In Which Steve Bannon Gets a Subpoena for Grand Jury Testimony in Mueller's Russia Investigation

In Which Steve Bannon Gets a Subpoena for Grand Jury Testimony in Mueller’s Russia Investigation

PoliticsJanuary 2018 • Views: 30,509

Today we’re learning about the drop of a rather large shoe in Robert Mueller’s investigation of the Trump campaign’s Russia connections: Stephen Bannon has been subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury.

This comes on the heels of Donald Trump’s reckless, vicious attacks on Bannon, which makes it especially interesting.

WASHINGTON — Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump’s former chief strategist, was subpoenaed last week by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, to testify before a grand jury as part of the investigation into possible links between Mr. Trump’s associates and Russia, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.

The move marked the first time Mr. Mueller is known to have used a grand jury subpoena to seek information from a member of Mr. Trump’s inner circle. The special counsel’s office has used subpoenas before to seek information on Mr. Trump’s associates and their possible ties to Russia or other foreign governments.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jan 16, 2018 • 11:41:52am

I was not expecting him to be called to testify, at least not at this point.

Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Jan 16, 2018 • 11:43:01am

Monkeys use trees to catapult themselves out of Japanese laboratory

I wonder if one hero monkey had to stay behind to launch the 2nd to last monkey.
Unfortunately for the monkeys, they had no step 2 to their plan, and failed to run away.

wrenchwench Jan 16, 2018 • 11:44:26am

re: #1 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I was not expecting him to be called to testify, at least not at this point.

And where, exactly, is this point? Can you show me on a map? Or in the script? It always feels like the beginning of the end, wherever that is.

HappyWarrior Jan 16, 2018 • 11:45:29am

Re: Right wing populism. Plundering is fine just as long as “those people” are the ones impacted.

KingKenrod Jan 16, 2018 • 11:46:49am

Sources say Bannon told by WH not to answer questions before House Intel Cmte about the White House and the transition. Did not assert executive privilege. Committee subpoenas him during the meeting to comply while in the hearing.

— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) January 16, 2018

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Dr. Matt Jan 16, 2018 • 11:47:02am

#SteveBannon was likely hated by his parents. This would explain why a guy who never faced any real injustice in his entire privileged life but yet is so embittered and angry at America. #maga

— I hope & pray the Nazis/alt-right get ball cancer (@DrMatthew) January 16, 2018

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Belafon Jan 16, 2018 • 11:48:42am

re: #6 Dr. Matt

Bannon probably failed to get into art school.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jan 16, 2018 • 11:48:47am

re: #3 wrenchwench

And where, exactly, is this point? Can you show me on a map? Or in the script? It always feels like the beginning of the end, wherever that is.

I mean that I expected a lot of other people to be called up to testify before his name came up.

makeitstop Jan 16, 2018 • 11:49:10am

re: #5 KingKenrod

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Has issuing a subpoena during a hearing ever even happened before?

Ace-o-aces Jan 16, 2018 • 11:50:20am

“No one received any death threats” is a pretty low bar for a successful meeting.

— aceoaces (@aceoaces) January 16, 2018

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jaunte Jan 16, 2018 • 11:54:13am

Secretary Nielsen lying to Congressmen even after swearing to tell the truth.

Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Jan 16, 2018 • 11:56:19am

re: #10 Ace-o-aces

Pretending it didn’t happen because wingnut revisionist history says that does not reflect well on you. Why would Trump have called people to brag about his bigoted comment if it didn’t happen?

— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) January 16, 2018

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plansbandc Jan 16, 2018 • 11:59:16am

BeachDem Jan 16, 2018 • 11:59:53am

re: #10 Ace-o-aces

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Isn’t he ~~getting a little bit ahead of himself~~ living in an alternate reality with his twitter handle?

Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Jan 16, 2018 • 12:01:23pm

re: #14 BeachDem

Isn’t he ~~getting a little bit ahead of himself~~ living in an alternate reality with his twitter handle?

You never know what AZ wingnuts will do. This wouldn’t be the first lying shitbag they’ve elected.

scottslemmons Jan 16, 2018 • 12:02:34pm

re: #10 Ace-o-aces

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Craig Brittain: Revenge porn king.

Republicans attract the best candidates.

KGxvi Jan 16, 2018 • 12:02:58pm

re: #15 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

You never know what AZ wingnuts will do. This wouldn’t be the first lying shitbag they’ve elected.

I really can’t wait for Arpaio to get 38% of the vote in the general election next year.

whitebeach Jan 16, 2018 • 12:03:46pm

re: #13 plansbandc

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No need to resort to heroic medicine quite yet, I think. So far plain old vodka, or on those especially tough occasions, rum, still do the trick for me.

Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Jan 16, 2018 • 12:04:32pm

re: #16 scottslemmons

Craig Brittain: Revenge porn king.

Republicans attract the best candidates.

Craig’s advantage in this is that no one would have sex with him, so there’s no chance of being a revenge porn victim himself.

BeachDem Jan 16, 2018 • 12:07:25pm

re: #19 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

Craig’s advantage in this is that no one would have sex with him, so there’s no chance of being a revenge porn victim himself.

My favorite part of his whole skeevy skam is this:

Mr. Brittain’s past exploits as a revenge-porn website entrepreneur who carried “ads” from a “lawyer” who offered to help take down nekkid pictures from the site, for the low low filing fee of $250 bucks — oddly, that “lawyer’s” website was registered/owned by by Craig Brittain.
wonkette.com

Dr. Matt Jan 16, 2018 • 12:08:01pm

re: #16 scottslemmons

Craig Brittain: Revenge porn king.

Republicans attract the best candidates.

The little shitstain posted a fake tweet from his role model:

Citizen K Jan 16, 2018 • 12:10:17pm

So many things going on at this point. I could go through my usual hits, but instead I want to bring some levity instead.

“I’m NOT shouting!…alright, I am! I’m shouting, I’m shouting, I’m….” pic.twitter.com/0pA0UiHNXf

— K-ble Genius (@Citizen_Kryptik) January 16, 2018

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(Alternatively)
“WILL YOU STOP THAT?!”
“No.”

— K-ble Genius (@Citizen_Kryptik) January 16, 2018

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plansbandc Jan 16, 2018 • 12:10:22pm

Republicans: Always the bottom of the barrel.

I Would Prefer Not To Jan 16, 2018 • 12:10:46pm

Forget it Jake, it’s Chinatown.

Ace-o-aces Jan 16, 2018 • 12:11:03pm

re: #15 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

You never know what AZ wingnuts will do. This wouldn’t be the first lying shitbag they’ve elected.

Yeah, but the fact that 50% of the electorate are Women is gonna be a problem for him.

VegasGolfer Jan 16, 2018 • 12:12:11pm

What’d I miss that caused the Stock Market to plummet 268 pts. in the last few hours?

Rocky-in-Connecticut Jan 16, 2018 • 12:12:40pm

Presidential Pardon coming in 3…2…1…

Despite Bannon and Trumps equal and personal dislike for each other, a Pardon will soon be issued for Bannon as yet another Constitutional Crisis oozes and seeps from this administration.

Belafon Jan 16, 2018 • 12:13:22pm

re: #26 VegasGolfer

What’d I miss that caused the Stock Market to plummet 268 pts. in the last few hours?

Maybe the fact that China downgraded our credit due to Trump.

HappyWarrior Jan 16, 2018 • 12:14:40pm

This Brittain Guy seems reasonable.

Eclectic Cyborg Jan 16, 2018 • 12:15:24pm

re: #27 Rocky-in-Connecticut

But pardons would also be an admission of guilt, right?

VegasGolfer Jan 16, 2018 • 12:15:57pm

re: #28 Belafon

yup, read that this morning, don’t suppose we’ll hear about that from the yam

makeitstop Jan 16, 2018 • 12:17:46pm

In other news…Wallaby in custody after bouncing over Sydney Harbour Bridge

A police spokeswoman said the marsupial started in lane eight before hopping across a number of lanes on the bridge and exiting onto the Cahill Expressway and turning down Macquarie Street, heading for the Conservatorium of Music.

The speed on the Harbour Bridge was reduced while the wallaby was making its way south, and police pursued the animal before taking it into custody at the Conservatorium, the police spokeswoman said.

Noisy but cute video at the link.

Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Jan 16, 2018 • 12:22:28pm

Researchers find that one person likely drove Bitcoin from $150 to $1,000 (TechCrunch)

KingKenrod Jan 16, 2018 • 12:27:22pm

re: #9 makeitstop

Has issuing a subpoena during a hearing ever even happened before?

I don’t know, I suspect it is rare. But there’s the prospect of WH witness tampering here if they are trying to guide his testimony.

ObserverArt Jan 16, 2018 • 12:28:30pm

re: #3 wrenchwench

And where, exactly, is this point? Can you show me on a map? Or in the script? It always feels like the beginning of the end, wherever that is.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

I’m not ready for existential philosophy this early in the day. Can we keep that down until after dinner. Thanks.

Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 12:29:18pm

ok, fine…

“President Donald J. Trump Proclaims January 16, 2018, as Religious Freedom Day” https://t.co/bD3R2dJfyp

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 16, 2018

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ObserverArt Jan 16, 2018 • 12:31:02pm

re: #10 Ace-o-aces

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Nice soul patch for a candidate for senate from Arizona.

Jebediah, RBG Jan 16, 2018 • 12:32:31pm

re: #37 ObserverArt

Nice soul patch for a candidate for senate from Arizona.

Especially for a soul-less cockbag.

nines09 Jan 16, 2018 • 12:33:16pm

wrenchwench Jan 16, 2018 • 12:33:56pm

re: #35 ObserverArt

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

I’m not ready for existential philosophy this early in the day. Can we keep that down until after dinner. Thanks.

Come on, you’re an hour ahead of me, supposedly. Existential philosophy was last thread.

We start Tuesday with the knowledge that
Nietzsche: it can’t break us
Schopenhauer: if it does break us, we’ll be the last to know
Beckett: it’s unlikely that we made it through Monday

— Jan Mieszkowski (@janmpdx) January 16, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 12:35:01pm

JFC!!!

Kentucky Gov. Bevin has issued an executive order saying that if any part of his Medicaid work requirement is struck down in court, he’ll terminate the state’s Obamacare Medicaid expansion, which insures nearly 500,000 people: https://t.co/oza0EtgkrZ

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 16, 2018

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I really REALLY despise my Commonwealth’s governor (and, no, I did not vote for him).

ObserverArt Jan 16, 2018 • 12:35:27pm

re: #23 plansbandc

Republicans: Always the bottom of the barrel.

Political sludge.

There is a strong need for industrial cleaners to break it up so it can be disposed of.

Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 12:36:43pm

During the MLK breakfast in Dubuque, IA a lady interrupted and said “I am really glad he did die because you people started all these race relations and really tore our country apart”.

This is the type of hatred @SteveKingIA promotes

Help Us Destroy Him: https://t.co/2RjpZ2VJtR pic.twitter.com/OzekGbcVxj

— Kim Weaver (@KimWeaverIA) January 16, 2018

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Belafon Jan 16, 2018 • 12:38:09pm

re: #41 Backwoods_Sleuth

JFC!!!

I really REALLY despise my Commonwealth’s governor (and, no, I did not vote for him).

Sue him anyway folks. Don’t let his threats ruin government.

FormerDirtDart Jan 16, 2018 • 12:38:09pm

The speakers at the White House Empowering Women Symposium, including the president, have spoke about what they do/what they’ve accomplished.

— Kate Brannen (@K8brannen) January 16, 2018

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None of the speeches have anything to do with “empowering women” theme.

— Kate Brannen (@K8brannen) January 16, 2018

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In short, the White House Empowering Women Symposium is about almost everything other than “empowering women.”

