET THE DEATH PENALTY FOR FAKE NEWS, OK? IT’S REALLY VERY, VERY BAD. SUCH BAD PEOPLE.
re: #4 The Vicious Babushka
“And whatever I say is true unless you quote me on it and it’s false and then it’s Fake News!.”
Damn, what a great idea. Not my gym but they have guts and I like the call.
Our perspective on the recent tv programming change in our clubs. pic.twitter.com/r81EQFjZdE
— Life Time (@lifetimefitness) January 4, 2018
re: #1 Skip Intro
Trump Says U.S. ‘Not Going To Look Foolish As Long As I’m Here’
Watch out for irony meter shrapnel
This is just another example of a statement that means whatever he wants it to mean.
And people take these up and discuss them as if they had any objective merit.
This comment comes from the last thread…but I caught a new one opened right before posting.
What amazes me about folks calling for Wolff’s tapes and notes is they seem to be denying much of what is in the book is nothing new.
The comments in the book people are making about Trump are comments that have been made about Trump his whole career. He’s always been a spoiled child. Read some history on the guy.
You know what is different now? He is worse. He is getting old and decrepit and he doesn’t care to hold back being an ignorant ass because now he sees he has the power and he probably feels he can say and do anything now because there really does not seem to be repercussion.
And after three years of America seeing His Naked Orange Ass…you still want proof.
The Republican gotta love that. The fog machine works.
So Wolff comes along and reports that yeah, everything we thought is also thought by the people that work for him as President. He is just confirming it and putting it into the context this same man-baby is running our country and the people helping him, who may have doubted it before or thought they could work with him, know it now too.
I think Wolff saw a chance to maybe help America get past the proof stage.
Charles has called Trump a man baby. He has said he is dangerous, petty, ignorant and just about everything else that Trump’s own people are calling him in Wolff’s book. A lot of LGF members have.
Hey Charles? Can we see your notes? Can you provide the tapes that allow you to make these very public statements?
Or, are you doing it the old fashioned way? You are using your eyes, ears and brain and coming to a conclusion that really is no different from everyone else’s conclusion.
Same conclusion as in the book.
Wanting to see the tapes and notes falls into the “let’s give Trump a chance” type of thinking. The benefit of the doubt. That’s what got us here in the first place.
re: #6 bill d. (b.d.)
Damn, what a great idea. Not my gym but they have guts and I like the call.
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Loops of Tom & Jerry cartoons would work fine for me.
re: #9 Eventual Carrion
Loops of Tom & Jerry cartoons would work fine for me.
That’s not much different than cable news panel discussions but with smarter characters and a lot less frustrating
Computer Company Started In Garage 30 Years Ago Now In Smaller Garage https://t.co/o0G8NqeCPH pic.twitter.com/saRuqokt9a
— The Onion (@TheOnion) January 7, 2018
I am shocked and saddened to see the American Museum of Natural History @amnh promoting misinformation on climate change in its David M. Koch-funded Dinosaur Wing 1/ pic.twitter.com/mUkx6PDEml
— Jonah Busch (@jonahbusch) January 6, 2018
This is very troubling. Have loved @AMNH my whole life and am looking forward to taking Jose there soon, but they need to do better than this. https://t.co/T8SFuodVyf
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) January 7, 2018
Specifically, there’s an interactive game about climate change in which any effort at mitigation (transit investments, emissions controls) hurt your economy but if you let uncontrolled warming happen, human adapt by evolving flippers.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) January 7, 2018
As if there weren’t already enough damn problems at JFK this weekend…
Water leak floods crowded JFK Airport baggage claim https://t.co/lyAB2vXjz4 pic.twitter.com/ZzjBrTMoK5
— CNN (@CNN) January 7, 2018
re: #12 FormerDirtDart
What in the actual fuck?
re: #13 FormerDirtDart
As if there weren’t already enough damn problems at JFK this weekend…
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Things like this make me happy I don’t have to fly much.
re: #11 nines09
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Bill Turnstiles and Steve Occupations just couldn’t get the breaks others did.
re: #13 FormerDirtDart
As if there weren’t already enough damn problems at JFK this weekend…
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I thought Trumps said he was going to fix our airports?
And I “absolutely believe” this man is delusional.
Christie: I “absolutely believe” I would have been president if Trump hadn’t run https://t.co/iULFR6iiTC pic.twitter.com/0qmLLhseWd
— The Hill (@thehill) January 7, 2018
Since it was erected (as noted in the comments, for more accuracy)…
Today, the Berlin Wall has been down longer than it was up.
— Guy Mazzeo (@GuyMazzeo) January 7, 2018
re: #19 bratwurst
And I “absolutely believe” this man is delusional.
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Go away Chris. America doesn’t like you. Take the hints.
re: #8 ObserverArt
You know what is different now? He is worse. He is getting old and decrepit and he doesn’t care to hold back being an ignorant ass because now he sees he has the power and he probably feels he can say and do anything now because there really does not seem to be repercussion.
until 2016, he was only a problem to those who did business with him. Now he is everybody’s business
re: #18 bill d. (b.d.)
I thought Trumps said he was going to fix our airports?
Our airports are Third World—horrible. Let’s rebuild them by people who know how to do it—inexpensively.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 10, 2012
Our major airports are decaying. It’s embarrassing. We need to have them renovated by competent professionals—and fast.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 8, 2012
The only one to fix the infrastructure of our country is me - roads, airports, bridges. I know how to build, pols only know how to talk!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 13, 2015
“@MarlenaWells: #laguardia ranked as one of the worst #airports It needs @realDonaldTrump magic touch.” So true, what a mess!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 20, 2014
We’res the beef Donnie?
re: #19 bratwurst
The Jersey Whale thinks he is the greatest (fill in the blank).
re: #19 bratwurst
And I “absolutely believe” this man is delusional.
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How many primaries do you win or even get runner or third place in, Chris?
re: #6 bill d. (b.d.)
Damn, what a great idea. Not my gym but they have guts and I like the call.
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In related news, members’ blood pressure shows a marked improvement.
re: #19 bratwurst
Christie: I “absolutely believe” I would have been president if Trump hadn’t run
There was a time when I halfway respected the man for working together with Obama over Sandy and for standing up to assholes who criticized his choice of a Muslim judge.
But that was long ago.
re: #8 ObserverArt
This comment comes from the last thread…but I caught a new one opened right before posting.
What amazes me about folks calling for Wolff’s tapes and notes is they seem to be denying much of what is in the book is nothing new.
The comments in the book people are making about Trump are comments that have been made about Trump his whole career. He’s always been a spoiled child. Read some history on the guy.
You know what is different now? He is worse. He is getting old and decrepit and he doesn’t care to hold back being an ignorant ass because now he sees he has the power and he probably feels he can say and do anything now because there really does not seem to be repercussion.
And after three years of America seeing His Naked Orange Ass…you still want proof.
The Republican gotta love that. The fog machine works.
So Wolff comes along and reports that yeah, everything we thought is also thought by the people that work for him as President. He is just confirming it and putting it into the context this same man-baby is running our country and the people helping him, who may have doubted it before or thought they could work with him, know it now too.
I think Wolff saw a chance to maybe help America get past the proof stage.
Charles has called Trump a man baby. He has said he is dangerous, petty, ignorant and just about everything else that Trump’s own people are calling him in Wolff’s book. A lot of LGF members have.
Hey Charles? Can we see your notes? Can you provide the tapes that allow you to make these very public statements?
Or, are you doing it the old fashioned way? You are using your eyes, ears and brain and coming to a conclusion that really is no different from everyone else’s conclusion.
Same conclusion as in the book.
Wanting to see the tapes and notes falls into the “let’s give Trump a chance” type of thinking. The benefit of the doubt. That’s what got us here in the first place.
Seen on The twitter’s this am:
He’s not a genius. He’s not “crazy like a fox.” He’s not a master strategist. He’s a 71 year-old, below-average-intelligent, spoiled, trust fund-supported, born-on-3rd-thought-he-hit-a-triple, sexually harassing asshole in mental decline. Stop looking for what isn’t there
re: #20 JordanRules
Since it was erected (as noted in the comments, for more accuracy)…
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Wow. Once of the greatest moments in history was watching the people of Berlin dancing and celebrating on the Wall. I never thought until then that the Cold War would end in the biggest party ever!
re: #22 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
until 2016, he was only a problem to those who did business with him. Now he is everybody’s business
True. But no one did their homework on him and his past. It has been very clear and it has been documented already.
My problem is, for some reason, I’ve read and kept up with him since I first saw crap about him in People magazine while waiting in offices back in the late 70s.
re: #31 ObserverArt
True. But no one did their homework on him and his past. It has been very clear and it has been documented already.
My problem is, for some reason, I’ve read and kept up with him since I first saw crap about him in People magazine while waiting in offices back in the late 70s.
I have been aware of him since he was a regular target of Spy and Rolling Stone magazine in the 80’s
The Fake News Awards, those going to the most corrupt & biased of the Mainstream Media, will be presented to the losers on Wednesday, January 17th, rather than this coming Monday. The interest in, and importance of, these awards is far greater than anyone could have anticipated!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 7, 2018
This is Tony Romo’s best playoff performance ever.
re: #28 dangerman
Seen on The twitter’s this am:
He’s not a genius. He’s not “crazy like a fox.” He’s not a master strategist. He’s a 71 year-old, below-average-intelligent, spoiled, trust fund-supported, born-on-3rd-thought-he-hit-a-triple, sexually harassing asshole in mental decline. Stop looking for what isn’t there
re: #33 FormerDirtDart
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Wolff should show up to accept his award in person and smirk at Fuckface von Clownstick.
re: #33 FormerDirtDart
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I guess the late additions of Wolff and today of Tapper screwed up Trump’s awards plans.
