US Politics, October 2018: next week will be even longer

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If the goal was to end NAFTA, it's a failure for Trump.

Ah, but if it is renamed USMC, then NAFTA has disappeared. Voila!

A is for (Aimless), Monday, 1 October 2018 16:16 (five years ago) link

So he can tell supporters he “repealed NAFTA” in advance of the midterms. Lame

Trϵϵship, Monday, 1 October 2018 16:19 (five years ago) link

lmao they're not even trying to make this look like a real investigation

“I thought it was going to be an investigation,” a Yale classmate of Brett Kavanaugh and Deborah Ramirez said, of the F.B.I.’s renewed inquiry. “But instead it seems it’s just an alibi for Republicans to vote for Kavanaugh.” https://t.co/H24YpATyAD

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) October 1, 2018

frogbs, Monday, 1 October 2018 16:20 (five years ago) link

xxxxpost Patent protection for health care products and copyright extension are significant, but they don't seem significant to Trudeau cause really they were barely discussed. That these things weren't significant to Trudeau is another debate in the Canadian thread yeah and I agree with you that these lost might be tough to swallow. The big five things Trudeau cared about were: sunset clause, chapter 19, cars, steel/aluminium and dairy. Also, Mexico is still in the deal which is a big plus for both Mexico and Canada. Steel/aluminium seems to be the major concession so far, by virtue of not being resolved.

Anyway, the US are the US, almost ten times the population and economy of Canada, that the status quo was extensively preserved can't be a win for Trump, who promised so much more about the 'bad deal' that was NAFTA.

Van Horn Street, Monday, 1 October 2018 16:23 (five years ago) link

I hope AMLO refuses to support any deal with Mexico that doesn’t include mutual right to live and work permanently in the other country. Partly because I want to move to Mexico.

I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Monday, 1 October 2018 16:24 (five years ago) link

Not because I hate America mind I just think it would be fun

I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Monday, 1 October 2018 16:24 (five years ago) link

If the Dems win both houses in November is there going to be an investigation and an investigation into the previous one. Or is the utter transparency of this being fake gong to speak for itself

Stevolende, Monday, 1 October 2018 16:26 (five years ago) link

this presser on trade is going off the rails quick wow

frogbs, Monday, 1 October 2018 16:31 (five years ago) link

as ever, Mnuchin auditioning for role of Nazi simp and sidekick in next Indiana Jones movie

Trump to female reporter: "I know you're not thinking, you never do."

Trump: "She's shocked I picked her, she's in a state of shock."
Vega: I'm not, thank you Mr. President.
Trump: "I know you're not thinking, you never do."
Vega: "I'm sorry?"
Trump: "Go ahead" pic.twitter.com/hhfFHDNSXk

— Lis Power (@LisPower1) October 1, 2018

canary christ (stevie), Monday, 1 October 2018 16:37 (five years ago) link

That any woman could vote for him, and this party, is beyond me.

Van Horn Street, Monday, 1 October 2018 16:38 (five years ago) link

wtf

jmm, Monday, 1 October 2018 16:39 (five years ago) link

https://theintercept.com/2018/09/29/the-unbearable-dishonesty-of-brett-kavanaugh/

They supplemented this article with a picture of an old Yale yearbook showing Kavanaugh’s grandfather. Apparently Kav didn’t bust his butt to get in, but had the benefit of being a legacy admission.

curmudgeon, Monday, 1 October 2018 17:02 (five years ago) link

he was a legacy: His grandfather, Everett Edward Kavanaugh, also went to Yale for undergrad, as this yearbook shows.

curmudgeon, Monday, 1 October 2018 17:07 (five years ago) link

So Trump just went on about having seen some unnamed Democratic Senator in compromising situations and seemed to be threatening to reveal it if this person keeps going after Kavanaugh.

— Paul McLeod (@pdmcleod) October 1, 2018

there's no way he's thinking about anyone in particular here is there

or does he think Al Franken is still in the Senate??

frogbs, Monday, 1 October 2018 17:08 (five years ago) link

10-d chess, publicly threatening blackmail

omar little, Monday, 1 October 2018 17:11 (five years ago) link

it was Teddy Kennedy

Οὖτις, Monday, 1 October 2018 17:11 (five years ago) link

Trump to female reporter: "I know you're not thinking, you never do."