— Kate Brannen (@K8brannen) January 16, 2018

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ObserverArt Jan 16, 2018 • 12:39:21pm

re: #40 wrenchwench

Come on, you’re an hour ahead of me, supposedly. Existential philosophy was last thread.

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2 hours. Ohio is Eastern Time.

But still too early. I get into the heavy stuff after sundown.

Ace-o-aces Jan 16, 2018 • 12:40:06pm

https://t.co/Ib7T6KFBMZ

— aceoaces (@aceoaces) January 16, 2018

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ObserverArt Jan 16, 2018 • 12:40:30pm

re: #41 Backwoods_Sleuth

JFC!!!

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I really REALLY despise my Commonwealth’s governor (and, no, I did not vote for him).

What do most of the Kentucky people think of the asshole?

I’m hoping he is not long for office. But then…

austin_blue Jan 16, 2018 • 12:40:38pm

re: #26 VegasGolfer

What’d I miss that caused the Stock Market to plummet 268 pts. in the last few hours?

Irrational exuberance.

HappyWarrior Jan 16, 2018 • 12:41:11pm

re: #43 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Well at least she’s honest unlike King.

HappyWarrior Jan 16, 2018 • 12:41:55pm

re: #45 FormerDirtDart

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Oh.

wrenchwench Jan 16, 2018 • 12:42:00pm

re: #46 ObserverArt

2 hours. Ohio is Eastern Time.

But still too early. I get into the heavy stuff after sundown.

Damnit, I had ‘2 hours’ until I ‘corrected’ it.

Ace-o-aces Jan 16, 2018 • 12:42:13pm

Just realizes H.P. Lovecraft’s “Nemesis” has the same meter as Billy Joel’s “Piano Man.” pic.twitter.com/Oty5JxoHWW

— Captain Video (@OurWorldcomic) January 14, 2018

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FormerDirtDart Jan 16, 2018 • 12:43:18pm

There was some suspicion that it’d happen, but Dr. Ronny Jackson is releasing detailed medical information about Trump - comparable to, or possibly even more than, he released when he examined Obama.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 16, 2018

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FormerDirtDart Jan 16, 2018 • 12:44:11pm

“In summary, the president’s overall health is excellent,” Jackson says, but “he would benefit from a diet that is lower in fat and carbohydrates” and included regular exercise.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 16, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 12:45:02pm

Just a reminder, there’s never been a US government shutdown with employee furloughs when a single party held the House, Senate and White House.

— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) January 16, 2018

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Or a nuclear war for that matter https://t.co/KkDijQCI5N

— Jeff Gauvin (@JeffersonObama) January 16, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 12:45:26pm

The photo on @pemalevy’s story on Cory Booker tearing into Trump’s homeland security secretary is A+ https://t.co/jE2KAGlOvB pic.twitter.com/7hiCQNwH6N

— Aaron Wiener (@aaronwiener) January 16, 2018

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Charles Johnson Jan 16, 2018 • 12:45:44pm

“President Donald J. Trump Proclaims January 16, 2018, as Religious Freedom Day” https://t.co/bD3R2dJfyp

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 16, 2018

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This proclamation is packed with false religious right talking points about the founding fathers and the purpose of the First Amendment. This isn’t about “religious freedom,” it’s about right wing wing religious supremacy. https://t.co/iXojYlaKqe

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 16, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 12:46:13pm

re: #55 FormerDirtDart

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so, the yam is faking being a moron.
got it.

Citizen K Jan 16, 2018 • 12:48:25pm

re: #54 FormerDirtDart

re: #55 FormerDirtDart

Forgive me for extreme skepticism.

dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸ Jan 16, 2018 • 12:48:40pm

so not achieving peace in the mideast

Trump administration withholds $65 million from UN agency for Palestinians

Ace-o-aces Jan 16, 2018 • 12:49:10pm

Me: Why is Alec Baldwin trending?
*clicks link* pic.twitter.com/6h4rnAxD7Q

— aceoaces (@aceoaces) January 16, 2018

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FormerDirtDart Jan 16, 2018 • 12:50:08pm

The guy would have to have the absolute minimum muscle development to enable him to stand erect

I don’t believe Trump is 6’3” and 239 pounds. No way.

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) January 16, 2018

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Ace-o-aces Jan 16, 2018 • 12:57:11pm

“…other than his Twitter feed.”

— aceoaces (@aceoaces) January 16, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 12:57:50pm

When ignorance and bigotry are allied with power, it’s a dangerous force in our country.

To not stand up to this; to be silent— is to be a part of the problem. pic.twitter.com/Gtx65dxTIF

— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) January 16, 2018

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makeitstop Jan 16, 2018 • 12:58:22pm

Bannon citing executive privilege during transition period, causing problems for his testimony before House Intel. “I certainly think that the committee respects executive privilege, it’s when does that attach is the question that’s sort of dominating the day,” Rooney said.

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 16, 2018

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Colère Tueur de Lapin Jan 16, 2018 • 12:59:02pm

re: #43 Backwoods_Sleuth

Die is the wrong verb. He was murdered.

jaunte Jan 16, 2018 • 12:59:13pm

re: #63 FormerDirtDart

I’m 6’4” , 230. There is NO WAY Trump only weighs 9lbs more.

FormerDirtDart Jan 16, 2018 • 1:00:24pm

re: #68 jaunte

I’m 6’4” , 230. There is NO WAY Trump only weighs 9lbs more.

I have to assume he has legs like pencils

jaunte Jan 16, 2018 • 1:01:03pm

re: #69 FormerDirtDart

260 plus at minimum.

makeitstop Jan 16, 2018 • 1:01:27pm

re: #69 FormerDirtDart

I have to assume he has legs like pencils

I have to assume the good doctor is blowing smoke up our asses.

FormerDirtDart Jan 16, 2018 • 1:02:05pm

Santa must not have been available…

Eagles fan charged with punching a police horse after being kicked out of stadium https://t.co/8hRzkze3zG pic.twitter.com/7X1OSxkjEj

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) January 16, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 1:02:12pm

Trump is going to make Dr. Jackson his daily briefer.

— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) January 16, 2018

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Stanley Sea Jan 16, 2018 • 1:02:22pm

Bone spurs!!

Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 1:02:35pm

This press conference has now shifted into sycophant mode. Both disturbing and sickening.

— Matt Murphy (@MattMurph24) January 16, 2018

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Citizen K Jan 16, 2018 • 1:03:01pm

re: #71 makeitstop

I have to assume the good doctor is blowing smoke up our asses.

The entire thing feels like it throws all his previous examinations (yes, even Obama’s) into question. Because holy shit, this just feels like bullshit on its face.

TedStriker Jan 16, 2018 • 1:03:25pm

re: #71 makeitstop

I have to assume the good doctor is blowing smoke up our asses.

I have to assume Jackson’s fudging Trump’s results, because Trump is the man that can literally have him assigned him to a base above the Arctic Circle or end his career outright.

Sir John Barron Jan 16, 2018 • 1:03:38pm

re: #55 FormerDirtDart

Fake news! I get plenty of vigorous exercise!

Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 1:04:54pm

Oh great. The WH doctor is saying Trump “has incredibly good genes” over and over again.

Does he know the president literally believes in eugenics?

— digby (@digby56) January 16, 2018

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Belafon Jan 16, 2018 • 1:05:05pm

Do you guys not know how many calories you burn tweeting?!! It’s YUGE!

jaunte Jan 16, 2018 • 1:05:27pm

Kudos to the young woman reporter who asked whether Trump still has bone spurs.

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) January 16, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 1:05:36pm

“He’s very independent when it comes to his medical stuff,” Dr. Ronny Jackson says of President Trump. “He doesn’t come to me for bandaids and that kinda stuff.”

— Matt Viser (@mviser) January 16, 2018

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Who the fuck goes to the doctor for band-aids? https://t.co/VQ5mZzbRoF

— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) January 16, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 1:06:10pm

239? when? 1998?

— Jesús Sandoval Jr. 🇲🇽 (@j_sandoval_jr) January 16, 2018

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jaunte Jan 16, 2018 • 1:06:19pm

re: #82 Backwoods_Sleuth

Kevin McCarthy collects the red and pink ones for him.

Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 1:07:12pm

oh,

Here’s the administrator’s portion of a Montreal Cognitive Assessment: https://t.co/2kV1TsFOIc

— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) January 16, 2018

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Skip Intro Jan 16, 2018 • 1:08:19pm

re: #85 Backwoods_Sleuth

There are multiple versions of this test. The most recent one I found was from 2014.

jaunte Jan 16, 2018 • 1:08:58pm

So…is this doctor saying Trump is CHOOSING to behave like this?

— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) January 16, 2018

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austin_blue Jan 16, 2018 • 1:09:14pm

Interesting factoid from Krugman’s NYT OpEd today regarding how the south and midwest have fallen well behind the rest of the country in wealth generation:

“…the 2016 election largely pitted these rising regions against those left behind, which is why counties carried by Clinton, who won only a narrow margin of the popular vote, account for a remarkable 64 percent of US G.D.P., almost twice as much as Trump counties.”

His OpEd is titled “Know-Nothings For the 21st Century”. It is very on-point, as usual.

Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 1:10:13pm

JFC
This is a fucking Greek tragedy.

Jackson says he didn’t look for bone spurs (which Trump cited in avoiding Vietnam service), since “none of that stuff’s been bothering him recently” and they were “crunched for time.”

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 16, 2018

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Jackson acknowledges that Trump’s given weight, 239 pounds, is one pound from a classification as obese. Says Trump knows he should lose weight.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 16, 2018

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Kilroy was here Jan 16, 2018 • 1:12:29pm

Trump is 239 pounds only if he did his physical on the moon..

Citizen K Jan 16, 2018 • 1:13:04pm

Welp. This ruined any hope for trying to keep levity here for the day:

If there’s no actual cognitive dysfunction from Trump, then he has no excuse for being the monster that he is. #JustSaying #Dolt45 #TuesdayThoughts

— K-ble Genius (@Citizen_Kryptik) January 16, 2018

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With all the excessively adulatory and hyperbolic language, does anyone really believe Trump was found to be that healthy in his physical? I’m not sure this level of adulation is normal in a medical report. #JustSaying #TuesdayThoughts

— K-ble Genius (@Citizen_Kryptik) January 16, 2018

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Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, that sounds totally like something a Doctor would come out and say in a professional opinion…

— K-ble Genius (@Citizen_Kryptik) January 16, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 1:13:15pm

Trump sleeps only 4-5 hours a night, Dr. Jackson says.

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 16, 2018

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Well, when you drink 18 Diet Cokes per day… https://t.co/iNcDzqlZTq

— Sarah Wood (@sarahwoodwriter) January 16, 2018

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jaunte Jan 16, 2018 • 1:16:40pm

We are not bombing Cambodia.
There are WMDs in Iraq.
Trump is in great health.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jan 16, 2018 • 1:19:06pm

re: #26 VegasGolfer

What’d I miss that caused the Stock Market to plummet 268 pts. in the last few hours?

China’s biggest bank downgrading US credit rating?

Ace-o-aces Jan 16, 2018 • 1:20:10pm

Dr. Ronny Jackson says that Trump scored “30/30” on his neurocognitive exam.What he actually gave Trump was a “mini mental status” exam. It’s a screening tool and is not sensitive for mild dementia. Here’s a copy:https://t.co/GfDPncIAbV

— aceoaces (@aceoaces) January 16, 2018

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It also doesn’t assess many other kinds of mental disorders. I’ve got several patients with severe psychiatric problems who absolutely ace the MMSE.

ObserverArt Jan 16, 2018 • 1:21:29pm

So, basically Doctor Ronny is saying Trump will live forever!

Yeah, right Doc.

I think Trump’s Goon Squad got to the doctor. I wonder what kind of dirt they have on him.

jaunte Jan 16, 2018 • 1:22:39pm

This doctor is a Trump toadie all the way. Says he’s never seen him under stress. Give me a break.