The winner is going to be the guy who embarrassed him last.
re: #39 nines09
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I’m sure that a single roll of paper towel would have been much better. Could have soaked up some of that water. All the better if it was highly absorbent Bounty™!
BREAKING: The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 25,000 points for the first time.
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 4, 2018
BREAKING: The parents at my kid’s Baltimore public school raised their own money to keep the school librarian. https://t.co/lZVMwk3nh3
— David Simon (@AoDespair) January 7, 2018
Remember when the right complained about Obama doing a NCAA college hoops breaket.
re: #35 bill d. (b.d.)
This is Tony Romo’s best playoff performance ever.
He’s a great analyst. Romo is going to be on TV for decades to come.
re: #13 FormerDirtDart
As if there weren’t already enough damn problems at JFK this weekend…
@CNN
Water leak floods crowded JFK Airport baggage claim
Well, that escalated quickly
JUST IN: Water main break leads to shutdown of international flights into JFK Airport’s Terminal 4 pic.twitter.com/tyREYjCkUM
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 7, 2018
re: #44 Big Beautiful Door
He’s the best already. An absolute natural.
re: #44 Big Beautiful Door
He’s a great analyst. Romo is going to be on TV for decades to come.
I like Romo. Always seemed like a good guy.
Ex-Obama speechwriter: Tapper makes “strong entry” for Trump’s “Dishonest & Corrupt Media Awards” https://t.co/v0vdm6JTdd pic.twitter.com/aCkYFrk3US
— The Hill (@thehill) January 7, 2018
re: #40 bill d. (b.d.)
I guess the late additions of Wolff and today of Tapper screwed up Trump’s awards plans.
The winner is going to be the guy who embarrassed him last.
Is Fox going to put on a big awards show for him? Would not surprise me one bit. That may be the hold up on it.
Trump wants to make it a thing…big TV start producer…better than Hollywood guy.
re: #40 bill d. (b.d.)
Well he’s supposed to be going to the college football National Championship game tomorrow so lizards were trying to figure how he was gonna do both.
Makes sense they can’t put together simple schedules. Remember when they forgot to book his dumb ass a room at one of the overseas summits?
Bannon sees Trump as William Jennings Bryan 2.0 according to Wolff’s book. WJB was also a KKK apologist.
re: #49 ObserverArt
Is Fox going to put on a big awards show for him? Would not surprise me one bit. That may be the hold up on it.
Trump wants to make it a thing…big TV start producer…better than Hollywood guy.
It’s either going to be on FoxNews or The Gorilla Channel.
(i really wouldn’t be surprised for Trump to expect every channel to interrupt programs to carry it)
re: #42 JordanRules
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In Kentucky the General Assembly has to cut a billion dollars from the biennial budget to address the broke public pension. Schools are going to be hit hard because education, medicaid and prisons eat up most of the budget, and everything else has been cut to the bone. New revenue is of course out of the question.
There’s always the Scientologists
— WB Young (@FormerDirtDart) January 7, 2018
The Fake News Awards, those going to the most corrupt & biased of the Mainstream Media, will be presented to the losers on Wednesday, January 17th, rather than this coming Monday. The interest in, and importance of, these awards is far greater than anyone could have anticipated!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 7, 2018
Other awards created by presidents:
President’s Volunteer Service Award (GW Bush)
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (Reagan)
President’s Education Awards Program (Reagan)
President’s Environmental Youth Award (Nixon)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (Kennedy) https://t.co/qhTqaoVCcg— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) January 7, 2018
re: #48 FormerDirtDart
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The winners should, somewhere, do a whole awards acceptance speech.
The funny thing is Trump’s political role models all seem to be Pre-New Deal Dems. Kind of puts a wretch in the “But A was a Democrat ergo all modem Dems are guilty of his sins” a bit of bs.
Darwin
OMG! 🔥 Jaguars fan tries to one up #Billsmafia… He jumps on a BURNING TABLE and catches on fire! (Instagram: Brennan Decima) pic.twitter.com/vdXnh4Sfb1
— News4JAX (@wjxt4) January 7, 2018
re: #49 ObserverArt
Is Fox going to put on a big awards show for him? Would not surprise me one bit. That may be the hold up on it.
Trump wants to make it a thing…big TV start producer…better than Hollywood guy.
Hannity’s show would definitely do that.
Obama had a similar problem with some rich asshole insisting he wasn’t born in America!
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) January 7, 2018
Stephen Miller was there to filibuster and hurl personal insults.@jaketapper was there to ask questions and dialogue.
Miller looked small. Tapper looked professional.
I like Stephen Miller, but he was afraid to debate Tapper this morning. Which is why he filibustered.— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) January 7, 2018
We have reached the “even Joe Walsh can’t defend this debacle anymore” stage of the Trump presidency.#stablegenius https://t.co/6XDauDfO0d
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) January 7, 2018
re: #63 Ace-o-aces
He changed his drug of choice. He no longer sniffs airplane glue.
re: #67 PhillyPretzel
He changed his drug of choice. He no longer sniffs airplane glue.
He picked the wrong day to stop that!
re: #64 HappyWarrior
Joe Walsh has been too adult lately. WTF happened?
Joe’s like the conservatives around me. They can say and believe the right things about specific issues, even a lot of specific issues, and yet not generalize that into a useful philosophy, especially one that says the Republican party is fucked up.
re: #71 Belafon
Joe’s like the conservatives around me. They can say and believe the right things about specific issues, even a lot of specific issues, and yet not generalize that into a useful philosophy, especially one that says the Republican party is fucked up.
I hear ya but this isn’t typical of Walsh.
It’s worth noting how frequently Trump announces something will happen on a date and it doesn’t happen on that date. pic.twitter.com/J5Wx1KXqa8
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 7, 2018
I made a big pot of beans with ham and sausage last night. The Older Boy doesn’t like beans, so he picked out all the beans in his serving. Mrs. FBW gave them to Rango. Now I’m listening to his innards gurgling. You can hear it across the room.
Today’s walk may be…exciting.
Do you know what scares the living shit out of me?
Emperors, Pharoahs & rulers of the past prepared fabulous tombs for themselves, in some cases actual cities, which they would rule over when they died. To populate these kingdoms, they often executed hundreds of slaves in order to have someone to rule over in the afterlife.
Trump, being the malignant narcissist that he is, can’t imagine a world without him. If he has thought about his own mortality, he can’t bear the idea of not existing any more. He has to have thousands, millions, no BILLIONS of slaves and subjects worshipping him in the afterlife.
The Trump Temple = People’s Temple, only the entire globe instead of a compound in Guyana.
re: #72 HappyWarrior
He fears the big bully at the top.
The Buffalo Bills’ season has effectively ended…
re: #75 The Vicious Babushka
I’m pretty sure Trump’s the guy who you could sell unfiltered water from the fountain of youth to.
re: #79 FormerDirtDart
I knew once I saw that pic of OJ with the Bills jersey on from today.
it was below zero here in TheBackwoods yesterday morning.
Right now it’s 36F.
Tonight and tomorrow there’s a possible icestorm.
Rest of the week highs are forecast to be 41, 51, 62(!!!), and 49 before winter returns on Friday night.
Hoping the drain to the bathtub thaws out soon (that froze up a few hours after the toilet waterline thawed…it’s always something…)
I don’t pay much attention to Sarah Sanders because she lies but have you noticed how between every question she looks down at her podium, fiddling with papers on it? Does she think something new is going to appear there between questions?
— SteamPunkKettle (@hazel_laureen) January 7, 2018
she does…and it really emphasizes her multiple chins when she does that.
re: #74 Blind Frog Belly White
I made a big pot of beans with ham and sausage last night. The Older Boy doesn’t like beans, so he picked out all the beans in his serving. Mrs. FBW gave them to Rango. Now I’m listening to his innards gurgling. You can hear it across the room.
Today’s walk may be…exciting.
Or tonight’s sleep may be… disturbed.
re: #83 Backwoods_Sleuth
I sympathize. Similar story here in Philly tomorrow.
forecast.weather.gov
but of course….
Oil prices are on the rise - and one Tweet from Trump could send them soaring, says @LiamHalligan #premium https://t.co/5WZ7XYgM5A
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) January 7, 2018
re: #79 FormerDirtDart
The Buffalo Bills’ season has effectively ended…
Actually, it seems to have ended pretty ineffectively.
And now everyone within 100 miles of here will be all mopey all week. Western NYers take their Bills seriously. (Not me. Grew up here, formed loyalties in enemy territory, moved back home, retained enemy loyalties.)
— Al Giordano (@AlGiordano) January 7, 2018
I called for Wolff to release the tapes, on his timetable, not to give trump the benefit of a doubt but to back up what was said in the book. He was brought in by their own administration knowing he was writing a book. Why Wolff? Is he Bannon’s BFF? I know trump is full of shit but any access to this administration requires detailed proof or the whole thing is nothing but ammo for them. It’s the president, I demand transparency. It is Wolff I am concerned about and he gets a benefit of a doubt, for now only. He has tapes that prove how dangerous the White House is. If he is concerned about the truth and the dangers, I expect him to release it.
The Stock Market has been creating tremendous benefits for our country in the form of not only Record Setting Stock Prices, but present and future Jobs, Jobs, Jobs. Seven TRILLION dollars of value created since our big election win!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 7, 2018
he really thinks that “value” means something tangible. I seem to recall a while back when his billionaire status was was questioned and didn’t stand up to basic scrutiny, he fell back on “the value” of his financial situation (and, especially, his real estate holdings) and “the value” was whatever he felt like making up at the moment.
The Israeli government has banned members of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Quaker organization @afsc_org - which helped Jewish refugees escape Nazi Germany - from entering Israel https://t.co/lrLItKE0sX
— Dylan Williams (@dylanotes) January 7, 2018
re: #80 Belafon
I’m pretty sure Trump’s the guy who
you could sellwould sell you unfiltered water from the fountain of youthtowith the TRUMP name on it.
re: #91 Backwoods_Sleuth
BREAKING: The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 25,000 points for the first time.
