Seth takes a break from breaking news to check in on President Trump’s evolving views on religion, faith and the separation of church and state.
I love so many things about this site including getting late night activity from Charles and the lizards!
I’m on Pacific Time right now so it’s not that late out here but still, I used to hear ‘Closing Time’ playing in the background so much earlier at other sites.
Shout-out from a lifelong insomniac and default night owl!!!
Ugggh I need to avoid Susan Sarandon tweets.
Gets my pressure up even more than most Berners.
re: #1 JordanRules
Well Charles is based on the west coast so that’s par for the course around here.
re: #3 Eclectic Cyborg
I still noticed less activity after 7ish for a lot of places I used to frequent regardless of the home time zone.
*sees hornets nest, hits it repeatedly with a baseball bat*
Alright Twitter RT this with your top 5 video games of all time
— Westen (@epicgeezr) July 30, 2017
Doom
Grand Theft Auto 3
The Secret of Mana
Super Mario Kart
Goldeneye https://t.co/T9AnBDcOVB— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) August 1, 2017
True, true…
To be fair, we’re not doing a great job of promoting democracy at home… https://t.co/to9TbHwuIL
— D.J. Gleeson (@StratGleeson) August 2, 2017
re: #5 teleskiguy
Full Disclosure: I stopped playing video games after I finished Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. It wasn’t fun anymore. I’ve played more classic arcade games in 13 years than I have any console. I think I’ve played console video games maybe a half dozen times since 2004, a friends’ houses.
Jesus Saves…Moses Invests…
— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) August 2, 2017
I used to *love* video games. Love. I loved playing Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past and Super Metroid all the way through in a few sittings just ‘cause I could.
-Half-life 2
-Doom
-WoW
-Defender
-Resident Evil
DONALD TRUMP is the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES and we’re really supposed to believe mediocre white people aren’t getting a fair shake
— Emily (@emilydawnlove) August 2, 2017
re: #10 Amory Blaine
I spent a whole summer in between 6th and 7th grade playing Resident Evil into the wee hours, that was a very fun game!
re: #1 JordanRules
I love so many things about this site including getting late night activity from Charles and the lizards!
I’m on Pacific Time right now so it’s not that late out here but still, I used to hear ‘Closing Time’ playing in the background so much earlier at other sites.Shout-out from a lifelong insomniac and default night owl!!!
Shout back from an East Coast insomniac who swears every night I’m going to go to bed early and then whoops—suddenly it’s 2 am (and then I have to read some once I get into bed.)
Pretty much all my favourite games came out before the year 2000, with a few exceptions.
For some extra sizzle on this burn please know, they work for the same company. Teeheehee
Facts matter @realskipbayless & @shannonsharpe and you guys look dumb supporting Kaepernick’s protest and spouting left wing lies.
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) August 1, 2017
Clay, you don’t know me and I don’t you. I just know ,I don’t F*** with you. Don’t make me lose my job. Enjoy your day. https://t.co/jAkWc59mkc
— shannon sharpe (@ShannonSharpe) August 1, 2017
OK—I really am going to go to my bed now, but before I leave, let’s hear it for Bakari, who was taking no prisoners tonight (and looking mighty fine while doing it!):
“Let me help my colleagues to the right on me, I guess both on this panel and literally, attempt to unravel this pretzel,” Sellers replied. “This is something we’ve seen from this White House periodically. The White House lies, then the facts come out, then the White House tells you, ‘don’t worry about facts.’”
“What we know to be the truth is that this meeting was not about adoptions or Russian adoptions,” he continued. “We also know that the president dictated that statement. What do we deduce from that? That the president lied. He lied.”
Sellers went on to note that Sekulow “gave up his credibility” when he told Tapper Trump did not sign off on the statement. “He lied, too,” Sellers said.
re: #14 Eclectic Cyborg
shit, I grew up playing pinball and the arcade stuff with games like defender and tempest and q-bert were how you wasted time (because you were too young to drink and too awkward to have any faith in talking to girls).
re: #10 Amory Blaine
Skyrim
Baldur’s Gate series
Star Wars Galaxies
Knights of the Old Republic
Crusader Kings II
Honourable mentions to XCom, Civilization, and Borderlands series.
re: #5 teleskiguy
*sees hornets nest, hits it repeatedly with a baseball bat*
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Wizardry series
Might and Magic series (NOT Heroes of Might and Magic)
Final Fantasy series
Chrono Trigger
Doom (still the best 1st person shooter)
Honorable mention: Angband
re: #5 teleskiguy
well, on the console…
Final Fantasy 7
Crash Bandicoot
Little Big World
on the PC
cut my teeth on CIV III
MOO III
Anyone who has a PS4 and hasn’t played Horizon: Zero Dawn needs to give it a whirl, just an absolutely amazing game.
Civilization
Civilization II
Civilization III
Civilization IV CTP
Hamurabi
re: #21 The Great Eye
Anyone who has a PS4 and hasn’t played Horizon: Zero Dawn needs to give it a whirl, just an absolutely amazing game.
Seriously! HZD is fantastic on every level that counts, well thought out gameplay combined with excellent voice acting and a visually stunning environment that will melt your face on a hdr capable 4K TV. Also the game’s world building and take on post apocalyptic fiction is right up there with Adventure Time in terms of uniqueness and overall quality of engagement. It almost makes up for the rest of the bullshit this year has put us through so far.
Fallout 3
Civ V
SimCity 4
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
Grand Theft Auto V
re: #24 Targetpractice
Grand Theft Auto V
That’s where I quit video games. Simply put, I thought “It cannot be better.”
Fallout New Vegas
Skyrim
Mechwarrior 3
Civ V
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
re: #23 goddamnedfrank
Seriously! HZD is fantastic on every level that counts, well thought out gameplay combined with excellent voice acting and a visually stunning environment that will melt your face on a hdr capable 4K TV. Also the game’s world building and take on post apocalyptic fiction is right up there with Adventure Time in terms of uniqueness and overall quality of engagement. It almost makes up for the rest of the bullshit this year has put us through so far.
Aloy is one of the greatest characters in all of media and I’ll fight anyone who disagrees.
Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown
Horizon: Zero Dawn
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
D&D: Shadow Over Mystara
Chrono Trigger
Nice to see that V’Ger is still operating.
re: #26 Kragar
Fallout New Vegas
Skyrim
Mechwarrior 3
Civ V
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
See, I was split on 3 vs NV, because while the latter had the better story, the former has left the bigger impression on me.
And RtCW! How could I have forgotten that?
re: #28 goddamnedfrank
Ocarina of Time was pretty amazing. At the time there was one N64 in the house and my younger sister horked all the time on that machine so I never finished that game and never got to appreciate how cool that game was.
re: #1 JordanRules
I love so many things about this site including getting late night activity from Charles and the lizards!
I’m on Pacific Time right now so it’s not that late out here but still, I used to hear ‘Closing Time’ playing in the background so much earlier at other sites.Shout-out from a lifelong insomniac and default night owl!!!
I am on Central European Time, which unfortunately means that I sign on just as most US lizards are crawling back under their rocks…
re: #26 Kragar
Fallout New Vegas
Skyrim
Mechwarrior 3
Civ V
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Let’s have a discussion of ethics in video game criticism…
Checking in from Germany. Wow only gone a few days and Preibus and Scarmucci gone.
Anyhow my top 5 in no particular order.
Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater
GTA San Andreas
Red Dead Redemption
Silent Hill
re: #31 teleskiguy
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Are there instructions here for embedding a tweet in a post?
re: #36 Scout
Are there instructions here for embedding a tweet in a post?
All you need to do is paste the URL of the tweet.
re: #32 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I love the international lizard contributions!! So please continue to post away so we can wake up to it. Many times I wake up in the middle of my night and love to see it! Sleeping thru the night for a full cycle is pretty foreign to me.
Y’all might get some good breaking news too. Well I guess it could be bad breaking news too.
Entire day has gone by without any comment from Trump on expulsion of US diplomats from Russia. He’d never turn cheek if Rosie insulted him.
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) July 31, 2017
re: #34 HappyWarrior
Checking in from Germany. Wow only gone a few days and Preibus and Scarmucci gone.
Anyhow my top 5 in no particular order.Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater
GTA San Andreas
Red Dead Redemption
Silent Hill
Son is big into Overwatch.
I still play with painted figures.
re: #41 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Son is big into Overwatch.
I still play with painted figures.
I like a little bit of everything but I’m very plot driven too.
re: #39 JordanRules
I love the international lizard contributions!! So please continue to post away so we can wake up to it. Many times I wake up in the middle of my night and love to see it! Sleeping thru the night for a full cycle is pretty foreign to me.
Y’all might get some good breaking news too. Well I guess it could be bad breaking news too.
Only big news here is the weather, which has really gone really extreme of late and begun to resemble monsoon season in the Southwest with its thunderstorms and intense downbursts inundating whole villages within a few minutes.
Hope it spares the metal heads out enjoying the Wacken open-air this weekend…
re: #42 HappyWarrior
I like a little bit of everything but I’m very plot driven too.
That is my taste in porn, too…
See, limiting it to 5 games made me think. Because I could just as easily have added the Mass Effect trilogy.
re: #43 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
AZ monsoon season hasn’t been great for me in South Phoenix. We’ve had a couple very brief, decent storms but the outer burbs are mostly getting all the good action.
I get teased with lots of cell phone warnings though.
re: #46 JordanRules
here in Tucson its flash flood watches and warnings every day… everything is growing gangbusters as well…
re: #46 JordanRules
AZ monsoon season hasn’t been great for me in South Phoenix. We’ve had a couple very brief, decent storms but the outer burbs are mostly getting all the good action.
I get teased with lots of cell phone warnings though.
When they say “30% chance of rain” it means that it will rain somewhere, there is just a 30% chance that you yourself will get wet…
And the heat updraft generated by the ever-growing urban agglomeration tends to shunt the storms away to the outlying areas.
The Valley of the Sun is kind of fucked. A couple million people in that part of the world, where a lot of their water is pumped uphill from the Colorado River and urban heat islands make much of the Phoenix urban landscape completely uninhabitable. So it goes.
