The Many Occasions Joe Biden Took Credit For Writing The Patriot Act
http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/surveillance-joe#.lb4PROAJz
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 10 September 2015 17:20 (nine years ago) link
p4reene:
"The crime law—which Joe Biden was still calling the '1994 Biden Crime Bill' earlier this year—expanded the scope of the racist prison-industrial complex and helped balloon America’s incarcerated population. The bankruptcy bill was one of the most nakedly corporatist and anti-consumer pieces of legislation of the entire George W. Bush administration. (It also had the secondary effect of exacerbating the subprime mortgage crisis.)"
http://gawker.com/some-things-joe-biden-could-do-instead-of-running-for-p-1737899784
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 22 October 2015 18:17 (eight years ago) link
Connor Kilpatrick@ckilpatrickRich liberals at the Oscars go wild for Biden, the man who made it almost impossible for regular people to discharge debt in bankruptcy
@DougHenwood By the way, at the time, Eliz Warren told me the bill was written by a law firm for the credit card industry.
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Monday, 29 February 2016 16:32 (eight years ago) link
why did everybody stand up? are you supposed to? the way broadcast was edited seemed like Louis Gossett Jr. was first to stand so I figured maybe it was old school etiquette...
― niels, Tuesday, 1 March 2016 12:50 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, the way they all stood for Elia Kazan.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 1 March 2016 13:01 (eight years ago) link
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/06/you-are-a-warrior-joe-biden-writes-moving-open-letter-in-support-of-stanford-rape-survivor/
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 9 June 2016 21:13 (eight years ago) link
Manu Raju (CNN)@mkrajuJust asked Biden if he's concerned w Bernie backers at DNC; said Ds should "show a little class" and let em be angry
@ggreenwald Glad to see Biden say this. The bullying demands that all Sanders supporters instantly fall in line & cheer is gross
https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/757972317456695296
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 21:01 (eight years ago) link
"Instantly"
― brimstead, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 21:17 (eight years ago) link
like since Super Tuesday
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 21:19 (eight years ago) link
https://twitter.com/VP/status/761253705341480962
― j., Thursday, 4 August 2016 18:05 (eight years ago) link
Onion Biden and real Biden are now one
http://deadsp.in/wtdIBTU
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 20 October 2016 20:37 (seven years ago) link
“’Because I’m a billionaire I can do things other people can’t.’ What a disgusting assertion for anyone to make,” Biden said while campaigning for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in Pennsylvania. “The press always ask me, don’t I wish I was debating him? No, I wish we were in high school, and I could take him behind the gym. That’s what I wish."
― brimstead, Friday, 21 October 2016 23:21 (seven years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, October 20, 2016 3:37 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol this was EXACTLY what I came in this thread to post with EXACTLY the same sentiment
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Saturday, 22 October 2016 03:50 (seven years ago) link
But there's also this Joe Biden
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bidens-last-stand-convincing-democrats-not-to-give-up-on-the-white-working-class-voters-fueling-trump/2016/10/21/d4230d4a-7a94-11e6-ac8e-cf8e0dd91dc7_story.html
As his motorcade barreled into a high-dollar fundraiser in this wealthy St. Louis suburb recently, Vice President Biden noticed the firehouse next door. He told his aides to cut the fundraiser short a few minutes so that he and the Democrat running for Senate here could visit with the firefighters on the way out. These were his people, and for more than 10 minutes Biden talked to the fire company about what they do and how members of his own family had been saved by their work.
“Hey, I’ve used you guys several times, and it was great,” Biden told the crew, according to Clayton Fire Chief Mark Thorp. The fire crew was stunned by the gesture, Thorp said. “He just as easily could’ve gotten in his car and waved.”
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 22 October 2016 05:05 (seven years ago) link
Meanwhile: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/clinton-biden-secretary-of-state-230428
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 28 October 2016 12:41 (seven years ago) link
Neither Clinton, nor her aides have yet told Biden. According to the source, they’re strategizing about how to make the approach to the vice president
Guys, let's try to keep this between just us and Politico, okay? Oh, I can't wait to see the look on Joe's face when she springs the news!
― I'm not a dummy. I'm not. (Old Lunch), Friday, 28 October 2016 13:05 (seven years ago) link
I'm sure Jill will let the cat out of the bag before it's time.