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 4, 2018
BREAKING: The parents at my kid’s Baltimore public school raised their own money to keep the school librarian. https://t.co/lZVMwk3nh3
— David Simon (@AoDespair) January 7, 2018
This stock market doesn’t tell how well the country is doing, just the rich: https://t.co/0C26ppX8n8
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) January 7, 2018
I’m just going to include that one about having to raise money to pay the librarian in statements like that.
This is Shad Khan. He owns the #NFL’s @Jaguars. With the team in the playoffs, he’s giving away 2,000 seats to refugees, displaced Puerto Ricans, and the USO - plus free food, drinks, and transportation.
When asked why, he said: “It’s the right thing to do”#NFLPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/NCWa15R5PB— Muhammad Lila (@MuhammadLila) January 6, 2018
re: #90 Amory Blaine
I called for Wolff to release the tapes, on his timetable, not to give trump the benefit of a doubt but to back up what was said in the book. He was brought in by their own administration knowing he was writing a book. Why Wolff? Is he Bannon’s BFF? I know trump is full of shit but any access to this administration requires detailed proof or the whole thing is nothing but ammo for them. It’s the president, I demand transparency. It is Wolff I am concerned about and he gets a benefit of a doubt, for now only. He has tapes that prove how dangerous the White House is. If he is concerned about the truth and the dangers, I expect him to release it.
I started reading Fire and Fury today. In the Foreword, Wolff explains that some of the people he interviewed give different and conflicting accounts than some other people, and he is leaving it up to the reader to decide whom to believe. He also claims that he has put together a coherent and truthful narrative based on these accounts and also what he has observed. Trumporrhoids have gleefully cherry picked sentences out of context in order to claim that the entire book is “totally made up.” Of course they do not apply that same level of scrutiny to Clinton Cash.
So I “FIXED” that Jake Tapper interview with Mr Potato-head, er - I mean, Stephen Miller ;)@jaketapper pic.twitter.com/R3R7PuIJxD
— Pin Head (@SpikedCranium) January 7, 2018
Sad news, I’ve loved the Moody Blues for a long time. In fact, they may be the first band I ever heard because my mom would play their records when I was very young.
Ray Thomas, flautist and vocalist for British rock group The Moody Blues, has died at 76. Born in 1941, Thomas founded The Moody Blues in 1964 with fellow musicians including Mike Pinder and Denny Laine. pic.twitter.com/KcdmIhYouc
— Eric Alper (@ThatEricAlper) January 7, 2018
re: #97 Backwoods_Sleuth
He is exactly right. It is the right thing to do.
Theresa May is finalising tomorrow’s cabinet reshuffle. Not giving anything away, but from now on I’ll be calling her Mother Hubbard… #kitileaks
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) January 7, 2018
Cant believe this happened to me lmao pic.twitter.com/151hgWlxmF
— Aaron (@arowni_) January 7, 2018
re: #96 Belafon
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I’m just going to include that one about having to raise money to pay the librarian in statements like that.
As I’ve noted every time Trump strokes his ego about the stock market, for the past 8 years any time the market posted a gain, the response from wingnuts was ”But this does nothing for people on Main Street!”
re: #97 Backwoods_Sleuth
Ummm…The Jags tarp over around 3500 seats during home games. Been doing it for years so they could avoid the NFL blackout rule (now suspended). Kept doing it because it makes the stadium seem less empty.
Four openly gay candidates sworn in as city council members in #Utah, showing the #LGBT community is making gains in this red state https://t.co/MoYvNU0FYY #UTpol
— Mindful Majority (@MindfulMajority) January 7, 2018
re: #106 FormerDirtDart
So was this those tarped seats?
re: #106 FormerDirtDart
Ummm…The Jags tarp over around 3500 seats during home games. Been doing it for years so they could avoid the NFL blackout rule (now suspended). Kept doing it because it makes the stadium seem less empty.
tarped over seats do not buy food and drink, nor do they incur transportation costs (all of which is being provided for those seat-fillers), so I don’t see what your point is.
heh
Ice balls piling up on the shores of Lake Michigan https://t.co/bOiHPQCpww pic.twitter.com/WnwOiS3mCQ
— Garance Franke-Ruta (@thegarance) January 7, 2018
Ice balls? Ice BALLS? Please explain.
— Trey Graham (@treygraham) January 7, 2018
re: #109 Backwoods_Sleuth
tarped over seats do not buy food and drink, nor do they incur transportation costs (all of which is being provided for those seat-fillers), so I don’t see what your point is.
Well, he’s not likely losing over $100,000 dollars in ticket sales by giving away tickets they typically can’t sell.
And, my point was to add context. Sorry if that offended you.
re: #111 FormerDirtDart
Well, he’s not likely losing over $100,000 dollars in ticket sales by giving away tickets they typically can’t sell.
And, my point was to add context. Sorry if that offended you.
not offended, just couldn’t figure out what tarped over seats had to do with Mr. Khan’s gesture.
re: #81 JordanRules
I knew once I saw that pic of OJ with the Bills jersey on from today.
That wasn’t OJ. It’s Walter Payton.
re: #113 FormerDirtDart
Okay, what did I miss? Is this an old backfield joke?
Was I looking at a pic of Sweetness’s ghost with an OJ mask on? LOL
A stroke of a pen just made me the greatest comedic genius of all time. pic.twitter.com/XJjcfYEqPm
— Ira Glass (@iraglass) January 7, 2018
Stay in your goddamn lane, Glass. https://t.co/LgV3yJahNy
— ((((Peter Sagal)))) (@petersagal) January 7, 2018
I am too tickled!
re: #115 JordanRules
lol. Thanks for the laugh. That is a cute one.
re: #104 The Vicious Babushka
good morning pic.twitter.com/NsdRFq4Ki7
— rae paoletta (@PAYOLETTER) January 2, 2018
I was serious on the last thread when I said Charles renounced the dark side. He could’ve made LGF into Breitbart, pandering to the worst instincts of the racist far-right, and probably made a lot of money. But his conscience wouldn’t let him do that and so we have the LGF site we all know and love today. Thanks Charles!
re: #114 JordanRules
Okay, what did I miss? Is this an old backfield joke?
Was I looking at a pic of Sweetness’s ghost with an OJ mask on? LOL
You know what, I read your post wrong.
All the players are wearing Walter Payton Man of the Year stickers on their helmets, and nominees from each team are wearing patches on their jerseys
I hope everyone realizes that although most rational people think Stephen Miller made a complete ass of himself with Jake Tapper, right wing Twitter thinks he was absolutely awesome. They love that kind of creepy shit.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 7, 2018
re: #119 FormerDirtDart
Oh okay gotcha!
Yeah OJ was really there. Pics are floating around social media. I was already shook seeing them so I’m not posting.
re: #42 JordanRules
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And Simon gets extra style points for
You cretinous, dividend-breathed scrote, please explain where I find the Baltimore City Public Schools on the NASDAQ?
— David Simon (@AoDespair) January 7, 2018
re: #49 ObserverArt
Is Fox going to put on a big awards show for him? Would not surprise me one bit. That may be the hold up on it.
Trump wants to make it a thing…big TV start producer…better than Hollywood guy.
Chrissie Tiegen already called dibs on the red carpet show.
re: #59 FormerDirtDart
We are a country of morons.
From @chucktodd’s interview with Wolff and other things he’s said, it’s clear how this book happened— and the way he punked them. 1/
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) January 7, 2018
Jay Rosen is exactly right about Michael Wolff’s tactics in this thread. What Wolff did isn’t very different from what James O’Keefe does. https://t.co/fMoHnnJXJr
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 7, 2018
Since 9-11, over 300K soldiers have returned with brain injuries, caused in many cases by blast exposure. Researchers fear that exposure could lead to the degenerative brain disease CTE and cripple a generation of warriors. Sharyn Alfonsi reports tonight. https://t.co/xe8Dnm9PxG
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) January 7, 2018
A George W. Bush legacy … https://t.co/neEo4zFjDU
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) January 7, 2018
re: #120 Charles Johnson
And that is why even though we see it for what it is, the insane only see what they wish. If Miller was not important or had nothing to say, why did Jake book him?
Why do we not see a rabid dog give his/her views on rabies? Can we give that a voice?
I can’t buy 5 seconds of radio time let alone an interview on a national show…
As the old adage goes, “No such thing as bad ink.”
Hmmm…
Wikileaks posted the entire text of “Fire and Fury” — which will undermine sales and the “anti-trump economy.” Again acting on Trump’s behalf. https://t.co/1rTjPYdrTn
— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) January 7, 2018
I think folks will still buy it.
re: #128 JordanRules
Hmmm…
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I think folks will still buy it.
Wikileaks posted the entire text of “Fire and Fury” — which will undermine sales and the “anti-trump economy.” Again acting on Trump’s behalf. https://t.co/1rTjPYdrTn
— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) January 7, 2018
Wikileaks is a criminal outfit that trades in stolen goods.
They are not the good guys, they never, ever have been. https://t.co/J10SeyHQXJ— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) January 7, 2018
The Fake News Awards, those going to the most corrupt & biased of the Mainstream Media, will be presented to the losers on Wednesday, January 17th, rather than this coming Monday. The interest in, and importance of, these awards is far greater than anyone could have anticipated!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 7, 2018
WARNING to White House staff: the president may be exempt from the rules at 5 CFR § 2635.701 et seq. on misuse of position BUT YOU ARE NOT. If you help @potus with the below, you risk violating §§ 702, 704 & 705 forbidding use of gov time & $$$ to harm some media & aid others. https://t.co/gHxzJcCEAW
— Norm Eisen (@NormEisen) January 7, 2018
Hey @PressSec & @RajShah45, Norm is right. If you or *ANY* WH staffers work on this or post it on the WH website, it will be a violation of the Standards of Conduct. Beware of laws on using federal appropriations too, if there are any visuals, certificates, handouts, or trophies. https://t.co/3tlyrkNc9H
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) January 7, 2018
re: #124 Skip Intro
We are a country of morons.