Trump: "She's shocked I picked her, she's in a state of shock."
Vega: I'm not, thank you Mr. President.
Trump: "I know you're not thinking, you never do."
Vega: "I'm sorry?"
Trump: "Go ahead" pic.twitter.com/hhfFHDNSXk

— Lis Power (@LisPower1) October 1, 2018

WTF? how do i get me some press credentials so i can be the only fucker that calls him on his bullshit crap in person.Like how has not one reported said " Kindly Fuck off Mr President " on live tv yet ?

(•̪●) (carne asada), Monday, 1 October 2018 17:16 (five years ago) link

because the chud hordes would immediately start harassing them out of a job and nobody needs that headache

I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Monday, 1 October 2018 17:18 (five years ago) link

how do i get me some press credentials

i think you just have to wear a lanyard with a little homemade badge that says "christian conservative news channel" or something similar

Karl Malone, Monday, 1 October 2018 17:19 (five years ago) link

maybe trump is getting a dem senator confused with whatever he's got on lindsay graham

officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 1 October 2018 17:24 (five years ago) link

well there's Menendez and the underage hookers story

President Keyes, Monday, 1 October 2018 17:27 (five years ago) link

it's hillary clinton

princess of hell (BradNelson), Monday, 1 October 2018 17:29 (five years ago) link

maybe Trump is just saying whatever nonsense he thinks is expedient at the moment

Οὖτις, Monday, 1 October 2018 17:29 (five years ago) link

“I was surprised at how vocal he was about the fact that he likes beer, and he’s had a little bit of difficulty, I mean he talked about things that happened when he drinks. This is not a man that said that he was perfect with respect to alcohol. I’m not a drinker and I can honestly say I never had a beer in my life. One of my only good traits. I don’t drink. I never had a glass of alcohol. I never had alcohol. For whatever reason. Can you imagine if I had? What a mess I would be. I would be the world’s worst. ”

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 1 October 2018 17:41 (five years ago) link

maybe he would be a delightful drunk , couldnt be much worse imo

(•̪●) (carne asada), Monday, 1 October 2018 17:45 (five years ago) link

If i was the FBI and Trump had been acting to me the way he has been recently I might just go off and do a proper investigation just to spite him.

Stevolende, Monday, 1 October 2018 17:47 (five years ago) link

to his credit this is the only true thing he's ever said. we're making progress here, people. xp

officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 1 October 2018 17:47 (five years ago) link

It's fun to stay in the USMCA

Trump uh....otm?

frogbs, Monday, 1 October 2018 18:04 (five years ago) link

everytime Trump hates on trudeau I can't help but think of the film Canadian Bacon

| (Latham Green), Monday, 1 October 2018 18:40 (five years ago) link

I was surprised at how vocal he was about the fact that he likes beer, and he’s had a little bit of difficulty...

Did Bart really admit to a "little bit of difficulty?" Other than ralphing because, you know, jalapenos.

Freddy "Boom Boom" QAnon (Dan Peterson), Monday, 1 October 2018 19:21 (five years ago) link

I think it's pretty clear that beer has at least belatedly caused him some difficulty.

Josh in Chicago, Monday, 1 October 2018 19:23 (five years ago) link

so let's pretend "devil's triangle" is a drinking game. Well i don't remember anyone referencing drinking games in my HS yearbook but it they did i'm pretty certain that person would have had some nights they don't remember.

(•̪●) (carne asada), Monday, 1 October 2018 19:29 (five years ago) link

i'm still lmao at his suggestion that "devil's triangle" is "quarters, but with three beers in a triangle"

princess of hell (BradNelson), Monday, 1 October 2018 19:33 (five years ago) link

like

princess of hell (BradNelson), Monday, 1 October 2018 19:33 (five years ago) link

lmao

you fuckin clown

princess of hell (BradNelson), Monday, 1 October 2018 19:34 (five years ago) link

i wish they would have asked him for further clarification on the rules .

(•̪●) (carne asada), Monday, 1 October 2018 19:34 (five years ago) link

"Please demonstrate using this left over Bud Light from the Obamacare Repeal Party..."

Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 1 October 2018 20:14 (five years ago) link

i wish they would have asked him for further clarification on the rules .

what's the point, he doesn't know them

Οὖτις, Monday, 1 October 2018 20:18 (five years ago) link

yeah it is so insane that a) he is getting away with making up a fake drinking game and b) he thinks "drinking game" is a good exonerating lie re: him being a problem drinker

|Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Monday, 1 October 2018 20:27 (five years ago) link

so much of this "he was a football player at a prep school with a sterling reputation" stuff is just really so:

https://i.pinimg.com/236x/32/40/89/3240899a94f327172b96760d55db65ac--simpsons-quotes-los-simpsons.jpg

omar little, Monday, 1 October 2018 20:32 (five years ago) link

i have been thinking about how the american legal system is portrayed in the simpsons... a lot.... lately......

princess of hell (BradNelson), Monday, 1 October 2018 20:33 (five years ago) link

it's based on a series of blowjobs iirc

Οὖτις, Monday, 1 October 2018 20:36 (five years ago) link

so angry

Cubs’ co-owners supporting Brett Kavanaugh through super PAC

sleeve, Monday, 1 October 2018 20:47 (five years ago) link

The Ricketts family didn’t always get along with Trump. Trump tweeted in February 2016, “I hear the Rickets family, who own the Chicago Cubs, are secretly spending $’s against me. They better be careful, they have a lot to hide!” It’s all water under the bridge now, apparently.

This Fuckin' Guy...

Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 1 October 2018 20:50 (five years ago) link

Imagine going through life like that...

Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 1 October 2018 21:22 (five years ago) link

I agree that it's unfair, but do they really have to take it out on the rest of us?

Mummenschanz in a Metal Mood (Old Lunch), Monday, 1 October 2018 22:18 (five years ago) link

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/mutual-friend-ramirez-kavanaugh-anxious-come-forward-evidence-n915566

WASHINGTON — In the days leading up to a public allegation that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh exposed himself to a college classmate, the judge and his team were communicating behind the scenes with friends to refute the claim, according to text messages obtained by NBC News.

global tetrahedron, Monday, 1 October 2018 22:34 (five years ago) link

the sun rises in the east

Rhine Jive Click Bait (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 1 November 2018 04:24 (five years ago) link

hardaway played well

Trϵϵship, Thursday, 1 November 2018 04:27 (five years ago) link

"Bob Menendez, who I freely admit is a crook but who is not going anywhere."

NJ needs one of their own to represent them so why not

akm, Thursday, 1 November 2018 05:43 (five years ago) link

Is there any chance of a less depressing thread title for November?

mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 1 November 2018 08:03 (five years ago) link

US Politics, November 2018: Trump - The Bolsonaro of the Beltway

anvil, Thursday, 1 November 2018 08:43 (five years ago) link

you knew it was the Knicks, right?

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 1 November 2018 11:08 (five years ago) link

I like when morbs and treesh talk to each other. I play a little game where a take a drink whenever my phone’s entire screen is filled with “[Blocked. Tap to read.]”

Dan I., Thursday, 1 November 2018 12:45 (five years ago) link

good mourning!

You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 1 November 2018 12:52 (five years ago) link

oooh Dan I so cuttin edge

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 1 November 2018 12:57 (five years ago) link

(for a coward)

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 1 November 2018 12:57 (five years ago) link

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a butt, at which the shaft of ridicule is daily glanced (Old Lunch), Thursday, 1 November 2018 13:05 (five years ago) link

Dan, I don’t even know who you are. Do you actually know anything about me beyond I seem like someone you can win points by complaining about? xp

Trϵϵship, Thursday, 1 November 2018 13:07 (five years ago) link

Although their respective expressions of such may differ wildly, Treesh and Morbs are too pure for this world (I say with zero snark).

a butt, at which the shaft of ridicule is daily glanced (Old Lunch), Thursday, 1 November 2018 13:10 (five years ago) link

Perfect closing statement.

Mods...?

You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 1 November 2018 13:10 (five years ago) link

US Politics, November 2018: "There is no blame. There is no anything."

stet, Thursday, 1 November 2018 16:01 (five years ago) link


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