Shameless Page Promotion (sm):
Casting Call for Coen Brothers Film (goes to the right-hand column of Little Green Footballs)
re: #50 Anymouse 🌹
good luck! hope you and your spouse make the cut!
Oh my gawd you’re right.
“Maybe, but I got you pegged” pic.twitter.com/iLPaPxxm6R— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) August 2, 2017
re: #48 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
When they say “30% chance of rain” it means that it will rain somewhere, there is just a 30% chance that you yourself will get wet…
And the heat updraft generated by the ever-growing urban agglomeration tends to shunt the storms away to the outlying areas.
That’s why when they said we had a 0% chance of rain, I did laundry and hung it on the line this morning. Just before we left for Scottsbluff, we got a torrential downpour and hail in the zero percent chance thunderstorm that struck.
So much for dry laundry… .
re: #47 piratedan
re: #48 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
re: #49 teleskiguy
Yep! I’m old enough to remember what it used to like before the last couple pop booms and super-duper sprawl. Monsoon season was amazing and consequential in the metro area when I was growing up. PirateDan probably still gets this in Tuscon.
I know this place is not fit for the growth some people have in mind for it. Also too, the sustained Summer heat is nuts to me now.
Trump administration wants to investigate colleges for discriminating against white applicants, document suggests https://t.co/w5xnB03XYF
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 2, 2017
TFW your base has become deaf to the dog whistle so instead you hit the nuclear air raid siren. https://t.co/Mvg57pQOc9
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) August 2, 2017
Checking in from Australia…
Just finished watching a speech to the National Press Club by the director of the Lowy Institute, one of our high respected think tanks, Australia in the era of Trump.
Scathing to say the least - a summary from the Guardian - theguardian.com
re: #55 JordanRules
we’ve had rain in the metro area pretty much everyday for the last two weeks…. but yeah, that caveat works, a 30% chance of rain means that 30% of the city will get rain, you just never know which 30%…
there’s even been some of the usual rescue missions from people getting in the way of flash flooding (per usual) but I won’t question the rain, anything that adds to the water table out here is a good thing imho…
and I can remember when there was space between Marana and Tucson and when you cme up I-10, you didn’t hit Phoenix until you got to Baseline and you were out of town once you passed Bell Rd.
re: #55 JordanRules
Yep! I’m old enough to remember what it used to like before the last couple pop booms and super-duper sprawl. Monsoon season was amazing and consequential in the metro area when I was growing up. PirateDan probably still gets this in Tuscon.
I know this place is not fit for the growth some people have in mind for it. Also too, the sustained Summer heat is nuts to me now.
Honestly the only way I see Phoenix surviving in 50 to 100 years is if it goes underground like Coober Pedy. My only question is if that’s even feasible given that I know nothing about the geology of the place. Also Coober Pedy only exists because digging there is profitable, so that’s probably a non-starter. At the very least all the homes are going to need to be cocooned in insulation, because there’s probably no way that air conditioning alone will be able to deal with what’s coming.
re: #58 piratedan
Ha! Bell and Baseline are great indicators of that time.
You jump into the middle of the city back then and there are lots citrus and fig groves. So different.
re: #55 JordanRules
Yep! I’m old enough to remember what it used to like before the last couple pop booms and super-duper sprawl. Monsoon season was amazing and consequential in the metro area when I was growing up. PirateDan probably still gets this in Tuscon.
I know this place is not fit for the growth some people have in mind for it. Also too, the sustained Summer heat is nuts to me now.
We used to live out at 43rd Avenue and Northern back when that was near the edge of civilization, it would actually cool off enough to be outside in the evenings…
and yes, if you want Midwestern vegetation and green lawns, then stay in fucking Ohio…
re: #61 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Go further north and west and it was mostly farm land. Nights were great.
We landed in Peoria by the time I was in middle school and still had some great high school functions on those vast swaths of open land.
But yeah, we did desert landscaping and watched as most of our neighbors tried to replicate their Midwest environs in these new subdivisions. My grandfather was an engineer for SRP and knew better.
Opinion: Why people like me still support Trump https://t.co/FVR3umUQqX
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 2, 2017
“I am an old white man”
There, I saved you some time…https://t.co/zzXQYKtkol— TBogg (@tbogg) August 2, 2017
FYI: there are 10 Democratic senators with voting records that are more progressive than Bernie Sanders. https://t.co/5fxkxAXAR6 pic.twitter.com/C0xPGAE4hb
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) July 26, 2017
re: #64 Targetpractice
“yes, I can go ahead and write that there’s a gulf between I who support Trump and you who do not, so there…” Because somehow America has left me, so that’s why I decide to support a man who has left America for Russia, for the added benefit of fucking up healthcare for millions of American and I’m personally okay with that because I don;t know those people and if I do, I only see them as objects not people…”
you know what, those people are so far up their own asshole that until the brownshirts come for them after raping his wife and daughters and perhaps even his sister, he’ll still sit there and think…but her e-mails…
re: #65 Kragar
even that Kamala Harris, the corporatist, is more progressive than his Berness?
re: #67 piratedan
even that Kamala Harris, the corporatist, is more progressive than his Berness?
Shocking, I know.
/
File under Kleptocracy.
.@usedgov Sec DeVos had a plan to hand over the entire student loan portfolio to just one “Too Big to Fail” company. https://t.co/FjLkGVy46c
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) August 2, 2017
re: #63 Kragar
Opinion: Why people like me still support Trump
We hate politicians and politics as usual so we support someone who is as clueless about how government functions as we are, regardless (or rather because) of his dubious moral character and complete lack of any record of public service.
You don’t fuck with Gamestop pic.twitter.com/krXwe6Av5S
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 2, 2017
re: #70 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
We hate politicians and politics as usual so we support someone who is as clueless about how government functions as we are, regardless (or rather because) of his dubious moral character and complete lack of any record of public service.
Shorter than that: “I voted for Trump because it pisses off the people I hate.”
re: #68 Kragar
I want him in an interview situation where someone really challenges him on his bullshit!
He is a fraud leading the blind. Where are your taxes you ineffective and damaging fraud? Also, Rep. John Conyers, House of the ‘I been on this single payer shit’ says hi!
re: #64 Targetpractice
An elusive creature, the Trump supporter is.
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Still waiting for a news outlet to come interview one of us who supported Hillary Clinton in a deeply-Republican area. I’ll probably look like that skeleton rolled down the White House driveway before that happens.
re: #72 Targetpractice
Shorter than that: “I voted for Trump because it pisses off the people I hate.”
These are the same people who go feed their children at McDonald’s just to piss off Michelle Obama…
re: #69 goddamnedfrank
File under Kleptocracy.
How long before we find out Secretary DeVos has some financial interest in that one company?
re: #75 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
*chortle*
Yum, a nicely distilled comment shot.
Trump *would* think the White House is a dump, he can’t comprehend classic style & thinks his gold leafed shit box is the epitome of class.
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) August 2, 2017
re: #79 goddamnedfrank
Trump *would* think the White House is a dump, he can’t comprehend classic style & thinks his gold leafed shit box is the epitome of class.
If he thought it was such a dump, why did he put such effort into getting there?
Trump seems to think that the White House should put Versailles to shame.
re: #80 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
If he thought it was such a dump, why did he put such effort into getting there?
The ego trip. He’s high on power, having people salute him, nuclear launch authority, etc. It’s why he’s growing increasingly enraged at the fact that he’s failing so badly, can’t generate any genuine respect outside his personality cult and is being investigated for all the crimes he committed to get there.
Honestly I hate to get all alarmist but this country and by association the entire planet is staring down the barrel of a gun being controlled by a psychologically unhinged madman on the verge of a violent meltdown.
re: #82 goddamnedfrank
The ego trip. He’s high on power, having people salute him, nuclear launch authority, etc. It’s why he’s growing increasingly enraged at the fact that he’s failing so badly, can’t generate any genuine respect outside his personality cult and is being investigated for all the crimes he committed to get there.
He is also annoyed that he cannot make the entire US government sign lifetime NDAs…
Living dangerously. Just bought 240 rolls of 1 ply TP.
re: #84 Amory Blaine
Living dangerously. Just bought 240 rolls of 1 ply TP.
I just bought 80 rolls of 3 ply
re: #84 Amory Blaine
Living dangerously. Just bought 240 rolls of 1 ply TP.
Planning on a survivalist camp?
re: #84 Amory Blaine
Living dangerously. Just bought 240 rolls of 1 ply TP.
Well, you can always reassure/console yourself with the traditional mantra….
“It doesn’t go bad….”
And if the…ummmm…. relevant affected parts can deal with that paper for the next (?) six years (?)… you’re still ahead of the game! 😜
I’m off to bed, y’all. At least the National Command Authority prevents Donald Trump from blowing me up with nukes whilst I sleep. (He has the authority to order launching nukes, but only the Defense Secretary has the authority to release them. If the DOD refuses, Trump can fire the Secretary, but the Deputy can also refuse. It is thought that when President Nixon descended into paranoia in his administration’s latter days, the DOD decided to refuse such an order.)
We can hope our Defense Secretary is sane.
re: #84 Amory Blaine
Living dangerously. Just bought 240 rolls of 1 ply TP.
Rick Grimes hasn’t seen toilet paper in years. I bet he wishes he’d stocked up like that.
re: #92 sagehen
So the hotel association, in partnership with AFL-CIO, is running this ad against AirBnB…
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I’m, uh… finding it sorta persuasive.
One thing if you live in an apartment and are leasing it out when you are away. The main beef that communities have is that people are buying/leasing places for the sole purpose of re-letting them on Air BnB, thus removing housing from the market and driving up rents and prices.
re: #88 Anymouse 🌹
We can hope our Defense Secretary is sane.
Nobody’s called him a “Mad Dog” … have they?
re: #69 goddamnedfrank
File under Kleptocracy.
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Let me guess. She has a stake in that company.
re: #96 The Vicious Babushka
Let me guess. She has a stake in that company.
