American Politics Thread 2013: I'm a cool Rodham grandma in the USA

wawaface & gabbneb are dated

as are these threads

especially with this news:

The Senate overwhelmingly confirmed James B. Comey as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Monday even as Republicans and Democrats struggled to hold together the fragile deal that preserved the filibuster for executive branch appointees.

After approving Mr. Comey on a 93-to-1 vote — with Rand Paul the lone “no” vote — the Senate was also expected this week to approve Samantha Power as ambassador to the United Nations and the nominees to the National Labor Relations Board who were part of the 11th-hour pact that kept Senator Harry Reid, the Nevada Democrat and majority leader, from changing the filibuster rules.

so I offer Obama's and Reid's asses for Dem trolls to crawl up

(warning: crowded)

http://www.featurepics.com/FI/Thumb300/20080513/Happy-Man-Magnifying-Lens-724374.jpg

the fuck is going on in here

what happens on every politics thread

how many ilxors were born after the last moment morbs actually paid attention to politics?

too many obv (this fucker treeship i swear) but still - james carville?

I guess a couple hours dramatizing the healthcare reform screwup just didn't sell in the suites.

― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Monday, July 29, 2013 8:10 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

do you mean when HRC refused to settle for the healthcare reform Obama got?

just read a cool thing in Amy Davidson's manning trial column about the prosecution displaying a self-portrait manning took of himself cross-dressing, seems p cool, just dropping this in there for some colour, nbd

Verdict expected today.

http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-07-26/national/40863033_1_mobile-information-collection-unit-ashden-fein-david-coombs

Coombs also countered one of prosecutor Fein’s arguments that attempted to show Manning was seeking fame: A photo Manning took of himself, smiling in front of a mirror while on leave in Maryland. Fein said it showed a “gleeful, grinning” Manning who was proud to have leaked documents and be “on his way to notoriety” he wanted.

Coombs asked the judge to take a closer look at the photo, pointing out that Manning was wearing makeup and a bra.

“What you see is a young man who is cross-dressing,” Coombs said as Manning’s face tightened slightly in a pained look.“Maybe, just maybe ... he is happy to be himself for that moment,” Coombs said of Manning’s struggle to fit into the military at a time he was confused about his gender identity and serving openly was illegal for gays.

too many obv (this fucker treeship i swear) but still - james carville?

― balls, Tuesday, July 30, 2013 4:58 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

You got a problem with me, Mr. Testicles?

Oh wait that says Treeship not Waterface

I'm so used to everyone hating on me I assumed it was about me

I'm So Vain

see, James Carville ref = wawaface is an antiquated DNC fuckface

i'll be on I Love Baseball

Porbably thing tahta post is about me

YAY

Dr Pigface has left the building, oink oink

I should change my name to fuckface

i thought the joke was that waterface watches cnn

That would be funny but no

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/judge-to-announce-verdict-in-bradley-manning-case-today/2013/07/29/e894a75c-f897-11e2-afc1-c850c6ee5af8_story.html?hpid=z1

An Army judge on Tuesday acquitted Pfc. Bradley Manning of aiding the enemy by disclosing a trove of secret U.S. government documents, a striking rebuke to military prosecutors who argued that the largest leak in U.S. history had assisted al-Qaeda.

The judge, Col. Denise Lind, found Manning guilty of most of the more than 20 crimes he was charged with. She also acquitted him of one count of the espionage act that stemmed from his leak of a video that depicted a fatal U.S. military airstrike in Farah, Afghanistan

some good news out of that, strangely.

Had Manning been convicted of aiding the enemy, Manning would have faced a life sentence in prison without the possibility of parole. Civil libertarians saw the prospect of a conviction on that charge, which has not been used since the Civil War, as a dangerous precedent that could have would have sent an unmistakable message to would-be government whistle-blowers.

that could have would have

Washington Post writer in a hurry to get this posted

in theory i guess any whistle-blower is 'aiding the enemy' by making anything about america look less than awesome

Prosecutors had to prove Army Pfc. Bradley Manning had "a general evil intent" and knew the classified material would be seen by the terrorist group Al Qaeda.

"shoulda coulda" is the preferred usage, right?

"coulda woulda", sorry

Republicans and the White House both agree on proposals to cut Social Security known as chained CPI, referring to reduced payments to beneficiaries because of how annual cost-of-living adjustments are calculated. And the two sides seem to be on the same page regarding reducing benefits that wealthy seniors now receive from entitlement programs, a proposal known as means testing.

But the White House wants new taxes in exchange for those entitlement cuts, something at which the GOP continues to balk.

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/is-the-grand-bargain-out-of-reach-94890.html?hp=f2

Seriously, thank you GOP for killing this bad bargain

our media:

https://twitter.com/BrettLoGiurato/status/362318301382180866

Back In Texas...

damn

that made me so mad i almost went nativist on the motherfucker

http://m.sfgate.com/sfchron/db_41688/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=6ncjpbUu"> yeah that'll work

did not work, as far as I can tell.

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/07/gop-feuds/67795/

Toobin and Greenwald go at it (get your mind out of the gutter)

cool buzzfeed/heritage foundation team-up: http://www.buzzfeed.com/heritagefoundation/that-one-time-i-was-really-really-excited-about-o-cteg

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill in Washington are getting ready for a four-week break, followed by a September in which House Republicans have only scheduled nine days of work for the entire month, and they're leaving quite a to-do list behind. Four of the 12 appropriations bills that have to pass before the end of the fiscal year are being ignored; the farm bill is stuck; immigration reform is demanding attention; and a debt-ceiling crisis looms.

http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/07/31/19797380-what-a-governing-allergy-looks-like

oh they're hella busy fundraising, right?

Of course.

The Senate approved all five NLRB appointments yesterday. That was the good news-- Reid's threats to go nuclear paid off at least in the short-term.

Jesus I thought they were already 'off' the whole summer?

off their meds

August! When not only congress is on vacation, but also most of the rest of DC, leaving the town to deranged tourists who for some reason thought visiting a swamp in August was a good idea. (I'm a bit homesick.)

Its a tad cooler than usual though for some reason

i'll take it

srsly though, this time ... benghazi!!!

i don't get why people are suddenly talking about this CIA gun running thing, we knew this in the spring

Benghazi
Ben-e-e-e-h-ghazzii
no no no no
he only wants to impress youuu