it's never too late to chuckle at Portlandia
"Are you now - or have you ever been - a devotee of organic seitan?"
"You present yourself as a champion of local microbrews; care to explain this Miller Genuine Draft Can?"
"This jar of fair-trade tahini expired fifteen months ago. So, sir, why is it in your recycling bin only this week?"
"According to this receipt, you purchased your beloved puppy, Mr. SnuggleMittens, from a corporate pet shop, rather than adopting him from a reputable nonprofit shelter, as you claimed in your campaign. Also, his poops are kind of runny what exactly are you feeding him?"
― and she could see an earmuff factory (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 19:45 (six years ago) link
.@realDonaldTrump hands are seen as he listens to members of congress discuss Immigration reform in the Cabinet Room of the White House. #45POTUS pic.twitter.com/WdutrbFah9— Doug Mills (@dougmillsnyt) January 9, 2018
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 19:46 (six years ago) link
Dolt 45
― and she could see an earmuff factory (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 19:48 (six years ago) link
^ please be next month's politics title
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 20:03 (six years ago) link
Mr Levy: Somebody's already been killed as a result of the publication of this dossier.
o_O
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 20:13 (six years ago) link
Yeah I'd love to know more about that.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 20:14 (six years ago) link
Anyway finished my skim-read. I guess most of the key details are out there -- extra comment I've seen is that when Simpson talks about how Steele was getting cold-shouldered by the FBI towards the end of October 2016, a distinction might have to be made between 'the FBI' and a particular field office, scuttlebutt saying that would be the NY one.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 20:15 (six years ago) link
Confusion!
During the talks in the Cabinet Room, Trump appeared at one point to agree with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who said Democrats are seeking a "clean" DACA bill without additional border security provisions. House Majority Leaders Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) then interjected to insist that Republicans want security included.
"Mr. President, you need to be clear, though," McCarthy said. When we talk about just DACA, we don't want to be back here two years later. We have to have security."
Trump responded: "I think that's what she's saying."
Further confusing matters, Trump also said he hoped to pursue a "comprehensive" immigration bill after lawmakers strike a deal on the dreamers. Comprehensive bills, which would deal with work visas and other elements of the immigration system, failed on Capitol Hill during the tenures of both Barack Obama and George W. Bush.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 20:17 (six years ago) link
You just can't believe him!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 20:20 (six years ago) link
Mmmm, I don't know, I'm pretty sure Donald Trump invented the word 'comprehensive' while he was speaking it and that it means something other than what you think it means.
― the smartest persin in the room (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 20:20 (six years ago) link
maybe he meant 'comprehensible', which in his case would be a bulleted list with three items on it.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 20:22 (six years ago) link
He reminds me of people I've worked with/for who are terrified of ever appearing ignorant and so they boldly say things and make decisions in ignorance and, well, what's that 'better to remain silent' proverb again?
― the smartest persin in the room (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 20:23 (six years ago) link
Also, allegedly this is the death in question:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/27/mystery-death-ex-kgb-chief-linked-mi6-spys-dossier-donald-trump/
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 20:23 (six years ago) link
fwiw Steele has denied having anything to do with Erovinkin - though you might say he would say that.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 20:27 (six years ago) link
― the smartest persin in the room (Old Lunch), Tuesday, January 9, 2018 3:20 PM (seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, January 9, 2018
maybe he meant "contemptible"
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 20:28 (six years ago) link
Occam would suggest he thought it was lunchtime and was struggling through an attempt at ordering a quesadilla.
― the smartest persin in the room (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 20:31 (six years ago) link
http://starcasm.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Donald_Trump_taco_bowl_Trump_Tower.jpg
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 20:33 (six years ago) link
Xpost not only did Greenwald link an article from 16 years ago but he’s unaware that he’s mad about something that’s been legal for longer then that.
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 20:43 (six years ago) link
he's running
Steve Bannon is stepping down from his post as executive chairman of Breitbart News, the company will announce on Tuesday https://t.co/RLxbbiYQkt pic.twitter.com/n43vvuUU62— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) January 9, 2018
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 21:04 (six years ago) link
o please please please
― and she could see an earmuff factory (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 21:05 (six years ago) link
wait, for what?
― how's life, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 21:06 (six years ago) link
nah, he wouldn't launch a run at the low point of his recent career (perceived responsibility for moore + banishment from trump supporters + loss of $ support), right?