“Has a unique ability to wake up in the morning and reset.”
Utter bullshit! He fulminates for WEEKS, can’t let anything go. He still talks about the fucking campaign every day.

— digby (@digby56) January 16, 2018

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CongoJack Jan 16, 2018 • 1:23:14pm

re: #63 FormerDirtDart

The guy would have to have the absolute minimum muscle development to enable him to stand erect

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I’m 6’5 and 250 lbs… I am easily 50 lbs lighter than Pres Dump

Belafon Jan 16, 2018 • 1:23:15pm

re: #96 ObserverArt

So, basically Doctor Ronny is saying Trump will live forever!

Yeah, right Doc.

I think Trump’s Goon Squad got to the doctor. I wonder what kind of dirt they have on him.

He’s a member of the military. All they have to say is “How would you like to be handing out band-aids in Afghanistan?”

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Blind Frog Belly White Jan 16, 2018 • 1:25:03pm

NEW: Doctor Ronny Jackson reports Trump is 75” tall, 239 pounds.
Resting heart rate: 68.
Blood pressure is 122/74.

— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) January 16, 2018

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Bullshit.

I’m 6’0”, and I’ve BEEN 239lbs, and I was nowhere near as fat as that tub of guts.

This means nothing in the report can be taken seriously. Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus.

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jaunte Jan 16, 2018 • 1:25:21pm

Remember when European leaders walked 700 yards together, but Trump had to take a golf cart?

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Ace-o-aces Jan 16, 2018 • 1:25:47pm

Fine, but his office obviously needs a new scale. 239lbs my ass!

— aceoaces (@aceoaces) January 16, 2018

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nowherenorth2 Jan 16, 2018 • 1:27:01pm

re: #100 Blind Frog Belly White

I’m 6’2” and weigh 297. But I also powerlift. But a lot is in my stomach and I dont look that huge either

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mmmirele Jan 16, 2018 • 1:27:21pm

I weigh 239. I’m 5 foot 6. I look thinner than Trump. That can’t be for real.

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ObserverArt Jan 16, 2018 • 1:28:42pm

re: #99 Belafon

He’s a member of the military. All they have to say is “How would you like to be handing out band-aids in Afghanistan?”

The Generals gave him the orders. John Kelly would not surprise me at all. He seems to be a Goon too.

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KGxvi Jan 16, 2018 • 1:30:45pm

re: #67 Colère Tueur de Lapin

Die is the wrong verb. He was murdered.

His murder was politically motivated, so assassinated would actually be an even more accurate verb.

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jaunte Jan 16, 2018 • 1:31:23pm

According to Dr. Ronny Johnson, Donald Trump is currently one inch taller and one pound lighter than Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback Donovan McNabb was during his NFL playing days. pic.twitter.com/qS4SH73gjX

— Donald J Orwell (@DonaldJOrwell) January 16, 2018

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Cheechako Jan 16, 2018 • 1:31:57pm

Well, it’s a well known fact that TV cameras will add 50 pounds to anyone.

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Ace-o-aces Jan 16, 2018 • 1:32:58pm

Trying to figure out how Trump could possibly be 6’ 3” and 329lbs pic.twitter.com/2MOrxbqrmT

— aceoaces (@aceoaces) January 16, 2018

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Jan 16, 2018 • 1:33:50pm

re: #107 jaunte

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Muscle does weigh more than fat, and Trump won’t have any muscles at his age and with his complete lack of exercise.

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bratwurst Jan 16, 2018 • 1:34:15pm

re: #107 jaunte

Jay Cutler is 6’3” and 233. Donald Trump is 6’3” and 239. What a difference six pounds makes! pic.twitter.com/ECiWtPVtwn

— Ronald Reagan’s Spinning Corpse (@SpinningRonnie) January 16, 2018

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Targetpractice Jan 16, 2018 • 1:34:17pm

So basically it sounds like the Doc is either bullshitting us about Trump’s height or weight in order for his BMI to magically be 1lb short of being medically diagnosed as obese.

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jaunte Jan 16, 2018 • 1:36:28pm

re: #112 Targetpractice

The 240 limit will never be crossed by this WH staff.

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FormerDirtDart Jan 16, 2018 • 1:36:45pm

Sarah Sanders calls the fake news awards event slated for tomorrow a “potential” event.

— Miranda Green (@mirandacgreen) January 16, 2018

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MsJ Jan 16, 2018 • 1:36:53pm

re: #82 Backwoods_Sleuth

The better question is what kind of doctor speaks like that? Something is not right here.

— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) January 16, 2018

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Targetpractice Jan 16, 2018 • 1:37:04pm

Surprise Dr. Jackson didn’t also declare that Trump’s dick is absolutely huge just to stroke his ego a little more.

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jaunte Jan 16, 2018 • 1:37:05pm

We are all Girthers now.

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Interesting Times Jan 16, 2018 • 1:37:06pm

re: #110 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

Muscle does weigh more than fat, and Trump won’t have any muscles at his age and with his complete lack of exercise.

Technically no (it’s like that old joke, “What weighs more? A pound of feathers or a pound of lead?”) It’s just that fat cells take up a lot more space than muscle (that is, muscle cells are denser…so, fat vs muscle is sort of like a cotton ball vs. a pea)

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ObserverArt Jan 16, 2018 • 1:38:31pm

re: #114 FormerDirtDart

Miranda Green
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@mirandacgreen
Sarah Sanders calls the fake news awards event slated for tomorrow a “potential” event.

4:34 PM - Jan 16, 2018
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Come see the Clown Show.

No thanks, we see too much of this Clown Show.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 1:39:23pm

re: #119 ObserverArt

Come see the Clown Show.

No thanks, we see too much of this Clown Show.

the clown show that never ends…

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austin_blue Jan 16, 2018 • 1:39:35pm

Maybe it’s not body fat. Maybe it’s just hot air?

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Jan 16, 2018 • 1:39:46pm

re: #114 FormerDirtDart

More like a probable fiasco. A mad, would-be autocrat is trying to undermine the media that we depend on to keep him in check, as he pretends that Fox Party media is news.

— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) January 16, 2018

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Belafon Jan 16, 2018 • 1:41:56pm

re: #118 Interesting Times

Technically no (it’s like that old joke, “What weighs more? A pound of feathers or a pound of lead?”) It’s just that fat cells take up a lot more space than muscle (that is, muscle cells are denser…so, fat vs muscle is sort of like a cotton ball vs. a pea)

So, a cubic Trump of fat would weigh less than a cubic Cutler of muscle.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 1:42:53pm

As we listen to the health reports of a man we all hate, please let us remember that being fat and/or unhealthy is not a moral failing and Trimp’s bigotry has nothing to do with his BMI.

— heidi heilig (@heidiheilig) January 16, 2018

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excuse me while I don’t give a flying fuck about that…

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Colère Tueur de Lapin Jan 16, 2018 • 1:43:21pm

re: #108 Cheechako

Well, it’s a well known fact that TV cameras will add 50 pounds to anyone.

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So, three cameras on him at all times?

Yeah, not my joke.

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jaunte Jan 16, 2018 • 1:43:28pm

re: #123 Belafon

1.06 (muscle) to .9 (fat) ratio.

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Ace-o-aces Jan 16, 2018 • 1:44:00pm

Somewhere at Rotten Tomatoes offices:
“Who’s in charge of our Twitter?”
“New guy we just hired from…Hawaii Emergency Management Agency…”

— aceoaces (@aceoaces) January 16, 2018

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jaunte Jan 16, 2018 • 1:44:22pm

Whoops, muscle to fat, I mean.

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Weaselone Jan 16, 2018 • 1:44:56pm

re: #126 jaunte

I thought it was 1.06 to .9?

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jaunte Jan 16, 2018 • 1:45:54pm

re: #129 Weaselone

You’re right, I screwed that part up too.

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 16, 2018 • 1:47:21pm

So Trump is 6ft 3in and 239.

Mr. Olympia Phil Heath is 5ft 9in and 240….

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makeitstop Jan 16, 2018 • 1:47:28pm

Source confirms that Bannon was issued a subpoena today by House Intel after REFUSING to disclose info after the campaign; his refusal to talk angered both Republicans and Democrats alike. Hearing still ongoing

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 16, 2018

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jaunte Jan 16, 2018 • 1:47:32pm

pic.twitter.com/08RnvlPOKV

— Jeff Gauvin (@JeffersonObama) January 16, 2018

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Bucket O’ Health.

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Mike Lamb Jan 16, 2018 • 1:48:15pm

The guy that needed a golf cart at whatever summit he was at has more stamina than anyone around him?

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blueraven Jan 16, 2018 • 1:51:07pm

I would love to have the doc’s scales at my house. No adjustments please.

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nines09 Jan 16, 2018 • 1:52:59pm

re: #133 jaunte

Come on, chicken bone……

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ObserverArt Jan 16, 2018 • 1:53:16pm

re: #134 Mike Lamb

The guy that needed a golf cart at whatever summit he was at has more stamina than anyone around him?

That’s because he was all dressed up in his best suit and they didn’t want ~~the pig~~ him sweating all over the place.

Now, had he been in his genes, he would have jogged past them all waving and yelling see you later suckers!

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Old Liberal Jan 16, 2018 • 1:55:44pm

The health report, wow. So is even the military medical staff compromised, or are these the real numbers? What the f…..

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makeitstop Jan 16, 2018 • 1:56:54pm

re: #138 Old Liberal

The health report, wow. So is even the military medical staff compromised, or are these the real numbers? What the f…..

The doctor got his orders and followed them, from the look of it.

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jaunte Jan 16, 2018 • 1:59:00pm

re: #139 makeitstop

Very North Korean.

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Cheechako Jan 16, 2018 • 1:59:00pm

That Doctor is going to look real bad if trump has a heart attack on the golf course tomorrow.

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Old Liberal Jan 16, 2018 • 2:00:07pm

re: #139 makeitstop

The doctor got his orders and followed them, from the look of it.

Or is it possible, the doctor wrote a real report, Trump had it changed, and Jackson was ordered not to betray the commander in chief?

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 2:00:35pm

On what planet is @realDonaldTrump 239 lbs???

— Chris Lavoie (@RadioGuyChris) January 16, 2018

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I weigh 239! There’s no way we’re the same weight. https://t.co/c0fs0y9R2d

— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) January 16, 2018

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7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course) Jan 16, 2018 • 2:00:40pm

re: #63 FormerDirtDart

The guy would have to have the absolute minimum muscle development to enable him to stand erect

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If he is 6’3” then he weighs well over 300 pounds. I know this as a former fatty. That weight has to be false.

And, as someone who used to be 5’10” but is now 5’9” - and 70 years old - I find his apparent growth in height from 6’2” to 6’3” over the last decade or so to be unbelievable. There is no way he is not at least an inch or more shorter than he used to be.

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Ace Rothstein Jan 16, 2018 • 2:01:48pm

Trump is 239 pounds? And I’m 6’6”. (I’m 5’4”)

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makeitstop Jan 16, 2018 • 2:01:48pm

re: #142 Old Liberal

Or is it possible, the doctor wrote a real report, Trump had it changed, and Jackson was ordered not to betray the commander in chief?

This doctor is the guy who did Obama’s physicals, and was widely hyped as a straight shooter.

I’m thinking there were probably subtle threats involved.

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nines09 Jan 16, 2018 • 2:01:54pm

The face of someone who has seen Trump naked. pic.twitter.com/ElYdtPVp4B

— Full Frontal (@FullFrontalSamB) January 16, 2018

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jaunte Jan 16, 2018 • 2:02:02pm

re: #144 7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)

his apparent growth in height from 6’2” to 6’3” over the last decade

That bit in particular has all the hallmarks of a personal Trump addition.

