Fun times at the EPA.
Wow. EPA spox Jahan Wilcox to @elainaplott when she called for comment on this story: “You have a great day, you’re a piece of trash.” https://t.co/mXpa3Pcgug— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) June 6, 2018
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 19:12 (six years ago) link
How sweet!
I asked Scott Pruitt a quick question about the reports he tried to help his wife become a Chick-fil-A franchisee. "With great change comes, I think, opposition...I love, she loves [Chick-fil-A]" pic.twitter.com/gND2tdMq1e— Jessica Smith (@JessicaASmith8) June 6, 2018
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 19:16 (six years ago) link
Meantime, something new Stormy-wise...
New Stormy Daniels lawsuit claims her former lawyer betrayed her and "hatched a plan" with Trump attorney Michael Cohen to get the adult film actress to publicly deny she had an affair with President Trump. https://t.co/RvYitjrdOO— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 6, 2018
Attached to the Stormy Daniels lawsuit are text messages exchanged between Michael Cohen and Daniels’ former lawyer Keith Davidson.They’re worth a read. More here: https://t.co/N3ioPrZXlW pic.twitter.com/vV4EkWtlzr— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 6, 2018
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 19:19 (six years ago) link
Further to which:
Wait what pic.twitter.com/WjNgHjhHE5— Susan Simpson (@TheViewFromLL2) June 6, 2018
So, it looks like Trump called in his fixer in to break the news to his wife that he was being sued as a result of his affair with a porn star.— Susan Simpson (@TheViewFromLL2) June 6, 2018
And as long as we're talking Trump and Cohen, how about a different Trump?
https://www.buzzfeed.com/anthonycormier/ivanka-trump-putin-moscow-meeting-michael-cohen-tower?utm_term=.ltOOlN9Px#.lmeDQ6rPv
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 19:23 (six years ago) link
And what gifts were they bringing?
This one is the most intriguing. Who are “the wise men”? pic.twitter.com/Vqj5EcZ1pL— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) June 6, 2018
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 19:27 (six years ago) link
Can you call me please?
Please call me
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 19:29 (six years ago) link
U calling?
U up?
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 19:33 (six years ago) link
Hey
― valorous wokelord (silby), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 19:35 (six years ago) link
The concept of "wise men", who stand out of the limelight and quietly advise public figures based on their many decades of experience, is well-established in national politics, but knowing the identity of these particular "wise men" would be intriguing.
Also, Cohen calling Stormy's lawyer "pal"!
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 19:35 (six years ago) link
being considered a wise man in the trump admin is some real ‘tallest dwarf’ territory
― and TOWERS MONACO as 'seaman' (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 19:37 (six years ago) link
I'm guessing this collection of Wise Men is comprised of...I'll be conservative and say maybe only like 40% former Celebrity Apprentice contestants.
― Buttholt Brecht (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 19:43 (six years ago) link
OT but Lunch, what about Butthurt Brecht?
― Martin Landau Ballet (Leee), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 19:51 (six years ago) link
NEWS: Just told by senior EPA person that Sarah Greenwalt, senior counsel to Pruitt, has also resigned. Asking EPA public affairs for confirmation. Comes after another aide Millian Hupp also resigned today— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) June 6, 2018
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 19:53 (six years ago) link
A pizza guy made a delivery to a military base in Brooklyn. A military police officer at the base asked him for his immigration documents, then called ICE, which detained him. He has two kids. https://t.co/hUf2y3XcAE— Josh Nathan-Kazis (@joshnathankazis) June 6, 2018
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 19:58 (six years ago) link
time to start doxxing ice agents imo
― constitutional crises they fly at u face (will), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 19:59 (six years ago) link
Not to diminish the awfulness of what happened, but you can get pizza delivered to a military base??
― Martin Landau Ballet (Leee), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 20:04 (six years ago) link
Only from Bombino's
― emotional support vegetable (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 20:08 (six years ago) link
Sure, sure.
Giuliani on Stormy Daniels: Melania Trump 'believes her husband' https://t.co/dr4RPPwUc3— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) June 6, 2018
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 20:12 (six years ago) link
the fact is no one actually gives a shit that Trump slept with a porn star. The GOP doesn't care, the Dems don't care, it won't sway votes. What does matter is legal fallout.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 20:14 (six years ago) link
He's done so many worse things, this doesn't even register in the top 25. But I am rooting for plenty of legal fallout, involving revelations of illegal activity much slimier than just him cheating on his wife.