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 21:07 (six years ago) link
if ever there was a man ideally equipped for the physical rigours of the campaign trail, it's steve bannon
― pee-wee and the power men (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 21:07 (six years ago) link
(i was joking)
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 21:08 (six years ago) link
heh, i figured. but really, in a newsday that also includes arpaio running for senator, nothing seems too outlandish for me anymore
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 21:09 (six years ago) link
i just wasn't sure if I had missed something.
― how's life, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 21:10 (six years ago) link
he's stepping down = no Mercer money for Beetbort until Steve is dumped
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 21:16 (six years ago) link
yup, that sounds right
― sleeve, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 21:21 (six years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, January 9, 2018 8:23 PM (fifty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
and lest we forget
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-diplomats-deaths-theories-putin-kremlin-a7602201.html
Unexpected deaths of six Russian diplomats in four months triggers conspiracy theoriesSeveral deaths have been described as 'heart attacks' or the result of a 'brief illness' by officials, in some cases despite evidence to the contrary
27 February 2017
― Milton Parker, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 21:22 (six years ago) link
one immensely frustrating thing for me is that i have close relatives who are huge bannon fans who often look me in the eye and say "follow the money" whenever referencing politics, as a signal that anything that is evil is ultimately funded by an evil billionaire...who is always a "liberal". and yet they will never, EVER follow their own advice with respect to steve bannon, breitbart, and mercer.
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 21:28 (six years ago) link
"Mother Jones reports Grassley now says the transcript shows Simpson was "uncooperative, colluding with Russia and colluding with the Democrats." I ask everyone reading this thread to click on the link to the transcript and confirm this is a lie."
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 21:31 (six years ago) link
sorry just the grassley part is important
Strikes me as autobabble. I mean, dude freely admits to being a typical Beltway barnacle and all.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 21:55 (six years ago) link
amazing
Per people close to Bannon, he is wistful but has referenced Thomas Cromwell in recent days, noting that Cromwell guided a King but it never lasts... and Cromwell was eventually sent to the Tower.— Robert Costa (@costareports) January 9, 2018
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 21:57 (six years ago) link
at least he didn't end up like oleg erovinkin
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 22:04 (six years ago) link
a man for all lesions
― bread bags of courage (brownie), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 22:05 (six years ago) link
sorry, wrong Thomas
I'm not exactly surprised the GOP is tripling down on Trump at this point but Lindsay Graham's sudden and frequent bootlicking is very odd
― frogbs, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 22:07 (six years ago) link
tapes n tapes
― Hunt3r, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 22:10 (six years ago) link
bannon sucks but am i wrong in thinking he is the most likeable / charismatic / interesting person in the trump universe?
― marcos, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 22:13 (six years ago) link
xp Trump has gotta have serious dirt on Graham
― sleeve, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 22:14 (six years ago) link
Yeah, why assume Trump is the only one with a pee tape? We're so busy getting pissed off that we've lost track of all the people getting pissed on.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 22:15 (six years ago) link
wow bannon read another book
― maura, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 22:15 (six years ago) link
marcos: most interesting, I will grant. not most likeable (that's probably Haley) or most charismatic (maybe Ivanka?)
― dunsinane in the membrane (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 22:16 (six years ago) link
Bannon was fired from the WH but kept on advising Trump. For that matter, he kept on advising Beetbort when he was at the WH. I doubt he's off to wander the wilderness.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 22:17 (six years ago) link
(xp with the caveat that in Trumpverse we are sort of talking whether herpes is more likeable than scabies)
― dunsinane in the membrane (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 22:17 (six years ago) link
he is a reprehensible piece of shit but fwiw i would have a drink or smoke a joint w/ him and bullshit a little. i can't say the same for a lot of these people, esp trump himself
i had a dream the other night in which i had an opportunity to meet trump, but i had to go through a security check process w/ secret service and i had a little weed in my pocket. in the dream i ultimately decided that meeting donald trump was not worth ditching my little half gram of weed
― marcos, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 22:21 (six years ago) link
Torrented Wolf Hall and looked up the end on Wikipedia
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 22:21 (six years ago) link
half gram of weed > potus trump
Yeah, why assume Trump is the only one with a pee tape? We're so busy getting pissed off that we've lost track of all the people getting pissed on.― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, January 9, 2018 10:15 PM (seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, January 9, 2018 10:15 PM (seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 22:25 (six years ago) link