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makeitstop Jan 16, 2018 • 2:02:16pm

Former CIA Officer Arrested for Retaining Classified Information https://t.co/LINv6ulw3z

— Justice Department (@TheJusticeDept) January 16, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 2:02:34pm

White House doctor says despite President Trump’s fast food habit and lack of exercise, he’s in “excellent” condition; “He has incredibly good genes, and it’s just the way God made him” https://t.co/fpNP3Hpnco pic.twitter.com/VGoTFSgp7C

— CNN (@CNN) January 16, 2018

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I didn’t make him. Period. https://t.co/ike9FzFB2B

— God (@TheTweetOfGod) January 16, 2018

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Eclectic Cyborg Jan 16, 2018 • 2:02:47pm

re: #138 Old Liberal

The health report, wow. So is even the military medical staff compromised, or are these the real numbers? What the f…..

It’s kind of like lying to the VP at your company and telling him that really dumb idea he has is fucking brilliant and will make a ton of money.

Got to keep in good with the people who can fuck up your life in an instant.

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jaunte Jan 16, 2018 • 2:03:54pm

The doctor also just said: “The president does take some ambien on occasion…like we all do”

— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) January 16, 2018

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The president forbids White House housekeepers from changing his sheets, insisting on stripping his bed himself.

Like we all would. https://t.co/Zfcav4XvlV

— David Waldman, LLC (@KagroX) January 16, 2018

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Jan 16, 2018 • 2:04:43pm

re: #139 makeitstop

The doctor got his orders and followed them, from the look of it.

And wingnuts are now accusing “dims” of attacking the doctor.
We live in the equivalent of North Korea, and the wingnuts have found their dear leader.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Jan 16, 2018 • 2:05:58pm

re: #152 jaunte

As one does if they wet the bed,

— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) January 16, 2018

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jaunte Jan 16, 2018 • 2:09:26pm

Ambien side effects
drugs.com

Psychiatric

Common (1% to 10%): Depression, abnormal dreams, sleep disorder, insomnia, exacerbated/aggravated insomnia, hallucinations, agitation, nightmare, drugged feeling, confusion, euphoria, memory impairment, amnesia, anterograde amnesia, nervousness, disorientation, anxiety, psychomotor retardation, binge eating, depersonalization, disinhibition, mood swings, stress symptoms, apathy

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Jack Burton Jan 16, 2018 • 2:10:34pm

re: #152 jaunte

“Like we all do”…

On what planet? I know 2 people with Ambien prescriptions. One time one of them walked with me out to my truck when I was leaving a get together at his place. We had a bizarre 20 minute rambling and pointless conversation. He couldn’t remember how to get to the parking lot, couldn’t remember how to get back to his condo, and sat down under a tree until his wife came looking for him.

When asked about it, he has no memory of this. Also he doesn’t drink.

NO ONE WITH ACCESS TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS SHOULD BE ON THAT SHIT!

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jaunte Jan 16, 2018 • 2:11:05pm

Really, if they can’t be straight about height and weight, what can we believe? https://t.co/a6pKdwFqSa

— Schooley (@Rschooley) January 16, 2018

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dangerman Jan 16, 2018 • 2:11:33pm

re: #114 FormerDirtDart

Sarah Sanders calls the fake news awards event slated for tomorrow a “potential” event.

the “event” was two weeks ago when he made the announcement
then again when he moved the date

none of those folks care if anything else ever really happens
to them it already did because he said it would

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Old Liberal Jan 16, 2018 • 2:11:53pm

re: #151 Eclectic Cyborg

It’s kind of like lying to the VP at your company and telling him that really dumb idea he has is fucking brilliant and will make a ton of money.

Got to keep in good with the people who can fuck up your life in an instant.

So is our conclusion that we can’t rely on the military to tell the truth about small things, or that we can’t rely on the military to tell the truth about anything? Are we forced to pray for some Reality Winner or Chelsea Manning to save us?

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BlueGrl21 Jan 16, 2018 • 2:13:39pm

re: #95 Ace-o-aces

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It also doesn’t assess many other kinds of mental disorders. I’ve got several patients with severe psychiatric problems who absolutely ace the MMSE.

I’m bipolar. I could go off my meds and ace the MMSE. Doesn’t mean you’d want me near open flame or the Ginsu knives.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 2:14:33pm

re: #151 Eclectic Cyborg

It’s kind of like lying to the VP at your company and telling him that really dumb idea he has is fucking brilliant and will make a ton of money.

Got to keep in good with the people who can fuck up your life in an instant.

also wondering how close Dr Jackson is to retirement…

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 2:15:21pm

re: #152 jaunte

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I have never taken Ambien in my life.

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jaunte Jan 16, 2018 • 2:16:23pm

re: #162 Backwoods_Sleuth

Me either. That doctor is more politician than doctor.

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MsJ Jan 16, 2018 • 2:17:24pm

This is weird.

Is it common for doctors to predict that 71-year-olds will be healthy when they’re 78?

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 16, 2018

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HappyWarrior Jan 16, 2018 • 2:18:38pm

re: #164 MsJ

This is weird.

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BlueGrl21 Jan 16, 2018 • 2:20:30pm

re: #162 Backwoods_Sleuth

I have never taken Ambien in my life.

I have. I started hallucinating. I would not sleep, stay awake and ramble, then forget entire conversations. Poof, gone. There is a reason people use it recreationally.

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Stanley Sea Jan 16, 2018 • 2:22:28pm

Isn’t Ambien the one where people get in their cars & go driving without knowing a thing?

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nines09 Jan 16, 2018 • 2:22:31pm

re: #164 MsJ

“Well if the syphilis hasn’t killed him by now, all bets are off…..”

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BlueGrl21 Jan 16, 2018 • 2:23:01pm

re: #167 Stanley Sea

Isn’t Ambien the one where people get in their cars & go driving without knowing a thing?

Yep, that would be the one.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jan 16, 2018 • 2:23:07pm

Evening Lizardim.

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Ace-o-aces Jan 16, 2018 • 2:24:08pm

Dr. Ronny Jackson did not check me for bone spurs. They haven’t troubled me since they miraculously healed the day the Vietnam War ended!

— Donald J. Drumpf (@RealDonalDrumpf) January 16, 2018

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Update:

Jackson says he didn’t look for bone spurs (which Trump cited in avoiding Vietnam service), since “none of that stuff’s been bothering him recently” and they were “crunched for time.”

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 16, 2018

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jan 16, 2018 • 2:24:50pm

re: #145 Ace Rothstein

Trump is 239 pounds? And I’m 6’6”. (I’m 5’4”)

I’m 6’ 2” and 230 lbs. There’s no goddamn way Trump is my size. NONE.

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ObserverArt Jan 16, 2018 • 2:25:03pm

re: #155 jaunte

Ambien side effects
drugs.com

He seems to have some of those other effects traits too, not just the ones you put in bold type.

Like these: agitation, confusion, euphoria, memory impairment, amnesia and disorientation.

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KGxvi Jan 16, 2018 • 2:25:24pm

re: #159 Old Liberal

So is our conclusion that we can’t rely on the military to tell the truth about small things, or that we can’t rely on the military to tell the truth about anything? Are we forced to pray for some Reality Winner or Chelsea Manning to save us?

A healthy distrust of institutions is always a good thing. Or as the old proverb goes, “trust but verify.”

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jaunte Jan 16, 2018 • 2:27:10pm

re: #173 ObserverArt

He seems to have some of those other effects traits too, not just the ones you put in bold type.

Like these: agitation, confusion, euphoria, memory impairment, amnesia and disorientation.

Shadow President Miller is counting on it.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Jan 16, 2018 • 2:27:46pm

re: #172 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I’m 6’ 2” and 230 lbs. There’s no goddamn way Trump is my size. NONE.

I’m the same height, and quite a bit heavier than you, and I’m way less fat than Trump is.

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ObserverArt Jan 16, 2018 • 2:28:51pm

re: #164 MsJ

This is weird.

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Yeah it is…and talking about a second term sure makes it seem political…like campaigning.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 2:30:13pm

if he sleeps only 4-5 hours a night WITH Ambien, then it’s not doing its main stated purpose.

I sleep 4-5 hours a night without Ambien, but that’s because I’m getting on in years and have a bladder that can occasionally be demanding at 3 am.

I know, I know…TMI.
You young’uns…that is one of the rewards for getting old.

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KingKenrod Jan 16, 2018 • 2:30:17pm

Army physicals for prez have always struck me as ridiculously positive. I think they do them for the sole purpose of “reassuring” everyone.

But Trump is the first fat-ass, crazy, unhealthy president in modern times, so the lies really stick out.

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ObserverArt Jan 16, 2018 • 2:31:13pm

re: #167 Stanley Sea

Isn’t Ambien the one where people get in their cars & go driving without knowing a thing?

Tiger Woods…found out of it at a stop light in his SUV…pretty sure. He had others in his system, but I think I read where the Ambien might have been the culprit for how he was found.

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KGxvi Jan 16, 2018 • 2:31:39pm

re: #179 KingKenrod

Army physicals for prez have always struck me as ridiculously positive. I think they do them for the sole purpose of “reassuring” everyone.

But Trump is the first fat-ass, crazy, unhealthy president in modern times, so the lies really stick out.

That’s probably the best way of looking at this whole thing.

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Old Liberal Jan 16, 2018 • 2:32:28pm

re: #174 KGxvi

A healthy distrust of institutions is always a good thing. Or as the old proverb goes, “trust but verify.”

I agree, but this forces a decision- military compromised, or not? If compromised, from where? Kelly to JCOS? Do we already have a coup?

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Ace-o-aces Jan 16, 2018 • 2:34:04pm

Rear Adm. Dr. Ronny Jackson has been the Presidential physician since 2013. But watch the dishonest mainstream media attack him and his credibility because of Trump.

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) January 16, 2018

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In an alternative time-line, Joe Walsh is attacking Dr. Ronny Jackson as a hack for failing to confirm President Hillary Clinton has Parkinsons. https://t.co/jiXf5bWOFP

— aceoaces (@aceoaces) January 16, 2018

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Old Liberal Jan 16, 2018 • 2:34:28pm

re: #181 KGxvi

That’s probably the best way of looking at this whole thing.

Except I would bet that Obama’s numbers and W’s numbers were correct. They may have been presented with a rosy hue, but they were correct.

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dangerman Jan 16, 2018 • 2:36:52pm

re: #172 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I’m 6’ 2” and 230 lbs. There’s no goddamn way Trump is my size. NONE.

me neither
5’ 10” 160#

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KGxvi Jan 16, 2018 • 2:36:57pm

re: #182 Old Liberal

I agree, but this forces a decision- military compromised, or not? If compromised, from where? Kelly to JCOS? Do we already have a coup?

As #179 KingKenrod suggests, the “normal” purpose of these reports is to reassure the American people that the president isn’t going to have a heart attack behind the desk in the Oval Office. Trump has fucked up so many norms that nothing seems to really work right. I don’t think the military is compromised, and I don’t think we are going to have a coup. There is too much diffused power in our system to make a coup a real possibility.

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EPR-radar Jan 16, 2018 • 2:37:18pm

This doctor was given a script and orders to follow it — no way does any normal doctor babble about “good genes” like a eugenicist from the 1920s that fell through a time warp.

I’d love to see the first draft of that script. It probably started something like this: “Donald Trump is a God, mentally, physically and sexually.”

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EPR-radar Jan 16, 2018 • 2:38:13pm

re: #186 KGxvi

As #179 KingKenrod suggests, the “normal” purpose of these reports is to reassure the American people that the president isn’t going to have a heart attack behind the desk in the Oval Office. Trump has fucked up so many norms that nothing seems to really work right. I don’t think the military is compromised, and I don’t think we are going to have a coup. There is too much diffused power in our system to make a coup a real possibility.

The best thing Trump could do for the country is to go ahead and have that heart attack.