I was watching an old TV show on YouTube, “Beauty and the Geek”, a reality show with dumb pretty women and awkward nerds competing together. One game required the women to publicly debate serious issues. Maybe they told them to act dumb, but I suspect there really are huge numbers of people who know absolutely nothing about the serious issues of the day because they simply aren’t interested.
re: #125 Charles Johnson
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re: #126 JordanRules
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The BBC’s superb China editor steps down over equal pay after discovering she is paid 50% less than male counterparts @bbccarrie #istandwithcarrie https://t.co/SirBYwRPjR
— Katty Kay (@KattyKayBBC) January 7, 2018
Professional stylist Katie Price, who previously worked as a hair and makeup artist for Russia Today, is now a full-time White House official. Her daily duties include getting press secretary Sarah Sanders coiffed and camera-ready. https://t.co/feqoqXHIDk pic.twitter.com/srN3ZJUW1f
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) January 7, 2018
re: #125 Charles Johnson
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Finally in that thread, someone compared it to Joe McGinniss and “Fatal Vision,” which has been the comparison I’ve been thinking about since last week.
re: #130 Backwoods_Sleuth
Any legal conflicts if someone from the “Trump Org” or “Trump Campaign” produces this nonsense?
— WB Young (@FormerDirtDart) January 7, 2018
Miller could have stripped naked, smeared himself with feces and started screaming about the invisible lizard people and right-wing Twitter would be crowing about ho he totally “owned” the libs.
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) January 7, 2018
Current output of cookng binge:
Cold vegetable terrines made with nuts and spices: beets, spinach, leeks (pkhali)
Eggplant and potatoes in a sauce of sweet peppers and tomatoes (ajapsandali)
Beef stew with red wine, tomatoes, and plum sauce (khalia)
Kidney beans mashed with cilantro, garlic, and blue fenugreek (lobio)
Next up is using up mushrooms and squash. Then I’m going to look inside myself and question whether I’m ready to make dolma.
Now I go back to the kitchen and try not to trim off my own hand, because I’m listening to the “Panama Papers” long-form account and it’s extra crazy-making. I may have to drop in and beg for human contact, lest I get all fiscally Lovecraftian.
re: #130 Backwoods_Sleuth
And I’m pretty sure they can be charged in 2021.
re: #131 Big Beautiful Door
The first rule of reality television is there is no reality in reality television.
The second rule of reality television is there isn’t much television in reality television.
re: #141 The Ghost of a Flea
The first rule of reality television is there is no reality television.
The second rule of reality television is there isn’t much television in reality television.
The first rule is obviously true, but I don’t know what the second means.
re: #6 bill d. (b.d.)
Damn, what a great idea. Not my gym but they have guts and I like the call.
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And it took a moron president to make it happen. That should be in the memoirs as the one good thing he has done.
re: #130 Backwoods_Sleuth
I wonder if Donny realizes how much of a spotlight his Fake Awards Show is going to throw on the stories that he ‘awards’? The WaPo (for one) is going to pulverize him over this.
re: #120 Charles Johnson
I kinda figured that would be so as I watched it unfold. Thanks for the confirmation.
.@RCamposDuffy: “@BarackObama would’ve killed for these numbers. He presided over one of the worst recoveries since the Great Depression.” pic.twitter.com/6M68cETuz3
— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 7, 2018
I don’t think so! And the majority of Americans realize how significant President Obama’s policies were in saving the auto industry and pulling the economy out of the worst recession since the Great Depression. It takes more than fast talk to change history!
— John Rossi Attorney (@JohnRossiAtty) January 7, 2018
Jake Tapper of Fake News CNN just got destroyed in his interview with Stephen Miller of the Trump Administration. Watch the hatred and unfairness of this CNN flunky!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 7, 2018
Our president proving what @jaketapper suggested in the interview — MIller was speaking to one audience member. Has any other WH official in history called their boss a genius? Several times in one 12-minute interview? https://t.co/VSejsxCzQ5
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) January 7, 2018
Leaders who would exchange competence for sycophancy eventually get neither. https://t.co/2Jp8L9CmTK
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) January 7, 2018
The Fake News Awards, those going to the most corrupt & biased of the Mainstream Media, will be presented to the losers on Wednesday, January 17th, rather than this coming Monday. The interest in, and importance of, these awards is far greater than anyone could have anticipated!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 7, 2018
Please don’t cancel! We’ve already paid millions of people to vote for us illegally! #TheFakies #FakeNewsAwards https://t.co/JG3HzqHK9c
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) January 7, 2018
h/t Daily Kos
Since the tragedy of November 2016, I’ve avoided contacting a Republican guy I know.
He sent me this message this morning. I’m really weirded out by this.
As I face a new year I find myself at a crossroads: I would like to know what, if anything, you hope for from our friendship. I have waited patiently for some sign from you that you intend to re-establish communication with me that doesn’t involve accusing me of racism, fascism or some equally serious moral defect.
I will not, cannot, apologize for my political outlook or affiliation. Nor have I done you any wrong. The way I see it, you must decide whether your desire to keep yourself unsullied by associating with a Republican (even one so unwaveringly anti-Trump as I) means more to you than the friendship and acts of kindness I have tried to show you over the years.
The ball is now squarely in your court. Decide. If I do not hear from you within 48 hours I will take it that you have opted for ideological purity.
Either way, as a (former?) friend I will offer one final piece of advice: Be very careful, lest you become the very thing you hate the most: a closed-minded bigot who judges others based on labels and appearances, that than on their character and actions.
Unapologetically yours,
Xxxxxxxx
re: #146 Backwoods_Sleuth
He presided over one of the worst recoveries since the Great Depression.
He presided over one of the worst collapses since the Great Depression due to Republican policies over the last 40 years. We had a huge hole to climb out of.
re: #146 Backwoods_Sleuth
Actually, job gains this year are the worst in 6 years. The Dow gained more in Obama’s first year than Trump’s. The economy grew as fast as this most of the last 8 years.
Obama wouldn’t have to kill for numbers like these, because numbers like these were routine during his Presidency. But he also had declining Federal Deficit every year, too. That won’t happen for Trump.
re: #146 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Watch members of R.E.M, Sleater-Kinney, The Shins and more play benefit for Scott McCaughey - NME https://t.co/hLz0JfW3du
— R.E.M. HQ (@remhq) January 7, 2018
Two beautiful nights in Portland with great music for a serious cause. #HelpTheHoople https://t.co/dQ6WpG67ve
— Mike Mills (@m_millsey) January 7, 2018
That’s the Boston Red Sox’ @jtkantor on keyboards, btw.
— Scott Ross (@ScottRoss15) January 7, 2018
re: #148 Belafon
Punctuation looking decent again. Gotta still be dictating the tweets.
re: #149 Scout
Since the tragedy of November 2016, I’ve avoided contacting a Republican guy I know.
He sent me this message this morning. I’m really weirded out by this.
I would continue to ignore the eejit
re: #149 Scout
Since the tragedy of November 2016, I’ve avoided contacting a Republican guy I know.
He sent me this message this morning. I’m really weirded out by this.
Not creepy at all! It is a true friend who demands you do as he wishes within 48 hours….or else.
re: #150 Belafon
He presided over one of the worst collapses since the Great Depression due to Republican policies over the last 40 years. We had a huge hole to climb out of.
Really, the last 10-12 years have been an effective refutation of Conservative economic theory. Everything they predicted failed to happen. The Market is not self-regulating. A nationwide housing bubble IS possible. At the Zero Lower Bound, no amount of increase in the Money Supply is inflationary. Enriching the rich does not create jobs. Weimar-style hyperinflation is NOT ‘just around the corner’.
re: #153 Backwoods_Sleuth
I was a big fan of the Young Fresh Fellows when I was attending the University of Washington in the early ’80s.
Sad to learn that “Sled Dog” McCaughey has been suffering health problems.
re: #149 Scout
Thats a lot but that 48 hour deadline really put me in a “screw this guy” mood.
re: #159 JordanRules
Thats a lot but that 48 hour deadline really put me in a “screw this guy” mood.
I know, right?
re: #159 JordanRules
Thats a lot but that 48 hour deadline really put me in a “screw this guy” mood.
Seconded. Fuck that guy.
re: #162 Blind Frog Belly White
I think a reply like “Dude, get over yourself” is in order.
But I would wait 49 hours to reply to him
re: #148 Belafon
I clicked on the Daily Show link. They took out an ad:
.@realdonaldtrump, prove you’re not semiliterate by reading our full-page ad in the Failing @nytimes! #InItToWinIt #TheFakies #Fakies2018 pic.twitter.com/sSVqah4rlx
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) January 5, 2018
I wrote this exact story about Rob Ford: Trump’s schedule has shrunken significantly, @jonathanvswan reports, and it is now filled with “executive time,” code for “sitting by himself watching TV and such.” (For Ford, the term was “constituent meetings.”) https://t.co/Jv9Eg8FyYu
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 7, 2018
One more:
Changing the date of your #FakeNewsAwards show at the last minute is:
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) January 7, 2018
re: #126 JordanRules
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The rise in brain disabilities is the result, in good part, of improved survival rates b/c of better body armor, vastly improved battlefield medicine, and a spectacular medevac process. Not joking.
UH60 L
Sometimes you do get what you pay for.
BTW, did anyone else catch the Amazing World of Gumball parody/homage to the Golden Girls?