― pplains, Friday, 28 October 2016 16:13 (seven years ago) link
As the State Dept becomes less powerful in relation to Defense, maybe affability and a 150 watt smile are roughly the right tools for the job. But the main talent HRC might be thinking about here may be his loyalty. He'd never go behind her back to slag her off to journalists because of an internal power struggle.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Friday, 28 October 2016 17:21 (seven years ago) link
Plus another four years of Onion Biden stories, only this time with datelines from around the world
― (rocketcat) 🚀🐱 👑🐟 (kingfish), Friday, 28 October 2016 17:52 (seven years ago) link
My LOL of the week:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjx-1gE9J7U
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Saturday, 5 November 2016 16:54 (seven years ago) link
https://scontent-sjc2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15171309_1126455830737269_7256971130739091606_n.jpg?oh=2a416a871f2878cb69c77147e7ec6060&oe=58C7F437
― schwantz, Tuesday, 22 November 2016 21:09 (seven years ago) link
https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2000/1*wXcs7rUo0i93g4oTqi8cxA.jpeg
from
https://medium.com/@WhiteHouse/behind-the-lens-2016-year-in-photographs-9e2c8733bbb3#.n48snl9n8
― j., Friday, 30 December 2016 22:05 (seven years ago) link
Beyond all of the most obvious awfulness of the next four years, I keep being reminded that we won't be seeing anyone from the executive branch just acting like a normal fucking human being who interacts with other human beings normally. Spray Trump with a super soaker and he'll just tweet about how sad and disrespectful that eight-year-old was.
― what is the lever disease? (Old Lunch), Friday, 30 December 2016 22:09 (seven years ago) link
...and Pence would sponsor the kid for electroshock.
― "I must believe that my charm was not in my ass." (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 30 December 2016 22:29 (seven years ago) link
well, yeah
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 30 December 2016 22:34 (seven years ago) link
The water stain on Pence's shirt would be the image of Christ. Amen.
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 19:19 (seven years ago) link
and really, SuperSoaker optics are really important, like FLOTUS singing in James Corden's car
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 21:30 (seven years ago) link
Someone on Reddit: Obama should resign a few days early just so Joe gets to be the 45th President for the next week.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C14U6VpXAAIwQK-.jpg
― j., Thursday, 12 January 2017 07:00 (seven years ago) link
change we can believe in
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 12 January 2017 07:01 (seven years ago) link
It'll be on Snopes in five .. four ..
― Mark G, Thursday, 12 January 2017 07:44 (seven years ago) link
Zombies and Moustaches and Biden
― lettered and hapful (symsymsym), Thursday, 12 January 2017 18:05 (seven years ago) link
http://www.npr.org/2017/01/12/509545778/in-surprise-send-off-president-obama-awards-biden-presidential-medal-of-freedom
you beautiful old bastard you
― j., Thursday, 12 January 2017 22:54 (seven years ago) link
@DennisThePerrinOnly a decaying imperialist culture could venerate Joe Biden. There are no take backs.
@mrsinisterlefty Come on, the man gifted Clarence Thomas to America. He deserves thanks from a grateful nation.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 13 January 2017 15:20 (seven years ago) link
Godspeed to you and to Dennis in your search for the politician whose unimpeachable purity will lead us all into a new golden age filled with joy and prosperity and only the finest of linens and marble columns of such fine craftsmanship that to behold them is to weep.
― Gorvernment Stoodge (Old Lunch), Friday, 13 January 2017 15:30 (seven years ago) link
notice how Morbs isn't quoting Charles Pierce (who was appropriately nuanced) this time.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 13 January 2017 15:33 (seven years ago) link
what are some good biden portmanteaus and morbsian wordplays
― marcos, Friday, 13 January 2017 15:33 (seven years ago) link
joe lie-den
joe corporate buyden
― marcos, Friday, 13 January 2017 15:34 (seven years ago) link
those aren't very good though
glad yer down w/ Clarence, Old Lunch
(and presumably credit-card-co whoredom)
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 13 January 2017 15:35 (seven years ago) link
shove "purity" where bad improv goes
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 13 January 2017 15:36 (seven years ago) link
Your career?
― Lauren Schumer Donor (Phil D.), Friday, 13 January 2017 15:36 (seven years ago) link
I'd prefer it if Morbs took out a list of previous Medal of Freedom winners and told us how many deaths they caused
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Friday, 13 January 2017 16:00 (seven years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/us/politics/joe-biden-delaware.html
So the quiet life that the Bidens lived away from their official duties in Washington, and the weekend rituals that were a large part of it, will continue. On Saturday that means taking Natalie and Hunter to the Charcoal Pit restaurant, where Mr. Biden will almost certainly order his usual meal of hamburger, French fries and milk shake that he has been gobbling down for decades, according to Juan Avilez, a cook at the Charcoal Pit who has been making that meal for Mr. Biden for 26 years.“His all-time favorite is the black-and-white,” a vanilla milkshake mixed with chocolate syrup, Mr. Avilez said.On Sundays, the Bidens will still be in the pews of St. Joseph on the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church just as they have been for decades. After the service, their habit is to stop by Janssen’s Market, where Xavier Vega, the weekend cook there, will fix up Mr. Biden’s usual breakfast: eggs over easy with a side of dry wheat toast.Their beloved house will continue to serve as a refuge for the entire Biden clan. The only real change will be that Mr. Biden will need a new car, since the 1967 Corvette that he got from his father and still cherishes is just for special occasions.