Maybe not her personally, but someone in her her immediate family or circle of associates.
Do you know how many white people truly and genuinely believe that black people get to go to college for free?
— Ashley C. Ford (@iSmashFizzle) August 2, 2017
THIS. THREAD. OMG. https://t.co/6bueXKDBUd
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) August 2, 2017
re: #98 The Vicious Babushka
Do you know how many white people truly and genuinely believe that black people get to go to college for free?
You know how many people believe that GW Bush got into Yale based on his academic merits?
Mark of The Beast (aka Scott Walker)
Dozens of Wisconsin workers now have microchips implanted in their hands to act as ID cards https://t.co/IieD0R1xRN pic.twitter.com/PPqkWYB7W5
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 2, 2017
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re: #100 The Vicious Babushka
Mark of The Beast (aka Scott Walker)
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Walker is certainly A beast, but THE Beast? Nah, not smart enough.
re: #98 The Vicious Babushka
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For being such a “master race”, white people are incredibly stupid.
re: #103 Timothy Watson
For being such a “master race”, white people are incredibly stupid.
Trump administration wants to investigate colleges for discriminating against white applicants, document suggests https://t.co/w5xnB03XYF
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 2, 2017
Can rejected applicants of Harvard’s class of 2003 sue because, unlike Jared Kushner, their dads couldn’t afford the $2.5M bribe to get in? https://t.co/BHRUAevuW3
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) August 2, 2017
Boy with autism asks for rainbows after losing both of his parents.
Read the whole thread, bros
My dude, clothing IS sexist and has been for centuries, my bro, broseph, guy who’s never had to worry about whether his pants have pockets. pic.twitter.com/K78CmIP6As
— Jared Pechacek (@vandroidhelsing) August 2, 2017
Wow. It looks like Mr. Bro dropped his petals & folded his tent. pic.twitter.com/nLCj6ccvMg
— QuoterGal (@quotergal) August 2, 2017
Ruby Bridges, the Little Black Girl Who Desegregated New Orleans Schools, Is Only 62. Let That Sink In. pic.twitter.com/2azgr1lMgl
— Crystal Johnson (@Crystal1Johnson) August 1, 2017
Legend of Zelda
Metroid
Tecmo Bowl
Super Mario Bros.
Ultima VI
re: #22 Decatur Deb
Hamurabi! (i had source code)
odyssey (look it up)
pong
space invaders
asteroids
pinball - lots of pinball
re: #80 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
If he thought it was such a dump, why did he put such effort into getting there?
people give him money and stuff
LOL
It’s unstoppable: @POTUS, Kelly and @Scaramucci hit by new gusher of leaks https://t.co/xCPbv0QgT1
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 2, 2017
re: #112 The Vicious Babushka
Is Fox angry at the leakers again?
re: #114 wheat-dogg
Is Fox angry at the leakers again?
Remember how furious Fox was when Russia-Wikileaks dumped the DNC emails all over?
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re: #110 dangerman
Hamurabi! (i had source code)
odyssey (look it up)
pong
space invaders
asteroids
pinball - lots of pinball
Did you have a supple wrist? I spent too much time at pinball arcades even as a middle schooler. As the 4th and last child, my parents seem to have given up.
re: #114 wheat-dogg
Is Fox angry at the leakers again?
Yeah, they’re furious about that thing called “reporting”.
Trump shits on the Constitution.
Unemployed Trump Deplorable: “The Stock Market is at record high!! Why won’t the media report that!?!”— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) August 2, 2017
re: #110 dangerman
Hamurabi! (i had source code)
odyssey (look it up)
pong
space invaders
asteroids
pinball - lots of pinball
Hamurabi was the first program we bought (in a dead-tree book) for our Apple ][ knockoff. Had to type it in several times until we got a Panasonic tape recorder working for mass storage.
The first game I got into was a university research simulation called River Valley. We took roles running a regional social/economic system. It ran in FORTRAN and took our inputs weekly on punch cards.
re: #117 Sir John Barron
Yeah, they’re furious about that thing called “reporting”.
At this point, reporters probably have to put the leakers on call waiting.
Governor Race War deeply disappointed that Maine’s two Senators didn’t boot millions off healthcare @Governor_LePage https://t.co/YapsqozthO
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) August 2, 2017
re: #116 Barefoot Grin
Did you have a supple wrist? I spent too much time at pinball arcades even as a middle schooler. As the 4th and last child, my parents seem to have given up.
while i wasnt quite a wizard, i had some moves
5 balls for a dime and the scoring was (still) mechanical
then it went to a quarter, then 3 balls for a quarter
then i realized there was girls
My kids had a game called “Scarf Man” which was kind of a low-rent version of Pacman that ran on a TRS-80 and was loaded from a tape cassette.
In 1987 we upgraded to an Amiga and played a game in FULL COLOR called “Marble Madness”
My kids now tell their kids “You youngsters don’t know what computer games were like back in the day!”
Wow not OK, please stop with the kink shaming. What three adult men choose to enjoy in private is really nobody else’s business.
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) August 2, 2017
re: #118 Dr. Matt
[Embedded content]Unemployed Trump Deplorable: “The Stock Market is at record high!! Why won’t the media report that!?!”
“the media” reports that every single day
its online everywhere
regular, daily radio shows
a page in virtually every newspaper everywhere every day
there are cable channels devoted to it
c’mon deplorables, now youre not even trying
Greets and saluts from the Resistance in the NYC metro area.
Pence is off in Europe trying to reassure our NATO allies that the US will stand by them, all while Trump dithers and undermines our alliances. Trump’s also delaying on signing the sanctions bill because it might upset Trump’s boss Putin.
Show us the signature on the sanctions bill. Otherwise we know he’s in Putin’s pocket.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 2, 2017
Meanwhile, Kelly is trying to impose some kind of order in the West Wing, and we’re getting all kinds of leaks about how Trump needs to be structured and focused, and that he’s now spouting stats in briefings.
So, what everyone is saying here is that Trump is a know-nothing reactionary incompetent who needed someone with discipline to try and control the chaos that Trump created in the WH and fill the vacuum with some kind of leadership. This is what the GOP chose; to bring chaos, lack of leadership, incompetence, and people devoted to destroying government.
Look, it’s not just Trump. Ryan and the rest of the GOP are intent on destroying government and the safety net just as surely as Trump intends. We see it through the cabinet picks, the budget choices Ryan and McConnell are making, and the consequences of those actions.
“Trump is the essence of the GOP, distilled down to its depraved and odious core.”@SenateMajLdr @SpeakerRyan https://t.co/Mpyypy2r2W
— Health4AllAmerica (@Health4AllAmer) August 2, 2017
re: #119 Decatur Deb
Panasonic tape recorder working for mass storage.
we are, ahem, dating ourselves….
submit the deck. wait 1-3 days for the results, “it’ll run when there’s free computer time”
i could have a sleep, a date, and a meal in that time
now that rare 2 second response delay from a web site is AGONY!
re: #128 dangerman
we are, ahem, dating ourselves….
submit the deck. wait 1-3 days for the results, “it’ll run when there’s free computer time”
i could have a sleep, a date, and a meal in that timenow that rare 2 second response delay from a web site is AGONY!
“The days of wooden computers and iron programmers.”
Trump is “acting sharper in meetings and even rattling off stats” now that Kelly is chief of staff https://t.co/1W4qnIVz3a
— Blake Hounshell (@blakehounshell) August 2, 2017
Did you know that THE NUCLEAR is really powerful stuff, REALLY powerful let me tell you, and I’m in charge of it all. #TrumpRattlingOffStats https://t.co/qGKBN5gURh
— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) August 2, 2017
re: #122 dangerman
while i wasnt quite a wizard, i had some moves
5 balls for a dime and the scoring was (still) mechanical
then it went to a quarter, then 3 balls for a quarter
then i realized there was girls
My friends graduated to Asteroid, etc. I couldn’t make the leap, ended up playing a lot of guitar.
re: #126 lawhawk
Pence is off in Europe trying to reassure our NATO allies that the US will stand by them
Kelly is trying to impose some kind of order in the West Wing
and the democrats have to ask that “The regular process, complete with committee meetings, should be used” for tax reform
this is where we are
(oh, and the white house is a dump)
From the good Dworkin (the Daily Kos one):
@iSmashFizzle Ashley C. Ford on casual white myths about people of color https://t.co/diG95cx8HF
— Greg Dworkin (@DemFromCT) August 2, 2017
There may be a brief period where Kelly is able to establish a semblance of order, but it won’t last. Trump will have to attack Congress, the Clintons, and the “fake” media within a week.
Intel Aide: We think North Korea is getting …
Trump:There are TWO Koreas OKAY! Don’t make me have to tell you again #TrumpRattlingOffStats— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) August 2, 2017
re: #105 The Vicious Babushka
I’m waiting for an upper class family to sue schools for giving need based scholarships to lower class whites.
re: #135 goddamnedfrank
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There’s this thing called the 38th parallel. A lot of people don’t know about this. //
today’s thought question
over at electoral-vote.com Kelly’s Real Tests Are Ahead
clicks through to Axios, lists five things that really determine whether Kelly is up to the job.
1 Can he attract and keep high quality talent to work in the executive branch?
2 Can he engineer a big legislative win?
3 Can he protect Trump from Robert Mueller?
4 Can he handle a real crisis, such as one with Russia or North Korea?
5 Can he rein Trump in and get him to stop damaging himself?
up to the job is the wrong question
the real question is how much of this does or can he control?
1 - not up to him - up to the applicant market
2 - up to congress
3 - how exactly? nope - he’s got nothing to do with this
4 - great way to find out if he’s “up to the job”. working out great in the oval isnt it?