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KGxvi Jan 16, 2018 • 2:38:54pm

re: #184 Old Liberal

Except I would bet that Obama’s numbers and W’s numbers were correct. They may have been presented with a rosy hue, but they were correct.

I’m trying to remember, when W invoked the 25th for surgery, was the presence of polyps disclosed by his physical or was it disclosed by the White House?

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KGxvi Jan 16, 2018 • 2:39:58pm

re: #188 EPR-radar

The best thing Trump could do for the country is to go ahead and have that heart attack.

I don’t want him to be a martyr. I want him unceremoniously removed from the White House because 85 Senators voted to convict on multiple Articles of Impeachment.

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GlutenFreeJesus Jan 16, 2018 • 2:40:10pm

What gets me about this Ronny guy. Obama appointed him.

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HypnoToad Jan 16, 2018 • 2:40:40pm

Doesn’t this medical report make it a wee bit more problematic to claim a “mental incapacity” defense when trump goes on trial?

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Old Liberal Jan 16, 2018 • 2:43:45pm

re: #191 GlutenFreeJesus

What gets me about this Ronny guy. Obama appointed him.

Obama appointed Comey.

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GlutenFreeJesus Jan 16, 2018 • 2:43:57pm

re: #192 HypnoToad

Doesn’t this medical report make it a wee bit more problematic to claim a “mental incapacity” defense when trump goes on trial?

Trump will just refuse to go on trial. I mean, who is going to make him? Jeff Sessions?

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MsJ Jan 16, 2018 • 2:44:03pm

re: #188 EPR-radar

The best thing Trump could do for the country is to go ahead and have that heart attack.

That’s my sentiment, exactly. Who cares if he’s healthy or fat or shorter than stated? The guy is a louse, his policies suck ass, his ‘best people’ are horrible, he’s stupid and moronic and doesn’t even want to learn anything.

He obviously chooses to be this way.

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makeitstop Jan 16, 2018 • 2:44:22pm

I like this one.

“Let’s just say he’ll live long enough to see all his children go to prison.” pic.twitter.com/cGlKLgN6R3

— Charlie Kesslering (@kesslering) January 16, 2018

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ObserverArt Jan 16, 2018 • 2:44:51pm

re: #191 GlutenFreeJesus

What gets me about this Ronny guy. Obama appointed him.

Obama chose many people for their reputations not their politics. Now though, it appears many are willing to let their freak out because of Trump.

Trump really has affected a lot of people’s ids and opened the gates for them to be what they may have always been undercover.

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Hecuba's daughter Jan 16, 2018 • 2:45:01pm

Are we officially NK now? Sounds like the kind of report that little Kim would get from his doctor. And given Trump family history of Alzheimer’s, should the doctor actually be talking about “good genes”?

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Stanley Sea Jan 16, 2018 • 2:45:05pm

re: #180 ObserverArt

Tiger Woods…found out of it at a stop light in his SUV…pretty sure. He had others in his system, but I think I read where the Ambien might have been the culprit for how he was found.

There was a Kennedy who thought he was on his way to a vote iirc.

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jaunte Jan 16, 2018 • 2:45:10pm

re: #191 GlutenFreeJesus

What gets me about this Ronny guy. Obama appointed him.

It’s usually hard to see the “ethically compromised” part of the resume.

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ObserverArt Jan 16, 2018 • 2:47:47pm

re: #199 Stanley Sea

There was a Kennedy who thought he was on his way to a vote iirc.

Googled it up. Kerry Kennedy.

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MsJ Jan 16, 2018 • 2:48:00pm

Republicans are fucking monsters.

ALERT: House Republicans are now taking CHIP hostage by adding it to a funding bill without DACA. CHIP could easily pass separately, but they’re playing kids against Dreamers.

— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) January 16, 2018

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Stanley Sea Jan 16, 2018 • 2:48:04pm

Well they are claiming he grew an inch, which helps in the BMI obese factor

Yes. His license has him at that height. https://t.co/gCEhrBOzPr

— Michael Gallagher (@Gallagher4NY) January 16, 2018

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Stanley Sea Jan 16, 2018 • 2:49:11pm

Adult-film star reportedly spoke to journalist in 2016 about Trump settlement, fearing he wouldn’t pay up https://t.co/iao6ZNsefV

— Post Politics (@postpolitics) January 16, 2018

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Hecuba's daughter Jan 16, 2018 • 2:55:20pm

re: #203 Stanley Sea

Well they are claiming he grew an inch, which helps in the BMI obese factor

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Maggie said something useful for once!

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 2:57:42pm

re: #191 GlutenFreeJesus

What gets me about this Ronny guy. Obama appointed him.

Obama appointed him to be Bush’s WH physician?

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GlutenFreeJesus Jan 16, 2018 • 2:59:08pm

re: #206 Backwoods_Sleuth

en.wikipedia.org

Ronny Lynn Jackson (born May 4, 1967) is an American medical doctor and United States Navy one-star admiral who is currently serving as Physician to the President. First appointed on July 25, 2013, by Barack Obama, he was retained by Donald Trump after his election in 2016.[1]

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jaunte Jan 16, 2018 • 3:03:41pm

re: #207 GlutenFreeJesus

“Jackson was born and raised in Levelland, Texas”

James McMurtry - Levelland

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makeitstop Jan 16, 2018 • 3:03:46pm

If Trump thinks a shutdown will slow down the Mueller investigation, he can forget about that.

FWIW, if the government shuts down on Friday, MUELLER gets to keep working.

Per DOJ: “All employees with the Special Counsel’s Office are considered exempt and would continue their operations in the case of a lapse in appropriations.”

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 16, 2018

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BeachDem Jan 16, 2018 • 3:04:26pm

re: #207 GlutenFreeJesus

en.wikipedia.org

In 2006, while still in Iraq, Jackson was selected as a White House physician. Since arriving at the White House, he has directed the Executive Health Care for the President’s Cabinet and Senior Staff, served as physician supervisor for the Camp David Presidential Retreat, held the position of physician to the White House and led the White House Medical Unit as its director. He has served as White House physician during the past three administrations

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 3:07:21pm

…

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Skip Intro Jan 16, 2018 • 3:07:35pm

re: #154 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

See, here’s the problem with that.

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Skip Intro Jan 16, 2018 • 3:09:43pm

re: #161 Backwoods_Sleuth

also wondering how close Dr Jackson is to retirement…

It was being told that he’d be the chief medical officer on the first one way trip to Mars that did it.

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Barefoot Grin Jan 16, 2018 • 3:12:43pm

re: #166 BlueGrl21

I have. I started hallucinating. I would not sleep, stay awake and ramble, then forget entire conversations. Poof, gone. There is a reason people use it recreationally.

I could eat a quart of ice cream on ambien and not remember.

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klys (maker of Silmarils) Jan 16, 2018 • 3:12:44pm

re: #166 BlueGrl21

I have. I started hallucinating. I would not sleep, stay awake and ramble, then forget entire conversations. Poof, gone. There is a reason people use it recreationally.

I was prescribed it when I was 14.

That prescription didn’t last through the side effects.

I will never, ever touch that shit again.

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jaunte Jan 16, 2018 • 3:13:32pm

Donald Trump is racist feet tall and weighs 21 allegations of sexual abuse putting his overall health at white supremacist.

— William K. Wolfrum (@Wolfrum) January 16, 2018

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dangerman Jan 16, 2018 • 3:15:42pm

re: #214 Barefoot Grin

I could eat a quart of ice cream on ambien and not remember.

calories dont count then

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Jan 16, 2018 • 3:17:20pm

re: #214 Barefoot Grin

I could eat a quart of ice cream on ambien and not remember.

Ambien never made me do anything weird, but I recently made myself some peanut butter on toast on temezipam, and was surprised to wake up with a paper plate on my chest. At least I clearly slept well.

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ipsos Jan 16, 2018 • 3:17:50pm

re: #215 klys (maker of Silmarils)

During a period of particularly intense sleepless stress when mrs. i was going through one of her health crises, they gave me a prescription for that stuff.

I use it very, very sparingly and expect to be mostly out of it for 24-36 hours afterward. Nasty, nasty, nasty.

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ozharas Jan 16, 2018 • 3:18:11pm

Just converting 239 pounds into kilos, for context….

108.5 kgs…. absolutely, categorically impossible, surely he weighs at least 130kgs!

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Barefoot Grin Jan 16, 2018 • 3:19:00pm

re: #217 dangerman

calories dont count then

Yeah—forever 239lbs!

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klys (maker of Silmarils) Jan 16, 2018 • 3:19:58pm

re: #219 ipsos

During a period of particularly intense sleepless stress when mrs. i was going through one of her health crises, they gave me a prescription for that stuff.

I use it very, very sparingly and expect to be mostly out of it for 24-36 hours afterward. Nasty, nasty, nasty.

I flat out tripped on it, and not in good ways.

Never again.

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Barefoot Grin Jan 16, 2018 • 3:20:00pm

re: #218 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

Ambien never made me do anything weird, but I recently made myself some peanut butter on toast on temezipam, and was surprised to wake up with a paper plate on my chest. At least I clearly slept well.

I only took it once. The thought of maybe getting behind the wheel….

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Ace-o-aces Jan 16, 2018 • 3:20:01pm

For what it’s worth, Dr. Ronny Jackson also said Obama would remain healthy “for the duration of his Presidency”.https://t.co/NsHiHoiv6R

— aceoaces (@aceoaces) January 16, 2018

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He said it every year. It appears to be his boilerplate for Presidential exams.

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meteor Jan 16, 2018 • 3:21:21pm

re: #167 Stanley Sea

Tiger Woods was on it.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸ Jan 16, 2018 • 3:22:09pm

“After years of over taxation, regulation, and mono-party politics the State of California and many of it’s 58 Counties have become ungovernable,” the group said in a statement, citing a “decline in essential basic services” including education, law enforcement, infrastructure and health care.

obviously the answer is less government that does more, funded by lower taxes that will yield more money

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calochortus Jan 16, 2018 • 3:22:49pm

The bottom line is that Trump probably does have good genes, he’s at least borderline obese and in generally lousy physical shape. He’s able to pass a simple cognitive test. He remains a nasty piece of work.

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ObserverArt Jan 16, 2018 • 3:23:33pm

As bad as Ambien is on it’s own, think of how whacked out someone can get that takes it in combination with other drugs, even alcohol which is a huge no no I believe like most drugs. But people do it.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸ Jan 16, 2018 • 3:25:23pm

Ambien is used to treat insomnia.

ambien + 12 diet cokes == judy garland losing her mind and her health

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calochortus Jan 16, 2018 • 3:25:29pm

re: #226 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

“After years of over taxation, regulation, and mono-party politics the State of California and many of it’s 58 Counties have become ungovernable,” the group said in a statement, citing a “decline in essential basic services” including education, law enforcement, infrastructure and health care.

obviously the answer is less government that does more, funded by lower taxes that will yield more money

Perhaps whatever group issued this assessment would care to be more specific about which counties, precisely, are “ungovernable.” They may be poor, they may have problems, they may need help, but ungovernable? I think not.

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MsJ Jan 16, 2018 • 3:25:36pm

re: #224 Ace-o-aces

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He said it every year. It appears to be his boilerplate for Presidential exams.

Did he speak stupidly before? Because what’s noted above is shocking coming out of the mouth of a medical professional.

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nines09 Jan 16, 2018 • 3:26:47pm

Leaked photos of the President’s physical with Dr. Ronny Jackson. 👇 pic.twitter.com/EsJ5GO4t8E

— Joshua Dixen (@JoshuaDixen) January 16, 2018

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Renaissance_Man Jan 16, 2018 • 3:28:29pm

I don’t know what it’s like when the president comes to your clinic, but knowing how a routine clinic visit goes, and knowing how things change when a VIP comes through, I have some guesses about the report.