We’re receiving numerous complaints about unacceptable propane delivery delays & potential price gouging. We take them seriously. Please call us at the hotline below or file a complaint online: https://t.co/c4icvtavSJ pic.twitter.com/pnFTYCBrBL
— Eric Schneiderman (@AGSchneiderman) January 7, 2018
Yes, yes I’m taking on the leader of the free world and a vast criminal enterprise to help save the country but I gotta make sure my peeps are warm and arent getting screwed.
Love it!
Did anyone notice that when Tapper told Miller that he was being obsequious, Miller attempted to come back with ‘No, you’re being obsequious!’ this morning?
Tapper was too busy shutting his ass down for him to get it out, though.
Trump’s ‘genius’ speechwriter had to resort to the Pee Wee Herman defense.
re: #166 Belafon
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Then there’s this:
Superstar Chef José Andrés: If Trump gives you a ‘Fake Media’ award I’ll buy you dinner
Jake Tapper of Fake News CNN just got destroyed in his interview with Stephen Miller of the Trump Administration. Watch the hatred and unfairness of this CNN flunky!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 7, 2018
🙄 Here’s the interview; judge for yourself: https://t.co/ABRsdNTltt https://t.co/fFmd8DU3XT
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 7, 2018
Jake Tapper is a great journalist. And great journalists know that their job is to ask questions, and follow up questions. And if someone wants to filibuster, or obfuscate, or misdirect, or just insult the interviewer, then the interview is, in essence, over. @jaketapper https://t.co/g7qaxy3ATO
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) January 7, 2018
re: #168 Decatur Deb
The rise in brain disabilities is the result, in good part, of improved survival rates b/c of better body armor, vastly improved battlefield medicine, and a spectacular medevac process. Not joking.
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Sometimes you do get what you pay for.
In wars past, as recently as Korea or even Vietnam, most of them would have likely died in the field.
“Sir. SIR.” pic.twitter.com/Dq51t7gvpa
— Andy Cole (@AndyCole84) January 5, 2018
Surely there is still time for Charles to qualify LGF for the FakeNews Awards Show?
Thanks for the kind words, folks! Cheers 🍻 pic.twitter.com/4pYrThb5ha
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 7, 2018
re: #176 bill d. (b.d.)
Surely there is still time for Charles to qualify LGF for the FakeNews Awards Show?
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There’s a pretty good list already. I don’t think Trump has enough of an attention span to get to LGF.
re: #177 Belafon
There’s a pretty good list already. I don’t think Trump has enough of an attention span to get to LGF.
And supposedly he doesn’t use a computer, just his phone, and the LGF mobile interface favors those who can, you know, READ.
The Stock Market has been creating tremendous benefits for our country in the form of not only Record Setting Stock Prices, but present and future Jobs, Jobs, Jobs. Seven TRILLION dollars of value created since our big election win!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 7, 2018
The stock market DOESN’T CREATE JOBS. https://t.co/2pRTsTHBD7
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) January 7, 2018
re: #8 ObserverArt
This comment comes from the last thread…but I caught a new one opened right before posting.
What amazes me about folks calling for Wolff’s tapes and notes is they seem to be denying much of what is in the book is nothing new.
The comments in the book people are making about Trump are comments that have been made about Trump his whole career. He’s always been a spoiled child. Read some history on the guy.
You know what is different now? He is worse. He is getting old and decrepit and he doesn’t care to hold back being an ignorant ass because now he sees he has the power and he probably feels he can say and do anything now because there really does not seem to be repercussion.
And after three years of America seeing His Naked Orange Ass…you still want proof.
The Republican gotta love that. The fog machine works.
So Wolff comes along and reports that yeah, everything we thought is also thought by the people that work for him as President. He is just confirming it and putting it into the context this same man-baby is running our country and the people helping him, who may have doubted it before or thought they could work with him, know it now too.
I think Wolff saw a chance to maybe help America get past the proof stage.
Charles has called Trump a man baby. He has said he is dangerous, petty, ignorant and just about everything else that Trump’s own people are calling him in Wolff’s book. A lot of LGF members have.
Hey Charles? Can we see your notes? Can you provide the tapes that allow you to make these very public statements?
Or, are you doing it the old fashioned way? You are using your eyes, ears and brain and coming to a conclusion that really is no different from everyone else’s conclusion.
Same conclusion as in the book.
Wanting to see the tapes and notes falls into the “let’s give Trump a chance” type of thinking. The benefit of the doubt. That’s what got us here in the first place.
Wolff’s book is the new birthism. He could provide video evidence of the events discussed, and someone will find a fault.
This week, I had the incredible honor of being sworn in to serve the people of Minnesota as United States Senator. I am ready to continue working hard on behalf of Minnesotans. pic.twitter.com/gUnIMccZZy
— Tina Smith (@TinaSmithMN) January 5, 2018
Hey everybody, I have something that’s really important to share: Tina Smith, our new U.S. Senator for Minnesota, has shown time and time again that she’s committed to fighting for you, and now we need to do the same for her. So please do something for me. Follow @TinaSmithMN. https://t.co/bkgnSERHMQ
— Al Franken (@alfranken) January 6, 2018
Every morning when I check the overnight news I keep hoping to see
trump resigned in disgrace, impeachment process started or anything similar
I keep my hope alive.
Bad Album Covers
Dotard: Very Stable Genius pic.twitter.com/5yTmAfta6j— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) January 6, 2018
Trump’s work day starts at 11 AM and ends at 6 PM, per private schedules seen by Axios https://t.co/vSwhaUC0HG
— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) January 7, 2018
Trump, Jan. 2017: “I promise you that I will work so hard.” https://t.co/SW2JDBOlDf
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) January 7, 2018
twitter is to fill the other hours of the day when not on the golf course…
re: #182 Backwoods_Sleuth
Her Senate-related account is @SenTinaSmith.
re: #184 Backwoods_Sleuth
That looks like Chet Garner from “The Day Tripper” here in Texas dressed up in one of his costumes. I went looking for an example:
re: #185 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I mean, this is pretty bad
On Tuesday, Trump has his first meeting of the day with Chief of Staff John Kelly at 11am. He then has “Executive Time” for an hour followed by an hour lunch in the private dining room. Then it’s another 1 hour 15 minutes of “Executive Time” followed by a 45 minute meeting with National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster. Then another 15 minutes of “Executive Time” before Trump takes his last meeting of the day — a 3:45pm meeting with the head of Presidential Personnel Johnny DeStefano — before ending his official day at 4:15pm.
re: #185 Backwoods_Sleuth
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twitter is to fill the other hours of the day when not on the golf course…
So he’s not even putting in a full eight hour day. He has so much in common with the little man. //
re: #184 Backwoods_Sleuth
That reminds me of his Mom’s hair.
If I worked as little as Trump does I’d be fired.
re: #125 Charles Johnson
Michael Wolff said he was going to write a book about the Trump White House. He led them to believe it would be a flattering puff piece but he didn’t promise that.
With the revelation that Jared Kushner’s family business is being investigated by the SEC, now’s a good time to ask: why did he have to amend his financial disclosures 39 times? pic.twitter.com/WhbuC2Ta4x
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) January 7, 2018
re: #194 MsJ
Baffle them with BS or misdirection.
re: #132 allegro
I beg to disagree. AFAIK Wolff never misrepresented himself or his purpose in being there. He was a reporter writing a book about the WH. That’s what he did.
Or the bait and switch happened, but he believed his narrative until he saw the reality.
re: #188 Belafon
That looks like Chet Garner from “The Day Tripper” here in Texas dressed up in one of his costumes. I went looking for an example:
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I saw it as this guy from People of Walmart (I think he was trying to be Conway Twitty):
re: #194 MsJ
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Does that include this new discovery?
Doubtful.
Remember those slumlord apartments that @AlecMacGillis wrote about? Well, Kushner just got a giant investment in them from an Israeli insurer, as Jared purports to lead Mideast peace efforts. @JesseDrucker scoop: https://t.co/S56JvoNDzb
— Jesse Eisinger (@eisingerj) January 7, 2018
re: #197 Backwoods_Sleuth
I saw it as this guy from People of Walmart (I think he was trying to be Conway Twitty):
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re: #196 Sea Mexican!
Or the bait and switch happened, but he believed his narrative until he saw the reality.
So he committed actual journalism. Damn him!
re: #189 Stanley Sea
I mean, this is pretty bad
“Executive Time”…is that what they call sitting on the golden throne in the little room?
re: #201 Backwoods_Sleuth
“Executive Time”…is that what they call sitting on the golden throne in the little room?
Sometimes it’s better not to ask …
SUNDAY: @WilliamJBennett hosts “The Wise Guys,” a powerful discussion on America’s future - Tune in at 8p & 11p ET on Fox News Channel! pic.twitter.com/nUMVWggPII
— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 5, 2018
Fox is launching g a new show tonight called “The Wise Guys”. It’s @AlanDersh, @OliverNorthFNC, Steve Wynn and me, hosted by @WilliamJBennett. Focus on the biggest issues. Future of USA, the workforce, technology, military. I hope you watch - it’s good! https://t.co/oM0UUlSn96
— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) January 7, 2018
This is the single funniest thing I’ve ever seen on Twitter.https://t.co/9WezlT08B8
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SUNDAY: @WilliamJBennett hosts “The Wise Guys,” a powerful discussion on America’s future - Tune in at 8p & 11p ET on Fox News Channel! pic.twitter.com/nUMVWggPII
— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 5, 2018
Fox is launching g a new show tonight called “The Wise Guys”. It’s @AlanDersh, @OliverNorthFNC, Steve Wynn and me, hosted by @WilliamJBennett. Focus on the biggest issues. Future of USA, the workforce, technology, military. I hope you watch - it’s good! https://t.co/oM0UUlSn96
— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) January 7, 2018
This is the single funniest thing I’ve ever seen on Twitter.https://t.co/9WezlT08B8
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) January 7, 2018
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— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) January 7, 2018
— Floppy Boot Stomp (@the_edwin_mix) January 8, 2018
re: #202 Sea Mexican!