5 - ego vs ego - nope
Closest anyone has come to disciplining Trump’s message was Manafort, and that too was a failure. Only way to discipline is to dump Trump
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 2, 2017
Trump thinks tweeting is a substitute for leadership and governing. He doesn’t care about policy or facts. He’s too busy lying & projecting
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 2, 2017
Trump is “acting sharper in meetings and even rattling off stats” now that Kelly is chief of staff https://t.co/1W4qnIVz3a
— Blake Hounshell (@blakehounshell) August 2, 2017
He even cuts his own steak now!!! The pivot has arrived! pic.twitter.com/0Vc5z8wDFV
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) August 2, 2017
re: #134 Barefoot Grin
There may be a brief period where Kelly is able to establish a semblance of order, but it won’t last. Trump will have to attack Congress, the Clintons, and the “fake” media within a week.
and look at where the bar is: “a semblance of order”
no one’s even considering a normal, actual, productive, functioning executive branch as the standard
Obama: “I passed several major bills in my first 6 months, stabilizing the economy and getting us on the road to recovery.”
Media: “Yeah, but look at all these people still out of work! All the people’s homes gone! You’re not impressing anybody, Barry.”
Trump: “I managed to wipe my ass today without getting shit all over my hand.”
Media: “THE PIVOT HAS ARRIVED!!!”
re: #139 lawhawk
[Embedded content]Hide Trump’s phone. Stop him from Tweeting. That’s how you get discipline, but that wont happen. Why? Trump’s incorrigible/undisciplined.
respectfully, that’s not discipline. that’s just turning off the loudspeakers so we dont hear it
it would be quieter out here. i expect inside would still be chaos
Trump’s had periods where they got him away from Twitter, got him to seem focused and on-task. Then those periods passed, he went back to shit-posting, and all the articles about how he was seeming “presidential” were quietly buried under Chernobyl-strength concrete.
re: #146 Targetpractice
Trump’s had periods where they got him away from Twitter, got him to seem focused and on-task. Then those periods passed, he went back to shit-posting, and all the articles about how he was seeming “presidential” were quietly buried under Chernobyl-strength concrete.
well he doesnt seem to tweet much while he’s eating two scoops of ice cream
re: #80 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
If he thought it was such a dump, why did he put such effort into getting there?
I think Trump is the kind of guy that puts down anything he doesn’t understand, anything he is bad at and other people all to make himself feel better.
Which pretty much means he is a complete asshole.
re: #136 Belafon
This would not surprise me. They’re already sucking public money into these freaking “charter schools” instead of investing in those horrible loser public schools. Turning everything into a business is going to kill America. Along with greed and selfishness.
I am really hoping that getting out of the South for awhile (starting Friday! WOOT!) will restore some of my hope in America. Because right now, I really feel powerless to do much but make phone calls and write letters/emails.
re: #146 Targetpractice
Trump’s had periods where they got him away from Twitter, got him to seem focused and on-task. Then those periods passed, he went back to shit-posting, and all the articles about how he was seeming “presidential” were quietly buried under Chernobyl-strength concrete.
They were probably feeding him some staffer’s kid’s Ritalin.
re: #146 Targetpractice
Trump’s had periods where they got him away from Twitter, got him to seem focused and on-task. Then those periods passed, he went back to shit-posting, and all the articles about how he was seeming “presidential” were quietly buried under Chernobyl-strength concrete.
His periods of lucidity seem to be outnumbered by long stretches of mental disorganization.
Trump calling the White House a dump is ironic, given his own decorating style is like the bastard child of Liberace and Saddam’s decorators
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 2, 2017
re: #134 Barefoot Grin
There may be a brief period where Kelly is able to establish a semblance of order, but it won’t last. Trump will have to attack Congress, the Clintons, and the “fake” media within a week.
He’s already doing this.
re: #135 goddamnedfrank
“There’s a North and a South Korea. Not many people know that.”
re: #135 goddamnedfrank
Angela Merkel is a three. Ok? A three. #TrumpRattlingOffStats
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) August 2, 2017
I went through Fox News twitter feed (good dog what a cascade of derp) and didn’t see any posts about Dump’s WSJ “interview”. I didn’t see any posts about the law suit alleging Fox News met with Dump’s people to push their bullshit Seth Rich story.
Strange. Very strange.
/
The stock market may be at a record high, but the US$ is dropping like a stone, which. speaking selfishly, isn’t great for those of us living abroad. Both the US$ and the GBP are taking a beating, not unfairly, all things considered, I must admit. But those clowns are taking the economy, socks notwithstanding, and there will be a reckoning.
re: #158 Lupin
The stock market may be at a record high, but the US$ is dropping like a stone, which. speaking selfishly, isn’t great for those of us living abroad. Both the US$ and the GBP are taking a beating, not unfairly, all things considered, I must admit. But those clowns are taking the economy, socks notwithstanding, and there will be a reckoning.
The USD is down 10 cents in 30 days compared to the CAD. Trump has personally cost me thousands of dollars.
re: #158 Lupin
The stock market may be at a record high, but the US$ is dropping like a stone, which. speaking selfishly, isn’t great for those of us living abroad. Both the US$ and the GBP are taking a beating, not unfairly, all things considered, I must admit. But those clowns are taking the economy, socks notwithstanding, and there will be a reckoning.
Dump also claimed the high stock market under Obama was a “bubble”.
re: #126 lawhawk
Pence is off in Europe trying to reassure our NATO allies that the US will stand by them, all while Trump dithers and undermines our alliances. Trump’s also delaying on signing the sanctions bill because it might upset Trump’s boss Putin.
The view i get from here (ie French military, ret.) is that Pence doesn’t matter. Despite Trump, they might trust US generals more. Pence, to them, is a non-entity.
re: #158 Lupin
But those clowns are taking the economy, socks notwithstanding, and there will be a reckoning.
I don’t know what your portfolio consists of, but I’m currently heavily invested in crew-length socks.
I have to say, I watch some of the pundits on MSNBC and CNN on YouTube and I am **astonished** bu the naiveté they exhibit towards the current clusterf*ck. Are they lying to create a suspenseful narrative or truly that delusional?
re: #159 MsJ
The USD is down 10 cents in 30 days compared to the CAD. Trump has personally cost me thousands of dollars.
I have bills to pay in euro and gbp which I pay out of a US$ account and the Pumpkin Petain is also starting to cost me beaucoup dollares.
re: #164 Lupin
I have to say, I watch some of the pundits on MSNBC and CNN on YouTube and I am **astonished** bu the naiveté they exhibit towards the current clusterf*ck. Are they lying to create a suspenseful narrative or truly that delusional?
Their goals are ratings. As long as they can make money, nothing else matters.
re: #164 Lupin
I have to say, I watch some of the pundits on MSNBC and CNN on YouTube and I am **astonished** bu the naiveté they exhibit towards the current clusterf*ck. Are they lying to create a suspenseful narrative or truly that delusional?
They are comfortable, which allows them to think that, by treating Trump as normal, nothing is really different about him.
re: #162 I cannot.
I don’t know what your portfolio consists of, but I’m currently heavily invested in crew-length socks.
I moved about half of our assets to various euro-denominated funds managed by Credit Lyonnais in the spring, and overall I have no reason to complain; the sharp drop in the US$/EUR conversion however is hurting my cash flow.
re: #165 Lupin
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Some of you are showing just how young you are. ;)
Ultima (Apple II)
Goonies
The Legend of Zelda
D&D (Intellivision)
Ikari Warriors
re: #170 GlutenFreeJesus
Some of you are showing just how young you are. ;)
Ultima (Apple II)
Goonies
The Legend of Zelda
D&D (Intellivision)
Ikari Warriors
Pong. :-D
re: #168 Lupin
I moved about half of our assets to various euro-denominated funds managed by Credit Lyonnais in the spring, and overall I have no reason to complain; the sharp drop in the US$/EUR conversion however is hurting my cash flow.
Most of our money is in Credit Mayonnaise, jars buried in the back yard.
re: #164 Lupin
I have to say, I watch some of the pundits on MSNBC and CNN on YouTube and I am **astonished** bu the naiveté they exhibit towards the current clusterf*ck. Are they lying to create a suspenseful narrative or truly that delusional?
I’ve become convinced the MSM et al doesn’t want this to end. Ratings are too good. Keeps their medium relevant for juusst a little longer.
— Counterchekist (@counterchekist) August 1, 2017
Broadcasting licenses should be carefully reviewed. Fairness Doctrine reestablished. Antitrust applied. New regulations enacted. https://t.co/MjATKc9qMk
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) August 1, 2017
re: #166 MsJ
Their goals are ratings. As long as they can make money, nothing else matters.
Granted, but they could get ratings (eg Seth Myers, Sam Bee etc) by not being so f*cking NAIVE! Last January, February, OK, fine, let’s not rush to judgment, but NOW??? One of them, older guy, a couple of nights ago, reminded me of the MONTY PYTHON notorious Piranha Bros sketch, where the victims bend backwards to be nice to their torturers.
re: #18 Renaissance_Man
Skyrim
Baldur’s Gate series
Star Wars Galaxies
Knights of the Old Republic
Crusader Kings IIHonourable mentions to XCom, Civilization, and Borderlands series.
My five, in no particular order:
Fallout: New Vegas
Shadowrun (SNES)
Jade Empire
Civ IV
System Shock 2
Honorable Mentions: so hard to narrow it down so I’ll go with the same as above, plus the Mass Effect series (anything Bioware basically), Dragons’ Dogma, Bioshock series, and Kingdoms of Amalur despite being made by an absolute shitheel.
re: #172 Decatur Deb
Most of our money is in Credit Mayonnaise, jars buried in the back yard.
Smart move. In the event of WWIII you have currency!
Priebus to @mollyesque: “I have no regrets at all.” The GOP is in “the best shape it’s been in since 1928,” he says. https://t.co/BeTookzW9z
— Adrienne LaFrance (@AdrienneLaF) July 31, 2017
I like to think Priebus is being sly here, considering what happened to the GOP after 1928. https://t.co/VVHLOQsbYT
— Seth Masket (@smotus) August 1, 2017
re: #166 MsJ
Their goals are ratings. As long as they can make money, nothing else matters.
It also helps that many of them don’t know piss or peanuts about the actual subject matter.
re: #178 Weaselone
It also helps that many of them don’t know piss or peanuts about the actual subject matter.
