As long as the defensive ring of accomplices are like 5-deep, I dig this:
Hundreds came together to support #IftarInTheStreets in #NYC this evening in front of Trump Tower. #Ramadan2017 pic.twitter.com/Mw2LuixhIn— Kyle O'Leary (@tkocreative) June 2, 2017
― Bio-Digital Jezza (kingfish), Friday, 2 June 2017 01:53 (seven years ago) link
Silver lining: maybe it's almost time to start the Anglo-American Cultural Supremacy into the shitbin thread
It won't go down without a fight.
― pomenitul
anglo-american supremacy will die like anglo-americans: shitting itself and cursing incoherently at the nursemaids assigned to care for it.
― Cyborg Kickboxer (rushomancy), Friday, 2 June 2017 02:59 (seven years ago) link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-trumps-climate-decision-after-fiery-debate-he-stayed-where-hes-always-been/2017/06/01/e4acb27e-46db-11e7-bcde-624ad94170ab_story.html
so basically he went with his gut and also hates macron, that's pretty much it
i am hung up on a moment early on where the reporter describes bannon as working feverishly to pull together tons of material to make the case against the agreement. i feel like we need another word besides "work" to describe the effort it takes to spend many many hours preparing information that is misleading and inaccurate
― comey did deflategate (daria-g), Friday, 2 June 2017 03:04 (seven years ago) link
Frank Luntz could probably think of a good one, he's good at that kind of thing
― Karl Malone, Friday, 2 June 2017 03:09 (seven years ago) link
if i had Soros money i'd start paying for white evangelical scalps
― constitutional crises they fly at u face (will), Friday, 2 June 2017 03:14 (seven years ago) link
so beating him at the handshake was bad strategy?
― j., Friday, 2 June 2017 03:17 (seven years ago) link
Macron shakes his hand too hard - shit list. Comey too tall - shit list.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 2 June 2017 03:18 (seven years ago) link
won the hand battle, lost the hand war
― nice cage (m bison), Friday, 2 June 2017 03:19 (seven years ago) link
So I was right about him outdoing the title twattery within about a day. Wonder what he's got for us tomorrow.But I guess should be used to that by now. Earthquake country.
― Stevolende, Friday, 2 June 2017 03:24 (seven years ago) link
Macron public adress manages to both piss off the ex-french presidents who couldn't speak english and do absolutely everything it can to rile up Trump. I'm down.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 2 June 2017 03:25 (seven years ago) link
Another, smaller contingent tried for an outside-the-box fix: Marc Short, Trump’s director of legislative affairs, argued that the climate pact could be considered a treaty, in which case the president should send it to the Senate, which would need to ratify it by a two-thirds majority. Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and Nick Ayers, a senior strategist for Vice President Pence, both supported the idea. But it never gained much traction because the agreement was specifically crafted as an agreement that did not need Senate ratification.
Uhgallows humor but looooooooooooooool
― Karl Malone, Friday, 2 June 2017 03:29 (seven years ago) link
This is also quite interesting ... https://t.co/hWhd3anQRl pic.twitter.com/cGMB9QC8dF— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) June 2, 2017
this is a tweet by josh marshall saying "this is also quite interesting..." with a cartoon of josh marshall looking down at a piece of josh marshall's writing which concludes "that's interesting"
― Karl Malone, Friday, 2 June 2017 04:08 (seven years ago) link
13/ That's interesting.— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) June 2, 2017
― Karl Malone, Friday, 2 June 2017 04:11 (seven years ago) link
i thought it was the appropriate way to deal with the situation. trump was going to quit the climate agreement regardless. why? he feels bad about it. why? 'paris' + 'climate' + 'agreement' are words that make him feel bad, so you put them together, and he feels like it's bad. his feelings are very important. a lot of men in charge are like this
― comey did deflategate (daria-g), Friday, 2 June 2017 04:13 (seven years ago) link
yep.