First of all, I doubt he was weighed. Weight is gotten before you see a doctor at all, usually by the aide taking you in. I can imagine that a president, surrounded by Secret Service, is going to come in, a polite aide asks him to step on the scale, and Trump, in that dismissive way he usually has when addressing people, just shakes his head. Nobody’s going to make him step on the scale, nor would they make any regular patient step on the scale if for some reason the patient couldn’t or didn’t want to. They’d just ask him how much he weighed. And he’d say 239, which would be written down, and that’s just what it is. If there was some specific disease process that they were looking for where weight mattered (and, unfortunately, just being a tub of lard doesn’t count), then they might investigate further, but a routine process like this isn’t something anyone’s going to fight over. Similarly, if he was measured for height at all, nobody’s going to press the slide and muss his hair, which easily adds 2 inches to his height. All a doctor is going to see is what’s written down, and he’s unlikely to embarrass any patient, much less a commander in chief, by looking at a weight and going ‘hmm, I suspect you’re more of a fatass than this’.

Secondly, I don’t doubt that he does have good genes, and it’s not uncharacteristic for a doctor to say so. For a 70 year old, he’s not in bad shape. Some might even say good shape - I’ve seen a lot worse. He’s active and plays golf a ton, hasn’t had multiple surgeries, doesn’t appear to be taking a ton of meds for blood pressure, diabetes, and the like, and is able to perform all activities of daily living and then some. These are low bars, but they’re good enough for an average 70 year old to declare them reasonably healthy. To be 70 and able to do light outdoor exercise almost daily while also dealing with only mild dementia is pretty fair. To be lucky enough to not be dealing with cancer or any chronic condition like arthritis, diabetes, and so on is in fact a sign of good genes, doubly so when you consider that he eats like shit. Some people are just lucky like that. It’s part of why I also believe when he says he doesn’t drink - light drinkers and nondrinkers are much more likely to be like that, as well as nonsmokers.

The 30 point MMSE he describes is not for dementia, it’s used to assess acute delirium or confusion. Nor does it say anything about sociopathy, narcissism or language skills, which are his major deficits. Not sure I believe the BP and HR, but it’s not impossible, I guess. I did not hear any particular toadying in what the doc said, though it’s not quite a normal way of reporting it, but I attribute that in no small part to the scrutiny in the room and that the whole event is under in general.

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meteor Jan 16, 2018 • 3:28:39pm

re: #216 jaunte

ROFL

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Charles Johnson Jan 16, 2018 • 3:31:36pm

Unfortunately, Trump is pretty healthy for a 71-year old asshole.

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wrenchwench Jan 16, 2018 • 3:35:44pm

There was a ‘Silver Alert’ in yesterday’s local paper for a man the same age as Mr. w, to whom I relayed the info. I said, ‘It sounds like he was wearing your standard ‘Veteran’s outfit’ (jeans, t-shirt, and jacket) except he had slippers on.’ Mr. w said, ‘I’m nothing like him. I don’t even OWN slippers.’

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Stanley Sea Jan 16, 2018 • 3:35:51pm

New: Fox News shelved story on Trump and porn actress Stormy Daniels before election. @oliverdarcy scoops https://t.co/N0vHhU5hub

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 16, 2018

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Unshaken Defiance Jan 16, 2018 • 3:36:16pm

re: #167 Stanley Sea

Isn’t Ambien the one where people get in their cars & go driving without knowing a thing?

Under state law, the effects of Ambien and other sleeping pills count as impairing driving. The law says that any drug counts if it affects the brain, nervous system or muscles, which Ambien definitely does. Additionally, drowsiness from any cause leads to unsafe driving, and the effects of Ambien on driving are well documented. This is true even when taken on its own, in recommended doses—your doctor should warn you not to drive while under the effects of this drug.

He can ask for the nuclear football and codes but can’t drive…
More seriously, lets say he is two hours into his sleep pattern and on Ambien. An aide with a Pentagon General in tow rushes in with some horrible news of some incident like a dangerous looking missile launch from some hated place. Some “shithole”.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 3:38:01pm

re: #235 Charles Johnson

Unfortunately, Trump is pretty healthy for a 71-year old asshole.

No, he is not.

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nines09 Jan 16, 2018 • 3:38:26pm

re: #235 Charles Johnson

Unfortunately, Trump is pretty healthy for a 71-year old asshole.

So they say.

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whitebeach Jan 16, 2018 • 3:39:03pm

The average height loss for human beings is roughly half an inch per decade after age 40, with somewhat accelerating loss after 70. So if Trump was ever 6’3” he should be about 6’1-and-a-half”. I’m with re: #233 Renaissance_Man. A nurse probably asked Trump about his height and he exaggerated, and the nurse just wrote it down because why argue?

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wrenchwench Jan 16, 2018 • 3:39:14pm

re: #238 Unshaken Defiance

The law says that any drug counts if it affects the brain, nervous system or muscles, which Ambien definitely does.

Caffeine does that. Hell, I think a glass of milk does that.

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Ace-o-aces Jan 16, 2018 • 3:39:34pm

re: #231 MsJ

Did he speak stupidly before? Because what’s noted above is shocking coming out of the mouth of a medical professional.

I don’t think he had to have an actual press conference before. He just released a statement saying Obama was in excellent health and everyone just looked at a picture of the President in his swimwear and was like, “yep!”.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Jan 16, 2018 • 3:39:34pm

re: #239 Backwoods_Sleuth

No, he is not.

He is for an obese 71 year-old that eats trash and doesn’t exercise.

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Old Liberal Jan 16, 2018 • 3:41:33pm

re: #241 whitebeach

The average height loss for human beings is roughly half an inch per decade after age 40, with somewhat accelerating loss after 70. So if Trump was ever 6’3” he should be about 6’1-and-a-half”. I’m with . A nurse probably asked Trump about his height and he exaggerated, and the nurse just wrote it down because why argue?

To me it was never about whether he was healthy or not, it was about finding one thing that he couldn’t “doctor”. Well, this one ain’t it, the fix was in here too. Maybe the doctor, like Cotton, never “heard” anyone say that Drumpf staffers filled out the entire form in advance, and the admiral doctors job was to assess those numbers. Just like Bornstein.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jan 16, 2018 • 3:43:50pm

The only way Trump could be that fat while weighing that little would be if he were stuffed with goose down.

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plansbandc Jan 16, 2018 • 3:44:35pm

re: #41 Backwoods_Sleuth

What an absolute cock.

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wrenchwench Jan 16, 2018 • 3:45:47pm

re: #246 Blind Frog Belly White

The only way Trump could be that fat while weighing that little would be if he were stuffed with goose down.

I think he stuffed down more than one goose.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 3:47:35pm

re: #244 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

He is for an obese 71 year-old that eats trash and doesn’t exercise.

ok, he’s apparently still breathing and tweeting.
That’s a really low bar.

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petesh Jan 16, 2018 • 3:48:40pm

For the first time, I wish the Warriors had gone to the White House. Steph Curry is 6’ 3” so that would be an interesting comparison. Curry does look about 2” taller than Obama, which is right, but if you look at the picture, you’ll still that Obama looks kinda little (which he’s not) around the rest of the team. Trump would mostly look fat.
nba.com

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whitebeach Jan 16, 2018 • 3:48:57pm

re: #246 Blind Frog Belly White

The only way Trump could be that fat while weighing that little would be if he were stuffed with goose down.

Let’s be fair: There are weight savings having to do with unusually small hands and perhaps other appendages.

OTOH, with this guy I can’t help remembering the old joke: “Want to lose fifteen pounds of ugly fat? Cut off your head.”

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Unshaken Defiance Jan 16, 2018 • 3:49:17pm

re: #242 wrenchwench

Caffeine does that. Hell, I think a glass of milk does that.

I think they mean drug as in on the government “schedule” of prohibited or regulated inebriates. I know one guy got his charges dropped on dui despite being on caffeine.

Heck here in California you can get a dui on a bicycle or skateboard, penal code saya moving vehicle, not motor vehicle.

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Charles Johnson Jan 16, 2018 • 3:49:59pm

re: #249 Backwoods_Sleuth

ok, he’s apparently still breathing and tweeting.
That’s a really low bar.

Unfortunately, only the good die young.

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Unshaken Defiance Jan 16, 2018 • 3:50:06pm

re: #251 whitebeach

Let’s be fair: There are weight savings having to do with unusually small hands and perhaps other appendages.

OTOH, with this guy I can’t help remembering the old joke: “Want to lose fifteen pounds of ugly fat? Cut off your head.”

*Snerk* Ear canal liposuction….///

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wrenchwench Jan 16, 2018 • 3:52:00pm

re: #253 Charles Johnson

Unfortunately, only the good die young.

My mean gramma made it to 99.

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plansbandc Jan 16, 2018 • 3:52:07pm

re: #157 jaunte

What can we believe you ask? Not one fucking thing.

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klys (maker of Silmarils) Jan 16, 2018 • 3:52:38pm

Well in our possibly-healthy-possibly-unhealthy household I am going to attempt cooking bacon in the oven to go in the broccoli salad for tonight.

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BlueSpotinAL Jan 16, 2018 • 3:53:04pm

So if Trump may have just stated a weight and height, what about other parts of the physical exam they give to men 50+ years old?

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Targetpractice Jan 16, 2018 • 3:53:18pm

So apparently Trump is such a magical being that he grew a full inch and despite looking like he’s smuggling a ham under his suit is just slim enough to come 1lb under being medically diagnosed as “obese.” And he pops medication for cholesterol “like we all do from time to time” and has so much more stamina than those around him that he had to use a golf cart to cover a short distance and is scaling back his work schedule.

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BlueSpotinAL Jan 16, 2018 • 3:53:51pm

re: #255 wrenchwench

My mean gramma made it to 99.

Some people keep living just out of spite.

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Stanley Sea Jan 16, 2018 • 3:53:58pm

In a statement, Fox News Editor-in-Chief Noah Kotch said, “In doing our due diligence, we were unable to verify all of the facts and publish a story” https://t.co/gQGKNRVjL5 pic.twitter.com/rdpMvDoa5S

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) January 16, 2018

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from the people that brought you the seth rich story https://t.co/GpTsqeoCuK

— David Mack (@davidmackau) January 16, 2018

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Unshaken Defiance Jan 16, 2018 • 3:54:53pm

re: #235 Charles Johnson

Well he sure is ambitious. Maybe 68 when he *ahem* allegedly arranged to see Stormy Daniels. That was something of a health test right there. Healthy enough to climb 3 flights of stairs may or may not be healthy enough to have at a porn star 3 times.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 3:59:01pm

re: #257 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Well in our possibly-healthy-possibly-unhealthy household I am going to attempt cooking bacon in the oven to go in the broccoli salad for tonight.

I made some roasted Brussels sprouts and bacon with a maple glaze last week.
YUM!

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Renaissance_Man Jan 16, 2018 • 3:59:23pm

re: #253 Charles Johnson

Unfortunately, only the good die young.

This is so true. The way you know if someone is going to do badly in hospital is if they come in totally healthy and are nice people. It never goes well for those guys.

Conversely, the walking medical disasters who are abusive pieces of shit and who eat nothing but junk and stink of the various bodily excreta that ooze from their every pore survive everything. Those scumbags never die.

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VegasGolfer Jan 16, 2018 • 3:59:28pm

re: #235 Charles Johnson

If you believe the numbers.

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ipsos Jan 16, 2018 • 4:00:32pm

re: #263 Backwoods_Sleuth

I made some roasted Brussels sprouts and bacon with a maple glaze last week.
YUM!

My 10 year old is sitting here all excited about his plate of steamed broccoli for dinner.

I do believe he’s healthier than our president*.

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klys (maker of Silmarils) Jan 16, 2018 • 4:00:55pm

re: #263 Backwoods_Sleuth

I made some roasted Brussels sprouts and bacon with a maple glaze last week.
YUM!

