Delegating a deputy to go to an appropriations hearing is not in any way a big deal especially when your party has the majority in congress
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 10 June 2017 23:44 (seven years ago) link
Yeah this is not unusual
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 11 June 2017 00:10 (six years ago) link
http://ritter19646.c4.cmdwebsites.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/pres24.jpg
"If you guys could get Jeff Sessions, that would be beautiful."
― clemenza, Sunday, 11 June 2017 00:13 (six years ago) link
These fuckin clowns
Off message here for Trump Jr. Says his father did tell Comey he hoped he let the Flynn investigation go. His dad says that's a lie. pic.twitter.com/oOhaFgZY4a— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 11, 2017
― black covfefe in bed (voodoo chili), Sunday, 11 June 2017 02:03 (six years ago) link
yeah I'm just over here wishing re Sessions
― constitutional crises they fly at u face (will), Sunday, 11 June 2017 02:08 (six years ago) link
Delegating a deputy to go to an appropriations hearing is not in any way a big deal especially when your party has the majority in congress― El Tomboto, Saturday, June 10, 2017 4:44 PM (two hours ago)Yeah this is not unusual― Οὖτις, Saturday, June 10, 2017 5:10 PM (two hours ago)
― El Tomboto, Saturday, June 10, 2017 4:44 PM (two hours ago)
― Οὖτις, Saturday, June 10, 2017 5:10 PM (two hours ago)
I admit, gentlemen, I was more referring to the tone of Sessions's explanation in said note re certain matters he wants to clear up, as it were.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 11 June 2017 02:18 (six years ago) link
No excuses Ned
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 11 June 2017 03:56 (six years ago) link
Astounding!
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 11 June 2017 04:14 (six years ago) link
feel like the Trumpspawn is like that movie Multiplicity where Donnie Jr is a copy of Trump Sr and Eric is the malformed copy of a copy
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Sunday, 11 June 2017 04:22 (six years ago) link
what would have been the repercussions for comey if he had complied with the request to drop the flynn investigation? would that have been an actionable breach of ethics or protocol or whatnot for comey or is that entirely within his purview with no need for sufficient cause? i don't see a big divide between obstructing justice and suggesting someone else obstruct justice on your behalf and take the fall for it, from a strictly moral pov, maybe even worse.
― slugbuggy, Sunday, 11 June 2017 04:44 (six years ago) link
i think that's a really good point
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 11 June 2017 07:50 (six years ago) link
Republicans, generally, are really good at living in an alternate universe where bullshit is the gospel truth. They rarely seem troubled by spouting stuff that is just totally untrue or made up. I can't really remember when it wasn't like that. I don't claim to understand it. I wasn't raised in a house with religion though. Maybe if you were raised Christian it's easier to understand.
It isn't.
― PJD PDJ DPJ (DJP), Sunday, 11 June 2017 11:13 (six years ago) link
Baptist maybe idk
― May o God help us (darraghmac), Sunday, 11 June 2017 11:18 (six years ago) link
Maybe if you were just raised dumb prob
Plenty of people who believe in God and worship him belong to the far left.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 11 June 2017 11:31 (six years ago) link
i feel that is less true than it used to be, at least in the USA? depending on how many Dorothy Day followers remain
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 11 June 2017 12:46 (six years ago) link
Trump's state visit to England now on hold
Donald Trump has told Theresa May in a phone call he does not want to go ahead with a state visit to Britain until the British public supports him coming.The US president said he did not want to come if there were large-scale protests and his remarks in effect put the visit on hold for some time.
The US president said he did not want to come if there were large-scale protests and his remarks in effect put the visit on hold for some time.
Yeah, he shouldn't hold his breath.
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 11 June 2017 13:03 (six years ago) link
Or maybe he, y'know, should.
― Sir Isaac Gluten (Old Lunch), Sunday, 11 June 2017 13:06 (six years ago) link
In perpetuity.
If he didn't go where he wasn't wanted, how narrow does that make his potential ability to go anywhere?
― Stevolende, Sunday, 11 June 2017 13:10 (six years ago) link
Eventually he'll be like Cheney, unable to travel outside the US for fear of arrest.
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 11 June 2017 13:15 (six years ago) link
The Philippines, Saudi Arabia, and...uh...
― Mr. Crackpots (WilliamC), Sunday, 11 June 2017 13:16 (six years ago) link
Yeah, countries that can guarantee no protests. Totally in line with Wilbur Ross' comments about Saudi Arabia. They're not going to any pains to hide their preference for authoritarian states.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 11 June 2017 13:39 (six years ago) link
This and that cancelled visit to Milwaukee was it? They seem to be the first open acknowledgements that the protests bother him and interfere with business, no?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 11 June 2017 13:46 (six years ago) link
They also held their "Pittsburgh not Paris" rally in DC instead of Pittsburgh for the same reason.
