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

maybe he meant 'comprehensible', which in his case would be a bulleted list with three items on it.

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?

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/

fwiw Steele has denied having anything to do with Erovinkin - though you might say he would say that.

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, January 9, 2018 3:20 PM (seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

maybe he meant 'comprehensible', which in his case would be a bulleted list with three items on it.

― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, January 9, 2018

maybe he meant "contemptible"

Occam would suggest he thought it was lunchtime and was struggling through an attempt at ordering a quesadilla.

http://starcasm.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Donald_Trump_taco_bowl_Trump_Tower.jpg

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.

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

o please please please

wait, for what?

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?

if ever there was a man ideally equipped for the physical rigours of the campaign trail, it's steve bannon

(i was joking)

heh, i figured. but really, in a newsday that also includes arpaio running for senator, nothing seems too outlandish for me anymore

i just wasn't sure if I had missed something.

he's stepping down = no Mercer money for Beetbort until Steve is dumped

yup, that sounds right

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, 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 theories
Several 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

he's stepping down = no Mercer money for Beetbort until Steve is dumped

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.

"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."

sorry just the grassley part is important

Strikes me as autobabble. I mean, dude freely admits to being a typical Beltway barnacle and all.

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

at least he didn't end up like oleg erovinkin

a man for all lesions

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

tapes n tapes

bannon sucks but am i wrong in thinking he is the most likeable / charismatic / interesting person in the trump universe?

xp Trump has gotta have serious dirt on Graham

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.

wow bannon read another book

marcos: most interesting, I will grant. not most likeable (that's probably Haley) or most charismatic (maybe Ivanka?)

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.

(xp with the caveat that in Trumpverse we are sort of talking whether herpes is more likeable than scabies)

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

wow bannon read another book

Torrented Wolf Hall and looked up the end on Wikipedia

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

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To the tune of "American Pie"

My only sadness is the stain Bannon placed on Andrew Breitbart’s name.

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) January 9, 2018

AP:

President Donald Trump is getting his first medical checkup since taking office, a head-to-toe exam on Friday as questions swirl about the health and fitness of the oldest person ever elected to the nation’s highest office. In advance, the 71-year-old president has pushed back vigorously against suggestions he’s mentally unfit, declaring himself “a very stable genius.”

Trump will not undergo a psychiatric exam, the White House said. Officials did not address a different type of screening, assessments of cognitive status that examine neurologic functions including memory. Cognitive assessments aren’t routine in standard physicals, although they recently became covered in Medicare’s annual wellness visits for seniors.

Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, a Navy rear admiral who is the president’s official physician and director of the White House Medical Unit, is coordinating the exam. Jackson provided care for President Barack Obama, conducting and supervising the last of three physicals Obama had during his eight years in office.

so it won't be his Dr Nick

Trump's going to Davos this month -- I wonder who will have the nerve to give him an earful?
https://www.vox.com/world/2018/1/9/16868996/donald-trump-davos-world-economic-forum-attend-2018

Serious q on that front: does he drive? Cos dont people that age have to retake cognitive/driving tests frequently so they dont mow everone down, Mr Burns styles?

Surprised they haven't left yet

"Two of the most senior officials who are on the potential departure list are Don McGahn, the White House counsel, and HR McMaster, the national security adviser." Facing staffing exodus, Trump struggles to fill West Wing https://t.co/YdbeKXzofK

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) January 9, 2018

Even funnier detail:

In recent months, top advisers on foreign and domestic policy have announced their departures. Additional aides are expected to make their exit in the coming weeks. Chief of staff John Kelly has embarked upon an effort to fill the ranks by the end of January. But the absence of willing and qualified replacements, paired with a lengthy hiring process, make it unlikely he'll reach that goal.

Kelly has been trying to take the reins of staffing in the West Wing since his elevation last summer. But the task has taken on heightened urgency.

"Kelly is eating bullets every day by himself and doesn't have a lot of help," said one person familiar with the personnel situation. "He needs reinforcements."

You wanted the job, dude.

McMaster out is good news on the Avoiding War front, surely

not necessarily

While Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Defense James Mattis are focused on diplomatic efforts to curb North Korea’s nuclear program, McMaster “is arguing more vocally, publicly and privately, that military options need to be considered,” The Wall Street Journal noted on Tuesday.

bannon sucks but am i wrong in thinking he is the most likeable / charismatic / interesting person in the trump universe?

outside of the Mooch yea

he seems to be at least somewhat grounded in reality at least. I feel like he's the only one in that administration that isn't just blatantly lying all the time.

wait misread you there, never mind

The replacement of course doesn't have to be approved by the Senate but I can't imagine anyone chomping at the bit to the third in twelve months.