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 20:21 (six years ago) link
One of my bandmate spotted John Brennan at a carnival a few days ago, wearing shorts and riding the bumper cars with (one presumes) a grandchild. Incidentally Brennan and my dad were on a softball team together in the 1970s.― emotional support vegetable (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, June 6, 2018 11:43 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― emotional support vegetable (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, June 6, 2018 11:43 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
many xps but I totally misread this as "John Brannon" and got way too excited/impressed for a second
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 20:23 (six years ago) link
this melania android they brought out today is pretty convincing!
― akm, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 21:07 (six years ago) link
it helps when the human melania was a longtime resident of the uncanny valley anyway
― and TOWERS MONACO as 'seaman' (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 21:10 (six years ago) link
Don't know where else to post this. Scary
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/06/world/asia/china-guangzhou-consulate-sonic-attack.html?action=Click&contentCollection=BreakingNews&contentID=67100509&pgtype=Homepage
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 21:12 (six years ago) link
eh who needs state dept employees anyway, amirite? I mean what deals did they ever make
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 21:13 (six years ago) link
p clear that one of the communist regimes (probably Russia, would be my guess) have some freaky new sonic weapon in their spy arsenal
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 21:14 (six years ago) link
didn't something similar happen in cuba or something?
― akm, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 21:16 (six years ago) link
Yes, still going on IIRC
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 21:17 (six years ago) link
oh yeah http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article203221919.html
― akm, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 21:17 (six years ago) link
Although whenever I read one of these stories I think of this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwRvWpsiM2w
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 21:21 (six years ago) link
hawkwind were ahead of their time
― and TOWERS MONACO as 'seaman' (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 21:21 (six years ago) link
jinx!
It makes me think that we haven't heard from Fred Durst in a while, just saying.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 21:27 (six years ago) link
p clear that one of the communist regimes (probably Russia, would be my guess) have some freaky new sonic weapon in their spy arsenal― Οὖτις, Wednesday, June 6, 2018 4:14 PM (fourteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, June 6, 2018 4:14 PM (fourteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Russia isn't communist any more iirc
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 21:30 (six years ago) link
were they ever
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 21:31 (six years ago) link
― Martin Landau Ballet (Leee), Wednesday, June 6, 2018 2:51 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
As kind of a general guideline for life, I try whenever possible to draw emphasis to the butthole.
And yes, you can totally get pizza delivered to a military base. There's a procedure, and different bases/sections of bases have different clearance requirements. IME, the less secure parts of military bases are almost frighteningly easy to fuck around in (assuming you aren't very obviously trespassing).
― Buttholt Brecht (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 21:32 (six years ago) link
(Join my 'two hellish years of high school stuck on a Navy base in rural IN' AMA already in progress.)
― Buttholt Brecht (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 21:34 (six years ago) link
Unimpeachable logic. xp
― Martin Landau Ballet (Leee), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 21:39 (six years ago) link
Good thread re tariff impacts. Buckle up.
hello, Pennsylvanian in heavy manufacturing here, the supply chain situation is um, extremely not good and getting, uh, extremely not gooder https://t.co/VJ7HDxvztN— Kilgore Trout (@KT_So_It_Goes) June 6, 2018
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 21:39 (six years ago) link
and...
the best part is watching all the people in my industry who were very MAGA for a year slowly lose their resolve about MAGAing and saying out loud maybe this guy doesn’t know what the fuck he’s doing
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 21:43 (six years ago) link
Toomey rightly taken to task in those responses for being a spineless shitbag, it's too little/too late here
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 21:43 (six years ago) link
xpost Yeah I do love that. (But you snipped out the part burning Salena Zito as well.)
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 21:45 (six years ago) link
― I want to change my display name (dan m)
I did this as well
― sleeve, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 21:47 (six years ago) link
little boy: grandpa tell the story about how you stood up to president?@SenToomey ah yes. it was june 6. i questioned the tariffs as “disturbing”— Paul A. Ticz (@MyPoliticsAcct) June 6, 2018
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 22:06 (six years ago) link
I’m super not into this sonic poisoner device wtf
― cheese is the teacher, ham is the preacher (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 22:41 (six years ago) link
https://gfycat.com/HarmfulImmaterialIndianpangolin
I'm laughing at this more than I probably should
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 22:50 (six years ago) link
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 22:51 (six years ago) link
That's nice but it's only partway to sanity. They may retreat from full-throated Trumpitude but still think the other options are worse. All the same etc.
John Brannon
Did I say John Brennan? Actually it was John Barron. I mean Bannon. Crap. These cats need more different names
― emotional support vegetable (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 22:53 (six years ago) link