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 11 June 2017 13:50 (six years ago) link
Was wondering about that outside the US emphasis. Can he go around the US without not being wanted?
― Stevolende, Sunday, 11 June 2017 14:04 (six years ago) link
There was a news story a week ago, who knows maybe a month ago or a year ago or a day it all feels the same now, that he is actually reluctant to travel around the us. But really this might be the first public acknowledgment I've seen that people really don't like him.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 11 June 2017 14:14 (six years ago) link
The only reason he's even President is because getting to run his mouth in front of adoring crowds fed his giant ego, so what's the point of speaking in front of a hostile crowd?
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 11 June 2017 14:20 (six years ago) link
I'm surprised the vacant-jobs story isn't getting more coverage, because it's getting worse day by day - not only are major positions staying unfilled, but nobody wants to receive an offer. I mean, can you image the crippling self-doubt that would set in if Team Trump called to offer you a job? "What? What kind of sleaze do you think I am, that I'd work for that guy? Oh, fuck - do other people see me that way, too?" *puts gun in mouth, pulls trigger*
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 11 June 2017 14:25 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-J8ypGTWxg
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 11 June 2017 14:32 (six years ago) link
All the good sleezebags are already in the private sector
― ein Sexmonster (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 11 June 2017 14:32 (six years ago) link
I dunno if Sparklepants is correct:
This is exactly right--if Democrats take House w/ any margin for errror, they will likely impeach Trump 1/https://t.co/0mAXXpRzyC— Rich Lowry (@RichLowry) June 11, 2017
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 11 June 2017 14:53 (six years ago) link
Wow, going out on a limb there, huh?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 11 June 2017 14:57 (six years ago) link
On the plus side, that does offer a very appealing and yet productive anti-trump message. Trump and the GOP are the obstructions. Vote in Democrats, impeach Trump, finally get to work on jobs, health care and other things that matter.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 11 June 2017 15:00 (six years ago) link
I think that's more likely how the GOP will frame it, to fire up the base. I'm sure they will much prefer to run against the specter of Snowball Pelosi than talk about the achievements of the 115th Congress.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 11 June 2017 15:52 (six years ago) link
even by his standards this is notably incoherent
I believe the James Comey leaks will be far more prevalent than anyone ever thought possible. Totally illegal? Very 'cowardly!'— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 11, 2017
― Number None, Sunday, 11 June 2017 15:53 (six years ago) link
Hah, after cancelled trip to UK for fear of protests. "Cowardly." That word means nothing in a court of law, let alone one with no jury to pursuade.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 11 June 2017 16:01 (six years ago) link
There are still times when I'm astonished that this is how the president of the United States is choosing to communicate. I don't feel like the "normalization" is setting in, it's more like a persistent reminder of how aberrant in every way all of this is.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 11 June 2017 16:05 (six years ago) link
i'm surprised his twitter hasn't been hacked yet
― j., Sunday, 11 June 2017 16:33 (six years ago) link
i mean besides by the russians
― j., Sunday, 11 June 2017 16:34 (six years ago) link
That Trump tweet is impressively doge-esque. No idea what the fuck he's even TRYING to say.
― Sir Isaac Gluten (Old Lunch), Sunday, 11 June 2017 16:35 (six years ago) link
you wouldn't be able to tell if it was
@realDonaldTrumpWho hides my tummy tickler on a Saturday night? The tv screen is getting dim on the edges but I know a liar when I see one. The good voices are louder than the bad ones, you'll see!
*shrugs* that's our president
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 11 June 2017 16:36 (six years ago) link
If I'm allowed a prediction after my poor showing wrt the election, I do think we will have sad occasion to see the first public display of a presidential penis (my money is currently on a disrobed Trump found playing in a fountain like a small child after a brain event of some sort).
― Sir Isaac Gluten (Old Lunch), Sunday, 11 June 2017 17:08 (six years ago) link
I don't think he knows what prevalent means.
― Fetchboy, Sunday, 11 June 2017 17:10 (six years ago) link
I guess the tweet may be related to this -- https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/10/us/politics/comey-fake-news-twitter-posobiec.html. They're running with the Comey-is-a-leaker thing, now adding to it the and-lied-under-oath-about-it thing. The idea I guess being that Comey was the real leaker all along, was undermining Trump from the beginning, etc etc.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 11 June 2017 17:22 (six years ago) link
I think he meant "relevant." But who knows? He was always stupid and now he's senile as well.
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 11 June 2017 17:25 (six years ago) link
i think he means "frequent" or "numerous"
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 11 June 2017 17:31 (six years ago) link
He means covfefe
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 11 June 2017 17:36 (six years ago) link
don't well all tombot? DON'T WE ALL
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 11 June 2017 18:11 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQc4A-XBzBY
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 11 June 2017 18:14 (six years ago) link