“His all-time favorite is the black-and-white,” a vanilla milkshake mixed with chocolate syrup, Mr. Avilez said.
On Sundays, the Bidens will still be in the pews of St. Joseph on the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church just as they have been for decades. After the service, their habit is to stop by Janssen’s Market, where Xavier Vega, the weekend cook there, will fix up Mr. Biden’s usual breakfast: eggs over easy with a side of dry wheat toast.
Their beloved house will continue to serve as a refuge for the entire Biden clan. The only real change will be that Mr. Biden will need a new car, since the 1967 Corvette that he got from his father and still cherishes is just for special occasions.
― j., Thursday, 19 January 2017 17:28 (seven years ago) link
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/01/joe-biden-barack-obama-partnership-white-house-214662
They spoke alone at their weekly lunches and alone after the Presidential Daily Briefing on intelligence and almost every important meeting when both were in Washington. But sometimes, their most important communication was unspoken. Obama and Biden worked in wordless tandem in the Situation Room, where Biden served as what Obama told me he called “my hidden proxy.” By pre-arrangement familiar to fans of buddy cop movies, Biden posed tough questions and offered provocative ideas that Obama wanted discussed but preferred not to raise himself, for fear of tilting the debate.
― j., Friday, 20 January 2017 04:51 (seven years ago) link
liked this -
Biden likes to say that “when they call me ‘Middle Class Joe,’ they don’t mean it as a compliment.” He’s still ticked off at Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, for lobbying him on an internet piracy bill with the argument: “You understand we’re the economic engine of America. We will deluge the White House.” Biden offered respect for Google’s “value-added” but told me he felt like throwing Schmidt out of his office. He pointed out that, all together, the tech sector employed fewer workers than GM shed in a single year during the Great Recession.
― just sayin, Friday, 20 January 2017 07:03 (seven years ago) link
yeah fuck eric schmidt
― j., Friday, 20 January 2017 07:56 (seven years ago) link
here is a horribly, horribly written story that contains a gem of clearest Joe http://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/2017/06/23/joe-biden-s-beef-with-bill-ackman-sparks-heated-exchange-and-presidential-chatter.html
Biden explained that part of the decision stemmed from the death of his son Beau Biden, who died of brain cancer in 2015. The room grew quiet as Biden became emotional, and said: “I’m sorry…I’ve said enough.”That’s when Ackman blurted out “Why? That’s never stopped you before.”The formal, and understated dinner conversation suddenly turned tense, according to three people who were present and confirmed both the substance and the wording of Biden’s responses.Biden, these people say, turned to someone seated near him, and asked, “who is this asshole?,” a reference to Ackman.Then he turned directly to Ackman and stated: “look, I don't know who you are, wiseass, but never disrespect the memory of my dead son!” these people say.Ackman attempted what was described as an apology, to which Biden said, "just shut the hell up."
That’s when Ackman blurted out “Why? That’s never stopped you before.”
The formal, and understated dinner conversation suddenly turned tense, according to three people who were present and confirmed both the substance and the wording of Biden’s responses.Biden, these people say, turned to someone seated near him, and asked, “who is this asshole?,” a reference to Ackman.
Then he turned directly to Ackman and stated: “look, I don't know who you are, wiseass, but never disrespect the memory of my dead son!” these people say.
Ackman attempted what was described as an apology, to which Biden said, "just shut the hell up."
(and here is nymag's attempt to edit it into something people would read: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/06/biden-owned-a-billionaire-who-mocked-him-over-his-late-son.html)
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 24 June 2017 15:24 (seven years ago) link
fuck Joe btw
Joe Biden: "I wish I had been able to do more for Anita Hill. I owe her an apology." https://t.co/NKi2RBHm7F— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 14, 2017
He was the chairman of the senate judiciary committee. He was ABLE to do more than he did. Also, on "owing" her an apology...it's been 26 years, dude.— Rebecca Traister (@rtraister) December 14, 2017
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 December 2017 04:08 (six years ago) link
You might think having been vice president would help Joe Biden get elected, but the last Democratic Party vice president to become president (without their predecessor dying in office) was Martin Van Buren in 1836.— Jon Schwarz (@schwarz) January 7, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 7 January 2019 20:47 (five years ago) link