I have pottery class tonight so I am throwing the broccoli salad together before that and then will make the favorite olive sandwiches afterwards.

Tomorrow is a chorizo, butternut squash, Brussels sprouts, and chickpea salad though. That is yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuum.

Also I get to be a fucking hermit tomorrow and I can’t wait. /grouchyintrovert

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HappyWarrior Jan 16, 2018 • 4:03:29pm

re: #261 Stanley Sea

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Ha that’s rich given the stuff that FNC does push as stories.

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Unshaken Defiance Jan 16, 2018 • 4:04:17pm

Oh man a cinematic worthy super 8mm film camera with enough video features to run like a DSLR. Enormous artistic potential here. Paged.

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calochortus Jan 16, 2018 • 4:04:39pm

re: #267 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I have pottery class tonight so I am throwing the broccoli salad together before that and then will make the favorite olive sandwiches afterwards.

Tomorrow is a chorizo, butternut squash, Brussels sprouts, and chickpea salad though. That is yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuum.

Also I get to be a fucking hermit tomorrow and I can’t wait. /grouchyintrovert

Have you been practicing with your drop spindle?

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Amory Blaine Jan 16, 2018 • 4:04:53pm

Ambien tweets.

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ObserverArt Jan 16, 2018 • 4:05:29pm

re: #264 Renaissance_Man

This is so true. The way you know if someone is going to do badly in hospital is if they come in totally healthy and are nice people. It never goes well for those guys.

Conversely, the walking medical disasters who are abusive pieces of shit and who eat nothing but junk and stink of the various bodily excreta that ooze from their every pore survive everything. Those scumbags never die.

It’s all the preservatives.

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ObserverArt Jan 16, 2018 • 4:09:04pm

re: #269 Unshaken Defiance

Oh man a cinematic worthy super 8mm film camera with enough video features to run like a DSLR. Enormous artistic potential here. Paged.

Borked linky. Error page.

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Barefoot Grin Jan 16, 2018 • 4:09:15pm

re: #271 Amory Blaine

Ambien tweets.

in Norse code. That’s our Prez.

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whitebeach Jan 16, 2018 • 4:12:18pm

re: #258 BlueSpotinAL

So if Trump may have just stated a weight and height, what about other parts of the physical exam they give to men 50+ years old?

Only cursory visual inspection is needed, as the subject is all sh*thole.

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Ace Rothstein Jan 16, 2018 • 4:14:59pm

pic.twitter.com/2CtUVmO2Gh

— Trump’s Ties (@TrumpsTies) January 15, 2018

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Hecuba's daughter Jan 16, 2018 • 4:16:35pm

re: #241 whitebeach

The average height loss for human beings is roughly half an inch per decade after age 40, with somewhat accelerating loss after 70. So if Trump was ever 6’3” he should be about 6’1-and-a-half”. I’m with . A nurse probably asked Trump about his height and he exaggerated, and the nurse just wrote it down because why argue?

I am about the same height now at 70 as at age 40. Averages can be very deceptive. It would not be surprising if the height/weight were numbers reported by Trump instead of real measurements by a nurse.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 4:18:09pm

.@realDonaldTrump has the body of a man half his age.
The bodies of TEN men half his age.
In his basement crypt.

— God (@TheTweetOfGod) January 17, 2018

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Charles Johnson Jan 16, 2018 • 4:19:14pm

Sorry to spoil your gotcha moment, but my tweet is also from 2016, my little Trumpkin.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 17, 2018

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retired cynic Jan 16, 2018 • 4:20:55pm

Charlie Pierce on the good doctor’s pronouncements:

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Jackson spoke for over 50 minutes. The problem is that a lot of what he said doesn’t make sense. For example, I don’t believe that the president* weighs 239 pounds, or that his resting heart rate is 68. I don’t care whether he’s got a platinum genome or not. The man looks like a UPS truck on the golf course. But Jackson is completely legit. This is incomparably strange and, for the nonce, I’m going to believe my lying eyes.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 4:24:04pm

re: #279 Charles Johnson

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that is just too adorable!

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 4:26:15pm

he’s still a moron:

….we need to keep America safe, including moving away from a random chain migration and lottery system, to one that is merit-based. https://t.co/7PtoSFK1n2

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 16, 2018

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HappyWarrior Jan 16, 2018 • 4:27:29pm

re: #282 Backwoods_Sleuth

he’s still a moron:

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An idiot supported by bigger idiots.

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klys (maker of Silmarils) Jan 16, 2018 • 4:29:32pm

re: #270 calochortus

Have you been practicing with your drop spindle?

I’ll add it to my to do list.

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calochortus Jan 16, 2018 • 4:30:33pm

re: #284 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I’ll add it to my to do list.

Just wanted you to know I haven’t forgotten. You never know when I’ll show up at your door to check on that. If you want another lesson, let me know.

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Hecuba's daughter Jan 16, 2018 • 4:30:52pm

When my husband passed away, I took Ambien a few times without incident. The manufacturer then changed the formulation and the first time under the new brand, I had vivid nightmares (about North Korea for some reason — it was during the reign of the previous Kim), awakened after about an hour, and never took it again.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 4:31:27pm

It doesn’t take a stable genius to realize that. pic.twitter.com/O4JkQP9H1T

— JCaro (@jfistacuffs) January 16, 2018

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Because he’s an active duty naval officer, who cannot disobey an order from the CinC

“No need for the scale, Doc, I know my height and weight - 6’3” and 239. Write that down.”

— Pastor Of Muppets (@HermesMenusco) January 17, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 4:32:45pm

pic.twitter.com/Xs7dORSFIF

— Bodega Cats (@Bodegacats_) January 16, 2018

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Stanley Sea Jan 16, 2018 • 4:34:20pm

MUST-READ: The DOJ has a shocking new report showing how many terrorists are immigrants. They get this number by classifying people extradited to the US to stand trial on terrorism charges as ‘immigrants’. https://t.co/8B3LS7nVIO

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 16, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 4:36:01pm

BREAKING: CNN reports that Steve Bannon is still testifying before the House Judiciary Committee. It’s going on 11 hours of testimony.

— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) January 17, 2018

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Eleven hours! Is Bannon trying to break Hillary’s record? https://t.co/xoQb6OhVu2

— Laffy (@GottaLaff) January 17, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 4:36:43pm

A number of Missouri Republican legislators call on embattled GOP Gov. Eric Greitens to resign https://t.co/JfUx6eIFFw pic.twitter.com/GyLcCIdQc4

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 17, 2018

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Stanley Sea Jan 16, 2018 • 4:37:05pm

re: #289 Stanley Sea

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I’m wondering if the # includes those at GITMO.

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Ace Rothstein Jan 16, 2018 • 4:39:18pm

Here’s a look at the test President Trump took to better understand his cognitive abilities https://t.co/qcRa2ZCVb9 pic.twitter.com/n3pmZWDLcZ

— CNN (@CNN) January 16, 2018

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prairiefire Jan 16, 2018 • 4:42:59pm

re: #291 Backwoods_Sleuth

Hey, hey, ho, ho, that mofo has got to go!

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Charles Johnson Jan 16, 2018 • 4:44:36pm

If it’s not too much trouble, would you please go somewhere and fuck yourself? Thanks very much! Bye now.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 17, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 4:44:43pm

re: #293 Ace Rothstein

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hahahahaaa!

No, I do not believe he would even have understood the instructions, much less answer the questions correctly.

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whitebeach Jan 16, 2018 • 4:44:48pm

re: #289 Stanley Sea

Isn’t it pretty certain that virtually anyone convicted in the United States of “international terrorism” did not come from the United States? These clowns.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 4:48:36pm

Tuesday in Puerto Rico
118 days after Maria
status.pr reports:
*81% power generation
*55% of island has electricity
*93% of the island has water (boil advisory remains)
*Since Oct. 3rd, more than 329,000 people have traveled commercially to Florida from Puerto Rico, per @FLSERT

— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) January 17, 2018

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Every day brings new distractions and controversies, but it should shock all our consciences that HALF of Puerto Rico remains without electricity, four months later. These Americans need additional disaster relief, and it’s way past time to get it done. https://t.co/cZsd3cY2vZ

— Tim Kaine (@timkaine) January 17, 2018

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FormerDirtDart Jan 16, 2018 • 4:52:24pm

We love the Turks and Muslims in the world. We condemn those who persecute them, especially in the United States, and we share their suffering . We love turkish soldiers , we love Erdoğan, we love Turkey 🇹🇷 pic.twitter.com/wHqgay5bzK

— Greta Van Susteren (@greta) January 16, 2018

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change your passwords regularly, everybody https://t.co/sROCJMH2WM

— Brooke Binkowski (@brooklynmarie) January 17, 2018

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Stanley Sea Jan 16, 2018 • 4:52:58pm

re: #291 Backwoods_Sleuth

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That this is lost in the fray pisses me off. Hopefully not locally.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 4:54:12pm

re: #299 FormerDirtDart

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I speak only rudimentary Turkish, but I’ve never seen “Mr” used like this at the beginning of a name (“Bay Trump”) instead of after. Greta’s hackers look like they ran the text through Google Translate. pic.twitter.com/nDcLkUlHJG

— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) January 17, 2018

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jaunte Jan 16, 2018 • 4:54:52pm

It’s strange to watch Chris Matthews discovering Trump is a fascist, 20 months late.

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Stanley Sea Jan 16, 2018 • 4:55:13pm

re: #299 FormerDirtDart

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The account is sending DM’s to the yam

3. The connection Greta and Eric Bolling have in this case is they’re both followed by @realDonaldTrump - the hackers are now sending direct messages to President Trump from Greta’s account. pic.twitter.com/P5jPS1MPus

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 17, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 4:58:34pm

Nearly all members of National Park Service advisory panel resign in frustration https://t.co/T9HTTHQjJG

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 16, 2018

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The resignation of nine out of 12 National Park System Advisory Board members leaves the federal government without a functioning body to designate national historic or natural landmarks https://t.co/hG8dlwbeZl

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 16, 2018

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Ace Rothstein Jan 16, 2018 • 4:59:09pm

Over two hours later and those Bolling tweets are still on his feed.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 4:59:23pm

This is Coop. He dug a hole, then got stuck in it. Happens to the best of us. 13/10 someone help him pic.twitter.com/fQ6op4MOvz

— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) January 17, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 5:00:31pm

oh my…

Stormy Daniels: Trump is bad at sex, his assistant and bodyguard arranged trysts https://t.co/XODAyZkTyD pic.twitter.com/xBpNTMH0Kp

— Justin Miller (@justinjm1) January 16, 2018

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freetoken Jan 16, 2018 • 5:03:56pm

re: #304 Backwoods_Sleuth

Trump’s War on America continues on all fronts.

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Stanley Sea Jan 16, 2018 • 5:04:26pm

re: #307 Backwoods_Sleuth

oh my…

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Keith Schiller - knows all

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Stanley Sea Jan 16, 2018 • 5:05:42pm

re: #309 Stanley Sea

Keith Schiller - knows all

Wonder what his payoff was.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 16, 2018 • 5:09:42pm

Three-quarters of the members of the National Park System Advisory Board abruptly quit Monday night out of frustration that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke had refused to meet with them or convene a single meeting last year, WaPo reports. https://t.co/N01OeKfF1G

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 17, 2018

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Trump and Zinke doubling National Park fees to an insane $80 per vehicle is one of the most underreported outrages of the Administration. That price is essentially unaffordable to most families in this country. Then they took those jacked up fees & gave the money to billionaires. https://t.co/Dzs2dsEQrF

— Jesse Lee (@JesseCharlesLee) January 17, 2018

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stpaulbear Jan 16, 2018 • 5:10:09pm

I use ambien on a fairly regular basis along with some anti-anxiety and anti-depressant meds. I actually find it really helpful. It lets me sleep well all night. The one thing about Ambien is that you don’t want to stay up too long after you’ve taken it or you find yourself deciding to reorganizing your record collection at 1:00 in the morning. I’ve had mornings where I wondered how something ended up where it is, but whatever it is, it happened before I climbed into bed. I know better than to EVER drive after taking the stuff.

