US Politics January 2018: "You All Just Got A Lot Richer"

xpost As it's in reference to Bannon, they could be using 'juicy' literally.

I wouldn't call puss "juicy"

Typo

Whoops!

EXCLUSIVE: Mueller's Investigation reveals details of how Trump had WH counsel lobby Sessions not to recuse; how a WH lawyer tried to mislead the president about whether he could fire Comey; Preibus notes corroborate some of Comey's claims. https://t.co/OxhitbBfg2

— Michael S. Schmidt (@nytmike) January 5, 2018

Wow. McGahn lobbied Sessions to remain in charge of the inquiry, but "Mr. McGahn was unsuccessful, and the president erupted in anger in front of numerous White House officials, saying he needed his attorney general to protect him." https://t.co/M4XIkww3yT

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) January 5, 2018

It’s like he’s never heard the “...and while i am AN attorney, I am not YOUR attorney...” speil/joke before.

What is a speil

xp re: Ned's quoted tweets: two very small pieces of a much, much larger puzzle that Mueller must piece together successfully, if his report is to critically wound the prez. but they fit right in with all the other pieces we've seen so far, pointing to obstruction of justice.

My opinion is that indulging in obstruction of justice would not take down trump all by itself (sad!). It must be seen as the final step in a pattern of criminal activity by his campaign, and his staff, with Trump fully and knowingly complicit. iow, something too big to be dismissed as an aberration or ignorant mistake.

What is a speil

― y'know, LIBS! libertarians, libertines, even liberians and librarians (Hunt3r), 5. januar 2018 02:05 (twelve minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It's 'mirror' in Danish

I put a speil on you
and now
ur dane

spiel = story

It's 'game' in Danish.

apologies if this was already posted:
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/03/bannon-trump-white-house-alliance-322624

CORRECTION: An earlier version of the story misidentified the fictional character name Bannon uses to refer to Jared Kushner as Frodo, a “Lord of the Rings” reference, rather than Fredo, a reference to “The Godfather.”

xp who the fuck cares about what the fuck anything is in danish

According to Wikipedia the population of Denmark on Jan. 1 2017 was estimated at 5,748,769. One assumes the great majority of Danes speak Danish and consequently would care what the fuck anything is in danish.

There is evidence for the presence of one or more Danes on ILX.

'Anything' is 'hvad som helst' in Danish.

lol

some have cheese

Weak, low energy, and some might say, sad:

I authorized Zero access to White House (actually turned him down many times) for author of phony book! I never spoke to him for book. Full of lies, misrepresentations and sources that don’t exist. Look at this guy’s past and watch what happens to him and Sloppy Steve!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 5, 2018

sloppy steves for lunch, kids

So Truman is seen as a Hitler-level war criminal then?

Levels? Ready Killer One...

Yam is gonna order a Sloppy Steve w/ extra mayo.

The Urban Dictionary definition of Sloppy Steve is one for the ages...

really wish i hadn't looked that up.

One day, someone will write a kids' picture book with the main characters Lyin' Ted, Sloppy Steve and Little Marco.

when you want to write a really killer tweet proving you’re not an idiot but you also don’t know the difference between curated and cultivated https://t.co/Jsc8vKCDIr

— Kilgore Trout (@KT_So_It_Goes) January 5, 2018

XP Or the worst early Springsteen song.

A few months ago I dreamt Trump thought I was a spy and nicknamed me Nosy O’Donnell.

your dream nickname is much more clever than actual trump nicknames

It’s Frodos all the way down, right?

Alternating Frodos, Fredos, and Faygos.

More like Fraud-os amirite, sad!

https://d2ffutrenqvap3.cloudfront.net/items/0c2i103I2w0s102Y3p03/Wolff%20on%20Stephen%20Miller.jpg

i'm not sure wolff needs to be throwing shade about sentence construction here...

Governor Skeleton is angry with his bud Trump.

Irl lol’ing at “Nosy O’Donnell”

misread that as Governor Skeletor and thought "to be honest how would he even be worse?"

auto correct :(

Maybe not the most important thing in the world but the excerpt above is really crappily written -- I suppose Wolff had to do it in a hurry, it reads like first draft and probably is

Well, now that collusion with Russia is proving to be a total hoax and the only collusion is with Hillary Clinton and the FBI/Russia, the Fake News Media (Mainstream) and this phony new book are hitting out at every new front imaginable. They should try winning an election. Sad!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 5, 2018

eephus that's what i was trying to say

I mean winning elections is a great thing to do tbh

they've been winning a bunch of them lately

"the FBI/Russia"

I don't even know how they are alleging Clinton colluded with the Russians. To what end?

Conspiracy counterpoint: Clinton worked with the Russians to *lose* the election just to make Trump look bad by letting him win so that he could lose at a later date ... OF HER CHOOSING!!!

translating from caligulan: Well, now that collusion with Marsha is proving to be a total hoax and the only collusion is with Crooked Hillary and the FBI/Marsha, Fox News and Fire and Furyare hitting out at every new front imaginable. They should try conspiring with Russia. Sad??

https://www.advocate.com/politics/2018/1/03/mike-pence-swears-doug-jones-gay-son-looks

https://www.advocate.com/sites/advocate.com/files/2018/01/03/carson-jones-750x.jpg

is that Jones' son? Mmmmm...

and gay!

http://people.com/politics/doug-jones-gay-son-mike-pence-side-eye/

When someone releases a tell-all book which extensively demonstrates what a stupid POS you are, the wisest response is to make constant references to said book.

re tracer on wolff the writer: in general i'm not a fan of the "supposed to be" formulation -- the passive construction obscures who's doing the supposing, which sometimes matters quite a lot* -- but as a rhetorical device the repetition is good not bad imo, and once that starts the sentence construction is fine. "He was hired as, but… " four times in a row would have been stronger.

internet w/a cap-I is always terrible

*tho actually it's clear enough here