Seriously, at this stage, how can anyone over 30 not look at Trump and not see the cl*sterf*ck. Fools or knaves?
re: #179 Lupin
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re: #180 Lupin
Seriously, at this stage, how can anyone over 30 not look at Trump and not see the cl*sterf*ck. Fools or knaves?
Brainwashed by years and years of limbaugh and fox.
I wonder how George HW feels now about “our man Ailes”.
re: #182 MsJ
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re: #176 Lupin
Smart move. In the event of WWIII you have currency!
And jars. Which will be worth more.
re: #180 Lupin
Seriously, at this stage, how can anyone over 30 not look at Trump and not see the cl*sterf*ck. Fools or knaves?
Theree is lot of knave-iety out there
re: #176 Lupin
Smart move. In the event of WWIII you have currency!
Pfft, money after WWIII? That’s what my bottlecap “collection” is for.
This story…
Minneapolis white people suddenly demand police reform after black officer kills white woman:https://t.co/X2cGSZjsMO pic.twitter.com/GpxLSqilAR— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 2, 2017
re: #190 I cannot.
Pfft, money after WWIII? That’s what my bottlecap “collection” is for.
Do you have the prized 1981 Figgy Fizz?
2009: Obama’s a dummy who can’t talk without a teleprompter!
2017: After six months, Trump is paying attention in meetings. A true leader.— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) August 2, 2017
As @deray might say:
Watch whiteness work. https://t.co/0hDlEo1m9r— John Stoehr (@johnastoehr) August 2, 2017
— Jeannie Hartley (@Jeannie_Hartley) August 2, 2017
re: #193 The Vicious Babushka
Some college president being sued by Sessions: “Of course I want black people in my school. Have you seen how hard they work? Why do you think they are trying so hard to get football and basketball scholarships? I’ve seen far too many whites that think they should get in based on their skin color only.”
re: #180 Lupin
Seriously, at this stage, how can anyone over 30 not look at Trump and not see the cl*sterf*ck. Fools or knaves?
Yes.
Assuming we’re still talking about the media, you’ve got a huge chunk of right wing hacks who have been seeded over the last couple of decades even at ostensibly liberal networks like MSNBC. Some of those are going to be true believers and therefore might just be fools. Pretty much everyone else has to be a combination of fool and knave. They have to know that Trump’s a complete not-so-slow motion train wreck, but for whatever reason they keep playing along as if this were normal. Playing along as if this was normal, regardless of why is unforgivably stupid.
re: #164 Lupin
They’re insulated from much of the damage which is going to effect the poor and middle class. So they have no reason to give a shit or demonstrate intellectual curiosity.
“Boys have penises and girls have vaginas.” #TrumpRattlingOffStats
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) August 2, 2017
Got a BBC Breaking News alert: Trump just signed the Russian sanctions bill into law.
MORE: Pres. Trump has signed Russia sanctions bill aimed at punishing Russia for its interference in the election. https://t.co/zkcYjFzoF3 pic.twitter.com/aezhfcSMiQ
— ABC News (@ABC) August 2, 2017
re: #202 Dr Lizardo
Got a BBC Breaking News alert: Trump just signed the Russian sanctions bill into law.
Wow. Was Kelly guiding the pen?
President Donald Trump signs into law a bill imposing new US sanctions on Russia https://t.co/BWjHDjOHN7
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) August 2, 2017
I’ll bet they told him it was a Health Care bill. #TheResistance https://t.co/2r1dcMiPn6
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) August 2, 2017
re: #206 The Vicious Babushka
He might be hoping this will mean Congress will go on an actual break so he can fire Sessions.
re: #208 Belafon
He might be hoping this will mean Congress will go on an actual break so he can fire Sessions.
iirc aren’t the Democrats going to keep enough people on hand in D.C. to prevent any recess appointments?
I would be shocked if there were a new leaked scandal today that could be traced to the Russians.
Shocked!!
Shitler included a signing statement on the Russian Sanctions Bill.
Trump signs Russian sanctions bill — but includes a signing statement outlining his objections
Trump registered his objections to the legislation in a signing statement that he added to it, Bloomberg reports.
“The so-called signing statement… lays out Trump’s concerns about the legislation, including that it encroaches on presidential authority and may hurt U.S. ability to work with allies,” the publication reports.
re: #209 Bubblehead II
iirc aren’t the Democrats going to keep enough people on hand in D.C. to prevent any recess appointments?
Are you thinking he’s being rational about this? //
re: #213 Belafon
Are you thinking he’s being rational about this? //
tRump and rational don’t belong together in the same sentence.
re: #164 Lupin
I have to say, I watch some of the pundits on MSNBC and CNN on YouTube and I am **astonished** bu the naiveté they exhibit towards the current clusterf*ck. Are they lying to create a suspenseful narrative or truly that delusional?
CNN’s president Jeff Zucker gave “The Apprentice” the green light whilst slowly running NBC into the ground.
There’s a high degree of delusion among bullshit artists like Jeffrey Lord, but the networks are trying to create that narrative of suspense. Remember back in the day when people only tuned into CNN in the event of breaking news?
re: #161 Lupin
The view i get from here (ie French military, ret.) is that Pence doesn’t matter. Despite Trump, they might trust US generals more. Pence, to them, is a non-entity.
Le petit Pence?
re: #217 The Vicious Babushka
THE PEE TAPE.
Nah.
More likey? Video or audio of Trump from the early to mid 1990s agreeing to launder Russian Mob money.
re: #203 The Vicious Babushka
MORE: Pres. Trump has signed Russia sanctions bill aimed at punishing Russia for its interference in the election.
this will be offered up as proof that he did not collude
re: #220 Decatur Deb
Love to see how the networks handle that footage.
FOX will talk non-stop about Monica’s dress.
re: #221 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
this will be offered up as proof that he did not collude
….until Russia retaliates, of course.
re: #180 Lupin
Seriously, at this stage, how can anyone over 30 not look at Trump and not see the cl*sterf*ck. Fools or knaves?
From What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848:
As the New York Working Man’s Advocate declared in 1835, “The man who pretends that an ignorant and vicious people can long remain free, is a fool or a knave.”
re: #223 Myron Falwell
….until Russia retaliates, of course.
I am sure that he cleared this all with them first…keeping up appearances and all.
Like when a guy is out with his wife and walks past his mistress at the mall and she acts as if she does not know him…
re: #217 The Vicious Babushka
THE PEE TAPE.
Or the ‘whatever’ tape (thinking about your alternate tape theory).
re: #225 dangerman
food? you had food
Ate dirt.
(Really did eat a spoonful of Pittsburgh backyard on a dare.)
re: #216 Myron Falwell
CNN’s president Jeff Zucker gave “The Apprentice” the green light whilst slowly running NBC into the ground.
There’s a high degree of delusion among bullshit artists like Jeffrey Lord, but the networks are trying to create that narrative of suspense. Remember back in the day when people only tuned into CNN in the event of breaking news?
well cnn took it to the limit - 24 hours of breaking news
of course now everything, everywhere is “breaking news”
re: #220 Decatur Deb
Love to see how the networks handle that footage.
Tucker and Lumpy will trot out Kim Dot Con for some other stupid conspiracy theory about the DNC.
re: #219 Dr Lizardo
Nah.
More likey? Video or audio of Trump from the early to mid 1990s agreeing to launder Russian Mob money.
It still won’t register with Trump Co. that he did anything wrong. “Any reasonable businessman trying to get ahead would have done the same thing!”
re: #231 Barefoot Grin
It still won’t register with Trump Co. that he did anything wrong. “Any reasonable businessman trying to get ahead would have done the same thing!”
“I was just doin’ a favor for my investors!! What the hell’s wrong with that?!”
Or something to that effect.
re: #226 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I am sure that he cleared this all with them first…keeping up appearances and all.
Like when a guy is out with his wife and walks past his mistress at the mall and she acts as if she does not know him…
This doesn’t quite explain Russia’s requiring the US embassy staff being reduced. Putin did that to try to scare Trump.
re: #232 Dr Lizardo
“I was just doin’ a favor for my investors!! What the hell’s wrong with that?!”
Or something to that effect.
Yep. Also, sad now that almost every reflection on Trump or his cronies begins, “imagine what the right would say if Obama….”
re: #230 Myron Falwell
Tucker and Lumpy will trot out Kim Dot Con for some other stupid conspiracy theory about the DNC.
C-SPAN will call on narration by a Psych professor from the University of Northern South Dakota at Hoople.
re: #228 Decatur Deb
Ate dirt.
(Really did eat a spoonful of Pittsburgh backyard on a dare.)
i knew a guy who was playing “tea” with his granddaughter, plastic tea set and all
she made mud pies and offered him one, on a plate
he said he didnt what to do or how she’d react so he took a bite, albeit not a big one
she said “grampa, theyre dirt and rolled her eyes something fierce
a very big bruiser biker felled by a six year old girl
re: #231 Barefoot Grin
It still won’t register with Trump Co. that he did anything wrong. “Any reasonable businessman trying to get ahead would have
done the same thing!committed felonies!”
re: #231 Barefoot Grin
It still won’t register with Trump Co. that he did anything wrong. “Any reasonable businessman trying to get ahead would have done the same thing!”
But the Clinton Foundation Vince Foster Uranium!!!
re: #233 Belafon
This doesn’t quite explain Russia’s requiring the US embassy staff being reduced. Putin did that to try to scare Trump.
Keeping up appearances.
re: #228 Decatur Deb
Ate dirt.
(Really did eat a spoonful of Pittsburgh backyard on a dare.)
“Jeder eßt ein haufen Schmutz in Leben”—my German nanny
re: #233 Belafon
This doesn’t quite explain Russia’s requiring the US embassy staff being reduced. Putin did that to try to scare Trump.
Yup. It was a clear and direct threat to Trump that he better keep his end of the bargain and not impose any more sanctions under his watch.