I took Prozac for one week and I’m lucky that no one died while I was on that stuff. I wouldn’t realize I’d run a red light until I was half a block away.

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Skip Intro Jan 16, 2018 • 5:13:23pm

re: #303 Stanley Sea

The account is sending DM’s to the yam

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If they get the Fox and Friends account head to the bomb shelters.

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Charles Johnson Jan 16, 2018 • 5:15:05pm

This guy is just despicable.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 17, 2018

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stpaulbear Jan 16, 2018 • 5:18:31pm

re: #298 Backwoods_Sleuth

Tim Kaine
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@timkaine
Every day brings new distractions and controversies, but it should shock all our consciences that HALF of Puerto Rico remains without electricity, four months later. These Americans need additional disaster relief, and it’s way past time to get it done.

If the power grid were to go down that long in the 48 states, people would be eating each other within one month.

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jaunte Jan 16, 2018 • 5:19:34pm

Matt Gaetz is like the spokesperson for backpfeifengesicht syndrome.

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jaunte Jan 16, 2018 • 5:20:04pm

I hope Matt Gaetz is more likable when he’s taking roadside sobriety tests.

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) January 17, 2018

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jaunte Jan 16, 2018 • 5:21:29pm

Anti-immigration hardliners Stephen Miller and John Kelly worked furiously to sink the DACA deal https://t.co/eRxYrFRgKg

— Muckmaker (@RealMuckmaker) January 16, 2018

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More people need to shed light on John Kelly’s bigotry. He’s not some innocent bystander, he’s a willful accomplice in Trump’s race hatred. https://t.co/Ef8TaDLfmQ

— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) January 17, 2018

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HappyWarrior Jan 16, 2018 • 5:25:54pm

re: #318 jaunte

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EB is right on about Kelly. He ain’t innocent. Too many were blinded by the General. He’s more Edwin Walker than George Marshall.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Jan 16, 2018 • 5:26:47pm

re: #318 jaunte

It seems like everyone around Trump is a bigoted piece of shit.

— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) January 17, 2018

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WIthout exception.

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Eclectic Cyborg Jan 16, 2018 • 5:31:00pm

re: #235 Charles Johnson

Unfortunately, Trump is pretty healthy for a 71-year old asshole.

Yeah, not having to worry about money and having people to attend your every need tends to make things pretty easy on you even if you don’t have the best lifestyle habits.

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dangerman Jan 16, 2018 • 5:32:41pm

re: #318 jaunte

More people need to shed light on John Kelly’s bigotry. He’s not some innocent bystander, he’s a willful accomplice in Trump’s race hatred

bystander? kelly might in fact be the puppetmaster

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petesh Jan 16, 2018 • 5:33:38pm

re: #322 dangerman

bystander? kelly might in fact be the puppetmaster

Not a puppet! You’re a puppet, poppet!

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Eclectic Cyborg Jan 16, 2018 • 5:33:54pm

re: #304 Backwoods_Sleuth

Gah. They’re dismantling this country piece by piece.

I FUCKING HATE DONALD TRUMP.

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petesh Jan 16, 2018 • 5:35:15pm

re: #324 Eclectic Cyborg

Gah. They’re dismantling this country piece by piece.

I FUCKING HATE DONALD TRUMP.

I say, could you fucking tone it down a bit? NOOOOOO!

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Jack Burton Jan 16, 2018 • 5:38:08pm

re: #321 Eclectic Cyborg

Yeah, not having to worry about money and having people to attend your every need tends to make things pretty easy on you even if you don’t have the best lifestyle habits.

I’m of the opinion that stress might be the absolute worst thing for people’s health; even worse that obesity, alcohol use, and smoking.

That said, a medical professional, I am not.

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Charles Johnson Jan 16, 2018 • 5:41:06pm

New report from DOJ & DHS shows that nearly 3 in 4 individuals convicted of terrorism-related charges are foreign-born. We have submitted to Congress a list of resources and reforms….

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 16, 2018

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This has NOTHING TO DO WITH IMMIGRATION. Most of the criminals in this study were not immigrants, they were EXTRADITED to the US for crimes committed OUTSIDE THE US. You’re lying again, Donnie. https://t.co/f5B3QYduuN

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 17, 2018

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Unshaken Defiance Jan 16, 2018 • 5:47:01pm

re: #269 Unshaken Defiance

Oh man a cinematic worthy super 8mm film camera with enough video features to run like a DSLR. Enormous artistic potential here. Paged.

Oops blew the link

Kodak’s New Super 8 Camera at CES 2016!

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HappyWarrior Jan 16, 2018 • 5:49:40pm

re: #322 dangerman

bystander? kelly might in fact be the puppetmaster

Given how he treated Rep Wilson and lied about her, yep.

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Kragar Jan 16, 2018 • 5:50:34pm

“New California” sounds like a dipshit rebranding of “The South will rise again!”

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) January 17, 2018

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Jack Burton Jan 16, 2018 • 5:52:49pm

re: #330 Kragar

You misspelled “Novaya Kaliforniya”

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Interesting Times Jan 16, 2018 • 5:55:41pm

re: #321 Eclectic Cyborg

Yeah, not having to worry about money and having people to attend your every need tends to make things pretty easy on you even if you don’t have the best lifestyle habits.

Psychopathy also seems to be a life-preserver, since no conscience = no stress (see Pinochet who lived to his 90s, Mugabe who’s around the same age and still hasn’t croaked, ancient Nazi war criminals, etc)

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Eclectic Cyborg Jan 16, 2018 • 5:56:36pm

re: #332 Interesting Times

Psychopathy also seems to be a life-preserver, since no conscience = no stress (see Pinochet who lived to his 90s, Mugabe who’s around the same age and still hasn’t croaked, ancient Nazi war criminals, etc)

Fidel Castro too.

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Brian J. Jan 16, 2018 • 5:59:26pm

re: #330 Kragar

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The thing is, New California wouldn’t be a Republican state; Hillary Clinton carried it by more than 640,000 votes. Honestly, Democrats need to start sponsoring these kinds of measures to increase Californians’ clout in the Senate.

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fern01 Jan 16, 2018 • 6:00:15pm

re: #41 Backwoods_Sleuth

JFC!!!

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I really REALLY despise my Commonwealth’s governor (and, no, I did not vote for him).

It seems unbelievable that people who so hate their fellow man keep getting elected into positions of power.

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Charles Johnson Jan 16, 2018 • 6:00:31pm

TFW when someone tweets something weird at you and you check their timeline to see what they’re about, and then you can’t hit the block button fast enough.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 17, 2018

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HappyWarrior Jan 16, 2018 • 6:03:21pm

re: #335 fern01

It seems unbelievable that people who so hate their fellow man keep getting elected into positions of power.

I can believe it. Greed and resentment are the twins that drive conservative politics.

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jaunte Jan 16, 2018 • 6:04:27pm

re: #321 Eclectic Cyborg

Yeah, not having to worry about money and having people to attend your every need tends to make things pretty easy on you even if you don’t have the best lifestyle habits.

George III lived to be 89, and he wasn’t in great shape either.

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Charles Johnson Jan 16, 2018 • 6:04:54pm

One thing that sucks about Twitter: it exposes you to interactions with some seriously creepy human beings. Keep reminding yourself that this isn’t real life, and the lunatics are (probably) not as prevalent as they are on Twitter.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 17, 2018

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teleskiguy Jan 16, 2018 • 6:08:33pm

235 pound reported weight for portly US president Donald Trump draws widespread international mockery.

Marshal Kim Jong-Un weighs in at healthy 170 kilograms. pic.twitter.com/Q35M17AW9d

— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) January 17, 2018

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jan 16, 2018 • 6:09:44pm

re: #340 teleskiguy

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Just from that screenshot, if he’s 6’ 2”, he’s got to be every bit of 300 lbs. No fucking way he’s 239 unless my body is a serious outlier.

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fern01 Jan 16, 2018 • 6:10:02pm

re: #83 Backwoods_Sleuth

The majority of folks over 70 do not have BP 122/70 without taking meds for same. Maybe the report did not include medications? Finding this so hard to believe

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stpaulbear Jan 16, 2018 • 6:10:53pm

re: #341 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Just from that screenshot, if he’s 6’ 2”, he’s got to be every bit of 300 lbs. No fucking way he’s 239 unless my body is a serious outlier.

He’s hollow inside.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jan 16, 2018 • 6:11:42pm

re: #343 stpaulbear

He’s hollow inside.

Well, we definitely know his head is empty, at least.

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GlutenFreeJesus Jan 16, 2018 • 6:12:04pm

re: #341 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Here’s the original. He’s still at least 300. Easily.

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Skip Intro Jan 16, 2018 • 6:12:32pm

re: #343 stpaulbear

He’s hollow inside.

Or maybe having a soul adds 100 pounds.

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Stanley Sea Jan 16, 2018 • 6:12:55pm

re: #341 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Just from that screenshot, if he’s 6’ 2”, he’s got to be every bit of 300 lbs. No fucking way he’s 239 unless my body is a serious outlier.

shopped

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William Lewis Jan 16, 2018 • 6:13:40pm

re: #328 Unshaken Defiance

Oops blew the link

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Neat. Liked the page too, though for different reasons than you probably :D

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jan 16, 2018 • 6:13:48pm

re: #347 Stanley Sea

shopped

Per the following original: re: #345 GlutenFreeJesus, I still think he’s got to be 300, but I’d pin it pretty close to that.

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GlutenFreeJesus Jan 16, 2018 • 6:14:38pm

Not shopped. Heh

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teleskiguy Jan 16, 2018 • 6:14:50pm

re: #341 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

The photo was shopped.

efuseakay posted the original, I see. From that photo, I’d venture he’s easily a deuce and a half.

Like jaunte said, we are all girthers now.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jan 16, 2018 • 6:15:57pm

re: #351 teleskiguy

The photo was shopped.

efuseakay posted the original, I see. From that photo, I’d venture he’s easily a deuce and a half.

Like jaunte said, we are all girthers now.

Yeah. He’s definitely bigger than me by some substantial amount. Again, perhaps it’s just that he has no grey matter between his ears.

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teleskiguy Jan 16, 2018 • 6:16:47pm

FTR, I’m 5’ 9” 163 lbs.

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ObserverArt Jan 16, 2018 • 6:17:47pm

re: #340 teleskiguy

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In that image Trump has a 100lb gut and a 100lb butt and those two alone take him to 200lbs. add his fat head and we are well over 250!

Edit to add: I don’t care if it shopped. He’s still fat, he acts fat, he thinks fat and he is a fat asshole.

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Eclectic Cyborg Jan 16, 2018 • 6:20:25pm

re: #340 teleskiguy

170 kilos = 374 lbs

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prairiefire Jan 16, 2018 • 6:22:04pm

Hope deb and wifey are ok!

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teleskiguy Jan 16, 2018 • 6:23:58pm

re: #355 Eclectic Cyborg

It’s funny, like Norm Macdonald playing Burt Reynolds on Celebrity Jeopardy.

It’s a big hat. It’s funny.

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fern01 Jan 16, 2018 • 6:39:58pm

re: #261 Stanley Sea

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Also from the people who brought you “Where was President Obama born?”

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plansbandc Jan 16, 2018 • 6:57:49pm

Mr. and Mrs. plansbandc having spent some quality time as fat fucks, want to tell you that there is absolutely no way in fucking hell the orange bag is less than 270.

Trust us, we know. And we aren’t necessarily fat fucks now, just saying.

Low carb works. Peace. :D

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