― Treeship, Friday, 2 June 2017 04:15 (seven years ago) link
http://www.sierraclub.org/compass/2017/06/10-things-you-can-do-resist-trump-s-historic-paris-mistake
i was reading an article earlier on how the sierra club's beyond coal campaign has quietly been tremendously effective - 250+ coal power plants in the us retired/committed to retire.
my hope is that at the end of the day the biggest actual effect of this action (i understand the actual agreement withdrawal cannot even happen until nov 4, 2020) will be further energizing activists and damage politically to trump/GOP. bannon thinking this is a win like kushner thought firing comey was a win
― comey did deflategate (daria-g), Friday, 2 June 2017 04:26 (seven years ago) link
i appreciate your optimism (seriously)
― mookieproof, Friday, 2 June 2017 04:31 (seven years ago) link
Frankly, the low costs/BTU of fracked NG since 2009 have been far more effective than any environmental groups in driving utilities to retire coal and embrace combined cycle NG, which is the current solution to the renewables intermittancy problem as well. That will continue (so long as dumb shareholders/creditors subsidize NG) for a while, regardless of Trump's idiocy.
― it's just locker room treason (Sanpaku), Friday, 2 June 2017 04:36 (seven years ago) link
cnn panel like every cnn panel has approx 2 people who have facts and expertise and then 2 people who are political hacks and don't know anything about the subject and have them discuss, like this is a reasonable way to cover the news. christ. stephen moore and jeffrey lord and that casey anthony trump lady or whatever her name is are on tv constantly and melissa harris-perry doesn't have a show
― comey did deflategate (daria-g), Friday, 2 June 2017 05:18 (seven years ago) link
we're also the only democracy on the planet that still uses a constitution from the 18th century
Can you imagine what the one "we" would write in the 21st century would look like?
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 June 2017 06:02 (seven years ago) link
If The U.S. weakened the terms of the Paris Accord is there any likelihood that in its absence the other members might make the terms stronger. & when America returns with its tail between its legs it'll be harder to get back out of?Or is its presence for the next 4 years going to hinder that?
― Stevolende, Friday, 2 June 2017 09:26 (seven years ago) link
While the USA is still there, the rest should crank it up ludicrously and troll the US at every opportunity.
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Friday, 2 June 2017 09:29 (seven years ago) link
Macron has already started the trolling. Wasn't sure about that guy before.
i think macron secretly wants to literally rule the world. all the military stuff, his ludicrous statement that france hasn't had "a strong leader since napoleon" (senior, i presume).. his quite obvious attempt to seize the world leadership vacuum created by trump by giving a speech in english last night. jsl
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 2 June 2017 09:36 (seven years ago) link
Acting on your best behaviourTurn your back on mother nature
― The Adventures Of Whiteman (Bananaman Begins), Friday, 2 June 2017 09:41 (seven years ago) link
macron macron what have ye done
― D'mnuchin returns (darraghmac), Friday, 2 June 2017 11:45 (seven years ago) link
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, June 2, 2017 1:02 AM (six hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah I'd love to see what Ryan, McConnell and Trump cook up for Bill of Rights 2.0
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 2 June 2017 12:48 (seven years ago) link
A few more republican governors/state legislatures and you might get your constitutional convention wish...
http://wuwm.com/post/wisconsin-could-become-30th-state-demand-constitutional-convention
― black covfefe in bed (voodoo chili), Friday, 2 June 2017 12:50 (seven years ago) link
It takes 34 to convene and draft an Amendment, 38 for a convention.
Number of Republican governors: 33
― El Tomboto, Friday, 2 June 2017 13:07 (seven years ago) link
*blows raspberry*
thanks, didn't realize we were still 5 away
― sleeve, Friday, 2 June 2017 13:55 (seven years ago) link
On the other hand, it's just a rule. Or a law, or whatever. People increasingly just do whatever they feel regardless of some dumb code of conduct. Maybe the president will just smash open the case where the Constitution is and start writing some new amendments at the bottom in crayon. Why the fuck not.
― Trockasturm Hoar The Ramming Battle Ceraton (Old Lunch), Friday, 2 June 2017 14:14 (seven years ago) link
i wonder how hard it would be to convince trump that the national treasure movies are documentaries
― heck i've even been an 'oyster pirate' (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 2 June 2017 14:15 (seven years ago) link
It's like releasing a wild dog in your kitchen and trusting that it'll behave like a person and also cook you a meal. Just give it a chance.