And what a shock, Trump failed to keep yet another promise.
re: #236 dangerman
i knew a guy who was playing “tea” with his granddaughter, plastic tea set and all
she made mud pies and offered him one, on a plate
he said he didnt what to do or how she’d react so he took a bite, albeit not a big one
she said “grampa, theyre dirt and rolled her eyes something fiercea very big bruiser biker felled by a six year old girl
Kentuckians have an expression that’s said when food gets a little contaminated: “You’ve got to eat a bushel of dirt before you die”. I never figured out if they meant it takes a bushel of dirt to kill you, or that eating a lot of dirt is inevitable over time.
re: #242 Decatur Deb
Kentuckians have an expression that’s said when food gets a little contaminated: “You’ve got to eat a bushel of dirt before you die”. I never figured out if they meant it takes a bushel of dirt to kill you, or that eating a lot of dirt is inevitable over time.
I always understood the latter.
re: #240 The Vicious Babushka
“Jeder eßt ein haufen Schmutz in Leben”—my German nanny
Almost have that, except for “haufen”.
re: #239 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Keeping up appearances.
Would make more sense had Trump made a pocket veto. Not that a veto override in the Senate was a sure thing, but that would have allowed Trump to wash his hands and keep nice with Putin (“I did what I could!”).
re: #242 Decatur Deb
Looked it up—pretty much the same as the KY expression.
I’m trying to wrap my head around this.
The only conclusion I can draw is that Trump saw the possibility of a Congressional override of his veto as a bigger loss than whatever fresh hell Putin’s got in his pocket.
Trump is unhappy. Rexxon is unhappy. This makes me happy for the time being, but I shudder to think what Putin is going to unleash in retaliation.
Trump may end up wishing he’d just taken the L here at home.
re: #248 makeitstop
I’m trying to wrap my head around this.
The only conclusion I can draw is that Trump saw the possibility of a Congressional override of his veto as a bigger loss than whatever fresh hell Putin’s got in his pocket.
That and he can spin it as proof that he is not in cahoots with Russia.
.@POTUS signing statement on sanctions bill pic.twitter.com/72m6nmLIIm
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) August 2, 2017
re: #228 Decatur Deb
Ate dirt.
(Really did eat a spoonful of Pittsburgh backyard on a dare.)
Never ate dirt, but I have drank my share of Iron City, does that count?
Trump could not possibly have written that statement, it was written for him by somebody (Jared?)
Tennessee deputies tortured 19-year-old inmate with Tasers while he was strapped to a chair
Right-wing on right-wing crime
re: #250 The Vicious Babushka
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The only part of that statement that he’s even capable of writing is the paragraph about building a big successful company.
re: #253 Dr. Matt
Tennessee deputies tortured 19-year-old inmate with Tasers while he was strapped to a chair
Right-wing on right-wing crime
Proof that privatization is much more efficient than government…
re: #248 makeitstop
How will Russia retaliate? Kick more of our diplomats out? That will only hurt them. Are they going to block any of our exports?
The most painful way they could retaliate would be to help groups opposing us, like they are doing with the Taliban in Afghanistan. As we find out about it, that will only turn opinion here in the US against them.
And if they decide it’s time to release what they have on Trump, that will just hurt Trump.
That last part too: “As President, I can make far better deals with foreign countries than Congress.” Not typical for a signing statement.
— Marina Fang (@marinafang) August 2, 2017
re: #248 makeitstop
I’m trying to wrap my head around this.
The only conclusion I can draw is that Trump saw the possibility of a Congressional override of his veto as a bigger loss than whatever fresh hell Putin’s got in his pocket.
Trump is unhappy. Rexxon is unhappy. This makes me happy for the time being, but I shudder to think what Putin is going to unleash in retaliation.
Trump may end up wishing he’d just taken the L here at home.
C’mon look at my Signing STatement—I said I didn’t like this thing, that it’s bad, a very bad thing. TAkes away my president authority and hurts my ability to work with other leaders. So there! Don’t blame me. I don’t own this!
re: #257 FormerDirtDart
And, sorry, not how it works here, as every president, including Obama, has found out.
re: #256 Belafon
How will Russia retaliate? Kick more of our diplomats out? That will only hurt them. Are they going to block any of our exports?
The most painful way they could retaliate would be to help groups opposing us, like they are doing with the Taliban in Afghanistan. As we find out about it, that will only turn opinion here in the US against them.
And if they decide it’s time to release what they have on Trump, that will just hurt Trump.
They could drop a metric shit-ton of kompromat on Trump and his party, at which point all hell will break loose.
If shit starts hitting the fan with damaging stories about congressional Republicans, then all bets are off. And the only thing that will save Trump is groveling like a motherfucker to Putin.
re: #252 The Vicious Babushka
Trump could not possibly have written that statement, it was written for him by somebody (Jared?)
Things like that get shoved down through the staff to Subject Matter Experts (at least in the old, sane world.) Then they surface rapidly back up for review, tampering, pissing-on, and sign-off.
re: #257 FormerDirtDart
Why in the FUCK would a so-called POTUS want to “make deals” with a hostile enemy of our country. What a senile fucking idiot. And just last week he said he was part of the process to create the sanctions bill. Shitler is out of his fucking mind.
JFC
From the Trump statement accompanying the signing statement: pic.twitter.com/1CH5SXgzHQ
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) August 2, 2017
He can’t even “make a deal” for shit. He just played a “dealmaker” on TV.
re: #253 Dr. Matt
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they dont care that they are on camera
How much is “Trump, Inc” actually worth? It’s not even a corporate entity. He did have a stock option at one time but that ended up like all his other failures.
re: #262 Dr. Matt
Why in the FUCK would a so-called POTUS want to “make deals” with a hostile enemy of our country. What a senile fucking idiot. And just last week he said he was part of the process to create the sanctions bill. Shitler is out of his fucking mind.
Trump thinks everything comes down to making deals. It’s a very simplistic model which can only be applied to a very limited number of cases, such as negotiating a sales contract. Cutting deals with one’s geopolitical adversaries cannot work the same way. Real estate investors don’t typically declare war on you when they decide to cut a better deal.
re: #263 Stanley Sea
JFC
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The worst of us wanted a bigoted, senile, asshat for President, and they got it. Sane people need to start voting to stop this.
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) August 2, 2017
Apparently, this is the actual signing statement, the other bit going around is White House PR garbage
Text of Trump’s signing statement accompanying the bill imposing new Russia sanctions, which also ties the admin’s hands on lifting them pic.twitter.com/4fnxiIzyPt
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) August 2, 2017
Translation: The #SethRich hoax has fallen apart. Quick! Find another fake scandal to distract people!
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) August 2, 2017
re: #266 The Vicious Babushka
How much is “Trump, Inc” actually worth? It’s not even a corporate entity. He did have a stock option at one time but that ended up like all his other failures.
No one really knows. Some estimates put Trump Organization’s liquid accounts at hundreds of millions of dollars, or perhaps less. But it’s got so many layers, with shell accounts and shit like that, that I bet even his tax lawyers don’t know for sure.
re: #257 FormerDirtDart
[Embedded content]That last part too: “As President, I can make far better deals with foreign countries than Congress.” Not typical for a signing statement.
then why didnt you?
re: #270 FormerDirtDart
Apparently, this is the actual signing statement, the other bit going around is White House PR garbage
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No way Trump wrote that himself. A lawyer wrote it.
re: #269 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
We will all vote in tomorrow’s election.
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People are voting. Most of our elections, though, are next year.
re: #277 Sir John Barron
Seriously? He put this in his signing statement?
I think that’s what he said out loud. The signing statement was more formal.
re: #277 Sir John Barron
Seriously? He put this in his signing statement?
Apparently that’ the PR statement from the WH, FDD posted the actual above.
re: #267 wheat-dogg
Trump thinks everything comes down to making deals. It’s a very simplistic model which can only be applied to a very limited number of cases, such as negotiating a sales contract. Cutting deals with one’s geopolitical adversaries cannot work the same way. Real estate investors don’t typically declare war on you when they decide to cut a better deal.
or as has been said repeatedly by many smarter than me:
“foreign policy is not transactional, it’s relationships over time”
re: #267 wheat-dogg
Trump thinks everything comes down to making deals. It’s a very simplistic model which can only be applied to a very limited number of cases, such as negotiating a sales contract. Cutting deals with one’s geopolitical adversaries cannot work the same way. Real estate investors don’t typically declare war on you when they decide to cut a better deal.
Also too: “Deals” can only have a “winner” and a “loser.” A “deal” is zero sum. Because all of the “deals” that TEH WORLD’S GREATEST DEAL MAKER IN TEH WHOLE ENTIRE HISTORY OF DEALS is a scammer and the participants in his “Deals” consist only of The Scammer (the Winner) and The Mark (the Loser)
re: #275 wheat-dogg
No way Trump wrote that himself. A lawyer wrote it.
Of course, no President writes signing statements. Now, he likely dictated parts of the other statement the WH released, it had the telltale self-aggrandizing text…
What America Tells Black Americans: pic.twitter.com/Aed7AVWkKi
— TruthTella7777 (@TruthTella7777) August 2, 2017
re: #284 FormerDirtDart
Of course, no President writes signing statements. Now, he likely dictated parts of the other statement the WH released, it had the telltale self-aggrandizing text…
Sure, but they usually would understand what was written for them to sign. This one has many bigly words that I’m not sure Trump even knows.
re: #233 Belafon
This doesn’t quite explain Russia’s requiring the US embassy staff being reduced. Putin did that to try to scare Trump.
The problem is that putin underestimated the fact that trump doesn’t understand or care about embassy staff.
Which would be really funny if it wasnt so freaking sad.
re: #217 The Vicious Babushka
THE PEE TAPE.
Dear Vlad,
RELEASE THE PEE TAPE. PLEASE!!!!
Sincerely,
America#TrumpRussia— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) August 2, 2017
THEY ALREADY CAN’T COLLECT WELFARE YOU STUPID FUCK
Pres. Trump says the new merit-based immigration system will prevent “new migrants and immigrants from collecting welfare.” pic.twitter.com/7GbLVDxH8n
— ABC News (@ABC) August 2, 2017
re: #250 The Vicious Babushka
OK: assuming the text VB has reproduced in #250 is real…..