Sometimes it’s better not to ask …
sometimes the imagination does not listen to good advice…
re: #204 Backwoods_Sleuth
sometimes the imagination does not listen to good advice…
…imagination says “hold my beer” and just charges forward…
re: #203 gocart mozart
The original proposed name for that show was “The Blowhard Hour”.
re: #196 Sea Mexican!
Or the bait and switch happened, but he believed his narrative until he saw the reality.
Wolff knew that the only book that would guarantee success is one that mocked Trump. In any case, he understood what Trump was like before he got access. I doubt he actually did a bait and switch; my guess is that he may have promoted the project using flattery but no outright lies.
When you own Mein Kampf and have sex with an anime body pillow. pic.twitter.com/OTL5Uzhcs2
— Respectable Lawyer (@RespectableLaw) January 7, 2018
Amazon Fire Users - Question?
My son has decided that he needs my tablet more than I do. To a certain extent, he’s probably right. That said, is a Fire 7 a good ebook reader? Most of my collection is PDF and a scattershot of other formats. I’m considering getting a 7 because it’s cheap & all I need a tablet for is as a reader & maybe some really simple time killer games (canfield solitaire forex) .
Trump surrogates on the talk shows today seemed a lot whinier about “the media” only reporting “bad things” about Trump and not praising him for all his accomplishments.
RT Shutterstock: RT ShutterstockNow: Nominee Meryl Streep arrives on the #GoldenGlobes red carpet with Ai-jen Poo (aijenpoo), Director of DomesticWorkers. Both are dressed in black in support of the #TimesUp
Full Golden Globes live feed here: … pic.twitter.com/HiBJVImlgR— marimari (@marimarisisi) January 8, 2018
re: #203 gocart mozart
“The Wise Guys,”
They were going to go with “Criminal Intent”, but only one of them has felony convictions.
re: #209 William Lewis
Amazon Fire Users - Question?
My son has decided that he needs my tablet more than I do. To a certain extent, he’s probably right. That said, is a Fire 7 a good ebook reader? Most of my collection is PDF and a scattershot of other formats. I’m considering getting a 7 because it’s cheap & all I need a tablet for is as a reader & maybe some really simple time killer games (canfield solitaire forex) .
If your son has a library card and downloads the Overdrive app, he’ll be able to check out books from the library and read them on the Kindle (provided the library is in the Overdrive system - most of the libraries here in NY are). Very handy.
The “very stable genius.” pic.twitter.com/Cw0RAfntGA
— McSpocky™ 👽🖖 (@mcspocky) January 7, 2018
re: #213 makeitstop
If your son has a library card and downloads the Overdrive app, he’ll be able to check out books from the library and read them on the Kindle (provided the library is in the Overdrive system - most of the libraries here in NY are). Very handy.
Oops, misread your post. But the point stands - you can check books out of your library with Overdrive.
re: #211 Backwoods_Sleuth
Lots of “What about Woody Allen?” in the hashtag.
re: #97 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I know some people who have worked with him through his Flex-N-Gate company in C-U, Illinois who attest to Khan being a decent guy.
re: #203 gocart mozart
Dershowitz enjoys using his skills to get guilty parties off. Did he ever show an interest in justice? It always seemed his primary goal was winning at any cost. Truth is irrelevant to him, only victory matters.
re: #216 Belafon
Lots of “What about Woody Allen?” in the hashtag.
some people have limited attention spans.
Marcus Mariota throws a touchdown pass to… Marcus Mariota?? #TitanUp pic.twitter.com/N6bcTrjBYT
— Tennessee Titans (@Titans) January 6, 2018
re: #217 Barefoot Grin
I know some people who have worked with him through his Flex-N-Gate company in C-U, Illinois who attest to Khan being a decent guy.
yeah…I’m still trying to sort out why filling tarped seats with warm bodies somehow lessens his apparent nice gesture. Kinda made me feel like a sucker for feeling good about it…
re: #209 William Lewis
As a reader for me it is okay. The software takes up room so that you actually have less space. I put videos on mine and it was okay. My personal complaint was that any prime show amazon kept reminding me to reconnect to my wi-fi to watch the movie/show after a 48(?) hour period.
re: #207 Hecuba’s daughter
Wolff knew that the only book that would guarantee success is one that mocked Trump. In any case, he understood what Trump was like before he got access. I doubt he actually did a bait and switch; my guess is that he may have promoted the project using flattery but no outright lies.
It would be easy. “We need to document your unprecedented administration for the world to see.”
re: #207 Hecuba’s daughter
Wolff knew that the only book that would guarantee success is one that mocked Trump. In any case, he understood what Trump was like before he got access. I doubt he actually did a bait and switch; my guess is that he may have promoted the project using flattery but no outright lies.
He’s not simply mocking if he’s accurately reporting what happened in the White House.
It sounds like he got access partially because Trump liked the photo that he used for one of his interviews.
Rain, freezing rain, sleet, and snow….all are possible from the Mississippi River to the Mid-Atlantic coast. Details here: https://t.co/Oy2Q4DE1ys pic.twitter.com/JsfthvUXxx
— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) January 8, 2018
So I “FIXED” that Jake Tapper interview with Mr Potato-head, er - I mean, Stephen Miller ;)@jaketapper pic.twitter.com/R3R7PuIJxD
— Pin Head (@SpikedCranium) January 7, 2018
re: #209 William Lewis
Amazon Fire Users - Question?
My son has decided that he needs my tablet more than I do. To a certain extent, he’s probably right. That said, is a Fire 7 a good ebook reader? Most of my collection is PDF and a scattershot of other formats. I’m considering getting a 7 because it’s cheap & all I need a tablet for is as a reader & maybe some really simple time killer games (canfield solitaire forex) .
For PDFs and games, I’d say yes. Eink tablets may have some problems rendering PDFs and the game selection can be limited.
re: #207 Hecuba’s daughter
Wolff knew that the only book that would guarantee success is one that mocked Trump. In any case, he understood what Trump was like before he got access. I doubt he actually did a bait and switch; my guess is that he may have promoted the project using flattery but no outright lies.
I don’t know. Remember how panicked we were early last year. We were pretty close to believing that Bannon was going to use Trump to end democracy by the end of February. Wolff’s said that he went in to document this well honed organization that managed to defeat Clinton and instead found chaos.
re: #184 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Wayne Cochran! Damn, that brings back memories of him on Jackie Gleason’s show in the 60s! He passed away last November…
I’m always fascinated by what get’s people’s attention, because it’s not always what I think. I put a quick diary up on Daily Kos about WikiLeaks posting the book and it took off. dailykos.com I expected it to be like most of my diaries which get a few reads and then they disappear.
re: #229 Joe Bacon 🌹
Wayne Cochran! Damn, that brings back memories of him on Jackie Gleason’s show in the 60s! He passed away last November…
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I was torn between Conway Twitty, Wayne Cochran, and Johnny Bravo.
it’s probably a combination of all three, culminating in that guy from People of Walmart.
EPA has appointed Pruitt’s own banker—who was banned from the banking industry for life—to oversee its Superfund program.https://t.co/xw7vDLQ31G
— Friends of the Earth (@foe_us) January 4, 2018
Scott Pruitt got a large loan years ago to help him buy a house. A banker who helped him get the loan was banned for life from the banking industry by the FDIC in 2016.
Pruitt helped that banker get appointed to a senior position at the EPA overseeing cleanup of hazardous waste. https://t.co/ScJfCaEJG4— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) January 7, 2018
re: #209 William Lewis
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re: #189 Stanley Sea
I mean, this is pretty bad
We get up at noon and start to work at one
Take an hour for lunch and then by two we’re done
Jolly good fun!
Ha ha ha, ho ho ho
And a couple of tee hee hees
That’s how we Tweet the day away
In the merry land of D.C.!
LOL Here are the numbers. pic.twitter.com/TYPRFYBCFd
— Di Umgebroyzelte Bubbie (@viciousbabushka) January 8, 2018
LOL
It could be worse: at least you have the premium cable package. Imagine if you were stuck with Fox & CNN
— Marshall Auerback (@Mauerback) January 8, 2018
Well, in that case, your recovery should speed along! 🤢
— Marshall Auerback (@Mauerback) January 8, 2018
Technically he’s Putin’s president and we’re just renting.
There may be a mold infestation and the pipes are leaking.— Floppy Boot Stomp (@the_edwin_mix) January 7, 2018
Don’t be a troll to Simon, just don’t.
Yes, yes, I see you’ve heard that I am a “TV STAR.” Quite so. The camera does “love me.” And while I’m modest in talent, it’s just enough to impress your mother. She waited backstage for hours and then did memorable things about which a gentleman shouldn’t say more. But DM me. https://t.co/UeNijjH60B
— David Simon (@AoDespair) January 7, 2018
My best scene.
— David Simon (@AoDespair) January 8, 2018
Every once in awhile I think back on how quickly Van Jones lost his job in Obama’s White House because hate mongers like Glenn Beck raised a stink over a few comments he had made; or how Vilsack quickly turned on hero Shirley Sherrod because of a fake Brietbart video. And then I think about Stephen Miller hanging on, or EPA’s Pruitt hiring a banker banned from banking to run superfund site program, or….. Yes, Tom Price quit. But I feel like Dems bend too quickly sometimes.
“We shouldn’t have to give up our seat at the table because of bad behavior…that wasn’t ours” — Kerry Washington at the Golden Globes
— Jenna Wortham (@jennydeluxe) January 8, 2018
On why women didn’t just stay home in protest https://t.co/JALWKN1it3
— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) January 8, 2018
almost time!
Webcast of Falcon 9 launch is now live → https://t.co/gtC39uBC7z
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 8, 2018
Dear @realDonaldTrump,
This is what a #StableGenius looks like.