― Trockasturm Hoar The Ramming Battle Ceraton (Old Lunch), Friday, 2 June 2017 14:16 (seven years ago) link
xpost If he's seen them, he probably doesn't even need convincing.
― Trockasturm Hoar The Ramming Battle Ceraton (Old Lunch), Friday, 2 June 2017 14:17 (seven years ago) link
People are still out there putting forth the proposition that they should 'just give him a chance' aren't they?Do they have a default switch off point?
― Stevolende, Friday, 2 June 2017 14:29 (seven years ago) link
Well yeah, we all do; it's called "death"
― PJD PDJ DPJ (DJP), Friday, 2 June 2017 14:45 (seven years ago) link
People are still out there putting forth the proposition that they should 'just give him a chance' aren't they?
yeah, i hear this a lot from trump's faithful. they support (or at least shruggingly accept) everything he does & think the "msm" are liberal crybabies on a vengeful witch hunt.
― Beetle Juice continued to spit all over our drinks (contenderizer), Friday, 2 June 2017 14:55 (seven years ago) link
speak for yourself - i'm cursed to walk the earth forevermore
― heck i've even been an 'oyster pirate' (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 2 June 2017 14:57 (seven years ago) link
xp yeah and the "if they would just let him do his thing" argument, the narrative that he is being hamstrung by the swamp/deep state is already being constructed
― sleeve, Friday, 2 June 2017 14:59 (seven years ago) link
Someone in my office was making that argument a couple of weeks ago--admittedly a perhaps not-too-swift twenty-something from Staten Island, so he's a nice boy but I wouldn't set too much store by his opinions if it weren't for the fact that he gets to vote.
― Conic section rebellion 44 (in orbit), Friday, 2 June 2017 15:53 (seven years ago) link
"we woulda won in vietnam"
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 2 June 2017 15:55 (seven years ago) link
the whole fucking point of a congress is so a president can't "just do his thing"
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 2 June 2017 15:59 (seven years ago) link
and yet his supporters say Trump is right to pull out of this since it didn't go through Congress.
― frogbs, Friday, 2 June 2017 16:01 (seven years ago) link
Trump pulls out of Paris Accord, stocks rise. Why isn't the end of civilization priced into the market?— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) June 1, 2017
Too long term. What will it do to next quarter’s earnings? https://t.co/Wz8cz5WzFl— Doug Henwood (@DougHenwood) June 1, 2017
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 June 2017 16:02 (seven years ago) link
markets dont act rational, fucko. just because people worship them doesn't mean they're right.
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 2 June 2017 16:04 (seven years ago) link
how can you be 60 years old and have not know that the long-term stability of environmental factors doesn't price into the stock market
― frogbs, Friday, 2 June 2017 16:19 (seven years ago) link
you know whats also not priced into the market? people's well-being.
“Labor is being paid first again”: American Airlines investors complain after company gives pilots and flight attendants raises
http://www.salon.com/2017/04/28/labor-is-being-paid-first-again-american-airlines-investors-complain-after-company-gives-pilots-and-flight-attendants-raises/
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 2 June 2017 16:20 (seven years ago) link
Meanwhile:
Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) on Thursday indicated that he’s not optimistic about the Senate’s chances to pass a comprehensive bill to repeal and replace Obamacare this year.
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“I don’t see a comprehensive health-care plan this year,” he told North Carolina television station WXII 12 News.
Burr also said that the House bill is “dead on arrival” in the Senate.
The senator’s comments come after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said last week that he’s not sure how the Senate will pass an Obamacare repeal bill.
“I don’t know how we get to 50 at the moment,” he told Reuters. “But that’s the goal.”
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/burr-no-senate-health-plan-this-year
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 2 June 2017 16:21 (seven years ago) link
aaaand about that testimony:
President Donald Trump could invoke executive privilege to prevent fired FBI director James Comey from delivering his scheduled testimony before Congress next week, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway suggested Friday.
Conway first told ABC’s “Good Morning America” that the Trump team would be “watching with the rest of the world” to see what Comey said in his congressional testimony.
Then, asked directly if Trump would use his presidential authority to block Comey’s testimony, Conway hedged: “The President will make that decision.”
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 2 June 2017 16:22 (seven years ago) link