A couple of interesting points on the Signing Statement:
1): agreed that this doc HAD to be written by someone else: it’s a magnitude too articulate to be Dim Donald’s personal “thoughts”.
1a): wonder who?
2): Most of its comments on the sanctions make it obvious that Trump is still leaning “pro-Russian”: I noticed he refers to “Tehran and Pyongyang” as “rogue regimes” - the Russian references seem to relate mostly to economic stuff, and mainly to “our European allies” and business dealings. It sounds like he is still miffed that we aren’t getting along better: (and also that we could/should nuke Tehran and Pyongyang and who’d care). Russian election meddling, I notice, gets short shrift…
3): actually, the grumping about Congress and “Presidential perogratives” is about the most “normal” bit of the SS - I can see many/most other Presidents adding the same gripe….
4): if that final sentence is real, its the most “Trumpian” part of the whole doc: I wonder why they left it in….?
It was my great honor to pay tribute to a VET who went above & beyond the call of duty to PROTECT our COMRADES, our COUNTRY, & OUR FREEDOM! pic.twitter.com/YS6y1WR30G
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 2, 2017
Small business owners are the DREAMERS & INNOVATORS who are powering us into the future!
Read more and watch here: https://t.co/hZE3fUqKDf pic.twitter.com/TJn5x6HrFG— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 2, 2017
First two tweets of the Kelly era are rather subdued and vanilla. Let’s see how long this lasts.
Gotta love the people who think that affirmative action is bad but Ivanka totally deserves an office in the White House.
— Twitnter is Coming (@OhNoSheTwitnt) August 2, 2017
re: #286 Dave In Austin
That is a hungry Redfish.
So, I’m taking a trip to FL, GA & SC in the beginning of Nov - looking at chartering a small boat to go fishing in the marshes/river!
Haven’t made decision yet, but excited.
re: #260 makeitstop
They could drop a metric shit-ton of kompromat on Trump and his party, at which point all hell will break loose.
If shit starts hitting the fan with damaging stories about congressional Republicans, then all bets are off. And the only thing that will save Trump is groveling like a motherfucker to Putin.
I’m liking your scenario.
But, I bet if there is any repercussions against Trump it will have something to do with money…those Russian bank/mob loans. Who knows, they may call them in and Trump is forced to start finding ways to pay them off. Or, the real heaviness starts and Trump family members and associates start to go into hiding because they are…uh let’s say…wanted.
Headline: Eric Trump Missing
re: #262 Dr. Matt
Why in the FUCK would a so-called POTUS want to “make deals” with a hostile enemy of our country. What a senile fucking idiot. And just last week he said he was part of the process to create the sanctions bill. Shitler is out of his fucking mind.
Sure he was part of the process…he tried to reject them!
re: #293 Ace-o-aces
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First two tweets of the Kelly era are rather subdued and vanilla. Let’s see how long this lasts.
Comrades…interesting word choice there.
re: #292 Jay C
OK: assuming the text VB has reproduced in #250 is real…..
4): if that final sentence is real, its the most “Trumpian” part of the whole doc: I wonder why they left it in….?
Because Big Ugly Whiny Baby wouldn’t eat his peas (sign) otherwise.
Side-by-side view.
Wonder if any of the press will ask if either truly reflects the actual signing statement, and why has CoS Kelly allowed such a confusing release of information
The White House sent out two different sanctions signing statements. One sounds very Trumpian the other not so much. Save-as-draft-gate? pic.twitter.com/b9nsZ0Qjzg
— Jacob Soboroff (@jacobsoboroff) August 2, 2017
Edit:
Soboroff deleted tweet,
luckily someone else offers a side-by-side
Trump issued two statements on the sanctions within one minute. #1 is in “signing statement” legalese. In #2, he brags about his company. pic.twitter.com/RVAwEpEPBy
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 2, 2017
re: #285 b.d. (bill d.)
Our President is insane.
And an asshole.
We have an insane asshole as President.
re: #296 ObserverArt
I’m liking your scenario.
But, I bet if there is any repercussions against Trump it will have something to do with money…those Russian bank/mob loans. Who knows, they may call them in and Trump is forced to start finding ways to pay them off. Or, the real heaviness starts and Trump family members and associates start to go into hiding because they are…uh let’s say…wanted.
Headline: Eric Trump Missing
Or a ‘package’ could arrive at Bob Mueller’s office…
These scenarios are not without very bad consequences, though. Most of Trump’s cult members are dancing on a knife edge now, trying to defend the incriminating information flying at them every day.
Dropping kompromat on Trump would be bad enough. But imagine the release of info that would send the entire Trump clan to prison coupled with the mother of all fake news campaigns. Then all of Congress, the media and just about anyone who criticizes Trump would be in real danger.
When the lid finally gets ripped off this bucket of corruption, a lot of people are going to get slimed. And Trump’s hard core is going to want to avenge the God Emperor.
(Don’t mind me, my mind is wandering off into worst-case scenarios today.)
re: #293 Ace-o-aces
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two observations:
“COMRADES”!
and real small business owners - ie actually small businesses - are the ones you’re trying to shaft
and just for fun, what does size have to do with ability to dream or innovate?
So the yam lied about calls from the boy scouts & the president of Mexico.
BREAKING: Explosion and building collapse reported at Minneapolis school; 1 dead, others trapped, via @kare11 https://t.co/dI1zLbt0qK pic.twitter.com/WtPSj7Svqw
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 2, 2017
re: #295 Stanley Sea
You should be! Have you selected a guide yet? Just remember, a redfish has 3 runs then done. Those runs will get your heart pumping. Depending on tackle, I have seen guys get spooled more than once.
Please read everyone - Russian Extremists Are Training Right-Wing Terrorists From Western Europe https://t.co/rIEL5Ns9ZU
— Clint Watts (@selectedwisdom) August 2, 2017
So much for huddled masses yearning to breathe free
— WB Young (@FormerDirtDart) August 2, 2017
re: #310 FormerDirtDart
Trump may just increase American emigration rates to the highest in our history.
Pretty much…
MORNING UPDATE: Tillerson refuses to fight Russian propaganda; going to meet Russian counterpart. Trump refuses to enforce new sanctions.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) August 2, 2017
Not sure how anybody has any doubt on whether this crew are a bunch of scared, captured Russian agents at this point.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) August 2, 2017
Stupidest tweet. Hall of Fame candidate.
They all lie. All politicians lie. Obama lied. Hillary lied.
Trump’s at least open & honest about his lying.— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) August 2, 2017
re: #314 Ace-o-aces
Stupidest tweet. Hall of Fame candidate.
Possible the dumbest thing we’ll read all week, if not all year.
Well, Trump did tell his supporters to vote twice, since the system was rigged against him…
A new study on voting in the 2016 election found that in 21 states, 8,471 votes were “highly likely” duplicates. https://t.co/UAT4ZRT4sJ
— Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) August 2, 2017
Out of 138.8 million total votes cast.
So 0.0061%
Try again. https://t.co/7BEGWhZeqa— Jared Keller (@jaredbkeller) August 2, 2017
re: #308 Dave In Austin
You should be! Have you selected a guide yet? Just remember, a redfish has 3 runs then done. Those runs will get your heart pumping. Depending on tackle, I have seen guys get spooled more than once.
Nothing selected, there’s a few to choose from!
I want to eat my catch hopefully. I miss east coast fish sooooo much.
So much for the “big beautiful door”: Trump to back legislation to cut legal immigration in half: https://t.co/QLgSzsGxMP
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 2, 2017
Well that is one way to kill #SocialSecurity. Immigrants pay into SS. Cut immigrants cut SS $. Republicans want to kill SS anyway so, done. https://t.co/q8f0rS0OtG
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) August 2, 2017
re: #319 MsJ
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re: #272 wheat-dogg
No one really knows. Some estimates put Trump Organization’s liquid accounts at hundreds of millions of dollars, or perhaps less. But it’s got so many layers, with shell accounts and shit like that, that I bet even his tax lawyers don’t know for sure.
But carrying debt in the billions. Doesn’t sound real stable to me. Also tRump didn’t build shit for a corporation, his parents fucked and he inherited it. That is about the extent of his business acumen.
An assistant police chief posted a racist meme and defended it. Then he resigned. https://t.co/wTJ60F3q1w pic.twitter.com/0yJmYPLeFX
— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) August 2, 2017
re: #321 MsJ
Is there anything in particular? I can’t click on that link.
re: #319 MsJ
I’m sure that will go over well with the business community.
I will buy the hardcover at full price.
James Comey Inks Book Deal - The Hollywood Reporter https://t.co/HWnJV0XsE9
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) August 2, 2017
re: #324 Belafon
Is there anything in particular? I can’t click on that link.
Talking about how GOP lawmakers are starting to simply ignore Trump.
He’s beginning to lose power in DC.
re: #326 MsJ
I will buy the hardcover at full price.
Fox News: Lying Leaker Comey to Make Millions off of Trump.
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re: #266 The Vicious Babushka
How much is “Trump, Inc” actually worth? It’s not even a corporate entity. He did have a stock option at one time but that ended up like all his other failures.
The Trump Organization is worth slightly less than the appreciated value of the buildings they already owned on the day he inherited it.
re: #324 Belafon
Is there anything in particular? I can’t click on that link.
All from Harwood but for the one he RT’d by Sarlin.
why does GOP Senate ignore Trump on health care? perhaps because he knows more about British Open than “the replace” cnb.cx
…
Benjy Sarlin ✔ @BenjySarlin
. @JohnJHarwood on a trend hitting its peak: WH officials and Republicans ignoring Trump’s public statements cnbc.com …
…
Trump says he signed bad Russia sanctions bill for “national unity.” actually GOP Congress shoved it down his throat cnb.cx
…
from Coast Guard chief to UN ambassador, “senior officials act as if Trump were not chief executive - a figurehead” cnb.cx
…
Sessions ignores Trump resignation hints, Senate dismisses his health care rant, Kelly fired his new comms director cnb.cx
And much more.
re: #329 sagehen
The Trump Organization is worth slightly less than the appreciated value of the buildings they already owned on the day he inherited it.