Sincerely,
Every Sane Person in the World 🌎 pic.twitter.com/dn76p2hGS8— Ryan Knight, PROUD RESISTER 👊 (@ProudResister) January 7, 2018
heh
I’d like to report a murder. pic.twitter.com/h2LkLoQ2mc
— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) January 8, 2018
Hospital night shift worker responds to construction crew next door. pic.twitter.com/HRYgiix1Pm
— Mark Reid, MD (@medicalaxioms) January 7, 2018
Exclusive video of Trump’s “Executive Time”. pic.twitter.com/NB1ZoVQH6L
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) January 8, 2018
re: #149 Scout
Since the tragedy of November 2016, I’ve avoided contacting a Republican guy I know.
He sent me this message this morning. I’m really weirded out by this.
Sounds to me like this would be no loss. And your life would be better without a person who is complicit to Nazis and white supremacists. I wouldn’t even bother answering. But that’s just me.
re: #249 Joe Bacon 🌹
OK this should FINALLY settle the argument about what is the best topping for a pizza!
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These people all deserve each other…but we don’t.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) January 7, 2018
re: #174 TedStriker
In wars past, as recently as Korea or even Vietnam, most of them would have likely died in the field.
When my brother was a resident at County-USC, the ER was always half-staffed by military personnel on 6-week rotations because it was the best place to get practice treating gunshot wounds.
The only area of friction was suture contests — civilians thought they should use rulers to judge by how short and straight the scars might be, military thought they should use stopwatches to judge by how many they could close in 2 minutes.
Debra Messing on the red carpet when being interviewed by E!: “I was so shocked to hear that E! doesn’t believe in paying their female co-hosts the same as their male co-hosts. I miss Catt Sadler. We stand with her.” #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/l2gWe39mjY
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) January 7, 2018
re: #149 Scout
Since the tragedy of November 2016, I’ve avoided contacting a Republican guy I know.
He sent me this message this morning. I’m really weirded out by this.
As I face a new year I find myself at a crossroads: I would like to know what, if anything, you hope for from our friendship. I have waited patiently for some sign from you that you intend to re-establish communication with me that doesn’t involve accusing me of racism, fascism or some equally serious moral defect.
I will not, cannot, apologize for my political outlook or affiliation. Nor have I done you any wrong. The way I see it, you must decide whether your desire to keep yourself unsullied by associating with a Republican (even one so unwaveringly anti-Trump as I) means more to you than the friendship and acts of kindness I have tried to show you over the years.
The ball is now squarely in your court. Decide. If I do not hear from you within 48 hours I will take it that you have opted for ideological purity.
Either way, as a (former?) friend I will offer one final piece of advice: Be very careful, lest you become the very thing you hate the most: a closed-minded bigot who judges others based on labels and appearances, that than on their character and actions.
Unapologetically yours,
Xxxxxxxx
Dude sounds like a haughty, self-important asshole; if you’re gonna break it completely off, go ahead and give him what for, but don’t just ignore him on this one.
The fact that they were the ones that brought up “racism, fascism or some equally serious moral defect” says to me that they know guilty as sin or, at the very least, tolerant of these when it suits them and that they know they’re wrong, but to admit they’re wrong is unacceptable to them.
Fuck ‘em.
So last night I got in a discussion with David Simon about Keith Richards, watch me back peddle gracefully.
Happy New Year! pic.twitter.com/Vy8F68IlEI
— Keith Richards (@officialKeef) January 7, 2018
Somehow, this three-chord affront to biochemistry will be sending out New Year’s greetings when children now abed are gumming their food in assisted living. https://t.co/kWRSLc9tMj
— David Simon (@AoDespair) January 7, 2018
Just stop. Every time I find a guitar in my hands, I’m stealing something he put in my brain.
— David Simon (@AoDespair) January 7, 2018
He stole all them riffs from “Bleed” to “Exile” from exactly nobody.
— David Simon (@AoDespair) January 7, 2018
Of course he’s acknowledged the debt to Berry. More than any other living musician has acknowledged it. But a lot of the later stuff owes much more to Slim Harpo and Howlin’ Wolf and others. It’s more than linear.
— David Simon (@AoDespair) January 7, 2018
Not stole, just exploited the cultural genius of generations of black Americans to gain success on a level that they were prevented from achieving. But he did thank them, so that’s nice.
— cricket108 (@cricket108) January 7, 2018
I’m not debating his talent, but its critical that we dont sideline the extent to which his success was predicated on institutional racism. He could only reach great heights because the artists who influenced him couldn’t. He was rewarded for music they were scorned for inventing
— cricket108 (@cricket108) January 7, 2018
Sorry this is shit I know and love.
— David Simon (@AoDespair) January 7, 2018
re: #248 Old Liberal
Sounds to me like this would be no loss. And your life would be better without a person who is complicit to Nazis and white supremacists. I wouldn’t even bother answering. But that’s just me.
Or else reply “You know what? It sounds like both of us think that ending this would be best.” He all but told you you’re not his kind anymore.
The GOP’s response to the Bannon-Trump fallout resulting from Wolff’s book proves once and for all that the modern Republican Party is a cult. Bannon instantly became an apostate for the crime of offending the cult leader.
— Photon Herder (@goddamnedfrank) January 8, 2018
re: #149 Scout
Since the tragedy of November 2016, I’ve avoided contacting a Republican guy I know.
He sent me this message this morning. I’m really weirded out by this.
It’s a tough situation. I usually go for preserving a friendship if possible; you never know when a situation can change and you can be the one to help him. I have retained some friendships by avoiding political conversations but always making clear if a topic arises that my views are different. We agree to disagree, and focus on topics (such as family or, sometimes, economics) where we have either mutual perspectives or can discuss without acrimony.
re: #256 stpaulbear
Or else reply “You know what? It sounds like both of us think that ending this would be best.” He all but told you you’re not his kind anymore.
The biggest reason I wouldn’t answer is the asshole will go crazy wondering if you gotthe message. Then, when he writes again, I would say “I elected to let the 48 hours go by. Those were your terms.”
re: #259 Old Liberal
The biggest reason I wouldn’t answer is the asshole will go crazy wondering if you gotthe message. Then, when he writes again, I would say “I elected to let the 48 hours go by. Those were your terms.”
my initial reaction posted earlier was to ignore him.
Otherwise, if guilted into responding…it would not have been polite in any sense of the imagination.
re: #234 PhillyPretzel
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Not Actually Satire
Trump starting workday later to spend more time watching TV and tweeting: report
President Trump is starting his official workday later and spending more time in the mornings watching TV and tweeting, Axios reported Sunday.
Trump’s day is now starting around 11 a.m. and he is also holding far fewer meetings during his workday, Axios reported after viewing copies of Trump’s private schedule.
The first part of Trump’s day is known as “Executive Time.” According to the schedule, it takes place in the Oval Office, but officials told Axios it actually takes place in the White House residence and consists of Trump watching TV and tweeting.
Trump reportedly arrives in the Oval Office for his intelligence briefing at 11 a.m., his first meeting of the day. He also returns to the residence by 6 p.m.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders pushed back against the report, saying Trump’s “time in the morning is a mix of residence time and Oval Office time but he always has calls with staff, Hill members, cabinet members and foreign leaders during this time.”
“The President is one of the hardest workers I’ve ever seen and puts in long hours and long days nearly every day of the week all year long. It has been noted by reporters many times that they wish he would slow down because they sometimes have trouble keeping up with him,” she said in a statement to Axios.
Trump’s schedule is significantly shorter than those of past presidents. Former President George W. Bush would arrive in the Oval Office by 6:45 a.m., and former President Obama would arrive between 9 and 10 a.m. after his morning workout.
The New York Times reported that Trump spends up to 8 hours a day watching television, which Trump has disputed.
“But I don’t get to watch much television. Primarily because of documents. I’m reading documents. A lot,” Trump told reporters last year. “I actually read much more — I read you people much more than I watch television.”
re: #255 gocart mozart
So last night I got in a discussion with David Simon about Keith Richards, watch me back peddle gracefully.
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re: #255 gocart mozart
So last night I got in a discussion with David Simon about Keith Richards, watch me back peddle gracefully.
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Good on ya. I hate this debate. [ETA here: I know that many black musicians suffered greatly and were ripped off.] There certainly were those who exploited the creativity of black musicians, but I don’t think the Brits were those dudes at the time. They worshipped the artists they covered. The Beatles called attention to the absurdity of American segregation when they toured the south. The Stones did everything they could to promote the artist that they learned from.
And to be fair, there were American artists who did this too. The worked within the confines the 50s and 60s culture placed on them, but some of them pushed through. I went to a lecture by musician and producer Steve Buckingham a few years ago where his entire thesis was the way that music broke down barriers in his native Virginia: they put a rope up between the black and white audience in some clubs and that rope was quickly trampled as the crowd commingled to the diverse band onstage.
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re: #261 William Lewis
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re: #149 Scout
No loss.
Though I would tell him that the arrogance of that missive says everything needed about his lack of morality and why he is a republican. Just because he is slightly smart enough to oppose Trump, is he out there fighting for the civil liberties that Trump and the modern day Secret State Police at ICE are smashing every day? Is he opposing their ecological devastation? Is he opposing their shredding of the US economy & destroying SS & Medicare so that billionaires can get a tax cut? If not, well, as I said, no loss.
I suppose he thinks he’s a good Christian, too? < smdh >
Mavericks are retiring Derek Harper’s number in Dallas tonight.
What a great guard he was. Had the Knicks won that Finals against the Rockets in ‘94, he would have been Finals MVP - and that was after he was kind of old.
re: #263 The Vicious Babushka
Which Twitter account is yours? I thought Twitter banned you.
Floppy Boot Stomp
OK—I’m already bored with the Golden Globes—guess I’ll go back to reading “the book” for a bit.
re: #265 PhillyPretzel
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re: #266 William Lewis
No loss.
Though I would tell him that the arrogance of that missive says everything needed about his lack of morality and why he is a republican. Just because he is slightly smart enough to oppose Trump, is he out there fighting for the civil liberties that Trump and the modern day Secret State Police at ICE are smashing every day? Is he opposing their ecological devastation? Is he opposing their shredding of the US economy & destroying SS & Medicare so that billionaires can get a tax cut? If not, well, as I said, no loss.
I suppose he thinks he’s a good Christian, too? < smdh >
To me, there is one reason and one reason only why Drumpf still sits in the office of President. That is because the vast majority of conservatives WON’T PICK UP THE PHONE TO TELL THEIR REPUBLICAN SENATORS AND CONGRESSPERSONS THAT THEY HAVE HAD IT WITH THIS CLOWNSHOW. They can’t even be bothered to do that. They are 100% complicit by their inaction. The house is on fire, and they do nothing. Beneath contempt.
re: #253 Backwoods_Sleuth
Entertainment Weekly
✔
@EW
Debra Messing on the red carpet when being interviewed by E!: “I was so shocked to hear that E! doesn’t believe in paying their female co-hosts the same as their male co-hosts. I miss Catt Sadler. We stand with her.” #GoldenGlobes6:25 PM - Jan 7, 2018
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If these Hollywood e-leets keep up with all this protestin’ stuff, and the ath-o-leets too, wingnut America is gunna run out of TeeVee to watch. Real ‘muricans are gittin’ sick of it, I tells you. *spit*
re: #264 Barefoot Grin
Good on ya. I hate this debate. [ETA here: I know that many black musicians suffered greatly and were ripped off.] There certainly were those who exploited the creativity of black musicians, but I don’t think the Brits were those dudes at the time. They worshipped the artists they covered. The Beatles called attention to the absurdity of American segregation when they toured the south. The Stones did everything they could to promote the artist that they learned from.
And to be fair, there were American artists who did this too. The worked within the confines the 50s and 60s culture placed on them, but some of them pushed through. I went to a lecture by musician and producer Steve Buckingham a few years ago where his entire thesis was the way that music broke down barriers in his native Virginia: they put a rope up between the black and white audience in some clubs and that rope was quickly trampled as the crowd commingled to the diverse band onstage.
en.wikipedia.org
There’s a early concert promo picture of Little Richard with the Beatles (LR was headlining and the Beatles were opening for him); you can see that they were just starstruck and completely in awe of LR.
“Never in the history of this country has a candidate for any major office skirted the law, pushed the legal envelope or been under criminal investigation as much as Hillary Clinton.”
My #OpeningStatement : pic.twitter.com/oAjvPlNNEJ— Jeanine Pirro (@JudgeJeanine) January 7, 2018
Another very stable genius https://t.co/pY1C1m8yso
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) January 7, 2018
re: #262 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
Not Actually Satire
Trump starting workday later to spend more time watching TV and tweeting: report
President Trump is starting his official workday later and spending more time in the mornings watching TV and tweeting, Axios reported Sunday.
Trump’s day is now starting around 11 a.m. and he is also holding far fewer meetings during his workday, Axios reported after viewing copies of Trump’s private schedule.
Fewer meetings probably because no-one wants to meet with him - and he has no idea what they are talking about if they do have a meeting - so easiest option - no meetings. Reality is his C of S is running the administration.
I must study you.. pic.twitter.com/KWEIK8ztBd
— Life on Earth (@planetepics) January 8, 2018
re: #264 Barefoot Grin
Not just that I mean for fuck’s sake, culture works by riffing on what’s already there. However brilliant something might sound to our frame of reference, chances are it wouldn’t even work half as good if not for the target audience’s familiarity with (a bunch of) the referenced and not-quite-so-referenced material that directly preceded it.
It’s bad enough we’ve gone completely insane on IP law pretty much around the globe but let’s not let that stubborn refusal to acknowledge how iterative improvement is actually how culture inherently comes about get any further out of hand than it has already :/
//and don’t even get started on that ‘cultural appropriation’ BS. Geesh. Sometimes I really wonder how/why western civilisation hasn’t been devoured by its own stupidity yet :/
I’ve wondered about this when I’ve seen Trump’s intelligence briefing scheduled for 11am:
POTUS “is starting his official day much later than he did in the early days of his presidency, often around 11am,” @jonathanvswan reports https://t.co/LTzXAA49SY— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 7, 2018
Our president is fighting policy battles of the early 20th century with the temperament of a 19th century con man and the schedule of an 18th century aristocrat. https://t.co/AUJlHCkske
— Peter A. Shulman 📚 (@pashulman) January 7, 2018
Executive time pic.twitter.com/DPu9eqwUUR
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) January 8, 2018
So, not only is Stephen Miller an annoying asshole, he’s also apparently a big fucking baby.
. @lopezlinette reports Stephen Miller wouldn’t leave and had to be escorted off the set after today’s heated interview with Jake Tapperhttps://t.co/MqPCtVHEXT pic.twitter.com/TPCfG1jirO
— Max Tani (@maxwelltani) January 8, 2018
re: #149 Scout
Since the tragedy of November 2016, I’ve avoided contacting a Republican guy I know.
He sent me this message this morning. I’m really weirded out by this.
You should be weirded out. That psychotic ultimatum is some 200 proof passive-aggressive stalker-esque creepsauce. Do not let that fucker back in your life, like ever.
re: #236 The Vicious Babushka
Yes, Trump is taking credit erroneously.
But that graph has it’s own propagandistic qualities:
1) it uses a logarithmic scale for the y-axis. Now, that is probably a good choice for important analyses, but it does make the later changes seem to be less. But the casual viewer of that is probably not aware that it makes the recent change in the DJIA look different than changes 9 years ago.
2) the x-axis stops the actual graph now several weeks short of where we are today.
re: #230 Belafon
Someone made an interesting point about the WikiLeaks upload of the book: They could have modified it, adding some fake stories or tweaking some of the existing ones.
The more important thing about the DJIA is that it may be predicting increasing inflation.
What a cockpunch.
Scoop from @lopezlinette: Stephen Miller refused requests to leave the set at CNN today and had to be escorted out. https://t.co/uLusqxd7W4
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) January 8, 2018
re: #246 Backwoods_Sleuth
Good stuff deep in that Doctor Timeline—\
Mark Reid, MD
@medicalaxioms
If you want to get discharged from an inpatient psychiatry unit, steer clear of the words stable, genius, or #stablegenuis.
Always read the comments.
I’m wondering what Miller thought he was going to accomplish by refusing to leave the CNN set.
Was he going to call Tapper out? I figure Jake would have kicked his ass cold if it came to that.
re: #288 makeitstop
I’m wondering what Miller thought he was going to accomplish by refusing to leave the CNN set.
Was he going to call Tapper out? I figure Jake would have kicked his ass cold if it came to that.
Score points with wingnuts.
“He’s a real badass!”
I’ll do better next universe.
— God (@TheTweetOfGod) January 7, 2018
re: #289 ObserverArt
Score points with wingnuts.
“He’s a real badass!”
Until Tapper broke his jaw and knocked him out. Then ‘Tapper is such a bully!’
re: #274 gocart mozart
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“Never in the history of this country has a candidate for any major office skirted the law, pushed the legal envelope or been under criminal investigation as much as Hillary Clinton.”
My #OpeningStatement : pic.twitter.com/oAjvPlNNEJ— Jeanine Pirro (@JudgeJeanine) January 7, 2018
Judge Ducklips knows what it’s like to be under criminal investigation https://t.co/lmneyTDj4x https://t.co/YIuvI0O98j
— Di Umgebroyzelte Bubbie (@viciousbabushka) January 8, 2018
re: #285 teleskiguy
What a cockpunch.
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Miller strikes me as the type who has to be escorted out of every room he has ever entered.
re: #293 bill d. (b.d.)
Miller strikes me as the type who has to be escorted out of every room he has ever entered.
especially the girl’s locker room.
re: #262 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
It has been noted by reporters many times that they wish he would slow down because they sometimes have trouble keeping up with him,” she said in a statement to Axios.
Which reporters, Sarah? Maggie and Glenn don’t count…
re: #293 bill d. (b.d.)
Miller strikes me as the type who has to be escorted out of every room he has ever entered.
Probably with extra security so he doesn’t get his ass kicked hard by the room.
re: #128 JordanRules
So now @wikileaks is engaged in outright copyright fraud in publishing the full text of Michael Wolff’s book “Fire and Fury”. If that doesn’t make @JulianAssange and that whole crew pure criminals, I don’t know what does….
— TheMajor (@TheMajorsViews) January 8, 2018
re: #135 Backwoods_Sleuth
And probably gave her one-half of a binary-chemical poison while doing her hair…. @PressSec
— TheMajor (@TheMajorsViews) January 8, 2018
re: #288 makeitstop
I’m wondering what Miller thought he was going to accomplish by refusing to leave the CNN set.
Was he going to call Tapper out? I figure Jake would have kicked his ass cold if it came to that.
well, the yam loved it, as did the rest of the walking braindead, so…Mission Accomplished!
“You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. You don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.”
- Johnny Cash— Floppy Boot Stomp (@the_edwin_mix) January 8, 2018
re: #203 gocart mozart
So we have as panelists a pervy lawyer, a @realDonaldTrump suck-up, a criminal Colonel trading arms for hostages during Iran-Contra, Shrub’s Press Secretary and a hypocritical gambler for a host and they have their own show on @FoxNews. Just how much lower do we have to sink ?
— TheMajor (@TheMajorsViews) January 8, 2018
re: #280 makeitstop
So, not only is Stephen Miller an annoying asshole, he’s also apparently a big fucking baby.
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I just realized who inspired Shithead Miller to act the way he did!