Didn’t he put up those buildings as collateral to take out loans? Most of the buildings around the world with his name on them don’t even belong to him. He rented out the use of his “famous, beautiful” name.
Scoop: Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s name is in mix as one possible replacement for John Kelly at Homeland Security.https://t.co/PK7GeMNbX5
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 2, 2017
Perry spokesman: He’s “focused on the important mission of the Dept of Energy. He’s honored to be mentioned, but he loves what he’s doing.” https://t.co/qAQT80SWew
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 2, 2017
While @SecretaryPerry is honored to be mentioned, he is happy where he is & focused on carrying out mission POTUS gave him to lead @ENERGY
— DOE Press Staff (@EnergyPressSec) August 2, 2017
Yes, yes…There’s a tweet for this occasion too…
Rick Perry did an absolutely horrible job of securing the border. He should be ashamed of himself. Gov. Abbott has since been terrific.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 21, 2015
Via @AP pic.twitter.com/CH3cfNdUan
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) August 2, 2017
Trump supporters said he prob got the call from Scouts president Randall Stephenson. Today, Scouts specify: nope. https://t.co/exSl5I6sN7
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 2, 2017
re: #332 FormerDirtDart
Perry spokesman: He’s “focused on the important mission of the Dept of Energy
He doesn’t know what that mission is, but he’s incredibly focused on it.
re: #333 FormerDirtDart
Well, maybe some Dem Party pranker prank-called our Great President and lied about being from Boy Scouts. Set up!
re: #334 Sir John Barron
He doesn’t know what that mission is, but he’s incredibly focused on it.
“Local hairdresser focused on neurosurgery task.”
In fairness, the local hairdresser would be more qualified than Perry.
re: #335 Sir John Barron
Well, maybe some Dem Party pranker prank-called our Great President and lied about being from Boy Scouts. Set up!
Probably a Russian.
re: #141 Dr. Matt
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re: #333 FormerDirtDart
Trump supporters said he prob got the call from Scouts president Randall Stephenson. Today, Scouts specify: nope.
Who’s the dude who’s trying to get a merger approved? He probably called on the low and blew smoke up Trump’s ass.
re: #116 Barefoot Grin
I was a pinball wizard. Also very very good at many 80s video games. Tournament quality Ms. Pacman player. I spent many quarters.
re: #263 Stanley Sea
JFC
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Kelly was able to talk him out of mentioning his election victory, but just barely.
re: #339 makeitstop
Who’s the dude who’s trying to get a merger approved? He probably called on the low and blew smoke up Trump’s ass.
The head of AT&T who is also the top dog at the BSA.
re: #321 MsJ
Yikes. Harwood.
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I wonder who is more surprised to get the lesson on the US Government’s balance of power works, Trump or Putin?
Oh boy
Despite all the denials, Trump had Felix Sater putting together a Moscow building deal for him DURING prez campaign https://t.co/9kGWs43XZS
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 2, 2017
I’m sensing unusually intense August jet fumes today. Senators want to go home ASAP.
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) August 2, 2017
re: #339 makeitstop
Who’s the dude who’s trying to get a merger approved? He probably called on the low and blew smoke up Trump’s ass.
That’s Randall Stephenson, so according to the Boy Scouts, no
re: #347 FormerDirtDart
That’s Randall Stephenson, so according to the Boy Scouts, no
OTOH, Stephenson could be lying.
re: #348 makeitstop
OTOH, Stephenson could be lying.
But, why would he publicly lie, and possibly cause Trump to retaliate, while he’s trying to get his merger approved.
that just doesn’t make sense
re: #252 The Vicious Babushka
Trump could not possibly have written that statement, it was written for him by somebody (Jared?)
The only part he wrote was the last three sentences.
Anymouse will love this.
Charging station network launches to allow electric-car travel on Utah freeways
Recharging takes 20-30 minutes, costs $12 to $20 — but it’s cheaper than a tank of gasoline.
Much like gasoline stations now dot Utah’s highways, the state took a first step Monday toward creating a system of quick recharging stations for electric vehicles — to allow them to make long-distance trips conveniently.
As part of that, Maverik may no longer be called just a gas station chain. It also started selling electricity at quick-charge stations at two key points — in Fillmore and Washington City near St. George — to help electric cars travel Interstate 15.
re: #339 makeitstop
Who’s the dude who’s trying to get a merger approved? He probably called on the low and blew smoke up Trump’s ass.
The problem with these theories is that mergers always get approved these days in the US because US antitrust law is a dead letter.
So calling tr*mp to get a merger through is completely unnecessary, and would open the company up to trouble when tr*mp starts demanding bribes.
re: #333 FormerDirtDart
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I wonder if we can get Trump to call the Boy Scouts liars…
— Jeffrey Carey (@democratmo) August 2, 2017
re: #175 ChuckJager95
Woo! I’ve been scrolling down this thread waiting for somebody to mention System Shock 2. Best game ever. Here’s my list:
System Shock 2
Half-Life 2
TIE Fighter
No One Lives Forever 2
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Huh. Guess I dig sequels :)
new Gallup Poll on how America views Trump’s performance as president: 36% approve, 60% disapprove
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) August 2, 2017
Rasmussen is…
re: #353 Bubblehead II
Anymouse will love this.
Charging station network launches to allow electric-car travel on Utah freeways
Recharging takes 20-30 minutes, costs $12 to $20 — but it’s cheaper than a tank of gasoline.Much like gasoline stations now dot Utah’s highways, the state took a first step Monday toward creating a system of quick recharging stations for electric vehicles — to allow them to make long-distance trips conveniently.
As part of that, Maverik may no longer be called just a gas station chain. It also started selling electricity at quick-charge stations at two key points — in Fillmore and Washington City near St. George — to help electric cars travel Interstate 15.
McDonald’s should set those up at some of their restaurants.
re: #353 Bubblehead II
Anymouse will love this.
Charging station network launches to allow electric-car travel on Utah freeways
Recharging takes 20-30 minutes, costs $12 to $20 — but it’s cheaper than a tank of gasoline.Much like gasoline stations now dot Utah’s highways, the state took a first step Monday toward creating a system of quick recharging stations for electric vehicles — to allow them to make long-distance trips conveniently.
As part of that, Maverik may no longer be called just a gas station chain. It also started selling electricity at quick-charge stations at two key points — in Fillmore and Washington City near St. George — to help electric cars travel Interstate 15.
We have a charging station being installed next to the Sheetz just up the road from my office here in NW PA. Not sure who actually owns it yet.
The President is proud to announce this week as Scarface Shitpost Week pic.twitter.com/lvuHHFgSHo
— On Trial for 💡🌲🌞 (@ZeddRebel) August 2, 2017
The booming stock market under Obama was “fake” until Trump inherited it. https://t.co/Goi2L8BwU4 pic.twitter.com/krtHmU1nBx
— Anthony De Rosa 🗽 (@Anthony) August 2, 2017
re: #350 FormerDirtDart
But, why would he publicly lie, and possibly cause Trump to retaliate, while he’s trying to get his merger approved.
that just doesn’t make sense
Maybe he thought Trump wouldn’t blab about it. That’ll teach him.
re: #364 makeitstop
Maybe he thought Trump wouldn’t blab about it. That’ll teach him.
“The White House had no immediate response to the Boy Scouts’ denial.”
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) August 2, 2017
re: #353 Bubblehead II
Anymouse will love this.
Charging station network launches to allow electric-car travel on Utah freeways
Recharging takes 20-30 minutes, costs $12 to $20 — but it’s cheaper than a tank of gasoline.Much like gasoline stations now dot Utah’s highways, the state took a first step Monday toward creating a system of quick recharging stations for electric vehicles — to allow them to make long-distance trips conveniently.
As part of that, Maverik may no longer be called just a gas station chain. It also started selling electricity at quick-charge stations at two key points — in Fillmore and Washington City near St. George — to help electric cars travel Interstate 15.
I really believe that all municipal vehicle fleets should switch over to electric: these are cars that drive limited distances within a city and can be easily recharged. That would help with economies of scale and density.
re: #366 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I really believe that all municipal vehicle fleets should switch over to electric: these are cars that drive limited distances within a city and can be easily recharged. That would help with economies of scale and density.
Not to mention reducing fuel costs for the city/town.
re: #367 Bubblehead II
Not to mention reducing fuel costs for the city/town.
The real problem will be convincing a lot of Red State municipalities to go along with this obvious deep-state takeover conspiracy…
re: #331 The Vicious Babushka
Didn’t he put up those buildings as collateral to take out loans? Most of the buildings around the world with his name on them don’t even belong to him. He rented out the use of his “famous, beautiful” name.
No, all the new businesses he tried and failed with (football team, airline, casinos, the Plaza redevelopment, etc) were each a separate corporate entity. He took huge “management fees” and “consulting fees” from each before they collapsed, the lenders all took losses, but his previously owned properties were safe from foreclosure.
another call that was never made
Said Trump earlier this week: “As you know, the border was a tremendous problem and they’re close to 80 percent stoppage. And even the president of Mexico called me — they said their southern border, very few people are coming because they know they’re not going to get through our border, which is the ultimate compliment.”
Pena Nieto denies that ever happened.
re: #242 Decatur Deb
Kentuckians have an expression that’s said when food gets a little contaminated: “You’ve got to eat a bushel of dirt before you die”. I never figured out if they meant it takes a bushel of dirt to kill you, or that eating a lot of dirt is inevitable over time.
I think they meant it is in the fine print. Always read a contract before you sign it.
re: #358 jimmyvluv4u
Woo! I’ve been scrolling down this thread waiting for somebody to mention System Shock 2. Best game ever. Here’s my list:
System Shock 2
Half-Life 2
TIE Fighter
No One Lives Forever 2
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the PastHuh. Guess I dig sequels :)
Can’t believe it took this long to get a shout-out to HL2 - my personal favorite.
I’ve basically given 3D video games - I get nauseous immediately and feel sick the rest of the day. SAD!
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